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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Forshall, Josiah, 1795-1863.Madden, Frederic, 1801-1873.4 v. 34 x 28 cm. Oxford,University press,1850.

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THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS

EDITED BY THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. ETC. LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, AND SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. ETC. KEEPER OF THE MSS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

OXFORD, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. M.DCCC.L.

[Earlier version: Jerome's prefatory epistles]

 PREFATORY EPISTLES OF ST. JEROME. Heere bigynnith the epystle of saynt Jerom preest of alle the bokes of Goddis storyeFrom BDEF. Prologus. A. No title in H. In I as in B, adding at the end, that is clepide a prolog..CAP. I.

BROTHER Ambrose, to me thi litel ȝiftis per|fitli berynge, hath brouȝt with and riȝtmost I. swete lettres, the whiche han shewid sothfastnes of nownewe D. the newe I. proued feith, fro the bigynnyng of fren|shipesfrenschipe I., and newe thingis offorsothe of A. olde frenshipfrendschepes D.. Verrei forsothe that frenship is, and thurȝ the glew of Crist cowplid, the which not profit of famylier thing, not presens oonli of bodies, not grasping and trecherous flateryng, but the drede of God and the studies of Goddis scripturys ioynen. We han redde in olde stories, sum men to han vyroundeenuyrounde BDEFHI. prouynces, to han gon to new puplis, to han passid the see, that hem whom thei han knowun of bokis, myȝten seen verreli present. So Pictagorax to the filosofers of MemphusMem|phies BDEFH. Memphios I., so Plato to Egipte, and to Archite Tarentyneand Tarentyne A., and thilkthe I. brynk of Itali, the which sum tyme was seid Grete Grece, ful traueilousli ȝede; that he that in Athenys was a maister and myȝti, andOm. A. whos doctrine the stodies of Achademy perfitli sowneden, wolde be maad a pilgrym and a disciple, more wilnyngwillynge DEH. other mennus thingis shamfastli to lernen, than his owne vnshamfastli `to preceberyn D. forth. Aftirward whil he pursueth fleynge lettres as in al the world, takun of see theues and sold, also to a ful cruel tiraunt pered, led cheytif, boundun, and thral. Neuerthelater for he was a filosofre, he was more than his bier. To Tite Lyuy, wellynge with theOm. I. mylk welle of faire speche, we han red, summe noble men to han comen fro the vtmostvttermoste BDEFHI. costis of Spayne and of Fraunse; and whom Rome drow not to his siȝt, `o mannusa manthilk BDEFH. the I. I. fame fulli ledde. That age hadde a myracle vnherd, and to alle worldis to ben ofte wor|shipid, that thei, gon in so greet a cite, other thingthingis D. wold sechen with oute the cite. Apolony, or thatthilk BDEFH. the I. deuynour, `orouther BEFH. other D. as the comuntecomoun F. spekith, a filosoferOm. I., as Pictagorax disciplis tellen, ȝede into Perses, passid Kaukasoun, Albanus, Scitus, andOm. BDEFHI. Massegetos, ȝede thurȝ the most plenteuows kyngdomes of Inde; and at the end, the brodest flode ofOm. I. Phison passid, come to BragmanonBragmans BDEFHI., that Hiearch sittynge in the golden trone, and drynkynge of the welle of Tantali, amongamonges D. fewe disciplis techynge of kynde, of maners, of course of daies and of sterressternes BEF., he myȝt heren; fro thens bi Elamytas, Babiloyns, Caldeos, Medos, Assyrios, Parthos, Syros, Phenices, Arabes, Pa|lestyns, turned aȝen to Alisawndre, ȝede to Ethiop, that he myȝt se the maistres of the studies, and the most famows borde of `the sonne in grauelhem that sonen in trauele I.. ThatThilk BDEFH. man fonde ouer al that he miȝte lerne, and that euermore profitynge, euer|more he myȝt be maad better than hym silf. Vpon this `Philostratus wrote most fullich in eiȝt volumesOm. I..

 CAP. II.

What shal I speke of men of the world? sith the apostle Poul, the vessel of eleccoun and the maister of Gentilis, the which of conscience of so greet a gest in hym silf spak seiynge, "whe|ther sechen ȝe experyment of hym that spekith in me Crist," after Damask and Arabe enuy|round, ȝede vp to Jerusalem, that he myȝt se Peter, and dweltehe dwelte I. with hym fiftene daies; bi this forsothe mysterie of seuene and eiȝt the prechour of Gentilis to comyng was to be en|formyd; and eftsones aftir fourtene ȝeer, takun to hym Barnaba and Tyto, expownedeexpounynge D. with the apostlis the euangeli, lest perauenture in veyn he shulde renne, or hadde ronnen. The dede of the quyk vois hathhaue A. Om. I. I not what of hidde in|ward worchyng, and into the eris of the disciple fro the mouth of the autour the vois ouerȝotun strengerlistrongli I. sowneth. Wherfor and Eschyneus, whan he was exylid into Rodi, and was redde thilkthat I. orisoun of Demostens, that aȝens hym he hadde, wondrynge alle men and preisynge, si|ȝynge seithhe seith E., "what if thilkthat I. beest ȝe hadden herd tellinge his owne wordis!"

 CAP. III.

NeNo D. this Y seye, that there be eny thing in me siche, that other thou myȝtist of me here, or woldist lerne; but whetherwhere BDEFH. with thi feruour and studie of lernyng, also with outen vs, shulde be proued bi hem silf; a wit able to be tauȝt and with outen techer is preisable. Not what thou fyndistfynde BDFH. fyndis E sec.m., but what thou sechistseche BDFH., we taken heed. Neshe wax and liȝt to formen, ȝhe, if the hondis of the crafti man and of the fourmer cesen, neuertheles with ynne thoruȝ vertu is al what `euere mayeuery man F. be. Poul the apostle at the feet of Gamaliel glorieth hym silf to haue lernyd the lawe of Moyses and the prophetis, that he, armed with spirytual daartis, aftyrward myȝte seie tristily, "forsothe the armes of our kniȝhode ben not fleishli, but myȝti thoruȝ God to the distruccoun of holdis, that we be destruyinge thouȝtis, and al heiȝnesheyȝenesses D. reisynge it silf aȝens the kunnyng of God, and chatyuynge al vndir|stondyng for to obeishe to Crist, and redi to vndirȝoken al inobeishaunce." To Tymothe tauȝt in holi lettres fro childhode he wryteth, and enortethamonestith D. stireth I. theto EFHI. studie of lessoun, lest he leue of theOm. I. grace, the which is ȝouun to hym bi imposicoun of the prestis hondhondis D.. To Tite he comaundide, amongthat among E. other vertues of a bishop, whom in short sermoun he depeyntid, that kun|nyng also he leue not of scripturis, "holdynge," he seith, "thatthilk BDEFH. sermoun, the which is aftir doc|trine trewe sermoun, that he be myȝti to myche styresterynge D. in holsum doctryne, and the withseieriswithsiggers DEFH. to withstonde."

 CAP. IV.

Holi forsothe cherlhed to hym silf aloneOm. I. pro|fiteth; andin I. as myche as he edifieth of desert of lijf the chirche of Crist, so myche he noieth if to the destruyersdistruyer A. he withstonde not. Malachie the prophete, ȝhe, bi Malachye the Lord, askith prestis the lawe; in so myche the offis of theOm. BI. preste isOm. D., askid, to answeren `of the laweOm. I.. And in Deutronomy we reden, "aske thi fadre, and he shal telle thee; thi prestis, and thei shal seie to thee." In the psalm forsothe thean I. hundryd and eiȝtetene, "thi iustifiyngis were to me chauntable in the place of my pilgrimage." And in the discripcioun of the riȝtwisman, whan David comparysownede hym to a tree of lijf that is in paradise, among other vertues this he brouȝt forth, "in the lawe of the Lord the wil of hym, and in his lawe he shal thenk dai and nyȝt." Daniel in the ende of the most holi visioun seith riȝtwise men to shyne as sterrys, and vndirstondersvnderstondynge DI., that is, tauȝt men, as the fermament. Thou seest how myche thei ben atwyn, riȝtwise chirlehede and tauȝt ryȝtwisnesse. Other men to sterres, other men to heuene ben comparisoned; al be it that, aftir the trewthe of Ebrew tung, either may be vndurstondun of lerned men. Thus we reden anentis hem, "thilktho I. forsothe that weren tauȝt shulen shyne as the shynyng of the firmament, and thoothilk BDEFH. that techen many men to rightwisnes as sterres into perpetuelthe perpetuel D. eternytees." Whi is Poul seid the vessel of eleccoun? forsothe for the vessel of the lawe, and of holi scripturescripturez EFHI. he was the al|mery. The Faryseus ben stonyed in the doc|tryne of the Lord, and wondrenwondreden A. in Petre and Joon, how thei kunnen the lawe, sith lettres thei lerneden notnone I.. What euer forsothe toof I. other men excersice and ech dai thenkynge in the lawe was wont to ȝyuen, that to hem the Holi Gost tolde, and after that it iswere A. writin, "thei weren Goddis tauȝt men," that is, able men to liȝtli be tauȝt of God. Twelue ȝeer the Saueour haddehath I. fulfillid, and in the temple sittynge, ask|ynge ofOm. I. questiouns of the lawe more techeth, whil he prudentliprudenter D. demaundethcherl Petre demaundeth A. askith DI.. But perauen|ture we seyn chirl Petre, and cherl Joon, of whom either myȝt seyn, "and if I be vnwise in word, neuerthelater not in kunnyng." ChirlIf churl I. Jon fissher is vntauȝt; and whens that vois, Y prey, "In the first was the word, and the word was anentys God, and God was the word?" Logos in Grece many thingis signifieth, for whi and word it is, and resoun, and noumbre, and chesoun of eech thing, bi the which alle thingis ben that ben; the whiche echoonenchesoun F. we vndur|stonden riȝtli in Crist.

 CAP. V.

Thes thingis tauȝte Plato knewe not; thes thingis Demosteynes the fayre speker wiste not; "I shal lese," he seith, "the wisdom of wisethe wise I. men, and the prudence of prudent men Y shal reprouen." Verreyewery A. wisdom shal spilleose I. the fals wisdom, and al be it that the foli of prech|yng be in the cros, neuerthelater Poul spekith wisdom among perfit men; wisdom forsothe not of this world, the which is destruyed, ne of princes of this world; but he spekith wisdom of God in mysterie hid, that God bifore ordeynede bifore worldis. The wisdom of God Crist is; "Crist forsothe is the vertu of God and the wis|dom of God." This wisdom is in mysterie hid, and of theOm. I. which the title of the nynthe salm is bifore notid, "for the hid thingis of the sone," in the whiche ben alle theOm. I. tresoureshid tresoures AD. of wisdom and of theOm. I. kunnyng of God hid; and `he that was in mysterie hid, isthe wiche in misterie is hid was I. bifore ordeyned bifore the worldis; `bifore ordeyned forsotheOm. I. and bifore figuryd in lawethe lawe I. and prophetisin prophetis D.. Wherfore and prophetisthe prophetis I. weren clepidcalde I. seers, for thei seien hym, whom other men seien not. "Abraham sawȝ the day of hym, and he was glad." Heuenes weren openyd to Ezechiel, the which weren closid to the synful puple. "Opene," seith Dauid, "myn eiȝen, and I shal biholde the merueilis of thi lawe." The lawe forsothe is spiritualperpetuel FI., and nede it is openynge, that it be vndirstondun, and with opyn face we biholden the glorie of God. The book in theOm. I. Apocalipis is shewid seelid with seuene seelis, which if thou ȝyue to a man kunnynge letteres that he rede, he shal answere thee, I may not, it is forsothe seelid. How feelmanye I. toforsoth to D. dai wenen hem to han knowun letteres, holden the seelid book, and mown not openen, but if he vnlowkevnlous E., that hath the keye of Dauyd, "the which open|eth and no man closith, closith and no man openeth." In the Dedis of the Apostlis the holi geldyng, ȝheOm. I., the holi man, soOm. A. forsoth hym nem|nethnameth I. holi writ, whan he shulde rede Isaye the prophete, is askid of Philip, "wenest thou, whe|therwher I. thou vndirstondist thingis that thou re|dest?" and he answeride, "how may I, but ony man had tauȝte me." I that among speke ofto I. my silf, am not holier than this geldyng, ne more studious, the which from Ethiope, that is, fro the vttermost coostis of the world, come to the tem|ple, forsoke the kyngis halle, and was so greet a louer of Goddis kunnyng and lawe, that in a chare wold reden holy lettres; and ȝit whan he shulde hold the boke, and the wordis of the Lord shulde conseyue in his thenkyng, with tunge shulde turne, with lippis shulde speke, vnknewe hym whom in the book unwitynge heOm. ABDEFH. worshipide. Philip com and shewide hym Jhesu, the which closed satte pryue in the lettere. O meruelous vertu of the doctour! the same our bileuede the geldyng, is baptisid, feithful and holi, and a maister is maad of a disciple; more fonde in the desert welle of the chirche, than inOm. I. the goldun temple of the synagoge. Thes thingis of me shortli ben fulli writun.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe the epistles streytnesstreȝnes A. suffryd not lenger this to ben outstrayed, that thow myȝtest vnderstonde thee not mown entre in holi scrip|tures with outen a forgoer and shewynge the styepaith D.. I holde my pees of gramariens and re|torikis, filoferis, geometrers, logissians, musis|sians, astronomers, astrologerys, fisissians, whos sciens is ynewȝ, or fulfully D. profitable, to deedli men, and in thre partis it is diuidid, in doctrine, re|soun, and vse. I shal com to the lesse craftys, and which not oonly with tung, but withOm. F. hondehondis D. honden F. ben mynystrid; erthe tilyers, masouns, smythes of metallis, and hewers of trees, also wulle grai|thers and fullers, and other that forgen dyuerse purtynauncis toof I. howsis, and fowle litle werkis, mowe not be, with outen a techer, that thatOm. D. thei coueyten. Lechis bihotenbiholden I. that that is of lechis, forgers treten forgeable thingis; the craft oneli of scripturys is the which alle chalengen to hem pasemelparselmel I.. "We writen pasemelparselmel I. poyet sawes, of tauȝt and of untauȝt." This craft of scripturys the olde chaterynge damme, this the dotid olde man, this the sofistre ful of wordis, this alle pre|sumen, to-terentreten F., techen or thei lernen. Other, with the brow born down, weiynge greetgretere I. wordis, among ȝong wymmen philosofien of holi lettres. Other lernen of wymmen that is shame that thatOm. BDI. thei techen men; and whether this be litle, with a maner liȝtnes of wordis, ȝee and hardynes, shewen out to other, that thei vndurstonden not. I holde my pees of lijk to me, the which thouȝȝif D. thof E. therof H. Om. I. perauenture comen after seculer lettris to holi scripturis, and with a feir sermoun deliten the eeris of the puple, what euere thei seiynsiggen DEF. seyen HI., thei wenen it be the lawe of God, ne thei dedeynen to know what the prophetis, what theOm. B. apostlis feledenfolweden F.; but to her owne cense shapenschapende D. vncouen|able witnessewitnessis BEFHI., as thouȝ it were greet, and not vicyous maner of seiyng, to depraue sentensis, and to drawe at ther wil holi writ repugnynge. As thouȝ we had not red the bokys drawun out of Omere, and of Virgile, and not so also and Maronem we mowe seyn cristen with outen Crist, for he wroot, "Now turneth aȝen and the mayden, turnun aȝen Saturnus rewmes, nowe the newe kynrede is sent down fro the heiȝe heuene," and the fadre spekinge to the sone, "sone, my strengthes, my greet power aloon;" and after, the wordis of the Sauyour in the cros, "siche thingis he ȝaue hauynge mynde, and ficchidwoundid D. he dwelt." Childishe ben thes thingis, and like to theOm. I. pley of childeren pleiynge in the sercle, to teche that thou knowist not; ȝhe, and that I speke with indignacoun, foli is that not forsothe to knowe that thou knowist not.

 CAP. VII.

It is leueful to se, that `the storie ofOm. EFI. Genesis `be ful knowinis ful opyn BDEFHI., in the which of the creaturecreatour HI. of the world, ofand I. theOm. I. bigynnyng of mankynde, of the deuysioun of the erthe, of the confusioun of tungis and of folkis, and of descendyng of the folk of Ebrew vnto Egipt, and vnto the goyng out is writun. Exodus is open with the ten plagis, with theOm. D. ten hestis, with mystikthe mistik I., and with Goddis preceptis. Prest is the book of Leuy, in the which alle sacrifyces, ȝhe, and al|most alle silablis, and the clothis of Aron, and the hole ordre of Leuy, enspiren heuenli sacra|mentis. Numeri forsothe, whether thei con|teynen not the `mysteries of al theOm. I. hole craft of noumbrarie, and of propheciethe prophecie BDEFHI. of Balaam, and of the two and fourti mansiouns thurȝ wilder|nes? Deutronomy forsothe the secounde lawe, and the prefiguracoun of the lawe of the euan|gelie, hath he not so thilktho I. thingis, that ben ra|therbifore I., that neuerthelesneuere the lattere I. alle thingis ben newe of the olde? Hider to Moyses, `hider toOm. B. Penta|teuchon, that is, the fyue bokis, with the which fyue wordis the apostle glorieth hym silf wilnewilleth D. to wilne I. to speke in the chirche. Job, the sawmplerensampler F. of pacience, the which whethir not mysteries with his word knytteth? In proos he bigynneth, in verse he goth forthe, in word a fote, that is, in meke word, he is endid; and he determyneth alle the lawes of dialatik, in proposicoun, assump|counin assumpcion I., confirmacioun, conclusioun. Ech wordis in it ben ful of wittis; and, that I holde my pees of other, the resurreccoun of bodies so pro|feciethprophecie I., that no man of that, othere more open, or more slyly, myȝt wryte. "I wote," he seith, "thatOm. I. my forbierforbigger BDEFH. biere I. lyueth, and in the last dai Y am to aryserise I. fro the erthe; and eftsones I shal be enuyround with my felskyn I., and in my flehsself I. Y shal se God, my Saueour, whom Y my silf am to se, and myn eiȝen ben to biholden, and noon othere. This is myn hope put vp intoin BDEFHI. my bosum." Y shal com to Jhesu of Naue, the which berith the figure of the Lord, not oonli in gestisgestis or in werkis I., but also in name. He passith Jordan, the rewmes of enemyes turneth vpsedoun, he de|uydeth the erthe to the puple ouercomer, andthat I. bi alle cytees, villagis, hillis, andOm. BDEFHI. flodis, rennynge watres, and the nyȝ coostis he discriuede of the chirche, and of theOm. I. heuenli Jerusalem the spi|ritual rewmes. In the book of JugesDomes I. how feel princes of the puple, so feel figurys there ben. Ruth Moabites fulfillith the prophecie of Ysaie seiynge, "Lord, sende out the lomb, the lord|shiper of erthe, fro the stoon of desert to the mownt of the dowȝter of Syon." Samuel shewith the old lawe don awey in Heli deed, and in the slaȝter of Saul. Forsothe in Sadok and Dauid ben witnessid the sacramentis of the new presthod, and of newthe newe BDEFHI. empyre. Malachym, that is, the thrid and the ferthe book of Kynges, discryueth the rewme of Juda, and the rewme of Israel, fro Salomon to Jecony, and fro Jeroboam, sone of Nabath, vnto Osee, the which was led into Asyries. If thow biholdist the storye, the wordis ben symple; if in the lettres thow bi|holdist the preuey witt, the fewnesse of the chirche, and the batailsbataile BDFH. of eretikis aȝens the chirche, ben told. The twelue prophetis, togidre artidben artide I. into the narewnesnarownessis BEH. of oone BDEFH. volym, myche othere than sowneth in the lettre bifore figuren. Osee often nemneth Effraym, Samary, Joseph, Jez|rael, and the fornycary wijf, and the sonis of for|nycacoun, and the auowtres closid in the bed of the husbond to setten myche tyme wydow, and vndir theOm. I. mornyng cloth of the husbond to abide the comyng aȝen to hir. Joel, the sone of Pha|tuel, discryueth the lond of the twelue lynagis wastid thurȝ the wort worm, bruk, locuste, thurȝand thorou BDEFHI. rust wastynge; and after the outturnyng of the ratherformere I. puple, the Holi Gost shed out vpon the seruauntis of God and hond maydenes, that is, vpon an hundrid and twenty names of bileuers, and the sunne shynynge like a reynbow heldȝott I. oute in the comune etyng place of Syon, the whiche hundrid and twenti, fro oon vnto fyftene, arawean arowe I. and bi encrees arysynge, maken oute the noumbre of the fyftene grees, the whiche in the Sawter ben mystili conteyned. Amos, shepherda shepherd E. and cherl, and wel knowynge the beries of busshis, may not be openyd in fewe wordes. Who for|sothe worthiliworthierly D. may shew out the thre and foure wickidnessis of Damask, of Gaze, ofand of I. Tyry, of Ydume, of the sones of Amon, and of Moab, and, inOm. H. the seuenthseuenty A. seuente BE. seuene D. sentence F. and eiȝte degre, of Juda and of Israel? This spekithspekis D. to the fatt kien, that ben in the mownt of Samarie, and witnessith the more hows and the lesse to fallen. He seeth the maker of the locust, and the Lord stondynge vpon the dawbed wal and the adamauntyn, and the appel croke drawynge tourmentis to synful men, and hunger in the erthe, not hunger of bred, ne thrist of water, but of heryng ofOm. A sec. m. BDEFH. the word of God. Abdias, that is as myche to seie as the seruaunt of the Lord, ful thundreth aȝens Edom, and the blodi and erthlithe ertheli I. brother; also the euermore enemye of the brother Jacob, he smytith with a goostli dart. Jonas, the moost fayre culuer, in his shipbreche bifore figurynge the passioun of the Lord, clepithcalleth I. aȝen the world to penaunce, and, vndir name of Nynyue, tellith helthe to Gentils. Micheas ofand A. Moraschym, the witheire of Crist, tellith the wastyng of athe BDEFHI. dowȝ|ter of a priue thef, and he settith bisegyng aȝens hire, for she smote the cheke bone of the iuge of Israel. Naum, coumfortour of the world, blameth the citee of blodis, and after his turnyng awey spekith, "Loo, vpon the hillis the fete of the euangelisynge and tellynge pees." Abacuc, a strong wristeler and aOm. BDFH. sharp, stondith vpon his waard, and ficcheth a weie of grees vpon the strengthe, that Crijst in crosthe crosse BEFI. he biholdebehelde DI., and seiesayth D., "The glorie of hym coueridecurith D. heuenesheuene E., andOm. H. of hys preisyng ful is the erthe; his shynyng shal be as liȝt, and hornes in his hondis, there his strengthe is hid." Sophonyas, the wayter and the knower of the priueteespreuete D. of the Lord, herith a cry fro the ȝaat of fisshes, and ȝellynge fro the secound, and contricoun fro litle hillis; he tellith also the crie of weilynge to the dwellers of Pile; for al the puple of Cha|naan helde his pees togidre, and echon ben dis|parpulid, that weren inlappid with siluer. Ag|geus, solempne and glad, the whiche seweseweth D. in teres that he repe in ioy, edifiethedifie O. the temple dis|truyed, and ledith in God the fadre spekinge, "Ȝit andOm. I. aO E. litle while and Y shal moue to gider heuene and erthe, the see and the drye, and I shal moue al folk, and the desyred shal com to al folk." Zachary, myndemeued I. of his Lord, manyfold in profesie, Jhesus clothid with fowle clothes, and the stoon of seuene eiȝen, and the goldun candilstik with as feelmany I. lanternes as eiȝen, and two olyues fro the left syde of the lawmpe he biholdith, and fro the riȝt side; that after the reed horsis speckedspleckid E. whithand whiȝte I., and scatered ploweschartes D. of fowre horsishors BDEFHI. of Effraym, and the hors of Jeru|salem, he prophecieprophecyeth D. the pore kyng, and precheprechith D. the kyng sittynge vpon the colt, sone of the she asse vsed to ȝok. Malachi, apertlich and ininto I. the ende of alle prophetis, of the castyng out of Is|rael and the clepyngwepyng H. callyng I. of Gentilis seith, "Wil is not to me in ȝow, seith the Lord of oostis, and ȝift shal I not take of ȝoure hondehondis D.; froforsothe fro BEFHI. the sunne arysyngrisyng I. vnto the goyng down greet is my name in Gentilis, and a clene offryng is sacrified, and offrid to my name in alle placesplace BDEFHI.." Ysaie, Jeremye, Ezechiel, and Danyel, who may other vndirstond or expown? Of whom the first is not seyn to me toOm. D. weuen prophecie, but euangelie. The secounde knyttith the note ȝerde, and the pot aof a fire F. fier fro the face of the north, and the leparde spuylide his colours, and the foure fold abice in dyuerse metres. The thrid hath bigynnyngis and ende with so feel derknessis enuolued, that, as anentis the Ebrewis, thilktho I. partis with the bigynnyng of Genesis shulde not be rad bifore thretti wynter. The ferthe forsothe, the which and the laste among the foure pro|phetis, knower of tymes, aOm. D. louer of stories of al the world, feer bifore tellith the stoon before kit of the hil with outen hondis, and al rewmes subuertynge, with a clere sermoun. Dauid, oure Symphonydes, Pyndarie, and AlcheusAcheus A., Flaccus, and Catullus, and Serenus, precheth Crist with the harp, and in the ten `cordid sawtricordis of the psautrie H. arerethreiseth I. vp the ariserriser I. froof B. hellethe helle D sec. m. hellis I.. Salomon, the pesible and the ful loued of the Lord, mendith maneres, techith kynde, ioyneth Crist and the chirche, and the swete bryde song singith of the holi brydalis. Hester, inis a I. figure of the chirche, delyuerith the puple fro peril, and, Aman, thatOm. I. is as myche to sey as wyckidnes, slawn, she sendith partis of the feest, and a solempne day into the after geten. Perlipomynon, that is, the book of the olde in|strument, recapitulatour, word breggerbrynger A., is suche and so myche, that who so euere with outen it wolewyll E. prowdli take to hym kunnynge of scrip|tures, scorne he hym silf; forsothe be alle names `o rewearewe D. on rowe I., and ioynters of wordis, outlaftouttake D. stories in the boke of Kyngis ben towched, and questiouns vnnoumbrable of the euaungelye ben maad open. Esdras and Neemy, helper, that is to sey, and coumfortour fro the Lord, ben artydarettide I. in o volume, enstoren the temple, the walles of the citee maken out, and al thatOm. B. congregacoun of the puple aȝengoynge into her cuntre, and the discripcoun of prestis, of deknes, of Israel, and of men takun fro hethenes to the ryte of Jewis, and the deuydid werkis of walles and of toures bi singuler meynes, bryngen forth other thyng in the rynde, and inOm. B. the mergh other thing withholden. Seest thow me for the loue of scrip|turys rauyshid to haue passid the maner of a pistle, and ȝit not haue fillidfulfellid D. that I wolde? We han herd oonlich, what we mowe know, what coueyten, and forsothe that we mowe sey, "my soule coueytide to desire thi justyfyyngis in al tyme." Forthermore that of Socrates is ful|fyllid in vs, "this oonli Y knoweknewȝ I. that Y knowe not." I shal towche and shortly the newe tes|tament. Mathew, Mark, Luke, and Joon, the foure hors plowesplow D. plowȝ E. of the Lord, and the verrey cherubyn, that is to sey, plente of kunnyng, thoruȝ out al the bodi ben iȝed, sparklis shynen out, liȝtes hidir and thidir rennen, han riȝt feet and streychynge into heiȝethe hyeȝe H. heiȝte I., rigges fethered, and holden hem to gidre ouer al fleynge, and to hem siluen ben thurȝ out pleitid, and as a wheel with ynne a wheel ben turned, and gon whidre euer the breeth of the Holi Goost hem perfitly ledith. Poul the apostle writith to seuene chirches; the eiȝt forsothe to Ebrewisthe Hebrewis BDEFHI. of summe men out of theOm. I. noumbre is put. Tymothe he enfourmeth, and Tite; Philomon he preieth for the seruaunt fugitife, vpon the whiche I wene beter to be stil, than to few thingis write. The Actes of theOm. I. Apostlis forsothe nakidthe nakid I. storye semen to sownen, and to weuen the childhood of the waxynge chirche; and forOm. A. we knowen the wryter of hem Luke to ben a phisisian, whos preysyng is in the euangelie, we taken hede there with alle his wordis to ben medecyn of the langwissynge soule. James, Petre, Joon, Judeand Jude I., seuene epistlis maden as wel mistikmistiliche D. asOm. AD. redi, and short togidre, and long; short in wordis, long in sentencis, that he be seldom, that not wexethwaxe I. blynd in the redyng of hem. The Apocalips of Joon so fele hath sacramentis, how fele wordis. Litle Y haue seid, and for the desert of the volym, al the preysyng is the lower; in eueryeuereche BDEFHI. wordis manyfold vnderstondyngis sitten hid. I prey thee, dere brother, among these thingis to lyuen, these thingis to thenken, noon othre thingisthing BEFHI. to knowun, and no thing ellis to sechen. Semeth it not to thee now here in erthis a dwellyng place ofin B. heuenli kyngdom? I wolewille BDEF. not, that thou be offendid in holi scripturis thurȝ symple|nes, and as thurȝ foulnes of wordis, the whiche, orother BDFH. thurȝ the vice of theOm. I. vndoers, or of verrey purpose, ben so spokun, that the liȝtloker thei myȝten enfourme aan I. churlishechurliche BDEFHI. cumpany; and thatOm. D. in oon and thein the DH. same sentence other wise the tauȝt, othre wise the vntauȝt myȝten fele. I am not so lustsum and dul, that I shulde bi|hote thes thingis me to know, and the fruytis of hem to gaderegidere AFI. gyther B. geder D. in the erthe, whos rotis ben ficchidstykyd D. in heuene; but I knowelech to wiln, but I professe me to enforse, I profer me to the sitter; forsakynge maysterthe maister I. Yand I I. bihote a leder, "to the asker me ȝyueth, to the knocker me openeth, the seker fyndith;" lerne we in erthis whos nyng to vs dwellith in heuene. I shal take thee with met hondis aȝens othre, and that I heelde out sum what vncouenably that be of theOm. H. bol|nyng of Ermagore, what euer thou shuldeschuldist BDI. seek with thee, I shal enforse to kunne.

 CAP. VIII.

Thou hast here the moost louyd brother of thee Eusebi, the which dowblid to me the grace of thi lettreslettre E., tellynge the honestee of thi ma|ners, the dispisyng of the world, the feith of frenship, the loue of Crist; for prudence and fayrnes of speche also with outen hym thilkethe I. epistle tolde bifore. Hye, Y preye thee, and the corde of the boot dwellynge in the see rather kut of, than vnbynd; no man to renounse the world, wel may selle thingis that he hath dis|pisid for to selle. What euer into thi costagis of thin thow takest, cownte it for wynnyng; in olde maner it is seid, to an auerowse man lack|ith, as wel that thatOm. D. he hath, as that thatOm. D. he hath not; to hym that bileueth al the world of richessis is, forsothe, an vnfeithful man, ȝhe, nedith an half peny. So lyue we, as no thing hauynge and alle thingis holdynge in posses|sioun; lyuelod and clothing ben richessis of cristen men. If thow hast in thi power thi thing, selle; if thow hast not, cast a wey; to hym that takith a wey thi coote, the mantil is to be laft. AndOm. I. but thow euermore makynge aȝen moru fro moru, and drawynge day fro day, sleȝli foteand fote BDEFHI. bi fote thow sille thi litle possessiouns, hathhas I. not Crist wherof his pore men heto F. fede? Al he hath ȝyuen to God, that offride hym silf. The apostlis oonli forsoken the boot and the nettis; the widwe putte two mytisminutis I. into the tresorye of God, and it is put bifore the richessis of Cressi. Liȝtli he dispisith alle thingis, the whiche hym silf euermoreeuere I. thenkith to be to dien.

 CAP. IX.

I haue takun desired epistlis of my man De|siderie, the which, thurȝ a maner bifore kun|nynge of thingis that ben to com, with Danyel is fallun the name of hym, preiynge, that I shulde take toof I. the erys of ourne the fyue bokis of Moyses translatid fro Ebrewe speche intoin D. Latyn tung. Certeyn a perylous werk, open to the berkyngis of backbyters, that seynsiggen BDEFH. me toOm. D. forgen new thingis for olde into the stranglyng of the seuenti interpretours, so wit as wyn prou|ing; sith Y ful oft haue witnessid me to offre in the tabernacle of God for a liȝtlitel I. porcoun thingis that I may, neno D. theOm. B. richessisrecches B sup. ras. EFHI. of an othre man to be defowlid with the porenes of othre. The which thing that I shulde dore donthat don E., me styryde the studie of Orygen, the which to olde transla|cioun mengide the translacoun of Theodocioun, with astericho, that is, with the signe of a `sterreasterye AD., whan he makith clere the thingis that weren to litle, and with obelo, that is, with signethe signe BDEFHI. of an arow, whan he any wast thingthingus BDEFHI. distroieth and scrapith a wey, al his werk markyngederkyng D.; and moost thothilk BDEFH. thingis the whiche the autoryte of the apostlis and of the euangelistis openyde; in the which many thingis we reden of the olde testament, theOm. H. whiche ben not had in oure bokis; as is that, "fro Egipt I clepidcalde I. my sone;" and, "for hethat he I. shal be clepidcald I. Nazare;" and, "men shalschullen BDEFHI. seen, in whom thei han pungid;" and, "flodis shalschullen HI. flowe of his womb quyk watres;" and, "thingisthes thingis I. that nether eiȝe seiȝ, ne eere herde, ne in to the herte of man stiede, that God greithid to hem that hym louen;" and many othre thingis, the whiche desyren propre ordre. Aske wethou I. thanneOm. I. hem, where thes thingis ben wrytun; and whanne thei mownmai I. not seye, of the bokis of Ebrewe brynge we forthe. The first witnes is in Osee, the secounde in Ysaye, the thrid in Zacharye, the ferthe in Pro|uerbis, the fifte as wel in Ysaye; the whiche many men vnknowynge folwen the deceyuyngis of scripturys, whos autor is vnknowun, and setten bifore, Spanyshe songes vpon deed men, or of noresses vpon ther children, autentik bokis. The causecauses BDEFHI. of the errour is not myn to expown. Jewis seyn, that it is don with wise counsel, lestthat lest D. Ptholome herier of o God, also as anentis the Ebrewis shulde of take dowble Godhede; the whiche moost therfor thei diden, for he was knowenvnknowun A. to falle into the techyng of Plato. Wherfore wher euere holi wrytt witnessith ony holi thing of the Fadre, and the Sone, and the Holy Goost, orouther BEFH. othre wyse thei vndiden, or al|gatis helden ther pees, that thei myȝten do aseth to the kyng, and that thei opened not the priuete of the bileue. And I not who, the first auctour, thurȝ his lesyng maad out seuenti sellis at Alysawndre, in the whiche thei deuydide the same thingisthinge E. shulde wryte; sithsince I. Aresteus, of the same Ptholome chefe counseylour, and keper of bokis, and myche tyme aftir Josaphus, notno BDEFH. noon I. suche thinge tolden, but wryten hem, gadrid to gider in oone BDEFH. chirche, to han spokin togider, and not to haue prophecied. It is another to be a prophet, and an other to ben an vndoer of lan|gage; there the spiryt seith bifore thingis that ben to comen, here teching and plente of wordis, thingis that he vndurstondith translateth. But perauenture Tullyus is to be wenyd enblowid with the spirit of retorik, to haue translatid the boke that is seid Economyk of Zenofontes, and the boke that is seid theOm. BDFHI. Pictagore of Plato, and the boke that is seid Prothesifontes of Demos|tynes; other the Holi Gost wenyde witnessis of the same bokis othre wise bi the seuenti vn|doers of tungis, othre wise bi the apostlis, that thatOm. DI. thei helden ther pees, thes han liȝid to ben writun. What thanne? dampne we the olde? nay, but after the studiesstudie D. of the ratherforthere I. men, in the hous of the Lord we traueilen that thatOm. D. we may. Thei hanOm. A. undon scripturis before the coming of Crist; and that thatOm. DF. thei wisten not, thei han spokin with doutous sentencesen|tensis BDEFHI., we after the passioun and the resurreccoun of hym not oonli profesie, but storye wrytun. Othre weys forsothe thingis seen, other wise thingis herd ben told; that we beter vndirstonden, beter we tellen. Here than, thou enemye, herkyn, thow backbiter; I dampe not, I reprehende not the seuenti, but trustily I putte bifore the apostlis to alle thothilk BDEFH.; bi the mowthe of these to me Crist sowneth, whom before the prophetis amonge spiritual ȝiftis Y rede sett, amonge theOm. I. which the vndoers of tungis holden fulli the last degre. Wherto art thou tourmentid with enuy? whatwherto I. sterist thow vnwise mennus willis aȝens me? if where Y seme to thee erreto erre E. in theOm. BD. translating, aske the Ebrewis, conseil the maystrys of dyuerse citees; that thei han of Crist, thi bokis han not. It is another, if the witnessis vsurped of the apostlis after proueden aȝen hem seluen, and the Latyn saumplerssaumples A. ben more amendid than Grekis, Grekis than Ebrews. But thes aȝenus the en|uyows. Now, ful dere Desidery, I preye thee, for thatOm. EI. thou hast maad me to vndergon so greet werka werk I., and to take the bigynnyng of Genesis, helpe thow with preiers, that I mowe thurȝ the same spyryt, thurȝ whichthe wiche I. the bokis ben wrytun, translaten hem into Latyn sermown.

`Here endith the PrologisHere endith the prolog of Genesis and other bookis. D. Heere endith the prolog, now bigynneth Genesis. FI. No rubric in BFH. Erased in E..

[Earlier version: Old Testament]

 Old Testament GENESIS. Here bigynneth GenesisGenesis. BDEFH..CAP. I.

IN the firste made God of nouȝt heuene and erthe. The erthe forsothe was veyn with ynne and void, and derknessis weren vpon the face of the see; and the Spiryt of God was born vpon the watrys. And God seide, Be maad liȝt; and maad is liȝt. And God sawȝ liȝtOm. F., that it was good, and deuydid liȝt fro derknessis; and clepide liȝt, day, and derknessis, nyȝt. And maad is `euen and morueuentide and morutide E pr. m., o day. Seide forsothe God, Be maad a fir|mament in the myddelmyddis D. of watres, and dyuydedyuydide AD. itOm. D. watres fro watrys. And God made the firmament, and dyuydiddyuyde A. watris that weren vndre the firmament fro thes that weren aboue the fermament; and it is maad so. And God clepide the firma|ment, heuene. And maad is euen and moru, the secounde day. God forsothe seide, Gadrid be watris, the whiche ben vndre heuene, in to o place, and apere the drie; and maad it is so. And God clepidclepith A. the drie, erthe; and theOm. A. gader|yngis of watris he clepide, sees. And God saiȝ that it was good; and saith, Burion the erthe grene erbeherbis D. and mak|ynge seed, and appletreappeltreis D. makynge fruyt after his kynd, whos seed ben in hym silf, vpon the erthe; and maad it is so. And the erthe brouȝte forthe grene erbeherbis D. and makynge seed aftre his kynde, and tree makynge fruyt, and echon hauynge seed after his special kynde. And God saiȝ that it werewas A. good. And maad is euen and moru, the thrid day. God for|sothe seide, Be ther maad liȝt ȝyuers in the firmament of heuene, and deuyde thei dai and nyȝt; and be thei into signes, and tymes, and daies, and ȝeers; and liȝtne thei in the firmament of heuene, and liȝtne thei the erthe; and maad it is so. And God made two greet liȝt ȝyuerys, the more liȝt ȝyuer that it were bifore to the day, and the lesse liȝt ȝyuer that it were bifore to the nyȝt, and sterres. And he putte hem in the firmament of heuene, that thei shulden ȝyue liȝt vpon the erthe, and that thei were bifore to the day and to the nyȝt, and shulde deuyde liȝt and derknessis. And God saiȝ that it werwas A. good. And maad is euen and moru, the ferthe day. God also seide, Watres bryng thei forthe the crepynge kynd of the lyuynge soule, and the fleeinge kynde vpon the erth, vndre the firmament of heuene. And God made of nouȝt greet whallis, and al soule lyuyng and mouable, whomwhos A. watres brouȝten forth into ther special kyndes, and al fleynge thingOm. A. thingis D. after his kynd. And God saiȝ that it werwas AE. good; and blisside to hem, seiynge, Growith, and bethbe BDEFH. ȝe multiplyed, and fulfillith the watres of the see, and the briddis be multiplied vpon the erthe. And maad is euen and moru, the fyueth day. God forsothe seide, Bryng forthe the erthe soule lyuynge in his kynde, iumentisbestayle D., and crepynge thingis, and beestis of the erthe, after ther special kyndis; and so it is maad. And God made beestis of the erthe aftir ther spe|cial kyndes, iumentis, and al theOm. BDEFH. crep|ynge thing of the erthe in his kynde. And God saiȝ that it werwas AE. good; and seith, Make we man to the ymage and oure lickenesse, and bifore be he to the fishis of the see, and to the volatils of heuene, and to the beestis of the erthe, and to al creature, and to al the crepynge thing that moueth in the erthe. And God made of nouȝt man to the ymage and his lickenes; to the ymage of God he made hym; maal and femaal he made hemOm. F. of nouȝt. And God blissid to hem, and seith, Growegrowith D. ȝe, and be ȝe multi|plied, and fulfille ȝe the erthe, and sogette ȝe it, and haue ȝe lordship to the fishis of the see, and to the volatilis of heuene, and to alle thingis hauynge soule that mouen vpon theOm. D. erthe. And God seyde, Se! Y haue ȝouun to ȝow al erbe bryng|inge forthe seed vpon the erthe, and alle trees that han in hym silf seed of ther kynde, that thei ben to ȝow intovnto A. mete; and to alle thingis hauynge soule of the erthe, and to al foulefoulis DFH. of heuene, and to alle thingis that mouen in the erthe, and in the which is soule ȝyuynge lijf, that thei haue for to eet; and maad it is so. And God saiȝ alle thingis that he made, and thei weren ful good. And made isit is A. euen and moru, the sixte day.

 CAP. II.

Therfor parfite ben heuene and erthe, and al the anowrnyng of hem. And God fulfillide in the seuenthe day his werk that he made; and he restide thein the B. seuen|eth day fro al werkhis werke B pr. m. werkes D. that he haddeOm. E pr. m. ful|fillid; and he blisside to the seuenthe day, and he halwide it; for in it he hadOm. E pr. m. sesyd fro al his werk that God shapide that he shulde make. Thes ben the ge|neraciouns of heuene and erthe, whan thei ben fourmed, in the day that the Lord God made heuene and erthe, and ech bushe of the feeld or it were growun in the erthe, and al erbe of regioun bifore that it buriownde. The Lord God for|sothe had not reyned vpon the erthe, and was noo man that myȝte worche the erthe; but a welle ascendide fro the erthe, watering al the ouermost of the erthe. The Lord God thanne fourmede man of the slyme of the erthe, and spi|ride `in toin D. the face of hym an entre of breth of lijf; and maad is man into a soule ȝyuynge lijf. Forsothe the Lord God had plawntid paradise of delice fro bigynnyng, in the which he sette man whom he had fourmed. And the Lord God brouȝte forthe of the erthe eche tree fayre in siȝt, and swete to ete; also the tree of lijf in the mydle of paradys, and a tree of kunnyng of good and of yuelylle E.. And a flood ȝede out of the place of delice to watre paradis, the which fro thens is deuydid in foure hedis; name ofto BDEFH. the toon Phison, he is that goth abowt al the erthe of Euilath, where growith gold, and the gold of that erthe is best; and ther is foundun bdelyum, and the stoon onychynus; and name to the secounde flood Gyon, he is that gothe abowt al the erthe of Ethiope; nameand name A. forsothe of the thrid flood Tigrys, he gothe aȝens Assy|rios; the ferthe forsothe flood, he is Eu|frates. Thanne the Lord God toke man, and putte hym in paradis of delice, that he shulde worche and kepeschuld kepe E pr. m. it. And he commaundide to hym, seiynge, Of ech tree of paradis ete; of the tree forsothe of kunnyng of good and of yuel ete thow not; in what euer day sotheli thow etist there ofherof BDEFH., with deth thow shalt die. The Lord God forsothe seide, It is not good man to be alone; make we to hym help like hym. Fourmed thanne of the moist erthe alle thingis of the erthe hauynge soule, and al volatile of heuene, the Lord God brouȝte hem to Adam, that he shulde se what he shulde clepe hem; al thing forsothe of soule lyuynge that Adam clepid, that is the name of it. And Adam clepide alle thingis hauynge soule, and alOm. D. volatile of heuene, and alle beestis of the erthe, bi her names. To Adam forsothe was not foundun an helper like hym. Thanne send ynne the Lord God slep into Adam, and whanne he was asleepO slepe BEF., he toke oon of his ribbis, and fulfillide flehs for it. And the Lord God edifiede the rib, the which he toke of Adam, into a woman, and brouȝte hir to Adam. And Adam seide, This now boon of my bonys, and flehs of my flehs; this shal be clepid mannus dede, for she is takun of a man. Wherfor a man shal forsake his fadre and modre, and shal draw to hys wijf, and two shal be in o flehs. Either forsothe was nakid, Adam, that is, and his wijf, and thei shameden noȝt.

 CAP. III.

But and the eddernedder A throughout the chapter, but n expunct. was feller than ony lifers of the erthe, the which made the Lord God. The which seide to the woman, Whi comaundide God to ȝow, that ȝe shulden not ete of ech tree of pa|radis? To whom answeryde the woman, Of the fruyt of trees that ben in paradis we eten; of the fruyt forsothe of the tree that is in the mydil of paradis, commaund|ide us God, that we shulden not eten, and that we shulden not towche it, lest perauenture we dien. Forsothe the eddre seide to the woman, Thurȝ deth ȝe shal not die; God forsothe wote, that in what euer day ȝe eten therof, ȝoure eiȝen shul be openyd, and ȝe shal ben as Goddis, knowynge good and yuel. Thanne the woman saiȝ that the tree were good, and swete for to ete, and fayre to the eiȝen and delitable in the siȝt; and she toke of the fruyt of it, and ete, and ȝaue to hire man, the which ete. And the eiȝen of both ben openyd; and whanne thei knewen hem silf to be nakid, thei soweden to gidre leeues of a fige tree, and maden hem brechis. And whanne thei herden the voys of the Lord God goynge in pa|radis at the shynyng after myd dai, Adam hid hym and his wijf fro the face of the Lord God in the myddel of the tree of paradis. And the Lord God clepide Adam, and seide to hym, Where art thow? The which seide, Thi voys I herde in paradis, and I dredde, there thurȝ that I was nakid, and hidde me. To whom seide the Lord, Who forsothe shewide thee that thow was nakid, but that thow ete of the tree of the which Y hadOm. E pr. m. comaundid thee that thow shuldist not ete? And Adam seide, The woman whom thow ȝaue me felow, ȝaue to me of the tree, and I ete. AndOm. B. the Lord seide to the woman, Whi didst thow that? The which answeryde, The eddre bigilide me, and Y ete. And the Lord God seide vntoto BDEFH. the serpent, For thow hast do this, thow shalt be cursid among alle theOm. BDEFH. soule hauers and beestis of the erthe; vpon thi breest thow shalt gon, and erthe thow shalt ete alle daiesthe days BDEFH. of thi lijf; ene|myte I shal put bitwix thee and the wo|man, and thi seed and the seed of hire; she shal treed thin hede and thow shalt aspie to hyre heelheelthe A.. To the woman for|sothe God seide, I shal multiply thi my|seses and thi conceyuyngis; in sorwe thow shalt bere, children; and thow shalt be vndre power of thi man, and he shal haue lordship of thee. To Adam forsothe he seide, For thow hast herd the vois of thithe BDEFH. wijf, and thow hast etun of the tree, of the which I comaundide thee that thow shuldist not etun, cursid is the erthe in thi werk; in traueyls thow shalt ete of it alle the daies of thi lijf; it shal buriown to thee thornes and brembles, and thow shalt ete erbis of the erthe; in the swoot of thi chere, `or faceOm. BDEFH., thou shalt ete thi brede, to the tyme thow turne aȝen into the erthe of the which thow art take; for powdre thow art, and into powdre thow shalt turne. And Adam clepide the name of his wijf Eue, thurȝ that that she was moder of alle thingis lyuynge. The Lord God forsothe made to Adam and his wijf lether cootis, and clothide hem; and seide, Se! Adam is maad as oon of vs, knowynge good and yuel; now than, lest perauenture he putte out his hond, and take also of the tree of lijf, and ete, and lyue euermore. And the Lord God sente hym out of paradis of delyte, that he myȝte wyrk the erthe, of the which he was takun. And he threwe out Adam, and he sette cherubyn bifore paradis of delite, and a flawmynge swerd and pleaunt to the weye of the tree of lijf to be kept.

 CAP. IV.

Adam forsothe knewe Eue his wijf, the which conceyuedeforsothe conceyued E pr. m., and bare Caym, sei|ynge, I haue had a man bi God. AndOm. D. eft soons she bare his brother Abel. For|sothe Abel was a sheepherd of sheep, and Caym an erthe tilyer. And don it is after many dayes, that Caym shulde offre of the fruytis of the erthe ȝiftis to the Lord; Abel forsothe offride of the first gotun of his flok, and of the fatnesfatnesses BDEH. of hem. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to his ȝiftis; to Caym forsothe and to the ȝiftis of hym he bihelde not. And Caym was greetli wroth, and therwith felle his chere. And the Lord seide to hym, Whi art thow wroth, and whi ther|with fallith thi face? Shalt thow not re|seyue welOm. BEF., if thou wel dost; ellis for|sothe euel, anoon in the ȝatis thi synnes shal ben at theeOm. BDEH.? but vndre thee shal be the appetite of hym, and thow shalt haue lordship of hym. And Caym seide to Abel his brother, Go we out. Whanne thei weren in the feeld, aroos there with Caym aȝens his brother Abel, and slowe him. And the Lord seide to Caym, Where is Abel thi brother? The which answeryde, I wote neuere; whether am I the keper of my brother? And he seide to hym, What hast thow don? theOm. BDEFH. vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro the erthe. Now than thow shalt be cursid vpon the erthe, the which openyde his mowthe, and toke the blood of thi brother of thin honde. Whanne thow worchist the erthe, it shal not ȝiue thee his fruytis; vagaunt and ferferer D. fugitif thow shalt be vpon theOm. D. erthe alle the daies of thi lijf. And Caym seide to the Lord, More is my wickidnes than that I de|serue forȝeuenes; se! thow castist me out to day fro the face of the erthe; and fro thi face I shal be hid, and I shal be va|gaunt and fer fugitif in the erthe; al thannethei D. that shal fynd me shal sle me. And the Lord seide to hym, It shal not be do so, but al that shal sle Caym shal seuene fold be punysshid. And the Lord sette a signe in Caym, that ech that fonde hym shulde not sle hym. And Caym, passid out fro the face of the Lord, dwellide fer fugitif in the erthe, at the eest plage of Eden. Caym forsothe knewe his wijf, the which forsothe con|seyuede, and bare Enok; and he bildidebelde BEF. a citee, and callideclepid BDEFH. the name of it after the name of his sone Enok. Forsothe Enok gate Yrad, and Yrad gate Manyael, and Manyael gate Mathusael, and Ma|thusael gate Lameth; the which toke two wyues, the name ofto BDEFH. the toon Ada, and name ofto BDEFH. `the totherthat other D. Sella. And Ada gate Jabel, that was fadre of dwellers in tentis and of sheepherdis; and theOm. BDEH. name of his brother Tubal, he was the fadre of syngerys in harp and orgon. Sella forsothe gate Tubalcaym, that was an hamer smythsmyter BDEFH., and a smythsmyter E. into alle werkis of bras and of yrun; the sister forsothe of Tubalcaym, Noema. And La|meth seide to his wijfes Ade and Selle, Here ȝe my vois, wifes of Lameth, herken ȝe my word; for I slowe a man into my wound, and a litle waxen man into my wannesse; veniaunce shal be ȝouun of Caym seuene fold, of Lameth forsothe seuenti sithessith BDEFH. seuenfold. Forsothe ȝit Adam knewe his wijf, and she bare a child, and callideclepid BDEFH. the name of hym Seth, seiynge, God sette to me another seed for Abel, whom Caym slowe. But and to Seth is borne a sone, whom he callideclepid BDEFH. Enos; thisthees D. bigan inwardli to clepe the name of the Lord.

 CAP. V.

This is the boke of the generacioun of Adam, in the day in whichthe which D. God made of nouȝt man. To the ymage and lyknes of God he made hym; male and female he made hem of nouȝt, and he blisside to hem, and he callideclepide BDEFH. the name of hem Adam, in the dai in theOm. BEF. which thei weren maad of nouȝt. Adam forsothe lyuede an hundrid and thretti wynter, and he gat a sone to the liknes and hys ymage, and callideclepid BDEFH. the name of hym Seth. And the daies of Adam ben maad after that he gat Seth eiȝte hundrid ȝeer, and he gat sones and dowȝtres. And al the tyme is maad in the which Adam lyuede nyne hundrid and thritti ȝeer, and deed he is. Seth forsothe lyuede an hundryd and fyue ȝeer, and he gat Enos. And Seth lyuede aftir that he gat Enos eiȝt hundrid wyn|tir and seuene, and he gat sones and dowȝtres. And alle the daies of Seth ben maad nyne hundrid and twelue ȝeer, and deed he is. Enos forsothe lyuede nynti ȝeer, andOm. D. he gat Caynan; after whos birthe he lyuede eiȝt hundrid and fiftene ȝeer, and he gat sones and dowȝ|tris. And alle the dayes of Enos ben maad of nyne hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and deed he is. Caynan forsothe lyuede se|uenti ȝeer, and he gat Malalehel. And Caynan lyuede after that he had gotun Malalehel eiȝt hundrid and fourty ȝeer, and he gat sones and dowȝtris. And alle the dais of Caynan ben maad nyne hun|drid and ten ȝeer, and deed he is. Mala|lehel forsothe lyuede fyue and sixti ȝeer, and he gat Jared. And Malalehel lyuede after that he gat Jared eiȝt hundryd and thritti ȝeer, and he gat sones and dowȝtrys. And alle the daies of Malalehel ben maad eiȝt hundrid and nynti and fyue ȝeer, and deed he is. And Jared lyuede an hun|dryd and two and sixti ȝeer, and he gat Enok. And Jared lyuede after that he gat Enok eiȝt hundrid ȝeer, and he gat sones and dowȝtris. And al the daies of Jared ben maad nyne hundrid ȝeer and two and sixti, and deed he is. Forsothe Enok lyuede fyue and sixti ȝeerwynter E., and he gat Matusale. And Enok ȝede with God; and Enok lyuede after that he gat Matu|sale thre hundrid ȝeer, and he gat sonys and dowȝtris. And alle the daies of Enok ben maad thre hundrid and fyue and sexti ȝeer. And he ȝede with God, and he aperyde not, for God toke hym. For|sothe Matusale lyuede an hundrid and seuen and eiȝti ȝeer, and he gat Lameth. And Matusale lyuede after that he had getun Lameth seuene hundrid and two and eiȝti wynter, and he gat sones and dowȝtris. And alle the daies of Matusale ben maad nyne hundrid andOm. B. sixti and nyne ȝeer, and deed he is. Lameth for|sothe lyuede an hundryd and two and eiȝti ȝeer, and he gat a sone; and he callideclepid BDEFH. the name of hym Noe, seiynge, This shal coumforte vs fro the werkis and the tra|ueils of oure hondis in the erthe, theOm. BDEFH. whiche werkisOm. BDEFH. the Lord curside. And Lameth lyuede after that he gat Noe fyue hundrid and fyue and nynti ȝeerwynter BDEFH., and he gat sonys and dowȝtris. And alle the daies of Lameth ben maad seuene hun|dryd and seuenti and seuene ȝeer, and deed he is. Noe forsothe whan he was of fyue hundrid ȝeers, he gat Sem, Cam, and Japheth.

 CAP. VI.

Whan men bigunnen to be multiplied vpon the erthe, and hadden brouȝt forth dowȝtris, theand the A. sones of God, seynge the dowȝtris of men that thei weren faire, token wyues to hem of alle the whiche thei chosenchesden BEFH.. And God seide, My spiryt shal not dwel in man with outen ende, for flehs he is; and the daies of hym shal ben anof an BDEFH. hundrid and twenti ȝeers. Giauntis forsothe weren vpon the erthe in thothilk BDEFH. daies, aftir forsothe that the sonys of God weren gon ynne to the dowȝtrys of men, and thei goten; thes ben myȝti of the world and famows men. God for|sothe seynge that myche malice of men was in the erthe, and al thouȝt of the herte was ȝouun to yuel al tyme, it for|thouȝt him that he had made man in erthe; and `bifore warbyfore by war D. in tyme to come, and towchid with sorwe of herte with ynforth, I shal do awey, he seith, man, whom I made of nouȝt, fro the face of the erthe, fro man vnto thingis hauynge soule, fro crepynge beestbeestis D. vnto fowlesthe foulis E. of heuen; forsothe it `o thenkithathinkith BDEFH. me to haue maad hem. Noe forsothe founde grace bifore the Lord. Thes ben the ge|neraciouns of Noe. Noe a riȝtwis man and a perfit was in his generaciouns; with God he ȝede, and he gat thre sones, Sem, Cham and Japheth. Forsothe the erthe is corupt before God, and is fulfillid with schrewidnes. And whanne God had seen the erthe toOm. BDEFH. be corupt, al forsothe flehs hadOm. E pr. m. coruptid his weie vpon the erthe, he seide to Noe, The ende of al flehs cometh bifore me; the erthe is fulfullid with wickidnes fro the face of hem, and I shal scater hem with the erthe. Make to thee `an arka schep D. of planed trees; litel dwellyng places in the arkschyp D. thow shalt make, and with ynne and with oute thow shalt diȝten it with glew. And so thow shalt make it. The lengthe of the arkschyp D. shal be of thre hundrid cubytis, the brede of fifti cubitis, and the hiȝt of it of thretti cubitis. A wyndow in the arkschyp D. thou shalt make, and in o cubite thow shalt ende the hiȝt of it; the dore forsothe of the arkschyp D. thow shalt sett asidein the syde E pr. m. bynethen; sowpyng placis, and thre chaumbred thow shalt make in it. Se! I shal lede to wa|tres of a flood vpon the erthe, and I shal slee al flehs in the which spiryt of lijf is vndre heuene, and alle thingis that ben in the erthe, shal be wastid. And I shal sett my couenauntcomenount D passim. of pees with thee, and thow shalt gon into the arkschip D., thow and thi sones, thi wijf, and the wyfes of thi children with thee. And of alle thingis hauynge sowle of ony flehs, two thow shalt brynge into the arkschip D., that maal sex and femaal lyuen with thee; of fowles after ther kynde, and of iumentis in ther kynde, and of alle crepynge beest of the erthe after his kynde; two of alle shulen go ynne with thee, that thei mown lyue. Thou shalt take thanne with thee of al maner metis that mown be eten, and thow shalt bere with thee, and thei shulen be bothe to thee and to hem into meet. Thanne Noe dide alle thingis that God comaundide hym.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe the Lord seide to hym, Go thow yn and al thin howshoushold D. into the arkeschip D throughout this and following chapter., thee forsothe I haue seen ryȝtwis bifore me in this generacioun. Of alle hauynge sowles clene, thow shalt take seuene and seuene, maal and femaal; and forsothe of vnclene hauynge sowle, two and two, maal and femaal; but ofand of BDE sec. m.FH. the fowlis of heuene, seuene and seuene, maal and femaal, that the seed be sauyd vpon the face of al erthe. Ȝit forsothe and aftir seuen daies I shal reyn vpon the erthe fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis, and I shal do awey al substauncesubstaunceȝ E. the which Y made, fro the ouermost of the erthe. Thanne Noe dide all thingis that the Lord comaundide him. And he was of sixe hundryd ȝeeris, whanne the watris of the flood floweden vpon the erthe. And Noe is gon ynne, and his children, hys wijf, and the wyues of his children with hym into the arke for the watres of the flood. Of the clene forsothe hauynge sowlis, and vnclene, and of the fowlis of heuene, and of alle that mouen vpon the erthe, two and two ben gon ynne to Noe into the arke, maal and femaal, as the Lord comaundide Noe. And whan the seuene daies weren passid, the watris of the flood floweden vpon the erthe. The sixt hundrid ȝeer of the lijf of Noe, the secounde moneth, the seuententhe day of the moneth, ben brosten alle the wellis of the greet see, and the goteris of heuene ben openyd, and reyn is maad vpon the erthe fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis. In the poynt of thatthilk BDEFH. day Noe is gon ynne, Semand Sem BDEFH., and Cham, and JaphethJaseph A., his sones, his wijf, and thre wyues of his sonys with hem, into the arke. Thei, and al beest after her kynde, and alle iumentisbeestayle D. in her kynde, and al that moueth vpon the erthe in his kynde, and al volatile after his kynde, alle bryddis and alle fowlis, ben gon into Noe into the arke, two and two of al flehs, in the whiche was spirit of lijf. And the whiche ben gon ynne, maal and femaal of all flehs ȝeden ynne, as God had comaundide to hym. And the Lord encloside hym fro without. And the flood is maad fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis vpon the erthe, and the watres ben multiplied, and arereden the arke in hiȝt fro the erthe. Greetli thei floweden, and alle thingis thei fulfilliden, in the ouer|most of the erthe. Forsothe the arke was born upon the watris. And the wa|tris hadden fulwol D. myche maystry vpon the erthe, and alle the heiȝe hillis vndre alle heuenesheuen BDEFH. ben coueryd; fiftene cubitis heiȝer was the watre vpon hillis whiche itis A. couered. And al flehs is wastid that was moued vpon the erthe, of fowlis, ofOm. AH. hauynge sowles, of beestis, and of alle crepynge thingis that crepen vpon the erthe. Alle men, and alle thingis in the whiche is weie of breeth of lijf in the erthe, ben deed. And God dide awey al the substaunce that was vpon theOm. BDEFH. erthe, fro man vntoto E pr. m. beest, as wel crepynge as fowlis of heuene; and thei ben don a wey fro the erthe. Noe forsothe dwellyd aloone, and thothilk BDEFH. that weren with hym in the arke. And the watris of the flood al abowt with hilden the erthe an hundryd and fifti dayes.

 CAP. VIII.

The Lord forsothe recordide of Noe, and of alle hauynge soulis, and of alle iumen|tisbestaylis D., that weren with hym in the arke; and he brouȝte to a spirit vpon the erthe. And the watris ben lessid, `and the wellys of the see and theOm. D. goterys of heuene ben closid, and reynes fro heuene ben for|fendid. And the wateres fro the erthe ben turned aȝen, goynge and aȝen goynge; and thei bigunnen to be maad lesse after an hundrid and fifty daies. And the arke restide the seuenthe moneth, the seuene and twentith day of the moneth, vpon the mowntis of Armonye. And forsothe the watres ȝéden and decreesseden vnto theOm. B. tenthe moneth, the tenthe forsothe moneth, the firste day of the moneth, aperyden the coppis of the hillis. And whan fourti dayes weren passid, Noe, openynge the wyndow of his arke the which he made, sente out a crow, the which ȝede out, and turnede not aȝen to the tyme that watris vpon the erthe weren dried. Forsothe he sente out a culuer after hym, that he myȝte se, if now hadden sesyd waterys vpon the face of the erthe; the which whan heOm. DE sec. m. FH. had not foundun where his foot myȝte rest, is turned aȝen to him intoin D. the arke, watres forsothe weren vpon al the erthe; and he strawȝte outOm. BEFH. his honde, and it takun putteputte ynn DH. into the erke. Forsothe forther|more other seuene daies abiden, eftsones he lete out of the arke a culuer; and she come to hym at euen, berynge a brawnche of olyue with grene leeues in hir mouthe. Than Noe vndirstode that wateres hadden cesyd vpon erthe; and he abode neuer the later other seuene daies, and he sente out a culuer, the which is no more turned aȝen to hym. Thanne in the sixte hun|dryd ȝeer and oon of the lijf of Noe, the first moneth, the first day of the moneth, ben lessid the waterys vpon erthe; and Noe, openynge the roof of his arke, bihelde and sawȝ that `al outaboute B. dried was the ouermost of the erthe. The secounde moneth, the seuene and twentiththe twentythe BDEH. the twenty F. day of the moneth, the erthe is maad drye. The Lord forsothe spake to Noe, seiynge, Go out of the arke, thow, and thi wijf, thi children, and the wyues of thi children with thee; and alle hauynge soules that ben with thee of al flehs, bothe in vola|tylisvolatile A., and in beestis, and in alle crepynge that crepen vpon the erthe, lede outOm. E pr. m. with thee; and go ȝe ynne vpon the erthe, grow ȝe, and be ȝe multiplied vpon it. Thanne Noe ȝede out, and his children, and his wijf, and the wyues of his chil|dren with hym; but and alle hauynge soules, iumentisin beestaylis D., and crepynge that crepen vpon the erthe, aftir her propreOm. BDEFH. kynde, ben gon out of the arke. Noe forsothe bildideedefiede D. bilde BEFH. an auter to the Lord, and takinge of alle clene beestis and fowlis, offryde brent sacrifices vpon the auter. And the Lord smellidsmellith A. a smel of swetnes, and seide to hym, I shal no more curse to the erthe for men, the witt for|sothe and the thouȝt of mannus herte ben redi in to yuel fro his tyme of waxyng; therfore I shal smyte no more ech soule lyuynge as Y haue don; alle the daies of the erthe, seed and ripe, coold and hete, somer and wynter, nyȝt and day, shulen not rest.

 CAP. IX.

And God blisside to Noe, and to the sonys of hym, and seide to hem, Growe ȝe, and be ȝe multiplied, and fulfillith the erthe; and ȝoure feerferde BEFH. drede D. and ȝoure trem|blyng be vpon alle the beestis of erthe, and vpon alle fowlisthe foulis D. of heuene, with alle that ben moued in erthe; alle fishes of the see ben takun to ȝoure honde. And al that is meued and lyueth shal be to ȝow into meet; as green wortis I haue takun to ȝow alle thingis, out takun that flehs with blood ȝe shulen not ete, blood for|sothe of ȝowre sowles I shal requyre of the honde of alle beestis and of the honde of man, of the honde of man and of the brothir of hym I shal requyre the soule of man. Who so euer shal sheed mannus blood, the blood of hym shal be shed; to the ymage forsothe of God man is maad. Ȝe forsothe growithgrow E pr. m., and be ȝe multiplied, and go ȝe in vpon the erthe, and fulfille ȝe it. Thes thingis forsothe the Lord seide to Noe, and to his sonys with hym, Se! I shal make stable my couenaunt with ȝou, and with ȝour seed after ȝou, and to alle soule lyuynge that is with ȝou, as wel in foulis as in iumentisbestayle D. and in beestis of the erthe, and in alle that ben gon out of the arkeschip D., and in alle beestis of the erthe. I shal make stable my couenaunt with ȝou, and no more al flesh shal be slayn of the watris of the flood, ne shal herafterhere after|ward BDEFH. be a flood scaterynge al erthethe erth BDEFH.. And God seide, This signe of couenaunt of pees Y ȝeue bitwix me and ȝou, and to al soule lyuynge that is with ȝou, in to euer|lastinge generaciounsgeneracyoun D.. Y shal sette my bow in the clowdis, and the signe of co|uenant of pees shal be bitwix me and the erthe; and whan Y shal ouerheldeouerhelen D. ouerheelden H. the heuen with clowdis, my bow shal apere in the clowdis, and I shal recorde of my couenaunt of pees that Y couenantidecomenountid D passim. with ȝou, and with alle soulissoule BDEFH. lyuynge that quikeneth flesh; and there shal be no more watris of flood to al flesh to be don a wei. And my bow shal be in the clowdes, and I shal se it, and Y shal re|corde of the euerlastynge boond of pees, that is couenauntidco|uenaunt BEH. comenount D. bitwix God and alle soule lyuynge of al flehs that is vpon the erthe. And God seide to Noe, This shal be tokne of the bonde of pees, that I haue ordeyned bitwix me and al flehs vpon erthe. Weren thanne the sonys of Noe that ben gon out of the arkeschip D., Sem, Cam, and Japheth; Cam forsothe, he is the fader of Chanaan. Thes thre ben the sones of Noe, and of thes itOm. BDEFH. is out sedid al the kynde of men vpon al erthethe erth BDFH.. And Noe, a man erthe tylyer, bigan to excer|sise the erthe, and he plauntid a vyne, and drynkynge wyn was drunkun, and nakid he lay in his tabernacle. The which whan Cham, the fader of Chanaan, had seen, that isOm. A., the priuey herneis of his fader to be nakid, he tolde it to his two britheren with out. And forsothe Sem and Japheth putten a mantel vpon her shulderis, and goynge in bacward couer|edencureden D. the priuy harneis of her fader, and the faces of hem weren turned a wey, and the mannus harneys of the fader thei sawen not. Noe forsothe wakynge of the wyn, whan he had lerned the thingis that his ȝonger sone dide to hym, seith, Curside child Chanaan, thral of alle thrallis he shal be to his britheren. And he seide, Blissid be the Lord God of Sem, be Cha|naan his seruaunt; God sprede abrood Japheth, and dwel he in the tabernaclis of Sem, and Chanaan be the thral of hym. Noe forsothe lyuede after the flood thre hundrid and fifti wynter; and alle the daies of hym ben fulfilled of nyne hun|drid and fifti ȝeer, and deed he is.

 CAP. X.

Thes ben the generaciouns of the sonys of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. And sonys ben born to hem after the flood. The sones of Japheth, Gomer, and Ma|gog, and Maday, andOm. BDEFH. Jauan, and Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras. The sonys for|sothe of Gomer, Assenes, and Riphath, and Thogorma. The sones forsothe of Jauan, Helisa, and Tassis, Cethym, and Dodanym; of thes ben diuydid yles of Gentils in her generaciouns, echone aftir the tung and her meynes, in her naciouns. The sones forsothe of Cham, Chus, and Mesraym, Futhand Futh BDEFH., and Chanaan. The sones forsothe of Chus, Saba, and Euila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatatha. The sonys of Regma, Saba and Dadan. Chus forsothe gat Nemeroth; he bigan to be myȝti in theOm. BDEFH. erthe, and heOm. D. was a strong hunter bifore the Lord; of that ȝede out a prouerbe, as Nemoroth, a strong hunter bifore the Lord. The bigynyng forsothe of his rewme was Babiloyn, and Arach, and Archad, and Thalamne, in the erthe of Sennaar. Of that londe was gon out Assur, and he bildidebilde BEH. edifiede D. Nynyuen, and the stretis of the cytee, and Chalethe Chale D., Re|sen also bitwix Nynyuen and Chale; this is the greet citee. And forsothe Mesraym gat Ludym, and Anamym, and Laabym, Neptymand Neptuym D., and Phetusym, and Chesluym; of the which ben gon out Philistiym and Capturym. Chanaan forsothe gat Sydo|nem, his first gotun, Etheum, and Jebu|seum, and Amoreum, Gergeseum, Eueum, and Aratheum, Cyneum, and Aradium, Samaryten, and Amatheum; and bi thes ben sowedsowen D. out the puplis of Chananes. And the termes of Chanaan ben maad to thilk that comen fro Sidon Geraran, vnto Gazan, to the tyme that thoume B sec. m. E sec. m. F. come into Sodomam, and Gomorram, and Adamam, and Seboin, vnto Lesa. Thes ben the sonys of Cham, inand DH. kynredis, and tungis, andOm. D. generaciouns, and erthis, and her folkis. Of Sem forsothe ben born the fa|deres of alle the sonys of Heber, the more brother of Japheth. The sonys of Sem; Elam, and Assur, and Arfaxad, and Lud, and Aram. The sonys of Aram; Vs, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes. And for|sothe Arfaxad gat Sale, of whom is born Heber. And there ben born to Heber two sonys, name to the toon Phalig, there thurȝ that in the daies of him the erthe is dyuydid; and the name of his brother Jactan. The which Jactan gat Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, Jare, and Ad|huram, and Vzal, and Deda, and Ebel, and Abumael, Saba and Ophir, and Euila, and Jobab; alle thes the sonys of Jactan. And the abitacioun of hem is maad o Messa, as men goon vnto Sephar, the est hille. Thes the sones of Sem, after cogna|ciouns, and tungis, and regiouns, in her folkis. Thes the meynes of Noe, aftir puplis and her naciouns; of thes ben dy|uydid the gentilis aftir the flood in the erthe.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe the erthe was of oo lip, and of the same wordis. And whan men shulden go fro the est, thei founden a feeld in the lond of Sennaer, and thei dwelleden in it. And the tother seide to his neiȝbore, Cometh, and make we tile stoons, and sethe we hem with fier; and thei hadden tiles for stoons, and towȝ cley for syment. And thei seiden, Cometh, and makemaketh D. we to vs a citee and a towr, whos heiȝt fulli ateyne vnto heuene; and halow we oure name, or we ben dyuydid into alle londis. The Lord forsothe de|scendide, that he myȝte se the citee and the towre, the which the children of Adam bildeden; and seide, Se! the puple is oon, and oo lippe is to alle, and this thei han bigunnen to make, ne thei wolen leeue of fro her thenkyngis, to the tyme that thei han fulfillid hem in dede; thanne come ȝe, descende we, and confounde we there the tung of hem, that noon here the vois of his neiȝbore. And so the Lord de|uydide hem fro that place into alle londis; and thei sesyden to bildeedifien D. the citee. And therfor was callidclepide BDEFH. the name of it Babel, for there was confoundid the lippe of al theOm. BDEFH. erthe; and fro thens the Lord dis|parpoilide hem vpon the face of alle re|giouns. Thes ben the generaciouns of Sem. Sem was of an hundrid ȝeeris whanne he gat Arfaxad, two ȝeer aftre the flood. And Sem lyuede aftir that he gat Arfaxad fyue hundrid wynter, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. Forsothe Ar|faxad lyuede fyue and thretty wynter, and gat Sale; and Arfaxad lyuede aftir that he gat Sale, thre hundrid and thre ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. And Sale lyuede thretti ȝeer, and gat Heber; and Sale lyuede after that he gat Heber, fowre hundrid wynter and thre, and gat sonys and dowȝtris. Heber forsothe lyuede fowre and thretti wynter, and gat Pha|leth; and Heber lyuede after that he gat Phaleth fowre hundrid and thritti wyn|ter, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. Phaleth forsothe lyuede thritti wynterȝere BDEFH., and gat Reu; and Phaleth lyuede aftir that he had getun Reu two hundrid and nyne ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtris. Reu forsothe lyuede two and thretti ȝeer, and gat Saruch; Reu forsothe lyuede aftir that he gat Saruch, two hundrid and se|uene ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. Saruch forsothe lyued threttiafter thretti A. ȝeer, and gat Nachor; and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gat Nachor, two hundrid ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. Nochor forsothe lyuede nyne and twenti ȝeer, and gat Thare; and Nachor lyued after that he gat Thare an hundrid `and nyne tentenne and nyne BDEFH. ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. And Thare lyued seuenti ȝeer, and gat Abram, and Nachor, and Aran. Thes ben for|sothe the generaciouns of Thare. Thare gat Abram, Nachor, and Aran. Aran forsothe gat Loth; and Aran was deed bifore Thare, his fadre, in the lond of his birthe, in Vr of Caldeis. Abram for|sothe and Nachor token hem wyues; the name of the wijf of Abram, Sarai, and the name of the wijf of Nachor, Melcha, the douȝter of Aron, fadirthe fader E pr. m. of Melche andOm. E pr. m. fadir of Jesse. Saray forsothe was bareyn, and had no fre children. And also Thare toke Abram, his sone, and Loth, the sone of Aran, the sone of hys sone, and Saray, his sonyssone BE pr. m. wijf, the wijf of Abraam, his sone, and he ledde hem out fro Vr of Caldeis, that thei myȝten go into the lond of Chanaan; and thei comen vnto Aran, and dwelliden there. And the daies of Thare ben maad of two hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and deed he is in Aran.

 CAP. XII.

The Lord forsothe seide to Abram, Go out fro thi lond, and fro thi kynreden, and fro the hows of thi fadir, and com in to the lond that I shal shew to thee; and I shal make thee in to a greet folk of kynde, and I shal blis to thee, and I shal magnyfie thi name, and thow shalt be blissid; andOm. BDEFH. I shal blis to thoothilk BDEFH. that blissen thee, and I shal curse to thoothilk BDEFH. that cursen thee; and in thee shal be blissyd alle cosynages of the erthe. And so Abraam ȝede out, as the Lord co|maundide toOm. BDEFH. hym, and Loth ȝede with hym. Of seuenti and fyue ȝeers was Abram whan he shulde go fro Aran. And he toke Saray, his wijf, and Loth, the sone of his brother, and al the sub|staunce that thei hadden, and the lyues that thei maden in Aran; and thei ȝeden out that thei myȝten gon in to the lond of Chanaan. And whan thei weren comen into it, Abram passide thurȝ the lond vnto the place of Sichim, and vnto the noble valeye. Chananeus forsotheOm. E pr. m. was thanne in the lond. The Lord forsothe apperyde to Abram, and seide to hym, I shal ȝyue to thi seed this lond. The which bildidemade D. there an auter to the Lord, the which had apperyd to hym, and he inwardly callidecleped BDEFH. there the name of him. And fro thens ouerpassynge to the mownt that was aȝens the est of Betel, andOm. BDH. and he EF. strauȝte there his tabernacle, hauynge Betel fro the west, and fro the est Hay. And he edefiede there an auter to the Lord, and inwardlihe inwardly BDEFH. clepide the name of hym. And Abram ȝede goynge, andin A. ferthermore passynge to the west. Forsothe hungur was maad in the lond; and Abram de|scendide into Egipt, that he myȝte pil|grimage there; forsothe hungir wex greet in the lond. And whan he was nyȝe that he shulde go into Egipt, he seide to Sa|ray, his wiif, I knew that a fayr wo|man thow art, and that whan Egipciens shulen se thee, thei ben to seyn, the wijf of hym she is, and thei shal slee me, and thee thei shal reseruereseyue A.. Seie thanne, I preye thee, that thow art my sistre, that it be to me wel for thee, and my sowle lyue for the grace of thee. And so whan Abram was gon into Egipt, Egipciens sawen the woman that she was ful fayre; and the princis tolden to Pha|rao, and preyseden hir anentys hym; and the woman was takun into the hows of Pharao. Abram forsothe thei wel vseden for hir; and there weren to hym sheep, and oxen, and he assis, and seruauntis, and meynes, and she assis, and camelis. The Lord forsothe scourgide Pharao with moost plagiswondis D. and the hows of hym, for Saray, AbramsAbram BDEF. wijf. And Pharao clepide Abram, and seide tovnto E pr. m. hym, What for|sothe is this that to me thow hast don? why shewideschewdist BDEFH. thow not to me that she was thi wijf? for what cause seidist thow hir to be thi sister, that to me I shulde take hir into a wijf? Now thanne se! thi wijf, and take hir and go. And Pharao comaundide vpon Abram two men, and thei conueyden hym, and the wijf of him, and al that he had.

 CAP. XIII.

Abram thanne ascendide fro Egipt, he, and his wiif and al that he had, and Loth with hym, to the sowth plaag. He was forsothe fulwol D. riche in possessioun of siluer and of gold. And he was turnyd aȝen bi the weye that he come fro the sowth in Betel, vnto the place in the which biforhond he had ficchidmaad D. a taber|nacle, bytwix Betel and Hay, in the place of the auter that he made bifore, and he inwardli clepide there the name of the Lord. But and of Loth, the which was with Abram, weren flockis of sheep, and droues, and tabernaclis; and the lond myȝte not reseyue hem, that thei dwell|iden to giderys; forsothe the substaunce of hem was myche, and thei myȝten not dwel comounli. Wherfor and there was strijf maad bitwix the shepherdis of the flockis of Abram and of Loth. That forsothe tyme Chananeus and Fereseus dwelliden in that lond. Seide thanne Abram to Loth, I biseche, be there not strijf bitwix thee and me, and bitwix my sheepherdis and thi sheepherdis; bri|theren forsothe we ben. Se! al the lond is bifore thee, I preye, go awey fro me; if thow to the left side gost, Y shal hold the riȝt side; if thow the riȝt side chesist, Y shal go to the leftleft side D.. And so Loth, his eyen heued vp, sawe al the re|gioun abowt of Jordan, the which al was watered, bifore the Lord shulde ouer|turne Sodom and Gomor, as paradis of the Lord, and as Egipt to comers into Segor. And Loth ches to hym the re|gioun abowt Jordan, and ȝede fro the est; and thei ben either diuydid fro his bro|ther. Abram dwelte in the londe of Cha|naan; and Loth forsothe abode in the borow townes that weren abowte Jordan, and dwellid in Sodomys. Men forsothe of Sodom weren the werst men, and syn|ners before the Lord mych. And the Lord seide to Abram, aftir that Loth was dyuydyd fro hym, Heue vp thin eyen euen ryȝt, and se fro the place in theOm. BDEFH. which thow art now, to the north and sowth, to the est and west; al the lond that thowOm. D. biholdist, I shal ȝyue to thee and to thi seed, for toOm. DH. euermore. And I shal make thi seed as powdirthe pouder BDEFH. of the erthe; if eny men myȝten nowmbre the powdre of the erthe, and thi seed he shal mow nowmbre. Aryse thanne and ouergo the lond in lengthe and in bredehis brede BDEFH., for I am to ȝyueȝeuing E. it to thee. Abram thanne, mouynge his tabernacle, com and dwellide biside the valey of Mambre, the which is in Ebron, and bildidebylde BEFH. made D. thereOm. D. an auter to the Lord.

 CAP. XIV.

And it was don in that tyme, that Amraphel, the kyng of Sennaer, and Ar|yoth, the kyng of Ponty, and Chodor|laomor, the kyng of Elemytarum, and Thadal, kyngand the kyng E. of folc of kynd, ȝeden into aOm. BDEFH. batail aȝens Bara, the kyng of Sodom, and aȝens Bersa, the kyng of Gomor, and aȝens Sennaar, the kyng of Adame, and aȝens Sebamar, the kyng of Soboym, and aȝens the kyng of Bale, thatit E sec. m. is, of Se|gor. Alle thes comen to gidre into the wodi valey, the which now is the see of salt. Forsothe twelue ȝeer thei serueden to Chodorlaomor, and the threttenthe ȝeer thei ȝede awey fro hym. Therfor the fourtenthe ȝeer com Chodorlaomor, and the kyngis that weren with hym, and smytyn Raphaym in Astaroth, Carnaym, and Zuzym with hem, and Emim in Sabe Chariathaim, and Chorreos in the hillis Seher, vnto the feeldyfeeldly A. placis of Pharam, that is in wildernes. And thei weren turned aȝen, and comen vnto the welle of Mesphat; it is of Cades. And thei smyten al the regioun of Amalechitis, and Amorre, the whiche dwellid in Asa|son of Thamar. And the kyng of So|dom, and the kyng of Gomorre, and the kyng of Adame, and the kyng of So|boym, also andOm. D. the kyng of Bale, that is of Segor, ȝeden out, and thei dressiden aȝens hem sheltrun in the wodi valey, that is, aȝens Chodorlaomor, kyngthe kyng E pr.m. of Elamytarum, and Thadal, kyngthe kyng E pr.m. of folk of kynde, and Amraphel, the kyng of Sennaar, and Arioth, the kyng of Ponty; foure kynges aȝens fyue. The wodi valei forsothe had manye pyttis of gluwyglewyche BEFH. toow D. cley; and so the kyng of Sodom and of Gomor turneden backis and fellen there; and thothilk BDEFH. that laften flowen to the hil. Forsothe thei token al the substaunce of Sodom and ofOm. DFH. Gomor, and alle thingis that par|teyneden to mete, and ȝeden awey; also and Loth, the sone of the brother of Abram, the which dwellid in Sodom, and the substaunce of hym. And lo! oon that ascapide, toolde to Abram Ebrew, the which dwellid in valeythe valey BDEFH. of Mambre of Amorey, brotherthe brother E pr.m. of Escol, and bro|ther of Aner; thes forsothe hadden coue|nauntid bond of pees with Abram. The which whanne Abram had herd, `that is, Loth his brother takunthat Loth his brother is takyn D., he noumbride thre hundrid ten and eiȝt men of his own howshold redi, and he pursuede hem vnto Dan. And, his felows dyuydid, he felle vpon hem in the nyȝt, and he smoot hem, and he pursuede hem vnto SabaHoba BDFH., and Phenysem, the which is at the left side of Damask. And he brouȝte aȝen al the substaunce, and Loth his brother with the substaunce of hym, and wymmen and puple. Forsothe the kyng of Sodom ȝede out into the aȝen-goyngaȝen-comyng B. of hym, after that he was aȝen turned fro the slawȝtir of Chodorlaomor, and of the kyngis that weren with hym, in the valey of Sabe, the which is the valey of the kyng. And forsothe Melchisadech, the kyng of Salem, bryngynge forth breed and wyne, for|sothe he was theOm. A pr. m. prest of the heiȝest God, blissideAnd he blesside E pr. m. tovnto BDEFH. hym, and seideseith E sec. m., Blissid be Abram to the heye God, the which maad of nouȝt heuene and erthe, and the heye God be blissid, whom de|fendynge, the enemyes ben takun in thin hondis. And he ȝaue hym dymes of alle thingis. Forsothe the kyng of Sodom seide to Abram, Ȝyue me the sowlis; othre thingis take to thee. The which answeride hym, I heeue vp myn hond to the Lord, theOm. E pr. m. heye God, welder of heuene and erthe, that fro a threed of the weeft vnto a garter of an hoos I shal not take of alle thingis that ben thin, lest thow seye, I haue maad Abram ryche; out take thes thingis that ȝong men han etun, and the partyse of men that camen with me, Aner, Eschol, and Mambre; thes shulen take there partyes.

 CAP. XV.

So thes thingis past ouer, the word of theOm. E pr. m. Lord was maad to Abram bi a vi|sioun, seiynge, Abram, woltwil BDEF. wole H. thow not dreed, I am thi defendour, and thi meed is ful greet. And Abram seide, Lord God, what shal thow ȝyue me? I shal go withouten fre children, and the sone of the proctour of myn hows, this Damask of Elyzar, shal be myn eyre. And Abram addide, To me forsothe thow hast not ȝouun seed, and, lo! the seruaunt of myn howshold shal be myn eyre. And anoon the word of God was maad to hym, sei|ynge, This shal not be thin eire, but he that shal gon out of thi womb, hym thow shalt makehaue BDEFH. thin eire. And he ledde hym out, and seide to hym, Biholde heuene, and noumbre the sterrys, if thow mayst. And he seide to hym, So shal be thi seed. Abram leuede to God, and it was alowid to hym to ryȝtwisnes. And he seide to hym, I the Lord, that out lad thee fro Vr of Caldeis, that I shulde ȝyue to thee this lond, and thow shuldist haue it. And he seide, Lord God, wherof may I knowe that I am to haue it? And the Lord an|sweride, Take, he seithsaid BDE pr.m.FH., to thee a kow of thre ȝeer, and a she gehet of thre ȝeer, and a wethir of thre ȝeer, and a turturturtil BDEFH., and a culuer. The which, takynge alle thes thingis, dyuydide hem by the mydil, and puttehe putte BDEFH. eithir partis aȝens hemsilf, either to othre; the briddis forsothe he dyuydide not. And fowlis descendiden vpon the careynscareyng B., and Abram `droue hemdrow hym D. awey. And whanne the sunne was goon down, feerfeerd BEFH. drede D. felle vpon Abram, and greet grisynes and derk assaileden hym. And it was seid to him, Bifore knowynge know thow, that thi seed is to be aOm. BDEFH. pil|grym in the lond not his, and men shulen suget hem to thraldom, and men shulen ouer traueile hem fowre hundrid wynter; nethelesneuerthelese BDEF. I shal deme the folk of kynde to whom thei ben to serue; and after thes thingis thei shulen gon out with a greet substaunce. Thow forsothe shalt go to thi fadres in pees, biried alsoOm. BDEFH. in god eld. The ferthe forsothe generacioun thei shulen turne aȝen hidir, ne ȝit forsothe ben not fulfillid the shrewidnes of theOm. BDEFH. Amoreis, vnto the tyme that is now. Thanne whan the sunne iswas BDEFH. gon down, there was maad a derk clowd, and a fur|neys smekynge aperyde, and a lawmpe of fijr, passynge bitwix thothilk BDEFH. dyuysiouns. In that day the Lord couenauntide with Abram a bond of pees, seiynge, To thi seed I shal ȝyue this lond, fro the flood of Egipt vnto the greet flood of Eufraten; Cyneos, and Cynyseos, and Sephmonios, and Etheos, and Phariseos, Raphaim for|sothe, and Amorreos, and Chananeos, and Gergeseos, and Gebeseos.

 CAP. XVI.

For Saray, the wijf of Abram, had not geet to hym fre children; but hauynge an hand mayden Egipcian, Agar bi name, seyde to hir howsbond, Loo! the Lord hath closid me, that Y may not bere; go into myn hand maydyn, if perauenture at the lestelaste D. of hir I take children. And whanne he assentide to hir preiyng, he toke Agar the Egipcian, hir hand mayden, aftir ten ȝeer that thei bigunnen to dwelle in the londe of Chanaan, and she ȝaue hir a wijf to hir husbond. The which ȝede into hir; and she seynge hir silf that she had conseyued, dispiside hir ladi. And Saray seide to Abram, Vneuenli thow dost aȝens me; I haue ȝyuun myn hand mayden into thi bosum, the which seynge that she hath conseyued, hath me to despit; the Lord deme bitwix me and thee. To whom answerynge Abram, Lo! he seith, thin hand maydyn is in thin hond; vse hir as it is leueful. Thanne Saray ouertraueilynge hir, she ȝede into flyȝt. And whanne the aungel of the Lord hadde foundun hir biside the welle of water in wildirnes, the which is in the weye of Sur in desert, he seide to hir, Agar, the hand mayden of Saray, whens comyst thow, and whithir gost thow? The which answeride, Fro the face of Saray my ladi I flee. And the aungel of the Lord seide to hir, Turne aȝen to thi ladi, and be meke vndir the hondis of hir. And eft, Multipliynge, he seith, I shal multiplie thi seed, and it shal not be nowmbrid for the multitude. And her|afterwardther afterward BDEFH., Loo! he seith, thow hast con|seyued, and thow shalt bere a sone, and thow shalt cleep the name of hym Ys|mael, therthurȝ that the Lord hath herd thin affliccioun; this shal be a feers man; the hoond of hym aȝens alle, and the hoond of alle aȝens hym; and `forn aȝensfrom aȝenst E sec. m. alle his britheren he shal ficche taber|naclis. Agar forsothe clepide the name of the Lord that spak to hir, Thow God that saw me; and she seide, Forsothe here I haue seen the hyndirmore of thilk that saw me. Therfor she nemnyde that pytte, the pyttespirit A. of hym lyuynge and se|ynge me; thilk is bytwix Cades and Ba|rad. And Agar bare to Abram a sone, the which clepide the name of hym Is|mael. Of eiȝti and sixe wynter was Abram, whanne Agar bare to hym Is|mael.

 CAP. XVII.

After forsothe that he bigan to be of nynti and nyne ȝeer, the Lord aperide to hym, and seide to hym, I God Almyȝti; goo bifore me, and be thow perfite; I shal sett my couenaunt of pees bitwix me and thee; and I shal multiplye thee ful hugeli. And Abram felle down al redi in to the face. And God seide to hym, I am, and I shal sett my couenaunt with thee, and thow shalt be fader of many folk of kynde; and thi name shal no more be clepid Abram, but thow shaltshal AE. be clepid Abraham, for I haue ordeyned thee fadirthe fadir BDEFH. of many folk of kynde; and I shal make thee grow moost hugeli, and I shall sett thee in folk of kynde, and kyngis shal gon out of thee; and I shal stable my couenaunt bitwixe me and thee, and bitwix thi seed after thee, in thi kynredis, with euerlastynge boond of pees, that I be thi God, and of thi seed after thee; and I shal ȝyue to thee and to thi seed aftyr thee the loond of thi pil|grimage, al the loond of Chanaan, into euerlastyng possessioun, and I shal be the God of hem. Eftsones God seide to A|braham, And thow thanne shalt kepe my couenaunt, and thi seed aftir thee, in her kinredis. This is my couenaunt, that ȝe shulen kepe bitwix me and ȝow, and thi seed after thee; ech maal of ȝow shal be circumcidid, and ȝe shulen circumside the flehs of the ferthermore parti of ȝoure ȝeerde, that it be in tokne of bondbondis D. of pees bitwix me and ȝow. A child of eiȝt dayes shal be circumsidid in ȝow, ech maal in ȝoure kinredis, as wel the freman of ȝoure howshold as the bowȝt man shal be circumsidid, and who so euer were of ȝoure lynage; and my couenaunt shal be in ȝoure flehs into euerlastynge boond of pees. The maal whos flehs of the vt|termore parti of his ȝerde were not cir|cumsidid, that soule shal be don a wey fro his puple; for he hath maad my couenaunt wast. And God seide to Abra|ham, Saray, thi wijf, thou shalt not clepe Saray, but Sara; and I shal blis to hir, and `of hirOm. D. I shal ȝyue tohyre D. thee a sone, to whom I am to blis, and he shal be into naciouns, and kyngis of puplis shal grow of hym. And Abraham fel into his face, and lowȝ in his herte, seiynge, Wenyst thow, whethir a sone shal be born to a man of an hundrid wynter, and Sara nynti winter shal bere? And he seide to the Lord, Wolde God Ysmael lyue bifore thee. And the Lord seide to Abraham, Sara, thi wijf, shal bere to thee a sone, and thow shalt cleep the name of hym Ysaac, and I shal ordeyne my couenaunt to hym into euerlastynge boond of pees, and to his seed after hym; and vpon Is|mael I haue herd thee, loo! I shal blis to hym, and I shal encrees, and I shal multiplie hym greetli; twelue dukis he shal gendre, and I shal make hym into a greet folk of kynde. But my coue|naunt I shal maak stonde to Ysaac, whom Sara shal bere to thee this tyme in the tother ȝeer. And whan the sermoun of the speker with hym was endid, God stiedesteyȝ BDEFH. vp fro Abraham. Abraham for|sothe toke Ysmael, his sone, and alle the fre men of his hows, and alle whom he had bowȝt, alle the malis of alle men of his hows, and he circumsidide the flehs of the vttermor parti of ther ȝerde, anoon in that day, as God had comaundid hym. Abraham was of nynti and nyne ȝeer whan he circumsidide the flehs of the vttermore parti of his ȝerde, and Is|mael, his sone, had fulfillid thrittene ȝeer in tyme of his circumsicioun. And the same day was Abraham circumsidid, and Ysmael his sone, and alle menthe men BDEFH. of hys hows, as wel fre men as bowȝt and aliens, togideris weren circumsidid.

 CAP. XVIII.

The Lord forsothe aperyde to hym in the valey of Mambre, sittynge in the dore of his tabernacle, in that heet of the day. And whan he had areride vp the eyen, thre men stondynge nyȝ hym aperiden to hym. Whom whan he had seen, he ranne into the aȝen comyng of hem fro the dore of his tabernacle, and he low|tide intoin BDEFH. the erthe, and seide, Lord, if I haue foundun grace in thin eyen, ouer|passe thow not thi seruaunt, but I shal bringe to a litil mesure of water, and ȝoure fete be wayshid, and reste thowȝou BDEFH. vnder a tree; and I shal sett a morsel of breed, and ȝoure herte be coumfortid; aftyrward ȝe shulen passe forthe; and therfor forsothe ȝe boweden down to ȝoure seruant. The whiche seiden, Do as thow hast spokun. Abraham hyede into the tabernacle, to Sara, and seide to hir, Hye, and mynge togidre thre half buysshelis of clene flowre; and make looues bakun vndur ayshen. He forsothe rannerennyd BEFH. rennyng D. to the droue, and toke thens a calf moost tendre and best, and ȝaue a child, the which hyede, and sethede it; and toke butter, and mylk, and the calf the which he had sothun, and sette bifore hem; he forsothe stode biside hem vndir the tre. And whanne thei hadden etun, thei seiden to hym, Where is Sara thi wijf? He answeride, Loo! in hir taber|nacle she is. To whom he seide, Turn|ynge aȝen I shal com to thee this tyme, the lijf ledere; and Sara, thi wijf, shal haue a sone. The which thing herd, Sara lowȝ bihynde the dore of the taber|nacle. Forsothe thei weren bothe oold, and of greet age, and to Sara fluxis of blood hadden laft to be maad. The which lowȝ priueli, seiynge, After that I am bicom oold, and my lord is an olde man, shal I ȝyue bysynes to lust? The Lord forsothe seide to Abraham, Whi lowȝ Sara, thi wijf, seiynge, whe|ther I an oold woman am verreily to bere child? whether eny thing is to God hard? Aftir the sawe bitwix vs I shal turne aȝen to thee thisOm. D. same tyme, the lijf leder; and Sara shal haue a sone. Sara denyede, seiynge, I lowȝ not, thurȝ drede afeerd. The Lord forsothe, It is not, he seideseyth E sec. m., so, but thow lowȝ. Thanne whanne the men were rysun thens, thei dressiden her eyen aȝens Sodom; and Abraham ȝede with, ledynge forth hem. And the Lord seide, Whether I mow hide fro Abraham thingis that Y am to do, sith he is to be into a greet folk of kynde and moost strong, and alle na|ciouns of theOm. BDEFH. erthe ben to be blissid in hym? I woot forsothe that he is to co|maunde his sones, and to his hows aftir hym, that thei kepen the wey of the Lord, and that thei do ryȝtwisnes, and dom, that the Lord brynge to for Abra|ham alle thingis that he hath spokun to hym. And so the Lord seide, The cry of Sodom and Gomor is multiplied, and the synne of hem is myche agredgyd; I shal go down, and se whether the cry that is comen to me thei han fulfillid in dede, or itwhether it E pr. m. is not so that I wyte. And thei turneden hem silfseluen BDEFH. thens, and ȝeden aweyOm. F. to Sodom. Abraham forsothe ȝit stode bifore the Lord, and neiȝynge seith, Whether thow shalt lese the riȝtwis with the wickyd? if there benOm. D. fifti riȝtwis in the citee, shulen thei peryshe to gidere, and shalt thow not spare to that place for fifti riȝtwis, if thei shulen be in it? Be it fer fro thee that thow do this thing, and sle the ryȝtwis with the wickid, and the riȝtwis be maad as the wickid; this is not thin that demyst al the erthe; thow shalt not do that dom. And the Lord seide to hym, If Y shal fynde in Sodom fifti riȝtwis in the myddil of the cytee, I shal forȝyue to al the place for hem. Abraham answeride and seithseyde E sec. m., For oons I bigan, I shal speke to the Lord my God, whan Y am powder and askeasches D.; what if there weren bi fyue lesse than fifti ryȝtwis, shalt thow do awey al the cite for fyue and fourty? And he seith, I shal not do awey, if I shal fynde there fyue and fourti. And eftsonys he spake to hym, If forsothe fourti weren foundun there, what shaltshal A. thow do? He seith, I shal not smyte for fourti. Y bi|seche thee, he seith, ne indeyne thow, Lord, if I speke; what if there weren foundun thretti? He answeryde, I shal not do, if I shal fynde threttither thretti BDEFH.. For onus, he seith, I bigan, I shal speke to my Lord; what if there weren foundun twenti? He seydeseith BDFH., I shal not sle for twenti. I biseche, he seith, Lord, be thow not wrooth, if ȝit oons I speke; what if there be foundun ten? He seide, I shal not do awey for ten. The Lord ȝede aweie, after that he had ceesid to speke to Abraham, and he was turnyd aȝen into his place.

 CAP. XIX.

And two aungels comen to Sodom at euen, sittynge Loth in the ȝatis of the cyte. The whiche, whanne he had seen hem, roos, and ȝede to mete with hem, and honowrideanourede BEFH. worschepede D. bowide into the erthe, and seide, I prey ȝow, syres, bowith down into the hows of ȝoure child, and dwell|ith there; wayshith ȝoure fete, and erly ȝe shal go forth into ȝoure weye. The whiche seiden, Nay, but in the street we shulen dwel. He myche constreynede hem, that thei shulden turne to hym. And hem goon into his hows, he made a feest, sethedeseeth D. therf breed, and thei eten. For|sothe bifore that thei shulden go to leg|gen, men of the cytee setten abowt his hows, fro child to oold man, al the puple to gider; and thei clepeden Loth, and seiden to hym, Where ben the men that comen in to thee at nyȝt? lede hem out hidir, that we knowen hem. Loth gon oute to hem bihynde the rigge, and tynd|ynge to the dore, seith, Wole ȝe not, I preye, my britheren, wole ȝe not this yuel don. I haue two douȝtren, the whiche ȝit knewen notno BDEFH. man; I shal lete hem out to ȝow, and mysvsith hem as it shal like to ȝow, so that ȝe don no thing of yuel to thes men, for thei ben comun ynne vndur the shadew of my roof. And thei seiden, Go aȝen thider. And eft|sonys, Thow art comen in, thei seiden, as a comelyng; whether that thow deme? thee thi silf thanne more than thes we shulen ouertraueyl. And foors thei maden to Loth moost hidowsly. Now nyȝ it was that thei shulden vp breke the ȝatis; and lo! the men putten to hoonde, and brouȝten into hem Loth, andOm. D. closedenschetten D. the dore. And hem that weren with out thei smyten with blyndnes, fro the leest vnto the moost; so that the dore thei myȝten not fynde. And thei seiden to Loth, Hast thow here eny man of thin, sone in lawe, or sones, or douȝtres; alle that ben thin lede out of this citee, we shulen do awey this place, therthurȝ that the cry of hem is ful encresid bifore the Lord, the which sende vs that we lesen hem. And so Loth gon out, spakespekith D. to his sonys in lawe, the whiche weren to take his douȝteres, and he seide, Risith, and goth out fro this place, for the Lord shal do aweie this cite. And he was seen to hem as pleiynge to speke. And whanne was morutyde, the aungels con|streyneden hym, seiynge, Aryse, and take thi wijf, and thi two dowȝtrys, that thow hast, lest and thow withOm. D. perishe in the wickidnes of the citee. And hym deny|inge, thei token the honde of hym, and the honde of the wijf, and of the two dowȝtren of hym; ther thurȝ that the Lord wolde spare to hym. And thei ledden hym out, and puttidenputten BDEFH. hym out of the cyte. There thei speken to hym, seiynge, Saue thi soule; wolewilne BEFH. wele D. thow not bihold bihynde thi bak, and stonde thow not in al the regioun about, but in the hille make thee saf, lest and thow with perishe. And Loth to hem seide, My lord, I biseche, for thi seruaunt hath foundun grace bifore thee, and thow hast magnyfied grace and thi mercy, that thow hast don with me, that thow sauedist my soule; I may not in the hil be sauyd, lest perauenture yuel take me, and die; there is a cite here nyȝ a litle, to which Y may fle, and I shal be saf in it; whe|ther it is not litel? andOm. D. my soule shal lyue in it. And he seide to hym, Lo! in that I haue take thi preieris, that I subuerte not the citee for the which thow hast spokun; hye, and be thowOm. BDEFH. maad saf there, for I shal not mow do eny thing to the tyme thatOm. BDEFH. thow be gon yn thidir. Therfore the name of that citee is clepid Segor. The sunne is gon out vpon the erthe, and Loth is gon in to Segor. Thanne the Lord reynede vpon Sodom and Gomor brenstoon and fier, fro the Lord fro heuene, and he subuertide thes citees, and al the regioun about, alle dwellerys of citees, and alle growynge thingis of the erthe. And the wijf of hym, biholdyngebiholdyndynge A. bihynde her, was turned into an ymage of salt. Abraham forsothe arysynge eerly, where he stode bifore|hond with the Lord, bihelde Sodom and Gomor, and al the erthe of thatthilk BDEFH. regioun; and saw a multitude of sparkissperklis BDEFH. steiynge vp fro the erthe, as smook of a furneys. Whan forsothe God had subuertid the citees of that regioun, he recordide of Abraham, and dylyueride Loth fro the subuersioun of citees in whiche he had dwellid. And Loth stiedesteyȝ BDEFH. vp fro Segor, and dwellid in the hil, and hys two dowȝ|tris with hym, forsothe he dredde to dwel in Segor; and he dwellide in a spelunccawe D., `or a denOm. BDEFH., he and his two dowȝterys with hym. And the more seide vntoto BDEFH. the lesse, Our fadir is old, and noon of the men is left in the lond, that myȝten gon into vs, after the maner of al londe; come, and make we hym drunkun with wyne, and slepe we with hym, that we mown kepe the seed of oure fadir. And so thei ȝauen to her fadir to drynk wyne that nyȝt, and the more was gon yn, and slept with the fadir; and he felide nother whan the dowȝter ley down, ne whan she aroos. And the tother day the more seide to the lasse, Lo! ȝistirday I slept with my fadir, ȝyue we hym to drynk wyne also this nyȝt, and thow shalt slepe with hym, that we sauen the seed of oure fadir. And thei ȝauen also that nyȝt to her fadir wyne for to drynk, and the lesse gon ynne sleptslepe D. with hym; and nother than forsothe he felide whan he lay bi hir, or whan she aroos. Thanne conseyueden the two dowȝtris of Loth of her fader. And the more bare a sone, and clepide the name of hym Moab; he is the fadir of Moabytes vnto the day that is now. And the lesse bare a sone, and clepid the name of hym Amon, that is, the sone of mymany A. puple; he is the fadir of Amonytes ȝit to this day.

 CAP. XX.

Abraham thens gon into the sowth londe, dwellide bitwix Cades and Sur, and he was pilgrym in Gererys; and he seide ofto DF. Sara, his wijf, My sistyr she is. Thanne sendesent BDEFH. Abymalech, the kyng of Gerere, and toke hyr. God forsothe com to Abymalech bi sweuyn in the niȝt, and seide to hym, Lo! thow shalt die, for the wijf that thow hast takun, forforsothe BDEFH. she hath a man. Abimalech forsothe had not towchid hir, and seith, Lord, whether an vnkunnynge folk of kynde and a ryȝtwys thow shalt slee? Seide he not to me, my sistir sheȝe sche D. is, and she seith, my brother he is? In symplenes of myn herte, and clennes of myn hondis I dide this. And the Lord seide to hym, I knowe that thurȝ symplenes of herte thow didist, and therfor Y kepte thee, that thow shuldist not synne in me, and I suffryde not that thow shuldist towche hyr; now thanne ȝelde the wijf to hir man, for a prophet he is; and he shal preie for thee, and thow shalt lyue; if sotheli thow wolt not ȝeldyn, wite thowOm. BDEFH. that thurȝ deeth thow shalt die, thow and alle that ben thin. And anoon of the nyȝt rysynge, Abimalech clepide alle his seruauntis, and spake alle thes wordis in the eeris of hem; and alle men dredden hem greetli. Abymalech forsothe clepide also Abra|ham, and seide to hym, What hast thow don to vs? what han we synned in thee, for thow hast brouȝt ynne vpon me and vpon my rewme a greet synne? thingis that thow shuldist not do thow hast don to vs. And eftsonys askynge seith, What hast thow seen that thatOm. BE. thow shuldist don? Abraham answeryde, I thouȝte with my silf, seiynge, perauenture the drede of God is not in this place, and thei shal sle me for my wijf; ellis forsothe and verreili my sister she is, the dowȝter of my fadir, and not the dowȝter of my mo|dir; and I toke her into aOm. BDEFH. wyif; and sith God led me out fro the hows of my fadir, I seide to hir, This mercy thow shalt do with me in al place to which we shulen go to; thow shalt sey, that thi brother Y am. Thanne Abymalech toke sheep, and oxen, and seruauntis, and handmaydens, and ȝaue to Abraham; and ȝildide to hym Sara, his wijf, and seith, The lond is bifore ȝow; where euer it shal plese to thee, dwel. And to Sara he seide, Lo! a thowsynd pens of siluer Iand I D. haue ȝouun to thi brother; this shal be toOm. A. thee into veyl of eyen to alle that ben with thee; and whidir euer thow shalt gon, haue mynde thee o|takento A rec. m. the etakyn D.. Abraham forsothe preiynge, God helide Abymalech, and wijf, and hand maydenes of hym, and beren childchildrin D.; God forsothe had closid al the womb of the hows ofOm. A. Abymalech, for Sara, Abra|hams wijf.

 CAP. XXI.

God forsothe visitide Sara, as he had bihiȝtbyhote BDEFH., and fulfillide that that he spak. And she conseyuede, and bare a sone in hir elde, in the tyme that God bifore seide to hir. And Abraham clepide the name of his sone, whom gat to hym Sara, Ysaac. And he circumsidide hym the eiȝte day, as God had comaundid hym, whan he was of an hundrid wynter; this forsothe age of the fadir Ysaac was born. And Sara seide, The Lord hath lawyng maad to me, and who so euer shal here shal with lawe to me. And eft she seith, Who to heren shulde leue Abraham, that Sara shulde ȝyue a child to sowk, whom she bare to hym now oold? Thanne the child growide and was don awey fro sowkyng; and Abraham made a greet feest, in the day of the wanyng of hym. And whan Sara had seen the sone of Agar Egipcian pleiynge with Ysaac, hir sone, she seide to Abraham, Throw out this hand mayden, and the sone of hir; the sone of the hand mayden shal not be eyre with my sone Ysaac. Hard toke that Abraham for his sone; to whom God seide, Sharp be it not seen to thee vpon the child, and vpon thithe BDFH. hand mayden; alle thingis that Sara shal seye to thee, here the voys of hir, for in Ysaac shal be clepid seed to thee; but and the sone of the handmaydyn I shal make into a greet folk of kynde, for thi seed he is. And so Abraham aroos erly, and takynge breed, and a botel of water, leide to the shuldur of hym, and bitoke the childe, and lefte hir; the which, whanne hesche BDEFH. `was gonwent B sup. ras. awey, erride in the wildirnes of Bersabee. And whan the water in the botel was doon, she threwe awey the child vndir a tree, that there was, and ȝede a wey, and she set forn aȝens `a fero ferre BEF., as myche as a bow may cast; she seide forsothe, I shal not se dyinge the child, and sittynge aȝensthere aȝens DH., heuede vp hir voys, and wepte. And the Lord herde the vois of the child, and the aungel of the Lord clepide Agar fro heuene, seiynge, Agar, what dost thow? wole thow not drede; God forsothe hath herd the vois of the child, fro the place in which he is. Aryse, and take the child, and holde the honde of hym; for into a greet folk I shal make hym. And God openede the eyen of hir, the whiche seynge the pit of water, ȝede, and fillide the botel, and ȝaue the child to drynk; and was with hym, the whiche wex, and dwellid in wildyrnes, and he was maad a ȝong sheter, and dwellid in the desert of Pharan; and his modir toke to hym a wijf of the lond of Egipt. The same tyme seide Abyma|lech, and Phicol, the prince of his oost, to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis that thow dost; thanne swere by God that thow noye not to me, ne to myn aftir comers, and to my lynage; but after the mercy that I haue do to thee, do thow to me, and to the loond in which thow hast dwellid comelynga comelyng E pr. m.. And Abra|ham seide, I shal swere. And he blamyde Abymalech for the pit of water, the which thurȝ force token a wey the seruauntis of hym. And Abymalec answerid, I wiste not who dide this thing, but and thow shewedist not toOm. BDEFH. me, and I herde not for|to toOm. H. day. And so Abraham toke sheep, and oxen, and ȝaue to Abymalech, and bothe thei smyten a boond of pees. And Abrahame ordeynede seuene she lambis of the flok asyde. To whom sayde Aby|malech, What to hem wilne thes seuen she lambis, the which thow hast maad stoond asyde? And he, Seuen, he seith, she lambis thow shalt take of myn honde, that thei be into witnes to me, for I del|uyde this pit. Therfore this place was clepid Bersabee, for there eithir swore, and ȝeden in couenaunt of pees for the pitt of othe. Abymalech forsothe aroos, and Phicol, the prince of his chyualryeknyȝthode BDE pr. m. FH., and turneden aȝen into the loond of Pa|lestynes. Abraham forsothe plauntide a wode in Bersabee, and inwardli clepide there the name of euerlastyngethe euerlast|yng BDEFH. God; and was a tilier of the erthe of Palestynes many dayes.

 CAP. XXII.

Aftyr that thes thingis weren doon, God temptide Abraham, and seide to hym, Abraham! Abraham! He answer|ide, I am nyȝ. He seide to hym, Tak thin oonli gotun sone, whom thow louest, Ysaac, and go into the loond of visioun, and there offre hym into sacrifice al brent, vpon oon of the hillis whiche I shal shewe to thee. Thanne Abraham onof BDEFH. the nyȝt with rysynge, diȝte his asse, ledynge with hym two ȝong men, and Ysaac his sone; and whanne he had hewid his wode into brent sacrifice, he ȝede to the place which comaundide hym God. And the thrid day, the eyen heued vp, he sawe a place `a feero ferre BEF.; and seide to his chil|dren, Abydith here with the asse, I and the child vnto thidir goynge, aftir that we han onowryd, we shulen com aȝen to ȝow. And he toke the wode of the sacri|fice, and putte vpon Ysaac, his sone; he forsothe bare in his hondis fier, and a swerd. And whanne thei two ȝeden to gideris, seide Ysaac to his fadir, My fa|dir! And he answeride, What wilt thow, sone? Lo! he seith, fier and wode, where is the sacrifice of that that shal be brent? Abraham seide, God shal puruey to hym, my sone, the sacrifice of that that shal be brent. Thanne thei ȝeden togider, and comen to the place whom God shewide to hym, in the which he bildideedifiede D. byld E. an au|ter, and aboue made the wode; and whan he had boundun Ysaac, his sone, he putte hym in the auter, vpon the heep of wode. And he strawȝte his honde, and toke the swerd, that he myȝt offre his sone. And loo! the aungel of the Lord fro heuene cryede, seiynge, Abraham! Abraham! The whiche answeride, I am nyȝ. And he seide to hym, Strecche thow not thinthe E. hond out vpon the child, and do notthou not BDEFH. eny thing to hym; now I haue knowun that thow dredist God, and thow hast not sparid to thin oneown A. goten sone for me. Abraham heuede vp his eyen, and sawe bihynd his bak a wether amonge thornes, tyed bi the hornes, whom takynge to offryd brent sacrifice for the sone. And he clepide the name of thethat BDEFH. place, The Lord seeth; wherfor ȝit thisin this B. to this E pr. m. day it is seid, In the hil the Lord shal se. And the aungel of the Lord clepide Abraham eftsonys fro heuene, seiynge, Bi my sylf I swore, seith the Lord, for thow hast do this thing, and thow hast not sparid to thin oon gotun sone for me, I shal blis to thee, and I shal multiply thi seed as sterris of heuene, and as grauel that is in the brenk of the see; thi seed shal weeld the ȝatis of his enemyes; and al folk of the erthe shal be blessid in thi seed, for thow hast obeishid to my vois. And Abraham turnyde aȝen to his children, and ȝede to Bersabee togider, and he dwellide there. And so thes thingis don, it was told to Abraham, that Melcha for|sothe had getun sones to Nachor, his bro|ther; Hus, the fyrst getun, and Buz, the brothir of hym, and Chamuel, the fadir of Sirus, and Cased, and Azan, and Phel|das, and Jedlaphat, and Batuel, of whom Rabecca was born; thes eiȝt gat Melcha to Nachor, the brother of Abraham. The secundarie wijf forsothe of hym, Roma bi name, bare Thabee, and Gaon, and Thaas, and Maacha.

 CAP. XXIII.

And Sara lyuyde an hundrid and seuen and twenti ȝeer, and she was deed in the citee of Arbee, that is Ebron, in the loond of Chanaan; and Abraham cam, that he myȝte weyl and wepe hir. And whanne he was rysun fro the office of the deed cors, he spake to the sonys of Heth, seiynge, A comelyng and a pilgrime I am anentis ȝow; ȝyue ȝe to me ryȝt of a biryyng place with ȝow, that I mow biry ynne my deed. And the sones of Heth an|sweriden, seiynge, Lord, here vs; the prince of God thow art anentis vs; in oure chosun berielis birye thi deed, and no man shal mow wern thee, but in the monument of hym thow byrye thi deed. And Abraham aroos, and lowtide the puple of the erthe, the sones, that is, of Heth. And he seide to hem, If it plese to ȝoure soule that I byrye my deed, here ȝe me, and preye ȝe for me anentis Ephron, the sone of Seor, that he ȝyue to me the dowble spelunk, `or caueOm. BDEFH., that he hath in the vttermore party of his feeld; for the worth of money take he it to me bifore ȝow into possessioun of a sepulcre. Ephron forsothe dwellid in the myddil of the sones of Heth. And Ephron answeryde to Abraham, alle men herynge the which ȝede into the ȝaat of the cite of hym, seiynge, My lord, so shal it not be, but thow more herkyn that I speke; the feeld I take to thee, and the spelunk that is in yt, present the sonys of my puple; birye thi deed. Abraham lowtide bifore the Lord, and the puple of the loond, and spake to Ephron, stondynge aboute the folk of hym, I biseche, that thow here me; I shal ȝyue money for the feeld, take it, and so Y shal birye my deed in the feeld. And Ephron answer|yde, My lord, here me, the erthe that thow askist is worth foure hundryd sicles of siluer, this is the pryis bitwix me and thee, but what is that? birye thithe E. deed. The which whanne Abraham had herd, he peyside the money that Ephron had askyd, herynge the sonys of Heth, foure hundrid siclys of siluer, and of preued comune money. And the feeld sumtyme of Ephron, in the which was the dowble spelunk, biholdynge to Mambre, as wel it as the spelunk and alle the trees of it, in alle the termes of it bi enuyroun, is confermyd to Abraham into possessioun, seynge the sones of Heth and alle that entreden the ȝate of the cite of hym. And so Abraham byriede his wijf Sara in the dowble spelunk of the feeld, the which bihelde Mambre; that is Ebron in the londe of Chanaan. And the feeld is confermed, and the pit that was in it, to Abraham, into possessyoun of a monu|ment, of the sones of Heth.

 CAP. XXIV.

Forsothe Abraham was oold, and of manye daies, and the Lord in alle thingis had blissid to hym. And he seide to the elder seruaunt of his hows, that was bi|fore in rulyng to alle thingis that he had, Put thin hoond vndir myn hip, that I adiure thee bi the Lord God of heuene and of erthe, that thow take not wijfa wijf A pr. m. to my sone of the dowȝtris of Chananeys, among the whiche I duelle; but go to the loond and to my cognacioun, and fro thens take a wijf to my sone Ysaac. The seruaunt answeride, If the womman wole not com with me into this loond, whether I shal lede aȝen thi sone to the place, of the which thow were goon out? Abra|ham seide, Be war, lest ony tyme thow lede aȝen thider my sone; the Lord God of heuene that toke me fro the hows of my fadir, and fro the loond of my birth, the which hath spokun to me, and swore, seiynge, To thi seed I shal ȝyue this loond, he shal send his aungel bifore thee, and fro thens thow shalt taak a wijf to my sone; and if the woman wole not folow thee, thow shalt not `be holdenbihold A. byholden DH. be holde E pr. m. ben holde sec. m. to the oth; neuerthelater my sone ne lede thow aȝennot aȝen BDEFH. thidir. Thanne the seruaunt putte his hoond vndir the hip of Abra|ham, his lord, and swore to hym vpon this word. And he tok ten camelis of the flok of his lord, and ȝede, berynge with hym of alle the goodis of hym; and goon he ȝede to Mesopotany, to the citee of Nachor. And whan he had maad the camelis resten out of the wallid town, bisydis a pit of watre, at euen, thatthilk BDEFH. tyme that womman ben wont to goon out to draw water, seide, Lord God of my lord Abraham, Y preye, to day aȝen-com to me, and do mercy with my lord Abra|ham. Loo! I stoond nyȝ the welle of water, and the dowȝtres of the dwellers of this citee shal goon out to draw watyr; thanne the maydenmayde BD sec. m. EFH. child, to whom I shal seye, Bouwe down thi water pot that I drynke, and she shal answere, Drynke, but and to thi camels I shal ȝyue drynk, she is whom thow hast bifore ordeyned to thi seruaunt Ysaac; and bi this I shal vn|durstond that thow shalt do mercy with my lord Abraham. Ne ȝit fully with ynne hym silf he had fulfillid the wordis, and loo! Rabecca ȝede out, the dowȝter of Batuel, sone of Melche, wijf of Na|chor, brother of Abraham, hauynge a water pot in hir shulder; a ful sembly damysel, and moost fayr mayden, and vnknowun to man. She descendide for|sothe to the welle, and had fulfild hir water pot, and was turned aȝen. And theher A. seruaunt ȝede aȝens hir, and seide, Ȝyue to me a litle of water to drynk of thi water pot. The which answeride, Drynk, my lord. And anoonbylyue BDEFH. she putte down the water pot vpon hir arm, and ȝaue drynk to hym. And whanne he had drunkun, she addide to, But and to thi camelis I shal draw water, to the tyme thei han drunkunalle dronken BDEFH.. And she, heldynge out the water pot into the water trowis, and rennede aȝen to the pit, for to draw water, and drawun she ȝaue to alle the camelis. He forsothe biheelde her stilli, wilnyngwyllynge D. to wite whether the Lord had maad his weye welsom, or noon. Thanne after that the camelis hadden drunkun, the man brouȝte forth goldun eer ryngis, peisynge two sicles, and as feel arm ser|clis, peiys of ten siclys. And he seide to hir, Whos dowȝter art thow? shewe thow to me, is there in the hows of thi fadir place to dwelle? The which answeryde, The dowȝter of Batuel Y am, sone of Na|chor, whom Melcha bar to hym. And she addide, seiynge, Of chaf forsothe and of hey mychemochil D. there is at vs, and a large place to dwelle. The man bowide hym silf, and onourydeanourid BDEFH. the Lord, seiynge, Blissid be the Lord God of my lord Abra|ham, the which hath not takun awey mercy and his sothefastnes fro my lord, and in riȝt wei hath fullifull E. lad me into the hows of the brothir of my lord. And so the damysel rennede, and tolde in theOm. D. hows of hir modir alle thingis that she hadde herd. Rabecca forsothe hadde a brothir, Laban bi name, the which hiynge ȝede out to the man, where he was with outen. And whan he had seen the eer ryngis and the arm serclis in the hondis of his sister, and he hadde herd alle the wordis of hir tellynge, thes thingis the man spak to me, he com to the man, that stode bisidis the camelis, and nyȝ the welle of water, and seide to hym, Go ynne, thow blissid of the Lord; whi stondist thow with oute? Y haue greithid the hows, and the place to thi camelis. And he ladde hym into the hows of herbergrye, and unsadelynge dischargide the camelis, and ȝaue to hem chaf, and hey, and water for the camelis fete to be wayshun, and mennys whiche comen with hym. And there was sett brede in his siȝt, the which seith, Y shal not eet, to the tyme Y speke my wordis. He answeride to hym, Spek. And he, The seruaunt, he seith, Y am of Abraham, and the Lord hath blissid to my lord ful myche, and he is magnyfied; and he hath ȝouun to hym sheep, and oxen, siluer, and gold, seruauntis, and hand maydens, camelis, and assis. And Sara, the wijf of my lord, hath born a sone to my lord in his eeld, and he hath ȝyuun to hym al that he had. And my lord hath adiurid me, seiynge, Thow shalt not take to my sone a wijf of the dowȝ|tres of Chananeis, in whos loond Y dwel, but thow shalt go to the hows of my fa|dir, and of my cognacyoun thow shalt take a wijf to my sone. I forsothe an|sweride to my lord, What if the womman wole not go with me? The Lord, he seith, in whos siȝt Y goo, shal sende his aungel with thee, and shal make redi thi weye; and thow shalt take a wijf to my sone of my kynredun, and of the hows of my fa|dir. Thow shalt be ynnocent fro my curse, whan thow shalt com to my nyȝ kyn, and thei ȝyue not to thee. I com thanne to day to the welle of water, and seyde, The Lord God of my lord Abra|ham, if thow hast maad redy my weye, in the which now Y go, loo! I stonde bysides the welle of theOm. BDEFH. water, and the maydyn that shal goon out to draw watre here of me, ȝyue to me a lytil of water to drynke of thi watre pot, and she seyeseide D. to me, And thow drynke, and Y shal draw water to thi camelis, she is the womman that the Lord hath maad redi to the soneloue A. of my lord. While thes thingis Y turn|ede stilly with my silf, Rebecca aperide, comynge with the water pot that she bare in hir shuldir; and she descendide to the welle, and drowe water. And Y seidesay BDEF. to hir, Ȝyf to me a litil to drynk; the which hiynge dide down hir water pot fro hir shulder, and seide to me, And thow drynk, and to thi camelis Y shal ȝyue drink; andOm. BDEFH. I drank, and she wateryde the camelis. And I askide hir, and seide, Whos dowȝter art thow? The which an|sweryde, The dowȝter of Batuel Y am, sone of Nachor, whom bare to hym Mel|cha. And so I hengidehynge D. eer ryngis to honoureanourne BDF. anoure H. the face of hir, and arm serclis I putte in the hondis of hir, and bowid I honowrideanourideB DEFH. the Lord, blissynge to the Lord God of my lord Abraham, the which hath ful lad me the ryȝt weye, that I shulde take the dowȝter of the brother `of my lordOm. A sec. m. BFH. to the sone of hym. Wherfor if ȝe doon mercy and sothenes with my lord, shewith to me; if forsothe other thing plesith, and that seiesigge BDEFH. ȝee, that Y go to the ryȝt or to the left. Laban and Batuel answeryden, Fro the Lord the word is goon out; we mown not out of the plesyng of hym ony thing othir speke with thee. Loo! Rebecca is bifore thee; taak hir, and go, and be she the wijf of the sone of thi lord, as the Lord hath spokun. The which whan the child of Abraham hadde herd, fallynge down in theOm. BDEFH. erthe honowredeanouride BDEFH. the Lord. And vesselys of siluer, and of gold, and clothis brouȝt forth, ȝaue hem to Rebecca for ȝifte, and to the britheren of hir and to the modir he offride ȝiftis. And the feest bigun, thei etynge to gideris and drynk|ynge dwelliden there. The child forsothe rysynge eerly, spak, Lat me, that Y go to my lord. The britheren of hir and the modir answeryden, The mayde child at the leest dwelle ten dayes anentis vs, and aftirward sche shal go. Wilnwyl D. ȝe not, he seith, me aȝen-holde, for the Lord hath maad redi my weie; late ȝe me, that Y go to my lord. And thei seiden, Clepe we the maydynmeyde BDEFH. child, and aske we the wil of hir. And whan she clepid was comun, thei askiden, Wolt thow with this man go? She seide, I shal go. Thanne thei leten hir, and Delbora, hir noryshe, and the seruaunt of Abraham, and the withfolweris of hyr, inwardli preyinge weelsom thingis of her sistyr, and seiynge, Oure sistir thou art, growe thow into thowsand thowsandis, and welden thi seed the ȝatis of thin enemyes. Thanne Re|becca and the damysels of hir, the camelis steied vp, foleweden the man, the which hyinge turnede aȝen to his lord. That tyme Ysaac ȝede bi the weye that ledith to the pit, whos name is of hym lyuynge and seiynge; forsothe he dwellide in the sowth loond. And he was goon out to bithenk in the feeld, the day now goon doun; and whan he had houun vp the eyen, he sawȝ camelis comynge afer. And Rebecca, Ysaac biholdyd, descendide of the camel, and seith to the child, Who is this man that cometh bi the feeld in aȝen comyng to vs? And he seide to hir, He is my lord. And she anoon, takynge a mantel, coueride hir. And the seruaunt alle thingis that he had doon tolde to his lord Ysaac; the which led hir with ynne into the tabernacle of Sara, his modir, and toke hir to wijf; and in so mych he louede hir, that the sorowe that of the deth of the moder felle itOm. A sec. m. BDE pr. m. FH. swagid.

 CAP. XXV.

Abraham forsothe toke another wijf, Cethura by name, the which bare to hym Zamram, and Jexam, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboth, and Sue. And Jexam gat Saba, and Dadan. The sones of Dadan weren Assurym, and Latusim, Laomym. And forsothe of Madian was sprongun Epha, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaa; alle thes the sonys of Cethure. And Abraham ȝaue alle that he had to Ysaac; to the sonys forsothe of the secoundarye wyues he ȝaue ȝiftis; and he seueryde hem fro Ysaac, his sone, ȝit while he lyuede, to the est plage. And the dayes of the lijf of Abraham weren an hundryd and seuenti and fyue ȝeir; and failynge he was deed inand in D. a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple. And Ysaac and Ysmael, his sonys, biryeden hym in the dowble spelunk, the which is set in the feeld of Ephron, sone of Seor Ethei, forn aȝens Mambre, thatthe H. he bouȝte of the sones of Heth; there he was byried and Sara his wijf. And after the obite of hym God blisside to Ysaac, his sone, which dwellid bisidis the pit of hym liuynge and seiynge bi name. Thes ben the generaciouns of Ysmael, the sone of Abrahe, whom bare to hym Agar the Egipcian, the seruaunt of Sare; and thes the names of the sones of hym, in names and in his generaciouns. The first gotun of Ysmael, Nabaioth, thanne after Sedar, and Abdaeel, and Mabsan, and Masma, and Duma, and Massa, and Adad, and Thema, and Ychur, and Naphir, and Cedma. Thes ben the sones of Ysmael, and thes the names, bi castelis and towns of hem, the twelue princis of his lynages. And the ȝeers of the lijf of Ysmael ben maad an hundrid and seuene and thritti, and faylynge died, and was put to his puple. He dwellid forsothe fro Euila to Sur, which biholdith Egipt hemthe A. Om. E pr. m. comyng ynne to the Assyryes; biforeto forn BDEFH. alle his britherenbrether BE. he died. And thes ben the ge|neraciouns of Ysaac, the sone of Abraham. Abraham gat Ysaac, the which, whan he was of fourti ȝeer, took a wijf, Rebecca, the dowȝter of Batuel, of Syre of Meso|potany, the sister of Laban. And Ysaac preyede the Lord for his wijf, ther thurȝ that she was bareyn; the which herde hym, and ȝaue conceyuyng to Rebecca. But the litil children in the womb of hir weren hurtlid to gidere; the which seide, If thus it was to com to me, what nede was to conseyue? And she ȝede tofor to BDEFH. coun|seil the Lord, the which answerynge, seith, Two folk ben in thi wombe, and two puplis of thi wombe shulen be dy|uydid, and a puple a puple shal ouer|com, and the moor shal serue to the lesse. Now tyme of beryng was comen, and loo! twynlingis in the wombe of hir weren foundun. He that first was goon out was brown, and al in maner of a skyn rowȝ; and the name of hym was clepid Esau. AnoonAnd anoon A pr. m. aftir the tother goynge out, helde with his hoond the for|ther parti of his brother foot; and ther|for she clepide him Jacob. Sixti ȝere was Ysaac whanne the children weren born. The whiche wexen, Esau was maad a sleiȝ man of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; Jacob forsothe a symple man dwelte in tabernaclis. Isaac louede Esau, there thurȝ that he ete of the huntingis of him; and Rebecca louede Jacob. Jacob forsothe hadde sothun potage; to whom whan Esau was comen wery fro the felde, seith, Ȝif toOm. BDE sec. m. FH. me of this brown sething, for Y am ful wery; for the which cause the name of hym was clepyd Edom. To whom seide Jacob, Sel me the ryȝtis of thi fyrst getyng. He answeride, Loo! I dye, what shal profyt to me the riȝtis of my first getyng? Jacob seide, Thanne sweer to me. Thanne Esau swoor, and soold the riȝtis of his first getyng. And so breed takun and the sowil of potage, ete, and dronk, and ȝede forth, settynge at nouȝt that he hadde soold the riȝtis of his firste getyng.

 CAP. XXVI.

Hungur forsothe sproong vpon the erthe, after thilk bareynte that felle in the daies of Abraham, ȝede Ysaac to Abymalech, the king of Palestynes, in Gerera. And the Lord apperide to hym, and seith, Desend thow not down into Egipt, but rest thow in the loond that I shal seye to thee, and be pilgrym in it; and I shal be with thee, and I shal blis to thee; to thee forsothe and to thi seed Y shal ȝyue alle thes regyouns, fulfillynge the oth that Y bihiȝt to Abraham, thi fader. And Y shal multiplie thi seed as sterrys of heuen, and Y shal ȝyue to thin aftir comers alle thes regiouns, and alle folkis of the erthe shulen be blissid in thi seed, therthurȝ that Abraham obeishid to my voys, and wolde kepe myn heestis and maundementis, and wolde holde my seremonyes and lawis. And so Ysaac dwelte in Gerarys. Which, whan he was askid of the men of thilk place vpon his wijf, answeride, My sister she is; for|sothe he dredde to knowlechen that she was to hym felowshipte thurȝ mariage, letyng lest perauenture theithe A. shulden slee hym for the fairnes of hir. And whan many dayes weren passid, and there dwellyd, the kyng Abymalech of Pale|stynes biholdynge thurȝ a wyndow, sawȝ hym pleiynge with Rebecca, his wiyf. And hym clepid seith, It is clere that she is thi wijf; whi hast thow lyed hir to be thi sistir? He answeryd, I dredde, lest Y shulde dye for hir. And Abyma|lech seide, Whi hast thow putputt ine BEF pr. m. puttyn D. blame to vs? Sum man of the puple myȝte haue ley with thi wijf, and thow haddist yn|brouȝt vpon vs a greet synne. And he comaundide to alle the puple, seiynge, Who towchith the wijf of this man, withOm. BEF. deth he shal die. Isaac forsothe sowide in that loond, and he fonde that ȝeer the hundryd foold; and God blisside to hym. And the man fel ryche, and he ȝede profytynge and vndurgrowynge to the tyme that he was maad hugeli greet. And he hadde possessiouns of sheep, and of droues, and of meyne mych. For that Palestynes noiyngeenuying BDEFH. to hym, stoppiden alle the pittis the whiche the seruauntis of his fader Abraham that tyme hadden doluun, fulfillynge with erthe, in so myche that hym silf Abymalech seide to Ysaac, Goo awey fro vs, for greetli thow art maad myȝtyer than we. And he goynge thens, that he come to the rennynge watir of Gerare, and dwelle there, eftsones he deluyde other pittis, the whiche the ser|uauntis of his fader Abraham delueden, and whom, hym deed, sumtyme Phili|stiens stoppiden; and he clepide hem the same names, in the whiche the fader hadde clepid bifore. The deluyden in the ren|nynge watir, and thei fonden quyk watir. But and there was striyf of the sheep|herdis ofOm. A. Gerare aȝenus the sheepherdis of Isaac, seiynge, Oureourn BEH. is the water; wherfor the name of the pit of that thatOm. A. felle he clepide chalange. And thei del|ueden anothir, and for thilk forsothe thei stryuen, and he clepide it enmytese. Fro thens goon he deluyde another pit, for which thei stryuen not, and so he clepide the name of it breede, seiynge, Now God hath sprad vs a brood, and he hath maad growe vpon the erthe. Forsothe fro that place he steiȝ vp into Bersabe, where the Lord aperyde to hym in that nyȝt, sei|ynge, I am the God of Abraham, thi fader; nil thou not drede, for I am with thee, and I shal blisse to thee, and I shal multiplie thi seed for my seruaunt Abra|ham. And so he bildidebylde BDEFH. there an auter to the Lord; and inwardli clepid the name of the Lord, strawȝte out a taber|nacle, and comaundide his seruauntis that thei shulden delue pittis. To the which place whan theiOm. BDEFH. weren comen fro Gera|ris, Abymalech and Ochoȝat, frendis of hym, and Phichol, the duyk of knyȝtis, Ysaac spak to hem, What ben ȝe comen to me, a man whom ȝe hatiden, and put|tidenputten E. awey fro ȝow? Whiche answer|iden, We han se the Lord to be with thee, and therfor we seiden, Be there an oth bitwix vs, and maak we to gider boond of pees, that thow do not to vs eny thing of yuel, and as we towchiden no thing of thin, ne han doon that shulde harm thee, but with pees we han laft thee encreessid with the blissyng of the Lord. Thanne he made hem a feest; and aftir meet and drynke arysynge eerli, thei sweren to hem siluen to gidere; and Ysaac peesibli laft hem into her place. Loo! forsothe in that day comen the ser|uauntis of Ysaac, tellynge to hym of the pit that thei delueden, and seiynge, We han foundun watir. Wher of he clepide it plenteplentith BDEFH.; and the name ofto BDEFH. the cyte is set Bersabee, vnto the day that is now. Esau forsothe fourti wyntir olde took two wyues, Judith, the dowȝter of Beery Ethei, and Bethsamath, the dowter of Elon, of the same place; the whiche bothe hadden offendid the inwitt of Ysaac and Rebecca.

 CAP. XXVII.

Ysaac forsothe was olde, and his eyen wexen derk, and he myȝte not se. And he clepide Esau, his moor sone, and seide to hym, My sone! The which answeryde, I am nyȝ. To whom the fader, Thow seest, he seith, that Y am wexunwexid E. olde, and vnknowe the day of my deeth. Take thin armesarmour B. arweȝ E., quyuer and bowea bowe E., and go forth oute; and whan thow hast with huntyng eny thing takun, make to me therof sowil, as thow knoweknowst D. knew BFH. me to wiln, and brynge to meOm. BDEFH. that I ete, that my soule blis to thee or I dye. The which whan Rebecca hadde herd, and he was goon a wey in to the feeld, that he ful|fille the heest of the fader, she seide to hir sone Jacob, I herde thi fader spekynge with Esau, thi brother, and seiynge to hym, Brynge to me of thin huntyng, and maak metis, that I ete, and Y shal blisse to thee bifore the Lord or I dye. Now thanne assente to my counseyls, my sone, and goynge to the flok, brynge to me two the best kyddis, that I make of hem meetmetis BDEH. to thi fader, the which he eet gladly; the whiche whan thow bryngist yn, and he etith, he blisse to thee or than he die. To whom he answeride, Thow hast know that Esau my brother is a man ful of heer, and I soft; if my fader groop andme and BDEF. fele, Y drede lest he wene me wiln to bigile hym, and brynge on me malysoun for benysoun. To whom the moder, In me be, she seith, this mali|soun, my sone; oonli here my vois, and goynge forth brynge to that Y seide. He ȝede a wey, and brouȝte to, and ȝaue to his modir. She greithide meetis, as she knewe the fader of hym wilnto wiln A pr. m., and with the clothis of Esau ful good, the whiche anentis hyr she hadde at hoom, she clothid hym. And she dide about his hondis litel skynnes of kiddis, and she forcoueride the nakid of the nak; and ȝaue sowil, and took the looues that she hadde sothun. The whiche thingis brouȝt to, seide, Fader myn! And he answeryde, I here; who art thow, sone myn? And Jacob seide, Y am Esau, thi first getun. Y haue do to thee as thow hast co|maundide me; aryse, sit, and eet of myn huntyng, that thi soule blisse to me. Eft Ysaac to his sone, How, he seith, so soone fynde thow myȝtist, sone myne? The which answeride, The wil of God was, that soone it shulde com to me that I wolde. And Ysaac seide, Come nerre hider, that I towche thee, sone myn, and proue whethir thow be my sone Esau, or noon. He com nerre to the fader; and, hym gropid, seideseyth D. Ysaac, The vois for|sothe is the vois of Jacob, but the hondis ben the hondis of Esau. And he knewe hym not, for the heery hondis expressiden the liknes of the moor. Thanne blyssynge to hym, seide, Thow art my sone Esau? He answeride, I am. And he, Brynge forth, he seideseith E., to me meetis of thin hunt|ing, sone myn, that my soule blisse to thee. The which offryd, whan he hadde eet, also and wyyn he offride, the which drunkun, seide to hym, Come nerre to me, and ȝyue to me a cosse, sone myn. He com nerre, and cossyde hym; and anoon that he felide the good smel of his clothis, blissynge to hym seith, Loo! the smel of my sone as the smel of a ful feeld, to the which the Lord blisside. God ȝyue to thee of the dew of heuen, and ofOm. D. fatnesthe fatnes BDEFH. of the erthe, plente of wheet, and of wyyn, and of oyle; and to thee seruen puplis, and lowten thee lynagis; be thow the lord of thi bri|theren, and the sonys of thi moder be thei bowid bifore thee; who shal curse to thee, be he cursidacursid A pr. m. F., and who shal blis to thee, with blissyngis be he fulfillid. Vnneth Ysaac had fulfillid the word, and Jacob goon out, Esau com, and sothen meetis of the huntyng broute yn to the fader, seiynge, Aryse, fader myn, and eet of the huntyng of thi sone, that thi soule blisse to me. And Ysaac seide, Who for|sothe art thow? The which answeride, Y am thi first getun sone Esau. Isaac wexe adred in a hidows stonying, and more than it may be leuyd wondrynge, seith, Who is thanne he that now riȝt brouȝte to me huntyng takun, and Y ete of al bifore that thow com, and Y blisside hym? and he shal be blissid. Esau, the wordis of the fader herd, roride with a greet crye, and stonyed seide, Also blis and to me, fader myn. The which seide, Thi brothir com gilyngliche, and took thi blissyng. And he ekyde to, Justli is the name of hym clepid Jacob; he forsothe hath subplauntid me loo! anothir sithe; the riȝtis of my fyrst geting biforn he took a wey, and now secounde he hath vnder rauyshide my benysoun. And eftsonys to the fader, And whethir thow hast not reseruyd, he seith, to me thi blissyng? Ysaac answeryde, Thi lord I haue ordeynyde him, and alle his bri|theren I haue vndir ȝockid to the seruyce of hym; with wheet, and wyne, and oyle I haue stablid hym; and to thee, sone myn, after thesethis D. ouer what shal Y doon? To whom Esau seide, Whether oonlich o blissyng thow hast fader? And to me Y preie thee that thow blis; and with a greet ȝowlyng he wepte. Ysaac moued, seide to hym, In the fatnes of the erthe, and in the dewe of heuene fro aboue shal be thi blissyng; thow shalt lyue in swerd, and to thi brother thow shalt serue, and tyme shal come whanne thow shalt shaak out, and lowse the ȝok of hym of thi nollys. Than Esau euermore hatide Jacob for the blissyng that the fader blisside to hym, and seide in his herte, The dayes of weil|yng of my fader shal come, and I shal slee Jacob, my brother. Thes thingis weren tolde to Rebecca, the which send|ynge and clepynge hirehis A. sone Jacob, seide to hym, Loo! Esau, thi brother, thretith that he slee thee; now thanne, sone, here my vois, and arysynge fle to Laban, my brother, in Aran; and thow shalt dwelle with hym a fewe dayes, to the tyme that the woodnes of thi brother reste, and the indignacioun of hym ceesse, and he for|ȝeete the thingis that thow hast doon toin to BDEFH. hym. Afterward Y shal sende and lede thee fro thens hydir. Whi shal Y be priued ofOm. BDEF pr. m. H. eithir sone in o day? And Re|becca seide to Ysaac, It noiethanoyith BDEFH. me of my lijf for the dowȝtrys of Heth; if Jacob shal taak a wijf of the lynage of this loond, Y nyl not lyue.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And so Ysaac clepide Jacob, and blisside hym, and comaundide hym, seiynge, Wolenyl BDEFH. thow not taak a wijf of the kynred of Chanaan; but go, and forthpasse into Mesopotany of Syry, to the hows of Batuel, the fader of thi moder, and taak to thee fro thens a wijf of the dowȝtrisdouȝtren BDEFH. of Laban, thin vnkle. God forsothe Al|myȝti blisse to thee, and make thee growe, and multiplie, that thow be into the cum|panyes of puplis; and ȝyue he to thee blissyngis of Abraham, and to thi seed aftir thee, that thow haue the loond of thi pilgrimage, the which he hath bihoot to thi graunsire. And whan Ysaac had laft hym, he forthpassid com into Meso|potanye of Syre, to Laban, the sone of Batuel Siry, the brother of Rebecca, his moder. Seynge forsothe Esau that his fader hadde blissid to Jacob, and hadde sent hym into Mesopotany of Syry, that fro thens he shulde taak hym a wijf, and that aftir the blissyng he hadde co|maundid hym, seyynge, Thow shalt not taak a wijf of the dowȝtrysdouȝtren BDEFH. of Canaan; and that Jacob obeishynge to his fader and moder shulde goOm. D. into Syrye; and prouynge that his fader wolde not gladli biholde the dowȝtris of Chanaan, ȝede to Ysmael, and took a wijf, with out hem that he hadde byfore, Melech, the dowter of Ysmael, sone of Abraham, the sister of Naboiot. Thanne Jacob, goon out to Bersabee, ȝede to Aran. And whan he was comun to a maner place, and he wolde rest in it after the sunne goyng down, took of the stonys that lyen, and vnderputting to his heed, slepte in the same place. And he sawȝ in his slepis a laddre stondynge vpon the erthe, and the heiȝt of it towchynge heuene, and aungels forsothe of God steiynge vp and goynge down bi it, and the Lord cleuynge to the ladder, seiynge to hym, Y am the Lord God of Abraham, thi fader, and God of Ysaac; the loond in which thow slepist Y shal ȝyue to thee, and to thi seed. And thi seed shal be as the powdre of the erthe, thow shalt be sprad a brodeo brood D. of brode E. to the est, and west, and north, and sowth; and alle lynagis of the erthe shulen be blissid in thee and thiin thi E sec. m. seed. And Y shal be thi keper, whidir euer thow gost; and Y shal brynge the aȝeyn into this loond, ne Y shal not leeue forto YOm. D. fulfille alle the thingis that Y seide. And whan Jacob was wakun of the sleep, seide, Forsothe the Lord is in this place, and Y wiste not. And dredynge seide, Howe feerful is this place! Here is notherno nother BEF. noon other DH. but the hows of God, and the ȝaat of heuene. Arysynge thanne eerly, took the stoon, the which he hadde vnderput to his heed, and areryde into a signe of worship, heeldynge oyle aboue. And he clepide the name of the cyte Bethel, that bifornhoond was clepid Luza. And he avowide a vowe, seiynge, If God were with me, and kepide me in the weye bi which Y goo, and ȝyue me looues to etun, and clooth to be clothid, andI D. shal be turned aȝen welsumly to the hows of my fader, the Lord shal be to me into God. And this stoon, that I haue areryde into a signe of worship, shal be clepid the hows of God; and of alle thingis that thow shalt ȝyue to me Y shal offer dymes to thee.

 CAP. XXIX.

Jacob thanne forth goon, cam into the est loond. And he sawȝ a pit in the feeld, and thre flockis of sheep liggynge bisidis it; for of it beestis weren wateryd, and the mouth of it was closid with a greet stoon. And the maner was, that alle the sheep gaderyd to gidir, men shulden turne vp the stoon, and, the flockis fulfillid, eftsones thei shulden putte vpon the mouth of the pit. And he seide to the sheepherdis, Bretheren, whens be ȝe? The whiche answeriden, Of Aran. Whom askynge, Whethir, he seide, knowe ȝe La|ban, the sone of Nachor? Thei seiden, We han knowun. Whethir is he, he seith, hool? Thei seiden, He farith wel; and loo! Rachel, the dowȝter of hym, com with his flok. And Jacob seyde, Aboue there is ȝit myche of the day, neno D. tyme is that flockys ben ladde aȝen to the fooldis; ȝyueth bifore drynke to the sheep, and so lede ȝe hem aȝen to the pas|ture. The whiche answeryden, We mowen not, to the tyme that alle beestis ben ga|deryd togider, and we mouen awey the stoon fro the mowth of the pit, that we watren the flokflockeȝ E.. Ȝit thei speken, and loo! Rachel com with the sheep of hir fader; for she fedde the flok. Whom whanne Jacob hadde seen, and wiste hir his vnkil dowȝter, and the sheep of Laban his vnkle, he mouede awey the stoon with which the pit was closid; and the flok watered, he kisside hir, and with areryd voys she wepte. And he shewide to hir that he was the brother of hir fader, and the sone of Rebecca; and she hiynge tolde to hir fader. The which whan he hadde herd, Jacob, his sister sone, comen, ȝede aȝen metynge with hym, and clippynge him, and fallynge in cossis, ladde hym into his hows. Forsothe the causis herd of his weye, answeryde, My boon thow art, and my fleish. And after that the dayes of aO E. moneth weren fulfillid, he seide to hym, Whether for thow art my brother, in veyn thow shalt serue to me? Sey what of mede thow shalt take. He hadde forsothe two dowȝtrysdouȝtren BDEFH., name of the more Lya, the lesse forsothe was clepid Rachel; but Lya was with blerid eyeneyȝes BDEFH., Rachel fayr in face, and with seemly biholdynge. Whom louynge Ja|cob, seide, I shal serue to thee for Rachel, thi lasse dowȝter, seuen ȝeer. Laban an|sweryde, Betir is that Y ȝyue hir to thee than to another man, dwelle with me. Thanne Jacob serued for Rachel seuen ȝeer, and thei semeden to hym fewe dayes for greetnes of loue. And he seide to Laban, Ȝyf to me my wiyf, for the tyme is fulfillid that Y shulde goo yn to hir. The which, manye cumpanyes of his frendis clepid to the feest, made the bry|dalis, and at euen brouȝte yn to hym Lya, his dowȝter, ȝyuynge an handmayden to the dowȝter, Zelpha bi name. To whom whan after the maner Jacob was goon yn, the morutide doon, sawȝ Lya, and seide to his wyues fader, What is that thow woldist doon? whether for Rachel Y ser|uede not to thee? whi vndurputtist thow Lya to me? Laban answeride, It is not of custom in oure place, that the lesse bi|fore we taken to sposeyls; fulfil the wike of dayes of this cowple, and this forsothe I shal ȝyue to thee for the werk that thow art to serue to me, seuen other ȝeris. He assentide gladli; and the wike ouerpassid, he took Rachel to wiyf; to whom the fa|dir ȝaue a seruaunt, Balam. And at the laste he vside the desirid sposeyls, put bifore to the rather the loue of hir that com after, seruynge anentis hym seuen othere ȝerysȝere BDEFH.. The Lord forsothe seynge that he dispiside Lya, opnyde the wombe of hir, hir sister bareyne dwellynge. The which a conseyued sone gat, and clepide the name of hym Ruben, seiynge, The Lord hath sey my mekenes, now my man shal loue me. And eftsonys she consey|uede, and bare a sone, and seide, For the Lord hath seen me ben had to dispiyt, hath ȝyuun also this to me; and she cle|pide the name of hym Symyon. And the thridde tyme she conseyuede, and gat an|other sone, and seide, Now forsothe myn husboond shal be cowplid to me, ther|thurȝ that I bere to hym thre sonys; and therfor she clepide the name of hym Leuy. The ferth tyme she conseyuede, and bare a sone, and seith, Now I shal knowlech to the Lord; and for that she clepide the name of him Juda; and she ceesside to bere chyld.

 CAP. XXX.

Seynge forsothe Rachel that she was withouten fruyt of wombe, enuyede to the sistir, and seide to the husboond, Ȝyf to me free childryn, ellis Y shal dye. To whom wrooth Jacob answeride, Whether for a God Y am, the which haue priuede thee the fruyt of thi wombe? And she, I haue, she seide, a seruaunt, Balam, goo yn to hir, that she bere vpon my kneen, and I haue of hir sones. And she ȝaue to hym Balam into maryage; the which, the man goon yn to hir, conseyuede, and bare a sone. And Rachel seide, The Lord hath shewid me, and he hath herd my vois, ȝyuynge to me a sone; and therfor she clepide the name of hym Dan. And eftsones Bala conseiuinge, bare another, for the which seide Rachel, The Lord hath comparisownd me with my sister, and I haue recouered; and she clepide hym Neptalym. Lya felynge that she had laft for to bere children, she took to the husboond Zelpha, hir handmayden. The which aftir conseyuyngeconceyued E pr. m. bryngynge forth a child, seide, Gracyously; and ther|for she clepide the name of hym Gad. And Zelpha bare anothir, and Lya seide, That for my blisfulnes; forsothe alle wymmen shulen sey me blisful; therfor she clepide hym Aser. And Ruben goon out in tyme of wheet heruest into the feeld, fonde mandraggis, that he brouȝte to Lya, the moder. And Rachel seide, Ȝyue me parte of the mandraggis of thi sone. She answeride, Ne semith it to thee a litil, that thow hast bifore takun the husbond to me, but also the man|draggis of my sone thow taak? And she, Slep he with thee this nyȝt for the mandraggis of thi sone. And to Jacob comynge aȝen at euen fro the feeld Lya was goon out into the aȝencomyng of hym, and seith, To me, she seith, thow shalt come yn, for thurȝ mede I haue hyryde thee for the mandraggis of my sone. He slepte with hir that nyȝt; and God herde the preiers of hir, and she conseyuede, and bare the fift sone; and seith, God hath ȝeuun mede to me, for I haue ȝouun myn handemaiden to my man; and she clepide the name of hym Ysachar. Eftsonys Lya conseyuynge bare the sixte sone, and seith, The Lord hath enrychide me with a good dower; also this while with me shal be myn hus|boond, therthurȝ that Y haue getun to hym sixe sones; and therfor she clepide the name of hym Zabulon. After whom she bare a dowȝter, DyneDidyn A. bi name. And the Lord, recordid of Rachel, herde hir, and openyde the wombe of hir. Which con|seyuede, and bare a sone, seiynge, God hath doon awey my reprofe; and she clepide the name of hym Joseph, seiynge, The Lord adde to me another sone. Jo|seph forsothe born, Jacob seide to his wyues fader, Lat me that Y go aȝen into my cuntre, and to my loond. Ȝyue to me wyues, and my free children, for the whiche I haue seruede thee, that I goo; thow forsothe hast knowe the seruyse that I haue seruyde to thee. Laban seide to him, Shal I fynde grace in thi siȝt, thurȝ experyens Y haue lernyd for God hath blissid to me for thee; ordeyn thi mede that Y ȝyue to thee. And he an|sweryde, Thou hast knowe what maner Y haue seruede to thee, and thi pos|sessioun how myche was in myn hondis; a litil thow haddist bifore that I com to thee, and now thow art maad ryche, and God hath blissid to thee at myn yncom|yng; thanne it is riȝtful that sumtyme also Y puruey to myn hows. And Laban seide, What shal Y ȝyue to thee? And he seith, Y wole nothing, but if thow dostdist BDEFH. that I aske, eft I shal feede and kepe thi beestis. Turne abowt alle thi flockis, and seuerserue A. alle thi speckid sheep, and with speckyd flese, and what euere ȝolow, and speckid, and dyuerse colourid were, as wel in sheep as in geyt, shal be my mede. And my riȝtwisnes shal an|swere to morwe, whan tyme of plesaunce shal come bifore thee; and alle that weren not dyuerse, and speckidspecky E. specke F pr. m., and ȝalow, as wel in sheep as in geyt, of theft thou shalt vndirnym me. And La|ban seide, Agreede Y haue that thow askist. And he seuerdeseruede A. that day the she geyt, and the sheep, and the hyeȝ geyt, and the wetheres, dyuerse and spottisplotty E.. And al the flok of o colour, that is, of whyet orand BDEFH. of blak flese, he toke in the hoond of his sones; and putte a space of thre daies weye bitwix hem and hishir AF. dowȝtir husboond, the whiche fedden the tother flockis of hym. Thanne Jacob takynge green popil ȝerdis, and of alman|ders, and of planes, a parti vnryendide hem; and riendisthe ryndis BDEFH. drawun awey; in thilke that weren pilde semede whytnes, thilke forsothe that weren hool dwelten stil green, and so in this maner was maad ofa BDEFH. dyuerse colour. And he putte hem in the water trowes, where the wa|tyr was held out, that whanne the flockis weren comen to drynke, bifore the eyen thei shulden han the ȝerdis, and in the siȝt of hem thei shulden conseyue. And so it was doon that in that heet of goynge togidere the sheep shulden biholde the ȝerdis, and beere spotty, and speckid, and spreyned with dyuers colour. And Jacob dyuydide the flok, and putte the ȝerdis in the watyr trowis, bifore the eyen of the rammys; forsothe alle the whyte and the blak weren of Laban, the tothere forsothe of Jacob, seueryd bitwix hem silf the flockis. Thanne whanne the first tyme the sheep weren steyed vp, Jacob putte the ȝerdis in the trowis of watrys, biforn the eyen of rammys and of sheep, that in the siȝt of hem thei shulden conseyue. Whanne forsothe the laat comyng togidere of beestis weren, and the last conceyuyng tyme, he putte not hem. And thilke that weren of theOm. E. later tyme ben maad of Laban, and thilke of the fyrst tyme of Jacob. And the man is maad ryche wonder myche, and he hadde manye flockis, handmayd|enys, and seruauntis, camels, and assis.

 CAP. XXXI.

After that he herde the wordis of the sonys of Laban, seiynge, Jacob hath takun alle that weren of oure fader, and of the faculte of hym richid is maad noble. And he took hede to the face of Laban, that it was not towards hym as ȝistirday and the thrid day hens, moost the Lord seiynge to hym, Turne aȝen into the loond of thi fadrys, andOm. BDEFH. to thi kynred, and Y shal be with thee. And he sente, and clepide Ra|chel and Lya into the feeld, where he fedde the flockisflock E pr. m., and he seide to hem, Y se the face of ȝoure fader, that it is not toward me as ȝistirday and the thridde day hens; God forsothe of my fader was with me. And ȝe han knowun that with alle my strengthis Y haue seruyd to ȝoure fader; but and ȝoure fader hath comen aboute me, and chaungide my mede ten sithis; and neuerthelater God hath not letun hym that he shulde anoye to me. If otherwhile he seide, The dyuers co|louridcoloures D. shulen be thi medis, alle the sheep beren conseyuyng of dyuers colours; whanne forsothe aȝenward he seith, Alle the whyet thow shalt taak for thi mede, alle the flockis beren whyet; and God hath taak the substaunce of ȝoure fader, and ȝeuen to me. Forsothe bifore that the tyme of conseyuyng of sheep com, Y heuede vp myn eyen, and sawȝ in sleep theOm. BDEFH. malis steiyng upOm. H. vpon femalis, varye, and spottisplotty EH., and of dyuers colours. And the aungel of the Lord seide to me in slepe, Jacob! and I answeride, Y am nyȝ. The which seith, Rere up thin eyen, and se alle the malis steiyng up vpon the fe|malis, varye, and sprynklid, and spottid; forsothe Y haue seen alle thingis that Laban hath doon to thee; Y am God of Bethel, where thow anoyntidist the stoon, and thow vowedistwoldist F. auoweOm. D. to me. Now thanne aryse, and goo out fro this loond, turnynge aȝen into the loond of thi birth. And Rachel and Lya answeryden, Whe|ther han we eny thing of residewe in faculteis and erytage of the hows of oure fader? Whether as aliens hath he not holdun vs, and soold, and hath etun oure pryis? But God hath takun the richessis of oure fader, and ȝeuun hem to vs, and to oure sonys; wherfor alle thingis that God comaundith to thee, do. Forsothe Jacob aroos, and the fre children and his wyues put vpon camelsthe camels BDEFH., ȝede awey; and took al his substaunce, flockis, and alle thingis that he hadde purchasid in Meso|potany, goynge to Ysaac, his fader, in the loond of Chanaan. That tyme Laban was goon to the sheep that shulden be clippid, and Rachel hadde stolne the mawmetis of hir fadir. And Jacob nolde knowleche to his wyues fader, that he wolde flee; and whanne he was goon, bothe he and alle thingis that weren of his riȝt, and the flode passid ouer shulde go aȝens the hil of Galaad, it was tolde to Laban, the thridde day, that Jacob fleeiȝ. The which, his britheren takun with hym, pursuede hym seuen dayes, and ouertook hym in the hil of Galaad. And he sawȝ in his sleep the Lord seiynge to hym, Be war lest eny thing sharply thow speek aȝens Jacob. And now Jacob hadde strauȝte a tabernacle in the hil; and whan he hadde takunataken BEH. atake D. hym with his britheren, in the same hil of Galaad, he ficchide a tent; and he seide to Jacob, Whi didist thow thus, that bisyde me thow dryue awey my dowȝtrisdouȝtren BDEFH. as caytyues with swerde? Whi vnwitynge meOm. B. woldist thow fle, ne shewe to me, that Y myȝte forth folwe thee with ioye, and songis, and tympans, and harpis? Thow suffredist not that Y myȝte kisse my sones and dowȝtrisdouȝtren BDEFH.; fo|lily thow hast wrouȝt. And now forsothe myn hoond may ȝeeld to thee yuel, but God of thi fader ȝistirday seide to me, Be war lest thow speek with Jacob eny thing harder. And if thow coueytidistcoueydist A. tofor to E. goo to thine, and the hows of thi fadir was in desiyr to thee, whi hast thow stoln my goddis? Jacob answeride, That thus fro thee I am goon forth, Y dredde lest vio|lentli thow shuldist taak awey thi dowȝ|tris;douȝtren BDEFH. that forsothe thow vndirnymist me of thefte, anentist whom euer thow fyndist thi goddis, be he slaw biforn our bri|theren; and serch what euer of thi thingthingis BDEFH. anentis me thow fyndistfynde BDFH., and taak awey. Thes thingis seiynge, he knewe not that Rachel hadde stoln the mawmetis. And so Laban, goon into the tabernacle of Ja|cob, and Lya, and of either meyne, fonde nouȝt; and whan he was goon yn to the tentis of Rachel, she hiynge hidde the mawmetis vndur the literyng of a camele, and sat aboue. And to hym, aserchynge al the tent and no thing fyndynge, she seith, Be not, my lord, wroth that Y may not aryse bifore thee, for after the vsage of wymmen now it is fallun to me; and so bigilid is the bisynes of hym sechinge. And Jacob swellynge, seith with striyf, For what my trespas, and for what my synne, hast thow thus fulbrent after me, and hast enserchid alle my necessaryes of hows? What hast thow foundun of eny substawnce of thin hows? Putte that bi|fore my britheren and toforn thi bre|theren, and deme thei bitwix me and thee. Therfor twenti wynter haue I ben with thee? Thi shep and thi geitsche geet E. weren not barein, the wetheris of thi flok Y ete not, ne takun of beest I shewide to thee; Y al the harm ȝolde; al thing of thefte that perishide, of me thow askidist; day and nyȝt with hoot and coolde Y was streynyd, and sleep fleiȝ fro myn eyen; so thurȝ out twenti ȝeer in thin hows Y seruede to thee, fourtene for thi dowȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., and sixe for thi flockis; forsothe thow chaungedist my mede ten sithis. But the God of my fa|der Abraham, and the drede of Ysaac hadde ben to me, perauenture nakid now thou haddist laft me; myn affliccioun and the traueil of myn hondis the Lord bi|helde, and vndernam thee ȝisterday. La|ban answeride to hym, My dowȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., and sones, and thi flockis, and alle that thow biholdist, ben myne, andOm. BDEFH. what may Y do to my sones, and to my neces? Com thanne, and goo we into couenaunt of pees, that witnesse be bitwixe me and thee. And so Jacob took a stoon, and areryde it into a title, and seide to his britheren, Bryngith to stoons; the whiche gederynge togidere, maden an hillok, and eten ther vpon. The which Laban clep|yde an hillok of witnes, and Jacob an hipil of wytnessyng; either after the pro|prete of his tunge. And Laban seide, This hillok shal be witnes bitwixe me and thee to day, and therfor the name of it is clepid Galaad, that is, the hillok of witnes. And Laban leide to, The Lord biholde, and deme bitwixen vs, whanne we shulen goo from vs; if thow turmente my dowȝtres, if thow bryngist yn other wyues vpon hem, no man of oure word is witnes, saue God, that present biholdith. And eft he seide to Jacob, Loo! this hil|lok, and the stoon that I haue rerid bi|twixe me and thee, witnes shal be; this hilloc, and the stoon ben into witnessyng, if forsothe I shall passe it goynge to thee, or thow ouerpassistouerpasse BDEFH. yuel to me thenk|ynge. God of Abraham, and God of Nachor, deme bitwix vs, the God of the fader of hem. Thanne Jacob swore by the drede of his fader Ysaac; and, offrid slayn sacrifice in the hil, he clepide his britheren that thei shulden eete breed, the whiche whanne thei hadden etun, dwelten there. Laban forsothe at nyȝt arysynge, kisside the sones, and his douȝ|trisdouȝtren BDEFH., and blisside to hem, turnynge aȝen into his place.

 CAP. XXXII.

Jacob forsothe wente in his weie that he biganne, and there weren to hym met aungels of the Lord. Whom whanne he hadde seen, seith, The tentis of God ben thes; and he clepide the name of that place Manaym, that is, tentis. And he sente forsothe messangeris biforn hym to Esau, his brother, into the loond of Seyr, in the regioun of Edom; and he co|maundide to hem, seiynge, Thus spek ȝe to my lord Esau, Thes thingis seith thi brother Jacob, At Laban I haue pylgrim|agid, and was vnto the present day; I haue oxen, and assis, and sheep, and ser|uauntis, and handmaydens, and I sende now a message to my lord, that Y fynde grace in thi siȝt. And the messangeris ben comun aȝen to Jacob, seiynge, We comen to Esau, thi brother, and loo! he goth into thin aȝen-comyng, with foure hundrid men. Jacob ful myche dred, and afeerd dyuydide his peple that with him was, the flockis forsothe, and sheep, and oxen, and camels diuydid in two compa|nyes; seiynge, If Esau come to the too companye, and smyte it, the tother com|panye that is lafte shal be sauyd. And Jacob seide, God of my fader Abraham, and God of my fader Ysaac, thow Lord, that seidist to me, Turne aȝen into thi loond, and into the place of thi birthe, and I shal wel do toOm. A. thee, Y am lasse than alle thi mercyes, and thi treuthe that thow hast fulfillid to thi seruaunt; in my staf I haue passid this Jordan, and nowOm. D. with two companyes Y turne aȝen; delyuer me of the hoond of my brother Esau, for greetly Y drede hym, lest perauen|ture comynge he smyte the moders with the children. Thow hast spokun that thou shuldist wel do to me, and that thow shuldist sprede abrood my seed as the grauel of the see, that for multitude may not be noumbred. And whanne he hadde slept there that nyȝt, he seueride of that that he hadde ȝiftys to Esau, his brother, she geyte two hundrid, hee geyte twenty, sheepe two hundrid, and wetheris twenti, camels fulle with her coltis thretti, kien fourti, and bullis twenti, she assis twenti, and the coltis of hem ten. And he sente bi the hondis of his seruauntis eche oon after other the flockis aside; and he seide to his children, Goo ȝe bi|fore me, and be there a space bitwixe flok and flok. And he comaundide to the forther, seiynge, If thow mete my bro|ther Esau, and he aske thee, whos art thow, or whidir thow gost, or whos ben thes that thow folwist, thou shalt an|swere, Of thi seruaunt Jacob, ȝiftis he hath sent to his lord Esau, and he cometh after vs. The same wyse he ȝaue maunde|mentis to the secounde, and theOm. BDEH. thridde, and to alle that folweden the flockis, sei|ynge, In the same wordis spek ȝe to Esau, whanne ȝe fynden hym, and ȝe shulen adde, And he thi seruaunt Jacob oure weie in folwith. He seide forsothe, Y shal plese hym with ȝiftis that goon bi|fore, and afterward Y shal se hym; per|auenture he shal be maad plesid to me. And so bifore ȝeden the ȝiftis bifore hym; he forsothe dwelte that nyȝt in tentis. And whanne sobirly he was arysun, he toke his two wyues, and as feel ser|uauntis with elleuen sones, and he ouer|passide the foorth of Jaboth. And, ouer|ladde alle thingis that to hym perteyn|eden, he dwelte aloon, and loo! a man wristlide with hym vnto the morwe. The which whanne he sawȝ that he myȝte not ouercome hym, he towchide the synwe of his hip, and anoon it wexe drye. And he seide to hym, Leeue me, forsothe now vpsteyeth the morwetide. He answeride, I shal not leeue thee, but if thow blisse to me. Thanne he seith, What is the name ofto B super ras. DEFH. thee? He answeride, Jacob. And he, No more, he seith, Jacob shal be clepid thi name, but Israel; for if anentisaȝeynst BDEH. aneyst F. God thow hast ben strong, myche more anentisaȝeynst BDEFH. men thow shalt haue the may|stri. Jacob askide hym, Sey to me what name art thow clepid? He answeride, Wherto askist thow my name, that is merueilows? And he blisside hym in the same place. And Jacob clepide the name of that place Phanuel, seiynge, I haue seen the Lord face to face, and my soule is maad saaf. And anoon is rysun to hym the sunne, after that he was ouer|passid Phanuel; he forsothe haltide with the too foote. For what cause the chil|dren of Israel eten not synwe, that wexe drie in the hipe of Jacob, vnto the day that is now, therthurȝ that he towchide the synwe of his hipe, and it was stoneyd.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Jacob forsothe heuynge vp the eyen sawȝ Esau comynge, and with hym foure hundrid men; and he departide the sones of Lya, and ofOm. B. Rachel, and of both his seruauntis. And heOm. BDEH. putte either hand|mayden, and the fre children of hem, in the bigynnynge; Lya forsothe in the se|counde place, and the sones of hyr; Rachel and Joseph laste. And he bifore goynge anouride bowideredy E pr. man. into the erthe seuen|sithesseuensithe BDEFH., to the tyme that the brother `of hymOm. A. shulde neiȝ. And so Esau ren|nynge to meete with his brother, cleppide hym, and streynynge hys necke and kiss|ynge wepte. And the eyen heued vp, sawȝ wymmen, and the children of hem, and seith, What to hem wiln thes? and if thei perteynen to thee? He answeride, Litil children thei ben, whom God hath ȝouun to me, thi seruaunt. And neiȝynge the handmaydens and the sones of hem, ben doun bowid. And Lya with hir chil|dren com nerre; and whanne the same maner thei hadden anowrned, the laste Joseph and Rachel anowryden. And E|sau seide, What forsothe ben thes com|panyes that Y mette? He answerde, That I shulde fynde grace bifore my lord. And he seith, Y haue many thingis, brother myne, ben thi thingis to thee. Jacob seide, Nyl thow so, Y preye, but if Y haue foundun grace in thin eyen, taak a litil ȝift of myn hoondis; so forsothe Y haue seyn thi face as Y se the chere of God; be thow to me benygne, and taak the blissyng that Y haue brouȝt to thee, and that God de|lyuerynge alle thingis hath ȝouun to me. Vnneth, the brother compellynge, takynge seith, Goo we togideres, and Y shal be felowe of thi weye. And Jacob seyde, My lord, thow hast knowun that Y haue tender litil children, and sheep, and oxen ful wombe with ynneme B sup. ras. E., the whiche if more yn goynge Y do to traueyl, thei shulen o day alle the flockis dyen; my lord go bi|fore his seruaunt, and Y shal folwe litil mele the steppis of hym, as Y se my litil children to mowen, to the tyme that Y come to my lord, in Seyr. Esau an|sweride, Y preye thee, that of the puple that is with me, algatis felawis dwellen of thi weye. It is not, he seith, nede; this oon oonlich Y nede, that Y fynde grace in thi siȝt, lord myne. And so Esau iswas B. turned aȝen that day in the weye that he come, into Seyr. And Ja|cob com into Sachot, where a hows bildbylded D., and the tentis fycchid, he clepide the name of that place Sachot, that is, taber|naclis. And he passide forth into Salem, the cite of Sychymor, that is in the loond of Chanaan, aftir that he was turned aȝen fro Mesopotany of Syrye, and dwellide bisydis the wallid town; and bouȝt a parti of the feeld, in the which he ficchide tabernaclis, of the sones of Emor, the fader of Sichym, with an hundrid lombis. And there, an auter reryd, he inwardly clepide vponvpon that BDEFH. the moost strong God of Israel.

 CAP. XXXIV.

DyneDidyn A sup ras., the dowȝter of Lya, forsothe was goon oute, that she myȝte se wymmen of that regioun. Whom whanne hadde seen Sichym, the sone of Emor Euey, the prince of that loond, louede hir, and ra|uyshide, and slepte with hir, with force oppressideoppress|ynge E sec. m. a mayden. And the soule of hym was glewid with hir, and hir sory he swagide with softnessis. And heOm. D. goynge to Emor, his fadir, Tak to me, he seith, this damysele to wijf. The which whanne Jacob hadde herd, absent the sones, and in the foode of the beestis occupied, he heelde his pees, to the tyme thei comen aȝen. Emor forsothe, the fa|der of Sichem, goon oute, that he myȝte speke to Jacob, loo! the sones of hym comen fro the feelde. And the thing herd that was fallun, thei weren ful wroth, therthurȝ that a fowle thing he hadde wrouȝt in Israel, and the dowȝter of Ja|cob defowlid, an vnleueful thing hadde fulfillid. And so Emor speke to hem, The soule of my sone Sichem hath cleued to ȝoure dowȝter, ȝyueth hir wijf to hym, and ioyne we togidere maryagis; ȝoure dowȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH. ȝif ȝe to vs, and oure dowȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH. taak ȝe, and dwel ȝe with vs; the loond is in ȝoure power, excersise ȝe, chaffare ȝe, and haue ȝe it. But and Sichem to the fader and to the bretheren of hir seith, Fynde Y grace bifore ȝow, and what thingthingez E. ȝe ordeyne Y shal ȝyue; eche ȝe dower, and aske ȝe ȝiftis, gladly Y shal ȝyue that ȝe asken; oonly ȝyf ȝe to me this damesele to wijf. The sones of Ja|cob answeriden to Sichem and to the fader of hym in trechory, waxynge cruel for the stupre of the sister, We mowen not doon that ȝe asken, ne ȝyue oure sister to a man vncircumsidid, the which is vn|leful and wrongful anentis vs. But in that we mowen ben togidere boundun, if ȝe wole be like vs, and al kynde of maal be circumsidid in ȝow, thanne we shulen ȝyue and take togidere oure dowȝtrisdouȝtren BDEFH. and ȝouren; and we shulen dwelle with ȝow, and we shulen be o peple. If forsothe ȝe wolen not be circumsidid, we shulen take our dowȝtresdouȝter BDE. douȝtre FH., and goo awey. The pro|fre of hem pleside to Emor and to Si|chem, his sone, ne the ȝonglyng tariede, but anoon that that was askid he shulde fulfil; forsothe he louede ful greetli the damysele, and he was noble in al the hows of his fader. And thei goon yn the ȝate of the cite, speken to the puple, Thes men ben pesible, and wolen dwelle with vs; chaffare thei in the loond, and excersise thei it, the which large and broode nedith tyliers; the dowȝtris of hem we shulen take wyues, and oureourn BDEFH. we shulen ȝyue to hem. O thing is that puttith off so myche good; if we circum|siden oure males, folwynge the ryte of the folk, and the substaunce of hem, and the beestis, and al that thei han shulen be ouren; oonli in that assent we, that dwellynge togidrys we maken o peple. And alle thei ben assentid, alle the malis circumsidid. And loo! the thridde day, whanne the sorwe of the woundes is moost greuows, the two sones of Jacob, Symyon and Leuy, the britheren of Dyne, drawen to her swerdis, ben goon into the cyte tristiliche, and sleyn alle the males; Emor and Sichem togideres thei slewen, takynge Dyne, her sister, fro the hows of Sichem. The which goon oute, the tother sones of Jacob fellen vpon the slayn men, and thei distruyden the cyte, in to ven|geaunce of the stupre, the sheep of hem, droues, and asses, and alle thingis wast|ynge, that in the howsis and in the feeldis weren; the litil children forsothe, and the wyues of hem thei ladden cheytiues. The whiche thingis ful doon hardilich, Jacob seyde to Symyon and Leuy, Ȝe han disturbid me, and ȝe han maad me haatsum to Chananeis and Phareȝeis, the dwellers of this loond; we ben fewe, and thei gederyd to giderys shulen smyte me, and Y shall be doon awey and myn hows. Thei answeriden, Whether as a strumpet thei shulden mysuse oure sistre?

 CAP. XXXV.

The mene tyme the Lord spak to Ja|cob, Aryse, and stey to Bethel, and dwel there, and mak an autere to the Lord, that aperide to thee whanne thou flowȝ Esau, thi brother. Jacob forsothe, al his hows clepid togidere, seith, Doth awey alyen goddis, that ben in the mydil of ȝow, and be ȝe clensid, and chaunge ȝe ȝoure clothis; rise ȝe, and steye we vp in to Bethel, that we maken there an autere to the Lord, the which hath herd me in the day of my tribulacioun, and was felaw of my weye. Thanne thei ȝyuen to hym alle alyen goddis that thei hadden, and the eer ryngis, that weren in the erys of hem; and he indeluede hem vndur an theribynte, that is bihynde the cite of Sichem. And whanne thei weren goon, feerde of God ȝede vpon alle the cytees by enuyroun, and thei weren not hardi to pursue hem awey goynge. Thanne Jacob com to Luzam, that is in the loond of Chanaan, Bethel bi name, he and alle the peple with hym. And he bilde there an auteer, and clepide the name of that place The hows of God; there forsothe aperyde God to hym, whanne he shulde flee his brother. The same tyme was deed Delbora, the norisch of Rebecca, and was byried at the rootis of Bethel, vndur an ook, and the name of the place is clepid The ook of weping. God forsothe aperyde eftsones to Jacob, after thatOm. DEFH. he was turnyd aȝen fro Mesopotany of Syrye, and com into Bethel, and blissid to hym, seiynge, Thow shalt no more be clepid Jacob, but Yrael shal be thi name. And he clepid hym Yrael, and seide to hym, Y God Almyȝti, grow, and be thow mul|tiplied, folke of kynde and peplis of na|ciouns of thee shulen ben, kyngis of thi leendis shulen goon oute; the loond that Y haue ȝouun to Abraham and Ysaac, Y shal ȝyue to thee, and to thi seed after thee. And he ȝede a wey fro hym. He forsothe areride a stonen signe of wor|ship, in the place that God speke to hym, sacrifiynge vpon it sacrifice of licowres, and heldynge oute oyle, and clepynge the name of that place Bethel. And he goon out thens, com in veer tyme to the loond that ledith to Effratam, in the which whanne Rachel shulde bere childe, for the hardnes of birth she biganne to pe|rishe; and the meedwijf seide to hir, Wole thow not drede, for also and this thow shalt haue a sone. The soule for|sothe goynge oute for sorwe, and now deeth fallynge ynne, the name of hir sone she clepide Benony, that is, the sone of my sorwe; the fader forsothe clepide hym Beniamyn, that is, the sone of the riȝt side. Thanne Rachel was deed, and was biryed in the weye that ledith to Effratam, that is Bethleem. And Jacob reyside a signe of preysing vpon the se|pulcre of hir; this is the title of the monument of Rachel vnto the present day. He goon out thens ficchide a taber|nacle ouer the towre of the flok. And whanne he shulde dwelle in that regioun, Ruben ȝede, and slepte with Bala, the secundarye wijf of his fader, that to hym was not vnwist. Forsothe the sones of Jacob weren twelue; the sonessone A. of Lia, theOm. A. first gotun Ruben, and Symyon, and Leuy, and Judas, and Ysachar, and Zabu|lon; the sones of Rachel, Joseph, and Beniamyn; the sones of Bale, the ser|uaunt of Rachel, Dan, and Neptalym; the sones of Zelphe, the handmayden of Lye, Gad, and Aser. Thes the sones of Jacob, which ben born to hym in Meso|potanye of Syrye. He cam also to Ysaac, his fadyr, into Mambre, the cyte of Ar|bee, this is Ebron, in the which pil|grimagid Abraham and Ysaac. And ful|fillid ben the dayes of Ysaac an hundryd and eiȝti of ȝeris; and endid thurȝ age is deed, and he is put to his peple, olde, and ful of dayes; and biryeden hym Esau and Jacob his sones.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Thes forsothe ben the generaciouns of Ysau; he is Edom. Esau took wyues of the dowtres of Chanaan, Ada, the dowȝ|ter of Elom Ethei, and Oolibama, the dowȝter of a sone of Sebeon Euehi, and Bethsemath the dowȝter of Ismael, the sistir of Nabaioth. Ada forsothe bare Eliphat; Bathsemath gat Rahuel; Ooli|bama gat Hyeus, and Hielon, and Chore. Thes the sones of Esau, that weren born to hym in the loond of Chanaan. Esau forsothe took his wyues, and sones, and dowȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., and al theOm. E. soulesoules H. of his hows, and substaunce, and beestis, and al that he myȝte haue in the loond of Cha|naan, and ȝede into anothir regioun, and wente awey fro Jacob his brother; for|sothe ryche thei weren greetli, and to|gidere dwellen myȝten not, and the loond of the pilgrimage of hem susteynede hem not, for the multitude of flockis. And Esau dwelte in the hil of Seyr; he is Edom. Thes forsothe ben the genera|ciouns of Esau, fader of Edom, in the hil of Seyr, and thes the names of the sones of hym. Eliphath, the sone of Ada, wijf of Esau, and Rahuel, the sone of Bath|semath, wijf of hym. And the sones of Eliphat weren, Cheman, Emath, Sephu, Gatan, Ceneth, and Chore. Tanna for|sothe was the secundarie wiyf of Elipath, sone of Esau, that bare to hym Amalech. Thes ben the sones of Ada, wijf of Esau. The sones forsothe of Rahuel, Naath, and AraZara BDE., Semma, and MeraMeza BDEFH.. Thes the sones of Bathsemath, wijf of Esau. And thes weren the sones of Oolibama, dowȝter of Anean AF., sone of Sebeon, wiyf of Esau, whom she get to hym; Hyeus, and Hielon, and Chore. Thes the dukis of the sones of Esau; the sones of Elyphath, the first getun of Esau, duke Theman, duke Omar, duke Sephua, duke Seneth, duke Chore, duke Datan, duke Amelech. Thes the sones of Eliphath, in the loond of Edom, and thes the sones of Ade. And thes the sones of Rahuel, sone of Esau, duke Naath, duke Zara, duke Semma, duke MeraMeza BDEFH.; thes forsothe dukis of Rahuel, in the loond of Edom. Thes the sones of Bathsemath, wijf of Esau. Thes forsothe the sones of Oolybama, wijf of Esau; duke Hyeus, duke Hyelon, duke Chore; thes the dukis of Oolibama, dowȝter of Anee, wijf of Esau. Thes ben the sones of Esau, and thes the dukes of hem; he is Edom. Thes ben the sones of Seyr Horrey, the dwellers of the loond, Jo|than, and Sobal, and Sebeon, and Anam, and Dyson, and Eser, and Dysan; thes the dukis of Horrei, sonessone BDEFH. of Seyr, in the loond of Edom. The sones forsothe of Jothan ben maad, Horrey, and Theman; forsothe the sister of Jothan was Thanna. And thes the sones of Sobal; Aluan, and Maneeth, and Ebal, Sephi, and Onam. And thes the sones of Sebeon; Achaia, and Ana; this is Ana, that fonde hoot watris in wildernes, whanne he fedde the she assis of Sebeon, his fadir; and he hadde a sone Dysan, and a dowȝter Ooli|bama. And thes the sones of Dysan; Amdam, and Jesban, and Jetran, and Charan. And thes the sones of Hesar; Baalan, and Zauan, and Acham. And Dysan hadde sones, Hus, and Haran. Thes the dukis of Horreis; duke Jothan, duke Sobal, duke Sebeon, duke Ana, duke Dyson, duke Heser, duke Dysan; thes the dukis of Horreis, thatthe D. comaundeden in the loond of Seyr. The kyngis for|sothe that regneden in the loond of Edom, or thatOm. BDEF pr. m. the children of Yrael hadden a kyng, weren thes; Balach, the sone of Beor, and the name of his cyte Denaba. Balach forsothe died, and for hym regned Jobab, the sone of Zare of Bosra. And whanne Jobab was deed, regnede for hym Husam of the loond of Thamaus. This forsothe deed, regnede for hym Adad, the sone of Badady, the which smote Madyan in the regioun of Moab, and the name of the cite of hym Abyuth. And whanne Adad was deed, regnede for hym Semla of Masarech. And this deed, regnede for hym Saul of the flood of Robooth. And whanne and this was deed, folwide into the kyngdom Balaanan, the sone of A|chobor. And this deed, regnede for hym Adad, and the name of the cite of hym Phoa, and the wijf of hym was clepid Meesabel, the dowȝter of Mathret, dowȝ|ter of Mesaab. Thes thanne the names of the dukis of Esau, in kynredis, and places, and her names; the duke Thanna, the duke Alua, the duke Jezeth, the duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phynon, duke Zeneth, duke Theman, duke Mabsar, duke Madiel, duke Yram; thes the dukys of Edom, the dwellers inin to BDEFH. the loond of his empire; he is Esau, the fader of Ydumeis. Jacob forsothe dwelte in the loond of Chanaan, in the which his fader pil|grimagide; and thes ben the generaciouns of hym.

 CAP. XXXVII.

Joseph whanne he was of sextene ȝeer fedde a flok with his bretheren, ȝit a childe, and he was with the sones of Bale and of Zelphe, wyues of his fader; and he accuside his bretheren anentis the fa|der of the werst synne. Yrael forsothe louede Joseph ouer alle his sones, ther|thurȝ that in elde he hadde getun hym; and he made hym a coote of dyuerse co|lours. And the bretheren of hym seynge that of the fader more than alle the sones was loued, hatiden hym, and myȝten not to hym eny thing pesebli speken. And it felle, that a seen sweuen he tolde to his britheren, the which cause was seed of more haat. And Joseph seide to his britheren, Here ȝe my sweuen that Y sawȝ, I wenede vs to bynden hondfullis in the feelde, and myn hondful as to ryse, and stonde, and ȝoure hondfullis stond|ynge al aboute to loute myn hondful. And the britheren of hym answeriden, Whether thow shalt be oure kyng, oither we shal be vndirloutesugett BDEFH. to thi bidding? This thanne cause of sweuenes and of wordis mynystride norishynge of enuye and of haate. And another sweuen he sawȝ, that tellynge to his britheren, seith, I sawe bi dreem as the sunne, and the mone, and the elleuen sterrys to lowtun me. That whan to his fader and bri|theren he hadde tolde, blamede hym his fader, and seide, What to it silf wole this sweuen that thow hast seen? Whether Y, and thi moder, and thi britheren shulen lowt thee vpon erthe? Thanne enuyeden to hym his britheren. The fader forsothe the thing stilli bihelde, and whanne the britheren of hym in the flockis of the fader to ben fedde dwelliden in Sichem, Yrael seide to hym, Thi britheren feden sheep in Sichemys; come, Y shal sende thee to hem. Who answerynge, Y am redi, he seith, Go, and se if alle thingis be welsum anentis thi britheren, and beestis, and aȝen tel thow to me what is doon. He, sent fro the valey of Ebron, cam into Sichym; and a man fonde hym in the feelde errynge, and askide, what he souȝte. And he answeride, My bretheren Y seche, shew thow to me where thei feden the flockis. And the man seide to hym, Thei wenten a wey fro this place, forsothe I herde hem seiynge, Go we into Dothaym. And Joseph ȝede after his bri|theren, and fonde hem in Dothaym. The whiche whanne thei seyen hym `a ferreo feer DEH., or he neiȝede to hem, thouȝten to sleen hym, and togidere thei speken, Loo! the dremer cometh, go we, and sle we hym, and putte we hymOm. BDFH. in an olde sistern, and we shulen seye, The werst wiylde beest hath deuowrid hym; and thanne it shal apere what profiten to hym hys dremes. Thes thingis forsothe herynge Ruben, enforside to delyuere hym of the hondis of hem, and seide, Slee we not the lijf of hym, ne shede we blood, but throw ȝe him into the olde sisterne, that is in wil|dernes, and kepe ȝe ȝoure hondes vngilti. That forsothe he seide, wilnynge to de|lyuer hym fro the hondes of hem, and to ȝelde to his fader. Thanne anoon as he cam to his britheren, thei nakiden hym the side coote to the hele, and of manye colowrs, and puttiden into an olde sis|terne, that hadde no watyr. And sit|tynge for to eet breed, thei seen Ysmael|itis weiegoers to comen fro Galaad, and camels of hem berynge swete spyces, and swete gumme, and myrre, into Egipte. Thanne Judas seide to his britheren, What shal it profit vs if we sleen oure brother, and we hiden the blood of hym? It is betere that he be sold to Ismaelitis, and our hondes ben not defoulid; for|sothe the brother and oure flesh he is. The britheren assentiden to thes wordes; and the marchaundes Madyanytes goynge bisides, thei, drawynge hym oute of the sis|terne, solden hym to Ysmaelytis for thretti siluer pens; the whiche ladden hym into Egipte. And Ruben turned aȝen to the sisterne, fonde not the child; and the clothis to-rent goynge to his bretheren, seith, The childe not aperith, and whider Y shal go? Forsothe thei token the coote of hym, and in the blood of a kyde that thei hadden slayn steyneden; the which sendynge shulden bere to faderthe fader E., and seyn, This we han foundun, loke whether the coote of thi sone it be or noon. The which whanne the fader knowithhad knowen BDEH. knowen F., seith, The coote of my sone it is, theand E. moost yuel wiylde beest hath etun hym, a beest hath deuowrid Joseph. And the clothis to-rent, wasand was D. clothid with an heyr, weil|ynge his sone myche tyme. And alle his free children gedered to gideres, that thei myȝten swage the sorow of the fader, he nolde coumfortyng take, but seith, Y shal descende to my sone weilynge into helle. And hym stedfastli dwellynge in wepyng, Madenytis solden Joseph in E|gepte, to Putiphar, the geldyng of Pha|rao, the mayster of chyualryethe chyual|rye E sec. m..

 CAP. XXXVIII.

Judas descendynge the same tyme fro his britheren, turnede to a man Odolla|myte, Hyram bi name; and he sawȝ there the dowȝter of a Chanany man, Sue bi name. And a wijf takun, ȝede into hir, the which conseyuede, and bare a childe, and clepide the name of hym Her. And eftsones conceyued the kynde, she nemnyde the born sone Onam. And the thridde child she bare, whom she clepide Sela, the which born, seeside to more bere childe. Judas forsothe ȝaue a wijf to his first getun Her, Thamar bi name. And Her, the first getun of Jude, was wickid in the siȝt of the Lord, and ther|for was slayn of hym. Thanne Judas seide to Onam, his sone, Go yn to the wijf of thi brother, and be thow felaw|shipte to hir, that thow rere seed to thi brother. He wytynge sones to be born not to hym, goynge to the wijf of his brother, shede the seed into the erthe, lest fre children weren born in name of the brother; and therfor the Lord smote hym, therthurȝ that a cursid thing he dide. Wherfore Judas seide to Thamar, the wijf of his sone, Be thow a widwe in the hows of thi fader, to the tyme that Sela my sone growe; forsothe he dredde lest and he shulde dye as the britherenbrether BH. brother D. of hym. The which ȝede, and dwelte in the hows of hir fader. And manye ȝerys ouergoon, diede Sue, the wijf of Jude, the which after weilyng coumfort takun, steiede vp to the sheepherdisclypparis E. of his sheep, he and Yras, the sheepherd of the flok, Odollamyte, in Tampnas. And it was told to Thamar, that hir housbonde fader steiede vp into Tampnas, to the sheep that shulden be clippid. The which, the clothis of widewhed don down, toke to a roket, and the abite chaungid, sat in the place of two weyes that ledeth to Tamp|nam; therthurȝ that Sela was growun, and she hadde not takun hym to hous|bonde. Whom whanne Judas hadde seen, he trowide hir to ben aOm. A pr. m. strumpet; she forsothe hadde couerede hir chere, lest she were knowun. And he yngoynge to hir, seith, Lat me, that Y goo togidere with thee; forsothe he wiste not that she was the wijf of his sone. The which an|swerynge, What shal thow ȝyue me, that thow vse me with liggyng? he seide, Y shal sende to thee a kidde fro the flockis. And eft she seiynge, I shal suffre that thow wolt, if thow ȝyue to me a wedde, to the tyme that thow sende that that thow bihotist. Judas seith, What to thee wolt thow be ȝouun for a wedde? She answeryde, Thi rynge, and thin arm|sercle, and the staf that thow holdist in thin hoond. Thanne at oon togiders goynge the womman conceyuede, and arysynge, she ȝede a wey; and the abite doon doun that she toke, she is clothid with the clothis of widewhod. Judas forsothe sente a kidde bi his sheepherd Odollomyte, that he shulde take athe BDEFH. wedde that he ȝaue to the womman; the which whanne he hadde not foundun hir, askide the men of that place, Where is the wom|man that sat in the two weies? answer|ynge alle men, There was not in this place a strumpet. And he turnede aȝen to Juda, and seide to hym, I haue not foundun hir, but and the men of that place seiden to me, neuer there to haue sittun aOm. A pr. m. strumpet. Judas seith, Haue she to hir silf, certis of lesynge vndurnym vs she may not; I haue sente a kydde that Y bihiȝte, and thow hast not foundun hir. Loo! forsothe after thre monethis men tolden to Jude, seiynge, Thamar, thi sonessone E. wijf, hath doon fornycacioun, and the wombe of hir is seen to wexe ful greet. And Judas seide, Bryng hir forth, that she be brent. The which whanne she shulde be lad to the peyne, sent to herhis A. housbond fader, seiynge, Of the man whos thes ben Y haue conseyued; know thow whos is the ryng, and the arm sercle, and the staf? The which, the ȝiftis knowun, seith, She is more riȝtwise than Y, for I haue not takun hir to Sela, my sone; and neuerthelater ouer that tyme he knewe hir not. Forsothe instondyng the beryng, gemels apereden in the wombe, and in that heeldyng out of the children, the toon putte forth an hoond, in the which the medewife bonde a reed threed, seiynge, This shal goon out rather. He forsothe drawynge aȝen the hoond, ȝede out the tother, and the womman seide, Whi is the wal for thee dyuydid? And for that cause she clepide the name of hym Phares. Afterwarde ȝede out the brother of hym, in whos hoond was the reed threed, whom she clepyde Zaram.

 CAP. XXXIX.

Thanne Joseph was lad into Egepte, and bouȝtbrouȝte A. hym Putiphar, the geldyng of Pharao, the prince of his oost Egipcien, fro the hondishonde BDEH. of Ismaelitis, of whichethe which BDEFH. he was brouȝtbouȝt A.. And the Lord was with him, and he was a man in alle thingis welsumly doynge. And he dwellide in the hows of his lord, the which alther|best knewe the Lord to be with hym, and alle thingis that he shulde doon, of hym to be greithid in the hoond of hym. And Joseph fonde grace bifore his lord, and mynystride to hym, of whom bifore putte to alle thingis, gouernede the hows takun to hym, and alle thingis that to hym weren bitauȝt. And the Lord blisside to the hows of the Egipcyen for Joseph, and multipliede, as wel in howsys as in feeldis, al the substaunce of hym; ne eny thing other knewe but the breed that he eete. And Joseph was fayr in face, and seemly in siȝt. And so after many dayes the ladi keste hir eyen in Joseph, and seith, Sleep with me; the which not assentynge to the shrewid dede, seide to hir, Loo! my lord alle thingis to me takun, vnknowith what he hath in his hows, ne eny thing is, that is not in my power, or hath not takun to me, saue thee, that art the wijf of hym; how thanne may Y that yuel don, and synne in my God? With siche maner wordis bi alle daies thei speken, and the womman was greuyd to the ȝonge man, and heOm. H. refuside the hordom. It felle forsothe a day, that Joseph shulde goo into the hows, and sumwhat of werk he shulde do with outen witnessis. And she, the hemme takun of the clothing of hym, shulde seye, Slep with me; the which, forsakun the mantil in the honde of hir, fleiȝ, and ȝede oute. And whanne the womman hadde seen the cloth in hir hondes, and hir to be dispisid, clepide to hir men of hir hows, and seide to hem, Loo! he hath brouȝt yn an Ebrew man, that he shulde bigile vs; he was comun yn to me, that he shulde togidere goo with me, and whanne Y hadde vnder|cried, and he herde my voys, he forsoke the mantil that I heelde, and fleiȝ out. Thanne in argument of bileue, the holdun mantil she shewide to the housbonde turnynge aȝen hoom. AndOm. ABFH. seith, To me is comun yn an Ebrew seruaunt, whom thow hidir brouȝtist, that he shulde bigijl me; and whanne he hadde seen me to crye, he forsoke the mantil that I heelde, and fleiȝ out. Thes thingis herd, and the lord to mych leueful to the wordis of the wijf, was ful wroth; and toke Jo|seph into prysoun, where the gyued men of the kyng weren kept, and he was there closid. The Lord forsothe was with Jo|seph, and hauynge rewthe of hym, ȝaue to hym grace in the siȝt of the prince of the prysoun, the which toke in the hond of him alle the gyued menOm. BDEFH. that weren holdun in kepyng, and what thing was doon was vndur hym, ne he knewe eny thing, alle thingis takun to hym; the Lord forsothe was with hym, and made redi alle the werkys of hym.

 CAP. XL.

And so thes thingis doon, fel that two geldyngis synneden, the botler of the kyng of Egepte, and the baker, to her lord. And Pharao wroth aȝens hem, for the tother was bifore to botlers, and the tothir to bakers, putte hem into the pri|soun of the prince of knyȝtis, in the which and Joseph was gyued. And the kepere of the prisoun tok hem to Joseph, the which and mynystryde to hem. A litil of tyme ȝede bitwixe, and thei in keping weren holdun, and both seen a sweuen oon nyȝt, aftir couenable vndoyng to hem. To whom whanne Joseph cam yn eerly, and sawȝ hem drery, askide hem, seiynge, Whi dreryer is ȝoure face to day than it was wonte? The which answeryden, A sweuen we han seen, and ther is not that wol vndo it vs. And Joseph seide to hem, Whether not of God is the vndoyng? Telle ȝe to me what ȝe han seen. And the prouest of botlers bifore tolde his sweuen; I sawȝ bifore me a vyne, in the which weren thre braunchis growun litil mele into clustris, and after floures the grapes to wexe rijp, and the chalice of Pharao in myn hoond; thanne I toke grapes, and wrong into the chalice that Y heelde, and toke drynke to Pharao. Joseph answeryde, This is the vndoyng of the sweuen; thre braunches thre ȝit dayes ben, after whiche Pharao shal record of thi seruyce, and shal re|store thee toin to BDEFH. the bifore had gree, and thow shalt ȝyue to hym a chalice, after thin office, as thow were wont to do bifore. As myche haue mynde of me, whanne it were wel with thee, and mercy thow shalt do with me, that thow make suggestioun to Pharao, that he lede me out of this prisoun; for theuelich Y am had a wey fro the loond of Hebrew, and here an ynnocent Y am sent into a laak. Seynge the mayster of bakers that he hadde vndo wiseli the sweuen, seith, And I sawȝ a sweuen, that I hadde three basketis of melow vpon myn heed, and yn thethat D. o basket, that was heiȝer, Y trowide me to bere al maner metis that ben made with bakers craft, and bryddis to eet therof. And JosephJosep A. answeride, This is the vn|doyng of the sweuen; thre baskettis thre ȝit dayes ben, aftir whom Pharao shal take a wey thin heed, and shal honge thee in the crosse, and fowlis shulen teere thi fleish. And fro thens the thridde day was the birthe day of Pharao, the which makynge a greet feeste to his children, recordid amonge the meetis of the mays|ter of botlers, and of the prince of bakers; and restoryde the tother into his place, that he brynge forth drynke to the kyng, the tother he hongide in a gibite, that the sothnes of the remener were proued. And neuerthelater after fallynge welsum thingis, the prouest of botelers forȝete of his dreem reder.

 CAP. XLI.

After two ȝeer Pharao sawe a sweuen; he trowide him to stonde vpon a flood, of the which steyden vp seuene fayre oxen and ful fatte, and thei weren fed in mershi places; and other seuene out comen of the flood, fowle and al ouer|comen with leenesse, and thei weren fedde in thethat BDEFH. brenke of the flood, in moost plenteuows grene places; and thei de|uouriden hem of whom was merueilows fayrnes and proporcioun of bodies. Pha|rao waknedwakynde BDEH., slepte eftsones, and sawȝ another sweuen; seuene eerys buriounde in o stalk and ful fayr, and other as feel eerys, thinne and smytun with meldew, weren growun, deuowrynge al the fayrnes of the first. Pharao, a wakynge after reste, and the morwetide bigunne, feerd for drede, sente to alle the reders of Egepte, and to all the wise men, and hem clepid to, tolde the sweuen, and there was not that vndide it. Thanne at the last the maister of botlers remembrynge, seith, I knowleche my synne; the king wroth to his seruauntis, me and the mayster of bakers comaundid to be put inin to E. prisoun of the prince of knyȝtis, where either o nyȝt seen a sweuen, bifore shewynge of thingis that ben to comun. There was `a seruant, Hebrew childeane Hebrew chylde, seruaunt BDFH., of the same duke of knyȝtis, to whom tellynge the sweuenes, we herden alle thingisthing BEH. that afterward the oute comyng of the thing proued; for|sothe Y am ȝoldun aȝen to myn office, and he was hongid in the crosse. Anoon thei doddidendiden AF. dedden D. clyp|piden E pr. m. doddidyn sec. m. Joseph lad out of the pri|soun, at the maundement of the kyng, and with chaungid clothing offreden to hym. To whom he seith, I sawȝ sweuens, ne there is that opnith, the which I haue herd the moost wiseli to caste. Joseph answerde, God with outen me shal an|swere welsum thingis to Pharao. Thanne Pharao tolde that he sawȝ; I wende me to stonde vpon the brynk of the flood, and seuen oxen fro the flood togideres steyden vp, ful greetli fayr and thurȝ oute with fatt fleish, the whiche in the pasture of mershethe mershe BEFH. the grene leswis cheseden; and loo! thes folweden other seuen oxen, in as myche defourme and leene, that neuer siche in the loond of Egipte Y sawȝ; the whiche the rather deuowrid and wastid, no merke of fulfedyng ȝouun, but with the same leenesse and foulnes thei dwelten. A wakynge, eftsones born doun with sleepe, I sawȝ a sweuen; se|uene eeris buriounde in o stalk, ful and moost fayr, and other seuen, thinne and smytun with a brennynge blaste, growiden of the stalk, the whiche deuowreden the fayrnes of the rather. I haue tolde to the reders the sweuen, and no man is that out openith. Joseph answeride, The sweuen of the kyng is oon; the thingis that God is to do he shewede to Pharao. Seuen oxen fayr, and seuen eerys fulle, seuen ȝeris of plentith ben, and the same strengthe of sweuen holdun; and the seuen oxen thinne and leene, the whiche steyden after hem, and seuen eeris thinne and smytun with a brennynge wynde, seuen ȝeris ben of hungur to comen, the whiche bi this ordre shulen be fulfillid. Loo! seuen ȝeresȝeere BDEFH. shulen come of greet plenteplentith BDEFH. in al the loond of Egipte, whom shulen folwe othere seuen ȝeer of as greet bareynes, that to forgetyng be takun al the bihynd plentethnesplentenes E.; forsothe to waste is hungur al the erthe, and the greetnes of myseysmysesis D. is to spille the greet|nes of plentithe. That forsothe thow hast seyn secoundli a sweuen perteynyng to the same thing, shewyng is of fast|nessefatnes A., therthurȝ that the worde of God be doon, and swiftloker be fulfild. Now thanne puruey the kyng a wise man and aOm. E. redi, and bifore maak hym to the loond of Egipte, the which ordeyn prouestispro|uest A. thoruȝ out alle regiouns, and the fifte part of fruytis thurȝ out the seuen ȝeer of plenteth, that now ben to comen, now ge|der he in to the beernes; and al the wheet be leide vndur the power of Pharao, and be kepte in the cyteecytees BDEH., and be bifore made redi to the hungur to come of the seuen ȝeer, the which is to oppresse Egipte, and the loond be not consumed with myschef. The counseil pleside to Pharao, and to alle the mynystris of hym, and he spake to hem, We mowen not fynde such a man the which be ful of the spiryt of God. Thanne he seide to Joseph, For God hath shewed to thee alle thingis that thow hast spokun, whether a wiser or aOm. B. liyk to thee fynde Y may? Thow shalt be vpon myn hows, and at the maundement of thi mouth al the puple shal obeishe; in o thing oonli in dignyte of the rewme thee Y shal go bifore. And eft Pharao seide to Joseph, Loo! Y haue ordeynyde thee vpon al the loond of Egipte. And he took a ryng of his hoond, and ȝaue hym in his hoond, and he clothide hym a stool of biys, and putte aboute his necke a goldun beeȝe, and made him steyȝ vpon his se|cound chaar, criynge a bedel, that alle men shulden bifore hym knele, and thei shulden wite hym to be prouest to al the loond of Egipte. And the kyng seide to Joseph, I am Pharao, with outen thi maundement shal not eny man meue hoond or foot in the loond of Egipte. And he turnede the name of hym, and he clepide hym in Egipcian tunge, the saueor of the world; and he ȝaue to hym a wijf, Asenech, the dowȝter of Putifar, preest of Helyopoleos. And so Joseph, goon oute to the loond of Egipte, forsothe was of thritti wynter whanne he stode in the siȝt of kyng Pha|rao, and he ȝede aboute alle the regiouns of Egipte. And plentithnes cam of the seuen ȝeer, and the cornes maad into handfullis ben gederyd into beernesthe beernes BDEFH. of Egipte, and al the plentith of fruytis in alle the citees was leide to kepe, and the plentithe of wheet was so myche, that to the grauel of the see it was mesurid euen, and the plentith passide mesure. To Jo|seph forsothe weren borne two sones bifore that the hunger cam, whom to him bare Asenech, the dowȝter of Putifar, preest of Helyopoleos. And he clepide the name of the first gotun Manasses, seiynge, God hath maad me to forȝete alle my trauayls, and the hows of my fader; and the name of the secounde he clepide Effraym, sei|ynge, God hath maad me growe in the loond of my pornes. Thanne ouerpassed seuen ȝeer of plentithe that weren in E|gipte, bigunne to come toOm. DEH. theOm. B. seuen ȝeer of meseysmeseses D., whom Joseph seyde byfore, and in al the world hungur wex greet; also in al the loond of Egipte was hun|gur; the which hungring, the peple cryede to Pharao, askynge lyuelod, to whom he answeride, Goth to Joseph, and what euere he shal seye to ȝow, doth. For|sothe ech day hungur encreside in al the loond, and Joseph openyde alle the beernes, and solde to Egipcyens, for and hem oppresside hungur; and alle theOm. E. prouynces camen into Egipte, that thei myȝten bigge meetis and the yuel of myseis swagen.

 CAP. XLII.

Jacob forsothe herynge that lyuelodes weren solde in Egipte, seide to his sones, Whi ben ȝe necgligent? I haue herd that wheet is solde in Egipte, descende ȝe, and biggith to vs nedeful thingis, that we mowen lyue, and we ben not consumed with myseysmesesis D.. Thanne descendynge the ten britheren of Joseph that thei myȝten bigge whete in Egipte, Beniamyn with|holdun at home of Jacob, the which seide to the britheren of hym, Lest perauenture in the weye eny thing he suffresuffrid A pr. m. of yuel. Thei ben goon into the loond of Egipte, with othere that ȝeden to bigge; forsothe there was hungur in the loond of Cha|naan. And Joseph was prince of Egipte, and at his bikenyng whete cornes weren solde to the peplis. And whanne his bri|theren hadden lowtid him, and he knewe hem, as to aliens harder he spak, askynge hem, Whens cam ȝe? The which an|sweryden, Fro the loond of Chanaan, that we biggen nedeful thingis to oure lyue|lod. And neuerthelater he the britheren knowinge is not knowun of hem, and re|cordid of the sweuensweuenes BDEFH. that sumtyme he sawȝ, seith to hem, A spies ȝe ben, ȝe ben comen that ȝe myȝten se the febler thingis of the loond. The whiche seiden, It is not so, lord, but thi seruauntis comen, that thei myȝten bie meetis; alle the sones of o man we ben, pesibli we comenben comen BDEFH., ne thi seruauntis eny thing casten of yuel. To whom he answeryde, Other weies yt is, the vnwardid thingis of this loond ȝe ben comen to biholde. And thei seiden, Twelue britheren, thei seyn, thi seruauntis we ben, the sones of o man in the loond of Chanaan; the leest is with oure fader, the tother is not aboue. That is, he seith, that I speke, a spies ȝe ben, for now experyment of ȝow I shal taak, bi the helthe of Pharao ȝe shulen not goon hens, to the tyme that ȝoure leest brother come; sendith of ȝou oon, and bringe he him, ȝe forsothe shulen ben in boondis, to the tyme that the thingis that ȝe han seide ben proued, whether fals or soth thei ben; ellis bi the helth of Pha|rao aspies ȝe ben. Thanne he took hem to warde thre daies; the thridde for|sothe dai ledynge out of prisoun, seith, Do ȝe that I seide, and ȝe shulen lyue, God forsoth Y drede; if ȝe be pesible, ȝoure o brother be boundun in prisoun; ȝe forsothe goth, and berith the whete that ȝe han bouȝt into ȝoure howsis, and ȝoure leest brother bryngith to me, that Y may proue ȝoure wordis, and ȝe not die. And thei diden as he seide, and thei speken to gideres, Thurȝ desert thes thingis we suffren, for we han synned in oure brother, seynge the angwishe of the soule of hym, while he preyde vs, and we herden not, therfore cometh vpon vs this tribulacioun. Of the whiche oon, Ru|ben, seith, Whether Y seide not to ȝow, Nyle ȝe synne in the childe, and ȝe herden not me? loo! the blood of hym is out souȝt. Thei wisten not forsothe that Jo|seph shulde vndurstonde, therthurȝ that bi a mene persone vndoynge both the lan|gagis he spak to hem. And he turnyde hym silf a wey a litil, and he wepte, and turned aȝen he spak to hem; and takynge Symeon, and byndynge hym, hem pre|sent, and comaundide to the mynystris, that thei shulden fille the sackis of hem with whete, and leggen aȝen the money of eche in her sackis, ȝeuun ouer meetis in the weie; the whiche diden so. And thei beryngebryngen A. the whete in her assis ȝeden forth, and the sak of oon openyd, that he myȝte ȝyue to his beest meete in an inturnyng place to reste, biholdun the money in the mouth of the sak, seide to his britheren, To me is ȝoldun my money, loo! it is had in the sak; and thei sto|nyed al aboute and sturbed, seiden to|gideres, What forsothe is this that God hath doon to vs? And thei comen to Ja|cob, her fader, in the loond of Chanaan, and tolden to hym alle thingis that was fallun to hem, seiynge, The lord of the loond hard spake to vs, and he wenyde vs to be spies of the prouynce; to whom we answerden, We ben pesible, ne we ben not aboute eny spies; twelue britheren of o fadur getun we ben, the oontone BDEFH. is not aboue, the leest with the fadur dwellith in the loond of Chanaan. The which seith to vs, So I shal proue that ȝe ben pesible; ȝoure o brother leeue ȝeOm. E. anentisanens BDEFH. me, and meetis to ȝoure housis nedeful take ȝe, and goth, and ȝoure leest brother ledith to me, that Y knowe that ȝe ben not aspyes, and this that is holdun in boondis ȝe mowen reseyue, and theraftir of biggyng that ȝe wolenwylne BDEFH. ȝe han leue. Thes thingis seid, whanne eche heelden out whete, thei founden in the mouth of the sackis boundun moneys. And alle togideres afeerd, the fader Jacob seide, With outen free children ȝe han maad me to be; Joseph is not aboue, Symeon is holdun in bondes, Beniamyn ȝe shulen take a wey fro me; alle thes yuels in me han bacwarde fallun. To whom an|swerde Ruben, My two sones sle thouȝe E., if Y brynge hym not aȝen to thee; taak hym in myn hoond, and Y hym to thee shal ȝelde aȝen. And he, My sone, he seith, shal not descende with ȝow; the brother of hym is deed, and he alone abidithabyt BDEFH.; if ony thing to hym of aduer|site falle in the loond to the which ȝe shulen goon, ȝe shulen lede doun myn hoore heeris with sorwe to helle.

 CAP. XLIII.

The meene tyme hungur al the loond greetly bare doun; and, the meetis brouȝt to ende, that fro Egipte thei hadden brouȝt, Jacob seide to his sones, Turne ȝe aȝen, and bigge ȝe to vs a litil of meetis. Judas answerde, Thilke man denounside to vs vndur witnessyng of othe, seiynge, Ȝe shulen not se my face, but ȝoure leest bro|ther ȝe bryngen with ȝow; if thanne thow wolt sende hym with vs, we shulen goon togidere, and to thee we shulen bye nede|ful thingis; if forsothe thou wolt not, we wolen not goon; the man forsothe, as we han ofte seide, denounside to vs, seiynge, Ȝe shulen not se my face with outen ȝoure leest brother. And Israel seide, This ȝe han doon in toin A. my wrecchidnes, that ȝe wolden shewe to hym and another ȝow to han a brother. And thei answerden, The man askide vs bi ordre oure progenye, if the fader lyued, if we hadden a brother; and we answerden to hym sewyngly, aftir that that he askide; whether we myȝten wite that he was to seyn, Bryngith with ȝow ȝoure brother? And Judas seide to his fader, Send the child with me, that we goon forth, and we mowen lyue, lest dien we and oure children; I take the child, of myn hoond aȝen aske hym; but if I comebrynge BDFH. aȝen and take hym to thee, Y shal be gilti of synne in thee al tyme; if tariyng hadde not falle bitwix, now eftsones we hadden comen. Thanne Yrael, the fader of hem, seide to hem, If so it is nede, doth what ȝe wolen; take ȝe of the beste fruytis of the loond in ȝoure vessils, and berith ȝiftis to the man, a litil of precious licoure of swete gumme, and of hony, and of licourethe lycour BDEFH. of the tree of storax, and of stactes, the licoure of myrre tree, and of therebynt, and of almaundis; and dowble money bere ȝe with ȝow, and that that ȝe han foundun in the sackis bere ȝe aȝen, lest perauenture thurȝ errour it be doon; but and ȝoure brother takith, and goth to the man; and my God Almyȝti make hym plesable to ȝow, and send he aȝen with ȝow ȝoure brother, that he holdith in boondis, and this Beniamyn; Y forsothe as priued with outen free chil|dren shal be. Thanne the men token ȝiftis, and dowble money, and Beniamyn, and descendiden into Egipte, and stodenstonden D. bifore Joseph. Whom whanne he hadde seen, and Beniamyn togidere, he co|maundide to the dispensatowr of his hows, seiynge, Lede yn the men hoom, and slee the beestis of sacrifice, and ordeyne a feeste; for with me thei ben to etun to day. And he dide as it was comaundid, and brouȝte in the men hoom; and there thei agast seiden to gideres, For the money that we brouȝten bifore in oure sackis we ben lad yn, that chalengyng he turne in vs, and violently sugette to thraldom and vs and our assis. Wherfore in thilke ȝatis goynge to, speken to the dispensa|tour, Syre, we preyen thee, that thow here vs; now bifore we descendendescendeden BDEFH. that we biggen meetis; the whiche bouȝt, whanne we comen to the place of turn|yng into reste, we opnyden oure sackis, and we fonden money in the mouth of theOm. BDEF sec. m. H. sackis, that now in the same peyse we han brouȝt aȝen; but and other money we han brouȝt, that we biggen thilke thingis, that ben necessarye to vs; it ys not in oure conscience, who it putte in oure bagges. And he answerde, Pees with ȝow, wole ȝe not drede; ȝoure God and the God of ȝoure fader hath ȝyue to ȝow tresours in ȝoure sackis; for the money that ȝe ȝyuen to me, I haue it aprouedproued A pr. m.. And he ladde out to hem Sy|meon; and thei in lad hoom, brouȝt wa|tir, and thei weschen her feet, and he ȝaue fodder to the asses of hem. Thei forsothe greithiden ȝiftis to the tyme that Joseph shulde come yn at mydday, thei hadden herde forsothe, that there thei weren to etun breed. Thanne Joseph cam into his hows, and thei holdynge ȝiftis in her hondis, offerden to hym, and lowtiden bowid into the erthe. And he goodly hem aȝen salutid, askide hem, sei|ynge, Whether ȝoure oold fader is saaf, of whom ȝe spaken to me? ȝit lyueth he? The whiche answerden, He ys al hool, thi seruaunt oure fader ȝit lyueth; and thei bowid lowtiden hym. And Joseph heuynge vp the eyen, sawȝ Beniamyn, his brother of o wombe, and seith, This is ȝoure litil brother, of whom ȝe speken to me? And eft, God, he seith, haue mercy of thee, sone myne. And he hiȝede into the hows, for the entrayls of hym weren moued vpon his brother, and teeris bristen oute, and he, goynge in to the bed place, wepte. And eft his face waishun, goon oute, stillide hym self, and seith, Settith looues. The whiche sett forth, Joseph bi hym self, and the bri|theren bi hem seluen, and the Egipciens togideresthat to githers BDEFH. eetun bi hem seluen; forsothe it is vnleueful to Egipciens to etun with Ebrews, and a fowle thing thei wenen sich a manere feeste. Thei setten bifore hym the first geten, aftir the riȝtisȝiftis H. of his first getyng, and the leeste aftir his age; and thei wondreden mych, the par|tise takun that thei token of hym, and the more party cam to Beniamin, so that bi fyue partis he passide; and thei drunken, and ben fulfillid with hym.

 CAP. XLIV.

Joseph forsothe comaundide to the dis|pensatour of his hows, seiynge, Fille the sackis of hem with whete, as myche as thei mowen take, and ley the money of eche in the cop of her sak; my silueren forsothe coppe, and the prise of whete that he ȝaf, putte in the mouth of the sak of the ȝonger; and it is do so. And the morwetyde sprongun, thei ben lete go with her assis. And now the cyte thei ȝeden oute, and forth ȝeden a litil; also Joseph, the dispensatour of his hous clepid, seith, A ryse, he seith, pursue the men, and hem takun sey thow, Whi han ȝe ȝoldun yuel for good? The coppe that ȝe han stoln, it is in the which my lord drynkith, and in the which he is wonte to dyuyne; the moost yuel thing ȝe han do. He dide as he comaundide, and, hem takun, bi ordre spak. The whiche an|swerden, Whi thus spekith oure lord, that thi seruauntis so meche of wickidnes shulden han doon? The money that we founden in the cop of the sackis we han brouȝt aȝen to thee fro the loond of Cha|naan, and what maner is it folwynge that we shulden haue stolne fro the hows of thi lord gold or siluer? Anentys whom euere of thi seruauntis it were foundun that thou sekist, be he deed, and we the seruauntis shulen be of oure lord. The which seide to hem, Be it doon after ȝoure sentens; anentis whom it be foundun, be he my seruaunt; ȝe forsothe shulen be giltles. And so blyue doynge down into the erthe the sackis, eche opnyde; the which aserchinge, bigynnynge fro the more vnto the leeste, fonde the coppe in the sak of Beniamyn. And thei the clothis to-rent, and eft chargid the assis, ben turned aȝen into the wallid town. And Juda the firste with the bretheren wente in to Joseph; ne forsothe ȝit fro the place he hadde goon; and alle to the erthe togidere fallen. To whom he seith, Whi thus wolden ȝe doon? whethir ȝe vnknowen, that there is noon lijk me in kunnynge of dyuynynge? To whom Juda, What, he seith, shulen we answere to my lord, or what shulen we spek, or riȝt|wisly we mowen aȝen stryue? God hath foundun the wickidnes of thi seruauntis; loo! alle seruauntis we ben of my lord, and we and anentis whom the cuppe is foundun. Joseph answerde, Fer be it fro me, that Y thus do; he that hath stolne the cuppe be my seruaunt; ȝe forsothe goth awey free to ȝoure fader. For|sothe Judas comynge ner, seith tristily, My lord, Y preye, thi seruaunt spek a word in thin eeris, and ne wrath thow to thi seruaunt; thow art forsothe after Pharao, my lord. Thow askidist bifore thi seruauntis, Haue ȝe a fader or bro|ther? And we answerden to thee, my lord, There is to vs a fader oold, and a litil child, the which in eeld of hym is born, whos brother of o wombe is deed, and him oonli hath his moder; the fader forsothe tenderli loueth him. And thow seidist to thi seruauntis, Bryngith hym to me, and Y shal putte myn eyen vpon hym. We meueden to thee, my lord, the child may not leeue his fader; if forsothe he leeue hym, he shal dye. And thow seidist to thi seruauntis, But ȝoure leeste brother come to vswith ȝou D sup. ras., ȝe shulen no more se my face. Thanne whanne we hadden steyed vp to oure fader, thi seruaunt, we tolden hym alle thingis that my lord spak; and oure fader seyde, Goth aȝen, and biggithbygge E. vs a litil of whete; to whom we seiden, We mowen not goon; if oure leeste brother shul descende with vs, we shulen go togideres; ellis, hym absent, we dorun not se the face of the lord. And he answerde, Ȝe witen that two children gat to me my wijf; the oontoone BDEFH. is goon oute, and ȝe seiden, a beest hath deuowryd hym, and ȝit hidir to he aperyde not; and if I take this, and eny thing to hym shal falle in the weye, ȝe shulen doun lede myn hoore heeris with mournyng to helle. Thanne if I shal goo to thi ser|uaunt, oure fader, and the child were thens, sith the lijf of hym hongith of the lijf of this, and se hym not be with vs, he shal dye, and thi seruauntis shulen down lede the hoore heeris of hym with sorwe tointo A sec. m. D. helle. Be I propirli thi ser|uaunt, the which haue resseyued this into my feith, and haue bihoote, seiynge, But I brynge aȝen hym, Y shal be gilti of synne in my fader al tyme; and so Y shall dwelle thi seruaunt for the child in to the seruyce of my lord, and the child ascend with his britheren; forsoth Y may not turne aȝen to my fader, the child ab|sent, lest a witnes I stonde to of myschef, that is to oppresse my fader.

 CAP. XLV.

Joseph myȝte no ferthere with holde hym self, many biforn stondynge nyȝ; wherfor he comaundide that alle men shulden goon out, and noon alien were amonge to the knowyng togideres. And he arerid a voys with wepyng, that Egip|cyens herden, and al the hows of Pharao. And he seide to his bretheren, I am Jo|seph; ȝit my fader lyueth? The britheren myȝten not answere, for ful myche drede afeerd. To whom he goodliche, Comecommith BDE sec. m. FH. ner, he seide, to me. And whanne thei weren comun nyȝ, Y am, he seith, Joseph ȝoure brother, whom ȝe solden in to E|gipte; wole ȝe not drede, ne seme it to ȝow to be harde, that ȝe han soold me in thes regiouns; forsothe for ȝoure helthe God hath sent me bifore ȝow into Egipte. Two ȝeer it ys that hungur began to be in the loond, ȝit fyue ȝeers leeuen, in the whiche it may not be eerid, ne ropun; and God hath bifore sent me, that ȝe ben kepte vpon erthe, and meetis to lyue han ȝe mowen. Not thurȝ ȝoure counseil, but thurȝ the wil of God Y am sent hydir, the which hath maad me as the fader of Pharao, and lord of al the hows of hym, and prince in al the loond of Egipte. Hye ȝe, and stye ȝe vp to my fader, and ȝe shulen seye to hym, This biddith thi sone Joseph; God me hath maad lord of al the loond of Egipte; descende to me, ne abide thow, and dwel in the loond of Gessen; and thow shalt be biside me, thow, and thi sones, and the sones of thi sones, thi sheep, and thi droues, and al that thou hast, and there Y shal fede thee; ȝit forsothe fyue ȝeer ben leeued of hungur, lest and thow perishe, and thin hows, and al that thow hast. Loo! ȝoure eyen, and the eyen of my brother Benia|myn seen, that my mouth spekith to ȝow; tellith to my fader al my glorie, and alle thingis that ȝe han seen in Egipte; hye ȝe, and bryng ȝe hym to me. And whanne cleppid hadde thrist to hym the necke of Beniamyn, his brother, he wepte, and hym wepynge also vpon the necke of hym. And Joseph kisside alle his bri|theren, and wepte vpon echone; aftir that thei weren hardi to speke to him. And it is herd, and with solempne word pup|plishid in the halle of the kyng, The bre|theren of Joseph ben comun. And Pha|rao ioyede, and al the meyne of hym; and he seide to Joseph, that he shulde comaunde to his britheren, seiynge, Chargynge the beestis goth into the loond of Chanaan, and takith fro thens ȝoure fader, and kynrede, and cometh to me, and I shal ȝyue to ȝow al the goodis of Egipte, that ȝe eeten the mary of the loond. Comaunde also, that thei taken the waynes of Egipte to the kariyng of her children, and wiues, and sey thow, Takithtake E. ȝoure fader, and anoon as ȝe mowen comynge makith redi, ne leue ȝe not eny thing of eny purtenaunce to ȝoure howshold, for al the ryches of Egipte shulen be ȝouren. The children of Yrael diden, as it was bodun to hem; to whom Joseph ȝaf waynes, after the heeste of Pharao, and metis in the weye; and to echone he comaundide to be brouȝt forth two stolys; forsothe to Beniamyn he ȝaf thre hundryd siluerensiluer BDEFH. pens, with fyue the best stolis; as feele of money and of clothing seendynge to his fader, addynge to hem ten hee assis, that shulden karye of alle the ricchessis of Egipte, and as feele she assis, whete in the weye, and breed berynge. Thanne he lafte his bri|theren, and to hem forth goynge seith, Ne wraththe ȝe in the weye. The whiche steyynge vp fro Egipte camen into the loond of Chanaan, to her fader Jacob; and tolden to hym, seiynge, Joseph, thi sone, lyueth, and he is lord in al the loond of Egipte. The which herde, Ja|cob as of a greet sleep awakynge; neuer|thelater he trowide not hem. Thei aȝen|ward tolden al the ordre of the thing; and whanne he hadde seyn the caryagis, and al that he hadde sent, aȝen quyckenyd the spiryt of hym, and seith, It sufficith to me, if ȝit Joseph my sone lyue, I shal go and shal se hym or Y dye.

 CAP. XLVI.

And Yrael forth goon with al that he hadde, cam to the pit of ooth; and slawn there the beestis of sacryfice to the God of his fader Ysaac, herde hym bi a vy|sioun the nyȝt clepynge hym, and sei|ynge to hym, Jacob! Jacob! To whom answerde, Loo! I am nyȝ. God seith to hym, Y am the moost strong God of thi fader; nyl thou not drede, descend into Egipte, for into a greet folk of kynde Y shal make thee there; I shal descende with thee thidir, and Y shal thens lede thee comynge aȝen, and Joseph shal leye his honden vpon thin eyen. Jacob aroos fro the pit of ooth, and his sones token hym, with the children, and his wyues, in the waynes that Pharao sente to bere thein the A sec. m. oold man, and al that he hadde in the loond of Chanaan; and he cam into Egipte with al his seed, andOm. BDE. the sones of hym, and cosyns, dowȝteresdouȝtren BDEFH., and al the progenye togideres. Thes ben forsothe the names of the sones of Yrael, the whiche ben goon into Egipte; he with his free children. The firste getun Ruben; the sones of Ruben, Enoch, and Phallu, and Esrom, and Carmy. The sones of Symyon, Jemuhel, and Jamyn, and Ȝa|hoth, and Jachyn, and Sab, and Saber, and Saul, the sone of Chanynytidis. The sones of Leuy, Gerson, Caath, and Me|raryMethary AF.. The sones of Juda, Her, and Onam, and Sela, and Phares, and Zara. Deed forsothe ben Her and Onam in the loond of Chanaan; and born ben the sones of Phares, Esrom, and Amul. The sones of Ysachar, Thola, and Phua, and Jobab, and Semron. The sones of Zabulon, Sa|red, and Thelom, and Jahelel. Thes the sones of Lye, that she gat in Mesopotanye of Syrie, with Dyna hir dowȝter; alle the soulis of the sones of hir and of douȝ|tresdouȝtre BFH. douȝtren E., three and thretti. The sones of Gad, Sephyon, and Aggy, Suny, and Hesebon, Hery, and Arodi, and Arely. The sones of Asar, Jamne, and Jesua, and Jesuy, and Berya; and Sara, the douȝter of hem. The sones of Berya, Heber, and Melchiel. Thes the sones of Zelphe, whom Laban ȝaf to Lye, his douȝter, and thes gat Ja|cob, sixtene soules. The sones of Rachel, wijf of Jacob, Joseph, and Beniamyn. And born ben the sones of Joseph in the loond of Egipte, the which gat to hym Asenech, the douȝter of Putyphar, of the preest of Heliopoleos, Manasses, and Ef|fraym. The sones of Beniamyn, Bela, and Becor, and Asbelgora, and Naaman, and Jethi, and Resemophym, and Ophyn, and Ared. Thes the sones of Rachel, the whiche gat Jacob; alle the soules four|tene. The sones of Dan, Vsym. The sones of Neptalym, Jasyel, and Gumy, and Jeser, and Salem. Thes the sones of Bale, whom ȝaf Laban to Rachel, his douȝter. Thes gat Jacob, alle the soules seuen. And alle the soules that ben goon with Jacob into Egipte, and goon out of the leende of hym, with oute wyues of his children, sexti and sexe. The sones forsothe of Joseph, that ben born to hym in the loond of Egipte, soules two. Alle the soules of the hows of Jacob, that ben goon into Egipte, weren seuenty. Jacob forsothe sente Juda before hym to Jo|seph, that he shulde telle to hym, and he shulde aȝen come into Gessen. Whider whanne he was comun, Joseph, ioyned his chare, steiede vp to mete with his fader at the same place. And seynge hym, felle vpon the nek of hym, and bitwix the clippyngis wepte. And the fader seide to Joseph, Now glad Y shal dye, for I haue seen thi face, and at thin aboue thee Y leeue. And he spak to his bretheren; and to al the hows of his fader, Y shal steyestey up BDEFH., and telle to Pharao, and Y shal seie to hym, My bretheren, and the hows of my fader, the whyche weren in the loond of Chanaan, ben comen to me, and ben men kepers of sheep, and han bisynes of flockys to ben fedde; her beestis, and her droues, and al that thei mowen haue, thei brouȝten with hem. And whanne he shal clepen ȝou, and seie, What is ȝoure werke? ȝe shulen answere, Men sheep|herdes we ben, thi seruauntis, fro oure childhod vnto the tyme that is now, and we and oure faders. Thes thingis for|sothe ȝe shulen seye, that ȝe mowen dwelle in the loond of Gessen, for alle Egipcyens haten alle sheepherdes of sheep.

 CAP. XLVII.

Joseph thanne goon yn tolde to Pha|rao, seiynge, My fader and bretheren, the sheep of hem, and droues, and alle the thingis that thei han, ben comen fro the loond of Chanaan; and loo! thei ben in the loond of Gessen. And fyue men, the last of his bretheren, he sette bifore the kyng, whom he askide, What han ȝe of werke? Theithe A. answerden, Sheepherdes of sheep we ben, thi seruauntis, and we and our fadres; to pilgrimage into thi loond we ben comen, for there is noon eerbe to the flockis of thi seruauntis; hungurhurgur A. meche wexynge greuows in the loond of Chanaan, and we axen that thow co|maunde vs to be thi seruauntis in the loond of Gessen. And so the kyng seide to Joseph, Thi fader and thi bretheren ben comen to thee; the loond of Egipte is in thi siȝt, in the beste place make hem to dwelle, and tak to hem the loond of Gessen; and if thow hast knowe to be redi men in hem, ordeyne hem maystrys of my beestis. After thes thingis Joseph ladde yn his fader to the kyng, and sette hym beforn hym, the which blessynge to hym, and askyde of hym, How feele ben the dayes of the ȝeris of thi lijf? He answerde, The dayes of the pilgrimageOm. BDEFH. of my lijf ben of an hundrid and thretti ȝeer, litil and yuel, and thei comen not vnto the dayes of my fadris, in the whiche thei han pilgrimagid. And the kyng blissid, he ȝede oute. Joseph forsothe to the fader and to his bretheren ȝaf posses|syoun in Egipte, in the best soyl of the loond of Ramesses, as comaundyde Pha|rao; and he fedde hem, and al the hows of his fader, ȝyuynge meetis to eche oon. Forsothe in al the world breed lackide, and hungur oppressideouerpressid BDEFH. the erthe, moost of Egipte and of Chanaan; of the whiche al the money he gederyde togider for the sellyng of whete, and putte it toin to BDEFH. the tre|sorye of the kyng. And whanne to the biggerys faylide prijs, cam al Egipte to Joseph, seiynge, Ȝif to vs breed; whi dien we bifore thee, faylynge money? To whom he answerde, Bryngith ȝoure beestis, and Y shal ȝyue to ȝow for hem meetis, if prijs ȝe han not. The whiche, whanne thei hadden brouȝt, he ȝaf to hem foode for horsis, and sheep, and oxen, and assis; and he susteynede hem that ȝeer for chaungyng of beestis. And thei camen the secounde ȝeer, and seiden to hym, We hiden not to oure lord, that failynge the money and the beestis to|gideres han failid, ne it is priue fro thee, that with outen bodies and loond we han not; whi thanne shulen we dye, thee se|ynge? and we and our loond of thee shulen ben, bie vs in to the kyngis thral|dom, and ȝif vs seedes, lest peryshynge the tilyertylyers D., the loond be turned aȝen into wildernes. Thanne Joseph bouȝte al the loond of Egipte, echoon sellynge his pos|sessiouns, for the greetnes of hungur; and he sugettide it to Pharao, and al the puplis of it, fro the laste termes of Egipte vnto the vttmestvttermest BDEFH. coostis of it, out takun the loond of prestis, the which of the kyng was take to hem, to whom and certeyn meetis of the comoun beernes weren ȝouun, and therfor thei ben not nedid to sellen her possessiouns. Thanne seide Joseph to the peplis, Loo! as ȝe be|holden, and ȝow and ȝoure loond Pharao hath; takith seedis, and sowith feeldis, that ȝe mowen han lyuelodis; the fyfthe partparty BDEFH. ȝe shulen ȝyue to the kyng, the tother foure partis Y leeue to ȝow into seed, and into metys, to meynes, and to ȝoure children. The whiche answerden, Oure helthe is in thin hoond; oureand oure A. God oonly bihold vsin vs A., and gladliche we shu|len serue to the kyng. Fro that tyme vnto the day that is now, in al the loond of Egipte the fifthe part to kyngis is payed, and yt is maad as into a lawe, with outen the preestis loond, that free was fro this condicioun. Thanne Yrael dwelte in Egipte, that is, in the loond of Gessen, and hadde it, and was encreesid and multiplied greetly. And he lyuede in it sixteneseuenten D sup. ras. ȝeer, and alle the dayes of the lijf of hym ben maad of an hundryd and seuene and fourti ȝeer. And whanne he bihelde the day of deeth to neiȝ, he clepide his sone Joseph, and seide to hym, If Y haue foundun grace in thi siȝt, putte thin hoond vnder myn hippe, and thow shalt do to me mercy and treuthe, that thow byrie me not in Egipte; but I shal sleepe with my fadris, and thow shalt take me fro this loond, and birye me in the sepulcre of myn eldreseldren BDEFH.. To whom Joseph answerde, I shal do that thow hast bodun. And he, Sweer thanne, he seith, to me; whom swerynge, Yrael anowrede God, turned to the heed of the bedde.

 CAP. XLVIII.

And so thes thingis passid ouer, it was toold to Joseph, that the fader of hym wex sik. The which with hym takun two sones, Manasses and Effraym, forth ȝeden to go. And it was seide to the olde man, Loo! thi sone Joseph is comen to thee; the which coumfortid sat in the bedde. And to Joseph comun in to him, seith, God Almyȝti aperyde to me in Luza, that is in the loond of Chanaan, and he blisside to me, and seith, Y thee shal encreese and multiplie, and make into cumpanyes of peples, and Y shal ȝyue to thee this loond, and to thi seed after thee, into euerlastynge possessioun. Thanne thi two sones, that ben born to thee in the loond of Egipte bifore Y com hider to thee, shulen ben myne, Effraym and Manasses as Ruben and Symeon shulen ben acountid to me; the tother forsothe whom thow shalt gete after hem shulen be thine, and bi name of her bre|theren shulen be clepid in her posses|siouns. To me forsothe whanne Y cam fro Mesopotanye, Rachel was deed in the loond of Chanaan, in that weie, and it was veer tyme; and Y cam into Effra|tam, and Y biryede hir biside the weie of Effrathe, the which in another name is clepid Bethleem. And Jacob, seynge the sones of hym, seide to hym, Who ben thes? He answerde, My sones thei ben, whom God hath ȝouun to me in this place. Bryng hem, he seith, to me, that I blisse to hem. The eyen forsothe of Yrael weren derke for greet eelde, and cleerli he myȝte not se; and hem put to hym, kissynge and cleppynge hem, seideseith E. to his sone, Y am not bigilid of thi siȝt; forthermore God hath shewid to me thi seed. And whanne Joseph hadde takun hem fro the bosum of the fader, he anowride, bowid into the erthe. And he putte Effraym at his riȝt hoond, that is, at the left syde of Israel; Manasses for|sothe in his lift side, at the riȝt side of the fader, and he putte bothe to hym. The which strecchynge out the riȝt hoond, putte vpon the heed of Effraym, the lasse brother; the left forsothe vpon the heed of Manasse, the which was more thurȝ birthe. Jacob togidere chaungynge the hondes blisside the sones of Joseph, and seith, God, in whos siȝt ȝeden my fadres Abraham and Ysaac; God, that fedde me fro my ȝongtheȝouthe BDEFH. into the day that is now; that aungel that delyueride me fro alle yuels, blesse to thes children, and my name be inwardly clepid vpon hem, and the names of my fadris Abra|ham and Ysaac; in multitude vpon erthe growe thei. Joseph forsothe seynge that his fader hadde putte the riȝt hoond vpon the heed of Effraym, greuowsly tok, and the hoond of the fader takun, enforside to heue fro the heed of Effraym, and to ber ouer vpon the heed of Manasse. And he seide to the fader, Not so, fader, it fallith to be, for this is the first getun; put thi riȝt hoond vpon the heed of hym. The which forsakynge seith, I knowe, sone myne, Y knowe; and this forsothe shal be into puples, and shal be multi|plied; but the brother of hym lasse more than he shal be, and the seed of hym shal growe into folk of kynde. And he blisside hem in that tyme, seiynge, In thee Yrael shal be blissid, and shal be seide, God do to thee as to Effraym and Manasse; and he sette Effraym bifore Manasse. And he seith to Joseph, his sone, Loo! Y dye, and God shal be with ȝow, and he shal brynge ȝow aȝen to the loond of ȝoure fadris; Y ȝyue to thee o parti oute of thi bretheren, that Y tok of the hoond of Amorrey, in swerde and in my bowe.

 CAP. XLIX.

Jacob forsothe clepide his sones, and seide to hem, Be ȝe gederid togidris, that Y telle that ben to comen to ȝou in the laste daies; be ȝe gadered togidris, and here ȝe, the sones of Jacob, here ȝe Yrael ȝoure fader. Ruben, my first getun, thow my strengthe, and the bigyning of my sorwe; first in ȝiftis, and more in co|maundyng; thow art held out as water; ne grow thow, for thow hast steied up the cowche of thi fader, and thow hast defoulid the bedde of hym. Symeon and Leuy, bretheren, the vessels of shrewid|nes, makynge batails; in the counseil of hem come not my soule, and in the cum|panye of hem be not my glorie; for in her woodnes thei slewen a man, and in her owne wil thei vndurdelueden the wal; cursid is the woodnes of hem, for it is stedfast, and the indignacioun of hem, for it is hard; Y shal deuyde hem in Jacob, and I shal scater hem in Yrael. Juda, thee shulen preyse thi britheren, thin hondis in the skulles of thin ene|myes, the sones of thi fader shulen lowte thee. The whelp of lyon Juda; to the prey, sone myne, thow steydist vp; rest|ynge thow ley down as a lyon, and as a lionesse who shal arere hym? The septre fro Juda shal not be takun awey, and a duke fro the leende of hym, to the tyme that he come that is to be sent, and he shal be the abidynge of folk of kynde, byndynge to a vynȝerd his colt, and to a vyn, Oof A.! my sone, hisis his H. she asse; he shal wasshe in wyne his stoole, and in blood of a grape his mantil; fayrer ben the eyen of hym than wyn, and the teeth of hym whitter than mylk. Zabulon in the brynke of the see shal dwelle, and in the stacioun of shippes, arechynge vnto Sidon. Ysa|char, an hee asse strong, liggynge bitwix the teermes, sawȝ rest that it was good, and the loond that it was best, and vn|derputte his shuldur to bere, and he is maad to tributis seruynge. Dan shal deme his puple, and as another lynage in Yrael. Be maad Dan an eddre of sha|dowe in the weie, and an horned eddre in the path, bitynge the cleen of an hors, that the steyer up of hym falle bac|ward; and thi ȝyuer of helthehele E. Y shal abyde, Lord. Gad gird shal feiȝt bifore hym, and he shal be gird bihynde. Aser, the fat breed of hym, and he shal ȝeue delices to kyngis. Neptalym, the herte sent out, and ȝyuynge the spechis of fayrnes. The sone acreesynge, Joseph, the sone acresynge, and semly in siȝt; the douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH. hidir and thider renneden vpon the wal, but thei eggiden hym out, and streuen, and enuyden to hym, hau|ynge dartis. Sat in the strong the bowe of hym, and vnbounden ben the bondis of armesthe armes BDEFH., and of the hondis of hym bi the hoond of the myȝti of Jacob; thens a shepherde ȝede out, the stoone of Yrael. God of thi fader shal be thin helperhelpe A pr. m. D., and the Almyȝti shal blesse to thee with blessynges of heuene fro aboue, and with blessyngis of the see liggyng beneth, and with blessyngis of tetis, and of the wombe; the blissyngis of thi fader ben coumfortid with the blissyngis of the fadris of hym, to the tyme that were comen the desyre of euerlastynge hillis; ben thei maad in the heed of Joseph, and in the heed of Nazarei amonge his bretheren. Benia|myn, a wulf raumpynge, the morwen tide he shall eete a pray, and the euentide he shal dyuyde spoylis. Alle thes in the lynagis of Irael twelue; thes thingis spak to hem her fader, and blesside hem eche with propre blessyngis. And he comaundide hem, seiynge, Y am gedered to my puple, birye ȝe me with my faders in the dowble spelunk, that is in the feeld of Effron Ethei, aȝens Mambre, in the loond of Chanaan, that Abraham bouȝte with the feeld of Effron Ethei, into pos|sessioun of a sepulcre. There thei bi|rieden hym, and Sara, the wijf of hym; there also byried is Ysaac, with Rebecca the wijf; there and Lya biried lieth. And endid the maundementis with whiche the sones he enfourmyde, he gederede to|gedere his feet vpon the bed, and dyed, and put heOm. E. is to his puple.

 CAP. L.

That seynge Joseph, fel vpon the face of the fader, wepynge, and kyssynge hym, and comaundide to the seruauntis, his leches, that with swete oynementis thei shulden anoynte the fader. The whiche the maundementis fulfillynge, passiden ouer fourti dayes; this forsothe manere was of bodies anoynt, and Egipte wepte hym seuenti dayes. And fulfillid the tyme of weilyng, Joseph to the meyne of Pharao spak, If Y haue founde grace in ȝoure siȝt, spek ȝe in the eeris of Pharao, therthurȝ that my fader hath chargid me with ooth, seiynge, Loo! Y dye, in my sepulcre that I deluede to me in the loond of Chanaan, thow shalt byrye me; thanne I shal steie vp that Y byrye my fader, and shal turne aȝen. And Pharao seyde to hym, Stey vp, and byry thi fader, as thow hast sworne. Whom stiynge vp, ȝeden with hym alle the oold men of the hows of Pharao, and alle the more thurȝ birthe of the loond of Egipte, the hows of Joseph with his bretheren, with outen litil children, and flockis, and droues, that laften in the loond of Gessen. And he haddeladde BDFH. in his ledyng chares, and rydynge men, and there was maad the companye not a litil. And thei camen to the thresshyng feelde of Adad, the which is set biȝonde Jordan, where holdynge the offices for the deed, with greet weilyng and hydows, fulfillidenthei fulfilliden E. seuen dayes. That whanne hadden seen the dwellers of the loond of Chanaan, seiden, A greet weil|yng is this to the Egipcyens, and therfor thei clepiden the name of that place The weylyng of Egipte. Thanne the children of Yrael diden as it was comaundid hem, and berynge hym into the loond of Cha|naan, byryden hym in the dowble spel|unk, that Abraham bouȝte with the feelde, into possessioun of a sepulcre, of Ephron Ethei, aȝens the face of Mambre. And Joseph is turned aȝen into Egipte, with his britheren, and with al the cumpanye, the fader beryed. The which deed, dred|ynge the bretheren of hym, and togidere spekyng, lest perauenture he haue myndein mynde DH. of the wrong that he suffrede, and ȝeelde to vs al the yuel that we han do, senten to hym, seiyngeOm. H., Thi fader comaundide vs or he shulde die, that thes wordes to thee we shulden seye, Y preye, that thow forȝete the wickidnes of thi bretheren, and of the synne, and of the malyce that thei wrouȝten in thee; and we preyen, that to the seruaunt of God, thi fader, thow forȝeue this wickidnesse. The whiche thingis herd, Joseph wepte. And to hym comen his bretheren, and mekid into the erthe lowtiden, and seiden, Thi seruauntis we ben. To whom he answerde, Wole ȝe not dreden, whether mowen we aȝen|stonde the wil of God? Ȝe thouȝten of me yuel, and God turneth it into good, that he shulde enhaunce me, as ȝe now seen, that saaf he make many puples; wole ȝe not dreden, Y shal fede ȝow, and ȝoure children. And he coumfortide hem, and fayre and softly he spak, and dwelte in Egipte, with al the hows of his fader, and lyuede an hundrid and ten ȝeer, and sawȝ the sones of Effraym vnto the thridde generacioun; and the sones of Machir, sone of Manasse, ben born in the kneen of Joseph. The whiche thingis ouerpassid, he spak to his bretheren, After my deeth God shal visite ȝow, and make ȝow steyen vp fro thisthe B. loond to the loond that he fastnede with ooth to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob. And whanne he hadde adiuryd hem, and seide, God shal visite ȝow, bere ȝe with ȝow my bones fro this place, he diede, fulfillid an hundred and ten ȝerys of his lijf, and anoyntide with swete oynementis, was leid in toOm. BDEFH. towmbe in Egipte.

 Heere endith Genesis and now bigynne[th] ExodusHere endith Genesis D. No rubric in BFH. EXODUS. Here bygynneth ExodiThis Prologue is from M..CAP. I.

THES ben the names of the sones of Yrael, that ȝeden into Egipte with Ja|cob; eche with her housholdes ȝeden yn; Ruben, Symeon, Leuy, Judas, Isachar, Zabulon, and Beniamyn, Dan, and Nep|talym, Gad, and Aser. Thanne weren alle the soules of hem that ȝeden out of the hipe of Jacob seuenti and fyue. Joseph forsothe was in Egipte; the which deed, and alle hys bretheren, and al his cosyn|age, the sones of Yrael wexen, and as burionynge ben multiplied, and thei strengthid fulfilliden the erthe. Thanne a newe kyng roos vpon Egipte, that knewe not Joseph, and he seide vnto his puple, Loo! the puple of the sones of Yrael is myche, and stronger than we; cometh, wiseli oppresse we it, lest per|auenture thei ben multiplied, and, if ba|tayle aryse aȝens vs, it be addid to oure enemyes, and, we ouercomen, heit E sec. m. go out of the loond. And so he bifore putte to hem maystris of werkis, that thei shulden ouertraueylen hem with birthens. And thei bildeden to Pharao the citees of ta|bernacles, Phitonand Phiton A., and Ramesses. And in as myche as thei oppressiden hem, so myche more thei weren multiplied, and wexen. And the Egipciens hatiden the sones of Yrael, and tourmentiden, scorn|ynge to hem, and enuyinge; and to bit|ternes thei brouȝten her lijf with harde werkis of cley and tyleof tyle E., and with al seruage, thurȝ the which thei weren thrist down in werkys of theOm. BDEFH. erthe. And the kyng of Egipte seide tovnto BEH. the mydwyues of Ebrews, of the whiche oon was clepid Sephora, and `that otherthe tother DEFH. Fua, comaund|ynge hem, Whanne ȝe shulen serue the wymmen of Ebrew, to taken her chil|dren of her wombe, and the tyme of birthe come, if it be a maal, sleeth hym; if a femaal, kepith. Forsothe the myd|wyues dredden God, and diden not after the heeste of the kyng of Egipte, but kepten the males. The whyche to hym clepid, seideseith E sec. m. the kyng, What now is this ȝethat ȝe BDEFH. wolden do, that the knaue children ȝe wolen kepe? The whiche answerden, Wymmen of Ebrew ben not as the wym|men of Egipte, thei forsothe han the kun|nyng of mydwyuyng, and er we comen to hem, thei ben delyuered. Thanne God dide wel to the mydwyues; and the puple growide, and was coumfortid greetli. And for the mydwiues dredden God, he byldydbilden A. to hem housis. Thanne Pharao comaundide to al his puple, seiynge, What euer of maal kynde shal be born, throwe ȝe it in to the flode; what euer of femaal, kepith.

 CAP. II.

Aftir this ȝede out a man of the hows of Leuy, and tok a wijf of his lynage, that conceyuede, and bar a child, and, seynge hym shaply, hydde hym thre monethis. And whanne he myȝte hide hym no lenger, he tok a ionket of resshen, and glewide it withe glewishe cley, and with picche, and putte the litil fauntchilde D. with ynne, and sette out hym in the flaggi place of the brinke of the flode, his sister stondynge afer, and biholdynge the auenture of the thing. And, loo! the douȝter of Pharao descendide for to be wasshid in the flode, and hir mayden ser|uauntis ȝeden bi the brynke of the flode. The which, whanne she hadde seen the ionket in the growyng place of resshes, sente oon of hir mayden seruauntis, and, it brouȝte forth, opnynge and biholdynge in it a litil child wepynge, hauynge rewth of it, seith, Of the children of Ebrews he is. To whom the sister of the child, Wolt thow, she seith, that Y go, and clepe to thee a womman of Ebrew, that may no|rishe the child? She answerde, Go. The mayden child ȝede, and clepide hir moder. To whom spak the dowȝtir of Pharao, Tak, she seide, this child, and norisch to me, and Y shal ȝyue to thee thi mede. The womman tok, and norisshide the child, and ful waxen tok toOm. A. the dowȝter of Pharao, whom she clepide to hir in steede of a sone; and she clepide his name Moyses, seiynge, For of the water Y tok hym. In thilke daies, after Moysesthat Moyses BDEH. was waxen, goon out to his bretheren, sawȝ the tourmentyng of hem, and a man of Egipte smytynge oon of the Ebrews, his britheren. And whanne he hadde be|holdun al abowt hider and thider, and no man he hadde seen to be nyȝ, the Egip|cien smytun he hidde in the soonde. And goon out another day, he bihelde two Ebrews chidynge, and he seide to hym that dyde the wrong, Whi smytist thow thi brotherneyȝbour E.? The which answerde, Who ordeynede thee prince and domesman vpon vs? Whether thow wole slee me, as thow slewe ȝistirday the Egipcien? Moyses dradde, and seith, What manere is maad opynvpon AFH. this word? And Pharao herde this word, and souȝte to slee Moyses, the which fleynge fro hys siȝt, dwelte in the loond of Madyan, and sat bisidis a pitt. Forsothe there weren to the preest of Madian seuen douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., the whiche `comen tocome to ben BDF pr. m. H. drawe watir; and, the water goters fillid, thei coueytiden to wa|ter the flok of hyr fader. There ouer|camen shepherdes, and threwen hem out; and Moyses aroos, and, the mayden chil|dren defendid, he watride her sheep. The whiche, whanne thei were turnyd aȝen to Jetro, her fader, he seide to hem, Whi ben ȝe comen swifter than ȝe ben wonte? Thei answerden, A man of Egipte hath delyuered vs fro the hoond of the shep|herdis; also and he hath drawun water with vs, and ȝyue drynke to the sheip. And he, Where is he? he seith, whi han ȝe laft the man? clepe ȝe hym, that he eete breed. Than Moyses swere, that he shulde dwelle with hym; and he tok a wijf, Sephoram, the douȝter of hym. The which bar to hym a sone, that he clepide Gersan, seiynge, A comlyng Y was in a straunge loond. AndOm. BDEFH. another forsothe she bar, whom he clepide Elieȝer, seiynge, sothe the GodLord H. of my fader is myn helper, and hath delyuered me fro the hoond of Pharao. After myche forsothe of tyme died the kyng of Egipte, and in|wardly weilynge the sones of Yrael for the werkis, crieden out, and the crye of `hem to God ofOm. A. her werkis steyde vp. And he herde the weilyng of hem, and was recordid of the boond of pees, that he couenauntide with Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob; and he bihelde the childrensones B sup. ras. E. of Yrael, and knewe hem.

 CAP. III.

Moyses forsothe fedde the sheip of Je|tro, hys wyues fader, preest of Madian; and whanne he had dreuen the flok to the ynnermoreynnemore A partis of desertederserte A., he cam to the hil of God, Oreb. And the Lord apperide to hym in a flawme of fier fro the mydle of a busshe, and he sawȝ that the busshe was ofier, and was not brent. Thanne seide Moyses, Y shal go, and se this greet siȝt, whi the busshe is not brent. And the Lord biholdynge that he ȝede to seen, clepide hym fro the mydle of the busshe, and seith, Moyses! Moyses! The which answerde, Y am nyȝ. And he, Ne come thow, he seith, no nerre hidur, but lowse thow thi shoyngschone B. fro thi feyt; the place forsothe that thow stondist yn is an holi loond. And he seith, Y am the God of thi fader, God of Abraham, and Godthe God E pr. man. of Ysaac, and Godthe God E pr. man. of Jacob. Moises hidde his face, forsothe he dorst not loke aȝens God. To whom the Lord seith, I haue seen the affliccioun of my puple in Egipte, and Y haue herd the crye of it, for the hardnes of hem that ben before to the werkis. And knowynge the sorwe of it, Y descendide to delyuere it fro the hoondis of Egip|ciens, and Y shal lede out fro that loond into a good loond and a wide, into a loond that flowith mylk and hony, to the places of Chananey, and Ethey, Amorrei, and Phereȝei, Euehey, and Jebusey. Thanne the crye of the children of Yrael is comen to me, and Y haue seen the affliccioun of hem, with the which thei ben oppressid of the Egipcyens. But come, and Y shal sende thee to Pharao, that thow lede my puple, the sones of Yrael, out of Egipte. And Moyses seide to God, Who am Y, that I shulde goo to Pharao, and lede out the sones of Yrael fro Egipte? The which seide to hym, I shal be with thee, and this thow shalt haue to tookun, that I haue sent thee, whanne thow shalt lede my puple fro Egipte, thow shalt do sa|cryfice to God vpon this hil. Moyses seith to God, Loo! Y shal goo to the sones of Yrael, and Y shal seie to hem, the God of ȝoure fadris hath sent me to ȝow; if thei seyn to me, what is his name, what shal Y seye to hem? The Lord seyde to Moyses, I am the which YOm. DE. am; he seith, thus thow shalt seye to the children of Israel, He that is hath sent me to ȝow. And eftsones God seithseide DEH. to Moyses, Thes thingis thow shalt seye to the sones of Yrael, The Lord God of ȝoure fadrys, Godthe God E pr. m. of Abraham, and Godthe God E pr. m. of Ysaac, and Godthe God E pr. m. of Jacob, hath sent me to ȝow; this is name to me withouten ende, and this my memoriale in genera|cioun and into generacioun. Goo, and ge|dere togidere the aldyr men of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, The Lord God of ȝoure fadris hath apeeryd to me, Godthe God E pr. m. of Abraham, and GodOm. D. the God E. of Ysaac, and Godthe God E. of Jacob, seiynge, Visytynge Y haue vi|sitid ȝow, and Y haue seen alle thingis that haue fallun to ȝow in Egipte; and Y seyde, that Y shal lede ȝow out fro the affliccioun of Egipte into the loond of Chananei, and Ethei, and Amorrei, Phe|reȝey, and Euehi, and Jebusey, to the loond flowynge mylk and hony. And thei shulen here thi voyce; and thow shalt goon yn, and the alder men of Yrael to the kyng of Egipte, and thow shalt seye to hym, The Lord God of Ebrews hath clepid us; we shulen goon a weye of thre dayes into wildernes, that we doon sacrifice to the Lord oure God. But Y wote, that the kyng of Egipte shal not ȝyue ȝow leue that ȝe goon, but bi strong hoond; forsothe Y shal strecche out myn hoond, and Y shal smyte Egipte in alle my merueyles, that Y am to do in the mydle of hem, and after thes thingis he shal ȝyue toOm. BDEFH. ȝow leue. And Y shal ȝeue grace to this puple bifore the Egipciens, that whanne ȝe gon out, ȝe shulen not goon out voyd; but a womman shal aske of hir neiȝbore and of hir gest silueren and goldun vessels, and clothes, and ȝe shulen liggeleyn E sec. m. hem vpon ȝoure sones, and vpon ȝoure douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., and ȝe shulen spoyle Egipte.

 CAP. IV.

Moyses answerde, and seith, Thei shulen not leue me, ne here my voyce; but seynthei shullen seyn E pr. m., The Lord apeeryde not to thee. Thanne he seide vnto hym, What is that that thow holdist in thin hoond? He an|swerde, A ȝerde. And the Lord seide, Throw it into the erthe; he threwe it, and it was turned into a boske eddre, so that Moyses fleiȝ. And the Lord seide, Strecch out thin hoond, and tak his tayle; he strauȝte out, and helde, and it was turned into a ȝerde. That thei bi|leuen, he seith, that God of thi fadres aperide to thee Godthe God E pr. m. of Abraham, and Godthe God E pr. m. of Ysaac, and Godthe God E pr. m. of Jacob. And the Lord seide eftsones, Putte thin hoond into thi bosum; the which whanne he hadde putt into his bosum, he brouȝte it forth leprows, at liknes of snow. Drawe aȝen, he seith, the hoond into thi bosum: he aȝen drewȝ, and brouȝte it forth eft|sones, and it was lijk vntoto E. the totherthat other D. fleshe. If thei leuen not, he seith, to thee, ne here the word of the former signe, thei shulen leue to the word of the signe that folweth; and if forsothe they leuen not to thes twey signes, ne heren thi voys, tak water of the floode, and heeld it out vpon the drye loond, and what euere thow drawistdrawe BDEFH. of the floode, it shal be turned into bloode. Moyses seith, Lord, Y biseche, I am not wel spekynge fro ȝisterday and fro the thridde dai hens; and sith thow spak to thi seruaunt, Y am of more latsum and of more slow tonge. The Lorde seide to hym, Who made the mouth of mana man E., or who forgide the dowmbe and the deef, the seer and the blynde? whether not Y? Goo thanne, I shal be in thi mouth, and Y shal teche thee what thow shalt spek. And he, Y biseche, he seith, Lord, sende whom thow art to sende. The Lord wrooth aȝens Moyses, seith, Aaron, thi brother, Le|uyteof the kynrede of Leuytes E pr. m., IOm. AFH. wote that he is a fayr speker; loo! he shal goo out into thin aȝen go|ynge, and seynge thee he shal `be gladgladen E sec. m. in herte. Spek to him, and put my wordis in his mouth, and Y shal be in thi mouth and `in his mouthin the mouth of him B.; and Y shal shewe to ȝou what ȝe shulen do. He shal speke for theethe A. to the puple, and he shal be thi mouth; thow forsothe shal be to hym in thes thinges, that pertenen to God. And this ȝerde tak in thin hoond, in the which thow art to doon signes. Moyses ȝede, and turned aȝen to Jetro, his wyues fader, and he seide to hym, Y shal goo, and turn aȝen to my bretheren in to Egipte, that Y se if thei ȝit lyuen. To whom seide Jetro, Goo in pees. Thanne the Lord seide to Moyses in Madian, Goo, and turn aȝen into E|gipte; forsothe alle thei ben deede, that souȝten thi lyf. Moyses tok his wyf, and his sones, and putte hem upon an asse, and he is turned aȝen into Egipte, berynge the ȝerde of God in his hoond. And the Lord seide to hym turnynge aȝen into Egipte, Looke, that alle the signessyngne D. wor|thi to be shewid thow do, the whiche Y have putte in thin hoond, before Pharao; Y shal hardun his herte, and he shal not leeue the puple; and thow shalt seye to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, My sone first getun Yrael; Y seide to thee, leeue my sone, that he serue to me; and thow woldist not leeue hym; loo! Y shal slee thi first gotun sone. And whanne he was in the weie, in the syde turnyng place to reste, the Lorde ȝede aȝens hym, and wold slee hym. Anoon Sephora tok a ful sharp stoon, and kitte al aboute the vttermore skynne of the ȝerde of hir sone, and it touchide his feet; and she seith, A spouse of blodis thow art to me. And she lafte hym, for thethat E. circumsicioun, aftir that she hadde seid, A spouse of blodes thou art to me. The Lord forsothe seide to Aaron, Goo into the aȝen comyng to Moises, into desert; the which ȝede to mete with hym into the hil of God, and he kysside hym. And Moyses tolde Aaron alle the wordis of the Lord, for the whiche he sente hym, and the toknes that he comaundyde. And thei comen to|gidere, and thei gadereden togidere alle the alder men of the sones of Yrael. And Aaron spak alle the wordis, that the Lord hadde seyde to Moyses; and he dide the signes beforn the puple; and the puple bileuedeleeued BDEFH.; and thei herden that the Lord hadde visitid the sones of Yrael, and that he hadde biholdun the affliccioun of hem; and redi thei anourden.

 CAP. V.

Aftir thes thingis ȝeden in Moyses and Aaron, and seiden to Pharao, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Leeue my puple, that theiit E sec.m. IH. doo sacrifice to me in desert. And he answerde, Who is the Lord, that I here his voys, and leeue Yrael? Y knowe not the Lord, and Yrael Y shal not leeue. Thei seiden, The God of Ebrews hath clepid vs, that we goon the weie of thre dayes into wildernes, and sacrifyesacrifice D. unto the Lord oure God, lest perauenture falle to us pestilence, orto ABD pr.m. FH. swerd. The kyng of Egipte seith to hem, Whi, Moyses and Aaron, bisyen ȝe the puple fro her werkis? Go ȝe to ȝoure charges. And Pharao seide, Mych is the puple of the loond; ȝe seyn that the folk vudur growith; myche more, if ȝe ȝyuen hem reste fro werkis. He comaundide thanne that day to the maystris of werkis, and to the constreyners of the puple, sei|ynge, No more ȝe shal ȝyue chaf to the puple, that tilesslattis E pr. m. ben maad as before; but goo thei hem siluen, and gadere sto|ble; and the mesure of tylesslattis E pr. m. that thei before maden, ȝe shulen putt vpon hem, and ȝe shulen not lassen eny thing; for|sothe thei ben voyd, and therfor thei cryen out, seiynge, Goo we, and sacrifye we to oure God; be thei oppressid with werkis, and fulfille thei hem, that thei assenten not to lesynge wordis. Thanne, goon out, the maystris of werkis and the constreyners seyden to the puple, Thus seith Pharao, Y ȝyue ȝou not chaf; goth, and gederith, where euer ȝe mowen fynde; ne eny thing shal be lassethe lasse BDEFH. of ȝoure werk. And the puple is scaterid thurȝ out al the loond of Egipte to be gadered chaf. And the maystris of werkis greetly stoden, seiynge, Fulfilleth ȝoure werk eche day, as before ȝe weren wont to doon, whanne chaf was ȝouun to ȝou. And thei ben tourmentid, that weren maystris to the werkis of the children of Yrael, of the constreyners of Pharao, seiynge, Whi han ȝe not fulfillid the mesure of tylis, as bifore, nowthernayther D. ȝistirday ne to day? And the maystrys of the children of Yrael camen, and crieden out to Pharao, sei|ynge, Whi dost thow thus aȝens thi ser|uauntis? Chaf ben not ȝouun to vs, and tiles aliche many ben comaundid. Loo! we thi seruauntis ben betun with scourges, and wrongfuli it is doon aȝens thi puple. The which seith, Ȝe tendentendith BDEFH. to ydelnes; and therfor ȝe seyn, Go we and sacrifye to the Lord; goth thanne and worchith; chaf shal not be ȝouun to ȝow, and ȝe shulen ȝelde the customyd noumbre of tilys. And the maystris of the sones of Yrael seen hem seluen into yuel, for that it was seide to hem, There shal not be maad lasse eny thing of the tiles bi eche daies. And thei aȝen wenten to Moyses and to Aaron, that stoden euen aȝens, goynge out fro Pharao, and thei seiden `to hemOm. A., Se the Lord, and deme, for to stynken ȝe han maad oure smel before Pharao and his seruauntis; and ȝe han ȝouun hym a swerd, that he slee vs. And Moyses turnede aȝen to the Lord, and seith, Lord, whi hast thow turmentid this puple? whi hast thow sent me? Frofor A. that tyme forsothe that Y ȝede yn to Pharao for to spek in thi name, he turmentide thi puple, and thow hast not delyuered hem.

 CAP. VI.

And the Lord seide to Moyses, Now thow shalt seen, what thingis Y am to do to Pharao; forsothe bi a strong hoond he shal leeue hem, and in a myȝti hoond he shal throwe hem out of his loond. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Y the Lord, that aperyde to Abraham, and to Ysaac, and to Jacob in the God Almyȝti; and my name Adonay Y shewyde not to hem; and I couenauntide a boond of pees with hem, that Y shulde ȝyue hem the loond of Chanaan, the loond of her pil|grimage, in the which thei weren com|lyngys. Y haue herd the weylyng of the children of Yrael, in the which the Egip|ciens han oppressid hem, and Y haue re|cordide of my couenaunte. Therfore sey to the sones of Yrael, Y the Lord, that shal lede ȝow out of the traueilous prisoun of Egipciensthe Egipciens BDEFH.; and delyuere fro seruage; and forbigge in an ouerpassyng arm, and in greet domes; and Y shal tak ȝow to me into a puple, and Y shal be ȝoure Lord; and ȝe shulen knowe, that Y am the Lord ȝoure God, that hath ladde ȝow out fro the traueylows prisoun of Egip|ciens, and brouȝte ȝow into the loond, vpon the which Y have lift up myn hoond, that Y ȝyue it to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, and Y shal ȝyue it to be had to ȝow; I aam B pr. m. Lord. Thanne Moyses tolde alle thes thingis to the sones of Yrael, the whiche assentiden not to hym for the an|gwisch of spyryt, and the moost hard werk. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Goo yn, and spek to Pharao, the kyng of Egipte, that he leeue the sones of Yrael from his loond. Moyses an|swerde before the Lord, Loo! the sones of Yrael heren me not, and what manere shal Pharao here, namelich sith Y am vn|circumcididcircumcidid H. in lippes? And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, and ȝaf a maundement to the sones of Yrael, and to Pharao, the kyng of Egipte, that thei leden the sones of Yrael out of the loond of Egipte. Thes be the princis of the housholdis bi her meynese. The sones of Ruben, the first goten of Yrael, Enoch, and Fallu, Esrom, and Carmy; thes the cognaciouns of Ruben. The sones of Sy|meon, Jamuel, and Jamyn, and Adod, and Jachym, and Soer, and Saul, the sone of Chananytidis; thes the progenyes of Sy|meon. And thes the names of the sones of Leuy bi her cognaciouns, Gerson, and Caath, and Merary. Forsothe the ȝeres of the lijf of Leuy weren an hundred and seuen and thretti. The sones of Gerson, Lobny and Semei, by her cognaciouns. The sones of Caath, Amram, and Ysuar, and Ebron, and Oziel; the ȝeris forsothe of the lijf of Caath an hundryd and six and thretti. The sones of Merary, Mooly and Musi. Thes the cognaciouns of Leuy bi her meynese. Amram forsothe tok a wijf, Jochabed, the douȝter of the brother to hys fader, the which bar to hym Aa|ron, and Moysen, and Mary; and the ȝeris of the lijf of Amram weren an hun|dryd and seuen and thretti. And the sones of Ysuar, Chore, and Naphes, and Zethry. The sones forsothe of Oziel, My|sael, and Elizaphan, and Sethri. Aaron forsothe tok a wijf, Elizabeth, the dowȝter of Amynadab, the sister of Naason, the which bar to hym Nadab, and Abyut, and Aleazar, and Ythamar. The sones for|sothe of Chore, Aser, and Elchana, and Abiasab; thes ben the cognaciouns of Cho|rytis. And forsothe Eliazar, the sone of Aaron, tok a wijf of the dowȝtrisdouȝtren BDEFH. of Phatiel, the which bar to hym Phynees. Thes ben the princis of theOm. BH. Leuytis meynese bi her cognaciouns. This is Aa|ron and Moyses, to whom the Lord co|maundide, that thei shulden lede theOm. H. sones of Yrael out of the loond of Egipte be her companyes; thes ben that speken to Pharao, the kyng of Egipte, that thei leden the sones of Yrael out of Egipte; this is Moyses and Aaron, in the day that the Lord spak to Moyses in the loond of Egipte. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Y the Lord; spek to Pharao, kyng of Egipte, alle thingis that Y speke to thee. And Moyses seith bifore the Lord, Loo! Y am vncircumcidid in lippys, what manere shulde Pharao here me?

 CAP. VII.

And the Lord seide to Moyses, Loo! Y haue ordeyned thee the god of Pharao; and Aaron, thi brother, shal be thi pro|phete. Thow shalt spek to hym alle thingis that Y seende to thee, and he shal spek to Pharao, that he late the sones of Yrael out of his loond. And Y shal ful harden his herte, and Y shal multiplie toknes andin A. signes worthi to be shewid in the loond of Egipte, and he shal not here ȝow; and Y shal seend yn myn hoond upon Egipte, and Y shal lede myn oost, and my puple, the sones of Yrael, out of the loond of Egipte bi the grettist domes; and the Egipciens shulen knowe, that Y am a Lord, that may strecche outOm. BDEH. myn hoond vpon Egipte, and lede the sones of Yrael out of the myddil of hem. And so diden Moyses and Aaron; as the Lord co|maundide, so thei diden. Forsothe Moyses was of eiȝti ȝeris, and Aaron of eiȝty and thre, whanne thei spaken to Pharao. And the Lord seide to Moyses and Aaron, Whanne Pharao shal sey to ȝou, Shew to us signes, thow shalt sey to Aaron, Tak thin ȝerde, and throw it bifore Pha|rao, and be it turned into a bosk eddre. And so Moyses and Aaron, goon yn to Pharao, diden as the Lord comaundide; and Aaron tok the ȝerde bifore Pharao and his seruauntis, that was turnyd into aOm. BDFH. boske addre. Pharao forsothe clepid sages, and clepers of deuels to doon yuel, and thei also diden bi Egipciens en|chauntyngis, and sum priue thingis lyik manere; and eche threwe forth her ȝerdes, that weren turned into dragouns; but the ȝerde of Aaron deuouride her ȝerdes. And the herte of Pharao was myche hardid, and he herde hem not, as the Lord comaundide. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moyses, Engregid is the herte of Pharao, he wole not leeue the puple; go to hym eerli; loo! he shal goon out to the watris, and thow shalt stoond into his aȝen comyng upon the brynk of the floode; and thow shalt tak the ȝerde, that was turned into a dragoun, in thin hoond, and thow shalt sey to hym, The Lord God of Ebrews hath sent me to thee, seiynge, Leeue my puple, that thei sacri|fye to me in desert; and vnto now thow woldist not heren. Thanne thes wordis the Lord seith, In that thow shalt knowe, that Y am a Lord; loo! Y shal smyit with the ȝerde, that is in myn hoond, the water of the floode, and it shal turne into bloode; the fisshis forsothe, that ben in the floode, shulen dye; and the water shal stynke, and turmentid shulen be the E|gipciens drynkynge ofOm. E. the water of the floode. And the Lord seid to Moyses, Sey thow to Aaron, Tak thi ȝerde, and strecche thin hoond out vpon the watris of Egipte, and vpon her floodes, and her ryuers, and mershis, and alle lakis of wa|tris, that thei ben turned into bloode; and that there be corrupte rennying bloode in al the loond of Egipte, as wel in treentrenen E. vesselvessels BDEH. as in stony. AndAs A. so Moyses and Aaron diden, as the Lord comaundide; and arerynge the ȝerde, he smote the wa|triswater E. of the floode before Pharao and his seruauntis, the which was turned into blood; and the fisshes, that weren in the floode, dieden; and the floode stonke, that the Egipciens myȝten not drinke the wa|ter of the flood; and there was bloode in al the loond of Egipte. And the clepers of deuels to doon yuel of the Egipciens diden in liyk manere in her enchaunt|yngis; and the herte of Pharao was myche hardid; and he herde hem not, as the Lord comaundide. And he turnede hym self awey, and ȝede into his hows, ne he putte not to the herte, also this while. Forsothe alle the Egipciens deluyden bi enuyroun of the floode, that thei myȝten drynk theOm. B. water; forsothe thei miȝten not drynk of the water of the floode. And seuen dayes weren fulfillid, after that the Lord hadde smyten the floode.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe the Lord seide to Moyses, Goo into Pharao, and thow shalt sey to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Leeue my puple, that he sacrifye to me; ellis forsothe if thow wolt not leeue hem, loo! Y shal smyte alle thi coostis with frogges; and the floode shal boyl up froggis, that shulen steyn vp, and goo in to thin hows, and into thi bedchaumbre, and vpon thi beddynge, and into the houses of thi ser|uauntis, and into thi puple, and into thi ouenes, and in to the relyues of thi metis; and to thee, and to thi puple, and to alle thi seruauntes shulen goon yn froggis. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Sey to Aaron, Strecche out thi hoond vpon floodes, and vpon ryuers, and mershes; and brynge out frogges vpon the loond of Egipte. And Aaron strauȝte out the hoond vpon the watris of Egipte; and there steyden vp frogges, and couerden the loond of Egipte. And the clepers of deuels diden by her enchauntyngis lijk maner; and brouȝten out frogges vponon E. the loond of Egipte. Forsothe Pharao clepide Moyses and Aaron, and seiden to hem, Preye ȝe the Lord, that he do awey frogges fro me, and fro my puple; and Y shal lat the puple, that thei sacryfye to the Lord. And Moyses seide to Pharao, Ordeyn me a tyme, whan Y shal preye for thee, and for thi seruauntis, and for thi puple, that the frogges ben dreuen a wey fro thee, and fro thin hows, and fro thy seruauntis, and fro thi puple; and oonly in the floode thei abiden. The which answerde, To morwe. And he, After thi word, he seith, Y shal do, that thow knowe, for there is not a Lord as oure God; and the frogges shulen goon awey from thee, and from thin hows, and fro thi children, and fro thi seruantis, and fro thi puple; and oonli in the floode thei shulen abijd. And Moyses and Aaron ȝeden out fro Pharao. And Moyses criede to the Lord, for the biheeste of froggis, that he couenauntide to Pharao. And the Lord dide after the word of Moyses; and the frogges weren deed of the howsis, and of the townes, and of the feeldes; and thei gedered hem togidere into greet heepes withouten noumbre, and the erthe stonke. Pharao forsothe seynge that there was ȝeue rest, his herte engredgide, and herde not hem, as the Lord comaundide. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Spek to Aaron, Strecche out thi ȝerde, and smyit the powdre of the erthe, that there ben stynggynge gnatteshoundflese passim E pr. m. in al the loond of Egipte. And he dide so; and Aaron strauȝte out the hoond, holdynge the ȝerde, and he smote the powdre of the erthe; and there weren maad stynggynge gnattes in men, and in beestis; al the powdre of the erthe is turnyd into stynggynge gnattes thurȝ out al the loond of Egipte. And liyk manere diden the clepers of deuels in her enchauntyngisenchauntis A., that thei myȝten dryue out the stynggynge gnattes, and thei myȝten not; and stynggyngestyngge A. gnattes weren bothe in men and in beestis. And the clepers of deuels seiden vnto Pharao, The fyngur of God ys here. And the herte of Pharao was greetli hardid, and he herde hem not, as the Lord haddeOm. BDEFH. comaundide. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Aryse eerli, and stoond before Pharao, forsothe he shal goon out to the watris; and thow shalt sey to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Leeue my puple, that thei sacrifye to me; and if thow late hem not, loo! Y shal seende into thee, and into thi seruauntis, and into thi pu|ple, and into thin howses, al kynde ofOm. F. fliȝis; and the howsis of EgipteEgypciens BDEFH. shulen be fulfillyd with fliȝis of dyuerse kynde, and al the loond in which thei shulen ben. And Y shal mak merveylows in that day the loond of Gessen, in the which is my puple, that there ben not there fliȝis; and wyte thowthat thou wyte E sup. ras. thatfor BDEFH. Y am Lord in the myddel of the erthe; and Y shal sette partynge bitwix my puple and thi puple; to morwe shal be this tokne. And so dide the Lord. And there cam the moost greuows fliȝe in to the howshouses DEFH. of Pharao, and of his seruauntis, and into al the loond of Egipte; and the loond was cor|rupte of lycheseche DE. maner fliȝis. And Pha|rao clepide Moyses and Aaron, and seith to hem, Gooth, and sacrifieth to the Lord ȝoure God in this loond. And Moyses seith, It may not be doo so; the abho|mynaciouns forsothe of Egipciens shulen we offre to oure Lord? that if we sleen thes thingis that Egipciens heryen be|forn hem, they shulen felle us down with stones. We shulen goon the weye of three dayes into wildernes, and we shulen sa|cryfie to the Lord oure God, as he hath comaundid vs. And Pharao seid, Y shal leeue ȝow, that ȝe sacrifie to the Lord ȝoure God in deserte; neuertheles go ȝe a wey no ferthere; preieth for me. And Moyses seith, Y goon out fro thee shal preye the Lord; and the fliȝe shal goo a wey fro Pharao, and fro his seruauntis, and fro his puple to morwe; neuertheles wole thou no more desceyue me, that thow lat not the puple sacryfie to the Lord. And Moyses goon out fro Pharao preiede the Lord, that dide aftir his word, and he tok awey fliȝes fro Pharao, and fro the seruauntis, and fro his puple; there ouerlafte not oonne oon BDEFH. forsothe. And the herte of Pharao was engredgid, so that ȝit this while he wolde not leeue the puple.

 CAP. IX.

To Moyses forsothe seyde the Lord, Goo yn to Pharao, and spek to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of E|brews, Leeue my puple, that it sacrifie to me; that if ȝit thow forsakist, and holdist hem, loo! myn hoond shal be vpon thi feeldis, vpon horsis, and assis, and cha|mels, and oxen, and sheip, a ful greuows pestilence; and the Lord shal do a mer|uelows thing bitwixbitwene BDEFH. possessiouns of Yrael and the possessions of Egipcyensthe Egipciens BDEH., that no thing algatis perishe of thes thingis that pertenen to the sones of Yrael. And the Lord ordeynede a tyme, seiynge, To morwe the Lord shal do this word in the loond. The Lord dide thanne this word the tother day, and alle the beestis of Egipciens dyeden; of the beestis for|sothe of the children of Yrael no thing algat perishide. And Pharao sent to looke, ne eny thing was deed of thes thingis that Yrael hadde; and the herte of Pharao was inwardly agreued, and he lafte not the puple. And the Lord seyde to Moyses and Aaron, Tak ȝe hoondes ful of askenaskes D. fro the chymney, and Moyses sprenge it into heuene before Pharao; and be there powdre vpon al the loond of Egipte; and there shulen ben in men and yn beestis biles, and bleynes swell|ynge, in al the loond of Egipte. And thei token asken of the chymney, and they stoden before Pharao; and Moyses sprengidespreynde E sec. m. it into heuene; and there ben maad woundes of the swellynge bleynes in men, and in beestis; ne the clepers of deuels myȝten stoonde before Moyses, for the woundis that weren in hem, and in al the loond of Egipte. And the Lord hardid the herte of Pharao, and he herde not hem, as the Lord spak to Moyses. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Eerli aryse, and stoond before Pharao, and thow shalt sey to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Ebrews, Lat my puple, that he sacrifie to me; for in this while Y shal sende alle my veniaunces vpon thin herte, and vpon thi seruauntis, and vpon thi puple, that thou knowe, that there is noon like me in al the loond. Now for|sothe I shal stretche outOm. BDEFH. the hoond, and Y shal smyit thee and thi puple with pestilence, and thou shalt perisshe fro the erthe; therfor forsothe Y haue sett thee, that Y shewe my strengthe in thee, and my name be toold in eche loond. Ȝit thow holdist my puple, and wole not leeue it? Loo! Y shal reyne to morwe this same our ful myche hawle, what maner was not in Egipte, fro the day that it was sett, vnto the tyme that is now. Seend thanne now riȝt, and gedere togidere thi beestis, and al that thou hast in the feelde; men forsothe, and beestis, and alle that shulen be foundun withouten, and not gedered togidere fro watres, and the hawle fal vpon hem, thei shulen die. He that dradde the word of the Lord, of the seruauntis of Pharao, made his ser|uauntis and beestis flee togidere into howsis; he forsothe that rouȝte not the word of the Lord, left his seruauntis and beestis in the feeldis. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Strecche out thin hoond into heuene, that there be maad hawle in al the loond of Egipte, vpon men, and vpon beestis, and vpon al erbethe erbe A pr. m. F. of the feelde in the loond of Egipte. And Moyses strauȝte the ȝerde into heuene; and the Lord ȝaf thundres, and hawle, and dy|uersly rennynge leytis vpon the erthe; and the Lord reynede hawle vpon the loond of Egipte; and hawle, and fier mengid togidere weren brouȝt; and it was of so greet mychelnes, how greet bi|fore neuer apeeride in al the loond of Egipte, sith that folkflok D. was maad. And the hawle smoot in al the loond of Egipte alle that weren in feeldes, fro man vnto beest; and al erbe of the feelde smoote the hawle, and eche tree of the cuntree it breke togidere; oonly in the loond of Gessen, where weren the children of Y|rael, the hawle fel not. And Pharao sente, and clepide Moyses and Aaron, seiynge to hem, Y haue synned also now; the Lord is riȝtwiys, Y and my puple wickid; preye ȝe the Lord, that the thun|dres of God and the hawle leeuen of, and Y shal leten ȝow, and ȝe shulen dwelle here no more. Moyses seith, Whanne Y shal goon out fro the citee, Y shal strecche out my hoondhondis E. to the Lord, and the thundres shulen ceesse, and hawle shal not be, that thow knowe, for of the Lord is the erthe; forsothe Y knowe, that thow and thi seruauntis dreden not ȝit the Lord God. The flax thanne and bar|lich was hurt, for that that the barlich was grene, and the flax now buriownde coddes; whete forsothe and corn weren not hurt, for thei weren of late growyng. And Moyses goon out fro Pharao, and out of the citee, strauȝte the hondes to the Lord, and thundres and hawle ceesiden, and no more droppide the reyn vpon the loond. Pharao forsothe seynge that the reyne hadde ceesid, and hawle, and thun|dres, encreesid the synne; and the herte of hym and of hys seruauntis is en|gredgid, and his herte was ful myche hardid; and he lafte not the sones of Yrael, as the Lord comaundide by the hoond of Moyses.

 CAP. X.

And the Lord seide to Moyses, Goo yn to Pharao, Y forsothe haue hardid the herte of him, and of his seruauntis, that Y make thes my signes in hym; and thow telle in the erres of thi sone and of thi cosyns, how ofte sithes Y haue born doun togidere the Egipciens, and haue doon toknes in hem; and knowe ȝe for Y a Lord. Thanne Moyses and Aaron ȝeden yn to Pharao, and seiden to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of He|brews, How long wolt thow not be suget to me? Leeue my puple, that it sacrifie to me; yf forsothe thow withstonde, and wole not leeue it, loo! Y shal leede yn to morwe a locust into thi coostis, that shal couer the vttermost of the erthe, that eny thing of it shal not apeere, but be etun that was lafte to the hawle; forsothe he shal gnawe alle trees that buriounen in the feeldes; and thei shulen fulfille thin howses, and of thi seruauntis, and of alle the Egipcyens, how many han not seen thi fadris, ne her fadris, sith thei weren born vpon erthe, vnto the day that is now. And he turnede hym a wey, and ȝede out fro Pharao. And the seruauntis of Pharao seiden to hym, How long shulen we suffre this sclaundre? Leeue the men, that thei sacrifye to the Lord her God; seest thow not, that Egipte perishith? And thei clepeden aȝen Moyses and Aaron to Pharao, the which seide to hem, Goth, and sacrifieth to the Lord ȝoure God; who forsothe ben that ben to goon? Moyses seith, With oure chil|dren and aldren weand we A. shulen goon; and with sones, and douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., with sheip, and droues; it is forsothe the solempnyte of the Lord oure God. And Pharao an|swerde, So the Lord be with ȝow, what maner thanne Y shal leeue ȝow and ȝoure children? to whom is it dout, that ful yuel ȝe thenken? It shal not be doon so, but go ȝe oonly men, and sacryfyesacrifyeth BDEFH. to the Lord; this forsothe and ȝoure seluen askiden. And anoon thei weren put out fro the siȝt of Pharao. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Strecche out thin hoond vpon the loond of Egipte, to a locust, that it stey vp vpon the loond, and deuowre al herbe that to the hawle was laft of. And Moyses strauȝte out the ȝerde vpon the loond of Egipte, and the Lord brouȝte yn a brennynge wynde al that day and nyȝt; and the morwe tyde biganne, a brennynge wynd reridearered E pr. m. vp locustes, the whiche steiden vp froabout A sup. ras. al the loond of Egipte, and seeten in alle the coostis of Egipciens vnnoumbrable, whiche maner before that tyme weren not, ne afterward ben to comen. And thei couerden al the vttermost party of the loond, wastynge alle thingis; thanne the heerbe of the loond was deuowryd, and what euer thing of apples that was in trees, that the hawle hadde laft; and algatys no grene thing was laft in the trees and in heerbis of the loond, in al Egipte. Wherfor hiynge Pharao clepide Moyses and Aaron, and seide to hem, Y haue synned in the Lord ȝoure God, and yn ȝow; but now forȝyue ȝe the synne to me; also this sithe prey ȝe the Lord ȝoure God, that this deeth he doo a wey fro me. And Moyses ȝede out fro the siȝt of Pharao, and preide the Lord; the which made blow the moost hidows wynde fro the west, and the lo|cust takun he threwe a fer into the reed see; and there laft not forsothe oonnot oon BDEFH. in alle the coostis of Egipte. And the Lord hardide the herte of Pharao, and he lafte not the children of Yrael. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moyses, Strecche out thin hoond into heuene, and be there derknesderknessis EH. vpon the loond of Egipte, so thik that thei mown be gropid. And Moyses strauȝte out the hoondhondes BDEFH. into heuene, and orrible derknesses ben maad in al the loond of Egipte; thre dayes no man `myȝte seseeyȝ BDEFH. his brother, ne mouede him out of that place that he was ynne; where euer the children of Yrael dwelten, was liȝt. And Pharao clepide Moyses and Aaron, andOm. B. seide to hem, Gothe, and sacrifieth to the LordLord ȝoure God A pr. m.; ȝoure sheep oonli and droues abiden thei stil; ȝoure children goo thei with ȝow. Moyses seith, Forsothe oostis and brent sacrifices thow shalt ȝyue to vs, that we offren to the Lord oure God; alle the flockis shulen goon with vs; there shal not leeue a clee of the thingis that ben necessarie into the heriyng of the Lord oure God, namely, whan we knowen not what shal be offryd, to the tyme that we comen fullich to that place. And the Lord hardide the herte of Pharao, and he wold not leeue hem. And Pharao seide to Moyses, Goo awey fro me, and be war that thow se no more my face; what euer day thow aperist to me, thow shalt dye. Moyses forsotheOm. BDEFH. answerde, So be it doon, as thow hast spokun; Y shal se no more thi face.

 CAP. XI.

And the Lord seide to Moyses, Ȝit with o veniaunce Y shal touche Pharao and Egipte, and aftyr thes thingis he shal leeue ȝow, and constreyne to goon out. Thanne thow shalt seie to al the puple, that a man aske of his freend, and a womman of hir neiȝbore, silueren and goldun vessels, and clothis; forsothe the Lord shal ȝyue grace to his puple befor the Egipcyens. And Moyses was a ful greet man in the loond of Egipte, before the seruauntis of Pharao and al the pu|ple; and seithhe seith E sup. ras., Thes thingis seith the Lord, At myd nyȝt Y shal goon yn to Egipte; and there shulen dye alle the fyrst gotun in the loond of Egipciens, fro the first gotun of Pharao, that sittith in his see, vnto the first gotun of the hand|mayden, that is at the queern; and alle the first gotun of beestis; and there shal be a greet crye in al the loond of Egipte, what maner was not bifore, ne aftirward is tonot to E. come. Anentis forsothe alle the children of Yrael there shal not grucche a dog, fro man vnto beeste; that ȝe knowen, bi how myche myracle the Lord dyuydide the Egipciens and Yrael. And alle thes thi seruauntys shulen descendedenscende A. to me, and thei shulen preye for me, sey|ynge, Go out thow, and al the puple that is suget to thee; after thes thingis we shulen goon out. And greetly wrooth he ȝede out fro Pharao. The Lord forsothe seyde to Moyses, Pharao shal not here ȝow, that many signes be doon in the loond of Egipte. Moyses forsothe and Aaron diden alle the signes and alle the toknes worthi shewynge, that ben wrytun, before Pharao; and the Lord hardide the herte of Pharao, ne he lafte the sones of Yrael fro his loond.

 CAP. XII.

The Lord forsothe seyde to Moyses and Aaron in the loond of Egipte, This moneth to ȝow the bigynnynge of theOm. BDEFH. monethis shal be the first in monethes of the ȝeer. Spek ȝe to al the cumpanye of the sones of Yrael, and sey ȝe to hem, The tenthe day of this moneth tak echon a lombe bi meynese and her howsis; if forsothe the noumbre is to litil, that it may not suffice to eet the lombe, he shal tak his neiȝbore, that is ioyned to his hows after the noum|bre of the soules, that may suffice to the etyng of the lombe. Forsothe it shal ben a lombe withouten wemme, a maal of oa E. ȝeer; after the which riyt ȝe shulen take also a kydde; and ȝe shulen kepe it vnto the fourtenthe day of this moneth; and al the multitude of the sones of Yrael shal offre it ata A. euen. And thei shulen take of his bloode, and leggen vpon either post, and in the thresshwoldes of the howses, in the whiche thei shulen eet it; and thei shulen eet flesh that nyȝt, rostid with fier, and therf looues with wylde letuse. Ȝe shulen not eten of it eny thing raw, ne sothun with water, but oneli rostid with fier; the heed with his feet and entrayls ȝe shulen vowre; ne there shal not leeue of it eny thing to to mor|wen; and if eny thing be laft, with fier ȝe shulen brenne it. So forsothe ȝe shu|len eten it; ȝe shulen girde about ȝoure reynes, and ȝe shulen haue shoon in ȝoure feet, holdynge staues in hoondis; and ȝe shulen eete hastiliche; it is forsothe phase, that is to seye, the passyng forth of the Lord. And Y shall passe thurȝ al the loond of Egipte that nyȝt, and Y shal smyit alle the first gotun in the loond of Egipte, fro man vnto beeste; and in alle the goddisgoodis AF. of Egipte Y shal make domes; Y a Lord. The bloode for|sothe shal be to ȝow into tokne, in the housis in theOm. BDEFH. which ȝe shulen be; and Y shal se the bloode, and Y shal ouerpasse ȝow; and there shal not be in ȝow a ven|iaunce destruyinge, whanne Y shal smyit the loond of Egipte. Forsothe ȝe shulen han this day into mynde, and ȝe shulen halwe it solempne to the Lord in ȝoure generaciouns with heriyng euerlastynge. Seuen daies ȝe shulen eten therf breed; in the first day there shal be no sour dowȝ in ȝoure howses; who so euer etith sowred breed, shal perishe that soule fro Yrael, fro the first day vnto the seuenthe day. The first day shal be holy and so|lempne, and the seuenthe day shal be wurshipful in the same feeste; no thing of werk ȝe shulen doon in hem, out tak thes that perteyneth to etyng; and ȝe shulen kepe therf breed. Forsothe in that same day Y shal leede ȝoure oost out of the loond of Egipte; and ȝe shulen kepe this day in ȝoure generaciouns in ryte euerlastynge. The firste moneth, the four|tenthfourten A. day of the moneth, at euen, ȝe shulen eet therf breed, vnto the oon and twentith day of the same moneth at euen. Seuen dayes soure breed shal not be foundun in ȝoure howses; who so etith soure breed, his soule shal perishe fro the companye of Yrael, as wel of cumlyngis, as of with ynne borne of the loond. Al soure breed ȝe shulen not eet, and in alle ȝoure dwell|yng places ȝe shulen eet therf breed. Moyses forsothe clepide alle the eldren of the sones of Yrael, and seyde to hem, Gothe, takynge a beeste bi ȝoure meynese, offre ȝe paske; and the litil sprynkil of ysop wetith in bloode, that is in the ne|thir threswold, and sprengith of it the ouerthreswold, and either post; noon of ȝow alle shal go out ofOm. BDE sec. m. F sec. m. H. the dore of his hows vnto the morwen tyde. The Lord forsothe shal passe forthOm. AF. smytynge the Egipciens; and whanne he seethseeyȝ BDFH. the bloode in the threswald, and in either post, he shal ouer goo the dore of the hows, and he shall not suffre the smyter goo into ȝoure howsis, and hurten. Kepe thow this word lawful to thee and to thi sones vnto withouten ende. And whanne ȝe shulen goon into the loond that the Lord is to ȝyue to ȝow, as he hath biho|tun, ȝe shulen kepe thes cerymonyessermonyes A.; and whanne ȝoure sones shulen seye to ȝow, What is this religioun? ȝe shulen seye to hem, It is the sacrifice for the ouercomun enemys of the passing of the Lord, whanne he passide forthe vpon the howshousis E. of the sones of Israel in Egipte, smytyngsmyten A sup. ras. the Egipciens, and oure howshouses BDEH. delyuer|ynge. And the puple bowid anowryde. And the sones of Yrael goon out, diden as the Lord comaundyde to Moyses and Aaron. It was doon forsothe in the myd|dil of the nyȝt, the Lord smoot alle the fyrst gotun in the loond of Egipte, fro the fyrst gotun of Pharao, that sat in his see, vnto the first gotun of the caytif wom|man, that was in prisoun, and alle the first gotun of beestis. And Pharao aroos the nyȝt, and alle his seruauntis, and al Egipte; and ther was sprongun a greet crye in Egipte; and forsothe there was not an hows, in the which leye not the deed. And Moyses and Aaron clepid in the nyȝt, Pharao seith, Ryseth, and goth out fro my puple, and ȝe and the sones of Yrael; gothe, and sacrifieth to the Lord, as ȝe seyn; ȝoure sheip and ȝoureOm. BDEH. droues takith, as ȝe han askid; and goynge a wey blesse ȝe to me. And the Egipciens nediden the puple to goon out of the loond swiftly, seiynge, Alle we shulen dye! Thanne the puple tok sprengid meelmelu BDEFH., or it were sowrid; and byndynge it in chaf, putte vpon her shuldres. And the sones of Yrael diden as the Lord co|maundidehad comaundid BDE sec. m. F pr. m. H. toOm. D. Moyses; and thei askiden of the Egipciens silueren and goldun ves|sels, and myche clothing. Forsothe the Lord ȝaf grace to the puple before the Egipciens, that thei wolden leene hem; and thei spuyleden the Egipciens. And the sones of Yrael ȝeden fro Remesse into Sochoth, almoost six hundryd thowsynd of foot men, with outen children and wym|men; but and the comoun of either sexsix A pr. m. sexus D. `or kyndeOm. BDEFH. id est, sexus. F marg. H interlin. vnnoumbrableand vnnoumbrable BDEH. steyden vp with hem; sheip, and droues, and ful many hauynge lijf of dyuerse kynde. And thei bakiden meele, that a litil before spreng|ide thei token out of Egipte, and thei maden therf looues vnder asken; and thei myȝten not be maad sowre, the Egip|ciens constreynynge to goon out, and not suffrynge to mak eny dwellyng, ne eny thing of sowel there com to to maken redi. The dwellyng places forsothe of the sones of Yrael, that thei dwelliden yn Egipte, was of four hundred and thretti ȝeer; the whiche fulfillid, the same day ȝede al the oost of the Lord out of the loond of E|gipte. This is nyȝt of the Lord able to be kept, whanne he ladde hem out of the loond of Egipte; this owen to kepe alle the sones of Yrael in her generaciouns. The Lord forsothe seide to Moyses and Aaron, This is the religioun of phask; ech alien shal not ete therof; al forsothe seruauntseruauntes D. bouȝt be he circumcidid, and so eet he; comlyng and hyryd seruaunt shulen not eet thereof; in oon hows it shal be etun, ne ȝe shulen not bere of his fleshe out, ne boon of it ȝe shulen breek. Alle the companye of the sones of Yrael shal doo it; that if eny of pilgrymes wole come into ȝoure heriyng of religioun, and do the pask of the Lord, before eche maal child of him shal be circumcidid, and thanne with riȝt he shal halewe, and he shal be togidere as a with ynne gotun of the loond; if eny forsothe be not circum|cidid, he shal not ete therof. The same lawe shal be to the with ynne gotun, and to the comlyng tilyer, that pilgrimagith anentis ȝow. And alle the sones of Yrael diden as the Lord comaundide to Moyses and Aaron. And in the same day the Lord ladde the sones of Yrael out of the loond of Egipte, bi her companyes.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsothe the Lord spak to Moyses, sei|ynge, Halwe to me alle the fyrst gotun that openith the wombe in the sones of Yrael, as wel of men as of beestis, alle forsothe ben myne. And Moyses seide to the puple, Hathhaueth DE. mynde of this day, in the which ȝe ben goon out of Egipte, and of the hows of thraldom, for yn a strong hoond the Lord hath lad ȝow out of this place, that ȝe eeten not sowrid breed. To day ȝe goon out, in the moneth of new fruytis; and whanne the Lord shal leede thee into the loond of Chananey, and E|thei, and Amorrei, and Euehi, and Jebu|sei, that he swoore to thi fadrys, that he shulde ȝyue to thee, the loond flowynge mylk and hony, and ȝe shulen halwe this manere of holy thingis this moneth. Se|uen dais ȝe shulen eete therf breed, and in the seuenthe day shal be the solem|pnyte of the Lord; therf breed ȝe shulen eete seuen dayes, there shal not apere anentis thee eny thing maad sowre, ne in alle thi coostis. And thow shalt telle to thi sone that day, seiyng, This is that the Lord hath doon to me, whanne Y ȝede out of Egipte. And it shal be as a tokne in thin hoond, and as mynde before thin eyen, that the lawe of the Lord euer|more be in thi mouth; forsothe in strong hoond the Lord ladde thee out of Egipte, and of the hows of thraldom. Thow shalt kepe this maner heriyng the or|deyned tyme, fro dayes into dayes. And whanne the Lord shal leede thee into the loond of Chananei, as he hath sworn to thee, and to thi fadris, and shal ȝyue it to thee, thow shalt seuer al that openeth wombe, to the Lord, and that that cheef is in thi beestis; what euer thow shalt haue of maal kynde, thow shalt halwe it to the Lord. The first gotun of an asse thow shalt chaunge for a sheip, the which if thow `aȝen biystfor byist E pr. m. not, thow shalt sleen; alle. forsothe the first gotun of man of thi sones thow shalt `aȝen byefor beggin E pr.m. aȝeyn byggen BDE sec.m. FH. in priys. And whanne thi sone shal aske thee to morwe, seiynge, What is this? thow shalt an|swere to hym, In a stronge hoond the Lord hath lad us out of the loond of Egipte, fro the hows of thraldom; for whanne Pharao was hardyd, and wold not leeue vs, the Lord slowe al the first gotun in the loond of Egipte, fro the first gotun of man vnto the first gotun of beestis; therfor Y offre to the Lord al that openeth wombe of maal kynde, and al the first gotun of my sones Y `aȝen byefor bigge E pr.m. aȝeyn bygge BDE sec.m. FH.. It shal be thanne as a tokne in thin hoond, and as a thing hongid vp for recordyng before thin eyen, therthurȝ that in a strong hoond the Lord hath lad vs out of Egipte. Thanne whanne Pha|rao hadde leten out the puple, God ladde hem not out bi the weie of the loond of Philisten, the which is nyȝ; holdynge lest perauenture it `shulde othenkynhad athouȝt E pr.m. hym, if it hadde seen bateyls aȝens hym to aryse, andhe wold haue E pr.m. turnen aȝen into Egipte; but he ladde hem about bi the weie of desert, that is biside the reed see. And armed steyden vp the sones of Yrael fro the loond of Egipte. Forsothe Moyses tok the boons of Joseph with hym, therthurȝ that he hadde with ooth chargid the sones of Yrael, seiynge, GodThe God E pr.m. shal vysyte ȝow, and ber ȝe my boons out hens with ȝow. And thei goon from Sochoth, setten tentisher tentis E pr.m. in Etham, in the vttermest coostes of wil|dirnes. The Lord forsothe wente beforn hem to be shewidebesshewide A. schew E pr.m. the weie, bi day in the pilere of a clowde, and bi nyȝt in a piler of fier, that he were leder of the weye either tyme; neuer faylide ofOm. BDEH. the piler of the clowde bi day, ne the piler of fier bi nyȝt, before the puple.

 CAP. XIV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael; turned sette thei tentis `forn aȝensfro the regyoun of E pr.m. Phyayroth, that is bitwix Magdalum and the see, aȝenst Beel|sephon; in his siȝt ȝe shulen sett tentis vpon the see. And Pharao is to sey vpon the sones of Yrael, Thei ben artid togi|dere in a loond, desert hath enclosid hem. And Y shal harden his herte, and he shal pursue ȝow, and Y shal `be glorifiedglorye E pr. m. in Pharao, and in alle his oostiscoostis A.; and the Egipciens shulen wyte for Y am a Lord; and thei diden so. And it iswas E pr. m. told to the kyng of Egipciens, that the puple `hadde flowunfleeyȝ E pr. m.; and ful myche chaungid is the herte of Pharao, and of his seruauntis vpon the puple, and thei seiden, What wole we doon, that we leeuen Yrael, lest it serue not to vs? Thanne he ioynede the chare, and al his puple he tok with hym; and he tok sixthre E pr. m. hundryd chosun charys, and al that of chares was in Egipte, and the leders of his oost. And the Lord hardideendored E pr. m. the herte of Pharao, theOm. E sec. m. kyng of Egipte, and he pursuede the sones of Yrael; and thei weren goon out in a hiȝe hoond. And whanne the Egip|ciens pursueden the steppes of the goers before, thei fonden hem in the tentis vpon the see; alle the ridynge, and the chares of Pharao, and al the oost weren in Phyayroth, aȝens Beelsephon. And whanne Pharao was nyȝ, the sones of Yrael, heuynge vp her eyen, seyen the Egipciens after hem, and thei dradden greetli; and thei crieden to the Lord, and seiden to Moyses, Perauenture there weren not sepulcris in Egipte, therfor thow tok vs, that we diedendyen BDEFH. in wilder|nes? what woldist thow doto B. this, that thow woldist lede vs out of Egipte? Was not this the word that we spaken to thee in Egipte, seyinge, Goo awey fro vs, that we seruen to the Egypcyens? it is for|sothe myche betere to serue to hem, than to dye in wildernes. And Moyses seidesaith E. to the puple, Wole ȝe not drede, stondeth, and seethsee BFH. the greet wondres of God, that he is to doondoyng E pr. m. to day; forsothe the Egip|ciens that ȝe now seen, ȝe shulen seen no more vnto with outen ende; the Lord shal fiȝt for ȝow, and ȝe shulen hoold ȝoure pees. And the Lord seide to Moyses, What cryest thow to me? Spek to the sones of Yrael, that thei goon forth; thow forsothe arere thin ȝerde, and strecche out thin hoond vpon the see, and dyuyde it, that the sones of Yrael goon thurȝ the drye, in the myddil see. Y forsothe shal harden the hertes of the Egipciens, that thei pursue ȝow, and Y shal be glorifiedglorye E pr. m. in Pharao, and in al his oost, and in the chares, and in thehis BDEFH. riders; and the Egip|ciens shulen wyte that Y am Lord God, whanne Y shal be glorified in Pharao, and in chares, and in his ryders. And the aungel of the Lord, that ȝede before the castels of Yrael, takynge hym self ȝede after hem, and with hym togidere the pilere of the clowde, the forthermore leeuynge bihynde the bak, stode bitwix the tentis of Egipciens and the tentis of Yrael; and there was a derk clowde, and liȝtynge the nyȝt, so that to hem self to|gidere al the tyme of the nyȝt thei myȝten not cum nyȝ. And whanne Moyses hadde strauȝt out histhe BDEFH. hoond vpon the see, the Lord tok it awey, blowynge an hidous wynde, and brennynge al nyȝt, and he turnede it into drowȝt; and the watir was dyuydid. And the children of Irael `wenten ynwas gone by E pr. m. thurȝ the myddel of the drye see; forsothe the water was as a wal at the riȝt syde of hem and the lefte. And the Egipciens pursuynge, ȝeden yn after hem, al the horsyng of Pharao, his chares, and his ryders, bi the myddil of the see. And now was comun the morwetide, and loo! the Lord biholdynge vpon the tentes of the Egypciens, by the pilere of fyer, and of the clowde, slewehe slewe E pr. m. sup. ras. the oost of hem; and he turnede vpsedown the wheles of the chares, and thei weren born into the depthe. Thanne seiden the E|gipciens, Flee we Yrael; forsothe the Lord fyȝtith for hem aȝens us. And the Lord seith to Moyses, Strecche out thin hoond vpon the reedOm. BDEF. sec. m. H. see, that the watris turnen aȝen to Egipciensthe Egipciens BDEFH., vpon the chares, and the horsmen of hem. And whanne Moyses hadde strauȝt out the hoond aȝens the see, fyrst the morwetide it was turned aȝen to the rather place; and the Egipciens fleynge, watres aȝen comen, and the Lord wrapte hem with ynne in the myddel floodes. And the watris weren turned aȝen, and thei couerden the chares, and the horsmen of al the oost of Pharao, the whiche folwynge weren goon into the see; ne oon forsothe overlafte notOm. BDEFH. of hem. Forsothe the sones of Yrael fulliche ȝeden thurȝ the myddil of the drye see, and the watris weren to hem as for a wal, fro the ryȝt half and fro the left halfOm. BDEFH.. And the Lord delyuerede Israel in that day fro the hoond of the Egipciens, and thei seen the Egipciens deed vpon the brenk of the see, and the greet hoond that the Lord hauntide aȝens hem; and the puple dredde the Lord, and leuedenbyleuyd E pr. m. to the Lord, and to Moyses his seruaunt. Thanne Moyses soong, and the sones of Israel, this ditee to the Lord; and seiden.

 CAP. XV.

Synge we to the Lord, forsothe glori|ously he is magnyfied; the hors and theOm. D. steyersteyers D. up he threwe down into the see. My strengthe and my preysyng the Lord; and he is maad to me into helthe. This my God, and hym Y shal gloryfie; the God of my fader, and hym Y shal en|haunce. The Lord as a man fiȝter, Al|myȝti his name; the chare of Pharao and his oost he threwe fer into the see. His chosun princes weren turned vpsedoun in the reed see; the depe watris couerden hem; thei descendiden into the depthe as a stoon. Lord, thi riȝt hoond is magny|fied in strengthe; thy ryȝt hoond, Lord, hath smytun the enemye. And in mul|titude of thi glorie thow hast put doun alle myn aduersaryes; thow hast sent thi wrath, that deuowride hem as stoble. And in the spirit of thi woodnes watris ben gederid togidere; the flowynge wa|ter stode, the depe watris ben gederid to gidere in the myddil see. The enemye seide, Y shal pursue, and Y shal tak; ro|bries Y shal dyuyde, my soule shal be fulfillid. I shal drawe out my swerd; and myn hoond shal slee hym. Thi spi|ryt blewe, and the see couerde hem; and thei ben vnder dreynt as leed in hidows watris. Who, Lord, is lijk to thee in strongstreinth E pr. m. thingis, who is lijk to thee? thow doer of greet thingis in holynes, and feer|ful, and preysable, and doynge merueyls. Thow hast strauȝt out thin hoond, and the erthe hath deuourid hem; a duke thow hast ben in thi merci to thi puple, that thow hast aȝenbouȝtforbouȝt E pr. m.; and thow hast born it in thi strengthe to thin holi dwellyng place. Puples steiden vp, and benthei ben E pr. m. wrooth; sorwes withheelden the dwellers of Philistien. Thanne ben dis|turbid the princes of Edom; tremblyng withheelde the strong men of Moab. Alle the dwellers of Chanaan aȝenfrussh|iden for ferde; inward drede fal vpon hem, and outward drede in the mykilnes of thin arme. Be thei maad vnmouable as a stoon, to the tyme, Lord, that thi puple passe; to the tyme that thi puple passe, this that thow hast weeldid. Thow shalt lede hem yn, and thow shalt plaunt in the hil of thin heritage; with thi moost stedfast dwellyng, Lord, that thow hast wrouȝt; Lord, thi seyntuarye, that thin hondeshoon A. fastiden. The Lord shal regne withouten ende and ouer. Forsothe Pha|rao, rydynge with charys, and his hors|men ȝeden yn to the see, and the watris of the see the Lord aȝenbrouȝte vpon hem; the sones forsothe of Yrael ȝeden thurȝ the drye, in the myddil of it. Thanne Mary, aOm. E. prophetesse, the sister of Aaron, tok a tympan in hir hoond, and alle the wymmen ȝeden out after hir, with tym|panes and daunses; with the whiche she before songe, seiynge, Synge we to the Lord, gloriously forsothe he is magny|fyed; the hors and his steier upOm. BDEFH. he threw doun into the see. Forsothe Moyses tok Yrael fro the reed see, and thei ȝeden out into the desert of Sur, and thei ȝeden thre dayes thurȝ wildirnes, and thei fonden no watyr. And thei camen into Marath, and thei myȝten not drynk the watris of Ma|rath, forthi that thei weren bitter; wher|for and a couenable name he putte to the place, clepynge it Mara, that is, bitternes. And the puple grucchide aȝens Moyses, seiynge, What shulen we drynk? And he cryede tovnto E pr. m. the Lord, the which shewide hym a tree; the which whanne he hadde put into the watris, thei weren turned into swetnes. There he ordeynede to him heestis and domes, and there he temptide hym, seiynge, If thow heristheere BDEFH. the voys of the Lord thi God, and dost that that is ryȝt before hym, and obeyshistobeysche BDEFH. to his maundementis, and kepist alle his heestis, al the langour that I putte in Egipte, Y shal not brynge yn vpon thee; I forsothe am the Lord thi Sauyour. The sones of Yrael forsothe camen into Helym, wherether E pr. m. weren twelue welles of watris, and se|uenti palme trees, and thei meueden tentisher tentis E pr. m. bisides the waters.

 CAP. XVI.

And thei ȝeden forth fro Helym, and al the multitude of the sones of Yrael cam into desertthe desert BDEFH. of Syn, that is bitwix Helym and Synai, the fiftenthe day of the secounde moneth after thei weren goon out of the loond of Egipte. And alle the congregaciounscongregacioun BDEFH. of the sones of Yrael grucchiden aȝens Moyses, and aȝens Aaron, in wildernes. And the sones of Yrael seiden to hem, Wolde God we had|den be deed bi the hoond of the Lord in the loond of Egipte, whanne we seeten vpon the pottis of flesh, and eten breede in fulnes; whi hast thow ladde vs into this desert, that thow myȝtistmyȝt BDEFH. slee al thisthe E. multitude with hungur? The Lord for|sothe seide to Moises, Y shal reyn to ȝow looues fro heuene; the puple goo out that he gadere that sufficen bi eche dayes; that Y tempte hym, whether he goo in my lawe, or noon. The sixte day forsothe greithe thei that thei bryngen yn, and dowble be there that thei weren wont to gedere bi eche dayes. And Moyses and Aaron seiden to alle the sones of Yrael, At euen ȝe shulen wyte that the Lord hath lad ȝow out of the loond of Egipte; and the morwetide ȝe shulen se the glorye of the Lord; I haue herd forsothe ȝoure grucchyng aȝens the Lord; what forsoth ben we, that ȝe grucchen aȝens vs? And Moyses seith, The Lord shal ȝyue to ȝow at euen flesh for to eete, and eerli looues in fulnes, for thi that he hath herd ȝoure grucchyng, the which ȝe han grucchid aȝens hym; what forsothe ben we? ne aȝens vs is ȝoure grucchyng but aȝens the Lord. And Moyses seide to Aaron, Sey to al the congregacioungeneracioun A. of the sones of Yrael, Goo ȝe to before the Lord, for|sothe he hath herd ȝoure grucching. And whanne Aaron spak to al the companye of the sones of Yrael, thei bihilden to wildernas, and loo! the glorye of the Lord aperyde in a clowde. Forsothe the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Y haue herd the grucchyng of the sones of Yrael; spek thow to hem, At euen ȝe shulen eete flesh, and eerli ȝe shulen be fillid with looues, and ȝe shulen wyte that Y am the Lord ȝoure God. Thanne it was doon at euen, and steiynge vp a curlew couerde the tentis, and eerly dew cam by theOm. E. en|uirownenurown A. of the tentis. And whanne it hadde couerde the vttermore parti of the erthe, it aperid in wildernes lassid, and as with a pestel pownyd, into the lyknes of an hoore frost vpon the erthe. The which thing whanne the sones of Yrael hadden seen, thei seiden togidere, Man hu? that bitokneth, what is this? forsothe thei knewen not what it was. To whom Moyses seith, This is the breed that the Lord hath ȝouun to ȝow for to eete. This is the word that the Lord comaundide, Echon gedere of it how myche itOm. BDEFH. sufficith for to eete, the tenthe part of thre busshels bi ech heedes, after the noumbre of soules that dwellen in the tabernacle, so ȝe shulen taak. And so dyden the sones of Yrael, and thei gadreden an|other one E pr. m. more, another lesse; and thei me|surden it at the mesure of gomor, that is, of threttenthethrittene BDEFH. pownde, with the tenthe part of two pownde; ne he that gederede more hadde more, ne he that gaderydegreythid E. lesse foond lesse, but eche after that that he myȝte eete gadreden. And Moyses seide to hem, No man leeue therof vntointo E pr. m. the morwen; the whiche herden him not, but sum therof lafte vnto the morwen, and it biganne to boyle wormes, and stonk; and Moyses was wrooth aȝens hem. Forsothe eche gaderede the morwetide as myche as myȝte suffice to ete, and whanne the sunne bigan to heet, it moltid. The sixte day forsothe thei gadreden dowble metis, that is to seye, two gomors bi eche man. And alle the princes of the multi|tude camen, and tolden to Moyses, the which seith to hem, This is that the Lord spak, The rest of the holy day is halwid to the Lord, to morwe al that is to worchynge dothe, and `that ben to seeth|ingall that is to seething E pr. m. seethethseeth E pr. m., and what euer shalwere E pr. m. be relif, leith vp tilto BDEH. to morwe. And thei diden so as Moyses haddeOm. E pr. m. comaundide, and it stonk not, ne worme was founde there yn. And Moyses seide, Etith that to day, for it is the saboth of the Lord, yt shal not be founde to day in the feelde; six dayes gedere ȝe, in the seuenthe day forsothe is the saboth of the Lord, ther|for it shal not be foundun. The seuenthe day cam, and goon out of the puple that thei myȝten gedere, thei fonden noȝt. And the Lord seide to Moyses, How long wolen ȝe not kepe my maundementis, and my lawe? Seeth that the Lord shal ȝyue to ȝow a saboth, and therfore he shal ȝyue to ȝow the sixt day dowble meetis; dwel euerechon anentis hym silf, no man goo out of his place the seuenthe day. And the puple halowide the seuenthe day. And the hows of Yrael clepide the name of it manmanna A sec. m., that was as the seed of coli|aundre white, and the taast of it as ofthe A pr. m. tryed floure with hony. And Moyses seyde, This is the word that the Lord comaundide, Fulfil thow gomor of it, and be it kept into generaciouns afterward to comen, that thei knowen the breed with the which Y norshide hem in wildernes, whanne ȝe werenben E pr. m. lad out of the loond of Egipte. And Moyses seide to Aaron, Tak aoo BDEFH. vessel, and putte ther yn manmanna A sec. m., how myche may take gomor, and ley vp be|fore the Lord, to kepe into ȝoure genera|ciouns, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses; and Aaron putte it in the tabernacle, to be reserued. And the sones of Yrael eten man fourti wynter, to the tyme that thei camen into a loond able to dwel yn; with this meet thei weren norishid fortoas long E pr. m. thei towcheden toOm. BDE. the coostys of the loond of Chanaan. Gomor forsothe is the tenthe party of ephi, that is, a mesure of thre busshels.

 CAP. XVII.

Thanne goon forth al the multitude of the sones of Yrael fro the desert of Syn, bi her mansiouns, after the word of the Lord, `setten tentismeuyden her tentis E pr. m. into Raphidym, where was notno BDEFH. water to the puple for to drynke. The which ianglynge aȝens Moyses, seith, Ȝif to vs water, that we drynken. To whom answerde Moyses, What iangle ȝe aȝens me, whi tempte ȝe the Lord? The puple thanne thristide there, for meschef of water, and it grucchide aȝen Moyses, seiynge, Whi hast thow maad vsOm. B. to goo out of Egipte, that thow myȝte slee vs, and oure fre chil|dren, and beestes, thurȝ thrist? Moyses forsothe criede to the Lord, seiynge, What shal Y do to this puple? ȝit a litil while, and ithe E pr. m. shal stonen me. The Lord seidesaith E. to Moyses, Goo before the puple, and tak with thee of the aldren of Yrael, and the ȝerde, with the which thow smoot the floode tak in thin hoond, and goo; loo! Y shal stoond before thee there, vpon the stoon of Oreb, and thow shalt smyte the stoon, and there shal goon out of it water, that the puple drynk. Moyses dide so beforn the eldren menOm. BDEF pr. m. H. of Yrael; and he clepide the name of that place Temptynge, for the ianglyng of the sones of Yrael, and for thei temptiden the Lord, seiynge, Whether is God in vs, or noon? Forsothe Amalech cam, and fauȝte aȝen Yrael in Raphidym. And Moyses seide to Josue, Chees men, and thow goon out, fiȝt aȝens Amalech, to morwen; and Y shal stoond in the frount of the hil, hau|ynge the ȝerde of God in myn hoond. Josue dide as Moyses had spokun, and he fauȝte aȝens Amalech. Moyses for|sothe, and Aaron, and Hur steiden vp vpon the cop of the hil; and whanne Moyses rereden vp the hoondes, Yrael ouercom; ellis forsothe if he a litil abatide, Ama|lech ouercam. Forsothe the hoondes of Moyses weren heuy; thanne thei, takynge a stoon, puttiden vnder hym, in the which he sete. Aaron forsothe and Hur sus|teyneden the hoondes of hym, on either syde; and it was doon, that the hoondes of hym werieden not, vnto the goyng down of the sunne. And Josue made Amalech to flee, and the puple of hym, in the mouth of the swerd. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Wryte this in the book for mynde, and tak in the eeris of Josue; forsothe Y shal do a wey the mynde of Amalech vnder heuene. And Moyses bilde an auter, and clepide the name of it The Lord myn enhaunsyng, seiynge, For the hoond of the Lord oonli, and the batayle of God it was aȝens Ama|lech, fro generacioun into generacioun.

 CAP. XVIII.

And whanne Jethro, the preest of Ma|dian, cosynthe alye E pr. m. to Moyses, hadde herd alle thingis that God dide to Moyses, and to Yrael his puple, forthi that the Lord hadde ladde Yrael out of Egipte, he tok Sephoram, the wijf of Moyses, whom he sente aȝen, and the two sones of hym, of whom oon was clepid Gersan, seiynge the fader, a comlyng Y was in an alien loond, the tother forsothe Eliezar, God forsothe, seith, myn helper of my fader, and he hath delyuered me fro the swerd of Pha|rao. Thanne cam Jetro, cosyne to Moyses, and the sones of hym and his wijf, to Moyses in desert, where he hadde sett tentis biside the hil of God. And he sente to Moyses, seiynge, I, thi cosyn Jethro, come to thee, and thi wijf, and thi two childrensones D. with hir. The which, goon out into the aȝencomyng of his cosyn, lowtide, and kisside hym, and thei salutiden hem silf togidris with pesible wordis. And whanne he was goon into the tabernacle, Moyses tolde to his cosyn alle thingis that God hadde doon to Pha|rao, and to the Egipciens, for Yrael, and al the traueyle that hadde fallun to hem in the weye, fro the which the Lord hadde delyuered hem. And Gethro was glad vpon alle the goodis that the Lord dide to Yrael, forthi that he hadde dely|uered hym fro the hoondishonde E. of the Egip|ciens; and seith, Blissid be the Lord GodOm. BDEFH. that hath delyuered ȝouVS E pr. m. fro `the hondeshonde BE. ofOm. A. the Egipciens, and fro the hoond of Pharao, that hath drawun out his puple fro the hoond of Egipte; now I haue knowun for greet is the Lord aboue alle goddis, forthi that thei prowdli diden aȝens hem. Thanne Jethro, the cosyn to Moyses, offrede to God brent sacrificessacrifice A., and oostessacrifises to brynn and to slaa E pr. m.; and Aaron, and alle the aldren of Yrael, camen, that thei myȝten eete breed with hym before God. Another forsothe day Moyses sat for to deme the puple, the which stood niȝ to Moyses, fro morwe to euen. The which thing whanne his cosyn hadde seen, that is, alle thingis that he dide in the puple, seith, What is this that thow dostdist BDFH. in the puple? whi alone sittist thow, and al the puple abidith fro morwetide vnto euen? To whom answerde Moyses, To me cometh the puple, sechynge the sentence of God; and whanne there fallith to hem eny strijfdisputisoun E pr. m., thei comencomith D. to me, that Y deme betwix hem, that Y shewe the heestis of God, and his lawelawes DEH.. And he, Not good thing, he seith, thow dostdest BDEFH., thow art consumyd with foli labour, and thow and thithis BDEH. puple that is with thee; ouer thi strengthes is this doyng of causis, alone `that thow shalt not mowe susteyneall thy self thou mayst not susteyne it E pr. m.. But here my wordis and coun|sels, and the Lord shal be with thee; be thow to the puple in thes thingis that perteynen to God, that thow telle to hem that ben seyd; and thowthat thow E pr. m. to H. shewe to the puple the serymonyes, and the ryte of heriyng, and the weie bi the whych thei owen to goon yn, and the werk that thei owen to doon. And puruey of al the puple men myȝti, and dredinge God, in whom be trewthe, and the whiche haten aueryse; and ordeyne of hem rewlers vpon thowsaundes, and rewlers vpon hun|drethes, and rewlers vpon fifti, and rewlers vpon ten, that mowen deme the puple al tyme; and what euer `shal bewer E pr. m. more, telle thei it to thee, and deme thei the lasse thingis oonli, that liȝter it be to thee, the charge partid vnto othere. And if thow dost thus, thow shalt fulfil the comaunde|ment of God, and his heestis thow maymayt D. susteynekepe E pr. m.; and al this puple shalmay E pr. m. turne with pees to her places. The whiche thingis herd, Moyses dide alle thingis that he meuyde to. And dowȝti men, chosun of al Yrael, he ordeyned hem princes of the puple, rewlers vpon thow|sandes, and rewlers vpon hundrethis, and rewlers upon fifti, and rewlers vpon ten, that demeden the puple al tyme; what euer forsothe were harder, thei tolden to hym, oonli the liȝter thingis demynge. And he lafte his cosyn, the which turnyd aȝen, ȝede into his loond.

 CAP. XIX.

The thridde moneth of the goyng of Yrael out of the loond of Egipte, in this day thei camen into the wildernes of Sy|nai; for thei goon forth fro Raphidym, and comynge vnto desertethe deserte BDEFH. of Synay, `setten tentisthei setten her dwellingis E pr. m. in the same place; and there Yrael ficchid tentis, `forn aȝensfro the regyoun of E pr. m. the hil. Moyses forsothe steyde vp into the hil to God; and the Lord clepide hym fro the hil, and seith, Thes thingis thow shalt seye to the hows of Jacob, and thow shal telle to the sones of Yrael, Ȝoure self han seen what I haue doon to the Egip|ciens, what maner wise Y haue born ȝou vpon the weenges of eglis, and haue takun to me. If thanne ȝe heren my voys, and kepen my couenaunt, ȝe shulen be to me into my propre tresour of alle puples; myn forsothe is al the erthe; and ȝe shu|len be to me into a preestis kyngdom, and an holi folk; thes ben the wordis that thou shalt spek to the sones of Yrael. Moyses cam, and clepide togidere the more men thurȝ birthe of the puple, he expownede alle the wordes that the Lord hadde comaundid. And al the puple an|swerde togidere, We shulen doon alle theOm. E. thingis that the Lord hathOm. D. spokun. And whanne Moyses hadde told the wordis of the puple to the Lord, the Lord seyde to hym, Now riȝt Y shal com to thee in derknes of a clowde, that the puple here me spekynge to thee, and leue to thee, intovnto E. with outen eende. Thanne Moyses tolde the wordes of the puple to the Lord, that seide to hym, Goo to the pu|ple, and halwe hem to day and to mor|wen, and wasshe thei her clothis, and be thei redi into the thridde day; in the thridde day forsothe the Lord shal des|sende before al the folk vpon the hil of Synay. And thow shalt ordeyn termes to the puple, bi enuyroun; and thow shalt seye to hem, BeBeth BDEFH. war that ȝe steyen not into the hil, ne touche the endes of it; eche that touchith the hil, with deth shal dye. Hondes shulen not touche hym, but with stones he shal be pressid down, or he shal be stickid with dartis; whe|ther he be beest, or man, he shal not lyue; whanne the trumpe begynneth to crie, thanne steysteeth D. theythow AF pr. m. vp into the hil. And Moyses descendide fro the hil to the puple, and halowede ythem E pr. m.; and whanne thei haddun wasshun her clothes, he seith to hem, Be ȝe redi into the thridde day, and neiȝe ȝe not to ȝoure wyues. And now the thridde day was comen, and the morwetide was ful cleerid; and loo! thundres biganne to be herd, and leytes to shynen, and the moost thikderkk D. clowd to couer the hil; and the crye of the trump morefull E pr. m. hidously made noyse, and the pu|ple dredde, that was in the tentes. And whanne Moyses hadde led hem out into the aȝen comyng of God, fro the place of the tentes, thei stoden at the rotes of the hil. And al the hil of Synay smokide, forthi that the Lord descendidehad descendide BDE sec. m. H. vpon it in fier; and the smeek steyde vp of it as of a furneys, and al the hil was ful feer|ful; and the sown of the trompe litil mele spronge into more, and lenger was strecchid. Moyses spak, and the Lord answerde hym, and the Lord descendide vpon the hil of Synay, in that cop of the hil, and he clepide Moyses in the heiȝt of it. Whider whanne he hadde steied vp, he seide to hym, Descende, and as with ooth charge the puple, lest perauen|ture ithe E pr. m. wole passe ouer the termes to se the Lord, and of hem perisshe a myche multitude; the preestis forsothe that camen nyȝ to the Lord, be thei halewed, lest Y smyte hem. And Moyses seide to the Lord, The comounte may not stey vp into the hil of Synay; thow forsothe hast witnessid, and comaundid seiynge, Put the termes about the hil, and halwe it. To whom seith the Lord, Goo, descende, and thow shalt stey vp, and Aaron with thee; the preestis forsothe and the puple passe thei not the termes, ne steye thei vp to the Lord, lest perauenture he slee hem. And Moyses steiede vp to the puple, and alle thingis tolde to hem.

 CAP. XX.

And the Lord spak alle thes wordes `to MoysesOm. BDEFH., Y am the Lord thi God, that hath lad thee out of the loond of Egipte, fro the hows of thraldom. Thow shalt not haue alyen goddis before me. Thow shalt not mak to thee grauen thing, ne eny liknes that is in heuene aboue, and that is in erthe benethe, ne of hem that ben in watrys vnder erthe; thow shalt not anoure hem, ne herye hem; I for|sothe am the Lord thi God, strong ge|lows, visitynge the wickidnes of fadris in sones into the thridde and the ferthe generacioun of hem that hatiden me, and doynge merci into thousyndes to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis. Thow shalt not tak the name of the Lord thi God in veyn, ne forsothe the Lord shal haue innocent hym, that takith the name of the Lord his God in ydel. Haue mynde tothat thou BDEFH. halwe thinthe E. holy day; sixe daies thow shalt worche, and doonthou schalt do E pr. m. alle thi werkis; the seuenthe forsothe day is the haliday of the Lord thi God; thow shalt not doon al werk, thow, and thi sone, and thi dowȝter, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmayden, thi beeste, and com|lyng that is with ynne thi ȝatis; sixe for|sothe daies God made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in hem, and he restide the seuenthe day; ther|fore the Lord blisside to the holi day, and halwide it. Honour thi fader and thi moder, that thou be ofon E. long lijf vpon erthe, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee. Thow shalt not slee. Thow shalt `do nonot do BDEFH. leccherye. Thow shalt not do thefte. Thow shalt not spek aȝens thi neiȝbore fals witnes. Thow shalt not coueyte the hows of thi neiȝbore, ne thow shalt desyrenot desyre E pr. m. F pr. m. the wijf of hym, ne ser|uaunt, ne hoondmayden, ne oxe, ne asse, ne alle thingis that ben of hym. Al the puple forsothe herde voyces, and sawȝ lawmpes, and herde the sown of the trompe, and the hil smokynge; and ferde and smitun togidere with vttermore drede, thei stoden after, seiynge to Moyses, Spek thow to vs, and we shulen here; spek not the Lord to vs, lest perauenture we dien. And Moyses seide to the puple, WoleWyln BDEF. ȝe not drede, that forsothe God proue ȝow he cam, and that the dredeferde BDEF sec. m. H. of hym were in ȝow, and that ȝe synnen not. And the puple stood after; Moyses for|sothe cam nyȝ to the derknes, in the which was God. And the Lord seide for|thermore to Moyses, Thes thingis thow shalt seye to the sones of Yrael, Ȝe han seen that from heuene I haue spokun to ȝow; ȝe shulen not mak with me silueren goddis, ne goldun goddis ȝe shulen mak to ȝow. An auter of erthe ȝe shulen mak to me, and ȝe shulen offre vpon it ȝoure `brent sacrifices, and pesiblesacri|fises to brynn and to make peese E pr. m., ȝoure sheep, and oxen, in al place in the which shal be mynde of my name; I shal com to thee, and Y shal blesse to thee. ThatBot E pr. m. if a stonen auter thow makist to me, thow shalt not edifie that of hewun stoons; if forsothe thow rerist thi `grau|ynge yruncullter E pr. m. vpon it, it shal be polutid. Thow shalt not stey vp bi greeses to myn auteer, lest thi filthe be shewyd.

 CAP. XXI.

Thes ben the domes, that thow shalt purpose to hem. If thow bye an Ebrew seruaunt, sixe ȝeer serue he to thee, in the seuenthe ȝeer he shal goo out fre, freliche; with what maner clothing he com yn, with siche he go out; and if he is hauynge a wijf, and the wijf goo out at ones. If forsothe the lord ȝyue to hym a wijf, and she ber sones and dowȝtris, the womman and the fre children of hir shulen be of his lord; he forsothe shal goo out with his clothing. ThatBot E pr. m. if the seruaunt seie, Y loue my lord, and wijf, and fre children, I shal not goon out fre; the lord offre hym to the goddis, and he shal be presentidapplyed E pr. m. to the dore, and postes; and he shal thrilthirllen E sec. m. his eer with an allenal AE pr. m., and he shal be to hym a seruaunt into the world. If eny sille his dowȝter into a seruaunt, she shal not goo out as hand|maydens weren wont to goon out; if she displese in the eyen of hir lord, to whom she was takun, he shal leeue hir; for|sothe to an alyen puple he shal not haue power of sillyng, if he leeue hir. If for|sothe he spouse hir to his sone, after thethilk E pr. m. maner of dowȝtresdouȝ|tren BDEFH. he shal do to hir; and if he tak another womman to hym, he shal purueypreuey D. to the mayden bridalis and clothes, and the pryse of thehere E pr. m. clennes he shal not denye. If thes thre thingis he do not, she shal goon out frelich with outen money. Who smytith a man, wil|nynge to slee, with deeth die he; who forsothe is not aweytid, but God hath takun hym into his hondes, Y shal or|deyne to thee a place whidyr hym awe to flee. If eny man of avysement sle his neiȝbour and by aspyes, fro myn auteer thow shalt pul hym, that he be slayn. Who smytith his fader, orand D. moder, with deethdeed E. dye he. Whowho so BDEFH. cursith histo his BDEFH. fader, or moder, be he deed. Who stelith a man, and sellith hym, conuycte of the trespas, with deeth dye he. If men chiden, and `that oonthe tone BDEFH. smyte his neiȝbour with stoon, or with fist, and he be not deed, but lye in the bed, if he aryse and goo out vpon his staf, he shal be ynnocent that smoot; so neuertheles that he re|store the bisy traueils of hym, and the expensis into leches. Who so smyteth his seruaunt, or handmayden, with a ȝerde, and thei dien in her hondes, he shal be gilti of deedly blame. If forsothe he lyue ouer ao E. day, or two, he shal not be vndurcast to that peyne, for the money of hym he is. If men chiden, and a man smyte a womman with child, and make forsothe the child deed born, but she lyueth, he shal be vndurcast to the harme, as myche as the housbond of the wom|man wole aske, and domes men shulen deme. If forsothe hir deethdeed BDFH. folwe, he shal ȝeld lijf for lijf, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hoond for hoond, foot for foot, brynnyng for brynnyng, wounde for wounde, blones for blones. If eny man smyte the eye of his seruaunt, or of hond|mayden, and make hem `pure blyndeone eyȝid E pr. m., he shal leeue hem free for the eye that he hath drawun out. A tooth forsothe if eny man smyte out to his seruaunt, or to his handmayden, liyk maner he shal leeue hem free. If an oxe with the horn smyte a man, or a womman, and thei weren deed, he shal be throwun doun to deeth with stones, and his flesh shal not be etun, and the lord shal be innocent of the oxe. And if an oxe be an hornputter fro ȝisterday and the thridde day hens, and thei han warned the lord of hym, befor witnes, and the lord hathhas E. not holdun hym yn, and he slee a man, or wommana womman B., the oxe shal be throw doun to theOm. BDEFH. deeth with stones, and the lord of it thei shulen slee; and if pryis be set to hym, he shal ȝyue for his lijf what euer be askid. The sone forsothe and the douȝter if ithe E pr. m. smyte with horn, to the lijk sentence he shal vnderligge. If seruaunt and hondmayden ithe E pr. m. aseyl, thretti owncessyclis E pr. m. of siluer he shal ȝyue to his lord; the oxe forsothe shal be throwun down with stoons. If eny man open a cystern, and delue, and not couerith it, and oxe or asse fal into it, the lord of the cistern shal ȝeeld the prijs of the beestis, and that that is deed shal be his. If an alyen oxe wounde an oxe of another mannus, and he were deed, the quyk oxe thei shulen selle, and thei shulen dyuyde the prijs; the careyn forsothe of the deed thei shulen depart bitwix hem. If for|sothe he wiste, that the oxe was an horn|putter fro ȝisterday and fro the thridde day hens, and his lord kepide hym not, he shal ȝeeld oxe for oxe, and the hool careyn he shal alOm. BDEFH. take.

 CAP. XXII.

If eny man hath stoln sheep, or oxe, and sleeth, or sellith, fyue oxen for oon oxe he shal restore, and foure sheep for o sheep. If a theef brekynge an hows, or were foundun vndurmynynge, and with a wounde takun were deed, the smyter shal not be gilti of the blood; and if the sunne sprongne he do that, he hath doon manslauȝter, and he shal die. And if he haue not to ȝelde for the thefte, he shal be soold; and if there be founde anentis hym lyuynge that that he hath stoln, either oxe, or asse, or sheep, the dowble he shal restore. If eny man harme feeld, or vynȝeerd, and leeue his beeste, that it waste other mennus thingis, what euer best thing he hath in his feeld, or vyn|ȝeerd, he shal restore for estymacioun of the harm. If fyer goon out fynde eeres, and cacche the rekes of corn, or the corn stondynge in feeldis, he shal ȝeeld the harm that tyndeth the fier. If eny man leene money to a freend, or vessel into kepyng, and fro hym that tok thei weren takun awey bi theft, if the theef be foundun, he shal ȝeeld the dowble. And if the theef is vnknowun, the lord of the hows shal be presentidapplyed E pr. m. to the goddis, and he shall sweer, that he strauȝte notout E pr. m. not not B. hoond into the thing of his neiȝbore, for to beOm. E pr. m. don gijl; as wel in oxe, and in asse, and sheep, and clothingiument, othur clothing A sec. m.; and what euer ofOm. E pr. m. harm he maye brynge yn, to the goddis the cause of either shal com, and if thei demen, he shal ȝeeld theOm. B. dowble to his neiȝbour. If eny leene to his neiȝbore oxe, asse, sheep, and al beeste to kepynge, and it were deed, or feblishid, or takun of enemyes, and no man se it, there shal be the lawe of ooth in the mydle, that he strauȝte not out the hoond to the thing of his neiȝbore; and the lord shal tak the ooth, and he shal not be constreyned to ȝeeld aȝen. That if thruȝther D. theft it were takun awey, he shal restore the harm to the lord; and if it be etun of a beeste, brynge he forthe to hym that that is slayn, and he shal not restore. Who of his neiȝbore eny thing of thes askith to borwe, and it were enfeblishedenfeblisch BD., or deed, the lord not present, he shal be compellid to ȝeeld; and if the lord were present, he shal not restore, moost if the hirid was sooldit come E pr. m., for mede of his werk. And if eny man bere down a mayden not ȝit spowsid, and he sleep with hir, he shal dowe hir, and he shal haue hir to wijf. And if the fader of the mayden wole not ȝyuehyre E pr. m., he shal ȝeeld the money, after the maner of dowyng, that maydens weren wont to tak. Clepers of deuels thow shalt not suffre to lyue. What man so gothegendrith E pr. m. togidere with a beeste, with deeth die he. Who offreth to goddis, but to the Lord oonly, be he slayne. A com|lyng thow shalt not mak sory, ne tur|ment hym; forsothe comlyngis and ȝoure seluen weren in the loond of Egipte. To the wydowe and the faderles child thow shalt not anoye. If thow harmest hem, thei shulen crye to me, and Y shal here the crye of hem, and my woodnes shal dedeyn, and Y shal smyte ȝow with swerd, and ȝoure wyues shulen be wy|dewes, and ȝoure sones faderles. And if thow leenyst money to my pore faderles child, that dwellithdwellis E. with thee, thow shalt not constreyn hym, as a fraward asker, ne thow shalt not oppresse him with vsurys. If thow takist of thi neiȝbore a clooth wed, before the goynge down of the sunne thow shalt ȝeeld it to hym; that is forsothe al oonli thurȝ which is couerid the clothing of his flesh, ne he hath noon other, in the which he sleepslepeth D. may slepe E pr. m.; if he crye to me, Y shal here hym; for Y am mercyable. To the goddis thow shalt not bacbite, and to the prince of thi puple thow shaltschall E et sic sæpius. not curse. Thy dymes and fyrst fruytis thow shalt not tarye to offre. The first gotun of thi sones thow shalt ȝyue to me; of oxenthin oxen E pr. m. forsothe, and sheep thow shalt doon lijk maner; seuen dayes be he with his moder, and the eiȝtitheyȝten BF. eyȝt E. day thow shalt ȝeeld hym to me. Ȝe shulen be holy men to me; the flesh that were before tastid of beestis ȝe shulen not eete, but ȝe shu|len caste it to doggis.

 CAP. XXIII.

Thow shalt not tak the voys of lees|ynge, ne ligge to thin hoond, that for the vnpyteuows thow seye fals witnes. Thow shalt not folwe the puple to doon yuel, ne in dome of many thow shalt assente to the sentence, that thow goo out of the weye offro the BDEF. trewthe. Of the pore forsothe thou shalt not haue merci in causethe dome E pr. m. of strijf. If thou aȝen come to the ox of thin enemy, or to the errynge asse, lede aȝen to hym. If thow se an asse of hym that hatith thee lye vnder the charge, thow shalt not ouerpasse, but thow shalt vnderheue with hym. Thow shalt not bowe awey in the dome of the pore. Lesyng thow shalt flee. The innocent and the ryȝtwis thow shalt not slee, for Y am aduersarye aȝens the unpiteuows. Ne tak thou ȝiftes, that also blynden wise men, and turnen vpsedoun the wordis of riȝtwys men. To the pilgrime thow shalt not be greuous; ȝe knowen forsothe the lyues of comlyngis, for and ȝe ȝoure silf weren pylgrimys in the loond of Egipte. Sixe ȝeer thow shalt sowe thi loond, and thow shalt gedere togidere the fruytis of it; the seuenthe forsothe ȝeer thow shalt leeue it, and thow shalt mak reste, that pore men of thi puple eeten, and what euer `shal bewern E pr. m. relif, eete the beestis of the feeld; so thow shalt doon in thi vyne ȝeerd, and in thin oliue ȝeerd. Sixe dayes thow shalt worche, the seuenthe day thow shalt ceese, that the oxe reste, and thin asse, and the sone of thin handmayden be refreshid, and the comlyng. Alle thingis that Y haue seyd to ȝow, kepith; and bi the name of straunge goddis thow shalt not sweer, ne shal not be herd of ȝoure mouth. Thre sithes thurȝ eche ȝeer feeste dayes thow shalt halowe to me. The so|lempnesolempnite E. of therf looues thow shalt kepe; seuen dayes thow shalt eete therf looues, as Y haue comaundid to thee, in the tyme of the moneth of new fruytis, whanne thow ȝedist out of Egipte; thow shalt not apere in my siȝt voyde; andOm. A. the solempnete of the moneth of the cheef fruytes of thi werk, what euer thingis thow shalt sowe in thi feelde; and the solempnete in the goyng out of the ȝeer, when thow hast gedered togidere alle thithe D. fruytis fro the feeld. Thries aȝeer shal apere al thi maal childchildren D. before the Lord thi God. Thow shalt not offer vpon `sour dowȝwhete E pr. m. the blood of thi sacri|fice; ne there shal not leeue the talowȝtalwȝs BDFH. fatte E pr. m. of my solempnete vnto the morwen. The cheef fruytis of the tilthe of thin erthe thow shalt bere intoin D. the hows of the Lord thi God. Thow shalt not seethe a kydde in the mylk of his moder. Loo! Y shal seende myn aungel, that he goo before thee, and kepe in the weye, and lede into the place that Y haue greithid. Wayt hym, and here his voys, ne wene thow hym to be dispisid, for he shal not for|ȝyue, whanne thou synnest, and my name is in hym. Thatand E pr. m. if thow here hys vois, and dost alle thingis that Y speke, Y shal be enemy to thin enemyes, and Y shal turmente hem that turmenten thee; and myn aungel shal goo before thee, and he shal lede thee into Amorre, and Ethe, and Phereze, Chanane, and Eue, and Je|buze, whom Y shal totreede. Thou shalt not anowre the goddis of hem, ne thou shalt not herye hem; thow shalt not do the werkis of hem, but destrye hem, and al to breek the ymagis of hem. And ȝe shulen serue to the Lord ȝoure God, that Y blesseschulen blesse E pr. m. to thi looues, and watris, and Y shal take awey wickidnes fro the myddil of thee; neOm. E. thi loond shal be vnfructuousschall not be vnf. E., ne bareyn; the noumbre of thi dayes Y shal fulfille. My feerde Y shal seende into thi before comyng, and Y shal slee al the puple, to whom thow shalt goon ynaȝeynst E pr. m., and of alle thin enemyes before thee Y shal turne the backis; sendynge out before stynggynge flies, that ben sprungun of deed bodies, hauynge the stonges enue|nymd, the which shulen make flee Eue, and Chanane, and Ethe, er thow goon yn. Y shal not throwe hem out fro thi face o ȝeer, lest the loond be turned into wildernes, and beestis growen aȝens thee; litil meele Y shal putte hem out fro thi siȝt, to the tyme thow be encreesid, and weelde the loonderth E pr. m.. Forsothe Y shal sette thi termes fro the reed see vnto the see of Palestynes, and fro the desert vnto the flood. Y shal take to ȝoure hoondes the dwellers of the loond, and Y shal throwe hem out fro ȝoure siȝt; thow shalt not goon with hem into couenaunt of pees, ne with the goddis of hem. Dwelle thei not in thi loond, lest perauentur thei maken thee synne aȝens me, ifthat if A pr. m. thow seruest to the goddis of hem, that certis shal be to thee into sclaundre.

 CAP. XXIV.

To Moyses forsothe he seide, Stye vp to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abyu, and the seuenti aldren of Yrael; and ȝe shulen anowrn aferoffere D., and oonly Moyses steystiede ABDFH. vp to the Lord, and thei shulen not neiz to hym, ne the pu|ple shal stye vp with him. Thanne Moyses came, and tolde to the puple alle the wordis of the Lord, and the domes; and al the puple answerde with o voys, Alle the wordis of the Lord that he hath spokun, we shulen do. Moyses forsothe wrote alle the wordes of the Lord; and eerli rysynge, he bildide an auteer to the Lord at the rotis of the hil, and twelue titlis by twelue lynagis of Yrael. And he sente the ȝong men of the sones of Yrael, and thei offreden alle brent sacri|fices, and thei offreden pesible sacrifice to the Lord, twelue calues. And so Moyses took the half parti of the blood, and putte it into chaliceswyne chalices E pr. m.; and `that otherthe tother BDEFH. party he shedde vpon the auteer. And takynge to the book of the couenauntthe tother BDEFH. of pees, raddeand he rad it E pr. m., herynge theall the E pr. m. puple, the whiche seiden, Alle thingis that the Lord hath spokun we shulen do, and we shulen be obeysaunt. He forsothe the blood takun sprengidespreynde BDEFH. into the puple, and seith, This is the blood of the boond of pees, that the Lord couenauntidecomenauntid D passim. with ȝow vpon alle thes wordes. And Moyses, and Aa|ron, Nadab, and Abyu, and the seuenty of theOm. E. aldren of Yrael, stieden vp, and seen the God of Yrael, vndur the feet of him, as a werk of a saphire stoon, asand as E. heuene whanne ithe E pr. m. is bryȝt. Also vpon hem that ȝeden fer awey fro the sones of Yrael he sente his hoond; and thei seencomenaunt D passim. God, and eten and drunken. The Lord forsothe seide to Moyses, Stye vp to me into the hil, and be there, and Y shal ȝyue to thee stonun tablis, and the lawe, and mawndementismawdementis A. that Y haue wrytun, that thow teche hem. And Moyses and Josue his seruaunt rysen, and Moyses stiynge vp into the hil of God, seith to the aldren, Abide ȝe here to the tyme that weI E pr. m. turnen aȝen to ȝow; ȝe han Aa|ron and Hur with ȝow, if eny thing of questioun were sprongun, ȝe shulen telle it to hem. And whanne Moyses hadde styed vp, a clowd couerde the hil, and the glorye of the Lord dwellide vpon Sy|nay, couerynge it with a clowd six dayes; the seuenthe forsothe day the Lord cle|pideclepe E. hym fro the mydil of the derknes; and the liknes of the glorie of the Lord was as brennynge fyer vpon the cop of the hil in the siȝt of the sones of Yrael. And Moyses goon into the myddil of the clowd, styede vp into the hil, and was there fourti dayes and fourti nyȝtisnyȝt E..

 CAP. XXV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, sei|ynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, that thei taken to me the fyrst fruytis; of ech man that wilfuly offerith, ȝe shulen tak thilke thingis. And thes ben the thingis that ȝe shulen take, gold, and siluer, and brasse, and iasynkt, that is, `silk of violet blewof colour lyke ayre E pr. m., and purpur, that is, sangwynof colour lyke blode E pr. m. silk, and coctun twyes died, that is, silke `of flawme colourmene bytwix reed and ȝalow E pr. m., and biys, that is, theof whyte colour E pr. m. fynest lynenlyne BE sec. m. clooth of Egipte, and heeris of geyt, and skynnes of wetheres maad reed, and skynnes iacynktynesof iacynctynes B., and trees of Sychym, and oyle to make liȝtes, and swete smellynge thingis into oynementoynmentes D., and ensensis of good smel, onychen stoonus and gemmes to anowrn ephoth, that is, a preestis ouermest clothing, that we cleepen a coope, and the racionale, that is, the clooth in the brest of the coope, and in the brest of the preest. And thei shulen make to me a seyn|tuarye, and Y shal dwelle in the myddil of hem, after al the liknes of the taber|nacle that Y shal shewe to thee, and of alle the vessels into the heriynge of it. And thus ȝe shulen make it; ȝe shulen ioyne of the trees of Sychym an arke, whose lengthe haue two cubites and an half, the brede o cubijt and an half, the heiȝt o cubijt also and an half. And thow shalt gilte it with moost clene gold with ynne and with oute; and thou shal make aboue a goldun coroun bi enuy|roun, and foure goldun cerclis, the whiche thow shalte putte vp on the foure cor|ners of the arke; be there two cercles in `that othe to BDEFH. syde, and two in `that otherthe tother BDEFH.. And thow shalt make berynge staues of the trees of Sychym, and thow shalt couere hem with gold, and bryng yn thurȝ the cerclis that ben in the sides of the arke, that it be born in hem, the which euermore shal be in the cerclis, ne eny tyme shal be drawun out of hem. And thow shalt putte in toOm. B. the arke the wit|nessyng, that Y shal ȝyue to thee. And thow shalt make a propiciatorye, that is, a place of purchasyng mercy, of moost cleene gold; the lengthe of it shal holde two cubitis and an half, and the brede of it o cubijt and an half. And two goldun cherubynscherubyn BDEFH. and forgid with hamers, thow shalt make on either party of the preiyng place; that o cherubyn be in the o sydethe ton BDE pr. m. FH. of `Goddis answeryng placethe preying place E pr. m., and `that otherethe tother BDEFH. in `that otherethe tother BDEFH., that thei coueren either syde of the propiciatorye, strecch|ynge out the wenges, and couerynge `Goddis answeryng placethe preying place E pr. m.; and beholde thei hem seluen togidereto togidere A., the cheeres turned into the propiciatorie, with the whiche is to be couered the arke of the Lord, in the whiche thow shalt putte the witnessyng, that Y shal ȝyue to thee. Fro thens Y shal comaunde, and speke to thee vpon the propiciatorye, `that is, andand also E pr. m. fro the myddil of the two cheru|bynscherubyn BDEFH., that shulen be vpon the arke of witnessyng, alle thingis that I shal co|maunde bi thee to the sones of Yrael. And thow shalt make a meet bord of the trees of Sichym, hauynge two cubitis `of lengtheo length BDEFH., and in brede o cubiyt, and in heiȝt oa E. cubijt and an half. And thow shalt gilte it with moost purid gold, and thow shalt make to it by enuyroun a goldun mergyn; and to thilk mergyn eueramong grauena grauen E. coroun with foure fingur mele heiȝt, and vpon it another goldun coroun. And foure goldun cerclis thou shalt greithe, and thow shalt putte hem in the foure corners of the same bord, bi eche feet. Vnder the corounscorners A. shulen be goldun cerclis, that beryng staues mowen be put thurȝ hem, and the bord may be born. Thilke berynge staues thow shalt make of the trees of Sychym, and thow shalt enuyroun with gold, to `be bornbeer E pr. m. the bord. And thow shalt greithe eysel vesselis, and phiols, censures, and litil cuppis, in the whyche `sacrifices of lycours ben to be offredben sacrifyses of offryng E pr. m., of moost clene gold. And thow shalt putte vpon the bord looues of propicisioun, euermore in my siȝt. And thow shalt make a can|delstik `betun out with hamersȝeten E pr. m., of moost cleene gold, the staf of it, and theOm. D. ȝerdes, cuppesthe cuppes D., and litil balles, and lilyes goynge out of it. Six ȝerdes shulen goon out of the sides, thre of `that othe too BDEFH. side, and thre of `that otherthe tother BDEFH.. Thre cuppes as intothe E pr. m. maner of a note bi eche ȝerdes, and the litil balles togidere, and lylye, and the same wyse three cuppes at the lyknesse of a note in `that otherthe tother BDEFH. ȝerdesyde A., and balles, and lilyelylyes D.; and this shal be the werk of six ȝerdes, that ben to be brouȝt forth out of the candelstaf. In that forsothe candelstik shulen be foure cuppes in ma|ner of a note, and balles bi eche and lilies; and the balles vndur the two ȝerdes bi thre places, the whiche six to gidere ben maad, goynge forth from o candelstaf; and the balles thanne, and the ȝerdes of it shulen be, al `betun outforgid E pr. m. of moost puyr gold. And thow shalt make seuen lan|ternes, and thow shalt put hem vpon the candelstik, that thei liȝten eche aȝens other. Candelquenchers, and forsothe where the snoffes ben quenchid, be thei maad of moost puyr gold. And al the weiȝt of the candelstyk with alle his ves|sels shal haue a talent of moost clene gold. Bihold and do after the sawmplere, that to thee is shewid in the hil.

 CAP. XXVI.

The tabernacle forsothe thow shalt make thus; ten curteyns of biys aȝen|foldid, and iacynkt, and purpur, and coc|tyn twies died, dyuersid with nedleneelde BE. werk, thow shalt make. The lengthe of o cur|tyn shal haue eiȝt and twenti cubitis, the brede shal be of foure cubitis; of o me|sure shal be made alle the tentis. Fyue curtyns to hem seluen shulen be ioyned to gidere, and other fyue shulen ioyne togidere lijk manere ioynynge. Litil oyle|tisrengis E pr. m. iacyntyns in the sides, and in the ouermestouermostis BEH. of the curtyns, thow shalt make, that thei mowen be cowplid togidere. The curtyn shal haue fifti oiletisrengis E pr. m. in either parti, so set in, that o oyleterenge E pr. m. may come aȝen another, and `the otherthat o renge E pr. m. may be leide to `the otheranother E pr. m.. And thow shalt make fifty goldun cerclis, with the whiche the veyles of the curtyns ben to be ioyned, that o tabernacle be maad. And thow shalt make elleuen `heeren sargessaye couertours of heere E pr. m. to couer the roof of the tabernacle; the lengthe of the too sargesay E pr. m. shal haue thretti cubitis, and the brede foure; euen mesure shal be of alle the sargessays E pr. m.. Of the whiche fyue thou shalt ioyne asidebeneth E pr. m., and sixe to hem silf thou shalt couple togider, so that the sixt sargesaye E pr. m. thou double in the frount of the roof. And thou shalt make fifti oiletiseeris E pr. m. in the hemme of the too sargesaye E pr. m., that ithe BDEFH. mai be ioyned with the tother; and fifti oiletiseeris E pr. m. in the hemme toof E. the tother sargesaye E pr. m., that ithe BDEFH. mai be couplid with the tother; andOm. BDEFH. fifti knoppis of bras with whichethe whiche BDEFH. the oyletiseeris E pr. m. mowen be ioyned, that there be maad o couertour of alle. That forsothe that leeueth of in the sargessayis E pr. m., that ben greithid to the roof, that is, o sargesaye E pr. m. that is the larger, of the half of it, thow shalt couere the hynder|more parties of the tabernacle; and o cu|bijt shal hong on `that othe too BDE. parti, and an|other on `that otherthe tother BDEFH., that is more ouer in the lengthe of the sargessayes E pr. m., either side of the tabernacle wardynge. And thou shalt make another couertour to the roof, of the skynnes of wetheres maad reed, and vpon that eftsones another couertour of blew skynnes. And thow shalt make the tables stondynge of the tabernacle, of the trees of Sichym, the whiche echon han in lengthe ten cubitis, and in brede eche oon and an half. In the sides of the tabernacletable E. be there made two rabitis, with the whiche the to table be sett fast to the tother; and so in this manere alle the tablis shulenOm. E pr. m. beben thei E pr. m. greithid. Of the whiche twenti shulen be intoward E pr. m. the myd|day side, that drawith toward the sowthwest E pr. m.; to the whiche and fourti silueren stakis thow shalt ȝeetefytche in the grounde E pr. m., that two stakis ben vn|derput to ech table, bi twohere two E pr. m. corners. And in the secounde syde of the tabernacle, that drawith to the north, there shulen be twenti tablis, hauynge fourti silueren stakis; two stakis to eche table shulen be vnderput. Forsothe to the west coost of the tabernacle thow shalt make sixe ta|bles; and eftsones other two, the whiche in the corners bennow ben E pr. m. arerid, bihynde the bak of the tabernacle; and thei shulen be to hem seluen ioynd to gidere fro byneth vnto aboue, and o ioynyng shal holde hem alle. To the two forsothe tables that ben to be put in the corners lijk manere ioynyng shal be keptholde E pr. m., and there shulen be togidere eyȝt tablis; the sil|ueren stakis of hem sixtene, two stakys noumbridvnderputt E pr. m. by o table. And thow shalt make fyue beryng staues of the trees of Sichym, to `be holdunhold E pr. m. to gidere the tablis in the o side of the tabernacle, and fyue other in the tother, and of the same noumbre at the west coost; that shulen be putte bi the myddel tables fro the heiȝestheyxst BDEFH. vnto the heiȝestheyxst BDEFH.. And thilke tablis thou shalt gilden, and thou shalt ȝetenfesten E pr. m. in hem goldun rynges, bi the whiche the staues holden togidere the bordid sides, the whiche thow shalt couere with goldun plates. And thow shalt arere the taber|nacle, after the saumplere that is shewid to thee in the hil. And thow shalt make a veyle of iacynkt, and purpur, and coc|tun twies died, and bijs foldun aȝen with nedleneeld BE. werk, and with fayre dyuersite weuyd togidere; the whiche thow shalt honge before the foure pilers of the trees of Sichym, the whiche also shulen be gilt; and thei shulen han goldun heedes, but silueren feet. The veyle forsothe be it sett yn bi cercles, with ynne the whiche thou shalt put the arke of testymonye, and with the which the seyntuarye and the seyntuaryesayntuarise E. of the seyntuarie shulen be dyuydid. And thow shalt putte the pro|piciatorie vpon the arke of testymonyethe testimonye BDEFH pr. m., into the parti of the tabernacle that is clepid holi of halowes; and the bord with outen the veyle, and aȝen the bord the candelstik in the sowth side of the taber|nacle; the bord forsothe shal stonde in the parti of the north. And thow shalt make a tent in the goyng ynne of the tabernacle, of iacynkt, and purpur, and coctun twies died, and bijs foldun aȝen with nedleneelde BE. werk. And fyue pilers thow shalt gilte of treesthe trees BDEFH. of Sichym, before the whiche shal the tente be lad, of the whiche shulen be goldun heedes, and bra|sun feet.

 CAP. XXVII.

Thow shalt make an auteer of treesthe trees E. of Sichym, that shal haue fyue cubites in lengthe, and as feele in brede, that is to seye, squaarasquaar A pr. m. F. querry E pr. m., and thre cubites in heiȝt. Hornes forsothe bi the foure corners shu|len be of it; and thow shalt couere it with brasse. And thow shalt make into the vsis of yt cawdrones, to be takun the asken, and toonges, and hokes, and fyer vessels; alle the vessels thow shalt forge of brasse. And a brasun gredyrne in the manere of a nett, bi whos foure corners shulen be foure brasun rynges, the whiche thow shalt putte vnder the `fier panneflore E pr. m. of the auteer; and theso that the E pr. m. gredyrne shal be to the myddil of the auteer. And thow shalt make two beryng staues of the auteer, of the trees of Sichym, the which thow shalt couere with brasun plates; and thow shalt lede ynne thurȝ cercles, and thei shulen be on either side of the au|teer, to bernbren A.. Thow shalt make it not massy, but with inne voyde, and with ynne holowȝ, as it is shewid to thee in the hil. And thow shalt make the porche of the tabernacle, in whos sowth coost aȝen the sowth shulen be tentes of bijs aȝen foldid; the to side shal holde an hundred cubites in lengthe, and twenti pilers, with so feele brasun feet, the whiche shulen han silueren heedes with her grauyngis. Also in the side of the north, bi the lengthe, shal be tentis of an hundryd cubites, the pilers twenti, and brasun foot stakes of the same noumbre; and the heedes of hem with here grau|yngis silueren. In the brede forsothe of the porche, that biholdith to the west, there shulen be tentis bi fifti cubitis, and ten pilers, and as feele footstakis. In that forsothe brede of the porche, that biholdeth to the eest, shal ben fifty cu|bitis, in the whiche tentis of fiftene cu|bitis shulen be ordeyned to `that othe too BDEFH. side, and thre pilers, and so feele footstakesfootstaues A.; in the tother side shulen be tentis hold|ynge fiftene cubitis, and thre pilers, and as feele footstakis. In the entre forsothe of the porche there shal be maad a tente of twenti cubitis, of iacynkt, and purpur, and cocto twies died, and bijs foldid aȝen with nedleneelde BE. werk; and he shal haue foure pilers, with as feele footstakis. Alle the pilers of the porche bi enuyroun shulen be clothid with silueren platis, the heedes silueren, and the feet brasun. In lengthe the porche shal ocupie an hundred cu|bitis, in brede fifti; the heiȝt shal be of fyue cubitis; and it shal be maad of bijs foldun aȝen, and it shal haue brasun footstakis. Alle the vessels of the taber|nacle, into alle vsis and serymonyes, as wel the litil stakes of it as of the porche, thow shalt make of brasse. Comaunde to the sones of Yrael, that thei bryngen to thee oyle of olyue trees moost puyre, and powned with a pestel, that the lan|terne brenne euer more in the tabernacle of witnes with outen the veyle, that is aȝen|strauȝt to the testymonye; and Aaron and his sones shulen sette it, that it ȝyue liȝt vnto the morwen before the Lord; it shal be euerlastyngeeuerlastynge herying E. by the successiounsuccessyouns E. of hem of the sones of Yrael.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And presentdraw E pr. m. to thee Aaron, thi bro|ther, with his sones, fro the myddil of the sones of Yrael, that thei beren prestis office to me, Aaron, Nadab, and Abiut, Eliezer, and Ythamer. And thow shalt make to Aaron, thi brother, an holi clooth, into glorie and fayrnes. And thow shalt speke to alle the wise men in herte, that Y haue fulfillid with the spiryt of pru|dence, that thei make the clothis of Aa|ron, in the whiche he halowid mynystre to me. Thes forsothe shulen be the vest|mentis that thei shulen make; the breest broche, and coope, coote, and aOm. A pr. m. H. rochet, and aOm. E. streytOm E pr. m. myter, and a girdil thei shulen make; to Aaron, thi brother, and to the sones of hym, holi clothingis, that thei beren prestis office to me. And thei shulen take gold, and iacynkt, and pur|pur, and coctun twies died, and bijs; and thei shulen make the coope of gold, and iacynkt, and purpur, and coctun twies died, and bijs aȝen foldid, with nedleneeld BE. werk of dyuerse colours. Two hemmes ioyned he shal haue in eithir side of the heiȝtes, that thei goon into oon. That weuyng, and al the dyuersite of the werk shal be of gold, and of iacynkt, and of purpur, and of coctun twies died, and of bijs aȝen foldid. And thow shalt take two onychen stonus, and thow shalt graue in hem the names of the sones of Yrael, six names in `that othe too BDEFH. stoon, and six in `that otherthe tother BDEFH., after the ordre of her birthe; in the werk of the grauer, and in the grauyng of the gem|marye thow shalt graue hem, with the names of the sones of Yrael, enclosid with gold, and enuyround. And thow shalt put in either syde of the coope a memoryale to the sones of Yrael; and Aaron shal bere the names of hem before the Lord vpon either shuldre, for record|ynge. And thow shalt make theOm. B. hokys of gold, and two litil cheynes of moost puyre gold, to hem seluen togidere cleu|ynge to, the whiche thow shalt sett into the hokis. The breest broche forsothe of dom thou shalt make with werk of dyuerse colours, after the weuyng of the coope, of gold, iacynkt, and purpur, and coctun twies died, and bijs foldun aȝen. Foure cornerd it shal be, and dowble; the mesure of a spanne it shal haue, as wel in lengthe as in brede. And thow shalt put in it foure ordres of stonus; in the first verse shal be the sardo stoon, and topazi, and smaragdo; in the secounde, carboncle, saphijr, and iasp; in the thridde, ligyre, achates, and amatyst; in the ferthe, crisolide, onychen, and beril; thei shulen be enclosid with gold, bi her ordres, and thei shulen han the names of the sones of Yrael; with twelue names thei shulen be graued, eche stonus `bi the namewith namys E sec. m. of eche, bi the twelue lynagis. And thou shalt make in the breest broche cheynes to hem seluen togidere cleuynge, of moost puyre gold, and two goldun ryngis, the whiche thow shalt putte in either creeste of the broche. And thow shalt ioyne the goldun cheynes to the rynges that ben in the mergyns of it, and the eendis of thilke cheynes thow shalt cowple to the two hokes in either side of the coope, that the breest broche biholdith. And thow shalt make two golden rynges, the whiche thou shalt putte in the creestis of the breest broche, and in the hemmes, the whiche ben `forn aȝenfro the regyoun E pr. m. of the shuldre clooth, and by|holdenbiholdeth A. the hyndermore of it. Also and other two goldun rynges, the whiche ben to be sette in either side of the coope be|nethe, that biholdeth aȝens the face of the nethermore ioynyng, that it may be leyd to with the coope. And the breest broche with his rynges be streyned with the rynges of the coope, with a iacync|tyne filete, and the ioynyng dwel forgid, that the breest broche and the coope mowen not be seueryd atwynne. And Aaron shal bere the names of the sones of Yrael in the breest broche of dome vpon his breest, whanne he gothe into the seyntuarye, a memoryale before the Lord into with outen eende. And thow shalt `putt inputte A. puttyn BH. putten DF. the breest broche of dome, doctryne and trewthe, that shulen be in the breest of Aaron, whanne he shal go ynne before the Lord; and he shal bere theOm. D. dome of the sones of Yrael in his breest, in the siȝt of the Lord euermore. And thow shalt make the coote of the coope al iacynctyne, in whos myddil aboue shal be an hood, and a weuyd hemme bi enuyroun of it, as it is wont to be maad in the eendis of clothis, lest it liȝtly to-breke. Benethe forsothe at the feet of the same coote, bi enuyroun, thow shalt make as powm garnettis, of iacynkt, and purpur, and coctun twies died, and bijs aȝen foldid; in the myddil litel belles menged, so that the litel belle be gold, and a powm garnet; and eft|sones another litel goldun belle, and a powm garnet. And Aaron shal be clothid it in the office of the seruyce, that the sown be herd whanne he gothe yn and out the seyntuarye, in the siȝt of the Lord, and that he dye not. And thow shalt make a plate of moost puyre gold, in the which thow shalt graue with werk of a grauer, the hooly to the Lord. And thow shalt bynde it with a iacynctyne filete, and it shal be vponon E. the coyif `stondinge ouerapperyng E pr. m. toOm. A. the forheed of the bishop. And Aaron shal bere the wyckid|neswyckidnesses BDEFH. of thilke thingis that the sones of Yrael shulen offre, and halowe, in alle ȝiftis to men, and in her ȝiftes to God; and the plate shal be euermoreouermore D. in the frownt of hym, that the Lord be plesid to him. And thou shal streyne the coote with bijs, and the coif of bijs, and thou shalt make the girdil with werk of a broderere. Forsothe to the sones of Aa|ron thow shalt greithe lynnen cootes, and girdlisgirldlis A., and coyfes, into glorye and fayrnes. And thow shalt clothe with alle thes Aaron, thi brother, and his sones with hym; and of hem alle thow shalt sacre thehere E pr. m. hondes; and thow shalt halwe hem, that thei beren the office of prest|hode to me. And thow shalt make lyn|nen brecches, that thei coueren the flesh of her filthehed, fro the reynes vnto the hippes. And vse thei hem Aaron and his sones, whanne thei shulen goo into the ta|bernacle of witnes, or whanne thei neiȝen to the auteer, that thei mynystre in the seyntuarye, lest thei gylti of wickidnes dyen; lawful euerlastynge it shal be to Aaron, and to his seed after hym.

 CAP. XXIX.

But and this thou shalt doon, that thei be sacrid to me in presthode; tak a calf from the droue, and two whetheris with outen wemme, and therf looues, and a cake with outen sour dowȝ, the whiche ben thei spreynde with oyle, and therf cramcakes wett with oyle; and of puyr whete meele thow shalt make alle thingis, and put in a leepe thow shalt offre. The calf forsothe, and the two wetheris, and Aaron and his children, thou shalt brynge to the dore of the tabernacle of witnes; and whanne thow hast wasshe the fader with the sones with water, thow shalt clothe Aaron with his clothes, that is to seie, with rocket, and coote, and coope, and breest broche, that thow shalt streyne with a girdel. And thow shalt putte a coyif in to his heed, and the holi plate vpon the coyif, and the oyle of anoynt|ynge thow shalt heelde vpon his heed, and with this ryte he shal be sacrid. The sones forsothe of hym thow shalt pre|sentebryng forth E pr. m., and thow shalt clothe with lyn|nen clothes, and thow shalt girde with a girdle, that is, Aaron and his free chil|dren; and thow shalt putte vpon hem mytrys, and thei shulen be my preestis with euerlastynge religioun. And after thatOm. B. thow hast sacryde the hondes of hem, thow shalt brynge forth andOm. B. a calf before the tabernacle of witnes, and Aa|ron and his sones shulen putte yn hondes vpon the heed of it; and thow shalt slee it in the siȝt of the Lord, biside the dore of the tabernacle of witnes. And that that is takun of the blood of the calf, thow shalt putte vpon the hornes of the auter with thi fyngre; the relif blood forsothe thow shalt heelde beside the foot of it. And thow shalt take al the fatnes that couereth the entreyls, and the calle of the mawe, and the two kydneers, and the fatt that is vpon hem, and thow shalt offre encense vpon the auter. The flesh forsothe of the calf, and the skynne, and the dryt, thow shalt outforth brenne out of the tentis, forthi that it is for synne. And thow shalt take o wether, vpon whos heed Aaron and his sones shal ligge the hondes; the which whanne thou hast slawe, thow shalt take of the blood of it, and thow shalt heelde aboute the auter. And thow shalt kutte that wether in gobettis, and the entrayls of it washid, and the feete, thow shalt putte vpon the cut flesh, and vpon his heed; and thow shalt offre al the wether into ensencethe ensence A. vpon the auter; offrynge it is to the Lord, the moost swete smel of the slawn sacrifice of the Lord. And thow shalt take another wether, vpon whos heed Aaron and his sones shulen putte hondes, the which whanne thow hast offrede, thow shalt take of the blood of it, and thow shalt putte vpon the eende of the ryȝt eer of Aaron, and of his sones, and vpon the thoumbis of the hoond of hem, and of the riȝt foot; and thow shalt heelde the blood vpon the auter, bi enuy|roun. And whanne thow hast takun of the blood, that is vpon the auter, and of the oyle of anoyntyng, thow shalt sprenge Aaron and his clothes, the sones and the clothingis of hem. And so hem sacryd, and the clothes, thow shalt take the talwȝfatt E pr. m. of the wether, and the tayle, and the vttermore fatnes that couereth the entrayls, and the fatt calle of the mawe, and the two reynes, and the fat that is vpon hem, and the riȝt shuldre, forthi that it is the wether of consecracioun; and a cake of a loof, a crustid cake spreynde with oyle, a crompid cake, of the leepe of therf looues, that is sett in the siȝt of the Lord. And thow shalt putte al vpon the hondes of Aaron, and of the sones of hym, and thow shalt ha|lowe hem, areryng vp before the Lord. And thow shalt take alle the thingis fro the hondes of hem, and thow shalt teende vpon the auter, into alle brent sacrifice, the moost swete smel in the siȝt of the Lord, for it is the offryng of hym. And thow shalt take the litel breest of the wethir, with the which Aaron is sacrid, and thow shalt halowe it, arerid vp be|fore the Lord, and it shal falle into thi part. And thou shalt halwe the sacrid litel breest, and the shuldre that thow seuerdist fro the wether, with which Aa|ron was halowed, and his children; and thei shulen falle into the part of Aaron, and the sones of hym, thurȝ euerlastynge riȝt, fro the sones of Yrael; for thei ben the first fruytis, and the bigynnynges of the peesible sleyne sacryfice of hem that ben offred to the Lord. And the hooli cloth that Aaron shal vse, the sones of hym shulen haue after hym, that thei ben anoyntid in it and sacrid the hondes of hem. Seuen daies he shal vse it, that `shal beis E pr. m. of his sones ordeynd bishop for hym, and that shal goo into the taber|nacle of witnes, that he mynystre in the seyntuarye. And thow shalt take the wether of halowyng, and thow shalt seethe the flesh of it in the holy place, of the which Aaron shal eete, and the sones of hym; and the looues that ben in the leepe thei shulen eete in the ves|tiarye of the tabernacle of witnes, that it be a pesiblepleysyble BDEFH. sacrifice, and that the hondes of the offrers ben halowid. A man of other kynne than the sones of Aaron, shal not eete of thilke thingis, for thei ben holy. That if there leeue of the sa|crid flesh, or of the looues, vnto the mor|wetide, thow shalt brenne the relif with fier; thei shulen not ben etun, for thei ben halowid. Alle thingis that Y co|maundidecomaunde E pr. m. to thee, thow shalt do vpon Aaron, and vpon the sones of hym. Seuen daies thow shalt sacre the hondes of hem, and thow shalt offre a calf for synne bi eche dayes to perfitely clense; and thou shalt clense the auter, whanne thow of|frest the sacrifies of parfite clensyng, and thow shalt anoynte it into the halwyng. Seuen daies thow shalt clense the auter, and halowe, and it shal be holythe holy BDEH. of ha|lowis; echeall E pr. m. that towchith it shal be ha|lowid. This is that thow shalt do in the auter; two loombes of o ȝere bi eche day bisili, o loombe at morwetide, and another at euen tide; the tenthe part of the tried flowr spreynd with oyle, powned, that haue a mesure, the fourthe part of hyn, that is a sextarye, that is a mesure of two pownd, and wyn to offre of the same mesure, in o lombe. Another forsothe lombe thou shalt offre at euen, after the riyt of the morwetide offryng, and after `tho thingisthat E pr. m. that `we hanI haue E pr. m. seid, into the smel of swetnes; a sacrifice to the Lord it is with euerlastynge offryng into ȝoure generaciouns, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnes before the Lord, where Y shal ordeyne that I speke to thee; and there YOm. D. shal comaunde to the sones of Yrael, and the auter shal be halowid in my glo|rye. And I shal halowe the tabernacle of witnes with the auter, and Aaron with the sones of hym, that thei beren the office of preesthod to me. And Y shal dwelle in the myddil of the sones of Yrael, and Y shal be to hem a God; and thei shulen knowe, for Y am the Lord GodOm. A. of hem, that hath ladde hem out of the loond of Egipte, that Y myȝt dwelle among hem; Y the Lord God of hem.

 CAP. XXX.

And thou shalt make an auter, for to brenne `the maadOm. E pr. m. ensence of the trees of Sichym, hauynge o cubijt of lengthe, and another of brede, that is foure cornerd, and two cubites in heiȝt; hornes shulen goo out of it. And thow shalt clothe it with moost puyr gold, as wel the litel fier panne of it, as the walles bi enuy|roun, and the hornes; and thow shalt make to it a coroun of gold bi enuy|roun, and two rynges of gold vnder the hornes bi eche sides, that the berynge staues mowen be putte into hem, and the auter born. And thilke berynge staues thow shalt make of the trees of Sichym, and gildengilden hem E pr. m.; and thow shalt sette the au|ter aȝens the veyle, that hongith before the arke of testymonye before the propi|ciatorye, with the which is couerd the witnessynge, where Y shal speke to thee. And Aaron shal brenne the ensence swete smellynge vpon it erly; whanne he shal araye the lanternes, heOm. ABDFH. shal teendeneende AB pr. m. FH. it; and whanne he settithschall sett E pr. m. hem at euen, he shal brenne the euerlastynge maadOm. E pr. m. en|sense before the Lord, into ȝoure genera|ciouns. Ȝe shulen not offer vpon it en|sence of other makynge, ne offrynge, ne sacrifice, ne offrynge loues ȝe shulen taste. And Aaron shal preye vpon the hornes of it ones bi the ȝeer, in blood that is offerd for synne, and he shal plese vpon it in ȝoure generaciouns; the holy of ha|lowen it shal be to the Lord. And the Lord spake to Moyses, seiynge, Whanne thow takist a sowme of the sones of Yrael, eche shal ȝyue prijs after the noumbre for her soules to the Lord, and there shal be no veniaunce in hem, whanne thei shulenOm. E pr. m. be nowmbred. And echeall E pr. m. shal ȝyue this that passith to a name, half `an nouncea sycle E pr. m. a nounce DFH. after the mesure of the temple; a sicle, `that is, a nounceOm E pr. m., hath twenti half scripilles; the half perty of a sicle shal be offerd to the Lord. He that is had in the noumbre, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, shal ȝyue the prijs; the riche shal not adde to an half sicle, and the pore no thing shal lesse. And the money takun, that is gederid of the sones of Yrael, thow shalt take in to the vses of the ta|bernacle of witnessynge, that there be the mynde of hem before the Lord, and he haue mercy to the soules of hem. And the Lord spake to Moyses, seyynge, And thow shalt make a brasun lauatory with his foot to washe with, and thow shalt putte it betwix the tabernacle of witnes and the auter; and the water put yn, Aaron and his sones shulen washe in it her hondes and feete, whanne thei ben to goynge ynto the tabernacle of witness|yng, and whanne thei ben neiȝynge to the auter that thei offren in it maadOm. E pr. m. en|sence to the Lord, lest perauenture thei dyen; lawful euerlastynge itOm. E. shal be to hym and to the seed of hym bi succes|syouns. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Tak to thee swete smellynge thingis, of the first myrre and chosen, fyue hundryd siclis; and the halfmydill E pr.m. of the canel, that is, two hundrid and fifti si|clis; and of chaalamy also two hundryd and fifti, and of chasee fyue hundryd sicles, in the weiȝt of the seyntuarye; oyle of the olyues, the mesure of hyn, `that is, of two powndOm. E pr.m.; and thow shalt make the holy oyle of anoyntyngthe anoyntyng E pr.m., an oynement maad with the werk of un|gwentarye. And thow shalt anoynt of it the tabernacle of witnessynge, and the arke of testament, and the bord with his vessels, and the candelstik, and the neces|saryeshustilmentis E pr.m. of it, the auter of ensence, and of al brent sacrifice, and al the necessaryeanour|ment E pr.m. that perteyneth to the heriying to hem. And alle thow shalt halowe, and thei shulen be the holi thingis of halowes; he that towchith hem, shal be halowid. Thow shalt anoynt Aaron, and the sones of hym, and thow shalt halwe hem, that thei beren the office of preesthod to me. And to the sones of Yrael thow shalt seie, This oyle of anoyntyng holy it shal be to me into ȝoure generaciouns. The flesh of man shal not be anoyntyde of it, and biside the composicioun of it ȝe shu|len not make another, for it is halowid, and hooli shal be to ȝow. What euer man make sich on, and ȝyue of it to an alyen, he shalle be putte out of his puple. The Lord forsothe seyde to Moyses, Tak to thee swete smellynge thinges, stacten, and onycha, galbantum of good smel, and ensence moost liȝtyngeliȝtnyng BDEFH., and alle thei shu|len ben of euen weiȝte. And thow shalt make the maad ensence with werk of oynement makynge, meyngid bisily, and puyr, and moost worthi with halowyng. And whanne thow hast pownede alle to|gidere into moost smal powdre, thow shalt putte of it before the tabernacle of wytnessynge, in the which place Y shal apere to thee; hooly of halowes shal be to ȝow the maadOm. E pr. m. ensence. Siche a mak|ynge ȝe shulen not make into ȝoure owne vses, for hooli it is to the Lord. Eche man that doth lyik thingthinges D., that he ful vse the smel of it, he shal peryshe fro his puplis.

 CAP. XXXI.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Loo! I haue clepid Beseleel bi name, the sone of Hury, sone of Hur, of the lynage of Juda; and Y haue fulfillid hym with the spiryt of God, with wisdom, and vn|derstondyng, and kunnyng in al werk, to caste what euer thing may be forgid of gold, and of siluer, and of brasse, marble, and gemmes, and dyuerste of trees. And Y haue ȝeuen to hym a felaw, Ooliab, the sone of Achisamech, of the lynage of Dan; and in the herte of echealle the E pr.m. tawȝt I haue putte wisdomes, that thei makendone E pr.m. alle thingis that I haue comaundide to thee; the tabernacle of the boond of pees, and the arke of witnessyng, and the propi|ciatorye that is vpon it, and alle the ves|sels of the tabernacle; and the meet bord, and the vessels of it, the moost puyr can|delstik with his vessels, and the auteers of the maadOm. E. pr.m. ensence, and of the albrent sacrifice, and alle the vessels of hem; the lauatorie with his foot; the holi clothes in the seruyis to Aaron the preest, and to the sones of hym, that thei vsen hyr office in sacrid thingis; the oyle of anoynting, and the maadOm. E. pr.m. ensence of swete smellynge thingis in the seyntua|rye; alle thingis that I haue comaundide to thee, thei shulen make. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, Looketh that ȝe kepen myn holy day, for it is a tokne bitwix me and ȝow in ȝoure generaciouns; that ȝe witen for Y a Lord, that halowith ȝow. Kepith myn holi day, holi forsothe it is to ȝow; who so poluteth it, with deth dye he; who so doth in it werk, shal perishe the lijf of hym fro the myddil of his puple. Six dayes ȝe shulen do werk; in the se|uenthe day is holy day, the holi reste to the Lord; eche that doth werk in that day shal dye. The sones of Yrael kepe thei the holy day, and halowe thei it in her generaciouns; a couenaunt it is euer durynge bitwix me and the sones of Yrael, and a perpetuel tokyn; six for|sothe dayes God made heuene and erthe, and in the seuenthe day fro the werk he ceside. And the Lord ȝaf to Moyses ful|fillid thes maner wordes, in the mownt of Synay, two stonen tablis of witness|yng, writun with the fyngre of God.

 CAP. XXXII.

The puple forsothe, seynge that Moyses made abidyng of comyng doun fro the hil, gederid to gidere aȝens Aaron, seith, Arise, mak to vs goddis, that goon beforn vs; to this man Moyses, that hathhas E. ladde vs out froof BDEFH. the loond of Egipte, we knowen not what is fallyn. And Aaron seide to hem, Tak ȝe the goldun eer rynges fro the eerys of wyues, and of sones, and of ȝoure dowȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., and bryngithbryng B. to me. The puple dide that he comaundide, bryngynge the eer rynges to Aaron; the whiche whanne he hadde takun, he four|myde with ȝetun werk, and made of hem a ȝotun calf. And thei seiden, Thes ben thi goddis, Yrael, that ladde thee out of the loond of Egipte. The whiche thing whanne Aaron hadde seeyn, he made vp anOm. A. auter before it, and in voys of a bedel he cryede, seiynge, To morwe is the so|lempnyte of the Lord. And thei arysunarysyng E. erly offreden sacrifices al brent and peesi|ble sacrificessacrifice A.; and the puple sat to ete and to drynke, and arysen to pleyen. The Lord forsothe spak to Moyses, sei|ynge, Go, descende, thi puple hath synned, whom thow hast ladde out of the loond of Egipte. Soone thei han goon back|ward fro the weie that thow shewedist to hem, and thei han made to hem a ȝo|tun calf, and anourden, and offrynge to it sacrifices seiden, Thes ben thi goddis, Israel, that han ladde thee out of the loond of Egipte. And eftsones the Lord seithseide D. to Moyses, Y se wel that this pu|ple is of hard nol; late me that my woodnes wreth aȝen hem, and that I do hem awey; and thee I shal make into a greet folk of kynde. Moyses forsothe preyede the Lord his God, seiynge, Whi, Lord, wraththith thi woodnes aȝen thi puplepuple alone A., whom thow hast ladde out of the loond of Egipte in greet strengthe, and in a stroong hoond? Lest, Y biseche, the Egipciens seyn, fellich he hath ladde hem out, that he myȝte slee in the hilles, and doon a wey fro the erthe, reste thi wraththe, and be peesyblepleysable BDEFH. vpon the wickidnes of thi puple. Record of Abra|ham, Ysaac, andand Jacob A. of Yrael, thi seruauntis, to whom thow hast sworn bi thi seluen, seiynge, Y shal multiplie ȝoure seed as the sterressternes BE. of heuene, and al this loond of the which Y haue spokun, Y shal ȝyue to ȝoure seed, and ȝe shulen welde it euermore. And the Lord was plesid that he dide not the harme, that he spake aȝens his puple. And Moyses is turned aȝen fro the hil, berynge in hoond two tablis of testymonye wrytun on eithir side, and maad with the werk of God; the wrytyng forsothe of God was grauen in the tables. Josue forsoth herynge the noyse of the puple criynge out, seide to Moyses, Ȝellynge of fiȝtynge is herd in the tentis. To whom he answerde, It is not a crye of men biddynge to fiȝtyng, ne an out crye of men compellynge to flee, but a voys of men syngynge Y here. And whanne he was nyȝ to the tentis, he sawȝ the calf, and companyes of men al abowt; and ful wrooth he threwe the tablis out of the hoond, and he brake hem at the rotes of the hil. AndOm. D. cacchynge the calf that thei hadden made, he brente, and gronde it al to dost, the which he sprengide `in toin the A. water, and ȝaf of it drynke to the sones of Yrael. And Moyses seide to Aaron, What dide this puple to thee, that thow woldestwolde E pr. m. brynge vpon hem the moost synne? To whom he answerde, Ne endeyn, my lord, thou forsothe knewe this puple, that it is redy to yuel; thei seiden to me, Make to vs goddis, that goon beforn vs, to this Moyses forsothe, that ladde vs out of the loond of Egipte, we knowen not what is be|faln. To whom Y seide, Which of ȝow hath gold? Thei token, and ȝauen to me, and Y threwe it into the fier, and there ȝede out this calf. Seynge thanne Moyses the puple, that it was nakid; Aaron for|sothe hadde spoylde it for the senship of the filthe, and among the enemyes he hadde sette it nakid; and stondynge in the ȝatis of the tentis, seith, If eny man be of the Lord, be he ioyned to me; and there ben gedered to hym alle the sones of Leuy. To whom he seith, Thes thinges seith the Lord God of Yrael, Put a man a swerd vpon his hippe, goth, and turneth aȝen fro ȝate vnto ȝate by the myddel of the tentis, and slee echon brother, and frende, and his neiȝbore. The sones of Leuy diden after the word of Moyses, and there fellen in that day as thre and twenti thowsynd of men. And Moyses seith, Ȝe han sacrid ȝoure hoondes to day to the Lord, echon in sone, and in his brother, that there be ȝeue to ȝow bliss|yng. And another dai begun Moyses spake to the puple, Ȝe han synned the moost synne; Y shal stye vp to the Lord, if eny manere Y may preye hym for ȝoure gilt. And he goon aȝen to the Lord, seith, Lord, Y biseche, this puple hath synned a greet synne, and thei han made to hem goldun goddis; outher forȝif hem this gilt, or if thow dost not, do me out of thi book, that thou hast wrytun. To whom the Lord answerde, Who so syn|neth to me, Y shal do hym out of my book; thow forsothe goo, and lede this puple whider Y spake to thee; myn aun|gel shall goo before thee, and Y in the day of veniaunce shal visite this synne of hem. Than the Lord smoot the puple for the gilt of the calf, that Aaron made.

 CAP. XXXIII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Go, and stye vp fro thisthe A. place, thow, and thi puple, that thow hast ladde out of the loond of Egipte, in to the loond that Y swore to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, seiynge, To thi seed Y shal ȝyue it. And Y shal sende an aungel, thi before renner, that Y throwe out Chanane, and Amorre, and Ethe, and Phereze, and Eue, and Je|buze, and thow go intoto B. the loond flow|ynge mylk and hony; forsothe Y shal not stie vp with thee, for a puple `it isthou ert E pr. m. of hard nol, lest perauenture Y skater thee in the weie. The puple herynge this werst word weilide, and noon after the wonne was clothid his ournyng. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Spek to the sones of Yrael, A puple of hard nol thow art; ones Y shal stye vp in the myddil of thee, and Y shal do thee awey; now riȝt put down thin ournementanournment E., that I knowe, what Y shal do to thee. Thanne the sones of Yrael diden doun her ourne|mentanornement BDEFH. fro the hil of Oreb. And Moyses takynge a tabernacle strauȝte it afer out of the tentis, and he clepyde the name of it the tabernacle of the boond of pees. And al the puple that hadde eny ques|tioun, ȝede out to the tabernacle of theOm. E. boond of pees, out of the tentis. And whanne Moyses ȝede out to the taber|nacle, alle the puple aroos, and echon stode in the dore of his tente, and thei biheelden the bak of Moyses, to the tyme he ȝede into the tente. He forsothe goon into the tabernacle of the boond of pees, discendide a piler of a clowde, and stode at the dore; and `the Lordwhen he E pr. m. spak withto A. Moyses, alle men beholdynge that the piler of the clowde stode at the dore of the tabernacle; and thei stoden, and low|tiden thurȝ the ȝates of her tabernaclis. The Lord forsothe spak to Moyses face to face, as a man is wonte to speke towith E pr. m. his freende; and whanne he turnede aȝen into the tentis, the seruaunt of hym, child Josue, the sone of Num, ȝede not fro the tabernacle. And Moyses seide to the Lord, Thow comaundis, thatand that A. I lede out this puple, and thow shewist not to me, whom thow art to sendynge with me, namelich sith thow seist, Y knewe thee bi name, and thow hast founde grace be|fore me. If thanne Y haue founde grace in thi siȝt, shew to me thi face, that I knowe thee, and fynde grace before thin eyen; behold thi puple, and this folk. And God seide, My face shal goo before thee, and reste Y shal ȝyue to thee. And Moyses seith, If thow thi silf gost not before, ne lede thow vs fro this place; in what forsothe mowen we knowe, I and this puple, that we han founde grace in thi siȝt, but if that thow go with vs, that we ben glorrifyed of alle puples that dwellen vpon the erthe? The Lord for|sothe seith to Moyses, And this word that thow hast spokun, Y shal do; thow hast forsothe founde grace before me, and thi silf Y haue knowe bi name. The which seith, Shew to me thi glorie. He an|swerde, Y shal shewe al good to thee, and Y shal be clepid in the name of the Lord before thee, and Y shal haue mercy to whom Y wole, and goodliche Y shal be to whom it likith to me. And eft he seith, Thow shalt not mowe se my face, forsothe there shal not moweOm. E. se me a man, and lyue. And eft, Loo! he seith, there is a place anentis me, and thow shalt stonde vpon a stoon; and whanne my glorie shal passe, Y shal putte thee in the hool of the stoon, and I shal de|fende with my riȝt hoond, to the tyme that Y passe; and I shal take myn hoond, and thow shalt se myn hyndermore, my face forsothe thow shalt not mowe se.

 CAP. XXXIV.

And therafter, Cut, he seith, to thee two stonun tables at the liknes of the former, and Y shal write vpon hem the wordes that hadden the tablis, that thow brak. Be redi eerli, that thow stie vp anone into the hil of Synay; and thow shalt stonde with me vpon the cop of the hil; no man stie vp with thee, ne be seen eny man thurȝ out al the hil; oxen for|sothe and sheep, be thei not fedde there aȝens. Thanne he hewide out two stonun tables, what manere thei weren before, and fro nyȝt arysynge he stiedestey D. vp into the hil of Synay, as the Lord comaundide to him, berynge with hym the tables. And whanne the Lord had stiede vp bi the clowde, Moyses stood with hym, in|wardli clepynge the name of the Lord, whom passynge before hym, seith, Lord|shiperlordys E pr. m., Lord God, mercyable, and good|liche, andOm. BDEFH. pacient, and of myche mercy, and verrey, that kepist couenaunt and mercy into thowsandes, that dost awei wickidneswyckidnesses BDEH., and hidows giltis, and synnes, and no man anentis thee bi him silf is innocent, that ȝeldist wickidneswickydnesses BDFH. of fadris to sones and neces, into the thridde and the ferthe progenye. And Moyses hast|ynge is bowid redi into the erthe, and anowrynge, seith, If Y haue founde grace in thi siȝt, Lord, I biseche that thow goo with vs, forsothe the puple is of hard nol, and that thow do awey oure wickidneswyckyd|nesses BDEFH., and synnes, and that thow welde vs. The Lord answerde, Y shal goo in couenaunt, seynge alle men, I shal do signes, that neuere weren seen vpon erthethe erthe DEH., ne in eny folkisfolk D. of kynde, that this puple seen, in whos myddil thow art, the feerful werk of the Lord, that Y am to dodoying E pr. m.. Kep alle thingis that to day I haue comaundide to thee; Y my silf shal throwe out before thi face Amorrey, Chananey, and Ethei, Pheresei forsothe, and Euei, and Jebuzei. Be war, lest eny tyme thow ioyne frend|ships with theOm. A. dwellers of that loond, that ben to thee into fallyng. But and the auteers of hem destrye, brek togidere the ymages, and the mawmetemawmettes BD. preue herying places E pr. m. woodes hew down; wolewiln BE. wilt D. thow not anowre an alien God; the Lord gelows the name of hym, God is a louer; ne go thow not into couenaunt with men of that regioun, lest whanne thei han do fornycacioun with her goddes, and anourden the mawmetis of hem, eny man clepe thee, that thow eete of the thingis that ben offerd. Ne wijf of the dowȝtris of hem thow shalt tak to thi sones, lest after that thei han do fornycacioun, thei maken to do forny|caciouns and thi sones into her goddis. Ȝotun goddis thow shalt not make to thee. The solempnyte of therf looues thow shalt kepe; seuen dayes thow shalt eete therf looues, as I haue comaundide to thee, in the tyme of the moneth of new thinges; in the moneth forsothe of veer tyme thow ȝedest out of Egipte. Al that openith the wombe of maal kynde shal be myn, of alle hauynge lijf, as wel of oxen, as of sheep, shal be myne. The first goten of an asse thow shalt bigge with a sheep; ellis forsothe if thow ȝyuest not for it the priys, it shal be slawn. The first gotun of thi sones thow shalt `aȝen|biggefor bigge E pr. m.; ne thow shalt not apere in my siȝt voide. Six dayes thow shalt worche, the seuenthe day thow shalt ceese to eeren and to repen. The solempnyte of weekiswerkis AD. thow shalt make to thee in the first bigynnyng of fruytis of thi whete heruest, and the solempnete whanne, the tyme turnynge aȝen of the ȝeer, alle thinges ben putte vp. Thre tymes of the ȝeer shal apere eche maal child that is thin in the siȝt of the Almyȝti Lord, thi God, Yrael. Whanne forsothe Y shal take the gentiles fro thi face, and I shal sprede abrood thi teermes, no man shal putte spies to thi loond, thee styinge vp and apperynge in the siȝt of the Lord thi God, thries in the ȝeer. Thou shalt not offre vpon theOm. BDEH. sowr dowȝ the blood of my sacrifice, netherne A pr. m. shal not leeue vnto the morwe tide of the sacrifice of the so|lempnyte of pask. The chefe of the fruytes of thi loond thow shalt offre in the hows of the Lord thi God. Thow shalt not seethe a kidde in the mylk of his moder. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Write to thee thes wordes, with whiche Y haue couenauntide a boond of pees, with thee and with Yrael. Thanne Moyses was there with the Lord fourti dayes and fourti nyȝtis, and eete no breed, ne drank waterno water E pr. m.; and he wroot in the ta|bles the ten wordes of the boond of pees. And whanne Moyses descendide fro the mownt of Synay, he held two tables of testymonye, and he wiste not that his face was horned of the cumpanye of the word of God. Aaron forsothe and the sones of Yrael, seynge the face of Moyses horned, thei dredden to comen nyȝ, and thei clepid of hym turneden aȝen, as wel Aaron as the princes of the synagoge; and after that he had spokun, comen to hym also alle the sones of Yrael; to whom he comaundide alle thinges that he hadde herd of the Lord in the mownt of Synay. And fulfillid the wordes, he putte a veyle vpon his face; the which, he goon yn to the Lord, and spekynge with him, dide awey, to the tyme that he shulde goo out; and thanne he spak to the sones of Yrael alle thinges, that to hym weren co|maundid; the whiche seen the face of Moyses goynge out be horned, but eft he couerde his face, if eny tyme he spak to hem.

 CAP. XXXV.

Therfore alle the cumpanye of alle the sones of Yrael gedered, he seid to hem, Thes ben that the Lord hath comaundide to be doon. Six daies ȝe shulenthou schal E pr. m. doo werk, the seuenthe day shal be to ȝow holy, an holi day and the reste of the Lord; who so doth werk in it he shal be slayn. Ȝe shulen not tiende fier in al ȝoure dwell|yng place bi the holi day. And Moyses seith to alle the companyes of the sones of Yrael, This is the word that the Lord comaundide, seiynge, Seuer ȝe anentis ȝow the chefe fruytis to the Lord; eche wilful and of redi inwit offer hem to the Lord, gold, and siluer, and brasse, iacynct, and purpur, andOm. E. cocto twies died, and bijs, heeris of goote, and the skynnes of wethers maad reed, and iacynctyne, the trees of Sichym, and oyle toto teende E pr. m. of H. the liȝtes `to be maadOm. E pr. m., and that there be maad an oynement, and the moost swete ensence, onychyn stonus and gemmes, to the anowrnnyng of the coope, and of the breest broche. Who so euere of ȝow is wijs, come he, and mak that the Lord hath comaundide, that is, the tabernacle, and the roof of it, and the coueryng; rynges, and the `tablid sidesmade tablis E pr. m., with the berynge staues, litil stakesstaues B., and feetfotisE pr. m.; the arke, and the berynge staues; the propi|cyatorie, and the veyle, that before it is sprad abrood; the meetbord with berynge staues, and the vessels, and the looues of proposicioun; the candelstik to susteyne the liȝtes, the vessels of it, and lanternes, and oyle to the norishyng of fyres; the auter of the maadOm. E pr. m. ensence, and the ber|yng staues; oyle of anoynting, and the maadOm. E pr. m. ensence of the swete smellynge spices; the tente at the dore of the taber|nacle; the autere of the al brent sacrifice, and the brasun gredeyrne of it, with the berynge staues, and his vessels; the laua|torie, and the feet of it; the cortynes of the porche, with pilers, and feet; the tentistennt BEH. in the ȝatis of the vestiarie; the litil stakis of the tabernacle, and of the porche, with her cordes; the clothes whose vse is in the seruyce of the seyntuarye; the clothes of Aaron the bishop, and of his sones, that thei beren the office ofof the H. preesthod to me. And al the multitude of the sones of Yrael goon out fro the siȝt of Moyses, offerde with moost redi mynde and de|uoute the chefe thinges to the Lord, to make the werk of the tabernacle of testy|monye, what thing to the heriyng and to the holy clothes was nessessarye. Men with wymmen ȝeuen hongynge rynges, and eer rynges, and hoond rynges, and beeȝis; al gilden vesselvessels D. is seuerd into the ȝiftis of the Lord. Who so euer hadde iacynct, and purpur, and cocco twies died, bijs, and heeris of goote, wether skynnes maad reed, and blew, the metals of sil|uer, and of brasse, thei offreden to the Lord, and the trees of Sichym into dy|uersedyuerses A. vsis. But and wymmen ȝyuen that come thurȝ dower, iacynct, and purpur, and reed silk, and bijs, and the heeris of goote, wilfullywilful A. alle propre thingis ȝeuynge. The princes forsothe offerden onychyn stonus and gemmes, to the coope and breest broche, and swete smellynge spices, and oyle to make the liȝtes, and to greithe theOm. D. oynement, and to make the encense of moost swete smel. Alle men and wymmen with a deuowt mynde of|ferden ȝiftis, that the werkis `shulden bewere E pr. m. maad, that the Lord comaundide bi the hoond of Moyses; alle the sones of Yrael halowiden wilful thinges to the Lord. And Moyses seide to the sones of Israel, Loo! the Lord hath clepid Beseleel bi name, the sones of Hury, the sone of Hur, of the lynage of Juda; and he hath fulfillede hym with the spiryt of God, of wisdom, and vnderstondyng, and of kun|nyng, with al doctrine, to cast and to make the werk, in gold, and siluer, and brasse, and in stonus to ben graued, and in carpentarye werk; what thing craftily may be founde, he hath ȝouun in his herte; and Ooliab, the sone of Achyma|sech, of the lynage of Dan; bothe he hath tauȝte with wisdom, that thei maken the werkis of carpentarye, of browdrye, and of werkyngwerkry E pr. m. with needlis, of iacynct, and purpur, and cocto twies died, and of bijs, and alle thinges weue thei, and alle newe thingis fynde thei.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Thanne diden Beseleel, and Oliab, and eche wise man, to whom the Lord ȝaue wisdom and vndirstondynge, that thei cowden craftili worche that ben neces|sarie into the vses of the seyntuarie, and that the Lord hath comaundide to be maad. And whanne Moyses hadde cle|pide hem, and eche tawȝt man, to whom the Lord hadde ȝeue wisdome, and that wilfulli hadden offerd hem to make the werk, he toke to hem alle the ȝiftis of the sones of Yrael. The whiche whanne thei stoden stedfastly to her werk eche daye, eerly the puple offerde the auowes. Wher|for the crafti men constreyned to come, seiden to Moyses, The puple more offerith than is nede. Thanne Moyses comaundide in the voyce of a bedel to be cryde, Nei|therne BDEFH. man ne womman eny thing more offre in the werk of the seyntuarie; and so was ceesside fro the ȝiftis to ben of|ferd, forthi that the offred thinges suf|ficeden, and aboundide more ouer. And alle the wise men in herte maden to fille the werk of the tabernacle ten cortyns of bijs foldun aȝen, and iacynct, and purpur, and cocto twies dyed, with diuers werk, and with browdrye craft. Of the whiche oon hadde in lengthe eiȝte and twenti cu|bites, and in brede foure; o mesure was of alle the cortyns. And he ioynede fyue cortyns eitherone E pr. m. other sec. m. to otherthe tother E., and othere fyue he cowplede togidere to hem seluen; and he made iacynctyne oyletiseeris E pr. m. in the hemme of the o cortyn on either syde, and in the hemme of the other also, that the oyletiseeris E pr. m. myȝten come aȝens hem seluen togidere, and togidere be ioyned; wherfore and fifti golden cerclis he ȝeetide, that myȝten hold the oileteseeris E pr. m. of the cortyns, and that there were maad o tabernacle. And he made enleuen sargessayes E pr. m. of the heeris of goote, to couere the roofe of the taber|nacle; o sargesay E pr. m. in lengthe hadde thretti cubitis, and in brede foure cubitis; of o mesure weren alle the sargessayse E pr. m.; of whom fyue he ioynede a side, and othere six a|twynne. And he made fifty oyletiseeris E pr. m. in the hemme of the o sargesay E pr. m., and fifti in the hemme of the tothirother D. sargesay E pr. m., that to hem seluen thei myȝten be ioynede to gidere; and fifti brasun knoppis with whichethe which D. the roof myȝte be knyt, and o mantil be made of alle the sargessays E pr. m.. And he made the couertour of the tabernacle of skynnes of wethers maad reed, and another aboue the veyle of skynnesheeris E pr. m. maad blew. And he made the tablis of the ta|bernacle of theOm. BDEH. trees of Sichym stond|ynge; of ten cubites was the lengthe of the toOm. AF. table, and other half cubijt the brede heeld. Two rabitynges weren bi eche tables, that the tonetother BDEFH. to `that otherthe tother BDEFH. myȝt be ioyned; so he made in alle the tablis of the tabernacle. Of the whiche twenti weren at the mydday coost aȝens the sowth, with fourti silueren footstakys; two footstakis vndur o table weren put at eithir parti of the corners, where the rabityngis of the sides in the corners weren endid. At the coost forsothe of the tabernacle that biholdith to the north he made twenti tablis, with fourti sil|ueren footstakis, two footstakis bi eche tablis. Aȝens the west forsothe, that is at that parti of the tabernacle that bi|holdith the see, he maad six tables, and two other bi eche corners of the taber|nacle bihynde, the whiche weren ioyned fro benethe vnto abouen, and in to o ioyn|yng togidere thei weren born; so he made on eithir parti bi the corners, that eiȝt tablis weren togidere, and hadden sixtene silueren footstakis, that is, two silueren footstakis vnder eche tablis. And he made berynge staues, fyue of the trees of Si|chym to hold togidere the tablis of the to side of the tabernacle, and fyue othere to make togidere the tables of the tother side, and withouten thes, fyue othere ber|ynge staues at the west coost of the ta|bernacle aȝens the see. And he made another berynge staf, that shulde come thurȝ the myddil tables fro corner vntointo E pr. m. corner. And thilk tablid thingis he giltide, ȝotun the siluer footstakis of hem, and he made the cercles of hem golden, bi the whiche the berynge barresbarren A. myȝten be lad ynne, the whiche and hem he couerde with goldenglodun A. platis. And he made the veyle dyuerse and sondrye, of iacynct, and purpur, `reed silkand reed silk D. vermyloun E pr. m., and bijs foldid aȝen, with browdrye werk; and foure pi|leris of the trees of Sichym, the whiche with the heedis he gildide, ȝoten the sil|uer footstakis of hem. And he made a tente in the entre of the tabernacle, of iacynct, and purpur, reed silk, and bijs foldid aȝen, with the werk of nedlis; and fyue pylers with her heedis, the whiche he couerde with gold, and the brasun footstakis of hem he ȝetide, the whiche he couerde with gold.

 CAP. XXXVII.

Beseleel forsothe made also the arke of the trees of Sichym, hauynge two cu|bitescobite E pr. m. and an half in lengthe, and otheran other D. half cubijt in brede, and the hiȝte was of other half cubijt; and he clothid it with moost puyr gold with ynne, and with oute. And he made to it a goldun crown bi enuyroun, ȝetynge foure goldun rynges bi foure corners of it, two rynges in the to side, and two in the tother. And he made berynge staues of the trees of Si|chym, which he clothide with gold, and the whiche he putte into the rynges that weren in the sides of the arke, to bere it. And he made the propiciatorye, that is, Goddis spekynge place, of moost puyr gold, of two cubites and an half in lengthe, and of other half cubijt in brede. Also two cherubyn of gold forgid, whiche he putte on either side of the propicya|torie, o cherub in the ouermest heiȝt of the o parti, and `that otherthe tother BDEFH. cherub in the ouermest heiȝt of `that otherthe tother BDEFH. parti; two cherubyn in either heiȝtis of the pro|piciatorye, strecchynge out the wenges, and couerynge the propiciatorye, and hem seluen togidere, and it aȝenbiholdynge. And he made the meet bord of trees of Sichym, in lengthe of two cubites, and in brede of o cubijt, that hadde in heiȝt o cubijt and an half. And he enuyrounde it with moost clene gold, and he made to it a goldun brerde bi enuyroun; and to thilke brerde a goldun coroun bitwix grauen of foure fyngris, and vpon it an|other goldun coroun. And he ȝetide foure goldun cercles, the whiche he putte into the foure corners, bi eche feet of the bord aȝen the coroun, and he putte into hem berynge staues, that the bord myȝte be born. And thilk berynge staues he made of trees of Sichym, and enuyrounde hem with gold. And the vessels to dyuerse vses of the bord, eysel vessels, fiols, and litil cuppes, and ensenserscenceris DE. of moost clene gold, in the whiche ben sacrificesacryfices E sec. m. `of li|coursOm. E pr. m. to ben offerd. And he made a can|dilstik, forgid of moost clene gold, of whose berynge staf, ȝeerdis, cuppis, and bollis, and lilies ȝeden out; sixe in either side, three ȝeerdes on o side, and thre on the tother; thre cuppes in the maner of a note thurȝ eche ȝerdes, and litil ballis togidere, and lilies; and three cuppes at the liknes of aO BDEFH. note in o ȝeerde, and ballis togidere, and lilyes; the werk was euen of six ȝeerdes, that ȝeden out of the stok of the candelstik. In that forsothe ber|ynge staf were foure cuppes, in maner of a note, and balles thurȝ ech, and lilies; and the balles vnder the two ȝeerdes bi thre places, the whiche togidere maken six ȝeerdes, goynge out of o berynge staf; and thanne the ballis, and ȝeerdes of it weren alle forgid of moost clene gold. And he maad seuen lanternes with her candelquenchers, and the vessels, where the snuffes ben quenchid, of moost clene gold. A talent of gold peyside the candel|stik with alle his vessels. And he maade the auter of maadOm. E pr. m. ensence of the trees of Sichym, hauynge thurȝ square eche cubitis, and in heiȝt two, of whose corners ȝeden out hornes. And he clothide it with moost clene gold, with the fier panne, and walles, and hornes; and he made to it a litel golden crown by enuyroun, and two goldun rynges vnder the crown, bi eche sides, that in hem ben put yn the berynge staues, that the auter may be born. Thilke forsothe berynge staues he made of the trees of Sichym, and he co|uerde with goldun plates. And he made oyle to oynement of halowyng, and the maadOm. E pr. m. ensence of moost clene swete smell|ynge spices, with the werk of pymen|taryespycery mengyng E pr. m..

 CAP. XXXVIII.

And he made the auter of brent sacri|fyce of the trees of Sichym, of fyue cu|bitis bi square, and of three in heiȝt; whose hornes ȝeden out of the corners; and he couerde it with brasun plates. And he greithide into the vses of it dy|uerse vessels of brasse, cawdrowns, toonges, fleshhokes, hokes, and fier pannes. And the gredyrne of it in manere of a nett he made brasun, and vnder it in myddil of the auter a `fier pannelytyll flore E pr. m.. Foure ryngis ȝotun, be so feele heiȝtes of the netwise gredyrne, to the berynge staues to be put yn, for to bere; the whiche and hem he made of the trees of Sichym, and he co|uerde with brasun plates. And he ladde yn cercles, the whiche `stoden ouerȝeden ferre oute E pr. m. in the sides of the auteer. And thilk au|ter was not massye, but holwȝ of tabled thingis, and with ynne voyde. And he made a brasun lauatorye, with his foot, of the shewers of wymmen, the whiche wacchiden in the porche of the taber|nacle. And the porche, in whos sowthe coost weren the tentis of bijs folden aȝen of an hundrid cubites, twenti brasun pi|lers with her feet, the heedes of the pilers and al the grauyng of the werk siluer; euen at the north coost the tentis, pilers, and feet, and the heedes of pilers weren of the same mesure and of werk and of metal. In that forsothe coost the which biholdethbiholdeth to E pr. m. the west, weren tentis of fifti cubites, ten pilers with her feet brasun, and the heedes of the pilers, and al the grauyng of the werk, silueren. Forsothe aȝen the est he greithide tentis of fifti cubites, of the whiche o side helde fiftene cubites of three pilers with his feet; and in `that otherthe tother BEFH. party, for bitwix either he made the entre of the tabernacle, weren the tentis euen of fiftene cubites, thre pilers, and so feele feete. Alle the tentis of the porche bijs folden aȝen hadde co|uerde. The feet of the pilers weren bra|sun, the heedes forsothe of hem with alle her grauyngis siluerensyluer E.; but and thilk pilers of the porche he clothide with sil|uer. And in the entre of it he made a tent with nedleneelde BE. werk, of iacynct, and purpur, and reed clooth, and of bijs folden aȝen, the whiche hadde twenti cubites in lengthe, the heiȝt forsothe was of fyue cubitis, aftir the mesure that alle the tentis of the porche hadden. The pi|lers forsothe in the comyng ynne weren foure, with brasun feete, and the heedes of hem, and the grauynges silueren; the litil stakis forsothe of the tabernacle and of the porche by enuyroun he made bra|sun. Thes ben the instrumentis of the tabernacle of witnessyng, that ben noum|bred out after the heestisheste BDEFH. of Moyses in the serymonyesser|uyse E pr. m. of Leuytis, by the hoond of Ythamer, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Aaron, preestthe preest E pr. m.. The whiche thingis Beseleel, the sone of Hury, the sone of Hur, of the lynage of Juda, the Lord bi Moyses comaundynge, hadde fulfillid; ioyned to hym a felawe, Ooliab, the sone of Achisamech, of the lynage of Dan, the which and he was a noble crafti man of trees, and a browdrer, and a worcher with nedlisneeldes BE., of iacynct, and pur|pur, `reed cloothvermycle E pr. m., and bijs. Al the gold that was spendidpendid A. in the werk of the seyn|tuarye, and that was offerd in ȝiftis, was of twenti and nyneof nyne BDEH. talentis, and of seuen hundrid and thretti siclis, at the mesure of the seyntuarie. There was forsothe offerd of hem that camen to the noumbre, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, of six hundrid thre thowsynd and of fyue hundrid and fifti men of aarmes. There weren for|thermore an hundryd talentes of siluer, of the which ben ȝotun the footstakis of the seyntuarye, and of the entre, where the veyle hongith; an hundred footstakis ben maad of an hundrid talentes, eche ta|lentis countid bi eche footstakis. Of a thowsynd forsothe and seuen hundrid and seuenti and fyue sicles he made the heedes of the pilers, the whiche and hem he clothide with siluer. Of brasse for|sothe there weren offred talentis seuenti and two thowsynd, and foure hundrid ouermoreseyrpluse E pr. m. sicles. Of the whiche ben ȝoten footstakis in the entre of the taber|nacle of witnessyng, and a brasun auter with his fier panne, and alle the vessels that perteyneden to the vse of it, and the footstakis of the porche, as wel in the enuyroun as in the comyng yn of it, and litle stakis of the tabernacle, and of the porche al aboute.

 CAP. XXXIX.

Off iacynct forsothe, and purpur, `reed cloothvermycle E pr. m., and bijs, he made the clothis, with whiche Aaron was clothid yn, whanne he mynystryde in the hoolise, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. Thanne he made a coope of gold, iacynct, and purpur, and cocto twies died, and bijs aȝen foldid, with browdrye werk; and he cutte ther yn goldun peeses, and he made hem into thredes, that thei myȝten be plattid with the weft of the rather co|lours; and two hemmes to hem seluen cowplid to gidere in either side of the heiȝtis, and a girdil of the same colours, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And he greithide two onychyn stonus, boundun and closid with gold, and grauen with gemmarye craft with the names of the sones of Yrael; six names in `that othe too BDEFH. stoon, and six in `that otherthe tother BDEFH., after the ordre of the birthe of hem. And he putte hem in the sydes of the coope, into myndethe mynde EH. of the sones of Yrael, as the Lord co|maundide to Moyses. And he maade the breest broche with browdrye craft, after the werk of the coope, of gold, iacynct, purpur, and cocto twies died, and bijs foldun aȝen, dowble, foure cornerdcouered ABDF., of the mesure of a spanne. And he putte in it foure ordres of gemmes; in the first veers was saarde, topazi, smaragd; in the secounde, carbuncle, saphijr, iasp; in the thridde, ligury, achatese, amatist; in the ferthe, crisolit, onychin, and beril; enuy|round and enclosid with gold, bi her or|dres. And thilke twelue stonus weren graued with the names of the twelue lynages of Yrael, eche after the name of eche. And thei maden in the breest broche litle cheynes, cleuynge to hem seluen togidere, of moost puyr gold, and two hokis, and as feele goldun rynges. Forsothe the rynges thei putten in either side of the breest broche, fro the whiche shulden honge the two goldun cheynes, the whiche thei setten yn with hokis, the whiche stoden oueroute E pr. m. aferre in the corners of the coope. Thes thingis andOm. D. beforn and bihynde so acordiden to hem seluen, that the coope and the breest broche streyt myȝten be knyt to gidere to the girdil, and with rynges strengere cow|plid, the whiche the iacynctyne filete ioyned, lest large thei myȝten loose, and be meuyd togidere fro hem seluen, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And thei maden the coope coote, al iacynctyne; and a hode in the ouerest parti, aȝens the myddel, and a hemme weuyd al aboute the hode; benethe forsothe at the feete powmbe garnettis of iacynct, purpur, and reed cloothvermycle E pr. m., and bijs folden aȝen; and litil bellis of moost puyr gold, the whiche thei puttiden bitwix the powmbe gar|nettis, in the nether more party of the coote bi enuyroun; a litel golden belle and a powmbe garnet; with which anowrned the bishop ȝede, whanne he vsid the office, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And thei maden bijs cootis, with weuen werk, to Aaron and to sonesthe sones E. of hym, and mytrys with her litil crownes of bijs, and bijs lynnen breches; the gir|dil forsothe of bijs foldun aȝen, iacynct, purpur, and `reed cloothvermycle E pr. m., twynned with nedleneelde BE. craft, as the Lord hath comaundide to Moyses. And thei maden the plate of holi worshipyng of moost puyr gold, and thei graueden in it with gemmary werk, The holi of the Lord. And thei streyn|eden it with the mytre with a iacynctyne filete, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. Thanne was ful maad al the werk of the tabernacle, and of the roofe of witness|yng; and the sones of Yrael maden alle thingis that the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And thei offerden vp the taber|nacle, and the roofe, and alle the neces|sarieshustylment E pr. m., rynges, tablis, berynge staues, pi|lers, and footstakis; a couertour of wether skynnes maad reed, and another couer|tour of blew skynnes; the veyle, the arke, the berynge staues, the propiciatorye; the meetbord with the vessels, and the looues of proposicioun; the candelstik, lanterns, and the vsable thingis of it, with the oyle; the goldun auter, and the oyne|ment, and the maad ensence of the swete spices; and the tente in the entree of the tabernacle; the brasun auter, the net|wise gredyrne, berynge staues, and alle the vessels of it; the lauatorie with hys foote; the tentis of the porche, and the pilers with her feet; the tente in the en|tre of the porche, and the litil cordis of it, and the litil stakis. No thing failide of the vessels, that weren comaundid to be maad into the seruyce of the taber|nacle, and into the roofe of the boond of pees. And the clothes whiche the prestis vsen in the seyntuarye, Aaron, that is, and the sones of hym, offerden the sones of Yrael, as the Lord comaundide. The whiche thingis after that Moyses sawȝ alle thingis fulfillid, blisside to hem.

 CAP. XL.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, The first moneth, the first day of the moneth, thow shalt rere the tabernacle of witnessyng. And thow shalt putte in it the arke, and thow shalt leue before it the veile. And the meetbord browȝt forth thow shalt putte vpon it, that with riȝt ben comaundid. The candelstyk shal stonde with his lanterns, and the goldun auter, in whiche shal be brent the encense before the arke of witnessyng. The tente in the entre of the tabernacle thow shal sett; and beforn it the auter of alle brent sacrificessacrifice BDEFH., the lauatorie betwix the auter and the tabernacle, which thow shalt ful|fille with water. And thow shalt enuy|roun the porche with tentis into the com|yng yn of it. And the oyle of an oyntyng takun thow shalt anoynte the tabernacle, with his vessels, that thei ben halowid; the auter of al brent sacrifice, and al the vessels of it; the lauatorye with his foot. Al with the oyle of an oynting thow shalt sacre, that thei ben holi of halowes. And thow shalt sett Aaron and the sones of hym at the dore of the tabernacle of wit|nessyng; and, wasshenhem wasshen E. with water, thow shalt clothe with holi clothes, that thei mynystre to me, and the anoyntyng of hem profit into euerlastynge presthod. And Moyses dide alle thinges that the Lord comaundidhad comaundid BDEFH sec. m.. Thanne the first mo|neth of the secounde ȝeer, the first day of the moneth, the tabernacle was sett. And Moyses areryde it, and sette the ta|bles, and the footstakis, and the berynge staues, and he sette the pilers. And he strauȝte the roofe vpon the tabernacle, the couertour in sett aboue, as the Lord comaundide. And he putte the witness|yng in the arke with ynne, berynge staues vnder sett, and Goddis answerynge place ther aboue. And whanne he hadde brouȝt yn the arke into the tabernacle, he hong|ide beforn it the veyle, that he fulfille the heest of the Lord. And he putte the meetbord in the tabernacle of witnessyng, at the north coost, with outen the veyle, ordeynd before the looues of proposicioun, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And he putte the candestik in the tabernacle of witnessyng, `forn aȝensfro the coost of E pr. m. the meetbord, in the sowth parti, sett bi ordre the lan|terns, after the heest of the Lord. And he putte the goldun auter vnder the roofe of witnessyng, aȝens the veile, and he brent vpon it encensethe encense E. of swete smellynge spices, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And he putte the tente in the entre of the tabernacle, and the auter of alle brent sacrificessacrifice BDEFH. in the vestiarie of witnessyng, offrynge in it al brent sacrifice, and sacri|fices, as the Lord haddeOm. E pr. m. comaundide. The lauatorie forsothe he sette betwix the tabernacle of witnessyng and the auter, fulfillynge it with water. And Moyses and Aaron and the sones of hym wasshen her hoondes and feet, whanne thei ȝeden in the roof of the couenaunt of pees, and `neiȝe ȝedenneyȝtiden BEH. neyȝeden DF. to the auter, as the Lord haddeOm. E pr. m. comaundide to Moyses. And he reride the porche, bi enuyroun of the ta|bernacle and of the auter, a tent lad in the entre of it. After that alle thingis ben fulfillid, a clowd couerde the taber|nacle of witnessyng, and the glorie of the Lord fulfillide it; ne Moyses myȝte goo in the roofe of the couenaunt of pees, the clowd couerynge alle thinges, and the maieste of the Lord liȝtnynge, for alle thingis the clowd haddeOm. E pr. m. couerede. And if eny tyme the clowd lafte the taber|nacle, the sones of Yrael ȝeden forth bi her companyes; if it hongidehong E pr. m. there aboue, thei dwelten in the same place; the clowd forsothe of the Lord lenyde inby E pr. m. day to the tabernacle, and fier in the nyȝt, and the puple of Yrael seynge, bi alle her dwellyngis.

 Here endith Exodus and now bigynneth LeuyticusHere endith Exodus and here bigynneth Leuiticus D. Here endith Exodus and bigynneth Leuiticus E. No final rubric in BFH.. LEVITICUS. Here begynneth the bok of LeuiticusFrom F. Leuiticus B. No initial rubric in ADEH, but only running title..CAP. I.

THE Lord forsothe clepide Moyses, and spak to hym from the tabernacle of witnessyng, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, The man that offreth of ȝow an oost to God of the beestis that is, of oxen, and of sheep, offrynge slawn sacrifices, if al brent sacrifice were the offryng of hym, and of the droue, a maal with outen wemme he shal offre at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, to plese to hym the Lord. And he shall putte the hondes vpon the heed of the oost, and it shal be acceptable, and profytynge into the clensyng of hym. And he shal offre a calf before the Lord, and the sones of Aaron, the preest, shulen offre the blood of it, shedynge bi enuy|roun of the auter, that is before the dore of the tabernacle. And the skyn of the oost drawun of, the greet lemes thei shu|len kit in gobetis; and thei schulen leye fier in the auter maad bifore the heep of wodde; and the lemes that ben kyt a boue ordeynynge, the heed, that is, and alle that cleuen to the mawe, the entrails and the feet wasshe with watir; and the preest shal brenne hem vpon the auter in to al brent sacrifice, and swete smel to the Lord. That if of the beestis is the offeryng, the al brent sacrifice of sheep, or of geyt, he shal offre a loombe of o ȝeer with outen wemme, and he shal offre at the side of the auter that biholdith to the north, bifore the Lord. The blood for|sothe of it the sones of Aaron shulen heelde vpon the auter bi enuyroun, and thei shulen dyuyde the lemes, the heed, and alle that cleuen to the mawe, and leie vpon the wodde, to the which fier is to be vnder putte; the entrayls forsothe, and the feet thei shulen wasshe with water; and the preest shal brenne alle thingis offred vpon the auter into brent sacrifice, and moost swete smel to the Lord. If forsothe of the briddis the offryng ofbe A. brent sacrifice were to the Lord, of tur|turs, or culuer briddis, the preest shal offre it at the auter; and the heed crokid aȝen to the necke, and the place of a wounde broke, he shal make the blood renne down vpon the brenke of the auter. The litil bleedre forsothe of the throot, and the fetheres, he shal cast out biside the auter, at the eest coost, in the place where askisthe askis E. benbeth BDEFH. wonte to be cast out; and he shal breke the wynges of it, and not kyt, neno D. with yrun dyuyde it; and he shal brenne it vpon the auter, fier vnder put to the wodde; al brent sacrifice it is and offryng of moost swete smel to the Lord.

 CAP. II.

Whanne a lijf offreth offryng of sacri|fyce to the Lord, tryed flour shal be the offryng ofto A. him. And he shal heelde vpon it oyle, and putte cense, and brynge to the sones of Aaron, the preest, of whom oon shal take an handful of tried flour, and of oyle, and al the cense; and putte the memorial vpon the auter, into moost swete smel to the Lord. That forsothe that leeueth of the sacrifice shal be of Aaron and ofOm. BDEFH. his sones, holi of halowes `of of|fryngesOm. A. to the Lord. Whanne forsothe he shal offre baake sacrifice of tried flour in the ouen, that is, looues with outen sourdowȝ, spreynt with oyle, and theOm. E. therf kaakis medlid with oyle; if thin offryng shal be fro the friynge panne, of tryed flour spreynt with oyle and with outen sour dowȝ, thow shalt dyuyde it in litil parties, and heelde vpon it oyle. If forsothe fro the gridil sacrifice, euen maner the tried flour shal be spreynt with oile; the which offrynge to the Lord thou shalt take in the hondis of the preest. The which whanne he shal offre it, he shal take a memorial fro the sacri|fice, and make brenne vpon the auter into smel of swetnes to the Lord. What euerer E. forsothe leeueth, shal be of Aaron and his sones, holi of halewis of offringis to the Lord. Al offryng that is offred to the Lord, shal be maad with outen sour dowȝ, ne eny thing of sour dowȝ, and of hony, shal be brent in the sacrifice of the Lord. The cheefe fruytys oonly ȝe shulen offre of hem, and ȝiftis; vpon the auter for|sothe shal not thei be leyde, into smel of swetnes. What euerer E. thow shalt offre of sacrifice, thow shal anoynte it with salt, ne thow shalt notOm. BDEFH. take a wey salt of the boond of pees of the Lord thi God fro thi sacrifice; in al offring thow shalt offre salt. If forsothe thow shalt offre a ȝyfte of the cheef thingis of thi fruytis to the Lord, of eerys ȝit green, thow shal parcheperishe A. it with fier, and breke in maner of brysid corn; so thow shalt offre thi cheefe fruytis to the Lord, heeldynge vpon hem oyle, and encense puttynge yn, for the offryng of the Lord it is. Of the whiche the preest shal make brynne, into mynde of the ȝifte, a part of the brisde corn, and of the oyle, and al the cense.

 CAP. III.

And if the oost of pesible thingis were the offryng of hym, and of the oxen he wole offre, a maal, or a femaal, with outen wemme he shal offre before the Lord. And he shal putte the hoonde vpon the heed of his slawe sacrifice, the which shal be offred in the entryng of the taber|nacle; and the sones of Aaron, the preest, shulen heelde the blood bi enuyroun of the auter. And thei shulen offre of the oost of pesible thingis into offryng to the Lord, the talwȝfat E pr. m. that couereth the en|trailes, and what euer of fatnes is with ynforth; the two reyns, with the talwȝ with the which ben couerd the reyn gut|tis, and the calle of the mawe with the smale reyns. And thei shulen brenne hem vpon the auter, in to al brent sacri|fice, the fier vnder put to the wodde, into offryng of moostthe moost E. swete smel to the Lord. If forsothe of sheep were the offeryng of hym, and oost of pesible thingis, whether maal or femaal he shal offre, thei shulen be with outen wemme. If he shal offre a loombe before the Lord, he shal putte his hoond vpon the heed of his slawn sa|crifice, the whych shal be offerd in the vestiarye of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and the sones of Aaron shulen heelde the blood of it bi enuyroun of the auter. And thei shulen offre of the oost of pesible thingis a sacrifice to the Lord, talwȝfatnes E pr. m., and al the tail with the reynes, and the fatnes that couereth the wombe, and alle the entrayls, and either litil reyne, with the talwȝynner fat E pr. m. that ys biside the reyne guttes, and the calle of the mawe, with the litil reynes. And the preest shal brenne hem vpon the auter, into foodethe foode D. of the fier, and of the offryng to the Lord. If a she goet were the offryng of hym, and he shulde offre it to the Lord, he shal putte his hoond vpon the heed of it, and he shal offre it in the entre of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and the sones of Aaron shu|len shede the blood of it bi enuyroun of the auter. And thei shulen take of it, into foode of the Lordis fier, talwȝfaat E pr. m. that couereth the wombe, and that helith alle the entrayles, two litil reyns with the calle that is on hem biside the reyne guttes, and the fatt of the mawe, with the litil reynes. And the preest shal brenne hem vpon the auter, into foode of the fier, and of moost swete smel; al the talwȝinward fatnes E pr. m. shal be of the Lord, thurȝ perpe|tuel riȝt, in kynredes and alle ȝoure dwell|yng places, and blood, and fat algatis shulen ȝe not ete.

 CAP. IV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Israel, Whanne a lijf synneth bi ignoraunce, and of alle the heestis of the Lord, the whiche he hath comaundide that thei shulden not be do, eny thing doth; if the preest that is anoyntid, synne, makynge the puple to trespasse, he shal offre for his synne a calf with outen wemme to the Lord; and shal lede it to the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng before the Lord, and he shal putte the hoond vpon his heed, and he shal offre it to the Lord. And he shal take of the blood of the calf, berynge it in to the tabernacle of witnessyng. And whanne he hath wette the fyngre in the blood, he shal sprenge it seuene sithessithe BDEFH. beforeafore H. the Lord, aȝens the veyle of the seyntuarye. And he shal putte of the same blood vpon the hornes of the auter of moost kyndli encense to the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of witness|yng; al forsothe the laft blood he shal helde into the foot of the auter of brent sacrifice in the entre of the tabernacle. And the talwȝfaat E pr. m. of the calf he shal offre for synne, as wel it that couerith the en|treyles, as alle that ben with ynforth, two lytil reynes, and the calle that is aboue hem biside the reyne guttes, and the talwȝ of the mawe, with the litil reynes, as it is doon awey fro the calf of the oost of pesible thingis; and he shal brenne hem vpon the auter of brent sacrifice. The skynne forsothe, and al the flesh with the heed, and feet, and the entreyles, and the dryt, and the laft body he shal bere out of the tentis into a clene place, where the asken ben wont to be held out; and he shal tende hem vpon the hepe of wode, the which in the place of heeld out asken shulen be brent. And if al the companye of the sones of Yrael bi vnknowyng and bi vnwisdam do that that is aȝens the co|maundementmaundement BDEFH. of the Lord, and afterward vnderstonde his synne, he shal offre for the synne a calf, and he shal lede it to the dore of the tabernacle. And the eldre of the puple shal putte hoondes vpon the heed of it before the Lord; and the calf offred in the siȝt of the Lord, the preest that is anoyntid shal bere yn of the blood of it into the tabernacle of witnessyng, with the weet fyngre sprengynge seuen sithessythe E. aȝens the veyle. And he shal putte of the same blood in the hornes of the auter, that is before the Lord in the ta|bernacle of witnessyng; the lafte forsothe blood he shal helde biside the foot of the auter of brent sacrifices, that is in the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng. And al the talwȝfaat E pr. m. of it he shal take, and he shal brenne vpon the auter; and so doynge of this calf, as he dide before, and the preest preyinge for hem the Lord shal haue mercy. That forsothe calf he shal bere out of the tentis, and he shal brenne as thethat BDEFH. other calf, for it is for the synne of the multitude. If a prynce synne, and doo oon of manye bi ignoraunce, that is defendid in the lawe of the Lord, and afterwarde vnderstonde his synne, he shal offre an oost before the Lord, an hee geit of the geetis, with outen wemme, and he shal putte his hoond vpon the heed of it. And whanne he shal offre it in the place, where is wont to be slawe the brent sa|crifice before the Lord, for it is for synne; the preest shal wete the fyngre in the blood of the oost for synne, towchynge the hornes of the auter of brent sacrifice, and the relif heldynge at the foot of it. The talwȝfaat E pr. m. forsothe he shal brenne a boue, as in slawn sacrifices of pesible thingis is wont to be doon, and he shal prey for hym, and for his synne, and it shal be forȝeuen to hym. That ȝif a lijf offor A. the puple of the loond synne bi ignoraunce, that he doo eny thing of thes thinges that ben defendid in the lawe of the Lord, and trespassith, and knowlechithknowleche BDEFH. his synne, offre he an hee geyt with outen wemme, and `he shalOm. E pr. m. putte the hoond vpon the heed of the oost that is for the synne, and he shal offre it in the place of the brent sacrifice. And the preest shal take of the blood in his fyngre, and towchynge the hornes of the auter of brent sacrifice, the relif he shal helde at the foot of it. Al forsothe the talwȝfaat E pr. m. tak|ynge a wey, as yt is wont to be takun fro the slawn sacrifices of pesible thinges, he shal brenne vpon the auter into smel of swetnes to the Lord; and he shal preye for hym, and it shal be forȝeue hym. If forsothe of the beestis he shall offre slawn sacrifice for synne, that is, a sheep with outen wemme, he shal putte the hoond vpon the heed of it, and he shal offre it in the place where ben wonte to ben slawun the oostis of brent sacrifices. And the preest shal take of the blood of it with his fyngre, and towchynge theOm. A. hornes of the auter of brent sacrifice, he shal heelde the relif at the foot of it. And al the talwȝfaat E pr. m. takynge a wey, as the talwȝ of a wether is wonte to be takun a wey that is offrid for synnes, and he shal brenne vpon the auter the encense of the Lord; and he shal preye for hym, and for his synne, and it shal be forȝouun hym.

 CAP. V.

If a lijf synne, and here the voyce of a swerer, and were witnes, that other he seethseeiȝ BDEFH., or to hym silf is knowun gilti, but if he shewe, he shal bere his wickidnes. The lijf that towchith eny vnclene thing, other that is slawe of a beest, other bi hym silf deed, orother E. eny other crepynge beest, and he were forgeten of his vnclen|nes, he is gilti, and hath trespassid. And if he towche eny thing of the vnclennes of man, after al vnclennes with the which he is wont to be defowlid, and forȝeten afterward knowe, he shal vnderlye to the trespas. The lijf that swerith, and spekith with his lippes, that or eny thing yuel shal do, orother E. wel, and doth not, and the same thing with ooth or word stableth, and forȝeten afterward vndirstonde his trespas, do he penaunce for the synne, and offre he of the flockis an sheeheo E. lombe, or a sheeheo E. geyt; and the preest shal preye for hym, and for his synne. If forsothe he may not offre a beeste, offre he two turtursturteles DH., or two culuer bryddis to the Lord, oon for the synne, and an|other into brent sacrifice. And he shal ȝyue hem to the preest, the which, the first offrynge for the synne, shal bowe aȝen the heed of it to the fethers, so that it cleue to the nek, and not fullich it be broke. And he shal sprenge of the blood of it the wal of the auter; what euerer E. for|sothe were lefte he shal make to drop at the foundement of it, for it is for synne. The totherother E. forsothe he shal brenne in to brent sacrifice, as it is wont to be doo, and the preest shal preye for hym and for his synne, and it shal be forȝeuen hym. And if his hoond mowemay E. not offre two turtursturtlis F., or two culuer briddes, offre he for his synne of tried flowre the tenthe part of ephi; he shal not putte into it oyle, ne leye yn eny thing of encense, for it is for synne. And he shal take it to the preest, the which takynge of it a ful hoondful, shal brenne vpon the auter, into the mynde of hym that offrede, preiynge for hym, and purgynge; that other forsothe part he shal haue in ȝifte. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, If a lijf synne, forfetynge the cerymonyes bi errour, in thes thingis that ben halowed to the Lord, offre he for his trespas a wether with out wemme of the flockis, the which may be bouȝt with two sicles, after the weiȝte of the seyntuary. And that that he hath doo of harm he shal restore, and the fifthe part he shal putte aboue, takynge to the preest, the which shal preye for hym, offrynge a wether, and it shal be forȝouen hym. The lijf that synneth bi ignoraunce, and dooth oon of thes thingis that ben defendid bi lawe of the Lord, and gilti of the synne vnderstonde his wickidnes, he shall offre a wether with outen wemme of the flockis to the preest, after the mesure and eym|yng of the synne; the which shal preye for hym, for vnknowynge he dide, and it shal be forȝeue toOm. BDEFH. hym, for bi errour he trespasside in the Lord. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, The lijf that synneth, and, the Lord despiside, denye to his neiȝbore the laft thingthinges D. that to his feith was takun, orother E. with fors eny thing takith, or doth wrong chalenge, orother E. fynde lost thing, and denyynge ouermore for|swerith, and eny other of manye doo in the whiche men ben wonte to synne, he ateynt of the trespas shal ȝelde alle thingis hool that thurȝ frawde he wolde with hoolde, and ferthermore the fifthe part to the lord, to whom he dide the harm. For his synne forsothe he shal offre a wether withouten wemme of the flok, and he shal ȝyue it to the preest, after the eymyng and mesure of the trespas; the which shal preye for hym before the Lord, and it shal be forȝeue to hym, for al that in doynge he synnede.

 CAP. VI.

And the Lord spake to Moyses, seiynge, Comaunde to Aaron and his sones, This is the lawe of theOm. BDEFH. brent sacrifice; it shal be brent in the auter al nyȝt vnto the morwen; fyer it shal be of the same au|ter. The preest shal be clothid with a coote, and with lynnen breches; and he shal take the asken, the whiche the fier vowrynge brent out, and puttynge bisyde the auter he shal be spoylid the rather clothes, and clothid with other he shal offre hem out of the tentes, and in moost clene place vnto a litil sparcle he shal make to be wastid. The fier forsothe in the auter euermore shal brenne, the which the preest shal norishe, vnder puttynge wode eerly bi eche dayes; and putte yn aboueal aboue A. the brent sacrifice, he shal brenne the talwȝfaat E pr. m. talewis E sec. m. of the pesible thingis. This fier is perpetuel that shal neuerner E. fayle in the auter. This is the lawe of sacrifice and of sacrified licours, the whiche the sones of Aaron shulen offre before the Lord, and before the auter. The preest shal take an handful of tryed flour, the which ys spreynt with oyle, and al the encensesense BDEFH. that is putte vp on the tryed flour, he shal brenne it in the auter, in to mynde of moost swete smel to the Lord. The laft forsothe part of the tryed flour Aaron with his sones shal ete, with outen sour dowȝ; and he shal ete in the holi place of the porche of the tabernacle. Therfore forsothe it shal not be souryd, for the part of it is offred into theOm. B. en|cense of the Lord; holi of halowes it shal be, as for the synne and for the tres|pas. The maalis oonlich of the lynage of Aaron shulen ete it; lawful and euerlast|ynge it is in ȝoure kynredes, of the sacri|fices of the Lord; eche that touchith tho thinges shal be halowid. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, This is the of|fryng of Aaron, and of the sones of him, that thei shulen offre to the Lord in the day of her anoyntyng; the tenthe part of ephi thei shulen offre of theOm. E. tried flour, in euerlastynge sacrifice, the half of it eerli, and the half of it at euen; the which in a panne spreynt with oyle shal be fryed. And the preest that to the fa|der thurȝ ryȝt cometh after, shal offre it hoote, intoin A. the moost swete smel to the Lord; and al shal be brent in the auter. Al forsothe sacrifice of preestis with fier shal be consumyd, ne eny shal eete of it. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to Aaron and his sones, This is the lawe of oost for synne; in the place where is offred brent sacrifice, shal it be offerd before the Lord; holi of halowis it is. The preest that offreth it, shal eete it in holi place, in the porche of the taber|nacle. What euer shal towche the fleishe of it, shal be halowid; if a clooth bewere BDEFH. spreynt of the blood of yt, it shal be washe in an holy place. The bretil vessel forsothe in the which it is sothen, shal be broken; that if it were a brasun vessel, it shal be rubbid, and washe with water. Eche maal of the preestis kynrede shalshalt A. eete of the fleshe of it; for holi of halowis it is. An oost forsothe that is slawe for synne, whos blood is born into the taber|nacle of witnessyng to clense in the seyn|tuarie, shal not be eete, but brent with fier. And this lawe of oost for trespas is holy of halowis. Therfore where the brent sacrifice is offred, and the sacrifice for the trespas shal be slawe; the blood of it bi enuyroun of the auter shal be heelde. Thei shulen offre of it the tayl, and the talwȝfaat E pr. m. that couereth the entrayls, the two litel reynes, and the fatnes that is biside the reyne guttes, and the calle of the mawe, with the litil reynes. And the preest shal brenne hem vpon the au|ter; the encense it is of the Lord for theOm. B. trespas. Eche maal of the preestes kyn|rede in holi place shal ete this flesh, for holi of halowis it is. As for a synne is offred an oost, so and for a trespas, of either hoost shal be o lawe; to the preest that it shal offre it shal perteyne. The preest that offreth the slawn offryng of brent sacrifice, shal haue the skynne of it. And alle the sacrifice of tried floure, that is bake in the ouen, and what euer thing in the gredyrne, or in friynge panne is greithid, of that preest it shal be, of whom it is offred, whether thei ben spreynt with oyle, or drye. To alle the sones of Aaron euen mesure bi echon shal be dyuydid.

 CAP. VII.

This is the lawe of the oost of pesible thinges, that is offerd to the Lord. If for doynge of thankyngisthank D. were the offryng, thei schulen offre looues with outen sour dowȝ spreynt with oyle, and thinne therf cakis anoynt with oyle, and bakun tryed floure, and litil rownd looues spreynt with mengyng of oyle; and looues maad with sour dowȝ, with the oost of thankyngesthankynge A pr. m. E. that is offerd for theOm. E. pesible thinges; of the whiche oon for the chefe fruytis shal be offerd to the Lord, and it shal be of the preest that shal heelde the blood of the oost, whos fleshe that same day shal be etun, ne there shal leeue of it eny thing vnto the morwe. If thurȝ a vow, or wylfully, eny man offreth an oost, the same day also it shal be eten; but if eny thing leeue to the morwe, it is leful to eete; what euer forsothe the thridde day fynde, the fier shal consume. If eny man eete the thridde day of the flesh of the oost of pesible thinges, his offrynge shall be sett at noȝt, ne it shal profyte to the offrer; but rather ech lijf that de|fowlith hym silf with syche meete, shal be gilti of trespassyng. The flesh that eny vnclene thing touchith, shal not be etun, but brent with fier; he that is clene, shal eete it. A lijf defowlid, that etith of the flesh of the oost of pesible thingis, that is offred to the Lord, shal perishe fro his puplis. And he that towchith the vnclennes of man, or of beeste, or of eny thing that may defowle, and etith of siche maner flesh, shal spille fro his puples. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Irael, The talwȝfat E pr. m. of sheep, and of oxe, and of geyt, ȝe shulen not eete; the talwȝ of deed careyn, and of that beeste that is takun of a wilde beeste, ȝe shulen haue into dyuerse vses. If eny man eete the talwȝ, that shulde be offred into the encense of the Lord, he shal perishe fro his puple. And the blood of eche beeste ȝe shulen not take in meete, as wel of bryddes, as of beestis; eche lijf that etith blood shal perishe fro his puplis. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiyng, Speke to the sones of Yrael, He that offreth slawn offryng of pesible thinges to the Lord, offre he therwith and sacrifice, that is, his offrynges of licours. He shal holde with hondes the talwȝ of the oost, and the litil brest; and whanne bothe, offred to the Lord, he hath sacred, he shal take to the preest, the which shal brenne the talwȝ vpon the auter; the litil brest forsothe shal be of Aaron and his sones; and the riȝt shul|dre of the oostis of pesible thingis shal falle into chefethe chefe BE. fruytis of the preest. He that offreth the blood, and the talwȝ, of the sones of Aaron, shal haue and the riȝt shuldre in his porcioun. The litil brest forsothe of areryng, and the shul|dre of seueryng, Y haue take fro the sones of Yrael of the pesible hoostes of hem, and haue ȝyue to Aaron the preest and his sones, thurȝ perpetuel lawe, fro al the puple of Yrael. This is the anoynt|yng of Aaron and his sones, in the cery|monyes of the Lord, the day that Moyses offred hem that thei shulden vse preest|hod, and the thinges that the Lord co|maundide to be ȝeue to hem of the sones of Yrael, thurȝ perpetuel relygioun in her generaciouns. This is the lawe of theOm. BDEFH. brent sacrifice, and of sacrifice for synne, and for trespas, and for the sacryng, and for slawn offrynges of pesible thinges, that the Lord ordeyned to Moyses in the mownt Synayof Synay D., whanne he comaundide to the sones ofOm. D. Yrael that thei shulden offre her offrynges to the Lord, in the de|sert of Synay.

 CAP. VIII.

The Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Tak Aaron with his sones, the clothes of hem, and the oyle of the anoyntyng, a calf for synne, two wethers, a leepe with therf loues; and thow shalt gedere togi|dere al the companye at the dore of the tabernacle. Moyses dyde as the Lord co|maundide; and al the puple gadered be|fore the ȝates of the tabernacle, he seith, This is the word that the Lord comaun|dide to be do. And anoon he offred Aa|ron and his sones; and whanne he hadde washe hem, he clothide the bishop with a lynnen sherte, girdynge hym with a gyrdle and clothing hymOm. D. with a blewe coote, and putte aboue the coope, the which streynynge with a lace ioyned it to the brest broche, in the which was loore and sothenes. And he couerde the heed with a mytre, and vpon it, aboute the frownt, he putte a goldun plate, sacrid in halowyng, as the Lord comaundide to him. And he took the oyle of anoynt|yng, with the which he anoyntide the ta|bernacle with alle his ournementis; and whanne halowynge he hadde spreynt the auter seuen sithes, he anoyntide it; and alle the vessels of it, and the lauatorye with his foot he halowide with oyle. The which heeldynge vpon the heed of Aaron, he anoyntide hym, and sacrede, and his sones offrede he sacride, and clothid with lynnen cootys, and girdegerdede E. with girdles, and putte on hem mytrys, as the Lord comaundide. And he offrede a calf for synne; and whanne Aaron and his sones hadden putte her hondes vpon the heed of it, he offrede it, takynge the blood; and the fyngre wett, he towchede the hornes of the auter bi enuyroun, the which clensid and halowid, he heelde the laft blood at the foundementis of it. The talwȝ forsothe that was vpon the en|trayles, and the calle of the mawe, and the two litil reynes with her grece he brent vpon the auter; the calf with the skynne, flesh, and dryt, brennynge out of the tentes, as the Lord comaundide. And he offred a wether into brent sacrifice; vpon whos heed whanne Aaron and his sones hadden putte her hondes, he offred it, and heelde the blood of it bi enuyroun of the auter. And thilk wether cuttynge in gobetis, the heed of it, and the lemes, and the talwȝ he brente with fier, washed before the entraylis and the feete; and al the wether he tende to gidere vpon the auter, forthi that it was brent sacrifice of moost swete smel to the Lord, as he co|maundide to hym. And he offrede the secounde wether, into the sacringe of preestis; and Aaron and his sones put|tidenputten E. her hondes vpon the heed of it. The which whanne Moyses hadde offride, takynge of the blood towchid the ende of the riȝt eere of Aaron, and theOm. H. thowmbe of his riȝt hoond, alsoand also B. and of the foote. And he offred the sones of Aaron. And whanne of the blood of the offred wether he hadde towchid the eende of the riȝt eere of echon, and the thoumbe of the hoond, and of the riȝt foote, the relif he heelde vpon the auter bi enuyroun. The talwȝ forsothe, and the tayle, and al the fatnes that couereth the entrayles, and the calle of the mawe, and the two reynes with her talwȝes, and the ryȝt shuldre he seuerede. Takynge forsothe of the leepe of therf looues, that was before the Lord, looues with outen sour dowȝ, and a litil rownd loof spreynt with oyle, and a thinne caake, he putte vpon the talwȝes, and the riȝt shuldre, takynge alle togi|dere to Aaron and hys sones. The which whanne thei hadden rerede hem beforn the Lord, eftsones takynge of the hondes of hem, he brente vpon the auter of brent sacrifice, forthi that it was the offring of consecracioun, into smel of swetnes of sa|crifice to the Lord. And he took the litil breest, rerynge it before the Lord, of the wether of consecracioun into his part, as the Lord hath comaundide hym. And takynge the oynement, and the blood that weren in the auter, he spreynde vpon Aaron, and his vestementes, and upon his sones, and her clothis. And whanne he hadde halowide hem in her clothinge, he comaundide hem, seiynge, Seethe ȝe the flesh before the ȝatis of the tabernacle, and ther etith it; and the looues of conse|cracioun etith, that ben putte in the leepe, as God hath comaundide to me, seiynge, Aaron and his sones schulen eete hem; what euerer E. forsothe were laft of the flesh and of the looues, the fier shal consume. Fro the dore forsothe of the tabernacle ȝe shulen not goo out seuen daies, vnto the day in the which the tyme of ȝoure con|secracioun shal be fulfillid; seuenin seuen D. for|sothe daies is endid the consecracioun, as now it is doon, that the ryte of theOm. BDEFH. sacri|fice be fulfild. Day and nyȝt ȝe shulen dwelle in the tabernacle, al about kepynge the wardes of the Lord, lest ȝe dien; so forsothe it is comaundide to me. And Aaron and his sones diden alle thingis, that the Lord spak bi the hoond of Moyses.

 CAP. IX.

The eiȝt day forsothe doon, Moyses clepide Aaron, and his sones, and the greet men thurȝ birthe of Yrael; and he seide to Aaron, Tak fro the droue a calf for synne, and a wether into brent sacri|fice, eithir with out wemme, and offre hem before the Lord. And thow shalt speke to the sones of Yrael, Take ȝe a geyt for synne, and a calf, and a lombe of o ȝeer and without wemme, into brent sacrifice, an oxe and a wether for pesible thingis; and offre ȝe hem before the Lord, in the sacrifice of echon offrynge tried flour spreynt with oyle; to day forsothe the Lord shal apere to ȝow. Thanne thei token alle thingis, that Moyses hadde co|maundide, at the dore of the tabernacle, where, whanne al the multitude stoode, Moyses seith, This is the word that the Lord comaundide, do ȝe, and the glorie of hym shal apere to ȝow. And he seide to Aaron, Come nyȝ to the auter, and offre for thi synne; offre brent sacrifice, and prey for thee, and thefor the D. puple; and whanne thou sleest the hoost of the pu|ple, prey for hem, as the Lord hath co|maundide. And anoon Aaron goynge to the auter offred a calf for his synne; whos blood his sones offreden to hym, in the which wetynge the fyngre he towchide the hornes of the auter, and heelde the relyf at the foot of it; and the talwȝ, and the litil reynes and the calle of the mawe that ben for synne, he brent vpon the au|ter, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. The flesh forsothe, and the skynne of it with out the tentis he brent with fier. And he offrede the slawn offryng of the brent sacrifice, and his sones offreden the blood of it to hym, the which he heelde bi enuyroun of the auter; that also oost cutt in to gobetis, with the heed, and alle the lymes thei offriden; the whiche alle vpon the auter he brente with fier, before wasche with water the entrayles, and the feet. And offrynge for the synne of the puple he slewe a goote, and the auter clensid he made brent sacrifice, echynge into the sacrifyce offrynges of licours that ben offryd togidere, and brennynge hem vpon the auter, with out the cerymonyes of the morutide brent sacryfice. And he offrede an oxe, and a wether, the pesible oostes of the puple; and his sones of|freden the blood to hym, the which he heelde vpon the auter in enuiroun. The talwȝ forsothe of the oxe, and the tayl of the wether, and the litil reynes with her talwȝes, and the calle of the mawe, thei putten vpon the breestes. And whanne the talwȝes weren brent in the auter, the breestis of hem, and the riȝt shuldres Aaron arerynge before the Lord seuerde, as Moyses comaundide. And strecchynge out hondes to the puple he blesside hem; and so fulfillid the oostes for synne, and the brent sacrifices, and the pesible thinges, he descendide. Moyses forsothe and Aa|ron goon into the tabernacle of witness|yng, and therafter goon out blissiden to the puple; and the glorie of the Lord aperyde to al the multitude. And loo! fier goon out fro the Lord deuowrede the brent sacrifice, and the talwȝes, that weren vpon the auter; the which whanne the puple hadde seen, thei preiseden the Lord, fallynge doun in to her faces.

 CAP. X.

And Nadab and Abiu, the sones of Aa|ron, cauȝt the censerys, puttenputten in E. fier and encense there aboue, offrynge before the Lord alien fier, that to hem was not co|maundid. And fier goon out fro the Lord, deuowrede hem, and thei ben deed before the Lord. And Moyses seide to Aaron, This is that the Lord hath spokun, Y shal be halowid in hem that neiȝen to me, and in the siȝt of al the puple Y shal be glorified; the which thing herynge, Aaron helde his pees. Moyses forsothe, Mysael, andOm. ABEFH. Elizaphan, the sones of Osyel, the vncle of Aaron, clepid, seith to hem, Gothe, and takith ȝoure britheren fro the siȝt of the seyntuarie, and berith out of the tentis. And anoon goynge thei token hem, as thei lien clothid with her lynnen clothes, and thei kesten hem out, as it was comaundid to hem. And Moyses spak to Aaron, and to Eliazar and to Ytamar, his sones, Wole ȝe not make ȝoure heedes nakid, and wole ȝe not kutte ȝoure clothes, lest perauenture ȝe dien, and vpon al the cumpanie sprenge indig|nacioun; ȝoure bretheren and al the hous of Yrael weilen thei the brennyng that the Lord hath reryde. Ȝe forsothe shulen not goon out the ȝates of the tabernacle, ellis ȝe shulen peryshe; the oyle forsothe of the holi anoyntyng is vpon ȝow. The whiche diden alle thinges after the heeste of Moyses. And the Lord seide to Aa|ron, Wyn, and alle that may make dronke, thow and thi sones shulen not drynke, whanne ȝe shulen goo into the tabernacle of witnessyng, lest ȝe dien; for the euer|lastynge heeste it is into ȝoure genera|ciouns; and that ȝe han kunnyng of dem|yng bitwix holy and cursid, bitwix de|fowlid and clene; and that ȝe techen the sones of Yrael alle my lawful thinges, that the Lord hath spokun to hem bi the hoond of Moyses. And Moyses spak to Aaron, and to Eliazar and to Ytamar, his sones, that weren laft, Tak ȝe the sacrifice that was laft of the offryng of the Lord, and etith it with outen sourdowȝ, biside the auter, for holy of halowis yt is. Ȝe shu|len eete forsothe in holy place that that is ȝeuen to thee and to thi sones, of the offrynges of the Lord, as it is comaundid to me. And the litil breest that is offered, and the shuldre that is seuered, ȝe shulen eete in the moost cleene place, thow, and thi sones, and thi douȝtren with thee; to thee forsothe and to thi free children ben put vp, of the hoolsum oostis of the sones of Yrael; forthi that the shuldre, and the breest, and the talwȝes that ben brent in the auter, thei han arerede before the Lord; and perteynen to thee, and to thi sones, thurȝ perpetual lawe, as the Lord hath comaundide. Among thes thingis the goot that was offred for synne whanne Moyses souȝte, he foonde ful brent, and wrooth aȝens Eliazar and Ytamar, the sones of Aaron that laften, seith, Whi han ȝe not eetun in hooli place the oost for synne, that is holy of halowes, and ȝyue to ȝow, that ȝe bere the wickidnes of the multitude, and preye for it in the siȝt of the Lord; nameliche sith of the blood of it is not brouȝtbrouȝt in DE. with ynne the halowes, and ȝe shulen eete it in the seyntuarie, as the Lord hath comaundide to me? And Aaron answerde, To day is offred the slawn offryng for synne, and brent sacrifice before the Lord; to me forsothe is faln that thou seest; what manere myȝte I eete it, and plees to the Lord in cerymonyes with weilynge mynde? The which thing whanne Moyses hadde herde, he resseyuede satysfaccioun.

 CAP. XI.

And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seiynge, Sey ȝe to the sones of Yrael, Kepe ȝe alle thingis that Y haue writun to ȝow, that I be ȝoure God. Thes ben the beestis that ȝe shulen eete, of alle that beren lijf on erthe; alle that hanhath BDEFH. the cleeclaw H. dyuydid, and chewith kude, in beestis ȝe mowen eete; what euer for|sothe chewith kude, and hath clee, but dyuydith it not, as camel and othere, ȝe shulen not eete it, and among vnclenne thinges ȝe shulen holde it. An vrchon, that chewith kude, and dyuidethdeuydid D. not the clee, is vnclene; an haar forsothe, for and he chewith kude, but the clee he dyuidithdeuydid D. not; and a sowe, that al be it that sche dyuidithdeuyde BDEFH. the clee, she chewith not kude. Of the flesh of thes eete ȝe not, ne towche ȝe the careyns, for thei ben vnclene to ȝow. Thes ben also that ben getun in watris, and it is leeful to eete; alle that hanhath BDEFH. fynnes and scaales, as wel in the see, as in theOm. E. floodes and stondynge wa|tris, ȝe shulen eete; what euerer E. forsothe hath no fynnes and scaales, of hem that in watris ben meued and lyuen, shulen be abhomynable to ȝou, and as cursid; ȝe shulen not eete the flesh of hem, and the faln to deeth ȝe shulen shonne. Alle that han not fynnes and scaales in wa|tristhe watris BDEFH., shulen be polutepolutid D.. Thes ben that ȝe shulen not eete of bryddes, and ben to be shoned of ȝow; an egle, and a griffyn, and a merlyoun; and kijta kijt BDEFH., and a grijp after his kynde; and alle of crowe kynde into his liknes; `an ostrichea strucion E pr. m., and a nyȝt crowefowl E pr. m., and a coote, and an hawke after his kynde; an owle, and a deuedepdeuedoppe BDEH., and the vnclene watir foule, that with his bille puttynge water into his ars, purgith hym silf; a swan, a cormaraunt, and a pellicane; and a gerfawcoun, and a iay after his kynde; and a lapwynk, and a reremous. Alle of foules that gothgon D. on foure feete, shal be abhomynable to ȝow; what euer forsothe goth on foure feete, but hath lenger theis bihynde, bi the whiche he lepith vpon theOm. E. erthe, ȝe shu|len eete; as is bruk in his kynde, `that is the kynde of locust er it haue wengesOm. E pr. m., and attachus, `that is the kynde of locust, whanne it bigynneth to fleeOm. E pr. m., and opy|machus, `that is a foule enemy to ser|pentesOm. E pr. m., and a locust, eche after his kynde. What euerer E. forsothe of foules that oonli hath foure feete, shal be to ȝow as cursid thing; and who so euerer E. towchith the faln to deeth of hem, shal be polutidpollute E. and vn|clene vnto the euentyde; and if it were nede that he bere eny of hem deed, he shal washe his clothes, and he shal be vnclene vnto the goyng doun of the sunne. Eche forsothe beeste that hath aOm. BDEFH. clee, but dyuideth not it, ne chewith kude, shal be vnclene; and what euerer E. touchith it, shal be defoulid. That thatOm. B. goth vpon hondes, of al that berith lijf that goon on foure feete, shal be vnclene; who so touchith the faln to deth of hem, shal be polutidpolute BEFH. vnto euenthe euen BDEF sec. m. H.; and who so berith siche maner careyns, shal wasshe his clothis, and he shal be vnclene vnto the euen; for alle thes ben vnclennesvncleene BDEFH. to ȝou. Thes forsothe among polutidpolute BDEFH. thinges shulen be holde, of hem that ben meued in erthe; a wesil, and a mouse, and a cokedril, eche after his kynde; `that is a beest of foure feete, hauynge the ne|ther cheke lap vnmeuable, andin BDEFH. meuynge the ouereOm. E pr. m.; a mygal, `that is a beeste born trecherows to bigile, and moost glo|terousOm. E pr. m., a camelion, `that is a beeste varyed in to diuerse colours, after diuerse lok|ingisOm. E pr. m., and a stellioun, `that is a werme depeyntid as with sterrisOm. E pr. m., and a lacertlacort AF., `that is a serpent that is clepid a liserdOm. E pr. m., and a moldwerp. Alle thes ben vnclene; who touchethtouchid D. the faln to deth of hem, shal be vnclene vnto the euen; and vpon what thing fal eny thing of the faln to deth of hem, shal be polutpolutid D., as wel the treentreenen BF. trenned E. vessel and clothing, as skynnes and heren shertes; and in what thing is werk maad, it shal be wett with water, and thei shulen be polutpolutid D. vnto the euen, and so afterward thei shulen be clensid. A britel vessel forsothe, in the which eny of thes fallith with ynne, shal be polutpolutid D., and therfor it is to be broke. Al the meete that ȝe shulen eete, if water were shed vpon it, shal be vnclene; al meltynge thing, that shal be dronke ofȝif B. eny vessel, shalOm. B. be vnclene; and whatwhateuer BDFH. whater E. thing of siche thing falnfalled E. falle F. to deeth falle vpon it, shal be vnclene, other forneyses, `or ke|telsother cheteles E., shulen be destruyed, and shulen be vnclene. The welles forsothe and sisterns, and al the gederyng togidere of watris, shulen be clene. He that touchith the faln to deth of hem, shal be polutid. If it falle vpon the seede, it shal not polute it; if forsothe eny man with water helde vpon the seede, and afterward with the faln to deth were touchid, anone it shal be polutid. If the beeste that is leeful to ȝow to eete were deed, he that touchith the careyn of it shal be vnclene vnto euenthe euen BDEFH.; and he that etith of it eny thing, or berith, shal wasshe his clothes, and he shal be vnclene vnto euen. Al that crepith vpon erthe shal be abhomynable, ne shal be take vntointo E. meet. What thing of foure feete gothgon D. vpon the breest, and hath many feete, orother E. bi the erthe is drawun, ȝe shulen not eete, for it is abhomynable. Nyl ȝe defoule ȝoure soules, ne touche eny thing of hem, lest ȝe ben vnclene; Y forsothe am the Lord ȝoure God; be ȝe holy, for Y am hooli. Ne defoule ȝe ȝoure soules in eny crepynge thing that is meuyd vpon erthe; Y forsothe am the Lord, that hathhaue E. ladde ȝow fro the loond of Egipte, that Y shulde be to ȝow into God; ȝe shulen be holy, for Y am holy. This is the lawe of the berynge lijf, and of foules, and of al lyuynge soule that is meuyd in water, and crepith in erthe; that ȝe mowen knowe the differences of clene and of vnclene, and that ȝe witen what ȝe owen to eete, and what to forsake.

 CAP. XII.

The Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, A womman, if thurȝ res|seyued seed she bare a maal, she shal be vnclene seuen dayes after the daies of the seueryng of the flux of rotun blood; and the eiȝt day the fawnt shal be circum|cidid. She forsothe thre and thretti daies shal dwelle in the blood of hir purifiyng; al holi thing she shal not touche, ne goo in to the seyntuarie, to the tyme that the daies of hir purifiyng ben fulfillid. If for|sothe she bere a maydynmeyde BDEH. child, she shal be vnclene twey wekes, after the ryte of the flux of the rotun blood, and six and sixty dayes she shal dwelle in the blood of hir puryfiyng. And whanne the daies of hir purifiyng weren fulfillid, other for sone, or for douȝter, she shal bere a lomb of o ȝeer in to brent sacrifice, and a cul|uer brid, or a turtil, for synne, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and she shal take to the preest, the which shal offre it before the Lord, and shal preye for hir, and so she shal be maad clene fro the flux of hyr blood. This is the lawe of the berynge maal and femaal. And if the hoond of hir fynde not, ne may offre a lombe, she shal take two tur|tursturtils H., or two culuer bryddes, the oon into brent sacrifice, and that othir for synne; and the preest shal preye for hir, and so she shal be maad clene.

 CAP. XIII.

The Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seiynge, A man in whos skynne and flesh were sprongun dyuerse colour, or bleyne, other enyas eny BDEFH. thing liȝtyng, that is to seie, a plaage of lepre, he shal be brouȝt forth to Aaron, the preest, or to oon of eny of his sones; the which whanne he seeth the lepre in the skynne, and the heeris chaungid into whijt colour, and thilk spice of lepre lower than the skynne and that other flesh, a plaage of lepre it is, and at the dom of hym he shal be se|uered. If forsothe liȝtynge whitnesse were in the skynne, and no more lowe than that other flesh, and the heeris of before hadden colour, the preest shal re|cluse hym seuen daies; and he shal be|holdenbe holdun A. the seuentheseuene E. day, and if forsothe theOm. A. lepre be no forthermore runne, ne passe in the skynne thene A. formerforther|more AF pr. m. termes, eftsones he shal recluse hym seuen other dayes; and the seuentheseuene E. day he shal loke, if more derker were the lepre, and not waxedgrowed E pr. m. in the skynne, he shal clense hym, for it is a scab; and the man shal wasshe his clothis, and he shal be clene. That if afterward that he is seen of the preest, and ȝoldun to clennesse, eftsone the lepre wexith, he shal be brouȝte to hym, and ofof his E pr. m. vnclennes he shal be con|dempnyd. The plaage of lepre if it were in a man, he shal be brouȝt to the preest, and he shal se hym; and whanne whijt colour were in the skynne, and of the heeres chaungith the siȝt, thilke forsothe quyk flesh apeerithpeerith B., the moost olde lepre it shal be demyd, and fulle rootid to the skynne; and so the preest shal defoule hym, and not recluse, for it is of vnclen|nesse ful open. If forsothe out flowefloure E sec. m. the rennynge lepre in the skynne, and couer al the flesh, fro the heed vnto the feet, what thing vndir the siȝt of the eyen fallith; the preest shal beholde hym, and demehe shal deme E pr. m. it to be holdun moostwith moost E sec. m. clene lepre, `for thiforther AF. that al be turned into whitnes, and therfor the man shal be clene. Whanne forsothe quyk flesh aperyde in hym, thanne thurȝ the dome of the preest he shal be polut, and among vnclene he shal holdun; if the quyk flesh is spreynt with lepre, it is vnclene. ThatAnd E sec. m. if eftsones it were turned into whitnesse, and couereth al the man, the preest shal behoolde hym, and deme to be clene. The flesh and the skynne, in the whiche a bocchebeel D. bogge E pr. m. is growun, and helid, and in the place of the bocchebeel D. bogge E pr. m. aperith a fel wounde, whijt, or derk reed, the man shal be brouȝt to the preest; the which whanne he hath seen the place of the lepre lower than that other flesh, and the heeris turned into whitnes, he shal defoule hym; a plaage forsothe of lepre is sprongun in the bocchebeel D. bogge E pr. m.. That if the heere is of the rather colour, and the fel wounde vnder derk, and thanne the nyȝ flesh is not lower, he shal recluse hym seuen dayes; and if forsothe it wax, he shal deme hym of the lepre; if forsothe it stoonde in his place, it is the fel wounde of the bocchebeel D., and the man shal be clene. The flesh and the skynne, that the fyer brekith out, and, heelid, haue a whijt or a reed fel wounde, the preest shal biholde it, and loo! if it is turned into whijtnes, and the place of it is lower than that other skynne, he shal defoule hym, for the plaage of theOm. BDEFH. lepre is sprongun in the fel wounde. That if the colour of the heeres were not fulle chaungid, ne the plaage lower than that other flehs, and thilke spice of lepre were vnder derk, he shal recluse hym seuen daies; and the seuentheseuene E. day he shal loke; and if the lepre wax in the skynne, he shal defoule hym; if forsothe in his place stonde whijtnes not cleer ynowȝ, a plaage of brennyng it is, and therfor it shal be clensid, for a fel wounde of brennyngbirnyng B. `it isOm. H.. Man or womman, in whos heed or beerde boriouneth a lepre, the preest shal loke hem; and if forsothe the place were lower than that other flesh, and the heer ȝalow, and sotiler than it is wont, he shal defoule him, for lepre of the heed it is, and of the beerde. If forsothe he se the place of the wemme euen to the nyȝ flesh, and the heer blak, he shal recluse hym seuen daies, and the seuentheseuene E. day loke; and if the wemme groweglowe A. not, and the heer is of his colour, and the place of the plage to that other flesh euen, the man shal be shauen, out-take the place of the wemme, and he shal be reclusyd seuen other daies. If the seuentheseuene E. day the plaage were seen `to haueOm. E pr. m. stoonde in his place, ne lower than that other flesh, he shal clense hym, and his clothes wasshid he shal be clene. If forsothe after the clensyng eftsones growe a wemm in the skynne, he shal na more seche, wherwhether D. the heer be chaungid in to ȝalow colour, for apertly he is vnclene. Forsothe if the wemme stoonde, and the heeris weren blak, know he that the man is hool, and trustili pronounce he hym clene. A man or aOm. BDEFH. womman, in whos skynne whijtnes aperith, the preest shal loke hem; if he perceyue vnder derk whijtnes to shyne in the skynne, know he that it is no lepre, but a wemme of whijt colour, and that the man is clene. A man of whos heed the heeres fallen, he is ballid, and clene; and if fro the frount fallen the heeres, he is bihynde ballid, and clene; if forsothe in the ballidnes, orother E. in the bihynde ballid|nes, whijt or reed colour were sprongun out, and that the preest seeyȝ, he shal condempne hym, not of dowtows lepre it is, that is sprongun in the ballidnes. Whoso euer were thanne defoulid with lepre, and seuered at the dome of a preest, he shal haue his clothis vnsewyd, the heed nakid, the mouth couered with the cloothe, and he shal crye hym wemmed, and foule; al tyme that he is leprows and vncleene, alone he shal dwelle out of the tentes. A wullun clooth, or lynnen, that hath a lepre in the oof, or in the werpe, other of a certeyn skynne, or ouȝt that is maad of skynne, if it were infect with whijt or reed wemme, it shal be holdun a lepre, and shal be shewid to the preest; the which, it lokid, shal recluse seuen daies. And the seuentheseuene E. day eftsones biholdynge, if he perseyue that it hath wox, it shal be a stedfast lepre; he shal deme the clooth polut, and al thing in the which it were founde; and therfor it shal be brent with flawmes of fier. That if he se that it hath not waxen, he shal comaunde, and thei shal wasshe it in the which is the lepre, and he shal recluse it seuen other daies; and whanne he seeth forsothe the rather face not turned aȝen, and neuerthelater the lepre not to haue woxe, he shal deme vnclene, and with fier he shal brenne, forthi that it is spred in the vttermosthotemost E. of the clooth, other `al thurȝthour out al E pr. m.. A lepre, if forsothe the place of the lepre were derker, after that the clooth is wasshun, he shal breke it, and fro the hoole dyuyde. That if forthermore apere in that places, the whiche weren before vndefoulid, the lepre fleynge and vagaunt, shal be brent with fier; and if it ceese, he shal wasshe secoundlich tho thinges that ben pure, and thei shal be clene. This is the lawe of the lepre of wullen clooth, and lynnen, of oof and of warpe, and of al letherin purtenaunce, how thei shal be clensid, or be defoulid.

 CAP. XIV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, This is the rijt of the leprows, whanne he is to be maad clene. He shal be brouȝt to the preest, the which goon out of the tentis, whanne he fyndith that the lepre is clensid, he shal comaunde to hym that is purified, that he offre for hym silf two quyk sparowes, whom it is leeful to eet, and cedre tree, and `flawm reed silkvermycle E pr. m., and ysope. And oon of the sparows he shal comaunde to be offred in a britil vessel, vpon quyk watris; that other forsothe quyk, with cedre tree, and `reed silkcook E pr. m., and ysope, he shal weete in the blood of the sparowe that is offred, with the which he shal sprenge hym that is to be clensid seuene sithes, that thurȝ riȝt he be purgid; and he shal late goo the quyk sparowe, that she flee awei into the feelde. And whanne the man hath wasshide his clothes, he shal shaue alle the heeres of the bodi, and he shal be wasshe with water, and purified he shal goo into the tentis; so oonli that he dwelle out of his tabernacle seuen daies; and the seuenthe day that he shaue the heeris of the heed, and beerde, and browes, and the heeres of al the body. And eftsones the clothes and the body wasshid, the eiȝteyȝthe E. day he shal take two lombes with outen wemme, and a sheep of o ȝeer with outen wemme, and thre dymes of tried floure, into sacrifice, that be spreynt with oyle, and bisides a sextarie of oyle. And whanne the preest, puryfiynge the man, ordeyneth hym and alle thes thingis before the Lord, in the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, and he shal take a lombe, and offre it for trespas, and a sextarye of oyle; and alle thingis offred before the Lord, he shal offre a lombe, where is wont to be offred the oost for synne and the brent sacri|fice, that is, in holy place; forsothe as for synne so for trespas to the preest per|teyneth the oost; holi of halowes it is. And the preest takynge of the blood of the oost that is offrid for trespas, he shal putte vpon the ende of his riȝt ere that is clensid, and vpon the thoumbes of the riȝt hoond and foot. And of the sextarie of oyle he shall putte inin to BDEFH. his left hoond, and he shal wete the riȝt fyngre in it, and he shal sprenge before the Lord se|uen sithes. That forsothe of the oile that is laft in the left hoond, he shal heelde vpon the eende of his riȝt eere that is clansid, and vpon the thoumbes of hoonde and of riȝtthi riȝt A. foot, and vpon the blood that is shed for trespasthe trespas B., and vpon his heed. And he shal preye for hym before the Lord, and he shal doo sacri|fice for synne; thanne he shal offre brent sacrifice, and putte it in the auter with his offryng of licours, and the man law|fullich shal be clensid. That if he is a pore man, and his hoonde may not fynde that ben seyde, he shal take for the tres|pas a lombe to the offryng, that the preest preye for hym, and the tenthe part of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacri|fice, and a sextarie of oyle, and two tur|tursturtelis DH., and two culuer bryddis, of whom the oon be for synne, and the other into brent sacrifice; and he shal offre hem the eiȝteyȝthe E. day of his purifiyng to the preest, at the dore of the tabernacle of witness|yng, before the Lord. The which takynge a lombe for trespas, and a sextarie of oile, shal rere togidris; and the lombe offryd, of the blood of it he shal putte vpon theOm. DH. eende of the riȝt eere of hym that is clensid, and vpon the thoumbes of his hoonde and of the ryȝt foote. Of the oyle forsothe a part putte he into his left hoonde, in the which wetynge the fyngre of the riȝt hoonde, sprenge he seuen sithessithe BDEFH. aȝens the Lord; and weet he the eende of the ryȝt eere of hym that is clensid, and the thoumbes of the hoonde, and of the riȝt foot, in the place of the blood that is shed out forfro A. trespas. The laft forsothe part of the oyle that is in the lefte hoonde, putte he vpon the heed of the purified, that he plese the Lord for hym. And a turtreturtele DH., or a culuer bryd, he shal offre, oon for trespas, and another into brent sacrifice, with her offrid licours. Thatthis BDEFH. is the sacrifice of the leprows, that may not haue alle thingis in the clensyng of hym. And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seiynge, Whanne ȝe weren goon into the loonde of Chanaan, that Y shal ȝyue to ȝow into possessyoun, if there were a plaage of lepre in howsis, whos is the hows shal goon tellynge to the preest, and seie, As a plage of lepre it is seen to me to be in myn hows. And he shal comaunde, that alle thingis be born out of the hows orer EH. he goo into it, and be seen whetherwhere BEFH. it be a lepre, lest alle thinges that ben in the hows ben maad vnclene; and afterward he shal goon yn, that he behoolde the lepre of the hows. And whanne he seeth in the walles of it as litil valeys defourmed with paalnes, or with reednes, and lower than that other vttermoreoutmore E. partieparte BDE., he shal goo out of the dore of the hows, and anoon he shal close it seuen dayes. And the seuenthe day turned aȝen he shal beholde it; and if he fynde that the lepre hath waxen, he shal comaunde the stonus, in the whiche is the lepre, to be drawe out, and hem to be throwe `a ferreofeer DFH. out of theOm. E. cyte, in an vnclene place; that forsothe hows to be parid with ynforth bi enuyroun, and the powdre of the paryng to be spreynt out of the citee, in an vnclene place, and other stonus to be put aȝens for hem that were takun awey, and with other cley the hows to be dawbid. If forsothe after that the stonus ben drawen out, and the pow|dre born out, and with other erthe daw|bid, and the preest goon yn se the lepre turned aȝen, and the walles aȝen spreynt with spottis, it is a stedfast lepre, and the hows vnclene; the whiche anoon thei schulen distruy; and the stonus of it, and trees, and al the powdre thei shulen throwe afer out of the wallid town, in an vnclene place. Who goth into the hows, whanne it is closid, shal be vnclene vnto theOm. DEFH. euen, and who slepith in it, and etith eny thing, shal wasshe his clothes. That if the preest goynge in se that the lepre hath not waxen in the hows, after that it is newe dawbid, he shal purifie it, helthe ȝoldun aȝen. In the purifiynge of it he shal take two sparows, and the ce|dre tree, and `fier reed silkvermycle E pr. m., and ysop. And that oon sparow offred in a britil vessel, vpon quik watris, he shal take the cedre tree, and ysop, andand the BDE sec. m. H. `fier reed silkcok E., and a quyk sparow, and he shal weete alle thingis in the blood of the offrid spa|row, and in quykwhyk B. watres; and he shal sprenge the hows seuen sithes; and he shal purifie it, as wel in the blood of a sparow as in quyk watrys, and in the quyk sparow, and in the cedre tree, and ysop, and `fier reed silkvermycle E pr. m.. And whanne he hath late the sparow freliche flee awey inin to BDEFH. the feelde, he shal preye for the hows, and thurȝ ryȝt it shal be maad clene. This is the lawe of al lepre, and hurtynge, and of lepre of clothes, and howsis, and of fel wounde, and of bleynes brekynge out, and of wemme liȝtynge, and inin to E. dyuerse spices the colours chaungid, that it may be knowe what tyme eny thing be clene, or vnclene.

 CAP. XV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seynge, Speke ye to the sones of Yrael, and seith to hem, The man thatand in EF. suffreth the flux of seede, shal be vn|clene; and thanne he shal be demyd to vndur ligge to this vice, whanne bi eche momentis it cleueth to the flesh of hym, and to gidere groweth the foule humour. Al the bed that he sleepith yn shal be vnclene, and where euerer E. he sitteth. Who so euerer E. of men towchith hys bed, he shal washe his clothes, and he washid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. And if he sitte where he satt, heand he BDEFH. shal wassh his clothes, and wasshid with water shal ben vnclene vnto the euen. He that towch|ith the fleshe of hym, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene to the euen. And if siche a man caste out spotil vpon hym that is clene, he shal wasshe his clothes, and wasshid with water shalshulen A. be vnclene vn|to the euen. The sadel vpon the which he shall sytt, shal be vnclene; and what euerer E. were vnder hym that suffreth flux of seede, shal be vnclenepolute BEFH. polutid D. vnto the euen. He that berith eny thing of thes, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. Eche whom he that is suchon towchith with not wasshunwaschid BDEFH. hondes before, shal wasshe his clothes, and wasshid with wa|ter shal be vnclene vnto the euen. The britil vessel that he towchith, shal be to|brokun; the treen vessel forsothe shal be wasshidwhasche E. `with waterOm. A.. If he were helid, that suffreth siche a maner passioun, he shal noumbre seuen daies after his clens|yng, and the clothes wasshid, and al the bodi in qwik watris, he shal be clene. The eiȝteyȝthe E. day forsothe he shal take two turtursturteles DH., other two culuer briddes, and he shal come in the siȝt of the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, and he shal ȝyue hem to the preest; the which shal doon oon for synne, and that other into brent sacrifice; he shal preye for him bifor the Lord, that he be clene fro the flux of his seede. The man of whom goth out the seede of goyng togi|dris, shal wasshe with water al his body, and he shal be vnclene vnto the euen. Clooth and skynne that he hath, he shal wasshe with water, and it shal be vn|clene vnto the euen. The womman with whom he goth togider with, shal be wasshe with water, and she shal be vn|clene vnto the euen. The womman that, turnynge aȝen the moneth, suffreth the flux of blood, seuen daies shal be seuerd; eche that towchith hir shal be vnclene vnto euen, and the place in which she sleepith or sittith the daies of her seuer|yng, shal be polutpolutid D.. He that towchith her bed, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. Eche vessel vpon whichthe which BDEFH. she sittith who so euerer E. towchith, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be polutpolutid D. vnto the euen. If man gothgo EH. togidere with hir in the tyme of hir blood flowynge bi monethes, he shal be vnclene seuen daies, and al the bed in which he slepith shal be polutpolutid D.. The woman that suffrith manye daies the flux of blood, not in tyme of the flux bi the moneth, other that aftir the flux of blood bi the moneth cesith not to flowe blood, as longe as she shal vnderligge to this passioun she shal be vnclene, as it be in tyme of the flux of bloodthe blood BDEFH. bi the moneth. Al the bed in whichthe which E. she slep|ith, and the vessel in whichthe which BDEFH. she sittith, shal be polutpolutid D.. Who so towchith hir, shal wasshe hys clothis, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. If the blood stoonde, and ceese to flowe, she shal noumbre seuen daies of hir puri|fiyng, and the eiȝtith day she shal offre for hir silf to the preest two turtursturteles DH., or two culuer briddis, at the dore of the ta|bernacle of witnessyng; the which shal do oon for the synne, and that other into brent sacrifice; and he shal preye for hir before the Lord, and for the flux of the vnclennes of hir. Ȝe shulen teche ther|fore the sones of Yrael, that thei shonnen vnclennesvnclennessys E., and die not in her fluxestheir filthes BE., whanne thei defoulen my tabernacle that is among hem. This is the lawe of hym that suffreth flux of seede, and that is po|lutid thurȝ goynge togidris, and of hyr that thurȝ moneth tymes of flowing of blood is seuerd, and that flowith ful oft blood, and of the man that slepith with hir.

 CAP. XVI.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, after the deeth of the two sones of Aaron, whanne thei offrynge alien fier were slawn, and comaundidehe comaundide E pr. m. to hym, seiynge, Spek to Aaron, thi brother, lest alle tymes he goo into the seyntuarye, that is with ynne the veile before the propiciatory, with the which the arke is couerd, that he dye not; for in a clowde Y shal apeere vpon the heuenli answerynge place; but if thes thinges he do before. He shal offre a calf for synne, and a wether in to brent sacrifice; with a lynnen coote he shal be clothid, and with lynnen breches he shal hile the shame worthi membres; he shal be gyrd with a lynnen gyrdil, and a lyn|nen mytre he shal putte to the heed; thes forsothe ben the holy clothes, with the whiche al he shal be clothed, whanne he were wasshidwasche E.. And he shal take of al the multitude of the sones of Yrael two gootes for synne, and a wethir into brent sacrifice; and whanne he offreth a calf, and preieth for hym silf, and for his hows, two gootes he shal make stoonde before the Lord, in the dore of the ta|bernacle of witnessyng; puttynge vpon either loot, oon to the Lord, and another to the goot that shal be sent out. Whos loot goth out to the Lord, shal offre thilke for synne; whos forsothe into the goot that shal be sent out, shal ordeyne him quik before the Lord, that he heelde preiers vpon hym, and sende hym out into wildernes. Thes thingis lawfully so|lempnysidin to heuene doon E pr. m., he shal offre a calf, and prei|ynge for hym silf, and for his hows, shal offre it. And the censure taken to, the whiche he hath fulfillide of the coolis of the auter, and takynge with hoondhis hoond E pr. m. the maad ensencecense BDEFH. of dyuers spices into en|sensyng, he shal goo yn biȝonde the veile, in to the hooli thingis; that the swetesoote E. smellynge spices putt vp on the fier, the clowde of hem and the breeth couerco|uerth D. Goddis answeryng place, that is vpon the witnessynge, and die not. And he shal take of the blood of the calf, and he shal sprenge with the fyngre seuen sithessithe BDEFH. aȝens the propiciatorye, at the eest. And whanne he hath slawe the goot, for the synne of the puple, he shal bere ynne his blood with ynne the veile, as it is co|maundid of the blood of the calf, that he spreynge forn aȝen Goddis answeryng place, and purge the seyntuarye fro the vnclennesvnclennessys E. of the sones of Yrael, and fro the trespassynges of hem, and fro alle synnes. After this rijt he shal doo in the tabernacle of witnessyng, that is fic|chid betwix hem, in the myddil of the sortes of dwellyngdwellyng placys E pr. m. of hem. No man be in the tabernacle, whanne the bishop shal goo into the seyntuarye, that he preye for hym silf, and for his hows, and for al the companye of Yrael, to the tyme that he goo out of the tabernacle. And whanne he goth out tofro D. the auter that is before the Lord, prey he for hym silf, and the taken blood of the calf, and of the goot, heelde he vpon the hornes of it, bi enuy|roun; and sprengesprengynge EH. with the fyngre se|uen sithessithe BDEFH., purge he, and halowe it fro the vnclennesvn|clennessys E. of the sones of Yrael. After that he hath clenside the seyntuarye, and the tabernacle, and the auter, thanne offre he a quyk goot; and either hoond put on his heed, knowleche he al the wickidneswikkydnesses E. of the sones of Yrael, and alle the giltis, and alle the synnes of hem, the which inwardly preiynge to his heed, he shal sende it out bi a man al redy into desert. And whanne the goot hath born al the wickidneswyckydnesses BDEH. of hem into solitarye loonde, and were left in desert, Aaron shal turne aȝen into the tabernacle of wit|nessyng; and the clothes doon of, with the whiche he was clothed before, whanne he entride the seyntuarye of God, and hem laft there, he shal wasshe his flesh in an holi place, and shal be clothidclothid in D. with his owne clothes, and afterward that he, goon out, hath offred his and the puples brent sacrifice, he shal preye as wel for hym silf, as for the puple; and the talwȝ that is offred for synnesynnys E. he shal brenne vpon the auter. He forsothe that letith goo the sent out goot, shal wasshe his clothes and hisOm. BDEH. bodi with water, and so he shal goo into the tentis. Theand the E. calf forsothe and the goot, that weren offred for synne, and whos blood is brought in seyntuarye, that the clensyng were ful|fillid, thei shulen bere out of the tentis; and thei shulen brenne with fier, as wel the skynnes, as the flesh of hem and the drit. And who so euerer E. brennebrynneth BDEFH. hem, shal wasshe his clothes and the flesh with wa|ter, and so he shal go into the tentes. And this shal be to ȝow lawful euer|lastyng; the seuenth moneth, the tenthe day of the moneth, ȝe shulen traueyle ȝoure soules, and no werke ȝe shulen do, whether with ynne bore or comlyng that pilgrimagen among ȝow. In this day shal be the purgyng of ȝow, and clensyng fro alle ȝoure synnes, before the Lord ȝe shu|len be maad clene; the holiday forsothe of restyng it is, and ȝe shulen traueil ȝoure soules thurȝ perpetuel religioun. The preest forsothe, that were anoynt, shal purgen out, and whos hondes ben sacrid, that he bere the office of preest|hod for his fader; and he shal be clothid with a lynnen stoole, and with holy clothes, and he shal purge the seyntu|arie, and the tabernacle of witnessing, and the auter, and the preestis, and alle the puplespeple BDEH.. And this shal be lawful to ȝow euermore, that ȝe preyen for the sones of Yrael, and for alle the synnes of hem, ones in the ȝeer. He dide thanne, as the Lord hadde comaundide to Moyses.

 CAP. XVII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to Aaron and his sones, and to alle the sones of Yrael, seiynge to hem, This is the word that the Lord hath comaund|ide, seiynge, Eche man of the hows of Yrael, if he slee an oxe, or a sheep, or a she goot in the tentes, or out of the tentes, and offreth not at the dore of the tabernacle offrynge to the Lord, he shal be gilti of blood; as he hadde shedde blood, so he shal perishe fro the myddil of his puple. Therfor the sones of Yrael shulen offre to the preest her oostes, that thei slewen in the feelde, that thei ben halowid to the Lord, before the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, and offrethat offre E pr. m. thei thethoo E. oostes pesible to the Lord. And the preest shal heelde the blood vpon the auter of the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and he shal brenne the talwȝ into smel of swetnessootnes E. to the Lord. And thei shulen no more offre her oostes to feendes, with the whiche thei han do fornycacioun; lawful euer|lastynge it shal be to hem, and to the after comers of hem. And to hem thow shalt seye, A man of the hows of Yrael, and of the comlinges that pilgrimagen anentis ȝow, that offrith brent sacrifice, other slayn offryng, andin A. to the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng bryngith it not, that it be offred to the Lord, he shal spille fro his puple. Eche man of the hows of Yrael, and of comlyngis that pil|grimagen among ȝow, if he eete blood, Y shal aȝen fastne my face aȝens the soule of hym, and Y shal lese hym fro his pu|ple; for the soule of flesh is in blood, and I haue ȝouun it to ȝow, that ȝe purgen myn auter forfro A. ȝoure soules, and blood be fore the hidows gilt of soule. And therfor Y seide to the sones of Yrael, Eche lijf of ȝow ete no blood, ne of the comlyngis that pilgrymagen among ȝow. Eche man of the sones of Yrael, and of the comelyngis that pilgrymagen anentis ȝow, whether with huntyng or with foul|yng, take wilde beeste, or bridd, the which it is leeful to eete, sheed he his blood, and couer it the erthe; the soule forsothe of al flesh is in blood. Wherfor Y seide to the sones of Yrael, The blood of al flesh ȝe shulen not eete, for the soule of flesh is in blood, and who so euer etith it, shal dye. The lijf that etith faln to deth, other the takun of a beeste, as wel of with ynne getun, as of comlyngis, shal washe his clothis and hym silf with wa|ter, and he shal be defowlid vnto the euen, and bi this ordre he shal be maad clene; that if he wasshe not his clothes, or body, he shal bere his wickidnes.

 CAP. XVIII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Speke to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, Y am the Lord ȝoure God; after the custome of the loond of Egipte, in the which ȝe han dwellid, ȝe shulen not doo; after the maner of the regioun of Chanaan, to the whiche Y am to bryng ȝow yn, ȝe shulen not don, ne in the lawful thingis of hem ȝe shulen goo. Ȝe shulen doo my domes, and the heestis ȝe shulen kepe, and ȝe shulen goo in hem; Y the Lord ȝoure God. Kepith my lawes and domes, the whiche doynge, a man shal lyue in hem; Y the Lord ȝoure God. Eche man to the nexte wo|man of his blood shal not goo to, that he opne the filthed of hir; Y Lord. The filthheed of thi fader and the filthheed of thi moder thow shalt not discouer; thi moder she is, thow shalt not opne the filtheheed of hir. The filthheed of the wijf of thi fader thow shalt not discouer; the filthheed forsothe of thi fader it is. The filthheed of thithe A. sister, of fader or of moder, that at home or with outen is gotun, thow shalt not opne. The filth|heed of the dowȝter of thi sone, or of thi douȝter douȝter, thow shalt not opne, for thi filthheed it is. The filthheed of the douȝter of the wijf of thi fader, that she hath bore to thi fadir, and is thi sister, thow shalt not opne. The filth of the sister of thi fader thow shalt not disco|uer; the flesh she is of thi fader. The filthhed of the sister of thi moder thow shalt not opne, for thi that she is flesh of thi moder. The filthheed of the brother of thi fadir thow shalt not opne, ne thow shalt goo to the wijf of hym, the which is ioyned to thee thurȝ affynyte. The filthheed of the wijf of thi sone thow shalt not opne, for the wijf of thi sone she is, ne thow shalt dyscouer the shen|shyp of hir; and no man take the wijf of his brother. The filthheed of the wijf of thi brother thow shalt not opne, for the filthhed of thi brother it is. The filthheed of thi wijf, and of the douȝter of hir, thow shalt not opne; the douȝter of the sone of hir, and the douȝter of the douȝter of hir thou shalt not take, that thow opne hir shenship, for the flesh of hir thei ben, and siche a goyng togidere is incest. The sister of thi wijf into lig|gynlyȝynge E. bi hir thow shalt not take, ne opne the filthhede of hir, ȝit she lyuyng. To the womman that suffreth flux of blood thow shalt not goo, ne opne the stynk|yngnes of hir. With the wijf of thi neiȝbore thow shalt not goo togidir, ne with mengyng togidere of seede thow shalt `be defoulidnot defoule hir D.. Of thi seede thow shalt not ȝyue, that it be sacryd to the mawmet of Moloch, ne thow shalt de|fowle the name of thi God; Y a Lord. With a maal thow shalt not be mengid, bi maner of goyng to gidere with wom|man, for abhomynacioun it is. With alle beestis thow shalt not goo to gidere, ne thow shalt be defoulid with it. A womman shal not vnder ligge to a beeste, ne shal be mengid to it, for hidows synne it is. Ne be ȝe polutpolutid D. in alle thes thinges, with the whiche alle gentilis ben de|foulid, that Y shal throwe out before ȝoure siȝt, of whom the erthe is polut, whos hidows synnes Y shal visite, that it castevome BDEFH. out his dwellers. Kepe ȝe my lawes and myOm. BDEFH. domes, that ȝe do not of alle thes abomynaciouns, as wel the with ynne gotun as the dwellersdweller BEH. that pilgrymagenpilgrimagith BDEFH. anentis ȝow. Alle forsothe thes cursid|nessiscursyd|hedes BDEFH. diden the tiliers of the erthe that weren bifore ȝow, and polutide it. Shon|eth therfor, lest and also ȝow it castevome BDEFH. out, whanne the same thinges ȝe doon, as it kestevomyd BDEFH. out folk that was before ȝow. Eche lijf that doth of thes abomynaciouns eny thing, shal perisch fro the myddil of his puple. Kepe ȝe myn heestis, and wole ȝe not doo thingis that diden thes that weren before ȝow, lest ȝe ben polutpolutid D. in hem; Y the Lord ȝoure God.

 CAP. XIX.

The Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to al the companye of the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, Be ȝe holy, for Y am holy, the Lord ȝoure God. Echon drede his fader and moder. Kepe ȝe myn holy daydays BDEFH.; I the Lord ȝoure God. Nyle ȝe be conuertid to mawmetis, ne goddis ȝotun to gidere make ȝe to ȝow; I the Lord ȝoure God. If ȝe offren an oost of pesible thingis to the Lord, that he be plesable, thilk dai that it were offryd ȝe shulen eete it, and that other day; what euer thing forsothe were laft into the thridde day, ȝe shulen brenne with fier. If eny after two dayes etith of it, he shal be cursid, and gilti of vn|pitowsnes; he shal bere his wickednes, for the holy of the Lord he hath polutide, and that soule shal perish fro `the myd|dil ofOm. E. his puple. Whanne thow repist the tilthes of thi loond, thow shalt not kitte vnto the grounde the vttermosthotemost E. of theOm. H. erthe, in the leeuyng eerys thow shalt gedere; ne in thi vyne ȝeerd the reysonus and cornes fallynge down thow shalt not gedere, but to pore men and pil|grimes to ben lesid thow shalt leeue; Y the Lord ȝoure God. Ȝe shulen do no theft. Ȝe shulen not liȝe, ne desseyue eny man his neiȝbore. Thou shalt not forswere in my name, ne thou shalt polut the name of thi God; Y a Lord. Thow shalt not doo wronge chalenge to thi neiȝbore, ne with force bere hym down. Ther shal not bideabyde BDEFH. anentis thee theOm. D. werke of thin hyred seruant vnto the morwen. Thou shalt not curse to the deef, ne before the blynde thow shalt puttenot putte BDEFH. thing of offence; but thou shalt drede the Lord thi God, for I am aOm. B sec. m. Lord. Thow shalt not do that is wickid, ne vn|ryȝtwisly thow shalt deme; thou shalt not biholde the persone of the pore, ne thow shalt onoure the chere of the myȝti; riȝtwisly deme thow to thi neiȝbore. Thow shalt not be a wrongful acuser of greuous synne, ne a pryue yuel speker in peplis; ne thou shalt stoonde aȝens the blood of thi neiȝbore; YOm. B sec. m. a Lord. Haat thow not thi brother in thin herte, but opynli vndernym hym, lest thow haue on hym synne. Thow shalt not seche veniaunce, ne thow shalt haue mynde of the wronge of thi citeseynes; thow shalt loue thi frende as thi silf; Y a Lord. Kepe ȝe my lawes. Thi beestis thow shalt not make goo to gidere with beestis of another kynde. A feelde thow shalt not sowe with dyuerse seede. A clooth that is wouen of two, thow shalt not be clothid. A man if he sleepe with a wom|man, bi goyng to gidere of seede, the which is boond womman, also noble, and neuerthelaternerthelater E. bi prijs not bouȝt, ne the fredam ȝyuen, bothe shulen be scourgid, and thei shulen not die, for she was not free. For her trespas forsothe, he shal offre to the `Lord at theOm. A. dore of the ta|bernacle of witnessyng, a wether; and the preest shal preye for hym, and for his trespas, before the Lord; and he shal eft haue mercy to hym, and the synne shal be forȝeuen. Whanne ȝe weren gon in to the loond, and plauntidenplaunten E. in it apple trees, ȝe shulen doo awey the first fruytis of hem; the apples that buriounen shulen be vnclene to ȝow, ne ȝe shulen eete of hem. The ferthe forsothe ȝeer al the fruyt of hem shal be halowid and preys|able to the Lord; the fift ȝeer forsothe ȝe shulen eete the fruytis, gedrynge to gi|dere apples that thei bringen forthe; Y the Lord ȝoure God. Ȝe shulen not eete flesh with the blood. Ȝe shulen not dy|uyne in bryddis, ne ȝe shulen sette kep|yngeskepynge E. vpon sweuenessweues A.; ne ȝe shulen in rownde dodde heer, ne shaue beerde; and vpon the deed ȝe shulen not kitte ȝoure flesh, ne eny figuris, or pryckyngis, ȝe shulen make to ȝow; Y a Lord. Ne putt thow thi douȝter to bordel, and the loond be defoulid, and it be fulfillid with tres|pas vnto deth. My holi dayes kepe ȝe, and my seyntuarie drede ȝe; Y a Lord. Ne declyne thow to dyuynours, ne aserche eny thing of takers her answeris of de|uels, that ȝe ben polutpolutid D. bi hem; I the Lord ȝoure God. Before the hoor heed aryse, and onour the persone of the oolde, and drede the Lord thi God; Y am a Lord. If a comlyng dwelle in ȝoure loond, and were abidynge amonge ȝow, ne myssey ȝe to hym, but be he among ȝow as aOm. A. with inne born; and ȝe shulen loue hym as ȝoureȝow E. self; forsothe and ȝe weren comelyngis in the loond of Egipte; Y the Lord ȝoure God. Nyle ȝe do eny wickid thing in dome, in rewle, in weiȝt, in mesure; riȝt balaunce, and euen ben the weiȝtis, ryȝt bushel, and euen sexta|rye; Y the Lord ȝoure God, that haue ladde ȝow out of the loond of Egipte. Kepe ȝe myn heestis, and alle the domes, and do ȝe hem; `I the LordOm. A..

 CAP. XX.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Thes thinge spek to the sones of Yrael, The man of the sones of Yrael, and of the comlyngis that dwellen in Yrael, if eny of his seede ȝyue to the mawmet of Moloch, thurȝ deth die he; the puple of the loond shulen stonen hym. And Y shal putte my face aȝens hym, and Y shal kitte hym doun fro the myddil of my puple, forthi that he ȝaue of his seede to Moloch, and hath defowlide my seyntua|rye, and polutpolutid D. myn holy name. That if the puple of the loond necgligent, and as despisynge myn heestesheeste E., forȝyueforȝeueth E. the man that hath ȝouun of his seede to Mo|loch, ne wolewole not A pr. m. slee hym, Y shal putte my face vpon that man, and his kynrede, and I shal kitte hym down, and alle that con|senten to hym, that thei doon fornyca|cioun with Moloch, fro the myddil of his puple. The lijf that declyneth to dyuy|nours, and herkeners to deuels, and doth fornycacioun with hem, I shal putte my face aȝens hym, and I shal slee hym fro the myddel of his puple. Be ȝe maad holy, and beth holy, for I am holi, the Lord ȝoure God. Kepekepe ȝe BDEFH. myn heestes, and doth hem, for Y am the Lord that halow|ithhalwe E. ȝou. Who so cursith to his fader, or moder, with deeth die he; who soOm. BD sec. m. E sec. m. to his fader or moder cursith, his blood be vpon hym. Who soOm. BDEFH. doth leccherie with wijf of another, and hath wrouȝte auow|trye with the wijf of his neiȝbore, thurȝ deth dye bothAnd BDEFH. the lecchour and the auow|tres. He that slepith with his stepdam, and opneth the shenship of his fader, thurȝ deth dien thei bothe; the blood of hem be vpon hem. If eny man sleepe with his sones wijf, either be deed, for hidows trespas thei han wrouȝt; the blood of hem be vpon hem. He that slepith with a maal, bi maner of goyng togidere with a womman, either hath wrouȝt ful vnleeful thing, thurȝ deth die thei; the blood of hem be vpon hem. He that vpon the wijf takith the douȝter, the moder `of hyrea lyue A., hidows trespas hathhas BF. wrouȝt; ful myche he shal bren with hem, and so greet vnleeful thing shal not dwelle in the myddil of ȝow. He that with hows beeste or feelde beeste goth togider, with deth die he, and the beeste slee ȝe. The womman that liethvnder lieth BDEFH. to eny beeste, to gidere be she slayn with it; the blood of hem be vponvnpon A. hem. He that takith his sistir, the douȝter of his fader, or the douȝter of his moder, and seeth the filthheed of hir, and she bihoolde the shenship of the brother, a ful vnleeful thing thei han wrouȝt, bothe shulen be slayn in the siȝt of her puple; forthi that her filthheed thei opneden to gidere, and thei shulen bere her wickidnes. He that goth to gidere with aOm. BDEFH. womman in the flux of the moneth blood, and opneth hir filthehed, and she opnethopyn BDEH. the welle of hirsone BDEF. blood, bothe shulen be slayn fro the myd|del of her puple. The filthheed of thi moder sister, andand of BEFH. thi fader sister, thow shalt not discouer; who that doth this, the shenship of his flesh he shal nakyn, and both shal bere her wickidnes. He that goth togidere with the wijf of his fader brother, or of his vncle, and opneth the shenship of his kynredekynredene E., bothe thei shulen ber her synne, and with out free children thei shulen dye. Who so wed|deth the wijf of his brother, an vnleeful thing doth; the filthheed of his brother he hath opned, and with out fre childrenchirdren A. he shal be. Kepe ȝe my lawes, and my domes, and doth hem, lest and the loond castvome BDEFH. ȝow out, that ȝe ben to goynge yn, and to dwellynge. Nyle ȝe goo in the lawful thingis of naciouns, the whiche Y am to puttynge out before ȝow; alle for|sothe thes thinges thei han do, and Y haue wlatid hem. To ȝow forsothe Y speke, Weeldith the loond of hem, that Y shal ȝyue to ȝow in to erytage, the loond flowynge mylk and hony; Y the Lord ȝoure God, that hathhaue E. seuerde ȝow fro other puples. And ȝe thanne seuer a clene beeste from vnclene, and clenea clene E. bryd fro vnclene, lest ȝe poluten ȝoure soules in beestisbeeste E., and in bryddis, and in alle that mouen in erthe, and that to ȝow Y haue shewid to be polutpolutid D.. Ȝe shulen be holi to me, for Y the Lord am holy, and haue seuerd ȝow fro other puples, that ȝe ben myne. A man or womman, in the which is a spirit of wicchecraft, or of dyuynynge, with deth die thei, and with stonus men shulen ouer-falle hem; the blood of hem be vpon hem.

 CAP. XXI.

And the Lord seide to Moyses, Spek to the preestis, sones of Aaron, and thow shalt seye to hem, Be not the preest de|foulid in the deed of her cyteseyns, but oonly in cosyns, and nyȝ, that is, vpon fader and moder, and sone and douȝter, and brother and sister, mayden, that is not spousid to man; but and in the prynce of his puple he shal not be defoulid. Thei shulen not shaue heed, ne beerd, ne in her flesh thei shulen make in kyttynge; holi thei shulen be to her God, and thei shulen not polute his name; ensence for|sothe of the Lord, and the looues of her God thei offren, and therfor holi thei shulen be. A strompet, and foule hor|dam, ȝe shulen not take to wijf, ne hir that is forsakun of her housboond, for he is sacryd to his God, and looues of propo|sicioun he offreth; be thanne he holi, for Y am holi, the Lord that halowithhalowe BEFH. ȝow. The douȝter of the preest, if she were takun in hordam, and defoulethdefoule BDEFH. the name of hir fader, with fier flawmes she shal be brent. The bishop, that is the moost preest amonge his britheren, vpon whos heed is heeldehilte D. the oyle of anoyntyng, and whos hondes in preesthodthe presthod D. ben sa|crid, and is clothid with holi clothes, his heed he shal not discouer, his clothis he shal not kitt, and to al deed he shal not goo yn algate; and vpon his fader and moder he shal not be defoulid, ne he shal goo out fro the halowes, lest the seyntu|arie of the Lord be polut, for the oyle of holi anoyntynge of his God is vpon hym; I the Lord. A mayden he shal take to wijf; a widewe, and a departid, and a de|foulid oon, and a strompat, he shal not take, but a maydynmayde D. child of his puple; ne menge he the lynage of his kynde to the comounte of his puple, for Y a Lord, that halowe hym. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to Aaron, A man of thi seed, bi the meynees, that hath a wemme, offre he not breed to his God, ne go he to the seruice of hym; if he were blynde; if halt; if otheror E. with litil, or with greet, and crokid noose; if with brokun foot, or hoond; if crokid rigge, or bleer eyed; if whijt perle hauynge in the eye; if contynuel scab; if a drye scab in the body; or brosten. Eche that hath a wemme, of the seed of Aaron the preest, heOm. E sec. m. shal not goo to offre oostis to the Lord, ne looues to his God; he shal ne|uerthelaternerthelater E. eete looues that ben offred in the seyntuarye, so oonli that with ynne the veyle he goo not, ne goo to the auter, for a wemme he hath, and he shal not defoule my seyntuarie; I a Lord that ha|lewe hem. Thanne Moyses spak to Aa|ron, and his sones, and to al Yrael, alle that weren comaundid to hym.

 CAP. XXII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Speke to Aaron, and his sones, that thei shunnen fro thes thingis that ben sacrid of the sones of Yrael, and defoule thei not the name of halowid thingis to me that thei offren; Y a Lord. Sey to hem, and to the aftercomers of hem, Eche man that goth to, of ȝoure lynage, to thilk thinges that ben sacrid, and that the sones of Yrael offreden to the Lord, in the whiche is vnclennes, he shal perishe before the Lord; Y am a Lord. The man of the seed of Aaron that were leprows, or suf|frynge flux of seed, shal not eete of thes thingis that ben halowid to me, to the tyme that he be heelid. He that towch|ith the vnclene vpon the deed, and of whom goth out theOm. BDEFH. seed as of goynge togidere, and that shal touche crepynge beeste, and eny vnclene, whos touchynge is hoory, shal be vnclene vnto the euen, and he shal not eete thes thinges that ben halowid to me; but whanne he wasshith his flesh with water, and the sunne is goon down, thanne, clensid, he shall eete halowid thinges, for it is the meete of hym. The fallid to deth, and taken of a beeste, he shal not eete, ne he shal be polutpolutid D. in hem; I the Lord. Thei shulen kepe myn heestis, that thei vndur liggen not to synne, and dyen in the seyntuarie, whanne thei poluten it; I the Lord that halowe ȝow. Eche alyen shal not eete of the halowid thingis; the alien tilier of the preest, and hyrid seruaunt, shulen not eete of thilk thinges. Whom forsothe the preest biggith, and he that were a free man of his hows, thes shulen eete of thilk thingis. If the douȝter of the preest to eny of the puple were spousid, of thes thinges that be halowid, and of the cheef fruytys she shal not eete; if forsothe a widewe, or departyd, and with oute free children weren turned aȝen to the hows of hir fader, as a child mayden was wont she shal be norisshid of the meetis of hir fader; eche alien of etyng of thilk thingis hath no power. He that etith of the ha|lowidholowid A. thinges bi ignoraunce, shal adde the fifthe part with thatthat that E. he etith, and he shal ȝyue to preestthe preest E. in the seyntuarie, ne thei shulen defoule the halowid thingis of the sones of Yrael, that thei offren to the Lord, lest perauenture thei susteynen the wickidnes of his trespas, whanne ha|lowidholowid A. thingis thei eeten; I the Lord that halowe hem. The Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to Aaron, and his sones, and to alle the sones of Yrael, and thou shalt seie to hem, A man of the hows of Yrael, and of comlyngesthe comlynges BDEFH. that dwellen anentis hem, that offrith his offrynge, other vowes ȝeeldynge, or wilfuly of|frynge, what thing that he offreth into brent sacrifice of the Lord, that it be of|frid bi ȝow, a maal with outen wemme it shal be, of the oxen, and of the sheep, and of the geet; if it haue a wemme, ȝe shulen not offre, ne shal be acceptable. The man that offreth slayn sacrifice of pesible thingis to the Lord, other vowes ȝeeldynge, other wilfully offrynge, as wel of oxen as of sheep, with outen wemme he shal offre, that it be acceptable; al wemme shal not be in it. If it were blynde, if broken, if hauynge fel wounde, if litil bleynes, or shab, or drye rownd shab, ȝe shulen not offre hem to the Lord, ne ȝe shulen brenne of hem vpon the au|ter of the Lord. Ox and sheep, with eer and tayl kit, wilfully may be offred; the vowe forsothe of thes thingis may not be quyt. Al beeste, that outher with al to|brokun, or crippid, or kitt and taken awey the ballokes is, ȝe shulen not offre to the Lord, and in ȝoure loond thes thinges algatis ȝe shulen not do. Of the hoond of the alyen ȝe shulen not offre looues to ȝoure God, and what euerer E. other thing he wole ȝyue, for alle thei ben cor|rupt and defoulid; ȝe shulen not take hem. And the Lord spak to Moyses, sei|ynge, Oxe, sheep, and geet, whanne thei weren geten, seuen dayes thei shulen be vnder the teete of her damme; the eiȝteyȝthe E. forsothe day, and therafter, thei mowen be offrid to the Lord, whether shee oxe, other shee sheep; thei shulen not be of|fryd o day with fruytis in her wombe. If ȝe offren an oost for doynge of thonk|yngis to the Lord, that it may be ples|able, the same day that it is offred ȝe shulen eete it; there shal not leeue eny thing vnto the morwe of that other day; I a Lord. Kepe ȝe myn heestis, and do ȝe hem; Y a Lord. Ne polute ȝe myn holy name, that Y be halowid in the myd|del of the sones of Yrael; Y the Lord that halowe ȝow, and haue ladde ȝow out of the loond of Egipte, that Y were to ȝow into Goda God E.; I the Lord.

 CAP. XXIII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Speke to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, Thes ben the cesynge dayes of the Lord, the whiche ȝe shulen clepe holi. Sixe daies ȝe shulen do werk, the seuenthe day, for it is the reste of the weke, it shal be clepid holi; al werk ȝe shulen not do in it; the day of the Lord it is in alle ȝoure dwellynges. Thes ben the holy cesyng daies of the Lord, the whiche ȝe shulen halowe in ȝoure tymes. The first moneth, the fourtenthe day of the moneth, at euen, is the pask of the Lord; and the fiftenthe day of this moneth is the solempnyte of the therf looues of the Lord; seuen dayes ȝe shulen eete therf looues; the fyrst day shal be to ȝow moost solempne and holy; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not doo in it, but ȝe shulen offre sacrifice in fier to the Lord seuen dais; the seuenthe forsoth dai shal be more so|lempne and holier, and no seruyle werk ȝe shulen do in it. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, Whanne ȝe weren goo into the loond that I shal ȝyue to ȝow, and han ropun the tilthe, ȝe shulen bere hondfullis of eeris, the first fruytis of ȝoure repyng, to the preest; the which shal rere vp the litil birthen before the Lord, that it be acceptable for ȝow, that othir day of the weke; and he shal halowe it; and in the same day that the hondful is sacryd, shal be slayn a lomb with outen wemme of o ȝeer into brent sacrifice of the Lord; and the of|fryngis of theOm. E. licours shal be offred with it, two dymes of tryed flour spreynt with oyle, into the ensence of the Lord, and moost swetesoot E. smel, and offryngisthe offryngis BDEH. of wyn, the fourth part of hyn. Breed, and brokun corn, and potage ȝe shulen not ete of the corn, vnto the day that ȝe offren of it to ȝoure God; euerlastynge heest it is in ȝoure generaciouns, and in ȝoure dwell|ynge places. Ȝe shulen noumbre thanne fro that other day of the weke, in the which ȝe han offred the hoondful of first fruytis, seuen wekis fulle, vnto that othir day of fulfillyngethe fulfillynge E. of the seuenth weke, that is, fifti daies; and so ȝe shulen offre a newe sacrifice to the Lord of alle ȝoure dwellynge places, two looues of the first fruytes, of the two dymes of tried flour, soured, the which ȝe shal baake into the first fruytis to the Lord. And ȝe shal offre with the looues seuen loombes vn|wemmed of o ȝeer, and aoo BDEFH. calf of the droue, and two wethers, and thei shulen be in brent sacrifice, with her offryngis of licours, into the moost swetesoot E pass. smel to the Lord. And ȝe shulen do a geit for synne, and two lombes of o ȝeer, the oost of pe|sible thingis. And whanne the preest arereth hem, with the looues of the fyrst fruytes, before the Lord, thei shulen falle into theOm. D. vse of hym. And ȝe shulen clepekepe A. this day moost solempne, and moost holi; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not do in it; lawful euerlastynge it shal be in alle dwellynge places, and ȝoure generaciouns. And afterward, whanne ȝe repenrepith BDEH. the tilthe of ȝoure loond, ȝe shulen not kitt it vnto the ground, ne the leeuyng eeris ȝe shulen gadere, but to pore men and pil|grymes ȝe shulen leeue hem; Y the Lord ȝoure God. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, The seuenthe moneth, the first day of the moneth, shal be to ȝow an holi day me|moryale, with sownynge trompes, and it shal be clepyd holi; alle seruyle werkes ȝe shulen not do in it, and ȝe shulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, The tenthe dai of this seuenthe moneth, a day of purg|ynge shal be moost solempne, and it shal be clepid holy; ȝe shulen traueyl ȝoure soules to God, and ȝe shulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord; al werk ȝe shulen not doo in tyme of this day, for a day of hauynge mercy it is, that the Lord ȝoure God haue mercy to ȝow. Al soule that were not traueilid this day, shal peryshe fro his puplepeples BDEFH., and he that doth eny thing of werk, Y shal do hym a wey fro his puple; no thing therfore of werk ȝe shal do in it; lawful euerlastynge shal be to ȝow in alle generaciouns and ȝoure dwell|yngis; the dai of restynge it is. Ȝe shu|len traueyl ȝoure soules the nynthe day of the moneth; fro euen to euen ȝe shu|len halowe ȝoure holi dayes. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, Fro the fiftenthe day of this seuenthe moneth shulen be the cesynge dayes of the tabernacles, in seuen dayes to the Lord; the first day shal be clepid moost solempne and moost holy, alle seruyle werkeswerke BDEH. ȝe shulen not do in it; and seuen dayes ȝe shulen offre brent sacrifices to the Lord, the eiȝteyȝthe E. forsothe day shal be moost solempne and moost holy; and ȝe shulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord, it is forsothe ofOm. D. companye, and of queletgedered D sec. m.; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not doon in it. Thes ben the cesynge dayes of the Lord, the whiche ȝe shulen clepe moost solempne and moost holy; and ȝe shulen offre in hem offryngis to the Lord, brent sacrifices, and sacrifices of licours, after the ryte of euery day, out take the holy dayes of the Lord, and ȝoure ȝiftis, and the whiche ȝe shulen of|fre of a vowe, othere the whiche `wilful|lich ȝe han ȝeuenȝe sholen dele E pr. m. to the Lord. Thanne fro the fiftenthe day of the seuenthe moneth, whanne ȝe shulen gadere to gi|dere alle the fruytis of ȝoure erthe, ȝe shulen halowe the cesynge day of the Lord seuen dayes; in the first day and the eiȝteyȝthe E. day shal be holy day, that is, rest. And ȝe shulen take to ȝow the first day fruytis of the moost fayr tree, and the braunches of palmes, and braunches of a tree ofand of ABDFH. thykkethilk ABDFH. burionyngis, and withies of the rennynge water, and ȝe shulen glaad before the Lord ȝoure God; and ȝe shulen halowe the solempte of hym seuen dayes, bi the ȝeer; lawful euerlast|ynge it shal be in ȝoure generaciouns. The seuenthe moneth ȝe shulen halowe the feeste daies, and ȝe shulen dwelle se|uen dayes in shadewe places; eche that is of the lynage of Yrael, shal dwelle in ta|bernaclis, that ȝoure aftercomers leernen, that in tabernaclis Y have made to dwelle the sones of Yrael, whanne Y ladde hem out of the loond of Egipte; Y the Lord ȝoure God. And Moyses spak vpon the solempnytees of the Lord to the sones of Yrael.

 CAP. XXIV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Comaund to the sones of Yrael, that thei bryngen to thee oyle of olyues, moost pure, and bryȝt, to the lanternes to ben tende contynueli with oute the veyle of witnessynge, in the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and Aaron shal sette hem fro euen vnto morwenthe moru BD. the morwe EH. the morwen F. before the Lord, thurȝ heriynge and ryte perpetuel in ȝoure generaciouns; vpon the moost clene can|dilstik thei shulen be sett euermore in the siȝt of the Lord. Thow shalt take forsothe tried floure, and thow shalt baak of it twelue looues, the whiche echon shal haue two dymes, of whom thou shalt sette syx anentis other six, vpon the moost clene bord before the Lord; and thow shalt putt on hem ensencecense BDEFH. moost briȝt, that the breed be into mynde of the of|frynge of the Lord; bi eche holi day thei shulen be chaungid before the Lord, takne of the sones of Yrael thurȝ euerlastynge boond of pees; and thei shulen be of Aa|ron and his sones, that thei eten hem in holy place, for holy of halowes it is, of the sacrifices of the Lord, thurȝ perpetuel riȝt. Loo! forsothe a sone goon out of a womman of Yrael, that beer of an Egip|cyen man, amonge the sones of Yrael, hath streuen in tentis with a man of Yrael, and whanne he hadde blasfemyd the name of the Lord, and hadde cursid to hym, is brouȝt forthe to Moyses; and the moder of hym was clepid Salumyth, the douȝter of Dabry, of the lynage of Dan; and thei puttidenputten E. hymhem D. in to pri|soun, to the tyme that thei knewen what the Lord comaundide. The which spak to Moyses, seiynge, Leed thow out the blasfeme out of the tentis, and putt alle that herden her hoondenhondes BDEFH. vpon his heed, and al the puple stone hym. And to the sones of Yrael thou shalt speke, The man that cursith to his God, shal bere his synne, and he that blasfemeth the name of the Lord, thurȝ deth die he; al the multitude of the puple with stonus shal throwe hym down; whether he were cyte|seyn or pilgrym that blasfemeth the name of the Lord, thurȝ deth dye he. He that smytith and sleeth a man, thurȝ deth die he; he that smyteth a beeste, ȝeeld he another of the same kynde, that is, lijf for lijf. He that wrongfuli ȝyueth a wemme to eny of histhes A. cyteseyns, as he hath doon, so be it do to hym; brusur for brusur, eye for eye, tooth for tooth he shal ȝeelde; what maner of wemme he wrongfuli ȝyueth, sichon be he constreyn|ed to suffre. He that smytith a beeste, ȝeeld he another; he that smytith a man, be he punyshid. Euen doom be there among ȝow, whether pilgrime or cyteseyn synne, for I am the Lord ȝoure God. And Moyses spak to the sones of Yrael, and thei brouȝten hym forthe that blas|phemede out of the tentis, and thei beren hym down with stonus. And the sones of Yrael diden, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses.

 CAP. XXV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses in the mownt of Synay, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, Whanne ȝe weren inOm. E. goon into the loond that I shal ȝyue to ȝow, `halowe ȝeȝe sholen halwe E pr. m. the holiday of the Lord; six ȝeer thow shalt sowe thi feelde, and six ȝeer thou shalt kytte thi vyn, and geder the fruytis of it; the seuenthe forsothe ȝeer of the loond shal be the saboth of the restynge of the Lord; feelde thow shalt not sowe, and vyn thow shalt not kitte, thingis that the erthe frely bryngith forth thow shalt not reepe, and grapesȝe sholen halwe E pr. m. of thi first fruytis andas BDEFH. vyndage thou shalt not ge|dere; the ȝeer forsothe it is of the rest|ynge of the loond; but thei shulen be tothe grapes BDEFH. ȝow into meet, to thee, and to thi ser|uauntisseruaunt EFH., to thin handmaydehondemayden BDFH., and to thin hyryd man, and to the comlyng that pil|grimagith anentis thee; to hous beestis and thi feelde beestes, alle thingis that growen shulen ȝyue meete. And thow shalt noumbre to thee seuen wekes of ȝeerys, that is, seuen sithes seuen, the whiche togidere maken nyn and fourty ȝeer; and thow shalt sowne with trompe the seuenthe moneth, the tenthe day of the moneth, in the tyme of doyng mercy, in al ȝoure loond. And thow shalt halowe the fyftith ȝeer, and clepe it forȝifnesse to alle the dwellers of thi loond; he is for|sothe the iubilee; a man shal turne aȝen to his possessioun, and eche shal turne aȝen to his before hadde meyne, for the iubilee it is, and the fyftethe ȝeer. Ȝe shulen not sowe, ne reepe the free grow|ynge thingis in the feelde, and the first fruytis of the vyndage ȝe shulen not ge|dere, for the halowynge of the iubile; but anone offryd ȝe shulen eete; the ȝeer of iubileethe iubilee BDEFH. alle goo thei aȝen to her pos|sessiouns. Whanne thow shalt selle eny thing to thi cyteseyn, other bigge of hym, ne peire thow thi brothir, but aftir the noumbre of the ȝeeris of iubilee thow shalt bigge of hym, and after the noum|bre of fruytis he shal selle to thee. As myche as mo ȝeeris dwellen after the iu|bilee, so myche and the prijs shal creese, and as myche as lasse of tymethe tyme BDEFH. thow shalt nowmbre, so myche lasse and the big|gynge shal coste; the tyme forsothe of fruytis he shal selle to thee. Nyle ȝe wrongfully traueyl ȝoure men of o lynage, but echon drede his God; for Y the Lord ȝoure God. Do ȝe myn heestis and domes, kepith and fulfille ȝe hem, that ȝe mowen dwelle in the loond with outen eny dredeferde BEFH., and the erthe brynge forth to ȝow his fruytis, the whiche ȝe eten vnto fulfill|ynge, dredynge the feersnes of no man. And if ȝe seyn, what shulen weȝe E. eete the seuenthe ȝeer, if we sowensoweth E. not, ne ga|drengedereth BEFH. oure fruytis? Y shal ȝyue my bless|ynge to ȝou the sixte ȝeer, and it shal make the fruytis of three ȝeer; and ȝe shulen sowe the eiȝtthe ȝeer, and ȝe shulen eete oolde fruytes vnto the nynthe ȝeer; to the tyme that newe be growen ȝe shu|len eete oolde. The loond forsothe shal not be solde `in tovnto E. with outen ende, for myn it is, and ȝe comlingis and myn erthe tyliers ben; wherfor al the regioun of ȝoure possessioun vndur condicioun of aȝenbiggyng shal be solde. If thi bro|ther maad pore, selle his litil possessioun, and he wole, the nygh kyn of hym may aȝenbigge that that he solde; if forsothe he haue noon neiȝbore, and he mowe fynde the prysepeyse A. to aȝenbigge, the fruytis shulen be countid fro that tyme that he solde, and that that is laft ȝeelde he to the bigger, and so he shal resseyue his pos|sessyoun. And if his hoond fynde not, that he ȝeelde the prijs, the bigger shal haue that he bouȝte, vnto the iubilee ȝeer; in that forsothe ȝeerOm. BDEFH. al biggyng shal turne aȝen to the lord, and to the rather hauer. Who sellith his hows, with ynne the walles of the cytee, he shal haue leue of biggynge aȝen to the tyme that o ȝeer be fulfillid; and if he bigge not aȝen, and the cercle of the ȝeer were ouer caste, the bigger shal welde it, and his aftercomers into with outen ende, and it may not be bouȝt aȝen, also in the iubilee. If for|sothe in a town that hath no wallis were the hows, thurȝ riȝt of the feeldes it shal be sold; if forsothe it were not aȝenbouȝt in the iubilee, it shal turne aȝen to his lord. The howshouses D. of the Leuytes, that ben in the cytees, euermore mowen be aȝen|bouȝt; if thei weren not aȝenbouȝt, in the iubilee thei shulen turne aȝen to the lordes; for the houses of cytees of Le|uytes ben for the possessiouns among the sones of Yrael; the suburbes forsothe of hem thei shulen not selle, for euerlast|ynge possessioun it is. If thi brother were maad pore, and feble in hoond, and thow resseyuest hym as a comlyng and a pilgrym, and lyueth with thee, ne take thow of hym vsurys, ne more ouer than thow hast ȝouun; dreed thi God, that thi brother mowe lyue anentis thee. Thi money thow shalt not ȝyue to him to vsure, and of the fruytes ouer aboun|daunce thou shal not axe; Y the Lord ȝour God, that haue ladde ȝou out of the lond of Egipte, that IOm. A. ȝyue ȝow the loond of Chanaan, and that Y were ȝoure God. If thurȝ porenesse compellid, thi brother selle hym silf to thee, thow shalt not op|presse hym thurȝ thraldom of seruauntis, but as an hiryd man and a dweller he shal be; vnto the iubilee ȝeer he shal worche anentis thee, and aftirward he shal goo out with his free children, and turne aȝen to the kyn, and to the posses|sioun of his fadres. Forsothe thei ben my seruauntis, and Y haue ladde hem out of the loond of Egipte; thei shulen not be sold bi condiciounscondycyoun BDEFH. of thralles; ne ouer traueyle thou him bi thi power, but drede thow thi Lord. Thral and `boond wommanhoondmaydyn E pr. m. ben to ȝow of the naciouns that ben in ȝoure enuyroun, and of the com|lynges that pilgrimagen anentis ȝow, other that of hem weren bore in ȝoure loond; thes ȝe shulen haue seruauntis, and thurȝ riȝt of erytage ȝe shulen ouer|leeuenforleue E pr. m. hem to the after comers, and ȝe shulen welde hem with outen ende; ȝoure forsothe britheren, the sones of Yrael, ȝe shulen not oppresse bi power. If anentis ȝow the hoond of the comlyng and of the pilgrym wax greet, and thi brother bi|come pore, selle him silf to hym, or to eny of the lynage of hym, after the sell|ing he may be aȝenbouȝt; who so wole of his britheren, bigge he hym; and the fadres brother, and the fader brotherbrotheres E sec. m. sone, and the cosyn, andof A. the alyealyen AF.. If forsothe and he mowe, aȝenbie he hym silf, noumbred oonli the ȝeeris fro the tyme of his sillynge vnto the iubilee ȝeer; and the money with the which he was soold, after the noumbre of ȝeeris, and thurȝ resoun of an hirid man rekened. If there were many ȝeris that leeuen vnto the iubilee, and after that he shal ȝeelde the prijs; if fewe, he shal leye resoun with hym after the noumbre of ȝeeres; and he shal ȝeelde to the bigger that that is laft of the ȝeeris, in the whiche before he seruede, the medis with ynne rekenydrekenyng A pr. m.; he shal not traueil hym vio|lentlich in thi siȝt. And if bi that he may not be aȝeynbouȝtaȝensbouȝt A., the iubilee ȝeer he shall goon out with his free children; myn forsothe seruauntis ben the sones of Yrael, the whiche Y haue ladde out of the loond of Egipte; I the Lord ȝoure God.

 CAP. XXVI.

Ȝe shulen not make to ȝou a mawmettmawment A., and grauen thing, ne titlis ȝe shulen rere, ne huge stoon ȝe shulen putte in ȝoure erthe, that ȝe honouren it; Y forsothe am the Lord ȝoure God. Kepe ȝe myn hali|daies, and inwardli drede ȝe at my seyn|tuarye; Y a Lord. If ȝe goon in myn heestis, and my maundementis kepen, and doon hem, Y shal ȝyue to ȝow reynes in her tymes, and the loond shal brynge forth his burionynge, and with apples the trees shulen be fulfillid; and the thresshynge of repynrepynge A. tilthes shal atake the vyndage, and the vyndage shal occu|pie the sowynge tyme, and ȝe shulen ete ȝoure breed in plente `in fulnesat the folle E pr. m., and with outen dredeferde BEFH. ȝe shulen dwelle in ȝoure loond. I shal ȝyue pees in ȝoure coostis; ȝe shulen sleepe, and there shal not be that shal afeere ȝouOm. BDEFH.; I shal take aweie yuel beestis, and swerd shal not thurȝ passe ȝoure termes. Ȝe shulen pursue ȝoure enemyes, and thei shulen falle before ȝow; fyue of ȝow shal pursue an hun|dryd aliens, and anand A. hundred of ȝow ten thousyndes; ȝoure enemyes shulen falle with swerd in ȝoure siȝt. Y shal beholde ȝow, and make growe; ȝe shulen ben mul|tiplied, and I shal fastne my couenaunt with ȝow; ȝe shulen ete the moost oold thingis of oold, and the newe vpon com|ynge, the oold ȝe shulen cast aweye; and I shal sette my tabernacle in the myddil of ȝow, and my soule shal not cast ȝow aweie; I shal goo among ȝow, and I shal be ȝoure God, and ȝe shulen be to me a puple. I the Lord ȝoure God, that haue ladde ȝow out of the loond of Egip|cyens, that ȝe seruen not to hem, and the whiche haue brokun the chaynes of ȝoure nolles, that ȝe myȝten goo vp ryȝt. But if ȝe heren me not, ne doondoth BDEFH. alle myn heestis, and if ȝe spurne my lawes, and my domes despisen, that ȝe doondoon not D. hem the whiche ben ordeyned of me, and my couenant ȝe fulli bryngenȝe bryngen A. to nouȝt, I thanne thisthes BDEFH. thingthinges F. shal do to ȝow; Y shal visyte ȝow swiftly in nedynes, and in brennynge, that make faylfalle B. ȝoure eyen, and waste ȝoure lyues; in veyn ȝe shulen sowe ȝourthe BEFH. seed, that of the enemyes shal be deuowryd; I shal putte my face aȝens ȝow, and ȝe shulen falle before ȝoure ene|myes, and ȝe shulen be suget to hem that hatiden ȝow; ȝe shulen flee, no man pur|suynge. If forsothe and so ȝe obeishen not to me, I shal adde ȝoure correccions seuen foold for ȝoure synnes; and I shal altobreke the prijd of ȝoure hardnes, and I shal ȝyue heuene to ȝow aboue as of yrun, and the erthe brasun; ȝoure tra|ueyl in veyn shal be wastyd, ne the erthe shal brynge forth burionyng, ne the trees shulen ȝyue apples. And if ȝe goon ouer|thwartfrom aȝeyns E pr. m. outward E sec.m. ouerthwart E tert. m. to me, ne wolenwillith BD. wolleth EH. here me, I shal adde ȝoureto ȝoure BDEFH. veniaunces vnto the seuenth foold for ȝoure synnes; and I shalOm. H. sende out tointo BDEFH. ȝow beestis of the feeld, that wasten and ȝow and ȝoure beestis, and to skarsnes alle thinges thei shulen brynge, and that ȝoure weies be maad desert. And if ȝe wolen not resseyue disciplyne, but goon ouerthwartfrom aȝeyns E pr. m. outward E sec.m. ouerthwart E tert. m. to me, I forsothe con|trarius aȝensand aȝens BDEFH. ȝow shal goo, and I shal smyte ȝow seuen sithes for ȝoure synnes; and I shal brynge vponin vpon BDEFH. ȝow a swerd, vengesoure of my boond of pees; and whanne ȝe fleenfleeȝith BDEFH. into ȝoureOm. BDEFH. cytees, I shal sende pestilence into the myddil of ȝou, and ȝe shulen be take in the hoondes of ȝourethe BDEFH. enemyes, after that I breke the staf of ȝoure breed, so that ten wymmen in oon ouen baken looues, and ȝelden hem at weiȝt; and ȝe shulen eete, and not be fulfillid. If forsothe and bi thes thinges ȝe heren not me, but goongoth BDEFH. aȝens me, and I shal go aȝens ȝow in contrarye woodnes, and I shal vndernym ȝow with seuen ve|niaunceveniaunces BDEFH. for ȝoure synnes, so that ȝe eten the flesh of ȝoure sones, and of ȝoure douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH.; and I shal destruye ȝoure heyȝ thinges, and ȝoure mawmetis Y shal breke; ȝe shulen falle amonge the fallynges of ȝoure mawmetis, and my soule shal wlaate ȝow, in so myche that ȝoure cytees Y shal brynge down in to wildernes, and the de|sertis I shal make ȝoure seyntuaries, ne more ouer Y shal resseyue the moost swetesoot E. smel; and I shal scater ȝoure loond, and ȝoure enemyes, whanne thei weren dwell|ers of it, shulen wondre vpon it; ȝow for|sothe Y shal scatre amonge gentiles and I shal drawe out a swerd after ȝow, and ȝoure loond shal be desert, and ȝoure cy|tees fallen down. Thanne her holi dayes shulen pleese to the erthe, alle the daies of her wildirnes; whanne ȝe weren in ene|myes loond, it shal halowe, and rest in the seuenthe tymes of his wildernes, for|thi that it restide not in ȝoure seuenthe tymes, whanne ȝe dwelten in it. And whiche of ȝow leeuen, Y shal ȝyue dredeferde BEFH. in the hertes of hem, in regiouns of the enemyes; the sown of a fleynge leef shal feredrede D. hem, and so thei shulen flee it as the swerd; thei shulen falle, no man pur|suynge, and eche vpon his britheren shal falle togidere, as men fleynge batailes; no man of ȝow shal be hardi to with|stoonde to enemyes; ȝe shulen perishe among the gentiles, and the enemyes loond shal waste ȝow. But and if of hem eny leeuen stille, thei shulen wax stynk|ynge in her wickidneswickidnesses BDEFH., in the loond of her enemyes, and for the synnesynns BDEFH. of her fadres and her owne thei shulen be tur|mentid, to the tyme that thei know|lechen her wickidnesses, and of her yuels thei recorden, in the whiche thei han trespassid aȝens me, and han goo ouer|thwert to me. Therfor Yand Y BDEFH. shal goo aȝens hem, and I shal lede hemOm. BEFH. into the ene|myes loond, to the tyme that the vncir|cumsidid thouȝt of hem wax ashamed; than thei shulen preie for her vnpytow|nesses, and I shal recorde of my boond of pees, that I haue couenauntide with Jacob, Ysaac, and Abraham; of the loond forsothe I shal haue mynde, that whanne it were forsakun of hem, it shal pleese to hym silf in his seuenthe tymes, suf|frynge wildernesseswyldernes BDEFH. for hem; thei for|sothe shulen preye for her synnes, forthi that thei han cast aweie my domes, and my lawes despiseden; and neuerthelesnatheles E. also whanne thei weren in the enemyes loond, Y keste hem not aweie fulli, ne so Y despiside, that thei weren consumed, and that I shulde make my couenaunt brouȝt to nouȝt with hem; Y forsothe am the Lord God of hem. And I shal re|corde of my rather boond of pees, whanne I ladde hem out of the loond of Egipte, in the siȝt of gentilsthe Gentiles BDEFH., that I were the God of hem; Y the Lord God. Thes ben the heestis, and domes, and lawes, that the Lord ȝaf bitwix hym and betwix the sones of Yrael, in the mownt of Sy|nay, bi the hoond of Moyses.

 CAP. XXVII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, The man that doth avowe, and bihotith to God hijs soule, vndir eymyng he shal ȝyue the prijs. And if it were a maal, fro the twentithe ȝeer vnto the sixtithe ȝeer, he shal ȝyue fifty sicles of siluer, at the mesure of the seyn|tuarye, if a womman, thritti; fro the fifthe forsothe ȝeer vnto the twentithe, a maal shal ȝyue twenti cycles, the wom|man ten; fro o moneth vnto the fifthe ȝeer, for the maal shal be ȝyue fyue cy|clis, and for the femaal three; of sixti wynter and more, a maal shal ȝyue fiftene siclis, the womman ten. If he were a pore man, and at the eymynge he shal not mowe ȝeelde, he shal stoonde before the preest, and how myche he eymetheyme BDEFH., and seethleye D. sey F. seeȝ H. that he may ȝeelde, so myche he shal ȝyue. A beeste forsothe that may be offred to the Lord, if eny auowith, holi it shal be, and it may not be chaungid, that is, nother betere for yuel, ne the wors for goodthe good BDEFH.; but if he shalOm. BDEFH. chaunge, and that that is chaungid and it for the which it is chaungid shal be sacryd to the Lord. The vnclene forsothe beeste that may not be offred to slauȝtre, whoso auowith, it shal be brouȝtbrent A. before the preest, the which demynge whether it be good or yuel, shal sette the prijs; and if he that offreth wole not ȝyue, he shal adde aboue the eymynge the fifthe part. A man if he auowe his hows, and halowe it to the Lord, the preest shal behoolde, whether it be good or yuel, and after the prijs, that of hym were ordeyned, it shal be soold; if forsothe he that auowith wole bigge it aȝen, he shal ȝyue the fifthe part of the eymynge aboue, and he shal haue the hows. And if the feelde of his pos|sessioun he auowe, and halowe to the Lord, after the mesure of the seed shal be eymed the prijs; if with thritti busshels of barly the feelde is sowun, for fifti siclis of siluer it shal be soold. And if anoon fro the ȝeer of the biginnyng iubilee he auowe the feeld, as myche as it may be worth, so myche shalit shal BDEFH. be eymed; if for|sothe aafter a BE sec. m. litil of tyme, the preest shal noumbre the money after the noumbre of ȝeeris that ben laft vnto the iubilee, and it shal be drawe aweie fro the prijs. And if he that auowide wole bigge the feeld aȝen, he shal adde the fifthe part of the eymed money, and he shal weelde it; if forsothe he wole not aȝenbigge, but to eny other were sold ouer hym that auow|ede, he may not aȝenbigge; for whanne the day of the iubilee cometh, it shal be halowid to the Lord, and the possessioun sacrid perteynethand perteyneth E. to the ryȝt of preestis. If a feelde is bouȝt, and notno BF. nor H. of the pos|sessioun of the more men, were halowidho|lowid A. to the Lord, the preest shal noumbre the prijs, after the noumbre of ȝeeres vnto the iubilee, and he shal ȝyue, the which auowide it to the Lord; in the iubilee forsothe it shal turne aȝen to the rather lord that solde it, and hadde into the soort of his possessioun. Al eymynge shal be peysid with the cycle of the seyntua|rye; the sicle hath twenty halpens. The first getun that perteyneth to the Lord no man may halowe and vowe, whether oxe or sheep it were, of the Lord thei ben. And if the beeste is vnclene, he that offreth shal aȝenbigge aftir his eym|ynge, and shall adde the fifthe part of the prijs; if he wole not aȝenbigge, it shal be soold to another, how myche euer it were eymed. Al that to the Lord is sa|crid, whether it were man, or beeste, orother E. feelde, it shal not be soold, ne may be aȝenbouȝt; what euer thing ones were sacrid, holi of halowes it shal be to the Lord, and eche sacrid thing that is offryd of man, shal not be bouȝt aȝen, but thurȝ deeth die. Alle the dymes of the erthe, whether of the cornes, orother BDEFH. of theOm. F. apples of trees, ben of the Lord, and to hym thei ben halowid; if eny man wole bigge aȝen his dymes, adde he the fifthe part of hem; of alle theOm. BDEFH. dymes of sheep, orand BDEFH. of oxe, and of geyte, that vndur the ȝeerde of the sheepherd goon, what euerer E. dyme come, it shal be halowid to the Lord; it shal not be chosen, nothir good nother yuel, ne for another chaungid; if eny man chaunge, and that, that is chaungid, and that, for what it is chaungid, shal be halowid to the Lord, and shal not be aȝenbouȝt. Thes ben the heestis that the Lord comaundide to Moyses, and to theOm. E. sones of Yrael, in the mownt of Sy|nay.

Here endith the book of Leuiticus, and now bigynneth the book of NumeriHere endith Leuyticus, and here bigynneth Numery. D. Here endith Leuitici, and bigynneth Numeri. E. Here endith the bok of Leuitici, and here bigynneth the bok of Numeri. F. No final rubric in BH.. NUMBERS. NumeriFrom B. No initial rubric in ADEH but only running title..CAP. I.

THE Lord spak to Moyses in deseert of Synay, in the tabernacle of the boond of peese, the first day of the secounde moneth, that other ȝeer of the goyng of hem out of Egipte, seiynge, Take ȝe the sowme of al the congregacioun of the sones of Yrael, by kynredis, and her howses, and the names of eche, what euer of theOm. BDEFH. maal kynd, fro the twentithe ȝeer and aboue, of alle the stronge men of Yrael; and ȝe shulen noumbre hem bi her companyes, thow and Aaron. And there shulen be with ȝow the prynces of the lynages, and of the howsis, in her kyn|redes, whos names ben thes; of Ruben, Elisur, the sonesones A. of Sedeur; of Symeon, Salamyel, the sone of Sury of Sadday; of Juda, Naason, the sone of Amynadab; of Ysachar, Nathanael, the sone of Suar; of Zabulon, Eliab, the sone of Elon; of the sones forsothe of Joseph, of Effraym, Elizama, the sone of Amyud; of Ma|nasse, Gamaliel, the sone of Phadasseur; of Beniamyn, Abidan, the sone of Ge|deon; of Dan, Aiezer, the sone of Amy|sadday; of Aser, Phegiel, the sone of Ochran; of Gad, Elizaphan, the sone of Duel; of Neptalym, Ayra, the sone of Henam. Thes the moost noble princes of the multitude, bi the lynages, and her kynredes, and the heedes of the oost of Yrael, the whiche Moyses and Aaron token, with al the multitude of the co|moun. And thei gadreden to gidere the first day of the secounde moneth, noum|brynge hem bi kynredes, and howses, and meynees, and heedes, and names of echon, fro the twentithtwenty D. ȝeer and aboue, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses; and thei ben noumbred in the desert of Synay. Of Ruben, the fyrst goten of Yrael, bi ge|neraciouns, and meyneys, and his howses, and the names of the heedes of echon, and al that is of maal kynde, fro twentithe twentith BDEFH. ȝeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batayl, six and fourti thowsynd and fyue hundreth. Of the sones of Semeon, bi his generaciouns, and meyneis, and howses of his kynredes, ben noumbred bi names and heedes of echon, al that is of maal kynde, fro the twentith ȝeer and aboue, of men goynge to bateil, nyn and fyfti thowsynd and thre hundreth. Of the sones of Gad, by generaciouns, and meyneis, and howses of her kynredes, ben noumbred bi the names of echon, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, alle that shulden goo to batail, fyue and fourti thowsynd andOm. BDEFH. six hundrith and fifti. Of the sones of Juda, by genera|cyouns, and meyneis, and howses of her kynredes, bi the names of echon, fro the twentith ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten goo forthe to batails, ben noumbred foure and seuenti thowsyndes and six hundrith. Of the sones of Ysachar, bi kynredys, and meyneis, and howses of her kynredes, bi the names of echon, fro the twentith ȝeer and aboue, alle that shulden goo to batail, ben noumbred foure and fifti thousynd and four hundrith. Of the sones of Za|bulon, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred bi names of echon, fro the twentith ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten goo forthe to ba|tayl, seuen and fifti thousyndes and foure hundrith. Of the sones of Joseph, of the sones of Effraym, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred bi the names of echon, fro the twentith ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten goo forth to batail, fourti thousynd and fyue hundrith. Forsothe of the sones of Manasse, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and houses of her kynredes, ben noum|bred by the names of echon, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten goo forthe to batail, two and thretti thowsynd and two hundrith. Of the sones of Ben|iamyn, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred with the names of echon, fro the twen|tithtwenty BFH. ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten goo forthe to batail, fyue and thritti thow|synd and foure hundrith. Of the sones of Dan, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred with the names of echon, fro twentithtwenty BFH. the twentith E. ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten goo forthe to batayl, two and sexti thousynd and seuen hundreth. Of the sones of Aser, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and housis of her kynredes, ben noumbred bi the names of echon, fro the twentith ȝeer and aboue, that myȝten goo forth to ba|tail, fourti thousynd and a thousind and fyue hundreth. Of the sones of Nepta|lym, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and houses, and her kynredes, ben noumbred with the names of echon, fro the twentith ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten googo forth BDEFH. to batail, thre and fifti thousynd and foure hundrith. Thes ben whom noumbred Moyses and Aaron, and the twelue princes of Yrael, eche bi the houses of her kyn|redes. And `there werethei deden E pr. m. alle togidere of the sones of Yrael, bi howses, and her meyneis, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, alle that myȝten go forth to batail, six hun|drith thre thousyndis of men, fyue hun|drith and fifti. Leuytes forsothe in the lynage of her meyneis ben not noumbrid with hem.

 CAP. II.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, The lynage of Leuy wole thow not noum|bre, ne putte the sowm of hem with the sones of Yrael; but thow shalt ordeyne hem vpon the tabernacle of witnessynge, alle the vessels of it, and what euer thing to the serymonyes perteyneth. Thei shu|len bere the tabernacle, and alle the vsable thinges of it, and thei shulen be in the seruyce, and bi enuyroun of the taberna|cle thei shulen sette herthe BDEFH. tentes. Whanne it were to go forth, the Leuytes shulen sett down the tabernacle, whanne thei shulen arere the tentis to be sett; who so euerer E. of other lynages comen there neiȝ, shal be slayn. And the sones of Yrael shulen sette tentes, eche bi the companyes, and felowships, and her oostishost BDEFH.; forsothe the Leuytes bi enuyroun of the tabernacle shulen ficche tentes, lest there be maad indignacioun vpon the multitude of the sones of Yrael; and thei shulen watche in the waardes of the tabernacle of wytness|ynge. Thanne the sones of Yrael diden after alle thingis that the Lord hadde co|maundide to Moyses. And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seiynge, Eche bi companyes, toknes, and baners, and howses of her kynredes, shulen sette the tentis of the sones of Yrael, bi enuyroun of the tabernacle of the boond of pees. At the eest Judas shal picchefytche BDEFH. tentis, bi compa|nyesthe companyes E. of his oost; and Nason, the sone of Amynadab, shal be prynce of his sones; and al the sowme of fiȝtynge men of his lynage, foure and seuenti thousynd and six hundreth. Bisides hym setten tentes, of the lynage of Ysachar, whos prynce was Nathanael, the sone of Suar; and al the noumbre of his fiȝters, foure and fifti thousyndthousandes E. and foure hundreth. In the lynage of Zabulon, prynce was Eliab, the sone of Elon; al the oost of fiȝtynge men of his lynage, seuen and fifti thou|synd and foure hundreth. Al that in the tentis of Juda ben noumbred, weren an hundryth sixand six E. and eiȝti thousyndis and foure hundrith; and bi her companyes first thei shulen go out. In the tentes of the sones of Ruben, at the southe plage, shal be prynce, Elisur, the sone of Se|deur; and al the oost of his fiȝters, that ben noumbred, six and fourty thowsynd and fyue hundreth. Biside hym setten tentes, of the lynage of Symeon, whos prynce was Salamyel, the sone of Sury Sadday; and al the oost of his fyȝters, that ben noumbred, nyn and fifti thow|synd and thre hundrith. In the lynage of Gad, prince was Eliasaph, the sone of Duel; and al the oost of his fiȝters, that ben noumbred, fyue and fourti thousand six hundrith and fifti. Alle that ben noumbred in the tentes of Ruben, an hun|dreth fifti thousyndthousandys E. and a thousynd foure hundreth and fifty, bi her companyes; in the secounde place thei shulen goo forthe. And the tabernacle of witnessynge shal be arered bi offices of Leuytes, and the companyes of hem; what maner wyse it shal be areryd, and so it shal be sett down; eche bi places and her ordres shu|len goo forthe. At the west plage shulen beOm. ABF. the tentis of the sones of Effraym, whos prince was Elizama, the sone of Amyud; and al the oost of his fiȝters, that ben noumbred, fourti thousynd and fyue hundreth. And with hem the lynage of the sones of Manasse, whos prynce was Gamaliel, the sone of Phadassur; al the oost of his fiȝters, that ben noumbred, two and thretti thousynd and two hun|drith. In the lynage of the sones of Ben|iamyn prynce was Abidan, the sone of Gedeon; and al the oost of his fiȝters, that ben noumbred, fyue and thretti thousynd and foure hundryd. And alle that ben noumbred in the tentes of Effraym, an hundryd eiȝt thowsyndis and an hundrid, bi her companyes; the thrid thei shulen goo forthe. At the north partpaartee E. settidensettynge A. tentes the sones of Dan, whos prince was Abiazar, the sone of Amysadday; al the oost of his fiȝters, that ben noumbred, two and fourti thowsyndes and seuen hun|dryd. Bisides hym fitchiden tentis of the lynage of Aser, whos prynce was Phe|gyel, the sone of Othran; and al the oost of his fiȝteres, that ben noumbred, fourti thousyndis and a thousynd and fyue hun|drid. Of the lynage of the sones of Nep|talym prince was Ahyra, the sone of He|nan; and al the oost of his fiȝters, thre and fifti thowsynd and foure hundryd. Alle that ben noumbred in the tentes of Dan, weren an hundred seuen and fifti thowsyndes and six hundred; alther last thei shulden go forth. This noumbre of the sones of Yrael, bi howsis of her kyn|redes, and companyes of the dyuydid oost, six hundrid thre thowsyndes fyue hun|drid and fifti. Leuytes forsothe ben not noumbred among the sones of Yrael; so forsothe comaundide God to Moyses. And the sones of Yrael diden after alle thinges that the Lord comaundide; thei settidensetten E. tentes bi her companyes, and goon forthe bi meyneis, and howses of her fadres.

 CAP. III.

Thes ben the generaciouns of Aaron and of Moyses, in the day that the Lord spak to Moises, in the mownt of Synay. And thes the names of the sones of Aa|ron; the first goten of hym Nadab; aftir|ward, Abyu, and Eliazar, and Ythamar; thes the names of the sones of Aaron, prestis, that ben anoynt, and of whom the hoondes fulfillid and sacrid ben, that thei vsen preesthod. Nadab and Abyu dieden, whanne thei offerden alien fier in the siȝt of the Lord, in desert of Synay, with outen free children; and Eliazar and Ythamar vseden preesthod before Aaron her fader. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Settsett to BDEH. the lynage of Leuy, and mak stonde in the siȝt of AaronOm. E sec. m., the preest, that thei mynystren to him; and waken, and weyten aboute al thing that to the heryynge perteyneth of the multi|tude, before the tabernacle of witness|ynge; and that thei kepen the vessels of the tabernacle, seruynge in the seruyceseruyses E. of hym. And thow shalt ȝyue bi ȝiftisȝifte BDEFH. Leuytes to Aaron, and to the sones of hym, to the whiche thei ben take of the sones of Yrael. Aaron forsothe and his sones thow shalt ordeyne vpon the heriynge of preesthod; of another kynrede that goth to mynystre, he shal die. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, I toke the Le|uytes fro the sones of Yrael for al the firste geten that openeth the wombe in the sones of Yrael; and thei shulen be my Leuytes, myn is forsothe al the first goten; sithen I smoot the first gotun in the loond of Egipte, I halowide to me al thing that is first born in Yrael; fro man vnto beeste myn thei ben; I the Lord. And the Lord spak to Moyses, in desert of Synay, seiynge, Noumbre the sones of Leuy, bi the howses of her fa|ders, and meyneis, eche maal from aOO BDEFH. moneth and aboue. And Moyses noum|bred, as the Lord comaundide. And there ben founden the sones of Leuy, bi her names, Gerson, and Caath, and Merary; the sones of Gerson, Lebyn, and Semey; the sones of Caath, Amram, and Jessaar, and Ebron, and Osiel; the sones of Me|rary, Mooly, and Musy. Of Gerson weren twey meyneis, Lebyntica, and Semetica; of the whiche is noumbrid a puple of maal kynde, fro o moneth and aboue, se|uen thowsyndes and fyue hundred. Thes after the tabernacle shulen sette tentis at the west, vndur the prince Eliasaph, the sone of Jael. And thei shulen haue wacches in the tabernacle of the boond of pees, thilkethuke E. tabernacle, and his couertour, the tente that is drawen before the ȝates of the roof of witnessynge of boond of pees; and the cortyns of the porche, and the tente that is hongid in the entre of the porche of the tabernacle, and al thing that to the rijt of the auter perteyneth, the coordes of the tabernacle, and alle vsable thinges of it. The kynred of Caath shal haue the puples Amramytas, Jessaa|rytas, and Ebronytis, and Esielites; thes ben the meyneis of Caatices, noumbrid bi her names, of al maal kynd, fro aO E. moneth and aboue, eiȝt thousyndes and six hun|drith. And thei shulen haue bisy wardes of the seyntuarie, and thei shulen sette tentes at the sowth plage; and the prince of hem shal be Elyzaphan, the sone of OzielOriel A.. And thei shulen kepe the ark, and the table, and the candelstik, the auters, and the vessels of the seyntuarie in the which it is mynystryd, and the veyl, and al siche maner purtenaunce. The prince forsothe of the princes of Leuytes, Elea|zar, the sone of Aaron, preestthe preest E pr. m.; and he shal be vpon the wakers of the warde of the seyntuarie. And forsothe of Merarye shal be puples, Moolitesin Moolites D., and Musites, noumbred bi her names, of al maal kynde fro o moneth and aboue, six thousyndes and two hundreth; the prynce of hem Suryel, the sone of Abiahiel; in the north plage thei shulen sette tentes. There shulen be vnder the warde of hem the tables of the tabernacle, and the berynge staues, and the pilers, and the feetfootes E. of hem, and alle thinges that to suche manera maner BDEFH. heriynge perteynenpeteynen A., and the pilers of the porche bi enuyroun, with her feet, and the stakis, with the coordes. Thei shulen sette tentes before the tabernacle of the boond of pees, that is, at the eest plage, Moyses, and Aaron with his sones, hau|ynge warde of the seyntuarye, in the mydil of the sones of Yrael; `who sowhose BEFH. euerer E. alien come ther to, shal die. Alle the Leuytes, the whiche noumbreden Moises and Aaron, after the heest of the Lord, bi her meyneis, in maal kynde, fro o moneth and aboue, weren two and twenti thousyndes. And the Lord seith to Moyses, Noumbre the firste geten of maal kynde of the sones of Israel, fro o moneth and aboue; and thou shalt haue the sowm of hem; and thou shalt take Leuitis to me for alle the first gotyn of the sones of Israel; I am the Lord; and the beestis of hem for alle the first gotyn of the sones of Israel. And Moises tolde, as the Lord comaundide, the first goten of the sones of Israel; and there weren maalis bi her names, fro o moneth and aboue, two and twenti thousandis two hundrid and se|uenti and thre. And the Lord spak to Moises, seiynge, Tak Leuites for the first goten of the sones of Yrael, and the beestis of Leuytes for the beestis of hem, and Leuytes shulen be myn; I am the Lord. In the prijs forsothe of two hundrith seuenti and thre, that passen the noumbre of Leuytes, of the fyrst gotun of the sones of Yrael, thow shalt take fyue siclis bi eche heedes, at the mesure of the seyntu|arie; a cicle hath twenti halfpens; and thou shalt ȝyue the money to Aaron and his sones, the prijs of hem that ben aboue. Therfor Moyses toke the money of hem that weren more ouer, and the whiche thei aȝenbouȝten of the Leuytes, for the first gotun of the sones of Yrael, of a thousynd thre hundrid and fyue and sixti sicles, after the weiȝt of the seyntuarie; and he ȝaue it to Aaron and his sones, after the word that the Lord comaundide to hym.

 CAP. IV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aa|ron, seyynge, Take the sowm of the sones of Caath, fro the myddil of Leuytes, bi houses, and her meyneis, fro the thryttithrittith BDEH. ȝeer and aboue vnto the fiftyfyftithe BDEFH. ȝeer, of alle that goon in, that thei stonden and my|nystren in the tabernacle of the boond of pees. This is the heriynge of the sones of Caath; the tabernacle of the boond of pees, and the holi of halowis shulen go yn Aaron and his sones, whanne the tentis ben to be moued; and thei shulen sette downadoun BDEFH. the veile that hongith before the ȝatis, and thei shulen wrap with ynne it the ark of witnessynge; and thei shu|len eftsones couer it with the couerynge of iacynctyne skynnes, and thei shulen strecche aboue a mantel al iacynctyne, and thei shulen lede inOm. A. the berynge staues. The table forsothe of proposicioun thei shulen wrappe with ynne the iacync|tyne mantil, and thei shulen putte with it the encenseris, and goldun morters, litil cuppes, and the eryd chalices to the sacri|fices of licours to ben heelde; looues euer|more shulen be in it. And thei shulen strecche there aboue the reed mantil, the whiche eft thei shulen couer with the couerynge of iacynctyn skynnes, and thei shulen lede ynne the berynge staues. And thei shulen take the iacynctyn mantil, with the which thei shulen couer the candelstik, with thethe BDEF. lanterns, and her toonges, and snytersliȝtters A., and with alle the vessels of oyle, the whiche ben necessary to the lanterns to be maad redi; and vpon alle thei shulen putte the couerynge of iacynctyn skynnes, and thei shulen lede ynne her berynge staues. Also and the goldun auter thei shulen wrappe with ynne the iacynctyn clothing; and thei shulen strecche out there aboue the couer|ynge of iacynctyn skynnes, and thei shu|len lede yn the beryng staues. Alle the vessels, with the whiche it is mynystryd in the seyntuary, thei shulen wrappe with inne the iacynctyn mantel, and strecch there aboue a couertour of iacynctyn skynnes, and thei shulen lede yn the ber|ynge staues. But and the auter thei shu|len clense with asken, and thei shulen wrappe it with a purpur clothinge. And thei shulen putt with it alle the vesselis, the whiche thei vsen in the seruyce of it, that is, the resseyuable thinges of fiers, fleshokis, and `hokys of thre teethbrandyrys E pr. m., and hokes, and fyre pannes; alle the vessels of the auter thei shulen couer togyder with a couerynge of iacynctyn skynnes, and thei shulen lede yn the berynge staues. And whanne Aaron and his sones han inwrappid the seyntuary, and alle the vessels of it, in the meuynge of tentes, thanne shulen goon yn theOm. BDEFH. sones of Caath, that thei beren with ynne wrap|pid, and that thei touchen not the vessels of the seyntuary, lest thei dien. Thes ben the charges of the sones of Caath, in the tabernacle of theOm. BDE sec. m. FH. boond of pees, vpon whom shal be Eliazar, the sone of Aaron preestthe preest E pr. m.; to whos cure it perteyneth oyle to the lanterns to be maad redi, and the encense of composicioun, and the sacrifice that euermore is offred, and the oyle of anoyntinge, and what euer thing to the heriynge `of the tabernacleOm. A. perteyneth, and of alle the vessels that ben in the seyntuarye. And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seyynge, Wole ȝe not lese the puple of Caath fro the myddel of Le|uytes; but this doth to hem, that thei lyuen, and dien not, if thei towchen the holi thingis of halowes. Aaron and his sones shulen go yn, and thei shulen dys|pose the werkis of echon, and thei shulen dyuyde what eny owith to bere. Other thurȝ no curiouste seen that ben in the seyntuarye, before that thei ben inwrap|pid, ellis thei shulden die. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Tak also the sowm of the sones of Gerson, bi howses, and meyneis, and his kynredes; fro thretti ȝeer and aboue and vnto theOm. BDFH. ȝeres of fifti, noumbre alle that goon yn, and seruen in the tabernacle of the boond of pees. This is the office of the meyne of Gersonytes, that thei beren cortynsthe cortyns E. of the tabernacle, and the roof of the boond of pees, that other couertour, and vpon alle the iacynctyn couerynge, and the tente that hongith in the entre of the ta|bernacle of the boond of pees; the cor|tyns of the porche, and the veil in the entre that is before the tabernacle. Alle thingis that perteynenperteyneth E. to the auter, litil coordes, and the vessels of seruyce, co|maundynge Aaron and his sones, the sones of Gerson shulen bere; and eche shal knowe to what charge thei owen to be takun. This is the heriynge of the meyneismeyne BDEFH. of Gersonytes, in the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and thei shulen be vndir the hoond of Ythamar, the sone of Aaron, preestthe preest E pr. m.. The sones forsothe of Merarye, bi meyneis and howses of her fadris, thou shalt noumbre, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue vnto the ȝeers of fifti, alle that goon into the office of his seruyce, and heriynge of the boond of pees of wit|nessynge. Thes ben the charges of hem; thei shulen bere the tablis of the taber|nacle, and his berynge staues, the pilers, and the feetfootys E. of hem; and the pilers of the porche bi enuyroun, with her feet, and stakys, and her coordes; alle vessels and purtenaunce at noumbre thei shulen take, and so thei shulen bere. This is the office of the meyne of Merarytes, and the seruyce in the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and thei shulen be vndir the hoond of Ythamar, the sone of Aaron, preestthe preest E pr. m.. Thanne Moyses and Aaron, and the princes of the synagoge, noumbreden the sones of Caath, bi kynredes, and howses of her fadres, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue vnto fiftithe fifti BDFH. the fiftithe E. ȝeer, alle that goon into the seruyce of the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and there ben foundun two thow|syndes seuen hundred and fifti. This is the noumbre of the sonespeple BDEFH. of Caath, that goongoth BDEFH sec. m. into the tabernacle of the boond of pees; `thes noumbredenthis noumbre A. Moyses and Aa|ron, aftir the word of the Lord, bi the hoond of Moyses. And sonesthe sones BDEFH. of Gerson ben noumbred, bi kynredes, and howses of her fadris, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue vnto the fiftithfyfty BD. ȝeer, alle that goon yn that thei mynystren in the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and there ben foundun two thowsynd six hundreth and thretti. This is the puple of Gersonytes, the which noumbreden Moyses and Aaron, after the word of the Lord. The sones of Merarye ben noumbred, bi kynredes, and houses of her fadres, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue vnto the fiftyfiftythe E. ȝeer, alle that goon yn to fulfille the rytis of the taber|nacle of the boond of pees; and ther ben foundun thre thowsyndes and two hun|drith. This is the noumbre of the sones of Merarye, the whiche noumbreden Moyses and Aaron, aftir the heest of the Lord, bi the hoond of Moyses. Alle that ben noumbred of the Leuytes, and the whiche he dide to be noumbred at the name, of Moyses and Aaron, and the princes of Yrael, bi kynredis, and howses of her fadres, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue vnto the fiftififtythe E. ȝeer, goynge into the ser|uyce of the tabernacle, and berthensthe berthens BDE. ther berthens F. to be bore, andOm. BDEFH. there weren togidir eiȝt thowsyndes fyue hundrid and eiȝty. Af|ter the word of the Lord Moises noum|bred hem, echon aftir his office and his charges, as the Lord comaundide to hym.

 CAP. V.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Comaund to the sones of Yrael, that thei casten out of the tentes alle leprows, and that flowith seed, and is polut vpon the deed; as wel the maal as the femaal casteth out of the tentis, lest thei de|foulen hem, whanne thei dwellen with ȝow. And the sones of Yrael dyden so, and thei casteden hem out of theOm. DE. tentes, as the Lord hadde spokun to Moyses. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Irael, A man or womman, whanne thei doon of alle the synnes that ben wont to falle to men, and bi negligence ouer passid the maunde|ment of the Lord, and trespassen, thei shulen knowleche her synne, and theithat A. shulen ȝeelde that heed, and the fifthe part there aboue, to hym in whom thei synneden. If forsothe there weren not that shulde resseyue, thei shulen ȝyue to the Lord, and it shal be of the preest, out take the wether that is offryd for the purgynge, that the oost be plesable. Alle forsothe the first fruytis that offren the sones of Yrael, to the preest perteynen; and what thing in the seyntuarye is of|fred of eche, and is takun to the hondes of the preest, shal be of hym. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seyynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, A man, whos wijf erretherre BDEFH., and, the housbonde despisynge, slepe with an|other man, and that the housbonde may not knowe of, but the auowtrye is hidde, and with witneswyttnesses BDEFH. may not be vndurnom, for she is not foundun in the hordom; if the spiryt of gelousnes stire the man aȝens his wijf, the which outher is polut, or with fals suspecioun is coueitid, he shal lede hire to the preest, and he shal offre for hir an offrynge, the tenthe part of a busshel of barly melowe; and he shal not heelde vpon it oyle, ne puttethei sholyn putte E pr. m. ensence, for the sacrifice of gelouste it is, and offrynge enserchynge auowtrye. Therfor the preest shal offre it, and sette before the Lord; and he shal take theOm. DEFH. holy watre in a britil vessel, and a litil of the erthe of the pament of the taber|nacle he shall putt into it. And whanne the womman stondithstonte BEFH. stonde D. in the siȝt of the Lord, she shal discouere her heed, and putt vpon hirhis A pr. m. hondis the sacrifice of recordynge, and offryng of gelowste. He forsothe shal holde the most bittir wa|tris, in the whiche with cursid cursyng he cast togidir. And he shal swere to her, and seie, If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thow art not polutpolutid D., forsaked the bedde of the housboond, thes moost bittre watris shulen not anoye thee, into the whiche cursid thinges I haue ge|deryd to gydere; if forsothe thow hast bowide a weie fro thin housboond, and art polutpolutid D., and hast leyn with anothir man, to thes cursingis thow shalt vndurligge; the Lord ȝyue thee into cursynge, and ensaumple of alle in his puple; mak he thin hippe to stynke, and thi swellynge wombe be al to brostunborsten BDEFH.; goon in thee cursyd watris into thi wombe, and swell|ynge thi wombe stynke thin hippe. And the womman shal answere, Amen! amen! And the preest shal wryte in a libel thes cursid thingis, and he shal do hem out with the moost bittir watris, into the whiche cursid thinges he dide togidris, and he shal ȝyue hir to drynke. The which whanne she hath dronkun vpvpon D., the preest shal take of hir hoond the sa|crifice of gelowste, and he shal arere it vp before the Lord, and he shal putte vpon the auter; so oonli, that before he take an hondful of sacrifice of it that is offerd, and tynde vpon the auter, and so ȝyue drynke to the womman the moost bitter watres. The whiche whanne she drinkith, if she is polutpolutid D., and, despisid the man, she is gilti of auowtrie, the watres of cursyngeacursinge BEFH. shulen passe thurȝ hir, and the womb blow with ynne, the hippe shal stynke, and the womman shal be into cursynge, and into ensaumple to al the puple. And if sheȝe D. were not polutpolutid D., she shal be harmles, and make free chil|dren. This is the lawe of gelowsnes, if the womman bowe doun fro hir man, and were polutpolutid D., and the housboond, thurȝ spiryt of gelowsnes stired, brynge hir in the siȝt of the Lord, and the preest do to hir after alle thinges that ben writun, the housboond shal be with outen blame, and she shal resseyue hir wickidnes.

 CAP. VI.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, A man or womman, whanne he doth auowe, that thei ben ha|lowid, and thei wolen him self sacre to the Lord, fro wiyn, and fro al that may make dronkun, thei shulen absteyne; eisel of wiyn, and of eny othir maad drynke, and what thing of grape is out pressid, thei shulen not drynke; new grapes and dried thei shulen not eete, alle the daies in the which of auowe to the Lord thei ben sacryd; what thing may be of vynwyne BD., of grape driedsoffrede E pr. m. vnto the popynpepyn BDEH., thei shu|len not eete. Al the tyme of his seuer|ynge a rasour shal not passe vpon his heed, vnto the fulfillid day in the which he is sacred to the Lord; he shal be holy, growynge the heer of his heed. Alle tyme of his sacrynge he shal not goo yn vpon the deed, ne vpon faders forsothe, and moders, and bretherenbrotherys E., and sistrensosterys E. careyn he shal be defoulid, for the sa|crynge of his God is vpon his heed; eche day of his seuerynge shal be holy to the Lord. If forsothe eny man were sodeyn|lich deed before hym, the heed of his consecracioun shal be polutpolutid BDEFH., the which anoon he shal shaue in the same day of his purgacioun, and eftsones the seuenthe day; in the eiȝtith forsothe day he shal offre two turtursturtelis DH. turtris EF., or two culuer briddes, to the preest, in the entre of the boond of pees of witnessynge. And the preest shal do oon for the synne, and anothir in to brent sacrifice; and he shal preye for hym, for he hath synned vpon the deed, and he shal halowe the heed of hym in that day. And he shal sacre to the Lord the daies of his seuerynge, offrynge a lombe of o ȝeer for the synne, so neuer|thelaternerthelater E. that the rather daies ben maad as for noȝt, for polutpo|lutid D. is the halowynge of hym. This is the lawe of consecracioun. Whanne the daies which of auow he demed ben fulfillid, he shal brynge hym to the dore of theOm. E. tabernacle of the boond of pees, and he shal offre his of|frynge to the Lord, a lombe of o ȝeer with outen wemme, into brent sacrifice, and a sheep of o ȝeer with outen wemme, for synne, and a wethir with outen wemme, a pesible oost; a leepe forsothe of theerf looues, that ben spreynt with oyle, and thinne cakys with out sour|dowȝ, anoynt with oyle, and of echon the sacrifices of licours; the whiche the preest shal offre before the Lord, and he shal doo as wel for synne as into brent sacrificessacrifice BDEFH.. A wethir forsothe he shal offre a pesible oost to the Lord, offrynge to gidre a leepe of therf looues, and sacryficessacrifice BF. of licours, that of maner ben owed. Thanne the Nazare shal be shaued at the dore of theOm. E. tabernacle of the boond of pees, fro the heere of his consecracioun; and he shal take his heeres, and putte vpon the fijr, that is vndurput to the sacrifice of pe|sible thinges; and a shuldre sothensodden D. sooden H. sodyn E. soothen F. of the wether, and a caake of breed with outen sowrdowȝ, oon of the leepe, and o thinne therf caake, and he shal take in the hoondes of the Nazare, after that were shauun the heed of hym. And the takun thingis eftsones of hym he shal arere in the siȝt of the Lord. And the halowid thinges shal be of the preest, as the litil brest that is comaundid to be seuered, and the hippe. Aftir thes thingis the Nazare may drynke wiyn. This is the lawe of the Nazare, whanne he auow|ith his offrynge to the Lord, the tyme of his consecracioun, out taak thes thingis the whiche the hoond fyndeth. Aftir that that he hathOm. BDEFH. auowid in thouȝt, so he shal do, to the perfeccioun of his holynes. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to Aaron and his sones, So ȝe shulen blesse to the sones of Yrael, and ȝe shu|len seie to hem, The Lord blesse to thee, and kepe thee; the Lord shewe his face to thee, and haue mercy of thee; the Lord conuerte his chere to thee, and ȝeue to thee pees. Thei shulen inwardly clepe my name vpon the sones of Yrael, and Y shal blesse to hem.

 CAP. VII.

It is doon forsothe in the day inOm. BDEFH. the whiche Moyses fulfillide the tabernacle, and areryde it, and anoyntide and ha|lowede with alle his vessels, the auter also, and his vessels. And the prynces of Yrael, and the heedes of the meyneis that weren bi eche lynages, the maystres of hem that weren noumbred, offerden ȝiftes before the Lord, six waynes couered, with twelue oxen; o wayne offreden two dukes, and oon ox eche. Thei offerden thilk thingis in the siȝt of the tabernacle. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Tak of hem, that thei myȝtenOm. BDEFH. serue in the seruyce of the tabernacle, and tak thow thilk thingis to the Leuytis, after the ordre of her ser|uyce. And so whanne Moyses hadde take the waynes, and the oxen, he took hem to the Leuytes. Two waynes and foure oxen he ȝaf to the sones of Gerson, af|tir that thei hadden nede. Foure other waynes and eiȝt oxen he ȝaf to the sones of Merary, aftir the officeofficys E. and her heri|ynge, vndir the hoondishonde BDEFH. of Ythamar, the sone of Aaron, preest. To the sones for|sothe of Caath he ȝaf not carrys and oxen, for in the seyntuarie thei seruen, and birthens thei beren with her propre shuldres. Thanne the dukes offreden, in the dedicacioun of the auter, in the day the which it is anoyntidanoynt BDEFH., her offrynge to the Lord, before the auter. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Alle duykisduke A. bi eche daies offren thei ȝiftes, into the dedi|cacioun of the auter. The firste day of|frede his offrynge Nason, the sone of Amynadab, of the lynage of Juda; and there weren in it a silueren eisel vessel, peyse of an hundred and thretti sicles, a silueren fiole, hauynge seuenti sicles aftir the peyse of the seyntuarye, eithir ful of tryed floure spreynt with oyle, into sacri|fice; a litil morter, of ten siclis of gold, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wethir, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a goot, for synne; and in the sacrificessacrifice BDEFH. of pesible thinges, two oxen, fyue wetheres, fyue geetgootys E., lombes of o ȝeer fyue. This is the of|frynge of Naason, the sone of Amynadab. The secounde day offrede Nathanael, the sone of Suar, duke of the lynage of Ysa|char, a silueren eisel vessel, peysynge an hundrid and thretti sicles, a silueren fiole, hauynge seuenti sicles aftir the weiȝt of the seyntuary, either ful of tryed flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a litil golden morter, hauynge ten sicles, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a we|thir, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a goot, for synne; and in sacrifice of pesible thinges, two oxen, and wethris fyue, geit fyue, lombes of o ȝeer fiue. This was the offrynge of Nathanael, the sone of Suar. In the thridde day the prince of the sones of Zabulon, Elyab, the sonesones A. of Elon, offride a silueren eysel vessel, peysynge an hundryd and thretti sicles, a silueren fyole, hauynge seuenti sicles at the peyse of the seyntuary, either ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifyce; a litil golden morter, peysynge ten sicles, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wethir, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a geit, for synne; and in the sacrifice of pesible thinges, two oxen, wethris fyue, geit fyue, lombes of o ȝeer fyue. This is the offrynge of Heliab, theOm. BDFH. sone of Helon. The firthe day the prynce of the sones of Ruben, Helisur, the sone of Sedeur, of|fred a silueren eysel vessel, peysynge an hundrid and thretti cyclys, a silueren fyole, hauynge seuenti siclis at the weiȝt of the seyntuarie, either ful of tryed flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a golden morter, peysynge ten sicles, ful of en|cense; an oxe of the droue, and a wether, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacri|fice; and a geit, for synne; and into theOm. BDEFH. oostis of pesible thinges, oxen two, we|thers fyue, geitgootes E. fyue, lombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Elysur, the sone of Sedeur. The fifthe day the prynce of the sones of SymeonSyme of A man. sec., Sala|myel, sone of Surysadday, offrede a sil|ueren eysel vessel, peysynge an hundrid and thritti sicles, a silueren fyole, hau|ynge seuenti sicles at the weiȝt of the seyntuarye, eithir ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, in to sacrifice; a goldun mor|ter, peysynge ten sicles, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wethir, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a geet, for synne. And into the oostis of pesible thinges, oxen two, wethers fyue, geetgootes E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Salamyhel, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Surysadday. The sixte day the prince of the sones of Gad, Helizaphat, the sone of Duel, offerde a silueren eysel vessel, peysynge an hundrid and thretti sicles, a silueren fyol, hauynge seuenti sicles at the weiȝt of the seyntuarye, either ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacri|fice; a golden morter, peisynge ten sicles, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wether, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacryfice; and `o geeta goot E. a gey F. oo geyt H., for synne. And into oostis of pesible thinges, oxen two, wethers fyue, geetgootes E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Eli|zaphat, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Duel. The seuenthe day the prynce of the sones of Effraym, Eli|zama, the sone of Amyud, offrede a sil|ueren eisel vessel, peysynge an hundred and thretti sicles, a silueren fyol, hau|ynge seuenti sicles at the weiȝt of the seyntuarye, either ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten sicles, ful of en|cense; an oxe of the droue, and a wether, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacry|fice; and a geet, for synne. And into oostis of pesible thingis, oxen two, we|thers fyue, geetgootes E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Elizama, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Amyud. The eiȝtith day the prynce of the sones of Manasse, Gamaliel, the sone ofOm. H. Phadassur, offerde a silueren eysel vessel, peysynge an hundryd and thretti sicles, a silueren fyol, hauynge se|uenti sicles at the weiȝt of the seyntua|rye, either ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a goldun morter, peysynge ten sicles, ful ofOm. BDEFH. encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wethir, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a goot, for synne. And into oostis of pe|sible thinges, oxen two, wethers fyue, geetgootys E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Gamaliel, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Phadassur. The nynthe day the prynce of the sones of Beniamyn, Abidan, the sone ofOm. BF sec. m. H. Gedeon, offerde a silueren eisel vessel, peysynge an hundred and thretti sicles, a silueren fyol, hauynge seuenti si|cles at the weiȝt of the seyntuarye, eithir ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a golden morter, peisynge ten sicles, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wether, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a goot, for synne. And into theOm. BDEFH. oostis offor BDFH. pesible thingis, oxen two, wethers fyue, geetgootys E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the of|frynge of Abydan, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Gedeon. The tenthe day the prynce of the sones of Dan, Abiezer, the sone of Amysadday, offerde a siluerenseluer E. eysel vessel, peisynge an hundrid and thretti sicles, a silueren fyol, hauynge seuenti sicles at the weiȝt of the seyntuarye, either ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten sicles, ful of en|cense; an oxe of the droue, and a wether, and a lomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a goot, for synne. And into oostes of pesible thinges, oxen two, wethers fyue, geetgootys E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Abiezer, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Amysadday. The enleuetheellefthe BDF. day the princeprinces A. of the sones of Aser, Phegiel, the sone of Ochran, offride a silueren eisel vessel, peysynge an hundryd and thretti sicles, a silueren fiol, hauynge seuenti si|cles at the weiȝt of the seyntuarie, eitherand either DFH. ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a goldun morter, peysynge ten sicles, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wether, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a goot, for synne. And into oostes of pesible thinges, oxen two, wethers fyue, geetgootys E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Phegiel, the sone of Ochran. The twelfth day the prynce of the sones of Neptalym, Ahira, the sone of Henan, offerde a sil|ueren eisel vessel, peisynge an hundryd and thretti sicles, a silueren fyol, hauynge seuenti sicles at the weiȝt of the seyntua|rie, eithir ful of tried flour spreynt with oyle, into sacrifice; a golden morter, peis|ynge ten sicles, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a wether, and a loomb of o ȝeer, into brent sacrifice; and a goot, for synne. And into oostis of pesible thingis, oxen two, wethers fyue, geetgootes E. fyue, loombes of o ȝeer fyue. This was the offrynge of Ahyra, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Henan. Thes offryngesthinges BDEH. in the dedicacioun of the auter ben offred of the prynces of Irael, in the day the which it is sacred; sil|ueren eisel vesselsvessel D. twelue, silueren fiols twelue, golden morters twelue; so that an hundred and thretti sicles of siluer hadde oon eisel vessel, and seuenti sicles o fiol, that is, in comune of alle vessels of siluersilueren A., sicles two thowsand foure hundred, by peyse of the seyntuarie; golden morters twelue, ful of encense, ten sicles peisynge bi weiȝt of the seyntuarie, that is, togider, sicles of gold an hundrid and twenti; oxen of the droue into brent sacrifice twelue, wethers twelue, loombes of o ȝeer twelue, and the sacrificesacrificys E. of licours of hem, twelue geetgootes E. for synne; the oostis of pesible thingis, oxen foure and twenti, wethers sexti, geetgootes E. sexti, loombes of o ȝeer sexti. Thes thinges ben offrid in the dedicacioun of the auter, whanne it is anoynt. And whanne Moyses went into the tabernacle of the boond of pees, that he conseile the answer of God, he herde a voyce of spekynge to hym fro the pro|piciatorye, that was vpon the arke of wit|nessynge, bitwix the two cherubyn, and fro whens he spak to hym.

 CAP. VIII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to Aaron, and thow shalt seie to hym, Whanne thow settist the seuen lan|terns, the candelstyke be arered in the sowth part; this thanne comaund, that the lanterns aȝen the north `forn aȝensfro the region E pr. m. biholden to the table of the looues of pro|posicioun, aȝens that part that the candil|stik biholdith, thei owen to liȝten. And Aaron dyde, and putte yn lanterns vpon the candelstyk, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. This forsothe was the mak|ynge of the candelstik; of betun out golde, as wel the myddil stok as al the thinges that of either side of the ȝerdes weren born out; after the ensaumple that the Lord shewide to Moyses, so he wrouȝte the candelstyk. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Tak the Leuytes fro the myddil of the sones of Yrael; and thow shalt purifie hem aftir this rijt. Be thei spreynt with water of purgyngepurynge B., and shaue thei alle the heerys of her flesh. And whanne thei han wasshun her clothes, and weren clensid, take thei an oxe of the droue, and his sacrifice of licourslycour BFH., tried flour spreynt with oyle; and anothir oxe of the droue thow shalt take for synne; and thow shalt sette to the Le|uytes before the tabernacle of the boond of pees, clepid togidere al the multitude of the sones of Yrael. And whanne the Leuytes weren before the Lord, the sones of Irael shulen putte her hoondes vpon hem; and Aaron shal offre the Leuytes, a ȝift in the siȝt of the Lord of the sones of Yrael, that thei seruen in the seruyce of hym. And the Leuytes shulen putte her hoondes vpon the heedis of the oxen, of the whiche oon thow shalt doo for synne, and another into brent sacrifice of the Lord, that thow preye for hem. And thow shalt sette the LeuytesLeuytees A. in the siȝt of Aaron, and of his sones, and thow shalt sacre hem offred to the Lord; and seuer fro the myddil of the sones of Yrael, that thei be myyn. And afterward goo thei in the tabernacle of the boond of pees, that thei seruen to me; and so thow shalt puryfye and sacre hem, into the offrynge of the Lord, for thurȝ ȝift thei ben ȝeue to me of the sones of Yrael. For the first goten that opnenopeneth D. al wombe in Yrael Y haue takun hem; myyn forsothe ben al the fyrste goten of the sones of Yrael, as wel of men as of beestis, fro the day that I smoot al the firste goten in the loonde of Egipte, I haue halowed hem to me. And Y haue take the Leuytes for al the firste goten of the sones of Yrael; and Y haue take hem bi ȝifte to Aaron and his sones, fro the myddil of the puple, that thei seruen to me for Yrael, in the taber|nacle of the boond of pees, and preien for hem, lest there be in the puple veniaunce, if thei weren hardi to neiȝ to the seyn|tuarye. And Moyses and Aaron diden, and al the multytude of the sones of Yrael, vpon the Leuytes, that the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And thei ben puri|fied, and thei wassheden her clothes; and Aaron arerede hem in the siȝte of the Lord, and preiede for hem, that puryfyed thei weendenwenten D. wyndyn E. into her offices, into the ta|bernacle of the boond of pees, before Aa|ron and his sones, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses, of the Leuytes so it is doon. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, This is the lawe of the Leuytes; fro twenti ȝeer and aboue thei shulen weende in, that thei mynystren in the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and whanne the fyftithefifthe A. ȝeer of age thei han fulfillid, thei shulen ceese to serue. And thei shulen be the seruauntes of her brytheren in the tabernacle of the boond of pees, that thei kepen thinges that weren comaundid to hem; tho forsothe werkis doo thei not; so thow shalt dispose the Leuytes in her wardis.

 CAP. IX.

The Lord spak to Moyses, in deseert of Synay, the secounde ȝeer aftir that thei weren went out of the loond of Egipte, the first moneth, seiynge, The sones of Yrael doo thei paske in his tyme, the fourtenthe day of this moneth, at euen, aftir alle the serymonyes and the iusti|fiyngis of it. And Moyses comaundide to the sones of Irael, that thei shulden doo paske; the whiche diden in his tyme, the fourtenthe day of the moneth, at euen, in the mount of Synay; aftir alle thingis that the Lord comaundide to Moyses, diden the sones of Yrael. And loo! summe vnclene vpon the soule of man, that myȝten not doo paske in that day, go|ynge to Moyses and Aaron, seiden to hem, Vnclene we ben vpon the soule of aOm. BDEFH. man; whi be we bigilid, that we mowen not offre the offrynge to the Lord in his tyme, amonge the sones of Yrael? To whom answerde Moyses, Stoonde ȝe, that I counseil, what the Lord comaundithcomaunde BEFH. of ȝow. And the Lord spak to Moyses, sei|ynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, A man that were vnclene vpon a soule, other in the fer weye, in the folk of ȝoure kynde, do he paske to the Lord the secounde monethe, the fourtenthe day of the moneth, at euen; with therf looues and wijlde le|tuses he shal eete it. Thei shulen not leeue of it eny thing vnto the morwe, and boon of it thei shulen not breeke; al the rijt of phase thei shulen kepe. And if eny forsothe is clene, and was not in the weye, and ȝit dide not the paske, that soule shal be out putte fro his puples, for sacrifice he offrede not to the Lord in his tyme; his synne he shal bere. A pil|grime forsothe and a comlynge, if there were anentis ȝow, do he paske to the Lord, aftir the cerymonyes and iustifi|yngis of it; the same heest shal be anentis ȝou, as wel of the comlyng as of theOm. BDEFH. with ynne born. Therfor the day in the which the tabernacle is arerid, couerde it a clowd; fro euen forsothe vpon the tent was as liknes of fier vnto the morwe. So it was doon contynuly, bi the day couerde it a clowd, and bi the nyȝt as liknes of fier. And whanne the clowd was takun awey, that kepte the tabernacle, thanne wenten forthe the sones of Yrael, and in the place where stood the clowd, there thei setten tentes. At the maundement of the Lord thei wenten forthe, and at the maundement of hym thei picchidenfytchiden BDEFH. the tabernacle. Al the daies in the whiche stood the clowd vpon the tabernacle, thei dwelten in the same place. And if it felle that myche tyme it dwelte vpon it, the sones of Yrael weren in the bisi waardes of the Lord, and thei wenten not forthe, as feel dais as the clowde were vpon the tabernacle. At the maundement of the Lord, thei arereden tentes, and at the maundement of hym thei putten down. And if the clowd were fro euen to the morwe, and anoon the morwe tide laft of, thei wenten forthe; and if aftir day and nyȝt it ȝede awey, thei scaterden the tentes. Whether twey or o moneth, or lenger tyme, it were vpon thet abernacle, the sones of Yrael dwelliden in the same place, and wenten not forthe; anoon for|sothe as it wente a wey, thei meueden the tentes. Bi the word of the Lord thei piȝten tentes, and bi the word of hym thei wenten forthe; and thei weren in the bisy waardes of the Lord, after the heest of hym, bi the hoond of Moyses.

 CAP. X.

The Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Mak to thee two beten out silueren trompes, with the whiche thow mayst clepe togidere the multitude, whanne the tentis ben to be meued. And whanne thow sownest with thi trompes, al the folk shal be gederid `to theeto gider A. at the dore of the tabernacle of the boond of pees. If onys thow sownest, shulen come to thee the princes and the heedis of the multitude of Irael; if forsothe lenger and stownd|meel trompynge sowne, the firste, that ben at the eest plage, shulen meue the tentis. In the secounde forsothe sownynge and euen ȝollynge of the trompe, shulen rere the tentys that dwellen at the sowth; and aftir this maner that other shulen doo, ȝollynge the trompes into weendynge forthe. Whanne forsothe the puple is to gederynge togidre, shal be symple criynge of trompes, and not stowndmeel thei shu|len ȝolle. The sones of Aaron preestthe preest E pr. m. shulen sowne with the trompes, and this shal be lawful euerlastynge in ȝoure ge|neraciouns. If ȝe goon out to batayle fro ȝoure loond aȝens the enemyes that stry|uen aȝens ȝow, ȝe shulen crye with ȝoll|ynge trompes, and it shal be recordynge of ȝow before the Lord ȝour God, that ȝe ben delyuerid fro the hondes of ȝoure enemyes. And if eny tyme ȝe shulen haue meetship, and feeste daies, and ka|lendes, ȝe shulen synge with trompes vpon the brent sacrifices and theOm. B. pesible sleyn sacrifices, that thei ben to ȝow into recordynge of ȝoure God; Y the Lord ȝoure God. The secounde ȝeer, the se|counde moneth, the twentithe day of the moneth, the clowd reredis rered E. vp fro the ta|bernacle of the boond of pees. And the sones of Yrael ben goon forthe bi her companyes, fro the deseert of Synay; and the clowd restyde in the wildernes of Pharan. And the first meueden tentes, after the heest of the Lord doon in the hoond of Moyses, the sones of Juda bi her companyes, of whom the prince was Naason, the sone of Amynadab. In the lynage of the sones of Ysachar prince was Nathanael, the sone of Suar. In the lynage of Zabulon prince was Heliab, the sone of Helon. And the tabernacle is sett down, the which berynge wenten out the sones of Gerson, and of Merarye. And the sones of Ruben wenten forthe bi companyes in her ordre, whos prince was Elisur, the sone of Sedeur. In the lynage forsothe of the sones of Symeon prince was Salamyel, the sone of Surysadday. Forsothe in the lynage of Gad was prynce Helisaphat, the sone of Duel. And wenten forthe the Caatthites, berynge the seyntu|arie; as longe the tabernacle was bore, to the tyme that thei camen to the re|rynge place. And the sones of Effraym meueden tentis, by her companyes, in whos oost prince was Elizama, the sone of Amyud. In the lynage forsothe of the sones of Manasse prynce was Gamaliel, the sone ofOm. BFH. Phadassur. AndOm. A. in the ly|nage of Beniamyn duke was Abidan, the sone of Gedeon. Laste of alle the tentes wenten forthe the sones of Dan, bi her companyes, in whos oost prynce was Ai|ezer, the sone of Amysadday. In the lynage forsothe of the sones of Aser prynce was Phegiel, the sone of Ochran. And in the lynage of the sones of Nepta|lym prince was Ahira, the sone of Henan. These ben the tentes and the goyngis forthe of the sones of Yrael, bi her com|panyes, whanne thei wenten out. And Moyses seide to Heliab, the sone of Ra|guel Madianyte, his cosyn, We goon forthe to the place that the Lord is to ȝyuynge to vs; com with vs, that we doon good to thee, for the Lord good thingis hath bihoot to Irael. To whom he answerde, I shal not goo with thee, but I shal turne aȝen into my loond, in the which Y am bore. And he, Wole thow not, he seith, vs forsaak; thow for|sothe hast knowe in what places bi de|seert we owen to sette tentes, and thow shalt be oure leder; and whanne thow comyst with vs, what thing best were of the ritchessis that the Lord is to ȝyuynge to vs, we shulen ȝyue to thee. Thanne thei wenten forthe fro the mownt of the Lord, weie of thre daies; and the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord wente before hem, bi three daies, purueiynge the place of the tentes. And the clowd of the Lord was vpon hem bi the day, whanne thei shulden goon. And whanne the arke shulde be areredrered BDEFH., Moyses seide, Aryse, Lord, and be scateryd thin ene|myes, and fleeȝ thei fro thi face that haten thee; whanne forsotheOm. A. it was sette down, he seide, Torn aȝen, Lord, to the multitude of the oost of Yrael.

 CAP. XI.

Ther amonge was sprongun a grucch|ynge of the puple, as of men sorwynge for the traueyl aȝens the Lord; the whiche whanne he hadde herde, he was wrooth; and the fier of the Lord, tend into hem, deuowride the latter part of the tentes. And whanne the puple hadde cryede to Moyses, Moyses preiede to the Lord, and the fier is sowpyd vp. And he clepide the name of that place Tendynge, forthi that the fier of the Lord was tende aȝens hem. The comoun forsothe of eithir kynde that hadde steyd vp with hem, brent with desijr of flesh, sittynge and wepinge, ioynede to hem togider the sones of Yrael, and seith, Who shal ȝyue to vs to eete flesh? We recorden of the fisshes that we eten in Egipte gladly; into mynde come to vs the goordis, and the peponys, and the leeke, and theOm. D. vniowns, and the garlekes; oure soule is drye; noon othir thing byholdenbihoolden A. our eyen but man|naman E. manne BDEFH.. Mannaman E. manne BDEFH. forsothe was as the seed coryaundre, of the colour ofOm. E. bdelliwastel D sec. m. cristal D marg.. And the puple wenten abowt, gederynge it, and breke in a gryndstoon, or powned in a morter, seethinge in a pot, and makynge of it litil thinne kakis of sauour, as of oylid breed. And whanne the dewe de|scendide the nyȝt vpon the tentes, de|scendide togider and mannaman E. manne BDEFH.. Thanne Moyses herde the puple wepynge bi meynees, and eche bi the dores of his tent; and the woodnes of the Lord was ful wrooth, but and to Moyses it was seen a thing vnsuffrable. And he seith to the Lord, Whi hast thow tourmentid thi seruaunt? whi fynde I not grace be|fore thee, and whi hast thow put the bir|then of al thethy E. puple vpon me? whether Y haue conceyued al this multitude, and goten it, that thow sey to me, Ber hem in thi bosum, as a noryshe is woned to bere a litil child, and bere into the loond for the which thow hast swore to the faders of hem? wherof to memy D. flesh that Y ȝyue to so myche a multitude? Thei wepen be|fore me, seiynge, Ȝif to vs flesh, that we eten; Y may not aloone susteyne al this puplemultitude E pr. m., for it is greuows to me. If othir weies it is seen to thee, Y preye that thow slee me, and Y fynde grace in thin eyen, that with so myche yuels Y be not turmentide. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Geder to me seuenti men of the aldren of Yrael, the whiche thow hast knowun, that thei ben oolde of the puple, and maystris; and thow shalt lede hem to the dore of theOm. E. tabernacle of the boond of pees, and thow shalt make there to stoonde with thee, that Y descende, and speke to thee; and Y shal take a wey of thi spiryte, and ȝyue to hem, that thei susteynen with thee the birthen of the puple, and not thow alone be greued. To the puple forsothe thow shalt seye, Be ȝe halowid, to morwe ȝe shulen eete flesh; Y forsothe haue herde ȝow to seye, Who shal ȝyue to vs metis of flesh? wel it was to vs in Egipt; that the Lord ȝyue to ȝow flesh, and eete not o day, ne two, neor E. fyue, or tenne, neOm. A. twenti forsothe, but vnto the moneth of days, to the tyme that it come out bi ȝoure noose thrillisthyrlys E., and be turnyd into fomynge; forthi that ȝe han putte abak the Lord, the which is in the myddil of ȝow, and han wepte before hym, seiynge, Whi wenten we out of Egipte? And Moyses seith to the Lord, Six hundryd thousandes of foot men ben of this puple, and thou seyst, Y shal ȝyue to hem etynge of flesh an hool moneth. Whether a multitude of oxen and of sheep shal be slayn, that it may suffice to meete, or alle the fisshes of the see shulen be gedryd in oon, that thei fulfillen hem? To whom answerde the Lord, Whether the hoond of the Lord be vnmiȝty? now now thou shalt se, whether my word in dede be fulfillid. Thanne Moyses came, and toolde to the puple the wordis of the Lord, gedrynge seuenti men of the aldren of Yrael, the whiche he made stonde about the tabernacle. And the Lord cam down bi the clowd, and spak to hym, takynge of the spiryt that was in Moyses, and ȝyuynge to the se|uenty men; and whanne the spiryte hadde restid in hem, theithat D. profecyden, ne more ouer cesiden. There dwelten forsothe in the tentis two men, of whom oon was clepid Heldad, and that other Medad, vpon whom restide the spiryt; for and thei weren discryued, and thei wenten not out to the tabernacle. And whanne thei propheciden in the tentis, rennede a child, and toolde to Moyses, seiynge, Hel|dad and Medad prophecien in the tentes. Anoon Josue, the sone of Nun, the ser|uaunt of Moyses, and chosun of many, seith, My lord, Moyses, defend hem. And he, What, he seith, enuyest thow for me? who ȝyueth that the puple prophecie, and God ȝyue to hem his spiryt? And Moyses is turned aȝen, and the more thurȝ birthe of Yrael into the tentes. A wynde for|sothe goynge out fro the Lord, brouȝte cauȝt curlowis ouer see fro the Lord, and he lafte into the tentis, bi the weye, as myche as o day myȝte be maad redy, on eche side of the tentis bi enuyroun; and thei flowen in the eyre two cubitis on heiȝt vpon the erthe. Thanne the puple arisynge al that day and nyȝt and that other day, gederide a multitude of cur|luwis; the which made redi ten chorys; a chore is a mesure of thretti busshels; and drieden hem bi enuyroun of the tentes. Ȝit flesh was in the teethe of hem, ne defautide siche a maner meet; and loo! the wodenes of the Lord styrid into the puple, smoot hem with a ful greet veniaunce. And that place is clepid The sepulcris of couetynge; there for|sothe thei byrieden the puple that de|syride flesh. And thei goon out fro The sepulcres of Lust, camen into Asseroth, and dwelten there.

 CAP. XII.

And Mary spak and Aaron aȝens Moy|ses, for the Ethiopis his wijf, and seiden, Whether oonli bi Moyses hath the Lord spokun? whether not and to vs also he hath spokun? The which whann the Lord hadde herde, he was ful wrooth. Moyses forsothe was moost mylde man, ouer alle men that dwelten on erthe. And the Lord anoon spak to hym and Aaron and Mary, Goo ȝe thre alone out to the tabernacle of the boond of pees. And whanne thei weren comyn ynne, the Lord descendide in a piler ofOm. B. a clowde, and stood in the entre of the tabernacle, clepynge Aaron, and Marye; the which whanne werenthei weren E pr. m. goon, seide to hem, Here ȝe my wordes; if eny were amonge ȝow the prophete of the Lord, in visioun Y shal apere to hym, other bi sweuen I shal speke to hym. And heOm. E. seith, And not sichon my seruaunt Moyses, that in al myn hows is moost trewe; mouth for|sothe to mouth I shal speke to hym, and opynly, and not bi derknesses and figuris he seeth God. Whi thanne dreden ȝe not to bacbite to my seruaunt Moyses? And wrooth aȝens hem, wente aweie. The clowde forsothe wente awey, that was vpon the tabernacle, and loo! Marye aperide shynynge with lepre as snowe. And whanne Aaron hadde beholdun hir, and sawȝ hir thurȝ hilid with lepre, seith to Moyses, My lord, Y preye, ne sett thow notin BDEFH. to vs this synne, that folily we han doon, ne this be maad as deed, and as deed with ynne wombe that is throwun out fro the wombe of his moder; loo! now the myddil of her flesh is deuowrid with lepre. And Moyses cryed to the Lord, seiynge, Lord, I preye, heel hir. To whom answerde the Lord, If the fa|der of hir hadde spitte into hir face, whether shulde she not namelichonlich D. seuen days with reednes be vnderhilid? Be she seuered seuen days out of the tentis, and afterward she shal be aȝen clepid. And so Mari is putte out of the tentis seuen dayes; and the puple is not meued fro that place, to the tyme that Marye is aȝenclepid.

 CAP. XIII.

And the puple wente forthe fro Asse|roth, piȝte the tentes in the deseert of Pharan. And there the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Seend men that biholden the loond of Chanaan, that I am to ȝyu|ynge the sones of Yrael, eche of eche lynagis, of the princes. And Moyses dide that the Lord hadde comaundid, fro the deseert of Pharan seendynge men princes, of whom thes ben the names. Of the lynage of Ruben, Semmya, the sone of Zeccur. Of the linage of Sy|meon, Saphat, the sone of Hury. Of the lynage of Juda, Caleph, the sone of Je|phone. Of the lynage of Ysachar, Agal, the sone of Joseph. Of the lynage of Effraym, Osee, the sone of Nun. Of the lynage of Beniamyn, Phalti, the sone of Raphu. Of the lynage of Zabulon, Gedi|hel, the sone of Sody. Of the lynage of Joseph, Gaddi, of the septre of Manasse, the sone of Susy. Of the lynage of Dan, Ammyhel, the sone of Gemalli. Of the lynage of Aser, Sur, the sone of Mychael. Of the lynage of Neptalym, Nabdi, the sone of Naphi. Of the lynage of Gad, Guhel, the sone of Machi. Thes ben the names of the men, the whiche Moyses sent to biholdeben biholde BE sec. m. FH. the loond of Chanaan; and he clepide Osee, the sone of Nun, Josue. Thanne Moyses sente hem to bi|holdeben biholde BE sec. m. FH. the loond of Chanaan, and seyde to hem, Stye ȝe vp bi the sowth plage; and whanne ȝe come intoOm. E. the hillis, be|holde ȝe the loond, what it is; and the puple that is dweller of it, whethir it be stronge, or feble, fewe in noumbre, or many; that loond, good, or yuel; what maner citees, wallid, or with outen wallis; the erthe, fat, or bareyn, wodi, or with outen trees. Be ȝe comfortyd, and brynge ȝe to vs of the fruytis of that loond. It was forsothe tyme, whanne now the be|fore rijp grapes myȝte be eete. And whanne thei steyden vp, thei enserchiden the loond, fro the deseert of Syn vnto Rohob, hem entrynge Emath. And thei styeden vp to the sowth, and camen into Ebron, where weren Achyman, and Si|say, and Tholmay, the sone of Enath; forsothe Ebron seuen ȝeris before Than|nyn, the cytee of Egipte, is maad. And thei goynge vnto the rennynge watir of the clustre, kyttidenkuttyn of E. a vyn with his grape, the which two men beeren in a staf; of the powmgarnettis forsothe, and of the figis of that place thei token, the which is clepid Nehelescol, that is, the rennynge water of the clustre, for thi that the children of Yrael brouȝten thens a clustre. And the spiers of the loond turnedenturnede aȝeyn BDEF. aftir fourti days, al the regioun goon about, thei camen to Moyses, and toOm. E. Aaron, and to al the companye of the sones of Yrael, into deseert of Pharan that is in Cades. And thei speken to hem, and to al the multitude thei shewiden the fruytis of the loond. And thei tolden, seiynge, We camen to the loond, to the which ȝe senten vs, the whiche forsothe flowith mylk and hony, as of thes fruytis it may be knowe; but moost stronge dwellers it hath, and greet citees, and wallid; the lynage of Enachym we han seen there; Amalech dwellith in the sowth; Etheus, and Jebuzeus, and Amor|reus in the mownteyns; Chananeus for|sothe dwellith biside the see, and about the flodis of Jordan. Amonge thes thingis Caleph swagynge the grucchynge of the puple, that spronge aȝens Moyses, seith, Stie we vp, and weeld we thisthe BDEFH. loond, for we mowen gete it. Other forsothe that weren with hym, seiden, Nay, to this puple we benbeeth E. not myȝti to stye vp, for strenger than we he is. And thei mys|seiden of the loond that thei bihelden, anentis the sones of Yrael, seiynge, The loond that we han passid deuowrith his dwellers; the puple the which we han biholde is of huge stature; there we seyen thingis passynge the course of kynde, of the sones of Enach, of the kynde of ge|auntis, to whiche comparysound as lo|custis we weren seen.

 CAP. XIV.

Therfore rerynge crye al the puple, wepte that nyȝt, and grucchiden aȝens Moyses and Aaron, that is alle the sones of Yrael, seiynge, Wolde God we weren deed in Egipte, and not in this wast wil|dernes; wolde God we perisshen, and that the Lord lede vs not into this loond, lest we fallen bi swerd, and wyues and oure free children ben lad caytyueschaytyue BDEF pr. m. H.; whethir were it not beter to turne aȝen into E|gipte? And thei seiden oon to that othere, Ordeyn we to vs a duke, and turne we aȝen into Egipte. The which thing herd, Moyses and Aaron fellen redy into the erthe, before al the multitude of the sones of Yrael. And forsothe Josue, the sone of Nun, and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, the whiche and thei hadden goon the loond, renten her clothes, and to al the multitude of the sones of Yrael speken, The loond that we han enuyrownde is ful good; if the Lord were mercyful, he shal lede vs into it, and take the loonde flowynge mylk and hony. Wole ȝe not be rebel aȝens the Lord, ne drede ȝe the puple of this loond, for as breed so we may deuowre hem; there is goo from hem al helpe, the Lord is with vs, wole ȝe not drede. And whanne al the mul|titude cryede, and with stonus wolden throwe hem down, the glorye of the Lord aperide vpon the roof of the boond of pees, seynge alle the sones of Yrael. And the Lord seide to Moyses, How longe shal this puple bacbite to me? How longe shulen thei not leue to me, in alle the signes that Y haue doon before hem? Y shal therfor smyte hem with pestilence, and waast; thee forsothe Y shal make a prince vpon a greet folk of kynde, and a strenger than this is. And Moyses seydesaith E. to the Lord, That the Egipcyens heren, of whos myddil thow hast ladde out this puple, and the dwellers of this loond, the whiche han herde, for thow, Lord, in this puple be, and with face to face thow be seen, and thi clowde defende hem, and in a pyler of a clowde thow goo before hem bi day, and in a pyler of fier bi nyȝt, that thow slee so myche a multitude as o man, and seyn, thow myȝtist not brynge yn this puple in the loond for the whiche he swore, and therfor he slew hem in wildernes. Thanne the strengthe of the Lord be magnyfied, as thow hast sworne, seiynge, the Lord pacient, and of mychemychel E. mercy, doynge aweye wickednesse and hidows trespassis, and no man giltles for|sakynge, the which visitist the synnes of fadres into sones into the thridde and the ferthe generacioun. Forȝyue, Y preye, the synne of this thiOm. D. puple, aftir the greet|nes of thi mercy, as thow were merciable to hem goynge out fro Egipte into this place. And the Lord seide, Y haue for|ȝyue to hem, after thi word. Y lyue; and fulfillid shal be the glorye of the Lord, in al theOm. E. loond; nethelesnertheles E. al men that han seen my maieste, and my signes, and that Y haue do in Egipte and in wildernes, and han temptid me now bi ten sithes, ne han obeshid to my voys, shulen not seen the loond for the which Y haue swore to the fadris of hem, ne eny of hem that hanhath BDEFH. bacbytide to me, shal se it. My seruaunt Caleph, that ful of another spyryt hath folwid me, I shal lede into this loond, that he hath goon about, and the seed of hym shal welde it. For the Amelechites and Chanane dwellen in the valeys, to morwe `meue ȝeȝe shal meue E pr. m. the tentis, and ȝe shulen torne aȝen into wil|dirnes, bi the weie of the rede see. And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seiynge, How longe this moost shrewid multitude grucchyth aȝens me? The pleyntes of the sones of Yrael Y haue herde. Sey thanne to hem, Y lyue, seith the Lord; as ȝe han spokun, herynge me, so Y shal do to ȝow; in this wildirnes shulen ligge ȝoure careyns. Ȝee alle that ben noumbrid, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, and han grucchid aȝens me, ȝe shulen not goon into the loond, vpon the which Y haue reryde myn hoond, that Y make ȝow to dwelle, out take Caleph, the sone of Jephone, and Josue, the sone of Nun. Ȝoure litil children forsothe, of which ȝe han seyde, that thei shulen be to preye to the enemyes, Y shal lede yn, that thei seen the loond, the which displesid to ȝow. Ȝoure forsothe careyncareynys E. shal ligge in wildirnes; ȝoure sones shulen be va|gauntveniaunt A. in deseert fourti ȝeerȝeers F., and thei shulen bere ȝoure fornycacioun, to the tyme that the careyns of ȝourethe BDEFH. faders ben wastid in deseert, after the noumbre of fourti days, in the whiche ȝe han bi|holdunbyholdid BEFH. the loond; a ȝeer for a day shal be in noumbrid, and fourti ȝeer ȝe shu|len resseyue ȝoure wickidnesses, and ȝe shulen knowe my veniaunce. For as I haue spoke, so I shal doo to al this mul|titude moost shrewid, that hath togidir rysun aȝens me in this wildernes; it shal fayle, and dye. Therfor alle the men thatthe whiche BDEFH. Moyses sente to beholdeben biholde BE sec. m. FH. the loond, and the whiche turned aȝen, maden al the multitude grucchen aȝens hym, myssei|ynge of the loond, that it was yuel, ben deed, and smytun in the siȝt of the Lord. Josue forsothe, the sone of Nun, and Ca|leph, the sone of Jephone, lyueden, of alle that wenten to beholdeben biholde BE sec. m. FH. the loond. And Moyses spake alle thes wordes to alle the sones of Yrael, and the puple weilide ful myche. And, loo! eerly firste arysynge, thei steiden vp the cop of the hil, and seiden, We ben redi to stye vp to the place, of the which the Lord hath spokun, for we han synned. To whom Moyses, Whi, he seith, ouerpassen ȝe the word of the Lord, the which thing shal not falle to ȝow into good spede? Wole ȝe not stye vp, forsothe God is not with ȝow, lest ȝe fallen before ȝoure enemyes. A|malechitees and Chanane ben before ȝow, bi whos swerd ȝe shulen falle, for thi that ȝe wolden not assent to the Lord, ne the Lord shal be with ȝow. And thei blyndid togidere styeden vp into the cop of the hil; the arke forsothe of the testament of the Lord and Moyses wenten not fro the tentis. And Amalecchite descendide, and Chanane, that dwelten in the hil, and smytynge hem, and hewynge togi|dere, pursueden hem vnto Horma.

 CAP. XV.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, Whanne ȝe weren goon into the loond of ȝoure dwellynge that I shal ȝyue to ȝow, and shulen doo offrynge to the Lord into brent sacrifice, or slayn pesible sacrifice, quytynge the auowes, othir wilfulli offrynge ȝiftis, other in ȝoure solempnytees brennynge smelle of swetnessootnes E passim. to the Lord, of oxen, or of sheepsheep schal offer BDEFH.; who so euerer E. offrith slayn of|frynge, the sacrifies of tryed flour, the tenthe part of ephi, spreynt with oyle, the which the mesure shal haue the fourthe part of hyn, and wyn to helde the sacrifices of licours, of the same me|sure, he shal ȝyue into brent sacrifyce, or into slayn. Bi eche loombis and wethers shal be the sacrifice of tryed flour, of two dymes, that be spreynt with oyle, of the thridde part of hyn; and wyn to the sa|crifice of licour, of the thridde part of the same mesure, he shal offre into the smelle of swetnes to the Lord. Whanne for|sothe of oxen he doth brent sacrifice, other oost, that thow fulfille the vowe, other pesible slayn sacrifices, thow shalt ȝyue, bi eche oxen, of tryed flour ten dymes, spreynt with oyle, that shal haue half of the mesure of hyn, and wyn toto helde E pr. m. the sacrifices ofOm. BEFH. licours to ben helde, of the same mesure, into offrynge of moost swetesoot E passim. smell to the Lord. So ȝe shulen doo bi eche oxen, and wethers, and loombes, and geetis; as wel with ynne getun as pilgrymes with the same rijt shulen offre sacrifices; o maundement shal be and dome, as wel to ȝow as to the comlyngis of the loond. The Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seie to hem, Whanne ȝe comen into the loond that I shal ȝyue to ȝou, and eete of the looues of that regioun, ȝe shulen seuer the first fruytis to the Lord of ȝoure meetis; as of the flores theof the A. first fruytis ȝe shulen seuere, so and of sowelis ȝe shulen ȝyue the first fruytis to the Lord. That if bi ignoraunce ȝe passen bisides eny thing of thes that the Lord hath spokun to Moyses, and hath comaundide bi hym to ȝow, fro the day that he bi|gunne to comaunde, and ouer, and weren forȝetun to do, the multitude shal offre a calf of the droue, brent sacrifice into moost swete smelle to the Lord, and sa|crifices of it, and offerd lycours, as the cerymonyes of it axen, and a goot for synne. And the preest shal preye for al the multitude of the sones of Irael, and it shal be forȝeuenforȝeuen to al the folc of the sones A., for not wilfuli thei synneden; netheles offrynge the encens to the Lord for hem silf, and for synne, and her errour; and it shal be forȝouun to al the folk of the sones of Irael, and to the comlyngis that pilgrymagen a|monges hem, for the blame is of al the puple bi ignoraunce. That if a lijf vn|knowynge synne, he shal offre a she goot of o ȝeer for his synne; and the preest shal preye for hym, for vnwityngly he synnede before the Lord; and he shal purchase to hym forȝyuenes, and it shal be forȝeue toOm. BDEFH. hym. As wel to the with|ynne born as to the comlyngis, o lawe shal be of alle that synnen vnknowynge. A lijf forsothe that bi pride eny thing of synne doth, whether citeseyn he be, other pilgrime, for aȝens the Lord he was rebel, he shal perishe fro his puple; the word forsothe of the Lord he dispiside, and the heest of hym he made at nouȝt; therfor he shal be doon awey, and he shal bere his wickidnes. And it was doon whanne the sones of Yrael weren in wildernes, and thei fonden a man gederynge stikkis in the holi day, thei brouȝten hym to Moyses and Aaron, and to al the multi|tude; the whiche closeden hym into pri|soun, vnknowynge what vpon hym thei owedenowten D. to doo. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Bi deeth die this man; throw hym down with stonus al the folk `with outout of BDEFH. the tentis. And whanne thei had|den ladde hym with out, thei threwen hym down with stonus, and he was deed, as the Lord comaundide. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thou shalt seie to hem, that thei maken to hemOm. ABFH. to him D. hemmes bi foure corners of the mantils, puttynge in hem iacynctyn filetis; the whiche whanne thei seen, thei recorden of alle the maunde|mentis of the Lord, that thei folowen not her owne thouȝtis and eyen, by dyuerse thingis lecherynge; but more thei hau|ynge mynde of the heestis of the Lord, doon hem, and ben holy to her Godgood A.. I the Lord ȝoure God, that haue ladde ȝow out of the loond of Egipte, that Y were ȝoure God.

 CAP. XVI.

Loo! forsothe Chore, the sone of Ysuar, theOm. E sec. m. sone of Caath, the sone of Leuy, and Datan and Abyron, the sones of Heliab, and Hon, the sone of Pheleph, of the sones of Ruben, arysen aȝens Moyses, and other of the sones of Yrael, two hun|dryd and fifty noble men of the synagoge, and the whiche in tyme of counseil bi names weren clepid. And whanne thei stoden aȝens Moyses and Aaron, thei seiden, It sufficith to vs, for al the multi|tude of halowis is, and in hem is the Lord; whi ben ȝe arered vpon the puple of the Lord? The whiche thing whanne Moyses hadde herde, he felle redy into the face; and he spak to Chore, and to al the multitude; Eerly, he seith, the Lord shal make knowun whiche per|teynen to hym, and the halowis he shal sett to hym; and whom he chesith, shal neiȝ to hym. This therfor doo ȝe; tak echon his censere, thow Chore, and al thi counseil; and to morwe the fier drawun vp, put ȝe there aboue the maad encense before the Lord, and whom euerx he chesith, he shal be holy. Myche ȝe sones of Leuy ben areryd. And eft he seide to Chory, Herith, ȝe sones of Leuy. Whether litil it is to ȝow, that God of Yrael hath seuerde ȝow fro al the puple, and ioynede to hym silf, that ȝe seruen to hym in heriynge of the tabernacle, and stoonden before the myche comynge of the puple, and mynystre to hem? Therfor to hym silf he hath maad thee to come nyȝ, and alle thi britheren the sones of Leuy, that to ȝow also preesthood ȝe chalengen, and al thi glubbe stoonde aȝens the Lord? What is forsothe Aaron, that ȝe grucchen aȝens hym? Thanne Moyses sente for to clepe Datan and Abyron, the sones of Helyab; whiche answerden, We comen not. Whether litil it is to thee, that thow hast ladde vs fro the loond that flowide mylk and hony, that thow slee in de|seert, but and thow haue lordship on vs? Forsothe thow hast lad vs into the loond that flowith ryuers of mylk and hony, and thow hast ȝyue to vs possessiouns of feeldes, and of vynes; whether and oure eyen thow wolt drawe out? We comen not. And Moises ful wrooth seith to the Lord, Bihold thow not the sacrifices of hem; thow wost that and a litil asse forsothe Y neuer took of hem, ne wrong|fully traueylde eny of hem. And he seide to Chore, Thow and al thi congry|gacioun stondith asijd before the Lord, and Aaron to morwe atwynne. Take ȝe eche ȝoure senserys, and puttith vpon hem encense, offrynge to the Lord, two hun|drid and fifti censerys; Aaronand Aaron D. forsothe holde he his censer. The which thing whanne thei hadden doo, stoondynge Moyses and Aaron, and thei hadden ge|deryde on an heepe aȝens hem al the mul|titude at the dore of the tabernacle, to alle aperyd the glorye of the Lord. And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, and seith, Be ȝe seuerd fro the myddil of this congregacioun, that hem grijslichfeerlyche BEFH. ferslich D. Y make lost. The whiche fellen redi into the face, and seiden, Moost stroong God of the spirytis of al fleshthe flesh A., whether oon syn|nynge, aȝens alle thi wrath shal waxe cruel? And the Lord seith to Moyses, Comaund to al the puple, that it be se|uerd fro the tabernaclistabernacle A. of Chore, and Datan, and Abiron. And Moyses aroos, and wente to Datan and Abiron; and folwynge hym the aldren of Yrael, he seide to the puple, Goth awey fro taber|naclis ofOm. A. vnpitows men, and wole ȝe not touche that to hem parteynen, lest ȝe be wrapped in the synnes of hem. And whanne thei weren goon fro the tentes of hem bi enuyroun, Dathan and Abiron goon out, stoden in the entre of her tentes, with wyues, and free children, and al the felowshipe. And Moyses seith, Yn this ȝe knowen that the Lord sente me, that I doo alle the thingis that ȝe seen, and not of propre herte hem I brynge forthe. If thurȝ vsid deethdeed ABDFH. of men thei dien, and visyte hem a veniaunce, with the which and other ben woned to be visytid, the Lord hath not sente me; if forsothe a newe thing the Lord doo, that the erthe opnynge his mouth swelowe hem, and alle thingis that to hem perteynen, and goon down lyuynge into helle, ȝe shulen wyte that thei han blasfemyd the Lord. Anoon thanne as he cesyde to speke, the erthe is brokun vndur the feet of hem, and openynge his mouth deuowride hem, with her tabernaclis, and al the substaunce of hem; and thei dessendiden quyk into helle, couerd with the erthe, and thei per|shyden fro the myddil of the multitude. And forsothe al Irael that stood bi enuy|roun, fleeȝ fro the crie of hem perishynge, seiynge, Lest perauenture and vs the erthe swelow. But and fier goon out fro the Lord, slewȝ two hundrid and fifti men that offerden encense. And the Lord spaak to Moyses, seiynge, Comaund to E|leazar, the sone of Aaron, preestthe preest E pr. m., that he take the encensers that liggen in the brennynge, and the fier hidir and thidir scater he; for thei ben halwid in the dethis of synful men; and beet he hem forthe into platis, and fitche he to the auter, forthi that there is offerd in hem encense to the Lord, and be halwid, that the sones of Yrael biholden hem for tookne and mynde. Thanne Eleazar, the preest, took the brasen censerys, in the whiche offerden thes whom the tendynge deuowride, and he bette hem forthe into plates, fitchynge to the auter; that aftir|ward the sones of Yrael myȝten haue, bi the whiche thei shulden take mynde, lest eny of other kynrede, and that is not of the seed of Aaron, come niȝ to offre en|cense to the Lord, lest he suffre as Chore suffrede, and al the multitude of hym, spekynge the Lord to Moyses. Forsothe al the multitude of the sones of Irael grutchide the day folwynge aȝens Moyses and Aaron, seiynge, Ȝe han slayn the puple of the Lord. And whanne there was sprongun dissencioun, and noyse with ynne waxed, Moyses and Aaron flowen to the tabernacle of the boond of pees; the whiche aftir thei ben goon ynne, couerde a clowde the tabernacle, and aperyde the glorie of the Lord. And the Lord seide to Moyses and Aaron, Goth a wey fro the myddil of this multi|tude, also nowe I shal doo hem awey. And whanne thei lyen in the erthe, Moy|ses seide to Aaron, Take a censer, and fier drawun vp fro the auter, put incense there aboue, goynge anoon to the puple, that thow preye for hem; now forsothe is goon out wrath fro the Lord, and a veniaunce waxith wood. The whiche thing whanne Aaron hadde do, and hadde runne to the myddil multitude, that nowe wastid the brynnynge, he offrede the maad encense; and stondynge betwixbytwene BDEFH. the deed and the lyuynge, for the puple preyde, and the veniaunce ceside. There weren forsothe that werenben BDEFH. smyttun four|tene thowsynd of men and seuen hun|drid, with outen hem that pershiden in the dissencioun of Chore. And Aaron turnede aȝen to Moyses, at the dore of the tabernacle of the boond of pees, aftir that restide the deeth.

 CAP. XVII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and tak of hem sondry ȝeerdis, bi her kynredis, of alle the princes of the lynagis twelue ȝerdes; and of echon the name thow shalt vpon write to his ȝerde; the name for|sothe of Aaron shal be in the lynage of Leuy, and o ȝerde alle the meynees of hem shal conteyn. And thow shalt putte hem in the tabernacle of the boond of pees, before the witnessynge, where I shal speke to thee; whom of hem Y shal chese, shal buriowne his ȝerde; and I shal chas|tyse fro me the pleyntes of the sones of Yrael, in the whiche aȝens ȝow thei grutchengrucchiden DE pr. m.. And Moyses spak to the sones of Yrael; and alle the princes ȝauen to hem ȝerdes, bi alle the lynages; and there weren twelue ȝerdes, with out the ȝerde of Aaron. The whiche whanne Moyses hadde putte before the Lord, in the ta|bernacle of witnessynge, the day folw|ynge he goon aȝen, foond that the ȝerde of Aaron, `in the house of LeuyOm. A., hadde buriowned; and swellynge the gemmes, breken out flowres, thei spred a brood with leeues, into almaundes be fourmedoute fourmed BDEFH.. Thanne Moyses brouȝte forthe alle the ȝerdes fro the siȝt of the Lord to alle the sones of Yrael; and eche seensiȝyn E., and token her ȝerdes. And the Lord seide to Moy|ses, Ber aȝen the ȝerde of Aaron into the tabernacle of witnessynge, that it be kept there into toknethe tokne E. of the rebel sones of Irael, and the querels of hem resten fro me, lest thei dien. And Moyses dide, as the Lord comaundide. The sones of Y|rael forsothe seiden to Moyses, Loo! we ben wastid, and alle we perisshen; who so euerer E. cometh niȝ to the tabernacle of the Lord, dieth; whether vnto the deeth alle we ben to be doon awey?

 CAP. XVIII.

And the Lord seidespak D. to Moyses and Aaron, Thow, and thi sones, and the hows of thi fader with thee, shal bere the wickidnes of the seyntuarie; andOm. A. thou and thi sones togidere shulen suffre the synnes of ȝoure preesthod. But and thi britheren of the lynage of Leuy, and the septre of thi fader tak with thee, and redi be thei, and mynystre to thee. Thow for|sothe and thi sones shulen mynystre in the tabernacle of witnessynge; and the Leuytes shulen wake to thin heestis, and to alle the werkis of the tabernacle; so oonlich that to vesselsthe vessels E. of the seyntuarie, and to the auter thei comen not nyȝ, lest and thei dien, and ȝe perishen togidre. Be thei forsothe with thee, and waake thei in the wardis of the tabernacle, and in alle the cerymonyes of it. Of another lynage shal not be meengid to ȝow. Wake ȝe into the waarde of the seyntua|rye, and in the seruyce of the auter, lest indignacioun sprynge vpon the sones of Yrael. Y haue ȝyue to ȝow the Leuytes ȝoure britheren, fro the myddil of the sones of Yrael, and I haue takun a ȝift to the Lord, that thei seruen in the ser|uyces of his tabernacle. Thow forsothe and thi sones, kepe ȝe ȝoure presthod; and alle thingis that to the heriynge of the auter perteynen, and with ynne the veil ben, bi the preestis shal be mynys|tred; and if eny of other lynage come niȝ, he shal be slayn. And the Lord spak to Aaron, Loo! Y haue ȝyue to thee kepynge of my cheef fruytis; alle thingis that ben halowid of the sones of Yrael, to thee I haue take, and to thi sones, for the preestis office lawful euerlastynge. Thes thingis thanne thow shalt take of thes thingis that ben halowid, and offerd to the Lord; al offrynge, and sacrifice, and what euer thing for synne and for trespas is ȝoldun to me, and fallith into holy of halowis, thin shal ben, and of thi sones. In the seyntuarye thow shalt eete it; maalis oonli shulen eete of it, for it is sacryd to the Lord. The cheef fruytis forsothe that the sones of Yrael han vowid and offred, Y haue ȝouun to thee, and to the sones, and thi douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., bi perpetuel riȝt; he that is clene in thin hows, shal eete hem. Al the mary of oyle, and of wyne, and of whete, what euer thing thei shulen offre of first fruytis to the Lord, to thee Y haue ȝeuen. Alle the bigynnyngis of fruytis that the erthe getith, and to the Lord ben brouȝt, thei shulen falle into thin vsis; he that is clene in thin hows, shal eete of hem. Al thing that of auowe the sones of Yrael ȝeuen, shal be thin. What euer thing firste shal breek out of the wombe of al flesh, that thei offren to the Lord, whe|ther of men, or of beestis it were, of thi riȝt shal be; so oonlich that for the first getun of man prijs thow shaltOm. BDEFH. take, and al beeste that is vnclene, thou make be aȝen bouȝt; whos aȝenbiggyngeȝenbiggynge BDEFH. shal beOm. D. after o moneth, with fyue siclis of siluer, bi peise of the seyntuarie; a sicle hath twenti halpens. The first goten forsothe of oxe, and of sheep, and of shee goot, thou shalt not maak be aȝen bouȝt, for thei ben halowid to the Lord; oonli the blood of hem thow shalt heelde vpon the auter, and the talwȝ thow shalt brenne into moost swete smel to the Lord. The flesh forsothe shal falle in to thin vse, as the sacryd litil brest and the riȝt shulder, shulen be thin. Alle the firste fruytis of the seyntuary, that the sones of Yrael offren to the Lord, to thee I haue ȝeue, and to thithe BDEFH. sones and thi dowȝtren, bi perpetuel riȝt; the couenaunt of salt is euer lastynge before the Lord, to thee, and to thi sones. And the Lord seide to Aaron, In the loond of hem no thing ȝe shulen weelde, ne ȝe shulen haue part amonge hem; Y the part and thi hery|tage, in the myddil of the sones of Yrael. To the sones forsothe of Leuy Y haue ȝyue alle the dymes of Yrael into posses|sioun, for the seruyce that thei seruen to me in the tabernacle of the boond of pees; that the sones of Yrael comen nomore nyȝ to the tabernacle of the boond of pees, ne doo synne that bryngith yn deeth, oonly the sones of Leuy, to me in the tabernacle seruynge, and berynge the synnes of the puple; lawful euerlast|ynge it shal be in ȝoure generaciouns. Noon other thing thei shulen weelde, of the offrynge of dymes payed, the whiche into the vsis of hem and necessaries Y haue seuerde. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Comaund to the Le|uytes, and tel out, Whanne ȝe taken dymes of the sones of Yrael, that Y haue ȝyue to ȝow, the firste fruytis of hem offre ȝe to the Lord, that is, the tenthe part of the dyme, that it be put to ȝow in the offrynge of the cheef thingis, as wel of the flores as of the pressis; and of alle thingis of the whiche ȝe taken the firste fruytis, offre ȝe to the Lord, and ȝyueȝeueth BDEFH. to Aaron, the preest. Alle thingis that ȝe offren of dymes, and into the ȝiftis of the Lord ȝe shulen seuere, the best and chosen allealle thei E. shulen be. And thow shalt seye to hem, If the more clene and the beter eche thingis ȝe offren to the Lord of the dymes, it shal be put to ȝow, as of the flore and of the presse ȝe ȝeuen the firste fruytis. And ȝe shulen eete hem in alle ȝoure places, as wel ȝe as ȝoure meyne, for prijs it is for the seruyce that ȝe seruen in the tabernacle of witness|ynge. And ȝe shulen not synne vpon that, the noble and the fatt to ȝow reseruynge, lest ȝe poluten the offrynge of the sones of Yrael, and dyen.

 CAP. XIX.

And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, seiynge, This the religioun of slayn offrynge, that the Lord hath or|deynde. Comaunde to the sones of Yrael, that thei brengen forthe a reede kowe of hool age, in the which no spot be, ne berith ȝok. And ȝe shulen take hir to Elyazar, the preest, the which hir, lad out of the tentes, shal offre in the siȝt of alle; and wetynge the fyngre in hir blood, shal spreynge aȝens the ȝates of the ta|bernacle seuen sithes. And he shal bren hir, alle men seynge, as wel with skynne and flesh of hir as with the blood and dryt, to the flawme ȝe shulen take. Ce|dre forsothe tree, and ysoop, and `fijr reede silkcook E pr. m. twies died, the preest shal putte into the flawme that vowrith the kowe. And thanne at the last, the clothis wasshid, and his body, he shall goo into the tentes, and he shal be defoulid vnto the euen. But and he that shal brenne hir, shal wasshe his clothis, and bodi, and vnclene shal be vnto the euen. A clene forsothe man shal gedre the asken of the kowe, and heelde hem out of the tentes in the moost clene place, that thei ben to the multitude of the sones of Yrael into kep|ynge, and into water of sprengynge; for for synne the kowe is brent. And whanne he hath wasshe his clothes, that beer the askisaschen D. of the kowe, he shal be vnclene vnto the euen. And the sones of Yrael, and comlyngisthe comlyngis E. that dwellen amonge hem, shulen han this holi bi perpetuel rijt. He that towchith the careyn of a man, and for that seuen daies were vnclene, he shal be spreynt of this water the thridde day, and the seuenthe, and so he shal be clensid. If the thridde day he were not spreynt, the seuenthe day he may not be maad vtterly clene. Al that towchith of mannus soul the faln to deeth, and with this mengynge were not spreynt, he po|lutith the tabernacle of the Lord, and shal perishe fro Yrael; for with the wa|ter of purgynge he is not spreynt, he shal be vnclene, and his filthe shal dwelle vpon hym. This is the lawe of man that dieth in the tabernacle; eche that goth into the tente of hym, and alle the ves|sels that there ben, shal be polutid seuen daies. The vessel that hath not a couer|ynge, ne byndynge there aboue, shal be vnclene. If eny man towche in the feeldethe comlyngis E. a careyn of a slayn man, or of the bi hym silf deed, othir the mouthbon D. of hym, or the sepulcre, shal be vnclene seuen daies. And thei shulen take of the askes of brennynge, andOm. AD. of synne, andOm. D. thei shu|len putte quyk waters vpon hem, into the vessel; in the which whanne a clene man wetith ysoop, he shal sprenge of it the tente, and al the purtenaunce, and the polut men with siche a maner towch|ynge. And with this maner the clene shal goo about the vnclene, the thridde and the seuenthe day; and clensid the seuenthe day, he shal wasshe hym silf, and his clothis, and vnclene he shal be vnto the euen. If eny man with this rijt were not purgid, shal perishe the soule of hym fro the myddil of the chirche; for the seyntuarie of the Lord he polutide, and he is not spreynt with the water of enuyrownynge. This shal be the heest lawful euerlastynge. He forsothe that shal sprenge the watrys, shal wasshe his clothis; echeeche thing A. that towchith the watris of purgynge, shal be vnclene vnto the euen. What thing the vnclene towchith, he shal make vnclene; and the soule that of thes thingis eny thing towchith, shal be vnclenem vnto the euen.

 CAP. XX.

And the sones of Yrael camen, and al the multitude into the deseert of Syn, the firste moneth. And the puple dwelte in Cades; and Mary is there deed, and by|ryed in the same place. And whanne the puple nedide water, thei camen aȝens Moises and Aaron, and, turned into dis|sencioun, seiden, Wold God we hadden perisshide amonge oure britheren, before the Lord. Whi han ȝe ladde out the chirche of the Lord into wilderenes, that and we and oure beestis dyen? Whi han ȝe maad vs to stie vp fro Egipt, and ȝe han ladde into this worst place, that may not be sowidsowe C. sowen D., the whiche ne fige getith, ne vynes, ne powmgarnettis, `more ouerouer mor CE. and water it hath not to drynke? And Moyses and Aaron, the multitude laft, goon into the tabernacle of the boond of pees, fellen down redi into the erthe, and cryeden to God, and seiden, Lord God, here the crye of this puple, and opyn to hem thi tresour, the welle of quyk wa|ter, that, hem fillid, ceese her grutchynge. And the glorye of the Lord aperide vpon hem; and the Lord spak to Moyses, sei|ynge, Tak the ȝerde, and gedre the pu|ple, thow, and Aaron thi brother; and speke ȝe to the stoon before hem, and it shal ȝyue watris. And whanne thow hast ladde out water fro the stoon, shal drynke al the multitude, and the beestis of it. Thanne Moyses took the ȝerde, that was in the siȝt of the Lord, as he comaundide toOm. C sec. m. hym, the multitude gedryd before the stoon; and he seyde to hem, Here ȝe, re|bellsrebel CE. the rebelles H. and harde to bileue; whether of this stoon water to ȝow we mowen cast out? And whanne Moyses hadde arerydererid C. the hoond, smytynge with the ȝerde twijs the flynt, wenten out moost large watris, so that the puple myȝt drynke, and the beestis. And the Lord seide to Moyses and Aaron, For ȝe bileuedenleueden BCDEFH. not to me, that ȝe halweden me before the sones of Irael, ȝe shulen not lede in thes puples into the loond that I shal ȝyue to hem. This is the water of contradiccioun; there the sones of Yrael iangleden aȝens the Lord, and he is halwid in hem. Moyses there amonge sente messengers fro Cades to the kyng of Edom, the whiche shulden seie, Thes thingis sendith to thee thi bro|ther Yrael. Thow hast knowun al the traueyl that hath cauȝt vs, what maner oure faders descendiden into Egipt, and we han dwelte there myche tyme, and the Egipciens han tourmentide vs, and oure fadres; and what maner wyse we han cried to the Lord, and he hath herd vs, and he hath sent an aungel, that hath ladde vs out of Egipte. And loo! we sett in the cytee of Cades, that is in thin ut|termoostutmost C. otemost E. coostis, bisechen, that to vs it be leueful to passe bi thi loond; we shu|len not goo bi feeldis, ne bi vynes, ne we shulen drynke watris of thi pittis; but we shulen goo the comoun weye, ne to the ryȝt ne to the left bowynge, to the tyme that we passen thi coostis. To whom answerde Edom, Ȝe shulen not passe bi me, ellis armed Y shal come aȝens thee. And the sones of Yrael seyden, Bi the berydberdyd B. weye we shulen goon, and if we shulen drynke thi wa|tris, we and oure beestis, we shulen ȝyue that is riȝt; no difficulte shal be in the prijs, oonli swiftly passe we. And he answerde, Ȝe shulen not passe. And anoon metynge he wente out, with a multitude with out noumbre, and with a stronge hoond, and he wolde not assente to hym preiynge, that he graunte passynge bi his coostis. Wherfor turnede aside fro hym Yrael. And whanne thei hadden meuyde tentis fro Cades, thei camen into the hil of Hor, that is in the coostis of the loond of Edom; where the Lord spak to Moy|ses, Aaron, he seith, go he to his puplis; forsothe he shal not goo into the loond that I haue ȝeue to the sones of Yrael, forthi that he were harde of bileue to my mouth, at the watris of contradic|cioun. Tak Aaron, and his sone with hym, and thow shalt lede hem into the hil of Hor; and whanne thow hast made nakyd the fader of his clooth, thow shalt clothe with it Eleazar, his sone, and Aa|ron shal be leide togidre, and die there. And Moyses dide as the Lord comaund|ide; and thei stieden vp into the hil of Hor, before al the multitude. And whanne Aaron he hadde spuylid his clothis, he clothide with hem Eleazar, his sone; and hym deed in the brenk of the hil, he descendide with Eleazar. Al for|sothe the multitude seynge Aaron to haue died, wept vpon hym thretti dayes, bi alle her meynees.

 CAP. XXI.

That whanne Arad, the Chanane kyng, that dwellide at the south, hadde herde, that Yrael was comen bi the espiours weye, fauȝte aȝens hym, and ouercomer beynge, brouȝte of hym a prey. And Yrael bi vowe hym silf to the Lord obleschyngeobeshynge AH., seith, If thow takisttake BCDEFH. this puple in myn hoond, Y shal doo awey his citees. And the Lord hathOm. A. harde the preyers of Yrael, and hath take Cha|nane; the which heOm. C. hath slayn, turned vpsedoun the citees of hym; and he cle|pide the name of that place Horma, that is, a cursynge. And forsothe thei wenten forth fro the hil of Hor, by the weie that ledith to the reede see, that thei myȝten goo about the loond of Edom; and it bi|ganne to greue the puple, of the weie and of the traueyl. And spekenspekeng A sec. m. spoken CE. aȝens the Lord and Moyses, seith, Whi hast thow ladde vs out of Egipte, that we dien in wildirnes? there faylith to vs breed, watris there ben not; oure soule now wlatith vpon this moost liȝt meet. Wherfore the Lord hath sente into the puple eddres a fier; at whos woundis and dethes of manye, thei comen to Moy|ses, and seiden, We han synned, for we han spoken aȝens the Lord and thee; prey, that he take fro vs eddres. And Moyses preiede for the puple; and the Lord spak to hym, Mak a brasun addre, and put itOm. A. for a tokne; who smytun bi|holdithbyholde BCEFH. it, shal lyue. Thanne Moyses maade a brasun eddre, and putte for a signe; whom the smytun biholdynge, were maad hool. And the sones of Yrael goon forthe, setten tentis in Oboth; fro whens goon out, thei piȝten tentis in Jea|barym, in the wildernes, that biholdith Moab, aȝens the eest coost. And fro thens meuynge, thei camen to the ryn|nynge water of Zareth; the whiche leu|ynge, thei setten tentis aȝens Arnon, that is in deseert, and fer stondithstant BCDEFH. ouer inOm. H. the coostis of Amorrey. Forsothe Ar|nonErmon ADFH. is the eende of Moab, dyuydynge Moabites and Amorreis. Wherfor it is seide in the book of bateyls of the Lord, As he hath doo in the rede see, so he shal doo in the rennynge watris of Ar|nonErmon A. Armon BDFH.; the roches of the rennynge watris ben bowid, that thei resten in ArnonArmon AF. Arnon CE., and that thei liggenlien C. in the coostis of Moabites. Of that place aperide a pitt, vpon the which the Lord spak to Moyses, Geder the puple, and I shal ȝyue to hym watir. Thanne Yrael song this ditee, Sty vp the pit; thei songen togidre, The pit that deluedendoluen C. the prynces, and greith|eden the dukis of the multitude, in the ȝeuer of the lawe, and in her staues. And thei wenten fro the wildrenes of Mathana, fro Mathana to Naaliel, fro Naaliel into Bamoth; Bamoth is a valey in the re|gioun of Moab, in the frount of Phasga, that biholdith aȝens the deseert. And Yrael sent messangers to Seon, the kyng of Amorreys, seiynge, I biseche that it be leueful to me to passe bi thi loond; we shulen not bowe down to the riȝt ne to the left; we shulen not passe bi feelds and vynes, ne we shulen notOm. BCDEFH. drynke wa|tris of pittis; the kyngis weye we shulen goo, to the tyme that we passen thi coostis. The which woold not graunt that Yrael myȝte passe bi his coostis, but rathir, the oost gedryd togidre, wente out to mete in deseert. And he cam into Jasa, and he fauȝte aȝens hym; of whom he is smytun in the mouth of the swerd, and his loond is weeldid fro Arnon vnto Jebboth and to the sones of Amon; for with a stronge helpe weren holde the coostis of Amonytes. Thanne Irael took alle the citees of hym, and dwelte in the wallid towns of Amorrey, in Esebon that is, and in the litil tounslanys E pr. m. of it. The cytee of Esebon was of Seon, the kyng of Amorrey, that fauȝte aȝen the kyng Moab, and took al the loond that was of his comaundynge, vnto Arnon. Therfor it is seyd in prouerbethe prouerbe A., Come ȝe into Ese|bon, be bilde, and maad vp the citee of Seon; fier went out of Esebon, and flawme of the wallid town of Seon, and deuowryde Arnon of Moabites, and the dwellers of the hie thingis of Arnon. Woo to thee, Moab! thow, puple of Chamos, hast perishid; he hath ȝyue the sones of hym into fliȝt, and the douȝtrendoȝtres C. into caytiftee to Seon, the kyng of Amor|reis; the ȝok of hem he scatrede, fro Ese|bon vnto Dibon; wery thei camen into Ophe, and vnto Medaba. And so Yrael dwelt in the loond of Amorrey. And Moyses sente `the whichethat C. shulden aspie Jasar, whos litil towns thei token, and weeldeden the dwellers. And thei turn|eden hem silf, and stieden vp bi the weie of Basan. And aȝen wente to hem Og, the kyng of Basan, with al his puple, to fiȝtyngefiȝte C. in Edray. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Ne drede thow hym, for in thin hoond Y haue takun hym, and al the loond, and the puple of hym; and thow shalt doo to hym as thow hast doon to Seon, the kyng of Amorreis, the dweller of Esebon. Thow hast smytun therfore and this with his sones, and al his puple, vnto the deth; and thei weeldenweeldedyn E. the loond of hym.

 CAP. XXII.

And thei goon forthe, settidensette C. tentes in the wijlde feeldes of Moab, where bi|ȝonde Jordan Jericho is set. Seynge for|sothe Balach, the sone of Sophor, alle thinges that Yrael dide to Amorrei, and that Moabites dredden hym, and the feersnes of hym thei myȝten not bere, he seide to the more thurȝ birthe of Madian, So this puple shal doo awey alle that in oure coostis dwellen, what maner is woned an oxe to take eerbe vnto the rotys. He forsothe was kyng that tyme in Moab. Thanne he sente messangers to Balaam, the sone of Beor, dyuynour, that dwelled vpon the flood of the loond of the sones of Amon, that thei myȝten clepe hym, and seye, Loo! a peple is goon out of Egipte, that couereth the vt|termoostouermost C. ottmost E. of the erthe, sittynge aȝens me. Com therfore, and curs to this pu|ple, for it is strenger than I, if eny maner Y may smyte, and throwe hym out of my loond; Y haueha C. knowun forsothe, that he is blissid to whom thow blissist, and cursid in whom thow castist cursyngis. The aldreneldere C. of Moab and the more thurȝ birthe of Madian wenten forthe, hauynge prijs of the dyuynynge in the hoondes; and whanne thei weren comen to Ba|laam, and hadden toold alle the wordes of Balach, he answerde, Dwelle ȝe here the nyȝt, and Y shal answere what thing shal seie to me the Lord. Hem forsothe dwellynge anentis Balaam, cam God, and seide to hym, What to hem wolen thes men anent thee? He answerde, Balac, the sone of Sephor, kynge of Moabites, sente to me, seynge, Loo! the puple that is goon out of Egipte couereth the vtter|mostvtmost C. of the loond; come, and curse to hem, if eny maner Y fiȝtynge may dryue hem out. And God seide to Balaam, Wol thow not goo with hem, ne curs thow to the puple, for it is blissid. The which eerli arysyngerisende C., seide to the prynces, Goo ȝe into ȝoure loond, for God hath defended me to come with ȝow. TheAnd the CE. princes, turned aȝen, seiden to Ba|lac, Balaam wold not come with vs. Eft|sones he many mo, and nobler than he bifore hadde sent, sende; the whiche whanne thei weren comen to Balaam, seiden, Thus seith Balac, the sone of Se|phor, And tary thow not to come to me, redi to worshipe thee; and what euere thow wolt, Y shal ȝyue to thee; com, and curs to this puple. Balaam an|swerde, If Balac ȝyue to me his hows ful of siluer and of gold, Y shal not mowe chaunge the word of my God, that otheror CE. more or lasse I speke. Y biseche, that here ȝe dwellen alsoOm. A. in this nyȝt, that Y may wite what to me eft the Lord an|swerithanswer BCDEFH.. Thanne the Lord cam to Ba|laam the nyȝt, and seith to hym, If thes men comen to clepe thee, aryseris C., and go with hem, so oonly that that Y comaunde to thee, thow doo. Balaam roos eerlich, and maad redy the shee asse, wente forthe with hem. And God is wrooth. And anthe C. aungel of the Lord stood in the weye aȝens Balaam, that satt to the asse, and two children with hym he haddeladde C.. The asse biholdynge an aungel stond|ynge in the weye, with a swerd drawun out, turnede hir out of the weie, and wente bi the feelde. The which whanne Balaam bette, and wold lede aȝen to the path, the aungel stood in theOm. A. narwenes of two stonen wallis, to the whiche vynes weren boundun. Whom seynge, the asse ioynede hymhir C. silf to the wal, and brisidebrosede CD. the foot of the sitter; and he eftsones bette. And neuerthelaternerthelater E. the aungel to a streyt place goynge, where nother at the riȝt ne at the left myȝt goon out of the weie, metynge stood. And whanne the asse hadde seen the aungel stond|ynge, she felle down vndir the feet of the sitter, the which more hydowsly wrooth, bette with a staf the sides of hir. And the Lord openyde the mouth of the asse, and she spak, What haue I doo to thee? whi smytist thow me, loo! now the thridde tyme? Balaam answerde, For thou hast deseruyde, and bigilide me; wold God Y hadde a swerd, that I myȝte smyte thee. And the asse seide, Whethir Y am not thi beeste, to theOm. C. which euer|more thow were wont to sitte vnto the day that is now? sey, what thing lijk euer Y dide to thee? And he seith, Neuer. Anoon the Lord openyde the eyen of Balaam, and he seeȝ an aungel stondynge in the weie, holdynge a drawun swerd in the hoond; and he lowtide hym redi tointo BCDEFH. the erthe. To whom the aungel, Whi, he seith, thries thow hast bette thin asse? Y am comen, that I be aduersarie to thee, for shrewid is thi weie, and con|trarie to me; and but the asse hadde bowide fro the weye, ȝyuynge stede to the withstonder, thee I hadde slayn, and she shulde haue lyued. And Balaam seide, I haue synned, vnwitynge that thow stood aȝens me; and now, if it dis|plese to thee that Y goo, Y shal turne aȝen. The aungel seith, Go with these, but be war lest eny other thing than Y comaunde to thee thow speke. He wente thanne with the prynces. The which thing whanne Balac hadde herde, he wente out into aȝenmetynge of hym, in the wallid town of Moabitis, that is sett in the vttermoostvtmost C. otemost E. coostis of Arnon. And he seide to Balaam, Y haue sent messan|geris, that I clepe thee; whi anoon come thow not to me? whetherOm. B. for I miȝte not ȝeelde mede to thi comynge? To whom he answerde, Loo! I am nyȝ, whe|ther othir thing Y may speke but that God shal putte in my mouth? Thanne thei wentenOm. B. forthe togidre, and camen into the cytee, that was in the vtter|moostvtmost C. outmost E. coost of his kyngdom. And whanne Balac hadde slayn sheep and oxen, he sente to Balaam and the prynces that with hym weren, ȝiftis. Morwn|ynge forsothe doon, he ladde hym to hye thingis of Baal, and he beheelde the vtter|moostvtmost C. otemost E. part of the puple.

 CAP. XXIII.

And Balaam seide to Balac, Bilde to me here seuen auters, and mak redi as feel calues, and of the same noumbre wethers. And whanne he hadde doon after the word of Balaam, thei putten to gydre a calf and a wether vpon the au|ter. And Balaam seyde to Balac, Stoond a litil while biside thi brent sacrifice, to the tyme that Y goo, if perauenture the Lord aȝen come to me; and what euer thing he comaunde I shal speke to thee. And whanne he hadde goon awey swiftli, God aȝen come to hym; and Balaam spak to hym, Seuen, he seith, auters Y haue arerydrerid C., and putte in a calf and a wether there aboue. The Lord forsothe putte the word in the mouth of hym, and seith, Turn aȝen to Balac, and thes thingis thow shalt speke. He turned aȝen, foonde Balac stoondynge bisidis his brent sacri|fice, and alle the prynces of Moabitees. And takun to his parable, seith, Fro A|ran hath ladde me Balac, the kyng of Moabites, fro the hillis of the eest; Com, he seith, and curs to Jacob; go forthe, and wari toOm. BCDEFH sec. m. Israel. What maner wise shal I curse to whom God hath not cursid? bi what resoun shal Y wary whom God warieth not? Fro the hiest flyntis Y shal see hym, and fro the hillis Y shal biholde toOm. BCDEFH. hym; the puple aloon shal dwelle, and amonge theOm. A. gentilis he shal not be rekned. Who may ful noum|bre the powdre of Jacob, and knowe the noumbre of the lynage of Yrael? Dye my soule thurȝ theOm. A. deeth of riȝtwise men, and ben maad my last lijk toof BCDEFH. thes! And Balac seide to Balaam, What is that that thow dost? that thow shuldist curse to myn enemyes, Y clepideclepe CE sec. m. thee, and thow aȝenward blissist to hem. To whom he answerde, Whether other thing Y may speke but that the Lord shal comaunde? Thanne Balac seide to Balaam, Com with me into another place, whens a part of Irael thow seeȝ, and al seeȝseen C. thow maymayst D. not; thens curs thow to hym. And whanne he hadde ladde hym into an hye place, vpon the cop of the hil of Phasga, he bilde to Balaam seuen auters, and putt yn there aboue calues and wethers, he seide to Balac, Stond here biside thi sa|crifice, to tyme that Y go metynge. To whom whanne the Lord was aȝen comen, and hadde putte the word in the mouth of hym, seith, Turn aȝen to Balac, and thes thingis thow shalt speke to hym. Turned aȝen, he fonde hym stondynge bisidis his sacrifice, and the princes of Moabites with hym. To whom Balac, What thing, he seith, hath the Lord spokun? And he takidtake C. to his parable, seith, Stoond Balac, and herkne; here, thow sone of Sephor. God is not as mana man CE., that he lye, ne as the sone of man, that he be chaungid; thanne he seide, and shal not doon? he hath spokun, and shal not fulfille? To blesse I am brouȝt forthe, blessynge Y may not defende. There is no mawmet in Jacob, ne fals liknes is seen in Yrael; the Lord God of hym is with hym, and the noyse of the victorie of the kyng is in hym. The Lord God hath ladde hym out of Egipte, whos strengthe is lijk to an vnycorn; there is no dyuynynge bi briddis in Jacob, ne dyuynacioun in Yrael. In his tymes it shal be seide to Jacob and to Yrael, What the Lord hath wrouȝt! Loo! the puple as a liones shal aryserise C. togidre, and as a lioun shal be reryd; the lioun shal not liggelie C., to the tyme that he deuowre the prayȝ, and drynke the blood of the slayn. And Balac seide to Ba|lam, Ne curs thow to hym, ne blisse thow. And he seithe, Whether seide Y not to thee, that what euer thing God comaundide to me, that Y wolde doo? And Balac seideseith CE. to hym, Com, and Y shal lede thee to another place, ifand if B. per|auenture it plese to God that fro thens thow curse to it. And whanne he hadde ladde hym out vpon the cop of the hil of Phegor, that biholdith the wildernes, Balaam seide to hym, Bilde here to me seuen auters, and mak redy so feel calues, and of the same noumbre wethers. Ba|lac dide as Balaam seide, and putte yn calues and wethers, bi eche auters.

 CAP. XXIV.

And whanne Balaam hadde seen that he shulde plese to the Lord for to blesse to Yrael, he wente not as he wente bi|fore, for to seche dyuininge, but dressynge his chere aȝens the deseert, and arerynge the eyen, sawȝ Irael in the tentis dwell|ynge bi her lynagis. And the Spirit of God fallynge into hym, takun to a para|ble, seith, Balaam, the sone of Beor, seide, a man whos eye is stoppid seide, the herer of the wordes of God seide, the which the siȝt of the almyȝti God hath inwardli lokid, the which fallith, and so ben openyd his eyen, How feyr thi taber|naclis, Jacob, and thi tentis, Yrael! as wodi valeys, and as watri gardeyns bi|side the flodis, as the tabernacles that the Lord piȝte, as cedres biside watres; and watris shal flowe of his boket, and the seed of hym shal be into many watris. The kyng of hym for Agag shal be take a wey, and the kyngdom of hym shal be doon a wey. God hath ladde hym out of Egipte, whos strengthe is lijk to an vny|corn; gentilis shulen deuowre the ene|myes of hym, and the boonus of hem thei shulen breek, and thrillethirle CE. with arwis. LiggyngeLiynge C. he shal sleep as a lioun, and as a liones, that no man shal be hardi to rere. WhoAnd who A sec. m. Who SO B. blessith to thee, he shal be blessid; and who cursith, into cursynge shal he be rettyd. And Balac wrooth aȝen Balaam, with wrongun hoondis seith, To curse to my enemyes I haue clepid thee, to whom aȝenward the thridde tyme thow hast blissid. Turn aȝen to thi place; Y ordeynede forsothe hugeli to honoure thee, but thethi A. Lord hathOm. A. priu|yde thee thi worship set down. Balaam answerde to Balac, Whether seide Y not to thi messangers, that thow sendist toOm. BDEFH. me, If Balac ȝyue to me his hous ful of siluer and goldof gold CE., Y may not ouerpasse the word of the Lord my God, that other of good or of yuel I speke of myn herte, but what thing seith the Lord, that I shal speke? NethelesNeuerthelese BDFH. Nertheles E. goynge to my pu|ple, I shal ȝyue to theethe A. counsel, what thi puple to this puple shal doo the last tyme. Thanne the parable taken, eft seith, Balaam, the sone of Beor, seide, a man whos stoppid is the eye, seide, the herer of the wordis of God seide, that knewe the lore of althirthe althir CE. heiȝest, and the seynge of the Almyȝti seeith, that fall|ynge hath the eyen openyd, I shal se hym, but not now; I shal inwardly loke hym, but not nyȝ; a sterre shal sprynge of Jacob, and a ȝeerde shal ryse of Yrael; and he shal smyte the dukis of Moab, and he shal wast alle the sones of Seth; and Ydume shal be the possessioun of hym, the herytage of Seir shal falle to his enemyes; Yrael forsothe strongly shal doo, of Jacob shal be that lordshipshal haue lordship E pr. m., and leese the relykes of the cytee. And whanne he hadde seen Amalech, takynge to a parable, seith, The bigynnynge of gentiles Amalech, whos eendis shulen be lost. He seeȝ forsothe Cyneum, and taken to a parable, seith, Stronge forsothe is thi dwellynge place, but if yn a stoon thow puttistputt BCDEFH. thi nest, and were chosen of the lynage of Synne, how longe mowemai CE. thow dwelle? Assur forsothe shal take thee. And taken to a parable, eft spak, Alas! who to lyuyngeliue C., whanne the Lord shal doo thes thingis? Thei shulen come in greet shippis fro Ytalie, and thei shulen ouercome Assiries, and thei shulen waast the Ebrewis, and at the last thei also shulen perishe. And Balaam roos, and is turned aȝen into his place; Balac for|sothe the weye that he cam, turnyde aȝen.

 CAP. XXV.

Irael forsothe dwelt that tyme in Se|chym, and the puple dide fornycacioun with the douȝtres of Moab; the which clepenclepeden C. hem to her tabernacles, and thei eten, and honoureden the goddis of hem; and Irael sacrifiede to Belphagor. And the Lord was wrooth to Moyses; Tak, heOm. C. seith, alle the prynces of the puple, and honge hem aȝens the sunne in iebet|tis, that my woodnes be turned a wey fro Yrael. And Moyses seide to the domes|men of Yrael, Sle echoneche C. his neiȝbors, that han sacrifiede to Belphegor. And loo! oon of the sones of Yrael wente yn before his brytheren to a Madyanyte strompet, seeynge Moyses, and al the puple of the sones of Yrael, the whiche wepten before the ȝatis of the tabernacle. The which thinge whanne hadde seen Phynees, the sone of Eleazar, sone of Aaron, preest, roos fro the myddil of the multitude, and, cauȝt a swerd, wente yn after the man of Yrael into the hoor|hows, and he stikide thurȝ both togidre, the man, that is, and the womman, in the genytale places. And the veniaunce ce|side fro the sones of Yrael, and there ben slawe foure and twenti thowsandis of men. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Phynees, the sone of Eleazar, sone of Aaron, preest, hath tak awey my wrath fro the sones of Irael; for thurȝ my loue he is styryd aȝens hem, that I my silf dide not a wey the sones of Yrael in my gelouste. Therfore spek to hym, Loo! I ȝyue to hym the pees of my boond of pees, and it shal be, as wel to hym as to his seed, euerlast|ynge couenauntcomenaunt D passim. of presthod; for he hath loued for his God, and hath purgid the hidows synne of the sones of Yrael. The name forsothe of the man of Yrael, that wasis BCDEFH. slayn with the Madianyte, was Zambri, the sone of Salu, duke of the kynrede of the lynage of Symeon. For|sothe the womman of Madianyte that to|gidre was slayn, was clepid Chobry, the douȝtre of Sur, moost noble prynce of Madianytees. AndOm. A. the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Enemyes feele ȝow the Madianytees, and smyte ȝe hem; for and thei enemylich hanhath A. doo aȝeynsto A. ȝow, and han bigilid bi aspies, bi the mawmet of Phegor, and the douȝtre Chobry of the duke of Madian, hys sister, that is smytun in the day of veniaunce, for the sacrilegie of Phegor.

 CAP. XXVI.

Aftir that the blood of gilti men is shed, the Lord seide to Moyses and to Eleazar, the sone of Aaron, the preest, Noumbre ȝe al the summe of the sones of Yrael, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, by howses, and therOm. A. kynredis, and alle that mowen goo forth to batails. And so speken Moyses and Eleazar, the preest, in the wijlde feeldes of Moab, vpon Jor|dan, aȝens Jerico, to hem that weren of twenti ȝeer and aboue, as the Lord co|maundide; of whom this is the noumbre. Ruben, the first getun of Yrael; of this the sone Enoch, of whom the meyne of Enochitees; and Fallu, of whom the meynemeynees A. of Falluytees; and Esrom, of whom the meyne of Esromytees; and Charmy, of whom the meyne of Charmytis. Thes ben the meyneis of the lynage of Ruben, whos noumbre is foundun thre and fourty thowsandesthousend C. seuen hundrid and thretti. The sone of Fallu of Heliab; of this the sones, Namuelof Namuel AB., and Datan, and Abiron. Thes ben Dathan and Abyron, the princes of the puple, that rysen aȝens Moyses and Aaron, in the dissencyoun of Chore, whanne aȝens the Lord thei rebelden, and the erthe openynge his mouth, deuowr|ide Chore, diynge many, whanne the fier brente two hundrid and fifti men; and a greet myracle was done, that Chore pe|rishyngeperyschid BDE., his sones pershiden not. The sones of Symeon bi her kynredes; Na|muel, of this the meyne of Namuelitis; Jamyn, of this the meyne of Jamynytees; Jachym, of this the meyne of Jachym|ytis;Jamynytis A. Zare, of this the meyne of Zaren|ytis; Saul, of this the meyne of Saulitis. Thes ben the meynees of the lynage of Symeon, of whom al the noumbre was two and twenti thousandisthousend C. and two hun|drid. The sones of Gad bi her kynredes; Sephon, of this the meyne of Sephonytis; Aggy, of this the meyne of Aggitis; Sumy, of this the meyne of Sumytis; Ozny, of this the meyne of Oznytis; Hery, of this the meyne of Hereytis; Arod, of this the meyne of Aroditis; Ariel, of this the meyne of Aryelitis. Thes ben the meynemeynees A. of Gad, of whom al the noumbre was fourti thowsand and fyue hundred. The sones of Juda, Her and Onan, the whiche both ben deed in the loond of Chanaan. And there weren the sones of Juda bi hisher A. kynredis, Sela, of whom the meyne ofOm. A. Selaytis; Phares, of whom the meyne ofOm. A. Pharesitis; Zare, of whom the meyne of Zareitis. For|sothe the sones of Phares; Esrom, of whom the meyne of Esromytis; and A|mul, of whom the meine of Amulitis. Thes ben the meynees of Jude, of whom al the noumbre was seuenti thowsynd and fyue hundrid. The sones of Ysachar bi her kynredis; Thola, of whom the meyne of Tholaytis; `Phua, of whome the meyne of PhuaytisOm. A.; Jasub, of whom the meyne of Jasubitis; Semram, of whom the meyne of Semramytis. Thes ben the kynredis of Ysachar, of whom the noumbre was foure and sexti thow|sandisthousend C. and thre hundrid. The sones of Zabulon bi her kynredes; Sared, of whom the meyne of Saradites; Helon, of whom the meyne of Helonytis; Jalel, of whom the meyne of Jelelitis. Thes ben the kynredis of Zabulon, of whom the noum|bre was sexti thousynd and fyue hundrid. The sones of Joseph bi his kynredis, Manasses and Effraym. Of Manasse `is commencamen A. Machir, of whom the meyne of Macherytis. Machir gat GalaadGalaal A., of whom the meyne of Galaditis. Galaad hadde sones; Yezer, of whom the meyne of Yezerytis; and Helech, of whom the meyne of Helechitis; and Ariel, of whom the meyne of Arielitis; and Sechem, of whom the meyne ofOm. BD. Sechemytis; and Semyda, of whom the meyne ofOm. ABDF. Semy|daytis; and Epher, of whom the meyne of Epherytis. Epher forsothe was faderthe fader CE. of Saphaad, that had no sones, but oonli douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH., of whom thes ben the names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. Thes ben the meynees of Manasse, and the noumbre of hem two and fifti thowsand and seuen hundryd. The sones forsothe of Effraym bi her kynredis weren thes; Suthala, of whom the meyne of Suthalitis; Bether, of whom the meyne of Betheritis; Theen, of whom the meyne of Theennytis. Forsothe the sone of Suthala was Heram, of whom the meyne of Heramytis. Thes ben the kyn|redis of the sones of Effraym, of whom the noumbre was two and thretti thow|sand and fyue hundrid. Thes ben the sones of Joseph, bi hisher A. meynees. The sones of Beniamyn in his kynredis; Bale, of whom the meyne of Baleytis; Asbel, of whom the meyne of Azbelitis; Ahi|ram, of whom the meyne of Ahyramytis; Suphan, of whom the meyne of Suphan|ytis; Huphan, of whom the meyne of Huphanytis. The sones of Bale, Hered, and Noeman; of Hered the meyne of Heredytis; of Noeman the meyne of Noemanytis. Thes ben the sones of Ben|iamyn bi his kynredis, of whom the noumbre was fyue and fourti thowsand and six hundryd. The sones of Dan bi his kynredis; Suhan, of whom the meyne ofOm. E. Suhanytis. Thes ben the kynredis of Dan bi his meynees; alle weren Sunan|itis, of whom the noumbre was foure and sixti thowsynd and foure hundrid. The sones of Aser bi his kynredes; Jemma, of whom the meyne of Jemmanytis; Je|suy, of whom the meyne of Jesuitis; Brye, of whom the meyne of Brieytis. The sones of Brye; Haber, of whom the meyne of Haberytis; and Melchiel, of whom the meyne of Melchielitis. The name forsothe of the douȝter of Azar was Sara. Thes benOm. BCEFH. the kynredes of the sones of Aser, and the noumbre of hem foure and fyfty thowsand and foure hun|dryd. The sones of Neptalym bi his kynredis; Jesyel, of whom the meyne of Jesyelitis; Guny, of whom the meyne of Gunytis; Jeser, of whom the meyne of Jeserytis; Sellem, of whom the meyne of SellemytisSollemytis A.. Thes ben the kynredis of the sones of Neptalym bi his meynees, of whom the noumbre was fyue and fourti thousyndisthousend C. and foure hundrid. This is the summe of the sones of Yrael, that ben noumbred, six hundryd thowsand and a thowsand and seuen hundrid and thretti. And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, To thes shal the loond be dy|uydid, aftir the noumbre of thether C. names into her possessiouns; to the moo the more part thow shalt ȝyue, and to the fewer the lasse; to eche as thei ben noumbred shal be take the possessioun; so oonli that lot dyuyde the loond to the lynagis and meynes. What euer thing bi lot falle, that othereor CE. mo taken or fewe. This forsothe is the noumbre of the sones of Leuy bi her meynees; Ger|son, of whom the meyne of Gersonytis; Caath, of whom the meyne of Caathitis; Merary, of whom the meyne of Meraritis. Thes ben the meynees of Leuy; the meyne of Lobny, the meyne of Ebron, the meyne of Mooli, the meyne of Musy, the meyne of Chory. And forsothe Caath geet Amram, that hadde a wijf, Jocho|beth, the dowȝter of Leuy, that is bore to hym in Egipte. Thes geet to hir man Amram sones, Aaron, and Moysen, and Mary, the sistir of hem. Of Aaron ben comen forthe Nadab, and Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ythamar; of whom Nadab and Abyu ben deed, whanne thei hadden offred alien fier before the Lord. And alle that ben noumbred weren thre and twenty thowsynd of maal kynde, fro o moneth and aboue, the whiche ben not noumbred amonge the sones of Yrael, ne to hem with othere is ȝouen possessioun. This is the noumbre of the sones of Yrael, that ben discryued of Moyses and Eleazar, the preest, in the wijld feeldis of Moab, vpon Jordan, aȝens Jerycho; among whoom noon of hem was that be|fore ben noumbred of Moyses and Aaron, in the deseert of Synay; the Lord for|sothe seide before, that alle thei shulden dye in wildernes, and noon of hem abood but Caleph, the sone of Jephone, and Josue, the sone of Nun.

 CAP. XXVII.

Camen nyȝ forsothe the douȝtresdouȝtryn E. of Salphaad, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Ephor, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Ga|laad, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Machir, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Manasse, that was the sone of Josep; of whom thes ben the names; Maala, and Noba, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. And thei stoden before Moysen and Eleazar, the preest, and alle the prynces of the puple, at the dore of the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and seidenseiende C., Oure fader is deed in deseert, and was not in the dissencioun, that is styryd aȝens the Lord, vndur Chore, but in his synne is deed; this hadde not maal children. Whi is take the name of hym fro his meyne, for he hadde no sone? Ȝyfe ȝe to vs possessions amonge the cosynes of oure fader. And Moyses toolde the cause of hem to the doom of the Lord; the which seide to hym, Ryȝtwise thingisthinge BCDEFH. asken the douȝtres of Salphaad; ȝyf to hem posses|siounspossessioun CE. amonge the cosyns of her fader, and to hym in heritage come thei aftir. To the sones forsothe of Yrael thow shalt speke thes thingis, A man whanne he were deed with out sone, to the douȝ|ter shal passe the herytage; if he haue no douȝter, he shal haue successours his britheren; and if there weren no bri|theren, ȝe shulen ȝyue the herytage to theOm. A. britheren of the fader of hym; if forsothe he have not men britheren to his fader, the herytage shal be ȝeue to hem that ben next to hym. And this shal be hooly to the sones of Yrael, bi perpetuel law, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses. The Lord forsothe seide to Moyses, Sty vp into this hil of Abarym, and bihold fro thens the loond, that I am to ȝyu|yngeȝiue C. to the sones of Irael. And whanne thow seest it, and thow shalt goo to thi puple, as wente thi brother Aaron; for thow hast offendide me in the deseert of Syn, in the contradiccioun of the mul|titude, ne halowe me ȝe wolden before it, vpon the watris. Thes ben the watris of contradiccioun in Cades, of the deseert of Syn. To whom answerde Moyses, Pur|uey the Lord God of the spyritis of al fleshe a man that be vpon this multitude, and may goo out, and goo yn before hem, and leden hem out, or leden hemOm. BDF sec. m. H. yn; lest the puple of the Lord be as sheep with out sheepherd. And the Lord seyde to hym, Take Josue, the sone of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of God, and put thin hoond vpon hym; the which shal stoond before Eleazar, the preest, and al the multitude. And thow shalt ȝyue to hym heestysoostys ABFH., alleof A. men seynge, and a part of thi glorye, that al the synagoge of the sones of Yrael here hym. For that if eny thing shal be to doyngedo C., Eleazar, the preest, shalOm. B. coun|seil the Lord; at the word of hym shal goo out, and shal goo yn; he, andOm. A. al the sones of Yrael with hym, and thatthe C. other multitude. Moyses dide as the Lord comaundide, and whanne he hadde takun Josue, he sette hym before Elea|zar, the preest, and al the myche com|ynge of the puple; and putt the hoondis to his heed, alle thingis aȝen told that the Lord comaundide.

 CAP. XXVIII.

The Lord forsothe seide to Moyses, Comaund to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, Myn offrynge, and looues, and encense of moost swetesote C. soot E. smelle offre ȝe bi ȝoure tymes. Thes ben the sacrifices that ȝe shulen offre; loombes of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, two eche day into brent sacrifice euerlastynge. Oon ȝe shu|len offre eerliche, and another at euen. The tenthe part of ephi ofand A. tryed flour, that be spreyntsprengd C. with moost pure oyle, and haue the ferthe part of hyn. The bisy sacrifice is, that ȝe offreden in the mownt of Synay, into smellethe smelle E. of moost swetesote C. soot E. ensence to the Lord. And ȝe shu|len offre of wyn the ferthe part of hyn, bi eche loombes, in the seyntuarye of the Lord. And another loomb also ȝe shulen offre at euen, and aftir al the rijt of the morwtide sacrifice, and of the offryd licours of it, an offrynge of moost swetesote C. soot E. smelle to the Lord. The saboth day for|sothe ȝe shulen offre two loombes of oo ȝeer, vnwemmed, and two dymes of tried flour spreyntspringd C. with oyle, in the sacrifice, and theof A. offryd licours, that lawfullich ben held, bi eche sabotis, into brent sa|crifice euerlastynge. In the calendis for|sothe, that is, in the bigynnyngis of monthes, ȝe shulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord, calues of the droue two, o we|ther, seuen loombis of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, and thre dymes of tryed flour spreyntspringd C. with oyle, in sacrificesacrifices C., bi eche calues, and two dymes of tryed flour spreyntspringd C. with oyle, bi eche wethers; and the tenthe of the tenthe of tried flour of oyle, in sacri|fice, bi eche loombis; brent sacrificesacrifices C., and of moost swetesote C. soot E. smelle, and of encense it is to the Lord. The offryngis forsothe of wyn, that bi eche slayn sacrifices ben to be held, shulen be thes; half part of hyn bi eche calues, the thridde bi a wether, the ferthe bi a loomb; this shal be the brent sacrifisissacrifice A. bi eche monthis, that to hem silf the ȝeer turnynge about comen aftir. A goot forsothe shal be offred to the Lord for synnessynne A., into brent sacrificesacrifises BH. euerlastynge, with this offryngis of li|courscolours B pr. m. FH.. The firste forsothe moneth, the fourtenthe day of the monthe, shal be the pask of the Lord; and in the fiftenthe day the solempnyte of therf looues. Seuen daies thei shulen eete therf looues; of the whiche the firste day worshipful and holy shal be; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not doon in it. And ȝe shulen offre into encense brent sacrifice to the Lord, calues of the droue two, o wether, loombes of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, seuen; and the sacri|fices of eche, of tried flour, that be spreyntsprengd C passim. with oyle, thre dymes bi eche calues, and two dymes bi o wether, and the tithe of the tithe bi eche loombis, that is, bi seuen loombis; and o goot for synne, that it be purgid for ȝow, bi|side the morwtide brent sacrifice, that euermore ȝe shulen offre. So ȝe shulen doo bi eche dayes of the seuen dayes, into the norishynge of the fier, and into the moost swetesote C passim. soot E passim. smel to the Lord, the which shal ryse of the brent sacrifice, and of the offred licours of echon. The seuenthe forsothe day shal be moost so|lempne and holi to ȝou; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not don in it. The dayes also of the fyrste fruytis, whanne ȝe shulen offre newe cornys to the Lord, the `seuen wykisseuenthe wike A. fulfillidfullid FH., worshipful and holy shal be; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not do in it. And ȝeOm. BFH. shulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord, into moost swete smel; calues of the droue two, o wether, loombes of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, seuen; and in the sacri|fices of hem, of tried flour spreynt with oyle, three dymes bi eche calues, bi we|thers two, bi loombes the tenthetithe A pr. m. of the tithe, the whiche ben to gidre seuen loombes; a goot forsothe that is offred for the purgynge, bisyde the brent sacri|fice euerlastynge, and the offrid licours of it; ȝe shulen offre alle thingis vnwem|med, with her sacrified licours.

 CAP. XXIX.

Of the seuenthe moneth forsotheOm. AB pr. m. D. the firste day holy and worshipful shal be to ȝow; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not doon in it, for the day of noyse it is, and ofOm. A. trompes. And ȝe shulen offre brent sa|crifice, into moost swete smel to the Lord, a calf of the droue oon, o wether, and loombes of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, seuen; and in the sacrifices of hem, of tried flour spreynt with oyle, thre dymes bi eche calues, two dymes bi aO A. wether, o dyme bi a loomb, that ben togidre seuen loombes. And a goot for synne shal be offred, in clensynge of the puple, biside the brent sacrifice of calendis, with her sacrifices, and brent sacrifice euerlastynge, with woned offred licours; with the same serymoyns ȝe shulen offre into the moost swete smel, encense to the Lord. The tenthe forsothe day of this seuenthe monthe shal be to ȝow hooly and wor|shipful, and ȝe shulen traueyl ȝoure soulis; al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not doo in it. And ȝe shulen offre brent sacri|fice to the Lord, into moost swete smel; a calf of the droue oon, a wether oon, loombis of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, seuen; and in the sacrifices of hem, of tried flour spreynt with oyle thre dymes bi eche calues, two dymes bi a wethre, a dyme of the tithe bi eche loombis, that ben togidir seuen loombis; and oa CE. goot for synne, with outen hem that ben woned to be offred for trespas in purgynge, and the brent sacrifice euerlastynge in sacri|fice, and offrid licours of hem. The fif|tenthe forsothe day of the seuenthe monthe, the which to ȝow shal be holi and worshipful; al seruyle werk ȝe shu|len not doo in it, but ȝe shulen halwe the solempnyte to the Lord seuen days; and ȝe shulen offre brent sacrifice, into theOm. A. moost swete smel to the Lord, calues of the droue threteen, wethers two, loombis of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, fourteen; and in the sacrifices of licours of hem, of tryed flour spreynt with oyle thre dymes bi eche calues, that ben to gidre calues thret|teen, and two dymes to o wether, that is, to two wethers to gidre, to o wether oon, and the tithe of a dyme to eche loombis, that ben to gidre loombis fourteen; and oa CE. goot for synne, with out the brent sa|crifice euerlastynge, and the sacrifice, and the sacrified licour of it. In that other day ȝe shulen offre calues of the droue twelue, wethers two, loombis of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, fourteen; and sacrifices, and sacrified licours of echon, bi the calues, and wethers, and loombis, dulich ȝe shu|len halwe; and a goot for synne, with outen brent sacrifice euerlastynge, and the sacrifice of it, and the offrynge of li|cours. The thridde day ȝe shulen offre calues elleuen, wethers two, loombis of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, fourteen; and the sacri|fices, and the sacrified licours of echon, bi calues, and wethers, and loombs, dulich ȝe shulen halwe; and a goot for synne, with outen brent sacrifice euerlastynge, and the sacrifice, and the offryng of li|cours of it. The ferthe day ȝe shulen offre calues ten, wethers two, loombs of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, fourteen; and the sa|crifices, and the sacrified licours of echon, bi calues, and wethers, and loombis, due|lich ȝe shulen halwe; and a goot for synne, with oute the brent sacrifice euer|lastynge, and the sacrifice of it, and the offringe of licours. The fifthe day ȝe shulen offre nyne calues, wethers two, loombis of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, fourteen; and the sacrifices, and the offrynge of li|cours ofbi A. echon, bi calues, and wethers, and loombs, duelich ȝe shulen halwe; and a goot for synne, with out the brent sa|crifice euerlastynge, and the sacrifice of it, and the offrynge of licours. The sixte day ȝe shulen offre calues eiȝt, and we|thris two, loombes of o ȝeer, andOm. C. vn|wemmed, fourteen; and the sacrifices, and the offryngis of licours of echon, bi calues, and wethers, and loombis, duelich ȝe shulen halwe; and a goot for synne, with out the brent sacrifice euerlastynge, and the sacrifice of it, and the offrynge of licours. The seuenthe day ȝe shulen offre calues seuen, wethers two, loombs of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, fourteen; and the sacrifices, and the offryngis of licours of echon, bi calues, and wethers, and loombs, duelich ȝe shulen halwe; and oa EF. goot for synne, with oute the brent sacrifice euer|lastynge, and the sacrifice of it, and the offrynge of licours. The eiȝtith day that is moost solempne, al seruyle werk ȝe shulen not doo, offrynge brent sacrifice into the moost swete smel to the Lord, o calf, o wether, loombis of o ȝeer, vn|wemmed, seuen; and the sacrifices, and the offryngis of licours of echon, bi calues, and wethers, and loombs, duelich ȝe shu|len halwe; and a goot for synne, with out the brent sacrifice euerlastynge, and the sacrifice of it, and the offrynge of li|cours. Thes thingis ȝe shulen offre to the Lord, in ȝoure solempnytees, biside the vowes, and wilful offryngis, in brent sacrifice, in sacrifice, inand H. offryngeoffringus C. of li|courlycours E., and in pesible oostis.

 CAP. XXX.

Moyses forsothe tolde to the sones of Yrael alle thingis that the Lord co|maundide hym. And he spak to the princes of the lynagis of the sones of Yrael, This is the word that the Lord comaundide, If eny of men auowe to the Lord auowidvowede CE., otheror C. hym silf bi ooth streynede, he shal not make at noȝt his word, but al that he bihiȝt he shal fulfil. A womman ȝifwhanne A. eny thing she auowith, and hir silf streyn bi ooth, the which is in the hows of hir fader, ȝit in childis age, if the fader knowe the vowe, that she hath bihoot, and the ooth, bi the which hir soul she hath oblishid, and holde his pees, she shal be gilti of the auowevowe AFH.; what thing she hath bihoot and swerith, in werk she shal fulfil. If for|sothe anoon as the fader herith, he with|seith it, and the vowis and the oothis of hir shulen be at nouȝt, ne she shal `be holdunby|holde BDEFH. gilti to the biheest, forthi that the fader aȝenseide it. If she hauehath A. an housboond, and auoweawowith A. eny thing, and onys a word of hir mouth goynge out the soul of hir oblishe bi ooth, what day the man herith, and withseith not, she shal be gilti of the vowe; what thingOm. A. euer she hath bihoot, she shal ȝelde. If forsothe anoon herynge he withseith, and he makith at nouȝt al the bihestbehestus C. byheestes E. of hir, and the wordis by the which she streyn|ede hir soul, the Lord shal forȝyue to hir. A widew, and a departid, what thing thei auowen thei shulen ȝeelde. A wijf in the hows of hyr man, whanne she byndith hir bi auowe, and bi ooth, if the man here, and holde his pees, ne withseith to the biheest, she shal ȝeeld what euer thing she hath bihoot. If for|sothe anoon he withseith, she shal not `be holdunbyholde BDEFH. gilti of the biheest, for the husboond withseith, and the Lord shal forȝyue to hir. If she auowe, and bi ooth streyne hir self, that bi fastynge and ab|stynens of other thingis she traueyltrauaileth CE. hir soul, in the dome of the man it shal be, that she do itOm. AD., or not do it. And if the man herynge holde his pees, and into an|other day deferre the sentence, what euer thing she hath vowid and bihoot, she shal ȝeeld, for anoon as he herde, he heelde his pees. If forsothe he withseith, after that he assentide, he shal bere the wickidnes of hir. Thes ben the lawes that the Lord ordeynde to Moyses, bi|twixbetwe C. man and womman, bitwixbetwe C. fader and douȝter that is ȝit in childis age, otheror C. that in the hows of fader and modirof modir A. dwelleth.

 CAP. XXXI.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Venge first the sones of Yrael of the Madianytis, and so thow shalt be gedryd to thi puple. And anoon Moyses, Arme ȝe, he seith, of ȝow men to the fiȝt, that mowen the veniaunce of the Lord out take of the Madianytis. A thowsand men of ech lynagis ben chosun of Yrael, that ben sent to batayl. And thei ȝeuen thow|sandis of eche lynagis, that is, twelue thowsandisthousend C. of men, redy to the fiȝt; whom Moyses sentesende BE et alibi. with Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, the preest. Forsothe the hooli vessels, and the trumpes to crye, he took to hem. And whanne thei hadden fouȝt aȝens Madianytes, and had|den ouercomen, alle the maalis thei slewen, and the kyngis of hem, Euy, and Reem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, fyue princes of the folk of hem. Balaam forsothe, the sone of Beor, thei slewen with swerd. And thei token the wymmen of hem, and children, and alle theOm. C. beestis, and al pur|tenaunce; what thing euer thei myȝten haue, thei destruyden; as wel cytees asand BCDEFH. litil towns and castels bi flawme he brent. And thei token praye, and alle that thei token, as wel of men as of beestis, and brouȝten to Moises, and Eleazar, the preest, and to al the multitude of the sones of Yrael. Forsothe other vsable thingis thei beren to the tentis, in the wijld feeldis of Moab, biside Jordan, aȝen Jericho. And Moyses and Eleazar, the preest, wenten out, and alle theOm. A. prynces of the synagoge, into aȝencomyngeaȝen the comynge C. of hem, out of the tentis. And Moyses wrooth to the prynces of the oost, leders of thousandis, and gouernours of hun|dredis, that camen fro the batayl, seith, Whi han ȝe kept the wymmen? ben not thes that han deseyued the sones of Yrael, at the suggestioun of Balaam, and han maad ȝow trespasseto trespasse C. in the Lord, vpon the synne of Phegor, wherfor and the puple was smytun? Therfor al slee ȝe what euer thing is of maal kynde, and litil children; and wymmen that han knowun men in goynge togidre, kytte ȝe the throotis; mayde children, and alle wymmen maydens kepe ȝe to ȝow, and dwellith out of the tentes seuen days. Who sleeth a man, orother BDEFH. a man sleyn touchith, shal be passid about the thridde day, and the seuenthe; and of al the praye, whether clothing it were, otheror C. vessel, and eny thing into vsable thingis maad redi, of the skynnes of gootis, and heerys, and tree, it shal be purgid. Eleazar for|sothe, the preest, to the men of the oost that hadden fowȝt, thus spak, This is the maundement of the lawe, that the Lord comaundide to Moyses, Gold, and siluer, and brasse, and yren, and tynne, and leed, and al that may passe bi flawmes, shal be purgid thurȝ fier; forsothe what euer thing fier shal not mowe susteyn, with water of clensynge shal be halowid. And ȝe shulen wasshe ȝoure clothis the seuenthe day; and puryfied afterward ȝe shulen goo into the tentes. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Take the summe of hem that ben takun, fro man vnto beesta beest CE., thow, and Eleazar, the preest, and alle the prynces of the comoun. And thow shalt dyuyde euen the praye among hem that fauȝten and wenten out to the batayl, and among al the laft multitude. And thow shalt seuer a part to the Lord, of hem that han fouȝten, and weren in the batayl, o soule of fyue hundrid, as wel of men, as of oxen, and assis, and sheep. And thow shalt ȝyue it to Elea|zar, the preest, for the cheef fruytis of the Lord thei ben. Of the half forsothe partparty C. of the sones of Irael, thow shalt taak the fiftith heed of men, and of oxen, and ofOm. A. asses, and of sheep, and of al hauynge soule; and thow shalt ȝyue hem to the Leuytes, that waken in the waardis of the tabernacle of the Lord. And Moy|ses and Eleazar diden as the Lord co|maundide. Forsothe the pray was that theOm. A. oost took, of sheep six hundrid fyue and seuenti thowsand, of oxen two and seuenti thowsand, of assis sexti thowsand and o thowsand; the soules of men of wymmen kynde, that knowen no men, two and thretti thowsand. And the half part is ȝeuen to hem that weren in the batayl, of sheep thre hundrid seuen and thretti thowsand and fyue hundrid; of the whiche into the part of the Lord ben noumbred sheep six hundryd and seuenti and fyue; and of oxen six and thretti thowsand, oxen seuenti and two, of assis thretti thowsand and fyue hundrid, assis sexti and oon; of the soules of men six|tene thowsand, fellen into theOm. A. part of the Lord, two and thretti soulis. And Moyses took the noumbre of the chefe fruytis of the Lord to Eleazar, the preest, as it was comaundid, of the half part of the sones of Irael, that he seuerde to hem that in the batayl weren. Of the half part forsothe that felle to thatthe C. other multitude, that is, of sheep thre hundryd seuen and thretti thousand and fyue hun|drid, and of oxen six and thretti thou|sand, and of thretti thowsand assis and fyue hundrid, and of sixtene thowsand men, Moyses took the fiftith heed, and ȝaf to the Leuytis, that wakiden in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord co|maundide. And whanneOm. A. the prynces of the oost weren goon to Moyses, and the leders of thowsandis, and rewlers of hundredis, seiden, We thi seruauntis han tolde the noumbre of fiȝters, the which we hadden vndre oure hoond, and not oon forsothe faylid; for what cause we offren in the places of the free ȝiftis of the Lord, eche, that in the praye of gold we myȝten fynde, wymmenswymmens A. ournementis about her reyneseerys A sec. m., and ournementis about her shuldres, and rynges, and ourne|mentis about her armes, and ournementis about her neckis, that thow preye the Lord for vs. And Moyses and Eleazar the preest, token al the gold in dyuers spices, bi peyse of the seyntuarye, sixtene thousand seuen hundrid and fifti siclis, of the leders of thowsandis, and rewlers of hundredis. Forsothe echon that he cauȝte in the praye, was his; and the taken thei brouȝten into the tabernacle of witness|ynge, into mynde of theOm. BDEFH. sones of Irael, before the Lord.

 CAP. XXXII.

The sones forsothe of Ruben and Gad hadden many beestis, `and ther was to hem in bestisOm. A. substaunce with outen noumbre. And whanne thei hadden seen Jaser and Galaad, able loondis to beestis to be fedd, thei camen to Moyses and Eleazar, the preest, and prynces of the multitude, `and seydenOm. A., Astaroth, and Dibbon, and Jaser, and Nemra, Esebon, and Eleale, and Sabam, and Nebo, and Beon, the loond that the Lord smoot in the siȝt of the sones of Yrael, is of a re|gioun moost plenteuous to the food of beestis; and we thi seruauntis han many beestis; and we preyen, if we han foundun grace before thee, that thow ȝyue to vs thi seruauntis it into posses|sioun, ne maak thow vs passeto passe C. ouer Jor|dan. To whom answerde Moyses, Whe|ther ȝoure britheren shulen go to the fiȝt, and ȝe here shulen sitte? Whi mysturnen ȝe the thouȝtes of the sones of Irael, that thei dorendur CD. der E. not passe into the place that the Lord is to ȝyuyngeȝiue C. to hem? Whe|ther diden not so ȝoure fadres, whanne Y sente fro Cades Barne to aspie the loond, and whanne thei camen to the valey of ClusterClustrue A., al the regioun about passid, thei mysturnedenmystorden BH. the herte of the sones of Yrael, that thei wenten not in to the coostis, that the Lord ȝaf to hem. The which wrooth, swaar, seiynge, Thes men shulen not seen, that stieden vp fro Egipte, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, the loond that `under oothOm. A. Y bihiȝte to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, and thei wolden not sue me, saue Caleph, the sone ofOm. BDF sec. m. Jephone, Ceneze, and Josue, the sone of Nun; thes fulfilden my wille. And the Lord wrooth aȝens Yrael, ladde hym about by deseert fourti ȝeer, to the tyme that were endyd al the generacioun that dide the yuel in the siȝt of hym. And, Loo! he seith, ȝe han rysen for ȝoure fadres the waxyngiswexyng C. and the norshid of synful men, that ȝe encresen the woodnes of the Lord aȝens Yrael. And if ȝe wolen not folwe hym, in wildirnes the puple he shal forsaak, and ȝe the enchesoun shulen be of the deeth of alle. And thei nyȝ comynge to, seiden, We shulen make vs fooldis of sheep, and stablis of beestis, to oure litil children forsothe waardid cytees. Forsothe we ourevs CE. silf armed and gyrd, we shulen goo to batayl before the sones of Irael, to the tyme that we leden hem into her places; oure children, and what euer thing we mowen han, shulen be in the waardid citees, for the aspies of the dwellers. We shulen not turnen aȝen into oure howsis, into the tyme that the sones of Yrael welden her herytage; ne eny thing we shulen seche biȝonde Jor|dan, for nowe we han oure possessioun in the eest coost of it. To whom seith Moises, If ȝe doon that ȝe bihooten, ful|spede goo ȝe before the Lord into fiȝtthe fiȝt E.; and eche fiȝtynge man armed passe he ouer Jordan, to the tyme that the Lord turne doun his enemyes, and al the loond be suget to hym; thanne ȝe shulen be vnculpablevncoupable BCDEFH. anentis God, and anentis Irael, and ȝe shulen weeld the regiouns, `the whichethat C. ȝe wolen, before the Lord. If forsothe that ȝe seyn, ȝe doon not, to no man dowt is, that ne ȝe synnen aȝens God; and wite ȝe, that ȝour synne shal catche ȝow. Bilde ȝe thanne cytees to ȝoure children, and fooldis and stablis to sheep and beestis; and that ȝe han bi|hoot, fulfillith. And the sones of Gad and Rubenof Ruben CE. seiden to Moyses, Thi ser|uauntis we ben; we shulen doo that theoure CE. Lord comaundith. Oure litil children, and wymmen, and feeldbeestis, and hows|beestis we shulen leeue in the cytees of Galaad; forsothe we thi seruauntis alle fulspede shulen goo to batayl, as thow, lord, shalt speek. Thanne Moyses co|maundide to Eleazar, the preest, and to Josue, the sone of Nun, and to the prynces of the meynees, bi the lynagis of Irael, and he seide to hem, If the sones of Gad and the sones of Ruben with ȝow passen ouer Jordan alle armed, to bateil before the Lord, and to ȝow were the loond suget, ȝyue ȝe to hem Ga|laad into possessioun; if forsothe thei wolen not passe with ȝow into the loond of Chanaan, among ȝow take thei places of dwellynge. And the sones of Gad and the sones of Ruben answerden, As the Lord hath spoken to his seruauntis, so we shulen doon; we armed shulen goo before the Lord, into the loond of Cha|naan, and we knowlechen, that we han take now possessioun biȝonde Jordan. And so Moyses ȝaf to the sones of Gad and ofOm. CE. Ruben, and to the half lynage of Manasse, theOm. C. of the F. sone of Joseph, the kyng|dam of Seon, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. of Amorrei, and the kyngdam of Og, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. of Basan, and the loond of hem, with her cytees, bi enuy|roun. Thanne the sones of Gad maden out Dibon, and Astaroth, and Aroer, and Roth-Sophan, and Jazer, and Jeebaa, and Beth-Neura, and Betharan, waardid ci|tees; and fooldis to her beestis. The sones forsothe of Ruben edifieden Ese|bon, and Eleale, and Cariathiarym, and Nabo, and Balmyon, turned the names, Sabama forsothe; puttynge names to the cytes that thei maden out. Forsothe the sones of Machir, sone of Manasse, wenten forth into Galaad, and wastiden it, A|morre slayn, the dweller of it. Than Moyses ȝaf the loond of Galaad to Ma|chir, sone of Manasse, that dwellide in it. Forsothe Jair, the sone of Manasse, wente, and ocupiede the stretis of it, the whiche he clepide Anochiair, that is, the townes of Jayr. Forsothe Nobe wente, and cauȝte Canath, with his litil townes, and he clepide it, of his name, Nobe.

 CAP. XXXIII.

These ben the dwellyngis of the sones of Yrael, that wenten out fro Egipte, bi her companyes, in the hoond of Moyses and Aaron; the whiche Moyses dis|cryuede biside the places of the tentis, the whiche weren chaungid thurȝ the heest of the Lord. Therfor thei goon forth fro Ramesse, the firste moneth, the fiftenthe day of the firste moneth, diden thatthe C. other day pask the sones of Yrael, in an hiȝ hoond, seiynge alle the Egip|ciens, and byryyngberinge A. the first gotun, the whiche the Lord hadde smytun; forsothe and in the goddis of hem he enhauncide veniaunce. Thei setten tentis in Socoth, and fro Socoth thei camen in to Etham, that is in the vttermestotemost E. coostis of wildir|nes; thens thei goon out, camen aȝens Phiairoth, that biholdith Beelsephon, and thei setten tentis before Magdalun. And thei goon forth fro Phiairoth, passiden thurȝ the myddil se in wildirnes, and thei goynge thre dayes thurȝ theOm. BDFH. deseert of Ethan, setten tentis in Maara. And thei goon forth fro Maara, camen into Helym, where weren twelue wellis of water, and seuenti palmes; and there thei settidensette C. tentis. But and thennes thei goon out, piȝten tentes vpon the Reed See. And thei goon forth fro the Reed See, set|tiden sette C. tentis in the deseert of Synay, fro whens thei goon out, camen into Del|pheca. And they goon forth fro Del|pheca, settidensette C. tentis in Halijs. And thei goon fro Halijs, piȝten tentes in Ra|phidyn, where to the peple water faylide to drynke. And thei goon forth fro Ra|phidyn, settidensette C. settin D. tentes in deseert of Sy|nay. But and fro the wildirnes of Synay goon out, thei camen to the Sepulcres of Lust. And thei goon forth fro the Se|pulcris of Lust, settidensette C. tentes in As|seroth. And fro Asseroth thei camen into Rethma. And thei goon forth fro Rethma, settidensette C. tentes in Remmon Phares; fro whens thei goon out, camen into Lemphna. And fro Lemphna theiOm. E. settidensette C. tentis in Ressa. Goon out fro Ressa camen in Celatha; fro whens goon forth, settidensette C. tentis in the hil of Se|pher. Goon out fro the hil of Sepher, camen into Arada; thens goynge forth, settidensette C. tentes in Maceloth. And goon forth fro Maceloth, camen into Thaat. AndOm. E. fro Thaat thei settidensette C passim. tentis in Thare; fro whennus gon out, thei fitch|iden tentis in Methcha. And fro Methcha thei settidensette C passim. tentis in Esmona. And gon forth fro Esmona, thei camen `into Moserothseroth A., and fro Moseroth thei settiden tentis in Benelachan. And goon forth fro Benelachan, camen into the hil of Galgad; fro whens goon forth, thei set|tidensette C passim. tentes in Jethebacha. And fro Jethebaca thei camen into Ebrona. And goon out fro Ebrona, settidensette C passim. tentis in Asion Gaber; andOm. BDEFH. thens goon forth, camen into the deseert of Syn; this is Cades. And goon out of Cades, settidensette C passim. tentes in the hil of Hor, in the vtter|moostvtmoost C. otemost E. of the loond of Edom. And Aaron, the preest, steyede vp in to the hil of Hor, comaundynge the Lord, and there died, the fourtithe ȝeer of the go|ynge out of the sones of Yrael fro Egipte, the fifthe moneth, the fyrst day of the moneth; whanne he was of ȝeres an hun|drid and thre and twenti. And Chanane, the kyng Arad, that dwelt at the south, in the loond of Chanaan, herde that the sones of Yrael weren comen. And goon forth fro the hil of Hor, settiden tentis in Salmana; fro thens goon out, camen into Phynon. And goon forth fro Phy|non, thei settiden tentes in Oboth. And fro Oboth camen into Jeabarym, that is in the coostis of Moabitis. And goon forth fro Jeabarym, thei piȝten tentis in Dibongad; fro whens goon out, thei set|tiden tentis in Helmon Deblathaym. And goon out of Helmon Deblathaym, camen into the hillis of Nabarym, aȝens Nabo. And goon fro the hillis of Abarym, wenten tointo A. the wijld feeldis of Moab, vp Jordan, aȝens Jericho. And there thei settiden tentis, fro Bethsymon vnto Bel|sathym, in the more pleyn places of Moabites, where the Lord spak to Moy|sen, Comaund to the sones of Yrael, and sey to hem, Whanne ȝe passen Jordan, goynge into the loond of Chanaan, scater ȝe alle the dwellers of that region; breeke ȝe the calues, and the ymagis destrye ȝe, and alle the hyȝe thingis waste ȝe, clens|ynge the loond, and alle the dwellers in it. Y forsothe haue ȝeue to ȝou it into possessioun, the which ȝeOm. ABFH. shal dyuyde to ȝou bi lot; to the mo ȝe shulen ȝyue the bradder, and to the fewer the narwer; to ech as the lot fallith, so shal be ȝeue the herytage; bi lynagis and meynees the possessioun shal be dyuydid. For|sothe if ȝe wolen not sle the dwellers of the loond, that abiden, thei shulen be to ȝow as nayles in eyen, and speris in sidis; and thei shulen contrarye ȝou in the loond of ȝoure dwellinge; and what euer thing I thowȝt to do to hem, I shal doo to ȝow.

 CAP. XXXIV.

The Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge, Co|maunde to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, Whanne ȝe goon into the loond of Chanaan, and into posses|sioun to ȝow felle bi lot, with thes eendis it shal be endid. The south part shal bigyn fro the wildirnes of Syn, that is biside Edom, and it shal haue termes aȝens the eest, and moost salt see, the which shal enuyroun the south coost bi the stiyng up of scorpioun, so that thei passen into Sennam, and camen tointo A. the south, vnto Cades Barne; fro whens shu|lenshalen A. goo outevnto AH., the nyȝ coostis, to a toun, Abder bi name, and thei shulen strecche vnto Assemonam; and the coost shal goo bi enuyroun fro Assemona vnto the ren|nynge water of Egipte, and it shal be endid in the brenk of the greet see. The west plage forsothe shal begynne fro the greet see, and with that his eend shal be closid. Forsothe to the north plage, fro the greet see teermes shulen begynne, ful comynge vnto the moost hiȝe hil, fro the which thei shulen come into Emath, vnto the eendis of Sedeba; and the nyȝ coostis shulen go vnto Effrona, and the town of Enan. Thes shulen be the teermes in the part of the north. Thens shulen be sett the eendis aȝens the eest plage, fro the toun of Henam vnto SephamaSepham A.; and fro Sephama the termes shulen descende vnto Reblath, aȝens the welle of Daphym; thens thei shulen come aȝens the eest to the see of Cenereth; and thei shulen stretche vnto Jordan, and at the last thei shulen be closid with the moost salt see. This loond ȝe shulen haue bi ȝoure coostis in enuyroun. And Moyses comaundide to the sones of Yrael, seiynge, This shal be the loond that ȝe shulen welde bi lot, and that the Lord comaundide to be ȝeuen to nyne lynagis, and to the half lynage; forsothe the lynage of the sones of Ruben bi her meynees, andOm. CE. bi the lynage of the sones of Gad, aftir the kynrede and noumbre, and the half lyn|age of Manasse, that is, two lynagis and an half, token her parte beȝonde Jordan, aȝens Jericho, at the eest plage. And the Lord seith to Moyses, Thes ben the names of the men that shulen dyuyde the loond to ȝow, Eleazar, the preest, and Josue, the sone of Nun, and alle the prynces of alle lynagis; of whom the names ben thes, of the lynage of Juda, Caleph, the sone of Jephone; of the lynage of Symeon, Samuel, the sone of Amyud; of the lynage of Beniamyn, Elyad, the sone of Casselon; of the lynage of the sones of Dan, Bochri, the sone of Jogli; of the sones of Joseph and the lynage of Manasse, Hamyel, the sone ofOm. E. Ephoth; of the lynage of Effraym, Camuel, the sone of Septhan; of the lynage of Zabulon, Elizaphan, the sone of Pharnath; of the lynage of Ysachar, duke Phaltiel, the sone of Ozan; of the lynage of Aser, Abyud, the sone of Sa|lomy; of the lynage of Neptalym, Feda|hel, the sone of Amyud. Thes ben, to whom the Lord comaundide, that thei shulden dyuyde to the sones of Yrael the loond of Chanaan.

 CAP. XXXV.

These thingis forsothe spak the Lord to Moyses, in the wijlde feeldis of Moab, vpon Jordan, aȝens Jerycho, Comaunde to the sones of Irael, that thei ȝyuen to the Leuytis, of her possessiouns, citees to dwellen yn, and the suburbs of hem bi enuyroun, that thei dwellen in wallid towns, and the suburbis ben to feelde beestis, and housbeestis; the whiche fro the wallis of the citees with outen forth bi enuyroun ben stretchid, bi space of a thowsand paase; aȝens the eest, two thowsand shulen be the cubitis, and aȝens the south, also two thowsand; forsothe at the see that biholdith to the west, the same mesure shal be, and the north plage bi euen teerme shal be eendid. And ci|tees shulen be in the myddil, and sub|urbis withoute. Forsothe of thilk wallid townes also to the Leuytes ȝe shulen ȝyue, six shal be seuerd into the helpes of fu|gityues, that he that shedith blood, fleeȝ to hem; and out taken hem, othir two and fourti wallid townes, that ben to gidre eiȝt and fourti, with her suburbis. And thilkthoo C. citees that shulen be ȝeuen, of the possessiouns of the sones of Yrael, of hem that more han, mo shulen be take awey, and that lasse, fewer; eche aftir the mesure of herthi B. herytage, shulen ȝyue wallid townes to the Leuytes. The Lord seith to Moyses, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and thow shalt seye to hem, Whanne ȝe goon ouer Jordan, into the loond of Chanaan, biholdith what citees owen to be into the helpis of fugityues, that not wilnyngwilnnede C. willynge D. sheedenshedeth C. blood. In the whiche whanne the forth fleer fleeȝ|ith, the cosyn of the slayn man shal not mowe slee hym, to the tyme that he stoond in the siȝt of the multitude, and the cause of hym be demed. Of thilkthoo C. forsothe citees that ben seuerd to the helpis of the fugityues, thre shulen be beȝonde Jordan, and three in the loond of Chanaan; as wel to the sones of Yrael as to comlyngis and pilgrimes; that he fleeȝ to hem, `the whichthe whichith A. that C. not wilnyngewillende C. willynge D. shedith blood. If eny man smytith a man with yren, and were deed, he that is smytersmetun E. shal be gilti of mannus slauȝ|ter, and he shal dye. If a stoon he throwe, and with the cast sleeth, lijk maner he shal be punishid. If with a tree smyten he dyeOm. CE., in blood of the smyter he shal be vengid. The nyȝ kynne of the slayn the man sleer shal slee; anoon as he catchith hym, he shal slee. If bi haat eny man a man aȝen put|tith, other throwith eny thing into hym bi aspies, otheror C. whanne he were enemye with hoond smytith, and he were deed, the smyter shal be gilti of manslauȝter. Anoon the cosyn of the slayn, whanne he fyndith hym, shal kyt his throot. And if bi hap, and with outen haat and enemytees, eny thing of these doth; and that herynge the puple were pryuyd, and bitwixbetwe C. bytwene EFH. the smyter and the nyȝ of the blood the questyoun were meuyd, the in|nocent shal be delyuerd fro the hoond of the vengesour, and he shal be brouȝt aȝen bi sentence into the cytee, to the which he fleeȝ, and he shal dwelle there, to the tyme that the greet preest that with hooli oyle is anoynt, dye. If the sleer out of the coostis of the cytees that to outlawis ben ordeynd, were foundun, and smytun of hym that is vengesour of the blood, withouten gilt shal he be that slewe hym; the forth fleer forsothe shulde vnto the deeth of the bisshop in this citee dwelle stil; aftirward forsothe that he dye, the mansleer shal turne aȝen ininto CE. his loond. Thes thingis euerlastynge shulen be, and lawful in alle ȝoure dwellyngis. A mansleer vndur witnessewitnessis CE., shal be pu|nishid; at the witnessynge of oon no man shal be condempnyd. Ȝe shulen not take prijs of hym that is gilti of bloodthe blood F pr. m., anoon and he shal dye. Outlawis, and ferre fleeȝers, before the deeth of the bisshop no wise into her citees mowen turne aȝen, lest ȝe poluten the loond of ȝoure dwellynge, the which is defoulid bi the blood of the innocentis, ne other wayeswei C. may be purgyd, but bi his blood, that thatthe C. others blood shedde. And so shal be clensid ȝoure possessioun, me dwellynge with ȝou; forsothe Y am the Lord, that dwelle among the sones of Israel.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Camen nyȝ forsothe and the prynces of the meynees of Galaad, theOm. C. sone of Machir, theOm. BCDE sec. m. FH. sone of Manasse, of the lynage of the sones of Joseph, and speken to Moyses before the princes of Yrael, and seyden, To theeOm. H. oure lord comaund|ide the Lord, that the loond bi lot thow shuldist dyuyde to the sones of Yrael, and that to the douȝtresdouȝtren BDEFH. of Salphaad, oure brother, thow shuldest ȝyue posses|sioun duwe to the fader. The whiche if men of another lynage taken to wyues, shulen folwe her possessioun, and trans|latid to another lynage, of oure herytage shal be lassid; and so shal be doo, that whanne the iubyle, that is the fiftithe ȝeer of remyssioun, come, be confoundid the delynge of lottis, and other mennus possessioun passe to othir. And Moyses answerde to the sones of Yrael, and, the Lord comaundynge, seith, Ryȝt the lynage of the sones of Joseph hath spoken, and this lawe vpon the douȝtrendoȝtris C. of Salphaad of the Lord is opynly shewid; wedden thei to whom thei wolen, oonly to the men of her lynage; lest the possessyounspossessioun CE. of the sones of Yrael be mengid fro lyn|age into lynage. Forsothe alle men shu|len take wyues of her lynage, and of her kynrede, and alle wymmen housboondes of the same lynage take thei, that the herytage dwelle in the meynees, ne to hemsilf be mengid the lynagis, but so dwelle thei, as of the Lord thei ben se|uerd. And the douȝters of Salphaad diden, as to hem was comaundid. And Maala, and Thersa, and Egla, and Mel|cha, and Noha, weren weddid to the sones of the brother of her fader, of the meynee of Manasse, that was the sone of Joseph. And theto the ABCDFH. possessioun that was to hem delyuerd, abood in the lynage and the meynee of the fader of hem. Thes ben the maundementiscomaundementis A. and domes, that the Lord comaundide bi the hoond of Moyses, to the sones of Yrael, in the wijlde feeldis of Moab, vpon Jordan, aȝens Jericho.

 Here endith the book of Numeri and nowe bygynneth the book of DeutronomyHere endith N. and here bigynneth Deutronomy D. Here endith N. and biginneth Deutronomy E. Here eendith the bok of N. F.. DEUTERONOMY. Here [begynneth] the bok of Deutro|nomieFrom F. Deutronomii B. No initial rubric in ACDEH but only running title..CAP. I.

THES ben the wordis that Moises spak to al Yrael, biȝonde Jordan, in the wijld feeldi wildernes, aȝens the reed see, by|twixbytwene BDEFH. betwe C. Pharan and Tophel and Laban and Asseroth, where is mych thing of gold, bi enleuen days fro Oreb bi the wey of the hil of Seyr, vnto Cades Barne. The fourteenthe ȝeer, the enleuenthenleueth A. moneth, the first day of the moneth, Moyses spak to the sones of Yrael alle thingis that the Lord hadde comaundid to hym that he shulde seye to hem, after that he smoot Seon, the kyng of Amor|reis, that dwelliddwllid A. in Esebon, and Og, the kyng of Basan, that dwellid in Asseroth and in Edray, biȝonde Jordan, in the loond of Moab. And Moyses biganne to opne the lawe, and seie, The Lord oure God hath spoke to vs in Oreb, seiynge, It suffisith to ȝow that in this hil ȝe han dwelt; turneth aȝen, and cometh to the hil of Amorreis, and to other that there ben next, feeldi, and hilli, and the more lower places aȝens the south; and to the loond biside the brenk of the see of Cha|nanees, and of Libany, vnto the greet flood of Eufraten. Loo! he seith, I haue take it to ȝow; goo ȝe yn, and weelde ȝe it, vpon the which the Lord hath sworn to ȝoure fadres Abraham, Ysaac, and Ja|cob, that he ȝyue it to hem, and to the seed of hem after hem. And I haue seid to ȝow in that tyme, I may not aloone susteyne ȝow, for the Lord ȝoure God hath multiplied ȝow, and ȝe ben many as the sterres of heuene; the Lord God of oureȝour C. fadris adde to this noumbre many thowsandis, and blesse to ȝow, as he hath spokun. Y may not alone ȝoure nedis susteyn, and birthensbirthen BCDEFH., and stryues; ȝyue ȝe of ȝow wyse men, and herti, andOm. BCDE. whos conuersacioun be preued in ȝoure lynagis, that I putte hem to ȝow princes. Than ȝe answerden to me, A good thing it is that thou wolt doon. And I took of ȝoure lynagis wise men, and noble; and I haue ordeynd hem princes, and tri|bunes, and centuriouns, and quynquage|naryes, and denes, that techen ȝow alle thingis. And I haue comaundide to hem, seiynge, Here ȝe hem, and that is riȝt|wiȝe demeth, whether he be cyteseyn, or pilgrime. Noon shal be distaunce of per|sones; so the litil ȝe shulen here as the more, ne ȝe shulen accept eny mannus persone, for the dome of God it is. And if eny thing hard to ȝow were seen, tellith to me, and I shal here. And I comaundide alle thingis that ȝe shulden doo. And goon forth fro Oreb, we pass|iden bi feerful deseert and moost wilder|nes, that ȝe han seen, bi the weye of the hil of Amorrei, as the Lord ȝoure God hath comaundide to ȝow. And whanne ȝe weren comen into Cades Barne, Y seide to ȝow, Ȝe ben comen to the hil of Amorrei, that the Lord oure God is to ȝyuyngeȝiue C. to vs; looke the loond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee; and sty vp, and weelde it, as the Lord oure God hath spoken to thi fadris; nyl thow drede, ne eny thing be agast. And ȝe comen to me alle, and seiden, Sende we men, that biholden the loond, and tellen to vs bi what weie we shulden stye vp, and to what cytees goon. And whanne to me the word pleside, Y sente of ȝow twelue men, eche byof BCDEFH. her lynagis. The whiche whanne thei weren goon, and hadden stied vp into the hillis, thei camen into the valeye of Clustre; and the loond biholdidbehelden B., takynge of the fruytis of it, that thei myȝten shewe the plenteuouste, thei brouȝten to vs, and seiden, Good is the loond that the Lord oure God is to ȝyuyngeȝiue C. to vs. And ȝe wolden not stye vp, but mysbileuynge to the word of the Lord oure God, ȝe grutchiden in ȝoure tabernaclis, and seiden, The Lord hatith vs, and therfore he hath ladde vs out of the loond of Egipte, that he take vs in the hoond of Amorrei, and doo awey. Whether shulen we stie vp? the messan|geris han feerde oure hertisherte CE., seiynge, The moost multitude is, andOm. A. in stature more shapplych than we; greet citees, and in to heuene wallid; the sones of Enachym we han seen there. And I seide to ȝow, Wole ȝe not be feryde, ne drede ȝe; the Lord God, that is oure ledere, for vs he shal fiȝte, as he hath doo in Egipte, alle men seynge. And in wildernes, ȝe han seen, the Lord thi God hath born thee, as a man is wonyd to bere a litil child, his sone, in alle weie bi the which ȝe han goo, to the tyme that ȝe comen to this place. And ȝit not thus forsothe ȝe leeueden to the Lord ȝoure God, that wente before ȝou in the weie, and hath set the place in theOm. C. whiche ȝe shulden picche tentis, the nyȝt shewynge the weie to ȝow bi fier, and the dai bi pilerthe piler CE. of a clowde. And whanne the Lord hadde herde the voyce of ȝoure wordis, wrooth he swore, and seith, There shal not se eny man of the men of this worst generacioun the good loond, that vndur ooth Y haue bihoot to ȝoure fadris, saue Caleph, the sone of Jephone; he forsothe shal se it, and to hym I shal ȝyue the loond that he hath troden, and to his sones, for he hath folwid the Lord. Ne the indignacioun aȝen the puple is to be meruelid, sith to me forsothe the Lord wrooth for ȝow, seide, Ne thow shalt go in thidir, but Josue, the sone of Nun, thi seruaunt, he shal goo ynyn thidir A. for thee; this enfourme thow, and strengthe, that he the loond bi lot dyuyde to Yrael. Ȝoure litil children, of theOm. C. whiche ȝe han seid, thatOm. A. cheytif thei shulen be lad, and the sones that to day of good and yuel vn|known the distaunce, thei shulen goon yn; and to hem Y shal ȝyue the loond, and thei shulen weeld it. Ȝe forsothe turneth aȝen, and goth thens into wilder|nes, bi the weie of the Reed See. And ȝe answerden to me, We han synned to the Lord; we shulen stie vp, and fiȝten, as the Lord oure God hath comaundid. And whanne ȝe, tauȝt in armes, wolden goo into the hil, the Lord seith to me, Sey thou to hem, Wole ȝe not stie vp, ne fiȝte; forsothe Y am not with ȝow, lest ȝe fallen before ȝoure enemyes. I spak, and ȝe herden not, but contrariynge to the heest of the Lord, and bolnynge bi pride, ȝe stieden vp into the hil. And so Amorre gon out, that dwelt in the hillis, and aȝen comynge pursuede vs, as been benbeth E. wont to be pursued, and slewen doun fro Seyr vnto Horma. And whanne turned aȝen ȝe wepten before the Lord, he herde ȝow not, ne to ȝour voys wolde assent; ȝe seeten therfor in Cades Barne myche tyme.

 CAP. II.

And goon forth thens, we comen into wildernes that ledith to the Reed See, as the Lord seide to me; and we enuy|rounden the hil of Seyr long tyme. And the Lord seide to me, Suffice it to ȝow to goon about this hil; goo ȝe aȝens the north. And to the puple comaund, sei|ynge, Ȝe shulen passe bi the coostis of ȝoure britheren, the sones of Esau, that dwellen in Seyr, and thei shulen drede ȝow. Se ȝe therfor bisilych, that ȝe ben not meued aȝens hem; ne forsothe I shal ȝeue to ȝow of the loond of hem as myche as the stap of a foot may treede, for into the possessioun of Esau Y haue ȝyue the hil of Seyr. Meetis ȝe shulen biggebie C. of hem for money, and eten; wa|ter bouȝt ȝe shulen drawe, and drynke. The Lord thi God hath blessid to thee in al the werk of thin hoondes; he hath knowun thi weie, what maner wise thow hast passid this greet wildernes, bi fourti ȝeer, the Lord thi God dwellynge with thee, and no thing failed to thee. And whanne we hadden passid bi oure bri|theren, the sones of Esau, that dwelliden in Seyr, bi the feeldi weie fro Elath, and fro Asiongaber, we camen to the weie that ledith into deseert of Moab. And the Lord seide to me, Fiȝt thow not aȝens Moabites, ne go thou in aȝens hem to bateyl; forsothe I shal not ȝyue to thee eny thing of the loond of hem, for to the sones of Loth Y haue take Ar into pos|sessioun. Emyn weren the first dwellers of it, a greet puple, and a stroong, and so hiȝe, that of Enachym lynage as geauntis thei ben trowed, and weren lijk of the sones of Enachym; therfor Moab|ites clepen hem Emyn. In Seyr forsothe rather dwelten Horrey, the whiche put out and doon awei, the sones of Esau dwelliden, as Yrael dide in the loond of his possessioun, that the Lord ȝaf to hym. Thanne arysynge, that we myȝten passe the streem of Zareth, we camen to it. Forsothe the tyme, in the which we wenten fro Cades Barne vnto the pass|ynge of the streem of Zareth, was of eiȝt and thretti ȝeer, to the tyme that al the congregacioun of men of bateyl weren wastid fro the tentis, as the Lord swore; whos hoond was aȝens hem, that thei dien fro the myddil of the tentis. For|sothe aftir that alle theOm. A. fiȝters fellen, the Lord spak to me, seiynge, Thou shalt passe to day the coostis of Moab, the citee, Ar bi name; and comynge nyȝ into the side coostis of the sones of Amon, be war lest thow fiȝte aȝens hem, ne be thou meued to batayl; forsothe Y shal not ȝeue to thee of the loond of the sones of Amon, for to the sones of Loth I haueha C. ȝeue it into possessioun. The loond of geauntis it is holdun, and in it sum tyme dwelten geauntis, whom the Ammonytes clepen Zoumym; myche puple, and greet, and of feyre lengthe, as Enachym, whom the Lord dide awey fro the face of hem, and made hem to dwelle for hem, as he dide to the sones of Esau, that dwellendwelten C. in Seyr, doynge awey Horreis, and the loond of hem to hem takynge, the which thei weelden vnto the tyme that is nowe. Forsothe Eueos, that dwellen in Asserym vnto Gazam, men of Capadoce putten out; the whiche goon out fro Capadoce, diden hem awey, and dwelliden for hem. Ryse ȝe, and passith the streem of Ar|non; loo! Y haue takun in thin hoond Seon, the kyng of Esebon, andOm. E. Amor|reisof Amorreis CE.; and the loond of it bigynne to take possessioun, and doo aȝens hym batayle. To day Y shal bigynne to sende drede and thi feerde into puplis that dwellen vndur al heuen, that thi name herd, thei dreden, and bi maner of wymmen berynge child thei bigynnen to tremble, and with sorwe biholden. Y sentesende E. therfore mes|sangeris fro the wildernes of Cademoch to Seon, the kyng of Esebon, bi pesible wordis, seiynge, We shulen passe bi thi loond, the comoun weye we shulen goo; we shulen not goo aside, ne to the ryȝt ne to the left. Lyuelodis bi prijs sel to vs, that we eeten; water for money ȝif, and so we shulen drynke. Oonlich is, that thow graunte to vs passyng forth, as the sones of Esau diden, that dwellen in Seyr, and Moabitis, that dwellen in Ar, to the tyme that we comen to Jor|dan, and passe to the loond that the Lord oure God is to ȝyuyngeȝiue C. to vs. And Seon, the kyng of Esebon, wolde not ȝyue to vs passynge; for the Lord, thi God, inwardly hardide the spirite of hym, and aȝen festnede the herte of hym, that so he were take into thin hoondis, as now thow seest. And the Lord seide to me, Loo! Y haue begunne to take to thee Seon, and the loond of hym; bigynne to weelde it. And Seon goon out to mete with vs, with al his puple, to the batayle in Jasa. And the Lord oure God took hym to vs, and we han smyten hym, with his sones, and al his puple. And alle the cytees in that tyme we token, sleyn the dwellers of hem, `men, andOm. A. wymmen, and children; we laften not in hem eny thing, out take beestys that camen into the part of the praye takers, and spoylis of the citees whiche we token. Fro Aroer, that is vpon the brenke of the streem of Arnon, fro the wallid town that in the valeye is set, vnto Galaad, was no street or cytee, that oure hoondis askapide. Alle the Lord oure God took to vs; with oute the loond of the sones of Amon, to theOm. C. which we comen not nyȝ, and alle that liggenlin C. to the streem of Jeboch, and the mounteyn citees, and alle the places fro theOm. C. whiche the Lord oure God hath de|fendiddefenden D. vs.

 CAP. III.

And so turned we stiedensteyn D. vp bi the weye of Basan; and Og, the kyng of Basan, wente out into aȝencomynge to vs with his puple, to fiȝte in Edray. And the Lord seide to me, Ne drede thow hym, for in thin hoond he is taak, with al the puple, and his loond; and thow shalt doo to hym as thow didist to Seon, the kyng of Amorreis, that dwellid in Esebon. The Lord oure God took also thanne in oure hoondis Og, the kyng of Basan, and al the puple of hym; and we han smytun hym vnto the deeth, wast|ynge alle the cytees of hym o tyme; there was no wallid town that vs myȝte askape; sexti citees, al the regioun of Argob, of the kyngdom of Og in Basan. Alle the cytees weren strengthid with moost hiȝe wallis, ȝatis, and barris; with outen townes vnnoumbrable, that hadden no wallis. And we diden hem awey, as we diden to Seon, the kyng of Esebon, destruyinge al citee, and men, and wym|men, and litil children; beestis forsothe and spuyles of the cytees we han fro|drawenfordrawen A.. And we han take that tyme the loond fro the hoond of two kyngis of Amorreis, that weren biȝonde Jordan, fro the streem of Arnon vnto the hil of Her|mon, that Sydonys Saryon clepen, and Amoreis Sanyr; alle the cytees that ben set in pleyn, and al the loond of Galaad, and Basan, vnto Sewa and Edrai, the citees of the kyngdom of Og, in Basan. Oonli forsothe Og, the kyng of Basan, left of the stok of geauntis; and the bedde of hym is shewid yren, that is in Rabath, of the sones of Amon, ten cu|bites hauynge of lengthe, and foure of brede, at the mesure of the cubite of mannus hoond. And the loond we weeld|iden in that tyme, fro Aroer, that is vpon the brenk of the streem of Arnon, vnto the myddil part of the hil of Ga|laad; and the cytees of it Y haue ȝeuen to Ruben and Gad. Forsothe thatthe C. other part of Galaad, and al Basan, of the kyngdom of Og, Y haue take to the half lynage of Manasse, al the regioun of Argob. Al Basan was clepid the loond of geauntis. Jayr, the sone of Manasse, weeldide al the regioun of Argob, vnto the teermes of Gessuri, and Machati; and he cleepclepede CDH. Basan bi his name, Anothiayr, that is, the towns of Jayr, vnto the day that is nowe. Forsothe to Machir Y haue ȝeue Galaad; and to the lynagelynagis BCDEH. of Ru|ben and Gad Y haue ȝeue the loond of Galaad, vnto the streem of Arnon, half of the streem, and the nyȝ coostiscooste BCDEH. vnto the streem of Jeboch, that is the teerme of the sones of Amon; and the pleyn of wildirnes, and Jordan, and teermesthe teermes CE. of Cenereth vnto the see of deseert, that is moost salt, to the rotis of the hil of Phasga, aȝens the eest. And Y haue co|maundid to ȝow in that tyme, seyynge, The Lord oure God ȝyueth to ȝow this loond into herytage; fulspeed goo ȝe be|fore ȝoure britheren, the sones of Yrael, alle the stronge men, with outen wyues and litil children and beestis. I haue knowun forsothe that ȝe han manye beestis, and in thes citees shulen abide, `the whiche Y ȝafthe which I ȝaue B pr. m. the whiche I haue take B sec. m. E. that I haue take C. to ȝow, to thethat C. tyme that the Lord ȝyue rest to ȝoure bri|theren, as he hath ȝyue to ȝow; and also that thei weelden the loond that he is to ȝyuyngeȝeuyn BCDFH. to hem, biȝonde Jordan; thanne shal turne aȝen echoneche C. into his posses|sioun, that Y haue ȝeue to ȝow. To Josue forsothe in that tyme I haue co|maundid, seiynge, Thin eyen han seen that the Lord oure God dide to thes two kyngis; so he shal do to al the rewmes, to the whiche thow art to passyngepasse C.; ne drede thow hem; the Lord oure God shal fiȝt for us. And I preyede the Lord in that time, seiynge, Lord God, thow hasthath AD pr. m. bigunne to shewe to thi seruaunt thi mochilnes, and moost strong hoond, ne forsothe there is another God or in heuene orne or C. in erthe, that may doo thi werkis, and be comparysound to thi strengthe. I shal passe therfor, and se this best loond biȝonde Jordan, and this noble hil and Liban. And the Lord was wrooth to me for ȝow, ne herde me, but seide to me, It sufficith to thee; na|more spek thow of this thing to me. Sty vp toOm. E. the cop of Phasge, and thin eyen turn aboutthou about C. to the west, andOm. D. north, south, and eest, and bihold; ne forsothe thow shalt passe this Jordan. Comaund to Josue, and strengthe hym, and com|fort; for he shal goo before this puple, and dyuyde to hem the loond that thou art to seynge. And we dwelliden in the valeye, aȝens the `mawmet templephane E pr. m. of Phegor.

 CAP. IV.

And nowe, Irael, here the heestis and domys, that Y teche thee; that doynge them thow lyue, and goynge yn thow weelde the loond that the Lord God of ȝoure fadres is to ȝeue to ȝow. Ȝe shulen not adde to the word that Y speke to ȝow, ne take awey from it; kepe ȝe the heestis of the Lord ȝoure God, the whiche Y comaunde to ȝow. Ȝoure eyen han seen alle thingis that the Lord dide aȝens Belphegor; what maner wise he hath brusid down al the heriers of it, fro the myddil of ȝou. Forsothe ȝe that cleuen to the Lord ȝoure God, lyuen alle, tovnto CE. the day that is nowe. Ȝe witen that I tauȝt ȝow heestis, and riȝtwisnessesriȝwisnesse B., as hath comaundid to me the Lord my God; so ȝe shulen doo hem in the loond that ȝe ben to weeldyngewelden C., and kepe and ful|fille in dede. Forsothe this is ȝoure wis|dam, and vndirstondynge before the pu|plys, that thei alle, herynge thes heestis, seyn, Loo! a wise puple and an vndir|stondynge! a greet folk of kynde! Ne there is other nation so greet, that hath goddis neiȝynge to hem, as oure God is nyȝ to alle oure holi preiers. What is forsothe other folk of kynde so noble, that hath ceremoyns, and ryȝtwis domys, and al the lawe, that I purpose to day before ȝoure eyen? Keep therfor thi silf, and thi soule bisilich; ne forȝeet thow the wordis that thin eyen han seen, and ne falle thei out of thin herte, alle the dayes of thi lijf. Thow shalt teche hem thi sones, and thi sonesonus CE. sones; the day `the whichthat C. thow stodiststode C. before the Lord thi God in Oreb, whanne to me spak the Lord, seiynge, Gedre to me the puple, that he here my wordis, and lerne to drede me al tyme that he lyueth in erthe, and teche he his sones. And ȝe neiȝeden to the root of the hyl, that brent vnto heuene; and there weren in it derk|nessis, and clowde, and mystynesdasewynge E pr. m.. And the Lord spak to ȝow fro the myddil of the fier; the voycenoyce AH. of the wordis of hym ȝe herden, and the forme out ryȝt sawȝ ȝe not. And he shewide to ȝow his co|uenaunt, that he comaundide that ȝe shulden doo, and the ten wordis, that he wroot in the two stonen tablis. And to me he comaundide in that tyme, that I shulde teche ȝow cerymoyns, and domes, that ȝe owen to doo in the loond that ȝe ben to weelden. Kepe ȝe therfor bisiliche ȝoure soulis; ȝe han notOm. ABFH. seen enyno B sec. m. licke|nes, in the day that the Lord spak to ȝou in Oreb, fro the myddil of fier; lest perauenture disseyued ȝe maken to ȝow a grauedgrauen C. liknes, otheror C. ymage of maal, or ofOm. C. femaal; liknes of alle beestis that ben vpon erthe, or of briddis vndur he|uene fleynge, andother E pr. m. of crepynge beestis that meuen in the erthe, other of fisshis that vndir the erthe dwellen in watrys; lest perauenture the eyen reryd to he|uene, thou se the sunne, and the mone, and alle the sterris of heuene, and by errour disseyued thow honoure hem, and herye, the whiche of nouȝt maad the Lord thi God, into seruyce to al folk of kynde, that ben vndur heuene. Forsothe the Lord took ȝow, and ladde ȝow outeOm. A. fro the yren forneys of Egipte, that he haue a puple bi herytage, as it is in the day that is nowe. And the Lord was wrooth aȝens me, for ȝoure wordis, and swore that I shulde not passe Jordan, ne goo into the best loond, that he is to ȝyuyngeȝiue C. to ȝow. Loo! I dye in this erthe; I shal not passe Jordan; ȝe shu|len passe, and weelde the noble loond. Be war, lest eny tyme thow forȝeete the couenaunt of the Lord thi God, that I made couenaunt with thee, and make to thee aOm. H. grauedgrauen C. liknes of hem that the Lord defendide to make. For the Lord thi God fier wastynge is; a God gelows. If ȝe geten sones, and sones sones, and dwelliden in the loond, and desseyued make to ȝow eny liknes, doynge yuel be|fore the Lord ȝoure God, that ȝethei D. terrentarre BDEFH. hym to wraththe, witnesses Y inwardly clepe to day heuene and erthe, that soone ȝe ben to perishenperischynge E pr. m. fro the loond, that, Jordan ouerpassid, ȝe ben to weeldenweeldynge E pr. m.; ȝe shulen not dwelle in it long tyme, but the Lord ȝou shal doo awey, and scater into alle folkis of kynde, and ȝe shu|len dwelle fewe in theOm. C. naciouns, to whiche the Lord is to ledeledynge E pr. m. ȝou. And there ȝe shulen serue to goddis, the whiche bi hoond of men ben forgidenforgid C. ofto BCDEFH. tree, and stoon, that seen not, ne heren, ne eten, ne smellen. And whanne thou sechist there the Lord thi God, thow shalt fynde hym; so neuerthelaternerthe|later E. that with al thin herte thow seche, and with al the tribulacioun of thi soule. Af|ter that thee han foundun alle thingis that ben before seid, forsothe the last tyme thow shalt turne aȝen to the Lord thi God, and thow shalt here the voyce of hym. For a mercyable God the Lord thi God is; he shal not leeue thee, ne vtterlich doo awey, ne he shal forȝete the couenaunt in the which he swore to thi fadris. Ask thow of the oold dayes that weren before thee, fro the daye that the Lord thi God fourmedefourmede thee A. man vpon erthe, fro the hiȝest of heuene vnto the hiȝest of it, if there is doon eny tyme siche a maner thing, or euer is knowun, that the puple herde the voyce of the GodLord A. spek|ynge fro the myddil of fier, as thow herdist, andad A. sawȝ; if God dide, that he ȝede in, and took to hym a folk of kynde fro the myddil of naciouns, bi tempta|ciouns, signes, and wondres, bi fiȝt, and strong hoond, and streiȝt out the arme, and orrible siȝtes, after alle thingis that dide for ȝow the Lord ȝoure God, in E|gipte, seynge thin eyen; that thow knewe for the Lord he a God, and there is noon other but oon. Fro heuene he made thee to here his voyce, that he teche thee; and in the loond he hath shewid to thee his moost fier, and thow hast herde the wordis of hym fro the myddil of fier; for he hath loued thi fadres, and chosun the seed of hem after hem. And he ladde out thee, goynge before in his greet ver|tue, fro Egipte, that he doo awey moost naciouns, and the strengerestrengthe A pr. m., in thin en|tree, and in lede thee, and ȝeue to thee the loond of hem into possessioun, as thow biholdist in the day that is now. Know thow therfor to day, and thenk in thin herte, that the Lord he is a God in heuene aboue, and in erthe benethe, and there is noon other. Kepe thow the heestis of hym, and maundements, that I comaunde to thee, that wel it be to thee, and thito thi CE. sones after thee, and dwelledwel A. thow myche tyme vpon the erthe, that the Lord thi God is to ȝyueȝeuynge E pr. m. to thee. Thanne Moyses seuerde thre citees, bi|ȝonde Jordan, at the est plage, that to hem fleeȝ the which sleeth a neiȝbour, not wilnynge, ne were enemy before oon and other day, and to oon of these citees myȝte ascape; Bosor, in wildernesse, that is set in the wijlde feeldi loond, of the lynage of Ruben; and Ramoth, in Ga|laad, that is in the lynage of Gad; and Golan, in Basan, that is in the lynage of Manasse. This is the lawe that Moyses purposide before the sones of Yrael, and these the witnessyngis, and cerymoyns, that he spak to the sones of Yrael, whanne thei wenten out of Egipte, ouer Jordan, in the valey aȝens the `mawmet templephane E pr. m. of Phegor, in the loond of Seon, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. of Amorrei, that dwellid in Ese|bon, whom smoot Moyses. Forsothe the sones of Irael goon out of Egipte, weeldiden the loond of hym, and the loond of Og, kyng of Basan, of the two kyngis of Amorreis, that weren biȝonde Jordan, at the rysynge of the sunne; fro Aroer, that is set vpon the brenk of the streme of Arnon, vnto the hil of Seon, that is in Hermon; al the pleyn biȝonde theOm. E. Jordan, to the eest plage, vnto the see of widernes, and into the rotis of the hil of Phasga.

 CAP. V.

And Moyses clepideclepe EFH. al Yrael, and seide to hym, Here, Yrael, cerymoyns, and domys, that I speke in ȝoure eris to day; lerne ȝe hem, and fulfillith in dede. The Lord oure God hathhaue A. couenauntid with vs a boond of pees in Oreb; not with oure fadres he made couenaunt, but with vs, that nowe ben, and lyuen. Face to face he hath spoke to vs in the hil, fro the myddil of fier. I felawe and meene was bitwixbytwene BDEFH. betwe C. God and ȝow in that tyme, that I tolde to ȝow the wordis of hym; forsothe ȝe dreden the fier, and ȝe stieden not into the hil. And he seith, I the Lord thi God, that haue ladde thee out of the loond of Egipte, fro the hows of seruage. Thow shalt not haue alyen goddis in my siȝt. Thow shalt not make to thee grauen thing, ne liknes of alle thingis that in heuen ben aboue, and that in erthe bynethe, and that dwellen in watres vndur erthe; thow shalt not ho|noure hem, ne herye; forsothe I am the Lord thi God, a ielouse God, ȝeeldynge wickidneswickedenesses C. of fadres into sones, into the thridde and theOm. E. ferthe generacioun to hem that hatiden me, and doynge mercy into many thowsandes to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestes. Thow shalt not mystaak the name of the Lord thi God idillich, for he shal not be vnpu|nyshid, that vpon veyn thing the name of hym takith. Kepith the day of the saboth, that thow halwe it, as the Lord thi God hath comaundid to thee. Six dayes thow shalt worche, and doo alle thi werkis; the seuenthe day is of the saboth, that is the rest of the Lord thi God. Thow shalt not doo in it eny thing of werke, thow, and thi sone, and dowȝ|ter, seruaunt, and handmayden, and oxe, and asse, and al thi beest, and pilgryme that is with ynne thi ȝatis; that thi ser|uaunt and handmaydehondmaide E. resten, and as thow. Haue mynde, that and thi self seruedeseruedest C. in Egipte, and the Lord thi God ladde thee out thens in a stronge hoond, and in an arme streiȝt out; therfore he hath comaundid to thee, that thow kepe wel the day of the saboth. Honour thi fader and thi moder, as the Lord thi God hath comaundid to thee, that longe tyme thow lyue, and wel be to thee in the loond that the Lord thi God is to ȝyuyngeȝeuyn BDE sec. m. FH. ȝiue C. to thee. Thow shalt not slee. And thow shalt do nonot C. leccherye. And thow shalt doo nonot C. theft. Thou shalt not speke aȝens thi neiȝbore fals witnes. Thow shalt not coueyte the wijf of thi neiȝbour, ne hows, ne feelde, ne seruaunt, ne handmayde, ne oxe, ne asse, and alle thingisthinge BFH. that of hymhem A. ben. Thes wordes the Lord spak to al oure multitude, in the hil, offro BCDFH. the myddel of fier and clowde and derknesse, with a greet voyce, no thinge addinge more ouer; and he wroot hem in two stonen tablis, that he took to me. Ȝe forsothe, after that ȝe herden a voice fro the myddel of derk|nessis, and that ȝe seen the hil to brenne, ȝe comen to me alle theOm. A. princes of the lynages, and the more thurȝ birthe, and seiden, Loo! the Lord oure God hath shewid to vs maiestethe majeste CE., and his mychyl|nesse; the voyce of hym we han herd fro the myddil of theOm. BCDEFH. fier, and we han preued to day that thurȝ God spekynge with man a man lyueth. Whi thanne shulen we die, and shal deuowre vs this moost fier? Forsothe if we heren more the voice of the Lord oure God, we shulen die. What is al flesh, that he here the voice of God lyuynge, that fro the myd|dil of fier spekith, as we han herd, and myȝten lyue? Thow more goo niȝ, and here alle thingis that the Lord oure God shal seye to thee; and thow shalt speke to vs, and we herynge shal doon hem. The which thing whanne the Lord hadde herd, seith to me, I haue herd the voys of the wordes of this puple, that thei han spokun to thee; wel alle thingis thei han spokun. Who ȝyueth hem siche thouȝt to haue, that thei dreden me, and kepen alle my maundementis in al tyme, that wel it be to hem, and to the sones of hem, into with outen ende? Go, and sey to hem, Turneth aȝen into ȝoure tentis. Forsothe thow stoond here with me, and I shal speke to thee al the maun|dementis, and ceremoyns, and domes, that thow shalt teche hem, that thei doon hem in the loond that Y shal ȝeue to hem into possessioun. Kepe ȝe therfore, and doth hem, `the whichethat C. the Lord God hath comaundid to ȝow; ȝe shulen not bowe aside, ne to the ryȝt, ne to the left, but bi the weie that the Lord ȝoure God hath comaundid, ȝe shulen goo, that ȝe lyuen, and wel be to ȝow, and ȝoure daies ben drawun along in the loond of ȝoure pos|sessyoun.

 CAP. VI.

These ben the heestis, and cerymoyns, and domes, that the Lord oure God co|maundide that Y shuldeOm. BCDEFH. teche ȝow, and ȝe doon hem in the loond to the which to be weeldid ȝe passen forthe; that thow drede the Lord thi God, and kepe alle the maundementis, and heestis of hym, that I comaunde to thee, and to thiOm. BCDEFH. sones, and to thiOm. E. sones sones, alle the dais of thi lijf, that thi days ben drawen along. Here, Yrael, and keep wel, that thow doo that the Lord hath comaundid to thee, and wel be to thee, and thow be multiplied forthermore, as the Lord God of thi fadres hath behoot, to ȝyue to thee the loond flowynge mylk and hony. Here, Yrael, the Lord thi God o God is. Thow shalt loue the Lord thi God of al thin herte, and of al thi soule, and of alle thi strengthisstreyngthe BCEFH.. And thes wordis that I co|maunde to thee to day, shulen be in thin herte; and thow shalt telle hem to thi sones, and deuowtly thenk, syttinge in thin howse, and goynge in the weie, and slepynge, and arysynge. And thow shalt bynd hem as a tokne in thin hoond; and thei shulen be before thin eyen, and not be meued; and thow shalt write hem in theOm. BCDEFH. thresfoldthreshold C. thressholdes D. and dores of thin hows. And whanne the Lord thi God hath lad thee into the loond, for theOm. C. which he swore to thi fadrys Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, and ȝeueth to thee greet and best citees, that thow hast not bilde, howses ful of alle ritchesses, that thow hast not made out, and cysterns, that thow hast not doluen, vyyn places, and olyue places, that thow hast not plantid, and eetist, and were fulfillidfyllyd BCEFH., be war bisily that thow forȝete not the Lord, that hath lad thee out of the loond of Egipte, fro the hows of seruage. The Lord thi God thow shalt drede, and to hym oonli thou shalt serue, and bi the name of hym thow shalt swere. Ȝe shulen not go aftir alyen goddis, of alle gentilis that about ȝow ben; for a gelouse God the Lord thi God, in the myddil of thee, lest eny tyme the woodnes of the Lord thi God wraththe aȝens thee, and doo thee awey fro the vttermoostvtmost C. otemost E. of the erthe. Thow shalt not tempte the Lord thi God, as thow hast temptid in the place of temptyngethe temptynge A pr. m.. Keep the heestis of the Lord thi God, and wit|nessyngis, and cerymoyns, that he co|maundidhath comaundid BCDEFH. to thee; and do that is ple|saunt and good in the siȝt of the Lord, that it wel be to thee, and thow goon yn weelde the best loond, of theOm. C. which the Lord hath swore to thi fadres, that he shal do awey alle thin enemyes bifore thee, as he hath spokun. And whanne thi sone askith thee to morwe, seiynge, What to hem self wolen thes witness|yngis, and cerymoyns, and domes, that the Lord oure God hath comaundid to vs? thow shalt seie to hymhem ABCDE pr. m. FH., Thrallis of Pharao we weren in Egipte, and the Lord ladde vs out of Egipte, in a strong hoond; and hath doo signes, and greet wondris, and moost yuel in Egipte, aȝens Pharao, and alle the seruauntis of hym, in ȝoure siȝt. And he ladde ȝow out thens, that vs lad ynne, he ȝyue the loond, vp the which he hath swore to oure fa|dres. And the Lord hath comaundid to vs, that we doon alle thes lawful thinges, and drede the Lord oure God, that it wel be to vs alle the dayes of oure lijf, as it is to day. And he shal be merciable of vs, if we doon and kepen alle the heestes of hym, bifore the Lord oure God, as he hath comaundyd to vs.

 CAP. VII.

Whanne the Lord thi God hath lad thee into the loond, the which to weeldeweeld|ynge E pr. m. thow shalt goo yn, and doth awey many gentilis before thee, Ethee, and Gergese, and Amorre, Chananee, Phereseand Pherese BEFH., Euee, and Gebuse; seuen folkis, of myche more noumbre than thow art, and stronger `than thowOm. E pr. m.; and the Lord God take hem to thee, and thow shalt smyte hem vnto the deth, thow shalt not maak with hem couenaunt of pees, ne haue mercy of hem, ne felawship with hem mariagis; thi douȝter thow shalt not ȝeue to his sone, ne his douȝter thow shaltshalt not C. take to thi sone; for she shal lede aside thi sone, that he folwe not me, and that more he serue to alyen goddis; and the woodenes of the Lord shal wraththe, and soone do thee awey. But rather thes thingis `ȝe shulenthou shalt pr. m. ȝe shole correxit ead. m. doo to hem; the auters of hem vndurturneth, and brekith togidres the ymagis, and the `mawmet wodistemplys E pr. m. mawmet templys ead. m. mawmet wodis sec. m. hewith down, and the grauen thingis brenneth. For an holy puple thou art to the Lord thi God; the Lord thi God hath chosen thee, that thow be to hym a special pu|ple, fro al the puples that ben vpon erthe. Not for al theOm. B. gentilis in noumbre ȝe vencusiden, the Lord is ioyned to ȝow, and hath chosun ȝow, whanne ȝe ben fewer than alle the puples; but for the Lord hath loued ȝow, and hath kept the testament that he hath sworn to ȝour fa|dres; and he hath lad ȝow out in a strong hoond, and hath raunsomyd fro the hows of seruage, and fro the hows of Pharao, the kyng of Egipte. And thow shalt wyte, forthat E pr. m. in for sec. m. the Lord thi God he is a strong God, and a feithful, kepynge couenaunt and mercy to thilkthoo C. that louen hym, and to hem that kepen his heestis, into thow|sande generaciouns; and ȝeeldynge anoon to hem that haten hym, so that he scater hem, and ferther differre not; anoon ȝeld|ynge to hem that thei deseruen. Kepe therfore the heestis, and cerymoyns, and domes, that I comaunde to thee to day, that thow doo. If after that thow herist thes domes, kepist hem, and doostdeest BDEF. deest hem H., the Lord thi God shal kepe couenauntcomenaunt D passim. to thee, and mercy, that he swore to thi fa|dres. And heOm. CE pr. m. shal loue thee, and mul|tiplie, and he shal blesse to the fruyt of thi wombe, and to the fruyt of thi loond, and to thi whete, and to thiOm. C. thi E sed expunct. ab eadem m. vyndage, oyle, and droues, flockis of thi sheep, vpon the loond for the which he hath swore to thi fadris, that he ȝeue it to thee. Blissid thow shalt be among alle puples; there shal not be anentis thee bareyn of either kynde, as wel in men, as in thi flockis. The Lord shall doo awey fro thee al sorwe; and the worst infirmytees of Egipte, that thow hast knowun, he shal not put in to thee, but to al thin enemyes. And thow shalt de|uowr alle theOm. BCDEFH. puples, `the whichethat C. the Lord thi God is to ȝyue to thee; thin eye shal not spare to hem, ne serue to the goddis of hem, lest thei ben into dounfallynge of thee. If thow seist in thin herte, Mo ben thes folk than Y, what maner wise shal I mowe doo awey hem? wol thow not drede, but recorde that the Lord thi God hath doo to Pha|rao, and to alle the Egipciens, moost veniaunces, that thin eyen han seen, and toknes, and wondres, and a strong hoond, and a strauȝt out arme, that the Lord thi God out lede thee; so thow shalt doo to alle puples `the whichthat C. thow dredist. Forthermore and horsefleȝis the Lord thi God shal sendesende in BCDFH. to hem, to the tyme that he doo awey alle, and scater, that fleen thee, and ben `hid mowen thei not. Thou shalt not drede hem, for the Lord thi God is in the myddil of thee, the greet God, and feerful. He shal waste thes naciouns `in thi siȝtOm. A., litilmelebi litil mele A pr. m. litil melum C. and bi partees; thow shalt not mowe doo hem awey togidre, lest perauenture be multi|plied aȝens thee the beestys of the erthe; and the Lord thi God shal ȝeue hem in thi siȝt, and sle hem, to the tyme that fulli thei ben doon aweie. And he shal take the kyngis of hem into thin hoondes, and thow shalt scater the names of hem vndur heuene; no man shal mowe with|stoonde to thee, to the tyme that thow al to-trede hem. The grauen thingis of hem with fier thow shalt brenne; thow shalt not coueyt siluer and gold, of the whiche thei ben maad, ne thow shalt take of hem to thee eny thing, ne offend thow for hem, for abhomynacioun it is of the Lord thi God. Ne brynge thow yn eny thing of the mawmet into thin hows, lest thow be maad accursid, as and it is; as stynk thow shalt looth, and as fil|thhed and horthehoruthe C. horuths E. horrede D. of abbomynacioun thow shalt haue, for cursid it is.

 CAP. VIII.

Al maundement that I comaunde to thee to day be war bisili that thow doo, that ȝe mowenmay BDFH. lyue, and that ȝe ben multiplied, and goon yn, ȝe weelden the loond, for theOm. C. which the Lord hath sworn to ȝoure fadres. And thow shalt recorde of al the weie, bi the which the Lord thi God hath lad thee fourti win|tir, bi deseert, that he traueyle thee, and tempte; and weren knowun that in thin inwitte weren styryd, whether thow woldist kepe the heestis of hym, or noonai C. noon D.. He trauelde thee with scarsenes, and ȝaf to thee meet manna, the which vnknewe thow, and thi fadres, that he shewe to thee, that not in oonly breed lyueth man, but in eche word of God, that goth out of the mouth of the Lord. Thi cloth|inge, with the which thow were couerd, for eelde faylide not, and thi foot was not vndur bryssed, loo! the fourtith ȝeer is; that thow aȝen thenke in thin herte, for as a man techith his sone, so the Lord thi God tauȝte thee, that thow kepe the heestis of the Lord thi God, and goo in the weies of hym, and drede hym. Forsothe the Lord thi God shal lede thee into a good lond, the lond of ryuers, and of watrys, and of welles, in whos feeldis and hillis breken out ge|drynges of flodes; the loond of whete, and of barlybarlych D., and of vynes, in theOm. C. which figis, and poomgernettis, and olyues growen; the loond of oyle and of hony; where with out eny scarsenes thow shalt eete thi breed, and thow shal ful vse the plente of alle thinges; whos stones ben yren, and of the hillis of it ben doluen metallys of brasse; that whanne thow eetist, and were fulfillidfillyd BDEFH., thow blesse to the Lord thi God for the best loond that he hath ȝeue to thee. Kepe wel, and bewarre, lest eny tyme thow forȝete the Lord thi God, and mys|leue the heestis of hym, and domes, and cerymoyns, that Y comaunde to thee to day; lest after that thow etist, and were fillid, feyr howses bildist, and dwellidist in hem, and hast droues of oxen, and flockis of sheep, and plente of siluer, and of gold, and of alle thinges, thin herte be reryd, and haue no mynde of the Lord thi God, that hath lad thee out of the loond of Egipte, and of the hows of ser|uage, and thi leder was in greet wilder|nes, and feerfulferdful E., in the which was ser|pentspent A. thurȝ blast brennynge, and scor|pioun, and `dipsas, that is, anOm. E pr. m. eddre that whom he bitith, he maketh thurȝ threste dieto die C., and noon algatis watris; the which ladde out ryueres of the moost hard stoon, and fedde thee with manna in wildernes, the which knewen not thi fadres. And after that he trauelde thee, and strengthide, at the eende he hadde mercy of thee, lest thow seidist in thin herte, My strengthe, and myȝt of myn hoond alle thes thingis to me han ȝeuen. But record thow of the Lord thi God, that he strengthes hath ȝeue to thee, that he fulfille his couenaunt, `vp thevpon C. which he hath sworne to thi fadris, as the pre|sent day shewith. If forsothe forȝeten of the Lord thi God, folwedist alien goddis, and herye hem, and honourehonoure hem A pr. m., loo! now Y before seye to thee, that vtterly thow shalt perishe; as the gentilis, that the Lord dyde awey in thin entre, so and ȝe shulen perishe, if inobeishaunt ȝe `shulen beweren E pr. m. to the voys of the Lord ȝoure God.

 CAP. IX.

Here, Yrael; thow shalt to day gon ouer Jordan, that thow weelde moost naciouns, and strenger than thow; greet cytees, and into heuene wallid; a greet puple, and an hieȝe; the sones of Ena|chym, `the whichethat C. thi self hast seen, and herd, to the whiche no man may aȝen withstoond. Thanne to day thow shalt wite, that the Lord thi God he shal go before thee; fier deuowrynge and wast|ynge, the which brissebruse E. hem down, and doo awey, and scatreshatere E. before thi face swiftly, as he hath spokun to thee. Ne sey thow in thin herte, whanne the Lord thi God hath doo hem awey in thi siȝt, For my riȝtwisnes the Lord hath lad me in, that this loond I weelde; sith for her wickidnesseswickidness D. thes naciouns ben doon a|wey. Forsothe ne for thi riȝtwisnesses, and euennesse of thin herte thow shalt goon yn, that thow weelde the loondes of hem; but for thei diden vnpitowneswikkydleche E pr. m., the comynge yn, ben doon awey, and that the Lord fulfille his word that vn|der ooth he hath bihoot to thi fadres Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob. Wite thow then, that not for thi riȝtwisnesseriȝtwisnesses BCDEFH. the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee this best loond into possessioun, sith thow art a puple of moost hard nolle. Haue mynde, and forȝete thow not what maner wise to wraththe thow terredist the Lord thi God in wildernes; fro that day that thow wentist out of Egipte vnto this place, euere more aȝens the Lord thou striued|iststriue C.. For and in Oreb thow terredist hym, and wrooth he wolde doo thee a|wey, whanne I stiede into the hil, that I took two stonen tablis, tablis of coue|naunt, thethat the CDE. Lord couenauntide with ȝou, and I abood in the hil fourti days and nyȝt, breed not etynge, and water not drynkynge. And the Lord ȝaf to me two stonen tablis, either wrytun with the fyngre of God, and conteynynge alle the wordis that to ȝow he spak in the hil, fro the myddil of fier, whanne al the companye of the puple was gedrid. And whanne fourti days weren passed, and so feele nyȝt, the Lord ȝaf to me two stonen tablis, tablis of boond of pees; and he seide to me, Ryse, and go hens anoon, for thi puple, that thow hast lad out of Egipte, han forsake swiftli the weie that thou hast shewid to hem, and han maad to hem self a ȝoten calf. And eftoft F. the Lord seideseith BCDEFH. to me, I biholde, that this puple is of hard nolle; suffre me, that I trede hym doun, and doo awey the name of hym vndur heuene; and Y shal set thee vpon folk that is more and strengersteuere E pr. m. than this. And whanne I shulde de|schalt scende fro the hil brennynge, and two tablis of the boond of pees I heelde with either hoond, and sawȝ ȝow to haue syn|ned to the Lord ȝoure God, and haue maad to ȝow a ȝoten calf, and han for|sake swiftly the wey of hym, that he shewide to ȝow, I threwe afer the tablis fro myn hoondis, and breek hem in ȝoure siȝt. And I felle down before the Lord as before, fourti days and fourti nyȝt, breed not etynge, and water not drynk|ynge, for alle ȝoure synnes that ȝe diden aȝens the Lord, and hym to wraththe han terred; forsothe I dredde the indig|nacioun and the wraththe of hym, `in whichthat E pr. m. aȝens ȝow styryd, wold doo ȝow a wey. And the Lord herde me also this while. Forsothe aȝens Aaron hugeli wrooth, he wolde hym trede, and for hym lijk maner Y preiede. Forsothe ȝoure synne that ȝe diden, that is, the calf, takynge Y brent with fier, and in gobetis brekynge, and vtterly into pow|dre doynge, Y threwe ferre into the streem that descendide fro the hil. In the brennynge forsothe, and in the tempt|ynge, and in the Sepulcres of Lust, ȝe terreden the Lord; and whanne Y sente ȝow fro Cades Barne, seiynge, Stye ȝe vp, and weelde ȝe the loond that I haue ȝeue to ȝow, and ȝe han dispisid the maundement of the Lord ȝoure God, and han not leued to hym, ne his voyce heren ȝe wolden; but euer more ȝe weren rebel, fro the day that I biganne to knowe ȝow. And Y leye before the Lord fourti days and fourti nyȝtisnyȝt BCEFH., in the whiche hym mekely Y preyede, that he ne shulde do ȝou awey, as he thratte. And preiynge I seide, Lord God, ne scater thow thi pu|ple, and thin herytage, that thow hast bouȝt in thi mychilnes, the which thow hast lad out of Egipte in a strong hoond. Record of thi seruauntis, Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob; ne bihold thow the hardnes of this puple, and vnpitowsneswikkednes E pr. m., and synne, lest perauenture the dwellers of the loond, of theOm. C. which thow hast lad vs out, seyn, The Lord myȝte not lede hem into the loond that he bihiȝte hem, and hatide hem; therfor he hath lad out, that he sle hem in wildernes, that ben thi puple, and thin herytage, `the whichthat C. thow hast lad out in thi greet strengthe, and in thi streiȝt out arme.

 CAP. X.

In that tyme the Lord seide to me, Plaan to thee two stonen tables, as the rather weren; and sty vp to me into the hil. And thow shalt make a treen ark, and I shal write in the tablis wordes that weren in hem `the whichethat C. before thou breeke; and thow shalt putt hem into the ark. I made therfor the ark of trees of Sechym; and whanne I hadde planed two stonen tablis, at the lyknes of the rather, I stide vp into the hil, hauynge hem in hoondes. And he wroot in the tables, after that that he hadde wryten before ten wordes, that the Lord spak to vs in the hil, fro the myddil of fier, whanne the puple wasis E pr. m. gedryd, and hath ȝeue hem to me. And turned aȝen fro the hil, Y dessendid, and putte the ta|bles into the ark that I made, the whiche ȝit hidir to there ben, as the Lord hath comaundid to me. Forsothe the sones of Yrael meeueden tentis fro Be|roth, of the sones of Jachan, in Mosera, where Aaron is deed, and biryed, for whom his sone Eleazar bere the office of preest. Thens thei camen in Galaad; fro the which place goon forth, thei set|tidensette C. tentis in Gethabatha, in the loond of watris and of stremes. That tyme Ihe B. seuerde the lynage of Leuy, that he bere the ark of the boond of pees of the Lord, and stoond before hym in seruyce, and blesse in the name of hym, into the pre|sent day. Wherfor Leuy hadde no part ne possessioun with his britheren, for he the Lord is the possessioun of hym, as the Lord thi God hath bihoot to hym. I forsothe stood in the hil, as bifore, fourti dais and fourti nyȝt, and the Lord herde me in this while, and wold not lese thee. And he seide to me, Go, and weend before the puple, that he goo yn, and weelde the loond that I haue sworn to the fadres of hem, that I shulde take to hem. And nowe, Yrael, what thing the Lord thi God askith of thee, but that thow drede the Lord thi God, and goo in the weies of hym, and loue hym, and serue to the Lord thi God in al thin herte, and in al thi soule; and kepe the heestis of the Lord thi God, and the cerymouns of hym, that I to day co|maunde to thee, that wel it be to thee. Loo! of the Lord thi God is heuene, and heuene of heuene, erthe, and alle thingis that in it ben; and neuerthelaternerthelater E. to thi faders ioyned is the Lord, and heOm. CE pr. m. louede hem, and hath chosen the seed of hem, after hem, that is, ȝow, fro alle gentils, as to day is preued. Kutte ȝe about ther|fore the vttermore part of ȝoure herte, and ȝoure nolle forthermore harde ȝe not. For the Lord oure God he is God of goddis, and Lord of lordyngis; a greet God, and myȝti, and dreedfulferdeful BCDEFH., that persoone taketh not, ne ȝiftis. He doth doom to the faderles child, and toto the C. wi|dewe, and loueth the pilgrime, and ȝyueth to hym lyuelod, and clothinge. And ȝe therfore loueth pilgrimys, for and ȝe ȝoure self weren pilgrimyscomlynges BCDE. in the loond of E|gipt. The Lord thi God thow shalt drede, and to hymhym oonly E pr. m. thow shalt serue, and to hym thow shalt drawe to, and swere in the name of hym. He is thi preysynge, and thi God, that hath domade E pr. m. to thee thes greet thingis, and feerful, that thin eyen han seen. In seuenti soules thi fadres des|sendeden into Egipte, and loo! now the Lord thi God hath multiplied thee as sterres of heuene.

 CAP. XI.

Loue also the Lord thi God, and kepe wel the heestis of hym, and cerymoyns, domes, and maundementis, al tyme. Knowe ȝe to day that ȝoure sones vnknowen, that han not seen the disciplyne of the Lord ȝoure God, the greet thingis of hym, and strong hoond, and strauȝt arme, toknes and werkis, that he dide in the myddil of Egipte to Pharao the kynge, and to al his loond, and to al theOm. B. oost of Egip|ciens, andOm. A. to hors and charys; what maner wise couerden hem watris of the reed see, whanne thei pursueden ȝow, and the Lord dide hem awey vnto the day that is now; and to ȝow what thingis he hath doo in wildernes, to the tyme that ȝe camen to this place; and to Dathan and Abyron, the sones of Eliab, that was the sone of Ruben, whom the erthe, his mouth opned, sowpide awey, with howses and tabernaclis, and al the substaunce of hem that thei hadden, in the myddil of Yrael. Ȝoure eyen sawȝen alle the greet werkis of the Lord, `the whichethat C. he dide, that ȝe kepen alle the maundementis of hym, the whiche I to day comaunde to ȝow, and mowen goo yn, and weelde the loond, to the which ȝe shulen goon yn, and myche tyme lyue in it, that vndur ooth the Lord hath bi|hoot to ȝoure fadres, and to the seed of hem, mylk and hony flowynge. Forsothe the loond, to the which to be weeldid thow shalt goon yn, is not as the loond of Egipte, of theOm. C. which thow wentist out, where the seed throwun in maner of gardyns moystynge watrys ben lad; but it is hilli, and feeldi, abidynge fro heuene reynes, that the Lord thi God euermore visitith, and the eyen of hym in it ben, fro the bigynnynge of the ȝeer vnto the eend of it. If thanne ȝe obeshen to myn heestis that I to day comaunde to ȝou, that ȝe louen the Lord ȝoure God, and serue to hym in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure soule; he shal ȝyue to ȝoure loond reyn tymeli and laate, that ȝe gederen to gider whete, and wyn, and oyle, haye of the feeldes to beestis to ben fed, andOm. A. that ȝe eten and ben fulfillidfillyd BCEFH.. Be ȝe war, lest perauenture ȝoure herte be dis|seyued, and ȝe goon a wey fro the Lord, and seruen to alyen goddes, and honoure hem; and the Lord wrooth cloose he|uenesheuene BCDEFH., and reynes comen not down, ne the erthe ȝyue his buriownyngeboriounyngis BD., and ȝe perishen swiftli fro the best loond that the Lord is to ȝeuyngeȝeuyn BCDE sec. m. FH. to ȝow. Putte ȝe thes my wordis in the hertis, and in ȝoure inwittis, and honge ȝe hem vp for a tokne in hoondis, and among ȝoure eyen sette ȝe. Teche ȝe ȝoure sones, that hem thei deuowtli thenken, whanne thow sit|tist in thin hows, and gost in the weye, and lyist, and arysist. Thow shalt wryte hem vpon the postis and ȝatis of thin hows, that thi days and of thi sones be multiplied in the loond that the Lord swore to thi fadris, that he shulde ȝyue to hem, as long as heuene stoont a boue to erthe. Forsothe if ȝe kepen the heestis that I comaunde to ȝow, and doon hem, that ȝe louen the Lord ȝoure God, and goon in alle the weyes of hym, drawynge to hym, the Lord Almyȝti shal scater alle thes gentilis bifore ȝoure face, and ȝe shulen weelde hem that ben more and strenger than ȝe. Eche place that ȝoure foot tredith, shal be ȝour; fro deseert, and fro Libane, and the greet flood of Effrate vnto the west see, shulen ben ȝoure termes. No man shal stoond aȝens ȝow; ȝoure dreed and feerd shulen ȝyue the Lord ȝoure God vpon al the loond that ȝe ben to trede, as he hath spoke to ȝow. Loo! I purpose in ȝoure siȝt to day blessynge and cursynge; blessynge, if ȝe obeishen to the heestis of the Lord ȝour God, that to day I comaunde to ȝow; cursynge, if ȝe heren not the maunde|mentis of the Lord ȝoure God, but gon awey fro the weie that Y now shewe to ȝow, and gon after alien goddis that ȝe knowen not. Forsothe whanne the Lord thi God ledith thee into the loond, to the which to be had thow goost, thow shalt putte blessynge vpon the hil of Garisym, cursynge vpon the hilOm. F. Hebalof Hebal CE., that ben biȝonde Jordan, after the weye that turn|eth to the sunne goynge down, in the loond of ChananeyChaney A., that dwellith in the wilde feeldes aȝens Galgalam, that is bi|side the valey strecchynge and entrynge aferre. Forsothe ȝe shulen passe Jordan, that ȝee weelden the loond that the Lord ȝoure God is to ȝyue to ȝow, and ȝe han and weelde it. Se ȝe therfore that ȝe ful|fillen the cerymoyns and domes, that I to day shal putte in ȝoure siȝt.

 CAP. XII.

Thes ben the heestes and domes, that ȝe owen to doon in the loond that the Lord GodGod of thy faders E. is to ȝyue to thee, that thow weelde it, alle dayes in the whiche vpon theOm. C. erthe thow shalt goon. Turne ȝe doun alle places in theOm. C. whiche the gen|tilis that ȝe ben to weelde, heriedhan heried BCDE. her goddis, vpon hiȝe mounteyns, and hillis, and vndir al thik braunchid tree. Scatre ȝe the auters of hem, and brekith togidre the ymagis; theand A. mawmet wodestemplis E pr. m. bren|neth with fier, and the mawmettis de|struy ȝe; scatre ȝe the names of hem fro thethoo CH. places. Ȝe shulen not doo so to the Lord ȝoure God; but to the place that the Lord ȝoure God chesith of alle ȝoure lynages, that he putte his name there, and dwelle in it; ȝe shulen come, and offre in that place brent sacrificis, and ȝoure slayn offryngis, and dymes, and first fruytis of ȝoure hoondis, and auowisvowys BCDEFH. and ȝiftis, the first goten of oxen, and of sheep. And ȝe shulen eete there in the siȝt of the Lord ȝoure God; and ȝe shu|len glade in alle thingis, to which putten hoond, ȝe and ȝoure howses, in the whiche the Lord ȝoure God blesse to ȝou. Ȝe shulen not doo there that we doon here to day, eche that to hym self semeth riȝt. Forsothe ne vnto the tyme that is nowe ȝe comen to rest and to the possessioun, that the Lord God is to ȝeue to ȝow. Ȝe shulen passe Jordan, and dwelle in the loond that the Lord ȝoure God is to ȝyue to ȝow, that ȝe resten fro alle enemyes bi enuyroun, and dwellen with outen eny drede. In the place that the Lord ȝour God chesith, that his name be in it. Thidre alle thingis that Y comaunde ȝe shulen bere, brent sacrifices, and oostis, and dymes, and first fruytis of ȝoure hoondes, and what euer thing cheefe is in ȝiftis, that ȝe han vowid to the Lord. There ȝe shulen eete before the Lord ȝoure God, ȝe, and sones, and ȝoure douȝ|tres, men seruauntis, and wymmen ser|uauntis, and Leuytis, that in ȝoure cytees dwellen; forsothe ne thei han other part and possessiounpossessiouns F pr. m. among ȝow. Be war that thou offre not thi brent sacrifices in alle places that thou shalt se, but in it that the Lord shal chese in oon of thi lynagis thow shalt offre oostis, and doo alle thingis that Y comaunde to thee. Forsothe if thow wolt eete, and thee the etynge of flesh delyte, sle, and eete after the blessynge of the Lord thi God, that he hath ȝeue to thee in thyher A. cytees, otheror C. vnclene it were, that is, wemmed and feble, otheror C. cleene, that is, hool and withouten wemme, that is leueful to ben offrid, and as capret and hert thow shalt eete; with outen etynge oonli of the blood, thatand ABDFH. vpon the erthe as water thow shalt heeld out. Thow shalt notno B. mowe eete in thyher A. burghtownes dimes of whete, of wyn, and of thin oyle, the first geten ofOm. C. droues, and beestis, and alle thingis that thow auowist, and wilfulli wolt offre, and the first fruytis of thin hoondes; but bifore the Lord thi God thow shalt ete hem, in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, thow, and thi sone, and thiOm. CE. douȝter, knaue seruaunt, and meyde ser|uaunt, and the Leuyte that dwellith in thi citees; and thow shalt glade, and be fulfildfyllyd BCDEFH. before the Lord thi God, in alle thingis to theOm. C. which thou strecchist thin hoond. Be war that thow forsake not the Leuyte in al tyme, in theOm. C. which thow dwellist in erthe. Whanne the Lord thi God shal large thi termes, as he hath spoke to thee, and thow wolt ete flesh, that thi soule desireth, forsothe the place that the Lord thi God chesith, that his name be there, if it were ferre, thow shalt slee of thethi D. droues, and of thi beestis, `the whichethat C. thow hast, as he hath comaundid to thee; and thow shalt eete in thi burȝtouns, as it plesith to thee. As is etun a capret and an hert, so thow shalt eete hem; and cleene and unclene in comun shulen be ete. That oonli shun, lest thow eete blood; forsothe blood of hem is for the soule, and therfore thow shalt not eete a soule with flesh, but as water thow shalt heeld vpon erthe, that wel it be to thee, and to thi sones after thee, whanne thow dost that plesithplese CE. in the siȝt of the Lord. And that thow auowist and halowist to the Lord, thow shalt take, and come to the place that the Lord chesith, and offre thin offryngis, flesh and blood, vpon the auter of the Lord thi God; the blood of the oostis thou shalt heelde in the auter, and flesh thi silf shalt eete. Kepe wel and here alle thingis that I comaunde to thee, that it wel be to thee, and to thi sones after thee, into with outen eende, whanne thow dost that is good and plesaunt in the siȝt of the Lord thi God. Whanne the Lord thi God scaterreth before thi face the gentilis, to the whiche to be weeldidto weeldid A. thou shalt goon yn, and weelde hem, and dwelle in the loond of hem, be war that thow folwe not hem, after that the com|ynge yn thei weren vnder turned, and seche the cerymoyns of hem, seiynge, As these gentils heryden her goddis, so and Y shal hery. Thow shalt not do lijk maner to the Lord thi God; forsothe alle abhomynaciouns that the Lord contrari|eth theithat ABDFH. han doon to her goddis, of|frynge sones, and dowȝtris, and bren|nynge with the fier. What I comaunde to thee, that thow oonly do to the Lord, ne adde thow eny thing, ne lasse.

 CAP. XIII.

If there rise in the myddil of thee a prophete, othere eny man seith hym silf to haue seen a sweuen, and he seith be|fore a tokne and wondre, and comith that he spak, and seith to thee, Goo we, and folwe we alien goddis, that thow vn|knowist, and serue we to hem, thow shalt not here the wordis of this prophete and dremer; for the Lord ȝoure God temptith ȝow, that `it be maad opynopynly he knowe E pr. m. whether ȝe louen hym or notnoon DE. nai C., in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure soule. The Lord ȝoure God folowe ȝe, and hym drede ȝe; the heestis of hym kepith, and herith the voyce of hym; to hym ȝe shulen serue, and to hym ȝe shulen drawe to. Forsothe that prophete or feyner of sweuens shal be slayn; for he hath spoken that he turne ȝow awey fro the Lord ȝoure God, that hath lad ȝow out of the loond of Egipte, and hath raunsomed ȝow fro the hows of seruage, that he make thee to erre fro the weye that the Lord thi God hath co|maundid to thee; and thow shalt doo awey yuel fro the myddil of thee. If thi brother, the sone of thi moder, wol meue thee, or thi sone, or thi douȝter, otheror C. wijf that is in thi bosome, otheror CD. freende that thow louest as thi soule, pryueli sei|ynge, Goo we, andthat CE pr. m. serue we to alien goddis, `the whichethat C. vnknowist thow, and thi fadres, of alle gentilis in enuyrown, that biside or ferre ben, fro the bigyn|nynge vnto endyngethe ende C. the endynge E. of the loond, assent thou not to hym, ne hyrehir A., ne spare to hym thin eye, that thow haue mercy, and hide hym, but anoon thow shalt sle hym. Be first thin hoond vpon hym, and after thee al the puple put on hoond. He shal be clepid the throwun down with stonus; for he wold drawe thee awey fro the Lord thi God, that ladde thee out of the loond of Egipte, fro the hows of seruage, that al Irael herynge drede, and no more do eny thing lijk of this thing. If thow here in oon of thi citees, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee to dwelledwellynge E pr. m., sum men seiynge, The sones of Belial ben goon out fro the myddil of thee, and han take awey the dwellers of thi citee, and seiden, Goo we, and serue we to alyen goddis, the whiche ȝe knowen not, seche wisely and bisily, the sooth of the thing ful lokid; if thow fynde it to be certeyn that is seid, and this abomynacioun in dede fulfillid, anoon thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that citee in the mouth of theOm. C. swerd, and do it awey, and alle thingis that in it ben, vnto the beestis. And what euere thing were of purte|naunce, thow shalt gedre in the myddil of the stretis of it, and with that citee thow shalt brenne vp, so that alle thingis thow waaste to the Lord thi God, and there be an euere lastynge sepulcre; it shal be bild no more. And there shal not cleue of that cursid heed eny thing in thin hoond, that the Lord turne awey fro the wraththe of his wodenes, and haue mercy of thee, and multiplye thee, as he swore to thi faders. Whanne thow herist the voyce of the Lord thi God, thow shalt kepe alle the heestis of hym that I comaunde to thee to day, that thow doo that is plesaunt in the siȝt of the Lord thi God.

 CAP. XIV.

Sones be ȝe of the Lord ȝour God; ȝe shulen not kut, ne make ballidnes, vpon the deed, for `a puple holi thow artthe peple is holy E pr. m. to the Lord thi God, and thee hath chosun that thow be to hym into a special pu|ple, of alle gentilis that ben vpon erthe. Ne eete ȝe thingis that ben vnclene. This is the beest that ȝe owen to eete; oxe, and sheep, and she geet, hert, capret, bugle, `tragelaphum, that is, a beest in part lijk an hert, and in part lijk a gootgoot hert E pr. m. sed suppl. sec. m. in marg., phigargphigars A., origen, camelion, `that is, a beest lijk a camele in the heed, in the bodi to a paard, and in the nek to an horse, in the feet to a bugleOm. E pr. m. sed suppl. sec. m. in marg., and pardelun, `that is, a litil pardOm. E pr. m. sed suppl. sec. m. in marg.. Al beest that in two partis deuydith the clee, and chewith code, ȝe shulen eete. And of thes that chewen code, and dyuyden not clee, thes ȝe shulen not eete; chameyl, haare, yr|chun, for thei chowen code, and deuyden not the clee, thei shulen be vnclene to ȝow; a suwe forsothe, for she deuydith the clee, and chewith no code, she shal be vnclene; the flesh of hem ȝe shulen not ete, and the careyns ȝe shulen not towche. Thes thingis ȝe shulen eete, of alle thingis that dwellen in watris; tho that han fynnys and scalis eete ȝe; tho that with outen fynnys and scales ben, eete ȝe not, for thei ben vnclene. Alle clene briddis eete ȝe; vnclene eete ȝe not, that is, egle, and griffun, and a merliȝon, and yron, `that is, a whyte foul, lasse than a grijp, and of his kyndeOm. E pr. m. sed suppl. sec. m. in marg., and gryip, and kyte, aftir his kynde, and al thing of crowe kynde, and ostrichstrucion E pr. m., and nyȝt foul, and a koote, and an hawke, after his kynde, a gerfawkon, and a swan, and anOm. BCDEFH. ybynfoule that eteth froggys and eddrys E pr. m., `that is a foule of Nyle flood, that puttynge his bille into his ers, purgith hym selfOm. E pr. m. suppl. sec. m. in marg., and a dyuedap, a pellican, and a nyȝt crowe, a cormeraunt, and a jay, eche in his kynde, and a lap|wynk, and a reremos. And al that crep|ith, andan A. hath fynnes, shal be vnclene, and not ben eten. Alle that is clene, eete ȝe; al that is faln with deeth, eete ȝe not of it. To the pilgryme that is with ynne the ȝatis ȝif that he eete, or sel to hym, for thow art an hooli puple of the Lord thi God. Thow shalt not seethe the kidde in the mylk of his moder. The tenthe paart thow shalt seuer fro alle the fruytis that growen in thi lond, bi eche ȝeer; and thow shalt eete in the siȝt of the Lord thi God, in the place that he chees, that in it the name of hym be in|wardli clepid, the dyme of thi whete, of wyn, and oyle; and the first gotun of droues, and of thi sheep thow shalt offre, that thow lerne to drede the Lord thi God, in al tyme. Forsothe whanne lenger were the weye, and the place that the Lord thi God chees, and hath blessid to thee, ne thow mayst not to hym alle thes thingis brynge, thow shalt selle alle, and into priys turne, and thow shalt bere in thin hoond, and go to the place that the Lord thi God chesith; and thow shalt biggebie C. of the same money what euere thing to the plese, otheror C. of droues, orOm. C. of sheep; forsothe wyn, and sidre, and al that desyrith thi soule; andother C. thow shalt eete before the Lord thi God, and shal eete, thow, and thin hows, and the Le|uyte that is with ynne thi ȝatis; be war that thow forsake not him, for he hath noon other paart in thi possessioun. The thridde ȝeer thow shalt seuer an other dyme of alle thingis that growen to thee that tyme, and put vp with ynne the ȝatis. And the Leuyte shal come, that hath noon other paart ne possessioun with thee, and theOm. E pr. m. pilgryme, and fader|les child, and wedowe, that with ynne thi ȝatis ben; and thei shulen eete, and be fulfillid, that the Lord thi God blesse to thee, in alle the werkis of thin hoondes that thou shalt doo.

 CAP. XV.

The seuenthe ȝeer thow shalt doo re|myssyoun, that in this ordre shal be ha|lowid. To whom is owedaȝt C. eny thing, of freend, or neiȝbore, and his brother, he shal not mowe aȝen aske it, for ȝeer of remyssioun of the Lord it is. Of pil|grime and comlyng thow shalt aske; thow shalt not haue power of aȝen ask|ynge the citeseyn and nyȝthi nyȝ A sec. m. kyn; and algatis nedi and begger there shal not be among ȝow, that the Lord thi God blesse to thee, in the loond that the Lord is to take to thee in to possessioun. If neuer|thelaternerthelater E. thou here the voyce of the Lord thi God, and kepist alle thingis that he comaundith, and that I to day comaunde to thee, he shal blesse to thee, as he hath bihoot. Thow shalt leen vndur wed to many folk of kynde, and thi silf shalt borowe of no man; thow shalt haue lord|ship vpon manye naciouns, and no man shal haue lordship vponof BCDEFH. thee. If oon of thi bretheren, that dwellith with ynne the ȝatis of thi citee, in the loond that the Lord thi God is to ȝyue to thee, to pouerte come, thow shalt not aȝen hard thin herte, ne withdrawe the hoond, but opyn it to the pore, and thow shalt ȝyue loonhym the borwed thyng E pr. m. that thow seest hym to nede. Be war lest perauenture vndur crepe to thee a wickidwicke C. thouȝt, and seye in thin herte, The seuenthe ȝeer of remyssioun neiȝeth; and thow turne awey thin eyen fro thi pore brother, not wilnyngewillende C. willynge D. to leene hym, that he askith to borwe; lest he crye aȝens thee to the Lord, and it be maad to thee into synne. But thow shalt ȝyue to hym, and thow shalt not doo eny thing fellich in his nedis to be releued, that the Lord thi God blesse to thee in al tyme, and in alle thingis to whiche thow puttist hoond. There shulen not faile pore men in the loond of thi dwellynge; therfor I comaunde to thee that thow opyn the hoond toof A. thithe C. nedi brother, and pore, that in the loond dwellith with thee. Whanne to thee were sold thin Ebrewe brother, or Ebrewe womman, and sixe ȝeer serue to thee, in the seuenthe ȝeer thou shalt leeue hym free. And whom with freedam thow ȝyuest, thou shalt not suffre to goon awey voyd; but thow shalt ȝyue weyfode of the flockis, and of the flore, and ofin A. thi presse, in theOm. C. which the Lord thi God hath blessid to thee. And haue mynde that thi self seruedist in the loond of Egipte, and the Lord thi God hath delyuered thee, and therfor I now comaunde to thee. Forsothe if he seith, Y wole not goo out, for thi that he loueth thee, and thin hows, and wel felith hym silf to be anentis thee, thow shalt take `a nalan hal E., and thril his eer in the ȝate of thin hows, and serue he to thee into with outen eende; and to the thral wom|man lijk maner thou shalt doo. Thow shalt not take awey fro hem thin eyen, whanne thow leeuest hem fre, for after the mede of the hired man bi sixe ȝeer he seruede to thee; that the Lord thi God blesse to thee, in alle the werkis that thow doostdeest A pr. m.. Of thi first goten, that ben born in droues, and thi sheep, and what euere thing is of maal kynde, thow shalt halwe to the Lord thi God. Thou shalt not worche in the first goten of oxe, ne thou shalt shere the first goten of sheep. In the siȝt of the Lord thi God thow shalt eete hem bi eche ȝeer, in the place that the Lord hath chosen, thou, and thin hows. Forsothe if it haue wemme, or were crokid, or blynde, or in eny part defourme, or feble, it shalt not be offerd to the Lord thi God; but with ynne the ȝatis of thi cytee thow shalt eete it, as wel clene as vnclene, lijk maner thei shulen eete hem, as capret and hert. This onely thow shalt kepe wel, that the blood of hem thou eete not, but held thou out into the erthe as water.

 CAP. XVI.

Kepe wel the monthe of theOm. BDEFH. newe fruytis, and of the first veer tyme, that thou doo pask to the Lord thi God; for in this monthe the Lord thi God ladde thee out of Egipt bi nyȝt. And thou shalt offre paske to the Lord thi God, of sheep, orand BCDEFH. of oxen, in the place that the Lord thi God chees, that the name of hym dwelle there. Thou shalt not eete in it sowred breed; seuen days thou shalt eete with outen sourdowȝ, breed of greet tra|ueyle, for in inward drede thou wentist out of Egipt, for thou shuldist haue mynde of the day of thi goynge out of Egipt, alle the days of thi lijf. There shal not apere sowred breed seuen days in alle thi teermys, and there shal not leeue of the flesh of it that is offerd the euen, in the first day the morwen. Thou shalt not mowe offre paske in eche of thes thiOm. E pr. m. citees that the Lord thi God is to ȝyue to thee, but in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, that the name of hym dwelle there; thou shalt offre paske the euen, at the sunne goynge down, whanne thow wentist out of Egipt. Thou shalt make it ynowȝ, and eete, in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, and erly rysyng thow shalt goo into thi taber|naclis. Sexe dayes thou shalt eete theerf looues; and in the seuenthe day, for it is the quyletquyet A. gedrynge D. of the Lord thi God, thou shalt not doo werk. Seuen wekiswerkes A. thou shalt noumbre to thee, fro that day that thou puttist thi kuttynge yren into the corn; and thou shalt halwe the feest day of the seuen wekes to the Lord thi God, a wilful offrynge of thin hoond, that thow shalt offre after the blessynge of the Lord thi God. And thou shalt eete before the Lord thi God, thou, and thi sone, and thi douȝtre, and thi seruaunt, and thin hand|mayde, and Leuyte that is with ynne thi ȝatis, and comlynge, and faderles child, and wydowe, that dwellen with ȝow, in place that the Lord thi God chesith, that his name dwelle there. And thou shalt record for seruaunt thou were in Egipt, and kepen and doon that ben comaundid. And the solemptesolempnyte E. of the tabernaclis thou shalt halwe, bi seuen days, whanne thou hast gedrid of the flore, and of the presse thi fruytis; and shalt eete in thi feest day, thou, and thi sone, and thiOm. BCDEFH. douȝter, and thi seruaunt, and handmayd, Leuyte alsoforsothe E pr. m. and comlynge, and faderlesse child, and widew, that ben with ynne thi ȝatis. Seuen days to the Lord thi God feestis thou shalt halowe, in the places that the Lord chesith; and the Lord thi God shal blesse to thee, in alle thi fruytis, and inOm. E pr. m. al werk of thin hoondis, and thou shalt be in gladnes. Thre sithes inby BCDEFH. the ȝeer shal apere echeal E pr. m. thi maal child in the siȝt of the Lord thi God, in the place that he chesith, in the solempnyte `of therf looues, andin C. the solempnyteOm. E pr. m. of wekis, and in the solempnyte of tabernaclis. He shal not apere before the Lord voyd; but echoneche C. shal offre, afterOm. E pr. m. that he hath, after the blessynge of the Lord his God, that he ȝyueth to hym. Domesmen and may|stris thow shalt ordeyn in alle thi ȝatis, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, bi alle thi lynagis, that thei demen the puple bi riȝt doom, ne into another paart declinen. Thou shalt not accept persone, ne ȝiftis, for ȝiftis blynden eyen of wise men, and chaungen wordis of riȝtwis men. Riȝtwisly that is riȝt thou shalt pursue, that thou lyue, and weeld the loond, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee. Thou shalt not plauntsette E pr. m. a maw|met wodetemple E pr. m., and al tree biside the auter of the Lord thi God; ne thou shalt make to thee and ordeyn ymage; the whiche thingis hatith the Lord thi God.

 CAP. XVII.

Thow shalt not offre to the Lord thi God ox, and sheep, in whom is wemme, or eny thing of vice, for abhomynacioun it is to the Lord thi God. And whanne werenthei E pr. m. founden anentis thee, with ynne oon of thi ȝatis, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, man or womman, that dothdon CDE. yuel in siȝt of the Lord thi God, and ouerpasse the couenaunt of hym, that thei goon, and seruen to alien goddis, and honoure hem, the sunne, and the mone, and al the knyȝthod of heuen, the whiche thingis I comaundecomaundide CE. not; and this were told to thee, and herynge thou enserchist bisilich, and fyndist it to be sooth, and abhomynacioun is doon in Yrael; thou shalt lede out the man and womman, that the moost yuelhydouse yuel BCDEFH. thing hanhath C. doon, to the ȝatis of thi cytee, and with stonus thei shulen be throwen doun. In mouthe of two or three witnessis, shal perish he, that shal be slayn; no man be slayn, oon aȝens hym seiynge witnesse. The hoond of the witnessis first shal slee hym, and the hoond of thatthe C. other puple last shal be put to, that thou doo a wey yuel fro the myddil of thee. If hard and dowtous anentis thee doom to be thow biholdist, bitwixbytwene BDEFH. betwee C. blood and blood, cause and cause, lepre and not lepre, and of the domes men with ynne thi ȝatis thou seest the wordis to be varied; aryse, and sty vp to the place, that the Lord thi God hath chosun; and thow shalt come to the preestis of Leuyte kynde, and to the domysman that were that tyme; and thow shalt aske of hem, the whiche shu|len shewe to thee the trewth of theOm. D. dom. And thow shalt doo what euere thing thei seyn, that ben before to the place that the Lord hath chosun, and teche thee after the lawe of hym; thou shalt folowe the sentence of hem; thou shalt not bowe aside, to theOm. H. riȝt or to the left. Who forsothe wexith prowd, not wil|nyngewillynge D passim. to obeishe to the maundement of the preest, that that tyme serueth to the Lord thi God, and to the doom of the domysman, shal die that man; and thow shalt doo a wey yuel fro the myddil of Irael; and al the puple herynge shal drede, that no man therafter inwardli boln with prijd. And whanne thow shalt goowere E pr. m. ynto the loond, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, and weeldist it, and dwellist yn it, and seist, Y shal set `vp onup A. me a kyng, as han alle naciouns bi enuyroun; hym thow shalt set, whom the Lord thi God chesith of the noumbre of thi bretheren. Thow shalt not mowe of other folk a man kyng make, that be not thi brother. And whanne he were ordeyned, he shal not multiplye to hym horseshors C., ne lede aȝen puple into Egipt, bi noumbre of horsynge arered, namelich sith the Lord hath comaundid to ȝow, that no more bi the same weie ȝe turnen aȝen. He shal not haue many wyues, that mysdrawen the soule of hym, ne of siluer neand BCDH. of gold greet birthens. And after that he sittithsytt BCEFH. in the dygnyte of his rewme, he shal discriue to hym a declaracioun of this lawe in a volym, tak|yngeand takynge D. athe BCDEFH. saumpler of the preestis of Le|uyte lynage; and he shal haue it with hym, and he shal rede it alle the dais of his lijf, that he knowe to drede the Lord his God, and toOm. C. kepe the wordis and cerymoyns of hym, that in the lawe ben comaundid; ne be arerydrerid C. the herte of hym into prijd vpon his bretheren, ne bowe he aside in to the riȝt paart or left, that long tyme regne he, and his sones vpon Yrael.

 CAP. XVIII.

Preestis and Leuytes, and alle that ben of the same lynage, shulen not haue part and herytage with that other puple of Yrael, for the sacrifices of the Lord, and offryngis of hym thei shulen eete; and noon other thing thei shulen take of the possessioun of her bretheren; forsothe the Lord he is the herytage of hem, as he hath spoke to hem. This shal be the doom of preestis of the puple, and of hem that offren slayn offryngis; whetheror E pr. m. oxe, or sheep thei offren, thei shulen ȝyue to the preest the shuldre, and the litil woombe, the first fruytis of whete, of wyn, and of oile, and a paart of wollis of sheryngethe sherynge CE. of sheep. Forsothe hym the Lord thi God hath chosun, of alle thi lynages, that he stoonde and serue to the name of the Lord, he and his sones, into with outen ende. If a Leuyte goo out fro oon of his citees of al Yrael, in theOm. C. which he dwellith, and desyryngedesirith A. a place that the Lord chesith, `wol comewelcome A. he shal serue in the name of the Lord his God, as alle his britheren Leuytis, that shulen stoonde that tyme before the Lord. That same paart of meetis hethei E pr. m. shal take, `the whichthat C. and other; out take that, that in histher E pr. m. cytee of the fadre successyoun is owedaȝt C. to hym. Whanne thow goostgeest A pr. m. into the loond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, be war that lestOm. E pr. m. thow wolwol not E pr. m. folowe the abhomynaciouns of thilkthoo C. gen|tils; ne be foundun in thee that go aboute his sone, or his douȝter, ledynge bi the fier, otheror C. that askithbe rered by E pr. m. dyuynours, that he kepe sweuens and dyuynyngis; ne be ther cleperclepers AD. of deuels, ne enchaunterenchaunters A sec. m., ne counseilcounseil he CEFH. rerers of deed men, ne dyuyn|ours, andthat A. seche of the deed the treuth. Forsothe alle thes thingis the Lord wlat|ithshal wlate E pr. m., and for thes maner hidows synnes he shal doo hem awey in thin entre. Thow shal be parfite and with outen wemme, with the Lord thi God. Thes gentils, whos loond ȝe shulen weeld, bryddbreed A sec. m. coniurers and dyuynours heren; forsothe thow of the Lord thi God otherweys art enfourmydordeyned E pr. m.. A prophete of thi folk and of thi britheren as me, the Lord thi God shal arererere C. to thee, hym thow shalt here; as thow hast askid of the Lord thi God, in Oreb, whanne the company was ge|dryd, and thow seydest, I shal here na|more the voyce of the Lord my God, and thisthi A. moost fier Y shal se namore, lest Y dye. And the Lord seideseith CE. to me, Wel alle thingis thei han spoken. A prophet Y shal rere to hem, fro the myddil of her britheren, lijk thee; and I shal put my wordis in the mouth of hym, `and he shalthat he E pr. m. speek to hem alle thingis that Y comaundeshal comaunde E sec. m. to hym. Forsothe who the wordis of hym that spekith `in my nameOm. A., wol not here, Y veniesour shal be. For|sothe a prophete that thurȝ prijd bi shrewid, wil speke in my name thingis that Y comaundidcomaunde E pr. m. FH. not hym for to seye, otheror C. of name of alyen goddis, he shal be slayn. And if bi stille thouȝt thow answerst, What maner may I vndurstonde the word, that the Lord hath notOm. AE pr. m. spokun? this tokne thow shalt haue, Thatȝif E pr. m. in the name of the LordLord thi God B. thilkthuk E. that C. prophete seith bifore, and cometh not, that the Lord hath not spokun, but bi bolnynge of his inwit the prophet hath feyned, and ther|for thow shalt not drede hym.

 CAP. XIX.

Whanne the Lord thi God shal scatre the gentilis, whos loond he is to take to thee, and thow weeldist it, and dwellist in the citees of it, and in the howses; thre citees thow shalt seuer to thee in the myddil of the loond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee into possessioun. Thow shalt bisily make redi a weye, and dyuyde in thre partis euenlich al the prouynce of thi loond, that he that for manslauȝter is flowun, haue fro nyȝ whe|dir he may scaap. This shal be lawe of the mansleer fleynge, whos lijf is to be kept. He that smytith his neiȝbore vn|witynge, and that ȝisterday or the thridde day hens, noon aȝens hym to haue had haat is preued, but to haue goo aweye with hym symplich into the wode to trees to be kit, and in the hewynge of the trees the axe fleeth the hoond, and the yren, slipt ofOm. A. fro the haft, smytith his freend, and sleeth; this to oon of the forseid citees shal fleeȝ, and lyue; lest perauenture the `next of kynneiȝbor E pr. m. of hym, whos blood is shed, thurȝ sorwe styryd pursue, and take hym, if lenger the weie were, and smyte the soule of hym that is not gilty of deeth; for noon aȝens hym that is slayn haat to haue hadde before is shewid. Therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thre citees of euen space bitwixebitwen BCDEFH. hem self thow deuyde. Forsothe whanne the Lord thi God hath largid thi teer|mys, as he swore to thi fadres, and hath ȝyue to thee al the loond, that to hem he bihiȝt; if neuerthelaternerthelater E. thow kepistkepe BCDEFH. the heestis of hym, and dost that to day I comaunde to thee, that thow loue the Lord thi God, and goo in his weyes al tyme, thow shalt adde to thee three other citees, `and of the three cyteseOm. A. aboue seide the noumbre thow shalt dowble, that giltles blood be not shed in the myddil of the loond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee to be weldid, lest thou be of blood gilti. Forsothe if eny hauynge his neiȝbour to haat, weitid to the lijf of hym, and rysynge smyte hym, and werehe were C. deed, and fleethfleeȝe BCDEFH. schal senden BD. to oon of the aboue seid citees, the aldrenelderes C. of that citee shulen seende, and taken hym fro the place of his out fleynge; and thei shulen take into the hoond of the neiȝbour `of hymOm. E pr. m., whos blood is shed, and he shal die, ne thow shalt haue mercy of hym; and thow shalt doo awey gilti blood fro Yrael, that wel it be to thee. Thow shalt not take, and ouerbere the teermes of thi neiȝbour, `the whichethat C. han maad rather men in thi pos|sessioun, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, ininto A. the loond that thow takist to be weldid. O witnes shal not stoond aȝens eny man, what euere thing it were of synne, or of greet trespas; but in mouth of twotweyne E. or of three witnessis shal stoonde ech word. If there stoonde a witnes lyȝer aȝens man, accusynge hym of trespas, thei shulen stoond bothe, of whom is the cause, before the Lord, in the siȝt of preestis, and domysmen, that weren in thilkthoo C. days. And whanne moost bisily enseerchynge thei fynden the fals witnes to haue seide aȝens his brothir leesynge, ȝeelde thei to hym, as he thouȝte to doo to his brother; and thou shalt doo awey yuel fro the myddil of thee, that othere men herynge, han drede, and be not hardy to doo siche thingis. Thow shalt not haue mercy of hym, but lijf for lijf, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hoond for hoond, foot for foot thow shalt axe.

 CAP. XX.

If thow gost out to batail aȝens thin enemyes, and seest rydinge, and charys, and more multitude of the aduersarye oost than thow hast, thow shalt not drede hem; for the Lord thi God is with thee, that hath lad thee out of the loond of Egipt. And neyȝinge now batayl, the preest shal stoond bifore the poynt, and thus he shal spek to the puple, Here, Yrael, ȝe to day aȝens ȝoure enemyes doon fiȝt; drede not ȝoure herte, wol ȝe not be feerd; wole ȝe not ȝyue sted, ne drede ȝe hem; for the Lord ȝoure God is in the myddil of ȝow, and for ȝow aȝens the ad|uersaryes `shal fiȝthe fyȝteth E pr. m., that he delyuer ȝow fro perelperels A sec. m.. Theof F. leders forsothe bi alle companyes, herynge the oost, shal crye, Who is the man that hath bild a newe hows, and hath not parformed it? goo he, and turne he aȝen into his hows, lest perauenture he dye in theOm. C. bateyl, and another parfourme it. Who is thatthe E. man that hath plauntid a vyn, and ȝit not hath maad it comoun, and of the which it is leeueful to alle men to eete? go he, and turn he aȝen into his hows, lest perauen|ture he dye in bateil, and another man his office vse. Who is a man that hath spousid a wijf, and hath not taak hir? goo he, and turn he aȝen into his hows, lest perauenture he dye in bateilthe bateil F sec. m., and another man take hir. Thes thingis seid, theihe E pr. m. shulen adde other thinges, and spek to the puple, Who is a man dreedful, and with feerd herte? goo he, and turn aȝen into his hows, lest he make toOm. E pr. m. drede the hertis of his britheren, andOm. E pr. m. as he by dreed is gast. And whanne the duykis of the oost ben stil, and the eende of spekynge han doon, echoneche C. his companyes shal make redi to fiȝtyngefiȝte C.. If eny tyme thow comest nyȝ to a citee to be ouer|comen, first thow shalt offre to it pees. If he resseyue, and open to thee the ȝatis, al the puple that is in it shal be saued, and shal serue to thee vndur tribute. Forsothe if theihe E pr. m. wolen not make coue|naunt of pees, and bigynnen aȝens thee batayl, thow shalt fiȝt aȝens it. And whanne the Lord thi God hath take it to thee in thin hoond, thow shalt smyit al that is in it of maal kynde in mouth of theOm. C. swerd, with outen wymmen, and litil children, and beestis, and other that ben in the cytee. Al the praye thow shalt dyuyde to the oost, and thou shalt eete of the spuyles of thin enemyes, that the Lord thi God hath ȝeue to thee. Thus thow shalt doo to alle cytees, that fro thee ben ful fer, and ben not of thes cytees that thow art to take into posses|syoun. Forsothe of thes cytees that shal be ȝeue to thee, no man thow shalt suffre to lyue, but thow shalt slee in the mouth of swerd; Ethee, that is, and Amorre, and Chananee, and Phereze, Eue, and Jebusee, as the Lord thi God hath co|maundid to thee; lest perauenture thei techen ȝow to doon alle abhomynacyouns, that thei han wrouȝt to her goddis, and ȝe synnen aȝens the Lord ȝoure God. Whanne thow besegist a citee myche tyme, and with waardis enuyrounnyst that thow ouercome it, thow shalt not kyt down trees, of theOm. C. whiche may be eeten, ne bi enuyroun with axes thow shalt waast the regioun; for a tree it is and no man, ne yt may encrees the noumbre of men fiȝtynge aȝens thee. Forsothe if eny trees benbet B. beth DEFH. not berynge applis, but wijlde, and able into other vses, kit doun, and mak engynes, to the tyme that thow taak the cytee that fiȝtith aȝens thee.

 CAP. XXI.

Whanne there were founde in the loond that the Lord thi God is to ȝyue to thee, a careyn of a slayn man, and shal be vnknowun the gilti of the deth, the more thurȝ birth shulen goon out, and thi domesmen, and the spacis of alle the cytees bi enuyroun shal be meetidmeten CD. fro the place of the careyn; and which thei biholden be ner than other, the aldre men of that citee shulen taak a shee calf fro the droue, that hath not taak ȝok, ne loond hath kit with shaar; and thei shulen lede it to the rowȝ valey, and stony, that neuer was eeryd, ne seed hath resseyued; and thei shulen kit in it the scullis of the calf. And preestis, the sones of Leuy, whom the Lord thi God hath chosun, that thei seruen to hym, and blessen in his name, shulen goo to, and at the word of hem al the nede shal honge; and what euereer E. thing isbe E pr. m. clene or vnclene, be it demyd. And the more thurȝ birth of that cytee shulen come to the slayn man, and thei shulen wasshe her hoondis vpon the shee calf, that ys smyten in the valey; and thei shulen seye, Oure hondis hanhath BDFH. not shad this blood, ne eyen han seen. Lord, be merciable to thi puple Yrael, that thow hast bouȝt, and rette not the innocent blood in the myddil of thi puple Irael. And the gilt of the blood shal be taak aweye fro hem. Forsothe thow shalt be alyen fro the blood of the innocent that is shad, whanne thow dost that the Lord hath comaundid. If thow gost out to theOm. E pr. m. F pr. m. fiȝt aȝens thin enemyes, and the Lord thi God hath taken hem in thin hoond, and hast brouȝt chaytyues, and seest in the noumbre of cheytyues a feyr wom|man, and louest hir, and wolt han hir to wijf, thow shalt lede hir into thin hows; the which shal shaue the heer, and shal kyt about the naylis, and she shal do ofon of E. the clooth in the which she is taak, and sittynge in thin hows, she shal weepe fader and hir moder o month; and aftyrward thow shalt goon yn to hir, and thow shalt sleep with hir, and she shal be thi wijf. Forsothe if after|ward she sittith not in thin inwit, thow shalt leeue hir free, ne selle thow mayst bi money, ne oppresse bi power, for thow hast mekid hir. If a man haue two wyues, oon loued, and another odyows, and getith of hir free chyldrenchilder C., and the sone of the odiows were first goten, and wold the substaunce among his sones dyuyde, he shal not mowe the sone of the loued make first goten, and put be|fore the sone of the odiows, but the sone of the odyows he shal knowe first goten, and he shal ȝyue to hym of thes thingis that he hath alle thingis dowble; for|sothe this is the bigynnynge of the free childrenchilder C. of hym, and to this ben owenaȝt E. the first goten. If a man gete a rebel sone, and a fraward, that herith not the fadres and modresthe modres CDE. heest, and clepid to obeyshe, dispise, thei shulen taak hym, and lede to the aldre men of the citee of hym, and to the ȝate of doom; and thei shulen seye to hem, This oure sone is fraward, and rebel; oure heestis dispisith to here, to glotryes takith hede, and to leccherye, and to feestis. The puple of the cytee shal throw hym down with stonus, and he shal dye, that ȝe doon awei yuel fro the myddil of ȝou, and al Israel her|ing wexe afeerd. Whanne a man syn|neth that that is to punysshynge bi deth, and demed to deeth were hongid in the gebet, the careyn of hym shal not abide in the tree, but in the same day shal be biried; for cursid he is of God that hong|ith in the tree, and thow shalt not de|foule thi loond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee into possessioun.

 CAP. XXII.

Thow shalt not see the oxe of thi bro|ther, otheror C. sheep errynge, and biside passe, but thow shalt leede aȝen to thi brother. And if he is not thi niȝ brothir, ne knowist hym, thow shalt lede into thin hows, and thei shulen be anentis thee, as long as thi brothir sechith hem, and resseyue. Lijk maner thow shalt doo of asse, and of clothinge, and of al thing of thi brother, that is lost; if thow fyndefyndist E. it, ne leeue it as alyen. If thou seest the asse of thi brother, or oxe, to haue faln in the weie, thow shalt not dispise, but vndur heeue with hym. A womman shal not be clothidclad C. with man|nusa mannus CE. clothinge, ne man shal vse wom|mannus clothing; abomynable forsothe anentis God he is, that doth thes thingis. If goynge bi the weie, in tree or in erthe a nest of briddisbryd BCDEFH. thou fyndistfinde C., and the moder toof A. the bryddisgollis E pr. m. or to the eyren aboue sittynge, thow shalt not hold hyr with the sones, but thow shalt suffre hir to goo awey, holdynge the sones takyn, that wel it be to thee, and loong tyme thow lyue. Whanne thow bildist a newe hows, thow shalt mak the wal of the roof bi enuyroun, lest there be shad blood in thin hows, and thow be gilti, thatthe C. other slidynge and fallynge hedlyngeheeldende C.. Thou shalt not sowe thi vynȝeerd withof E pr. m. other seed, lest and the seed that thow hast sowun, and that growen of the vynȝeerd, `togidre ben halowed. Thow shalt not eere in oxe togidre and asse. Thow shalt not be clothidclad C. the clothing, that is weuen of wulle and of flex. Litil cordis in the hemmes thow shalt make bi foure cor|ners of thi mantil, with theOm. C. which thow shalt be couerd. If a man taak a wijf, and afterward haue hir to haat, and sech|ith occasioun bi the which he leeue hir, and castynge aȝens hyr a moost yuel name, and seye, This wijf I haue take, and goon yn to hir I foond hyr not mayde; the fadir and the moder of hir shulen taak hir, and bere with hem the toknes of hir maydynhod to the aldre men of the citee, that ben in the ȝate; and the fader shal seye, My douȝter I haue ȝyue wijf to this, whom for he hatith, he puttith to hir a moost yuel name, that he seye, I haue not founde thi dowȝter mayde; and loo! thes ben the tokens of the meydynhod of my douȝter; and thei shulen spreede out the clothing before the `aldre meneldres C. aldryn E. of the cytee. And the aldre men of the citee shulen taak the man of hir, and thei shulen beet hym, condempnynge also in an hundrid siclys of siluer, `the whichethat C. he shal ȝyue to the fader of the mayde, for he hath loosed the moost yuel name vpon a maydynmaide C. of Yrael; and he shal haue hir to wijf, and he shal not mowe leeue hir, al the tyme of his lijf. And if it is soth, that he putte aȝens hyrOm. BCEFH., and is not in the womman founden maydenhod, thei shulen throw hir out of the ȝatis of the hows of hir fader; and men of that citee shulen throw hyr down with stonus, and she shal dye, for she hath doon an vnleful thing in Yrael, that she dide lecherie in the hows of hir fader; and thow shalt doo awei yuel fro the myddil of thee. If a man sleep with the wijf of another, eyther shal die, that is, the auowtreer and the auowtresse; and thow shalt do awey yuel fro Yrael. If a wom|man maydenmaide C. a man spowse, and eny man in the cytee fynde hir, and lye with hir, thow shalt lede either to the ȝate of that cytee, and thei shulen be throwun doun with stonus; the maydynOm. A., for she cryed not, whanne she was in the cytee; the man, for he hath mekid the wijf of his neiȝbour; and thow shalt doo awey yuel fro the myddil of thee. Forsothe if in the feeld a man fynde a womman that is spowsid, and takynge liggeli C. with hir, he shal dye alone; the womman no thing shal suffre, ne is gilti of deeth; for as a theef rysith aȝens his brother, and sleeth the soule of hym, so and the womman hath suffred; aloone she was in the feeld, and criede, and no man was niȝ that myȝt delyuer hir. If a man fynde a wom|man meydynmaide C., that hath no spows, and takynge lielithe E. with hir, and the thing cometh to doom, he shal ȝyue, that hath slept with hyr, to the fader of the wom|man fifti sicles of siluer, and he shal haue hir to wijf, for he hath mekid hir; he shal not mowe leeue hyr, alle the dais of his lijf.

 CAP. XXIII.

A man shal not taak the wijf of his fader, ne shal opne the couerynge of hym. A geldynge, the ballokis brisid, or kyt of, and the ȝerde kyt awey, shal not goon into the chirche of the Lord. The born of an hore shal not goon into the chirche of the Lord, vnto the tentheten E pr. m. genera|cioun. Amonytis and Moabites also aftir the tenthe generacioun shulen not goon into the chirche of the Lord, with outen eende; for thei wolden not aȝen come to ȝow with breed and water in the weie, whenne ȝe wenten out of Egipt; and for thei hiryd aȝens thee Balaam, the sone of Beor, fro Mesopotany of Syrye, for to curse to thee; and the Lord thi God wolde not here Balaam, and turnede the cursynge of hym into thiOm. A. blessynge, for|thi that he louede thee. Thou shalt not make with hem pees, ne seche thow to hem goodis, alle the days of thi lijf vnto with outen eende. Thow shalt not wlaat Ydome, for he is thi brother, ne Egip|cian, for comlynge thow were in the loond of hem. Tho that weren born of hem, the thridde generacioun shulen go into the chirche of the Lord. Whanne thow gost out aȝens thin enemyes into fiȝt, thow shalt keep thee fro al yuel thing. If there were among ȝow a man that with nyȝt sleep is polut, he shal goo out of the tentis; and he shal not turn aȝen before that at euen he werebe CE. wasshe with watyr; and after the sunne goynge down he shal turn aȝen into the tentis. Thow shalt haue a place out of the tentis, to the which thow shalt goon out to the needful thingis of kynde, berynge a stake in a girdel; and whanne thow sittist, thow shalt delue bi enuyrown, and the defied out thou shalt couer with erthe, in the whych thow art releued. For|sothe the Lord thi God goth in the myd|dil of tentis, that he delyuer thee, and taak to thee thin enemyes, that thi tentis ben hooli, and no thing in hem apere of filthed, lest he forsake thee. Thow shalt not take a seruaunt to his lord, that to thee hath flowen; he shal dwelle with thee in the place that to hym plesith, and in oon of thi citees shal rest; and make thow not hym sory. There shal be no strumpet of the douȝtres of Yrael, ne horlyng of the sones of Yrael. Thow shalt not offre the mede of the hoorhows, ne the prijs of an hounde, in the hows of the Lord thi God, what euere thing it be that thow auowist; for abomynacioun is either anentis the Lord thi God. Thow shalt not leeneokere E pr. m. to thi brother at vsure money, ne fruytis, ne eny other thing, but to an alien. Forsothe to thi brother with outen vsure that thatOm. BEFH. to hym ned|ith thow shalt lene, that the Lord thi God blisse to thee in al thi werke, in the loond to the which to be weeldid thow shalt goon yn. Whanne thow auowist auowe to the Lord thi God, thow shalt not tary to ȝeelde, for the Lord thi God shal requyre it; and if thow taryest, it shal be rettid to thee into synne. And if thow wolt not bihoot, thow shalt be with outen synne. Forsothe that that is onus goon out of thi lippis, thow shalt kepe wel, and do as thow hast bihoot to the Lord thi God, and thurȝ propre wil and thi mouth hasthath A. spokun. ThowOm. E. goon vnto the vyn of thi neiȝbour, thow shalt eete grapis, as myche as it likith to thee; out forsothe ne beer thou with thee. If thow goo into the corn of thi freend, thow shalt breek eeris, and with thethin ABDFH. hoond brisse; forsothe with kut|tynge yren thow shalt not reep. If man taak a wijf, and haue hyr, and fynde no grace before the eyen of hir, for sum filthedfilthed of synne C pr. m., he shal wryte a libel of forsak|ynge, and he shal ȝyue in the hoond of hyr, and he shal leeue hir fro his hows. And whanne she goon out another hous|boond takith, and he forsothe hate hir, and ȝyue to hir a libel of forsakynge, and leeue fro his hows, otheror C. certeyn were deed, the first housboond shal not mowe taak her aȝen into wijf, for she is polut, and is maad abomynable before the Lord; lest thow make to synne thi loond, that the Lord thi God to thee hath taak to be weeldid.

 CAP. XXIV.

Whanne a man hath taak a wijf laatenot ȝore E pr. m., he shal not goo forth to bateyl, ne to hym eny thing of nede shal be ioynedenjoyned CE. opynlich, but he shal taak hede with outen blame to his hows, that o ȝeer he ioye with his wijf. Thow shalt not taak in stedde of a wed the nethermore andor ABDFH. ouermore grynstoon, for his lijf he putte to thee. If a man were taak bisili weyt|ynge his brother of the sones of Yrael, and he solde take the prijs, he shal be slayn; and thow shalt do a wey yuel fro the myddil of thee. Bisily kepe wel, lest thow renne into plagethe plage BCDEFH. of lepre, but thow shalt doon alle thingis that the prestis of Leuyte kynde han tauȝt thee, aftir that Y haue comaundid to hem, and ful|fil bisily. Haue ȝe mynde what thingis the Lord ȝoure God dyde to Marye, in the weye, whanne ȝe wenten out of E|gipt. Whanne thow shalt aȝen aske of thi neiȝbour eny thing that he owith to thee, thow shalt not goon into the hows of hym for to taak wed; but thow shalt stoond with out, and he to thee shal brynge forth that he hath. Forsothe if he is pore, the wed anentis thee shal not al nyȝt dwelle, but anoon thow shalt ȝeeld to hym before the goynge down of the sunne, that he, slepynge in his clothinge, blesse to thee, and thow haue ryȝtwisnes before the Lord thi God. Thou shalt not denye theOm. A. mede of the nedi, and of the pore thi brother, or of comlynge that dwellith with thee in thi loond, and with ynne thi ȝatis is; but the same day thow shalt ȝeeld to hym the prijs of his traueyl, be|fore the sunne goynge down, for he is pore, and of it susteyneth his lijf; lest he crye aȝens thee to the Lord, and be rettid to thee into synne. Fadrys shulen not be slayn for the sones, ne sones for the fadris, but echoneche C. for his own synne shal dye. Thow shalt not peruert the doom of the comlyng, and faderles child; ne thow shalt taak awey in stede of a wed the clooth of thea A. widewe. HaueHa C. mynde that thow hast serued in Egipt, and the Lord thi God hath delyuered thee thens; therfor I comaunde to thee that thow doo this thing. Whanne thow repist corn in thi feeld, and a forȝetun handful thow leeuest, thow shalt not turn aȝen for to taak it, but the com|lynge, and faderles child, and widewe thow shalt suffre to bere a wey, that the Lord thi God blesse to thee in al the werk of thin hoondis. If thou gedrestgedere C. fruytis of olyues, what euereer E. leeue in the trees, thow shalt not turn aȝen for to gedre, but thow shalt leeue to the comlynge, faderles child, and widewe. If thou kuttist thi vyn fromOm. A. grapis to wyn, thou shalt not gedre the leeuynge rey|sens, but thei shulen falle into the vse of the comlynge, faderles child, and widewe. HaueHa C. mynde that thow seruedisthast serued BCDEFH. in E|gipt, and therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thow doo this thing.

 CAP. XXV.

If there were a cause bitwexbytwene BCDEFH. eny men, and han askidinter|peled E pr. m. iugis, whom thei biholden to be ryȝtwyse, to hym the palme of riȝtwisnes thei shulen ȝyue, whom wickidwicke C., thei shulen condempne of wickidneswickenesse C.. Forsothe if hym that hath synned thei seen worthi, thei shulen throw doun with scourgis, and before hem thei shulen make to be betun; for the mesure of synne shal be andin ABDFH. the maner of scourgyngis, so oonlich, that the fourtith noumbre thei ouer passe not, lest foulich rent before thin eyen thi bro|ther go awey. Thow shalt not bynde the mouth of the oxe tredinge thi fruytis in the flore. Whanne bretheren dwellen to|gidre, and oon of hem with outen free childrenchilder C. were deed, the wijf of the deed shal not wedde to another, but shal taak hir his brother, and he shal arererere C. the seed of his brother. And the fyrst goten sone of hyr he shal clepe bi the name of hym, that the name of hym be not doon a wey fro Yrael. Forsothe if he wol not taak the wijf of his brother, that to hym bi the lawe is owidaȝt C., the womman shal goo to the ȝate of the cyte; and she shal askeenterpele E pr. m. the more men thurȝ birth, and shal seye, The brother of my man wol not arere seedthe seed E. of his brother in Yrael, ne me into wedlok taak. And anoon thei shulen maak hym to be clepid, and thei shulen aske. If he answere, I wol not taak hir to wijf; the womman shal come nyȝ to hym, before the aldrealther BF. menmen of Irael E pr. m., and she shal taak the sho of his foot, and spit in his face, and seye, Thus it shal be doo to a man, that wol not bilde vp the hows of his brother; and shal be clepid the name of hym in Yrael, The hows of the vnshod. If there han two men bytwixbytwene BCDEFH. hem self chidynge, and oon aȝens thatthe C. other bigynneth to iangle, and wilnynge the wijf of `that otherthe tother C. to delyuer hir man fro the hoond of the strenger, and hath put the hoond, and takun the sham|fastpriueigagys E pr. m. membris of hym, thow shalt kut of the hoond of hir, ne be bowid onvpon BCDEFH. hyr with eny mercy. Thow shalt not haue in sak dyuerse weiȝtis, more and lasse, ne there shal be in thin hows a busshel more and lasse. Weiȝt thow shalt haue iust and verrey, and euen busshel and verrey shal be to thee, that myche tyme thou lyue vpon erthe that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee. The Lord for|sothe shal wlaat hym that doth thes thingis, and withstoondithwithstont BCDEFH. alle vnriȝt|wisnessesvnriȝtwisnes E.. HaueHa E. mynde what thingis dide to thee Amalech in the weye, whanne thow wentist out of Egipt; what maner wise he aȝen cam to thee, and the eendis of thi felawship, that wery abeden, slewȝ, whanne thow were defoulid with hungre and traueil, and dredde not God. Ther|for whanne the Lord thi God hath ȝyue to thee rest, and maad sugettissoget CE. alle na|ciouns bi enuyroun, in the loond that he hath bihoot to thee, thow shalt doo a wey his name vndre heuene; be war lest thow forȝete.

 CAP. XXVI.

Whanne thow comyst into the loond that the Lord thi God is to ȝyue to thee to be weeldid, and holdist itin it C., and dwellist in it, thow shalt taak of alle thi fruytis the cheef, and put in a leep; and thow shalt goo to the place that the Lord thi God hath chosun, that there be inwardly clepid the name of hym. And thow shalt goon to the preest that were in thothat BDFH. days, and seye to hym, I knowleche to day before the Lord thi God, that Y am comen into the loond, for theOm. C. which he hath swore to oure fadris, that he shulde ȝyue itOm. A. to vs. And the preest takynge the leep of thin hoond, shal put before the auter of the Lord thi God. And thow shalt speke in the siȝt of the Lord thi God, Sirus pursuede my fader, that de|scendide into Egipt, and there pilgrim|agide in moost fewe noumbre; and he growide into a greet folk of kynde, and strong, and of multitude with out ende. And the Egipciens greuowsly traueilyden vs, and pursueden, puttynge on moost greuows birthens. And we crieden to the Lord God of oure faders, that hath herde vs, and bihold oure mekenes, and traueyl, and anguysses; and he hath lad vs out of Egipt in a myȝti hoond, and in an arme streiȝt out, in greet dredefere BCDEFH., in toknes, and wondres, and brouȝte into this place; and hath taak to vs the loond mylk and hony flowynge. And therfor nowe Y offre to thee the cheef of the fruytis of the erthe that the Lord hath ȝeue to me. And thow shalt leeue hem in the siȝt of the Lord thi God. And the Lord thi God honourd, thow shalt eete in alle goodis that the Lord thi God hath ȝeue to thee and to thin hows, thow, and Leuytis, and comlyng, that is with thee. Whanne thow hast fulfillid the tithe of alle thi fruytis, the ȝeer of tithisthe tithis CE. the thridde, thow shalt ȝeue to Le|uyte, and comlynge, and faderles child, and widewe, that thei eten `with ynnebysydys E pr. m. thi ȝatis, and ben fulfillid. And thou shalt speke in the siȝt of the Lord thi God, Y haue brouȝt that is halowid froin E pr. m. myn hows, and haue ȝyue it to Leuyte, and comlynge, andOm. CDEF. faderles child, and widewe, as thow hast comaundid to me; I haue not passid biside thin heestis, ne haue forȝet thi maundementcoomaunde|ment C.. Y haue not eete of hem in my sorwe, ne haue seuerd hem in eche vnclennes, ne haue spendid of hem eny thing in thing of deed coors. Y haue obeishid to the voyce of the Lord my God, and haue doo alle thingis thatas E. thow hast comaundid to me. Bihold fro thi sanctuary, fro the hiȝe dwellynge place of heuens, and blesse thow to thi puple Yrael, and to the loond that thow hast ȝyue to vs, as thow hast swore to oure fadres, to the loond mylk and hony flowynge. To day the Lord thi God hath comaundid to thee, that thow doo thes maundementis and domys, that thow kepe and fulfil of al thin hert, and of al thi soule. The Lord thow hast chosun to day, that he be to thee God, and thow goo in the weies of hym, and keep his cerymoyns, and heestis, and domys, and obeish to his maundement. Loo! the Lord hath chosen thee to day, that thow be to hym a special puple, as he hath spoken to thee, and thow keep alle the heestis of hym; and he shal maak thee hiȝer than alle the folkis, that he hathOm. C. maad of nouȝt, into preysynge, and name, and his glorye; that thow be an holy puple of the Lord thi God, as he hath spokun.

 CAP. XXVII.

Moyses forsothe hath comaundid, and the eldrenelderes C., to the puple of Yrael, sei|ynge, Keep ȝe eche maundement that I comaunde to ȝow to day. Whanne ȝe han passid ouere Jordan, into the loond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, thow shalt arererere C. greet stonus, and with plastrechalke E pr. m. thow shalt dawbeplane E pr. m. hem, that thow mowemayest D. mey BEFH. wryte in hem alle the wordis of this lawe, Jordan ouergoon, that thow goo into the lond that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, the loond mylk and hony flowynge, as he hath swore to thi fadres. Whanne thanne thow shalt ouer|pasouerput E pr. m. Jordan, arererere C. the stonus that Y to day comaunde to thee, in the mownt of Hebal; and thow shalt dawbeplane E pr. m. hem with plastrechalke E pr. m.. And thow shalt bild there up an auter to the Lord thi God, of stonus whom yrun hath not towchid, and of stonus vnfourmed and vnpolishid; and thow shalt offre vpon it brent sacrificis to the Lord thi God; and thow shalt offre pesible oostis, and thow shalt eete there, and `make metshipthou shalt ete E pr. m. before the Lord thi God. And thow shalt wryte vpon the stonus alle the wordis of this lawe, pleynly and cleerli. And Moyses and the preestis of Leuyte kynde seiden to al Yrael, Tak hede, and here thow, Yrael; to day thow art maad the puple of the Lord thi God; thow shalt here the voice of hym, and do the heestis, and ryȝtwis|nesses, that I comaunde to thee. And Moyses comaundide to the puple in that day, seiynge, Thes shulen stoond to blesse the Lord vpon the hil of Garysym, Jor|dan put ouer; Symeon, Leuy, Judas, Ysa|char, Joseph, and Beniamyn. `And forn aȝensand fro the region E pr. m. Om. sec. m. thes shulen stoond to curse in the hil of Hebal, Ruben, Gad, and Aser, Za|bulon, Dan, and Neptalym. And the Le|uytes shulen pronounce, and seye to alle men of Irael, with an hiȝe voice, Cursid beOm. BEFH. the man that makith grauen thing and ȝotun, abomynacioun of the Lord, the werk of the hoondis of crafti men, and shal put it in hidilshudlys E.; and al the puple shal answer, and seye, Amen! Cursid that honoureth not his fader and moder; and al the puple shal seyesegge E., Amen! Cursid that ouerberith the teermes of his neiȝbore; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! Cursid that makith to erre the blynde in the weye; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! Cursid that peruertith doom of comlynge, faderles child, and widewe; and al the puple shal seye, A|men! Cursid that slepith with the wijf of his fader, and opneth the couerynge of his bed; and al the puple shal seie, Amen! Cursid that slepith with eny beest; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! Cursid that slepith with his sister, douȝ|ter of his fader, or of his moder; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! Cursid that slepith with hisOm. E pr. m. wyues moder; and al the puple shal seie, Amen! Cursid that priuely smytith his neiȝbour; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! Cursid that slepith with the wijf of his neiȝbour; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! Cursid that takith ȝiftis, that he smyte the soule of the innocent blood; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! Cursid that dwellith not in the wordis of this lawe, ne hem in deede fulfillith; and al the puple shal seye, Amen!

 CAP. XXVIII.

If forsothe thow herist the voyce of the Lord thi God, that thow doo and kepe alle the heestismaundementus C. comaundemens DFH. maundemens E. of hym, that Y co|maunde to thee to day, the Lord thi God shal make the hiȝer than alle theOm. BCDEFH. folkis of kynde, that dwellen in erthe. And there shulen come vpon thee alle thes blissyngis, and shulen taak thee; if neuer|thelaternerthe|later E. the heestis of hym thow herist. Blessid thow in theOm. C. citee, and blessid in the feeld; blessid the fruyt of thi wombe, and the fruyt of thin erthe, and the fruyt of thi beestis, the flockis of thi droues, and the fooldis of thi sheep; blissid thi beernes, and blessyd thi relikis; blessid thow shalt be ingoynge, and out goynge. The Lord shal ȝyue thin enemyes, that rysen aȝens thee, fallynge in thin siȝt; bi o weye thei shulen come aȝens thee, and bi seuen thei shulen flee fro thi face. The Lord shal seend out blessynge vpon thi celers, and vpon alle the werkis of thin hoondis; and he shal blesse to thee in the loond that thow shalt taak. The Lord shal rere thee to hym into an hooli puple, as he hath swore to thee, if thou kepystkepe C. the heestis of the Lord thi God, and gost in the weies of hym. And alle the puples of erthes shulen seeyȝenseye A., that the name of the Lord be inwardly clepid vpon thee, and thei shulen drede thee. To be plenteuous in alle goodis the Lord shal make thee, in fruytisfruyt CE. of thi wombe, and fruyt of thi beestys, fruyt of thi loond, that the Lord hath swore to thi fadres, forOm. C. to ȝyue to thee. The Lord shal opne his best tresour, heuene, that he ȝyue reyn to thihis E pr. m. loond in his tyme; heand he CE. shal blesse to alle the werkys of thin hoondis; and thow shalt okyr to many folkisfolk C., and thi self shal not borwe to oker of eny man. The Lord thi God shal sett thee into heed, and not into tayl, and thow shalt be euere more aboue, and not vndur; if neuerthelaternerthe latere C. thow here the maundementis of the Lord thi God, that Y comaunde to thee to day, and kepist, and dost, and bowist not aside fro hem, ne to the riȝt, ne to the left, ne hast not folwid alien goddis, ne heried hem. And if thou wolt not here the vois of the Lord thi God, that thow keep and doo alle the maundementis of hym, and cerymoyns, that Y comaunde to thee to day, shulen come vpon thee alle thes malysouns, and holde thee. Cursid thow shalt be in citee, cursed in feeld; cursid thi bern, and cursid thi relikis; cursid the fruyt of thi wombe, and the fruyt of thin erthe, the droues of thin oxen, and the flockis of thi sheep. Cursid thow shalt be ingoynge, and cursid out goynge. The Lord shal sende vpon thee hungre inward, and hungre outward, and blam|yng into alle thi werkis that thow shalt do, to the tyme that he trede thee doun, and lese swiftly, for thi moost yuel fynd|yngis, in theOm. C. whiche thow hast forsakun me. Joyn to thee the Lord pestilence, to the tyme that he waast thee fro the erthe, to the which thow shalt goon in to be weeldyd. Smyit thee the Lord with nede, feuer, and coold, and bren|nynge, and heet, and corrupt eyre, and rust; and pursue he to the tyme that thou peryshe. Be heuene that is aboue thee braasny; and the lond that thou tredist yronyOm. A.. Ȝyue the Lord the wedre of thin erthe powdre, and fro heuene come down vpon thee askis, to the tyme that thow be al to-pownedto-poyned E pr. m.. Tak thee the Lord fallynge down before thin ene|myes; bi o weye go thowthou shalt go E pr. m. out aȝens hem, and bi seuen fle thow, and be thou scatered thurȝ out alle the rewmes of theOm. C. erthe; and be thi careyn into meete to alle the foulis of heuene, and beestis of the erthe, and be there noonnot BCDEFH. that driue aweye. Smyit thee the Lord with the byil of Egipt, and the paart of the bodi bi the which toordis ben sheten out, with scab forsothe and itchynge, so that thow maymawe E pr. m. not be helid. Smyit thee the Lord with madneswoodnes E pr. m., and blyndnes, and with wood|nes of thouȝt; and thow shalt graaspgrappe E. in mydday, as is woned a blynd man to graaspgrappe E. in derknissis; and make he not redi thi weyes; and alle tymestyme BCEFH. wrong chalenge suffre thou, and be thow born down with vyolence, ne haue thow that delyuer thee. A wijf tak thow, and an|other man sleep with hyr; `an hows bild thow, and dwel thow not in yta hous thou shalt bilde vp, and thou shalt not dwelle in hit E pr. m.; plaunt thow a vyn, and kut thow not the grapis of it. Thin ox be slaynoffred E pr. m. before thee, and eete thow not of it; thin asse be cauȝt in thi siȝt, and be it not ȝoldun to thee; thi sheep be thei ȝouen to thin enemyes, and be there noonnot BCDEFH. that thee help. Thi sones and thi douȝtrendoȝtris C. be thei takun to another puple, seynge thin eyen, and de|faylynge at the siȝt of hem al day; and be there not strength in thin hoond. The fruyt of thin erthe, and alle thi traueyls eete the puple that thow knowist not; and be thow euer more wronge chalengis susteininge, and born doun alle days, and stonyed at the dredeferde BCDEFH. of tho thingis that thin eyen shulen seen. Smyit thee the Lord with the moost yuel biel in knees, and in sparlyuerssparluris C.; and mow thow not be helid fro the sool of the foot vnto thethi C. nol. And the Lord shal leede thee, andan A. thi kyng, whom thow hast ordeynd `vpon theeOm. A., into a folk that knowist not, thow, and thi fadris; and thow shalt serue there to alien goddys, tree, and stone. And thow shalt be lost into pro|ueerb, and fable to alle puplis, to theOm. C. whiche the Lord shal inleede thee. Myche seed thow shalt throw `in toin AD. the loond, and litil thou shalt gedre; for locustis shulen deuowre alle thingis. A vyn thow shalt plaunt, and delue, and wyn thow shalt not drynke, ne gedre of it eny thing; for it shal be wastyd with wormes. Olyues thow shalt haue in alle thi teermes, and thow shalt not be anoynt with oyle; for thei shulen falle awey, and perishen. Sones and douȝtresdouȝtryn E. thow shalt geete, and thow shalt not vse hem; for thei shulen be lad into chaytifte. Alle thi trees and fruytis of thi loond rust shal waast. A comlynge, that dwellith with thee in the loond, shal stey up vpon thee, and shal be hiȝer; forsothe thow shalt goo doun, and be lower. He shal okergauyl D. to thee, and thow shalt not oker to hym; he shal be into heed, and thow shalt be into tayl. And there shulen come vpon thee alle thes malisouns, and pursuynge shulen holde thee, to the tyme that thow dye; for thow hast not herd the voyce of the Lord thi God, ne hast kept the maundementis of hym, and cery|moyns, that he hath comaundid to thee. And there shulen be in thee sygnes, and wondres, and in thi seed, vnto with outen ende; forthi that thow hast not serued to the Lord thi God in ioy of herte and gladnes, for plenteuowsnes of alle thingis. Thou shalt serue to thin enemye, that God shal send into thee, in hungre, and threst, and nakidnes, and scaarsnes of alle thingis; and he shal put on an yren ȝok vpon thi scol, to the tyme that he haue al to-treede thee. The Lord shal brynge vpon thee a folk fro aferre, and fro the vttermoostvtmost C. otemost E. coostis of theOm. C. erthe, into liknes of a fleynge egle with feersnes, whos tonge thow mayst not vnderstond; moost gredi folk, that shal not spaar to the old, ne haue mercy of the litil child. And he shal deuowr the fruyt of thi beestis, and fruytis of thin erthe, to the tyme that thow dye, and leeue he not to thee cornwete E pr. m., wyn, and oyle, droues of oxen, and flockis of sheep, to the tyme that he scatre thee, and al to-treede theeOm. BCEFH. in alle thi citees; and thi fast wallis and hiȝe shulen be destruyed, in theOm. C. whiche thow haddist trust in al thi loond. Thow shalt be ensegid, with ynne thi ȝatis in al thi loond, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee. And thow shalt ete the fruyt of thi woombe, and the flesh of thi sones, and of thi douȝtrendoȝtris C., that the Lord thi God hath ȝeue to thee, in angwish and wastete, with theOm. C. which thin enemye shal oppresse thee. A man delicate of lijf, and leccherous myche, shal enuye to his brother, and to the wijf that sittith in his bosum, that he ȝyue not to hem of the flesh of his sones, the whiche he shal eete; forthi that no thing other he haue in the segynge and scaarsenes, that thin enemyes han wastid thee with ynne alle thi ȝatis. A tendre womman and aOm. CE. deli|cate, `the whichthat C. vpon theOm. C. erthe myȝte not go, ne fitch the stap of the foot, for softnes and moost tendrenes, shal enuye to hir man that restith in the bosum of hir, vpon the sone and douȝtres flesh, and the filth of the lityl fellis, that goon out fro the myddil of the hippis of hyr, and vpon the free childrenchilder C. that ben born in the same our. Thei shulen ete hem priuely, for the scaarsnesse of alle thingis in the seege and waastete, bi the which thin enemy shal oppresse thee with ynne thi ȝatis. But if thow keep and doo alle the wordis of this lawe, that ben wryten in this volym, and drede the name of him gloriows and feerfulferdfull BCDEFH., that is the Lord thi God, the Lord shal encrees thi veniaunces, and veniauncis of thi seed; greet veniaunces and stedfast, infirmytees moost yuel and euerelastynge. And he shal turn into thee alle the turmentyngis of Egipt, that thow hast dredde, and thei shulen cleue to thee. Forthermore and alle the langouris and veniauncis, `the whichethat C. ben not wryten in the volym of this lawe, the Lord shal brynge vpon thee, to the tyme that he haue al to|trode thee. And ȝe shulen leeue fewe in noumbre, that weren before as sterrys of heuene for multitude; for thow herdist not the voice of the Lord thi God. And as before thee the Lord gladdide vpon ȝow, wel doynge to ȝow, and ȝowOm. C. multi|pliynge; so he shal be glad, ȝow scater|ynge and vndurturnynge, that ȝe ben doon awey fro the loond, to the which thow shalt go in to be weeldid. The Lord shal scater thee into alle puplis, fro the hiȝte of the erthe vnto the teermes of it; and thou shalt serue there to alien goddis, `the whichethat C. thow knowist not, and thi fadris, to trees and stonus. In tho folkis forsothe thow shalt not rest, ne shal be rest to the stap of thi foot. Forsothe the Lord shal ȝyue to thee there a dreedful herte, and faylynge eyen, and a sowle wastid with priue sorwe. And thi lijf shal be as hongynge before thee; thow shalt drede nyȝt and day, and thow shalt not trowe to thi lijf. Eerli thow shalt seye, Who ȝyueth to me euen? and at euen, Who ȝyueth to me eerlich? for the dredeferd BCDEFH. of thin herte, bi the which thow shalt be agast, and for tho thingis that thow shalt se with thin eyen. And the Lord shal brynge thee aȝen with multi|tude of shippis into Egipt, bi the weye of the which he seide to thee, that yt thow shuldist se no more. There thow shalt be sold to thin enemyes, into thrallis and thrallessis; and there shal not be that biggebie C..

 CAP. XXIX.

Thes ben the wordis of the couenaunt of pees, that the Lord hath comaundid to Moyses, that he should smyte with the sones of Yrael in the loond of Moab, biside that boond of pees, that with hem he couenauntide in Oreb. And Moyses clepidecleepe BEF. al Yrael, and seide to hem, Ȝe han seen alle thingis that the Lord hath doo before ȝow in the loond of Egipt, to Pharao, and alle the seruauntis of hym, and to al the loond of hym; greet temptaciouns, that thin eyen seen, thilkthoo C. sygnes, and greet wondres. And the Lord ȝaf not to ȝow an vndurstondynge herte, and seynge eyen, and eeris that miȝten here, vnto the day that is nowe. He ladde ȝow fourti ȝeer bi deseert; ȝoure clothes ben not apeyred, ne the shoon of ȝoure feet for eeld ben notOm. BCDEFH. wastid; breed ȝe eeten not, wyn and sidre ȝe dronken not, that ȝe shulden knowe for he is theOm. A. Lord ȝoure God. And ȝe ben comen to this place; and Seon, the kyng of Esebon, went out, and Og, the kyng of Basan, aȝen comynge to ȝow to fiȝt. And we smyten hem, and token the loond of hem, and ȝauen to be weeldweeldyd BCDEFH. to Ruben, and Gad, and to the half lynage of Manasse. Keep ȝe ther|for the wordis of this couenaunt, and ful|filfolfulleth E. hem, that ȝe vndurstonden alle thingis that ȝe shulden doo. Ȝe stonden to day alle before the Lord ȝoure God, ȝoure princes, and lynagis, and the more thurȝ birth, and doctours, al the puple of Irael, free childrenchilder C., ȝour wyues, and comlyngis that with thee dwellen in tentes, out taak the hewers of trees, and hem that beren watris; that thow passe in the couenaunt of the Lord thi God, and in the ooth that the Lord thi God smytith with thee, that he arere thee to hym into a puple, and he be the Lord thi God, as he hath spokun to thee, and as he hath sworn to thi fadres Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob. Ne to ȝow alone I this couenaunt smyte, and thes oothes conferme, but to alle pre|sent and absent. Forsothe ȝe han knowe what maner wise we dwelten in the loond of Egipt, and what maner wise we pass|iden bi the myddil of naciouns; the whiche passynge, ȝe seen abomynaciouns, and filthis, that is, mawmettis of hem, tree and stoon, siluer and gold, that thei heryeden. Lest perauenture there be a|mong ȝow man or womman, meyne or lynage, whos herte is turned a wey to day fro the Lord ȝoure God, that he goo, and serue to goddis of other gentils; and be among ȝow a rote burionynge gal and bitternes; and whanne he hadde herd the wordis of this ooth, he blesse to hym in his herte, seiynge, Pees shal be to me, and Y shal go in theOm. A. shrewidnes of myn herte; and a dronken take the thristi, and the Lord forȝyue not to hym, but thanne moost the woodnes of hym shal wax feers, and gelowsgelouste BCDEFH. aȝens that man, and sitten vpon hym alle the cursid thingis that ben wryten in this volym; and he doo awey the name of hym vnder heuene, and waast hym into theOm. BCDEFH. lost fro alle lynagis of Yrael, after the mali|souns that in the book of this lawe and couenaunt ben conteyned. And the ge|neracioun folowynge shal seye, and the sones that shulen be born therafter, and pilgrymys, and fro aferre comen, seynge the veniauncis of that loond, and the in|firmytees, with the whiche the Lord tourmentid it, with brimstoon, and bren|nynge with heet of the sunne, so that forthermore it be not sowed, ne eny thing green burioun, into ensaumple of the vndurturnynge of Sodom and Go|mor, Adame and Soboym, the whiche the Lord vndurturned in wreth, and in his woodnes. And al folk shulen seye, Whi thus the Lord hath doon to this loond? What is this greet wrath with outen mesure of his woodnes? and thei shulen answere, For thei han for|sake the couenaunt of the Lord, that he couenauntide with the faders of hem, whanne he lad hem out of the loond of Egipt, and serueden to alien goddis, and honoureden hem whom thei knewen not, and to whom thei weren not taken to; therfor wraththed the woodnes of the Lord aȝens thisthi A. loond, that he brouȝt in vpon it alle the cursid thingis that in this volym ben wryten; and he keste hem out fro his loond in wraththe, in woodnes, and in moost indignacyoun; and he keste aferre in to an alyen loond, as to day is preued. HidThese been the hud E pr. m. thingis of the Lord oureȝoure E pr. m. God ben, that ben open to vs, and to oure sones vnto with outen ende, that we doon alle thingis of this lawe.

 CAP. XXX.

Whanne therfor were comen vpon thee alle thes wordes, blessynge or malysoun, that I haue purposid in thi siȝt, and brouȝt thurȝ forthenkyng of thin herte in alle folkis of kynde, into theOm. C. whiche the Lord thi God hath scatred thee, and were turned aȝen to hym, and obey|shidest to the heestis of him, as Y to day comaunde to thee, with thi sones, in al thin herte and in al thi soule, and the Lord thi God shal bryng thee aȝen fro thi chaytifte, and shal haue mercy of thee, and eft shal gedre thee fro alle pu|plis, into the whiche thee before he sca|tride; if to the eendis of heuene thow were scatryd, thens shal aȝen drawe thee the Lord thi God; and shal taak, and bryngeinbrynge E. into the loond that weldiden thi fadris; and thow shalt holde it, and blessynge to thee, of more noumbre he shall make thee to be than weren thi fa|dris. The Lord thi God shal circumcyde thin herte, and the herte of thi seed, that thow loue the Lord thi God in al thin herte and in al thi soule, and thow may lyue. Forsothe alle thes malisouns the Lord shal turn vpon thin enemyes, and hem that haten thee thei shulen pursue. Forsothe thow shalt turne aȝen, and here the voice of the Lord thi God, and thow shalt doo alle the maundementis that I comaunde toOm. BCDEFH. thee to day; and the Lord thi God shal make thee to be plenteuous in alle the werkis of thin hoondis, in the progeny of thi woomb, and in the fruyt of thi beestis, in plenteuowste of thin erthe, and in largyte of alle thingis. Forsothe the Lord shal turne aȝen, that he ioye on thee in alle goodis, as he ioyede in thi fadres; if neuerthelaternerthelater CE. thow herest the voyce of the Lord thi God, and kepist the heestis of hym, and cerymoyns, that in this lawe ben writen, and turn aȝen to thethee the A. Lord thi God, in al thin herte, and in al thi soule. This heest that I comaunde to thee to day, is not aboue thee, ne ferre put, ne in he|uene set, that thow maist seye, Who of vs may to heuene sty vp, that he brynge it to vs, and we heren it, and fulfillen in dede? ne biȝond seethe see C. set, that thow pleyn, and seye, Who of vs may passe ouer the see, and it to vs hidir brynge, that we mowen here, and doon that that is comaundid? But riȝt nyȝ thee is the word, in thi mouth and in thin herte, that thow doo it. Bihold that to day I haue purposid in thi siȝt lijf and good, and aȝenward deth and yuel; that thow loue the Lord thi God, and goo in the weies of hym, and keep the heestis of hym, and cerymoyns, and domes; and thow lyue, and he multiplie thee, and blesse to thee, in the loond to theOm. C. which to be weeldid thow shalt goon yn. For|sothe if thin herte were turned awey, and woldist not here, and bi errour dis|seyued honourist alyen goddis, and seruest hem, I before seye to thee to day, that thow perishe, and litil tyme thow shalt dwelle in the loond, to the which Jordan ouer put thow shalt goon yn, that it be weeldid. Wytnesses Y inwardly clepe heuene and erthe to day, that Y haue purposid to ȝow lijf and deth, good and yuel, blessynge and cursynge; chees ther|for lijf, that andOm. BF pr. m. thow lyue and thi seed, and thow loue the Lord thi God, and thow obeysh to his voyce, and to hym thow drawe to; forsothe he is thi lijf, and the lengthe of thi days; that thow dwelle in the loond, for theOm. C. which the Lord hath swore to thi fadris Abra|ham, Ysaacand Ysaac E., and Jacob, that he ȝeue it to hem.

 CAP. XXXI.

And so Moyses ȝedeȝede awey E pr. m., and spak alle thes wordes to al Yrael, and seide to hem, Of an hundrid and twenti ȝeer Y am to day, Y may namore goon out and come yn, namelich whanne and the Lord hath seide to me, Thow shalt not passe this Jordan. Therfor the Lord thi God shall passe before thee; he shal doo a wey alle thes gentils in thi siȝt, and thow shalt weeld hem; and this Josue shal passe be|fore thee, as the Lord hath spoken. And the Lord shal doo to hem as he dide to Seon, and to Og, the kyng of Amorreis, and to the loond of hem; and he shal do hem a wey. Whanne thanne and thes he shal taak to ȝow, lijk maner ȝe shulen doo to hem, as I haue comaundid to ȝow. Manlich do ȝe, and `be ȝebeth C. coumfortid; wole ȝe not be feerd, ne dred at the siȝt of hem, for the Lord thi God he ys thi leder, and he shal not leeue, ne forsaak thee. And Moises clepidecleep EF. Josue, and seide to hym before al the multitude of the sones of Yrael, Tak coumfort, and be thow strong; forsothe thow shal lede in this puple into the loond that the Lord hath sworn hym to ȝeuyngeȝiue C. ȝeuyn E sec. m. to the faders of hem; and thow shalt it dyuyde bi lot. And the Lord that is ȝour leder, he shal be with thee, ne shal leeueleeue thee C. ne forsaak thee; wole thow not drede, ne be feerd. And so Moyses wroot this lawe, and took it to the preestis, the sones of Leuy, that beren the ark of the boond of pees of the Lord, and to alle the aldrenelders C. of Yrael. And he comaundide to hem, seiynge, After seuen ȝeer the ȝeer of remyssioun, in the solempnytees of the tabernaclis, alle men of Yrael comynge togidre, that thei aperen in the siȝt of the Lord her God, in the place that the Lord hath chosun, thow shalt rede the wordis of this lawe before al Yrael, hem herynge, and in oon al thi puple gedrid, as wel men as wymmen, litil childrenchilder C., and comlyngis that ben with ynne thi ȝaatis; that her|ynge thei lernen, and dreden the Lord oure God, and keep and fulfille alle the wordis of this lawe; forsothe the sones of hem that now vnknowen, that thei mowen here, and thei dredden the Lord her God alle days in theOm. C. whiche thei dwellen in erthe to the which, Jordan ouer put, ȝe shulen goon that it be had. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Loo! nyȝ ben the days of thi deeth; cleep Josue, and stoond ȝe in the tabernacle of wit|nessynge, that Y comaunde to hym. Therfor Moyses and Josue ȝeden, and stoden in the tabernacle of witnessynge; and the Lord aperide there in a pelere of a clowde, that stood in the entre of the tabernacle. And the Lord seide to Moyses, Loo! thow shalt sleepe with thi fadris, and this puple arysyngerisende C. shall doo forny|cacioun after alien goddis, in the loond to the which he shal goon yn, and dwelle in it; there he shal forsaak me and make at nouȝt the couenaunt of pees, that Y couenauntid with hym. And my woodnes shal wraththe aȝens hym in that day, and Y shal forsaak hym, and hiyde my face fro hym, and he shal be into deuowr|ynge; and alle yuels and turmentyngis shulen fynde hym, so that he seie in that day, Forsothe for God is not with me, thes yuels han foundun me. Forsothe Y shal hide, and hile my face in that day, for alle the yuels that he hath doo, for he hathOm. H. folwidsuede BCEFH. alien goddis. And so now wryte ȝe to ȝow this songe, and teche ȝe the sones of Yrael, that mynd|fullimyndeful C. thei hoolden, and with mouth synge; and this dyte be to me for witnessinge among the sones of Yrael. Forsothe I shal leede hym into the loond, for theOm. C. which I haue sworn to the fadris of hym, mylk and hony flowynge; and whanne thei hadden eete, and weren fillid, and fat, thei shulen turn to alien goddis, and serue to hem; and mysseymyssygge BDEFH. to me, and thei shulen make at nouȝt my couenaunt. After that many yuels and tourment|yngis han founden hym, this songe shal answere to hym for witnessynge, that no forȝetynge shal doo awey fro the mouth of thi seed. I knowe forsothe the thowȝtis of hym, what thingis he be to doo, to day orer CE. Y lede hym into the loond that I haue bihoot to hym. Thanne Moyses wroot a songe, and tauȝte the sones of Yrael. And the Lord comaundide to Josue, the sone of Nun, and seith, Tak coumfort, and be stronge; forsothe thou shal brynge yn the sones of Yrael into the loond that I haue bihoot, and I shal be with thee. After thanne that Moises wroot the wordes of this lawe in a volym, and ful|fillide, he comaundide to the Leuytis that beren the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, seiynge, Take ȝe this book, and puttith it in the side of the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord ȝoure God, that it be there aȝens thee into witness|ynge. Forsothe Y knowe thi stryuynge, and thi moost hard nol; ȝit lyuynge me, and goynge yn with ȝowe, euermore stry|uyngly ȝe diden aȝens the Lord; myche more whanne I shal bewere E pr. m. deed. Gedre ȝe to me alle the more thurȝ birth, bi ȝoure lynages, and doctours, and I shal speke hem, herynge thes wordes, and I shal in|wardly clepe aȝens hem heuene and erthe. Forsothe I haue knowun, that after my deeth wickidlichwickeli C. ȝe shulen doo, and ȝe shulen bowe aside soon fro the wey that I haue comaundide to ȝow; and there shulen come aȝens to ȝou yuels in the last tyme, whanne ȝe han doon yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, that ȝe terren hym bi the werkys of ȝoure hoondis. Thanne Moyses spak, herynge al the company of Yrael, the wordis of this dite, andOm. A. vntoto E pr. m. the eende fulfillid.

 CAP. XXXII.

Here ȝe, heuens, thingis that Y speke; here the erthe the wordis of my mouth. To gidre sprynge in reyn my loore; flowe as dewe my speche, as wedrereyn E pr. m. vpon erbe, and as dropes vpon cornescorners B.. For the name of the Lord I shal inwardly cleep; ȝeueth huge doynge to oure God. Of God perfit ben the werkys, and alle his weyes domes; a trewe God, and with outen eny wickidneswickenesse C., ryȝtwis and euen. Thei han synned to hym, and not his sones in filthis; shrewid kynred, and mysturnyd. Thes thingis aȝenward ȝeeld|ist thow notOm. E pr. m. to the Lord, O fole puple and vnwise? Whether is he not thi fader, that hath weeldid thee, and maad, and fourmed thee of nouȝt? Haue mynde of olde days, and thenk eche generaciouns; aske thi fader, and he shal telle to thee, thi more, and thei shulen seie to thee. Whanne deuydide the hiȝest folkis of kynde, whanne he seuerde the sones of Adam, he sette the teermys of puplis after the noumbre of the sones of Yrael. Part forsothe of the Lord the puple of hym; Jacob the litil corde of his hery|tage. He foond hymhem A. in a deseert loond, in placea place C. of orrourerrour A., and of waast wilder|nes; he ladde hym aboute, and tauȝte, and kept as the apple of his eye. As an egle forthclepynge his bryddis to flee, and onopon E pr. m. hem houynge, he spradesprarde A. out his weengis, and took to hym, and beer in his shuldres. The LordGod E pr. m. alone was the leder of hym, and was not with hym an alien God. He sette hym on an hiȝe erthe, that he myȝte ete theOm. BCDEFH. fruytis of feeldes, that he myȝte sowkeete E pr. m. hony of thea CE. stoon, and oyle of the moost hard stone; butre of the droue, and mylk of sheep, with the talwȝ of loombs and of wethers, of the sones of Basan; and gootgotus CE. with marghthe merȝw E. of whete, and blood of grapisthe grapis BDFH. the grape CE. myȝte drynk moost cleer. Ful fat maad is the loued, and aȝen wynsed; fulfattidfolfatty E pr. m., fulgresidfolgrecy E pr. m., outlargid; he laft Godthe Lord E pr. m. his maker, and ȝeed abak fro Godthe God E pr. m., his ȝyuer of heelth. Thei eggiden him in alyen goddis, andOm. H. in abomynaciouns to wraththe areredenarreden BFH. rereden C.. Thei offriden to deuels, and not to God, to goddis the whiche thei knewen not; newe and fresshe camen, `the whichethat C. heryeden not the faders of hem. God that thee gat thow hast forsaak, and hast forȝet theof the BCDEFH. Lord thi shaper. The Lord sawȝ, and to wraththe was rerid; for eggiden hym his sones and douȝtres. And he seith, Y schal hyde my face fro hem, and I shal behold the last thinges of hem; genera|ciouna! my generacioun E pr. m. forsothe mysturned it is, and vn|trewe sones. Thei han eggid me in hym that was not God, and han terredterred me E pr. m. in her vanytees; and I shal egge hem in hym that is nonot C. puple, and in fole folk of kynde I shal terre hem. Fier is vndur|tent in my woodnes, and it shal brenne vnto the last thingis of helle; and it shal deuowre the loond with his buriownynge, and of hillis the foundementis shulen brenne. I shal gedre vpon hem yuels, and myn arewis I shal fulfil in hem. Thei shulen be wastid with hungir, and briddis shulen deuour hem in biting moost bitter; teethtethes E pr. m. of bestisbriddis A. I shal sende in hem, with woodnes of hem drawinge on erthe, and crepinge. With out forth shal waast hem swerd, and with yn forth dreed; the ȝong togidre and mayden, the sowkynge with the old man. And I seide, Where forsothe ben thei? to ceese Y shal maak fro men the mynde of hem. But for the wrath of enemyes I lafte for a while, lest perauenture wolden wexe prowde the enemyes of hem, and seye, Oure hiȝe hoond, and not the Lord, hath doon alle thes thingis. Folk with out counseil it is, and with out wisdom; wolde God thei sauerden, and vndur|stoden, and last thingis purueyden. What maner wise oon pursuede a thowsand, and two myȝten dryue ten thowsand? Whether not therforeOm. A. for her God solde hem, and the Lord closide hem? For|sothe oure God is not as the goddis of hem, and oure enemyes ben iugis. Of the vyn of Sodoms the vyn of hem, and of the subaarbis of Gomor; the graap of hem graap of gal, and the cluster moost bittre. Gal of dragouns the wynevyn AH. of hem, and venym of eddres vncurable. Whether ben not thes thingis hid anentis me, and merkid in my tresours? Myn is veniaunce, and Y shal ȝeeld to hem in tyme, that the foot of hem slyde; nyȝ is the day of perdicioun, and to become E pr. m. nyȝ hiȝen the tymes. The Lord shal deme his puple, and in his seruauntis he shal haue mercy; he shal se that feble be the hoond, and closid forsothe han faylid, and the lafte ben wastid. And thei shulen seye, Where ben the goddis of hem, in whiche thei hadden trust? Of whos slayn sacri|ficesacrifices CE. thei eten the fatnessefattenesses BCDEFH., and drunken the wyn of the offryngis of licours, ariserise thei C. risyn E sec. m., and helpe thei to ȝow, and in nede ȝow defendethei defendyn E pr. m.. Seeth that Y am alone, and there is noon other God saue me; I shal slee, and I shal maak to lyue; Y shal smyte, and I shal heel; and there is not that fro myn hoond mayOm. E pr. m. delyuer. I shal heue vp to heuene myn hoond, and Y shal seye, I lyue with outen eende. If I whette as leit my swerd, and myn hoond taak doom, Y shal ȝeeld vengynge to myn enemyes, and to hem that hatiden me, I shal quite. I shal drenche myn arewis in blood, and my swerd shal de|uour flesh of the blood of slayn, and of the chaytifte of theOm. C. nakid heed of ene|myes. Preyse ȝe, gentils, the puple of hym, for the blood of his seruauntis he shal wreek, and veniaunce he shal quyte into the enemyes of hem; and he shal be merciful to the erthe of his puple. Thanne Moyses cam, and spak alle theOm. C. wordis of this songe in the eris of the puple; and he and Josue, the sone of Nun. And he fulfillide alle thes wordis, spekynge to al Yrael; and seide to hem, Put ȝe ȝoure hertis into alle the wordys that I witnesse to ȝow to day, that ȝe comaunden hem to ȝoure sones to keep, and to doo, and to fulfille alle thingis that ben wryten of this lawe; for not in veyn thei ben comaundid to ȝow, but that echoneche C. in hem shulde lyue; the which doynge long tyme ȝe abiden in the loond, to the which to be weeldid, Jordan ouer|put, ȝe shulen goon yn. And the Lord spak to Moises in the same day, seiynge, Sty vp into this hil Abarym, that is, passynge, into the hil Nebo, that is in the loond of Moab, aȝens Jeryco; and se the loond of Chanaan, that to be hold I shal taak to the sones of Yrael, and dye thow in the hil. The which stiynge vp, thow shalt be ioyned to thi puplis, as died Aaron, thi brother, in the hil of Hor, and was put to his puples. For ȝe han trespassid aȝens me, in the myddil of the sones of Yrael, at the Watris of Aȝen|seiyngeAȝen-seiyngus C., in Cades of the deseert of Syn; and ȝe halwide not me amonge the sones of Yrael. Aȝenward thow shalt se the loond, and shalt not goon into it, that I shal ȝyue to the sones of Irael.

 CAP. XXXIII.

This is the blissynge, with the which Moyses, man of God, blissede the sones of Irael before his deeth; and seith, The Lord fro Syna cam, and fro Seir is sprongun to vsȝow E pr. m.; he aperide fro the hil of Pharan, and with hym thousandis of seyntis; in the riȝt hoond of hym firy lawe. He louede puples; alle seyntis in the hoond of hym ben, and that neiȝen to the feet of hym, shulen taak of the loor of hym. Lawe comaundide to vs Moyses, the erytage of the multitude of Jacob. And there shal be anentis the moost riȝt a kyng, the princis of the puple gedrid with the lynagis of Yrael. Lyue Ruben, and dye he not, and be he litil in noum|bre. This is of Jude the blessynge; here, Lord, the voyce of Jude, and to his puple with ynne leede hym; his hoondishoonde B. hondyn DEFH. shu|len fiȝt for it, and helper of it he shal be aȝens the aduersaryesaduersarye A pr. m. H. of it. Forsothe to Leuy he seith, Thi perfeccioun and thi loor fro thin hooli man, whom thow hast preued in temptacioun, and hast demed at the Watris of Aȝenseiynge; the which hath seide to his fader and to his moder, I knowe ȝow not, and to his britheren, I vnknowe hem; and thei knewen not her sones. Thes kepten thi speech, and thi couenaunt; heelden thi domys, O!of A. Jacob, and thi lawe, O! Yrael; thei shulen put maadOm. E pr. m. encense in thi woodnes, and brent sacrifice on thin auter. Blesse, Lord, theto the A. strength of hym, and the werkis of the hoondis of hym tak; smyit the backis of the enemyes of hym, and that haten hym, aryserise C. thei not. And to Beniamyn he seith, Moost loued of the Lord shal dwelle tristili in hym; as in a chaumbre al day he shal dwelle, and betwixbytween BCDEFH. the shuldres of hym he shal rest. Forsothe to Joseph he seith, Of the blessynge of the Lord the loond of hym; of the applis of he|uene, and of the dewe, and of the seescee A. vnderliggingvnderliende C.; of applis of the fruyt of sunne, and of mone; andOm. BCDEFH. of the cop of theOm. BCDEFH. oold mounteyns, and of applis of euerlastynge hillis; and of fruytis of the erthe, and plente of it. Blessynge of hym that aperyde in the busshe come vpon the heed of Joseph, and vpon the fortop of Nazarey among his britheren. As of the first goten bool the feirnes of hym; hornes of an vnicorn the hornes of hym; in hem he shal wyndowewynewe CE. gentilys, vnto the teermes of the erthe. Thes ben the multitudys of Effraym, and thes thou|sandis of Manasse. And to Zabulon he seith, Glad thow, Zabulon, in thi goynge out, and, Ysachar, in thi tabernaclis. Pu|plis at the hil thei shulen cleep, and there thei shulen offre slayn sacrifices of ryȝt|wysnesse; the whiche the flowynge of the see as mylk shal sowke, and hid tresours of graueils. And to Gad he seith, Blessid in breede Gad; as a lioun he restide, and he took arme and fortop. And he sawȝ his prynsehod, that in his paart a doc|tour he was seid vp; the which was with princis of puple, and dide riȝtwisnesses of the Lord, and hys doom with Yrael. To Dan forsothe he seith, Dan, keetlyng of a lyon, shal flowe laargly fro Basan. And to Neptalym he seide, Neptalym plen|teuownesseplenteuousnesses C. shal ful vse, and ful shal be with blessyngis of the Lord; eerly and mydday he shal weeld. To Aser forsothe he seith, Blessid in sones Aser, be he plesynge to his bretheren; weet he in oyle his foot. Yrun and bras the shoynge of hym; as days of thi ȝongth so and thin eelde. There is noon other God as the moost riȝt God; the stier of heuen `thin helperthe helpere of hym E pr. m.; thurȝ the hidows doynge of hym to and fro rennenrennende C. the clowdes. The dwellynge place of hym aboue, and vndurnethe euerlastynge aarmys; he shal cast out fro thi face the enemye, and he shal seye, Be thow to-trode. Yrael shal dwelle trustilych, and aloone; the eye of Jacob in the loond of whete, and of wyn; and heuens shulen wexe derk thurȝ dewe. Blessid art thow, Yrael; whowho is E pr. m. lijk of thee, thou puple that art saued in the Lord? Sheeld of thin help and swerd of thi glorye thi God; thin enemyes shulen denye thee, and thow shal treed neckis of hem.

 CAP. XXXIV.

AscendeAscendede CE. thanne Moyses fro the wijlde feeldys of Moab, vpon the hil of Nebo, in to the cop of Phasga, aȝens Jericho. And the Lord shewide to hym al the loond of Galaad vnto Dan, and al Neptalym, and `the loond ofal E pr. m. Effraym and Manasse, and al the loond of Juda, vnto the last see; and the sowth paart, and the breede of the feeld of Jericho, cytethe cyte E pr. m. of Palmys vnto Seor. And the Lord seide to hym, This is the loond for the which Y swore to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, seiynge, To thi seed I shal ȝyue it; thow hast seen it with thin eyen, and thow shalt not passe to it. And thanne Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, dyed there, in the loond of Moab, comaundynge the Lord. And he biryede hym in the valey of thein E pr. m. loond of Moab, aȝens Phegor; and no man knewe the sepulcre of hym vnto the day that is now. Moyses of an hundrid and twenty ȝeerisȝer C. was whanne he diede; the eyȝeeyen A. of hym daswed not, ne the teeth of hym ben meued. And the chil|drenchilder C. of Irael wepten hym in the wijlde feeldis of Moab thretti dais; and fulfillyd ben the dais of mournynge of hem weyl|ynge Moises. Forsothe Josue, the sone of Nun, is fulfillid with the spyryt of wisdom, for Moyses putte on hym his hoondis; and to him obeishiden the sones of Yrael, and diden as the Lord co|maundide to Moyses. And there roos not a prophete ferthermore in Yrael as Moyses, whom the Lord knewe face to face, inand ABDFH. alle sygnes and wondres, `the whichethat C. bi hym he sentesende E., that he shulde doo in the loond of Egipte to Pharao, and to alle the seruauntis of hym, and to al the loond of hym; and alto al B. strong hoond, and greet merueyls, that Moises dide before al Irael.

 Here endith the book of Deutronomi, and nowe bigyneth the prolog of Josue and of Judicum and of RuthHere endith Deutronomy, and here bigynneth Josue. D. Explicit liber Deutronomii. Incipit prologus Josue. E. No final rubric in BCFH.. JOSHUA. The prolog of JosueFrom B. Prologus Josue C. No initial rubric in AEFH..

AT the last endidende I. the fyue bokis of Moises, as of greet boond delyuered, to JosueJesu EFH., the sone of Naue, we puttenputteth E. hoond, whom Ebrews clepencallen I. Josue Ben Nun, that is, Josue, the sone of Nun; and to the book of Jugis, whom thei clepencallen I. Sophyn; and to Ruth, and to Hester, the whiche with the same names thei tellen out. And we moneishenmoneste C. the reder, that the wode of Ebrew names, and distyncciouns bi membris dyuydid the bisy wryter keep wel, lest and oure traueyl and the studie of hym peryshe; and that in the fyrst, that oft Y haue witnessid, wite he me not in tothe A. repre|uynge of oold men newe thingis to sti|thiestudye H., as my freendis putten blame; but for foulmannys E prima vice, liȝte sec. vice; foul alia man. paart to offreoffice I. of my tonge, to men, whomthe whiche E pr. m. neuerthelaternerthelatere C. oure saum|pleers delyten, that for the sixe saum|pleers of Greekis, the whiche and neden cost and moost traueil, haue thei oure makynge. And ȝifeȝife thei AE sec. m. where euere thei dowten in redynge of oold volyms, thei togidre berynge thes totill I. thilkthoo C. thei I., fynden that thei sechen; moost sith anentys La|tyns so feele ben saumpleers, how feele bokis, and echoneche C. after his doom otheror CE. addide or withdrewe, that is seen to hym; and forsothe it may not be sooth that discordithmyssoun|eth E pr. m.. Wherfor the scorpioun ceese to ful ryse aȝens vs with crokid wounde, and leeue heOm. I. of hooli werk to reproue with venymyd tonge, or takynge if it plese, or dispisynge if it displese; and haue he mynde of thothes I. verse, Thi mouth aboundide with malice, and thi tonge wrouȝte trecheries; sittynge aȝens thi brother thow speek, and aȝens the sone of thi moder thou puttistputtidest I. sclaundre; thes thingis thow didist, and Y heelde my pees; thou eymedist wickidliwickeli C., that Y shal be of the lijk; Y shal vndurnyme thee, and sette thee aȝens thi face. For|sothe what profit is of the herer, or of the reeder, vs to sweete in traueilynge, and to traueile in bacbytynge? other to soruscorn A. the Jewis, that of chalengynge ofto CE. hem and of scornynge Cristen be `doon a weyoffered E pr. m. occasioun, and men of the chirche it to dispise, also and to tere, wherof ad|uersaries ben tourmentid? And if the oold oonliche interpretacioun plese to hem, the which and to memen I. displesith not, and no thing theiOm. E pr. m. that I. with out wenen to be taak; whi tho thingis that vndur signes of a sterrestorye A., and vndur signes of an arowe, or ben addyd, or kut awey, thei reden, and dispisen? Whi Danyel after the transla|cioun of Theodosiun chirchis han res|seyued? Whi Origen thei merueilen, and Eusebe ofand of C. Pamphili, alle makyngis also expownyngedisputynge E pr. m.? Otheror C. what foli was, after that thei seiden sooth thingis, to brynge forth tho that ben fals? Where of forsothe in the Newe Testament thei mowen preuenot preue C. the takentakynge E pr. m. witnessyngis, `the whichethat C. in oold bokis ben not had? These thingis we seyn, lest we ben seen vtterli to be stil to wrongful chalengers. Ferthermore after the deeth of `the holi wommanseynt E pr. m. Paule, whos lijf is saumplea saumple I. of vertue, and thesafter thes E pr. m. bokis, `the whichethat C. to the mayden of Crist, Eustochie, Y myȝte not denye, we han demed, while the spiryt shal gouern thes lymes, to sitten to the explanacioun of theOm. C. prophetis, and to `turnen aȝen to the nowturne aȝen to the newe A. torne aȝeyn E prima vice. to repete as with a manere of aȝeyn tornynge the nowe sec. vice. torne aȝeyn to the nowe alia man. Om. I. long laft werk, as bi a maner turnynge aȝen after outlawynge; nameli sith Pawmachie, an hooli man and merueilows, this same thing askith bi lettres, and we, hiynge to the contrecontrairie A pr. m., owen to ouerpasse with a deefdoumbe E pr. m. eer the `deth beryngededely E pr. m. songis of mer|mynns.

Here eendith the prolog of Josue and Judicum and of Ruth, and nowe bigyn|neth the book of JosueHere endeth the prolog, se now the book of Josue. I. No rubric in CEFH.. JosueFrom B. No initial rubric in ACEFH, but only running title..CAP. I.

AND it is doon after the deth of Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, that the Lord spak to Josue, the sone of Nun, the seruaunt of Moyses, and seide to hym, Moyses, my seruaunt, is deed; rise, and passe ouer this Jordan, thow, and al the puple with thee, into the loond that Y shal ȝyue to the sones of Yrael. Eche place that the stap of ȝoure foot shal treed, to ȝow Y shal taak, as Y spak to Moyses, fro `deseert and Libane andLibane desert E pr. m. vnto the greet flood of Effrates; al the loond of Etheus, vnto the greet see aȝens the sunne goynge doun, shal be ȝoure teerme. Noon shal mowe to ȝow to aȝen|stoond alle the dais of thi lijf; as Y was with Moyses, so Y shal be with thee; Y shal not leeue, ne forsaak thee. Tak coumfort, and be strong; forsothe thow shalt dyuyde bi lot to this puple the loond, for theOm. C. which Y haue swore to thi faders, that Y take it to hem. Take coumfort therfor, and be ful strong, that thow keep, and doo al the lawe, that Moyses, my seruaunt, hath comaundid to thee; ne bowe thow aside fro it to the ryȝt or to the left, that thow vnderstoond alle thingis that thow dost. The volym of this law goo not awey fro thi mouth, but thow shalt deuowtly think in it days and nyȝtis, that thow kepe and do alletho E pr. m. thingis that ben wryten in it; thanne thow shalt make redi thi weie, and vn|derstoond it. I comaunde to thee; tak coumfort, and be strong; wole thow not drede, and wole thow not be feerd; for with thee is the Lord thi God in alle thingis, to what euere thingis thow shalt goo. And Josue comaundide to the pryncis of the puple, seiynge, Goo ȝe bi the myddil of the tentis; and comaunde ȝe to the pu|ple, and seye ȝe, Make ȝe redi to ȝou meetis, for after the thridde day ȝe shulen passse ouer Jordan, and goo into the loond to be weeldid, that the Lord ȝoure God is to ȝyue to ȝow. Forsothe to Rubenytis, and Gaddytis, and to the half lynage of Manasse he seith, HaueHauith CE. mynde of the word that comaundide to ȝow Moises, the seruaunt of the Lord, seiynge, The Lord ȝoure God hath ȝyue to ȝow rest andin A. al the loond; ȝoure wyues and ȝoure chil|dren and beestis shulen dwelle in the loond that Moyses hath taak to ȝow bi|ȝonde Jordan; ȝe forsothe passith armed before ȝoure bretheren, alle the stronge men in hoond; and fiȝte ȝe for hem, to the tyme that the Lord ȝyue rest to ȝoure britheren, as and to ȝow he hath ȝeue; and that thei forsothe weelden the loond that the Lord ȝoure God is to ȝyue to hem; and so ȝe shulen turn aȝen into the loond of ȝoure possessyoun, and ȝe shulen dwelle in it, that to ȝow hath ȝeuen Moi|ses, the seruaunt of the Lord, biȝond Jor|dan, aȝens the risynge of the sunne. And thei answerden to Josue, and seiden, Alle thingis that thow hast comaundid to vs we shulen doo, and whidir euerer E. thow seendist, we shulen goo; as we han obeishid in alle thingis to Moises, so and we shulen obeyshe to thee; oneli the Lord thi God be with thee, as he was with Moyses. Who aȝen seith to thi mouth, and obeishith not to alle thethi CEH. wordis, `the whichethat C pr. m. thow hast comaundid to hym, dye he; thou oonly tak coum|fort, and do manlych.

 CAP. II.

Sente thanne Josue, the sone of Nun, fro Sechym two men, aspies in hidlis, and seide to hem, Gooth, and biholdith the loond, and the cyte of Jerycho. The whiche goynge ȝeden into an hows of a womman strumpet, Raab bi name, and thei restiden anentis hir. And it is told to the kyng of Jerycho, and seid, Loo! men ben goon yn hythirto hir A. bi nyȝt, of the sones of Yrael, forOm. C. to aspye the loond. `And the kyng of Jericho senteSente therfore the kyng of Jericho E pr. m. to Raab theOm. E pr. m. strumpet, seiynge, Bryng out the men, that camen to thee, and ben comen into thin hows; forsothe aspies thei ben, and al the loond to bihold thei comen. And the womman takynge the men hidde, and seith, Y knowleche, that thei camen to me, but Y knewe not whens thei weren; and whanne the ȝate was closid in derknessis, and thei togidrys ȝeden out, Y note whidir thei wenten; pursue ȝe anoon, and ȝe shulen atake hem. Forsothe she made the men to stye vp into the soler of hir hows, and couerde hem with stuble of flaxe, that was there. Forsothe thei, that weren sent, folweden hem bi the weye that ledith to the foordis of Jordan; and hem goon out, anoon the ȝate was closid. And not ȝit thei hadden slept, that weren hid, and loo! the wom|man styede vp to hem, and seith, Y haue knowe that the Lord shal taak to ȝow the loond; forsothe ȝoure gastnes is faln into vs, and alle the dwellers of the loond ben abasshidbaschid BCEFH.. We han herd, that the Lord hath dryed vp the watres of the Reed See at ȝoure incomynge, whanne ȝe weren goon out of Egipte; and what ȝe han doon to the two kyngis of Amorreis, that weren biȝonde Jordan, Seon and Og, `the whichethat C. ȝe han slayn; and thes thingis herynge we dredden, and oure herte basshede, ne spiryt bood in vs at ȝoure yncomynge; forsothe the Lord ȝoure God he is God in heuene aboue, and in erthe bynethe. Nowe therfor swere ȝe to me bi the Lord ȝoureOm. BCEFH. God, that what maner wise Y mercy haue doo with ȝow, so and ȝe doo with the hows of my fader; and ȝife ȝe to me a verrey tokne, that ȝe sauen my fader and moder, and brother, and my sisters, and alle that of hem ben, and ȝe delyueren oureȝoure E pr. m. soulis fro deth. The whiche answerden `to hirOm. E pr. m., Oure soule be for ȝou into deth, if neuerthelaternerthelater C passim. E passim. thowȝe E pr. m. bitraye vs not; and whanne the Lord hath taak to vs thethis A. loond, we shu|len do in thee merci and treuth. She thanne lafteleet C. hem bi a coord out of a wyndowe; forsothe the hows of hir cle|uede to the wal. And she seide to hem, To the mounteyns styestyȝeth E. ȝe, lest perauen|ture thei turnynge aȝens aȝens comen to ȝow; there be ȝe hid thre days, to the tyme that thei turnen aȝen; and so ȝe shulen goo bi ȝoure weye. The whiche seiden to hyr, Gyltles we shulen be fro this ooth, with the which thow hast with ooth boundun vs, yf, we comynge into the loond, this reed litil coord were not a tokne, and thow byndist it in the win|dowe, bi theOm. C. which thow hast late vs go; and thi fader and moder, bretheren and al thi kynne thow gederist in thin hows; he that the dore of thin hows were goon out, the blood of hym shal be into his heed, and we shulen be alien; forsothe the blood of alle that with thee weren in the hows, shal rebound into oure heed, if hem eny man towchith. And if vs thou wolt bitraye, and this word brynge forth into theOm. BCEFH. mydil, we shulen be clene fro this ooth, with theOm. C. which thou hast made vs swereto swere C.. And she answerde, As ȝe hanha C. spokun, so be it doon. And letynge hem that thei wente forth, she hongideheeng C. a litil reed coord in hir wyndowe. For|sothe thei goynge camen to the moun|teyns, and dwellyden there thre dais, to the tyme that thei weren comen aȝen thatthat that E pr. m. pursueden; forsothe sechynge bi al the weie, thei fonden hem not. The whiche comyngecomen CE. into the cyte, ben comen aȝen, and the spiesaspyes BCEFH. descendiden fro the hil; and ouerpassid Jordan thei camen to Josue, the sone of Nun; and thei tolden toOm. BCEFH. hym alle thingis that fellen to hem, and seiden, The Lord hath taken al this loond into oure hoondis, and thurȝ drede ben throwe down alle the dwellers of it.

 CAP. III.

Therfor Josue, fro nyȝt arysyngerisende C., me|uede the tentis; and thei goynge fro Se|chym camen to Jordan, he and alle the sones of Yrael, and dwelten there bi thre dais. The which ouerpassid, wenten be|dels bi the mydil of the tentis, and bi|gunnen to crye, Whanne ȝe seen the ark of the boond of pees of the Lord oure God, and prestis of the lynage of Leuy berynge it, forsothe ȝe togidre riseth, and folwe ȝe the forgoersforgers B pr. m. FH.; andOm. E pr. m. be there betwixebytwene BEFH. betwe C. ȝou and the ark a space of cubitis two thowsand, that aferre ȝe mowen se, and knowe bi what weye ȝe goon, for bifore ȝe han not goon bi it; and be war, that ȝe neȝen not to the ark. And Josue seide to the puple, Be ȝe hal|wid; forsothe to morwe the Lord shal do amonge ȝow merueyls. And he seith to the prestis, Takith the ark of the boond of pees of the Lord, and gooth before the puple. The whiche the heestis fulfillynge token, and wenten before hem. And the Lord seide to Josue, To day Y shal bi|gynne to enhaunce thee before all Yrael, that thei knowen, that as I was with Moyses, so and I am with thee. For|sothe thow comaund to the preestis, that berenthei beren C. the ark of the boond of pees, and sey thou to hem, Whanne ȝe weren goon in a paart of the watre of Jordan, stoond|ith in it. And Josue seide to the sones of Yrael, Cometh hidre, and herith the word of the Lord oure God. And eft, In this, he seith, ȝe shulen wyte that the Lord God lyuynge in the mydil of ȝow is; and he shal scatre in ȝoure siȝt Cha|nane, Ethe, Euee, and Pherese, Gergese forsothe, and Jebuse, and Amorre. Loo! the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord of al erthe shal goo before ȝow thurȝ Jordan. Makith redy twelue men of twelue lynagis of by B. Irael, eche bi eche lynagis. And whanne han put the steppis of her feet the preestis, that beren the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord God of al erthe, in the watres of Jordan, the watres that ben nethermore shulen renne, and faylefalle C pr. m.; forsothe tho that camen fro aboue shulen stoond togidre in o glob. Thanne wente out the puple fro her tabernaclistabenaclis A., that thei passen ouer Jor|dan; and the preestis that beren the arke of the boond of pees ȝeden before hym. And hem goon into Jordan, and the feet of hem wet yn paart of the water; Jor|dan forsothe fulfillide the brenkis of his trowȝ in tyme of heruest; the watris dessendynge stoden in o place, and at liknes of an hil mych swellynge thei apereden ferre fro the cyte that was clepid Edom, vnto the place Sarthan; forsothe thoo that weren nethermore, into the see of wildernes, that now is clepid deed, dessendiden, forto thei vt|terly failiden. Forsothe the puple wente aȝen Jordan; and the preestis, that beren the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, stoden gyrd vponvp vpon CE. the drye erthe in the middil of Jordan, and al the puple pass|ide ouere thurȝ the drye trowȝ.

 CAP. IV.

The which ouergoon, the Lord seide to Josue, Chees twelue men, eche bi eche lynagis, and comaund to hem, that thei taken fro the mydil of Jordans trowȝ, where stoden the feet of theOm. E. preestis, twelue hardest stonus; the whiche ȝe shulen set in the place of tentis, where ȝe this nyȝt fitchen tentis. And Josue cle|pidecleep EF. twelue men, whom he chees of the sones of Irael, eche of eche lynagis; and seith to hem, Gooth bifore the arke of the Lord ȝoure God to the mydil of Jor|dan, and berebereth C. ȝe thensOm. H. eche eche stonus in ȝoure shuldres, after the noumbre of the sones of Irael, that it be a tokne bi|twixebytwene BCEFH. ȝow. And whanne the sones of Irael asken ȝow to morwe, seiynge, What to hem wolen thes stonus? ȝe shulen an|swere to hem, The watrys of Jordan han failid before the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, whanne he passide it; therfor thes stonus ben set into theOm. F. myndmydil A pr. m. of the sones of Yrael, vnto with outen ende. Thanne the sones of Yrael diden as Josue comaundide to hem, ber|ynge fro the mydil of Jordanus trowȝ twelue stonus, as to hym the Lord co|maundide, after the noumbre of the sones of Yrael, vnto the place in theOm. C. which thei setten tentis; and there thei put|tidenputte CE. hem. Forsothe other twelue stonus putte Josue in the mydil of Jordans trowȝ, where stoden preestis, that beren the ark of the boond of pees of the Lord; and ben there vnto the day that is nowe. Forsothe the preestis, that beren the arke, stoden in the mydil of Jordan, to the tyme that alle thingis weren fulfillid, that the Lord comaundide to Josue, for he shulde speke to the puple, as Moises had seide to hym. And the puple hyede, and passide forth. And whanne alle weren goon ouere, ȝede ouere and the arke of the Lord, and the preestis wenten be|fore the puple. Forsothe the sones of Ruben, and Gad, and half the lynage of Manasse, aarmed wenten before the sones of Irael, as to hem comaundide Moyses. And fourti thowsand of fiȝtynge men bi companyes and oostis wenten vpon the pleyn and wijld feeldis of the cyte of Jericho. In that day the Lord magny|fiede Josue before al Yrael, for thei shul|den drede hym, as thei dredden Moyses, ȝit while he lyuede. And he seide to hym, Comaund to the preestis that beren the arke of the boond of pees, that thei styen vp fro Jordan. The which co|maundide to hem, seynge, StyeSteȝeth CE. vp fro Jordan. And whanne thei weren goon vp, berynge the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, and the drye erthe hadden bigunne to treed, the watris ben turned into his trowȝ, and floweden, as bifore thei weren woned. Forsothe the puple fro Jordan stiede the tenthe day of the firste moneth, and settidensette CH. tentis in Gal|galis, aȝens the este coost of the cyte of Jericho. Forsothe the twelue stonus, `the whichethat C. thei token fro Jordans trowȝ, Josue putte in Galgalis; and seide to the sones of Irael, Whanne ȝoure sones asken to morwe her fadres, and seyn to hem, What to hem wolen thes stonus? ȝe shu|len teche hem, and seye, Bi the drye trowȝ we passiden this Jordan, the Lord oure God driynge the watris of it in oure siȝt, to the tyme that we weren ouer|passid, as he dide bifore in the Reed See, `the whichthat C. he dryede to the tyme that we weren ouerpassed, that alle the pu|plis of loondis leerenlerne CE. leern FH. the moost strong hoond of the Lord, and that ȝe dreden the Lord ȝoure God al tyme.

 CAP. V.

After thanne that alle the kyngis of Amorreis, that dwelten biȝonde Jordan at the west coost, and alle the kyngis of Chanaan, that the niȝ places weeldiden of the greet see, herden, that the Lord hadde dryed the flodis of Jordan before the sones of Yrael, to the tyme that thei weren goon ouere, the herte of hem is discoumfortidvnlosed E pr. vice, vnboun|dyn sec. vice, discoumfortid sec. m., and aboodthere abood E pr. m. not in hem spiryte of hem, dredynge the entre of the sones of Yrael. That tyme seith the Lord to Josue, Maak to thee stonen knyues, and circumcide the secounde tymeOm. E pr. m. the sones of Yrael. He dide that the Lord comaundide, and circumcydide the sones of Yrael in the hil of mens ȝerdis. Forsothe this is the cause of the secounde circumcicioun; al the puple that wente out of Egipte of maal kynde, alle the men fiȝters, ben deed in deseert bi mooste longe enuyrounyngis of weye, the whiche alle weren circumcidid. Forsothe the puple that is borehoor A. in deseert bi fourti ȝeer, in the weye of moost wyde wilder|nesse, werewas E. vncircumcidid to the tyme that thei weren wastid, that han not herd the voyce of the Lord, and to whom be|foreOm. ABFH. he swore, that he wold shewe hem the loond flowynge mylk and hony. Of thes the sones camen after into stede of the faders, and ben circumsidid of Josue; the whiche, as thei weren born, weren in hoolnes of her ȝerdes, ne hem in the weie eny man circumcidide. Forsothe after that alle ben circumcidid, thei dwelten in the same place of her tentis, to the tyme that thei weren helid. And the Lord seide to Josue, To day I haue taak aweye the reproof of Egipt fro ȝowenowe A.. And the name of that place is clepid Galgala, vnto the day that is nowe. And the sones of Yrael dwelten in Galgalis, and diden pask the fourtenthe day of the moneth at euen, in the wilde feeldys of Jerycho; and thei eeten of the fruytis of the erthe thatthe C. other day, therf looues, and corn powned of the same ȝeer. And manna faylide after that thei eeten of the fruitis of the erthe; ne the sones of Yrael vseden na more that meet, but eten of the fruytis of the present ȝeer of the loond of Cha|naan. Forsothe whanne Josue were in the feeld of the cytee of Jerycho, he reryde the eyen, and sawȝ a man aȝens hym stondynge, and holdynge a drawen out swerd; and he wente to hym, and seith, Oure thou art, or of the aduersa|ries? `The whichto whom E pr. m. answerde, Nay, but I am prince of the oost of the Lord, and nowe Y come. Josue felle redi into the erthe, and onowrynge, seith, What thing my Lord spekith to his seruaunt? Lowse, he seith, the sho fro thi feet; forsothe the place, in theOm. C. which thow stondist, is hooli. And Josue dide, as to hym was comaundid.

 CAP. VI.

Jericho forsothe was closid and waardid, for drede of the sones of Irael, and no man dorst goo in, or goo out. And the Lord seide to Josue, Loo, Y haue ȝeue into thin hoondis Jericho, and the kyng of it, and alle the stronge men. Gooth about the cytee, alle ȝethe B. fiȝters, to gidre bi the day; so ȝe shulen do six days. For|sothe the seuenthe day the prestis shu|len taak seuen trompes, whos vse is in the iubile; and go thei before the arke of the boond of pees; and seuen sithissithe BFH. ȝe shulen goo about the cyte, and the prestis shulen crye with the trompes. And whanne the voyce of the trompe lenger and thickermore braggynge E pr. m. ful sowneth, and in ȝoure eeris braggith, al the puple shal crye with moosta moost CE. out crye; and the wallis of the cyte shulen fuldoun falle, and eche shal goon in bi the place, aȝens the which thei stoden. Josue thanne, the sone of Nun, clepidecleep EF. the prestis, and seide to hem, Taak ȝe the arke of the boond of pees, and seuen other prestis taak thei seuen trompes of the iubilees, and goo thei before the arke of the Lord. For|sothe to the puple he seith, Gooth, and enuyrowneth the cite, aarmed goynge be|fore the arke of the Lord. And whanne Josue hadde eendid thethes A. wordis, and seuen preestis with seuen trompes crieden be|fore the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, and al the puple aarmed wente be|fore, the left comouns folowid the arke, and with trompes alle thingis thei sown|eden. Forsothe Josue comaundide to the puple, seiynge, Ȝe shulen not crye, ne shal be herd ȝoure voyce, ne eny word of ȝoure mouth shal goon out, to the tyme that the day come, in theOm. C. which Y schal seye to ȝow, Crieth, and with an out voyce crieth. Thanne the arke of the Lord enuyrounde `the cyteOm. A. onys bi day, and turned aȝen into the tentis dwellide there. Thanne Josue rysynge froat E pr. m. nyȝt, the preestys token the arke of the Lord; and seuen of hem seuen trompes, of the whiche vse is in the iubilee; and thei wenten before the arke of the Lord, go|ynge and trompynge; and the puple armed wente before hem. Forsothe that other comouns folwide the arke, and with trompis sownede. And thei wenten a boute the citee the secounde day onys, and turneden aȝen into the tentis; so thei diden sixe days. Forsothe the seuenthe day eerly rysynge wenten about the cytee, as it was disposid, seuen sithessithe BFH.. And whanne the seuenthe goynge about the prestis cryeden with trompes, Josue seyde to al Yrael, With an out voice crie ȝe; forsothe the Lord hath taak to vs the citee; and be this cyte cursid, and alle thingis that in it ben to the Lord. Alone Raab the strompet lyue, with alle that with hir in hows ben; forsothe she hidde messangerismansongers E. `the whichethat C. we senten. Ȝe forsothe beth war, lest of thes thingis that ben comaundid eny thing ȝe towchen, and ben gilti of trespasse; and alle the tentes of Yrael be vndur synne, and dis|tourblid. Forsothe what euer thing of gold and of siluer were, and of brasen vesselis, and of yren, to the Lord be it halowid, put vp in the tresours of hym. Thanne al the puple criynge out, and criynge the trumpis, after that into the eeris of the multitude the sown braggide, the wallis anoon fellen down; and echon styeden vp bi the place that aȝens hem was. And thei token the cytee, and slewen alle that weren in it, fro man vnto womman, fro ȝonge vnto oold; for|sothe oxen, and sheep, and assis, in mouth of theOm. C. swerd thei smyten. To the two men forsothe, that aspiers weren sente, seide Josue, Gooth into the hows of the womman strompet, and bryngebringeth C. hir forth, and alle that ben of hir, as to hir bi ooth ȝe han stedefastly seide. And the ȝongeȝonge men B sec. m. goon yn, ladden out Raab, and hir eldris, bretheren forsothe, and al purtenaunce to houshold, and al the kynrede of hir; and out of the tentis of Yrael thei maden to dwelle. Forsothe the cyte, and al that were foundunOm. E pr. m. in it, thei brenten, with outen the gold, and siluer, and brasen vessels, and yren, `the whichethat C. into the tresory of the Lord thei sacriden. For|sothe Raab strompet, and the hows of hir fader, and al that she hadde, Josue made to lyue; and thei dwelten in the myddil of Irael, vnto the present day; forthi that she hidde the messangers, `the whichethat C. he hadde sent for to aspie Jery|cho. In that tyme Josue cursideaȝeyns preyde E pr. m., sei|ynge, Cursid the man before the Lord, that rerith vp or bildith Jericho cyte! In his first goten liggeleie C. leeche E pr. m. legge sec. m. he the foundementis of it, and in thehis E pr. m. last of the free children putte he the ȝatis of it. Was thanne the Lord with Josue, and the name of hym is pupplishid in al the loond.

 CAP. VII.

The sones forsothe of Yrael han ouer|passid the maundement, and han mys|takun of the curse; for Achor, the sone of Charmy, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Zabdi, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Zare, of the lynage of Juda, took sum what of the curse; and wrooth is the Lord aȝens the sones of Yrael. And whanne Josue wolde send fro Jericho men aȝens Hay, that is biside Bethauen, at the eest coost of the burȝ town Bethel, he seide to hem, Stieth vp, and aspye ȝe the loond. The whiche fulfillynge the heestis, aspieden Hay; and turned aȝen thei seiden to hym, Stye not vp al the puple, but two thowsandisthousend C. or thre of men goon, and doon a wey the cytee; whi al the puple in veyn is traueyld aȝens moost fewe enemyes? Styeden thanne vp thre thow|sand of fiȝtynge men, the whiche anoon turnynge backis, ben smyten of the men of the cytee of Hay; and fellen down of hem thretti and sixe men; and the ad|uersaryes pursueden hem fro the ȝate vnto Sabarym; and thei fellen bi lowe and short weyes fleynge. And the herte of the puple myche dredde, and at the lickenesse of water is molten. Forsothe Josue kitte his clothis, and redi felle doun into the erthe before the arke of the Lord, vnto euen, as wel he as alle the aldren of Yrael; and thei putten powdre vpon her heedes. And Josue seide, Alas! alas! Lord God, what woldist thow this puple brynge ouer Jordan flood, for to taak vs in the hoond of Amorrei, and for to leese? Wolde God, as we bigunnen, we hadden dwellid biȝonde Jordan. My Lord God, what shal Y seye, seynge Yrael to his enemyes backis turnynge? Chananees shulen here, and alle the dwellers of the loond and togidre gedryd thei shulen enuyroun vs, and doon awey oure name fro the loond; and what shal thou doo to thi greet name? And the Lord seide to Josue, Ryse, whi lijst thow bowidredy E pr. m. in the erthe? Yrael hath synned, and hath broken my couenaunt; and thei han taak of the corse, and han stoln, and liȝed, and han hidde among her vessels. Ne Yrael shal mowe stoond before her ene|myes, and hem he shal flee, for he is polut with the curs; I shal not be more with ȝou, to the tyme that ȝe han alto troden hym that is gilti of that hidows trespas. Ryse, halwe the puple, and sey to hem, Be ȝe halwid aȝen to morwe; for|sothe thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Cursynge is in the mydil of thee, Irael; thow shalt not mowe stoond be|fore thin enemyes, to the tyme that he be doon awey fro thee, that is defoulid with this hidows gilt. And ȝe shulen come eerly eche bi ȝoure lynagis; and what euer lynage the lot fynde, he shal come bi his kynredis, and kynrede bi howsis, and hows bi men. And sowhoso CE. euerer CE. he in that gilt were taak, he shal be brent with fier with al his substaunce, for he hath brokun the couenaunt of the Lord, andfor he E pr. m. hath do sacrilege in Yrael. And so Josue rysynge eerly, sette Irael bi her lynagis; and it is founden the lynage of Juda; whichthe which BEFH., whanne after his meynees was offred, it is founden thein the A. meynee of Zare; forsothe thilkthoo C. bi men offrynge he foonde Zabdi; whos hows in sondrysondrynge ABFH. sunder C. men dyuydyng, he foonde Achor, the sone of Charmy, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Zabdi, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Zare, of the lynage of Juda. And he seideseith CE. to Achor, My sone, ȝif glorye to the Lord God of Yrael, and knowlech, and shewe to me, what thow hast doon; ne hyde thou. And Achor answerde to Josue, and seide to hym, Trewly, Y haue synned before the Lord God of Yrael, and thus and thus Y haue do; Y sawȝ forsothe among the spuylis a ful good reed mantil, and two hundreth siclis of siluer, and a goldun rewle of fifti siclis; and coueyt|ynge took a wey, and hidde in the erthe, aȝens the myddil of my tabernacle; for|sothe the siluer Y couerde with the dol|uen erthe. Sente thanne Josue seruauntis, the whiche rennynge to the tabernacle of hym, thei founden alle thingis hid in the same place, and the siluer togidre; and thei takynge a wey fro the tent token thethoo C. thingis to Josue, and to alle the sones of Yrael; and threwen forth before the Lord. And so Josue takynge Achor, the sone of Zare, and the siluer, and the mantil, and the golden rewle, and sones and douȝtres of hym, oxen, and asses, and sheep, and thilkthat C. tabernacle, and al the purtenaunce, and al Yrael with hym, lad|den hem to the valey of Achor; where seide Josue, For thow hast disturblid vs, out stourbe thee the Lord in this day. And al Irael stonede hym; and alle thingis, that his weren, ben wastid with fier. And thei gedreden vpon hym a greet heep of stonus, the which abidithabytte BCEFH. stil vnto the day that is nowe. And the wodenesse of the Lord is turned awey fro hem; and the name of the place is clepid unto this day the valey of Achor.

 CAP. VIII.

Seyde forsothe the Lord vntoto BCEH. Josue, Ne drede thow, ne be feerd; tak with thee al the multitude of fiȝters, and ris|ynge sty vp into the burgh toun of Hay; loo, Y haue taak intoin BCEFH. thin hoond his kyng, and puple, and cytee, and loond. And thou shalt do to the citee of Hay and to his kyng, as thow didist to Jeri|cho, and to the kyng of it; the pray for|sothe and alle the lyuyngeOm. E pr. m. beestis ȝe shulen taak to ȝow; put busshementisaspyes E pr. m. to the cyte bihyndeafter E pr. m. it. And Josue roos, and al the oost of fiȝters with hym, for to stye vp into Hay; and he sente the nyȝt thretti thowsand chosen of stronge men; and he comaundidecomaunde B. to hem, seiynge, Putte ȝe busshementisaspyes E pr. m. bihynde the cytee, ne ferther goo ȝe awey; and ȝe shulen be al redi; forsothe Y and thatthe C. other mul|titude that is with me, `fro forn aȝensfro aȝeyns E pr. m. forn aȝeyns CE sec. m. we shulen come aȝens the cite; and whanne thei weren gon out aȝens vs, as wethei A. diden before, we shulen flee, and turne backis, to the tyme that thei pur|suwynge more along fro the cyte ben drawen a ferre; forsothe thei shulen wene vs to flee as before. Vs thanne fleynge and hem pursuynge, ȝe shulen rysearyse BEFH. fro the busshement, and ȝe shulen waast the cytee; and the Lord ȝoure God shal taak it into ȝoure hoondis. And whanne ȝe han taak it, sette ȝe it a fier; so alle thingis ȝe shulen doo, as Y haue co|maundide. And he lefte hem, and thei wenten to the place of the busshement, and thei seten betwixebetwe C. between H. Bethel and Hay, at the west coost of the cytee of Hay. Forsothe Josue that nyȝt dwellide in the mydil of the puple. And rysynge eerly he tolde felawis, and he styede with the eldrenelders C. in the frownt of the oost, biset with help of fiȝters. And whanne thei weren comen, and hadden styed vp fro aȝens of the citee, and thei stoden at the north coost of the cytee, bitwixbytwene BEFH. betwe C passim. the whiche and hem was a mydil valey. For|sothe fyue thousand men he chees, and putte in the busshement bitwixbytwene BEFH. Batha|uenBethel E pr. m. and Hay, fro the west paart of the same cyte. Forsothe al `that otherthe tother C. oost at the north made redi the poynt, so that the last of the multitude atteyneden the west coost of the cytee. Josue thanne wente that nyȝt, and stood in the mydil of the valey; that whanne the kyng of Hay had seen, he hiede eerli, and wente out with al the oost of the cyte, and he dresside the poynt aȝens the deseert, vn|knowynge that bihynde the bak werenweren not E pr. m. hid busshementis. Forsothe Josue and al the multitude of Yrael ȝauen steede to the place, feynynge dreed, and fleynge bi the weie of wildirnesse; and thei cri|ynge out to gidre, and hem self to gidre gladly clepynge pursueden hem. And whanne thei weren goo fro the cytee, and not oon forsothe in the cytee of Hay and Bethauen was laft, that pursuwede not Yrael, as thei breken out leeuynge the borgh towns open, the Lord seide to Josue, Heue vp `the sheeldthy swerd E pr. m. that is in thin hoond, aȝens the cyte of Hay; for to thee Y shal taak it. And whanne he hadde houen vp the sheldswerd E pr. m. fro aȝens theof the CE. citee, the busshementis that weren hid, rysen anoon, and goynge to the cytee tokentoken it C., and sett it a fier. Forsothe the men of the citee, that pursuweden Josue, beholdynge and seynge the smook of the cite vnto heuene stie vp, thei myȝten no more hidir and thidir fleyngefleen CE. atwynne, namelich whanne thei that feyneden fliȝtfleyȝ ABH., and wenten to wildirnesse, aȝens the pur|suwers moost myȝtili hadde with stonden. And seynge Josue and al Yrael, that the citee was takun, and smook of the citee stiedewas stiede E pr. m. vp, turned aȝen smoot the mensones of men E pr. m. of Hay. Forsothe and thei that token, and hadden sett the cytee a fier, goon out fro the citee aȝens her mydlis of enemyes, thei bigunnen to smyit; and whanne on eithir partyepaarte E. aduersaries weren slayn, so that no man of so myche a multitude were saaf, forsothe the kyng of Hay thei token lyuynge, and offerden to Josue. Thanne alle slayn that Yrael to deseert goynge pursuweden, and in the same place bi swerd fallynge, the sones of Yrael turneden aȝen smyten toOm. CE. the cytee. Forsothe there weren that in the same dai dieden, fro man vnto womman, twelue thowsand of men, of al the cyte of Hay. Forsothe Josue withdrewe not the hoond, that in hiȝth he putte vp holdynge the sheeld, to the tyme that alle the dwellers of Hay weren slayn. Forsothe the beestis and the praye of the cytee the sones of Yrael dyuydeden to hem silf, as the Lord hadde comaundid to Josue; the which brente the cytee, and made it an euer|lastynge toumbe. Forsothe the kyng of it he hongidheeng C. in a gybet, vnto euen and the sunne goynge doun. And Josue co|maundide, and thei putten doun the ca|reyn of hym fro the cros; and thei threwen in that entre of the cytee, throwen togidre vpon hym a greet heep of stonus, the which abidith stil vnto the day that is nowe. Thanne Josue bilde vp an auter to the Lord God of Yrael in the hil of Hebal, as Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, hadde comaundid to the sones of Irael, and it was wryten in the volym of the lawe of Moyses, an auter of stonus vnhewidvnhewen C., the whiche yren hath not towchid. And he offerde vpon it brent sacrifice to the Lord, and he offrede pe|sible slayn sacrifices; and wroot vpon the stonus short declaracioun of the lawe of Moyses, that he tolde before the sones of Yrael. Forsothe al the puple, and the more thurȝ birth, and duykis, and iugis stoden on either paart of the arke, in the syȝt of prestis and Leuytisdeeknys E pr. m., that beren the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord; as the comlynge, so and the withyn goten; the half paart of hem biside the hil of Garysym, and half biside the hil of Hebal, as Moyses comaundide, the ser|uaunt of the Lord. And first forsothe he blessede to the puple of Yrael. After thes thingis he radde alle the wordis of blessynge, and cursynge, and alle that weren wryten in the volym of the lawe. No thing of thes thingis, that Moyses co|maundide, he left vntowchyd; but alle thingis he openyde before al the multi|tude of Yrael, the wymmen, and litil chil|dren, and comlyngis, that among hem dwelliden.

 CAP. IX.

The whiche thingis herd, alle the kyngis biȝond Jordan, that dwelten in mountens, and in theOm. BCEFH. wilde feeldis, and in the see sydes, and in the brenke of the greet see, and thes that dwelten biside Liban, Ethe, and Amorre, Chanane, and Phareze, and Euee, and Jebuse, ben gedryd togidre forOm. C. to fiȝt aȝens Josue and Irael, `with oon inwitOO ȝeer E pr. m., and with `the sameO E pr. vice. accord. And thei that dwelten in Gabaon, herynge alle thingis that Josue hadde doo to Je|rycho and to Hay, and fellich thenkynge, token to hem meetis, olde sackis to the assis on puttynge, and rent wyn botels and sowed, and ful olde shoon, `the whichethat C. to the doom of oldnes ben sowid with patchis; thei clothidenclad C. with oold clothes; forsothe the looues, that thei beeren for lyuelood `bi the weyeOm. E pr. m., weren hard and in gobetis broken. And thei wenten to Josue, that thanne dwellide in the tentis of Galgale, and seiden to hym, and to al Yrael togidre, Fro a long loond we han comen, pees coueytynge to make with ȝow. And the men of Irael an|swerden `to hemOm. C., and seiden, Lest pera|uenture in the loond, that to vs is owedaȝt C. bi lot, ȝe dwellen, and we mowen not make boond of pees with ȝow. And thei to Josue, Thi seruauntis, thei seyn, we ben. To whom Josue forsothe, WhoWhat E pr. vice., he seith, ben ȝe, and whens ben ȝe comen? Thei answerden, Fro a ful ferre cuntre thiwe thi E pr. m. seruauntis ben comen in the name of the Lord thi God, we han herd the loos of his power, alle thingis that he hath doo in Egipt, and to the two kyngis of Ammorreis biȝonde Jordan; to Seon the kyng of Esebon, and to Og the kyng of Basan, that weren in Astaroth. And seiden to vs the elders and alle the dwellers of oure loond, Takith in ȝoure hoondis meetis for the moost long weye; and aȝen come ȝeOm. C pr. m. to hem, and seie ȝe, Ȝoure seruauntis we ben; boond of pees make ȝe with vs. And looOm. E pr. m.! the looues, whanne we wenten out of oure howsis forOm. C. to come to ȝow, we token hootehoole A., nowe thei ben maad drye, and of greet eeld to breek; the botels of wyn newe we ful|filliden, nowe thei ben brooke and loosid; clothis and shoon, with the whiche we ben clothidclad C., and `the whichethat C. we han in feet, for the length of lenger weye ben to troden, and almeestfolly E pr. m. wered. Thei token thanne of the meetis of hem, and the mouth of the Lord thei askeden not. And Josue with hem made pees. And the boond `of peesOm. B. goon yn he bihiȝte, that theihe E pr. vice. shulden not be slayn; forsothe the princes of the multitude sworen to hem. For|sothe after three daies of the goon yn couenaunt, thei herden, that in nyȝ thei dwelten, and thei weren to comencomynge E pr. m. among hem. And the sones of Yrael meueden tentis, and camen into the citeescitee A. of hem the thridde day, of the whiche thes ben the names, Gabaon, and Saphyra, and Beroth, and Charyathiarym. And thei smyten not hem, forthi that the princis of the multitude hadden sworn to hem in the name of the Lord God of Yrael. And so grutchide al the comoun aȝens the princis; the whiche answerden to hem, We han sworn to hem in name of the Lord God of Yrael, and therfor we mowen not hem towche; but this we shulen doo to hem, be thei reserued forsothe that thei lyuen, lest aȝens vs the wraththe of the Lord be styrid, if we forsweren vs to hem; but so lyue thei, that in to the vses of al the multitude, trees thei kutten, and watris thei beren. The whiche spek|ynge thes thingis, Josue clepide Ga|bonytis, and seide to hem, Whi wolden ȝe disseyue vs bi gijl, forOm. C pr. m. to seie, Ful ferre we dwellen fro ȝow, sith in the mydilmyldil A. of vs ȝe ben? And so vnder cursynge ȝe shulen be, and there shal not fayl of ȝour lynage, kyttynge trees, and watris ber|ynge, in to the hows of my God. The whiche answerden, It is told to vs thi seruauntis, that the Lord thi God hadde bihoot to Moyses, his seruaunt, that he shulde taak to ȝow al the loond, and scatre alle the dwellers of it; we therfor moyche dredden, and purueiden to oure lyues, constreyned with ȝoure dreedferde BEFH., and this counseil we maden. Forsothe nowe in thin hoond we ben; that to thee ryȝt and good is seen, do thow to vs. Than Josue dide, as he seide, and delyuerde hem fro the `hoondis of theOm. A. sones of Irael, that thei weren not slayn. And Josue demyde in that day hem to be into seruyse of al the puple, and of the auter of the Lord, kuttynge trees and watres berynge, vnto the tyme that is nowe, in the place that the Lord hathhadde CE. chosun.

 CAP. X.

The whiche thingis, whanne hadde herd Adonysedech, kyng of Jerusalem, that is, that Josue hadde taak Hay, and hadde vndurturned it; forsothe as he dide to Jericho and to the kyng of it, so he dide to Hay and to the kyng of it; and that Gabonytis weren ouerflowenouerflowynge ABFH. to Irael, and weren bounden in pees with hem, he dradde greetly; forsothe a greet cite was Gabaon, and oon of the kyngis citees, and more than the burgh toun Hay, and alle theOm. C. fiȝters of it moost stronge. Thanne sente Adonysedech, kyng of Je|rusalem, to Ocham, kyng of Ebron, and to Pharam, kyng of Herymoth, and to Japhye, kyng of Lachis, and to Addabir, king of Eglon, seiynge, Stye ȝe vp to me, and bryngeth help, and out fiȝte we Ga|baon, for he is ouerflowen to Josue, and to the sones of Yrael. Thanne thei gedrid styeden vp, fyue kyngys of Amorreis, kyng of Jerusalem, kyng of Ebron, kyng of Herymoth, kyng of Lachis, kyng of Eglon, togidre with her hoostis; and thei settidensette C. tentis about Gabaon aȝen|fiȝtynge it. Forsothe the dwellers of the citee of Gabaon bisegid, senten to Josue, that thanne dwellide in tentis at Galga|lam, and seide to hym, Ne with drawe thou thin hoondhoondes BCEFH. fro the help of thi ser|uauntis; sty vp anoon, and delyuer vs, and bryng help; forsothe there ben comen to gidre aȝens vs alle the kyngis of Am|morreis, that dwellen in mounteynsthe mounteyns B sec. m. CEFH.. And Josue stiede vp fro Galgalis, and al the oost of fiȝters with hym, moost stronge men. And the Lord seide to Josue, DredeKeep E pr. m. thow not hem, forsothe into thin hoondis Y haue taken hem; noon of hem to thee shal mowe aȝenstoond. And so Josue felle on hem feerlich, al nyȝt stiynge vp fro Galgalis; and the Lord distour|bide hem fro the face of Yrael, and de|fowlide bi a greet veniaunce in Gabaon; and pursuede hem bi weye of the stiynge vp of Betheron, and smoot vnto Azecha and MacedaMareda A.. And whanne thei flowen the sones of Yrael, and weren in the go|ynge doun of Bethoron, God sente vpon hem greet stonus fro heuene, vnto Azecha; and ben deed manye mo with stoonus of hawl, thanthat E pr. m. whom with swerd had smytun the sones of Yrael. Thanne Josue spak to the Lord, in the day that he took Ammorre in the siȝt of the sones of Yrael; and seide before hem, Sunne, aȝens Gabaon be thow not meued, and mone, aȝens the valey of Haylon. And the sunne and the mone stoden, to the tyme that the folk vengide hem self of her ene|myes. Is not this wryten in the book of riȝtwise men? And so stood the sunne in the mydil of heuene, and hyede not to goo doun the space of o day; there was not before neand BCEFH. afterward so loong a day; obeishynge the Lord to the voyce of man, and fiȝtynge for Yrael. And Josue turn|ede aȝen, with al Yrael, into the tentis of Galgala. Forsothe fyue kyngis flowen, and hidden hem in the spelunk of the citee of Maceda. And it is told to Josue, that there weren foundun fyue kyngis lurkinge in the spelunk of the cite of Maceda. The which comaundide to fe|lawis, and seith, Ouerturne ȝe greet stoonus at the mouth of the spelonk, and putte ȝe redi men, that kepen hem closid; ȝe forsothe wole ȝe not stoond, but pur|sue ȝe enemyes, and al the eendis of hem fleynge sleeth; ne lette ȝe hem goon into the socours of ȝoure citees, `the whichethat C. the Lord ȝoure God hath taak into ȝoure hoondis. Slayn thanne the aduersaries with a greet veniaunce, and vnto the deeth almestfolly E pr. m. consumpt, thilkthoo C. that froOm. BFH. Irael myȝten flee, wenten into theOm. BCEFH. strengthidsmale E pr. m. citees. And al the oost turnede aȝen to Josue, in Maceda, where thanne weren the tentis, thei hoole and in hoole noumbre; and no man aȝens the sones of Yrael was hardy to grucche. And Josue comaundyde, seiynge, OpynOpyn ȝe E. the mouth of the spelonk, and bryngith to me fyue kyngis that in it lorken. And the seruauntis diden, as to hem was comaundid; and thei brouȝten to hym fyue kyngis fro the spelonk; the kyng of Jerusalem, the kyng of Ebron, the kyng of Hermoth, the kyng of Lachis, the kyng of Eglon. And whanne thei weren brouȝt out to hym, he clepidecleepe BEF. alle the men of Yrael, and seith to the pryncis of the oost, that withOm. A. hym weren, Goth, and puttith ȝoure feet vpon the neckis of thes kyngis. The which whanne thei hadden goon, and troden the neckis of hem suget with the feet, eft he seith to hem, Wole ȝe not drede, ne be ȝe afeerd, take ȝe coumfort, and be ȝe stronge; forsothe so the Lord shal doo to alle ȝoure enemyes, aȝens whom ȝe shulen fiȝt. And Josue smoot, and slewȝ hem, and hongideheng C. vpon fyue stokkis; and thei weren hongid vnto the euen. And whanne the sunne cam down, he comaundide to felows, that thei doon hem doun fro the gibetis; the whiche doon doun, theiOm. BCE sec. m. FH. threwen hem into the spelonk, in the which thei lorkiden; and thei puttidenputte CE pr. m. vpon the mouth of it greet stoonus, that abiden stil tovnto E. the tyme that is nowe. Forsothe the same day Josue took Maceda, and smoot in mouth of swerd; and the kyng of it, and alle his dwellers he slewȝ; and he lefte not in it, nameli, litil relikis; and he dide to the king of Maceda as he dide to the kyng of Jericho. He wente with al Yrael fro Maceda into Lebna, and he fauȝt aȝens it, the which the Lord took, with his kyng, in the hoond of Irael; and thei smyten the cite in the mouth of swerd, and alle the dwellers of it, and thei leften not in it eny relikis; and thei diden to the kyng of Lebna as thei diden to the kyng of Jericho. Fro Lebna he passide into Lachis, with al Yrael; and the oost disposid bi enuyroun, aȝenfauȝt it. And the Lord took Lachis in the hoond of the sones of Yrael; and he took it that other day, and smoot in mouth of swerd, and eche lijf that was in it, as he dide to Lebna. That tyme stiede vp Yram, the kyng of Gazer, forOm. C. to helpe Lachis; whom Josue smoot with al his puple vnto the deth. And wente fro Lachis vnto Eg|lon, and enuyrounde, and out fauȝt it the same day; and smoot in mouth of swerd alle the lyues that weren in it, after alle thingis that he dide to Lachis. Forsothe he stiede with al Yrael fro Eglon vnto Ebron, and fauȝt aȝens it, and took, and smoot in mouth of swerdthe swerd C.; the kyng for|sothe of it, and alle the burgh touns of that regioun, and alle the lyues that dwelliden in it; he lafte not in it eny relikis; as he dide to Eglon so he dide toand to CE. Ebron, al thingis that in it he foond wastynge with swerd. Thens turned aȝen into Dabyr, he took it, and waastid; the kyng forsothe of it, and alle the burȝ towns bi enuyroun he smoot in mouth of swerd; he lafte not in it eny relikis; as he dide to Ebron, and Lebna, and to the kyngis of hem, so he dide to Dabir and to the kyng of it. And so Josue smoot al the mounteyn loond, and south, and feeldi, and Assedoch with his kyngis; and he lafte not in it eny relikys, but alle that myȝten breeth he slowȝ, as the Lord God of Yrael comaundide to hym; fro Cades Barne vnto Gazam, and al the loond of Josson vnto Gabaon, alle the kyngis and regiouns of hem, with o feers|nes he took, and wastide; forsothe the Lord God of Israel fauȝt for him. And he turnede aȝen with al Yrael to the place of the tentis in Galgala.

 CAP. XI.

The whiche thingis whanne herdhadde herd E. Ja|byn, the kyng of Asor, he sente to Jodab, kyng of Madiam, and to the kyng of Se|meron, and to the kyng ofOm. A. Acsaph, and to the kyngs of the north, that dwelten in mounteyns, and in the pleyn aȝens the south of Seneroth, and in the wijld feeldis, and regiouns of Dor, bisidis the see, and to Chanane fro the eest and west, and Ammorre, and Ethee, and Phereze, and Jebuse in the mounteyns, and Euee, that dwelt inat BEFH. the rotis of Hermon, in the loond of Maspha. And alle wenten out with her companyes, ful myche puple, as the grauel that is in the brenk of the see, and hors, and chaaris, of multitude with outen noumbre. And alle thes kyngis camen to gydre in oon at the watris of Meron, forOm. C. to fiȝt aȝens Yrael. And the Lord seide to Josue, Ne drede thow hem, to morwe forsothe this same our Y schal taak hem alle to be woundid in the siȝt of Yrael; the hors of hem thow shalt kut of the synewis at the knees, and the chaaris thow shalt brenne with fier. And Josue cam, and al his oost with hym, aȝens hem, at the watris of Meron sodeynlich, and felle vpon hem. And the Lord took hem into the hoondis of Yrael; the whiche smyten hem, and pursuden vnto greet Sydon, and to wa|tris of Maserephoh, andOm. A. to the feeld of Masphe, that is at the est part of it. So he smoot alle, that noon of hem relikis he lefte; and he dide as the Lord co|maundide to hym; the hors of hem he kuttidecutt BCEFH. the sinewis atand A. the knee, and the charys he brente. And turned aȝen anoon he took Asor, and the kyng of it he smoot with swerd; forsothe Asor bi oold tyme among alle these rewmes heelde the princehod. And he smoot alle lyues that there dwelten, he lefte not in it eny re|likis, but vnto the deeth alle thingis he waastide; and that cytee he destruyede with brennynge. And alle the citees bi enuyroun and the kyngis of hem he took, and smoot, and dide awey, as Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, co|maundide to hym, with out the citees that weren in the hillis, and in theOm. CE. hil|lokistombys E pr. m. set; and the other Yrael brente vp; oon onelich, the `moost strengthidleste E pr. m., Azor, flawme brente vp. And al the praye of thes citees, and beestis, the sones of Yrael dyuydeden to hem self, alle the enemyes slayn. As the Lord comaundide to his seruaunt Moyses, so Moyses comaundide to Josue, and he alle thingis fulfillide; and he passide not biside ofOm. C. alle the maundementis, forsothe ne o word, that the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And so Josue took al the mounteyn loond, and the south loond, and Gosen, and the pleyn, and the west coost, and the hil of Yrael, and the wijld feeldis of it; and a paart of the hil that steieth vp to Seyr vnto Baalgath, bi the pleyn of Libany vndur the hil of Hermon; alle the kyngis of hem he took, and smoot, and slewȝ. Myche tyme fauȝt Josue aȝens thes kyngis; there was nonot A. cyte, that took hym not to the sones of Yrael, saue Euee that dwellid in Gabaon; alle with fiȝtynge he took. Forsothe the sentence of the Lord it was, that the hertis of hem weren ful hardid, and shulde fiȝte aȝens Yrael, and falle, and thei shulde not disserue eny mercy, but shulden perisshe, as the Lord hadde comaundid to Moyses. In that tyme Josue cam, and slewȝ Ena|chym, fro the mownteyns of Ebron, and Dabir, and Anab, and of al the hil of Juda, and of Yrael, and the cytees of hem he dide awey. He lefte not eny of the stok of Enachym in the loond of the sones of Yrael, out taak the cytees of Gaza, and Geth, and Azoto, in theOm. C. whiche aloon thei ben left. Thanne Josue took al the loond, as the Lord spak to Moyses, and took it into possessioun to the sones of Yrael, after paarties and herhis E pr. m. lynagis; and the loond restyde fro bateilbatails BCEFH..

 CAP. XII.

Thes ben the kyngis whom the sones of Yrael smyten, and weeldiden the loond of hem, byȝond Jordan, at the sonnesouth ABCFH. arisyngerisynge C., fro the streem of Arnon vnto the hil of Hermon, and al the est coost that biholdith the wildernes. Seon, kyng of Amorreis, that dwellid in Esebon, hadde lordship fro Aroer, that is set vpon the brenk of the streem of Arnon, and of the mydil paart in the valey, and of half Ga|laad, vnto the streem of Jaboch, that is the teerme of the sones of Amon, and fro the wildernes vnto the see of Cenoroth, aȝens the est, and vnto the see of deseert, that is the moost salt see, at the est coost, bi the weye that ledith to Bethessymoth, and fro the south paart that vnderlieth to Assedoch, vnto Phasga. The teerme of Og, kyngthe kyng BCEFH. of Basan, of the relikis of Raphaym, that dwelten in Astaroth and in Edram, and he hadde lordship in the hil of Hermon, and in Salacha, and in al Basan, vnto the teermes of Gessury and Machati, and ofto E pr. m. the half paart of Ga|laad, and the teerme of Seon, kyngthe kyng BEFH. of Esebon. Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, and the sones of Yrael smyten hem; and Moyses took the loond of hem into possessioun to Rubenytis and to Gad|itis and toOm. A. the half lynage of Manasse. Thes ben the kyngis of the loond, whom Josue smoot and the sones of Yrael bi|ȝond Jordan, at the west coost, fro AlgadGalaad E pr. m. Asgad sec. m. in the feeld of Liban, vnto the hil whos paart steiethstieth up BCEFH. into Seyr; and `Josue took itthe Lord took hit to Josue E pr. m. into possessyoun to the lynagis of Yrael, to eche her paartis, as wel in mounteyns, as in pleynpleines C. and wijld feeldis; in Asseroth, and in the wildernes, and in the south was Ethee, and Ammorree, Ca|nanee, and Phereze, Euee, and Jebusee. The kynge of Jericho, oon; the kyng of Hay, oon, that is of the side of Betel; the kyng of Jerusalem, oon; the kyng of Ebron, oon; theOm. BCEF. kyng of Herymoth, oon; the kyng of Lachis, oon; king of Eglon, oon; king of Gazer, oon; king of Dabir, oon; kyng of Gader, oon; kyng of Herma, oon; kyng of Hedreth, oon; kyng of Lebna, oon; kyng ofOm. ABF. Odollam, oon; kyng of Maceda, oon; kyng of Be|tel, oon; kyng of Thaphua, oon; kyng of Affer, oon; kyng of Affeth, oon; kyng of Saron, oon; kyng of Madan, oon; kyng of Azor, oon; kyng of Sameron, oon; kyng of Axaph, oon; kyng of The|nach, oon; kyng of Maggedo, oon; kyng of Cetes, oon; kyng of Jachanaen of Car|mel, oon; kyng of Dor and of the pro|uynce of Dor, oon; kyng of the Gentils of Galaad, oon; kyng of Thersa, oon; alle the kyngis, oon and thretti.

 CAP. XIII.

Josue was old and of greet age; and the Lord seyde to hym, Thow hast eeldid, and art of loong age; and the moost widewylde B. loond is left, that not ȝit is dyuydid bi lot; that is, al Galile Philis|tiym, and al Gessury, fro the trubli flood that weetith Egipt, vnto the teermys of Accharon aȝens the north; the loond of Chanaan, that in fyue litil kyngis of Phi|listiym is dyuydid, Gazeus, and Azotyus, Ascalonytes, Getheus, and Accharonytes. At the south forsothe ben Euees, al the loond of Chanaan, and fro Mara of Sy|donys, vnto Affecha, and the teermes of Ammorrei, and his niȝ coostis; forsothe the regioun of Liban aȝens the est, fro Baalgat, vndur the hil of Hermon, to the tyme that thou goo into Emath, of alle that dwelliden in the hil, fro Liban vnto the watris of Masserephoth, and al Sy|donys; Y am, that shal doon awey hem fro the face of the sones of Yrael; come it thanne in to the paart of the herytage of Yrael, as Y haue comaundid to thee. And nowe diuydediuydid A sup. ras. the loond into posses|sioun to nyne lynagis, and to the half lynage of Manasse, with the which Ru|ben and Gad weeldiden the loond, that Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, biȝond the flodis of Jordan took to hem, at the est coost; fro Aroer, that is set in the brenk of the streeme of Ernon, in the mydil of the valey, and al the wijld feeldis of Medaba, vnto Dibon, and alle the citees of Seon, theOm. C. kyng of Amorreis, that fauȝt in Esebon, vnto the teermes of the sones of Amon, and Galaad, and to the teermys of Gessuri and Machati, and al the hil of Hermon, and al Basan vnto Selecha; al the kyngdom of Og in Basan, that regnede in Astaroth, and in Edraym; and he was of the relikis of Raphaym; and Moyses smoot hem, and dyde hem awey. And the sones of Yrael wolden not destruye Gessery and Machati; andOm. ABFH. bot E pr. m. dwelliden in the mydil of Yrael vnto the dáy thatOm. B. is nowe. Forsothe to the ly|nage of Leuy he ȝaue no possessioun, but the sacryficessacryfice B., and the slayn offryngis of the Lord God of Yrael; that is his hery|tage, as he hath spokun to hym. Thanne Moyses ȝaf possessioun to the `linage of theOm. A. sones of Ruben, after her kynredis; and the teerme of hem was fro Aroer, that is set in the brenk of the streeme of Arnon, and in the mydil valey of the same streeme, al the pleyn that ledith to Medaba and Esebon, and alle the litil towns of hem, that ben in the wijld feeldis; forsothe Dibon, and Baal Ba|moth, and the burgh toun of Baal Meon, and Gesa, and Sedymoch, and Mephe, and Caryathaym, and Sabama, and Sara|thaphar, in the hil of the valey of Bethe|roeth, and Assedoch, Phascha, and Betha|issymoth; alle the feeldi citees, and alle the rewmes of Seon, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. ofOm. E. Ammor|rei, that regnede in Esebon, whom Moy|ses smoot, with his princis, Madian, Euee, and Recten, and Sur, and Hur, and Re|bee, dukys of Seon, dwellers of the loond. And Balaam, the sone of Beor, dyuynour, thethe whiche the E pr. m. sones of Yrael slewen with swerd with other slayn. And the teerme of the sones of Ruben is maad the flood of Jor|dan; this is the possessiounpossessiouns ABE pr. m. FH. of Ruben|ytis bi her kynredis of citees and litil touns. And Moyses ȝaf to the lynage of Gad, and to his sones, bi her kynredis, possessioun, of the which the dyuysioun is this; the teermys of Jaser, and alle the citees of Galaad, and half paart of the loond of the sones of Amon, vn to Aroer that is aȝens Tabba; and fro Esebon vnto Ramoth Masphe, and Bethamyn, and Ma|nayn, vn to the teermys of Dabir; in the valey alsoforsothe E pr. m. of Betharan and Bethnenar, and Sochoth, and Saphan, that other paart of the kingdom of Seon, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. of Esebon; forsothe of thisthe E pr. m. eend of Jordan isis to E. the vttermostotemost E. part of the see of Ce|nereth biȝond Jordan, at the eest coost. This is the possessyoun of the sones of Gad, bi her meynees, citees and towns of hem. And he ȝaf to the half lynage of Manasse, and to his sones, after her kynredis, possessioun, of the which this is the bigynnynge; Ammyneym, and al Basan, and alle the kyngdoms of Og, theOm. C. kyng of Basan, and alle the touns of Jayr, that ben in Basan, sexti burȝ touns; and half part of Galaad, and Ascharoth, and Edrai, citees of the kingdom of Og, kyng ofin BEFH. Basan; to the sones of Machir andOm. BCEFH. to the sones of Manasse, and to the half paart of the sones of Machir, after her kynredis. This possessioun dyuydededyuyde A. Moyses, in the wijld feeldis of Moab bi|ȝond Jordan, aȝens Jericho, at the est plage. Forsothe to the lynage of Leuy he ȝaf no possessioun; for the Lord God of Yrael he is the possessioun of hym, as he hath spokun to hym.

 CAP. XIV.

This is that the sones of Yrael weeld|iden in the loond of Chanaan, the whiche ȝeuen to hym Eleazar the preest, and Josue, the sone of Nun, and princis of the meynees bi the lynagis of Yrael, bi lot alle thingis dyuydynge, as the Lord comaundide in the hoond of Moyses, to nyne lynagis and to an half lynage. For|sothe Moyses ȝaf to the two lynages and to the half lynage biȝond Jordan posses|sioun; with outen the Leuytis, that no thing of erthe token among her bri|theren; but into the place of hem camen the sones of Joseph, into two lynagis dy|uydid, Manasse, and Effraym. And Le|uytis token noon other paart in the loond, but cytees to dwelle yn, and sub|urbis of hem to howsbeestis and hisher C. feeld beestis to be fed. As the Lord co|maundide to Moyses, so the sones of Yrael diden, and dyuydeden the loond. And so the sones of Juda wenten to Josue in Galgalis; and Caleph, the sone of Jephone Cenezeus, spak to hym, Thou hast knowun, what the Lord hath spokun to Moyses the man of God offor E pr. m. me and of thee in Cades Barne. Of fourti ȝeer Y was, whanne Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, sentesende E. me fro Cades Barne forto bihold the loond, and I toolde to hym, that me semed sooth. Forsothe my bre|theren, that stieden vp with me, dis|coumfortidenmyslosedyn E pr. m. the herte of the puple, and neuerthelaternerthelatere CE. Y folwide the Lord my God. And Moyses swore in that day, seiynge, The loond, that thi foot shal treed, shal be thi possessioun, and of thi sones with out eend; for thou hast folwid the Lord thi God. Forsothe the Lord hath grauntid to me lijf, as he hath bi|hoot vnto the day that is nowe. Fyue and fourti ȝeer ben, sith the Lord spak this word to Moyses, whanne Yrael wente thurȝ wildirnes. To day Y am of fyue and eiȝti ȝeer, so myȝti, as that tyme Y was myȝti, whanne Y was sent to aspie; the strength of that tyme in me vnto toOm. BF. day abydith stil, as wel to fiȝt, as to goo. Ȝyf thanne to me this hil, the whichthat C. the Lord hath bihoot to me, thee forsothe herynge, in the which ben Ena|chym, and greet citees and strengthidlitul E pr. m.; if perauenture the Lord be with me, and shal mowe doo aweye hem, as he hath bihoot to me. And Josue blisside to hym, and took to hym Ebron into pos|sessyon. And fro that tyme Ebron was to Caleph, the sone of Jephone Ceneze, vnto the present day; for he folwide the Lord God of Yrael. The name of Ebron before was clepid Caryatharbe. Adam moost greet there in the loond of Ena|chym was set; and the loond ceesside fro bataylis.

 CAP. XV.

Thanne the lot of the sones of Juda, bi her kynredis, was this; fro the teerme of Edom vnto the deseert of Syn aȝens the south, and vnto the last paart of the south coost, the bigynnynge of it fro the heiȝt of the moost salt see, and fro the tonge of it, that biholdith to the south. And `it goothhe shal goon E pr. m. out aȝens the stiynge vp of Scorpion, and passith into Syna; and stiede vp into Cades Barne, and cometh into Efron, stiynge vp tofro A pr. m. Daran, and enuyrounynge Cariacaa, and thens pass|ynge into Asemona, and comynge to the streeme of Egipt; and the teermes of it shulen be the greet secyte A.; this shal be the eend of the south coost. Fro the est the bigynnynge forsothe shal be the salt see, vnto the eendis of Jordan, and tho thingis, that biholden the north, fro the tonge of the see vnto the same flood of Jordan. And the terme stiede into Bethaegla, and gooth fro the north into Betharaba, stiynge vp to the stoon of Roen, the sone of Ruben, and strecch|ynge vnto the termys of Debara, fro the valey of Achor aȝens the north, biholdynge Galgala, that is fornOm. E pr. m. aȝens of the stiynge vp of Adomyn, fro the south part of the streem, and passith the watris, that ben clepid the welle of the sunne; and shulen ben the goyngis out of it to the welle of Rogel. And it stieth vp bi the valey of the sone of Ennon, fro the side of Jebusei, to the south; this is Jerusalem; and fro thennus hym self areryngererende C. to the cop of the hil, that is aȝens Jehennon at the west, in the heiȝt of the valey of Raphaym, aȝens the north; and passith fro the cop of the hil vnto the welle of the water of Nepthoa, and cometh vnto the touns of the hil of Ephron; and is bowid into Bala, that is Caryathiarym, that is of the cyte of wodis; and gooth about fro Baala aȝens the west, vn to the hil of Seir, and passith bisidis the side of the hil of Jarym to the north into Selbon, and gooth down into Bethsamys, and passith into Thanna; and cometh aȝen the north partis of Ac|charon fro the side, and is bowid to Sechrona, and passith the hil of Baala, and cometh into Gebnel, and of the greet see aȝens the west in the eend it is closid to gidrys. Thes ben the teermes of the sones of Juda, bi enuyroun in her kynredis. To CalephCaleph forsothe E., the sone of Jephone, he hath ȝouun part in the mydil of the sones of Juda, as the Lord comaundyde to hym, Caryatharbe, of the fader of Enach; it is Ebron. And Caleph dide awey fro it thre sones of Enach, Sysay, Achyman, and Tol|may, of the stok of Enach. And fro thens comynge doun he cam to the dwellers of Dabir, that before was clepid Caryath|sepher, that is, citee of lettrys. And Caleph seide, Whoso smytith Caryath|sepherCaryatsephe A., and takith it, Y shal ȝyue to hym Axam, my douȝter, wijf. And Othonyel, the sone of Zeneth, the brother of Ca|leph, the ȝongerlasse C pr. m. E pr. m., took it; and he ȝaf to hym Axam, his douȝter, wijf. The which, whanne she wente togidres, hir man meuede to hir forOm. C. to axe of hir fader a feeld; and she siȝide, as she sat in the asse; to whom Caleph, What hast thow, he seith? And she answerd, Ȝif to me a blessynge; the south loond and drye thou hast ȝyue to me; ioyn and a waterwatri CE. moyst dongy E pr. m. loond. And Caleph ȝaf to hir `a watry loondmoyst dongy E pr. m., aboue and bynethe. This is the possessioun of the lynage of the sones of Juda, bi her kynredis. And her citees weren fro the last parties of the sones of Juda, biside the teermes of Edom, fro the south of Capsahel, and Edel, and Jagur; Eccyna, and Dymona, Edada, and Cades, and Alor, and Jethnan, and Ypheth, and Thelem, and Balaoth, and Asor, Nobua, and Caryoth, Effron; this is Assoromam; Same, and Molida, and Aser, GabdaOm. A., and Assemoth, Bethfeleth, and Acertual, and Bersabee, and Baiuhia, and Baala, and Hymesen, and Betholad, and Exil, and Herma, and Sichelech, and Meacdemena, Sensena, Lebioth, and Selymetem Rem|moth; alle the citees nyyn and thretti, and the touns of hem. Forsothe in the feeldis of Eschoal, and Saraa, and Asena, and Azanoe, and Eugannem, and Thaph|ua, and Enaym, and Jesemoth, Adulam, Socco, and Azecha, `and Sarym, Aditaim, and Gedam, andOm. A. GiderothaimRothaim A.; the cy|tees fourteen, and the touns of hem; Sa|nam, and Eseba, and `Magdalgad, DelenMagdalgaddelen A., and Melcha, Betel, Lachis, and Baschath, and Eglon, Esbon, and Leemas, and Ceth|lis, and Gideroth, and Bethdagon, and Nenna, and Maceda; cytees sexteen, and the townes of hem; Jambane, and Ether, and Asam, Jepta, and Jesua, and Nesib, and Ceyla, and Asib, and Maresa, cytees nyne, and the towns of hem; Accharon with towns and his villagis; from Accaron vnto the see, alle that drawen to Azaot, and the villagis of it; Azaoth with touns and his villagis; Gaza with towns and his villagis, vnto the streeme of Egipt; and the greet see the teerme of it; and in the hil of Samyr, and Jecther, and Socco, and Edenna, Charyath Senna; this is Dabir; Anab, and Yschemo, and Ammygosen, and Olom, and Gilo, citees enleuen, and the towns of hem; Arab, and Roma, and Esaam, and Ammin, and Bethfasua, and Aphecha, and Anymacha, Caryatharbe; that is Ebron; and Sior, citees nyne, and townsthe towns CE. of hem; Maon, and Hermen, and Ziph, and Jothae, Ze|rahel, and Zachadamer, and Anoe, and Chaym, Gabaa, Canna, citees ten, and the towns of hem; Alul, and Bethsur, and Jodor, Mareth, and Bethanoth, and Beth|ecen, citees sixe, and the touns of hem; Caryathbaal; that is Caryathiarym, citee of wodis; and Rebda, citees two, and the touns of hem; in the deseert of Bethara|ba, Medyn, and Cyriacha, and Nebsan, and the citee of salt, and Engadi, citees six, and the touns of hem; thei weren togidre an hundryd and fifteen. For|sothe JebuseJesube A., the dweller of Jerusalem, myȝte not the sones of Juda doon a wey; and JebuseJesube A. dwelt with the sones of `Juda inOm. A. Jerusalem vnto the day that is now.

 CAP. XVI.

And the lot of the sones of Joseph felle fro Jordan aȝens Jericho, and to the watrys of it, fro the est; the wildirnes that stieth vp fro Jericho to the hil of Bethel, and goth out fro Bethel Luzan, and passith the teerme of Architaroth, and cometh doun to the west biside the teerme of Jefleti, vnto the teermes of the nethermorenethere C. Betheron, and of Gazar; and the regiouns of it ben endid into CE. the greet see, that weeldiden the sones of Joseph, Manasses and Effraym. And the teerme of the sones of Effraym, bi her kynredis, is maad, and the possessioun of hem aȝens the est, Acharothaddar vnto the ouermoreouere CE. Betheron. And goon out the side coostis into the see; forsothe Mathmethath bi|holdith the north, and enuyrouneth the teermys aȝens the est in Thanarselo, and passith fro the streme of Janoe; and goth doun fro Janoe into Atharoth and Noa|thara, and cometh into Jericho; and goth out to Jordan fro Thaphua, and passith aȝens the see in to the valey ful of reedis; and the goyngis out of it ben to the moost salt see. This is the possessioun of the lynage of the sones of Effraym, bi her meynees; and the citees ben seuerd to the sones of Effraym in the mydil of the possessioun of the sones of Manasse, and the towns of hem. And the sones of Effraym slewen not Chanane, that dwelt in Gaser; and Chanane dwellid in the mydil of Effraym vnto this day tribi|tarye.

 CAP. XVII.

And the lot felle to the lynage of Ma|nasse, forsothe he is the first goten of Joseph; to Machir, the first goten of Ma|nasses, the fader of Galaad, that was a man fiȝter, and hadde the possessioun of Galaad and Basan; and to the relikis of the sones of Manasse, after her meynees; to the sones of AbieserAbieses A., and to the sones of Heleph, and to the sones of Hesryel, and to the sones of Sichem, and to the sones of Epher, and to the sones of Se|myda; thes ben the sones of Manasse, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Joseph, maalis, bi her kynredis. To Salphat forsothe, the sone of Epher, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Galaad, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Machir, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Manasse, were no sones, but oonli douȝtres; of the whiche thes ben the names, Maala, and Noa, and Negla, and Melcha, and Tersa. And thei camen in the siȝt of Eliazar, preestthe preest E pr. m., and of Josue sonethe sone E pr. m. of Nun, and of the princis, sei|ynge, The Lord hath comaundid bi the hoond of Moyses, that possessioun were ȝouun to vsȝow E pr. m. in the mydil of oureȝoure E pr. m. bri|theren. And he ȝaf to hem, after the heest of the Lord, possessioun in the mydil of the britheren of the fader of hem. And the litil cordis fellen to Manasse ten, with out the loond of Galaad and Basan bi|ȝond Jordan; forsothe the douȝtresdouȝtren BEFH. of Manasse hadden herytage in the mydil of the sones of hym. Forsothe the loond of Galaad felle into the lot of the sones of Manasse, that weren left. And the teerme of Manasse was fro Aser Machy|nathat, that biholdith Sichem, and gooth out to the riȝt biside the dwellers of the welle of Taphue. And forsothe in the lot of Manasse felle the loond of Taphue, that is biside the teermes of Manasse, and of the sones of Effraym. And the teerme of the valey ful of reedis cometh doun in the south of the streeme of the cytees of Effraym, that ben in the mydil of the cytees of Manasse. The teerme of Manasse fro the north of the streem, and the goynge out of it gooth to the see; so that the possessioun of Effraymhit E pr. m. be fro the south, and fro the north of Manasse, and either closith the see; and thei ben ioyned to hem self in the lynage of Aser fro the north, and in the lynage of Ysa|char fro the est. And the herytage of Manasse was in Ysachar and in Aser, Versan and the litil touns of it, and Jeb|laan with his litil touns, and the dwellers of Dor, with her borgh touns; forsothe the dwellers of Endor, with her litil touns, and also the dwellers of Thanath, with her litil touns, and the dwellers of Ma|gedo, with her litil touns, and the thridde part of the cytee of Nophet. Ne the sones of Manasse myȝten these cytees vndurturn, but Chanane bygan to dwelle in this loond. Forsothe after that the children of Yrael weren recouerdkeuered E pr. m., thei sugetiden the Chananeis, and maden tri|butaryes to hem, and slewen hem not. And the sones of Joseph speken to Josue, and seiden, Whi hast thow ȝeue to me loond into possessioun of lot and of o litil coord, sith Y am of so myche multitude, and the Lord hath blessid me? To whom Josue seith, If `thow art a myche puplethy peple is moche E pr. m., sty into the wode, and hew to thee spacis in the loond of Pherezei, and Raphaym; for streyt is to thee the possessioun of the hil of Effraym. To whom answerden the sones of Joseph, We shulen not mowe stie vp to the mounteyns, sith yren cha|rys vsen the Chananees, that dwellen in the feeldi loond; in the which ben set Bersan, with his litil touns, and Jerazel hauynge the mydil valey. And Josue seide to the houssones ABFH. of Joseph, `that isand of E pr. m., Effraym and Manasse, Thow art a myche puple, and of greet strengthe; thow shalt not haue o soort, but thow shalt passe to the hil, and hew to thee, and purge spacisplacis A. to dwelle. And thow shalt mowe forther|more goo forth, whanne thow hast vndur turned Chananee, whom thow seist yren charis to han, and to be moost strong.

 CAP. XVIII.

And alleOm. E pr. m. the sones of Yrael ben ge|dryd in Sylo, and there thei piȝten the tabernacle of witnessynge; and the loond was suget to hem. Forsothe there dwelten of the sones of Yrael seuen lynagis, that ȝit not hadden taak her possessiouns. To whom seith Josue, How long `welewen ȝeȝe waxe dryȝe E pr. m. with slewth, and ȝe goongooth BEFH. not into the loond to be weeldid, that the Lord God of ȝoure faders hath ȝyue to ȝou? Chesith of eche lynagis thre men, that Y sende hem, and thei goon, and enuyroun the loond, and discryue it after the noumbre of eche multitude, and thei tellen to me, that thei han discryued. Dyuyde ȝe to ȝou the loond into seuen partis; Judas be in hys teermes at the south coost, and the hows of Joseph fro the north; the mydil loond bitwixbytwene BEFH. betwe C. thes discryue ȝe into seuen partise; and thanne ȝe shulen come to me, that before the Lord oure God I sende to ȝow her lot; for there is not a mong ȝou paart of Leuytis, but preest|hod of the Lord, this is the herytage of hem. Forsothe Gad, and Ruben, and the half lynage of Manasse now han taak her possessiouns biȝond Jordan, at the est coost, the whiche Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, hath ȝeue to hem. And whanne the men weren rysen forOm. C pr. m. to goon, to dis|cryue the loond, Josue commaundide to hem, seiynge, Gooth aboute the loond, and discryue ȝe it, and torneth aȝen to me, that here bifore the Lord ȝoure God in Sylo Y sende to ȝou lot. And so thei wenten, and goynge about it in seuen parties dyuydeden, wrytynge in volym; and thei turneden aȝen to Josue, into the tentis of Sylo. The whiche leide lottis before the Lord God in Silo, and dy|uydede the loond to the sones of Yrael, into seuen parties. And stiede vp the first lot of the sones of Beniamyn, by her meynees, that thei weelden the loond bi|twixbytwene BEFH. betwe C. the sones of Juda and the sones of Joseph. And the teerme of hem was aȝens the north fro Jordan, goynge bisyde the side of Jerycho of the north coost; and fro thens aȝens the west to the mounteyn stiynge, and comynge to the wildirnes of Bethanen, and passynge biside Luzan to the south; that is Bethel; and he cam doun into Astaroth of Adar, into the hil that is at the south of the nether Beth|eron; and is bowid goynge about aȝens the see, to the south of the hil that bi|holdith Betheron aȝens Affrijk; and the goyngis out of it ben Scaryathabaal, andthat E pr. m. the whiche is clepid Caryathiarymand Caryathiarym E pr. m., the cyteecytees ABFH. of the sones of Juda; this is the greet coost aȝens the see, to the west. Forsothe fro the south, of the part of Caryathiarym, gooth out the teerme aȝens the see, and cometh vnto the welle of watris of Nepthoa; and comith doun into the paart of the hil that biholdith the valey of the sones of Ennon, and is aȝens the north coost, in the vttermoostvtmost CE. paart of the valey of Raphaym; and Gehennon, that is, the valey of Ennon, `cometh dounOm. E pr. m. by side the side of Jebusei, to the south, and cometh to the welle of Rogel, pass|ynge to the north, and goynge out to Empsemes, that is, the welle of the sunne, and passith vnto the litil hillis that ben `forn aȝensfro the region E pr. m. of the stiynge vp of Adomyn; and cometh doun to Thabem Boen, that is, the stoon of Boen, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Ruben, and passith fro the side of the north to the wijld feeldis; and cometh doun into the pleyn, and gooth biside aȝens the north of Bethagalam; and the goyngis out of it ben aȝens the tong of the saltest see, fro the north, in the eend of Jordan to the south coost, that is the teerme of it fro the est. This is the possessioun of the sones of Beniamyn, bi her teermys in en|uyroun, and her meynees; and his citees weren Jericho, and Bethegla, and the valeyvaleis ABCFH. of Casis, Betharacha, and Sama|raym, and Bethel, and Anym, and Affara, and Offyra, the toun Hesmonaof Hesmona E pr. m., and Of|fym, and Gabee, cytees twelue, and the touns of hem; Gabaon, and Rama, and Beroth, and Mesphe, Chaphera, and Any|mosa, and Recen, Jerephel, and Tharela, and Sela, and Heleph, and Jebus, that is Jerusalem, Gabaath, and Curiath, citees fourteen, and the touns of hem; this is the possessioun of the sones of Beniamyn, aftir her meyneis.

 CAP. XIX.

And the secounde lot of the sones of Symeon is goon out, bi hisher C. kynredis; and was the herytage of hem in the mydil of the possessioun of the sones of Juda, Bersabee, and Sabee, and Melada, and Asersualbala, and Asem, and Beltho|laad, and Bethularma, and Sicelech, and Bethmarthaboth, and Asersua, and Beth|elaboth, and Saroem, cytees thretteen, and the touns of hem; Aym, and Rem|mon, and Athar, and Asam, citees foure, and the touns of hem; alle the litil touns bi enuyroun of thes citees, vnto Balath Brameth, aȝens the south coost, were cytees seuenteen. This is the herytage of the sones of Symeon, afterbisidys E pr. m. her kyn|redis, in the possessioun and litil coord of the sones of Juda, for he was more; and therfor the sones of Symeon hadden possessioun in the mydil of the herytage of hym. And the thridde lot felle of the sones of Zabulon, bi her kynredis; and the teerme of the possessioun of the sones of Zabulon is maad vnto Sarith, and stiedesteȝeth CE. vp fro the see, and Medala, and cometh in to Debbaseth, vnto the streem that is aȝens Jesenam; and turneth fro Saryth, aȝens the est, into the eendis of Secelech Thabor; and gooth out to Da|bereth; and stieth vp aȝens Jasie; and thens passith to the est coost, Gethepher, and Thachasym; and geeth out into Rem|mon, Amphar, and Noa; and gooth about to the north, and Nachon; and the goynge out of it ben of the valey of Jeptael, and Cathel, and Neamay, and Semrom, and Jedaba, and Bethleem, citees twelue, and the touns of hem. This is the herytage of the lynage of the sones of Zabulon, bi her kynredis, and citees, and touns of hem. Of Ysachar wente out the feerth lot, bi his kynredis; and his heritage was Jezrael, and Cathsaloth, and Symeon, and Effraym, and Seon, and Anaarath, and Cabith, and Cesyon, Hames, and Ra|mech, and Enganym, and Enadda, and Bethfeses. And the teerme of it cometh vnto Thabor, and Seesyma, and Heth|semes; and the goyngis out of it weren of Jordan, cytees sexteen, and the touns of hem. This is the possessioun of the sones of Ysachar, bi her kynredis, cytees, and litil touns of hem. And felle the fifthe lot to the lynage of the sones of Aser, bi her kynredis; and the teermes of hem was Alchat, and Acly, and Bethen, and Mesaph, and Elmelech, and Amaad, and Messal; and cometh unto Carmyl of the see, and Syor, and Labanath; and tornith aȝens the est of Bethdagan, and passith vnto Zabulon, and the valey of Jeptael, aȝens the north, into Bethemeth, and Neiel; and gooth out to the left of Cabul, and Acram, and Roab, and Omy|non, and Chane, vnto greet Sydon; and turneth aȝen into Horma, vnto the `moost strengthidleste E pr. m. cytee Tyrum, and vnto Osam; and the goyngis out of it shulen be into the see, fro the litil coord Aczima, and Affeth, and Roab; cytees two and twenti, and the touns of hem. This is the pos|sessioun of the sones of Aser, bi her kyn|redis, citees, and theOm. A. touns of hem. Of the sones of Neptalym the sext lot fel, bi her meynees; and bigunne the teerme fro Heleth, and Helon, and Sannayra, and Adarny, that is Neseb, and Jebnael, vnto Letun; and the goynge out of hem unto Jordan; and cometh aȝen the teerme, aȝens the west, in Arnoth Thabor; and thens gooth out in to Hucota, and passith into Zabulon, aȝens the south, and into Asor, aȝens the west, and into Juda, at Jordan, aȝens the rysyng of the sunne; of the `moost strengthidleste E pr. m. citeOm. ABFH. Assedyn, Ser, and Amraath, and Rechath, and Cenereth, and Edema, and Arama, Asor, and Cedes, and Edray, and Nason, and Jeron, and Magdael, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethsemes; citees nynteen, and the touns of hem. This is the possessyoun of the lynage of the sones of Neptalym, bi her kynredis, citees, and the litil touns of hem. To the lynage of the sones of Dan, bi her meynees, wente out the seuenthe lot; and was the teerme of his possessioun Saraa, and Aschahol, and Darsemes, that is, the cytee of the sunne, Selenym, and Haylon, and Jethela, and Helom, and Thenna, and Acrom, and Hethesem, and Jebtom, and Baalath, Lud, and Beneba|rach, and Jethremmon, and Yharchon, and Arechon, with the teerme that bi|holdith Joppen, and with that eend is closid. And the sones of Dan stieden vp, and fouȝten aȝens Lesem, and token it, and smyten it in mouth of swerd, and weeldiden, and dwelten in it, clepynge the name of Lesan Dan, of the name of Dan, his fader. This is the possessioun of the lynage of the sones of Dan, bi her kynredys, cytees, and litil touns of hem. And whanne he hadde fulfillid bi lot the loond to dyuyde to eche bi hisher A. lynagis, ȝeuen the sones of Yrael possessioun to Josue, the sone of Nun, in herhis E pr. m. mydil, after the heest of the Lord, the citee that he askide, Thannath Sara, in the hil of Effraym; and he bildidebilde BCFH. the cytee, and dwellide in it. Thes ben the possessiouns that bi lot dyuydeden EleazarAleazar A., the preest, and Josue, the sone of Nun, and the princes of the meynees, and of the lynagis of the sones of Yrael, in Silo, before the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessynge, and partiden the loond.

 CAP. XX.

And the Lord spak to Josue, seiynge, Spek to the sones of Yrael, and sey to hem, Seuer ȝe the cytees of fugityues, of whiche I spake to ȝou bi the hond of Moises, thatOm. A. fleȝe to hemhem that A., whoso euerer E. a lijf hath smytun vnwityngevnwitynge he flee to hem A.; that he mowe ascaap the wrath of the neiȝ|bore, that is wreker of the blood, whanne to oon of these cytees he fleeth. And he shal stoond before the ȝatis of the citee, and he shal speke to the aldrenelderes C. of that citee tho thingis that hym silf preuen innocent; and so thei shulen take hym, and ȝyue hym a place to dwelle. And whanne the blood wreker hym pursuepurswueth C., thei shulen not take hym in to his hoondis; for vnwitynge he smoot the neiȝbore of hym, ne before two dayes or thre daies he shal be preued the enemye of hym. And he shal dwelle in that citee to the tyme that he stoond before dom, cause ȝeeldynge of his deededeeth A.. And abide he stille that hath slayn, to the tyme that the greet preest dye, that were in that tyme; thanne shal the mansleer turne aȝen, and go into the citee and his hows, fro the which he fleiȝ. And thei seuerdendemedyn E pr. m. Cedes inand ABCFH. Galile, of the hil of Neptalim, and Sichem in the hil of Effraym, and Caryatarbe, that is Ebron, in the hil of Juda. And biȝond Jordan, aȝens the est coost `of JerichoOm. A., thei or|deynden Bozor, that is set in the feeldyfeeldli A. wildirnes of the lynage of Ruben, and Ramoch in Galaad, of the lynage of Gad, and Gaulon in Basan, of the linage of Manasse. Thes ben the citees ordeynd to the sones of Irael, and to comlyngis that dwellen among hem, that `hethei E pr. m. fleeȝe to tho, the whiche vnwitynge a lijf hath smyten; and he die not in the hoond of the neiȝbour, coueytynge to wreek the shad blood, to the tyme that he to ex|pounenexpounynge E pr. m. his cause, stoond before the puple.

 CAP. XXI.

And the princes of the meynees of Leuy camen to Eleazar, the preest, and to Josue, the sone of Nun, and to the dukys of the kynredis, bi eche lynagis of the sones of Yrael; and thei speken to hem in Silo, of the loond of Chanaan, and seiden, The Lord comaundide bi the hoond of Moyses, that there shulden be ȝeue to vs cytees to dweldwel in A., and suburbis of hem to beestis to be fed. And the sones of Irael ȝauen ofOm. H. her possessiouns, after the heest of the Lord, citees and suburbs of hem. And the lot wente out in to the meynee of Chaat, of the sones of Aaron, preest, of the lynage of Juda, and of Symeon, and ofOm. A. Beniamyn, citees thretteen; and to `that otherthe tothere C. of the sones of Chaath, that is, to the Leuytis that weren ouer, of the lynagis of Ef|fraym, and of Dan, and of half the lynage of Manasse, cytees ten. Forthermore to the sones of Gerson wente out lot, that thei taken of the lynagis of Ysachar, and Aser, and Neptalym, and of the half lynage of Manasse in Basan, cytees in noumbre thretteen; and to the sones of Merary, bi her kynredis, of the lynagis of Ruben, and of Gad, and of Zabulon, citees twelue. And the sones of Yrael ȝauen to the Leuytis citees, and suburbs of hem, as the Lord comaundide bi the hoond of Moyses, eche bi lot ȝyuynge. Of the lynagis of the sones of Juda, and of Symeon, Josue ȝaf citees, of theOm. C. whiche thes ben the names; to the sones of Aaron, bi the meynees of Chaath, of LeuyLeuite BCEFH. kynde; forsothe the fyrst lot goon out to hem is; Caryatharbe, of the fader of Enach, that is clepid Ebron, in the hil of Juda, and the suburbs of it bi enuy|roun; forsothe feeldis and the touns of it `he ȝaf to CalephCaleph ȝaf to E pr. m., the sone of Jephone, to weeld. He ȝaf thanne to the sones of Aaron, preestthe preest E pr. m., Ebron, the citee of fliȝt, and the suburbs of it, and Lebna with his suburbs, and Gether, and Yschymon, and Elon, and Dabyr, and Aym, and Lethan, and Bethsames with his sub|urbs; citees nyne, of the lynagis, as it is seid, of twotweine CE.; forsothe of the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn, Gabaon, and Gabae, and Anathot, and Almon with his suburbs; citees foure. Alle togidre the citees of the sones of Aaron, preest, thretteen, with her suburbis. Forsothe to thatthe C. other of Leuyte kynde, bi the meynees of the sones of Caath, thisthis is CE. the ȝouen possessioun; of the lynage of Ef|fraym, the cytee of fliȝt, Sichem, with hys suburbs, in the hil of Effraym, and Ga|ser, and Cebseyn, and Bethoron with his suburbs; citees foure; and of the lynage of Dan, Helthece, Gebethon, and Hay|halon, and Gethremmon with his suburbs; cytees foure; forsothe of the half lynage of Manasse, Thanach, and Gethremon, with his suburbs, citees two. Alle the ten cytees and suburbs of hem ben ȝeue to the sones of Caath, of the lower degree. Forsothe to the sones of Gerson, of Le|uyte kynde, he hath ȝouun, of the half lynage of Manasse, citees of fliȝt, Gaulon in Basan, and Bosram, with his suburbis; citees two; forsothe of the lynage of Ysa|char, Thesion, Dabireth, and Geromoth, and Enganym with his suburbs; citees foure; of the lynage of Azer, Masal, and Abdon, and Elechat, and Roob with his suburbs; cytees foure; and of the lynage of Neptalym, citee of fliȝt, Cedes inand A. Ga|lile, and Amodor, and Carthan with his suburbs; cytees three. Alle the citees of the meynees of Gerson, thretteen, with hisher C. suburbs. Forsothe to the sones of Merary, Leuytis of the lower degre, bi her meynees, is ȝouun, of the lynage of Zabulon, Getheron, and Carcha, and Dem|na, and Nalol; cytees foure, with her suburbs; of the lynage of Gad, the cytee of fliȝt, Ramoth in Galaad, and Manahym, and Esebon, and Jazer; citees foure, with her suburbs; and of the lynage of Ru|ben, biȝond Jordan, aȝens Jericho, citee of refuyt, Bozor in the wildernes of My|sor, and Jazer, and Jecson, and Maspha; citees foure, with herhis E pr. m. suburbs. Alle the cytees of the sones of Merary, bi meynees and her kynredis, twelue. And so alle the citees of Leuytis, in the mydil of the possessioun of the sones of Yrael, weren eiȝt and fourti, with her suburbs, eche bi meynees delid. And the Lord God hath ȝouun to Yrael al the loond that he swore hym self to ȝeue to faders of hem, and thei weeldiden it, and dwelten in it. And of hym is ȝouun pees in alle na|ciouns bi enuyroun; and noon of the ene|myes is hardi to withstoond hem, but alle ben brouȝt into the lordship of hem. For|sothe ne o word that to hem he bihiȝte hym self to be to ȝeueȝeuynge E pr. m. exp. sec., was maad in veyn, but in dedys alle thingis ben ful|fillyd.

 CAP. XXII.

The same tyme JosueJesu EF. clepidecleep BEF. Ruben|ytis, and Gadditis, and half theOm. BEFH. lynage of Manasse, and seide to hem, Ȝe han doo alle thingis that to ȝou comaundide Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, and to me in alle thingis ȝe han obeishid; ne ȝe han left youre britheren long tyme vnto the present day, kepynge the heest of the Lord ȝoure God. For thanne the Lord ȝour God hath ȝeue to ȝoure britheren rest and pees, as heOm. B. hath bihoot, turne ȝe aȝen, and gooth yn to ȝour tabernaclis, into the loond of ȝoure possessioun, that took to ȝow Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, biȝond Jordan; so oonli that ȝe kepen attentifly, and in dede fulfil, and the maundement and the lawe, that co|maundide to ȝow Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord; that ȝe louen the Lord ȝoure God, and goon in alle his weies, and kepe wel the heestis of hym, and drawe to hym, and serue in al herte, and in alle ȝoure soule. And Josue blesside to hem, and lafte hem, the whiche ben turned aȝen into her tabernaclis. And Moyses ȝaf to the half lynage of Manasse posses|sioun in Basan; and therfor to the half that lefte ouere, Josue ȝaf lot among hisOm. E pr. m. other britheren biȝond Jordan, at the west coost. And whanne he shulde leeue hem into her tabernaclis, and hadde blessid hem, he seide to hem, In myche sub|staunce and rytchesrichysses E. turne ȝe aȝen to ȝoure seetis; with siluer, and gold, and bras, and yren, and manyfold clothinge; deuyde ȝe the praye of enemyesthe enemyes E. with ȝoure britheren. And the sones of Ru|ben, and the sones of Gad, and the half lynage of Manasse turneden aȝen, and wenten fro the sones of Yrael fro Silo, that is set in Chanaan, that thei goon into Galaad, the loond of her possessioun, that thei hadden after the heest of the Lord in the hoond of Moyses. And whanne thei weren comen to the myndelitul E pr. m. hyllis of Jordan, into the loond of Cha|naan, thei bildiden biside Jordan an au|ter of mychilnes with out mesure. The which whanne the sones of Yrael hadden herd, and to hem certeyn messangeris hadden toold, the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half lynage of Manasse to haue bilde an auter in the loond of Cha|naan, vpon JordansJordand A. myndelitul E pr. m. hillis, aȝens the sones of Yrael, alle thei camen togidre in Cylo, that thei stien vp, and fiȝten aȝens hem. And `in the mene tymeeft E pr. m. thei sentensendyn E. to hem into the loond of Galaad, Phynees, the sone of Eleazar, preestthe preest E pr. m., and ten princes with hym; eche of eche lynages. The whiche camen to the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynagethe lynage E pr. m. of Manasse, vnto the loond of Galaad, and seiden to hem, Thes thingis sendith al the puple of the Lord; What is this transgressioun? Whi han ȝe for|sakun the Lord God of Yrael, bildynge a sacrilege auter, and fro the heriynge of hym goynge a wey? Whether litil it is to ȝou that ȝe synneden in Belphegor, and vnto the day that is nowe the spot of this hidows gilt in ȝou dwellith, and many of the puple han faln doun? And ȝe to day han forsakun the Lord, and to morwe in to al Israel the wrath of hym shal wexe wood. And if ȝewe A. wenen the loond of ȝoure possessioun to be vnclene, gooth to the loond, in the which is the tabernacle of the Lord, and dwelle ȝe among vs, oonly that fro the Lord ȝe goon not awei, and fro oure felawship, an auter bilden vp biside the auter of the Lord oure God. Whether not Achor, the sone of Zare, passide biside the heest of the Lord, and vpon al the puple of Yrael the wrath of hym fellefelle on CE.? And he was o man; and wolde God he alone hadde perishid in his hidows gilt. And the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynage of Manasse, answerden to the princes of the message of Yrael, The moost strong Lord God of Israel he hath knowun, and Yrael togidre shal vndur|stoond; if bi inwit of trespassynge this auter we han maad vp, keep he vs not, but punyshe nowe; and if bi that mynde we han doon, that brent sacrifices, and sacrifice, and pesible slayn offryngis vpon it we han put, he seche, and deme; and not more bi that thenkynge and treet that we shulen say, To morwe shulen seye ȝoure sones towith E pr. m. oure sones, What to ȝow and to the Lord God of Yrael? The Lord hath put a teerme bitwixbytwene BCEFH. vs and ȝow, O sones of Ruben and sones of Gad, Jordan flood; and therfor ȝe han no part in the Lord; and bi this occasioun ȝoure sones shulen turne a wey oure sones fro the dreed of the Lord. And so we trow|eden better, and seiden, Make we out to vs an auter, not into brent sacrifices, ne to slayn offryngis to be offrid, but into witnessynge bitwixbytwene BCEFH. vs and ȝow, and ȝoure children and progenye and oure, that we seruen to the Lord, and of oure riȝt ben to offre brent sacrificis, and slayn offringis, and pesible oostis; and ȝoure sones seyn not to morwe to oure sones, There is not paart to ȝou in the Lord. And if thei wolen seye, thei shulen an|swere to hem, Loo! the auter of the Lord, that madenhath made E pr. m. oure fadres, not into brent sacrificis, ne into sacrificessacrifise E., but into oure and ȝoure witnessynge euer|lastynge. God shilde fro vs this hidows gilt, that we goon a weye fro the Lord, and his steppis we forsaken, an auter made out to brent sacrificis, and sacri|ficis, and slayn offryngis to ben offred, biside the auter of the Lord oure God, that is maad out before the tabernacle of hym. The whiche thingis herd, Phinees, the preest, and princisthe princis C. of the message of Yrael, that weren with hym, ben plesid; and the wordis of the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of half lynage of Ma|nasse gladli thei token. And Phynees, the sone of Eleazar, preestthe preest E pr. m., seide to hem, Now we witen, that with ȝou is the Lord; for alien ȝe ben fro this trespas, and ȝe han delyuerd the sones of Yrael fro the hoond of the Lord. And he turned aȝen with the princis fro the sones of Ruben and of Gad, fro the loond of Galaad ofat E pr. m. the coostisnyȝ coost E pr. m. of Chanaan, to the sones of Yrael; and tolde to hem. And the word pleside to alle men her|ynge; and the sones of Yrael preysiden God, and seiden, that no more thei shulden goo vp aȝens hem, and fiȝte, and do aweie the loond of the possessioun of hem. And the sones of Ruben and the sones of Gad clepenclepeden C. the auter, that thei hadden maad, Oure Witnessynge, that the Lord he be God.

 CAP. XXIII.

Ouerturned forsothe myche tyme after that the Lord hadde ȝeue pees to Irael, sugettid alle naciouns in enuyroun; and Josue now of long lijf, and of ful old age, Josue clepidcleepe BEF. al Yrael, and the more thurȝ birth, and princis, and dukys, and mays|tris, and seide to hem, I haue eeldid, and am of more goon forth age; and ȝe bi|holden alle thingis that the Lord ȝoure God hath doon to alle naciouns bi enuy|roun, what maner wise for ȝou he hath fouȝten. And nowe for he hath dyuydid to ȝou bi lot al the loond, fro the est paart of Jordan vnto the greet see, and manye ȝit naciouns ouerleeuen, the Lord ȝoure God shal scater hem, and doo awey fro ȝoure face; and ȝe shulen weeld the loond, as he hath bihoot to ȝow. Oonly takith comfort, and beth bisy, that ȝe kepen alle thingis that ben writun in the volym of the lawe of Moyses, and that ȝe bowen not aside fro hem, ne to the riȝt ne to the left, lest after that ȝe goon into the gen|tylis, that among ȝou ben to comecomynge E pr. m, ȝe sweren in the name of the goddis of hem, and serue to hem, and honoure hem. But cleue ȝe to the Lord ȝoure God, the which thing ȝe han doon vnto this day; and thanne the Lord Godthi God E pr. m. shal doo awey in ȝoure siȝt greet gentilis, and moost stronge; and no man shalshal moun C. shal mowe E. withstoond to ȝow. Oon of ȝou shal pursue a thousand men of enemyes, for the Lord ȝoure God for ȝou he shal fiȝt, as he hath bihoot. This oonli moost bisily be ȝe war before, that ȝe louen the Lord ȝoure God. And if thatOm. E. ȝe wolen draweof drawe E pr. m. to the errours of thes gentilis that among ȝou dwellen, and with hem mengithmeng CE. maryagis, and frenships cowple, nowe thanne wite ȝe, that the Lord ȝoure God do hem not a wey bifore ȝoure face, but to ȝow thei shulen be in to a diche, and grene, and hurtynge of ȝoure side, and a staak in ȝoure eyen, to the tyme that he doo ȝou a wey, and scater fro this best loond, that he hath taak to ȝou. Loo! I to day goo into the weie of al erthe; and with al inwit ȝe shulen knowe, that of alle the wordis `the whichethat C. `the Lordhe E pr. m. hath bi|hoot hym self to be toOm. F. doodoynge E pr. m. to ȝou, he hath not passid biside oon in veyn. Thanne as he hath fulfillid in dede that he hath bihoot, and welsumli alle thingis ben comen, so he shal brynge vpon ȝow what thing of yuels he hath thrett, to the tyme that he do ȝow a wey, and scater fro this best loond, that he hath taak to ȝou. Forthi that ȝe han biside passid the couenaunt of the Lord ȝoure God, that he hath couenauntid with ȝow, and ȝe han serued to alien goddis, and honourde hem, soone and swiftli shal aryse in ȝow the woodnes of the Lord; and ȝe shulen be takun a wey fro this best loond, that he hath taak to ȝow.

 CAP. XXIV.

And Josue gedride al the lynageslynage A. of Yrael in Sechym; and clepidecleepe BEF. the more thurȝ birth, and princes, and iugis, and maystris; and stoden in the siȝt of the Lord. And to the puple thus he spak, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Biȝond the flood dwelten oure fadres fro the bigynnynge, Thare, the fader of Abra|ham, and Nachor, and serueden to alien goddis. I haue taak ȝoure fader Abra|ham fro the eendis of Mesopotanye, and haue brouȝt hym in to the loond of Cha|naan; Y haue multiplied his seed, and ȝaf to hym Ysaac; and to hym eft I ȝaf Jacob and Esau; of the whiche to Esau Y ȝaf the hil of Seyr to weeld; Jacoband Jacob A. forsothe and his sones descendiden into Egipt. And Y sentesende E. Moyses and Aaron, and smoot Egipt bi manye signes and wondris, and ladde out ȝou and ȝoure fa|dres froof E pr. m. Egipt. And ȝe camen to the see, and Egipciens pursueden ȝoure fa|dris with charis, and rydynge, vnto the Reed See. And the sones of Yrael cry|eden to the Lord, the which putte derk|nesderknesses CE. bitwixbytwene BEFH. betwe C. ȝow and the Egipciens, and brouȝte vpon hem the see, and couerde hem. Ȝoure eyen han seen alle thingis, that Y haue doo in Egipt. And ȝe han dwelt in wildirnes myche tyme. And `I haueOm. E pr. m. brouȝt ȝow in to the loond of Amorrey, that dwellid byȝond Jordan; and whanne thei shulden fyȝt aȝens ȝou, Y took hem into ȝoure hoondis, and ȝe weldiden the loond of hem, and slewen hem. Forsothe Balac, the sone of Se|phor, theOm. E pr. m. kyng of Moab, roos, and fauȝt aȝenswith E pr. m. Irael; and he sente, and clepide Balaam, the sone of Beor, for he shulde curse to ȝou. And I wolde not here hym, but aȝenward bi hym I blessideblysse B. to ȝou, and delyuerdelyuerede BEFH. ȝow fro his hoondis. And ȝe passiden ouer Jordan, and camen to Jericho; and menthe men E pr. m. of that citee fauȝten aȝens ȝow, Amorre, and Phereze, and Chanane, Ethee, and Ger|gese, and Euee, and Jebuse; and I took hem into ȝoure hoondis. And I sente before ȝou hors fleeȝis, and IOm. H. keste hem out fro her placis, the two kyngis of Amorreis, not in swerd and in thi bowe. AndOm. B. Y haue ȝyue to ȝou the loond, in theOm. C. which ȝe han not trauayld, and ci|tees `the whichethat C. ȝe han not bild, that ȝe shulen dwelle in hem, vynes and olyues, `the whichethat C. ȝe han not plauntid. Nowe thanne drede ȝe the Lord, and serue ȝe to him with perfit herte and moost trewe; and doth awey goddis, to the whiche ȝoure faders serueden in Mesopotanye and in Egipt; and serue ȝe to the Lord. Forsothe if yuel it semethseme C. to ȝou, that ȝe seruen to the Lord, choys is ȝouun to ȝou; chese ȝe to day to ȝou, that plesith, to whom moost cheefly ȝe owen to serue; whether to goddis, to theOm. C. whiche han serued ȝoure faders in Mesopotanye, or to the goddis of Amorreys, in whos loond ȝe dwellen; forsothe I and myn hows shulen serue to the Lord. And al the puple answerith and seith, Awey be fro vs that we forsaken the Lord, and seruen to alien goddis. The Lord oure God hehath A. ladde vs out and oure fadris fro the loond of Egipt, fro the hows of seruage, and vs seynge dide greet toknes; and kepte vs in al the weie, bi theOm. C. which we wenten, and in alle puplis, bi theOm. C. whiche we passiden; and keste out alle gentils, Amorre, the dweller of the loond, that we ben comen yn. We shulen therfor serue to the Lord, for he is theOm. CE. Lord oure God. And Josue seide to the puple, Ȝe shulen not mowe serue to the Lord; God forsothe is holi, and a strong louer, ne forȝyueth to ȝoure hidows synnes and giltis. If ȝe leue the Lord, and seruen to alien goddis, he shal turne hymself, and tourment ȝou, and turne vpsedoun, after that he hath ȝeue to ȝow good thingis. And the puple seide to Josue, It shal not be so, as thou spekist, but to the Lord we shulen serue. And JosueJosue seide A. to the puple, Witnessis, he seith, ȝe ben, that ȝou self han choosun to ȝou the Lord, that ȝe seruen to hym. And thei answerden, Witnessis. Now thanne, he seith, do ȝe awey alien goddis fro the myddil of ȝou, and bowe ȝoure hertis to the Lord God of Yrael. And the puple seide to Josue, To the Lord oure God we shulen serue, and obeish|ynge we shulen be to the heestis of hym. Thanne Josue smoot boond of pees in that day, and purposide to the puple heestis and domys in Sichem. And he wroot alle thes wordis in the volym of the lawe of God. And he took a ful greet stoon, and putte it vndur an ook, that was in the seyntuarye of the Lord. And he seide to al the puple, Loo! this stoon shal be to ȝow into witnessynge, that ȝe han herd alle the wordis of the Lord, `the whichethat C. he hath spokun to ȝou, lest per|auenture afterward ȝe wolden denye, and leiȝe to the Lord ȝoure God. And he lefte the puple, eche into his possessioun. And after thes thingis dyede Josue, the sone of Nun, the seruaunt of the Lord, of an hundryd and of ten ȝeer. And thei biryeden him in the eendis of his posses|sioun, in Thanathsare, that is set in the hil of Effraym, fro the north part of the hil of Gaas. And Yrael seruede to the Lord alle the days of Josue, and of the eldrenelderes C., that long tyme lyueden after Josue, and `the whichthat C. knewe alle the werkis of the Lord, that he dide in Irael. Forsothe the boones of Joseph, `the whichethat C. the sones of Yrael token fro Egipt, thei birieden in Sichem, in athe E pr. m. paart of the feeld that Jacob bouȝte of the sones of Emor, faderthe fader E pr. m. of Sychem, for an hundrid ȝonge sheep; and it was into possessioun of the sones of Joseph. For|sothe Eleazar, the sone of Aaron, preestthe preest E pr. m., diede; and Phynees and his sones birieden him in Gabaa, that is ȝyue to hym in the mount of Effraym.

 Here endith Josue, and now bigynneth JudicumExplicit liber Josue. Incipit liber Judicum. E. Here endith the bok of Josue. F. No final rubric in BCH.. JUDGES. Here bigynneth the bok of JudicumFrom F. Judicum. B. No initial rubric in ACEH..CAP. I.

AFTIR the deeth of Josue the sones of Irael counseilden the Lord, seyynge, Who shal stye vp bifore vs aȝens Cha|nane, and be duk of bateil? And the Lord seide, Judas shal stie vp; loo! I haue taak the loond in his hoond. And Juda seith to Symeon, his brothir, Sty vp with me in my lot, and fiȝt aȝens Cha|nane, that I goo with thee in thi lot. And Symeon wente with hym; and Juda stiede vp. And the Lord took Chanane and Phereze in to the hoondis of hem, and thei smyten in Bezech ten thousand of men. And thei foonden Adonybezech in Besech, and thei fouȝten aȝens hym, and smyten Chanane, and Phereze. Ado|nybezechAdonybech A. forsothe fleiȝ, whom pursuynge thei, token, kit of the ouermost partis of the hoondis of hym, and ofOm. A. feet. And Adonybezech seide, Seuenti kyngis, kut of the ouermore paartis of hoondis and of feet, gedreden vndur my bord relyues of meetis; as I haue doo, so the Lord hath dooȝolde CE sec. m. to me. And thei brouȝten hym into Jerusalem, and there he died. Thanne the sones of Juda ouercomynge Jerusalem token it, and smyten in mouth of swerd, takynge al the citee to bren|nynge. And afterward descendynge thei fouȝten aȝens Chanane, that dwellyd in the mounteyns, and at the south, in the wijld feeldis. And Judas goynge aȝens Chanane, that dwellid in Ebron, whoswhas A. name was bi old tyme Caryatharbe, smoot Sisay, and Achyman, and Tholo|may. And thens goon, wenten to the dwellers of Dabir, whos name was old Cariathsepher, that is, the citee of lettris. And Caleph seide, Who smytith Caryth|sepher, and wastith it, I shal ȝyue to hym a wijf, Axam, my douȝter. And whanne Othonyel, the sone of Senech, the lasse brother of Caleph, hadde taak it, he ȝaf to hym a wijf, Axam, hys douȝ|ter. The which goynge in the weie, hir man monestidemonyschid BFH., that she shulde axe hir fader a feeld; the which whanne she hadde siȝid, sittynge in an asse, Caleph seide to hir, What hast thou? And she answerde, Ȝif to me a blessynge, for a dry erthe thou hast ȝyue to me; ȝif and a moyst with watris. And Caleph ȝaf to hir moyst aboue, and moyst bynethe. Forsothe the sones of Cyney, cosyncosyns A sec. m. to Moises, stieden vp fro the citee of palmes with the sones of Juda, into the deseert of his lot, that is at the south of Arach; and thei dwelliden with him. And Ju|das wente with Symeon, his brother; and thei smyten to gidre Chananee, that dwellid in Sephat, and thei slewen hym; and the name of the cytee was clepid Horma, that is, cursynge. And Judas took Gazam with his eendis, and Asca|lonem, and Accharon with his teermys. And the Lord was with Judas, and the mounteyns he weeldide; and he myȝte not doo awey the dwellers of the valei, for thei aboundiden in chaarys ful of weepnes in maner of sithis. And thei ȝyuen to Caleph Ebron, as Moises seide, the which dide awey fro it thre sones of Enach. Jebuse forsothe, the dweller of Jerusalem, the sones of Beniamyn, diden not awey; and Jebuse dwelt with theOm. E pr. m. sones of Beniamyn in Jerusalem vnto the daytyme E pr. m. that is nowe. Forsothe the hows of Joseph stiede in to Bethel, and the Lord was with hem. For whanne thei sege|dynsugettiden A. the cite, that before was clepid Luza, thei seeyȝinseynge A. a man goynge out of the cytee, and thei seiden to hym, Shewe to vs the entre of the cytee, and we shulen do with thee merci. The which whanne he hadde shewid to hem, thei smyten the citee in mouth of the swerd; forsothe thilk man and al his kynrede thei leften. The which left wente into the loond of Sechym, and bilde there a citee, and clepide it Luzam; the which is clepid so vnto the day that is nowe. Forsothe Manasses dide not awey Bethsan, and Thanael with his lytyl touns, and the dwellers of En|dor, and Geblaam, and Magedo with his litil touns; and Chanane bigan to dwel with hem. Forsothe after that Yrael is comfourtyd, he made hem tributaryes, and doon a wey wold he not. Forsothe Effraym slewe not Cananee that dwellid in Gazer, but dwellid with hym. Zabu|lon dide not a wey the dwellers of Cethron and of Naalon; but Chananee dwelt in the mydil of hym, and is maad to hym tributarie. Forsothe Aser dide not aweye the dwellers of Cho, and of Sidon, Alab, and AzenbusAzazibus E., and Alba, and Aphe, Cha|aloa, and Pha, and Roab; and he dwellid in the mydil of ChananeiChanaan A., the dweller of thethat E. lond, ne he slewȝ him. Neptalim dide not awei the dwellers of Bethsames, and of Bethanach; and he dwellide among Chanane, the dweller of the lond; and Bethsamytes and Bethanites weren to him tributaries. And Amorre artide the sones of Dan in the hil, ne he ȝaf to hem place that to the pleyner thei myȝten descende; and he dwelte in the hil of Hares, that is to seye, Witnessinge, in Hailon, and Salabym. And the hondlond A. of the hous of Joseph is agreggid aȝens Amorre, and he is maad to hym tribu|tarie. Forsothe the terme of Amorre was fro the stiynge vp of Scorpioun, and Pe|tra, and the heiȝer places.

 CAP. II.

And the aungel of the Lord stiede vp fro Galgala to the place of wepers, and seith, I haue ladde ȝou out of Egipt, and brouȝt into the loond, forfro A. the which Y swore to ȝoure faders, and haue bihoot, that Y shulde not maak in veyn my co|uenaunt with ȝow into with outen eend; so oonly that ȝe smyten no boond of pees with the dwellers of this loond, and that ȝe turnen vpsedoun the auters of hem; and ȝe wolden not here my vois. Why thes thingis han ȝe doon? `Whether forWher fore E. Y wolde not do awey hem fro ȝoure face, that ȝe han enemyes, and the goddis of hem ben to ȝou into fallynge. And whanne the aungel of the Lord hadde spoken thes wordis to alle the sones of Yrael, thei rereden vp her vois, and wepten; and the name of that place is clepid, of wepers, or of terys; and thei offerden her oostis to the Lord. Josue thanne lefte the puple; and the sones of Yrael wenten a wey, echoon into his pos|sessioun, that thei holden it. And thei serueden to the Lord alle the days of Josue, and of the eldren that loong tyme after hym lyueden, and knewe alle the greet werkis of the Lord, the whiche he dide withto A. Yrael. And Josue, the ser|uaunt of the Lord, the sone of Nun, of an hundrid and ten ȝeer died; and thei birieden hym in the eendis of his pos|sessioun, in Thanathsare, in the hil of Effraym, fro the north coost of the hil of Gaas. And al that generacioun is ge|drid to her fadris; and other risen, thatand ABFH. knewen not the Lord, and the werkis that he dide with Yrael. And the sones of Yrael diden yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and serueden to Baalym, and Astaroth; and laften the Lord God of her fadris, that ladde hem out of the loond of Egipt, and folweden alien goddis, goddis of the puplepeplis BEFH. that dwelten in `the virounenuyron E. of hem; and thei honourden hem, and to wrath stiriden the Lord, leuynge hym, and seruynge to Baal and to Astaroth. And the Lord, wrooth aȝens Irael, took hem into the hoondis of destruyers, the whyche token hem, and solden to ene|myes, that dwelten bi enuyroun; ne thei myȝten aȝenstoond her aduersaries; but whidir euereer E. thei wolden goo, the hoond of the Lord was vpon hem, as he spak and swore to hem; and hugely thei ben tourmentid. And the Lord areride iugis, that shulden delyuer hem fro the hoondis of wasters, but and hem theihe E pr. m. wolden not here, doynge fornycacioun with alien god|dis, and honourynge hem. Soone thei forsoken the wey, bi the which the faders of hem wenten; and herynge the heestis of the Lord, alle thingis thei diden con|trarie. And whanne the Lord hadde reryd iugys in the dais of hem, he was bowid bi mercymore mercy A., and he herde the weil|yngis of the tourmentidtormentyngys E pr. m., and he dely|ueride hem fro the deeth of wasters. Forsothe after that the iuge was deed, thei turneden aȝen, and manye thingis diden more than diden the faders of hem, folwynge alien goddis, and seruynge to hem, and honourynge hem; thei laften not her fyndyngis, and the moost hard weye bi the which thei weren wonyd to goo. And the woodnes of the Lord is wrooth aȝens Irael, and seith, For this folk hath maad at nouȝt my couenaunt that Y couenauntide with the faders of hem, and my vois he dispyside to here; and Y shal not doo awey the Gentilis, the whiche Josue lafte, and is deed; that in hem Y haue knoulechynge of Yrael, whethir thei kepen the weie of the Lord, and goon in it, as kepten the faders of hem, or noon. Thanne the Lord lafte alle these naciouns, and wold not anoon ouer|turne, ne took into the hoondis of Josue.

 CAP. III.

Thes ben the Gentilis, that the Lord lafte, for to lerne Irael in hem, and alle that knewen not the bateils of Cha|nanees; and afterward the sones of hem shulden lerne to stryue with enemies, and to haue vsage of fiȝtynge in batayl. The fyue princessatrapis E pr. m. of Philistynys, and al Cha|nane, and Sydon, and Euee the whiche dwelten in Liban hil, fro the hil of Baal of Hermon vnto the entre of Emath. And he lafte hem, that in hem he myȝte haue experiens of Yrael, whether thei wolen here the heestis of the Lord, the which hath comaundid to the faders of hem by the hoondis of Moyses, or noon. And so the sones of Yrael dwelten in the mydil of Chananeei, Ethei, and Amor|rei, and Pherezei, and Euei, and Jebusei. And wyues thei token douȝtres of hem, and theiOm. A. token her douȝtrisdouȝtren BFH. to the sones of hem, and serueden to theOm. A. goddis of hem. And thei diden yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and forȝeten of the Lord her God, seruynge to Baalym, and to Asta|roth. And the Lord, wrooth aȝens Yrael, took hem into the hoondis of Chusanra|sathaym, kyng of Mesopothanye, and thei serueden to him eiȝt ȝeer. And thei cri|eden to the Lord, the which areryde to hem a saueour, and delyuerde hem, that is, Othonyel, the sone of Cenez, the lasse brother of Caleph. And the spiryt of the Lord was in hym, and he demyde Irael. And he wente out to fiȝt, and the Lord took into the hoondys of hym Chu|sanrasathaym, the kyng of Syrie, and oppresside hym. And the loond restid fourti ȝeer; and Othonyel, the sone of Cenez, died. Forsothe the sones of Yrael addiden to doon yuel in the siȝt of the Lord; the which coumfortide aȝens hem Eglo, the kyng of Moab, for thei diden yuel in the siȝt of the Lord. And he cowplid to hem the sones of Amon and of Amalech; and he wente, and smoot Yrael, and he weeldide the citee of Palmys. And the sones of Yrael ser|ueden to Eglon, the kyng of Moab, eiȝteen ȝeer. And aftirward thei cryeden to the Lord; the which reryde to hem a saueour, Aod bi name, the sone of Gera, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Gemyny, the which either hoond vside for the riȝt. And the sones of Yrael senden bi hym ȝiftis to Eglon, the kyng of Moab; the which maade to hym a swerd bitynge in eche side, hauynge in the mydil a pomel of lengthe of the palm of an hoond; and he is gird with it vndur the coot armure, in the riȝt hipe. And he offerde ȝiftis to Eglon, the kyng of Moab; forsothe Eglon was myche fat. And whanne he hadde offerd to hym ȝiftis, he folwide felawis that with hym camen; and turned aȝen fro Galgalis, where weren the mawmettis, seide to the kyng, A preue word Y haue to thee, O kyng. And he comaundide silence. And alle men goon out, that weren a bout hym, Aod wente into hym; forsothe he sat in the somer sowpynge place alone. And he seide, The word of God Y haue to thee. The which anoon roos fro the troon. And `Aod strauȝte outhe streiȝte out to Aod E pr. m. the left hoond, and he took the swerd fro histhe E pr. m. riȝt hipe; and he piȝteputte ABFH. into his wombe so strongly, that the pomel folwide the yren in the wound, and that with moost fat grees it was streyned; ne he drewe out the swerd, but so as he smoot, he lafte in the bodi; and anoon bi the pry|uetees of kynde the tordis of the wombe bursten out. Forsothe Aod, closyde moostOm. E pr. m. bisilich the doris of the sowpynge place, and fastnyd with lok, wente out bi the postern. And the seruauntis of the kyng goon yn, seyȝenseynge ABFH. the ȝatis of the sowp|inge place closid, and seiden, Perauenture he purgith the wombe in the somer sowp|ynge place. And abidynge long, to the tyme that thei weren ashamyd, and se|ynge that no man opnyde, thei token the keye, and opnynge thei foonden her lord liggynge deed in the erthe. Forsothe Aod, while thei weren disturbid, flowȝ awey, and he passide the place of maw|mettis, whens he turnede aȝen; and he cam into Seyrath. And anoon he sown|ede with tromp in the hil of Effraym; and the sones of Yrael dessendidendessendiden doun E pr. m. with hym, hym goynge in the frount. The which seide to hem, Folwe ȝe me, for|sothe the Lord hath taak oure enemyes, Moabitis, into oure hoondis. And thei wenten doun after hym, and thei occupy|eden the foordis of Jordan, that ouer|sendenthei ouersenden E pr. m. in to Moab. And thei sufferden not eny man to passe ouere, but thei smyten Moabites that tyme about ten thowsand, alle myȝti and stronge men; noon of hem myȝte ascaape. And Moab is mekid that day vndur the hows of Yrael, and the loondhond E. restide foure scoor ȝeer. After this was Sangar, the sone of Anath, that smoot of Philistiym six hun|drid men with a shaar; and he forsothe defendide Irael.

 CAP. IV.

And the sones of Yrael addeden to doo yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, after the deeth of Aod. And the Lord took hem in to the hoondis of Jabyn, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. of Cha|naan, that regnede in Asor, and hadde a duk of his oost, Siseram bi name; and he dwellyd in Aroseth of Gentilis. And the sones of Yrael crieden to the Lord; forsothe he hadde nyne hundred chaaris, ful of wepenes, the maner of sithis, and bi twenti ȝeer greetli he oppresside hem. Forsothe Delbora was a prophetesse, wijf of Laphidoth, that demyde the puple in that tyme; and she sat vndur the palm tree, `the whichthat C. bi name of hir was clepid, bitwixbetwe C. Rame and Bethel, in the mount of Effraym; and the sones of Yrael stieden vp to hir into al doom. The whiche sente, and clepide Barach, the sone of Abynoen, of Cedes of Nepta|lym, and she seide to hym, The Lord God of Yrael hath comaundide to thee, Go, leed the oost into the hil of Thabor, and tak with thee ten thousand of fiȝt|ynge men of the sones of Neptalym and of the sones of Zabulon. Forsothe I shal brynge to thee, in the place of the streem of Cyson, Sisaram, prince of the oost of Jabyn, and the chaaris of hym, and al the multitude; and Y shal taak hem in thin hoond. And Barach seide to hyr, If thow comest with me, Y shal goo; if thow wolt not come with me, Y shal not goo. The which seide to hym, Forsothe Y shal goo with thee; but in this while victory shal not be witid to thee; for in the hoond of a womman Sisara shal be taak. And so Delbora roos, and wente with Barach in to Cedes. The which, clepid Zabulon and Nepthalym, stiede vp with ten thousand of fyȝtynge men, hau|ynge Delbora in his felawship. Forsothe Aber Cynee wente a wey sumtyme fro other Cynees his britheren, the sones of Obbab, cosyn of Moyses; and he streiȝte tabernaclys vnto the valey, that is clepid Sennym, and was biside Cedes. And it is told to Cysare, that Barach, the sone of Abynoem, hadde stied vp into the hil of Thabor. And he gedryd nyn hundryd chaaris, ful of wepenys, maner of sithis, and al the oost fro Aroseth of gentilis to the streem of Cyson. And Delbora seide to Barach, Rise, this is forsothe the day, in theOm. C. which the Lord hath taak Sysa|ram into thin hoondys; loo! he is thi leder. And so Barach descendide fro the hil of Thabor, and ten thowsand of fiȝt|ynge men with hym. And the Lord feeryde Sisaram, and alle the chaaris of hym, and al the multytude, in the mouth of swerd, at the siȝt of Barach, in so myche that Sisara of the chaar lepynge doun on his feet, fliȝ. And Barach pur|suede the fleynge chaaris and the oost vnto the see vnto Aroseth of Gentilis; and al the multitude of enemyes fellen dounOm. BCFH. vnto theOm. A. deeth. Sisara forsothe fleynge cam to the tent of Jahel, wijfthe wijf E pr. m. of Aber Cynei; forsothe there was pees bi|twix Jabyn, the kyng of Asor, and the hows of Aber Cynei. Jahel thanne goon out in to aȝen comynge of Sisare, seide to hym, Com into me, my lord; ne drede thow. The which goon into the taber|nacle of hyr, and couerd of hir with a mantel, he seide to hir, Ȝif to me, Y bi|seche, a litil of water, for Y thriste myche. The which openyde a botel of mylk, and ȝaf to hym to drynk, and couerde hym. And Sisara seide to hir, Stoond before the dore of the tabernacle, and whanne there cometh eny man, ask|inge thee, and seiynge, Whether here is eny man? thou shalt answere, Noon is. And so Jahel, the wijf of Aber, took a neylveyl ABFH. of the tabernacle, takyngeand takynge E pr. m. there with an hamer; and she goon out priue|lich, and with silence putte vpon the templis of his heed a neylveyl ABFH., and smyten with an hamer piȝt doun into the brayn vnto the erthe; the whych, felawshipynge sleep to deeth, faylide, and died. And lo! BarachBalach A. folwynge Sisaram cam; and Jahel, goon into aȝen comynge of hym, seide to hym, Com, and Y shal shewe to thee a man, whom thow sechist. The whych, whanne he hadde goo in to hir, he sawȝ Sisaram liggyngelyȝinge BEFH. deed, and a neylveyl ABFH. piȝt into his templis. God therfor lowide in that day Jabyn, the kyng of Chanaan, bifore the sones of Yrael; the whiche woxen eche day, and with strong hoond beren doun Jabyn, the kyng of Chanaan, to the tyme that thei hadden doo hym awey.

 CAP. V.

And Delbora and Barach, the sone of Benoem, songen in that day, seiynge, Ȝe that wilfully offerden of Yrael ȝoure lyues to peryl, blissith to the Lord. Here, ȝe kyngis; perseyue, ȝe princes, with eeris; Y am, Y am, `the whichethat C. to the Lord shal synge, and seye salm to theOm. H sec. m. God of Yrael. Lord, whanne thow wentist out fro Seyr, and passidist bi the regiouns of Edom, the erthe is meued, and heuens and clowdis droppeden with watris; hillis floweden fro the face of the Lord, and Synai fro the face of the Lord God of Israel. In the dais of Sangar, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Anath, in the dais of Jahel, restiden the paththis, and tho that wenten in bi hem ȝeden a wey bi streyt berydbeest E pr. m. paththis out of the weye. Stronge men seseden in Yrael, and restiden, to the tyme that Delbora roos, moder in Yrael. Newe bataylis hath chosun the Lord, and the ȝatis of enemyes he ouerturnede; swerd and speer aperyde not in fourti thowsand of Yrael. Myn herte shal loue the princis of Yrael; ȝe that bi propre wil han offrid ȝou to peryl, blissith to the Lord; ȝe that stienhan styȝed E pr. m. vp vpon shynyngestronge E pr. vice, semynge sec. v. shynynge sec. m. assis, and sittithsitten C. aboueaboun BF. abouen E. in doom, and goon in the weye, spekith. Where the chaaris ben hurtlid, and the oost of the enemyes is queynt, there the riȝtwisnessis of the Lord ben told, and mercy into the stroonge men of Yrael; thanne the puple of the Lord cam doun to the ȝatis, and hadde the prynshod. Ryse, ryse, Del|bora, ryse, and spek the dyte of songe; ryse, Barach, and thou, sone of Abynoem, tak thi chaytyues. The relyues of the puple ben saued; the Lord in stronge men hath fouȝten. Fro Effraym he hath doon hem a wey into Amalech, and after hym fro Beniamyn in to thi puplis, O Ama|lech. Fro Machir princis descendiden, and fro Zabulon, that oost shulden lede to fiȝt. Dukis of Ysachar weren with Delbora, and the steppis of Barach thei folweden, the whiche, as into heuedihedi C. hedy E. fall|ynge and helle, he ȝaf hym silf to peryl. Ruben aȝens hym diuydide, of greet willi men is foundun stryuynge. Whi dwellist thow bitwixbetwe C. among E pr. m. twothy E pr. m. teermys, that thow here the noysis of flockis? Ruben aȝens hym dyuydide, of greet willi men is foundun aOm. E pr. m. the BCE sec. m. FH. strijfstriuynge E pr. m.. Gad biȝonde Jordan restide, and Dan tentide to shippis. Aser dwellid in the brenk of the see, and in hauens abood. Forsothe Zabulon and Neptalym offerden herOm. E pr. m. lyues to deeth, in theOm. E pr. m. regioun of Moreme. Kyngis camen, and fouȝten; fouȝten the kyngis of Chanaan in Thanath, biside the watris of Magedan; and neuerthelaternerthelater CE. no thing token the praytakers. Fro heuene it is fouȝten aȝens hem; sterrys dwellynge in ordre and in her course aȝens Sysaram fouȝten. The streem of Syson drowȝ the careyns of hem, the streem of Cadunym, streem of Cyson. Treed thou, my soule, stronge men. Cleas of hors fellen hem fleynge with feerse, and bi heedlyngeheuedlynge B. fallingefallige A. the moost stroonge men of enemyes. Curse ȝe to the loond of Meroth, seide the aungel of the Lord, curse ȝe to the dwellers of it, for thei camen not to the help of the Lord, in to the help of the moost stronge men of hym. Blessid among wymmen Jahel, the wijf of Aber Cynei; be she blessid in hir tabernacle. To the askynge water sche ȝaf mylk, and in the viole of pryncis she brouȝte forth butter. The left hoond she putte to the nayl, and the riȝt to the hamers of smythis; and she smoot Cisaram, sech|ynge in the heed the place of the wound, and the temple myȝtilich thrillyngethirlende C.. Bi|twix the feet of hir he felle, failid, and dyede; and he was wrappid bifore the feet of hir, and he lay out of lijf, and wretchidful. Bi the wyndow biholdynge ȝollide the moder of hym; and fro the sowpynge place she spak, Whi tarieth to turne aȝen the chaar of hym? Whi tary|eden the feet of the foure whelid cartis of hym? `Oon wiser than thatThe C. other wijfis of hym to the moder in lawe thes wordis answerde, Perauenture now he dyuydith spuylis, and the moost feyr of wymmen is chosun to hym; clothis of dyuers colours to Sysare ben taak into praye, and dyuerse portenaunce to neckis to be anourned is born to gidre. So perischen alle thin enemyes, thou Lord; forsothe thoo that louen thee, as the sunne in his rysynge shyneth, so glit|teren thei. And the loond restide bi fourti ȝeerwynter B..

 CAP. VI.

The sones forsothe of Yrael diden yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, the which took hem in the hoond of Madian seuen ȝeer. And thei ben oppressid greetli of hem; and thei maden to hem caaues, and spe|lunkis in hillis, and moost defensable placis to withstonden. And whanne Irael wex feers, `Madian stiede vphe styede opp to Madyan E pr. m., and Ama|lech, and other of the est naciouns; and anentis hem pitchinge tentis, as thei weren in grasse, alle thingis thei wastiden vnto the entre of Gaze, and no thing per|teynynge to the lijf vtterli thei laften in Yrael, ne sheep, ne oxeoxyn CE., ne asses. For|sothe thei and alle the flockis of hem camen with her tabernaclis, and at the licknes of locustis alle placisthyngys thei E pr. m. fulfillide the vnnoumbrable multitude of men and of camels, and wastynge what euere thing thei touchiden. And Yrael is mekid greetli in the siȝt of Madian. And he cryede to the Lord, askynge help aȝens Madianytis; the which sentesende E. to hem a man prophete, and spak, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Y haue maad ȝou to come doun fro Egipt, and haue brouȝt ȝou out fro the hous of seruage, and delyuerd fro the hoond of Egipciens, and of alle theȝoure E pr. m. enemyes that tourmentiden ȝow; and haue throwun hem out atof A. ȝoure entree, and haue taak to ȝow the loond of hem; and seide, I the Lord ȝoure God; ne drede ȝe the goddis of Amorreis, in whos loond ȝe dwellen; and ȝe wolden not here my vois. Forsothe the aungel of the Lord cam, and sat vndur the ook, that was in Effra, and perteynede to Joas, the fader of the meyne of Ezry. And whanne Gedeon, the sone of hym, shockideshekede E. out, and purgide whetis in the pressynge place, that he fleiȝ Madian, the aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and seith, The Lord withbe with E pr. m. thee, moost stroong of men. And Gedion seide to hym, Y biseche, my lord, if the Lord is with vs, whi thanne han taak vs alle thes yuels? Where ben the merueyls of hym, the whiche oure faders tolden, and seiden, The Lord hath lad vs out of Egipt? Now forsothe he hath forsakun vs, and takun in the hoond of Madian. And the Lord bihelde to hym, and seith, Go in this thi strength, and thou shalt delyuer Yrael fro the hoond of Madian; wite thow, that Y haue sent thee. The which answerynge seith, My lord, Y biseche, in what shal Y delyuer Yrael? Loo! my meyne is lowest in Manasse, and Y leest in the hows of my fader. And the Lord seide to hym, I shal be with thee, and thow shalt smyte Madian as o man. And he, If Y haue foundun, he seith, grace be|fore thee, ȝif to me a tokne, that thou be, `the whichthat C. spekist withto E. me; ne goo thou hens, to the tyme that I turne aȝen to thee, bryngynge sacrifice, and offrynge to thee. The which answerde, Y shal abide thi comynge. And so Gedeon wente in, and sethide a kydde, and of a busshel of flour therf looues, and fleish puttynge in the leep; and the flesh broththe puttynge in to the pot, he took alle thingis vndur the ook, and offerde to hym. To whom seide the aungel of the Lord, Tak the flesh, and the therf looues, and putte vpon thethat BCE sec. vice, FH. this E pr. v. stoon, and the broththe heelde there vpon. And whanne he hadde doo so, the aungel of the Lord streiȝte out the vttermostvtmost CE. part of the ȝeerde that he heelde in hoond, and he touchid the flesh, and the therf looues; and fier stiede up fro the stoon, and con|sumede the flesh, and the therf looues. Forsothe the aungel of the Lord va|nysshide a wey fro the eyen of hym. And Gedeon seynge that it was the aun|gel of the Lord seith, Wo me, Lord God, for Y haue seen the aungel of the Lord face to face. And the Lord seide to hym, Pees with thee; ne drede thow, thou shalt not dye. Thanne Gedeon bilde there an auter to the Lord, and he clepidecleepe BEF. it the Pees of the Lord, vnto the day that is now. And whanne ȝit he hadde be in Effra, that is the meyne of Ezry, that nyȝt the Lord seide to hym, Tak the bole of thi fader, and another bole of seuen ȝeer, and thou shalt distruye the auter of Baal, that is of thi fader, and the wode, that is about the auter, hew doun; and thou shalt bilde an auter to the Lord thi God in the ouermostouemost E. of this stoon, vpon the which thou puttist before sacrifice; and thou shalt take the secounde bole, and offer brent sacrifice vpon the hepe of wode, that thow hast kut offro E pr. vice, of sec. v. the wode. Thann Gedeon taken to ten men of his seruauntis, dide as the Lord comaundide to hym. Forsothe dredynge the hows of his fader, and the men of that cytee, by day he wold not doon, but alle thingis the nyȝt he fulfilde. And whanne the men of his burgh tountouns A. erly weren rysen, thei seen the auter of Baal destruyed, and the `mawmet woodeherynge place E pr. m. hewun doun, and another bole set vpon the auter, that thanne was bild vp. And thei seiden to gidre, Who hath doon this? And whanne thei souȝten the doer of the dede, it is seide, Gedeon, the sone of Joas, dide alle these thingis. And thei seiden to Joas, Bryng forth thi sone hider, that he be deed, for he hath destruyed the auter of Baal, and hewen doun the wode. To whom he answerde, Whether ȝe ben wrechers of Baal, that ȝe fiȝten for hym? who is the aduersarye of hym, dye he, before the morwetide liȝt come; if he is God, venge he hymsilf of hym that hath deluen vp the auter of hym. Fro that day Gedeon is clepid Jeroboal, forthi that Joas seide, Baal take veniaunce of hym that hath doluen down the auter of hym. Therfor al Madian, and Amelech, and the este puplis ben gedrid to gidre, and pass|ynge ouer Jordan settidensetten C. tentis in the valey of Jezrael. Forsothe the spyryt of the Lord clothide Gedeon; the which criynge with tromp clepide to gidre the hows of Abiezer, for he shulde folwe hym. And he sente messangers into al Manassen, the which and he folwide hym; and other messangers into Aser, and Zabulon, and Neptalym, the whiche aȝen camen to hym. And Gedeon seide to the Lord, If thow makist saaf bi myn hoond `the puple ofOm. E pr. m. Irael, as thow hast spokun, Y shal put this fleese of wul in the floore; if dewe in the fleese alone were, and in al the erthe drouȝth, Y shal wyte, that bi myn hoond, as thou hast spokun, thow shalt delyuer Yrael. And it is doo so. And fro theOm. CE. niȝt risynge, thrust out of the fleese, he fulfillede an holwȝ vessel with dew; and eft he seide to the Lord, Ne wexe not wrooth thiin B. woodnes aȝens me, if ȝit ones Y tempte a tokne sechynge in the fleese; Y preye, that oonli the fleese be drye, and al the erthe with dewthe dew BEFH. moyst. And the Lord dide that nyȝt, as he axide; and there was drouȝth in theal the E pr. m. fleese aloneOm. E pr. m., and dewe in al the erthe. Thanne Jeroboal, the which and Gedeon, fro nyȝt rysynge, and al the puple with hym, cam to the wel that is clepid Arad. Forsothe the tentis of Madian weren in the valey, at the north coost of the hiȝe hil.

 CAP. VII.

And the Lord seide to Gedeon, Myche is the puple with thee, and lest Yrael glorie aȝens me, Madian shal not be taak into the hoondis of hym, and lest he seye, Bi my strengthis I am delyuerd. Spek to the puple, and alle herynge, preche, Who is feerful and dredy, turne he aȝen. And there wenten aȝen fro the hil of Galaad, and ben turned aȝen of the pu|ple two and twenti thowsand of men; and onely ten thowsand beden stil. And the Lord seide to Gedeon, Ȝit there is myche puple; lede hem to the watris, and there I shal preue hem, and of whom Y shal seye to thee, that goo with thee, he goo; whom I shal defende to goo, he turne aȝen. And whanne the puple was goon doon to the watris, the Lord seide to Gedeon, ThilkThoo C. that with hoond and with tonge lapen the watris, as houndis ben wonedwont EFH. to lape, thou shalt seuere hemOm. CE pr. m. aside; forsothe thilkthoo C., that bowiden the knees drynkynge, in that other paart shulen be. And so was the noumbre of hem, that with hoond throw|ynge to the mouth watris hadden lapid, thre hundrid men; forsothe al `that otherthe tother C. multitude thethat A. knee bowid dronke. And the Lord seith to Gedeon, In three hun|drid men, that lapiden watris, Y shal delyuer ȝou, and taak Madian in thin hoond; forsothe al `that otherthe tother C. multitude be turned aȝen into his place. And so metis taken for the noumbre, and trom|pis, al `that othirthe tother C. multitude he co|maundide to goon to her tabernaclis; and he, with thre hundrid men, ȝaf hym silf to the bateil. Forsothe the tentis of Ma|dian weren vndur in the valey. The same nyȝt the Lord seide to hym, Rise, and go doun into the tentis, for Y haue taak hem in thin hoond; forsothe if alone thou dredist to goo, go doun with thee Phara, thi child. And whanne thou herist what thei speken, thanne thin hoondis shulen be coumfortid, and sikerer thou shalt goo doun to the tentis of thethin A. ene|myes. Thanne descendide he, and Phara, his child, into a paart of the tentis, where weren the watchis of armed men. For|sothe Madian, and Amalech, and alle the este puplis shed layen in the valey, as multitude of locustis; forsothe camels vn|noumbrable there weren, as grauel that lieth in the brenk of the see. And whanne Gedeon was comen, a man tolde a sweuen to his neiȝbore, and in this maner he toolde that he sawȝ, Y sawȝ a sweuen, and it seemed to me, as a loof of barlich maad vndir asshen to be trendlid, and into the tentis of Madyan to goo doun; and whanne it were comyn tointo A. the taber|nacle, it smoot it, and turnede vpsedoun, and al doun to the erthe euenede. He, to whom he spak, answerde, This is noon othere thing, but the swerd of Gedeon, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Joas, a man of Irael; forsothe the Lord hath takun into the hoondis of hym Madian and alle the tentis of it. And whanne Gedeon hadde herd the sweuen, and the remenynge of it, he heryede, and, turned aȝen to the tentis of Yrael, seithhe seith E pr. m., Ryse ȝe; forsothe the Lord hath takun into oure hoondis the tentis of Madian. And he dyuydide the thre hundrid men in thre parties, and he ȝaf trompis in the hoondis of hem, and voyd wyn pottys, and laumpis in the myddis of the pottis. And he seide to hem, What ȝe seen me doonto do CE., that doo ȝe; Y shall goo into a paart of the tentis, and what Y shal doo, folwith. Whanne the trompe fulsowneth in myn hoond, for|sothe ȝe bi the enuyroun of the tentis trompith, and crieth to gidre, To the Lord and to Gedeon. And Gedeon wente in, and thre hundred men that weren with hym, into a part of the tentis, bigyn|nynge the watchis of the mydnyȝt; and, the kepers reryd, thei bigunnen with trompis to cryen, and clappen togidre bitwixbytwen BCEFH. hem seluen the wyn pottis. And whanne bi enuyroun of the tentis in thre placis thei fulsowneden, and the stenys hadden broken, thei heelden with the left hoondis the laumpis, and with the riȝt the sownynge trompis; and thei cri|eden, The swerd of the Lord and of Gedeon; stondynge eche in his place, by enuyroun of the enemyes tentis. And so alle the tentis ben disturbliddisturbid C.; and criynge out and ȝellynge, flowen; and neuerthelaternerthe|later C passim. the thre hundryd men stoden to stedfastli, sownynge with trom|pis. And the Lord sente yn swerd in alle the tentis, and thei kutten of hem seluen bi sleynge echon other, fleynge into Beth|saka, and bi the cop of the brenke, fro Elmonla into Thebbath. The men of Irael forsothe criynge togidre, of Nepta|lym, and Aser, and alof E pr. m. Manasse, `pur|sueden MadianMadyan was pursuwed E pr. m.; and the Lord ȝaf to the puple of Yrael victory in that day. And Gedeon sente messangers into al the hil of Effraym, seiynge, Comith doun into aȝen metynge of Madian, and occu|pieth the watres vnto BethhemBethhara E pr. m. and Jor|dan. And al Effraym criede, and forn occupiede the watres and Jordan vnto Bethhara. And two men of Madian takun, Oreb and Zeb, he slowȝ; Oreb in the stoon of Oreb, forsothe Zeb in the pressynge place of Zeb; and thei pur|sueden Madian, the heedys of Oreb and of Zeb berynge to Gedeon, ouer the floodis of Jordan.

 CAP. VIII.

And the men of Effraym seiden to hym, What is this that thou woldest doo, that thou clepedist not vs, whanne thou shuldist go to fiȝtthe fiȝt CE. aȝens Madian? chidynge stronglich and almest violence brynggynge yn. To whom he answerde, What siche thing forsothe myȝte Y doo, what ȝe han doon? Whether is not be|tere the graape of Effraym than the vendage of Abiether? Into ȝoure hoondis the Lord hath takun the princis of Ma|dian, Oreb and Zeb. What siche thing miȝte Y dooOm. F., what thing ȝe han doo? The which thing whanne he hadde spoken, the spyryt of hem took rest, bi theOm. C. which thei bolneden aȝens hym. And whanne Gedeon was comyn to Jor|dan, he passide it with thre hundrid men, that weren with hym; and for werynes, fleynge thei myȝten not pursue. And he seide to the men of Socchoth, Y biseche, ȝyueth looues to the puple, that is with me; for greetlich thei de|fauten, that we mowen pursue Zebee and Salmana, kyngis of Madian. The princis of Soccoth answerden, Perauen|ture the palmes of the hoondis of Zebee and of Salmana ben in thin hoond, and therfor thow askist, that we ȝeuen to thin oost looues. To whom he seith, Whanne therfor the Lord shal taak into myn hoondis Zebee and Salmana, and whanne Y were turned aȝen ouercomer in pees, Y shal to-teren ȝoure flesh with thornes and breris of deseert. And thens goynge he cam into Phanuel; and he spak to the men of that place lijk thingis, and to whom thei answerden, as an|swerden the men of Soccoth. And to hem he seide also, Whanne Y were turn|ed aȝen ouercomer in pees, Y shall de|struy this tour. Zebee forsothe and Sal|mana restiden with al her oost; forsothe fifteen thowsand men abiden stil of alle the cumpanyes of the estOm. ABFH. puplis, sleyn an hundryd and twenty thousandisthousend C. of fiȝters and of drawers out swerd. And Gedeon stiynge vp bi the weye of hem that dwelliden in tabernaclis at the eest coost of Nobee and Lecaa, he smoot the tentis of the enemyes, that weren siker, and no thing of aduersyte ortroweden. And Zebee and Salmana flowen, whom pursuynge Gedeon took, disturblid al the oost of hem. And he turnynge aȝen fro the bateyl before the sunne rysynge, heOm. E sec. m. took a child of the men of Soccoth; and he askyde hym the names of the pryncis, and of the eldren of Soccoth; and he dis|criuyde seuenty and seuen men bi noum|bre. And he cam to Socoth, and seide to hem, Loo Zebee and Salmana! vpon the whiche ȝee mysseyden to me, seiynge, Perauenture the hoondys of Zebee andand of E. Salmana in thin hoondis ben, and therfor thou askist, that we ȝeuen to the men, that ben wery and han defautid, looues. He took thanne the eldre of the cyte, and thornes of deseert and breris, and to|rente with hem, and distruyede the men of Socoth; forsothe the tour of Phanuel he turnede vpsedoun, slayn the dwellers of the cyte. And he seide to Zebee and to Salmana, What weren the men, whom ȝe slowen in Thabor? The whiche an|swerden, Lijk thee, and oon of hem as the sone of a kyng. To whom he, My britheren thei weren, the sones of my moder; God lyueth, if ȝe hadden kepte hem, Y wolde not haue slayn ȝow. And he seide to Jepter, his fyrst gotun, Ryse, and sle hem. The which drewe not out the swerd; forsothe he dredde, for a child he was ȝit. And Zebee and Sal|mana seyden, Thow ryse, and fal into vs; for after age and strength thow art of a man. Gedeon roos, and slewe Zebee and Salmana, and took the ournementis, and billis, with the whiche the neckis of kyngis chamels ben wonyd to be anourned. And alle the men of Yrael seiden to Gedeon, Haue lordship of vs, thow, and thi sone, and the sone of thi sone; for thow hast delyuerd vs fro the hoond of Madian. To whom he seith, I shal not haue lordship of ȝou, ne my sone shal haue lordship in ȝou, but the Lord shal haue lordship. And he seide to hem, Oon askynge Y aske of ȝow, ȝeueth to me the eere ryngys of ȝoure praye; forsothe Ysmaelitis weren woned to han golden eereryngis. The whiche answerden, Moost glaadly we shulen ȝeue. And spredynge a brood vpon the erthe a mantil, thei threwen forth in it the eere ryngis of the praye; and the weiȝt of the askid eereryngis was a thou|sand and seuenti siclis of gold, with outen the ournementis andof A. brochis and purpur clooth, thewith the E pr. m. which the kyngis of Madian weren wont to vse, and biside the goldun beeȝisbeeyȝe E. of chamels. And Gedeon maad of it a coop, and putte it in Effra his citee; and al Yrael dide fornycacioun in it; and it was maad to Gedeon and to alle the hows of hym into fallynge. Forsothe Madian is mekid before the sones of Yrael, ne thei myȝten more ouer reer vp the nollis; but the loond restide bi fourty ȝeer, in the which Gedeon was in dig|nyte. And so Joroboal, the sone of Joas, ȝede, and dwelte in his hows; and he hadde seuenti sones, that camen out of the hype of hym, forthi that he hadde many wyues. Forsothe the secoundarye wijf of hym, that he had in Sichem, gatgat to C. hym a sone, Abymalech bi name. And Gedeon, the sone of Joas, is deed in a good age, and biryed in the sepulcre of Joas his fader, in Efra, of the meyne of Ezry. Forsothe after that Gedeon is deed, the sones of Irael ben turned awey, and han doo fornycacioun with Baalym; and thei smyten with Baal couenaunt of pees, that he were to hem into God, ne thei recordiden of the Lord her God, `the whichthat C. delyuerde hem fro the hoond of alle her enemyes bi enuyroun; ne thei diden mercy with the hows of Jeroboal Gedeon, after alle the good thingys that he dide to Yrael.

 CAP. IX.

Abymalech, the sone of Jeroboal, ȝeed forsotheforth A. into Sichem to the britheren of his moder; and he spak to hem, and to al the kynrede of the hows of his modir, seiynge, Spek to alle the men of Sychem, Whether is it betere to ȝou, that seuenti men, alleof E pr. m. the sones of Jeroboal, han lordship of ȝow, otheror C. o man be lord to ȝow? and to gidre bihold ȝe, for ȝoure boon and ȝoure flesh Y am. And the britheren of his moder speken of hym to alle the men of Sichem alle thes wordes; and thei boweden the herte of hem after Abymalech, seyinge, Oure brother he is. And thei ȝauen to hym seuenti pownde of siluer of the hethen temple of Baal Berith; the which hiride to hym of it nedi men and vagaunt, and thei folweden hym. And he cam into the hows of his fader in Ephra, and he slewȝ his bri|theren the sones of Jeroboal, seuenti men, vpon oa C. stoon. And Joatham, the sone of Jeroboal, the leest, abood stil, and is hid. And alle the men of Sichem, and al the meynee of the cite of Mello, ben gedred to gidre, and wenten, and ordeyn|eden hem a kyng, Abymalech, biside the ook that stood in Sichem. The which, whanne was told to Joatham, he ȝede, and stood in the cop of the hil of Garysym, and, areridrerid C. vp the voice, cryede, and seyde, Here ȝe me, men of Sichem, so that God here ȝou. Treese wenten for to anoynte vpon hem a kyng; and thei seiden to the olyue, Comaund thou to vs. The whiche answerde, Whethir may Y forsake my fatnes, the whiche and Goddis vsen and men, and come, that bitwixbytwene BCEFH. trees Y be auaunsid? And the trees seiden to the fige tree, Com thou, and tak kyng|dom vpon vs. The which answerde to hem, Whether may Y forsake my swetnes and moost swete fruytis, and goo that bitwixbytwene BCEFH. other trees Y be auaunsid? And the trees speken to the viyn, Com, and comaunde to vs. The which answerde, Whether may Y forsake my wyn, that gladith God and men, and bitwixbytwene BCEFH. other trees be auaunsid? And alle the trees seiden to the thorn, Com, and comaund thow vpon vs. The whiche answerde to hem, If verreily me kyng ȝe han or|deynde to ȝou, cometh, and vnder my shadewe restith; forsothe if ȝe wolen not, go out fier fro the thorn, and deuowre the seedis of Liban. Nowe thanne if riȝtly and withouten synne ȝe han or|deynde vpon ȝou a kyng, Abymalech, and wel han doo with Jeroboal, and with the hows of hym, and han ȝolden while to his benfeetis, the which fauȝt for ȝou, and his lijf ȝaf to peryls, forOm. C. to delyuer ȝou fro the hoond of Madian; the whiche ȝe nowe han rysyn aȝens the hows of my fader, and han slayn his sones, seuenti men, upon o stoon, and han ordeynde a kyng, Abymalech, the sone of the werk womman of hym, vpon the dwellers of Sichem, forthi that ȝoure brother he be; if thanne riȝtly and with outen vice ȝe han doo with Jeroboal and the hows of hym, to day glade ȝe in Abymalech, and he glade in ȝou; forsothe if shrewidli, fier goo out of hym, and waast the dwellers of Sichem, and the burȝ toun of Mello; and go out fier fro the men of Sichem, and fro the burgh toun of Mello, and deuowre Abymalech. The whiche thingis whanne he hadde seid, he fleiȝ, and wente into Bereram, and dwelte there, for drede of AbymalechAbymach A., his brothir. And Abymalech regnede vpon Yrael thre ȝeer. And God sente the worst spiryte bitwixbytwene BCEFH. Abymalech and the dwellers of Sichem, the whiche bigunne to wlaat hym, and the hidows gilt of the slauȝter of the seuenti sones of Jeroboal, and the shedynge of blod of hem, to ȝeelde into Abymalech, his brothir, and into the tother princis of SichemytisSychemys BCEFH., that hym helpedenholpen C.. And thei puttidenputtyn E. aspies aȝens hym in the cop of hillis; and while thei biden the comynge of hym, thei hawntiden theftis, takynge prayes of the goers byside; and it is told to Abyma|lech. Forsothe Gaal, the sone of Obed, with his bretheren cam, and passide into Siccymam; at whos comynge reryd the dwellers of Sichem, wenten out into feeldisthe feeldis CE., wastynge vynes, and grapis tred|ynge; and the querys maad of syngers thei wenten into the temple of her God, and bytwixbitwene BEFH. betwe C. meetis and drynkis thei curs|edenburseden AB. to Abymalech, criynge Gaal, the sone of Obed, Who is this Abymalech? And what is Sichem, that we seruen to hym? Whether is not he the sone of Jero|boal, and set a prince, Zebul his seruaunt, vpon the men of Emor, theOm. E sec. m. fader of Si|chem? Whi thanne shulen we serue to hym? Wolde God eny man ȝeue this puple vnder myn hoond, and I shulde doo a wey fro the mydil Abymalech. And it is seid to Abymalech, Gedre a multi|tude of oost, and com. Forsothe Zebul, the prince of the cytee, herd the wordis of Gaal, the sone of Obed, is ful wrooth; and sente preueli to Abymalech messa|gers, seiynge, Loo! Gaal, the sone of Obed, cam into Siccymam with his bri|theren, `and aȝen fiȝtithbegynneth to ouyr|comyn E pr. m. the citee aȝens thee; aryse also the nyȝt with the puple, that is with thee, and lurk in the feeld; and first eerli rysynge the sunne, fal vpon the cite; forsothe hym goynge out aȝens thee with his puple, do to hym that thow mayst. And so Abymalech with al his oost roos the nyȝt, and sette bushementis biside Siccymam, in foure placis. And Gaal, the sone of Obed, wente out, and stood in the entre of the ȝate of the cytee. Forsothe Abymalech roos, and al the oost with hym, fro the place of the busshe|mentis. And whanne Gaal hadde seen the puple, he seide to Zebul, Loo! fro the hillis a multitude descendith. To whom he answerde, The shadewis of hillis thow seest as mennus heedis, and by this errour thou art desseyued. And eft Gaal seith, Loo! the puple fro the nouel of the erthe cometh doun, and o cumpanye com|meth bi the weye that biholdithbihodith A. the ook. To whom seide Zebul, Where is nowe thi mowth, bi the which thou speek, Who is Abymalech, that we seruen to hym? Whether is not this the puple, whom thow despisedist? Go out, and fiȝt aȝens hym. Gaal thanne wente, abydynge the puple of Sichemys, and fauȝte aȝens Aby|malech. The which pursuede hym fle|ynge, and in the cytee threste; and there fellen of the parti of hym many vnto the ȝate of the cyte. And Abymalech sat in RanaBana AH.; Zebul forsothe Gaal and his fe|laws heOm. C. putte out of the cyte, ne in it he suffrede to dwelle. Thanne the day folowynge the puple ȝede out into the feeld; the which whanne it was toold to Abymalech, he took his oost, and dy|uydide in thre companyes, settynge busshementis in the feeldis; and seynge that the puple wente out of the cytee, he roos, and felle into hem with his oost, aȝenfiȝtyngeouyrcomynge E pr. m. and biseegynge the cytee. Forsothe two companyes, opynly ren|nynge hidir and thidir bi the feeld, the aduersaryes pursueden. Forsothe Aby|malech al that day ouercam the cytee, the which he took, slayn the dwellers of it, and it destruyede, so that salt in it he sprengide. The which thing, whanne hadden herd thei that dwelten in the tour of Sychemys, wenten into the temple of her god Beryth, where a boond of pees with hym thei couenauntiden; and of it the place took name, the which was greetli strengthid. And Abymalech her|ynge the men of the tour of Sichemys togidre gedredgedre A. in o glob, `or companyOm. BCEFH., stiede vp into the hil of Selmon with al his puple; and takun to an axe he kytte of a braunche of a tree, and putte on the shuldir berynge, he seide to felawis, That ȝe seen me doo, that anoon doo ȝe. Thanne stryuyngly ofto ben beforn of E pr. m. the trees kut|tynge of braunchis thei foleweden the duyk; the whiche enuyrounynge the place of socour, brentenbrenden CE. vp; and so is doon, that thurȝ smook and fier a thow|sand men weren slayn, men togidre and wymmen, of the dwellers of the tour of Sichem. Forsothe Abymalech thens go|ynge cam to the burgh toun Thebes, the which enuyrounnynge bisegide with oost. Forsothe the tour was hiȝe in the mydil cytee, to the which flowen togidre men and wymmen, and alle the princis of the cytee, closid moost fastly the ȝate; and vpon the roof of the tour stondynge by the pynnaclis. And Abymalech comynge nyȝ biside the tour fauȝt strongli, and neiȝynge to the dore, he was about to put vndir fyre; and, loo! a womman the brekynge of a mylnstoon from aboue throwynge hurtlide to the heed of Aby|malech, and brak his brayn. The which clepide anoon his squyer, and seith to hym, Drawe out thi swerd, and smyte me, lest perauenture it be seid, that of a womman I am slayn. The which, ful|fillynge the heesthestis BCEFH., slewȝ him; and him slayn, alle that with hym weren of Yrael ben turned aȝen to her seetis. And God ȝeeldide the yuel that Abymalech dide aȝens his fader, slayn his seuenti bre|theren. And to the Sichemys is ȝoldun that thei wrouȝten, and is comen vpon hem the cursynge of Joatham, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Jeroboal.

 CAP. X.

Aftir Abymalech roos a duyk in Yrael, Thola, the sone of Phua, the faders bro|thir of Abymalech, a man of Ysachar, that dwellide in Sanyr, of the hil of Ef|fraym; and he demyde Irael thre and twenti ȝeer, and he is deed, and biried in Sanyr. To whom cam after Jayr Galad|ites, that demede Irael bi two and twenti ȝeer; hauynge thretti sones, sittynge vpon thretti coltis of assis, and princis of thretti cytees, the whiche of the name of hym ben clepid Anochiayr, that is, the burghis of Jayr, vnto the day that is nowe, in the loond of Galaad. And Jayr is deed, and biryed in the place to the which is the name Camon. Forsothe the sones of Yrael to oold synnes ioynynge newe, diden yuels in the siȝt of the Lord, and serueden to mawmettis, Baalym and Astaroth, and to goddis of Syrye, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the sones of Amon, and of PhilistiymFilisteis C.; and thei laften the Lord, and heryeden not hym. Aȝens whom the Lord wexe wrooth, and took hem into the hoondis of PhilistiymFilisteis C., and of the sones of Amon. And thei ben tour|mentid, and hidously oppressid bi eiȝteen ȝeer, alle that dwelliden biȝonde Jordan in the loond of Ammorre, that is in Ga|laad, inand ABH. so mych, that the sones of Amon, Jordan ouerpassid, wastiden Judam and Beniamyn and Effraym; and Yrael is tormentidturned ABFH. wel myche. And criynge to the Lord thei seiden, We han synned to thee, for we han forsakun oure God, and serueden to Baalym. To whom the Lord spak, Whether not the Egipciens, and Amorreis, and the sones of Amon, and of PhilistiymFilisteis C., Sidoneus forsothe, and Ama|lech, and Chanaan oppressiden ȝou, and ȝe han cried to me, and Y haue dely|ueryd ȝou fro the hoondis of hem? And neuerthelaterneuerlater E. ȝe han forsake me, and heried alien goddis; therfor I shal not adde, that eny more I delyuer ȝou. Gooth, and inwardli clepith the goddis `the whichethat C. ȝe han chosen; delyuer thei ȝou in theOm. C. tyme of angwish. And the sones of Yrael seiden to the Lord, We han synned; ȝeeld thow to vs what euere thing plesith to thee; oneli nowe delyuer vs. The whiche ledynge alle thingis fro her coostis, threwen out the mawmettis of alien goddis, and serueden to the Lord; the which sorewide vpon the wrecchidnes of hem. And soOm. A. the sones of Amon criynge togidre in Galaad piȝten tentis, aȝens whom the sones of Yrael gedryd in Masphat setten tentis. And the princis of Galaad seiden eche to his neiȝbors, He, that first of ȝou aȝen the sones of Amon bigynneth to fiȝt, shal be the duyk of the puple of Galaad.

 CAP. XI.

There was also in that tyme Jeptee Galadites, a man moost strong and fyȝter, the sone of a womman strompet, that is born of Galaad. Forsothe Galaad hadde a wijf, of whom he took sones, the whiche aftirward that theitwei A. weren waxen, kesten out Jeptee, seiynge, Eyre in the hows of oure fader thou shalt not mowe be, for of avowtresse modir thou art born. Whom he fleynge and shonnynge dwellide in the loond of Tob; and there ben gedrid to hym nedi men and ste|lynge, and as prince thei sueden. In thoothat BEFH. days fouȝten the sones of Amon aȝens Yrael; the whiche sharpli instoond|ynge, the more thurȝ birth wenten fro Galaad for to take into her help Jeptee of the loond of Tob; and thei seiden to hym, Com, and be oure prince, and fiȝt aȝens the sones of Amon. To whom he answerde, Ben not ȝe, that hatiden me, and kesten out fro the hows of my fader, and nowe ȝe ben comen to me thurȝ nede constreyned? And the princis of Galaad seiden to Jepte, For this cause thanne nowe to thee we ben comen, that thou goo with vs, and fiȝt aȝens the sones of Amon, and be duyk of alle that dwellen in Galaad. Forsothe Jeptee seide to hem, If vereyli ȝe ben comen to me, that I fiȝte for ȝow aȝen the sones of Amon, and the Lord take hem into myn hoondis, shal Y be ȝoure prynce? The whiche an|swerden to hym, The Lord, that thes thingis herith, he meene and witnes is, that oure biheestis we shulen doo. And so Jeptee ȝede with the princis of Ga|laad, and the puple made hym theirthere A. prince; and Jeptee spak alle his wordis before the Lord in Maspha. And he sente messagers to the kyng of the sones of Amon, `the whichthat C. of his persone shulde seye, What to me and to thee is, for thou art comun aȝens me, that thou wastewastest A pr. m. my loond? To whom he answerde, For Yrael took my loond, whanne he stiede vp fro Egipt, fro the coostis of Arnon vnto Jaboth and Jordan, nowe thanne with pees ȝeeld to me it. Bi whom eft Jeptee sente, and comaundide to hem, that thei shulden seye to the kyng of Amon, Thes thingis seith Jeptee, Yrael took not the loond of Moab, ne the loond of the sones of Amon; but whanne fro Egipt thei styeden, he ȝede bi wildernes vnto the Reed See, and cam into Cades; and he sente messagers to the kyng of Edom, seiynge, Let me, that I passe bi thi loond; the which wold not assente to his preiers. And he sente to the kyng of Moab, the which and he dispiside to ȝyue passynge; and so he abood in Cades, and enuy|rounde aside the loond of Edom, and the loond of Moab; and he cam to the eest coost of the loond of Moab, and he sette tentis biȝonde Arnon, and he wold not entre the teermys of Moab; forsothe Ar|non is niȝ coost to the loond of Moab. And so Yrael sente messagers to Seon, the kyng of Ammorreis, that dwellide in Esebon; and seide to hym, Leete me, that Y passe bi thi loond vnto the flood. The which and he, dispisynge the wordis of Yrael, leete hym not passe bi his teermys, but a multitude with outen eend gedrid wente out aȝens hym into Gessa, and strongli withstood. And the Lord took hym into the hoondis of Yrael with al his oost; the which smoot hym, and weeldide al the loond of Ammorree, the dweller of that regioun, and al the costuscoost ABFH. of it fro Arnon vnto Jaboch, and fro the wildernes vnto Jordan. The Lord than God of Yrael turnedeturnynge A. vpsedoun Amorre, fiȝtynge aȝens hym to his puple Yrael. And thou nowe wolt weelde the loondboond B. of hym? Whether not thoo thingis, `the whichethat C pr. m. weeldithweeldis BF. Camos, thi god, to thee thurȝ riȝt ben owidaȝt C.? Forsothe thingis that the Lord oure God ouercomer heelde, in oure possessioun shulen falle; but per|auenture thow be betere than Baalach, the sone of Sephor, kyng of Moab, othereor C. thou mayst teche, that he stroue aȝens Yrael, and fauȝte aȝens hym, whanne he dwelte in Esebon, and in the litil touns of it, and in Aroer and hys litil touns, and in alle theOm. C. cytees beȝonde Jordan, by thre hundred ȝeer. Whi so mych tyme no thing vpon this askynge thou asaydist? Therfor I synne not in thee, but thou aȝens me dost yuel, bryngynge into me bataylys not ryȝtwise; deme the Lord, domysman of this day, bitwexebytwene BEFH. betwe C. Yrael and the sones of Amon. And the kyng of the sones of Amon wold not assente to the wordis of Jeptee, `the whichethat C. bi messagers he sente. Thanne is doon vpon Jeptee the spyrit of the Lord, and he enuyrounnynge Galaad and Manasse, Maspha and Galaad, and thens passynge tointo A sec. m. the sones of Amon, he vowede avowe to the Lord, seiynge, If thou takisttake C. the sones of Amon into myn hoondis, who so euere first were gon out fro the ȝatis of myn hous, and aȝen cometh to me turnynge aȝen with pees fro the sones of Amon, I shal offre hym brent sacrifice to the Lord. And Jeptee passide forth to the sones of Amon, forOm. C. to fiȝte aȝens hem, whom the Lord took into the hoondis of hym; and he smoot fro Aroer for to that thou come into Mennyth, twenti citees, and vnto Abel, that is with vynes set, with a wel greet veniaunce; and the sones of Amon ben mekid of the sones of Yrael. Forsothe to Jeptee turnynge aȝens into Maspha, his hous, aȝencamaȝencamen ABFH. to hym his oonli goten douȝterdouȝtris ABFH. with tymbrys and chorys; forsothe he haddehath ABFH. noon other free chil|dren. The whiche seen, he kitte his clothis, and seith, Allas! douȝter myn, thou hast disseyued me, and thi self art desseyued; forsothe Y haue openyd my mouth to the Lord, and I shal not mowe doo other thing. To whom she an|swerde, Fader myn, if thou hast openyd thi mouth to the Lord, do to me what euere thing thou hast bihoot, grauntid to thee veniaunce and victorye of thin ene|myes. And she seide to the fader, This oonli ȝif to me, that I praye; leete me, that two monthis Y enuyroun the hillis, and weyle my maydenhod with my fe|lawis. To whom he answerde, Go. And he lafte hir two monthis. And whanne she was goon with felawis and hir com|peers, she wepte hyr maydenhod in the hillis. And fulfillid two monthis, she is turned aȝen to hir fader, and he dyde to hire, as he auowideuowide C.; the which knewe not man. Therfor maner spronge in Yrael, and vsage is kept, that after the sercle of o ȝeer the douȝtris of Yrael comen to gidre in oon, and weylen the douȝter of Jeptee Galadyte foure dayes.

 CAP. XII.

Loo! forsothe in Effraym is sprongun a debate; forsothe the goers aȝen the north seiden to Jeptee, Whi goynge to the fiȝt aȝens the sones of Amon thou woldist not clepe vs, that we wenten with thee? Therfor we shulen brenne thin hows. To whom he answerde, An hydows debate was to me and my pu|ple aȝen the sones of Amon, and ȝow Y clepyde, for ȝe shulden ȝyue help to me, and ȝe wolden not doon. The which biholdynge Y putte in myn hondis my lijfsowle E pr. m.; and Y passide to the sones of Amon, and the Lord took hem into myn hoondis; what haue Y disserued, that aȝens me ȝe rysen intoto E pr. m. batayl? And so clepid to him alle the men of Galaad, he fauȝt aȝens Effraym; and the men of Galaad smyten Effraym; for he seide, Fugitiue is Galaad fro Effraym, and dwellith in mydilthe mydil CE. of Effraym and Manasse. And Galadites men occupiden the forthis of Jordan, bi whichethe which E. Effraym was forOm. C. to turne aȝen. And whanne a man of the noumbre of Effraym fleynge was comyn to thothe AF. fordisforthis BCEH., and hadde seyde, Y preye, that ȝe leten me passe; Galaaditis seiden to hym, Whether art thou an Effrate? The which seiynge, Y am not, thei askiden hym, Seye thanne SebolechSobolech A., that is to mene, an eere. The which answerde, Shebolech, bi the same lettre an eere not myȝti to bryngen out. And anoon takyn thei kyttidencutten CE. his throot in that goynge ouer Jordan; and there fellen in that tyme of Effraym two and fourti thow|sandisthousend C.. And so Jeptee demyde Galaad|ites of Yrael sexe ȝeer; and he is deed, and biryed in his citee of Galaad. After this demyde Yrael Abethsan of Beth|leem, that hadde thretti sones, and so feele douȝtris, the whiche sendynge out to housbondis he ȝaf, and of the same noumbre to his sones he took wyues, bryngynge yn to his hows; the which seuen ȝeer demyde Yrael, deed, and by|ryed in Bethlem. To whom cam aftir Degelon Zabulonyt, and demyde Yrael ten ȝeer, and is deed, and byried in Zabu|lon. After hym demyde Yrael Abdom, the sone of Elel, PharatonytPharatonyk A.; the which hadde fourty sones, and thretti of hem sones sones, stiynge vpOm. CE. vpon seuenti coltis of assis, and he demyde Yrael eiȝt ȝeer; and he is deed, and biried in Pha|raton, the loond of Effraym, in the hil of Amalech.

 CAP. XIII.

And eft the sones of Yrael diden yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, the which took hem in to the hoondis of the Philisteyns fourti ȝeer. And there was a maner man of Saraa, and of the lynage of Dan, Manue bi name, hauynge a wijf bareyn. To whom aperyde the aungel of the Lord, and seide to hyre, Bareyn thou art, and with out free children; but thou shalt conseyue, and bere a sone. Be war thanne, lest thou drynke wyn and sither, ne eny thing vnclene thou eete; for thou shalt conseyue, and bere a sone, whos heed shal no rasure towche; forsothe he shal be a Nazare of God from his childhod, and fro the wombe of the moder; and he shal bygynne to delyuer Yrael fro the hoond of the Philistiens. The which, whanne she was comen toin to A. hire housbond, seide to hym, A man of God cam to me, hau|ynge an aungelis chere, feerful wel myche; whom whanne Y hadde askid, who he was, and whennus he was comen, and what name he were clepid, he wolde not to me seye; but thus he answerde, Loo! thou shalt conseyue, and bere a sone; be war that thou drynke no wyn ne sither, ne eete eny thing vnclene; for|sothe he shal be a Nazare child of the Lord, fro his ȝonȝth and fro the wombe of the moder into the day of his deeth. And so Manue preyede the Lord, and seith, Y biseche, Lord, that the man of God, `the whichethat C. thou sentist, com eft, and teche vs, what we owen to doo of the child, that is to be born. And the Lord herde Manue preiynge; and eft aperide the aungel of the Lord to his wijf sittynge in the feeld; forsothe Manue hir housboond was not with hir. The which, whanne she hadde seen the aungel, hiede, and ranne to hir man, and tolde to hym, seiynge, Loo! the man aperide to me, whom before I sawȝ. The which roos, and folewide his wijf; and comynge to the man he seide to hym, Art thow the whichthat C. spak to the wom|man? And he answerde, Y am. To whom Manue, Whanne, he seith, thi word were fulfillid, what wolt thou, that the child doo, or fro what thing shal he kepe hym silf? And the aungel of the Lord seide to Manue, Fro alle thingis that Y spak to thi wijf, absteine he hym. And what euer thing growith of the vyn eete he not, wyn and sithir drynk he not, noon vnclene thing eete he; and that Y haue comaundid to hym, fulfille he and kepe. And so Manue seide to the aungel of the Lord, Y biseche thee, that thou assente to my preiers, and we make to thee a kidde of the she geet. To whom answerde the aungel, If thou me con|streynest, Y shal not eete thi looues; forsothe if thou wolt doo brent sacrifice, offre thou that to the Lord. And Manue wist not, that it was the aungel of the Lord. And he seide to hym, What is name to thee, that if thi word were ful|fillid, we doon worship to thee? To whom he answerde, Whi askist thou my name, that is merueylows? And so Ma|nue took a kidde of the geet, and sacri|fices of licours, and putte vpon the stoon, offrynge to the Lord that doth mer|ueylows thingis. Forsothe he and the wijf of hym biheelden. And whanne the flawme of the auter stiede into heuene, the aungel of the Lord togidre in the flawme stiedesteiȝ C. vp. The which thing whanne Manue hadde seen and his wijf, redi thei fellen into the erthe. And na more to hym aperide the aungel of the Lord. And anoon Manue vndurstood to be the aungel of the Lord. And he seide to hys wijf, Bi deeth die we, for we han seen the Lord. To whom answerde the womman, If the Lord wold slee vs, of oure hoondis brent sacrifice and offryngis of licours he wold not haue take; but alle thes thingis he wold not haue shewid to vs, ne tho thingis thatOm. BFH. ben toOm. H. com haue seid. And so she beere a child, and clepide the name of him Sampson; and the child wexe, and the Lord bless|ide to hym. And the spyrit of the Lord began to be with hym in the tentis of Dan, bitwixbytwen BCEFH. Saraa and Eskahol.

 CAP. XIV.

Sampson thanne dessendide inin to A. Than|natha, and seynge there a womman of the douȝtris of PhilistienFilisteis C., stiede vp, and tolde to his fader and his moder, seiynge, Y sawȝ a womman in Thannatha of the douȝtris of PhilistiensFilisteis C., whom, Y biseche, that thou take to me wijf. To whom seiden the fader and his moder, Whether is there no womman in the douȝtresdouȝtren BEFH. of thi britheren and in al thi puple, for thou wolt take a wijf of PhilistienFilisteis C., that ben vncircumcidid? And Sampson seide to his fader, This tak to me, for she pleside to myn eyen. His fader and moder wisten not, that the thing shulde be doo of the Lord; and he shulde seche occasioun aȝens the PhilistienFilisteis C.; forsothe that tyme PhilistienFilisteis C. lordshipide to Yrael. And so Sampson dessendide with his fa|der and moder in to Thannatha; and whanne thei weren comen to the vynes of the bourȝ toun, and there aperide a feers whelp of a lyoun and rorynge, and aȝen cam to hym. The spyrit of the Lord forsothe felle into Sampson, and he taar the lioun, as he shulde to-teer out a kide, into gobetis, no thing vtterli hau|ynge in hoond; and that to fader and moder he wold not shewe. And he dessendide, and spak to the womman, that pleside to his eyen. And after a fewe days turnynge aȝen forOm. C. to take hir, he wente aside for to se the careyn of the lioun; and loo! a swarm of beese was in the mouth of the lioun, and an hony coombe. The which whanne he hadde takun in hoondis, he ete in the weye; and comynge to his fader and moder, he ȝaf to hem part, the which and thei eeten; and neuerthelater he wolde not shewe to hem, that the hony he took of the mouth of the lioun. And so his fader dessendide to the womman, and made to his sone Sampson a feest; forsothe so ȝong men weren wont to doo. Whanne thanne the cyteseyns of that place hadden seen him, thei ȝouen to him bord felawis thretti, `the whichethat C. shulden be with hym. To whom spak Sampson, Y shal purpose to ȝow a dowtous word, the which if ȝe soylen to me with ynne seuen dais of the feest, Y shal ȝyue to ȝou thretti lynnen clothis, and so fele cootis; forsothe if ȝe mowen not assoyle, ȝe shulen ȝyue to me thretty lynnen clothis, and of the same noumbre cootis. The whiche answerden to hym, Purpos the probleme, that we heren. And he seide to hem, Of the eter ȝede out meete, and of the strong wente out swetnes. And thei miȝten not bi thre days soylen the proposicioun. And whanne the seuenthe day was nyȝ, thei seiden to the wijf of Sampson, Faage to thi man, and meue hym, that he shewe to thee what bitokeneth the probleme. The which thing if thou wold not doo, we shulen brenne thee and the hows of thi fader. Whether therfor ȝe han clepid vs to the brydale for to robben? The which shedde anentis Sampson teeris, and pleynede, seiynge, Thow hatidist me, and not louest, and therfor the redels, that thow hast purposid to the sones of my puple, thou wolt not to me expowne. He answerde, To my fadir and moder I wold not seye, and to the shal I mowe shewe? Therfor seuen days of the feest she wepte anentis hym, at the last the seuenthe dai whanne she was heuy to hym, he ex|pownede. The which anoon tolde to hir citeseyns. And thei seiden to him the seuenthe day before the sunne goynge doun, What is swetter than hony, and what is stronger than athe CE. lyoun? The which seide to hem, If ȝe hadden not eriderryd A. in my she calf, ȝe shulden notno C. haue founden my proposicioun. And so the spyryt of the Lord felle into hym; and he wente doun to Aschalonen, and he smoot there thretti men, of whom the takun clothis he ȝaf to hem that the redilis soileden; and wroothwroot A. welful C. myche he stiede vp into the hows of his fader. Forsothe the wijf of hym took an hous|boond, oon of hirhis CE. freendis and wowers.

 CAP. XV.

Afftir a litil forsothe of tyme, whanne the dais of whete ripynge stooden yn, cam Sampson wilnyngewillende C. willyng EH. to se his wijf, and he brouȝte to hir a kide of the she geet; and whanne he wold goo into the bedde of hir, as he was wont, the fadir of hir defendide hym, seiynge, Y wende that thou haddist hatid hyr, and therfor Y took hir to thi freend; but she hath a sister, that is ȝonger and feyrer than she, be she to thee for hir a wijf. To whom Sampson answerde, Fro this day blame shal not be in me aȝens the Philis|tiensFilisteis C passim., Y shal do to ȝow forsotheOm. A. yuels. And he ȝede, and took thre hundryd foxys, and the taylis of hem he ioynede to the taylis, and broondis he boond in `the myddilmyddes C., the whiche teendynge with fier he lafte, andthat E. hidir and thidir thei runnen; the whiche anoon wenten into the cornys of the Philistiens, the whiche sette a fier, and the fruytis, now brouȝt to gidre, and the ȝit stoondynge in the stobil, ben brent, in so mych that vynes and olyues the flawm wastide. And the Philistiens seiden, Who hath doon this thing? To whom it is seide, Sampson, the sone in lawe of Thannath, for he took his wijf, and ȝaf to another, thes thingis he hath wrouȝt. And the Phi|listiens stieden vp and brenten as wel the womman as hir fader. To whom seith Sampson, Al be it that thes thingis ȝe han doon, neuerthelater ȝit of ȝou Y shal aske aOm. C. veniaunce, and thanne Y shal reste. And he smoot hem with a greet veniaunce, so that astonyinge thei putten on the calf of the leg to the hipe; and he dessendynge dwellide in the spelunk of the stoon of Ethan. Than Philistiens stiynge vp into the loond of Juda setten tentis in the place, `the whichthat C. afterward is clepid Lethi, that is, a cheek boon, where the oost of hem is hellidheld CE.. And thei of the lynage of Juda seiden to hem, Whi han ȝe stied vp aȝens vs? The whiche answerden, That we bynden Sampson we ben comen, and we ȝeelden to hym that in vs he hath wrouȝt. Thanne thre thousand of men of Juda dessendiden to the den of the flynt of Ethan; and thei seiden to Sampson, Wost thou not, that theOm. A. Philistiens comaundencomaundiden H. to vs? Whi this thing woldist thou doo? To whom he seith, As thei diden to me, Y dide to hem. To bynden thee, thei seyn, we ben comen, and to take into the hoondis of Philistiens. To whom an|swerde Sampson, Swerith, and bihotith to me, that ȝe shulen not slee me. And thei seiden, We shulen not slee thee, but bounden we shulen ȝyue. And thei bounden hym with two newe coordis, and token hym fro the stoon of Ethan. The which whanne was comen to the place of the cheek boon, and Philistiens criynge out weren aȝen comen to hym, the spiryt of the Lord felle into him, and as ben wont at the smelle of fier trees to be waastid, so and the boondis, with the whiche he was bounden, ben scaterid and loosid. And takynge a foundun cheek boon, that is, the cheeklap of an asse, that lay, he slewȝ with it a thousand men; and seith, In the cheek boon of an asse, that is, in the iow of the colt of assis, I haue doon hem a wey, and smyten a thousand men. And whanne thes wordis syngynge he hadde fulfillid, he threwe a wey the iow fro the hoond; and he clepide the name of that place Ramathlei, that is to mene, the heuynge vp of the cheek boon. And threstynge welful C. mych he criede to the Lord, and seith, Thou hast ȝeuen in the hoond of thi seruaunt this moost helthe and vic|torie; and loo! for threst I dye, and I shal falle into the hoondis of the vncir|cumcidid. And so the Lord opnede a woong tooth in the cheek boon of the asse, and watris wenten out of it, the whiche drunkun he fedde the spiryt, and strengthis took aȝen; and therfor ishe A. this B. clepid the name of that place a Welle of the inwardli clepynge fro the cheek boon vnto this day that is nowe. And he demyde Yrael in the dais of the Philis|tiens twenti ȝeer.

 CAP. XVI.

He ȝede forsothe into Gazam, and there he sawȝ a womman strompet, and wente yn to hir. The which thing whanne Philistiens hadden seen, and was pup|plishid anentis hem, Sampson to haue comen into the citee, thei segeden hym about, kepers put in the ȝatis of the citee; and there al nyȝt with silence abidynge, that the morwetide comen him goynge out thei myȝten slee. Forsothe Sampson slept vnto mydnyȝt; and thens rysynge he took both leeues of the ȝateȝatis A., with her postes and lok; and put on the shuldres he beer to the cop of the hil that bihold|ith Ebron. After thes thingis he louede a woman that dwellide in the valey of Soreth, and she was clepid Dalida. And there camen to hyr princis of Philistiens, and seiden, Bigijl hym, and lern of hym, in what he hath so myche strength, and inOm. E. what maner wise hym we mowen ouercome, and bounden tourmente; the which thing if thou dostdo C., we shulen ȝyue to thee ech a thousand hundridOm. E pr. m. platiscicles E pr. m. of siluer. Thanne DalydaDalyla A. spak to Samp|son, Sey to me, I biseche, in what isbe BCEFH. thi moost strength, and what thing bemay be A. with the which boundun thou maist not breek? To whom answerde Sampson, If with seuen senewy coordis not ȝit dried and ȝit moyst Y were boundun, Y shal be feble as other men. And the princiswise maistres E pr. m. of the Philistiens brouȝten to hir seuen coordis, as she seide; with the whiche she bounden hym, lurkynge anentis hir busshementis, and in the bed place abid|ynge the endeeendynge BEFH. of the thing. And she criede to him, PhilistienPhilisteym C. vpon thee, Sampson! The which brak the boondis, in what maner wise a man wold breeke the threed of a top of flexe, that is sponnen with spotel, whanne the smelle of fier it hath takun; and it is not knowun in what thing his strength was. And Da|lida seide to hym, Loo! thow hast bigilid me, and fals thou hast spokyn; namely nowe shewe to me, with what thing thow owist to be boundun. To whom he answerde, If I were boundun with newe coordis, `the whichethat C. weren not ȝit inOm. A. werk, I shal be feble, and of other men lijk. With theOm. C. which eft Dalida boond him, and criede, PhilistienPilisteim C. vpon thee, Sampson! in the bed place busshe|mentis maad redi. The which so brak the boondis as thredis of webbis. And Dalida eft seide to hym, Howe long shalt thou bigile me, and fals thow shalt speek? Shewe where with thou owist to be boundun. To whom answerde Sampson, he seith, If seuen heerys of myn heed with warp threed thou plattist, and a nayl with hem about bounden to the erthe thow ficchist, I shal be feble. The which thing whanne Dalida hadde doo, she seide to hym, Philistien vpon thee, Sampson! The which arysynge fro sleep, drowȝ out the nayl, with heeris and warp. And Dalida seide to hym, What maner wise thou seist, that thou louest me, whanne thin ynwit is not with me? Bi thre sithis thou hast lowen to me, and thou woldist not seye to me, in what thing isbe BCFH. thi moost strength. And whanne she was heuy to hym, and bi manye dais to hym bisili cleuede, space to resten not ȝyuynge, hyre lijf failide, and vnto the deeth is feblid. Thanne openynge the trewth of the thing, he seide to hir, Yren neuer wente vpon myn heed, for thi Nazare, that is, sacrid to the Lord, Y am fro the wombe of my moder; if myn heed were shauen, my strength shal goon awey fro me, and shal fayl, and be as other men. And she seynge that he hadde knowlechid to hir al his inwit, sheOm. C. sente to the princis of Philis|tiens, and badde, Stye ȝe vp ȝyt oons, for nowe to me he hath openyd his herte. The whiche stieden vp, takun to the money that thei bihiȝten. And she made hym sleep vpon hir knees, and in her bosum to leyn the heed; and she clepide the barbour, and he shoofe seuen heeris of hym; and she biganne to throwe hym awey, and fro hir to putte; forsothe anoon strength fro hym wente. And she seide, PhilistiensPhilisteim C. vpon thee, Sampson! The which fro sleep rysynge, seide in his inwit, I shal goo out, as I dide before, and me I shal shaake out; vnknowinge that the Lord was goon awey fro hym. Whom whanne Philistiens hadden cauȝt, anoon thei drewen out his eyen, and lad|den hymOm. BCEFH. boundun with cheyns to Ga|zam, and closid in prisoun thei maden to grynde. And nowe his heeris bigunnen to growe aȝen; and the princis of Philis|tiens camen to gidre in oon, for to offre oostis of greet worship to Dagon, her god, and forOm. C. to eete, seyinge, Oure god hath takun oure enemye Sampson into oure hoondis. The which also the puple seynge preyseden her god, and the same thing seiden, Oure god hath taken into oure hoondis oure adversarie, `the whichthat C. hath doon a wey oure loond, and slayn many. And thei ioiynge bi feestis, nowe taken meetis, thei comaundiden, that Sampson shulde be clepid, and biforn hem pleye; the which lad out fro the prisoun pleyde beforn hem; and thei maden hym stoond bitwen two pileers. The whiche seide to the child gouern|ynge his goyngis, Leet me, that I towche the pileers on the whiche stoondithstont BCE sec. m. FH. leneth E pr. m. al the hows, that Y lene vpon hem, and a litil while reste. Forsothe the hows was ful of men and of wymmen, and there weren the princis of Philistiens, and of the roof and soleer aboute thre thowsand of either kynde, bidynge Sampson plei|ynge. And he seith, theto the A sec. m. Lord inwardli clepid, Lord, my God, haue mynde of me, and ȝeeld to me nowe the fornhad strength, my God, that I wreche me on myn enemyes, and for the lesynge of two liȝtis o veniaunce I take. And catch|ynge the twey pileers, to the whiche al the hows stood, and the tother of hem with the riȝt, and the tother with the left holdynge, seith, Die my lijf with Philis|tien! And the pileers strongly smyten to gidere, the hows felle vpon alle the princis, and the tothir multitude, that there was; and many mo he slewȝ di|ynge, than beforn he slewȝ on lyue. And his bretherenbrether BF. comynge doun, and al his kynrede, token hys bodi, and byrieden it bitwixbytwene BCEFH. Saraa and Escahol, in the birielis of his fader Manue; and he demyde Yrael twenti ȝeer.

 CAP. XVII.

A maner man there was in that tyme of the hil of Effraym, Mychas bi name. The which seide to his moder, The thou|sand hundryd platis of siluer, `the whichethat C. thow seueredist to thee, and vpon the whiche me herynge thou swore, loo! Y haue, and anentis me ben. To whom she answerde, Blessid my sone to the Lord. Thanne he ȝeeldideȝeld CE. hem to his moder; the which seide to hym, I haue sacrid and auowid this siluer to the Lord, that of myn hoond my sone tak, and mak a grauen thing and a ȝotun; and now I take it to thee. Thanne he ȝeeld to his moder; the which took two hundrid platis of sil|uer, and ȝaf hem to the siluer smith, that he make of hem a grauen thing and a ȝotun, the which was in the hows of Mychee. The which a litil hows forsothe in it to God seuerde; and made a coope, and theraphyn, that is, the prestis clooth, and mawmettis; and he fulfillid the hoond of oon of his sones, and he is maad to hym a preest. In thothose B. dais was no kyng in Irael, but echon, what semyd to hym riȝt, that he dide. And there was an|other ȝonglynge of Bethlem of Juda, of the kynrede of him, and he was a Le|uyte, and dwellide there. And gon out offro BCEFH. the cytee of Bethlem pilgrimage he wold, where euere he founde profijt to hym. And whanne he was comen in to the hil of Effraym, and weye makynge hadde bowid doun a litil in to the hows of Myche, he is askid of hym, Whens comest thou? The which answerde, A Leuyte Y am of Bethlem of Juda, and I goo, that I dwelle where I shal mowe, and biholde to be profitable to me. Dwel, he seith, anentis me, and be to me fader and preest; and I shal ȝyue to thee bi eche ȝeer ten platis of siluer, and dowble cloth|inge, and what thingis ben necessarye to lijflod. And he asentide, and dwellyde anentis the man; and was to hym as oon of the sones. And Mycha fulfillid the hoond of hym, and hadde a child preest anentis hym, seiynge, Nowe I woot, that God wol doo wel to me, hauynge a preest of LeuytisLeuite C. kynde.

 CAP. XVIII.

In thothese H. days was no kyng in Yrael; and the lynage of Dan souȝte possessioun to hym, that he myȝte dwelle in it; for|sothe vnto that day amonge othere ly|nagis he hadde takun no lot. Thanne senten the sones of Dannys stok, and of his meyne, fyue moost stronge men fro Saraa and Escahol, that thei aspien the loond, and bisily biholden. And thei seiden to hem, Gooth, and biholdith the loond. The whiche, whanne goynge thei weren comen into the hil of Effraym, and weren goon into the hows of Myche, thei restiden there. And knowynge the voys of the ȝonglynge Leuyte, and vsynge the restynge place of hym, thei seiden to hym, Who brouȝte the hidir? What here dost thow? For what cause hidir come thou woldist? The which answerde to hem, Thes thingis and thes thingis My|chas hath ȝeuen to me, and me bi meed hath hyrid, that I be to hym a preest. And thei preiden hym, that he shulde counseyl the Lord, and wite thei myȝten, whethir welsum weye thei shulden goo, and the thing shulde han effecte. The which answerde to hem, Gooth with pees, the Lord hath biholden ȝoure weye, and the gaat that ȝe goon. And so goynge the fyue men camen to Lachis; and thei seen the puple dwellinge in it withouten eny drede, after the vsage of Sydonyes, sikir and in rest, no man to hem vtterli withstondynge, and of greet ritchessis, and fer fro Sidon, and fro alle men se|uerd. And thei turneden aȝen to her britheren in Saraa and Eschahol; and what thei hadden doo to hem askynge, thei answerden, Rysith, and stie we vp to hem; forsothe we han seen the loond ful riche and plenteuous; wolith not leeue, woleth not ceese, goo we, and weeld we it; no traueyle it shal be; we shulen goo into the sikyr, in to the regyoun moost brood; and the Lord shal taak to vs the place, in which is scarsnesse of no thing of hem that ben goten in the erthe. Thanne wententhei wenten E pr. m. of the kynrede of Dan, that is, of Saraa and Escahol, six hundrid men gird with armes of werre. And thei stiynge vp dwelliden in Cariathiarym of Jude, the which place fro that tyme took name of the Tentis of Dan, and is bihynde the bak of Kyriathiarym. Thens thei passiden into the hil of Effraym; and whanne thei weren comen to the hows of Myche, seiden the fyue men, that be|fore hoond weren sent to the loond of Lachis to ben biholden, to her other bri|theren, Knowe ȝe, that in thes howsis be ephot, and theraphyn, and grauen thing and ȝoten; seeth what plesithit pleseth E pr. m. to ȝou. And whanne a litil thei hadden bowid doun, thei wenten into the hows of the ȝonglynge Leuyte, that was in the hows of Myche, and thei salutiden hym with pesible wordis. Forsothe sixe hundrid men, so as thei weren armed, stoden be|fore the dore. And thei, the whiche weren goon into the hous of the ȝong man, the grauen thing and ȝoten, and ephot, and theraphyn thei enforsiden to taak; and the preest stood before the dore, the sixe hundrid men moost stronge not ferre abidynge. Thanne `tho ilkthilk B. tho C. that entriden token the grauen thing, ephot, and the mawmettis, and the ȝoten; to whom seide the preest, What doon ȝe? To whom thei answerden, WhistWhisht C. Whischt E pr. m., and put fynger vpon thi mouth, and com with vs, that we han theethe A. fader and preest. Whether is it beter to thee, that thou be a preest in the hows of ooon E. man, othir in o lynage and meyne in Yrael? The which thing whanne he hadde herd, he assentyde to the wordis of hem, and took ephot, and the grauen thing, and mawmettis, and with hem wente. The whiche whanne weren goon, and before hem hadden maad children and beestis to goon, and al that was precious, and now whanne fro the hows of Myche thei weren ferre, the men that dwelliden in the howses of Myche, to gidre criynge folweden, and after the bak bigunne to crien. The whiche whanne thei hadden beholdun, thei seiden to Myche, What to thee wolt thow? whi criest thow? The whiche answerde, My goddis that I made to me, ȝe han takun, and a preest, and alle thingis that Y haue; and ȝe seyn, What is to thee? And the sones of Dan seiden to hym, Be war, lest eny more thou speke to vs, and men styred with corage comen to thee, and thou thi silf with al thin hows perishe. And so the bigunne weie thei wenten. Forsothe My|cha seynge, that thei weren strenger than him self, he turnyde aȝen into his hows. Forsothe sixe hundrid men token the preest and that we aboue seiden, and camen into Lachis to the puple restynge andin C. siker; and thei smyten hem in mouth of swerd, and the cite with bren|nynge thei token, no man vtterly berynge sokour, forthi that ferre thei dwelten fro Sydon, and with noon of men thei had|den eny thing of felawship and of erand. Forsothe the citee was set in the regioun of Roob; the which eft makynge out dwelliden in it; the name of the citee isOm. BCEFH. clepid Dan after the name of his fader, whom Irael gat, `the whichthat C. before La|chis was seid. And thei putten to hem a grauen thing, and Jonathan, the sone of Gerson, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Moysy, and the sones of hym, prestis in the lynage of Dan, vnto the day of his chetifte. And there dwellide anentis hem the mawmet of Myche, al the tyme that the hows of God was in Sylo. InAnd in A. thothos BF. these C. that E pr. m. thes H. days was no kyng in Yrael.

 CAP. XIX.

A maner man Leuyte was dwellinge in the side of the hil of Effraym, the which took a wijf inof BEFH. Bethlem Juda. The which lafte hym, and is turned aȝen into hir faderfadris C. hows of Bethlem, and she dwellide anentis hym foure monethis. And hir man folwede hyr, wolnyngewillende C. wilynge E. to be recounseild to hir, and to softli treten, and to brynge aȝen with hym; hauynge in ledynge a child, and two assis. The which took hym, and brouȝte hym into the hows of hyr fader; that whanne his fader in lawe hadde herd him, and seen, glad he aȝens cam to hym, and clepide the man. And the sone in lawe dwellide in the hows of the fader in lawe thre days, etynge and drynkynge with hym homeli. Forsothe the ferthe day fro nyȝt rysynge wold goo forth; whom with heelde the fader in lawe, and seith to hym, Tast rather a litil of breed, and comfort the stomak, and so thow shalt goo. And thei seten, and eten to gidir, and dronken. And the fader of the wom|man seide to his sone in lawe, Y biseche thee, that this day here thou dwelle, and to gider we gladen. And he rysyn gannebegan CFH. to wiln to goo forth; and neuerthelater the fader in lawe bisily heelde hym aȝen, and anentis hym he made hymOm. C. to dwelle. Forsothe erely bigunne the Leuyte made redi the weye; to whom the fader in lawe eft, I biseche, he seith, that a litil of meet thou take, and strengthis nomen to the tyme that ful sprynge the day, and after go thow forth. Thei eten thanne to gider. And the ȝonglynge roos forOm. C. to goo with his wijf and child; to whom eft spak the fader in lawe, Behoold, that the day is more bowid to the sunne goynge doun, and neiȝeth to the euen; dwel anentis me also this day, and lede a myrye day, and to morwe thou shalt goo forth, that thou goo into thin hows. The sone `in laweOm. B. wolde not assente to his wordis; but anoon wente, and cam aȝens Jebuse, that bi another name is clepid Jerusalem, ledynge with hym two assis chargid, and a secoundarie wijf. And nowe thei camen nyȝ biside Jebus, and the day was turned into nyȝt. And the child seide to his lord, Com, I biseche, and bowe we down to the citee of Jebu|sees, and dwelle we in it. To whom an|swerde the lord, I shal not goo into the burgh toun of an alien folk, that is not of the sones of Yrael, but I shal passe to Gaba; and whanne thider I shal come, we shulen dwelle in it, othir certeyn in the citee of Rama. Thanne thei passiden Jebus, and the bigunnen weie thei wenten. And the sunne wente doun to hem biside Gaba, that is in the lynage of Beniamyn; and thei turneden biside to it, that thei myȝten dwelle there. Whider whanne thei entreden, thei seeten in the strete of the cytee, and no man hemhym A. wold resseyue in hows. And, loo! an oold man aperyde to hem turnynge aȝen fro the feeld, and fro his werk at euen, the which and he was of the hil of Effraym, and a pil|grime dwellide in Gaba. Forsothe the men of that regioun weren the sones of Gemyny. And arerydreryd C. vp the eyen, the oold man sawȝ a man sittynge with his litil chargis in the strete of the cytee, and seide to hym, Whens comest thow? and whidre gost thow? The which an|swerde to hym, We ben comen fro Beth|lem Juda, and we goon to oure place, that is in the side of the hil of Effraim, fro whennuswhenne E. we ȝeden to Bethlem; and nowe we goon to the hows of God, and no man vndur his roof resseyue vs, hau|ynge chaf and hay into the fodre of assis, and breed and wyn into myn, and of thin handmaydenys vsis, and of the child that is with me; no thing we neden, but hows. To whom answerde the oold man, Pees be with thee; I shal make redi alle thingis, that ben necessarye; oonli, I bi|seche, ne bideabyde BCEFH. thow in the strete. And he brouȝte hym into his hows, and fodre to assis he ȝaf; and after that thei wesshen her feet, he took hem into met|ship. Hem etynge, and after the traueyl of the weye with meet and drynke fill|inge the bodies, camen men of that cytee, the sones of Belial, that is, with outen ȝok, and enuyrownynge the hows of the oold man thei bigunnen to knoke the ȝatis; criynge to the lord of the hows, and seiynge, Bryng out the man that is goon into thin hows, that we mysvsen hym. And the oold man wente oute to hem, and seith, Wolith not, bretheren, wolith not doon this yuel; for a man is goo into myn hows; and cees ȝe fro this foly. I haue a douȝter mayden, and this man hath a secoundarie wijf; I shal brynge hem out to ȝow, that ȝe lowen hem, and ȝoure lust ȝe fulfil; oonli, I byseche, ne this hidows gilt aȝens kynde ȝe worchen in the man. Thei wolden not assente to his wordis; the which thing biholdynge the man broute out to hem his secoundarie wijf, and to hem he took hir to be scorned. The which whanne al nyȝt thei hadden mysusid, thei laften hir eerly. And the womman, goynge aweie the derknessis, came to the dore of the hows, where dwellide hir lord, and there she felle down. The morwe tide doon, the man roos, and openede the dore for to fulfil the bigunne weye; and, loo! his secoundarie wijf lay at the dore, spred the hoondis in the threswoldthreshold CE. threschwolde F. threschfolde H.. To whom he wenynge hir to resteriste A. spak, Ryse, and goo we. The which no thing answerynge, vndurstond|ynge that she was deed, took hir, and putte on the asse; and he is turnyd aȝen into his hows. The which whanne he was goon yn, he cauȝte a swerd, and the careyn of the wijf with hir bonys in twelue parties and gobetis hewynge, he sente into alle the teermys of Yrael. The which thing whanne alle thei hadden seen, thei crieden to gidre, Neuer siche thing is don in Israel, fro that dai that oure faders stieden vp fro Egipt vnto the tyme that is nowe; ȝyueth sentens, and in comoun deme ȝe, what is nede to the deed.

 CAP. XX.

And the sones of Yrael wenten out, and to gidre gedreden as o man, fro Dan vnto Bersabee, and fro the loond of Ga|laad to the hows of Maspha; and alle the corneres of puplis, and alle the ly|nages of Yrael camen to gidre into the chirche of the puple of God, foure hun|dryd thowsandisthousend C passim. of foot men fiȝters. And it was not vnknowun to the sones of Beniamyn, that the sones of Yrael hadden stied vp into Maspha. And a Leuyte, the housboond of the slayn wom|man, askid, what maner wyse so myche hidows gilt were doon, he answerde, I cam into Gabaa of Beniamyn with my wijf, and thidre I turnede. And loo! the men of that cytee enuyrounden at nyȝt the hows, in theOm. C. which Y dwelte, will|ynge to slee me, and my wijf traueyl|ynge with vntrowable woodnes of lust, and therfor she is deed. The which taken Y hewȝ into gobetis, and I sente partis into alle the teermys of ȝoure pos|sessioun; for neuer so myche felony and so mychegrete BCEFH. trespas worthi to be punysshid is doon in Irael. Ȝe ben nyȝ to alle the sones of Yrael; demeth, what ȝe owen to doon. And stondynge al the puple as with word of o man answerd, We shulen not goon aȝen into oure tabernaclis, ne eny man shal goo into his hows; but this aȝens Gabaa in comoun we shulen doo. Ten men ben chosun of an hundrid, of alle the lynagis of Yrael, and an hun|drid of a thowsand, and a thousand of ten thowsandis, that thei beren to the oost metis, and we fiȝtynge mowen aȝens Gabaa of Beniamyn ȝeelden to hym for the hidows gilt, that he deserueth. And al Yrael cam to gidre to the citee, as ooon BEFH. man, in the same thouȝt and with ooon E. counseil. And thei senten messageris to al the linage of Beniamyn, `the whichethat C. shulden seye, Whi so myche felonye is foundun in ȝou? Takith the men of Ga|baa, that this trespasse han doo, that thei dyen, and yuel be doo awey fro Yrael. The whiche wolden not here the mawnde|ment of the sones of Yrael, her britheren, but of alle the cytees, that weren of her lot, camen togidre in Gabaa, that to hem thei myȝten bere helpe, and aȝens al the puple of Yrael fiȝten. And there ben founden fyue and twenti thowsandis of Beniamyn, of men drawynge out swerd, biside the dwellers of Gabaa, that weren seuen hundryd moost myȝti men, so with the lift as with the riȝt fiȝtynge, and so with slyngis stones at certeyn throw|ynge, that an heer forsothe thei myȝten smyte, and in to noon other partie the strook of the stoon shulde be born a weye. Forsothe of the men of Yrael, with outen the sones of Beniamyn, ben foundun foure hundrid thowsandis of men drawynge out the swerd and redi to theOm. F. fiȝt. The whiche rysynge camen into the hows of God, that is in Silo; and thei counseyl|den hym, and seiden, Who shal be in oure oost prince of the strijf aȝens Ben|iamyn? To whom the Lord answerde, Judas be he ȝoure duyk. And anoon the sones of Yrael rysynge eerly setten tentis aȝens Gabaa. And thens goynge forth to the fiȝt aȝens Beniamyn, thei bigunnen to fiȝt aȝens the cytee. And the sones of Beniamyn goon out froof BH. Gabaa, slowen of the sones of Irael that day two and twenti thowsandis of men. And eft the sones of Yrael and in strength and in noumbre trustynge, in the same place in which rather thei stryuen, thei dresseden the sheltrounschetrome E.; so neuerthelater that be|fore thei stieden, and wepten before the Lord vnto the nyȝt, and counseilden hym, and seiden, Shal I more goon forth to fiȝten aȝens the sones of Beniamyn, my bretheren, or nay? To whom he an|swerde, Stieth vp to hem, and goth into the strijf. And whanne the sones of Yrael the tother day aȝens Beniamyn to the batayl weren goon, the sones of Ben|iamyn breken out fro the ȝatis of Ga|baa, and aȝen comynge to hem, so mych slauȝter thei mich wexen wood in hem, that eiȝt and twenti thousandis of men drawynge out swerdis thei threwen doun. For what thing alle the sones of Yrael camen into the hows of God, and sit|tynge thei wepten before the Lord, and thei fastiden that day vnto euenthe euen CE.; and thei offreden to himhem A. brent sacrifices and pesible sleyn sacrificis, and vpon her staat thei askiden. That tyme was there the arke of the boond of pees of God in Sylo; and Phynees, the sone of Eliazar, sonethe sone E pr. m. F. of Aaron, was prouost of the hows. `Thanne theiThei A pr. m. counseilden the Lord, and seiden, Shulen we more goon out to the fiȝt aȝens the sones of Beniamyn oure bretheren, othir resten? To whom seithseyde H. the Lord, Stieth vp, forsothe to morwe I shal taak hem into ȝoure hoondis. And the sones of Yrael putten busshementis bi theOm. C. enuyroun of the cytee of Gabaa; and the thridde sithe as oons and twyes aȝens Beniamyn the oost brouȝte forth. But and the sones of Beniamyn hardili breken out of the cytee, and the aduer|saryes fleynge lenger thei pursueden, so that thei woundiden of hem, as the first day and the secounde, and slowen bi two pathis the turninge backis; of the whiche oon beer into Bethel, and the tothir into Gabaa. And thei threwen doun aboute thretti men; forsothe thei wenden in the wont maner to sleen hem; the whiche feynynge fliȝt at the bigynnynge, wenten in counseil for to drawe hem a wey fro the cytee, and as fleynge to bryngen to the forseide pathis. And so alle the sones of Yrael rysynge fro her seetis tiȝten shil|tron in the place that is clepid Baaltha|mar. Forsothe the busshementis, thatthat weren A. about the cytee weren, `litil melomea litil and a litil H. hem seluen bigunnen to opne, and fro the west parti of the citee to goon forth. But and othere ten thousandis of men of Yraelal Yrael CE. dwellers of the cytee terreden to stryues; and the bateil is agreggid aȝens the sones of Beniamyn, and thei vndurstoden not, that on alle sidis to hem stood yn deeth. And the Lord smoot hem in the siȝt of the sones of Yrael, and thei slowen of hem in that day fyue and twenti thowsandis and an hun|drid men, alle fiȝters and drawinge out swerd. Forsothe the sones of Beniamyn, whanne thei hadden seen hem self to be the nethermore, thei bigunne to flee. The which thing biholdynge the sones of Yrael, ȝeuen to hem place to flee, that thei miȝten come to the maad redi busshementis, `the whichethat C. bisyde the cytee thei setten. The whiche whanne haddenthei hadden E pr. m. ryse sodeynly fro the hidilis, and Beniamyn ȝaf backis to the sleers, thei wenten into the cytee, and smyten it in mouth of swerd. Forsothe the sones of Yrael hadden ȝeuen a tokne to hem that weren sett in busshementis, that after that thei hadden take the cytee, fier thei shulden teend, and the smook stiynge vp into heiȝt, thei shulden shewe the cytee takun. The which thing whanne the sones of Yrael put in that strijf shulden biholde; forsothe the sones of Beniamyn wenden hem to fleen, and more bisily folweden, sleyn of the oost of hem thretti men; and thei seen as a piler of smook fro the citee to stien vp; forsothe Beniamyn biholdynge bihynde, whanne he sawȝ the cytee takun, and the flawmis to be born into heiȝt, the whiche beforehond feyneden fliȝt, turnede the face stronglystrengereli CEFH. withstoden. The which thing whanne the sones of Beniamyn hadden seen, thei ben turned ininto C. fliȝt, and to the weye of deseert thei bigunne to goon; forsothe thider hem aduersaryes pursuynge, but and thes, that setten the toun on fier, aȝen comyngecamen C. comyn E. to hem. And so it is doon, that on either parti thei ben slayn of enemyes, ne there was eny reste of men dyynge; and thei fellen, and ben throwen down at the eest coost of the cytee of Gabaa. Forsothe there weren, that in the same place ben slayn, eiȝteen thousandis of men, al moost stronge fiȝters. The which thing whanne hadden seen that leften of Beniamyn, thei flowen into wildirnes, and wenten to the stoon, whos name is Remmon. Forsothe in that fliȝt opynli hidir and thider rennynge and into dyuerse placis goynge thei slowen fyue thowsandis of men; and whanne ferther thei wenten, thei pur|sueden hem, and slewen also othere two thowsandis. And so is doo, that alle that fellen of Beniamyn in dyuerse placis, weren fyue and twenti thowsandis, fiȝters at batayls moost redy. And so there laften of al the noumbre of Beniamyn, that myȝten scapeascapyn EFH., and fleen into wilder|nesse, sixe hundred men; and thei setten in the stoon of Remmon foure monethis. Forsothe the sones of Yrael goon out, smyten with swerd al the relif of the cyte, fro manmen C. vnto beestbestus C.; and alle the citees and lytil touns of Beniamyn de|uowrynge flawm waastide.

 CAP. XXI.

The sones forsothe of Yrael hadden sworn in Maspha, and seiden, Noon of vs shal ȝyue to the sones of Beniamyn of his douȝtris a wijf. And alle thei camen to the hows of God in Sylo, and in the siȝt of hym sittynge vnto euen thei rere|den a voys, and with greet ȝeelynge bi|gunnen to wepe, seiynge, Whi, Lord God of Yrael, this yuel ys doo in thi puple, that this day ooon BEFH. lynage be doon awei fro vs? Forsothe the tothir day eerli rysynge thei maden vp an auter, and offreden there brent sacrificis and pesible sleyn offryngis, and seiden, Who stiede not vp in the oost of the Lord of alle the lynagis of Yrael? Forsothe with greet ooth thei bounden hem seluen, whanne thei weren in Maspha, hem to be slayn that thennus weren. And lad by othenkynge the sones of Yrael vpon her brother Beniamyn, thei bigunnen to seyn, There is doon awey ooon BEFH. lynage fro Irael; whens shulen thei taake wyues? forsothe alle in comyn wethei AB pr. m. FH. han sworn vs not to ȝyue oure douȝtresdouȝtren BFH. to hem. And therfor thei seiden, Who is of alle the lynagis of Irael, that stiedesteȝeth E. not vp to the Lord in to Maspha? And loo! there ben foundun dwellers of Jabis Galaad not haue ben in that oost. For|sothe that tyme, whanne thei weren in Sylo, noon of hem is foundun there. And so thei senten ten thousand moost stronge men, and comaundiden to hem, Goth, and smitith the dwellers of Jabis Galaad in mouth of swerd, as wel wymmen as theOm. C. litil children of hem. And this shal be, that ȝe shulen kepe wel, alle of maal kynde and wymmen, that han knowun men, sleeth; maydens kepe ȝe. And there ben foundun of Jabis Galaad foure hundryd maydens, that knewen not the bed of man; and thei brouȝten hem to the tentis in Silo, in to the loond of Cha|naan. And thei senten messagers to the sones of Beniamyn, that weren in the stoon of Remmon; and thei comaundiden to hem, that thei shulden take hem in pees. And the sones of Beniamyn camen in that tyme, and ben ȝeuen to hem wyues of the douȝtresdouȝtren BFH. of Jabis Galaad; forsothe other thei founden, `the whichethat C. lijk maner thei shulden take. And al Yrael greetli sorowide, and dide othenk|ynge vpon the slauȝter of ooon BEFH. lynage of Yrael. And the more thurth birth seiden, What shulen we doo to the tother, that han take no wyues? Alle the wymmen in Beniamyn fellen togidre, and with greet bisynes to vs and myche stodye it is to puruey, lest ooon BEFH. lynage be doon awey fro Yrael. Oure douȝtres we mowen not ȝyue to hem, bounden bi ooth and curs|ynge, in the which we han seide, Cursid that shal ȝyue of his douȝtris a wijf to Beniamyn. And thei token counseil, and seiden, Loo, the solempnete of the Lord is in Silo, tornturned CE. aboute bi the ȝeer, that is set at the north of the cytee of Bethel, and at the eest coost of the weye that goth fro Bethel to Siccymam, and to the south of the burȝ toun of Lebona. And thei comaundiden to the sones of Benia|myn, and seiden, Goth, and lurkith in the vynes; and whan ȝe seen the douȝ|tris of Sylo at the dauncis to be lad aftir the maner to goo forth, gothgo B. out so|deynly out of theOm. H. vines, and takith hem, eche sondrysunder C. wyues, and goth into the loond of Beniamyn. And whanne the faders of hem and britheren comen, and aȝens ȝou bigynnen to pleyne and chiden, we shulen seye to hem, Hath mercy on hem; forsothe thei rauysheden not hem bi lawe of fiȝters and of ouercomers; but to hem preyinge, that thei myȝten take, ȝe han not ȝeuen; and on ȝoure parti is the synne. And the sones of Beniamyn diden as to hem was comaundid, and after her noumbre thei rauyssheden to hem, of hem that ladden dauncis, sondrysunder C. wyues. And thei wenten into her pos|sessioun, bildynge vp cytees, and dwell|ynge in hem. Forsothe the sones of Yrael turneden aȝen, bi lynagis and mey|nees, into her tabernaclis. In tho days was no kyng in Yrael, but ech onOm. C. that to hym semyde ryȝt, that dide heOm. BCEFH..

 Here endith the book of Judicum, and nowe bigynneth the book of RuthHere endith the booc of Judicum, and bygynneth the storie of Ruth. E. Here endith the bok of Judicum. F. No final rubric in BCH.. RUTH. Here bigynneth the bok of RuthFrom F. No initial rubric in ABCEH..CAP. I.

IN the days of oona C. iuge, whanne the iugis weren before in power, there is maad greet hungre in the erthe; and ooon BFH. a CE. man of Bethlem Juda wente forOm. C. to pil|grimage in the regioun of Moabitide, with his wijf and his two free childrenchilder C.. And he was clepid Elemalech, and the wijf of hym Noemye, and the two sones, the toon Maalon, and the tother Chelion, Effratee of Bethlem Juda; and thei goon into the regioun of Moabitide, dwelliden there. And ElemalechLema|lech A., the housboond of Noemie, is deed, and she lafte with the sones; the whiche token Moabyte wyues, of whom oon was clepid Orpha, and the tother Ruth. And thei dwelliden ten ȝeer there, and both been deed, Maalon that is, andOm. A. Chelyon; and the womman laft priued two free childrenchilder C. and housboond. And she roos for to goo into the cuntre with hir either douȝter in lawe fro Moabitis regioun; forsothe she hadde herd, that the Lord hadde biholden hir puple, and hadde ȝouun hemto hem E. metis. And so she wente out fro the place of hir pyl|grimage with either douȝter in lawe; and nowe in the weie set of turnynge aȝen into the loond of Juda, she seide to hem, Goth in to the hows of ȝoure moder; the Lord do with ȝou mercy, as ȝe han do with the deed, and with me; ȝif he to ȝow to fynde rest in the howses of the men, `the whichethat C. ȝe ben to take. And she kisside hem. The whiche with arerid vois bigunne to wepe, and seyn, With thee we shulen goo to thi puple. To whom she answerde, Turneth aȝen, my douȝtrendoȝtris CFH., whi comen ȝe with me? Y haue nona BFH. mo sonys in my wombe, that men of me ȝe mowen hope; turneth aȝen, my Moabitis douȝtrendoȝtris C., and goth; forsothe nowe I am waastid bi eeld, ne able to the boond of matrymonye; also if Y myȝt this nyȝt conceyue, and bere sones, thouȝ ȝe wolden abide to the tyme that thei wexen, and fulfillen the ȝeeris of mannus age, before that ȝe wedden ȝe shulen be oold wymmen; wolith not, Y biseche, my douȝtrendoȝtris C., for ȝoure angwish greuith me more, and the hoond of the Lord is goon out aȝensan B. me. Thanne areridrerid C. the voice, eft thei bigunne to wepe. Orpha kisside her moder in lawe, and turnede aȝen, Ruth cleuede to hir moder in lawe. To whom seide Noemye, Loo! thi cosyn is turned aȝen to hir pu|ple, and to hir goddis; go thou with hir. The which answerde, Ne contrarye thou me, that Y forsake thee, and goo a wey; whidir euere thou gost, I shal goo, and where thow abidist, and I togidre shal abyde; thi puple my puple, and thi God my God; what erthe the takith diynge, in it I shal die, and there I shal take place of biriynge; thes thingis God do to me, and thes thingis adde, if not oonly deth me and thee seuere. Seynge thanne Noemye, that with stedfast inwit Ruth hadde demed to goo with hir, wold not contrarye, nena BFH. more mouynge the turn|ynge aȝen to hyrshir A.. And thei wenten forth to gidre, and thei camen into Bethlem; the whiche goon into the cytee, swift loos anentis alle men wex opyn, and the wym|men seiden, This is `the ilkthat C. Noemy. To whom she seith, Ne clepe ȝe me Noemy, that is to seye, fayr, but clepith me Mara, that is, bittir; for with bitternes mych the Almyȝti hath fulfillid me. Ful I wente out, and voyd the Lord hath brouȝt me aȝen; whi thanne clepe ȝe me Noemy, whom the Lord hath mekyd, and the Almity hath tourmentid? Thanne cam Noemy with Ruth Moabite, hir douȝter in lawe, fro the loond of hir pilgrim|age, and is turned aȝen into Bethleem, whanne first men repidenropen C. barly.

 CAP. II.

There was forsothe a man, cosyn of Elymelech, a myȝti man and of greet rytches, Booz bi name. And Ruth Mo|abite seide to hir moder in lawe, If thow comaunde, Y shal goo in to the feeld and gedre eeris that fleen the hoondis of repers, where euere Y shal fynde grace of an housholderhousoder A. mercyable in me. To whom she answerde, Goo, my douȝ|ter. And so she ȝede, and gedride eeris after the backis of reperis. It felle for|sothe, that thilkthat B. the ilke E. feeld hadde a lord, Booz bi name, that was of the kynrede of Elymelech. And loo! he cam fro Beth|lem. And he seide to his repers, The Lord with ȝou. The whiche answerde to hym, The Lord blesse to thee. And Booz seide to the ȝong man that was before in rewlynge to the repers, Whos is this child womman? The which answerde, This is a Moabite, that cam with Noemy fro Moabites regioun; and she preyede, that she miȝte gedre eeris leeuynge, fol|wewynge the steppis of the repers; and fro eerly vnto nowe she stondithstont BFH. stant CE. in the feeld, ne forsothe at oa E. Om. C. moment she turn|ede aȝen to the hows. And Booz seith to Ruth, Here, douȝter; ne goo thou into annother feeld to gedre, ne goo a wey fro this place, but be thou ioyned to my childrenchilder B. childre EH. wymmen, and where thei repen, folwe; forsothe Y haue comaundid to my childrenchilder B. childre EH., that noon be heuy to thee; but if also thou thrustistthriste CE. thrust BFH., go to the litil cos|trilscostretis CE., and drynk watris, of the whiche my children drenken. The which fall|ynge into hir face and lowtynge on erthe seide to hym, Whens to me this, that I fynde grace before thin eiȝen, that thou deyn to knowe me a pilgryme womman? To whom he answerde, Alle thingis ben toold to me, that thou didist to thi moder in lawe after the deth of thi man, and that thou forsokistforsoke BCEF. forsake H. thi fader and thi moder, and the loond in theOm. C. which thou ert born, and camcome E. to the puple, whom before thou knewe not. The Lord ȝelde to thee for thi werk, and fulle mede res|seyue thou of the Lord God of Yrael, to whom thou art comen, and vndre whos weenges thou hast flowen. The which seith, Y haue founde grace before thin eyen, my lord, `the whichthat C. hast coum|fortid me, and spoken to the herte of thin hoond womman, `the whichthat C. am not lijk of oon of thi childrenchyldre BEFH. wymmen. And Booz seide to hir, Whanne our of etynge shal be, com hidre, and eet breed, and weet thi morselmussel CE. in eysel. And so she sat at the side of the repers, and made to hir potage, and she eet, and is fild, and took the relifes. And thens she roos, andthat EFH. after the maner she gedridegedere EFH. eeris. Forsothe Booz comaundide to his children, seiynge, Also if with ȝow she wol repe, defende ȝe hir not, and of ȝoure forsothe hoondfuls throwith o purpose, and suffre ȝe to abide stil, that with out shame she gedre; and gedrynge no man vndirnymme. Than she gedride in the feeld vnto euen; and that she gedrede with a ȝeerde betynge and shakynge out, she foond of barli as the mesure of ephi, that is, thre busshels. The whiche ber|ynge she turnede aȝen into the citee, and shewide to hir moder in lawe; also she brouȝte forth, and ȝaf to hir the relif of hir meet, with theOm. C. which she was fild. And the moder in lawe seide to hir, Where to day hast thou gadrid, and where hast thou doo werk? Be he blessid, that hadde mercy of thee. And she shewide to hir, anentis whom she wrouȝte; and the name of the man she seide, that Booz heOm. C. was clepid. To whom answerde Noemy, Blessid be he of the Lord, for the same grace that he hath ȝeuen to men o lyue, he hath kept and to the deed. And eft she seith, Oure nyȝ kyn is the man. And Ruth, For|sothe this he seith and comaundide to me, that so long I shulde be ioyned to the repers of hym, to the tyme that alle the cornys ben ropenrepen BF.. To whom seide the moder in lawe, Betere it is, douȝter myn, that with the childre wymmen of hym thou goo out to repe, lest in an|other feeld eny man withstoonde to thee. And so she is ioyned to the childre wym|men of Booz; and as long with hem she repide, to the tyme that the barli and the whete werenwas CEFH. leid in the beerns.

 CAP. III.

Aftyr forsothe that she was turned aȝen to hir moder in lawe, she herde of hir, Dowȝter myn, Y shal seche to thee rest, and Y shal puruey that it wel be to thee. This Booz, to whos wymmen children thou art ioyned in the feeld, is oure nyȝ kyn, and in this nyȝt he wyn|newith the flore of his barli. Be wasshen thanne, and anoynt, and clothid with the more worshipful clothis, and go doun into the flore; se thee no man, to the tyme that etynge and drynkynge he haue eendid. Forsothe whanne he goth to sleepe, mark the place in the which he sleepith; and thou shalt com and discouere the mantil, with whych he is couerd, fro the parti of the feet, and thou shalt throwe thee doun, and there liggelin C.. Forsothe he shal seye to thee, what thou owist to doo. The which answerde, What euere thing thou shalt comaunde, I shal doo. And she wente doun into the floor, and dide alle thingis that the moder in lawe comaundide toOm. BCEFH. hir. And whanne Booz hadde eten and dronken, and was maad gladder cheryd, and was goon to sleepe biside the heep of hand|fullis, she cam, and hidde hir; and dis|couerd the mantil fro his feet, she threwe hir self doun. And loo! nowe at myd|nyȝt dradde the man, and is disturbliddisturbid C.; and he sawȝ a womman liggyngelyinge BEFH. at his feet, and seith to hir, What art thou? She answerde, I am Ruth, thin hoond womman; spreed thi mantil vpon thi seruaunt, for thou art nyȝ. And he, Blessid, he seith, thou art of the Lord, douȝtre, and the rather mercy bi the aftirmore thou hast ouerpassid; for thou hast not folwid ȝonge pore men other riche. Wol thou not thanne drede, but what euere thing thou seist to me, I shal doo to thee; forsothe al the puple woot, that dwellith with ynne the ȝatis of my cytee, thee to be a womman of vertue. Ne I denye me to be nyȝ, but there is an|other nerre than Y; rest this nyȝt, and morwetide doon, if he wole take thee bi riȝt of affynyte, the thing is wel doo; forsothe if he wol not, I with out eny dowt shal take thee, the Lord lyueth; sleep vnto the morwetide. And so she slept at his feet vnto the goynge a wey of the niȝt, and so she roos before that men knewen hem self to gidre. And Booz seide, Bewar, lest eny man knowe, that hidir thou art comen. And eft, Spreed, he seith, thi mantil, with which thou art couerd, and hold with ethir hoond. The which spredynge and hold|ynge he mesuride sixe bushels of barli, and put vpon hir; the which berynge wente into the cyte, and cam to hir moder in lawe. The which seide to hir, What hast thow doon, douȝter? And she toolde to hyr alle thingis, that the man dide to hir; and seith, Loo! sexe bushels of barly he hath ȝeuen to me; and seith, Y wol not thee to turne aȝen void to thi moder in lawe. And Noemy seide, Abide, douȝter, to the tyme that we seen what yssu the thing wol han; forsothe ne the man shal ceese, but he fulfille that he hath spoken.

 CAP. IV.

Booz thanne wente vp to the ȝate, and sat there; and whanne he hadde seen the nyȝ kyn passe biside, of the which before word is had, he seide to hym, Bowe aside a litil, and sit here, clepynge hym bi his name. The which turnede a side, and sat. Forsothe Booz takynge ten men of the eldre of the citee seide to hem, Sittith here. The which sittynge, he spak to the nyȝ kyn, Noemy soolde a partipart C. of the feeld of oure brother Ely|malech, the which is turnyd aȝen fro Moabitis regyon, the which thing Y wold thee to here, and to thee seyn before al men sittynge and the more men thurȝ birth of my puple. If thou wolt weeld the feeld bi ryȝt of niȝ kynrede, bye and weeld; forsothe if it to thee displese, that same thing shewe to me, that I wite what I owe to do; forsothe no man is nyȝ kyn, out taak thee that art formere, and me that am secounde. And he an|swerde, I the feelde shal bye. To whom seide Booz, Whanne thow biest the feeld of the hoond of the womman, forsothe Ruth Moabite, that was the wijf of the deed, thou owist to take, that thow rere the name of thi nyȝ kyn in his erytage. The which answerde, I leeue the riȝt of my nyȝ kynrede; forsothe ne Y owe to doon aweie the after comynge of my meyne; thou my priuelege vse, `the whichthat C. Y knowleche me gladly to want. For|sothe this was the manere in oold tyme in Yrael bitwixebytwene BFH. betwen E. betwe C. nyȝ kyn, that if eny tyme oon to anothere lafte his riȝt, that the grauntynge were stable, the man looside his sho, and ȝaf to his nyȝ kyn; that was witnessynge of the leuynge in Yrael. Thanne seide Booz to his nyȝ kyn, Tak thi sho to me; the which anoon he loosideloosnede E. fro his foot. And he to the more thurȝ birth and to al the puple, Witnessis ȝe ben, he seith, to day, that Y owe to weelde alle that weren of Elymalech, and Chelyon, and Maalon, ȝyuynge Noemy; and Y shulde take Ruth Moabite, the wijf of Maalon, into wed|dynge, that I rere the name of the deed in his erytage; lest the name of hym fro his meynee and bretherenbrethere C. and puple be doon a wey. Forsothe ȝe of this thing ben witnessis. Al the puple answerde, that was in the ȝate, and the more thurȝ birth, We ben witnessis; the Lord make this womman, that goth into thin hows, as Rachel and Lya, that edifiden the hows of Yrael, that she be exsaumple of vertu in Effrata, and she haue a so|lempne name in Bethlem; and thin hous be maad as the hous of Phares, whom Thamar beere to Juda, of the seed that the Lord shal ȝeue to thee of this child womman. And so Booz took Ruth, and took hir to wijf; and he wente yn to her, and the Lord ȝaf to hir, andthat CE. she conseyuede, and beer a child. And wym|men seide to Noemy, Blissid the Lord, whichthat C. hath not suffrid, that the succes|sour of thi meyne shulde fail, and his name shulde be clepid in Irael; and thou haue that coumfort thi lijf, and norishe thin eeld. Forsothe of thi douȝ|ter in lawe is born, that shal loue thee, and mych betere is to thee, than thouȝOm. A. thou haddist seuen sones. And Noemy putte the takun child in hir bosum; and vside the office of norshenurse E., and of berer. Forsothe the wymmen neiȝbours to gidre thankynge to hir, and seiynge, The sone of Noemy is born, clepeden his name Obeth. This is the fader of Ysay, faderthe fader E pr. m. of Dauyd. Thes ben the generaciouns of Phares; Phares gat Esrom; Esrom gat Aram; Aram gat Amynadab; Amyna|dab gat Naason; Naason gat Salmon; Salmon gat Booz; Booz gat Obeth; Obeth gat Ysay; Ysay gat Dauyd the kyng.

 Here eendith RuthHere endith the storie of Ruth, and bigynneth a prolog on the bookis of Kingis. E. Here endith the bok of Ruth. F. No final rubric in BCH.. I. KINGS. Here bigynneth the prolog of the foure bokis of KyngisThe prolog of Kyngis. B. A prolog. I. No initial rubric in CFH..

THE tunge forsothe of Syrus, and of Caldeis, witnessith to ben anentis theOm. I. Ebrewis two and twenti lettris, the whiche of aOm. I. oo H. greet partipart C. niȝ coostieth to Ebrew; for and thei two and twenti elementis han in the same sown, but in dyuerse printis. Samarytans also the fyueOm. I. bokis of Moyses wryten in as feele lettris, oonli in figuris and printis dyuersynge; and it is certeyn Esdras, the scribe and the doctour of the lawe, after Jerusalem takun, and the restorynge of the temple vndur Zorobabel, to han foundun other lettris, the whiche we nowe vsen; whanne vnto that tyme weren the same printis of Samarytanys and of E|brews. Forsothe in the book of Noum|bris this same noumbryngenoumbre I. vnder the noumbre of Leuitis and prestis mistili is shewid; and the name of the Lord Tetra|gramaton in summe Grece volyms vnto this day we han founden with oold let|tris expressyd. But and the Salmys sixe and threttithrettithe CHI., and the hundrid tenthe, and the hundryd enleueth, and the hundrid eiȝtentheiȝtene I., and the hundrid foure and fourtithe, albeit that thei ben wryten with dyuerse metre, neuerthelater thei ben weuydwouen C. withof I. the abece of the same noumbre; and the Lamentaciouns of Je|remye, and the Preier of hym, and for|sothe the Prouerbis of Salomon, in the eend, fro that place in whiche he seith, A strong womman who shal fynde, with the same abicees or markyngis ben noumbrid. Forsothe fyue dowble lettrys ben anentis the Ebrewis, Caph, Men, Nun, Phe, Sade; forsothe other wise thei writen bi thes the bigynningis and the mydils of wordis, other wise the eendis. Wherfore and fyue bokis, Samuel, Ma|lachym, Dabreiamyn, Esdras, Jeremye with Cynoth, that is, his Lamentaciouns, ben eymyd of sum men dowble bookis. What maner wise therfor two and twenti elymentis ben, bi the whiche we wryten Ebrewly al that we speken, and mannus voyce with the bigynnyngis of hem is takun, so two and twenti volyms ben noumbrid, bi the whiche as bi lettris and bigynnyngis the tendre and the ȝit sowk|ynge childhod of the riȝtwise man is tauȝt in the doctrine of God. The first book anentis hem is clepidcallid CEI. Bresith, which we Genesis seyn; the secounde, Ellesmoth, `the whichthat C. Exodus is clepidcald I.; the thridde is Vagetra, that is Leuytik; the ferth, Vagedaber, `the whichthat C. we cle|pencal I. Noumbre; the fifthe Abdabarym, `the whichthat C. is before notid Deutronomy. Thes ben the fyue bokis of Moyses, `the whichethat C. thei clepencallen I. proprely Thorath, that is, the lawe. The secounde ordre of the prophetis thei maken, and bigyn|nen fro JesuJosue A., the sone of Naue, `the whichthat C. anentis hem is seid Josue Bennun. thens thei vndurweuydenvnderwouen C. Sophym, that is, the book of Jugis; and intoin I. the same thei puttenputtiden I. in Ruth, for in the days of Jugis don is toold hir storye. The thridde folowith Samuel, the which we seyn the Firste and the Secounde of Rewmys; the ferthe, Malachim, that is, of Kyngis, the which is conteyned in the thridde and the ferthe volym of Rewmys; and mych betere it is to seye Malachym, that is, of Kyngis, thanne Malathot, that is, of Rewmes; forsothe not of many folk he discriueth rewmes, but of oon Yrael puple, that is conteyned in twelue ly|nagis. The fifthe is Ysay; the sixt Je|remye; the seuenthe Ezechiel; theand the I. eiȝtith the book of the twelue prophetis, `the whichthat C. anentis hem is clepidcald I. Thari|asra. The thridde ordre weeldith Agio|gropha, that ben holi wryten ensaumplisexsaumplis CE.. And the first book bigynneth fro Job; the secounde fro Dauyd, the which men holden in fyue dyuysiouns, and in o volym of Psalmys; the thridde is of Sa|lomon, hauynge thre bokis, Prouerbis, that thei clepencallen I. Parablis, that is, Mas|loth; the ferthe Ecclesiasten, that is, Coelech; the fifthe is Soonge of Songis, whom theiwe I. before noten bi title Syras|syrym; the sixte is Danyel; the se|uentheseuenthe is I. Dabreiamyn, that is, the wordis of days, the whiche more nameli we mowen clepecalle I. theOm. I. Cronycle of al Goddis story, the which book anentis vs is wryten Paralypomynonin Paralypomynon EI. the First and the Secounde; the eiȝtthe Esdras, the which and hethe I. lijk maner, anentis Grekis and Latyns, in two bokis is dyuydid; the nynthe Ester. And so ben maad togidre the bokis of the oold lawe two and twenti, that is, of Moyses fyue, of Pro|phetis eiȝte, of Agiografis, that ben ex|presse exsaumplis to holynesse, nyne; al be it that summe writen Ruth and Synoth among the Agiographis, and thes bookis in her noumbre thei wenen to be toOm. C. noumbrid, and bi that to ben of the oold lawe foure and twenti bookis; the whiche vndre noumbre of foure and twenti eldris the ApocalipsApocalipsis E. of Joon bryngith yn, honourynge the loomb, and offrynge her crownes, the cheerys born doun, hem stondynge before the foure beestis eyed before and behynde, that is, biholdynge into that that is passid, and into that that is to comen, and criynge with contynuel voyce, Holy, Holy, Holi, Lord God Almyȝti, that was, and that is, and that is to comen! This prologe ofto I. Scripturis as an helmyd bigynnynge to al the bokis `the whichethat C. fro Ebrewe we han turned into Latyn, may acoorde, that we mowen knowe that what euere thing out of thes is, it is to be put among the Apographase, that is, among tho thingis whos autor is not knowun of al holi chirch. Therfore Sapiens, that comounli is wryten in of Salomon, and of Jesu, the sone of Syrak, and the book of Judith, and Toby, and Pastor, ben not in the canoun. I foond the Fyrst book of Ma|chabeis Ebrewe; the Secounde is Greke, that may be proued of that settynge. The whiche thingis whanne thei so han hem, thou reder, Y biseche thee, ne eyme thou my traueyle the repreuynge of oold men. In the tabernacle of God ech man offreth that he may; other men gold, and siluer, and precious stones; other men bise, and purpur, and cockococce E. cok C. cocke I. offren, and iacynct. With vs is wel doon, if we offren skynnys and heeris of she geet; and neuerthelaternerthelatere C. the Apostle oure moremoste I. contemptible thingis shewith more nedeful. Wherfor and al thethat BCEFHI. fayrnesse of the tabernacle, and the distinccioun of the present, and of the chirche to comen, bi eche spicis is couered with skynnys, and with herys; tho that ben fowler thingis letten the brennynge of the sunne, and the harme of wederis. Thanne rede thow first Samuel, and mynOm. E pr. m. Malachym, myn forsothe, mynOm. A.; what euere thing forsothe ofterouer I. turnynge and in amend|ynge more bisili and we han lernyd, and we holden, oure is, oure is. And whanne thou vndurstoondist that bifore hoond thou knewe not, or eyme thou me a remenour, if thou art kynde, or a leeyer bisiden, if thow art vnkynde; al be it that Y haue no conscience to myself, me to haue chaungid eny thing fro Ebrews trewth. Certeyne, if thow ertbe I. of hard bileue, rede GrekeGrekis CI. bokis and Latyns, and leyleye hem I. togidre with thes litil werkis, `the whichethat C. aboue we han outouȝte H. not I. toold; and where euere thow see bitwixbetwe C. bytwen BEFH. hem|self toOm. I. discorde, ask eny of the Ebrews, to whom more thou owist to ȝeue feith, and if oure thingis he stable, I trowe that thou shalt not eyme hym a lyer, for in the same place with me lijk maner he dyuyne. But and ȝow, wymmen ser|uauntis of Crist, Y preye, the whiche anoynten the heed of the Lord, doun syt|tynge with theOm. I. moost precyous myrre of bileue, the whiche sechen not the Sa|ueour in sepulcrethe sepulcre I., forfro E pr. m. from I. whom nowe Crist hath stied vp to the fader, that aȝens the berkynge houndis that aȝens me with wood mouth waxen cruel, and goon about the cytee, and in that demen hem self wyse, if to other they bacbiten, that ȝe aȝen putten the targetis of ȝoure preyers. I, knowynge my lownes, of that sentence euere more Y shal recorde, I seyde, I shal kepe my weyes, that I trespasse not in my tunge; Y haue put to my mouth warde, whanne the synful stood aȝens me; Y bicam dowmbe, andand I I. am lowid, and heeldeheuld I. my pees fro good thingis.

Here endith the prolog of the foure bokis of Kyngis, and nowe bygynneth the first bookHere endith the prolog and bigynneth the firste book of Kingis. E. Here endeth the prolog se now the firste book of Kingis. I. No final rubric in BCFH.. The firste of KyngisFrom B. Here bygynneth the first bok of Kyngis. F. No initial rubric in ACEH..CAP. I.

THERE was a man of Ramathaym of Sophym, of the hil of Effraym, and the name of hym Elchana, the sone of Jero|boam, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Elyuth, sone of Thau, sone of Suph, Eufrate. And he hadde two wyues; name to the toon Anna, and name to the secounde Phenenna; and there weren of Phenenne sonys; forsothe of Anne there weren noon free children. And that man stiede fro his cytee vp the ordeynd days, for to honour and sacrifie to the Lord of oostis in Sylo. Forsothe there weren the two sonys of Hely, Ophny and Phynees, preestis of the Lord. The day thanne cam, and Elchana offerde, and ȝaf to Phenenne his wijf, and to alle his children and douȝtrendoȝtris CE. parties; for|sothe to Anne he ȝaf o party drerye, for he louede Anne; forsothe the Lord hadde closid hir wombe. Forsothe hir enemye tourmentide hir, and hugely angwishide, in so mych that she putte to reproue, that the Lord hadde closid hir wombe. And so she dyde bi ech ȝeer, whanne, turn|ynge aȝen the tyme, thei styeden vp into the hows of the Lord; and she so terryde hyr. Forsothe she wepte, and took no meete. Thanne seide to hyr Helchana, hir man, Anna, whi wepist thow, and whi etist thow nouȝt, and for what cause is tourmentid thin herte? Whether am Y not betere to thee than ten sones? Forsothe Anna roos, after that she hadde eetyn in Silo and dronken. And Hely the preest sittynge vpon a litil seete, be|fore the postis of the hows of the Lord, whanne Anna was in bitterbetere A. inwit, she preiede the Lord, wepynge largeli; and a vowe she vowide, seiynge, Lord God of oostis, if biholdynge thow see the tour|mentynge of thi seruaunt, and were re|cordid of me, ne forȝetistforȝeten BCEFH. thin hoond|maydyn, and ȝyuest to thi seruaunt maal kynde, I shal ȝyue hym to the Lord alle the days of his lijf, and rasour shal not stie vpon his heed. Forsothe it is doon, that whanne she multipliede preiers be|fore the Lord, that Heli weytide hir mouth. Forsothe Anna spak in hir herte, and oonli the lippis of hir weren meued, and the vois of hire was not fulli herd. Heli therfor eymyde hir dronken, and seide to hyr, Howe long shalt thou be dronken? Defye a litil wiȝt the wyn, bi the which thou art dronken. Anna answerynge, Nay, she seith, my lord, for a womman wel mych wretcheful Y am; for wyn and al that may make dronken Y dranke not, but I haue held out my soule in the siȝt of the Lord; ne hoold thou thin handwomman as oon of the douȝtres of Belial, for of the multitude of sorwe and of my mournynge Y haue spokun vnto nowe. Thanne Heli seith to hir, Go in pees, and God of Yrael ȝeue to thee the askynge that thou hast preied hym. And she seide, Wolde God thin handwoman fynde grace in thin eyen. And the womman ȝede into hir weye, and eete; and the cheeris ofin E pr. m. hir ben not more ouere into dyuerse thingis chaungid. And thei arysen eerly, and anowredenhonouredyn EC. before the Lord; and ben turned aȝen, and camen into her hows in Ramatha. Forsothe Helchana knewe Anne his wijf; and the Lord is re|cordid of hir. And doon it is after the cercle of dais, Anna conceyuede, and beer a child, and clepide his name Samuel; forthi that she hadde askid hym of the Lord. Forsothe hir man Helchana stiede vp, and al his hows, for to offre to the Lord a solempne oost, and his vowe. And Anna assendide not; forsothe she seide to hir man, Y shal not goo, to the tyme that the child be wened, and I brynge hym, and he apereaperide A. before the siȝt of the Lord, and dwelle there con|tynuely. And Helchana, hir man, seith to hir, Do that is seen to thee good, and dwel to the tyme that thow wene hym; and I preye, that the Lord fulfille his word. Thanne the woman abood, and ȝaf hir sone mylk, to the tyme that he shulde meue hym awey fro the mylk. And she brouȝte hym with hir, after that she hadde wened hym, with thre calues, and thre bushelis of meele, and a vessel of wyn; and she brouȝte him to the hows of the Lord in Sylo. Forsothe the child ȝit was a lytil faunt. And thei slewen a calf, and offreden the child to Hely. And Anna seith, I biseche, my lord, thi soule lyueth; Y am that wom|man, that stood before thee here, prey|inge to the Lord; for this child I preyede, and the Lord hath ȝeuen to me the askynge that I askyde hym; therfor and I haue lent hym to the Lord alle the dais, in the whiche he were lent to the Lord. And there thei honourden the Lord. And Anna honourde, and seith,

 CAP. II.

Gladid out isOm. EFCH. myn herte in the Lord, and arerydrerid C. is myn horn in my God; maad large is my mouth vpon myn ene|myes, for Y am glade in thinthe E pr. m. ȝyuer of heelth. There is noon holy as is the Lord; forsothe ne there is other with out thee, and there is not strong as our God. Wole ȝe not multiplie to speke heiȝe thingis, gloriynge; go there a wey oold thingis fro ȝoure mouthe; for the God of sciencissiencis A. Lord is, and to hym ben be|fore maad redi thouȝtis. The boowe of stronge men is ouercomen, and feblefeble men E pr. m. ben gird with strength. The fillid be|fore for looues han leyd hem self, and the hungri ben fulfillid; to the tyme that the bareyn bere wel many, and she that many sones hadde, is feblid. The Lord mortifieth, and quykeneth; bryngith doun to hellis, and aȝen bryngith. The Lord makith pore, and richeth; andhe EC. mekith, and vndurrerith. He bryngith vp fro powdre the nedye, and fro dryt he heueth vp the pore, that he sitte with princis, and the seet of glorie he holde; of the Lord forsothe ben the vttermoost parties of the erthe, and he hath put vpon hem the world. The feet of his halowis he shal kepe, and vnpyteuous men in derk|nessis shulen waxe stille; for in his owne strength shal not be strengthid a man. The Lord shulen drede the aduersaries of hym, and vpon hem in heuenes he shal thondre; the Lord shal deme the eendis of erthethe erthe BEFH., and he shal ȝyue em|pyre to his kyng, and he shal hieȝ the horn of his Crist. And Helchana wente in Ramatha, into his hows; forsothe the child was seruaunt in the siȝt of the Lord before the face of Hely the preest. Forsothe the sones of Hely the sones of Belial, not knowynge the Lord, ne the office of preestis to the puple; but who so euere hadde offerd the slayn sacrifyce, the child of the preest cam, while the flesh were sothen, and hadde a flesh hook thre tothid in his hoond; and he putte it into the leede, or into the cawdroun, or into the pot, or into the greet panne; and al that the fleshook reryde, the preest took to hym self; so thei diden to al Irael of men comynge in Silo. Also orer BCEFH. that thei brenten the fat, the child of the preest cam, and seide to the offrere, Ȝif to me flesh, that I seethe to the preest; I shal not take forsothe sothen flesh, but rawe. And the offrere seide to hym, Be brent first after the maner to day the talwȝ, and tak to thee as mych as thi soule desireth. The which answerynge seide to hym, Nay, forsothe nowe thow shalt ȝyue; ellis I shal tak bi forse. Therfor the synne of the children was greet wel mych before the Lord; for thei drowen a wey men fro the sacrifice of the Lord. Forsothe Samuel seruede be|fore the face of the Lord, a child gird with a surplesse. And a litil coote his moder made to hym, the which she brouȝt the ordeyned days, stiynge vp with hir man for to offre a solempne oost, and hir vowe. And Hely blesside to Elchana and to his wijf; and he seide to hym, The Lord ȝeelde to thee seed of this womman, for the encrees that thou hast lent to the Lord. And thei wenten into her place. Thanne the Lord visitide Anne, and she conseyuede, and bare thre sones and two douȝtrendoȝtris CE.. And the child Samuel is magnyfied anentis the Lord. Forsothe Hely was wel oold, and he herde alle thingis that his sones diden in al Yrael, and what maner wise thei slepten with wymmen, the whiche weyt|eden at the dore of the tabernacle. And he seide to hem, Whi doon ȝe siche maner thingis, the which I here werst thingis of al the puple? Wole ȝe not, my sones; it is not good loos that Y here, that ȝe maken to trespas the puple of the Lord. If a man synneth in a man, God may be plesid to him; forsothe if in to the Lord a man synneth, who shal preye for hym? And thei herden not the voyce of her fader, for God wold sleen hem. Forsothe Sa|muel the child profitide, and wexe; and he pleside both to God and to men. For|sothe there cam a man of God to Heli, and seith to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Whether not apertly Y am shewid to the hows of thi fader, whanne thei weren in Egipt, in the hows of Pharao? And I cheese him of alle the lynagis of Yrael to me in to preest, that he shulde stie vp to myn auter, and brenne to me encense, and beer before me ephot; and I haue ȝouen to the hows of thi fader alle thingis of the sacrifices of the sones of Yrael. Whi with the heele ȝe han throwen awey my slayn sacrifice, and my ȝiftis, that I haue comaundid to be offred in the temple; and more thou hast honourede thi sones than memen A., that ȝe myȝten eete the cheefe thingis of al the sacrifice of Yrael, my puple? Ther|for seith the Lord God of Yrael, Spekynge I haue spoken, that thin hows and the hows of thi fader serue in my siȝt intovnto BCEFH. with out ende; forsothe nowe seith the Lord, Awey be that fro me; but who so euere honourith me, Y shal glorifie hym; forsothe who dispisen me, shulen be vn|noble. Loo! the dais comen, and I shal kut of thin arme, and the arme of the hows of thi fadre, that there be not an oold man in thin hows. And thou shalt see thin enemye in the temple, in alle the welsum thingis of Yrael; and there shal not be an oold man in thin hous alle dais. Neuerthelater I shal not doo awey fulli fro thee a man fro myn auter, but that thin eyen faylen, and thi lijf fayle; and a greet parti of thin hows shal die, whanne to mannus age it shal come. Forsothe this shal be the tokne, that is to come to thi two sonys, Ophny and Phynees, in o day thei shulen die bothe. And I shal rere to me a trewe preest, that after myn herte and soule shal doo; and I shal bilde to hym a trewe hows, and he shal goo before my Crist alle days. Forsothe it is to come, that who so euere abidithabytt BFH. abit EC. stil in thin hows, he come that it be preyed for hym, and he offre a silueren peny, and a round kaak of breed, and seye, Lete me, Y biseche, to o preesteprestis EC. paarte, that I eete a morselmussel CE. of breed.

 CAP. III.

Child forsothe Samuel mynystrede to the Lord before Hely, and the sermoun of the Lord was precious; in tho dais was noon opyn visioun. It was maad thann on a day, Heli leye in his place, and his eyen daswiden, and he myȝte not see the lanterne of God, before it were quenchid. Forsoth Samuel slepte in the temple of the Lord, where was the arke of God. And the Lord clepide Samuel; the which answerynge seith, Loo! I. And he ranne to Hely, and seide to hym, Loo! Y; thou hast clepid forsothe me. The which seide, I haue not clepid thee; turn aȝen and sleep. And he ȝede and slept. And the Lord eft leyde to toOm. BE. clepe Samuel; and Samuel rysynge ȝede to Heli, and seide, Loo! Y; for thou hast clepid me. The which answeryde, Y haue not clepid thee, sone myn; turn aȝen and sleep. Forsothe Samuel ȝit not knewe the Lord, ne the sermoun of the Lord was openyd to hym. And the Lord leide to, and ȝit clepide Samuel the thridde tyme; the which rysynge ȝede to Hely, and seith, Loo! Y; for thou hast clepid me. Thanne Hely vndur|stood, that the Lord clepide the child; and he seith to Samuel, Go and sleep; and if herafter he clepeclepeth CE. thee, thou shalt seye, Spek, Lord, for thi seruaunt herith. Thanne Samuel wente and slept in his place. And the Lord cam, and stood, and clepide as he clepide the secounde tyme, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel seith, Spek, Lord, for thi seruaunt herith. And the Lord seide to Samuel, Loo! Y doo a word in Yrael, the which who so euere herith, bothe his eeris shulen tyn|clen. In that day I shal arerereren C. aȝens Hely alle thingis, the whiche I haue spokun vpon the hows of hym; Y shal bigynne, and fulfille. Forsothe I seide before to hym, that I was to deme his hows without ende for wickidnes; for thi that he knewe his sonys vnworthili to doon, and vndurnam hem not. Therfore Y swore to the hows of Hely, that the wickidnes of hys hows shal not be doon a seeth beforefore BCEFH. with slayn sacrifices and ȝiftis vnto with out ende. Forsothe Samuel slept vnto the morwe, and he openyde the dorys of the hows of the Lord; and Samuel dredde to shewe the visyoun to Hely. Thanne Hely clepide Samuel, and seide, Samuel, my sone. The which answerynge seith, Y am redy. And he askide hym, What is the word that the Lord hath spoken to thee? Y preye thee, ne hele thou fro me; thes thingis do to thee God, and thes thingis adde, if thou hidist fro me a word of alle the wordis that ben seyd to thee. And Sa|muel shewide to hym alle the wordis, and hidde not fro hym. And he an|swerde, A Lord he is; that good is in his eyen, do he. Forsothe Samuel wexe, and the Lord was with hym, and there felle not into the erthe of alle the wordis of hym. And alle Yrael knewȝknee A. kne C pr. m. F. fro Dan vnto Bersabee, that Samuel was the feith|fultrewe E pr. m. prophet of the Lord. And the Lord addide that he shulde apere in Sylo, for the Lord was shewid to Samuel in Sylo after the word of the Lord; and the word of Samuel felle `intoto BCEH. al Yrael.

 CAP. IV.

And it is doon in tho days Philistien camen togidre into fiȝt; forsothe and Yrael wente out into batayl to meet Phylistien, and he sette tentis bisyde the stoon of help. Forsothe Philistien camen into Aphet, and maden shiltrounschetrome E passim. aȝens Yrael. Forsothe, the strijf bigungon in E pr. m. begunnen sec. m., Yrael turnede backis to theOm. CE. PhilistiensFilisteis C passim.; and there ben slayn in that strijf pas|mele bi feeldis as foure thowsandys of men; and the puple is turnede aȝen to the tentis. And the more thurȝ birth of Yrael seyden, Whi hath the Lord smyten vs to day before Philistien? Brynge we forth to vs fro Sylo the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, and come it in the myddil of vs, that it saue vs fro the hoond of oure enemyes. Thanne the puple senten into Sylo, and token thens the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord of oostis, sittynge vpon cherubym. And the two sones of Hely, Ophny and Phynees, weren with the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord. And whanne the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord was comen into the tentis, al Yrael cryede out with a greet crye, and the erth thurȝ sownede. And Philistien herden the voys of the crye, and seiden, Forsothe what is this vois of greet crye in the tentis of Ebrewis? And thei knewen, that the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord was comen into the tentis. And Philistien dredden, seiynge, God is comen into the tentis; and in|wardly thei weiliden, seiynge, Woo to vs! forsothe there was not so mych gladynge ȝisterdayȝistai C. ȝistay E., ne before ȝistirdayȝistai C. ȝistay E.; woo to vs! who shal kepe vs fro the hoondishonde BCEFH. of thes heiȝe goddis? thes ben the goddis that smyten Egipt bi al ven|iaunce in deseert. Takith coumfort, and `be ȝebeth CE. men of Philistien, ne serue ȝe to Ebrewis, as thei serueden to vs; takith coumfort, and fiȝtith. Thanne Philystien fouȝten, and Yrael is hewen down, and echon fleeȝfleth E. into his tabernacle; and there is doon a wel greet veniaunce, and there fellen of Yrael thretti thowsandis of foot men. And the arke of God is taken, and the two sones of Hely ben deed, Ophny and Phynees. Forsothe rennynge a man of Beniamyn fro the sheltroun cam into Sylo in that day, rent the clooth, and spreyntsprengd CE. with powdre the heed; and whan he was comen, Hely sat vpon the litil seet aȝens the weye abidynge; forsothe his herte was dredynge for the arke of the Lord. Forsothe that man after that he is goon yn, toolde to the cytee, and al the cytee ȝellide. And Hely herde the sown of the crye, and seide, What is this sown of this noyse? And he hiede, and cam, and toold to Hely. Forsothe Hely was of nynty and eiȝt ȝeer, and his eyen dasweden, and he myȝt not se. And he seyde to Hely, Y am that am comen fro the batayl, and Y that haue flowen fro the shiltroun to day. To whom he seith, What is doon, sone myn? Answerynge forsothe he that toold, seith, Yrael hath flowen before the Philistiens, and a greet fallynge is doo in the puple; also and thi two sones been deed, Ophny and Phynees, and the arke of God is takun. And whanne he hadde nemnyd the arke, he felle fro the litil seet backward biside the dore, and the scullis brokun, he is deed. Forsothe an oold man he was, and of greet age; and he demyde Yrael fourtiforurti A. ȝeer. His douȝ|tre in lawe forsothe, the wijf of Phynees, was with child, and nyȝ to the berynge; and the messager herde that the arke of God was takun, and hir fader in lawe deed, and hir man, she bowide hir self, and bare child; forsothe there fellen in hir sodeyn sorwis. Forsothe in that mo|ment of her deeth seiden to hir, that stoden about hir, Ne drede thow, for a sone thow hast born. The which an|swerde not to hem, forsothe ne took hede. And she clepide the child Hicaboth, sei|ynge, Translatid is the glorye of the Lord fro Irael, for takun is the ark of God; and for hir fader in lawe and for hir man she seith, Translatid is the glorie of God fro Yrael; forthi that the arke of God was takun.

 CAP. V.

Philistien forsothe token the arke of God, and beren it fro the stoon of help into Azoth. And Philistien token the arke of God, and brouȝten it into the temple of Dagon, and setten it beside Dagon. And whanne Azothis weren rysen eerli the tother day, loo! Dagon lay redi in the eerth before the ark of the Lord. And thei token Dagon, and setten it aȝen in his place. And eft, eerly the tother day rysynge, thei fonden Dagon liynge vpon his face in the erthe before the arke of the Lord. Forsothe the heed of Dagon, and the two palmys of his hoondis weren kut awey vpon the thresshwold; forsothe the stok of Dagon aloone lafte in his place. For this cause the preestis of Dagon, and alle that goon into his temple, treden not vpon the thresshwold of Dagon in Azoth vnto the day that is nowe. Forsothe the hoond of the Lord is greggid vpon the Azothis, and he wastide hem, and he smoot A|zothe and his coostis in the more priue party of the arsis; and the towns and feeldis booyleden out in the mydil of thatthe A. regioun, and myis ben born; and there is doon a greet confusioun of deeth in the cytee. Men forsothe of Azoth seynge siche a maner veniaunce seiden, Dwel not the arke of God of Yrael anentis vs; for hard is his hoond vpon vs, and vpon Dagon oure god. And seendynge thei gedreden to hem self alle the maystris of Philistiens, and seiden, What shulen we doo of the arke of God of Yrael? And Gethey answerden, The arke of God of Yrael be turned about; and thei turn|eden about the arke of God of Yrael. Forsothe hem turnynge it about, the hoond of the Lord of a greet slauȝter wel mych was doon vpon alle the cytees; and he smoot the men of ech cytee fro litil vnto more, and the arsroppis of hem goynge out stonken; and Gethey wenten into counseil, and maden to hem letheren seetis. Thanne thei senten the arke of the Lord into Acharon. And whanne the arke of the Lord was comen into Acharon, Acharonytis cryeden out, sei|ynge, Thei han brouȝt to vs the arke of God of Yrael, that he sle vs and oure puple. Thei senten thanne, and gedriden togidre alle the maystrys of Philistiens; the which seiden, Leeue ȝe the arke of God of Yrael, and be it turned aȝen into his place, and sle it not vs with oure puple. Forsothe dreed of deth was maad in alle the cytees, and moost greuous was greetli the hoond of the Lord. Forsothe the men, that weren not deed, weren smyten in the priuyer party of the arsis, and the ȝellynge of ech cytee stiede vp into heuene.

 CAP. VI.

Was thanne the arke of the Lord in the regioun of the Philistiens seuen monethes; and after thes thingis Phi|listiens clepiden the preestis and dyuyn|ours, seiynge, What shal we doon with the arke of God? Shewe ȝe vs, what maner wyse we shulen sende it aȝen `in toto E. his place. The whiche seiden, If ȝe senden aȝen the arke of God of Yrael, wole ȝe not leeue it voyde, but that ȝe owen, ȝeldeth to hym for the synne; and thanne ȝe shulen be heelid, and ȝe shulen knowe, whi that his hoond goth not a wey fro ȝow. The whiche seiden, What is that for the trespasse we owen to ȝeeld to it? And thei answerdenanswerden to them E pr. v., After noumbre of prouyncis of Philistiens fyue golden arsis ȝe shulen make, and fyue golden myis; for o plage was to ȝow alle and to ȝoure maistris. And ȝe shulen make a licnesse of ȝoure arsis, and a licnesse of the myis that han wastid the loond; and ȝe shulen ȝyue to the God of Yrael glorye, iflest E pr. m. perauenture he releue his hoond fro ȝou, and fro ȝoure goddis, and fro ȝoure loond. Whi agreggen ȝe ȝoure hertis, as Egipt agreggide, and Pharao his hert? Whether not after he is smyten, thanne he lafte hem, and thei ȝeden a wey? Nowe thanne takith, and makith a newe weyn, and ioyneth two kyen that han calued late, in the weyn, to whom is not put on ȝok; and reclosith her calues at home. And ȝe shulen take the arke of the Lord, and putte in the weyn; and the goldun vessels that ȝe han payed out to it for the trespas, ȝe shulen put in a litle cofre at the side of it; and leeue ȝe it, that it goo. And ȝe shulen biholden, forsothe and if bi the weye of her coostis it stie vp aȝen Bethsames, it hath doo to ȝou this greet yuel; forsothe if not, we shulen wyte that the hoond of it hath not towchid vs, but by hap it hath fallun. Thanne thei diden this wise; and takynge two kyen that ȝauen calues sowke, thei ioyneden to the wayn; for|sothe the calues of hem thei closiden at home. And thei putten the arke of God vpon the wayn, and the litle coofre that hadde the golden myis, and the licnes of arsis. Forsothe the kyen ȝeden euen ryȝt bi the weye that ledith to Bethsames; and in o weye thei wenten goynge and loowynge, and thei boweden not asyde ne to the ryȝt ne to the left; but and the maystris of Philistyens folweden vnto the teermys of Bethsames. Forsothe Bethsamytis repiden whete in the valey, and rerynge vp the eyen thei seen the arke, and thei ioyeden, whanne thei had|den seen. And the wayn cam into the feeld of Josue Bethsamyte, and stood there. Forsothe a greet stoon was there; and thei hewedenhewyn CE. the trees of the wayn, and the kien thei putten vpon, the brent sacrifice to the Lord. Forsothe Leuytis putten down the arke of God, and the litil coofre that was biside it, in the which weren the golden vessels; and thei putten vpon the greet stoon. Forsothe Bethsamytis men offreden brent sacrifice, and slewen sacrifices in that day to the Lord. And the fyue maystris of Phi|listiens seen, and ben turned aȝen into Acharon in that day. Forsothe thes ben the golden arsis, the whiche Philistiens for the trespas ȝolden to the Lord; Aȝot oon, Gaza oon, Ashalon oon, Geth oon, Acharon oon; and goldun myis after the noumbre of Philistiens cytees, of the fyue prouyncis, fro wallid cytee vnto toun that was with outen wal, and vnto greet Abel, vpon the which he putte the ark of the Lord, that was vnto that day in the feeld of Josue Bethsamyte. Forsothe he smoot of the men of Bethsamyte, for that thei hadden seen the arke of the Lord, and he smoot of the puple seuenti men, and fifti thowsandis of the raskeyl. And the puple weyliden, whanne the Lord hadde smyten with a greet veniaunce the comoun puple. And the men of Beth|samyte seiden, Who shal mowe stoond in the siȝt of this holy Lord God, and to whom shal he stye vp fro vs? And thei senten messagerys to the dwellers of Caryathyarym, seiynge, Philistiens han brouȝt aȝenaȝens A. Om. B. the arke of the Lord; com|eth doun, and bryngeth it aȝen to ȝow.

 CAP. VII.

Thanne the men of Caryathyarym camen, and brouȝten aȝen the arke of the Lord, and beren it into the hows of Amynadab in Gabaa. And thei halweden Eleazer his sone, for he shulde kepe the arke of the Lord. And it is doon, fro what day the arke of the Lord dwellide in Caryathiarym, multiplied ben the days; forsothe nowe was the twentithe ȝeer; and al the hows of Yrael restide after the Lord. Forsothe Samuel seith to al the hows of Yrael, seiynge, If in al ȝoure herte ȝe turnen to the Lord, doth awey alien goddis fro the mydil of ȝow, Ba|alym and Astaroth; and makith redi ȝoure hertis to the Lord, and serueth to hym alone; and he shal delyuere ȝow fro the hondhoondis A. of Philistyens. Thanne the sones of Yrael token awey Baalym and Astaroth, and serueden to the Lord alone. Forsothe Samuel seide, Gederith al Yrael in to Masphat, that Y preye the Lord for ȝou. And thei camen togidre in Masphat, and thei drewen water, and heelden out in the siȝt of the Lord; and thei fastiden in that day, and seiden, To thee we han synned, Lord. And Samuel demyde the sones of Yrael in Masphat. And Phi|listiens herden that the sones of Yrael weren gedryd in Masphat; and the sa|trapis of Philistiens stieden vp to Yrael. The which thing whanne the sones of Yrael hadden herd, thei dredden fro the face of Philistiens. And thei seiden to Samuel, Ne ceese thow for vs to crye to the Lord oure God, that he saue vs fro the hondhoondis A. of Philistyens. Forsothe Samuel took o sowkynge loomb, and of|frede it into hool brent sacrifice to the Lord. And Samuel criede to the Lord for Yrael; and the Lord herde hym. Forsothe it is doon, whanne Samuel of|frede brent sacryfice, Philistiens to-goon into batayl aȝens Yrael. Forsothe the Lord thundryde with greet crakkynge in that day vpon the Philistiens, and he feeride hem; and thei ben slayn fro the face of Yrael. And the sones of Yrael goon out fro Masphat, pursueden Phi|listiens, and smyten hem vnto the place that was vndur Bethaar. Forsothe Sa|muel took aoon BE. OO H. stoon, and putte it betwixbytwene BF. betwen E. betwe C. Masphat and betwixbytwene BFH. betwen CE. Sen; and he clep|ide the name of that place The stoon of help. And he seide, Hidir to the Lord hath holpen to vs. And Philistiens ben mekid, and no more ouer thei leiden to that thei camen into the teermys of Yrael. And so is doon the hoond of the Lord vpon Philistyens alle the days of Samuel. And the cytees that the Phi|listiens token fro Yrael, ben ȝolden aȝen to Yrael, fro Accharon vnto Geth and his teermys; and he delyueride Yrael fro the hoond of Philistyens; and pees was bi|twixbytwene BFH. betwen E. betwe C. Yrael and Ammorre. Forsothe Samuel demyde Yrael alle the days of his lijf; and wente bi eche ȝeer enuy|rounynge Bethel, and Galgal, and Mas|phat, and he demyde Yrael in the forseid placis; and turned aȝen in to Ramatha, forsothe there was his hows; and there he demyde Yrael, and he bildide vp there also an auter to the Lord.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe it is doon whanne Samuel wexe oold, he putte his sones domesmen of Yrael. And the name of his first geten sone was Joel, the name of the secounde Abya, domysmen in Bersabe. And the sones of hym wenten not in his weyes, but boweden aside after aueryce, and thei token ȝiftis, and thei peruert|iden doom. Thann alle the more thurȝ birth of Yrael gedrid, camen to Samuel in Ramatha. And thei seiden to hym, Loo! thou art waxen oold, and thi sones goon not in thi weyes; ordeyn to vs a kyng, that he deme vs, and as alle na|cyouns han. And the word displeside in the eyen of Samuel, forthi that thei had|den seid, Ȝif to vs a kyng, that he deme vs. And Samuel preide to the Lord. Forsothe the Lord seide to Samuel, Here the voys of the puple in alle thingis that thei speken to thee; forsothe thei han not throwun a wey thee, but me, lest Y regne vpon hem. Aftir alle her werkis that thei han doo, fro the day that Y ladde hem out of Egipt vnto this day, as thei forsoken me, and serueden to alien goddis, so thei doon also to thee. Nowe thanne here the voyce of hem; neuer|thelater take hem togidre to witnesse; and sey before to hem the riȝt of a kyng, the which is to regne vpon hem. And so Samuel seide alle the wordis of the Lord to the puple, that askiden of him a kyng; and seith, This shal be the riȝt of a kyng, that is to comaunde to ȝou; ȝoure sonys he shal take, and putte in his charys; and he shal make to hym ryders, and before renners of his long cartis; and he shal ordeyn to hym rewlers of thowsandis, and rewlers of hundridis, and ereres of his feeldis, and repers of cornys, and smythis of aarmys, and of his charis. Forsothe ȝoure douȝtres he shal make to him oynement makers, and fier makers, and clothmakers. Forsothe ȝoure feeldis and vynes and olyues, the best he shal take, and ȝyue to his seruauntis. But and ȝoure cornys, and the rentis of vynes he shal tithe, that he ȝyue to geldyngis and to his seruauntis. Forsothe ȝoure seruauntis and hoondwymmen, and the best ȝonge men and assis he shal take awey, and putte in his werk. Forsothe ȝoure flockis he shal tithe, and ȝe shulen be to him seruauntis. And ȝe shulen crye in that day fro the face of ȝoure kyng, whom ȝe han chosun to ȝow; and the Lord shal not here ȝou in that day, for ȝe han askid to ȝou a kyng. Forsothe the puple wolden not here the vois of Samuel, but seiden, Nay, forsothe a kyng shal be vpon vs; and we forsothe shulen be as other folk of kynde, and oure kyng shal deme vs, and he shal go out before vs, and he shal fiȝt oure batayl for vs. And Samuel herde alle the wordis of the puple, and spak hem in the eeris of the Lord. Forsothe the Lord seide to Sa|muel, Here thow the voys of hem, and set vpon hem a kyng. And Samuel seith to the men of Yrael, Goo ech man into his cytee.

 CAP. IX.

And there was a man of Beniamyn, Cys bi name, the sone of Abyel, sonethe sone E pr. v. of Seor, sonethe sone E pr. v. of Bethor, sonethe sone E pr. v. of Aphya, sonethe sone E pr. v. of the man of Gemyny, stronge bi strength. And ther was to hym a sone, Saul bi name, chosyn and good; and there was not a man of the sones of Israel betere than he; fro the shuldre and aboue he peeryde aboue al the puple. For|sothe the shee assys of Cys, fadrethe fadre E pr. v. of Saul, weren lost. And Cys seide to Saul his sone, Tak with thee oon of the chil|dren, and rysynge go, and seche the she assis. The which whanne thei hadden passid bi the mount of Effraym, and bi the loond of Saliza, and thei hadden not foundun, thei passiden also bi the loond of Salym, and there was noon; bot and by the loond of Gemyny, and thei founden not. Forsothe whanne thei weren comen into the loond of Suph, and hadden not foundun, Saul seide to his chijld that was with hym, Come, and turne we aȝen; lest perauenture my fadre leeue the she assis, and be bysie for vs. The which seith to hym, Loo! the man of God is in this cytee, a noble man; al that he spekith, with out dout it cometh. Now thanne goo we thidre, if perauenture he shewe to vs of oure weye, for the which we ben comen. And Saul seyde to his child, Loo! we shulen go; what shulen we brynge to the man of God? Breed faylith in oure sackis, and a lepe we han not, that we ȝyuen to the man of God, ne eny other thing. Eft the child answerde to Saul, and seith, Loo! there is founden in myn hoond the feerth part of a sicle of siluer; and ȝyue we to the man of God, that he shewe to vs oure weye. Sumtyme in Yrael thus spak echon goynge to coun|seyle God, Cometh, and goo we to the seer; forsothe he, that to day is seid a prophet, sumtyme was clepid seer. And Saul seide to his child, Altherbest is thi word; com, goand go CE. we. And thei wenten into the cyte, in the which was the man of God. And whanne thei stieden vp the hil of the citee, thei founden children wymmen goynge out to drawe watir, and thei seiden to hem, Whether here is the seer? The which answerynge seiden to hem, Here he is, loo! before thee; hye nowe, forsothe to day he cam into the cytee; for to day is sacrifice of the puple in the heiȝe. Goynge into the cyte anoon ȝe shulen fynde hym, or he stie vp into the hiȝe for to eete; forsothe ne the pu|ple is to eete to the tyme that he come, for he shal blesse to the oost, and there after shulen eete that ben clepid. Nowe thanne stieth vp, for to day ȝe shulen fynde hym. And thei stieden vp into the cytee. And whanne thei wenten ininto A. the mydil of the cyte, Samuel aperyde go|ynge out metynge to hem, that he stye vp into the heiȝ. Forsothe the Lord hadde toold the litil eer of Samuel before o day, that Saul cam, seiynge, This same our that nowe is to morwe, Y shal seende to thee a man of the loond of Beniamyn, and thow shalt anoynt hym duyk vpon my puple Yrael, and he shal saue my puple fro the hoond of Philistyens; for I haue biholden my puple, forsothe the crye of hem is comen to me. And whanne Samuel hadde beholden Saul, the Lord seideseith CE. to hym, Loo! the man that I seide to thee; this shal lordship to mythe E pr. m. puple. Forsothe Saul neiȝede to Samuel in the mydil of the ȝate, and seith, Shewe to me, Y preye, where is the hows of the seer? And Samuel answerde to Saul, sei|ynge, Y am the seer; sty vp before me into the heiȝ, that thou eete with me to day, and Y shal leeue thee the morwe|tide, and alle thingis that ben in thin herte Y shal shewe to thee. And of the assis `the whichthat C pr. m. thre days hens thou lostist, ne be thow bysy, for thei ben foundun; and of whom shulen be alle the best thingis of Yrael, whether not to thee, and to al the hows of thi fader? Forsothe Saul answerynge seith, Whe|ther not the sone of Gemyny Y am, of the leest lynage of Yrael, and my kyn|rede the last among alle the meynees of the lynage of Beniamyn? Whi thanne hast thou spoken to me thesthis CEH. wordisworde B. woord CE. word FH.? And so Samuel takynge Saul, and hys child, brouȝte hem into the hows of thre benchis, and he ȝaf to hem a place in the cheefeheuyd E. of hem that weren bodenbyden BCF. bedyn EH. to meet; forsothe there weren as thretti men. And Samuel seide to the cook, Ȝif thow the part that I ȝaf to thee, and co|maundide, that thow shulde lay aside anentis thee. And the cook reryde the shuldre, and putte before Saul. And Sa|muel seide, Loo! that is laft, put before thee, and ete; for of purpos it is kept to thee, whanne Y clepide the puple. And Saul eet with Samuel in that day. And thei wenten down fro the heiȝ into the burȝ town; and he spak with Saul in the solere, and he beddide Saul in the solere, and he slepteshepte A.. And whanne eerly thei weren rysen, and nowe the day wexe liȝt, Samuel clepide Saul into the solere, sey|ynge, Ryse, thatthou E pr. m. Y leeueschal leeue E pr. m. exp. s. m. thee. And Saul roos, and bothe thei wenten oute, he, that is, and Samuel. And whanne thei weren goo down in the vttermost parti of the cytee, Samuel seide to Saul, SeySeide A. to the child, that he goo before vs, and passe forth; forsothe thow stoond stil a litil, while that Y shewe to thee the word of the Lord.

 CAP. X.

Samuel forsothe took a `litil brytilOm. E pr. m. vessel of oyle, and heelde out on his heed, and he kisside hym, and seith, Loo! the Lord hath anoyntide thee vp on his ery|tage into a prince; and thow shalt de|lyuer his puple fro the hoondis of her enemyes, `the whichthat C pr. m. ben in enuyrounthe enuyroun CE. of it. And this to thee a tokne, for the Lord hath anoyntide thee into a prince; whanne thow gost to dai fro me, thow shalt fynde two men byside the sepulcre of Rachel, in the coostis of Beniamyn, in the myddaysouth E pr. m., feermyngelepynge E pr. m. greet dichis; and thei shulen seye to thee, The she assis ben foundun, to the whiche to be souȝt thou wentist; and thi fader, the meen while the assis laft, is bisy for ȝow, and seith, What shal Y do of my sone? And whanne thou gost thens, and fer|ther passist, and comest to the ook of Thabor, thre men shulen fynde thee there, stiynge vp to God into Bethel, oonoon be A. berynge thre kyddis, and another berynge threOm. A. kakis of breed, and another berynge a galoun of wyn. And whanne thei saluten thee, thei shulen ȝyue to thee two looues, and thow shalt take offro E pr. m. the hoond of hem. After thes thingis thou shalt come into the hil of the Lord, where is the stacioun of Phylistynes; and whanne thow were goon into the cytee, there thow shalt haue metynge a flocfolk A. of prophetis comynge doun fro the heeȝ, and before hem a sawtrye, and a tymbre, and a trompe, and an harp, and hem propheciynge. And the Spyrit of the Lord shal leep into thee, and thow shalt prophecye with hem, and thow shalt be chaungid into another man. Whanne thanne alle thes toknes comen to thee, do what euere thingis fyndith thin hoond, for the Lord is with thee. And thow shalt goo doun before me in Galgala; for|sothe Y shal come down to thee, that thow offre an offrynge, and offre pesible slayn sacrificis; seuen days thow shalt abide, to the tyme that Y come to thee, and shewe to thee what thow doo. And so whanne he hadde turned his shuldre, that he ȝede fro Samuel, God with ynne chaungide to hym another herte, and alle thes toknes camen in that day. And thei camen to the forseyd hil, and loo! a com|panye of prophetis metynge to hym; and the Spyryt of the Lord leepe yn vpon hym, and he propheciede in the mydil of hem. Forsothe seynge alle, that knewen hym ȝistyrdayȝistai C. ȝistay E. and the thridde day hens, that he was with prophetis, and prophe|cide, seiden togidre, What nowe thing fallith to the sone of Cys? Whether and Saul among the prophetis? And another answerde to the tothir, seiynge, And who is the fadre of hym? Therfor it is turnyd into a prouerbe, Whether and Saul among the prophetis? Forsothe he ceside to pro|phecie, and cam to the heiȝ. And the brother of the fader of Saul saide to hym, and to his child, Whidre `wenten ȝehast thou gon E pr. m.? The whiche answerde, To seche the she assis; the whiche whanne we hadden not founde, we camen to Samuel. And his fader brother seide to him, Shewe to me what Samuel seide to thee. And Saul seith to his faderfadris CE. brothir, He shewide to vs, for the she assis weren founden. Forsothe of the word of the kyngdam he shewide not to hym, the which Samuel spak to hym. And Samuel clepide to|gidre the puple to the Lord in Masphat; and seith to the sones of Yrael, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Y haue ladde out Yrael fro Egipt, and YOm. BCEFH. haue delyuerde ȝow fro the hoond of Egipciens, and fro the hoond of alle kyngis that tourmentiden ȝow. Forsothe ȝe to day han throwun a wey ȝoure God, the which alone saueth ȝow fro alle yuels, and ȝoure tribulaciouns; and ȝe han seiden, Nay, but a kyng ordeyn vpon vs. Nowe thanne stondith before the Lord bi ȝoure lynagis, and by mey|nees. And Samuel appliede alle the ly|nagis of Yrael, and the lot felle vpon the lynage of Beniamyn. And he apliede the lynage of Beniamyn, and the kyn|redis of hym; and lot felle vpon the kyn|rede of Metry, and cam vnto Saul, the sone of Cys. Thanne thei souȝten hym, and he is not founden there. And thei counseilden after thes thingis the Lord, forsothenow E pr. m. whether he were to come thidre. And the Lord answerde, Loo! he is hidde at home. And so thei runnen, and token hym thens; and he stood in the mydil of the puple, and he was heiȝer than al the puple fro the shuldres and aboue. And Samuel seith to al the puple, Certis ȝe seen whom the Lord hath chosun; for there is noon lijk to hym in al the puple. And al the puple criede, and seith, Lyue the kyng! Forsothe Samuel spak to the puple the lawe of the rewme, and wroot in the book, and leyde vp before the Lord. And Samuel laft al the puple, eche into her hows; but and Saul wente into his hows in Gabaath; and wente with hym a paart of the oost, of whom God hadde towchid the hertis. Forsothe the sones of Belial seiden, Whether this shal mowe saue vs? And thei dispysiden hym, and brouȝten not to hym ȝiftis; forsothe he feynde, as thouȝ he herde not.

 CAP. XI.

And it is doon as after a moneth, Naas Amonite stiede vp, and bigan to fiȝt aȝens Jabes Galaath. And alle the men of Jabes seiden to Naas, Haue thow vs boundun in pees, and we shulen serue to thee. And Naas Amonyte answerde to hem, In this I shal smyte with ȝou boond of pees, that I drawe out the ryȝt eyen of ȝow alle, and Y put ȝou reproue in al Yrael. And the eldres of Jabes seiden to hym, Graunt to vs seuen days, that we senden messagers to alle theOm. E. teermes of Yrael; and if there weren not the which defende vs, we shulen goon out to thee. Thanne messagers camen into Ga|baath of Saul, and speken the wordis, herynge the puple; and al the puple reryde herhis E pr. m. voys, and wepte. And, loo! Saul cam, folowynge the oxen fro the feeld; and seith, What hath the puple, that he wepith? And thei toolden to hym the wordis of the men of Jabes. And the Spyrit of the Lord leepe into Saul, whanne he hadde herd thes wordis, and the woodnesse of hym wraththid wel mych. And takynge to either oxe he hewȝ into gobetis, and sente into alle the teermys of Yrael, bi the hoond of the messageers, seiynge, Who so euere goth not out, and hath not folwid Saul and Samuel, thus shal be doo to the oxen of hym. Thanne the dreed of the Lord cauȝte the puple, and thei wenten out as o man. And he noumbrede hem in Be|sethReseth A.; and of the sones of Yrael weren thre hundrid thowsandis; of the men for|sothe of Juda thretti thowsandis. And thei seiden to the messagers that camen, So ȝe shulen seie to the men that ben in Jabes of Galaath, To morwe shal be to ȝow helth, whanne the sunne hetith. Thanne the messagerys camen, and toolden to the men of Jabes; the whiche weren glad, and seiden, To morwe we shulen goo out to ȝow, and ȝe shulen doo to vs al that shal plese to ȝow. And it is doon, whanne the morwe was comen, Saul sette the puple in thre parties; and he wente into the mydil tentis in the morwetide watche, and he smoot Amon `vnto the tymeal the while E pr. m. that the day hetide; for|sothe the tother ben scatrid, so that there weren not laft in hem tweyn togidre. And the puple seith to Samuel, Who is he this, that seide, Saulthe puple A. shal not regne vpon vs? Ȝif ȝe the men, and we shulen slee hem. And Saul seith, There shal not be slayn eny man in this day, for to day the Lord hath doon helth in Yrael. Forsothe Samuel seide to the puple, Cometh, and goo we into Galgala, and renewe we there the rewme. And al the puple ȝede to Galgala, and thei maden there Saul a kyng before the Lord in Galgala; and thei offreden pesyble slayn sacrifice to the Lord. And Saul gladdide there, and alle the men of Yrael wel mych.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe Samuel seide to alle Yrael, Loo! I haue herd ȝoure voys aftir alle thingis that ȝe han spokun to me, and I haue ordeynd vpon ȝou a kyng; and nowe the kyng goth before ȝow. Forsothe Y haue eeldid, and waxen hoor; forsothe my sones ben with ȝow; also conuer|saunt before ȝou fro my ȝongth vnto this day. Loo! Y am redi; spek ȝe to me before the Lord, and before the crist of hym; whether oxe of eny man Y took, or asse; if eny man Y chalengide; if Y oppresside eny man; if of the hoond of eny man Y took ȝift; and Y shal dispise it to day, and restore to ȝow. And thei seiden, Thow hast not chalengid vs, ne oppressid, ne takyn eny thing of the hoond of eny man. And he seide to hem, Witnesse is the Lord aȝens ȝow, and witnesse the crist of hym in this day; for ȝe han not founden in myn hoond eny thing. And thei seiden, Wit|nesse. And Samuel seith to the puple, The Lord, that made Moysen and Aaron, and ladde ȝoure fadres fro the loond of Egipt, is nyȝ; now thanne stondith, that in doom I stryue aȝens ȝow before the Lord, of alle the mercyes of the Lord, that he hath done with ȝow, and with ȝoure fadres. What maner wise Jacob wente into Egipt, and ȝoure fadres cri|eden to the Lord; and the Lord sente Moyses and Aaron, and ladde ȝoure fa|dres out of Egipt, and sette hem in this place. The whiche forȝeten of the Lord, her God; and he took hem in the hoond of CysarSyȝare E., maysterthe mayster E pr. m. of the knyȝthod of Asor, and in the hoond of Philistiens, and in the hond of the king of Moab; and thei fouȝten aȝens hem. Forsothe aftyrward thei cryeden to the Lord, and seiden, We han synned, for we han for|sakun the Lord, and serueden to Baalym and Astaroth; nowe thanne delyuer vs fro the hoond of oure enemyes, and we shulen serue to thee. And the Lord sente Jeroboal, and Bedan, and Barach, and Jepte, and Samuel; and he delyuerde ȝow fro the hoond of ȝoure enemyes bi enuyroun; and ȝe han dwellid trustily. Forsothe seynge that Naas, the kyng of the sones of Amon, was comen aȝens ȝow, ȝe seiden to me, Nay, but the kyng shal comaunde to vs; whanne the Lord ȝour God shulde regne in ȝow. Nowe thanne ȝoure kyng is redi, whom ȝe han chosen and askid; loo! the Lord hath ȝeuen to ȝow a kyng. If ȝe dreden the Lord, and serueth to hym, and herith the voys of hym, and whettith not the mouth of the Lord; and ȝe shulen ben, and the kyng that comaundith to ȝow, folowynge the Lord ȝoure God. Forsothe if ȝe heren not the voys of the Lord, but whettithwhetten C. out the word of hym, the hoond of the Lord shal be vpon ȝow, and vpon ȝoure fadres. But nowe stondith, and seeth this greet thing that the Lord is to doo in ȝoure siȝt. Whether not repynge tyme of whete is to day? Y shal inwardly clepe the Lord, and he shal ȝyue voicis, and reynes; and ȝe shulen wite, and seen, for greet yuel ȝe han doo to ȝow in the siȝt of the Lord, askynge vpon ȝow a kyng. And Samuel criede to the Lord, and the Lord ȝaf voicis and reynes in that day. And al the puple dredde wel mych the Lord and Samuel; and al the puple seide to Samuel, Prey for thi ser|uauntis to the Lord thi God, that we dyen not; forsothe we han addid to alle oure synnes yuel, that we asken to vs a kyng. Forsothe Samuel seide to the pu|ple, Wole ȝe not drede; ȝe han doon alle this yuel; neuerthelaternerthelatere C passim. wole ȝe not goo awey fro the bak of the Lord, but serueth to the Lord in al ȝoure herte; and wole ȝe not bowe aside after veyn thingis, that shulen not profyt ȝou, ne shulen delyuer ȝou; for veyn thingis thei ben. And the Lord shal not forsake his puple for his greet name; for the Lord hath sworn to make ȝow to hym a puple. Forsothe God sheelde the synne fro me in the Lord, that I ceese to prey for ȝow; and I shal teche ȝow a riȝt weye and good. Therfor dredith the Lord, and serueth to hym in treuth, and of al ȝoure herte; forsothe ȝe han seen the greet dedis, `the whichethat C. he hath doon in ȝow; and if ȝe ben stedfast in malice, and ȝe and ȝoure kyng to gidre shulen perishe.

 CAP. XIII.

A sone of o ȝeer was Saul whanne he began to regne; forsothe two ȝeer he regnede vpon Irael. And Saul chees to hym thre thowsandis of Yrael, and there weren `in Machynasin to engines E pr. m. with Saul two thow|sandisthousende C., in the hil of Bethel; forsothe a thowsand with Jonatha in Gabaa Benia|myn; forsothe the tother puple he sente aȝen echon into her tabernaclis. And Jo|nathas smoot the stacioun of Philistiens, that was in Gabaa. The which thing whanne Philistyens hadden herd, Saul criede with a trompe in al the loond, seiynge, Heren the Ebrewis. And al Yrael herde siche a maner loos, Saul hath smyten the stacioun of Philistiens; and Yrael areride him aȝens the Philis|tiens; thanne the puple criede after Saul in Galgala. And Philistiens ben gedrid to fiȝt aȝens Yrael; thretti thousandis of charys, and sexe thousandis of horsmen, and the tother comoun, as mych grauel that is in brenk of the see; and thei stiynge vp setten tentis `in Machynasin to engines E pr. m., at the este of Bethauen. The which thing whanne the men of Yrael hadden seen, hem seluen in streit set, forsothe the puple was tourmentid, and thei hiddenhadden B. hem self in dennys, and in hidils, in stonys forsothe, and in dichis, and in cysternes. Forsothe Hebrewis passiden JordanSic codd. omnes., the loond of Gad, and of Galaad. And whanne ȝit Saul was in Galgala, al the puple is feerd thatand ABFH. folwide hym. And he abood Samuel seuen days `after the couenauntaftyr Samuel plesid E pr. m., and Samuel cam not in Galgala; and theal the E pr. m. puple is slyden fro hym. Thanne seith Saul, Bryngith to me brent sacrifice and pesiblepesible thyngus E pr. m.; and he offrede brent sacrifice. And whanne offrynge he hadde fulfillid the brent sacrifice, loo! Samuel cam; and Saul wente out to mete hym, for to salute hym. And Samuel spak to hym, What hast thou doon? Saul answerde, For I sawȝ that the puple shulde slyde awey fro me, and thou cam not after the couenauntiddesirid E pr. m. dais; forsothe the Philistyens weren gedryd into Machy|nasfiȝtys E pr. m.; Y seide, Nowe Philistiens shulen come to me in Galgala, and the face of the Lord I haue not plesid; thurȝ nede constreined Y haue offridOm. A. brent sacry|fice to the Lord. And Samuel seide to Saul, Folily thow hast doon, ne thou hast kept the heestis of the Lord thi God, the whiche he hath comaundid to thee; the which thing if thou haddist not doon, riȝt nowe the Lord hadde maad redi thi kyngdom vpon Yrael into with|outen ende; but thi kyngdom shal no more ryse togidre. Thanne the Lord souȝte a man after his herte; and the Lord hath comaundid to hym, that he were a duyk vpon his puple, forthi that thou hast not kept the thingis that the Lord comaundide. Forsothe Samuel roos, and stiede vp fro Galgalis in Gabaa of Beniamyn; and the tother puple stieden vp after Saul, metynge to the puple that ouercamen hem; comynge fro Galgala in Gabaa, in the hil of Beniamyn. And Saul noumbrede the puple, that weren foundun with hym as sixe hundryd men. And Saul, and Jonathas his sone, and the puple that was foundun with hem, was in Gabaa of Beniamyn; forsothe Philistiens seeten togidre `into aspijsinto aspies E pr. m. in Machinas sec. m. correxit eadem manus in to aspies., for to fiȝten. And there wenten out for to fiȝte fro the tentys of Philistiens thre cumpanyes; o cumpanye wente aȝens the weye of Effraym to the loond of Saul; forsothe another wente bi the weye of Betheron; forsothe the thridde turnede hem to the weye of the teerme inof E pr. m. the loond of Saba, `stondynge nyȝ to theof the heȝe E pr. m. valey of Seboym aȝens the deseert. For|sothe there was not an yren smith foundun in al the loond of Yrael; for|sothe Philistiens shunneden, lest perauen|ture the Hebrews maden swerd or speer. Thanne al Yrael descendide to Philistiym, that echon sharpe his shaar, and diggyng yren, and axe, and purgyng hook; for eggys of the sharis, and of diggyngethe diggynge CE. yrens, and of forkis, and of the axis weren blunt, vnto a prik to menden. And whanne the day of the batayl was comen, there is not founden swerd and speer in hoond of theal the CE. puple that was with Saul and Jonatha, out takun Saul, and Jonatha hys sone. Forsothe the stacioun of PhilistymFilisteys C. wente out, for to stye ouer into aspijs to fiȝt.

 CAP. XIV.

And it felle on a day, that Jonathas, the sone of Saul, seide to the ȝong man his squyer, Com, and goo we to the sta|cioun of Philistyens, that is biȝonde that place; to his fader forsothe that same thing he shewide not. Forsothe Saul dwellide in the vttermoost parti of Ga|baa, vndur a poomgarnet tree, that was in `the feeld of GabaaMagron E pr. m.; and there was a puple with hym as of sexe hundred men. And Achias, the sone of Achitob, the brother of Ychabod, the sone of Phynees, that was comen of Hely, the preest of the Lord in Silo, beere the prestis coope; but and the puple knewe not whider Jona|thas was goon. Forsothe there weren bytwixebytween BFH. between E. betwe C. pass. the stiyngis vp, bi the whiche Jonathas enforside to goo to the sta|cyouns of Philistiens, heiȝe stonys on either side, and as in maner of teeth litle rochis hens and thens before brokun; name to the oon Boosez, and to the tother the name Sene; o litil roche ful heeȝ at the north aȝens Machynasthe aspies E pr. m. to fiȝten, and another at the south aȝens Gabaa. Jonathas forsothe seide to the ȝong man his squyer, Come, and passe we to the stacioun of thes vncercumci|dide, if perauenture the Lord do for vs; for it is not to the Lord hard to saue, or in many or in fewe. And his squyer seide to hym, Do alle thingis that plesen to thin inwit; go whider thow coueytist, I shal be with thee where euere thou wolt. And Jonathan seith, Loo! we goon to thes men; and whanne we aperen to hem, if this maner thei speken to vs, Dwel ȝe, to the tyme that we comen to ȝou; stondeand stonde E pr. m. weȝe E pr. m. in oureȝoure E pr. m. place, ne stye we vp to hem. Forsothe if thei seyn, Stye ȝe vp to vs; stye we vp, for the Lord hath takun hem in oure hoondis; this shal be to vs a tokne. And so eitherhe E pr. m. aperide to the stacioun of Philistiens; and Philistiens seiden, Loo! the He|brewis goon out fro the caues, in the whiche thei weren hid. And the men speken fro the stacioun to Jonathan and to his squyer, and seiden, Stieth vp to vs, and we shulen shewe ȝou a thing. And Jonathas seith to his squier, Stie we, folwe me; forsothe the Lord hath taken hem into the hoondis of Yrael. Forsothe Jonathas styede crepynge with hoondis and feet, and his squyer after hym; and whanne thei hadden seen the face of Jonathan, other fellen before Jonathan, other his squyer slowȝ, folowynge hym. And the first veniaunce is doon, the which smoot Jonathas and the squyer of hym as of twenti thousandOm. B sec. m. men, in the half party of an akir that a peyre of oxen in a day is wont to ere. And a myracle is doon in the tentis, bi the feeldys, but and al the puple of the sta|cioun of hem that weren at robbynge, wexe astonyed, and the tentis ben dis|turblid; and it felle as a myracle fro God. And the weyters of Saul, that weren in Gabaa of Beniamyn, bihelden, and, loo! a multitude throwun doun, and hidir and thider down fleynge. And Saul seith to the puple that weren with hym, Enserchith, and lokith, who ȝede awey fro vs. And whanne thei hadden souȝt, it is founden notOm. ABFH. to be neeȝ Jona|thas and his squyer. And Saul seith to Achyam, Applye the arke of `the LordGod B.; forsothe the arke of God was there in that day with the sonys of Israel. And whanne Saul spak to the preest, greet noyse is out sprongen in the tentis of Philistyen; and it wexe litilmele, and cleerliker it sownyde. And Saul seith to the preest, Withdrawe thin hoond. Thanne Saul and the puple that was with hym criede togidre; and thei camen to the place of the strijf, and, loo! the swerd of echon was turned to his neiȝbour, and a greet slauȝter wel mych. But and the Hebrewis that weren with Philistiens ȝistirdayȝistai CE. and bi|fore ȝisterdai, andthei A. stieden vp with hem in the tentis, ben turned for to ben with Yrael, that weren with Saul and Jonatha. Forsothe alle theOm. A. Iraelitis, the whiche hadden hid hem silf in the hil of Effraym, herynge that Philistiens weren flowen, felawshipten hem seluen with herntheiris C. in the batayl, and weren with Saul as twenti thousandis of men. And the Lord sauyde Irael inand in E. that day. Forsothe the fiȝt camen vnto Bethauen. And men of Yrael ben felawshipt to hem seluen in that day; forsothe Saul swore to the puple, sey|ynge, Cursid beOm. BCEFH. the man that etith breed vnto euen, to the tyme that I be vengid of myn enemyes. And al the puple eete no breed. And alle the comouns of the loond camen into aOm. ABFH. wast wody place, in the which was hony on the face of the feeld. And so al the puple wente into the place of heiȝe trees, and there apperide flowyng hony; and no man appliede the hondhony ABFH. to his mouth; for|sothe the puple dredde the ooth. For|sothe Jonathas herde not, whanne his fadre swore to the puple; and he strauȝt out the cop of the ȝeerde, that he hadde in the hoond, and he wette into the hony combe; and he turnede his hoond to his mouth, and the eyen of hym ben liȝtned. And answerynge oon of the puple seith, Thi fader hath constreynyd the puple with ooth, seiynge, Cursid beOm. BCEFH. the man that etith breed to day. Forsothe the puple faylide. And Jonathas seide, My father hath disturblid the loond; ȝoure self han seen, for myn eyen ben liȝtned, forthi that Y taastide a litil of this hony; myche more if the puple hadde eeten of the preiȝe of her enemyes, that thei foonden; whether not more veniaunce hadde be doo in Philisteesthe Philistees BCEFH.? Thanne thei smyten in that day the PhilisteesPhistees A. fro the place of engynes vnto Hailon. Doun weried is the puple wel miche; and turned to the praye, took sheep, and oxen, and calues, and slewen in the lond; and the puple eete with blood. And thei toolden to Saul, seiynge, that the puple hadde synned to the Lord, etynge with blood. The which seith, Ȝe han tres|passide; turneth to me ryȝt nowe a greet stoon. And Saul seide, Beth ȝe scatered into the comouns, and seyeseith BEFH. ȝe to hem, that echon brynge to me his oxe and wether; and sleeth vpon it, and etith, and ȝe shulen not synne to the Lord, etynge with blood. And so al the puple brouȝte echon an oxe in his hoond vnto nyȝt, and thei slowen there. And Saul bildide vp an auter to the Lord; and thanne first he bigan to bilde an auter to the Lord. And Saul seide, Falle we vpon the Philistyens bi nyȝt, and waste we hem vnto the morwetide liȝt; ne leeue we of hem a man. And the puple seide, Al that good is seen to thee in thin eyen, do. And the preest seith, Neiȝ we hider to God. And Saul coun|seylide the Lord, seiynge, Whether shal Y pursue Philistiym, if thou taake hem into the hoondis of Yrael? And he an|swerde not to hym in that day. And Saul seide, Aplieth hidir alle the corners of the puple, and witith, and seeth, bi whom fallith this synne to day. The Lord the saueour of Yrael lyueth; for if bi Jonathan my sone it is doon, with out aȝen drawynge he shal die. To the which no man aȝen seide to hym of al the puple. And he seide to al Yrael, Be ȝe seuerd into o parti, and Y with Jona|than my sone shal be in o parti. And the puple answerde to Saul, That good is seen in thin eyen, do. And Saul seide to the Lord God of Irael, Lord God of Yrael, ȝyue dom, what is, that thou an|swerst not to thi seruaunt to day? If in me, or in Jonathan my sone, is this wickidnes, ȝyf shewynge; and if this wickidnes is in thi puple, ȝif holynes. And Jonathas and Saul benis BCEFH. taken; for|sothe the puple ȝede out. And Saul seith, Leyeth lot betwixbetwen BEFH. betwe C. me and Jonathan my sone. And Jonathas is taken. Forsothe Saul seide to Jonathan, Shewe to me what thow hast doon. And Jonathas shewide to hym, and seith, Taastynge Y tastide in the cop of the ȝeerd that was in myn hoond a litil of hony, and loo! Y dye. And Saul seith, Thes thingis do to me God, and thes thingis adde, for bi deeth thou shalt dye, Jonathas. And the puple seide to Saul, Thanne whether Jonathas shulde dye, that hath doo this greet helth in Yrael? that is felony; the Lord lyueth, oon heer of the heed of hym shal not fal into the erthe, for with God he hath wrouȝt to day. Thanne the puple delyuerd Jonathan, that he diede not. And Saul wente a wey, and pur|suede not Philistiym; forsothe Philisteis wenten a wey into her placis. And, the rewme stablid vpon Yrael, Saul fauȝt bi enuyroun aȝens alle his enemyes, aȝens Moab, and the sones of Amon, and Edom, and the kyngis of Saba, and the Philis|teis; and whidir euereue A. he turnede hym silf, he venkusede. And, the oost gedrid, he smoot Amalech, and heOm. CE. delyuerde Yrael fro the hoond of his wastours. Therthat A. weren forsothe the sones of Saul, Jonathas, and Jesuy, and Melchisona; names of his twoOm. A. douȝtersdouȝtren BFH., name of the first goten Merob, and name of the lasse Mycol. And name of the wijf of Saul Achy|noem, the douȝter of Achymaas; and the name of the prince of his chiualrye Ab|ner, the sone of Ner, cosyn germeyn of Saul. Forsothe Cys was the fader of Saul, and Ner, the fader of Abner, the sone of Abyel. Forsothe there was strong batail aȝens Philisties alle the days of Saul; wherfor whom euere Saul sawȝ a strong man and able to bateil, he felaw|shipide him to him silf.

 CAP. XV.

And Samuel seide to Saul, The Lord sente me, that I anoynte thee into kyng vpon his puple Yrael; nowe thanne here the voys of the Lord. Thes thingis seith the Lord of oostis, I haue remembrid alle thingis that Amalech dide to Yrael; what maner wyse he withstood to hym in the weye, whanne he shulde stye vp fro Egipt. Nowe thanne go, and smyte Amalech, and destruy alle the thingis of hym; ne spare thou to hym, ne coueyt thou eny thing of histhis B. thingis; but sle fro man vnto womman, and litil child, and soukynge, oxe, and sheep, and camel, and asse. And so Saul comaundide to the puple, and noumbrede hem as loombs two hundrid thousandis of foot men, and ten thow|sandis of the men of Juda. And whanne Saul was comen vnto the cyte of Ama|lech, he leyde out aspies in the streem. And Saul seide to Cynee, Goth hens, goth a wey, and departith fro Amalech, lest perauenture I enwrappe thee with hem; forsothe thou didist mercy with alle the sones of Yrael, whanne thei sti|eden vp fro Egipt. And Cynee wente a wey fro the mydil of Amalech. And Saul smoot Amalech fro Euila, to the tyme that he cam to Sur, that is fro the regioun of Egipt. And he took Agage, the kyng of Amalech, on lyue; forsothe al the comoun he slewȝ in the mouth of swerd. And Saul sparide, and the puple, to Agag, and to the best flockis of sheep, and of drouys, and to clothis, and to wetheris, and to alle thingis that weren fayre; ne thei wolden scatere hem; for|sothe what thing was foul and reprouable that thei destruyden. Forsothe the word of the Lord is doon to Samuel, seiynge, It othinkith me, that I haue ordeyned Saul a kyng; for he hath forsokyn me, and my wordis he hath not fulfillid in dede. And Samuel is sory, and cryede to the Lord al nyȝt. And whanne fro niȝt Samuel was rysen that he go to Saul eerli, it is toold to Samuel, for Saul was comen into Carmeel, and hadde arerid to hym an out shynynge tokne of victory in maner of a bow, and turned was passid, and goon doun into Galgala. Thanne Samuel cam to Saul, and Saul offred brent sacrifice to the Lord of the cheef of the preiys, that he brouȝte fro Ama|lech. And while Samuel was comen to Saul, Saul seide to hym, Thou blessid ofbi E pr. m. the Lord, Y haueha C. fulfillid the word of the Lord. And Samuel seide, And what is this voys of flockis that rengith in myn eeris, and of droues that I here? And Saul seith, Fro Amalech men han brouȝt thes thingis, forsothe the puple sparede to the betre sheep and drouys, for thei shulden be offrid to the Lord thi God; the tother forsothe we slewen. And Samuel seide to Saul, Suffre me, and I shal shewe to thee what thingis the Lord hath spoken to me to nyȝt. And he seid to hym, Spek. And Samuel seith, Whether not, whanne thou were a litil child in thin owneownth E. eyen, and thou art maad heed in the lynage of Yrael, and the Lord anoyntide thee into kyng vpon Yrael; and the Lord sente thee into the weye, and seith, Go, and sle the synful men of Amalech, and thou shalt fiȝt aȝens hem vnto the slauȝter of hem. Whi thanne hast thow not herd the voys of the Lord, but turnedist to the preye, and didist yuel in the eyen of the Lord? And Saul seith to Samuel, If I haue herd the voys of the Lord, and haue goon in the weye bi the which the Lord sente me, and haue brouȝt Agag, the kyng of Amalech, and Amalech Y slewe. Forsothe the puple took of the praye, sheep and oxen, the cheef of hem that ben slayn, that thei offren to the Lord her God in Galgalis. And Samuel seith, Whether wole the Lord brent sacrifices or slayn offryngis, and not more that it be obeishid to the voice of the Lord? Forsothe betre is obeishaunce than slayn sacrificis, and to take heed more than to offre the fatnes of wetheris; for as synne of denyynge bi deuelis is to repugne, and as hidows trespas of mawmetrye to wiln not assent. Forthi thanne that thow hast throwen aweye the word of the Lord, the Lord hath throwen awey thee, that thow be not kyng. And Saul seide to Samuel, Y haue synned, forand B. I haue broken the word of the Lord, and thi wordis, dredynge the puple and obeish|ynge to the voyce of hem; but nowe, Y biseche, bere my synne, and turne aȝen with me, that I honoure the Lord. And Samuel seith to Saul, Y shal not turne aȝen with thee, for thow hast throwen a wey the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath throwen a wey thee, that thow be not kyng vpon Irael. And Samuel turnede forto goo awey; forsothe he cauȝte the cop of the mantil of hym, the which also is rent. And Samuel seide to hym, The Lord hath kyt the kyngdam of Yrael fro thee to day, and hath takyn it to thi neiȝbore beter than thow; for|sothe to the ouercomer in Yrael he shal not spare, and thurȝ a thenkynge he shal not be bowid; forsothe ne a man he is that he do othenkynge. And he seith, Y haue synned; bot nowe honour meOm. A. before the eldren of my puple, and be|fore Yrael; turne aȝen with me, that I honour the Lord thi God. Thanne Sa|muel, turned aȝen, folwide Saul, and Saul honourede the Lord. And Samuel seide, Bringith to me Agag, the king of Ama|lech. And offrid is to him Agag alther|fattest tremblynge. And Agag seide, So whether `not seuerethne seuere E pr. m. bitter deth? And Samuel seith, As thi swerd hath maad wymmen withouten free children, so thi moder shal be with out free children among wymmen. And Samuel hewidehewȝ E. hym into gobbetis before the Lord in Galgalis. Forsothe Samuel ȝede into Ra|matha; forsothe Saul stiede vp into his hows in Gabaa. And Saul sawȝ no more Samuel vnto the day of his deth; neuer|thelater Samuel weilide Saul, for it othouȝtothorȝt A. the Lord, that he hadde or|deynyd Saul kyng vpon Irael.

 CAP. XVI.

And the Lord seide to Samuel, How long thow weilist Saul, whanne Y haue throwun hym a ferre, that he regne not vpon Irael; fil thin horn with oyle, and come, that Y sende thee to Ysaye Beth|lamyte; forsothe Y haue purueyd in the sonys of hym a kyng to me. And Sa|muel seith, Howe shal Y goo? forsothe Saul shal here, and he shal slee me. And the Lord seith, A calf of the droue thow shalt take in thin hoond, and sey, To offre to the Lord Y am comen. And thou shalt clepe Ysaye to the slayn sacri|fice, and I shal shewe to thee what thou doo; and thou shalt anoynt whom euer Y shal shewe to thee. Thanne Samuel dide, as the Lord spak to hym; and he cam into Bethleem, and the eldrys of the cytee aȝen comynge to hym wondriden, and seiden, Whether pesible is thin yn|comynge? And he seith, Pesible; to offre to the Lord Y am comen; be ȝe halowid, and cometh with me, that I offre. Thanne he halowid Ysaye, and hys sones, and clepide hem to the sacrifice. And whanne thei weren comen yn, he sawȝ Elyab, and seith, Nowe before the Lord is the crist of hym. And the Lord seide to Samuel, Ne behold thou the cheere of hym, ne the heiȝte of his stature; for Y haue throwun hym aweye, ne aftir the lokynge of men Y deme; forsothe a man seeth tho thingis that ben opyn, forsothe the Lord lokith the herte. And Ysaye clepide Amynadab, and brouȝte hym be|fore Samuel; the which seide, Ne this the Lord hath chosun. Forsothe Ysaye brouȝte forth Sama; of whom he seith, Also this the Lord hath not chosun. And so Ysaye brouȝte forth his seuen sones before Samuel; and Samuel seith to Ysaye, The Lord hath not chosen of thes. And Samuel seide to Ysaye, Whe|ther nowe fulfillid ben the sones? The which answerde, Ȝit another there is, a litil child, and fedith sheep. And Samuel seith to Ysaye, Send, and bryng forth hym; forsothe ne we shulen sitte, before that he come hidir. Thanne he sente, and brouȝte hym forth; forsothe he was rodibrown E pr. m., and fayr in siȝt, and semblisemely CEH. in face. And the Lord seith, Rise, and anoyntanoyntide A. hym; forsothe he it is. Thanne Samuel took an horn of oyle, and an|oyntide hym in the myddis of the bri|theren of hym; and the Spirit of the Lord is ful sent into Dauyd fro that day and therafter. And Samuel rysynge wente into Ramatha. And so the Spyrit of the Lord wente awey fro Saul, and the shrewid spyrit fro the Lord `shook hymwaggide hym out E pr. m.. And the seruauntis of Saul seiden to hym, Loo! the yuel spiryt of the Lord shakithout waggeth E pr. m. thee; comaunde the lord oure kyng, and thi seruauntis that before thee ben, sechen a man kunnynge to pleye with harpe, that whanne the yuel spyrit of the Lord takithtake EFH. thee, he pleye with his hoond, and liȝterliȝtliere CE. thou bere. And Saul seith to his seruauntis, Purueieth to me sum man wel harpynge, and bryngith hym to me. And answerynge oon of the children seith, Loo! I sawȝ the sone of Ysaye Bethlemyte, kunnynge to harpe, and moost myȝti bi strength, a man curaiows in batayl, and wysea wyse E orig. in wordis, and a fayre man; and the Lord is with hym. Thanne Saul sente mes|sagers to Ysaye, seiynge, Send to me Dauith thi sone, the which is in the lesewis. And so Ysay took an asse ful of loouys, and a galoun of wyn, and o kyd of the she geet; and he sente bi the hoond of Dauid his sone to Saul. And Dauid cam to Saul, and stood before hym; and he louyde hym ful mych, and is made a squyer of hym. And Saul sente to Ysaye, seiynge, Stoond Dauyd in my siȝt, forsothe he hath foundun grace in myn eyen. Thanne whanne euere the yuel spyrit of the Lord cauȝte Saul, Dauid took an harp, and smoot with hys hoond, and Saul was refourmyd, and liȝter he hadde; forsothe the yuel spiryt wente a wey fro hym.

 CAP. XVII.

Forsothe Philisteis gedrynge her cum|panyes into batayl camen to gidre in Socoth of Judee, and thei setten tentis betwixbitwene BFH. betwen E. betwe C. in E pr. m. Socoth and Azecha, in the coostis of Domyn. Forsothe Saul and the men of Yrael gedrid camen in the valey of Therebynt, and dressiden sheltroun to fiȝt aȝens the Phylisteis. And Philisteis stoden vpon the hil on this partye, and Irael stood vpon an hil, and on the tother perty a valey that was bitwixbytwene BEFH. betwe C. hem. And a bastard man wente out fro the tentis of Philistiens, Goliath of Geth bi name, in heiȝte of sexe cubitis and a span; and a stelyn helm vpon his heed; and he was clothid with a maylid hawberioun; for|sothe the weiȝt of his hawberioun was of fyue thousand siclys of steel; and stelyn legharneis he hadde in the hipis, and a stelyn sheeld couerde the shuldris of hym. The shaft of his speer was as the beem of websters; forsothe that yren of his speer hadde sexe hundrid siclis of yren; and his squyer wente before him. And stondinge he criede aȝenschildre CE. the cum|panyes of Israel, and he seide to hem, Whi ben ȝe comyn redi to batail? Whe|ther Y am not a Philistee, and ȝe the seruauntis of Saul? Chesith of ȝou a man, and come he doun to a synguler strijf; if he may fiȝt with me, and smytith me, we shulen be to ȝou ser|uauntis; forsothe if Y shal haue the maystrye, and smyte hym, ȝe shulen be seruauntis, and serue to vs. And the Philistee seide, I haue ȝeue reproof to the cumpanyes of Yrael to day; ȝyueth to me a man, and go he yn with me a synguler strijf. Forsothe Saul herynge and alle the Yraelitis the wordis of this maner Philistee, thei weren stonyed, and dradden ful mych. Forsothe Dauyd was the sone of an Effratee man, of the which it is aboue seid, of Bethlem Juda, to whom the name was Ysaye, the which hadde eiȝt sonys; and he was a man in the days of Saul olde, and of greet age amonge men. Forsothe the thre more sonys of hym wenten after Saul into batayl; and the names of the thre sonys of hym, that wenten to batayl, Heliab, the first goten, and the secounde, Amynadab, forsothe the thridde, Samma. Forsothe Dauyd was the leest. Thanne the thre more folwynge Saul, Dauyd wente, and turnede aȝen fro Saul, for to fede the flok of his fadre in Beth|leem. Forsothe the Philistee cam forth eerli, and at euen `stondynge repreuyde the childrenchildre CE. of Yraeland stood E pr. m. fourti days. For|sothe Ysaye seide to Dauyd his sone, Tak to thi bretheren powned corn, of the mesure of ephi, and thes ten loouys, and renne into the tentis to thi britheren; and ten chesis thes thou shalt bere to the tribune; and thi britheren thou shalt visite, if thei ryȝt doon, and with whom thei ben ordeynyd, lern. Forsothe Saul, and thei, and alle the sonys of Yrael in the valey of Therebynt fouȝten aȝens Philisteis. And so Dauid roos eerli, and commendide the flok to the keper, and chargyd ȝeed, as Ysay comaundide to hym; and cam to the place of Magala, and to the oost, that, goon out to fiȝt, criede out in the strijf. Forsothe Irael hadde dressid sheltroun; but and aȝens hem Philisteis weren redy. Thanne Dauid leuynge the vessels, the whiche he brouȝte, vndre the hoond of a keper at the fardels, he ran to the place of the strijf, and he askide, if alle thingis riȝt weren doon anentys his britheren. And whanne ȝit he spak to hem, aperyde thatthe ilke E pr. m. the F. bastard man, Goliath bi name, Phi|listee of Geth, stiynge fro the tentis of Philisteis; and hym spekynge thes same wordis, Dauyd herde. Forsothe alle the Ysraelitis whanne thei hadden seen the man, thei flowen fro his face, dredynge hym greetli. And echon of Irael seide to other, Whether thou hast seen this man that styeth vp? forsothe to ȝyue reprofe to Yrael he stieth vp; therfor the man that smytith hym, the kyng shal make riche with greet ricchessis; and his douȝ|ter he shal ȝyue to hym, and the hows of his fadre he shal make with out tri|bute in Yrael. And Dauid seideseith BCEFH. to the men that stoden with hym, seiynge, What shal it be ȝouunȝeue BH. ȝiue C. ȝiuen E. to the man that smytith this Philistee, and bereth awey reprofe fro Irael? forsothe who is heOm. A. this Philistee vncircumcidid, the which reproueth the shiltrouns of the God lyu|ynge? Forsothe the puple toolde to hym the same word, seiynge, Thes thingis shulen be ȝeue to the man that smitith hym. The which thing whanne Heliab, his more brother, hadde herd, hym spek|ynge with other, is wrooth aȝens Dauid, and seith, Whi art thou comen, and whi hast thow forsaken thesthos B. thoo CE sec. m. thulke E. pr. m. fewe sheep in deseert? I haue knowen thi pride, and the shrewidnesse of thin herte; for that thou myȝtist se the bateil, thou art comen doun. And Dauid seithseide CE., What haue I doon? Whether is it not a word? And he bowide a syde a litil fro hym to an other; and he seide the same word, and the puple answerde to hym word as bi|fore. Forsothe the wordis that Dauid spak, ben herd, and toold in the siȝt of Saul. To whom whanne he was brouȝt, he spak to hym, Ne fallefalle thou B. not doun the herte of eny man in hym, and thi ser|uaunt shal goo, and fiȝt aȝen the Philistee. And Saul seith to Dauid, Thou mayst not withstoond to this Philistee, ne fiȝte aȝens hym, for a child thou art; for|sothe this man is a fiȝter fro his ȝongth. And Dauid seide to Saul, Thi seruaunt fedde the flok of his fader, and there cam a lioun or a beere, and took a wether fro the mydil of the flok; I pursuede hem, and smoot, and delyuerde fro the mouth of hem; and thei rysen aȝens me, and I cauȝte the chaul of hem, and straunglide, and slowȝ hem. Forsothe and a lioun and a beere slewe Y thi ser|uaunt; therfore shal be and this Philistee vncircumcidid as oon of thes. Now Y shal goo, and take a wey the shenship of the puple; for who is this Philistee vncircumcidid, that is hardy to myssey to the oost of the lyuynge God? And Dauid seith, The Lord that hath dely|uerd me fro the mouth of the lioun, and fro the hoond of the beere, he shal de|lyuer me fro the hoond of this Philistee. Forsothe Saul seide to Dauid, Go, and the Lord be with thee. And Saul clothide Dauid with his clothis, and putte on a stelen helm vpon his heed, and clothide hym with an hawberioun. Thanne Dauid gyrd with his swerd vpon his clothinge, began to asaye if armyd he myȝte goo; forsothe he hadde not the custome. And Dauid seide to Saul, I may not thus goo, for andin B. vse I haue not. And he putte doun tho thingis, and he took his staf, that euermore he hadde in hondis. And he cheese to hym fyue moost cleer stonus of the streem; and he putte hem into the sheepherdis scrip that he hadde with hym; and he took a slynge in hoond, and ȝeed forth aȝens the Philystee. Forsothe the Phi|listee ȝeed, comynge and neiȝynge aȝens Dauyd; and his squyer before hym. And whanne the Philistee hadde inwardly be|holden hym, and seen Dauyd, he de|spiside hym; forsothe he was a ȝong man, rodibroun E pr. m., and fayre in siȝt. And the Philistee seide to Dauyd, Whethir I amham A. a dog, that thou comest to me with a staf? And the Philistee curside Dauid in his goddis; and seide to Dauyd, Com to me, and Y shal ȝeue thi flesh to the fowlis of heuene, and to the beestis of the erthe. Forsothe Dauid seide to the Philistee, Thou comest to me with swerd, speer, and sheeld; forsothe Y come to thee in the name of the Lord God of oostis, God of the cumpanyes of Irael, to whom thou hast reprouyd to day. And the Lord shal ȝeue thee in myn hoond, and I shal smyte thee, and take awey thin heed fro thee; and I shal ȝyue the careyns of the tentis of Philisteis to day to the fowlis of heuene, and to the beestis of the erthe; that al the erthe wyte, for the Lord God is in Yrael, and al this chirche knewe, for not in swerd ne in speer saueth the Lord; forsothe of hym is the batayl, and he shal take ȝou in to oure hoondis. Thanne whanne the Philistee was rysen, and cam, and neiȝede aȝens Dauid, Dauid hyede, and aȝen cam to the fiȝt forn aȝens of the Philistee. And he putte his hoond into the scrip, and took a stoon, and leyde in the slynge, and, berynge it about, he smoot hym in the foreheed; and the stoon is piȝt in the forhed of hym, and he felle into his face vpon the erthe. And Dauid hadde the maystrie aȝens the Philistee in slynge and stoon, and the smyten Philistee he slewȝ. And whanne Dauid hadde no swerd in the hoond, he ran, and stood vpon the Philistee, and took his swerd, and drewȝ it out of his sheeth; and he slewȝ hym, and girde of his heed. Forsothe seynge the Philisteis that the strengest of hem was deed, thei flowen. And rysynge the men of Yrael, and of Juda criden out, and pursueden the Philisteis, for to the while that thei camen into the valey, and vnto the ȝate of Acharon. And there fellen woundid of the Philisteis, in the weye of Sarym, and vnto Geth, and vnto Acha|ron. And the sonis of Yrael turnynge aȝen, after that thei hadden pursued the Philisteis, thei asseilden the tentis of hem. Forsothe Dauyd takynge the heed of the Philistee, brouȝte it into Jerusa|lem; forsothe the armys of hym he putte in his tabernacle. Forsothe that tyme that Saul sawȝ Dauyd goynge out aȝens the Philistee, he seith to Abner, the prynce of his chyualrie, Abner, of what stok descendide this ȝong man? And Abner seide, Lyueth thi soule, kyng, I knewȝ not. And the kyng seith, Ask thou, whos sone isbe BCEFH. this child. And whanne Dauyd was comen aȝen, the Philistee smyten, Abner took hym, and brouȝte hym yn before Saul, hauynge in the hoond the heed of the Philistee. And Saul seith to hym, Of what progenye art thou, O thou ȝong man? And Dauid seide, The sone of thi seruaunt, Ysaye Bethlemyte, Y am.

 CAP. XVIII.

And it is doon, whanne he hadde endid to speke to Saul, the soule of Jonathas is glewid to gidre to the soul of Dauid, and Jonathas louyde hym as his owne lijf. And Saul took hym in that day, and grauntide not to hym, that he turne aȝen into the hows of his fadre. Forsothe Jonathas and Dauid wenten into theOm. BCEFH. couenaunt of pees; forsothe he louyde hym as his lijf; forwhi Jonathas spuylide hym self the coote, that he was clothid, and ȝaf it to Dauid, and his other clothis, vntointo A. his `bowe and swerdswerd and his bowe E pr. m., and vnto the knyȝtis girdil. Forsothe Dauyd wente out to alle thingis, what euere Saul sente him, and wiseli he gouerndedide E pr. m. hym selfsel E sec. m.; and Saul putte hym vpon men of batayl, and he was acceptid in the eyen of al the puple, and moost in the siȝt of the ser|uauntis of Saul. Forsothe whanne Dauid turnede aȝen, the Philistee smyten, and beer the heed of hym into Jerusalem, the wymmen wenten out fro alle the cytees of Yrael, syngynge, and dauncis ledynge, into aȝencomynge of Saul the kyng, in tymbers of gladnes, and in trumpis. And the wymmen songen before, pleiynge, and seyynge, Saul hath smyten a thousand, and Dauyd ten thowsandis. And Saul is wrooth ful mych, and this word dis|pleside in the eyen of hym; and seide, Thei han ȝouun to Dauid ten thousandis, and to me a thousand thei han ȝouun; what to hym is more ouere but oneli the rewme? Thanne not with riȝt eyen Saul bihelde Dauid, fro that day and therafter. Forsothe after the tother day the yuel spiryt of God aseilide Saul, and he straungeli spak in the myddis of his hows. Forsothe Dauid harpide with his hoond, as bi eche days; and Saul heelde a speer, and kest it, wenynge that he myȝt pitche to gidre Dauid with the wal; and Dauyd bowide a side fro the face of hym the secounde tyme. And Saul dredde Dauid, forthi that the Lord was with hym, and fro hym goon awey. Thanne Saul moued hym a wey fro hym, and made hym a leder vpon a thousand men; and he wente out and cam yn in the siȝt of the puple. Forsothe in alle his weyes Dauid wiseli dide, and the Lord was with hym; and so Saul sawȝ that he was wel mych wiys, and began to shunne hym. Forsothe al Yrael and Juda louyde Dauyd; forsothe he ȝede yn and ȝede out before hem. And Saul seide to Dauid, Loo! my more douȝter Merob, hir Y shal ȝeue to thee a wijf; oneli be a strong man, and fiȝt the bateils of the Lord. Forsothe Saul trowide, sei|ynge, Be not myn hoond in hym, but be vpon hym the hoond of Philisteis. For|sothe Dauyd seide to Saul, Who am Y, or what is my lijf, or the kynrede of my fadre in Irael, that Y be maad the sone in lawe of the kyng? It is doon forsothe the tyme whanne Merob, the douȝter of Saul, shulde be ȝeuen to Dauid, ȝeuen is Hadriel Molatite wijf. Forsothe Dauyd louyd Mychol, the tother douȝter of Saul; and it is toold to Saul, and it pleside to hym. And Saul seide, Y shal ȝyue hir to hym, that it be maad to hym into sclaundre, and be vpon hym the hoond of Philisteis. Thanne seide Saul to Dauyd, In two thingis thow shalt be my sone in lawe to day. And Saul co|maundide to his seruauntis, Spek ȝe to Dauithday A. pryuely fro me, seiynge, Loo! thou plesist to the kyng, and alle the seruauntis of hym louen thee; now thanne be thow the sone in lawe of the kyng. And the seruauntis of Saul speken in the eeris of Dauid alle thes wordis. And Dauid seith, Whether litil it seme to ȝow to be theOm. B. sone in lawe of the kyng? Forsothe Y am a pore man, and a thinne. And the seruauntis of Saul toolden aȝen, seiynge, Sich maner wordis spak Dauid. Forsothe Saul seide, Thus spekith to Dauid, The kyng nedith nonot E sup. ras. sposeilis, but oonli an hundrid tersis of Philisteis, that veniaunce be doon of the enemyes of the kyng. Forsothe Saul thouȝte to betray Dauid into the hoondis of Philisteis. And whanne his seruauntis hadden aȝen toold to Dauid the wordis that Saul hadde seid, the word pleside in the eyen of Dauyd, that he were maad the sone in lawe of the kyng. And after a fewe days Dauyd rysynge wente into Acharon, with the men that with hym weren, and smoot of the Philisteis two hundrid men; and brouȝte the ȝerdis of hem, and noumbride hem to the kyng, that he were the sone in lawe of the kyng. And so Saul ȝaf to hym Mychol, his douȝter, wijf. And Saul sawȝ, and vndurstood, that the Lord was with Dauid. Forsothe Mychol, the douȝter of Saul, louid hym, and Saul began more to drede Dauyd; and Saul is maad the ene|mye of Dauyd alle days. And the princis of Philisteis wenten out; forsothe fro the bigynnynge of the goynge out of hem Dauyd wiselyer beer hym self than alle the men of Saul; and solempne is maad the name of hym ful myche.

 CAP. XIX.

Saul spak to Jonathan, his sone, and to alle his seruauntis, that thei shulden slee Dauid; forsothe Jonathas, the sone of Saul, louid Dauyd mych. Jonathas shewide to Dauid, seiynge, Saul, my fader, sechith to slee thee, wherfor keep the wel; Y bisechebiseche thee E pr. m., dwel; and thou shalt dwel priueli, and be hyd. Forsothe Y goynge out shal stoond biside my fadre in the feeld, where euer he were; and I shal spek of thee to my fadre, and what euere thing Y shal see, Y shal telle to thee. Thanne Jonathas spak good thingis of Dauid to Saul, his fader, and seide to hym, Ne synne thou, kyng, into thi ser|uaunt Dauid, for he hath not synned to thee, and the werkis of hym ben goode to thee mych; and he hath put his lijf in thin hoond, and smooth the Philistee. And the Lord hath doo greet helthliȝt E pr. m. to al Yrael; thou hast seen and gladidist; whi thanne synnest thou in the giltles blood, sleynge Dauyd, that is with out blame? The which thing whanne Saul hadde herd, pleside bi the voys of Jo|nathe, swore, The Lord lyueth, for he shal not be slayn. And so Jonathas cle|pide Dauid, and shewide to hym alle thes wordis. And Jonathas brouȝte yn Dauid to Saul, and he was before hym, as he was ȝistirday and the thridde day before. Forsothe eft is moued batayl; and Dauyd goon out fauȝt aȝensaȝens the DEF. PhilisteisPhilistee CE., and he smoot hem bi a greet veniaunce, and thei flowen fro the face of hym. And the yuel spirit of the Lord is doon in Saul; forsothe he sat in his hows, and helde a spere; for|sothe Dauid harpid in his hoond. And Saul enforside to fitche to gidre with a spere Dauid inand A. the wal; and Dauid bowide a side fro the face of Saul; forsothe the speer, the wound pryued, is born into the wal; and Dauid fleȝe, and is saued that nyȝt. Thanne Saul sente his cruel ser|uauntis the nyȝt into the hows of Dauid, that thei myȝten kepe hym, and sleen in the morwe. The which thing whanne Mychol, his wijf, hadde toold to Dauide, seiynge, But if thou saue thee this nyȝt, to morwe thou shalt die; she putte hym down bi the wyndowe. Forsothe he ȝede a wey, and fleiȝe, and is sauid. Forsothe Michol took an ymage, and putte it vpon the bed, and an heery skyn of the she geet she putte vpon the heed of it, and couerde it with clothis. Forsothe Saul sente seruauntis that shulden taak Dauyd, and it is answerd, that he was sike. And eft Saul sente messagers, that thei seen Dauid, seiynge, Bryngebryngith B. ȝe hym to me in the bed, that he be slayn. And whanne the messagers weren comen, it is foundun a simulacre vpon the bed, and skynnys of she geet at the heed of it. And Saul seide to Mychol, Whi hast thou thus bigilid me, and hast laft myn enemye, that he flee? And Mychol an|swerde to Saul, For he spak to me, sei|ynge, Let me goon, ellis Y shal slee thee. Forsothe Dauid fleynge is sauyd; and he cam to Samuel in Ramatha, and he toolde to hym alle thingis that Saul dide to hym; and he and Samuel wenten a wey, and dwelten in Naioth. Forsothe it is toold to Saul of seieres, Loo! Dauyd in Naioth in Ramatha. Thanne Saul sente catchepollis forto take Dauid; the whiche whanne thei hadden seen the companye of prophetis propheciynge, and Samuel stondynge vpon hem, the Spirit of the Lord is doon in hem, and also thei bigunnen to prophecien. The whiche whanne was toold to Saul, he sente and other messagers; also thei propheciden. And eft Saul sente the thridde messa|gerismassageris A., the whiche and thei propheciden. And Saul, wrooth with wrathfulnes, he ȝede also into Ramatha; and he cam vnto the greet cistern that is in Sochoth, and askide, and seide, In what place ben Sa|muel and Dauid? And it is seyd to hym, Loo! in Naioth thei ben in Ramatha. And he ȝede into Naioth in Ramatha; andand it A. is doon also vpon hym the Spirit of the Lord; and goynge yn he wente, and propheciede, for to he cam in Naioth in Ramatha. And also he spuylide hym self his clothis, and propheciede with other before Samuel, and he propheciede nakid al that day and nyȝt. Wherof ȝede out a prouerbe, Whether and Saul among the prophetis?

 CAP. XX.

Forsothe Dauid fleiȝ fro Naioth, that is in Ramatha, and comynge spak before Jonatha, What haue I doon, what haue I doon? what is my wickidnes, and what my synne into thi fader, for he sechith my lijf? The which seide to hym, A wey be it fro thee, thou shalt not die, forsothe ne my fader shalschulde E. do eny thing greet or litil, but before he shewe to me; thanne this word oonli my fader hath heelid fro me, forsothe this shal not be. And eft he swore to Dauid. And he seith, Sotheli thi fadre woot, that I haue foundun grace in thin eyen, and he shal seye, Jonathas wite not this, lest perauenture he be sory; but also the Lord lyueth, and lyueth thi soule, for in o degree oonli, that I so seye, Y and deeth ben dyuydid. And Jonathas seith to Dauid, What euere thing thi soule seith to me, I shal doo to thee. And Dauid seide to Jona|than, Loo! kalendis ben to morwe, and I of maner am wont to sitte biside the kyng to eete; leete me thanne, that I be hid in the feeld vnto the euen of the thridde day. And if biholdynge thi fader aske me, thou shalt answere to hym, Dauid preide me for to goo swiftly into Bethlem, his citee, for solempne slayn sacrifices ben there to alle the men of his lynage. And if he seye, Wel, pees shal be to thi seruaunt; forsothe if he were wrooth, wite thou, that fulfillid is the malice of hym. Do thanne mercy vnto thi seruaunt, for thow hast maad me thi seruaunt to goo in couenaunt of pees of the Lord with thee; forsothe if in me is eny wickidnes, thou sle me, and ne lede thou me into thi fader. And Jonathas seith, God sheelde this fro me, forsothe ne it may be doon, that if certeynli I knowe to be fulfillid the malice of my fadre aȝens thee, Y telle not to thee. And Dauid answerde to Jonathas, Who shal telle aȝen to me, if eny thing per|auenture thi fader shal answere to thee hard of me? And Jonathas seideseith CE. to Dauid, Come, and goo we out into the feelde. And whanne bothe weren goon into the feelde, Jonathas seith to Dauid, Lord God of Yrael, if I sercheaserche E. enserche C. the sen|tence of my fader to morwe, or other morwe, and eny thing of good were vpon Dauid, and anoon sende not to thee, and make knowun to thee, this God doo to Jonatha, and thes thingis adde. For|sothe if the malice of my fader dwelle stedfastly aȝens thee, Y shal telle thin eer, and leete thee, that thou go in pees; and the Lord be with thee, as he was with my fader. And if Y shal lyue, thou do to me the mercies of the Lord; for|sothe if I shal dye, thou shalt not do awey thi mercy fro myn hows vnto with outen eende; othere if I shal not doo, whanne the Lord shal drawe out bi the rotis the enemyes of Dauid, echon fro the erthe, do he awey Jonathan fro his hows, and seche the Lord froDauyd fro E pr. m. the hoond of the enemyes `of DauidOm. E pr. m.. Thanne Jonathas couenauntide a couenaunt of pees with the hows of Dauid, and the Lord souȝtesouȝte Dauyd E pr. m. fro the hoond of the ene|myes `of DauidOm. E pr. m.. And Jonathas addide to myche bynde Dauid bi ooth, forthi that he louide hym; forsothe as his lijf, so he louyde hym. And Jonathas seide to hym, To morwe ben kalendis, and thou shalt ben askid after; forsothe thi syttynge schal be askid after vnto after to morwe. Thanne thou shalt come doun hastily, and come into the place, where thou art to be hid in the day, whanne it is leueful to worche; and thou shalt sitte biside the stoon, to whom name is Ezel. And Y shal sende thre arowis biside it, and shal throwe as hauntynge me to a prik. Forsothe and Y shal sende a child, sei|ynge to hym, Go, and bryng to me the arowis. If I seye to the child, Loo! the arowis ben with ynne thee, tak hem; com thou to me, for pees is to thee, and no thing is of yuel, lyueth the Lord. Forsothe if thus Y shal speke to the child, Loo! the arowis ben beȝonde thee; goo in pees, for the Lord hath laft theeOm. ABH.. Of the word forsothe that we han spokun, Y and thou, the Lord be bitwixbytwene BFH. betwen E. betwe C. me and thee vnto with outen eende. Thanne Dauid is hid in the feelde; and the ka|lendis camen, and the kyng sat to eete breed. And whanne the kyng hadde sit|ten vpon his chayer after the consuetude, that was beside the wal, Jonathas roos, and sat, and Abner on the side of Saul, and voyde aperyde the place of Dauid. And Saul spak not eny thing in that day; forsothe he thouȝte, that perauenture was comen to hym, that he was not cleen ne purified. And whanne the secounde day after the kalendis hadde liȝtid, eft aperide void the place of Dauid. And Saul seide to Jonathas his sone, Why cometh not the sone of Ysaye, ne ȝisterdayȝistai CE., ne `to day forfor to day AB. to day C. to eete? And Jonathas an|swerde to Saul, He preide me enteerly, that he myȝte goo into Bethleem; and seith, Lete me, for solempne sacrifice is yn my citee; oon of my britheren hathhan ABFH. clepid me; nowe thanne if Y haue foundun grace in thin eyen, Y shal goo soone, and se my britheren; for this cause he cam not to the bord of the kyng. Forsothe Saul, wrooth aȝens Jona|than, seide to hym, Thou sone of a wom|man wilfuli catchinge a man, whether I knowe not, that thou louest the sone of Ysay into thithyn owne E pr. m. confusioun, and into the confusyoun of thi shenful moder? For|sothe alle the days in whiche the sone of Ysay shal lyue vpon the erthe, shal not be stable thou ne thi rewme; and so nowe send, and bryng hym to me, for the sone of deeth he is. Forsothe Jona|thas answerynge to Saul his fader seith, Whi shal he dye? what hath he doon? And Saul cauȝte a speer forto smyte hym, and Jonathas vndurstood, that it was fulli termyned of his fader, that Dauyd shulde be slayn. Thanne Jona|thas roos fro the bord in wraththe of woodnes, and eete not breed in the se|counde day of kalendis; forsothe he sorowide vpon Dauid, forthi that his fader hadde shent hym. And whanne the morwetide hadde liȝtid, Jonathas cam into the feeld, after the couenauntdesyr E pr. m. of Dauid, and a litil child with him. And he seith to his child, Go, and bryng to me the arowis that I threwe. And whanne the child hadde runnen, he threwe an other arowe ouer the child. And so the child cam to the place of the dartisdarte CE. that Jonathas sente; and Jonathas criede bihynde the bak of the child, and seith, Loo! there is not the arowe, but biȝonde thee. And Jonathas criede eft bihynde the bak of the child, seiynge, Hiȝe swiftli, ne stoond thou. Thanne the child of Jonathas georide the arowis, and brouȝte to his lord, and what shulde be doo vtterly he knewe not; forsothe oonli Jonathas and Dauyd knewen the thing. Thanne Jonathas ȝaf his aarmis to the child, and seyde to hym, Go, and bere into the cytee. And whanne the child was goon, Dauid roos fro the place that bowith to the south; and fallynge redi into the erthe, honourde the thridde tyme, and kissynge hem seluen either othir, thei wepten togidre; forsothe Dauid more largeli. Thanne Jonathas seide to Dauid, Go in pees; what euer thing we han sworn bothe in the name of the Lord, seiynge, The Lord be bitwixbytwene BFH. betwe C. betwen EF. me and thee, and bitwixbytwene BFH. betwe C. betwen EF. my seed and thi seed vnto with outen eende. And Dauid roos, and wente a wey, but and Jonathas wente into the cytee.

 CAP. XXI.

Dauid forsothe cam into Nobe to Achy|malech the preest; and Achymalech was astonyed, forthi that Dauid was comen; and he roos aȝens hymOm. E pr. m., and seide to hym, Whi thou alone, and no man is with thee? And Dauid seith to Achy|malech the preest, The kyng comaundide to me a word, and seide, No man knowe the thing, for the whych thou art sent fro me, and what maner heestis I haue ȝouenȝifyn E. to thee; for and to the children I haue ordeynd also `into thathym E pr. m. and that place; nowe thanne if eny thing thou hast at hoond, or fyue looues, ȝif to me, or what euer thou fyndist. And answerynge the preest to Dauid seith to hym, I haue not leeuyd loouys at hoond, but oonli hooli breed; if cleen be the childrenchildre BEFH. childer C., moost fro wymmen, eete thei. And Dauyd answerde to the preest, and seide to hym, Forsothe and if of wymmen it is askid, we han conteyned vs fro ȝisterdayȝistai CE. and before ȝisterdayȝistai CE., whanne we wenten out, and the vessels of the childrenchildre BEFH. childer C. weren holy; forsotheif forsothe E pr. m. this weye is po|lute, but and it to day shal be halowid in the vessels. Thanne the preest ȝaf to hym halwid breed, forsothe ne there was breed, but oonly loouys of proposicioun, the whiche weren born a wey fro the faceplace B sec. m. of the Lord, that there ben set hoot loouys. Forsothe there was therOm. A. a maner man of the seruauntis of Saul in that day with ynne in the tabernacle of the Lord; this fedde the mulis of Saul; and the name of hym Doech Ydume, moost myȝti of the sheepherdis of Saul. Forsothe Dauyd seide to Achymalech, If thou hast here at hoond speer, or swerd, ȝif to me; for my swerd and myn aarmys Y took not with me; forsothe the word of the kyng constreynede me. And the preest seyde, Loo! heere the swerd of Goliath Philistee, whom thou smootsmyte CE. in the valey of Therebynt, it is wrappid with a pal after the preestis coope; if this thou wolt take, tak; forsothe ne here is othere with outen it. And Dauid seith, There is not another lijk to this, ȝif to me it. And so Dauid roos, and fleiȝ in that day fro the face of Saul, and cam to Achis, the kyng of Geth. And the seruauntis of Achis seiden to hym, whanne thei seen Dauid, Whether not this is Dauid, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. of the loond? Whether not to this sungen bi dauncys seiynge, Saul smoot o thousand, and Dauid ten thousandis? Forsothe Dauid putte thes wordis in his herte, and dredde ful mych fro the face of Achis, the kyng of Geth. And he chaungyde hys mouth before Achis, and he hurlide hidir and thider bitwixbytwene BFH. betwen E. betwe C. the hoondis of hem, and he aȝenaȝeynst B. aȝenst E. put into the doris of the ȝate, and his spotils floweden doun into the beerd. And Achis seith to his seruauntis, Han ȝe seen a woode man? whi han ȝe brouȝt hym to me? whether faylen to ȝou woode men? whi han ȝe brouȝt hym yn, that he wexe woode, me present? Letith hym goon hens, lest he goo into myn hows.

 CAP. XXII.

Dauid thanne ȝeed thens, and fleiȝ into the spelunk of Odallam; the which thing whanne the britheren of hym hadden herd, and al the hows of his fadre, thei camen doun to hym thidir. And camen to gidre to hym alle that weren in angwish set, and oppressid for other mennus monee, and for bitter inwit; and he is maad the prince of hem, and there weren with hym as foure hundrid men. And Dauid wente thens into Masphat, that is of Moab; and seide to the kyng of Moab, Dwelle, Y preye, my fader and my moder with ȝow, to the tyme that Y wite what God doo to me. And he laft hem before the face of the kyng of Moab; and thei dwelten anentis hym alle days, in the whiche Dauid was in strong socour. And Gad, the prophet, seide to Dauid, Wole thow not dwelle in the place of strong socour; weend forth, and goo into the loond of Juda. And Dauid wente, and cam into the wijlde wode of Areth. And Saul herde, that Dauyd ap|peryde, and men that with hym weren. Forsothe Saul whanne he dwelt in Gabaa, and was in the wode that is in Rama, a speer in hoond holdynge, and alle his seruauntis stoden about hym, he seith to his seruauntis that stoden nyȝ to hym, Herith me nowe, the sones of Gemyny; whethir to alle ȝou the sone of Ysay shal ȝyue feeldis and vynes, and alle ȝou shal make lederys of thousandis and leders of hundredis? For ȝe alle han sworn togidre aȝens me, and there is not that aȝen telle to me; moost whanne and my sone hath ioyned couenaunt of pees with the sone of Ysay; there is not that sorwith my while of ȝou, ne that telle to me, forthi that my sone hath reride my seruaunt aȝensaȝeynst BH. aȝen C. me, weytynge to me vnto toOm. AH. day. Forsothe answerynge Doech Ydume, that stood nyȝ, and was the fyrst amonge the seruauntis of Saul, I sawȝ, he seith, the sone of Ysay in Nobe, at Achimalech, the sone of Achitob, the preest; the which counseilede the Lord for hym, and ȝaf meetis to hym, but and the swerd of Goliath Philistee he ȝaf to hym. Thanne the kyng sente to cleepe Achymalech, the sone of Achitob, the preest, and al the hows of his fader, of the prestys that waren in Nobe; the whiche alle to the kyng ben comen. And Saul seith to Achymalech, Here, thou sone of Achitob. The which an|swerde, I am prestpreest A., lord. And Saul seide to hym, Whi han ȝe sworn togidre aȝens me, thou, and the sone of Ysay, and thou hast ȝeuen to hym loouys and a swerd, and thou hast counseild for hym the Lord, that he ryse aȝens me, dwel|lynge a spye vnto to day? And Achyma|lech answerynge to the kyng seith, And who in alle thi seruauntis trewe as Dauid, and the sone in lawe of the kyng, and goynge at thin heest, and gloryous in thin hows? Whether to day I haue begun for hym to counseil the Lord? A wey be that fro me, ne trowe the kyng aȝens his seruaunt sich a maner thing in al the hows of my fader; forsothe thi seruaunt wiste not eny thing vpon this nede, othere litil or greet. And the kyng seide, Bi deth shal dye, Achymalech, thou, and al the hows of thi fader. And the kyng seith to the outgoers in his nedis, that stooden about hym, Turneth, and sleeth the preestis of the Lord, for the hoond of hem is with Dauid; wytynge that he was flowen, and thei sheweden not to me. Forsothe the seruauntis of the kyng wolden not strecche out her hoond into the preestis of the Lord. And the kyng seith to Doech, Turn thou, and fal into the preestis of the Lord. And Doech Ydume turnede, felle into the preestis, and hewȝ doun fyue and eiȝtitheiȝtety CE. men in that day, clothid with surplees. Also he smoot Nobee, the citee of preestis, in mouth of swerd, men and wymmen, litil children and sowkynge, and oxe, and asse, and sheep, in mouth of swerd. For|sothe oon ascapynge, sone of Achyma|lech, the sone of Achitob, whos name was Abiathar, fleeȝ to Dauid, and toolde to hym, that Saul hadde slayn the prestis of the Lord. And Dauid seith to Abia|thar, Forsothe I wist in that day, that whanne there was Doech Ydume, with out dout he wold telle to Saul; I am gilti of alle the soulis of thi fader. Dwel with me, ne drede thou; if eny man sechithshal seche A. my lijf, shal seche and thi lijf, and with me thou shalt be kept.

 CAP. XXIII.

And men toolden to Dauid, seiynge, Loo! Phylisteis fiȝten aȝens Seyla, and struyen the floris of cornys. Thanne Dauid counseilde the Lord, seiynge, Whe|ther I shal goo, and smyte thes Philisteis? And the Lord seith to Dauid, Go, and thou shalt smyte Philisteis, andOm. ABH. saue Seylam. And men seiden, that weren with Dauid, to hym, Loo! we here beynge in Juda dreden; myche more if we goon into Seilam aȝens the companyes of Philisteis. Eft thanne Dauid counseilde the Lord; the which answerynge seith to hym, Ryse, and go into Seilam; forsothe I shal take the Philisteis in thin hoond. Thanne wente Dauid and his men into Seilam, and fauȝt aȝens the Philisteis; and droue a wey the beestis of hem, and smoot hem with a greet veniaunce; and Dauid sauyde the dwellers of Seilam. Forsothe that tyme, the which Abiathar, the sone of Achymalech, fleeȝ, he de|scendide to Dauid into Seylam, hauynge with hym the preestis coope. Forsothe it is toold to Saul, that Dauid was comen into Seylam; and Saul seith, The Lord hath taken hym into myn hoondis, and closid is goon into the cytee, in the which ben ȝatis and lockis. And Saul comaund|ide to al the puple, that to the fiȝt thei shulden descende to Seilam, and bisege Dauid and his men. The which thing whanne Dauid aȝen knewe, for Saul made redy to hym priueli yuel, he seide to Abiathar, the preest, Clothe thee thewith the A pr. m. preestis coope. And Dauid seith, Lord God of Yrael, thi seruaunt hath herd the fame, that Saul hath disposid to come to Seyla, that he turne vpsedoun for me the cyte; if the men of Seyla shulen take me into his hoondis, and if Saul shal come doun, as thi seruaunt hath herd, Lord God of Yrael, shewe to thi seruaunt? And the Lord seith, He shal come doun. And Dauid eft seyde, If the men of Seila shu|len take me, and the men that ben with me, into the hoondis of Saul? And the Lord seide, Thei shulen take. Thanne Dauid roos, and his men, as sex hundrid; and, goon out fro Seyla, hidir and thi|der weren vagaunt vncerteyn. And it is toold to Saul, that Dauid hadde flowen fro Seila, and was sauid; for what skyl he laft to goon out. Forsothe Dauid dwellide in deseert, in moost defensable placis, and aboodbode BFH. bod C. boid E. in the hil of wildirnes of Ziph, in the derkthicke E pr. m. hil; neuerthelaternerthelater C passim. Saul souȝte hym alle days, and the Lord took hym not into the hoondis of hym. And Dauid sawȝ, that Saul was goon out, for to seche his lijf. Forsothe Dauid was in the deseert of Ziph, in a wode. And Jonathas, the sone of Saul, roos, and wente to Dauid into the wode, and coum|fourtide the hoondis of hym in God. And he seide to hym, Ne drede thou; forsothe ne the hoond of Saul my fader shal fynde thee, and thou shalt regne vpon Yrael, and I shal be to thee the secounde; but and Saul my fader woot this. Thanne either smoot couenaunt of pees before the Lord. And Dauid aboodboode BF. bod C. bood EH. in the wode; forsothe Jonathas turnede aȝenaȝeen C. aeen E. into his hows. Forsothe Zipheis stieden vp to Saul in Gabaa, seiynge, Loo! whether not Dauid lurkith anentis vs in moost siker placys of a wode, in the hil of Achille, that is at the riȝt party of deseert? Nowe thanne, as thi soule hath desyrid for to come doun, com doun; forsothe `our shal behe schal ben oure E pr. m., that we taken hym into the hoondis of the kyng. And Saul seide, Blessid beOm. BCEFH. ȝe of the Lord, for ȝe han sorewid my while. Goth thanne, I praye, and more bisily makith redy be|forn, and slelyer doth, and weitith swiftly the place, where be the foot of hym, or who sawȝ hym there, where ȝe han seid; forsothe he aȝen thenkith of me, that I felli aspye hym. Biholdith, and seeth alle the hidils of hym, in whiche he is hid, and turneth to me at certeyn thing, that I goo with ȝou; that if also into the erthe he hide hym self, I shal thurȝ serche hym in alle the thousandis of Juda. And thei rysynge wenten into Ziph before Saul. Forsothe Dauid and his men weren in the deseert of Maon, in the wijld feeldis, at the riȝt side of Jesymith. Thanne Saul wente and his felawis to seche hym, and it is toold to Dauid; and anoon he wente doun to a stoon, and abood in the deseert of Maon; the whiche thinge whanne Saul had herde, he pursuede Dauith in the de|serte of Maon. And Saul wente and his men at the side of the hil on the o par|tye; forsothe Dauid and his men weren in the side of the hil on the tother party; wherfor Dauid dispeyryde hym self to mowe askaap fro the face of Saul. And so Saul and his men in maner of a coroun girdiden Dauid and his men, for to take hem. And a messager cam to Saul, seiynge, Hyȝe, and come, for the Philisteis han held hem seluen vpon the loond. Thanne Saul turnede aȝen, cesynge to pursue Da|uid; and he wente into the aȝen comynge of the Philisteis. For that thei clepen that place the Dyuydynge Stoone.

 CAP. XXIV.

Thanne Dauid stiede vp thens, and dwelte in moost siker placis of Engaddi. And whanne Saul was turned aȝen, after that he hadde pursued the Philisteis, thei toolden to hym, seiynge, Loo! Dauid is in the deseert of Engaddi. Thanne Saul, takynge to thre thousandis of chosen men of al Yrael, wente to aserche Dauid and his men, vpon moost heiȝ rochis, that oneli to wijlde capretis ben thurȝ weyes. And he cam to the fooldys of sheep, the which offrede hemself to the weye goer. And a spelunkspelunk or denne A pr. m. was there, the which Saul wente yn, that he purge the wombe; forsothe Dauid and his men lurkeden in the innerenyȝ ABFH. parti of the denne. And the seruauntis of Dauyd seiden to hym, Loo! the day of which the Lord spak to thee, I shal take to thee thin enemy, that thou doo to hym as it plesith in thin eyen. Thanne Dauid roos, and kyttidekytt BFH. kitte E. cutte C. of the hemme of the mantil of Saul stillystilleli CE.. After thes thingis the herte of Dauid smoot hym, forthi that he hadde kut a wey the hemme of the mantil of Saul. And he seide to his men, Merciful be to me the Lord, that I doo not this thing to my lord, the crist of the Lord, that I putte myn hoond into hym, for the crist of the Lord he is. The Lord lyueth, for but the Lord smyte hym, other the day of hym come, that he dye, other comynge doun into batayl perish, merciful be to me the Lord, that I putte not myn hoond into the crist of the Lord. And Dauid brak togidre his men with thes wordis, and suffrede hem not, that thei rysen into Saul; forsothe Saul rysynge fro the denne, wente in the weye begun. Forsothe Dauid roos after hym, and wente out of the denne, and criede after the bak of Saul, seiynge, My lord kyng! And Saul beheelde bihynde hym; and Dauyd bowynge hym self redi into the erthe honourede. And he seide to Saul, Whi herist thou wordis of men spekynge, Dauid sechith yuel aȝens thee? Loo! to dai thin eyen seen, that the Lord took thee in myn hoond in the denne, and I thouȝt for to slee thee, but myn eye sparide to thee; forsothe I seide, I shal not stretche out myn hoond in my lord, `for thethat is E pr. m. crist of the Lord he is. But more ouere, fader myn, se, and know the hemme of thi mantil in myn hoond, for whanne I kut the coopecop E. of thi man|til, I wold not stretch out myn hoond into thee; inwardly tak hede, and se, for there is not in myn hoond euel ne wick|idnes, ne I haue synned in thee; forsothe thou aspyist my lijf, that thou doo it awey. The Lord deme bitwixbytwene BFH passim. betwen E passim. betwe C passim. me and thee, and the Lord wreke me on thee; forsothe myn hoond be not in thee, as in the oold prouerbe it is seid, Fro vn|piteuous men goth out vnpiteuousnesse; myn hoond forsothe be not in thee. Whom pursuyst thou, kyng of Yrael? whom pursuist thou? A deed dog thou pursuist, and a quyk flyȝe. The Lord be domesman, and the Lord deme bitwix me and thee, and see, and deme my cause, and delyuere me fro thin hoond. Forsothe whanne Dauid hadde ful eendid spekynge siche maner wordis to Saul, Saul seide, Whether this is thi voys, sone myn Dauyd? And Saul reryde vp a voys, and wepte. And to Dauid he seide, More riȝtwise thou art than Y; forsothe thou hast ȝoldun to me gode thingis; forsothe I haue ȝoldun aȝen to thee yuel thingis. And thow hast shewid to me to day, what goode thingis thou hast doo to me, what maner wise the Lord took me in thin hoond, and thou slewȝ not me. For|sothe who, whanne he fyndith his enemy, leeueth hym in a good weie? But the Lord ȝeelde to thee this while, for that, that to day thou hast wrouȝt in me. And `now, forthese thyngis E pr. m. I knowe, that moost certeynli thou art to regne, and to haue in thin hoond the kyngdom of Yrael, swere to me in the Lord, that thou do not a wey my seed after me, ne doo a wey my name fro the hows of my fader. And Dauid swore to Saul. Thanne Saul wente into his hows, and Dauid and his men stieden vp to more sykyr placis.

 CAP. XXV.

Samuel forsothe diede; and al Yrael is gaderid, and biweilideweylden BFH. weiledyn CE. hymOm. BCEFH. ful myche, and biryeden hym in his hows in Ra|matha. And Dauid risynge wente doun into the deseert of Pharan. Forsothe there was a maner man in the wilder|nesse of Maon, and the possessioun of hym wasOm. BCEFH. in Carmele, and that man ful myche greet, and there weren to hym sheep thre thousandis, and a thousand goot; and it felle that his flok shulde be clippid in Carmele. Forsothe the name of that man was Naabal, and the name of his wijf Abigail; and that womman was moost wyis and feyr, forsothe hir man hard and werst and malicious; for|sothe he was of the kynrede of Caleph. Whanne thanne Dauid in deseert hadde herd, that Naabal clippide his flok, he sente ten ȝonge men, and seide to hem, Stieth vp into Carmele, and ȝe shulen come to Naabal, and ȝe shulen salute hym in my name pesibly; and thus ȝe shulen seye, Pees be to my britheren and to thee, and pees to thinher A. hows, and to alle, what euere thingis thou hast, be pees; of many ȝeeris be thou maad saaf, thou, and thin hows, and alle thin. I haue herd that thi sheepherdis clippiden thi flockis, that weren with vs in deseert; neuere to hem we weren heuy, ne eny tyme faylide to hem eny thing of the flok, al the tyme that thei weren with vs in Carmele; ask thi childrenchildre BEFH. childer C., and thei shulen shewe to thee. Nowe thanne fynden thi childrenchildre BEFH. childer C. grace in thin eyen; in a good day forsothe we ben comen to thee; what euere thing thin hoond fynd|ithfynde BCEFH., ȝif to thi seruauntis, and to thi sone Dauid. And whanne the childrenchildre E. childer C. of Dauid weren comen, thei speken to Naa|bal alle thes wordis in the name of Dauid, and helden her pees. Forsothe Naabal, answerynge to the childrenchildre E. childer C. of Dauid, seith, Who is Dauid? and who is the sone of Ysay? To day han sprungun yn seruauntis that fleen her lordis. Shal I thanne take my loouys, and my watris, and flesh of beestis, that I haue slayn to my clippers, and ȝife to men, whom I knowe not whennus thei ben? And so the childrenchildre E. childer C. of Dauid wenten aȝen bi her weye; and aȝen turned thei camen aȝen, and toolden to hym alle the wordis that Naabal hadde seid. Thanne Dauid seith to his children, Echon be gyrd with his swerd. And echon ben gird with her swerdis, and Dauid is gird with his swerd; and there folweden Dauid as foure hundrid men, forsothe two hun|dryd abiden stil at the fardels. Forsothe to Abigail, the wijf of Naabal, oon of hir children toold, seyynge, Loo! Dauid sente messagers fro deseert, for thei wol|den blesse to oure lord, and he with stoode hem; these men weren good ynowa nowȝ CE. `to vsOm. A., and not heuy, ne eny thing that eny tyme perishid al the tyme wethat we E sec. m. han dwellid with hem in deseert; for a wal thei weren to vs, as wel in nyȝt as in day, alle days the whiche we fedden flockis anentis hem. Wherfor behold, and bithenk, what thou doo; for deter|myned is the malice aȝens thi man, and aȝens thin hows; and he is the sone of Belial, so that no man may speke to him. Thanne Abigail hiȝede, and took two hundryd loouys, and two botels of wyn, and fyue wetheris sothen, and fyue bus|shellis of brayid corn, and an hundrid busshellis of dryed grape, and two hun|drid peyse of dryed figis; and she putte vpon the assis, and seide to hir children, Gooth before me; loo! after the bak Y shal folwe ȝou. To Naabal forsothe hir man she shewide it not. Whanne thanne she was goon vpon the asse, and cam doun at the roote of the hil, Dauid and his men camen doun into aȝen metynge of hyre; to whom and she aȝen cam. And Dauid seith, Verreili in veyn I haue kept alle thingis that of this man weren in deseert, and there perishid not eny thing of alle thingis that to hym per|teynedenpertenen C., and he hath ȝoldun to me yuel for good. Thes thingis do the Lord to the enemyes of Dauid, and thes thingis adde, if Y shal leeue of alle thingis that to hym pertenen vnto the morwe tide a pisser to the wal. Forsothe whanne Abigail hadde seen Dauid, she hiȝede, and wente doun of the asse, and felle doun before Dauid vpon hir face, and honourde vpon the erthe. And she felle at the feet of hym, and seyde, My lord, in me be this wickidnes; speke, Y biseche, thin hoondseruaunt in thin eeris, and here the wordis of thi seruaunt; ne put, Y preye, my lord kyng, his herte vpon thishis AFH. wickidwicke C. man Naabal, for after his name he is a fool, and foli is with hym; forsothe I, thin hoond womman, sawȝ not thi childrenchildre BEFH passim. childer C passim., whom, my lord, thou sentist. Now thann, my lord, lyueth the Lord and lyueth thi soule, that hath defendid thee, that thou cam not into blood, and hath sauyd thin hoond to thee; and now as Naabal thin enemyes ben maad, and that sechen to my lord yuel. Wherfor tak this blessynge, that thin hoond womman hath brouȝt to thee, my lord, and ȝyue to the children that folowen thee, my lord. Do awey the wickydnes of thi seruaunt; forsothe the Lord makynge shal make to thee, my lord, a trewe hows, for the batayls of the Lord, my lord, thou fiȝtist; malice thanne be there not founden in thee alle the days of thi lijf. Forsothe if there arise any tyme a man pursuynge thee, and sechynge thi lijf, the lijf of my lord shal be kept, as in a litil knytche of lyu|ynge men, anentis the Lord thi God; forsothe the lijf of thin enemyes shal be turned about as in the birre, and the cercle of a slynge. Whanne thanneOm. A. the Lord shal do to thee, my lord, alle thes gode thingis, that he hath spokyn of thee, and settith thee a duyk vpon Yrael, this shal not be to thee, my lord, into ȝoxynge and into scripil of herte, that thou hast shed giltlesse blood, or thi self thou hast vengid. And whanne the Lord shal wel doo to thee, my lord, thow shalt recorde of thin hoond womman, and thou shalt wel doo to hir. And Dauid seide to Abigayl, Blissid beOm. BCEFH. the Lord God of Yrael, that sente thee to day into myn aȝencomynge, and blessid thithe ABFH. speche; and blessid thou artOm. BCEFH., that hast defendid me, that I ȝede not to day to the blood, and vengide me bi myn hoond; ellis the Lord God of Yrael lyueth, that hath de|fendide me, that Y dide not yuel to thee, but soone thow haddist comen into aȝen|comynge to me, there shulde notOm. AFH. han laft to Naabal vnto the morwetide liȝt a pisser to the wal. Thanne Dauid took of the hoond of hir alle thingis that she brouȝte to hym; and he seide to hir, Go in pees into thin hows; loo! I haue herd thi voys, and honourde thi face. For|sothe Abigail cam to Naabal; and loo! there was to hym a feest in his hows, as a feest of a kyng; and the herte of Naa|bal myri, forsothe he was drunken ful myche; and she shewide not to hym word litil or greet vnto the morwe. For|sothe eerli, whanne Naabalhe E orig. hadde defied the wyn, his wijf shewide to him thes wordis; and the herte of hym with yn forth is deeddeadyd BF. deadid E. dedid H., and he is maad as a stoone. And whanne ten days weren passid, the Lord smoot Naabal, and he is deed. The which thing whanne Dauid hadde herd, Naabal deed, he seith, Blissid isOm. BCEFH. the Lord, that hath vengid the cause of my reproof fro the hoond of Naabal, and his seruaunt hath kept fro yuel, and the malice of Naabal the Lord hath ȝolden into his heed. Than Dauid sente, and spak to Abigail, that he take hir to hym into wijf. And the children of Dauid camen to Abigail into Carmele, and speken to hir, seiynge, Dauid sente vs to thee, that he take thee into wijf to hym. The which arysynge honourde redi into the erthe, and seith, Loo! thi seruaunt be in to an hond womman, that she wasshe the feet of the seruauntis of my lord. And Abigail hiȝede, and roos, and stiede vpon the asse; and fyue child|wymmen, hir feet folowers, wenten with hir, and she folowide the messagers of Dauid, and is maad to hym a wijf. But and Dauid took Achynoem fro Jezrael, and either was the wijf of hym; forsothe Saul ȝaf Mychol his douȝter, the wijf of Dauid, to Phalti, the sone of Lays, that was of Gallym.

 CAP. XXVI.

And Ziphei camen to Saul in Gabaa, seiynge, Loo! Dauid is hid in the hil of Achille, the which is fro aȝens of the wildernesse. And Saul roos, and cam doun into the deseert of Ziph, and with hym thre thousandis of men of the chosun of Yrael, that he seche Dauid in the de|seert of Ziph. And Saul sette tentis in Gabaa of Achille, that was fro aȝens of the wildernesse in the weye. Forsothe Dauid dwellide in deseert. Forsothe seynge that Saul was comen after hym into deseert, he sente aspies, and lernyde moost certeynli, that thidre he was comyn. And Dauyd roos pryueli, and cam tointo E pr. m. the place where Saul was. And whanne he hadde seen the place, in the whiche Saul slepte, and Abner, the sone of Ner, prince of his chiualrye, and Saul slepynge in the tent, and the tother comouns bi the enuyroun of hym, Dauid seith to Achymalech, Ethee, and to Abi|say, the sone of Saruye, the brother of Joab, seiynge, Who shal come doun with me to Saul into the tentis? And Abisai seide, Y shal goo doun with thee. Thanne Dauid and Abisai camen to the puple the nyȝt, and founden Saul liynge, and slep|ynge in the tent, and a speer piȝt at his heed in the erthe; forsothe Abner and the puple slepynge in the enuyroun of hym. And Abisai seide to Dauid, God hath closid to dai thin enemye into thin hoondis; now thanne I shal stike hym with a speer in the erthe oonys, and the secounde shal be no nede. And Dauid seide to Abisai, Thou shalt not sle hym, forsothe who shal stretche his hoond into the crist of the Lord, and shal be inno|cent? And Dauid seide, The Lord lyuith, for but the Lord smyte hym, other the day of hym come that he die, other into batail comynge doun he perisshe; merci|ful be to me the Lord, that I stretche not out myn hoond into the crist of the Lord; now thanne tak the speer, that is at his heed, and the cup of water, and go wee. Dauid took the speer, and the cup of water, that was at the heed of Saul, and thei wenten awey, and there was not eny man that sawȝ, and vndurstood, and awook, but alle thei slepten; for the sleep of the Lord felle vpon hem. And whanne Dauid was goon fro aȝens, and stood in the cop of the hil fro a fer, and there was a greet myddil valey bitwixbytwene BF. betwen E. betwe C. hem, Dauid criede to the puple, and to Abner, the sone of Ner, seiynge, Whe|ther, Abner, thou shalt not answere? And Abner answerynge seith, Who art thou that criest, and vnrestist the kyng? And Dauid seith to Abner, Whether ert thou not a man, and who other lijk thee in Yrael? whi thanne hast thou not kept thi lord the kyng? Forsothe there wente yn a man of the folk, for he wolde sleye thithe ABFH. lord thethe ABFH. kyng; it is not good, this that thou hast doo; the Lord lyuith, for sonys of deeth ȝe ben, for ȝe han not kept ȝoure lord, crist of the Lord. Now thanne se, where be the speer of the kyng, and where be the cup of water, that weren at the heed of hym. Forsothe Saul knewe the voys of Dauid, and seide, Whether is this thi vois, my sone Dauid? And Dauid seith, My vois, my lord kyng. And he seith, For what cause pursueth my lord his seruaunt? What haue I doo, or what yuel is in myn hoond? Nowe thanne here, I preye, my lord kyng, wordis of thi seruaunt; if the Lord stirith thee aȝens me, sacrifice be smellid; forsothe if the sones of men, cursid be thei in the siȝt of the Lord, that han throwun me out to day, that I dwelle not in the heritage of the Lord, seiynge, Go, and serue to alien goddis. And now be not shed out my blood in the erthe before the Lord; for the kyng of Yrael is goon out that he seche a quyk fliȝe, as a partritch is pursued in hillis. And Saul seith, Y haue synned; turne aȝen, my sone Dauid, namore forsothe I shal mysdoo to thee, forthi that my lijf was precious in thin eyen to day; forsothe it semeth that folili I haue doo, and many thingis to myche I haue vnknowen. And Dauid answerynge seith, Loo! the speer of the kyng, go oon of the chil|drenchildre BEFH passim. childer C passim. of the kyng, and take it; forsothe the Lord shal ȝeeld to ech man after his riȝtwisnes and feith; forsothe the Lord hath takun thee to day into myn hoond, and I wold not stretche out myn hoond in the crist of the Lord; and as thi lijf is maad greet to day in myn eyen, so my lijf be maad greet in the eyen of the Lord, and delyuer he me fro al angwish. Thanne Saul seith to Dauid, Blessid thou, sone myn Dauid; forsothe and doynge thou shalt doo, and myȝti thou shalt mowe. Thanne Dauid wente into his weye, and Saul turnede aȝen into his place.

 CAP. XXVII.

And Dauid seith in his herte, Sum|tyme on a day I shal falle in the hoond of Saul; whether is it not beter, that I flee, and be sauid in the londhoond AB. of Phi|listeis, that Saul dispeire, and ceese to seche me in alle the coostis of Yrael; thanne flee we the hoondis of hym. And Dauid roos, and wente, he and sexethe sexe BCEFH. hun|dryd men with hym, to Achis, the sone of Maoth, the kyng of Geth. And Dauid dwellide with Achis in Geth, he, and his men, and his hows; Dauid, and his two wyues, Achynoem Jezralite, and Abigail, the wijf of Naabal Carmele. And it is toold to Saul, that Dauid was flowen into Geth; and he addide no more for to seche hym. Forsothe Dauid seide to Achis, If I haue founden grace in thin eyen, a place be ȝouun to me in oon of the citees of this regioun, that I dwelle there; for|sothe whi thi seruaunt dwellith in the citee of the kyng with thee? And so Achis ȝaf to hym in that day Sichelech, for the which cause Sichelech is maad of the kyngis of Juda vnto this day. For|sothe the noumbre of the dais, in the whiche Dauid dwellide in the regioun of Philisteis, was of foure monethis. And Dauid stiede vp, and his men, and brouȝten prayes of Gethsury, and of Gethry, and of Amalachitis; forsothe thes hethen dwelliden in the loond bi oold tyme citees of Sur, vnto the loond of Egipt. And Dauid smoot al the loond of hem, and he lafte not a lyuynge man and womman; and takynge sheep, and oxen, and assis, and camelis, and clothis, he turnede aȝen, and cam to Achis. For|sothe Achis seide to hym, In whom felle thou on to dai? Dauid answerde, Aȝens the south of Jude, and aȝens the south of Yranyel, and aȝens the south of Ceny. Man and womman Dauid lafte not on lyue, ne brouȝte into Geth, seiynge, Lest perauenture thei speken aȝens vs. These thingis dide Dauid, and this was the dom of hym, alle theOm. BCEFH. dais `the whichethat C. he dwellide in the regioun of Philisteis. Thanne Achis leuyde to Dauid, seiynge, Forsothe manye yuels he hath wrouȝte aȝens his puple Yrael, therfor a seruaunt he shal be to me for euere more.

 CAP. XXVIII.

In tho dais forsothe it is doon, Phi|listeis gadreden her companyes, that thei weren redi before aȝens Yrael at batail. And Achis seide to Dauid, Witynge now wite thou, for with me thou shalt goon out in the tentis, thou and thi men. And Dauid seide to Achis, Now thou shalt knowe what thi seruaunt is to doo. And Achis seith to Dauid, And I shal putte thee keper of myn heed alle dais. For|sothe Samuel is deed, and al Yrael bi|weilideweylyde BH. weilede E. weylyden F. hym, and biryede hym in Ra|matha, hisin his E pr. m. cytee. And Saul took a wey the dyuynours and clepers of deuels fro the loond, and slewȝ hem that hadden chaarmerschaarmes A. of deuels in the wombe. And Philisteis ben gadrid, and camen, and setten tentis in Siccymam; forsothe and Saul gadrede al Yrael, and cam into Gelboe. And Saul sawȝ the tentis of Philisteis, and dradde, and his herte quauydequakide H. ful myche. And he counseilde the Lord; and he answerde hym not, ne bi prestis, ne bi sweuensswenes C., ne bi pro|phetis. And Saul seide to his seruauntis, Sechith to me a womman hauynge a charmynge goost; and I shal goo to hir, and aske bi hir. And his seruauntis seiden to hym, There is a womman hauynge a dyuynynge spirite in Endore. Thanne he chaungide his abite, and is clothid with othere clothis; and he ȝede, and two men with hym; and thei camen to the womman bi nyȝt. And he seith, Dyuyne to me in a chaarmynge spyrite, and rere to me whom Y shal seye to thee. And the womman seith to hym, Loo! thou hast knowen how greetmyche E pr. m. thingis Saul dide, and what maner wyse he hath putte out dyuynours, and clepers of deuels fro the loond; whi thanne weytist thou to my lijf, that I be slayn? And Saul swore to hyre in the Lord, seiynge, The Lord lyuith; for there shal not come to thee eny thing of yuel for this thing. And the womman seide to him, Whom shal I rere to thee? The which seith, Rere to me Samuel. For|sothe whanne the womman hadde seen Samuel, she cryede with a greet voys, and seide to Saul, Whi hast thou putte this to me? forsothe thou ert Saul. And the kyng seide to hyr, Wole thou not drede; what hast thou seen? And the womman seith to Saul, I sawȝ goddis stiynge vp fro the erthe. And he seith to hir, What maner is the fourm of hym? The which seith, An oold man stiede vp, and he is clothid with a mantil. And Saul vndurstood that it was Samuel; and he bowide hym self vpon his face in the erthe, and honourde. Forsothe Sa|muel seide to Saul, Whi hast thou vn|restid me, that I be rerid? And Saul seith, I am artid to myche; forsothe Philisteis fiȝten aȝens me, and God is goon a wey fro me, and wol not here me, ne bi the hoond of prophetis, ne bi sweuens; therfor I haue clepid thee, that thou shewe to me what I shal doo. And Samuel seith, What askist thou me, sith God hath goon a wey fro thee, and goon to thin enemye? Forsothe the Lord shal doo to thee as he spak in myn hoond, and he shal kut thi kyngdam fro thin hoond, and ȝyue it to thi neiȝbor Dauid; for thou hast not obeishid to the vois of the Lord, ne thou didist the wraththe of his woodnes in Amalech. Therfor that that thou suffrist the Lord hath doo to thee to day; and the Lord also shal ȝeue Irael with thee in the hoond of Philisteis. Forsothe to morwe thou and thi sones shal be with me; but and the Lord shal take the tentis of Yrael in the hoond of Philisteis. And Saul anoon felle straȝt into the erthe; he dradde forsothe the wordis of Samuel, and miȝt was not in hym, for he hadde not eten breed al that dai and al niȝt. And so that wom|man wente yn to Saul, and saith; forsothe he was disturblid greetli; and she seide to hym, Loo! thin hoond womman hath obeishid to thi vois, and I haue put my lijf in myn hoond, and I haue herd thi wordis, that thou speek to me. Now thanne here thou the vois of thin hoond womman, and I shal putte before thee a morselmussel E. of breed, and etynge thou wexe hool, and mowe goon the weye. The which forsoke, and seith, I shal not ete. Forsothe his seruauntis and the womman constreyneden; and at the last, the vois of hem herd, he roos fro the erthe, and sat vpon the bedde. Forsothe that wom|man hadde a foddred calf in the hows, and she hiȝede, and slewȝ it; and takynge floure she mengide it, and bokebooc E. boc C. therf looues; and putte before Saul and his seruauntis, the which whanne thei had|den eten, risen, and wenten thurȝ out al thatthe AC pr. m. nyȝt.

 CAP. XXIX.

Thanne alle the companyes of Phi|listeis ben gadred in Aphech, but and Irael sette tentis vpon the welle that was in Jezrael. Forsothe and the maistris of Philisteis wenten in hundredis and thou|sandis; forsothe Dauid and his men weren in the last companye with Achis. And the princis of Philisteis seiden to Achis, What to hem self wolen thes Ebrews? And Achis seith to the princys of Philisteis, Whether knowe ȝe not Da|uid, that was seruaunt to Saul, kyng of Irael? and is anentis me manye days or ȝeeris, and I founde not in hym eny thing, fro the dai that he ouer fleiȝ to me vnto this dai. Forsothe the princis of Philisteis ben wrooth aȝens hym, and seiden to hym, The man turne aȝen, and sitt in his place, in the which I haue sett hym, and dessende he not with vs into batail, lest he be maad to vs aduersarye, whanne we bigynnen to fiȝte; forsothe what maner wise other wise he shal mowe plese his lord, but in oure heedis? Whether is not this Dauid, to whom thei syngen in dauncis, seiynge, Saul hath smyten in his thousandis, and Dauid in his ten thousandis? Thanne Achis clepide Dauid, and seide to hym, The Lord lyueth; for riȝt thou ert, and good in my siȝt, and thi goynge out and thin incomynge with me is in the tentis, and I haue not founden in thee eny thing of yuel, fro the dai that thou cam to me vnto this dai; but to the maistris thou plesist not. Turn thanne aȝen, and go in pees, and offend thou not the eyen of the maistris of Philisteis. And Dauid seid to Achis, Forsothe what haue I doo, and what hast thou founden in me thi ser|uaunt, fro the dai that I was in thi siȝt vnto this dai, that I come not, andin ABFH. fiȝt aȝens the enemyes of my lord the kyng? Forsothe Achis answerynge spak to Da|uid, I woot for thou art good, and in myn eyen as the aungel of God; but the princis of Philisteis seiden, He shal not stie vp with vs into batail. Therfor rise eerli, thou, and thi seruauntis that camen with thee; and whanne fro niȝt ȝe shulen rise, and it bigynneth to `liȝte daydai liȝten CE., gooth. And so Dauid roos fro niȝt, he and his men, that he miȝt goo forth eerli to the loond of Philisteis, and turne aȝen; for|sothe Philisteis stieden vp into Jezrael.

 CAP. XXX.

Whanne Dauid and his men weren comen into Sichelech the thridde dai, Amalechites maden a bure fro the south partie into Sichelech; and thei smyten Sichelech, and thei brenten it with fier. And caitifis thei ladden wymmen fro it, fro the leest vnto the greet; and thei slewen not eny man, but ladden with hem, and wenten her weye. Thanne whanne Dauid was comen, and his men, to the citee, and thei founden it brent with fier, and her wyues, and her sonys, and douȝtrisdouȝtren BFH. to be ladde caitifescaytyfe FH., Da|uid and the puple that was with hym rereden vp her voices, and weiliden, to the tyme that teeris faileden in hem. Forsothe and the two wyues of Dauid weren ladde caitife, Achynoem Jezraelite, and Abigail, the wijf of Naabal of Car|mele. And Dauid sorowide greetli; for|sothe al the puple wold stoone hym, for bitter was the lyif of eche man vpon her sones and douȝtres. Forsothe Dauid is coumfortid in the Lord his God. And he seith to Abiathar, the preest, the sone of Achimalech, Aplie to me the preestis coope. And Abiathar apliede to Dauid the preestis coope; and Dauid counseilde the Lord, seiynge, Shal I pursue, or naye, these theues, and take hem? And the Lord seide to hym, Pursue; forsothe out of dout thou shalt take hem, and shake out the praye. Thanne Dauid wente, he and sexe hundred men that weren with hym, and camen to the streem of Besor; and summe wery stoden stille. Forsothe Dauid pursuede, he and foure hundrid men; for there stoden stille two hun|dred, that weri myȝten not goon ouere the streem of Besor. And thei founden an Egipcien man in the feeld, and thei brouȝten hym to Dauid; and thei ȝeuen hym breed for to eete, and drynke water; but and the relif of a weiȝt of dried figis, and two bundels of dried grapis. The whiche thingis whanne he hadde eten, the spiryt of hym is turned aȝen, and he is refresshid; forsothe he hadde not eten breed, ne drunken water thre dais and thre niȝtes. And so Dauid seide to hym, Whos ert thou, or whens and whidir gost thou? The which seith, An Egip|cien child I am, and the seruaunt of an Amalechite man; forsothe my lord laft me, for I bigan to sikynynseeke A. seeken BEF. syken H. the thridde dai hens. Forsothe we wenten out of the south coost of Cerethi, and aȝens Judam, and to the south of Caleph, and Sichilich we han brent vp with fier. And Dauid seide to hym, Maist thou lede me to this cumpanye? The which seith, Sweer to me bi God, that thou shalt not slee me, and not take me into the hoondis of my lord; and I shal lede thee to this companye. And Dauid swore to hym. The which whanne he hadde ladde hym, loo! thei seeten vpon the face of al the erthe, etinge and drinkynge, and as ha|lowynge a feest dai, for al the pray and spoilis that thei token fro the loond of Philisteis, and fro the loond of Juda. And Dauid smoot hem fro euen `unto euenOm. A. of the tother dai, and there scap|ide not of hem eny man, but foure hun|drid ȝonge men, that stieden vpbi A. camelis, and flowen. Forsothe Dauid delyuerde alle thingis that Amalachitis token, and his two wyues he dilyuerde; ne there failide eny man fro litil vnto miche, as wel of sonys as of douȝtrisdouȝtren BFH., and of spoilys; and what eure thingis thei had|den robbid, alle Dauid brouȝte aȝen; and took all the flockis and drouys, and droue before his face. And thei seiden, This is the praye of Dauid. Forsothe Dauid cam to the two hundrid men, that wery stoden stille, and myȝten not folowe Dauid; and he hadde comaundid hem to sitte stille biside the streem of Besor; the whiche wenten out to mete Dauid, and the puple that was with hym. For|sothe Dauyd comynge nyȝ to the puple, salutede hem pesibli. And o man an|swerynge, werst and wickid of the men that weren with Dauid, seide, For thei camen not with vs, we shulen not ȝyue to hem eny thing of the praye, that we han delyuerde, but suffice to echon his wijf and sonis; the whiche whanne thei han takun, goo thei a weye. Forsothe Dauid seide, Not so ȝe shulen doo, bri|theren myn, of these thingis that the Lord hath taken to vs, and hath kepte vs, and hathOm. CEFH. ȝeuen the theuys, that breken out aȝens vs, into oure hoondis, ne eny man shal here vs vpon this word. Forsothe euen part shal be of the goynge down to batail, and of the abidynge stille at the fardels; and lijk maner thei shulen departe. And this is maad fro that day, and there aftir a statute, and a decree, and as a lawe in Yrael vnto this day. Thanne Dauid cam into Sichelech, and sente ȝiftis of the praye to the eldris of Juda, his neiȝbours, seiynge, Takith bless|ynge of the praye of the enemyes of the Lord; to hem that weren in Bethel, and that in Ramoth, at the south, and that in Gether, and that in Aroer, and that in Sephamoth, and that in Eschama, and that in Rethala, and that in the citees of Hierameli, and that in the citees of Ceny, and that in Arama, and that in Lautua|saam, and that in Athech, and that in Ebron, and to other, that weren in thes places, in the whiche Dauid hadde dwellid and his men.

 CAP. XXXI.

Forsothe Philisteis fouȝten aȝens Irael, and the men of Yrael flowen before the face of Philisteis, and thei slayn fellen in the hyl of Gelboe. And Philisteis fallen into Saul, and intoOm. E pr. m. the sonys of hym, and thei smyten Jonathan, and Amy|nadab, and Melchisue, the sonys of Saul. And al the charge of the batayl is turned into Saul; and there folweden hym men sheters, and he is woundid hydowsly of the archers. And Saul seide to his squyer, Drawe out thi swerd, and smyit me, lest perauenture thes vncircumcidid menOm. CEFH. comen, and sleen me, scornynge to me. And his squier wolde not; forsothe he was agaist with to mych gaistnes; and so Saul cauȝte his swerd, and felle vpon it. The which thing whanne his squyer hadde seen, that is, that Saul was deed, also he felle on his swerd, and is deed with hym. Thanne Saul is deed, and his three sonys, and his squyer, and alle his men in that dai togidir. For|sothe seynge the sonys of Yrael, that weren biȝonde the valey, and beȝonde Jordan, that the men of Yrael hadden flowen, and that Saul was deed, and his sonessone ABCEF., thei laften her citees, and flowen; and Philisteis camen, and dwelliden there. Forsothe the tother dai doon, Philisteis camen for to spoyl out the slayn men, and thei fonden Saul, and his thre sones, liggyngeliynge EFH. liende C. in the hil of Gelboe; and thei girden of the heed of Saul, and thei spoileden hym out of the aarmys. And thei senten into the loond of Philisteis bi enuyroun, that it were toold in the temple of mawmettis, and in puplis. And thei setten his aarmys in the temple of As|charoth; forsothe the bodi of hym thei hengen in the wal of Bethsan. The which thing whanne the dwellers of Jabes Galaad hadden herd, alle thingis that Philisteis hadden doo to Saul, alle the moost stronge men rysen, and wenten al nyȝt, and token the careyns of Saul, and the careyns of his sonis fro the wal of Bethsan; and the men of Jabes Ga|laad camen, and brenten hem with fier. And thei token the boonys of hem, and biryeden in the wode of Jabes, and fast|iden seuen days.

 Here endith the first book of Kyngis, and now bigynneth the secoundeHere eendith the first boke of Kyngus, and bigynneth the secounde. B. Explicit liber primus Regum. Here endith the firste book of Kingis, and bigynneth the secounde. E. No final rubric in CH.. II. KINGS. The secounde boke of KyngesFrom H. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

Forsothe it is doon, after that Saul is deed, that Dauid iswas CE. turned aȝen fro the slauȝter of Amalech, and dwellide in Si|chelech two days. Forsothe in the thridde day aperide a ȝong man, of the tentis of Saul, with to-rent clooth, and sprengid the heed with powdre; and asOm. E pr. m. he came to Dauid, heand E pr. m. felle vpon his face, and lowtide. And Dauid seide to hym, Whens comyst thou? The which seith to Dauid, Fro the tentis of Yrael I fleiȝ. And Da|uid seide to hym, What is the word that is doon; shewe to me. The which seith, The puple fleiȝ fro the batail, and many fallynge of the puple ben deed; but and Saul, and Jonathas, his sone, han died. And Dauid seide to the ȝong man, that toolde to hym, Wherbi wost thou, that Saul is deed, and Jonathas, his sone? And the ȝong man seith, that toolde to hym, Bi hap I cam into the hil of Gelboe, and Saul lenyde vpon his speer; forsothe chaaris and horsis neiȝeden tovnto E pr. m. hym; and turned bihynde his rigge, and seynge clepide me. To whom whanne I hadde an|swerde, I am niȝ; he seide to me, For|sothe who art thou? And I seidesey BF. seie CE. to hym, Amalechite I am. And he spak to me, Stoond vpon me, and sle me; for anguyshis holden me, and ȝit al my soule is in me. And stondynge vpon hym I slewȝ hym; forsothe I wiste that he myȝte not lyue after the fallynge; and I took the diademe that was in his heed, and the beeȝ fro his arm, and IOm. BCEFH. haue brouȝte itOm. BCEFH. to thee, my lord, hidyr. For|sothe Dauid takynge his clothis kitte, and alle the men that weren with hym; and thei weileden, and wepten, and fast|iden vnto theOm. E. euen, vpon Saul, and Jona|than, his sone, and vpon the puple of the Lord, and vpon the hows of Irael, forthi that thei weren faln with swerd. And Dauid seide to the ȝonge man, that toolde to hym, Whens ert thou? The which answerde, I am the sone of an Amalechit man comlynge. And Dauid seith to hym, Whi draddist thou not to putte thin hoond for to slee the crist of the Lord? And Dauid clepynge oon of his childrenchildre BEFH. passim. childer C passim. seith, Goynge nyȝ fal into hym. The which smoot hym, and he is deed. And Dauid seith to hym, Thi blood vpon thin heed; forsothe thi mouth hath spoken aȝens thee, seiynge, I slewȝ the crist of the Lord. Forsothe Dauyd weilide this maner a weilynge vpon Saul, and vpon Jonathas, his sone. And he comaundide, that thei techen the sones of Juda weilynge, as it is writen in the Book of Riȝtwise Men; and seith, Bihold, Irael, for, thes that ben deed, vpon thin heiȝe thingis woundide; the noble men of Yrael vpon thin hillis ben slayn. What maner wise fellen the strengthful? wolethwile CE. ȝe not telle in Geth, ne telle ȝe in the gedryngis togidre of the many weyes of Aschalon; lest perauen|ture the douȝtres of Philisteis gladen, ne ioyen the douȝtris of the vncircumcidid. Hillis of Gelboe, ne dewe ne reyn come vpon ȝow, ne be thei feeldis of first fruytis; for there is throwen a wey the sheelde of stronge men, the sheelde of Saul, as thouȝ he hadde not ben anoyntid with oyle. FroFor A. the blood of the slayn, fro the talwȝ of stronge men, the arowe of Jonathas neuer turnede aȝen bacward, and the swerd of Saul is not turned aȝen in ydel. Saul and Jonathas loueli, and feyr in her lyif, forsothe in deeth thei ben not deuydide; swifter than eglis, stronger than liouns. Douȝtris of Yrael, vpon Saul wepith, the which cloth|ide ȝou with reed in delicis, the which ȝaf golden ournementis to ȝoure wor|shipynge. What maner fellen strong men in batayl? Jonathas in thin heiȝ thingis is slayn. I sorwe vpon thee, brother myn Jonatha, ful myche feir, and loueli ouere the loue of wymmen; as a moder louith hirOm. E pr. m. oneli sone, so Y louede thee. What maner wise fellen stronge men, and pershiden aarmes to fiȝten with in batayl?

 CAP. II.

Therfor after thes thingis Dauid coun|seilde the Lord, seiynge, Whether I shal goon vp into oon of the cytees of Juda? And the Lord seith to hym, Go vp. And Dauid seide to hym, Whedir shal I go vp? And he answerde to hym, Into Ebron. Thanne Dauid ȝede vp, and his two wyues, Achynoem Jezraelite, and Abigail, the wijf of Naabal of Carmele. But and the men that weren with hym, Dauid ladde echon with her hows; and thei dwelliden in the burȝ touns of Ebron. And the men of Juda camen, and anoynt|iden there Dauid, for he shulde regne vpon the hows of Juda. And it is toold to Dauid, that the men of Jabes Galaad hadden biryede Saul. Thanne Dauid sente messageris to the men of Jabes Galaad, and he seide to hem, Blessid beOm. CEFH. ȝe of the Lord, the whiche diden this mercy with ȝoure lord Saul, and biryeden hym. Forsothe and nowe the Lord shal ȝeelde to ȝou merci and treuth, but and Y shal ȝeelde grace, forthi that ȝe diden this word. Be ȝoure hoondis coumfortid, and be ȝe sones of strength; forsothe thouȝ ȝoure lord Saul be deed, neuerthelater the hows of Juda hath anoyntid me into a kyng to hem. Abner forsothe, the sone of Ner, prince of the oost of Saul, took Hisbosech, the sone of Saul, and ladde hym about bi the tentis, and sette hym kyng vpon Galaad, and vpon Jethsuri, and vpon Jezrael, and vpon Effraym, and vpon Beniamyn, and vpon al Yrael. Of fourti ȝeer was Hisboseth, the sone of Saul, whanne he bigan to regne vpon Irael; and two ȝeer he regnede. For|sothe oneli the hows of Juda folwide Dauid. And the noumbre of dais, the which Dauid dwellide comaundynge in Ebron vpon the hows of Juda, was of seuen ȝeris and of sexeseuene E pr. m. monethis. And Abner, the sone of Ner, wente out, and the children of Hisboseth, theOm. CE sec. m. sone of Saul, fro the tentis into Gabaon. Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, and the chil|dren of Dauid wenten out, and aȝen camen to hem biside the fish poond in Gabaon. And whanne thei weren comen `togidir in oon forn aȝensin oon fro the regiown E pr. m. other, these seeten on the tooo C. ton E. parti of the fish poond, and thei on the tother. And Abner seide to Joab, Rise children, and pleye thei before vs. And Joab answerde, Risen. Thanne rysen and wenten twelue bi noumbre of Beniamyn, of the parti of Hysboseth, the sone of Saul; and twelue of the children of Dauid. And taken of echon the heed of his peere, he piȝte doun a swerd in the side of the contrarie; and thei fellen doun to gidre. And the name of that place is clepid The Feelde of stronge men in Gabaon. And there is sprongen an hardherd A. batail ynowȝ in that day; and Abner is dryuen, and the men of Yrael, of the children of Dauid. For|sothe there weren there the thre sones of Saruye, Joab, and Abisay, and Asahel; ceertis Asahel was a moost swift renner, as oon of the caprettis that dwellen in wodis. Forsothe Asahel pursuede Abner, and bowide not aside, ne fro the riȝt ne fro the left, leeuynge to pursue Abner. And so Abner bihelde bihynde his bak, and seith, Whether art thou not Asahel? The which answerde, Y am. And Abner seide to hym, Go to the riȝt, or to the left; and tak oon of the ȝonge men, and tak to thee theOm. B. spoilis of hym. Forsothe Asahel wolde not leeue, but he con|streynede hym. And eft Abner spak to Asahel, Go a wey, and wole thou not sue me, lest I be constreyned to stike thee into the erthe, and I shal not mowe rere my face to Joab, thi brother. The which dispiside to here, and wolde not bowe aside. Thanne Abner, the speer turned a wey, smoot hym in the sheer, and stikide hym thurȝ, and he is deed in the same place; and alle that wenten bi the place, in the which Asahel hadde fallen, and was deed, biden stille. For|sothe Joab and Abisay pursuynge Abner fleynge, the sunne wente doun; and thei camen to the hil of the water kundit, that is fro aȝens of the valey, and of the weye of deseert in Gabaon. And the sones of Beniamyn ben gederid to Abner, and clustrid to gidir in o cumpanye thei stoden in the cop of a litil hil. And Abner criede to Joab, and seith, Whether vnto slauȝter thi swerd shal be cruel? Whether knowist thou not, that perilous be despeir? How long thou seist not to the puple, that he leeue to pursue his britheren? And Joab seith, The Lord lyueth, for if thou haddist spoken eerli, the puple pursuynge his britheren hadde goon awey. Thanne Joab fulsownede with the trompe, and al the oost stood; and nomore thei pursueden Yrael, ne wenten in strijf. Forsothe Abner and his men wenten awey bi the wijlde feeldis of Moab al that niȝt, and thei wenten ouer Jordan; and, passid alle Bethoron, thei camen to the tentis. But Joab turned aȝen, Abner laft, gederide al the puple; and there failiden of the chil|dren of Dauid ten and nyn men, out taken Asahel. Forsothe the seruauntis of Dauid smyten of Beniamyn, and of the men that weren with Abner, thre hundred and sexti, and the whiche ben deed. And thei token Asahel, and biryeden hym in the biriels of his fader in Bethleem. And Joab, and the men that weren with hym, wenten al niȝt, and in that bigynnynge of day thei camen into Ebron.

 CAP. III.

There is maad thanne a longe stryu|ynge togidre bitwixebytwene BFH. betwen E. betwe C. the hows of Dauid and the hows of Saul; Dauid profitynge andOm. AF. euermore strenger than hym self, forsothe the hows of Saul decresynge eche dai. And there ben born sones of Dauid in Ebron; and his first geten was Amon, of Achinoem Jezraelite; and after hym Ȝeliab, of Abigail, theOm. CE sec. m. wijf of Naabal Carmeel; forsothe the thriddethridde day A., Absolon, the sone of Maacha, theOm. CE sec. m. douȝter of Tholomay, theOm. CE sec. m. kyng Jethsureof Jessure C.; for|sothe the feerthe, Adonyas, the sone of Agith; and the fifthe, Saphacias, the sone of Abital; forsothe the sexte, Jethraam of Egla, the wijf of Dauid. Thes ben born to Dauid in Ebron. Thanne whanne there was aOm. BE. batail bytwixe the hows of Saul and the hows of Dauid, Abner, the sone of Ner, gouernde the hows of Saul. Forsothe there was to Saul a secoundarie wijf, Respha bi name, the doȝter of Achay; and Abner wente into hir. And Hisboseth seide to Abner, Whi wentistwentis E. thou in to the secoundarie wijf of my fader? The which, ful miche wrooth for the wordis of Hisboseth, seith, Whether the heed of a dog Y am aȝens Juda to day, the which haue doon merci vpon the hows of Saul, thi fadre, and vpon bri|theren, and the next kyn of hym, and I haue not takyn thee into the hondis of Dauid, and thou hast aȝen souȝt in me that thou vndurnyme for a womman to day? Thes thingis doo God to Abner, and thes thingis adde to hym, but what maner wise the Lord hath swore to Dauid, so shal I doo with hym, that the kyngdom be ouerborn fro the hows of Saul, and the trone of Dauid be rerid vpon Irael and vpon Juda, fro Dan vnto Bersabe. And he myȝte not answere to hym eny thing, for he dradde hym. Thanne Abner sente messageris to Dauid for hym self, seiynge, Whos is the loond? and for thei shulden speke, Mak with me frenships, and myn hoond shal be with thee, and I shal brynge aȝen to thee alto al E pr. m. Irael. The which seith, Altherbest I shal doo with thee frenships, but o thing I aske of thee, seiynge, Thou shalt not se my face, before that thou brynge Mychol, the douȝter of Saul, and so thou shalt come, and se me. Thanne Dauid sente messagers to His|boseth, the sone of Saul, seiynge, Ȝeeld my wijf Mychol, that I weddide to me for an hundrid tersisprepucies E sup. ras. of Philisteis. Thanne Hisbotseth sente, and took hir `fro hirOm. A. man, Faltiel, the sone of Lais; and hir man folwide hir wepynge vnto Bahurym. And Abner seide to hym, Go and turn aȝen; the which turnede aȝen. For|sothe Abner brouȝte in a word to the eldris of Irael, seiynge, Both ȝisterdayȝistai CE. and the thridde dai hens ȝe souȝten Dauyd, that he regne vpon ȝou. Nowe thanne doth; for the Lord spak to Dauid, seiynge, In the hoond of my seruaunt Dauid I shal saue my puple Yrael fro the hoond of Philisteis, and of alle his enemyes. Forsothe Abner spak also to Beniamyn, and wente, for to speke to Dauid, in Ebron, alle thingis that plesiden to Irael and to al Beniamyn. And he cam to Dauid, in Ebron, with twenti men. And Dauid made to Abner, and toOm. BCEFH. his men that camen with hym, a feest. And Abner seide to Dauid, Y shal ryse, that I gedre to thee, my lord kyng, al Yrael, and I goo in with the boond of pees, and thou comaunde to al, as thi soule de|sirith. Thanne whanne Dauid hadde ladde out Abner, and he was goon in pees, anone the children of Dauid and of Joab camen, the theuis slayn, with ful miche greet pray; forsothe Abner was not with Dauid, in Ebron, for nowe he hadde laft hym, and he was goon forth in pees. And Joab, and the oost that was with hym, aftirward camen; and so it is toold to Joab of tellers, Abner, the sone of Ner, cam to the kyng, and he lafte hym, and he wente awey in pees. And Joab wente yn to the kyng, and seith, What hast thou doon? Loo! Ab|ner cam to thee; whi hast thou laft hym, and he ȝede, and wente a wey? Knowist thou not Abner, the sone of Ner, for to that he cam to thee, that he desseyue thee, and knowe thin outgoynge and thin incomynge, and he shal knowe alle thingis that thou dost? And so Joab, goon out fro Dauid, sente messageris after Abner; and brouȝte hym aȝen fro the cistern of Cyra, vnknowynge Dauid. And whanne Abner was turned aȝen into Ebron, Joab ladde hym aside to the mydil of the ȝaat, that he speke to hym in trecherye; and he smoot hym there in the sheer, and he is deed, into wreche of the blood of his brother Asahel. That whanne Dauid hadde herd the thing doon, seith, Clene I am and my kyngdam anentis God vnto with outen ende fro the blood of Abner, the sone of Ner; and come it vpon the heed of Joab, and vpon al the hows of his fader; ne fail there fro the hows of Joab oon suffrynge flux of seed, and a leprous, holdynge a spyndle, and a fall|ynge with swerd, and a nedi breed. Therfor Joab, and Abisay, his brother, slewen Abner, forthi that he hadde slayn Asahel, the brother of hem, in Gabaon, in the batail. And Dauid seide to Joab, and to al the puple that was with hym, Kit|tith ȝoure clothis, and beth gird with sackis, and weileth before the exequies of Abner. Forsothe Dauid folwide the beere. And whanne thei hadden biryden Abner in Ebron, kyng Dauyd reride his voys, and wepte vpon the toumbe of Abner; forsothe and al the puple wepte. And the kyng, weilynge and mournynge Abner, seith, Not as slow men ben went to dye, thou diedist, Abner. Thin hoondis ben not boundun, and thi feet ben not greued with fettris, but as men ben wont to fal before the sonys of wickidnes thou felle. And doublynge togidre al the pu|ple wepte vpon hym. And whanne al the multitude was comen to taak meet with Dauid, ȝit cleer day, Dauid swore, sei|ynge, Thes thingis doo to me God, and thes thingis adde, if before the sunne goynge doun I shal taast breed or eny other thing. And al the puple herde; and alle thingis plesiden to hem that the kyng dide in the siȝt of al the puple; and al the comoun knewe, and al Irael in that dai, for it was not doon of the kyng, that Abner, the sone of Ner, were slayn. And the kyng seide to his seruauntis, Whether ȝe knowen not, for a prince and the moost to dai in Irael hath fall|en? Forsothe I ȝit delicate and anoyntid kyng; greetli thes men, sonis of Saruye, ben hard to me; the Lord ȝeeld to the doynge yuel after his malice.

 CAP. IV.

Forsothe Hisboseth, the sone of Saul, herde that Abner hadde faln in Ebron; and the hondis of hym ben feblid, and al Irael is disturblid. Forsothe two men, princis of theuys, weren to the sone of Saul; name to the toon Baana, and name to the tothir Reechab, the sones of Rem|mon Berothit, of the sonys of Beniamyn; forsothe and Beroth is told into Benia|myn. And Berothitis flowen into Je|thaym; and thei weren there comelingis into that tyme. Forsothe there was to Jonathe, the sone of Saul, a sone feble in feetefiȝt A.; forsothe he was fyue ȝeer oolde, whanne a messager cam fro Saul and Jonatha, of Jezrael. And so his nurish takynge hym fleiȝ; and whanne she hiede for to flee, he felle, and is maad halt; and he hadde name Myphibosech. Comynge thanne the sones of Remmon Berothit, Reechab and Baana, wenten in, the bren|nynge dai, the hows of Hisboseth, that slepte vpon his bed the myddai; and the womman that kepte the doris of the hows purgynge whete, slepte fast. For|sothe thei wenten into the hows vnwit|yngly, takynge eeris of whete; and Reechab, and Bana, his brother, smyten hym in the sheer, and flowenslowen ABH.. Forsothe whanne thei weren goon into the hows, he slepte vpon his bed in the priue chaumbre; and smytynge thei slewen hym; and his heed taken of, thei wenten bi the weie of deseert al nyȝt. And thei brouȝten the heed of Hisboseth to Dauid, in Ebron, and thei seiden to the kyng, Loo! the heed of Hisboseth, the sone of Saul, thin enemye, that souȝte thi lijf; and the Lord hath ȝyuen to oure lord the kyng veniaunce to dai of Saul and of his seed. Forsothe Dauid answerynge to Reechab, and Bana, his brothir, sones of Remmon Berothei, seide to hem, The Lord lyueth, that hath delyuerd my soule fro al angwissh; for hym that toolde to me and seide, Deed is Saul, the whych wende hym self welsum thingis to telle, I heelde, and slewȝ hym in Sichelech, to whom it hadde behouid me to ȝeue mede for the message; miche more nowe, whanne wickid men han slayn a giltles man in his hows vpon his bed, now I shal seche his blood fro ȝoure hoond, and doo a wey ȝou fro the erthe. And so Dauid comaundide to his children, and thei slewen hem; and kyttynge of the hoondis and the feet of hem, thei hong|eden hem ouer the fish poond in Ebron. Forsothe the heed of Hisboseth thei token, and biryeden it in Ebron, in the sepulcre of Abner.

 CAP. V.

And alle the lynagis of Irael camen to Dauid, in Ebron, seiynge, Loo! we ben thi boon and thi flesh. But and ȝistirdaiȝistai C passim. E passim. and before ȝisterdaiȝistai C passim. E passim., whanne Saul was kyng vpon vs, thou were ledynge out and bryngynge aȝen Yrael; forsothe the Lord seide to thee, Thou shalt fede my puple Irael, and thou shalt be duyk vpon Irael. Forsothe and the eldris of Irael camen to the kyng, in Ebron; and kyng Dauid smoot with hem couenaunt of pees in Ebron, before the Lord; and thei anoyntiden Dauid into kyng vpon Irael. A sone of thretti ȝeer was Dauid, whanne he bigan to regne, and fourti ȝeer he regnede in Ebron; he regnyde vpon Juda seuen ȝeer and sixe monethis; forsothe in Jerusalem he regnede thretti and three ȝeer, vpon al Irael and Juda. And the kyng ȝeede, and al the men that weren with hym, into Jerusalem, to Jebuse, dweller of the loond. And it is seid to Dauid of hem, Thou shalt not go in hidre, but if thou take a wey the blynde and the halt, seiynge, Dauid shal not goo yn hidre. Forsothe Dauid took the totetoot CE. tute FH. hil Syon; that is the citee of Dauid. For|sothe he purposide in that dai mede to hym that smoot Jebuse, and touchide the goters of the `hows eueshouses BCEFH., and took a wey the halt and the blynde, hatynge the lijf of Dauid. Therfore it is seid in prouerbe, The blynde and the halt shulen not goon into the temple. Forsothe Dauid dwell|ide in the totetoot CE. tute FH. hil, and clepide it the citee of Dauid; and he bieldide bi enuy|roun fro Mello, and with in forth. And he wente profitynge and vndre grow|ynge; and the Lord God of oost was with hym. Forsothe Yram, the kyng of Tiry, sente messagers to Dauid, and ce|dre trees, and `crafty mencraftis men CE. of trees, and crafti men of stonys to the wallys; and thei beeldiden the hows of Dauid. And Dauid knewe, for the Lord hadde con|fermyd hym kyng vpon Irael, and for he hadde arerid out his kyngdam vpon his puple Yrael. Thanne Dauid took ȝit secundarye wyues, and wyues of Jeru|salem, after that he was comyn fro Ebron; and there ben born to Dauid andOm. A. other sones and douȝtris. And thes the names of hem that ben born to hym in Jerusalem; Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Salomon, and Jobaar, and Elisua, and Repheg, and Japhia, and Elizama, and Helida, and Heliphelech. Thanne Philisteis herden, that thei had|den anoyntid Dauid kyng vpon Yrael, and thei alle stieden vp for to seche Dauid. The which thing whanne Dauid hadde herd, wente doun in to a strength. Forsothe Philisteis comynge ben heeld out in theOm. B. valey of Raphaym. And Dauid counseilde the Lord, seiynge, If I shal stie vp to Philisteis, and if thou shalt ȝyue hem in myn hoond? And the Lord seide to Dauid, Sty, for takyng I shal ȝyue Philisteis in thin hoond. Thanne Dauid cam in Baal Pharasym, and smoot hem there, and seide, The Lord hath dyuidid myn enemyes before me, as watris ben dyuidid. Therfor the name of that place is clepid Baal Pharasym. And thei laften there her grauen thingis, the whiche Dauid took, and his men. And ȝit the Philisteis addiden for to stie vp, and theito E pr. m. ben held out in the valey of Raphaym. Forsothe Dauid counseilde the Lord, seiynge, If I shal stye aȝens the Philisteis, and if thou shalt take hem into myn hoondis? The which answerde, Thou shalt not stye vp aȝens hem, but goo about bihynde the bak of hem, and comynge to hem fro aȝens of the peer trees. And whanne thou herist noise of cry goynge in the cop of the peer trees, thanne thou shalt goo into batail; for thanne the Lord shal goo out before thi face, that he smyte the tentis of Philisteis. And so Dauid dide as the Lord comaundide to hym; and he smoot Philisteis fro Gabaa vnto thou come to Jezer.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe Dauid eft gedrede alle the chosen men of Irael, thretti thousandis. And Dauid roos, and wente, and al the puple that was with him of the men of Juda, for to brynge the arke of God, vpon the which is inwardli clepid the name of the Lord of oostis, sittynge in cherubyn vpon it. And thei puttidenputten BC. puttyn E. the arke of God vpon a newe wayn, and thei token it fro the hows of Amynadab, that was in Gabaa. Forsothe Oza and Hayon, the sones of Amynadab, dryuen the newe wayn. And whanne thei had|den taken it fro the hows of Amynadab, that was in Gabaa, Hayon kepynge the arke of God, wente before the arke. For|sothe Dauid and al Yrael pleiden before the Lord, in alle forgid trees, and harpis, and syngynge instrumentis, and tymbris, and trumpis, and cymbalis. Forsothe after that thei camen to the corn flore of Nachor, Oza strauȝte out the hoond to the arke of God, and heelde it, forthe whiche E pr. m. the oxen wynseden, and boweden it. And the Lord is wrooth bi indignacioun aȝens Ozam, and he smoot hym vpon the fool hardynes; the which is there deed biside the arke of God. Forsothe Dauid sorw|ide, forthi that the Lord hadde smyten Ozam; and the name of that place is clepid the Smytynge of Oze into this dai. And Dauid dradde the Lord in that dai, seiynge, What maner wise shal goon into me the arke of the Lord? And he wolde notOm. AF. turne aside to hym the arke of the Lord in the cite of Dauid, but he turn|ede it aside into the hows of Obethedon Jethei. And the arke of the Lord dwellid in the hows of Obethedon Jethei thre monethis; and the Lord blesside Obeth|edonto Obethedon E pr. m., and al his hows. And it is toold to the kyng Dauid, that the Lord hadde blessid Obethedon, and alle thingis of hym, for the arke of God. And Dauid seide, I shal goo, and brynge aȝen with blessynge into myn hows. Thanne Dauid wente, and brouȝte the arke of God fro the hows of Obethedon intoin E pr. m. the cytee of Dauid with ioy; and there weren with Dauid seuen holi companyes, and the slayn sacrifice of a calf. And whanne thei hadden stied ouer, that baren the arke of the Lord, sexe paaspaththis A., thei offreden an oxe and a wether. And Dauid smoot in orgayns bounden to the shuldres; and he lepe with al his strength before the Lord; forsothe Dauid is gird with a surplees. And Dauid, and al the hows of Irael, brouȝten the arke of the testa|ment of the Lord in ioy, and in sown of trompe. And whanne the arke of the Lord was comen into the cite of Dauid, Mychol, the douȝter of Saul, biholdynge bi the wyndow, sawȝ the kyng vndur|goynge and lepynge before the Lord; and she dispyside hym in hir herte. And thei brouȝten in the arke of the Lord, and thei puttidenputten BCE. it in his place, in the myddis of the tabernacle, that Dauid hadde strauȝt out to hym; and Dauid offrede brent sacrifice and pesible before the Lord. And whanne offrynge brent sacrifice and pesible he hadde ful endid hem, he blesside to the puple in the name of the Lord of oostis. And he partide to al the multitude of Yrael, as wel to man as to womman, to echon o kaake of breed, and o rostid gobet of oxe flesh, and tried floure fried with oyle; and al the puple wente echon into his hows. And Dauid turned aȝen, that he blesse to his hows, and Mychol, the douȝter of Saul, goon out into aȝen com|ynge of Dauid, seith, How glorious was the kyng of Irael to dai discouerynge hym self before the hoond wymmen of his seruauntis, and is maad nakid as ifit AFH. were maad nakid oon of the knauys? And Dauid seide to Mychol, The Lord lyueth, for I shal pleye before the Lord, that hath chosen me rather than thi fader, and than al the hows of hym, and he hath comaundid to me, that Y were a ledere vpon the puple of the Lord of Irael; and I shal pleye, and fowlere Y shal be maad more than I am maad, and I shal be meke in myn eyen, and with `hoond wymmenthe hoondwymmen BCE., of the whiche thou hast spoken, more glorious Y shal apere. Therfor to Mychol, the douȝter of Saul, is not born a sone vnto the day of hir deeth.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe it is doon, whanne the kyng hadde seeten in his hows, and the Lord hadde ȝeuen to hym rest on al side fro alle his enemyes, he seide to Nathan the prophete, Seest thou not, that I dwelle in a cedre hows, and the ark of God is put in the mydil of skynnes? And Nathan seide to the kyng, Al that is in thin herte goo and do, for the Lord is with thee. Forsothe it is doon in that nyȝt, andOm. E pr. v. loo! the word of the Lord to Na|than, seiynge, Go, and spek to my ser|uaunt Dauid, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Whether thou shalt bilde to me an hows to dwelle yn? Forsothe ne in an hows I haue dwellid fro the day that I ladde out the sones of Yrael fro the loond of Egipt vnto this dai; but I wente in tabernacle and in tente, thurȝ out alle placis, to the whiche I passide with alle the sones of Irael? Whether spekynge I haue spokyn to oon of the lynagis of Irael, to whom I haue comaundid, that he fede my puple Irael, seiynge, Whi hast thou not bildidbilde BC. to me a cedre hows? And now thes thingis thow shalt seye to my seruaunt Dauid, Thes thingis seith the Lord of oostis, I took thee fro the lesews folwynge flockis, that thou were a duyk vpon my puple Irael, and I was with thee `in alle thingisOm. E pr. m., whidir euere thou wentist, and I slewȝ alle thin enemyes fro thi face, and I made to thee a greet name after the name of greet men that ben in erthe; and Y shal putt a place to my puple Irael, and I shal plaunte hym, and I shal dwelle with hym, and he shal namore be disturblid, ne the sones of wickidnes shulen adde that thei tourmenten hym as before, fro the day that I ordeynede iugis vpon my puple Irael; and I shal ȝyue rest to thee fro alle thin enemyes. And the Lord before seith to thee, that the Lord shal make to thee an hows; and whanne thi dais weren ful endyd, and thou slepist with thi fadris, Y shal rere thi seed after thee, that shal go out of thi wombe, andOm. A. Y shal fastne the kyngdom of hym. And he shal beelde an hows to my name, and Y shal stable the troon of his rewme vnto eueremore; I shal be to hym into a fader, and he shal be to me into a sone; the which if eny thing wickidli shal doo, I shal vndirnymme hym in the ȝeerd of men, and in the veniaunces of the sonys of men. Forsothe my mercy I shal not take a weye fro hym, as I took a weye fro Saul, whom I meuyde a weye fro my face. And thin hows shal be feithful, and thi kyngdam vnto with outen eende before my face, and thi troon shal be stedefast contynuli. After alle thes wordis, and after al this visioun, thus spak Nathan to Dauid. Forsothe Dauid the kyng wente in, and sat before the Lord, and seide, Who am I, Lord God, and what myn hows, for thou hast brouȝt me hidir to? But and this litil is seen in thi siȝt, Lord my God; `that hast louyd meOm. E pr. m., but thou speke also of the hows of thi seruaunt into ferre hens. Forsothe this is lawe fro Adam, Lord God; what thanne ȝit Dauid shal mowe adde, that he speke to thee? Forsothe thow knowist thi seruaunt, Lord God; for thi word, and aftir thin herte, thou hast doon alle thes greet thingis, so that thou shuldist make knowen to thi ser|uaunt. Therfor thou art magnified, Lord God, for there is not lijkthe lijk A. of thee, ne there is God with out thee, in alle thingis `the whichethat C pr. m. we han herd with oure eeris. Forsothe what is there folk of kynde as the puple of Irael in the loond, forfro A. the which God wente, that he bie it to hym into a puple, and sette to hym a name, and make to hym greet thingis, and orrible vpon theOm. A. erthe, fro the face of thi puple, whom thou hast bouȝt to thee fro Egipt folk and the god of it? And thow hast fastned to thee thi puple Irael into a puple euermore, and thou, Lord, art maad to hem into a God. Nowe thanne, Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken vpon thi seruaunt and vpon his hows, rere vnto euermore, and do as thou hast spoken; and thi name be magnyfied vnto euermore, and be it seid, Lord of oostis God vpon Irael; and the hows of thi seruaunt Dauid shal be stablid before the Lord; for thou, Lord of oostis, God of Irael, hast openyd the eer of thi seruaunt, seiynge, An hows I shal bilde to thee; therfor thi seruaunt hath foundenOm. E. his herte, that he preye thee bi this preyer. Now thanne, Lord God, thou ert verrey God, and thi wordis shulen be sooth; forsothe thou hast spokyn to thi seruaunt these good thingis; bi|gyn therfor, and blesse to the hows of thi seruaunt, that it beOm. A. before thee into euermore; for thou, Lord God, spakistspeeke BCEFH. thes thingis, and bibe E. thi blessynge the hows of thi seruaunt shal be blessid into euermore.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe it is doon after thes thingis, Dauid smoot Philisteis, and mekide hem; and Dauid took a bridil of tribut of the hoond of Philisteis. And he smoot Moab, and he metidemat BCEFH. hem with a litil coord euenynge to the erthe; forsothe he metid two litil coordis, oon to slee, and another to quykne. And Moab is maad to Dauid seruynge vndir tribute. And Dauid smoot Adadezer, the sone of Roob, the kyng of Soba, whanne he wente forth that he takeOm. CEFH. lordship vpon the flood of Effraten. And take to Dauyd on his partye a thousand and seuene hundrid horsmen, and twenti thousand of feet men, kut of bi the knee alle the ȝockis of charis; forsothe he lafte of hem an hundrid charis. Forsothe Ciria of Damasc cam to bere socour to Adad|ezer, the kyng of Soba; and Dauid smoot of Ciria two and twenti thousand of men. And Dauid putte a strength in Cirya of Damask, and Cirya is maad to Dauid seruynge vndir tribute. And the Lord kepte Dauid in alle thingis, to what euere thingis he wente forth. And Dauid took goldun aarmys and beeȝis, that hadden the seruauntis of Adadezer, and brouȝte hem into Jerusalem. And Dauid the kyng took fro Bethe, and fro Beroth, citees of Adadezer, ful myche brasse; of the which Salomon made alle the brasen vessels in the temple, and the brasen see, and pilers, and auter. Forsothe Thou, the kyng of Emath, herde that Dauid hadde smyten al the strength of Adad|ezer. And Thou sente Joram, his sone, to kyng Dauid, that he salute hym, thankynge to gidre, and he doo gracis, forthi that he hath ouercomen Adadezer, and smyten hym; forsothe Thou was enemye to Adadezer; and in his hoond weren silueren vessels, and golden vessels, and brasen vessels. The whiche and thoo halwide kyng Dauid to the Lord, with the siluer and gold, `the whichethat C pr. m. he hadde halwid of alle the gentils, the whiche he hadde dreuen out of Cyrie, and Moab, and the sones of Amon, and of Philisteis, and Amalech, and of the spoylis of Adadezer, theOm. C. sone of Roob, kyngthe kyng E pr. v. of Soba. Forsothe Dauid made to hym a name, whanne he turnyde aȝen, Cirye taken, in the valey of wodis slayn eiȝteen thousandis, and in Jebelem, atand A. thre and twenti thousand. And he putte in Ydume kepers, and sette a strength, and al Ydume is maad seruynge to Dauid; and the Lord kept Dauid in alle thingis, to what euer thingis he wente forth. And Dauid regnyd vpon al Yrael, and Dauid dide dome, and riȝtwysnes to al thehis CE. puple. Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, was vpon the oost; aftirward Josaphat, the sone of Achilud, was chaun|seleer; and Sadoch, the sone of Achitob, and Achimalech, the sone of Abiathar, weren prestis; and Saraias a scribe. For|sothe Banaias, the sone of Joiade, was vpon archeris and alblasters, `that ben clepid Cerethi and PherethiE in marg.; forsothe the sones of Dauid weren prestes.

 CAP. IX.

And Dauid seide, Whether wenist thou that there be eny man, that is laft of the hows of Saul, that I do with hym mercy for Jonatha? Forsothe there was of the hows of Saul a seruaunt, Cyba bi name; whom whanne the kyng hadde clepid to hym silf, seide to hym, Ert thou not Cyba? And he answerde, Y am thi ser|uaunt. And the kyng seith, Whether is there on lyue eny man of the hows of Saul, that I doo with hym mercithe merci BCEH. of God? And Ciba seide to the kyng, The sone of Jonatha is on lyue, feble the feet. Where, he seith, is he? And Ciba seideOm. CEH. to the kyng, Loo! he seith, he is in the hows of Machir, the sone of Amyel, in Lodobar. Thanne kyng Dauid sente, and took hym fro the hows of Machir, the sone of Amyel, fro Lodobar. For|sothe whanne Myphibosech, the sone of Jonathan, the sone of Saul, was comen to Dauid, he felle into his face, and lowtide. And Dauid seide, Myphibosech! The which answerde, I am nyȝ, thi ser|uaunt. And Dauid seith to hym, Ne dreed thow, for doynge I shal do with thee merci for Jonathan, thi fader; and I shal restore to thee alle the feeldis of Saul, thi fader, and thou shalt eete breed in my bord euermore. The which honour|inge him seith, Who am I, thi seruaunt, whom thou hast biholdyn vpon a deed hownd lijk of me? And so the king clepide Cibam, the child of Saul; and seide to hym, Alle thingis, what euere weren of Saul and al his hous, I haue ȝeuen to the sone of thi lord; wyrk thanne the erthe to hym, thou, and thi sones, and thi seruauntis, and thou shalt brynge yn meetis to the sone of thi lord, that he be nurshid; Myphibosech for|sothe, the sone of thi lord, shal eete euermore breed vpon my bord. Forsothe there weren of Ciba fifteen sonys and twenti seruauntis. And Ciba seide to the kyng, As thou hast comaundid, my lord kyng, to thi seruaunt, so thi ser|uaunt shal doo; and Myphibosech shal eete vpon thi bord, as oon of the sonys of the kyng. Forsothe Myphibosech hadde a litil sone, Mycha bi name; for|sothe al the kynrede of the hows of Ciba seruede to Myphibosech. But Myphibo|sech dwellide in Jerusalem; for of the bord of the kyng contynueli he eete, and he was halt either foot.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe it is doon after thes thingis, that Naas, the kyng of the sonys of Amon, diede; and Anon, his sone, regn|ede for hym. And Dauid seide, I shal doo mercy with Anon, the sone of Naas, as his fader dide merci with me. Thanne sente Dauid comfortynge hym bi his ser|uauntis vpon the fader deth. Forsothe whanne the seruauntis of Dauid weren comen into the loond of the sonis of Amon, the princis of the sones of Amon seiden to Anon, her lord, Wenyst thou that for the worship of thi fader Dauid hath sente to thee coumfortours; and not therfor that he aspie, and serche the citee, and turne it vpsedoun, Dauid hath sente his seruauntis to thee? And so Anon took the seruauntis of Dauid, and shooue the half part of the beerd of hem, and he kittidekutt BCEFH. of the mydil clothis of hem vnto the arsis; and he lafte hem. The which whanne was toold to Dauid, he sente into aȝen comynge of hem, for|sothe thei weren men ful foul confoundid. And Dauid sente to hem, Dwellith in Jericho, to the tyme that ȝoure beerd growe, and thanne turneth aȝen. For|sothe the sones of Amon, seynge that thei hadden doo wronge to Dauid, thei senten, and hireden bi mede Cyrie of Roob, and Cirye of Soba, twenty thou|sandis of foot men, and of the kyng of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelue thousandis of men. The which thing whanne Dauid hadde herd, he sente Joab and al the oost of fiȝters. Thanne the sonys of Amon wenten out, and dressiden sheltrun before hym in the entree of the ȝate. Forsothe Cire of Soba, and Roob, and Istob, and Maacha weren aside in the feeld. Thanne Joab seynge that a batail was maad redi aȝens hym, and fro aȝens and bihynde the bac, he cheese to hym of alle the chosen of Irael, and ordeynde sheltrun aȝens Cyre. For|sothe the tother partye of the puple he took to Abisai, his brothir, the which dresside sheltrun aȝens the sones of Amon. And Joab seith, If Cyres han the ouerhoond aȝens me, thou shalt be to me into help; forsothe if the sones of Amon han the ouerhoond aȝens thee, I shal help to thee; be thou a strong man, and fiȝte we for oure puple, and for the citee of oure God; forsothe the Lord shal do that is good in his siȝt. And so Joab wente yn, and his puple that was with hym, strijf aȝens Cyres, the whiche anoon flowen fro the face of hym. Forsothe the sones of Amon, seynge that the Cyres weren flowen, and thei flowen fro the face of Abisai, and wenten into the citee; and Joab is turned aȝen fro the sonis of Amon, and cam into Jerusalem. For|sothe seynge the Cires that thei hadden fallen before Irael, ben gadrid togidreOm. E pr. m.. And Adidazer sente, and brouȝte out the Cirys that weren beȝonde the flood, and brouȝte forth the oost of hem; forsothe Sabath, the maistre of chyualryethe chyualrye CE. of Adadezer, was the prince of hem. And whanne it was toold to Dauid, he drewȝ to gidre al Irael, and passide ouere Jor|dan, and cam into Helama. And the Cires dresseden sheltrun fro aȝens Dauid, and fouȝten aȝens hym. And Cyres flowen fro the face of Irael; and Dauid slowȝ of Cires seuen hundrid chares, and fourti thousandisthousand BCEFH. of horsmen; and he smoot Sobach, the prynce of chyualrye, the which anoon is deed. Forsothe seynge alle the kyngis, that weren in the strength of Adadezer, hem to be ven|cusshid of Yrael, maden pees with Irael, and serueden to hem; and Cires dradden to ȝeue help to the sones of Amon.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe it is doon, turnynge the ȝeer that tyme the which kyngis ben wont to goo forth to batails, Dauid sentesente to E pr. m. Joab, and with hym his seruauntis, and al Irael; and thei wastiden the sones of Amon, and bisegeden Raba; forsothe Dauid abood stille in Jerusalem. While these thingis weren doo, it felle, that Dauid roos on a dai fro his bed aftir mydday, and wente in the solere of the kyngis hows; and he sawȝ a womman wasshynge hir fro aȝens vpon hir solere; forsothe she was a ful feyr womman. Than Dauid sente, and aserchede, what was the womman; and it is toold to hym, that she was Bersabee, the douȝter of Elyam, theOm. E pr. m. wijf of Vrye Ethei. And so Dauid sente messagers, andOm. BCEFH. took hir; the which whanne she was goon in to hym, he slepte with hir, and anoon she is halwid fro hir vn|clennes. And she turnede aȝen to hir hows, the fruyt of hir wombe conseyued; and she sendynge toold to Dauid, and seith, I haue conseyued. Forsothe Dauid sente to Joab, seiynge, Send to me Vrie Ethee; and Joab sente Vrye to Dauid. And Vrye cam to Dauid; and Dauid askide, how riȝt dide Joab and the puple, and what maner wise the batail was seruedseuerd A.. And Dauid seide to Vrye, Go into thin hows, and wassh thi feet. And Vrye wente out of the kyngis hows, and hym folwide the kyngis meet. Forsothe Vrye slepte before the ȝate of the kyngis hows with othere seruauntis of his lord, and he wente not down to his hows. And it is toold to Dauid of seieris, Vrye wente not to his hows. And Dauid seith to Vrye, Whether not fro `a ferrethe E pr. m. weye thou cam? whi desendistdescendedest C. thouOm. E. not into thin hows? And Vrie seith to Dauid, The arke of God, andof E pr. m. Yrael and Juda dwellen in tentis, and my lord Joab, and the seruauntis of my lord biden vpon the face of the erthe, and I shal gogo out A. `in toin AFH. myn hous, that I ete, and drinke, and slepe with my wijf? Bi thin helth, and bi the helth of thi soule, I shal not doo this thing. Thanne Dauid seith to Vrie, Bijd here also to dai, and to morwe Y shal leeue thee. Vrye bode in Jerusalem that day and the tothere. And Dauyd clepide hym, that he eete before hym and drynk, and he made hym drunke; the which goon out at euen, slepte in his bedde with theOm. A. seruauntis of his lord; and he desendide not into his hows. And it is doon thanne eerli, and Dauid wroot a lettre to Joab, and sente bi the hoond of Vrye, wryt|ynge in the lettre, Puttith Vrie fro aȝens of the batail, where the batail is moost strong, and forsakith hym, that he smyten die. Thanne whanne Joab bi|segide the citee, he putte Vrye in the place where he wiste moost stronge men to ben. And the men gon out fro the cite, fouȝten aȝen Joab, and thei slewen of the puple ofOm. A. the seruauntis of Dauid, and also Vrie Ethee is deed. And so Joab sente, and toolde alle thes wordis of the batail; and comaundide to the mes|sageer, seiynge, Whanne thou hast ful endid alle the wordis of the batail to the kyng, if thou seest hym to han indig|nacioun, and seye, Whi neȝeden ȝe to the wal for to fiȝte? whether knewen ȝe not, that aboue fro the wal ben sent manye dartis? who smoot Achymalech, the sone of Jeroboal? whether not a womman sente vpon hym a gobet of a myln stoon fro the wal, and slewȝ hym in Thebes? whi biside the wal ȝe wenten to? thow shalt seye, Also thi seruaunt, Vrye Ethee, is slayn. Thanne the messager wente, and cam, and toolde to Dauid alle thingis that Joab comaundide to hym. And the messager seide to Dauid, The men hadden the ouer hoond aȝens vs, and thei wenten out to vs into the feeld; forsothe we, the bure made, pursueden hem vnto the ȝate of the citee. And the sheeters dresseden dartis to thi seruauntis fro the wal aboue, and there ben deed of the seruauntis of the kyng; but also Vrie Ethee, thi seru|aunt, is deed. And Dauid seide to the messager, Thes thingis thou shalt seye to Joab, This thing breke thee not; for|sothe dyuerse is the hap of batail, and now this, now hym wastith the swerd; coumfort thi fiȝters aȝens the cytee, that thou distroye it, and enhurte hem. For|sothe the wijf of Vrye herde, that Vrie her houseboond was deed, and she wei|lide hym. And the weilynge ouere doon, Dauid sente, and brouȝte hir into his hows; and she is maad wijf to hym, and she bare to hym a sone. And the word that Dauid dide displeside before the Lord.

 CAP. XII.

Thanne the Lord sente Nathan to Dauid; the which whanne he was comen to hym, seide to hym, Answere to me doom; two men weren in o cytee; oon ryche, and another pore. The riche hadde sheep and oxen ful manye; for|sothe the pore hadde no thing vtterly, saaf o litil sheep, the which he bouȝtebrouȝte A., and norshide, and the which wexe anentis hym with his sonys, togidre of his breed etinge, and of his cup drynk|ynge, and in his bosum slepynge; and it was to hym as a douȝter. Forsothe whanne a maner pylgrym was comen to the riche man, he sparynge to take of the sheep and of his oxen, that he ȝeue a meetshipe to that pilgrym, that cam to hym, took the sheep of the pore man, and maade redi meetis to the man that cam to hym. Forsothe Dauid wrooth ful myche bi indignacioun aȝens that man, seide to Nathan, The Lord lyueth, for the sone of deeth is the man, the which dide that; the sheep he shal ȝeelde into foure foold, forthi that he hath doo this word, and hath not sparyd. Forsothe Nathan seide to Dauid, Thou ert thilk man, that didist this thing. Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Irael, I haue anoyntid thee into kyng vpon Irael, and I haue delyuerde thee fro the hoond of Saul, and ȝeue to thee the hows of thi lord, and the wyues of thi lord in thi bosum, and ȝeuen to thee the hows of Irael, and of Juda; and if thes thingis ben litil, I shulde adde to thee myche more. Whi thanne hast thou dispisid the word of the Lord, that thou doo yuel thingis in my siȝt? Vrye Ethei thou hast smyten with swerd, and the wijf of hym thou hast takyn to thee into wijf, and thou hast slayn hym bi the swerd of the sones of Amon. For what thing swerd of thin hows shal not goo a wey fro thee vnto with outen ende; forthi that thou hast dispised me, and took the wijf of Vrie Ethei, that she were thi wijf. And so thes thingis seith the Lord, Loo! I shal rere vpon thee yuel of thin hows, and I shal taak awey thi wyues in thin eyen, and ȝyue to thin neiȝbour, and he shal sleepe with thi wyues in the eyen of this sunne. For|sothe thou didist hidyngli; forsothe I shal doo this word in siȝt of al Irael, and in the siȝt of this sunne. And Dauid seide to Nathan, I haue synned to the Lord. And Nathan seide to Dauid, Forsothe the Lord hath ouerborn thi synne; thou shalt not die. Neuerthelater for thou hast maad the enemyes to blas|pheme the name of the Lord, for that word the sone that is born to thee bi deeth shal die. And Nathan is turned aȝen into his hows. And the Lord smoot the litil child, whom the wijf of Vrye bare to Dauid, and he is dispeyrid. And Dauid preyde the Lord for the litil child; and Dauid fastide with fastynge, and wente in aside, andOm. E. laye vpon the erthe. Forsothe the eldris of his hows camen, constreynynge hym that he shulde ryse fro the erthe; the whiche wolde not, and eete not with hem meete. For|sothe it felle the seuenthe dai, that the child diede; and the seruauntis of Dauid dradden to telle to hym, that the child was deed; thei seiden forsothe, Loo! whanne the lityl child lyuede, we speken to hym, and he herde not oure voys; how mych more if we seyn the child is deed, he shal turment hym self? Whanne thanne Dauid hadde herd his seruauntis musynge, he vndirstood that the lytyl faunt was deed; and he seide to his seruauntis, Whether the child is deed? The whiche answerden vntoto BCEFH. hym, He is deed. Thanne Dauid roos fro the erthe, and he is wasshidwasshen C., and anoynt; and whanne he hadde chaungid clothinge, he wente into the hows of the Lord, and honourde, and cam into his hows; and he askyde, that thei shulden sette to hym breed, and he eete. For|sothe his seruauntys seiden to hym, What is the word that thou hast doon? For the litil faunt, whanne he ȝit lyuede, thou fastidist and weptist; forsothe the child deed, thou roos and eete breed? The which seith, For the faunt whanne he ȝit lyuede I fastide and wepte; for|sothe I seide, Who woot, if perauenture the Lord ȝyue hym to me, and the faunt lyue? Forsothe now for he is deed, whi fast I? whether shal I mowe more ouer clepe hym aȝen? I shal more goo to hym, forsothe he shal not turne aȝen to me. And Dauid coumfortide Bersabe, his wijf, and wente into hir, and slepte with hir. The which gat a sone, and clepide the name of hym Salomon; and the Lord louyde hym. And he sente hym in the hoond of Nathan, the prophet; and he clepide the name of hym Loueli to the Lord, forthi that the Lord shulde loue hym. Thanne Joab fauȝt aȝens Rabath, kyng of the sones of Amon, and he hath ouercomen the kyngis citee. And Joab sente messagers to Dauid, seiynge, I haue fouȝten aȝens Rabath, and the citee of watres is to be taken. Now thanne gadre the tother parti of the puple, and bisege the citee, and tak it, lest whanne the citee were wastid of me, to my name the victorie be ascriued. And so Dauid gadride al the puple, and wente forth aȝens Rabath; and whanne he hadde fouȝten, he took it. And he took the diademe fro the mawmet, that is clepid the kyng of hem, fro his heed, in weiȝt of gold a talent, hauynge moost precious gemmys; and it is put vpon the heed of Dauid; but and ful myche praye of the cyte he bare out. And bryngynge forth sawedesauede A. the puple of it, and ladde about vpon hem boostful yren carris, and he dyuydide with sharys, and he piȝt thurȝ in the shap of the sidis; thus he dide to alle the citees of the sonys of Amon. And Dauid is turned aȝen, and alle the oost of hym, into Jerusalem.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsothe it is doon after thes thingis, that Amon, the sone of Dauid, louede the sister of Absolon, the sone of Da|uid, moost fayre, Thamar by name; and `peyrede forspillede in to E pr. m. hir ful myche, so that for the loue of hir he wexe sijk. The which for she was a mayde, hard to hym it semede, that eny thing vnhonestly he shulde do with hir. Forsothe there was to Amon a freende, Jonadab bi name, the sone of Semaa, brotherthe brothir E pr. m. of Dauid, a ful sleiȝ man. The which seide to hym, Whi thus ert thou waastid bi leenesse, thou sone of the kyng, bi ech dai? whi shewist thou not to me? And Amon seide to hym, I loue Thamar, the sister of my brother Absolon. To whom an|swerde Jonadab, Ly vpon thi bedde, and feyn sijknes; and whanne thi fader cometh, that he visite thee, sey to hym, ComeOm. A., I preye, Thamarthat Thamar A., my sistersister come A., that she ȝyue to me meet, and make sowilsowfful H., that I eete of hyr hoond. And so Amon laye doun, as thouȝ he wexe sijk. And whanne the kyng was comen to visite hym, Amon seith to the kyng, Come, I preye, Thamar, my sister, that she make in myn eyen two maner of potagis, and theOm. A. me B. meet maad redi I take of hir hoond. Thanne Dauid sente to the hous of Thamar, seiynge, Go in to the hows of Amon, thi brothir, and mak to hym potage. And Thamar cam into the hows of Amon, hir brothir. Forsothe he laye; the which takynge meele mengide togidir, and meltynge in his eyen she sethideseth C. the supettis; and takynge that she hadde sothen, she helte out, and sette before hym, and he wolde not eete. And Amon seide, Doo ȝeOm. E pr. m. a wey alle menOm. E pr. m. fro me. And whanne alle weren doon awey, Amon seide to Thamar, Beer yn the meet in the priue chaumbre, that I eete of thin hoond. Thanne Thamar took the sewis that she hadde maad, and brouȝte to Amon, hir brother, in the priue chaum|bre. And whanne she hadde brouȝte hym meet, he cauȝte hir, and seith, Come, ly with me, my sister. The which answerde to hym, Wole thou not, my brother, wole thou not oppresse me, ne forsothe it is leeueful in Irael; wole thou not doo this foli. Forsothe I shal not mowe bere my reproof, and thou shalt be as oon of the vnwise men in Irael; but rather spek to the kyng, and he shal not denye me to thee. Forsothe he wolde not assent to the preyers of hir, but more myȝti bi strengthis oppresside hir, and laye with hir. And ful haatsum Amon hadde hir with to myche greet haate, so that the haat was more, that he hatide hir, thanne the loue that he louede hir before. And Amon seide to hir, Ryse, and goo. The whych answerde to hym, This yuel is more that thou now dost aȝens me, cast|ynge me out, `than thatthan A. and than BFH. thou didist be|fore. And he wolde not here hir; but the child clepide, that seruede to hym, he seide, Throw out this fro me, and close the dore after hir. The which was clothid with a coote doun to the heele; forsothe sich maner clothis vseden the douȝtris of the kyng maydens. And so his seruaunt putte hyre out, and closide the dore after hire. The which spryng|ynge asshenaskes BCEFH. to hire heed, the heele coot kyt, andOm. A. the hoondis put on hire heed, she ȝede goynge yn and criynge. For|sothe Absolon, hir brother, seide to hyre, Whether Amon, thi brother, hath lyen with thee? And now, sister, hold thi pees; thi brothir he is, ne turment thin herte for this thing. And soloo BEF. Thamar aboodebod C. boid E. boode BFH. languysshynge there with ynne the hows of Absolon, hir brothir. For|sothe whanne Dauid hadde herd thes wordis, he greetli sorwide, and he wolde not make sori the spirite of Amon, his sone; for he louide hym, for he was the firste goten ofto BCEFH. hym. Forsothe Absolon spak not to Amon, ne yuel ne good; but Absolon hatide Amon, forthi that he hadde defoulid Thamar, his sister. For|sothe it is doon after the tyme of two ȝeer, that the sheep of Absolon weren clippid in Baalassor, that is biside Ef|fraym. And Absolon clepide alle the sonys of the kyng. And he cam to the kyng, and seith to hym, Loo! the sheep of thi seruaunt ben clippid; come, I preye, the kyng with his seruauntis to his seruaunt. And the kyng seide to Absolon, Wole thou not, sone myn, preye, wole thou not, that we comen alle, and greuen thee. Forsothe whanne he con|streynede him, and wolde not come, he blesside to hym. And Absolon seith to Dauid, If thou wolt not come, come algate with vs, I biseche, Amon, my brother. And the kyng seide to hym, It is no nede, that he goo with thee. And so Absolon constreynede hym; and he lafte with hym Amon, and alle the sones of the kyng. And Absolon made a feest as the feest of a kyng. Forsothe Absolon hadde comaundid to his children, sei|ynge, Weitith wel, whanne Amon were dronken with wyn, and I shal seye to ȝou, Smitith hym, and sleeth. Wole ȝe not drede, forsothe I am that comaunde to ȝou; be ȝe maad stronge, and beth stronge men. Thanne the childrenchilder CE. of Absolon diden aȝens Amon, as Absolon hadde comaundid to hem; and alle the sones of the kyng rysynge, eche styede vpon her mulis, and flowen. And whanne ȝit thei wenten in the weye, fame cam fulli to Dauyd, seiynge, Absolon hath smytyn alle the sones of the kyng, and there lafte not of hem nameli oone. And so the kyng roos, and kytte his clothis, and felle vpon the erthe; and alle his seruauntis that stoden nyȝ to hym, cut|ten her clothis. Forsothe Jonadab, the sone of Semmaa, brotherthe brother E pr. m. of Dauid, an|swerynge seide, Ne eyme, my lord the kyng, that alle the children, sones of the kyng, ben deed; Amon alone is deed, for in haat Absolon was sett, fro the day that he oppresside Thamar, his sister. Now thanne, my lord kyng, sette not on his herte this word, seiynge, Alle the sones of the kyng ben slayn; for Amon aloon is deed. Forsothe Absolon fleiȝ. And the child weyter heuede vp his eyen, and bihelde, and loo! myche puple cam bi the out weye fro the side of the hil. And Jonadab seide to the kyng, Loo! the sones of the kyng ben nyȝ; after the word of thi seruaunt, so it is doon. And whanne he hadde ceside to speke, `aper|iden and the sones of the kyngthe sones of the kyng aperiden A.; and comynge yn thei rereden her vois, and wepten; but and the kyng and alle his seruauntis wepten with ful myche greet wepynge. Forsothe Absolom fleynge wente to Tholamay, sone of Amyur, kyng of Gethsur. Thanne Dauid weyl|ide Amon, his sone, manye dais. For|sothe Absolon, whanne he was flowen, and comen into Gethsur, he was there thre ȝeer. And kyng Dauid cesede to pursue Absolon, forthi that he was coumfortid vpon the deeth of Amon.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruy, vndurstondynge, that the herte of the kyng was turned to Absolon, he sente to Thekuam, and took thens a wise womman, and he seide to hir, Feyne thee to weil, and be clothid with the weilynge clooth, and be thou not anoynt with oyle, that thou be as a womman now myche tyme weilynge the deed. And thou shalt goo in to the kyng, and thou shalt speek to hym thes maner wordis. Forsothe Joab putte the wordis in hire mouth. And so whanne the Thek|uyd womman was goon out to the kyng, she felle before hym vpon the erthe, and lowtide, and seide, Keep me, thou king. And the kyng seide to hire, What hast thou of cause? The which answerde, Alas! a womman widowe I am, forsothe my man is deed; and of thin hoond womman weren two sones, the whiche wraththeden aȝens hem self in the feeld, and no man was that hem myȝte de|fende, and the toontother BCEFH. smoot the tother, and slowȝ hym. And loo! al the kyn|rede risynge aȝens thin hoond womman seith, Tak hym that hath smytyn his brothir, that we sleen hym for the lijf of his brother whom he slowȝ, and the eyr doo we a wey; and thei sechen to quench my spark that is laft, that there be not laft name to my man, and relikis vpon erthe. And the kyng seith to the womman, Go into thin hows, and I shal ordeyn for thee. And the Thekuyt womman seide to the kyng, In me, my lord kyng, be this wickidnes, and into the hows of my fader; forsothe the kyng and his trone be innocent. And the king seith, Who soOm. BCEFH. aȝen seithseith to C. thee, bryng hym to me, and he shal no more adde that he touche thee. The which seith, The kyng recoorde of the Lord his God, and be there not multiplied `the kynneȝebores E pr. m. of the blood to wreche, and thei shulen not sle my sone. The which seith, The Lord lyueth, for there shal not falle of the erys of thi sone vpon the erthe. Thanne the womman seyde, Spek thin hoond womman to my lord kyng a word. And he seith, Spek. And the womman seide, Whi hast thou thouȝt siche a maner thing aȝens the puple of God? and the kyng hath spoken this word, that he synne, and that he brynge not aȝen his casten out? Alle we dyen, and as watres we sliden into the erthe, that shulen not be turned aȝen; and God wole not perishe the lijf, but withdraw|ith, thenkynge lest fulli he perishe, that is castpast A. awey. Now thann come, that I spek to my lord kyng this word, pre|sent the puple; and thin hondwomman seide, I shal speke to the kyng, if eny maner the kyng doo the word of his hoond womman. And the kyng herde `the wordOm. E pr. m., that he delyuer his hond|womman fro the hoond of alle, that wolden fro the erytage of the Lord doo me a wey, and my sone to gidre. Sey thanne thin hondwomman, that the word of my lord the kyng be maad as sacri|fice; forsothe as the aungel of the Lord, so is my lord kyngthe kyng CE., that nether bi blessynge ne bi cursynge he be meuyd. Wherfor and the Lord thi God is with thee. And the kyng answerynge seide to the womman, Ne hijd thou fro me the word that I aske. And the wom|man seide to hym, Spek, my lord kyng. And the kyng seith, Whether the hoond of Joab is with thee in alle these? The womman answerde, and seith, Bi the helth of thi soule, my lord kyng, ne at the left ne at the riȝt he is of alle thes thingis, the whiche my lord kyngthe kyng CE. hath spoken. Forsothe thi seruaunt Joab he comaundide to me, and he putte in the mouth of thin hoond womman alle thes wordis, that I turne the figure of this word; forsothe thi seruaunt Joab co|maundide this. Forsothe thou, my lord kyng, ert wise, as the aungel of God hath wisdom, that thou vndirstonde alle thingis vpon erthe. And the kyng seith to Joab, Loo! plesid I haue doo thi word; go thanne, and cleep aȝen the child Absolon. And Joab fallynge vpon his face into the erthe, honourde, and blisside to the kyng; and Joab seide, To dai hath thi seruaunt vndurstonde, for I haue foundun grace in thin eyen, my lord kyng; forsothe thou hast doon the word of thi seruaunt. Thanne Joab roos, and wente into Gethsur, and brouȝte Absolon into Jerusalem. For|sothe the kyng seide, Turne he aȝen into his hows, and se he not my face. And so Absolon is turned aȝen into his hows, and the face of the kyng he sawȝ not. Forsothe there was not a man as feyr as Absolon in al Irael, and ful miche semeli; fro the stap of the foot vnto the top, there was not in hym eny spot; and the more that he doddide the heeris, so mych more thei wexen; forsothe onys in the ȝeer he was doddid, for the heere heuyde hym. He weiede the heeris of his heed with two hundred siclis bi the comoun weiȝt. Forsothe there been born to Absolon thre sones, aud o douȝ|ter, Thamar bi name, of sembli shap. And Absolon dwellide in Jerusalem two ȝeer, and sawȝ not the face of the kyng. And so he sentewente B. to Joab, that he shulde sende hym to the kyng; the which wolde not come to hym. And whanne the secounde he hadde sent, and he wold not come, he seide to his seruauntis, Ȝe knowen the feelde of Joab biside my feelde hauynge barli corn; gooth thanne, and brenneth it vp with fier. Thanne the seruauntis of Absolon brenten the corn with fier. And the seruauntis of Joab comynge, her clothis kut, seiden, The seruauntis of Absolon han brent vp a partie of the feelde with fier. And Joab roos, and cam to Absolon into his hows, and seide, Whi han thi seruauntis brente vp my corn with fier? And Absolon answerde to Joab, I haue sente to thee, preiynge that thou come to me, and I sende thee to the kyng, that thou seie to hym, Whi cam I fro Gethsur? Betere it was to me to be there; I biseche thanne, that I see the face of the kyng, that if he haue mynde of my shrewidnes, he slee me. Joab goon yn to the kyng tolde to hym. And Absolon clepid wente yn to the kyng, and he lowtide upon the face of the erthe before hym, and the kyng kisside Absolon.

 CAP. XV.

Thanne after thes thingis Absolon made to hym a chaar, and horsmen, and fifti men that shulden goo before hymOm. B.. And eerli risynge Absolon stood biside the entre of the ȝate in the weye; and eche man, that hadde a neede that he com to the dom of the kyng, Absolon clepide to hym self, and seide, Of what citee ert thou? The which answer|ynge seide, Of aoon BEF. O C. one H. lynage of Yrael I am, thi seruaunt. And Absolon answerde to hym, To me thi wordis semen good and iust, but there is not `the whichthat C pr. m. `thee heere ordeynedordeyn thee heere A. of the kyng. And Abso|lon seide, Who ordeyneth me domesman vpon the loond, that to me comen alle that han neede, and riȝtwisly Y deme? But whanne a man neiȝede to hym for to salute hym, he strauȝte out his hoond, and takynge he kissidekiste E. hym; and that he dide to al Yrael, the which cam to dom that he were herd of the king; and he biside the hertis of the men of Yrael. Forsothe aftir fourti ȝeer Absolon seide to kyng Dauid, I shal go, and ȝeelde my vowis, that I vowide to the Lord in Ebron; forsothe vowynge thi seruaunt vowide, whanne he was in Gethsur of Syrie, seiynge, If the Lord brynge me aȝen into Jerusalem, I shal sacrifiesacrificen BCFH. to the Lord. And the kyng seide to hym, Goo in pees. And he roos, and wente into Ebron. Forsothe Absolon sente a|spies into alle the lynagis of Yrael, seiynge, AnoonAnoon forsothe E pr. v. that ȝe heren the noyse of the trumpe, seith, Absolon shal regne in Ebron. Forsothe with Absolon wenten two hundred men clepid of Jerusalemthe Jerusalem A., goynge with symple herte, and the cause fulli vnknowynge. Forsothe Absolon clepide Achitophel Gilonyte, the coun|selour of Dauid, fro his cite Gilo. And whanne he hadde offrid slayn sacrifice, there is maad a strong coniurysoun, and the puple rennynge togidre encreside with Absolon. Thanne cam a messager to Dauid, seiynge, With al the herte al Yrael folowith Absolon. And Dauid seith to his seruauntis that weren with hym in Jerusalem, Risith, and flee we; forsothe ne there shal be to vs fliȝt fro the face of Absolon; hieth to goon out, lest perauenture he comynge ocupie vs, and fulfille vpon vs fallynge, and smyte the cite in mouththe mouth H. of swerdthe swerd E.. And the ser|uauntis of the kyng seiden to hym, Alle thingis, what euere comaundith oure lord the kyng, gladli we folowen out, thi seruauntis. Thanne the kynge wente out, and al hys hows, on her feet; and the kyng lafte ten secoundarie wyues to the hows to be kept. And the kyng goon out, and al Yrael, on her feet, stoode afer fro the hows. And alle his ser|uauntis wenten biside hym, and the legiouns Cerethi and Pherethi, and al Gethei stronge fiȝters, the sexe hundrid men, that hadden folwid hym fro Geth on foot, wenten before the kyng. For|sothe the kyng seide to Ethei Gethee, Whi comyst thou with vs? Turn aȝen, and dwel with the kyng for a pilgrime thou art, and wentist out fro thi place. Ȝisterdayȝistai C et E passim. thou cam, and to day thou ert compellid to goo out with vs. Forsothe I shal goo, whider I am to goo; turn aȝen, and leede aȝen with thee thi britheren, and the Lord doo with thee merci and trewth, for thou hast shewid grace and feith. And Ethei answerde to the kyng, seiynge, The Lord lyueth, and my lord the kyng lyueth, for in what euere place thou were, my lord kyng, other in deeth or in lijf, there shal be thi seruaunt. And Dauid seith to Ethai, Come, and passe forth. And Ethei Gethee passide forth, and the kyng, and alle the men that with hym weren, and the tother multitude. And alle thei wepten with a greet voys, and al the puple passide forth; the kyng forsothe wente ouer the streem of Cedron, and al the puple wente aȝens the weye of the olyue, that bihold|ith to deseert. And Sadoch the preest cam, and alle the Leuytis with hym, berynge the arke of the boond of pees of God, and thei setten doun the arke of God; and Abiathar stiede vp, to the tyme that alle the puple werenwas A. ful comen that was goon out fro the citee. And the kyng seide to Sadoch, Beer aȝen the arke of God into the citee; if I shal fynde grace in the eyen of the Lord, he shal leede me aȝen, and shewe to me it and his tabernacle. Forsothe if he shal seye, Thou plesist not to me; prest I am, do he that is good before hym. And the kyng seide to Sadoch the preest, O seeresire A. seare C. sere FH., turne aȝen into the cite in pees, and Achymaas, thi sone, and Jonathan, the sone of Abiathar, ȝoure two sonys, be thei with ȝou. Loo! I shal be hid in the wijlde feeldis of deseert, to the tyme that the word come from ȝou, shewynge to me. Thanne Sadoch and Abiathar beren aȝen the arke of God into Jerusalem, and dwelliden there. But Dauid stiede vp the hil of olyues, stiynge and wepynge, the heede couerde, and the feet nakid goynge; but and al the puple that was with hym, the heed couerde, stieden vp wepynge. Forsothe it is toold to Dauid, that Achitophel was in the coniurynge with Absolon; and Dauid seide, Lord, I biseche, mak foli the counseil of Achi|tophel. And whanne Dauid stiede vp the cop of the hil, in the which he was to preye the Lord, loo! Cusy Arachites aȝen cam to hym, the clothing kut, and the heed ful of erthe. And Dauid seide to hym, If thou comyst with me, thou shalt be to me toOm. C. chargyngecharge BEF.; forsothe if thou turnest aȝen into the citee, and seist to Absolon, Thi seruaunt I am, kyng, suf|fre me to lyue; as I was the seruaunt of thi fadre, so I shal be thi seruaunt; thou shalt scatyr the counseyl of Achitophel. Forsothe thou hast with thee Sadoch and Abiathar, preestis; and eche word, what euere thou herist in the hows of the kyng, thou shalt shewe to the prestis, Sadoch and Abiathar. For|sothe there ben with hem her two sonys, Achymaas, the sone of Sadoch, and Jo|nathan, the sone of Abiathar; and ȝe shulen seende bi hem to me al the word that ȝe shulen here. Thanne comynge Chusa, the freend of Dauid, into the citee, forsothe Absolon is comen into Jerusalem.

 CAP. XVI.

And whanne Dauid hadde goon a litil the cop of the hil, Ciba, the child of Myphibosech, aperide into aȝen com|ynge of hym, with two assis, that weren chargid with two hundrid loouys, and an hundred bundels of dried grapis, and an hundred peysis of fijgisdried figgis E pr. m. pressid, and with two botels of wyn. And the kyng seide to Cyba, What to hem wolen thes thingys? And Ciba answerde, My lord kyng, the assis, that the hoomli men of the kyng sitten on; the loouis and the fijgis, to thi children for to eete; forsothe the wyn, that he drynke, who so failith in deseert. And the kyng seith, Where is the sone of thi lord? And Ciba an|swerde to the kyng, He aboodbood BEFH. bod. C. stille in Jerusalem, seiynge, To day shal the `hows of Yrael restore to meLord restoren to me the housis of Israel and E pr. m. the kyngdam of my fader. And the kyng seith to Cyba, Alle thingisOm. CEFH. that weren of Miphibosech ben thin. And Cyba seide, I preye, fynde I grace before thee, my lord kyng. Thanne kyng Dauid cam into Bahurym, and loo! there wente out a man thens of the kynrede of the hows of Saul, Semei bi name, the sone of Gera; he wente forth goynge out, and cursyde. And he sente stonus aȝens Dauid, and aȝens alle the seruauntis of king Dauid; forsothe al the puple, and alle the fiȝters fro the riȝt and fro the left side of the kyng wenten. Forsothe thus spak Semei, whanne he curside to the kyng, Go out, go out, thou man of bloodis, and man of Belial! The Lord hath ȝoldyn to thee al the blood of the hows of Saul, for thou hast reued the kyngdam frofor BCEF. hym; and the Lord hath ȝouun the kyngdam in the hoond of Absolon, thi sone; and loo! thin euels beren thee doun, for a man of blodis thou art. Forsothe Abisai, the sone of Seruye, seide to the kyng, Whi cursith this dog to diyngedien C. to my lord kyngthe kyng C.? I shal goo, and girde of his heed. And the kyng seith, What is to me and to ȝou, ȝe sonys of Saruye? Letith hym, that he curse; forsothe the Lord comaundide to hym that he curse Dauid; and who is that dar seie, Whi thus he doth? And the kyng seith to Abisai, and to alle his seruauntis, Loo! my sone, that is goon out fro my wombe, sechith my lijf; mych more now this sone of Geminy `cursith to meOm. E pr. m.? Letith hym, that he curse after the heest of the Lord; if perauenture the Lord beholde my tourmentynge, and ȝeelde to me good for this cursynge to dai. And so Dauid wente, and his felawis, bi the weie with hym; forsothe Semei wente cursynge aȝens hym bi the copȝok E pr. m. of the hil aside, andand he E pr. m. sendynge stoonus aȝens hym, and the erthe sprengynge. And so kyng Dauid cam, and al the puple with hym wery, and there thei ben refreshid. For|sothe Absolon, and al the puple of Irael wenten into Jerusalem, but and Achi|tophel with hym. Forsothe whann Cusay ArachitesArchites A., the freend of Dauid, was comen to Absolon, he spak to hym, Heil, kyngOm. H.! heil, kyng! To whom Absolon, This is, he seith, thi grace to thi freend; whi hast thou not goo with thi freend? And Cusai answerde to Absolon, Nay, for of hym I shal be, whom the Lord chesith, and al this puple, and al Yrael; and with hym Y shal dwelle. `But and this I shal bryngeThat and these thingus I brynge E pr. m. yn, to whom am I to serue? whe|ther not to the sone of the kyng? as I obeysshide to thi fadir, so and I shal obeishe to thee. Forsothe Absolon seide to Achithophel, Goo ȝe into counseyl, what we owen to doon. And Achithophel seith to Absolon, Go into the secundarye wyues of thi fadre, `the whichethat C pr. m. he hath laft at the hows to be kept; that whanne al Yrael herith, that thou hast defoulid thi fader, the hoondis of hem ben strengthid with thee. Thanne thei strauȝten out to Absolon a tabernacle in the solere, and he wente into the secundarye wyues of his fader before al Irael. Forsothe the counseil that Achithophel ȝaf in thoo dais, as if a man counseilde God; so was al the counseil of Achithophel, and whanne he was with Dauid, and whanne he was with Absolon.

 CAP. XVII.

Thanne seide Achitophel to Absolon, I shal chese to me twelue thousandis of men, and rysynge I shal pursue Dauid this niȝt. And fallynge forsothe vpon hym that is wery, and the hoondis fe|blid, I shal smyte hym; and whanne al the puple fleeth that is with hym, I shal smyte the kyng desolate. And I shal brynge aȝen al the puple, what maner o man is wont to be turned aȝen; forsothe o man thou sechist, and al the puple shal ben in pees. And his word pleside to Absolon, and to alle the more thurȝ birth of Yrael. Forsothe Absolon seith, Clepe ȝe and Cusai Arachite, and here we what also he seith. And whan Cusai was comen to Absolon, Absolon seith to hym, Siche a maner word spak Achitophel; shul we doo, or nay? what counseil ȝyuest thou? And Cusay seide to Absolon, It is not good this counseil, that Achithophel hath ȝouun at this tyme. And eft Cusay brouȝte yn, Thou hast knowen thi fader, and the men that with hym ben, to ben moost stronge, and in bitter wil, as if a she bere wexe feers in the wijlde wode, rauysshid the whelpis; but and thi fader is a man fiȝter, and he shal not dwelle with the puple. Perauenture now he lurkith in dichis, or in aoon BEF. O C. one H. place where he wole; and whanne oon fallith, eche in the bigynnynge shal here, who so euere herith, and shal seye, There is maad veniaunce in the puple that pursuede Absolon. And eche moost strong, whos is the herte as of a lioun, shal be feblid for drede; forsothe al the puple of Yrael woot thi fader to be strong, and alle stronge, that with hym ben. But this semeth to me to be riȝt counseil; be gedrid to thee al the puple, fro Dan vnto Bersabe, vnnoum|brable as the grauel of the see; and thou shalt be in the myddis of hem. And we shulen falle vpon him, in what euer place he were foundun, and we shulen couer hym, as dewe is wont to falle on the erthe; and we shulen not leeue of the men that with hym ben, forsothe not oone. And if he were goon in eny citee, al Yrael shal wyynde aboute that citee coordis, and we shulen drawe it into the streem, that there be not foundun for|sothe of it not a litil stoon. And Absolon seide, and alle the men of Irael, Betere is the counseil of Cusai Arachite thanne the counseil of Achithophel; for|sothe thurȝthour A. the wil of the Lord is scaterid theto B. profitable counseil of Achi|thophel, that the Lord brynge yn yuel vpon Absolon. And Cusay seith to the preestys, Sadoch and Abiathar, This and this maner Achithophel ȝaf counseil to Absolon, and to the eldres of Yrael, and I ȝaf sich counseil and sich. Now thanne sendith soone, and tellith to Dauid, seiynge, Ne abide thou this niȝt in the wijlde feeldis of deseert, but with out tariynge weende ouer; lest perauen|ture the kyng be soopen a wey, and al the puple that is with hym. Forsothe Jonathan and Achymas stoden biside the welle of Rogel; an hondwomman ȝede, and toolde to hem, and thei wenten forth, that thei tellen to kyngthe kyng E pr. m. Dauid the mes|sage; forsothe thei myȝten not be seen, or goto go E pr. m. into the cytee. Forsothe a maner child sawȝ hem, and toolde to Absolon; forsothe thei wenten in a swift paase inOm. CEFH. the hows of a maner man in Bahurym, that hadde a pit in his vestiarye, and thei descendiden intoin E pr. m. it. Forsothe a womman took, and strauȝte out a couer|ynge vpon the mouth of the pit, as driynge pild barli, and so the thing is hid. And whanne the seruauntis of Ab|solon weren comen into the hows, thei seiden to the womman, Where is Achy|mas and Jonathan? And the womman answerde to hem, Thei wenten hiyngli, a litil wiȝt water taastid. And thes that souȝten, whanne thei founden not, thei turneden aȝen into Jerusalem. And whanne thei weren goon, they stieden vp fro the pit; and goynge toolden to kyng Dauid, and seiden, Ryseth, and soone goth ouer the flood, for sich maner counseil ȝaf Achithophel aȝens ȝou. Thanne Dauid roos, and al the puple that was with hym, and thei passiden Jordan, to the tyme that the dai `were liȝtidliȝtede CE., or the word were puplishid; and not oone forsothe was laft, that passide not the flood. Forsothe Achitophel seynge, that his counseil was not doon, made redi his asse, and roos, and wente into hys hows, and into his citee; and his hows disposid, he diede bi hoongynge, and is biried in the sepulcre of his fader. Forsothe Dauid cam into stronge placis, and Ab|solon passide ouer Jordan, he and alle the men of Yrael with hym. Forsothe Absolon sette Amasan for Joab vpon the oost; forsothe Amasan was the sone of a man that was clepid Gethra of Jezreli, that wente into Abigayl, the douȝter of Naas, sister of Saruye, that was the moder of Joab. And Irael settesente A. tentis with Absolon in the loond of Galaad. And whanne Dauid was comen into the defensable placis, Sobi, the sone of Naas of RabathBabath ABH., of the sonys of Amon, and Machir, the sone of Amyel, of Lodobar, and Berzellay Galadite, of Rogelym, offreden to hym couerynge clothis, and tapetis, and erthen vessels, whete, and barli, and meele, and powned corn, and benen, and potage, and fryed `gederynge of corns, that is clepid cycerchichis E pr. m., and hony, and bottre, and sheep, and fatte calues. And thei ȝyuen to Dauid, and to the puple that was with hym, for to ete; forsothe thei ouertroweden the puple to be feyntidweri E pr. m. in theOm. CEFH. deseert bi hungre and threst.

 CAP. XVIII.

Dauid thanne, histhe E pr. m. puple biholdenbyhold|ynge H., ordeynde vpon hem leders of thousandis, and leders of hundridis. And he ȝaf the thridde parti of the puple vndir the hoond of Joab; and the thridde vndur the hoond of Abisai, the sone of Seruye, the brothir of Joab; and the thridde vndur the hoond of Ethay, that was of Geth. And the kyng seide to the puple, And I shal goon out with ȝou. And the puple answerde, Thou shalt not goo out; forsothe whether we fleen, it shal not perteyne to hem in greet forse of vs; or the half partie falle fro vs, thei shulen not retcherecche CH. anow, for thou oone for ten thousandis ertschalt ben E pr. m. countyd; beter it is thanne, that thou be to vs in the cytee to socour. To whom seith the kyng, That to ȝou semeth riȝt, that I shal doo. Thanne the kyng stoode biside the ȝaate, and the puple wente out bi her cum|panyes, biOm. BCEFH. hundredis and thousandis. And the kyng comaundide to Joab, and Abisai, and Ethay, seiynge, Kepith to me the child Absolon. And al the puple herde the kyng comaundynge to alle the princis for Absolon. And so the puple wente into the feelde aȝens Yrael; and a batail is doon in the wijld wode of Effraym. And the puple of Irael is there hewen doun of the oost of Dauid, and there is doon a greet slauȝter in that day of twenti thousand. Forsothe there was the batail sparpoild vpon the face of al the loond, and manye mo weren whom the wijlde wode waastide of the puple, than thei whom the swerd deuowredevowrede CEFH. in that day. Forsothe it felle, that Ab|solon aȝencam to the seruauntis of Dauid, sittynge vponon E. a muyl; and whanne the muyle wente yn vndur a thik ook, and a greet, the heed of hym cleuyde to the ook; and hym hongid bitwix heuene and erthe, the muyle, to the which he satte in, passide forth. Forsothe a maner man sawȝ that, and toolde to Joab, seiynge, I sawȝ Absolon hongynge fro an ook. And Joab seith to the man that toolde hym, If thou sawȝ, whi stikist thou not hym with the erthe, and I shulde haue ȝyue to thee ten ciclis of siluer, and a knyȝtis girdil? The which seide to Joab, If thou peysedist in myn hoondis a thou|sand silueren platis, I shulde not putte myn hoond into the sone of the kyng; forsothe herynge vs, the kyng comaund|ide to thee, and to Abisai, and to Ethai, seiynge, Kepith to me the child Absolon. But and if I hadde doon aȝens my soul foolhardili, that myȝte not the kyng vn|knowe, and thou shuldist stoond forn aȝens. And Joab seith, Not as thou wolt, but I shal goo to hym before thee. Thanne Joab took three speris in his hoond, and piȝte hem in the herte of Absolon. And whanne ȝit he qwappide cleuynge in the ook, ten ȝonge squyers of Joab runnen, and smytynge slowen hym. Forsothe Joab sownede with the trumpe, and with heelde the puple, that he pur|suede not Irael fleynge, wylnynge to spare to the multitude. And thei token Absolon, and casten hym in the wijld wode in to a greet diche, and thei beren togidir vpon hym a greet heep of stoonus ful myche; forsothe al Irael fleeȝ into her tabernaclis. Forsothe Absolon hadde arerede vp to hym, whanne he ȝit lyuede, a title, that is in the valey of the kyng; he seide forsothe, I haue not a sone, and this shal be inthe CE. mynde of my name; and he clepide the title bi his name, and it is clepid the Hoond of Absolon into this day. Forsothe Achymas, the sone of Sadoch, seith, I shal renne and telle to the kyng, for the Lord dide doom to hym fro the hoond of the enemyes of hym. To whom Joab seide, Thou shalt not be messager in this dai, but thou shalt telle in the tother; to day I wole not thee to telle, forsothe the sone of the kyng is deed. And Joab seith to Cusi, Go, and tel to the kyng what thou hast seen. Cusi lowtide to Joab, and ranne. Eft Achymas, the sone of Sadoch, seide to Joab, What lettith, if I also renne after Cusi? And Joab seide to hym, What wolt thou renne, sone myn? Come hidir, thou shalt not be berer of good message. The which answerde, What forsothe if I shal renne? And he seith to hym, Renn. Thanne Achymaas ren|nynge bi the weye of the good short weye ouerpasside Cusai. Dauid forsothe sat bitwix two ȝatis; the weyter forsothe, that was in the heiȝt of the ȝate vpon the walle, rerynge vp the eyen, sawȝ a man aloone rennynge; and cryinge out shewide to the kyng. And the kyng seide to hym, If he is aloone, gode mes|sage is in the mouth of hym. Forsothe hym goynge and neiȝynge nerre, the wayter sawȝ anothir man rennynge; and criynge out in the cop seith, There semeth to me another man rennynge aloone. And the kyng seide to hym, And this is a good messager. Forsothe the weyter seith, I biholde the rennynge of the former, as the rennynge of Achy|maas, the sone of Sadoch. And the kyng seith, A good man he is, and cometh berynge good mesage. Forsothe Achy|maas cryinge, seide to the kyng, Hail kyng! And lowtynge the kyng before hym bowide into the erthe, seith, Blessid beOm. BCEFH. the Lord thi God, that hath con|cludid the men, that rereden her hoondis aȝens my lord the kyng. And the kyng seith, Is there not pees to the child Ab|solon? And Achymaas seide, I sawȝ a greet towmbe, whanne Joab thi seruaunt sente me, O kyng, thi seruaunt; other thing I knowe not. To whom the kyng, Passe, he seith, and stoond here. And whanne he was passid, and stoode, Cusi aperide; and comynge seith, I brynge good message, my lord king; forsothe the Lord hath demyde for thee to day fro the hoond `of alleOm. A. that risen aȝens thee. The kyng forsothe seide to Cusi, Is there not pees to the child Absolon? To whom answerynge Cusi, Be thei maad, he seith, as the child, the enemyes of my lord theOm. BFH. kyng, and alle that risen aȝens hym into yuel. And so the kyng cauȝt with sorwe, stiede vp toOm. BCEFH. the sowp|ynge place of the ȝaate, and wepte, and thus he spak goynge, Sone myn, Abso|lon! Absolon, sone myn! who to me ȝyueth, that I dye for thee? Absolon, sone myn! sone myn, Absolon!

 CAP. XIX.

Forsothe it is toold to Joab, that the kyng wept, and weilide his sone; and the victorye is turned in that dai into weil|ynge to al the puple; forsothe the puple herde in that day to be seid, The kyng sorwith vpon his sone. And the puple bowide aside in that dai to goo in to the citee, what maner wise a puple turnede and fleynge fro the batail is wont to bowe aside. Forsothe the kyng couerde his heed, and criede with a greet vois, Sone myn, Absolon! Absolon, sone myn! Thanne goon yn Joab to the kyng into the hows, seide, Thou hast confoundid to day the cheeris of alle thi seruauntis, and that han maad saaf thi lijf, and the lijf of thi sonys and of thi douȝtris, and the lijf of thi wyues, and the lijf of thi secoundarye wyues. Thou louest the hatynge thee, and thou hast into BCEFH. haate the louynge thee; and thou hast shewid to day, for thou reckist not of thi leeders and of thi seruauntis; and verreily I haue knowen now, that if Absolon lyu|ede, and alle we hadden diede, thanne it shulde plese to thee. Now than ryse, and go forth, and spekynge doto do E pr. v. aseethe to thi seruauntis; forsothe I swere to thee bi the Lord, that if thow gost not out, that oon forsothe be not to abidynge still with thee this nyȝt; and werse shal be to thee this, than alle the yuels that camen vpon thee fro thi ȝongthȝouthe CEFH. vnto the tyme that is now. Thanne the kyng roos, and satte in the ȝate; and to al the puple it is toold, that the king satte in the ȝate, and al the multitude cam before the king. Forsothe Irael fleeȝ into her tabernaclis. And al the puple stroof inand ABH. alle the lynagis of Irael, seiynge, The kyng hath delyuerd vs fro the hoond of oure enemyes, and he hath saued vs fro the hoond of Philisteis; and now he fleeȝ fro the loond for Absolon. Forsothe Ab|solon, whom we anoyntiden kyng vpon vs, is deed in batail; how long be ȝe stille, and ȝe brengen not aȝen the kyng? And the counseil of al Irael cam to the king. Forsothe kyng Dauid sente to Sa|doch and to Abiathar, preestis, seiynge, Speke ȝe to the more thurȝ birth of Juda, seiynge, Whi ben ȝe comen last to brynge aȝen the kyng into his hows? Forsothe the word of al Irael is ful comen to the kyng, that thei brengen hym aȝen into his hows. For the kyng seide, Thes thingis ȝe shulen seye to the puple, My britheren ȝe, my boon and my flesh ȝe; whi last brengen ȝe aȝen the kyng? And to Amasa seye ȝee, Whether ert thou not my boon and my flesh? Thes thingis God do to me, and thes thingis adde, if thou were not maister of chiualrye after Joab before me al tyme. And he bowide the herte of alle the men of Juda as of o man; and thei senten to the king, sei|ynge, Turn aȝen, thou and alle thi ser|uauntis. And the kyng turnede aȝen, and cam vnto Jordan; and al Juda cam forth into Galgala, that he aȝen come to the kyng, and thei shulden brynge hym ouer Jordan. Forsothe Semei, the sone of Gera, the sone of Gemyny, of Bahu|rym, hiȝede, and cam doun with the men of Juda into aȝen comynge of kyng Da|uid, with a thousand men of Beniamyn; and child Ciba of the hows of Saul, and his fifteen sonys, and twenti seruantis weren with hym; and brekynge Jordan before the kyng, passeden the forthis, thatthat and A. thei brengen ouer the hows of the kyng, and doon after his comaundynge. Forsothe Semei, the sone of Gera, faln doun before the kyng, whanne now he hadde passid Jordan, seide to hymthe kyng A., My lord, ne wiyt thou to me the wickidnes, ne haue thou mynde of the wrongis of thi seruaunt in the dai, the which thou wentist out, my lord kyng, fro Jerusa|lem, ne set thou, kyng, in thin herte; forsothe I thi seruaunt knowe my synne; and therfor to dai first I cam of al the hows of Joseph, and cam doun into aȝen|comynge of my lord the kyng. Forsothe answerynge Abisai, the sone of Saruye, seide, Whether for thes wordis Semei shal not be slayn, that curside to the crist of the Lord? And Dauid seith, What to me and to ȝou, ȝe sonys of Sa|ruye? Whi ben ȝe maad to me to day into Sathan? Thanne whether to dai shal not be slayn a man in Irael? Whe|ther I knowe not me to day maad kyng vpon Irael? And the kyng seith to Se|mei, Thou shalt not die; and he swore to hym. Forsothe Myphibosech, the sone of Jonathan, the sone of Saul, cam doun into theOm. BCEFH. aȝencomynge of the kyng, the feet vnwasshen, and the beerd vnshauen. And his clothis he hadde not washen, fro the day that the kyng wente out vnto the day of his turnynge aȝen in pees. And whanne he hadde aȝen comen to the kyng, the kyng seide to hym, Whi cam thou not with me, Myphibosech? And answerynge he seith, My lord kyng, my seruaunt dispiside me; and I thi ser|uaunt seide to hym, that he shulde make to me redi an asse, and stiynge vp I myȝte goo with the kyng; forsothe I thi ser|uaunt am halt. Also and he accuside me, thi seruaunt, to thee, my lord kyng; for|sothe thou, my lord kyng, ert as the aungel of God; do that is plesynge to thee. Forsothe ne the hows of mi fader was but gilti to the deth to my lord kyng; forsothe thou puttist me thi ser|uaunt among thi meetfelawis of thi bord; what thanne haue I of ryȝtwise playnt, or what may I more be spoken of to the kyng? Forsothe the kyng seith to hym, What more shalt thou speke? stedefast it is that I haue spoken; thou and Siba, dyuyde ȝe possessiouns. And Myphibo|sech answerde to the kyng, Also al take he, aftir that my lord the kyng is turned aȝen pesiblipesibleli E. into his hows. Forsothe Berzellay Galadite, aOm. E pr. m. ful olde man, com|ynge down fro Rogelym, ladde the kyng ouer Jordan, redi also for to folwe hym biȝonde the flood. Forsothe Berzellai Galadite was ful ooolde, that is, of four|score ȝeer, and he ȝaf food to the kyng, whanne he dwellid in the defensable placis; forsothe he was a ful mych riche man. And so the kyng seide to Berzellai, Come with me, that thou reste sikir with me in Jerusalem. And Berzellai seith to the kyng, How feele ben the dayes of the ȝeeris of my lijf, that I stye vp with the kyng to Jerusalem? Of foure scoore ȝeer I am to dai; whether my wittis thryuen to deme swote or bittir, or meet and drynk may delite thi seruaunt, or I may here forthermore the vois of men syngers and of wymmen syngers? Whi thi ser|uaunt be to charge to my lord kyng? A litil I shal goo forth thi seruaunt fro Jordan with thee, ne I nede this while ȝeeldynge; but I biseche, that I turne aȝen thi seruaunt, and die in my citee, and be biried bisyde the sepulcre of my fader and of my moder; forsothe there is thi seruaunt Chamaan; he go with thee, my lord kyng, and do to hym that semeth to thee good. And so the kyng seide to hym, Chamaan goo with me; and I shal doo to hym what euer thing shal pleese to thee, and al that thou askist of me, thou shalt geete. And whanne al the puple, and the kyng was passid ouer Jordan, he resteiederesteȝede CE. restide E.; and the king kisside Berzellai, and blesside to hym; and he turnede aȝen into his place. Thanne the kyng wente into Gal|galan, and Chamaan with hym. Forsothe al the puple of Juda brouȝte ouer the kyng, and of the puple of Irael oonli the half parti was at. And so alle the men of Irael rennynge to the kyng, seiden to hym, Whi oure britheren, the men of Juda, han stoln thee, and han brouȝt ouer Jordan the kyng and his hows, and alle the men of Dauid with hym? And alle the men of Juda answerden to the men of Irael, For to me nerre is the kyng; whi wraththist thou vpon this thing? Whether we han eten eny thing of the kyng, or ȝiftis to vs ben ȝeuen? And the man of Irael answerde to the men of Juda, and seith, Bi ten parties more I am anentis the kyng, and more to me perteneth Dauid than to thee; whi hast thou doo to me wronge, and it is not toold to me former, that I brynge aȝen my kyng? Forsothe harder answerden the men of Juda than the men of Irael.

 CAP. XX.

It felle forsothe, that there was a man of Belial, Syba bi name, the sone of Botry, a `man of Gemynydouble man E pr. m.; and he songe with a trumpe, and seith, There is not to vs paart in Dauid, ne heritage in the sone of Isay; turn aȝen into thi taber|naclistabernacle A., Irael. And al Irael ys seuered fro Dauid, and folwide Ciba, the sone of Botri; the men forsothe of Juda cleueden to her kyng, fro Jordan vnto Jerusalem. And whanne the kyng was comen into his hows into Jerusalem, he took the wymmen, and his ten secoundarie wyues, the whiche he hadde laft to the hows to be kept, and he took hem into waard, ȝyuynge foodis to hem; and he wente not into hem, but thei weren closid vnto the dai of herhis E pr. m. deth, lyuynge in widewheed. Forsothe the kyng seide to Amase, Cleep to me alle the men of Juda into the thridde dai, and thou be to present. Thanne Amasa wente for to clepe Juda; and he dwelte out of the couenauntplesid E pr. m. couenauntid CE sec. m. tyme that the kyng ordeynde to hym. For|sothe Dauid seith to Abisai, Now more Siba, the sone of Botri, is to tourment vs than Absolon; tak therfor the seruauntys of thi lord, and pursue hym, lest perauen|ture he fynde the citee strengthid, and flee awey fro vs. Thanne wente out with hym the men of Joab, Cerethi for|sothe and Pherethi, and alle the stroonge men wenten out of Jerusalem to pursue Siba, the sone of Botri. And whanne thei weren biside the greet stoon, that is in Gabaon, Amasa comynge aȝen cam to hem; forsothe Joab was clothid with a strait coote at the mesure of his shap, and there aboue gird with a knyif hong|ynge vnto the reyn gottys in the sheethe, the which forgid with liȝt meuynge myȝt goon out, and smyte. And so Joab seide to Amasan, Heyl, my brother! And he heelde with the riȝt hoond the chyn of Amase, as kyssynge hym. Forsothe Ama|sa weytide not wel the knyif that Joab hadde, the which smoot hym in the side, and shedde out the gottis of hym into the erthe, and is deed; ne the secounde wounde he putte to. Forsothe Joab and Abisay, his brother, pursueden Siba, the sone of Botry. There among sum men of the children of Dauid, whanne thei had|den `seen andOm. E pr. m. stonden biside the careyn of Amase, of the felawis of Joab, seiden, Loo! that wolde be for Joab, leder of Dauid. Forsothe Amasa spreyndsprengd CE. with blood laye in the myddil weye. That sawȝ a man, that al the puple stood stille to seen hym, and meuede a wey Amasa fro the weye into the feelde, and couerde hym with a clooth, lest the goers shulden abide stille for hym. Thanne hym meued fro the weie, eche man folowynge Joab wente to pursue Siba, the sone of Botri. But he passide thurȝ out alle the lynagis of Yrael vnto Hebelam, and into Beth|macha; and alle the chosen men weren gedrid to hym. And so thei camen, and setten aȝens hym in Habela, and in Beth|macha, and enuyrounden the citee with strengthis; and the citee is bisegid. For|sothe al the puple, that was with Joab, enforside to destrie the wallis. And a wyse womman criede out fro the citee, Herith! herith! seithshe seith A. to Joab, Neiȝ hidir, and I shal speke with thee. The whych whanne he hadde neiȝid to hire, she seide to hym, Thou ert Joab? And he answerde, I. To whom thus she spake, Here the wordis of thin hoond womman. The which answerde, I here. And eft she, A word, she seith, was seide in olde prouerbe, WhoWhoso E pr. m. aske, asken thei in Habela; and so thei profitedenwentyn forth E.. Whe|ther I am not, the which answere the trewthe of Yrael? and thou sechist to turne vpsedoun the citee, and to doon awey the moder of citees in Irael? whi berist thou doun the herytage of the Lord? And Joab answerynge seith, Aweie be, aweie be this fro me; I bere not doun, ne destrie. Not so the thing hath hym; but a man of the hil of Ef|fraym, bi name Siba, the sone of Botri, reride his hoond aȝens kyng Dauid; takith hym alone, and we shulen goo awey fro the citee. And the womman seith to Joab, Loo! his heed shal be sente to thee bi the walle. Thanne she wente into al the puple, and spak to hem wiseli; the which the gird of heed of Siba, the sone of Botri, casten forth to Joab. And he songe with the trompe, and thei wenten a wey fro the citee, echon into her tabernaclis; forsothe Joab turnyde aȝen to Jerusalem to the kyng. Thanne Joab was vpon al the oost of Irael; forsothe Bananyas, the sone of Joiade, vpon Cere|theis and Pheretheis; Adhuram forsothe vpon the tributis; but Josaphat, the sone of Achilud, the chaunselere; Siba forsothe a scribe; forsothe Sadoch and Abiathar prestis; forsothe Hira Hiracte was the preest of Dauid.

 CAP. XXI.

Forsothe there is doon hungre in the dais of Dauid, thre ȝeer contynueli. And Dauid counseilde the heuenli answere of the Lord; and the Lord seide, For Saul, and the hows of hym, and the blood, for he slewȝ Gabanytes. Thanne the Gaban|ytis clepid, the kyng seide to hem; for|sothe Gabanytis ben not of the sonys of Irael, but the relikis of Ammoreis; for|sothe the sonys of Yrael hadden sworn to hem, that thei shulen not slee hem, and Saul wolde smyte hem bi enuye, as for the sonys of Irael and of Juda; thanne Dauid seide to Gabanitis, What shal I doo to ȝou, and what shal be ȝoure amendys, that ȝe blissen to the heritage of the Lord? And Gabanytis seiden to hym, There is no questioun to vs vpon gold and siluer, but aȝens Saul, and the hows of hym; and we wolen not, that there be slayn a man of Irael. To whom the kyng seith, What thanne wolen ȝe, that I doo to ȝow? The whiche seiden to the kyng, The man that hath defowlid vs, and oppressid wickidli, so we owen to doon awey, ne oon forsothe be laft of the lynage of hym in alle the coostis of Yrael. Be there ȝouun to vs seuen men of the sonys of hem, that we crucifien hem to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, sum|tyme the chosen of the Lord. And the kyng seith, I shal ȝeue. And the kyng sparide to Myphibosech, the sone of Jonathan, the sone of Saul, for the ooth of the Lord, that was betwix Dauid and Jonathan, the sone of Saul. And so the kyng took two sonys of Respha, the dowȝter of Ahia, whom she bare to Saul, Armoony, and Myphibosech; and `of Mychol fyue sones, of thethe fiue sones of Michol, the E pr. m. douȝter of Saul, whom she gat to Adriel, the sone of Berzellay, that was of Demolati. And he ȝaf hem into the hoondis of Gaban|ytis, the which crucifieden hem in the hil before the Lord; and thes seuen slayn togidir fellen in the dais of the fyrst rijp, begynnynge the repynge of barli. Forsothe takynge Respha, the douȝter of Ahia, spradde abrood an heyre to hire on a stoon, fro the bigyn|nynge of the ryp to the tyme that watir droppide vpon hem fro heuene; and she suffride not breddis to teren hem bi the day, ne beestisthe beestis A. bi the nyȝt. And these thingis ben toold to Dauid, the whiche dide Respha, the douȝter of Ahia, the secoundarye wijf of Saul. And Dauid ȝede, and took the boonus of Saul, and the boonus of Jonathan, his sone, offro BCEFH. the men of Jabes Galaad; `the whichthat C pr. m. hadden stoln hem fro the streete of Bethsan, in the which Philisteis hadden hongid hem, whanne thei slewen Saul in Gelboe. And bare a wey thens the boonus of Saul, and the boonus of Jonathan, his sone; and thei gederynge togidir the boonus of hem that weren piȝtpiȝt to E pr. m., birieden hem with the boonus of Saul and Jonathan, his sone, in the loond of Beniamyn, in the side in the sepulcre of Cys, his fader. And thei diden alle thingis, that the kyng comaundide; and the Lord dide mercy aȝen to the loond after thes thingis. Forsothe there is doon eft bateil of the Philisteis aȝens Irael; and Dauid cam doun, and his seruauntis with hym, and thei fauȝten aȝens Phi|listeis. Forsothe Dauid failynge, Jesbi|denob, that was of the kynrede of Arapha, whose yren of the speere peiside thre hundrid vnncis, and he was gird with a newe swerd, `enforsidehe is seen E pr. m. to smyte Dauid. And Abisay, the sone of Saruye, was to hym ato BCEFH. socour; and the Philistee smyten he slewȝ. Thanne the men sworen to Dauid, seiynge, Now thow shalt not goo out with vs in to bateil, lest thou quenche the lanterne of Yrael. The secounde bateil forsotheOm. A. was in Gob aȝens Philisteisthe Philisteis BCEFH.; thanne he smoot Sobochai of Huzachizaph, of the lynage of Arapha, of the kynrede of geauntis. The thridde bateil forsothe was in Gob aȝens the Philisteis; in the which Adeo|datis, the sone of the wijlde wode, leyer of dyuerse colours, Bethlamyte, smoot Goliath Gethee, whos shaft of the speere was as a beem of websters. The ferthe bateyl was in Geth; in the which was an heeȝheis A. man, that hadde sexe fyngris in the hoondis and feet, that is, foure and twenti; and he was of the kyn of Arapha; and he blasphemyde into CE. Yrael; forsothe Jona|than, the sone of Samaa, the brother of Dauid, smoot hym. These foure ben born of Arapha in Jeth, and thei fellen in the hoond of Dauid, and of his ser|uauntis.

 CAP. XXII.

Forsothe Dauid spak to the Lord the wordis of this ditee, in the day in the which the Lord delyuerde him fro the hoond of alle his enemyes, and fro the hoond of Saul. And seith, The Lord my stoon, and my strength, and my saueour; my God, my strong, andOm. E pr. m. I shal hoop in hym; my sheeld, and the horn of myn heelth, my rerer, and my refute; my saueour, fro wickidnes thou shalt delyuer me. I shal inwardli clepe the preysable Lord; and fro myn ene|myes I shal be saaf. For there han enuyround me the defoulyngis of deeth; the stremys of Belial fereden me. The coordis of helle enuryrounden me; there wenten before me the gnarisgrynnys H sec. m. of deeth. In tribulacioun I shal inwardli clepe the Lord, and to my God I shal crye; and he herde fro his hooli temple my vois, and my crye shal come to his eeris. The erthe is togidir meued, and tremblide; the foundementis of hillis ben togidir smyten and squat, for he wraththide to hem. Smook stiede vp fro the neesth|rillis of hym, and fier fro his mouth shal deuowre; the colis ben brent vp of it. And he bowide heuenes, and cam doun; and mystynesderknesse E pr. m. vndur his feet. And he stiedestyȝid vp F. vpon cherubyn, and flowȝ; and sloodflowȝ A. vpon the pennys of `the wyndwyndis A. wynde H.. He putte derknessis an hidlis in `his enuyrounenuyroun of hym C., wynnowynge watris of the cloudis of heuenes; for the liȝtynge in the siȝt of hym ben brent vp the coolis of fier. The Lord shal thundre fro heuene; and the Heiȝ shal ȝeue his voys. He sente his arowis, and scatrede hem; leytis, and waastid hem. And there apperide the out heeldyngis of the see, and ben opened the foundementis of the world; fro the blamynge of the Lord, fro the inbrethinge of the spiryt of his woodnes. He sente fro an heiȝ, and took me; and drouȝ out me fro manye watris. He delyuerde me fro myn enemye moost myȝti, and fro hem that hatiden me; for thei weren stronger than I. Thei camen before me in the day of my tour|mentynge; and the Lord is maad my fastnynge. And he ladde me out into widnes, and delyuerde me; for I pleside to hym. The Lord shal ȝeelde to me after my riȝtwisnes; and after the clennesse of myn hoondis he shal quyit to me. For I haue kept the weyes of the Lord; and I dide not vnpiteuousli fro my God. Forsothe alle the domys of hym in my siȝt; and his heestis I mouede not a wey fro me. And I shal be parfijt with hym; and I shal kepe me fro my wickidnes. And the Lord shal restore to me after my riȝtwisnes; and after the clennesse of myn hoondishoond A. in the siȝt of his eyen. With the hooli hooli thou shalt be, and with the stronge parfite; and with the chosun chosun thou shalt be, and with the peruertid thou shalt be peruertid. And the pore puple thou shalt make saaf; and to thin eyen heiȝ thou shalt make meke. For thou, Lord, my lantern, and thou, Lord, shalt liȝtne my derkenessis. Into thee forsothe I shall renne, gird vp; and in my God I shal ouerleep the wal. God, the weye of hym vndefoulid; the speche of the Lord examynyd bi fier, a shelde is of alle the hopers in hym. For who is a God, saaf the Lord; and who strong saaf oure Lord? God, that girdide me with strength, and planede perfyteperfijtli A. my wey; euenynge my feet to hertis, and vpon my heiȝ thingis settynge me; techynge myn hoondis to bateil, and settynge togider as a brasen boow myn armys. Thou ȝaf to me a target of thin helth; and myn hoomlynes multipliede me. Thou shalt enlaargelaargen BCEFH. my goyngis vndur me; and myn heelisheelthis A. shulen not fayle. I shal pursue myn enemyes, and treden; and I shal notno E. turne aȝen, to the tyme that I waast hem. I shal waast hem, and breek togidir, that thei togidre risen not; thei shulen falle vndur my feet. Thou girdist me with strengthe to batail; thow fulli bowedist the aȝenstondynge to me vndur me. Myn enemyes thou ȝaf to me the bak, hatynge me; and I shal scatere hem. Thei shulen crye, and there shal not be that saue; to the Lord, and he shal not here hem. I shal do hem a wey as powdre of the erthe; and as cleye of streetis I shal breek hem, and to-flappe. Thou shalt saue me fro the aȝenseiyngis of my puple; thou shalt kepe me into the heed of folkisfolk BCEFH. of kynde; the puple, whom I knoweknewe A. not, shal serue to me. Alyen sones shulen with stoonde to me; in herynge of the eer thei shulen obeishe to me. Alien sones floweden doun; and thei shulen be drawen togidre in her angwishe. The Lord lyueth, and blesside my God; and the strong God of myn heelth shal be enhaunsid. God, that ȝeuest veniaunces to me; and threwe doun puplis vndur me. The which ledist out me fro myn enemyes, and fro the withstoondynge to me areristrerist C. me; fro a wickidwyke BCEFH. man thou shalt delyuer me. Therfor I shal know|lech to thee in folk of kynde, Lord; and to thi name I shal synge. Magnifiynge heelthis of his kyng; and doynge mercies to his crist Dauid, and intovnto BFH. to CE. his seed euermorevnto euermore C..

 CAP. XXIII.

Forsothe thes ben the last wordis, that Dauid, the sone of Ysay, seide. A man seide, to `whom therethee E pr. m. is ordeynd of the Crist of God of Jacob, a solempne salm maker of Yrael; The spirite of the Lord is spokyn bi me, and his word bi my tonge. He seyde, God of Yrael to me hath spokyn, the strong of Yrael, the lordshipper of men, the riȝtwise lord|shipper in the dreed of God. As liȝt of morwtide, springinge the sunne eerli with out clowdis, gliterith; and as bi reynes buriouneth the eerbe of the erthe. And not so mych is myn hows anentis God, that euerlastynge couenaunt he shulde goo yn with me, stable in alle thingis and warnysshit; forsothe al myn heelth and al wil, ne there is eny thing of it, that ne buriowneth. Brekers of the lawe forsotheor E pr. m. as thornys shulen be pullid vp alle, the whiche ben not takyn withand with E pr. m. hoondis. AndOm. E pr. m. if eny man wolde touche hem, he shal be aarmyd with yren, and speer tree; and with fier tend vp, thei shulen be brent vnto nouȝt. Thes the names of the stronge men of Dauid. Dauid sittyngesitt E pr. m. in the chayer, moost wise prynce among three; he is as a moost tendre litil werme of a tree, the which eiȝt hundrid slewȝ with a bure. Aftir this Eliazar, the sone of his vnclegem E pr. m. Abohy; among the three stronge, that weren with Dauid, whanne thei re|proueden to Philisteym, and thei ben gederid thidir into bateil. And whanne the men of Yrael hadden stiede vp, he stood, and smoot the Philisteis, to the tyme that his hoond failide, and wexe heuy with the swerd. And the Lord dide greet heelth in that day; and the puple that fleiȝ is turned aȝen to the spoilis of the sleyn men to be with|drawen. After this Semma, the sone of Age, ofthe sone of E pr. m. Arary. And Philisteis ben gedrid in the stacioun; forsothe there was thereOm. A. a feelde ful of corn; and whanne the puple hadde flowen fro the face of Phi|listeis, he stood in the mydil of the feeld, and rescuwid it; and he smoot the Phi|listeis, and the Lord made a greet heelth. Also and before wenten doun the three, that weren princis amonge thretti, and camen in tyme of rijp to Dauid into the spelunk of Odollam. Forsothe the tentis of Philisteis weren sett in the valey of geauntis. And Dauid was in the strength; forsothe the staciounstaciouns A pr. m. of Philistees thanne was in Bethlem. Dauid desiride thanne the watir of the laak, and seith, If eny man wolde ȝyue to me drynke of the watir of the systern, that is in Bethleem, biside the ȝaat. Thanne breken out three stronge men the tentis of Philisteis, and drewen water of the sistern of Bethleem, that was biside the ȝaat, and brouȝten to Dauid; and he wolde not drynke, but offride it to the Lord, seiynge, Merciful be to me the Lord, lest Y doo this; whether the blood of thes men, that ben goon forth, and the perile of lyues I shal drynke? Thanne he wolde not drynke. Thes thingis diden the three moost stronge. For|sothe Abisay, the brother of Joab, the sone of Saruye, was prince of the three; he is that reride his spere aȝens thre hundrid, whom he slewȝ, nemned in the three, and amonge the three the nobler, and he was the prince of hem; but vnto the three first men he ful cam not. And Banayas, the sone of Joiade, man moost strong of greet werkes, of Capseel, he smoot the two lyouns of Moab; and he cam doun, and smoot a lioun in the mydil cistern in the dais of snowȝ. For|sothe he slewȝ an Egipcian man worthi beholdynge, hauynge in the hoond a spere; and so whanne he was comyn doun to hym in a ȝerd, bi force he pul|lide out the spere fro the hoond of the Egipcien, and he slewȝ hym with histhe B. speere. Thes thingis dide Banayas, the sone of Joiade; and he namyd among the three stronge, that weren amonge the thretti nobler; neuerthelater vnto the three he ful cam not. And Dauid made hymOm. A. to hym a secretarie of pryuete. Asahel, the brother of Joab, among the thretti; Elianan, the sone of his eemgem. E., of Bethleem; Seruma, of Arary; Elka, of Arodi; Helias, of Phelu; Hyra, the sone of Aches, of Thekua; Abiazer, of Anathoth; Nobanay, of Vsathi; Selmon Acothesof Acothes B.; Macharoy Nethophatites; E|led, the sone of Baana, and he Netho|phatite; Hitai, the sone of Rabai, of Je|beeth, of the sonis of Beniamyn; Banai Affrotonyte; Heddai, of the streem of Gaas; Albiabon Arbachite; Asmanech, of Berromy; Elyala, of Sobony; the sones of Jonathan, and Jeson; Semma, of Horodi; Hayam, the sone of Saray, Saratite; Eli|pheleth, the sone of Saasbai, the sonys of Maachati; Heliam, the sone of Achi|tophel, Gilonyte; Esrai, of Carmeel; Pha|rai, of Arbi; Igaal, the sone of Natha, ofOm. A. Soba; Bony, of Gaddi; Selech, of Am|mony; Naamy Berothite, the squyer of Joab, the sone of Saruye; Ira Yatrite; Gareb, and he Yatrite; Vrie Ethee; alle, seuen and thretti.

 CAP. XXIV.

And the woodnes of the Lord addide to be wrooth aȝens Irael, and stiride Da|uid in hem, seiynge to Joab, Go, and noumbre Yrael and Juda. And the kyng seide to Joab, princethe prince E pr. m. of his oost, Go thurȝ alle the lynagis of Irael fro Dan vnto Bersabe, and noumbrethnowmbre CE pr. m. the puple, that I knowe the noumbre of it. And Joab seide to the kyng, The Lord thi God eeche to thi puple, as myche as it is now, and eft encrees it to the hundred so myche in the siȝt of my lord the kyng; butOm. B. what to hym wole my lord the kyng in siche a maner thing? Forsothe the word of the kyng hadde the ouer hoond aȝens the wordis of Joab, and of the princis of the oost; and Joab wente out, and the princis of knyȝtis, fro the face of the kyng; `and thei noum|brenand thei nowmbriden E pr. m. that thei noumbren CE sec. m. the puple `of YraelOm. E pr. m.. Whanne thei hadden passid ouer Jordan, thei camen into Aroer, at the riȝt half of the citee that is in the valey of Gad; and bi Jaser thei passiden into Galaad, and into the nether loond of Odsi, and camen into the wodi placis of Dan; and goynge about beside Sidon thei passiden nyȝ the walles of Tyri, and al the loond of Euey, and of Chananei; and thei camen intoto BCEFH. the sowth of Juda, into Bersabe. And passid al the loond, thei weren after nyne monethis and twenty dais comen into Jerusalem. Thanne Joab ȝaf the noum|bre of the discryuynge of the puple to the kyng. And there ben founden of Yrael nyn hundrid thousandis of stronge men, `the whichethat C pr. m. myȝten drawe out swerd; and of Juda fyue hundrid thou|sandis of fiȝtynge men. Forsothe the herte of Dauid smoot hym, aftir that the puple is noumbred; Dauid seide to the Lord, I haue synned greetli in this deede; but I preye, Lord, that thou bere ouer the wickidnes of thi seruaunt, for foleli I haue doo to myche. And so Dauid roos eerli, and the word of the Lord is maad to Gad, the prophete and seear, seiynge, Go, and spek to Dauid, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Of three thingis to thee is ȝouun choys; chees oon, that thou wolt of thes, that I doo to thee. And whanne Gad was comen to Dauid, he toold to hym, seiynge, Outher seuen ȝeer shal come to thee hungre in thi loond; or three monethis thou shalt flee thin ad|uersaries, and thei shulen pursue thee; or certeyn three days pestilence shal be in thi loond; now thanne delyuer, and see, what word I shal answere to hym that sente me. Forsothe Dauid seide to Gad, I am constreyned ful myche `on alle sidesOm. E pr. m.; butOm. B. beter it is that I falle into the hoondis of the Lord, forsothe manye ben the mercies of hym, than in the hoondis of men. And the Lord sente yn pestilence into Irael fro eerli vnto the set tyme; and there ben deed of the puple fro Dan vnto Bersabee seuenti thou|sandis of men. And whanne the aungel of the Lord hadde strauȝt out his hoond vpon Jerusalem, that he scater it, the Lord hadde rewth vpon the tourment|ynge; and he seith to the aungel smyt|ynge the puple, Yt suffisith now; with|hoold thin hoond. Forsothe the aungel of the Lord was beside the corn flore of Arewna of Jebusei. And Dauid seideseith B. to the Lord, whanne he hadde seen the aungel sleynge the puple, I am that haue synnede, and I wykidli dide; thes that ben sheep, what diden thei? I biseche, be thin hoond turned aȝens me, and aȝens the hows of my fader. Forsothe Gad, the prophete, cam to Dauid in that day, and seide to hym, Stye vp, and ordeyn an auter to the Lord in the corn flore of Arewna of Jebusei. And Dauid stiede vp, after the word of Gad, the which the Lord hadde comaundide to hym. And beholdynge Arewne vndurstoode the kyng and his seruauntis to comen ouer to hym; and, goon out, he honourde the kyng, bowid the cheere into the erthe; and seith, What of cause is, that my lord the kyng cometh to his seruaunt? To whom Dauid seith, That I bye of thee the corn flore, and bilde an auter to the Lord, and cees the slauȝter, that is ful plenteuous in the puple. And Arewna seith to Dauid, Tak, and offre my lord kyng, as it plesith to him; hast thou oxen into brent sacri|fice, and a wayn, and ȝockis of oxen into the vse of trees? Arewna ȝaf alle thingis to the king. And Arewna seide to the king, The Lord thi God take thi vowe. To whom answeringe the king seith, Not as thou wolt, but I shal bye bi prijs of thee, and I shal not offre to the Lord my God brent sacrifice freeli ȝeuen. Than Dauid bouȝte the corn flore for sexe hun|drid siclis of gold, and the oxen for fifti siclis of siluer. And Dauid bilde there an auter to the Lord, and he offride brent sacrifices and pesible; and the Lord is plesid aȝen to the loond, and the ven|iaunce is forfendyd froof B. Yrael.

 Here endith the secounde book of Kingis, and bigynneth the thridde bookFrom E. Here endith the secounde bok of Kyngis, and here bygynneth the thrid bok. F. No final rubric in ABCH.. III. KINGS. Here bigynneth the thridde book of KyngisFrom A. The thridde of Kyngis B. No initial rubric in CFH..CAP. I.

AND kyng Dauid hadde eeldid, and he hadde of age manye dais; and whanne he was couerd with clothis, he was not maad hoot. Thanne his seruauntis seiden to hym, Seche we to oure lordOm. H. kyngthe kyng CE pr. m. a ȝong wexenwexe H. mayden; and stonde she before the kyng, and fede she hym, and sleep in his bosum, and make she hoot oure lord kyngthe kyng CE pr. m. H.. Thanne thei souȝten a fayre ȝong womman in alle the coostis of Irael; and thei founden Abisaag Sunamytem, and brouȝten hir to the kyng. Forsothe she was a child wom|man fayr ful mych, and she slepte with the kyng, and seruede toOm. B. hym; forsothe the kyng knewe hyre not. Forsothe Adonyas, the sone of Agith, was reryd vp, seiynge, I shal regne. And he made to hym a chaar, and horsmen, and fifti men, that before him shulden renne. And his fadir vndurnam not hym eny tyme, seiynge, Whi thus diddist thou? Forsothe and he was ful fayr, the se|cound born after Absolon; and the word of hym with Joab, the sone of Saruye, and with Abiathar, preest, that helpiden the parties of Adonye. Forsothe Sa|doch, the preest, and Banayas, the sone of Joiade, and Nathan, the prophete, and Semei, and Cerethi, and Pherethi, and al the strength of the oost of Dauid, was not with Adonye. Thanne wethers, and calues, and alle the fat offrid biside the stoon of Zoelech, that was nyȝ to the welle of Rogel, Adonyas clepede alle his britheren, the sones of the kyng, and alle the men of Juda, seruauntis of the kyng. Forsothe Nathan, the prophet, and Ba|naye, and alle the stronge men, and Salo|mon, his brother, he clepide not. And so Nathan seide to Bersabe, the modir of Salomon, Whether hast thou herd, that Adonyas, the sone of Agith, `hath regnydschal regnen E pr. m., and oure lord Dauid thes thingis vnknowith? Now thanne come, and tak counseil of me, and saue thi lijf, and of thi sone Salomon. Go, and weend in to kyng Dauid, and sey to him, Whe|ther not thou, lord, my kyng, swore to me thin hoond womman, seiynge, that Salomon thi sone shal regne aftir me, and he shal sitte in my see? Whi thanne regneth Adonyas? And ȝit there thee spekynge with the kyng, I shal come after thee, and fulfil thi wordis. And so Bersabe is goon yn to the kyng in the bedplacebed E pr. m.; forsothe the kyng hadde eeldid ful myche, and Abisaag Sunamyte seru|ede to him. Bersabe bowid hir, and honourede the king; to whom the king, he seith, What wolt thou to thee? The which answerynge seith, My lord kyng, thou swore bi the Lord thi God to thin hoond womman, Salomon thi sone shal regne after me, and shal sitte in my see; and loo! now Adonye hath regned, thee, my lord kyng, vnknowynge; he hath slayn oxen, and alle the fatte, and manye wethers; and clepide alle the sones of the kyng, and Abiathar, the preest, and Joab, the prince of the chyualrie; for|sothe Salomon, thi seruauntsone A., he clepide not. NeuerthelaterNerthelatere C passim., my lord kyng, in thee the eyen of al Yrael beholden, that thou deme to hem, who owith to sit in thi see, my lord kyng, aftir thee; and it shal be, whanne my lord kyng shal sleep with his faders, I and my sone Salomon shulen be synful. Ȝit she spek|ynge with the kyng, Nathan, the pro|phete, cam. And men toolden to the kyng, seiynge, Nathan, the prophete, is nyȝ. And whanne he was comen in the siȝt of the kyng, and hadde honourde hym redi into the erthe, Nathan seide, My lord kyng, hast thow seide, Adonye regne after me, and he sitte vpon my trone? For he cam doun to day, and offride oxen, and fatte thingis, and manye wethers; and clepide alle the sonys of the kyng, and the prince of the oost, and Abiathar, the preest; and hem etynge, and drynkynge before hym, and seiynge, Lyue the kyng Adonye, me, thi seruaunt, and Sadoch, the preest, and Benanye, the sone of Joiade, and Salo|mon, thi sone, he clepide not. Whether of my lord the kyng wente out this word, and to me, thi seruaunt, thou shewedist not, who shulde be to sitte vpon the trone of my lord kyng after hym? And kyng Dauid answerde, sei|ynge, Clepith to me Bersabe. The which whanne was goon in before the kyng, and hadde stoonden before hym, the king swore, and seith, The Lord lyueth, that hath delyuerd my soule fro al angwish; for as I swore to thee bi the Lord God of Irael, seiynge, Salomon, thi sone, shal regne after me, and he shal sitte vpon my see after me, so I shal do to day. And Bersabe, the cheere put doun into the erthe, honourde the kyng, seiynge, Lyue my lord kyng Dauid with outen eende. And kyng Dauid seide, Clepith to me Sadoch, the preest, and Nathan, the prophete, and Ba|nayam, the sone of Joiade. The whiche whanne thei weren comyn yn before the kyng, the king seide to hem, Takith with ȝou the seruauntis of ȝoure lord, and puttith my sone Salomon vpon my mule, and ledith hym into Gion. And anoynte hym there Sadoch, the preest, and Nathan, the prophete, into kyng vpon Yrael `and JudaOm. E pr. m.; and ȝe shulen synge with trompe, and seye, Lyue the king Salomon! And ȝe shulen stye vp after hym, and come to Jerusalem; and he shal sitte vpon my see, and he shal regne for me; and to hym I shal com|aunde, that he be duyk vpon Irael and upon Juda. And Banayas, the sone of Joiade, answerde to the kyng, seiynge, Amen; thus speke the Lord God of my lord the kyng. What maner wise the Lord was with my lord the kyng, so be he with Salomon, and heiȝer make he the see of hym fro the see of my lord kyng Dauid. Thanne Sadoch, the preest, wente doun, and Nathan, the prophete, and Banayas, the sone of Joyade, and Cerethi, and Pherethi; and putten Salo|mon vpon the mule of Dauid, the kyng, and brouȝten hym into Gion. And Sa|doch, the preest, took an horn of oyle fro the tabernacle, and anoyntide Salomon; and thei sungen with the trompe; and al the puple seide, Lyue the kyng Salo|mon! And al the multitude steyede vp after hym, and the puple of men syng|ynge with trompis, and `of gladynge withverne glad and maden B recens manus. greet ioye; and the erthe `with ynneOm. B rec. m. sownede of the crye of hem. For|sothe Adonyas herde, and alle that weren beden `to meteOm. E pr. m. of hym; and now the feest was eendid. But and Joab, the voys herd of the trompe, seith, What to hym wole the crye of the citee makynge noys? Ȝit hym spekynge, Jonathan, the sone of Abiathar, the preest, cam; to whom seide Adonyas, Go yn, for a strong man thou ert, and good thingis tellynge. And Jonathan answerde to Adonye, Nay; forsothe the lord oure kyng Dauid hath ordeyned Salomon kyng; and sente with hym Sadoch, the preest, and Nathan, the prophete, and Banayam, the sone of Joyade, and Cere|thi, and Pherethi; and putten hym vpon the mule of the kyng. And Sadoch, the preest, and Nathan, the prophet, anoynt|iden hym kyng in Gion; and gladynge thei stieden thens, and the cite with ynne sownede; this is the voys that ȝe herden. But and Salomon sitte vpon the see of the rewme; and the ser|uauntis of the kyng goon yn, blessiden to oure lord kyng Dauid, seiynge, God more large the name of Salomon vpon thi name, and magnifie the trone of hym vpon thi trone. And kyng Dauid honourdesmellede E pr. m. in his bed; and ferthermore thes thingis spakspak, and the kyng seid B rec. m., Blessid thebe A. Lord God of Yrael, that ȝaf to day a sitter in my see, seynge myn eyen. Thanne thei ben agaist, and alle risen, that weren bodyn `to meeteOm. E pr. m. of Adonye, and echon ȝeede into his weie. Forsothe Adonyas, dred|ynge Salomon, roos, and ȝeed into the tabernacle of the Lord, and heelde the horn of the auter. And thei toolden to Salomon seyynge, Loo! Adonyas dredynge kyng Salomon, holdithhalt BCEFH. the horn of the auter, seiynge, Swere to me to dai kyng Salomon, that he shal not sle his ser|uaunt bi swerd. And Salomon seide, If he were a good man, there shal not falle forsothe an heere of hym in to the erthe; forsothe if yuel were foundun in hym, he shal die. Thanne kyng Salomon sente, and brouȝte hym out fro the auter; and goon yn, he honourde king Salomon; and Salomon seide to hym, Go into thin hows.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe the days of Dauid neiȝiden that he shulde die; and he comaundide to Salomon, his sone, seiynge, Loo! I weende into the weye of al erthe; tak coumfort, and be a strong manOm. F.. AndOm. ABH. keep wel the waardis and the heestis of the Lord thi God, that thou goo in the weyes of hym, and kepe the cerymonyes of hym, and the heestis of hym, and domys, and witnessyngis, as it is writyn in the lawe of Moyses; that thou vndur|stonde al that thou dost, and whidir euer thou turne thee. That the Lord conferme his wordis, `the whichethat C pr. m. the Lord spak of me, seiynge, If thi sonys kepen my weyeshestes E pr. m., and goon before me in treuth, and in al her hert, and in al her soule, there shal not be doon awey to thee a man fro the kyngis seetecitee A. of Israel. For|sothe thou hast knowun what thingisthing A. Joab, the sone of Saruye, dide to me; what he dide to theOm. A. two princis of the oost of Irael, to Abner, the sone of Ner, and to Amasi, the sone of Gether, whom he slewȝ, and shadde the blood of the batayl in pees; and putte the blood of the batail in his girdyl, that was about his leendis, and in his shoo, that was in his feet. Thanne thou shalt do after thi wisdam, and thou shalt not brynge doun the hoornes of hym pesibli to hellis. But and to the sones of Berzellay Galadite thou shalt ȝeelde grace, and thei shulen be etynge in thi bord; forsothe thei camen aȝen to me, whanne I fleiȝ fro the face of Absolon, thi brother. And thou hast anentis thee Semei, the sone of Gera, the sone of Gemyny, of Bahurym, that curside to me bi the werst cursynge, whanne I wente to the defensable placys; but for he cam doun to me into aȝen comynge, whanne I shulde passe Jordan, and I swore to hym bi the Lord, seiynge, I shal not sle thee bi swerd, thou wole not suffre hym to be harmles; forsothe a wise man thou art, and thou shalt knowe what thou shalt doo to hym, and thou shalt lede doun his hoor heeris with blood to helle. Forsothe Dauyd slepte with his faders, and is biried in the citee of Dauid. Forsothe the days, in the whiche Dauid regnede vpon Yrael, ben fourti ȝeer; in Ebron he regnede seuen ȝeer, and in Jerusalem three and thretti. Salomon forsothe sat vpon the troone of Dauid, his fader, and the rewme of hym is fastned ful mych. And Adonyas, the sone of Agith, ȝeede into Bersabe, the moder of Salomon; the which seide to hym, Whether pesible thin yncomynge? The which answerde, Pesible. And he addide, A word to me is to thee. To whom she seith, Spek. And he, Thou, he seith, kneweknowe A. for the rewme was with me, and al Irael purposide to make me into a kyng to hym; but the rewme is translatid, and is maad of my brother; of the Lord forsothe it is ordeynd to hym. Now thanne oon askyng Y preye of thee; ne confounde thou my face. The which seide to hym, Spek. And he seith, Y preye that thou seye to Salomon the kyng; forsothe ne to thee he may eny thing denye; that he ȝyue to me Abi|saag Sunamyte wijf. And Bersabe seith, Wel, Y shal speke for thee to the kyng. Thanne Bersabe cam to kyng Salomon, that she speke to hym for Adonye; and the kyng roos into theOm. E. aȝencomynge of hire, and heOm. CE. honourde hire, and he satte vpon his troone; and there is sett a troone to the moder of the kyng, the which sat at the riȝt side of hym. And sche seide to hym, Oon litil askynge I preye of thee; ne confounde thou my face. And the kyng seide to hire, Ask, moder myn; forsothe ne leeueful it is that I turne awey thi face. The which seith, Abisaag Sunamyte be ȝouen to Adonye, thi brother, a wijf. And kyng Salomon answerde, and seide to his mo|der, Whi askist thou Abisaag Sunamyte to Adonye? Ask `to hymforsothe E pr.m. and the kyng|dam; forsothe he is my brother more than I, and hath Abiathar, the preest, and Joab, the sone of Saruye. And so kyng Salomon swore bi the Lord, sei|ynge, These thingis do to me God, and thes thingis adde, for aȝens his lijf Ado|nye hath spoken this word. And now lyueth the Lord, that confermyde me, and sette me vpon the see of Dauid, my fader, and that made to me an hows, as he spak, for to day Adonye shal be slayn. And kyng Salomon sente bi the hoond of Banaye, the sone of Joiade; the which slewȝ hym, and is deed. For|sothe the kyng seide to Abiathar, the preest, Go into Anathot, to thi feelde; and forsothe a man of deeth thou art; but to day I shal not sle thee, for thou bere the arke of the Lord God before Dauid, my fader, and thou susteynedist traueyle in alle thingis, in the whiche traueilde my fader. Thanne Salomon made Abiathar, that he was not theOm. A. preest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord were fulfillid, the which he spak vpon the hows of Hely, in Silo. Forsothe there cam a messager to Salomon, that Joab was bowid doun after Adonye, and after Salomon hadde not bowid. Thanne Joab fleiȝ into the tabernacle of the Lord, and cauȝte the horn of the auter. And it is toold to kyng Salomon, that Joab hadde flowen into the tabernacle of the Lord, and was biside the auter; and Sa|lomon sente Banaye, the sone of Joiade, seiynge, Go, and sle hym. And Banaye cam to the tabernacle of the Lord, and seide to hym, Thes thingis seith the kyng, Go out. The which seith, I shal not goo out, but here I shal die. Ba|nayas toolde aȝen to the kyng the word, seiynge, Thes thingis spak Joab, and thes thingis answerde he to me. And the kyng seide to hym, Do as he spak, and sle hym, and birye; and thou shalt doo awey the innocent blood, that is shad of Joab, fro me, and fro the hows of my fader. And the Lord ȝeelde vpon his heed the blood of hym, for he slewȝ two riȝtwise men betere than hym self, and he killide hem bi swerd, Dauid, my fa|der, vnknowynge, Abner, the sone of Ner, the prince of the chyualrie of Irael, and Amasam, the sone of Gether, prince of the oost of Juda. And the blood of hem shal turne aȝen into the heed of Joab, and into the heed of the seed of him in to euermore; forsothe to Dauid, and to his seed, and to theOm. CE. hows `of hymOm. E pr. m., and to the troone of hym be pees of the Lord into withouten eende. And so Banaye, the sone of Joiade, steied vp, andOm. ABFH. wente to, and slewȝ hym; and he is biryed in his hows in desert. And the kyng or|deynede for hym Banaye, the sone of Joiade, vpon the oost; and Sadoch he sette preest for Abiathar. Forsothe the kyng sente, and clepide Semei, and seide to hym, Bild vp to thee howsis in Jeru|salem, and dwel there, and thou shalt not goo out thens hidir and thider; for|sothe whateuere day thou were goon out, and passist ouer the streem of Ce|dron, wite thou thee to be slayn; thi blood shal be vpon thin heed. And Se|mei seide to the king, Good is the word of the kyng; as my lord kyng hath spokyn, so thi seruaunt shal doo. And so Semei dwellide in Jerusalem manye dais. It is doon forsothe after three ȝeer, that the seruauntis of Semei flowen to Achis, the sone of Macha, the kyng of Geth; and it is toold to Semei, that his ser|uauntis weren goon in to Geth. And Semei roos, and greithide his asseassis A., and wente to Achis, into Geth, to his ser|uauntis to be souȝt; and he brouȝte hem aȝen fro Geth. It is toold forsothe to kyng Salomon, that Semei was goon to Geth fro Jerusalem, and was turned aȝen. And sendynge he clepide hym, and seide to hym, Whether Y witnesside not to thee bi the Lord, and before seide to thee, What euer dai thou were goon out hidir and thidir, wite thou thee to be to die; and thou answerdist to me, Good is the word that I herde? Whi thanne kepistkeptist CE. thou not the ooth of the Lord, and the heest that I comaundide to thee? And the kyng seide to Semei, Thou hast knowun al the yuel, of the which thin herte is gilti to thee, the which thou did|dist to Dauid, my fader; the Lord hath ȝolden thi malice into thin heed. And kyng Salomon blisside; and the troone of Dauid shal be stable before the Lord vnto euermore. And so the kyng co|maundide to Banaye, the sone of Joiade; the which stert to, smoot hym, and he is deed.

 CAP. III.

Thanne the rewme is confermyd into the hoondis of Salomon; and bi affynyte he is joyned to Pharao, the kyng of Egipt; forsothe he took his douȝter, and brouȝte into the cite of Dauid, to the tyme that he hadde fulfillid beeldynge his hows, and the hows of the Lord, and the wal of Jerusalem bi enuyroun. Neuerthelater the puple offride in heiȝ placis; forsothe the temple was not beildid to the name of the Lord vnto that dai. Forsothe Salomon louede the Lord, goynge in the heestis of Dauid, his fader, out taak that in heiȝ placis he offrede, and tende vp the maad encense. And so Salomon wente into Gabaon, that he offre there; forsothe that was the moost heiȝ place. Salomon offride a thou|sand oostis into brent sacrifice vpon that auter in Gabaon. Forsothe the Lord aperide to Salomon biin B rec. m. sleepe thebi B rec. m. nyȝt, seiynge, Ask that thou wolt, that I ȝyue to thee. And Salomon seith, Thou didist with thi seruaunt, my fader Dauid, greet mercy, as he wente in thi siȝt, in treuth and in riȝtwisnes, and in riȝt herte with thee; thou hast kept to hym thi greet merci, and hast ȝeuen to hym a sone, sittynge vpon his troone, as it is to dai. And now, Lord God, thou hast maad thi seruaunt to regne for Dauid, my fader; forsothe I am a litil child, and vnknow|ynge the goynge out and myn yncom|ynge. And thi seruaunt is in the mydil of the puple, whom thou hast chosun, of a puple with out eende, that may not be noumbred and gessid, for multitude. Thanne thou shalt ȝyue to thi seruaunt an able herte to lore, that he may deme thi puple, and knowe betwix good and yuel; forsothe who may deme this puple, thi puple thus myche? Thanne the word pleside before the Lord, that Salomon hadde askid siche a maner thing. And the Lord seide to Salomon, For thou askedist this word, and askidist not to thee manye dais, ne ritchessis, othereneither B rec. m. theOm. F. lyues of thin enemyes, but thou askedist to thee wisdam to knowe doom, loo! I haue doon to thee after thi wordis, and ȝeuen to thee a wise herte and an vndurstondynge, in so myche that noon before thee werewas B rec. m. lijk thee, ne aftir thee ben to ryse. But andOm. H. thes thingis, `the whichethat C. thou askydist not, I haue ȝeuen to thee, that is, ritchessis, and glorie, that noon were lijk to thee in kyngis alle dais after. Forsothe if thou gost in my weies, and kepist myn heestis, and my comaundementismaundementis E., as wente thi fader, long I shal make thi dais. Thanne Salomon wook vp, and vndurstood that it was a sweuen. And whanne he was comen to Jerusalem, he stood before the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, and offride brent sacrifices, and made slayn pesible sacrifices, and a greet feste to alle his seruauntis. Thanne camen two wymmen strompettis to the kyng, and stoden be|fore hym; of the whiche oon seith, I biseche, my lord, I and this womman dwelliden in oon hows, and I bare childOm. E pr. m. a child H. anentis hire in the bed. The thridde for|sothe day after that I bare, barebare child B rec. m. andand she A. this; and weY B rec. m. weren togidir, and noon othere in the hows with vs, out takun vs two. Forsothe the sone of this womman is deed to nyȝt, for slepynge she ouerlaye hym; and risynge with silence of the vnkouenable niȝt, she took my sone fro myn syde, of thin hond womman slep|inge, and leide it in hir bosum; hir sone forsothe, that was deed, she put in to my bosum. And whan I was risyn eerli, for to ȝyue milk to my sone, he semyde deed; whom bisierbisilyer BCEFH. lokinge bi the cleer liȝt, I perseyuede not be myn, whom Y gat. The tother womman answerde, It is not so as thou seist, but thi sone is deed; forsothe myn lyueth. And aȝenward she seide, Thou lieȝst; forsothe my sone lyueth, and thi sone is deed. And so in this maner thei stryuen before the kyng. Thanne the kyng seith, This seith, My sone lyueth, and thi sone is deed; and she answerde, Nay, but thi sone is deed; `myn forsotheand myn B rec. m. lyueth. Thanne the kyng seide, Bryngith to me a swerd. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt a swerd be|fore the kyng, Deuydith, he seith, the quyk child in two parties, and ȝyueth the half part to the toon, and the half partpartie E to the tothir. ForsotheBut B rec. m. the womman, whos was the quyk child, seith to the kyng; for the bowels of her ben stiryd vpon hire sone; Lord, I biseche, ȝifeȝeuyth BCEFH. to hir the quyk child, and wolith not sle hym. Aȝenward she seide, Ne to me, ne to thee be he, but be he deuydide. The kyng answerde, and seith, Ȝyueth to this wommanOm. BCEFH. the quik child, and be he not slayn; forsothe this is his modir. And so al Yrael herde the dome, that he hadde demyde; and thei dradden the kyng, se|ynge the wisdam of God to ben in hym, `to dofor this B rec. m. doom.

 CAP. IV.

Forsothe kyng Salomon was regnynge vpon al Yrael. And thes ben the princis that he hadde; Azarias, the sone of Sa|doch, the preest; Elyoreb, and Ahia, sones of Sila, scribe; Josaphat, the sone of Achilud, chaunselere; Banayas, the sone of Joiade, vpon the oost; forsothe Sadoch and Abiathar, preestis; Azarias, the sone of Nathan, vpon hem that stoden nyȝ to the kyng; Zabul, the sone of Nathan, a preest, freend of the kyng; Ahiazar, pro|uost of the hows; and Adonyram, the sone of Adda, vpon the tributis. For|sothe Salomon hadde twelue ouerseers vpon al Yrael, that ȝeuen corn to the kyng, and to his hows; forsothe bi the monethis arowe in the ȝeer, thei a rowe mynystreden necessarijs. And thes the names of hem; Benhur, in the mount of Effraym; Bendekar, in Mactes, and in Salebbym, and in Bethsames, and in He|lon, and in Bethanan; Benesech, and in Araboth; of hym forsothe was Socco, and al the loond of Eefer; Benabidanab, of whom al Neptad; Dorthafaed, theOm. B. douȝter of Salomon, he hadde toOm. BEFH. wijf. Bena, the sone of Achilud, gouernede Thaneth, Amageddo, and al Bethsan, that is beside Sarthana, vndur Jezmel, fro Bethsan vnto Abelmeula, `forn aȝensfro the regioun of E pr. m. Sel|maan. Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad hadde Anothiair, of the sone of Manasse, in Ga|laad; he gouernede in al the regioun of Argob, that is in Basan, to sexti greet citees and wallid, that hadden brasen lockis. Achymadab, the sone of Addo, rewlide in Manahym; Achymaas, in Nep|talym, but and he hadde Bachsemath, the douȝter of Salomon, in mariage; Bena, the sone of Husi, in Aser, and in Balod; Josaphat, the sone of Pharue, inand in A. Ysa|char; Semei, the sone of Hela, in Benia|myn; Gaber, the sone of Sury, in the loond of Galaad, and in the loond of Seon, kyng of Amorrey, and of Og, the kyng of Basan, vpon alle thingisOm. E pr. m. that weren in that loond. Juda and Yrael ben vnnoumbrable, as the grauel of the see in multitude, etynge, and drynkynge, and gladynge. Forsothe Salomon was in his power, hauynge alle the rewmes, as fro the flood of the loond of Philisteis vnto the eende of Egipt, of men offryng to hym ȝiftis, and of seruynge to hym alle the days of his lijf. Forsothe the meet of Salomon was bi eche day, thretti choris of tried floure, and sexti choris of meele, ten fatte oxen, twenti `lesewed oxenfoddrid scheep A pr. m. BCEFH., and an hundrid wetheris, `out taakwithout B rec. m. huntynge of hertis, and of goot, and of buglis, and of fed foulis. For|sothe he helde al the regioun that was beȝonde the flood, as fro Capsa vnto Gasan, and alle the kingis of that re|gioun; and he hadde pees on al side in enuyroun. And Juda dwellide andin AFH. Yrael with outen eny drede, echon vndur his vyn, and vndur his fiyg tree, fro Dan vnto Bersabee, alle the dais of Salomon. And Salomon hadde fourti thousand cratchis of chaare hors, and twelue thou|sand of ridynge hors; and the forseid ouerseers of the kyng norisheden hem. But and the necessarijs of kyng Salo|monSalomonys CEH. bord thei ȝauen with greet bisynes in herhis E pr. m. tyme; forsothe barli, and chaf of hors, and of beestis thei brouȝten into the place, where the kyng was, aftir the settynge to hem. Forsothe God ȝaf wisdam to Salomon, and myche pru|dence ful greetli, and laargenesse of herte, as grauel that is in the brenk of the see. And the wisdam of Salomon wente be|fore the wisdam of alle the eest men, and of Egipciensthe Egipciens BCEFH.; and he was wiser than alle men; wiser than Ethan Esrayte, and than Eman, and than Cacal, and than Dorda, the sones of Maol; and he was nemned in alle theOm. H. gentylis bi enuyroun. And Salomon spak thre thousand parablis, and the ditees of hym weren fyue thousand; and he disputide vpon theOm. C. trees, froof B. the cedar that is in Liban, vnto the ysoop that goth out of the wal; and he tretyde of the beestis, and foulis, and of crepynge beestis, and of fisshis. And there camen of alle pu|plis to the wysdam of Salomon to be herde, and of alle kyngis of erthethe erthe E pr. v., the whiche herden the wisdam of hym.

 CAP. V.

Forsothe Iram, the kyng of Tiry, sente his seruauntis to Salomon; for|sothe he herde that men hadden anoynt|id hym kyng for his fader; for Yram was freendthe freend CE. of Dauid al tyme. Forsothe and Salomon sente to Yram, seiynge, Thou wost the wil of my fader DauidOm. E pr. m., and for he myȝte not bilde vp an hows to the name of his God, for the batailis oncomynge bi enuyroun, to the tyme that the Lord ȝaf hem vndur the step of his feet. Forsothe now the Lord my God hath ȝouen rest to me bi enuyroun, and there is not Sathan, ne yuel aȝen|comynge; for what thing I thenke to beeld a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as God spak to my fader, sei|ynge, Thi sone, whom I shal ȝyue to thee for thee vpon thi seete, he shal beelde to my name an hows. Thanne comaund, that thei hewen to me cedrys of Liban; and my seruauntis ben with thi ser|uauntis; forsothe the mede of thi ser|uauntis I shal ȝyue to thee, what euer thou askistaske BCEFH.; forsothe thou wost that there is not in my puple a man, that kan hewe trees, asof A. SidonysSidoyns A.. Whanne thanne Iram hadde herd the wordis of Salomon, he gladide greetli, and seith, Blessid beOm. CEFH. the Lord God to day, that ȝaf to Dauid a moost wise sone vpon this mychemychil B. mychel CEH. puple. And Yram sente to Sa|lomon, seiynge, I haue herd alle thingis that thou sentist to me; I shal doo al thi wil, in cedre trees, and in firris. My seruauntis shulen doo hem down fro the wode to the see, and I shal make hem togidre in shippis in the see, vnto the place the which thou shalt signyfye to me; and I shal leye hem to thee, that thou take hem; and thou shalt ȝyue necessaryes to me, that meete be ȝouen to myn hows. And so Yram ȝaf to Salomon cedre trees and firre trees, after al the wil of hym; forsothe Salomon ȝaf to Yram twenti thousand choris of whete into mete to his hows, and twenti choris of moost pure oyle; thes thingis Salo|mon ȝaf to Yram bi ech ȝeer. And the Lord ȝaf wisdam to Salomon, as he spak to hym; and there was betwix Iram and Salomon pees, and bothe smyten coue|nant of pees. And king Salomon chees werkmen of alOm. A. Israel; andOm. A. the moustre was thretti thousandis of men. And he sente hem into the wode, ten thousandthousandis E. bi eche moneth whilmele, so that two monethis whilmele thei weren in her howsis; and Adonyram was vpon siche a maner gedrynge of men. And so to Salomon weren seuenti thousandis of hem, that beren birthens, and eiȝti thousandis of masouns in the hyl, with outen the prouostis, that reulidenreuliden hem A. to alle the werkis, in noumbre of thre thousand and thre hundrid, comaundinge to the puple, and to hem that dyden werkewerkis A.. And the kyng comaundide, that thei shulden take the greet stoonus, and the precious stoonus, in to the foundement of the temple, and thei shulden square hem; the whiche the masouns of Salomon, and the masouns of Yram, han ouerscorchideslascht E pr. vice.. Forsothe the cyteseynys of Biblis maden redi the trees and stonus, to the hows to be beeldid.

 CAP. VI.

It is doo forsothe the foure hundrid and eiȝtieiȝtith BF. eiȝtetithe E. ȝeer of the goynge out of the sones of Irael fro the loond of Egipt, in the ferth ȝeer, the moneth Zio; he is the secounde moneth of the regne of Salo|mon vpon Irael; he began to beelde an hows to the Lord. Forsothe the hows that kyng Salomon beeldide to the Lord, hadde sexti cubitis in length, and twenti in brede, and thretti cubitis in heiȝt. And a ȝaat hows was before the temple of twenti cubitys in length, aftir the mesure of the brede of the temple; and hadde ten cubitis of brede before the face of the temple. And he made in the temple side wyndows. And he bildide vpon the wal of the temple table beeldyngis bi enuyroun, in the wallis of the hows, bi enuyroun of the temple, and of God|dis answerynge place; and he made the sidis in enuyroun. The table beeld|ynge, that was aboue, hadde fyue cubitis of brede; and the mydil table beeldynge of sexe cubitis of brede; and the thridde table beeldynge hauing seuen cubitis of brede. Forsothe beemys he putte in the hows bi enuyroun with outforth, thatand A. thei shulden not cleue to the wallis of the temple. Forsothe the hows, whanne it shulde be beeldid vp, is beeldid of stonus ouer scorchid and parfite; and hamer, and axe, and al yren, ben not herd in the hows, whanne it was beeldid. The door of the mydil side in the wal was of the hows of the riȝt side; and bi a vyce thei stieden vp into the mydil sowpynge place, and fro the mydil into the thridde. And he beeldide vp the hows, and endide it. And he made the hows with cedre couplis, and bildide a table beeldynge vpon al the hows bi fyue cubitis of heiȝt, and couerde the hows with cedre trees. And the word of the Lord is maad to Salomon, seyynge, This hows that thou beeldist; if thou gost in myn hestis, and dost my domys, and kepist alle my comaundementismaundementis BCEFH., goynge bi hem, I shal fastne my word to thee, that I haue spoken to Dauid, thi fader; and I shal dwelle in the mydil of the sonys of Yrael, and I shal not forsaak my puple Yrael. Thanne Salomon beeldide vp the hows, and eendide it; and beeldide vp the wallis of the hows with ynforth with cedre table beeldyngis, fro the pawment of the hows vnto the heiȝest of the wal, and vnto the cowplis; and he couerde with cedre trees with inforth; and he couerde the pawment of the hows with firre bordis. And he beeldide vp cedre table beeldingis of twenti cubitis at the hynder more parti of the temple, fro the pawment vnto the ouer parties; and he made an innermore hows of the heuenli answerynge place, into the holy of halewisholowis A.. Forsothe of fourti cubitis was thatthe F. temple beforefor E pr. m. the ȝatis of Goddis answerynge place. And with cedre al the hows with yn|forth was clothid, hauynge his turnours, and his iuncturisvynctours A. forgid, and grauyngis ouerbeynge; alle with cedre tablis thei weren clothid, ne algatis a stoone myȝte apere in the wal. Goddis answerynge place forsothe he made in the mydil of the hows, in the inner more partie, that he putte there the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord. Forsothe Goddis answerynge place hadde twenti cubitis of length, and twenti cubitis of brede, and twenti cubitis of heiȝt; and he couerde it, and clothide with moost pure gold; but and the auter he clothide with cedre. Forsothe the hows before Goddis answerynge place he couerde with moost pure gold, and naylide platis to with golden nailis. No thing was in the temple that was not couerde with gold; but and al the auter of Goddis answer|ynge place he couerde with gold; and made in Goddis answerynge place two cherubyn of the trees of olyues, of ten cubitis of heiȝt; the too weenge of che|rub of fyue cubitis, and theOm. A. tother weenge of cherub of fyue cubitis, that is, hauyng ten cubitis, fro the cop of the wenge vnto the cop of the tother weenge. Forsothe of ten cubitis was the secounde cherub in the same mesure; and o werk was in the two cherubyn, that is, o che|rub hadde heiȝt of ten cubitis, and lijk maner the secounde cherub. And he putte the cherubyn in the mydil of the inner temple; forsothe the cherubyn strauȝten out her weengis, and the too weenge towchide the wal, and the weenge of the secounde cherub touchyde the tothere wal; forsothe the tothere weenges in the mydylOm. E pr. m. part of the temple towch|eden hem self to gidre. And he couerde cherubyn with gold, and alle the wallis of the temple bi enuyroun; and grauyde with dyuerse grauyngis and turnynge; and made in hem cherubyn, and palmes, and dyuerse peynturis, as ferre stond|yngesemynge E pr. m. fro the wal in goynge out. But and the pawment of the hows he couerde with gold, with inforth and with outforth. And in the goynge yn of Goddis answer|ynge place he made two litil dorys of the trees of olyues; and fyue postis of the corners, and the two dorys of the trees of olyues; and he grauede in hem peyn|ture of cherubyn, andin AH. the lickenes of palmes, and the ouermore grauyngis ful fer stoondyngeseemynge E pr. m. out; and couerde hem with gold; and both he couerde cheru|byn, and the palmes, and other with gold. And he made in the entre of the temple postis of the trees of olyues foure cor|nerd; and the two doris of firre trees, either to other; and either dore was dow|ble, and holdynge hem self togidre was opnyde. And he grauyde cherubyn, and the palmys, and grauyngis myche sem|ynge out; and alle he couerde with goldyn platis, with squaryd werk at rewle. And he bildide the porch with ynforth, with three ordres of polshid stonus, and with oon ordre of the trees of cedre. The firthe ȝeer the hows of the Lord is foundid, in the moneth of Zio; and in the enleueth ȝeer, the moneth of Ebul; he is the eiȝt moneth; the hows is perfourmed in al his werk, and in alle his necessaries; and he bildide it vp in seuen ȝeer.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe Salomon beeldide his hows in thretene ȝeer, and vnto parfite brouȝte forth. And he bildide the hows of the wijld wode of Liban, of an hundrid cu|bitis of length, and of fifti cubitis of brede, and of thretti cubitis of heiȝt; and foure aluris betwixe the cedre pilers; for|sothe the cedre trees he hewȝ into pilers. And he clothide al the chaumbre with cedre table beeldyngis; the which chaum|bre was born vp with fyue and fourti pilers. The too ordre forsothe hadde fifteen pilers, sette togidre aȝens hem self, and `for aȝenfro the regioun E pr. m. forn aȝen E sec. m. hem self beholdynge, with euen space betwixe the pilerys; and vpon the pilers foure cornerd trees, in alle thingis euen. And the chaumbre of pilers he made of fifti cubitis of length, and of thretti cubitis of brede; and another chaumbre into the face of the more chaumbre; and pilers, and the heedis vpon the pilers he made. For|sothe the chaumbre of the see, in the which is the chayer of dom, he made; and couerde with cedre trees, fro the pawment vnto the cop. And the litil hows, in the which he sat to deme, was in the mydil chaumbre, lijk maner werk. Forsothe he made an hows to the douȝ|ter of Pharao, whom Salomon weddide, siche maner werk as this chaumbre. Alle thingis with precious stoonus, `the whichethat C pr. m. at a maner rewle and mesure, both with ynforth and with outforth, weren loken, fro the foundement vnto the cop of the wallis, and with ynforth and vnto the more halle. The foundementisfoundement A. forsothe of precious stoonus, the greet stoonus of ten, or of eiȝt cubitis; and there aboue precious stoonus of euen mesure weren hewendyuydid E pr. m.; andOm. A. lijk maner of cedre. And the more halle rownd, of thre ordres of hewen stonus, and of oon ordre of planed cedre; also and inOm. AFH. the innermore porche of the hows of the Lord, and in the ȝaat hows of the hows of the Lord. And kyng Salomon sente, and took Yram, the sone of the widowe womman, fro Tyro, of the lynage of Neptalym, fader of the cuntre of Tyre, a crafti man of metal, and ful of wisdom, and vndurstondynge, and of lore, to doo al werk of metal. Which whanne he was comen to kyng Salomon, he made al the werk of hym; and made two brasen pilers, of eiȝteen cubitis of heiȝt o piler; and a liyn of twelue cubitis wenteand wente A. about either piler. And two heed coueryngys he made, that shulden be putte vpon the heedis of the pilers, ȝoten of bras; of fyue cubitis of heiȝt oon heed couerynge, and of fyue cubitis of heiȝt another heed couerynge; and as in maner of a nette, and of cheynys wouyn togidre to hem self, in o werk. And either heed couer|ynge of the pilers was ȝoten; seuen litil nettis of verse in the toon heed couer|ynge, and seuen lytil nettis in the tothir heed couerynge. And he fulfillide the pilers, and the two ordris bi enuyroun of alle the litil nettis, that thei coueren the heed coueryngis, that weren vpon the cop of the powmgarnettis; and the same wise he made to the secounde heed couer|ynge. Forsothe the heed coueryngis, that weren vpon the heedis of the pilers, as in werk of a lilye weren forgid, in the ȝaat|hows, of foure cubitis; and eft other heed coueryngis in the cop of the pilers aboue, aftir the mesure of the piler aȝens the litil nettis; forsothe two hundryd ordres of powmgarnettis weren in enuyroun of the secounde heed couerynge. And he sette two pilers in the ȝaat hows of the temple; and whanne he hadde sette the riȝt piler, he clepide it bi name Jachym; lijk maner he reride the secounde piler, and clepide the name of it Booz. And vpon the heedis of the pilers he sette a werk in maner of a lilye; and fulfillid is the werke of the pilers. He made for|sothe the ȝoten see, of ten cubitis fro lippe vnto lippe, rounde in enuyroun; the heiȝt of hym of fyue cubitis; and the littil nette of thretti cubitis girdide itOm. E pr. m. by enuyroun. And the grauynge vndur the lippe wente about it bi ten cubitis, goynge about the see; two ordris of storye grauyngis weren ȝoten, and stoden vpon twelue oxen; of the whiche three beheelden to the north, and three to the weste, andOm. A. three to the south, and thre to the este; and the see was there aboue vpon hem, whos alle the hyndir|more parties lurkiden with ynforth. The greetnes forsothe of the watyr vessel was of three ouncis, and the lippe of ithym E pr. m. as the lippe of a chalice, and as a leef of a lilye to be `aȝen bowidaparailid E pr. m.; itand it AF. conteynede two thousand mesuris of thre quartis, thre thousand mesuris neeȝ of a potel. And he made ten brasen feet, eche foot of foure cubitis of length, and of foure cubitis of brede, and of foure cubitis of heiȝt. And that werk of the feet was betwix grauyngis playn; and grauyngis betwix the ioynturis. And betwix the litil crownes and wyndyngis, liouns, and oxen, and cherubin; and in the ioynturis lijk maner aboueOm. AH.; and vndur the lyouns and oxen as bridils of brasse hongynge. And foure whelis bi eche feet, and brasen axtrees; and bi foure partyes as litil shul|dres vndur the water vessel ȝoten, aȝens hem self beholdynge. And the mouth of the watir vessel with ynforth was in the cop of the heed, and that, that with outforth aperide, was of o cubite, and alle round, and togidre hadde o cubite and an half; inand in AH. the corners forsothe of the pilerspiler E sec. m. weren dyuers grauyngis, and the mene pilerspiler E sec. m. betwix squaarquarre BC pr. m. F., and not round. Forsothe the foure whelis, that weren bi the foure corners of the foot, cleueden to|gidre to hem self vndir the foot; o whele hadde of heiȝt a cubite and an half. For|sothe the whelis weren siche, as ben wont to be maad in a chaar; and the axtreaxtrees CE. of hem, and the spokys, and the felijsfelys E sup. ras., and the naue, alle ȝoten. For thoo ilkeOm. CE sec. m. foureOm. E pr. m. litil shuldres, bi alle the corners of o foot, fro that foot weren ȝoten, and ioyned. In the cop forsothe of the foot was a maner roundnes, of a cubite and a half, so forgid, that the watir vessel myȝte be sette there aboue, hauynge his dy|uerse endentyngis, and grauyngis of hymhem A. self. Forsothe he grauede in the table beeldyngis, that weren of brasse, and in the corners, cherubyn, and liouns, and palmys, as into theOm. AFH. lickenesse of a man stondynge, that thei shulen be seen not grauen, but leid to bi enuyroun. And in this maner he made ten feet, bi o ȝet|ynge and mesure, and with lijk maner grauynge. Forsothe he made ten brasen water vessels; o water vessel heelde fourti mesuris of thre quaartis, and was of foure cubitis; and alle the water vessels he putte vpon alle the feet, that is, vpon ten feet. And he ordeynde thetho A. ten feet, fyue at the ryȝt partie of the temple, and fyue at the left; forsothe the see he putte at the riȝt parti of the temple, aȝens the este at the south. And Iram made caw|drones, and fier pannys, and wyn violis; and he parformede al the werk of kyng Salomon in the temple of the Lord. Two pilers, and two lytil cordis of the heed coueryngis vpon the heedis of the pilers, and two litil nettis, that thei coueren the two litil coordis, that weren vpon the heedis of the pilers. And foure hundrid powmgarnettis in the two litil nettis; two vers of powmgarnettis inand AHF. eche litil nettis, to the litil coordis to be couerd of the heed coueryngis, that weren vpon the heedis of the pilers. And the ten feet, and the ten water vessels vpon the feet; and oon see, and twelue oxen vndir the see; and cawdrones, and fijr pannys, and wyn vyolis. Alle the vessels, that Iram made to kyng Salomon in the hows of the Lord, weren of latoun. And in the wijld feeldy regioun of Jordan the kyng ȝetide hem, in the cleyyecleye AB. erthe, betwix Socoht and Sarcham. And Salomon putte alle the vessels in the hows; for the mych multitude forsothe there was no weiȝt of the brasse. And Salomon made alle the vessels in the hows of the Lord; forsothe a golden auter, and a golden bord, onvpon BEFCH. theOm. C. which shulden be leyd the looues of proposicioun; and fyue golden candelstickis at the riȝt side, and fyue at the left, aȝens Goddis answerynge place, of moost pure gold; and as flouris of lilie, and golden lanterns there aboue, and golden snytters; and stenys, and flesh hookis, and vyolis, and morters, and censerys, of moost pure gold; and the heengis of doris of the ynnermore hows of the holy of halowis, and of the dorys of the hows of the temple, weren of gold. And he parfourmede al the werk, that Salomon made in the hows of the Lord; and he brouȝte in the thingis that Dauid, his fader, hadde halowid; siluer, and gold, and vessels; and he leide vp in the tresours of the hows of the Lord.

 CAP. VIII.

Thanne alle the more thurȝ birth of Yrael ben gadryd, with the princis of lynagis, and the duykis of the meynees of the sones of Yrael, to king Salomon, in to Jerusalem, that thei bryngen the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord fro the cite of Dauid, that is, fro Syon. And al Irael cam togidre to kyng Salomon, in the moneth of Bethanym, in a solempne day; he is the seuenth moneth. And alle the eldris of Irael camen; and preestis token the arke, and beren the arke of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the couenaunt of pees, and alle the vessels of the seyntuarie, that weren in the tabernacle; and preestis and Leuytis beren hem. Forsothe kyng Salomon, and al the multitude of Yrael, that was comen to hym, wenten with hym before the arke, and offreden sheep and oxen, with out eymynge and noumbre. And the preestis brouȝten yn the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord into his place, into Goddis answerynge place of the temple, into the holi of halowis, vnder the weengis of cherubyn. Forsothe cherubyn spradden out the weengis vpon the place of the arke; and thei couerden the ark, and his clothis ther aboue. And whanne the berynge stauys semeden out, and the heiȝest of hem apereden with out the seyntuarie, before Goddis answerynge place, thei apereden no more with out forth; and the whiche weren there vnto the day that is now. Forsothe in the arke was noon othere thing but the two stonen tablis, the whiche Moyses hadde sette in it in Oreb, whanne the Lord couenauntide coue|naunt of pees with the sones of Irael, whanne thei shulden goo out of the loond of Egipt. It is doon forsothe whanne the preestis weren goon out of the seyntuarie, a litil clowde fulfillide the hous of the Lord; and the preestis myȝten not stoond and mynystre, for the litil clowde; forsothe the glorie of the Lord hadde fulfillid the hous of the Lord. Thanne seith Salomon, The Lord seide, that he shulde dwelle in a litil clowde. Beeldynge I haue beeldid an hows in to thi `dwellynge placetabernacle E pr. m., thi moost fast see into euermore. And the kyng turnede his face, and blisside to al the chirch in Irael; forsothe al the chirch of Irael stood. And Salomon seith, Blessid isOm. CEFH. the Lord God of Irael, that spak in his mouth to Dauid, my fader, and in the hondishows AFH. of hym per|fourmyde, seiynge, Fro the day that I ladde out my puple Irael fro Egipt, I chees not a citee of alle the lynagis of Irael, that an hows shulde be beeldid vp, and my name were there; but Dauid I chees, that he were vpon my puple Irael. And Dauid, my fader, wolde beeld vp an hows to the name of the Lord God of Yrael. And the Lord seith to Dauid, my fader, That thou thouȝtist in thin herte to beelde vp an hows to my name, thou didist wel, that same thing tretynge in mynde; neuerthelater thou shalt not beelde to me an hows, but thi sone, that shal goon out of thi reynes, he shal beelde an hows to my name. The Lord hath confermyd his word, that he spak; and I stood for Dauid, my fader, and satte upon the trone of Irael, as the Lord spak; and I haue beeldbeeldide BFH. an hows to the name of the Lord God of Yrael. And I haue sette there a place of the arke, in the which is the couenaunt of pees of the Lord, the whiche he smoot with oure faders, whanne thei wenten out of the loond of Egipt. Forsothe Salomon stood before the auter of the Lord, in the siȝt of the chyrch of Yrael; and he spradde out his hoondis into heuene, and seith, Lord God of Yrael, there is not lijk ofOm. E pr. m. thee, God in heuene aboue, and upon erthe beneeth, the which kepist couenaunt and mercy to thi ser|uauntis, that goon before thee in al her herte; the which keptist to Dauid, my fader, thi seruaunt, that thou speke to hym; with mouth thou speke, and with hoondis thou hast fulfillid, as this dai proueth. Now thanne, Lord God of Irael, kepe to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fader, that thou speke to hym, seiynge, There shal not be doon awey a man before me of thee, that sitte vpon the trone of Irael, so neuerthelater if thi sonis kepen thi weye, that thei goon be|fore me, as thou wentist in my siȝt. And now, Lord God of Irael, thi wordis ben thei fastned, that thou speke to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fader. Thanne whethir it is to trowe, that vereli God dwelle vpon erthe; forsothe if heuene, and heuenes of heuens mowen not take thee, myche more this hows, that I haue beeldid to thee. But behold to the ori|soun of thi seruaunt, and to the preiers of hym, Lord my God; here the ympne, and the orysoun, that thi seruaunt preieth before thee to day; that thin eyen ben openyd vpon this hows niȝt and day, vpon the hows, of the which thou seydyst, My name shal be there; that thou here the orisoun, that thi ser|uaunt preieth to thee in this place; that thou here the preier of thi seruaunt, and of thi puple Irael, what euere thing he shal preye in this place, and thou here in the stede of thi dwellynge place in heuene; and whanne thou herist, thoukepist BCEFH. shalt be merciful. If a man synneth into his neiȝbour, and haue eny ooth, bi the which streyned he be holdyn, and come for the ooth before thithe AFH. auter, into thin hows, thou shalt here in heuen, and doon, and thou shalt deme thi seruauntis; condempnynge the wickid, and ȝeeldynge his weye vpon his heed, iustifiynge the riȝtwise, and ȝeeldynge to hym after his riȝtwisnes. If thi puple Irael shul flee his enemyes, for he is to synne to thee, and doynge penaunce, and knowlechynge to thi greet name, comen, and honouren, and preyen thee in this hows, here thou in heuene, and forȝif the synne of thi puple Irael; and thou shalt lede hem aȝen into the loond, that thou ȝaf to the fadres of hem. If heuene were closid, and shal not reyne for the synnes of hem, and preiynge in this place, penaunce doon to thi name, and fro herOm. E pr. m. synnes weren conuertid for her affliccioun, here thou hem in heuene, and forȝif the synnes of thi seruauntis, and of thi puple Irael, and shew to hem a good weye, bi the which thei goon, and ȝif reyne vpon the loond, that thou hast ȝouun to thi puple in to possessioun. `If that hungrehungir if yt CE. were growen `vp onvp in CE. the erthe, or were pesti|lence, or corrupt eyr, or fretynge, or locust, or rust, and turmentith hym, and his enemy besegynge the ȝatis, al ven|iaunce, al infirmyte, al cursynge, and wisshynge, that shall falle to eny man of thi puple Yrael, if a man knowe the wounde of his herte, and stretche out his hoondis in this hows, thou shalt here in heuene, in the place of thi dwellynge, and thou shalt be aȝen plesid, and thou shalt doo that thou ȝyue to echon after alle her weyes, as thou shalt seen thein A. herte of hym; for thou alone hast knowun the herte of alle the sonys of men, that thei dreden thee alle days in the which thei lyuen vpon the face of the erthe, that thou hast ȝeuen to oure fadris. Forthermore and an alyen, that is not of thi puple Irael, whanne he cometh fro a ferre loond for thi name; forsothe thi greet name shal be herd, and thi strong hoond, and thi strauȝt out arme ouer al; whanne thanne he shal come, and preye in this place, thou shalt here in heuene, in the firmament of thi dwellynge place, and thou shalt doo alle thingis, for the whiche the alien hath inwardli clepid thee, that alle puplis of erthis lernen to drede thithe B. name, as thi puple Yrael, and proue thei, for thi name is inwardly clepid vpon this hows, that I haue beeldid. If thi puple were goon out to batail aȝens his ene|myes, bi the weye whidir euere thou shalt seende hem, thei shulen preye thee aȝen the weye of the citee that thou hast chosun, and aȝens the hows that I haue beeldid to thi name, and thou shalt here in heuene the orysouns of hem, and the preyers of hem, and doon the doom of hem. of enemyes, ferre or niȝ, and doon pe|naunce in her herte, in the place of cai|tifte, and turned han preyed in her cay|tifte, seiynge, We han synned, wickidly we han doon, vnpitously we han born vs; and weren turned to thee in al her herte, and in al her soule, in the loond of her enemyes, to the which catife thei weren lad, and preyen thee aȝens the weie of her loond that thou hast ȝouen to the faders of hem, and of the citee that thou hast chosun, and of the temple that I haue beeldid to thi name, thou shalt here in heuen, in the firmament of thi see, and the orysouns of hem, and the preiers of hem, and thou shaltshal A. doon the doom of hem; and thou shalt haue merci to thi puple, that hath synned to thee, and to alle the wickidnesses bi the whiche thei han trespassid in thee; and thou shalt ȝyue merci before hem, that hadden hem caitife, that thei doon merci to hem. Forsothe thi puple he is, and thin heritage, whom thou hast brought out of the loond of Egipte, fro the mydil of the yren furneis; that thin eyen ben opened to the preyer of thi seruaunt, and of thi puple Yrael; and thou shalt here hem in alle thingis, for the whiche thei inwardly shulen clepe thee. Forsothe thou hast seuerde hem to thee in to herytage of alle puplis of theOm. AC. erthe, as thou speke bito AFH. Moysen, thi seruaunt, whanne thou laddist out oure fadris fro Egipt, Lord God. It is doon forsothe, whanne Salomon hadde ful eendid, prei|ynge the Lord al the orysoun, and this preier, he aroosrose BCEFH. fro the siȝt of the auter of the Lord; forsothe either knee he hadde piȝt into the erthe, and the hoondys he hadde sprad out to heuene. Thanne he stood, and blesside to al the chirche `of YraelOm. E pr. m. with a greet voys, sey|ynge, Blessid isOm. BCEFH. the Lord God, that ȝaf rest to his puple Irael, after alle thingis that he spak; there felle not ofOm. AH. a word, forsothe not oon, of alle the wordis that he spak bi Moyses, his seruaunt. Be the Lord oure God with vs, as he was with oure faders, not forsakynge vs, ne throw|ynge a ferre; but bowe he oure hertis to hym, that we goon in alle the weys of hym, and kepe the maundements of hym, and cerymonyes, and domes, what euere he comaundide to oure fadres. And ben thes myn wordis, in the whiche I haue preied before the Lord, neiȝynge to thee Lord oure God day and nyȝt, that he do doom to his seruaunt, and to his puple Irael bi eche days; and witen alle pu|plis of the erthe, for the Lord he isOm. E pr. m. Goda God CE., and there is noon more with out hym. Forsothe be oure herte parfite with the Lord oure God, `that we goongo we E pr. m. in the domys of hym, and kepenkepe we E pr. m. the heestis of hym, as and to day. Thanne the kyng, and al Yrael with hym, of|freden slayn sacrifices before the Lord. And Salomon slewȝ pesible oostis, that he offrede to the Lord; two and twenti thousandthousendis E. of oxen, and an hundryd and twenti thousandthousendis E. of sheep; and the kyng and the sones of Yrael halweden the temple of the Lord. In that day the kyng halwide the mydil of the porche, that was before the hows of the Lord; forsothe he dide brent offryngis there, and sacrifice, and the talwȝ of the pesible thingis; for the brasen auter that was before the Lord was to litil, and myȝte not take the brent offrynge, and the sa|crifice, and the talwȝ of pesible thingis. Thanne Salomon made in that tyme a solempne feest day, and al Irael with hym, a greet multitude, fro the entre of Emath vnto the ryuer of Egipt, before the Lord oure God, seuen days and seuen dais, that is, fourteen dais. And in the eiȝteiȝtethe CE. day he lafte the puple, the which blessynge to the kyng wente into her tabernaclis, gladynge and with myrye herte vpon alle the goodis that God hadde doon to Dauid, his seruaunt, and to Irael, his puple.

 CAP. IX.

It is doon forsothe, whanne Salomon hadde perfourmed the beeldynge of the hows of the Lord, and the beeldynge of the kyng, and al that he desyryde, and wolde make, the Lord aperide to hym the secounde tyme, as he aperyde to hym in Gabaon. And the Lord seide to hym, I haue herd thin orisoun, and thi preyer, that thou preiedist before me; I haue halwid this hows, that thou hast beeldbildide BEFH., that I putte my name there into euer|more; and myn eyen and myn herte shulen be there alle days. Forsothe thou, if thou gost before me, as thi fader ȝede, in symplenes of herte, and euennesse, and dost alle thingis that I haue comaundid to thee, and my domys, and my lawful thingis kepest, I shal sette the trone of thi rewme vpon Irael in to euermore, as I spak to Dauid, thi fader, seiynge, There shal not be doon awey a man of thi kyn|rede fro the see of Irael. Forsothe if bi turnynge awey ȝe and ȝoure sonys weren turned a weye, not folwynge me, ne kep|ynge myn heestis and cerymonyns, that I purposide to ȝow, but ȝe goon awey, and herein alyen goddis, and honouren hem, I shal doo awey Irael fro the vtter|moost of the erthe that I haue ȝeuen to hem; and the temple that I haue halwid to my name, I shal throwe awey fro my siȝt; and Irael shal be into prouerbe and into fablefablis A., to alle puplis. And this hows shal be into exsaumple; alle that passen bi it, shulen wondre, and whistlen, and seyn, Whi dide the Lord thus to thisthi AFH. loond, and to this hows? And thei shulen answere, For thei forsoken the Lord her God, that ladde out the faders of hem fro the loond of Egipt; and thei folweden alien goddis, and herieden hem, and honourden hem; therfor the Lord brouȝte yn vpon hem al this yuel. For|sothe fulfillid twenti ȝeer, after that Salo|mon hadde beeldid two howsis, that is, the hows of the Lord, and the hows of the kyng, Iram, the kyng of Tire, ȝeu|ynge to kyng Salomon cedre and firre trees, and gold, after al that he hadde nede; thanne Salomon ȝaf to Iram twenti burȝ touns in the loond of Galilee. And Yram wente out fro Tyro for to se the burȝ touns, that Salomon hadde ȝeuen to hym, and thei plesiden not to hym; and he seith, Whether thes ben the citees that thou hast ȝeuen to me, brother? And he clepide hem the loond of Chabul, vnto this day. Forsothe Iram sente to kyng Salo|mon an hundrid and twenti talentis of gold. This is the summe of the expensis, that kyng Salomon offrede to beelde the hows of the Lord, and his hows of Mello, and the wal of Jerusalem, and Ezer, and Magedo, and Gazer. Pharao, the kyng of Egipt, stiede vp, and took Gazer, and brente it vp with fier; and Chanane that dwellide in the citee he slewȝ, and ȝaf it into dower to his douȝter, Salomons wijf. Thanne Salomon beeldide vp Gazer, and the nethir Bethron, and Balaad, and Pal|myram in the loond of wildirnes, and alle the touns that to hym perteyneden, and weren withouten wal; and he made sikir the citees of charistourys E pr. m., and the cytees of horsmen, and what euere thing to hym pleside for to beelde in Jerusalem, and in Liban, and in al the loond of his power. Al the puple that abood stylle of Amor|reis, Ethees, and Pherezeis, Euees, and Jebuseis, that ben not of the sones of Irael, of thes the sones that abiden stille in the loond, that is, whom the sones of Irael myȝten not throwe out, Salomon made tributaries into this day. Of the sones forsothe of Irael kyng Salomon ordeynde not eny man to serue, but thei weren men fiȝters, and the seruauntis of hym, and princis, and duykis, and pre|fectis of charis and of hors. Forsothe thei weren princis vpon alle the werkis of Salomon, prouostis fyue hundrid and fifti, that hadden the puple subiect, and to the ordeynd werkis comaundiden. The douȝter forsothe of Pharao stiede vp fro the citee of Dauid in to hir hows, that Salomon hadde beeldid to hire; thanne he bieldide Mello. Forsothe Salomon offride three sithes bi eche ȝeer brent sa|crifices `and pesible slaynOm. F. sacrificesOm. E pr. m. F., vpon the auter that he hadde beeldid to the Lord; and he brente the maad encensecense E. before the Lord, and perfite is the temple. Forsothe kyng Salomon made a nauee in Aziongaber, that is besyde Haylam, in the brenk of the Reed see, in Ydume loond. And Yram sente in that nauee his seruauntis, shipmen, and wise of the see, with theOm. A. seruauntis of Salomon; the whiche whanne thei weren comen in to Oofer, thens the taken gold of foure hun|drid and twenti talentis thei brouȝten to kyng Salomon.

 CAP. X.

But and queen Sabaa, the loos of Salo|mon herd in the name of the Lord, she cam to asaye hym in derk sentensis. And she goon out with greet companye to Jerusalem, and ritchessis, and chamels berynge swote spicesoynementis E pr. m., and gold vnnoum|brid ful myche, and precious iemmys, cam to kyng Salomon, and spak to hym alle thingis that she hadde in hire herte. And Salomon tauȝte hire alle the wordis that she purposydeOm. BCEFH.; and there was not a word that myȝte be vnknowun fro the kyng, and that he answerde not to hire. Forsothe queen Sabaa seynge al the wis|dam of Salomon, and the hows that he hadde beeldid vp, and the metis of his bord, and the dwellynge placis of the seruauntis, and the ordris of the seruy|tours, and the clothis of hem, and the botelers, and the brent sacrificis the whiche he offride in the hows of the Lord, she hadde no more spirite. And she seide to the kyng, Sooth is the word that I herde in my loond, vpon thi wordis, and vpon thi wisdam; and I trowide not to the tellers to me, to the tyme that I my self cam; and I haue seen with myn eyen, and proued that the half partye was not toold to me; more is thi wis|dam and thi werkis, than the loos that I haue herd. Blessid benOm. BCEFH. thi men, and blessid benOm. BCEFH. thi seruauntis, thes that stondenstoden A. before thee euermore, and heren thi wisdam. The Lord thi God be blessid, to whom thou hast plesid, and hath putte thee vpon the troone of Yrael; forthi that the Lord shal loue Yrael into euermore, and he hath sette thee a kyng, that thou doo doom and ryȝtwisnes. Thanne she ȝaf to the kyng an hundrid and twenti talentis of gold, and many swote spicisoynementis E pr. m. ful myche, and precious iemmys; there ben no more brouȝt spicisoynementis E pr. m. so manye, asthan E pr. m. thoo `the whichethat C pr. m. queen Sabaa ȝaf to kyng Salomon. But and the nauee of Yram, `the whichthat C. bare gold of Oofer, brouȝte toto hem E pr. m. of Oofer manye tyyn trees ful myche, and precious iemmys. And the kyng made of the tymetyyn AB. trees beddis, and of the hous of the Lord, and of the kyngis hows, and harpis, and syngynge instrumentis to syngers; there ben not brouȝt syche maner tymetyyn AB. trees ne seen, vnto the day that is now. Forsothe kyng Salomon ȝaf to the queen Sabaa alle thingis that she wold, and axedaxe A pr. m. of hym, out take thes thingis the whiche freeli he ȝaf to hire in the kyngis ȝift; the which is turned aȝen, and wente into hire loond with hire seruauntis. For|sothe the peyse of gold, that was offrid to Salomon bi eche ȝeer, was of sex hun|drid and sexe and sexti talentis of gold, out take that men offreden, that weren vpon tollis, and marchaundis, and alle the sellynge sheeldis, and alle kyngis of Ara|bye, and duykis of the loond. And kyng Salomon made two hundrid sheeldis of moost pure gold; sexe hundrid ouncis of gold he ȝaf into AFH. a plate of o sheeld; and thre hundrid bokelers of moost proued gold; thre hundrid pound of gold clo|theden o bokelere. And the kyng putte hem in the hows of the wijlde wode of Liban. Also kyng Salomon made a greet trone of yuer, and he clothide it with ful myche ȝalowȝ gold; the which hadde sexe grees; and the cop of the trone was round in the hyndermoreinnermore AFH. partiepart C.; and two hoondis hens and thens, holdynge the sittynge place, and two liouns stoden beside eche hondis; and twelue litil liouns stoondynge vpon the sexe grees hens and thens; there is not maad siche a werk in alle rewmes. But and alle the vessels, of the whiche kyng Salomon drank, weren golden, and al the necessarie of the hows of the wijlde wode of Liban of moost pure gold; andne A. there was not siluer, ne of eny prijs was holden in the dais of Salomon. For the nauee of the kyng bi the see with the nauee of Yram onys bi thre ȝeer wente into Tharsis, bryngynge thens gold, and siluer, and olefauntis teeth, and apis, and pokokis. Thanne kyng Salomon is magnified vpon alle the kyngis of erthethe erthe E pr. m. in richessesritchesse ABFH. and wis|dam. And al erthe desiride to se the cheer of Salomon, that it here the wis|dam of hym, that God haddehath ABH. ȝeuen in his herte. And alle thei brouȝten to him ȝiftis, golden vessels, and silueren, clothis, and batayl aarmys, swote spicisoyne|mentis E pr. m. forsothe, and hors, and mulis, bi alle ȝeeris. And Salo|mon gedride charis, and horsmen; and there ben maad to hym a thousand and foure hundrid charis, and twelue thou|sand of horsmen; and he disposide hem bi the strengthid citees, and with the king in Jerusalem. And he made, that there was as myche plente of siluer in Jerusalem, as of stoonus; and he ȝaf the multitude of cedres as mulberie trees, that growen in wijld feeldis. And the hors of Salomon weren brouȝt out of Egipt, and of Choa; forsothe mar|chauntis of the kyng bouȝten of Choa, and the prijs set, brouȝten. Forsothe there was bouȝt a foure whelid cart of Egipt for sexe hundrid ouncis of siluer, and an hors an hundrid and fifti; and in this maner alle the kyngis of Ethees and of Cyrye soolden hors.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe kyng Salomon to bren|nyngly louede many hethen wymmen, the douȝter forsothe of Pharao, and Moabitis, and Amonytis, and Ydumees, and Cidonees, and Ethees; of the gentils, on the whiche the Lord seide to the sones of Yrael, Ȝe shulen not goon into hem, ne of hem shulen goon out to ȝou; moost certeynli forsothe thei shulen turne aweie ȝoure hertis, that ȝe folwen the goddis of hem. And so to thes is couplid kyng Salomon, bi moost brennynge loue. And there weren to hym wiues as queens seuen hundrid, and secoundarie wiues thre hundrid; and wymmen turn|eden awey the herte of hym. And whanne now he was oold, the herte of hym is beshrewid bi wymmen, that he folwide alien goddis; and the herte of hym was not parfit with the Lord his God, as the herte of Dauid, his fadre. But Salomon heryede Astertem, the goddesse of Sydo|nyes, and Chamos, the god of Moabitis, and Moloch, the mawmet of Amonytees; and Salomon dide that was not plesynge beforeto forn E. the Lord, and he fulfillide not that he folwe the Lord, as Dauid, his fader. Thanne Salomon beeldidebilde C. vp the temple of Chamos to the mawmet of Moab, in the hil that is aȝens Jerusalem, and to Moloch, the mawmet of the sones of Amon. And in this maner he dide to alle his heythen wyues, that brenden en|cense, and offreden to her goddis. Ther|for the Lord wraththid toOm. B. Salomon, for|thi that his mynde was turned aweie fro the Lord God of Irael; the which aper|ide to hym the secounde, and hadde co|maundid of this word, that he shulde not folwe alyen goddis; and he kepte not that, that the Lord comaundyde to hym. And so the Lord seide to Salomon, For thou haddist this anentis thee, and keptist not my couenant, and myn heestis, the whiche I comaundide to thee, brekynge I shal kitte thithe A. rewme, and ȝeuen it to thi ser|uant. Neuerthelater in thi days I shal not doon, for Dauid, thi fader; fro the hoond of thi sone I shal kutte it; and al the rewme I shal not doon a wey, but o lynage I shal ȝyue to thi sone, for Dauid, my seruaunt, and Jerusalem, that I haue chosen. The Lord forsothe reride an ad|uersary to Salomon, Adad Ydume, of the kyngis seed, that was in Edom. Forsothe whanne Dauid was in Ydume, and Joab, the prince of chyualrie, hadde styed vp to byrye hem that weren slayn, and hadde slayn al maal in Ydume; forsothe sexe monethis there dwellide Joab, and al Irael, to the tyme that thei hadden slayn al maal in Ydume; he Adad fleeiȝ, and Ydume men, of the seruauntis of his fadir, with hym, that he goo into Egipt; forsothe Adad was a litil child. And whanne thei hadden rysen fro Madian, thei camen into Pharan; and thei token with hem men of Pharan, and wenten into Egipt, to Pharao, the kyng of Egipt; the which ȝaf to hym an hows, and or|deynde meetis, and a loond asignede. And Adad foonde grace before Pharao ful myche, in so myche that he ȝaf to hym a wijf, the sister germayn of his wiif Taphnes, the queen. And the sister of Taphnes gat to hym Jenebath, a sone; and Taphnes norishide hym in the hows of Pharao; and Jenebath was dwellynge before Pharao, with his sones. And whanne Adad hadde herd in Egipt, Da|uid to haue slept with his fadris, and Joab, prynce of chyualrie, to be deed, he seide to Pharao, Lete me, that I goo into my loond. And Pharao seide to hym, What thing forsothe anentis me nedist thow, that thou seche to goo to thi loond? And he answerde, Noon; but I preye thee, that thou lete me. Forsothe God reryde to hym an aduersarie, Rason, sone of Eliadan, that fleiȝ Adadezer, kyng of Soba, his lord; and he gadride aȝens hym men, and he is maad prince of theues, whanne Dauid shulde haue slayn hem; and thei wenten to Damasch, and dwelliden there; and thei ordeyneden hym a kyng in Damasch. And he was an aduersarie to Irael alle the days of Salomon; and this is the yuel of Adad, and haat aȝen Yrael; and he regnede in Cyrye. Forsothe Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, Eufrate of Seredera, seruaunt of Salomon, whos moder was a womman widwe, Serua bi name; and he reride the hoond aȝens the kyng. And this the cause of the rebellioun aȝens hym; for Salomon beeldide Mello, and euenede the swelwȝ of the citee of Dauid, his fader. Forsothe Jeroboam was a myȝti man, and a strong; and Salomon seynge the ȝonge waxynge man of good witte, and able to be tauȝt, he made hym a prefect vpon the tributislynagis E pr. m. of al the hows of Joseph. It is doon thanne in that tyme, that Jero|boam shulde goon out fro Jerusalem; and Ahyas Silonyte, prophete, foonde him in the weye, couerde with a newe man|til; forsothe thei two weren alone in the feelde. And Ahyas takynge hys newe mantil, with the which he was couerde, kitte into twelue parties. And he seith to Jeroboam, Tak to thee ten kyttyngis; thes thingis forsothe seith the Lord God of Yrael, Loo! I shal kitte the rewme fro the hoond of Salomon, and I shal ȝyue to thee ten lynagis; but o lynage shal leeue to hym, for my seruaunt Da|uid, and Jerusalem, the citee that I haue chosen of alle the lynagis of Irael; forthi that he forsook me, and honourde Astar|tem, goddesse of Sydonees, and Chamos, god of Moab, and Moloch, god of the sonys of Amon; and he wente not in my weyes, that he dide riȝtwisnesse before me, and my heestis, and my domys, as Dauid, his fader. Ne I shal not doo aweye al the rewme fro his hoond, but I shal putte hym a duyk alle the days of his lijf, for Dauid, my seruaunt, whom I chees, the which kepte myn heestis, and my maundementis. I shal doo aweye forsothe the rewme fro the hoond of his sone, I shal ȝyue to thee the ten lynagys; to his sone forsothe I shal ȝyue o lynage, that there abyde stille a lantern to Da|uid, my seruaunt, alle dais before me in Jerusalem, citee that I chees, that there were my name. Forsothe thee I shall take, and thou shalt regne vpon alle thingis that thi soule desyrith, and thou shalt be kyng vpon Yrael. If thanne thou herist alle thingis that I shal co|maunde to thee, and gost in my weies, and dost that is riȝt before me, kepynge my maundementis, and myn heestis, as Dauid, my seruaunt, dide, I shal be with thee, and beelde to thee a trewe hows, what maner wise I beeldide to Dauid an hows, and I shal take to thee Yrael; and I shal tourmente the seed of Dauid vpon this, neuerthelater not alle dais. Thanne Salomon wolde slee Jeroboam, the whiche roos, and fleiȝ into Egipt, to Su|saach, the kyng of Egipt; and he was in Egipt vnto the deeth of Salomon. Forsothe the remnaunt of the wordis of Salomon, and alle thingis that he dide, and the wisdom of him, loo! alle thei ben writyn in the boke of the wordis of the dais of Salomon. Forsothe the dais the whyche Salomon regnede in Jerusa|lem vpon al Yrael, ben fourti ȝeer. And Salomon slept with his faders, and is biried in the citee of Dauid, his fader; and Roboam, his sone, regnede for him.

 CAP. XII.

Roboam forsothe cam into Sichym; thider forsothe was gedrid al Irael to ordeyn hym a kyng. Forsothe but Jero|boam, the sone of Nabath, whanne ȝit he was in Egipt, ferre flowen fro the face of Salomon the kyng, the deeth of hym herd, he turnede aȝen fro Egipt; and thei senten, and clepeden hym. Thanne Jeroboam and al the multitude of Irael cam, and thei speken to RoboamJeroboam A., sei|ynge, Thi fader putte to vs moost hard ȝok, and so thou now mak lasse a lytil of the heest of thi fader moost hard, and of theOm. A. moost greuous ȝok that he hath putte on to vs, and we shulen serue to thee. The which seith to hem, Gooth vnto the thridde day, and turneth aȝen to me. And whanne the puple was goon, kyng RoboamJeroboam A. wente in counseil with the eldris, that stoden nyȝ before Salo|mon, his fader, whil that he ȝit lyuede; and seith, What counseil ȝeuen ȝe to me, that I answere to the puple? The whiche seiden to hym, If thou obesshe to this puple to dai, and seruest to this puple, and to the askynge of hem ȝeuest stede, and spekist to hem liȝt wordis, thei shu|len be to thee seruauntis alle dais. The which forsook the counseil of the oold men, that thei ȝauen to hym, and he took to hym the ȝonge men, that weren norishid with hym, and stoden nyȝ to hym; and he seide to hem, What coun|seil ȝeuen ȝe to me, that Y answere to this puple, that seiden to me, Mak liȝter the ȝok that thi fader putte vpon vs? And the ȝonge men seiden to hym, that weren norishid with hym, Thus spek to this puple, that speken to thee, seiynge, Thi fader agregide oure ȝok, thou re|leue vs; thus thou shalt speke to hem; My leest fyngre is gretter than the bak of my fader; and now my fader putte vpon ȝow a greuous ȝok, forsothe I shal adde vpon ȝoure ȝok; my fader bette ȝow with scourgis, forsothe I shal bete ȝou with scorpiouns. Thanne Jeroboam cam, and al the puple, to Roboam the thridde day, as the kyng spak, seiynge, Turneth aȝen to me the thridde dai. And the kyng answerde to the puple hard, forsakid the counseil of the eldres, that thei hadden ȝeuen to hym; and he spak to hem aftir the counseil of the ȝonge men, seiynge, My fader agregide ȝoure ȝok, and I forsothe shal adde to ȝoure ȝok; my fader bette ȝou with scourgis, Y shal bete ȝou with scor|piouns. And the kyng assentide not to the puple, for the Lord was aȝens hym, that he rere his word, that the Lord spak in the hoond of Ahye Silonyte to Jeroboam, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Nabath. And so the puple seynge, that the kyng wolde not here hem, answerdehe answerde E pr. m. to hym, seiynge, What to vs part in Dauid, or what heri|tage in the sone of Ysaye? Turne aȝen into thi tabernaclis, Irael; now se thin hows, Dauid. And Yrael wente into her tabernaclis. Vpon the sonys forsothe of Irael, whiche euere dwelliden in the citees of Juda, regnede Roboam. Thanne kyng Roboam sente to Vram, that was vpon the tributis; and al the puple stoneden hym, and he is deed. Forsothe kyng Roboam hastijf steiede vp in a chare, and fleiȝ into Jerusalem; and Irael wente a wey fro the hows of Dauid, vnto the day that is now. It is doon forsothe whanne al Irael hadde seenOm. A. that Jero|boam washadde A. turned aȝen, thei senten, and clepeden hym, the oost gadryd, and thei ordeyneden hym kyng vpon al the rewme of Ysrael; ne eny man folwide the hous of Dauid, saue the lynage of Juda alone. Forsothe Roboam cam to Jerusalem, and he gadride al the hows of Juda, and the lynage of Beniamyn, an hundrid and four score thousand of chosen men andOm. B. fiȝters, that thei fiȝten aȝens the hows of Irael, and brynge aȝen the rewme to Ro|boam, the sone of Salomon. Forsothe the word of the Lord is don to Semeyam, a man of God, seiynge, Spek to Roboam, the sone of Salomon, kyng of Juda, and to al the hous of Juda and of Beniamyn, and to the tothere of the puple, seiynge, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Ȝe shulen not stie up, ne fiȝt aȝens ȝoure bretheren, the sones of Irael; turne aȝen a man into his hows, of me forsothe is doon this word. Thei herden the word of the Lord, and thei ben turned aȝen fro the weye, as the Lord comaundide to hem. Forsothe Jeroboam beeldidebilde C passim. vp Sichem, in the hil of Effraym, and dwellide there; and goon out thens, he beeldidebilde CE. vp Pha|nuel. And Jeroboam seide in his herte, Now the kyngdam shal turne aȝen to the hows of Dauid, if this puple stie vp, that he doo sacrifices in the hows of the Lord in Jerusalem; and the herte of this puple shal be turned to her lord, Roboam, kyng of Juda; and thei shulen slee me, and turnen aȝen to hym. And the counseil out thouȝt, he made two golden calues, and seide to hem, Wole ȝe no more stye vp in to Jerusalem; loo! thi goddis, Irael, that ladden thee out of the loond of Egipt. And he putte oon in Bethel, and another in Dan. And doon is this word to Irael into synne; forsothe the puple wente to honoure the calf, into Dan. And he maade templis in heiȝtis, and preestis of the eendis of the puple, that weren not of the sones of Leuy. And he ordeyned a solempne dai in the eiȝtithe moneth, the fiftenthe dai of the moneth, into the liknes of the solempnetesolempte A. that is halwid in Juda. And stiynge vp, lijk maner he made an auter in Bethel, that he offre to the calues, the whiche he hadde forgid; and he sette in Bethel preestis of the heiȝ thingis, that he hadde maad. And he stiede vp vpon the auter, that he hadde maad in Bethel, the fif|teenthe day ofOm. E pr. m. the eiȝtitheeyȝte BF. moneth, the which he feynede of his owne herte; and he made a solempnete to the sonys of Yrael, and he stiede vp vpon the auter, that he brenne encense.

 CAP. XIII.

And loo! a man of God cam fro Juda, in the word of the Lord, into Bethel, Je|roboam stoondynge vpon the auter, and leiynge encense. And he criede out aȝens the auter, in the word of the Lord, and seith, Auter! auter! thes thingis seith the Lord, Loo! a sone shal be born to the hows of Dauid, Jozias bi name; and he shal offre vpon thee the preestis of heiȝ thingis, `the whichethat C pr. m. now in thee encensis brennen vp, and the boonys of men vpon thee he shal brenne. And he ȝaf in that day a tokne, seiynge, This shal be the tokne that the Lord spak, Loo! the auter shal be kyt, and the askis shulen be shed out, that in hym is. And whanne the kyng hadde herde the word of the man of God, that criede aȝens the auter in Bethel, he strauȝte out his hoond fro the auter, seiynge, Takith him. And his hoond, that he strauȝte out aȝens hym, wex drye, and he myȝte not drawe it aȝen to hym self. The auter forsothe is kit, and the askis ben shed out of the auter, after the tokne that the man of God hadde seid before, in the word of the Lord. And the kyng seith to the man of God, Besech the face of the Lord thi God, and preye for me, that myn hoond be restorid to me. And the man of God preiede the face of God; and the hoond of the kyng is turned aȝen to hym, and is maad as it was before. Forsothe the kyng spak to the man of God, Cumme with me hoom, that thou eete, and I shal ȝyue to thee ȝiftis. And the man of God seide to the kyng, If thou shuldist ȝyue to me the half parti of thin hows, I shal not come with thee, and I shal not eete breed, ne drynke water in this place; forsothe so it is comaundid to me in the word of the Lord, comaundynge, Thou shalt not eete breed, ne drynke water, ne thou shalt turne aȝen bi the waye that thou cam. Thanne he wente bi another weye, and he is not turned aȝen bi the weie, bi the which he cam in to Bethel. A maner prophete forsothe, an oold man, dwellide in Bethel, to whom camen his sonys, and toolden to hym alle the werkis that the man of God hadde doon in that day in Bethel; and the wordis that he hadde spoken to the kyng thei toolden to her fader. And her fader seide to hem, Bi what weie wente he? His sones sheweden to hym the weye, bi the which the man of God hadde goon, that cam fro Juda. And he seith to his sones, Makith redi to me an asse. The which whanne thei hadden maad redi, he stiede vp, and wente aftir the man of God, and he foonde hym sittynge vndir a therebynt. And he seith to hym, Whe|ther thou art the man `of GodOm. E pr. m., that cam fro Juda? He answerde to hym, I am. And he seide to hym, Come with me hoom, that thou eete breed. The which seith, I may not turne aȝen, ne come with thee, and I shal not eete breed, ne drynke water in this place; for the Lord spak to me in the word of the Lord, seiynge, Thow shalt not ete breed, and thou shalt not drynke watir thereOm. B., ne thou shalt turne aȝen bi the weye that thou wentist. The which seith to hym, And I am a prophete lijk thee; and the aungel spak to me in the word of the Lord, seiynge, Bryng hym aȝen with thee into thin hous, that he eete breed, and drynke water. HeAnd he A. bigyilde hym, and brouȝte aȝen with hym. Thanne he eete breed in his hous, and drank water. And whanne he satte at the bord, the word of the Lord is doon to the prophete that brouȝte hym aȝen; and he criede out to the man of God that cam fro Juda, seiynge, Thes thingis seith the Lord, For thou were not obeishyngeobeyschaunt BCEFH. to the mouth of the Lord, and keptist not the maundement that the Lord thi God comaundide to thee, and turnedest aȝen, and eete breed, and dranke water in the place in the which I comaundide to thee, that thou shuldist not eete breed, ne drynke water, thi careyn shal not be born into the sepulcre of thi faders. And whanne he hadde eeten and drunken, the prophete, whom he hadde brouȝt aȝen, made redi his asse. The which whanne he was goon, a lioun foond hym in the weye, and slewȝslewȝ hym A.. And the careyn of hym was throwun forth in the weye; forsothe the asse stood biside hym, and the lioun stood biside the careyn. And loo! men goynge seen the careyn throwen in the weie, and a lioun stoondynge be|side the careyn; and thei camen, and openeden into the citee, in the which that ilke olde prophete dwellide. The which thing whanne thethat CE. prophete hadde herd, that ladde him aȝen fro the weye, seith, The man of God he is, that was vnobeshyngevnobeschaunt BCEFH. to the mouth of God; and the Lord took hym to a lyoun, that brusside hym, and slewȝ hym, after the word of the Lord that heOm. AFH. spak to hym. And he seide to hys sonys, Makith redi to me an asse. The which whanne thei hadden maad redi, and he is goon, he foond the careyn of hym throwun forth in the weye, and an asse and a lioun stondynge beside the careyn; and the lyoun eete not of the careyn, ne hurte not the asse. Thanne the prophete took the careyn of the man of God, and putte it vpon the asse; and turned aȝen, he brouȝte it in to the citee of the oold pro|phete, that he weyle hym. And he putte the careyn of hym in his sepulcre, and thei weileden hym, Allas! allas! my bro|there! And whanne thei hadden weilid hym, he seide to hys sonys, Whanne I shal be deed, birieth me in the sepulcre, in the which the man of God is biried; beside the bonys of hym putte ȝe my bonys. For forsothe the word shal come, that he before seide in the word of the Lord, aȝens the auter that is in Bethel, and aȝens alleal AFH. the templestemple AFH. of theOm. CE sec. m. heiȝ thingisOm. E pr. m., that ben in the citees of Sa|marye. Aftir thes wordis Jeroboam ys not turned awey fro his werst weye, but aȝenward he made of the last puplis preestis of heiȝ thingisOm. E pr. m.; who so euer wolde, fulfillidhe fulfillid E pr. m. his hoond, and was maad a preest of heiȝ thingis. And for this cause the hows of Jeroboam synnede, and is turned vpsedoun, and doon awei fro the vttermoost of the erthe.

 CAP. XIV.

In that tyme Abya, the sone of Jero|boam, wexe sijke. And Jeroboam seide to his wijf, Ryse, and chaunge abijt, that thou be not knowun, that thow be the wijf of Jeroboam; and go in to Silo, where Ahya, the prophet, is, the which spak to me, that I was to regne vpon this puple. Tak forsothe in thin hoond ten looues, and a litil kake, and a vessel of hony, and go to hym; forsothe he shal shewe to thee, what ben to come to this child. The wijf dide as Jeroboam seide, and arysynge she wente into Silo, and cam into the hows of Ahye; and he myȝte not se, for the eyen of hym hadden da|sewide for eeld. Forsothe the Lord seide to Ahyam, Loo! the wijf of Jeroboam is comen in, that she counsele thee vpon hire sone, that is sijk; thes thingys and thes thou shalt speke to hire. Thanne whanne she was comen yn, and hadde vnlikned hire self to be that she was, Ahias herde the soun of the feet of hire comynge in bi the dore, and seith, Cum in, wijf of Jeroboam; whi anothir thow feynest thee to be? Forsothe I am sent to thee an hard messagere. Go, and sey to Jeroboam, These thingis seith the Lord God of Irael, For I haue enhaunsid thee fro the myddis of the puple, and ȝaf thee duyk vpon my puple Irael, and kytte the rewme of the hows of Dauid, and ȝaf it to thee, and thow was not as my ser|uaunt Dauid, that kepte myn heestis, and folwide me in al his herte, doynge that was plesynge in my siȝt; but thou hast wrouȝt euil, ouere alle that weren before thee, and thou hast maad alien goddis to thee, and ȝoten, that thou terre me to wraththe, forsothe thou hast throwen me behynde thi bak. Therfor loo! I shal brynge yn yuels vpon the hows of Jeroboam, and I shal smyte fro Jeroboam vnto a pissere at the wal, and closide, and last in Yrael; and I shal clense the relikis of the hows of Jero|boam, as is wont to be clensid muk vnto the pure; forsothe thoo that weren deed of Jeroboam in the citee, houndis shulen eete hem; forsothe thoo that weren deed in the feeld, briddes of heuene shulen de|uowre hem; for the Lord spak. Thou therfor ryse, and go into thin hows; and in that goynge in of thi feet in to the cytee the child shal dye. And al Yrael shal beweile hym, and berye; forsothe he alone shal be brouȝt yn of Jeroboam in to the sepulcre, for there is founden vpon hym a good word of the Lord God of Yrael, in the hows of Jeroboam. The Lord forsothe shal ordeyne to hym a kyng vpon Irael, that smyte the hows of Jeroboam, in this day and in this tyme; and the Lord God of Irael shal smyit, as a reede in water is wont to be moued; and he shal pulle vp Irael fro this good loond, that he ȝaf to the faders of hem, and he shal wyndowe hem beȝonde the flood, for thei maden to hem mawmet wodistemplis E pr. m., that thei terren the Lord. And the Lord God shal take Irael `to her ene|myesOm. E pr. m., for the synnessynne ABFH. of Jeroboam, the which synnede, and made Irael to synne. And so the wijf of Jeroboam roos, and wente, and cam into Tharsa; and whanne she wente in the threshwold of the hows, the child dyede. And thei birieden hym; and al Irael weylide hym, aftir the word of the Lord, the which he spak in the hoond of his seruaunt, Ahye the prophete. The remenaunt forsothe of the wordis of Jeroboam, how he fauȝt, and how he regnede, loo! thei ben writen in the book of the wordis of the dais of the kyngis of Yrael. The dais forsothe, inOm. BCEFH. `the whichethat C. regnede Jeroboam, ben two andOm. E. twenti ȝeer; and Jeroboam slepte with his fa|dres, and Naadab, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe Roboam, the sone of Sa|lomon, regnede in Juda; of oon and fourti ȝeer was Roboam whanne he began to regne, and seuenteeneiȝte|tene E pr. m. ȝeer he regnede vpon Jerusalem, the citee that the Lord chees, that he putte his name there, of alle the lynagis of Irael. The name forsothe of his moder, Naama Amanyte. And Juda dide yuel before the Lord, and thei terreden hym vpon alle thingis, that the faders of him diden in her synnes, that thei synneden. Forsothe and thei beeldidenbeelden A. vp to hem self auterys, and ymagis, and mawmet wodistemplis E pr. m., vpon al heiȝ hil, and vndur eche tree ful of braunchis. But men maad wommanlichwommannysch BCEFH. weren in the loond, and thei diden alle the abhomynaciouns of hethenthe hethen E pr. m. H. men, the whiche the Lord al to-trade before the face of the sonys of Irael. Forsothe in the fifthe ȝeer of the regne of Roboam, Sesac, the kyng of Egipt, stiede vp into Jerusalem; and he took the tresours of the hous of the Lord, and the kyngis tresours, and alle thingis he brak inon CE. two, and the golden sheeldis that Salomon made. For the whiche kyng Roboam made brasen sheeldis, and took hem in the hoond of the duykis sheeldberers, and of hem that watchiden before the doore of the hows of the kyng. And whanne the kyng wente into the hows of the Lord, thei beeren hem, that hadden the office of goynge before, and afterward thei brouȝten aȝen to the armerye place of the sheeldberers. The remnaunt for|sothe of the wordis of Roboam, and alle thingis that he dide, loo! ben writen in the book of the wordis of the dais of the kyngis of Juda. And there batayl was bitwix Roboam and Jeroboam alle dais. And Roboam slepte with his faders, and is biried with hemOm. E pr. m. in the citee of Da|uid. Forsothe name of his moder, Naama Amanyte; and Abya, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XV.

Thanne in the eiȝtetenthenynteethe A. nynteenth BFH. ȝeer of the regne of Jeroboam, the sone of Naabath, regnede Abya vpon Judam. Thre ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his moder Macha, the douȝter of Abessalon. And he wente in alle the synnes of his fader, the whiche he hadde doon before hym; ne the herte of hym was parfite with the Lord his God, as the herte of Dauid, his fader. But for Dauid the Lord his God ȝaf to hym a lanterne in Jerusalem, that he rere his sone aftyr hym, and stoonde inat E pr. m. Jerusalem; for thi that Dauid hadde doo riȝt in the eyen of the Lord, and hadde not bowid awey fro alle thingis that he hadde comaundide to hym, alle days of his lijf, out taak the word of Vrie Ethei. Neuerthelater there was batail betwix Abyam and Jeroboam, al tyme of his lijf. The remnaunt for|sothe of the wordis of Abye, and alle thingis that he dide, whethir not thes ben writen in the book of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Juda? And there was batail betwix Abyam and Jero|boam. And Abya slepte with his faders; and thei biryden hym in the cite of Da|uid; and Asa, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe in the twentithe ȝeer of Jero|boam, kyng of Irael, regnede Asa, kyng of Juda; and oon and fourti ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem. Name of his mo|der, Macha, the douȝter of Abessalon. And Asa dide riȝt in the siȝt of the Lord, as Dauid, his fader; and he took awey the wommannysh maad men of the loond, and he purgide alle theOm. C pr. m. filthis of the mawmettis, `the whichethat C pr. m. his fadris maden. Ferthermore and his moder Ma|cham he `putte aweyamonestede E pr. m., that she were not prince in the heriyng thingis of the mawmet of mannus ȝeerde, and inOm. A. his `mawmet wodetemple E. that she hadde halowide; and he turnede vpsodoun the den of hym, and he to-brak the foulest licnes, and brente in the steem of Cedron; forsothe the heiȝ thingis he dide not awey; neuer|thelater the herte of Asa was perfijt with the Lord his God, alle his dais. And he brouȝte in tho thingis, the whiche his fa|der hadde halowid and vowede, into the hows of the Lord, siluer, and gold, and vessels. Forsothe batayl there was be|twix Asa and Baasa, kyng of Irael, alle the dais of hem. Forsothe Baasa, theOm. A. kyng of Yrael, stiede vp into Juda, and he beeldide Rama, that no man myȝte goon out, or goon yn, fro the parti of Asa, kyng of Juda. And so Asa takinge al the siluer and gold, that lafte in the tresourstresories CE. of the hows of the Lord, and in the tresours of the kyngis hows, ȝaf into the hoondis of his seruauntis; and sente to Benadab, the sone of Trabem|non, the sone of Osyon, kyng of Cyrye, that dwellide in Damasch, seiynge, Coue|naunt of pees is betwix me and thee, and betwix my fader and thi fader, and therfor to thee I haue sent ȝiftis, gold, and siluer; and I aske, that thou come, and make at nouȝt the boond of pees, that thou hast with Baasa, the kyng of Irael, and he goo awey fro me. Assentynge Benadab to kyng Asa, sentehe sente E pr. m. the princis of his oost into the citees of Yrael; and thei smiten Ahion, and Dayr, and Abel, and the hows of Maacha, and al Sene|roth, that is, al the loond of Neptalym. The which thing, whanne Baasa hadde herd, he lafte to beelde vp Rama, and he turnede aȝen into Tharsa. Forsothe kyng Asa sente a messager into al Juda, seiynge, No man be excusid. And thei token the stoonus of Rama, and the trees of it, with the whiche Baasa hadde beeldid; and kyng Asa made out of the same Gabaa of Beniamyn, and Maspha. The remnaunt forsothe of alle the wordis of Asa, and of alOm. A. histhe AFH. strength, and alle thingis that he dide, and the citees that he made vp, whethir not thes ben writen in the book of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Juda? Neuerthelater in the tyme of his eelde he akide the feet. And Asa slepte with his faders, and is biryed with hem in the citee of Dauid his fader; and Josaphath, his sone, regnede for hym. Nadab forsothe, the sone of Jeroboam, regnede vpon Irael, the se|counde ȝeer of Asa, the kyng of Juda; and he regnede vpon Yrael two ȝeer. And he dide that is yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and wente in the weies of his fader, and in the synnes of hym, in the whiche he made Irael to synne. For|sothe Baasa, the sone of Ahia, of the hows of Ysachar, weytide to hym, and smoot hym in Jebethon, that is the citee of Philisteis; forsothe Naadab and al Yrael besegiden Jebothon. Thanne Baasa slewȝ hym, in the thridde ȝeer of Asa, the kyng of Juda, and regnede for hym. And whanne he hadde regned, he smoot al the hows of Jeroboam; and he laft not forsothe not oon lijf of his seed, to the tyme that he dide awey hym, after the word of the Lord, that he spak in the hoond of his seruaunt, Ahye Silonyte, prophete, for the synnes of Jeroboam, the whiche he hadde synned, and with whiche he haddeOm. A. made Irael to synnen, and for the trespas, in the which he hadde terred the Lord God of Yrael. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Naadab, and alle thingis that he wrouȝte, whether not thes ben wrytyn in the book of the wordis of the dais of the kyngis of Yrael? And there was batail betwixe Asa and Baasa, king of Yrael, alle the dais of hem. The thridde ȝeer of Asa, kyng of Juda, regnede Baasa, the sone of Ahia, vpon al Yrael, in Tharsa, foure and twenti ȝeer. And he dide yuel be|fore the Lord, and he wente in the weyesweye A. of Jeroboam, and in the synnes of hym, in the whiche he made Irael to synne.

 CAP. XVI.

Forsothe the word of the Lord is doon to Yau, the sone of Anany, aȝens Baasa, seiynge, Forthi that I haue enhaunsid thee fro powdre, and sette thee duyk vpon Yrael, my puple; forsothe thow hast goon in the weie of Jeroboam, and hast maad my puple Irael to synne, that thow terre me in the synnes of hem; and lo! I shal kitte of the hyndirmore of Baasa, and the hyndirmores of the hows of hym, and I shal make thin hows as the hows of Jeroboam, the sone of Naabath. Who were deed of Baasa ininto E sec. m. the citee, houndis shulen eete hym, and who were deed of hym in the regioun, the foulis of heuen shulen eete hym. Forsothe the remnaunt of the wordis of Baasa, and what euer thingis he dide, and the batayls of hym, whether not thes ben writyn in the bokis of the wordis of the dais of the kyngis of Irael? Thanne Baasa slepte with his fa|ders, and is biryed in Tharsa; and Hela his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe whanne in the hondloond ABFH. of Yau, the sone of Anany, the prophete, the word of the Lord was maad aȝens Baasa, and aȝens the hows of hym, and aȝens al the yuel that he hadde doon before the Lord, to terren hym in the werkis of his hondis, that he were maad as the hows of Jero|boam, for this cause he slewȝ hym, that is, Yau, the sone of Anany, the prophete. The sixe and twentithe ȝeer of Asa, the kyng of Juda, regnede Hela, the sone of Baasa, vpon Yrael, in Tharsa, two ȝeer. And aȝens hym rebellid Zamry, his ser|uaunt, duyk of the half partie of the horsmen; forsothe Hela was in Tharsa, drynkynge and drunken in the hows of Arsa, prefect of Tharsa. Thanne Zamry fallinge on smoot, and slewȝ hym, the seuen and twentith ȝeer of Asa, kyng of Jude; and he regnyde for hym. And whanne he hadde regned, and sitten vpon his see, he smoot al the hows of Baasa, and he lafte not of yt a pisser to the wal, and `the kynne, and the freendisthe neeȝ freendis E pr. m. of hym. And Zamri dide aweye al the hows of Baasa, after the word of the Lord, that he hadde spoken to Baasa, in the hoond of Yau, the prophete, for alle the synnes of Baasa, and the synnes of Hela, his sone, the whiche synneden, and maden Israel to synne, terrynge the Lord God of Israel in her vanitees. The remenaunt forsothe of the wordis of Hela, and alle thingis that he dide, whether not thes ben writin in the boke of the wordis of the dais of the kyngis of Israel? The seuen and twentithe ȝeer of Asa, kyng of Juda, regnede Zamri seuen dais in Tharsa; forsothe an oost besegide Je|bethon, the citee of Philistees. And whanne it hadde herde Zamri to han rebellid, and toOm. A. han sleyn the king, al Israel made to hem a kyng Amry, that was prince of the chyualri vpon Israel, in that dai, in the tentis. Thanne Amri stiede vp, and al Israel with him, fro Jebethon, and segiden Tharsa. Forsothe Zamri seynge, that the cite was to be ouercomen, he wente in to the paleis, and brende vp him self with the kingis hous; and is deed in his synnes that he synnede, doynge yuel before the Lord, and goynge in the weye of Jeroboam, and in the synnes of hym, by the whiche he made Yrael to synne. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Zamry, and of the spies of him, and of the tyraundise, whethir thes ben not writyn in the book of the wordis of the dais of the kyngys of Yrael? Thanne the puple of Irael is deuydiddeuyd A. in two parties; the half partye of the puple folwide Thebny, the sone of Jeneth, that he ordeyne hym kyng, and the half parti Amry. Forsothe the pu|ple that was with Amry hadde the ouerhoond ouer the puple that folwide Thebny, the sone of Jeneth; and Thebny is deed, and Amry regnede. The oon and threttythrittithe BCEFH. ȝeer of Asa, kyng of Juda, regnede Amry vpon Yrael, twelue ȝeer; in Tharsa he regnede sixe ȝeer. And he bouȝte the hille of Samarye of Somer for two talentis of siluer, and he beeldidebilde C passim. it; and he clepide the name of the citee, that he bieldidebilde C passim. vp, by the name of Somer, that is, the hil of the Lord, or the hil of Samarye. Forsothe Amry dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and he wroȝte wickidly, ouer alle that weren before hym. And he wente in al the weye of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, and in the synnes of hym, bi the whiche he made Irael to synne, that he terre the Lord God of Irael in his vanitees. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Amry, and the batailis of hym, that he dide, whether not thes ben wryten in the book of the wordis of the dais of the kyngis of Irael? And Amry slepte with his faders, and is biried in Samarye; and Achab, his sone, regnede for hym. Achab forsothe, the sone of Amry, regnede on Irael the eiȝt and threttithe ȝeer of Asa, kyng of Juda; and Achab, the sone of Amry, regnede vpon Irael, in Samarie, two and twenti ȝeer. And Achab, the sone of Amry, dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, ouer alle that weren before hym; ne it suffiside to hym that he ȝede in the synnes of Jeroboam, the sone of Naaboth, but `more ouereoueremore BEF. he weddide a wijf, Jezabel, the douȝter of Methaal, kyng of Sydonyes; and he wente, and seruede to Baal, and honourde hym. And he sette an auter of Baal in the temple of Baal, that he hadde beeldidbild C passim. vp in Sa|marye, and he plauntide a maumet wode; and Achab addide in his werke, terrynge the Lord God of Yrael, ouer alle the kyngis of Irael that weren before hym. In the dais forsothe of hym Ahiel of Bethel beeldide vp Jericho; in Abiram, his fyrst goten, he foundide it, and in Segub, his last, he sette the ȝatis of it, after the word of the Lord, that he hadde spokyn in the hoond of Josue, the sone of Nun.

 CAP. XVII.

And Helias Tesbites, of the dwellers of Galaad, seide to Achab, The Lord God of Yrael lyueth, in whos siȝt Y stondstood A., if there shal be thes ȝeeris dewe and reyn, but after the wordis of my mouth. And the word of the Lord is maad to hym, seynge, Go aweye hens, and go aȝens the est, and be hidde in the streem of Carith, that is aȝens Jordan, and there thou shalt drynke of the streem; and to the crowis I haue comaundide, that thei feden thee there. Thanne he wente, and dide after the word of the Lord; and whanne he hadde gon, he sat in the streem of Carith, that is aȝens Jordan. And the crowis brouȝten to hym breed and flesh erly; also at euen; and he dranke of the streem. Forsothe after summe days the streem is dryed; for|sothe it hadde not reyned vpon erthethe erthe BEFH.. Thanne the word of the Lord is do to hym, seiynge, Ryis, and go `intoin E pr. m. Sarept of Sidonyes, and thow shalt dwelle there; forsothe I haue comaundid there to a womman widowe, that she fede thee. And he roos, and wente into Serept of Sydonyes; and whanne he was comyn to the ȝate of the citee, a womman widowe aperide to hym gederynge stickis; and he clepide hire, and seide toOm. A. hir, Ȝif to me a litil of water in a vessel, that I drynke. And whanne she wente, that she brynge to, he criede bihynde the bak of hir, seiynge, Bryng to me, I beseche, and a morsel of breed in thin hoond. The which answerde, The Lord thy God lyueth, for I haue not breed, but as myche as an handful may take of mele in a stene, and a litil of oyle in an oyle ves|sel; loo! I gedre stikkis, that I goo yn, and make it to me, and to my sone, that we eten and dien. To whom seith He|lias, Wole thou not drede, but go, and do as thow hast seid; neuerthelater to me first make of that litil mele a litil loof, baken vndre theOm. CEFH. asshenaskes C., and bryng to me; forsothe to thee and to thi sone thou shalt make afterward. Thes thingis forsothe seith the Lord God of Irael, The stene of mele shal noȝt fayle, ne the vessel of oyle shal not be mynushid, vnto the day in the which the Lord is to ȝyue reyn vpon the face of the erthe. The which wente, and dide after the word of Helye; and he ete, and she, and hirhis A. hows. And fro that dai the steen of mele failide not, and the vessel of oile is not mynushid, after the word of the Lord, that he hadde spokyn in the hoond of Helye. It is doon forsothe after thes wordis, the sone of an huswijf womman wexe sijk, and the langour was moost strong, so that there lafte not in hym breeth. Thanne she seide to Helias, What to me and to thee, thou man of God? Thou wentist into me, that my wickidnesses shulden be remembrid, and thou shuldist slee my sone. And Helias seith to hire, Ȝif to me thi sone. And he took him fro hir bosum, and bare in to the sowping place, where he dwell|ide; and putte hym vpon his litil bed. And he criede to the Lord, and seide, Lord, my God, also whetherlest E pr. m. the widowe, anentis whom Y ȝit am susteyned, thou hast tourmentid, that thow slee the sone of hire? And he sprade out hym self, and mesurede vpon the child thre sithis, and criede to the Lord, and seith, Lord my God, the soule of this child, Y be|seche, be turned aȝen into the bowels of hym. And the Lord herde the voys of Helias, and the soule of the child is turned aȝen with ynne hym, and he aȝen quikenyde. And Helias took the child, and putte it doun fro the sowpyng place in to the nedre hows, and took to his moder; and he seith to hire, Lo! thi sone lyueth. And the womman seide to Helias, Now in this Y haue knowe, for the man of God thow ert, and the word of God in thi mouth is sothe.

 CAP. XVIII.

Aftir manye dais the word of the Lord is doo to Helias, in the thridde ȝeer, sei|ynge, Go, and shewe thee to Achab, that I ȝeue reyn vpon the face of the erthe. Thanne Helias wente that he shewe hym to Achab; forsothe there was hidows hungre in Samarye. And Achab clepide Abdiam, the stiward of his hows; for|sothe Abdias dradde the Lord God of Yrael myche. For whanne Jesabel shulde slee the prophetis of the Lord, he took an hundrid prophetis, and hidde hem, fifti and fifti, in dennys, and he fedde hem with breed and water. Thanne Achab seide to Abdias, Go in to the loond, to alle the welles of watris, and into alle valeis, if peradventure we mowen fynde herbe, and saue hors and mulis; and the beestis fulli dien not. And thei deuydeden the regiouns toof A. hem self, that thei goon about hem; Achab wente bi o weye, and Abdias bi another, aside. And whanne Abdias was in the weie, Helias aȝen cam to hym; the which whanne he hadde knowen hym, he felle vpon his face, and seith, Whethir thou art my lord Helias? To whom he an|swerde, Y. And he seide, Go, and sey to thi lord, Helias is neeȝ. And he, What haue I synned, he seith, for thou takist me, thi seruaunt, in the hoond of Achab, that he slee me? The Lord thi God lyueth, for there is not folk or rewme, in the whiche my lord hath not sent, sechynge thee; and alle men answer|ynge, He is not here, he hath adiurid alle rewmes `and folkisOm. E pr. m., for thi that thou art not foundun; and now thou seist to me, Go, and sey to thi lord, Helie is neiȝ. And whanne I shal goo aweye fro thee, the Spiryt of the Lord shal bere thee aweye into athe A. place that I knowe not; and Y goon yn, shal telle to Achab, and not fyndynge thee, he shal slee me; thi seruaunt forsothe dredith the Lord fro his ȝongth. Whethir is itOm. B. not shewid to thee, my lord, what I haue doon, whanne Jesabel shulde slee the prophetis of the Lord, that I hidde of the prophetis of the Lord an hundrid men, fifti and fifti, in dennys, and fedde hem with breed and water? And now thow seist, Go, and sey to thi lord, Helye is neiȝ, that he slee me. And Helyas seide, The Lord of oostis lyueth, before whos cheer I stonde, for to day Y shal apere to hym. Thanne Abdias wente into theOm. CE. aȝen comynge ofto CE. Achab, and shewide to hym; and Achab cam into theOm. BCEFH. aȝen comynge to Helye. And whanne he hadde seen hym, seith, Whether art thou not he, that disturblist Irael? And he seith, I haue not disturblid Irael, but thow, and the hows of thi fader, that hast forsakyn the hestishest ABFH. of the Lord, and ȝe han folowid Baalym. Neuerthelater now send, and gadre to me al Yrael, in the hil of Car|mele, and the prophetis of Baal foure hundrid and fifti, and the prophetis of mawmet wodis foure hundrid, that eten of the bord of Jezebel. Achab sente to alle the sonys of Yrael, and gaderide the prophetis in the hil of Carmele. For|sothe Helie comynge nyȝ to al the puple of Yrael, seith, How long halt ȝe into two parties? If the Lord is God, folwith hym; forsothe if Baal, folwith hym. And the puple answerde not to hym a word. And eft Elias seith to the puple, I am laft a prophet of the Lord alone; the prophetis forsothe of Baal foure hun|dryd and fifti, and the prophetis of maw|mete wodis ben foure hundrid. Be there ȝouen to vs two oxen; and chese thei oon oxe, and hewynge in gobetis thei shulen leye vpon trees, forsothe fier vndurputen thei not; and Y shal make anothir oxe, and putten vpon trees, and fier I shal not putte vndur. Inwardly clepe ȝe the name of ȝowre goddis, and I shal inwardly clepe the name of my God; and God that herith bi the fier, he be God. Al the puple answerynge seith, Best the propo|sicioun, that Helias spac. Thanne Helias seide to the prophetis of Baal, Chesith to ȝou an oxe, and doth first, for ȝe ben moo; and inwardli clepith the namys of ȝoure goddis, and puttith not vndir fier. The whiche whanne thei hadden take the oxe, that he ȝaf hem, thei diden, and inwardli clepiden the name of Baal, fro erly vnto myddai, seiynge, Baal, here vs! And there was not voys that shulde an|swere; and thei skipten ouer the auter, that thei maden. And whanne now was myddai, Helye scornyde to hem, seiynge, Crieth with a more voys, forsothe ȝoure god isis besye A., and perauenture with another he spekith, or in a turnynge in place, or in the weye, or certis he slepith, that he be wakid. Thanne thei crieden with a greet voys, and thei cuttiden hem self, after her rijt, with sheeris and litil launcis, to the tyme that thei weren alle beshed with blood. Forsothe aftir that mydday was passid, and hem propheciynge, the tyme wasis A. comen, the which is wont sacrifice to be offrid, and vois is not herd, ne eny man answerde, ne took heed to the praiynge. And Helye seide to alOm. A. the puple, Cometh to me. And the puple neiȝynge to hym, he curede the auter of the Lord, that was destruyed. And he took twelue stonus, after the noumbre of the lynagis of the sonys of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord is maad, seiynge, Yrael shal be thi name. And he beeldide vp an auter of stonus, in name of the Lord, and he made a water cundid, as by two litil forwis in enuy|roun of the auter. And he putte togidre the wode, and he deuydide bi membris the oxe, and leide vpon the wode, and seith, Fillith foure stenys with water, and heeldith vpon the brent sacrifice, and vpon the wode. And eft he seide, Also the secounde doth this. The which whanne thei hadden doo the secounde, he seith, Also the thridde that same thing doth; and thei diden the thridde. And the watris runnen aboute the auter, and the dijch of the water cundid is fillid. And whanne now was tyme, that brent sacrifice shulde be offredbrent A., the pro|phete Helias comynge nyȝ seith, Lord God of Abraham, and of Ysaac, and of Yrael, to day shew for thow art God of Yrael, and Y thi seruaunt, and after thin heest haueY haue E pr. m. doon alle thes wordis. Here me, Lord; here me, Lord; that this pu|ple lerne, for thou art Lord God, and thou hast conuertid the herte of hem eft|sonys. Forsothe theOm. A. fijr of the Lord felle, and deuowridevowrede CE. the brent sacrifice, and the wode, and the stonus, forsothe the powdre, and the water that was in the water cundid lickynge. The which thing whanne al the puple hadde seen, he felle in to his face, and seith, The Lord he is God; the Lord he is God. And Helias seide to hem, Takith thealle the E pr. m. prophetys of Baal; ne oon forsothe flee aweye of hem. Whom whanne thei had|den cauȝt, Helie ladde hem to the streem of Syson, and slowȝ hem there. And Helie seith to Achab, Sty vp, and eet, and drynk, for sown of myche reyn is. Achab stiede up, that he eete and drynke; Helyasand Helyas A sec. m. forsothe styeȝede up into the hil of Carmel, and bowede into the erthe, putte his face betwixe his knees. And he seide to hys child, Stye vp, and behold aȝens the see. The whiche whanne he hadde styed vp, and lokid, seith, Ther is no thing. And eft he seith to hym, Turn aȝen seuen sithis. Forsothe in the seuenthe sijth, loo! a litil clowde as the step of a man stiede vp fro the see. The which seith, Sty vp, and sey to Achab, Ioyn thi chare, and cum down, lest reyn before ocupye thee. And whanne thei hadden turned hem self hidir and thidir, loo! heuenes ben derkid, and clowde, and wynde, and there is maad a greet reyn. And so Achab stiynge vp wente into Jezrael; and the hoond of the Lord was vpon Helias, and the reynys gird, he ranne before Achab, to the tyme that he cam into Jezrael.

 CAP. XIX.

Achab forsothe toolde to Jezabel alle thingis that Helias hadde doon, and what maner wise he hadde slayn alle the pro|phetis of Baal bi swerd. And Jezabel sente a messager to Helias, seiynge, Thes thingis doon to me goddis, and thesthes thingis B pr. m. adden, but this our to morwe I shal putte thi lijf as the lijf of oon of hem. Thanne Helias dradde, and risynge wente whidir euer the wil bare hym; and he cam into Bersabe of Juda, and lafte his child there; and wente into desert, the weye of o day. And whanne he was comen, and satte vndir an yue tree, he askide to his soule, that he die; and seith, Lord, it suffisith to me, tak awey my lijf; for|sothe ne I am betere than my faders. And he threwe hym self doun, and slepte in the shadew of the yue tree. And loo! the aungel of the Lord touchide hym, and seide to hym, Rijs, and eet. He biheelde, and loo! at his heed a loof bakyn vndur asshen, and a vessel of water. Thanne he ete, and drank, and eft he slepte. And the aungel of the Lord is turned aȝen the secounde, and touchide hym; and heOm. A. seide to hym, Rijs, and eet; forsothe a greet weye fallith to thee. The which whanne he hadde rysen, ete, and drank; and he wente in the strength of that meete fourti days and fourti nyȝtisnyȝt CE., vnto the hil of God, Oreb. And whanne he was comen thidir, he dwellide in the denne; and loo! the word of the Lord to hym, and seide to hym, What dost thow here, Helyas? And he answerde, Bi loue I haue loued, for the Lord God of oostis; for the sonys of Yrael han forsaken the couenaunt of the Lord; thin auters thei han distruyed, and thi prophetis thei han slayn bi swerd; and I am laft alone, and thei sechen my lijf, that thei doon it aweye. And he seith to hym, Go out, and stoond in the hil, before the Lord. And loo! the Lord passith, and a greet wynde, and aOm. CEFH. stroong, and turnynge vpse|doun hillis, and togidre broosynge stonus before the Lord; not in the wynde the Lord. Also after the wynde quauynge; not in the quauyng the Lord. And aftir the quauynge fijr; not in the fier the Lord. And after the fier whistlynge of a thinne blast; there the Lord. The which thing whanne Helias hadde herd, he couerde his cheer with a mantil, and goon out, he stode in the dore of the denne. And a vois seith to hym, seiynge, What dost thou here, Helias? And he answerde, Bi loue I haue loued, for the Lord God of oostis; for the sonys of Yrael han forsakyn thi couenaunt; thin auters thei han distruyed, and thi pro|phetis thei han slayn with swerd; and Y am lafte alone, and thei sechen my lijf, that thei don it awey. And the Lord seith to hym, Go, and turn aȝen in to thi weye, bi deseert, into Damasch; and whanne thou comest thidre, thow shalt anoynte Azael kyng vpon Syrye; and Hieu, the sone of Nampsy, thou shalt anoynt kyng vpon Yrael; Helisee forsothe, the sone of Saphat, that is of Abel Mewla, thow shalt anoyntenoyntyn E. prophete for thee. And it shal be, who so euere fleeth the swerd of Azael, Hyeu shal sle hym; and who so euere shal flee the swerd of Hieu, Helisee shal slee hym. And I shal leeue to me in Yrael seuen thousand of men, of whom the knees ben not bowid before Baal, and al mouth that hathhan A. not honourde hym, kyssynge the hoond. Thanne Helias goon forth thens, foonde Helisee, the sone of Saphath, erynge in tweluethe twelue ABFH. ȝockis of oxen; and he in the twelue ȝockis of oxen erynge was oon. And whanne Helias was comen to hym, he putte his mantil vpon him. The which anoon, the oxen laft, ranne aftir Helias, and seith, Kysse Y, I preye thee, my fader and my moder, and so I shal folwe thee. And he seide to hym, Go, and turn aȝen; forsothe that that was myn I haue doon to thee. And turned aȝen forsothe fro hym, he took a peyr oxen, and slewȝ it; and in the plowȝ of oxen he sethide flesh, and ȝaf to the puple, and thei eten; and rysynge he wente, and folwide Helyas, and seruede to hym.

 CAP. XX.

Benadab forsothe, kyng of Cyrye, ge|deride al his oost, and two and thretti kyngis with him, and hors, and charris; and stiynge vp aȝens Samarye fauȝt, and besegide it. And sendynge messageris to Achab, kyng of Yrael, in to the citee, seith, Thes thingis seith Benadab, Thi siluer and thi gold is myyn, and thi wyues, and thi sones altherbest ben myyn. And the kyng of Irael answerde, Aftir thi word, my lord kyng, I am thin, and alle miyn. And the messagers turnynge aȝen seiden, Thes thingis seith Benadab, that sente vs to thee, Thi siluer, and thi gold, and thi wyues, and thi sonys thou shalt ȝyue to me. To morwe thanne, this same hour, I shal sende my seruauntis to thee, and thei shulen aserchen thin hows, and the hows of thi seruauntis; and al thing that to hem shal plese, thei shulen putte in her hoondis, and taken aweye. The kyng of Yrael forsothe clepide alle the eldrys of the loond, and seith, Takith hede, and seeth, for he aspieth to vs; forsothe he sente to me for my wyues, and sonys, and for siluer, and gold, and I forsooke not. And alle the more thurȝ birth seid|en, and al the puple to hym, Here thou not, ne assent thou to hym. And he answerde to the messageris of Benadab, Seith to my lord the kyng, Alle thingis for the whiche thou hast sent to me, thi seruaunt, in the bigynnynge I shal do; forsothe this thing I may not doo. And the messagers turned aȝen, tolden alle thingis to hym. The which sente aȝen, andOm. A. seith, Thes thingis doon to me goddis, and thes thingis adden thei, if the pow|dre of Samarye suffisith to the handfulles of al the puple that folwith me. And answerynge the kyng of Yrael seith, Seith to hym, Ne glorye euenly the gird as the vngird. It is doo forsothe, whanne Benadab hadde herd this word, he drank, and the kyngis, in hiletis; and he seith to his seruauntis, Enuyrounith the citee. And thei enuyrounden it. And loo! a prophet comynge nyȝ to Achab, kyng of Yrael, seith to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Certis thow hast seen al this multitude ful myche; loo! I shal take it into thin hoond to day, that thow wite for I am a Lord. `And Achab seith, Bi whom? And he seide to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Bi the foot folow|ers of the pryncis of prouyncis. And he seith, Who shal bigynne to fiȝte. And he seide, Thow. Thanne he noumbride the children of the princis ofof the ABFH. pro|uyncis, and he founde the noumbre of two hundryd and two and thretti; and he toolde after hem the puple, alle the sones of Yrael, seuen thousand. And thei wenten out at mydday. Benadab forsothe drank drunken in his hilet, and kyngis two and thretti with hym, `the whichethat C pr. m. weren comen to the help of hym. Forsothe the children of the princis of prouyncis ben goon out in the first frount. And so Benadab sente, the which toolden to hym, seiynge, Men ben goon out fro Samarye. And he seith, Whe|ther for pees thei comen, nymmeth hem on lyue; whethir that thei fiȝten, takith hem on lyue. Thanne the children of the pryncis of prouyncis wenten out, and the tother oost folwide; and echoneche C. smoot the man that aȝens hym cam. And Cyris floowen, and Irael pursuede hem; Bena|dab forsothe, kyng of Cyrye, fleiȝ in hors with his horsmen. Also the kyng of Irael goon out smoot hors and chaarys, and smoot Cyrye with a ful mych greet veniaunce. Forsothe a prophete neiȝynge to the kyng of Irael, seide to hym, Go, and tak coumfort, and wite, and se, what thow dost; forsothe the ȝeer folowynge the kyng of Cyrye shal steyȝe vp aȝens thee. The seruauntis forsothe of the kyng of Cyrye seiden to hym, The Goddis of hillis ben theOm. B. Goddis of hem, therfor thei han ouercomen vs; but be|tere it is that we fiȝten aȝens hem in the wijlde feeldis, and we shulen weelde hem. Thow thanne do this word; remeue alle the kyngis fro thin oost, and put princis for hem; and restore the noumbre of knyȝtis, that fellen of thin, and the hors aftir the hors before hadde, and the chaaris after the chaarys that thou had|dist before; and we shulen fiȝte aȝens hem in the wilde feeldis, and thou shalt seen, that we shulen weelde hem. He trowide to the counseil of hem, and dide so. Thanne after that ȝeer was passid, Benadab noumbride Cyros, and stieȝede vp in to Affeth, that he fiȝte aȝens Yrael. Forsothe the sones of Yrael ben noum|brid; and metis takyn, wenten forth euen aȝens, and thei setten tentis aȝens hem, as two litil flockis of geet. Ciries for|sothe fulfilliden the erthe. And neiȝynge oo man of God seide to the kyng of Yrael, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, For Cyries seiden, God of hillis is the Lord of hem, and he is not God of valeys, I shal ȝyue al this greet multi|tude in thin hoond, and ȝe shulen wite for I am a Lord. Dresseden seuen days forn aȝens thes and thei sheltruns; for|sothe the seuenthe day the batail is doon, and the sones of Yrael smyten of Cyryes an hundrid thousand of foot men in o day. Forsothe tho that laften flowen in to Af|feth into the citee, and the wal felle vpon seuen and twenti thousand of men that laften. Forsothe Benadab fleynge wente in to the citee, into the cowch that was beside the bed place; and his seruauntis seiden to hym, Loo! we han herd that the kyngis of the hous of Yrael ben mercyable, and so putte we sackis in oure reens, and litil coordis in oure heedis, and goo we out to the kyng of Yrael; perauenture he shal saue oure lyues. Thei girdeden her reenes with sackis, and puttiden litil coordis in her heedis, and thei camen to the kyng of Yrael, and seiden to hym, Thi seruaunt Bena|dab seith, I preye thee, lyue my lijf. And he seith, If ȝit he lyuelyueth CEF., my brother he is. The which the men token for the happi good word, and hastily thei ra|uyshiden the word of his mouth, and seiden, Thi brothir Benadab lyueth. And he seide to hem, Goth, and bryngith hym to me. Thanne Benadab wente out to hym, and heOm. E pr. m. reryde hym into his chaare. The which seide to hym, The citees that my fader took fro thi fader I shal ȝeeld, and streetis make to thee in Damask, as my fader made in Samarye; and I boundun to pees shal goo aweye fro thee. Thanne he couenauntide a boond of pees, and lafte hym. Thanne a maner man of the sones of prophetis seide to his felawe, in the word of the Lord, Smyit me. And he wolde not smyte. To whom he seith, For thow woldist not here the voys of the Lord, loo! thou shalt goon a weye fro me, and a lioun shal smyte thee. And whanne he was goon a weye a litil fro hym, a lioun foond hym, and smoot hymOm. BCEFH.. But and another man fyndynge he seide to hym, Smyit me. The which smoot hym, and woundide. Thanne the pro|phete wente, and aȝen cam to the kyng in the weye; and he chaungide, bi spreng|ynge of powdre, the mouth and his eyen. And whanne the king was passid, he criede to the kyng, and seith, Thi ser|uaunt wente out `fro nyȝin comun E pr. m. afer sec. m. fro neeȝ sec. vice. to fiȝte, and whanne o man was flowen, a maner man brouȝte hym to me, and seith, Keep this man; the which if were slyden a weye, thi lijf shal be for the lijf of hym, or a talent of siluer thou shalt ȝeelde. For|sothe while Y disturblid hidir and thidyr turnede me, feerly he aperide not. And the kyng of Yrael seith to hym, This is thi dome that thi self hast demyd. And he anoon wipide aweye the powdre froof A. his face, and the kyng of Irael knewe him, that he was of the prophetis. The whiche seith to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, For thou hast laft a man wor|thi the deeth fro thin hoond, thi lijf shal be for the lijf of hym, and thi puple for his puple. Thanne the kyng of Irael turnede aȝen `in toto A. his hows, dispisynge to here, and ful of woodnes cam in to Samarie.

 CAP. XXI.

Aftir thes wordis forsothe, in that tyme, there was a vyn toin ABFH. Naboth Jez|raelite, that was in Jezrael, biside the paleys of Achab, kyng of Samarye. Thanne spak Achab to Naboth, seiynge, Ȝif to me thi vyn ȝerd, that I make to me a wort ȝerd, for it is niȝ, andOm. A. biside myn hows; and I shal ȝyue to thee for it a betere vyn ȝerd; or if more profitable thow wenyst to thee, of siluer the prijs as myche as it is worth, I shal ȝeue. To whom answerde Naboth, Merciful be to me the Lord, that I ȝyue not the heri|tage of my fadres to thee. Thanne Achab cam into his hows, endeynynge, andthe A. grutchynge vpon the word that Naboth Jezraelite hadde spoken to hym, seiynge, I shal not ȝyue to thee the heri|tage of my faders; and throwynge hym self into his bed turnede a weye his face to the wal, and eete not breed. Forsothe Jezabel, his wijf, wente into hym, and seide to hym, What is that, wherof thi soule is drery? and whi etist thou not breed? The which answerde to hire, I spak to Naboth Jezraelite, and seide to hym, Ȝif to me thi vyn ȝerd, the monee takyn, or if to thee it plese, I shal ȝyue to thee a betere vyn ȝerd for it. And he seith, I shal not ȝyue to thee my vyn ȝerd. Thanne Jesabel, his wijf, seide to hym, Of greet autoryte thou art, and wel thou gouernyst the rewme of Yrael; rijs, and eet breed, and inOm. E pr. m. euen ynwit be thow; I shal ȝyue to thee the vyn ȝerd of Naboth Jezraelite. And so she wroot lettris of the name of Achab, and signede hem with his rynge; and sente to the more thurȝ birth, and to the best, that weren in his cytee, that dwelliden with Naboth. Of the lettris forsothe this was the sentence; Preche ȝe fastynge, and makith Naboth to sitte among the first of the puple; and vndirleye ȝee two men, sonys of Belial, aȝens hym, and fals wit|nes seye thei, Naboth hath blessid God and the kyng; and ledith hym out, and stonith, and so dye he. Thanne his cite|seens more thurȝ birth, and the best that dwelliden with hym in the citee, diden as Jesabel hadde comaundid to hem, and as it was writen in the lettris, that she sente to hem. Thei prechiden fastynge, and maden Naboth to sitte among the first of the puple; and two men brouȝten forth, sonys of the deuel, thei maden hem to sitte aȝens hym, and thei, that is, as deuels men, seiden aȝens hym witnes be|fore al the multitude, Naboth blesside God and the kyng; for what thing thei ledden hym out of the citee, and with stonus slowenslowen hym A.. And thei senten to Je|sabel, seiynge, Naboth is stoned, and is deed. It is doo forsothe, whanne Jesabel hadde herd Naboth stoned and deed, she spak to Achab, Rijs, weeld the vyn ȝerd of Naboth Jezraelite, that wold not to thee assente, and ȝyue it, the monee taken; forsothe Naboth lyueth not, but he is deed. The which thing whanne Achab hadde herd, that NabothNaboth Jezraelite E pr. m. is deed, he roos, and cam doun into the vyn ȝerd of Naboth Jezraelite, that he weelde it. Thanne the word of the Lord is doon to Helias Thesbites, seiynge, Rijs, and come down into aȝen comynge to Achab, kyng of Irael, that is in Samarye; loo! to the vyn ȝerd of Naboth he dessendide, that he weelde it. And thou shalt speke to hym, seiynge, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Thow hast slayn, and furthermoretherfor ABFH. thou hast weeldid; and after thes thingis thow shalt adde, Thes thingis seith the Lord, In this place, in the which houndis lick|iden the blood of Naboth, shulen lick and thi blood. And Achab seith to Helyas, Whether thow hast foundun me thin enemy? The which seide, I haue found|en, forthi that thou be solde that thou doo yuel in the siȝt of the Lord. Ther|for thes thingis seith the Lord, Loo! I shal brynge yn yuel vpon thee, and I shal hewe of thin hyndirmoris, and slee fro Achab a pisser to the wal, and the closid, and the last in Irael; and I shal ȝyue thin hows as the hows of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, and as the hows of Baasa, the sone of Achia; for thou hast doon that thou terre me to wrath, and thou hast maad Irael to synne. But and of Jesabel the Lord hath spokyn, seiynge, Houndis shulen eete Jezabel in the feelde of Jezrael; if Achab were deed in the citee, houndis shulen ete hym; forsothe if he were deed in the feelde, foulis of heuene shulen ete hym. Therfor there was non other siche as Achab, that is sold that he do yuel in the siȝt of the Lord; forsothe Jezabel, his wijf, stiryde hym; and abomynable is maad, inso|miche that he folwide the mawmettis that Amorreis maden, whom the Lord destruyde fro the face of the sonis of Yrael. And so whanne Achab hadde herd thes wordis, he kitte his clooth, and couerde his flesh with an heire, and he fastide, and slepte in a sak, and wente, the heed leyd doun. And the word of the Lord is maad to Helye Thesbite, seiynge, Whether hast thou not seen Achab mekyd before me? Thanne for he is mekid bi chesoun of me, I shal not brynge yn the yuel in the days of hym, but in the dais of his sone I shal brynge yn the yuel to the hows of hym.

 CAP. XXII.

Three ȝeer thanne passiden ouer with outen batail bitwixe Cirye and Irael. Forsothe in the thridde ȝeer Josaphat, kyng of Juda, cam doun to the kyng of Irael. And the kyng of Irael seyde to his seruauntis, Vnknowe ȝe, that Ramoth Galaadof Galaad A pr. m. isbe BCEFH. oure, and we ben negligent to take it fro the hoond of the kyng of Cyrye? And he seith to Josaphath, Shalt thou not come with me to fiȝt in Ramoth Galaad? And Josaphath seide to the kyng of Irael, As Y am, so and thow; my puple and thi puple ben oon, and mi horsmen and thi horsmen. And Josa|phath seide to the kyng of Irael, Seche, I praye thee, the word of the Lord to day. Thanne the kyng of Irael gaderide the prophetis about foure hundrid men, and seith to hem, Shal I goo into Ramoth Galaad to fiȝte, or reste? The whiche answerden, Sty vp, and the Lord shal ȝeue it in the hoond of the kyng. Josa|phath forsothe seide, Is there not here eny man a prophete of the Lord, that we asken bi hym? And the kyng of Irael seith to Josaphat, There is laft o man, bi the which we mowen aske the Lord; but and I haue hatid hym, for he prophesieth not to me good, but yuel, Mycheas, the sone of Hyemla. To whom Josaphath seith, Spek thou not so, kyng. Thanne the kyng of Irael clepidecallede CE. a maner geldyng, and seide to hym, Hy to brynge to Mychie, the sone of Hyemla. The kyng of Irael forsothe, and Josa|phath, kyng of Juda, seeten, echon in her see, clothid with kyngisdyuerse E pr. m. ournynge, in the corn floore biside the dore of the ȝaat of Samarie; and alle the prophetis pro|phecieden in the siȝt of hem. Forsothe Sedechias, the sone of Chanaan, maade to hym yren horns, and seith, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, With thes thou shalt wyndowe Cyrye, to the tyme that thou doo it a weye. And alle the prophetis lijc maner prophecieden, sei|ynge, Sty vp into Ramoth Galaad, and goo welsumli; the Lord shal take in the hoond of the kyng thin enemyes. The messager forsothe, that was goon for to clepe Mychie, spak to hym, seiynge, Loo! the wordis of the prophetis with oon mouth to the kyng good thinges prechen; thanne be thi word lijc ofto ABFH. hem, and speke good thingis. To whom Mychie seith, The Lord lyueth, for what euer thing the Lord seye to me, that I shal speke. And so he cam to the kyng. And the kyng seith to hym, Mychie, shulen we goo in to Ramoth Galaad to fiȝte, or ceese? To whom he answerde, Sty, and go welsumli; and the Lord shal take it in the hoond of the kyng. For|sothe the kyng seide to hym, Eft and eft I adiure thee, that thou speke not to me, but that is soth in name of the Lord. And he seith, I sawȝ al Irael to scaterde in hillis, as sheep not hauynge sheep|herd; and the Lord seith, Thes han not a lord, echon turn aȝen into his hows in pees. Thanne the kyng of Irael seide to Josaphat, Whether I seide noȝt to thee, for he prophecyede not to me good, but euermore euyl? Forsothe he addynge seith, Therfor here the word of the Lord; I sawȝ the Lord vpon his see sittynge, and al the oost of heuene stondynge neeȝ to hym, fro the riȝt and fro the left. And the Lord seith, Who shal desseyue Achab, kyng of Yrael, that he stie vp, and falle in Ramoth Galaad? And oon seide siche maner wordis, and another otherwise. Forsothe a spirit wente out, and stood before the Lord, and seith, I shal des|seyue hym. To whom the Lord spak, In what? And he seith, I shal goon out, and I shal be a spirit leeȝer in the mouth of alle the prophetis of hym. And the Lord seide, Thou shalt desseyue, and haue the ouerhoond; go out, and do so. Now thanne, loo! the Lord hath ȝeuen a spirit of lesynge in the mouth of alle thi prophetis that here ben; and the Lord spak aȝens thee yuel. Forsothe Sedechias, the sone of Chanaan, cam nyȝ, and smoot Mychie in to the cheeke, and seith, Whe|thir thanne the Spirite of the Lord hath laft me, and spoken to thee? And My|chie seith, Thou art to seen in that day, whanne thou shalt goon into the bed place with ynne the bedde, that thou be hidde. And the kyng of Irael seith, Takith Mychie, and dwel he anentis Amon, the prynce of the citee, and anentis Joas, the sone of Amalech; and seith to hem, Thes thingis seith the kyng, Puttith this man into prisoun, and susteyneth hym with breed of tribula|cioun, and with water of angwishe, to the tyme thatOm. CE. I turne aȝen in pees. And Mychie seide, If thow turne aȝen in pees, the Lord hath not spoken in me. And he seith, Here ȝe, alle puplis. And so the kyng of Irael stieth vp, and Josa|phath, kyng of Juda, into Ramoth Ga|laad. And so the king of Yrael seide to Josaphath, Tak aarmys, and goo into batail, and be thou clothidclad BCEFH. with thi clothis. But the kyng of Irael chaungide his habite, and wente into batayl. The kyng forsothe of Cirye comaundide to the princis of the chaaris, two and thretti, seiynge, Ȝe shulen not fiȝte aȝens the lasse, and aȝens anythe ABFH. more, but oonli aȝens the kyng of Irael. Whanne thanne the pryncis hadden seen the chaar of Josaphath, thei ouertrowedenortroweden C. that he hadde ben kyng of Irael, and the birre maad thei fouȝten aȝens hym. And Jo|saphath cried out; and the princis of the charis vndirstoden, that it was not the kyng of Irael, and thei ceseden fro hym. A maner man bente a boowe, into vncer|teyn dressynge an arowe, and bi hap he smoot the kyng of Irael bytwixe the lunge and the stomak. And he seide to hys charyeter, Turn thin hond, and cast out me fro the oost, for greuousli Y am woundid. Thanne the batail is don in that dai, and the kyng of Irael stood in his chaar aȝens Cyryes, and is deed at euen. Forsothe the blood of the wound flowide in to the bosum of the chaar. And the bedel fulsouned in al the oost, before the sunne wente doun, seiynge, Echon turne aȝen into the citee, and into his loond. The kyng forsothe is deed, and is born into Samarye; and thei biry|eden the kyng in Samarie. And thei wasshen his chaar in the fish poond of Samarye, and houndis lickeden his blood, and thei lickeden the bridils, after the word of the Lord that was spokyn. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Achab, and al that he dide, and the yuer hows that he beeldidebilde CE., and of al the citees that he made vp, whether not thes ben wryten in the book of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? Thanne Achab slept with his faders, and Ocho|zias, his sone, regnede for hym. Josa|phat forsothe, the sone of Asa, began to regne vpon Juda, the ferth ȝeer of Achab, kyng of Yrael. Of fyue and thretti ȝeer he was, whanne he began to regne, and fyue and twenti ȝeer he regnede in Jeru|salem; the name of his moder Azuba, the douȝter of Salai. And he wente in al the weye of Asa, his fader, and he bowide not aside fro it; and he dide that is riȝt in the siȝt of the Lord. Neuer|thelater the heiȝe thingis he dyde not a weye, ȝit forsothe the puple sacrifiede, and brente encense in heȝtis. And Josa|phath hadde pees with the kyng of Irael. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Josaphath, and his werkis that he dide, and batails, whether not thes ben wryten in the book of the wordis of the days of `the kyngis ofOm. ABFH. Juda? But and the re|likis of the wommannysh maad men, that laften in days of Asa, his fader, he dide aweye fro the loond. And there was not thanne a kyng ordeynyd in Edom. For|sothe kyng Josaphath made nauees in the see, `the whichethat C pr. m. saileden in to Oofer for gold, and thei myȝten not goon, for thei ben broken in Aziongober. Thanne Ocho|zias, the sone of Achab, seith to Josa|phath, My seruauntis goon with thi ser|uauntis in shippis. And Josaphat wold not. And Josaphath slepte with his fa|ders, and is biried with hem in the citee of Dauid, his fader; and Joram, hys sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe Ochozias, the sone of Achab, began to regne vpon Yrael, in Samarye, the seuentyntheseuentythe B. ȝeer of Jo|saphath, kyng of Juda; and he regnede vpon Yrael two ȝeer. And he dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and he wente in the weye of his fader, and of his moder, and in the weye of Jeroboam, sonethe sone CE. of Nabath, that made Irael to synne. For|sothe he seruede to Baal, and honourde hym, and he terrede the Lord God of Irael, aftir alle thingis that his fader dide.

 Here eendith the thridde book of Kyngis, and now bigynneth the fourtheHere eendith the thrydde boke of Kyngis, and bigynneth the fourth boke of Kyngis. B. Explicit tertius liber Regum. E. Here endith the thrid bok of Kyngis, and here bigynneth the fourth bok. F. No final rubric in CH.. IV. KINGS. The fourthe of KingusHere bigynneth the fourthe book of Kyngis E. No initial rubric in ACFH. From the commencement of IV. Kings to the end of II. Chronicles the text is taken from B..CAP. I.

MOAB forsothe trespasside in Yrael, aftir that Acab was deed. And Ochosias felle thoruȝ the wyndowes of his soup|ynge place, that he hade in Samarye, and he wexe seeke; and he sente mes|sangers, seiynge to hem, Gooth, and counselith Belzabub, the god of Accha|ron, whether I may lyue fro this myn infirmyte. The aungel forsothe of the Lord spak to Helias Thesbytes, seyinge, Riys, and go doun in to the aȝein com|mynge of the messagers of the kynge of Samarie; and thou schalt seye to hem, Whether God is not in Yrael, that ȝe goon to counseylen Belzabub, the god of Accharon? Wherfore these thingis seith the Lord, Fro the bed, upon the whiche thou steyȝidist up, thou schalt not goo doun, bot bi deth thou schalt dyen. And Helias went. And the messagers ben turned aȝeyn to Ochosias. `The whichethat E pr. m. seyde to hem, Why ben ȝe turned aȝeyn? And thei answerden to hym, A man aȝein came to us, and seyde to us, Gooth, and turneth aȝein to the kynge, that sente ȝou; and ȝe schuln to hym seyn, These thingis seith the Lord, Whether for there was not God in Yrael, thou sentist, that Belzabub be counseyled, the god of AacharonNacharon BFH.? Therfore fro the bed upon the whiche thou steiȝedist up, thou schalt not goo doun, bot by deth thou schalt dye. The whiche seyde to hem, Of what fygure and habyte is that man, that aȝeyn came to ȝou, and spake to ȝou these wordis? And thei seyden, A rowȝ man, and with an hery gyrdyl gyrd to the reenys. The whiche seith, Helyas Thesbytes it is. And he sente to hym the prince of fyftye, and the fyfty men that with hym weren. The whiche steiȝ|iden up to hym, and to hym syttynge in the cop of the hill seith, Man of God, the kynge comaundid, that thou come doun. And Helyas answerynge seith to the quynquagenarye, Ȝif the man of God I am, come doun fijr fro heuen, and de|uoure thee and thi fyfty men. Than fijr came doun fro heuen, and deuouride hym, and the fyfty that weren with hym. Eft he sente to hym another prynce of fyfty, and fyfty with hym, the whiche spac to hym, Man of God, these thinges seth the kynge, Hyȝe, come doun. An|swerynge Helyas seith, Ȝif the man of God I am, come doun fijr fro heuen, and deuoure thee and thi fyfty. Than the fijr of God came doun fro heuen, and de|uouride hym and his fyfty. Eft soonys he sente the thridd prynce of fyfty, and the fyfty that weren with hym. The whiche whan was commen, bowed the kneeȝis aȝeins Hely, and preyede him, and seith, Man of God, wylle thou not dispijse my lijf, and the lijues of thi seruauntis that ben with me. Loo! fijre came doun fro heuen, and deuourede the two first princis of fyfty, and the fyftees that weren with hem; and now, I beseche, that thou haue mercye to my lijf. The aungel forsothe of the Lord spak to Helyas Thesbytes, seyinge, Comme doun with hym; ne drede thou. Thanne he roose and came doun with hym to the kynge; and spac to hym, These thingis seith the Lord, For thou sentist messagers to counseylen Belzabub, god of Accharon, as ther were not God in Yrael, of the whiche thou miȝtist not asken a worde; therfore fro thi bed, upon the whiche thou steyȝidist up, thou schalt not goo doun, bot by deth thou schalt dye. Thanne he is deed aftir the word of the Lord, that Helye spac; and Joram, his brothir, regnede for hym, the seconde ȝeer of Joram, the sone of Josaphath, kyng of Jude; forsothe he hade not a sone. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Ochosie, `the whichethat C pr. m. he wrouȝt, whethir theithese CE. ben not writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael?

 CAP. II.

Done it is forsoth, whan the Lord wolde reren Helyas by a whyrlwynd in to heuen, Helyas and Helyse wenten fro Galgalis. And Helyas to Helyse seide, Sytt here, for the Lord hath sent me vnto Bethel. To whom seith Helese, the Lord liueth and thi soule liueth, for I schal not forsake thee. And whanne thei weren goo doun fro Bethel, the sonys of prophetis, that weren in Bethel, wenten out to Helysee, and seyden to hym, Whether thou hast knowe, for the Lord to day schal taken thi lord fro thee? The whiche answerde, And I haue knowen; beeth stylle. Helyas forsothe seide to Helise, Sytt heere, for the Lord hath sente me into Jericho. And he seith, The Lord liueth and thy soule liueth, for I schal not forsake thee. And when thei weren commen to Jericho, the sonys of prophetis, that weren in Jericho, neyȝ|iden to Helyse, and seyden to hym, Whe|ther thou hast knowen, that the Lord schal taken to day thi lord fro thee? And he seith, I haue knowen; beeth styll. Helyas forsothe seyde to hym, Sytt here, for the Lord hathOm. E pr. m. sente me vnto Jordan. The whiche seith, The Lord liueth and thi soule lyueth, for I schal not forsake thee. Thanne both thei wenten to gydre; and fyfty men of the sonys of prophetis foloweden, the whiche and stoden forn aȝeynst aferre; thei forsothe stoden both upon Jordane. And Helyas tooke his mantyll, and inwrappyde it, and smote the watirs; the whiche ben deuydid in to eithir partye, and thei wenten both thorȝ the drye. And whanne thei weren goon ouer, Helyas seyde to Helise, Aske that thou wilt, that I doo to thee, er I be taken awey fro thee. And Helise seyde, I beseche, that ther be doo thi spirite double in me. The whiche an|swerde, An hard thing thou hast askede; neuer the later ȝif thou seest me, whanne I schal be taken fro thee, it schal be that thou hast askyde; ȝif forsothe thou seest not, it schal not be. And whanne thei wenten, and goynge speke wordis, loo! the fijren chaare and the fijren hors de|uyden euer either; and Helyas steyȝide up by `the whirlwyndewhirlwynde B. the wirlynge wynde H. in to heuen. Helise forsothe sawe, and criede, Fader myn! fader myn! the chaar of Yrael, and charieterthe charieter A. of it. And he sawȝ hym no more. And he toke his clothis, and kutt hem in to two partyes. And he rerede the mantyll of Helye, that hadde fallen to hym; and, turnedhe turned A. aȝein, stode upon the brynke of Jordan. And with the mantyll of Helye, that hadde fallen to hym, he smote the waters, and thei ben not deuydid. And he seide, Where is the God of Helye also nowe? And he smote the watirs, and thei ben dyuydid hidre and thidre; and Helisee passede ouer. Forsothe the sonys of the pro|phetis that weren in Jericho, seeinge, aȝeinward seyden, The spirite of Helye hath restyde upon Helisee. And thei commynge in to aȝein commynge of hym, honoureden hym redye in to the erth. And thei seyden to hym, Loo! with thi seruauntis ben fyfty stronge men, that mown goon, and seechen thi lord, lest perauenture the Spirite of the Lord haue taken hym, and throwen hym in oon of the hillis, or in oon of the valeys. The whiche seithe, Wylle ȝe not senden. And they constreyniden hym, to tyme that he assentide to hem, and seyde, Sendith. And thei senten fyfty men; whiche whanne hadden souȝt three days, founden not. And thei turneden aȝeyn to hym; and he dwellyde in Jericho. And he seyde to hem, Whether I seyde not to ȝou, Willith not senden? Than the men of the cytee seyden to Helyse, Lo! the dwellynge of this cytee is best, as thou thi silf, lord, byholdist; bot and the watirs ben werst, and the erth bareyn. And he seith, Bringith to me a newe vessel, and puttith in it salt. The whiche whan they hadden brouȝte, goon oute to the welle of watirs, he putte in to it salt, and seith, These thingis seith the Lord, I haue heelide these watirs, and there schal be no more in hem deth, ne ba|reynte. Thanne the watirs ben helyde into this day, aftir the word of Helise, that he spac. Forsothe Helise steyȝide up thens in to Bethel; and whanne he schulde stey up by the weye, lytyl chil|dren wenten out fro the cyte, and scorn|eden to hym seyinge, Stey up, ballard! stey up, ballard! The whiche whan he byheld, sawȝe hem, and cursed to hem in name of the Lord. And two beris wente oute fro the wyild wode, and to|teredento-teeren CE pr. m. of hem two and fourty chyl|dren. Forsothe he wente thens in to the hill of Carmele, and thens turnede aȝein in to Samarye.

 CAP. III.

Joram forsoth, the sone of Acab, regn|ede upon Yrael, in Samarie, the eiȝteenth ȝeer of Josaphath, kyng of Juda. And he regnyde twelue ȝeer, and dyde yuel bifore the Lord, bot not as his fadir and modir; forsothe he toke aweye the ymagis of Baal, that his fadir hadde maade, neuer the latir he cleeuyde in the synnys of Jeroboam, the sone of Na|bath, that made Yrael to synnen; and he wente not aweye fro hem. Forsothe Mesa, the kyng of Moab, nuryschede many beestis, and payed to the kyng of Yrael an hundreth thousand of lombis, and an hundreth thousand ofOm. AB. wetheris, with their fleesesflees CE.. And whann Acab was deed, he brake the bonde of pese that he hade with the kyng of Yrael. Thann kyng Joram wente out in that day fro Samarie, and noumbrede alle Yrael. And he sente to Josaphath, kyng of Juda, seyinge, Kynge Moab is goon aweye fro me; comme with me aȝeynst hym to batayl. The whiche answerde, I schal steyen up; he that is myn, is thyne; my puple thi puple, and myn hors thin hors. And he seyde, By what weye schuln we steyȝen up? And he an|swerde, By the desert of Ydume. Thann the kyng of Yrael, and the kyng of Juda, and the kyng of Edom, wenten, and ȝeeden aboute by the weye of seuene days; and ther was not watir to the hoost, and to the beestis, that foleweden hem. And the kyng of Yrael seide, Allas! allas! allas! the Lord hath ga|derd us three kyngis, that he taketake vs A. in the hond of Moab. And Josaphath seith, Is there not a prophete of the Lord, that we preyen the Lord by hym? And oon answerde of the seruauntis of theOm. ABF. kynge of Yrael, There is here Helisee, the sone of Saphath, that heelde watir vpon the hondis of Helye. And Josaphath seith, Is ther anentis hym the worde of the Lord? And the kyng of Yrael came doun to hym, and Josaphath, kyng of Juda, and the kyng of Edom. Forsothe Helisee seyde to the kyng of Yrael, What is to me and to thee? Goo to the pro|phetis of thi fadir and thiof thi CE. Om. B. modir. And the kyng of Yrael seith to hym, Why the Lord hath gaderde these three kyngis, that he take hem in to the hondis of Moab? And Helyse seyde to hym, The Lord of hoostis liueth, in whose siȝt I stonde, that ȝif not the cheer of Josa|phath, kyng of Juda, I schamyde, forsoth I schulde not haue taken hede to thee, ne haue byholden. Now forsothe bryngith to me an sawtrer. And whanne the sawtrer songe, the honde of the Lord is don upon hym, and he seith, These thingis seith the Lord, Makith the wombe of this streme dychis and dychis. Forsothe these thingis seith the Lord, Ȝe schuln not seen wynde, ne reyn, and this wombe schal ben fulfilled with watirs, and drynke schuln ȝe, and ȝoure meyne, and ȝoure beestis. Lytyll is this in the siȝt of the Lord. Ferthermore also he schal taken Moab in to ȝoure hondis; and ȝe schul smyten alle streyngthidthe strengthid A. cytee, and alle chosen cyte, and ȝe schuln hewen doun eche tree berynge fruyt, and alle the wellis of watirs ȝe schuln stoppen, and alle noble feeld ȝe schuln coueren with stonys. It is doo than erly, whann sacrifice is wont to be offerd, and, loo! watirs camen by the weye of Edom; and the erth is fulfillid with watirs. Alle forsothe Moabitis herynge, that kyngis hadden steyȝiden up, that thei fiȝten aȝeynus hem, thei clepiden to gydre alle that weren gird abowen with knyȝtis gyrdill, and thei stoden in the termys. And first erly rijsynge, and nowe the sunne sprungen forn aȝeinst of the wa|tirs, Moabitis seen aȝenward rede watirs as blode. And thei seiden, Blood of swerde it is; the kyngis han fouȝten aȝeynst hem seluen, and thei ben slayn to gidre; nowe, Moab, goo to the praye. And thei wenten in to the tentis of Yrael; forsothe Yrael ryisynge smote Moab, and thei flowen byfore hem. Thanne camen thei that ouercomen, and smyten Moab, and distruyden the cytees; and alle the best feelde thei fulfilliden, eche seendynge stoonys; and alle the wellis of watirs thei stoppyden, and alle the treese berynge fruyt thei heweden doun, so that oonly the wallis made with erthe laften; and the cyte is enuyround of slyngers, and of grete partye smyten. And whanne kyng Moab hadde seen, that is, the enemyes to han the ouerhond, he tooke with him seuen hundreth men drawynge oute swerdis, that thei breken oute to king Edom; and thei myȝten not. And takynge his first goten sone, that was to regnen for hym, he offerd brent sacrifice upon the wall; and greet indignacioun is made in Yrael; and anoon thei wenten aweye fro hym, and turneden aȝeyn into their lond.

 CAP. IV.

Forsothe a maner womman of the wiyuys of prophetis cryede to Helise, seyinge, Thy seruaunt, my man, is deed, and thou hast knowen for thy seruaunt was dreed|ynge God; and loo! a creaunsure came, that he take my two sonys to seruen to hym. To whom seyde Helisee, What wilt thou that I doo toOm. BF. thee? sey to me, what hast thou in thin hous? And sche an|swerde, I thi seruaunt haue not eny thinge in my hous, bot a lytill of oyle, by the whiche I be anoyntid. To whome he seith, Goo, and aske by borwynge of alle thi neyȝbours voyd vessellis not fewe. And goo in, and close thi dore, whanne thou and thi sonys weren with inne forth; and putte therof in to alle these vessellis; and whanne thei weren ful, thou schalt take. And so the woman wente, and closede the dore vpon hir silf and vpon hir children, thei offerden vesselis, and sche heelde in. And whanne the ves|selis weren fulle, sche seyde to hire sone, Brynge to me ȝit a vessel. And he an|swerde, I haue not. And the oyle stode. Sche forsothe came, and schewide to the man of God; and he, Goo, he seith, sylle the oyle, and ȝeelde to thi creaunser; thou forsothe and thi sonys liuith of the remnaunt. Forsothe a maner day is done, and Helisee passed thorȝ Suna cyte; for|sothe ther was there a grete womman, that heelde hym, that he ete brede. And whann oft sithes he passede thens, he turnede asyde to hyre, that he ete brede. The whiche seyde to hyre man, I per|ceyue that this is an holy man, that oft sithis passith bi us; thanne make we to hym a litill soupynge place, and putte we in it to hym a lityll bed, and a borde, and a lytyll seete, and a candilstyke; that whanne he comith to us, he dwelle ther. Thann a maner day is done, and com|mynge he turnede asyde in to the soup|ynge place, and restyde there. And he seide to Gyazi, his child, Clepe thisthis seruaunt B. sec. m. Suna|myte. The whiche whanne hade clepyd hyre, and sche hadde stonden beforn hym, he seide to his childe, Speke to hire, Lo! bisily in alle thingis thou hast serued to us; what wilt thou that I do to thee? Whethir hast thou a nede, and wilt that I speke to the kyng, or to the prince of chyualrye? The whiche answerd, In the mydil of my peple I dwelle. And he seith, What thanne sche wille that I do to hyre? And Giazi seide to hym, Ne aske thou, forsothe sche hath no sone, and hyre man is olde. And so he co|maundid, that he clepe hyre. The whiche whanne was clepid, and hade stonden by|fore the doore, he seyde to hyre, In this tyme and in this same houre, ȝif the liyf were leder, thou schalt haue a sone in thy wombe. And sche answerde, Wylle thou not, I beseche, my lord, man of God, wylle thou not lyȝen to thin hond wom|man. And the womman conceyuede, and bare a chijlde in tyme, and in the same houre, that Helise hadde seyde. Forsothe the child wexe; and whan ther was a maner day, and he was gon oute to his fadir, and to the repers, he seith to his fadir, Myn heued `I aakeakith A., my heued `I aakeakith A.. And he seyde to a childe, Take, and leed hym to his modir. The whiche whanne he hadde taken, and lade to his modir, sche putte hym upon hir knees vnto the mydday, and he is deed. For|sothe sche steiȝede up, and leyde hym vpon the bed of the man of God, and closede the dore. And sche gon oute, clepyde hyre man, and seith, Sende with me, I bisech, oon of the childre, and a sche asse, and I schal rennen oute vnto the man of God, and turnen aȝein. The whiche seith to hyre, For what cause gost thou to him? to day ben not kalen|dis, ne sabot. The whiche answerde, I schal goon. And sche greythede the sche asse, and comaundid to the chijlde, Driyf, and go forth; ne make thou to me abijd|ynge in goynge, and that doo that I co|maunde to thee. Than sche wente forthe, and came to the man of God, in to the hill of Carmele. And whan the man of God hade seen hyre forn aȝeynst, he seith to Giazi, his chijld, Lo! that Sunamyte; go than in to aȝein commynge of hyre, and seye to hyre, Whethir riȝt it is don aboute thee, and thi man, and thi chylde? The whiche answerde, Riȝt. And whann sche was commen to the man of God, in to the hyll, sche cauȝte his feete; and Giazi wente niȝ, for to meuen hyre aweye. And the man of God seith, Lete hyr; forsothe the liyf of hyre is in bytter|nesse, and the Lord hath hillid fro me, and hath not schewed to me. The whiche seyde to hym, Whethir I askide my sone of my lord? Whethir I seyde not to thee, Ne begijle thou me? And he seith to Giazy, Gyrde thi reenys, and take my staf in thin hond, and goo; ȝif enya ACEFH. man aȝein comme to thee, ne salute thou hym; and ȝif eny man salutith thee, answere thou not to hym; and putte my staf vpon the face of the chylde. Bot the moder of the chyld seith, The Lord lyueth and thi soule lyueth, I schal not leue thee. Thanne he roos, and folowed hyre. Giazi forsothe wente before hem, and putt the staf upon the face of the chyld; and ther was not voice, ne witte. And he turned aȝein in to `aȝein com|myngethe aȝen comyng A. of hym; and he tolde to hym, seyinge, The child hath not rysen. Than Helisee wente in to the hous, and lo! the child laye deed in the bed of hym. And goon in he closede the dore vpon hym, and vpon the chyld; and he preyed the Lord. And he steiȝide up, and laye vpon the chyld; and he putte his mouth vpon the mouth of hym, and his eeȝen vpon the eeȝen of hym, and his hondis vpon the hondis of hym. And he bowede hym silf vpon hym; and made hoote is the flesche of the chyld. And he eft `turnede aȝeinwente E pr. m. in the hous oonys hydre and thidre; and he steiȝide vp, and laye vpon hym, and the chyld brethed seuen sithes, and opnede the eeȝen. And he clepide Giazi, and seyde to hym, Clepe this Sunamyte. The whiche clepid wente in to hym. The whiche seith, Take thi sone. Sche came, and felle at hys feet, and honourede vpon the erthe; and sche toke hyre sone, and wente oute. And Helisee turnede aȝein in to Galgala. For|sothe ther was hunger in the lond, and the sonys of prophetis dwelliden before hym. And Helisee seyde to oon of his childre, Sete a grete potte, and seethe potage to the sonis of prophetes. And oon wente oute in to the feelde, that he gedre wijld herbis; and he foond as a wijld vyne, and he gederde of it wijld gourdis of the feeld. And he fulfillide his mantylle, and turnede aȝein, andOm. CE. hewedeheewȝ CE. to gydre in to the pott of pot|age; he wyst not forsothe what it was. Thanne they helden in to felawis, that thei myȝten eten; and whanne thei haden tastyden of the seethinge, thei crieden oute, seyinge, Deth in the pott! deth in the pott! man of God. And thei myȝten not eeten. And he, Bryngith to, he seith, mele. And whanne thei haden brouȝt, he putt in to the pott, and seith, Heeldith in to the puple, that thei eten; and there was no more eny thing of bytternesse in the pott. Forsothe a maner man came fro Balsalisa, bryngynge to the man of God loouys of first fruytes, and tenne barly loouys, and newe whete, in his bagge. And he seide, Ȝeue to the puple, that it ete. And his seruaunt answerde to hym, Howe myche is this, that I putt before an hundreth men? Eft he seith, Ȝeue to the puple, that it ete; these thingis forsothe seith the Lord, Thei schul eten, and ther schal leuen ouer. And so he sette before hem, the whiche eeten; and ther laft ouer, aftir the worde of the Lorde.

 CAP. V.

Naaman, the prince of chyualrye of the kyng of Cyrye, was a grete man anentis his lord, and a wirschipide; by hym for|sothe the Lord ȝaue helth to Cyrye; forsothe he was a stronge man and riche, but mesell. Forsothe fro Cyrye wenten out lytyll theeues, and thei haden brouȝt fro the lond of Yrael a lytill chyld wom|man caytife, that was in the seruyce of the wiyf of Naaman. The whiche seith to hir lady, Wolde God, my lord were at a prophete that is in Samarye; for|sothe he schulde han helyde hym fro the lepre that he hath. And so Naaman wente in to his lord, and tolde to hym, seyinge, Thus and thus spake the chyld womman of the lond of Yrael. And so the kyng of Cyrye seyde to hym, Go, and I schal sende letters to the kyng of Yrael. The whiche whann was gon, and hade take with hym tenn talentis of syluer, and sexe thousand platis of gold, and tenn chaungynge maner of clothis, he tooke to the kyng of Yrael lettris in to these wordis; Whanne thou takist this lettre, wyte thou, that I haue sente to thee Naaman my seruaunt, that thou hele hym fro his lepre. And whanne the kyng of Yrael hade red the letters, he kutte his clothis, and seith, Whethir a god I am, that I mow slen and quyck|en, for he hath sente to me, that I hele a man fro his lepre? Takith heed and seeth, that occasiouns he sechith aȝeyns me. The whiche whanne Helisee, the man of God, hadde herde, that is, the kyng of Yrael to han kutte his clothis, he sente to hym, seyinge, Why hast thou kutte thy clothis? come he to me, and wyte a prophete to be in Yrael. Thanne Naaman came with hors and chaaris, and stood at the dore of the hous of Helisee. And Helisee sente to hym a messanger, seyinge, Goo, and be waschen seuen sithis in Jordan; and thi flesche schal receyuen helth, and thou schalt be clensed. Naaman wroth wente aweye, seyinge, I wende that he schulde goon oute to me, and stondynge schulde in|wardly clepen the name of his God, and touche with his hond the place of the lepre, and helen me. Whethir not beter ben Abana and Pharphar, the floodis of Damask, thanne alle the waters of Yrael, that I be waschen in hem, and be clens|ede? Whann thann he hadde turnyde hymsilf, and goon aweye endeynynge, wenten to hym his seruauntis, and speken to hym, Fader, and ȝif a grete thinge the prophete hadde seide to thee, certis thou owedist to done; myche more for nowe he seyde to thee, Be wasched, and thou schalt be clansede. He wente doun, and wasche in Jordane seuen sithis, aftir the worde of the man of God; and the flesche of hym is restorid as the flesche of a litil chyld, and he is clensed. And turned aȝein to the man of God with alle his felawschip came, and stood before hym; and seith, Vereyly I woot, that ther is noon other God in all erththe erthe E pr. m., bot oonly the God of Yrael; also, I beseche, that thou take a blissynge of thi seruaunt. And he answerde, The Lord lyueth be|fore whom I stonde, for I schal not taken. And whanne forsynge he made, vtturly he assentyde not. And so Naaman seide, As thou wilt; bot, I beseche, graunte to me, thi seruaunt, that I take two bur|downs charge fro the lond; forsothe thi seruaunt schal no more make brent sacri|fice, or slayn sacrifice, to alyen goddis, bot to the Lord. This forsothe oonly is, of the whiche thou preye the Lord for thi seruaunt, whanne my lord goth in to the temple of Remmon, that he honoure, and hym lenynge vpon myn hond, ȝif I ho|noure in the temple of Remmon, he ho|nouryng in the same place, that the Lord forȝeue to me, thi seruaunt, for this thing. The whiche seide to hym, Goo in pese. Thann he ȝeede fro hym the chosen tyme of the lond. And Giazi, the childe of the man of God, seide, My lord hath sparede to this Naaman Cyro, that he take not of hym that he brouȝte; the Lord liueth, for I schal rennen aftir hym, and I schal taken of hym sumwhate. And Giazi fo|lowede aftir the bac of Naaman; whom whan he hade seen rennynge to hym, he `leep dounstood doun stille E pr. m. wente doun stille E sec. vice. leep doun E tertia vice. of the chaar in to aȝein com|mynge of hym; and seith, Whether riȝt ben alle thingis? And he seith, Riȝt; my lord sente me to thee, seyinge, Nowe ben commen to me two yonge men fro the hyll of Effraym, of the sonys of pro|phetes; ȝeue to hem a talent of syluer, and double chaungynge clothis. And Naaman seyde, Beter it is that thou take two talentis. And he constreyned hym; and he boond two talentis of syluer in two baggis, and double clothis, and putte to his two chylder, the whiche and bern before hym. And whanne he was com|myn nowe at euen, he tooke fro the hond of hem, and leyde up in the house; and he laft the men, and they wenten aweye. He forsothe goon in stode bifore his lord. And Helisee seyde, Whenns comyst thou, Giezi? The whiche answerde, Thi ser|uaunt ȝeede not o whydre. And he seith, Whether myn hert was not in present, whanne the man turnede aȝein fro his chaar in to aȝein commynge of thee? Nowe thanne thou hast taken syluer, and taken clothes, that thou bye olyuis, and vinis, and scheep, and oxen, and ser|uauntis, and hond wymmen; bot and the leepre of Naaman schal cleue to thee, and to thi seede in to euermore. And he wente out from hym mesell as snowe.

 CAP. VI.

Seyden forsothe the sonys of prophetis to Helisee, Loo! the place in the whiche we dwellen before thee, is streyt to us; goo we vnto Jordan, and taken eche fro the wood sundrye matteers, that we beelden to us there a place to dwellen. The whiche seide, Gooth. And oon of hem seith, Comme thanne and thou with thi seruauntis. He answerde, I schal commen. And he wente with hem. And whanne thei weren commen to Jordan, they hewen treese. It fell forsothe, that whanne oon had hewen a mateer, felle the yren of the axe in to the watir; and he criede oute, and seith, Allas! allas! allas! my lord, and that same I tooke of borowynge. Forsothe the man of God seyde, Where felle it? And he schewyde to hym the place. Thanne he hewede of a tree, and putte thidir; and the yren swam. And he saith, Take. The whiche strauȝt out the hoond, and took it. The kyng forsothe of Cyrye fauȝte aȝeynst Yrael; and wente in counseil with his seruauntis, seiynge, In this place and that sette we buschementis. And so the man of God sente to the kynge of Yrael, seyinge, Be war, lest thou passe to that place, for ther ben Cyris in busche|mentis. And so the kyng of Yrael sente to that place, `the whichethat C. the man of God hade spoken to hym, and hebe B. before occupiede it, and he weytyde hym there not oonys, ne twyes. And the herte of the kyng of Cyrye is distourbled for this thing; and, the seruauntis clepid to gydre, seith, Whi han ȝe not schewed to me, who be my traitour anentis the kyng of Yrael? And oon of the seruauntis of hym seyde, Nay, my lord kyng, bot Helisee, the prophete, that is in Yrael, schewith to the kyng alle wordis, what|euer thou hast spoken in thy priue chaumbre. And he seyde to hym, Gooth, and seeth, wher he be, that I sende, and take hym. And thei tolden to hym, sey|inge, Loo! in Dotaym he dwellith. And he sente thidre hors, and chaaris, and the strengthe of the oost; the whiche, when thei weren commen at nyȝt, they enuyrounden the cyte. The seruaunt forsothe of the man of God rysynge erly wente oute, and he sawe the hoost in enuyroun of the cyte, and hors, and chaaris. And he tolde to hym, seyinge, Allas! allas! allas! my lord, what schal we done? And he answerde, Wylle thou not dreede; forsothe mo ben with us than with hem. And whanne Helise hade preyede, he seith, Lord, opyn the eeȝen of this chylde, that he see. And the Lord opnede the eeȝen of the chijld, and he sawȝ. And loo! an hyll ful of hors, and of fyren chaaris, in enuyroun of He|lisee. Forsothe the enmyes camen doun to hym; bot Helisee preyede to the Lord, seyinge, Smyit, I beseche, this folc with blyndnesse. And the Lord smoot hem, lest thei seeȝen, after the worde of Helisee. Forsothe Helisee seyde to hem, This is not the weye, ne this is notOm. CE. the cyte; folowith me, and I schal schewe to ȝou the man, whom ȝethou E pr. v. ȝee sec. v. seeken. And he ladde hem in to Samarye. And whan thei weren commen in to Samarie, Helisee seyde, Lord, opne the eeȝen of these, that thei seen. And the Lord opnede the eeȝen of hem, and thei seen hem selfen to ben in the mydill of Samarye. And the kynge of Yrael seide to Helisee, whanne he hadde seen hem, Whether I schal smyten hem, fader myne? And he seith, Thou schalt not smyten hem, ne forsoth thou hast taken hem with swerdethe swerde E., and with thi bowe, that thou smyte; bot putte brede and watir before hem, that thei eten and drynken, and goon to their lord. And there is putte to hem grete greith|inge of metis; and thei eeten, and drunk|en. And he laft hem, and thei wenten to their lord; and no more camen the theeuis of Cyrye in to the lond of Yrael. It is done forsothe aftir these thingis, Benadab, kyng of Cyrye, gaderde alle his hoost, and steyȝede vp, and beseegyde Samarye. And there is maad grete hun|gre in Samarye; and so long it is be|seegideto be seegide B., to the tyme that the heued of an asse were sold for foure scoorhundrid E pr. v. score sec. v. platis of syluer, and the ferth parte of a me|sure of the dryt of culuers for fyue platis of syluer. And whanne the kyng of Yrael passed by the wall, a maner womman criede to hym, seiynge, Saue me, my lord kyng. The whiche seith, Nay, saue thee the Lord; wherof may I saue thee? of the corn flore, or of the presse? And the kyng seide to hire, What wylt thou to thee? The whiche answerde, Thys womman seide to me, Ȝeue thi sone, that we eten hym to day; and my sone we schal eten to morwe. Thanne we seetheden my sone, and eeten. And I seide to hire the tother day, Ȝeue thi sone, that we eten hym; the which hyde hyre sone. The which thing whanne the kyng hade herde, he kutt his clothis, and passede by the wall; and alle the puple sawe an hayre, with whichethe whiche E pr. m. the kyng was clothidclad C. at the flesch with in forthe. And the kynge seith, Thes thingis do to me God, and thes thingis adde, ȝif the heued of Helisee, the sone of Saphath, schulde stonden vpon hym to day. Helisee forsothe satt in his hous, and olde men seeten with hym; and so he sente beforn a man, and er the mes|sager came, he seide to the old men, Whether ȝe knowen, that the sone of a man sleere hath sente hithir, that myn heued be gyrd off? Seeȝith than, whanne the messager commith, closeth the dore, and suffreth hym not to commen in; lo! forsothe the soun of the feet of his lord is bihynde hym. And ȝit hym spekynge to hem, apeeride the messager, that came to hym; and seith, Loo! so myche yuel of the Lord is; what more schal I abyden of the Lord?

 CAP. VII.

Helisee forsothe seide, Here ȝe the word of the Lord; these thingis seith the Lord, In this tyme to morwe a buschell of tryid floure schal be at `half an ounce of moneethre schillyngis E pr. m., and two buschels of barly for half an ounce of monee, in the ȝate of Samarye. Answerynge forsothe oon of the duykis, vpon whose hond the kyng lenyde, to the man of God, seide, Ȝif the Lord make also the goters in heuen to be opnyde, whether it schal mow ben that thou spekist? The whiche seith, Thou schalt seen with thin eeȝen, and therof thou schalt not eten. Than foure leprouse men weren byside the en|tree of the ȝate, the whiche seyden to gydre, What wil we be here, to the tyme that we dyen? Whether we wyln goon in to the cyte, by hungre we schul dyen; whethir we schuln dwellen here, to dyen it is to us. Commith thann, and fleeȝe we ouer to the tentis of Cyrie; ȝif thei sparen to us, we schul lyuen; `ȝif for|sothefor ȝif A. thei wiln slen, neuer the later we schul dyen. Thanne they rysen at euen, that thei comen to the tentis of Cirie; and whanne thei weren commen to the bigynnynge of the tentis of Cyrye, no man there thei founden. Forsothe the Lord hadde mademade hem A. to heren asuch a C. soun in the tentis of Cyrye of charis, and of hors, and of aOm. E pr. m. mych hoost; and thei seyden to gydre, Loo! by meede the kyng of Yrael hath hyred aȝeynst us the kyngis of Etheis and of Egipciens; and thei ben commen vpon us. Thanne thei risen, and flowen in dercnessis, and laften their tentis, and hors, and mulis, and asses, in the tentis; and thei flowen, their lyuis oonly coueitynge to sauen. Thann whanne thoothoo ilke E pr. m. mesels weren commen to the bigyn|nynge of the tentis, thei wenten in to oon tabernacle, and eten, and drunken; and token thenns syluer, and gold, and clothis; and thei wenten aweye, and hydden; and eft thei ben turned aȝeyn to another tabernacle, and thenns lyc maner beerynge aweye, hydden. And they seyden to gidir, We do not riȝt, this is forsothe a day of good message; ȝif we holden oure pese, and wyln not tellen vnto the morowe, we schul be vndernum|men of hydous gylt; commith, and goo we, and tellen in the halle of the kyng. And whanne thei weren commen to the ȝate of the cytee, thei tolden to hem, seyinge, We wenten to the tentis of Sy|rie, and no man ther we founden, bot hors and assis bounden, and the piȝt tentis. Thanne the porteris ȝeden, and tolden in the paleys of the kyng with|inne forth. The whiche rose at nyȝt, and seith to his seruauntis, I sey to ȝou, what to us Cyryes han done; thei wyten, fortherfor E pr. m. with hungre we traueylen, and ther|fore they ben goon oute of the tentis, and lurken in the feeldis, seyinge, Whanne thei weren goon oute of the cyte, we schuln taken hem on lyue, and thann we schuln mowe goon in to the cytee. For|soth oon of his seruauntis answerde, Take we the fyue hors, that ben laft in the cytee; for thei oonly ben in alle the multitude of Yrael, the tother forsothe ben wastyde; and seendynge we schuln mowe aspyen. Thanne thei brouȝten forthe two hors; and the kyng sente in to the tentis of Cyries, seyinge, Goth, and seeth. The whiche wenten aftre hem vnto Jordan; and, lo! al the wey was ful of clothis, and ofOm. B. vesselis, that the Cyryes hadden throwen aweye, whanne thei weren distourblid. And the messagers turnede aȝeyn, scheweden to the kyng. And the puple goon oute, to|brast the tentis of Cyrye; and a buschel of floure is maad at `half an ounce of moneethre schillyngis E pr. m., and two buschels of barly for half an ounce of monee, aftir the word of the Lord. Forsothe the kynge that duyk, in whose hond he hade lenyd, he sett at the ȝate; whom the puple alto|trade in the entre of the ȝate, and is deed, aftir that, that the man of God hadde spoken, whanne the kyng came doun to hym. And it is done aftir the word of the man of God, the whiche he hade seide to the kyng, whanne he seith, Two buschels of barly schuln ben at one half ounce of monee, and oon buschell of flour for oon half ounce of monee, this same tyme to morwe in the ȝate of Sa|marie; whanne thethat CE. duyk hadde an|swerde to the man of God, and hadde seyde, Also ȝif the Lord make the goters in heuen to be opnede, whether it schal mownot A. be done that thou spekist? and he seid, Thou schalt seen with thin eeȝen, and therof thou schalt not eten. Thanne it felle to hym, as it was seyde beforn; and the puple to-trade him `in the ȝateOm. CE pr. m., and he is deeddeed in the ȝate CE..

 CAP. VIII.

Helisee forsotheOm. E pr. m. spac to the womman, whose sone he made to lyue, seyinge, Rijs, goo, and thou and thin hous, in pil|grymage, whereuer thou schalt fynde; the Lord forsothe schal clepen hungre, and it schal commen vpon the lond seuen ȝeer. The whiche rose, and dyde aftir the word of the man of God; and goo|ynge with hyre hous pylgrymagid in the lond of Phylisteis many dayes. And whanne seuen ȝeer weren fynyschid, the womman is turnede aȝein fro the lond of Philisteis; and sche wente oute, that sche preye the kyng for hyre hous, and for hir feeldis. The kynge forsothe spak with Giezi, the chijld of the man of God, seyinge, Telle to me alle the grete thingis that Helisee dide. And whanne he tolde to the kynge, what maner wijse he hade rered the deed, the womman apeeride, whose sone he hade quyckenede, criynge to the kyng for hyre hous, and for hyre feeldis. And Giezi seide, My lord kyng, this is the womman, and this is the sone of hyre, that Helisee rerede. And the kynge askyde the womman, the whiche tolde to hym tho thingis to be soth. And the kyng ȝaue to hyre an geldynge, sei|ynge, Restore to hyre alle thingis that ben hyres, and alle the rentes of feeldis, fro the day that sche laft the lond vnto the tyme that is nowe. Forsothe He|lisee cam to Damask, and Benadab, kyng of Cyrye, wexe seeke; and thei tolden to hym, seyinge, The man of God is com|men hydre. And the kyng seith to Asael, Take with thee ȝiftis, and goo in to aȝein commynge of the man of God, and coun|seyle by hym the Lord, seyinge, Ȝif I schal mow ascapen of this myn enfir|myte? ThanAnd than A sec. m. Asael wente in to aȝein commynge of hym, hauynge with hym ȝiftis, and alle theOm. B. goodis of Damaske, fourty chamelchamels A. chaargis. And whanne he hade stonden before hym, seith, Thi sone, Benadab, kyng of Syrie, sente me to thee, seyinge, Ȝif I schal mowe be heelid of this myn enfirmyte? And Helisee seide, Goo, seye to hym, Thou schalt ben hoole; bot the Lord hath schewide to me for by deth he schal dye. And he stode with hym, and is distourbled, vnto the sched|ynge doun of the cheere; and the man of God wepte. To whom Asael seith, Why my lord weepith? And he an|swerde, For I wote what thou be to doo to the sonis of Yrael euyls; the strength|ide cytees of hem thou schalt brenne up with fijr, and the ȝonge men of hem thou schalt slee with swerde, and the lytyll chyldre of hem thou schalt hurtlyn, and the wymmen with chijlde thou schalt deuyde. And Asael seyde, What for|sothe am I, thi seruaunt, an hound, that I doo this grete thinge? And Helisee seith, The Lord hath schewide to me thee to be kyng of Cyrye. The which whanne hade goon aweye fro Helisee, came to his lord; the which seith to hym, What seide Helisee to thee? And he answerde, He seide to me, Thou schalt resseyue helth. And whanne the tother day was commen, he toke an couerlyte, and helte in with watir, and spradde vpon his face; the whiche deed, Asael regnede for hym. The fyft ȝeer of Joram, the sone of Acab, kyng of Yrael, regnede Joram, the sone of Josaphath, king of Juda. Of two and thritty ȝeer he was whanne he beganne to regnen, and eiȝte ȝere he regnyde in Jerusalem. And he wente in the weyes of the kyngis of Yrael, as wente the hous of Acab; the douȝter forsothe of Acab was his wiyf; and he dydde that, that is yuel in the siȝt of the Lord. And the Lord wolde not scateren Juda, for Dauid, his ser|uaunt, as he hadde behoten to hym, that he schulde ȝeue to hym a lanterne, and to his sonessone ABFH. alle days. In tho days wente aweye Edom, that thei weren not vndur Juda; and he sette to hym a kyng. And Joram came to Seyr, and alle the charis with hym; and he roose the nyȝt, and smote Ydumes, that hym hadden enuyround, and the princis of the chaaris; the puple forsothe fleeyȝ in to their taber|naclis. Than went Edom, that he were not vndur Juda vnto this day; thanne wente aweye Lobna and in that tyme. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Joram, and alle thingis that he dyde, whether not these ben writen in the booke of the wordis of the days of theOm. B. kyngis of Juda? And Joram slepte with his faders, and is byryed with hem in the cytee of Dauid; and Ochosias, his sone, regnede for hym. The twelfith ȝeer of Joram, the sone of kyng Achab, regn|ede Ochosias, the sone of kyng Joram, of Jude. Of two and twenty ȝeer was Ocho|sias, the sone of Joram, whanne he be|ganne to regnen, and oon ȝeer he regned in Jerusalem; the name of his modir Athalia, the douȝter of Amry, kyng of Yrael. And he wente in the weyes of the hous of Achab, and dydde that, that is yuel before the Lord, as the hous of Acab; forsothe the sone in lawe in lawe of the hous of Acab he was. Forsothe he wente with Joram, the sone of Acab, to fiȝten aȝeyn Azael, kyng of Cyrie, in to Ra|moth Galaad; and Cyries woundeden Jo|ram. The whiche is turned aȝeyn, that he were helyd in Jezrael; for Cyries woundeden hym in Ramoth, fiȝtynge aȝeynst Azael, kynge of Cyrie. For|sothe Ochozias, the sone of Joram, kyng of Juda, came doun to visyten Joram, the sone of Achab, in Jezrael, the whiche seekened there.

 CAP. IX.

Forsothe Helisee, theOm. BF. prophete, clepide oon of the sonys of prophetis, and seith to hym, Gyrde thi reenys, and take this oynment vessel of oyle in thin hond, and goo in to Ramoth Galaad. And whanne thou commyst thidre, thou schalt seen Hieu, the sone of Josaphath, the sone of Nampsy; and goon in thou schalt reren hym fro the mydill of his bretheren, and thou schalt bryngen hym with inforth in to theOm. H. inner moreOm. E pr. m. bed place. And holdinge an oynment vessel of oyle thouOm. H. schalt heelden vpon his heued, and seye, These thingis seith the Lord, I haue anoyntyde thee in to kynge vpon Yrael; and thou schalt opne the dore, and fleeȝen, and there thou schalt not abyden. Thanne ȝeede a ȝonge waxen child of the profete in to Ramoth Galaad, and wente in thidir. Lo! forsothe the princis of the hoostis seeten; and he seith, A worde to me anentis thee, O! prince. And Hieu seide, To whom of us alle? And he seide, To thee, O! prince. And he roos, and wente in to the bede place. And he helde oyle vpon his heuede, and seith, These thingis seith the Lord God of Ysrael, I haue anoyntyde thee in to kyng vpon the puple of the Lord of Yrael; and thou schalt smyten the hous of Achab, thi lord, that I venge the blode of my seruauntis prophetis, and the blode of alle the seruauntis of the Lord, fro the hond of Jezabel. And I schal distruy alle the hous of Achab, and slen fro the hous of Achab a pysser to the walle, and closed, and the last in Yrael. And I schal ȝeue the hous of Achab as the hous of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, and as the hous of Basaa, the sone of Ahia. Jezabel forsothe houndis schulen eten in the feeldefeeldis A. of Jezrael; and there schal not ben that byrye hyre. And he opnede the dore, and fleyȝ. Hieu for|sothe wente oute to the seruauntis of his lord, the whiche seyden to hym, Whether riȝt ben alle thingis? What came this wood man to thee? The whiche seith to hem, Ȝe han knowen the man, and what he hath spoken. And thei answerden, It is fals; but more telle thou to us. The whiche seith to hem, These thingis and these thingis he spac to me, and seith, These thingis seith the Lord, I haue anoyntide thee kynge vpon Ysrael. And so thei hyȝeden, and echone, takynge his mantylle, putten vndur his feet in lyck|nesse of a kyngis chayer. And they sungen with trumpe, and seyden, Hieu schal regnen. Thanne Hieu, the sone of Josaphath, the sone of Nampsy, coniured aȝeynst Joram. Forsothe Joram hadde byseegyd Ramoth Galaad, he and alle Yrael, aȝeynst Azael, kyngthe kyng E pr. m. of Cyrye. And he was turned aȝeyn, that he were helyd in Jezrael for the woundis; for Cy|ries hadden smyten hym fiȝtynge aȝeynst Azael, kyng of Cyrie. And Hieu seide, Ȝif it plese to ȝou, no man goo oute fugy|tyue fro the cyte, lest he go, and tell in Jezrael. And he steyȝide vp, and wente forth into Jezrael; Joram forsothe laye seeke there, and Ochosias, kyng of Ju|da, hadde goon doun to vysyte Joram. Thanne the wayte, that stode vpon the toure of Jezrael, see the glub of Hieu commynge, and seith, I see a glub. And Joram seide, Take the chare, and sende in to aȝeyn commynge of hem; and the gooer sey, Whether riȝt ben alle thingis? Thanne ȝeede, that steyȝide up the chaare, in to aȝeyn commynge of hym, and seith, Thes thingis seith the kyng, Apayid ben alle thingis? And Hieu seyde to hym, What to thee and to pese? Go, and folow me. The weyt forsothe tolde, sey|inge, The messager cam to hem, and he is not turned aȝeyn. Also he sent the secounde chaar of hors, and he came to hem, and seith, These thingis seith the kyng, Where is there pese? And Hieu seith, What to thee and to pese? Passe, and folowe me. Forsothe the weyt tolde, seyinge, He came vnto hem, and he turn|ith not aȝein; forsothe the goynge is as the goynge of Hieu, the sone of Nampsy; `ful swyftlychea prince E pr. m. forsothe heOm. E pr. m. goth. And Joram seith, Ioynith the chaar. And they ioyneden his chaar. And Joram, the kyng of Yrael, wente oute, and Ochosias, kyng of Juda, ech in their chaaris; and thei wenten oute into aȝeyncommynge of Hieu, and thei founden hym in the feeld of Nabath Jezraelyte. And whanne Joram hadde seen Hieu, he seide, Pese is there, Hieu? And he answerde, What pese? Ȝit the fornycaciouns of Jezabel, thi modir, and hyr many venymyngis thrijuen. Forsothe Joram turnede his hond, and fleeȝinge seith to Ochosie, Busschementis! busschementis! Ochosie. Bot Hieu bente the bowe with the honde, and smote Jo|ram bytwene the schulders, and the arewe is sent out thoruȝ his hert; and anoon he felle in his chaare. And Hieu seith to duyke Badachar, Take, throwe hym in the feelde of Naboth Jezraelite; I haue mynde forsothe, when I and thow syttynge in the chaar foloweden Achab, his fadir, for the Lord hadde rerede out thishis A. chargechaare FH. upon hym, seyinge, Whe|ther not for the blode of Naboth, and for the blode of the sonys of hym, the whiche I sawe ȝisterdayȝistai C et E passim., seith the Lord, I schal ȝelden to thee in this feeld, seith the Lord. Nowe thanne take hym, and throwe hym in the feeld, aftir the word of the Lord. Ochosias forsothe, kyng of Juda, seeinge this, fleeȝ by the weye of the hous of the gardyn; and Hieu folewede hym, and seith, Also this smytith in his chare. And thei smyten hym in the steyinge up of Gaber, that is besyde Jeblaam; the whiche fleyȝ in to Magedo, and is deed there. And his seruauntis putten hym vpon his chaar, and token in to Jerusa|lem; and biriden hym in the sepulcre with his fadirs, in the cytee of Dauith. The elleuenth ȝeer of Joram, the sone of Achab, the kyng of Yrael, regnede Ocho|sias vpon Judam. And Hieu came in to Jezrael. Forsothe Jezabel, his entree herde, peyntyde hyre eeȝen with strum|pettis oynment, and sche anournede hyre heued; and sche byhelde thoruȝ the wyn|dowe Hieu commynge in by the ȝate, and seith, Whether pese may be to Zamry, that hath slayn his lord? And Hieu rerede up his face to the wyndowe, and seith, What is sche this? And there boweden hem to hym two or thre gel|dingis, and seyden to hym, This is sche, that Jezabel. And he seyde to hem, Tumblith hyre doun. And thei tum|bliden hyre; and the wall is sprengid with the blod, and the hors houes, that treden hyre. And when he was goon in, that he ete and drynke, he seith, Gooth, and seeth that cursed, and burieth hyre, for the douȝter of a kyng sche is. And when thei weren gon, that they biryen hyre, thei founden not, noOm. ACEFH. bot the scul, and the feet, and gobitis of the hond; and they turned aȝein, tolden to hym. And Hieu seith, The word of the Lord it is, the whiche he spak by his seruaunt Helye Thesbyten, seyinge, In the feeld of Jezrael houndis schulen eten the flesche of Jezabel; and the flesche of Jezabel schul be as drytt vpon the face of the erthe in the feeld of Jezrael, so that men passynge bysydis seyn, Whether sche this is not that Jezabel?

 CAP. X.

Of Achab forsoth weren seuenty sonis in Samary. Than Hieu wrote lettris, and sente in to Samarye to the best of the cytee, and to the more thoruȝ birth, and to the nurischis of Achab, seyinge, Anoon as ȝe taken thes lettres, ȝe that haue the sonis of ȝoure lord, and chaaris, and hors, and stronge cytees, and aarmys, chesith the beter, and hym that to ȝou schal plesen of the sonis of ȝour lord, and put|tith hym vpon the see of his fadir, and fiȝtith for the hous of ȝoure lord. And thei dredden hugelye, and seyden, Loo! two kyngis myȝten not stonden beforn hym, and what maner wijse schuln we mowen to withstonden hym? Thanne the prouostis of the hous senten, and the prefect of the cyte, and the more thoruȝ birthe, and the nurischis to Hieu, sey|inge, Thi seruauntis we ben; what euer thingis thou schalt comaunde, we schul done, and we schul not ordeyne to us a kynge; what euer thinge to thee plesith, do. Forsothe he wrote aȝein lettris to hem the secounde tyme, seyinge, Ȝif myn ȝe ben, and obeschen to me, takith the heuedis of the sonis of ȝoure lord, and commith to me this same houre to morowe in to Jezrael. Forsothe the sonis of the kyng, seuenty men, anentis the best of the cytee weren nurischide. And when lettris weren commen to hem, thei token the sonis of the kyng, and slewen the seuenty men, and putten the heuedis of hem in cofynes; and senten to hym in to Jezrael. Forsothe a messagere came to hym, and schewede to hym, seyinge, Thei han brouȝt the heuedis of the sonys of the kyng. The whiche answerde, Put|tith hem at the two stone hepis, besydis the entre of the ȝate, vnto to morowe. And when the day hadde liȝted, he wente out, and stondynge seide to alle the pu|ple, Riȝtwyse ȝe ben; ȝif I haue coniured aȝeynus my lord, and slayn hym; who smoot alle these? Seeth thann nowe, for there hath not fallen of the wordis of the Lord in the erthe, the whiche the Lord spac vpon the hous of Achab; and the Lord dydde that he spak in the hond of Helye, his seruaunt. ThanneOm. AB pr. m. FH. Hieu smoot alle that weren laft of the hous of Achab in Jezrael, and alle the best of hym, and knowen, and prestis, to the tyme that ther laft not of hym relykys. And he roos, and came in to Samerye; and when thei weren commen to the chaumbre of scheperdis in the weye, he fonde the bretheren of Ochosie, kyng of Juda; and he seide to hem, Who for|sothe ben ȝe? And thei answerden, The bretheren of Ochosie we ben, and we ben commen doun to saluten the sonis of the kyng and the sonys of the qween. The whiche seith, Takith hem on lyue. Whom when thei hadden taken alyue, thei throtyden hem in the cystern, besyde the chaumbre, two and fourty men; and he laft not of hem eny man. And when he was goon thens, he foond Jonadab, the sone of Reechab, in to aȝein com|mynge to hym, and blessede to hym. And Hieu seith to hym, Whether is thin hert riȝt with myne herte, as myn hert with thin hert? And Jonadab seith, It is. Ȝif it is, he seith, ȝeue me thin honde. The whiche ȝaue to hym his hond; and he rerede hym to hym in to the chaar. And he seyde to hym, Comme with me, and see my loue for the Lord. And hym sett in his chaar, he ladde in to Sa|marye. And he smote alle that weren laft of Achab in Samarye vnto oon, after the word of the Lord, that he spac by Helye. Than Hieu gaderd alle the pu|ple, and seide to hem, Achab heryide Baal a lytyl, I forsothe schal herye hym more. Nowe than alle the prophetis of Baal, and alle his seruauntis, and alle the prestis of hem clepith to me; noon be that cumme not, forsothe grete sacri|fice is to me to Baal; who so euer be aweye, he schal not lyuen. Forsothe Hieu dydde this aspyingly, that he dis|truye alle the heryeris of Baal. And he seyde, Halowith a solempne day to Baal. And he clepid, and sente in to al the termes of Yrael; and ther camen alle the seruauntis of Baal, and ther was not lafte not oone forsothe that came not. And thei wenten in to the temple of Baal; and the hous of Baal is fulfillid, from the heeȝist to the heeȝist. And he seide to hem that haden maistrye vpon the clothes, Bryngith forth the vesty|mentis to alle the seruauntis of Baal; and thei brouȝtyn to hym the clothis. And Hieu wente in, and Jonadab, the sone of Reechab, in to the temple of Baal. And he seith to the herieris of Baal, Enserchith, and seeth, lest eny man perauenture be with ȝou of the seruauntis of the Lord; bot that aloon ben the ser|uauntis of Baal. Thanne thei wenten in, that thei done slayne offryngis, and brent sacrificessacrifice ABFH.. Hieu made redy forsothe with oute forthe foure score men, and hadde seyde to hem, Who so euer fleeȝith of alle these, `the whichethat C pr. m. I schal brynge in to ȝoure hondis, his lijf schal ben for the lijf of hym. It is do forsothe, when the brent sacrifice was fulfillid, Hieu co|maundide to the knyȝtis and to his duykis, Gooth in, and smytith hem, that noon ascaape. And the knyȝtis and the duykis smyten hem in the mouthe of theOm. AC pr. m. swerd, and threwen aweye. And thei wenten in to the cyte of the temple of Baal, and thei brouȝten forthe the ymage fro the temple of Baal, and thei brenden, and distruyden it. Forsothe thei dis|troyeden the hous of Baal, and thei maaden for it waardropis vnto this day. And so Hieu dyde aweye Baal from Yrael; neuerthelatre fro the synnes of Jero|boam, the sone of Naboth, that maad Yrael to synne, he ȝeede not aweye, ne dyde aweye the golden caluis, that weren in Bethel and in Dan. The Lord for|sothe seyde to Hieu, For wysely thou hast done that that was riȝt, and it pleside in myn eeȝen, and alle thingis that weren in myne herte thou dyddist aȝeynst the hous ofOm. BF sec. m. Achab, thi sonys vnto the ferth generacioun schuln sytten vpon the trone of Yrael. Bot Hieu kepte not, that he wente in the lawe of the Lord God of Yrael in al his herte; forsothe he wente not fro the synnes of Jeroba|ham, that maad Yrael to synnen. In tho days the Lord beganne to noyȝen vpon Yrael; and Azael smote hem inand AB. alle the coostis of Yrael, fro Jordane aȝeyns the este coost, alle the lond of Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Ma|nasse, fro Aroer that is vpon the streme of Arnon, and Galaad, and Basan. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Hieu, and alle thingis that he dide, and his strengthe, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? And Hieu slepte with his fadirs; and thei birieden hym in Samarie; and Joacath, his sone, regn|ede for hym. The days forsothe, `the whichethat C pr. m. Hieu regned vpon Yrael in Sa|marye, ben eiȝt and twenty ȝeer.

 CAP. XI.

Athalia forsothe, the modir of Ochosie, seeȝinge hyre sone deed, roos, and slewȝ alle the kyngis seede. Forsothe Jozaba, the douȝtir of kyng Joram, the sister of Ochosie, takynge Joas, the sone of Ocho|sie, staal hym fro the myddis of the sonis of the kyng, that weren slayn; and his nurische fro the chaumbre of three bed|dis; and sche hydde hym fro the face of Athalie, that he were not slayne. And he was with hyre in the hous of the Lord priuely sex ȝeer. Forsothe Athalie regnede vpon the lond sex ȝeer. The se|uenth forsothe ȝeer Joiada sente, and tak|ynge rewlers of hundrethis, and knyȝtis, and brouȝte in to hym in to the temple of the Lord; and he couenauntyde with hem a couenaunt of pese, and, adiurynge hem in the temple of the Lord, schewide to hem the sone of the kynge. And he comaundidecouenauntide A. to hem, seyinge, This is the word, the whiche ȝe owe to done; the thrydde partye of ȝou go in the saboth, and keep he wele the watchis of the hous of the kyng; the thrydde forsothe party be at the ȝate of Seir; and the thridde party be at the ȝate that is bihynde the dwellynge place of the scheld bererisberer AB.; and ȝe schulen kepen the watchis of the hous of Messa. Two forsothe partyes of ȝou alle goynge oute the saboth, keepen thei the watchis of the hous of the Lord aboute the kynge. And ȝee schul `setten hymbesetten C. behooldyn E pr. m. aboute, hauynge aarmys in ȝoure hondis; and ȝif eny man comme with in the purseynt of the temple, be he slayn; and ȝe schul ben with the kynge com|mynge in and goynge out. And the keepers of hundrethis dyden aftir alle thingis that Joiada, the prest, hadde co|maundide to hem; and ech takynge their men that wenten in to the saboth, with hem that wenten out fro the saboth, camen to Joiada, the prest. The whiche ȝaue to hem the speris, and the armys of kyng Dauid, that weren in the hous of the Lord. And eche stoden hauynge aarmys in their hond, fro the riȝt partye of the temple vnto the left paartye of the auter and of the hous, aboute the kynge. And he brouȝt forthe the sone of the kyng, and putte vpon hym a dyademe, and wit|nessynge; and thei maden him king, and anoynteden; and, ioyinge with the hondis, seyden, Lyue the kyng! Forsothe Atha|lia herde the voice of the puple ren|nynge, and goon in to the peplis in to the temple of the Lord, sche sawȝ the kyng stondinge vpon the chayer aftir the maner, and syngers, and companyes be|sidis hym, and alle the puple of the lond glaadinge, and syngynge with trompis. And sche kytt hyre clothis, and cryede, Coniuracioun! coniuracioun! Forsothe Joiada comaundide to the rewlers of hun|drethis, that weren vpon the hoost, and seith to hem, Leedith hyre out of the purseyntis of the temple; and who so euer folewith hyre, be he smyten with a swerde. Forsothe the prest hadde seyde, Be sche not slayn in the temple of the Lord. And thei putten to hyre hondis, and stykeden hyre by the weye of the entree of the hors besyde the paleys; and sche is slayn there. Than Joiada coue|nauntyde couenaunt of pese bytwen the the Lord and the kyng, and bytwene the puple, that ther were a puple of the Lord; bytwene the king and the puple. And alle the puple of the lond wente in to the temple of Baal; and thei dis|truyden his auters, and the ymagis broosiden to gydris miȝtily; Mathan for|sothe, the prest of Baal, thei slewen be|fore the auter. And the prest sette waardis in the hous of the Lord; and toke the rewlers of hundrethis, and theOm. B. legiouns of Cerethey and Ferethey, and alle the puple of the lond. And thei brouȝten the kyng fro the hous of the Lord; and thei camen by the weye of the ȝaat of the scheeld bereris in to the paleys; and he sate vpon the trone of kyngisthe kyngis A.. And alle the puple of the lond glaadidof Galaad A., and alle the cytee restide in oon. Athalia forsothe is slayn with swerde in the hous of the kyng. And of seuen ȝeer was Joas, when he beganne to regne.

 CAP. XII.

The seuenth ȝeer of Hieu regnede Joas; fourty ȝeer he regnede in Jerusa|lem; the name of his modir Sebia of Bersabe. And Joas dyde riȝt beforn the Lord alle days, the whiche tauȝte hym Joiada, the prest. Neuerthelater heeȝe thingis he dide not aweye; ȝit forsothe the puple offride, and brente encense in heiȝtis. And Joias seide to the prestis, Al the monee of seyntisthe seyntis A., `the whichethat C. were brouȝt in to the temple of the Lord of men passynge, `the whichethat C. is offred for the synne of the soule, and the whiche thei bryngen in wilfully, and by dome of their herte, in to the temple of the Lord, the prestis taken thei it aftir their ordre. And enstoore thei the coueryngis of the hous, ȝif eny thinge thei seen necessarye in the restorynge. Thanne vnto the three and twentithe ȝeer of kyng Joas, the prestis restooreden not the couer|yngis of the temple. And kyng Joas clepide Joiada, the bischop, and the prestis, seyinge to hem, Why the couer|yngis ȝe restoren not of the temple? Wille ȝe than not no more taken the monee aftir ȝoure ordre, bot to the re|stooringe of the temple ȝeldith it. And the prestis ben forfendid to eny more takyn monee of the puple, and to re|storen the coueryngis of the hous. And Joiada, the bischop, toke oon tresoringe place, and he opnede an hoole ther aboue, and putte it bisyde the auter, at the riȝt syde of men commynge in to the house of the Lord; and the prestis, that kepten the doris, putten in it al the monee that was brouȝt to the temple of the Lord. And when he sauȝ to myche monee to be in the tresorye, a scribe of the kyngiskyng AE. steyȝide up, and a byschop, and thei heelden out, and noumbreden the monee that was foundun in the hous of the Lord. And thei ȝeuen it aftir the noumbre and mesure in the hond of hem, that weren before to the masouns of the hous of the Lord, the whiche ȝeuen it in carpentaris, and in thes masouns, that wrouȝten in the hous of the Lord, and the coueryngis maaden; and in hem thatthei A. hewydenheewen C. stonys; and that schuld|en byen treese and stonys, the whiche weren hewen out; so that the enstor|ynge of the hous of the Lord were ful|fillid in alle thingis, `the whichethat C pr. m. nededen expensis to the hous to be warnyschid. Neuerthelatre ther weren not maad of the same monee the stenys of the temple of the Lord, and the fleschookis, and the censeris, and the trompis, and all golden vesselvessels A. and silueren, of the monee that was brouȝt in to the temple of the Lord. To thes forsothe that maden werk was ȝeuen, that the temple of the Lord were enstooriderestoryd A.. And no reknynge was maad to tho men that token the monee, that thei delen it to the craftyse mencrafty men A.; bot in feith thei tretiden it. The monee for|sothe for trespasse, and the monee for synnes, thei brouȝten not in to the temple of the Lord, for it was of prestis. Than Azael, kyng of Cyrye, steyȝide up, and fauȝt aȝeynus Geth; and he took it, and he dresside his face, that he steyȝe up in to Jerusalem. For what thing Joas, king of Juda, took alle the halowed thingis, `the whichethat C pr. m. Josaphath, and Joram, and Ochosias, hise faders, kyngis of Juda, hadden sacred, and the whiche he hadde offred, and al the syluer and gold, that myȝt be founden in the tresouries of the temple of the Lord, and in paleysthe paleys CE. of the kyng. And he sente to Azael, the kyng of Cyrye, and wente aweye fro Jerusalem. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Joas, and alle thingis that he dyde, whe|ther thes ben not writen in the book of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Juda? Forsothe his seruauntis rysen, and coniureden bytwene hemseluen; and thei smyten Joas in the hous of Mello, in the goynge doun of Sela. Josafath for|sothe, the sone of Semath, and Joiadath, the sone of Somer, his seruauntis, smyten hym, and he is deed; and thei birieden hym with his faders in the cytee of Da|uith; and Amazias, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XIII.

The three and twentithe ȝeer of Joas, the sone of Ochasie, kyng of Juda, regn|ede Joachas, the sone of Hieu, vpon Yrael, inand B. Samarie seuentene ȝeer. And he dyde yuel before the Lord, and he folowide the synnes of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that maad Yrael to synne; and he bow|ide not aweye fro hem. And the wood|nesse of the Lord is wroth aȝeynst Yrael, and he toke hem in to the hondis of Azael, kynge of Cyrye, and in the hond of Benadab, the sone of Azael, all days. Forsothe Joachaz preyide the face of the Lord, and the Lord herde hym; he sawe forsothe the angwysche of Yrael, for the kyng of Cyrye hadde `to trodentroden B. hem. And the Lord ȝaue a saueour to Yrael, and he is delyuerd fro the hond of the kyng of Cyrie; and the sonys of Yrael dwelliden in their tabernaclis, as ȝistirday and the thrid day henns. Neuerthelatre thei wenten not aweye fro the synnes of the hous of Jeroboam, that made Yrael to synnen, and in hem thei ȝeden; forsothe and the mawmett wode abood stylle in Samarye. And ther ben not laft to Joa|chas of the puple, bot fyue hundreth hors men, and ten chaaris, and ten thousandis of fote men; forsothe the kyng of Cyrye hadde slayn hem, and hadde brouȝte hem doun as powdre in the threschynge of the corn flore. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Joachaz, and alle thingis that he dyde, bot and his strengthe, whether not these thingis ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? And Joachaz slepte with his faders, and thei byryeden hym in Sama|rye; and Joas, his sone, regned for hym. The seuenthseuene CE. and thrittithethretti A. ȝeer of Joas, kyng of Juda, regnede Joas, the sone of Joachaz, vpon Yrael in Samarye sextene ȝeer. And he dyde that, that is euyl in the siȝt of the Lord; forsothe he bowide not doun fro alle the synnes of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, the whiche maad Yrael to synne; in hem he wente. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Joas, and alle thingis that he dyde, bot and the strength of hym, what maner wijse he fauȝte aȝeynst Amaziam, kyng of Juda, whether not these ben wryten in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? And Joas slepte with his fadirs; Jeroboam forsothe, his sone, sate vpon his see. Bot Joas is byryed in Samarye with the kyngis of Yrael. He|lise forsothe sijkide in sijknesse, by the whiche and he is deed; and Joas, the kynge of Yrael, came doun to hym, and wepte beforn hym, and seyde, Fader myne! fadir myne! the chaar of Yrael, and the charieter of it! And Helise seith to hym, Brynge forthe a bowe and arowis. And whanne he hadde brouȝt to hym a bowe and arowis, he seide to the kyng of Yrael, Putte thin hond vpon the bowe. And whann he hadde putte his hond, Helisee putte aboue his hondis to the hondis of the kyng, and seith, Opyn the eeste wyndowe. And whanne he hade opnede, Helise seyde, Kast an arowe; and he kest. And Helise seith, The arowe of the help of the Lord, and the arowe of helthe aȝeyns Cyrye; and thou schalt smyten Cyrye in to Affeth, to the tyme that thou waast it. And he seith, Taak the arowis. The whiche whanne he hadde taaken, eft he seyde to hym, Smyte with a dart the erth. And whanne he hadde smyten thre sithis, and hadde stonden, the man of God wrath|thede aȝeyns hym, and seith, Ȝif thou haddist smyten fyue sithis, or sexe sithis, or seuen sithis, thou haddist smyten Cy|rye vnto the hool waastynge; nowe for|sothe thou schalt smyten it three sithis. Thanne Helise dyȝede, and thei birieden hym. Forsothe the lityl theeuis of Moab camen in to the lond in that ȝeer. Summe forsothe byryinge a man, seeȝen the lytyl theeuis, and kasten the careyn in the se|pulcre of Helise; the whiche whanne hadde touchid the boonis of Helisee, the man quyckened aȝeyn, and stode vpon his feet. Thanne Azael, kyng of Cyrie, tourmentyde Yrael alle the days of Joa|chaz. And the Lord hadde reuthe of hem, and he turnede aȝeyn to hem for his co|uenaunt, that he hadde with Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob; and he wolde not sca|tren hem, ne fully throwen aweye, into the present tyme. Forsothe Azael, the kyng of Cyrye, diede; and Benadab, his sone, regnede for hym. Bot Joas, the sone of Joachaz, toke the cytees fro the hond of Benadab, the sone of Azael, `the whichethat C pr. m. he hadde taken fro the hond of Joachas, his fadir, thorȝ riȝt of bateyl; thre sithis Joas smoot hym, and he ȝeeld|ide the cytees to Yrael.

 CAP. XIV.

In the secounde ȝeer of Joas, the sone of Joachas, kyng of Yrael, regnede Ama|zias, the sone of Joas, kyng of Juda. Of fyue and twenty ȝeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen; twenty forsothe and nyne ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Joaden of Jerusalem. And he dyde riȝt before the Lord, neuerthe|latre not as Dauid, his fadir; aftir alle thingis that Joas, his fadir, dyde he dide, bot that oonly, that heeȝe thingis he dydde not aweye; ȝit forsothe the puple offrede, and brende encense in heiȝtis. And whan he hadde weldyde the rewme, he smoote his seruauntis, that hadden slayn the kyng, his fadre; the sonys forsothe of hem that hadden slayn, he slewȝ not; after that that is writen in the boke of the lawe of Moyses, as the Lord co|maundide to Moyses, seyinge, The fadirs schuln not dyȝen for the sonys, ne the sonys for the fadirs, bot echone schal dyen in his synne. He smote Edom in the valey of placis of salt, tenn thousandis; and he cauȝte the place, that hatte Petra, in bateyl; and he clepide his name Jeze|chel, vnto the day that is nowe. Thanne Amazias sente messagers to Joas, the sone of Joachas, the sone of Hieu, kyng of Yrael, seyinge, Comme, and see we us. And Joas, kyng of Yrael, sente aȝeyn to Amazias, kyng of Juda, seyinge, The thistill of Lybane sente to the cedre, that is in Libane, seyinge, Ȝeue thi douȝtir to my sone wijf; and the beestis of the wijlde wode, that ben in Lybane, wenten, and tredentreteden B. the thistill. And smytynge thou haddist the ouerhond vpon Edom, and thin herte arered thee; be thou apayidpaȝid C. with thi glorie, and sytt in thi hous; why stirist thou euyl, that thou falle, and Juda with thee? And Ama|zias assentyde not; and Joas, the kyng of Yrael, steyȝide up, and thei seeȝen hem silf, he and Amazias, the kyng of Juda, in Bethsames, the bourȝtoun of Jude. And Juda is smyten beforn Yrael; and thei flowen echone in to their taber|naclis. Joas, the kyng of Yrael, forsothe toke Amazie, the kynge of Juda, the sone of Joas, the sone of Ochosie, in Beth|sames, and brouȝte hym in to Jerusa|lem; and he to-brast the walle of Jerusa|lem, fro the ȝaat of Effraym vnto the ȝaat of the cornere, in foure hundreth cubitis. And he toke al the gold and syluer, and alle the vessels, that ben foundun in the hous of the Lord, and in the tresories of the kyng, and prisoners, and is turnede aȝeyn in to Samarye. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Joas, the whiche he dyde, and his strengthe, in the whiche he fauȝte aȝeynst Amazie, kyng of Juda, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? And Joas slepte with his fadirs, and is biryed in Samarye with the kyngis of Yrael; and Jeroboam, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe Amazias, the sone of Joas, lyuede kyng of Juda, aftir that Joas, the sone of Joachas, kyng of Yrael, dyȝide, fyue and twenty ȝeer. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Amazie, whe|ther not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Juda? And there is maad aȝeyn hym coniuracyoun in Jerusalem, and he fleeiȝfleeth B. in to Lachis; and thei senten aftir hym in to Lachis, and thei slewen hym there. And brouȝten hym thennus in hors, and he is biryide in Jerusalem with his fa|dirs, in the cytee of Dauid. Forsothe alle the puple of Jude toke Azaria, ȝeeris born sixteene; and thei ordeynde hym kyng for his fadir Amazie. And he bylde Ahilam, and restoorride it to Jude, aftir that the kyng hadde slepte with his fadirs. The fyftenth ȝeer of Amazias, the sone of Joas, kyng of Juda, regned Jero|boam, the sone of Joas, kyng of Yrael, in Samarye oon and fourty ȝeer; and dydde that, that is euyl before the Lord; and he wente not aweye fro alle the synnys of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that maad Yrael to synne. And he restoor|ide the termys of Yrael, fro the entree of Emath vnto the se of wyldrenesse, aftir the word of the Lord God of Yrael, that he spak by his seruaunt Jonas, the sone of Amathie, prophete, that was of Geth, that is in Oofer. Forsothe the Lord sawe the tourmentynge of Yrael to myche bittir, and that thei weren waastid vnto the closed of the prisone, and vttirmostis, and ther was not the whiche myȝt helpen Yrael. And the Lord spac not, that he schulde done aweye the name of Yrael fro vndir heuen, bot he sauede hem in the hond of Jeroboham, the sone of Joas. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Jeroboam, and alle thingis that he dyde, and his strengthe, in the whiche he fauȝte, and howe he restoride Damask, and E|math of Jude, in Yrael, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? And Jeroboam slepte with his fadirs, the kyngis of Yrael; and Azarias, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XV.

The seuen and twentithe ȝeer of Jero|boam, kyng of Yrael, regned Azarie, the sone of Amazie, kyng of Juda; of sex|tene ȝeer he was, whanne he begane to regnen, and two and fyfty ȝeer he reg|nede in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Jecelia of Jerusalem. And he dyde that, that was plesaunt beforn the Lord, aftir alle thingis that Amazias, his fadir, hadde done; neuer the latre the heeȝe thingis he distruyde not; ȝit the puple sacri|fiside, and brent encense in heiȝtis. The Lord forsothe smoote the kyng, and he was messel vnto the day of his deth; and he dwellede in the hous freely asyde. Joathas forsoth, the kyngis sone, go|uernde the paleys, and he demyde the puple of the lond. The remnaunt for|sothe of the wordis of Azarie, and alle thingis that he dyde, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of theOm. C. days of kyngis of Juda? And Aza|rie slepte with his fadirs; and they biri|eden hym with his morisfadris C pr. m. in the cytee of Dauith; and Joathas, his sone, regnede for hym. The eiȝt and thrittithe ȝeer of Azaria, kyng of Juda, regnede Zacharie, the sone of Jeroboam, vpon Yrael in Sa|marie sexe monethis. And he dyde that, that was euyl beforn the Lord, as his fadirs dyden; he wente not aweye fro the synnes of Jeroboam, the sone of Na|bath, that maad Yrael to synnen. For|sothe Sellum, the sone of Jabes, in Sa|marye coniurede aȝenus hym; and he smoot hym opynly, and slewȝ, and regn|ede for hym. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Zacharie, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of theOm. CE. kyngis of Yrael? This is the word of the Lord, that he spake to Hieu, seyinge, Thi sonys vnto the ferth generacioun schul sytten of thee vpon the trone of Ysrael; and it is done so. Sellum, the sone of Jabes, regnede the nyne and thrittithe ȝeere of Azarie, kyng of Juda; he regnede forsothe oon monethe in Samarye. And Manaheu, the sone of Gaddy, steyȝide up fro Tharsa, and came in to Samarie; and smoot Sellum, the sone of Jabes, in Samarye, and slewȝ hym, and regnede for hym. The rem|naunt forsothe of the wordis of Sellum, and his coniuracyoun, by the whiche he bente buschementis, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? Than Manaheu smoot Thersam, and alle that weren in it, and his termys fro Thersa; forsothe they wolden not openen to hym; and he slewȝ alle the wymmen of it with childe, and kutte hem. The nyne and thrittithe ȝeer of Azarie, kyng of Juda, regnede Manaheu, the sone of Gaddi, vpon Yrael tenn ȝeer in Samarie. And he dydde that, that was euyl beforn the Lord; and he wente not aweye fro the synnes of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that maad Yrael to synnen. Alle the days of hym came Phul, the kyng of Assiries, in Thersa. And Manaheu gaue to Phul a thousand talentis of syluer, that he were to hym in to help, and that he fasten his rewme; and Manaheu co|maundid syluer vpon Yrael to alle the myȝty and to the ryche, that he schulde ȝeue to the kyng of Assiries; fyfty ciclis of syluer, thoruȝ oute alle ȝeeris; and the king of Assiries is turned aȝein, and dwellide not in Therse. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Manaheu, and alle thingis that he dide, whether not these ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? And Manaheu slepte with his fadirs; and Phasaya, his sone, regnede for hym. The fyftythe ȝeer of Azaria, kyng of Juda, regnede Phasaye, the sone of Manaheu, vpon Yrael in Samarye two ȝeer. And he dyde that, that was euyl before the Lord; and he wente not aweye fro the synnes of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that maad Yrael to synnen. For|sothe Phacee, the sone of Romelie, duyk of his hoost, coniurede aȝeyn hym, and smoote hym in Samarye, in the toure of the kyngis hous, bisydis Argob, and bi|sidis Arib, and with hym fyfty men of the sonis of Galaditis; and he slewȝ hym, and regnede for hym. The remnaunt for|sothe of the wordis of Phasaye, and alle thingis that he dyde, whether thes ben not writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? The two and fyftithefifti A. ȝeer of Azarie, kyng of Jude, regnede Phacee, the sone of Rome|lie, vpon Yrael in Samarye twenty ȝeer. And dydde that, that was euyl beforn the Lord; and he wente not aweye fro the synnes of Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that maad Yrael to synnen. In the days of Phacee, kyng of Yrael, came Theglath Falasar, the kyng of Assur, and toke Ayon, and Aybel, the hous of Maacha, and Janoe, and Cedes, and Asor, and Ga|laad, and Galilee, and al the lond of Neptalym; and translatyde hem in to Assiries. Forsothe Osee, the sone of Hela, coniurede, and bende busschementis aȝeyns Phacee, the sone of Romelie, and smoote hym and slewȝ; and for hym regned, the twentithe ȝeer of Jonathan, the sone of Osee. The remnaunt for|sothe of the wordis of Phacee, and alle thingis that he dyde, whether thes ben not writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Yrael? The secounde ȝeer of Phacee, the sone of Ro|melye, kyng of Yrael, regnede Joathan, the sone of Osee, kyng of Juda; of fyue and twenti ȝeer he was, whanne he by|ganne to regnen, and sixtene ȝeer he regned in Jerusalem; name of his modir Cerusa, the douȝtir of Sadoch. And he dyde that, that was plesaunt beforn the Lord; aftir alle thingis that hadde done Oseas, his fadir, he wrouȝt; neuerthelatre the heiȝtis he dyde not aweye; ȝitt the puple offred, and brent encense in heiȝtis; he bylde up the altherheeȝist ȝaat of the hous of the Lord. The remnaunt for|sothe of the wordis of Joathan, and alle the thingis that he dyde, whether thes ben not writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Juda? In tho days byganne the Lord to senden into Judam Rasym, the kyng of Cyrye; and Phacee, the sone of Romelie. And Joathan slepte with his fadirs, and is biryed with hem in the cytee of Dauid, his fadir; and Achaz, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XVI.

The seuententheseuenth A. seuentithe BH. ȝeer of Phacee, the sone of Romelie, regned Achaz, the sone of Joathan, kyng of Juda. Of twenty ȝeer was Achaz, whan he began to reg|nen, and sexteen ȝeer he regned in Jeru|salem; he dyde not that was plesaunt in the siȝt of the Lord his God, as Dauith, his fadir, bot ȝeede in the weyeways A. of the kyngis of Yrael. Forthermore and his sone he sacrid, ouer berynge thoruȝ fyre, aftir the mawmettis of heithen men, the whiche the Lord scatered beforn the sonys of Yrael. Forsothe he offred slayn sacrifices, and brende encense in heiȝtis, and in hillis, and vnder ech tree ful of braunchis. Than Rasyn, kyng of Cyrye, steyȝide up, and Phacee, the sone of Ro|melie, kyng of Yrael, in to Jerusalem to fiȝten; and whanne thei bysegiden Achaz, they myȝten not ouercomme hym. In that tyme Rasyn, kyng of Cyrye, re|storide Ahilam to Cyrye, and kest out the Jewis fro Ahyla; and Ydumeis and Cyries camen in to Ahilam, and dwelten there vnto this day. Forsothe Achaz sente messagers to Teglath Falasar, kyng of Assurye, seyinge, Thi seruaunt and thi sone I am; steyȝe up, and make me safe fro the hond of the kyng of Cyrye, and fro the hond of the kyng of Yrael, that han rysen to gyther aȝeynus me. And whan Achaz hadde gedrede to gydre syl|uer and gold, that myȝt ben foundun in the hous of the Lord, and in the tresuries of the kyng, and sente to the kyng of Assuries ȝiftis; the whiche and assentide to the wylle of hym. The kyng forsothe of Assuries steyȝide up in to Damasc, and waastyde it, and brouȝt ouer the dwellers of it tointo FH. CyrynenCyrenen CE.; Rasyn forsothe he slewȝ. And kyng Achas wente in to aȝein commyng to Teglath Phalasar, kyng of Assirie, in to Damask; and whanne he hadde seen the auter of Damasc, kyng Achaz sente to Vrias, the prest, the ex|saumplerexsaumple A. of it, and the licnesse, aftir al the werk of it. And Vrias, the prest, maad vp the auter aftir alle thingis that king Achas hadde comaundide of Da|masc, so dyde the prest Vrias, to the tyme that kyng Achaz came from Da|mask. And whanne the kyng schuld commen fro Damask, he sawȝ the auter, and wirschipide it; and he steiȝid up, and offred brent sacrificis, and his sacri|fice; and he offrede sacrificis of licours, and held the blode of pesyble thingis, `the whichethat C. heOm. ABFH. hadde offred vpon the auter. Forsothe the brasen auter, that was beforn the Lord, he bare ouer fro the face of the temple, and fro the place of the auter, and fro the place of the temple of the Lord; and putte it on syde of the auter at the north. King for|sothe Achaz comaundide to Vrie, the prest, seyinge, Vpon the more auter offre the morowtyde brent sacrifice, and the euentyde sacrifice, and the brent sacri|fice of the kyng, and his sacrifice, and the brent sacrificis of al the puple of the lond, and the sacrificis of hem, and the sacrificis of the licours of hem; and al the blode of the brent sacrifice, and al the blood of the slayn sacrifyce, vpon it thou schalt heelden; forsothe the brasen auter schal be maad redye at my wylle. Than Vrias, the prest, dyde aftir alle thingis that kyng Achaz hadde comaund|yde to hym. Forsothe kyng Achaz toke grauen feete, and the watirlicour E pr. m. vessel, that was there aboue, and the se he putte doun of the brasen oxen, that susteyn|eden it, and he putte vpon the pament greithid with stoon. Forsothe the place where the kingis offrynge was leyd of the saboth, that he hadde bylde in the temple, and the commynge in of the kyng withouten forth, he turnede in to the temple of the Lord for the kyng of Assiries. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Achaz, and alle thingis that he dyde, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Juda? And Achaz slepte with his fadirs, and is biried with hem in the cytee of Dauid; and Ezechias, his sone, regned for hym.

 CAP. XVII.

The twelfthe ȝeer of Achaz, kyng of Juda, regnede Osee, the sone of Hela, in Samarie vpon Yrael nyne ȝeer. And he dyde euyl before the Lord, bot not as the kyngis of Yrael, that weren beforn hym. Aȝeynus this steyȝide up Salmanaser, kyng of Assiries, and Osee is maad to hym seruaunt, and ȝeeldide to hym tributis. And whanne the kyng of Assiries hadde perceyued, that Osee enforcede to re|bellen, and that he hadde sente messa|gers to Sua, kyng of Egipt, lest he schulde ȝeuen tributis to the kyng of Assiries, as eche ȝeer he was wont, he bysegyde hym, and bounden he putte in to prysoun. And he wente thoruȝ out al the lond, and steyȝynge to Samarie he bysegide it thre ȝeer. The nynethe ȝeer forsoth of Osee, the kyng of Assiries toke Samarie, and translatyde Ysrael into Assiries; and he sett hem in Hela, and in Thabor, besyde the flode of Gozam, in the cytees of Medis. It is done for|sothe, whanne the sonys of Yrael hadden synned beforn the Lord their God, that ladde hem out froof A. the lond of Egipt, fro the hond of Pharao, kyng of Egipte, thei heryeden alyen goddis; and wenten aftir the custom of heithene, whom the Lord hadde waastyde in the siȝt of the sonys of Yrael, and of the kyngis of Yrael, for lijk maner thei hadden done. And the sonys of Yrael offendiden with wordis not riȝt the Lord their God, and thei bildiden to hem heeȝe thingis in alle their cytees, fro the toure of kepers vnto the strengthid cytee. And thei maden to hem ymagis, and mawmett wodis, in all heeȝe hill, and vndir al braunchybraunchid H. tree; and they brenden there encense vpon the auters in maner of heithen, whom the Lord hade translatide fro the face of hem. And thei diden the warst wordis, terryng the Lord; and they heryeden the vnclennessevnclennessis ABCFH., of the whiche the Lord comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not done that worde. And the Lord witnesside in Yrael and in Juda, by the hond of alle prophetis, and the seeȝers, seyinge, Turnith aȝeynawey A. fro ȝoure warst weyes, and kepith myn hestis, and my cerymonyes, aftir al the lawe `the whichethat C. I haue comaundide to ȝoure fa|dirs, and as I sente to ȝou in the hond of my seruauntis prophetis. The whiche herden not, bot hardeneden their noll af|tir the noll of their fadirs, that wolden not obeyschen to the Lord their God. And thei kasten aweye the lawful thingis of hym, and the couenaunt that he coue|nauntyde with the fadirs of hem, and the witnessingis by the whiche he wytness|ede hemto hem E pr. m.; and thei foloweden vanytes, and vaynly thei diden; and thei folow|eden heithen folc, that weren by the enuyroun of hem; vpon the whiche the Lord had comaundyde to hem, that thei schulden not done as andOm. ABFH. thei dyden. And thei forsoken alle the hestis of the Lord their God, and thei maaden to hem two ȝoten calues, and mawmette wodistemplis E pr. m.; and thei honoureden alle the knyȝthode of heuen; and thei serueden to Baal, and thei sacreden to it their sonys and their douȝtris thoruȝ fyer, and to dyuynynge thei inwardly serueden, and to dyuyn|ynge in chiterynge of briddis; and thei bitauȝten hem seluen that thei done euyl byforn the Lord, and thei terreden hym. And the Lord is wrothe hydously to Yrael; and he toke hem aweye fro his siȝt, and ther laft not bot the lynage of Juda aloon. Bot and not he, Juda, kepte the hestis of the Lord his God, neuer the later he errid, and went in the errours of Yrael, the whiche he hadde wrouȝt. And the Lord threwe aweye al the seed of Yrael, and tourmentyde hem, and he toke hem in the hond of distriersthe destriers ABFH.; to the tyme that he cast hem aweye fro his face, fro that nowe tyme fro the whiche Yrael was kutt of fro the hous of Dauid, and thei ordeyneden to hem a kyng, Je|roboam, the sone of Nabath. Forsothe Jeroboam seuerede Yrael fro the Lord, and made hem to synnen a grete synne. And the sonys of Yrael wenten in alle theOm. A. synnes of Jeroboam, `the whichethat C pr. m. he hadde done; and thei wenten not aweye fro hem, for to the Lord dyde Yrael awey fro his face, as he hadde spoken in the hond of alle his seruauntis prophetis; and Yrael is translatyd fro his lond in to Assiries vnto this day. Forsothe the kyng of Assiries brouȝt the puple fro Babiloyne, and fro Cutha, and fro Hay|lath, and fro Emath, and fro Sepharuaym, and he sette hem in the cytees of Sama|rye for the sonys of Yrael; the whiche weeldiden Samarie, and dwelliden in the cytees of it. And whanne there thei had|den begunne to dwellen, thei dredden not the Lord; and the Lord sente to hem lyouns, that slewen hem. And it is told to the kyng of Assiries, and seide, The folc that thou hast translatyde, and maad to dwellen in the cytees of Samarye, knowen not the lawful thingis of the God of the lond; and the Lord sente in to hem lyouns, and loo! thei schuln slen hem; for thy that thei knowen not the custum of the God of the lond. TheAnd the ABFH. kyng forsothe of Assiries comaundyde, seyinge, Bringith hidre oon of the prestis, `the whichethat C pr. m. in to caytyfte ȝe han brouȝt, that he goo, and dwelle with hem, and teche hem the lawful thingis of God of the lond. Thanne whanne oon of thes prestis, that weren ladde caytyfe fro Sa|marie, was commen, he dwellide in Bethel, and tauȝte hem, in what maner wyse thei schulden herie the Lord. And ech folc forgid his god, and putten hem in heeȝe templis, `the whichethat C pr. m. Samaritis maden, folc and folc in their cytees, in the whiche thei dwelliden. Forsothe Babyloynes men maden Socoth Benoth; forsothe Cutheny men maaden Vergel; and the men of E|math maaden Asma; bot Euey maaden Nabaath and Tharcha; thes forsothe that weren of Sepharuaym brenden their sonys with fyre to Adramalech and Ara|malechAmalech B., goddis of Sepharuaym. And ne|uer the latere thei herieden the Lord; thei maaden forsothe to hem prestis of the most newe thingis of heeȝe thingis, and thei putten hem in heeȝe heithen templis. And whanne thei schulden heryen God, forsothe to their goddisgoodis B. thei serueden, aftir the vsage of heithen men, fro the whiche thei were translatyde to Samarye; vnto the day that is nowe thei folow|edenfolewen E. the old maner; they dredden not the Lord, ne keepen his cerymonyes, and domys, and lawe, and maundement, that the Lord hadde comaundide to the sonys of Jacob, whome he clepide Yrael; and hadde smyten with hem couenaunt, and hadde comaundide to hem, seyinge, Wylle ȝe not dreeden alyen goddis, and honour|ith not hem, ne herieth hem, and offre ȝe not to hem; bot the Lord ȝoure God, that ladde ȝou out fro the lond of Egipt in grete strengthe, and in aarme strauȝte out, hym dreedith, and hymto hym A. honourith, and to him offrith. The cerymonyes for|sothe, and the domys, and the lawe, and the maundement that he wroote to ȝou, keepith, that ȝe done alle days; and dreed ȝe not alyen goddis. And the couenaunt that he smoote with ȝou, willith not for|ȝeten, ne herie ȝee alyen goddis; bot the Lord ȝoure God dreedith, and he schal delyuere ȝou fro the hond of alle ȝoure enmyes. Thei forsothe herden not, bot aftir their vsage beforn hadde thei diden euyl. Thanne thes gentylis forsothe weren dreedynge God; bot neuer the later andOm. E pr. m. in H. to their mawmettis seruynge, for and the sonys of hem and the sonys sonys so done, as dyden their fadirs, vnto the present day.

 CAP. XVIII.

The thrid ȝeer of Osee, the sone of Hela, kyng of Yrael, regned Ezechias, the sone of Achaz, kyng of Juda. Of fyue and twenty ȝeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen, and twenty and nyne ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Abisa, douȝtir of Zacharie. And he dyde thatOm. BFH., that was good beforn the Lord, aftir alle thingis that Dauith, his fadir, hadde done. And he scatered the heeȝe thingis, and to-brusede the ymagis, and hewȝ doun the mawmett wodis, and he to-braste the brasen ad|dere, that Moyses hadde maad; forsothe vnto that tyme the sonys of Yrael brenden to it encense; and he clepide the name of it Noestam. And in the Lord God of Yrael he hoopide; also aftir hym was not lijk to hym of alle the kyngis of Juda, bot nouther in hem that weren beforn hym. And he cleeuede to the Lord, and he wente not aweye fro the steppis of hym, and he dyde his heestis, the whiche the Lord hadde co|maundide to Moyses; wherfore and the Lord was with hym, and in alle thingis to the whiche he went forth, wysely he had hym silf. Forsothe he rebellide aȝeynus the king of Assiries, and therfore he serued not to hym; and he smoote the Philisteis vnto Gasam, and alle the termys of hem, fro the toure of keepers vnto the strengthid cytee. The ferth ȝeer of kyng Ezechie, the whiche was the seuenthe ȝeer of Osee, the sone of Hela, kyng of Yrael, Salmanazer, kyng of Assirie, steyȝide vp to Samarie, and ouercame it, and toketoke it A.. For aftir three ȝeer, the sext ȝeer of Ezechie, that is nynthe ȝeer of Osee, kyng of Yrael, taken is Samarie; and the kyng of As|siries translatyde Yrael in to Assiries, and sette hem in Haila, and in Habor, flodis of Gosam, in the cytees of Medis; for thei herden not the voice of the Lord their God, bot wenten besyde the couenaunt of hym; alle thingis that Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, hadde comaundide, thei herden not, ne dyden. The fourtenthe ȝeer of kyng Ezekie, steyȝide up Sena|cherub, kyng of Assiries, to alle the strengthid cytees of Juda, and toke hem. Than Ezechias, kyng of Juda, sente mes|sagers to the kyng of Assiries in Lachis, seyinge, I haue synned; go aweye fro me, and al that thou puttist on to me, I schale beren. And so the kyng of Assiries comaundide to Ezechie, kyng of Juda, threfoure E pr. m. hundreth talentis of syl|uer, and thritty talentis of gold. And Ezechias ȝaue alle the syluer, that was founden in the hous of the Lord, and in the kingis tresouries. In that tyme Eze|chias brake the doris of the temple of the Lord, and the platis of gold, the whiche he hadde affitchide, and he ȝaue hem to the kyng of Assiries. Forsothe the kyng of Assiries sente Thercam and Rapsacem fro Lachis to kyng Ezechie, with stronge hond to Jerusalem; the whiche whanne hadden steyȝide up, thei camen to Jerusalem, and stoden bysydis the kundyte of watir of the ouer fysch poond, that is in the weye of the fullers feeld. And thei clepide the kyng; for|sothe Eliachym, the sone of Elchie, pro|uost of the hous, wente out to hem, and Sobna, scribe, and Joache, the sone of Azaf, chauncelere. And Rapsaces seide to hem, Spekith to Ezechie, Thes thingis seith the grete kyng, kyng of Assiries, What is this trust, in the whiche thou leuist? Perauenture thou hast goon in counseil, that thou greithe thee to batayl. In what tristist thou, that thou be hardy to rebellen? Whether hopist thou in the reeden staf and brokenthe broken E pr. m., Egipt, vpon whiche ȝif a man lene, to-broken it schal goon in to his hond, and thrillen it? So is Pharao, the kyng of Egipt, to alle that trusten in hym. And ȝif thou seist to me, In the Lord oure God we han trust; whether not he is, of whome Ezechie toke aweye the heeȝe thingis and the auters, and comaundide to Jude and to Jerusalem, Beforn this auter ȝe schuln honouren in Jerusalem? Nowe thanne gooth to my lord, king of Assiries, and I schal ȝeue to ȝou two thousand of hors, and seeȝith, whether ȝe mown han steyȝers vpon hem? And what maner wijse mowen ȝe with stonden beforn oon princesatrape E pr. m. of the lest seruauntis of my lord? Whether hast thou trust in Egipt, for the chaaris and hors men? Whether with oute the wille of God I haue steyȝide up to this place, that I distruye it? The Lord seide to me, Steyȝe ȝeOm. CEH. up to this lond, and dis|truye it. Forsothe Eliachym, the sone of Elchie, and Sobna, and Joache, seyden to Rapsace, We preyen, that thou speke to us, thi seruauntis, Ciriely; forsothe we vndirstonden that tong; and speke thou not to us Jewly, heerynge the puple, that is vpon the walle. And Rapsaces an|swerde to hym, seyinge, Whether to thi lord and to thee sente me my lord, that I schulde speken thes wordis, and not more to the men that sytten vpon the wall, that thei eten their dritt, and drynken their vryne with ȝou? And so Rapsaces stode, and cryede out with a grete voyce Jewly, and seith, Heerith the wordis of the grete kyng, kyng of As|siries. Thes thingis seith the kyng, `Disceyue not ȝouLede not ȝou doun E pr. m. Ezechie; forsothe he schal not mowen delyuer ȝou fro myn hond; ne ȝyue he trust to ȝou vpon the Lord, seying, Delyuerynge schal dely|ueren us the Lord, and this cyte schal not be taken in the hond of the kyng of Assiries; wille ȝe not heeren Ezechias. Thes thingis forsothe seith the kyng of Assiries, Dooth with me that to ȝou is profytable, and comith out to me; and ete ech oon of his vijne, and of his fijge tree, and ȝe schuln drynke watirs of ȝoure cisternys, to the tyme that I come, and translate ȝou in to the lond that is lijc to ȝour lond, in to the lond berynge fruyt, and plenteuows of wijne, the lond of brede, and of vynys, the lond of olyues, `and of oyleOm. A., and of hony; and ȝe schulen lyuen, and not dyȝen. Wylle ȝe not heeren Ezechie, that ȝou disceyueth, seyinge, The Lord schal delyueren us. Whether delyuerden the goddis of Gentylis their lond fro the hond of the kyng of Assi|ries? Where is the god of Emath, and Arfath? Where is the god of Saphar|uaym, Ana, and AuaAyra ABC sec. m. FH.? Whether thei de|lyuerden Samarie fro myn hond? Who forsothe ben thes in alle the goddis of londis, `the whichethat C pr. m. delyuerden their re|gyoun fro my hond, that the Lord may delyueren Jerusalem fro myn hond? And so the puple was styll, and answerde not to hym eny thinge; forsothe maunde|ment of the kyng thei hadde taken, that thei schulden not answeren to hymhym any thyng E pr. m.. And Eliachym, the sone of Elchie, the pro|uost of the hous, came, and Sobna, scribe, and Joache, the sone of Azaf, chaunce|lere, to Ezechie, the clothis kutt; and thei tolden to hym the wordis of Rap|saces.

 CAP. XIX.

The whiche thingis whanne kyng Eze|chie hadde herde, he cutte his clothis, and is couerde with a sac; and he wente in to the hous of the Lord. And he sente Elia|chym, the prouost of the hous, andto ABFH. Sobna, scribe, and the olde men of the prestis, couerd with sackis, to Ysay, the prophete, the sone of Amos. The whiche seyden, Thes thingis seith Ezechias, Days of tri|bulacyoun, and of blamynge, and of blas|femye thes days; ther ben commyn sonys to the birthe, and strengthis hath not the childe berere. Ȝif perauenture heere the Lord thi God alle the wordis of Rapsaces, whom sente the kynge of Assiries, his lord, that he repreue the Lord lyuynge, and vndernym with wordis, the whiche herde the Lord thi God; and make ory|soun for thes relikis, that ben founden. Thanne the seruauntis of kyng Ezechie camen to Ysay; and Ysay seith to hem, Thes thingis seith to ȝoure lord, Thes thingis seith theȝoure A. Lord, Wille ȝe not dreeden fro the face of the wordis that ȝe han herde, with the whiche the chil|dren of the kyng of Assiries han blas|femyden me. Loo! I schal senden in to hym a spirit, and he schal here a mes|sager, and he schal `be turnedturnyn E pr. m. aȝeyn in to his lond; and I schal throwen hym doun by swerd in his owne lond. Thanne Rapsaces is turned aȝeyn, and foond the kyng of Assiries ouercommynge Lob|nam; forsothe he hade herde, that he was goon aweye fro Lachis. And whanne he hade herd of kyng Thea|racha of Etheope, messagermessage A. seyinge, Lo! he is goon out, that he fiȝt aȝeynus thee; that he goo aȝeynus hym, he sente mes|sagers to Ezechie, seyinge, Thes thingis seyith to Ezekie, kyng of Juda, Leede thee not asydedoun E pr. m. thethat H. Lord thi God, in the whiche thou hast trust, ne sey thou, Jerusalem schal not be taken in to the hondis of the kyng of Assiries; thou forsothe thi silf hast herd what thingis the kyngis of Assiries han done in allethe B. londis, what maner thei han waastiden hem; whether than aloon thou schalt mowen ben delyuered? Whether the goddis of Gentylis delyuerden alle whom my faders waastyden, Gozam, that is, and Aran, and Reseph, and the sonys of Eden, that weren in Thelassar? Wher is the kyng of Emath, and the kyng of Arfath? and the kyng of the cytee of Cepharuaym, Ana, and Aua? And so whanne Ezechias hade taken the lettres fro the hond of the messagers, and hadde rad hem, he steyȝide up in to the hous of the Lord, and he spradde hym out beforn the Lord; and preyide in his siȝt, seyinge, Lord God of Yrael, that syttyst vpon cherubyn, thou ert aloon God of alle kyngis of theOm. AC. erth; thou maadist heuen and erthe. Bowe doun thin ere, and here; opyn thin eeȝen, Lord, and see; and here thou alle the wordis of Senacherub, that sente, that he repreue to us the lyuynge God. Forsothe, Lord, the kyngis of Assiries scatirden the Gen|tylis, and the londis of alle, and senten the goddis of hem in to fyre; forsothe they weren not goddis, bot the wercis of the hondis of men, of tree and stoon; and thei distruyeden hem. Now than, Lord oure God, maake vs saaf fro the hond of hem, that alle rewmys of the erth knowen for thou ert Lord God aloon. Forsothe Ysayas, the sone of Amos, sente to Ezechie, seyinge, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, What thingis thou preyedist me vpon Senacherub, kyng of Assiries, I haue herde. This is the word, that the Lord hath spoken of hym; He hath dispiside thee, and scorned thee, thou meyden douȝtir of Syon; aftir thi bac the heued he meuede, thou douȝtir of Jerusalem. To whom hast thou repreued, and whom hast thou blasfemede? Aȝeynus whome hast thou enhauncid thi voice, and hast reride in to heeiȝ thin eeȝen? Aȝenus the hooly of Yrael. By the hondhondis ABFH. of thi seruauntes thou hast putte reprofe to the Lord, and seidist, In theOm. ABFH. multitude of my chaaris I steiȝide up the heiȝtis of hillis, in the ouermost of Lybane, and I hewȝ doun the heeȝe cedris of it, and the chosen firris of it; and I wente in vnto the termys of it, and the wijlde wode of the Carmele of it I haue hewen doun; and I haue dronken alyen watirs, and haue dryed with the steppis of my feet alle the closed watirs. Whether hast thou not herde, what I haue done fro the bigynnynge? FroFor B. the olde days I haue fourmyd it, and nowe I haue brouȝt to; and the streyngthid cytees schuln ben in to fallynge of the fiȝtynge hyllis. And thilk that sytten in hem meeke in hond, han tremblyd to gydre, and ben con|foundyd; thei ben maad as hey of the feeld, and as greene herbe of rofys, the whiche is maad drye, er it myȝt comme to rijpnesse. And thi dwellynge place, and thi goynge oute, and thi commynge in, and thi weye I knewe beforn, and thi woodnesse aȝeynus me. Thou wexe wood in me, and thi pride steyȝide up in to my eris; and so I schal putten a cercle in thyn noos thrillis, and a bernacle in thi lippis, and I schal brynge thee aȝeyn by the weye that thou came. To thee for|sothe, Ezechie, this schal ben a tokne; ete this ȝere that thou fyndist; in the secounde forsothe ȝere that freely growen; bot in the thrid ȝeer sowith, and repith, and plauntith vynes, and etith the fruyt of hem. And what euer were laft of the hous of Juda, it schal putten the rote benethe, and maken fruyt abouen. FroFor A. Jerusalem forsoth schuln goon out re|lykis, and that schal ben saued of the hyll of Syon; the zeel of the Lord of hoostis schal done that. For what thing thes thinges seith the Lord of the kyng of Assiries, He schal not commen in to thisthe AH. thi B. cytee, ne senden arowe in to it, and targett schal not ocupien it, and warn|yschynge schal not enuyroun it. By the weye that he came he schal be turned aȝeyn, and this cytee he schal not comme in, seith the Lord; and I schal defenden this cytee, and sauen it for me, and for Dauid, my seruaunt. It is done thanne, the aungel of the Lord came in that nyȝt, and smoote in the tentis of Assiries an hundreth fourescoore and fyue thousandis. And whanne erly he hade rysen, he sawȝ alle the bodies of the deed; and aȝeyn gooynge wente aweye. And Senacherub, theOm. A. kyng of Assiries, is turned aȝeyn, and dwellide in Nynyue. And whanne he schulde honouren in the temple of Nesarath, his god, Toramelech and Cirasar, the sonys of hym, smyten hym with swerd; and thei flowen in to the lond of Armeneys; and Asseraddon, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XX.

In tho dayes sijknede Ezechias vnto the deeth; and there cam to hym Ysayas, the sone of Amos, prophete, and seydeseith A. to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Comaunde to thin hous, forsothe thou schalt dyen, and not lyuen. The whiche turned his face to the wall, and honourede the Lord, seyinge, I beseche, Lord, haue mynde, how I haue goon before thee in treuthe, and in perfyte herte, and that is plesaunt before thee haueI haue AC pr. m. done. And so Ezechias wepte with grete weepynge. And ere Ysay were gon out the half partye of the porche, the word of the Lord is done to hym, seyinge, Turne aȝeyn, and sey to Ezechie, the duke of my puple, Thes thingis seith the Lord of Dauid, thi fadre, I haue herd thi preyer, and seen thi tere, and, loo! I have helid thee. The thrid day thou schalt steyȝen up to the temple of the Lord, and I schal adden to thy days fyueteen ȝeer; bot and fro the hond of the kyng of Assiries I schal delyueren thee, and this cytee, and I schal defenden this cyte for me, and for Dauid, my seruaunt. And Ysay seyde, Bryngith to me a masse of fijgis. The whiche whan thei hadden brouȝt to, and putte vpon his botche, he is heelid. Ezechie forsothe seide to Ysay, What schal ben the tokne, for the Lord schal helyn me, and for the thrid day I am to steyȝen up the temple of the Lord? To whom seith Ysay, This schal ben the tokne fro the Lord, that the Lord be to do the word that he spac; wylt thou, that vmbre steyȝe up tenn lynys, or that it be turned aȝeyn as fele grees? And Ezechie seith, It is liȝt vmbre to cresen tenn lynis, ne this I wylle that be done, bot that it be turned aȝeyn bac|ward tenn degrees. And so Ysay, the prophete, inwardly clepyde the Lord, and brouȝt aȝeyn the vmbre by the lynys, with the whiche nowe it hadde goon doun in the orloge of Achaz, bacward tenn degrees. In that tyme sente Berodachaladam, the sone of Baladam, kyng of Babyloyne, lettris and ȝiftis to Ezechie; forsothe he hadde herd, that Ezechie was sijk, and hadde couerde. And Ezechias gladide in the commynge of hem, and schewide to hem the hous of swote spycisoynementis E pr. m., and gold, and siluer, and dyuerse pymentis, and oynementis, and the hous of his vessels, and alle thingis that he myȝt han in his tresouries; ther was not a word, that Ezechie schewide not to hem in his hous, and in alle his power. Forsothe Ysay, the prophete, came to kyngethe kynge B. Ezechie, and seide to hym, What seyden thes men, or whenns camen thei to thee? To whome seith Ezechie, Fro a ferre lond thei camen to me, fro Babyloyne. And he answerde, What seeȝen thei in thin hous? Ezechie seith, Alle thingis, what euer ben in myn hous, thei seeȝen; no thing is that I haue not schewide to hem in my tresuries. And so Ysay seyde to Ezechie, Heere thou the word of the Lord. Lo! days commen, and alle thingis that ben in thi hous schuln be taken aweye, and the whiche thi fadirs hydden vnto this day, in to Babyloyne; ther schal not leuen eny thinge, seith the Lord. Bot and of thi sonys, that schul goon out of thee, the whiche thou schalt geten schul ben taken aweye, and thei schul ben geldyngis in the paleys of the kyng of Babyloyne. Ezechie seide to Ysay, Good is the word of the Lord, that he spac; be oonly pees and treuthe in my days. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Ezechie, and alle his streyngthe, and howe he maad the fische poond, and the watre cundite, and brouȝten in watirs in to the cytee, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordys of the days of kyngis of Juda?

 CAP. XXI.

And Ezechie slepte with his fadirs, and Manasses, his sone, regnede for hym. Of twelue ȝeer was Manasses, whanne he beganne to regnen, and fyue and fourty ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; the name of his modir, Asiba. And he dide euyl in the siȝt of the Lord, after the mawmettis of Gentils, the whiche the Lord dide aweye fro the face of the sonys of Yrael. And he is turned, and byldebieldide A. up heeȝe thingis, the whiche Ezechie, his fadir, scatirde; and he rerede up the auters of Baal, and maad mawmett woddis, as dyde Achab, kyng of Yrael; and he honourede al the knyȝthod of heuen, and heryede it. And he maad up autirs in the hous of the Lord, of the whiche the Lord seide, In Jeru|salem I schal putten my name. And he maad up autirs of alle the knyȝthode of heuen inand A. two poorchis of the temple of the Lord; and he ouerladde his sone thorȝ fijr; and he dyuynede, and he weytide the dyuynynge of chiterynge of briddis; and maad enchaunteris, and clepers of deuyls he multiplied, that he dide euyl beforn the Lord, and terrede hym. And he putte the mawmett of the mawmett wodde, that he hadde maad, in to the temple of the Lord, vpon the whiche the Lord spac to Dauid, and to Salomon, his sone, In this temple, and in Jerusalem that I haue chosen of alle the lynagis of Yrael, I schal putte my name vnto euer|more. And I schal make no more to be styred the fote of Yrael fro the lond that I ȝaue to the fadirs of hem; so neuer the later ȝif thei kepen in dede alle thingis that I bad hem, and al the lawe that Moyses, my seruaunt, comaundyde to hem. Thei forsothe herden not, bot ben bouȝt doun of Manasse, that thei don euyl ouer the Gentilis, the whiche the Lord to-trade fro the face of the sonys of Yrael. And the Lord spac in the hond of his seruauntis prophetis, seyinge, For Manasses, king of Juda, dyde alle thes abomynacyouns most euylouer alle thingis the whiche dyden Amorreis beforn hym, and also he maad Juda to synnen in his vnclennessisvnclennesse B.; therfore thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Lo! I schal bryngen in euyls vpon Jerusalem and Judam, that who so euer heerith, bothe the eris of hym schal tynclyn; and I schal stretchen out vpon Jerusalem the lytyl coord of Sama|rye, and the birthen of the hous of Achab, and I schal don aweye Jerusalem, as tablis ben wont to ben don aweye; doynge aweye I schal turnen, and bryngyn ofterefte B. the poyntel vpon his face. For|sothe I schal leuen the relikis of myn herytageeritages E., and schal taken hem in to the hond of his enmyes; and thei schul ben in waastite, and in rauyne to alle their aduersaries; for thi that thei dyden euyl beforn me, and dwelliden stedfast ter|rynge me, fro the day that their fadirs wenten out of Egipt vnto this day. Fer|thermore and Manasses schad myche gyltlesse blode ouer gretely, to the tyme that Jerusalem wer fulfyld vp to the mouthe, with oute his synnes in whiche he maad Judam to synnen, that he do yuel beforn the Lord. The remnaunt for|sothe of the wordis of Manasse, and alle thingis that he dyde, and his synne that he synned, whether thes ben not wryten in the boke of the wordis of the days of kyngis of Juda? And Manasses slept with his fadirs, and is byryed in the gardyne of his hous, in the gardyn of Azam; and Amon, his sone, regned for hym. Of two and twenty ȝeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen; two forsothe ȝeer he regned in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Messalometh, douȝtir of Arus of Jethaba. And he dyde euyl in the siȝt of the Lord, as dydde Ma|nasses, his fadir. And he wente in al the weye, by the whiche his fadir wente, and he seruede in the vnclennessisvnclennesse B. in whiche serued his fadir, and honourede hem; and forsoke the Lord God of his fadirs, and wente not in the weye of the Lord. And his seruauntis benten to hym buschementis, and slewen the kyng in his hous. TheAnd the A. puple forsothe of the lond smoote alle, that coniureden aȝeinus king Amon, and thei setten to hem king, Jo|siam, his sone, for him. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Amon, that he dide, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordes of the days of kyngis of Juda? And thei birieden him in his sepulcre in the gardyn of Aza; and Josias, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XXII.

Of eyȝt ȝeere was Josias, whann he byganne to regnen, and oon and thrytty ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Ydida, the douȝtir of Fadaya of Besocath. And he dyde that, that was plesaunt beforn the Lord, and he wente by alle the wayes of Dauid, his fadir, and bowede not, neither to the riȝt, ne to the left. Forsothe the eyȝtenthe ȝeer of kyng Josie, sente the kyng Safan, the sone of Asua, the sone of Mesulam, the scribe of the temple of the Lord, seyinge to hym, Goo to Elchiam, the grete preest, that the monee, that is brouȝt in to the temple of the Lord, be blowen to gydre, the whiche the porteris of the temple gaderden of the puple; and be it ȝeuen to wriȝtis by the prouostis of the hous of the Lord; the whiche and delen it to hem that wirchen in the temple of the Lord, to the coueryngis of the temple of the Lord to ben enstorid, that is, to the mayster carpenters, and masouns, and to hem that maken to gydre the bytwenebetwix A. broken, and that there be bouȝt trees and stonys of the quarrees, to the enstorynge of the temple of the Lord; neuer the later the syluer be not tolde to hem, that thei taken, bot in power haueha E. thei, and in feith. Forsothe Elchias, the bischop, seide to Sapham, scribe, The boke of the lawe I haue founden in the hous of the Lord. And Elchias ȝaue the volym to Sapham, scribe, the whiche and radde it. Forsothe Sapham, scribe, came to the kyng, and told to hym what thingis he hade comaundide, and seith, Thi ser|uauntis blewen to gydre the monee, that is founden in the hous of the Lord, and han ȝeuen, that it be delid to the wriȝtis of the prefectis of the werkis of the temple of the Lord. Forsothe Sapham, scribe, tolde to the kyng, seyinge, El|chias, the prest of God, ȝaue to me a boke; the whiche whanne Sapham hade radde before the kyng, and the king had herd the wordis of the boke of the lawe of the Lord, he kutte his clothis. And he comaundyde to Elchie, the prest, and to Aychan, the sone of Saphan, and to Achabor, the sone of Mycha, and to Sa|pham, scribe, and to Achie, seruaunt of the kyng, seyinge, Gooth, and counseilith the Lord vpon me, and vpon the puple, and vpon al Juda, of the wordis of this volyme, that is founden; grete forsothe wrathe of the Lord is tende up aȝeynus us, for oure fadirs herden not the wordis of this boke, that thei schulde done al that is writen to us. And so Elchias, the prest, and Aycham, and Achabor, and Saphan, and Asia, wenten to Oldam, prophetisse, wyf of Sellum, sone of The|chue, sone of Aras, keper of the clothes, the whiche dwellede in Jerusalem, in `the secounde wallyngewelsum fortune E sec. m. sup. ras. the secounde wallyng tert. m.; and thei speken to hire. And sche answerd to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Seith to the man, that sente ȝou to me, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Ysrael, Loo! I schal brynge forth euyls vpon this place, and vpon the dwellers of it, alle the wordis of the lawe, the whiche the kyng of Juda radde; for thei for|soken me, and sacrifiden to alyen goddis, terrynge me in alle the werkis of their hondis; and myn indignacioun schal be tend up in this place, and schal not ben qweynt. To the kyng forsothe of Juda that sente ȝou, that ȝe counseylen the Lord, thus seith, Thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, For thy that thou herdyst the wordis of the volyme, and thi herte is gaastyde, and thou ert meeked beforn the Lord, the werdis herd aȝeyn this place and the dwellers of it, that is, that schulden ben maad in to stoneynge, and into cursidhed, and thou kuttist thy clothis, and thou weptist be|forn me, and I herde, seith the Lord; therfore I schal gedere thee to thi fadirs, and thou schalt be gadred to thy sepulcre in pese; that thin eeȝen seen not alle the euylis, the whiche I am to brynge in vpon this place.

 CAP. XXIII.

And thei tolden to the kyng that sche hadde seide; the whiche sent, and ben gadred to hym alle the olde men of Juda, and of Jerusalem. And the kyng steyȝide up the temple of the Lord, and alle the men of Juda, and alle that dwelliden in Jerusalem with hym, prestis, and pro|phetis, and alle the puple, fro lytyl vnto mychil; and he radde, alle men heer|ynge, alle the wordis of the boke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord, the whiche is founden in the hous of the Lord. And the kyng stood vpon a gree; and he smote pese couenaunt before the Lord, that thei goon after the Lord, and keepen his heestis and witnessyngis and cery|moynes in al herte and in al soule, that thei reren the wordis of this pese coue|naunt, that weren wryten in that boke; and the puple assentyde to thethat E. coue|naunt. And the kyng comaundyde to Elchie, the bischop, and to the prestis of the secound ordre, and to the ȝate kepers, that thei throwen forthe fro the temple of the Lord alle the vessels, that weren maad to Baal, and in the maw|mett woddeplace E pr. m., and to al the knyȝthod of heuen; and he brende hem with outen forth Jerusalem, in the valey of Cedron, and he toke the poudre of hem in to Bethel. And he dyde aweye the deuyl clepers, whome the kyngis of Juda had|den sett to sacrifien in heiȝtis by the cytees of Juda, and thein the CE. enuyroun of Jerusalem, and hem that brenden en|cense to Baal, and to the sunne, and to the mone, and to the twelue syngnys, and to alle the knyȝthode of heuen. And he comaundyde to ben born out the mawmett wodde fro the hous of the Lord with out forth Jerusalem in the valey of Cedron, and brendebrenne B. it there, and brouȝt itOm. ABFH. in to poudre, and threwȝ forth vpon the sepulcris of the comun. Forsothe he distruyȝide the lytyl housis of the wommannysch maad men, that weren in the hous of the Lord; for the whiche wymmen weueden as lytyll houses of the mawmett wodde. And he gadrede alle the prestis of theOm. ABFH. cytees of Juda, and he defoulide the heyȝtis, where the prestis sacrifieden, fro Gaba vnto Ber|sabe; and he distruyed the auters of the ȝatis in the entree of the dore of Josie, prince of theOm. B. cytee, that was at the left syde of the ȝate of the cytee. Neuer the latre the prestis of the heeȝe thingis steyȝiden not vp to the auter of the Lord in Jerusalem, bot oonly eten therfe loouys in the mydill of their bretheren. For|sothe he defoulide Topheth, that is in the valeye of the sone of Ennon, that no man schuld sacryn his sone or his douȝtre thorȝ fyr to Moloch. Forsothe he toke awey the hors, the whiche the kingis of Jude hadden ȝeuen to the sunne, in the entree of the temple of the Lord, besijdis the chayer of Nathanmylech, geldynge, that was in Faturym; the chaare forsothe of the sunne he brende with fijr. And the auters, that weren vpon the rooues of the soupynge place of Achath, the whiche the kyngis of Juda hadden maad, and the auters that Manasses hadde maad in the two poorchis of the temple of the Lord, the kyng de|struyede; and he ran to Jude, and he scatrede the askisashen A. of hem in to the streme of Cedron. The heeȝe thingis forsothe, that weren in Jerusalem at the riȝt partye of the hyll of the offencyoun, the whiche Salomon, kyng of Yrael, hadde bylde, and Astaroth, the mawmett of Sydonyes, and Camos, of the offency|oun ofand ABF. Om. C. Moab, and Melchon, the abomy|nacyouns of the sonys of Amon, the kyng defoulide; and broosede the ymagis, and hewȝ doun the mawmett woodis, and fulfillide the places of hem with the boonis of deed men. Ferthermore and the auter that was in Bethel, and the heeȝe thinge, that Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, hadde maad, the whiche maad Yrael to synnen; and that heeȝ auter he distruyede, and brende, and mynuschede in to poudre, and alsoal A. brende up the mawmett woode. And Josias turned, sauȝ there sepulcris that weren in the hyll; and he sente, and toke the boonys fro the sepulcris, and brende hem vpon the auter, and putte it aftir the word of the Lord, that the man of God spac, the whiche hadde before seide these wordis. And he seith, Whose is this towmbe that I see? And the cyteȝeens of that cyte answerden to hym, The sepulcre it is of the man of God, that came fro Juda, and before seide thes wordis, `the whichewhiche A. that C. thou hast done vpon the auter of Bethel. And he seith, Lefe hym; no man styrre the boonys of hym. And vntouchid laftenthei laften A. the boonys of hym with the boonis of the prophete, that came fro Samarye. Ferthermore and alle the mawmett templis of the heeȝe thingis, that weren in the cytees of Samarye, the whiche the kyngis of Yrael hadden maad to terre the Lord, Josias toke aweye; and he dyde to hem aftir alle the werkis that he hadde done in Bethel. And he slewȝ alle the prestis of the heeȝe thingis, that weren ther vpon the autereswaters ABH., and he brende mens boonys vpon thooit E pr. m.; and he turnede aȝeyn to Jerusalem. And he comaundide to alOm. A. the puple, seyinge, Makith pask to the Lord ȝoure God, aftir that is writen in the boke of this pese of couenaunt. Ne forsothe ther is maad siche a pask fro the days of iugis, that demeden Yrael, and of alle the days of the kyngis of Yrael, and of the kyngis of Juda, as in the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of kyng Josie this pasch is maad to the Lord in Jerusalem. Bot and the clepers of de|uyls, and deuynours, and the fyguris of mawmettis, and the vnclennessesvnclennesse AH., and abomynacyounsthe abhomynaciouns C., that weren in the lond of Juda and of Jerusalem, Josias dyde aweye, that he make stable the wordis of the lawe, that ben writen in the boke, that Elchias, the prest, fonde in the temple of the Lord. Lijk hym was not beforn hym a kyng, that was turned aȝeyn to the Lord in al his herte, and in alle his soule, and in al his vertue, aftir al the lawe of Moyses; ne aftir hym rose lijke to hym. Neuerthelatre the Lord is not turned aweye fro the wrath of his grete woodnes, in the whiche his wodnes is wrothe aȝeynus Juda, for the terryngisterrynge A. in the whiche Manasses hadde terred hym. And so the Lord seide, Also Judam I schal taken aweye fro my face, as I toke aweye Yrael; and I schal throwen aweye this cytee, that I chees, Jerusalem, and the hous of the whiche I seide, My name schal ben there. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Josie, and alle thingis that he dyde, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordis of the days of the kyngis of Juda? In his days steyȝide up Pharao Nechao, kyng of Egipt, aȝeynus the kyng of Assiries, at the flode of Eufraten; and Josias, kyng of Juda, wente in to aȝein commynge of hym, and is slayn in Magedo, whanne he had seen hym. And his seruauntis beeren hym deed fro Magedo, and brouȝten hym in to Jerusalem, and byryeden hym in his sepulcre; and the puple of the lond toke Joachas, the sone of Josie, and anoyntyden hym, and setten hym kyng for his fadir. Of three and twenty ȝeer was Joachaz, whanne he hadde begune to regnen, and thre monethis he regned in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Amychael, douȝter of Jeremye of Lobna. And he dyde euyl beforn the Lord, aftir alle thingis that the fadirs of hym hadden done. And Pharao Nechao bondenoyntide E pr. m. hym in Reblatha, that is in the lond of Emath, that he `regne notschulde regne E pr. m. in Jerusalem; and he putte vpon a multynge to the lond, in an hundreth talentis of syluer, and a talent of gold. And Pharao Nechao ordeynde kyng Eliachym, the sone of Josias, for Josias, his fadir; and he turnede his name Joachym; forsothe JoachazOm. E pr. m. he toke, and ladde in to Egipt. Forsothe Joa|chym ȝaue to Pharao syluer and gold, whanne he hadde comaundide to the lond by alle ȝeeris, that it were brouȝt, aftir the heest of Pharao; and echon aftir their strengthis he askyde bothe syluer and gold, of the puple of the lond, that he myȝte ȝeue to Pharao Nechao. Of fyue and twenty ȝeer was Joachym, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and elleuen ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; the name of his modir, Zebida, douȝter of Fadaya of Ruma. And he dyde euyl before the Lord, aftir alle thingis that his fadirs haden done.

 CAP. XXIV.

In his days of steyȝide up Nabugo|donosor, kyng of Babyloyne, and Joa|chym is maad to hym seruaunt three ȝeer; and eft he rebellide aȝeynus hym. And the Lord sente in to hym lytyll theuis of Caldeys, and lytyll theuis of Cyrye, and lytyl theuis of Moab, and lytil theuis of the sonys of Amon; and he inOm. E pr. m. sente hem in to Judam, that he scatere hym, aftir the word of the Lord, that he hadde spoken bi his seruauntis prophetis. This forsothe is done by the word of the Lord aȝeyns Judam, that he do it aweye beforne hym, for the synnes of Manasses, and alle thingis that he dyde, and for the gyltles blode that he schedde; and he fulfillide Jerusalem with the blode of innocentis; and for this thing the Lord wolde not be plesid. The rem|naunt forsothe of the wordis of Joachym, and alle thingis that he dyde, whether thes ben not writen in the boke of the wordis of days of kyngis of Juda? And Joachym slepte with his fadirs, and Joachym, his sone, regned fore hym. And the kyng of Egipt addide no more, that he schulde goon out fro his lond; forsothe the kynge of Babyloyne hadde taken, fro the ryuer of Egipt vnto the flode of Eufraten, alle thingis that weren of the kyng of Egipt. Of tenn and eiȝt ȝeer was Joachym, whanne he hade be|gunne to regnen, and three monethis he regned in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Naessa, douȝter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. And he dyde euyl beforn the Lord, aftir alle thingis that his fadir hadde done. In that tyme steyȝide up the seruauntis of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babyloyne, in to Jerusalem, and the cyte is enuyround with streyngthingis. And Nabugodo|nosor came, the kyng of Babiloyne, to the cyte with his seruauntis, that they ouercommen it. And Joachym, kyng of Juda, wente out to the kyng of Ba|biloyne, he, and his modir, and his seruauntis, and his princis, and his geldyngis; and the kyng of Babyloyne toke hym, the eiȝtithe ȝeer of his regne. And he brouȝte thens alle the tresoures of the hous of the Lord, and the tre|soures of the kingis hous; and he heewȝ to gydre alle the golden vessels, that Sa|lomon, kyng of Yrael, hade maad in the temple of the Lord, aftir the word of the Lord. And he translatide al Jerusalem, and alle the princis, and alle the stronge men of the hoost, tenn thousand, in to caytyfte, and alle craftise men, and en|closere; no thinge is laft, out take the pore puple of the lond. Joachym for|sothe he translatyde in to Babyloyne, and the kyngis modir, and the kyngis wijf, and the kyngis geldyngis; and the domysmen of the lond he ladde in to caytifte fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne; and alle the stronge men, seuen thou|sand; and craftise men and enclosers, a thousand; alle stronge men and fiȝters; and the kynge of Babiloyne ladde hem caytyfe in to Babyloyne. And he sette Mathathiam, his vncle, for hym; and he putte on a name to hym Sedechie. The oon and twentithetwenti A. ȝeer of age hadde Sedechias, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and elleuen ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir was Amy|chal, douȝtir of Jeremye of Lobna. And he dyde euyl byfore the Lord, aftir alle thingis that Joachym hadde done. For|sothe the Lord wrathede aȝeinus Jerusa|lem and Judam, to the tyme that he threwȝ hem aweye fro his face; and Sedechie wente aweye fro the kyng of Babiloyne.

 CAP. XXV.

It is done forsothe the nynthe ȝeer of his regne, the tenthe monethe, the tenthe day of the monethe, Nabu|godonosor, kyng of Babyloyne, came, he, and al his hoost, in to Jerusalem; and thei enuyrounden it, and maden up in his enuyroun streyngthingis. And the cyte is closede, and palid, vnto the elle|uenthe ȝeer of kyng Sedechie, the nynthe day of the monethe; and hungir wexe grete in the cyte, and ther was not brede to the puple of the lond. And the cyte is to-broken, and alle men fiȝters flowen the nyȝt by the weye of the ȝate, that is bytwene the double wall, at the spring|ynge of the kyng; forsothe Caldeis be|segyden in enuyroun the cyte. And so Sedechias fleiȝ by the weye that ledith to the wijld feeldis of wyldirnesse; and the hoost of Caldeis pursueden the kyng, and he cauȝte hym in the pleyn of Jeri|cho; and alle the fiȝters, that weren with hym, ben scaterd, and forsoken hym. Thanne they ladden the taken kyng to the kyng of Babyloyne, in Reblatha, the whiche spake withto ABFH. hym dome. The sonys forsothe of Sedechie he slewȝ be|fore hym, and his eeȝen he putte out, and boond hym with cheynys, and brouȝte hym in to Babyloyne. The fyfthe mo|neth, the seuenth day of the moneth, it is the nyntenthe ȝeer of the kyng of Babiloyne, came Nabusardam, prince of the hoost, the seruaunt of the kyng of Babyloyne, in to Jerusalem; and brende up the hous of the Lord, and the hous of the kyng, and the housis of Jerusalem, and eche hous he brende with fijre; and the wallis of Jerusalem in enuyroun de|struyede al the hoost of Caldeys, that was with the princeprincis A. of knyȝtis. The tother forsothe partye of the puple, that laft in the cyte, and the thorȝ fleers, that ouerflowen to the kyng of Babiloyn, and the laft comoun, Nabusardan, prince of knyȝthode, translatyde; and of the pore men of the lond he laft wyneviyn A. makers, and erthtiliers. Forsothe the brasen py|lers, that weren in the temple of the Lord, and the feet, and the brasen se, that was in the hous of the Lord, Caldeis breeken to gydre; and al the brasse thei beeren ouer in to Babiloyne. And brasen pottis, trowels, and fleschokis, and cuppis, and morters, and alle the brasengoldene E pr. m. vessels, in whiche thei mynystriden, thei token; also and encenseeris, and violis. The whiche forsothe weren golden, and whiche sylueren, toke the prince of the knyȝthod, that is, two pylers, oon se, and the feet, that Salomon hade maad in to the temple of the Lord; and ther was not peys of the brasse of alle the vessels. Tenn and eiȝt cubitis of heiȝt hadde oon pyler, and a brasen heued couerynge vpon hym of heyȝt of thre cubitis, and a calle, and poumgarnetis vpon the heued couerynge of the pyler, all brasen; and lijc honourynge hadde the secound pyler. Forsothe theof the B. prince of the knyȝthode toke Sarayam, the first preste, and Sophonyam, the secound preste, and the thre porters, and oon geldynge of the cyte, that was prefect vpon the fiȝtynge men, and fyue men of hem that stoden before the kyng, the whiche he foond in the cyte, and So|pher, the prince of the hoost, that prouede the newe knyȝtis of the puple of the lond, and sixe men of the comoun, that weren founden in the cyte; the whiche Nabu|sardan, prince of the knyȝthode, takynge ladde to the kyng of Babyloyne, in Reb|latha. And the kyng of Babiloyne smote hem, and slewȝ hem in Reblatha, in the lond of Emath; and Juda is translatyd fro his lond. To the puple forsothe that was laft in the lond of Juda, the whiche Nabugodonosor, kyng of Baby|tilieris. loyne, hadde laft, he made rewler Godo|lyam, the sone of Aycham, the sone of Safan. The whiche thingis whanne alle the duykis of knyȝtis, they, and alle the men that weren with hem haden herd, that is, that the kyng of Babyloyne hadde ordeynd Godolie, camen to Godo|lie, inand B. Maspha, Ismael, the sone of Na|thanye, and Johannan, the sone of Charee, and Saraye, the sone of Tenameth Ne|thophathite, and Jechonias, the sone of Mechati, thei, and Machath, and the fe|lawis of hem. And Godolias swore to hem, and to the felawis of hem, seyinge, Wylle ȝe not dreden to seruen to the Cal|deis; dwellith in the lond, and seruith to the kyng of Babiloyne, and wele it schal be to ȝou. It is done forsothe in the seuenth moneth, came Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, the sone of Elisama, of the kyngis seed, and ten men with hym, and smyten Godolie, the whiche is deed; bot and the Jewis and the Caldeis, that weren with him in Maspha. And al the puple rijsynge to gydre fro litil vnto mychil, and the princis of knyȝtis, camen in to Egipt, dreedynge the Caldeis. It is done thanne in the seuen and thrittithe ȝeer of the transmygracioun of Joachym, kyng of Jude, the twelfthe monethe, the seuen and twentithe day of the monethe, Euil|meredoch, kyng of Babiloyne, the ȝeer that he beganne to regnen, rerede up the heued of Joachym, kyng of Juda, fro prisone, and he spac to hym benyngly; and he putte his trone vpon the trone of kyngis, that weren with hym in Babi|loyne. And he chaungide his clothis, that he hadde in prisoun; and he eet breed euermore in his siȝt, alle days of his lyfe. Ȝeer fruyt forsothe he ordeynde to hym with oute cesynge; the whiche and was ȝouen to hym of the kyng by eche days, alle the days of his lijf.

 Here eendith the fourthe boke of Kingus, and bigynneth the prolog in the first boke of ParalipomenonHere endith the fourth book of Kyngis, and now bigynneth the proloog of twey bookis of Paralipomenon. A. Explicit quartus liber Regum. E. Here endith the fourt bok Kyngis. F. No final rubric in CH. I. PARALIPOMENON. The Prolog in the first boke of ParalipomenonPrologus Paralipomenon. C. Here `bigynneth the prolog on Paralipomynon. E. Here bigynneth the proloug of Paralipomenon. F. Prologus. H..

ȜIF the makynge of the seuenty re|menours abyde styll pure, and as it is turned of hem in to Greek, my Chromati, holiest and wysest of byschopis, in veyn thou schuldist bydden me that I translate to thee Ebreu volymes in Latyn word. Forsothe that hath ocupied onys the eris of men, and hath streynthid the feith of the waxynge chirche, riȝtwijs was also with oure sylence to be apreued. Nowe forsothe whan dyuerse saumplers ben born for the dyuersite of regyouns, and thilkthat K. olde germeyn translacyoun is cor|rupt and defoulid, thou wenystwentist H. of oure dome to ben, outher to schewen of manyemanye workis A. whiche be verrey, outheror K. a new werk to maken in old werk, the Jewis forsothe scornynge, that, as it is seid, to fytche to gyder eeȝenaȝen A. eȝyn E. of curluriscrowis E pr. m.. Alisaunder and Egipt in their seuenty preysen auctour Eusichy; Constantynople vnto Antioche apreuith the saumpleris of mar|tir Lucyan; the mene prouynces by|twenebetwixe A. thes reden Palestynes bokis, the whiche out trauayld of Origene, Eusebe and Pamphilie pupplischeden; and al the world bytwenebitwixe AK. hem selue in this thre maner dyuersite fiȝtithfiȝten K. to gyder. And certis Origenes not oonly exsaumplisensaumplis K. maad in oon of foure makyngis, `forn aȝeynfor aȝeyn A. fro the regiown E pr. m. alle the wordis discryuynge, that the oon discordynge, the tother betwenebitwixe K. hem silf acordynge, anoon be vnder|nomyn; bot, that is of more hardynesse, in the makynge of the seuenty he mengide the makynge of Theodocioun, that is, markynge that weren to lytyl with sygnys of a sterre, and that weren seen ouermych leid to, withOm. K. lityl ȝerdis. Ȝif thanne to other it was leful not to holden that oons thei hadden taken; and aftir seuenty lytyll sellis, the whiche with outen auctour of the comoun ben boostid, theithat K. opneden alle the sellis, that forsothe in the chirche is rad that the seuenty knewyn not; whywith K. me taken not my Latyn men, the whiche han maad so the newe withthat K. the olde makynge vnde|foulid, thatwith K. my traueyl I preue with theOm. K. Ebrewis, and, that is more than these, with the Apostlis auctours. I wrote not ȝore a boke of the best maner of re|menyngethe remenyng K., schewyngethe shewinge K. tho thingis of the euangelyaungel K., Fro Egipt I haue clepidecald K. myn sone, and, That Naȝare he schal be clepidcalled K., and, Thei schul seen in whome thei han pungid; and that of the apostle, That eeȝe hath not seen, ne ere hath herde, ne in to the hert of man hath steyȝide up, the whiche God hath maad redye before to the louynge hym; and other lijc to thes, in the bokis of Ebrewis to ben founden. Certis the apostlis and the euaungelistis hadden knowen the seuenty remenours, and whenns that to hem to seyn tho thingis that in the seuenty ben not had? Crist, oure God, is maker of either testa|ment, inin the EK. euangelie aftir Joon, Whowhose K. leuithbileuith A., he seithhe seith K., in me, as seith the scripture, flodisflodis of quyk watris A. of his wombe schul flowen `quyke watersOm. A.. Forsothe it is writen, that the Saueoure witnessith to ben writen; where it is writen, the seuenty han not; the hyd thingis know|ith not the chirche. To the Ebrewis than it is to turnen aȝeyn, wherofwherfore H. and the Lord spekith, and the disciplis beforn taken exsaumplis. Thes thingis bi pese of olde men I speke, and to my bacbyters oonly I answer, the whiche gnawen me with a doggedoggis A. tothe, in opyn bacbytynge, reed|ynge in corners, andthe same both A. the same and CE sec. m. FHK. that is and E pr. m. acusatours and defendours, whann in other men they apreuen that in me thei repreuen; as vertue and vice ben not in the thingis, bot with the autour ben chaungid. Bot I haue had mynde the makyng of the seuenty translatours, sumtyme fro Greke amendid, me to haue ȝeuen to ȝoureȝou K., and not enmye of hem owyn to ben eymed, whome in the couent of bretheren euer|more I schal expownen. And that De|bregemyn, that is, the wordis of days, I haue remened, therfore I haue don that I myȝte bryngbryngynge B. to riȝt the insolible lettyngis and the wodiswordis B. of namys, the whiche, thorȝ vice of writers, ben con|foundid, andin K. the dulnes of wittis, more opynly, and by distyncciouns of verse; to me my silf and to my wrytyngewritingis K. aftir Hismenyumhis meenyng K., ȝif eris of other ben dowmbe.

 An other PrologOm. CFHK. Prologus A..

The boke of Paralipomenon, thatOm. K. is, the breggyng of the Olde Testament, siche and so myche isit is K., that with outen it who so wyll by pride sechen to hym the kunnynge of scriptures, scorne he hym silf. Forsothe by alle theOm. K. namys and iuncturis of wordis, and the laft sto|ries in the bokis of Kyngis ben touchid, and vnowmbrable questiouns of the euaun|gelieseuangelistis K. ben soyled.

Here eendith the prolog in the first boke of Paralipomenon, and bygynneth the first boke of ParalipomenonHere eendith the proloog of Parra|lypomenon, and now bigynneth the first book. A. Here endeth the prologis, and bigynneth the firste Parali|pomynon. E. Heere eendeth the prolog; se now the firste book of Paralipomenon. K. No final rubric in CFH.. Here bigynneth the bok of Paralipo|menonFrom F. No initial rubric in ABCEH..CAP. I.

Adam, Seth, Enos, Chaynan, Malaleel, Jared, Enoch, Matusale, Lameth; Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. The sones of Japheth; Gomor, Magday, Magog, and Jauan, Tubal, Mosoch, and Tyras. Bot the sones of Gomer; Ascenez, and Ry|phat, and Togorma. The sones forsothe of Jauan; Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodonym. The sonys of Cham; Chus, and Mesraym, Phuth, and Cha|naan. The sonys forsothe of Chus; Saba, and Euila, Sabatha, and Regma, and Sa|bathaca. Bot the sonys of Regma; Saba, and Adan. Chus forsothe gat Nemroth; this byganne to ben myȝty in the lond. Mesraym forsothe gat Ludym, and Ana|nym, and Labaym, and Nepthoym, Fe|trusym forsothe, and Chasluym, of the whiche wenten oute Phylisteis and Cap|thurym. Chanaan forsothe gat Sydon, his first goten, and Ethee, Jebuseeand Jebusee A. for|sothe, and Amorre, and Jergese, Euee, and Arache, and Cyne, Aradyum for|sothe, and Samarie, and Amathe. The sonys of Sem; Elam, and Assur, and Ar|faxath, and Luth, and Aram. The sonys forsothe of Aram; Hus, and Hul, and Gothor, and Mosoch. Arfaxath forsothe gate Sale; the whiche and he gat Heber. Forsothe to Heber ben born two sonys; name to the toon Phaleg, for in his days the erth is deuydid; and the name of his brother Jectan. Jectan forsothe gat Hel|modad, and Salech, and Azelmod, and Jare, Adoram forsothe, and Vsal, and Deda, Hebal, and Ameth, and Abymael, and Saba, also and Oofer, and Euila, and Jobab; alle thes the sonys of Jectan. Sem, Arfaxath, Sale, Heber, Phalech, Ragau, Seruth, Nachor, Thare, Abram; this forsothe is Abraham. The sonys of Abraham; Ysaac and Ysmael. And thes the generaciouns of hem; the first goten of Ismael Nabaioth, and Cedar, and Ab|dehel, and Mapsam, and Masma, and Duma, and Massa, Adad, and Thema, Jahur, Naphis, Cedma; thes ben the sonys of Ysmael. The sonys forsothe of Cethure, the secoundarie wijf of Abra|ham, `the whichethat C pr. m. sche gat; Zamram, Jer|san, Madan, Madian, Jesboch, Sue. For|sothe the sones of Jersan; Saba, and Da|dan. The sones forsothe of Dadan; Assu|rym, and Latusym, and Laomym. The sonys forsothe of Madian; Epha, Ofer, Etnoch, and Abida, and Eldaa. Alle thes the sonis of Cethure. Abraham forsothe gat Ysaac; whos sones weren Esau and Yrael. The sones of Esau; Eliphath, Rahuel, SeirSen B., Jaus, Zelam, and Chore. The sonys of Eliphath; Theman, Omer, Sephi, Gethem, Genez, Cenez, Thanna, Amalech. The sones of Rahuel; Naab, Gazera, Samma, Masa. The sonys of Seir; Lothan, Sobal, Zebeon, Ana, Dy|son, Eser, Dysan. The sones of Lothan; Horry, Huma; the syster forsothe of Lothan was Thanna. The sones of So|bal; Alian, and Manaath, and Ebal, and Cephi, and Onam. The sones of Sebeon; Aia, and Ana. The sones of Ana; Dy|son, and Oolibama. The sonys of Dyson; Amaram, and Hesebam, and Lecram, and Caram. The sonys of Eser; Balaam, and Jaban, and Jasan. The sones of Dysan; Hus, and Aram. Thes ben the kyngis that comaundiden in the lond of Edom, before that there was kyng vpon the sones of Yrael. Baale, the sone of Beor; and the name of his cytee Denaba. For|sothe Bale is deed; and for hym regned Joab, the sone of Zare, of Bosra. And whanne Joab was deed, regned for hym Husam of the lond of Themanyas. For|sothe Husam dyed; and for hym regned Adad, the sone of Badad, that smote Madyan in the lond of Moab; and the name of his cyte Abyud. And whan Adad was deed, regned for hym Semela of Maseracha. Bot and Semela died, and for hym regned Saul of Robooth, the whiche bisides Amnem is sett. Forsothe Saul deedis deed A., regnedregned and A. for hym Balanan the sone of Achobor. Bot and this dyed, and for hym regnede Adad, of whos cyte the name was Phou; and his wijf is clepid Methetabel, douȝter of Mathred, the douȝ|ter of Mesaab. Adad forsothe deed, duykis for the kyngis in Edom begunne to ben; duyk Thanna, duyk Alia, duyk Jetheth, duyk Oolibama, duyk Ela, duyk Philion, duyk Cenez, duyk Theman, duyk Mab|sar, duyk Magdyel, duyk Yran. Thes the duykis of Edom.

 CAP. II.

The sones forsothe of Yrael; Ruben, Leuy, Semeon, Juda, Isachar, and Zabu|lon, Dan, andOm. E. Joseph, Beniamyn, Nep|talym, Gad, Aser. The sones of Juda; Her, Onam, Sela; thes thre ben born to hym of Sue, the douȝtir ofof Onan A. Om. B. Chananytidis. Forsothe Her was the first goten of Juda, euyl before the Lord, and he slewȝ hym. Thamar forsothe his douȝtir in lawe bare to hym Phares and Saram; alle thann the sonys of Juda, fyue. The sonys for|sothe of Phares; Esrom and Thamul. The sonys forsothe of Zare; Zamry, and Ethan, and Eman, and Calchol, and Dar|dam; togydre fyue. The sones of Zamri; Achar, that distourblide Yrael, and syn|nede in the theft of cursedhode. The sones of Ethan; Azarias. The sonys for|sothe of Esrom, that ben born to hym; Jeramahel, and Aram, and Chaluby. Forsothe Aram gat Amynadab. Amyna|dab forsothe gat Naason, prince of the sones of Juda. Naason forsothe gat Sal|mon; of whom is born Booz. Booz for|sothe gat Obeth; the whiche and he gat Ysay. Ysay forsothe gat the first goten, Heliab; the secound, Amynadab; the thrid, Samaa; the ferthe, Nathaneel; the fyft, Sa|day; the sixt, Asom; the seuenth, Dauid; whos systers weren Saruya and Abigail. The sones of Saruye; Abisay, Joab, and Asael; thre. Abigail forsothe gat Amasa, whos fadir was Jether Ysmaelyte. Ca|leph forsothe, the sone of Esrom, toke a wijf, Azuba by name, of whom he gat Jereoth; there weren forsothe sonys of hym, Jesar, and Sobab, and Ardon. And whanne Azuba was deed, he toke a wijf of Caleph, Effrata, the whiche bare to hym Hur. Forsothe Hur gat Hury; Hury gat Beselael. Aftir thes thingis Esrom wente in to the douȝtir of Machir, the fadir of Galaad, and he toke hire, whann sche was of sexty ȝeer; the whiche bare to hym Segub. Bot and Segub gat Jair, and weeldide foure and twenty cytees in the lond of Galaad; and he toke Jessur, and Arym, the bourȝ tounnes of Jair, and Canath, and the lytyl townes of it, of seuenty cytees. Alle thes the sonys of Machir, fadir of Galaad. Whann forsothe Esrom was deed, Caleph wente in to Effrata. Esrom forsothe hade a wijf Abia, the whiche bare to hym As|sur, fadir of Thecue. Ther ben born forsothe sonys of Jezrameel, the first goten of Esrom; Ram histhe H. first goten, and Hyma, and Aran, and Ason, and Achia. Forsothe Jezramel weddide an|other wijf, Athara by name, the whiche was the modir of Onam. Bot and of Onam, the sone of Ram, the first goten of Jezramael, weren Mohos, and Lamyn, and Achas. Onam forsothe gat sones, Semei, and Juda. The sones forsothe of Semei; Nadal, and Abiser; name forsothe of the wijf of Abiser, Abigail, that bare to hym Haaobban, and Molid. The sonys forsothe of Nadab weren Saled, and Apfaym. Forsothe Saled dyȝed with oute fre childre. The sonesonys FH. forsothe of Ap|phaym, Jesi; the whiche JesiOm. C pr. m. gat Sesan. bot Sesan gat Oholi. The sones forsothe of Jada, brother of Semei; Jether and Jonathan; bot Jether died without fre childre; bot Jonatha gat Phales, and Cya. Thes ben the sones of Jezramael. Cesan forsothe hadde no sones, bot douȝ|ters, and Egipcian seruaunt, Gera by name; and he ȝaue to hym his douȝter wijf, the whiche bare to hym Ethei. Ethei forsothe gat Nathan, and Nathan gat Zadab. Zadab forsothe gat Ophial, and Ophial gat Obed. Obed gat Hieu, Hieu gat Azariam, Azarias gat Helles, Helles gat Elasa, Elasa gat Sesamoi, Sesamoi gat Sellum, Sellum gat Jecho|mya, Jechomya gat Elisama. The sones forsothe of Caleph, brother of Jeramael; Mosa his first goten; he is the fadir of Ȝiph; and the sonys of Meresa, fadir of Ebron. Forsothe the sonys of Ebron; Chore, and Raphu, Recem, and Samma. Samma forsothe gat Raam, fadir of Jere|haham; and Recem gat Semei. The sone of Semei, Maon; and Maon, the fadir of Bethsur. Epha forsothe, the secoundarie wijf of Caleb, bare Arram, and Musa, and Theser; bot Arram gat Jezen. The sonis of Jadai; Regon, and Jethan, and Zesun, and Phales, and Epha, and Saaph. The secoundarie wijf of Caleb, Maacha, bare Zaber, and Therana. For|sothe Saaph, the fadir of Madmenas, gat Sue, the fadir of Magbena, and the fadir of Gabaa; the douȝter forsothe of Ca|leph was Axa. Thes weren the sones of Caleb. The sones of Hur, first goten of Effrata; Sobal, the fadir of Cariathiarym; Salma, the fadir of Bethleem; Ariph, the fadir of Bethgader. Forsothe ther weren sonys of Sobal, fadir of Cariathiarym, the whiche deuydiden the half of the rest|yngis; and of the kynrede of Cariathia|rym, Jethrei, and Afutei, and Samathei, and Macerathei. Of thes wenten out Saraitis and Eschaolitis. The sones of Salma, `fadir ofOm. E pr. m. Bethlem, and Netho|phatite, crownys of the hous of Joab, and half of the restyng of Saray. The kynredis forsothe of scribis, dwellynge in Jabes, syngynge, and aȝein sounnynge, and in tabernaclis dwellynge togider. Thes ben Cynei, the whiche camen of the feruour of the hous of the fadir of Rechab.

 CAP. III.

Dauith forsothe hadde thes sonis, the whiche ben born to hym in Ebron; the first goten, Amon, of Achynoen Jezraelite; the seconde, Danyel, of Abigail Carmel|ite; the thrid, Absalon, the sone of Maacha, douȝterthe douȝtir H. ofOm. B. Tholomei, kyng of Jessur; the ferth, Adonye, the sone of Agith; the fyfthe, Saphathie, of Abithal; the sixt, Jethraan, of Egla his wijf. Sixe thann ben born to hym in Ebron, where he regnede seuen ȝeer and sixe monethis; forsothe thre and thritty ȝere he regned in Jerusalem. Bot in Jerusalem ben born to hym sonys, Sama, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Salomon, foure, of Bersabee, douȝtir of Amyhel; Jabaar forsothe, and Elizama, and Elipheloch, and Noge, and Napheth, and Japhee, also and Elizama, and Eliade, and Eliphalech, nyne. Alle thes sonys of Dauith, with oute sonis of the secoundarie wijfis; and thei hadden a syster, Thamar. The sone forsothe of Salomon, Roboam, whos sone Abia gat Asa; of this forsothe is born Josaphat, the fadir of Joram; the whiche Joram gat Ochosie, of whome is born Joas. And of this the sone Amazias gat Aza|rie; bot Azarie, the sone of Jonathan, brouȝte forth Achaz, the fadir of Ezechie; of whome is born Manasses. Bot and Manasses gat Amon, the fadir of Josie. The sonys forsothe of Josie weren, the first goten, Johannan; the secound, Joa|chym; the thrid, Sedechie; the ferth, Sellum. Of Joachym is born Jechonyas, and Sedechie. The sonys of Jechonye, weren Asir, Salathiel, Melchiram, Fa|daia, Sennaser, and Jeth, Semai, Sama, and Nadabia. Of Phadaia ben born Zorobabel, and Semei. Zorobabel gat Mosollam, Ananyam, and Salomyth, the syster of hem; and Asabam, and Ochol, and Barachie, and Asadie, Josabesed, fyue. The sone forsothe of Ananye, Falciar, the fadir of Jeseie, whos sone Raphaia. Of this forsothe the sone Arnan, of the whiche is born Abdia, whos sone was Sechenya. The sone of Sechenye, Semeia, whos sonys, Archus, and Jegal, and Baaria, and Naaria, and Saphath; sixe in noumbre. The sonys of Naarie; Elioenai, and Ezechiaz, and Zicram, thre. Sonys of Elioenai; Odyna, and Eliazub, and Pheleia, and Acub, and Johannan, and Dalaia, and Anani, seuen.

 CAP. IV.

Sones of Juda; Phares, and Esrom, and Carmy, and Hur, and Sobal. Reya for|sothe, the sone of Sobal, gat Jeth; of whom ben born Achymay, and Laed. Thes the kynredis of Sarathy. This forsothe the lynage of Ethan; Jesrael, Jezema, and Jedeboz; name forsothe of the syster of hem Azalelfuny. Funyel forsothe the fadir of Jedor, and Ezer, the fadir of Osa; thes ben the sones of Hur, first goten of Effrata, the fadir of Bethleem. Of Asur forsothe, fader of Techue, weren two wijues, Hala, and Naara; forsothe Naara bare to hym Chosam, and Epher, and Theman, and Aschari; thes ben the sonys of Naara. Forsothe the sones of Hala; Cereth, Ysaar, and Ethan. Chus forsothe gat Anob, and Sobaba, and the cognaciouns of Arab, sone of Arym. Jabes forsothe was noble beforn alle hisOm. ABCFH. bretheren; and his modir clepide the name of hym Jabes, seyinge, For I bare hym in so|row. Forsothe Jabes inwardly clepyde the God of Yrael, seyinge, Ȝif blessynge thou schalt blessen to me, and largen my termys, and thin hond were with me, and makist me not toOm. A. ben oppressed of malice. And the Lord ȝaue to hym that he preyed. Caleph forsothe, brother of Sua, gat Machir, that was the fadir of Eston; forsothe Eston gat Bechus, Ra|pha, aud Phese, and Thena, the fadir of the cyte of Naas. Thes ben the men of Recha. The sonys forsothe of Cenes; Othonyel, and Saraia. Forsothe the sonys of Othonyel; Othiath, and Mao|nathi, the whiche gat Ofra. Saraias for|sothe gat Joab, fadir of the valey of craftis men; ther forsothe weren craftise men. Sonys forsothe of Caleph, sone of Jephone; Hyn, and Hela, and Nahem. The sonys forsothe of Hela; Jalael, and Cenes. The sonys forsothe of Jalael; Ceph, and Cipha, and Thiria, and Asra|hech. And the sonys of Esra; Jether, and Merid, and Epher, and Jason; and he gat Mariam, and Semoi, and Jesba, the fadir of Eschamo. The wijf forsothe of hym, Judaia, gat Jared, fadir of Jedor; and Eber, fadir of Socho; and Hieutiel, fader of Zanon. These forsothe the sonys of Bethie, douȝtir of Pharao, the whiche Mered toke. And the sonys of the wijf of Odoye, syster of Nathan, fadir of Seila; Garmy, and Escamo, that was of Machathi. The sonys forsothe of Symeon, Amon, and Rena; the sone of Aman, Chilon; and the sonys of Jeci, Zoeth, and Benzoeth. The sonys of Cela, sone of Juda; Her, fadir of Lecha, and Laada, fadir of Marasa; and the kynredis of the hous of men wirchynge bijs in the hous of oth; and the whiche maad the sonne to stonden, and men of lesynge, and syker, and goynge, the whiche weren princis in Moab, and the whiche ben turned aȝeyn in Leem; thes forsothe ben the olde wordis. Thes ben potters dwell|ynge in plauntyngis, and in cratchis, anentis kyngis in their werkis; and thei dwelliden there. The sonys of Symeon; Namyel, and Jamyn, Jarib, Zara, Saul. Sellum, the sone of hym; Mapsan, the sone of hym; andOm. CEFH. Masma, the sone of hym. The sonys of Masma; Accuel, the sone of hym; and Zaccur, the sone of hym; and Semei, the sone of hym. The sonys of Semei sixtene, and douȝtris sixe; the bretheren forsothe of hym hadden not many sonys, and al the kynrede myȝte not maken euen to the soumme of the sonys of Juda. Forsothe thei dwel|liden in Bethsabe, and Molada, and Asersual, and in Balaa, and in Asometh, and in Tholoth, and in Bathuel, and Orma, and in Sichelech, and in Beth, and Mathaboth, and in Archasusyn, and in Bethberai, and in Saarym; thes the cytees of hem, vnto kyng Dauid. The touns forsothe of hem; Ethan, and Aen, and Remmon, and Techen, and Azan; fyue cytees. And alle the lityll touns of hem by enuyroun of thes cytees, vnto Baal; this is the dwellynge of hem, and the delynge of setiscitees ABH.. Mosobali forsothe, and Jenyleth, and Josa, the sone of Ama|sie, and Joel, and Jeu, the sone of Jo|sabie, and the sonys of Saraie, the sonesonys H. of Aziel, and Elioneay, and Jamcoba, aud Sycua, and Azaia, and Adiel, and Isemeel, and Banaya; Sisa forsothe, the sone of Cephei, the sone of Allon, sone of Adaia, sone of Semri, sone of Samaia. Thes ben the princis nempnyd in their kynredis, and in the hous of ther affyny|tese thei ben multiplied hugely. And thei wenten, that thei camen in to Gador, vnto the este of the valey, and for to sechen lesewes to their scheep. And thei founden most plenteuows leswes, and ful good, and most large lond, and quyete, and bryngynge fruyt, in the whiche beforn hadden dwellid ofOm. A. the lynage of Cam. Thes than camen, the whiche beforn we han discryued name by name, in the dais of Ezechie, kyng of Juda; and thei smyten the tabernaclis of hem, and the dwellers that ben founden there; and thei dyden hem aweye vnto the present day; and thei dwelliden for hem, for most plenteuows leswes weren founden there. Of the sonys forsothe of Symeon wenten in to the hil of Seir fyue hundreth men, hauynge princis Phalsie, and Nariam, and Raphayam, and Osiel, the sonys of Jesy; and thei smyten the relikis, that miȝten not ascapyn of Amalachytes; and thei dwelliden for hem there vnto this day.

 CAP. V.

The sonys forsothe of Ruben, the first goten of Yrael; he forsothe was his first goten, bot for he hadde defoulid the bed of his fadir, the riȝtis of his first getynge ben ȝeuen to the sonys of Joseph, the sone of Yrael; and he is not holden in to the first goten. Forsothe Judas, that was the strengist amonge his bretheren, of his stok princis ben buriounned; the riȝtis of the first getyng forsothe ben acountyde to Joseph. Than the sonys of Ruben, the firste goten of Yrael; E|noch, and Fallu, Esrom, and Charmy. The sonys of Joel; Samaia, the sone of hym; Gog, the sone of hym; Semei, the sone of hym; Mycha, the sone of hym; Rema, the sone of hym; Baal, the sone of hym; Bera, the sone of hym; whome caytijf ladde Teglat Falasar, kyng of As|siries; and he was a prince in the lynage of Ruben. The bretheren forsothe of hym, and al the kynrede, whan thei weren noumbred by their meines, hadden princis Jeihel, and Zacharie. Forsothe Baala, the sone of Achaz, sone of Sama, sone of Johel, he dwellide in Aroer vnto Nebo and Beelmeon; aȝeynst the eest forsothe coost he dwellide, vnto the entre of Heremy, and the flode of Eufraten. Myche forsothe noumbre of bestis he weldide in the lond of Galaad. In the days forsothe of Saul thei fouȝten aȝeynus Agarienis, and slewen hem; and dwell|iden for hem in their tabernaclis, in al the coost that beholdith to the este of Galaad. The sonys forsothe of Gad forn aȝeynst hem dwelliden in the lond of Ba|san vnto Selcha; Joel in the heued, and Sapham the secounde; Janay forsothe and Sapha in Basan. And the bretheren of hem aftir the houses of their kynredis, Mychael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jore, and Joachan, and Zie, and Heber, seuen. Thes the sones of Abiel, sone of Vri, sone of Jaro, sone of Galaad, sone of Michael, sone of Jesesi, sone of Jeddo, sone of Bus. The bretheren forsothe of the sone of Abdiel, sone of Gummy, prince of the hous in their meynes. And thei dwelliden in Galaad, and in Baasan, and in the lityl tounes of it, in alle the suburbis of Arnon, vnto the termys. Alle thes ben noumbred in the days of Joa|than, kyng of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam, kyng of Yrael. The sonys of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynage ofOm. A. Manasse, men fiȝters berynge sheeldis and swerdis, and bendynge bowe, and tauȝt to batailis, foure and fourety thou|sandis seuen hundreth and sixty, goynge forthe to fiȝt, fouȝten aȝeynus Agariens. Ethureis forsothe, and Naphi, and Nadab, ȝeuen to hem help; and Agariens ben taken in to the hondis of hem, and alle that weren with hem; for the Lord thei inwardly clepiden, whil thei fouȝten, and he herde hem, forthi that thei hadden leeuedbileued A. in hym. And thei token alle thingis that they hadden weldid, of cha|mels fyfty thousand, and of scheep two hundreth and fyfty thousand, and of assis two thousand, and lyues of men an hundreth thousand; and many woundidthousend FH. fellen; forsothe the batayl of the Lord it was. Thei dwelliden for hem vnto the transmygracioun. The sonis forsothe of the half lynage of Manasse weldeden the lond, fro the coostis of Basan vnto Baal Hermon, and Sanyr, and the hyl of Her|mon; a grete forsothe noumbre ther was. And thes weren the pryncis of the hous of the kynrede of hem; Efer, and Jesi, and Heliel, and Esriel, and Jere|mye, and Odoye, and Jedehel, men most strong and myȝty, and duykis nemned in their meynes. Forsothe thei forsoken the God of their fadirs, and dyden fornyca|cioun aftir goddis of the puplis of the lond, the whiche the Lord toke aweye beforn hem. And the Lord God of Yrael rered the spirit of Phul, the kyng of As|siries, and the spirit of Teglat Falasar, kyng of Assur; and translatyde Ruben, and Gad, and the half lynage of Manasse, and he brouȝte hem in to Ale, and Abor, and Aram, and the flode of Gosam, vnto this day. The sonys of Leuy; Jerson, Caath, and Mereri. The sonis of Caath; Amram, Isaar, Ebron, and Oziel. The sonys of Amram; Aaron, Moyses, and Maria. The sonys of Aaron; Nadab, and Abyu, Eliazar, and Ythamar. Elia|zar gat Phynees, and Phynees gat Abi|sue; Abisue gat Bocci, and Bocci gat Osy; Osy gat Zaraias, Zaraias gat Me|royoth. Forsothe Meroyoth gat Amaryas, Amaryas gat Achytob, Achitob gat Sa|doch, Sadoch gat Achimas, Achimas gat Azarias, Azarias gat Johannam, Johan|nam gat Azarias; he is Azarias, the prest of the kynde of Aaron, the which vside in the hous presthod, that Salamon bylde in Jerusalem. Forsothe Azarias gat Amarias, and Amarias gat Achitob, Achitob gat Sadoch, Sadoch gat Sellum, Sellum gat Elchias, Elchias gat Azari|amZacharias E., AzariasZacharias E. gat Sarayam, Sarayam gat Josedech. Forsothe Josedech ȝede out, whanne the Lord translatyde Judam and Jerusalem by the hondis of Nabugo|donosor kyng.

 CAP. VI.

The sonis than of Leuy; Jersan, Caath, and Merery. And thes the namys of the sonys of Jersan; Lobeni, and Semei. The sonys of Caath; Amram, and Ysachar, and Ebron, and Osiel. The sonys of Merery; Mooli, and Musi. Thes forsothe the kyn|redis of Leuy aftir the meynees of hem; Jersan; Lobeni, the sone of hym; Jaath, the sone of hym; Sama, the sone of hym; Joath, the sone of hym; Addo, the sone of hym; Zara, the sone of hym; Jethrai, the sone of hym. The sonys of Caath; Amynadab, the sone of hym; Chore, the sone of hym; Asura, the sone of hym; Elchana, the sone of hym; Abiasaf, the sone of hym; Aser, the sone of hym; Caath, the sone of hym; Vriel, the sone of hym; Osias, the sone of hym; Saul, the sone of hym. The sonys of Helchana; Amasay, Achy|mooth, and Helchana. The sonys of Hel|chana; Sophai, the sone of hym; Naath, the sone of hym; Eliab, the sone of hym; Heroan, the sone of hym; Elchana, the sone of hym. The sonys of Samuel; the first goten Nasen, and Abiam. The sonys forsothe of Mereri; Moli, the sone of hym; Lobeny, the sone of hym; Semey, the sone of hym; Osa, the sone of hym; Sama, the sone of hym; Aggias, the sone of hym; Azaia, the sone of hym. Thes ben the whiche Dauid ordeynde vpon the syngers of the hous of the Lord, sithen the arke was brouȝt to; and thei myny|streden before the tabernacle of witness|ynge syngynge, to the tyme that Salo|mon hadde byld the hous of the Lord in Jerusalem; thei stoden forsothe aftir their order in their seruyse. Thes for|sothe ben that stoden to with their sonys. Of the sonys of Caath; Eman syngere, the sone of Joel, sone of Samuel, sone of Elchana, sone of Jeroam, sone of Heliel, sone of Thou, sone of Suph, sone of El|chana, sone of Meath, sone of Amazi, sone of Elchana, sone of Johel, sone of Azarie, sone of Sophonie, sone of Caath, sone of Aser, sone of Abiesaf, sone of Chore, sone of Ysaar, sone of Caath, sone of Leuy, sone of Yrael. And the brother of hym, Asaf, that stode on the riȝt syde of hym, Asaf, the sone of Bara|chie, sone of Samaa, sone of Mychael, sone of Basie, sone of Melchie, sone of Attay, sone of Zara, sone of Adala, sone of Edan, sone of Zama, sone of Semei, sone of Jeth, sone of Jersan, sone of Leuy. The sonys forsothe of Mereri, the bretheren of hem, at the left; Ethan, the sone of Cusy, sone of Abdi, sone of Moloch, sone of Asabie, sone of Amasie, sone of Elchie, sone of Amasai, sone of Bonny, sone of Somer, sone of Mooly, sone of Musy, sone of Merari, sone of Leuy. The bretheren forsothe of hem, Leuytis, that ben ordeynd in to al the seruyse of the tabernacle of the hous of the Lord. Aaron forsothe and his sonys brenden encense vpon the auter of brent sacrifices, and vpon the auter of the maad encense, in to al the werk of the holy of halowes; and that they preyen for Yrael, aftir alle thingis that Moyses, the seruaunt of God, comaundyde. Thes for|sothe ben the sonys of Aaron; Eliazar, the sone of hym; Phynees, the sone of hym; Abisue, the sone of hym; Boccy, the sone of hym; Ogzi, the sone of hym; Zara, the sone of hym; Meraioth, the sone of hym; Amarias, the sone of hym; Achitob, the sone of hym; Sadoch, the sone of hym; Achymaas, the sone of hym. And thes the dwellynge placis of hem, by tounnes and neeȝ coostis, of thilk sones, that is, of Aaron, aftir the kynredis of Caathitis; to hem forsothe by lott thei fellen. Thanne thei ȝeuen to hem Ebron in the lond of Juda, and the suburbis of it by enuyroun; the feeldis forsothe of the cyte, and the touns, to Caleph, the sone of Jephone. Forsothe to the sonys of Aaron thei ȝeuen cytees to fleen to; Ebron, and Lobna, and the suburbis of it, Jether forsothe, and Escamo with his suburbis, and Helon, and Aber, with their suburbis, Aaron forsothe, and Bethsames, and the suburbis of hem. Of the lynage forsothe of Benjamyn, Gabee, and the suburbis of it, and Alamath with his suburbis, Anathoth forsothe with his suburbis; alle the cytees thrittene with their suburbis, by their kynredis. To the sonys forsothe of Caph, residue of therthe B. kynrede, thei ȝeuen of the half lynage of Manasse in to possessioun tenn cytees. Forsothe toof B. the sonys of Jersan bi their kynredis, of the lynage of Ysachar, and of the lynage of Aser, and of the lynage of Neptalym, and of the lynage of Ma|nasse in Basan, fouretene cytees. To the sonys forsothe of Merery by their kyn|redis, of the lynage of Ruben, of the lynage of Gad, of the lynage of Zabulon thei ȝeuen lottis, twelue cytees. For|sothe the sonys of Yrael ȝeuen to the Leuytis cytees and the suburbis of hem; and thei ȝeuen by lott, of the lynage of the sonys of Juda, and of the lynage of the sones of Symeon, and of the lynage of the sonys of Benjamyn, thes cytees that thei clepen of their namys; and of hem that weren of the kynrede of the sonys of Caath, and there weren cytees in the termys of hem of the lynage of Effraym. And thei ȝeuen to hem cytees to fleen to; Sychym with his suburbis in the mount of Effraym, and Gasa with his suburbis, Hicmaan forsothe with his suburbis, and Betheron also. Also of the lynage of Dan, Ebethe, Jebethor, and Heielan, and Helon with his suburbis, and Jethremon into the same maner. Forsothe of the half lynage of Manasse, Aner, and the suburbis of it, Balaham, and the suburbis of it; to thes, that is, that of the kynrede of the sonys of Caath weren laft. To the sonys forsothe of Jer|son, of the kynrede of the half lynage of Manasse, Gawlon in Basan, and the sub|urbis of it, and Astaroth with his sub|urbis. Of the lynage of Ysachar, Cedes, and the suburbis of it, and Daberith with his suburbis, Samoth forsothe, and his suburbis, and Anen with his suburbis. Of the lynage forsothe of Aser, Masal with his suburbis, and Adon lijc maner, Asach forsothe, and the suburbis of it, and Roob with his suburbis. Bot of the lynage of Neptalym, Cedes in Galilee, and the suburbis of it, Amon with his sub|urbis, and Cariathiarym, and the suburbis of it. To the sonys forsothe of Mereri residue, of the lond of Zabulon, Remon, and the suburbis of it, and Thabor with his suburbis. Beȝonde Jordan forsothe, forn aȝeynst Jericho, aȝeinus the est of Jordan; of the lynage of Ruben, Bozor in wildirnesse with his suburbis, and Jaza with his suburbis, Cademoth for|sothe, and the suburbis of it, and My|phaath with his suburbis. Also of the lynage of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, and the suburbis of it, Manaym with his suburbis, bot and Esebon with his sub|urbis, and Jezer with his suburbis.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe the sonys of Ysachar; Thola, and Fua, Jazub, and Zameron, foure. The sonis of Thola; Ozi, and Raphaya, and Jerehel, and Jemay, and Jepsen, and Samuel, princes by the houses of their cognaciouns. Of the lynage of Thola, most stronge men ben noumbred in the days of Dauid, two and twenty thousand and sixe hundreth. The sonis of Ozi, Jesraya; of whome ben born Michael, and Obadia, and Johel, and Jesay, fyue, alle princes. And with hem by meynees, and ther puplis, gird to batail most stronge men sixe and thritty thousand; forsothe thei hadden many wijues and sonys. And the bretheren of hem by alle the kynredis of Ysachar most stronge to fiȝten seuen and eyȝty thousand ben noumbred. The sonys of Benjamyn; Bale, and Bochor, and Adiel, thre. The sonis of Bale; Esbon, and Ozi, and Osiel, and Jerimoth, and Uray, fyue, princis of the meynees, to fiȝten most stronge; the noumbre forsothe of hem two and twenty thousand and foure and thritty. Bot the sonys of Bochor; Samyra, and Joas, and Eliazer, and Elioenay, and Zamry, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and Anathot, and Anathan; alle thes the sonys of Bochor. There ben noumbred forsothe by their meynes princis of kynredis to batayls most stronge twenty thousand and two hundreth. Forsothe the sonys of Ledyel, Baalan; the sonys forsothe of Baalan, Jheus, and Beniamyn, and Aoth, and Canana, and Jotham, and Thassis, and Thasaar. Alle thes the sonys of Ledyel, princes of therthe ABFH. kynredis most stronge men, seuentene thousand and two hundreth, to batayl goynge forthe. Sa|phan forsothe and Akham, thes the sonis of Hyr; and Asyn, the sone of Asir. The sonys forsothe of Neptalym; Jasiel, and Gumy, and Azer, and Sellum; the sonys of Bale. Forsothe the sonesonys FH. of Manasse, Ezriel; and the secoundary wijf of hym Cira gat Machir, the fadir of Galaad. Machir forsothe toke wijues to his sonys Huphyn and Suphyn; and he hadde a syster Maacha by name; and name of the secounde sone Salphaath, and there ben born to Salphaath douȝtirs. And Maacha, the wijf of Machir, bare a sone, and clepide the name of hym Phares; forsothe the name of his brother Sares; and the sonis of hym, Vlam and Recem. The sone forsothe of Vlam, Baldan. Thes the sonys of Galaad, sone of Machir, sone of Manasse; the syster forsothe of hym Regma, aand a A. fayr man sche bare, Abiezer, and Moola. Forsothe ther weren the sonys of Semeida; Abym, and Cychym, and Liey, and Anynam. The sonys for|sothe of Effraym; Suchaba; Bareth, the sone of hym; Caath, the sone of hym; Elida, the sone of hym; and Caath, the sone of hym; and of this the sone, Zedaba; and of this the sone, Suthala; and of this the sone, Ezer, and Elad. Forsothe ther slewen hem the men of Geth thenns goten, for thei camen doun that thei assailen the possessiouns of hem. Thanne weylid Effraym, the fadir of hem, many days; and there camen his britheren, that thei comforten hym. And he wente in to his wijf, the whiche conceyued, and bare a sone; and clepyde his name Berya, for thi that in the euyls of his hous he was born. The douȝtir forsothe of hym was Sara; the whiche bildide up Beth|eron, the nether and the ouer, and Ozen, and Sara. Forsothe the sone of hir, Rapha, and Receph, and Thale; of the whiche is born Thaan, the whiche gat Laadon; of this forsothe the sone, Amyud, gat Elizama; of the whiche is born Nun; the whiche hadde a sone Josue. The possessioun forsothe of hem and dwell|ynge, Bethel with his douȝtirs, and aȝeyns the este of Noram; at the west plage of Gazer, and the douȝtirs of it, Sychem with his douȝtirs, and Aza with his douȝtirs. Besydis forsothe the sonys of Manasse, Bethsan, and the douȝtirs of it, Thanach, and the douȝtirs of it, Magedo, and the douȝtirs of it, Dor, and the douȝ|tirs of it; in thes dwelliden the sonys of Joseph, sone of Yrael. The sonys of Aser; Jerona, and Jesua, and Ysui, and Baria; and Sara, the syster of hem. The sonys forsothe of Baria; Heber, and Mel|chiel; he is the fadir of Barsath. Heber forsothe gat Jeflath, and Somer, and Otham, and Sua, the syster of hem. The sonys forsothe of Jeflath; Phosech, and Camaal, and Jasoph; thes the sonys of Jeflath. Bot the sonys of Somer; Aachi, and Roaga, and Jaba, and Aram. The sonys forsothe of Helem, his brother; Supha, and Jemma, and Selles, and Amal. The sonys of Supha; Sue, Arna|pheth, and Sual, and Bery, and Jamra, and Bozor, and Odor, and Sama, and Salusa, and Jethram, and Beram. The sonis of Ether; Jephone, and Phaspha, and Ara. The sonys forsothe of Ollaa; Areth, and Anyel, and Resya. Alle thes the sonys of Azer, princesprince ABFH. of the kyn|redis, chosen and most stronge duykis of duykis; the noumber forsothe, of the age of hem that was able to batayl, sixe and twenty thousand.

 CAP. VIII.

Beniamyn forsothe gat Baale his first goten, Asbaal the secounde, Othora the thrid, Naua the ferthe, and Rapha the fyft. And the sonys of Baale weren Addoar, and Jera, and Abiud, Abisue forsothe, and Noemany, and Achoe, Zed, and Jera, and Sephusam, and Vram. Thes ben the sonys of Adoth, princis of the kynredis dwellyng in Gabaa, the whiche ben translatid in Manath. Naa|man forsothe, and Achia, and Jera, he translatide hem, and gat Osa, and Abyud; bot Saarym he gat in the regioun of Moab, aftir that he laft Vrym and Bara, his wijues; forsothe he gat of Edes, his wijf, Jobab, and Sebia, and Mosa, and Molchom, Jebus forsothe, and Sechia, and Marma; thes ben the sonys of hym, princis in their meynees. Meusym for|sothe gat Achytob, and Elphaal. For|sothe the sonys of Elphaal; Eber, and Mysaam, and Samaath; this bilde Ono, and Lod, and the douȝtirs of it; Bara forsothe and Sama, princis of the kyn|redis dwellynge in Haylon; thes dryuen aweye the dwellers of Geth; and Hayo, and Sesach, and Jerymoth, and Sadabia, and Arod, and Eder, Mychael forsothe, and Jespha, and Joaa, the sonys of Ba|ria; Sadabia, and Mosollam, and Elethi, and Heber, and Jezamari, and Jesua, and Jobab, sonys of Elphaal; Rachym, and Zecri, and Zabdi, and Helioenai, and Selectai, and Henelech, and Adaya, and Baraza, and Samarath, the sonys of Se|mei; Jesfan, and Heber, Esiel, and Abyon, and Zechri, and Abdi, and He|lioenai, and Sarai, and Heliel, and Abdon, and Zechri, and Chanaan, and Ananya, and Phanuel, the sonys of Sesaach; Sampsari, and Scoria, and Otholia, and Jersia, and Helia, and Zechri, the sonys of Jeroam. Thes patriarkis and princis of kynredis, that dwelliden in Jerusalem. In Gabaon forsothe dwelliden Abigabaon, and name of his wijf Maacha; the sone forsothe of hym, the first goten Abdon, and Sur, and Ciz, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, Jeddo forsothe, and Hayo, and Zacher, and Machellot. And Ma|chellot gat Samaa; and thei dwelliden forn aȝeins their bretheren in Jerusalem with their bretheren. Ner forsothe gat Ciz, and Ciz gat Saul. Forsothe Saul gat Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Abyna|dab, and Vbaal. The sone forsothe of Jonathan, Myphybaal; and Myphibaal gat Mycham. The sonys of Mycha; Phiton, and Meleth, and Thara, and Achaz. And Achaz gat Joiada; and Joiada gat Almoth, and Azymoth, and Zamry. Forsothe Zamry gat Mosa; and Moosa gat Banaa, whos sone was Raphaia, of the whiche is born Elesa, the whiche gat Esel. Forsothe of Esel sixe sonys weren with thes namys, Esri|cham, Bocheu, Ismael, Saraia, Abadia, Aman; alle thes the sonys of Ezel. The sonys forsothe of Aza, brother of hym; Vlam, the first goten, and Hus, the secounde, and Eliphales, the thrid. And the sonys of Vlam weren most strong men, and with grete streyngthe beend|ynge bowe, and many sonys hauynge, and sonys sones, vnto an hundreth and fyfty thousand. Alle thes the sonys of Beniamyn.

 CAP. IX.

Thanne alleOm. E pr. m. Yrael is noumbred, and the summe of hem writen in the boke of the kyngis of Yrael and of Juda; and thei ben translatid in to Babyloyne for their trespasse. Whiche forsothe dwell|iden first in their cytees, and in the pos|sessiouns of Yrael, and prestis, and Le|uytis, and Nacheneis, dwelliden in Jeru|salem. Of the sonys of Juda, and of the sonys of Beniamyn, of the sonys forsothe of Effraym, and of Manasse; Ose, the sone of Ameud, sone of Zemri, sone of Omroy, sone of Bonny, of the sonys of Phares, sone of Juda; and of Cilon, Josia, the first goten, and the sonys of hym; of the sonis forsothe of Saray, Heuel, and the bretheren of hem; sexe hundreth and nynty. Forsothe of the sonys of Beniamyn; Salo, the sone of Mosollam, sonethe sone H. of Odoia, sone of Azana, and Jobanya, sone of Jeroam, and Ela, the sone of Osy, sone of Mochosy, and Mosollam, the sone of Safazie, sone of Rahuel, sone of Jebanye, and the bre|theren of hem, bi their meynes; nyne hun|dreth and sixe and fyfty. Alle thes the princis of their kynredis by the housis of their fadirs. Of the prestis forsothe, Joiadaof Joiada ABCE pr. m. FH., Josarib, and Jachym; Azariasand Azarias H. forsothe, the sone of Elchie, sone of Mo|sollam, sone of Sadoch, sone of Maraioth, sone of Achitob, the bischop of the hous of the Lord. Forsothe Adayas, the sone of Jeroam, sone of Fasor, sone of Mel|chia, and Mazaya, the sone of Adihel, sone of Jezra, sone of Mosollam, sone of Mosellamoth, sone of Emyner, the bretheren forsothe of hem, princis bi their meynes, a thousand seuen hun|drith and seuenty, most stronge men bi streyngth, to don the werc of the seruyse in the hous of the Lord. Of the Leuytis forsothe, Semeia, the sone of Assub, sone of Ezricham, sone of Azebny, of the sonys of Merery; Bathacar forsothe carpenter, and Galabeth, and Machama, the sone of Mycha, sonethe sone H. of Zechry, sone of Asaph, and Obdias, the sone of Semeie, sone of Calaal, sone of Ydytym, and Barachia, the sone of Asa, sone of Helchana, that dwellide in the porchis of Methofatite. The porters forsothe, Sellum, and Acub, and Thelmon, and Achymam, and the bretheren of hem; Sellum prince; vnto that tyme in the ȝate of the kyng at the est, thei kepten by ther whilis of the sonys of Leuy. Sellum forsothe, the sone of Chore, sone of Abiasaph, sone of Chore, with his britheren, and the hous of his fadir; thes ben Choritis vpon the werkis of the seruyce, kepers of the vestiaryes of the tabernacle, and the meynees of hem be whilis kepynge the entre of the tentis of the Lord. Phynees forsothe, the sone of Eliazar, was duyke of hem beforn the Lord. Forsothe Za|charye, the sone of Mosollam, portere of the ȝate of the tabernacle of witness|ynge. Alle thes chosen `in tovnto H. vsscheris by ȝatis two hundrith and twelue, and discryued in propre townys, whome or|deyneden Dauid and Samuel, seeynge in his feith, bothe hem and the sonys of hem in the dores of the hous of the Lord, and in the tabernacle of witnessyng, be their whilis. By foure wyndis weren the vsscheris, that is, at the este, and at the weste, and at the northe, and at the southe. The bretheren forsothe of hem dwellide in lityl townys, and thei camen in their sabotis fro tyme vnto tyme. To thes foure Leuytis was bitaken al the noumbre of porters, and thei weren kep|inge pryue housis, andin FH. the tresours of the hous of the Lord. By enuyroun for|sothe of the temple of the Lord thei dweliden in their wardis, that whanne tyme were, thei erly schulden opynen the ȝatis. And of the kynrede of hem weren vpon the vesselis of the seruyse; at noum|bre forsothe the vesselis weren brouȝt in, and of hem brouȝt out. And the whiche hadden be tauȝt alle the necessaries of the seyntuarye, weren bifore to the tried flour, and to the wijne, and to the oyle, and to the encense, and to the swote spycesoynementis E pr. m.. The sonys forsothe of prestis maden oynmentis of swote spices. And Mathatias Leuyte, the first goten of Sel|lum Chorite, was maystir of alle thingis that weren fryed in the fryinge panne. Forsothe of the sonis of Caath, the bre|theren of hem, weren vpon the loouys of proposicyoun, that euermore newe by eche sabot thei schulden maken redy. Thes ben the princis of syngers by the meynes of Leuytis, that dwelliden in priue chaumbris, so that day and nyȝt contynuely thei seruen in therthe ABFH. seruyseseruyses C.. The heuedis of Leuytis bi their meynes, princis, dwelliden in Jerusalem. In Ga|baon forsothe thei dwelliden to gydre; the fadir of Gabaon, RayelIsrael B., and the name of his wijf, Macha; the first goten sone of hym Abdon, and Sur, and Ciz, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, Jedor forsoth, and Hayo, and Zacharias, and Macelloth; forsothe Macelloth gat Cem|maa; thes dwelliden for aȝeynst their bretheren in Jerusalem, with their bre|theren. Ner forsothe gat Ciz, and Ciz gat Saul, and Saul gat Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Abynadab, and Hisbaal. The sone forsothe of Jonathan, Miribaal, and Miribaal gat Mycha. Forsothe the sonys of Mycha; Phiton, and MalethAmaleth B., and Thara; Aaz forsothe gat Jara, and Jara gat Alamath, Asmoth, and Zamry; `and ZamriOm. ABCFH. gat Moosa, Moosa gat Baana, whos sone Rephaya gat Elesa, of whome is borne Hezel. Forsothe Hezel hadde sixe sonys in thes names, Hezricham, Bothru, Hizmael, Saria, Obdia, Anan; thes the sonys of Hezel.

 CAP. X.

Philisteis forsothe fouȝten aȝeinus Yrael, and the sonys of Yrael flowen Palestynes, and woundide thei fellen in the hil of Jesboe. And whenn Philisteis hadden neyȝid pursuynge Saul and his sonys, thei smyten Jonathan, and Abynadab, and Melchisue, the sonys of Saul. And the batayle is agreggid aȝeins Saul; and ther founden hym men scheters, and woundiden with dartis. And Saul seyde to his squyer, Drawȝe out thi swerd, and slee me, lest perauenture the vncircum|cidid commen, and scorne to me. For|sothe his squyer wolde not done that, by dreed agast; thanne Saul cauȝte a swerde, and felle in it. The whiche whanne his squyer hadde seen, that is, Saul to ben deed, also he felle in to his swerde, and is deed. Thanne Saul died, and his thre sonys, and al the hous of hym to gydre fel. The whiche thing whan the men of Yrael hadden seen, that dwelliden in the wijlde feeldis, flowen; and Saul and his sonys deed, they for|soken their cytees, andOm. H. hidir and thidir ben scatered; and Philisteis camen, and dwelliden in hem. Thanne the tother day the Philisteis drawynge aweye the spuylis of the slayn men, founden Saul and his sones lyinge in the hil of Jelboe. And whanne thei haden spuylid hym, and gird of the heued, and nakenydnakyd H. fro armys, thei senten in to their lond, that he schuld be born about, and be schewid to the templis of mawmetis and peplis; the armys forsothe of hym thei sacriden in the temple of their god, and the heued thei fitchiden in the temple of Dagon. That thing whan the men of Jabes Ga|laad hadden herd, that is, alle thingis that the Philisteis dyden vpon Saul, echon of the stronge men rysen to gyder, and token the careyns of Saul and his sonys, and brouȝten hem in to Jabes, and biri|eden the bones of hem vndir an ook, that was in Jabes; and thei fastiden seuen days. Thanne Saul is deed for his wick|idnessiswickidnes A., for thi that he brake the maunde|ment of the Lord, that he hadde co|maundide, and kept it not, bot ouermore also he councelide a wytche, and hopid not in the Lord; and for the whiche thing he slewȝ hym, and translatyde the rewme of hym to Dauid, the sone of Ysay.

 CAP. XI.

Thanne al Yrael is gaderid to gider to Dauid in Ebron, seyinge, Thi boon and thi flesche we ben; ȝisterdayȝistai CE. forsothe and the thrid day hennus, whanne ȝit regned Saul vpon Yrael, thou wer that laddist out and brouȝtist in Yrael; to thee forsothe the Lord thi God seide, Thou schal feden my puple Yrael, and thou schalt ben prince vpon it. Thanne al the more thoruȝ birthe of Yrael camen to the kyng in Ebron; and Dauid wente in with hem pese couenaunt beforn the Lord; and thei anoyntiden hym king vpon Yrael, aftir the word of the Lord, that he spac in the hond of Samuel. Thanne Dauid ȝede, and al ysrael, in to Jerusalem; this is Jebus, where weren Jebuseis dwellers of the lond. And thei that dwelliden at Jebus seiden to Dauyd, Thou schalt not commen in hydre. For|sothe Dauid toke the toure of Syon, that is the cytee of Dauid; and he seide, Eche that smytith Jebuse first, schal ben a prince and duyke. Thanne Joab, the sone of Saruye, steyȝide up first, and is maad a prince. Dauid forsothe dwellid in the tour, and therfore it is clepid the cytee of Dauid; and he bildebijldide A. up a cytee inand A. enuyroun fro Mello vnto Gyrum; Joab forsothe the tother partye of the cytee made out. And Dauith profitide goynge and waxynge, and the Lord of hoostis was with hym. Thes the princis of the stronge men of Dauid, the whiche help|iden hym, that he wer kyng vpon al Ysrael, aftir the word of the Lord that he spac to Yrael. And this the noumbre of the stronge men of Dauid; Jesbaam, the sone of Achamony, prince amonge thritty; he rerede his spere vpon thre hundrith woundide oon while. And aftir hym Eliazar, the sone of his vncle Ahoi|tes, that was among the threOm. A. myȝty. This was with Dauid in Aphedomyn, whanne Philisteis ben gederd to oon place in to batail; and ther was a feeld of that regyoun full of barly, and the puple fleiȝfleeth H. fro the face of Philisteis. This stode in the mydil of the feeld, and defendid hym; and whanne he hadde smyten the Phi|listeis, the Lord ȝaue grete helthe to his puple. ThereAnd there ABCH. wenten doun forsothe thre of the thritty princis to the petra, in the whiche was Dauid, at the denn of Odolla, whanne Philisteis hadden sett tentis in the valey of Raphaym. Forsothe Dauid was in the streyngthe, and the stacyoun of Philisteis in Bethlem. Thanne Dauid desiride watir, and seide, O! ȝif eny wolde ȝeuen to me water of the sisterne of Beth|lem, that is in the ȝate. Thanne thes thre by the mydil tentis of the Philisteis wenten, and drewen watir of the cysterne of Bethlem, that was in the ȝate, and brouȝten to Dauid, that he schuld drynk|en; the whiche wolde not, bot more offride it to the Lord, seyinge, God scheelde, that in the siȝt of my God I do this, and the blood of thes men I drynke, for in perele of their lijues thei brouȝten to me water; and for this cause he wolde not drynke. Thes thingus diden the three strengeste. Abisay forsothe, the brother of Joab, he was prince of thre, and he rerede his spere aȝeynus thre hundrith woundid; and he was amonge thre most nemned, and among theOm. A. thre the se|counde, noble, and a prince of hem; ne|uerthelater vnto the thre first he came not. Banayas, the sone of Joiade, most stronge man, the whiche many werkis dyde, of Capseel; he smote two, Aryel, Moab; and he descendide, and slowȝ a lyoun in the mydil cisterne, in tyme of snowȝ; and he smote an Egipcien man, whos stature was of fyue cubitis, and hadde a spere as the beem of websters; thanne he came doun to hym with a ȝerde, and cauȝte the spere, that he helde in hondhis hond AF pr. m., and slowȝ hym with his spere. Thes thingus dyde Bananyas, the sone of Joiade, that was amonge the thre stronge most named, and among the thritty the first; neuer the later vnto the thre he came not; Dauid forsothe putte hym at his litil ere. Forsothe the most stronge men in the hoost; Azahel, the brother of Joab, and Eleanan, the sone of his vncle of Bethlem, Semynoth Arorithes, Helles Phalonythes, Iras, the sone of Acces The|cuytes, Abieser Anothotites, Sobachai Sothites, Ilay Achoites, Marai Netho|phatites, Heles, the sone of Bana, Netho|phatites, and Hay, the sone of Relay, of Gabaoth of the sonys of Beniamyn; Ba|naya Pharathonytes, men of the strem of Gaaz, Abiel Arabathites, Azynoth Baruanythes, Eliaba Salaonythes, the sonys of Assem Jesonythes, Jonathan, the sone of Saga, Ararites, Achiam, the sone of Achar, Ararithes, Eliphal, the sone of Vri, Efer Mechurathites, Ahia Philonytes, Azrai Carmelites, Joamy, the sone of Eyrabay, Joel, the brother of Nathan, Mybahur, the sone of Agaray, Selech Amonytes, Noorai Berothites, the squyer of Joab, sone of Saruye, Yras Jethreus, Gareb Jethreus, Vrias Etheus, Sabab, the sone of Choli, Abyna, the sone of Segar Rubenyte, prince of Ru|benytis, and with hym thritty; Hanan, the sone of Macha, and Josephath Ma|thanytes, Osias Astorothites, Semma, and Rahel, sonys of Otayn Aroerites, Le|diel, the sone of Zamry, and Joa, his bro|ther, Thosaites, Heliel Maanytes, Jeribai and Josia, sonys of Elnaen, Jethma Mo|abites, Heliel, and Obed, and Jasiel of Mosobia.

 CAP. XII.

Thes forsothe camen to Dauid in Siche|lech, whanne ȝit he fleiȝ Saul, the sone of Ciz; the whiche weren most stronge and noble fiȝters, bendynge bowe, and with either hond throwynge stones with slyngis, and dressynge arewis; of the bre|theren of Saul of Beniamyn, prynce Achieser, and Joas, the sone of Samaa Gabatites, and Jasahel, and Phalleg, sonys of Asmod, and Barachia, and Jeu Anothothites; also Samayas Gabaonytes, most stronge among thritty and vpon thritty; Jeremyas, and Jezihel, and Jo|hannan, and Zebadga Zerothites, Elusai, and Jerymuth, and Baalia, and Samaria, and Saphia Araphites, Helchana, and Jesia, and Azrael, and Jeser, and Jes|baam of Tharemy, Joelam forsothe, and Sabadia, sonys of Jeroam of Jedor. But and of Gaddi ouerflowen to Dauid, whanne he lurkide in desert, mostamonge FH. stronge men, and best fiȝters, holdynge target and spere; the faces of hem as faces of a lyoun, and swyft as capretis in hillis; Ozer prince, Obdias the secound, Eliab the thridde, Masmana the ferth, Hiere|myes the fyfte, Becchi the sixte, Heliel the seuenth, Johannan the eiȝteeiȝthe C. eiȝtethe E. eyȝtith H., Elzadad the nynthe, Jeremyas the tenthe, Bachana the elleuenth; thes of the sonys of Gad, princes of the hoost; the last was before to an hundrith knyȝtis, and theOm. F. most to a thousand. Thes ben that passeden ouer Jordan the first moneth, whanne it was wont to flowen vpon his brynkis; and thei dryuen alle that dwelliden in the valeys at the este coost and at the west. Forsothe and there camen of Ben|iamyn and of Juda to the strengthe, in the whiche dwellide Dauid. And Dauid wente out to meet with hem, and seith, Ȝif pesybly ȝe ben commen to me, that ȝe helpen to me, myn herte be joyned to ȝou; ȝif forsothe ȝe weyten to me for myn aduersaries, whanne I wickidnesse haue not in myn hondis, God of oure fadirs see and deme. The spirit forsothe clothed Abisay, the prince among thritty, and seith, Thine we ben, O Dauid, and with thee, the sonesonys F pr. m. H. of Ysay; pese, pese to thee, and pese to thyn helpers, thee forsothe helpith the Lord thi God. Than Dauid toke hem, and sette hem princis of the cumpanye. Forsothe of Manasses ouerflowen to Dauid, whanne he came with Philisteis to fiȝten aȝenus Saul, and he fauȝte not with hem, for, the counseil goon in, the princis of Philisteis senten him aȝein, seyinge, In perele of ȝoureoure C. heued be he turned aȝeyn to his lord Saul. Whanne thanneOm. A. he is turned aȝein in to Sichelech, ouerflowen to hym fro Manasse, Eduas, and Josadab, and Jedielech, Mychael, and Naaz, and Joza|bath, and Helieu, and Salathy, princis of knyȝtis in Manasse. Thes ȝeuen help to Dauid aȝeyns the lityl theeues; alle for|sothe weren most stronge men, and ben maad princis in the hoost. Bot and by eche days thei camen to Dauith, to helpen to hym, vnto the time that there were maad a grete noumbre as the hoost of God. This forsothe is the noumbre of the princis of the hoost that camen to Dauid, whan he was in Ebron, that thei translatetranslatyde H. the rewme of Saul to hym, aftir the word of the Lord; the sonys of Juda, berynge target and spere, sexe thousand and eiȝt hundrith, redy to batail; of the sonys of Symeon, most stronge men to fiȝten, seuen thousand and an hundrith; of the sonys of Leuy, foure thousand and sixe hundrith; and Joiada, prince of the stok of Aaron, and with hem thre thousand and seuen hundrith; Sadoch also, a chijld of noble preuynge, and the hous of his fadir, princis two and twenty; of the sonys forsothe of Beniamyn, theOm. A. bre|theren of Saul, thre thousand; forsothe a grete partye of hem ȝit folowede the hous of Saul; but ofOm. FH. the sonys of Effraym, twenty thousand and eiȝt hun|drith, most stronge in streyngthe, men namyd in their kynredis; and of the half partye of the lynage of Manasse, eiȝteene thousand; eche bi their names camen, that thei ordeyn kyng Dauith; of the sonys also of Ysachar, men tauȝt, that knewen alle tymes to comaunden what Yrael schuld done, princis two hundreth; al forsothe the tother lynage folowede the counseils of hem; bot of Zabulon that wenten out to bateil, and stoden in the scheltrun, enfourmed in armys of batail, fyfty thousand camen in to help, not in double hert; and of Neptalym, princis of knyȝthode, and with hem enfourmed in scheelde and spere, seuen and thritty thousand; of Dan also, redy to bateil, eyȝt and twenty thousand and sexe hundreth; and of Aser, goynge outOm. FH. to fiȝten in the scheltrun egre, fourty thousand. Beȝond Jordan forsothe, of the sonys of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynage of Manasse, enfourmed in armes of batel, an hundreth and twenty thousand. Alle thes men fiȝters and redy to fiȝten, with perfijt hert camen in to Ebron, that thei setten Dauid kyng vpon alOm. F. Yrael; bot and al the remnaunt of Ysrael weren in oon hert, that Dauith wer maad kyng vpon alOm. ABCFH. Yrael. And thei weren there anentis Dauith thre days, etinge and drynkynge; forsothe the bretherenbrether FH. of hem hadde beforne maad redy to hem; bot and thilk that weren besidis hem, vnto Ysachar and Zabulon and Neptalym, brouȝten looues to eten, in assis, and chamoilis, and mulis, and oxen; mele, and chargis of fijgis, and dried grapis, wijne, oyle, oxen, and wethers, at al plente; ioye forsothe was in Yrael.

 CAP. XIII.

Dauith forsothe wente in to counseil with the maystirs of thousandis, and maystirs of hundrithes, and with al the princis. And he seith to al the com|panye of the sonys of Yrael, Ȝif it plesith to ȝou, and of the Lord oureȝoure H. God goth out the word that I speke, sende we to oure other bretheren inOm. BCFH. alle the regyouns of Yrael, and to the prestis and Leuytis that dwellen in the suburbis of cytees, that thei ben gedered to us, and we bryngen aȝeyn the arke of God to us; forsothe we souȝten it not in the days of Saul. And al the multitude answerd, that it so schuld be done; forsothe the word pleside to al the puple. Thanne Dauide gederide al Ysrael, fro Seor of Egipt vnto the tyme that thou go in to Emath, that he brynge the arke of God fro Cariathiarym. And Dauid steyȝide up, and alle the men of Yrael, to the hill of Cariathiarym, that is in Juda, that he brynge the arke of the Lord God syttynge vpon cherubyn, wher inwardly is clepid the name of hym. And thei putten the arke of the Lord God vpon a newe wayn of the hous of Amynadab; Osa forsothe and the bretheren of hym dryuen the wayne. Bot Dauid and al Ysrael pleyden beforn the Lord, in al vertue, in songis, and in harpis, and in sawtrees, and in tymbris, and in cymbalis, and inOm. E. trumpis. And whanne thei weren commen to the cornflore of Chydon, Osa strauȝt out his hond, that he susteyne the arke; forsothe the oxe pleyinge a litill wiȝt bowede it doun. And so the Lord is wroth aȝeinus Osam, and smote hym, forthi that he hadde touchid the arke; and he is deed there beforn the Lord. And Dauid is sory, for thi that the Lord hadde deuydid Osam; and he clepid that place The Deuydynge of Ose vnto the present day. And he dredde the Lord that tyme, sey|inge, What maner wise may I bryngen in to me the ark of the Lord? And for this cause he brouȝt it not to hym, that is, in the cyte of Dauid, bot turnede it asyde in to the hous of Obededom Jethei. Thanne the arke of God dwellide in the hous of Obededom Jethei thre monethis; and the Lord blesside to the hous of hym, and to alle thingis that he hadde.

 CAP. XIV.

Iram forsothe, kyng of Tyri, sent mes|sagers to Dauid, and cedre trees, and crafty men of wallis, and of trees, that thei bylden to hymGod E pr. m. an hous. And Dauid knewȝ that the Lord hadde con|fermed hym in to kyng vpon Yrael; and his rewme was putt up vpon Yrael his puple. And Dauid toke other wijues in Jerusalem, and gat sonis and douȝtirs. And thes the names of hem that ben born to hym in Jerusalem; Sammu, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Salomon, Jeber, and Elisu, and Heeli, and Eliphalech, also Noga, and Napheg, and Japhie, and Elisama, and Baliada, and Eliphe|lech. Forsothe Philisteis heerynge, for thi that Dauith was anoynt in to kyng vpon al Yrael, thei steyȝeden up alle for to sechen hym. The whiche thing whanne Dauid hadde herd, he wente out to meeten with hem. Bot the Philisteis commynge ben held out in the valey of Raphaym; and Dauith counseilide the Lord, seyinge, Ȝif I schal steyen up to the Philisteis? and ȝif thou schalt taken hem in to myne hondis? And the Lord seide to hym, Steyȝe up, and I schal taken hem in thin hond. And whanne thei hadden steyȝeden up in to Baal Farasym, Dauid smote hem there, and seide, God hath deuydide myne enemyse by myne hond, as watirs ben deuydide. And therfore the name of that place is clepid Baal Pharasym; and there thei forsoken their goddis, the whiche Dauith comaundide to be brent. Another while forsothe Philisteis fellen on, and ben helde out in the valey; and eft Dauith counseilede the Lord, and the Lord seide to hym, Thou schalt not steyȝen up aftir hem; go thou awey fro hem, and thou schalt fynden hem forn aȝeynus the pere trees. And whanne thou heerist the sown of goynge in the cop of the pere trees, thanne thou schalt gon out to batail; forsothe God is gon out beforne thee, that he smyte the tentis of theOm. A. Philisteis. Than Dauid dyde as God hadde comaundide to hym, and he smote the tentis of Philisteis fro Gabaon vnto Gazera. And the name of Dauid is puplischid in alle regiouns, and the Lord ȝaue the drede of hym vpon alle gentilis.

 CAP. XV.

And he maad houses to hym in the cyte of Dauid, and he bilde up the place of the ark of God, and he strauȝt out to it a tabernacle. Thanne Dauid seide, Vnleeful it is, that of eny man be born the arke of God bot of Leuytis, whome the Lord hath chosen to bernbren H. it, and to mynystre to hym vnto with outen eend. And he gadered al Yrael in to Jerusalem, that the arke of God were born in to hys place, the whiche he hadde redy before made to it; also and the sonys of Aaron and Leuytes; of the sonys of Caath Vriel was prince, and the bretheren of hym two hundrith and twenty; of the sonys of Merery, Azaia prince, and the bretheren of hym two hundrith and thritty; of the sonys of Jersan, Joel prince, and the bretheren of hym an hun|drith and thritty; of the sonis of Elisa|phan, Semeias prince, and the bretheren of hym two hundrith; of the sonys of Ebron, Helyel prince, and the bretheren of hym eyȝtyeeiȝte H.; of the sonys of Osiel, Amynadab prince, and the bretheren of hym an hundrith and twelue. And Da|uid clepide Sadoch and Abiathar prestis, and Leuytis Vriel, Azaia, Johel, Seme|yam, Eliel, and Amynadab. And he seide to hem, Ȝe that ben princes of Le|uytis meynees, be ȝe halowed with ȝour bretheren, and bryngith the arke of the Lord God of Yrael to the place, the whiche is maad redy to it; lest, as at the bigynnynge, for ȝe weren not pre|sent, the Lord smote us, so and nowe it be done, us doynge eny thinge vnleeful. Thanne the prestis ben halowed, and the Leuytis, that thei beren the ark of the Lord God of Yrael. And the sonys of Leuy token the arke of God, as Moyses hadde comaundide aftir the word of God, with their schulderis in berynge staues. And Dauid seide to the pryncis of Le|uytis, that thei schulden ordeynen of their bretheren syngers inand in A. and H. orgnes of musikis, that is, in sawtrees, and syng|ynge instrumentis, and cymbalis; that the sown of gladnesse sowne aȝeyn in heiȝtis. And thei ordeynden Leuytes, Heeman, the sone of Joel, and of his bretheren, Asaph, the sone of Barachie; of the sonis forsothe of Merery, the bre|theren of hem, Ethan, the sone of Cha|saie, and with hem their bretheren; in the secounde ordre, Zacharie, and Ben, and Jasiel, and Semmyramoth, and Ja|hiel, and Anysey, and Heliab, and Ba|nayam, and Elifalu, and Macenyam, and Obededon, and Johiel, porters; forsothe the chauntourschauntour B. Eman, Asaph, and E|than, in brasen cymbalis syngynge; Za|charie forsothe, and Osiel, and Semyra|moth, and Jayhel, and Ham, and Eliab, and Maazias, and Banaias, in orgnysorglis H. sungyn priue thingis; forsothe Matha|tias, and Eliphalu, and Macenyas, and Ebededom, and Jehiel, and Ozasyn, in harpis for the eyȝtethe sungyn cyny|chyon, that is, to the God ouercomer vic|torie and preysynge; Chononyas forsothe, prynce of the Leuytis, was beforne to the prophecie, and to the melodye to be sungyn before, he was forsothe fulwijs; and Barachias, and Helchana, porters of the arke; bot Sebenyas, and Josaphath, and Mathanael, and Amazai, and Zacha|rias, and Banayas, and Eliezer, prestis, sowneden with trumpis beforne the arke of the Lord; and Ebededom, and Achy|maas, weren porters of the arke. Thanne Dauid, and alle the more thoruȝ birthe of Yrael, and the maystirs of thousandis, wenten to the arke of pesethe pese E. couenaunt of the Lord, to ben born fro the hous of Obededom withof H. ioye. And whanne God hadde holpen the Leuytes that beeren the ark of the pese couenaunt of the Lord, `then werenther brethere ABFH. offridoffreden A. seuen boolis and seuen wethers. Forsothe Dauid was clothed with a bijs stole, and alle the Leuytis that beeren the arke, and the syngers, and Chononyas, the prince of the prophecie amonge the syngers; Da|uid forsothe also was clothed with a sur|plees. And al Yrael brouȝten the arke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord in ioye, and in sowne of trumpe, and in trumpis, and cymbalis, and sawtrees, and harpis, to gider syngynge. And whanne the arke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord was commen vnto the cytee of Dauith, Mychol, the douȝtir of Saul, beholdynge thoruȝ the wyndowe, sawȝ kyng Dauith lepynge and pleyinge; and sche dispisede him in her herte.

 CAP. XVI.

Thanne thei brouȝten in the arke of of God, and setten it in the mydil of the tabernacle, that Dauith hadde strauȝte oute to it; and thei offreden brent sacri|fices and pesible before the Lord. And whanne Dauid offrynge hadde fulfillide brent sacrifices and pesible, he blessede the puple in name of the Lord; and he deuydide to alle thoruȝ oute echone fro man vnto womman a kake of brede, and a partye of roostyd flesche of a bugle, and tried floure fryed in oyle. And he sette beforn the arke of the Lord, of the Le|uytis, that schulden mynystren, and re|corden of the werkis of hym, and glori|fien and preysen the Lord God of Yrael; Asaph prince, and his secound Zacharie, forsothe Jaihel, and Semyramoth, and Jeihel, and Mathatiam, and Eliab, and Banaya, and Obededom, and Jeiel, vpon orgnys of sawtree, and syngynge instru|mentis; Asaph forsothe schuld syngyn in cymbalis; Bananyam forsothe and Asiel, prestis, sungen in trumpe besily beforne the arke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord. In that day Dauith maad prince, to knowlachen to the Lord, Asaph, and his britheren. Knowlechith to the Lord, and inwardly clepith his name; knowen make ȝe in puplis the fyndyngis of hym. Syngith to hym, and doth psalmes to hym, and tellith alle his mer|ueyls. Preyseth his holy name; ioye the hert of men sechynge the Lord. Secheth the Lord in his vertue; sechith his face euermore. Recordith of his merueyles that he dide; of the syngnes of hym, and of the domes of his mouth; Ȝe seed of Yrael, his seruaunt; ȝethe A. sones of Jacob, his chosen. He the Lord oure God; in al erthe the domes of hym. Recordith vnto euermore of his couenaunt; of the word that he comaundide in to a thou|sand generaciouns. The whiche he co|uenauntide with Abraham; and of the ooth of hym to Ysaac. And to Jacob he sette it in to hestethe heste H.; and to Yrael in to euereeuermore H. couenauntwitnessynge E pr. m.. Seyinge, To thee I schal ȝeuen the lond of Chanaan; the lytyl cord of ȝoure eritage. Whanne thei weren fewe in noumbre; lytyl, andin H. tyly|eris of it. And thei passeden fro folk vnto folk; and fro regne to another pu|ple. He suffrede not eny man to chal|lengen hem; bot he blamede for hem kyngis. Wyle ȝe not touchen my cristis; and in my prophetis wyle ȝe not don malice. Syngith to the Lord, al the erth; tellith fro day `in tovnto C. day the ȝeuer of his helth. Tellith in gentylis his glo|rie; and in alle puplis his merueylis. For the Lord grete, and preysable ful myche; and horrible vpon alle goddis. Alle forsothe goddis mawmettis of pu|plis; the Lord forsothe heuens maad. Knowlechynge and grete doynge beforn hym; streyngthe and ioye in his place. Bryngith to the Lord, ȝe meynes of pu|ples; bryngith to the Lord glorie and empyre. Ȝeuith glorie to the name of hym, rereth sacrifice, and commith in his siȝt; and honourith the Lord in holy fairnesse. Be meued fro the siȝt of hym al erth; he forsothe foundide the world vnmeuable. Joyen heuens, and theOm. A. erth glade; and sey thei in naciouns, The Lord schal regnen. Doone the se, and theOm. FH. plente of it; ioyen the feeldis, and alle thingis that in hem ben. Thann schal preysen the trees of the wijlde wood before the Lord; for he came to demen the erthe. Knowlechith to the Lord, for goodgode F. God H. he is; for with oute ende the mercy of hym. And seith, Saue us, God oure Saueoure, and gader vs, and delyuer fro gentilis; that we knowlechen to thin holy name, and ioyen in thi dytees. BlessidBlessid be A. the Lord God of Yrael fro with out ende vnto with out ende; and sey alle puple, Amen, and an hympne to God. And so he laft there, beforn the arke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord, Asaph and his bretheren, that they schulden mynystren in the siȝt of the arke besily bi alle days andin AB. ther whilis. Forsothe Obededom and his bretheren, eyȝt and sexty, and Obededom, the sone of Ydi|tym, and Osa, he ordeynede porters. Sa|doch forsothe prest, and the bretheren of hym, prestis before the tabernacle of the Lord, in the heiȝt that was in Gabaon, that thei offren brent sacrifices to the Lord vpon the auter of brent sacrifice bisily, erly and at euen, aftir alle thingis that ben writen in the lawe of the Lord, that he comaundide to Yrael. And aftir hym Eman, and Iditym, and the tother chosen, echon bi his name, to know|lachen to the Lord; for with oute ende the mercy of hym. Heman also, and Idi|tym, synginge in trumpe, and smytynge cymbalis, and alle orgnys of musikis, to syngyn to God; the sonis forsothe of Yditym he made to ben porters. And al the puple is turned aȝein in to his hous, and Dauid, that also he schuld blessen to his hous.

 CAP. XVII.

Whanne forsothe Dauid dwellid in his hous, he seyde to Nathan, the prophete, Loo! I dwelle in a cedre hous; the arke forsothe of the pese couenaunt of the Lord is vndir skynnes. And Nathan seith to Dauith, Alle thingis that ben in thi hert do, God forsothe is with thee. Than that nyȝt is maad the word of the Lord to Nathan, seyinge, Go, and speke to Dauith, my seruaunt, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Thou schalt not bylde to me an hows to dwellendwelle yn A.; ne forsothe I dwellede in hous, fro that tyme that I ladde out Yrael fro the lond of Egipt `in tovnto E. this day, bot was euermore chaung|ynge the placesplace A. of tabernacle, and in tent with al Yrael dwellynge. Whether I spake oonly to oon of the iugis of Yrael, to whome I hadde comaundid, that he schulde feden my puple, and seyde, Why hast thou not bildidbild ACEFH. up `to meOm. B. a cedre hous? Nowe also thus thou schalt speken to my seruaunt Dauid, Thes thingis seith the Lord of hoostis, I toke thee, when in lesewes thou folow|edist the flok, that thou were duyke of my puple Yrael; and I was with thee whither euer thou wentist, and I slewȝ alle thin enmyes beforn thee, and I maad to thee a name as of oon of the grete men that ben oft wirschipid inheere in FH. theOm. FH. erthe. And I ȝaue a place to my puple Yrael; it schal be plauntid, and he schal dwelle in it, and no more he schal be meued, ne the sonis of wickidnesse schuln to-tern hem, as fro the begynnynge of the days inthe EF. whiche I ȝaue iuges to my puple Yrael; and I haue mekid alle thin enmyes. I telle than to thee, that the Lord be to belden to thee an hous. And whanne thou hast fulfillid thy days, that thou go to thi fadirs, I schal reren thi seed aftir thee, that schal ben of thi sonys, and I schal stablen the rewme of hym; he schal beelde to me an hous, and I schal fastnen his seeseed A. vnto with outen ende. I schal ben to hym in to fadir, and he schal ben to me in to sone; and my mercy I schal not don awey fro hym, as I toke aweye fro hym that was bifore thee; and I schal setten hym in my hous and in my regne vnto euer|more; and the trone of hym schal be most fast vnto with oute ende. Aftre alle thes wordis, and aftir al this visioun, thus spak Nathan to Dauid. And whanne kyng Dauid was commen, and hadde syt|ten before the Lord, he seide, Who am I, Lord God, and what my hous, that thou schuldist ȝeuen to me syche thingus? Bot and that lityl is seen in thi siȝte, and therfore thou speke on the hous of thi seruaunt, also in to comyn; and thou hast maad me heeȝ vpon alle men. Lord God, what more ouer may Dauid adden, whanne thus thou hast glorified thi ser|uaunt, and knowen hym? Lord, for thi seruaunt aftir thi herte thou hast done al this grete doynge, and al thi grete woundirs thou woldist to ben knowen. Lord, ther is noon lijc thee, and ther is noon other God with oute thee, of al the whiche we han herd with oure eris. Who forsothe is an other as thi puple Yrael, oon folk of kynde in the lond, to the whiche God wente, that he delyuere and make a peple to him, and by his gretnesse and grysynges he caste out na|cyouns fro his face, the whiche he hadde delyuerd fro Egipt? And thou hast putte thy puple Ysrael to thee in to a puple in to with oute eend, and thou, Lord, art maad his God. Now thann, Lord, the word that thou hast spoken to thi seruaunt, and vpon his hous, be con|fermed in to with outen eend, and do, as thou hast spoken; and thi name abijde stille, and be magnyfied in to euermore; and be it seid, The Lord of hoostis, God of Yrael, and the hous of Dauid, his ser|uaunt, abijdynge stille beforn hym. Thou forsothe, Lord my God, hast told opynly the lityl ere of thi seruaunt, that thou schuldist bilden to hym an hous; and therfore thi seruaunt hath founden trust, that he preye before thee. Nowe thanne, Lord, thou ert God, and thou hast spoken to thi seruaunt so fele benfetis; and thou hast begunnen to blessen to the hous of thi seruaunt, that it be euer more before thee; thee forsothe blessynge, blessid it schal ben in to with outen end.

 CAP. XVIII.

Done it is forsothe aftir thes thingis, that Dauid schuld smijten Philisteis, and meeken hem, and taken Geth and the douȝtirs of it fro the hond of Philisteis, and smijten Moab; and Moabitis schulden ben maad the seruauntis of Dauid, of|fringe to hym ȝiftis. That tyme also Dauid smote Adadeser, kyng of Soba, of the regyoun of Emath, whanne he wente for to largen his empyre vnto the flode of Eufraten. Thanne Dauid toke a thou|sand foure whelid cartis of hym, and seuen thousand of hors men, and twenty thousand of fote men; and he kutte the knee senewis of alle the hors of the chaaris, out taken an hundrith foure whelid cartis, the whiche he reseruede to hym silf. Forsothe and Cyre Damascen came ouer, that he ȝeue helpe to Adad|eser, kyng of Soba, bot and of this Dauid smote twenty thousand of men; and he putte knyȝtis in Damasc, that Cyrie alsoOm. H. schuld seruen to hym, and offre ȝiftis. And the Lord herde hym in alle thingis to the whiche he wente. Also Dauid toke the golden arewe cases, that the seruauntes of Adadezer hadden, and brouȝte hem in to Jerusalem; also and fro Thebath and Cumsum ABFH., cytees of Adad|ezer, myche of brasse, of theOm. CFH. whiche Salomon made the brasen se, and pylers, and brasen vessels. The whiche thing whanne Thou, kyng of Emath, hadde herd, that is, Dauith to han smyten al the hoost of Adadeser, kyng of Soba, he sente Aduram, his sone, to kyng Dauid, that he aske ofd hym pese, and thanckide to hym, for thi that he hadde ouercom|men and smyten Adadezer; forsothe kyng Adadezer was aduersarie to Thou. Bot and alle the golden vesselis, and syl|ueren, and brasen kyng Dauid sacride to the Lord; and the syluer, and the gold, that the kyng hadde taken fro alle gen|tiles, as wele of Ydume and Moab, and the sonys of Amon, as of the Philisteis and Amalech. Forsothe Abisai, the sone of Saruye, smote Edom in the valey of salt placis, ten and eyȝt thousand. And he sett in Edom a streyngthe, that Ydu|me schulde seruen to Dauid. And the Lord sauede Dauid in alle thingis, to the whiche he wente. Thann Dauid regned vpon al Yrael, and dide dome and riȝt|wisnesse to al his puple. Bot Joab, the sone of Saruye, was vpon the hoost; and Josephath, the sone of Ailuth, chaun|celer; Sadoch forsothe, the sone of Achitob, and Achymalech, the sone of Abither, prestis; and Susa, scribe; Ba|nanyas also, the sone of Joiade, vpon the legiouns Cerethi and Pherethi; forsothe the sonys of Dauid first at the kyngis hond.

 CAP. XIX.

It fel forsothe, that Naas, the kynge of the sonys of Amon, schulde dyen, and his sone regnen for hym. And Dauid seide, I schal do mercy with Hanon, the sone of Naas; forsothe his fadir ȝaue to me mercy. And Dauid sente messagers, to coumforten hym vpon the deth of his fadir. The whiche whan weren commen in to the lond of the sonys of Amon, that thei coumforten Hanon, the princis of the sonys of Amon seiden to Hanon, Thou perauenture weenest, that Dauid by che|sounenchesoun AC. of wirschip vnto thi fadir sente, that he coumforten thee; and thou takist no heed, that thatOm. A. thei aspyen, and sechen, and enserchen thi lond, ben commen to thee the seruauntis of hym. Therfore Hanon maad balled and schoofechoof H. the childrechildren A. of Dauid, and kutte the kootis of hem fro the ers of hem vnto the feet; and he laft hem. The whiche when weren gone awey, and that hadden sente to Dauid, he sente in to aȝein commynge of hem; forsothe grete despyte thei hadden suf|fred; and he comaundyde, that thei schul|den dwellen in Jericho, to the tyme that the berd of hem weren sprongen, and thanne they schulden turnen aȝeyn. For|sothe the sonis of Amon, seeynge that thei hadden don wronge to Dauith, bothe Hanon and the tother puple, thei senten a thousand talentis of syluer, that thei hiren to hem fro Mesopotanye and Ciria, Maacha and from Soba, charis and hors|men; and thei hyreden two and thritty thousand of charis, and the kyng of Maacha with his puple. The whiche, whan weren commen, setten tentis forn aȝeynus Medaba; also the sonys of Amon gaderd fro their cytees, camen to bateil. The whiche thing whanne Dauid hadde herde, he sente Joab, and al the hoost of stronge men. And the sonys of Amon gon out, dresseden scheltrun bysidis the ȝate of the cytee; the kyngis forsothe, that weren commen to helpe, stoden a|part in the feld. Than Joab vndirstond|ynge the bateil forn aȝeynst and behynde the bac aȝeynst hym to be maad, he chees most stronge men of al Yrael, and wente aȝein Cyrum; the tother forsothe part of the puple he ȝaue vndir the hond of Abisay, his brother; and thei wenten aȝein the sonys of Amon. And he seide, Ȝif Cyries ouercommen me, thou schalt ben in helpe to me; ȝif forsothe the sonys of Amon ouercommen thee, I schal ben to thee in to socour; take coumfort, and do we manly for oure puple, and for the cytees of oure God; the Lord for|sothe, that in his siȝt is good, do. Thanne Joab, and the puple that was with hym, wente aȝeyn Cyrus to bateil, and drofe hem. Bot the sonis of Amon seeynge that Cyres hadden flowen, thei also flowen Abisay, his brother, and wenten in to the cytee; and Joab is turned aȝeyn in to Jerusalem. Seeynge forsothe Cy|res, that they hadden falle beforn Yrael, senten messagers, and brouȝten forthe Cyre, that was beȝond the flode; Sophat forsothe, prince of the knyȝthode of Adad|ezer, was the duyke of hem. The whiche thing whan was tolde to Dauid, he ga|derde al Yrael, and passede Jordan, and fel in to hem, and dresside forn aȝeyns scheltrun, hem aȝeyn fiȝtynge. Forsothe Cyres fleyȝ Yrael, and Dauith slowȝ of Cyres seuen thousand of charis, and fourty thousand of foote men, and So|phat, the prince of thehis B. hoost. Seeynge forsothe the seruauntis of Adadezer hem silf of Yrael to be ouercommen, ouer|flowen to Dauith, and serueden to hym; andOm. B. Cyre wolde no more ȝeuen help to the sonys of Amon.

 CAP. XX.

Done it is forsothe aftir the cercle of aO A. ȝeer, that tyme that kyngis ben wont to gon forth to batelis, Joab gaderde the hoost, and the streyngthe of knyȝthode, and waastide the lond of the sonys of Amon, and wente, and besegide Rabath; bot Dauid abood in Jerusalem, whan Joab smote Rabath, and distroyede it. Dauith forsothe toke the crowne of Melchon fro his heued, and foonde in it a talent of gold weiȝt, and most precious gemmes, and maad therof to hym a dyademe; also manye spoylis of the cytee he toke. The puple forsothe that was in it he ladde out, and maad vpon hem pestelis, and sledis, and prowd yren charis, to gon ouer, so that thei weren al to-kut and to|brosed alle; thus dide Dauid to alle the cytees of the sonys of Amon, and he isOm. AB. turned aȝeyn with alle his puple in to Jerusalem. Aftir thesther F. her H. thingis bateil is gon in in Gaser aȝeinus Philisteis, in the whiche smote Sobachai Vsachites Saphai of the kynrede of Raphaym, and he lowedebowide A. hem. Another also bateil is don aȝeynus the Philisteis, in the whiche Adeodate, the sone of Saltus, Bethlam|yte, smote the brother of Goliath Je|thee, whos spere schaft was as the beme of websters. Bot and another bateil fell in Geth, inand BEF. the whiche `a mostamong H. longe man was, hauynge sexe fyngers, that is, to gider foure and twenty, the whiche and he was of Raphaym lynage goten; this blasfemede Yrael, andOm. B. Jonathan, the sone of Sama, brother of Dauid, smote hym. Thes ben the sonys of Raphaym in Jeth, the whiche fellen in the hond of Dauid and of the seruauntis of hym.

 CAP. XXI.

Sathan forsothe rose aȝein Yrael, and stired Dauith for to noumbre Yrael. And Dauid seid to Joab, and to the princes of the puple, Goth, and noumbrith Yrael fro Bersabe vnto Dan, and bryngith to me the noumbre, that I knowe. And Joab answerd, The Lord encrese his pu|ple an hundrith fold thannthat E pr. m. thei ben; whether not, my lord kyng, thi ser|uauntis thei ben alle? Why this thing sechith my lord, that in to synne it be rettidholden E pr. m. to Yrael? Bot the word of the kyng more hadde the maistrie; and Joab wente out, and enuyrouned al Yrael, and is turned aȝein in to Jerusalem. And he ȝaue to Dauid the noumbre of hem, the whiche he hadde enuyrownede; and al the noumbre of Yrael is founden a thou|sand thousandes, andOm. AB. an hundrith thou|sand of men, drawynge oute swerd; of Juda forsothe thre hundrith and seuenty thousand of fiȝtynge men. Forsothe Leuy and Beniamyn he noumbride not, for thi that constreyned he folowede out the kyngis hest. Forsothe that was co|maundid displeside to the Lord, and he smote Yrael. And Dauid seid to God, I haue synned ful myche for to do this; I biseche, do awey the wickidnesse of thi seruaunt, for vnwijsly I dide. And the Lord spac to Gad, seere of Dauid, sey|inge, Go, and speke to Dauid, and sey to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Of thre thingis to thee I ȝeue chois; oon that thou wylt, chees, that I doo to thee. And whann Gad was commen to Dauid, he seide to hym, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Chees that thou wilt, or three ȝeer pestilence, or thee thre monethis to flee thi enmyes and the swerd of hem not to mowen ascapyn, or thre days the swerd of the Lord and deth to be turned aboute in the lond, and the aungel of the Lord to slen in alle the cyteeslynagis E pr. m. of Yrael. Nowe thanne see, what I schal answere to hym that sente me. And Dauith seid to Gad, On alle sijdes angwyschis thresten me doun, bot beter it is to me, that I falle in to the hondis of the Lord, for many ben the mercyes of hym, thanne in to the hondis of men. Thanne the Lord sente pestilence in to Yrael, and ther fellen of Yrael seuenty thousand of men. And he sente the aungel in to Jerusalem, that he smyte it; and whanne it schulde ben smyten, the Lord sawȝ, and hadde rewthe vpon the mykilnessemychnes A. of euyl; and he comaundide to the aun|gel that smote, It sufficith, nowe cese thi hond. Forsothe the aungel of the Lord stode besides the corn flore of Ornam Jebusei. And Dauid, rerynge his eeȝen up, sawe the aungel of the Lord stond|ynge bitwenebetwixe A. heuene and erthe, and a drawn swerd in his hond, and turned aȝeinus Jerusalem. And there fellen downe as wele he as the more thoruȝ birthe, clothid with heyris, bowed doun in to the erth. And Dauid seide to the Lord, Whether not I am the whiche haue co|maundide that the puple be noumbrid? I that haue synned, I the whiche dyde euyl; this floc what hathday H. deserued? Lord my God, be turned, I biseche, thi hond in to me, and in to the hous of my fadir; thi puple forsothe be not smyten. The aungel forsothe of the Lord co|maundide to Gad, that he schuld seyn to Dauith, that he schuld steyȝe up, and maken out an auter to the Lord God in the corne flore of Ornam Jebuse. Than Dauid steyȝide up aftir the word of Gad, that to hym he hadde spoken of the word of the Lord. Bot Ornam whanne he hadde beholden and seen the aungel, and his foure sonys with hym, hidden hem silf, for why that tyme he tradde corn in the flore. Thanne whanne Dauid came to Ornam, Ornam byheld hym, and wente forth to meeten hym fro the flore, and honouride hym, bowed in to the erthe. And Dauid seide to hym, Ȝeue to me a place of thy flore, that I bild in it an auter to the Lord; so that howe myche it is worth of syluer thou take, and the veniaunce cese fro the puple. And Ornam seyde to Dauid, Take, and my lord the kyng do what euer thing plesepleseth A. to hym; bot and oxen I ȝeue in to brent sacrifice, and the pestels in to wode, and the whete in to sacrifice; alle thingis gladly I ȝeue. And kyng Dauith seide to hym, It schal not ben so, bot syluer I schal ȝeuen as myche as it beis A. worth; ne forsothe I owe to taken awey to thee, and so to offren to the Lord free brent sacrifices. Than Dauid ȝaue to Ornam for the place ownces of gold of most just weiȝt sixe hundrith. And he bilde there an auter to the Lord, and offride brent sacrifices and pesible, and inwardly clepid God; and he herd hym in fyre fro heuen vpon the auter of brent sacrifice. And the Lord comaundide to the aungel, and he turned the swerd in to the schethe. Thanne Dauid anoon seeynge, that the Lord hadde herde hym in the corn flore of Ornam Jebusei, he offride there slayne sacrifices. Forsothe the tabernacle of the Lord, that Moyses hadde maad in desert, andin B. the auter of brent sacrifices, was in that tempest in the heiȝt of Gabaon; and Dauid myȝt not gon to the auter, that there he beseche God, forsothe he was with to myche gastnesse aferd, seeinge the swerd of the aungel of the Lord.

 CAP. XXII.

And Dauid seide, This is the hous of Godthe Lord E pr. m., and this the auter in to brent sacri|fice in Irael. And he comaundide that alle the comlyngis of the lond of Yrael schulden be gaderd; and he ordeynede of hem masouns to stoonis to ben hewen and polischit, that the hous of the Lord be bild up; and myche yren to the naylis of the ȝatis, and to endentyngis and ioyn|yngis Dauid made redy, and weiȝt vn|noumbreable of brasse; also cedre trees myȝten not ben eymed, the whiche Cy|doynes and Tyres brouȝten to Dauid. And Dauid seid, Salomon, my sone, is a lityl child and delicate; the hous forsothe, that I wyll to ben bildidbild CE. to the Lord, siche owith to ben, that in alle regyouns it ben nemmyd; I schal gretheordeynde A. than to hym necessaryes. And for this cause be|forn his death he made redy alle the dispensis. And he clepide Salomon, his sone, and he comaundide to hym, that he schulde bilden an hous to the Lord God of Yrael. And Dauid seide to Salo|mon, My sone, of my wille it was, that I schuld bilden an hous to the name of the Lord my God; bot the word of the Lord is done to me, seyinge, Myche blode thou hast sched, and many bateils thou hast fouȝten; thou schalt not mownOm. H. bild up an hous to my name, so myche blode schad out before me; the sone that schal ben born to thee, schal ben a man most quyete, I schal maken forsothe hym to resten fro alle his enmyes by enuy|roun, and for this cause pesible he schal be clepid, and pese and rest I schal ȝeue in Yrael alle the days of hym. He schal bilden up an hous to my name; and he schal ben to me in to a sone, and I schal ben to hym in to a fadir, and I schal fastne the see of his regne vpon Yrael vnto with oute eende. Now thann, my sone, the Lord be with thee, and do wel|sumly, and bilde up an hous to the Lord thi God, as he hath spoken of thee. Also the Lord ȝeue to thee prudence and wytt, that thou mowe gouerne Yrael, and keep the lawe of the Lord thi God. Thanne forsothe thou schalt mown profyten, ȝif thou kepist the hestis and domes, the whiche the Lord comaundyde to Moyses, that he schulde techen Yrael; take coum|fort and do manly, ne drede thou, ne take fer. Loo! I in my lytyl pornesse haue mad redy before the expenses of the hous of the Lord; of gold an hun|dreth thousand talentis, and of talentis of syluer a thousand thousandis; of brasse forsothe and of yren there is no weiȝt, forsothe the noumbre is ouer passed by mychilnesse; trees and stoonis I haue maad redye before to alle the expenses. Thou hast also many craftise men, ma|souns, and leyers, and craftisemen of trees, and of alle craftis, most wijs to don werk, in gold, and syluer, brasse, and yren, of the whiche is no noumbre; rijs than, and make, and the Lord schal be with thee. And Dauid comaundide to alle the princis of Yrael, that thei schulden helpen Salomon, his sone, sey|inge, Ȝe seen, that the Lord oure God is with us, and hath ȝeuen to us rest by enuyroun, and hath ȝeuen alle theOm. A. en|myes in oure hond, that the lond be suget before the Lord, and beforn his puple. Ȝeueth therefore ȝoure hertis and ȝoure soules, that ȝe sechen the Lord ȝoure God; and rijsith to gidre, and bild|ith up a seyntuarye to the Lord ȝoure God, that the arke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord be brouȝt in, and the sacrid vessels to the Lord in to the hous, that is byld to the name of the Lord.

 CAP. XXIII.

Thanne Dauid olde and ful of days ordeynede Salomon, his sone, king vpon Yrael. And he gaderde alle the princis of Irael, and prestis, and Leuytis; and the Leuytis ben noumbred fro twenty ȝeer and aboue, and there ben founde eyȝt and thritty thousand of men. Of thes ben chosen, delid in to the seruyse of the house of the Lord, foure and twenty thousand; of prouostes forsothe, and of domesmen, sixe thousand; bot foure thousand porters, and as fele saw|trers, syngynge in orgnys, that Dauith maad to syngyn. And Dauith departyde hem by whiles of the sonys of Leuy, that is, Jersan, and Caath, and Merary, and Jersam, and Leadan, and Semei. The sones of Leadan; prince Jehiel, and E|than, and Joel, thre. The sonys of Se|mei; Salomyth, and Osiel, and Aram, thre; thes the princes of the meynes of Leadan. Bot the sonys of Semei; Leeth, and Sisa, and Jaus, and Baria, thes the sonys of Semei, foure. Forsothe Leeth was the rather, and Sisa the secounde; botlo H. Jaus and Baria hadden no mo sonys, and therfore in oon meyne and in oon hous thei ben countid. The sonys of Caath; Amram, and Ysaar, Ebron, and Osiel, foure. The sonis of Amram; Aaron and Moyses; and Aaron is se|uerd, that he mynystre in to the holy of halowis, he and the sonys of hym in to euermore, and that thei brennen encens to the Lord aftir his riȝt, and blessen tovnto H. his name vntointo A. with oute eend. The sonis also of Moises, the man of God, ben noumbred in the lynage of Leuy. The sonys of Moysi; Jersan, and Eliazar. The sonys of Jersan; Sobuel the first. There weren forsothe sonys of Eliasar, Roboia the first, and ther weren not of Eliasar other sonys; bot theOm. A. sonis of Robie ben multiplied ful myche. The sonys of Ysaar; Salomyth the first. The sonis of Ebron; Jeriahu the first, Ama|rias the secounde, Jasiel the thrid, Jehe|mehan the firth. The sonis of Osiel; Mycha the first, Josia the secound. The sonis of Mereri; Mooli and Musi. The sonys of Mooly; Eliasar, and Cis. Elia|sar forsothe is deed, and hadde no sonis, bot douȝters; and the sonis of Cis token hem, and the bretheren of hem. The sonys of Musi; Mooli, and Heder, and Jeremyth, thre. Thes the sonis of Leuy in kynredis, and inOm. E. their meynese, princis be whilis, and noumbre of alle the heuedis, the whiche dyden the bysy|nesse of the seruyse of the hous of the Lord, fro twenty ȝeer and aboue. Dauid forsothe seid, The Lord God of Yrael hath ȝeuen rest to his puple, and a dwell|ynge in Jerusalem in to with outen eend; ne it schal ben of the office of Leuytis, that eny more thei beren the tabernacle, and alle the vessels of it to mynystren. And aftir the laste hestisheste FH. of Dauith there schal ben countid a noumbre of the sonys of Leuy fro twenty ȝeer and aboue; and thei schul ben vndir the hond of the sonys of Aaron, in to heriynge of the hous of the Lord, in vestiaries, and in chaumbres, and in place of purify|inge, and in theOm. ABFH. seyntuarye, and in alle werkis of the seruyce of the temple of the Lord. The prestis forsothe vpon the looues of proposicioun, andin A. to the sacri|fice of tryed floure, and to the thynne kakis, and to the therf looues, and to the fryinge panne, and the boylynge tryed floure, and to turnen, and vpon the weiȝt and mesure. The Leuytes for|sothe, that theiOm. ABFH. stodenstonde C. erly, to know|lechen and syngen to the Lord, and lijc maner at euen, as wele in offrynge of brent sacrifices of the hous of the Lord, as in sabotis, and kalendis, and other solempnytese, aftir the noumbre and cery|monyes of eche thing besily before the Lord; and kepe thei the obseruauncis of the tabernacle of the pese couenaunt, and the rijt of the seyntuarye, and the obseruauncis of the sonys of Aaron, their bretheren, that they mynystren in the hows of the Lord.

 CAP. XXIV.

Forsothe to the sonis of Aaron thes porciouns schul ben; the sonis of Aaron, Nadab, and Abiud, Eleasar, and Ytha|mar; forsothe Nadab and Abiud ben deed before their fadir, with oute free chyldre, and Eleasar vsede presthode, and Ythamar. And Dauid deuydide hem, that is, Sadoch, fro the sonys of Eleasar, and Achymalech, fro the sonis of Ytha|mar, aftir their whilis and seruyse; and there ben founden manye mo sonys of Eleasar in the men princis, thanne the sonys of Ythamar. He deuydide forsothe to hem, that is, to the sonys of Eleasar, princes by meynes sextene; and to the sonys of Ythamar by meynes and their houses eyȝt. Bot he deuydide either meynes between hem selue by lottis; forsothe there weren princis of the seyn|tuarye, and princis of the hous of God, as wele of the sonys of Eleasar as of the sonys of Ythamar. And Semeyas, the sone of Nathanael, Leuyte scribe, dis|cryuede hem beforn the kyng and the princes, and before Sadoch, the prest, and Achymalech, the sone of Abiather, also before the princis of the prestis meynes and of Leuytis; oon hous, the whiche beforn was to the tother, of Eleasar, and another hous, the whiche vndir hym silf hadde the tother, of Ythamar. And the first lott wente out of Joiarib, the secound of Jedeie, the thrid of Harym, the ferth of Seosym, the fyfthe of Melchia, the sixt of Mayman, the seuenth of Acchos, the eiȝthe of Abia, the nynthe of Jesu, the tenthe of Sethema, the elleuenth of Eliazub, the twelthe of Jacym, the thrit|tenthe of Oofa, theand E. fouretenthe of Isbaal, the fyftenthe of Abelgaa, the sixtenthe of Emmer, the seuententheseuentith B. of Ezir, the eiȝtenthe of Ahapses, the nyntenthe of Pheceia, the twentethe of Zechel, the oon and twentithe of Joachym, the two and twentethe of Gamul, the thre and twen|tethe of Dalayan, the foure and twen|tithe of Mazian. Thes the whiles of hem aftir their seruyse, that thei gon in the hous of the Lord, and aftir therthe ABCFH. rijt vndir the hond of Aaron, their fader, as the Lord God of Yrael comaundide. For|sothe of the sonys of Leuy that weren laft, of the sonys of Amram, Sebahel was prynce; and of the sonys of Sebahel, Je|deia; of the sonys of Robie, prince Je|sias. Of Isaaris forsothe Salemoth; also the sone of Salemoth, Jonadiath; and the sone of hym, Gerueanus the first, Aman the secound, AzihelAzihe B. the thrid, Jethmoam the ferthe. The sone of Ozihel, Mycha; the sone of Mycha, Samur; the brother of Mycha, Jezia; and the sone of Jezie, Za|charie. The sonis of Mereri; Mooli and Musi; the sone of Jozan, Bennon; the sone also of Musi; Orian, and Soem, and Saccur, and Ebri. Bot the sone of Mooli, Eliazar, that hadde no free childre; the sone forsothe of Ciz, Jeremyel; the sonis of Musi; Mooli, Jeremuth. Thes the sonys of Leuy, aftir the houses of their meynese. Leyden also and thei lottis aȝeyn their bretheren, sonysthe sonys A. of Aaron, before Dauid the kyng, and Sadoch, and Achymalech, and the princis of the prestis meynese, and Leuytis; as wele the more as the lasse, alle the lott euenlycheeuenli ACE. deuydide.

 CAP. XXV.

Dauith than, and the maysterhed of the hoost, deseueredendeserueden FH. in to the seruyce the sonys of Asaph, and Eman, and Ydi|tym, the whiche schulden prophecien in harpis, and sawtrees, and cymbalis, aftir their noumbre, seruynge to the office ha|lowed to hem. Of the sonis of Asaph; Zacur, and Joseph, and Nathanye, and Azarela; the sonis of Asaph vndir the hond of Azaph prophecyinge beside the kyng. Forsothe of Yditym the sonis; Yditym, Godolias, Soori, Jesias, and Sa|baias, and Mathatias, sixe; vndir the hond of his fadir Yditym, the whiche propheciede in harpe vpon men know|lechyng and preysynge the Lord. Of Heman also the sonys; Heman, Buccian, Mathania, Ezihel, Subuel, andOm. ABCH. Geriy|moth, andOm. ABCH. Ananya, Anam, Eliatha, Gael|dothi, and Romenthi, Ezer, and Jesba|chasi, Melothiathir, Mazioth; alle thes the sonys of Heman, the seeris of the kyng in the wordis of God, that the horne he enhaunceenhaunced B sec. m.. And God ȝaf to Eman sonis fouretene, and douȝtirs thre. alle vndir the hond of their fadir, to syngyn in the temple of the Lord thei weren assygned, in cymbalis, and saw|trees, and harpis, in to theOm. A. seruycesseruyse H. of the hous of the Lord besyde the kyng, Asaph that is, and Yditym, and Eman. Forsothe the noumbre of hem with their bretheren, that tauȝten the songsongis A. of the Lord, alle doctours, was two hundrith and foure score and eiȝt. And thei ley|den lottis by their whilis euenly, as wele more as lasse, the tauȝt and vntauȝtthe vntauȝt H. to gyder. And the first lott of Joseph is gone out, that was of Asaph; the se|counde of Godolie, to hym, and to his sonis and to his britheren twelue; the thridde of Zaccus, to his sonys and to his britheren twelue; the ferthe of Ysan, to his sonis and to histhe CEFH. bretheren twelue; the fyfte of Nathanye, to the sonys and histo the AH. to B. bretheren twelue; the sixte of Bec|cian, to the sonys and his bretheren, twelue; the seuenthe of Ysraela, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the eiȝthe of Ysaye, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the nynthe of Ma|thanye, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the tenthe of Semeie, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the elleuenthe of Esrael, to the sonis and his bretheren twelue; the twelfthe of Asabie, to the sonis and his bretheren twelue; the thrittenthe of Subahul, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the fouretenthe of Mathatie, to the sonis and his bretheren twelue; the fyftenthe of Jerymoth, to the sonis and his bretheren twelue; the sextenthe of Ananye, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the seuententheseuentethe B. of Jesbocase, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the eyȝtenthe of Amyham, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the nyntenthe of Mellochu, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the twentithe of Eliatha, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue; the oon and twen|tithe of Other, to the sonys and his bre|theren twelue; the two and twentithe of Godoliathi, to the sonis and his bre|theren twelue; the thre and twentithe of Masuyth, to the sonys and his bre|theren twelue; the foure and twentithe of Romanathiezer, to the sonys and his bretheren twelue.

 CAP. XXVI.

Dyuysiouns forsothe of the porters; of the Chorites, Mellesemya, the sone of Chory, of the sonys of Asaph. The sonis of Mellezemie; Zacharias the first goten, Jodiel the secounde, Sabadias the thrid, Ythamael the ferth, Aylam the fyfthe, Johannam the sixte, Elionenai the se|uenthe. The sonis forsothe of Obed|edome; Semeias the first goten, JosadadJosadab C. the secounde, Joacha the thrid, Saccar the ferth, Athanael the fyft, Amyhel the sixt, Isachar the seuenth, Pollathi the eyȝthe, for to hym the Lord blessede. To Semei forsothe, his sone, ben born sonys, prefectis of their meynes; forsothe thei weren most stronge men. The sonys than of Semei; Othyn, and Raphael, and Obedihel, and Zabad; and the bretheren of hym most stronge men; Helyu also, and Samachias. Alle thes of the sonys of Obededom; thei, and the sonys, and the bretheren of hem, most stronge men to mynystren, two and sexty of Obededom. Bot of Meellymye the sonis and bre|theren, most stronge men and most myȝty, eiȝtene. Of Hosa forsothe, that is, of the sonis of Merery, Sechary prince; forsothe he hadde not a first goten, and therfore his fadir putte hym in to a prynce; Helchias the secounde, Thebelias the thrid, Zacharias the ferth; alle thes sonys and bretheren of Hosa, thrittene. Thes ben deuydid in to the porters, that euermore the princis of the wardis, as and the bretheren of hem, mynystren in the hous of the Lord. Thanne the lottis ben leyd of euen, and to the lytyll and to the grete, by their meynes, in to echone of the ȝatis. Thanne the este lott fell to Jemelie; forsothe to Zachary, the sone of hym, most wijs man and tauȝt, fel thoruȝ lott the northe coost; to Obededom forsothe and his sonys at the south, in whiche partye of the hous was the counseil of theOm. B. elderis; to Sephyma and Chosa at the west, besyde the ȝate that ledith to the weye of the steyȝinge up, warde aȝein warde. At the este for|sothe Leuytis sixe, and at the north foure bi day; and at the south also inby H. theOm. H. day foure; and wher was the counseil, two and two. In the lityl cellis forsothe of the porters at the west, foure in the weye, and two by the litill cellis. Thes ben the dyuysiouns of porters, of the sonis of Chory and of Merery. Forsothe Achias was vpon the tresoures of the hous of the Lord, and the vesselis of the halewis. The sonis of Leadan, the sonys of Jer|sony; of Leadan, prince of the meynes of Leadan, and of Jersan, Jeihely. The sonys of Jeihely; Jethan, and Joel, his brother, vpon the tresoures of the hous of the Lord, Amyramytis, and Isaaritis, and Ebronytis, and Esielitis. Subahul forsothe, the sone of Jerson, sone of Moysi, prouost of the tresoure; and the brother of hym, Eliezer; whos sone Raabia; and of this the sone Asaias; of this the sone Joram; and of this the sone Zechri; bot and of this the sone Selemyth. He, Selemyth, and the bre|theren of hym, vpon the tresoures of hooly thingis, the whiche kyng Dauith halowide, and the princis of meynes, and the leders of thousandis, and the leders of hundriths, and duykis of the hoost, of bateilis, and of the spoilis of bateils, the whiche thei sacreden to the restorynge and to the necessaries of the temple of the Lord. Forsothe alle thes thingis ha|lowed Samuel, seer, andof ABCFH. Saul, the sone of Ciz, and Abner, the sone of Ner, and Joab, the sone of Saruye; and thei alle haloweden hem bi the hond of Salomyth and his bretheren. To Ysaarites forsothe befor was Chononyas and his sonis, to the werkis with out forth vpon Yrael, to techen and to demen hem. `Bot of EbronytisOf Ebronytis forsothe A., Asabias, and Sabayas, and his britheren, most stronge men, a thousand and seuen hundrith, beforn weren to Yrael beȝond Jordan aȝein the west, in alle the werkis of the Lord, and inOm. H. to the ser|uyse of the kyng. Of Ebronytis forsothe prince was Herias, aftir the meynes and kynredis of hem. The fouretithe ȝeer of kyng Dauid ben noumbred and founden most strong men in Jaser Galaad; and the bretheren of hem, of more stronge age, two thousand seuen hundrith, princis of meynes. Forsothe kyng Dauid beforn putte hem to Rubenytis and Gadditis, and to the half lynage of Manasse, in to alle the seruyce of God and of the kyng.

 CAP. XXVII.

The sonis forsothe of Yrael aftir their noumbre, princis of meynes, leders of thousandis, and leders of hundrithes, and the prefectis, that serueden to the kyng aftir their companyes, commynge inOm. F pr. m. H. and goynge out bi alle the monethes in the ȝeer, alle before weren to foure and twenty thousand. To the first company in the first moneth Isiboam, the sone of Sobdiel was beforn, and vndir hym foure and twenty thousand; of the sonis of Phares, prince of alle the princis in the hoost, the first moneth. Of the secounde moneth hadde the companye Didi Acho|ites, and aftir hym an other, Machilot by name, the whiche gouernede a par|tye of the hoost of the foure and twenty thousand. Duyke also of the thrid com|panye in the thrid moneth was Bana|nyas, the sone of Joiade, prest, and in his diuysioun foure and twenty thou|sand; he is Bananyas, most strong among thritty, and vpon thritty; for|sothe Amyzadath, his sone, before was to the companye of hym. The ferth moneth, the ferth, Asael, the brother of Joab, and Sabadias, his sone, aftir hym, and inOm. H. his companye foure and twenty thousand. The fyfthe, thein the A. fyfthe moneth, prince Samoth Jesraites, and in his companye foure and twenty thousand. The sixte, in the sixte moneth, Ira, the sone of Acces, TechuytesOm. H., and in his companye foure and twenty thousand. The se|uenth, in the seuenth moneth, Helles Phalonytes, of the sonis of Effraym, and in his companye foure and twenty thou|sand. The eyȝt, thein the A. eyȝt moneth, Sobo|chai Asathites, of the stok of Saray, and in his companye foure and twenty thou|sand. The nynthe, thein the A. nynthe moneth, Abieser Anothotites, of the stok of Ge|myny, and in his companye foure and twenty thousand. The tenth, thein the A. tenth moneth, Marai, and he Neophatites, of the stok of Saray, and in his companye foure and twenty thousand. The elle|uenth, thein the A. elleuenth moneth, Banas Pha|ronytes, of the sones of Effraym, and in his companye foure and twenty thousand. Thein the A. twelfthe, the twelfthe moneth, Hol|dia Nethofatites, of the stok of Gotho|nyel, and in his companye foure and twenty thousand. Forsothe ther stoden beforn to the lynagis of Yrael, to Ru|benytis, duyke Eliezer, the sone of Zechry; to Symeonitis, duke Saphathias, the sone of Maacha; to Leuytis, Azabias, the sone of Chamuel; to Aaronytes, Sadoch; to Judaites, Elyu, the brother of Dauith; to Ysacharites, Amri, the sone of My|chael; to Zabulonytes, Jesmaias, the sone of Abdie; to Neptalonytes, Jerymuth, the sone of Oziel; to the sonis of Ef|fraym, Osee, the sone of Ozazyn; to the half lynage of Manasse, Johel, the sone of Phathae; and to the half lynage of Manasse inOm. B. Galaad, Jaddo, the sone of Zacharie; to Beniamyn forsothe, Zazi|hel, the sone of Abner; to Dan forsothe, Ezriel, the sone of Jeroam; thes the princis of the sonis of Israel. Dauith forsothe wolde noumbre hem fro twenty ȝeer and benethen, for the Lord hadde seide, that he schuld multiplie Yrael as the sterres of heuen. Joab, the sone of Saruye, beganne to noumbren, and fulfilde not; for vpon that wrath felle doun in to Yrael, and therfore the noumber of hem, that weren noumbred, is not told in to the worthi cronyclis of kyng Dauid. Vpon the tresoures forsothe of the kyng was Azimoth, the sone of Adiel; to thes forsothe tresoures, that weren in cytees, and in touns, and in toures, Jonathan, the sone of Ozie, satte vpon. To the churlische werk forsothe, and to the erth tilieris, that wrouȝten the erth, Esri, the sone of Chebul, was vpon; and to the vyne tiliers, Semeias Roenatites; to the wijne celeris, Zabdyas Aphonytes; for|sothe vpon the olyues, and the fijge trees, that weren in the wijld feeldis, Balanan Gadarites; on the leyinge up places for|sothe of oyle, Joas; bot to the droues, that weren fed in Sarona, prouost was Cetheray Ceronytes; and vpon the oxen in valeys, Saphat, the sone of Abdi; vpon the camels forsothe, Ubil Ismaelit; and vpon the assis, Judas Meranathites; vpon the scheep also, Jasir Agarene; alle thes princis of the substaunce of Dauith the kyng. Jonathas forsothe, the vncleem E pr. m. of Dauid, counseyler, man myȝty, and sleeȝ, and lettred; he and Jahiel, the sone of Achamony, weren with the sonis of the kyng. Achitofel also the counceylere of the king; and Chusi Archites, the freend of the kyng. Aftir Achitofel was Joiada, the sone of Banaye, and Abia|thar; prince forsothe of the hoost of the kyng was Joab.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Dauith thanne clepide to gider alle the princis of Israel, duykis of lynagis, and prouostis of companyes, the whiche my|nystreden to the kyng, also leders of thousandis, and leders of hundrithes, and that before weren to the substaunce and to the possessiouns of the kyng, and her sonis, with the geldyngis, and the myȝty, and alle the most strong in the hoost of Jerusalem. And whanne the kyng hadde rysen, and stonden, he seith, Herith me, my bretheren and my puple. I thouȝte for to maken an hous, in the whiche schulde resten the arke of the pese coue|naunt of the Lord, and the stole of the feet of oure God; and to beelden alle thingis I haue made redy. God forsothe seide to me, Thou schalt not bilden an hous to my name, for thi that thou beart A. a man fiȝter, and blood thou hast schad. Bot the Lord God of Yrael hath chosen me of al the hous of my fadir, that I wer kyng vpon Yrael in to euer more; of Juda forsothe he chees princis, bot of the hous of Juda the hous of my fadir, and of the sonis of my fadir it pleside to hym, that me he schulde chesen kyng vpon al Israel. Bot many sonys the Lord ȝaue to me; and of my sonis he chees Salomon, my sone, that he schulde sytten in the trone of the rewme of the Lord on Israel. And he seide to me, Salomon, thi sone, schal bilde myn hous, and myn auters; hym forsothe I haue chosen to me in to sone, and I schal be to hym in to fadir; and I schal fastne his rewme in to with outen eend, ȝif he be stedfast to do my domys and myn hestis, as and to day. Nowe thanne be|forn al the companye of Yrael, heerynge my God, kepith and sechith alle the maundementis of the Lord oure God, that ȝe welden a good lond, and leuen it to ȝoure sonis aftir ȝou in to euermore. Thou forsothe, Salomon, my sone, knowe thou the God of thi fadir, and serue thou to hym in perfijt herte, and with wilful inwit; alle forsothe hertis the Lord serchith, and alle thouȝtis of myndis he vndirstondith; ȝif thou sechist hym, thou schalt fynden; ȝif forsothe thou forsakist hym, he schal throwen thee aweye into with outen eend. Nowe thanne, for the Lord chees thee, that thou schuldist bilden the hous of the seyntuarie, take coumfort, and perfourme. Forsothe Da|uith ȝaue to Salomon, his sone, the dis|cryuynge of the ȝate hous, and of the temple, and of celersthe celers EF., and of the soup|ynge place, and of the bed placis in pryue housis beside the auter, and of the hous of Goddis plesaunce; and also of alle the porches, the whiche he hadde cast, and of the pryue chaumbris by enuyroun, in to the tresoures of the hous of the Lord, and in to the tresours of the hous of hoolythe hooly E. thingis, and of the prestis and Leuytis dyuysiouns, in to alle the werkis of the hous of the Lord, and alle the vessels of the seruyse of the temple of the Lord. Of gold in weiȝt thoruȝ alle the vesselis of the seruyse, also of syluer, for the dyuerste of vessels, and of werkis; bot and to the golden chaundelers, and to the lanternes of hem, gold, for the me|sure of eche chaundeler and of lanternes; and also in the silueren chaundelers, and in the lanternes of hem, for the dyuerste of mesure weiȝt of syluer he toke. Also gold he ȝaue in to the boordis of propo|sicioun, for the dyuerste of mesure, and also siluer in to othere sylueren boordis; also to the fleschokis, and violes, and en|censeris of most pure gold; and to golden litil lyouns, for the qualite of mesure, weiȝte he delid in to litil lyoun and litil lyoun; and lijc maner in to theOm. A. silueren lyouns dyuerse weiȝte of syluer he se|uerede. To the auter forsothe, in the whiche was brend encense, most pure gold he ȝaue, that of it were maad the licnesse of the cart of cherubyn, stretch|ynge out the weengis, and couerynge the arke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord. Alle thingis, he seith, camen writen by the hond of the Lord to me, that I schuld vndurstonde alle the werkis of the saumpler. And Dauith seide to Sa|lomon, his sone, Do manly, and take coumfort, and make; ne dreed thou, and take thou no ferd; the Lord forsothe my God schal be with thee, and he schal not leue thee, ne forsake thee, to the tyme that thou perfourme al the werk of the seruyse of the hous of the Lord. Loo! the dyuysiouns of prestis and of Leuytis, in to al the werk of the seruyse of the hous of the Lord, schul stonden neeȝ to thee; and bothe the princis and the puple ben redy, and han knowen to don alle thin hestis.

 CAP. XXIX.

Kyng Dauid spac to al the chirche, God hath chosen Salomon, my sone, ȝit child and tendre; forsothe a grete werk is, ne to man is greithedordeynd A. a dwellynge bot to God. I forsothe with alle my streyngthes haue maad redy the expensis of the hous of my God; gold to the golden vessels, and syluer to the sil|uerensilueren vessels A., brasse in to the brasen, yryn in to the yrynyrenen EH., trees in to the treenen, onychyne stones, and as cleer whijt, and alle precious stone of dyuerse coloures, and dyuerse marbil, most plenteuously. And vpon thes thingis gold and syluer I ȝeue into the temple of my God, the whiche I offred in to the hous of my God of myn owne tresor, out take thes thingis the whiche I made redy in to the hooly hous, thre thousand talentis of gold, of the gold of Oofer, and seuen thousand of talentis of syluer most fyne, to the wallis of the temple, to ben gildid; and wher euer nede is gold, ofand A. gold, and wher euer nede is syluer, of syluer, the werkis ben maad by the hondis of craftise men; and ȝif eny man wilfully offreth, fulfylle he his hond to day, and offre he that he wille to the Lord. And so byheeten the princis of the meynes, and `noble menthe noblemen A. of the lynagis of Israel, also the leders of thousandis, and the maisters of hundrethis, and the princis of the possessiouns of the kyng; and thei ȝeuen in to the werkis of the hous of the Lord, fyue thousand talentis of gold, and tenn thousand schillyngis; of syluer tenn thousand talentis, and of brasse eyȝtene thousand talentis, also of yren an hundrith thousand of talentis. And anentis whom so euer the stonys ben founden, thei ȝeuen in to the tresour of the hous of the Lord, by the hond of Johiel Jersonyte. And the puple gladide, whanne vowis wilfully thei schulden be|hoten, for with al the herte thei offreden hem to the Lord. Bot and Dauid the kyng gladide with grete ioye, and bless|ide to the Lord beforn al the multitude, and seith, Blessed ert thou, Lord God of Yrael, oure fadir, fro with oute eend and in to with oute eend; thin is, Lord, grete doynge, and power, and glorie, and victorie, and to thee preisynge; alle thingis forsothe that ben in heuen and in erth ben thine; thin, Lord, kyngdamis the kyngdom A., and thou ert vpon alle princis; thin ritch|esses, and thin is glorie; thou lord|schipist ofvpon A. alle thingis; in thin hond vertue, and myȝt, andis A. inOm. H. thin hond mykilnesse and empyre of alle thingis. Nowe thanne, oure God, we knowlechen to thee, and we preysen thi noble name. Who Iam I A., and who my puple, that we mowen to thee alle thes thingis behoten? Thin ben alle thingis, and the whiche of thin hond we han taken, we han ȝeuen to thee. Pilgrymes forsothe we ben be|forn thee, and comlyngis, as alle oure fadirs; oure days as schadowe vpon the erth, and ther is no tariynge. Lord oure God, al this plente that we han maad redy, that an hous schulde ben bild up to thi holy name, of thin hond is; and thin ben alle thingis. My God, I wote, that thou prouest hertis, and that symplenes of herte thou louest; wher|fore and I, in symplenesse of myn herte, glaad haue offred alle thes thingis; and thi peple, that here is founden, I sawȝ with grete ioye to thee offren ȝiftis. Lord God of Abraham, and of Ysaac, and Yraelof Yrael E., oure fadirs, in to with oute eend keepe this wille of the herte of hem; and euermore in to theOm. H. worschipynge of thee this mynde abijde stylle. And to Salo|mon, my sone, ȝeue a perfijt herte, that he keepe thin hestis, andin A. witnessyngis, and thi cerymonyes; and that he do alle thingis, and bijld an hous, whos expenses I haue maad redy. Dauid forsothe co|maundide to al the chirche, Blesse ȝe to the Lord oure God. And al the chirche blessed to the Lord God of their fadirs, and thei boweden hem seluen, and ho|noureden God, and thanne aftirwarde the kyng. And thei slowen sacrifises to the Lord, and offreden brent sacrifices the day folowynge; boolis a thousand, and wethers a thousand, andOm. A. lombes a thou|sand, with their sacrifices of licourslicour E., and al the rijt, most plenteuously, in to al Yrael. And thei eeten and dronken be|fore the Lord in that day, in greet glad|nesse. And thei anoyntide the secounde, Salomon, the sone of Dauid; thei anoynt|eden forsothe to the Lord in to a prince, and Sadoch in to a bischop. And Salo|mon satt vpon the see of the Lord in to kyng, for Dauid, his fadir; and to alle men it pleside, and al Irael obeschide to hym. Bot and alle the princes, and myȝty, and alle sonys of kyng Dauid, ȝeuen hond, and weren suget to kyng Salomon. Than the Lord magnyfied Salomon vpon al Irael, and ȝaue to hym glorie of the kingdom, what maner no kyng of Yrael hadden beforn hym. Thanne Dauid, the sone of Ysay, regned vpon al Irael; and the days the whiche he regned vpon Yrael weren fourty ȝeer; in Ebron he regned seuen ȝeer, and in Jerusalem thre and thirty. HeAnd he E. is deed in a good elde, full of days, and rytch|esses, and glorie; and Salomon, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe the rather dedis of kyng Dauid, and the last, ben writen in the boke of Samuel, seer, and in the boke of Nathan, the prophete, and in the volyme of Gad, seere; and of al his rewme, and streyngthe, and tymes, that passiden vndur hym, or inOm. B. Yrael, or in alle rewmes of londis.

 Here eendith the first book of Para|lipomenon, and now bigynneth the pro|loog of the secounde bookFrom A. Explicit primus liber Paralipomenon E. No final rubric in BCFH.. II. PARALIPOMENON. Here bigynneth the Prologe in the secounde ParalipomenonIncipit prologus in librum secundum. E. The proloug of secounde Paralipomenon. F. Prologus. H. No initial rubric in AC.

EUSEBIUS, Jeromeand Jerome O. senden gretynge to theirs in Crist Jhesu, Domynyon and Roga|cian. What maner wijse thei beter vndirstonden the stories of Grekis, the whiche han seen Athenas; and the thrid boke of Virgilie, the whiche han seiled fro Troye bi Lewchaten, and fro Acroceranya to Cicilie, and thennys to the doris of Tibre; so hooly Scripture he schal more clerly beholden, that Jude hath seen with eeȝen, and the myndismyddis OZ. of oldethe olde O. cytees, and placis knowith names, or the same, or chaungidchaungynge ABFH.. Wherfore and to us it was forsforsothe BH. with the most tauȝte men of Ebruys this traueilOm. E pr. m. to vndirgone, that we gon aboute the prouynce, that alle the chirchis of Crist sownen. Forsothe, my Domynyon and Rogacian, most dere, I knowleche me neuer in Goddis volymes to han ȝeuen feith to my propre strengthis, neOm. O. to han had myne opynyoun a mayster, bot also tho thingis of the whiche I demede me to kunnen, me wont to han asked; myche more of tho thingis, vpon the whiche I was a fowlerdefouler O.. Forsothe whanne of me ȝe hadden asked sumtyme bi lettris, that to ȝou I schulde translatyn Paralipomenon in Latyn sermoun, I toke of Tiberyades sumtyme autour of lawe, theOm. O. whiche anentis the Ebrewis was had in wondryngis, and I disputed with hym fro the top, as thei seyn, vnto the laste nayl; and so confermyd, I am hardy to don that ȝe comaundidencomaunden CO.. Forsothe frely to ȝou I speke; so in Greek and in Latyn bokis, this boke of namys is vicious, that not oonly Ebrue namys, but straunge sum and addid cast to gider it be to demyn. Ne that to the seuenty remenours, the whiche ful of the Hooly Goost tho thinges that weren sothe translatiden, bot to the blame of wrijters it is to wijten, while of the vnamendid thei wrijten vnamendide thingis; and oft sithes thre namys, silables with drawen fro the mydil, thei drijuen in to oon name; or aȝeinward, forfro O. the brede, thei deuydendeuydiden B. in two or inOm. O. thre namys. Bot and thilkthoo C. nemenyngis, notben not E pr. m. men, as many eymen, bot cytees, and regiouns, and wodis, and pro|uynces sownen; and aside, vndur the remenynge and the figure of hem, sum stories ben told, of the whiche in the boke of Kyngisthe Kyngis O. it is seyde, Loo! whether not thes ben writen in the bokisbok ACF sec. m. O. of the wordis of theOm. C. days of kyngisthe kyngis C. of Juda; the whiche for|sothe in oure bokis ben not had. This first is to wyten, that anentis the Ebruys Paralipomenon be a boke, and anentis hem be clepid Dabregemyn, that is, the wordis of days; the whiche for mychilnesse anentis us is deuydid. The whiche thing sum men also in the Brute, dialogdialos ABEFH. of Citheron, don, that itOm. O. in thre parties thei deuyden, whanne oon of hisits O. autour it be maad. Ther aftir also that thei taken heede, that oft sithes names sownen not names of men, bot, as I haue seidesien O., betokenyngis of thingis. At the last, that al lernynge of scripturis in this boke is conteenyd; and the stories other that ben laft in their placis, other liȝtly touched, here by sum maner schort sentencis of wordis ben opned. And so I, holpen with help of ȝoure preyers, haue sente the boke to plesen to wele willid men; neuer the later I doute not, it to ben to displesen to enuyous men. Forsothe, as seith Plynye, sum men han leuere alle best thingis seen to dispisen, thanne to lernen. Ȝif eny man in this remenyng wille eny thing repreuen, aske he the Ebrues, remembre he his conscience, see he the order and the text of the word; and thanne, ȝif he may, putte he blame to oure traueil. Than wher euer ȝe seen asterichos, that is, sterres, to schynen in this volume, there wijte ȝe of Ebrue added, that in Latyne bokis is not had; wher forsothe obelus ouerturned, that is, a ȝerde, is sette before, there is betokened what the seuenty remenours addeden, or for grace of feyrnesse, or for autorite of the Hooly Goost; and in Ebrue volumes it is not rad.

Here eendith the prologe in the ij. Paralipomenon, and bigynneth the bok in the ij. ParalipomenonHere eendith the proloog, and now bigynneth the book A. No final rubric in CEFHZ.. Here bigynneth the secounde bok of ParalipominonFrom F. No initial rubric in ABCEH..CAP. I.

SALOMON thanne, the sone of Dauid, is coumfortid in his rewme, and the Lord was with hym, and magnyfiede hym in to an heeȝ. And Salomon comaundyde to al Yrael, to leders of thousandis, and maystirs of hundrethis, and to domys|men, and toin to ABFH. the duykis of al Yrael, and to princis of meynes; and wente with al the multitude in to the heiȝt of Gabaon, where was the tabernacle of theOm. BFH. pese couenaunt of the Lord, that Moyses, the seruaunt of God, made in wyldirnesse. Dauid forsothe hadde lad the arke of God fro Cariathiarym in to the place that he hadde made redi to it, and wher he hadde piȝt to it a tabernacle, that is, in Jerusalem. Also a brasen auter, the whiche Beseleel, the sone of Vri, sone of Ur, hadde forgid, there was beforn the tabernacle of the Lord; the whiche and Salomon souȝt and al the chirche. And Salomon steiȝede up to the brasen auter, before the tabernacle of the pese coue|naunt of the Lord, and offride in it a thousand hoostis. Lo! forsothe in that nyȝt God apeerid to hym, seyinge, Ask that thou wylt, that I ȝeue to thee. And Salomon seide to God, Thou didist with Dauith, my fadir, grete mercy, and set|tist me kyng for hym. Nowe thanne, Lord God, thi word be fulfild, that thou bihiȝtist to Dauid, my fadir; thou for|sothe hast made me kyng vpon thi grete puple, the whiche is as vnnoumbreable as the poudre of the erth. Ȝeue to me wysdam and vndirstondynge, that I go in and go out beforn thi puple; who for|sothe may this thi puple, that is so greet, worthily deemyn? God forsothe seide to Salomon, For this more pleside to thin herte, and askidist not rychesses, and substaunce, and glorie, ne the lijues of hem that hatiden thee, ne many days of lijf; but forsothe thou askidist wisdam and kunnynge, that thou myȝtist deme puplemy puple C., vpon the whiche I haue sett thee kyng, wisdom and kunnynge ben ȝeuen to thee; ritchesses forsothe, and sub|staunces, and glorie I schal ȝeuen to thee, so that no man in kyngis, ne before thee ne aftir thee, were lijc thee. Than Salomon came fro the heiȝt offro C. Gabaon in to Jerusalem, beforn the tabernacle of the pese couenaunt, and regned vpon Yrael. And he gadirde to hym charis and hors men, and ther ben maad to hym a thousand and foure hundrith chaaris, and twelue thousand of horse men; and he maad hem to ben in the citees of plowes of foure hors, and with the kyng in Jerusalem. And the kyng ȝaue in to Jerusalem syluer and gold as stonys, and cedres as long mulberiesmulberie trees C pr. m., that growen in wijld feeldis in myche multi|tude. Forsothe ther weren brouȝt to hym hors fro Egipt, and fro Ohoa, of the marchaundis of the kyng, that wenten and boȝtenbrouȝten BH. bifor C. prijs, a plowȝ of hors for sixe hundrith platis of syluer, and an hors for an hundrith and fyfty. Lijc maner of alle the rewmes of Cetheys, and of the kyngis of Cirie, the bying was solemply don.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe Salomon demed to bilden up an hous to the name of the Lord, and a paleys to hym silf. And he noumbrede seuenty thousand of men berynge in schulderis, and eiȝtieyȝt B. thousand that schul|den hewen stones in hillis; and the pro|uostes of hem thre thousand and sixe hundrith. Also he sente to Yram, kyng of Tiry, seyinge, As thou hast don with my fadir Dauid, and hast sente to hym cedre trees, that he bilde to hym an hous, in the whiche and he dwellide; so do with me, that I bilde an hous to the name of the Lord my God, and that I sacre it, to brennen encense beforn hym, and to swote thingis to ben out smokid, and to the euermore propocicioun of looues, and to the brent sacrifices erly and at euen, also to the sabotis, and to the newe monesmonethes B., and solempnytes of the Lord oure God in to euermore, that ben comaundid to Yrael. The hous forsothe, that I coueite to bilden up, is greet; for|sothe the Lord oure God is grete vpon alle goddis. Who than schal mowen ben myȝty, that he bilde up to hym an worthi hous? Ȝif forsothe heuen and heuens of heuens mown not taken hym, how myche am I, that I may to hym bilden up an hous, bot to thes thingis al oonly, that encense be brent beforn hym? Sende thann to me an tauȝt man, that kann wirchen in gold, and siluer, brasse, and yren, purpur, cocco, and iacynte; and that kanne grauen in craft of grauyng with these craftise men, `the whichethat C pr. m. I haue with me in Jewrie and Jerusalemin Jerusalem C., the whiche Dauid, my fadir, made redy before. Bot and cedre trees senden to me, and tyne trees, and pyne trees of Lyban; I knowe forsothe, that thi ser|uauntis kunnen hewen trees of the wode; and my seruauntis schuln ben with thi seruauntis, that ther ben made redy to me many trees; the hous forsothe that I coueite to bilden up is ful myche grete, and ful glorious. Forthermore to werk men, that ben to hewen trees, to thi ser|uauntis, I schal ȝeuen in to metis choris of whete twenty thousand, and choris of barly as fele, and of oyle twenty thou|sand mesures, as of twelue galouns. For|sothe Iram, kyng of Tyry, seide bi the lettres that he sente to Salomon, For the Lord hath louede his puple, therfore thee he maad regnen vpon it. And he addid, seyinge, Blessid the Lord God of Yrael, that made heuen and erth, that ȝaue to kyng Dauid a wijs sone, and tauȝt, and witty, and sleeȝ, that he bilde up an hous to the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf. Therfore I haue sente to thee a sleeiȝ man and most kunnyng, Yram, my fadir, sone of a womman of the lynage of Dan, whos fadir was Tyrus; the whiche kouthe wirchen in gold, and in siluer, brasse, and yren, and marbil, and trees, in pur|pur also, and jacynct, and bijse, and cocko; and that kanne grauen al grau|ynge, and fynde sleeȝly what euer thing is nedeful in werk with thi craftise men, and with the craftise men of my lord Dauid, thi fadir. Thanne the whete, and the barly, and the oyle, and the wijne, `the whichethat C pr. m., my lord, thou hast behoten, sende to thi seruauntis. We forsothe hewen the trees from the wode, as fele as thou schalt han need; and we schulen applyen hem in names bi the se in to Joppe; thin forsothe schal ben to leeden hem ouer in to Jerusalem. Than Salo|mon noumbride alle the men comlyngis, that weren in the lond of Yrael, aftir the noumbrynge that Dauid, his fadir, noum|bred; and ther ben founden an hun|drith and fyfty thousand and thre thou|sand and sixe hundrith. And he maad of hem seuenty thousand, that schulde beren birthens with schuldirs, and eiȝty thousand, that stoonys in hillis schulden hewen; thre forsothe thousand and sex hundrith prouostis of the werkis of the puplepuplis ABFH..

 CAP. III.

And Salomon beganne to bilden up an hous of the Lord in Jerusalem, in the hill of Moria, the whiche was schewed to Dauid, his fader, in the place that Dauid hadde maad redy in the corne florfeeld ABFH. of Ornam Jebusei. He beganne forsothe to bilden up the secounde moneth, in the ferth ȝeer of his regne. And thes ben the foundementis, `the whichethat C. Salomon leide, that he bilde up the hous of God; of lengthe cubitis in the first mesure sexty, of brede cubitis twenty. The ȝate hous forsothe beforne the frount, the whiche was strauȝt out in to leyngthe aftir mesure of brede of the hous, of cu|bitis twenty, bot the heiȝte was of an hundrith and twenty cubitis; and he gildide it with in forth with most cleen gold. Also the more hous he couerede with firre tablis, and he fitchide platis of briȝt gold thoruȝ out; and he graued in it hondis, and as cheynes catchynge hem silf to gydre. And he couerde the paw|ment of the temple with most preciouse marble, in myche feyrnesse. Forsothe the gold was most fyne, of whos platis he couerde the hous, and his bemys, and postis, and wallis, and dores; and he graued cherubyn in the wallis. Also he maad an hous to the holies of halowes, in leyngthe aftir the brede of the hous, of cubitis twenty, and the breed lijc maner of cubitis twenty; and with golden platis couerde it, as with sixe hundrith talentis. Bot and golden naylis he maad, so that eche naylis peyseden fyfty ounces; also the soupynge place he couerde with gold. And he maad in the hous of holies of halowis two cherubyn in ymage werke, and couerde hem with gold. The weengis of cherubyn in twenty cubitis weren strauȝt out, so that oo wenge hadde cu|bitis fyue, and schulde touchen the wall of the hous; and the tother wenge hau|ynge fyue cubitis touche the wenge of the tother cherub. Lijc maner of the tother cherub the wenge hadde fyue cu|bitis, and touchid the wall, and his othere weeng of fyue cubitis touched the weeng of the tother cherub. Thanne the weengis of either cherub weren sprad and strauȝt out bi cubitis twenty; thei forsothe stoden riȝt up the feet, and the faces of hem weren turned to the vttirmore hous. And he maad a veyl of jacinct, and purpur, and cockokoc C., and bijs; and thei weueden to it cherubyn. Before the ȝatis also of the temple two pylers, `the whichethat C. thritty and fyue cubitis hadden of heiȝt; forsothe the heuedis of hem of fyue cu|bitis. Also and as litil cheynes in Goddis answerynge place, and he putte hem vpon the heuedes of the pilers; also an hundrith powngarnettis, the whiche he putte among to the litil cheynes. And thilkthoo C. pilers he putte in the vestiarye of the temple, oon fro the riȝt, an other fro the left; it that was fro the riȝt he cle|pide Jachym, and that to the lift he clepid Booz.

 CAP. IV.

And he maad a brasen auter of twenty cubitis of lengthe, and of twenty cubitis of breed, and of tenn cubitis of heiȝte; also a ȝoten se of tenn cubitis fro brynke vnto brynk, round bi enuyroun; fyue cu|bitis he hadde of heiȝte; and a litil coord of thritty cubitis enuyrounde the compas of it. And licnesse of oxen was vndur it, and in the ten cubitis maner grauyngis with oute forth as with two vers wente aboute the brynke of the se; the oxen forsothe weren ȝoten. And that se was put upon the twelue oxenof oxen B., of the whiche thre biheelden to the north, and other thre to the west, bot theto B. thre other theto the A. south, and the thre that weren laft theto the A. este, hauynge the se put aboue; the hyndirmore forsothe of the oxen weren with in forth vndur the se. Bot the thicnesse of it hadde the mesure of a spanne, and the lippe of it was as the lippe of a chalice, or as of a lilie aȝein crokid, and it toke of mesure thre thou|sand potels. Also he maad tenn watir vessels, and he putte fyue fro the riȝt, and fyue fro the lift, that they schulden waschen in hem alle thingis that in brent sacrifices thei weren to offren; bot in the se the prestis weren waschen. Forsothe he maad tenn golden chaun|delers aftir the fourme `the whichethat C pr. m. he hadde comaundide to be maad, and he put hem in the temple, fyue fro the riȝt and fyue fro the left; also and tenn boordes, and putte hem in the temple, fyue fro the riȝt and fyue fro the left; and golden violis an hundrith. And he made the porche of prestis, and a greet hous, and the dores in the hous, the whiche he couerde with brasse. But the se he putte in the riȝt sijde aȝeinus the este at the south. Also Yram made caudrowns, and fleschhokis, and violis, and he fulfilde al the werk of the kyng in the hous of God, that is, two pilers, and heued coueryngis, and heuedes, and as maner nettis, the whiche the heuedis schulden coueryn vpon the heued couer|yngis; also powngarnetis fourty, and two callis, so that two ordris of poungarnetis to alle the callis schulden ben ioyned, the whiche schulden coueren the heued coueryngis, and the heuedis of the pilers. Also feet he maad, and water vessels, the whiche he putte vpon the feet; oon se, and oxen twelue vndir the se, and caw|drouns, and fleschhookis, and viols. Yram, his fadir, made alle the vesselis to Salo|mon, in the hous of the Lord, of most clene brasse. In the regioun of Jordan the kyng ȝeetide hem, in the cleycleiy E. lond bitween Socoth and Saradatha. Forsothe ther was a multitude of vessels vnnoum|breable, so that the weiȝte of brasse was vnknowen. And Salomon maad alle the vessels of the hous of God, the golden auter, and boordis, and vpon hem the looues of proposicioun; and candilstikis with their lanternes, that thei ȝeuen liȝt before Goddis answeryng place aftir the rijt, of most pure gold; and sum floures, and lanterns, and golden snytters; alle of most clene gold ben maad; also the maad encense vessels, and censeres, and violis, and morters, of most pure gold. And he graued the doris of the innermore tem|ple, that is, inin to CE. the hoolyes of halowes, and the doris of the temple without forth golden; and so is fulfild al the werk that Salomon made in the hous of the Lord.

 CAP. V.

Salomon thanne brouȝte in alle thingis, that Dauid, his fadir, hadde vowed; syl|uer, and gold, and al the vessels, he putte in the tresores of the hous of the Lord. After theOm. C. whiche thingis he gadride the more thoruȝ birthe of Irael, and al the princis of lynagis, and the heuedis of meynes, of the sonys of Yrael, in to Jeru|salem, that thei bryngin the ark of the pese couenaunt of the Lord fro the cyte of Dauid, that is Syon. And so camen to the kyng alle the men of Yrael, in the solempne day of the seuenth moneth. And whanne weren commen alle of the elder of Yrael, the Leuytes beren the arke, and brouȝten it in, and al the aray of the tabernacle. Bot the vessels of the seyntuarye, that weren in the tabernacle, the prestis beeren with the Leuytis. Kyng Salomon forsothe, and al the com|panye of Irael, and alle that weren ga|dered beforn the arke, offreden wethers and oxen with oute eny noumbre; so myche forsothe was the multitude of slayn offryngus. And the prestis brouȝten in the arke of the pese couenaunt of the Lord in to his place, that is, to Goddis answerynge place of the temple, in to the holies of halowes, vndre the weengis of cherubyn; so that cherubyn spreden out their weengis vpon the place, in the whiche the ark was sett, and that arke thei schulden coueren with their beryng staues. Of the berynge staues forsothe, with the whiche the ark was born, for a litil wiȝt lengere thei weren, the heuedis weren opene beforn Goddis answerynge place; ȝif forsothe eny aOm. ABFH. litil wiȝt were with out forth, hem he myȝte not seen. And so the arke was there vnto the pre|sent day; and noon other thing was in the ark, bot the two tablis that Moyses hadde putte in Oreb, whanne he ȝaue the lawe to the sonis of Yrael goyng out fro Egipt. Forsothe the prestis goon out fro the seyntuarye, alle forsothe prestis, that there myȝt ben founden, ben ha|lowed, ne ȝit in that tyme the whijlis, and the order of seruyses betwene hem seluen was deuydid; bothe Leuytis and syngers, that is, and that vndur Asaph weren, and that vndur Eman, and that vndir Idythum, sonis and bretheren of hem, clothedclad C. with surples, in cymbalis and sawtres and harpis sungyn, stond|ynge at the eest coost of the auter, and with hem prestis an hundrith and twenty, syngynge with trumpis. Thanne alle to gyder, in trumpis, and voice, and cym|balis, and orgnys, and of dyuerse kynde of musikis, sownynge to gydre, and the voice berynge vp an heeiȝ, afer the sown was hard, so that whanne the Lord thei hadden begunnen to preysen, and seyn, Knowlecheth to the Lord, for `he isOm. E pr. m. good, for in to the world the mercy of hym; the hous of God was fulfillid with a clowde, and the prestis myȝten not stonden and mynystren for the derk|nessis; forsothe the glorie of the Lord hadde fulfild the hous of God.

 CAP. VI.

Thanne Salomon seith, The Lord be|hiȝte, that he schulde dwellen in the dirkenesse; I forsothe haue bilde up an hous to the name of hym, that he schulde dwellen there in to with oute eende. And the kyng turnede his face, and blesside to al the multitude of Israel; for why al the puple stood, inwardly takynge heede; and he seith, Blessed the Lord God of Yrael, for that he spake to Dauid, my fadir, in deede he hath fulfillide, sey|inge, Fro the day that I ladde my puple fro the lond of Egipt, I chees not a cytee of alle the lynagis of Yrael, that there schulde be bilde up in it an hous to my name, ne eny othere man I chees, that he were duyke vpon my puple Yrael; bot I chees Jerusalem, that my name be in it, and I chees Dauid, that I ordeyn hym vpon my puple Yrael. And whanne it was of the wille of Dauid, my fadir, that he bilde an hous to the name of the Lord God of Yrael, the Lord seid to hym, For this was thi wille, that thou schuldist bylden an hous to my name, forsothe thou didyst wele, hauynge such a maner wille, bot thou schalt not bylden vp an hous to me; neuerthelaternerthelatere C passim. the sone, that gooth out of thi reynes, he schal bylden up an hous to my name. Thanne the Lord fulfillide his word, that he hadde spoken; and I roos for Dauid, my fadir, and sat vpon the trone of Ysrael, as the Lord spac, and bilde up an hous to the name of the Lord God of Yrael; and putte in it the arke, in theOm. C. whiche is the couenaunt of the Lord, that he coue|nauntide with the sonis of Yrael. Thanne he stode before the auter of the Lord forn aȝeynst of al the multitude of Yrael, and strauȝt out his hondis. Forsothe Salo|mon hadde maad the brasyn stondynge, and hadde putte it in the mydil of the grete hous, hauynge fyue cubitis of lengthe, and fyue of brede, and thre cu|bitis of heiȝt, and he stode vpon it; and theraftir the knees bowed aȝeinus al the multitude of Yrael, and the hondis in to heuen rered, seith, Lord God of Yrael, ther is not lijc thee, God in heuen and in erth, `the whichethat C. kepist couenaunt and mercy with thi seruauntis, that goon before thee in al their herte; the whiche hast ȝeuen to Dauid thi seruaunt, my fa|dir, whateuer thingis thou haddist spoken to hym, and that with mouthe thou by|heetist, in deed thou hast fulfylde, as and the present tyme preueth. Now thanne, Lord God of Yrael, fulfille to thi seruaunt my fadir Dauid, whateuer thingis thou hast spoken, seyinge, Ther schal not faylen of thee a man beforn me, that sytt vpon the trone of Yrael; so neuer the later ȝif thi sonis kepen my weies, and goon in my lawe, as and thou wentist before me. And nowe, Lord God of Yrael, be fastned thi word, that thou speke to thi seruaunt Dauid. Thanne whethir leeuable it be, that the Lord dwelle with men vpon erth? Ȝif heuen and heuens of heuens thee taken not, how myche more this hous, that I haue bylde? Bot to this oonly it is maad, that thou beholde the orisoun of thi seruaunt, and his bisechynge, Lord my God, and thou here the preyers, that thi seruaunt heldith out before thee; that thou opene thi eeȝen vpon this hows dais and nyȝtis, vpon the place in the whiche thou hast behoten, that thy name schulde be in|wardly clepid, and thou schuldist heeren the orisoun, that thi seruaunt preieth in it. Heere thou the preyers of thi ser|uaunt, and of thithe B. puple Yrael; who so euer preyehonoureth E pr. m. in this place, here fro thi dwellynge place, that is fro heuens, and be thou maad plesed. Ȝif eny man synnesynneth CE. in to his neiȝbour, and redi comme to sweren aȝeinus hym, and by curse bynde hym before the auter in this hous, thou schalt heeren fro heuen, and thou schalt do dome of thi seruauntis; so that thou ȝelde to the wickidewicke C. his weie in to his owne heued, and venge the riȝtwijs, and ȝeldyngeȝelde E pr. m. to hym aftir his riȝtwisnesse. Ȝif thi puple Yrael were ouercomen of enmyes, forsothe thei schul synnen to thee, and turned doneschulden don E pr. m. penaunce, and besechen thi name, and preyen in this place, thou schalt heeren fro heuen, and haue thou mercy to the synne of thi pu|ple Yrael, and brynge hem aȝein in to the lond, that thou ȝeue to hem, and to their fadirs. Ȝif, heuen closed, reyn flowe not for synne of thi puple, and thei preyen thee in this place, and know|lechen to thi name, and turned fro their synnes, whanne hem thou tormentist, here, Lord, fro heuen, and forȝeue the synnes to thi seruauntis, and to thi pu|ple Yrael, and teche hem a good wei, by theOm. C. whiche thei goon in, and ȝeue reyn to the erth, that thou hast ȝeuen to thi puple to weelden. Ȝif hunger were sprungyn in the lond, and pestilence, and rust, and weder rootynge tilth, and locust, and werm, and enmyes, the re|gyouns wasted, beseegen the ȝatis of the cytee, and alle veniaunce and infirmyte thrist doun; ȝif any of thi puple Irael preye, knowynge the veniaunce, and his infirmyte, stretche out his hondis in this hous, thou schalt heeren fro heuen, that is, fro thin heeȝ dwellynge place, and be thou plesed, and ȝeeld to eche man aftir his weiesweie ABFH., the whiche thou hast knowen hym to han in his hert; thou forsothe aloone hast knowen the hertis of the sonis of men; that thei dreeden thee, and goon in thi weies alle days, `the whichethat C pr. m. thei lyuen vpon the face of the erth, that thou hast ȝeuen to oure fadirs. A straunger also that is not of thy puple Yrael, ȝif he come fro a ferre lond for thi grete name, and for thi strong hond, and for thi strauȝt out arme, and honour in this place, thou schalt heeren fro he|uen, thi most fast place; and thou schalt don alle thingis, for the whiche that pil|gryme inwardly clepith thee, that alle puplis of erth knowen thi name, and dreeden thee, as thi puple Yrael; and knowen thei, for thi name is inwardly clepide vpon this hous, that I haue bilde to thi name. Ȝif thi puple weren goon out to bataile aȝeinus ther aduersaries, by the weye in to theOm. C. whiche thou sentist hem, thei schuln honouren thee aȝeinus the weye in theOm. C. whiche is the cytee that thou hast chosen, and the hous that I haue bylde to thi name, that thou here fro heuen the preyers of hem and the besechynge, and thou do veniaunce. Ȝif forsothe thei synnen to thee, and forsothe ther is no man that synneth not, and thou were wroth to hem, and takist hem to the enmyes; and caytijf thei leeden hem in to a ferre lond, or certis that is niȝ; and turned in al their herte in the lond, to the whiche thei weren ladde caytijf, done penaunce, and preyen thee in the lond of their caytijfte, seyinge, We han synned, wickidlywickeli C. we han wrouȝt, vnriȝtwisely we han done; and weren torned to thee in al their herte, and in al their soule, in the lond of their caytyfte, to the whiche thei ben lad, thei schuln honouren thee aȝeinus the weie of their lond, that thou hast ȝeuen to their fadirs, and of the cytee that thou hast chosen, and of the hous that I haue bilde to thi name; that thou heere fro heuen, that is, fro thi fast dwellynge place, the preyers of hem, and do dome, and for|ȝyue to thi puple, thof synful; thou ert forsothe my God; I biseche, thin eeȝen ben opened, and thin eeris ben takynge heed to the orisoun that is don in this place. Nowe thanne, Lord God, arijsris C. in to thi rest, thou and the ark of thi strength; thi prestis, Lord God, ben clothedclad C. helth, and thin halowes glaaden thei in goodes. Lord God, ne turne thou awey the face of thi crist; haue mynde of the mercyes of Dauid thi seruaunt. And whanne Salomon hadde fulfilde heeldynge out preyers, fijr came doun fro heuen, and deuoured the brent sacri|fices, and the slayn offrynges; and the mageste of the Lord fulfilde the hous. And the prestis myȝten not goon in to the temple of the Lord; forthi that the mageste of the Lord hadde fulfilde the temple of the Lord. Bot and alle the sonis of Ysrael sawen fijr goyng doun, and the glorie of the Lord vpon the hous, and fallynge doun bowed in to the erth vpon the pament paued with stoon, ho|nourden, and preyseden the Lord, For `he isOm. E pr. m. good, for in to the world the mercy of hym. The kyng forsothe, and al the puple offreden slayn offryngis be|forn the Lord.

 CAP. VII.

Kyng Salomon thanne slowȝ hoostis of oxen two and twenty thousand, of we|thers an hundreth and twenty thousand; and the kyng bilde up the hous of God, and al the puple. The prestis forsothe stooden in their offices, and the Leuytes in orgnys of dytees of the Lord, the whiche kyng Dauid maad to preysen the Lord, For in to world the mercy of hym, syngynge the ympnes of Dauid bi their hondis; bot the prestis sungyn in trum|pis beforne hem, and al the puple of Yrael stood. And Salomon halowed the myddil of the porche beforn the temple of the Lord; forsothe he hadde offrede there brent sacrifices, and talwes of pey|sible thingis, for the brasen auter that he hadde maad myȝte not susteynen the brent sacrifices, and sacrifices, and talwes of peysible thingus. Thanne Salamon made solempnyte in that tyme seuen days, and al Yrael with hym, a ful grete chirche, fro the entre of Emath vnto the streme of Egipt. And the eyȝthe day he maad a collect, for thi that he halowed the auter seuen dais, and hadde halowede the solempnyte seuen days. Thanne in the thre and twentithe day of the seuenth moneth he laft the puplis to their taber|naclis, ioyinge and gladynge vpon the good that God hadde don to Dauid, and to Salomon, and to his puple Israel. And Salomon ful eendid the hous of the Lord, and the hous of the kyng, and alle thingus that he hadde disposed in his hert, that he do in the hous of the Lord and in his owne hous; and he is maad welsum. For|sothe the Lord aperde to hym the nyȝt, and seith, I haue herde thi preier, and chosen this place to me in to an hous of sacrifice. Ȝif I schal closen heuen, and reyn flowe not, and schul senden, and comaunden to the locust, that he deuoure the lond, and schul sende pestilence in to my puple; forsothe my puple turned, vpon whom inwardly clepid is my name, me han preyed, and souȝt my face, and done penaunce fro their werst weyes, I schal heere fro heuen, and ben mercyable to the synnes of hem, and helyn their lond. Also myn eeȝen schul ben opened, and my eeris rerid up to the horisoun of hym, that in this place schal preie; for|sothe I haue chosen, and halowed this place, that my name be there in to euer|more, and my eeȝen and myn herte abiden stille there alle days. Thou also, ȝif thou go before me, as ȝeede Dauid thi fadir, and dost aftir alle thingus that I haue comaundide to thee, and my riȝt|wisnesse and domes kepist, I schal areren the trone of thi rewme, as I behiȝte to Dauid thi fadir, seyinge, There schal not ben don awei fro thi lynage a man, that be prince in Ysrael. Ȝif forsothe ȝethou E pr. m. weren turned aweiward, and forsaken myn riȝt|wisnesses and myn hestis that I haue purposed to ȝou, and goynge awey ȝe seruen to alyen goddis, and honouren hem, I schal pullen ȝou vp fro my lond, that I haue ȝeuen to ȝou, and this hous that I haue bilde to my name I schal throwen awey fro my face, and taken it in to a parable, and in to exsaumple to alle puplis. And this hous schal ben in to a prouerbe to alle weye goeris; and thei schuln seyn, wondrynge, Why thus dide the Lord to this lond, and to this hous? And thei schuln answeryn, For thei forsoken the Lord God of their fa|ders, `the whichethat C. lad hem out fro the lond of Egipt, and han taken alyen god|dis, and honoureden hem, and hery|eden; therfor camen vpon them alle thes euels.

 CAP. VIII.

Fulfild forsothe twenty ȝeer, aftir the whiche Salomon hadde bilde up the hous of the Lord, and his own hous, and the citees, `the whichethat C. Yram ȝaue to Salo|mon, he bylde up, and made the sonys of Yrael to dwellen there. Also he wente in to Emath Sobba, and weeldide it. And he bilde up Palmyram in desert, and othere citees most strengthid he bilde up in Emath. And he maad up the oouer Betheron and the nether Betheron, citees most strengthed, hauynge ȝatis and lockis and barres; Balaath also, and al the most fast cytees that weren of Salamon, and alle the cytees of plowes, and the cytees of horsmen; alle whateuer thingus he wolde, maad kyng Salamon, and disposede he bilde in Jerusalem, and in Lyban, and in alle the lond of his power. Al the pu|ple that was laft of Etheis, and Amorreis, and Phereseis, and Eueis, and Jebuseis, that weren not of the stoc of Yrael, and of their sonis, and of ther after comers, `the whichethat C pr. m. the sonis of Yrael hadde not slayn, Salamon vndirȝokede intoOm. C. tribu|tarijs vnto this day. Bot of the sonis of Yrael he vndirputte not, that thei schulden seruen to the werkis of the kyng; thei forsothe weren men fiȝters, and the first leders, and princis of plowes, and of the horse men of hym; alle for|sothe princes of the hoost of kyng Sala|mon weren two hundrith and fyfty, that tauȝten the puple. The douȝter forsothe of Pharao he translatide fro the cite of Dauid in to the hous, that he hadde bilde to hyre; forsothe the kyng seide, My wijf schal not dwelle in the hous of Dauid, kyng of Yrael, forthi that it is halowed, for the ark of the Lord wente in to it. Than Salamon offride brent sacrifices to the Lord vpon the auter of the Lord, that he hadde maad up beforn the ȝate hous, that by eche days wer offrid in it, aftir the heest of Moises, in sabotis, and in kalendis, and in feste dais, thries bi the ȝer, that is, in the solemp|nyte of therfe looues, and in the solemp|nyte of wijkis, and in the solempnyte of tabernaclis. And he sette aftir the dis|posicioun of Dauid, his fadir, officis of prestis in their seruyses, and Leuytis in their ordre, that thei preisen and myny|stren beforn the prestis aftir the rijt of eche day, and the porters in their dyui|siouns by ȝate and ȝate. Thus forsothe Dauid, the man of God, hadde co|maundide; ne thei wenten beside fro the maundementis of the kyng, bothe prestis and Leuytis, of alle thingus that he hadde comaundide. And in the wardis of theOm. CE. tresoures alle the expensis maad redy hadde Salomon, fro that day that he foundide the hous of the Lord vnto that day that he perfourmede it. Thanne wente Salomon in to Asyongober, and in to Hailath, to the mouth of the rede se, that is in the lond of Edom. Thanne Yram sente to hym, by the hondis of his seruauntis, schippis, and wijs schipmen of the see, and thei wenten with the ser|uauntis of Salomon in to Oofer, and thei token thennis foure hundrithe and fyfty talentis of gold, and brouȝten to kyng Salamon.

 CAP. IX.

And the quen of Saba, whanne sche hadde herde the loos of Salamon, sche cam, that sche tempte hym in dotous questiouns in Jerusalem, with grete rych|essis, and camels that beren swote spices, and myche of gold, and precious gemmes. And whanne sche was commen to Sala|mon, sche spak to hym whateuer thingis weren in hyre herte. And Salamon ex|pownede to hyre alle thingus that sche purposede, ne eny thing was, that cleer he maad not to hyre. The whiche aftir that sche sawȝ, the wisdam, that is, of Salamon, and the hous that he hadde made, also and the meetis of his boord, and the dwellyng place of his seruauntis, and the office of his mynystris, and the clothingis of hem, also the botelers, and their clothis, and the slayn sacrifices that he offride in the hous of the Lord, ther was no more in hyre spyrite for stone|ynge. And sche seide to the kyng, Sothe is the sermoun, that I haue herde in my lond, of vertues and of thi wijsdam; and I trowed not to the tellers, to the tyme that I my silf were comen, and myn eeȝen hadden seen, and I hadde preued vnneth the half of thi wijsdam to han ben told to me; thou hast ouerpassed the los in thi vertues. Blessed thi men, and blessed thi seruauntis, and thei that stonden neeȝ beforn thee inOm. C. al tyme, and heeren thi wisdam. The Lord thi God be blessid, `the whichethat C. wolde or|deynen thee vpon his trone kyng of the puple of the Lord thi God; forsothe for God loueth Yrael, and wille sauyn it in to with outen eend, therfor he putte thee kyng vpon it, that thou do domes and riȝtwisnesse. Forsothe sche ȝaue to the kyng an hundrith and twenty talentis of gold, and many swote spices ful myche, and most precyous gemmes; and ther weren not siche swote spices, as thes that qween Saba ȝaue to kyng Salamon. Bot and the seruauntis of Yram with the ser|uauntis of Salamon brouȝten gold fro Oofer, and tyne trees, and gemmes most precious; of the whiche the kyng made, that is, of tyne trees, grees in the hous of the Lord, and in the hous of the kyng, also harpis, and sawtrees to syngers; neuer ben seen in the lond of Juda siche trees. Kyng forsothe Salamon ȝaue to the qween of Saba alle thingus that sche wolde, and that sche asked, many mo than sche brouȝte to hym. The whiche turnede aȝein wente into hyre lond with hyre seruauntis. Forsothe the weiȝt of gold, that was offerd to Salamon by ech ȝeer, was sixe hundrith and sixe and sixty talentis of gold, outaken that soum that legatis of dyuerse gentylis, and mer|chauntis weren wont to `bryngen tooffren E pr. m., and alle the kyngis of Arabie, and satrapis of londis, that brouȝten gold and syluer to Salamon. Thanne kyng Salamon maad two hundrith golden speris of the soum of sixe hundrith golde platis, the whiche in alle the speris weren spred abrod; also thre hundrith golden scheldis of thre hun|drith gold platis, with the whiche alle the scheldis weren couerd; and the kyng putte hem in the armerie place, that was settplaned E pr. m. in the wode. Also kyng Salomon made a grete yuere sete, and clothed it with most clene gold; and sixe grees, in theOm. C. whiche men steyȝede up to the sete, and a golden stole, and two lytyll armys, either aȝeinus other, and two lyouns stond|ynge besides the litil aarmes, bot and other twelue litil lyouns stondynge vpon the sixe grees on either party. There was not siche a kyngis see in alle rewmes. And alle the vessels of the kyngis feste weren golden, and the vessels of the hous of saltus Liban of most pure gold; syl|uer forsothe in tho days for nouȝt was countid. Forsothe and the schippis of the kyng wenten in Tharsis with the seruauntis of Yram oones in thre ȝeer, and thei brouȝten thennus gold, and syl|uer, and yuer, and apis, and poos. Thanne Salamon is magnified vpon alle the kyngis of erth for rychesse and glorie. And alle the kyngis of londis desireden to seen the face of Salamon, that thei heeren the wijsdam that God hadde ȝeuen in the herte of hym; and thei brouȝten to hym ȝiftes, sylueren vessels and golden, clothes and armes, and spices, hors and mulis, by alle ȝeeris. And Salamon hadde fourty thousand of hors in his stallis, and of charis and of horsmen twelue thousand; and he sette hem in the cytees of `foure horsid carrisploowes E., and where the kyng was in Jerusalem. Forsothe he enhauntide power vpon alle the kyngis, fro the flode of Eufrate vnto the lond of Philisteis, and vnto the termes of Egipt. And so myche plente of syluer he ȝaue in Jerusalem, as of stoones, and of cedres so myche mul|titude, as of wijlde mulberye trees that ben sprungyn in wijld feeldis. Forsothe ther weren brouȝt hors fro Egipt, and of alle regyouns. The remnaunt forsothe of the rather werkis of Salamon and of the last ben wrijten in the wordis of Na|than, the prophete, and in the wordis of Achie Sylonyte, and in the visioun of Addo, sear, aȝeins Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath. Salamon forsothe regnede in Jerusalem vpon al Yrael fourety ȝere, and he slepte with his fadirs; and thei birieden hym in the cytee of Dauid, and Roboam, his sone, regned for hym.

 CAP. X.

Roboam forsothe wente in to Sychem; thidre forsothe al Yrael was comen to gydre that thei setten hym kyng. The whiche thing whan Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that was in Egypt, hadde herd; forsothe he hadde flowen thidre beforn Salomon; anoon he is turned aȝeyn. And thei clepiden hym, and he came with al Ysrael, and thei speeken to Roboam, seiynge, Thi fadir with most harde ȝok oppressed us; thou comaunde liȝter than thi fadir, `the whichethat C. putte to us a grete seruage; and a litil wiȝt of the charge put off, that we seruen to thee. The whiche seith, Aftir thre days turneth aȝein to me. And whan the puple was gone aweie, he wente in counseil with the olde men, that stoden beforn his fadir Salamon, while ȝit he lyuede, seyinge, What ȝeue ȝe of counseil, that I answer to the puple? The whiche seyden to hym, Ȝif thou plese to this puple, and soften hem with mercyable wordis, thei schulen seruen to thee al tyme. And he laft the counceil of olde men, and with ȝonge men beganne to treeten, that with hym were nurischid, and weren in the felawschip of hym. And he seide to hem, What to ȝou semeth? or what schal I an|sweren to this puple, that seide to me, Heue of the ȝok, that thi fader putte vnto us? And thei answerden, as ȝonge men and nurschid with hym in delices, and seiden, Thus thou schalt answeren to the puple that seide to thee, Thi fadir ag|gregide oure ȝok, thou putte off; thus thou schalt answeren to hem, My lest fynger is gretter than the reynes of my fadir; my fadir putte to ȝou a grete ȝok, and I schal putten to a more weiȝte; my fader beet ȝou with scourgis, I forsothe schal beten ȝou with scorpiouns. Thanne Jeroboam came and al the puple the thidde day to Roboam, as he hadde co|maundide to hem. And the kyng an|swerde hard thingus, the counseil laft of the eldreelders C., spokyn aftir the will of ȝong men; My fadir putte an heuy ȝok to ȝou, and I schal maken heuyar; my fadir beet ȝou with scourgis, I forsothe schal beeten ȝou with scorpiouns. And he assentide not to the preyers of the puple; for|sothe the wille of God was, that his word schuld ben fulfild, that he hadde spoken by the hond of Achie Sylonyte to Jero|boam, the sone of Nabath. Al the puple forsothe, the kyng seyinge harder thingus, thus spak to hym, There is not to us part in Dauid, ne heritage in the sone of Ysay; turne aȝein in to thi tabernaclis, Yrael, thou forsothe feed thin hous, Dauith. And Yrael wente in to their tabernaclis. Vpon forsothe the sonis of Yrael, that dwelleden in the cytees of Juda, regnede RoboamJeroboam B pr. m.. And kyng Roboam sente Aduram, that stode vpon the tributis; and the sones of Yrael stooneden hym, and he is deed. Bot kyng Roboam heeȝede to steyȝen up the chaar, and fleiȝ in to Jerusalem. And Yrael wente awey fro the hous of Da|uid vnto this day. It is done forsothe, whanne al Yrael hadde herd, that Jero|boam was turned aȝein, thei senten, and clepeden hym, the companye gederd, and setten kyng vpon al Yrael; ne any man folowed the hous of Dauid, saue the lynage of Juda and Beniamyn allon.

 CAP. XI.

Roboam forsothe came into Jerusalem, and clepide al the hous of Juda and of Beniamyn, vnto an hundrith and eiȝty thousand of chosen fiȝtynge men, that he fiȝte aȝeynus Ysrael, and turne to hym his rewme. And the word of the Lord is maad toOm. B. Semyam, the man of God, sey|inge, Speke to Roboam, the sone of Sala|mon, kyng of Juda, and to al Yrael, that is in Juda and Beniamyn; Thes thingis seith the Lord, Ȝe schul not steyȝen up, ne fiȝten aȝeyn ȝoure bretheren; turne aȝein ech oonOm. C. in to his hous, for this is doon by my wille. The whiche whan hadden herd the word of the Lord, ben torned aȝein, ne thei wenten aȝeinus kyng Jeroboam. Roboam forsothe dwellide in Jerusalem, and he bilde up wallid cytees in Juda; and he maad out Bethleem, and Ethan, and Thecue, and Bethsur; also and Sochot, and Odollam; also and Jeth, and Mareza, and Ciph; but and Huram, and Lachis, and Arecha; Saraa also, and Haylon, and Ebron, that weren in Juda and Beniamyn, cytees most strengthed. And whanne he hadde closed hem with wallis, he putte in hem princes of metis, and bernes, that is, of oyle and of wijne. Bot and to alle the cytees he maad ar|mour places of scheeldis, and of speris, and he fastnede hem with most diligence, and comaundide vpon Judam, and vpon Benjamin. The prestis forsothe and Le|uytis, that weren in al Ysrael, camen to hym fro al their seetis, forsakyng sub|urbis and their possessiouns, and goynge ouer to Juda and toOm. ACEF. in H. Jerusalem; forthi that Jeroboam hadde cast hem awey, and his aftir comers, that thei vsen not the presthood of the Lord; the whiche or|deynede to hym silf prestis of heeȝe thingis, and of deuyls, and of calues, `the whichethat C pr. m. he hadde made. Bot and of al the lynagis of Yrael, whiche euer hadde ȝeuen their herte that thei sechen the Lord God of Yrael, came to Jerusalem to offryn their slayn sacrificis before the Lord God of their faders. And thei strengtheden the kyngdam of Juda, and to gither strengtheden Roboam, the sone of Salamon bi thre ȝeer; forsothe thei wenten in the weies of Dauid, and of Salomon, al oonly thre ȝeer. Forsothe Roboam weddide a wijf Malaoth, the douȝter of Jerymuth, sone of Dauid, and Abiail, the douȝter of Heliab, sone of Ysaye; the whiche bare to hym sonis, Jeus, and Somoriam, and Jereum. And aftir this he toke Maacham, the douȝtir of Absalon, that bare to hym Abia, and Thai, and Sisa, and Salomyth. Forsothe Roboam louede Maacham, the douȝter of Absalon, ouer alle his wijues and secun|daries. Forsothe eiȝtene wijues he wed|dide, secundarie wijues forsothe sixty; and he gate eiȝte and twenty sonis, and sixty douȝters. Forsothe he sette in the heued Abiam, the sone of Maacha, duke ouer alle his bretheren; he thouȝte for|sothe to makyn hym kyng, for wijser and myȝtyer ouer alle his sonis, and in alle the coostis of Juda and of Beniamyn, and in alle the walled cytees; and he ȝaue to hem many metis, and he hadde many wijues.

 CAP. XII.

And whanne the rewme of Roboam was strengthed and confermed, he for|soke the lawe of the Lord, and al Yrael with hym. The fyfthe ȝeer forsothe of the regne of Roboam steyȝede up Sesach, the kyng of Egypt, in to Jerusalem, for thei hadden synned to the Lord; with a thousand and two hundrith chaaris, and sixty thousand horsmen, and ther was no noumbre of the comoun, that came with hym fro Egipt, Libies, that is, and Erogodite, and Ethiopes. And he tok the most strengthed cytees in Juda, and came vnto Jerusalem. Semeias forsothe, the prophete, wente in to Roboam, and the princes of Juda, that weren gadered in to Jerusalem, fleeȝyng Sesach. And he seide to hem, Thes thinges seith the Lord, Ȝe han forsaken me, and I haue forsaken ȝou in the hond of Sesach. And the princis of Yrael and the kyng aferd seyden, Riȝtwijs is the Lord. And whanne the Lord hadde seen that thei weren meked, the word of the Lord is doon to Semeiam, seyinge, For thei ben meekid, I schal not leesen hem, and I schal ȝeuen to hem a lytyll of help, and my woodnesse schal not droppen upon Jerusalem by the hond of Sesach. Neuer the later thei schul serue to hym, that thei knowen the distaunce of my seruyce and of the seruyse of the rewme of londis. And so Sesach, kyng of Egipt, wente awei fro Jerusalem, the tresoures taken awei of the hous of the Lord, and of the hous of the kyng; and alle thingis he toke with hym, and the golden tergetis `the whichethat C pr. m. Salamon hadde maad, for the whiche the kyng made brasen, and toke hem to the princis of the tergeteris, `the whichethat C. kepten the vestiarie of the paleis. And whanne the kyng schulde goone in to the house of the Lord, the tergeters camen, and token hem, and eft beeren hem aȝein to his armorie place. Neuer the later for thei ben meekid, the wrath of the Lord is torned awey fro hem, and thei ben not don awei al oute; forsothe and in Juda ben founden good werkis. Thanne Roboam is coumfortid in Jerusalem, and regnede. Forsothe of oon and fourty ȝeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen, and eiȝtene ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem, the citee that the Lord chees that he conferme his name there, of alle the lynagis of Yrael. The name forsothe of his moder Naama Amanyte. And he dide euyl, and he greithede not his herte forOm. C. to sechen God. The werkis forsothe of Roboam, the first and the last, ben writen in the bokis of Semei the prophete, and of Abdo sear, and besily expownede. And Roboam and Jeroboam fouȝten aȝeinus hem seluen alle days. And Roboam slepte with his fadirs, and is biried in the cyte of Dauid; and Abia, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XIII.

The eiȝteneeiȝtenthe ACEFH. ȝeer of kyng Jeroboam regnede Abia vpon Judam; thre ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; and name of his modir Machaia, the douȝter of Vriel of Gabaa. And ther was bataile betwenebetwe C passim. Abiam and Jeroboam. And whanne Abia hadde gon in strijf, and hadde most best fiȝtynge men, and of chosen foure hun|drith thousand, Jeroboam ordeynde aȝein|ward scheltrun of eiȝt hundrith thousand of men, the whiche and thei weren chosen and to batails most stronge. Thann Abia stood vpon the hil of Semeron, that was in Effram, and seith, Heere, Jeroboam and al Yrael; whether ȝe knowe not, that the Lord God of Yrael ȝaue the rewme to Dauid vpon Yrael in to euermore, to hym and to his sonis into couenaunt of salteSalti ABFH.? And Jeroboam, the sone of Na|bath, the seruaunt of Salamon, sone of Dauith, ros, and rebellide aȝeinus his lord. And ther ben gaderd to hym most vein men and the sonis of Belial, and thei hadden the ouer hond aȝeinus Roboam, the sone of Salamon. Bot Roboam was rude, and with ferde herte, and myȝt not aȝeinstonden to hem. Now thann ȝe sayn, that ȝe schul mown withstonde to the rewme of the Lord, that he weldith by the sonis of Dauid; and ȝe han a gret multitude of puple, and golden calues, `the whichethat C. Jeroboam hath made to ȝou in to goddis. And ȝe han throwen awei the prestis of the Lord, the sonys of Aaron, and Leuytis, and han maad to ȝou prestes, as alle the puplis of londis; whosoeuer commith and sacrith his hond in bool, in oxen and in seuen wethers, anoon he is maad theOm. ABFH. preste of hem that ben not goddis. Our forsothe Lord is God, whom we han not forsaken; and the prestis mynistridenmynystren C. to the Lord of the sonis of Aaron, and Leuytis ben in their ordre; also brent sacrifices thei offren to the Lord by ech days, erly and at euen, and the encense maad aftir the hestis of the lawe; and there ben leid forth looues in the most clene borde; and there is anentis us a golden chaundeler, and the lantern of it, that it be tend euermore at euen; we forsothe kepen the hestis of oure God, whom ȝe han forsaken. Thanne duke in oure hoost is God, and the prestis of hym, that crien in trumpis and sownen aȝeins ȝou; ȝe sonis of Yrael, willith not fiȝten aȝeinus the Lord God of oure fadirs, for it spedith not to ȝou. Thes thingis hym spekyng, Jeroboam bihynde kaste buschementis; and whanne he schulde stonden forn aȝeinus of the hoostis, he enuyrounde with his hoost Judam vn|knowynge. And Juda biholdynge sawȝ to stonden in bataile forn aȝeinst, and bi|hynde the bac; and he criede to the Lord, and the prestis with trumpis be|gunnen to syngen. And alle the men of Juda crieden out, and loo! hem criynge out, God ferid Jeroboam and al Ysrael, that stood forn aȝeynst Juda and Abia. And the men of Yrael flowen Judam, and the Lord tok hem in to the hondis of hem. Than smote hem Abia and his puple in a grete veniaunce, and ther fellen of hem woundid fyue hundrithOm. E pr. m. thousand of stronge men. And the sonis of Yrael ben mekid in that tyme, and the sonis of Juda most hugely coumfortid, forthi that thei hadden hopide in the Lord God of their fadirs. Forsothe Abia pursued Jeroboam fleeȝinge, and toke citees of him, Bethel and the douȝtirs of it, and Jesana with his douȝtirs, Efron also and the douȝtirs of it; and miȝt no more withstonde Jeroboam in the days of Abia, whome the Lord smote, and is deed. Than Abia, comfortid his empyre, toke foure|tene wijues and gat two and twenty sonis, and sixtene douȝters. AndOm. C. the remnaunt of the wordis of Abia and of the weies and of his werkis, ben writen most bisily in the boke of Abdo, prophete.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe Abia sleptesleep C. with his fadirs, and thei birieden hym in the cytee of Dauith; and Aza, his sone, regnede for hym. In whos days restide the londe tenn ȝeer. And Aza dide that good and plesaunt was in the siȝte of his God, and he turned vpsadoun the auters of straunge heryinge, and the heeȝ thingis, and to|brac the ymagis, and the mawmet woodis hewȝ doun; and he comaundide to Jude, that he schulde sechen the Lord God of their fadirs, and done the lawe, and alle the maundementis. And he toke awei fro alle the cytees of Juda auters and mawmet templis, and regned in pese. Also he bylde up strengthed cytees in Juda; for quyete he was, and noon in his tyme batails risen, the Lord grauntynge pese. Forsothe he seide to Jude, Bilde we up thes cytees, and enuyrown we with wallis, and strengthe we with touris and ȝatis and lockis, the whilis fro batails alle thingis ben quyete; forthi that we han souȝt the Lord God of oure fadirs, and he hath ȝeuen to us pese by enuyrown. Thanne thei beelden up, and no lettynge was in the out makynge. Aza forsothe hadde in his enuyrown of bereris scheeldis and speris of Juda thre hundrith thou|sand, of Beniamyn forsothe of scheld berers and archers two hundrith and se|uenty thousand; alle thes most stronge men. Forsothe aȝeinus hem went out Zara Ethiope with his hoost tenn hun|drith thousand, and with chaaris thre hundrith, and he came vnto Mazara. Forsothe Aza wente to mete with hym, and maad a scheltrun to bataile in the valei of Sophata, that is beside Mazera. And he inwardly clepide the Lord God, and seith, Lord, ther is not anentis thee eny distaunce, whether in fewe thou help|ist, or in many; help us, Lord oure God, in thee forsothe and in thi name hauynge trust we ben comen aȝeinus this multitude; Lord, oure God thou ert, haue not the ouerhand aȝeins thee a man. And so the Lord fered Ethiopis beforn Asa and Juda, and Ethiopis flowen; and Asa pursued hem, and the peple that was with hym, vnto Jerare. And Ethiopis fellyn vnto deth, for the Lord smijtynge thei ben to-hewen, and with the hoost of hym fyȝtyng. Thanne thei token many spoylis, and smijten alle the cytees by enuyrown of Jerare; forsothe a grete fere assayl|ede alle. And thei to-brosten cytees, and beren aweie mych preye; bot and the foldis of scheep distruynge token of beestis a multitude withoute eende, and of ca|mels, and ben torned aȝein in to Jeru|salem.

 CAP. XV.

Azarias forsothe, the sone of Obed, the spirite of God maad in hym, wente out in to aȝein comynge of Aza; and seide to hym, Heere ȝe me, Aza and al Juda and Beniamyn; the Lord with ȝou, for ȝe weren with hym; ȝif ȝe sechen hym, ȝe schul fynden; ȝif forsothe ȝe forsaken hym, he schal forsaken ȝou. Forsothe ther schul passen many days in Yrael with oute verre God, and with oute prest, and with out doctour, and with oute lawe. And whanne thei weren turned aȝein in their anguysch, and schul crien to the Lord God of Yrael, and sechen hym, thei schul fynden hym. In that tyme ther schal not ben pese of goyng out and com|mynge in, bot feris on al sijde in alle dwellers of londis. Forsothe folc schal fiȝten aȝeinus folc, and cyte aȝeinus cytee, for the Lord schal distourblen hem in al anguysch; ȝe forsothe takith comfort, and ȝoure hondis ben not febled; forsothe meed schal ben to ȝoure werk. The whiche thing whann Aza hadde herd, that is, the wordis and the prophecie of Azarie, sone of Obed, prophete, is com|fortid, and toke aweie alle the mawmetis of al the lond of Juda and of Beniamyn, and of the cytees that he hadd taken of the hill of Effraym. And he halowede an auter of the Lord, that was before the ȝate hous of the hous of the Lord. And he gadride al Juda and Beniamyn, and the comlyngis with hem of Effraym, and of Manasse, and of Symeon; forsothe many hadde flowen to hym of Ysrael, seeynge that the Lord God of hym was with hym. And whanne `thei werenhe was E pr. m. commen in to Jerusalem, the thrid moneth, the fiftenthe ȝeer of the regne of Aza, thei offreden to the Lord in that day, and of the hondis and pray, that thei hadden brouȝt, oxen seuen hundrith, and wethers seuen thousand. And he wente in of maner to strengthen the pese couenaunt, that thei schulden seche the Lord God of their fadirs in al herte, and in al their soule. Ȝif any forsothe sechith not, he seith, the Lord God of Yrael, be he deed, fro the leste vntoto ABFH. the most, fro man vnto womman. And thei sworen to the Lord with a grete voice, in ioye, and in crie of trumpe, and in sown of clariowns, alle that weren in Jewrye, with execracioun; in alle forsothe their herte thei sworen, and in alle wil thei souȝten hym, and founden; and the Lord ȝaue to hem reste by enuyroun. Bot and Maa|cha, the modir of kyng Aza, he put doun of hyre anguyschynge empyre, forthi that sche had maad a symulacre of a mans ȝeerde in the mawmet wode; the whiche al he distroyede, and in to gobetis munyschynge, he brent in to the streem of Cedron. Forsothe the heeȝe thingis ben laftforsaken E pr. m. stylle in Yrael; neuer the later the herte of Aza was perfijt alle the days of hym. Tho thingis that his fadir hadde avowed and he brouȝt in to the hous of the Lord, syluer and gold, and of vessels dyuerse purtenauncis; bataile forsothe was not vnto the thrittithe ȝeer of the regne of Aza.

 CAP. XVI.

The sixe and thrittithe ȝeer forsothe of his regne Baza, kyng of Yrael, steiȝide up in to Judam, and with a wal he en|uyrounde Rama, that no man sikirly myȝte gon oute or comme in fro the rewme of Aza. Forsothe Aza brouȝt forth gold and syluer fro the tresories of the hous of the Lord, and fro the kyngis tresories; and sente to Benadab, kyng of Cyrie, that dwellid in Damasch, seyinge, Couenaunt of pese is betwene me and thee, forsothe my fadir and thi fader hadden acord; for what thing I haue sente to thee syluer and gold, that the pese couenaunt broken, that thou hast with Baza, kyng of Yrael, thou make hym gon awey fro me. The whiche thing founden, Benadab sente the princisprinice ACH. of his hoostis to the cytees of Yrael, the whiche smyten Achyon, and Dan, and Abelmaym, and alle the walled cytees of Neptalym. The whiche thing whanne Baaza hadde herd, he cesede to bylden up Rama, and he laft of his werk. Bot kyng Aza toke al Judam, and thei token the stoones of Rama, and the trees, that Baaza had maad redy to bildyngthe bilding C.; and he bilde up of hem Gaba, and Maspha. In that tyme came Ananye, the prophete, to Aza, kyng of Juda, and seide to hym, For thou haddist trust in the kyng of Cyrye, and not in the Lord thi God, therfore the hoost of the kyng of Cyrie is scapid fro thin hond. Whether Ethi|opes and Libies weren not many mo `with carris of foure horsthan the ploowes E pr. m., and the hors|men, and the ful grete multitude; the whiche whanne thou haddist trowed to the Lord, he toke in to thin hondis? The eeȝen forsothe of the Lord beholden al the erth, and ȝeuen strengthe to hem, that in perfijte herte bileeuen `in toto ABFH. hym. Folily thanne thou didist, and for that also in the present tyme aȝeins thee batailes schul rijsen. And Aza is wroth aȝeinus the sear, and comaundide hym to be putt in the stockis. Forsothe myche vpon that was the Lord stered to indig|nacioun, and he slewȝ ofOm. ABFH. the puple in that tyme manye. The werkis forsothe of Aza, the first and the last, ben writen in the boke of the kyngis of Juda and of Yrael. Forsothe Aza was seeke the nyne and thrittithe ȝeer of his regne, most hi|dously in sorowe of feet; and nether in the infirmyte he souȝte the Lord, bot more in the craft of lechis he trustide. And Aza sleptesleep C. with his fadirs, and is deed the oon and fouretithe ȝeer of his regne. And thei birieden hym in his sepulcre, that he hadde maad to hym in the cytee of Dauith; and thei putten hym vpon his bed ful of swote spices and strumpetis oynementis, that weren maad by the craft of pyment makers, and thei brenden vpon hym in a ful myche mou|ynge to lust.

 CAP. XVII.

Josaphath forsothe, his sone, regnede for hym; and he wexe stronge aȝeinus Yrael. And he sette noumbris of knyȝtis in alle the cytees of Juda, that weren enuyrounde with wallis, and he disposede strengthes in the lond of Juda, and in the cytees of Effraym, that Aza, his fadir, hadde taken. And the Lord was with Josaphath, the whiche wente in the weies of Dauith, his fadir, in the first; he hoop|ide not in Baalym, bot in the Lord God of Dauid, his fadir, and he wente in the heestis of hym, and not aftir the synnes of Yrael. And the Lord confermede the rewme in his hond, and al Juda ȝaue ȝiftis to Josaphath, and with oute noum|ber rychessis ben maad to hym, and myche glorie. And whanne his herte hadde taken hardynesse for the weies of the Lord, also heeȝ thingis and mawmete wodus he toke awei fro Juda. The thrid forsothe ȝeer of his regnerewme E pr. m. he sente of histhe E pr. m. princis Banayl, and Abdyam, and Zachyam, and Nathanael, and Mychiam, that thei schulden techen in the cytees of Juda; and with hem Leuytis, Semey|am, and Nathanyam, and Zabadyam, Azahil also, and Semyramoth, and Jona|than, and Adonyam, and Tobiam, and Abadonyam, Leuytis; and with hem Elizama and Joram, prestis; and they tauȝten the puple in Juda, hauynge the boke of the lawe of the Lord; and thei enuyrouneden alle the cytees of Juda, and tauȝten al the puple. And so the ferd of the Lord is maad vpon alle rewmes of londis, that weren by enuy|roun of Juda; and thei weren not hardy to fiȝten aȝein Josaphath. Bot and the Philisteis brouȝten ȝiftis to Josaphath, and tribute of syluer; also Arabes brouȝten beestis, of wethers seuen thou|sand and seuen hundrith, and geet as feele. Than Josaphath wexe, and is magnyfied vnto in heiȝte, and bilde up in Juda houses at licnesse of touris, and strengthed cytees; and many werkis made redy in the cytees of Juda. And men fiȝters and strong weren in Jerusa|lem; of whome this is the noumbre, by houses and meynes of echone. In Juda prince of the hoost, duyk Eduas, and with hym most stronge men thre hun|drith thousand. After this Johannan prynce, and with hym two hundrith and eiȝtye thousand. Aftir hym also Ama|zias, the sone of Zechri, sacrid to the Lord, and with hym two hundrith thou|sand of stronge men. This folowede a stronge man to batails, Eliada, and with hym of holdynge bowe and terget two hundrith thousand. Aftir hym also Josa|bath, and with hym an hundrith and eiȝtye thousand of al redy knyȝtis. Alle thes weren at the hond of the kyng, outake othere, `the whichethat C pr. m. he hadde sette forth in wallid citees and in al Juda.

 CAP. XVIII.

Josaphath thanne was ryche and myche gloriousglorious of knyȝtis E pr. m., and in affynite ioyned isOm. E pr. m. to Achab. And he wente doun aftir ȝeeris to hym in to Samarie; at whos com|mynge Achab slewȝ wethers and many oxen, and made to hym a feeste, and to the puple that was commen with hym; and he mouede to hym that he schulde steiȝe up in to Ramoth-galaad. And Achab, kyng of Yrael, seid to Josaphath, kyng of Juda, Comme with me in to Ra|moth-galaad. To whome he answerde, As I, and thou; as thi puple, so and my puple; and with thee we schul ben in bataile. And Josaphath seide to the kyng of Yrael, Counseile, I beseche, now the word of the Lord. Than the kyng of Yrael gadrede of prophetis four hundrith men, and seide to hem, In Ramoth-galaad to fiȝten schul we gon, or cesen? And thei, Steiȝith up, thei seyn, and God schal take hem in the hond of the kyng. And Josa|phath seide, Whether is therOm. ABFH. not heere a prophete of the Lord, that of hym also we asken? And the kyng of Yrael seith to Josaphath, Ther is oon man, of the which we mown asken the wille of the Lord, bot and I hatide hym, for he pro|phecieth not to me good, bot euyl al tyme; he is forsothe Mychias, the sone of JemlaJebla E pr. m.. And Josaphath seide to hym, Ne speke thou, kyng, this maner. Thanne the kyng of Yrael clepide oon of his geld|yngis, and seide to hym, ClepeClepe to me E pr. m. anoon Mychyam, the sone of JemlaJebla E.. Bot the kyng of Yrael and Josaphath, kyng of Juda, either seeten in their see, clothedclad C. with kyngis honournyngonourynge H.; forsothe thei seeten in the corn flore bysidis the ȝate of Samarye; and alle the prophetis pro|phecieden beforn hem. Sedechias for|sothe, the sone of Chanane, made to hym yren hornes, and seith, Thes thingus seith the Lord, With thes thou schalt wynewen Cyrie, to the tyme that thou `to-tredetrede B. it. And alle the prophetis pro|phecieden lijc maner, and seiden, Steiȝe up in to Ramoth-galaad, and thou schalt welsumly done; and the Lord schal take hem in to the hondis of the kyng. The messager forsothe, that wente to clepen Mychie, seith to hym, Lo! the wordis of alle theOm. ABFH. prophetis with oon mouthe good thingus tellen to the kyng; thanne, I be|seche thee, that thi word fro hem dis|sente not, and speke thou welsum thingis. To whome answerd Mychias, The Lord liuith, for what euer thingis my Lord schal seyn, thes I schal speken. Thanne he came to the kyng. To whom the king seith, Mychie, schul we gon into Ramoth|galaad to fiȝten, or resten? To whom he answerde, Steiȝith up, alle thingus for|sothe welsum schul fallen, and the en|myes schul ben taken into ȝoure hondis. And the kyng seide, Eft and eft I adiure thee, that thou speke not to me bot thatthe thing that C. is sothe in the name of the Lord. And he seith, I sawe al Yrael scatered in hyllis, as scheep with oute schepherde. And the Lord seid, Thes han not lordis; be turned aȝein ech man in to his house in pees. The kyng of Yrael seith to Jo|saphath, Whether I seide not to thee, that this schulde not prophecien to me eny thing of good, bot tho thingis that ben euyl? And he therfore seith, Herith the word of the Lord. I sawȝ the Lord syt|tynge in his seete, and al the hoost of heuen stondynge neeȝ to hym fro the riȝt and fro the left. And the Lord seide, Who schal deceyuen Achab, kyng of Yrael, that he steiȝe up, and falle in Ra|moth-galaad? And whanne oon seide in this maner, and another inOm. C. another, ao AH. oo B. spirite went forth, and stood before the Lord, and seith, I schal deceyuen hym. To whome the Lord, In what thanne, he seith, thou schalt deceyuen? And he an|swerd, I schal goon out, and I schal ben aOm. C. spirite lier in the mouth of alle the prophetis of hym. And the Lord seide, Thou schalt deceyuen, and han the oouer hond; go out, and do so. Nowe thanne, lo! the Lord ȝaue a spirite of lesynge in the mouthe of alle thithe ABFH. prophetis, and the Lord spac of thee euyl thingis. Forsothe Sedechias, the sone of Chanane, wente to, and smote the cheek boon of Mychie, and seith, Bi what weie passede ouer the Spirite of the Lord fro me, that he schulde speke to thee? And Mychias seide, Thou thi silf schal seen in that day, whanne thou schalt gon in the bed fro the bed, that thou be hid. Forsothe the kyng of Yrael comaundide, seyinge, Takith Myche, and ledith hym to Amon, the prince of the cyte, and to Joas, the sone of Ama|lech; and ȝe schul seyn, Thes thingis seith the kyng, Puttith this in to prisone, and ȝeuith to hym a litill of brede, and a lityll of water, to the tyme that I be turned aȝeyn in pese. And Mychias seide, Ȝif thou schal be torned aȝein in peese, the Lord hath not spoken in me. And he seith, Herith, alle puplis. Thanne steiȝeden up the kyng of Yrael, and Jo|saphath, kyng of Juda, in to Ramoth|galaad. And the kyng of Yrael seide to Josaphath, I schal chaungen habite, and so I schal gone to fiȝten; thou forsothe be clothedclad C. with thi clothes. And, the habite chaungid, the kyng of Yrael came to bataile. The kyng forsothe of Cyrie hadde comaundid to the dukis of his chyualrye, seyinge, Fiȝtith not aȝeyn the lest, or aȝein the moste; bot aȝeins aloone the kyng of Yrael. And so whanne the princes of the chyualrye hadden seen Josaphath, thei seiden, Kyng of Yrael is this; and thei enuyrouneden hym, fiȝtynge. And he cried to the Lord; and he `helpide tohalp C. hym, and he torned hem awei fro hym. And whanne the duykis of the chyualrye hadden herd, that it was not the kyng of Yrael, thei laften hym. It felle forsothe, that oon of the puple in to vncerteyn kast an arowe, and smote the kyng of Yrael betwen the hatreel and the schulders. And he to his chariotere seith, Turne thin hond, and leede out me fro the scheltrun; for I am woundid. And the fiȝt is eendid in that day. Bot the kyng of Yrael stode in hisOm. ABFH. chaar aȝeinus Cyries vnto euen, and is deed, the sone goynge doun.

 CAP. XIX.

Josaphath, the kyng of Juda, is turn|ed aȝein pesibly in to his house in to Jerusalem. To whome Hieu, the sone of Ananye, sear, aȝein came, and seith to hym, To the vnpiteuous man thou ȝeuist helpe, and to hem that haten the Lord by frenschip thou ert ioyned; and ther|fore the wrath forsothe of the Lord thou haddist deserued; bot good werkis ben founden in thee, for thi that thou toke awey the mawmete wodis fro the lond of Juda, and haddist maad redy thin hert, that thou seche aȝein the Lord God of thi fadirs. Than Josaphath dwellide in Jerusalem; and eft he wente out to the puple fro Bersabee vnto the hill of Ef|fraym, and he clepide hem aȝein to the Lord God of their fadirs. And he sette domesmen of the lond in alle the strengthed citees of Juda, by alle placis. And comaundyng to the iugis, Seeith, he seith, what ȝe done; forsothe ȝe en|haunten not dome of man, bot of the Lord; and what euer ȝe schul demyn, in to ȝou it schal redoundyn; be the drede of the Lord with ȝou, and with diligence alle thingus doith; forsothe ther is not anentis the Lord oure God wyckidnessewickenesse C., ne acceptynge of persones, ne couetise of ȝiftis. And Josaphath in JerusalemIrael C. sette Leuytis, and prestis, and princes of the meynees of Yrael, that dome and the cause of the Lord thei schulden deemyn to the dwellers of it. And he comaundide to hem, seyinge, Thus ȝe schul doon in drede of the Lord, feithfully and in perfijte herte. Al cause that comith to ȝou of ȝoure bretheren, that dwellen in theirȝoure E pr. m. cytees, bitwen kyn|rede and kynrede, wher euer questioun is of the lawe, of the maundement, of cery|monyes, ofand B. justyfyingis, scheweth to hem, that thei synnen not in to the Lord, and wrath come not vpon ȝou and on ȝoure faders. So thanne doynge ȝe schul not synnen. Amarias forsothe, preste and ȝoure bischop, in thes thingis that to God pertenen, schal sytten vpon. Bot Za|badias, the sone of Ysmael, `the whichethat C. is duyk in the hous of Juda, schal ben vpon thoto the A. the B. werkis that pertenen to the office of the kyng; and ȝe han maistris and Leuytis before ȝou; takith coumfort, and doith diligently, and the Lord schal ben with ȝou in goodis.

 CAP. XX.

Aftir these thinges ben gedered the sonis of Moab, and the sonis of Amon, and with hem of the Ydumes, to Josaphath, that thei fiȝten aȝeinus hym. And mes|sagers camen, and scheweden to Josa|phath, seying, Ther is comen aȝeins thee a grete multitude fro thes places that ben beȝonde the see, and of Cyrie; and, lo! thei ben in Azozonthamar, that is of Engaddi. Josaphath forsothe, for drede agast, al ȝaf hym self to preyen the Lord, and prechide fastyng to al Juda. And Juda is gadered to preye the Lord, bot and alle of their cytees camen to be|sechen hym. And whanne Josaphath hadde stonden in the mydil company of Jude and Jerusalem, in the hous of the Lord, before the newe porche, and seith, Lord God of oure fadirs, thou art God in heuen, and thou lordschipist to alle rewmes of gentilis; in thin hond is strengthe and myȝt, ne eny man may to thee aȝeyn stonden. Whether not thou, oure God, hast slayn alle the dwellers of this lond before thi puple Irael, and hast ȝeuen it to the seed of Abraham, thi frende, in to euermore? And thei dwell|iden in it, and maden out in it a seyn|tuarie to thi name, seyinge, Ȝif euyls commen vpon us, swerde of dome, of pestilence, and hungur, we schul stonden before this hous in to euermore in thi siȝte, in theOm. C pr. m. whiche is inwardly clepid thi name, and we schul crien to thee in oure tribulaciouns; and thou schalt heeren us, and maken us saaf. Nowe thanne see, sonus of Amon and of Moab and the hil of Seyr, by whome thou grauntidist not to the sonus of Irael that thei schulden passe, whann they wenten out fro Egipt, bot thei boweden aside fro hem, and thei slowen hem not, aȝein|ward thei don, and enforsen to kasten us out fro the possessyounpossyoun B., that thou, oure God, hast taken to us; thanne schalt thou not demen hem? In us forsothe is not so myche strengthe, that we mown to this multitude with stonden, that fallith vpon us; bot whanne we vnknowen what we owen to don, that oonly we han of resi|due, that oure eeȝen we dressen up to thee. Al forsothe Juda stood before the Lord, with litil childre and wijues and their free childre. Forsothe there was Yaziel, the sone of Sacharie, sone of Ana|nye, sone of Hieyel, sone of Machanye, Leuyte, and of the sonus of Asaph, vpon whome is maad the Spirit of the Lord in mydil of the puple, and seith, Takith heede, al Juda, and that dwellen in Jeru|salem, and thou, kyng Josaphath, thes thingus seith the Lord to ȝou, Willith not dreeden this multitude, ne taken ferd, it is not forsothe ȝour fiȝt, bot of God. To morowe ȝe schul steyȝen up aȝeinus hem; forsothe thei ben to steiȝen up bi the pich hil, Cis by name, and ȝe schul fynden hem in the ouermest of the streme, that is aȝeinus the wildernesse of Jheruel. Forsothe ȝe schul not ben, the whiche schul fiȝten; bot onely tristely stondith, and ȝe schul seen the help of the Lord vpon ȝou. O Juda and Jerusa|lem, willith not dreeden, ne takith ferd; to morowe ȝe schul goon out aȝeynus hem, and the Lord schal ben with ȝou. Josa|phath thanne, and Juda, and alle the dwellers of Jerusalem, fellen bowed in to the erth before the Lord, and honoureden hym. Bot the Leuytis of the sonus of Caath, and of the sonus of Chore, preys|eden the Lord God of Yrael with a grete voice in to heiȝt. And whann erly thei hadden risen, they wenten out by the de|sert of Thecue; and, hem goon forth, Jo|saphath stonding in the mydil of hem, seide, Heerith me, Juda and alle the dwellers of Jerusalem; beleeuith in the Lord ȝoure God, and ȝe schul ben syker; leeuith to the prophetis of hym, and alle thingus schul commen welsum. And he ȝaf counseil to the puple, and he sette the syngers of the Lord, that they schul|den preysen hym in their companyes, and that thei schulden gon before the hoost, and with cordaunt voice thei schulden seyn, KnowlechethKnowleche B. to the Lord for goodhe is good A.; for in to the world the mercy of hym. And whanne thei hadden begunne preys|yngis to syngyn, the Lord turned the buschementis of hem in to hem silf, of the sonus, that is, of Amon and Moab and of the hil of Seyr, the whiche wenten out to fiȝten aȝeinus Judam, and ben smyten. Forsothe the sonus of Amon and of Moab rysen to gydre aȝeinus the dwellers of the hyl of Seyr, that they schulden slen, and done awey hem; and whanne that in dede thei hadden fulfild, also in to hem selue turned thei smyten to gider in woundes either in other. Bot whanne Juda was commen to the denn, that beholdith wil|dernesse, he sawȝ aferre al the regyoun abrood ful of careyns, ne to ben ouer laft eny man, `the whichethat C. hadde mouȝtnot H. toOm. C. scapen the deth. Thanne Josaphath came, and al the puple with hym, to the spoylis of theOm. B. deed to ben drawen awey, and thei foundenben founden B. betwene the careynes dy|uerse necessarie, and clothes, and vessels most precious; and thei breeken on two, so that alle they miȝten not beren, ne bi thre days the spoyles taken awey, for the mychilnesse of the preye. The ferth for|sothe day thei ben gadered in the valey of Blessynge; forsothe for ther thei bliss|iden to the Lord, thei clepiden that place the valey of Blessynge in to the present day. And eche man of Juda is turned aȝein, and the dwellers of Jerusalem, and Josaphath beforn hem, in to Jerusalem with grete ioye; forthi that the Lord hadde ȝeuen to hem ioye of their enmyes. And thei wenten in to Jerusalem with sawtrees, and harpis, and trumpis, in to the hous of the Lord. Forsothe inward ferd of the Lord fel vpon alle the rewmes of londis, whanne thei hadden herd, that the Lord hadde fouȝten aȝeinus the enmyes of Irael. And the rewme of Josaphath hadde reste; and the Lord ȝaue to hym pese by enuyroun. Thanne Josaphath regnede vpon Judam; and he was of fyue and thritty ȝeer, whanne he beganne to regnen; forsothe twenty and fyue ȝeer he regned in Jerusalem; and name of his modir Azuba, the douȝter of Selathy. And he wente in the wey of his fadir Aza, and he bowide not fro it, doynge what euer thingus weren plesaunt before the Lord. Neuer the later the heeȝe thingus he dide not awey; ȝit the puple hadden not dressid their hert to the Lord God of their fadirs. The remnaunt for|sothe of the deedis of Josaphath, of the rather and of the last, ben writen in the bokis of Hieu, theOm. C. sone of Anany, the whiche he discriued in the boke of theOm. B. kyngis of Yrael. After thes thingus Jo|saphath, kyng of Juda, wente in fren|schippes with Ochosie, the king of Yrael, whos werkes weren werst, and parcener was that thei schulden maken schippis, that schulden gon in to Tharsis; and thei maden a nauee in Aziongaber. For|sothe Heliezer, the sone of Doden, of Mareza, prophecyede to Josaphath, sey|inge, For thou haddist couenaunt of pese with Ochosia, the Lord smote thi werkes; and the schippes ben to-broken, and they myȝten not gon in to Tharsis.

 CAP. XXI.

Josaphath forsothe sleptesleep C. with his fa|ders, and is biryed with hem in the cite of Dauid; and Joram, his sone, regned for hym. The whiche hadde bretheren, sonus of Josaphath, Azaryam, Jahiel, and Zacharie, andOm. ABFH. Azarie, and Mychael, and Saphaciam; alle thes the sonis of Josa|phath, kyng of Juda. And his fadir ȝaue to hem many ȝiftis of gold and of syluer, and pensyouns, with the most strengthed citees in Juda; the rewme forsothe he toke to Joram, for thi that he was the first goten. Joram forsothe roos vpon the rewme of his fadir; and whanne he hadde confermede him selue, he slewȝ alle his bretheren with swerde, and sum of the princis of Juda. Of two and thritty ȝeer Joram was, whanne he beganne to regnen; and eiȝtseuene E. ȝeer he regnede in Je|rusalem. And he wente in the weyes of the kyngis of Irael, as the hous of Achab hadde don, the douȝter forsothe of A|chab was his wijf; and he dide euyl in the siȝt of the Lord. Forsothe the Lord wolde not distruyen the hous of Dauid, for the couenaunt that he hadde gon in with hym, and for he hadde behoten that he schulde ȝeuen to hym a lantern, and to his sonus in al tyme. In tho days Edom rebellide, that he were not suget to Jude, and he sette to hym a kyng. And whanne Joram was passed with his princis, and with al the chyualrie, that was with hym, he ros the niȝt, and smote Edom, `the whichethat C. hadde enuyrounde hym, and alle the duykis of his chyualrye. Neuer the later Edom rebellide, that he were not vnder the comaundinge of Juda vnto this day. That tyme and Lobna wente awey, that he were not vnder the hond of hym; forsothe he hadde for|saken the Lord God of their fadirs. For|thermore he forgide heeȝe thingus in the cytees of Juda, and he maad the dwellers of Jerusalem to do fornycacioun, and Juda to breken the lawe. Forsothe ther ben brouȝt to hym lettris fro Helia, the prophete, in the whiche was writen, Thes thingus seith the Lord God of Dauid, thi fadir, For thou wentist not in the weies of Josaphath, thi fadir, and in the wei of Aza, kyng of Juda, bot and thou wentist bi the wey of the kyngis of Irael, and thou madist Judam and the dwellers of Jerusalem to don fornycacioun, folewynge the fornycacioun of the hous ofOm. F. Achab; ferthermore and thi bretheren and the hous of thi fadir, beter thanne thi silf, thou hast sleyn; loo! the Lord schal smyten thee with a grete veniaunce, with thi puple, and sonus, and thi wyues, and with al thi substaunce; thou forsothe schalt waxen seek the most warst lan|gour of wombe, to the tyme that thi guttis gon out lityl melum by sundre days. Thanne the Lord rerede aȝeinus Joram the spirite of Philisteis, and of Arabes, the which ben neeȝ coostis to Ethiopes; and thei steyȝeden up in to the lond of Juda, and thei wastiden it, and thei distruyeden al the substaunce, that is founden in the hous of the kyng; ferthermore and the sonus of hym, and theOm. CE. wijues; and ther laft not to hym a sone bot Joacha, that was leste thoruȝ birth. And vpon alle thes thingus the Lord smote hym with vncurable sorowe of wombe. And whanne to the day schulde folowen day, and the spacis of tymes weren turned ouer, of two ȝeer the cercle is fulfild; and so with longe langour he is wastid, so that he schot out also his guttis, and so he wantide the langour to gydre and lijfthe lif C., and he is deed in warst infirmyte. And the puple dide not to hym the deedis office after the maner of bren|nynge, as it hadde done to the more of hym. Of two and thritty ȝeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen, and eiȝt ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem, and he wente not riȝt; and thei biryeden hym in the cyte of Dauid, neuer the later not in the sepulcre of kyngis.

 CAP. XXII.

The dwellers forsothe of Jerusalem setten Ochosiam, his leste sone, kyng for hym; alle forsothe the more thoruȝ birthe, that beforn hym weren, theeues of Arabes hadden slayn, the whiche had|den fallyn in to the tentis. And regnede Ochosias, the sone of Joram, kyng of Juda. Of two and fourty ȝeer was Ocho|sias, whanne he hadde begunne to reg|nen, and oon ȝeer he regnede in Jerusa|lem; name of his modir, Athalia, douȝter of Amry. And he wente in by the weye of the hous of Achab; forsothe his modir putte hym in, that he vnpitously schulde done. Thanne he dyde yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, as the hous of Achab; thei forsothe weren to hym counseilers after the deth of his fadir, in to his own deth; and he wente in the counseyle of hem. And he wente with Joram, sone of Achab, king of Yrael, in to bataile aȝeinus Asael, kyng of Cyrie, in Ramoth-galaad. And Cyres woundiden Joram; the whiche is turned aȝein, that he were helid in Jezrael; forsothe many woundis he hadde taken in the forseid strijf. Thanne Ochosias, king of Juda, the sone of Joram, came doun for to visiten Joram, the sone of Achab, seeke in Jezrael; the wille for|sothe of God was aȝeinus Ochosiam, that he were commyn to Joram. And whanne he were commen, that he schulde gon in with hym aȝeinus Hieu, the sone of Nampsy, whome God anoyntide, that he schulde don awey the hous of Achab. Thanne whanne Hieu schulde ouerturnenouertrowen B. the hous of Achab, he fonde the princis of Juda, and the sonus of the bretheren of Ochosie, that mynystreden to hym; and he slewȝ hem. And hym Ochosie sech|ynge, he toke lurkyng in Samarie, and brouȝt forth to hym he slewȝ; and thei birieden hym, forthi that he was the sone of Josaphath, the whiche hadde souȝte God in al his herte. And ther was no more eny hope, that eny schulde regnen of the stoc of Ochosie. Forsothe Athalia, his modir, seeynge that hire sone was deed, ros, and slewȝ al the kingus stoc of the hous of Joram. Bot Josabeth, the douȝter of the kyng, toke Joas, the sone of Ochosie, and sche staale hym fro the myddis of the sonus of the kyng, whanne thei schulde ben slayn; and sche hidde hym with his nursche in the bed place of lityl beddis. Josabeth forsothe, that hadde hydde hym, was the douȝter of kyng Joram, wijf of Joiade, bischop, sis|ter of Ochosie; and therfore Athalie slewȝ hymhir E pr. m. not. Thanne he was with hem in the hous of God hid sexe ȝeer, in the whiche Athalie regnede vpon the lond.

 CAP. XXIII.

Joiada forsothe the seuenth ȝeer com|fortide, toke the maisters of hundrithes, Azariam, that is, the sone of Jeroboam, and Ismael, the sone of Johannan, also Azariam, the sone of Obed, and Maazi|am, the sone of Adaye, and Elisaphath, the sone of Ysecry; and he wente in with hem counseyl and pese couenaunt. The whiche enuyrounynge Judam, gaderden Leuytis of alle the cytees of Juda, and the princis of the meynes of Irael, and camen `in toto ABFH. Jerusalem. Thanne wente in couenaunt al the multitude in the hous of the Lord with the kyng. And Joiada seide to hem, Loo! the sone of the kyng schal regnen, as the Lord spake vpon the sonus of Dauid. This is thanne the word that ȝe schul done. The thridde part of ȝou that ben commen to the saboth, of prestis, and of Leuytis, and of porters, schal ben in the ȝaatis; the thrid for|sothe part at the hous of the kyng; and the thrid part at the ȝaate, that is clepid of the foundement. Al forsothe the tother comoun be in the porches of the hous of the Lord; ne eny other man comme in to the hous of the Lord, bot the prestis, and that mynystren of Leuytis; thei aloonly commen in, that ben halowed, and alle the tother comoun keepe wele the wardis of the Lord. The Leuytis forsothe enuyroun thei the kyng, eche hauynge their armes; ȝif eny otherother man C. schal commyn in to the temple, be he slayn; and be thei with the kyng commynge in and goinge out. Thanne the Leuytis diden, and al Juda, after alle thingis that Joiada, the bischop, hadde comaundide; and alle thei token the men, that weren vndir hem, and thei camen by ordre of the saboth with hem, that nowe hadden fulfild the saboth, and weren gon out. Forsothe Joiade, the bischop, hadde not leetyn the cumpanyes toOm. C. gon awey, the whiche weren wont by sundre weekis to comme after to hem selue. And Joiada, the prest, ȝaf to the leders of hundrithis speres, and tergetis, and bokelers of kyng Dauid, the whiche he hadde sacride in to the hous of the Lord. And he sette al the puple, of holdyng daggers, fro the riȝt partie of the temple vnto the left part of the temple, before the auter and the temple, by enuyroun of the kyng. And thei ladden out the kingus sone, and putten on to hym a dyademe; and ȝeuen to hym in his hond the lawe to ben holden, and thei setten hym kyng. And Joiada, the byschop, enoyntide hym, and his sonus; and thei inwardly preyden, and seyden, Lyue the kyng! That whanne Athalia hadde herde, that is, the voice of men rennyng and preysyng the kyng, sche wente in to the puple, into the temple of the Lord. And whanne sche had seen the kyng stondynge upon the gree in the entre, and princis and companyes abouten hym, and al the pu|ple of the lond ioyinge, and criynge in trumpis, and orgnys of dyuerse maner, syngynge to gydir, and the voice of men preysynge, sche kutte hir clothis, and seith, Aspyes! aspyes! Forsothe Joiada, the bischop, gon out to the leeders of hundrithes, and princis of the hoost, seide to hem, Ledith hir out of the purseyntis of the temple, and be sche slayn with out forth with swerd; and the prest co|maundid, that sche shuld not be slayn in the hous of the Lord. And he putte on hondis to the nollis of hyre; and whanne sche had gon in the ȝate of the hors, of the hous of the king, thei slewen hir there. Forsothe Joiada couenauntide co|uenaunt of pese betwene hym and al the puple and the kyng, that ther were a puple of the Lord. And so al the puple wente `in toin CE. the hous of Baal, and thei distroyeden it; and auters, and mawmetis of it thei to-breeken; Mathan also, the preste of Baal, thei slewen before the auters. Forsothe Joiada sette prouostis in the hous of the Lord, that vndir the hondis of prestis, and Leuytis, the whiche Dauid delide in the hous of the Lord, that thei schulden offeren brent sacrifices to the Lord, as it is writen in the boke of Moysy, in ioye and songus, after the disposicyoun of Dauid. Also he sette porters in the ȝatis of the hous of the Lord, that ther schulde not gon in to it vnclene in eny thing. And he toke leeders of hundrithes, and most stronge men, and princis of the puple, and al the comoun of the lond. And thei maden the kyng to comme doun fro the hous of the Lord, and gon in by the mydil of the ouerȝate in to the hous of the kyng; and thei setten hym in the kyngus see. And al the puple of the lond gladide, and the cytee restyde; bot Athalia is slayn with swerde.

 CAP. XXIV.

Of seuenseue C. ȝeer was Joas, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and fourtye ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir Sebia of Bersabe. And he dyde that was good before the Lord, alle the days of Joiada, the preste. Forsothe and Joas took two wijues, of the whiche he gat sones and douȝters. After whiche thingus it pleside to Joas, that he schulde enstore the hous of the Lord. And he gadirde the prestis and Leuytis, and seyde to hem, Goth out to the cytees of Juda, and gadereth of al Irael monee, to the reparaciouns of the temple of the Lord oure God, by alle ȝeers; and swijth doth it. Bot the Leuytis diden it more necgligently. And the kyng clepide Joiada, prince, and seyde to hym, Why was not to thee bisynesse, that thou constreyn Leuytis to brengyn in fro Juda and Je|rusalem monee, the whiche is ordeynd of Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, that al the multitude of Irael schulde bryngyn itOm. ABFH. in to the tabernacle of wytnessynge? Athalia forsothe most vnpitous, and hir sonus, distruyeden the hous of God; and of alle thingus, that weren halowed to the temple of the Lord, sche enournede the templeaunswering place E pr. m. of Baalym. Thann the kyng comaundide, and thei maaden the ark, and putten it beside the ȝate of the Lord with outeforth. And it is prechid in Juda and in Jerusalem, that alle schulden bere pris to the Lord, that Moyses or|deynde to the seruauntis of God vpon al Irael, in deserte. And alle the princis and alle the puple gladedyn, and goon in, thei ȝeuen in to the ark of the Lord, and putten, so that it was ful. And whanne tyme was, that thei schulden bern the arke bifore the kyng bi the hondis of Leuytis, forsothe thei seen myche monee; and ther wente in a scribe of lawe, whom the firste preste hadde ordeyned, and thei heelden oute the monee, that was in the arke; for|sothe the arke thei bern aȝein to his place. And so thei diden bi sundre days, and ther is gadird monee with oute noumbre; the whiche the kyng and Joiada ȝeuen to hem that stoden vpon the werkis of the hous of the Lord. And thei hireden of it hewers of stoones, and craftise men of alle werkis, that thei re|storen the hous of the Lord; also forgers of yren, and of brasse, that that, that hadde begunne to fallen, were susteyned. And thes that wrouȝten diden wijsly, and the gap of the wallis was hillid bi the hondis of hem; and thei rereden the hous of the Lord in to the rather state, and thei maaden it to stonden fast. And whanne thei hadden fulfild alle the werkis, thei brouȝten before the kyng and Joiada the tother part of the monee, of the whiche ben maad the vessels of the temple in to the seruyse, and to brent sacrifices; also violis, and other golden vessels and sylueren. And ther weren offrid brent sacrifices in the hous of the Lord contynuly, alle the days of Joiade. Forsothe Joiada eeldide ful of days, and dyed, whanne he was of an hundrith and thrittithrittith B. ȝeer; and thei birieden hym in the cytee of Dauid with kingus; forthi that he hadde done good with Irael, and with his hous. Forsothe after that Joi|ada died, the princis of Jude wenten in, and honoureden the kyng, the whiche pleside by the seruyses of hem, assentide to hem. And thei forsoken the templecouenaunt E pr. m. of the Lord God of their fadirs, and thei serueden to mawmette woodis, and grauen thingus; and ther is don the wrath of the Lord aȝeynus Judam and Jerusalem for this synne. And he sente to hem prophetis, that thei schulden turnen aȝein to the Lord; whom beforen witnessynge thei wolden not heeren. And so the Spi|rite of the Lord clothed Zacharie, the sone of Joiade, preste; and he stode in the siȝte of the puple, and seyde, Thes thingus seith the Lord, Why ouerpasse ȝe the heeste of the Lord, that schal not profiten to ȝou, and ȝe han forsaken the Lord, that he forsake ȝou? The whiche gadered aȝeynus hym, senten stoones, after the heste of the kyng, in the hall of the hous of the Lord. And king Joas is not recordid of the mercy that Joiada, the fadir of hym, hadde done with hym; bot heOm. ABCFH. slewȝ his sone. The whiche, whanne he schulde dyen, seith, The Lord see, and requyre. And whanne the ȝeer was ouer|turned, the hoost of Cirie steiȝede up aȝeinus hym, and came in to Judam and Jerusalem, and slewȝ alle the princis of the puple; and al the pray thei senten to the king, to Damasc. And certis whanne ther was commen a litil noum|bre of Ciries, the Lord toke inin to E pr. m. the hondis of hem vnnoumbreable multitude, forthy that thei hadde forsaken the Lord God of their fadirs. In to Joas also thei enhauntiden schenschipful domys; and goynge awey thei laften hym in grete langours. Forsothe his seruauntis arisen aȝeinus hym, in to vengyng of the blode of the sone of Joiade, prest; and thei slewen hym in his bed, and he is deed. And thei birieden hym in the cytee of Dauid, bot not in the sepulcris of kingis. Forsothe ther aweytiden to hym Zabath, the sone of Semath Ama|nytidis, and Josabeth, the sone of Se|marith, Moabitidis. Bot the sonus of hym, and the soume of monee that was leyd to gydre vndir hym, and the enstorynge of the hous of God, ben writen more dili|gently in the boke of Kyngis.

 CAP. XXV.

Amasias forsothe, his sone, regnede for hym; of fyue and twenty ȝeer was Ama|sias, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and nyne and twenty ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir Joiaden, of Jerusalem. And he dide good in the siȝte of the Lord, neuer the later not in perfijt herte. And whanne he sawȝ the empyre strengthed to hym, he kutte the seruauntis throtis, that slewen his fadir the kyng; bot the sonus of hem he slewȝ not; as it is writen in the boke of the lawe of Moyses, where the Lord co|maundide, seyinge, The fadirs schul not ben slayn for the sonus, ne the sonus for their fadirs; bot echoneeche C. in his synne schal dyen. Thanne Amazias gaderde Judam, and ordeynede hem by meynees leders of thousandis and maystris of hun|drithis, in al Juda and Beniamyn; and he tolde fro twentye ȝeer and aboue, and he fonde thritty thousande of ȝonge men, that myȝten gon out to fiȝten, and holden spere and terget. Also by meed he hyred of Irael an hundrith thousand of stronge men, for an hundrith talentis of syluer, that thei schulden fiȝten aȝeinus the sonus of Edom. There came forsothe to hym a man of God, and seith, O! kyng, go not out with thee the hoost of Irael; for|sothe the Lord is not with Irael and with alle the sonus of Effraym; that ȝif thou weenist in strengthe of hoost batails to stonden, the Lord schal maken thee to ben ouercommen of enmyes; of God forsothe is to helpen, and in to fliȝt to turnen. And Amazias seide to the man of God, What thanne schal be done of the hundrith talentis, that I ȝaf to the knyȝtis of Irael? And the man of God answerde, The Lord hath, wherof he may ȝeue to thee many mo thanne these. And so Amazias seuered thethat C. hoost that came to hym of Effraym, that he schulde turnen aȝeyn in to his place; and thei, aȝeinus Judam hugely wratthedwratthith BH., ben turn|ede aȝein in to their regyoun. Bot Ama|zias trustily ladde out his puple, and wente in to the valeye of salt places, and he smote the sonus of Seyr, tenn thou|sand. And other tenn thousand of men token the sonus of Juda, and brouȝten to an heeȝe fallynge place of a maner stoon; and thei tumbleden hem doun fro the cop in to the lowest; the whiche al to|brosten. And that hoost thatthat abode stille E. Amazie sente aȝein, that it ȝeede not with hym in to batayle, is helde out in the cytees of Juda fro Samarie and to Betheron; and, thre thousand sleen, he deuydidedeuide C. myche preye. Amazias also after the slauȝter of Ydumes, the brouȝt to goddis of the sonis of Seyr, he sette hem in to goddis to hym, and he honourede hem, and to hem he brende ensence. For what thing the Lord wroth aȝeynst Amazie, he sente to hym a prophete, that schulde sey to hym, Why hast thou honourede goddis that han not delyuerde their puple fro thin hond? And whanne these thingus he schulde speken, he answerde to hym, Whether ert thou the counseylere of the kyng? rest, lest perauenture I slee thee. And so the prophete goynge aweye, I woote, he seith, that the Lord hath thouȝte to sleen thee; for thou hast don this yuel, and ferthermore thou hast not assentide to my counseyle. Thanne Ama|zias, king of Juda, the werst counseil gon in, sente to Joas, the sone of Joachas, sone of Hieu, the king of Irael, seyinge, Cum, see weseew or ioyne A. us to gyder. And he sente aȝein messagers, seyinge, The thistil that is in Liban sente to the cedre of Liban, sey|inge, Ȝeue thi douȝter wijf to my sone; and loo! the bestis that weren in the wode of Liban wenten and to-treden the thistil. Thou seidist, I haue smyten E|dom, and therfore thin hert is rered in to prid; sitt in thi hous; why euyl stirrist thou aȝeinus thee, that thou falle, and Juda with thee? Amazias wolde not heeren, for thi that the wille of the Lord was, that he schulde ben taken in the hondes of the enmyes, for the goddis of Edom. Thanne Joas, kyng of Irael, steiȝide up, and thei ȝeuen to hem silf beholdingis either to other. Amazias forsothe, kyng of Juda, was in Beth|sames of Juda; and Juda felle beforn Irael, and fleiȝ in to his tabernaclis. For|sothe Joas, kyng of Irael, toke Amaziam, kyng of Juda, sone of Joas, sone of Ocho|sie, in Bethsames, and brouȝt in to Jeru|salem; and distruyde the wallis of it fro the ȝate of Effraym vnto the ȝate of theOm. B. corner, in foure hundrith cubitis. And al the gold and theOm. ACH. syluer, and alle the vessels that he founde in the hous of the Lord, and anentis Obededom, in the tre|sories and of the kyngis hous, also and the sonus of taken to prisoun he brouȝte in to Samarie. Forsothe Amazias, the sone of Joas, kyng of Juda, lyuede, after that Joas, the sone of Joachaz, kyng of Irael, is deed, fyfteen ȝeer. The rem|naunt forsothe of the wordis of Amazie, the rather and the last, ben writen in the boke of the kingus of Juda and of Irael. The whiche after that he wente awei fro the Lord benten to hym buschmentis in Jerusalem; and whanne he hadde flowen to Lachis, thei senten and slewen hym there; and bryngynge aȝein vpon hors, biryeden hym with his faders in the citee of Dauid.

 CAP. XXVI.

Forsothe al the puple of Juda his sone, Osie, of sexteen ȝeer, setten kyng for his fadir Amazie. He bild up Aylath, and restored it to the lordschip of Juda, aftir that the kyng slepte with his fadirs. Of sexteen ȝeer Osias was, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen; and two and fyfty ȝeer he regned in Jerusalem; name of his modre, Yechelya, of Jerusalem. And he dide that was riȝt in the siȝt of the Lord, aftir alle thingus that Amazias, his fader, hadde done. And he souȝte the Lord in the days of Zacharie, vndirstondinge and seeing God; and whanne he schuld sechen God, he louede hym in alle thingus. Af|tirward he wente out, and fauȝte aȝeinus Philisteis, and heOm. C. distruyede the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnye, and the wal of Azoty; and he bilde up burȝ towns in Azote of Phylisteym. And the Lord halpe hym aȝeynus Philisteym, and aȝenus Arabas that dwelliden in Garba|hal, and aȝenus Amonytis. And Amonytis spendiden the ȝiftis to Ozie, and his name is puplischit vnto the entre of Egipt for his oft victories. And Ozias bilde up toures in Jerusalem vpon the ȝate of the corner, and vpon the ȝate of the valey, and other in the same side of the wall; and he fastnede hem. And he bilde out also toures in wildirnesse, and dalf out many cysternes; forthi that he hadde many beestis bothe in the wijlde feeldis and in the wastite of desert. Also vynes he hadde and wyne makers in hillis, and in Carmele; forsothe he was a man ȝeuen to erth tyllyingetilthynge E.. The hoost forsothe of the fyȝtynge men of hym, that wenten forth to batayles, was vndir the hond of Heiel, scribe, and Mazie, doctour, and vn|dir the hond of Ananye that was of the duykis of the kyng; and al the noumbre of princis, by their meynees, of stronge men two thousand and sexe hundrith. And vndir hem al the hoost of thre hun|drith and seuen thousand and fyue hun|drith, that weren able to batail, and for the king aȝeinus the enmyes fouȝten. And Ozias maad redy to hem, that is, to al the hoost, tergetis, and speres, and hel|mes, and hauberiouns, and bowes, and slyngis to stones to ben throwen. And he maad in Jerusalem engynes of dy|uerse maner, the whiche he sette in toures, and in the corners of wallis, that thei schulden casten arewes and grete stones; and his name is gon out aferre, for thi that the Lord halpe hym, and hadde strengthede hym. Bot whanne he was strengthed, his hert is areredrerid C. in to his deth; and he dispisede the Lord his God; and gon in to the temple of the Lord, he wolde brenne encense vpon the autir of maad encense. And anoon aftir hym wente in Azarias, the preste, and with hym prestis of the Lord, seuenty men most worthi; and thei withstoden to the kyng, and seyden, Ozia, it is not of thin office, that thou brenne encense to the Lord, bot of the prestis of the Lord, that is, of the sonus of Aaron, that ben sacrid to syche aOm. BCFH. maner seruyse; go out fro the seyntuarye, ne dispise thou; for it schal not ben wijtyd to thee in to glo|rie of the Lord God. And Ozias is wroth, and holdinge in the hond a cen|sere, that he brenne encense, he `thratt towas dryuen of E pr. m. the prestis; and anoon ther is sprungen a lepre in his forhede, before the prestis in the hous of the Lord vpon the auter of maad encense. And whanne Azaria, the bischop, hadde beholden hym, and alle the tother prestis seen a lepre in his forhede, hastely thei puttyn hym out; and he aferd hyȝede to gon out; forthi that he hadde feelid anoon the veniaunce of the Lord. Thanne Ozias was mesel vnto the day of his deth, and dwellide in an hous seuered, ful of lepre; for the whiche he was throwen out fro the hous of the Lord. Bot Joathan, his sone, gouernede the hous of the kyng, and demede the puple of the lond. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Ozie, of the rather and of the last, wrote Ysayas, the sone of Amos, prophete. And Ozias slepte with his fadirs, and thei biryeden hym not in the feeld of kyngis sepulcres, forthi that he was lee|prous; and Joathan, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XXVII.

Of fyue and twenty ȝeer was Joathan, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and sixteen ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his moder Jerusa, the douȝter of Sadoch. And he dide that was riȝt be|fore the Lord, aftir alle thingus that Ozias, his fadir, hadde don; out take that he wente not in to the temple of the Lord, and ȝit the puple trespasside. He bild up the heeȝ ȝate of the hous of the Lord, and in the wal of Ophel many thingus maadhe maad C.; and citees bilde in the hillis of Juda, and in heeȝ wodis, castels, and toures. And he fauȝt aȝeinus the kyng of the sonus of Amon, and ouercame hym; and the sonus of Amon ȝeuen to hym in that tyme an hundrith talentis of syluer, and tenn thousand choris of barly, and as fele of whete; thes thingus ȝeuen to hym the sonus of Amon the secound ȝeer and the thrid. And Joathan is strengthed, forthi that he hadde dresside his weys before the Lord his God. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Joathan, and alle the fiȝtyngis of hym, and werkes, ben writen in the boke of kingus of Irael and of Juda. Of fyue and twenty ȝeer he was, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and sixtene ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem. And Joathan slepte with his faders, and thei birieden hym in the citee of Dauid; and Achaz, his sone, regned for hym.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Of fyue and twenty ȝeer was Achaz, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and sexteene ȝeer he regnede in Jerusa|lem; and he dide not riȝt in the siȝt of the Lord, as Dauid, his fadir; bot wente in the weyes of the kyngis of Irael. For|thermore and he ȝeetyde ymagis to Ba|alym. He is that brende encense in the valey of Bennon, and he enuyrounde his sonus in fijr aftir the rijt of gentilis, the whiche the Lord slowȝ in the commynge of the sonus of Irael. Also he sacrified, and brende maad encense in heiȝtis, and in hillis, and vnder alle braunchid tree. And the Lord his God toke hym in the hond of the kyng of Cyrie, the whiche smote hym, and a gret prey of his em|pyre toke, and brouȝt in to Damasc. And he is taken to the hondis of the kyng of Irael, and smyten with a grete veniaunce. And Phacee, the sone of Romelie, slewȝ of Juda an hundrith and twenty thou|sand in oo day, and alle men fiȝters; for thi that thei hadden forsake the Lord God of their fadirs. The same tyme Jechry, a myȝty man of Effraym, slewȝ Maaziam, the sone of the kyng, and Esri|cham, duyke of his hous, also Elchanan, the secounde fro the kyng. And the sonus of Irael token of their bretheren two hundrith thousand of wymmen and of knaue childre and of mayde childre, and a pray with out noumbre; and thei brouȝten it in to Samarie. In that tem|pest was ther a prophete of the Lord, Obed by name, the whiche gon out meet|yng to the hoost commyng to Samarie, seide to hem, Lo! the Lord God of oure fadirs is wrooth aȝeinus Judam, and toke hem in ȝour hondis; and ȝe han sleen hem cruely, so that in to heuen ȝoure cruelte schulde commen. Forthermore the sonis of Juda and of Jerusalem ȝee wiln subjecten to ȝou seruauntis and hond wymmen; that `indeede is no nedeis werc to a wicked deede E pr. m.; ȝe han synned vpon this to the Lord ȝoure God. Bot heerith my counseil, and bringith aȝein the caytyues, the whiche ȝe han lad awey of ȝoure bretheren; for grete woodnesse of the Lord stant ouer to ȝou. And so the men of the princis of the sonus of Effraym stodyn, Azarias, the sone of Johannan, Barachias, the sone of Mosollamoth, Jezechias, the sone of Sellum, and Amazias, the sone of Adaly, aȝeyn hem that camen fro the bataile; and seyden to hem, Ȝe schul not bryngen in hydre the caytifes, lest we synnen to the Lord; why wille ȝe casten to vpon ȝoure synnes, and hepen olde synnes? Grete forsothe synne it is; and the wrath of the wodnesse of the Lord stant vpon Yrael. And the fiȝtynge men laften the pray, and alle thingis that thei hadden taken, before the princis and al the multitude. And the men, the whiche aboue we myndedyn, stoden, and, takynge the caityues, clothedyn of the spoylis alle that weren nakyd; and whanne thei hadden clothedeclad C. hem, and schod, and fyld hem with mete and drynk, and anoyntide for thethat C. trauayle, and ȝeuen to hem besynesse; who so euer myȝten not gon, and weren with feble body, thei putten hem on bestis, and ladden to Jericho, the citee of palmes, to their bretheren; and thei ben turned aȝein in to Samarie. That tyme kyng Achaz sente to the kyng of Assiries, ask|ynge helpe. And Ydumeis camen, and smyten many of Juda, and token grete pray. And the Philisteis ben held out by wijld feeldy cytees, and at the south of Juda; and thei token Bethsames, and Hailon, and Gaderoth, Socoth also, and Thannan, and Zamro, with their litil touns; and thei dwelliden in hem. For|sothe the Lord hadde meekide Judam for Achaz, kyng of Juda; forthi that he hadde nakyd hym fro helpe, and hadde the Lord to dispyte. And the Lord brouȝt aȝeinus hym Teglat Falasar, king of Assiries, the whiche tourmentyde hym, and no man withstondinge, waastide. Thanne Achaz, the hous of the Lord spoylide, and the hous of kingus and princis, ȝaf to the kyng of Assiries ȝiftis, and neuer the latre it profitide no thing to hym. Forthermore and in tyme of his anguysch he echide dispite in to the Lord; he by hym silf kyng Achaz offrede to the goddis of Damasc slayn sacrifices, to his smyters, and seyde, The goddis of the kingus of Cyrie helpen to hem, the which I schal plesen with hoostis, and thei schul stonden to to me; whanne aȝeenward thei weren fallyng to hym, and to al Irael. And so Achaz, alle the vessels of the hous of God taken awey, and broken to gydre, closede the ȝatis of the temple of God, and maad to hym auters in alle the corners of Jerusalem. Also in alle the cytees of Juda he maad up auters to brennen encense, and he ter|rede to wrath the Lord God of their fadirs. The remnaunt forsothe of his wordis and of alle his werkes, of the ra|ther and of the last, ben writen in the boke of the kyngis of Juda and of Irael. And Achaz slepte with hisOm. B. fadirs, and thei birieden hym in the cyte of Dauid of Jerusalem; ne forsothe thei receyueden hym in the sepulcres of the kingus of Irael; and Ezechias, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XXIX.

Ezechias thanne beganne to regnen, whanne he was of fyue and twenty ȝeer, and nyne and twenty ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Abia, the douȝter of Zacharye. And he dide that was plesaunt in the siȝt of the Lord, aftir alle thingus that Dauid, his fadir, hadde done. In that ȝeer and the first moneth of his regne he opnede the ȝate leues of the hous of the Lord, and he enstorede hem; and brouȝte to the prestis and the Leuytis, and gaderede hem in to the este strete, and seide to hem, Heerith me, Leuytis, and beth halowed; clensith the hous of the Lord God of oure faders, and doth awey alle vnclennesse fro the seyntuarye. Oure fadirs synneden, and diden euyl in the siȝte of the Lord oure God, forsakyng hym; thei turneden awei their faces fro the tabernacle of the Lord oure God, and ȝeuen bac. Thei closeden the dores that weren in the ȝate hous, and quencheden the lanterns; and en|cense thei brenneden not, and brent sa|crifices thei offreden not in the seyn|tuarye of God of Irael. And so the woodnesse of the Lord is sterid vpon Judam and Jerusalem; and he toke hem in to distourblynge, and into deth, and in to whistlyng, as ȝe beholden with ȝoure eeȝen. Lo! oure fadirs fellen with swerdis; oure sonus, and oure douȝters, and oure wijues ben lad caityf for this hidous gilt. Nowe thanne it plesith to me, that we gon in pese couenaunt with the Lord God of Irael, and he do awey fro us the woodnesse of his wrath. My sonus, willith not dispisen; the Lord chees ȝou, that ȝe stonden beforn hym, and mynystren to hym, and heryen hym, and brennen to hym encense. Thanne the Leuytis rysen, Maath, the sone of Amazie, and Joel, the sone of Azarie, of the sonis of Caath; bot of the sonus of Merery, Ciz, the sone of Abday, and Azarias, the sone of Jalalael; of the sonus forsothe of Jersan, Joha, the sone of Zemma, and Hedem, the sone of Joha; and forsothe of the sonus of Elizaphan, Zamry, and Jahiel; of the sonus also of Asaph, Zacharias, and Mathanyas; also of the sonus of Heman, Jahiel, and Semei; bot and of the sonus of Yditum, Semeyas, and Oziel. And thei gadreden their bre|theren, and ben halowed, and gon in, after the maundement of the kyng, and the heste of the Lord, that thei clensen the hous of the Lord. And the prestis gon in to the temple of the Lord, that thei halowen it, beeren out al the vnclennesse, that with inne thei hadden foundyn in the vestiarie of the hous of the Lord; the whiche token the Leuytis, and beeren out with out forth to the streme of Cedron. And thei begunnen the first day of the first moneth to clensen, and in the eyȝthe day of the same moneth thei wenten in to the ȝate hous of the temple of the Lord, and thei purgedyn the temple eiȝte days; and in the sixtenthe day of the same moneth, that thei hadden begunnen, thei fulfilden. And thei wenten in to Ezechie, the kyng; and seyden to hym, We han halowed al the hous of the Lord, and the auter of brenthis brent E pr. m. sacrifice of hym, and his vessels, also and the borde of pro|posicyoun with alle his vessels, and alle theOm. C. purtenauncis of the temple, that kyng Achaz in his rewme hadde polutide, after that he hadde trespassede; and loo! leid out ben alle thingus before the auter of the Lord. And Ezechie, the kyng, rijsyng erly, gadered in oon alle princisthe princis CE pr. m. of the cytee, and he steiȝede up in to the hous of the Lord; and thei offreden to gyder boolis seuen, and wetheris seuen, andOm. ACH. lombis seuen, and geet seuen, for the synne, for the rewme, for the seyntuarye, for Juda. And he seide to the prestis, sonis of Aaron, that thei schulden offren vpon the auter of the Lord. Thanne thei slewen boolis, and the prestis token the blood, and heldyn it vpon the auter; also thei slewen wethers, and of hem the blood thei heldyn vpon the auter; and thei offreden lombis, and helden vpon the auter the blood. And thei applieden the geet for the synne before the kyng and al the multitude, and thei putten their hondis vpon hem; and the prestis of|freden hem, and thei sprengden the blood of hem beforn the auter, for the synne of al Irael. Forsothe for al Irael the kyng hadde comaundide, that there schulde be don brent sacrifice, and for synne. And he ordeynde Leuytis in the hous of the Lord, with cymbales, and sawtrees, and harpis, aftir the disposicyoun of king Dauid, and of Gad, seear, and of Nathan, the prophete; forsothe the heste of the Lord it was bi the hond of his prophetis. And the Leuytis stoden, holdyng the orgnys of Dauid; and prestis the trumpis. And Ezechias comaundide, that ther schulden ben offred brent sacrifices vpon the auter; and whanne thei schulden offren brent sacrifices, thei begunnen to syngen preysyngis to the Lord, and sown with trumpis, and in dyuerse orgnys, that Dauid, king of Irael, hadde maad redy to sown with. Al the puple forsothe ho|nourynge, the syngers and tho that helden trumpis weren in their officesoffis CH., to the tyme that the brent sacrifices weren ful eendid. And whanne the offryng was eendid, the kyng is ful bowed, and alle that weren with hym, and thei honour|eden. And Ezechias comaundide and the princis to Leuytis, that thei schulden preysen the Lord with the wordis of Dauid, and of Asaph, seear; the whiche preyseden with grete gladnesse, and the knee ful bowede, thei honourden. Eze|chias forsothe thesthis C. also addide, Ȝe han fulfild ȝoure hondis to the Lord; commith neeȝ, and offrith sacrifices and preysingis in the hous of the Lord. Thanne al the multitude offride oostis, and preysingis, and brent sacrifices, with deuout mynde. Forsothe the noumbre of the brent sa|crifices, that the multitude offride, was this; boolis seuenty, wethers an hundrith, lombis two hundrith. Also thei halow|eden to the Lord oxesoxen ACH. sexe hundrith, and scheep thre thousand. The prestis forsothe weren fewe, and myȝten not suf|fice that thei drawen of the skynnes of the brent sacrifices; wherfore and the Leuitis their bretheren helpidenholpen C. hem, to the tyme that the werc were fulfild, and the bischopis weren halowed; the Le|uytis forsothe with liȝter rijt ben ha|lowed thanne the prestis. Ther weren thanne many brent sacrifices, and talowes of pesible thingus, and liquours offryngis of brent sacrifices, and the herying of the hous of the Lord is ful eendid. And Ezechie is glad, and al the puple with hym, forthi that the seruyce of the Lord was ful eendid; forsothe of sodenly it pleside that to ben don.

 CAP. XXX.

Ezechie also sente to al Irael and Juda, and he wroote letters to Effraym and Manassen, that thei schulden commen in to the hous of the Lord in Jerusalem, and do pasch to the Lord God of Irael. Thanne gon in the counsele of the kyng, and of the princis, and of al the com|panye of Irael, thei deemedyn that they schulden don pasch the secounde moneth. Forsothe thei camen not to gydre to don in his tyme; for the prestis that myȝten suffisen weren not halowed, and the pu|ple not ȝit was gadered in to Jerusalem. And the word pleside to the kyng, and to al the multitude. And they deemeden for to senden messagers in to al Irael, fro Bersabe vnto Dan, that thei schulden commen, and don pasch to the Lord God of Irael in Jerusalem; manye forsothe hadden not done, as in the lawe it is beforn writen. And curours wenten with letters, of the heste of the kyng and of his princis, in to al Irael and Juda, after the whiche thing the kyng hadde co|maundide prechours, Sonis of Irael, turnith aȝein to the Lord God of Abra|ham, and of Ysaac, and of Irael; and he schal be turned aȝein to the releuys, that scapeden the hondis of the kyng of As|siries. Willith not ben maad as ȝoure fadirs and bretheren, that wenten awey fro the Lord God of their fadirs; and he toke hem in to deth, as ȝe seen. Willith not ful hardne ȝour nollis, as ȝoure fadirs; takith hondishondith B. heede AFH. to the Lord, and commith to the seyntuarye of hym, that he ha|lowedhalowe B sec. m. with out eende; seruith to the Lord God of ȝour fadirs, and schal ben turned awey fro ȝou the wrath of his woodnesse. Ȝif forsothe ȝe weren turned aȝein to the Lord, ȝour bretheren and ȝour sonus schul haue mercy, with their lordis that hem laddyn caitijf; and thei schul ben turned aȝein into this lond. For|sothe pytouse and mercyable is the Lord oure God; and he schal not turnen awey his face fro ȝou, ȝif ȝe weren turned aȝein to hym. Thanne currours wente swiftly fro cyte vnto cite thoruȝ the lond of Ef|fraym and Manasse vnto Zabulon, hem scoornynge and vndermowynge hem. Ne|uerthelater sum men of Aser, and of Manasse, and of Zabulon, assentynge to the counseile, camen in to Jerusalem. In Juda forsothe is done the hond of the Lord, that he schulde ȝeuen to hem oon herte, and thei schulden don, after the heste of the kyng and princis, the word of the Lord. And there ben gadered into Jerusalem many puplis, that thei don the solempnyte of therf looues in the se|counde moneth. And rijsyng thei dis|truyden the auters, that weren in Jeru|salem; and alle thingus in the whiche to mawmetis was brend encense, turnynge vpsadoun, thei threwen in to the streme of Cedron. Thei offriden forsothe pasch the fourtenth day of the secound moneth; the prestis also and Leuytis at the last halowed, offreden brent sacrifice in the hous of the Lord. And thei stoden in their ordre, aftir the disposicyoun and the lawe of Moyses, the man of God. The prestis forsothe hadden taken the blood to ben sched of the hondis of Leuytis, forthi that myche puple was not ha|lowed; and therfore the Leuytis schulden offren pasch to hem, that `came not to gydreremembredyn not E pr. m. to ben halowed to the Lord. A grete also part of the puple of Effraym, and Manasse, and Ysachar, and Zabulon, the whiche was not halowed, eetyn pasch not after that it is writen. And Ezechie preyede for hem, seyinge, The good Lord schal haue mercy to alle, that in al herte sechen the Lord God of ther fa|dirs; and it schal not ben wijtid to hem, that thei ben not halowed. Whome the Lord herde, and is plesid to the puple. And the sonus of Irael, that ben founden in Jerusalem, diden the solempnyte of therf looues seuen days in grete ioye, preisyngepreyinge B. the Lord bi eche dais; the Leuytis also and the prestis by orgnys, that to their office fellen. And Ezechias spac to the herte of alle the Leuytis, that hadden good vndirstondynge vpon the Lord; and thei eeten seuen days of the solempnyte, offrynge slayn sacrificesacrifices C. of pesyble thingus, and preysyng the Lord God of their fadirs. And it pleside to al the multitude, that thei schulden also halowen other seuen days; the whiche and thei diden with ful grete ioy. Eze|chias forsothe, king of Juda, ȝaf to the multitude a thousand boolis, and seuen thousand of scheep; the princis forsothe ȝeuen to the puple a thousand boolis, and scheep tenn thousand. Thanne is halowed a more multitude of prestis; and gladnesse thoruȝ held al the puple of Juda, both of prestis and of Leuytis, and of al the besy commyng, that weren commen of Irael, and of the comlyngis of the lond of Irael, and of the dwellers of Juda. And ther is don a grete so|lempnyte in Jerusalem, whichethe whiche B. maner was not in the same cyte fro the days of Salomon, sone of Dauid, kyng of Irael. Forsothe the prestis and Leuytis risen, blessyng to the puple; and the voyce of hem is herd, and the preyer ful came into the hooly dwellinge place of heuen.

 CAP. XXXI.

And whanne thes thingus weren ma|nerly ful halowed, al Irael wente out, that was founden in the citees of Juda; and thei breeken the mawmetis, and hewen doun mawmete wodis, and the heeȝe thingus thei wastiden, and the au|ters distruyden, not onely of al Juda and Beniamyn, bot and of Effraym also and of Manasse, to the tyme that fully thei weren don awey. And alle the sonus of Irael ben torned aȝein in to posses|siouns, and their citees. Ezechias for|sothe sette prestis companyes and Le|uytis bi their deuysiouns, echoneeche C. in pro|pre office, bothe of prestis, that is, and of Leuytis, to brent sacrifices and pesi|ble, that thei seruen, and knowlechen, and syngen in the ȝatis of the tentis of the Lord. A paartye forsothe of the kyng was, that of his propre substaunce schulde ben offrid brent sacrifice erly and at euen, the sabothis also, and kalendis, and other so|lempnytes, as it is writen in the lawe of Moyses. Also he comaundide to the pu|ple of the dwellers in Jerusalem, that thei ȝeuen partis to prestis and Leuytis, that thei mown taken tent to the lawe of the Lord. The whiche whanne was pu|plischt in theOm. ABFH. eris of the multitude, the sonus of Irael offreden manye first fruytis of whete, and of wyne, and of oyle, also of hony; and of alle thingus that the erth getith, thei offreden dymys. Bot and the sonus of Irael and of Juda, that dwelliden in the cytees of Juda offreden dymes of oxen and scheep, and dymes of hooly thingus, that thei hadden vowed to the Lord ther God, and, alle thingus beerynge, maaden many heepils. The thrid moneth thei begunne to castyn groundis of the heepils, and the seuenth moneth thei eendiden hem. And whanne Ezechias and his princis weren commen in, thei seen the heepils, and thei blesseden to the Lord, and to the puple of Irael. And Ezechias askide the prestis and Leuytis, why the heepils schulden so lyen. Aza|zie, the prest, first of the stoc of Sadoch, answerde to hym, seyinge, Sithen the first fruytis begunne to ben offrid in the hous of the Lord, we eetyn and ben ful|fild, and there ben laft many thingus; forthi that the Lord hath blessid to his puple; of the releuys forsothe this is the plente, that thou seest. Thanne Ezechias comaundide, that thei schulden make redy bernes in the hous of the Lord; the whiche thing whan thei hadden don, thei brouȝten in bothe first fruytis, and dymes, and what euer thingus thei had|den vowed feithfully. Forsothe the pre|fect of hem was Chonenyas, Leuyte; and Semeye, his brother, the secounde; aftir whome Jehiel, and Azarias, and Naath, and Azahel, and Jerymoth, Jozabad also, and Helieel, and Jesmahias, and Maath, and Banayas, prouostis vndir the hondis of Chonenye and Semeye, his brother, of the maundement of kyng Ezechie, and of Azarie, the bischop of the hous of the Lord, to whom alle thingus perteyneden. Chore forsothe, the sone of Jemna, Le|uyte, and porter of the este ȝate, was prouost to thes that wilfully offreden to the Lord, and to the first fruytis, and to the sacred in to the holy of halowes; and vndir hir cure Eden, and Beniamyn, Je|sue, and Semeyas, Amarias also, and Se|chenyas, in the citees of prestis, that feithfully thei delen to their bretheren parties, to the lesse and to the more, out taken the men fro thre ȝeer and abouen, thes thingus to alle that wenten in to the temple of the Lord, and what euer thing bi eche dais was hired in the seruyse and keepyngis after their deuysiouns. To prestis bi meynes, and to Leuytis fro twenty ȝeer and aboue by ordres and their companyes, and to al the multitude, bothe to wijues and to theOm. B. fre childre of hem of either kynde, feithfully of mete of thes thingus that weren halowed weren ȝeuen. Bot and of the sonus of Aaron bi feeldis and suburbis of eche cytees ther weren disposid men, that by partis schulden delen to al male kynde of prestis and Leuytis. Thanne Ezechias dide alle thingus, that we han seide, in al Juda, and wrouȝte riȝt and gode and soth thing be|fore the Lord his God, in al herying of the seruyse of the hous of the Lord, after the lawe and cerymonyes, willynge to sechen the Lord his God in al his herte; and he dide, and is maad welsum.

 CAP. XXXII.

After theOm. C. whiche thingis and siche a maner treuth, came Senacherub, king of Assiries, and gon in to Judam, be|seegide strengthed cytees, wilnynge to taken hem. The whiche thing whanne Ezechias hadde herd, that isis, in B., Senacherub to han commen, and al the bure of theOm. C pr. m. batayl to ben turned aȝeinus Jerusalem, gon in counseile with the princis and most stronge men, that thei schulden stoppyn the heuedis of wellis, that weren with oute the cyte; and, that deemyng the sentence of alle, he gaderede a myche multitude, and thei stoppiden alle the wellis, and the ryuer, that flowede in the myddis of the lond; seyinge, Lest there commen kingis of Assiries, and fyndefynde thei E pr. m. aboundaunce of watirs. And doyng tauȝtly he bilde up al the wal that was scatered, and maad out tours ther vpon, and with oute forth another wall. And he enstored Mello in the cyte of Dauid; and maad armour of al maner, and ter|gettis. And he sette princis of fiȝters in the hoost; and he togider clepide alle in the strete of the ȝate of the citee, and he spac to the herte of hem, seyinge, Doth manly, and takith coumfort; willith not taken ferd, ne dreeden the kyng of As|siries, and al the multitude that is with hym; forsothe many mo ben with us thanne with hym. With hym is the fleschely arm; with us the Lord oure God, the which is oure help and fiȝter for us. And the puple is comfortide with siche maner wordis of Ezechie, kyng of Juda. The whiche thingus after that ben don, Senacherub, the king of Assiries, sente his seruauntis vnto Jeru|salem; he forsothe with al his host be|segide Lachis; to Ezechie, kyng of Juda, and to al the puple that was in the cytee, seying, Thes thingus seith Senacherub, king of Assiries, In whome hauing trust ȝe sitten bisegid in Jerusalem? For why Ezechias deceyuith ȝou, that he take to deth in hungur and thirst, affermynge that the Lord ȝoure God delyuer ȝou fro the hond of the kyng of Assiries? Whe|ther this is Ezechie, that distruyede his heeȝe thingus and auters, and comaundide to Jude and Jerusalem, seyinge, Before oon auter ȝe schul honouren, and inOm. B. it ȝe schul brenne encense? Whether ȝe vn|knowen what I haue don, and my fadirs, to alle puplis of londis? Whether the goddis of Gentilis and of alle londis myȝten delyueren their regyoun fro my hond? Who is of alle the goddis of Gen|tilis, whom my fadirs waastiden, that myȝte delyueren his puple of myn hond, that also ȝoure God myȝte delyueren ȝou of this hond? Thanne ȝou deceyue not Ezechie, ne by veyn mouynge begile, ne trowe ȝe to hym; ȝif forsothe no God of alle Gentilis and of regyouns myȝte dely|ueren his puple of my hond, and of the hond of my fadirs, folowyngly ne ȝour God schal mown delyuer ȝou of this myn hond. Bot and many other thingus his seruauntis speeken aȝeinus the Lord God, and aȝeinus Ezechie, his seruaunt. Also letters he wroot ful of blasfemy in to the Lord God of Irael, and he spac aȝeinus hym, As the goddis of Gentilis of other londis myȝten not delyueren their puple fro myn hond, so and the God of Ezechie schal not mowen delyuer his puple fro this hond. Forthermore and with a grete crie in Jews tunge aȝeinus the puple, that sat in the wallis of Jerusalem, he ful out sounnede, that he agastegaste ACEF. gatt H. hem, and take the cite. And he spac aȝein the God of Irael, as aȝeinus the goddis of theOm. AB. puplis of the erth, the werkis of menus hondis. Thanne preyden Ezechias, king, and Isaias, theOm. C. sone of Amos, prophete, aȝeynus this blasfemye; and thei cryeden out vnto heuen. And the Lord sente his aungel, that smote eche stronge man and fiȝter, and the prince of the hoost of the kyng of Assiries; and he is turned aȝeyn with schenschip in to his lond. And whanne he was gon in to the hous of his god, the sonus, that weren gon out of his wombe, slewen hym with swerd. And the Lord sauede Ezechie, and the dwell|ers of Jerusalem, fro the hond of Sena|cherub, kyng of Assiries, and fro the hond of alle men; and ȝaue to hem reste by enuyroun. Many also beeren hoostis and sacrifices to the Lord in to Jerusa|lem, and ȝiftis to Ezechie, kyng of Juda; the whiche is enhaunsid after thes thingus before alle folkis of kynde. In tho dais siknede Ezechie vnto the deth, and he preyde the Lord; and he herde hym, and ȝaue to hym a sygne; bot not after the benefetis that he hadde taken, he ȝeeld|ideȝeld C., for arered is his herte; and ther is don aȝeinus hym wrath, and aȝeinus Ju|dam, and aȝeinus Jerusalem. And he is mekide aftirward, forthi that his herte was areredrerid C., bothe he and the dwellers of Jerusalem; and therfore came not vpon hem the wrath of the Lord in the dais of Ezechie. Forsothe Ezechias was riche, and ful glorious, and he gaderede to hym many tresoures of syluer, of gold, and of precious stone, of swote spices, and of alle maner armour, and of vessels of grete prise. And leyinge places of whete, and of wyne, and of oyle, and cratchis of alle bestis, and foldes to feeld bestis, and sixe cytees he bilde. He hadde forsothe flockis of scheep, and of droues vnnoumbreable; forthi that the Lord hadde ȝeuen to hym ful mych sub|staunce. He is Ezechie, that stoppide the ouer well of the waters of Gyon, and he turnede hem awey vndirnethe toward the west of the citee of Dauid; inand B. alle his werkis he dide welsumly, that he wolde. Neuerthelater in the message of the princis of Babyloyne, that weren sente to hym, that thei schulden asken of the wonder, that hadde fallen vpon the erth, God forsoke hym, that he schulde be temptid, and alle thingus schulden ben maad knowen that weren in his herte. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Ezechie, and of his mercyes, ben writen in the visioun of Ysay, the sone of Amos, prophete, and in the boke of kingus of Juda and of Irael. And Ezechie slepte with his fadirs, and thei birieden hym vpon the sepulcressepulcre C. of the sonus of Dauid. And al Juda maad solempne his deed of|fices, and alle the dwelleres of Jerusalem; and Manasses, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Of twelue ȝeer was Manasses, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and fyue and fyfty ȝeer he regned in Jerusalem. Forsothe he dide euyl before the Lord aftir the abomynacyouns of Gentilis, the whiche the Lord turnede vpsadoun be|fore the sonus of Irael. And turnede he enstored the heeȝe thingus, `the whichethat C. Ezechie, his fadir, hadde distruyede. And he sette up auters of Baalym, and maad mawmete wodus, and honourede al the knyȝthode of heuen, and heriede it. And he bilde up auters in the hous of the Lord, of the whiche the Lord hadde seyde, In Jerusalem schal ben my name without eend. Forsothe he bilde up hem to al the hoost of heuen in the two porchis of the hous of the Lord. And he made his sonus to passen thoruȝ fijr in the valey of Hennon; and he weytide sweuens, and he folowede deuynynge in briddes, and he enseruede to enchaunt|yng craftis, and he hadde with hym de|uynours and enchaunters, and many euyls wrouȝthe wroȝte C. before the Lord, that he terre hym. Grauen also and ȝoten tookne he putte in the hous of the Lord, of theOm. C. whiche God spac to Dauid, and to Salo|mon, his sone, seyinge, In this hous and in Jerusalem, that I chees of alle the lynagis of Irael, I schal putte my name in to euermore; and I schal not maken to meuen the fote of Irael fro the lond that I toke tofro ABFH. the fadirs of hem, so oonly ȝif thei kepyn to don that I comaundide to hem, and al the lawe, and cerymonyes, and domys, by the hond of Moyses. Thanne Manasses deceyuede Judam, and the dwellers of Jerusalem, that thei diden euyl ouer alle Gentylis, `the whichethat C. the Lord ouerturnede fro the face of the sonus of Irael. And the Lord spac to hym, and to his puple; and thei wolden not taken heede. Therfore he ouerladde in to hem princis and hoostis of the kyng of As|siries; and thei tooken Manassen, and bounden with cheynes and with gyues thei brouȝten hym in to Babyloyne. The which aftir that he was to gydre an|guyscht, he preyde the Lord his God, and dide penaunce gretely before the God of his fadirs. And he preyede hym, and halsendehilsnede C. ententijfly; and he herde the orisoun of hym, and he brouȝte hym aȝein in to Jerusalem in to his kyngdam; and Manasses knewȝ, that the Lord he is God. After thes thingus he bilde a wal withoute the cytee of Dauid, at the west of Gyon, in the grete valey, fro the entre of the ȝate of fischis, bi enuyroun vnto Ofel; and he enhauncide it hugeli; and he sette princis of the hoost in alle the strengthed cytees of Juda. And he toke awey alien goddis and symulacres fro the hous of the Lord; the auters also that he hadde maad in the hil of the hous of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and al he threwȝ aferre out of the cite. Bot he enstorede the auter of the Lord, and offrede vpon it slayn sacrifices, and pesible, and preys|ynge; and he comaundede to Jude, that he schulde seruen to God of Irael. Neuer the later ȝit the puple offrede in heeȝe thingus to the Lord his God. The rem|naunt forsothe of the dedis of Manasse, and the obsecracioun of hym to his God, the wordis also of the seearis, that speeken to hym in the name of the Lord God of Irael, ben conteenede in the wordis of the kingus of Irael. The preyer also of hym, and heering, and alle the synnes, and dis|pitis, also the places in the whiche he bilde up heeȝe thingus, and maad maw|metemamnet C. wodis and ymagis, before that he dide penaunce, ben writen in the wordis of Ozai. Forsothe Manasses slepte with his faders, and they birieden hym in his hous; and Amon, his sone, regnede for hym. Of two and twenty ȝeer was Amon, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen; and two ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem. And he dide euyl in the siȝte of the Lord, as hadde done Manasses, his fader; and to alle the mawmetis, that Manasses hadde forgide, he offride, and seruede. And he dradde not the face of the Lord, as dradde Manasses, his fadir; and manye more thingus trespasside. And whanne his seruauntis hadden sworn to gydre aȝeinus hym, thei slowen hym in his hous. But the tother multitude of the puple, hem slayn that hadden smyten Amon, thei setten Joziam, his sone, kyng for hym.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Of eiȝt ȝeer was Jozias, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and oon and thritty ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem. And he dide that was riȝt in the siȝt of the Lord; and he wente in the weies of Dauid, his fadir, and he bowede not to the riȝt ne to the left. The eiȝthe ȝeer forsothe of his empyre, whanne ȝit he was a child, he beganne to sechen the God of his fadir Dauid; and the twelfthe ȝeer aftir that he hadde begunnen, he clen|sede Judeam and Jerusalem fro heeȝe thingus, and mawmete wodis, and symu|lacres, and grauen thingus. And thei distruyȝeden before hym the auters of Baalym, and the symulacres that weren sett vpon; thei waastiden also the maw|mete wodis. And grauen thingus he hewȝ doun, and mynuscht; and vpon the toumbis of hem, that weren wount to offren, he scaterede the releuys. For|thermore the boones of prestis he brende in the auters of mawmetis, and he clensed Judam and Jerusalem. Bot and in the citees of Manasse, and of Effraym, and of Semeon, vnto Neptalym, alle thingus he turnede vpsadoun. And whanne the auters he hadde `to-scateredescattered C., and the mawmete wodus and grauen thingus he hadde to-brayȝide in to gobetis, and al the wasching templis he hadde waastide fro al the lond of Irael, he is turnede aȝein in to Jerusalem. Thanne the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of his regne, the lond now clensede and the temple of the Lord, he sente Saphan, the sone of Elchie, and Maazian, prince of the cytee, and Joa, the sone of Joachas, chauncelere, that thei schulden enstore the hous of the Lord their God. The whiche camyn to Elchyam, the grete preste; and monee taken of hym, that was brouȝt into the hous of the Lord, and that gadereden Leuytis and porters, of Manasse, and of Effraym, and of alle the tother of Irael, also of al Juda and Beniamyn, and the dwellers of Jerusalem, thei token in the hondis of hem that stoden vpon to the werkmen in the hous of the Lord, that thei enstoren the temple, and eche feble thingus thei bocchyn. And thei ȝeuen it to the craftise men, and to masouns, that thei schulden bien hewen stones of the quarers, and trees to the iunctours of the bildynge, and to the ioynynge of the houses, that the kingus of Irael hadden distruyede. The whiche feithfully alle thingus diden. Forsothe prouostis of the werkmen weren Jabath, and Abdias, of the sonus of Merery; Zacharias, and Mo|sollam, of the sonis of Caath; that streyn|eden the werk; alle Leuytis, cunnynge in orgnys to syngyn. Vpon hem forsothe that to dyuerse vses beeren birthens weren scribis, and maisters, the porters of the Leuytis. And whanne thei schulden of|feren the monee, that was brouȝt in to the temple of the Lord, Elchias, the preste, fonde a boke of the lawe of the Lord by the hond of Moisy; and seith to Saphan, scribe, The boke of the lawe I haue founden in the hous of the Lord. And he toke to hym, and he brouȝt in the volume to the kyng; and tolde to hym, seyinge, Alle thingus that thou hast ȝeuen in to the hondis of thi seruauntis, loo! thei ben fulfild. The syluer that is founden in the hous of the Lord thei han ȝotyn; and it is ȝeuen to the prefectis of craftise men, and forgynge dyuerse werkis; forthermore Elchias, the preste, toke to me this boke. The whiche whanne the kyng present, he hadde reherside, and he hadde herd the wordis of the lawe, he kutte his clothes; and he comaundide to Elchie, and to Aichan, the sone of Sa|phan, and to Abdon, the sone of Micha, also to Saphan, scribe, and to Asie, the seruaunt of the kyng, seyinge, Goth, and preyeth the Lord for me, and for the remnaunt of Irael and of Juda, vpon alle the wordis of this boke, that is founden. Forsothe grete woodnesse of the Lord droppide vpon us, forthi that oure fadirs han not kept the wordis of the Lord, that thei schulden don alle thingus that ben writen in this volume. Thanne wente Elchias, and thes that to gider of the kyng weren sent, to Oldam, prophetisse, wijf of Sellum, sone of Thecuath, sone of Azia, keper of the clothes, `the whichethat C. dwellide in Jerusalem in `the secounde wallyngea closet E pr. vice. the closet sec. v. welsum fortune tertia v. the secounde walling quarta v.; and thei speekyn to hyr the wordis, that we han aboue told. And sche answerde to hem, Thes thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, Seith to the man, that sente ȝou to me, Thes thingus seith the Lord, Loo! I schal bryngyn in euyls vpon this place, and vpon the dwellers of it, and alle the cursingus that ben writen in this boke, that thei radden beforn the kyng of Juda. For thei forsoken me, and sacrifieden to alien goddis, that me to wrath thei schulden terren in alle the werkis of their hondus; and therfor my woodnesse schal droppen vpon this place, and it schal not ben queynt. To the kyng forsothe of Juda, that sente ȝou for the Lord to ben preyede, thus spekith, Thes thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, For thou hast herd the word of this volume, and thin hert is tempered, and thou ert meekid in the siȝt of the Lord vpon thes thingus that ben seid aȝein this place and the dwellers of Jerusalem, and thou dreedist reuerently my face, and cuttist thi clothes, and weptist before me; I forsothe haue herd thee, seith the Lord. Nowe forsothe I schal gedre thee to thi faders, and thou schalt be brout in to thi sepulcre in pese; and thin eeȝen schul not seen al the euyl, that I am to bryngyn in vpon this place, and vpon the dwellers of it. And so thei tolden to the kyng alle thingus, that sche hadde seyde. And he, clepide to gidre alle the more thoruȝ birthe of Juda and of Jerusalem, steiȝede up in to the hous of the Lord, and also togydre alle the men of Juda, and the dwellers of Jerusalem, prestis, and Leuytis, and al the puple, fro the leste vnto the moste; the whiche heeryng in the hous of the Lord, the kyng radde alle the wordis of the volume; and stond|yng in his chayere smote pese couenaunt before the Lord, that he schulde gon aftir hym, and keepyn the heestis, and witness|yngus, and justifiyngus, in al his herte and in al his soule; and he schulde done that ben writen in that volume, that he hadde radde. Also he adiurede vpon this alle, that ben founden in Jerusalem and Ben|iamyn; and the dwellers of Jerusalem diden after the couenaunt of the Lord God of their fadirs. Thanne Jozias dide aweye alle the abomynaciouns of alle the regyouns of the sonus of Irael; and maad alle, that weren laft in Jerusalem, to seruen to the Lord their God; alle the dais of his lijf thei wenten not awey fro the Lord God of their fadirs.

 CAP. XXXV.

Forsothe Jozias maad in Jerusalem pasch to the Lord, that was offred the fourtenthe day of the first moneth; and he sette prestis in their offices; and he meuede hem louely, that thei schulden mynystren in the hous of the Lord. Also to the Leuytis, at whos techinge al Irael was halowed to the Lord, he spak, Put|tith the ark in the seyntuarie of the temple, that Salomon, the sone of Dauid, kyng of Irael, bilde up; forsothe ȝe schul bern it namore. Nowe forsothe mynys|treth to the Lord oure God and to his puple Irael, and makith ȝou redy by houses and ȝoure kynredis in the deuy|siouns of eche oon, as Dauid, king of Irael, comaundide, and Salomon, his sone, discriuede; and mynystreth in the seyn|tuarie bi ȝour meynees and Leuytis com|panyes, and, halowed, offreth pasch; also ȝoure bretheren, that thei mowen aftir the wordis that the Lord spac in the hond of Moyses don, makith redy before. Forthermore Jozias ȝaue to al the puple, that was founden in to the solempnyte of pasch, lombis, and kides of the flockes, and of other feeld beestis thritty thou|sand, of oxen forsothe, thre thousand; thes thingus of al the substaunce of the kyng. Also his duykis wilfully that thei voweden offreden, bothe to the puple and prestis and Leuytis. Bot Elchias, and Zacharias, and Jehiel, princis of the hous of the Lord, ȝeuen to the prestis, to don pasch, feeld bestis mengyngly, two thou|sand and sexe hundrith, and oxen thre hundrith. Choneyas forsothe, and Se|meyas, also Nathanael and his bretheren, also Azabias, Jahiel, and Josabas, princis of Leuytis, ȝeuen to other Leuytis, to ha|lowen the pasch, fyue thousand of feeld beestis, and oxen fyue hundrith. And the seruyse is maad redy beforn; and the prestis stoden in their officeoffices C., also Leuytis in companyes, after the kingis comaunde|ment; and offred is pasch. And the prestis sprengeden their hondis with blood, and Leuytis drewen of skynnes of brent sacrifices, and seuerden hem, that thei schulden ȝeuen by houses and mey|nees of echon, and thei schulden ben of|fred to the Lord, as it is writen in the boke of Moyses; and of oxen thei diden lijc maner. And thei roosteden pasch vpon the fijr, after that it is wrijten in the lawe. Forsothe pesible hoostis thei seetheden in posnettis, and cawdrones, and pottis, and hastily thei deleden to al the puple; to hem selue forsothe, and to the prestis aftirwardaftir C. thei maden redy; for in the offrynge of brent sacrifices and talewis, vnto the nyȝt the prestis weren ocupied. Wherfore the Leuytis to hem silf and to the prestis, sonus of Aaron, greitheden last. Bot the syngers, sonus of Asaph, stoden in their ordre, aftir the heste of Dauid, and Asaph, and Eman, and Ydytym, of the prophetis of the kyng; the porters forsothe bi alle the ȝatis keptyn al about, so that in no poynt forsothe thei wenten fro the seruyse; wherfore and the bretheren of hem, Le|uytis, greitheden to hem metis. Thanne al the heryinge of the Lord lawfuly is fulfild in that day, that thei do pasch, and offren brent sacrifice vpon the auter of the Lord, aftir the heste of the kyng Jozie. And the sonus of Irael, that weren founden, diden ther pasch in that tyme, and thein the E pr. m. solempnyte of therf looues seuen days. Ther was not a pasch lijc to this in Irael, fro the days of Samuel, pro|phete; bot ne eny of the kingus of Irael maad pasch as Jozias, to the prestis and Leuytis, and to al Jude and Irael, that was founden, and to the dwellers of Je|rusalem. The eiȝtenthe ȝeer of the kyng|dam of Jozie this pasch is halewed. After that Jozias hadde enstored the temple, Nechao, kyng of Egipt, steiȝede up to fiȝten in Charchamys beside Eufraten; and Jozias wente forth in to aȝein com|mynge of hym. And he, messagers sent to hym, seith, What to me and to thee, kyng of Juda? To day not aȝeinus thee I comme, bot aȝeinus an other hous I fyȝte, to whom God comaundide me hastely to gon; leue aȝeinus God to don, that is with me, lest he slee thee. Jozias wolde not ben turned aȝein, bot greithede aȝein hym bataile; and heOm. C. assentide not to the wordis of Nechao, of the mouth of God, bot wente for to fiȝten in the feeld of Magedo. And there woundid of the scheters, seide to his childre, Ledith me out of the bataile, for gretely I am woundid. The whiche beeren hym ouer fro oon chaar to an other, that folowede hym, in kingus maner, and beeren hym awey in to Jerusalem; and he is deed, and beried in the costeuous toumbe of his fadirs. And al Juda and Jerusalem weileden hym, Jeremyas most, whos alle the syngers and syngeresses in to the present day lamentaciouns vpon Jozie re|plyen; and as lawe it is hadde in Irael, Loo! it is told writen in the Lamenta|ciouns. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Jozie, and of his mercyes, the whiche in the lawe of the Lord ben co|maundide, also the werkis of hym, the first and the last, ben writen in the bok of the kyngus of Irael and of Juda.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Toke thanne the puple of the lond Joachaz, the sone of Jozie, and setten king for his fader in Jerusalem. Of thre and twenty ȝeer was Joachaz, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and thre monethis he regnede in Jerusalem. For|sothe the king of Egipt, whanne he was commen to JerusalemIrael B., remeuede hym, and condempnede the lond in an hundrith talentis of syluer and a talent of gold. And he sette king for hym Elyachyn, his brother, vpon Judam and Jerusalem; and he turnede his name Joachym. Hym forsothe Joachaz he toke with hym, and brouȝt in to Egipt. Of fyue and twenty ȝeer was Joachym, whanne he hadde be|gunne to regnen, and elleuen ȝeer he reg|nede in Jerusalem, and he dide euyl be|forn the Lord his God. Aȝeins this steiȝid up Nabugodonosor, king of Caldeis, and bounden with cheynes ladde in to Baby|loyne. To the whiche and the vessels of the Lord he translatide, and putte hem inin to B. his temple. The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Joachym, and his abomynaciouns that he wrouȝte, and that ben founden in hym, ben contened in the boke of the kingus of Irael and of Juda. Thanne Joachym, his sone, regnede for hym. Of eiȝt ȝeer was Joachym, whanne he hadde begunn to regnen, and thre monethis and tenn days he regned in Jerusalem, and he dide euyl in the siȝt of the Lord. And whanne the cercle of oo ȝeer were turned, king Nabugodonosor sente hem, the whiche and brouȝten hym into Babiloyne, born awey togider the most precious vessels of the hous of the Lord. Forsothe he sette Sedechie, his vncle, kyng vpon Judam and Jerusalem. And of oon and twenty ȝeer was Sede|chias, whanne he hadde begunne to reg|nen, and elleuen ȝeer he regned in Jeru|salem. And he dide euyl in the eeȝen of the Lord his God, ne he schamyde the face of Jeremye, the prophete, spekinge to hym of the mouth of the Lord. Also fro king Nabugodonosor he wente awei, the whiche hadde adiurede hym bi God; and he endurede his nolle and herte, that he were not turnede aȝein to the Lord God of Irael. Bot and alle the princis of prestis and the puple trespaseden wickid|lywickeli C., after alle the abomynaciouns of gen|tilis; and thei defouleden the hous of the Lord, that he halowede to hym in Jeru|salem. The Lord forsothe God of their fadirs sente to hem bi the hond of his messagers, fro nyȝt rijsyng, and eche day togydre monestynge; forthi that he wolde sparen to the puple, and to his dwellynge place. And thei vndremow|eden the messagers of God, andand at litil E pr. m. dis|piseden his wordis, and scorneden to the prophetis; to the tyme that schulde steiȝ vp the woodnesse of the Lord vpon his puple, and were no medecyne. And he brouȝt vpon hem the king of Caldeis; and he slowȝ the ȝong men of hem with swerd in the hous of the seyntuarye; and he hadde not reuth of the ȝong waxe man, and of the meyden, and of the olde man, ne forsothe of the ful feble for eeld, bot alle he toke in his hondis. And alle the vessels of the hous of the Lord, bothe more and lasse, and the tresores of the temple, and of the kyng, and of the princis, he bare ouer in to Babiloyne. Enmyes brenden up the hous of the Lord, distruyeden the wal of Jerusalem, alle the toures brenden, and whateuer was precyous thei waastiden. Ȝif eny hadde scapid the swerd, lad in to Baby|loyne, seruede to the king and his sonus; to the tyme that the kyng of Persis hadde empyre, and were fulfild the word of the Lord of the mouth of Jeremye, and the lond schulde halowen their holy days. Forsothe alle the days of deso|lacioun he dide saboth, vnto the whijl seuenty ȝeer weren fulfild. Forsothe the first ȝeer of Cirus, kyng of Persis, to ful|fille the word of the Lord, that he hadde spoken by the mouth of Jeremye, the Lord stired the spirite of Cirus, kyng of Persis, that comaundide to ben prechide to al his rewme also by scripture, sey|inge, Thes thingus seith Cirus, kyng of Persis, Alle the rewmes of the erth ȝaf to me the Lord God of heuen, and he comaundide to me, that I schulde bilde up to hym an hous in Jerusalem, the whiche is in Jude. Who of ȝou is in al the puple of hym? be the Lord his God with hym, and steiȝe he up. Lord GodThis preyere of Manasses is not in Ebrue. AEH. Almyȝty of our faders, Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, and to the riȝtwise seede of hem, the whiche madist heuen and erth with al the ournynge of hem, `the whichethat C. markedist the se with the word of thin heste, whichethat C. the whiche E. closedist the depnesse, and merkedist to thi ferful and preysable name, that alle inwardly dreeden, and tremblen fro thi chere of thi vertue, and vnsuffrable wrath vpon the synnful of thi thretynge. Forsothe with oute me|sure grete and vnserchable the mercy of thi beheste; for thou art Lord alther|heeȝest vpon al erth, long abidyng and miche mercyful, and othinkyng vpon the malices of men. Thou forsothe, Lord, af|ter thi goodnesse hast bihoten penaunce of remissioun of synnes; and thou, God of riȝtwijs men, hast not putte penaunce to the riȝtwijse, Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, to hem that to thee synnede not. For I haue synnede ouer the noumbre of grauel of the see; multiplied ben my wickidnesseswickenessis C.. I am myche croked with myche bond of yren, and there is not aȝeyn brething to me; for I stirede thi wrath, and euyl before thee I dide, set|tyng abomynacyouns and multiplying of|fenciouns. And nowe I bowe the knees of myn herte, preyinge of thee goodnesse, Lord. I synnede, Lord, I synnede, and my wickidnessewickenesse C. I knowe. I aske, prey|inge thee, Lord; forȝeue to me, forȝeue to me, ne togidre leese thou me with my wickidnesseswickenessis C., ne without eend reserue thou euyls to me. ForFor me E pr. m. vnworthi thou schalt sauen meOm. H. after thi grete mercy, and I schal preysen thee euermore alle the days of my lyue; for thee preyseth al the vertue of heuens, and to thee is glorie in to worldworldus C. of worldis. Amen.

 Here eendith the secounde boke of Paralipomenon. Blesside be the Holy TrynyteHere endith the secounde book of Paralypomenon, and now bigynneth the proloog on the three bookis of Esdre. A. Here endith the secounde booc of Paralipomynon, and bigynneth the booc of Esdre the firste. E. No final rubric in CFH.. I. ESDRAS. [Prologue to the books of EsdrasProlougus FH. No initial rubric in ACI..]

WHETHER it be hardere to do that ȝee asken, or to denyen, I haue not ȝyt demed; for nouther to ȝou any thing comaundende is of sentence to forsaken, and the gretnesse of charge put vpon oure nollis bereth doun, that rathere it be to fallen doun vndir the berthene, than to reren. The studies of enuyouse men neȝhen to this, that alle thing that we wryten, weenen repref wrthi, and other while concience repugnende aȝen hem|self, opinli thei to-tern that thei reden priueli; in so myche that I am constreyned to crien, and sein, Lord, deliuere my soule fro wickewickid AHI et K passim. lippis, and fro a trecherous tunge. The thridde ȝer is that euer mor ȝee wrijten and aȝeen wrijten, that the boc of Esdre and Ester I translatetranslatide K. to ȝou fro Ebrue, as thofȝof F. ȝee han not GrekisGrucs H. andne K. LatynesLatin C. volumus, or what euere thing that is that of vs is turned, not anon of alle men it be to be dispisid. In vein forsothe, as seith sum man, to enforcen, neOm. K. other thing in trauailing sechensechyng K. but hate, is of vttermost wodnesse. And so, I beseche ȝou, my derworthest Domynyon and Rogacian, that ȝe apaȝed bi priuat lessoun, ber not out the bokisin to comun, lest ȝee profre metis to vggli men; and eschewe ȝee the pride of hem, that onli to demen of othere, and thei themselue knewen no thing to do. If any forsothe of brethern ben, to whom ouren displesen not, to them ȝiueth a saumpler, amonestende that the Ebrue namus, of the whiche in this volume is gret plente, distinctli and bi spacis thei transcryue; forsothe no thing it profitide to han amendid bokis, but the amending be kept bi diligence of writeris. Ne any man moue it, that o boc is maad of vs, ne delite he in the sweuenes of the writen thingus withoute autorite of the thridde and of the ferthe boc; for and anentis the Ebrues the woordis of Esdre and of Noemye in o volume ben togidere drawen, and thoo thingus that ben not had anentis hem, `ne ben notnethir ben K. of the foure and twenti olde men, ben worthi to be cast awei aferr. If any man forsothe aȝen legge to vs the seuenti remenoures, of whom the saumpleris the diuersete shewith hem to-torn and turned vpsodoun, ne forsothe it mai not ben afermed soth that that is diuers, sendeth hym to the euangelies, in the whiche many thingus ben put of the olde testament, theOm. K. whiche anent the seuenti remenoures ben not had, as that, For Nazare he shal ben clepid; and, Fro Egipt I clepede my sone; and, They shul seen in whom thei pungeden; and manye othere thingus, the whiche we reseruen to a braddere werc; and asketh of hym, where thei ben writen; and whan thei schul not moun tellen, rede ȝee of thoo saumpleris, the whiche, sum time maad of vs, ben stikid eche dai with the tungus of euele spekeris. But that to short tretee I come; certis that I `am to concludenhaue seid K. is most riȝtwis; haue I maad any thing that is not had in Greec, or that otherwise is had than off me is turned? Wherto the remenour thei to-tern? Aske thei the Ebrues, and bi thoothilke AEFHK. autouris, to my translacioun or ȝiue thei feith or withdrawe. Certis another is, for thei wiln myssein to me, that itOm. K. is seid, with closid eȝen, and thei folewen not the studie and the weel willing of Greekis, the whiche aftir the seuenty remenoures, now shinende the euangelie of Crist, and curiousli reden Jewis and Hebionytis, remenoures of the olde lawe, Aquilam, that is, SymachumSmachum C., and Theodocian, and bi the trauaile of Origenes thei halewiden tothe K. chirchis in sixe maner translaciouns. Myche more Latin men aȝten to be kinde, that thei beholden Grece gladende of hem any thing to borewen. The firste forsothe is of gret costis and of dif|ficulte withoute ende, to moun han alle the exsaumpleris; also theraftir thei that han, and ben vnkunnende of Ebrue speche, more shuln erren, vnknowende who of manye trewliere seith. The whiche also fel sum time to a most wis man amongis the Grekis, that otherwhile leuende the senssentense A. of scripture he folewide the errour of eche remenour. Wee forsothe thatOm. A. nameli of Ebru tunge han a litil kunnyng, and Latin speche ȝit hider to failith not to vs, that of othere more we moun demen, and thoo thingus that wee vsselfoure silf K. vnderstonden, in oure owne tunge shewin. And so thof the serpentt hisse and the ouercomere if he throwe not brennyngus vp, neuer my speche shal be stille, Crist helpende; also the tunge kut of it shal blaberen. Rede thei that wiln; that wiln not, caste thei awei. And serche thei out the letteris, and falsli acuse thei the lettris; more bi ȝoure charite I shal ben stirid to studie, than I shal ben agast bi the hate and theOm. K. bacbiting of hem.

 Another prologPrologus A. The proloug. F. Another prolog on Esdre. K. No rubric in CHI..

Esdras and Neemye, helperehelp H., that is, andOm. CHK. coumfortour fro the Lord, in o volume ben drawen. Thei enstoren the temple; the wallis of the cite thei maken vp. And al that cumpanye of the puple turnende aȝeen in to the kuntre, and the descripcioun of prestus, and of Leuitus, and of the conuertide to the folc of Irael, and by alle the meynes of theOm. K. wallis and touris the werkis deuidid, other thing bernthei beren K. in the rinde, other thing they holdin in the marȝ.Here folewith the comendacioun of Esdre.

ThisThis Esdre K. aftir Jude brend vp of the Caldeis, whil the Jewis weren turned aȝeen into Jerusalem, alle the bokis of the olde testament reparaileide, and enspirid with Godis Spirit alle the volumys of profetis, that weren of the Jentilis corupt amendide; wher|fore it is writen, Esdras steȝide vp fro Babiloyne, and he a swift scribe in the lawe of Moises, swift, that is, for more redi figuris of lettris, than the Ebrues beforhond hadden, he fond.

Here eendeth the prolog of Esdre; se now the bookFrom K. No final rubric in the other Mss.. Here begynneth the fyrst book of EsdreFrom A. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

IN the firste ȝer of Ciri, king of Persis, that the woord of the Lord of the mouth of Jeremye were fulfild, the Lord rerede the spirit of Ciri, king of Persis, and ladde ouer the vois in al his rewme also bi scripture, seiende, These thingus seith Cirus, king of Persis, Alle the reumes of the erthe the Lord God of heuene and ofOm. C. erthe hath ȝiue to me, and he co|maundede to me, that I shulde bilde to hym an hous in Jerusalem, that is in Jude. Who is in ȝou of al the puple of hym? be the God of hym with hym; steȝe he vp in to Jerusalem, that is in Jude, and bilde he vp an hous of the Lord God of Irael; he is God, that is in Jerusalem. And alle the othere in alle placis, wher euere thei dwellen, helpe thei hym; the men of his place, with siluer, and gold, and substaunce, and bestis, out take that wilfulli thei offre to the temple of God, that is in Jerusalem. And the princis of the fadris of Juda and of Beniamyn, and prestis, and Leuitus, eche whos spirit God rerede, risen, that thei steȝen vp tothat thei AH. bilden the temple of the Lord, that was in Je|rusalem. And alle that weren in the enuyroun helpiden the hondis of hem, in siluerene, and goldene vesselis, in substaunce, in necessarie thing, in bestis, out take thoo thingus that thei hadden offrid wilfully. Forsothe king Cirus broȝte forth the vesselis of the temple of the Lord, the whiche Nabugodonosor hadde taken fro Jerusalem, and hadde put hem in the temple of his god. Forsothe Cirus, king of Persis, broȝte them forth bi the hond of Mitridatis, sone of Gazabar; and he noumbride hem to Zazabazar, prince of Jude. And this is the noumbre of hem; goldene violis, thretti; siluerenn violis, a thousend; knyues, nyne and twenti; goldenn cuppis, thretti; siluerenn cuppis, two thousend foure hundrid and ten; othere vesselis, a thousend; alle the vesselis, goldene and siluerene, fiue thou|send and foure hundrid. Alle Zazebazar toc, with hem that steȝeden vp fro the transmygracioun of Babiloyne, in to Je|rusalem.

 CAP. II.

These forsothe ben the men, sonus of the prouynce, that steȝeden vp fro theOm. C. caitifte, that Nabugodonosor, king of Ba|biloyne, hadde taken ouer in to Babiloine; and thei ben turned aȝeen in to Jerusa|lem and Jude, echeeche one E. echon CFH. in to his cite, the whiche camen with Zorobabel; Jesua, Neemya, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mordochaa, Belsan, Mesfar, Begnai, Reum, Baana. The noumbre of the men of the puple of Irael; sones of Fares, two thousend an hundrid and two and seuenti; the sonus of Arethi, seuene hundrid fiue and se|uenti; the sonus of Sefesia, thre hundrid and two and seuenti; the sonus of Aria, seuene hundrid and fiue and seuenti; the sonus of Fee and of Moab, sones of Josue and of Joab, two thousend nyne hundrid and twelue; the sones of Elam, a thou|send two hundrid and foure and fifti; the sonus of Sechua, nyne hundrid and fiue and fourty; the sonis of Zaahai, seuene hundrid and sixti; the sonus of Baany, sixe hundrid and two and fourti; sonus of Bebai, sixe hundrid and thre and twenti; sonus of Asgad, a thousend two hundrid and two and twenti; sonus of Adonycam, sixe hundrid and sixe and sixti; sonus of Beguai, two thousend and sixe and fifti; sonus of Adin, foure hun|drid and foure and fifti; sonys of Aser, that weren of Ezechie, nynti and eiȝte; sonus of Besai, thre hundrid and thre and twenti; sonus of Jora, an hundrid and twelue; sonus of Ason, two hundrid and thre and twenti; sonus of Jebar, nynti and fiue; sonus of Bethlem, an hundrid and thre and twenti; the men of Necofa, sixe and fifti; the men of Anatot, an hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; sonus of Asmoneth, twoan hundrid and two A. and fourti; sonus of Ca|riathiarym, Cefiara, and Berhoc, seuene hundrid and thre and fourti; sonus of Arama and of Gaba, sixe hundrid and oon and twenti; men of Machinas, an hundrid and two and twenti; men of Bethel and of Gai, two hundrid and thre and twenti; sonus of Nebo, two and fifti; sonys of Megbis, an hundrid and sixe and fifti; the sonus of the tother Elam, a thousend two hundrid and foure and fifti; the sonus of Arym, thre hundrid and twenti; the sonus of Ladadin and of Ono, seuen hundrid and fiue and twenti; sonus of Jericho, thre hundrid and fiue and fourti; sonus of Sanaa, thre thou|send sixeand sixe AH. hundrid and thretti; prestus, sonus of Idaia, in the hous of Jesue, nyne hundrid seuentiand seuenti AH. and thre; sonus of Em|meor, a thousend and two and fifti; sonus of Fesur, a thousend two hundrid and seuene and fourti; sonus of Arym, a thou|send and seuentene; Leuitus, the sonus of Jesue and of Cedinyel, sonus of Odonia, seuenti and foure; chauntoures, sonus of Asaf, an hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; the sonus of theOm. A. porteris, sones of Sel|lum, the sonus of Ather, sonus of Thel|mon, the sonus of Accub, `the sonussone A. of Aritha, the sonus of Sobar, the sonus of Sobai, alle, an hundrid and eiȝte and thretti; sodeknys, sonus of Ozai, the sonus of Azufa, the sonus of Thebaoth, the sonus of Ceros, the sonus of Cisaa, the sonus of Fadon, the sonus of Jebona, the sonus of Agoba, the sonus of Accub, the sonus of Accab, the sonus of Selmai, the sonus of Annan, the sonus of Gaddei, the sonus of Gaer, the sonus of Rahaia, the sonus of Jasin, the sonus of Nethoda, the sonus of Gasem, the sonus of Asa, the sonus of Fasea, the sonus of Besee, the sonus of Asennaa, the sonus of Numyn, the sonus of Nechusym, the sonus of Be|chue, the sonus of Accufa, the sonus of Assur, the sonus of Besuth, the sonus of Maida, the sonus of Arsa, the sonus of Berchos, the sonus of Cizara, the sonus of Thema, the sonus of Nazia, the sonus of Acufa, the sonus of theOm. A. seruauns of Salamon, the sonus of Sothelthei, the sonus of Sofereth, the sonus of Feruda, the sonus of Jala, the sonus of Derchon, the sonus of Jedel, the sonus of Safatha, the sonus of Athil, the sonus of Fesore|thei, that weren of Azebam, the sonus of Ammy; alle the sodeknys, and the sonus of the seruauns of Salamon, thre hundrid and nynti and two. And these that steȝeden vp fro Thelmela, and The|lersa, Cherub, and Don, and Mer, and thei myȝten not shewe the hous of ther faders and ther sed, whether of Irael thei weren; the sonus of Delaia, the sonus of Tobia, the sonus of Nechoda, sixe hun|drid and two and fifti; and of the sonus of prestus, the sonus of Obia, the sonus of Accos, the sonus of Bersellai, that toc a wif of the doȝtris of Bersellai Galaditis, and he is clepid bi the name of hem; these soȝten the scripture of ther gene|logie, and founden not, and thei ben cast awei fro presthod. And Athersatha seide to them, that thei shulde not eten of the holi of halewis, to the time that ther shulde risen a taȝt prest and perfita perfijt A.. Al the multitude as o man, two and fourti thousend thre hundrid and sixti, out take the seruauntis of hem and hand maid|enes, that weren seuen thousend thre hundrid seuene and thretti; and in hem singeres and singeressis, two hundrid. The hors of hem, sixe hundrid and sixe and thretti; the mulis of hem, foure hun|drid and fiue and fourti; the camailis of hem, foure hundrid and fiue and thretti; the assis of hem, sixe thousend seuene hundrid and twenti. And of the princis of theOm. A. fadris, whan thei shulden gon in to the temple of the Lord, that is in Je|rusalem, wilfulli thei offriden in to the hous of God, to it to be maad out in his place; after ther strengthis thei ȝeuenȝeuen to C. the costis of the werk, of gold, shillingis fourti thousend and a thousend; of sil|uer, besauntus fiue thousent; and prestus clothis an hundrid. Thanne dwelten the prestus and the Leuitus of the puple, and the singeres, and porteris, and sodeknys in ther cites, and al Israel in their cytees.

 CAP. III.

And now was comen the seuenthe monyth, and the sonus of Irael weren in ther cites. Thanne is gedered the puple as oon in to Jerusalem. And ther ros Josue, the sone of Josedech, and the bre|thern of hym, prestus, and Sorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and the brethern of hym, and thei bildenbildiden A. vp anOm. C. auter of God of Irael, that thei offre in it brent sacrifises, as it is writen in the lawe off Moises, man of God. Forsothe thei set|ten anOm. C. auter vpon his feet, the puplis of londis ferende hem by enuyroun, and thei offriden vpon it brent sacrifise to the Lord erli and at euen. And thei maden the solempnete of tabernaclisthe tabernacles C., as it is writen, and brent sacrifise alle daȝes bi order, after the comaundid werc of the dai in his dai; and after this, contynuel brent sacrifise, bothe in calendis and in alle solempnetes of the Lord that weren halewid, and in alle thingis in the whiche ȝifte was freli offrid to God. The firste dai of the seuenthe monyth thei begunne to offre brent sacrifise to the Lord; for|sothe the temple of God was not ȝit founded. And thei ȝeue money to hew|eris of stonus, and to leierisleggeris AEFH., and mete, and drink, and oile, to Sidones and Tires, that thei shulde bringen ceder trees fro Liban to the se of Joppen, after that Cirus, the king of Persis, had comaundid to them. The secunde forsothe ȝer of the comyng of hem to the temple of God in to Jerusalem, the secunde monyth, be|gunne Sorababel, the sone of Salatiel, and Josue, the sone of Josedech, and othere of the brethern of hem, prestus and Le|uitus, and alle that weren comen fro the caitifte in to Jerusalem; and thei ordein|eden Leuitus, fro twenti ȝer and aboue, that thei shulden heeȝen the werk of the Lord; and Josue stod, and his sonus and his brethern, Cediniel and his sonus, and the sonus of Juda, as o man, that thei shulden stonden in vpon hem that diden werk in the temple of God; the sones of Benadab, sonus of hem and brethern of hem, Leuitus. Thanne groundid of the masonus the temple of the Lord, prestus stoden in ther arai with trumpis, and Leuitus, sonus of Asaf, in cimbalis, that thei preise God bi the hond of Dauid, king of Irael. And thei sungen togidere in ympnes and knouleching to the Lord, For `he isOm. CE. good, for in to withoute ende the merci of hym vpon Irael. Also al the puple criede out with a gret cry, in preisinge the Lord, for thi that the tem|ple of the Lord was founded. Manie also of the prestis, and Leuitus, and the princis of fadris, and the eldere, that hadden seen the rathere temple, whan it was foundid, and this temple in the eȝen of hem, wepten with a gret vois, and manye criende out in gladnesse rereden vp a vois; ne any man myȝte knowen the vois of the cri of men gladende, and the vois of the weping of the puple; forsothe mengingli togidere the puple criede out with a gret cri, and the vois was herd aferr. Forsothe the enemys of Jude and of Beniamyn herden, for thee sonus of caitifte shulden bilden vp the temple to the Lord God of Irael; and, neȝhende to Sorobabel, and to the princis of fadris, seiden to hem, Bilde wee vp with ȝou, for so as ȝee, wee sechen ȝour God; lo! wee offren slain sacrifises fro the daȝes of Assoroddon, king of Assur, that broȝte vs hider. And Sorobabel seide to them, and Josue, and the tothere princis of the fadris of Irael, It is not to vs and to ȝou, that wee bilde vp an hous to oure God; but wee vsself alone shul bilden vp to the Lord oure God, as to vs Cirus, king of Persis, comaundede. It is do forsothe, that the puple of the lond shulde lette the hondis of the puple of Jude, and disturbendisturblen AEFH. them in bilding. Forsothe thei hadden hirid aȝen hem counseileris, that thei shulden destroȝe the conseil of hem, alle the daȝes of Ciri, king of Persis, and vnto the regne of Daryi, king of Persis, two ȝeer thei ben lettid.

 CAP. IV.

In the regne forsothe of Assueri, he is Artaxerses, in the begynning of his regne, thei writen accusacioun aȝen the dwelleris of Jude and of Jerusalem; and in the daȝis of Artaxerses, Besellam Mitridates wrot, and Thabel, and the tothere that weren in the counseil of hem, to Artaxerses, king of Persis. For|sothe the epistil of accusacioun is writen Cire maner, and it was rad in Cire speche. Reum, Bethlem, and Sansai, scribe, writen oon epistil fro Jerusalem to Artaxerse the king `on this manerof this matere E pr. m. C sec. m.; Reum, Bethlem, and Sansai, scribe, and the tothere counseilourys of hem, Dinaei, Farsarei, Therfalei, Arfasei, Arthuei, Ba|biloynys, Susannathaneis, Daceis, Elam|ytis, and the tothere of the Jentilis, whom translatide the grete and glorious Assennafar, and made them to dwellen in the cites of Samarie, and in othere re|giouns beȝunde the flod, in pes. This is the saumpler of the epistil, that thei senten to hym. To Artaxersi, king, thi seruauns, men that ben beȝunde the flod, greting sein. Be it knowen to the king, for Jewis that steȝeden vp fro thee to vs, camen in to Jerusalem, cite rebel and werst, the whiche thei bilden vp, mak|ende vp the stonene wallis of it, and makende wowisy. Now thanne be it knowe to the king, for if that cite were bild vp, and the wallis of it enstorid, tri|bute, and pedage, and ȝeris rentus thei shul not ȝiue, and vnto the king this blame shal come. Wee thanne mynde hauende of the salt, that in the paleis wee eeten, and for the harmys of the king to seen vnleeful wee holdenseyn E pr. m., ther|fore wee han sent and told to the king; that thou enserche in the bokis of the stories of thi fadris, and thou shalt finde write in armaries, and knowen, for thatthe A. cite is a rebel cite, and noȝende to kingus and to prouincisthe prouyncis A., and batailis ben sterid vp in it of old daȝes; for what thing and that cite is destroȝid. Wee tellen to the king, for if that cite were bild vp, and his wallis enstorid, thou shalt not han possessioun beȝunde the flod. The king sente woord to Reum, Bethlem, and to Sansay, scribe, and to the tothere that weren in the counseil of hem, dwelleris of Samarie, and to the tothere beȝunde the flod, Greetinge, seiende, and pes. The acusacioun, that ȝee senten to vs, openli is rad befor me; and of me it is comaundid, and thei ensercheden, and founden, for that cite of olde daȝes aȝen kingus rebellith, and descenciouns and batailis ben rerid vp in it; for and most stronge kingis weren in Jerusalem, the whiche andOm. C. lordshipeden to al the re|gioun that is beȝunde the flod; tribute also, and pedage, and rentis, thei token. Now thanne hereth the sentence, that ȝee forfende `thoo mento me A. the men H., and that cite be not bild vp, to the time if perauenture of me it were comaundid. Seeth, lest necgligentli this be fulfild, and litilmelum growe euel aȝen kingys. And so the saumple of the maundement of Artaxerses, king, is rad befor Reum, Bethlem, and Sansai, scribe, and the counseileris of hem; and thei wenten hastif in to Jerusalem to the Jewis, and thei forfendedenforfenden A. them in power and strengthe. Thanne is laft of the werc of the hous of God in Jeru|salem, and it was not maad vnto the secunde ȝer of the regne of Darii, king of Persis.

 CAP. V.

Forsothe ther profecieden Aggeus, profete, and Zacharias, profete, the sone of Addo, propheciende to the Jewis that weren in Jude and Jerusalem, in the name of God of Irael. Thanne risen Sorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and Josue, the sone of Josedech, and thei begunnen to bilden vp the temple of God in Jeru|salem; and with hem profetis, helpende hem. In that forsothe time cam to hem Thathannai, that was duk beȝunde the flod, and Starbusannai, and the counseil|oures of hem; and thus thei seiden to hem, Who ȝaf to ȝou counseil, that this hous ȝee shulden bilden vp, and these wallis enstoren? To the whiche wee an|swerden to hem, whiche weren the namys of men, autouris of that bilding. The eȝe forsothe of the God of hem is don vpon the olde men of Jewis, and thei myȝte not forfenden hem; and it pleside that the thing were told to Darie, and thanne thei shulden don aseeth aȝen that acusing. The saumpler of the epi|stil, that sente Thathannai, duk of the regioun beȝunde the flod, and Starbusan|nai, and the counseileris of hym, Arfar|sacei, that weren beȝunde the flod, to Darie, the king. The woord that thei senten to hym thus was writen; To Darie, the king, alle pes. Be it knowen to the king, wee to han go to Jude pro|uynce, to the hous of the grete God, that is bild vp with ston vnpolisht, and trees ben sett in the wowisvowis H., and that werc diligentli is maad upOm. C., and waxeth in the hondis of hem. Wee axeden thanne thoo olde men, and thus we seiden to them, Who ȝaf to ȝou power that this hous ȝee shulden bilden, and the wallis enstoren? But and the names of hem we han soȝt of hem, that wee telle to thee; and we han write the namus of theOm. A. men that ben princis in hem. Forsothe such woord thei answerden to vs, seiende, We ben the seruauns of God of heuene and of erthe; and we bilden vp the temple that was maad out befor these ȝeris manye, and the whiche the grete king of Irael hadde bild, and maad out. Forsothe aftir that to wrathe oure fadris hadden terred the God of heuene, he toc hem in the hond of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, Caldeis; and this hous he destroȝede, and the puple of it he translatide in to Babiloine. Forsothe the firste ȝer of Ciri, king of Babiloine, Cirus, king of Babi|loyne, purposide a maundement, that the hous of God shulde be maad vp. For and the vesselis of the temple of God, goldene and siluerene, that Nabugodono|sor hadde take fro the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and hadde born hem awei in to the temple of Babiloyne, king Cirus broȝte forth fro the temple of Babyloyne, and ben ȝiue to Zazabazar bi name, whom and he ordeynede prince. And he seide to hym, These vesselis tac, and go, and put hem in the temple, that is in Jeru|salem; and thethis A. hous of God be bild vp in his place. And so thanne thilkethat C sec. m. Za|zabazar cam, and sette the groundis of the temple of God in Jerusalem; and fro that time vnto now it is bild, and ȝit is not fulfild. Now thanne if it seme to the king good, enserche he in the librarie of the king, that is in Babiloyne, whether forsothe of king Cire it be comaunded, that the hous of God shulde be bilde vp in Jerusalem; and the wil of the king vpon this thing sende he to vs.

 CAP. VI.

Thanne king Darie comaunded, and thei enserchiden in the tresorie of the bokis, that weren leid vp in Babiloine. And there is founde in Egbadonys, that is a castel in Medene prouynce, o volume, and such a sentence was writen in it. The firste ȝer of Ciri king, Cirus the king demede, that the hous of God, thatthe which AH. is in Jerusalem, shulde be bild vp in the place where thei offren ostus, and that thei putte groundis vnderberende the heiȝte of sixti cubitus, and the breede of sixti cubitus, and thre ordris of vnpo|lisht stonis, and so ordris of newe trees. Costis forsothe of the hous of the king shulden ben ȝiue. But and the vesselis, goldene and siluerene of the temple of God, that Nabugodonosor hadde take of theOm. A. temple of Jerusalem, and broȝt hem in to Babiloine, be thei ȝolden, and born aȝeen in to the temple of Jerusalem, and in to ther place, the whiche and ben put inin to E pr. m. the temple of God. Now thanne Thathannai, duke of the regioun that is beȝunde the flod, and Scarbusannai, and ȝoure counseileris, Arfasacei, that ben be|ȝunde the flod, aferr goth awei fro them; and leteth toOm. C. be maad thatthe A. temple of God of the duke of Jewis, and of the elders of hem; and that hous of God bilde thei in his place. But and of me it is comaundid, that it behoueth to be maad of thoo prestus of Jewis, that the hous of God be bild vp, that is, that of the kingis cofre, that is, of tributis, that ben ȝiue of the regioun beȝunde the flod, besili costys be ȝiue to thoo men, lest be lettid the werk. That if nede were, andboth A. caluis, and lombis, and kidis in to brent sacrifise to the God of heuene; whete, salt, and win, and oile, aftir the custum of prestus that ben in Jerusalem, be ther ȝiue to them bi alle daȝis, lest ther be in any thing pleynyng. And offre thei of|fringus to the God of heuene; and preȝe thei for the lif of the king and of his sonus. Of me thanne is sett a decree, that eche man that this comaundement chaungith, be don awei the tree of the hous of hym, and be he rerid vp, and to|brosid in it; the hous forsothe of hym be forfetidopynli destroȝed E pr. m.. God forsothe, that maketh to dwellen his name there, scatere alle reumys and puple, that strecchith out ther hond, that thei withstonde and sca|tere that hous of God, that is in Jerusa|lem. I Darie haue ordeined a decre, the whiche bisili I wile to be fulfild. Ther|fore Thathannai, duk of the regioun beȝonde the flod, and Scarbusannay, and the conseileris of hym, after that king Darie hadde comaunded so diligentli, folewiden out. The eldere forsothe of Jewis bilden vp, and hadden prosperite, after the profecie of Aggei, the profete, and of Zacarie, sone of Addo; and thei bilden, and maden, the God of Irael co|maundende, and comaundende Ciro, and Darie, and Artaxerse, kingus of Persis; and thei fulfilden thisthe A. hous of God vnto the thridde dai of the monyth of Adar, that is the sixte ȝer of the regne of king Darie. Forsothe the sonus of Irael, prestus and Leuitus, and the tothere of the sonus of transmygracioun, maden the dedicacioun of the hous of God in ioȝe; and offriden, in the dedicacioun of the hous of God, caluys an hundrid, wetheris two hundrid, lambys foure hundrid, get buckis for the synne of al the puple twelue, after the noumbre of the linagis of Irael. And thei ordeyneden prestus in ther ordris, and Leuitus in ther whilis, vp on the werkis of God in Jerusalem, as it is write in the boc of Moises. Forsothe the sonus of transmygracioun maden pasch, the fourtenthe dai of the firste monyth. Forsothe the prestus and Leuitus as oon weren purified, alle clene to offren pasch to alle the sonus of transmygracioun, and to their brethern prestus, and to themself. And the sonus of Irael, that weren turned aȝeen of the transmygracioun, eeten, and alleeche E pr. m. that hadden seuered hemself fro alOm. C. defouling of Jentilis of the lond to them, that thei seche the Lord God of Irael. And thei maden the solempnete of therue louys seuen daȝes in gladnesse; for the Lord hadde gladid hem, and conuertid the herte of king Assur to hem, that he helpe the hondis of hem in the werk of the hous of the Lord God of Irael.

 CAP. VII.

Aftir these woordis forsothe, in the regne of Artaxerses, king of Persis, Es|dras, the sone of Saraie, sone of Azarie, sone of Elchie, sone of Sellum, sone of Sadoch, sone of Achitob, sone of Amarie, sone of Azarie, sone of Maraioth, sone of Saraie, sone of Osi, sone of Bocci, sone of Abisue, sone of Finees, sone of Elea|sar, sone of Aron, prest fro the begyn|nyng; this Esdras steȝede vp fro Babi|loine, and he a swift scribe in the lawe of Moises, the whiche the Lord God of Irael ȝaf; and the king ȝaf to hym, after the goode hond of the Lord his God vpon hym, al his asking. And ther steȝeden vp of the sonus of Irael, and of the sonus of prestus, and of the sonus of Leuitus, and of the singeres, and of the porteris, and of the sodeknys, in Jerusa|lem the seuenthe ȝer of Artaxerses, king. And thei camen in to Jerusalem the fifte monyth; this is the seuenthe ȝer of the king. For in the firste dai of the firste monyth thei begunnen to steȝen vp fro Babiloine, and in the firste dai of the fifte monyth he cam in to Jerusalem, after the goode hond of his God vpon hym. Esdras forsothe greithede his herte, that he enserche the lawe of the Lord, and do, and teche in Irael maun|dement and dom. This is forsothe the saumpler of the epistil of the maunde|ment, that king Artaxerses ȝaf to Esdre, preest, wis scribe in woordis and in maundemens of the Lord, and his ceri|moines in Irael. Artaxerses, king of kingus, to Esdre, the prest, most wis scribe of the lawe of God of heuene, greting. Of me is a decre, that to whom|soeuer it plese in my rewme of the puple of Irael, and of his prestus, and of the Leuitus, to gon in to Jerusalem, go he with thee. Forsothe fro the face of the king and of the seuene counseileris of hym thou art sent, that thou visite Jude and Jerusalem in the lawe of thi God, that is in thi hond; and that thou bere siluer and gold, that the king and his counseileris wilfulli offriden to the God of Irael, whos tabernacle is in Jerusalem. And al the siluer and gold, what euere thou findist in al the prouince of Babi|loine, and the puple wile offren, and of the prestus that wilfulli offriden to the hous of ther God, that is in Jerusalem, freli to taken; and bisili bie of that monei calues, wetheris, lombis, and sacri|fises, and the offring of likouris of hem; and offre them vpon the auter of the temple of ȝour God, that is in Jerusalem. But and if any thing to thee, and to thi brethern plese, of the remnaunt of siluer and of gold that ȝee do, after the wil of ȝoure God doth; also the vesselis that ben ȝiue in the seruise of the hous of thi God, tac in the siȝte of God in to Jerusalem. But and othere thingus the whiche nede were in the hous of thi God, hou miche euere is nede, that thou spende, thou shalt ȝiue of the tresor of the king and of the comun bagge, and of me. I, Artaxerses, king, haue ordeined, and demed to alle the keperis of the comun cofre, that ben beȝonde the flod, that what euer aske of ȝou Esdras, prest, scribeand scribe C. of the lawe of God of heuene, withoute tariyng ȝiue ȝee, vnto an hundrid talentus of siluir, and vnto an hundrid batus of win, and vnto an hundrid choris of whete, and vnto an hundrid batus of oile, salt for|sothe withoute mesure. Al that to the rit of God of heuene perteneth, be it ȝiue bisili in the hous of God of heuene, lest perauenture he be wroth aȝen the reume of the king and of his sonus. To ȝou also we maken knowen of alle the prestus, and Leuitus, singeres, porteris, sodeknys, and mynystris of the hous of this God, andOm. A. pedage and tribute and ȝeris frutus haue ȝee no power of putting `vponon C. hem. Thou forsothe, Esdra, after the wisdam of thi God, that is in thin hond, ordeine thou domysmen and gouernoures, that thei deme to al the puple, that is beȝonde the flod, to hem, that is, that knewen the lawe of thi God, and the lawe of the king; but and vnwise men techeth freely. And eche that doth not the lawe of thi God, and the lawe of the king bisili, dom shal ben of hym, orouther AEFH. in to deth, orouther AEFH. in to outlawe, or in to con|dempnacioun of his substaunce, or certis in to prisoun. And Esdras, scribe, seide, Blessid the Lord God of oure fadris, that ȝaf this in the herte of the king, that he shulde glorifie the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem, and in me hath in bowid his merci befor the king, and his coun|seileris, and alle the myȝti princis of the king And I, coumfortid bi the hond of the Lord, of my God, that was in me, I gaderede of the sonus of Irael princis, that steȝeden vp with me.

 CAP. VIII.

These thanne ben the princis of meines, and this the genelogie of hem, that steȝ|eden vp with me in the reume of Ar|taxerses, king, fro Babiloine. Of the sonus of Finees, Jerson; of the sonus of Itha|mar, Danyel; of the sonus of Dauid, Archus; of the sonus of Sechemye and of the sonus of Faros, Zacharias, and with hym ben noumbrid an hundrid and fifti men; of the sonus of Fethmoab and of Eleoenai, sone of Zacharie, and with hym two hundrid men; of the sonus of Sechemye, sone of Jesechiel, and with hym thre hundrid men; of the sonus of Addaenebeth, sone of Jonathan, and with hym fifti men; of the sonys of Elam, Isaias, the sone of Italie, and with hym seuenti men; of the sonus of Safacie, Ze|bedias, the sone of Mychael, and with hym eiȝteti men; of the sonus of Joab, Obedia, the sone of Jehiel, and with hym two hundrid and eiȝtetene men; of the sonus of Salomyth, the sone of Josfie, and with hym an hundrid and sixti men; of the sonus of Belbai, Zacharias, the sone of Bebai, and with hym twenti and eiȝte men; of the sonus of Esiad, Johannan, the sone of Esethan, and with hym an hundrid and ten men; of the sonus of Odonycham, that last weren, and these the namus of hem, Elifilech, and Heiel, and Samaias, and with hem sixti men; of the sonus of Beguy, Vthai, and Saccur, and with hem seuenti men. I gederede hem forsothe to the flod, that renneth to Hanna; and wee dwelten there thre daȝis. And I soȝte in the puple, and in the prestus of the sonus of Leuy, and I fond not there. And so I sente Elizer, and Arihel, and Semeiam, and Elnathan, and Jaubeth, and an other Elnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharie, and Mesollam, princis; and Joarib, and El|nathan, wise men; and I sente hem to Heldo, the whiche is the firste in the place off Casfee, and I putte in the mouth of hem woordis, that thei shulden speken to Eldo, and to the brethern of hym, sodeknys, in the place of Casfee, that thei shulden bringe to vs mynystris of the hous of oure God. And thei broȝten to vs, bi the goode hond of oure God vpon vs, a most wis man of the sonus of Mooli, sone of Leui, sone of Irael; and Sarabiam, and the sonus of hym, twenti, and the brethern of hym, eiȝtetene; and Azabie, and with hym, Isaie, of the sonys of Merari, the brethern of hym, and the sonys of hym, twenti; and of the sodek|nys, thatthe whiche AEFH. Dauid hadde ȝiue and princis to the seruise of Leuitys, sodeknys two hundrid and twenti; alle these bi ther namys weren clepid. And I prechide there fasting beside the flod of Hanna, that we shulden ben trauailid in pe|naunce befor the Lord oure God, and asken of hym a riȝt weie to vs, and to oure sonus, and to al oure substaunce. Forsothe I was ashamyd to asken the king helpe, and horse men, that myȝten defenden vs fro the enemy in the weie, for wee hadden seid to the king, The hond of oure God is vpon alle that sechen hym in goodnesse; and the empire of hym, and the strengthe of hym, and wodnesse vpon alle that forsaken hym. Wee fasteden forsothe, and preȝeden oure God for this, and it cam to vs welsumli. And I seuerede of the princis of prestis twelue, Sarabiam, Sazabiam, and with hem of the brethern of hem, ten; and I peisede to hem the siluer and gold, and the sa|cride vesselis of the hous of oure God, the whiche the king hadde offrid, and the counseileris of hym, and the princis of hym, and al Irael, of hem that weren founden. And I peisede in the hondis of hem of siluer talentis sixe hundrid and fifti, and siluerene vesselys an hundrid; of gold an hundrid talentus, and goldene chalicis twenti, the whiche hadden a thousend shillingus; and two faire ves|selis of best shinende bras as gold. And I seide to hem, Ȝee halewis of the Lord, and the holy vesselis, andof C pr. m. siluer and gold, that wilfulli is offrid to the Lord Godoure God C. of oure fadris, waketh, and kepith, to the time that ȝee peisen vp befor the princis of prestus, and of Leuitus, and dukis of meines of Irael in Jerusalem, in to the tresortresorie E pr. m. of the hous of God. For|sothe the prestus and Leuitus token the peis of siluer, and of gold, and of vesselis, that thei bringe in to Jerusalem, in to the hous of ther God. Thanne we moueden forth fro the flod of Hanna, the twelfthe dai of the firste monyth, that we go in to Jerusalem; and the hond of oure God was vpon vs, and deliuerede vs fro the hond of the enemy and of the spiere in the weie. And wee camen to Jerusalem, and wee dwelten there thre daȝis. The ferthe forsothe dai peisid vp is the siluer and gold, and the vesselis, in the hous of oure God, bi the hond of Remmoth, sonethe sone F. of Vrie, prest; and with hym Eleazar, the sone of Fynees, and with hem Josaded, the sone of Josue, and Noadoia, the sone of Bennoi, Leuite, aftir the noumbre and weiȝte of alle thingus; and al the weiȝte is descriued in that time. But the sonus of transmygracioun, that weren come fro caitifte, offriden brent sacrifises to the Lord God of Irael, caluys twelue for al the puple of Irael, wetheris nynti and sixe, lambis seuenti and seuene, got buckis for synne twelue; alle in to brent sacrifise to the Lord. Thei ȝeuen for|sothe maundemens of the king to the satrapis, that weren of the siȝte of the king, and to the dukis beȝonde the flod; and thei rereden vp a puple, andin A. the hous of God.

 CAP. IX.

Aftir forsothe that these thingis ben fulfild, neȝheden to me the princis, seiende, The puple of Irael is not se|uered, and prestus, and Leuitus, fro the puplis of londis, and fro the abhomyna|ciounsdomynaciouns E pr. m. of hem, of Cananei, that is, of Ethei, and of Feresei, and of Jebusei, and of Amonitus, and of Moabitus, and of Egipcienus, and of Amoriees. For|sothe thei token of the doȝtris of hem to hem, and to ther sonus, wiues, and thei mengden holi sed with the puplis of londis; the hond also of princis and of maistris was in this firste trespasing. And whan I hadde herd this woord, I cutte my mantil and cote, and pullide out the heris of myn hed and berd, and sat weilende. Forsothe ther camen to me alle that dradden the woord of God of Irael, for the trespasing of hem that weren come fro the caitifte; and I sat dreri vnto the euetid sacrifise. And in the euetid sacrifise I ros fro myn affliccioun, andOm. C. the mantil cutknit A. and cote, I bowide my knes, and spradde out myn hondis to the Lord my God, and seide, Mi God, I am confoundid and ashamed to reren my face to thee, for oure wickenessiswickidnes A. ben multiplied vponvp C. oure hed, and oure giltis ben sprungen vnto heuene, fro the daȝis of oure fadris; but and wee vsself han synned greuousli vnto this dai, and in oure wickenessis we ben taken, wee, and oure kingus, and oure prestus, in the hondis of kingus of londis, and in to swerd, and in to caitifte, and in to ra|uein, and in to confusioun of chere, as and in this dai. And now as ata C. litil and at a moment is don oure preȝere anent the Lord our God, that the rem|nauntus ben forȝiueforsakyn A. to vs, and the pes of hym be ȝiuen in his holi place, and oure God liȝte oure eȝen, and ȝiue to vs a litil lif in oure seruise. For seruauns wee ben, and in oure seruise our God forsoc not vs; and he bowide in vpon vs mercy be|for the king of Persis, that heȝe A. ȝeue to vs lijf, and rere the hous of oure God, and make out the wildernessiswildirnes A. of it, and ȝeue to vs hope in Juda and inOm. C. Jerusa|lem. And now what shul wee sein, Lord oure God, after these thingus? For wee han forsake thin hestus, that thou hast comaundid in the hond of thi seruauns prophetis, seiende, The lond, to the whiche ȝee shul gon out, that ȝee welden it, is a lond vnclene, after the vnclenesse of puplis, and of othere londis, the whiche fulfilden it with theOm. A. abhomynaciouns of hem, fro mouth vnto mouth in ther de|fouling. Now thanne ȝoure doȝtris ne ȝiue ȝe to the sonus of hem, and the doȝ|tris of hem taketh not to ȝour sonus; and seketh not pes of hem and prosperite of hem vnto euermor; that ȝee be coum|fortid, and eten that ben goode thingus of the lond, and eiris ȝee haue ȝoure sonus vnto the world. And after alle thingus that camen vpon vs in oure werste werkis, and in oure grete gilte, for thou, oure God, deliueredist vs fro oure wickenesse, and ȝeue to vs helthe, as is to dai, that we be not turned, and make thin hestis in vein, ne bi matri|moyne we ben joyned with the puplis of these abhomynaciouns. Whether thou art wroth to vs vnto the ending, lest thou leue to vs relikis and helthe? Lord God of Irael, riȝtwis thou art; for wee ben forsaken, the whiche shulden ben saaf as bi this dai, lo! befor thee we ben in oure gilte; forsothe it mai not ben stonden befor thee vpon this.

 CAP. X.

So thanne Esdre preȝende, and besech|ende God, and wepende, and liende befor the temple of God, ther is gedered to hym a ful myche cumpanye gret of men, and of wymmen, and childer; and the puple wepte with myche weping. And Sechenyas, the sone of Jaiel, of the sonus of Elam, answerde, and seide to Esdre, Wee han trespasid in oure God, and wee han weddid aliene wiues of the puplis of the lond. And now, for ther is penaunce in Irael vpon this, smyte wee couenaunt of pes with the Lord oure God, and throwe awei alle oure wiues, and hem that of hem ben born, after the wil of the Lord; and of hem that dreden the maundement of oure God, after the lawe be it don. Ris, thin it is to demen, and wee shul be with thee; tac coumfort, and do. Thanne Esdras ros, and ad|iurede the princis of prestus, and of Le|uitus, and al Irael, that thei shulden do after this woord; and thei sworen. And Esdras ros befor the hous of God, and wente awei to the bed place of Johannan, sone of Eliasif, and he wente in thider; bred he eet not, and water he dranc not; forsothe he weilede the trespasing of hem, that fro the caitifte weren comen. And ther is sent a vois in Juda and Jerusa|lem, to alle the sonus of transmygracioun, that thei shulden be gedered in to Jeru|salem; and alle that cometh not in thre daȝis, aftir the counseil of the princis and of the elders, al his substaunce shal be taken awei, and he shal be cast awei fro the cumpanye of transmygracioun. Thanne alle the men of Juda and of Beniamyn camyn togidre in Jerusalem thre daȝes; it is the nynthe monyth, in the twentithe dai of the monyth; and al the puple sat in the strete of the hous of God, tremblende for synne and reynes. And Esdras, the prest, ros, and seide to hem, Ȝee han trespasid, and wedded aliene wiues, that ȝee adden vp on the gilte of Irael. And now ȝiueth confes|sioun to the Lord God of oure fadris, and doth the plesaunce of hym, and beth seuered fro the puplis of the lond, and fro alien wiues. And al the multitude answerde, and seide with a gret vois, After thi woord to vs, so be it do. Ner|thelatere for the puple is myche, and the time of rein, and we sustene not to stonde with oute forth, and it is not the werc of o dai, or of two; forsothe hidousli we han synned in this woord; be ther sett princis in al the multitude, and alle in oure cites, that han wedded aliene wiues, come thei in the time set, and with hem the elders, bi cite and cite, and the domesmen of it, to the time that the wrathe of oure God be turned awei fro vs vpon this synne. Thanne Jona|than, the sone of Azahel, and Jasia, the sone of Thechue, stoden vpon this; and Mosollam, and Sebethai, Leuitus, holpen hem. And so diden the sonus of transmygracoun. And Esdras, prest, and the men, princis of the meynes, wenten awei in to the housis of ther fadris, and alle bi ther namys; and thei seten in the firste dai of the tenthe monith, that thei enserche the thing. And alle the men that hadden weddid alien wiues ben endid, vn to the firste dai of the firste moneth. And ther ben founden of the sonus of prestus, that weddeden hethene wiues; of the sonus of Josue, the sones ofOm. C. Josedech, and the brethern of hym, Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Go|dolia. And thei ȝeuen ther hondis, that thei shulden casten awei ther wiues, and for ther gilte thei shulden offren a wether of the shep. And of the sonus of Semmer; Anam and Sebedia. And of the sonus of Seerim; Maazia, and Helia, and Semeia, and Jehiel, and Osias. And of the sonus of Fessur; Helioenai, Maa|zia, Hismael, Nathanael, and Josabeth, and Elasa. And of the sones of Le|uitus; Josabeth, and Semei, and Eliaia; he is Calithafathaia; Juda, and Elieser. And of the singeris, Eliazub; and of the porteris, Sellum, and Thellem, and Vri. And of Irael, of the sonus of Faros; Re|mea, and Ezia, and Melchia, and Bua|nym, and Eliezer, and Melchia, and Banya. And of the sonus of Elam; Ma|thanya, and Zacharias, and Jehil, and Abdi, and Rimoth, and Helia. And of the sonus of Secua; Helieonai, Heliazub, Mathanya, and Jerymuth, and Saeth, and Aziza. And of the sonus of Bebai; Johannan, Ananya, Zabbai, Athalia. And of the sonys of Beny; Mosollam, and Me|lue, andOm. A. Azaia, Jasub, and Saal, and Ja|moth. And of the sonus of Faeth; Moab, Edua, and Calal, Banaias, and Massias, Mathanyas, Beseleel, and Bemym, and Manasse. And of the sonus of Erem; Elieer, Jesue, Melchias, Semeias, Symeon, Beniamyn, Maloth, Samarias. And of the sonus of Asom; Mathanai, Mathetha, Zabeth, Elifelech, Jermai, Manasse, Se|mei. And of h sonus of Bany; Maddi, Amram, and Huel, Baneas, and Badaias, Cheilian, Bianna, Marimuth, and Elia|sif, Mathanyas, Mathanay, and Jasi, and Lany, and Bennan, and Semei, and Sal|myes, and Nathan, and Daias, Mesuede|bai, Susai, Sarai, Esriel, andOm. AH. Seloman, Semeria, Sellum, Amaria, Joseph. Of the sonus of Nebny; Aiel, Mathathias, Zabed, Zabina, Jebdu, and Joel, Banai. Alle these hadden taken hethene wiues, and ther weren of these wymmen, that had|den born sonys.Here eendith the first book of Esdre, and now begynneth the secounde. A. Explicit liber Esdre primus, incipit secundus. E. Here endith Esdre the first, and now bygyneth Esdre the secounde. F. No final rubric in H.

Explicit liber primus. Incipit liber secundus. II. ESDRAS. The second book of EsdrasNo initial rubric in the Mss. but in C, Neemye, as a running title..CAP. I.

THE woordis of Neemye, sone of El|chie. And it is do in the monith of December, the twentithe ȝer, and I was in the burȝ toun of Susis; and ther cam to me Annam, oon of my brethern, he and the men of Juda; and I askide hem of Jewisthe Jewis AH., that abiden stille, and laften ouer of the caitifte, and of Jerusalem. And thei seiden to me, Thei that abiden stille, and ben laft of the caitifte there in the prouynce, ben in gret affliccioun, and in repref; and the wal of Jerusalem is scatered, and his ȝatis ben brendbrend vp AC. with fijr. And whan I hadde herd such maner woordis, I sat and wepte, and weilide manye daȝes, and fastide, and preȝede be|for the face of God of heuene; and seide, I beseche, Lord God of heuene, strong, gret, and ferful, thatthe which AH. kepist couenaunt and merci with hem, that loouen thee, and kepen thi maundemens; be thi ere maad herknende, and thi eȝen opened, that thou here the orisoun of thi ser|uaunt, in the whiche I preyȝe beforto A. thee to dai, nyȝt and dai, for the sonys of Irael, thi seruauns, and I knowleche for the synnes of the sones of Irael, in the whiche thei synneden to thee; and I and the hous of my fader han synned; bi vanyte wee ben born doun, and wee han not kept the heste, and cerimoines, and domus, that thou comaundedestcomaundist AH. to Moises, thi seruaunt. Haue mynde of thethi A. woord, that thou comaundedestcomaundist AH. to thi seruaunt, seiende, Whan ȝee han trespasid, I shal scatere ȝou in to puplis; and if ȝee be turned aȝeen to me, that ȝee kepe myn hestus, and don hem, also if ȝee weren lad awei to the endis of heuene, thennus I shal gadere ȝou togidere, and leden in to the place, that I ches, that my name dwelle there. And weewe ben A. thi seruauns, and thi puple, whom thou hast boȝt in thi grete strengthe, and in thi stronge hond. I beseche, Lord, be thin ere tak|ende heede to the orisoun of thi seruaunt, and to the orisoun of thi seruauns, that wiln dreden thi name; and dresse thi seruaunt to dai, and ȝif to hym merci befor this man. I forsothe was theOm. C. booteler of the king.

 CAP. II.

It is do forsothe in the monith of Aprill, the twentithe ȝer of Artaxerses, theOm. C. king, and win was befor hym, and I heuede vp the win, and ȝaf to the king, and I was astoneid beforn his face. And the king seide to me, Whi is thi chere dreri, sithen I see thee not sijk? That is not in vein; but I wot not the euel that is in thin herte. And I dradde ful myche; and I seide to the king, King, with outen ende liue; whi shulde not my chere so|rewin priueli? for the cite of the hous of the sepulcris of my faderfadris A. is desert, and his ȝatus ben brent with fir. And the king seith to me, For what thing askist thou? And I preȝede the God of heuene, and seide to the king, If it is seen good to the king, and if it plese to thi ser|uauns befor thi face, that thou sende me in to Jude, I beseche, to the cite of the sepulcre of my fader, and I shal bilden it. And the king seide to me, and the quen that sat biside hym, Vnto what time shal be thi wei, and `whanne shaltwhat wolt A. thou come aȝeen? And I pleside befor the chere of the king, and he sente me, and I sette hym a time; and seide to the king, If to the king it is seen good, lettris ȝiue he to me to the dukis of the regioun beȝonde the flod, that thei lede me ouer, to the time Ithat I AH. come in to Jude; and a lettre to Asaf, kepere of the wilde wode of the king, that he ȝiue to me trees, that I mowe couere the ȝatis of the tour of the hous, and of the wal of the cite, and the hous that I shal come in. And the king ȝaf to me, after the goode hond of my God with me. And I cam to the dukis of the regioun beȝunde the flod, and I ȝaf to hym the epistolis of the king. Forsothe the king hadde sent with me prinsis of kniȝtus, and horsemen. And Sanaballath Oronyte, and Tobie, ser|uaunt Amonyte, herden, and ben euele paȝid bi gret sorewe, that a man was come, that shulde seche the prosperite of the sonus of Irael. And I cam in to Je|rusalem, and IOm. A. was there thre daȝes. And I ros the nyȝt, and fewe men with me, and I shewide to no man, what God hadde ȝiuen in myn herte, that I shulde do in Jerusalem; and there was noon helpely beeste to me, but the beeste that I sat on. And I wente out bi the ȝate of the valei the nyȝt, and beforn the welle of the dragoun, and at the drit ȝate; and I beheeld the wal of Jerusalem scaterid, and his ȝatis wastid with fijr. And I passide ouer to the ȝate of the welle, and to the watir cundict of the king, and ther was no place to the beeste, that I sat on that he myȝte passen ouer; and I steȝide vp bi the strem the nyȝt, and I beheeld the wal, andI A. turned aȝeen Iand I A. cam to the ȝate of the valei, and am comen aȝeen. The maister iuges forsothe wisten not, whider I was go, or what I wolde do; but and to the Jewis, and to the prestus, and to the most worshipeful men, and to the maister iuges, and to the tothere that maden the werc, vnto that of the placis no thing I hadde shewid. And I seide to hem, `Ȝee han knowen the affliccioun, in whiche we ben, for Jerusa|lem is desert, and his ȝatis ben wastid with fijr; cometh, and bilde we vp the wallis of Jerusalem, and be we no more repref. And I shewide to hem the hond of my God, that it was good with me, and the woordis of the king, that he spac to me; and I sey, Rise we, and bilde we; and the hondis of hem ben coumfortid in goode. Forsothe Sanballath Oronyte, and Tobias, seruaunt Amonyte, and Go|sem Arabs, herden, and scorneden vs, and despiseden; and seiden, What is this thing that ȝee don? whether aȝen the king ȝee rebellen? And I ȝeldȝeldide AE sec. m. FH. to them a woord, and seide to them, God of heuene, he helpith vs, and wee his seruauns ben; rise wee, and bilde wee; to ȝou forsothe is nonot A. part and riȝtwis|nesse and mynde in Jerusalem.

 CAP. III.

And Eliasif, the grete prest, rosaroos A., and his brethern, and prestus, and thei bildenbildiden A. vp the ȝatis of the floc; theiand A. halewiden it, and setten the ȝate leuys of it, and vn to the tour of an hundrid cubitus thei halewiden it, vn to the tour of Anane|hel. And beside hym the men of Jericho bilden; and biside hem bilde Zaccur, the sone of Amri. The ȝate forsothe of fisshisthe fisshis C. bilden vp the sonus of Azanaa; thei couereden itOm. C., and setten his ȝate leues, and lokis, and heengis. And biside hem bilde Marimuth, the sone of Vri, sone of Accus. And biside hym bilde Mosolla, the sone of Barachie, sone of Mesezebeel. And biside hym bilde Sa|doc, the sone of Baana. And biside hym bilden Thecuenus; forsothe the more wir|shipeful men of hem vnder putten not ther neckis in the werc of the Lord ther God. And the olde ȝate bilden vp Joiada, the sone of Fasia, and Mosollam, the sone of Besoida; and thei couereden it, and setten his ȝate leuis, and lokis, and heengis. And biside hem bilden Melchia Gabonite, and Jaddon Metho|nothite, men of Gabaon and Masfa, for the duk that was in the regioun beȝonde the flod. And biside hym bilde Eziel, the sone of Aria, goldsmith; and biside hym bilde Annany, the sone of a piment makere; and thei laften Jerusalem vnto the wal of the braddere strete. And bi|side hym bilde Rafaia, the sone of Hahul, prince of a toun of Jerusalem. And bi|side hym bilde Jeieda, the sone of Ra|math, aȝen his hous; and biside hym bilde Accus, the sone of Azebonie. The myddel forsothe partpartie AH. of the toun bilde Melchias, the sone of Herem, and Asub, the sone of Feth Moab; and the tour of ouenus. Biside hym bilde Sellum, the sone of Aloes, prince of the myddel part of a toun of Jerusalem, and he and his sonus. And the ȝate of the valei bilde Annun, and the dwelleris of Sanoe; thei bilden it, and setten his ȝate leuis, and lokis, and henglisheengis AH., and a thousend cu|bitus in the wal vnto the ȝate of the dunge hil. And the ȝate of the dunge hil bilde Melchias, the sone of Recab, prince of the toun of Bethacharem; he bilde it, and sette his ȝate leues, and lokis, and henglisheengys AEH.. And the ȝate of the welle bilde Sellum, the sone of Colosai, prince of the toun of Masfa; he bilde it, and couerede, and sette his ȝate leuis, and lockis, and heengisheenglis F.; and the wallis of the fish pond of Siloe in to the ȝerd of the king, and vn to the grees of the king, that comen doun fro the cite of Dauid. After hym bilde Neemyas, the sone of Asboc, the prince of the half partpartie AH. of the toun of Bethsuri, vnto aȝen the sepulcre of Dauid, and vnto the fish pond, that bi gret werc is maad, and vnto the hous of stronge men. After hym bilden Leuitus; and after hem Reum, the sone of Benny. After hym bilde Azebias, prince of the half part of the toun of Cheile, in his toun. After hym bilden the brethern of hem, Bethin, the sone of Enadad, prince of the half partpartie AH. of Cheila. And Aser, the sonn of Josue, prince of Masfa, bilde beside hym the secunde mesure aȝen the steȝing vp of the most fast corner. After hym in the hil bilde Baruch, the sone of Sachaie, the secunde mesure fro the corner vnto the ȝate of the hous of Eliazif, grete prest. After hym bilde Marimuth, the sone of Vrie, sone of Accur, the secunde mesure fro the ȝate of the hous of Eliasif, to the time that the hous of Eliasif were straȝt out. And aftir hym bildedenbylden H. theOm. H. prestus, men of the wilde feldis of Jordan. After hymhem A. bilden Beniamyn and Asub aȝen ther hous; and after hym bilde Asarias, the sone of Moosie, sone of Ananye, aȝen his hous. Aftir hym bilde Benni, the sone of Senadad, the secunde mesure fro the hous of Azarie vnto the bowing and vnto the corner. Falel, the sone of Osi, aȝen the bowing, and the tour that stant aboue, fro the heȝe hous of the king, that is in the porche of the prisoun; and after hym Fadaia, the sone of Feros. Gabon|ites, water bereris forsothe dwelten in Ofel aȝen the ȝate of watris at the est, and the tour that aboue semede. After hym bilden Thecuynes the secunde me|sure forn aȝen, fro the grete tour and stondende aboue vnto the wal of the temple. Aboue forsothe at the horse ȝate bildeden the prestus, eche aȝen his hous. Aftir hem bilde Seddo, the sone of Enner, aȝen his hous. After hym bilde Semeia, the sone of Sechenye, kepere of the est ȝate. After hym bilde Ananye, the sone of Selemye, and Anon, the sone of Selon, the sixte, the secunde mesure. After hym bilde Mosollam, the sone of Barachie, aȝen his tresorie. After hym bilde Melchias, the sone of a goldsmith, vnto the hous of sodeknys, and of the men sellende sheldis aȝen the judicial ȝate, and vnto the supping place of the corner. And withinne the supping place of the corner in to the ȝate of the king bilden craftusmen and marchandus. It is do forsothe, whan Sanaballath hadde herd, that we schulden bilde the wal, he wrathide gretli, andOm. C., moued ful myche, scornede the Jewis. And he seide beforn his brethern, and the court of Samari|tanysthe Samaritanys A., What do the Jewis ful feble? Whether shuln leuen hem the Jentilis? Whether shul thei sacrifien and fulfillen in o dai? Whether thei shuln moun bilden vp stonis of the hillokis of pouder, that ben brent? But and Tobias Amon|ite seith to his neȝhebores, Bilde thei; if ther steȝe vp a fox, he shal lepe ouer ther ston wal. And Neemie seide, Here thou, oure God, for we ben maad despit; turne the repref vp on the hed of hem, and ȝif hem in to despising in the lond of caitifte; ne couere thou the wickenesse of hem, and the synnus of hem befor thi face be not don awei; for thei scorneden the bilders. And so we bilden the wal, and al we ioyneden togidere vnto the half partpartie AH., and the herte of the puple is stirid to werken.

 CAP. IV.

It is do forsothe, whan Sanaballath hadde herd, andOm. A. Tobias, and Arabes, and Amanytes, and Azozie, that the gap of the wal of Jerusalem was maad al hol, and that the chinyschynys A. chynes EF. chenes H. `or crauasisof crauasis F. Om. E pr. m. begun|nen to be closid, thei ben ful myche wroth. And alle thei ben gedered togi|dere, that thei comen and fiȝte aȝen Jeru|salem, and casten busshemens. And we preȝeden the Lord oure God, and we set|ten keperis vp on the wal dai and nyȝt aȝen hem. Forsothe Judas seide, The strengthe of the berere is feblid, and there is to miche erthe, and we shul not moun bilden vp the wal. And oure ene|mis seiden, Wite thei not, and vnknowe thei, to the time that we comen in to the middel of hem, and slen hem, and make the werc to cesen. It is do forsothe, the Jewis comende, that dwelten bisides hem, and seiende to vs ten sithis, of alle the placis fro whichethe whiche AEFH. thei weren come to vs, I sette in a place behinde the wal bi enuyroun a puple in order, with ther swerdis, and speris, and bowis. IAnd I A. be|heeld, and ros, and seidesei C to the more wrshipeful men, and maister iugis, and to the tother part of the comun, Wilith not dreden fro the face of hem; of the grete Lord and ferful hath mynde, and fiȝteth for ȝour brethern, and ȝourfor ȝour A. sonus, and ȝour doȝtris, ȝour wiues, and housis. It is do forsothe, whan oure enemys hadden herd to be told to vs, God scaterede the conseil of hem; and alle wee ben turned aȝeen to the wallis, eche to his werk. And it is do fro that dai, the half part of the ȝunge men maden the werk, and the half part was redi to bataile; and speris, and sheeldis, and bowis, and ha|beriones, and princis bihinde them, in al the hous of Juda, of bilders in the wal, and of bereris berthenus, and of leieris on; with ther oon hond thei maden the werc, and with the tother thei heelden swerd. Forsothe of the bilders eche was gird aboute the hipis with a swerd; and thei bilden, and crieden with trumpe bi|syde me. And I seide to the most wr|shipeful men, and to the maister iugis, and to the tother part of the comun, A gret werc it is, and brod, and we ben seuered in the wal aferr, an other fro an other; in what euere place ȝee shul here the criyng of the trumpe, thider renneth togidere to vs; forsothe oure God shal fiȝte for vs. And we vsselfoure silf A. shul make the werk, and the half part of vs holde speris, fro the steȝing vp of the morutid to the time that the sterris gon out. Also thatin that AH. time I seide to the puple, Eche with his child dwelle in the middel of Jerusalem, and be ther to ȝou whilis by nyȝt and dai to werken. I forsothe, and my brethern, and the kepe|ris, and my childer, that weren bihinde me, didenwe diden E pr. m. not of oure clothis; echeeche oon AEFH. onli was nakid to baptem.

 CAP. V.

And ther is maad a cri of the puple and of ther wiues, a gret, aȝen Jewis, ther brethern. And ther weren that seiden, Oure sonus and oure doȝtris ben ful manye; take we for the pris of hem whete, and ete we, and liue wee. And ther weren that seiden, Oure feldis, and vines, and oure housis lei wee toOm. C., and take wee whete in hunger. And othere seiden, Borewe wee monei in to the tri|butus of the king, and ȝiue wee oure feldis, and oure vines. And now as the flesh of oure brethern, so oure flesh ben; and as the sonys of hem, so and oure sonus; lo! we han vnder ȝokid our sonus and oure doȝtris in to seruage, and of oure doȝtris ben thrallis, and we han not, wherof thei moun be boȝt; and our feldus, and oure vines other men welden. And I wrathide ful myche, whan I hadde herd the cri of hem after these woordys. And myn herte thoȝte with me, and I blamede the most wrshipeful men and maister iugis; and seide to hem, Echone aske ȝee not vsuris of ȝoure brethern. And I gederede aȝen hem a gret conuocacioun, and seide to them, Wee, as ȝee witen, han forboȝt oure brethern Jewis, that weren sold to the Jentilis, after oure power; and ȝee thanne sellen ȝoure brethern, and wee shul bienforbyen E pr. m. hem aȝeen. And thei heelden ther pes, ne founden not what thei shulden an|swern. And I seide to hem, This is no good thing, that ȝee don; whi in the drede of oure God ȝee gon not, lest it be repreuid to vs of the Jentilis, oure ene|mys? And I and my brethern, and my childer, lenten to manye men monei and whete, ne wee askeden not aȝen this in to comun; and other thing that is aȝtowid AEFH. to vs graunte wee. Ȝeldeth to them to dai ther feldis, and ther vines, their oliues, and ther housis; but more and the hun|drid part of monee of whete, and of win, and oile, that ȝee weren wont to asken of hem, ȝiueth for hem. And thei seiden, Wee shal ȝelden, and of hem nothing we sechenshul sechen E pr. m.; and thus wee shul do as thou spekist. And I clepide the prestis, and adiurede hem, that thei shulde do aftir that I hadde seid. Ferthermor I shakide out my bosum, and seide, Thus God shake out eche man, that fulfillith not this woord of his hous, and of his trauailis; and be he shaken out, and maad voide. And al the multitude seide, Amen; and preis|eden God. Thanne dide the puple, as it was seid. Forsothe fro that dai that the king hadde comaunded to me, that I were duke in the lond of Juda, fro the twen|tithe ȝer vn to theOm. A. two and threttithe ȝer of king Artaxerses, bi twelue ȝer, I and my brethern the ȝeris frutus, that weren due to dukis, wee eeten not. For|sothe the firste dukis that weren befor me greueden the puple, and token of hem in bred, and win, and in mone, eche dai fourti ouncis; but and the seruauns of hem presseden doun the puple. I for|sothe dide not so, for the drede of God; but rathere in the werk of the wal bild|ede, and feeld I boȝte not, and alle my childer gedered weren to the werc. Also Jewisthe Jewis A. and the maister iugis of hem weren an hundrid men and fifti; and thoo that camen to vs of the Jentilis, that ben in oure enuyroun, weren in my bord. Forsoth there wasweren A. greithid to me bi alle daȝis an oxe, sixe chosen we|theris, out take volatilis, and betwebetwixe A. betwen E pass. bytwene FH. ten daȝes diuerse wines; and othere manye thingus I ȝaf; ferthermor and the ȝeris frutis of my duchie I soȝte not; for|sothe the puple gretli was poueresht. My God, haue mynde of me in to goode, after alle thingis that I haue do to this puple.

 CAP. VI.

It is do forsothe, whan Sanaballath hadde herd, and Thobias, and Gosem ArabsArabes A., and oure othere enemys, that I hadde bild the wal, and ther was not in it laft brosure among; forsothe vnto that time I hadde not put ȝate leues in the ȝate; Sanaballath, and Thobias, and Gosem Arabs senten to me, seiende, Cum, and smite wee pes couenaunt to|gidere in litle tounus, in a feeld; thei forsothe thoȝten, that thei do to me euel. Thanne I sente to hem messageris, seiende, A gret werc I do, and I mai not come doun, lest parauenture it be laft, whan I shulde comen, and descende to ȝou. Forsothe thei senten to me after this woord bi foure sithes, and I an|swerde to hem after the rathere woord. And Sanaballath sente to me after the rathere woord the fifte sithe his child; and he hadde a lettre in his hond writen in this maner; In Gentilis it is herd, and Gosem seide, for thou and the Jewis thenken to rebellen, and therfore ȝee bilden, and thou wilt rere thee vp on hem king; for what cause and profetus thou hast sett, that prechen of thee in Jeru|salem, seiende, A king in Jerusalem is; the king is to here these woordis; ther|fore cum now, that wee go in counseil togidere. And I sente to hem, seiende, It is not don after these woordis that thou spekist; forsothe of thin herte thou makist these thingus. Alle these fereden vs, thenkende that our hondis shulden cesen fro werkis, and resten aȝeen; for what cause more I confortid myn hond. And I wente in to the hous of Samaie, sone of Dalie, sone of Methabehel, pri|uyli, the whiche seith, Trete wee with vs in the hous of God, in the middel of the temple, and close we the ȝatus of the hous; for ther ben to come that thei sle thee, and the nyȝt thei ben to come that thei sle thee. And I seide, Whethir any man lic me fleeth, and who as I shal go in to the temple, and liuen? I shal not gon in. And I vnderstod that God hadde not sent hym, but as profeciende he hadde spoke to me; and Thobias and Sanabal|lath bi mede hadden hirid hym. For|sothe he hadde take pris, that aferd I shulde don, and synnen; and thei myȝte han euel, that thei repreue to me. Haue mynde of me, Lord, for Tobias and Sana|ballath, afterOm. C. suche werkus of hem; but and of Nadie, profete, and of othere pro|fetus, that fereden me. Forsothe the wal is fulfild the fiue and twentithe dai of the sixte moneth, in two and fifti daȝes. It is do thanne, whan alle oure enemys hadden herd, that alle the Jentilis that weren in oure enuyroun dredden, and fellen togidere with inne themself, and knewen, that of the Lord was do this werc. But and in tho daȝes manye epi|stolis of the moste wrthi men of Jewis weren sent to Tobie, and fro Tobie camen to them. Manye forsothe weren in Jude, hauende his oth; for he was the sone in lawe of Sechenye, sone of Jorel; and Jo|hannan, his sone, hadde taken the doȝter of Mosollam, sone of Barachie. But and thei preseden hym befor me, and my woordis thei tolden to hym; and Tho|bias sente lettris, that he shulde fere me.

 CAP. VII.

Aftir forsothe that the wal is maad vp, and I sette the ȝate leuys, and noum|bride the porteres, and the singeris, and the Leuitis, I comaundede to Aneny, my brother, and to Ananye, prince of the hous of Jerusalem; he forsothe as a soth|fast man, and dredende God more than othere was seen; and I seide to hem, The ȝatis of Jerusalem be thei not opened vnto the hete of the sunne; and whan ȝit I stod neeȝh, the ȝatis ben closid and stoppid. And I sette keperis of the dwelleris of Jerusalem, eche bi ther whilis, and eche aȝen his hous. Forsothe the cite was myche brod and gret, and the puple litil in the middel of it, and ther weren not housis bild. God for|sothe ȝaf in myn herte, and I gaderede togidere the most wrshipeful men, and the maister iugis, and the comun, that I noumbre hem; and I fond the boc of the noumbring of hem, that hadden steȝid vp first. And it is foundeOm. E pr. m. writen in it, TheseThese ben A. the sones of the prouince, that steȝeden vp fro the caitifte of transmigra|cioun, the whiche Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloine, hadde translatid; and thei ben turned aȝeen in to Jerusalem and in to Jude, eche in to his cite, that camen with Sorobabel; Josue, Neemias, Azarias, Raamias, Naanum, Mardocheus, Bethsar, Mesfarath, Beggai, Naum, Banaa. The noumbre of the men of the puple of Irael; the sones of Faros, two thousend and hundrid and two and seuenti; the sonus of Safaie, thre hundrid foure score and two; the sonus of Area, sixe hundrid two and fifti; the sonus of Faeth Moab, of the sonus of Josue and of Joab, two thousend eiȝtesexe A. hundrid and eiȝtetene; the sonus of Elam, a thousend eiȝte hun|drid and foure and fifti; the sonus of Zechua, eiȝte hundrid and fiue and fourti; the sonus of Zachai, seuene hundrid and sixty; the sonus of Bennui, sixe hundrid and eiȝte and fourti; the sonus of Ebai, sixe hundrid `and eiȝteOm. A. and twenti; the sonus of Asgad, two thousend thre hun|drid and two and twenti; the sonus of Asonycham, sixe hundrid and seuene and sixti; the sonus of Bagoamy, two thou|send and seuene and sixti; the sonus of Adin, sixe hundrid and fiue and fifti; the sonus of Aser, sone of Ezechie, eiȝte and twenti; the sonus of Asem, thre hun|drid and eiȝte and twenti; the sonus of Bethsai, thre hundrid and foure and twenti; the sonus of Aref, an hundrid and seuene and twenti; the sonus of Sa|laon, fiue and nynti; the men of Beth|lem and of Nethufa, an hundrid foure score and eiȝte; men of Anatot, an hun|drid and eiȝte and twenti; men of Beth|samoth, two and fourti; men of Cariathi|arim, Sefira, and Beroth, seuene hundrid and thre and fourti; men of Ramaa and of Gabaa, sixe hundrid and oon and twenti; men of Machinas, two hundrid and two and twenti; men of Bethel and of Hai, an hundrid and thre and twenti; men of the tother Nebo, two and fifti; men of the tother Elam, a thousend two hundrid and foure and fifti; the sonus of Arem, thre hundrid and twenti; the sonus of Jericho, thre hundrid and fiue and fourti; the sonus of Joiadid and of Anon, seuene hundrid and oon and twenti; the sonus of Senaa, thre thou|send nyne hundrid and thretti; prestus, the sonus of Joiada, in the hous of Josue, nyne hundrid and foure and seuenti; the sonys of Emmer, a thousend and two and fifti; the sonus of Fassur, a thousend two hundrid seuene and fourti; the sones of Arem, a thousend and seuentene; Le|uitus, sonus of Josue and of Gadimel, sonus of Odina, seuenti and foure; singeres, sonus of Asaf, an hundrid and seuene and fourti; porteres, sonus of Sellum, sonus of Ather, sonus of Thelmon, sonus of Accub, sonus of Accita, sonus of Sobai, an hun|drid and eiȝte and thretti; sodeknes, sonus of Soa, sonus of Asfa, sonus of The|baoth, sonus of Cheros, sonus of Sicca, sonus of Fado, sonus of Lebana, sonus of Agaba, sonus of Selmon, sonus of Anon, sonus of Jeddel, sonys of Gair, sonus of Raaia, sonus of Rasym, sonus of Nechoda, sonus of Jesem, sonus of Asa, sonus of Fascha, sonus of Besai, sonus of Minum, sonus of Nefusym, sonis of Bechue, sonus of Acufa, sonus of Assur, sonus of Belloth, sonus of Meida, sonus of Arsa, sonus of Berchos, sonus of Cizara, sonus of Thema, sonus of Nezia, sonus of Athifa, sonus of the seruauns of Salomon, sonus of Sothai, sonus of Soforeth, sonus of Ferida, sonus of Jachala, sonus of Dalchon, sonns of Jeddel, sonus of Safacia, sonus of Atchil, sonus of Focereth, that was born of Abaim, sone of Amon; alle the sodek|nes, and the sonus of the thrallis of Sala|mon, thre hundrid and two and twenti. These ben that steȝeden vp of Themelath, Thelarsa, Cherub, Addo, and Emmer, and thei myȝten not shewe the hous of ther fadirs, and ther sed, whether of Israel thei weren; sonus of Dalaia, sonus of Thobia, sonus of Nethoda, sixe hun|drid and two and fourti; and of the prestis, sonus of Abia, sonus of Achos, sonus of Bersellai, that toc a wif of the doȝtris of Bersellai Galadite, and is cle|pid bi the name of hem; these soȝten the scripture of ther genelogie, and founde not, and ben cast out fro presthod. And Athersatha seide to them, that thei shul|den not eten of the holi thingus of ha|lewis, to the time that ther rijse a taȝt and lerned prest. Al the multitude as o man, two and fourti thousend thre hun|drid and sixti, with oute the seruauns and the hand wymmen of hem, that weren seuen thousend thre hundrid and seuene and thretti; and among hem sing|eres and singressis two hundrid and fiue and fourti. The hors of hem, seuene hundrid and thre and thretti; the camailis of hem, foure hundrid and fiue and thretti; the assis of hem, sixe thousend seuene hundred and thretti; `the mulis of hem, two hundrid and fiue and fourtiOm. ACFH.. Summe forsothe of the princis of the meynes ȝeuen expensis in to the werc of God; Athersatha ȝaf in to the tresorie, of gold, dragmys a thousend, fifty violis, prestus cotus fiue hundrid and thretti. And of the princis of theOm. A. meines ther ȝeuen in to the tresorie of the werk, of gold, dragmis twenti thousend, and of siluer, two thousend besauntus and two hundrid. And that that ȝaf the tother puple, of gold, dragmis twenti thousend, and of siluer, besauntus two thousend, and prestus cotus sixti and seuenn. Forsothe the prestus, and Leuitus, and the porteris, and singeris, and the tother comun, and the sodeknys, and al Irael dwelten in ther cites.

 CAP. VIII.

And the seuenthe monethe of the feste of tabernaclis was comen vnder Esdra and Neemie; the sonus forsothe of Irael weren in ther cites. And al the puple is gedered as oo man, at the strete that is befor the ȝate of watris. And thei seiden to Esdra, scribe, that he shulde bringe forth the boc of the lawe of Moises, that the Lord hadde comaundid to Irael. Thanne Esdras, the prest, broȝte forth the lawe, befor the multitude of men and wymmen, and to alle that myȝten vnder|stonde, in the firste dai of the seuenthe monyth. And he radde in it apertli in the strete that was befor the ȝate of watris, fro the morutid vnto theOm. EFH. middai, in the siȝte of men and wymmen and of wise men; and the eris of al the puple weren riȝt to the boc. Forsothe Esdras scribe stod vpon a treene greegrece AFH., the whiche he hadde maad to speken in; and ther stoden beside hym, Mathathias, and Semma, and Anania, and Vria, and Elchia, and Maasia, at his riȝt side; and at his leftleft side A., Fadaia, Misael, and Melchia, Assum, and Asef, Dana, and Acharia, and Mosollam. And Esdras openede the boc beforn al the puple; vp on al the puple forsothe he stod ouer; and whan he hadde opened it, al the puple stod. And Esdras blesside to the Lord God with a gret vois; and al the puple answerde, Amen, Amen, rerend vp ther hondus. And thei ben ful bowid, and bowid in to the erthe thei honoureden God. But Josue, and Baani, and Serebia, Jamyn, Accub, Sefai, Odia, Maasia, Celitha, Azarias, Josabeth, Anan, Fallaia, Le|uitus, maden silence in the puple to the lawe to ben herd. The puple forsothe stod in his gree. And thei radden in the boc of the lawe distinctli and apertli to vnderstonde; and thei vnderstoden, whan it schulde be rad. Forsothe Neemias, he is Athersata, seide, and Esdras, prest and scribe, and the Leuitus, remenyng to al the puple, A dai is halewid to the Lord oure God; wileth not weilen, and wileth not wepen. Forsothe al the puple wepte, whan hethei H. herde the woordis of the lawe. And he seide to them, Goth, and eteth fatte thingis, and drinketh meth, and sendeth for hem, that han not maad redi to them self, for it is the holi dai of the Lord; wileth not be dreri, forsothe theOm. A. ioȝe of the Lord is ȝoure strengthe. Also Leuitus maden silence in al the puple, seiende, Holdeth ȝour pes, for it is hali|dai, and wileth not sorewen. And so al the puple wente tofor to AEFH. ete, and drinken, and to sende partis, and to make gret glad|nesse; for thei vnderstoden the woordis, that he hadde taȝt hem. In the secunde dai ben gedered the princis of meynes, and al the puple, prestus, and Leuitus, to Esdra, scribe, that he remene to them the woordis of the lawe. And thei founde writen in the lawe, the Lord to han co|maundid in the hond of Moises, that the sonus of Irael dwelle in tabernaclis in the solempne dai, the seuenthe moneth; and that thei prechen, and pupplishen vois in alle ther cites, and in Jerusalem; seiende, Goth out in to the hil, and bring|eth braunchis of oliues, and braunchis of the most fair tree, and the braunchis of myrtmyr F. tree, and bowis of palmys, and braunchis of a wodi tree, that ther be made tabernaclis, as it is write. And al the puple wente out, and broȝten, and maden tabernaclis to them, eche in his hous, and in ther porchis, and in the por|chis of the hous of God, and in the strete of the ȝate of Effraym. Thanne al the chirche of hem, that ben turned aȝeen fro the caitifte, made tabernaclis, and thei dwelten in tabernaclis. Forsothe the sonus of Irael hadden nott maad suche thingis fro the dai of Josue, sone of Nun, vnto that dai; and ther was a gret gladnesse riȝt miche. Forsothe he radde in the boc of the lawe bi eche daȝes, fro the firste dai vn to the laste dai; and thei maden solempnete seuene daȝes, and in the eiȝthe a colect, after the custum.

 CAP. IX.

In the foure and twentithe dai forsothe of this monith, the sonus of Irael camen togidere in fasting, and in sackis, and erthe vponvp C. hem. And the sed of the sonus of Irael is seuered fro eche alien sone. And thei stoden befor the Lord, and thei knoulecheden ther synnes, and the wickednesses of ther fadris. And thei risen togidere to stonden, and thei radden in the volum of the lawe of the Lord ther God foure sithes in the dai, and foure sithes in the nyȝt; thei knou|lecheden, and preiseden the Lord ther God. Forsothe ther risen vp on the gree, of Leuitus Jesue, and Baani, and Cediniel, Remni, Abany, Sarabias, Baani. And the Leuitus crieden with a gret vois to the Lord ther God. And Jesue and Sedeniel, Bonni, Assebia, Serebia, Arabia, Odaia, Sebua, Fachaia, seiden, Riseth, and blesseth to the Lord oure God fro withouten ende and vn to with oute ende; and blesse thei to the heȝe name of thi glorie in alle blessing and preising. And Esdras seide, Thou thi self, Lord, alone; thou madist heuene of heuenus, and al the ost of hem, the erthe and alle thingus that in it ben, ses and alle thingus that in hem ben, and thou quikenest alle these thingis; and the ost of heuene honoureth thee. Thou thi self Lord God, that chesedest Abraham, and lad|dest hym out fro the fijr of Caldeis, and settist his name Abraham; and foundistfounde C. his herte trewe befor thee, and smite with hym pes couuenaunt, that thou ȝeue to hym the lond of Cananee, Ethei, and Euei, and Amorrei, and Feresei, and Je|busei, and Jergesei, that thou ȝeue to his sed; and thou hast fulfild thi woordis, for thou art riȝtwis. And thou hast seen the affliccioun of oure fadris in Egipt, and the cri of hem thou hast herd vpon the rede se. And thou ȝeue tocnes and wndris in Farao, and in alle his seruauns, and in al the puple of that lond; for|sothe thou hast knowen, for proudli thei diden aȝen hem; and thou madest to thee a name as in this dai. And the see thou deuidedest beforn hem, and thei passeden ouer thurȝ the middel of the se in drie; the pursueris forsothe of hem thou threwe aferr in to the depnesse, as a ston in stronge watris. And in a pileer of a cloude ledere of hem thou were bi dai, and in a piler of fijr bi nyȝt, that the weie aperede to them, bi whiche thei wenten in. Also to the hil of Sinai thou came doun, and speke to hem fro heuene, and ȝeue to them riȝte domus, and the lawe of treuthe, cerimoines, and gode hestus. And halewid sabot thou shew|edest to them; and maundemens, and cerimoines, and lawe, thou comaund|edistcomaundist A. to them, in the hond of Moises, thi seruaunt. Bred also fro heuene thou ȝeue to them in ther hunger; and water of a ston thou broȝtist out to hem thre|stende; and thou seidest to them, that thei shulden gon in, and welde the lond, vp on the whiche thou reredist thin hond, that thou take it to hem. Thei forsothe and ther fadris proudli diden, and in|wardli hardeden ther nollis, and thei herden not thi maundemens. And thei wolden not heren; and thei recordeden not of thi merueilis, that thou haddest do to them; and thei inwardli hardeden ther nollis; and thei ȝeuen hedheued EFH. hede A., that thei were turned togidere to ther thral|dam; thou forsothe God merciful, and noble, and benigne, longe abidende, and of myche mercy, and thou forsoke not hem; and forsothe whan thei hadden maad to them a calf, as bi strif ȝoten, and seiden, This is thi God that ladde thee out fro Egipt, and thei diden grete blasfemys. Thou forsothe in thi manie mercies lafttist them not in desert; a piler of a cloude wente not awei fro hem bi dai, that it lede hem in to the weie; and a piler of fijr bi nyȝt, that he shewe to them the weie, bi whichethe whiche AEFH. thei shulden gon in. And thi goode Spirit thou ȝeue to hem, that shulde teche them; and thi aungelis mete thou forfendedestforfendist AH pr. m. not fro the mouth of hem, and watir thou ȝeue to hem in thrist. Fourti ȝer thou feddist hem in desert, and no thing to hem fail|ede; the clothis of hem eeldeden not, and the feet of hem ben not ouertroden. And thou ȝeue to hem reumys, and puplis; and partidist to them lotis, and thei weldiden the lond of Seon, and the lond of the king of Esebon, and the lond of Og, king of Basan. And the sonus of hem thou multepliedest, as the sterris of heuene; and broȝtist hem to the lond, of the whiche thou haddest seid to ther fadris, that thei shulden gon in, and welden it. And the sonus of Irael camen, and weld|eden the lond; and thou mekedest beforn hem the Cananees, dwelleris of the lond; and thou ȝeue hem in to ther hondis, and the kingus of hem, and the puplis of the lond, that thei do to hem as it pleside to them. And thei token strengthid cites, and fat erthe; and weldeden housis ful of alle goodis, cisternesand cisternys A. of other men forgid, vines, and oliues, and manie appil trees. And thei eeten, and ben fulfild, and ben maad fatte; and thei abound|eden in richessis in thi grete goodnesse. Thei terreden forsothe thee to wrathe, and wenten awei fro thee, and threwen awei thi lawe bihinde ther backes; and thi profetus slowen, that witnesseden to them, that thei shulden turne aȝeen to thee; and thei diden grete blasfemys. And thou ȝeue them into the hond of ther enemis; and thei tormenteden hem; and in timethat time C. of ther tribulacioun thei crieden to thee; and thou fro heuene herdest hem, and aftir thi manie deedis of mercy thou ȝeue to hem saueoures, that shulden sauen hem fro the hond of ther enemis. And whan thei hadden restid, thei ben turned aȝen that thei do euel in thi siȝte; and thou forsoke hem in the hond of ther enemys, and thei weld|eden hem; and thei ben conuertyd, and thei crieden to thee; thou forsothe fro heuene herdist, and deliueredest hem in thi mercies manie times. And thou wit|nessedest to them, that thei shulden turnen aȝeen to thi lawe; thei forsothe proudli diden, and thei herden not thi maundementus, and in thi domys thei synneden, the whiche what man doth shal liuen in hem; and thei ȝeuen a going awey shulder, and ther nol thei inwardli hardeden. And thou drowe afer vpon hem manie ȝeris, and thou witness|edist hem in thi Spirit bi the hond of thi profetus; and thei herden not; and thou toke them in to the hond of the puplis of londis. Forsothe in thi manie mer|cies thou madist not hem in to wasting, ne forsoke them; for God of mysera|ciouns, and benigne thou art. And so now, Lord oure God, grete God, strong, and ferful, kepende couenaunt and merci, ne turne thou awei thi face in al the tra|uaile that hath founden vs, oure kingis, and oure princis, and oure fadris, and oure prestis, and oure profetis, and al thi puple, fro the daȝis of king Assur vnto this dai. And thou art riȝtwis in alle thingus, that camen vpon vs; for treuthe thou didist to vs; wee forsothe vnpitousli diden. Oure kingus, and oure princis, oure prestis, and oure fadris, diden not thi lawe, and tentiden not to thin hestis, and thy witnessis that thou witnessedist in hem. And thei in their goode reumis, and in thi miche goodnesse that thou haddest ȝiue to hem, and inOm. A. the most large lond and fat, that thou haddest taken in the siȝte of hem, thei serueden not to thee, ne ben turned aȝeen fro ther werste studies. Lo! wee vsself to dai ben thrallis; andin A. the lond that thou ȝeue to oure fadris, that thei shulden ete the bred of it, and tho thingus that ben goode of it; and we vsselfoureself A. ben thrallis in it. And the frutus of hem ben multiplied to kingis, thatthe whiche AEFH. thou hast put vp on vs for oure synnes; and thei lordshipen to oure bo|dies, and to oure bestis, aftir ther wil, and in gret tribulacioun we ben. Thanne vp on alle these thingus wee vsselfoureself A. smijten pes couenaunt, and wrijten, and oure princis, oure Leuitis, oure prestis sette marke.

 CAP. X.

Selers forsothe weren Neemias, Ather|sata, sone of Achelai, and Sedechias, Sa|raias, Azarias, Jeremias, Fasur, Amaria, Melchia, Accus, Sebenia, Mellucharem, Nerimuth, Oddias, Daniel, Jenthon, Ba|ruch, Mosollam, Abia, Mianymy, Mazia, Belga, Semeia; these preestis. But the Leuitus; Jesue, sone of Azarie, Bennuy, of the sonus of Ennadab, Cediniel, and the brether of hem, Sechenia, Odomia, Thelitha, Falaia, Anam, Micha, Roob, Azabia, Zaccur, Zerebias, Zabanya, Odi|as, Bani, Hanyim. The hedis of the puple, Fethos, Moab, Elam, Zecu, Banni, Bonni, Asgad, Bebai, Donai, Bagoai, Adin, Ather, Azothia, Asin, Adonia, Asuyn, Bessaia, Ares, Anathoth, Nebay, Methpia, Mosollam, Azir, Meisabel, Sa|doc, Reddua, Felthia, Anania, Ozee, Ana|nia, Azub, Aloes, Faleam, Sobeth, Reu, Azebina, Mathsia, Ethaia, Anam, Mel|lucharem, Baana; and othere of the pu|ple, prestus, Leuitus, porteres, and sing|eres, sodeknes, and alle that seuereden hemself fro the puplis of londis to the lawe of God, ther wiues, and ther sonus, and ther doȝtris; alle that myȝten sa|uouren, behotende for ther brethern, ther most wrshipeful men, and thei that camen to behoten, and swern, that thei shulden gon in the lawe of the Lord, that he hadde ȝiue in the hond of Moises, his seruaunt, that thei shulde don and kepe alle the maundemens of the Lord ther God, and his domys, hisand his A. cerymo|nies; and that wee shulden not ȝiuen oure doȝtris to the puple of the lond, and there doȝtris wee shulde not take to oure sones. The puplis forsothe of the lond, that bringen in chaffaris, and alle thingus to vsen bi the dai of sabot, that thei selle, wee shul not taken of hem in the sabot, and in the halewid dai; and wee shuln forȝiue the seuenthe ȝer, and exaccioun of alle hond. And we shul setten vp on vs hestus, that we ȝiue the thridde part of an ounce bi the ȝer to the werc of the Lord oure God, to the loues of proposi|cioun, and to the sacrifise euermor du|rende, and in to brent sacryfise euermor lastende, in sabatis, in calendis, in so|lempnetees, in halewid daȝis, and for synne, that it be preȝed for Irael, and in to alle vse of the hous of ourethe Lord oure A. God. Thanne we leiden lotis vp on the offring of trees, betwebetwixe A. betwen E pass. bytwene F et H pass. prestis and Leuitis and the puple, that thei shulden bringen in to the hous of oure God, bi the housis of oure fadris bi times, fro times of theȝer vn to a ȝer, that thei shulden brennen vp on the auter of the Lord oure God, as it is writen in the lawe of Moises; and that we bringe forth oure firste goten of oure lond, and theOm. A. firste of alle frut of eche tree, fro ȝer in to ȝer, in to the hous of the Lord, and the firste of oure childer, and of oure bestus, as it is writen in the lawe, and the firste of oure oxen, and of oure shep, that thei be offrid in the hous of oure God, to prestis that seruen in the hous of oure God; and the firste of oureOm. A. metus, and of oure sacrifises of likouris, and appilis of eche tree, also of vindage, and of oile, bringe wee to prestisthe preestis A., to the tresorie of the Lord, and the tenthe part of oure lond to Leuitus; thoo Leuitis shul take dimes of alle the cites of oure werkis. For|sothe the sone of Aron, prest, shal be with the Leuitus in the dimes of Leuitis; and Leuitus shuln offre the tenthe part of ther dime in the hous of oure God, to the tresorie, in the hous of the tresor. To the tresorie forsothe shul bern the sonus of Irael and the sonus of Leui the firste of whete, and of win, and of oile; and there shul ben the halewid vesselis and prestus, and singeris, and porteris, and seruauns; and we shul not leue the hous of oure God.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe the princis of the puple dwelten in Jerusalem; the most. wrshipe|ful men with oute lot in the middel of the puple dwelten; the tother forsothe pu|ple leide lot, that it take o part of tenthe ten AFH., that weren to dwellen in Jerusalem, in the holi cite; the tenthe part of the pu|ple is rerid, that it dwelle in Jerusalem, for the cite was voide; nyne forsothe partis in cites. Forsothe the puple bless|ide to alle men, that hadden offrid hem|self wilfulli, that thei dwelle in Jerusa|lem. And so these ben the princis of the prouince, that dwelten in Jerusalem, and in the cites of Juda; forsothe eche dwelte in his possessioun, in ther cites, Irael, prestis, Leuitis, sodeknis, and the sonus of theOm. A. thrallis of Salomon. And in Je|rusalem dwelten of the sonus of Juda, and of the sonus of Beniamyn; of the sonus of Juda, Athaias, `the soneof the sones A. of Azian, the sonus of Zacharie, the sonus of Amarie, the sonus of Safaie, the sonus of Malalele; of the sonus of Fares, Amasia, the sone of Baruch, the sone of Cholosai, the sone of Asia, the sone of Adaia, the sone of Josarib, the sone of Zacharie, the sone of Salonites; alle the sonus of Fares, that dwelten in Jerusalem, foure hundrid sixti and eiȝte, stronge men. These ben forsothe the sonus of Beniamyn; Sellum, the sone of Mosollam, the sone of Joadi, the sone of Sadaia, the sone of Cholaia, the sone of Maisia, the sone of Ethel, the sone of Saia; and aftir hym Gabai, Sel|lai, nyne hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; and Joel, the sone of Secry, the prouost of hem, and Judas, the sone of Sennua, vpon the cite the secunde. And of the prestis; Idaia, the sone of Joarib, Jachim, Saraia, the sone of Elchie, the sone of Mosollam, the sone of Sadoch, the sone of Meraioth, the sone of Achitob, princis of the hous of God, and the brethern of hem, doende theOm. ACFH. werkis of the temple; eiȝte hundrid and two and twenti. And Adaia, the sone of Jeroam, the sone of Feler, the sone of Ampsi, the sone of Zacharie, the sone of Fessur, the sone of Melchie, and the brethern of hem, princis of fa|dris; two hundrid and two and fourty. And Amazie, the sone of Azriel, the sone of Azi, the sone of Mosollamoth, the sone of Seminer, and the brether of hem, ful miȝti, an hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; and the prouost of hem, Zebdiel, the sone of miȝti men. And of the Leuitus; Zeche|nia, the sone of Azab, the sone of Azarie, the sone of Azabie, the sone of Boni, and of Sabathai, and Josabel; and vp on alle the werkis that weren with oute forth in the hous of God, frofor A. the princis of Leuitus. And Mathania, the sone of Mi|cha, the sone of Sebdai, the sone of Asaf, prince, to preisen, and to knoulechen in orisoun; and Bethechias the secunde of his brethern, and Abdia, the sone of Sammia, the sone of Galai, the sone of Iditum. Alle the Leuitus in the holi cite, two hundrid foure score and foure. And the porteris; Accub, Thelmon, and the brethern of hem, that kepten the doris; an hundrid seuentiand seuenti A. and two. And the tothere of Irael, prestis, and Leuitus, in alle the cites of Juda, eche in his possessioun. And the sodeknis, thatthat that C. dwelten in Ofel, and Ciacha, and Gaffa, of the sodekins. And bisshopis of Leuitus in Jerusalem; Aazi, the sone of Bani, the sone of Azabie, the sone of Mathanie, the sone of Miche. Of the sonus of Asaf, singeres in the seruise of the hous of God. Forsothe the heste of the king was vpon hem, and ordre in the singeris bi alle daȝis; and Afataia, the sone of Mosese|hel, of the sonus of Zara, sone of Juda, in the hond of the king, aftir alOm. C. the woord of the puple; and in the housis bi alle theOm. C. regiouns of hem. Of the sonis of Juda dwelten in Cariatharbe, and in the doȝtris of it, and in Dibon, and in the doȝtris of it, and in Capceel, and in the litle tounus of it; and in Jesue, and in Molada, and in Bethfeleth, and in Asersual, and in Bersabe, and in the doȝtris of it; and in Sichelech, and in Mochone, and in the doȝtris of it; and in Remon, and in Sara, and in Jerimuth, Sonocha, Odollam, and in the litle tounus of hem; in Lachis, in the regiouns of it; Azecha, and in the doȝtris of it; and thei dwelten in Ber|sabe vn to the valei of Ennon. The sonus forsothe of Beniamyn; Areba, Mechinas, and Aia, and Bethel, and in the doȝtris of it; Anatot, Nob, Anania, Nazor, Rama, Jetheem, Adid, Zoboim, Nebollaloth, and Onam, in the valei of craftis men. And of Leuitus, the porceouns of Jude and of Beniamyn.

 CAP. XII.

These forsothe ben the prestus and the Leuitis, that steȝeden vp with Sorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and Josue; Saraia, Jeremia, Esdras, Amaria, Melluch, Accus, Sechenia, Reum, Merimuth, Addo, Je|thom, Miomin, Abia, Meldaa, Belga, Semeia, and Joarib, Adaia, Sellum, A|moe, Elceia, Idaia; these the princis of prestys, and the brethern of hem, in the daȝes of Josue. But Leuitus; Jesua, Ben|nui, Cediniel, Serabia, Juda, Mathanias, vp on the ympnes, thei and the brether of hem, in the daȝis of Josue; and Bese|chia, and Ezamith, and the brethern of hem, eche in his offis. Josue forsothe gat Joachim, and Joachim gat Eliazub, and Eliazub gat Joiada, and Joiada gat Jona|than, and Jonathan gat Jedaia. In theOm. A. daȝis forsothe of Joachim weren prestus, and the princis of meines, Saraie, Amarie, Jeremie, Ananie, Esdre, Mosollam, Ama|rie, Johannan, Milicho, Jonathan, Sebe|nie, Josef, Aram, Edua, Maraioth, Elchi, Adaie, Zacharie, Jenthon, Mosollam, A|bie, Zecarie, Miamin, and Moadie, Fel|thi, Belge, Sannia, Semeie, Jonathan, Joarib, Mathania, Jodaie, Asi, Sellaie, Celaie, Mochebor, Elchie, Azebias, Idaie, Nathaneel. Leuitus in the daȝes of Elia|zub, and of Joiada, and Jonan, and Jed|doa, writen princis of meines, and prestis in the regne of Darie ofkyng of A. Persis. The sonus of Leui, princis of meines, writen in the boc of the woordis of daȝes, and vn to the daȝes of Jonathan, sone of Elia|zub. And the princis of Leuitys; Aze|bia, Zerebia, and Jesue, sone of Cediniel; and the brethern of hem bi ther whilis, that thei shulden preisen and knoulechen, aftir the heste of king Dauid, man of God, and waiten aboute euene bi ordre. Mathania, Belthbecia, and Obedia, Mo|sollam, Thelmon, Accub, keperis of ȝatis, and of vestiaries befor the ȝatus. These in the daȝes of Joachim, sone of Josue, sone of Josedech, and in the daȝes of Neemie, duke, and Esdre, prest and scribe. In the dedicacioun forsothe of the wal of Jerusalem thei soȝten Leuites fro alle ther placis, that thei bringen them in to Jerusalem, and do the dedica|cioun in gladnesse, and in doing of gracis, and in song, and in cimbalis, and in sau|trees, and in harpis. Forsothe the sonus of singeris ben gadered and of the wilde feldis aboute Jerusalem, and of the tounus of Nethofati, and of the hous of Galgal, and of the regiouns of Jebes, and ofOm. C. Amanech; for tounes the singeris bilden to hemself in the enuiroun of Jerusalem. And the prestus and Leuitus ben clensid, and thei clenseden the puple, and the ȝatus of the wal. Forsothe I made the princispreestis A. of Juda to steȝen vp vpon the wal, and I sette two grete querus of preis|eris; and thei wenten at the riȝt side vpon the wal, at the ȝate of theOm. EH. dunghil. And ther wenten after hem Osias, and the half partpartie AH. of princis of Juda, and Aza|ria, Esdrasand Esdras A., and Mosollam, Judaand Juda A., and Beniamyn, and Semeia, and Jeremia. And of the sonus of prestis, in trumpis; Zacharias, the sone of Jonathan, the sone of Semeie, the sone of Mathanie, the sone of Machaie, the sone of Seecur, the sone of Asaf. And the brethern of hym; Semeia, and Azarel, Malalai, Galalay, Mai, Nathanael, and Juda, and Amani, in the vesselis of the song of Dauid, man of God; and Esdras, scribe, beforn hem, in the welle ȝate. And aȝen hem steȝeden vp in the gres of the cite of Dauid, in the steȝing vp of the wal, vp on the hous of Dauid, and vn to the ȝate of watris at the est. And the secunde quer of men tellende gracis wente forn aȝen, and I after it; and the half part of the puple vp on the wal, and vp on the tour of ouenus, and vn to the most large wal; and vp on the ȝate of Effraym, and vp on the olde ȝate, and vp on the ȝate of fisshis, and the tour of Ananehel, and the tour of Emath, and vn to the floc ȝate; and thei stoden in the warde ȝate. And two queris of men preisende stoden in the hous of God, and I and the half part of maister iugis with me. And the prestus, Eliachim, Maazia, Myamin, Michia, Elioenai, Zacharia, Anania, in trumpis; and Maazia, and Senea, and Eleazar, and Azi, and Johan|nan, and Melchia, and Elam, and Ezer; and clerli sungensyngen A. the singeris, and Je|sraia, the prouost. And thei offreden in that dai grete slaine sacrifises, and thei gladeden; God forsothe hadde gladid hem in gret gladnesse. But and the wiues of hem and the fre childer ioȝeden, and the gladnesse of Jerusalem is herd aferre. Also thei noumbreden in that dai men vpon the tresories of the tresor, to sacri|fise of likour, and to theOm. AH. firste frutis, and dimes, that the princis of the cite, in fair|nesse of doing of gracis, shulden bringen in to the prestis and Leuitus bi hem; for Juda gladede in the prestus and Leuitus stondende to. And thei kepten the ob|seruacioun of ther God, and the besinesse of clensing; and singeris, and porteris, after the heste of Dauid and of Salamon, his sone; for in the daȝis of Dauid and of Asaph from the beginnyng weren princis ordeined of singeris in dite, of men prei|sende and knoulechende toOm. A. God. And al Irael, in the daȝes of Sorobabel, and in the daȝes of Neemie, ȝeuen partus to sing|eris and porteris bi alle daȝes; and thei halewiden the Leuitus, and theOm. AH. Leuitis halewiden the sonys of Aaron.

 CAP. XIII.

In the dai forsothe is rad in the volum of Moises, herende the puple; and ther is founde writen in it, that Amonites and Moabitis aȝten not to gon in to the chirche of God vnto withoute ende; for thi that thei aȝen camen not to the sonus of Irael with bred and watir, and thei hireden aȝen hemOm. A. Balam to cursen to hem; and oure God turnede the cursing in to blessing. It is do forsothe, whan thei hadden herd the lawe, thei seuereden alle alien fro Irael. And vpon these thingus was Eliasub, the prest, that was prouost in the `tresorie of the houshous tresorie E pr. m. of oure God, and neȝhebore to Tobie. Thanne he made to hym a gret tresorie; and there weren beforn hym leiende vp ȝiftis, and encens, and vesselis, and the dime of whete, win, and ofOm. A. oile, partis of Le|uitis, and of singeris, and of porteris, and the preestus firste frutis. In alle these thingus forsothe I was not in Jerusa|lem; for in the two and threttithe ȝer of Artaxerses, king of Babiloine, I cam to the king, and in the ende of daȝis I preȝide the king. And I cam into Jeru|salem, and I vnderstod thethat A. euel, that Eliazub hadde do to Tobie, that he make to hym a tresor in the vestiaries of the hous off God; and euel it is seen to me gretli. And I threw out the vesselis of the hous of Tobie fro the tresorie; and I comaundede, and thei clenseden the tre|sories; and I bar aȝeen thider the ves|selis of the hous of God, sacrifise, and encens. And I knewȝ for the partis of Leuitus weren not ȝiuen, and that eche was in to his regioun of the Leuitus, and of the singerys, and of hem that ministre|den; and I pursuede the cause aȝen the master iugis, and seide, Whi han wee forsake the hous of God? And I gede|rede hem, and made to stonde in ther staciouns. And al Juda broȝte toto me A. the dime of whete, and of win, and of oile, in to bernes. And wee setten vpon the bernes, Selemiam, prest, and Sadoch, scribe, and Fadaiam, of the Leuitus, and biside hem, Anan, the sone of Saccur, the sone of Mathanie; for feithful thei ben preued, and to them ben take to kepe the partis of ther brethren. My God, haue mynde of me for this, and do thou not awei my mercies, that I dide in the hous of my God, and in his ceri|moines.

 CAP. XIV.

In thoo daȝes I saȝ in Juda tredende pressours in the sabot, hipelis berende, and chargende vpon assis win, and grapis, and figis, and eche charge, and berende in to Jerusalem in the dai of sabot; and I witnessede vpon hem, that in the dai, in whiche it was not leeful to sellen, thei solden. And Tiris dweltendwelleden AEFH. in it, berende in fisshis and alle chaffaris, and thei solden in the sabatis to the sonus of Juda and of Jerusalem. And I re|preuede the most wrshipeful men of Juda, and seide to hem, What is this euele thing that ȝee don, and defoulen the dai of sabot? Whether nott these thingus diden oure fadris, and oure God broȝte vp on vs al this euel, and vpon this cite? and ȝee adden wrathe vpon Irael, defoulende the sabot. It is do forsothe, whan the ȝatis of Jerusalem hadden restid in the sabot dai, I seide, Closeth the ȝatis; and thei closeden the ȝatis; and I co|maundede, that thei shulden not opene them vnto after the sabot. And of my childer I ordeinede noumbris vp on the ȝatis, that no man shulde bern inOm. A. charge vp on the sabot dai. And the marchaun|dis dwelten, and sellende al ther chaffaris, withoute Jerusalem ones and twies. And I witnessede to them, and seide to hem, Whi dwelle ȝee forn aȝen ofOm. AC pr. m. the wal? If the secunde this ȝee do, hond I shal lein in ȝou. And so fro that time thei camen not in the sabot. Also I seide to the Leuitis, that thei shulden be clensid, and comen to the ȝatis to be kept, and to halewen the sabat dai. And bi this thanne haue mynde of me, my God, and spare to me aftir the multitude of thithe F. myseraciouns.

 CAP. XV.

But in thoo dayes Y saȝ the Jewis weddingewending C. wiues, Azotitis, Amonitis, and Moabitis. And the sonus of hem speeken of the half partpartie AEFH. Azotitis maner, and thei couthen not speken Jeuli, and thei speken after the tunge of puple and of puple. And I repreuede hem, and curside; and I felde of hem men, and made hem ballid, and made hem swern in the Lord, that thei shulde not ȝiue ther doȝtris to the sonus of hem, and thei shulden not take of the doȝtris of hem to ther sonus and to hemself; seiende, Whether not in such maner thing synnede Salamon, theOm. A. king of Irael? And certus in manie Jentilis was ther no king of Irael lic hym, and he was derworthe to his God, and hys God sette hym king vpon al Irael, and hym thanne ladden to synne aliene wym|men. Whether and wee vnbuxhum shul don al this grete euel, that wee trespa|sen in the Lord oure God, and wedden straunge wiues. OfAnd of A. the sonus forsothe of Joiada, sone of the grete prest, Eli|azib, sone in lawe was Sanaballath Oro|nite, whom I drof fro me. Recorde thou, Lord my God, aȝen hem, that defoulen presthod, and the prestus and Leuitus riȝt. Thanne I clensede hem fro alle alienes, and ordeinede ordris of prestis and of Leuitis, eche in his seruise, and in offring of trees in ordeined times, and in firste frutis. Haue mynde of me, mi God, in to goode.Here endith the secounde book of Esdre, and now begynneth the 3. A. Explicit liber secundus Esdre, incipit tertius. E. Here endeth Esdre secundo, and now bygynneth Esdre tercio. F. No final rubric in H.

Explicit liber secundus Esdre. III. ESDRASNo initial rubric in the MSS. of either version.. CAP. I.

AND Josias made pasch in Jerusalem to the Lord, and he offride pasch the fourtenthe dai of the moone of the firste monith, ordeinende prestis bi whilis of daȝis, clothid in stolis, in the temple of the Lord. And he seide to the Leuitus, the holi seruauns of Irael, that thei shulden halewe them self to the Lord, in setting of the holi arke of the Lord in the hous, that king Salamon, the sone of Dauid, bilde; It shal not be to ȝou to taken it vp on shuldris; and now serueth to oure Lord, and doth the cure of that folc of Irael, of parti aftir tounis, andin A. ther linagis, aftir the writing of Dauid, king of Irael, and aftir the grete wrshipeful doing of Salamon, his sone, alle in the temple, and aftir ȝoure litil fader partie of princehod of hem, that stonden in the siȝte of the brethern of the sonus of Irael. Offrith pasch, and maketh redi sacrifises to ȝoure brethern; and doth aftir the heste of the Lord, thatthat that A. is ȝiue to Moises. And Josias ȝaf in to the folc that is founde, shep, of lombis, and of kidis, and of she got, thretti thousend; calues thre thousend. These thingus of the kingus thingus ben ȝiuen aftir beheste to the puple, and to prestis, in to pasch; shep in noumbre two thousend, and caluis an hundrid. And Jechonias, and Semeias, and Nathanael, brother, and Azabias, and Oziel, and Coraba, in to pasch, shep, fiue thousend; caluis, fiue hundrid. And whan these thingis weren do nobli, the prestis and Leuitus stoden, hauende therue loues bi linagys. And aftir the parties of the princehod of fadris in the siȝte of the puple thei offriden to the Lord, aftir thoo thingus that in the boc of Moises ben writen. And thei rosteden pasch with fijr, as it behouede; and ostus thei soden in sething vesselis and pottis, with weel willing. And thei broȝten to alle that weren of the folc; and aftir these thingus thei maden redi to hemself and to prestis. The prestus forsothe of|friden talewis, vnto the hour was endid; and Leuitus maden redi to hemself, and to ther bretheren, and to the sonys of Aron. And the sacrifierissacrifiseres AEFH. offriden doȝ|tris, after ordre, and after the heste of Dauid; and Azaf, and Zacharias, and Jeddinus, that was of the king; and the ussheris bi alle the ȝatis, so that noon ouerpasside his. Forsothe the brethern of hem gretheden to hem. And thoo thingis, that perteneden to the sacrifise of the Lord, ben ended. In that dai thei dide pasch, and offriden ostis vp on the sacrifise of the Lord, after the heste of king Josie. And the sonus of Irael, that ben founde, diden in that time pasch, and the feste dai of therue loues bi seuene daȝes. And there is not solempnisid such a pasch in Irael, fro the times of Samuel, the profete. And alle the kingus of Irael haleweden not such a pasch, as dide Josias, and the prestus, and Leuitis, and Jewis, and al Irael, that ben founden in the commemoracioun at Jerusalem. The eiȝetenthe ȝer, regnende Josias, is halewid pasch. And the werkis of Josie ben made riȝte in the siȝte of his Lord, in ful herte dredende; and thoo thingus forsothe that abouten hym ben writen, in the rathere times of hem that sinneden, who so euere weren vnreligious aȝen the Lord, befor alle folc, and that soȝten not the woordis of the Lord vp on Irael. And aftir al this deede of Josie, Farao, king of Egipt, steȝede vp, comende to casten awei in Carcamys vpon Eufraten; and Josias wente in to meeting to hym. And the king of Egipt sente to Josiam, seiende, What is to me and to thee, king of Jude? I am not sent of the Lord, vpon Eufraten forsothe is mi bataile; heeȝende go doun. And Josias is not turned aȝeen vp on the char, but enforcide to ouercomyn hym, not takende heede to the woord of the profete, of the mouth of the Lord; but he sette to hym bataile in the feld of Mecedan; and princis descendeden to king Josiam. And the king seide to his childer, Moueth me awei fro the bataile; forsothe I am gretli maad sijk. And anoon his childre moueden hym awei fro the sheltrun. And he steȝede vp vpon his secundesecoundarie AEFH. char; and comende to Jerusa|lem, diede, and is biried in the fader se|pulcre. And in al Jude thei weileden Josie, and thei that befor seten with wiues, weilede hym vnto this dai; and this is ȝiue to be don euermor in to al the kinrede of Irael. These thingus for|sothe ben beforn writen in the boc of stories of kingus of Juda, and `in toin A. alle iestis, the deede of Josie, the glorie of hym, and his vnderstonding in the lawe of God; for euenli ben don of hym, and thoo thingus that ben not writen in the boc of kingus of Irael and of Juda. And thei that weren of the kinrede, takende Jechoniam, the sone of Josie, setten king for Josie, his fadir, whan he was of thre and thretti ȝer. And he regnede vp on Irael thre monethis; and the king of Egipt putte hym awei, that he regne not in Jerusalem. And he pildepilede AEFH. the folc of an hundrid talentus of siluer, and a talent of gold. And the king of Egipt sette Joachym, his brother, king of Jude and of Jerusalem; and he bond the maister iugis of Joachim; Saracel, his brother, takende, he broȝte aȝeen to Egipt. Joa|chim was of fiue and twenti ȝer, whan he regnede in the lond of Juda and of Jerusalem; and he dide euel in the siȝte of the Lord. Aftir this forsothe Nabu|godonosor, king of Babiloine, steȝede vp, and bindende hymOm. C pr. m. in a strongdeuynyd E pr. m. bond, broȝte in to Babiloine; and the holi ves|selis of God Nabugodonosor toc and broȝte, and sacride in his temple in Babi|loine. Forsothe of his vnclennesse and vnreligiosite it is writen in the boc of the times of kingus. And Joachim, his sone, regnede for hym; whan forsothe he was ordeined, he was of eiȝte ȝer. For|sothe he regnede thre monethis and ten daȝes in Jerusalem; and didehe dide A. euel in the siȝte of the Lord. And aftir a ȝer Nabu|godonosor sendende broȝte hym ouer in to Babiloine, togidere with the sacride vesselis of the Lord. And he sette Sede|chiam king of Juda and of Jerusalem, whan he was of oon and twenti ȝer. For|sothe he regnede elleuen ȝer; and dide euel in the siȝte of the Lord, and was not adrad of the woordis that ben seid of Je|remie, the profete, of the mouth of the Lord; and adiurid of king Nabugodono|sor, forsworn wente awei, and hiswith his E pr. m. hard|ned nol, and with his herte trespaside the lawful thingus of the Lord God of Irael. And the dukis of the puple of the Lord manie thingus wickeli beeren, and vnpi|tousli diden ouer alle the vnclennessis of Jentilis; and thei defouleden the temple of the Lord, that was holiOm. C. in Jerusalem. And God of ther fadris sente bi his aungil to aȝeen clepen hem, for the whiche thing he sparede to hem, and to ther tabernacle. Thei forsothe scorn|eden in ther corneris, and that dai that the Lord spac, thei weren bobbende his profetus. The whiche vnto wrathe is stirid vp on his folcpuple C pr. m., for ther irreligi|osite. Comaundende and steȝende vp the kingus of Caldeis, thei slowen the ȝunge men of hem in swerd, in the enuyroun of the holi temple of hem; and thei spareden not to ȝung man, and to maiden, and to old man, and to ful waxen man; but and alle thei ben taken in to the hondus of hem; and alle the sacride vesselis of the Lord, and the kingis cofrys takende, thei broȝten in to Babiloine. And thei brenden vp the hous of the Lord, and distrieden the wallis of Jerusalem, and his touris brenden with fijr. And thei wasteden alle the wrshipeful thingus, and to noȝt broȝten; and the laft fro swerd thei broȝten in to Babiloine. And thei weren his thrallis, vnto the time that Persis reg|neden, in the fulfilling of the woord of the Lord, in the mouth of Jeremie; for to the lond wolde do benigneli ther sa|batis, al the time of ther forsaking he sabatisede, in the apliyng of seuentithe seuenti AH. ȝer.

 CAP. II.

Regnende Ciro, king of Persis, in the fulfilling of the woord of the Lord, in the mouth of Jeremie, the Lord rerede the spirit of Ciri, king of Persis; and prechide in al his reume togidere bi scripture, seiende, These thingus seith Cirus, king of Persis, Me hath ordeined king to the world of erthis the Lord of Irael, the heeȝe Lord; and he signefiede to me to bilde to hym an hous in Jeru|salem, that is in Juda. If ani man is of ȝoure kinrede, his Lord steȝe vp with hym in to Jerusalem. Hou fele euere thanne aboute placis dwellen, helpe thei hym that ben in that place, in gold and siluer, in ȝiftis, with hors, and bestis, and with othere thingus, that aftir vouwis ben leid vp in to the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem. And the stondende princis of linagis of tounus of Jude, of the linage of Beniamyn, and prestis and Leuitis, whom the Lord stiride to steȝen vp, and to bilden vp the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem; and thoo, that weren in the enuyroun of hem, shulden helpehelpe them C. in alle siluer and gold of it, and in bestis, and in manie vouwis; manie, of whom the wit is stirid. And king Cirus broȝte forth the sacride ves|selis of the Lord, that Nabugodonosor translatide fro Jerusalem, and sacride hem in his maumet. And bringende forth hem Cirus, king of Persis, toc to Mitridate, that was vp on the tresoris of hym. Bi hym forsothe thei ben taken to Salmanasar, gouernour of Jude. Of these forsothe thisthis is A. the noumbre; siluer sacrid vesselis of likouris, two thousend and foure hundrid; siluerene drinking vesselis, thretti; goldene violis, thretti; also siluerene, two thousend and foure hundrid; and othere vesselis, a thousend. Alle forsothe goldene vesselis and sil|uerene, four thousend foure hundrid and eiȝte and sixti. And thei ben deliuerd out to Salmanasar, togidere with hem, that of the caytifte of Babiloine weren comen in to Jerusalem. Forsothe in the times of Artaxerses, king of Persis, writen to hymben A., of these that dwelten in Jude and in Jerusalem, Balsamus, and Mitri|datus, and Sabellius, and Ratinius, Bal|teneus, Samelius, scribe, and othere dwell|ende in Samarie, and in othere placis, the vnderset lettre to king Artaxersi. Lord, thi childer, Ratinus, and Sabelius, scribe, and othere domysmen of thi cort, of thingus that fallen in to Coelem Siriem, and Fenicem. And now be it knowen to the lord the king, for Jewis, that steȝ|eden vp fro ȝou to vs, comende in to Je|rusalem, cite aȝeen flowen to, and werstferst H., bilden upOm. C. the ouenus of it, and setten the wallis, and reren the temple. That if this cite and wallis weren ful endid, thei shul not suffre to ȝelde tributis, but also thei shuln aȝen stonde to kingus. And for that that is do aboute the temple, to han riȝtli wee han demyd to not despisen that same thing, but `to maken knowenanon to don E pr. m. to the lord the king, that ifOm. H. it shal seme, Oof A.! theethe A. Om. E pr. m. king, be it soȝt in theOm. A. bokis of thi fadris; and thou shalt finde in the remembrauncis writen of hem, and thou shalt knowen, for that cite was aȝeen floun, and kingis and cites smitende togidere, and Jewis aȝeen fleende, and makende batailis in it fro euermor; for what cause this cite is desert. Now thanne knowen we maken, lordthe lord A. kingthe kyng A., for if this cite were bild vp, and of this the wallis weren reridarered AEFH., comyng doun shal not be to thee in to Coelem Ciriem and Fenicem. Thanne the king wrot aȝee to Ratinum, that wrot the fallende thingus, and to Bellumym, and to Sabellio, scribe, and to othire ordeined, and dwell|eris in Cirie and Fenyce, thoo thingus that ben sett vnder. I hahaue AEFH. rad the lettrethingis E pr. m., that thou sentist to me. ThanneThat A. I co|maundide to be soȝt; and it is founde, for that cite is fro alwei withstondende to kingus, and the men aȝeen fugitif, and batailis in it makende; and most stronge kingus han ben in Jerusalem lordship|ende, and tributus askende of Cele Cirie and Fenice. Now thanne I comaundede to forfende thoo men to bilden vp the cite, and to puruein, lest ani thing more this thing be maad; but go thei not forth in to more, sithen thei ben of malice, so that to kingis greeues benben not C pr. m. born in.

 CAP. III.

Thanne these thingus rehersid, that of king Artaxerse weren writen, Rathinus, and Sabellius, scribe, and that with hem weren ordeined, ioynenderunnynge E pr. m., heeȝendeliheeȝyngli EF. camen in to Jerusalem, with horse men, and puple, and cumpanie; and begunnen to forfenden the bilders. And thei voided|en fro the bilding of the temple in Jeru|salem, vnto the secunde ȝer of the regne of Darie, king of Persis. King Darie made a gret soper to alle his seruauns, and to alle the maister iugis of Meedis and of Persis, and to alle that weredenwerden C. purper, and to gouernoures, and to coun|seileris, and to prefectis vnder hym, fro Ynde vnto Ethiope, to an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouincis. And whan they hadden eten and drunken, and ful|fild, turneden aȝeen, thanne king Darie steȝede vp in his litil bed place, and sleepslepte AEFH., and is wakidwaken AEFH.. Thanne thoo thre ȝunge men, keperis of the body, that kepten the bodi of the king, seiden the tothir to the tother, Seie wee eche of vs a woord, that befor passe; and whos euere woord seme wisere of the tother, king Darie shal ȝiue to hym grete ȝiftus, and to be couered with purper, and to drinken in gold, and vpon gold to slepen, and a goldene char, with bridel, and a bys mytre, and a beȝe aboute the necke; and in the secunde place he shal sitte fro Darie, for his wis|dam; and the cosin of Darie he shal be clepid. Thanne eche writende his woord, seleden, and putten vnder the pilwe of king Darie; and seiden, Whan the king hadde risearijse AEFH., thei shul ȝiue to hym ther thingus writen, and what euere thing the king shal demen of thre, and the maister iugis of Persis, for the woord of hym is wisere, to hym shal be ȝiue the victorie, as it is write. Oon wrot, Strong is win. The tother wrot, Strengere is the king. The thridde wrot, Strengere ben wymmen; ouer alle thingus forsothe ouercometh treuthe. And whan the king hadde risen, thei token ther writen thingis, and ȝeuen to hym, and he radde. And sendende he clepide alle the maister iugis of Persis, and of Meedis, and the clothed in purper, and the reuleris of prouincis, and prefectis; and thei seten in conseil, and ben rad write befor them. And he seide, Clepeth the ȝunge men, and thei shul shewe ther woordis. And thei ben clepidclepen A., and camen in. And he seide to hem, Shewith to vs of these thingus that ben writen. And the rathere, that hadde seid of the strengthe of win, began, and seide, Men! hou miche win is passende strong; to alle men that drinken it it berth doun the mynde; also of king and of faderles child it maketh the minde vein; also of seruaunt and of freman, of pore and of riche; and alle minde ithe A. turneth in to sikyrnesse, and in to glad|nesse; and it remembreth not ofOm. AEFH. any sorewe and dette; and alle the entrailis it makith onest; and it remembrith not king, ne maister iuge; and alle thingis bi talent it maketh to speke; and thei remembre not, whan thei han drunke, frendshipe ne brotherhed, and after not miche thei taken swerdis; and whan of win thei drownyn, and rijsen, thei han no mynde that thei diden. O men! whether win is not passendeli strong, that thus constreineth to do? And this seid, he held his pes.

 CAP. IV.

And the folewere began to sein, that seith of the strengthe of king, O men! whether men ben not passendely strong, that erthe and se holden, and alle thingus that in hem ben? The king forsothe ouer alle thingus passith, and hath lordshipe of hem, and alle thing, what euere he shal sei to them, thei don. And ifOm. C. he sende hem to fiȝteres, thei gon, and destroȝen hillis, and wallis, and touris; thei ben slain, and slen, and the woord of the king thei passe not; for if thei ouer|comen, thei bringe to the king alle thingus, whateuere thingus thei han spoil|id euermor, and alle othere thingus. AndOm. A. hou fele euere bern notup E pr. m. kniȝthod, ne fiȝten, but eren the lond, eftsone whan thei weren repende, thei bringe tributus to the king. And he oon alone; and if he seie to slen, thei slen; and if he seie to forȝiuen, thei forȝiuen; and if he seie to smyten, thei smite; if he seie to out|lawen, thei outlawen; if he seie to bilden, thei bilden; if he seie to fallenhewen E pr. m. of, thei fallenhewen E pr. m. of; if he seie to plaunten, thei plaunten; and alle folc and vertues hym obeshen; and ouer thesealle these C pr. m. E pr. m. thingus he shal sitte, and drinke, and slepen. These forsothe in enuyroun kepen hym, and moun not go eche, and do ther werkis, but and in woord men ben obeshende to hym. What maner wise the king pass|eth not befor, that thus is losiddefamed E pr. m.? And he heeld his pes. The thridde, that hadde seid of wymmen, and of treuthe; this is Sorobabel; began to speke, Men! not gret the king, and manie men, ne win passeth beforn; who is thanne that hath lordshipe of hem? Whether not wymmen geetegeten the A. geeten E. king, and al the puple, that lord|shipe to the se, and toOm. A. al E pr. m. the erthe, and of hem ben born? And thei broȝten forth hem that plaunteden vines, of the whiche win is maad. And thei maken the stolis of alle men, and thei don glorie to men, and men moun not ben seuered fro wym|men. If thei gedere togidere gold and seluer, and alle fair thing, and seen a womman in good abite, and in good fair|nesse, alle these thingis forsakende, in to hir thei taken heede, and the mouth opened, beholden, andin C. hir drawenand drawen C. to more than gold orand AH. siluer, or any precious thingston C pr. m.. A man hys fader shal forsaken, that nurshide hym, and his regioun, and to a womman ioyneth togidere, and with a womman leueth the lif, and nouther fader remembreth, ne moder, ne regioun. And therfore it behoueth vs to knowen, for wymmen han lordshipe of vs. Whe|ther sorewe ȝee not? And a man take his swerd, and goth in the weie to do theftis, and manslaȝterismanslaȝtis CH., and to seilen ouer the se and flodis; and a leounlioun AFH. he seeth, and in dercnessedirknessis A. he goth in; and whan he hath don thefte, and gilis, and raueines, he bringeth to his leef. And eft a man looueth his wif mor than fader or modir; and manie woode men ben maade for ther wiues, and thrallis ben made for hem; and manie pershiden, and ben stranglid, and synneden for wymmen. And now leeueth toOm. AEFH. me; for gret is the king in his power, for alle regiounsregioun A. ben aferd to touchen hym. I saȝ ner the latere Apemen, the doȝter of wndirful man Besacis, the secundarie wif of the king, sittende biside the king at the riȝt side; and takende awei the diademe fro his hed, and puttende on to hirselfhym E pr. m., and with the hondis she smot the king ofand of C. the lift hond. And ouer these thingus, the mouth opened, he beheeld hir, and if she loowe to hym, he looȝloowȝ E., and if she were wroth to hym, he glosith, to the time that he be recounsilid `in toto in A. grace. O men! whi ben not wymmen strengere? Gret is the erthe, and heeȝ is heuene, that these thingus don. And thanne the king and the purprid men beheelden either in to other; and heOm. C. began to speken of treuthe. O men! whether stronge ben not wymmen? Gret is the erthe, and heȝ is heuene, and swift is the cours of the sunne; it is turned in the cumpas of he|uene, and eft it renneth aȝeen in to the same place o dai. Whether not a gret doere is he, that maketh these thingus? and treuthe gret, and strengere beforn alle thingis? Al erthe treuthe inwardli clepeth, heuene also it blesseth, and alle werkus ben moued and dreden it; and ther is not with it any thing wickedj. Wickedwicke C pr. m. king, wickedwicke C pr. m. wymmen, and wickedwicke C pr. m. alle the sonis of men, and wickedwicke C pr. m. alle the werkis of hem, and ther is not in hem treuthe, and in ther wickednessiswickenessis C. thei shuln pershen; and treuthe dwellith, and waxeth in to with oute ende, and liueth, and weldeth, in to worldis of worldis. And to taken persones and differencis is not anent it; but thoo thingis that ben riȝtwis it doth, to alle vnriȝtwise and euele men; and alle men ben maad benigne in his werkis. And ther is not in his dom wickednessewickenesse C., but strengthe, and reume, and power, and mageste of alle duringis aboue time. Blessid be the God of treuthe! And he lafte in speking. And alle puplis crieden, and seiden, Gret is treuthe, and beforn passeth. Thanne the king seith to hym, Aske, if any thing thou wilt more ouer, than ther benis A. writen, and I shal ȝiue to thee, aftir that thou art founde wisere; and next toOm. A. me thou shalt sitte, and my cosin thou shalt be clepid. Thanne he seith to the king, Be thou myndeful of the vou, that thou vouwidist, to bildebilde in C. Jerusalem, in the dai thatin whiche AH. thou toke the reume; and alle the vesselis, that ben taken of Jerusalem, to senden aȝeen, the whiche Cirus seuerede, whan he sloȝ Ba|biloine, and wolde senden aȝeen thoo thingus thider. And thou woldist bilden vp the temple, that Idumeis brenden vpOm. A., for Jude is put out of termes fro Caldeis. And now this is that I aske, lord, and that I bidde; this is maieste that of thee I aske, that thou do the vou, that thou vouwedist to the king of heuene, of thi mouth. Thanne Darie, the king, risende kiste hym, and wrot epistolis to alle the dispensatouris, and prefectis, and purprid men, that thei shulden leden hym forth, and hem that with hym weren, alle steȝ|ende vp to bilde Jerusalem. And to alle the prefectis that weren in Cirie, andOm. C. Fenice, and Liban, he wrot epistolis, that thei shulden drawe cedre trees fro Liban in to Jerusalem, that thei bilde vp with hem the cite. And he wrot to alle the Jewis, that steȝeden vp fro the reume in Jude, for fredam, alle myȝti man, and maister iuge, and prefect, to not comen ouer to the ȝatus of hem, and eche re|gioun, that thei hadden weldid, to be free fro hem; and Idumeis laften the castelis, that thei weldeden of the Jewis, and in to the making of the temple tothei A. ȝiue bi ȝeris twenti talentis, vnto the time that it be ful bildid; and to offren ostis eche dai vp on the place of sacrid thingus, as thei han heste; othere ten talentus to of|fren bi alle ȝeris; and to alle men, that gon forth fro Babiloine, to make citecytees A., as fredam were, bothe to hem, and to the sonus of hem, and to alle the prestis that gon beforn. Forsothe he wrot and the quantite; and the sacrid stole he co|maundede to be ȝiue, in the whiche thei shulden serue; and to the Leuitis he wrot to ȝiue wagis, vnto the dai that the hous shulde be fulli endid, and Jerusalem maad out; and to alle men kepende the cite he wrot, to ȝiue to hem lotis and wagis. And he lafte alle the vesselis, that Cirus hadde seuered fro Babiloine; and alle thingis, whateuere Cirus seide, also he comaundede to be don, and to be sent to Jerusalem. And whan that ȝunge man hadde go forth, rerende the face in to Jerusalem, heOm. CEFH. blesside the king of he|uene, and seide, Of thee is victorie, and of thee is wisdam, and clernesse, and I am thy seruaunt. Blessid thou art, for thou hast ȝiue to me wisdam, and I knou|leche to thee, Lord of oure fadris. And he toc the epistolis, and wente forth in to Babiloine; and cam, and tolde to alle his brethern that weren in Babiloine. And thei blesseden the God of ther fadris, that ȝaf to hem forȝiuenesse and refresh|ing, that thei steȝen vp, and bilde Jeru|salem, and the temple, where is his name nemnyd in it; and thei ioȝeden ful out with musikis and gladnessysgladnes A. seuene daȝes.

 CAP. V.

Aftir these thingus forsothe ben chosen, that thei steȝen vp, the princis of tounus, bi housis, bi ther linagis, and the wiues of hem, and sones and doȝtris of hem, and seruauns and hand wymmen of hem, and bestis of hem. And king Darie sente togidere with hem a thousend horse men, to the time that thei broȝten hem in to Jerusalem, with pes, and with musikis, and timbres, and trumpis; and alle the brethern weren pleiende. And he made hem to steȝen vp togidere with hem. And these ben the namis of theOm. A. men that steȝeden vp, bi their tounus, in to linagis, and in to part of the princehod of hem. Prestus; the sonus of Finees, the sonus of Aron, Jesus, the sone of Josedech, Ja|chim, the sone of Sorobabel, sone of Sola|tiel, of the hous of Dauid, of the progenie of Fares, of the linage forsothe of Juda, that spac vnder Darie, king of Persis, merueilous doende woordis, in the se|cunde ȝer of his regnerewme AH., in Aprill, the firste moneth. Forsothe these ben, that of Juda steȝeden vp fro the caitifte of transmigracioun, whom Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloine, translatide into Babi|loine; and is turned aȝeen in to Jerusa|lem, and in to alle the cites of Jude, eche in to his cite, that camen with Soro|babel and Jesu; Neemias, Ariores, Eli|meo, Emanio, Mardocheo, Beelsuro, Meth|satothor, Olioro, Eboma, oon of the princis of hem. And the noumbre fro the Jen|tilis of hem, fro the prouostis of hem; the sonus of Fares, two thousend an hundrid and seuenti and two; the sonus of Ares, thre thousend fifti and seuene; the sonus of Femo, an hundrid and two and fourti; in the sonus of Jese and Joabes, a thou|send thre hundrid and two; the sonus of Denny, two thousend foure hundrid and seuenti; the sones of Choraba, two hun|drid and fiue; the sonus of Banycha, an hundrid and sixti and eiȝte; the sonus of Bebeth, fourethre E pr. m. hundrid and thre; the sonus of Archad, foure hundrid and se|uene and twenti; the sonus of Hau, seuene and thretti; the sonus of Sozaar, two thousend sixti and seuene; the sonus of Adymy, foure hundrid and oon and sixti; the sonus of Azeroectis, an hundrid and eiȝte; the sonus of Ziazo and Zelas, an hundrid and seuene; the sonus of Azo|roch, foure hundrid and nyne and thretty; the sonus of Jebdarbone, an hundrid and two and thretti; the sonus of Ananie, an hundrid and thretti; `the sonus of ArsomOm. A.; the sonus of Marsar, foure hundrid and two and twentithretti A.; the sonus of Saberus, ninti and fiue; the sonus of Sofelomon, an hundrid and thre and twenti; the sonus of Nepobai, fiue and fifti; the sonus of Echanatus, an hundrid and eiȝte and fifti; the sonus of Ebeathamus, an hun|drid and two and thretti; the sonus of Octatarpatros, the whiche Enechades and Modie, foure hundrid and two and twenti; the whiche of Gramas and Ga|bia, an hundrid and oon and twenti; the whiche of Besellon and ofOm. A. Agie, fiue and sixti; the whiche of Bascharo, an hun|drid and two and twenti; the whiche of Bethonobes, fiue and fifti; the sones of Lyptis, an hundred and fyue and fifty; the sonus of Jabomy, thre hundrid and seuene and fifti; the sonus of Sichem, thre hundrid and seuenti; the sonus of Sana|don and Chomus, thre hundrid and se|uenti and eiȝte; the sonus of Ericus, two thousend an hundrid and fiue and fifti; the sonus of Anaas, thre hundrid and se|uenti. Prestis; the sonus of Jeddus, the sonus of Enitem, the sonus of Eliazib, thre hundrid and two and seuenti; the sonus of Emmechus, two hundrid and two and fifti; the sonus of Sasurij, thre hundrid and seuene and fifti; the sonus of Caree, two hundrid and seuene and twenti. Le|uitis; the sonus of Jesu, in Caduel, and Banus, and Serebias, and Edias, foure and seuenti; al the noumbre fro the twotwelfthe E pr. m. and twentitwentithe E. ȝer, thretti thousend foure hundrid and two and sixti; sones, and doȝtris, and wiues, al the noumbring, sixtifourti E pr. m. thousend two hundrid and two and fourti. Sonus of prestis, that sungen in the temple; the sonus of Asaf, an hundrid and eiȝte and twenti. Ussheris forsothe; theof the A. sonus of Esuem, the sonus of Ather, the sonus of Amon, the sonus of Accuba Copa, the sonus of Tobi, alle an hundrid and nyne and thretti. Prestis, seruende in the temple; sonus of Sel, the sonus of Gasipa, the sonus of Tabloth, the sonus of Carie, the sonus of Su, the sonus of Fellu, the sonus of Labana, the sonus of Acma|tha, the sones of Accub, the sonus of Vta, the sonus of Ceta, the sonus of Agab, the sonus of Obai, the sonus of Anan, the sonus of Caima, the sonus of Juddu, the sonus of An, the sonus of Radin, the sonus of De|samyn, the sonus of Nechoba, the sonus of Saseba, the sonus of Gaze, the sonus of Osin, the sonus of Finoe, the sonus of Atren, the sonus of Baseem, the sonus of Aziana, the sonus of Manai, the sonus of Nafisim, the sones of Accufu, the sonus of Agista, the sonus of Aria Faucinthe sonys of Faucin E pr. m., the sonus of Fasalon, the sonus of Meedda, the sonus of Fusia, the sonus of Careth, the sonus of Barchus, the sonus of Caree, the sonus of Thoesi, the sonus of Nasith, the sonys of Agisti, the sonus of Pedon. Sal|mon, the sonus of hym, the sonus of Asoffoth, the sonus of Farida, the sonus of Theli, the sonus of Dedon, the sonus of Gaddahel, the sonus of Cefegi, the sonus of Aggia, the sonus of Facareth, the sonus of Sabathan, the sonus of Saranoth, the sonus of Malcie, the sones of Amee, the sonus of Safuy, the sonus of Addus, the sonus of Suba, the sonus of Eyra, the sonus of Rabatis, the sonus of Fasofath, the sonus of Malmon. Alle in holi ser|uende; and the childer of Salomon, foure hundrid foure score and two. These ben the sonus, that steȝeden vp Atheemel and Thersas; the princis of hem, Carmellam and Careth; and thei myȝten not tellen out ther cites, and progenies, what maner thei ben; and of Irael, the sonus of Dalarij, the sonus of Tubam, the sonus of Nechodaici. And of the prestis, that vseden presthod, and ben not founde; the sonus of Obia, the sonus of Achisos, the sonus of Addin, that toc Vnim wif, of the doȝtris of Fargelen, and ben clepid bi the name of hir; and of these is soȝt the write genelogie of kinrede, and it is not founden, and thei ben forfendid to vse presthod. And Neemie seide to hem, and AscarasEsderas A., that thei take not part of the holi thingus, to the time that ther risearise AH. a taȝt bisshop, in to shewing and treuthe. AlOm. A. forsothe Irael was twelue thousend, out take seruauns and hand wymmen, two and fourti thousend thre hundrid and sixti. The seruauns of hem and hand wymmen, seuene thousend three hundrid and seuene and thretti; singeres and singeressis, two hundrid and fiue and sixtithretti A.; camailis, foure hundrid and fiue and thretti; hors, seuen thousend sixeand sixe A. and thretti; mulis, two hundrid thousend and fiue and fourti; bestis vnder ȝoc, fiue thousend and fiue and twenti. And of thoo prouostis bi tounus, whil thei shul|den come in to the temple of God, that was in Jerusalem, to ben auouwid to rere the temple in his place, after ther vertue; and to be ȝiue in to the temple theof A. holi tresorie of werkis, eleue thou|send besauns, and prestis stolis an hun|drid. And ther dwelten prestus, and Leuitus, and that weren of the folc in Jerusalem, and in the regioun; and the holi singeres, vssheris, and al Irael, in ther regiouns. In stondende forsothe the seuenthe moneth, and whan the sonus of Irael weren eche in his owne thingus, thei camen togidere of oon acord in to the porche, that was befor the est ȝate. And stondende Jesus, the sone of Jose|dech, and his brether, prestis, and So|robabel, the sone of Salatiel, and of this the brether, maden redi an auter, that thei offre vpon it brent sacrifises, aftir thoothe A. thingus that in the boc of Moises, man of God, ben writen. And ther camen to hem of othere naciouns of the lond, and rereden the holi tresorie in his place, alle the folc of the lond; and thei offriden ostis, and morutide brent sacri|fises to the Lord. And thei diden the feste of tabernaclis, and a solempne dai, as it is write in the lawe, and sacrifises eche dai, as it behouedeis behouede C sec. m. H.. And aftir these thingus thethei AH. ordeined offringus, and ostus of sabatis, and of newe mones, and of alle halewid solempne daȝes. And hou fele euere vouweden to the Lord, fro the newe mone of the seuenthe moneth, tokenthei token E pr. m. ostis to offre to God; and the temple of the Lord ȝit was not bild vp. And thei ȝeue monee to masonus, and to wriȝtus, and drink and metus with ioȝe. And thei ȝeue carris to Sidonyes and to Tires, that thei shulden carien ouer to hem fro Liban wode cedre bemus, and maken a naue in to Joppe hauene, aftir the decre that was write to them fro Ciro, king of Persis. And in the se|cunde ȝer thei comende in to the temple of God, in to Jerusalem, the secunde moneth began Sorobabel, the sone of Sa|latiel, and Jesus, the sone of Josedech, and the brethern of hem, and prestis, and Leuitus, and alle that camen fro the caitifte in to Jerusalem; and foundeden the temple of God, in the newe mone of the secunde moneth of the secunde ȝer, whan thei hadde comen in to Jude and Jerusalem; and settensenten A. Leuitus fro twenti ȝer vpon the werkis of the Lord. And Jesus stod, his sone, and brethern, alle Leuitus togidere castende, and foleweris out of the lawe, and doende werkis in the hous of the Lord. And ther stoden prestys, hauende stolis, with trumpis, and Leuitus, the sonus of Asaf, hauende cymbalis, togidere preisende the Lord, and blessende, aftir Dauid, king of Irael. And thei sungen a song to the Lord, for his swetnesse and wrshipe in to worldis vp on al Irael. And al the puple with trumpe sungen, and crieden with gret vois, preisende togidere the Lord, in the rering of the hous of the Lord. And ther camen of prestus, and of Leuitus, and of presidentus aftir the tounus, to theOm. A. elders that hadden seen the rathere hous, and at the bilding vp of this, with cri, and with gret weiling; and manye with trumpis, and gret ioȝe, so that the puple herde not the trumpis, for the weiling of the puple. Forsothe a cumpanye was singende wrshipefulli in trumpe, so that afer it was herd. And the enemis herden the linagis of Juda and of Beniamyn, and camen to wite, what was the vois of the trumpes. And thei knewen, for thei that weren of the caitifte bilden the temple to the Lord God of Irael. And comende neeȝ to So|robabel, and to Jesu, and to the prouostis of tounus, seiden to hem, Wee shul bilde togidere with ȝou. Lic maner forsothe wee han herd ofOm. AH. oure Lord, and we to|gidere han go fro the daȝes of Asbasa|reth, king of Assiries, that wente ouer hennus. And seide to hem Sorobabel, and Jesue, and the princis of the tounus of Irael, It is not to vs and to ȝou to bilden vp the hous of oure God; we for|sothe alone shul bilden the hous of oure God, aftir thoo thingus, that Cirus, king of Persis, comaundede. The Jentilis for|sothe of the lond leuende to them that ben in Jude, and rerende vp the werk of theOm. AH. bilding, and aspies and puple bring|ende forth, forfendeden hem to bilden vp; and letteden the men, hauntende the goingus to, that the bilding shulde not ben endid al the time of the lif of king Ciri; and thei drowen along the making vp bi two ȝer, vn to the regne of Darie.

 CAP. VI.

In the secunde forsothe ȝer of the regne of Darie profeciede Agge, and Sacharie, the sone of Addin, profete, anent Jude and in Jerusalem, in the name of the Lord God of Irael, vpon hem. Thane stondende Sorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and Jesus, the sone of Jesedech, begun|nen to bilden vp the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem; whan ther weren neeȝ to hem profetis of the Lord, and holpenhelpeden AH. hem. In that time cam to hem Cisennes, the vnder litil king of Cirie and of Fenices, and Satrabosones, and ther felawis. And thei seiden to hem, Who comaundende to ȝou, this hous ȝe bilden, and this rof, and othere manie thingus ȝee parformen? and who ben the bilders, that these thingus bilden vp? And the visiting don vp on hem that weren of the caitifte, hadden grace of the Lord the elders of Irael; and thei ben not lettid to bilden vp, to the time that it were signefied to Darie of alle these thingus, and an answere were taken. The saum|ple of the epistil, that to Darie senten Cisennes, vnder king of Cirie and of Fenyces, and Satrobosanes, and ther felawis, in Cirie and in Fenice reuleris. To king Darie, greeting. Alle thingus knowen be thei to the lord the king; for whan we camen in to the regioun of Jude, and wenten in to Jerusalem, wee founde men bildende a gret hous of God, and a temple of grete poolisht stones, and of precious materes in wallis; and thoo werkis besili to be maad, and to helpe, andOm. A. to make welsum in the hondis of hem, and in alle glorie, as most diligentli to be parformed. Thanne wee askeden the eldere men, seiende, Who suffrende ȝee bilden to ȝou this hous, and these werkus founden? Therfore for|sothe wee askeden hem, that knowen wee myȝten make to thee the men, and the prouostis; and the writing of the namis of the prouostus wee askeden hem. And thei answerden to vs, seiende, We ben the seruauns of the Lord, that made heuene and erthe; and this hous was bild beforn these manie ȝeris of the king of Irael, gret, and most strong, and it is ful endid. And for oure fadris weren terrende and synnedenthei synneden A. in the God of Irael, heand he A. toc hem in to the hondus of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloine, king of Caldeis; and this hous destroȝende brenden vp, and the puple caitif broȝten in to Babiloyne. In the firste ȝer reg|nende Ciro, king of Babiloine, king Cirus wrot to bilden vp this hous; and thoothe F. holi goldene vesselis and siluerene, that Nabugodonosor hadde born awei fro the hous, that is in Jerusalem, and hadde sacrid hem in his temple, eft king Cirus broȝte them forth fro the temple that was in Babiloyne, and ben take to Soro|babel, and to Salmanasar, vndir litil king. And it is comaundid to hem, that thei offren these vesselis, and lein vp in the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and that temple of God to bilden vp in that place. Thanne Salmanasar vnder leide the foun|demens of the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem; and fro thennus vn to now is bild vp, and toc no ful ending. Now thanne, if it is demed of thee, O king! be it parfitli soȝt in the kingis libraries of king Ciri, that ben in Babiloine; and if it were founden in the counseil of king Ciri, to ben begunne the making of the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem, and it shal be shewid of the lord oure king, wrijte he of these thingus to vs. Thanne king Darie comaundede to ben inwardli soȝt in the librarijs; and ther is founde in Egbatenis, burȝtoun, that is in the myddel regioun, o place, in the whiche weren writen these thingus. The firste ȝer regnende Ciro king, Cirus co|maundede the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem, to bilden vp, where thei brenden withOm. C. contynuel fijr; whos heiȝte is maad of ten cubitis, and breede of fourti cubitus, squarid with thre polisht stonus, and with soleer tree of the same regioun, and with oon newe soleer; and costus to be ȝiuen of the hous of king Cirus; and the holi vesselis of the hous of the Lord, both goldene and siluerene, that Nabugodonosor bar awei, that thei be put thider in toOm. A. the hous, that is in Jerusalem, where thei weren put. And he comaundede besinesse to don Cisen|nem, vnder litil king of Cirie and Fe|nice, and Satrabusanam, and his felawis, and thei that weren in Cirie and in Fe|nice ordeineden reuleris, that thei ab|stene them fro the same place. And I also comaundede al to maken vp, and forth lookide, that thei helpe them that ben of the caitifte of Jewis, to the time that the temple of the hous of the Lord be ful endid; and of the trauaile of the tributus of Cirie Choeles and Fenices dili|gentli a quantite to be ȝiue to these men, to the sacrifise of the Lord, to Soroba|bel, prefect, to bolis, and wetheris, and lambis; also forsothe and whete, and salt, and win, and oile, besili bi alle ȝeris, as the prestus, that ben in Jerusalem, or|deineden to be fulfild eche dai, with oute any delai; that ther ben offrid offringus of likourus to the heiȝeste God, for the king, and his childer, and preȝe for the lif of hem. And be it denounsid, that whoso euere ouer passenpassith A. any thing of these thingus that ben writen, or despisen, be ther taken a tree of ther own pro|per, and be thei hangid, and the goodis of hem to the king be eschetid. Therfore and the Lord, whos name is inwardli clepid there, outlawe eche king and folc, that strecchen out ther hond to forfenden, or to euele treten that hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem. I, king Darie, haue maad a decre, to be don as most dili|gentli aftir these thingis.

 CAP. VII.

Thanne Cisennes, vnder litil king of Choelem Cirie and Fenicem, and Satra|busanes, and the felawis, obesheden to these thingus, that of king Darye weren demed, stoden in to the holi werkis most diligentli, togidere werkende with the eldere men of Jewis, princis of Cirie. And the sacrid holi werkis ben made welsum, profeciende Agge and Sacarie, profetus. And alle thingus thei fulfilden, bi the heste of the Lord God of Irael, and of the counseil of Ciri, and of Darie, and of Artaxerse, king of Persis. And oure hous is endyd, vnto the thre and twentithe dai of the moneth of March, the sixte ȝer of king Darie. And the sonus of Irael diden, and the prestis, and Leuitus, and othere that weren of the caitifte, that ben set to, after thoo thingus that ben writen in the boc of Moises. And thei offriden in to the dedicacioun of the temple of the Lord, bolis, an hun|drid; wetheris, two hundrid; lambis, foure hundrid; kidis for the synnes of al Irael, twelue, after the noumbre of the linagis of Irael. And the prestus stoden, and Leuitus, cladclothede AEFH. the stolis, bi the linagis, vpon the werc of the Lord God of Irael, after the boc of Moises; and vssheris bi alle the ȝatis. And the sonus of Irael diden, with hem that weren of the cai|tifte, that pasch, the mone of the firste moneth, fourtene, whan ben halewid the prestis and the Leuitus. And alle the sonus of caitifte ben not togidere halewid, for alle the Leuitus ben togidere halewid. And thei offriden pasch to alle the sonus of caitifte, and to ther brethern, prestis, and to hemself. And the sonus of Irael eeten, that weren inof E pr. m. the caitifte, alle that hadden laft fro alle the cursidnessis of the Jentilis of the erthe, sechende the Lord; and thei haleweden the feste dai of therue loues, seuene daȝes etende in the siȝte of the Lord; for he conuertide the counseil of the king of Assiris in hem, to coumforte the hondus of hem to the werkis of the Lord God of Irael. And after this, regnende Artaxerse, king of Persis, wente to Esdras, the sone of Azarie, sone of Elchie, sone of Salome, sone of Sadduch, sone of Achitob, sone of Ameri, sone of Azaei, sone of Bocce, sone of Abisae, sone of Finees, sone of Eleasar, sone of Aron, firste preest. This Esdras steȝede vp fro Babiloine, whan he was scribe, and witti in the lawe of Moises, that is ȝiuen of the Lord of Irael, to sein and to do. And the king ȝaf to hym glorie, that he hadde founde grace in alle dignete, and desijr, in the siȝte of hymhem C pr. m.. And ther steȝeden vp togidere with hym of the sonus of Irael, and prestis, and Leuitus, and holi singeres of the temple, and vssheris, and seruauns of the temple, in to Jerusalem. The seuenthe ȝer regnende Artaxerse, in the fifte monyth, this is the seuenthe ȝer of the regne, goende out forsothe fro Babiloine in the newe mone of the fifte moneth, thei camen to Jerusalem, after theOm. A. hestus of hym, after the ȝiuen pros|perite of the weie to hem of that Lord. In these thingys forsothe Esdras weldede gret discipline, lest he passide biside any thing of thoo thingis that weren of the lawe of the Lord, and hestus, and in techende al Irael alle riȝtwesnesse and dom. Comende forsothe neeȝ thei that writen the writen thingus of king Arta|xerses, token writen that, that cam fro king Artaxerses to Esdras, prest, and redere of the lawe of the Lord, of whiche thinge the exsaumple is leid vnder.

 CAP. VIII.

King Artaxerse to Esdre, prest, and redere of the lawe of the Lord, greeting. More benygne I demende also to bene|fetus, comandede to hem that desiren of the folc of Jewis ther owne thingus wil|fulli, and of the prestis, and Leuits, that ben in my reume, to felashipen with thee in to Jerusalem. Thane if any couetten to go with thee, come thei togidere, and go thei forth, as it pleseth to me, and to my seuene frendis counseileris; that thei visite thoo thingus, that ben don after Jude and Jerusalem, kepende thein the C. lawe, as thou hast in the lawe of the Lord; and bere thei ȝiftus to the Lord of Irael, the whiche I knewȝ, and the frendis of Jerusalem, and al the gold and siluer, that were founden in the regioun of Ba|biloine, to the Lord in Jerusalem, with that that is ȝiuen of that folc in the temple of the Lord, of hem that is in Jerusalem; that be gedered this gold and siluer, and to bolis, and wetheris, and lambis, and kidis, and that to these ben couenable; that thei offre ostis to the Lord, vp on the auter of the Lord of hem, that is in Jerusalem. And alle thingus what euere thou wilt withthat A. thi brethern don, with gold and siluer parforme, for the wil, after the heste of the Lord thi God. And the sacride holi vesselis, that ben ȝiue to thee, to the werkis of the hous of the Lord thi God, that is in Je|rusalem, and othere thingus, what euere to thee wiln helpen to the werkis of the temple of thi God, thou shalt ȝiue of the kingis tresorie, whan thou wilt with thi brethern maken, with gold and siluer; and parforme thou aftir the wil of thi Lord. And I, king Artaxerses, haue co|maundid to the keperis of the tresories of Cirie and of Fenice, that what euere thingus Esdras, prest, and redere of the lawe of the Lord, write fore, besili be it ȝiue to hym, vnto an hundrid talentis of siluer, lic maner and of gold; and vnto an hundrid busshelis of whete, and an hundrid vesselis of win, and othere thingis, what euere abounden, with oute taxing. Alle thingus after the lawe of God be don to the heiȝeste God, lest par|auenture risearijse AEFH. vp wrathe in the reume of the king, and of the sone, and ofOm. C. the sones of hym. To ȝou forsothe is seid, that to alle the prestis, and Leuitus, and holi singeres, and seruauns of the temple, and scribis of this temple, no tribute, ne any other forfending be born to, ne haue any man power to aȝen casten any thing to hem. Thou forsothe, Esdras, aftir the wisdam of God ordeine domesmen and arbitrouris, in al Cirie and Fenice, and alle that the lawe of thi God knewen, teche; that hou fele euere ouerpasse the lawe, bisili be thei punshid, or bi deth, or bi torment, or also bi multing of monee, or bi seuering awei. And Esdras, scribe, seide, Blessid be the Lord God of oure fadris, that ȝaf this wil in to the herte of the king, to clarifien his hous, that is in Jerusalem; and me hath wrshipid in the siȝte of the king, and counseileris, and his frendis, and of his purprid men. And I am maad stedefast in inwit, after the helping of the Lord oure God; and I gederede of Irael men, that thei shulden steȝen vp togidere with me. And these ben the prouostis, after ther kuntres, and porciounelisporciounel C pr. m. prince|hodis of hem, that with me steȝeden vp fro Babiloine, in the reume of Artaxersis. Of the sonus of Fares, Jersomus; of the sonus of Ciameruth, Amenus; of the sonus of Dauid, Accus, the sone of Cecelie; of the sonus of Fares, Zacharie, and with hym ben turned aȝeen an hundrid men and fifti; of the sonus of Ductor, Moabi|lonys, Zaraei, and with hym two hun|drid men and fifti; of the sonus of Sa|cues, Jechonie, Cetheeli, and with hym two hundrid men and fifti; of the sones of Solomosias, Gotholie, and with hym seuenti men; of the sones of Sofocie, Zarias, Micheli, and with hym foure score men; of the sonus of Jobab, Dias, Jeseli, and with hym two hundrid men and twelue; of the sonus of Banie, Sal|imoth, the sone of Josafie, and with hym an hundrid men and sixti; of the sonus of Beer, Zacharias, Bebei, and with hym two hundrid men and eiȝte; of the sones of Azachie, Channes, Acharie, and with hym an hundrid men and ten; of the sonus of Adonicam, hem last, and these ben the namus of hem, Elifalam, the sone of Jebel, and Semeias, and with hym se|uenti men. And I gederede hem to the flod, that is seid Thia and Methati; there wee weren thre daȝis, and I knewȝ hem. And of the sonus of prestis and of Leuitus I fond not there. And I sente to Eleasar, and to Accebam, and Masman, and Malolan, and Enathan, and Samea, and Joribum, Nathan, Ennagan, Zacharie, and Mosollamym, hem leders and wise men. And I seide to hem, that thei shulden come to Luddyum, that was at the place of the tresorie. And I sente to them, that thei shulden sei to Luddium, and his brethern, and to hem that weren in the tresorie, that thei shulden sende to vs hem that shulden vse presthod in the hous of the Lord oure God. And thei broȝten to vs, after the stronge hond of the Lord oure God, wise men of the sonus of Mooli, sone of Leuy, sone of Irael, Sebebian, and sonus, and brethern, that weren eiȝtetene; Asbiam, and A|mum, of the sonus of Cananei; and the sonus of hem, twenti men. And of hem that in the temple serueden, the whiche Dauid ȝaf, and thei princis, to the werk|ing to the Leuitus, to the temple, of men seruende, two hundrid and twenti. TheAnd the C. namys of alle ben signefied in scripturis. And I vouwede there fasting to ȝunge men, in the siȝte of the Lord, that I shulde sechen of hym good weie to vs, and that weren with vs, of sonus, and bestus, for aspies. Forsothe I shamede to asken of the king foot men and horse men, in felashipe of grace, of keping aȝen oure aduersaries. Forsothe we seiden to the king, For the vertue of the Lord shal be with hem, that inwardli sechen hym in alle efect. And eft we preȝeden the Lord oure God, after these thingis, whom and benigne we hadden; and hol wee ben maad to oure God. And I seuerede of the prouostis of the folc, and of the prestus of the puple, twelue men, and Sedebian, and Affamian, and with hem of ther brethern ten men. And I peisede to hem siluer and gold, and prestis vesselis, of the hous of the Lord oure God, the whiche the king hadde ȝiuen, and his counseileris, and princis, and al Irael. And whan I hadde peisid, I toc talentus of siluer an hundrid and fifti, and siluerene vesselis of an hundrid ta|lentis, and of gold talentus an hundrid, and of goldene vesselis seue score, and brasene vesselis of good metal shinende, twelue, ȝeldende the licnesse of gold. And I seide to hem, And ȝee ben holi to the Lord, and the vesselis ben holi, and the gold and the seluer is of the auou to the Lord God of oure fadris. Waketh, and kepeth, to the time that ȝee take of the prouostis of the puple, and of the prestis, and of the Leuitis, and princis of the cites of Irael, in Jerusalem, in the priue chaumbre of the hous of oure God. And these prestis and Leuitus, that token gold and siluer, and vesselis, that weren in Jerusalem, broȝten in to the temple of the Lord. And we moueden forth fro the flod of Thia, the twelfthe dai of the firste moneth, for to we ȝiden in to Jeru|salem. And whan the thridde dai was don, the ferthe forsothe dai the peisid gold and siluer is taken in the hous of the Lord oure God, to Marymoth, the sone of Jori, prest; and with hym was Eleasar, the sone of Finees; and ther weren with hem Josabdus, the sone of Jesu, and Medias, and Banny, the sone of a Leuite; at noumbre and weiȝte alle thingus. And the peis of hem is writen in the same hour. Thoo forsothe, that camen fro the caitifte, offriden sacrifise of the Lord of Irael, bolis, twelue for al Irael; wetheres, foure score and sixe; lambis, two and seuenti; get for synne twelue, and for helthe twelue kijn; alle in to the sacrifise of the Lord. And thei eft radden the hestis of the king to the kingis dispensatouris, and to the litle vnder kingus of Choele, and Cirie, and Fenice; and thei wrshipeden the folc and the temple of the Lord. And these thingis ful endid, thei camen to me, seiende, The kinrede of Irael, and the princis, and prestys, and Leuitis, and aliene folkis, and naciouns of the lond, han not seuered ther vnclennesses fro Cananeis, and Etheis, and Fereseis, and Jebuseis, and Moabitis, and Egipcienes, and Idumeis; forsothe thei ben ioyned to the doȝtris of hem, and thei and ther sonis; and the holi sed isand A. mengd to|gidere to the hethene folc of the lond; and parceneres weren the prouostus and maistir iugis of this wickednesse, fro the begynnyng of that reume. And anon as I herde these thingis, I cutte the clothis, and the sacrid cote, and to-terende the heris of the hed, and the berd, I sat so|rewende, and dreri. And ther camen to me as fele as euere weren thanne moued in the woord of the Lord God of Irael, me weilende vp on thisthe H. wicke|nessewickidnes AH.; and I sat soreweful vnto the euentid sacrifise. And risende fro fast|ing, hauende the clothis cut, miche knelende, and strecchende out the hondis to the Lord, I seide, Lord, I am con|foundid, and I am adrad befor thi face. Forsothe oure synnes ben multiplied vp on oure hedis, and oure wickednessis ben enhauncid vnto heuene; for fro the time of oure fadris we ben in gret synne vn to this day. And for oure synnes, and of oure fadris we ben taken, with oure brethern, and with oure prestus, and kingus of the lond, in to swerd, and cai|tifte, and in to prei, with confusion, vn to the dai that is now. And now hou myche is, that falleth to vs the merci of thee, Lord God; lef to vs a roote and a name, in to the place of thin halewing, to vnkoueren oure ȝiuere of liȝt in the hous of the Lord oure God, to ȝiue to vs mete in the time of oure seruage. And whan wee seruen, wee ben not forsaken of the Lord oure God; but he sette vs in grace, puttende to vs kingus of Persis to ȝiue mete, and to clarifien the temple of the Lord oure God, and to edefie the desertis of Sion, and to ȝiue to vs stablenesse in Jude and Jerusalem. And now what sei wee, Lord, hauende these thingus? We han ouyr passid thin hestis, `the whichethat C pr. m. thou ȝeue in to the hondis of thi childer, pro|fetus, seiende, For the lond, in the whiche ȝee wenten in, to welden his eri|tage, is a defoulid lond with filthes of theOm. A. hethene men of the lond, and the vnclennessis of hem han fulfild it al in his vnclennesse. And now ȝoure doȝtris ȝee shul not ioyne to ther sonus, and ther doȝtris ȝee shul not take to ȝoure sonus; and ȝee shul not seche to han pes with hem alle time, that comende aboue ȝee ete the beste thingus of the lond, and the eritage ȝee delen to ȝoure sonus, in to the during aboue time. And thoo thingus that fallen to vs, alle ben do for oure shrewde werkis, and oure grete synnes. And thou hast ȝiue to vs such a roote, and eft wee ben turned aȝeen to ouer passe thi laweful thingis, that the vn|clennessisvnclennes A. of the hethene folc of this lond weren mengd. Whether thou shalt not wrathen to vs, to leesen vs, for to the roote be forsaken, and oure sed? Lord God of Irael, thou art sothfast; forsothe the roote is forsaken, vnto the dai that is now. Lo! now we ben in thi siȝte in oure wickenessiswickidnessis A et H passim.; forsothe it is not ȝit to stonde befor thee in these thingus. And whan honourende Esdras knou|lechede, wepende, fallefallid AEFH. doun to the erthe befor the temple, ben gedered beforn hym of Jerusalem a ful gret cumpanye, men, and wemmen, and ȝunge men, and ȝunge wymmen; forsothe the weping was gret in that multitude. And whan Jechonias, the sone of Jeeli, of the sonus of Irael, hadde cried, Esdras seide, Wee han synned aȝen the Lord, that wee han sett with vs in to matrimoyne hethene wymmen, of the Jentilis of the lond. And now who so euere is ouer al Irael in these thingus, be ther to vs an oth of the Lord, to putten awei alle oure wiues, that of the hethene ben, with ther sonus; as to thee is demed of the more, aftir the lawe of the Lord. RisendeArijsynge AEFH. vp, sheu out; to thee forsothe abideth this nede, and wee ben with thee; do manli. And risendeArijsynge AEFH. vp Esdras, he made the princis off prestis, and the Leuitus, and al Irael, to swere to don aftir these alle these thingis; and thei sworen.

 CAP. IX.

And risendearisynge A. vp Esdras fro `the befornbefore the A. porche of the temple, wente in to the celle of Jonathe, sone of Nazabi. And herberewid there, he tastede no bred, ne waterno water A. dranc, vp on the wickednesses of the multitude. And ther is maad a preching in al Jude and in Jerusalem, to alle that weren of the caitifte gedered in Jerusalem, Whosoeuere aȝeen cometh not to the secunde or the thridde dai, aftir the dom of the eldere men sittende, his facultees shul ben taken awei, and he alien demed fro the multitude of caitiftethe caitifte C pr. m. H.. And alle ben gedered togidere, that weren of the linage of Juda and of Beniamyn, thre daȝes in Jerusalem; this is the nynthe moneth, the twentithe dai of the monyth. And al the multitude sat in the flor of the temple, tremblende for the present winter. Esdras risende vp, seide to Irael, Ȝee wickedeli diden, set|tendesettynge AEFH. sentende C. ȝou in to matrimoine hethene wiues, that ȝee adde to the synnes of Irael. And now ȝiueth shrifte, and gret doing to the Lord God of oure fadris; and parformeth his wil, and goth awei fro the hethene folc of the lond, and fro hethene wiues. And al the multitude criede, and seiden with a gret vois, As thou hast seid, weeso wee E pr. m. shul do. But for the multitude is gret, and the time win|ter, and wee moun not vnholpenvnhelpid AH. stonde, and this werc is not to vs of o dai, ne of two; myche in these thingus wee han synned; stonde the prouostus of the mul|titude, and alle that with vs dwellen, and hou fele euere han `anent themanentis vs A. hethene wiues; and stonde thei neȝ in the accept time of alle place, prestis, and domes men, for to thei losne the wrathe of the Lord, of this nede. Jonathas forsothe, the sone of Ezeli, and Ozias, Thethan, token aftir these thingus, and Bosoramus, and LeuysLeuytis A., and Satheus togidere wroȝten with hem. And ther stoden aftir alle these thingus, alle that weren of the cai|tifte. And Esdras, prest, ches to hym men, grete princis, of the fadris of hem, after the names; and thei seten togidere, in the newe mone of the tenthe moneth, to examyne this nede. And it is deter|myned of the men, that hadden hethene wiues, vnto the newe mones of the firste moneth. And there ben founden mengd among of the prestis, that hadden he|thene wiues; of the sonus of Jesu, the sonus of Josedech, and of his brethern, Maseas, and Eleeserus, and Joribus, and Joadeus. And thei leidenwenten in E pr. m. hondis, that thei shulden putten awei ther wiues, and to sacrifien, in to preieere for ther ignoraunce. And of the sonus of Sem|mery, Masseas, and Esses, and Geleth, Azarias; and of the sones of Fosore, Leomasias, Hismaeius, and Nathanias, Jussio, Leddus, and Talsas. And of the Leuitus, Josabdus, and Semeis, and Cho|litus, and Calitas, and Facceas, and Colu|as, and Elionas. And of the sacrid syng|eres, Eliazub, Zaccurus. And of the vssheris, Salumus, and Tholbanes. And of Irael, of the sonus of Forchosi, and Remias, and Jeddias, and Melchias, and Michelus, and Eliasarus, and Jemebias, and Bannas. And of the sonis of Jola|mani, Anias, and Zacharias, Jerselus, andOm. A. Jobdius, and Erimoth, and Elias. And of the sonus of Sachon, Eliadas, and Elia|sumus, and Othias, and Jarimoth and Zabdis, and Thebedias. And of the sones of Bede, Johannes, and Amanyas, and Zabdias, and Emetis. And of the sonis of Baum, Olamus, and Mallucus, and Jeddeus, and Jasub, and Azabus, and Jerimoth. And of the sonis of Ad|din, Nathus and Moosias, and Caalemus, and Raanas, and Baseas, Mathatias, and Bethsel, and Bonnus, and Manasses. And of the sonus of Miaie, Nenyas, and Afeas, and Melcheas, and Sameas, and Simon, Beniamyn, and Malchus, and Marias. Of the sonus of Azom, Cartaneus, Mathatias, and Bannus, and Elifalath, and Manasses, and Semeth. And of the sonus of Banny, Jeremias, and Modias, and Abramus, and Johel, and Baneas, and Pelias, and Jonas, and Marymoth, and Eliazub, and Mathaneus, and Ele|asis, and Orisas, and Dielus, and Same|dius, and Zambris, and Josefus. And of the sonus of Nobei, Idelus, and Matha|tias, and Zabadus, and Cetheda, Seduni, and Jessei, Baneas. Alle these ioineden to hem hethene wiues, and laften hem, with the sones. And prestis, and Le|uitus, and that weren of Irael, dwelten in Jerusalem in oon hol regioun, the newe mone of the seuenthe moneth; and the sonus of Irael weren in ther abidingus. And al the multitude is gedered togidere in to the flor, that is fro the est of the sacrid ȝate. And thei seiden to Esdre, bisshop and redere, that he shulde bringe forth the lawe of Moises, that is ȝiuen of the Lord God of Irael. And Esdras, bisshop, broȝte forth the lawe to al the multitude of hem, fro man vnto wom|man, and to alle the prestus, to heren the lawe, in the newe mone of the seuenthe moneth. And he radde in the flor, that is befor the holi ȝate of the temple, fro the firste liȝt vnto euen, befor men and wymmen; and alle thei ȝeuen wit to the lawe. And Esdras, prest, and redere of the lawe, stod vp on the treene chaȝer, that was forgid. And there stoden to hym Mathatias, and Samus, and Ana|nyas, Azarias, Vrias, Ezechias, and Bal|samus, at the riȝt; and at the lift, Faldeus, andOm. AH. Misael, Malachias, Abustas, Sabus, Nabadias, and Zacharias. AndOm. A. Esdras toc a boc beforn al the multitude; for|sothe he sat beforn in glorie, in the siȝtemultitude E pr. m. of alle. And whan he hadde asoilid the lawe, alle stoden vp riȝt. And Esdras blesside the Lord God, al ther heiȝest God of Sabaoth, al myȝti. And al the puple answerde, Amen. And eft, the hondis rerid vp, thei, fallende doun in to the erthe, honoureden the Lord. And Esdras comaundede, that ther shulden teche the lawe, Jesus, and Banaeus, and Sarabias, and Jadinus, and Accubus, and Sabatheus, and Calithes, and Azarias, and Joradus, and Ananias, and Filas, Leuite. The whiche taȝten the lawe of the Lord, and inOm. A. the multitude radden the lawe of the Lord; and eche putten beforn hem, that vndirstoden the lessoun. And Atharathes seide to Esdre, the bis|shop and redere, and to the Leuitus that taȝten the multitude, seiende, This dai is holi to the Lord. And alle wepten, whan thei hadden herd the lawe. And Esdras seide, Ȝee thanne, gon atwynne, eteth alle most fatte thingys, and drink|eth alle most sweete, and sendeth ȝiftus to hem that han not; forsothe holi is this dai of the Lord; and wileth not ben sori, the Lord forsothe shal clarifien vs. And the Leuitus denounceden in opene to alle men, seiende, This dai is holi; wileth not ben sori. And alle wenten awei, to eten, and to drinken, and to han plente of mete, and to ȝiue ȝiftus to hem that han not, that thei plenteuousli eten. Gret doingli forsothe thei ben enhauncid in the woordis, with the whiche thei ben taȝt. And alle thei ben gedered in to Jerusalem, to make solempne the glad|nesse, after the testament of the Lord God of Irael.

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TO Cromacio and Eliodre, bisshopys, Jerome, prest, in the Lord sendeth greeting. To merueilen I cese not the instaunce of ȝoure asking; forsothe ȝee asken of me, that the boc, writen in Caldee sermoun, in to Latin writing I drawe, the boc of Tobie that is, the whiche Ebrues, seuerende fro the noumbre of Godis scripturis, to these that holi scriptures remembrenbe remembren E pr. m. casten to. I haue don a seeth to ȝoure desijr, ner the latere not to my studie. Forsothe the studies of Ebrues vndernymyn vs, and wijten to vs these thingis to translaten to theOm. AI. Latin eris aȝen therthe HK. bible. But I demende to be betere to desplesen to the dom of Farisees, and to serue to the bisshopis maundemens, bisiedebisiede me E pr. m. as I myȝte; and, for the tunge of Caldeis is neeȝ to Ebrue sermoun, findende a most wijs spekere ofto O. either tunge, I toc to the trauaile of o dai; and what euere thing he to me expressede in Ebrue woordis, thoo thingus I, clepid to a notorie, expounede in Latin woordis. To ȝoure prieeris the meede of this werkwerk|man A. I shal ȝelde, whan I lerne me to han fulfild this werc to ben acceptid ofto O. ȝou thatthe whiche AEFH. voucheden saaf to comaunden.

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TOBIE, of the linage and of the cite of Neptalim, that is in the ouere partis of Galilee, aboue Nason, after the weie that ledith to the west, in the left hauende the cite of Sofeth, whan he was caȝt in the daȝes of Salmanasar, king of Assiries, ner the latere in caitiftethe caitifte CE pr. m. sett, the weie of treuthe he forsoc not, so that alle thingus that he myȝte han, eche dai to the caityue brethern that weren of his kinrede he delede. And whan he was alle ȝungere in the linage of Nepta|lim, ner the latere no childli thing he dide in deede. After whan alle wenten to the goldene calues, the whiche Jero|boam, king of Irael, made, this alone fleiȝ the cumpanye of alle; and wente to Jeru|salem, to the temple of the Lord, and there honourede the Lord God of Irael, alle his firste frutis and his dymys treuli offrende; so that in the threddefirste E pr. m. ȝer to the conuertid fro Jentilis and to come|lingus he mynystrede alle tithing. These thingus, and to these lic, after the lawe of God a litil child he kepte wel. Whan forsothe he was maad a man, he toc a wif, Anne, of his linage; and he gat of hir a sone, his own name puttende to hym; whom fro the time that he began to speken, he taȝte to dreden God, and to abstenenabstenen hym E pr. m. fro alle synne. Thanne whan by caytifte he was come, with his wif and sone, in to the cite Nynyue, with al his linage, and alle eeten of the metis of Jen|tilis, this kepte his soule, and neuere is defoulid in metis of hem. And for he was myndeful of the Lord in al his herte, God ȝaf to hym grace in the siȝte of king Salamanasar; and ȝaf to hym power to go whider euere he wolde, hauende fre|dam to do what euere he hadde wold. Thanne he wente bi alle that weren in the caitifte, and monestingus of helthe he ȝaf to hem. Whan forsothe he was come in to Ragis, cite of Medis, and of these thingus with the whiche he was wrshipid of the king, hadde ten talentis of siluer; and with myche cumpanye of his kinrede, he saȝ Gabel nedi, that was of his linage, he ȝaf to hym the seidforseid A. peis of siluer, vndir writing. ForsotheNot E pr. m. after miche of time king Salmanasar dead, whan his sone Senacherub regnede for hym, and hadde the sonus of Irael hate|sum in his siȝte, Tobie wente eche dai bi al hys kinrede, and coumfortide hem, and deuidededeuyde A. to eche, as he myȝte, of his fa|cultees; the hungri men he fedde, and to the nakide he ȝaf clothis, and to the deade and the slaine besibisili A. he fond sepul|ture. After whan king Senacherub was turned aȝeen, fleende fro Jude the veni|aunce that abouten hym God hadde do for his blasfemye, and wroth sloȝ manie of the sonus of Irael, Tobie biriede the bodies of hem. And wher it was told to the king, he comandide hym to be slain, and toc al his substaunce. Tobie for|sothe with his sone and with wifhis wijf A. fleende, nakid lurkide, for manie looueden hym. After forsothe fiue and fourti daȝes, the king his sonus slowen; and Tobie is turned aȝeen to his hous, and al his fa|cultefacultees A. restorid to hym.

 CAP. II.

Aftir these thingus forsothe, whan was the feste dai of the Lord, and shulde be maad a good meteshipe in the hous of Tobie, he seide to his sone, Go, and bring summe men of oure linage, dred|end God, and ete thei with vs. And whan he shulde gon, turned aȝeen he tolde to hym, oon of the sonus of Irael slainOm. A. to lyn in the strete; and anoon stertende out fro his mete sete, leuende the mete, fastende cam to the bodi; and takende it, he bar to his hous priueli, that whil the sunne were go doun, sleeȝli he shulde birien it. And whan he hadde hid the bodi, he eet bred with weiling and trembling, remembrende thatthe AH. woord, that the Lord seide by Amos, the pro|fete, Ȝoure feste daȝes shul be turned in to weiling and sorewing. Whan forsothe the sunne hadde go doun, he wente, and biriede it. Forsothe alle hise neȝheboris vndernomyn hym, seiende, Now bi cause of this thing thou art comaundid to be slain, and vnnethe thou hast scapid the maundement of deth, and eft thou biriest the deade? But Tobye, more dredende God than the king, caȝte the bodies of the slaine, and hidde in his hous, and in the mydnyȝtus biriedehe biriede A. hem. It fel for|sothe, that on a dai weritrauailid E pr. m. of biriyng, co|mende hom, he hadde cast hymself beside the wal, and hadde faste slept; and fro the nest of swalewis to hym slepende hote toordis fellen in vp on his eȝen; and washe was C pr. m. maad blind. This forsothe temptacioun therfore the Lord suffride to come to hym, that to theOm. AH. after|comeres shulde exsaumple be ȝiuen of his pacience, as and of holi Job. And whan fro his time that he began to speke, euermore he dredde God, and kepte his hestis, he sorewide not aȝen God, that the veniaunce of blindnesse cam to hym; but vnmouable in the drede of God abod stille, gracis doende to God alle the daȝes of his lif. For as to blisful Job asail|eden the kingus, so to this fader and moder and his cosynes scorneden his lif, seiende, Where is thin hope, for the whiche almesse deede and sepulturis thou didist? Tobie forsothe blamede hem, seiende, Wileth not so speken, for the sonus of halewis wee ben, and that lif wee abijden, that God is to ȝiue to hem that ther feith neuermor chaungen fro hym. Anne forsothe, his wif, wente to weuyng werc eche dai, and of the trauaile of hir hondis the liflode, that she myȝte gete, she broȝte. And it is do, that takende a kide of she get, she broȝte hom. Of the whiche ble|tende the vois whan hir man hadde herd, seidehe seide A., Looketh, lest parauenture it be stoln, but ȝeldeth it to his lordis; for it is not leeful to vs, orfor AH. to eten of stelthe any thing or to touchen. At these thingis his wif wroth answerde, Openli vein is maad thin hope, and thine almesse deedis now han aperid. And in these and in othere suche maner woordis she putte reprof to hym.

 CAP. III.

Thanne Tobie inwardli weilede, and began to preȝe with teres, seyende, Riȝt|wis thou art, Lord, and alle thi domes benOm. AH. riȝtwise, and alle thi weies merci, and treuthe, and dom. And now, Lord, haue mynde of me, ne take thou ven|iaunce of my synnes, ne remembre thou my giltis, or of my fader and moder. For wee han not obeshid to thin hestis, and wee ben taken in to wasting, and caitifte, and deth, and in to fable, and in to reprof toof A. alle naciouns, in the whiche thou hast scatered vs. And now, Lord, grete ben thi domys; for wee han not don aftir thin hestis, and wee han not go cleerli befor thee. And now, Lord, after thi wille do with me merci, and comaunde in pes my spirit to be resceiued; it is spedful forsothe to me more to dien than to liuen. And so the same dai fel, that Sara, the doȝter of Ra|guel, in Ragis, cite of Medis, and she herde the repref of oon of the handwym|men of hir fadir; for she was take to seuene men, and a deuel, Asmodius bi name, sloȝ hem, anoon as thei weren gon in to hir. Thanne whan she blamede the child womman for hir gilte, she an|swerde to hir, seiende, See wee no more of thee sone orne A. doȝter vp on erthe, thou sleeresse of thi men; whether and slen thou wilt me, as and thou slowe seuene men? At this vois she wente in to the ouere bed place of hir hous, and thre daȝis and thre nyȝt she eet not, ne dranc; but in orisoun abidende stille, with teres she preȝede God, that fro this reprof he shulde deliueren hir. It is do forsothe the thridde dai, whil she fulfilde the orisoun, blessende the Lord, she seide, Blessid is thi name, God of oure fadris, that whan thou were wrathid, thou shalt do merci, and in time of tribulacioun synnes thou forȝiuest to hem, that in|wardli clepen thee. To thee, Lord, I turne my face, and to thee myn eȝen I rere. I aske, Lord, that fro the bond of this repref thou asoile me, or certis fro aboue theOm. C. erthe thou delyuere me. Thou wost, Lord, for neuere I coueitide man, and clene I haue kept my soule fro alle lust. Neuere with pleieres I mengde me, ne with hem that in liȝtnesse gon par|cener I ȝaf me. An husbonde forsothe with thi drede, not with my lust, I con|sentide to taken. And orother AEFH. I was vnwrthi to hem, or thei parauenture to me weren not wrthi; for parauenture to an other man thou hast kept me. Forsothe in mannys power is not thi counseil. That forsothe for certein hath eche man that herieth thee, for his lif, if in prouyngreprouynge AH. it were, shal ben crouned; if forsothe in tribulacioun it were, it shal be deliuered; and if in chastising it were, it shal ben leful to come to thi merci. Forsothe thou hast not delit in oure lessingus; for after tempest thou makist reste, and after teres sheding and weilingwepinge AH., ful out ioȝing thou heeldest in. Be thi name, God of Irael, blessid in to worldus. In that time ben herd ful the preȝeeris of bothe in the siȝte of the glorie of the most good God; and ther is sent an aungil of the Lord, the holi Rafael, that he shulde curen hem bothe, whos orisouns o time in the siȝte of the Lord ben rehersid.

 CAP. IV.

Thanne whan Tobie wende his pre|ȝeere to ben herd, that he myȝte dien, he clepide to hym Tobie, his sone, and seide to hym, Here, my sone, the woordis of my mouth, and hem in thi herte as foun|demens mak togidere. Whan God shal take my soule, my bodi birie; and wrshipe thou shalt han to thi moder alle the daȝes of thi lif; forsothe myndeful thou owist to be, what and hou grete she suffride perilis for thee in hir wombe. Whan forsothe and she haue fulfild the time of hir lif, thou shalt birien hir aboute me. Alle forsothe the daȝes of thi lif in mynde haue thouOm. A. God, and bewar, lest any time to synne thou consente, and leie aside the hestis of oure God. Of thi substaunce do almesse deede, and wile thou not turne awei thi face fro any pore man; so for|sothe it shal be do, that neither fro thee be turned awei the face of the Lord. What maner wise thou shalt moun, so be thou merciful. If myche were to thee, abundauntli ȝif; if litil ther were, also litil gladli studie to parten. Forsothe a good meede to thee thou tresorist in the dai of nede; for almesse deede fro alle synne and fro deth delyuereth, and shal not suffre the soule to gon in to derc|nesses. Gret trost shal ben almesse deede befor the most goode God to alle men doende it. Tac heede to thee, sone, fro alle fornicacioun, and, beside thi wif, neuer suffre thou synne of euel los to knowen. Pride neuer in thi wit or in thi woord suffre thou to han lordshipe; in it for|sothe al perdicioun toc begynnyng. Who so euereOm. A. any thing to thee wercheth, anoon ȝeeld his meede, and the meed of thin hiryd man algate anent thee abijde not. That of an other thou hatist to be do to thee, looke thou, that any time thou dodo it A. not to an other. Thi bred with the hungri and with the nedi ett, and of thi clothis nakide men couere. Thi bred and thi win vp on the sepulture of the riȝtwise ordeyne, and wile thou not of it eten and drinke with the sinful. Coun|seil euermor of the wise man seek. Alle time blesse God, and aske of hym, that thi weies he make redi, and alle thi coun|seilis in hym abijde stille. I shewe also to thee, my sone, me to han ȝiue ten talentus of seluer, whil ȝit thou were a litil faunt, to Gabel, in Ragis, cite of Medis; and the writ of it anent me I haue; and therfore enserche, what maner to hym thou come, and resceyue of hym the aboue membrid weiȝte of siluer, and re|store to hym his writ. Wile thou not dreden, sone myn; a pore lijf forsothe wee bern, but manye goodis wee shul han, if wee drede God, and gon awei fro alle synne, and do wel.

 CAP. V.

Thanne answerde Tobie to his fader, and seide, Alle thingus, what euere thou hast comaundid to me, fader, I shal do; hou forsothe this monei I shal enserche, I knowe not; he me knowith not, and I hym vnknowe; what tocne shal I ȝiue to hym? but neither the weie, bi the whiche me goth thider, any time I knew. Thanne his fader answerde to hym, and seide, Forsothe his writ anent me I haue, the whiche whanne thou to hym shewist, anoon he shal ȝelde the monee. But go now, and enserche to thee sum feithful man, that go with thee, saued his meede, whil ȝit I liue, that thou resceyue it. Thanne Tobie gon out, fond a ȝung man stondende, ful fair, gird, and as redi to gon; and vnknowende that an aungil of God he was, grette hym, and seide, Whennus han wee thee, goode ȝunge man? And he answerde, Of the sonus of Irael. And Tobie seide to hym, Hast thou knowen the weie, that ledeth in to the regioun of Medis? To whomthe whiche E pr. m. he answerde, I haue knowen, and alle the weies of it oftesithes I haue go, and haue dwellid anent Gabel, ȝoure brother, that dwelleth in Ragis, cite of Medis, that is sett in the hil of Exbatenys. To whom Tobie seith, Suffre me, I beseche, to the time these thingus I telle to my fader. Thanne Tobie, gon in, shewideand shewide AH. alle these thingus to his fader; vpe the whiche the fader, wundrid, preȝede, that he shulde comen in to hym; and so gon in, sa|lutide hym, and seide, Ioȝe to thee euer|mor be! And Tobie seith, What ioȝe to me shal be, thatthe whiche AEFH. in derknesses sitte, and the liȝt of heuene see not? To whom seith the ȝunge man, In strong inwit be thou; ful neeȝ it is that of God thou be curid. And so seide Tobie to hym, Whe|ther shalt thou mown ful lede my sone to Gabel in to Ragis, cite of Medis, and whan thou comest aȝeen, I shal ȝelde thee thi meede? And the aungil seide to hym, I shal leden, and aȝeen lede hym to thee hol. To whom answerde Tobie, I preȝe thee, shew to me, of what hous, and of what linage thou art? To whom Rafael, the aungil, seide, The kinrede thou askist of the hirid man, or that hirid man, that with thi sone go? But lest parauenture I make thee stirid, I am Azarie, the sone of gretethe greet preest A. Ananye. And Tobie answerde, Of gret kinrede thou art; but I aske, be thou not wroth, for I wolde knowe thi kinrede. Forsothe the aungil seide to hym, I sound shal lede, and sound shalI shal A. aȝeen bringe to thee thi sone. Forsothe Tobie answerende seide, Wel go ȝee, and the Lord be in ȝoure weie, and his aungil folewe with ȝou. Thanne alle thingus maad redi, that weren to be born in the weie, Tobie dide farewel to his fader and to his moder; and thei wente bothe togidere. And whan thei weren go forth, his moder began to wepen, and sein, The staf of oure elde thou hast taken awei, and hast sent ouer fro vs; neuere hadde be that monee, for the whiche thou sentist hym; forsothe oure porenesse suffiside to vs, that richessis wee shulden counte that, that oure sone wee seȝen. And Tobie seide to hir, Wile thou not wepen; saf shal comen oure sone, and saf shal aȝeen turne to vs, and thin eȝen shul seen hym. I leeue forsothe, that the goode aungil of God folewefolewith A. hym, and wel shal disposen alle thingus, that ben don aboute hym, so that with ioȝe he be turned aȝeen to vs. At this vois ceside his modir to wepen, and was stille.

 CAP. VI.

Tobie forsothe wente forth, and an hound folewide hym, and he abod the firste abiding biside the flod of Tigris. And he wente out forOm. C. to wasshen his feet; and lo! a gret fish wente out forOm. C. to deuouren hym. Whom dredende To|bie criede outOm. AH. with a gret vois, seiende, Lord, he asailethcoometh on E pr. m. me. And the aungil seide to hym, Cach his fin, and draȝ it to thee. The whiche thing whan he hadde do, he droȝ it in to the drie, and it began to quappe befor his feet. Thanne the aungil seide to hym, Opene this fish, and his herte and galle and mawe lei vp to thee; these thingus forsothe ben pro|fitabli necessarie to medicynes. The whiche thingus whan he hadde do, he rostide his fleshfish AH., and beren with hem in the weie; the tother thei saltiden, that shulden suffise to them in the weie, to the time that thei shulden ful come in to Ragis, cite of Medis. Thanne Tobie ask|ide the aungil, and seide to hym, I be|seche, Asarie, brother, that thou sei to me, what remedie shuln han these thingus, that of the fish thou hast co|maundid to be kept. And the aungil answerende seide to hym, A parcel of his herte if thou putte vp on theOm. AH. colis, his smoke putteth out al the kinde of deuelis, outher fro man or fro womman, so that he come no more neeȝ to hem. And the galle is worth to eȝen to ben enointid, in the whiche were rime, and thei shul ben hol. And Tobie seide to hym, Where wilt thou, that wee dwelle? And the aungil answerende seith, Heer is a man, Raguel bi name, neeȝ of thi linage, and this hath a doȝter, Sara bi name; but any other he hath saue hir, neither male ne femele. To thee is due al his substaunce; and thee behoueth to han hir wif. Aske thanne hir of hir fader; and he shal ȝiue to thee hir wif. Thanne answerde Tobie, and seide, I haue herd, for she hath ben take to seuene men, and thei ben deade; but and these thingus I haue herd, for a deuel sloȝ hem. I drede thanne, lest parauenture and these thingus fallen to me; and sithen I am alone to my fader and moder, I putte doun the eelde of hem wyth sorewe to helle. Thanne aungil Rafael seide to hym, Here me, and I shal shewe to thee, who ben, to whom mai the deuel han maistrie; in hem, that wedloc so taken, that God fro them and fro ther mynde thei closen out, and to ther lustis so thei taken heede, as an hors and a mule, in the whiche is not vnderstonding, hath vpon hem the deuel power. Thou forsothe, whan thou shalt taken hir, gon in to the bed place, bi thre daȝes be thou continent fro hir, and no thing other but to prei|eeris thou shalt stonde in with hir. That nyȝt forsothe the mawe of the fish brent, the deuel shal be dryuen awei. The se|cunde forsothe nyȝt in the couplingcounseilynge AH. of holi patriarkis thou shalt ben admittid. The thridde forsothe nyȝt blessing thou shalt gete, that sonus be goten of ȝou sounde. The thridde forsothe nyȝt ouer|passid, thou shalt take the maiden with the drede of the Lord, and for looue of sonus more than of lust lad, that in the sed of Abraham thou gete blessing in sonus.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe thei wenten in to Raguel; and Raguel resceyuede hem with ioȝe. And Raguel, beholdende Tobie, seide to Anne, his wif, Hou lic is this ȝunge man to oure auntis sone. And whan these thingus he hadde seid, he seith, Whennus be ȝee, ȝunge men, my brethern? And thei seiden, Of the linage of Neptalim wee ben, of the caitifte of Nynyue. Raguel seide to them, Knowe ȝee Tobie, my bro|ther? The whiche answerden, Wee han knowen. And whan he spac ofto A. hym manye goode thingus, the aungil seide to Raguel, Tobie, of theOm. C. whiche thou askest, is thisis fader. And Raguel putte hym self, and with teres kiste hym, and wep|ende vp on his necke, seide, Blessing be to thee, sone myn; for of good and of the beste man thou art sonethe sone C.. And Anne, his wif, and Sara, the doȝter of hem, wepten. After forsothe that thei hadden spoken, Raguel comaundede a wether to be slain, and to be maad redi a feste. And whan he besoȝte them to sitte doun to the mete, Tobie seith, Heer I to dai shal not ete, ne drinke, but if first myn asking thou conferme, and thou behote to ȝiue to me Sara, thi doȝter. The whiche woord herd, Raguel dradde, wit|ende what fel to thoothe A. seuene men; and he began to dreden, lest parauenture lic maner to thisthis man A. shulde fallen, and he die. And whan he doutede, and ȝaf not any answere to the askere, the aungil seide to hym, Wile thou not dreden to ȝiuen hir to this; for to this dredende God wif thi doȝtir is due; therfore an other myȝte not han hir. Thanne seide Ra|guel, I doute not, that God preieerismy preiers A. and my teres in his siȝte hath taken. And I trowe, for the Lord therfore made ȝou to come to me, that and this shulde be ioyned to hir kin after the lawe of Moises; and now wile thou not bern doute, for to thee hir I shal takeȝyue A.. And takende the riȝt hond of his doȝter toc to the riȝt hond of Tobie, seiende, God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, be with ȝou, and heOm. A. ioine ȝou, and fulfille his blissing in ȝou. And the chartre taken, thei maden the conscrip|cioun of the wedloc. And after these thingus thei plenteuousli eeten, blessende God. And Raguel clepede to hym Anna, his wif, and comaundede to hir, that she shulde make redi an other bed place. And he broȝte in to it Sara, his doȝter, and she wepte; and he seith to hir, In strong inwit be thou, doȝter myn; the Lord of heuene ȝiue to thee ioȝe, for the noȝe that thou hast suffrid.

 CAP. VIII.

Aftir forsothe that thei suppeden, thei broȝten the ȝunge man in to hir. And so Tobie recordid of the woordis of the aungil, broȝte forth of his bagge a part of the mawe, and putte it vp on the quike colis. Thanne aungil Rafael caȝte the deuel, and bond hym in theOm. AH. desert of the ouere Egipt. Thanne Tobie be|soȝte the maiden, and seide to hir, Sara, rijs, and preȝee wee to dai toOm. AH. God, and to moru, and the secunde moru; for these thre nyȝtis wee shul be ioined to God; the thridde forsothe nyȝt passid ouer, wee shul ben in oure wedloc; sonus forsothe of halewis wee ben, and wee moun not so be ioyned as and Jentilis, that vnknowen God. Risende forsothe togidere, bisili thei preȝeden bothe togi|dere, that helthe shulde be ȝiue to hem. And Tobie seide, Lord God of oure fa|dris, blesse thee heuenus, and erthis, and se, and wellis, and flodis, and eche thi creature, that is in hem; thouthou forsothe A. madist Adam of the slim of erthethe erthe E pr. m., and thou ȝeue to hym helpe, Eue. And now, Lord, thou wost, for not bicause of leccherie I take my sister, but for onli loue of bringing forth of childre, in theOm. AH. whiche be blessid thi name in to worldis `of worldisOm. C.. Also seide Sara, Haue merci to vs, Lord, haue merci to vs, and eelde wee bothe togidere hole. And it is do aboute chykenyscokkis A. crow|ing, Raguel comaundede his seruauns to be clepid, and thei wentenweren A. with hym that thei delue a birielbirielis CE sec. m.. Forsothe he dradde, lest lic maner shulde falle to hym, that and to the tothere seuene, that wenten in to hir. And whan thei hadden maad redi the pit, Raguel gon aȝeen to his wif, seide to hir, Send oon of thin hand wimmen, and see she, if he is dead, that I birie hym, befor it waxe liȝt. And she sente oon of hir hand wimmen, the whiche gon in to the bed place, fond hem saue and sounde, slepende togidere with hem self. And she, turned aȝeen, told good message. And thei blesseden the Lord, Raguel, that is, and Anna, his wif, and seiden, Wee blessen thee, Lord God of Irael, for it falleth not to vs, as we wenden; forsothe thou hast do with vs thi mercy, and hast closid out fro vs the enemy pursuende vs. Don thou hast mercy to thi two alone. Mac hem, my Lord, to bless thee more fulli, and to offre to thee sacrifise of thi preising, and of ther helthe, that the vnyuersite of Jentilis knowe, for thou art God alone in al erthe. And anoon Raguel comaundede to his seruauntis, that thei shulden fille the pit, that thei hadden maad, befor that it waxe liȝt. To his wif forsothe he seide, that she shulde ordeyne a feste, and make redi alle thingus, that in to metis weren necessarie to weie goeris. Also two fatte kijn, and foure wetheres he made to be slain, and plenteuous metus to ben maad redi to alle his neȝhebores, and to alle his frendis. And Raguel adiur|ede Tobie, that two wikis he shulde dwelle anent hym. Of alle thingus for|sothe that Raguel weldede, the half part he ȝaf to Tobie; and he made this scrip|ture, that the half part that lafte ouer, after therthe C. deth shulde come to the hous of Tobie.

 CAP. IX.

Thanne Tobie clepide to hym the aun|gil, whom forsothe he wende a man; and seide to hym, Azarie, brother, I aske, that thou herkne my woordis. If myself I take to thee a seruaunt, I shal not ben euene worthi to thi prouidence. Ner the latere I beseche thee, that thou take to thee bestis, orand E pr. m. seruyses, and go to Gabel in to Ragis, cite of Medis, and ȝeld to hym his writ; and thou shalt re|sceyuen of hym mone, and preȝe hym to comen to my bridalis. Forsothe thiself wost, that my fadir noumbreth the daȝis, and if IOm. F. shul tarien o dai more, his lijf shal be maad sori. And certis thou seest, hou Raguel hath coniurid me, whos adiurement I mai not dispisen. Thanne Rafael, takende foure of the seruauns of Raguel, and two camailis, wente in to Ragis, cite of Medis, and findende Gabel ȝaf to hym his writ, and resceyuede of hym al the monee; and shewede to hym of Tobie, the sone of Tobie, alle thingus that ben don. And he made hym to come with hym to the bridalis. And whan he was come in to the hous of Ra|guel, he fonde Tobie sittende; and stir|tende thei kisten hem togidere. And Gabel wepte, and blesside God, and seide, Blesse thee the Lord God of Irael, for the sone thou art of the beste man, and riȝtwis, and dredende God, and doende almesse deedis; and be ther seid blessing vp on thi wif, and vp on ȝoure fadris and modris, and see ȝee ȝoure sonus, and sonus of ȝoure sonus, vn to the thridde and ferthethe ferthe AH. ieneracioun; and be ȝour seed blessid of God of Irael, that regneth in to worldys of worldis. And whan alle hadden seid Amen, thei wenten to the feste; but and with dredethe drede E. of the Lord thei enhaunteden the feste of bri|dalis.

 CAP. X.

Whan forsothe Tobie made abidingusabidyng A. bi enchesoun of the bridalis, his fadir Tobie was stirid, seiende, Wenest thou, whi my sone abitabideth A., and whi he is with|holden there? Wenest thou, lest Gabel be dead, and no man ȝelde to hym the monei? Forsothe he began to be sori, and Anna, his wif, with hym; and thei begunne bothe togidyrOm. C pr. m. to wepe, for thi that theat the AFH. sett dai ther sone was not turned aȝeen to hem. Thanne wepte his modir with vnremediable teris, and seide, Allas me! my sone, wherto sente wee thee to pilgrimagen, the liȝt of oure eȝen, theOm. AH. staf of oure eelde, solace of oure lif, hope of oure after bringing forth of childer? Alle thingis togidere in thee oon hauende, wee shulden not lete thee gon fro vs. To whom seide Tobie, Be stille, and wile thou not be disturbid; hol is oure sone; feithful inowynowȝ AEF. and trewe H. is that man, with the whiche wee senten hym. She forsothe no wise myȝte take coumfort, but eche dai stertende out, beheeld aboute, and wente aboute alle the weies, bi theOm. C. whiche semede hope of turnyng aȝeen, that afer she myȝte seen hym comendelyuynge E pr. m., if it myȝte be do. But forsothe Raguel seide to his sone in lawe, Dwel heer, and I shal senden a messager of helthe fro thee to Tobie, thi fader. To whom Tobie seide, I knew, that my fader and my moder now counten the daȝes, and ther spirit is tormentid in hem. And whan withthat C. manye woordis Raguel preȝ|ede Tobie, and he hym bi no resoun wolde heren, he toc to hym Sara, and the half part of al his substaunce, in childer, in hand wymmen, in bestis, in camailis, and in kijn, and myche monee; and saaf and ioȝende he lafte hym fro hym, seiende, The holi aungil of the Lord be in ȝoure weie, and ful bringe ȝou sound, and finde ȝee alle thingus riȝte aboute ȝoure fadris and modris, and see myn eȝen ȝoure sonus, rathere than I die. And the fader and moder, takende ther doȝter, kisten hyr, and laften hir to gon, monestende hirOm. AH. to wrshipen hir fader and moder in lawe, to looue the hus|bonde, to reule the meyne, to gouerne the hous, to ȝiue hirself vnreprefable.

 CAP. XI.

And whan thei weren turned aȝeen, thei camen to Carre, that is in myddel wei aȝen Nynyuen, the elleuenthe dai. And the aungil seide, Tobie brother, thou wost, what maner thou laftist thi fader. And so if it plese to thee, go wee beforn; and with softe pas the meyne, to|gidere with thi wif and with the bestys, folewe thei oure wei. And whan that hadde plesid, that thei shulden go, Rafael seide to Tobie, Tac with thee of the galle of the fish, forsothe it shal be necessarie. And so Tobie toc of that galle, and thei wenten. Anne forsothe sat beside the weie eche dai in the euese of the hil, fro whennus she myȝte beholden fro aferr. And whil fro the same place she beheeld his comyng, she saȝ aferr, and anoon she knewȝ hir sone comende; and rennende she tolde to hir husbonde, seiende, Lo! thi sone cometh. And Rafael seide to Tobie, But wher thou shalt gon in to thin hous, anoon honoure the Lord thi God, and gracis doende to hym, neȝhe to thi fader, and kis hym. And anoon anointe vp on hys eȝen of that galle of the fish, that thou berest with thee; wite thou forsothe, for anoon his eȝen shul ben opened, and thi fader shal seen the liȝt of heuene, and in thi siȝte he shal ioȝen. Thanne the hound ran be|forn, that togidere was in the weie, and, as a messager comende neiȝOm. C., with the faunyng of his tail he ioȝede. And ri|sende vp the blinde fader, stumblende with the feet, began to rennen, and, the hond ȝiuen to the child, he cam aȝen to meete with his sone. And takende he kiste hym, with his wijf, and thei be|gunnen bothe to wepe with ioȝe. And whan thei hadden honourid God, and do gracys, thei seten togidere. Thanne Tobie, takende of the galle of the fish, enointede the eȝen of his fadir. And he suffrede as almost half an hour, and the ryme of his eȝen began, as the fellis of an ey, to gon out. The whiche Tobie takende, droȝ fro his eȝen, and anoon he resceyuede siȝt. And thei glorifieden God, he, that is, and his wif, and alle that knewen hym. And Tobie seide, I blesse thee, Lord God of Irael, for thou hast chas|tisid me, and thou hast sauyd me; and lo! I see Tobie, my sone. Also after seuen daȝes Sara, the wif of his sone, cam in, and al the meyne, and the bestis hole, and the camailis, and myche monee of the wif, but and the monee that he hadde taken of Gabel. And he tolde to his fader and moder alle the benefetus of God, that he hadde don abouten hym bi the man, that hym hadde lad. And ther camen Achior and Nabath, `cosynes toand the childre of E pr. m. Tobie, ioȝende to Tobie, togidere thank|ende to hym of alle goodis, that God hadde shewid abouten hym. And bi seuene daȝes etende, withwith hym C pr. m. gret ioȝe thei gladeden.

 CAP. XII.

Thanne Tobie clepide to hym his sone, and seide to hym, What moun wee ȝiue to this holi man, that with thee cam? Tobie answerende seide to his fadir, Fader, what meede shul wee ȝiue to hym, or what thing wrthi mai ben to the bene|fetis of hym? Me he hath led, and aȝeen broȝt hol; the monee fro Gabel he toc; a wif he me made to han, and the deuel fro hir he refreynede; ioȝe he dide to hir fader and to hir moder; me myself fro the deuouring of the fish he delyuerede; thee also to seen the liȝt of heuene he made; and with alle goodis bi hym wee ben fulfild; what to hym to these thingus wrthi wee shuln moun ȝiue? But I aske thee, fader, that thou preȝe hym, if par|auenture he shal vouche saf the half of alle thingus, what euere ben broȝt, to take to hym. And clepende hym his fader and the sone, token hym apart, and thei begunne to preȝen, that he vouche saaf theOm. AH. half part of alle thingus, that thei broȝten, acceptid to han. Thanne he seide to hem priueli, Blesseth God of heuene, and beforn alle thingus liuende knoulecheth to hym, for he hath don his merci with ȝou. Forsothe the sacrament of the king to hiden is good; the werkis forsothe of God to shewen and to know|lechen is wrshipeful. Good is orisoun with fasting, and almesse deede more than tresores of gold to hiden; for almes deede fro deth deliuereth, and it is that purgeth synnes, and shal make to finde euere lastende lif. Thei forsothe that don synne and wickenessewickednesse AEFH., ben enemys of ther soule. Thanne I opene to ȝou the treuthe, and shal not hide fro ȝou the priue woord. Whan thou preȝedest with teris, and thou biriedest the deade, and laftist the mete, and the deade bi dai thou hiddest in thin hous, and thein the A. nyȝt thou biriedest, I offride thin orisoun to the Lord. And for thou were acceptid to God, it was nedful that temptacioun shulde preue thee. And now the Lord sente me, that I shulde hele thee, and Sara, the wif of thi sone, fro the deuel deliueren. I forsothe am Rafael, aungil, oon of the seuene that stonden befor the Lord. And whan these thingus thei hadden herd, thei ben disturbid, and fel|len doun tremblende vp on ther face. And the aungil seide to hem, Pes to ȝou, wileth not dreden; forsothe whan I was with ȝou, I was bi the wil of God. Forsothe I was seen with ȝou to eten and to drinken; but I inuysible mete, and drink that of men mai not ben seen, vse. Time is thanne, that I turne aȝeen to hym, that me sente; ȝee forsothe blesseth God, and telleth out alle his merueilis; hym blisseth, and syngeth to hym. And whan these thingus he hadde seid, he is born awei fro the siȝte of hem; and thei myȝten seen hym no mor. Thanne thei, throwen doun bi thre houris in to the face, blessidenthei blessiden E pr. m. God.

 CAP. XIII.

And risende thei tolden alle his mer|ueilis. Forsothe theOm. C. eldere Tobie, open|ende his mouth, blesside God, and seide, Lord, thou art gret in to with oute ende, and in to alle worldis thi reume; for thou scourgist, and sauest; ledest to hellis, and aȝeen bringist; and ther is not that ascapeascapith A. thin hond. Knoulecheth to the Lord, ȝee sonus of Irael, and in the siȝte of Jentilis preiseth hym; for therfore he scaterede ȝou among Jentilis, that vn|knowen God, that ȝee tellen out his mer|ueilis, and makenmaketh AH. hem to knowen, for there is noon other God almyȝti biside hym. He chastiseth vs for oure wicked|nesse; and he shal sauen vs for his mercy. Beholdeth thanne, what thingis he hath do with vs, and with drede and trem|bling knoulecheth to hym; and the king of worldis enhaunseth in ȝoure werkus. I forsothe in the lond of my caitifte shal knouleche to hym; for he hath shewid his mageste in to aOm. AH. synful folc. Beth conuertid also, ȝee synful men, and doth riȝtwisnesse befor God, leeuende that he doth mercy with vs. I forsothe and my soule in hym shuln gladen. Blesseth the Lord, ȝee alle chosen of hym; doth daȝes of gladnesse, and knoulecheth to hym. Jerusalem, cite of God, the Lord hath chastisid thee in the werkis of thin hondis. Knouleche thou to God in thi goodis, and blesse God of worldys, that he bilde aȝeen in thee his tabernacle, and clepe aȝeen to thee alle thi caitiues; and thou ioȝe into alle worldis of worldis. With shynende liȝt thou shalt shyne, and alle the costus of erthe shuln honoure thee. Naciouns fro aferr shuln come to thee, and bring|ende ȝiftus shuln honouren in thee the Lord, and thi lond in to halewing thei shuln han; forsothe a gret name thei shul inwardli clepen in thee. And cursid shuln ben, that despise thee, and dampned shul be, that blasfemen thee; and blessid shul be that bilden vp thee. Thou for|sothe shalt gladen in thi sonus, for alle shul be blessyd, and be gedered togidere to the Lord. BlessidBlessid ben A. alle that loouen thee, and that ioȝen vp on thi pes. My soule, blesse the Lord, for he hath de|lyuered Jerusalem, his cite, fro alle his tribulaciouns, the Lord oure God. Blessid I shal be, if ther weren relikis of mythi E pr. m. sed to be seen the clerte of Jerusalem. The ȝatus of Jerusalem of safijr and of smaragd shul be bild, and of precious ston al the cumpas of his wallis. AndOm C. of whyit ston and clene gold alle his streetis shul ben pauyd; bi his tounus alleluia shal be sungen. Blessid the Lord that enhauncide it, that his reume be in to worldys of worldys vp on it. Amen.

 CAP. XIV.

And the woordis of Tobie ben ful endid; and after that he is liȝtid to seen, he liuede two and fourti ȝer, and he saȝ the sonus of his sonus sonus. And so ful|fild an hundrid ȝer and tweluetwo E pr. m., he is biryeddeed and biried A. wrshipefulli in Nynyue. Of sixe and fifti ȝer forsothe he lafte the liȝt of eȝen; forsothe in the sixtithe ȝeer of age he resceyuede. The remnaunt forsothe of his lif was in ioȝe, and with good pro|fit of the drede of God he passide in pes. In the hour forsothe of his deth he cle|pide to hym Tobie, his sone, and seuene ȝunge sonus of hym, his sonus sonus, and seide to hem, Neeȝh shal be the destruc|cioun of Nynyue, forsothe the woord of God falleth not of; and oure brethern, that ben scaterid fro the lond of Irael, shul be turned aȝeen to it. Al forsothe the desert lond of it shal be fulfild, and the hous of God, that in it was brent, shal be bild aȝeen, and thider shul turne aȝeen alle men dredende God. And Jentilis shuln leue there maumetus, and thei shul come to Jerusalem, and dwellen in it. And ther shul ioȝen in it alle kingus of erthe, honourende the kingkingis E pr. m. of Irael. Hereth thanne, my sonus, ȝoure fader; serueth to the Lord in drede and in treuthe; and inwardli secheth, that ȝee do that ben plesaunt to hym. And to ȝoure sonus comaundeth, that thei do riȝt|wisnessis and almesse deedis; that thei be myndeful of God, and blesse God in alle time, in treuthe and in al his vertue. Now thanne, my sonus, hereth me, and wileth not dwellen heer, but what euere dai ȝee birie ȝoure moder aboute me in o biriele, fro that tyme dresseth ȝoure go|ingus, that ȝee go hennus; forsothe I see that his wickednesse ende shal ȝiue to it. It is do forsothe after the deth of his moder, Tobie wente awei fro Nynyue, with his wif, and sonushis sones A., and sonus of sonushis sones A., and is turned aȝeen to his fader and moder in lawe. And he fond hem sound in good eelde. And the cure of hem he bar, and he closide the eȝen of hem; and al the eritage of the hous of Raguel he perceyuede, and he saȝ the fifte ieneracioun, the sonus of his sonus. And fulfild nynti and nyne ȝer in the drede of the Lord, with ioȝe thei birieden hym. Al forsothe his kinrede, and al his ieneracioun, in good lif, and in holy con|uersacioun, abod stille, so that thei weren acceptid bothe to God and to men, and to alle dwellende in the lond.

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Anentus the Ebrues the boc of Judith is rad among thoo scriptures, whos autour is vnknowen, whos autorite to be strengthid thoo thingus that in to strijf comen lasse couenable isben AFHLO. demed; ner the latere in Caldeis sermoun writen among the stories it is countid. But for this boc Nycenein Nicenys LO. synodsene AFHILO. in the noumbre of holi scripturis is rad to hanhaue be LO. countid, I assentide to ȝoure asking, ȝhe, to ȝoure stedefast asking; and the occupaciouns leid aside, with whichethe whiche AFHI. hugeli I was artid, to thys thing o litil waking whileOm. LO. I ȝaf, more sence of sence than woord of woord translatende. Of manye bokis the most vicious diuersete IOm. LO. kutte awei, onli thoo thingus that with parfitprofyt LO. vnderstond|inge I myȝte finde in Caldeis woordis, in Latin I expressede. Taketh Judith, widewe, saumple of chastyte, and declareth in perpetewel wrshipeful tellingus with the preising of victorie. This forsothe not oneli to wymmen, but also to men, wrthi to ben folewid he ȝaf, that, ȝeldere of hir chastite, such a vertue ȝaf to hir, that the vnouercomen of alle men she ouercam, and the vnouerpassable she ouerpassede.

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Judith, widewe, the doȝter of Merari, of the linage of Symeon, ful miche gret in glorie, and of men the parfitere; the whiche in figure of the churche girde of the deuel in the hed, ne she dradde deth for the helthe of the puple, ne the kingus wod|nesse quakide; for whi the slepende prince she sloȝ, and, saued the chastite, to hir citeseynus she broȝte aȝeen the principal victorie; forsothe she liuede an hundrid ȝer and fiue, and is biried in the spelunke of hir husbonde Manasse, in Betulia.

Here endith the prolog of Judith, and now begynneth the bookFrom A. Here endeth the prolog of Judith, se now the booc. I. Here endith the prolog of Judith, and bygynneth the book of hir. LO. No final rubric in the other Mss.. Here beginneth the bok of JudithFrom F. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

ARFAXATH forsothe, king of Meedis, hadde put vnder ȝoc manie Jentilis to his empire; and he bilde vp a cite most myȝti, that he clepede Egbatenys. Of square stones and hewen he made his wallis, in heiȝte of seuenti cubitus, and in breede of thretti cubitus. His tourys forsothe he sette in heiȝte of an hundrid cubitis. Bi square forsothe of hem either side was strecchid, in space of twenti feet; and he putte his ȝatis in the heiȝte of the touris. And he gloriede, as myȝti in myȝt of his ost, and in glorie of his foure horsid carriscartis AFH.. The twelfthe ȝer therfore of his regne, Nabugodonosor, king of Assiries, that regnede in the grete cite of Nynyue, faȝt aȝen Arfaxath, and waan hym in the grete feld, that is clepid Ragau, aboute Eufraten, and Tigre, and Jodasan, in the feld of Erioth, king of ElikisElibis AFH.. Thanne is enhauncid vp the reume of Nabugodonosor, and his herte is reridarered AFH.; and he sente to alle, that dwel|ten in Cicilie, and Damasch, and Lyban, and to the Jentilis, that ben in Carmel and Cedar, and to the dwelleris in Gali|lee, and in the grete feld of Esdrelon, and to alle, that weren in Samarie, and beȝonde Jordan flod, vnto Jerusalem; and to al the lond of Jesse, to that me cometh to the hillis of Ethiope. To alle these Nabugodonosor, king of Assiries, sente messageres; the whiche alle with o wil withseiden, and thei senten hem aȝeen voide, and with oute wrshipe casten awei. Thanne endeyned kingthe kyng A. Nabugo|donosor to al that lond, swor bi the rewme and his trone, that he shulde de|fenden hym fro alle thoo regiounus.

 CAP. II.

The threttenthe ȝer of Nabugodonosor king, the two and twentithe dai of the firste moneth, ther is don a woord in the hous off Nabugodonosor, king of As|siries, that he shulde defenden hym. And he clepede to hym alle the more thurȝ birthe, and alle the dukis, his fiȝteres; and he hadde with hem the priuyte of his counseil. And he seide his thenk|ing in hym to ben, that al the erthe he shulde vnder ȝoke to his empire. The whiche sawe whan it pleside to alle men, king Nabugodonosor clepede Olofernes, prince of his chiualrie, and seide to hym, Go out aȝen eche reume of the west, and aȝen hem nameli, that despiseden myn empire. And thi eȝe spare not to any reume, and alle strengthid cite thou shalt vnderȝoke to me. Thanne Olofernes cle|pyde dukis and the maister domys men of the vertue of Assiries, and noumbrede men in to the speding, as the king co|maundede to hym, an hundrid and twenti thousend of fiȝtende foot men, and horse men and archeris twelf thousend. And al his ost redi he made to go before in multitude of vnnoumbrable camailis, with thoo that shulden suffisen plenteuousli to the ostis, of oxen also droues, and flockis of shep, of the whiche was no noumbre. Whete of al Cirie in his going he ordeynede to be maad redi. Myche forsothe gold and siluer of the hous of the king he toc ful myche. And he wente forth, he, and al the ost, with foure horsid cartis, and horse men, and archeris, that couereden the face of the erthe, as lo|custus. And whan he hadde ouerpassid the coostus of Assiries, he cam to the grete hillis of Auge, that ben fro the lift side of Cicilie; and he steȝede vp alle the castelis of hem, and weldede eche hold strengthid. Forsothe he brac out the most riche cite Melothi, and spoilide alle the sonus of Tarsis, and the sonus of Is|mael, that weren aȝen the face of desert, and at the south of the lond of Celeon. And he passide ouer Eufraten, and cam in to Mesopotanee, and brac alle the heȝe cites that weren there, fro the strem of Mambre vn to it be ful come to the se. And he ocupiede the termes of it fro Cicilie vn to the coostus of Jafeth, that ben to the south. And he broȝte alle the sonus of Madian, and spoilide alle the richessis of hem; and alle with stondende to hym he sloȝ in the mouth of theOm. C pr. m. swerd. And after these thingus he cam doun in to the feldis of Damasch, in the daȝes of rep, and he brende vp alle the sowen thingus, and alle trees and vynes he made to ben hewen doun; and the drede of hym fel vp alle the dwelleris in the lond.

 CAP. III.

Thanne thei senten ther legatus of alle cites and prouyncis, the kingus and the princis of Cirie, that is, of Mesopotanie, and of Cirie Sobal, and of Libie, and of Cicilie. The whiche comende to Olofer|nen, seiden, Cese thin indignacioun aboute vs; betere forsothe it is that liuende wee serue to Nabugodonosor, the grete king, and soget wee be to thee, than diende with oure deth wee vsselfouresilf AFH. suffre the harmys of oure seruyse. Al oure cite, aland al A. of H. oure possessioun, alle hillis, and litle hillis, and feldis, and droues of oxen, and flockis of shep, and of she get, and of hors, and of camailis, and alle oure facul|tees and meynes in thi siȝte ben; alle thingus ben vndir thi lawe. Wee also and oure sonus ben thy seruauns. Cum to vs a pesible lord, and vse oure ser|uyse, as it pleseth to thee. Thanne he cam doun fro the hillis, with horsmen in gret vertue, and weldede eche cite, and alle menman C. dwellende in the lond. Of alle forsothe cites he toc to hym helperis, stronge men and chosen to bataile. And so myche drede to that prouynce fel in, that of alle cites the dwelleris, princys and wrshipeful men, togidre with the puple wenten out in to meeting to hym comende, resceyuende hym with crounus and laumpis, ledende dauncis in trumpis and timbris. And ȝit ner the latere these thingus doende thei myȝten not swagen the feerste of his brest; for and ther cites he destroȝede, and ther mau|met wodus he heew doun. Forsothe king Nabugodonosor hadde comaundid to hym, that alle the goddis of the lond he shulde outlawen, that is, that he god alone were seid of these naciouns, that myȝten ben vnderȝokid bi the myȝt of Olofernes. Passende forsothe Cirie Sobal, and al Ap|panyam, and al Mesopotanye, cam to Idu|mes inin to AH. the lond of Gabaa; and he toc the cites of hem, and sat there bi thretti daȝes, in whichethe whiche AFH. daȝes he comaundede to be gedered togidere al the ost of his vertue.

 CAP. IV.

Thanne herende the sonus of Irael these thingus, that dwelten in the lond of Juda, dredden gretli fro the face of hym. Drede also and orrour assailede the wittus of hem, lest that he shulde do to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he hadde do to othere cites and to ther templis. And thei senten in to al Samarie, bi enuyroun vnto Jeri|cho, and thei ocupieden beforn alle the coppis of hillis; and with wallis thei enuyrouneden ther tounus, and gedereden whetis in to the befor greithing of fiȝt. The prest also Eliachym wrot to alle, that weren aboute Esdrelon, that is aȝen the face of the grete feld biside Dotaym, and to alle bi whom passing myȝte be, that thei welde the steȝingus vp of hillis, bi whiche weie myȝte be to Jerusalem, and there thei shulden kepe, where myȝte be streit weie betwen hillis. And the sonus of Irael diden after that Eleachym, the prest of the Lord, hadde ordeined to hem. And al the puple criede to the Lord with gret instaunce, and mekeden ther soulis in fastingus, thei and ther wymmen. And the prestus clothiden hemselue with heiris, and the ȝunge chil|der threwen hemself doun befor the face of the temple of the Lord, and the auter of the Lord thei couereden with an heire. And thei crieden to the Lord God of Irael alle togidere, lest weren ȝyuen ther childer in to prei, and ther wyues in to deuyseoun, and ther cites in to destruc|cioun, and the holi thingus of hem in to pollucioun. Thanne Eleachym, the grete prest of the Lord, enuyrounede al Irael, and spac to hem, seiende, Witeth, for the Lord hath herd oure preȝeeris, if dwell|ende ȝee abijde stille in fastingus and in preȝeeris in the siȝte of the Lord. Beth myndeful of Moises, the seruaunt of the Lord, thatthe whiche AFH. cast doun Amalech trost|ende in his vertue, and in his myȝt, and in his ost, and in his targetis, and in his charis, and in his horsemen, not with iryn fiȝtende, but with holi preȝeeris preȝende; so shul ben born doun alle the enemys of Irael, if ȝee stedefastli abijden in this werk, that ȝee han be|gunne. Therfore at this exhortacioun of hym thei, preȝende the Lord, abiden stille in the siȝte of the Lord, so that also these, that brent sacrifises offriden to the Lord, gird with heiris offriden sacrifise to the Lord, and ther was askis vpon the hed of hem. And of al ther herte alle preȝeden God, that he shulde visiten his puple Irael.

 CAP. V.

And it is told to Olofernes, prince of the chiualrie of Assiries, that the sonus of Irael maden hem redi to withstonden, and that thei hadden closid the weies of hillis. And with ful myche wodnesse he brende out in to gret wrathe; and he clepide alle the princis of Moab, and dukis of Amon, and seide to hem, Seith to me, who ben thise puple, that the hillis segen; and what maner, and hou fele ben the cites of hem; what also be the vertue of hem, or what be the multitude of hem, or who be the king of the chiualrie of hem; whi beforn alle, that dwellen in the est, these dispisidendispisen AH. me, and wenten not oute to meeten with vs, that thei shulden taken vs with pes? Thanne Achior, duke of alle the sonus of Amon, answerende, seith, If thou vouche saaf to here, my lord, I shal sei the treuthe in thithe AH. siȝt of this puple that in the mountaynes dwell|ith, and ther shal not go out a fals woord of my mouth. This puple is of the progenye of Caldeis; this first in Mesopotanye dwelte; for thei wolde not folewe the godis of ther fadris, that weren in the lond of Caldeis. And so forsakende the cerimoynes of ther fa|dris, that with the multitude of godis weren, o God of heuene thei herieden, the whiche and comaundede to hem, that thei shulden gon out thennus, and dwelle in Carram. And whan hungir hadde ouer|couered al the lond, thei wenten doun into Egipt, and there bi foure hundrid ȝer so ben multiplied, that the ost of hem myȝte not ben noumbrid. And whan the king of Egipt hadde greued hem, and in bildingusbieldynge A. of his cites in clei and tijl hadde vnderȝokid hem, thei crieden to ther God, and he smot al the lond of Egipt with diuerse veniauncis. And whan Egipcyenus hadden cast hem out fro hem, and veniaunce hadde cesid fro hem, and eft thei wolden hem taken, and to their seruise aȝeen clepen, hem fleende, God of heuene openede the se, so that on either side the watris as wallis weren maad sad, and thei drie foot the ground of the se goende passeden ouer. In the whiche place whil the vnnoumbrable ost of Egipcienus them shulde pursuen, so with watris it is couered, that ther lafte not neOm. A. oon, that the deede to after comeres shulde telle. Also, gon out the Rede Se, thei wenten aȝen the desertus of the mountus of Sina, in the whiche ne|uere man myȝte dwellen, or sone of man restide. There bitter wellis ben maad swete to them to drinke; and bi fourti ȝer ȝeris frute fro heuene thei geeten. Wher euere thei wenten in, with oute bowe and arwe, and with oute sheld and swerd ther God faȝt for hem, and ouercam. And ther was not that shulde asailen to that puple, but whan it wente awei fro the heriyng of the Lord his God. As ofte sithes forsothe biside hym ther God an other thei herieden, thei ben ȝiuen in to preithe praye A., and in to swerd, and in to re|pref. As ofte sithes forsothe thei othoȝten themself to han gon awey fro the heriyng of ther God, God of heuenehem A. ȝaf to hem vertue of withstonding. Ferthermore king Cananee, and Jebusee, and Feresee, and Ethee, and Euee, and Amorree, and alle the myȝti men in Esebon thei threwe doun, and the londis of hem, and the citees of hem thei weldeden; and vnto the time that thei hadden synned in the siȝte of ther God, goodis weren with hem, the God forsothe of hem hateth wickenessewickedenesse AEFH.. For and befor these ȝerys, whan thei hadden gon awei fro the weie that God hadde ȝiue to them, that thei shulden gon in it, thei ben destroȝid with manye batailis of naciouns, and manye of hem ben lad caitif in to a lond not theris. Forsothe not ȝorea ȝeer A. ago, turned aȝeen to the Lord ther God, fro the scatering that thei weren scaterid, thei ben gedered in to oon; and thei steȝeden vp alle these mounteynes, and eft weldenweeldiden A. Jerusalem, wher ben the holi thingus of halewis. Now thanne, my lord, enserche, if ther is any wickednesse of hem in the siȝte of ther God, and steȝe wee vp to hem; for takende he shal taken hem ther God to thee, and vnderȝokid shulthei shulen A. ben vnder the ȝoc of thi myȝt. If forsothe ther is noon offencioun of this puple befor ther God, wee shul not moun withstonde to them; for ther God shal defende them, and wee shul ben in to repref of al erthe. And it is do, whan Achior hadde cesid to speken these woordis, alleand alle AH. the grete men of Olofernes ben wrothe, and thoȝten to slen hym, seiende, either to other, Who is heOm. A. this that seith, the sonus of Irael to moun withstonde to king Na|bugodonosor and to his ostus, men with oute armys, and with oute vertue, and with oute wisdam of the craft of fiȝting? That thanne Achior knowe, forthat A. he bi|gileth vs, steȝe wee vp in to the moun|taines; and whan the myȝti men of hem weren taken, thanne with the same he shal ben smyte thurȝ with swerd; that alle folc knowen, forthat AH. Nabugodonosor is god vpon erthe, and bisides hym ys not an othir.

 CAP. VI.

It is do forsothe, whan thei hadden cesid to speken, Olofernes, endeyned hugeli, seide to Achior, For thou hast profecied to vs, seiende, that the folc of Irael was defendid of ther God, that I shewe to thee, that ther is no god but Nabugodonosor; whan wee han smyte them alle as o man, thanne and thiself with hem with the swerd of Assiries shalt dien, and al Irael with thee shal dispershen in perdicioun; and thou shalt preue, for Nabugodonosor be lord of al erthe; and thanne the swerd of my knyȝt|hod shal passe thurȝ thi sidis, and stikid thou shalt fallen among the woundid men of Irael, and thou shalt no mor take breth, to the time that thou be put out of the lond with hem. But forsothe if thi pro|fecie sothbe soth A. thou weenewenyst AEFH., falle not doun thi chere; and the palenesse that with|holdeth thi face, go awei fro thee, if these my woordis thou weenest not to moun be fulfild. Forsothe that thou knowe, for togidere with them that thou shalt knowe bi experiense, lo! fro this hour thou shalt be felashipid to the pu|ple of hem, and whan wrthi peynes of my swerd thei han taken, thiself shalt vnderlin to lic veniaunce. Thanne Olo|fernes comaundide to his seruauns, that thei shulden taken Achior, and leden hym in to Betulie, and taken hym in the hond of the sonus of Irael. And the seruauns of Olofernes, takende hym, wenten bi the wilde feldis, but whan thei hadden neȝhed to the mounteynes, wenten out aȝen hem slingeres. Thei forsothe, turnende aside fro the side of the hil, bounden Achior to a tree hondus and feet, and so bounden of cordis thei laften hym, and ben turned aȝeen to ther lord. But the sonus of Irael, co|mende doun fro Betulie, camen to hym, whom loosende theiOm. AEFH. ladden to Betulie, and in to the myddel of the puple hym settende askeden hym, what of thingus it were, that hym bounde the Assiries hadden laft. In thoo daȝes weren there princis, Osias, the sone of Myca, of the linage of Symeon, and Carmy, the whiche and Gothonyel. And so in the myddel of the elders, and in the siȝte of alle men, Achior seide alle thingus, that he askid of Olofernes hadde spoken, and what maner the puple of Olofernes wolde for this woord slen hym, and what maner he Olofernes wroth comaundede hym to be take to the men of Irael for this cause, that whil he shulde ouercome the sonus of Irael, thanne and that Achior he comaundecomaundide A. with dyuers tormentus to dien, for that that he hadde seid, God of heuene is the defendere of hem. And whan alle thingus Achior hadde expoun|ed, al the puple fel in to the face, honour|ende the Lord; and with comun la|mentingweymentyng A. and weping alle of o wil ther preȝeeris to the Lord helden out, seiende, Lord God of heuene and of erthe, see the pride of hem, and beholde to oure mek|nesse, and to the face of thi halewis tac heede, and shewȝ for thou forsakist not that befor alle thingus taken trost ofto A. thee, and principally takende trost of hemself, and of ther vertue gloriende thou meekist. And so the weping endid, and bi al the dai the orisoun of the pu|ple fulfild, thei coumforteden Achior, sei|ende, God of oure fadris, whos vertue thou hast prechid, he ȝeldere to thee this recompensacioun shal ȝiue, that thou ra|there seeshal se A. the deth of hem. Whan for|sothe the Lord oure God shal ȝiue this fredam to his seruauns, be and the Lord with thee in the myddel of vs, that as it shal plese to thee, so with alle thine thou dwelle. Thanne Osias, the counseil endid, toc hym in to his hous, and made a gret soper. And, alle the prestus clepid togi|dere, the fasting fulfild, thei eeten. After forsothe, al the puple clepid togidere, thurȝ out al the nyȝt withinne the chirche thei preȝeden, askende helpe of the God of Irael.

 CAP. VII.

Olofernes forsothe thatthe AEFH. tother dai co|maundide to hisOm. AH. ostus, that thei shulden steȝe vp aȝen Betulie. Ther weren for|sothe footmen of fiȝteres an hundrid and twenti thousend, and horse men twelue thousend, biside the redi cumpanyes of thooOm. AH. men, whom caitifte hadde ocupied, and weren broȝt fro prouyncis and cites, of alle ȝouthe. Alle togidere maden them|self redi to the fiȝt aȝen the sones of Irael; and thei camen bi the brinke of the hil vnto the cop, that beholdeth Dotaym, fro the place that is seid Belena vnto Sel|mon, that is aȝen Esdrelon. The sones forsothe of Irael, as thei seȝen the multi|tude of hem, thei threwen themself doun vpon the erthe, puttende askis vpon ther hedis, togidere of o wil preȝende, that God of Irael his merci shewe vp on his puple. And takende ther armys of ba|taile, seten bi the placis that leden the path of streit weie betwebitwix A. betwen E. bitwene H. the hilli placis, and thei weren kepende them al dai and nyȝt. But Olofernes, whil he goth aboute bi cumpas, fond that a welle, that flowide in to the watir condute of them, fro the south partie out of the cite diuersli reul|ide, and comaundedehe comaundide AH. to ben hewe doun the water cundute of hem. Ner the latere ther weren not fer from the wallis wellis, of the whiche theefli thei weren seen to drawe water, rathere to refreshen than to drinken. But the sonus of Amon and of Moab wenten to Olofernes, sei|ende, The sones of Irael not in spere and arewe trosten, but the mountaynes de|fenden hem, and strengthen hem the litle hillis sett in a dich broken beforn. Thanne that with oute going to fiȝtthe fiȝt C. thou mowe ouercome them, put keperis of wellis, that thei drawe not of hem; and with oute swerd thou shalt slen hem, or certis weried thei shuln take ther cite, the whiche thei weenen in the hillis to moun not ben ouercome. And these woordis pleseden beforn Olofernes, and beforn alle his cruel knyȝtus; and he sette bi enuy|roun hundredis bi alle the wellis. And whan this warde bi twenti daȝis was ful ended, faileden the cisternes and the ge|deringis of watris to alle the dwelleris in Betulie, so that ther was not with inne the cite, wher of thei myȝten han ynowȝ or for o dai, for at mesure watirthe water A. was ȝiue to the puplis eche dai. Thanne to Osias alle men and wymmen, and ȝunge men, and litle childer, gadered togidere, alle togidere with o vois seiden, The Lord deme betwenbetwixe A. bitwene H. vs and thee, for thou hast don in to vs euelys, not willende to speken pesibli with the Assiries, and for that God hath sold vs in the hondis of hem. And therfore ther is not that helpeth, whan wee ben throwe doun befor the eȝen of hem in thrist, and in gret perdi|cioun. And now gedereth alle men, that ben in this citee, that wilfulli wee of al the puple taken vs to Olofernes. Betere it is that caitif wee blisse God liuende, than wee die, and be repref to alle flesh, whan wee seen oure wiues and oure chil|der diento dien AH. beforn oure eȝen. Wee taken to witnesse to dai heuene and erthe, and God of oure fadris, that doth veniaunce on vs after oure synnes, that now ȝee take the cite in the hond of the chiualrie of Olofernes, that oure ende be short in the mouth of swerd, that lengere is maad in droȝte of thrist. And whan these thingis thei hadden seid, weping and gret ȝelling is maad in a gret chirche of alle men, and bi manye houris with o vois thei crieden to the Lord, seiende, Wee han synned with oure fadris, vn|riȝtwisli wee han don, wickednesse wee han maad. For thou art piteuous, haue merci on VS, and in thi scourge venge oure wickednessis; and wile thou not taken men knoulechende thee to the pu|ple that knowith not thee, that thei sei not among Jentilis, Where is the God of hem? And whan, trauailid with these cries and these wepingis, thei weren weri, Osias risende, the teris inshed, seide, Euene inwit beth, brethern, and these fiue daȝes bijde wee of the Lord mercy; parauenture forsothe his indig|nacioun he shal putten awei, and ȝiue glorie to his name. If forsothe, fiue daȝes passid ouer, helpe comethcoome AEFH. not, wee shul do these woordis that ȝee han spoken.

 CAP. VIII.

And it is do, whan these woordis hadde herd Judit, widewe, that was the doȝter of Merari, sone of Idor, sone of Joseph, sone of Ozie, sone of Elai, sone of Jam|nor, sone of Jedeon, sone of Rafoni, sone of Achitob, sone of Melchie, sone of Euam, sone of Mathanye, sone of Salathiel, sone of Symeon, sone of Ruben. And hir hus|bonde was Manasses, that diede in the daȝes of barli rip; forsothe he stod ouer theOm. AH. men bindende sheues in the feld, and ther cam hete vp on his hed, and he diede in Betulie his cite, and is biried there with his fadris. Forsothe Judit was the laft widue of hym now thre ȝer and sixe monethis. And in the ouerecorner A. partis of hir hous she made to hir a priue bed place, in whichethe whiche AEFH. with hir hand wymmen closid she dwelte; and, hauende vp on hir lendis an heire, fastide alle the daȝes of hir lif, saue sabatis, and newe mones, and the festis of the hous of Irael. Forsothe she was with fair be|holding ful myche, to whom hir husbonde hadde laft myche richesse, and plenteuous meyne, and possessiouns ful with droues of oxen, and flockis of shep. And this was in alle thingus most famous; for she dradde God gretli, ne ther was that shulde speken of hir euel woord. And so this whan she hadde herd, for Osias hadde behoten, that, the fifte dai passid ouer, he shulde take the cite, she sente to the prestis of Cambre and of Carmy. And thei camen to hir; and she seide to them, What is this woord, in theOm. AH. whiche Osias consentide that he take the cite to As|siries, if with inne fiue daȝes ther come not helpe to VS? And who ben ȝee that tempten the Lord? This woord is not that stire mercy; but rathere that rerearere AEFH. wrathe, and teende woodnesse. Ȝee han sett a time of mercythe mercy E pr. m. doing of the Lord, and in ȝoure dom ȝee han ordeyned a dai to hym. But for the Lord is pacient, in this synne othinke wee, and his forȝiue|nesse with teres aske wee; ne forsothe as a man so God shal thretenthreten VS A., ne as the sone of man to wrathe he shal ben en|flaumed. And therfore meke wee to hym oure soulis, and in contrit spirit and mekid serue wee to hym; and sei wee wepende to the Lord, that aftir his wil so he do with vs his mercy; and as oure herte is disturbiddisturblid AH. in the pride of hem, so also of oure mecnesse wee glorien. For wee han not folewid the synnes of oure fadris, that forsoken ther God, and honoureden alien godis; for the whiche hidous gilte thei ben ȝiuen in to swerd, and in to rauein, and in to confusioun to theralle there E pr. m. enemys; wee forsothe other God knowen not saue hym. Abijde wee meke the coumforting of hym, and he shal sechen out oure blod fro the torment|ingistormenting C. of oure enemys; and he shal meken alle Jentilis, who so euere rijsenarijsen AEFH. aȝen vs; and he shal make them with oute wrshipe, the Lord oure God. And now, brethern, for ȝee that ben prestis in the puple of God, of ȝou hangeth the lif of hem at ȝoure speche, rereth vp the hertis of hem, that myndeful ȝee be, for ȝoure fadris ben temptid, for thei shulden be preued, if verreli thei herieden therOm. AH. God. Myndeful owen thei to ben, what maner oure fader Abraham is temptid, and, bi manye tribulaciouns preuyd, the frend of God is maad. So Isaac, so Ja|cob, so Moises, and alle that pleseden to the Lord, bi manye tribulaciouns pass|eden feithful. Thei forsothe that temp|taciouns resseyueden not with theOm. AH. drede of God, and broȝten forth ther vnpa|cience, and the repref of ther grucching aȝen the Lord, ben exilid of the exilere, and of serpentisthe serpentis C. pershiden. And wee thanne venge we not vsselfoureself AH. for these thingus that wee suffren; but, wijtende to oure synnes these same lasse tormentis to ben, the scourgis of the Lord, as ser|uauns of the Lord that ben chastisid, to amendement, and not to han come to oure perdicioun, wee leeuenbileuen A.. And Osias and the prestis seiden to hir, Alle thingus, that thou hast spoke, ben sothe, and ther is not in thi woordis any repreuyng. Now thanne prei thou for vs, for thou art an holi womman, and dredende God. And Judit seide to them, As that, that I myȝte speken, ȝee knowen to ben of God, so that I purposide to do, preueth, if it is of God; and preȝeth, that God stedefast make my counseil. Ȝee shul stonden at the ȝate this nyȝt, and I shal gon out with my fre handmaiden; and preȝeth, that, as ȝee han seid, thethat the A. Lord in fiue daȝes beholde his puple Irael. Ȝou forsothe I wile, that ȝee serche my deede, and vnto the time that I bringe aȝeen woord to ȝou, noon other thing be don, but orisoun for me to the Lord oure God. And Osias, the prince of Jude, seide to hir, Go in pes, and the Lord be with thee inand in C sec. m. the veniynge of oure enemys. And, turnende aȝeen, thei wenten awei.

 CAP. IX.

The whiche goende awei, Judit wente in to hir oratorie, and, clothende hir with an heire, putte askesasshen A. asken H. vp on hir hed; and, throwende hirself doun to the Lord, criede to the Lord, seiende, Lord God of my fader Symeon, that ȝeue to hym a swerd in to defending of alienes, that weren defouleris in ther defouling, and nakeden the hipe of the maiden in to confusioun; and thou ȝeue the wymmen of hem in to prei, the doȝtris of hem in to caitifte, and al the prei in to deui|sioun to thi seruauns, that looueden thi looue; help, I beseche, Lord, to me widewe. Thou forsothe didist rathere thingis, and thoo after thoo thou thoȝtist, and this deede is, that thi self woldist. Alle forsothe thi weies ben maad redi, and thi domes in thi prouidence thou hast put. Beholde the tentis of Assiries now, as thanne the tentis of Egipcienus thou vouchedest saf to beholde, whan af|ter thi seruauns thei runnen armed, trost|ende in ther foure horsid cartis, and in ther horsing, and in the multitude of fiȝteres. But thou beheelde vp on the tentis of hem, and dercnesses ouertra|uaileden hem; the se heeld the feet of hem, and watris couereden hem. So, Lord, and these be maad, that trosten in ther multitude; and in ther charis, and in wepnys, and in ther arewis, and in speris glorien; and thei knowen not, for thou thi self art oure God, that to-tredest batailis fro the bigynnyng, and Lord name is to thee. Rere vp thin arm as fro the begynnyng, and hurtle the vertue of hem in thi vertue; falle the vertue of hem in thi wrathe, that behoten them|self to defoule thin holi thingus, and to polluten the tabernacle of thi name, and to throwe doun with swerd the horne of thin auter. Do, Lord, that the pride of hem be cut awei with ther owne swerd; be he taken with the grane of his eȝen in me; and thou shalt smyten hym of the lippis of my charite. Ȝif to me in wil stedefastnesse, that I dispise hym and his vertue, and I turne hym vp so doun. Forsothe he shal be the memorial of thi name, whan the hondis of a wom|man han throwen hym doun. Forsothe, Lord, not in multitude is thi vertue, ne in strengthys of hors thi wil; ne proude men pleseden to thee fro the begynnyng, but of meke men and of buxum euer|mor to thee pleside the preȝeere. God of heuenes, makere of watris, and Lord of eche creature, here me wrecche preȝ|ende and of thi merci principali takende trost. Haue mynde, Lord, of thi testa|ment, and ȝif woord in my mouth, and strengthe the counseil in myn herte, that thin hous in thinOm. AH. halewinge abijde stille; and alle Jentilis knowen, for thou art God, and ther is noon other biside thee.

 CAP. X.

It is do forsothe, whan she hadde cesid to crien to the Lord, she ros fro the place, in whiche she lai throwe doun tointo E pr. m. the Lord. And she clepide hir fre maiden, and cam doun in to hir hous; sheand she A. dide awei fro hir the heire, and clothide hyr|self out of the clothing of hir widewehed. And she wesh hir bodi, and oyntide hir|self with the beste myrre, and she platte the her of hir hed, and putte a mytre vp on hir hed, and she clothide hir with the clothis of hir jolite, and clothide hir|self gaȝe shon to hir feet; and she toc armes onournemenshonournementis E. ournementis F., and lilies, and ere ringus, and finger ringys, and with alle hir onournemenshonournementis E. ournementis AF. she onournede hir. To whom also the Lord ȝaf briȝtnesse, for al this composicioun not of lust, but of vertue heenghangide AEFH.; and therfore the Lord made more this fairnesse in to hir, that she aperede to the eȝen of alle men with fairnesse vncomparable. And so she putte on to hir fre maiden a botel of wijn, and `a vesselvessels AH. of oile, and potage, and dried figes, and loues, and chese, and wente forth. And whan thei weren come to the ȝate of the cite, thei founden Osiam abidende, and the prestis of the cite. The whiche whan thei hadden seen hir, stone|ȝende merueileden ful miche the fairnesse of hir. No thing ner the latere askende hir laften to passen, seiende, God of oure fadris ȝiue to thee grace, and al the counseil of thin herte with his vertue strengthe, and glorie vp on thee Jeru|salem, and be thi name in the noumbre of seintus and of riȝtwis men. And these, that ther weren, alle with o vois seiden, Be it do! be it do! Thanne Judit preȝ|ende the Lord, passede thurȝ the ȝatis, she and hir fre maiden. It is do forsothe, whan she cam doun the hil aboute spring of the dai, aȝen camen to hir the aspies of theOm. AH. Assiries, and heelden hir, seiende, Whennes comest thou, or whider gost thou? The whiche answerde, A doȝter I am of Ebrues, and therfore I fleiȝ fro the face of hem, for to comen I knew, that thei shul ben to ȝou in to prei taking, for thi that despisende ȝou wolden not freeli taken themself, that thei shulden finde mercy in ȝoure siȝte. For this cause I thoȝte with myself, seiende, I shal go to the face off Olofernes prince, that I shewe to hym the priuites of hem, and I shal shewe to hym, bi what entre he mai wynne hem, so that ther falle not oon man of his ost. And whan thoo men hadden herd hir woordis, thei be|heelden hir face, and she was in ther eȝen stoneyng, for thei merueileden ful myche the fairnesse of hir. And thei seiden to hir, Thou hast kept thi lif, for thi that such a counseil thou hast founde, that thou come doun to oure lord. This forsothe wite thou, that, whan thou stond|ist in his siȝte, he shal wel do to thee, and thou shalt be most acceptid in his herte. And thei ladden hir to the ta|bernacle of Olofernes, and shewiden hir. And whan she was comen in beforn his face, anoon Olofernes is caȝt in his eȝen. And hise tyraunt knyȝtis seiden to hym, Who despisede the puple of Jewis, that han so faire wymmen, that not for hem bi riȝt aȝen hem wee owen to fiȝten? And so Judit seande Olofernes sittende in the canope, that was of purper, and of gold, and of smaragd, and of most precious stones with inne wouen, and whan `in toOm. A. his face she hadde lokid, she honourede hym, fallende hyrself doun vpon the erthe; and the seruauns of Olo|fernes rereden hir vp, therthe A. lord co|maundende.

 CAP. XI.

Thanne Olofernes seide to hir, Euene inwit be thou, and wile thou not dreden in thin herte, for I neuere noȝede man, that wolde serue to king Nabugodonosor. Thi puple forsothe, if it hadde not de|spisid me, I hadde not rerid myn hond vp on it. Now forsothe sei to me, offor A. what cause thou wentist awei fro them, and it pleside to thee that thou hast come to vs. And Judit seide, Tac the woordis of thin hand maiden; for, if thou folewist the woordis of thin hand maiden, a parfit thing the Lord shal don with thee. For|sothe Nabugodonosor liueth, king of theOm. AH. erthe, and his vertue liueth, that is in thee to the chastising of alle liues er|rendelyuynge E pr. m. errynge sec. m.; for not onli men shul serue to hym bi thee, but and bestis of the feld obeshen to hym. Forsothe the redynesse of thin inwit is told to alle folkis; and it is open to al the world, for thou alone good and myȝti art in al his reume; and thi discipline to alle prouyncis is prechid. Ne that is vnknowen, that Achior spac, ne that is vnwist, that hym thou hast comaundid to fallen. Forsothe it is knowen so oure God offendid to synnes, that he hath sent by his profetis to the puple, that he shal taken it for ther synnes. And for the sones of Irael witen them to han offendid the Lord ther God, his trembling is vp on hem. Ferthermor also hungir hath asailid hem, and of the droȝte of water now among deade men ben countid. Therfore this thei ordeynen, that ther bestis thei slen, and the blod of hem thei drinken; and the holi thingis of ther Lord, that God comaundide not to be touchid, inOm. A. whete, win, and oile, these thingus thei han thoȝt to ȝiuen out, and wiln waste thoo thingus, that with hondus thei shulden not touche; thanne for these thingys thei don, it is certein that in to leesing thei shul be ȝiue. The whiche thing I, thin hand maiden, know|ende, fleiȝ fro them, and the Lord sente me these same thingus to telle thee. I forsothe, thin hand maiden, herie God, also now anent thee; and thin hand maiden shal gon out, and I shal preȝen God; and he shal sei to me, for he shal ȝelde to them ther synne; and comende I shal telle to thee, so that I shal bringe thee bi the myddel of Jerusalem, and thou shalt han al the puple of Irael as shep to whichethe whiche A. is no shepperde, and ther shal not berken orOm. A. oon aȝen thee; for these thingis to me ben seid bi the prouidence of God. And for God is wroth to them, I am sent these same thingus to telle theeto thee C.. Forsothe alle these woordis pleseden beforn Olofernes, and beforn his childer; and thei merueileden at the wis|dam of hir; and the tothertoon A. seide to the tother, Ther is not such a womman vpon erthe in siȝte, in fairnesse, andOm. A. in wit of woordis. And Olofernes seide to hir, God hath do wel, that sente thee befor the puple, that thou ȝeue it in oure hondis; and for good is thi beheste, if thi God do to me these thingus, he shal ben and my God, and thou in the hous of Nabugodo|nosor shalt be gret, and thi name shal be nemned in al erthe.

 CAP. XII.

Thanne he comaundede hir to gon in, wher his tresoriestresours A. tresour H. weren leid vp, and he comaundide hir to dwelle there; and he ordeynede, what shulde be ȝiue to hir of his feste. To whom answerde Judit, and seide, Now I shal not moun ete of these thingus, that thou comaundist to me to be ȝolden, lest ther come vp on me gilte; of thoo thingis forsothe that with me I haue broȝt, I shal ete. To whom seith Olofernes, If these thingis failen to thee, that with thee thou hast broȝt, what shul wee do to thee? And Judit seide, Lord, thi soule liueth, for thin hand maide shal not spende alle these thingus, to the time that God shul do in myn hond thoo thingus that I haue thoȝt. And his ser|uauns ladden hir in to the tabernacle, wher he hadde comaundede. And she askide, whil she shulde gon in, that ther shulde be ȝiue to hir fredam, the nyȝt, and beforn the liȝtwhile E pr. m., of going out to ori|soun, and of preȝing the Lord. And he comaundede to his cubicularies, that, as it pleside to hir, she shulde gon out, and comen in, to preȝen hir God bi thre daȝes. And she wente out on nyȝtis in to the valei of Betulie, and baptiside hirself in to the welle of watir. And as she steȝede vp, she preȝede the Lord God of Irael, that he shulde gouerne hir wei to theOm. A. deliueryng of hir puple. And goende in, clen she dwelte in the tabernacle, vnto the time she toc hir mete vnto euen. And it is don the ferthe dai, Olofernes made a soper to his seruauns, and seide to Vagio, gelding, Go, and sweteli moue this Ebru, that wilfulli she senteasente A. to dwelle with me. Forsothe a foul thing it is anent Assiries, if a womman scorne a man, doende that she passe fro hym withoute hir offis. Thanne wente in Vagio to Ju|dit, and seide, Be not adrad, thou goode child maidewomman C pr. m., to gon in to my lord, that she be maad wrshipeful beforn his face, and ete she with hym, and drinke win with gladnesse. To whom Judit an|swerde, What am I, that I aȝenseie to my lord? Alle thing, that shal ben be|forn his eȝen good and best, I shal do. What euere forsothe to hym shulde plese, that to me shal be best alle daȝesthe dais AH. of my lif. And she ros, and enournede hirself with hir clothis, and gon in she stod beforn his face. Forsothe the herte of Olofernes is smyten; forsothe he was brennende in the lust of hir. And Olo|fernes seide to hir, Drink now, and sitt doun in ioȝe; for thou hast founde grace befor me. And Judit seide, I shal drinke, lord, for my lif is magnyfied to dai be|forn alle the daȝes of my liuyng. And she toc, and eet, and dranc beforn hym thoo thingis, that hir hond maiden hadde maad redi to hir. And Olofernes is maad myrie `to hirOm. A., and myche win he dranc ful myche, hou myche in o dai neuere he hadde drunken in his lyue.

 CAP. XIII.

As forsothe euetideuentide AH. is do, his seruauns heȝeden to ther herbergeries; and Vagio closide the dores of the priue chaumbre, and wente. Forsothe alle weren ouer|trauailid of win; and Judit was alone in the priue chaumbre. But Olofernes lai in the bed, with to myche drunk|enesse aslepe. And Judit seide to hir child womman, that she shulde stonde with oute forthe befor the dore of the priue chaumbre, and waiten aboute. And Judit stod befor the bed, preȝende with teres, and with moouyng of lippis in silence, seiende, Conferme me, Lord God of Irael, and behold in this hour to the werkis of myn hondis, that thou rere vp thi cite Jerusalem, as thou hast behoten; and that, that I leeuende to moun be don bi thee thoȝte, I parforme. And whan that she hadde seid, she wente to the piler that was at the hed of his bed, and his swerd, that in it bounden heenghangede EF., she losede. And whan she hadde drawen it out, she toc the her of his hed, and seith, Conferme me, God of Irael, in this hour. And she smot twies in to his haterel, and she cutte of his hed; and she toc awei his canope fro the pileris, and she turnede out his body behedidbeheueded AEFH.. And after a litil while she wente out, and toc the hed of Olofernes to hir hand maiden, and comaundede, that she shulde putten it in to hir scrippe. And thei two wenten out after ther vsage as to preȝeere, and thei passeden the tentis, and, goende aboute the valei, camenthei camen C. to the ȝate of the cite. And Judit seide aferre to the keperis of the wallis, Openeth the ȝatis, for with vs is God, that dide gret vertue in Irael. And it is do, whan the men hadden herd hir vois, thei clepeden the prestis of the cite. And alle runnen aȝen hir fro the leste to the moste; for thei hopeden hir no mor to be to come. And, teendende liȝtis, alle wenten abouten hir. She forsothe steȝende vp in to an heiȝere place, comaundede to be maad silence. And whan alle hadden holden ther pes, Judit seide, Preiseth the Lord oure God, that forsaketh not men hopende in hym, and in me, his hand womman, hathhe hath A. ful|fild his merci, that he behiȝte to the hous of Irael, and hath slain in myn hond the enemy of his puple this nyȝt. And bring|ende forth of the scrippe the hed of Olo|fernes, shewide to them, seiende, Lo! the hed of Olofernes, prince of the chiualrie of Assiries; and, lo! the canope of hym, in whiche he lai in his drunkinhed, wher and bi the hond of a womman smot hym the Lord our God. Forsothe the Lord God liueth, for his aungil kepte me, and hennus goende, and there dwellende, and thennus hider turnende aȝeen; and the Lord suffride not me his hand womman to be defoulid, but with oute pollucioun of synne hath aȝeen clepid me to ȝou, ioȝende in his victorie, in myn ascaping, in ȝoure deliueraunce. Knoulecheth to hym alle, for good, for in to the world his merci. Alle forsothe, honourende the Lord, seiden to hir, The Lord blesside thee in his vertue, for bi thee to noȝt he hath broȝt ourehis E pr. m. enemys. But Osias, the prince of the puple of Irael, seide to hir, Blessid thou art, doȝter, of the Lord, the heȝe God, befor alle wymmen vp on erthe. Blessid the Lord, that made he|uene and erthe, and that hath dressid thee in to the woundis of the hed of the prince of oure enemys; for to dai so thi name he hath magnefied, that thi preis|ing go not awei fro the mouth of men, that weren myndeful of the vertue of the Lord in to with oute ende; for the whiche thingusthing AH. thou sparedest not to thi lif for anguysshis and tribulaciouns of thi kinrede, but holpedist to the falling befor the siȝte of oure God. And al the puple seide, So be it! so be it! For|sothe Achior clepid cam; and Judit seide to hym, God of Irael, to the whiche wit|nessing thou hast ȝiue, that he be vengid of his enemys, he the hed of alle mys|beleeued men hath hewen of in this nyȝt in myn hond. And that thou preue for so it is, lo! the hed of Olofernes, that in the despising of his pride God of Israel dispiside, and to thee deth thratte, sei|ende, Whan the puple of Irael were taken, I shal comaunde with a swerd to stiken hym thurȝ the sides. Seende for|sothe Achior the hed of Olofernes, an|guysht for inward drede, fel in to his face vpon the erthe, and his lif quap|pide. After forsothe that, the spirit taken aȝeen, he is reformed, he fel doun to hir feet, and honourede hir, and seide, Blessid be thou of thi God in al the tabernacle of Jacob; for in alle folc, that hereth thi name, shal be magnefied vp on thee God of Irael.

 CAP. XIV.

Judit forsothe seide to al the puple, Hereth, brethern; hangeth vp this hed vp on the wallis. And it shal be, whan the sunne goth out, eche man take his armes, and goth out with bure, not that ȝee go doun benethe, but as burewoodnesse E pr. m. doende. Thanne it shal nede ben, that the spieresspies C. of the lond flen to ther prince to be rerid vp to the fiȝt. And whan the dukis of hem comen to gidere to the tabernaclis of Olofernes, and finden hym hededheuedid EFH., in his blod wrappid, drede shal fal doun vpon hem. And whan ȝee knowen them to fleen, goth after hem siker, for God shal to-trede them vnder ȝoure feet. Thanne Achior seande the vertue that God of Irael hadde do, laft the custum of his hethenenesse, leeuedeand bileuede A. to God; and circumcidede the flesh of his ȝerde, and is put to the puple of Irael, and al the successioun of his kinrede vnto the dai that is now. Anon forsothe that sprungen is dai, thei heengenhangyden AEFH. vpon the wallis the hed of Olofernes; and echeeche one AEFH. toc his armes, and thei wenten out with gret noise and ȝelling. Whiche thing seande, the aspies runnen togidere to the tabernacle of Olo|fernes. Forsothe thei, that weren comende in the tabernacle, and befor the incomyng of the priue chaumbre makende noise, for ende to rerenarere AEFH. hym, bi craft casten vn|reste, that not of the rereresarereris AEFH., but of the noise makeris Olofernes shulde wakenawaken AEFH.. No man forsothe was hardi the taber|nacle of the vertue of Assiries knockende or entrende to openen. But whan his dukis hadden come, and the leders of thousendis, and alle the more of the ost of the king of Assiries, thei seiden to the priue chaumberleynes, Goth, and reretharereth AEFH. hym; for myis gon out of ther caues ben hardi to clepen forthOm. C. vs to bataile. Thanne Vagio, gon in to his priue chaumbre, stod befor the curtin, and made fawnyng with his hondis; for|sothe he trowide hym with Judit to slepen. But whan no mouyng of hym liende with the wit of eris parceiuede, he wente to neȝhende to the curtin, and rerendearerynge E. it, and seande the carein of Olo|fernes withouten hed to lin roten in his blod vpon theOm. C. erthe, criede out with a gret vois with weeping, and cutte his clothis. And gon in to the tabernacle of Judit, fond her not, and he out sterte with oute to the puple, and seide, An Ebru womman hath do confusioun in the hous of king Nabugodonosor; lo! forsothe Olofernes lith in the erthe, and his hed is not in hym. The whiche thing whan hadden herd the princis of the vertue of Assiries, alle cutten ther clothis, and vntolerable drede and trem|bling fel vp on hem, and ther inwittis ben disturbiddisturblid AH. gretly. And ther is maad an vntolerable cry in to the middel tentis.

 CAP. XV.

And whan al the ost hadde herd Olo|fernes of hedidheueded EFH., fleiȝ mynde and counseil froof A. them, and with onli trembling and drede stirid token socour of fliȝt, so that noon wolde speke with his neȝhebore; but, the hed bowid doun, alle thingus laft, to scapeascapyn AEFH. the Ebrues, whom armed vp on hem to come thei hadden herd, thei enforceden, fleende bi weies of feldis, and bi sties of ful litle hillis. And so the sonus of Irael, seande them fleende, folewiden, goende doun, and criende with trumpis, and ȝellende after hem. And for Assiries not togidere in oon wenten fallende doun in to fliȝt, the sonus forsothe of Irael with o cumpany pursuende fe|bleden alle, that thei myȝten finde. And Osias sente messageres bi alle the cites and regiouns of Irael. And so alle re|gioun and alle cite sente a chosen ȝoutheȝong A. armed after hem; and thei pursueden hem in mouth of swerd, to the time that thei came to the vtmost of ther costis. The tothere men forsothe, that weren in Be|tulia, wenten in to the tentis of Assiries, and the prei, that Assiries fleende hadden laft, thei token with them, and thei ben wrshipid gretli. Thei forsothe that had|den ben ouercomeres, ben turned aȝeen to Betulie, alle thingis whateuere weren of hem, thei token awei with them, so that ther was no noumbre in feld bestis, and in hous bestis, and in alle the mouable thingus of hem, that fro the leste vnto the myche alle weren made riche of `the `prei takinguspray takynge AH. of hem. Joachym forsothe, the heȝe bisshop of Jerusalem, cam in to Betulie with alle the prestis, that he see Judit. The whiche whan hadde gon out to hym, alle blessiden hir with o vois, seiende, Thou glorie of Jerusalem, thou gladnesse of Irael, thou the wrshipe doende of oure puple, that didist manli, and thin herte is coumfortid, for thi that chastite thou loouedest, and aftir thi man an other thou knewe not; and therfore the hond of the Lord coumfortide thee, and therfore thou shalt be blissid in to with oute ende. And al the puple seide, Be it do! be it do! Forsothe bi thretti daȝes vnnethe ben gedered the spoilis of the Assiries of the puple of Irael. But alle the proper richessis of Olofernes, that ben proued to han ben, thei ȝeue to Ju|dit, in gold, and siluer, and clothis, and iemmes, and in alle purtenaunces to household; and alle thingus ben taken to hir of the puple. And alle puplis ioȝeden, with wymmen, and maidenes, and ȝunge men, in orgnys and harpis. Thanne Judit song this song to the Lord, seiende, Begynneth in timbris; singeth to the Lord in cimbalis; manerly singeth to hym a new salm; ful out ioȝeth, and in|wardli clepeth his name. The Lord to|tredende batailis, Lord name is to hym. That putte his tentis in the middel off his puple, that he deliuere vs fro the hond of alle oure enemys. Assur cam fro hillis, fro the north, in multitude of his strengthe; whos multitude stoppide the stremessterris A. sternesse H., and the hors of hem couer|eden the valeis. And he seide hymself to brennen vp oure costis, and oure ȝunge men to slen with swerd, my fauntis to ȝiue in to prei, and maidenes in to cai|tifte. The Lord forsothe Almyȝti noȝede hym, and toctoc him AE pr. m. to the hondis of a wom|man, and confoundede hym. Forsothe the myȝti of hem fel not of ȝunge men, ne the sonus of a tiraunt smyten hym, ne heȝe ieauntus putten hem to hym; but Judit, wydewe, the doȝter of Merari, in the fairnesse of hir face vnloside hym. Forsothe she clothide hir fro the cloth of hyr widewehed, and clothide hir in the cloth of gladnesse, inand of A pr. m. ful out ioȝing to the sonus of Irael. She oyntideenoyntide AEFH. hir face with anOm. AH. oynement, and she bond togidere hir crisp heris with a mitre, to desceiuen hym. Hir gaȝe shon rauesh|eden his eȝen, hir fairnesse made his lif caitif; sche girde of with a swerd his haterel. The Persis grisiden hir stede|fastnesse, and Medis hir hardynesse. Thanne ȝelleden the tentis of Assiries, whan apereden my meke, drie waxende in thrist. The sonus of child wymmen pungeden them, and as childer fleende slowen hem; thei persheden in bataile fro the face of my Lord. A newe ympne singe wee to the Lord oure God. Lord Adonai, a gret God thou art, and beforn alle cleer in thi vertue, and whom no man mai ouercome. To thee serue alle thi creaturecreaturis A., for thou hast seid, and thei ben maad; thou sentist thi spirit, and thei ben formed; and ther is not that withstonde to thi comanding. Hillis fro foundemens shulnOm. A. ben moued with watris; stonus as wax shul melte befor thi face. Who forsothe dreden thee, gret shul be anentis thee bi alle thingus. Wo to the folc risende vp on my kinrede; the Lord forsothe Almyȝti shal venge in hem, in the dai of dom he shal visite them. Forsothe he shal ȝiue fijr and wormes in ther flesh, that thei be brend, and lyuen, and feelen vnto euermore. And it is do after these thingus, al the puple after the victorie cam to Jerusalem to honoure the Lord; and anoon as thei weren purified, alle offreden brent sacri|fises, and vouwis, and ther behestis. Forsothe Judit alle the armes of bataile of Olofernes, that the puple ȝaf to hir, and the canope, that she hadde taken, she toc in to the curs of forȝeting. For|sothe al the puple was ioȝeful after the face of seintis; and bi thre monethis the ioȝe of this victorie is solempnysid with Judit. After thoo daȝes forsothe eche wente aȝeen in to his owne; and Judit is maad gret in Betulie, and was more cler to alle men of the lond of Irael. For|sothe she was ioyned to the vertue of chastite, so that she knew no man alle the daȝis of hir lif, sithen is dead Ma|nasses, hir husbonde. Forsothe she was in feste daȝes forth goende with gret glorie. Forsothe she dwelte in the hous of hir man an hundrid ȝer and fiue; and she lafte hir damesele freefreest AH.. And she is dead, and biriede with hir husbonde in Betulie; and al the puple weilide hir seuen daȝes. In al the space forsothe of hir lif was not that disturbidedisturblide AH. Irael, and after hir deth manye ȝer. The daȝes forsothe of this feste of victorie of theOm. A. Ebrues in the noumbre of holi daȝes is acceptid, and heried of the Jewis fro that time vnto the present day.Here endith the book of Judith, and now bigynneth the prolog of the book of Hester. A. Here endith the bok of Judith, and now the bok of Ester. F.

Explicit liber Judith. ESTHER. Here bigynneth a prolog on the booc of EsterFrom E. Prologus. A. Here bigynneth the prolog on the book of Hester. L. No initial rubric in CFHIO..

`The boc of Ester to be maad vicious of dyuerse translatoures is knowenIt is knowun the book of Hester to be maad visious of dyuerse translatours LO., whom I, of the libraries of Ebrues takende vp, woord bi woord more openli translatide; the whiche boc the comun making drawith along hider and thider with the torne draȝtis, addende thoothe LO. thingis, that `of tymeofte tymes L. myȝten ben seid and herd; as it is wont to scoleris disciplines, and a theme taken, to out thenke what woordis he myȝte vsen, he that suffride wrong, or he that dide wrong. Ȝee forsothe, O! Paule and Eustache, that onli han studied to gon in to the libraries of Ebrues, and the striues of interpretoures han knowen, holdende Esterafter AHLO. an Ebru boc, beholdeth bi alle the woordis oure translacioun; that ȝee moun knowen me no thing also to han encresid addende, but with trewe wit|nessing simplelisympli AHLO., as it is had in Ebreu, the Ebru storie to han taken toin to L. Latin tunge. Ne we desiren the preisinguspreisyng LO. of men, ne blamingus wee dreden. Forsothe wee besiende to plesen to God, vtterli wee drede not the thretis of men; for God scatereth the bones of hem that desiren to plesen to men, andOm. L., after the apostil, they, that suche men ben, moun not ben theOm. L. seruauns of Crist. Ferthermor in the boc of Ester wee han maad an abece of red colour vnto the eiȝtheeiȝteenthe AHILO. lettre in diuers placis, willende, that is, the order of the seuenti interpretoures bi these thingus toOm. C. shewen ato a CI. wijs redere; we forsothe after the maner han leuere, andOm. I. in the making of theOm. H. seuenti remenoures, to pursue the order of Ebrues.

Here endith the prolog of Hester, and now bigynneth the bookFrom A. Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the booc of Ester. E. Here endeth the prolog of Hester, se now the book. I. Here eendith the prolog of Hester, and bigynneth i. co. L. Here endith the prolog on Hester, and bigynneth the book. o. No rubric in CFH.. HestherNo initial rubric, but only this running title in the Mss..CAP. I.

IN the daȝes of king Assueri, that regnede fro Jude vnto Ethiope, vp on an hundrid and seuene and twenti pro|uynces, whan he sat in the see of his regne, Susa cyte was the begynnyng of his rewme. The thridde thanne ȝer of his empire he made a gret feste to alle the princis, and to his most strong chil|dre of Persis, and of Meedis, to the noble men, and to the prefectus of prouincis, be|forn hym, that he shewe the richesses of the glorie of his regne, and the mykil|nesse, and the bost of his power myche tyme, an hundrid, that is, and foure score daȝes. And whan the daȝes of the feste weren ful endid, he bad al the puple that is founde in Susys, fro the moste vnto the leste; and he comaundede seuene daȝes a feste to be maad redi in the vestiarie of the ȝerd and of the wode, that was sett togidere with the kingis enournyng and hond. And ther heengenhongeden AEFH. on eche side tentis of the colour of the eir, and of goldene colour, and of iacinctin, sustened with bijs cordis, and purper, that weren inset with yuer cerclis, and thei weren vnderset with marbil pileeris; also goldene setis and siluerene vp on the raiedOm. AE pr. m. FH. pa|ment smaragd and pario stonesstrate stones E pr. m. weren disposid; the whiche thing the peynteur with wonder diuersete made fair. For|sothe thei, that weren biden, drunken of goldene cuppis, and with other and othere vesselis metis weren broȝt in; win also, as it was wrthi for the kingis grete doing, plente and chef was set. And ther was not that constreynede to drinke hem that wolden not; but so the king hadde or|deyned, befor settende sunder men of his princis to the bord, that eche man shulde take that he wolde. Also Vasthi, the quen, made a feste of wymmen in the paleis, wher king Assuer was wont to dwelle. And so the seuenthe dai, whan he was gladere cherid, and after to myche drinking was chaufid with win, he co|maundede to Naumam, and Baracha, and Arbana, and Gabatha, and Zarath, and Abgatha, and Carthas, seuene geldingis, that in his siȝte mynystreden, that thei shulden bringen in Vasthi, the quen, be|for the king, put vp on hir hed a dia|deme, that he shewe to alle `princis and puplisthe puplis and princis A. puplis and princis E. the fairnesse of hir; forsothe she was ful fair. The whiche forsoc, and at the kings heste, that bi the geldingis he hadde comaundid, she dispiside to comen. Wherfore the king wroth, andOm. C. with myche wodnesse tend, askide the wise men, that of the kingis maner euermor weren neeȝ to hym, and dide alle thingus bi the counseil of hem, kunnende the lawe and the riȝtis of more men; for|sothe the firste and the nexte weren Car|cena, and Secaba, Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamucha, seuene dukis of Persis and of Medis, that seȝen the face of the king, and first after hym weren wont to sitten; to what sen|tence quenthe quene E pr. m. Vasthi shulden vnderlyn, that the heste of king Assuer, the whiche bi geldingis he hadde sent, she wolde not do. And Manucha answerde, herende the king and the princis, Not onli quen Vasthi hath greued the king, but alle the princis and puplis, that ben in alle the prouyncis of king Assuer. Forsothe the woord of the quen shal gon out to alle wymmen, that thei dispise ther hus|bondis, and seyn, King Assuer comaund|ide, that Vasthi, the quen, shulde gon in to hym, and she wolde not. And bi this exsaumple alle the wiues of princis of Persis and of Medis shuln dispise the hestis of ther husbondis; wherfore riȝt|wis is the kingis indignacioun. If it plese to thee, go ther out a maunde|mentcomaundement A. fro thi face, and be it writen after the lawe of Persis and of Medis, the whiche to ouerpassen is vnleeful, that no more Vasthi go in to the king, but his reume an other, that is betere than she, take. And this be puplishid in echealle E pr. m. empire of thi prouynce, that is most brod, that alle wyues, bothe ofOm. E pr. m. more and ofOm. E pr. m. lasse, bere to ther husbondis wrshipe. And his counseil pleside to the king and to the princis; and the king dide after the counseil of Manucha, and sente epi|stelis bi alle prouyncis of his reume, that eche folc heren and reden myȝte, with diuerse tungis and lettris, men to be princis and more men in therther owne C. housis; and that bi alle puplis to be pupplisht.

 CAP. II.

And so these thingus don, after that the indignacioun of king Assuer fro fer|uour hadde passid, he recordide of Vasthi, and what she hadde do, and what she hadde suffrid. And the childer and his mynystris seiden to the king, Be ther soȝt to the king child wymmen, maidenes and faire; and be ther sent, that beholden biOm. AH. alle prouyncis faire child wymmen and maidenes; and bringe thei hem to Susa cite, and take thei in to the hous of wymmen, vnder the hond of Egei, geld|ing, that is prouost and kepere of the kingus wymmen; and take thei wym|menuswymmen AH. ournemensenourmentis AEFH., and othere thingus to vse necessarie. And who euere among alle to the eȝen of the king shal plese, she regne for Vasthi. The woord pleside to the king; and so as thei hadden moued, he comaundide to be do. Ther was forsothe a Jew man in the cite of Susis, Mardoche bi name, the sone of Jair, sone of Semei, sone of Cis, of the linage of Gemyny; that was translatid fro Jerusalem that time that Nabugodo|nosor, king of Babiloyne, hadde trans|latid Jeconye, theOm. AH. king of Juda; the whiche was the nurse of the doȝter of his brother, Edisse, that bi an other name was clepid Ester, and either fader and moder hadde laft, ful myche fair, and semeli in face; and hir fader and moder dead, Mardoche clepid hir to hym in to doȝter. And whanne the maundement of the king more wex knowen, and after his heste manye faire maidenes were broȝt to Susem, and to Egeo, gelding, wer taken, Ester also among othere child maidenes is take to hym, that she wer kept in the noumbre of wymmen. The whiche pleside to hym, and fond grace in his siȝte, that he shulde heȝen the wymmen enournyng, and ȝeue to hir hir partis and seuene most faire child wymmen of the hous of the king; and bothe hir and hir dameselis she shulde enournen and araȝen. The whiche wolde not to hym shewe the puple and hir kuntre; forsothe Mardoche hadde comaundid to hir, that of this thing vtterli she shulde holde hir pes. The whiche wente eche dai befor the vestiarie of the hous, in the whiche chosene maidenes weren kept, doende cure of the helthe of Ester, and willende to witen, what to hir shulde falle. And whan tyme was comen of alle the child wymmen by order, that thei shulden gon in to the king, alle thingus fulfild that to wymmenyswimmen A. enournynghonournyng EFH. pertende, the twelfthe moneth was turned ouer; so onli that sixe monethis thei shulde ben enoynt with myrtine oile, and othere sixe thei shulden vse maner pimentis and swote spice. And goende in to the king, what|euere thei hadden askid pertenende to ournyng, thei token; and, as it to them hadde plesid, enourned, of the chaumbre of wymmen to the kingus priue chaumbre wenten. And she that cam in at euen, wente oute at mornmorwen A. morewen EFH.; and thennes in to the secounde housis weren broȝt, that weren vnder the hond of gelding Zagazi, that stod before to the secoundarie wyues of the king; and she hadde no power of turnyng aȝeen more to the king, but if the king wolde, and hir hadde comaundid to come bi name. Forsothe the tyme turned ouer bi order, the dai stood, in that Ester, the doȝter of Abihael, brother of Mardoche, whom to hym he hadde clepid in to doȝter, shulde gon in to the king; the whiche soȝte not wymmenes enournyng, but whateuere thing wolde Egee, gelding, the kepere of maidenes, thoo thingis to hir to enournyng he ȝaf; forsothe she was ful semeli, and with vntrouable fairnesse, and to the eȝen of alle men gracious and loouesum was seen. And so she is lad to the priue chaumbre of king Assuer, the tenthe moneth, that is clepid Thebeth, that is, Januer, the seuenthe ȝer of his regne. And the king loouede hir more than alle the wymmen, and she hadde grace and mercy befor hym ouer alle the wymmen; and he putte the diademe of the reume vp on hir hed, and he made her to regnen in the stede of Vasthi. And he comaundide a ful glorious feste to be maad redi to alle the princis and to his seruauns, for the cou|pling and the bridalis of Ester; and he ȝaf reste to alle prouyncis, and grauntide large ȝiftis aftir principal gret doing. And whan the seconde maidenes weren soȝt, and gedered togidere, Mardoche dwelte at the kingis ȝate. And ȝit not Ester hadde told out the kuntre and hir puple, after the heste of hym; what euere thing forsothe he comaundide, Ester kepte wel, and so alle thingus she dide, as she was wont that tyme, that he nurshide hir a litil child. That time thanne that Mardoche at the kingus ȝate dwelte, ben wrothe Bagathan and Thares, two geld|ingis of the king, that weren porteres, and in the firste entre of the paleis dwelten; and wolden aȝen risen in to the king, and slen hym. The whiche thing was not vnknowen to Mardoche, and anoon he tolde to quenthe queen A. Ester, and she to the king, of name of Mardoche, that to hir the thing hadde told. It is soȝt, and isit is AH. founde, and either of hem is hangid in the iebet; and it is comaundid to the stories, and taken to the bokis of ȝeristhe ȝeris A. deedis, befor the king.

 CAP. III.

Aftir these thingus king Assuer en|hauncide Aaman, theOm. A. sone of Amadathi, that was of the linage of Agag, and putte his sete ouer alle the princis that he hadde. And alle the seruauns of the king, that withinne the paleis ȝatis dwelten, boweden knethe knee A., and honoureden Aaman; so forsothe the emperour hadde comaundid to hem; onli Mardoche bow|ede not knethe knee A., ne honourede hym. To whom seiden the childer of the king, that to the ȝatis of the paleys seten before, Whi beside other men thou kepist not the hestis of the king? Whan these thingus more often thei seiden, and heOm. AH. wolde not heren, thei tolden to Aman, coueitende to witen, whether he wolde stonde stedefast in the sentence; forsothe he hadde seid to them, hym to ben a Jew. The whiche thing whan Aman hadde herd, and bi experience proued, that Mar|doche bowide not kne to hym, ne ho|nourede, he is wroth ful gretli, and for noȝt tolde in to Mardoche on toOm. H. putte hondis; forsothe he hadde herd, that he was of Jew kinrede, and more wolde leesen al the nacioun of Jewis, that weren in the reume of Assuer. TheIn the C pr. m. firste moneth, whos name is Nysan, the twelfthe ȝer of the regne of Assuer, lot is leid in to a vessel, that Ebruli is seid fur, be|forn Aman, what dai and what moneth the folc of Jewis shulde be slayn; and the twelfthe moneth wente out, that is clepid Adar. And Aman seide to king Assuer, Ther is a puple bi alle the prouyncis of thi reume scaterid, and fro themselfhym silf AH. togidere seuered, newe vsende lawis and cerimoynes, ferthermor and the statutis of the king dispisende; and best thou hast knowen, that it spedeth not to thi reume, that ouercustomed it waxe proud bi leeue. If to thee it plese, deme that it pershe, and ten thousend of ta|lentis I shal lei to tresories of thi rich|esseritchessis A.. Thanne the king toc of his hond the ring that he vside, and ȝaf it to the enemys of Jewys, Aman, sone of Ama|dathi, of the kinrede of Agag. And he seide to hym, The siluer that thou be|hotist, be thin; of the puple do that to thee plesith. And the scribis of the king ben clepid the firste moneth of Nysan, the threttenthe dai of the same moneth; and it is writen, as Aman hadde co|maundid, to alle the satrapis of the king, and domysmen of dyuerse prouyncis and folkis, that alle folcfolkis AH. myȝten rede and heren, for the diuersite of tungis, of the name of king Assuer. And the lettris selidaselid E pr. m. with his ring ben sent bi the co|rouris of the king to alle his prouyncis, that thei shulde slen and don awei alle the Jewis, fro child vn to old man, litle childer and wymmen, o dai, that is, the threttenthethrettithe AH. dai of the twelfthe moneth, that is clepid Adar, that is, March; and ther goodis thei shulden forfeten. The sentence forsothe of theOm. H. epistelisepistil AE. was this, that alle prouyncis shulden knowe, and go themself to the forseide dai. And thei, that weren sent, heeȝeden to ful|fillen out the heste of the king; and anoon in Susis heenghongide out A. hangide EFH. the maundement froof A. the king, and Aman solempneli mak|ende a feste, and alle the Jewis, that in the cite weren, wepende.

 CAP. IV.

The whiche thingisthing C. whan Mardocheus hadde herd, he cutte his clothis, and is cladclothid AH. with a sac, sprengende askisasshen A. to his hed, and in the strete of the myddil cite with gret vois criede, shewende the bit|ternesse of his inwit, and with this wep|ing vnto the ȝatis of the paleis goende; forsothe it was not leful a man cladclothid AH. with a sac to entre the kingis halle. Also in alle prouyncis, burȝ townes, and placis, to the whiche the cruel bidding of the king hadde ful comyn, gret weil|ing was anentis the Jewis fastende, and ȝellende, and wepende, manye men vsende for bed sac and askisasshen A.. Forsothe the childerchild AH. wymmen of Ester, and the geld|ingus, wenten in, and tolden to hir; the whiche herende is stoneidastoneyd AEFH., and sente a cloth, that the sac don awei, he shulde clothin hym; the whiche taken he wolde not. And Athac, gelding, clepid, whom the king hadde ȝiue to hir seruaunt, she comaundide, that he shulde go to Mar|doche, and lernen of hym, whi that thing he dide. And Athac gon out, wente to Mardoche stondende in the strete of the cyte, beforn the dore of the paleis; the whiche shewide to hym alle thingus that hadden falle, hou Aman hadde behoten, that he shulde bringe siluer in to the tresories of the king for the Jewis deth. Also the saumple of the maundement, that heenghangede AEFH. in Susis, he ȝaf to hym, that to the quen he shulde shewen, and warnen hir, that she go in to the king, and preȝe hym for hir puple. And Athac, gon out, tolde Ester alle thingus, that Mardoche hadde seid. The whiche answerde to hym, and seide, that he shulde sey to Mardoche, Alle theOm. A. ser|uauns of the king, and alle prouyncis that ben vnder his comaunding, knowen, that outheror AEFH. man or womman not clepid entre the innermor porche of the king, withoute aȝeen clepingaclepyng F. anoon he beshal be A. slain, but if perauenture the king the goldene ȝerde to hym strecche for signe of mercy, and so he may lyuen; I thanne what maner shal moun entre to the king, that now thretti daȝis am not clepid to hym? The whiche thing whan Mardoche hadde herd, eft he sente to Ester, seiende, Ne wene thou, that thi lif onli thou deli|uere, for in the hous of the king thou art, for alle Jewis; if thou holdeholdist AEFH. thi pes, bi an other ocasioun the Jewis shul be deli|uered, and thou and the hous of thi fader shul pershen; and who knew, whether therfore to the reume thou camecome AEFH., that in such a time thou shuldest be redi? And eft Ester these woordis sente to Mardoche, Go, and gedere alle the Jewis, that in Susis thou findist, and preȝeth for me; ne eteth, ne drinkith thre daȝes and thre nyȝt, and I with myn hond wymmen lic maner shal fasten; and thanne not clepid I shal gon in to the king, aȝen the lawe doende, takende me to deth and to perile. And so Mardoche wente, and dide alle thingus, that Ester hadde comaundid to hym.

 CAP. V.

Forsothe the thridde dai Ester was cladclothed AEFH. with kingus clothis, and stod in the porche of the kingus hous, that was with|inne forth aȝen the kingis hous; andOm. C. he sat vp on his see, in the constorie of the paleis, aȝen the dore of the hous. And whan he hadde seen Ester, the quen, stondende, she pleside to his eȝen, and he straȝte out aȝen hir a goldene ȝerde, that he heeld with hond; the whiche neȝhende kiste the ouermorouermost AEFH. of his ȝerde. And the kyng seide to hir, What wilt thou, quen Ester? what is thin asking? Also if the half part of the reume thou aske, it shal ben ȝiue to thee. And she answerde, If to the king it plese, I beseche, that thou come to me to dai, and Aman with thee, to the feste, that I haue greithid. And anoon the king, Clepeth, he seith, Aman anon, that he obeshe to the wil of Ester. And so the king and Aman camen to the feste, that the quen hadde maad redi to hem. And the king seide to hir, after that he hadde drunke win plenteuously; What askist thou, that be ȝiue to thee, and for what thing preȝist thou? Also if the half part of my reume thou aske, thou shalt gete. To whom answerde Ester, Myn asking and my preȝeeris ben these. If I haue founde grace in the siȝte of the king, and if to the king it plese, that he ȝiue to me that I preȝe fore, and fulfille myn ask|ing, come the king and Aman to the feste, that I haue maad redi to hem; and to morn I shal opene to the king my wil. And so Aman wente out that dai glad and merie. And whan he hadde seen Mardoche sittende at the ȝatis of the paleis, and not onli not toOm. C. han rise to hym, but ne moued forsothe of the place of his sitting, he endeynede gretli; and the wrathe feyned, turnede aȝeen in to his hous, clepide to gidere to hym frendis, and Sares, his wif, and expounede to hem the mychilnesse of his richessis, and the cumpanye of sones, and with `hou mychewhat E pr. m. glorie vp on alle the princis and his seruauns the king hym hadde rerid. And after these thingus he seith, The quen also Ester noon other man clepeth with the king to the feste, saue me, anent whom also to morn with the king I am to ete. And whan alle these thingus I haue, no thing I wene me to han, as longe as I see Mardoche, Jeu, sittende at the kingis ȝatis. And Sares, his wif, and othere frendis answerden, Comaunde to ben maad redi an heiȝ bem, hauende of heiȝte fifti cubitis; and sei erli to the king, that Mardoche be hangid vp on it; and so thou shalt go with the king glad to the feste. And the counseil pleside, and he comaundide to be maad redi an heiȝ cros.

 CAP. VI.

That nyȝt the king ladde withoute slep, and he comaundide to be broȝt to hym stories, and the bokis of ȝeris deedis of rathere times. The whiche thingus whan, hym present, weren rad, it is come to that place, wher was write, hou Mar|doche hadde told the aspies of Gabathan and Thares, geldingis, coueitende to sle king Assuer. The whiche thing whan the king hadde herd, heOm. AEFH. seith, What for this feith of wrshipe or of mede Mar|doche hath goten? And his seruans and mynestres seiden to hym, No thing of mede vtterli he toc. And anoon the king, Who is, he seith, in the porche? Aman forsothe wente in the innerenere AH. porche of the kingus hous, that he make sugges|tioun to the king, that he comaunde Mardoche to be ficchid on the iebet, that to hym was maad redi beforn. And the childer answerden, Aman stantstoondith A. in the porche. And the king seide, Come he in. And whan he was comyn, he seide to hym, What owith to be do to the man, whom the king desireth to honouren? Aman thenkende in his herte, and trow|ende, that noon other man butthan AH. hym the king wolde honouren, answerde, The man, whom the king coueitith to honouren, owith to be cladclothed AEFH. with kingus clothis, and to be put vpon an hors that is of the kingus sadil, and to take the kingus diademe vp on his hed; and the firste of the kingus princis and knyȝtis holde his hors, and bi the stretis of the cite goende, crie he, and seie, Thus shal ben honoured, `whom euerewhom so euere A. the king wile honoure. And so the king seide to hym, HeeȝeHeiȝ thee A., and, the stole taken and an hors, do, as thou hast spoke, to Mardoche, Jew, that sitsittith AH. befor the ȝatis of the paleis; bewar, lest any thing of tho, that thou hast spoken, thou leue of. And so Aman toc a stole and an hors, and Mardoche cladclothed EF. in the strete of the cite, and set vp on thean AH. hors, wente beforn, and criede, This wrshipe he is wrthi, whom euere the king wile honoure. And Mardoche is turned aȝeen to the ȝate of the paleys, and Aman heeȝede to gon in to his hous, weilende, and the hed couered. And he tolde to Sari, his wif, and to frendis, alle thingus that hadden falle to hym. To whom an|swerden the wise men, whom he hadde in counseil, and his wif, If of the sed of Jewis is Mardoche, befor whom thou begunne to fallen, thou shalt not moun withstonde to hym, but thou shalt falle in his siȝt. Ȝit hem spekende, the geld|ingis of the king camen, and anon hym to the feste, that the quen hadde maad redi, thei constreyneden tohym to E pr. m. gon.

 CAP. VII.

And so the king cam inOm. C. and Aman to the feste, that thei shulde drinke with the quen. And the king seide to hir also in the seconde day, aftir that he was chaufid with wyn, What is thin asking, Ester, that it be ȝiue to thee, and what wilt thouthat C. to be dodo to thee C pr. vice.? Also if the half part of my reume thou aske, thou shalt gete. To whom she answerd, If I haue founde grace in thin eȝen, O! king, and if to thee it plese, ȝif to me my lif, for the whiche I preȝe, and my puple, for the whiche I beseche. Forsothe wee ben taken, I and my puple, that wee be to|treden, slainand slain C., and pershen; and wolde God in to thrallis and thrallessis wee were sold, and it were tolerable euel, and weilende I shulde holden my pes; now forsothe oure enemy is, whos cruelte reboundeth in to the king. And king Assuer answerende seith, Who is he this, and of what power, that these thingus he be hardi to do? And Ester seide, Enemy and oure werste enemy is this Aman. The whiche thing he herende anoon stoneȝede, not suffrende to bern the chere of the king and of the quen. For|sothe the king ros wroth, and fro the place of the feste wente in to a ȝerd set with trees. Also Aman ros for to preȝen Ester, the quen, for his lif; forsothe he vnderstod euel maad redi to hym of the king. The whiche whan was comen aȝeen fro the ȝerd set with wodis, and he hadde comyn in to the place of the feste, he fond Aman vpon the bed to han fallen doun, in the whiche lai Ester; and seith, Also the quen he wile opresse, me present, in myn hous. Ne ȝit the woord of the kingus mouth hadde gon out, and anon couereden his face the seruauns of the king. And Arbona, oon of the geld|ingus that stoden in the seruyse of the king, seide, Lo! the tree that he hadde maad redi to Mardoche, that spac for the king, stantstondith A. in the hous of Aman, hauende of heiȝte fifti cubitis. To whom seide the king, Hangeth hym in it. And so Aman is hangid in the iebet, that he hadde maad redi to Mardoche, and the kingis wrathe restide.

 CAP. VIII.

That dai king Assuer ȝaf to Ester, the quen, the hous of Aman, aduersarie of Jewis. And Mardoche wente in befor the face of the king; Ester forsothe knoulechide to hym, that he was hir emvncle AH. encle F.. And so the king toc the ring, the whiche of Aman he hadde comaundid to be resceiued, and toc to Mardoche. Ester forsothe sette Mardoche vp on hir hous. Ne with these thingus paȝed, she fel doun at the feet of the king, and wepte, and spac to hym, and preȝede, that the malice of Aman Agachite, and his werste castis, that he hadde thoȝt out aȝen the Jewis, he comaunde to be maad voide. And he of maner the kingus goldene septre strauȝte out with theOm. A. hond, with the whiche a tocne of the kingys mercy was shewid. And so she risende stod before hym, and seith, If it plese to the king, and if I haue founde grace in his eȝen, and my preȝeere be not seen to ben con|trarie to hym, I beseche, that with newe epistelis the olde lettris of Aman, spiere and enemye of Jewis, with the whiche he hadde comaundid them to pershen in alle the kingus prouyncis, be mendid; hou forsothe shal I moun suffre the deth and the slaȝter of my puple? And king Assuer answerde to Ester, the quen, and to Mardoche, Jew, The hous of Aman I haue grauntid to Ester, the quen, and hym I haue comaundidsent E pr. m. to be ficchid on the cros, for he was hardi to putte hond in to the Jewis. Thanne writeth to the Jewis, as it plesith to ȝou, in the kingus name, selende the lettris with my ring. For|sothe this was the custum, that to the epistolis, the whiche of the kingus name weren sent, and weren selid with his ring, no man shulde ben hardi to with|seyn. And the scribis and the librarijs of the king clepid; forsothe time was of the thridde moneth, that is clepid Ciban, that is, June, the thre and twentithe dai of it; ben write the epistolis, as Mardoche wolde, to the Jewis, and to the princis, and procuratoures, and iugis, that in an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouyncis, fro Ynde vnto Ethiope, befor seten, to pro|uynce and prouynce, to puple and puple, aftir tungis and ther lettris, and to the Jewis, that thei myȝte reden and heren. And tho epistolis, that in the kingus name wer sent, with his ring ben selid, and sent bi messageris, that bi alle the pro|uyncis rennende shulde come before the olde lettris with the newe messageris. To whom the king comaundide, that thei shulden gadere togidere the Jewis bi alle the cites, and thei shulden comaunden in oon to be gedered, that thei stonde for ther liues; and alle their enemys, with ther wiues and fre childer, and alle ther housis, thei shulden slen, and don awei. And ther is setsent A. biin A. alle pro|uyncisthe prouyncis AF. o dai of veniaunce, that is, the threttenthe dai of Adar, the twelfthe moneth. And the shorte sentence of the epistil was this, that in alleOm. A. londis and puplis, the whiche vnderleȝen to the em|pire of king Assuer, it shulde be maad knowen, Jewis to be redi to be take veniaunce of ther enemys. And ther wenten out messageris, berende beforn messagis; and the maundement of the king henghenged AEFH. in Susis. Mardoche forsothe of the paleis and of the siȝte of the king goende out, schynede in kingis clothis, iacinctine, that is, andOm. AH. of eirfeir H. colour, berende a goldene coroun in the hed, and wrappid with a silkene pal and purper; and al the cite ful out ioȝede, and is glad. For|sothe to the Jewis is seen to ben sprungen a newe liȝt, ioȝe, wrshiping, and daunc|ing, anentis alle puplis, cites, and alle prouyncis, whider euere the kingus maun|demens camen, merueilouse out ioȝingisioȝing AEFH., metys plenteuous, and festis, and feste daȝes, in so myche, that manye of the tother folc and sect to ther religioun and cerimoynes weren ioyned; gret for|sothe drede of Jewis name alle men hadde asalid.

 CAP. IX.

Thanne ofOm. A. the twelfthe moneth, whom Adar to be clepid now beforn wee seiden, the threttenthe day, whanne to alle the Jewis slaȝter was greithid, and enemys waiteden to the blod of hem, the while turned, the Jewis begunne to ben ouer heiȝere, and hem of the aduersaries to venge. And ther ben gedered bi alle citesthe citees H., burȝand burȝ AC. tounys, and placis, that thei shulde strecchen out hond aȝen enemys and ther pursueris; and no man was hardi to withstonde, for thi that the fer of the gretnesse of hem alle puplis hadde persid. For and of prouyncis the iugis, dukis, and procuratoures, and al dignete, that to alle placis and werkis weren be|forn, ful out enhauncide the Jewis, for drede of Mardoche, whom to be prince of the paleis and of myche power thei knewen; also the fame of his name wex eche dai, and bi theOm. A. mouthis of alle men ofte fleiȝ. And so the Jewis smyten ther enemys with a gret veniaunce, and slowen hem, ȝeldende to hem that thei to them hadden maad redi to dohan don E pr. m., in so miche, that also in Susis fiue hundrid men thei slowen, with oute the ten sonys of Aman Agagite, enemy of the Jewis, of whom these ben the namys; Fasondatha, Del|fon, and Esfata, and Forata, and Dalia, and Aridatha, and Efermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaisatha. Whom whan thei hadde slain, thei wolden not pursue praiespris C. of the substauncissubstaunce AH. of hem. And anon the noumbre of hem, that weren slain in Susis, is told to the king. The whiche seide to the quen, In the cite of Susis the Jewis slowen fiue hundrid men, and othere ten sones of Aman; hou myche slaȝter wenest thou them to en|hauntenhaunten A. in alle prouyncis? what more askist thou? and what wilt thou, that I comaunde to be don? To whom she an|suerde, If to the king it plese, be ther ȝiue power to the Jewis, that as thei diden to day in Susis, so and do thei to morn, and the ten sones of Aman be thei hangid in iebetis. And the king comaundide, that so it shulde be do; and anon in Susis heenghangede AEFH. a maundement, and the ten sonus of Aman ben hangid. The Jewis gederede togidere, the fourtenthe dai of the monyth of Adar, and ther be slain in Susis thre hundrid men, ne ther substaunce fro them is raueshid awei. But and bi alle theOm. AH. prouyncis, that vnder leȝen to the maundement of the king, the Jewis stoden for ther liues, the enemys slain and ther pursueris, in so miche, that fiue and seuenti thousend of slaine men weren fulfild, and no man of ther substaunce any thing touchide. Forsothe the threttenthe dai of the monyth Adarof Adar AH. was of o slaȝter anentis alle, and the fourtenthe dai thei lafte to slen; whom thei ordeyneden to be so|lempne, that in that time eche ȝer ther|after thei shulden voiden to plenteuous metis, and to ioȝe, and to festis. And these, that in the cite of Susys hadden hauntid theOm. C. slaȝter, the threttenthe and the fourtenthe dai of the same moneth ben ocupied in the slaȝter. The fiftenthe forsothe dai thei laften to smyte; and therfore the same dai thei ordeyneden solempne of plenteuous metis and of gladnesse. These forsothe Jewis, that in burȝ tounys not wallid and tounes duelten, the fourtenthe daie of the moneth of Adar, of festis, and of ioȝe demeden, so that thei fulfulli AEFH. out gladen in it, and senden to hemself togidere partis of plentes and of metis. And so Mar|doche wrot alle these thingus, and com|prehendid in lettris senteand sente A. to the Jewis, that in alle theOm. A. prouyncis of the king dwelten, bothe in neeȝh set and afer, that the fourtenthe and the fiftenthe dai of the moneth ofOm. AEFH. Adar thei shulden take for festis, and euermor, the ȝer turnende aȝeen, with solempne wrshipe thei shul|den halewe; for in tho daȝis the Jewis vengide them of ther enemys, and weil|ing and sorewe in to ioȝe and gladnesse ben turned; and these daȝes shulde ben daȝes of plenteuous metis, and of glad|nesse, and thei shulden sende to them|self partis togidere of theOm. A. metis, and to pore men thei shulden graunt litle ȝiftis. Forsothe the Jewis token in to a so|lempne custum alle thingus, that thei hadde begunne that time to do, and that Mardoche in lettris hadde sent to be do. Aman forsothe, the sone of Amadathi, stoc of Agag, enemy and aduersarie of Jewis, thoȝte aȝen hem euel, that he shulde sle them and don awei, and leide fur, that in oure tunge is turned in to lot. And afterward Ester wente in to the king, besechende, that his ententis with theOm. A. lettris of the king shulden be maad voide, and the euel, that aȝen Jewis he hadde thoȝt, shulde be turned aȝeen in to his hed. Afterward andbothe A. hym and his sonus thei ficcheden toon A. the cros. And fro that time these daȝis be clepid Furim, that is, of lotis, forthi that fur, that is, lot, in to a pot was put; and alle thingus that ben don ben contened in the volume of the epistil, that is, of this boc; alle thingus that thei suffreden, and that ther after ben chaungid, Jewis and ther sed token vp on hem, and vp on alle that wolden to ther religioun be couplid, that to no man it be leful these two daȝes with oute solempnete to ouer|passe, whom scripture witnesseth, and othere tymes asken, the ȝeres to them|self continueli comende aftir other. These ben the daȝis, whom neuer any forȝeting shal don awei, and bi sunder ienera|ciouns alle prouyncis, that in alle the world ben, shuln halewen; ne ther is any cite, in the whiche daȝis of Furim, that is, of lotis, be not kept of theOm. AH. Jewis, and of ther progenye, that with these cerimoynes is oblisht. And Ester, quen, the doȝtir of Abihael, and Mar|doche, Jeu, writen also the secounde epistil, that with alle besynesse this dai solempneli shulde ben halewid ther af|terward. And thei sente to thehem AH. Jewis, that in an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouyncis of king Assuer dwelten, that thei shulden han pes, and resceyue treuthe, kepende wel the daȝes of lotis, and in ther tyme with ioȝe shulden halewe; as hadden ordeyned Mardoche and Ester, thei to be kept hadden taken, of hemself and of ther sed, fastingisfastynge A., and clamoures, and daȝes of lotis, and alle thingus that ben contened in the storie of this boc, that is clepid Ester.

 CAP. X.

King forsothe Assuer al the lond and alle the ilis of the se made tributaries; whos strengthe and empire and dignete and heiȝnesse, that he enhauncide Mar|doche in, ben writen in the bokis of Medis and of Persis; and hou Mardoche of Jeu kinrede were the secounde fro king Assuer, and gret anentis the Jewis, and acceptable to the folc of ther bre|thern, sechende goodis to his puple, and spekende tho thingus, that to the pes of his sed shulden pertene. The whiche ben had in Ebru in pleyn feith I ex|pressede; these thingus forsothe, that folewen, I fond write in the comun making, the whiche in Grekis tunge and lettris ben contened; and eft after the ende of the boc this chapitre was seid, that after oure consuetude with obelo, that is, with `a strica stirke H., wee han be|for notid. And Mardoche seide, Of God these thingus ben don. I am recordid of a sweuene, that I saȝ, magnefiende these same thingus, ne of tho any thing was voide. A litil welle, that grew in to a flod, and in to liȝt and sunne is turned, and in to manye watris reboundide, is Ester, that the king toc wif, and wolde to be quen. Two forsothe dragounes, I am and Aman; the folc that camen togi|dere, these ben, that enforceden to don awei the name of Jewis. Forsothe my folc is Irael, that criede to the Lord; and the Lord made saaf his puple, and deli|uerede vs fro alle euelis, and made grete signes and wondris among the Jentilis; and comaundide two lotis to ben, oon of the puple of God, and an other of alle Jentilis. And either lot cam in to the set dai befor God now fro that time to alle Jentilis. And the Lord recordide of his puple, and rewide of his eritage. And these daȝes shul be kept in the moneth of Adar, the fourtenthe and theOm. A. fiftenthe dai of the same moneth, with alle bisy|nesse and ioȝe of the puple gedered in to o cumpanye, in to alle ther aftirward ieneraciouns of the puple of Irael.

 CAP. XI.

The ferthe ȝer, regnende Ptholome and Cleopatra, Dositheus, that a prest and of Leuy kinrede seide hymself to be, and Ptholome, his sone, broȝten this epistil of furim, the whiche thei seiden, Silima|cum, the sone of Ptholome, in Jerusalem to han remened. This forsothe was the begynnyng in the comun translacioun, that nouther in Ebru, ne anent any of theOm. AH. remenours is told. The secounde ȝer, regnyng Artaxerse the moste, the firste dai of the moneth Nysan, Mar|doche, the sone of Jari, sone of Semei, sone of Cis, of the linage of Beniamyn, a man Jeu, that dwelte in the cite of Susis, a gret man, and among the firste of the kingus halle, saȝ a sweuene. For|sothe he was of the noumbre of caityues, whom Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, hadde translatid fro Jerusalem with Je|conye, king of Jude. And this was his sweuene. There semeden voisis, and noisis, and thundris, and erthe quaues, and dis|turbingdisturbling AH. vp on the erthe. And lo! two grete dragounes, redi aȝen hemself in to bataile; at whos cri alle naciouns ben stirid togidere, that thei fiȝte aȝen the folc off riȝtwis men. And that dai was of dercnessis, and of perile, of tribulacioun, and of anguysh, and gret fer vp on erthe. And disturbiddisturbling AH. is the folc of riȝtwis men, dredende ther euelis, and maad redi to the deth. Thei crieden to God; and hem criende out, a litle welle wex in to the moste flod, and in to manye watris re|dundede. Liȝt and the sunne is sprun|gen; and meke men ben enhauncid, and thei deuoureden the gloriouse. The whiche thing whan Mardoche hadde seen, and risen of the bed, he thoȝte, what God wolde do, and ficchid he hadde in the inwit, coueitende to wite, what the sue|uene shulde betocne.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe he dwelte that time in the halle of the king, with Bagatha and Thara, geldingus of the king, that por|teris weren of the paleis. And whan he hadde vnderstonde the thoȝtis of hem, and the besynessis mor diligentli hadde seen before, he lernede that thei enfor|ciden to putten hond in to king Artax|ersen, and tolde vp on it to the king. The whichwhich iche C., of either questioun had con|fessid, he comaundede to ben had to deth. The king forsothe that was don, wrot in librarijes, but and Mardoche the mynde of the thing toc to lettris. And the king comaundide to hym, that in the halle of the paleis he shulde duelle, ȝiftis ȝiue to hym for the telling. Aman forsothe, the sone of Amadathy, gelding, was most glorious befor the king, and wolde noȝen to Mardoche, and his puple, for the two geldingus of the king that weren slain. Hider to the prohemy; thoo thingus, that folewen, in that place weren put, wher is write in the volume, And thei wasteden the goodis or ther substauncis; the whiche onli in the comun transla|cioun we hanOm. C pr. m. founden. Of the epistil forsothe this was the saumpler.

 CAP. XIII.

The moste king Artaxerses, fro Ynde vnto Ethiope, of an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouyncis, to princis and dukis, that to his empire ben soget, greting seith. Whan to manye folkis I shulde comaunden, and al the world hadde sogetid to my comaunding, I wolde not the mykilnesse of my power mys|vsen, but with mercy and softenesse go|uerne the sogetis, that, with oute any drede ouerpassende the lif in silence, thei shulden vse the pes desirid to alle deadli men. Me forsothe sechende of my coun|seileris, hou that myȝte be fulfild, oon, that in wisdam and feith othere men passide, and was after the king the se|conde, Aaman bi name, tolde to me in al the world of londis to ben a puple scaterid, that newe shulde vsen lawis, and, aȝen the custum of alle Jentilis doende, the hestis of the kingis dispise, and the `oon acordconcord AH. of diuerse naciouns with ther descencioun defoule. The whiche thing whan we hadden lerned, seande o folc rebel aȝen alle kinde of men to vse shreude lawis, and to oure hestis to gon aȝen, and to disturbe the pes and the acord of the prouyncis soget to vs, wee comaundeden, that who so euere Aman, that is prouost to alle prouyncis, and secounde fro the king, and whom in stede of a fader wee wrshipen, shal shewyn, with wiues and fre childer be thei don awei of ther enemys, and no man haue mercy ofon A. them, the four|tenthe dai of the twelfthe moneth Adar, of the ȝer present; that wickewickede AEFH. men, o dai to helle goende doun, ȝelde to oure em|pire the pes, that thei han disturbiddisturblid A.. Hider to the saumple of the epistil; thoo thingus, that folewen, after that place writenwher writen AC. I fond, wher is rad, And goende Mardoche dide alle thingus, that Ester hadde comaundid to hym; and ner the latere thei ben not had in Ebru, and anent no man of the re|menoures thei ben vtterli told. Mar|doche forsothe preȝede the Lord, mynde|ful of alle his werkis, and seide, Lord, Lord, king almyȝti, in thi power alle thingis ben set, and ther is not, that mai withstonde to thy wil; if thou deme to sauen Irael, anoon wee shul be dely|uered. Thou madist heuene and erthe, and alle thing that is contened in the cumpas of heuene. Lord of alle thingus thou art, ne ther is that withstondewithstondith A. to thi mageste. Alle thingus thou knewe, and wost, that not for pride and strif and anymy AH. coueitise of glorie I do this, that I honoure not the most proud Aman; forsothe gladli for the helthe of Irael also the steppis of his feet I were redi to kisse, but I dradde, lest the wrshipe of my God I shulde bern ouer to man, and lest any man I shulde ho|noure out take my God. And now, Lord king, God of Abraham, haue mercy of thi puple, for oure enemys wiln leesen vs, and thin eritage don awei; ne dispise thou thi part, that thou hast aȝeen boȝt fro Egipt. Heere my preȝeere, and mer|ciful be thou to the lot, and the litle corde of thin eritage; and turne oure weiling in to ioȝe, that liuende we preise thi name, Lord; and ne close thou the mouthis of men preisende thee. And al Irael lic mynde and beseching criede to the Lord, for thi that to hem shulde hange in certeyn deth.

 CAP. XIV.

Ester also the quen fleiȝ to the Lord, dredende the perile, that wex aboue. And whan she hadde do doun hir kingus clothis, she toc couenable clothis to wep|ingis and to weiling; and for diuers oynemens with askis and drit she ful|filde the hed, and hir bodi mekide with fastingus; and alle placis, in the whiche she was wont to gladen, with to-tering of heris she fulfilde. And she preȝede the Lord God of Irael, seiende, My Lord, that art king alone, help me solitarie, and of whom saue thee is noon other helpere; my perile is in myn hondis. I haue herd of my fader, that thou shuldest han taken Irael fro alle Jen|tilis, and oure fadris fro alle ther more behinde, that thou shuldist welde the euermor durende eritage; and thou didist to hem, as thou speke. Wee han synned in thi siȝte, and therfore thou hast taken vs in to the hondis of oure enemys; for|sothe wee han heried the godis of hem. Riȝtwis thou art, Lord; and now it suf|fiseth not to them, that with most hard seruyse they oppressen vs, but, the strengthe of ther hondis wijtende to the power of maumetis, wiln chaunge thin hestisbehestis E., and don awei thin eritage, and close the mouthis of men preisende thee, and quenchen out the glorie of the temple and of thin auter, that thei opene the mouthis of Jentilis, and preise the strengthe of maumetis, and prechen a fleshli king in to euermor. Ne take thou, Lord, thi kingus dignete to them, that ben not, lest thei laȝhen at oure falling; but turne the counseil of hem vp on hemus E pr. m., and hym that in vs began to waxe feers, scatere. Haue mynde, Lord, and sheuȝ thee to vs in time of oure tribula|cioun; and ȝif to me trost, Lord, king of Jewis and of alle power; ȝif a semeli woord in my mouth in the siȝte of the leoun, and ber ouer the herte of hym in to the hate of oure enemy, that and he pershe, and othere that consenten to hym. Vs also deliuere in thin hond, and help me, noon other hauende helpe but thee, Lord, that hast kunnyng of alle thingis. And thou hast knowen for I hatide the glorie of wickewickede AEFH. men, and wlate the bed of vncircumcidide men, and of alle he|thene. Thou knowist infirmyte and my nede, that I wlate the signe of pride and of my glorie, that is vpon myn hed in the daȝis of my shewing, and I wlate it as the cloth of the womman in flux of blod, and I bere not in the daȝis of my silence, and that I eet not in the bord of Aman, ne to me pleside the feste of the king, and I dranc nott win of sacrifises; and neuere gladide thin hond womman, sithen hider I am translatid vnto the pre|sent dai, but in thee, Lord God of Abra|ham. Strong God ouer alle, heere the vois of hem, that noon other hopehelpe AH. han, and delyuere vs fro the hond of wickewickede AEFH. men, and pul out me fro my drede. These thingus also addid I fond in the comun translacioun.

 CAP. XV.

And no doute that Mardoche sente to hir, that Ester shulde gon in to the king, and preȝe for hir puple, and for hir kuntre. Myndeful, he seith, be thou of the daȝes of thi mecnesse, hou thou art nurshid in myn hond; for Aman, ordeined the secounde of the king, spac aȝen vs in to deth; and thou inwardli clep the Lord, and spec to the king for vs, and deliuere vs fro deth. Also and these thingus, that ben vnderleid, in the comun translacioun I fond. Forsothe the thridde dai she dide doun the clothis of hir enournyng, and hir owne glorie is don aboute. And whan with the kingis abite she schyned, and inwardli hadde clepid the Gouernour of alle thingus and sauere God, she toc two seruauntes, and vp on the oontoon A. for|sothe she lenede, as for delicis and ful myche tendernesse not suffrynde to bern hir owne bodi; the tother forsothe of the dameselis folewede the ladi, berende vp the clothys flowende doun in to the erthe. She forsothe thurȝshed the chere with rose colour, and freeli, and with briȝte eȝen she couerede the dreri inwit, and drawe togidere with ful myche drede. Thanne she gon in alle the doris bi ordre, stod aȝen the king, wher he sat vp on the see of his regne, clothid with kingus clothis, and shinende with gold and pre|cious stones; and he was ferful in siȝte. And whan he hadde rerid vp the face, and with brennende eȝen the wodnesse of the brest hadde shewid, the quen fel doun; and the colour chaungid in to pale|nesse, the weeri hed vpon the hond maidemaiden AEH. she bowide doun. And God turnede the spirit of the king in to debonernesse, and heeȝende and dredende he stirte out of the see; and sustenende hir with his armys, to the tyme she turnede aȝeen to hirself, with these woordis gloside, What hast thou, Ester? I am thi brother; wile thou not drede, thou shalt not die; for|sothe not for thee, but for alle thisis this C pr. m. lawe isOm. C. ordeyned. Cum hider thanne, and touche the kingus ȝerde. And whan she heeld hir pes, he toc the kingus ȝerde, and putte vp on hir necke, and kiste hir, and seith, Whi to me spekist thou not? The whiche answerde, I saȝ thee, lord, as the angil of God, and myn herte is dis|turbiddisturblid AH. for drede of thi glorie; forsothe, lord, thou art gretli merueilous, and thi face is ful of gracis. And whan he spac, eft she fel doun, and uttirli swounede. The king forsothe was disturbiddisturblid AH., and alle his mynestris coumfortiden hym. The saumple of the epistil of king Ar|taxerses, that for the Jewis he sente to alle the prouyncis of his reume; the whiche and it is not had in Ebrue volume.

 CAP. XVI.

Artaxerses, the grete king, fro Ynde vnto Ethiope, of an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouyncis, to dukis and princis, that to oure comaunding obe|shen, seith greeting. Manye the good|nesse of princis and wrshipe, that in to hem is ȝiuen, han mys vsid in to pride; and not onli enforcen to opresse the sogetis to the king, but the glorie ȝiue to hem not berende, in to them that ȝiuen waiten aspies; ne ben not paȝid to not do gracis to benefetis, and defoule the riȝtus of humanyte in to them; but also demen hemself to moun flee the sentence of God demende alle thingus. And in so myche to wodnesse breken out, that to hem that besili kepen the offis taken to hem, and so alle thingus don, that thei ben wrthi the preisingpreuing C. of alle men, with the `priue and sotile flateringuslitle cordis E pr. m. of lesingus thei enforsen to turne vp so doun, whil the symple eris of princis and of ther kinde other men eymende with fel gile desceyuen. The whiche thing and of olde stories is proued, and of these thingus that ben don eche dai; hou bi euele so|gestiouns of summe men the studies of kingus ben depraued. Wherfore it is to purueye to the pes of alle prouyncis. Ne ȝee shul not wene, if diuers thingus we comaunde, to come of liȝtnesse of oure inwit; but for qualite and necessite of tymes, as the profit of the comun thing asketh, to do sentence. And that ȝee more openli vndirstonde that wee han seid; Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, wille and kinrede of Macedo, and alien fro the blod of Persis, and oure pite with his cruelte defoulende, a pilgrim is taken of vs; and so myche humanyte expert in hymself, that oure fader he were clepid, and honoured of alle men the secounde after the king; the whiche in so myche swelling of pride is born, that he en|forcide to priuen vs the reume and spirit. For Mardoche, bi whos feith and bene|fetis wee liuen, and the felawe of oure reume Ester, with al hir folc, with newe maner and vnherd engynes ful out askide in to deth; these thingus thenkende, that, hem slain, he shulde aspieenspien AFH. to oure onli|hed, and the reume of Persis to ouerbern in to Macedoynes. Wee forsothe outerli finden in no blame the Jewis, ordeyned to deth of the werste man of deadli men; but aȝeenward vsende riȝte lawis, and the sones of the heȝest, and the moste, and euermor liuende God, thurȝ whos benefet and to oure fadris and to vs the reume ys taken, and vnto to dai is kept. Wherfore tho lettris, that vnder oure name he ȝaf forth, witeth to ben as none. For the whiche hidous gilte befor the ȝatis of this cite, that is, Susis, and he that caste, and al his kinrede, hangeth in iebetisthe iebetis A.; not vs, but God to hym ȝeldende that he deseruede. This forsothe maundement, that wee now senden, in alle cites be purposid, that it be leful to Jewis to vse ther lawis. To whom ȝee shul be to helpe, that tho men, the whiche hemself to ther deth hadden maad redi, thei moun slen, the fourtenthe dai of the twelfthe moneth, that is clepid Adar; this forsothe dai of sorewe and of weil|ing the Almyȝti God turnede to hem in to ioȝe. Wherfore and ȝee among other feste daȝis this dai hauethhath AH., and halewith it with alle gladnesse; and herafter alle men knowe, that feithful obeshen to Per|sis, for feith to take wrthi mede; thei for|sothe that waiten to the regne of hem, to pershe for theOm. AH. hidous gilte. EcheAlle E pr. m. for|sothe prouynce and cite, that wil not of this solempnete ben parcener, bi swerd and fyr pershe he; and so be he don awei, that not onli to men but to bestis with oute wei `be in tobe it in A. be it euere in to H. euer mor, for ex|saumple of dispising and vnobeisaunce.Here endith the book of Hester, and now bigynneth the prolog of the book of Job. A. Explicit liber Ester. E. No final rubric in FH.

Explicit. JOB. Incipit prologus in libro JobIncipit prologus in librum Job. E. Prologus libri Job. F. Prologus. H. No initial rubric in A..

I am constreyned bi alle the bokis of Godis scripture to answern to the euele sawis of aduersaries, that sinfulli putten to me, that my remenyng I shulde make intoto I. theOm. OR. vndernymyng of theOm. O. Seuenti remenoures; as thoȝthof EFH., anent the Grekis, Aquila, Simacus, and Theodocian, or woordof woord E in ras. ofbi A. woord, or sens ofbi A. sens, or of either mengd, and tem|pred maner of mene translacioun tolden out; and Origenes alle the volumes of the Olde Testament markide with signe of a ȝerde, `and with signe of a sterreOm. R., the whiche or addid, or taken of Theodocian, sette in to the olde translacioun, prouende to han failid that is added. Thanne lerne my bacbiteres to resceyuen in the hoole, that in parcelis thei resceyueden, or to shauen awey my remenyng with ther sterre signes. Ne forsothe it may be do, thatthat thoo E pr. v. whom they beheelde manye thingus to han lafte of, not the same men also in summe thingus to han errid thei knowlechen, nameli, in Job, to the whiche that if tho thingus, that vnder sterre signe ben addid, thou withdrawe, the most part of thi volume shal be kut of; and that only anent the Grekis. But andOm. O. anent the Latynes, befor that translacioun, that vnder sterre signes and ȝerde signes not ȝore we maden out, seuene hundrid almest or eiȝte hundrid vers failen; with the whiche the boc shortid, and to-torn and to-bite, sheweth openli to the rederes his foule defaute. This forsothe translacioun non remenour of the olde folewith, but of thatthe AHOR. Ebru and Arabik woord, and other while Cire, now woordis, now sens, now either togidere shal tellen out. Also forsothe al the boc anent the Ebrues is seidleid AH. derc and slideryschyndri H. slider R., and that the cheef spekeris of Grekis clepen defaute of comun maner of speche, whil other thing is spoken and other thing is don; as if thou woldest an eel or a laumprun holde with streite hondis, how myche strengerlistrenglier A. thou thristis, so myche theOm. HOR. sunnere it shal sliden awey. I haue remembrid me, Liddium, a maner doctour, that anent the Ebruis the firste was weened to ben had, for the vnderstonding of this volume not with fewe penys to han hirid, with whos doctrine if any thing I profitede, I wot neuere; this oon I wot wel, me not to han moȝtOm. R. remene, but that before I hadde vnderstonde. And so fro the begynnyng of the volume vnto the woordis of Job, anent the Ebruys the enditingeendyng R. is prose; but fro the woordis of Job, in theOm. AEFHOR. whiche he seith, Pershe the dai in the whiche I am born, and the nyȝt, inOm. H. whichethe whiche AEFHOR. it is seid, a man is conseiued, vnto that place wher befor the end of the volume it is write, Therfor I myself reproue, and do penaunce in colis and askenasshen A. asche OR., ben vers of sixe feet, rennende with dactile and sponde feet, and for the langage of the tunge ofte takende and othere feet, not of the same silablis, but of the same times. Otherwhile also that sweete rym and sweteli sounende is told with noumbrisnoumbring OR. loosid with lawe; the whiche thing versifioures more than a symple redere vnderstonden. Fro the foreseide vers forsothe vnto the ende of the boc, the litle distinccioun that leueth with prose enditing is wouenweuid AEFHIOR.. The whiche thing ifit C. toOm. AHOR. any man is seen vntrouable, metre, that is, to be anent the Ebrues, and in maner of oure Flacci, and Graccy, Pindarie, and Alchei, and Saffo, that weren Grek poetis, or the Sauter, or theOm. O. LamentaciounsLamentacioun OR. of Jeremie, or alle almest the Kanticulis of scripturis toOm. R. ben comprehendid, that is to seye, in metre, rede he Filonem, Josefum, Origenem, Cesariensem Eusebeum, and bi the witnesse of hem he shal proue me to sey soth. Here therfore myn houndis, therfore me in this volume to han trauailid, not that the olde remenyng I repreue, but that tho thingis, that in it or ben derc, or ben laft of, or certis bi theOm. O. vice of writeres depraued, shulden be maad more open bi oure remenyng; the whiche and theOm. R. Ebrues sermoun a parti wee han lerned, and in Latin fulli fro thethoo E. cradelis among gramarienesthe gramariens OR., and retorikis, and filosofres wee ben defoulid. That if anent the Grekis, aftir the making of the Seuenti, now the euangelie of Crist shynende, Jew Aquila, and Simacus, and Theodocian, Jewinge eretikis, ben founde, that manye mysterijs of the Saueour bi treccherous remenyng hidden, and nerthelatere in sixe exaumplerisensaumpleris OR. ben hadlad AHOR. anent the chirches, and ben expouned of chirchemen; myche more I, a Cristene man, born of fader and moder Cristene, and the baner of the cros in my forhed berende, whos studie was to telle aȝeen laft of thingus, and to amende the depraued, and the sacramens of the chirche with pure and trewe sermounes to openen, or of proude men or of shreude reders I aȝte not to be repreued. HaueHaue thei OR. that wiln olde bokis, and in rede skynnes with gold and siluer writen, or with capital lettris, as comunli men sein, chargis grauen out more than bokis, so that to me and to myne thei suffre to han pore scrowis, and not as myche faire bokis as amendid. Eithir forsothe transla|cioun, and the Seuenti after Grekis, and myn after the Ebrues, in Latin bi my trauaile is translatid; chese eche man that he wile, and proue hehem AEFHIOR. hymself more studious than euel willid.

 Anothir prologFrom A. Anothir prolog on the same. OR. Om. CEFHI..

IF forsothe a iunketionke O. with resshe I shulde make, or the leues of palmys I shulde platteplaunte AOR., that in theOm. A. swot of my chere I shulde ete bred, and the werc of the wombe with besi mynde treten, no man shulde bite, no man shulde repreue. Now forsothe for after the sentence of the Saueour, I wile werke the mete that persheth not, the olde weie of Godys volumys to purgen fro thornes and busshis, double errourerrours OR. is piȝt in to me; a fals corectourconiectour OR. of vices I am clepid, and erroures not to taken awei, but to sowen. So myche forsothe is the custum of oldnesse, that also other while confesid vicis plesen, whil more faire bokis they wiln han than amendid. Wherfore, O! moostȝe most OR. looued brethern, oon exsaumplerexsaumple H. of noblehed for the werelis, lepis, basketis, and litle ȝiftis of munkis, these spirituel and ȝiftis to dwelle taketh; and blisful Job, that ȝit anent Latynes lai in the drit, and with wermes of erroures brac out, hool and withoute wem ioȝeth. What maner forsothe, after prouyng and victorie, double to hym alle thingus ben ȝolden, so Ithat R. in to ȝoure tunge, that hardili I speke, haue maad hym to han thatthat that R. he hadde lost. Therfor andOm. I. ȝou and eche redere I warne `to gidereOm. R. with besy before telling, and in the begynnyngus of bokis the same thingus euermor ioynende, I preȝe, `that wher euermoreuermore, that wher euere OR. litle ȝerdis goende beforn ȝee shul see, witeth tho thingis that ben vnder leid in Ebru volumys not toOm. AHOR. benOm. I. had; but wher the image of a sterre shyneth beforn, of Ebru in oure sermoun ben added. Also and thoo thingus werenthat weren OR. seen to ben hadhid R. in Grek, and so weren corupt, that theȝe A. sche H. wit toof R. the reders thei token awei, ȝou preȝende, with gret trauaile I amendide; wenende more what profitable thing to comyn of myn hate to the chirchis of Crist, than of other mennys besinesse.

Here endeth the prolog of Job, and now bigynneth the bookFrom A. Here endeth the prolog of Joob, se now the booc. I. Here eendith the prologis, and bigynneth the boke of Joob. R. No final rubric in CEFHO.. Incipit liber JobIncipit liber. E. Here begynneth the bok of Job. F. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THER was a man in the lond of Hus, Job by name; and that man was simple, and riȝt, and dredende God, and goende awei fro euel. And ther ben born to hym seue sones, and thre douȝtris; and his possessioun was seuen thousend of shep, and thre thousend of camailis, also fiuefifty E pr. m. hundrid ȝokis of oxen, and fiue hun|dryd assis, and ful myche meyne; and that man was gret among alle the men of the est. And his sones wenten, and maden festis bi housis, eche in his day; and sendende thei clepeden ther thre sis|tris, that thei shulden ete, and drinke win with hem. And whan the daȝes of the feste hadden passid aboute, Job sente to them, and haliwide them, and risende erli, offride brent sacrifise bi alle. For|sothe he seide, Lest perauenture my sonys synnen, and blisse to God in ther hertis. So Job dide alle daȝis. On a dai forsothe, whan the sones of God wer come, that thei shulde stonde neeȝ before God, was neeȝ among hem and Sathan. To whom seide the Lord, WhennusWhenne EFH. comest thou? The whiche answerende seith, I haue enuyround the erthe, and thurȝ gon it. And the Lord seide to hym, Whether hast thou not beholde my seruaunt Job, that ther be not lic to hym in theOm. A. erthe, a man simple, and riȝt, andOm. A. dredende God, and goende awei fro euel. To whom answerde Sathan, Whether in vein Job dredith God? Whether hast thou not strengthid hym, and his hous, and al his substaunce bi enuyroun? To the werkis of his hondis thou hast blissid, and his possessioun wex in theOm. AH. erthe. But strecche out a litil thin hond, and touche alle thingus that he weldeth; but in the face he blesse to thee. Thanne the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! alle thingus, that he hath, in thin hond ben; onli in hym ne strecche thou out thin hond. And Sa|than is gon out fro the face of the Lord. Whan forsothe on a dai the sones and his doȝtris shulden ete, and drinke win in the hous of ther firste gote brother, a messager cam to Job, that shulde sein, Oxen ereden, and she assis weren fed beside them; and Sabeis feerly fellen to, and token alle thingis, and smyte the childerchildren A passim. with swerd; and I alone scapideascaped E. that I shulde telle to thee. And whan ȝit he spac, cam an other, and seide, The fyr of God cam doun fro heuene, and the shep touchid, and the childer wastide; and I alone fleiȝ awei that I telle to thee. But ȝit hym spekende, cam and an other, and seide, Caldeis maden thre cumpanyes, and asailiden the camailis, and token hem, also and the childer thei smyten with swerd; and I alone fleiȝ awei that I telle to thee. And ȝit he spac, and lo! an other cam inne, and seide, Thi sones and doȝtris etende, and drinkende win in the hous of therthe A. firste goten brother, feerli an hidous wind fel in fro the re|giounregiouns A. of desert, and smot togidere the foure corneres of the hous, the whiche fallende opresside thithe C. fre childer, and ben deade; and I alone fleiȝ awei that I telle to thee. Thanne Job ros, and kutte his clothis, and his hed shauen fel in to the erthe, and honourede, and seide, Nakid I wente out fro the wombe of my moder, and nakid I shal gon aȝeen thider; the Lord ȝaf, the Lord toc awei; as to the Lord pleside, soOm. AH. it is do; be the name of the Lord blissid. In alle thes thingusthing C. Om. H. Job synnede not with his lippis, ne any foli thing aȝen God spac.

 CAP. II.

It is do forsothe, whan on a dai hadden comen the sones of God, and stoden be|fore the Lord, and Sathan hadde comen among hem, and stod in his siȝt, that the Lord seide to Sathan, Whennes comest thou? The whiche answerende seith, I haue gon aboute the erthe, and thurȝ passid it. And the Lord seide to Sathan, Whether hast thou beholde my seruaunt Job, that ther be not to hym lic in the erthe, a man simple, and riȝt, and dred|ende God, and goende awei fro euel, and ȝit withholdende innocence? Thou for|sothe hast stirid me aȝen hym, that I scourge hym in vein. To whom an|swerde Sathan, and seith, Fel for fel, and alle thingus that a man hath he shulde ȝiue for his soule; ellis put thin hond, and touche his bon and flesh, and thanne thou shalt see, that in to the face he blisse to thee. Thanne the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! in thin hond he is; nerthelater his lif kep. Thanne Sa|than, gon out fro the face of the Lord, he smot Job `with theOm. AH. werste stinkende bleyne fro the sole of the fot vnto the nol; the whiche with a sherd scrapide awei the quyture, sittende in the dung|hil. His wif forsothe seide to hym, Ȝit forsothe thou abidist stille in thi sym|plete. Blisse to God, and die. The whiche seith to hir, As oon of the fool wymmen thou speeke; if goodis wee han taken of the hond of the Lord, euelis forsothe why shulde wee not suffre? In alle these thingis Job synnede not with his lippis. Thanne threthe thre C. frendus of Job, herende al the euel that hadde fallen to hym, alle camen fro ther place, Elifath Themanites, and Baldach Suytes, and Sofar Naamat|ites; forsothe thei hadden seid togidere to themself, that comende togidere thei shulden visiten hym, and coumforten. And whan thei hadden rerid up aferr ther eȝen, thei knewen hym not; and criende out thei wepten, and, the clothis kitt, thei sprengden poudre vpon ther hed in to heuene. And thei seten with hym in the erthe seuen daȝis and seuen nyȝt, and no man spac to hym woord; forsothe thei seȝen the sorewe to ben hydous.

 CAP. III.

Aftir these thingus Job openede his mouth, and curside to his dai, and seide, Pershe the dai in the whiche I am born, and the nyȝt in the whiche it is seid, A man is conceyued. That dai be turned in to dercnessis; God seche it not from aboue, and be it not in recording, ne be it liȝtid with liȝt. Dercnesses dercne it, and the shadewe of deth ocupie it in dercnesse; and be it with inne wrappid with bitternesse. A derc whirlewind welde that nyȝt; and be it not countid in the daȝes of the ȝer, ne noumbrid in monethis. Be that nyȝt solitarie, and not preise wrthi. Curse thei to it, that cursen to the dai, that ben redi to rere Leui|ethan. The sterris be thei derkiddercned AEFH. with the dercnesse of it; abide it liȝt, and se not, ne the springingsprynge A. of the risende morwetid. For it closideis close H. not the doris of the wombe, that bar me, ne toc awei euelis fro myn eyen. Whi not in the wombe I am dead? gon out of the wombe not anoon IOm. C. pershide? Whi taken out of the knes? whi soukid the tetis? Now forsothe slepende I sholde holde my pes, and with my slep resten, with kingus and counseileris of the erthe, that bilden to hem solitarie dwellingus; or with princis that welde gold, and fulfillen ther housis with siluer; or asOm. AH. abortif hid I shulde not abide, or that conceyued seȝen not liȝt. There vnpitous men cesiden fro noise, and there resteden the wery in strengthe. And sum time togidere ioyned withoute gref thei herden not the vois of the askere with strif. Litil and gret ther ben, and seruaunt and fre man fro ther lord. Whi to the wrecche is ȝiue liȝt, and lif to hem that ben in bitternesse of soule? The whiche abiden deth, andas AH. cometh not; as men deluende out tresor and ioȝen hugely, whan thei finde the sepulcre? To the man whos weie is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derc|nessis? Er I shul ete, I siȝhe; and as of flowende water, so my roring. For the drede, that I dradde, ys ful out come to me; and that I shamede of, is falle. Whether I feynede not? whetherOm. AH. I heeld not my pes? whether I restide not? and ther is comen vp on me indig|nacioun.

 CAP. IV.

Answerende forsothe Elifath Thema|nythes seide, If wee begynne to speke to thee, perauenture greuously thou shalt taken; but the conceiuede woord who shal moun holde? Lo! thou hast taȝt manye men, and thou hast strengthid the weri hondis. Thi woordis han maad stable the vnstedefast, and the tremblende knes thou hast coumfortid. Now for|sothe is comen vp on thee veniaunce, and thou hast failid; it hath touchid thee, and thou art disturbiddistourblid A.. Wher is thi drede, thi strengthe, and thi pacience, and the perfeccioun of thi weies? Re|corde, I beseche thee, who euere inno|cent pershide, or whanne `riȝtwis menthe riȝtwise A. riȝtwise H. ben don awei? But rathere I haue seen hem, that werken wickidnesse, and sowen sorewis, and repen hem, God blowende, to han pershid, andOm. A. thurȝ the spirit of his wrathe to be wastid. The roring of a leoun, and the vois of a leounesse, and the teth of leoun whelpis ben to|brosid. The tigre pershide, forthi that he hadde no prei; and the leoun whelpis ben scaterid. But to me is seid a woord hid, and as theefli myn ere toc the veynes of his gruching. In the orroure of the nyȝt siȝte, whan slep is wont to ocupie men, inward drede heeld me, and trem|bling; and alle my bones ben agast. And whan the spirit me present shulde passe, inwardli griseden the heris of my flesh. Ther stod oon, whos chere I knew not, an ymage befor myn eȝen; and a vois as of a softe eir I herde. Whethir athe AEF. man of God shal be iustified bi com|parisoun; and a man shal be more clene than his Makere? Lo! that seruen to hym ben not stable; and in his aungelis he fond shreudenesse. Myche more thesethei A. that dwellendwellen in A. cleyene housis, that han an erthely foundement, shul be wastid as of a moȝhemowghe AEH. moughe F.. Fro morutid vnto euen thei shul ben hewe doun; and for no man vnderstondith, with outen ende thei shul pershe. Thei forsothe, that weren lafte, shul be taken awei fro hem, and dien, and not in wisdam.

 CAP. V.

Clep thanne, if ther is that answere to thee, and turne to summe of the seintis. Wrathe sleth a man fol, and enuye sleth a litil child. I saȝ a fool with a stable roote, and I curside to his fairnesse anoon. Aferr shul be maade his sones fro helthe, and shul be to-treden in the ȝate, and ther shal not be that deliuere. Whos rep the hungri shal ete, and hym shal raueshe the armed, and the thristi men shul drinke his richessis. No thing in the erthe is maad withoute cause, and of the erthe shal not gon out sorewe. A man to trauaile is born, and a brid to fleen. For what thing I shal preȝe the Lord, and to my God I shal putte my speche. That doth grete thingus, and vn|serchable, and merueilouse thingus with|oute noumbre. That ȝiueth reyn vpon the face of the erthe, and moysteth with watris alle thingus. That setteth meke men in to heiȝte, and weilende men rerethrerynge A. with helthe. That scatereth the thoȝtis of euele men, that ther hondis moun not fulfille that thei begunne. That caccheth wise men in ther felnesse, and the counseil of shrewis scattereth. Bi the dai thei shul renne in to dercnessis, and as in nyȝt so thei shul graspen in mydday. But saf he shal make the nedi fro the swerd of the mouth of hem, and fro the hond doende violence the pore man. And he shal be to the nedi man hope, wickidnesse forsothe shal drawe to|gidere his mouth. BlisfulBlessyd is A. Blessid H. the men that is chastisid of the Lord; thanne the blamyng of the Lord ne repreue thou. For he woundeth, and lecheth; smyteth, and his hondis shuln helen. In sixe tribu|laciouns he shal deliuere thee, and in the seuenthe shal not touche thee euel. In hungir he shal deliuere thee fro deth, and in bataile fro the hond of swerd. Fro the scourge of tunge thou shalt ben hid, and thou shalt not drede wrecchid|nesse, whan it cometh. In wastite and hunger thou shalt laȝwhin, and beste of the erthe thou shalt not dreden. But with stones of regiouns thi couenaunt, and the bestis of erthe shul be pesible to thee. And thou shalt wite, that thi ta|bernacle haue pes, and visitende thi kinde thou shalt not synne. And thou shalt wite also, for manyfold shal be thi sed, and thi progenye as the erbe of theOm. ACF. erthe. Thou shalt go in to the sepulcre in plenteuousnessis, as is born in an hep off whete in his tyme. Lo! this, as wee han enserchid, so is; that is herd, in mynde thurȝ trete.

 CAP. VI.

Answerende forsothe Job seith, Wolde God, my synnes weren weȝed, bi the whiche wrathe I deseruede; and themy A. wrecchidnessewrecchenesse E. that I suffre, in a ba|launce. As the grauel of the se this more greuous shulde seme; wherfore and my woordis ben ful of sorewe. For the arwis of the Lord ben in me, of the whiche the indignacioun drinketh vp my spirit; and the gastnessis of the Lord fiȝten aȝen me. Whethir an asse shal roren, whan he hath erbe? Or an oxe shul loowen, whan befor the fulle cracche he shal stonde? Or shal moun ben eten vnsauere thing, that is not with salt poudrid? Or shal a man moun taste, that tastid bringeth deth? Forsothe to the hungrende lif, also bitter thingis semen to be sweete; that beforn my soule wolde not touche, now for anguysh ben my metis. Who ȝeue, that myn asking come; and that I abijde, ȝelde to me God? And that began, he me to-trede; lose his hond, and hewe me doun? And this be to me a coumfort, that the torment|ende me with sorewe pershe not, ne withseie to the woordis of a seint. What forsothe is my strengthe, that I suffre? or what myn ende, that I pacientli do? Ne the strengthe of stones my strengthe, ne my flesh is brasene. Lo! ther is not helpe to me in me; also my necessarie men wenten awei fro me. He that taketh awei fro his frend mercy, the drede of the Lord forsaketh. My brethern pass|eden biside me, as a strem that raueshe|melumrauyshe meel A. raueshemeles EF. rauyschith mele H. passeth in valeis. That dreden frost, snowȝ shal falle vpon hem. The time that thei wer scaterid, thei shul pershe; and as thei enchaufe, thei shul be losid fro ther place. Withinne wrap|pid ben the sties of ther goingus; thei shul gon in vein, and pershen. Behold|ethBiholde A. the sties of Theman, the weies of Saba; and abidith a litil while. Thei ben confoundid, for I hopide; thei camen also to me, and with shame thei ben ouercouered. Now ȝee han comencomen to me E sup. ras., and now seande my veniaunce ȝee dreden. Whether I seide, Bringeth to me, and of ȝoure substaunce ȝiueth to me? or, Deli|uere me fro the hond of the enemy, and fro the hond of stronge men pullith out me? Techeth me, and I shal be stille; and if any thing perauenture I haue vn|knowen, enformeth me. Whi han ȝee bacbitid to the woordis of treuthe? whan of ȝou no man be, that mai vndernyme me. To blamenblamen me E sup. ras. onli spechis ȝee or|deynyn, and aȝen wind woordis ȝee speken. Vpon the faderles child ȝee fallen on, and enforsen ȝoure frend to turne vp so doun. NerthelaterNeuerthelater AEFH. that ȝee han be|gunne, fulfillith; ȝiueth ere, and seeth, whether I lie. Answerth, I beseche, withoute strif, and spekende that, that is riȝtwis, shewith. And ȝee shul not finde in my tunge wickidnesse, ne in my chekis folie shal thurȝ soune.

 CAP. VII.

Kniȝthod is the lif of man vpon erthe, and as the daȝes of an hirid man, the daȝis of hym. As an hert desireth sha|dewe, and as an hirid man abideth the ende of his werc; so and I hadde voide monethis, and trauailous nyȝtis I noum|bride out to me. If I shul slepen, I shal sey, Whanne shal I rise? and eft I shal abide the euetid, and I shal be fulfild with sorewis vnto dercnessis. My flesh is cladclothed AEFH. with roting, and with filthis of pouder; my fel driede, and is drawen to|gidere. My daȝes swiftliere passiden than of the weuere the web is kut of; and thei ben wastid withoute any hope. Haue mynde, for wind is my lif, and myn eȝe shal not be turned aȝeen, that I see goodis. Ne the siȝte of man shal beholde me; but thin eȝen in me, and I shal not stonden. As a cloude is wastid, and passeth, so that goth doun to helle, shal not steȝen vp; ne shal turne aȝeen more in to his hous, ne his place shal more ouer knowen hym. Wherfore and I shal not spare to my mouth; I shal speke in the tribulacioun of my spirit, and I shal talke with the bitternesse of my soule. Whether am I the se, or a whal, for ȝee han enuyround me with a prisoun? If I shal seyn, My bed shal coumforte me, and I shal be releued spekende with me in my bed; thou shalt fere me bi sweuenys, and bi viseouns; thurȝ orrour thou shalt smyte me to gidere. Wherfore my soule ches hangyng vp, and my bones deth. I despeirede, now I shal no mor liue; spare to me, Lord, no thing forsothe ben my daȝes. What is a man, for thou magnefiest hym? or what thou settis to aȝen hym thin herte? Thou visitist hym the morutid, and feerli thou prouest hym. Hou longe thou sparist not to me, ne letist me, that I swolewe my spotele? I haue synned; what shal I don to thee, O! kepere of men? Whi hast thou put me contrarie to thee, and am maad to myself heuy? Whi takist thou not awei my synne, andOm. C. whi dost thou not awei my wickidnesse? Lo! nowe in pouder I slepe, and if erli thou sechesechest AEFH. me, I shal not stonde stille.

 CAP. VIII.

Answerende forsothe Baldach Suythes seide, Hou longe shalt thou speke suche thingus? Ther is a manyfold spirit of the woord of thi mouth. Whether God sup|plauntith dom, and the Almyȝti turneth vpso doun, that is riȝtwis? Also if thi sonys synneden to hym, and lafte them in the hond of ther wickidnesse; thou nerthelatereneuerthelater AEFH., if thou erli to gidere risist to God, and the Almyȝti haddest preȝid, if clene and riȝtwis thou gost, anoon he shal waken out to thee, and maad pesible the dwelling place of thi riȝtwisnesse he shal ȝelde; in so myche that thi rather|more weren litle, and thi laste thingis shuln be multiplied ful myche. Forsothe aske the rathermor ieneracioun, and bi|sili enserche the mynde of the faders. Forsothe wee ben as ȝistaiȝisterday AH. born, and wee han vnkunnyng; for as shadewe oure daȝis ben vp on erthethe erthe A.. And thei shul teche thee, and speke to thee, and fro thin herte shul bringe forth spechis. Whether a resshe may liuen withoute humour? or reeddi place growe with oute water? Whanne ȝitOm. A. it be in flour, and be it not taken with hond, beforn alle erbis it waxeth drie. So the weies of alle men, that forȝeten God; and the hope of an ipocrite shal pershe. To hym shal not plese his couwardise, and as the web of attercoppis, his trost. He shal lene vp on his hous, and it shal not stonde; he shal vnder setten it, and it shal not risearijsen AEFH.. Moiste semeth the resshe, befor the sunne come; and in his springing the buriownyng of it shal gon out. Vp on an hep of stones his rootis shul be maad thicke, and among the stonys it shal dwelle. And if it pulle it vp fro his place, it shal denyen hym, and seyn, I knew not thee. This forsothe is the gladnesse of his weie, that eft fro the erthe othere be buriouned. God shal not throwen aferr the symple, ne putten hond to shrewis; to the time that thi mouth be fulfild with laȝhing, and thi lippis with ioȝe. Thei that hateden thee shul be clad with confusioun; and the taber|nacle of vnpitouse men shal not stonde stille.

 CAP. IX.

Answerende Job seith, Verreli I wot, that so it is, and that a man compari|soun to God shal not be iustified. If he wile striue with hym, he shal not moun answere to hym oon for a thousend. WisA wis E in ras. in herte he is, and strong in strengthe; who withstodwithstond F. to hym, and pes hadde? That translatide hillis, and these wisten not; whom he turnede vpso doun in his wodnesse. That stirith the erthe fro his place, and his pileris shul be smyte togidere. That comaundith to the sunne, and springeth not; and closeth the sterris, as vnder a sel. The whiche alone streccheth out heuenes, and goth vp on the flodis of the se. That maketh the sterris, that isben A. clepid Arthurus, and Orionas, and Iadas, and the innermor of the south. That maketh grete thingus and vnserchable, and merueilouse thingus, of whiche is no noumbre. If he come to me, I shal not seen hym; if he go awei, I shal not vnderstonde. If feerli he aske, who shal answere to hym? or who may sein to hym, Whi dost thou thus? God, to whos wrathe no man mai withstonde; vnder whom ben bowid, that bern the world. Hou myche am I, that I answere to hym, and speke in my woordus with hym? The whiche also, if I shul han any thing riȝtof riȝt A., shal not answern; but my domys man I shal preȝen. And whan he hereth me inwardli clepende, I leue not, that he shal here my vois. In a whirle|wind forsothe he shal to-brose me, and multiplien my woundis also withoute cause. He graunteth not my spirit to resten, and he fulfillith me with bitter|nessis. If strengthe is soȝt, he isOm. H. most strongOm. AH.; if euenenesse of dom, no man shal ben hardi for me to ȝelde witnesse. If I wile iustefie me, my mouth shal con|dempne me; if innocent I shal shewe me, a shrewe he shal proue me. Also iff symple I shul be, that same my soule shal vnknowe; and it shal noȝe me of my lif. O thing is, that I spac, also the in|nocent and the vnpitous he shal waste. If he scourgeth, sle he onys, and not of the peynes of innocentis laȝhe. The erthe is ȝiue in to the hondis of the vnpitous; his dom couereth the chere; that if he is not, who thanne is? My daȝis swiftere weren than a corour; thei floun, and thei seȝen no good. Thei passeden as shipisthe shipis C. berende appelis, as an egle fleende to mete. Whan I shal sei, Nai, thus I shal speke; I chaunge my face, and with sorewe I am tormentid. I shamede alle my werkis, witende that thou shuldist not spare to the giltende. If forsothe and so I am vnpitous, whi in vein haue I trauailid? If I shul be wasshe as with watrisquyke watris E pr. v. of snowȝ, and myn hondis as most clene shynedenhelpeden E pr. m., nerthelatereneuerthelater AEFH. with filthis thou shalt weete me, and my clothis shul wlaten me. Ne forsothe to the man that is lic me, I shal answern; ne that with me in dom euenli mai ben herd. Ther is not, that either mai vndernyme, and putten his hond in bothe. Do he awei fro me his ȝerde, and his inward drede fere me not. I shal speke, and I shal not dreden hym; ne forsothe I mai dredende answern.

 CAP. X.

It noȝeth me ofOm. AFH. my lif; I shal leten aȝen me my speche, I shal speke in bit|ternesse to my soule. IAnd I AHI. shal sei to God, Wile thou not me condempne; shew to me, whi me so thou demest. Whether good to thee it semeth, if thou chalenge and opresse me, the werk of thin hondis; and the counseil of vnpitous men thou helpe? Whether fleshly eȝen ben to thee, or as seeth a man, and thou shalt seen? Whether as the daȝis of man, thi daȝes, and thi ȝeris ben as mannysman A. many H. tymes; that thou seche my wickidnesse, and my synne thou serche? And wite thou, for no thing vnpitous I dide; sithensin C. ther is no man, that of thin hond mai deliuere? Thin hondis maden me, and formeden me al in enuyroun; and so feerli thou puttist me doun. Haue mynde, I be|seche, that as clei thou madist me, and in to pouder thou shalt aȝeen bringe me. Whether not as mylc thou hast mylkid me, and as chese thou hast crudded me? With fel and flesh thou hast cladclothed AEFH. me; with bones and senewis thou hast togi|dere ioyned me. Lif and mercy thou hast ȝiue to me, and thi visiting kepte my spirit. Al be it that these thingus thou hidist in thin herte, nerthelatereneuerthelater passim AEFH. I wot, for of alle thingus thou hast mynde. If I synnede, and at an houre thou sparedest to me; whi fro my wickidnesse thou suf|frist not me to be clene? And if a wickewickid AEFH. man I shal be, wo is to me; and if riȝt|wis, I shal not reren vp the hed, fulfild with affliccioun and wrecchidnesse. And for pride as a leounesse thou shalt take me; and turned aȝeen, merueilously thou tormentist me. Thou restorist thi wit|nessis aȝen me, and thou multipliest thi wrathe aȝen me; and peynes fiȝtenenhaunten knyȝthod E pr. m. in me. Whi of the wombe thou broȝtist me out? That wolde God I hadde be wastid, that eȝe shulde not seen me. I hadde ben as I were not, fro the wombe translatid to the toumbe. Whether not the fewenesse of my daȝis shal ben endid in short? Let me thanne, that I weile a litil while my sorewe, er I go, and turne not aȝeen, to the derke erthe, and couered with the dercnesse of deth the erthe of wrecchid|nesse and of dercnessis; wher shadewe of dethdeth is A., and noon order, but fulli in|dwellith euere durende orrour.

 CAP. XI.

Answerende forsothe Sofar Naama|tithes seide, Whether he, that manye thingus spekith, whether and he shal heren? or a man ful of woordis shal be iustefied? To thee alone men shul holde ther pes? and whan other men thou scornest, of no man thou shalt be con|foundid? Thou forsothe seidist, Pure is my woord, and clene I am in thi siȝte. And wolde God, God shulde speke with thee, and openen his lippis to thee; that he shulde shewe to thee the priuytes of wisdam, and that manyfold is his lawe, and thou shuldest vnderstonde, that manye lasse thingus thou art askid of hym, than deserueth thi wickidnesse. Perauenture the steppis of God thou shalt holde, and vnto perfit the Almyȝti thou shalt finde. Heiȝere than heuene he is, and what shalt thou do? deppere than helle, and whennys shalt thou knowen? Lengere than the erthe the mesure of hym, and braddere than the se. If he turne vpso doun alle thingus, or in to oon drawe togidere, who shal aȝensein to hym? Or who shal moun sey to hym, Whi dost thou so? He forsothe knewȝ the vanyte of men; and seande wickidnesse whether he beholde not? A veyn man in to pride is rerid; and as a colt of an asse, he weeneth hymself born free. Thou for|sothe hast fastned thin herte, and hast sprad out to hym thin hondis. If the wickidnesse, that is in thin hond, thou takest awei fro thee, and vnriȝtwisnesse abideth not stille in thi tabernacle, thanne thou shalt moun rere thi face with oute wem, and thou shalt be stable, and not dreden. Of wrecchenessewretchidnes AH. also thou shalt forȝete, and, as of watris that passeden, thou shalt not recorde. And as myddai liȝting it shal rise to thee at euen; and whan thee wastid thou wenest, thou shalt springe as the dai sterre. And thou shalt han trost, purposid to theethin AH. hope; and doun dolue, siker thou shalt slepe. Thou shalt reste, and ther shal not be that fereafere AEFH. thee; and manye shul preȝe thi face. The eȝen forsothe of vnpitous men shul faile; and out fliȝt shal pershe fro hem, and the hope of hem abhomyna|ciounthe abomynacioun A. of soule.

 CAP. XII.

Answerende forsothe Job seide, Thanne ȝee ben men alone, that with ȝou dwelle wisdam? And to me is an herte, as and to ȝou, ne lowere I am than ȝee; who forsothe these thingis, that ȝee knowen, vnknoweth? Who is scorned of his frend, as I, inwardli shal clepe God, and he shal heren hym; forsothe the symplenesse of the riȝtwise is scorned. AAnd a AH. laumpe de|spisid anent the thoȝtis of riche men, maad redi to the ordeyned time. The tabernaclis of reueres abounden; and hardili thei terren God, whan he ȝiueth alle thingus in to the hondis of hem. No wunder, aske the bestis, and thei shul teche thee; and the foulis of heuene, and thei shul shewe to thee. Spec to the erthe, and it shal answer to thee; and the fisshis of the se shul telle tho thingis. Who vnknoweth, that alle these thingis the hond of the Lord made? In whos hond the soule of alle lyuynge, and the spirit of alle flesh of man. Whether not the ere demeth woordis, and the chekis of the etere sauour? In olde men is wis|dam, and in myche time prudence. Anent hym is wisdam and strengthe; he hath counseil and vnderstonding. If he de|stroȝe, no man is that bilde vp; if he in|close a man, no man is that opene. If he holde togidere watris, alle thingus shul be maad drie; if he out sende them, thei shul turne vpsodoun the erthe. Anent hym is strengthe and wisdam; he knew andbothe A. the begilere and hym that is begilid. And he bringethbroȝte E pr. m. forth the counseileris in to a fool ende, and domesmen in to stoneing. The girdil of kingus he looside, and girtegirdede AEFH. with a corde the reenes of hem. He bringethbroȝte E pr. m. the prestis of hem vnglori|ous, and the beste men of wrshipe he supplauntith; chaungende the lippe of trewe men, and the teching of olde men doende awei. He heeldeth out despisingpreyere E pr. m. vp on princis, and hem, that weren opres|sid, releueth. That shewetharereth E pr. m. vp depe thingis fro dercnessis; and bringeth forth in to liȝt the shadewe of deth. That mul|teplieth Jentilis, and leesith hem, and turned vpso doun in to theOm. A. hoole re|storeth. That withinne chaungeth the herte of the prince of the puple of the erthe; and desceyueth hem, that in vein thei go bi withoute weie. Thei shul graspengrape A. gropen H., as in dercnessis, and not in liȝt; and he shal make them to erren as drunken.

 CAP. XIII.

Lo! alle thingus saȝ myn eȝe, and myn ere herde; and I vnderstod alle thingus. Aftyr ȝoure kunnyng and I knewȝ, ne the nethere of ȝou I am. But nerthelater to the Almyȝty I shal speke, and to dis|pute with God I coueite; rathere shew|ende ȝou forgeris of lesingus, and herieris of shreude techingis. And wolde God, ȝee heelde ȝoure pes, that ȝee weren weened wise men to ben. Hereth thanne my correcciouns; and to the dom of my lippis taketh heede to. Whether God nedeth ȝoure lesing, that for hym ȝee speke treccheries? Whether his face ȝee taken, and for God ȝee enforcen to deme? OrOuther AEFH. it shal plese to hym, whom hide no thing mai? Or he shal be desceiued, as a man, with oure gilis? He ȝou shal vn|dernyme; for in hydelis his face ȝee take. Anoon as he stereth hymself, he shal dis|turbedisturble A. ȝou; and his drede shal fallefalle in A. vp on ȝou. Ȝoure mynde shal be comparisound to askis; and ȝoure nollis shul be broȝt aȝeen in to clei. Beth stille a litil while, that I speke, what euere thing to me the mynde moue toOm. A.. Whi to-tere I my flesh with my teth, and my soule I bere in myn hondis? Also if he sle me, in hym I shal hope; nerthelatereneuerthelatere AEF et H passim. my weies in his siȝte I shal vndernyme. And he shal be my sauyoure; forsothe ther shal not come in his siȝt eche ipocrite. Hereth my woord, and the derke speches par|ceyneth with ȝoure eris. If I shul be demed, I wot that riȝtwis I shal be founde. Who is he that be demed with me? Come he; whi beende stille I am wastid? Two thingus onli ne do thou to me; and thanne fro thi face I shal not ben hid. Thin hond fer do fro me; and thi ferd gaste not me. Clep me, and I shal answeren to thee; or certis I shal speke, and thou answereshalt answere E pr. m. to me. Hou fele haue I wickidnessis and synnes? Myn hidous trespasis and giltis sheu to me. Whi thi face thou hidist, and demest me thin enemy? Aȝen a lef, that is raueshid with the wind, thou shewist thi myȝt; and drie stobil thou pursuest. Forsothe thou writist aȝen me bitternessisbitternesse H.; and waste me thou wilt with synnes of my waxende ȝouthe. Thou hastshalt C. putte in the stoc my foot, and thou hast waitid alle my pathis; and the steppis of my feetfoot E pr. m. thou hast beholde. The whiche as rotenesse am to be wastid, and as cloth|ing that is eten of a mowȝhe. A man born of a womman, short time liu|ende, is fulfild with many wrecchidnessis. That as a flour goth out, and is to|treden; and fleth as shadewe, and ne|uere in the same state abitabideth AEFH. stille. And wrthi thou bringist vpon such a man to opene thin eȝen; and to bringe hym with thee in to dom? Who mai make clene the conceyued of vnclene sed? Whether not thou, that art alone?

 CAP. XIV.

Shorte ben the daȝis of man, the noumbre of his monethis is anent thee; thou hast ordeyned his termes, that shul not moun be passid ouer. Go awei thanne a litil fro hym, that he reste; to the time that the desirid dai come, and as of an hirid man the dai of hym. A tree hath hope, if it be kut of; eft it wax|eth grene, and his braunchis springen. If his roote waxe old in the erthe, and inin to A. pouder were out dead; his stoc at the smel of water shal buriouneout burioune C., and shal make an hep of leues, as whan first it is plauntid. A man forsothe whan he shal be dead, and nakid, and wastid; wher, I beseche, is he? What maner if watris gon awei fro the se, and flod voided waxe drie, so a man, whan he slepeth, shal not rise, to the time that he be to|treden; heuene shal not wakewaken him E super ras. out, ne he shal rise fro his slep. Who ȝeue to me that, that in helle thou defende me, and hide me, to the time thi wodnesse ouer|passe; and sette to me a time, in whiche thou recorde of me? Whether weenest thou not a dead man eft liue? Alle the daȝis, in whiche now I fiȝte, I abide, to the time myn inward chaunging come. Thou shalt clepe me, and I shal answere toOm. C. thee; to the werc of thin hondis thou shalt putte forth the riȝt hond. Thou forsothe hast noumbrid my goingis; but spare to my synnes. Thou hast selid as inOm. AFH. a litil sac my giltis, but thou hast kurid my wickidnesse. A fallende hil flowith doun, and a ston is born ouer fro his place. Watris therlenthrillen AH. out stones, and of smyting of watris the erthe litle mele is wastid; thanne men lic maner thou shalt leese. Thou hast strengthid hym a litil, that in to euermor he shulde passe; thou shalt inchaungen his face, and thou shalt senden hym out. If for|sothe noble shul ben his sonys, orouther EFH. vn|noble, he shal not vnderstonde. Ner|thelatere his flesh whil it liueth, shal sorewen, and his soule vp on himself shal weilen.

 CAP. XV.

Answerende forsothe Elifath Theman|ythes seide, Whether a wis man shal answere, as spekende in to wind, and he shal fulfille with brennyng his stomac? Thou vndernemyst hym with woordis, that is not euene to thee, and thou spekist, that spedeth not to thee. As myche as in thee is, thou hast voididauoided EFH. drede; and taken awei preȝeeris befor God. Forsothe thi wickidnesse tauȝte thi mouth, andOm. E. thou folewistfolowedist AFH. a tunge of blasfemende men. Thi mouth shal con|dempne thee, and not I, and thi lippis shul answer to thee. Whether the firste man thou art born, and beforn alle hillis formed? Whether the counseil of God thou hast herd, and lowerethe lowere E pr. m. thanOm. E pr. m. thou shalt ben his wisdam? What knewe thouwhether thou hast knowen E pr. m., that wee vnknowen? WhatWhether E pr. m. vnder|stondesvndurstodist AH. thou, that wee wite not? And men of the laste age and of manye ȝeeris ben in vs, myche eldere than thi fadris. Whether gret it is, that God coumforte thee? But thi shreude woordis forfenden that. What reretharereth AEFH. thee thin herte, and as grete thingis thenkende thou hast stoneȝid eȝen? What aȝen God swelleth thi spirit, that thou speke of thi mouth suche maner woordis? What is a man, that he be vndefoulid, and riȝtwis seme born of a womman? Lo! among his seintus noon is vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not clene in his siȝt. Hou myche more an abhominable and an vnprofitable man, that drinketh as watris wickid|nesse? I shal shewe to thee, here me; that I saȝ, I shal telle to thee. Wise men knoulechen, and shul not hide ther faders. To whom alone is ȝiue the erthe, and ther shal not passe an alien bi hem. Alle his daȝis the vnpitous man proudeth; and the noumbre of ȝeris of his tiraundise is vncertein. The soun of ferdhis ferd E super ras. euermore in the eris of hym, and whan pes is, he euermor troweth aspies. He beleuethleueth E pr. m. not that he mai be turned aȝeen fro derc|nesses vnto liȝt, beholdende swerd on alle sides abouteabouten him E super ras.. Whan he moueth hym|self to sechen bred, he knew, that dai of dercnessis is maad redi in his hond. Tribulacioun shal gasten hym, and an|guysh shal enuyroune hym, as a king that is beforn maad redi to bataile. For|sothe he bende his hond aȝen God, and aȝen the Almyȝti he is strengthid. He ran aȝen God the necke vpriȝt, and he is armed with a fat nol. Fatnesse couerde his face, and of his sides grece hangeth. He shall dwelle in desolatthe desolat A. cites, and in desert housis, that ben broȝt in to toumbis. He shal not be maad riche, ne his sub|staunce shal abide stille; and he shal not putte in the erthe his roote, ne gon awei fro dercnessis. His braunchis flaume shal make drie, and he shal be take awei thurȝ the spirit of his mouth. Trowe he not in vein bi errour desceyued, that for any pris he is to ben aȝeen boȝt. Er his daȝis ben fulfild, he shal pershe, and his hondis shul waxe drie; heOm. C. shal `ben hurtgladen, E pr. m. as a vine, in the firste flour his cluster, and as an oliue throwende awei his flour. Forsothe the gederinggendrynge A. of an ipo|crite barein, and fyr shal deuoure ther tabernaclis, that gladli taken ȝiftis. He conceyuede sorewe, and bar wickidnesse, and his wombe befor makith redi trecche|ries.

 CAP. XVI.

Answerende forsothe Job seide, I haue herd ofte sithes suche thingus; alle ȝee ben heuye coumfortoures. Whethir windi woordis shul notOm. A. han ende? or any thing is greuous to thee, if thou spekist? And I myȝte lic thingis of ȝou speken, and wolde God ȝoure lif were for my lif; and I shulde coumforte ȝou with woordis, and moue myn hed vp on ȝou; I shulde strengthe ȝou with my mouth, and moue the lippis as sparende to ȝou. But what shal I do? If I shal speke, my sorewe `shal not resteresteth not E pr. m.; and if I shul holde my pes, it `shal not gogoth not E pr. m. fro me awei. Now forsothe my sorewe hath opressid me, and alle my lymes ben turned in to noȝt. My ryuelis seyn witnesse aȝen me, and the false seiere is rered vp aȝen my face, withseiende to me. He gederede his wodnesse in me, and thretende to me gnastide vp on me with his teth; myn enemy with grisli eȝen me beheld. Thei openeden ther mouthis vp on me, and mysseiende smyten my cheke; thei ben fulfild with my peynes. God hath closid me anent the wicke, and to the hondis of vnpitouse toc me. And I he sum time plenteuouse, feerli am sorewid; he hath holde my nol; he hath to-brosid me, and put me as in to a marke. He hath enuyround me with his speris, he woundede my leendis to gidere; he sparide not, and he dalfdeluede AEFH. out in to the erthe my bowelis. And he heewȝhewide AEFH. me with wounde vp on wounde; and he fel in to me as a ieaunt. I souwide a sac vpon my skin; and I couerede my flesh with askis. My face to-swal for weping, and myn eȝe lidis daswiden. These thingus I suffride withoute wickidnesse of myn hond, whan I hadde to God clene preȝeeris. Erthe, ne couere thou my blod, ne my cry finde in thee place of lurking. Lo! forsothe in heuene is my witnesse; am I knowere of myself in heiȝtis? My woordi frendis, myn eȝe droppith to God. And wolde God, so a man shulde be demed with God, hou the sone of man is demed with his felawe. Lo! forsothe shorte ȝeris passen, and the sty, bi theOm. AEFH. whiche I shal not be turned aȝeen, I go.

 CAP. XVII.

My spirit shal be maad thynne; my daȝis shul be shortid, and onli to me leueth ouer a sepulcre. I synnede not, and in bittirnessis abideth myn eȝe. Lord, deliuere me, and put me beside thee; and whos euere hond thou wilt, fiȝte aȝen me. The herte of hem thou hast maad aferreferre A. fro discipline; therfore thei shul not ben enhauncid. A prei he behotith to felawis, and his sones eȝen shul failen. Hethei E pr. m. putte me as in to a prouerbe of the comun, and his exsaumple beforn hem. At the in|dignacioun daswide myn eȝe; and my lymes as vnto noȝt ben broȝt. Riȝtwis men shul stoneȝen vp on that; and the innocent aȝen the ipocrite shal be stirid vp. And the riȝtwis shal holden his weie, and with clene hondis adde strengthe. Thanne alle ȝee beth conuertid, and com|eth; and I shal not finde in ȝou any wis man. My daȝis passeden; my thoȝtis ben scatered, tormentende myn herte. Nyȝt thei turneden in to dai; and eft aftir dercnessis I hope liȝt. If I shul sustene, helle is myn hous; and in dercnessis I beddede my bed. To stinc I seide, Thou art my fader; My moder and my sister, to wermes. Wher is thanne now myn abiding? and my pacience who behold|eth? In to the most deppest helle shul falle doun alle myne; wenest thou nameli, whethir there shal ben reste to me?

 CAP. XVIII.

Answerende forsothe Baldath Suythes seide, In to what ende woordis thou shalt boste? Vnderstond rathere, and so speke wee. Whi be wee holden as bestis, and wee han waxe foul before thee? What lesist thou thi soule in thi wodnesse? Whether for thee the erthe shal be for|saken, and rochis shal be translatid fro ther placis? Whether the liȝt of the wycke man shal not be quenchid; ne the flaume of his fyr shal shyne? Liȝt shal waxe derk in his tabernacle; and the lanterne that is vpon hym shal be quenchid. The goingis of his vertue shul be streitidstreit AH.; and his counseyl shal putten hym doun. Forsothe he putte inOm. AH. his feet in to the nett; and in his filthis he goth. His sole shal ben holde with a grene; and thrist shal brenne out aȝen hym. His foot grene is hid in the erthe, and his desceyuende gyn vp on the sty. Al aboute feris shul gasten hym, and withinne wrappen his feet. His strengthe shal ben feblid with hunger; and scarsnesse of mete asaile his ribbis. Deuoure it the fairnesse of hys skin; the firste goten deth waste the armys of hym. His trost be pullid vp fro his tabernacle; and deth trede vp on hym, as a king al aboue. Dwellen his felawis in the taber|nacle of hym that is not; brumston be sprengd in his tabernacle. DounAdoun AEFH. be dried his rootis; aboueeft E pr. m. forsothe be to|treden his rip. The mynde of hym pershe fro the erthe; and his name be not maad solempne in stretis. He shal putten hym out fro liȝt in to dercnessis; and fro the roundnessemouth E pr. m. ouerbern hym. His sed ne progenye shal ben in his puple, ne any remnaunt in the regiouns of hym. In his daȝes the laste men shul stoneȝen; and grising shal asaile the firste. These thanne ben the tabernaclis of the wicke man; and this his place, that vnknowith God.

 CAP. XIX.

Answerende forsothe Job seide, Hou longe ȝee tormente my lif, and pownenponen C. thralle E pr. m. pownen E sec. m. me with woordis? Lo! ten sithes ȝee confounde me, and ȝee shame not, opress|ende me. Forsothe if I am vnknowende, with me it shal be, myn vnkunnyng. And ȝee aȝen me ben rerid, and vndernyme me with my repreues. Nameli now vnder|stondeth, for God not withwithouten A. euene dom tormentith me, and with his scourgis girdith me. Lo! I shal crie sufferende fors, and no man shal here; I shal crien out, and ther is not that deme. My sty he heggide aboute, and I mai not gon ouer; and in my path he putte derc|nesses. He spoilide me my glorie, and he toc awei the croune fro myn hed. He de|stroȝide me al aboute, and I pershe; and as to a pullid vp tree he toc awey myn hopefairnesse E pr. m.. His wodnesse is wroth aȝen me; and so me he hadde as his enemy. His theues camen togidere, and maden to hem a weie bi me; and besegiden in enuyroun my tabernacle. He made a ferr my bre|thren fro me; and my knowen as alienes wenten awei fro me. My neȝh men for|soken me; and that me hadden knowe forȝete me. The comelingus of myn hous and myn hond wymen as an alien hadden me; and as a pilgrim IOm. C. was in the eȝen of hem. My seruaunt I clepide, and he answerde not to me; with my propre mouth I preȝede hym. My wif agriside my breth; and IOm. AH. preȝede the sones of my wombe. Foolys also despisiden me; and whan I hadde gon awei fro them, thei `bacbiten tobacbitiden A. bacbiten H. me. Sum time my coun|seyleris wlateden me; and whom I most loouede withstod me. My bon cleuede to my skin, the flesh wastid; and onli the lippis ben lafte aboute my teth. Hau|eth reuthe of me, haueth reuthe of me, nameli, ȝee my frendis; for the hond of the Lord hath touchid me. Whi pursue ȝee me, as God; and with my flesh ȝee be fulfild? Who ȝiueth to me, that my woordis be writen? Who ȝiueth to me that thei be grauen in a boc with an iren pointel, or with a pece of led; or with a chisell thei be grauen in flint? For|sothe I wot, that myn aȝeenbiere liueth, and in the laste dai I am to rise fro theOm. AEFH. erthe; and eft shal ben enuyround with my skin, and in my flesh I shal se God, my sauere. Whom I myself am to seen, and myn eȝen ben to beholden, and noon other. This myn hope is led vp in my bosum. Whi thanne now sey ȝee, Pursue wee hym, and the roote of woord finde wee aȝen hym? Fleeth thanne fro the face of swerd; for vengere of wickidnesse is the swerd, and witeth dom to beme A..

 CAP. XX.

Answerende forsothe Sofar Naamatites, seide, Therfore my thoȝtis diuers comyn after other to them; and my mynde in to diuers thingus is raueshid. The doctrine that thou vndernemest me, I shal heren; and the spirit of myn vnderstonding shal answern to me. That I wot fro the be|gynnyng, sithen a man `is settI am sett E pr. m. vp on erthethe erthe A., that the preising of vnpitous men is short, and the ioȝe of an ipocrite at the licnesse of a point. If his pride steȝe vp in to heuene, and the cloude touche his hed, as a dunghil, in the ende he shal ben lost; and thei that hadden seen hym, shul sein, Wher is he? As a sweuene fleende awei he shal not be founde; he shal passe as the nyȝt siȝte. The eȝe that hym saȝseeth AH. seiȝ EF. shal not seen; and his place no mor shal beholden hym. His sones shul be to-trede with nede; and the hondis of hym shul ȝeldeȝelde them E. to hym his sorewe. The bones of hym shul be fulfild with vicis of his waxende ȝouthe; and with hym in pouder thei shul slepe. Whan forsothe euel were sweete in his mouth, he hidde it vnder his tunge. He shal spare to it, and not forsaken it; and hiden in his throteroote C.. The bred of hym in his wombe shal be turned in to galle of edderes withinneforth. The richessis that he de|uourede, he shal spewen out; and of his wombe God shal drawe them out. The hed of edderes shal rise; and the tunge of the serpent shal slen hym. See he not the litle ryueres of the flod, of the strem of hony, and of buttere. He shal abie alle thingus that he dide, and nerthelatere he shal not be wastid; aftir the multi|tude of his findingus, so andOm. A. he shal suffre. For brekende togidere he nakide the hous of the pore man; raueshide, and not bilde it. And his wombe is not ful|fild; and whan he shal han, that he hadde coueitid, he shal not moun welde. Ther `lafte notshal not leuen E pr. m. of his mete; and therfore no thing shal leue of his goodus. Whan he shal be fulfild, he shal be streyned, and brenne; and alle sorewe shal falle in to hym. Wolde God his wombe be fulfild, that he sende out in to hym the wrathe of his wodnesse, and reyne vp on hym his bataile. He shal fleen iren armys; and he shal falle in to the brasene bowe. Broȝt out, and goende out fro his shethe, and leitinge in to his bitternesse; thei shul go, and come vp on hym alle grisful. Hid dercnessis be in his priue thingus; fyr shal deuoure hym, that shal not be brend vp; laft in his tabernacle he shal be tor|mentid. Heuenys shul shewen his wick|idnesse; and erthe shal rise aȝen hym. The buriounyng of his hous shal ben opened; itand it A. shal be toOm. H. drawen awei in the dai of the wodnesse of the Lord. This is the part of the vnpitous man fro God, and the eritage of his woordis fro the Lord.

 CAP. XXI.

Answerende forsothe Job seide, Hereth, I beseche, my woordis, and doth penaunce. Suffreth me, and I shal speke; and after my woordus, if it shul be seen, laȝheth. Whethir aȝen man is my disputesoun, that thurȝ desert I owe not to be maad sory? Taketh heede to me, and becometh doumbe; and puttith vpon the finger to ȝoure mouth. AndAnd I AEF. whan I shal recorde, drede and trembling shal smyte togidere my flesh. Whi thanne vnpitous men liuen, and ben rered vp, and coumfortid with richessis? The sed of hem abitabideth AH. stille be|forn hem; and the cumpanye of neeȝh men, and of cosynes in the siȝte of hem. The housis of hem ben sikere, and pesible; and the ȝerde of God is not vp on hem. The oxe of hem conceyuede, and bar not abortif; the kow bar, and isit is E pr. m. not priued the frut. The litle childer of hem gon out as flockis; and the fauntis of hem gladen out with pleies. They holden the timbre, and the harpe; and ioȝen at the soun of theOm. A. orgne. TheiAnd thei A. leden in goodis ther daȝis; and in a point to hellis thei go doun. The whiche seiden to God, Go awei fro vs; the kunnyng of thithe AH. weies wee wiln not. Who is the Almyȝti, that wee serue to hym? and what pro|fiteth to vs, if wee preȝen hym? Ner|thelater for ther goodis ben not in the hond of hem, the counseil of vnpitous men be aferr fro me. Hou ofte sithes the lanterne of vnpitouse men shal be quenchid, and flowing ouercam to them, and deuidedediuyde A. the sorewis of his wod|nesse? Thei shul ben as chaf befor the face of wind; and as aOm. AH. sparke, that the cole scatereth. God shal kepe to the sones of hym the sorewe of the fader; and whan he shal ȝelde, thanne he shal knowen. His eȝen shul seen his slaȝter; and of the wodnesse of the Almyȝti he shal drinke. What forsothe to hym per|teneth of his hous aftir hym, and if the noumbre of his monethis shal `come to the halfben deuyded E pr. m.? Whethir any man shal teche God kunnyng, that demeth heȝe men? This dieth stronge and hol, riche and wel|sun. His bowelis ben ful of talȝben deuyded E pr. m.; and the bones of hym ben moistid with marȝ. Another forsothe dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, withoute any richessiswerkis E pr. m.. And nerthelater togidere in pouder thei shul slepe, and wermes shul couere them. Cer|tis I haue knowe ȝoure thoȝtis, and ȝoure wickewickid AH. sentencis aȝen me. Ȝee seyn for|sothe, Wher is the hous of the prince? and where the tabernaclistabernacle A. of vnpitous men? Asketh any man of the weie goeris; and these same thingis ȝee shul knowe hym to vnderstonde. For the euele man shal be kept `in toto AH. the dai of perdicioun, and to the dai of wodnesse he shal be broȝt. Who shal vndernyme beforn hym his weyes? and what he dide, who shal ȝelde to hym? He shal be broȝt to the sepulcris; and in the hipil of deade men shal wake. He was sweete to the greet of helle flod; and after hym alle men he droȝ, and beforn hym vnnoumbrable. Hou thanne coumforte ȝee me in vein, whan ȝoure answeris ben shewid to repugnerepugnynge A. repreuynge H. `to theof A. of the H. treuthe?

 CAP. XXII.

Answerende forsothe Elifath Temanites seide, Whether to God mai a man ben comparisound, also whan he shal be of perfit kunnyng? What profitith to God, if thou shul be riȝtwis? or what to hym bringist thou, if thi lif were vnde|foulid? Whether dredende he shal vn|dernyme thee, and come with thee in to dom, and not for thi mychemychile E. malice, and thi wickidnessis vnendid? Forsothe thou hast take awei the wed of thi brethern with oute cause; and nakid men thou hast spoilid fro clothis. Water to the weri thou ȝeue not; and to the hungri thou withdrowe bred. In the strengthe of thin arm thou weldedestweeldist A sec. m. the erthe; and most myȝti thou heelde it. Widewis thou laftist voide; and the brawnes of moderles childer thou to-brosidist. Ther|fore thou art enuyround with granes; and feerli dredestrengthe E pr. m. disturbidedisturblith A. distourbith H. thee. Thou wendest thee not to seen dercnessis; and thurȝ bire of rennynge watris not to ben opressid. Whether thenkest thou, that God be heȝere than heuene, and ouer the cop of sterres he be heȝed? And thou seist, What forsothe the Lord knewȝ? and, As bi dercnesse he demethschewith E pr. m.? A cloude his hidelis, ne oure thingus he beholdeth, and aboute the vttermostis of heuene he goth. Whether the sti of worldis thou coueitist to kepe, the whiche wickewickid AH. men treden? The whiche ben reridarered AEFH. befor ther time, and flod turnede vp so doun the foundement of hem. The whiche seiden to God, Go awei fro vs; and as the Almyȝti miȝte do no thing, thei eymeden hym, whan he hadde fulfild ther housis with goodis; whos sentence ferr be fro me. Riȝtwis men shul seen, and be glad; and the innocent shal scorne them. Whether is nott hewe doun the rering vp of hem, and fyr shall deuoure ther relikis? Assente thanne to hym, and haue pes; and bi these thingus thou shalt han best frutis. Tac of his mouth the lawe, and put his woordis in thin herte. If thou shul be turned aȝeen to the Almyȝti, thou shalt be bild vp; and aferr thou shalt make the wickidnesse fro thi tabernacle. He shal ȝiue for the erthe flint, and for the flint goldene stremes. And the Almyȝti shal ben aȝen thin enemys; and seluer shal ben hepid to thee. Thanne vp on the Almyȝti delicis thou shalt flowen; and thou shalt reren vp to God thi face. Thou shalt preȝen hym, and he shal here thee; and thi vouwis thou shalt ȝelde. Thou shalt beholden a thing, and it shal come to thee; and in thi weies liȝt shal shyne. He forsothe that shal be mekid, shal ben in glorie; and he that bowith his eȝen, shal be saued. The innocent shal be saued; forsothe he shal be saued bi the clennesse of hyse hondys.

 CAP. XXIII.

Answerende forsothe Job seide, Now also in bitternesse is my woord, and the hond of my veniaunce is agreggid vp on my weiling. Who to me ȝeueȝyueth A., that I knowe, and finde hym, and come vnto the seet of hym? I shal setten beforn hym dom, and my mouth I shal fille with blamyngis; that I wite the woordis, that he answerth to me, and vnderstonde what he speke to me. I wil not with myche strengthe he striue with me, ne with the peis of his mykilnesse he bere me doun. He purpose euenenesse aȝen me, and myn dom come to victorie. If to the est I shal go, he apereth not; if to the west, I shal not vnderstonde hym; if to the lift, what shal I do? I shal not otake hym; if I turne me to the riȝt, I shal not seen hym. He forsothe wot my weie, and shal proue me as gold, that thurȝ the fyr passeth. My foot folewide his steppis; his weie I kepte, and I bowide not doun fro it. Fro the hestis of his lippis I wente not awei; and in my bosum I hidde the woordis of his mouth. He forsothe is alone, and no man mai turne awey his thoȝtis; and his soule what thing euere it woldewile E pr. m., that it didedoth E pr. m.. Whan it shal fulfille in me his wil, and othere manye lic thingus ben redi to hym. And therfore fro the face of hym I am disturbiddisturblid A., and beholdende hym with drede I am bisy. God tem|prede myn herte, and the Almyȝti dis|turbidedisturblide A. me. Forsothe I pershide not for the above comende dercnessis; and dusk|nessedusknessis A. derknessis H. couerede my face.

 CAP. XXIV.

Fro the Almyȝti ben not hid the times; thei forsothe that knewen hym, vnknow|en his daȝis. Othere men translateden termes, breeken atwynne the flockis, and fedden hem. Thei dryuen awei the asseassis AH. of moderles childer, and token awei for a wed the oxe of the widewe. Thei turneden vp so doun the weie of pore men, and opresseden togidere the debonere men of erthethe erthe AEFH.. Othere men as assis in desert gon out to ther werc; and wakende at the prey, greithe bred to fre childer. The feld not thers thei de|stroȝen, and his vine, whom bi violence thei opresseden, thei kutte the grapis. Nakid thei leue men, takende awei clothis, to whom is no koueryng in cold; whom wederes of hillis moisten, and not hauende wrielyswriels or coueryngis A. clippe stones. Fors thei diden robbende moderles childer; and the comun of pore men thei spoileden. To the nakide, and to the goende withoute cloth|ing, and to the hungri thei token awei eris. Among the hipilis of hem thei resteden in mydday, the whiche thresten, the pressoures tredid. They maden men of citees to weilen, and the liues of woundid men shul crien; and God suf|freth not vnuengid to gon awey. Thei weren rebel to liȝt; thei knewen not his weies, ne thei be turned aȝeen bi his sties. Erli first risethariseth AEFH. the mansleere, and he sleth the nedy, and the pore; bi the nyȝt forsothe he shal ben as a thefdai thef E pr. m.. The eȝe of the auoutrer waiteth derk|nesse, seiende, The eȝe shal not see me; and he shal coueren his chere. Thei breeken thurȝ housis in dercnesses, as in the dai thei hadde seid togidere to them|self; and thei vnknewe liȝt. If feerli apere the morutid, thei deme the shadewe of deth; and so in dercnessis thei gon as in liȝt. Liȝt he is vp on the face of the water; cursid be his part in the erthe, ne go he bi the weie of vines. ToAt E pr. m. ful myche hete he shal passen fro the watris of snowis, and vnto helle the synne of hym. His mercy be forȝeten; his swetnesse a werm; be he not in recording, but be to|trede as a tree vnfructuous. Forsothe he fedde the barein, thatand that AH. bar not child, and to the widewe he dide not welwelthe A.. HeAnd H. droȝ doun the stronge men in ther strengthe; and whan he shulde stonde, he shall not trowe to his lif. God to hym a place of penaunce ȝaf, and he mysuseth it in to pride; forsothe the eȝen of hym ben in his weies. Thei ben rerid at a litil, and thei shul not stonde stille; and thei shul be mekid as alle thinges, and be do awey; and as the oouermostis of corn eris thei shul ben to-broosid. That if it is not so, who may me vndernyme to han lowen, and to putte beforn God my woordys?

 CAP. XXV.

Answerende forsothe Baldac Suytes seide, Power and fere anent hym is, that maketh acord in ther heȝe put thingus. Whether is ther noumbre of the knyȝtis of hym? and vp on whom shyneth not the liȝt of hym? Whether mai a man be iustified comparisoun to God, or seme clene born of a womman? Lo! also the mone shineth not, and the sterris ben not clene in the siȝte of hym; myche more a man stinkis stynke A., and the sone of a man a werm.

 CAP. XXVI.

Answerende forsothe Job seide, Whos helpere art thou? whether feble, and sustenest the arm of hym, that is not strong? To whom hast thou ȝiue coun|seil? Perauenture to hym that hath no wisdam; and myche prudence thou hast shewid. Or whom woldest thou techen? whether not hym, that made space ofto A. brething? Lo! ieauntis weilen vnder wa|tris, and that duellen with hem. Nakid is helle beforn hym, and no coueryng is to perdicioun. He that streccheth out the north vp on vein, and hangeth vp the erthe vp on noȝt. ThatAnd AH. bindeth watris in his cloudis, that thei breke not out togidere dounward. That holdeth the chere of his sete, and streccheth out vp on it his cloude. The terme he enuy|rounde with watris, vn to the time that ben fynysht liȝt and dercnessis. The pileris of heuene togidere quaken, andOm. AH. dreden at his bek. In the strengthe of hym feerli ses ben gedered, and the pru|dence of hym smot the proude man. His spirit ournede heuenes, and his hond liȝtli ledende out, the eche side krokende ed|dere is led out. Lo! a part ben seid of his weies; and whan vnnethe a litil drope of his woord wee han herd, who shal moun the thunder of his gretnesse be|holde?

 CAP. XXVII.

Also Job addede, takende his parable, and seith, God liueth, that toc awei my dom, and the Almyȝti, that to bitternesse broȝte my lif. For whil ther leueth breth in me, and the spirit of God in my nose therlis, my lippis shul not speke wickid|nesse, ne my tunge shal bethenke lesing. Ferr be fro me, that I deme ȝou to be riȝtwise; to the time I faile, I shal not gon awei fro myn innocence. My iusti|fiyng, that I haue begunne to holde, I shal not forsake; ne forsothe myn herte re|preuede me in al my lif. As vnpitous myn enemye; myn aduersarie as wickewickid A.. What is forsothe the hope of an ipocrite, if auerously he take, and God deliuere not his soule? Whether God shal here the cri of hym, whan shal come vp on hym anguysh? or shal moun in the Al|myȝti delite, and inwardly clepe God in alle tyme? I shal teche ȝou bi the hond of God, what thingus the Almyȝti hath; and I shal not hide. Lo! alle ȝee han knowe, and what withoute cause veyneand veyn A. thingis ȝee speken? This is the part of the vnpitous man anent God, and the eritage of the violentthe violent AEFH. menthingis E pr. m. man H., that of the Almyȝti thei shul take. If his sones be multeplied, thei shul be in swerd; and his sones sones shul not be fulfild with bred. That shul be laft of hym, shul be biried in deth; and his widewis shul not wepe. If he shul bere togidere as erthe siluer, and as clei make redi clothis; he greithede forsothe, but the riȝtwise shal be cladclothid AEFH. with them, and the innocent shall deuyde the siluer. He bilde vp his hous as a mowȝhe, and as a kepere he mademake A. an hilet. The riche man, whan he shal slepe, no thing with hym shal bern; he shal opene his eȝen, and no thing he shal finde. Mysese shal cacchen hym as water; in the nyȝt shal opresse hym tem|pest. Brennende wind shal take hym, and don awei; and as a whirlewind shal raueshen hym fro his place. He shal senden out vp on hym, and not sparen; fro his hond fleende he shal flee. He shal streyne vp on hym his hondis, and whistlen vpon hym, beholdende his place.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Siluer hath the principlis of his veynes; and to gold is a place, in the whiche it is blowe togidere. IrenAnd yren A. fro the erthe is taken, and a ston losid bi hete, in to bras is turned. Tyme he putte to dercnessis, and the ende of alle thingus he beholdeth. Also the strem deuydeth the ston of dusc|nesse, and the shadewe of deth, fro the puple pilgrimagende; hemhe A., whom the foot of the nedi man forȝat, in to men withoute weies. The erthe, of the whiche bred cam of in his place, with fyr is turned vpsodoun. Place of a safyr is stones, and the gluggis of hym gold. The brid vnknewȝ the sty, ne the eȝe of the gripe beheeld it. The sones of mar|chaundis treeden it not, ne the leounesse thurȝ passide bi it. To the flint he straȝte out his hond; he turnede vpsodoun fro the rootisiudgis E pr. m. the hillis. In stones riueres he heewȝhewide AH. out; and alle precious thing saȝ his eȝe. The depe thingus also of flodis he enserchide; and hid thingus he broȝte in to liȝt. Wisdam forsothe, wher is itOm. A. founde, and what is the place of vndirstonding? A man wot not the pris of it, ne it is founde in the lond of sweteli lyuende men. The depnessisdepnes AH. of watris seith, It is not in me; and the se speketh, It is not with me. Shynende gold shal not be ȝiue for it, ne siluer shal be peisid in the chaffaring of it. It shal not be comparisound to the steyned co|loures of Ynde, ne to the most precious sardenyk ston, orof A. safyr. Ne shal be maad euene to it gold, or glas; ne for it shul be chaungid vesselis of gold, heȝe and ouerstondendeor schynyng A et E marg. F text., ne shul be remem|brid in the comparisoun of it. Wisdam forsothe is drawen of hidde thingis; ne ther shal be maad euene to it topasie of Ethiope, ne to the most clene steynyng shal be comparisoundput to gidere E pr. m.. Whennes thanne wisdam shal come, and what is the place of vnderstonding? It is hid fro the eȝen of alle liuende men; also to the foulis of heuene it is vnknowen. Perdicioun and deth seiden, With oure eris wee han herd the fame of it. God vnderstantvndurstondith A. the weie of it, and he knewȝ the place of it. He forsothe looketh the endis of the world; and alle thingus that ben vnder heuene he beholdeth. That made to windis peis, and watris heenghangide AEFH. vp in mesure. Whan he putte to reynes lawe, and weie to sounende tempestis; thanne he saȝ it, and tolde out, and made redi beforn, and enserchide. And he seide to man, Lo! the drede of God, it is wisdam; and to gon awei fro euel, vnderstonding.

 CAP. XXIX.

Also Job addede, takende to his para|ble, and seide, Who ȝeue to me, that I be after the rathere monethis, after the daȝes in the whiche God kepte me? Whanne shynede his lanterne vp on myn hed, and at his liȝt I wente in derc|nessis. As I was in the daȝes of my waxende ȝoutheȝongth A passim., whan priueli God was in my tabernacle. Whan the Almyȝti was with me, and in myn enuyroun my childer; whan I wesh my feet with but|tere, and the ston heldeheelded AEFH. to me ryueres of oile; whan I wente forth to the ȝate of the cite, and in the strete thei maden redy a chaȝer to me. Ȝunge men seȝen me, and weren hid, and olde men risende stoden; princis ceseden to speken, and finger putten vpon to ther mouth; dukis withdrowen ther vois, and the tunge of hem to ther throte cleuede. The herende ere `blisful maadegladide E pr. m. me, and the seande eȝe witnesse ȝeld to me; forthi that I hadde delyuered the pore man criende out, and the moderles child, to the whiche was noon helperehelpe AH.. The blessing of hym, that was to pershen, vp on me cam, and the herte of the widewe I coumfortide. RiȝtwisnesseIn riȝtwisnes A. I am cladclothed AEFH.; and I clothide me as a vestyment, and with a diademe withto E pr. m. my dom. An eȝe I was to blinde, and a foot to the halte. Fader I was of pore men; and the cause that I knew not, most diligentli I enserchide. I to|broside the chaulis of the wicke man, and fro his teth I toc awei the prey. And I seide, Die I in my litle nest; and as a palme I shal multiplie daȝis. My roote is opened beside watris, and deu shal abide in my reping. My glorie euer|more shal be newid, and my bowe in myn hond shal be reparailid. That herden me, abiden my sentence; and takende heede thei heelde stille at my counseil. To my woordis no thing to adden thei weren hardi; and vpon hem droppide my speche. Thei biden as reyn my speche; and mouthher mouth AH. thei openeden as to the late co|mende weder. If any time I loowȝ to them, thei leeuedenbileueden A. not; and the liȝt of my chere fel not in to the erthe. If I wolde go to them, I sat first; and whan I sat as a king, the ost aboute stondende, I was neuerthelatere of dreri men the coum|fortere.

 CAP. XXX.

Now forsothe scorne me the ȝungere in time, of whom I deynede not the fadris to sitte with the hondis of my floc. Of whom the vertue of hondis to me was for noȝt, and thei weren trowid vnwrthi that lif. And thurȝ nede and hunger barein; that gnowengnewen AEH. in wildernesse, wax|ende foul with wrecchidnesse and sorewe. And thei eeten erbis, and the rindis of trees; and theOm. A. roote of iunypere trees was the mete of hem. The whiche of theOm. A. valeis these thingus takende; whan alle thingus thei hadde founde, with cri thei runne to thoo thingus. In desertis of stremys thei dwelten, and in dennes of the erthe, or vp on grauelthe grauel A.. The whiche among such thingus gladeden, and to ben vnder busshis counteden delicis. The sonus of foolis and of vnnoble men, and in the lond not fulli perende. Now forsothe I am turned in to the song of hem, and I am maad to hem a prouerbe. Thei wlaten me, and ferr floun fro me, and to spute my face they shameshameden A. not. Forsothe his arwe girdil he openede, and tormentide me, and he putte a bridil in to my mouth. At the riȝt of the est my wrecchenesseswrecchedenessis AEFH. anoon risen; thei turneden vpsodoun my feet, and opresseden as with flodis bi ther sties. Thei scatereden my weies, and waiteden to me, and hadden the ouere hond; and ther was not that broȝte helpe. As the wal broken and the ȝate opened thei fellen in on me, and to my wrecchid|nessis thei ben myche boowid to. I am broȝt in to noȝt; as the wind he hath taken awei my desyr, and as a cloude passide myn helthe. Now forsothe in myself welewith my lif, and welde me the daȝis of tormentinge. InAnd in A. And H. the nyȝt my mouth is thirlid thurȝ with sorewis; and that eten me, slepen not. In the multitude of hem my clothing is wastid, and as with a coler of a kote thei girten me. I am comparisound to clei, and amI am AFH. licned to aOm. C. sparke and to askisasshen A.. I shal crie to thee, and thou shalt not heren; I stonde, and thou beholdestbeheeldist A. not me. Thou art chaungid to me in to cruel, and in the hardnesse of thin hond thou art aduersarie to me. Thou hast rered me, and as vp on wind settende thou hast hurtlid me doun myȝtili. I wot, for thou shalt take me to deth, wher is sett an hous to alle liuende. Nerthelatere not to the wasting of hem thou puttist out thin hond; and if thei falle, thou thi self shalt saue. I wepte sum time vp on hym that was tormentid, and my soule hadde compassioun to the pore. I abod goodis, and ther camen to me euelis; I abod liȝt, and ther breeken oute dercnessis. Myn entrailis brenden out with oute any reste; befor wente me the daȝes of tor|ment. Dreri I wente withoute wodnesse, risende in the puple I criede. Brother I was of dragouns, and felawe of the half beste half foul. My skin is bleckid vp on me, and my bones drieden for hete. Myn harpe is turned in to weilingcley E pr. m., and myn orgne in to the vois of weperis.

 CAP. XXXI.

I couenauntide a pes couenaunt with myn eȝen, that forsothe I shulde not thenke ofon A. aOm. H. maiden. What forsothe part God fro aboue shulde han in me, and the Almyȝti eritage fro heȝe thingus. Whe|thir not perdicioun is to the wicke, and alienyng to men werkende wick|enessewickidnesse AH.? Whether he beholdeth not my weies, and alle my goingis noumbreth? If I ȝide in vanyte, and my foot heeȝide in treccherietreccheries C pr. m., peise he me in a riȝtwis balauns, and wite God my symplenesse. If my going bowide doun fro the weie; ifof AH. myn eȝe folewide myn herte, and a spot cleuede to myn hondis; I shal sowen, and an other ete, and my pro|genye be drawe vp bi the roote. If myneny A. herte is desceyued vp on a womman, and if at the dore of my frend I sette spies; the strumpet of an other be my wif, and vpon hir othere men be thei crookid. This forsothe is vnleeful, and most wick|idnesse. Fyr is deuouring vnto wasting, and pullende vp bi the roote alle bur|iounyngus. If I dispiside to gon vnder dom with my seruaunt and hond maiden, whan thei shulden pleten aȝen me. What forsothe shal I do, whan God shal rise to deme? and whan he shal aske, what shal I answern to hym? Whether not in the wombe he made me, the whiche and hym wroȝte, and oon formede me in the wombe? If I denyededenie AH. to pore men that thei wolden, and made the eȝen of a widewe to abide; if I eet my morsel alone, and the moderles child eet not of it; for fro my ȝouthe doing of mercy wex with me, and fro the wombe of my moder wente out with me; if I dispiside the goere beside, for thi that he hadde not clothing, and the pore withoute couer|yng; if his sidis blessiden not to me, and of the flees of my shep he is chaufid; if I rerede vp on the moderles child mynwith myn A. hond, also whan I saȝ me in the ȝate the ouerheȝere; my shulder falle fro his ioynt, and myn arm with his bones be to-brosid. Forsothe euermor as flodis swellende vp on me, I dredde God; and his peis I myȝte not bern. If I wendeweendide H. weenyde A. gold my strengthe, and to the shynende gold I seide, My trost; if I gladede vp on my manye richessis, and for myn hond fond manye thingis; if I saȝ the sunne, whan it shulde shyne, and the mone goende clerli; and myn herte is gladid in hid thing, and kiste myn hond fro my mouth; the whiche is the moste wickidnesse, and denyyng aȝen the heȝest God; if I ioȝide at his falling, that hatide me, and ful out ioȝide, that euel hadde founden hym; forsothe I ȝaf not my throte to synne, that I shulde abide cursende his soule; if the men of my tabernacle seiden not, Who ȝiueth of his fleshe, that we be fulfild? without forth abod not the pilgrim; my dore was open to the weie goere; if I hidde as a man my synne, and hilede in my bosum my wickenesse; if I dradde at the moste multitude, and dispising of neeȝh men ferede me; and not more I heeld my pes, and wente not outwithout A. the dore; who ȝeue to me an auditourheerere E pr. m. helpere E sec. m., that my desyr heere the Almyȝti? that he that demeth write the boc, that in my shulder I bere it, and enuyroune it asOm. C. a crowne to me? Bi alle my grees I shal pronouncen it, and as to a prince I shal offre it. If aȝen me myn erthe crie, and with it his forewis bewepenfloowen doun E pr. m.; if his frutis I eet with oute monee, and the soule of his erthe tilieris I tormentide; for whete be sprunge to me a brimbil, and for barli a thorne.

 CAP. XXXII.

These thre men laften forsothe to an|swern to Job, forthi that riȝtwis he is seen to them. And Elyu, the sone of Barachiel Busites, of the kynrede of Ram, ys wroth, and endeyned; he is wroth aȝen Job, forthi that he shulde sein hym|self to be riȝtwis befor God. But aȝen the thre frendis of hym he dedeynededeynede A., forthi that thei hadden not founde a resounable answere, but onely thei shulden han condempned Job. Thanne Eliu abod Job spekende, forthi that eldere thei weren, that speken. Whan forsothe he hadde seen, that the thre myȝten not answern, he wrathede hugeli. And answerende Elyu, the sone of Barachiel Busites, seide, I am ȝungere in time, ȝee forsothe eldere; therfore the hed leid doun I am shamed to shewe to ȝou my sentence. I hopede forsothe that the lengere age shulde speke, and the multitude of ȝeeris shulde techen wisdam. But as I see, spirit is in men, and the inbrething of the Almyȝti ȝiueth vnderstonding. Wise men ben not longe liuende, ne olde men vnder|stonde dom. Therfore I shal seyn, Hereth me, and also I shal shewe to ȝou my kun|nyng. Forsothe I haue abide ȝoure woordis, herdeand herde A. ȝoure prudence, whil ȝee striuen in ȝoure woordis. And whil I wende ȝou any thing to seyn, I beheeld; but as I see, ther is not, that mai vnderneme Job, and answern of ȝou to his woordis; lest perauenture ȝee seyn, Wee han foundeOm. AH. wisdam; God hath throwen hym afeerr, and not man. No thing he hath spoke to me, and I after ȝoure woordis shal not answere to hym. Thei myche dradden, and answerden no more, and token awey speche fro themself. Thanne for I haue abide, and thei speken not, stoden, and answerden no more; shal and I answere my partie, and shewen my kunnyng. Forsothe I am ful of woordis, and the spirit of my wombe artith me. Lo! my wombe as must withoute ventingauentinge AEFH., that breketh newe litle win vesselys. I shal speke, and brethen aȝeen a litil; I shal opene my lippis, and answern. I shal not taken persone of man, and God to man I shal not euenen. I wot neuere forsothe hou longe I shal stonde stille, and if after a litil take me my Makere.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Here thanne, Job, my spechis, and alle my woordis hercne. Lo! I haue opened my mouth; my tunge in my chekis shal speke. With symple herte my woordis, and pure sentence my lippis shul speke. The spirit of God made me, and the brething space of the Almyȝti quykenede me. If thou maist, answere to me, and stond stille aȝen my face. Lo! me as and thee made God; and of the same cley I also am formed. Nerthelatere my mi|racle fere thee not, and my faire speche be not to thee heuy. Thou seidest thanne in myn eris, and the vois of thi woordis I herde; Clene I am, and withoute gilte, vnwemmed, and ther is not wickidnesse in me. For pleintis in me he fond, ther|fore he demede me enemy to hym. He putte in the stockis my feet, and kepte alle my sties. This is thanne, in the whiche thou art not iustified; I shal an|swer to thee, for God is more than man. Aȝen God thou striuest, that to alle woordis he shal not answer to thee. Ones God shal speke, and the secounde that same he shal not eft seyn. Bi sweuene in nyȝt siȝte, whan falle slep vp on men, and thei slepen in the litle bed. Thanne he openeth the eris of men, and enformendeenfourmeth AH. them techithand techith A. discipline; that he turne awei a man fro tho thingus that he dide, and deliuere hym fro pride; and takende awei his soule fro corup|cioun, and his lif, that he go not in to swerd. He blameth also bi sorewe in the litle bed, and alle his bones maketh to become drie. Abhomynable to hym bred is maad in his lif, and to the soule of hym metemete forsothe E pr. m. beforn desirable. His flesh shal become roten, and the bones, that weren couered, shul be maad nakid. The soule of hym shal neȝhe to corupcioun, and his lif to thingus berende deth. If ther were for hym an aungil spekende oon of the lic thingis, that he telle the equite of man, he shal han reuthe, and sein, Delyuere hym, that he go not doun in to corupcioun; I haue founde in what I be plesid to hym. His flesh is wastid of tormentis; be he turned aȝeen to the daȝes of his waxende ȝouthe. He shal preȝe God, and be plesable to hym; and seen his face in ioȝe, and ȝelde to man his riȝtwisnesse. He shal beholde men, and sein, I haue synned, and vereli I haue trespasid; and as I was worthi, I haue not resceyued. Forsothe he hath deliuered his soule, that he go not in to deth, but lyuende liȝt he shal seen. Lo! alle these thingus wercheth God thre sithes bi alle men; that he aȝeen clepe the soulis of hem fro corupcioun, and liȝtne in the liȝt of liuende men. Tac heede, Job, and here me, and be stille, whil I speke. If forsothe thou hast what thou speke, answere to me, spec; I wile forsothe thee to apere riȝtwis. That if thou hauehast AEFH. not, here me; be still, and I shal teche thee wisdam.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Tellende forth forsothe Elyu, thes thingis also spac, Hereth, wise men, my woordis, and taȝt, herkneth me; the ere forsothe woordis proueth, and the throte metis bi tast demeth. Dom chese we to vs; and among vs see wee what is betere. For thou seidist, Job, Riȝtwis I am, and God turnede vp so doun my dom. InAnd H. demyng forsothe me is lesing, and violent is myn arewe withoute any synne. Who is a man, as is Job, that drinketh scorn|yng as water? that goth with men wirk|ende wickidnesse, and wendeth with vn|pytous men? Forsothe he seide, A man shal not plese to God, also if he shul renne with hym. Therfore, herty men, hereth me; ferr be fro God vnpitous|nesse, and fro the Almyȝti wickenessewickidnes AH.. Forsothe the werk of man he shal ȝelde to hym; and after the weies of echone he shal quite to them. Vereli forsothe God shal not condempne in veyn; ne the Almyȝti shal turne vpsodoun dom. Whom otherouere A. sette he vp on erthe? or whom putte he vp on the world, that he forgide? If he shul dresse to it his herte, the spirit of it and blast he shal drawe to hym. Al flesh shal faile to gidere; and a man into askis shal be turned aȝeen. If thou hast thanne vndirstond|inge, here that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche. Whether he that looueth not dom mai ben helid? and hou thou hym, that is riȝtwis, in so myche condempnest? That seith to the king, Apostata; that clepeth dukys vn|pitous. That taketh not the persones of princis, ne knewȝ the tiraunt, whan he shulde striuen aȝen the pore; forsothe the werk of his hondis ben alle men. FeerliSodeynli E sec. m. thei shul die, and in mydnyȝt puplis shul be boowid; and passen, and taken awei the violent withoute hond. Forsothe the eȝen of hym vp on the weies of men, and alle the goingus of hem he beholdeth. Ther ben not derc|nessis, and ther is not shadewe of deth, that ther ben hid there that werken wickidnessis; ne forsothe more ouer in mannys power is, that he come to God in to dom. He shal to-trede manye and vnnoumbrable; and make to stonden othere men for hem. Forsothe he knew the werkis of hem; and therfore he shal bringe in nyȝt, and thei shul be to-trede. As vnpitous, he smot hem in the place of men seende. The whiche as bi studie wente awei fro hym, and alle his weies thei wolde not vnderstonde. That thei make to come to hym the cri of the nedi, and he here the vois of pore men. Hym forsothe grauntende pes, who is that con|dempneth? Sithen he hathshal E pr. m. hid his chere, who is that beholdeth hym? And vpon Jentilis and vpon alle men, the whiche maketh to regne an ipocrite man, for the synnes of the puple. Thanne for I spac to God, thee also I shal not forfende. If I haue errid, thou teche me; if wickid|nesse I spac, I shal adde no mor. Whe|ther God of thee asketh it out, for he dis|pleside to thee? Thou forsothe begunne to speke, and not I; that if any thing thou knewe betere, spec. Vnderstondende men, speke thei to me; and a wis man, here he me. Job forsothe folily spac, and the woordis of hym soune not disciplyne. Fader myn, be preued Job vnto the ende; ne leue thou fro a man of wickidnesse, that addeth vp on his synnes blasfemye. Amongis vs euereeft E pr. m. among be he streyn|ed; and thanne at the dom terre he God with his woordis.

 CAP. XXXV.

Thanne Eliu these thingus eft spac, Whethir euene to thee seme thi thoȝt, that thou shuldest seyn, I am mor riȝt|wis than God? Thou seidest forsothe, It `pleseth notshal not plesen E pr. m. to thee, that is good; or what to thee shal profite, if I shul syn|nen? Also I shal answern to thi woordis, and to thi frendis with thee. Behold heuene, and loke, and myndefulli see the cloudis, that is heȝere than thou. If thou shalt synnen, what shalt thou noȝe to hym? and if thi wickidnesseswyckidnes A. be mul|tiplied, what shalt thou don aȝen hym? But if thou shalt do riȝtwisli, what shalt thou ȝiue to hym; or what of thin hond he shal take? To man that is lic thee, thin vnpitousnesse shal noȝe; and the sone of man thi riȝtwisnesse shal helpe. For the multitude of chalengeres thei shul crie, and ȝelle out for the fors of the arm of tirauntis. And he seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that ȝaf ditees in the nyȝt? That techeth vs ouer the bestis of the erthe, ouer the foulis of he|uene shal lernen vs. There thei shul crie, and he shal not heren, for the pride of euele men. Forsothe not in veyn God shal heren, and the Almyȝti beholde shal the causis of alle men. Also whan thou shal sein, He beholdithbehalt C pr. m. not; be thou de|med beforn hym, and abid hym. Now for|sothe he bringeth not in his wodnesse, ne the hydous gilte is vengid gretli. Thanne Job in vein openede his mouth, and withoute kunnynge woordis multi|plieth.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Also Eliu addende these thingus spac, Sustene me a litil while, and I shal shewen to thee; ȝit forsothe I haue that for God I speke. I shal aȝeen aske my kunnyngsentence E pr. m. fro the bygynnyng; and my werkere I shal proue riȝtwis. Verili for|sothe and withoute lesing my woordus, and perfit kunnyng shal be preued to thee. God myȝti men throwith not awei, sithen he is myȝti; but he saueth not vn|pitous men, and dom to pore men he ȝyueth. He shal not take awei fro theOm. AH. riȝtwis his eȝen; and kingis in sete he setteth in to euermor, and thider thei ben rerid vp. And if thei shul ben in cheynes, and ben bounde with cordis of porenesse, he shal shewe to them ther werkis, and ther hidous giltis; for cruel they weren. Also he shal opene the ere of hem, that he chastise; and he shal speke, that thei be turned aȝeen fro wick|idnesse. If thei shuln here, and kepe wel, thei shul fillefulfillen AEFH. ther daȝes in goode, and ther ȝeris in glorie. If forsothe thei shul not heren, they shul passe bi swerd, and be wastid in folie. Feyn|eres and felle men terren the wrathe of God; and thei shul not crie, whan thei shul be bounden. The soule of hem shal die in tempest; and the lif of hem among wommanysh men. He shal de|liuere the pore man fro his anguysh; and he shal opene his ere in tribulacioun. Therfore he shal saue thee fro the streite mouth most widly, notnow E pr. m. and not AH. hauende a ground vnder itselfhimself E pr. m.; the reste forsothe of thi bord shal be full of fatnesse. Thi cause as of an vnpitous man is demed; forsothe thi cause and dom thou shalt finde. Thanne ouercome thee not wrathe, that any man thou opresse; ne the multi|tude of ȝiftis bowe thee. Do doun thi mykilnesse withoute tribulacioun, and alle the stronge men in strengthe. Ne drawe thou along the nyȝt, that puplis steȝen vp for hem. Be war, ne bowe thou to wickidnesse; that forsothe thou hast begunne to folewe aftyr wrecchidnesse. Lo! heȝe God in his strengthe, and noon to hym lic in lawe ȝiueres. Who shall moun serchen his weies? or who is hardy to sei to hym, Thou wroȝtist wickid|nesse? HaHaue AEFH. mynde, that thou vnknowist the werk of hym, of whichethe whiche AEFH. men writen. Alle men seen hym; eche shal beholdebeholde hym AH. aferr. Lo! God gretis greet A., ouercomende oure kunnyng; the noumbre of the ȝeris of hym vneymable. That doth awei the dropisdroop A. of reinhis reyne A.; and heeldeth out we|deres at the licnesse of swolewis, that of the cloudis flowen, that before weuen alle thingus theraboue. If he wile strecche out cloudis as his tent, and leitne with his liȝt fro aboue, also the vtmostvttermost AEFH. of the se he shal couere. Bi these thingis for|sothe he demeth puplis, and ȝiueth mete to manye deadli thingus. In the hond he hideth liȝt; and comaundeth to it, that eft it come to. He tellith ofOm. AH. it to his frend, that his possessioun it be; and to it he mai steȝen vp.

 CAP. XXXVII.

Vpon that mych dradde myn herte, and is moued out froof A. his place. HeIt A. shal heren heringe in gastnesseferdnes A. of his vois, and the soun goende out of the mouth of hym. Ouer alle heuenys he be|holdeth; and the liȝt of hym vp on the termes of the erthe. After hym shal rore sounyng, he shal thunder with the vois of his mykilnesse; and he shal not ben enserchid, whan shal ben herd the vois of hym. God shal thundre in his vois merueilously, that doth grete thingus and vnserchable. That comaundeth to the snowȝ, that it `come doun vpsteye vp E pr. m. on erthethe erthe A., and to reynes of winter, and to wederes of his strengthe. That marketh in the hond of alle men, that alle men arowe shulden knowen his werkis. The beste shal go in to his lurking place, and in his dich he shal abide. Fro the innermor shal gon out tempestthe tempest AEF., and fro the north sterre cold. God blowende, waxeth to|gidere frost; and eft moost wide ben shed out watris. Whete desirith cloudis; and cloudis sprengensprongen AH. ther liȝt. That gon alle thingus bi enuyroun, whider euere thou gost, the wil of the gouernere shal lede, to alle thingus that he shal comaunde to them vp on the face of the round|nesse of erthis; or in o lynage, or in his erthe, or in what euere place of his mercy hem he shal comaunde to be founde. Hercne these thingus, Job; and stond, and behold the merueilis of God. Whe|ther thou wost, whan God comaundide to reynes, that thei shulden shewe the liȝt of the cloudis of hym? Whether thou hast knowen the sties of the cloudis, grete and parfit kunnyngis? Whether thi clothis ben not hote, whan the erthe shal be blowe thurȝ with the south? Thou per|auenture with hym forgedist heuenes, that most sad, as with bras, ben foundid. Shewȝ to vs, what wee seyn to hym; wee forsothe ben wrappid in dercnessis. Who shal telle to hym, that I speke? also if a man shal speke, he shal be deuourid. And now thei see not liȝt; feerli the eir shal be wroȝt togidere in to cloudis, and ouergoende wind shal driue them. Fro the north shal come gold, and fro God dredful preising. Wrthili hym finde wee moun not; gret in strengthe, and dom, and riȝtwisnesse, that he mai not be told out. Therfore men shul dreden hym; and alle that to themself ben senOm. AH. to be wise, shuln not ben hardy to beholden.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

Answerende forsothe the Lord to Job fro the whirlewind seide, Who is this, wrappende in sentencis with woordis vn|wise? Gird as a man thi leendis; I shal aske thee, and thou answere to me. Wher were thou, whan I sette the founde|mens of the erthe? sheu to me, if thou hast vnderstonding. Who putte the me|suris of it, if thou hast knowen? or who straȝte vp on it a line? Vp on what the feet of it ben sad? who dide doun the corner ston of it, whan me shulden preise togidere the morutid sterris, and alle the sones of God shulden ioȝen? Who closede the se with doris, whan it brac out as goende forth of the wombe? Whan I shuld setten the cloude his clothing, and with dercnesse it, as with clothis of vn|spekende childhed, I wrappide aboute. I enuyrounde it with my termes, and sette the heenglis, and doris; and seide, VntoHow longe E pr. m. hider thou shalt come, and no fer|there gon; and heer thou shalt breke to|gidere thi swellende flodis. Whether aftir thi rising thou comaundedist to the moru|tid, and hast shewid to the dai spring his place? Whethir thou hast holde smyt|ende togidere the vtmostisvttermostis AEFH. of the erthe, and hast smyten out the vnpitous men of it? The litle marke shal be restorid as cley, and shal stonde as clothing. His liȝt shal be take awei fro the vnpitous, and the heȝe arm shal be broke togidere. Whether thou wentist in the depthe of the se, and in the laste thingus of the derke depthedepnesse AEFH. of the se thou hast ful go? Whe|ther to thee ben opened the ȝatis of deth, and the derke doris thou hast seen? Whether thou hast beholde the breede of the erthe? Sheu to me, if thou hast knowen alle thingis, in what weie liȝt dwellith, and of dercnessis what is the place; that thou lede eche man to hys termes, and vnderstonde the sties of his hous. Thou wistist thanne, that thou were to be born, and the noumbre of thi daȝes thou haddest knowe? Whether wentist thou in to the tresoris of snowȝ, or the tresoris of hail thou hast beholde? that I haue maad redi in to the time of the enemy, in to the dai of fiȝt, and of bataile. Bi what weie is sprengd liȝt, deuyded is hete vp on erthe? Who ȝaf to the most hidous weder cours, and weie of the sounende thunder? That it shulde reyne vp on erthe withoute man, in desert wher noon of dedly men dwelleth? That he shulde fulfille the space with|oute wei and desolat, and bringe forth grene erbis? Who is the fader of reyn, or who gat dropis of deu? Fro whos wombe wente out iys, and frost fro heuene who gat? In the licnesse of a ston watris ben hardid, and the vtmostvttermost AEFH. of the se is streyned togidere. Whether thou art strong to ioyne the shynende seueseuen AH. sterres, or thou shalt moun scatere the cumpas of the north sterre? Whether thou bringist forth the dai sterre in his time, and the euetid sterre vp on the sones of the erthe thou makist to rise? Whether thou hast knowe the ordre of heuene, and shalt putte his resoun in the erthe? Whether thou shalt rere thi vois in to a lytil cloude, and the bure of watris shal couere thee? Whether thou shalt sende leitis, and thei shul go, and turnende aȝeen thei shul sey to thee, Wee be neeȝh? Who putte in the entrailis of a man wis|dam, andOm. C. who ȝaf to the cok vnderstond|ing? Who shal tellen out the resoun of heuenus, and the singing of heuene who shal make to slepe? Whanne was pouder held in the erthe, and clottis weren clunge togidere? Whether thou shalt take the prei of the leounesse, and the soule of hir whelpis thou shalt fulfille, whan thei lyn in dichis, and in dennus thei aspien? Who maketh redi to the crowe his mete, whan his briddis crie to God, hider and thider waggende, forthi that thei han no metis?

 CAP. XXXIX.

Whether thou hast knowen the time of the berthe of wilde capretis in stonys, or thou hast waitid hindis berende calf? Thou hast noumbrid the monethis of con|ceyuyng of hem, and thou hast knowe the time of the birthe of hem? Thei ben bowid to the frut of kinde, and beren; and `roringus thei sendenbesily thei nurschen E pr. m. out. The sones of hem ben seuered, and go to the feding; thei gon out, and ben not turned aȝeen to them. Who lafte the asse fre, and his bondis who looside? To whom I ȝaf in wildernesse an hous, and his taber|naclis in the lond of bareynte. He de|spiseth the multitude of the cite; the cry of the pletere he hereth not. He be|holdeth aboute the hillis of hys leswe, and alle grene growende thingis he secheth. Whether the vnycorn shal wiln serue to thee, orouther AEFH. shal dwelle at thi cracche? Whether shalt thou tie to eren the vnycorn with thi bridil, orouther AH. he shal breke clottis of valeis after thee? Whe|ther trost thou shalt han in the grete strengthe of hym, and leuen to hym thi trauailis? Whether takist thou to hym, that seed he ȝeelde to thee, and thi corn flor he gedere? The fether of a stru|cioun is lic to the fetheris of a ierfakoun, and of a goshauk; that leueth hirhis AH. eiren in the erthe, thou perauenture in pouder shalt make them hot. She forȝet, that the foot to-trede them, or beste of the feeld to-brose. She is maad hard to hir sones, as thoȝ thei be not hiris; in veyn she trauailide, no drede constreynende. God forsothe priuede hir wisdam, and ȝaf not to hir vnderstonding. Whan time were, in heiȝte she rerede out hir weengis; scorneth the hors, and the steȝere vp of it. Whether shalt thou ȝiue to the hors strengthe, or don aboute his necke ney|enge? Whether shalt thou reren hym as locustis? The glorie of his nese therlis ferd. The erthe the houe delueth, hardili he gladeth out; in to theOm. CH. aȝencomyng he goth to the armed. He dispisith dreede, and he ȝiueth not stede to the swerd. Vp on hym the arewe girdil shal sounen; the spere and the sheeld shal braundishen. Feruent and gnastende he soupeth the erthe; and rewarde he not to the trumpe sounende trumping. Where he shal here the trumpe, he shal seyn, Fy! aferr he smellith bataile; the cleping to of dukis, and ȝellingto ȝelling E pr. m. of theOm. AFH. ost. Whe|ther bi thi wisdam waxeth fetherid the goshauk, strecchende out his weengus to the south? Whether at thi comaunde|ment shal be rerid the egle, and in heȝe thingus shal putten his nest? In stones he dwellith, and in heȝe sett scarri flintis he bidethabideth AFH., and in rochis hard to come to. Thennes he behaltbeholdeth AEFH. mete, and fro a ferr his eȝen beholden. His briddes licken blod, and wher euere shal be the careyn, anoon he is neeȝh. And the Lord addede, and spac to Job, Whether he that striueth with God, so liȝtli shal reste? Forsothe he, that vndernemeth God, owith to an|swere to hym. Answerende forsothe Job to the Lord seide, I that liȝtli spac, what may I answern? Myn hond I shal putte vp on my mouth. O thing I spac, that wolde God I hadde not seid; and an other, to the whiche thingus I shal adden no more.

 CAP. XL.

Answerende forsothe the Lord to Job fro the whirlewind, seide, Gird as a man thi leendis, and I shal aske thee, and sheu thou to me. Whether vein thou shalt make my dom, and condempne me, that thou be iustified? And if thou hast an arm as God, and with lic vois thun|drist, do aboute to thee fairnesse, and in to anOm. AH. heiȝ be thou rerid, and be glo|rious, and be thou cladclothid AEFH. with faire clothis. Scatere proude men in thi wod|nesse, and beholdende eche enhaunsende hymself meke thou. Behold alle proude men, and confounde hem; and to-brose vnpitouse men in ther place. Hijd hem in pouder togidereOm. A., and the facis of hem drenche in `the dichedichis C.. And I shal knou|leche, that thi riȝthond mai saue thee. Lo! bemoth, that I made with thee, hey as an oxe he shal ete. His strengthe in his leendis, and his vertue in the nauele of his wombe. He streyneth his tail as a ceder; and the senewis of his ballokis ben wrappid togidere. His bones as pipis of bras; his gristil as irene platis. He is the begynyng of the weiesweie C. of God; that made hym, shal leiioyne A. to his swerd. To this hillis bern erbis; alle the bestis of the feld pleien there. Vnder shadewe he slepith, in the priue place of reed, in moiste placis. Shadewis coueren his vmbre; withiene trees of the strem enuyrounen hym. He shal soupen vp the flod, and he shal not wndre; he hath trost, that Jordan flowe in to the mouth of hym. In the eȝen of hym, as with an hoc, he shal taken hym; and in stakys he shal thirle thurȝ his nose therlis. Whe|ther maist thou drawen out leuyethan with an hoc, and with a corde thou shalt binde his tunge? Whethir thou shalt putte a sercle in his nose therlis, or with a ring thou shalt therle thurȝ his cheke bon? Whether he shal multi|plie to thee preȝeeris, or speke to thee softe thingus? Whether he shal smyte with thee couenaunt, and thou shalt take hym euermor seruaunt? Whether thou shalt begile to hym as to a brid, or binden hym with litle hokis? Frendis shul hewen hym, marchaundis shul de|uyden hym? Whether thou shalt fillefelle C. nettis with his skyn, and the lep of fisshis with the hed of hym? Put vp on hym thin hond; haue mynde of bataile, and adde thou to speke no more. Lo! the hope of hym shal `maken hymben made E pr. m. veyn; and alle men seende he shal ben kast doun.

 CAP. XLI.

Not as cruel I shal reren hym; who forsothe mai withstonde to my chere? And who befor ȝaf to me, that I ȝeelde to hym? Alle thingus, that ben vnder heuene, ben myne. I shal not spare to hym bi myȝti woordis, and to preȝe sett togidere. Who shal shewe the face of his clothing, and in to theOm. AH. myddel of his mouth who shal gon in? The ȝatis of his chere who shal opene? bi cumpas of his teth drede. His body as ȝoten sheeldis, and threst togidere with scalis threstende doun hem|self. Oon to oon is ioyned; and lest breth|ingbrekynge H. place forsothe go in bi them. Oon shal cleue to the tother, and holdende hemselue shul not ben seuered. His nesing shynyng of fyr, and his eȝen as eȝelidis of the morutid. Of his mouth laumpis gon forth, as tend brondus of fyr. Of his nose therlis goth forth smoke, as of a tend pot and boilende. His breth maketh colis to brenne, and flaume goth out of hys mouth. In his necke shal dwelle strengthe, and nede shal go be|forn his face. TheOm. AH. membris of his flesh cleuende to themself; he shal senden aȝen hymhem A. flodis, and to an other place thei shul not be born. His herte shal ben in|wardli harded as a ston; and shal be streynedstryued C. as the stithie of an hamer betere. Whan he shal be taken awei, aungelis shul drede; and ferd thei shul be purgid. Whan he shal cacchen hym, swerd shal not moun stonde, ne spere, ne brest plate. Forsothe he shal telle bi iren as chaf, and bras as rotunrote C. tree. The man archer shal not driuen hym; in to stobil ben turned to hym the stones of the slinge. As stobil he shal eyme the hamer; and scornescornynge AH. the man shakende a spere. Vnder hym shul be the bemes of the sunne; and he shal leyn vp gold to hym as clei. He shal make the depthe of the se to boilen as a pot; and sette, as whan oynemens boilen. Aftir hym the sty shal ȝiue liȝt; and he shal eymen the se as an oldliold AH. man. Ther is not vp on erthe power, that be comparisound to hym; that is maad, that no man he shulde drede. Alle heiȝ thingthingis AH. he seeth; and he ys king vponof H. alle the sones of pride.

 CAP. XLII.

Answerende forsothe Job to the Lord, seide, I wot, for alle thingus thou maist, and no thoȝt is vnknowe to thee. Who is this, that hilith counseil withoute kun|nyng? Therfore vnwisly I spak, and tho thingus that ouerother H. maner shulden passe my kunnyng. Heere thou, and I shal speke; I shal aske thee, and answere thou to me. Bi hering of ere I herde thee, now forsothe myn eȝe seeth thee. Therfore I myself repreue me, and do penaunce in dead cole and askisashen A.. Af|tir forsothe that the Lord spac these woordis to Job, he seide to Elifath Themanythen, My wodnesse is wroth in to thee, and in to thi two frendis; for ȝee han not spoke befor me riȝt, as my seruaunt Job. Taketh therfore to ȝou seuen bolis, and seuen wetheris; and goth to my seruaunt Job, and offreth for ȝou brent sacrifise. Job for|sothe, my seruaunt, shal preȝen for ȝou; his face I shal take, that folie be nott witid to ȝou; ne forsothe ȝee han spoken befor me riȝt, as my seruaunt Job. Thanne Elyfath Themanythes, and Baldach Suy|thes, and Sofar Naamatites, wenten, and diden, as the Lord hadde spoke to them; and the Lord toc the face of Job. The Lord also is turned to the penaunce of Job, whan he shulde preȝe for his frendis. And the Lord ȝaf to alle thingus, that euere weren of Job, double. And ther camen to hym alle his brethern, and alle his sistris, and alle that hadden knowen hym beforn; and thei eete with hym bred in his hous, and moueden vpon hym the hed; and coumforteden hym vp on al the euel, that the Lord hadde broȝt in vp on hym; and thei ȝeue to hym eche a shep, and a golden ere ring. The Lord for|sothe blisside to the laste thingus of Job, more than to his begynnyng; and ther ben maad to hym fourtene thousend of shep, and sixe thousend of camailis, and a thousend ȝokis of oxen, and a thou|send she assis. And ther weren to hym seue sones, and thre doȝtris; and he clepide the name of the ton Diem, and the name of the seconde Cassiam, and the name of the thridde Cornu tibij. Ther ben not forsothe founde so faire wym|men, as the doȝtris of Job, in al the lond; and ther fader ȝaf to hem eri|tage among ther brethern. Forsothe Job lyuede aftir these scourgis an hun|drid and fourti ȝeer, and saȝ his sones, and the sones of his sones, in to the ferthe ieneracioun; and heOm. H. diede old, and ful of daȝis.

 Here endith the book of Job, and here begynneth the prolog of the SawterFrom A. Explicit liber Job. E. No final rubric in CFH.. PSALMS. Incipit prologus in librum PsalterijFrom E. Proloug. F. Prologus H. No initial rubric in AC..

Whan it is knowe, alle the profetis to han spoke bi reuelacioun of the Holi Gost, Dauidit is knowun Dauid OR. most of profetis to han spoken sumin sum C. wise in wrthiere and ouer passende maner, as the trumpe of the Holi Gost, than othere profetis. Othere forsothe profetis profe|cieden bi sum maner ymagis of thingus, and withinne coueryngis of woordis, that is, bi sweuenes, and viseouns, and deedis, and sawis; Dauid forsothe, thurȝ stiring of the Holi Gost alone, withoute vttermor helpe his profecie made out. Wherfor couenabli this boc is seid, The boc of solitarie spechis. It is also seid a Sauter, the whiche name it toc of a musik instrument, that Ebruli is clepid nablum, Grekli a sauter, of this Grek woord sallim, that is, touching; Latinli is seid anand H. orgne, that is of ten cordis, and fro the ouere part ȝiueth soun, bi the touch of hondis. Of that forsothe instrument at the lettre therfore isit is R. nemned `this bocOm. R., for at theOm. H. vois of that instrument Dauid song salmys beforn the arke in the tabernacle of the Lord; and as alle the sweete songus of that instrument weren clepid salmys, so and alle the particlis of this boc, or clausis. AlsoAnd R. aftir the spirituel vnderstonding wel of that instrument it taketh name, for as that instrument is of ten cordis, so this boc techeth the al aboute kepingthe keping OR. of the ten hestis; and as that instrument ȝiueth soun fro the ouere part bi the touch of hondis, so this boc techeth wel to werche, not for ertheli thingis, but for heuenli thingus, that ben aboue. This boc stantstondith AR. in an hundrid and fifti salmys, not biside the resoun of heȝere signefiyng; this forsothe noumbre is notid to most solempne mysteries. It stantstondith AI. for|sothe of eiȝteti and seuenti. And eiȝtety al oon signefieth thatthe same that doith OR. eiȝte, and seuenti the same that seuene. Eiȝte forsothe signefieth the eiȝtthe age of aȝeen rising; for sithen ther ben sixe agis of men liuende, and the seuenthe of men diende, the eiȝthe age shal ben of men aȝeen risende. Bi seuene forsothe is betocned the time of this lif, that is passid bi the oftesithes comyng of seuen daȝes. Riȝtli thanne this boc is maad in such a noumbre of salmys, whos partyes signefien `the beforseidparfite E pr. m. mysteries; for it techeth so vs in the seuentheseuenthe age OR. of this lif to werken and to liuen, that in the eiȝtheeiȝthe age OR. of aȝeen rising wee be not cladclothid AEFHIOR. with the doublefold cloth of confusioun, but with the stole of double glorifiyng. Or therfore in that noumbre of salmys it is maad, for, as wee han seid, thisthe O. noumbre stantstoondith A. of eiȝteti and seuenti, that al oon betocnen thatthat same that doith O. the same that doith R. eiȝte and seuene. Eiȝte forsothe betocneth the newe testament, the fadrisparties E pr. m. forsothe of the newe testament to ogdoadi, that is, to eiȝte deseruen. Thei kepenkepten O. forsothe the eiȝthe dai of the resureccioun of Crist, that is, the sone dai, and the vtas of seintis, and abijden the eiȝte of the aȝeen rising. Bi seuene forsotheOm. R. is betocned the olde testament therfore; for the fadrisparties E pr. m. of the olde testament serueden to ebdoady, that is, to seuene. Forsothe thei keptenkepen E pr. m. the seuenthe dai, and the seuenthe wike, the seuenthe moneth, theand the A sec. m. Om. H. `seuenthe ȝerOm. H., and the seuenthe ȝer of the seuenthe, `that is, theOm. E pr. m. fiftithe, that is seid iubile. Wherfore Salomon seith, "Ȝif partis seuene and also eiȝte." And Mychias, "Wee shul reren `vp onvp OR. hym seuen shepperdis, and eiȝte primatis." Weel therfore this boc in that noumbre of salmys is maad, whos partis betocnen the doctrine of either testament, that bi that behe OR. shewid the hestis of either testament to be contened in this boc. This boc forsothe is deuydid bi thre fifties; bi the whiche threthe thre R. statis of cristene religioun ben betocned. Of whiche the firste is in penaunce, the secounde in riȝtwis|nesseriȝtfulnesse OR., the thridde in preising of theOm. AHOR. euere lastende lif. Wherfore the firste fifti is endid in penaunce, that is, the salm that begynneth "Haue mercy of me, God;" the secounde in riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse O., that is, this salm, "Mercy and dom I shal singen to thee;" the thridde in preising of theOm. A. euere lastende lif, that is, thisthe OR. woord "Echealle E pr. m. spirit preise Godthe Lord AFHIOR.." And for these thre thingus techeth Dauid in this boc, therfore this threfold distinccioun of salmys is maad. Also it is to be notid, this scripture mor than othere to ofte ben vsid in chirchechirchemennys E pr. m. the chirchis OR. seruysisseruyse OR., that therfore is don, for in this boc is the fulle ending of the hole boc of Godis woord. Heer forsothe ben discriued the meedis of goode men, the tor|mentis of euele men, the pleyne techyngustechinge OR. of begynende men, the forth going of pro|fitende men, the perfeccioun of ful comyngekunnynge OR. men, the lif of actif men, theand the OR. spirituel beholding of contemplatif men; heer also is taȝt what synne doth awei, what penaunce restoreth, what the gilti of synne othenkendeforthenkynge OR. seyeseith AHOR., that is, "Lord, in thi wodnesse vndernyme thou not me," and in an other place, "Haue mercy of me, God, aftir thy mychilemiche IO. mercy;" and what bi penaunce behe OR. purchasid, whan he vnderioyneth, "I shal teche wickewickid AIOR. men thi weies, and vnpitous men to thee shul be conuertid;" bi whiche is shewid tothat OR. no man, hou myche euere `trespasinge to bebe his trespas OR., toOm. OR. mystrosten of forȝiue|nesse, and of the merci of God, taken to the mecnesse of othenkingforthinking IOR.; whan forsothe wee beholden Dauid, a man sleere and auoutrer, bi penaunce maad a doctour and a profete, to no man doende penaunce is laft place of wanhope; as ofOm. R. the conuerting of Powil and his auaunsing in to apostil of the mercy of God pleynli wee ben certefied. Wherfore the chirche vsith in offisisoffice OR., as the profecie of Dauid, the epistolisepistle O. pistil R. of hym more than ofOm. AOR. othere; and therfore this profecie is ofteneofter OR. had in vse, for among othere profecies it passith in openyng of sawys; tho forsothe thingus that othere pro|fetis dercly and as bi figure seiden of the passion and theof the A. resureccioun of Crist, and of the euerlastende geteng, and of othere mysterijs, Dauid of profetis most excellent so euydentli openede, that more he be seen to euangelisen than to profecien.

 Another prologFrom A. Alius prologus. E. Another prolog on the Sauter. OR. No rubric in CFHI..

Dauyd, the sone of Jesse, whan he was in hisOm. O. reume, foure he ches that salmes shulden maken, that is, Asaf, Eman, Ethan, and Iditym. Eiȝtety and eiȝte forsothe seiden the salmys, and two hundrid the vndersinging, andon R. Abiud smot the harpe. Whan Dauid hadde aȝenaȝee C. broȝt the arke, aȝeen clepid fro Asotis in to Jerusalem aftir twenti ȝer, and abod in the hous of Amynadab, this he putteputted I. on in a newe `ȝokid kartewayn C pr. m., and broȝte in to Jerusalem; men chosen of al the kinrede of the sonis of Israel, seuenti thousend, of the lynage forsothe of Leuy, two hundrid seuenti and eiȝte thousend men; of whiche foure princis he ordeynede to ben beforn to the songus, Asaf, Eman, Ethan, and Iditym, to eche of hem deuydende two and seuenti men, vnder criende preising of the songis to the Lord. And oon forsothe of hem smot the simbal, an other the harpe, an other the hornene trumpe enhauncende. In the myddel for|sothe of hem `stod DauidDauid himsilf stood OR., holdende hymselfOm. OR. a sautre; forsotheand sothely OR. thei wenten befor the arke in seuene queris, and the sacrifise, aof a R. calf. Forsothe al the puple folewide after the arke. Thanne alle the salmys of Dauid ben in noumbre an hundrid and fifti, of whichethe whiche AFHIOR. alle forsothe nyne made Dauid himself, two and thretti han not super|scripcioun, fifti and two and twenti in to Dauid, twelue in to Asaf, twelue in to Iditym, nyne to the sones of Chori, oon to Moises, twoand two O. in to Salomon, two in to Aggie and Zacharie. AndOm. O. so alle the salmys of Dauid ben maad in noumbre of an hundrid and fifti. The deuyseoundiuisiouns IR. of salmys that ben clepid diasalmys ben in noumbrethe noumbre AHOR. of seuenti and fiue; the canticlis of grees ben in noumbre of fiftene. The firste salm to no man is asigned, for it is of alle. Therfore what other man is vnderstonde in the firste but the firste goten, that wrthili inscripcioun shul not be necessarie. Ferther|mor for that salm maketh mencioun of Crist, as aȝen thiOm. AOR. Crist expounende the persone `to ben inscriuedtranscryued R., vttirli thei han not withinne chaungid the ordre of storie. Wee reden andOm. OR. in the titlis of salmys; but the salmys not after the storie, but aftir the profecie ben rad, so the ordre of titlis mai not disturbendistourblen HIOR. the order of salmys. AlleAnd alle OR. the salmys that ben inscriued to hym Dauid, pertenen to the sacrament of Crist, for Dauid is seid Crist.Here endith the prolog. A. Here endeth the prolog of the Sawter, se now the booc. I. Endith prolog. O. This seith seint Jerom, in his pro|logis on the Sawter. R. No rubric in EFH.

Explicit prologus super psalterium. The boc begynneth of ympnes and solitarie spechis of theOm. E. profete Dauyd, of CrystFrom ACE. No initial rubric in the other Mss..PSALM I.

BLISFUL the man, that went not awei in the counseil of vnpitouse, and in the wei off sinful stod not; and in the chaȝer of pestilence sat not. But in the lawe of the Lord his wil; and in the lawe of hym he shal sweteli thenke dai and nyȝt. And he shal ben as a tree, that is plauntid biside the doun rennyngisrennyng AH. of watris; that his frut shal ȝiue in his time. And the lef of hym shal not fade; and alle thingus what euere he shal don shul waxe wel|sum. Not so the vnpitouse, not so; but as poudre, that aferr throwith the wind fro the face of the erthe. Therfore eft rijsen not the vnpitouse in dom; ne sinful in the counseil of riȝtwise. For the Lord hath knowe the weie of the riȝtwise; and the goyng of the vnpitouse shal pershen.

 PSALM II.The salm of Dauyd.

Whi gruccheden Jentilis; and puplys sweteli thoȝten inwardli veyne thingus? Ther stode neeȝh the kingus of theOm. C. erthe; and princis kamen togidere in to oon, aȝen the Lord, and aȝen his Crist. To-breke we the bondis of hem; and aferr throwe we fro vs the ȝoc of hem. That dwelleth in heuenes shal scorne them; and the Lord shal bemowemow A. them. Thanne he shal speke to hem in his wrathe; and in his wodnesse disturbedistourble A. them togidere. I forsothe am sett king fro hym vpon Sion, the holi mount of hym; prechende his heste. The Lord seide to me, My sone thou art; I to day gat thee. Aske of me, and I shal ȝiue to thee Jentilis thin eritage; and thi possessioun the termes of erthethe erthe AH.. Thou shalt gouerne them in an irene ȝerde; and as a vessel of a crockere breke them togidere. And now, kingus, vnderstondeth; beth taȝt, that demen the erthe. Serueth to the Lord in drede; and ful out gladeth to hym with trembling. Taketh discipline, lest any time be wrathid the Lord; and ȝee pershe fro the riȝtwis weie. Whan his wrathe shal brenne out in short; blisful alle that trosten in hym.

 PSALM III. SalmThe salm A. ofto E pr. m. Dauid, whan he shulde flee fro the face of Absolon, his sone.

Lord, wherto ben multiplied that tru|blen me? manye inwardli rijsen aȝen me. Manye seyn to my lifsoule A., Ther is not helthe to hym in his God. Thou forsothe, Lord, art myn vndirtakere; my glorie, and en|hansende myn hed. With my vois to the Lord I criede; and he ful out herde me fro his holi hil. I sleep, and was a slepe, and fulY ful A. out ros; for the Lord vndertoc me. I shal not drede thousendis of puple goende aboute me; rys vp, Lord; mac me saf, my God. For thou hast smyte alle doende aduersite to me with oute cause; the teth of the sinful thou hast to-brosid. Of the Lord is helthe; and vpon thi puple thi blessing.

 PSALM IV. In to the ende, in ditees, the salm of Dauid; or, In to the ende, the salm of the song of Dauid.

Whan I inwardli clepide, ful out herde me the God of my riȝtwisnesse; in tribu|lacioun thou spraddest out to me. Haue merci of me; and ful out here myn ori|soun. Sones of men, hou longe with greuous herte? whereto looue ȝee vanyte, and sechen lesing? And witeth, for the Lord hath maad merueilous his seynt; the Lord ful out shal here me, whan I shal crie to hym. Wrathe ȝee, and wileth not synnen; that ȝee seyn in ȝoure hertis and in ȝoure couchis, haue ȝee compunccioun. Sacrifiseth sacrifise of riȝtwisnesse, and hopeth in the Lord; many seyn, Who shewith to vs goode thingis? Markid is vpon vs the liȝt of thi chere, Lord; thou ȝeue gladnesse in myn herte. Of the frut of whete, win, and oile of hem; thei ben multiplied. In pes into itself; I shal slepe, and reste. For thou, Lord; singulerli in hope hast togidere set me.

 PSALM V. Into the ende, for hir that getith the eritage.

My woordis with eris parceyue thou, Lord; vnderstond my cry. Tac heede to the vois of myn orisoun; my king, and my God. For to thee I shal preȝe, Lord; erli thou ful out shalt here my vois. Erly I shal neeȝh stonde to thee, and seen; for thou art God not willende wickid|nesse. Ne shal dwelle beside thee the shrewe; ne shul dwelle stille the vn|riȝtwise before thin eȝen. Thou hast hatid alle that wirken wickidnesse; thou shalt leesen alle that speken lesing. The man of blodis and trecherous the Lord shal wlate; I forsothe in the multitude of thi mercy. I shal entre in to thin hous; I shal honouren at thin holi temple in thi drede. Lord, bring forth me in thi riȝt|wisnesse for myn enemys; mac redi in thi siȝte my weie. For ther is not in the mouth of hem treuthe; the herte of hem is veyn. An open sepulcre is the throte of hem, with ther tungis treccherousli thei diden; deme them, thou God. Falle thei doun fro ther thoȝtis; after the mul|titude of the vnpitousnessis of hem, put hem awei; for thei han terrid thee, Lord. And glade thei alle, that hopen in thee; in to withoute ende thei shul ful out gladen; and thou shalt dwellen in hem. And alle shul glorien in thee that loouen thi name; for thou shalt blisse to the riȝtwise. Lord, as with the sheeld of thi goode wil, thou hast crouned vs.

 PSALM VI. In to the ende, the salm ofto E. Dauid, for the eiȝthe.

Lord, in thi wodnesse vndernyme thou nott me; ne in thi wrathe chastise thou me. Haue mercy of me, Lord, for I am syk; hele me, Lord, for disturbid ben alle my bonys. And my soule is disturbid gretli; but thou, Lord, hou longe? Be turned, Lord, and delyuere my soule; mac me saaf, for thi grete mercy. For ther is not in deth, that be myndeful of thee; in helle forsothe who shal knou|leche to thee? I haue trauailid in my weilinge, I shal wasshe bi alle nyȝtis my bed; and with my teres my bedding I shal watrin. Disturbid is of wodnesse myn eȝe; I haue inwardli eldid amongis alle myn enemys. Goth awei fro me, alle that werken wickidnesse; for the Lord ful out herde the vois of my weping. The Lord ful out herde my louli preȝ|ing; the Lord myn orysoun hath vnder|taken. Shamen and be disturbiddistourblid A. hugely alle myn enemys; be thei turned, and shame thei ful swiftli.

 PSALM VII. In to the ende; the salm to Dauid, whom he song to the Lord for the woordus of Cusi, sonethe sone AEH. of the riȝthalf, `or GemynyOm. AH..

Lord, my God, in thee I hopide; mac me saf fro alle men pursuende me, and delyuere me. Lest any time he raueshe me as a leoun my soule; whil ther is not that aȝeenbie, ne that makemake me AE pr. m. H. saf. Lord my God, if I dide this, if ther is wickid|nesse in myn hondis; if I quitte to the men ȝeldende to me euelis, I shal falle doun thurȝ desert fro myn enemys inwardli voide; pursue the enemy my lif, and cacche, and to-trede in the erthe my lif; and my glorie in to poudre bringe doun. Rys vp, Lord, in thi wrathe; and be thou enhauncid in the coostis of myn enemys. And ris vp, Lord my God, in the heste that thou hast sent; and the congregacioun of puplis shal enuyroun thee. And for it in to heiȝ go aȝeen; the Lord demeth puplys. Deme me, Lord, aftir my riȝtwisnesse; and aftir my in|nocence vpon me. Shal ben endid the shreudenesse of synneres, and thou shalt dresse the riȝtwis; God serchende hertis and reenes. Riȝtwis myn helpe of the Lord; that maketh saaf riȝte men in herte. God riȝtwis demere, strong andpa|cient; whether he wrathith bi alle daȝes? But ȝee shul ben conuertid, his swerd he shal braundishen; his bowe he bende, and made it redi. And in it he maade redi vesselis of deth; his arewis with brennende thingus he made out. Lo! he withinne wroȝte vnriȝtwisnesse; con|ceyuede sorewe, and bar wickidnesse. A lake he openede, and dalfdeluyde AEH. it out; and fel in to the dich that he madehadde maad A.. His sorewe shal be turned in to the hed of hym; and in to his nol the wickidnesse of hym shal descenden. I shal knouleche to the Lord, after the riȝtwisnesse of hym; and I shal sein salm to the name of the heȝest Lord.

 PSALM VIII. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, for the pressis.

Lord, oure Lord; hou myche merueilous is thi name in al the erthe. For rerid vp is thi grete doing, ouer heuenes. Of the mouth of vnspekendethe vnspekynge A. childer and souk|ende thou performedist preising, for thin enemys; that thou destroȝe the enemy and the veniere. For I shal see thin heuenes, the werkis of thi fingris; the mone and the sterris, that thou hast foundid. What is a man, that myndeful thou art of hym; or the son of man, for thou visitist hym? Thou lassedest hym a litil lasse fro aungelis; with glorie and worshipe thou crounedest hym, and set|tist hym ouer the werkis of thin hondys. Alle thingus thou leidist vnder his feet, shep and oxen alle; ferthermor and the bestis of the feeld; the foulis of heuene, and the fishis of the se; that thurȝ gon the sties of the se. Lord, oure Lord; hou myche merueilous is thi name in al erthethe erthe AEH..

 PSALM IX. In to the ende, for the hid thingus of the sone, the salm of Dauid.

I shal knoulechen to thee, Lord, in al myn herte; and telle alle thi merueilis. I shal gladen and ful out ioȝen in thee; I shal sey salm to thi name, thou heȝest. In turnynge myn enemy bacward; thei shul be feblid, and pershe fro thi face. For thou didist my dom, and my cause; thou sittist vp on the trone, that demest riȝtwisnesse. Thou feredistblamedist E sec. m. sed postea expunxit. Jentilisthe Jentilis E., and the vnpitous pershide; the name of hem thou didist awei in to with oute ende, and in to the world of world. Of the enemy failiden the swerdis in to the ende; and the cites of hem thou destroȝedist. Pershide the mynde of them with soun; and the Lord in to withoute ende abitabijdeth AEH. stille. He made redy in dom his trone; and he shal deme the roundnesse of the erthe in equite; he shal deme puplis in riȝtwisnesse. And `maad is the Lordhe is maad the A. maad is the H. refut to the pore; helpere in tho thingus that nede is, in tribulacioun. And hope thei in thee, that knewen thi name; for thou hast not forsake the sechende thee, Lord. Singeth salmys to the Lord, that dwellith in Sion; telleth among Jentilis the studies of hym. For aȝeen sechende the blod of hem he recordide; he forȝat not the cry of pore men. Haue mercy of me, Lord; see my mecnesse fro myn enemys. That enhauncist me fro the ȝatis of deth; that I telle alle thi preis|ingus in the ȝatis of the doȝter of Sion. I shal ful out gladen in thi ȝiuere of helthe; ful ficchid ben the Jentilis in the deth, that thei maden. In this grene, that thei hidden, caȝt is the foot of hem. The Lord shal be knowe doende domys; in the werkis of his hondis caȝt is the sinful. Be turned the synneres in to helle; alle Jentilis, that forȝeten God. For not into the ende forȝeting shal ben of the pore; the pacience of pore men shal not pershen in to the ende. Rys, Lord, be not coumfortid a man; be demed the Jentilis in thi siȝte. Sett, Lord, a lawe ȝiuere vp on hem; wite the Jentilis, for they ben men. Wherto, Lord, wentist thou awei along? thou despisist inand A. ned|fultees in tribulacioun. Whil proudeth the vnpitous with inne, tend is the pore man; thei ben caȝt in the counseilis, bi the whiche thei thenken. For preisid is the synnere in the desiris of his soule; and the wickewickyd AEH. is blissid. The synnere sharpli ful out terrede the Lord; after the myculnessemultitude C pr. m. of his wrathe he shal not sechen. Ther is not God in his siȝt; defoulid ben the weies of hym in alle time. Thi domes be taken awei fro the face of hym; of alle his enemys he shal lordshipen. Forsothe he seide in his herte, I shal not be moued, fro ienera|cioun in to ieneracioun withoute euel. Whos mouth is ful of cursing, and bitter|nesse, and treccherie; vnder his tunge trauaile and sorewe. He sittsittith A. sett H. in aspies with riche men in priuytes; that he sle the innocent. The eȝen of hym beholden in to the pore; he waitith in hid place, as a leoun in his den. He waiteth, that he raueshe the pore; to raueshe the pore, whil he draweth hym to. In his grane he shal meken hym; he shal bowen hym|self and fallen; whan he shal lordshipen of pore men. Forsothe he seide in his herte, Forȝeten is God; he turneth awei his face, lest he see in to the ende. Rys up, Lord God, and be haunsid thin hond; ne forȝete thou ofOm. A. theOm. H. pore. For what the vnpitouse terrede God? forsothe he seide in his herte, He shal not aȝeen sechen. Seest thou, for trauaile and sorewe thou beholdist; that thou take them in to thin hondis. To thee laft is the pore; to the faderles child thou shalt ben helpere. To-brose the arm of the synnere, and ofto AH. the malice doere; the synne of hym shal be soȝt, and not be founde. The Lord shal regne in to with oute ende, and in to the world of world; perishe shuln ȝee, Jentilis, fro the lond of hym. The desyr of pore men ful out herde the Lord; the befor rediyng of the herte of hem herde thin ere. To deme to the moderles child and to the meeke; that no more ley toOm. H. to magnefie hym|self a man vp on erthe.

 PSALM X. In to the ende, theOm. H. salm of Dauid.

In the Lord I trostnetriste H.; hou sey ȝee to my soule, Passe forth in to the hil, as a sparewe. For loo! synneres bentenbenden AH. bowe, maden redy ther arwis in the arwe girdil; that thei shete in derc the riȝte men in herte. For thoo thingus that thou parformedest, thei destroȝeden; the riȝtwis man what dide forsothe? The Lord in his holy temple; the Lord, in heuene the sete of hym. His eȝen in to the pore beholden; the eȝelidis of hym asken the sones of men. The Lord ask|eth the riȝtwis man, and the vnpitous; he forsothe, that looueth wickidnesse, hatith hys soule. He shal reyne vp on synneres grenes; fyr, brunston, and the spiritis of tempestis, part of the chalis of hem. For riȝtwis the Lord, and riȝtwis|nesse he loouede; equite saȝ the chere of hym.

 PSALM XI. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, for the eiȝthe.

Lord, mac me saf, for ther failith the holy; for mynusht ben treuthis fro the sonys of men. Veyn thingus thei speeken, eche to his neȝhebore; therthei ACH. treccherous lippisOm. H. in herte and herte speeken. The Lord scatere alle trecherous lippistungis E pr. m., and the tunge gret spechespekynge A.. That seiden, Oure tunge wee shul magnefien; oure lippis of vs ben; who is oure lord? For the wrecchidnesse of theOm. AEH sec. m. nedy, and the weiling of the pore; now I shal vp rise, seith the Lord. I shal putte in thin helthe ȝiuere; trostily I shal don in hym. The spechis of the Lord chaste spechis; siluer examyned bi fyr, proued of the erthe, purgid seuefold. Thou, Lord, shalt withholden vs; and kepen vs fro this ieneracioun andOm. AEH. in to withoute ende. In enuyroun vnpitous men gon; aftir thin heiȝnesse thou hast multiplied the sones of men.

 PSALM XII. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Hou longe, Lord, thou forȝetist me in to the ende? hou longe thou turnest awei thi face fro me? Hou myche while I shal putte counseilis in my soule; so|rewe in myn herte bi day? Hou longe shall ben enhauncid myn enemy vp on me? Behold, and ful out here me, Lord my God. Liȝte thou myn eȝen, lest any tyme I slepe al doun in deth; lest sum time sey myn enemy, I haue wonnen the maistri aȝen hym. That trubblen me shul ful out glade, if I shul be moued; I for|sothe in thi mercy haue hopid. Myn herte shal ful out gladen in thin helthe ȝiuere; I shal singe to the Lord, that goodis ȝaf to me; and do salm to the name of the heiȝest Lord.

 PSALM XIII. In to the ende, the salm of DauidDauid, for the eiȝthe A..

The vnwise man seide in his herte, Ther is not God. Corupt thei ben, and abhominable ben maad in ther studies; ther is not that dodoth A. good, ther is not vnto oon. The Lord fro heuene forth be|heeld vp on the sonus of men; that he see, if ther is vnderstondende, or aȝeen sechende God. Alle ben bowid doun, to|gidere vnprofitable ben maad; ther is not that do good, ther is not vnto oon. A sepulcre opened is the throte of hem, with ther tungis treccherously thei diden; the venym of edderes vnder the lippis of hem. Whos mouth of cursing and bitternesse is ful; swifte the feet of hem to sheden out blod. To-brosing and vnwelsumnesse in the weies of hem, and the weie of pes thei knewen not; ther is not the drede of God befor ther eȝen. Whether alle shul not knowen, that werken wickednesse; that deuoure my folc, as mete of bred? God they inwardli clepeden not; there thei trembliden bi drede, wher was not drede. For the Lord is in a riȝtwis ie|neracioun; the counseil of the nedi ȝee han confoundid, for the Lord is his hope. Who shall ȝiue fro Sion the helthe ȝiuere of Irael? Whan the Lord shal take awei the caitifte of his puple; Jacob ful out shal ioȝen, and Irael shall gladen.

 PSALM XIV.The salm of Dauid.

Lord, who shal duelle in thi taber|nacle; or who shal eft resten in thin holy hil? That goth in withoute wem; and werkith ryȝttwisnesse. That speketh treuthe in his herte; that dide not tre|cherie in his tunge. Ne dide to his neȝhe|bore euel; and reprof toc not to aȝen hise neȝhboris. To noȝt is broȝt doun in his siȝt the malice doere; forsothe the dred|ende the Lord he glorifieth. That swereth to his neȝhebore, and desceyueth not; that his monee ȝaf not to vsure; and ȝiftis vp on the innocent toc not. He, that doth these thingus, shal not be moued in to without ende.

 PSALM XV.Of the title, the inscripcioun to hym Dauid.

Kep me, Lord, for I hopide in thee; I seide to the Lord, My God art thou; for of my goodis thou nedist not. To the seintis that ben in the lond of hym; he made merueilous alle my willis in hem. Ther ben multiplied the infirmytes of hem; aftirward thei heeȝeden to. I shal not gadere togidere the conuenticulis of hem of blodis; ne I shal be myndeful of the namys of hem bi my lippis. The Lord the part of myn eritage, and of my chalis; thou art, that shalt restore myn eritage to me. Cordis fellen to me in ful cleer thingis; forsothe myn eritage ful cler is to me. I shal blisse the Lord, that ȝaf to me vnderstondinge; ouermoreuer more AH. `and vntoin to A. the nyȝt mycheOm. A. blameden me my reenys. I purueiede the Lord in my siȝte euermor; for fro the riȝt partis he is to me, lest I be with moued. For that gladede myn herte, and ful out ioȝede my tunge; furthermor and my flesh shal aȝeen resten in hope. For thou shalt not forsake my soule in helle; ne ȝiue thin halewe to seen corupcioun. Knowen to me thou hast maad the weies of lif; thou shalt fulfille me therto in gladnesse with thi chere; delitingus in thi riȝtt hond vnto the ende.

 PSALM XVI. The orisoun of Dauid.

Here, Lord, my riȝtwisnesse; vnder|stond my lowe preȝing. With eris per|ceyue myn orisoun; not in treccherous lippis. Fro thi chere my dom go forth; thin eȝen see thei equites. Thou proued|est myn herte, and visytedist in the nyȝt; bi fyr thou examynedest me, and ther is not founde in me wickidnesse. That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the woordis of thi lippis I kepte harde weies. Parforme my goingus in thi sties; that my steppis be not meued. I criede, for thou, God, herdest me; bowe fully thin ere, and ful out here my woordis. Mac merueilouse thi mercyes; that makist saf the hopende in thee. Fro the with|stonderes to thi riȝthalfriȝt part AEH. kep me, as the appil of thethyn E pr. m. eȝe. Vnder the shadewe of thi weengis defend me; fro the face of vnpitous men, that me han tormentid. Myn enemys my soule cumpasiden; ther talȝ thei closiden togidere; theyr mouth hath spoken pride. Throwende me aferr now thei enuyrounden me; ther eȝen thei ordeyneden to bowe doun in to the erthe. They toke me doun, as a leoun redy to the prey; and as a leoun whelp dwell|ende in hid placis. Rys vp, Lord, be|for come hym, and supplaunte hym; tac awei my soule fro the vnpitous; thy swerd, fro the enemys of thin hond. Lord, fro a fewe fro the lond deuyde hem in ther lif; of thin hidde thingus fulfild toOm. C. is the wombe of hem. Thei ben ful|fild with sones; and laften ther relikis to ther childer. I forsothe in riȝtwisnesse shal apere to thi siȝte; I shal be fulfild, whan thi glorie shal apere.

 PSALM XVII. In to the ende, to the child of the Lord, Dauid; the whiche woordus of thishis AH. song he spac to the Lord, in the dai that the Lord toc hym out fro the hondhoondis A. of the enemys of hym, and fro the hond of Saul; and seide:

I shal looue thee, Lord, my strengthe; the Lord my fastnyng, and my refut, and my delyuerere. My God, myn help|ere; I shal hope in to hym. My de|fendere, and the horn of myn helthe; and myn vndertakere. Preisende I shal in|wardly clepe the Lord; and fro myn enemys I shal be saf. The sorewis of deth enuyrounden me; and the stremes of wickidnesse togidere sturbiden me. The sorewis of helle wenten aboute me; befor ocupieden me the grenes of deth. In my tribulacioun I inwardly clepide the Lord; and to my God I criede. And he ful out herde fro his holi temple my vois; and my cry in his siȝte wente in to the eris of hym. Moued is togidere, and togidere tremblide the erthe; the founde|mens of mounteynes ben togidere sturbid, and togidere mouedben moued E., for he wrathide to them. Ther steȝede vp smoke in his wrathe, and fyr fro his face ful out brente; and colis ben vndertend of hym. He ful bowide heuenes, and cam doun; and dercnessedarknessis AH. vnder his feet. And he steȝede vpon cherubyn, and fleiȝ; he fleiȝ on the pennes of windis. And he putte dercnesses his hiding place, in the cum|pas of hym his tabernacle; derk watirwatris A. inOm. A. the cloudis of the eir. Fro the liȝting in the siȝte of hym cloudis passeden; hail and the colis of fyr. And in thun|drede fro heuene the Lord; and the heȝest ȝaf his vois, hail and colis of fyr. And he sente his arewis, and scaterede hem; leitis he multipliede, and togidere sturbide hem. And ther apereden the wellis of watris; and ben opened the foundemens of the roundnesse of erthis. Of thi blamyng, Lord; of the inbrething of the spirit of thi wrathe. He sente fro the heȝest, and toc me; and caȝte me fro many watris. He toc me out fro my most strong enemys; and fro hem that hatiden me, for thei ben coumfortid vpon me. Thei befor camyn me in the dai of my tormenting; and the Lord is maad my defendere. And he ladde out me in to brodnesse; he made me saf, for he woldewelde E. meOm. H.. And the Lord shal ȝelde to me after my riȝtwisnesse; and after the clennesse of myn hondis he shall ȝelde to me. For I kepte the weies of the Lord; ne vnpitously I dide fro my God. For alle the domys of hym in my siȝte; and the riȝtwisnesses of hym I putte not fro me awey. And I shal ben vndefoulid with hym; and al abouten kepe me fro my wickidnesse. And the Lord shal ȝelde to me after my riȝtwisnesse; and after the clennesse of myn hondis in the siȝte of the eȝen of hym. With the holy, holy thou shalt be; and with the innocent man, an innocent thou shalt be. And with the chosen, chosen thou shalt be; and with the peruertid, thou shalt be per|uertid. For thou a meke puple shalt make saf; and the eȝen of proude men thou shalt lowen. For thou liȝtist my lanterne; Lord, my God, liȝteliȝtne AEH. my derc|nessis. For in thee I shal be pullid out fro temptacioun; and in my God I shal gon ouer the wal. My God, vndefoulid the weie of hym, the spechis of the Lord bi fyr examyned; the defendere he is of alle hoperis in hym. For who God but the Lord? or who God but oure God? God that befor girtegirde AH. me with vertue; and sette my weye vndefoulid. That par|fitli made my feet as of hertes; and vp on heȝe thingus settende me. That techeth myn hondis to bataile; and thouOm. A. settist as a brasene bowe myn armys. And thou ȝeue to me the proteccioun of thinmyn AH. helthe; and thi riȝthond vndertoc me. And thi discipline amendede me in to the ende; and that thi discipline shal teche me. Thou madest large my goingus vnder me; and my steppis ben not feblid. I shal pursue myn enemys, and taken hem; and I shal not be turned, to the time thei failen. I shal breke them togi|dere, ne thei myȝten stonde; thei shul falle vnder my feet. And thou befor girtistgirdist AH. girdedist E. me with vertue to bataile; and thou supplauntidist men risende in me vnder me. And myn enemys thou ȝeue to me bac; and the hatende me thou scateredest. Thei crieden, and ther was not that shulde make saf; to the Lord, and he ful out herde them not. And I shal to-poone them into pouder befor the face of the wind; as clei of stretis I shal do them awei. Thou shalt take me out fro the aȝen seiyngus of the puple; thou shalt sette me in to the hed of Jentilis. The puple, that I knewe not, seruede to me; in heeringthe heering AEH. of ere it obeshede to me. Alienes sones han lied to me, alienes sonus ben elded; and haltidenhan haltid A. fro thi pathis. The Lord liueth, and blessid my God; and God of myn helthe be en|hauncid. God, that giuest veniauncis to me, and sogetyst puplis vnder me; my deliuerere fro my wratheful enemys. And fro men risende in to me, thou shalt en|haunce me; fro the wickewickid H. man thou shalt take me awei. Therfore, Lord, I shal knouleche to thee in naciouns; and to thi name a salm I shal seyn. Magnefiende the helthis of his king; and doende mercy to his crist Dauid, and to his sed vnto the world.

 PSALM XVIII. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Heuenes tellen out the glorie of God; and the werkis of his hondes tellith the firmament. Dai to theOm. A. dai bolketh out woord; and nyȝt to the nyȝt shewith out kunnyng. Ther ben not spechis, ne ser|mownes; of the whiche ben not herd the voises of hem. In to al theOm. AEH. erthe wente out the soun of hem; and in to the endis of the roundnesse of erthethe erthe AEH. their woordis. In the sunne he sette his tabernacle; and he as a spouse goende forth fro his priue chaumbre. He ful out gladide, as a ieaunt, to be runnerenned AH. ronned E. the weie; fro the heȝest heuene the going out of hym. And the aȝeencomyng of hym unto the heȝeste of hym; and ther is not that hide hymself fro his hete. The lawe of the Lord vn|wemmed, turnende soulis; the witness|ing of the Lord feithful, wisdam ȝiuende to litle childer. The riȝtwisnesses of the Lord euene, gladende hertis; the heste of the Lord liȝtsum, liȝtende eȝen. The drede of the Lord holy, abitabijdeth AEH. stille in to the world of world; the domes of the Lord verre, iustefied in to themself. Desirable vp on gold, and precious ston myche; and swettere ouer theOm. AEH. hony and the hony|comb. Forsothe thi seruaunt kepeth hem; in hem to be kept myche ȝelding. Giltis who vnderstandithvnderstant C pr. m.? fro myn hid thingis clense me; and fro alienes spare to thi seruaunt. If of me thei shul not lord|shipen, thanne I shal ben vnwemmed; and ful out clensid fro the most gilte. And the spechis of my mouth shul be, that thei plese; and the swete thenking of myn herte in thi siȝte euermore. Lord, myn helpere; and mynOm. AH. aȝeen biere.

 PSALM XIX. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Ful out here thee the Lord in the dai of tribulacioun; defende thee the name of theOm. AH. God of Jacob. Sende he to thee helpe fro the holy; and fro Sion defende he thee. Myndeful be he of alle thi sa|crifise; and thi brent sacrifise be maad fat. Ȝelde he to thee after thin herte; and alle thi counseil conferme. We shul gladen in thin helthe ȝiuere; and in the name of oure God wee shul be magnefied. Fulfille the Lord alle thin askingus; now I haue knowe, for the Lord made saf his crist. He shal ful out heren hym fro his holi heuene; in myȝtus the helthe of his riȝthond. These in charis, and these in hors; wee forsothe in the name of the Lord oure God shul inwardli clepen. Thei ben oblisht, and fellen; wee for|sothe risen, andOm. AH. ben up riȝt. Lord, mac saaf the king; and here us in the day that wee shul inwardli clepe thee.

 PSALM XX. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Lord, in thi vertue shal the king gladen; and vpon thin helthe ȝiuere ful out ioȝen hugely. The desyr of his herte thou ȝeue to hym; and in the wil of his lippis thou begilidest not hym. For thou wentist beforn him in blessingus of swet|nesse; thou puttist in his hed a crowne of precious ston. Lyf he askide of thee, and thou ȝeue to hym; lengthe of daȝis in to the world, and into the world of world. Gret is his glorie in thin helthe giuere; glorie and gret fairnesse thou shalt fulOm. A. putte vp on hym. For thou shalt ȝiuen hym in to blessing in to world of world; thou shalt gladen hym in ioȝe with thi chere. For the king hopith in the Lord; and in the mercy of the heȝest he shal not be moued. Be founde thin hond to alle thin enemys; thi riȝthond finde alle that thee hatiden. Thou shalt putte them as aOm. A. furneis of fyr in the time of thi chere; the Lord in his wrathe shal desturbe them, and fyr shal deuoure them. The frute of hem fro the erthe thou shalt leese; and the sed of hem fro the sones of men. For thei bowedeboowe E. doun in to theethe H. euelis; thei thoȝten counseilis, that thei myȝten not stablen. For thou shalt putte them abac; in thi relikis thou shalt make beforn redi the chere of hem. Be thou enhauncid, Lord, in thi vertue; wee shul synge, `and with salm seynand gladen out E pr. m. thi vertues.

 PSALM XXI. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, for thatthe AH. taking to, or, for the morutid vndertaking, or, for the morutid hinde.

God, my God, behold in me; whi hast thou forsake me? ferr fro myn helthe theOm. A. woordis of my giltis. My God, I shal crie bi dai, and thou shalt not ful out heren; and in the nyȝt, and not to vnwisdam to me. Thou forsothe in the holi duellist, preising of Irael; in thee hopiden oure fadris, hopeden, and thou deliueredest hem. To thee thei crieden, and thei ben maad saf; in thee thei hopeden, and ben not confoundid. I for|sothe am a werm, and not man; repref of men, and the kasting out of folc. Alle seende me scorneden me; thei speeken with lippis, and moueden the hed. He hopide in the Lord, `deliuere hethat he deliuere E pr. m. hym; make he hym saaf, for he wile hym. For thou art that hast drawe me out from the wombe, myn hope fro the tetis of my modir; in thee I am kast forth outOm. A. fro the wombe. Fro the wombe of my modir my God thou art; ne go thou awei fro me. For tribulacioun is next; for ther is not that helpe. Ther han enuyround me manye calues; fatte bolis besegeden me. Thei openeden vp on me ther mouth; as a leoun rampaunt and rorende. As watir I am held out; and scatrid ben alle my bones. Maad is myn herte as wax meltende; in the myd|del of my wombe. My vertue driede as aOm. AH. shord, and my tunge cleuede to my chekis; and in to pouder of deth thou broȝtist doun me. For ther wenten aboute me manye houndis; the counseil of wari|eris besegide me. Thei doluedelueden AEH. myn hondis and my feet; and ful noumbrable maden alle my bones. Thei forsothe togidere lokeden, and inwardly beheelden me; thei deuydeden to themself my clothis, and upon my cloth thei leiden lot. Thou forsothe, Lord, ne awei longe thou thin helpe fro me; to my defending behold anoon. Pul out fro the swerd my soule, thou God; and fro the hond of the hound myn only. Saue me fro the mouth of the leoun; and fro the hornes of theOm. H. vny|cornesvnycorn C. my mecnesse. I shal telle thi name to my brethern; in the myddel of the chirche I shal preise thee. Ȝee that dreden the Lord, preiseth hym; al the sed of Jacob, glorifieth hym. Drede hym al the sed of Irael; for he spornede not, ne despiside the lowe preȝing of the pore. Ne he turnede awei his face fro me; and whan I shulde crie to hym, he ful out herde me. Anent thee my preising in the grete chirche; my vouwes I shal ȝelde in the siȝte of men dredende hym. Pore men shul ete, and be fildfulfild A., and thei shul preise the Lord, that aȝeen sechen hym; the hertis of hem shul liue in to the world of world. Thei shul recorde; and be conuertid to the Lord, alle the coostis of erthe. And ther shuln honoren in his siȝte; alle the meynes of Jentilis. For of the Lord is reumethe reume AEH.; and he shal lordshipen of Jentilis. Thei eeten, and honoureden, alle fatte men of erthethe erthe AEH.; in hys siȝte shul falle alle that gon doun in to the erthe. And my soule shal to him liue; and my sed shal serue to hym. Ther shal be told to the Lord the ieneracioun to come; and heuenes shul telle the riȝtwisnesse of hym to the puple that shal be born, the whiche the Lord made.

 PSALM XXII. TheOm. H. salm of Dauid.

The Lord gouerneth me, andOm. AH. no thing to me shal lacke; in the place of leswe where he me ful sette. Ouer watir of fulfilling he nurshidebroȝte out E pr. m. me; my soule he conuertide. He broȝte doun me vpon the sties of riȝtwisnesse; for his name. For whi and if I shal go in the myddel of the shadewe of deth; I shal not dreden euelis, for thou art with me. Thi ȝerde and thy staf; tho han confortid me. Thou hast maad redi in thi siȝte a bord; aȝen hem that trublyn me. Thou hast myche fattid in oile myn hed; and my chalis makende ful drunken, hou riȝt cler it is. And thi mercy shal vnderfolewe me; alle the daȝis of my lif. And that I dwelle in the hous of the Lord; in to the lengthe of daȝis.

 PSALM XXIII. The salm of Dauid, in the first of the wike.

Off the Lord is the erthe, and the plente of it; the roundnesse of londis, and alle that duellen in it. For he vpon the ses foundede it; and vp on the flodis befor greithide it. Who shal steȝen vp in to the hyl of the Lord; or who shal stonde in his holy place? The innocent in hondis, and in clene herte, that toc not toOm. A. in veyn his soule; ne swor in treccherie to hys neȝhebore. This shal take blessing of the Lord; and mercy of God his helthe ȝiuere. This is the ieneracioun of men sechende God; of men sechende the face of God of Jacob. Doth awei ȝoure ȝatus, ȝee princis; and beth rerid out, ȝee euer lastende ȝatis, and ther shal gon in the king of glorie. Who is this king of glorie? a Lord strong and myȝti, a Lord myȝti in bataile. Doth awei ȝoure ȝatis, ȝee princis; and beth rered vp, ȝee euer lastende ȝatis, and ther shal gon in the king of glorie. Who is thisthis the A. king of glorie? the Lord of vertues, he is king of glorie.

 PSALM XXIV. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

To thee, Lord, I rerede my soule; my God, in thee I trostnetroste AE. trist H., I shal not be|comen ashamed. And scorne not me myn enemys; forsothe alle that sustene thee shul not ben confoundid. Confoundid be alle doende wickidwicke E. thingus ouer veynly. Thi weies, Lord, shew thouOm. AH. to me; and thi sties teche outthou A. me. Dresse me in thi treuthe, and tech me, for thou art God, my sauere; and thee I sustenede all day. Recorde of thi mercy deedis, Lord; and of thi mercies that fro the world ben. The giltis of my ȝoutheȝongth A.; and myn vn|kunnyngnessisvnkunnyngnes A. vnclen|nesse H., neOm. C. wil thou not han in mynde. Aftir thi mercy haue mynde ofthou of E pr. m. me; for thi goodnesse, Lord. Swete and riȝt the Lord; for that lawe he shal ȝiue to theOm. A. gilteris in the weie. He shal dresse debonerethe debonere E. men in dom; he shal teche mylde men hys weies. Alle the weies of the Lord mercy and truthe; to the aȝeen sechende men, the testament of hym and his witnessis. For thi name, Lord, thou shalt be merciful to my synne; myche it is forsothe. Who is the man that dredeth theOm. C. Lord? lawe he sette to hym in the weie that he ches. The soule of hym in goode thingus myche shal abide; and the sed of hym shal eri|tage the erthe. Fastnesse is the Lord to men dredende hym; and the testament of hym, that it be opened to them. Myn eȝen euermor to the Lord; for he shal pullen up fro the grenegrane C sec. m. my foot. Loke aȝeen in me, and haue mercy of me; for alone and aOm. C. pore man I am. Tribula|ciouns of myn herte ben multiplied; fro my nedis delyuere me. See my mecnesse, and my trauaile; and forȝif alle my giltis. Behold myn enemys, for thei ben multi|plied; and with wickewickid AH. hate thei hateden me. Kep my soule, and delyuere me; I shal not become ashamed, for I hopide in thee. Innocentis and riȝte cleueden to me; for I sustenede thee. Deliuere, God, Israel fro alle his tribulaciouns.

 PSALM XXV. The salm of Dauid.

Deme me, Lord, for in myn innocence I wente; and in the Lord hopende I shal not ben vnfastned. Prof me, Lord, and tempte me; brenne thou my reenys, and myn herte. For thi mercy is befor myn eȝen; and I with pleside in thi treuthe. I sat not with the counseil of vanyte; and with berende wickewickid A. thingus I shal not gon in. I hatide the chirche of wariende men; and with the vnpitouse I shal not sitte. I shal wasshe amongys innocentis myn hondis; and I shal enuyroun thin auter, Lord. That I here the vois of preis|ing; and telle out alle thi merueilis. Lord, I loouede the fairnesse of thin hous; and the place off the dwelling of thi glorie. Ne leese thou with the vnpitouse men, God, my soule; and with men of blodis my lif. In whos hondis wickidnessis ben; the riȝthond of hem is fulfild with ȝiftis. I forsothe in myn innocence wente; aȝeen bie me, and haue mercy of me. My foot stod in riȝteuene riȝt E pr. m.; in chirchis I shal blisse thee, Lord.

 PSALM XXVI. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, be|for thatOm. A. he was enoyntid.

The Lord my liȝting and myn helthe; whom I shal dreden? The Lord defendere of my lif; fro whom I shal quake? Whil neȝhen vp on me noȝeris; that thei ete my flesh. That trublen me, myn enemys; thei arnben AEH. feblid and fellen. If they setten aȝen me tentis; myn herte shal not drede. If rijse out aȝen me bataile; in that I shal hope. O thing I askide of the Lord, that I shal ofteeft A. sechen; that I duelle in the hous of the Lord alle `daȝis ofthe dais of A. Om. H. my lif. That I see the wil of the Lord; and visite his temple. For he hidde me in his taber|nacle in the day of euelis; and defendede me in the hidde place of hys tabernacle. In the ston he enhauncide me; and now he hath enhauncid myn hed vp on myn enemys. I haue gon aboute, and offrid in his tabernacle an ost of criyng out; I shal singe, and seyn salm to the Lord. Ful out here, Lord, my vois, that I criede to thee; haue mercy of me, and ful out here me. To thee seide myn herte, Ful out soȝte thee my face; thi face, Lord, I shal ofteeft A. seche. Ne turne thou awei thi face fro me; ne bowe thou doun in wrathe fro thi seruaunt. Myn helpere be thou, Lord; ne forsake thou me, ne despise thouOm. AEH. me, God, myn helthe ȝyuere. For my fader and my moder forsoken me; the Lord forsothe hath take me to. Lawe set to me, Lord, in thi weie; and dresse me in a riȝt path for myn enemys. Ne thou shalt take me in to the soulis of men trublende me, for ther han inOm. C. risen aȝen me wickewyckid AH. witnessis; and wickid|nesse hath loweflowen H. to themme A.. I leeue to seen the goodis of the Lord; in the lond of lyueres. Abiyd the Lord, manli do; and be coumfortid thin herte, and sustene the Lord.

 PSALM XXVII. The salm to this Dauid.

To thee, Lord, I shal crien; my God, ne be thou stille fro me, lest `any time thou holde thi pes fro mesum tyme I be stille from thee E pr. m.; and I shal be lic to men fallende in to the dich. Ful out here, Lord, the vois of my lowe preȝ|ing, whil I preȝe to thee; whyl I poote out myn hondis to thin holi temple. Ne take thou me togidere with synneres; and with men werkende wickidnesse ne leese thou me. That speken pes with ther neȝebore; euelis forsothe in the hertis of hem. Ȝif to hem aftir ther werkis; and after the wickidnesse of the findingus toOm. A. of hem. Aftir the werkis of ther hondis ȝif to hem; ȝelde ther ȝelding to hem. For thei vnderstoden not the werkis of the Lord; and in to the werkis of the hondis `of hymOm. C. thou shalt destroȝe them, and not bilde them up. Blissid the Lord, for he ful out herde the vois of my lowe preiȝing. The Lord myn helpere, and my defendere; in hym hopide myn herte, and I am holpen. And aȝeen flourede myn flesh; and of my wil I shal knoulechen to hym. The Lord the strengthe of his folc; and is the defendere of the saua|ciouns of his crist. Lord, mac saf thi puple, and blesse to thin eritage; and gouerne them, and enhaunce them vnto with oute ende.

 PSALM XXVIII. The salm of Dauid, in the endynge of the tabernacle.

Bringeth to the Lord, ȝee sones of Godmen A.; bringeth to the Lord sones of wetheres. Bringeth to the Lord glorie and wrshipe; bringeth to the Lord glorie to his name; honoureth the Lord in his holi halle. The vois of the Lord vp on watris, God of mageste in thun|drede; the Lord vp on many watris. The vois of the Lord in vertue; the vois of the Lord in gret doing. The vois of the Lord togidere brekende cedriscedre trees AH.; and the Lord shal to-breke the cedris of Liban. And he shal to-poone them as the calf of Liban; and the loouede as the sone of the vnycornes. The vois of the Lord betwebetwene AH. betwen E. brekende the flaume of fyr, the vois of the Lord hurtlende togidere desert; and the Lord shal to-stere the desert of Cades. The vois of the Lord befor greithende herttys, and he shal opene the derk thingus; and in his temple alle shul sey glorie. The Lord maketh the flod to duellen in; and the Lord shal sitte king with oute ende. The Lord shal ȝiuen vertue to his puple; the Lord shal blisse to his puple in pes.

 PSALM XXIX. The salm of the song, in the dedicacioun of the hous of Dauyd.

I shal enhaunce thee, Lord, for thou vndertoke me; and thou hast not delitid myn enemys vpon me. Lord, my God, I criede to thee; and thou hast helid me. Lord, thou broȝtist out of helle my soule; thou sauedist me fro men fallende doun in to the lake. Doth salmus to the Lord, ȝee halewis of hym; and knoulecheth to the mynde of his holynesse. For ire in the indignacioun of hym; and lif in his wil. At the euetid longe shal abide weping; and at the morutid glading. I forsothe seide in myn abundaunce; I shal not be moued in to with oute ende. Lord, in thi wil; thou ȝeue to my fairnesse ver|tue. Thou turnedist awei thi face fro me; and I am maad disturbid. To thee, Lord, I shal crie; and to my God I shal lowly preȝe. What profit in my blod; whil I go doun in to corupcioun? Whethir pouder shal knouleche to thee; or tellen out thi treuthe? The Lord herde, and rewede of me; the Lord maad is myn helpere. Thou turnedist my weiling in to ioȝe to me; thou to-heeweto-hewedist AEH. my sac, and enuiroundest me with gladnesse. That to thee singe my glorie, and I shal not be pungidto-pungid AEH.; Lord my God, in to withouten ende I shal knouleche to thee.

 PSALM XXX. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, `for the ecces of myndeOm. H..

In thee, Lord, I hopide; I shal not be confoundid in to withoute ende; in thi riȝtwisnesse deliuere me. Bowe to me thin ere; heeȝe that thou delyuere me. Be thou to me in to God a defendere; and in to an hous of refut, that thou make me saf. For my strengthe and my refut thou art; andOm. C. for thi name thou shal ful out lede me, and ful out nurshe me. Thou shalt ful out lede me fro this grene, that thei hidden to me; for thou art my defendere. In to thin hondis I take my spirit; thou boȝtist me, Lord God of treuthe. Thou hatedist aboute waiteris, vanytes ouer veynliche. I for|sothe in the Lord hopide; ful out I shal ioȝen, and gladen in thi mercy. For thou hast beholde my mecnesse; and sauedest fro nedis my soule. And thou closedest not me in the hondis of the enemy; thou hast sett in large place my feet. Haue mercy of me, Lord, for I am trublid; dis|turbid is in wrathe myn eȝe, my soule, and my wombe. For in sorewe hath failid my lif; and my ȝeris in weilingus. Enfeblid is in porenesse my vertue; and my bones ben disturbid. Ouer alle myn enemys I am maad repref, and to my neȝhebores gretli; and drede to my knowen. That seȝen me, outfloun fro me; to forȝeting I am ȝiue, as aOm. A. dead man fro herte. I am maad as a vessel lost; for I herde blamyng of manye duellende in enuyroun. In that whyl thei shulde come togidere aȝen me; to take my soule thei counseileden. I for|sothe in thee hopide, Lord, I seide, My God thou art; in thin hondys my lottis. Tac me out fro the hondis of myn ene|mys; and fro men pursuende me. LiȝtneLiȝt AH. thi face vp on thi seruaunt, mac me saaf in thi mercy; Lord, I shal not be con|foundid, for I inwardli clepide thee. Vn|pitous men shame thei, and be thei broȝt doun in to helle; doumbe be theithe C pr. m. Om. sec. m. made, treccherousthe treccherous E. lippis. That speken aȝen the riȝtwis wickidnesse; in pride, and in abu|sioun. Hou gret the multitude of thi swetnesse, Lord; that thou hiddest to men dredende thee. Thou performedist to hem, that hopen in thee; in the siȝte of the sones of men. Thou shalt hide them in the hid place of thi face; fro the disturb|ingdistourblynge H. of men. Thou shalt defende them in thi tabernacle; fro the aȝenseiyng of tungis. Blessid the Lord, for hethat E pr. m. made merueilous his mercy to me; in a strength|id cite. I forsothe seide in exces of my mynde; I am cast aferr fro the face of thin eȝen. Therfore thou ful out herdist the vois of myn orisoun; whil I shulde crie to thee. Looueth the Lord, alle ȝee the seintus of hym; for the Lord shal aȝeen seche the treuthe, and ȝelde plen|teously to men doende pride. Manli doth, and be counfortid ȝoure herte; alle ȝee that hope in the Lord.

 PSALM XXXI.The vndirstondyng of Dauyd.

Blissid of whom ben forȝiue the wickid|nessis; and of whom couered ben the synnes. Blessid the man, to whom witide not the Lord synne; and ther is not in the spirit of hym trecherie. For I heeld my pes; inwardli eldeden my bones, whil I shulde crie al dai. For dai and nyȝt greued is on me thin hond; I am turned in my myseise, whil with ficchid is the thorn. My gilte knowen I made to thee; and myn vnriȝtwisnesse I hidde not. I seide, I shal knowleche aȝen me myn vn|riȝtwisnesse to the Lord; and thou for|ȝiue the vnpitousnesse of my synne. For that shal preȝe to thee eche seint; in nedful time. Neuerthelatere in the flod of manye watris; to hym thei shul not neȝhen. Thou art my refute fro tribu|lacioun, that enuyrounde me; thou, my ful out ioȝe, pul out me fro theOm. C. enuy|rounende me. Vnderstonding I shal ȝiue to thee, and `I shalOm. AH. enforme thee in that weie, that thou shalt go; I shal fastne vp on thee myn eȝe. Wileth not be maad as an hors and a mule; to whom is not vnderstonding. In bernacle and bridil the chekis of hem constreyne; that neȝhen not to thee. Manye scourgis of the syn|nere; the hopere forsothe in the Lord, mercy shal enuyroune. Gladeth in the Lord, and ful out ioȝeth, ȝee riȝtwise; and glorieth, alle ȝee riȝt in herte.

 PSALM XXXII.In to the ende, the salm of Dauyd.

Ful out ioȝeth, ȝee riȝtwise, in the Lord; the riȝte men semeth togidere preising. Knoulecheth to the Lord in an harpe; in sautre of ten cordis doth salmys to hym. Syngeth to hym a newe song; wel doth salmys to hym in criende out. For riȝt is the woord of the Lord; and alle his werkis in feith. He loueth mercy and dom; ofand of C. the mercy of the Lord ful is the erthe. By the woord of the Lord heuenes ben fastned; and bi the spirit of his mouth al the vertu of hem. Gederende as in a botel the watris of the se; and puttende ses in tresoris. Alle theOm. AEH. erthe drede the Lord; of hym forsothe ben togi|dere moued alle the indwelleris the world. For he seide, and thei ben maad; he sentesette A., and thei ben formed. The Lord scatereth the counseilis of Jentilis, re|preueth forsothe the thoȝtis of puplis; and repreueth the counseilis of princis. The counseill forsothe of the Lord with|oute ende abitabideth AEH.; the thoȝtus of his herte in ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun. Blisful the folc of kinde, of the whiche is the Lord his God; the puple that he ches in to eritage to hym. Fro heuene beheeld the Lord; he saȝ alle the sones of men. Fro his duelling place befor maad redi; he beheeld ouer alle, `that duellethe dwelleris A. the erthe. That made arowe the hertis of hem; that vnderstondith alle ther werkis. The king is not saued bi myche vertu; and the ieaunt shal not be saued in the multitude of his vertu. Desceyuable the hors to helthe; forsothe in abundauncethe haboundaunce A. of his vertu he shal not be saued. Lo! the eȝen of the Lord vp on men dredende hym; and in hem that hopen on his mercy. That he pulle out fro deth the soulis of hem; and fede them in hunger. Oure soule suffreth the Lord; for helpere and oure defendere he is. For in hym shal gladen oure herte; and in his holi name wee han hopid. Be do thi mercy, Lord, vp on vs; as wee han hopid in thee.

 PSALM XXXIII. The salm of Dauid, whan he chaungide his chere beforn Abymalech, and he lafte hym, and he ȝide awey.

I shal blisse the Lord in alle time; euermor his preising in my mouth. In the Lord shal ben preisid my soule; here the debonere, and glad thei. Magnefieth the Lord with me; and enhaunce wee his name in to itself. I soȝte out the Lord, and he ful out herde me; and of alle my tribulaciouns he caȝte me out. Neȝheth to hym, and beth liȝtid; and ȝoure facis shul not be confoundid. This pore man criede, and the Lord ful out herde hym; and of alle his tribulaciouns sauede hym. The aungil of the Lord sendith in; in the enuyroun of men dredende hym, and he shal deliuere them. Tastith, and seeth, for sweete is the Lord; blisful the man, that hopith in hym. Dredeth the Lord, alle ȝee seyntisthe seyntis E pr. m. of hym; for ther is not scarsnesse to theOm. AEH. men dredende hym. Riche men nededen, and hungriden; for|sothe the inwardli sechende the Lord shul not be mynusht alle goode. Cometh, sonys, hereth me; the drede of the Lord I shal techen ȝou. Who is the man that wil lif; looueth to seen goode daȝis? For|fende thi tunge fro euel; and thi lippis that thei speke not treccherie. Turne awei fro euel, and do good; inwardlyche seek pes, and pursue it. The eȝen of the Lord vp on theOm. A. riȝtwise; and the eris of hym at `the preȝeeris of hemher preyers AEH.. The chere forsothe of the Lord vp on men doende euelis; that he lese fro the erthe the me|morie of hem. The riȝtwise crieden, and the Lord ful out herde hem; and fro alle ther tribulaciouns heOm. AE. deliuered hem. Neȝh is the Lord to hem that ben with trublid herte; and the meke in spirit he shal sauen. Manye tribulaciouns of the riȝtwise; and of alle these shal delyuere them the Lord. The Lord kepeth alle the bones of hem; oon of hem shal not be to-brosid. The deth of synneres the werste; and thei that hateden the riȝt|wise shul gilten. The Lord shal aȝeen bie the soulis of his seruauns; and ther shul not gilten alle, that hopen in hym.

 PSALM XXXIV. In to the ende, the salm `to hymof AH. Dauid.

Deme, Lord, the noȝende me; out fiȝt thou the inpugnende me. Tac armis and sheeld; and ris vp in to helpe to me. Heeld out swerd, and close aȝen hem that pursue me; sei to my soule, I am thin helthe. Be thei confoundid, and shame|fully drede thei, sechende my soule. Be thei turned awey bacward, and confound|ed, thenkende to me euelis. Be thei maad as pouder beforn the face of the wind; and the aungil of the Lord to torment constreynende them. Be maad the weie of hem dercnessis, and slideri; and the aungel of the Lord pursuende hem. For withoute cause thei hidden to me deththe deth E pr. m. of ther grene; and ouer veynly thei acuseden my soule. Come to hym the grene that he knoweth not, and the tak|ing that he hidde cacche hym; and in the grene falle he in it. My soule for|sothe ful out shal gladen in the Lord; and shal deliten vp on his helthe ȝiuere. Alle my bones shul seyn Lord, whowho is A. lic thee; takende out the helples fro the hond of the strengere of hym; theand the C. nedi and the pore fro men brosende doun hym? Risende wickewickid A. witnessis; that I knew not askeden me. Thei ȝolden to me euelis for goodis; bareynte to my soule. I forsothe whan to me thei weren heuy; was `clad inclothed with AEH. an heire. I mekide in fasting my soule; and my preȝeere in my bosum shal be turned. As neȝhebore and oure brother, so I with plesyde; as weilende and sorewid, so I was mekid. And aȝen me thei gladiden, and came to|gidere; ther ben gedered vp on me scourgis, and I knew not. Thei ben scaterid, and not ficchid with sorewe; thei tempteden me, thei vndermouwiden mevpon me A. with vnder|mouwing, and gnastiden vpon me with ther teth. Lord, whan thou shalt be|holde, restore my soule fro the malice doing of hem; fro leouns myn one. I shal knouleche to thee in a gret churche; inand in A. a sad puple I shal preisen thee. Ouer|ioȝeOuerioyen thei AH. not to me that enemyenenuyen H. to me wickeliwickydli AH.; that hatiden me withoute cause, and twincle with eȝen. For to me for|sothe pesibly thei speeken; and in the wrathe of the erthe spekende, treccheries thei thoȝten. And thei ȝeneden their mouth upon me; theiand thei A. seiden, Weu, weu! oure eȝen han seen. Thou hast seen, Lord, ne be thou stille; Lord, ne go thou awei fro me. Ris, and see to my dom; my God, my Lord, in to my cause. Deme me aftir thi riȝtwisnesse, Lord, my God; and ouer ioȝe thei not to me. Sei thei not in ther hertis, Weu, weu, to oure soule; ne sei thei, Wee shul deuouren hym. Waxe thei ashamed, and shamely drede thei togidere; that thanken to myn euelis. Be thei cladclothed AEH. with confusioun, and shamefast drede; that deedis of malice thenken vp on me. Ful out ioȝe thei, and glade that wiln my riȝtwisnesse; and sei thei euermor, The Lord be magnefied; that wiln theOm. C. pes of his seruaunt. And my tunge shal sweteli thenke thi riȝtwisnesse; al dai thi preising.

 PSALM XXXV. In to the ende, to the seruaunt of the Lord, the salm of Dauid.

The vnriȝtwise seide, that he giltegilte not A. in himself; ther is not the drede of God be|forn the eȝen of hym. For treccherousli he dide in his siȝte; that his wickidnesse be founden at hate. The woordis of his mouth wickidnesse and treccherie; he wolde not vnderstonde that he do wel. Wickidnesse he swetli thoȝte in his couchebed AEH.; he stod neȝh to eche wey not good, malice forsothe he hatede not. Lord, in heuene thi mercy; and thi treuthe vnto the cloudis. Thi riȝtwis|nesse as the mounteynes of God; thi domes myche depnesse. Men and bestis thou shalt saue, Lord; as thou, God, hast multiplied thi mercy. The sones forsothe of men; in the coueryng of thi wengis shuln hopen. Thei shul ben inwardli drunken of the plente of thin hous; and of the strem of thi delit thou shalt ȝiue them drinke. For anent thee is the welle of lif; and in thi liȝt wee shul see liȝt. Befor strecche thi mercy to men know|ende thee; and thi riȝtwisnesse to hem that ben in riȝt herte. Come not to me the foot of pride; and the hond of the synnere moue not me. There fellen thatalle that C. werken wickidnesse; thei ben put out, and myghten not stonden.

 PSALM XXXVI. The psalm of Dauyd.

Wyle thou not folewe bi enuye in warieris; ne folewen bi looue men doende wickidnesse. For as hei swiftli thei shuln waxe drie; and as wrtis of erbis soone thei shul falle doun. Hope in the Lord, and do goodnesse; and indwelle thou the erthe, and thou shalt be fed in the richesses of it. Delite in the Lord; and he shal ȝiue to thee the askingus of thin herte. Opene to the Lord thi weie; and hope in hym, and he shal do. And he shal bringen out as liȝt thi riȝtwisnesse, and thi dom as mydday; soget be thou to the Lord, and preȝe hym. Wile thou not folewe bi enuye in hym that waxeth welsum in his weie; and in mana man AH. doende vnriȝtwisnessisvnriȝtwisnes AH.. Lef of fro wrathe, and forsac wodnesse; wile thou not folewe bi enuye, that thou be maad malicious. For thei, that ben maad malicious, shul ben outlawid; sustenende forsothe the Lord, thei shuln eritagen the erthe. And ȝit a litil, and the synnere shal not ben; and thou shalt seche the place of hym, and not finde. The debonerebonere C. forsothe shuln eritagen the erthe; and deliten in the multitude of pes. The synnere shal waite the riȝtwis; and gnaste vp on hym with his teth. The Lord forsothe shal scorne hym; for he beheeld forth that his day come. The synneres drowen out swerd; and bentenbende AEH. ther bowe. That thei desceyue the pore and the helpeles; that thei to-hewe the riȝte men in herte. The swerd of hem entre in to ther hertes; and the bowe of hem be to-broke. Betere is a litil to the riȝtwis; ouer manye richessis of synneres. For the armys of synneresthe synners A. shul be to-brosid; forsothe the Lord con|firmeth riȝtwis men. The Lord knewȝ the daȝis of the vnwemmed; and theOm. A. eritage of hem with oute ende shal be. Thei shul not ben confoundid in an euel time, and in the daȝes of hungir thei shul be fulfild; for synneres shul per|shen. The enemys forsothe of the Lord, anoon as thei shul be maad wrshipeful, and enhauncid; failende as smoke thei shul faile. The synnere shal borewe, and not paȝen; the riȝtwis forsothe hath merci, and shal ȝelde. For blessende to hym thei shuln eritage the erthe; curs|ende forsothe to hym shul doun pershe. Anent the Lord the going of man shal be dressiddestruyed A.; and the weie of hym heOm. C. shal wiln. Whan the riȝtwis shal fallen, he shal not ben hurtlid; for the Lord vnderputvnderputtith AEH. his hond. Ȝungere I was, and forsothe I eldede; and I saȝ not the riȝt|wise forsake, ne his sed sechende bred. Al dai he hath reuthe, and leeneth; and his sed shal ben in blessing. Bowe doun fro euel, and do good; and indwelle in to the world of world. For the Lord looueth dom, and heOm. A. shal not forsake his seyntus; thei shul be togidere kept in to with oute ende. Vnriȝtwise shul be punshid; and the sed of vnpitouse shal pershen. Riȝt|wise forsothe shuln eritagen the erthe; and indwelle in to the world of world vp on it. The mouth of the riȝtwis shal sweteli thenke wisdam; and his tunge speke dom. The lawe of his God in the herte of hym; and his goingus shul not be supplauntid. The synnere beholdeth the riȝtwise; and secheth to slen hym. The Lord forsothe shal not forsaken hym in his hondis; ne dampne him whan ithe A. shal be demed to hym. Abyd the Lord, and kep his weie, and he shal enhaunce thee, that bi eritage thou take the erthe; whan synneres shul pershe, thou shalt see. I saȝ the vnpitouse aboue hauncid; and rerid vp as cedris of Liban. And I passide, and lo! he was not; I soȝte hymOm. C sec. m., and ther is not founden his place. Kep inno|cence, and see equite; for thei ben relikis to a pesible man. The vnriȝtwise for|sothe shul doun pershe togidere; the re|likis of vnpitous men shul dien. The helthe forsothe of the riȝtwis of the Lord; and the defendere of hem he is in time of tribulacioun. And the Lord shal helpen hem, and delyueren hem, and pullen hem out fro synneres; and sauen hem, for thei hopeden in hym.

 PSALM XXXVII. The salm of Dauid, in remembring of the saboth.

Lord, in thi wodnesse ne undernyme thou me; ne in thi wrathe chastise thou me. For thin arwis ben in ficchid to me; and thou hast confermed thin hond vp on me. Ther is not helthe in my flesh fro the face of thi wrathe; ther is not pes to my bones fro the face of my synnes. For my wickidnesses ouerȝiden myn hed; and as a greuous charge thei ben heuyed vp on me. Myne woundis stunken, and ben roten; fro the face of myn vnwisdamwisdam AH.. A wrecche I am maad, and am crookid vnto the ende; al dai al dreri I wente in. For my leendis ben fulfild with deceytis; and ther is not helthe in my flesh. I am tormentid, and IOm. A. am meked ful myche; I rorede from the weiling of myn herte. Lord, befor thee al my desyr; and my weiling fro thee is not hid. Myn herte is al dis|turbiddistourblid H. in me; my vertu hath forsake me, and liȝtthe liȝt AH. of myn eȝen, and it is not with me. My frendis and my neȝhebores; aȝen me neȝheden and stoden. And that be|siden me weren fro aferr stoden; and fors thei maden that soȝten my soule. And that inwardli soȝten euelis to me, speeken vanytees; and treccheries al day swetely thei thoȝten. I forsothe as def herde not; and as doumb not openende myhis A. mouth. And I am maad as a man not herende; and not havende in his mouth aȝen vndernemyngus. For in thee, Lord, I hopede; thou shalt ful out heren me, Lord, my God. For I seide, Lest any time ouer ioȝen to me myn enemys; and whil al to-stirid ben my feet vp on me, grete thingus thei speeken. For I in to scourgis am redi; and my sorewe in my siȝte euermor. For my wickidnesse I shal telle out; and I shal thenken for my synne. Forsothe myn enemys lyuen, and ben confermed vpon me; and ben multeplied, that wickeliwickidli AH. hateden me. That ȝelden euelis for goodis, bacbiteden to me; for I folewede goodnesse. Ne for|sake thou me, Lord, my God; ne go thou awei fro me. Tac heede in to myn helpe; Lord God of myn helthe.

 PSALM XXXVIII. In to the ende, `the songthe sones A. sonis H. of Dauid, for Y ditym.

I seide, I shal kepe my weies; that I gilte not in my tunge. I putte to my mouth warde; whan the synnere shulde stonde aȝen me. I becam doumb, and am mekid, and heeld my pes frofor A. goodis; and my sorewe is renewid. Myn herte wex al hot with inne me; and in my swete thenking ful out shal brenne fir. I spac in my tunge; Lord, mac knowen to me myn ende. And the noumbre of my daȝes, what it is; that I wite what failith to me. Lo! mesurable thou hast put my daȝes; and my substaunce as noȝt befor thee. Neuerthelatere al vanyte; eche man liuende. Neuerthelatere in ymage passeth a man; but in veyn he is alOm. A. disturbid. He tresoreth; and vn|knowith, to whom he shal gedere tho thingus. And now what is myn abiding? whether not the Lord? and my sub|staunce anent thee is. Fro alle my wickidnessiswickenesse E. wickidnesse H. pul me awei; reprof to the vnwise man thou hast ȝiue me. I becam doumb, and openede not my mouth, for thou didist; moue awei fro me thi scourgis. Fro the strengthe of thin hond I failide in blamyngus; for wickednesse thou chastisidestchastiside AH. a man. Thou madest to flowen awei as an ireyne his soule; nerthelatere veynli is dis|turbiddistourblid H. eche man. Ful out here myn orisoun, Lord, and my lowe preȝing; with eris perceyue my teris. Ne be thou stille, for a comeling I am anent thee; and a pilgrim as alle my fadris. Forȝif to me, that I be refreshed, befor that I go awei; and I shal be no more.

 PSALM XXXIX. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Abidende I abod the Lord; and he beheeld to me. And he ful out herde my preȝeeris; and broȝte out me fro the lake of wrecchidnesse; and fro theOm. A. clei of drestis. And he sette vp on a ston my feet; and dresside my goingis. And he ful putte in my mouth a newe song; a ditee to oure God. Manye shul see, and dreden; and hopen in the Lord. Blisful the man, of whom the name of the Lord is his hope; and aȝeen lokide not in to vanytees, and in to false wod|nessiswoodnes AH.. Manye thi merueilis thou hast do, Lord, my God; and in thi thoȝtis ther is not, that be lic to thee. I tolde beforn, and spac; thei ben multiplied ouer noumbre. Sacrifice and offring thou woldist not; eris forsothe thou par|formedist to me. Brent sacrifise, and for synne thou askidest not; thanne I seide, Lo! I come. In the hed of the boc it is write of me, that I do thi wil; my God, I wolde; and thi lawe in myddes of myn herte. I befortolde thi riȝtwisnesse in a gret chirche; lo! my lippis I shal not forfende, Lord, thou hast knowen. Thi riȝtwisnesse I hidde not in myn herte; thi treuthe and thin helthe ȝyuere I seide. I hidde not thi mercy, and thi treuthe; fro myche counseil. Thou, Lord, forsothe ne do thou aferr thi mercy doingus fro me; thiOm. C. mercy and thi treuthedoom A. euer mor vndertoken me. For ther enuyrounden me euelis, of the whiche is no noumbre; ther caȝten me my wickednessis, and I myȝte not, that I shulde see. Thei ben multiplied ouer the heris of myn hed; and myn herte forsoc me. Holli plese it to thee, Lord, that thou delyuere me; Lord, to helpen me looke aȝeen. Be thei confoundid, and shamefastli drede thei togidere; that sechen my soule, that thei do it awei. Be thei turned al bac|ward, and shamefastliche drede thei; that wiln to me euelis. Bere they anoon ther confusioun; that seyn to me, Weu! weu! Ful out ioȝe thei, and glade vpon me, alle that sechen thee; and that loouen thin helthe ȝiuere, sey thei, Euermor be magnefied the Lord. I forsothe a beg|gere am and pore; the Lord is bisi of me. Myn helpere and my defendere thou art; my God, ne be thou tariendetaryed A..

 PSALM XL. In to the ende, the salm `of DauidOm. A.; or, in to the ende, the vnderstonding of Dauid.

Blisful that vnderstantvnderstondeth AEH. vp on the nedi and pore; in the euele dai shal de|lyueren hym the Lord. The Lord kepeshall kepe E. hym, and quykene hym, and blisful make hym in the erthe; and take hym not `in toin A. the soule of his enemys. The Lord helpe bere to hym vp on the bed of his sorewe; al his bedding thou turnedest in his sicnesse. I seide, Lord, haue mercy of me; hele my soule, for I synnede to thee. Myn enemys seiden euelis to me; Whanne shal dien, and pershen his name? And if he wente in that he see, veyne thingus he spac; his herte shal gedere wickidnessiswickidnes A. to hym. He wente forth outward; and spac in to itself. Aȝen me priueli grucchiden alle myn enemys; aȝen me thei thoȝten euelis to me. A wickewickede AEH. woord thei setteden aȝen me; Whether he that slepeth, shal not kaste to, that he ryse aȝeen? Forsothe the man of my pes, in whom I hopide; that eet my loues, magnefiede vp on me sup|plaunting. Thou forsothe, Lord, haue mercy of me; and aȝeen rere me, and I shal ȝelde to them. In that I knew, that thou woldist me; for ther shal not ioȝe myn enemy ouer me. Me forsothe for innocence thou hast vndertaken; and confermedist me in thi siȝte in to with|oute ende. BlessidBlesful A. the Lord God of Irael; fro the world, and in to the world, be it do, be it do.

 PSALM XLI. In to the ende, vnderstonding, or bi vnderstondingthe vnderstondynge H., to the sones of Chore.

What maner desireth the hert to wellisthe welles E pr. m. of watris; so desireth my soule to thee, God. My soule thristide to God, the quyke welle; whan I shal comen, and apere befor the face of God? Ther weren to me my teris, loues dai and nyȝt; whil it is seid to me eche day, Wher is thi God? These thingus I re|cordide, and helde out in me my soule; for I shal passen in to the place of the ful merueylous tabernacle, vnto the hous of God. In the vois of ful out ioȝing and confessioun; soun of the etere. Whi dreri art thou, my soule; and whi al disturbist thou me? Hope in God, for ȝit I shal knoulechen to hym; the helthe ȝiuere of my chere, and my God. To myself my soule is al disturbid; therfore I shal be myndeful of thee fro the lond of Jordan, and fro Ermonyum, the litle hil. The depnesse depnesse inwardli clepeth; in the vois of thi gooteris. Alle thin heȝe thingis; and thi flodis ouer me passiden. In the dai the Lord sente his mercy; and in the nyȝt his song. Anent me orisoun to God of my lif; I shal sey to God, Myn vndertakere thou art. Whi forȝeete thou ofOm. AH. me, and whi al sori I go; whil the enemy tormenteth me? Whil my bones ben to-broken; to me repreueden myn enemys, that trublen me. Whil thei seyn to me, bi alle daȝis, Wher is thi God? My soule, whi art thou dreri; and whi all sturbistdisturbist A. thou me? HopeHope thou E pr. m. in God, for ȝit I shal knoulechen to hym; the helthe ȝiuere of my chere, and my God.

 PSALM XLII. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Deme me, God, and seuere my cause fro folc not holy; fro a wickewickyd AH. man, and a treccherous pul me awei. For thou art God, my strengthe; whi hast thou put me abac, and whi dreri I go, whil the enemye tormenteth me? Send out thi liȝt, and thi treuthe; tho thingis broȝten out me, and ladden to, in to thithe A. holi hil, and in to thi tabernaclis. And I shal go in to the auter of God; to God that gladeth my ȝouthe. I shal knou|leche to thee in an harpe, God, my God; whi dreri art thou, my soule, and whi al to-sturbist thou me? Hope thou in God, for ȝit I shal knoulechen to hym; the helthe ȝyuere of my chere, and my God.

 PSALM XLIII. In to the ende, to the sones of Chore, to the vnderstonding.

God, with oure eris wee han herd; oure fadris befor tolden to vs. The werc that thou wroȝtist in the daȝis of hem; andOm. A. in oldethe olde AEH. daȝis. Thin hond Jentilis scaterede, and thou formedest hem; thou tormentidest puplis, and puttist out hem. Ne forsothe in ther swerd thei weldeden the erthe; and their arm shal not sauen hem. But thi riȝthond, and thin arm, and the liȝting of thi chere; for holli thou toke plesaunce in hem. Thou art he, my king and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob. In thee oure enemys we shul wynewe bi the horn; and in thi name we shul dispise inriseris in vs. ForsotheFor A. in my bowe I shal not hope; and my swerd shal not saue me. For|sothe thou sauedist vs fro men torment|ende vs; and the hatende vs thou con|foundedest. In God we shul be preisid al dai; and in thi name we shul knou|leche to thee in to the world. Nou for|sothe thou hast put vs abac, and con|foundid vs; and, God, thou shalt not gon out in oure vertues. Thou turnedist vs awei bacward after oure enemys; and thei, that hatiden vs, dyuersly caȝten to themself. Thou ȝeue vs as shep of metis; and in Jentilisthe Gentilis AH. thou scateredist vs. Thou soldist thi puple with oute pris; and ther was not multitude in the togi|dere chaungingus of hem. Thou hast put vs repref to oure neȝhebores; vnder mouwing `and scornOm. A. to hem that ben in oure enuyroun. Thou hast put vs in to licnesse to Jentilis; mouyng of the hed in puplis. Al dai my shame is aȝen me; and the confusioun of my face ouer|couerede me. Fro the vois of reprefthe repref C. puttende, and euele spekende; fro the face of the enemy, and the pursuere. Alle these thingus camyn vpon vs; and wee han not forȝete thee, and wickeliwickidli AH. wee han not don in thi testament. And oure herte wente not awei bacward; and thou bowidist doun oure pathis fro thi weie. For thou mekedist vs in the place of tormenting; and ouercouerede vs the shadewe of deth. If wee han forȝete the name of oure God; and if wee han sprad out oure hondis to an alien God. Whe|ther God shal not aȝeen sechen thes thingus? he forsothe knewȝ the hidde thingis of theOm. A. herte. For wee ben mor|tefied for thee al dai; wee ben eymed as shep of slaȝtir. Rys vp, whi alOm. A. slepist thou, Lord? ris vp, and putte thou not abac in to the ende. Whi thi face turn|est thou awei? thou forȝetist of oure myseise, and of oure tribulacioun. For mekid in pouder is oure soule; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe. Ris vp, Lord, and help vs; and aȝeen bie vs for thi name.

 PSALM XLIV. In to the ende, for hem that shul ben with chaungid, to the sones of Chore, to vndirstondyng, the song for the loouede.

Myn herte bowide out a good woord; I sey my werkis to the king. My tunge the penne of a scribe, swiftli wrytende. Fair in forme befor the sonus of men, grace is held out in thi lippis; therfore blesside thee God in to with oute ende. Be thou gird to with thi swerd; vp on thin hipe most myȝtili. In thi shap and thi fairnesse behold; go forth welsumli, and regne. For treuthe, and deboner|nesse, and riȝtwisnesse; and thi riȝthond shal merueilously bringe thee thennes. Thin arwis sharpe, puplis vnder thee shul falle; in to the hertis of the enemys of the king. Thy sete, God, in to the world of world; the ȝerde of thi gouern|yng to euenenesse, the ȝerde of thi regne. Thou loouedest riȝtwisnesse, and hated|isthatist C. wickidnesse; therfore enoyntide thee God, `thi GodOm. C., with oile of gladnesse befor thialle thi E pr. m. felawis. Myrre, and the swote gumme gutta, and the swote erbe casia, fro thi clothis, fro the yuer housis; of the whiche deliteden thee the doȝtris of kingus in thi wrshipe. The queen stod neeȝh fro thi riȝt parties in cloth|ing ouergilt; enuyround with dyuersete. Here, doȝter, and see, and inbowe thin ere; and forȝet thi puple, and the hous of thi fader. And the king shal coueite thi fairnesse; for he is the Lord thi God, and thei shul honouren hym. And the doȝtris of Tiri in ȝiftis; thi chere shul louli preȝe alle the riche men of the folc. Al the glorie of hym of the doȝter of the king fro with inne, in goldene hemmes; abouteal about A. wrappid with diuerse|tees. Ther shul ben broȝt to the king maidenes aftir hir; the neȝheboris of hir shul be broȝt to thee. Thei shul be broȝte in gladnesse, and ful out ioȝing; thei shul be lad to in to the temple of the king. For thi fadris ben born to thee sones; thou shalt sette them princis vp on al erthe. Myndeful thei shul ben of thi name, Lord; in alle ieneracioun, and in to ieneracioun. Therfor puplis shul knoulechen to thee in to with oute ende; and in to the world of world.

 PSALM XLV. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, for the priue thingis.

Oure God refut, and vertue; helpere in tribulaciouns, that founden vs ful myche. Therfore wee shul not drede, whil the erthe shal be disturbid; and hillis shul be born ouer in to the herte of the se. Ther souneden, and ben dis|turbid the watris of hem; the hillis ben disturbid in the strengthe of it. The bure of the flod gladith the cite of God; the alther heȝist halewide his tabernacle. God in the myddel of it shal not be stirid; God shal helpen it erli fro the morutid. Jentilis ben disturbid, and reumes ben inbowid; he ȝaf his vois, moued is the erthe. The Lord of ver|tues with vs; oure vndertakere God of Jacob. Cometh, and seeth the werkis of the Lord; the whiche he sette wndris vp on erth. Takende awei batailis vnto the ende of the erthe; the bowe he shal to-brose, and to-breke; armys and sheeldis he shal to-brenne with fyr. Taketh heede, and seeth, for I am God; I shal ben enhauncid in Jentilis, and I shal ben hauncid in the erthe. The Lord of vertues with vs; oure vnder|takeretaker AH. God of Jacob.

 PSALM XLVI. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, for the sonus of Chore.

Alle Jentilis, ioȝe ȝee with hondis; gladeth to God in vois of ful out ioȝing. For the Lord heiȝ, ferful; aand AH. gret king ouer al the erthe. He vnder leide puplis to vs; and Jentylis vnder oure feet. He ches to vs his eritage; the fairnesse of Jacob, whom he louede. God steȝide vp in ful ioȝe; and the Lord in vois of trumpe. Doth salm to oure God, doth salm; doth salm to oure king, doth salm. For the king of al erthe God; doth salm wisli. God shal regne vp on Jen|tilis; God sit vp on his holy sete. Princis of puplis ben gedered with God of Abraham; for the stronge godis of erthethe erthe AEH. hugeli ben rerid.

 PSALM XLVII. The salm, orof H. the preising of the song of the sones, or to the sones of Chore, the secoundesecounde day A. of the wike.

The grete Lord, and preisable ful myche; in the citie of oure God, in his holi hil. It is founded in ful out ioȝing of al erthe; the mount of Sion, the side of the north, the cite of the grete king. God in his housis shal be knowen; whan he shal vndertaken it. For lo! the kingus of erthe ben gedered; thei camen togidere in to oon. Thei seende thus gretli wndreden, thei ben alle dis|turbid; thei ben togidere stirid, trem|bling caȝte hem. There sorewis as of the berende child; in an hidous spirit thou shalt to-brose the shipis of Tharsis. As wee han herd, so wee han seen, in the cite of the Lord of vertues, in the cite of oure God; God foundede it in to with oute ende. God, wee han vndertake thi mercy; in the myddel of thi temple. After thi name, God, so and thi preising in to the endis of the erthe; of riȝtwis|nesse ful is thi riȝthond. Glade the hil of Sion, and ful out ioȝe the doȝtris of Jude; for thi domes, Lord. Goth aboute Sion, and togidere biclippeth it; tellith in the touris of it. Setteth ȝoure hertes in the vertue of it; and delith the housis of it, that ȝee telle out in an other pro|genye. For this is God, oure God, in to withoute ende, and in to the world of world; he shal gouerne vs in to worldis.

 PSALM XLVIII. In to the ende, to the sones of Chore, the salm of Dauyd.

Hereth these thingus, alle Jentilis; with eris perceyueth, alle that dwellen the world. Alle ȝee ertheli geten, and the sones of menman AH.; togidere in to oon, the riche and the pore. My mouth shal speken wisdam; and the swete thenking of myn herte prudence. I shal ful bowe in to a parable myn ere; I shal opene in a sauter my proposicioun. Whi shal I drede in the euel dai? the wickidnesse of myn heele shal enuyroune me. That trosten in therthi A. vertu; and in the mul|titude of therthi A. richessis glorien. A bro|ther aȝeen-bieth not, shal a man aȝeen|bien? and he shal not ȝiue to God wher of he be plesid. And the pris of the aȝeen-biyng of his soule; and he shal trauaile in to withoute ende, and liue ȝit `in toin AH. the ende. He shal not seen deth, whan he shal seen wise men diende; togidere the vnwise and the fool shul pershe. And thei shul leue to alienes their richessis; and the sepulcris of hem the hous of hem withoute ende. The tabernaclis of hem in progenye and progenye; thei clepeden ther namys in ther londis. A man, whan he was in wrshipe, vnderstoodvnderstond C. not; he is com|parisound to vnwise bestis, and lic is maad to them. This weye of hem sclaunder toof A. them; and aftir in ther mouth thei shul togidere plese. As shep in helle thei ben set; and deth shal to|gnawe them. And the riȝtwise shul lordshipen of hem in the morutid; and the helpe of hem shal waxen old in helle, of the glorie of hem. Neuerthelatere God shal aȝeen-bie my soule fro the hond of helle; whan he shal take me to. Ne thou shalt dreden, whan riche a man shal be maad; and whan shal be multiplied the glorie of his hous. For whan he shal dien, he shal not take alle thingus; ne shal go doun with hym his glorie. For histhe A. soule in the lif of hym shal be blessid; he shal knouleche to thee, whan thou weel dost to hym. He shal gon in to the progenyes of his fadris; and vnto withoute ende he shal not see liȝt. A man, whan he was in wrshipe, vnderstod not; he is comparisouned to vnwise bestis, and lic is maad to hem.

 PSALM XLIX. The salm to Asaph.

God of godis, Lord spac; and clepide the erthe, fro the rising of the sunne vn to the going doun. Fro Sion the shap of his fairnesse, God openli shal come; oure God, and he shal not be stille. Fyr in his siȝt shal brenne out; and in his enuy|roun strong tempest. He clepide to he|uene fro aboue; and the erthe, to seueren his puple. Gadereth to hym his seyntis; that ordeynen his testament vp on sacri|fises. And heuenes shuln his riȝtwisnes before telle; for God is domesman. Here thou, my puple, and I shal speke to Irael; and I shal witnesse to thee, God, thi God I am. Not in thiOm. C. sacrifisis I shal vndernyme thee; forsothe thi brente sacrifises in my siȝt ben euermor. I shal not take toOm. AH. of thin hous calues; ne of thi flockis get. For myn ben alle the wilde bestis of wodis; the tame bestis in hillis, and oxen. I knewȝ alle the volatilis of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feld is with me. If I shal hungren, I shal not sey to thee; myn is forsothe the round|nesse of erthethe erthe AEH., and his plente. Whethir I shal ete flesh of bolis? or the blod of get I shal drinke? Offre to God the sacrifise of preising; and ȝeeld to the heȝeste thi vouwis. And inwardli clep me in the dai of tribulacioun; and I shal pullen out thee, and thou shalt wrshipe me. To the synnere forsothe God seide, Whi tellist thou out my riȝtwisnessis; and takist to my testament bi thi mouth? Thou forsothe hatidist disciplyne; and threwe aferr my woordis hyndward. If thou seȝeseest A. a thef, thou runne with hym; and with auoutereresauouteres C. thi porcioun thou leidist. Thi mouth aboundide in malice; and thi tunge ordeynde treccheries. Sit|tende aȝen thi brother thou speeke, and aȝen the sone of thi moder thou leidest sclaunder; these thingus thou didist, and I heeld my pees. Thou eymedest wickeliwickidli AH., that I shal be lic thee; I shal vndernyme thee, and sette thee aȝen thi face. Vnder|stondeth this, ȝee that forȝeten God; lest any tyme he raueshe, and ther be not that deliuere. Sacrifise of preising shal wrshipen me; and there the weie, bi the whiche I shal shewe to hym the giuere of the helthe of God.

 PSALM L. The salm of Dauid; whan cam to hym Nathan the profete, whan or for he entride to Bersabee.

Haue mercy of me, God; after thi grete mercy. And after the multitude of thi grete mercy doingus; do awey my wickid|nesse. More ouer wash me fro wicke|nessewickidnes AEH. myn; and fro my synne clense me. For my wickidnesse I knowe; and my synne aȝen me is euermor. To thee alone I synnede, and euel befor thee I dide; that thou be iustefied in thi woordis, and ouercome whan thou art demed. Lo! forsothe in wickidnessiswickidnes A. I am conceyued; and in synnes conceyuede me my moder. Lo! forsothe treuthe thou loouedist; vn|certeyne and hidde thingis of thi wis|dam thou madist open to me. Thou shal sprenge me, LordOm. C., with isope, and I shal ben clensid; thou shalt washe me, and aboue snowȝ I shal be maad al whit. To myn heering thou shalt ȝiue ioȝe and glad|nesse; and ful out shul ioȝe bones mekid. Turne awey thi face fro my synnes; and alle my wickidnesses do awei. A clene herte forme in me, God; and a riȝt spirit inwardli newe thou in my bowelis. Ne throwe thou me aferr fro thi face; and thin holy spirit ne do thou awei fro me. Ȝeld to me the gladnesse of thin helthe ȝiuere; and with the spirit principal con|ferme thou me. I shal techen wickewickid AH. men thi weyes; and vnpitous men to thee shul ben al turned. Deliuere me fro blodisblood A., God, God ofOm. A. myn helthe; and ful out ioȝende shal my tunge telle thi riȝtwis|nesse. Lord, my lippis thou shalt opene; and my mouth shal beforn telle thi preis|ing. For if thou haddest wold sacrifise, I shulde han ȝiuen; but forsothe inand A. Om. C. brent sacrifisessacrifise ACH. thou woldestshalt AEH. not deliten. Sa|crifise to God, a spiritt holly trublid; a contrit herte and mekid, God, thou shalt not despise. Benygnely do, Lord, in thi goode wil to Sion; that ful out be bild the wallis of Jerusalem. Thanne thou shalt taken at worth sacrifise of riȝt|wisnesse, offringus, and brent sacrifises; thanne thei shul putten in vp on thin auter calues.

 PSALM LI. In to the ende, the vnderstonding of Dauid, whan ther cam Doech Idume, and hadde told to Saul, Dauyd cam in to the hous of Abymalech.

What gloriest thou in malice; that myȝti art in wickidnesse? Al dai vnriȝt|wisnesse thoȝte thi tunge; as a sharp rasour thou didist treccherie. Thou loouedist malice ouer benygnete; wickid|nesse mor than to speke equite. Thou loouedest alle the woordis of kasting doun; in a treccherous tunge. Therfore God shal destroȝe thee in to the ende, he shal pulle thee out, and myne thee out fro thi tabernacle; and thi roote fro the lond of liueres. Riȝtwis shul seen, and dreden; and vp on hym thei shul laȝen, and seyn, Lo! the man that putte not God his helpere. But hopidehe hopide AEH. in the mul|titude of his richessis; and hadde the maistri in his vanyte. I forsothe as an olive berende frut in the hous of God; hopide in the merci of God in to with|oute ende, and in to worldthe world A. of world. I shal knouleche to thee in to the world, for thou hast don; and I shal abide thi name, for it is good in the siȝte of thi seyntys.

 PSALM LII. In to the ende, the vnderstonding of Dauid for Amalech.

The vnwise man seide in his herte; Ther is not God. Thei ben corupt, and thei ben made abhominable in ther wick|idnessis; ther is not that do good. God fro heuene beheeld vp on the sones of men; that he see, if ther is vnderstond|ende, or aȝeen sechende God. Alle bow|eden doun togidere, thei ben maad vn|profitable; ther is not that do good, ther is not vnto oon. Whether not alle shuln knowen, that werken wickidnesse; that deuouren my puple as mete of bred? God thei inwardli clepeden not; there thei trembliden bi drede, where was not drede. For God scaterede the bones of hem, that plesen to men; thei ben con|foundid, for God dispiside them. Who shal ȝiue fro Sion the helthe ȝiuere to Irael? whan the Lord shal holli turne the caitifte of his folc, Jacob shal ful out ioȝen, and Irael shal gladen.

 PSALM LIII. In to the ende in ditees or ympnes, in the titlis, or vnderstonding of Dauid, whan ther hadden come Zifei to Saul, and hadden told to Saul, Whethir is not Dauyd hyd anentis vs?

God, in thi name mac me saaf; and in thi vertue deme me. God, ful out here thouOm. A. myn orisoun; with eris perceyue the woordis of my mouth. For alienes inwardli risen aȝen me, and stronge men soȝten my soule; and thei purposide not God befor ther siȝte. Lo! forsothe God helpeth me; and the Lord is vndertakere of my soule. Turne awei euelis to myn enemys; and in thi treuthe scatere them. Wilfulli I shal sacrificesacrifie A. to thee; and I shal knoulechen to thi name, Lord, for it is good. For fro alle tribulacioun thou hast deliuered me; and vpon myn ene|mys beheeld doun myn eȝe.

 PSALM LIV. In to the ende, in ditees or ympnes, the vndirstonding of Dauid.

Here thou, God, myn orisoun, and de|spise thou not my lowe preȝeere; tac heede to me, and ful out here me. I am maad al sory in myn enhaunting; and I am al disturbid fro the vois of the enemy, and fro tribulacioun of the synnere. For thei bowiden doun in me wickidnessis; and in wrathe thei weren heuy to me. Myn herte is al disturbid in me; and ferddreed A. of deth fel vp on me. Drede and trembling camen vp on me; and al couer|eden me dercnesses. And I seide, Who shal ȝiue to me federes as of a culuer; and I shal flee, and aȝeen resten? Lo! I droȝ out me along fleende; and I duelte in wildernesse. I abod hymhem C pr. m., that made me saf; fro to litil coraiouste of spirit, and fro tempest. Lord, put doun, and deuyde the tungis of hem; for I saȝ wick|idnesse and contradiccioun in the cite. Dai and nyȝt wickidnesse shal enuyroune it vpon the wallis of it; and trauaile in the myddes of it, and vnriȝtwisnesse. And ther failede not fro the stretis of it; vsure and treccherie. For if myn enemy hadde cursid to me; I shulde also han suffrid. And if he, that hadde hatid me, ouer me grete thingis hadde spoken; I shulde han hid me perauenture fro hym. Thou forsothe a man of oon inwit; my ledere, and my knowen. The whiche togidere with me swete metis thou toke; inand in AH. the hous of God wee wente with consent. Deth come vp on hem; and go they doun in to helle lyuende. For shreudenessys in the dwelling placis of hem; in the myddel of hem. I forsothe to the Lord criede; and the Lord shal saue me. The euentid and the moru, and at myddai, I shal seyn, and befor telle; and he shal ful out here my voys. He shal aȝeen bie my soule in pes fro them, that neȝhen to me; for among manye thei weren with me. God shal ful out heren, and meke them; that is befor worldis. Ther is not forsothe to them al hol chaunging, and thei dredde not God; he straȝte out his hond in aȝeen ȝelding. Thei defouleden the testa|ment of hym, thei ben deuydid fro the wrathe of his chere; and the herte of hym neȝhede to. Softid ben the woordis of hym vp on oile; and thei ben speris. Throȝ vp on the Lord thi bisynesse, and he shal nurshe thee out; and he shal not ȝiue in to with oute ende flotering to the riȝtwise. Thou forsothe, God, shalt bringe them doun; in to the pit of deth. Men of blodis and treccherous shul not haluen ther daȝes; I forsothe shal hope in thee, Lord.

 PSALM LV. In to the ende, for the puple that fro seintis is maad aferr, in the inscrip|cioun of the title to hym, Dauid, whan ther shulden holden hym hethene men in Jeth.

Haue mercy of me, God, for a man `to-tradto-tredede AEH. me; al day impugnende trublide me. My enemys to-treeden me al day; for manye fiȝtende aȝen me. Fro the heiȝte of the dai I shal drede; I forsothe in thee shal hopen. In God I shal preise my woordis; in God I hopide, I shal not drede what do to me the flesh. Al dai thei cursiden my woordis; aȝen me alle thoȝtis of hem in to euel. Thei shul duelle in and hiden; thei myn heele shul waite. As thei susteneden my soule for noȝt; thou shalt make them saf in wrathe puplis thou shalt to-breke. God, my lif I `haue out toldshal tellen out E pr. m. to thee; thou puttist my teres in thi siȝte. As in thi beheste, Lord; thanne shul ben al turned myn enemys bacward. In what euer dai I shal inwardli clepe thee; lo! I knew, for my God thou art. In God I shal preise the woord; in the Lord I shal preise the sermoun. In God I hopede; I shal not drede what do to me a man. In me, God, ben thi vouwis; the whiche I shal ȝelde preisingis to thee. For thou hast deliuered my soule fro deth, and my feet fro sliding; that I plese befor God in the liȝtsiȝte AH. of liueresliues H..

 PSALM LVI. In to the ende, ne destroȝe thou or shendto-sheende AEH. Dauid, in the inscripciounscripcioun H. of the title, whan he fleiȝ fro the face of Saul in the den.

Haue merci of me, God, haue merci of me; for in thee trosteth my soule. And in the shadewe of thi wengis I shal hope; to the tyme that wyckidnesse ouerpasse. I shal crie to the heiȝest God; God that dide weel to me. He sente fro heuene, and deliuerede me; he ȝaf in to reprof the tredende me. God sente his merci and his treuthe, and toc awei my soule; fro the myddel of the leoun whelpis, I sleepslepte AEH. al disturbid. Sones of men, the teth of hem armys and arwis; and the tunge of hem a sharp swerd. Be thou enhauncid, God, vpon heuenes; and vp on alle erthe thi glorie. Thei maden redi a grene to my feet; and thei myche crook|eden my soule. Thei doluendelueden AEH. befor my face a dich; and thei fellen in to it. Redi myn herte, God, redi myn herte; I shal singe and salm sein. Rys vp, my glorie; ris vp, sautre and harpe; I shal risen vp erly. I shal knouleche to thee in puplis, Lord; and salm I shal sei to thee in Jentylys. For magnefied is vnto heuenes thi merci; and vnto theOm. AEH. cloudis thi treuthe. Be thou enhauncid vp on he|uenes, God; and ouer alle erthe thi glorie.

 PSALM LVII. In to the ende, ne shende thou or destroȝe Dauid, in the inscripcioun of the title.

If vereli also riȝtwisnesse ȝee speke; euenli demeth, ȝee sones of men. For|sothe in the herte wickidnessis ȝee werken in the erthe; vnriȝtwisnesses ȝoure hondis mengemengeden A. togidere. Synneres ben aliened fro the wombe; thei erreden fro the wombe, thei speeken false thingus. Wod|nesse to them, after the licnesse of an eddere; as of a doumb eddere, and stop|pende his eris. The whiche shal not ful out heren the vois of the enchaunteres; and of the venym makere enchauntende wisly. God shal to-brose the teth of hem in the mouth of hem; and the wang teth of leouns the Lord shal to-breke. To noȝt thei shul come, as water doun ren|nende; he bentebende AEH. his bowe, to the time that `thei behe A. feblid. As wax that flow|ith, thei shul ben taken awei; fyr fel ouer, and thei seȝen not the sunne. Befor that ȝoure thornes shulden vnderstonde the theue thorne; as the lyuende, so in wrathe he shal soupe them vp. The riȝtwis shal glade, whan he seeth ven|iaunce; his hondis he shal washen in the blod of the synnere. And a man shal seyn, If forsothe ther is frut to the riȝt|wis; forsothe God is demende them in erthe.

 PSALM LVIII.In to the ende, ne destroȝe thou or shend Dauid, in the inscripciounscripcioun H. of the title, whan Saul sente, and kepte his hous, that he shulde slen hym.

Tac me out fro myn enemys, my God; and fro the inrisende in me deliuere me. Tac me out fro the werkende wickid|nesse; and fro men of blodis saue me. For lo! thei token my soule; ther fellen in to me stronge men. Nouther my wickidnesse, ne my synne; Lord, with|oute wickidnesse I ran, and wel reulide. Rys vp in to aȝen comyng to me, and see; and thou, Lord God of vertues, God of Irael. Tac heede to alle Jentilis to be visited; haue thou not mercy to alle that werken wickidnesse. Be thei conuertid at euen, and hunger thei shul suffre as houndys; and thei shul enuyroune the cite. Lo! thei shuln speke in ther mouth, and swerd in the lippis of hem; for who herde? And thou, Lord, shalt scorne them; to noȝt thou shalt bringe alle Jentilis. My strengthe to thee I shal kepe, for God myn vndertakere; my God, his mercy shal befor come me. God shewide to me vp on myn enemys, ne sle thou hem; lest any time my puplis forȝeten. Destroȝe them in thi vertu; and put them doun, Lord, my defendere. The gilte of the mouth of hem, and the woord of ther lippis; and be thei caȝt in ther pride. And of cursing and les|ingof lesing AEH. thei shul be told; in the full ending. In the wrathe of hol eende, and thei shul not ben; and they shul wite, for the Lord shal lordshipen of Jacob, and of the coostis of the erthe. Thei shul be conuertid at euen, and hunger thei shul suffre, as houndis; and thei shul gon aboute the cite. Thei shul be scaterid, to eten; if forsothe thei shuln not be fulfild, and thei shul grucche. I forsothe shal singe thi strengthe; and enhauncen vp erly thi mercy. For thou art maad myn vndertakere; and my refute, in the dai of my tribulacioun. Myn helpere, to thee I shal do salm; for God, myn vnder|takere, my God, my mercy.

 PSALM LIX. In to the ende, for hem that shul ben holli chaungid, in the inscripcioun of the title, to hym Dauyd, in to lernyngthe lernynge H., whan he brende vp Mesopotanye ofor of AEH. Cirie, or Cirie Sobal, and turnede Joab, and smot Edom in the valei of salt placis, twelue thousend.

God, thou hast put vs abac, and de|stroȝid vs; thou wrathedest vs. Thou togidere mouedest erthethe erthe AEH., and disturbidist it; hele the to-tredingis of it, for it is to|stirid. Thou hast shewid to thi puple hard thingis; thou hast drunken vs with wyn of compunccioun. Thou hast ȝiue to the dredende thee toknyng; that thei flee fro the face of the bowe. That thi loouede be deliuered, mac saf in thi riȝt hond; and ful out here me. God spac in his halewe; I shal gladen, and deuyde Siccymam; and the valei of tabernaclis I shal mesuren. Myn is Galaad, and myn is Manasses; and Effraym the strengthe of myn hed. Juda, my king; Moab, the pot of myn hope. In to Idume I shal strecche my shoing; to me alienus ben soget. Who shal bringe me in to strengthidthe strengthid A. cite; who shal bringe me in to Idume? Whether not thou, God, that hast put vs abac; and thou, God, shalt not gon out in oure vertues? Ȝif to vs helpe fro tribulacioun; for veyn is the helthe of man. In God wee shul do vertu; and he to noȝt shal bringe doun men trublende vs.

 PSALM LX. In to the ende, in ympnes, the salm toof H. Dauyd.

Ful out here thou, God, my lowe preȝing; tac heede to myn orisoun. Fro the endus of the erthe to thee I criede, whil myn herte shulde ben anguysht; in a ston thou enhauncidist me. Thou broȝtest me out, for thou art maad myn hope; the tour of strengthe fro the face of the enemy. I shal duelle in thi tabernacle in to worldis; I shal be de|fendid in the coueryng of thi wengis. For thou, my God, `ful outOm. C. herdist myn orisoun; thou ȝeue the eritage to men dredende thi name. Daȝis vp on daȝis of the king thou shalt caste to; his ȝeris vnto the dai of ieneracioun and of iene|racioun. He abitbideth AEH. stille into withoute ende in the siȝte of God; the merci and his treuthe who shal aȝeen sechen? Soo salm I shal sey to thi name in to the world of world; that I ȝelde my vouwis fro dai in to dai.

 PSALM LXI. In to the ende, for Iditym, the salm of Dauyd.

Whether not to God soget shal be my soule; of hym forsothe myn helthe ȝiuere. Forwhi and he my God, myn helthe ȝiuere, myn vndertakere; I shal be moued no more. Hou longe ȝee fallen in to a man? ȝee slen alle ȝee; as to a boowid woughe, `and toin to AH. a ston wal put doun. Neuer the latere my pris thei thoȝten to putte behinde, I ran in thrist; with ther mouth thei blissiden, and with ther herte cursiden. Neuer the latere to God soget be thou, my soule; for of hym my pacience. For lo! my God and my saueour; myn helpere, I shal not gon out. In God myn helthe ȝiuere, and my glorie; God of myn helpe, and myn hope is in God. Hopeth in hym, eche congregacioun of puple; heeldeth out beforn hym ȝoure hertes, God oure helpere in to withoute ende. Neuer the latere veyne the sones of men; lieris the sones of men in weiȝtis; that thei de|sceyue, thei of the vanyte in to itself. Wileth not hopen in wickidnesse, raueynes wileth not coueite; if richessis `flowe toouerflowen to A. flowen H., wileth not leyn to the herte. Ones God spac, these two thingus I herde; forforsothe AH. the power of God is, and to thee, Lord, mercy; for thou shalt ȝelde to eche man aftir his werkis.

 PSALM LXII. The salm of Dauyd, whan he was in theOm. A. desert of Ydume.

God, my God, to thee fro liȝt I wake. My soule thristide in thee; hou manyfold to thee my flesh. In a desert erthe and withoute weie, and with oute water, so in holi I aperede to thee; that I shulde see thi vertu, and thi glorie. For betere is thi mercy vpon lyues; my lippis shul preise thee. So I shal blesse thee in my lif; and in thi name I shal reren vp myn hondus. As bi talȝ and fatnesse be fulfild my soule; and with lippis of ful out ioȝing my mouth shal preise. So I was myndeful of thee vp on my bedding, in the morutidis I shal sweteli thenken in thee; for thou werewas AH. myn helpere. And in the coueryng of thi wengus I shal ful out ioȝe, my soule cleuede to after thee; me thi riȝthond vndirtoc. Thei forsothe in to veyn soȝten my soule, they shul go in to the nethermor partis of the erthe; thei shul be taken in to the hond of swerd, the partis of foxis thei shul be. The king forsothe shal gladen in God, and ther shul be preisid alle that swern in hym; for stoppid is the mouth of men spekende wicke thingus.

 PSALM LXIII. In to the ende, the salm of Dauyd.

Ful out here thou, God, myn orisoun, whan I louli preȝe; fro the drede of the enemy tac awei my soule. Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of warieris; and fro the multitude of men wirkende wickidnesse. For thei sharpiden out as a swerd ther tungis; thei benten a bowe, a bittere thing, that thei sheete in hid thingus the vnwemmed. Sodeynly thei shul sheten hym, and not dreden; thei fastneden to hem a shreude woord. Thei tolden, that thei shulden hide grenes; thei seiden, Who shal see them? Thei sercheden wickidnessis; thei serchende faileden in serching. Ther shal neȝhen a man to an heiȝ herte; and God shal ben enhauncid. The arwis of litle childer ben maad the veniauncis of hem; and ther ben feblid aȝen hem the tungis of hem. Alle that seȝen hem ben disturbid; and eche man dredde. And thei beforn tolden the werkis of God; and his deedis thei vnderstoden. The riȝtwise shal gladen in the Lord, and hopen in hym; and alle riȝtwise in herte shul be preisid.

 PSALM LXIV. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, the song of Aggei, Jeremye, or Ezechiel, of the woord of pilgrimagynge, or ofto A. the puple of transmygracioun, whan thei shulden begynne to go forth.

Thee semeth an ympne, thou God, in Sion; and to thee shal ben ȝolden a vou in Jerusalem. Ful out here thou myn orisoun; to thee all flesh shal come. The woordis of wickewickid H. men hadden the maistri ouer vs; and to oure vnpitous|nessis thou shalt be plesid. Blisful whom thou hast chosen, and take to; he shal dwelle in thin hallis. Wee shul be ful|fild in goodis of thin hous; holi is thi temple, merueilous in equite. Ful out here vs, God, oure helthe ȝiuere; hope of alle the coostis of erthe, and in the se afer. Greithende hillis in thi vertu, gird to bi power; that disturbist the depthe of the se, the soun of his flodis. Jen|tilisThe Gentilis A. shul ben sturbiddisturbid AEH., and dreden that duellen the termes of thi tocnes; the goingus out of the morutid and the eue|tid thou shalt make delitable. Thou hast visitid the erthe, and maad it drunke; and thou multipliedest to maken it riche. The flod of God is fulfild with watris; thou greithedest the mete of hem, for so is the befor greithing of it. Thou in|wardli makende drunke the ryueres of it, multiplie his buriounys; and in his drope fallingus shal glade the buri|ounende. Thou shalt blesse to the croune of the ȝererthe A. of thi benyngnete; and thi feldis shul be fulfild with plen|teuouste. The faire thingus of desert shul waxe fatte; and bi ful out ioȝing litle hillis shul be gird aboute. The wetheres of shep ben cladclothid AEH., and the valeis shuln abounde with whete; thei shul crie, and forsothe seyn ympne.

 PSALM LXV. In to the ende, the song of the salm of resureccioun.

Ioȝeth to God, al erthethe erthe AEH., salm seith to his name; ȝiueth glorie to his preising. Seith to God, Hou ferful ben thi werkis, Lord; in the multitude of thi vertu shuln lie to thee thin enemys. Al erthethe erthe AH. hon|oure thee, God, and do salm to thee; and sey salm to thi name. Cometh and seeth the werkis of God; ferful in counseilis vp on the sones of men. That al turneth the se in to drie, in the flod thei shul passe thurȝ afoote; ther wee shul gladen in hym. That lordshipeth in his vertu in to withoute ende; his eȝen vp on Jen|tilis beholden, that ful out terren shul not ben enhauncid in hemself. Blesseth, ȝee Jentylis, oure God; and herd maketh the vois of his preising. That putte my soule to lif, and ȝaf not in to togidere stiring my feet. God, for thou hast proued vs; bi fyr thou examynedest vs, as siluer is examyned. Thou broȝtist vs in to the grene, thou puttist tribulaciounstribulacioun AH. in oure rig; thou puttist in men vpon oure hedis. Wee passiden thurȝ fyr and watir; and thou broȝtist out vs in to re|freshing. I shal go in to thin hous in brent sacrifises; I shal ȝelde to thee my vowis, that determyneden my lippis. And my mouth spac in my tribulacioun; brent sacrifises ful of merȝ I shal offre to thee, with encens of wethers; I shal offre to thee oxen with get. Ȝee, alle that dreden God, cometh and hereth; and I shal telle hou grete thingus he dede to my soule. To hym with my mouth I criede; and I ful out ioȝide vnder my tunge. Wickedenesse if I beheeld in myn herte; the Lord shal not ful out here. Therfore ful out herde God; and toc heede to the vois of my lowe preȝing. Blissid the God; that mouede not awei myn orisoun, and his merci fro me.

 PSALM LXVI. In to the ende, `in ympnesOm. H., the salm of the song to Dauyd.

God haue merci of vs, and blisse to vs, liȝte to his chere vpon vs; and haue mercy of vs. That wee knowe in the erthe thi weie; in alle Jentilis thi helthe ȝiuere. Knouleche to thee puplis, God; knouleche to thee alle puplis. Gladen and ful out ioȝe Jentilis, for thou demest puplis in equite; and Jentilis in the erthe thou dressist. Knouleche to thee puplis, God, knouleche to thee alle puplis; the erthe ȝaf his frut. Blesse vs God, oure God, blesse vs God; and drede hym alle the coostus of erthethe erthe AEH..

 PSALM LXVII. In to the ende, the salm of theOm. H. song of Dauyd.

Ryse vp God, and be scaterid his enemys; and flee thei that hatiden hym fro his face. As faileth smoke, faile thei, as flowith wax fro the face of fyr; so pershe the synneres fro the face of God. And the riȝtwise ete thei, and ful out glade thei in the siȝte of God; and delite thei in gladnesse. Syngeth to God, salm seith to his name, maketh weiea weye A. to hym that steȝeth vp vp on the going doun; Lord name to hym. Ful out ioȝeth in his siȝte, thei shul be disturbid fro the face of hym, fader of faderles childer; and domes man of widewis. God in his holi place; God that maketh to indwelle of o maner in an hous. The whiche bringeth out the bounden men in strengthe; also hem that terren, that dwellen in sepulcris. God, whan thou shuldest gon out in the siȝte of thi puple; whan thou shuldist passe in desert. The erthe is moued, for|sothe heuenus droppeden doun fro the face of God of Synay; fro the face of God of Irael. Wilful reyn thou shalt don a|part, God, to thi eritage, and it is feblid; thou forsothe madist it parfit. Thi bestis shul duelle in it, God; thou madist redy in thi swetnesse to the pore. The Lord shal ȝiuen aOm. AH. woord; to the euangeliseris in myche vertue. The king of vertues of the looued of the looued; and to deuyde spoilis to the fairnesse of the hous. If ȝee slepe betwebetwen E passim. betwene A et H passim. the mene sortis, ȝee shul be the siluerne pennes of the cul|uer; and the hindermor of his ryg, in the palenesse of gold. Whil the heueneli deuydeth kingis vp on it with snowȝ, thei shul ben maad whit in Selmon; the hil of God a fat hil. The hil cruddid to|gidere a fat hil; wherto ouer trowe ȝee, the hillis cruddid togidere? The hil in whichethe whiche E. isit A. wel plesid to God to duelle in it; forsothe the Lord shal dwelle in to the ende. The charis of God manyfold in ten thousendys, that ben thousandus of men gladende; the Lord in hem, in Syna, in holi. Thou steȝedest vp in to heiȝte, thou toke caitifte; thou toke to ȝiftis in men. Forsothe men not beleeuende; to dwellen in the Lord God. Blessid the Lord fro dai to eche dai; welsum wei shal make to vs the GodLord A. of oure helthe ȝiueres. Oure God the God of makinge men saf; and of the Lord Lord the going out of deth. Neuerthelatere God shal to-breke the hedis of his enemys; the top of the her of men goende in ther giltus. The Lord seide, Fro Basan I shal al turne; I shal al turne in to the depthe of the se. That inwetinweetid AH. be thi foot in blood; the tunge of thin houndis fro hym of the enemys. Thei seȝen thin ingoingus, God; the in|going of my God, my king, that is in holy. The princis camen befor ioyned with the singeris; in the myddel of the ȝunge wymmen tympanystris. In chirchis blisseth to God; to the Lord of the wellis of Irael. There Beniamyn, the ȝungling; in the exces of mynde. Princis of Juda the dukis of hem; princis of Zabulon, the princis of Neptalym. Send, God, to thi vertue; conferme thou, God, that that thou hast wroȝt in vs. Fro thi temple, that is in Jerusalem; to thee offre shul kingus ȝiftis. Blame the wilde bestis of the reed, the gedering togidere of bolis in the kiyn of puplis; that thei close out hem that ben preued bi siluer. Scatere thou the Jentilis that wiln batailis, ther shul come messageris fro Egipt; Ethiope shal befor come his hondis to God. Reumes of the erthe, singeth to God; doth salm to the Lord. Doth salm to God; that steȝeth vp vpon heuene `of heueneOm. AH. at the est. Lo! he shal ȝiue to his vois vois of vertue; ȝiueth glorie to God vp on Irael; his grete doing and his vertue in cloudis. Merueilous God in his halewis, God of Irael, he shal ȝiue vertue, and strengthe of hys puple; blessid be God.

 PSALM LXVIII. In to the end, for hem that shuln ben al chaungid, to hym Dauid.

God, mac me saf; for watris camen in vnto my soule. I am inficchid in the slim of the depthe; and ther is not sub|staunce. I cam in to the heiȝte of the se; and tempest drenchide me doun. I trauailide criende, horsehoos AE sec. m. H. ben maad my chekis; myn eȝen failiden, whil I hope in to my God. Thei ben multeplied ouer the heris of myn hed; that hatiden me withoute cause. Thei ben coumfortid that pursueden me myn enemys vnriȝt|wisly; theOm. AH. thingis that I raueshide not, thanne I paȝide out. God, thou knowest myn vnwisdam; and my giltis fro thee ben not hid. Lord, shame thei not in me that abiden thee, LordOm. CE pr. m.; Lord of vertues. Be thei not confoundid vp on me, that sechen thee; God of Irael. For I suffride for thee repref; shenshipe co|uerede my face. Straunge I am maad to my brethern; and a pilgrim to the sonus of my modir. For looue of thin hous eet me; and repreues of men re|preuende thee fallen vp on me. And I couerede in fasting my soul; and it is maad in to repref to me. And I putte my clothing an heire; and I am maad to them in to a parable. Aȝen me speeken that seeten in the ȝate; and in me diden salm, that drunke win. I forsothe made myn orisoun to thee, Lord; tyme is of thi wel plesing, God. In the multitude of thi mercy ful out here me; in the treuthe of thin helthe. Tac me out fro clei, that I be not inficchid; deliuere me fro hem that hatiden me, and fro the depthis of watris. Drenche me not doun the tempest of water; ne soupe me awei the depthe, ne threste vp on me the pit his mouth. Ful out here me, Lord, for benyngne is thi mercy; after the multi|tude of thi merci doingus behoold in me. And ne turne thou awei thi face fro thi child; for I am trublid, swiftli ful out here thou me. Loke in to my soule, and deliuere it; for myn enemys tac out me. Thou knowist my repref; and my confusioun, and my shame. In thi siȝte ben alle that trublen me; repref abod myn herte, and wrecchidnesse. And I suffride that summan togidere shulde with sorewen, and ther was not; and that shulde coumforten, and I fond not. And thei ȝeuen in to my mete galle; and in my thrist thei drunke me with eisel. Be mad the bord of hem in to a grene befor them; and in to ȝeldingus aȝeen, and in to sclaunder. Be al to-dercned the eȝen of hem, that thei see not; and the rig of hem euermor crooke thou in. Heeld out vp on hem thi wrathe; and the wodnesse of thi wrathe al take them. Be maad the dwelling of hem desert; and in the tabernaclis of hem be ther not that indwelle. For whom thou hast smyten, thei han pursued; and vp on the sorewe of my woundis thei addeden. Put to wickidnesse vp on the wickidnessewickenessis E. wickidnessis AH. of hem; and entre thei not in to thi riȝtwis|nesse. Be thei do awei fro the boc of lyueres; and with riȝtwis men be thei not write. I am a pore man, and sorewende; thin helthe, God, vndertoc me. I shal preise the name of God with song; and magnefien hym in preising. And he shal plese to God vp on a newe calf; hornes bringende forth, and cles. See the pore, and glade thei; secheth God, and ȝoure soule shal liue. For the Lord ful out herde the pore; and despiside not hise bounden. Preise hym, heuenes and erthe; the se, and alle crepende thingis in it. For God shal make saf Sion; and the cites of Jude shul be bild vp. And thei shuln induelle there; and bi eritage thei shul purchasen it. And the sed of his seruauns shal welden it; and that loouen his name, shul duelle in it.

 PSALM LXIX. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid, in remembring that the Lord made hym saf.

God, in to myn helpe tac heed; Lord, to helpen me heeȝe thou. Be thei con|foundid, and shameli drede thei; that sechen my soule. Be thei turned aweiOm. C. hindward, and waxe thei ashamed; that wiln to me euelis. Be thei turned awei anoon and shamende; that seyn to me, Weu! weu! Ful out ioȝe thei, and glad in thee, alle that sechen thee; and sey thei euermor, The Lord be magnefied, that loouen thi ȝiuere of helthe. I forsothe a nedi and a pore man am; God, helpe thou me. Myn helpere and my deli|uerere, be thou; Lord, ne tarie thou.

 PSALM LXX. The salm of Dauid is of the sonys of Jonadab, and of the rathere caitiues.

In thee, Lord, I hopide; I shal not be confoundid in to with oute ende; in thi riȝtwisnesse deliuere me, and tac me awei. Bowe thou in to me thin ere; and saue me. Be thou to me in to God defendere, and in to a strengthid place; that thou make me saaf. For my fastnesse; and my refute thou art. My God, tac me awey fro the hond of the synnere; and fro the hond of the doere aȝen the lawe, and of the wicke. For thou art my pacience, Lord; Lord, myn hope fro my ȝouthe. In thee I am confermed fro the wombe; fro the wombe of my moder thou art my defendere. In thee my synging euermor; as wndring I am maad to manye; and thou a strong helpere. Be fulfild my mouth with preis|ing, that I synge thi glorie; al dai thi gretnesse. Ne throwe thou me aferr in time of elde; whan shal faile my vertue, ne forsake thou me. For myn enemys seiden to me; and thei that kepten my soule counseil maden in to oon. Seiende, God hath forsaken hym, pursueth, and taketh hym; for ther is not that take awey. God, ne be thou longid awei fro me; my God, in to myn helpe behold. Be thei confoundid, and faile thei, bac|bitende to my soule; be thei couered with confusioun and shame, that sechen euelis to me. I forsothe euermor shal hopen; and casten to vp on alle thi preising. My mouth shal befor telle thi riȝtwisnesse; al dai thin helthe ȝiuere. For I knew not lettrure, I shal gon in to the poweris of the Lord; Lord, I shal han mynde of thi riȝtwisnesse alone. God, thou hast taȝt me fro my ȝouthe, and vn to now; I shal telle forth thi merueilis. And vn to the laste age, and the laste ende of it; God, ne forsake thou me. To the time that I telle out thin arm; to alle ieneracioun that is to come. Thi power, and thi riȝtwisnesse, God, vn to the he|ȝeste grete thingus that thou didist; God, who is lic to thee? Hou grete thou hast shewid to me tribulaciouns, manye and euele, and al turned thou hast quyk|ened me; and fro the depnessis of the erthe eft thou hast aȝeen broȝte me. Thou hast multiplied thi grete doing; and al turned thou hast coumfortid me. For and I shal knouleche to thee in vesselis of salm thi treuthe, God; I shal do salm to thee in an harpe, thou holi of Irael. Ful out shul ioȝe my lippis, whan I shal synge to thee; and my soule, that thou aȝeen boȝtist. But and my tunge al dai shal sweteli thenke thi riȝtwisnesse; whan confoundid and shamefastly aferd shul ben that sechen euelis to me.

 PSALM LXXI. In to Salomon.

God, thi dom ȝif to the king; and thi riȝtwysnesse to the sone of the king. To demen thi puplepuplis A. in riȝtwisnesse; and thi pore men in dom. Vndertake mounteynes pes to the puple; and the hillis riȝtwis|nesse. He shal deme the pore men of the puple; and saf he shal make the sonus of pore men; and he shal meke the false acusere. And he shal abide stille with the sunne, and befor the mone; in ienera|cioun and in to ieneracioun. He shal come doun as reyn in to flees; and as drope falling droppende vp on erthethe erthe AEH.. In his daȝis shal springe riȝtwisnesse, and aboundaunce of pes; to the time that the mone be don awei. And he shal lord|shipen fro the se vn to the se; and fro the flod vnto the termes of the round|nesse of londis. Beforn hym shul falle doun Ethiopis; and his enemys the erthe shul licken. The kingis of Tharsis and ylis shuln offre deserued ȝiftys; the kingus of Arabs and Saba free ȝiftis shul bringe to. And ther shuln honouren hym alle kingus; alle Jentilis shul serue to hym. For he shal deliuere the pore fro the myȝti; and the pore to whom was not an helpere. He shal spare to the pore, and to the helpeles; and the soulis of pore men he shal make saaf. Fro vsuris and wickidnesse he shal aȝeen bie the soulis of hem; and wrshipeful the name of hem beforn hym. And he shal lyue, and ther shal be ȝiue to hym of theOm. A. gold of Arabie; and thei shul honouren of it, al day thei shul blisse to hym. Ther shal be fastnyng in the erthe, in the heȝest thingis of mounteynes; therthei A. shal ben aboue hauncyd aboue Liban his fruyt; and thei shul floure fro cite, as the hei of erthethe erthe AEH.. Be his name blissid in to worldis; beforn the sunne abit stille his name. And ther shul be blissid in hym alle the linagis of erthethe erthe AH.; alle Jentilis shul mag|nefien hym. Blissid be the Lord God of Irael; that doth merueilous thingus alone. And blessid be the name of his maieste in to withoute ende; and ther shal be fulfild with his maieste al erthe; be it do, be it do.

Ther faileden preisingis, or ympnes of Dauid, sonethe sone A. of Jesse. PSALM LXXII. The salm of Asaf.

Hou good the God of Irael; to hem that ben inof A. riȝt herte. My feet for|sothe ben almost moued; almost ben held dounout A. my goingis. For I enuyede vp on wicke men; seande the pes of synneres. For ther is not respit to the deth of hem; and fastnyng in the wounde of hem. In the trauaile of men thei ben not; and with men thei shul not be scourgid. Therfore heeld hem pride; thei ben co|uered with wickidnesse, and with ther vnpitousnesse. Wente forth as of talȝ the wickidnesse of hem; thei ouerpassiden in to lust of herte. Thei thoȝten and speeke shreudenesse; wickidnesse in heiȝte they speeken. Thei puttenputtiden AH. in to heuene ther mouth; and the tunge of hem wente inin to A. the erthe. Therfore shal ben conuertid my puple heer; and fulle daȝis shul be founden in hem. And thei seiden, Hou wot God; and whether is ther kunyng in heiȝte? Lo! tho synneres, andin A. abun|dende in the world; weldeden richessis. And I seide, Thanne with oute cause I iustefiede myn herte; and wesh among in|nocentis myn hondis. And I was scourgid al dai; and my chastising in the moru|tidis. If I seide, I shal telle thus; lo! the naciounnaciouns AH. of thi sones I haue repreued. I eymede, that I shulde knowe that; tra|uaile is befor me. To the tyme that I entre in to the seyntuarie of God; and vnderstonde in the laste thingus of hem. Neuerthelatere for treccheries thou leidist to hem; thou threwe hem doun, whil thei weren reridarered EH. vp. What maner be thei maad in to desolacioun; feerli thei faileden, thei pershiden for ther wickidnesse. As a sweuene of risende men; Lord, in thi cite the ymage of hem to noȝt thou shalt bringe. For enflaumed is myn herte, and my reenys ben al chaungid; and I to noȝt am broȝt, and I wiste not. As a beeste I am maad anent thee; and I euer|mor with thee. Thou heelde my riȝt hond, and in thi wil thou broȝtist me thennys; and with glorie thou vndertoke me. What forsothe is to me in heuene; and of thee what wolde I vp on erthe? My flesh failide, and myn herte; God of myn herte, and my part, God in to with|oute ende. For loo! that longen hem|self awei fro thee shul pershen; thou lostist alle that don fornycacioun fro thee. To me forsothe to cleue to God is good; toand A sec. m. putten in the Lord God myn hope. That I telle out alle thi prechingus; in the ȝatis of the doȝter of Sion.

 PSALM LXXIII. The vnderstonding of Asaf.

Wherto, God, hast thou put abac in to the ende; thi wodnesse wrathide vpon the shep of thi leswe? Myndeful be thou of thi congregacioun; that thou weldedest fro the begynnyng. Thou hast aȝeen boȝt the ȝerde of thin eritage; the hil of Sion in whiche thou dwellidist inis in C. it. Rere vp thin hondis in to the pridis of hem in to the ende; hou grete thingis wariede the enemy in the holi. And thei glo|rieden that hateden thee; in the myddel of thi solempnete. Thei puttenputtiden AH. ther tocnes, tocnes; and thei knewe not as in the going out vpon the heȝist. As in a woode of trees with axis thei heewen doun the ȝatis of it in to itself; in axis and hachet thei threwen it doun. Thei brenden vp with fyr thi seintuarie; in the erthe thei defouleden the tabernacle of thi name. Thei seiden in ther herte, the kinrede of hem togidere; To resten make wee alle the feste daȝis of God fro the erthe. Oure signes wee han not seen, now ther is not a profete; and he shal knowen vs no more. Hou longe, God, the enemye shal repreue? the aduersarie vnlefulli taketh thi name in to the ende. Wherto turnest thou awei thin hond, and thi riȝthond fro thi myddel bosum in to the ende? God forsothe oure king befor worldis; wroȝte helthe in the myddes of erthethe erthe E.. Thou hast confermed in thi vertu these; thou al to-trublidist the hedis of dragounysdragoun A. in watris. Thou hast to|broke the hedis of the dragoun; thou hast ȝiuen hym mete to the puplis of Ethiope. Thou hast wastid the wellis, and the stremes; thou hast dried the flodis of Etham. Thin is the dai, and thin is the nyȝt; thou forgedist the morutyd and the sunne. Thou madest alle the termes of erthethe erthe AEH.; somer and ver time, thou formedist hem. Myndeful be thou of this, the enemy putte repref to the Lord; and the vnwise puple terrede thi name. Ne take thou to bestis soulis knoulechende to thee; and the soulis of thi pore men ne forȝete thou in to the ende. Behold in to thi testament; for thei ben fulfild, that ben dercned of erthe; bi the housis of wickidnessis. Ne be turned awei the meke maad confundid; the pore and the helpelis shul preise thi name. Rys vp, God, deme thou thi cause, myndeful be thou of thi repreues of hem; that of the vnwise man ben al day. Ne forȝete thou the voisis of thin enemys; the pride of hem that hateden thee, steȝeth vp euermor.

 PSALM LXXIV. In to the ende, the salm of the song of Asaf, ne destroȝe thou, or shend.

Wee shul knouleche to thee, God, we shul knouleche; and inwardli wee shul clepe thi name. Wee shul telle thi mer|ueilis, whan I shal take tyme; I riȝtwis|nessis shal deme. Molten is the erthe, and alle that dwellen in it; I confermede the pileeris of it. I seide to the wickewickid H. men, Wileth not wickidli don; and to the gilteris, Ne wileth not rerenareren EH. vp the horn. Wileth not reren up in to heiȝte ȝoure horn; wileth not speken aȝen God wickidnesse. For nouther fro the est, ne fro the west, ne froOm. A. desert hillis; for God is the domysman. This he mekith, and this he enhaunceth; for the chalis in the hond of the Lord of cler wyn, ful of mengd. And he bowidebowith AH. in of that in to that; nerthelatere the drestedrestis AEH. of it is not wastid out, ther shul drinke of it alle the synneres of erthethe erthe E.. I forsothe shal telle out in to the world; I shal synge to God of Jacob. And alle the hornes of synneres I shal to-breke; and theOm. A. hornes of the riȝtwis shul ben en|hauncid.

 PSALM LXXV. In to the ende, in ditees, the song to theOm. A. Assiries, the salm of Asaf.

Knowen is God in Jewerie; in Irael gret is his name. And maad is in pes his place; and his duelling in Sion. There he al to-brac poweris; bowe, sheld, swerd, and bataile. Thou art liȝtende merueil|ously fro the euere lastende mounteynes; alle the vnwise men ben disturbid in herte. Thei sleepenslepten AEH. ther slep aslep, and no thing founden; alle the men of richessis in ther hondis. Fro thi blamyng, God of Jacob; nappeden that stieȝeden vp horsishors C.. Ferful thou art, and who shal withstonde to thee? fro thanne thi wrathe. Fro heuene herd thou hast maad dom; the erthe tremblide, and restide. Whan God shulde rise vpOm. C. `in toin C. dom; that he make saaf alleOm. C. the de|bonere of erthethe erthe AEH.. For the thenking of a man shal knouleche to thee; and the re|likis of athe AH. thenking a feste dai shul do to thee. Vouwith, and ȝeldeth to the Lord ȝoure God; alle ȝee that in his enuyroun bringen to ȝiftis. To the ferful, and to hym that doth awey the spirit of princis; to the ferful anent alle kingusthe kingis AEH. of erthethe erthe E pr. m..

 PSALM LXXVI. In to the ende, for Iditym, the salm toof AH. Asaf.

In my vois to the Lord I criede, in my vois to God; and he tooc heede to me. In the dai off my tribulacioun God I soȝte out with myn hondis; the nyȝt forn aȝen hym, and I am not deseyued. My soule forsoc to be coumfortid; myndeful I was of God, and dilitide, and am enhauntidenhauncid AH., and my spirit failide. Myn eȝen looke `to fornbefore A. wakingus; I am disturbiddistourblid H., and I spac not. I thoȝte olde daȝis; and euere lastende ȝeeris in mynde I hadde. And I sweteli thoȝte in the nyȝt with myn herte; and I was enhauntidenhauncyd AH., and `I swepteY wepte A. swepte H. my spirit. Whether in to with|oute ende God shal throwe aferr; or he shall not lei to, that he be more plesid ȝit? Or in to the ende his mercy he shal kutte awey; fro ieneracioun in to ienera|cioun? Or God shal forȝete to han merci; or he shal withholden in his wrathe his mercies? And I seide, Now I haue be|gunne; this chaunging of the riȝthalf of the heȝe. I was myndeful of the werkis of the Lord; for I shal be myndeful fro the begynnyng of thi merueilis. And I shal sweteli thenke in alle thi werkis; and in thi findingis I shal ben enhauntidenhaunced H.. God, in the holi thi wey; who gret God as oure God? thou art God, that dost merueilis. Knowen thou hast maad in puplis thi vertu; thou hast aȝeen boȝt in thin arm thi puple, the sones of Jacob and of Joseph. Ther han seen thee wa|tris, God, ther han seen thee watris, and thei dredden; and disturbid ben the depnessis. The multitude of the soun of watris; a vois ȝeuen the cloudis. Forsothe thin arwis passeden thurȝ; the vois of thi thunderthundris A. in a whel. Thi shynyngus liȝteden to the roundnesse of the erthe; it is togidere moued; and the erthe togi|dere tremblide. In the se thi weye; and thi sties in manye watris; and thi steppis shul not be knowen. Thou broȝtist out as shep thi puple; in the hond of Moises and Aaronof Aaron E..

 PSALM LXXVII. The vnderstonding of Asaf.

Taketh tente, my puple, to my lawe; inwardli bowith ȝoure ere in to the woordis of my mouth. I shul opene in parablis my mouth; I shal speke propo|siciouns fro the begynnyng. Hou grete thingis wee han herd, and han knowe them; and oure fadris tolden to vs. Thei ben not hid fro ther sones; in an other ieneracioun. TellendeTellith A. the preisingus of the Lord, and his vertues; and his mer|ueilis, that he dide. And he rerede wit|nessing in Jacob; and lawe he putte in Irael. Hou grete thingis he sente to oure fadris, to make thoo thingus knowe to ther sones; that the tother ieneracioun knowe. The sonus, that shul be born, and risen out; shul tellen out to ther sones. That thei putte in God ther hope, and thei forȝete not the werkis of God; and his hestis thei out seche. Lest thei be maad as ther fadris; a shreude ienera|cioun and a terrende out. A ieneracioun that dresside not his herte; and his spirit is not take with God. The sones of Ef|fraym lokende in, and sendendesenden C. sendinge AEH. a bowe; ben turned in the dai of bataile. Thei kepten not the testament of God; and in his lawe thei wolden not go. And thei forȝeten his benefetis; and his merueylis, that he shewide to them. Befor the fa|dris of hem he dide merueilis in the lond of Egipt; in the feld of Tafneos. He betwen vp brac the se, and thurȝ broȝte them; and sette the watris as in a botel. And he ladde hem thennes in the cloude of the day; and al nyȝt in the liȝtnynglickenes A. lyȝtnesse H. of fyr. He betwe brac the ston in wil|dernesse; and watride hem as in a myche deep water. And he broȝte out water of the ston; and he ladde out watris as flodis. And thei leide to ȝit to synnen to hym; in to wrathe thei stiriden the heȝe, in vnwatri place. And thei tempt|eden God in ther hertis; that thei aske metis to ther soulis. And euele thei speken of God; thei seiden, Whether God shal moun make redi a bord in desert? For he smot the ston, and ther floweden watris; and the stremes maden to flowen. Whether and bred he shal moun ȝiue; or greithen a bord to his puple? Ther|fore the Lord herde, and lafte of; and fyr is tend up in Jacob; and wrathe is steȝed vp in Irael. For thei leeueden not in God; ne hopiden in his helthe ȝiuere. And he sente to the cloudes fro aboue; and the ȝatis of heuene he openede. And he reynede to hem manna to ete; and the bred of heuene he ȝaf to hem. Man eet the bred of aungelis; metis he sente to hem in abundaunce. He trans|latide the south fro heuene; and broȝte in his vertue the southerne wynd. And he reynede vp on hem flesh as pouder; and federed volatilis, as the grauel of the se. And thei fellen in the myddil of the tentys of hem; aboute ther tabernaclis. And thei eeten, and ben fulfild ful myche, and ther desir he broȝte to them; thei ben not bigilid fro ther desir. Ȝit their metis weren in the mouthmouthis AH. of hem; and the wrathe of God steiȝide vp upon hem. And he sloȝ the fatte men of hem; and the chosen men of Irael he lettide. In alle these thingus thei synneden ȝit; and thei leeueden not in his merueilis. And the daȝis of hem failiden in vanytee; and the ȝeeris of hem in withheeȝing. Whan he shulde slen hem, thei soȝten him; and weren turned aȝeen, and the morutid thei camen to hym. And thei be remembrid, for God is ther helpere; and the heȝe God is the aȝeenbiere of hem. And thei looueden hym in ther mouth; and in ther tunge thei lieden to hym. The herte forsothe of hem was not riȝt with hym; ne feithful thei ben had in the testament of hym. He forsothe is mercifulmercyable AH., and plesid shal be maad to the synnes of hem; and he shal not scatere them. And he abundede, that he turne awei his wrathe; and he teende not vp al his wrathe. And he recordide, for thei ben flesh; a spirit goende, and not turnende aȝeen. Hou ofte sithis thei out terreden hym in desert; in to wrathe thei to|stiriden hym in vnwatri place. And thei ben turned, and tempteden God; and holy Irael thei ful out terreden. Thei ben not recordid of his hond; the dai that he boȝte hem fro the hond of the trublere. As he putte in Egipt his signes; and his wunders in the feld of Thaneos. And he turnede into blod the flodis of hem; and ther cisternes, that thei shulde not drinke. And he sente in to them an hound fleȝe, and it eet hem; and a froggefrosshe A., and it destroȝede them. And he ȝaf to rust the frutis of hem; and ther trauailis to a locust. And he sloȝ in hail the vynes of hem; and therthe A. mul|berie trees in frost. And he toc to hail the bestis of hem; and the possessioun of hem to fyr. He sente in to them the wrathe of his indignacioun; indigna|ciounOm. A., and wrathe, and tribulacioun, in sendingus bi euele aungelis. A weie he made to the path of his wrathe, and he sparide not fro the deth of the lyues of hem; and the bestis of hem in deth he closide. And he smot alle the firste goten in the lond of Egipt; the first frutis of alle the trauayle of hem in the taber|naclistabernacle AH. of Cham. And he toc awei as shep his puple; and he ladde hem thurȝ as a floc in desert. And he ladde hem thennys in hope, and thei dreden not; and the enemys of hem the se couerede. And he inladde them in to the hil of his halewing; the hil that his riȝthond pur|chaside. And he caste out fro the face of hem Jentilis; and bi lot he deuydede to hem the erthe in the litle corde of deling. And he made to dwelle in the tabernaclis of hem the linagislynage A. of Irael. And thei tempteden, and sharpli terreden the heȝe God; and his witnessingus thei kepten not. And they turneden themself awei, and thei kepten not couenaunt; as ther fadris ben turned in to a shreude bowe. In to wrathe thei stiriden hym in ther hillis; and in ther grauen thingis to ieloustethe locuste H. thei terreden hym. God herde, and despiside; and to noȝt he broȝte gretli Irael. And he putte abac the tabernacle of Silo; his tabernacle wher he dwelte in men. And he toc into caitifte the vertu of hem; and the fairnesse of hem in to the hondus of the enemy. And he closide in swerd his puple; and his eritage heOm. C. dispiside. Ȝunge menOm. C. of hem the fyr eet; and the maidenes of hem ben not weilid. The prestis of hem in swerd fellen; and the widewis of hem weren not wept. And the Lord is rerid vp, as slepende; as myȝti drunken of win. And he smot his enemys in to the hindermor partis; euere lasting repref he ȝaf to them. And he putte abac the tabernacle of Josep; and the linage of Effraym he ches not. But he ches the linage of Juda; the hil of Sion, that he loouede. And he bilde vp as vnycorn his holi making; in the lond, that he foundede in to worldus. And he ches Dauid his seruaunt, and he bar hym vp fro the flockis of shep; fro the aftir berende blet he toc hym. To fede Jacob his seruaunt; and Irael his eritage. And he fedde hem in the inno|cence of his herte; and in the vnder|stondingus of ther hondis he ladde hem thenes.

 PSALM LXXVIII. The salm to Asaf.

God, Jentilis camen in to thin eritage; thei defouleden thin holi temple, thei putteputtiden AH. Jerusalem in to the keping of applis. Thei putteputtiden AH. the smyten to deth of thi seruauntis, metis to the foulis of heuene; flesh of thi seintis to the bestis of erthethe erthe A.. Thei shadden out the blod of hem, as water in the enuyroun of Jerusalem; and ther was not that `shulde biriebiriede AEH.. Wee be maad repref to oure neȝheboris; mouwing and scornyng to them, that ben in oure cumpas. Hou longe, Lord, thou shalt wrathen in to the ende? shal be tendtemptid A. vp as fyr thi jelouste? Heeld out thi wrathe in to Jentilis, that han not knowe thee; and in to reumes, that thi name han not inwardli clepid. For thei eete Jacob; and hys place thei han maad desolat. Ne thou shalt han mynde of oure olde wickidnessis, soone shul befor taken vs thi mercies; for pore men wee ben maad ful myche. Help vs, God, oure helthe ȝiuere, and for the glorie of thi name, LordOm. C., deliuere vs; and plesid be thou to oure synnes for thi name. Lest parauenture thei sey in Jentilis, Wher is the God of hem? and yt waxe ful knowen in naciouns beforn oure eȝen. The veniaunce of the blod of thi seruauns, that is held out; go in to thi siȝte the weiling of thethi C. gyued men. After the mykilnesse of thin arm; weld the sones of the don to deth. And ȝeld to oure neȝheboris seuefold in the bosum of hem; the repref of them, that thei repreueden thee, Lord. Wee forsothe thi puple, and the shep of thi leswe; shul knouleche to thee in to the world. In ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun; wee shul telle out thi preising.

 PSALM LXXIX. In to the ende, for hem that shul ben al holli chaungid, the salm for the Assiries; the witnessing of Asaph.

Thou that gouernest Irael, tac heed; that ledist as a shep Joseph. That sit|tist vp on cherubyn; be thou maad open beforn Effraym, Beniamyn, and Manasse. Rere vp thi myȝt, and cum; that saf thou make vs. God, conuerte thou vs, and sheu thi face; and wee shul be saf. Lord God of vertues; hou longe shalt thou wrathe vpon the orisoun of thi seruaunt? Thou shalt feden vs with bred of teris; and drinke thou shalt ȝiue to vs in teris in mesure. Thou hast put vsOm. AH. in contradiccioun to oure neȝhe|boris; and oure enemys bemoweden vs. God of vertues, conuerte thou vs; and sheu thi face, and wee shul be saf. Thou translatidist a vyne fro Egipt; thou castidistcastist AEH. out Jentilis, and plauntid|ist it. Duke of the weie thou were in his siȝt; and thou plauntidist his rootis, and it fulfilde the erthe. His shadewe couerede hillis; and his shrubbis the ceders of God. He straȝte out his braunchis vnto the se; and vnto the flod hisis C. railingus. Wherto destroȝidist thou his wal; and pullen it alle that gon beside the weie? The bor of the wode outlawide it; and the singuler wilde beste destroȝide it. God of vertues, be thou turned, behold fro heuene, and see; and visite thou this vyne. And parfitli mac it, that thi riȝthond plauntide; and vp on the sone of man, whom thou hast confermed to thee. The tend vp thingis with fyr, and the vnder doluen; of the blamyng of thi chere shul pershen. Thin hond be don vp on the man of thi riȝt|hond; and vp on the sone of man, whom thou hast confermed to thee. And wee goon not awei fro thee; thou shalt quykene vs, and thi name wee shul in|wardli clepe. Lord God of vertues, con|uerte vs; and sheu thou thi face, and wee shul be saf.

 PSALM LXXX. In to the ende, for the pressis, salmthe salm A. to that Asaf, in the fifte dai of the wike.

Ful out ioȝith to God, oure helpere; ioȝeth to God of Jacob. Taketh salm, and ȝyueth timbre; a merie sautre with an harpe. Trumpeth in the newe mone; with a trumpe in the noble dai of oure solempnete. For comaundement in Irael it is; and dom to God of Jacob. Witness|ing in Joseph he putte it; whan he shulde gon out of the lond of Egipt, the tunge that he hadde not knowe, he herde. HeBe H. turnede awei fro birthenesthe birdens H. his rig; his hondis in the cofin serueden. In tribu|lacioun thou inwardli clepidist me, and I deliuerede thee; I ful out herde thee in the hid place of tempest, I preuede theeOm. H. anentis the watir of contradiccioun. Here thou, my puple, and I shal witnesse to thee, Irael, if thou shalt here me, ther shall not be in thee aOm. A. fresh God; ne thouOm. H. shalt honoure an alien God. I for|sothe am the Lord thi God, that ladde thee out fro the lond of Egipt; spreed abrod thy mouth, and I shal fulfille it. And my puple herde not my vois; and Irael toc notnoon AEH. heed to me. And I lafte them after the desiris of ther herte; thei shul gon in ther findingus. If my puple hadde herde me; Irael, ifOm. A. in my weies hadde go. For noȝt perauenture the enemys of hem I shulde han mekid; and vpon men trublende them I shulde han put myn hond. The enemys of the Lord lieden to hym; and the time of hem shal ben in to worldis. And he fedde them of the talȝ of whete; and of the ston with hony he fulfilde hem.

 PSALM LXXXI. The salm of Asaf.

God stod in the synagoge of godis; in the myddel forsothe godis he seuerethseueride A.. Hou longe ȝee demen wickidnesse; and the facis of synneres ȝee taken? Demeth to the nedy, and to the moderles child; the meke and the pore iustefieth. Taketh awei the pore; and the nedi fro the hond of the synnere deliuereth. Thei knewen not, ne vnderstoden, in dercnessis thei gon; ther shul be moued alle the founde|mens of erthethe erthe AEH.. I seide, godis ȝee ben; and the sones of the heȝe alle. Ȝee for|sothe as men shul dien; and as oon of the princys shul falle. Rys, God, deme thou the erthe; for thou shalt eritagen in alle Jentilis.

 PSALM LXXXII. The song of the salm of Asaf.

God, who shal be lic to thee? ne holde thou thi pes, ne be thou refreyned, God. For loo! thin enemys souneden; and thei that hateden thee beeren vp the hed. Vp on thi puple in malice ordeyneden a counseyl; and thoȝten aȝen thi seyntis. Thei seiden, Cometh, and scatere wee them fro the folc; and be no mor remem|brid the name of Irael. For thei thoȝten alle of oon inwit; togidere aȝen thee a testament disposiden the tabernaclis of Ydumees and Ismaelitis. Moab, and Aga|rienes, Jebal, and Amon, and Amelech; alienes with the dwelleris of Tyrum. Forsothe Assur cam with them; and thei ben maad in to helpe to the sones of Loth. Do to them as to Madian, and Cisare; as to Jabyn in the strem of Cison. Thei pershiden in Endor; thei ben maad as the drit of erthe. Put the princis of hem as Oreb and Zeb; and Zebie and Zalmana. Alle the princis of hem, that seiden; Bi eritage welde wee the sein|tuarie of God. My God, put hem as a wheel; and as stobil befor the face of windthe wynde AH.. As fyr that brenneth a wode; and as flaume togidere brennende hillis. So thou shalt pursue them in thi tem|pest; and in thi wrathe thou shalt dis|turbe them. Fulfil the facis of hem with shenshipe; and thei shul seche thi name, Lord. Waxe they ashamed, and be thei al disturbid in to the world of world; and be thei confoundid and pershe. And knowe thei, for name to thee Lord; thou onli heȝest in al theOm. AEH. erthe.

 PSALM LXXXIII. In to the ende, for the pressis, to the sonus of Chore, theOm. A. salm.

Hou looued ben thi tabernaclis, Lord of vertues; my soule coueiteth, and fail|ith in to the hallis of the Lord. Myn herte and my flesh; ful out ioȝeden in to God alyue. Forsothe the sparowe fonde to hym an hous; and the turtil a nest, wher he leyeleyeth A. vp his briddis. Thin auteres, Lord God of vertues; my king, and my God. Blisful that dwellen in thin hous, Lord; in to the worldis of worldis thei shul preise thee. Blisful the man, whos helpe is of thee; steȝingus vp in his herte he disposide, in the valei of teris, in the place that he sette. Forsothe blessingus shal ȝiue the lawe berere, thei shul go fro vertue in to vertue; God of godis shal ben seen in Sion. Lord God of vertues, ful out here myn orisoun; with eris parceyue thou, God of JacobIsrael AH.. Oure defendere, God, loke thou to, and behold in to the face of thi crist. For betere is oo dai in thin hallis; ouer thousendis. I ches to be cast awei in the hous of my God; more than to duelle in the tabernaclis of synneres. For mercy and treuthe looueth God; grace and glorie the Lord shal ȝyue. He shal not make them to be withoute goodis, that gon in innocence; Lord of vertues, blisful the man, that hopeth in thee.

 PSALM LXXXIV. In to the ende, to the sonus of Chore.

Lord, thou hast blissid thin erthe; thou hast turned awei the caitifte of Jacob. Thou hast forȝiue the wickid|nesse of thi folc; thou hast couered alle the synnes of hem. Thou hast suagid al thi wrathe; thou hast turned awey fro the wrathe of thin indignacioun. Conuerte vs, God, our helthe ȝiuere; and turne awei thi wrathe fro us. Whether in to withoute ende thou shalt wrathe to vs; or thou shalt strecchen out thi wrathe fro ieneracioun in to ienera|cioun? God, thou turned shalt quykenen vs; and thi folc shal gladen in thee. Sheu to vs, Lord, thi mercy; and thi helthe ȝiuere ȝif thou to vs. I shal heren, what speke in me the Lord God; for he shal speke pes in to his folc. And vp on his seyntis; and in to them that ben con|uertid to the herte. Neuerthelatere neeȝh the dredende hym his helthe ȝiuere; that indwelle glorie in oure erthe. Mercy and treuthe metten to themself; riȝtwis|nesse and pes ben kist. Treuthe of erthethe erthe AEH. is sprungen; and riȝtwisnesse fro heuene beheeld forth. Forsothe the Lord shal ȝiue benygnete; and oure erthe shal ȝiue his frute. Riȝtwysnesse beforn hymOm. H. shal go; and he shal putte in the weie his goingus.

 PSALM LXXXV.The orisoun of Dauid.

Bowe inOm. AH., Lord, thin ere, and ful out here me; for helpeles and a pore man I am. Kepe thou my soule, for holi I am; mac saf thi seruaunt, my God, hopende in thee. Haue mercy of me, Lord, for to thee I criede al dai; glade thou the soule of thi seruaunt, for to thee, Lord, my soule I rerede. For thou, Lord, sweete and mylde; and of myche mercy to alle that inwardli clepen thee. With eris parceyue thou, Lord, myn orisoun; and tac heed to the vois of my lowe preȝing. In the day of my tribulacioun I criede to thee; for thou ful out herdest me. Ther is not lic theeto thee A. in godis, Lord; and ther is not aftir thi werkis. Alle Jentilis, what euere thou hast maad, shul come, and honoure befor theethe AH., Lord; and thei shul glorifie thi name. For gret art thou, and doende merueilis; thou art God alone. Leed mee thenes, Lord, in thi weie, and I shal gon in thi treuthe; glad myn herte, that it drede thi name. I shal knouleche to thee, Lord my God, in al myn herte; and I shal glorifie thiin thi A. name in to with oute ende. For thi mercy great is vp on me; and thou toke out my soule froof AEH. the nethere helle. God, wickewickid A. men inrisen vpon me; and the synagoge of myȝti men soȝten my soule; and thei purposiden not thee in ther siȝte. But thou, Lord God, ruwer, and mercyful; pacient, and of myche merci, and verre. Behold in me, and haue mercy of me, ȝif empire to thy child; and saf mac the sone of thin hand|maiden. Do with me a tocne in good, that thei see, that hateden me, and be confounded; for thou, Lord, hast holpe me, and coumfortid me.

 PSALM LXXXVI. To the sonus of Chore, the salm of the song.

The foundemens of hym in holi hillis; the Lord looueth the ȝatis of Syon, vp on alle the tabernaclis of Jacob. Gloriouse thingus ben seid of thee; thou cite of God. Myndeful I shal be of Raab, and of Babiloyne; knowende me. Lo! alienus, and Tiris, and the puple of Ethiopis; these weren there. Whether a man shal sey to Sion, AndOm. A. a man is born in it; and he the most heȝ foundede it? The Lord shal telle in the scripturis of puplis; and of these princis, that weren in it. As of alle gladende; dwelling is in thee.

 PSALM LXXXVII. The song of the salm, to the sonys of Chore, in to the ende, for Melech, to answern, the vnderstonding of Eman Israelyte, or Esrayte.

Lord God of myn helthe; in the dai I criede and in the nyȝte befor thee. Entre in thi siȝte myn orisoun; bowe in thin ere to my preȝeere. For fulfild is with euelis my soule; and my lif to helle neȝhede. I am eymed with men goende doun in to the lake; I am maad as a man withoute helpe, among deade men free. As woundid men slepende in sepulcris, of whom thou art no mor myndeful; and thei of thin hond ben put aȝeen. They putten me in the nethere lake; in derke thingus, and in shadewethe shadewe AEH. of deth. Vp on me is confermyd thi wodnesse; and alle thi flodis thou broȝtist in vp on me. Fer thou madest my knowen fro me; thei puttenputtiden AH. me abhominacioun to them. I am traȝidtrayed A. crathed E., and I wente not out; myn eȝen febleden for myseise. I criede to thee, Lord; al dai I spradde out to thee myn hondis. Whether to deade men thouhe E pr. m. shal do merueilis; or lechis shul reren, and knoulechen to thee? Whether sum man shal telle in sepulcris thi mercy; and thi treuthe in to perdicioun? Whe|ther shul be knowen in dercnessis thi merueilis; and thi riȝtwisnesse in the lond of forȝeting? And I to thee, Lord, criede; and erli myn orisoun befor shal come thee. Wherto, Lord, pootist thou abac myn orisoun; thou turnest awei thi face fro me? A pore man I am, and in trauailis fro my ȝouthe; enhauncid, meekid forsothe I am, and al disturbid. In me passiden thurȝ thi wrathis; and thi feeris al disturbiden me. They enuy|rounden me as water al day; they enuy|rounden me togidere. Thou longedest awei fro me frend and neȝhebore; and my knowen fro wrechidnesse.

 PSALM LXXXVIII. The vnderstondyng of Ethan, Israelite.

The mercies of the Lord; `in toOm. A. with|oute ende I shal synge. In ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun; I shal befortelle thi treuthe in my mouth. For thou seidist, In to with oute ende mercy shal be bild `out invp and A. heuenes; beforn shal be maad redy thi treuthe in hem. I dis|poside testament to my chosene; I swor to Dauid, my seruaunt, In to withoute ende I shal beforgreithe thi seed. And I shal bilden out; in ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun thi sete. Lord, heuenus shul knouleche thi meruelis; forsothe thi treuthe in the chirche of halewis. For who in cloudis shal be maad euene to thethee A. Lord; lic shal ben to God in the sonys of God? God, that is glorified in the counseil of seyntis; gret, and ferful vp on alle that in his cumpas ben. Lord God of vertues, who licis lijk A. to thee? myȝti thou art, Lord, and thi treuthe in thi cumpas. Thou lordshipist of the power of the se; forsothe the mouyngis of his flodis thou suagist. Thou mekedist, as woundid, the proude; in the arm of thi vertue thou destroȝedist thin enemys. Thine ben heuenes, and thin is the erthe; the roundnesse of erthe, and hys plente thou foundedest; the north and the se thou formedist. Thabor and Ermon in thi name shul ful out ioȝen; thin arm with power. Be fastned thin hond, and enhauncid be thi riȝthond; riȝtwisnesse and dom beforgreithingbefore greithingis A. of thi sete. Merci and treuthe shul beforgo thi face; blisful the puple that wot ioȝing. Lord, in the liȝt of thi chere thei shul go; and in thi name thei shul ful out ioȝen al day; and in thi riȝtwisnesse theiOm. AEH. shul be enhauncid. For the glorie of the vertu of hem thou art; and in thi wel plesing shal ben enhauncid oure horn. For of the Lord is oure taking vp; and of the holi of Irael oure king. Thanne thou speeke in viseoun to thi seintis, and thou seidist; I haue putt helpe in the myȝti, and I haue enhauncid the chosen of my folc. I haue founde Dauid, my seruaunt; with myn holi oile I enoyntide hym. Myn hond forsothe shal helpe to hym; and myn arm shal conferme hym. No thing shal profite the enemy in hym; and the sone of wickednesse shal not sette toOm. H., to noȝen hym. And I shal al to-hewe fro the face of hym his enemys; and the hatende hym in to fliȝt I shal al turne. And my treuthe and my mercy with hym; and in my name shal ben en|hauncid his horn. And I shal putte in the se his hond; and in flodis his riȝt hond. He shal inwardli clepe me, My fader thou art; my God, and vndertakere of myn helthe. And I the first goten shal sette hym; heȝ befor the kingis of erthe. In to with oute ende I shal kepe to hym my mercy; and my testament feithful to hym. And I shall sette in to worldthe world A. of world his sed; and his trone as the daȝis of heuene. If forsothe his sonys shul forsake my lawe; and in my domys shul not go. If my riȝtwisnessisriȝtwisnes AH. thei poote ferr awei; and myn hestis shul not kepe. I shal visite in a ȝerde the wickidnessiswickenessis E. of hem; and in betingus ther synnes. My mercy forsothe I shal not don awei fro hym; ne noȝen in my treuthe. Ne I shal not defoule my testa|ment; and that gon out of my lippis I shal not make vein. Ones I swor in myn holy, to Dauid I shal not lie; his sed in to withoute ende shal duelle. And his trone as the sunne in my siȝt; and as the moone parfit in to withoute ende, and the witnesse in heuene feithful. Thou forsothe hast put abac, and dispisid; tariedist thi crist. Thou turnedist awei the testament of thi seruaunt; thou curs|idist in the erthe his seintuarie. Thou destroȝidist alle the heggis of hym; thou puttist his fastnyng drede. Ther wast|eden hym alle men passende the weie; he is maad repref to his neȝheboris. Thou enhauncidist the riȝthond of men berende hym doun; thou gladedest alle his ene|mys. Thou turnedest aweiOm. C. the helpe of his swerd; and thou helpedist hym not in bataile. Thou destroȝidist hym fro his out clensing; and his sete in the erthe thou hurtlidist. Thou lassedist the daȝes of hys time; thou ful heeldedesthilidist A. hym with confusion. Hou longe, Lord, thou turnest awei in to the ende; shal brenne out as fyr thi wrathe? Haue mynde what my substaunce; whether forsothe veyn thou hast ordeynd alle the sonus of men? Who is a man, thatand AH. shal liue, and shal not see deth; and shal pulle out his soule fro the hond of helle? Wher ben thin olde mercies, Lord; as thou hast sworn to Dauid in thi treuthe? Mynde|ful be, Lord, of the repref of thi ser|uauns; that I withheldwithholde A. in my bosum, of many Jentilis. The whiche thin enemys repreueden, Lord; that thei repreueden the hole chaunging of thi crist. Blessid the Lord in to with oute ende; be it do, be it do.

 PSALM LXXXIX. The orisoun of Moises, man of God.

Lord, refut thou art maad to vs; fro ieneracioun in to ieneracioun. Befor that hillis weren maad, or were formed the erthe and the roundnesse; fro world `and vn toin to A. and in to EH. world thou art God. Ne turne thou a man in to mecnesse; and thou seidist, Beth conuertid, ȝee sones of men. For a thousend ȝeer befor thin eȝen; as ȝisterdai that is passid. And the warde in the nyȝt, that for noȝt ben had; the ȝeris of hem shul ben. Erli as an erbe passe he, erli flurshefloure AEH. he, and passe; at euen falle he doun, inwardli harde he, and waxe drie. For we han failid in thi wrathe; and in thi wodnesse wee ben disturbid. Thou hast put oure wickidnessiswickenessis E. wickidnesse H. in thi siȝt; oure world in the liȝting of thi chere. For alle oure daȝis faileden; and in thi wrathe wee han failid. Oure ȝeris, as an ireyn, shul be bethoȝt; the daȝis of oure ȝeris in tho seuenti ȝerȝeeris AEH.. If forsothe in myȝtis eiȝteti ȝer; and the more ouer of them trauaile and sorewe. For ther ouer|cam debonernesse; and wee shul be chas|tisid. Who knewȝ the power of thi wrathe; and for thi drede thi wrathe de|noumbren? Thi riȝthond so mac knowen; and the taȝt with herte in wisdam. Be thou conuertid, Lord, hou longe; and louli preyable be thou vp on thi seruauns. Wee ben fulfild erly with thi mercy; wee han ful out ioȝed, and delitid in alle oure daȝis. Wee han ioȝid for the daȝis in whiche thou hast mekid vs; the ȝeris in whiche wee han seen euelis. Behold, Lord, in to thi seruauns, and in to thi werkys; and reule forth the sones of hem. And be the shynyng of the Lord oure God vp on vs; and the werkis of oure hondis riȝtforth reule `vp onvp A. vs; and the werk of oure hondis reule riȝtforth.

 PSALM XC. The preysing of the song, to hym Dauid.

That woneth in the helpe of the heiȝest; in the defending of God of heuene shal al abide. He shal sei to the Lord, Myn vn|dertakere art thou, and my refut; my God, I shal hope in to hym. For he de|liuerede me fro the grene of hunteres; and fro the sharpe woord. With his shul|dris he shal al aboute shadewe to thee; and under his pennys thou shalt hopen. With the sheld shal enuyroune thee his treuthe; thou shalt not drede fro the nyȝt drede. Fro the arwe fleende in daithe dai AH., fro the nede goende in dercnessis thurȝ; fro the inrennyng, and theOm. A. myddai deuel. Ther shul falle fro thi side a thousend, and ten thousendthousandis A. fro thi riȝt sidis; to thee forsothe he shal not neȝhe. Neuer|thelatere with thin eȝen thou shalt be|holde; and the ȝelding of synnes thou shalt see. For thou artOm. AH., Lord, myn hope; heȝest thou hast put thimy A. refut. Ther shal not come to thee euel; and scourge shal not neȝheneiȝe to A. to thi tabernacle. For to his aungelis he comaundide of thee; that thei shulden kepen thee in alle thi weies. In hondis thei shul bern thee; lest parauenture thou offende at the ston thi foot. Vp on the eddere and the koka|trice thou shalt go; and thou shalt to|trede the leoun and the dragoun. For in me he hopide, I shal delyueren hym; I shal defende hym, for he knewȝ my name. He criede to me, and I ful out shal heren hymOm. C., with hym I am in tri|bulacioun; Iand A. shal taken hym out, and glorifien hym. In lengthe of daȝis I shal fulfillen hym; and shewen to hym myn helthe ȝyuere.

 PSALM XCI. The salm of the song, in the dai of sabot.

Good it is to knoulechen to the Lord; and to do salm to thi name, thou heȝest. To tellen out erly thi mercy; and thi treuthe by theOm. AH. nyȝt. In the ten cordid sautre; with song in the harpe. For thou hast delitid me, Lord, in thi mak|ing; and in the werkis of thin hondis I shal ful out ioȝen. Hou magnefied ben thi werkis, Lord; ful myche deep ben maad thi thoȝtys. The vnwise man shal not knowen; and the fool shal not vn|derstonde thes thingus. Whan full out sprunge shul ben the synneres, as hei; and shuln aperen alle, that wirken wicke|nessewickedenesse AEH.. That thei dien in to the world of world; thou forsothe heȝest in to with|oute ende, Lord. For lo! thin enemys, Lord, for lo! thin enemys shul pershen; and alle shul be scaterid that werken wickidnesse. And as an vnycorn shal ben enhauncyd myn horn; and my laste age in `plenteuous mercythe mercy of the tete E pr. m.. And myn eȝe lokide doun myn enemys; and to the in|riseris wariende in me shal here myn ere. The riȝtwis as palm shal floure; as the cedre of Liban he shal be multiplied. The plauntid in the hous of the Lord; in the porchis of the hous of oure God shul floure. Ȝit they shul be multiplied in the laste `plenteuous ageage of the tete E pr. m.; and wel suffrende thei shul be, that thei telle. For riȝt is the Lord oure God; and ther is not wickidnesse in hym.

 PSALM XCII.The preising of the song of David, in the dai befor the sabat, whan foundid is the erthe.

The Lord regnede, fairnesse he is cladclothed AEH.; the Lord is cladclothed AEH. strengthe, and befor|girtehe before girde A. hymself. Forsothe he fastnede the roundnesse of erthethe erthe AEH.; that shal not be to|gidere stirid. Greithid is thi sete, God, fro thanne; fro the world thou art. The flodis rereden vp, Lord; the flodis rereden vp ther vois. Flodis rereden vp ther flow|ingis; fro the voisesvois A. of manye watris. Merueilouse the wawis of the se; merueil|ous in heȝe thingis the Lord. Thi wit|nessingis ben maad beleeuable ful myche; holynesse semeth thin hous, Lord, in to the lengthe of daȝes.

 PSALM XCIII.The salm of Dauid, the ferthe dai of the wike.

God of veniauncis Lord; God of ven|iauncis freeli dide. Be thou enhauncid that demest the erthe; ȝeld ȝelding to the proude. Hou longe synneres, Lord; hou longe synneres shul glorien? Thei shul steringli seyn, and speke wickidnesse; alle shul speke that wirchen vnriȝtwis|nesse. Thi puple, Lord, thei mekeden; and ouertrauaileden thin eritage. The widewe and the comeling thei sloowen; and the moderles childer thei killeden. And thei seiden, The Lord shal not seen; ne the God of Jacob shal vnderstonde. Vnderstondeth, ȝee vnwise men in the puple; and, ȝee foolis, sum tyme sa|uoureth. He that plauntide the ere, shal he not heren; or he that made the eȝe, behaltbeholdeth AEH. not? That chastiseth Jentilis, shal he not vndirnyme; that techeth man kunnyng? The Lord wot the thoȝtis of men; for thei ben veyne. Blisful the man, whom thou shalt enforme, Lord; and of thi lawe thou shalt techen hymhem C.. That thou suage hym fro euele daȝes; to the time be dolue to the synnere a dich. For the Lord shal not putte abac his folc; and his eritage shal not forsake. For to riȝtwisnesse be turned in to dom; and who beside it, alle that ben riȝtwis in herte. Who shal `al rijsenArijse AH. to me aȝen the warieris; or who shal stonde with me aȝen the werkendeworcher H. wickidnesse? But for the Lord halphelpede AEH. me; parauenture my soule shulde han duellid in helle. If I seide, Moued is my foot; thi mercy, Lord, halphelpede AEH. me. After the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfort|ingis gladedengladen H. my soule. Whether cle|ueth to thee the sete off wickidnesse; that formest trauaile in the heste? Thei shul cacchen in to the soule of the riȝtwis; and the innocent blod thei shul con|dempne. And the Lord is maad to me in to refut; and my God in to the helpe of myn hope. And he shal ȝeelde to hem the wickidnesse of hem, and in the ma|lice of hem he shal destroȝe them; shal destroȝe them the Lord oure God.

 PSALM XCIV.The preising of the song, to hym Dauid.

Cometh, ful out ioȝe wee to the Lord; inwardli ioȝe wee to God, our helthe ȝiuere. Befor ocupie wee his face in knouleching; and in salmys inwardli ioȝe wee to hym. For God a gret Lord, and a gret king ouer alle godis; for the Lord shal not poote abac his folc. For in his hond ben alle theOm. AEH. coostis of erthethe erthe E.; and the heiȝtis of hillis ben of hym. For of hym is the se, and he made it; and the drie his hondis formeden. Cometh, ho|noure wee, and falle wee doun before God, wepe wee befor the Lord, for he made vs; for he is the Lord oure God. And wee the puple of his leswe; and the shep of his hond. To dai if hys vois ȝee han herd; wileth notnot aȝeen AEH. hardne ȝoure hertis. As in the terring, after the day; of tempting in desert. Where tempteden me ȝoure fa|dris; proueden and seȝen my werkis. Fourti ȝeer offended I was to that ienera|cioun; and I seide, Euermor these erren in herte. And thes knewen not my weyes, to whom I swor in my wrathe; thei shul not entre in to my reste.

 PSALM XCV. The salm of Dauid, whan the hous was bild vp after the caitifte.

Syngeth to the Lord a newe song; singeth to the Lord, al erthe. Syngeth to the Lord, and blesseth to his name; telleth fro dai in to dai his `helthe ȝyuerehelthe C.. Tellith out among Jentilis his glorie; in alle puplis his merueilis. For the Lord gretis greet A., and preisable ful myche; ferful he is ouer alle godis. For alle the godis off Jentilis deuelis; the Lord forsothe he|uens made. Knouleching and fairnesse in the siȝte of hym; holynesse and gret doing in the halewing of hym. Bringeth to the Lord, ȝee kuntres of Jentilis; bringeth to the Lord glorie and wrshipe; bringeth to the Lord glorie to hys name. Taketh ostis, andOm. C. entreth in to his porchis; honoureth the Lord in his holi porche. Be to moued fro his face al erthe; seith in Jentilis, for the Lord hath regned. Forsothe he hath amendid the roundnesse of erthethe erthe A., that shal not be moued; he shal demen puplis in equite. Gladen heuenes, and ful out ioȝe the erthe, be to moued the se, and his plente; feeldis shul ioȝen, and alle thingus that in hem ben. Thanne alle theOm. AH. trees of wodis shul ful out ioȝen fro the face of the Lord, for he cam; for he cam to demen the erthe. He shal demen the roundnesse of theOm. A. erthe in equite; and puplis in his treuthe.

 PSALM XCVI. The salm of Dauid, whan his lond is restorid to hym.

The Lord hath regned, the erthe ful out ioȝe it; manye ilis glade thei. Cloude and dercnesse in his cumpas; riȝtwisnesse and dom the coreccioun of his sete. Fir beforn hym shal go; and enflaume in the cumpas his enemys. His leitis liȝteden to the roundnesse of the erthe; he saȝ, and the erthe is al to-moued. Hillis as wax floweden fro the face of the Lord; fro the face of the Lord al erthe. Heuenes tolden out his riȝtwisnesse; and alle pu|plis seȝen his glorie. Be thei confoundid, alle that honouren grauen thingus; and that glorien in their maumetis. Honour|eth hym alle ȝee his aungelis; Sion herde, and gladdede. And the doȝtris of Jude ful out gladeden; for thi domes, Lord. For thou, Lord, heȝest ouer alle erthe; ful myche thou art enhauncid ouer alle goddis. Ȝee that loouen the Lord, hatith euel; the Lord kepeth the soulis of hys seintis; fro the hond of the synnere he `shal deliueredelyuered A. delyueren H. them. Liȝt is sprunge to the riȝtwis; and gladnesse to the riȝt men in herte. Glade, ȝee riȝtwise, in the Lord; and knoulecheth to the mynde of his halewing.

 PSALM XCVII. The salm of Dauid.

Singeth to the Lord a newe song; for merueilous thingus he dide. His riȝt hond sauede to hym; and the holi arm of hym. Knowen made the Lord his helthe ȝeuere; in the siȝte of Jentilis he shewide his riȝtwisnesse. He recordide of his mercy; and of his treuthe, to the hous of Irael. Alle the termes of erthe seȝen; the helthe ȝeuere of oure God. In|wardli ioȝe ȝee to God, al erthethe erthe AEH.; syng|eth, and ful out ioȝeth, and doth salm. Doth salm to the Lord in harpe, and in harpe and in vois of salm; in trumpis beten out, and in vois of the hornene trumpe. Inwardli ioȝeth in the siȝte of the Lord kingthe king E pr. m.; be moued the se, and his plente; the roundnesse of londis, and alle that dwellen in it. The flodis shuln flappe for ioȝe with hond togidere; moun|teynes shul ful out ioȝen fro the siȝte of the Lord; for he cam to deme the erthe. He shal deme the roundnesse of the erthe in riȝtwisnesse; and puplis in equitie.

 PSALM XCVIII. The salm of Dauid.

The Lord regnede, wrathen the puplis; thou that sittist vp on cherubyn, be moued the erthe. The Lord in Sion gret; and heyȝ ouer alle puplis. Knouleche thei to thi gret name, for ferful and holi it is; and the wrshipe of the king looueth dom. Thou hast greithid riȝtforth reulingis; dom and riȝtwisnesse in Jacob thou hast do. Enhaunce ȝee the Lord oure God, and honoureth the litle steȝing vp place of his feet, for it is holi. Moyses and Aron inand E. the prestis of hym; and Sa|muel among hem that inwardli clepen his name. Thei inwardli clepeden the Lord, and he ful out herde them; in the piler of a cloude he spac to them. Thei kepten his witnessingus; and the heste that he ȝaf to hem. Lord oure God, thou `ful outOm. AH. herdest hem; God, thou merciful were to them, and veniende in to alle the findingus of hem. Enhaunceth the Lord oure God, and honoureth in the holy hil of hym; for holi the Lord oure God.

 PSALM XCIX. The salm in confessioun.

Inwardli ioȝe ȝee to God, al erthethe erthe AH.; serueth to the Lord in gladnesse. En|treth in his siȝte; in ful out ioȝing. Witeth, for the Lord he is God; he made vs, and we not vsselfoure self AH.. His puple, and the schep of his leswe, goth in to his ȝatys in con|fessioun; his porchis in ympnes, `knou|leche ȝeeknowlecheth ȝee AEH. to hym. Preise ȝee his name, for swete is the Lord, in to withouten ende his mercy; and unto ieneracioun and ieneracioun his treuthe.

 PSALM C. The salm to hym Dauid.

Mercy and dom; I shal singe to thee, Lord. I shal do salm, and vnderstonde in the vndefoulid weie; whan thou shalt come to me. I fulli ȝide in the innocence of myn herte; in the myddel of myn hous. I purposide not befor myn eȝen an vn|riȝtwis thing; the doende the brekingus of the lawe I hatide. Ther cleuede not to me a shreude herte; the malice doere bowende doun fro me I knewȝ not. The bacbitende priueli to his neȝhebore; thys I pursuede. With the proude eȝe and the vnfilable herte; with it I eet not. Myn eȝen to the feithful men of the erthe, that thei sytte with me; the man goende in the vndefoulid weie, this seruede to me. Ther shal not dwelle in the myddel of myn house, that doth pride; that speketh wickewickid AH. thingus, reulide not riȝt in the siȝte of myn eȝen. In the morutid I sloȝ alle the synneres of erthe; that I shulde destroȝe fro the cite of the Lord alle men werkende wickidnesse.

 PSALM CI. The orisoun of the pore man, whan he was tormentid, also befor the Lord he helde out his preȝeere.

Lord, ful out here myn orisoun; and my cry to thee come. Ne turne thou awei thi face fro me; in whateuere day I am trublid, bowe in to me thin ere. In what euere dai I shal inwardli clepe thee; swiftli ful out here me. For my daȝis han failid as smoke; and my bones as croote han dried. I am smyten as heiȝ, and myn herte driede; for I haue forȝete to ete my bred. Fro the vois of my weiling; cleuede to my bon to my flesh. Lic I am maad to a pellican of wildernesse; I am maad as a nyȝt rauen in the hous euese. I wookwakede AEH.; and am maad as a spare solitare in the rof. Al day puttenputtiden A. to me repref myn enemys; and thei that preisiden me aȝen me sworen. For askeaskes AEH. as bred I eet; and my drinc with weping I mengde. Fro the face of the wrathe of thin indigna|cioun; for rerendearerynge AEH. vp thou hurtledest me. My daȝes as shadewe boweden doun; and I as hey driede. Thou forsothe, Lord, in to withoute endeOm. C. abidist stille; and thi memorial in to ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun. Thou risende vp, Lord, shalt han mercy of Sion; for time of his rewing, for ther is comen time. For ther pleseden to thi seruauns his stones; and to his erthe they shuln han mercy. And Jentilis shul dreden thi name, Lord; and alle kingis of erthe thi glorie. For the Lord hath bild vp Sion; and it shal be seen in his glorie. He beheeld in to the orisoun of the meke; and he despiside not the preȝeere of hem. These thingus be thei write in an other ieneracioun; and the puple that shal be formed shal preise the Lord. For he beheeld forth fro his heȝe holy; the Lord fro heuene in to erthethe erthe EH. lokede. That he shulde here the weilingus of the gyuede; and loosen the sones of the slayne. That thei telle out in Sion the name of the Lord; and his preising in Jerusalem. In gedering to|gidere the puplis in to oon; and kingus, that thei serue to the Lord. He an|swerde to hym in weie of his vertue; Fewenesse of my daȝis shewe thou to me. Ne aȝeen clepe thou me in the myddil of my daȝis; in ieneracioun and in to iene|racioun thi ȝeris. In the begynning thou, Lord, the erthe foundedest; and the werkis of thin hondis ben heuenus. Thei shul pershen, thou forsothe abidist stille; and alle as clothing shuln waxen old. And as a couertour thou shalt chaunge them, and thei shul be chaungid; thou forsothe he the same art, and thi ȝeeris shul not faile. The sones of thi seruauns shul wone; and the sed of hem in to the world shal be riȝtforth reulid.

 PSALM CII. The salm to hym Dauid.

Blesse thou, my soule, to the Lord; and alle thingus that withinne me ben, to his holi name. Blesse thou, my soule, to the Lord; and wile thou not forȝete alle the ȝeldingus of hym. That hath mercy to alle thi wickidnessis; that helith alle thin infirmytees. That aȝeen bieth fro deth thi lif; that crouneth thee in mercy and mercy doingis. That ful|filleth in goode thingus thi diseyr; shal be renewidfulfild E pr. m. as of an egle thi ȝouthe. Doende mercies the Lord; and dom to alle men suffrende wrong. Knowen he made his weies to Moises; and to the sones of Irael his willis. Reewere, and merciful the Lord; long abidende, and myche merciful. In to euermore he shal not wrathen; ne in to withoute ende he shal threte. Aftir oure synnes he dide not to vs; ne aftir oure wickidnessis he ȝeldeȝeldede AEH. to vs. For after the heiȝte of heuene fro erthe; he strengthide his mercy vpon men dredende hym. Hou myche the rising stantstoondith A. fro the going doun; aferr he made fro vs oure wickid|nessiswickidnes A.. What maner wise the fader hath mercy of the sonus, the Lord dide mercy to men dredende hym; for he knew oure britil making. He recordide for pouder wee be, a man as hey his daȝes; as the flour of the feld so he shal floure out. For the spirit shal thurȝ passen in hym, and he shal not stonde stille; and he shal no more knowen his place. The mercy forsothe of the Lord fro withoute ende, and vnto withoute ende; vpon men dredende hym. And the riȝtwisnesse of hym in to the sones of sones; to hem that kepen his testament. And myndeful thei ben of his maunde|mens; to do them. The Lord in heuene made redi his sete; and his reume to alle shal lordshipen. Blisse ȝee to the Lord, alle his aungelis, miȝti bi vertue, doende the woord of hym; to ben herd the vois of his sermounes. Blessith to the Lord, alle ȝee his vertues; ȝee his seruauns that don his wil. Blessith to the Lord, alle ȝee his werkis, in alle place, ȝee his do|mynaciouns; blesse thou, my soule, to the Lord.

 PSALM CIII. The salm of Dauid.

Blisse thou, my soule, to the Lord; Lord my God, thou art magnefied hugeli. Confessioun and fairnesse thou hast cladclothid AEH.; wrappid with liȝt, as with cloth|ing. Srecchende out heuene as skin; that couerest with watris the ouermoris of it. That potist the cloude thi steȝing vp; that gost vp on the pennys of windis. That makist thin aungelis spiritis; and thi seruauns brennende fyr. That found|edest the erthe vpon hys stablenesse; it shal not ben inbowid into the world of world. The se as a clothing is his wrapping; ouer mounteynes shul stonde watris. Fro thi blamyng thei shul flee; fro the vois of thi thunder thei shul drede. Hillis steȝen vp, and the feldis gon doun; in to the place that thou hast foundid to hem. A terme thou hast set, that thei shul not ouer passe; ne they shul ben al turned, to couere the erthe. That sendist out wellis in valeis; betwe the myddil of mounteynes shul passe thurȝ watris. Alle the bestis of the feld shul drinke; assis shul abide in ther thrist. Vpon tho thingus the foulis of heuene shul wone; fro the myddel of stones thei shul ȝeue voisis. He watr|ende the hillis fro thin ouermor; of the frut of thy werkis shal be fulfild the erthe. Bringende forth hei to hous bestis; and erbeerbe be AH. to the seruyse of men. That thou bringe out bred fro the erthe; and wyn glade the herte of man. That he make gladsum the face in oile; and bred the herte of man make stable. Ther shul ben fulfild the trees of the feld, and the cedris of Liban that he plauntede; there sparewis shul make nestis. The hous of the ierfaucoun duke is of hem; the heȝe mounteynes to herttis; the stonstoon is A. refut to irchounes. He made the mone in to times; the sunne knewȝ his going doun. Thou hast set dercnessis, and maad is the nyȝt; in itthat A. shul thurȝ passe alle the bestis of the wode. The whelpis of leouns rorende that thei raueshen; and sechen of God mete to them. Sprungen is the sunne, and thei ben gadered to gider; and in ther ligging placis they shul be sett togidere. A man shal go out to his werc; and to his werching, vn to euen. Hou magnefied ben thi werkis, Lord, alle thingus in wisdam thou hast maad; fulfild is the erthe with thi posses|sioun. This grete se and large to hondis; there crepende bestis, of whiche is no noumbre. Little bestis with the grete; there shippis shul thurȝ passe. This dragoun that thou hast formed to begile to hym; alle thingus of thee abijden, that thou ȝiue to them mete in tyme. Thee ȝyuende to them, thei shul gedere; thee openende thin hond, alle thingis shul be fulfild with goodnesse. Thee forsothe turnende awei the face, thei shul be dis|turbid; thou shalt taken awei the spirit of hem, and thei shul faile; and in to ther pouder thei shul turne aȝeen. Send out thi spirit, and thei shul be formed; and thou shalt renewe the face of the erthe. Be the glorie of the Lord in to the world; glade shal the Lord in his werkis. That behaltbeholdeth AEH. the erthe, and maketh it to tremble; that toucheth the mounteynes, and thei smoken. I shal synge to the Lord in my lif; I shal do salm to my God, as longe as I am. Joȝeful be to hym my speche; I forsothe shal deliten in the Lord. Faile the syn|neres fro the erthe, and wicke men, so that thei be not; blesse thou, my soule, to the Lord.

 PSALM CIV.Alleluia, Alleluia.

Knoulecheth to the Lord, and inwardly clepeth his name; telleth out among Jen|tilis his werkis. Singeth to hym, and doth salm to hym, and tellith alle his merueilis; be ȝee preisid in his holi name. Glade the herte of ȝou sechende the Lord; secheth the Lord, and beth confermed; secheth his face euermor. HauethHath AH. mynde of his merueilis, that he dide; his wonders, and the domes of his mouth. The sed of Abraham, his ser|uaunt; the sonus of Jacob, his chosen. He the Lord oure God; in al erthe his domes. Myndeful he was in to the world of his testament; of the woord that he sente in to a thousend ieneraciouns. The whiche he disposide to Abraham; and of his oth to Isaac. And he sette it to Jacob in to an heste; and to Irael in to euere lastende testament. Seiende, To thee I shal ȝeue the lond of Chanaan; the litle corde of ȝoure eritage. Whan thei weren in short noumbre; most fewe and tilieris of it. And thei passiden thurȝ fro folc in to folc; and fro reume in to an other puple. He lafte not a man to noȝe to them; and he chastiside for hem kingis. Wileth not touche my cristis; and in my profetis wileth not ben waried. And he clepide hungir vp on theOm. A. erthe; and alle fastnesse of bred he to-ponede. He sente beforn hem a man; andOm. AH. into a thral Joseph is sold. Thei mekeden in stockis his feet, iren passide thurȝ hys lif; to the time that his woord shulde come. The speche of the Lord en|flaumede hym; the king sente and loosede hym, the prince of puplis and lafte hym. He sette hym lord of his hous; and prince of all his possessioun. That he shulde enformetechen E pr. m. his princis as hymself; and his olde men prudence he shulde teche. And Irael entride in to Egipt; and Jacob a tiliere was in the lond of Cham. And he encrecide his puple hugely; and fastnede hym vpon his ene|mys. He turned the herte of hem, that thei hateden his puple; and treccherie shulden do in to his seruauns. He sente Moises, his seruaunt; and Aron, hym whom he ches. And he putte in hem the woordis of his tocnes; and of his wonders in the lond of Cham. He sente dercnessis, and made derc; and vntymely he fullfilde not his woordis. And he turnede the watris of hem in to blod; and sloȝ the fisshis of hem. And the lond of hem ȝaf froggis; in the preue chaumbris of ther kingus. He seide, and ther cam an hound fleeȝe; and gnattis in alle the coostis of hem. And he putte the reynes of hem hayl; fyr brennende in the lond of hem. And he smot the vynes of hem, and the fige placis of hem; and he to-broside the wode of the coostis of hem. He seide, and ther cam a locust; and worte werm of the whiche was no noumbre. And it eet al the hei in the lond of hem; and eet al the frut of the lond of hem. And he smot alle the firste goten in the lond of hem; the firste frutis ofof hem A. alle the trauaile of hem. And he broȝte hem out with syluer and gold; and ther was not aan H. syk manOm. AH. in the linagis of hem. Egipt gladede in ther forth going; for ther drede lai in vp on hem. He straȝte out a cloude, in to the proteccioun of hem; and fyr, that he shulde liȝte to hem by the nyȝt. Thei askeden, and ther kam a kurlucorlure E.; and with the bred of heuene he fulfilde hem. He to-brac the ston, and ther flowiden watris; ther wenten awei flodis in the drie. For myndeful he was of his holi woord; that he hadde to Abraham, his child. And he broȝte out his puple in ful out ioȝing; and his chosene in glading. And he ȝaf to them the regiouns of Jentilis; and the traualis of puplis thei weldeden. That thei kepe his iustifiyngus; and his lawe they aȝeen seche.

 PSALM CV.Alleluia, Alleluia.

Knoulecheth to the Lord, for good; for in to the world the mercy of hym. Who shal speke the poweris of the Lord; herdherd he E pr. m. shal make alle the preisingus of hym? Blisful that kepen dom; and don riȝtwissnesse in alle time. Haue mynde of vs, Lord, in the well willingplesyng AEH. of thi puple; visite thou vs in thi helthe ȝyuere. To seen in the goodnesse of thi chosene, to gladen in the gladnesse of thi folc; that thou be preisid with thin eritage. Wee han synned with oure fa|dris, vnriȝtwisly wee han do; wickidnesse wee han wroȝt. Oure fadris in Egipt vnderstoden not thi meruelis; thei weren not myndeful of the multitude of thi mercy. And thei in to the se steȝende vp, the rede se, terreden; and he sauede them for his name, that knowen he shulde make his power. And he in|bowidedeuydede E pr. m. the rede se, and it is dried; and he ladde hem in `the sethere AH. depnessis as in desert. And he sauede hem fro the hond of hateris; and he aȝeen boȝte them fro the hond of the enemy. And waterthe water A. couerede the men trublende them; oon of hem lafte not. And thei leeueden to the woordis of hym; and thei preisiden his preising. Soone thei diden, thei for|ȝeeten of the werkis of hym; and thei susteneden not his counseil. And thei coueiteden coueiting in desert; and thei tempteden God in the place with oute water. And he ȝaf to hem the asking of hem; and he sente fulfilling in to the soulis of hem. And thei terreden Moises in the tentis; Aron, the holy of the Lord. The erthe is opened, and it swolewid doun Dathan; and it couerede vpon the congregacioun of Abiron. And fyr brende vp in the synagogesynagogis A. of hem; and flaume al to-brende the synneres. And thei maden a calf in Oreb; and thei ho|noureden a grauen thing. And thei chaungeden ther glorie; in to thea A. licnesse of a calf etende hey. Thei forȝeeten God, that sauede hem, that dide grete thingus in Egipt, merueilous thingus in the lond of Cam; ferful thingus in the rede se. And he seide, that he shulde destroȝe them; but Moises, his chosen, hadde stoden in the to-breking in his siȝt. That he turne awei hys wrathe, that he destroȝe them not; and for noȝte they hadden the de|sirable erthe. They leeuede not to his woord, and thei gruccheden in ther tabernaclis; thei ful out herden not the vois of the Lord. And he rerede vp his hond vpon hem; that he shulde throwe them doun in desert. And that he shulde caste doun the sed of hem in naciouns; and scatere them in regiouns. And thei sacrifieden to Belfegor; and thei eete the sacrifices of the deade. And thei terreden hym in ther findingis; and multiplied is in hem falling. And Fynees stod, and pleside; and the brosing ceside. And it is witid to hym to riȝt|wisnesse; in ieneracioun and ieneracioun vnto euermor. And thei terreden hymOm. C. at the watris of contradiccioun; and Moises is ouertrauailid for hem, and thei to myche sharpeden the spirit of hym. And he ordeynede in his lippis; thei destroȝ|eden not the Jentilis, that the Lord seide to them. And they be mengd togidere among Jentilis, and thei lerneden ther werkis, and serueden to the grauen thingis of hem; and it is maad to them in to sclaunder. And thei offreden ther sones; and ther doȝtris to deuelis. And thei shadden out the innocent blod; the blod of ther sones and of ther doȝtris, that thei sacrifieden to the grauen thingus of Canaan. And the lond is slayn in blodis, and defoulid is in the werkis of hem; and thei diden fornycacioun in ther findingus. And the Lord wrathede in wodnesse in to his puple; and he wlatide his eritage. And toc them in to the hondis of Jentilis; and thei lord|shipeden of hem, that hatedensloowen E pr. m. hem. And the enemys of them trobleden hem, and thei ben mekid vnder ther hondis; ofte he delyuerede hem. Thei forsothe terreden hym in ther counseil; and ben mekid in ther wickidnessiswickidnes A.. And he saȝ, whan thei weren trublid; and herde the orisoun of hem. And myndeful he was of his testament; and it othoȝte hym aftir the multitude of his mercy. And he ȝaf hem in to mercies; in the siȝte of alle, that hadden take them. Mac vs saf, Lord oure God; and gadere vs fro na|ciouns. That wee knouleche to thin holi name; and glorien in thi preising. Blessid be the Lord God of Irael fro world and unto world; and al the puple shal sey, Be it do, be it don.

 PSALM CVI.Alleluia, Alleluia.

Knoulecheth to the Lord, for good; for in to the world his mercy. Sei thei now, that ben aȝeen boȝt of the Lord, whom he aȝeen boȝte fro the hond of the enemy; fro regiouns he gederide hem. Fro the sunne rising, and the going doun; fro the north, and the se. Thei erreden in wildernesse, in vnwatri place; weie of dwelling place of a cite thei founde not. Hungrende and thirstende; the soule of hem in hem failide. And thei crieden to the Lord, whan thei weren trublid; and fro the nedis of hem he toc hem out. And he broȝte hem thennus in to a riȝt weye; that thei shulde go in to the cite of wonyng. Knouleche to the Lord his mercies; and the merueilis of hym to the sones of men. For he fulfilde the idil soule; and the hungri soule he fulfilde with goodis. The sitteris in dercnessis, and in theOm. AH. vmbre of deth; and the bounden in beggeri and iren. For thei maden egre the spechis of God; and the counseil of the heȝest thei ter|reden. And mekid is in trauailes the herte of hem, and thei ben feblid; and ther was not that wolde helpe. And thei crieden to the Lord, whan thei weren trublid; and fro the nedis of hem he deliuerede hem. And he ladde hem out fro dercnessis, and the shadewe of deth; and the bondis of hem he to-brac. KnoulecheKnowlechith A. to the Lord his mercies; and his merueilis to the sones of men. For he to-broside the irene ȝatis; and the irene barris he to-brac. He toc hem fro the weie of wickidnesse of hem; forfro A. ther vnriȝtwisnesses forsothe thei ben mekid. Alle mete the soule of hem wlatide; and they neȝheden to the ȝatis of deth. And thei crieden to the Lord, whan thei weren trublid; and fro the nedis of hem he delyuerede hem. He sente his woord, and helide hem; and deliuerede hem fro the dethis of hem. Knouleche to the Lord his mercies; and his merueilis to the sonus of men. And sacrifise thei a sacrifise of preising; and telle thei out his werkis in ful out ioȝing. That gon doun the se in shipis; doende werching in many watris. Thei seȝen the werkis of the Lord; and his mer|ueilis in depthe. He seide, and the spirit of tempest stod; and his flowingus ben enhauncid. Thei steȝen vp `vn toin to AH. heuenes, and gon doun `vn toin to AH. depnessis; and the soulis of hem in euelis failede. Thei ben disturbid, and ben moued as a drunke man; and al the wisdam of hem is de|uourid. And thei crieden to the Lord, whan thei weren trublid; and of the nedis of hem he broȝte hem out. And he ordeynede his tempest in to faira fayre AH. weder; and his flodis weren stille. And thei gladeden, for thei were stille; and he broȝte hem out in to the hauene of the wil of hem. Knouleche to the Lord his mercies; and his merueilis to the sonus of men. And enhaunce thei hym in the chirche of folc; and in the chaȝer of elderis preise thei hym. He sette the flodis of hem in to desert; and thein the AH. issue of watris in to thirst. The fructuous erthe in to briynsalt making E pr. m.; fro the malice of men dwellende in it. He putte desert in to pondisstremes E pr. m. of watris; and the erthe withoute water in to theOm. AEH. issues of watris. And he sette there the hungry men; and thei ordeyneden a cite of wonyng. And thei seewensoweden AEH. feeldis, and plaunteden vines; and maden the frut off birthe. And he blisside to hem, and thei ben multiplied ful myche; and the bestis of hem he lasside not. And fewe thei ben maad, and ben ouertrauailid; fro tribulacioun of euelis and sorewe. Held out is strif vp on the princis; and to erren he made hem in withoute weye, and not in the weie. And he halphelpede AEH. the pore man fro myseise; and putte as shep meynes. RiȝtȜit AH. men shul seen, and gladen; and alle wickidnesse shal stoppe ther mouth. Who wis man, and shal kepe thes thingus; and shal vnderstonde the mer|cies of the Lord?

 PSALM CVII. The song of the salm, to hym Dauid.

Redi is myn herte, God, redy is myn herte; I shal synge, `and salm seynto preie E pr. m. in my glorie. Ris vpvp, my glorie, ris up E pr. m., sautre and harpe; I shal risen vp fro the morutid liȝt. I shal knouleche to thee in puplis, Lord; and do salm to thee in naciouns. For gret vp on heuenus thi mercymercy, God, AE pr. m. H.; and vn to the cloudis thi treuthe. Be thou enhauncid vp on heuenes, God; and vp on alle erthe thi glorie; that thi loouede be delyuered. Mac saf with thi riȝt hond, and ful out here thou me; God spac in his holi. I shal ful out ioȝen, and deuyde Syccymam; and the grete valey of tabernaclis I shal me|sure. Myn is Galaad, and myn is Ma|nasses; and Effraym the vndertaking of myn hed. Juda my king; Moab the cau|droun of myn hope. In to Ydume I shal strecchen out my sho; to me alienes frendis ben maad. Who shal bringe me thennus in to a strengthid cite; who shal bringe me thennus in to Idume? Whether not thou, God, that hast put us abac; and thou shalt not gon out, God, in oure vertues? Ȝif to vs helpe fro tri|bulacioun; for vein is the helthe of man. In God wee shuln do vertue; and he to noȝt shal bringe doun oure enemys.

 PSALM CVIII. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

God, my preising holde thou not stille; for the mouth of the synnere, and the mouth of the treccherous vp on me is opened. Thei speeken aȝen me with a treccherous tunge, and with woordis of hate thei enuyrounden me; and thei foȝten me out with oute cause. For thi that me thei shulden loouen, thei bac|bitenbacbiteden AEH. to me; I forsothe preȝede. And thei settensettiden AH. aȝen me euelis for goodis; and hate for my louyng. Sett vp on hym a synere; and the deuell stonde at his riȝt side. Whan he is demed, go he out con|dempned; and his orisoun be maad in to synne. His daȝis be thei maad fewe; and an other take his bishopriche. His sonus be thei maad faderles; and his wif a widewe. Wagerende bebe thei A. translatid his sones, and begge thei; and be they cast out of ther wonyngus. Enserche the vsurer al the substaunce of hymhem C pr. m.; and alienus take thei awei his trauailis. Be ther not to hym an helpere; ne be ther that haue mercy to his moderles childer. His sones be thei maad in to deth; in o ieneracioun be don awei his name. In to mynde turne aȝeen the wickidnesse of his fadris in the siȝte of the Lord; and the synne of his moder be not don awei. Be thei maad aȝen the Lord euermor, and pershe awei fro the erthe the mynde of hem; for thi that he hath not recordid to do mercy. And heOm. E. pursuede an helpeles man and a beggere; and to slen the sory in herte of synnehis synne E pr. m.. And he loouede curs|ing, and it shal come to hym; and he wolde not blissing, and it shal be longid awey fro hym. And he claddeclothede AEH. cursing as clothing, and it wente in as water in to his innermor partis; and as oile in hys bones. Be it maad to hym as clothing, with theOm. AEH. whiche he is couered; and as a girdil, with theOm. AEH. whiche he is euermor gird beforn. This the werc of hem that bacbiten to me anent the Lord; and that speken euelis aȝen my soule. And thou, Lord, LordOm. C., do with me for thi name; for swete is thi mercy. Deliuere me, for nedi and a pore man I am; and myn herte is al disturbid with inne me. As shadewe, whan it bowith doun, I am taken awei; and am shaken out as lo|custis. My knes ben feblid of fasting; and my flesh is `chaungid to beteregretly chaungid E pr. m. for oile. And I am maad repref to them; thei seȝen me, and moueden ther hedis. Help me, Lord my God; mac me saf aftir thi mercy. And thei shul wite, for this is thin hond; and thou, Lord, hast `maad itdon these thingis E pr. m.. They shul curse, and thou shalt blesse, that rijsen aȝen me, be thei confoundid; thi seruaunt forsothe shal gladen. Be thei cladclothid AEH. with shame, that bacbiten to me; and be thei couered as with a double mantil with ther confusion. I shal knouleche to the Lord ful myche in my mouth; and in the myddel of manye I shal preisen hym. That stod neȝh fro the riȝt parties of the pore; that he make saf fro pursueris my soule.

 PSALM CIX. The salm of Dauid.

The Lord seide to my Lord; Sit thouOm. A. ofat AH. my riȝt parties. To the tyme that I poote thin enemys; the litle steeȝing vp stol of thimy A. feet. The ȝerde of thi vertue the Lord shal senden out fro Sion; lord|shipe thou in the myddel of thin enemys. With theeOm. H. the begynnyng in the dai of thiOm. H. vertue, in shynyngis of seintis; fro the wombe befor the dai sterre I gat thee. The Lord swor, and it shal not othinken hym; Thou art a prest in to withoute ende, after the order of Mel|chisedech. The Lord fro thi riȝtsidis; to|brosideto-brac E pr. m. in the dai of his wrathe kingis. He shal deme in naciouns; he shal fulfille fallingis; he shal to-brose hedis in the lond of manye. Of the strem in the weie he dranc; therfore he enhauncyde the hed.

 PSALM CX.Alleluia.

I shal knouleche to thee, Lord, in al myn herte; in counseil of riȝtwis men and congregacioun. Grete the werkis of the Lord; ful out soȝt in to alle his willis. Knoulechinge and gret doing the werc of hym; and his riȝtwisnesse woneth in to world of world. Mynde he made of his merueilis the merciful and the re|were Lord; mete he ȝaf to men dredende hym. Myndeful he shal ben in to the world of his testament; the vertue of his werkis he shal befortelle to his puple. That he ȝyue to them the eritage of Jentilis; the werkis of his hondis, treuthe and dom. Feithful alle his man|demens, confermed in to world of world; don in treuthe and equyte. Aȝeen biȝing the Lord sente to his puple; he sente in to withoute ende his testament. Holy and ferful his name; the begynnyng of wis|dam, the drede of the Lord. Good vnder|stonding to alle men doende it; his preis|ing dwellith in to worldthe world A. of world.

 PSALM CXI.Alleluia of the aȝeen turnyng of Aggee and of Zacarie.

Blisful the man that dredeth the Lord; in his maundemens he shal wilne ful myche. Myȝti in the erthe shal ben his sed; the ieneracioun of ryȝt men shal be blissid. Glorie and richessis in his hous; and his riȝtwisnesse dwellith in to worldthe world A. of world. Ful out sprungen is in derc|nessis liȝt to the riȝte; the merciful, and the mercy doere, and the riȝtwis. Joȝeful a man, that hath mercy, and leeneth; dis|posith his woordis in dom; for in to withoute ende he shal not be moued. In euere lasting mynde shal be the riȝtwise; of euel hering he shal not drede. Redi his herte to hopen in the Lord; confermed is his herte, he shal not be moued, to the time that he looke doun his enemys. He delede, he ȝaf to pore men; the riȝtwis|nesse of hym dwellith in to worldthe world A. of world; the horn of hym shal ben en|hauncid in glorie. The synnere shal seen, and wrathen; with his teth he shal gnasten, and wasten hymself; the desir of synneres shal pershen.

 PSALM CXII.Alleluia.

Preise, ȝee childer, the Lord; preise ȝee the name of the Lord. Be the name of the Lord blissid; fro this now `and vntoand in to A. in to H. the world. Fro the rising of the sunne vn to the going doun; preisable the name of the Lord. Heiȝ vp on alle Jen|tilis the Lord; and vp on heuenys his glorie. Who as the Lord oure God, that in heȝe thingus dwellith; and meke thingus beholdith in heuene and in erthe? Vnder rerende fro erthethe erthe AEH. the helpeles; and fro drit rerende vp the pore. That he `sette hymsitte C. with princis; with the princis of his puple. That maketh to wone the bareyn in the hous; a moder of sonys gladende.

 PSALM CXIII.Alleluia.

In the going out of Irael fro Egipt; of the hous of Jacob fro the straunge puple. Maad is Jude his halewing; Irael the power of it. The se saȝ, and fleiȝ; Jordan is al turned hindward. Moun|teynes fulȝee ful E pr. m. out ioȝeden as wetheris; and hillysȝee hillys E pr. m. as lombis of shep. What is to thee, thou se, that thou flowe; and thou Jordan, for thou art al turned bacward? Hillis, ȝee ful out gladiden as wetheris; and ȝee hillis, as the lombis of sheep. FroFor A. the face of the Lord moued is the erthe; from the face of God of Jacob. That turnede the ston in to poolis of watris; and the roche in to wellys of watris. Not to vs, Lord, not to vs; but to thi name ȝif glorie. Vp on thi mercy and thi treuthe; lest any time sey theOm. A. Jentilis, Wher is the God of hem? Oure God forsothe in heuene; alle thingus what euere he wolde, didehe dide AH.. The mau|metis of Jentilis syluer and gold; the werkis of the hondis of men. Mouth thei han, and thei shul not speke; eȝen they han, and thei shul not see. Eris thei han, and thei shul not heren; nose therlis thei han, and thei shul not smelle. Hondis thei han, and thei shul not grope; feet thei han, and they shul not go; thei shul not crien in ther throte. Lyc to them be thei maad, that don tho thingus; and alle that trosten in hem. The hous of Israel hopide in the Lord; he is the helpere of hem, and theOm. A. defendere of hem. The hous of Aron hopide in the Lord; he is the helpere of hem, and the defendere of hem. That dreden the Lord, hopiden in the Lord; he is the helpere of hem, and the defendere of hem. The Lord myndeful was of vs; and blissede to vs. He blissede to the hous of Irael; he blissede to the hous of Aaron. He bliss|ede to alle men that dreden the Lord; to the litle with the more. The Lord caste he to vp on ȝou; vpon ȝou and vp on ȝoure sones. Blessid be ȝee of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe. The heuene of heuene to the Lord; the erthe forsothe he ȝaf to the sones of men. Not the deade shul preise thee, Lord; ne alle that go doun into helle. But wee that lyuen, blissen to the Lord; fro this now and vn to the world.

 PSALM CXIV.Alleluia.

I loouede; for the Lord shal ful out here the vois of myn orisoun. For he inbowide his ere to me; and in my daȝis I shal inwardly clepe. Ther enuyrounden me sorewis of deth; and the perilis of helle founden me. Trybulacioun and so|rewe I fond; and the name of the Lord I inwardli clepede. OOm. H.! Lord, `delyuere thou mydelyuere, delyuere my C. soule; mercyful Lord, and riȝt|wys, and oure God hath reuthe. The Lord kepende litil childer; I am meekid, and he deliuerede me. My soule, be thou al turned in to thi reste; for the Lord hath wel do to thee. For he toc out my soule fro deth; myn eȝen fro teris, my feet fro sliding. I shal plese to the Lord; in the regioun of men on lyue.

 PSALM CXV.Alleluya.

I leeuede, wherfor I spac; I forsothe am mekid ful myche. I seyde in myn excesse; Eche man a liere. What shal I ȝeelde to the Lord; for alle thingus that he ȝeldȝeeldede AEH. to me? The chalis of the helthe ȝyuere I shal take; and the name of the Lord I shal inwardli clepen. My vouwis to the Lord I shal ȝelde befor al his pu|ple; precious in the siȝte of the Lord the deth of his seintis. O! Lord, for I thi seruaunt; I thi seruaunt, and the sone of thin hond maiden. Thou hast broke my bondis, to thee I shal sacrifien an ost of preising; and the name of the Lord I shal inwardli clepe. My vouwis to the Lord I shal ȝelde, in the siȝte of al his puple; in the porche of the hous of the Lord, in the myddil of thi Jerusalem.

 PSALM CXVI.Alleluia.

Preise ȝee the Lord, alle Jentilis; preise ȝee hym, alle puplis. For con|fermed is vp on vs the mercy of hym; and the treuthe of the Lord dwellith in to with oute ende.

 PSALM CXVII.Alleluya.

Knoulecheth to the Lord, for he is good; for in to the world the merci of hym. Seye now Irael, for he is good; for in to the world the mercy of hym. Seie now the hous of Aron; for in to the world the mercy of hym. Seye now thei that dreden the Lord; for in to the world the mercy of hym. Fro tribulacioun I in|wardli clepide the Lord; andand he A. ful out herde me in breede the Lord. The Lord to me an helpere; Iand I C. shal not drede what do to me a man. The Lord to me an helpere; and I shal despise myn enemys. Good is to trostnen in the Lord; than to trosten in man. Good is to hopen in the Lord; than to hopen in princis. Alle Jen|tilys ȝiden aboute me; and in the name of the Lord, for I am vengid in hem. Goende aboute thei ȝiden aboute me; and in the name of the Lord, for I am vengid in hem. Thei enuyrounden me as besbeen A., and wratheden out as fyr in thornes; and in the name of the Lord, for I am vengid in hem. Ful myche con|streyned I am turned vp so doun, that I shulde falle; and the Lord vndertoc me. My strengthe, and my preising the Lord; and he is maad to me in to helthe. The vois of ful out ioȝing and of helthe; in the tabernaclis of riȝtwis men. The riȝt hond of the Lord dide vertue; the riȝt hond of the Lord enhauncide me; the riȝt hond of the Lord dide vertue. I shal not die, but liuen; and I shal telle the werkis of the Lord. Chastisende chas|tisede me the Lord; and to deth he toc not me. Openeth to me the ȝatis of riȝtwisnesse, and gon in to them I shal knouleche to the Lord; this the ȝate of the Lord, riȝtwis men shul gon in to it. I shal knouleche to thee, for thou hast ful out herd me; and thou art maad to me in to helthe. The ston that bildende thei repreueden; this is maad in to the hed of the corner. Of the Lord this is don; and it is merueilous in oure eȝen. This is the dai that the Lord made; ful out ioȝe wee, and glade wee in it. O! Lord, mac me saf, O! Lord, weel be thouOm. C. wel|sum; blissid that cometh in the name of the Lord. Wee han blissid to ȝou fro the hous of the Lord; God the Lord, and he hath liȝtid to vs. Ordeyne ȝee a solempne dai in thicke thingis; vn to the horn of the auter. My God thou art, and I shal knouleche to thee; my God thou art, and I shal enhaunce thee. I shal knoulechen to thee, for thou hast ful out herd me; and thou art maad to me in to helthe. Knoulecheth to the Lord, for he is good; for in to the world the merci of hym.

 PSALM CXVIII.Alleluia. Aleph.

BlisfulBlessid ben A. the vndefoulid inthat goon in H. the weie; that gon in the lawe of the Lord. Blis|ful that enserche the witnessingus of hym; in al the herte ful out sechen hym. Forsothe not thei that wirken wickid|nesse; in the weies of hym ȝiden. Thou hast comaundid; thin hestis to be kept ful myche. Wolde God weren dressid my weies; to be kept thi iustifiyngus. Thanne I shal not be confoundid; whan I shal parfitli loken in alle thin hestis. I shal knouleche to thee in riȝt reuling of herte; in that that I haue lerned the domes of thi riȝtwisnesse. Thi justifi|yngis I shal kepe; ne forsake thou me on alle sydys.

 Beth.

In what amendith the ȝunge man more waxen his weye? in keping thi woordis. In al myn herte I ful out soȝte thee; ne poote thou me abac fro thin hestis. In myn herte I hidde thi spechisspeche A.; that I synne not to thee. Blissid thou art, Lord; teche me thi iustifiyngus. In my lippis I tolde forth; alle the domes of thin mouth. In the weie of thi witnessingis I delitide; as in alle richesses. In thin hestys I shal ben enhauntid; and I shal beholde thi weies. In thi iustefiyngus I shal sweteli thenken; and I shal not for|ȝete thi woordis.

 Gimel.

Ȝeld to thi seruaunt; quikenequiyk A. thou me, and I shal kepe thi woordis. Opene myn eȝen; and I shal beholde the merueilis of thi lawe. A comeling wonere I am in the erthe; ne hide thou fro me thin hestis. My soule coueitide to desire thi iustefiyngus; in alle tyme. Thou blam|edist proude men; cursid ben thei, that bowen doun fro thi maundementisheestis AEH. biddingis C pr. m.. Do awei fro me repref and dispising; for thi witnessingus I ful out soȝte. For|sothe ther seten princis, and aȝen me thei speeken; thi seruaunt forsothe was en|hauntid in thi iustefiyngus. For andin H. thi witnessingus is my swete thenking; and my counseil thi iustefiyngus.

 Deleth.

Myn soule cleuede to the pament; quykene thou me aftir thi woord. My weies I tolde out, and thou ful out herd|est me; teche me thi iustefiyngis. The weie of thi iustefiyngus enforme thou me; and I shal ben enhauntid in thi mer|ueilis. My soule nappide for noȝe; con|ferme thou me in thi woordis. The weie of wickidnesse moue thou awey fro me; and in thi lawe haue mercy of me. The weie of treuthethi trewth A. I ches; thi domes I haue not forȝeten. I cleuede to thi witness|ingus, Lord; wile thou not me con|founden. The weie of thin hestis I ran; whan thou spreddest abrod myn herte.

 He.

Lawe set thou to me, Lord, the weie of thi iustefiyngus; and I shal seche out it euermor. Ȝif to me vndirstonding, and I shal enserche thi lawe; and I shal kepen it in al myn herte. Bring out me in the sty of thin hestis; for it I wolde. Bowe in myn herte in to thi witnessyngus; and not in to coueitise. Turne awei myn eȝen, lest thei see vanytee; in thi weie quykene thou me. Sett to thi seruaunt thi speche; in thi drede. Kut of my repref, that I ouertrowide; for thi domys ioȝeful. Lo! I haue coueitid thin hestis; in thin equite quykene thou me.

 Vau.

And thi mercy come vp on me, Lord; thin helthe ȝiuere after thi speche. And I shal answere to the repreuende me a woord; for I hopide in thi sermounes. And ne take thou awei fro my mouth a woord of truthe on eche side; for in thi domes I ouer hopide. And I shal kepe thi lawe euermor; in to the world, and in to the world of world. And I ȝide in breede; and thin hestis I out soȝte. And I spac in thi witnessingus in the siȝte of kingus; and I was not confoundid. And I sweteli thoȝte in thin hestis; that I loouede. And I rerede myn hondis toin A. thin hestis, that I loouede; and I shal ben enhauntid in thi iustefiyngis.

 He. Vau. Zai.

Myndeful be thou of thi woord to thi seruaunt; in whiche to me hope thou hast ȝiuen. This coumfortide me in my mecnesse; for thi speche quykenede me. Proude men wickidli deden on eche side; fro thi lawe forsotheOm. C. I bowide not doun. Myndeful I was of thi domes fro the world, Lord; and I am coumfortid. Fail|ing heeld me; for the synneres forsakende thi lawe. Chauntable weren to me thi iustefiyngus; in the place of my pilgrim|agingpilgrymage AH.. Myndeful I was the nyȝt of thi name, Lord; and I kepte thi lawe. This is do to me; for thi iustefiyngis I out soȝte.

 Heth.

My porcioun thou, Lord; I seide to kepe thi lawe. I louli preȝede thi face in al myn herte; haue mercy of me aftir thi speche. I thoȝte my weies; and al turnede my feet in to thi witnessingus. I am redi, and amY am AH. not disturbid; that I kepe thin hestys. The cordis of synneres ben wounden aboute me; and thi lawe I haue not forȝete. At myd nyȝt I ros to knouleche to thee; vp on the domes of thi iustefiyng. Parcener I am of alle men dredende thee; and of kepende thin hestis. Of thi mercy, Lord, ful is the erthe; thi iustefiyngus teche thou me.

 Teth.

Goodnesse thou hast do to thi ser|uaunt, Lord; aftir thi woord. Goodnesse, and discipline, and kunnyng tech thou me; for in thin hestys I leeuede. Beforn that I was mekid, I trespaside; therfore thi speche I kepte. Good art thou; and in thi goodnesse tech me thi iustefiyngis. Multeplied is vp on me the wickidnesse of proude menOm. E.; I forsothe in al myn herte shal enserche thin hestis. Cruddid isOm. C. as mylc the herte of hem; I forsothe thi lawe sweteli thoȝte. Good is to me, for thou hast mekid me; that I lerne thi iustefiyngus. Good is to me the lawe of thi mouth; vp on thousendis of gold and of siluer.

 Joth.

Thin hondus maden me, and formeden me; ȝif to me vnderstonding, that I lerne thin hestis. That dreden thee shul see me, and gladen; for in thi wordis I ouer|hopide. I knewȝ, Lord, for equite thi domes; and in thi treuthe thou hast mekid me. Be don thi mercy, that it coum|forte me; after thi speche to thi seruaunt. Come to me thi mercy doingus, and I shal liue; for thi lawe is my swete thenk|ing. Proude men be thei confoundid, for vnriȝtwisli wickidnesse thei diden aȝen me; I forsothe shal ben enhauntid in thin hestis. The men dredende thee be thei al turned to me; and tho that knewe thi wytnessingus. Be maad myn herte vndefoulyd in thi iustefiyngis; that I be not confoundid.

 Caf.

My soule failide in to thin helthe ȝiuere; and in to thi woord I ouerhopede. Myn eȝen faileden in to thin speche; seiende, Whanne shalt thou coumforte me? For I am maad as a botel in hor frost; thi iustefiyngus I haue not forȝete. Hou fele ben the daȝis of thi seruaunt; whanne shalt thou do of the pursuende me dom? Wicke men tolden to me tal|ingus; but not as thi lawe. Alle thin maundemens treuthe; wicke men pursu|eden me, help thou me. A litel lasse thei wasteden me in the erthe; I forsothe forsoc not thin hestis. After thi mercy quikene thou me; and I shal kepe the witnessingis of thi mouth.

 Lameth.

In to withoute ende, Lord; thi woord abitabideth AEH. stille in heuene. In ieneracioun and to ieneracioun thi treuthe; thou foun|dedist the erthe, and it abitabideth AEH. stille. In thin ordynaunceordeynynge A. abitabideth AEH. the day; for alle thingus seruen to thee. But that thi lawe is my swete thenking; thanne par|auenture I hadde pershid in my mecnesse. In to withouten ende I shal not forȝete thi iustefiyngis; for in hem thou hast quykened me. Thin I am, mac me saf; for thi iustefiyngis I haue out soȝt. Me abiden synneres, that thei shulden destrie me; thi witnessyngus I vnderstod. Of alle ending I saȝ the ende; brod thin hesteheestis A. ful myche.

 Men.

What maner I loouede thi lawe, Lord; al dai my swete thenking it is. Vp on myn enemys prudent thou madist me with thin heste; for in to withoute ende it is to me. Vp on alle techende me I vn|derstod; for thi witnessyngiswitnessis C. is my swete thenking. Ouer olde men I vnderstod; for thin hestis I soȝte. Fro alle euel weie I forfendede my feet; that I kepe thi woordus. Fro thi domes I bowide not doun; for lawe thou hast put to me. Hou swete to myn chekis thi spechis; ouer hony to my mouth. Of thin hestis I vnderstod; ther|fore I hatide eche weie of wickidnesse.

 Nun.

Lanterne to my feet thi woord; and liȝt to myn pathis. I swoor; and sette to kepe the domes of thi riȝtwisnesse. I am mekid on alle side; Lord, quykene thou me aftir thi woord. The wilful thingus of my mouth wel plesing mac thou, Lord; and thi domys tech me. My soule in mynthyn E. hondis euermor; and thi lawe I haue not forȝeten. Synneres setteden a grene to me; and fro thin hestis I errede not. Bi eritage I pur|chaside thi witnessingus in to withoute ende; for the ful out ioȝing of myn herte thei ben. I bowede in myn herte to ben don thi iustefiyngis; in to withoute ende for ȝelding.

 Sameth.

Wicke men to hate I hadde; and thi lawe I loouede. Helpere, and myn vnder|takere thou art; and in to thi woord I hopide ouer. Boweth doun fro mee, ȝee malice doeris; and I shal serche the hestis of my God. Vndertac me aftir thi speche, and I shal liue; and confounde thou not me fro myn abiding. Help me, and I shal ben saaf; and I shal sweteli thenken in thi iustefiyngis euermor. Thou hast despisid alle men goende doun fro thi domes; for vnriȝtwis the thenk|ing of hem. Trespasende I heeld alle the synneres of erthethe erthe AEH.; therfore I loouede thi witnessingis. Pricke with thi drede my flesh; forsothe fro thi domes I dradde.

 Ayn.

I dide dom and riȝtwisnesse; tac thou nott me to the akusende me. Vndertac thi seruaunt in to good; chalenge me not the proude. Myn eȝen faileden in to thin helthe ȝiuere; and in to the speche of thi riȝtwisnesse. Do with thi seruaunt after thi mercy; and thi iustefiyngis teche thou me. Thi seruaunt I am; ȝif to me vnderstonding, that I wite thi witness|ingis. Time of doing, Lord; thei han scatered thi lawe. Therfore I loouede thin hestis; ouer gold and topasion. Therfore to alle thin hestis I was riȝt|forth reulyd; alle wickewickid AH. weie to hate I hadde.

 Phee.

Merueilous thi witnessingis, Lord; therfore serchede them my soule. The declaring of thi woordis liȝtneth; vnder|stonding ȝiueth to litle childer. My mouth I openede, and I droȝ to a spirit; for thin hestis I desirede. Behold in me, and have mercy of me; after the dom of men loouende thi name. My goingus forth riȝt reule thou after thi speche; that ther lordshipe not of me alle vnriȝt|wisnesse. Aȝeen bie me fro the chalengis of men; that I kepe thin hestis. Thi face liȝtneliȝt H. thouOm. A. vp on thi seruaunt; and tech me thi iustefiyngis. Issues of watris broȝten out myn eȝen; for thei kepten not thi lawe.

 Sade.

Riȝtwis thou art, Lord; and riȝt is thi dom. Thou hast comaundid riȝtwis|nesse, thi witnessingus; and thi treuthe ful myche. My looue made me to dwynedwyyn A. dwynnen E. dwynen H.; for myn enemys han forȝete thi woordis. Fyrid is thi speche hugeli; and thi seruaunt loouede it. A ȝung waxen man I am, and dispisid; thi iustefiyngis I haue not forȝete. Thi riȝtwisnesse, Lord, riȝtwisnesse in to withoute ende; and thi lawe treuthe. Tribulacioun and anguish founden me; thin hestis is my swete thenking. Equite thi witnessingus in to withoute ende; vnderstonding ȝif thou to me, and I shal liue.

 Cof.

I criede in al myn herte, full out here me, Lord; thi iustefiyngus I shal aȝeen seche. I criede to thee, mac me saf; that I kepe thin hestis. I cam beforn in cesounable time of werking, and I criede; in to thi woordis I ouer hopede. Myn eȝen camen beforn to thee the morutid; that I shulde sweteli thenke thi spechis. My vois here thou aftir thi mercy, Lord; and aftir thi dom quykene thou me. Ther neȝheden the pursuende me to wickidnesse; fro thi lawe ferr thei ben maad forsothe. Neeȝh thou art, Lord; and alle thi weies treuthe. Fro the bigynnyng I knewȝ of thi witness|ingys; for in to withoute ende thou foundedest hem.

 Res.

See my mecnesse, and tac me out; for thi lawe I haue not forȝete. Deme thou my dom, and aȝeen bie thou me; for thi speche quikene thou me. Ferr fro syneres helthe; for thi iustefiyngus thei out soȝten not. Thi mercies manye, Lord; and aftir thi dom quikene thou me. Manye that pursuen me, and tru|blen me; fro thi witnessingis I bowede not doun. I saȝ lawe brekeris, and I dwynede awei; for thei kepten not thi spechis. See, for thi hestis I loouede, LordOm. C.; in thi mercy quikenequijk A. thou me. The begynnyng of thi woordis treuthe; into withoute ende alle the domes of thi riȝtwisnesse.

 Sin.

Princis pursueden me with oute cause; and of thi woordis dradde myn herte. I shal gladen vpon thine spechis; as he that findeth manye spoilis. Wickidnesse to hate I hadde, and wlatide; thi lawe forsothe I loouede. Seuen sithes in the dai preising I seide to thee; vp on the domys of thi riȝtwisnesse. Myche pes to the loouende thi lawe; and ther is not to them sclaundre. I bodabood A. thin helthe ȝiuere, Lord; and thin hestis I loouede. My soule kepte thy witness|ingus; and loouede them hugeli. I kepte thin hestis, and thi witnessingis; for alle my weies in thi syȝt.

 Tau.

Neȝhe my lowe preȝing in thi siȝte, Lord; aftir thi speche ȝif to me vnder|stonding. Entre myn asking in thin sighte; aftir thi speche deliuere me. My lippis shuln tellen out an impne; whan thou shalt teche me thi iustefiyngus. My tunge shal telle forth thi speche; for alle thi maundemens equyte. Be maad thin hond, that it saue me; for thi maunde|mens I ches. I coueitide thin helthe ȝiuere, Lord; and thi lawe is my sweete thenking. Liue my soule, and it shal preise thee; and thi domys shul helpe me. I errede as a shep that pershede; seche thi seruaunt, Lord, for thin hestis I haue not forȝeten.

 PSALM CXIX. The song of grees.

To the Lord, whan I was trublid, I criede; and he ful out herde me. Lord, deliuere my soule fro wickewickid A. lippys; and fro the treccherous tunge. What beshal be C. ȝiue to thee, or what be put to thee; aȝen the treccherous tunge? Sharpe arewis of the myȝti; with colis wastende. Allas to me! for my pilgrimaging is drawen along, I dwelte with men dwellende Cedar; myche wonyng as aOm. A. comeling was my soule. With hem that hateden pes I was pesible; whan I spac to them, thei im|pugneden me with oute cause.

 PSALM CXX. The song of greesdegrees H..

I rered vp myn eȝen in to theOm. A. moun|teynes; whennys shal come helpe to me. Myn helpe of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe. Ȝiue he not in to stiring thi foot; ne nappe he, that kep|eth thee. Lo! he shal not nappen, ne slepen; that kepeth Irael. The Lord kepeth thee, the Lord thi defending; vp on thi riȝthond. By day the sunne shal not brenne thee; ne the mone bi the nyȝt. The Lord kepeth thee fro alle euel; kepe thi soule the Lord. The Lord kepe thin entre and thi issu; fro this now and vn to the world.

 PSALM CXXI. The song of grees.

I gladide in these thingus, that ben seid to me; In to the hous of the Lord wee shul go. Stondende weren oure feet; in thi porchis, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, that is bild as a cite; whos part taking is in to itself. Thider forsothe steȝeden vp lynagis, the linagis of the Lord; the witnessing of Irael, to knouleche to the name of the Lord. For ther seten the setis in dom; the setis vponvp A. the hous of Dauid. Preȝeth that to the pes ben of Je|rusalem; and abundaunce to the loouende thee. Be maad pes in thi vertue; and abundaunce in thi touris. For my bre|therenbrether C. and my neȝheboris; I spac pes of thee. For the hous of the Lord oure God; I soȝte goode thingus to thee.

 PSALM CXXII. The song of grees.

To thee I liftide myn eȝen; that dwell|ist in heuenus. Lo! as the eȝen of theOm. AEH. seruauns; in the hondis of ther lordis. As the eȝen of the hondmaidehond maydyn AEH., in the hondis of hir ladi; so oure eȝen to the Lord oure GodOm. C., to the time he haue merci of vs. Haue merci of vs, Lord, haue mercy of vs; for myche wee be fulfild with dispis|ing. For myche is fulfild oure soule; to the abundaunt repref, and to the proude men dispising.

 PSALM CXXIII. The song of grees.

But for the Lord was in vs, seie now Irael; but for the Lord was in vs. Whan men shulden risenarisen E. aȝen vs out; per auenture aliue thei hadde swolewid vs. Whan shulde wrathen the wodnesse of hem in to vs; per auenture water hadde vp sopen vs. Oure soule passide thurȝ the strem; per auenture oure soule shulde han passid thurȝ the vnsuffrable watir. Blyssyd be the Lord; that ȝaff not vs in to the cacchynge to the teth of hem. Oure soule, as a sparewe, is caȝt out; fro the grene of hunteresthe hunteres E.. The grene is to-brosid; and wee be deliuered. Oure helpe in the name of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe.

 PSALM CXXIV. The song of grees.

That trosten in the Lord as the mount of Sion; he shal not be moued in to with|oute ende, that dwellith in Jerusalem. The mounteynes in his cumpas; and the Lord in the cumpas of his puple, fro this now and vnto the world. For the Lord shal not lefe the ȝerd of synneres vp on the lot of riȝtwis men; that the riȝtwis men strecche not out to wickidnesse ther hondis. Wel do thou, Lord; to goode men, and riȝt in herte. The boowende doun forsothe in to oblishingis the Lord shal bring to with werkende wickid|nesse; pes vp on Irael.

 PSALM CXXV. The song of grees.

Lord, in turnende the caitifte of Sion; wee ben maad as coumfortid. Thanne fild is our mouth with ioȝe; and oure tunge in ful out ioȝing. Thanne thei shul seye among Jentilis; The Lord hath magnefied to don with hem. The Lord hath magnefied to do with vs; wee ben maad gladende. Lord, al turne oure cai|tifte; as a strem in the south. That sowen in teris; in ful out ioȝing shul repe. Goende thei ȝidenwenten AEH., and wepten; sendende ther sedis. Comende forsothe thei shul come; berende with ful out ioȝing ther handfullis.

 PSALM CXXVI. The song of grees.

But the Lord shulde bild the hous; in to veyn trauaileden that bilden it. But the Lord shul kepe the cite; in vein waketh that kepeth it. Veyn itOm. C. is to ȝou befor liȝt to risen; riseth aftir that ȝee seten, thatand AH. eten the bred of sorewe. Whan he shal ȝiuen to his loouede a slep; lo! the eritage of the Lord the sones, the mede the frut of the wombe. As arewes in the hond of the myȝty; so the sones off the out shaken. Blisful the man that fulfilde his desir of hem; he shal not be confoundid, whan he shal speke to his enemys in the ȝate.

 PSALM CXXVII. The song of grees.

Blisful alle that dreden the Lord; that gon in his weies. The trauailis of thin hondis for thou shalt ete; blisful thou art, and wel shal be to thee. Thi wif as a vine aboundende; in the sydes of thin hous. Thy sones as the newe braunchis of oliues; in the cumpas of thi bord. Lo! thus shal be blissid the man; that dredeth the Lord. Blisse to thee the Lord fro Sion; and see thou the goodis of Jerusa|lem alle the daȝes of thi lif. And see thou the sones of thi sones; theOm. A. pes vp on Irael.

 PSALM CXXVIII. The song of grees.

Ofte thei han out foȝte me, fro my ȝouthe; seye now Irael. Ofte thei han out foȝte me fro my ȝouthe; forsothe thei myȝte not to me. Vpon my bac forgeden synneres; thei longeden aferr ther wickidnessiswickidnes AH.. The Lord riȝtwys shal to-hewe the nollis of synneres; be thei confoundid, and al turned bacward, that hateden Sion. Be thei maad as hei of rooues; that beforn it be pullid out, ful out driede. Of the whiche he that repeth, shal not fulfille his hond; and hys bosum, that shal gedere handfullis. And they seiden not that wenten biside, The blissing of the Lord vp on ȝou; wee han blissid to ȝou in the name of the Lord.

 PSALM CXXIX. The song of grees.

Fro depthis I criede to thee, Lord; Lord, full out here thou my vois. Be maad thin eris vnderstondende; in to the vois of my lowe preȝing. If wickidnessis thou shalt `al aboutealboute C. kepe, Lord; Lord, who shal sustene. For anent thee is mercy doyng; and for thi lawe I sus|tenede thee, Lord. My soule sustenede in the woord of hym; my soule hopide in the Lord. Fro the morutyd warde vnto the nyȝt; hope Irael in the Lord. For anent the Lord mercyis mercye A.; and plen|teous anentis hym aȝeen biyng. And he shal aȝeen bie Irael; fro alle the wickid|nessis of hym.

 PSALM CXXX. The song of grees.

Lord, myn herte is not enhaunsid; ne rerid vp ben myn eȝen. Ne I wente in grete thingis; ne in merueilis ouer me. If not mekely I felede; but IOm. A. enhaunced my soule. As the wened vpon his mo|der; so ȝelding in my soule. Hope Irael in the Lord; frofor H. this now and vn to the world.

 PSALM CXXXI. The song of grees.

Haue mynde, Lord, of Dauid; and of al the debonernesse of hym. As he swor to the Lord; a vow he vouwide to the God of Jacob. If I C. shal not entre in to the tabernacle of myn hous; I shal not steȝen vp in to the bed of my bedding. I shal not ȝiue slep to myn eȝen; and to my eȝe lidis napping. And reste to my times, to the time I finde a place to the Lord; a tabernacle to the God of Jacob. Lo! wee han herd it in Effrata; wee han founden it in the feldis of the wode. Wee shul entre in to the tabernacle of hym; wee shuln honouren in the place, where stoden his feet. Ris, Lord, in to thi resting; thou and the arke of thin halewing. Thi prestis be thei cladclothid AEH. riȝt|wisnesse; and thin halewis ful out ioȝe they. For Dauid, thi seruaunt; turne thou not awei the face of thi crist. The Lord swor to Dauid treuthe, and he shal not maken hymOm. AH. inOm. A. vein; of the frute of thi wombe I shal putte vp on thi seete. If thi sones shul kepe my testament; and my witnessingis, these that I shal teche themto them E pr. m.. And the sones of hem vn to the world; shul sitte vp on thi sete. For the Lord ches Sion; he ches it in to dwelling toof H. hym. This my reste in to the world of world; heer I shal dwelle, for I ches it. His widewe blessende I shal blisse; his porepore men AH. I shal fulfille with loues. Hise prestis I shal clothe with helthe ȝiuere; and his halewis with ful out ioȝing shuln ful out ioȝen. Thider I shal bringe forth the horn of Dauid; I haue maad redi a lanterne to my crist. His enemys I shal clothe with shenshipe; vp on hym for|sothe shal flouren out myn halewing.

 PSALM CXXXII. The song of grees.

Lo! hou good, and how ioȝeful; bre|thern to dwellen in toOm. AH. oon. As an oynement in the hed; that goth doun in to the berd, the berd of Aaron. That goth doun in to the hemme of his cloth|ing; as deu of Ermon, that goth doun in to the hil of Syon. For thider sente the Lord blessing; and lif vn to the world.

 PSALM CXXXIII. The song of grees.

Lo! now blisseth the Lord; alle ȝee seruauns of the Lord. That stonden in the hous of the Lord; in the porchis of the hous of oure God. In nyȝtes heueth vp ȝoure hondis in to holi thingis; and blisseth toOm. AEH. the Lord. Blisse thee the Lord fro Sion; that made heuene and erthe.

 PSALM CXXXIV. Alleluya.

Preise ȝee the name of the Lord; preise ȝee, seruauns, the Lord. That stondenstondith A. in the hous of the Lord; in the porchis of the hous of oure God. Preise ȝee the Lord, for good is the Lord; doth salm to his name, for it ys sweete. For the Lord ches to hym Jacob; and Irael in to possessioun to hym. For I knew, that gret is the Lord; and oure God beforn alle godys. Alle thingis what euere the Lord wolde, he dide in heuene and in erthe; in the se, and in alle depnessis. Bringende out cloudis fro the vtmostisvttermostis AH. of the erthe; leitis in to reyn he made. That bringeth forth windis fro his tresores; that smot the first goten of Egipt, fro man vn to beste. And he sente tocnes and wndris in the myddel of thee, Egipt; in to Farao and in to alle his seruauns. That smot manye Jentilis; and sloȝ stronge kingis. Seon, the king of Amorreis; and Og the king of Basan, and alle the reumys of Chanaan. And he ȝaf the lond of hem eritage; eritage to Irael, his puple. Lord, thi name in to with oute ende; Lord, thi memorial in ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun. For the Lord shal demen his puple; and in his seruauns he shal be louly preȝid. The maumetis of Jentilis siluer and gold; the werkis of the hondys of men. Mouth thei han, and thei shul not speke; eȝen thei han, and thei shuln not see. Eris thei han, and thei shul not here; ne for|sothe spirit is in the mouth of hem. Lyc to them be thei maad, that don tho thingis; and alle that trosten in hem. Hous of Irael, blesse ȝee to the Lord; hous of Aron, blisse ȝee to the Lord. Hous of Leuy, blisse ȝee to the Lord; ȝee that drede the Lord, blissethblesse ȝe AH. to the Lord. Blissid be the Lord fro Sion; that dwellith in Jerusalem.

 PSALM CXXXV.Alleluya.

Knouleche ȝee to the Lord, for he is good; for in to the world the merci of hym. Knoulecheth to the God of godis. Knoulecheth to the Lord of lordis. That maketh grete merueilis alone. That made heuenes in vnderstonding. That fastnede the erthe vp on watris. That made grete liȝt ȝiueres. The sunne in to theOm. A. power of the dai. The mone and the sterris in to theOm. A. power of the nyȝt. That smot Egipt with the first goten of hem. That broȝte oute Irael fro the myddel of hem. In myghty hond; and in heiȝ arm. That de|uydededeuyde A. the rede se in toOm. A. deuyseouns. And broȝte out Irael thurȝ the myddel of it. And shoc out Farao and his vertue in the rede se. That ladde ouer his puple thurȝ theOm. AH. desert. That smot grete kingis. And sloȝ stronge kingis. Seon, the king of Amoreis. And Og, the king of Basan. And he ȝaf the lond of hem eritage. Eritage to Irael, his seruaunt. For in oure mecnesse myndefull he was of vs. And he aȝeen boȝte vs fro oure enemys. That ȝiueth mete to alle flesh. Knou|lecheth to Godthe God AE. of heuene. Knoulecheth to the Lord of lordis; for in to withoute ende the mercy of hym.

 PSALM CXXXVI.The salm of Dauid, for Jeremye.

Vp on the flodis of Babiloyne there wee seten, and wepten; whil wee recordeden of Sion. In withies in the myddes of it; wee heengenhangeden AH. vpvpon H. oure instrumens. For there askeden vs that caityues broȝten vs; the woordis of songis of despit. And thei that `ledden aweiebroȝten E pr. m. vs; An ympne sing|eth syngen A. to vs of the songis of Sion. Hou shul wee singe the song of the Lord; in an hethenalien C pr. m. lond? If I shule forȝeten of thee, Jerusalem; to forȝeting be ȝiue my riȝt|hond . Cleue my tunge to myn chekis; if I shul not han mynde of thee. If I shul not purposen thee, Jerusalem; in the begynnyng of my gladnesse. Myndeful be thou, Lord, of the sones of Edom; in to the dai of Jerusalem. That seyn, Ful out wastethwastid E pr. m., ful out wastethwastid E pr. m.; vnto the foundement inof A. it. The doȝtir of Babilon wrecchid, blisful that shal ȝelde to thee thi ȝelding; that thou hast ȝolde to vs. Blisful that shal holden; and hurtlen his litle childer to the ston.

 PSALM CXXXVII.The salm `to hymof H. Dauid.

I shal knoulechen to thee, Lord, in al myn herte; for thou hast herd thealle the C pr. m. woordis of my mouth. In the siȝte of aungelis I shal don salm to thee, my God; I shal honoure atin A. thin holy temple, and knouleche to thi nameholy name E pr. m.. Vp on thi mercy and thi treuthe; for thou hast magnefied thi seynt ouer alle name. In what euere day I shal inwardli clepe thee, ful out here me; thou shalt multeplie in my soule vertue. Knouleche to thee, Lord, alle the kingis of erthe; for thei han herd alle the woordys of thi mouth. And singe thei in the weyes of the Lord; for gret is the glorie of the Lord. For heiȝ the Lord, and meke thingis he beholdeth; and heȝe thingis fro a ferr he knowith. If I shul go in the myddel of tribulacioun, thou shalt quikene me; and vp on the wrathe of myn enemys thou hast straȝt out thin hond, and saf made me thi ryȝt hond. The Lord shal ȝelde for me, Lord, thi mercy in to the world; the werkis of thin hondis ne despise thou.

 PSALM CXXXVIII.In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Lord, thou hast proued me, and knowen me; thou hast knowe my sitting, and myn aȝeen rising. Thou vnderstode my thoȝtis fro aferr; my path and my litle corde thou enserchedist. And alle my weies thou beforn seȝe; for ther is not woord in my tunge. Lo! Lord, thou hast knowen alle thingis, newest and olde; thou hast formed me, and put vp on me thin hond. Merueilous is maad thy kunnyng of me; it is coumfortid, and I shal not moun to it. Whidir shal I go fro thi spirit; and whidur fro thi face shal I flee? If I shul steȝen vp in to heuene, thou art there; if I shul go doun in to helle, thou art at. If I shul take my pennys in the morutid; and shul dwelle in the vtmostisvttermostis AH. of the se. For|sothe thider thin hond shal bringe me; and shal holde me thi riȝt hond. And I seide, Parauenture dercnessis shul to|trede me; and nyȝtthe nyȝt AH. my liȝting in my delicis. For dercnesses shul not ben derkid froof AH. thee, and nyȝt as day shal ben liȝtid; as his dercnessis, so and the liȝt of it. For thou weldedest my reenes; thou hast vndertake me fro the wombe of my moder. I shal knouleche to thee, for ferfulli thou art magnefied; merueilous thi werkis; and my soule shal knouleche ful myche. My mouth is not hid fro thee, the whiche thou madest in priue; and my substaunce is in the nethermorisnethermore AH. of the erthe. Myn vnparfit thing seȝen thin eȝen, and in thi boc alle shul be writen; daȝes shul be formed, and no man in hem. To me forsothe ful myche ben maad wrshipeful thi frendis, God; ful myche is counfortid the princehed of hem. I shal noumbre them atwynne, and vpon grauel thei shul be multeplied; I haue risen out, and ȝit I am with thee. God, for thou shalt sle synneres; ȝee men of blodis, bowith doun fro me. For ȝee seyn in thoȝt; Take theiȝe A. in vanyte ther citees. Whethir not thoothat C. that hateden thee, Lord, I hatede; and vp on thin enemys I dwynede? With parfyt hate I hatede hem; enemys thei ben maad to me. Proue me, God, and wite thou myn herte; aske thou me, and knowe thou my pathis. And see, if the weie of wickidnesse is in me; and bring me thennes in the euere lastende weie.

 PSALM CXXXIX. In to the ende, the salm of Dauid.

Tac me awei, Lord, fro an euel man; and fro a wickewickid A. man tac me awei. That thoȝten wickidnessis in the herte; al dai setteden batailis. Thei sharpeden ther tungis as serpentis; the venym of eddereseddre AH. vnder the lippis of hem. Kep thou me fro the hond of the synnere; and fro wickewickid A. men tac me awei. That thoȝten to supplaunten my goingis; proude men hidden a grene to me. And cordis thei straȝten out in to a grene; by side the weie sclaunder thei puttenputtiden AH. to me. I seide to the Lord, My God thou art; ful out here thou, Lord, the vois of my lowe preȝing. Lord, Lord, the vertue of myn helthe; thou al aboute shadewedest on myn hed in the dai of bataile. Ne take thou me, Lord, fro my desir to the syn|nere; they thoȝten aȝen me, ne forsake thou me, lest parauenture thei ben en|hauncid. The hed of the cumpas of hem; the trauayle of the lippis of hem shal coueren hem. Colis shul fallen vp on hem, in to fir thou shalt kaste them doun; in wrecchidnessis thei shul not stonde. A ianglende man shal not be riȝtforth reulid in the erthe; an vnriȝtwis man euelis shul take in deth. I knewȝ, for the Lord shal do dom of the helpeles; and veniaunce of the pore. Neuerthelatere riȝtwis shuln knoulechen to thi name; and the riȝte shul wone with thi chere.

 PSALM CXL. The salm of Dauid.

Lord I criede to thee, ful out here thou me; tac heede to my vois, whil I shal crie to thee. Be forth riȝt reulid myn orisoun as encens in thi siȝt; the rering vp of myn hondis euentid sacri|fise. Put, Lord, warde to my mouth; and a dore of circumstaunce to my lippis. Bowe thou not doun my herte in to theOm. AEH. woordis of malice; to ben excusid excu|saciouns in synnes. With men wirkende wickidnesse; and I shal not comune with the chosen of hem. The riȝtwis man shal chastise me in mercy, and blamen me; the oile forsothe of the synnere shal not withinne fatten myn hed. For ȝit and myn orisoun in the wel plesid thingus of hem; the domes men of hem ioyned to the ston ben sopen awey. Thei shuln here my woordis, for thei myȝten; as the fatnesse of erthethe erthe AH. is rerid vp `vp onvpon hem A. the erthe. Oure bones ben scaterid beside helle, for to thee Lord, Lord, myn eȝen; in thee I hopide, do not awei my soule. Kep me fro the grene that thei setteden to me; and fro sclaundris of men wirkende wickidnesse. Synneres shuln falle in the net of hym; syngulerli I am to the time I passe.

 PSALM CXLI. The vnderstonding of Dauid, whan he was in the spelunke.

With my vois to the Lord I criede; with my vois to the Lord I louly preȝede. I shedehelled E pr. m. out in his siȝt myn orisoun; and my trybulacioun beforn hym I openli telle. In failinge of me my spirit; andOm. A. thou hast knowe my sties. In this weie that I ȝide; proude men hidden a grene to me. I beheeld at the riȝt hond, and IOm. C. saȝ; and ther was not that kneuȝ me. Fliȝt pershede fro me; and ther was not that aȝeen soȝte my soule. I criede to thee, Lord, I seide, Thou art myn hope; my porcioun in the lond of lyueres. Tac heede to my lowe preȝing; for I am mekid ful myche. Deliuere me fro the pursuende me; for thei ben coumfortid vpon me. Led out fro warde my soule to knowleche to thi name; me abijden theOm. AEH. riȝtwiseriȝtwise men A., to the time that thou ȝelde to me.

 PSALM CXLII. The orisoun of Dauid, whan pursuede hym Absolon, his sone.

Lord, ful out here myn orisoun, with eris parceyue myn obsecracioun; in thi treuthe ful out here thou me, in thi riȝt|wisnesse. And entre thou not into dom with thi seruaunt; for ther shal not be iustified in thi siȝte eche lyuende. For the enemy pursuede my soule; mekede in the erthe my lif. He sette me in derke thingis, as the deade of the world, and my spirit is anguysht vp on me; in me is disturbid myn herte. Myndeful I was of olde daȝes, I thoȝte swetely in alle thi werkis; in the deedis of thin hondis I sweteli thoȝte. I straȝte out myn hondis to thee; my soule as erthe withoute water to thee. Swiftli full out here thou me, Lord; my spirit failide. Turne thou not awei thi face fro me; and I shal ben lic to the goende doun in to the lake. Herd mac thou to me erliOm. C. thi mercy; for in thee I hopide. Knowen mac thou to me the weie, in theOm. AH. whiche go I; for to thee I rerede my soule. Tac awei me fro myn enemys, Lord, to thee I fleiȝ, tech me to do thi wil; for my God thou art. Thi goode spirit shal bringe me thennes in to the ryȝt lond; for thi name, Lord, thou shalt quykene me in thin equite. Thou shalt leden out of tribulacioun my soule; and in thi merci thou shalt destroȝen alle myn ene|mys. And thou shalt leesen alle, that trublen my soule; for I am thi seruaunt.

 PSALM CXLIII. The salm of Dauid; aȝen Golie.

BlissedBlessid is A. the Lord my God, that techeth myn hondis to strif; and mi fingeris to bataile. My mercy, and my refut; myn vndertakere, and my delyuerere. My de|fendere, and in hym I hopide; that vndir|pootethvndir puttist A. my puple vnder me. Lord, what is a man, for thou hast myche maad knowen to hym; or the sone of man, for thou eymest hym? A man to vanyte is maad lic; his daȝis as shadewe passen. Lord, bowe doun thin heuenes, and cum doun; touche the monteynes, and thei shuln smoken. Leite thou leitingisleitynge AH., and thou shalt scateren hem; send out thin arewis, and thou shalt alOm. C pr. m. disturbe them. Send out thin hond fro an heiȝ, tacand tac C. me out, and deliuere me of many watris; and fro the hond of alien sones. Whos mouth spac vanyte; and the riȝthalf of hem the riȝthalf of wickidnesse. God, a newe song I shal singe to thee; in the ten cordid sautre I shal do salm to thee. That ȝiuest helthe to kingis; that aȝeen boȝtist Dauid, thi seruaunt, fro the malice do|inge swerd tac me awey. And pull me awei fro the hond of alienes sones, whos mouth spac vanyte; and the riȝthalf of hem the riȝthalf of wickidnesse. Whos sones; as newe plauntingis in ther ȝouthe. The doȝtris of hem maad semely; en|hourned aboute as the licnesse of the tem|ple. The celeris of hem fulle; bowende out fro that into it. The shep of hem ful of frut, aboundende in ther goingis; the oxen of hem fatte. Ther is not falling of wal, ne passing ouer; ne cry in the stretis of hem. Blisful, thei seiden, the puple, to whom these thingis ben; blisful the pu|ple, of theOm. AEH. whiche the Lord is his God.

 PSALM CXLIV. The preising to hym Dauid.

I shal enhaunce thee, my God king; and I shal blesse to thi name in to the world, and in to the world of world. Bi alle daȝis I shal blissen to thee; and I shal preysen thi name in to the world, and in to the world of world. Gret the Lord, and preisable full myche; and of his mychilnesse is noon ende. Jenera|cioun and ieneracioun shal preyse thi werkis; and thi power thei shul telle forth. The grete doing of the glorie of thin holynesse thei shuln speke; and thi merueylis thei shul telle. And the vertue of thi ferful thingis thei shul seyn; and thi mykilnesse thei shuln telle. The mynde of the abundaunce of thi swet|nesse thei shul bowen out; and in thi riȝtwisnesse thei shul ful out ioȝen. Mercy doere and mercyful the Lord; pacient, and myche merciful. Swete the Lord to alle; and his mercy doingis vp on alle his werkis. Knouleche to thee, Lord, alle thi werkys; and thin halewis blisse thei to thee. The glorie of thi reume thei shul seyn; and thi myȝt thei shul speken. That knowen thei maken to the sones of menhem AH. thi power; and the glorie of the grete doing of thi reume. Thi reume reume of alle worldis; and thi lordshiping in alle ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun. Feithful the Lord in alle his woordis; and holy in alle his werkis. The Lord helpeth vp alle that fallen; and rereth vp alle the hurtlid doun. The eȝen of alle in thee hopen, Lord; and thou ȝyuest the mete of hem in theOm. AH. behoffulbehool H. tyme. Thou openest thin hond; and fulfillist eche beste with blissing. Riȝtwis the Lord in alle his weies; and holi in alle his werkis. Neeȝh is the Lord to alle inwardli clepende hym; to alle inwardli clepende hym in treuthe. The wil of men dredende hym he shal do, and the lowe preȝing of hem he shal ful out heren; and saf he shal make them. The Lord kepeth alle loouende hym; and alle synneres he shal destroȝen. The preysing of the Lord my mouth shal speke; and blisse alle flesh to his holi name in to the world, and in to the world of world.

 PSALM CXLV. Alleluia.

Preise thou, my soule, the Lord; I shal preise the Lord in my lif, I shal do salm to my God as longe as I shal be. Wileth not trosten in princis; ne in the sones of men, in whiche is not helthe. His spirit shal gon out, and turnen aȝeen in to his lond; in that dai shuln pershe alle the thoȝtus of hem. Blisful, of whom the God of Jacob is his helpere; his hope in the Lord his God, that made heuene and erthe, the se, and alle thingis that ben in hem. That kepeth treuthe in to the world, doth dom to the suffrende wrong; ȝyueth mete to the hungri. The Lord losnethloosith A. the gyuede; the Lord liȝt|neth the blinde. The Lord rereth vp the hurtlid doun; the Lord riȝtforth reulith the riȝtwise. The Lord kepeth the come|lingis, the modirles child, and the widewe he shal vndertake; and the weies of syn|neres he shal destroȝen. The Lord shal regne in to worldisthe worldis AH.; thi God, Sion, in ieneracioun and in to ieneracioun.

 PSALM CXLVI. Alleluia.

Preiseth the Lord, for good is a salm; to oure God be preising ioȝeful and fair. The Lord bildende vp Jerusalem; the scateringis of Jerusalem shal gadere to|gidere. That helith the contrit in herte; and bindeth the contriciounscontricioun A. of hem. That noumbreth the multitude of sterris; and to them alle clepeth names. Gret oure Lord, and gret the vertue of hym; and of his wisdam is not noumbre. Vn|dertakende debonere men the Lord; mek|ende forsothe synneres vn to the erthe. Singeth beforn to the Lord in confessioun; doth salm to oure God in harpe. That couereth heuene with cloudis; and greith|eth to the erthe reyn. That bringeth forth in hillis hey; and erbe to the seruise of men. That ȝyueth to bestis the mete of hem; and to briddis of crowes inwardli clepende hym. He shal not han wil in the strengthe of hors; ne in the leggis of a man shall be wel plesid to hym. Wel plesid thing is to the Lord vpon men dredende hym; and in hem that hopen onin A. his mercy.

 PSALM CXLVII.Alleluia of Agge and Zacharye.

Preise thou, Jerusalem, the Lord; preise thou thi God, Sion. For he coum|fortede the lockis of thi ȝatis; he blissede to thi sones in thee. That sette thi coostis pes; and with talȝ of whete fillith thee. That sendeth out his spechespeches A. to erthe; swiftli renneth his word. That ȝiueth snouȝ as wlle; the litle cloude as askeasken A. he sprengeth. He sendeth his cristalcristallis AH. as musselismorselis AH.; befor the face of his cold who shal susteynen? He shal sende out his woord, and melte them; his spirit shal blowen, and watris shul flowen. That tellith out his woord to Jacob; riȝtwis|nesses and his domes to Irael. He dide not so to eche nacioun; and his domes he openede not to them.

 PSALM CXLVIII. Alleluia of Aggee and Zacharie.

Preise ȝee the Lord fro heuenes; preise ȝee hym in heiȝtis. Preise ȝee hym, alle his aungelis; preise ȝee hym, alle his ver|tues. Preise ȝee hym, the sunne and the moone; preise ȝee hym, alle the sterris and liȝt. Preise ȝee hym, heuenes of he|uenes; and watris that aboue heuenes ben, preise thei the name of the Lord. For he seide, and thei ben maad; he sente, and thei ben formed. He sette them in to withoute ende, and in to the world of world; an heste he putte, and he shal not beside passe. Preise ȝee the Lord, fro the erthe; dragonnes, and alle depnessis. Fyr, hail, snouȝ, iys, the spirit of tem|pestis; that don the woord of hym. Moun|teynes, and alle hillis; frut berende trees, and alle cedris. Bestis, and alle vsable bestis; serpentis, and fethered foulis. Kyngis of erthethe erthe AH., and alle puplis; princis, and alle domys men of erthe. Ȝung men, and maidenes; olde men with the ȝungere, preise theiȝe A. the name of the Lord; for enhauncid is the name of hym alone. The knouleching of hym vpon heuene and erthe; and he enhauncide the horn of his puple. Ympne to alle the seyntis of hym; to the sones of Irael, to the puple neȝhende to hym.

 PSALM CXLIX. Alleluia.

Singeth to the Lord a newe song; hys preising in the chirche of halewis. Glade Irael in hym that made hym; and the doȝtris of Sion ful out ioȝe thei in ther kyng. Preise thei the name of hym in quer; in timbre and sautre do they salm to hym. For wel plesid is to the Lord in his puple; and he enhauncide the de|bonere in to helthe. Halewys shul ful out ioȝen in glorie; thei shul gladen in ther bed placis. The ful out ioȝingus of God in the throte of hem; and the swerdis on eithir side sharp in the hondis of hem. To be do veniaunce in naciouns; and blamyngis in puplis. To ben bounde the kingis of hem in fettris; and the noble men of hem in irene manyclis. That thei do in hem dom writen; glorie this is to alle the seintis of hymhem A..

 PSALM CL. Alleluia.

Preise ȝee the Lord in his seintis; preise ȝee hym in the fastnyng of his vertue. Preise ȝee hym in the vertues of hym; preise ȝee hym aftir the multi|tude of the gretnesse of hym. Preise ȝee hym in the soun of trumpe; preiseth hym in sautre and harpe. Preise ȝee hym in timbre and quer; preise ȝee hym in cordis and orgne. Preise ȝee hym in cymbalis wel sounende, preise ȝee hym in cymbalis of huge ioȝing; eche spirit, preise the Lord.

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`To Cromacie and Eliodere, bishopis, Jerome sendeth greetingJerom sendith greetinge to Cromacie and to Eliodere, bischopis L.. JoyneI ioyne R. the epistil whom ioyneth presthod; ȝhe, the chartre twynne not, whom the looue of Crist knytteth. Exposiciouns in Osee, Amos, Zacharie, and Malachie, theOm. R. whiche ȝee asken, I shulde han write, if it hadde ben leeful for siknesse. Ȝee senden solacys of costis, ȝoure notories, and bokis writeres sustenende, that to ȝou most oureȝoure L. wit trauaile. And lo! asideof the side I. the hauntende puple of men diuerse thingis askende, as orOm. R. euene it be meOm. R. to trauailen, ȝou hungrende, also to othere, or, in resoun of ȝyuen thing and taken, to any, saue ȝou, I be bounde. And so thurȝ long siknesse brosid, lest fulli this ȝeer I shulde be stille, and anentanentis A et E et L passim. ȝou I were doumb, the werc of thre daȝis to ȝoure name I sacride; the remenyng, that is, of theOm. C. thre volumes of Salomon, Masloch, that Ebrues Parablis, the comun making Prouerbis clepeth; Coelech, that Grecli Eclesiasten, Latinli a Spekere wee moun seyn; Cirasirym, that in to oure tunge is turned Song of Songis. It is told andOm. LR. Panarethos, the boc of Jhesu, sone of Cirach; and an other falsly writen, that is inwritenwriten LR. the Wisdam of Salamon. Of whichethe whiche C pr. m. I. the rathere I fond Ebru, not Ecclesiasticum, as anent the Latynes, but Parablis beforn notid; to whom weren ioyned Eclesiastes and the Song of Songis; that he shulde euene toOm. AHLR. the licnesse of Salamon, not onli in noumbre of bokis, but also in manerthe maner L. of mateeris. The secounde anent the Ebrues is neuer no wher, for and that maner of speche sauoureth the Grekis faire spechespechis R.; and summe of olde writeres afermen this boc to ben of Jew Filon. As thanne Judith, and Tobie, and the bokis of Macabeis, redeth hem forsothe the chirche, but among the reuleer scripturis resceyueth not; so and these two volumes rede hehem L. to the edificacioun of theOm. LR. puple, not to the autorite of chirche techingtechingis E. to ben confermed. If to any man forsothe more plese the translacioun of the seuenty remenoures, he hath it sum time amended of vs. Ne forsothe so newe thingis wee maken, that olde thingis wee destroȝe. And `neuer the latereneuer lattere LR., whan most diligentli redeth hehem L., wite he oure writen thingis to ben vnderstonde, that ben not coruptid heldheeldid AEHILR. into the thridde vessel, but, anoon from the presse most pureli the vessel ȝeuen, han kept their sauour.

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THE parablis of Salamon, sone of Da|uid, king of Irael; to ben koud wisdam, and discipline; to ben vnderstonden the woordis of prudence; and to ben vndir|take enformyng of doctrine, riȝtwysnesse, and dom, and equite; that felnesse be ȝeue to litle childer, and to the ȝunge ful waxen, kunnyng and vnderstonding. Herende the wise wisere shal ben; and vnderstondende gouernaile he shal welde. Take he heede the parable, and the re|menyng; the woordis of wise men, and the derke spechis of hem. The drede of the Lord theis the A. begynnyng of wisdam; wisdam and lore foolis dispisen. Here, my sone, the discipline of thi fader, and ne leue thou the lawe of thi modir; that ther be added grace to thin hed, and a beȝewrethe E pr. m. to thi necke. My sone, if theethee souken E pr. m. synneres fulfille with mylc, ne assente thouthou not E pr. m. to them. If thei sey, Cum thou with vs, waite wee to the blod, hide wee grenes aȝen the innocent in veyn; swolewe wee hym, as helle the liuende; and hol as the descendende in to the lake; alle precious substaunce we shul finde, wee shul fulfillen oure housis with spoilis; lot ley with vs, o bagge of monee be of vs alle; mi sone, ne go thou with hem; forfende thi foot fro the sties of hem. Forsothe the feet of hem to euel rennen; and heeȝen that thei sheden out blod. In vein forsothe is throwen a net befor the eȝen of the fethered. Thei also aȝen ther blod awaiten; and casten gilys aȝen ther soulis. So the pathis of the auerous man raueshen the liues of the welderes. Wis|dam withouteforth precheth; in stretis it ȝyueth his vois. In the hed of cum|panyes it ofte crieth; in the doris of the ȝatis of the cite he bringeth forth his woordis, seiende, Hou longe, ȝee litle childer, loouen childhed, and foolis tho thingus that ben noȝesum to them shul coueiten, and vnprudentvnkunnynge A. men shuln haten kunnyng? Be ȝee conuertid at my correccioun; lo! I shal bringe forth to ȝou my spirit, and shewen my woordis. For I clepede, and ȝee forsoken; I straȝte out myn hond, and ther was not that wolde beholden. Ȝee despiseden al my counseil; and my blamyngisblamynge A. ȝee roȝten not of. I forsothe in ȝoure deth shal lawȝhe; and vndermouwe ȝou, whan to ȝou that, that ȝee dredden, shal come. Whan shal falle feerli wrecchidnesse, and deth as tempest shal aȝen come; whan shal come vp on ȝou tribulacioun and an|guysh. Thanne thei shul inwardli clepe me, and I shal not ful out heren; erly they shuln rise togidere, and not finde me. For thi that hatesum thei hadden disciplyne, and the drede of the Lord thei vndertoken not, ne assentiden to my counseil, and bacbitiden to al my correc|cioun. Thei shuln ete therfore the frutis of ther weie; and with ther counseilis thei shul be fulfild. The turning awei of litle childer shal slen hem; and the prosperite of foolis shal leesen hem. Who forsothe me shal heren, withoute ferd shal resten; and abundaunce he shal parfitli vsen, the ferd of euelis taken awey.

 CAP. II.

My sone, if thou vndertakest my woordis, and my maundementes hidist anent thee; that thin ere here wisdam, inwardliche bowe thin herte to ben knowen wisdam. If forsothe wisdam thou shalt inwardli clepen, and inwardli bowe thin herte to prudence; if thou shalt sechen it as money, and as tresoris deluen it out; thanne thou shalt vnder|stonden the drede of the Lord, and the kunnyng of God finde. For the Lord ȝyueth wisdam; and of the mouth of hym prudence and kunnyng. He shal kepen the helthe of riȝtriȝtwise A. men, and de|fende the goende symplely; withholdende the pathis of riȝtwisnesse, and the weies of halewis kepende. Thanne thou shalt vnderstonde riȝtwisnesse, and dom, and equite, and eche good path. If wisdam shul go in to thin herte, and the kun|nyng to thi soule plese, counseil shal kepe thee, and prudence shal withholde thee; that thou be pullid out fro an euel wey, and fro a man that speketh shreude thingus. Thei that forsaken the riȝt go|ing, and wenten bi derke weies; that for|sothe gladen, whan thei don euele, and ful out ioȝen in werst thingus; of whom the weies shreude, and yuel losid the go|ingys of hem. That thou be take awey fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge, that softeth hir woordis; and forsaketh the ledere of hir childhed, and the coue|naunt of hir God hath forȝete. Forsothe inwardly bowid is to deth the hous of hir, and to helle the pathis of hir. Alle that gon in to hir, shul not turne aȝeen, ne take the sties of lif. That thou go in a good weye, and the pathis of riȝtwis men thou kepe. Who forsothe ben riȝte, shul dwelle in the erthe; and the symple shul parfitli wone in it. The vnpitouse forsothe fro the erthe shul be lost; and that wickidli don, shul be take fro it awei.

 CAP. III.

My sone, ne forȝete thou my lawe; and thin herte kepe myn hestis. For|sothe lengthe of daȝis, and ȝeeris of lif, and pes, thei shul ley toOm. AGH. to thee. Mercy and treuthe forsake thei not thee; cum|pase them to thi throte, and descryue in the tablis of thin herte. And thou shalt finde grace, and good discipline befor God and men. Haue trost in the Lord, of al thin herte; and ne lene thou to thi prudence. In alle thi weies thenc hym, and he shal riȝt reulen thi goingis. Ne be thou wis anent thiself; dred God, and go awey fro euel. Helthe forsothe shal ben in thi nauele, and watring of thi bones. Honoure the Lord of thi sub|staunce, and of the cheef of alle thi frutis ȝif to pore men; and thi bernes shul ben fulfild with fulnesse, and with win thi presses shul rebounden. The discipline of the Lord, my sone, ne caste thou awey; ne faile thou, whan of hym thou art chastisid. Whom forsothe the Lord looueth, he chastiseth; and as fader in the sone it with pleseth to hym. Blisful the man that findeth wisdam, and that flowith prudence. Betere is the purchasing of it, than the chaffering of gold and of siluer; first and most pure the frutis of it. More precious than alle richesses it is; and alle thingus that be desirid, to it moun not be comparisound. Lengthe of daȝis in his riȝt half, and in the left half of it richessis and glorie. The weies of it faire, and alle the pathis of it pesible. The tre of lif it is to them that cacchen it; and that holden it, ben blisful. The Lord bi wisdam foundede the erthe; bi prudence stablide heuenes. Bi the wisdam of hym breeken out depe watris; and the cloudis bi dew togidere waxen. My sone, ne flowe these thingis awei fro thin eȝe; kep thou my lawe, and counseilmy counseile A.; and there shal ben lif to thi soule, and grace to thi chekis. Thanne thou shalt go trostli in thi wey; and thi foot shal not offende. If thou shul slepe, thou shalt not drede; thou shalt resten, and sweete shal be thi slep. Ne drede thou with sodeyn gastnesse, and the poweris of theOm. A. vnpitous men fallende on to thee. The Lord forsothe shal ben in thi side; and kepe thi foot, that thou be not take. Wile thouOm. A. not forfenden hym that mai wel don; if thou maist, and thiself wel do. Ne sey thou to thi frend, Go, and turne aȝeen, to moru I shal ȝyue to thee; whan anoon thou maist ȝiue. Ne caste thou to thi frend euel, whan he in thee hath trost. Ne striue thou aȝen a manman, a comelyng tiliere E pr. m. in veyn, whan he no thing of euel hath don to thee. Ne enuye thou the vnriȝtwis man, ne folewe thou the weies of hym. ForForsothe AH. abhomyna|cioun of the Lord is eche gilour; and with the simple the sermounyng of hym. Nede of the Lord in the hous of the vnpitouse; the dwelling placis forsothe of riȝtwise men shul be blessid. He shal desceyue the desceyueres; and to the de|bonere he shal ȝyue grace. Glorie wise men shul welde; of foolis the out ioȝing shenshipe.

 CAP. IV.

Here ȝee, sones, the discipline of the fader; and taketh heede, that ȝee knowen prudence. A good ȝifte I shal ȝyuen to ȝou; my lawe ne forsake ȝee. For and I was the sone of my fader, sum what ten|der, and the onli goten beforn my moder. And he taȝte me, and seide, Take my woordys thinin thin AH. herte; kep thou myn hestis, and thou shalt liue. Weld wis|dam, weld prudence; ne forȝete thou, ne bowe thou doun fro the woordis of my mouth. Ne leue thou it, and it shal kepe thee; looue it, and it shal withholde thee. Begynnyng of wisdam, welde thou wis|dam; and in al thi possessioun purchacepurchace thou C pr. m. prudence. Tac it, and it shal enhaunce thee; thou shalt be glorified of it, whan thou hast clippid it. It shal ȝiue to thin hed encrecis of gracis; and a noble crowne shal defende thee. Here thou, my sone, and vndertac my woordis; and be ther multeplied to thee ȝeris of lif. The weie of wisdam I shal shewe to thee; and lede thee bi the pathys of equyte. The whiche whan thou shalt gon in, thi goingis shul not be streitid; and rennende thou shalt not han letting. Hold discipline, and ne leue thou it; kep it, for it is thi lyf. Ne delite thou in the pathis of vnpitous men; and to thee plese not the weie of euele men. FleeFlee thou A. fro it, and passe thou not bi it; bowe doun, and forsac it. Forsothe they slepen not, but if thei don euele; and slep is not caȝt of hem, but if thei sup|plaunte. Thei eten the bred of vnpi|tousnesse, and the win of wickidnessewickenesse EG pr. m. drinken. Forsothe the path of riȝtwis|men as shynende liȝt goth forth, and growith in to a parfit day. The weie of vnpitous men derkis derk A.; thei witen not wher thei falle. My sone, hercne my woordis; and to my spechis bowe in thin ere. Ne go thei awey fro thin eȝen; kep thou hem in the myddel of thin herte. Forsothe lif thei ben to the findende hem, and of alle flesh the helthe. With alle warde kep thou thin herte, for of it lif goth forth. Remoue from thee a shreude mouth; and bacbitende lippis be thei ferr fro thee. Thin eȝen see thei riȝte thingis; and thin eȝelidis beforgo thei thi goingis. Riȝt reule the pathis to thi feet, and alle thi weies be they stablid. Ne bowe thou doun to the riȝt, ne to the lift; turne awei thi foot fro euel. For|sothe the weies that ben on the riȝthalf the Lord knewȝ; shreude forsothe benthei ben A., that of the lift ben. He forsothe riȝt shal make thi goingus; thi weies forsothe in pes shul be broȝt forth.

 CAP. V.

My sone, tac heed to my wisdam, and to my prudence bowe thou thin ere; that thou kepe thoȝtis, and discipline thi lippis withholden. NeOm. A. wile thou not entende to the desceyuyng of womman; forsothe an hony comb droppende the lippis of a strumpet, and clerere than oile the throte of hir; forsothe the laste of hir bitter as wormod, and the tunge of hir sharp as a twei bitende swerd. The feet of hir gon doun in to deth; and toin to A. helle the goingis of hir persen. Bi the path of lif thei gon not; vagaunt ben the goingus of hir, and vnserchable. ZNow thanne, my sone, here thou me, and ne go thou awei fro the woordis of my mouth. Aferr mac fro hir thi weie, and ne neȝhe thou to the doris of hir hous. Ne ȝyue thou to alienes thi wrshipe, and thi ȝeris to the cruel; lest perauenture be fulfild straungeres with thi strengthis, and thi trauailis ben in anOm. E pr. m. aliene hous; and thou weile inOm. C. thi laste, whan thou hast wastid thi flesh, and thi bodi; and sey, Whi wariede I discipline, and to snybbingis assentedeassente C. not myn herte; ne I herde the vois of men techende me, and to maistris I bowide not myn ere? Neȝh I was in alle euel, in the myddel of the chirche, and of the synagoge. Drink watir of thi cisterne, and the flowingus of thi pyt. Ben lad out thi wellis with|oute forth; and in stretis thi watir de|uyde thou. Haue thou hem alone; and be not alienes thi parceneres. Be thi veyne blissid; and glade thou with the womman of thi ful waxende ȝouthe. A most cheerecleere A. hynde; and a most kindeli hert calf. The tetis of hir inwardli make thee drunke alle time; and in the looue of hire delite thou bisili. Whi art thou broȝt doun, sone myn, of an alien wom|man; and art fed in the bosum of an othere? The Lord loketh the weie of a man; and alle the goingis of hym be|holdithhe beholdith AGH.. His wickenesseswickidnessis AGH. taken the vn|pitouse; and with the cordis of his synnes he is togidere streyned. He shal dien, for he hadde not discipline; and in the multitude of his folie he shal ben be|gylyd.

 CAP. VI.

My sone, if thou become borȝ for thi frend; thou hast piȝt doun anent a straun|ger thin hond. Thou art gnarid with the woordis of thi mouth; and taken with thi proper woordis. Do thanne, my sone, that I seie, and deliuere thi self; for thou hast fallen in to the hond of thi neȝhebore. Ren hider and thider, heeȝe, rere vp thi frend; ne ȝiue thou slep to thin eȝen, and nappe not thin eȝelidis. Be thou pullid out as aOm. A. foun fro the hond; and as a brid fro the spies of the foulere. Go to the anpte, O! thou slowe; and behold the weies of it, and lerne wisdam. The whiche, whan it hath no ledere, ne co|maundere, ne prince; it greitheth in the somer mete to hymselfit silf AH., and gedereth togidere in time of rip, that it ete. Hou longe, thou slowe, shalt thou slepe? whanne shalt thou rise fro thi slep? A litil while thou shalt slepe, a litil while thou shalt nappe; a litil while thou shalt leyn togidere thin hondis, that thou slepe. And ther shal come to thee as a weie goere, nede; and porenesse, as a man armed. If forsothe vnsloȝ thou shul be, shal come as a welle thi rip; and nede ferr shal flee fro thee. A man apostata, a man ful of strengthe vnprofitable, goth with peruertid mouth; he twincleth with the eȝeneye A., he tramplith with the foot, with the fingir he speketh, with shreude herte he castith euel; and alle times striues he sowith. To this anoon shal come his perdicioun, and sodeynli he shall be to-treden; and he shal han no mor medecyn. Sixe thingis ben, that the Lord hateth; and the seuenthe the lif of hym warieth. Heȝe eȝen, a tunge liere, hondis shedende out the innocent blod, the herte castende most euel thoȝtis, the swifte feet to rennen in to euel, the bringende forth lesingis, the desceyuable witnesse; and hym that sowith among brether discordis. Withhold, my sone, the hestis of thi fader; and ne leue thou the lawe of thi moder. Bind hem bisili in thin herte; and enuyroune to thi throte. Whan thou shalt go, go thei with thee; whan thou shalt slepe, kepe thei thee; and wakende speke thou with hem. For the maundement is a lanterne, and the lawe liȝtof liȝt E pr. m., and the weie of lif the snyb|bing of discipline; that thei kepe thee fro an euel womman, and fro the flater|ende tunge of the straunge womman. Coueite not thin herte the fairnesse of hir; ne be thou takenot take AE pr. m. H. with the beckis of hir. The price forsothe of the strumpet vnethe is of o lof; the womman forsothe taketh the precious lif of a man. Whether mai a man hide fir in his bosum, that his clothis brenne not; or gon vpon colisthe colis AEGH., and his solis ben not brent? So he that goth in to the womman of his neȝhebore; shal not ben clene, whan he touchith hir. Not gret is the blame, whan a man stelith; forsothe he steleth, that he fulfille the hun|grende soule. Caȝt therewith forsothe he shal ȝelde theOm. A. seuene fold; and al the substaunce of his hous he shal take, and deliueren hymself. WhoWho so A. forsothe is auou|trer; for miseise of herte he shal lesen his soule. Filthe and shenshepe he geder|eth to hymself; and the repref of hym shal not ben don awei. For the ielous|nesse and the wodnesse of the man shal not sparen in the dai of veniaunce, ne assente to the preȝeeris of any man; and he shal not take for the aȝeen biȝing manye ȝiftis.

 CAP. VII.

My sone, kep thou my woordis; and myne hestis ley vp to thee. Sone, ho|noure thou the Lord, and thou shalt fare wel; biside hym forsothe thou shalt not dredenholden E pr. m. an other. Kep my maundemens, and thou shalt liue; and my lawe as the appil of thin eȝe. Bind it in thi fingris; wryt it in the tablis of thin herte. Sey to wisdam, My sister thou art; and pru|dence clep thou thi lemman. That it kepe thee fro a straunge womman; and fro an alien, that hir woordis maketh sweete. Fro the windowe forsothe of myn hous bi the latys I beheeld the ȝunge man; and I see litle childer. I beholde the sori hertid ȝunge man, that passeth thurȝ the stretis, biside the corner; and neȝ the weie of that hous goth in derc, the dai wax|ende to euen, in the nyȝtis dercnessis and mystynesse. And lo! a womman aȝen cam to hym, with strumpet aray befor maad redi to the soulis to be desceyued, a chaterere, and vagaunt of reste, vnpa|cient, ne mowende in the hous abide stille with hir feet; now withouteforth, now in the stretys, now beside the cornerescorner AH. aspiende. And the caȝte ȝunge man she kisseth; and with wowende chere she flatereth, seiende, SacrifisesSacrifise A. of victorievictories C pr. m. for helthe I haue gretli vouwid; to dai I haue ȝolde my vouwis. Therfore I wente out in to thin aȝen comyng, desirende thee to seen; and I haue founde. I haue araȝid with cordis my litil bed, and spred with peintid tapitis of Egipt; I hahan AGH. haue E. sprengd my ligging place with myrre, and aloes, and canell. Cum, and be wee inwardli drunke with tetes, and vse wee the coueitid clippingis; to the time that the dai waxe liȝt. There is not a man in hir hous; he ȝide awei the most ferr weie. The bagge of his monee he toc with hym; in the dai of thethis A. fulle moone he is to turne aȝeen in to his hous. She grenede hym with manye woordis; and with flatering of lippis she fordroȝ hym. Anoon he folewith hir, as an oxe lad to the sacrifise of victorie; and as a lomb pleiende and vnknowende, that to bondis the fool is drawe, to the time that the arwe thirle thurȝ his mawe. As if a brid heeȝe to the grene; and wot not, that of theOm. C. perile of his lif me purposeth. Now thanne, sone mynOm. AGH., here thou me; and tac tente to the woordis of my mouth. Ne be drawen awei in the weies of hir thi mynde; ne be thou bigilid in the sties of hir. Manye forsothe woundid she threw doun; and alle the strongestestrengthid A. ben slain of hir. The weies of helle the housis of hir; persende in to the innermor thingus of deth.

 CAP. VIII.

Whether not wisdam ofte crieth; and prudence ȝiueth his vois? In the heȝest and heȝe frountis, aboue the weie, in the myddel pathis, stondende biside the ȝate of the cite; in tho ȝate doris it speketh, seiende, O! men, to ȝou I ofte crie; and my vois to the sones of men. Vnder|stondeth, ȝee litle childer, witnesse; and, ȝee vnwise men, taketh heed. Hereth, for of grete thingis I am to speke; and my lippis shul ben opened, that euene thingus thei preche. Treuthe my throte shal sweteli bethenke; and my lippis shul wlate the vnpitouse. Riȝtwise ben alle my sermownes; ther is not in hem any thing shreude, ne peruertid. Riȝte thei ben to vnderstondende men; and euene to men findende kunnyng. Taketh my dis|cypline, and not money; doctrine mor than tresor cheseth. Betere is wisdam than alle the most precious richessis; and al desirable thing to it mai not be com|parisound. I, wisdam, dwelle in coun|seil; and am among to lerned thoȝtis. The drede of the Lord hateth euel; enhaunc|ing, and pride, and the shreude weie, and the mouth of the twisil tunge I wlate. Myn is counseil, and equite; myn is pru|dence, myn is and strengthe. By me kingus regnen; and makeris of lawis riȝte thingus demen. Bi me princis comaund|en; and myȝti men deme riȝtwisnesse. I men loouende me looue; and that erli waken at me, shul finde me. WithTo E. me ben richessis, and glorie; and proud plen|teuousnessis, and riȝtwisnesse. Betere is my frut than gold, and than precious ston; and my buriounyngis than chosen siluer. In the weies of riȝtwisnesse I go, inand in AGH. the myddel of pathis of dom; that I make riche men loouende me, and fulfille the tresores of hem. The Lord weldide me in the begynnyng of his weies; er any thing shulde be maad, of the firste cause. Of the euere lastende I am ordeyned; and of the olde, er the erthe shulde be maad. Not ȝit weren the depthis of watir; and I now was conceyued. And not ȝit the wellis of watris hadden broken out, ne ȝit the mounteyneshillis E pr. m. in heuy mykilnesse hadden ben maad; er the hillis I was born. Ȝit the erthe he hadde not maad; and flodis, and the utmostvttermoost AGH. poyntys of the round|nesse of the erthe. Whan he greithede heuenes, I was thereat; whan in certein lawe and cumpas he closide the depnesse of watris. Whan the eir he fastnede aboue; and weȝede the wellis of watris. Whan he cumpaside to the se his terme; and lawe putte to watris, that thei passe not there coostis. Whan he heenghangide AEGH. vp the foundemens of the erthe; with hym I was, alle thingis puttende togidere. And I de|litede bi alle daȝes, beforn hym alle time, pleiende in to the roundnesse of erthis; and my delicis to be with the sones of men. Now thanne, sones, hereth me; blisful that kepen my weies. Hereth discipline, and beth wise men; and wileth not casten it awei. Blisful the man that hereth me, and that waketh at my ȝate dores al dai; and that waitith at the postis of my doredores AGH.. Who me shal finde, shal finde lif; and drawen helthe of the Lord. Who forsothe in me shal synnen, shal hurten his soule; alle that hatedenhaten AH. me, loouen deth.

 CAP. IX.

Wisdam bilde out to hym an hous; heewhewide AEGH. out seuen pileris, offride his sacri|fises of victorie, mengde win, and sette forth his bord. He sente his hand wym|men, that thei shulde clepe to the heiȝte; and to the wallis of the cite. If any is a litil child; come he to me. And to vnwise men hesche C sec. m. spac, Cometh, etith my bred; and drinketh win, that I mengde to ȝou. Forsaketh childhed, and liuethcometh E pr. m.; and goth bi the weies of prudence. Who lerneth a scornere, doth wrong he to hymself; and who vndernemeth the vnpitouse, to hymself a wem gendrith. Wile thou not vndernyme the scornere; lest he shul hate thee. Vndirnym the wise man; and he shal looue thee. Ȝif to the wise man oca|sioun; and ther shal ben addid to hym wisdam. Tech the riȝtwis man; and he shall heeȝe to take. The begynnyng of wisdam the drede of the Lord; and the kunnyng of halewis prudence. Forsothe bi me shul be multiplied thiher A. daȝes; and ben added to thee the ȝerys of lif. If a wis man thou shul be; to thiself thou shalt be, and to thi neȝheboris. If for|sothe a gilere; alone thou shalt bern euel. A fool womman, and crious, and ful of euele draȝtis to delicis, and no thing outerli kunnende, sat in the ȝate doris of hir hous, vpon a sete, in the heȝe place of the cite; that she myȝte clepe men passende bi the weie, and men goende in ther gate. Who is a litil child; bowe he doun to me. And to the sory hertid she spac, Stoln watris ben swettere, and hid bred more swete. And he knew not that there ben ieauntis; and in the depthis of helle theOm. AGH. gestis of hir. Who forsothe shal be ioyned to hir; shal falle doun in to helle. For whi he that goth awey from hir; shal be saued.

 CAP. X

A wys sone gladeth thehis AGH. fader; for|sothe a sone fool, the sorewe is of his modir. No thing shal profiten the tre|sores of vnpitousnesse; riȝtwisnesse for|sothe shal deliuere fro deth. The Lord shal not tormente thurȝ hungir the soule of the riȝtwise; and the spies of the vnpitous men he shal turn vpso doun. Nedynesse wercheth the slowe hond; the hond forsothe of stronge men greitheth richessis. Who forsothe vseth lesingis, this fedeth windis; the same folewith fleende briddes. Who gedereth in rep, is a wis sone; who forsothe routeth in somerthe somer AEGH., is the sone of confusioun. The blissing of God vpon the hed of the riȝt|wis; the mouth forsothe of vnpitous men wickidnesse couereth. The mynde of the riȝtwise with preisingis; and the name of vnpitousthe vnpitous AGH. men shal waxe stinkinge. The wise man in herte shal kepen the hestis; the fool is beten with lippis. Who goth simpleli, goth trostli; who forsothe beshrewith his weies, shal be maad opene. Who twinclith with eȝe, shal ȝiue so|rewe; the fool with lippis shal be bete. The veyne of lif the mouth of theOm. A. riȝt|wis; the mouth forsothe of vnpitous men couereth wickidnesse. Hate rereth striues; and alle giltis charite couereth. In the lippis of the wis man is founde wisdam; and a ȝerde in the rigge of hym that is nedi in herte. Wise men hiden kunnyng; the mouth forsothe of the fool is next to confusioun. The substaunce of the riche man the cite of his strengthe; the ferd of pore men the nedynesse of hem. The werc of the riȝtwis man to lif; the frut forsothe of the vnpitous to synne. The weie of lif to theOm. AGH. kepende discipline; who forsothe vndernemyngis forsaketh, erreth. Liende lippis hidenhidith A. hate; who spekethspeketh or bryngeth forth E pr. m. wrongful blamyng, is an vnwis man. In myche speche shal not lacke synne; who forsothe temperth his lippis, is most prudent. Chosen siluer the tunge of the riȝtwis; the herte of vnpitous men for noȝt. The lippis of the riȝtwise techen manye; who forsothe ben vntaȝt, in the nedynesse of herte shul die. The blessing of the Lord maketh riche men; ne shal be felashipid to them tor|menting. As by laȝhing the fool werch|ith hidous trespas; wisdam forsothe is to a man purueing. That that the vnpitouse dredeth, shal come vpon hym; therhis E pr. m. de|sir to riȝtwis men shal be ȝiue. As tem|pest passende, shal be the vnpitouse; the riȝtwise forsothe as euere durende ground. As eisel to teeth, and smoke to eȝen; so the slowe to hem that senten hym in the weie. The drede of the Lord leith to daȝes; and the ȝeris of vnpitous men shul be shortid. The biding of riȝtwismen gladnesse; the hope forsothe of vnpitous men shal pershen. The strengthe of the simple the weie of the Lord; and ferd to them that werken euel. The riȝtwis into withoute ende shal not be moued; vnpitouse forsothe shul not dwelle vp on erthe. The mouth of the riȝtwis shal bere wisdam; the tunge of shrewis shal pershen. The lippis of the riȝtwis be|holden plesid thingis; and the mouth of vnpitouse peruertid thingis.

 CAP. XI.

A treccherous weȝe abominacioun is anent Godthe Lord C pr. m.; and an euentrewe C pr. m. weiȝt the wil of hym. Wher shal be pride, there shal be wrongful blamyng; wher forsothe is mecnesse, and there wisdam. Simple|nesse of riȝtwis men shal riȝt reule them; and supplaunting of peruertid men shal waste them. Richessis shul not profiten in the day of veniaunce; forsothe riȝtwis|nesse shal deliuere fro deth. Riȝtwisnesse of the simple shal riȝt reulen his weie; and the vnpitous in his vnpitousnesse shal falle. The riȝtwisnesse of riȝt men shal deliuere them; and wickewickid AGH. men in ther aspies shul be take. The vnpytous man dead, noon hope shal ben ouer; and the abiding of bisy men shal pershe. The riȝtwis fro anguysh is deliuered; and shal be take the vnpitous for hym. The feynere in mouth desceyueth his frend; riȝtwis men forsothe shul ben de|liuered with kunnyng. In goodis of riȝt|wis men shal ben enhauncid the cite; and in the leesing of vnpitousthe vnpitous A. menman A. shal ben preising. Thurȝ the blessing of riȝt|wis men shal ben enhauncid the cite; and bi the mouth of vnpitous men it shal be turned vp so doun. Who desceyueth his frend, is nedi in herte; the prudent man forsothe shal be stille. Who goth gilendeli, shewith priue thingus; who forsothe is feithful, hilith the gilte of the frend. Wher is not a gouernour, the puple fallith; helthe forsothe, wher ben manye counselis. He shal be tormentid with euel, that doth feith for a stranger; who forsothe shoneth grenes, shal be si|kir. A gracious womman shal finden glo|rie; and stronge men shuln han richessis. Wel doth to his soule the merciful man; who forsothe is cruel, casteth awei neeȝh men. The vnpitouse maketh were vn|stable; to the sowende forsothe riȝtwis|nesse feithfullis feithful A. mede. Noble mercy shal greithe lif; and folewing of euelis deth. Abhominable ais a A. shreude herte to the Lord; and his wil in hem, that simply gon. Hond in hond, shal not ben inno|cent the euele man; the sed forsothe of riȝtwis men shal be saued. A goldene cercle in the nosethirlis of a souwe, a fair womman and a fool. The desir of riȝtwis men alle good thing is; the abid|ing of vnpitous men wodnesse. Othere men deuyden proper thingus, and ben maad richere; othere reuen not their owne, and euermor ben in nedynesse. The lif that blisseth, shal ben inwardli fattid; and he that maketh inwardli drunken, also hymself shal ben inwardli maad drunken. He that hideth whete in time, shal be cursid in puplis; blessing forsothe vp on the hed of silleris. Wel riseth erli, that secheth goodis; who for|sothe is enserchere of euelis, of hem shal be oppressid. Who trosteth in his rich|essis, shal falle; riȝtwis men forsothe as a greene lef shul burioune. Who distur|bith his hous, shal han windis; and he that is a fool, shal seruen to the wise man. The frut of the riȝtwise the tree of lif; and he that vndertaketh soulis, is a wis man. If the riȝtwise in the erthe resceyueth, myche more the vnpitous, and the synnere.

 CAP. XII.

Who looueth discipline, looueth kun|nyng; who forsothe hateth blamyngus, is vnwis. Who forsothe is good, shal drawe to hym grace of the Lord; who forsothe trostith in his thoȝtis, vnpitously doth. A man shal not be strengthid of vnpi|tousnesse; and the roote of riȝtwis menOm. AGH. shal not ben al moued. A bisi womman a croune is to hir man; and stinc in the bones of hir, that berth thingus wrthi confusioun. The thoȝtis of riȝtwis men domes; and counseilis of vnpitous men gilesum. The woordis of vnpitous men spien to blod; the mouth of riȝtwis men shal deliuere them. Turne vnpitous men, and thei shul not be; the housis forsothe of riȝtwis men shal abide stille. Bi his doctrine shal be knowen a man; who forsothe is veyn and herteles, shal ben open to despising. Betere is a pore man, and suffisaunt to hymself, than a glorious, and nedi bred. The riȝtwis knewȝ the liues of his helpeli bestis; the bowelis forsothe of vnpitous men cruel. WhoWho so A. werketh his lond, shal be fulfild with loues; who forsothe folewith idel reste, most fool is. Who is sweete, liueth in tempringis; in his monestingis he for|saketh wrongful blamyngisblamyng AG pr. m. H.. The desir of the vnpitous is the myndeful place of werst thingis; the roote forsothe of riȝt|wis men shal profiten. For the synnes of lippis falling neȝheth to the euel man; forsothe the riȝtwis man shal fleen out of anguysh. Of the frut of his mouth echeech on AEGH. shal be fulfild of goodis; and after the werkis of his hondis it shal be ȝolde to hym. The weie of the fool riȝt in the eȝen of hym; who forsothe is a wis man, hereth counseilis. The fool shewith anoon his wrathe; who forsothe dissymu|lith wrongus, is fel. Who that he knewȝ, speketh, domes man of riȝtwisnesse is; who forsothe lieth, is a gileful witnesse. Ther is that behoteth, and as with a swerd is pungid to the conscience; the tunge forsothe of wise men is helthe. The lippe of truthe shal be fast in to withoute ende; who forsothe is a feerli witnesse, maketh a tunge of lesing. Treccherie in the herte of men thenk|ende euelys; who forsothe gongoth AGH. in to the counseilis of pes, hem folewith ioȝe. Shal not holli sorewenserue E pr. m. the riȝtwis man, what euere thing shal falle to hym; vnpitous men forsothe shul be fulfildfild AGH. of euel. Abomynacioun is to the Lord liende lippis; who forsothe feithfulli don, ple|sen to hym. A man turned to deceit, hilith kunnyng; the herte of vnwise men stireth to folie. The hond of stronge men shal lordshepen; the whiche for|sothe is sloȝ, shal serue to tributis. Morn|yng in the herte of the riȝtwis man shal meken hym; and with a good woord he shal `be maad gladgladen E pr. m.. Who dispisith harm for a frend, is riȝtwis; the weie forsothe of vnpitous men shal desceyue them. The gileful man shal not finde wynnyng; and the substaunce of a man shal be the pris of gold. In the path of riȝtwisnesseriȝtwis men AG. riȝtwys man H. lif; the going out wei forsothe ledeth to deth.

 CAP. XIII.

The wise sone the doctrine of the fa|der; who forsothe is a gilere, hereth not, whan he is vndernomyn. Of the frut of his mouth a man shal be fild with goodis; the soule forsothe of `the lawe brekerisvnpitouse men E pr. m. wicke. Who kepeth his mouth, kepeth his soule; who forsothe is vnauysid to speken, shal felen euelis. The slowe wile, and wile not; the soule forsothe of werk|ende men shal ben inwardliche fattid. A lesing woord the riȝtwis man shal wlaten; the vnpitousvnriȝtwis A. man forsothe shendeth, and shal be shent. Riȝtwis|nesse kepeth the weie of the innocent; vnpitousnesse forsothe supplauntith the synnere. Ther is as a riche man, whan no thing he hath; and ther is as a pore man, whan in many richesses he is. The aȝeen biyng of the soule of a man his richessis; who forsothe is a pore man, blamyng suffreth not. The liȝt of riȝtwis men maketh glad; the lan|terne forsothe of vnpitous men shal ben quenchid. Among proude men euermor ben striues; who forsothe alle thingis don with counseil, ben gouerned with wisdam. Substaunce hastid shal be las|sid; that forsothe litilmelewith litilmel A. is gedered, with hond shal be multeplied. Hope that is deferrid, tormenteth the soule; the tree of lif desir comyngecomende C pr. m.. Who bac|biteth to any thing, he oblisheth hymself in to theOm. AEGH. time to come; who forsothe dredeth the heste, in pes shal wone. The lawe of a wis man the welle of lif; that he bowe awei fro the falling of deth. Good doctrine shal ȝyue grace; in the weye of dispiseris a swolwȝ. A witti man alle thingisthing AC. doth with counseil; who forsothe is a fool, shall opene folie. The messager of the vnpitous shal falle in to euel; the feithful sent is helthe. Nedynesse and shenshipe to hym that forsaketh discipline; who forsothe as|senteth to the vndernymere, shal ben glorified. Desir, if it be fulfild, delitith the soule; foolis wlaten hem that flen euelis. Who with wise goth, a wis man shal ben; the frend of folis lic shal be maad. Synneres euel pursueth; and to riȝtwis men goode thingis shul be ȝolde. A good man leueth eiris sones, and sonys sones; and is kept to the riȝt|wise the substaunce of the synnere. Manye metis in the newidprecious E pr. m. feeldis of fadris; and to othere men thei ben ge|dered withoute dom. Who spareth to the ȝerde, hatith his sone; who forsothe looueth hym, bisili techeth. The riȝtwis eteth, and fulfillith his soule; the wombe forsothe of vnpitousthe vnriȝt|wijs A. the vnpitous GH. vnfilable.

 CAP. XIV.

The wise womman bildeth vp hir hous; the vnwise the maad outOm. A. vp GH. forsothe with hondis shal destroȝe. The goende in riȝt weie, and dredende God, is dispisid of hym, that goth in the euel losid weie. In the mouth of the fool a ȝerde of pride; the lippis of wise men kepen hem. Wher ben not oxen, the cracche is voide; wher forsothe aperen many tilthis, there is open maad the strengthe of the oxe. A feithful witnesse shal not lien; the trecherous witnesse speketh lesing. The scornere seketh wisdam, and findeth not; the doctrine of prudent men liȝt. Go aȝen the folfol man E pr. m.; and he shal not knowe the lippis of prudence. The wis|dam of the witti man is to vnderstonde his weie; and theOm. AGH. vnprudence of foolis erring. The fool scorneth synne; among riȝtwis men grace shal wone. The herte that knew the bitternesse of his soule; in ioȝe to hym shal not be togidere mengd a straunger. The hous of vn|pitous men shal be don awei; the taber|naclis of riȝtwis men shal burioune. Ther is forsothe a weie, that semeth to a man riȝtwis; the laste thingus forsothe of it bringenbringith A. doun to deth. Lawȝing with sorewe shal be mengd; and the endis of ioȝe weiling ocupieth. With his weies shal be fulfild the fol; and aboue hym shal be a good man. The innocent trowith to eche woord; the witti behold|eth his goingis. The wise man dredeth, and bowith doun fro euel; the fol ouer|lepeth, and trosteth. The vnpacient shal werche folie; and the desseyuable man is hateful. Litle childer shul welde folie; and witti men shul abide kunnyng. Euel men shul lyn befor good men; and vn|pitous men befor the ȝatis of riȝtwis men. Also to his neȝhebore thea AGH. pore man hateful shal be; the frendis forsothe of riche men manye. Who despisith his neȝhebore, synneth; who forsothe doth merci to the pore man, shal be blisful. Who leeueth in the Lord, looueth merci; thei erren, that werchen euel. Mercy and treuthe greithen goodis; in alle good werc plente shal be. Wher forsothe ben manye woordis, there nedynesse ofte. The croune of wise men the richesses of hem; the folie of foolis vnprudence. A feithful witnesse deliuereth soulis; and speketh lesingus the peruertid. In the drede of the Lord trost of strengthe; and to the sones of hym shal ben hope. The drede of the Lord the welle of lif; that he bowe doun fro falling of deth. In the multitude of puple the dignete of the king; and in fewenesse of folc the shen|shipe of the prince. Who is pacient, is gouerned with myche wisdam; who for|sothe is vnpacient, enhaunceth hys folie. The lif of flesh helthe of herte; the stink of bones enuye. Who wrongfulli chalengeth the nedi, mysseith to his makere; he honoureth hym forsothe, that hath reuthe of the pore. In hys malice is put out the vnpitous; the riȝt|wis forsothe hopeth in his deth. In the herte of the prudent man shal reste wis|dam; and vntaȝt men alsoeche E pr. m. it shal lerne. Riȝtwisnesse rereth vp folcthe nedy E pr. m.; wreccheful maketh puplis synne. Alowid is to the king an vnderstondende seruaunt; the plente of his wrathe the vnprofitable shal suffre.

 CAP. XV.

A nesshe answere breketh wrathe; an hard woord rereth woodnesse. The tunge of wise men enhourneth kunnyng; the mouth of foolis boilithbolkith A. out folie. In alle place the eȝen of the Lord beholdenbeholdith A. goode men, and euele. A plesablepesable C. tunge the tree of lif; whiche forsothe is vn|temprid, shal defoule the spirit. The fol scorneth the discipline of his fader; who forsothe kepith blamyngis, shal be more witti. In plenteeuous riȝtwisnesse is most vertue; thoȝtys forsothe of vnpitous men shul be pullid out bi the roote. The hous of the riȝtwise myche strengthe; and in the frutis of vnpitouse al dis|turbaunce. The lippis of wise men shul sowen abrod kunnyng; the herte of foolis vnlic shal ben. The sacrifise of victorie of vnpitous men wlatesum to the Lord; the vouwis of riȝtwys men plesable. Abominacioun is to the Lord the lif of the vnpitous; who folewith riȝtwisnesse, shal be looued of hym. Euel doctrine to the forsakende the weie of lif; who blamyngis hateth, shal dien. Helle and perdicioun befor the Lord; myche more the hertis of the sonus of men. The bacbitere looueth not hym that chastis|eth hym; ne to wise men goth. The ioȝende herte maketh out gladsum the face; in mornyng of inwit shal be throwe doun the spirit. The herte of the wise man shal seche doctrine; and the mouth of foolis is fed with vnwis|dam. Alle the daȝis of the pore euele; a sikir mynde as a contynuel feste. Betere is a litil with the drede of the Lord, than grete tresoris and vnfillable. Betere is to be clepid to wrtis with charite, than to a fat calf with hate. A man ful of wrathe stirith striues; who is pacientpacient forsothe C pr. m. E pr. m., swageth the vprered. The weie of slowe men as heggis of thornes; the weie of riȝtwis men withoute thing of hurting. A wis sone maketh glad the fader; and a fool man despisethdesceyueth E pr. m. his moder. Folie is ioȝe to the fool; and a prudent man shal riȝt reulen his goingus. Thoȝtis ben to-scatered, wher is not counseil; wher forsothe ben manye counseileris, thei ben confermed. A man gladeth in the sentence of his mouth; and the spedful sermoun is best. The path of lif vp on the taȝt man; that he bowe doun fro the last helle. The hous of proude men the Lord shal destroȝe; and stedefast he shal make the termes of the widewe. Abominacioun of the Lord euele thoȝtis; a pure sermoun most fair shal be fastned of hym. He al disturb|ith his hous, that folewith auarice; who forsothe hatith ȝiftis, shal liue. Bi merci and feith ben purgyd synnes; bi the drede forsothe of the Lord bowith doun eche man fro euel. The mynde of the riȝtwis sweteli thenketh wisdam; the mouth of vnpitous men reboundeth to euelis. Ferr is the Lord fro vnpitous men; and the orisounsorisoun A. of riȝtwis men he shal ful out heren. The liȝt of eȝen maketh glad the soule; good los in|wardli fattith bones. The ere that her|eth blamyngus of lif, in the myddel of wise men shal al abide. Who casteth awei discipline, despiseth his soule; who forsothe assenteth to vndirnymyngis, weldere is of herte. The drede of the Lord discipline of wisdam; and mecnesse goth befor glorie.

 CAP. XVI.

Off a man is to make redy the inwit; and of the Lord to gouerne the tunge. Alle the weies of man ben opene to the eȝen of hym; of spiritis the peisere is the Lord. Shewe to the Lord thi werkis; and riȝt reulid shul ben thi thoȝtis. Alle thingus for hymself wroȝte the Lord; also the vnpitouse to the euele dai. Abo|minacioun is of the Lord eche proud man; also if hond at hond were, he `shal not beis not E pr. m. innocent. The begynnyng of the good wey to do riȝtwyssnesse; isOm. C pr. m. alouwid anentanentis E passim. God, more than to offre ostis. Bi merci and treuthe wickidnesse is forboȝt; and in drede of the Lord is bowid awei fro euel. Whan shul plese to the Lord the weies of man, the enemys forsothe of hym he shal turne to pes. Betere is a litil with riȝtwisnesse, than manye frutis with wickidnesse. The herte of man shal disposen his weie; but of the Lord is to riȝt reulen his goingis. De|uynyng in the lippis of the king; in dom his mouth shal not erre. Weiȝte and balaunce ben the domes of the Lord; and his werkis alle the stones of the world. Abominable to the king, that don vnpitously; for bi riȝtwisnesse is fastned the kingis dignete. The wil of the king riȝtwis lippis; that riȝt thingus speketh, shal be riȝt reulid. The indignacioun of the king messageres of deth; and a wis man shal don aseeth to hym. In gladnesse of the chere of the king lif; and the noble mercy of hym as euetidan euetid C. weder. Weld wisdam, for betere it is than gold; and purchase prudence, for it is mor precious than siluer. The path of riȝtwis men bowith awei euelis; the kepere of his soule holdeth faste his weye. Pride goth befor contricioun; and befor falling the spirit shal ben en|hauncid. Betere is to be mekemeked AEGH. with mylde men, than to deuyde spoilis with proude men. The lerned in woord shal finde goodis; and that hopeth in the Lord is blisful. Who is wis in herte, shal be clepid prudent; and who is sweete in fair speche, more thingis shal finde. The welle of lif the lernyng of the weldere; the doctrine of foolis folie. The herte of the wise man shal lerne the mouth of hym; and to the lippis of hym it shal adde grace. The comb of hony wel set woordis; swetnesse of soule is helthe of bones. Ther is a weie that semeth to a man riȝt; and the last thingis of it ledenledith A. to deth. The soule of the trauailere trauaileth to hymself; for hys mouth compellide hym. An un|wis man delueth euel; and inOm. A. the lippis of hym fyr brenneth. A man peruertid rereth striues; and the man ful of woordis seuereth princis. The wickewickyd A. man flatereth his frend; and ledeth hym bi a weie not good. That with stoneȝid eȝen thenketh shreude thingis, bitende hiswith A. lippis parformeth euel. The croune of dignete elde, that in the weieweies AEGH. of riȝt|wisnesse shal be founde. Betere is the pacient, than a strong man; and that lordshipeth to his wil, than an ouer|comere of cites. Lotis ben put in to the bosum; but of the Lord thei ben temprid.

 CAP. XVII.

Betere is a drie morsel with ioȝe, than an hous ful of sacrifises of victorie with strif. A wis seruaunt shal lordshipen to sones foolis; and among bretheren eritage he shal deuyde. As bi fyr is proued siluer, and gold bi the chymney, so hertes the Lord preueth. The euele man obesheth to the wicke tunge; and the desceyuable consenteth to the liende lippis. Who dispiseth a pore man, mys|seyth to his makere; and who gladeth in the falling of an other, shal not ben vn|punshid. The croune of olde men sones of sones; and the glorie of sones the fadris of hem. There semeth not the fool faire set woordis; ne the prince a liende lippe. Most kinde iemme the abiding of the abidere; whider euere he turnethturne AEGH. hymself, prudentli he vnder|stantvnderstondeth AEGH.. Who helith the gilte, secheth frenshipis; who with an other sermoun reherceth, seuereth the federedfedered or boundun in loue C sec. m. marg. E sec. m. marg. AGH.. Mor profiteth correccioun anent the prudent, than an hundrid veniaunces anent the fol. Euermor striues secheth the euel man; the cruel forsothe aungil shal be sent aȝen hym. It spedeth mor to aȝen come to a she bere, whan hir whelpis ben take awey, than to a fol trostende to hymself in his folie. Who ȝeldeth euelis for goodis, shal not go awei euel fro his hous. Who leueth water, hed is of striues; and er he suffre wrong blam|yng, dom he forsaketh. And who iuste|fieth the vnpitouse, and who condemp|neth the riȝtwise, abominable is either anent God. What profiteth to the fol to han richessis, whan wisdam bie he mai not? Who heiȝ maketh his hous, sech|eth falling; and who shoneth to lerne, falleth in to euelis. Alle time looueth, that is a frend; and a brother in an|guysshis is preuedaproued E.. A fool man shal for ioȝe flappe with hondis, whan he shal behoten for his frend. Who sweteli thenketh discordis, looueth striues; and who enhauncith his herte, secheth fall|ing. Who is of peruertid herte, findeth not good; and who turneth the tunge, shal falle in toOm. A. euel. Born is the fool in his shenshipe; but neOm. A. the faderfaders A. in the fol shal glade. Ioȝende inwit mak|eth briȝt age; a drery spirit ful out dri|eth bones. Ȝiftis of the bosum the vn|pitous taketh, that he peruerte the pathis of dom. In the face of the prudent shyneth wisdam; the eȝen of foolis in the endis of erthe. The wrathe of the fader a sone fol; the sorewe of the mo|dir that gat hym. It is not good to bern in harm to the riȝtwis; ne to smyte a prince that riȝt demeth. Who tempreth his woordis, taȝt and prudent is; and of preciousthe precious A. spirit the man lerned. The fool forsothe, if he holde his pes, wis shal ben holde; if he threste togidere his lippis, vnderstondende.

 CAP. XVIII.

Ocasioun secheth, that wil gon awei fro a frend; alle time wariable he shal be. A fol resceiueth not the woordis of prudence; but tho thingis thouhe AE pr. m. shul seyn, that ben ofte turned in his herte. The vnpitous, whan in to depthe of synnesynnes AGH. shalhe shal C pr. m. come, dispiseth; and ther folewith hym shenshipe and repreff. Deep water woordis of the mouth of a man; and a stef strem the reboundende welle of wisdam. To alouwen the per|sone of the vnpitouse in dom, is not good, that thou bowe awei fro the sothfast|nesse of dom. The lippis of thea AGH. fol shul menge themself with striues; and the mouth of hym debatis stireth. The mouth of the fool `to-tredingthe to-treding AH. of hym; and the lippis of hym the falling of his soule. The woordis of the twisil tunge as simpletormentis E pr. m.; and tho thurȝ comen vnto the entrailis of the wombe. The slowe drede threwȝthrowith A. doun; the soulis forsothe of wommanysh men shul hungren. Who is nesshe, and dissolut in his werk, bro|ther is of the man scaterende his werkes. The most strong tour the name of the Lord; to it renneth the riȝtwise, and he shal ben enhauncid. The substaunce of the riche man the cite of his strengthe; and as a strong wal cumpassende hym. Er it be to-treden, is enhauncid the herte of a man; and er it be glorified, it is mekid. Who rathere answereth than he hereth, a fool hymself to ben he shew|ith; and confusioun wrthi. The spirit of the man susteneth his feblenesse; the spirit forsothe liȝt to wrathen, who shal moun sustene? The herte of the pru|dent shal welde kunnyng; and the ere of wise men secheth doctrine. The free ȝifte of a man spredeth abrod his weie; and befor princis space to hym maketh. The riȝtwis rathere is the acusere of hymself; ther cometh his frend, and he shal enserchen hym. Aȝenseiyngus lot thresteth togidere; and among myȝti menOm. AGH. also dyuersly demeth. The brother that is holpen of the brother, as a stef cite; and the domes as barris of cites. Of the frut of the mouth of a man shal be fulfild his wombe; and the burioun|yngis of the lippis of hym shul fulfillen hym. Deth and lif in the hondis of the tunge; who loouenloueth A. it, shuln ete the frutis of it. Who findeth a good wom|man, findeth good; and shal drawen merthe of the Lord. Who putteth out a good womman, putteth out good; who forsothe holdeth avoutresse, is a fool and vnwis. With obsecraciouns speketh the pore man; and a riche man shal speke out ruggidli. A man amyable to felashipe mor a frend shal be, than a brother.

 CAP. XIX.

Betere is a pore man, that goth in simplenes, than a riche man tormentende his lippis, and vnwis. Wher is not kun|nyng of soule, is not good; and who is hastif, with feett stumblith. The folie of a man supplauntith hise goingis; and aȝen God boileth in his inwit. Richesses adden manye frendis; fro the pore for|sothe and tho that he hadde, ben seuered. A fals witnesse shal not ben vnpunshid; and he that lesing speketh, shal not ascapen. Manye herienworschipen A. the persone of the myȝti; and frendis ben of the ȝiuende ȝiftis. The brethern of the pore man hateden hym; ferthermor and frendis aferr wenten awei fro hym. Who onli woordis folewith, no thing shal han; who forsothe weldere is of the mynde, looueth his soule, and the kepere of pru|dence shal finde goodis. The false wit|nesse shal not ben vnpunshid; and that speketh lesing, shal pershen. Delicis semen not the fool; ne the seruaunt to lordshipen to princis. The doctrine of a man bi pacience is knowe; and the glo|rie of hym is to go biside wicke thingys. As the gnasting of a leoun, so andOm. A. the wrathe of the king; and as deu vpon erbe, so and the gladnesse of hym. The sorewe of the fader, the sone a fol; and rooues contynuelli thurȝ droppende, a womman ful of strif. Housis and rich|essis ben ȝeue of the fadris; of the Lord forsothe properli a prudent wif. Slouthe sendeth in slep; and a dissolut soule shal hungre. Who kepeth the maundement, kepeth his soule; who forsothe despisith his weie, shal be maad dead. He vsureth to the Lord, that hath reuthe of the pore; and his while he shal ȝelde to hym. Lerne thou thi sone, ne despeire thou; to the slaȝter forsothe of hym ne poote thou thi soule. Who forsothe is vnpa|cyent, shal suffre harm; and whan he shall cacche, other thing he shal putte to. Here thou counseil, and vndertac discipline; that thou be wijs in thi laste thingis. Manye thoȝtis in the herte of a man; the wil forsothe of the Lord shal abide stille. A man nedi is merciful; and betere the pore man riȝtwis, than a man liere. The drede of the Lord to lif; and in plenteuousnessethe plenteousnesse AGH. it shal abide stille, withoute visiting of the werste. The slowe hideth histhe C pr. m. hond vnder the arm pit; ne to his mouth he leith it. The `man ful of pestilencebacbitere E pr. m. man of pestilence C. scourgid, a fool the wisere shal ben. If forsothe thou chastise the wise man, he shal vnder|stonde discipline. Who tormentith the fader, and fleeth the modir, shenful shal be, and vnblisful. Cese thou not, sone, to here doctrine; ne vnknowe thou the woordis of kunnyng. The wicke wyt|nesse scorneth dom; and the mouth of vnpitous men deuoureth wickidnesse. Greithid ben to scorneres domes; and smytende hameres to the bodies of foolis.

 CAP. XX.

A leccherous thing win, and noiseful drunkenesse; who so euere in these thingis delitith, shal not be wis. As the roring of a leoun, so andOm. A. the ferd of the king; who terreth hym, synneth aȝen his soule. Wrshipe is to the man that seuereth hym fro striues; allemen E pr. m. forsothe foolis shul be mengd with wrong blam|yngis. For cold the slowe wolde not eren; thanne he shal begge in somer, and it shal not ben ȝiue to hym. As dep watir, so counseil in the herte of a man; but a wis man shal drawe it out. Manye men merciful ben clepid; a feith|ful man forsothe who shal finde? The riȝtwis forsothe that goth in his simple|nesse, blisful sones aftir hym shal leuen. The king that sitsitteth AEGH. in the see of dom, scatereth alle eueliseuel AEGH. in his clere loking. Who mai sey, Clene is myn herte; pure withoute synne? Peis and peis, mesure and mesure, either is abhominableabominacioun C. anent God. Of histhe A. studies is the child vnder|stonde, if riȝt ben and clene the workis of hym. The herende ere, and the seende eȝe, the Lord made euer either. Wile thou not looue slep, lest thee nedynessethe nedynes A. opresse; opene thin eȝen, and be thou fulfild with loues. Euel it is, euel it is, seith eche biere; and whan he goth awei, thanne he shal glorien. Gold, and the multitude of iemmes, and precious ves|sel, the lippis of kunnyng. Tac the cloth of hym, that borȝ was of theOm. A. alien; and for straungeres tac awei the wed fro hym. Swete is to a man the bred of lesing; and aftir shal be fulfild the mouth of hym with a litil pibbil ston. Thoȝtis bi counseilis ben strengthid; and bi go|uernailis batailis ben to be tretid. To hym that openeth priuetes, and goth gilendeli, and spredeth abrod his lippis, ne be thou togidere mengd. Who cursith to his fader and moder, shal be quenchid his liȝt in myddyl dercnesses. Eritage to the whiche is heeȝid in the begynnyng, in the laste shal lacke blissing. Ne sey thou, I shal ȝelde euel for euel; abid the Lord, and he shal deliuere thee. Abo|minacioun is anent God weiȝte and weiȝte; a treeccherous balaunce is not good. Of the Lord ben riȝt reulid the goingis of a man; who forsothe of men mai vnder|stonde his wei? Falling is of men ofte to `vouwe toto taken awei deuocioun fro E pr. m. seintis, and aftir the vouwis aȝeen drawe. Scatereth vnpitous men a wis king; and he bowith in vpon hem a stonene bowe. The lanterne of the Lord the brething place of a man, that enserchith alle the priuetes of the wombe. Mercy and treuthe kepen the king; and his trone is strengthid with noble mercy. The ful out ioȝing of ȝunge men the strengthe of hem; and the dignete of olde men hornesse. The wannesse of wounde shal clense awei euelis, and woundis in theOm. AGH. priuyerepriuye H. partys of the wombe.

 CAP. XXI.

As deueseouns of watris, so the herte of the king in the hond of the Lord; whider euere he wile, he shal bowe it. Eche weie of a man riȝt to hym semeth; the Lord forsothe peiseth the hertis. To do mercy and dom, more pleseth to the Lord, than sacrifises of victorie. The enhauncing of eȝen is the larging of the herte; the lanterne of vnpitous men synne. The thoȝtis of the strong man euermor in plente; eche forsothe slouȝslowe man A. euermor is in nedynesse. Who gedereth tresores with the tunge of lesing, vein and herteles is; and he shal be `put ininwardly saitid E pr. m. to the grenes of deth. Raueynes of vn|pitous men shul drawe them doun; for thei wolden not do dom. The peruertid weie of a man alien is fro God; who for|sothe is clene, riȝt is the werc of hym. Betere isit is AEGH. to sitte in the corner of the hous, than with the womman ful of strif, and in the hous of feste. The soule of the vnpitousevnpitous man A. desireth euel; he shal not han merci to his neȝhebore. Punshid the bacbitere, the wisere shal be the litle child; and if he folewe the wise man, he shal take kunnyng. The riȝtwis bethenk|ith of the hous of the vnpitous, that he drawe awei vnpitous men fro euel. Who stoppeth his ere at the cri of the pore, and he shal crie, and shal not ben herd. ȝifte hyd quencheth wrathis; and fre ȝifte in the bosum most indignacioun. Ioȝe to the riȝtwis is to don dom; and ferd to men werkende wickidnesse. The man that erreth fro the weie of doctrine, in the felashipe of ieauntis shal wone. WhoWho so A. looueth deynte metis, in nedynesse shall be; who looueth win and fatte thingus, shall not be maad riche. For the riȝtwise shal ben ȝoue the vnpitouse; and for the riȝt man the wicke. Betere is to dwelle in desert lond, than with a ianglende womman, and wratheful. Desyrable tre|sor and oile in the dwelling place of the riȝtwis; and the vnprudent man shal scateren it. Who folewith riȝtwisnesse and mercy, shal finde lif and riȝtwisnesse and glorie. The cite of stronge men the wise man steȝede vp, and destroȝide the strengthe of the trost of it. Who kepeth his mouth and his tunge, kepeth his soule fro anguysshis. The proud man and theOm. C pr. m. enhaunsende hymself is clepid vntaȝt, the whiche in wrathe wercheth pride. De|sires slen the slowe; wolden not forsothe the hondis of hym any thing werchenOm. A.. Al dai he coueitith and desireth; who forsothe is riȝtwis, shal ȝelde, and not cese. The ostis of vnpitous men abomi|nable, that ben offrid of hidous gilte. A witnesse liere shal pershe; the obeisaunt man shall speke victorie. The vnpitous man wowendeli stablith his chere; who forsothe is riȝt, mendeth his weie. Ther is not wisdam, ther is not prudence, ther is not counseil aȝen the Lord. An hors is maad redi to the dai of bataile; the Lord forsothe helthe shal ȝeelden.

 CAP. XXII.

Betere is a good name, than manye richessis; ouer siluer forsothe and gold good grace. The riche man and the pore metten togidere; the werkere of euer either is the Lord. The felle man seeth euel, and hideth hymself; and the inno|cent passede, and is tormentid with harm. The ende of manernesse the dred of the Lord; richessis, and glorie, and lif. Armes and swerdis in the weie of the proud; the kepere forsothe of his soule ferr goth awei fro hem. A prouerbe is, A ȝung ful waxen man aftyr his weie, and whan he eldeth, shal not gon awei fro it. The riche man to pore men comaundeth; and he that taketh borewing, seruaunt is of the vsurer. Who sowith wickidnessewickenesse E., shal repen euelis; and the ȝerde of his wrathe shal be ful endid. Who redi is to mercy, shal be blissid; of his loues forsothe he ȝaf to the pore. Victorie and worshipe shal purchace, that ȝeueth ȝiftis; for|sothe he taketh awei the soule of the resceyueres. Cast awey the scornere, and with hym shal gon out strif; and causis shul cese, and wrong blamyngis. Who looueth clennesse of herte, for the grace of his lippis shal han the king frend. The eȝen of the Lord kepe kunnyng; and supplauntyd ben the woordis of the wicke. The slowe shal seyen, A leoun is withoute; in the myddel of the stretes I am to be slain. A dep dich the mouth of the alien womman; to whom the Lord is wroth, shal falle in to hir. Folie is bounde togidere in the herte of the child; and the ȝerde off discipline shal driuen awei it. Who wrong chalengeth the pore, that he eeche his richessis, he shal ȝyue to a richere, and neden. My sone, bowe in thin ere, and here the woordis of wise men; lei to forsothe herte to my doctrine. The whiche fair shal be to thee, whan thou kepist it in thi wombe, and shal rebounde in thi lippis. That in the Lord be thyn trost; wherfore and I shal shewe to thee it to dai. Lo! I haue discriued it thre wise, in thoȝtus and kunnyng, that I shulde shewe to thee stedefast|nesse; and faire spechis of treuthe thou shuldest answere of these thingis to them that senten thee. Do thou not violence to the pore, for he is pore; ne to-trede thou the nedy in the ȝate. For the Lord shal deme the cause of hym, and he shal stike them, that stekeden the lif of hym. Wile thou not be frend to a man ful of wrathe, ne go thou with a wood man; lest parauenture thou lerne the pathis of hym, and take sclaunder to thi soule. Wile thou not be with them that ficche doun ther hondis, and that borewis offren hemself for dettis; if forsothe thou hast wherof thou restore, what of cause is, thatif A. thou take coueryng frofor A. thi bed? Ne ouerpasse thou olde termes, the whiche thi fadris setteden. Hast thou seen a swift man in his werc? befor kingis he shal stonde, ne he shal ben beforn vnnoble men.

 CAP. XXIII.

Whan thou shal sitte, that thou ete with a prince, besili tac heede that ben set befor thi face, and set a culter in thi throte. If `ner the latereneuerthelater A et alii. thou haue power in to thi soule, ne desire thou of the metis of hym, in the whiche is the bred of lesing. Wile thou not trauailen that thou be riche, but to thi prudence put maner. Ne rere thou thin eȝen to richessis, that thou maist not han; for thei make to them federis, as of an egle, and thei shul flee in to heuene. Ne ete thou with an enuyous man, and ne de|sire thou the metismeet AGH. of hym; for in lic|nesse of a deuynour and of a fals castere, he eymeth that he knowith not. Et and drink, he shal sei to thee; and the mynde of hym is not with thee. The metes that thou hast eten, thou shalt spewen out; and thou shalt leesen thi faire wrdis. In the eres of vnwise men speke thou not; for thei shul dispisen the doctrine of thi speche. Ne ateyne thou the termes of litlethi litle C. childer; and the feeld of moderles childer gone go G sec. m. thou not in. The neeȝh for|sothe of them is strong, and he shal demen aȝen thee the causes of hem. Go in to doctrine thin herte, and thin eris to the wrdis of kunnyng. Wile thou not withdrawe fro a child discipline; if for|sothe thou smytesmytyst AEGH. hym with ȝerdea ȝeerde A., he shal not die. Thou with a ȝerde shalt smite hym, and the soule of hym fro helle thou shalt deliueren. My sone, if wijs were thin inwit, mynthyn AE pr. m. H. herte shal ioȝen with thee; and ful out shuln ioȝen mythy E pr. m. reenes, whan thi lippis shul speke riȝt. Ne enuyeor folowe C sec. m. marg. E sec. m. marg. enuye or folewe AGH. thin herte synneres; but in the drede of the Lord be thou al dai. For thou shalt han hope in the laste, and thin abiding shal not ben taken awei. Heere, my sone, and be thou wijs, and riȝt reule in the weie thin inwit. Wile thou not ben in the festis of drink|eris, ne in the meteshipis of hem, that flesh to eten bringen. For thei tendende to drinkis, and ȝiuende scot, shul ben wastid, and napping shal be cladclothid AEGH. with clothis. Heere thou thi fader, that gat thee; and ne dispise thou, `whan shal eelden thi moderthi moder, whanne she shal eelde A.. Bie treuthe, and wile thou not selle wisdam, and doctrine, and vnderstonding. Ful out ioȝeth with ioȝe the fader of the riȝtwise; that a wis man gat, shal gladen in hym. Ioȝe thi fader and thi moder, andOm. C pr. m. ful out ioȝe, that gat thee. Ȝif, sone myn, thin herte to me, and thin eȝen my weies kepe thei. A dep dich forsothe isOm. C pr. m. a strumpet, and a streit pit an alien womman. She waiteth in the weie, as a thef; and whom vnsleiȝ she seeth, she shal slen. To whom wo? to whos fader wo? to whom strif? to whom dichis? to whom withoute cause woundis? to whom `thristing outstiflyng E pr. m. of eȝen? Whether not to them, that dwellen in win, and studien to chalices to ben drunken vp? Ne beholde thou the win, whan it floureth, whan shal shine in the verr the colour of it. It shal gon in softe, but inat AH. the laste it shal bite as a shadewe eddere, and as a kokatrice ve|nymys shal heelden abrod. Thin eȝen shul beholde straunge wymen, and thin herte shal speke peruertid thingus. And thou shalt ben as slepende in the myddil se, and as the steris man al forslept, the steer staf lost. And thou shalt sey, Thei beeten me, but I sorewide not; thei drowen me, and I felide not; whanne shal I wake, and eft wines finden?

 CAP. XXIV.

Ne enuyeor folowe C sec. m. marg. E sec. m. marg. folewe A. enuy or folewe GH. thou euele men, ne desire thou to ben with them. For raueynes sweteli thenketh the mynde of hem, and giles the lippis of hem speken. Bi wis|dam shal thethin A. hous ben bild, and bi pru|dence it shul be strengthid. In doctrine shul be fulfildfild A. the celeris, with alle pre|cious substaunce and most fair. A wis man is strong, and a taȝt man is stal|wrthe and myȝti. For with disposicioun me goth in to bataile; and helthe shal ben, wher ben many counseilis. Ful heeȝ to the fool wisdam; inand in A. the ȝate he shal not openen his mouth. Who thenketh euelis to don, a fool shal ben clepid. The thenking of the fool is synne; and abho|minacioun of men the bacbitere. If slyden thou despeire, in the dai of anguyshveniaunce AH. `shal beOm. C pr. m. `maad litilfounden E pr. m. thi strengthe. Deli|uere hem, that ben lad to deth; and that ben drawen to diyng, to deliuere ne cese thou. If thou shul seyn, Strengthis seruen not; he that is the inward be|holdere of herte, vnderstondith, and the kepere of thi soule no thing begilith, and shall ȝelde to a man after his werkis. Et, sone, hony for good; and the most swete honycomb to thi throte. So and the doctrine of wisdam to thi soule; the whiche whan thou findist, thou shalt han in the laste thingus hope; and thin hope shal not pershe. Ne aspie thou, and seche vnpitousnesse in the hous of the riȝtwis, ne waste thou the reste of hym. Seuene sithes forsothe shal falle the riȝt|wis, and risen; the vnpitouse forsothe shal fallen in to euel. Whan thin enemy fallith, ne ioȝe thou; and in the falling of hym ful out ioȝe not thin herte; lest perauenture the Lord see, and it displese to hym, and he take awei fro hym his wrathe. Striue thou not with the werste men, and enuyeor folowe E sec. m. marg. folewe A. enuye or sew GH. thou not vnpitoseto vnpitose E pr. m. men. For euele men han not hope of thingus to come, and the lanterne of vnpitous men shal be quenchid. Dreed God, sone myn, and the king; and with bacbiteres be thou not mengd. For sodeynli at ones shal rise the perdicioun of hem, and the falling of euer either who knewȝ? These thingus forsothe to wise men. To knowen persone in dom is not good. Who seith to the vnpitous, Thou art riȝtwis, puples shal cursen to hym; and linages shul wlaten hym. Who vnder|nymyn, shul ben preisid; and vp on hem shal come blessing. Lippes shal kisse, that riȝt wrdis answerth. Greithe out forth thi werc, and bisili enhaunte thi feeld, that aftir thou bilde vp thin hous. Be thou not a witnesse in idil aȝen thi neȝhebore; and ne flatere thou any man with thi lippes. Ne sey thou, As he dide to me, so I shal do to hym, and I shal ȝelde to eche man after his werc. Bi the feld of the slowe man I passede, and bi the vyne of the fool man; and lo! al netlis hadden fulfild, thornes hadden co|uered the vtmostvttermoost AGH. of it, and the wal of stones was destroȝed. The whiche whan I hadde see, I putte in myn herte, and bi exsaumple lernede discipline. Hou longe, slowe, thou slepist? hou longe fro slep thou shalt rise? A litil forsothe thou shalt slepe, a litil while thou shalt nappe, a litil thin hondis thou shalt lei togidere, that thou reste; and ther shal come to thee as a corour thi nedynesse, and thi beggingnesse as a man armyd. These forsothe theben the A. Parablis of Salamon, the whiche translateden the men of Eze|chie, king of Juda.

 CAP. XXV.

The glorie of God is to hilyn a wrd; and the glorie of kingis to enserchen a sermoun. Heuene aboue, and erthethe erthe EH. be|nethe, and the herte of kingus vnserch|able. Do awei rust from siluer, and ther shal gon out a most pure vessel. Do awei vnpitousnesse fro the chere of the king, and bi riȝtwisnesse shal ben fastned the trone of hym. Ne glorious apere thou befor the king, and in placethe place AGH. of grete men stonde thou not. Betere isit is EG sec. m. forsothe, that it be seid to thee, Steȝe vp hidir, than that thou be mekid be|forn a prince. That thin eȝen seȝen, ne speke thou soone in strif; lest parauen|ture thou mowe not amende, whan thou hast dishonestid thi frend. Thi cause trete with thi frend, and priuyte to a straunger opene thou not; lest perauen|ture he asaile to thee, whan he shal heren, and to repreuen cese not. Grace and frendshipe delyueren, the whiche kepe thou to thee, lest thou be maad repreuable. A goldene cheke bon in sil|uerene beddis, that speketh a wrd in his tyme. A goldene erering, and a mar|garite shynende, that vndernemeth a wis man, and an ere obedient. As cold of snoȝ in the dai of rep, soOm. AG pr. m. H. an feithful messager to hym that sente hym; the soule of hym to resten he maketh. Cloud and wind, and reines not folew|ende, a man glorious, and the behestes not fulfillende. Bi pacience shal ben maad softe the prince; and a nesshe tunge shal to-breke hardnesse. Hony thou hast founden, ett that suffiseth to thee; lest parauenture fulfild thou spewe it out. Withdraȝ thi foot fro the hous of thi neȝhebore; lest any time fulfild, he shul hate thee. Spere, and swerd, and sharp arwe, a man that speketh aȝen his neȝhebore fals witnesse. A roten toth, and a foot sliden, that hopith vpon the vnfeithful in the dai of anguysh, and leeseth the mantil in the dai of cold. Eisel in glas, that singeth dites with peruertid herte. As a moȝhemouȝth A. mowȝte E. to the cloth, and a werm to the tree, so sorewe of a man noȝeth to the herte. If thin enemy shul hungren, feed hym; if he thristith, ȝif hym watir to drinke; for|sothe colis thou shalt gadere togidere vp on the hed of hym; and the Lord shal ȝelde to thee. A northerne wind scater|eth reynes; and a dreri face the bac|bitende tunge. Betere is to sitte in a corner of a roof, than with a womman ful of strif, in the hous of a feste. Cold watir to the threstende soule; and a good messager fro a ferr lond. A welle tru|blid bi foot, and a veyne corupt, the riȝtwis fallende beforn the vnpitous. As he that etith myche hony, and it is not to hym good; so thathe that A. is a serchere of mageste, shal ben opressid of glorie. As an opyn cite, and withoute enuyrounyng of wallis; so a man that mai not in speking chastisen his spirit.

 CAP. XXVI.

What maner snoȝ in somer, and reyn in rep time; so vnsemende is to the fool glorie. For as a brid to heȝe thingus ouerfleende, and a sparewespare C. whider hym list goende; so curs in veyn spoken in to sum man shal comen ouer. A scourge to an hors, and a bernacle to an asse; and a ȝerde in the reg of vnprudent men. Answere thou not to a fool aftir his folie, lest thou be maad out lic to hym. Answere to a fool aftir his folie, lest he seme to ben wis to hymself. Halt in feet, and drinkende wickidnesse, that sendith wordus bi a fool messager. What maner the halte hath in veyn faire leggis; so vnsemende thing is in the mouth of foolis a parable. As he that sendith a ston in to an hep of monee; so he that ȝiueth to an vnwis man wrshipe. What maner if a thorun be growen in the hond of the drunken; so a parable in the mouth of foolis. Dom determyneth causes; and he that puttith silence to a fool, swageth wrathis. As an hound that tourneth aȝeen to his vome; so an vnprudent man, that reherseth his folie. Hast thou seen a man wis to be seen to hymself? more than he an vnwis man shal han hope. The slowe seith, A leoun is in the weie, andOm. C. a leounesse is in the gatis. As a dore is turned in his heeng; so a sloȝ man in his litle bed. A sloȝ man hidith hisOm. AEH. hondis vnder his arm pit; and trauailith, if to his mouth he shal turnechaungen E pr. m. them. Wisere to hymself the slowe semeth, than seuene men spekende sentences. As he that cachith bi the eres a dogge; so he that passeth, and vnpacient shal be mengd withOm. AG pr. m. H. to the strif of an other. As gilti he is, that sendith speres and arwes in to deth; so the man that gilendeli noȝeth to his frend, and whan he were caȝt, shal sey, Pleiende I dide. Whan wodis shuln failen, the fyr shal ben queyntquenchid AEGH.; and the groynere withdrawen, striues togi|dere resten. As deade colis to quyke colis, and wode to fyr; so a wratheful man rereth striues. The wrdis of a groynere as simple; and thei comen thurȝ tounto AEGH. the inmostis of the herte. What maner as with foul siluer thou wilt ho|noure britil vessel; so swellende lippis with werst herte felashipid. In his lippis is vndirstonde the enemy, whan in herte he hath tretid treccheries. Whan he shal vndirputte his vois, ne ȝiue thou credence to hym; for seuene wickid|nesses ben in the herte of hym. Who couereth hate gilendeli, shal ben opened the malice of hym in counseil. Who delueth a dich, shal falle in to it; and who ouirturneth a ston, it shal ben aȝeen turned to hym. A deseyuable tunge looueth not the treuthe; and the sliderislyper A. mouth werchith fallingis.

 CAP. XXVII.

Ne glorieioye A. thou in to the moru, vn|knowende what the dai to ouercome bringe forth. Preise thee an alien, and not thi mouth; a straunger, and not thi lippis. Heuy is the ston, and chari|ous is the grauel; but the wrathe of the fool is heuyere than either. Wrathe hath not mercy, ne brekende out wod|nesse; and the bure of the stirid spirit bern who shall moun? Betere is open amending, than hid looue. Betere ben the woundis of the loouere, than the gileful kosses of the hatere. The soule fulfild shal to-trede the hony comb; the soule forsothe hungrende also bitter for sweete shal take. As a brid ouerpass|ende fro his nest, so a man that forsak|eth his place. With oynement and di|uers smellis deliteth the herte; and with goode counseilis of the frend the soule is swetid. Thi frend, and the frend of thi fader, ne leue thou; and the hous of thi brother go thou not in, in the dai of thi tormenting. Betere is a neȝhebore bi|side, than a brother aferr. Studie to wisdam, sone myn, and glade thou myn herte; that thou mowe to the repreuere answern a wrd. The felle seende euel is hid; litle childer forth passende suf|freden harmys. Tac the clothing of hym, that behotith for a straunger; and for an alien tac awei to hym a wed. Who blissith to his neȝhebore with a gret vois, fro nyȝt risende, to the cursere shal be lic. Rooues thurȝ droppende in the dai of cold, and a womman ful of strif ben comparisound togidere. Who holdith hir, as he heelde wind; and theas the E pr. m. oile of his riȝt side he auoide out. Iren with iren is whettid out; and a man whettith out the face of his frend. Who kepith a fige tree, shal ete the frutis of it; and who kepere is of his lord, shal ben glorified. What maner wise in wa|tris aȝeen shinen the cheres of men lok|ende; so the hertes of men ben opened to prudent men. Helle and perdicioun neuere ben fulfild; and the eȝen of men vnfillable. What maner wise siluer is preued in the ȝeting vessel, and gold in the furneis; so is preued a man in the mouth of preiseris. The herte of the wicke sechith out euelis; the riȝt for|sothe herte secheth out kunnyng. If thou bete togidere a fool in a morter, as hoolid barli smytende there vp on the pestel; shal not ben take awei fro hym his folie. Bisili knowe thou the chere of thi beeste; and thi flockis behold. Forsothe thou shalt not han continuelli power; but a croune shal be ȝolde to thee in ieneracioun of ieneraciouns. Opened ben the medwis, and apereden greene erbis; and gedered ben heys fro the hillis. Lombis ben to thi clothing; and geet to the pris of the feeld. Suffise to thee the mylc of got in to thi metes; in to the necessaries of thin hous, and to liflode to thin hond wymmen.

 CAP. XXVIII.

The vnpitouse fleeth, no man pursu|ende; the riȝtwis forsothe as a leoun trostende without ferd shal be. For the synnes of the erthe manye princis of it; and for the wisdam of a man, and the kunnyng of these thingus that ben seid, the lif of a duk shal ben lengere. A man pore chalengende pore men, lic is to hidous weder, in whiche is greithid hunger. Who forsaken the lawe, preisen the vnpitous; who kepen, shul ben tend vp aȝen hym. Euele men thenken not dom; who forsothe aȝeen sechen the Lord, taken to heed alle thingus. Betere is a pore man goende in his simplenesse, than a riche man in his shreude weies. Who kepith the lawe, a wis sone is; who forsothe glotounes fedith, shendith his fader. Who kepith togidere richesses with vsures, and with free wynnyng of vsure, in to pore men he gedereth hem togidere. Who bowith doun his eres, that he here not the lawe; his orisoun shal be maad cursful. Who desceyueth riȝte men in an euel weie, in his deth shal falle; and simple men shuln welden his goodis. A wis man to hymself is seen a riche man; the pore forsothe prudent shal enserchen hym. In the ful out ioȝing of riȝtwis men myche glorieioȝe E pr. m. is; regnende vnpitous men, fallingus ben of men. Who hidith his hidous giltis, shal not ben riȝt reulid; who forsothe knoulechith and forsakith, mercy shal gete. Blisful the man, that euermor is ferdful; who forsothe is of hard mynde, shal falle in to euel. A leoun rorende, and a bere hungrende, an vnpitous prince onup on AEGH. a pore puple. A nedi duk of pru|dence manye shal opresse bi chalenge; who forsothe hatith auarice, long shul be made the daȝes of hym. The man that wrongfulli chalengith to the soule, the blod of hym, if vn to the lake he shul flee, no man sustenethshal susteynen E pr. m.. Who goth simpleli, shal ben saaf; who in peruertid weies shal go, shal falle togidere at ones. Who werchith his erthe, shal be fulfild with loeues; who folewith idil reste, shal ben fulfild with nedynesse. A man feithful myche shal ben preisid; who forsothe heeȝ|eth to be maad riche, shal not ben inno|cent. WhoWho forsothe E pr. m. knowith in dom face, he this doth not wel; and for a morsel of bred he forsaketh the treuthe. The man that heeȝeth to be maad riche, and to othere men enuyeth; vnknowith that nedinesse come vp on to hym. Who chastiseth a man, grace aftir shal find anent hym; more than he that bi flateringus of tunge bigilith. Who withdrawith any thing fro his fader and moder, and seith that not to ben synne, parcener is of a man sleere. Who bostith of hymself, and spredeth abrod, sterith striues; who for|sothe hopeth in the Lord, shal be saued. Who trostith in his herte, is a fool; who forsothe goth wisly, heOm. A. shal ben preisid. Who ȝiueth to the pore, shal not neden; who dispiseth the preiere louli, shal suf|fre scarnesse. Whan vnpitous men shuln risen, men shul ben hid; and whan thei han pershid, the riȝtwise shul ben mul|tiplied.

 CAP. XXIX.

To the man, that the chastisere with hard noll dispisith, feerli deth shal come vp on to hym; and hym helthe shal not folewe. In the multepliyng of riȝtwis men shal gladen the comun; and whan vnpitous men han taken princehed, the puple shal weilen. The man that loou|eth wisdam, gladith his fader; who for|sothe nurshith an hoore, shal leese sub|staunce. A riȝtwis king rereth vp the lond; an auerous man shal destroȝen it. The man that with flateryng and feyned wrdis spekith to his frend; a net spred|ith to his goingis. The sinnende wicke man a grene shal inwrappe; and the riȝtwise shal preisen, and ioȝen. The riȝtwise kneȝ the cause of pore men; the vnpitous vnknowith kunnyng men. Bacbitende scateren the cite; wise men forsothe turnen awei wodnesse. A wis man if with a fool shul striue; whethir he laȝhe, or wrathe, he shal not finde reste. Men of blodis hateden the sim|ple; riȝtwis men forsothe sechen the soule of hym. Al his spirit bringeth forth the fool; a wis man berth ouer, and kepith vnto afterward. A prince that gladli hereth the wrdis of lesing; alle the mynystris hath vnpitouse. The pore and the creaunsour metten togi|dere; of either the liȝtnere is the Lord. The king that demeth in treuthe pore men; the trone of hym in to withoute ende shal be fastned. Ȝerde and correc|cioun shal ȝelde wisdam; the child for|sothe, that is laft to his wil, confoundith his modir. In the multipliyng of vnpit|ous men shuln ben multiplied hidous giltis; and the fallingisfalling A. of hem riȝtwis men shul see. Lerne thi sone, and he shal refreshen thee; and he shal ȝiue delices to his soule. Whan prophecie shal faile, the puple shal ben scaterid; who forsothe kepith the lawe, is blisful. The seruaunt in wrdis mai not ben lerned; for that that thou seist, he vn|dirstantvndurstondith AH., and to answern he dispisith. Hast thou seen a man swift to speken? folie more is to ben hopid than the cor|reccioun of hym. Who delicatli fro childhedhis childhed E pr. m. nurshith his seruaunt; after|ward shal feelen hym vnobeisaunt. The man wratheful stireth striues; and he that is liȝt to han indignacioun, shal be to synnes more redi. The proude man lounesse folewithhatith E sec. m.; and the meke man in spirit glorie shal resceyue. Who with a theef is parcener, hatith his soule; the adiurere he hereth, and not shewith. Who dredith a man, soone shal falle; who hopith in the Lord, shal ben vp rerid. Manye sechen the face of the prince; and dom of echeechon AEGH. shal gon out fro the Lord. Riȝtwis men wlaten the vnpitous man; and vnpitous men wlaten hem, that ben in the riȝt weie. The sone kepende the wrd shal ben out of perdi|cioun. The wrdis of the gederere, vo|mende sone.

 CAP. XXX.

The viseoun that a man spac, with whiche is God, and that, God with hym wonende, coumfortid, seith, Most fool I am of men; and the wisdam of men is not with me. I lernede not wisdam; and I knewȝ the kunnyng of seintus. Who steȝide vp in to heuene, and who cam doun? Who with heeld spirit in his hondis? who bond togidere watris as in a cloth? Who rerede alle the termes of the erthe? What name is of hym? and what name of the sone of hym, if thou knewe? Eche sermoun of God firidis firid A., a sheld it is to alle hoperis in itself. Ne adde thou any thing to the wordis of hymit E pr. m.; and thou be vndernome, and founde a liere. Two thingus I preȝede to thee; ne denien thou to me, er I die. Vanyte and lesing wrdiswordis C sec. m. fer do awei fro me; beggerie and richessis ne ȝiue thou to me; ȝif onli to my liflode nede|ful thingus; lest par auenture I fulfild, be drawen to denyen, and seie, Who is the Lord? and thurȝ nede constreyned, stele, and forswere the name of my God. Ne acuse thou a seruaunt to his lord, lest par auenture he curse to thee, and thou falle. Jeneracioun is, that to his fader cursith, and that to his moder blisseth not. Jeneracioun that to hymself clene is seen, and neuer the latere it is not wasshe fro his filthis. Jeneracioun of the whiche ben the eȝen and the eȝe lidis of it in to heȝe thingus vp rerid. Jenera|cioun that for teth hath swerdis, and chewith with his wang teth; that he ete helpelesthe helpeles A. fro the erthe, and pore men fro men. Waterlechis two ben doȝtris, seiende, Bring on, bring on. Thre thingus ben vnfillable, and the ferthe, that seith neuermoreeuermore A., It suffisith; helle, and the mouth of a womman wombe, and the erthe that neuer is fild with water; fijr forsothe neuermorOm. E pr. m. seiththat seith not E pr. m., It suffiseth. The eȝe that scorn|eth the fader, and that dispiseth the birthe of his moder, pecken hym out crowis of the stremes; and ete hym the sonus of the egle. Thre thingus ben hard to me, and the ferthe outerli I knowe not; the weie of an egle in he|uene, the weie of the shadewe eddere onup on AEGH. a ston, the weie of a ship in the mydmyddel AEGH. se, and the weie of a man in his waxende ȝoutheȝongth A passim.. Such is the weie of thea AEGH. womman auoutresse, that etith, and wip|ende hir mouth, seith, I haue not wroȝt euel. Bi thre thingus is moued the erthe, and the ferthe itthat it E pr. m. mai not sustene; bi a seruaunt, whan he regneth; bi a fool, whan he were fulfild with mete; bi an hateful womman, whan she were taken in to matrimoyne; and bi an hand wom|man, whan she were eir of hir ladi. Foure thingus ther ben the leste of erthethe erthe AEGH., and thei ben wisere than wise men; amptis, a feble puple, that greithen in rep time mete to them; a litil hare, a folc vnmyȝti, that in a ston his bed set|tith; a king the locuste hath not, and it goth out alle bi cumpanyes; a lisard with hondis cleueth, and he dwellith in the housis of a king. Thre thingus benthere ben A., that weel gon, and the ferthe, that goth welsumly. A leoun, most strong of bestes, at `aȝen coomyngthe aȝen comyng AGH. of noon shal dreden; a cok gyrd vp the leendis, and a ram, and ther is not that withstonde to hym. And that fool shal seme, aftir that he is rerid vp in to heeȝ; if forsothe he hadde vnderstonden, to his mouth he hadde put on hond. Who forsothe strongli threst|eth tetes, to drawen out mylc, threstith out buttere; and who hugeli smyteth, drawith out blod; and who terreth wrathis, bringeth forth discordis. The wrdis of Lamuel, theOm. C. king; the siȝte in whichethe whiche AEGH. hisis C. moder taȝte hym. What my leef? what my leef of my wombe? what my leef of my vouwis?

 CAP. XXXI.

Ne ȝiue thou to wimmen thi sub|staunce, andne AG pr. m. H. thiOm. A. richesses to ben don awei kingus. Wile thou not to kingus, O! Lamuel, wile thou not to kingus ȝiue win; for no priuyte is, where drunke|nesse regneth. Lest par auenture thei drinken, and forȝeten domes, and chaungen the cause of the sonus of the pore. Ȝiueth cither to mornende men, and win to hem that ben in bitter inwit. Drinke thei, and forȝete thei of ther nedynesse; and of ther sorewesorewis A. sorewen GH. recorde thei no more. Opene thi mouth to the doumbe, and to the causes of alle sones that passen, opene thou thi mouth. Deme that is riȝtwis, and venge the helpeles and the pore. Aleph. A strong womman who shal finde? aferr andOm. A. fro the utmostvttermoost AGH. endis the pris of hir. Beth. Trosteth in hir the herte of hir man; and spoiles he shal not neden. Gimel. She shal ȝelde to hym good, and not euel, alle the daȝes of hir lif. Deleth. She soȝte wlle and flax; and wroȝte bi the counseil of hir hondis. He. She is mad as a ship of a marchaund, fro aferr bringende hir bred. Vau. And fro the nyȝt she ros, and ȝaf prei to hir homli men, and metis to hir hand wymmen. Zay. She beheeld a feeld, and boȝte it; of the frut of hir hondishond C. she plauntide a vyne. Heth. She girde to with strengthe hir leendis, and made stalwrthe hir arm. Teth. She tastide, and saȝ, for good is the chaffar|ing of hir; shall not ben quenchid in the nyȝt the lanterne of hir. Joth. Hir hond she putte to stronge thingus, and hir fingris caȝten the spindle. Caf. Hir hond she openede to the helpeles, and hir paumes she straȝte out to the pore. Lameth. She shal not drede to hir hous of coldys of snoȝ; alle forsothe hir homlideboner E pr. m. men benshe A. cladclothide AGH. with double. Men. A rai cloth she made to hir; bijs and purpre the clothing of hir. Num. Noble in the ȝates the man of hir, whan he shal sitte with the senatoures of the erthe. Sameth. Sendel she made, and solde; and a litil girdil she toc to Canane. Ayn. Strengthe and fairnesse the clothing of hir; and she shal laȝhen in the laste dai. Fee. Hir mouth she openede to wisdam; and the lawe of noble merci in the tunge of hir. Sade. She beheeld the pathis of hir hous; and idil bred she eet not. Cof. Ther risen the sones of hir, and most blisful prech|eden; and the man of hir preiside hir. Res. Manie doȝtris gedereden richesses; thou ouerpassedist alle. Syn. Desceyu|able grace and veyn is fairnesse; the womman dredende the Lord, she shal be preisid. Thau. Ȝiueth to hir of the frut of hir hondis; and preisen hir in the ȝates hir werkis.

 ECCLESIASTES. Heere gynnethbegynneth AEGH. the prologe in the boc of Ecclesiastes, that is to sey, bocthe book A. of talker to the puple, or togidere clepere.

THIS almost the fifte ȝeer, whan ȝit I was at Rome, that Eclesiasten I shulde reden to Seint Blesill, that hir I shulde stire to theOm. C. dispising of thesthe C pr. m. world, and that she shulde sett al that in the world she beholdithbehalt C pr. m., to ben for noȝt, Iand I L. haue mynde, me preȝid offor ILR. hir, that in totwo L. maner of aOm. LR. short exposicioun alle the hard thingus I shulde clerli expoune, that, withoute me, she myȝte vnderstonde thatthat that I. she radde; and so forfro L. in the firste greithing of oure werc, she withdrawen with sodeyn deth, andOm. I., O! Paule and Eustoche, wee deserueden not toOm. A. hahan AEGH. haue ILR. such a felawe of oure lif, and with so myche wounde smyten, thanne I becam doumb. Now in Bethlem set, that is, inOm. I. a streiterestreiȝt I. cite, I ȝeelde that I owe and to the mynde of hir and to ȝou; this shortli doende to witen, that the autorite of no man I folewede, but translatendeful translatynge R. fro Ebru most I con|foormede me to the custum of the Seuenti Remenoures, in these thingus onli that not myche fro EbruesEbrew A. they discordedendiscorden I.. Otherwhile also I recordid of Aquile, also and of Simake, and of TheodocianTheodosi L., that I shulde not ferenseete L. the studi of the redere with to myche newenesse, ne, onin R. the othertother AGHILR. side, the welle of treuthe left, aȝen my concience I shulde togidere folewen the stremes of opinyouns.

Here endeth the prolog of Ecclesiastes; se now the boocFrom K. Here eendith the prolog, and biginneth the firste chapitre. L. Heere eendith the prolog, and bigynneth Ecclesiastes. R. No final rubric in the other MSS.. Heer gynneth the boocEcclesiastes. A. Heer begynneth the book. E. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

The wrdis of Ecclesiastes, sone of Dauid, king of Jerusalem. Vanite of vanites, seide Eclesiastes; vanite of va|nytes, and alle thingus vanyte. What hath a man more ouer ofOm. AGH. al his tra|uaile, that he trauaileth vnder the sunne? Jeneracioun goth, and ieneracioun cometh; the erthe forsothe in to with oute ende stantstondith AH.. The sunne risith vp, and goth doun, and to his place turneth aȝeen; and there aȝeen risende goth aboute bi the south, and turneth aȝeen to the north. Enuyrounende alle thingus the spirit in cumpas passeth, and in to his cercles turneth aȝeen. Alle flodis entren in to the se, and the se redoundith not; to the place whennes the flodis wenten out, thei turnen aȝeen, that eft thei flowen out. Alle thingus harde, and a man mai not them tellen out pleynli with wrd; the eȝe is not fild with siȝte, ne fulfild is the ere with heering. What is that was, it that is to come? What is that is mad, it that is to be maad? No thing vnder the sunne newe, ne any man mai seyn, Lo! this is fresh newe; now for|sothe it wente beforn in worldis, the whiche weren beforn vs. Ther is not mynde of the rathere thingus, but and of tho thingis forsothe, that ben aftir to come, shal not ben recording anentanentis E passim. hem that be to come in the laste time. I Eclesiastes was king of Irael in Jerusa|lem; and I purposide in myn inwit to seche and enserchen wisli of alle thingus, that ben mad vnder sunnethe sunne AEGH.. This werste ocupacioun ȝaff God to the sonus of men, that thei shulden ben ocupied in it. I saȝ alle thingus that ben mad vnder the sunne, and, lo! alle thingus vanite and tormenting of spirit. Peruertid men of hard ben amendid; and withoute ende is the noumbre of foolis. I spac in myn herte, seiende, Lo! gret I am mad, and I wente beforn alle in wisdam, that weren beforn me in Jerusalem; and my mynde beheeld manye thingus wisli, and I lern|ede. And I ȝaf myn herte, that I knewe prudence and doctrine, and errouris and folie. And I knewȝkneȝ C. that in these thingis also was trauaile and tormenting of spi|rit; for thi that in myche wisdam is myche indignacioun, and that addith kun|nyng, addeth and trauaile.

 CAP. II.

I seide in myn herte, I shal go, and flowefolewe A. deliceswith delices AEGH., and I shal take the frutis inof AG pr. m. H. goodis; and I saȝ also that that was vanyte. And laȝhing I heeld errour, and to ioȝe I seide, Wherto in veyn thou art bigilid? I thoȝte in myn herte to with|drawe fro wyn my flesh, and myn inwit to bern ouer to wisdam, and that I shulde eschewe folie, to the tyme that I shulde seen, what were profitable to the sonus of men; the whiche thing don, nede is to ther lif in the noumbre of daȝes vnder the sunne. I magnefiede my werkis, I bilde to me houses, and plauntide vynes; I made gardynes and appil gardynes, and I plauntide them with the trees of alle kinde; and I made out to me cys|ternesfishpondis C pr. m. E pr. m. of watris, that I shulde watren the wode of the buriounynge tres. I weldide seruauns and hand wymmen, and mychemychel E. meyne I hadde; droues also, and grete flockis of sheep, ouer alle men that weren befor me in Jerusalem. I hepede to me siluer and gold, and sub|staunces of kingus and of prouynces; I made to me singeris and singeresses, and the delices of sonus of men, cuppis and pottis in seruise, to wynes to ben held; and I passede in richesses alle, that be|forn me weren in Jerusalem. Wisdam also abod stille with me, and alle thingus that desireden myn eȝen, I denyede not to them; ne I forfendideforfendide not E pr. m. myn herte, but that of alle voluptuouste he shulde take frut, and al delicen hym self in these thingus that I hadde greithid; and this I alouwide my part, for I shulde vsen my trauaile. And whan me I hadde turned to alle the werkis that myn hondis hadden don, and to theOm. A. trauailes in whiche in veyn I hadde swat, I saȝ in alle thingus vanyte and tormenting of inwit, and no thing to dwelle stille vnder the sunne. I passede, and to ben be|holden wisdam, and erroures, and folie; what is forsothe a man, that he mowe folewen the king, his makere? And I saȝ, that so myche wisdam wente beforn folie, hou myche liȝt is in difference fro dercnesses. Of the wise man the eȝen in his hed, the fool goth in dercnesses; and I lernede, that o diyng was of euere either. And I seide in myn herte, If oon and of the fool and my diyng shal be, what to me profiteth, that more bisy|nesse I ȝaf to wisdam? And spoken with my mynde, I toc heed, that that also was vanyte. Forsothe ther shal not be theOm. C pr. m. mynde of the wise man, lic maner as of the fool in to withoute ende, and the times to come with forȝeting alle thingus shul couere togidere; the taȝt man dieth also and the vntaȝt. And therfore it noȝede me of my lif, seende alle euelis to ben vnder the sunne, and alle thingus va|nytesvanyte AGH. and tormenting of spirit. Eft I wlatede alle my bisynesse, that vnder the sunne most studiousli I trauailede, to hanhaunge E pr. m. an eir after me, whom I knoweknewe AGH. not, whe|ther wis or fool he be to ben; and shal lordshipen in my trauailes, in the whiche I haue myche swat, and ben bisy; and alle thingthingus C. is soalso A. veyn. Wherfore I cesede, and myn herte forsoc more to trauailen vnder the sunne. For whan an other shal trauailen in wisdam, and doctrine, and besynesse, and to an idil man the purchasid thingus lefeth; and that thanne vanytegret vanyte E pr. m., and gret euel. What forsothe shal profite to a man of al his trauaile, and of the tormenting of spirit, that vnder the sunne he is tormentid? Alle the daȝes of hym of sorewes and myseyseof miseyse C pr. m. ben ful, and bi the nyȝt in mynde he resteth not; and whether is not that vanyte? Whether is itOm. AG pr. m. H. not betere to eten and drinketo drinke E., and to shewe to his lif the goodis of his trauailes? and that is of the hond of God. Who shal sothanne A. deuouren, and de|licis flowen, as I? To a good man in his siȝte God ȝaf wisdam, and kunnyng, and vnderstonding; to the synnere forsothe he ȝaf tormenting, and wast bisynesse, that he adde, and gedere togidere, and take to hym that shal plesen to God; but and this vanite, and wastbrosed E pr. m. besynesse of mynde.

 CAP. III.

Alle thingus han time, and in ther spaces passen alle thingus vnder the sunne. Time of hauyng birthe, and time of diyng; time of plaunting, and time of pulling vp that is plauntid. Time of sleying, and time of heling; time of de|stroȝing, and time of bilding. Time of weping, and time of laȝhing; time of weiling, and time of leping. Time of sprenging abrod stones, and time of ga|dering togidere; time of clipping, and time to ben maad aferr fro clippingus. Time of purchasing, and time of leesing; time of keping, and time of casting awei. Time of kutting, and time of souwing to|gidere; time of holding pes, and time of speking. Time of loouing, and time of hate; time of bataile, and time of pes. What hath a man more of his trauaile? I saȝ the affliccioun, that God ȝaf to the sonus of men, that thei be tormentid in it. Alle thingus he made goode in ther time, and the world he toc toin to AGH. theOm. A. disputisoundisposicioun E. of them, that a man finde not the werc that God wroȝte fro the bigynnyng to the ende. And I kneȝ that ther was notno AEGH. betere, but to gladen, and to do good in ther lif. Eche man forsothe that etith and drinketh, and seeth good of his trauaile; that the ȝifte of God is. I lern|ede that alle werkis, that God made, dwellen stille in to with oute ende; wee moun not to them any thing adden, or taken awei, that God made, that he be drad. That is maad, it dwellith stille; that ben to come, now weren; and God restoreth that, that ȝide awei. I saȝ vnder sunnethe sunne G sec. m. in theOm. AGH. place of dom vnpi|tousnesse; and in theOm. GH. place of riȝtwis|nesse wickidnesse. And I seide in myn herte, The riȝtwise and the vnpitouse the Lord shal demen; and tyme of alle thing thanne shal be. I seide in myn herte of the sonus of men, that God shulde prouen hem, and shewen to ben lic to bestis. Therfore oon is the diyng of men and of bestis, and euene the condicioun of euere either; as a man dieth, so and tho dien; lic maner brethen alle thingus, and no thing hath a man more than a beste. Alle thingus vnderlin to vanyte, and alle thingus gon to ooon E passim. place; of erthe thei ben maad, and in to erthe togidere thei turnen aȝeen. Who kneȝ, if the spiritspiritis AGH. of the sonus of Adam steȝe vp aboue, and if the spirit of bestis go doun bynethe? And I parceyuede no thing to ben betere, than a man to gladen in his werc, and that to ben the part of hym; who for|sothe hym shal leden to, that aftir hym he knowe thingis to comecomynge AGH.?

 CAP. IV.

I turnede me to othere thingus, and I saȝ chalenges, that vnder the sunne ben don, and the teres of innocens, and no man coumfortende; ne to mounmow E passim. with|stonde the violence of them, benomen the helpe of alle. And I preisede more the deade than the liuende; and I demede hym welsumere than either, that ȝit is not born, ne saȝ the euelis that ben don vnder the sunne. Eft I beheeld alle the trauailis of men, and the besynesses I tooc heed to ben opened to the enuye of neȝheborethe neiȝbour A.; and in that thanne vanyte, and wast besynesse is. The fool foldeth togidere his hondis, and eteth hisOm. AGH. flesh, seiende, Betere is a litil handful with reste, than ful either hond with trauaile and tormenting of inwit. Beholdende I founde and an other vanyte vndir the sunne; oon is, and the secunde hath not; nouther sone, ne brother; and ner the latere to trauailen he ceseth not, and ner the latere his eȝen ben not fild with richesses; ne he thenketh aȝeen, seiende, To whom trauaile I, and begile my soule of goodis? InAnd C. that also ys vanyte, and werst tormenting. Betere is `that twothanne two to C. ben togidere than oon; forsothe thei han auauntage of ther fela|shipe. If oon shul fallen, of the tother he shal ben holden vp; wo to the alone, for whan he shal fallen, he hath not a man rerende hym vp. If two shul slepe, thei shul ben nurshid togidere; oon, what maner shal he be maad hot? If any man haue the ouere hond aȝen oon, twotweyne AEGH. with|stonden to hym; a thre fold corde hard is to-broken. Betere is a child pore and wis than a king old and fool, that can|not seen beforn in to aftir. That and fro prisoun and cheynes otherwhile sum man goth out to a reume; and an other born into a reume with myseise is wastid. I saȝ alle liuende men that gon vnder the sunne, with the ȝunge ful waxynge the secunde, that shal rise for hym. With oute ende is the noumbre of puplethe puple A., of alle that weren beforn hym, and that aftirafter hym A. ben to comen, shul not gladen in hym; but and this vanyte and torment|ing of spirit. Kep thou thi foot, goende in to the hous of God, and neȝhe that thou heere; forsothe myche betere is obeisaunce than victorie sacrifisessacrifise C. of foolis, that wite not what thei don of euel.

 CAP. V.

And speke thou not folili any thing, ne thin herte be swift to bringe forth a wrd beforn God; God forsothe in heuene, and thou vpOm. C pr. m. on erthe, and therfore fewe be thi wrdis. Sweuenus folewen manye besynesses, and in manye wrdis shal ben founde folie. If any thing thou hauehast AEGH. vouwid to God, ne tarie thou to ȝelde; forsothe displesith to hym vnfeithful and fool beheste; but what euere thou auouw|ist, ȝeeld; and myche betere it is toOm. A. not auouwen, than aftir the vow the bihestis to not ȝelde. Ne ȝiue thou thi mouth, that thou make thi flesh to synnen; ne sey thou biforn the aungil, There is not purueying; lest parauenture the Lord, wroth vp on thi wrdis, scatere alle the werkis of thin hondis. Wher many sweuenes ben, many vanytes, and wrdis vnnoumbreable; thou forsothe dred God. If thou shalt seen wrongeOm. C pr. m. chalengis of nedi men, and violent domes, and riȝt|wisnesse to be turned vpso doun in pro|uynceprouyncis A., wndrene wondre E pr. m. thou not vp on this nede; for than the heeȝ an other is heȝere, and vp on these othere also ben heȝere stond|ende; and ferthermore the king of al erthe comaundith to the seruende. The auerouse shall not ben fulfild with monee; and that looueth richesses, frut shal not take of them; and this thanne vanyte. Wher ben many richesses, and manye that eten hem; andOm. CG sec. m. what profiteth to the weldere, but that he seeth the rich|esses with his eȝen? Swete is slep to the werchere, whether litil or mychemychel E. he ete; fulnesse forsothe of the riche man suf|frith hym not to slepen. Ther is and an other infirmyte werst, that I saȝ vndir the sunne; richesses kept in to euelthe euel AGH. of his lord. Forsothe thei pershen in the werste tormenting; `he gatOm. C pr. m. thei iendren E pr. m. he begat AE sec. m. GH. a sone, that in heȝest nedynesse shal be. As he wente out nakid of the wombe of his moder, so he shal turne aȝeen; and no thing he shal take with hym of his trauaile. Wreccheful forsothe infirmyte; what maner he cam, so he shal turne aȝeen. What thanne profiteth toOm. C pr. m. hym, that he trauailede in to wind? Alle the daȝes of his lif he eet in dercnesses, and in many besynesses, and in myseise, and sorewe. And so this to me is seen good, that a man ete, and drinke, and vse gladnesse of his trauaile, that he trauailede vnder the sunne, in noumbre of the daȝes of his lif, `the whichethat C pr. m. God ȝaf to hym; and this is his part. And to eche man, to whom God ȝaf richesses, and substaunce, and power he ȝaf to hym, that he ete of hem, and take the frut of his part, and glade of his trauaile; this is the ȝifte of God. Forsothe not `a seethynowȝ AE sec. m. marg. GH. he shal recorde of the daȝes of his lif, ther thurȝ that God ocupie in delicys his herte.

 CAP. VI.

Ther is and an other euel, that I saȝ vnder the sunne; and forsothe ofte anentis men. A man to whom God ȝaf richesses, and substaunce, and wrshepe; and no thing lacketh to his soule of alle thingis that he desireth; and God ȝyueth not power to hym, that he ete of it, but a straunge man shal deuouren it. This is vanyte, and gret wrecchidnesse. If any man geete an hundred free childer, and liue many ȝeris, and many daȝes of his age hadde, and the soule of hym vse nott the goodis of his substaunce, and lacke sepulture; of that I pronounce, that betere than he be maad `a dead bornan abortif E pr. m.. In veyn forsothe he cam, and wente to dercnesses; and bi forȝeting shal be don awei the name of hym. HeI AG pr. m. H. saȝ not the sunne, ne kneȝ the distaunce of good and euel; also if two thousend ȝeer he shulde liue, and hadde not ful vsid the goodis; whether not to o place gon alle? Al the trauaile of man in the mouth of hym, but the soule of hym shal not be fulfild with goodis. What more hath a wis man than a fool? and what a pore, but that he go thider, wher is lif? Betere is to seen that thou coueitist, than to desire that thou wost not; but and this is va|nyte, and presumpcioun of spirit. Who is to come, now is clepid the name of hym, and is knowen, that he be a man, and mai not aȝen a strengere than hym|self striuen with inOm. A. dom. Wrdis ben manye, and myche in disputing vanyte hauende.

 CAP. VII.

What nede is to a man more thingus than hymself to sechen; whan he vn|knowith, what it bringe to hym in his lif, bi noumbre of daȝes of his pilgrim|age, and bi time that as shadewe passede? or who to hym shal moun shewen, what after hym be to come vnder the sunne? Betere is a good name than precious oynementes; and the dai of deth than the dai of birthe. Betere is to go to the hous of weiling, than to the hous of a feste; in it forsothe the ende of alle men is warned, and liuende he thenketh, what be to come. Betere is wrathe than laȝh|ing; for bi sorewe of the chere the wil of the trespasere is amendid. The herte of wise men where is sorewe; and the herte of foolis where is gladnesse. Betere is to be chastisid of a wis man, than bi flatering of foolis to be desceyued; for as the soun of brennende thornes vnder a pot, so the laȝhing of a fool. But and this vanyte. Chaleng disturbeth the wise man, and shal leesen the strengthe of his herte. Betere is forsothe the ende of ori|sounthe orisoun AGH. than the begynnyng. Betere is athe A. pacient man than the enhauncende hym|self. Be thou not swift to wrathen; for wrathe in the bosum of a fool restith. Ne seye thou, What wenest thou of cause is, that the rathere tymes betere weren than now ben? folie forsothe is such a maner asking. Profitablere forsothe is wisdam with richesses, and more pro|fitith to men seende the sunne. Forsothe as wisdam defendith, soso and C pr. m. so defendith G sec. m. monee; this forsothe more hath lernyng and wisdam, that lif thei ȝeelden to ther weldere. Be|hold the werkes of God, that no man mai amende, whom he despiside. In the goode dai vse goodes, and the euele dai be war biforn; as forsothe this, so and it God made, that a man finde not aȝen hym riȝtwis pleyntes. These thingus also I sawȝ in the daȝes of my birthe; the riȝtwis pershede in his riȝtwisnesse, and the vnpitous myche time liueth, and in his malice. Wile thou not ben myche riȝtwis, ne more sauourensauere E. sauere thou AGH. than is nede; lest thou become stoneid. Ne myche vn|pytousli do thou, and wile thou not ben a fool; lest thou die in theOm. C. pr. m. time not thin. Good is, thee to sustenen the riȝtwis; but and fro hym ne withdrawe thou thin hond; for who dredeth God, no thing necgligentli leueth. Wisdam coumfortede the wise, ouer ten princes of the cite. Ther is not forsothe a riȝtwis man in the erthe, that do good, and not synne. But and to alle wrdis, that ben seid, ne leeue thouthou not E pr. m. thin herte; lest parauenture thou heere a seruaunt cursende to thee; thi conscience forsothe wot, for and thou ofte sithes cursedist to othere. Alle thingis I saȝedeasaiȝede G. in wisdam; I seide, Wis I shal be maad, and it ferthere wente awei fro me, myche more than it was; and heeȝ depnesse, who shal finde it? I cumpassede alle thingus in myn inwit, that I shulde witen, and beholde, and sechen wisdam and resoun, and that I shulde knowe the vnpitousnes of the fool, and the errour of vnprudent men. And I fond a womman bitterere than deth, the whiche is the grene of hunteres, and a net the herte of hir, bondis ben the hondis of hir; who plesith to God, shal ascapen hir, who forsothe is a synnere, shal be caȝt of hir. Lo! this I fond, seide Eclesiastes, oon and other, that I shulde finde resoun, that ȝit sechith my soule; and I fond not. A man of a thou|send oon I fond, a womman of alle I fond not. Onli this I fond, that God made man riȝt; and he hymself mengde with questiouns with oute ende. Who suchsechith A. oon as the wise is? and who kneȝ the solucioun of theOm. C pr. m. wrd?

 CAP. VIII.

The wisdam of a man liȝtnethliȝteth E pr. m. in the chere of hym; and the most myȝti the face of hym shal chaungen. I the mouth of the king kepe, and hestes and the othis of God. Ne heȝe thou to gon awei fro the face of hym, ne abide thou stille in euel werc. For al that he wille, he shal do; and the sermoun of hym is ful of power, ne any man mai sey to hym, Whi dost thou thus? Who kepeth the hest, shal not ben expertexpert, or feele AEGH. any thing `of euelOm. C pr. m.; time and answering the herte of the wise man vnderstantvnderstondeth AEH.. To alle nede time isOm. A. and couenablenesse; and myche tor|mentyng of a man, that vnknowith the passide thingus, and thethe thingis A. tho G. to comen bi no messager he may wite. It is not in a mannys power to defende the spirit, ne he hath power in the dai of deth, ne it is suffrid to resten, bataile aȝencomende; ne vnpitousnesse shal saue the vnpitouse. Alle these thingus I beheeld, and ȝaf myn herte in alle werkis, that ben mad vnder sunnethe sunne C pr. m.. Otherwhile a man lordshipeth to a man, in to his euel. I saȝ vnpitous men biried, that alsoo, whan ȝit thei liueden, `in holi placeOm. C pr. m. weren; and thei weren preised in the cite, as of riȝtwis werkis; but and this is vanyte. Forsothe for ther is not broȝt forth anoonOm. C pr. m. aȝen euele men sentence, withoute any drede the sones of men werchen eueles. And ner the latere the synnere, of that, that an hundrid sithes he doth euel, and bi pa|cience is sustened, I kneȝ that ther was good to men dredende God, that reue|rentli dreden the face of hym. Be ther not good to the vnpitouse, ne be ther aferr longid the daȝes of hym; but as shadewe passe they, that dreden not the face of the Lord. Ther is and an other vanyte, that is don vpOm. C pr. m. on erthe. Ther ben riȝtwis men, to theOm. C pr. m. whiche eueles comen forth, as werkes thei diden of vn|pitous men; and ther ben vnpitous men, that ben so sikir, as thoȝthof E passim. thei hadden the deedis of riȝtwis men; but and this most veyn I deme. I preisede therfore gladnesse, that ther was not to man good vnder sunne, but that he ete, and drinke, and ioȝe; and that onli with hym he take of hisal his E pr. m. trauaile, in the daȝes of his lif, that God ȝaf to hym vnder the sunne. And I leide to myn herte, that I wite wisdam, and vnderstande distin|cioun, that gothgon C pr. m. on erthe. Ther is a man, that daȝes and niȝtus slep taketh not to his eȝen. And I vnderstod, that of alle the werkis of God, no resoun of them mai a man finde, that ben mad vnder the sunne; and hou myche more he trauailede to sechen, so myche lasse he shal finde; also if the wise manOm. AGH. shal sei hymself to han knowen, he shal not moun finde. Alle these thingus I tretede in myn herte, that I vndirstonde cury|ously.

 CAP. IX.

Ther ben riȝtwise and wise men, and the werkis of hem in the hond of God; and ner the latere a man wot not, whe|ther looue or hate he be wrthi. But alle thingus in to time to come ben kept vncerteyn; for thi that alle thingus euenli comen to the riȝtwis and to the vnpitous, to the goode and to the euele, to the clene and to the vnclene, to the offrende ostis and victorie sacrifises, and to the despisende sacrifises; as a good man, so and a synnere; as a forsworn, so and he that soth swerth. This is the werste among alle thingis, that vnder the sunne ben don, for the same thingus to alle men fallen; wherfore and the hertes of the sonus of men ben fulfild with malice and with dispising in ther lif; and aftir theseOm. C pr. m. to helle thei shul ben broȝt doun. No man is, that euermor liue, and that of this thing haue trost; betere is a quyc dogge thanne a leoun dead. Lyuende men forsothe witen themself to be to dien; deade forsothe no thing knewen more, ne han ouer meede; for to for|ȝeting taken is the mynde of hem. Looue also, and hate, and enuyes togidere per|sheden; and thei han not part in this world, and in the werk that vnder the sunne is don. Go thanne, and ett in gladnesse thi bred, and drinc with ioȝe thi win; for to God plesen thi werkis. Alle times be thi clothis white, and oile fro thin hed faile not. Parfitli vse lif with the wif that thou loouest, alle the daȝes of thi lif of thin vnstablenesse, that ben ȝyue to thee vnder sunnethe sunne C pr. m., al the time of thi vanyte; this is forsothe part in lif, and in thi trauaile, that thou trauailist vnder sunnethe sunne C pr. m.. What euere thing mai thin hond don, besili werc; for nouther werc, ne resoun, ne wisdam, ne kunnyng is anent helle, whider thou gost. I turnede me to an other thing, andthat A. I saȝ vnder sunne neither cours to ben of swifte men, ne bataile of stronge men, ne bred of wise men, ne richesses of taȝt men, ne grace off craftis men; but time and chauns in alle thingus. A man wot not his ende; but as fisshis ben take with the hoc, and as briddes benOm. C pr. m. caȝt with the grene, so ben taken men in euel time, whan to them sodeynli it cometh ouer. This also vnder sunne I saȝ wis|dam, and prouede the moste. A litil cite, and fewe men in it; ther cam aȝen it a gret king, and besegede it, and made out strengthis bi enuyroun; and ful mad is the sege. And ther is founden in it a pore man and a wis; he delyuerede the cite bi his wisdam, and no man therafter recordede of that pore man. And I seide, betere to ben wisdam than strengthe; what maner thanne the wisdam of the pore man is despisid, and the wrdis of hym ben not herd? The wrdis of wise men ben herd in silence, more than the cri of a prince among foolis. Betere is wisdam than armes for bataile; and who in oon shal synnen, many goodis shal leese.

 CAP. X.

Fleȝis diende leesen the swotnesse of the oynement. More precious is wisdam and litil glorie at tyme, than folie. The herte of the wise man in the riȝthalf of hym; and the herte of the fool in the lifthalf of hym. But and in the weie a fool goende, whan he be an vnwis man, alle foolis eymeth. If the spirit of the hauende power steȝe vp vp on thee, thi place ne lefe thou; for kuring maketh to cese most synnes. Ther is euel, that I saȝ vnder the sunne, as bi errour goende out fro the face of the prince; a fool set in heeȝ dignete, and riche men to seete benethe. I saȝ seruauntis in hors, and princes goende as seruauns vp on erthe. Who delueth a dich, fallith in to it; and who scatereth the hegg, shal biten hym the shadewe eddere. Who berth ouer stones, shal be tormentid in hem; and who hewith trees, shal be woundid of hem. If aȝeen smytenbluntid E pr. m. were the iren, and that not as bifore, but were bluntid, with myche trauaile shall be whettid out; and aftir the besynesse shal folewe wisdam. If the eddere bijte in silence, no thing lasse than he hath, that priueli bacbiteth. TheIn the A. wrdis of the wise mouth grace; and the lippis of the vnwise shuln stumblen hym doun. The bigynnyng of the wrdis of hym folie; and the last thing of the mouth of hym werst errour. A fool multeplieth wrdes; a man vnknowith what beforn hym was, and what after is to come, who to hym shal moun shewe? The labour of foolys shal tor|menten hem, that kunnen not in to the cite gon. Wo to thee, thou lond, whos king is a child, and whos princes erli eten. Blisful the lond, whos king is noble; and whos princes eten in therOm. A. time, to fillenfulfillen AGH., and not to leccherie. In slouthis shal be mekid the ioynyng of sparres; and in infirmyteinfirmytes C. of hondis the hous shal droppe thurȝ. In laȝhing thei make bred and wyn, thatand A. thei ete drink|ende; and to monee obeshen alle thingus. In thi thenking ne bacbite thou to the king, and in the priuyte of thi bed, ne curse thou to the riche man; for and the foulis of heuene shuln bern thi vois, and that hath federes, shal telle out sen|tence.

 CAP. XI.

Send thi bred vp on men passende watris, for after manye times thou shalt finden it. Ȝif partis seuene, and also eiȝte; for thou knowist not, what be to comen of euelis vp on erthe. If the cloudis weren fulfild, weder vp on erthe thei shul heelden out; if the tree shul falle to the south, or to the north, in what euere place it shul falle, there it shal be. Who waiteth wind, sowith not; and who biholdith cloudis, neuermore shal repe. What maner wise thou know|est not, what be the weie of the spirit, and bi what resoun bones ben ioyned in the wombe of the womman with childe, so thou wost not the werkes of God, that is forgere of alle thingus. Erli sowe thi seed, and at eueeuen AGH. ne cese thin hond; for thou wost neuer, whiche more growe, this or that; and if either togidere, theOm. AEGH. betere shal be. Sweete the tree, and de|litable is to eȝen to seen the sunne. If manye ȝeres a man lyuede, and in alle these thingus were glad, he owith to han mynde of the derke tyme, and of many daȝes; the whiche whan thei shul come, of vanyte shul ben vndernomen the pass|ed tymes. Thanne glade thou, ȝunge man, in thi waxende age, and in good be thin herte in the daȝes of thi ȝouthe, and go in the weies of thin herte, and in the siȝte of thin eȝen; and wite thou, that for alle these thingus God shal bringe thee in to dom. Do awei wrathe fro thin herte, and put awei malice fro thi flesh; forsothe waxende age and vo|luptuouste ben veyn.

 CAP. XII.

Haue mynde of thi creatour in the daȝis of thi ȝouthe, and er timethe tyme A. come of tormenting, and neȝhen the ȝeres, of the whiche thou seye, Thei plesen not to me. Er the sunne waxe derc, and liȝt, andOm. A. sterres, and moonethe mone AH.; and the cloudis turnen aȝeen after reyn. Whan shul be moued the keperes of the hous, and the most strong men wageren; and idil shuln ben the wymmen grindende in a litil noumbre, and seende bi holes shul waxe derc; and closen the dores in the strete, in the meknesse of the vois of hir grindende; and thei shul rise at the vois of the brid, and alle the doȝtris of the song shul become doumb. Heȝe thingus also shul dreden, and quaken in the weie; the almaunder shal flouren, and the locust shal be mad fat, and the erbe caperis shal be scatered; for a man shal gon in to the hous of his euerlasting|nesse, and men weilende shul gon aboute in the strete. Er be to-broke the sil|ueren corde, and aȝeen come the goldene filet, and the stene be to-brosid vp on the welle, and to-broke be the wheel vp on the cisterne; and pouder turne aȝeen in to his erthe, whenes he was, and the spirit go aȝeen to God, that ȝaf it. Va|nyte of vanytes, seide Eclesiastes, va|nyte of vanytes, and alle thingus vanyte. And whan Eclesiastes was most wis, he taȝte the puple, and tolde out what `he haddeit shulde E pr. m. do, and enserchende made manye parablis; he soȝte profitable wrdis, and wrot most riȝt sermounes, and ful of treuthe. The wrdis of wise men as prickes, and as nailes in to heiȝte piȝt, that bi the counseilescounseile AGH. of maistris ben ȝiuen of oonOm. A. shepperde. More than these, sone myn, ne seche thou; of making manye bokis is noon ende, and ofte bethenking is tormenting of the flesh. Eende of speking alle heere wee togidere. Dred God, and his hestis kep; that is, eche man. Alle thingus that benhe A. mad, he shal bringe in to dom; for eche errid thing, whether good or euel it be.

 Here endith Ecclesiastes, and here bigynneth the book, that is clepid Soongis of Soongis, of the bridalis of Crist and of the ChircheFrom A. Explicit E. Explicit Ecclesiastes. GH. No final rubric in C.. SONG OF SOLOMON. Heer gynnethbegynneth EGH. the booc that is clepid SongusSong C pr. m. of Songis, of the bridalis of Crist and of the ChircheNo initial rubric in A..CAP. I.

The Chirche, of the comyng of Crist spekith, seiende, Kisse he me with the cos of his mowth. The vois of the Fa|der. For betere ben thi tetes than wyn, smellende with best oynemens. The vois of the Chirche. Oile held out, thi name; therfore the ȝunge waxende wymmen looueden thee ful myche. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. Draȝ me aftir thee; wee shul rennen in the smel of thin oynemens. The Chirche seith of Crist. Broȝte me inOm. A. the king in to his celeris; wee shul ful out ioȝen, and gladen in thee, myndeful of thi tetes, vp on wyn; riȝt men loouen thee. The Chirche of hir tribulaciouns. O! ȝee doȝtris of Je|rusalem, blac I am, but shapli, as the tabernacles of Cedar, as the skynnes of Salamon. Wileth not beholden, that I be broun, for discoloured me hath the sunne; the sonus of my moder foȝten aȝen me, thei setteden me kepere in vynes; my vyneȝerd I kepte not. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. Shew thou to me, whom looueth my soule, wher thou ȝiuest leswe, wher thou liggeliggist A. in myddai; lest to gon vagaunt I bygynne, aftir the flockis of thimy E pr. m. felawislesewis A.. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. If thou knowest not thee, O! thou most fair among wymmen, go out, and go awei after the steppis of thi flockis; and feed thi got, biside the tabernacletabernaclis AGH. of shep|perdis. To my riding in charis of Farao I licnede thee, O! my leef. Faire ben thi cheekes, as ofOm. E pr. m. a turtiltour E pr. m. turtir AE sec. m. G.; thi necke as brooches. Goldene ribanes wee shul make to thee, mad fijr red with siluer. The vois of the Chirche of Crist. Whan the king was in his liyng place, my mad encens ȝaf his smel. A bundeletbundel A. of myrre my lemman is to me; betwebetwen E passim. my tetes he shal dwelle. The clustre of cipre tree my lemman to me, in the vynes of Engaddy. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. Lo! thou art fair, my leef; lo! thou fair, thin eȝen of culueres. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. Lo! thou art fair, my lemman, and semeli; oure bed shynende. The trees of oure houses cedre; oure couplis cipresse.

 CAP. II.

The vois of Crist, of hym and of the Chirche. I the flour of the feeld, and the lilie of aleyesalle valeys AGH.. As a lilie among thornes, so my leef among doȝtres. The vois of the Chirche of Crist. As an appil tree among the trees of wodis, so my lemman among sones. Vnder the shadewe of hym, whom I hadde desirid, I sat; and his frut sweete to my throte. The king ledde me in his win celer; he ordeynde in me charite. Vnder ley ȝee me with floures, setteth me aboute with appelis; for I languyshe for looue. The vois of the Chirche of Crist. The lift hond of hym vnder myn hed; and his riȝt hond shal clippe me. The vois of Crist, of the Chirche. I adiure ȝou, ȝee doȝtris of Jerusalem, bi the capretes, and the hertes of feeldis, ne rere ȝee, ne maketh mythe E pr. m. leef to waken, to the time that she wile. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. The vois of my lemman; lo! this cometh lepende in mounteynes, and ouer lepende hillis. Lic is my lemman to a capret, and to an hert calf of hertis; lo! he stantstoondith A. bihynde oure wal, biholdende bi the windowes, aferr lookende thurȝ the latises. Lo! my lemman speketh to me, Ris, go thou, my leef, my culuer, my shapli, and cum; now forsothe wintre passede, weder ȝide fro, and is gon awei. Floures apereden in oure lond, time of kutting is come; the vois of the turtilturtre AEG. is herd in oure lond, the fige tree broȝte forth his first figus; the vynes flourende ȝiuen ther smel. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. Ris, go, my leef, myn shapli, and cum thou. My culuer in the holis of the ston, in the chyne of athe AH. ston wal. Shewe thou to me thi face, soune thi vois in myn eres; thi vois forsothe is swete, and thi face semeli. The vois of Crist to the Chirche, aȝen eretikis. Take ȝee to vs litle foxes, that destroȝen vynes; for oure vyne flourede. The vois of the Chirche of Crist. My looued to me, and I to hym, that is fed among lilies; to the time that the dai springe, and shadewes be bowid in. Turne aȝeen; lic be thou, O! my lemman, to a capret, and to the hert calf of hertis, vpon the mounteynes of Bethel.

 CAP. III.

The vois of the Chirche, gedered to|gidere of Jentiles. In my litle bed by niȝtis I soȝte, whom loouede my soule; I soȝte hym, and I fond not. I shal rise, and gon aboute the cite, bi townes and stretis; I shal seche, whom looueth my soule; I soȝte hym, and fondI foond AGH. not. There founden me the waccheres, that kepe the cite. The Chirche seith of Crist to the Apostolis. Whether whom looueth my soule, ȝee seȝen? A litil whan I hadde passed them, I fond, whom loou|eth my soule; I heeld hym, and I shal not lefe, to the time that I bringe hym in to the hous of my moder, and in to the bed of hir that gat me. The vois of Crist, of the Chirche. I adiure ȝou, ȝee doȝtris off Jerusalem, bi capretis, and hertis of feeldis, ne rere ȝee, ne make ȝee my leef to wake, to the time that she wile. The sinagoge of the Chirche. What is she, this that steȝeth vp bi de|sert, as a lytil ȝerde of smoke of the swote spices, of myrre, and of encenscense AEGH., and of alle pymentarie poudre? The vois of the Chirche of Crist. Lo! the litle bed of Salamon sixty stronge men cum|passen, of the most stronge men of Irael; the whyche alle ben holdende swerdis, and to batailesbataile AGH. best taȝt; of `eche oneche C pr. m. echon ceteri. the swerd vp on his hipe, for the nyȝt dredes. OfThe vois of A. Crist, and of the Chirche, chosen of Jentilis. A chaȝer king Salamon made to hym, of the trees of Liban; his pileris he made siluerene, the lenyng place gol|dene, the steȝing vp purper; the myddesvtmost E. he enournedeenuyrounede AC. with charite, for the doȝtris of Jerusalem. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. Goth out, and seeth, ȝee doȝtris of Sion, king Salamon in the diademe, in the whiche crounede hym hys moder, in the dai of spousing of hym, and in the dai of gladnesse of his herte.

 CAP. IV.

The vois of Crist to the Chirche. Hou fair art thou, my leef, hou fair art thou; thin eȝen of culueres, withoute it that withynne forth is hid; thin heres as the flockes of get, that steȝeden vp fro the hilhillis A. of Galaad. Thi teth as the flockys of clippid sheep, that steȝeden vp fro the wasshing place; alle with double lombis in the wombe, and bareyn ther is not among hem. As a fyr red silkene filet thi lippes, and thi faire speche sweete; as the breking of a poumgarnet, so thi chekes, withoute it, that withinne forth sitsittith A. hid. As the tour of Dauid thi necke, that is bild out with pynacles; a thou|send sheldis hangen of it, al the armoure of stronge men. Thi two tetes as two ȝunge capretes, twynlingusiemeus E pr. m. of the capret, that ben fed in lilies, to the time that the dai brethe out, and the shadewes ben inbowed. I shal go to the mount of mirre, and to the hil of cens. Al fair thou art, my leef, and wem is not in thee. Cum thou fro Liban, my spouse; cumcum thou A. from Liban, cum; thou shalt be crouned fro the hed of Amana, fro the frount of Samur and of Ermon, fro the couches of leouns, and the hil of pardis. Thou hast woundid myn herte, my sis|ter; my spouse, thou hast woundid my herte, in oon of thin eȝen, and in oon her of thi necke. Hou faire ben thi tetes, my sister, my spouse; fairere ben thi tetes than win, and the smel of thin oynemens ouer alle spices. A droppende honycomb thi lippes, spouse; hony and mylc vnder thi tunge, and the smel of thi clothingus as the smel of cens. A closid gardin, my sister spouse; a closid gardyn, a welle selid. Thin outsendingus paradis of poungarnetes, with the frutis of appilis, of cipre tre, with narde; and narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the firste oynemens. The welle of gardynes, the pit of liuende watris, that flowen with bire fro Liban. Ris, north, and cum, south; bloȝ thurȝ my gardyn, and ther shul flowe swote spices of it.

 CAP. V.

The Chirche seith of Crist. Come, my leef, in to his gardyn; and ete he the frut of his appelis. Crist seith to the Chirche. Cum in to my gardin, my sister, my spouse. I haue gedered my mirre, with my swoote spices; I eet myn honycomb, with myn hony; I dranc my wyn, with my mylc. Crist to the Apostolis seith. Eteth, ȝee frendes, and drinketh; and ȝee most derwrthe, beth inwardli maad drunke. I slepe, and myn herte waketh. The vois of the Chirche of Crist. The vois of my lemman knock|ende; opene thou to me, myn sister, my leef, my culuer, myn vnwemed; for myn hed is ful of dew, and my temple heres of the dropis of nyȝtis. I spoilede me my coote; hou shal I be cladclothid AEGH. it? I weshwashide AGH. my feet; hou shal I defoule them? My lemman putte his hond bi the hole; my wombe inwardli tremblede at the touching of hym. I ros, that I shulde opene to my lemman; myn hondis drop|peden mirre, and my fingres ful of best proued myrre. The lach of my dore I openede to my lemman; and he hadde bowid aside, and passede. My soule is molten, as mythe E pr. m. lemman spache spac E pr. m.; I soȝte, and I fond not hym; I clepede, and he answerde not to me. Ther founden me theOm. AC sec. m. GH. keperes that gon aboute the cite; thei smyten me, and woundeden me; token my mantil the keperes of the wallis. I adiure ȝou, ȝeethe AGH. doȝtris of Je|rusalem, if ȝee shul finde my lemman, that ȝee telle to hymme E pr. m., for I languysshe for looue. The vois of frendis seith to the chirche. Whiche is thi lemman of the looued, O! thou most fair of wym|men? whiche is thi lemman of the loou|ed? `for soforsothe AG. thou hast adiurid vs. The vois of the chirche of Crist seith to the frendisseyntus C pr. m.. My lemman whit and roody; chosen of thousendis. His hed best gold; his her as braunchis of palmes thicke lefed, blac as a crowe. Hys eȝen as cul|ueres vp on litle ryueres of watris, that ben wasshewashed AEGH. with mylc, and sitten bi the most ful flowingus of watris. The chekes of hym as litle flores of swote spicis, plauntedmaad E pr. m. of pymentaries; his lippislippis as lilies E sec. m. marg. droppende the first myrre. The hondis of hym able to turnen aboute, goldene, and ful of iacynctis; his wombe is yuerene, departid bi safiris. His hipislippis AG. thijs H sec. m. marbil pileres, that ben foundid vpon goldene feet; his fairnesse as of Liban, and chosen as of cedre. The throte of hym most sweete, and he al desirable. Such is my looued, and this is my lem|man, ȝee doȝtris of Jerusalem. The vois of holi soules, of the Chirche. Whider ȝide awei thi lemman, O! thou most fair of wymmen? whider bowede doun thi leef? and wee shul sechen hym with thee.

 CAP. VI.

The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. My leef wente doun in to his gardeyn, to the flor of swote spices, that there he be fed in the gardynes, and lilies he gedere. I to my leef; and myn leef to me, that is fed among lilies. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. Fair thou art, my leef, sweete and fair as Jerusalem, ferful as the sheltrun of tentes ordeyned. Turne awey thin eȝen fro me, for thei maden me to fleen awei; thin heres as the flockis of she got, that aperede fro Ga|laad. Thi teth as a floc of shep, that steȝeden vp fro the wasshing place; alle with double frut of wombe, and barein there is not in hem. As the rinde of poungarnet, so thi chekes, withoute thin hid thingus. Sixty ben quenes, and eiȝeti ben secundarie wifes; and of ȝunge waxen wymmen ther is no noumbre. Oon is my culuer, my parfit, oon is to hir moder, chosen of hir that gat hir; ther seeȝen hir the doȝtris of Sion, and most blisful precheden; the quenes, and the secundarie wifes preyseden hir. What is she this, that goth forth as morutid rising, fair as the moone, chosen as the sunne, ferful as of tentes sheltrun or|deyned? The vois of the Chirche, of the sinagoge. I wente doun in to my gar|dyn, that I shulde seen the appelis of aleiesvaleyes G sec. v. H sec. v., and beholde, if the vynes hadden floured, and the poungarnetis hadden buriouned. I wiste not; myn soule dis|turbide me, for the foure horsid cartis of Amynadab. The vois of the Chirche, ofto AEGH. the feith of the natiuite. Turne aȝeen, turne aȝeen, Sunamytis; turne aȝeen, turne aȝeen, that wee byholde thee.

 CAP. VII.

The vois of Crist to the Chirche, of the synagoge. What shalt thou seen in Su|namyte, but queres of tentes? The vois of Crist to the Chirche. Hou faire ben thi goingus in shon, thou doȝter of the prince; the ioyntures of thin hipeslippis A. as brooches, that ben forgid with the hond of the craftisman. Thi nauele a turned cuppe, neuere nedende drinkes; thi wombe as an hep of whete, set about with lilies. Thi two tetus as two range capretis, iemews of the she capret. Thi necke as an yuerene tour; thin eȝen as the cysternisfishpondis E pr. m. in Esebon, that ben in the ȝate of the doȝter of the multitude; thi nose as the tour of Liban, that beholdith aȝen Damasch. Thin hed as Carmel; thin heres of thin hed as the purper of the king, ioyned to water pipes. Hou fair thou art, and hou semeli, thou most derwrthe in delices. Thi stature is licned to a palm, and thi tetes to clustris. Crist of the holi cros seith. I seide, I shal steȝen in to a palm tree, and I shal take the frutis of it. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. And thi tetes shul ben as the clustris of a vyne; and the smel of thi mouth as the smel of appelis, and thi throte as best wyn. The Chirche seith of Crist. Wrthi to my leef to drinken, to the lippes and to the teth of hym to chewen. `I toAnd to AH pr. m. my leef, and to me the turnyng of hym. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. Cum, my leef, go wee out in to the feeld; dwelle wee to|gidere in tounes. Erli rise wee to the vyne; see wee, if the vyne flourede, if the floures frutes bringe forth, if the poumgarnetes floureden; there I shal ȝiue to thee my tetes. The mandrages ȝeuen ther smel in oure ȝates; alle appelis, newe and olde, my leef, I kepte to thee.

 CAP. VIII.

The vois of patriarkis, of Crist. Who to me ȝyueth thee, my brother, soukende the tetes of my moder, that I finde thee alone withoute forth, and kisse thee, and now me no man dispise? I shal take thee, and leden in to the hous of my moder, and in to the bed place of hir that gat me; there thou shalt teche me, and I shal ȝyue to thee drinkendrinke A. of spiced win, and of the must of my poumgar|netes. The lift hond of hym vnder myn hed, and the riȝt hond of hym shal clippe me. The vois of Crist, of the Chirche. I adiure ȝou, ȝee doȝtris of Jerusalem, ne rere ȝee, ne makethmake A. to waken my leef, to the time that she wile. The vois of the sinagoge, of the Chirche. What is she this, that steȝeth vp fro desert, flow|ende delices, faste cleuende vponto E pr. m. hir leef? The vois of Crist to the sina|gogesinage AH. linage G., of the holi cros. Vndir an apil tree I reredeherde C. thee; there shent is thi moder, there defoulid is she that gat thee. Put me as a brooche vpon thin herte, as a brooche vpon thin arm; for strong is as deth looue, hard as helle ie|lousnessegloriousnes A.; the laumpis of it the laumpes of fir, and of flaumes. Manye watris shul not moun quenchen out charite, ne flodis shul not throwen it doun. If a man ȝeue al the substaunce of his hous for looue, as noȝt he dispisith it. The vois of Crist to the sinagogesinage AGH., of the holiOm. AEGH. Chirche. OureMy E pr. m. sister a litil child, and tetes she hath not; what shul wee do to oure sister, in the dai whan she is to ben spoken to? If a wal she is, bilde wee vp `on itto hir A. siluerene pynaclis; if a dore she is, ioyne wee it with ceder tables. The vois of the Chirche answerende. I a wal, and my tetes as a tour; sithen I am mad befor thee as pes resceyuende. The sinagoge of the Chirche seith. A vyne she was to the pesible; in hir that hath puples, she toc it to the keperes; a man taketh awei forfro A. the frut of it a thousend siluersiluerene AEGH. plates. Crist to the Chirche seith. My vine bifor me is; a thousend thi pesiblis, and two hundrid to them that kepen the frutis of it. The whiche dwellist in gardynes, frendis herknen theeme A.; mac me to heren thi vois. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. Flee thou, my leef; be thou licned to a capret, and to an hert calf of hertes, vp on the mounteynes of swote spices.

 Here endith the Songis of SongisFrom A. Explicit. E. Explicit Canticum. GH. No final rubric in C.. WISDOM. Heer gynnethbegynneth AEGH. the prolog in the booc of Wisdam.

THE booc of Wisdam anentanentis AEL. Ebrues noȝhernowhere A. is; wherfore and that ditingeendinge L. the moreOm. L. smelleth fairthe fair AEGH. the L. Grec spechespeche the more fair L.. Thys booc the Jewis afermen to ben of Filon, that therfore Wisdam is nemnedclepid L., for in it theOm. C pr. m. comyngkunnynge A. of Crist, that is the wisdam of the Fader, and the pas|sion, diligentli is openedexpowned AGHL..

Here eendith the prolog, and bigyn|neth SapiensFrom L. No final rubric in the other Mss.. Heer gynnethbegynneth AE. the boocbook of Wisdam. A. No initial rubric in GH..

Looue ȝee riȝtwisnesse, that demen the erthe; feeleth of the Lord in goodnesse, and in simplenesse of herte secheth hym. ForForsothe C pr. m. he is founden of hem, that tempten hym not; he apereth forsothe to them, that feith han in toOm. C pr. m. hym. Shreude for|sothe thoȝtis seueren fro God; preued forsothe vertu chastiseth vnwise men. For in to an euell willi soule shal not gon in wisdam; ne shal dwelle in a bodi soget to synnes. An holi spirit forsothe shal flee the feynerefeyned thyng E pr. m. of discipline, and shal taken hymself awei fro thoȝtis, that ben without vnderstonding; and he shal be chastisid fro the ouercomende wickid|nesse. Benyngne is the spirit of wisdam, and he shal not deliuere the cursid fro his lippis; for of the reenus of hym wit|nesse is God, and of the herte of hym he is verrethe verre AGH. serchere, and of the tunge of hym hererehe is herere E pr. m.. For the Spirit of the Lord fulfildefulfillith AGH. the rondnesse of londis; and that, that conteneth alle thingus, kunnyng hath of vois. For that `he thatOm. A. speketh wicke thingus, mai not lurke; ne chastysende dom shal beside passen hym. In the thoȝtis forsothe of the vnpitous asking shal be. Of the sermounes forsothe of hym heering to God shal come, and to the correcciounscorreccioun AGH. of the wickidnesses of hym; for the ere of the ielous hereth alle thingis, and the noise of grucchingusthe grucchingis A. grucchinge H. shal not ben hid. Kepe ȝee thanne ȝou fro grucching, that no thing profiteth, and fro bacbiting `spareth to theof the twisel E pr. m. tunge; for a derc sermoun in veyn shal not go; the mouth forsothe that lieth, sleth the soule. Wileth not loouen deth, in errour of ȝoure lif, ne purchase ȝee perdicioun in the werkis of ȝoure hondis; for God made not deth, ne gladethgladeth not AE pr. m. GH. in the leesing of men `of liuealiue AGH.. Forsothe God made, that alle thingus weren; and able to helthe he made the naciouns of the roundnesse of londis. Forsothe ther is not in hem leching of destruccioun, ne the reume of helle is in the erthe. Riȝt|wisnesse forsothe is perpetuel, and vn|deadli; vnriȝtwisnesse forsothe purchas|ing of deth. Vnpitous men forsothe with hondis and wrdis haunteden it, and eymende it a frend, flowedenfoleweden A. doun, and behestes they putteden to it; for deth thei ben wrthi, that ben of the partparti AEGH. of it.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe vnpitouse men seiden, thenk|ende anentanentis A et alii passim. hemselue not riȝt, Litil and with noȝe is the time of ourethis E pr. m. lif; ther is not refreshing in the ende of a man, and ther is not, that be knowen turned aȝeen fro helle. For of noȝt wee ben born, and aftir these thingus wee shul be, as thoȝthof E passim. wee hadden not ben; for smoke and blast is in oure nose therles, and sermoun of a sparcle to stirn togi|dere oure herte. For quenchyd ashenasken EGH. shal ben oure bodi, and the spirit shal be held abrod as `softe eirneshe wax E pr. m.; and oure lif shal passe as the step of a cloude, and as a litil cloude ben vnknyt, that is dryuen of the bemes of the sunne, and of the hete of it agreggid. And oure name forȝeting shal take by tyme; and no man shal han mynde of oure werkis. Forsothe the passing of theOm. AEGH. shadewe is oure tyme, and ther is notno AH. turning aȝeen of oure ende; for it is al closid, and no man turneth aȝeen. Cometh thanne, and vse weeOm. AGH. the goodis that ben, and vse wee creaturea creature A., as in oure ȝouthe, swiftli. With precyous win and oynemens fille wee vs; and passe not vs the flour of tyme. Crowne wee vs with roses, er thei welewen; no medwe be, that oure leccherie passe not thurȝ. Noon of vs be withoute lot of oure lec|cherie; ouer al lefe weeOm. AGH. signes of glad|nesse; for this is oure part, and this is lotoure lot A.. Oppresse wee the riȝtwis pore man, and spare wee not to the widewe, ne wrshipe wee hoere heres of the olde man of myche time. Be forsothe oure strengthe the lawe of vnriȝtwisnesse; forsothe that that is feble, vnprofitable is founde. Bigile wee thanne the riȝtwis man, for vnprofitable he is to vs, and contrarie to oure werkis; and repreuendeli puttith to vs the synnes of lawe, and defameth aȝen vs the synnes of oure disciplyne. He behoteth hym the kun|nyng of God to han, and the sone of God he nempneth hymself. He is mad to vs in to ouerleding of oure thoȝtis. Heuy he is to vs also to seen; for vnlic to othere is the lif of hym, and myche chaungid ben the weies of hym. As trifleres wee ben eymed of hym, and he absteneth hymself fro oure weies, as fro vnclennessesvnclennes AGH.; and he tellith biforn the laste thingus of riȝtwis men, and he glo|rieth hymself to han God to fader. See wee thanne, if the wrdis of hym ben trewe; and asaȝe wee, what ben to comen to hym; and wee shul wite, what shul ben the laste thingis of hym. If for|sothe he is verrethe verrei A. sone of God, he shal vndertaken hym, and delyuere hymOm. C pr. m. fro the hondis of the contrariose. With wrong vndernymyng and torment aske wee hym, that wee wite the reuerence of hym, and proue the pacience of hym. Bi most foul deth condempne wee hym; forsothe respit shal be of the wrdis of hym. These thingus thei thoȝten, and erreden; and the malice of hem blendede them. And thei knewen not the sacra|mens of God, ne hopeden the meede of riȝtwisnesse, ne demeden the wrshepe of holi soules. For God made mana man E pr. m. vn|deadli, and to the ymage of his licnesse made hym. Forsothe thurȝ the enuye of the deuel deth cam in in to the round|nesse of erthis; forsothe thei folewen hym, that ben of the part of hym.

 CAP. III.

The soules of riȝtwis men ben in the hond of God; and torment of deth shal notno C. touche them. Thei ben seen to theOm. AGH. eȝen of vnwisewijs AG pr. m. men to dien; tormenting is eymed the issue of hem. And fro a riȝtwis weie thei wenten in to destruc|cioun, and that of vs ys weie of destruc|cioun; thei forsothe ben in pes. And if befor men thei suffreden tormentis, the hope of hem is ful of vndeadlynesse. In fewe thingus trauailid, in manye thingus thei shul be weel disposid; for God temptede them, and fond hem wrthi hymself. As gold in furneis he prouede them, and as brent sacrifise of ost he loouwedealouwid A. them; and in time shal ben the biholding of hem. Thei shul shyne riȝtwis, and as sparcles in reeddy places thei shuln renne hider and thider. Thei shul deme naciouns, and lordshipen to puples; and the Lord of hem shal regne in to withoute ende. Who trosten in hym, shuln vnderstonde treuthe; and feithful in looue thei shul assente to hym; for free ȝifte and pes is to the chosen men of hym. Vnpitous men for|sothe, aftir that thei thoȝten, vndernym|yngescorrecciouns E pr. m. shuln han; that dispiseden the riȝtwis, and fro the Lord wenten awei. Wisdam forsothe and discipline who casteth awei, is vnseli; and voide is the hope of hem, and trauailes withoute frut, and vnprofitable the werkis of them, and vnable to dwelle in. The wymmen of them ben vnwise, and most wicke the sonus of hem. Cursid the creature of them; for seli is the bareyn, and the vndefoulid, that kneȝ not the bed in tres|pas, shal han frut in beholding of holi soulis. And the gelding, that wroȝte not bi his hondis wickidnesse, ne thoȝte aȝen the Lord most wicke thingus; forsothe ther shal ben ȝiue to hym the chosen fre ȝifte of the beleeue, and lot in the temple of God most aloowid. Forsothe of goode trauailes glorious is the frut, and the whiche the roote of wisdam al to-stereth not. The sones forsothe of auoutreres in ending shul ben, and fro the wicke bed the seed shal ben out|lawid. And if forsothe of long lif thei shul be, in noȝt thei shul be countid; and withoute wrshipe shal be the laste eelde of hem. And if swiftliere thei shul ben dead, thei shul not han hope, ne in the dai of knouleching speche. Forsothe wicke naciouns ben of hard ending.

 CAP. IV.

OOm. ACGH.! hou fair is chast ieneracioun with clerte; vndeadli forsothe is the mynde of it, for anent God it is knowe, and anent men. Whan present it is, thei folewe; and desiren it, whan `it haththei han E pr. m. lad out itselfthemself E pr. m., and it crouned in to withoute ende berth the victorie, takende bi vic|torie the meede of the vndefoulid striues. Forsothe the manyfold goten multitude of vnpitouse men shal not ben profitable; and auoutrie plauntingis shul not ȝiue heeȝe rootis, ne stable stedefastnesse set|ten. And if in the braunchis in the tyme buriounen, vnstabli set of the wind theiOm. C sec. m. shul ben al to-stirid, and of the mychil|nesse of windis pullid vp bi the rootis. Forsothe braunchis vnendid shul be to|broken; and the frutis of them vnprofit|able, and soure to ete, and to no thing able. Forsothe alle the sonus, that shul ben born of wickewickid AGH. men, witnesses ben of shreudenesses aȝen fader and moder, in ther asking. The riȝtwis forsothe, if he were beforn ocupied bi deth, in re|freshing shal ben. The laste age for|sothe wrshipeful isshul ben E pr. m. not longe durende, ne in noumbre of ȝeres countid; hoereolde E pr. m. ben the wittis of man, and the age of eelde lijf vndefoulid. The plesing to God mad looued, and lyuyng among syn|neres is translatid; he is raueshid, lest malice shulde chaunge the vnderstonding of hym, or lest feynyng shulde begile the soule of hym. Forsothe priue de|sceyuyng of trifling derkneth goode thingus, and vnstablenesse of coueiting ouerturneth wit withoute malice. The ful endid in short fulfilde manye tymes; plesid forsothe to God was the soule of hym; for that he wente to bringen hym out fro the myddel of shreudenessesshrewidnes A.; puples forsothe seende and not vnder|stondende, nouther ben puttende in ther hertes suche thingis. For grace of God and mercy is `in toto A. his seyntis, and fer|thermor respit in to the chosyn of hym. Forsothe the riȝtwis dead condempneth the vnpitous men on liue; and ȝouthe swiftliere endid, the longe lif of theOm. AGH. vnriȝtwis. Forsothe thei shul see the ende of the wise man, and thei shul not vnderstonde, what God hath thoȝt of hym, and whi the Lord mynushte, `or made lytilOm. C et E pr. m. hym. Thei shul seen, and dispisen hym; hem forsothe the Lord shal scorne. And thei shul ben after these thingus falling doun with oute wrshipe, and in wrong blamyng among the deade in to withoute ende. For them inwardli blowen he shal to-breke withoute vois, and stern hem fro the foundemens; and vnto the heȝest thei shul ben desolat. And thei shul be weilende, and the mynde of hem shal pershen. Thei shul comen in the thenk|ing of ther synnes dredful; and shuln ouerleden hem forn aȝen the wickidnesses of hem.

 CAP. V.

Thanne shul stonde riȝtwis men in gret stedefastnesse aȝen hem that anguyssh|eden hem, and that tokentaken A. awei the tra|uailes of hem. Seende thei shul ben dis|turbiddisturblid EGH. with orrible drede, and shul merueilen in the sodeynesse of the vn|hopid helthehelpe C., weilende for anguysh of spirit, seiende, withinne themself pen|aunce doende, and for anguysh of spirit weilende, These ben, whom wee hadden `sum tymeOm. C. in to scorn, and in to licnesse of repref. Wee vnwise eymeden the lif of hem wodnesse, and the ende of them without wrshipe; hou thanne ben thei countid among the sonus of God, and among seyntis the lot of hem is? Ther|fore wee erreden froforsothe fro A. the weie of treuthe, and the liȝt of riȝtwisnesse liȝtede not to vs, and the sunne off vnderstonding is not sprunge to vs. Weri wee ben in the weie of wickidnesse, and of perdicioun; and wee han gon harde weies. The wei forsothe of the Lord wee knewen not; what profitede to vs pride, or bost ofor C. richesses what ȝaf it to vs? Alle tho thingus passeden as shadewe, and as a messager rennende biforn. And as a ship, that passeth thurȝ the flowende water, of the whiche whan it is passid, a step is not to finde, ne a path of his botme in the flodis. Or as a brid, that ouerfleth in the eir, of the whiche noon euydence is founden of his weie, but onli the soun of weengis betende the liȝt wind, and kuttende bi fors the eir of the weie, and togidere stirid the weenges ouerflethouerfleiȝ AEGH., and aftir that no signe is founden of his weie. Or as an arwe sent out in to the ordeyned place, the eir deuydid contynueli is reclosid in it, that the passing of it be vnknowen. So and wee born contynueli lefen to ben, and of vertue noon forsothe signe wee myȝten shewe; in oure wariedhed forsothe wee ben wastid. Such thingus seyden in helle these that synneden. For the hope of the vnpitous is as a wlleOm. C et E pr. m. loke, `or thistil|dounOm. C et E pr. m. or thistles doune GH. that of the wind is taken awei, and as a smal fomethorn E pr. m. thatOm. AGH. of tempestthe tempest AE sec. m. GH. is sprengd awei, and as smoke that of the wind is held abrod, and as the mynde of a geste of o dai, passende biside. Riȝt|wise men forsothe in to withoute ende shul lyue, and anentanentis A et E passim. the Lord is the meede of hem; and the thoȝt of hem anent the heȝest. Therfore thei shul take the reume of wrshipe, and the dia|deme of fairnesse of the hond of the Lord; for with his riȝt hond he shal couere them, and with his holi arm de|fenden hem. And the ielouste of hym shal taken armure, and armen creature to the veniyng of enemys. He shal clothen for the brest plate riȝtwisnesse, and he shal take to for the helm certein dom; he shal take the sheeld vnuenkus|able equite; he shal sharpe forsothe hard wrathe in to a spere, and the round|nesse of erthis shal fiȝte with hym aȝen the vnwise. The sendingus out of leitis shul gon euene riȝt, and as at the teis|ing the bowe of cloudis bent, thei shul ben outlawid; and to a certeyn place thei shul lepen in. And fro the stony wrathe|ful hailes shul ben sent, and water of the se shal teenden in to them, and flodis shul renne togidere hard. Aȝen hem the spirit of vertue shal stonde, and as a whirle puff of wind deuydendeuydeth A. hem; and to wildernesse he shal fulli bringen al the lond of the wickidnessewickenesse E. of hem, and wariedhed shal turne awei the setis of myȝti men. Betere is wisdam than strengthis, and a man prudent more than a strong man.

 CAP. VI.

HerethHere ȝee AEGH. thanne, ȝeeOm. AEGH. kingis, and vndir|stondith; lerneth, ȝee domes men of the coestes of the erthe. Ȝiueth eres, ȝee that holden togidere multitudis, and plesen to ȝou in cumpanyes of naciouns; for ther is ȝouen of the Lord power to ȝou, and vertue of the heiȝeste, that shal aske ȝoure werkis, and thoȝtis serchen. For whan ȝee weren mynestres of his reume, not riȝtli ȝee demeden, ne kepten the lawe of riȝtwisnesse, ne aftir the wil of God ȝee wenten. Orribleli and soone he shal apere to ȝou; for most hard dom shal ben don in hem, that ben biforn. Forsothe `to theOm. E pr. m. litlea litle while E pr. m. is grauntid mercy; myȝty men forsothe myȝtili tormentis shul suffre. Forsothe he shal not with|drawe the persone of any man, the Lord, that is lordshipere of alle thingus, and he shal not drede the mykilnessemykil AGH. of any man; for litil and gret he made, and euenli cure is to hym ofOm. C sec. m. E sec. m. alle. To the strengere forsothe strengere stantstondith A. in tormenting. To ȝou thanne, kingus, ben these my wrdis, that ȝee lerne wisdam, andOm. A. that ȝee fallepasse E pr. m. not ofOm. E pr. m.. Who for|sothe shul kepe riȝtwisnesse, riȝtly shul be demed; and that shul lerne riȝt thingus, shul finde, what thei answere. Coueiteth thanne my wrdys, and loou|eth hem; and ȝee shuln han disciplyne. Wisdam is cler, and that neuere wele|with; and liȝtli is seen of hem that loouen it, and is founde of hem that sechen it. It beforn ocupieth that co|ueyteth it, that to them rathere he shewe hymself. Who fro liȝt shal wake to it, shal not trauailen; forsothe he shal finde it sittende in his ȝates. Thanne to thenken of it is ful endid wit, and he that shal wake for it, soone shal be sikir. For it goth aboute sechende the wrthi itself; and in his weis it shal shewe itself to them, and gladsumli in alle prouy|dence `or bifore ordeynyngOm. C et E pr. m. it shal aȝen come to them. The bigynnyng forsothe of it is most verre coueityng of disci|pline. Thanne cure of discipline is loouyng; and loouyng is keping of his lawis. Keping forsothe of lawes is ful ending of vncorupcioun; vncorupcioun forsothe makith next to God to ben. And so coueiting of wisdam shal lede forth to the euerlastende kingdam. If thanne ȝee deliten in setes, and in kingus dignetees, O! ȝee kingis of the puple, looueth wisdam, that in to withoute ende ȝee regne. Looueth the liȝt of wisdam, alle ȝee, that ben toforn to puplis. What is forsothe wisdam, and hou it be mad, I shal telle; and I shal not hide fro ȝou the sacramentis of God; but fro the bi|gynnyng of birthe I shal enserche, and putten in to liȝt the kunnyng of it, and I shal not passe biside the treuthe. Ne with the quyterende enuye weie I shal han; for such a man shal not ben par|cener of wisdam. The multitude for|sothe of wise menOm. A. helthe is of the round|nesse of erthis; and a wis king is the stablete of the puple. Thanne takith discipline bi mymanye A. wrdis, and it shal pro|fite to ȝou.

 CAP. VII.

I am forsothe and a deadli man, lic to men, and of `the erthithat lond E pr. m. kinde of hym that rathere is mad, and in the wombe of the modir figured I am flesh. In time of ten monethis cruddid I am in to blod, of the sed of man, and of couena|blethe couenable C pr. m. deliting of slep. And I born toc comun eir, and lic maner fel doun in to the mad erthe; and the firste vois, lic alle, I putte out weping. I was nurshid in swathing clothis, and in grete besy|nesses; no man forsothe of kingis other hath bigynnyng of birthe. Oon entre is to alle to lif, and lijc issue. For that I desirede, and there is ȝiue to me wit; and I inwardli clepide, and there cam into A. me the spirit of wisdam. And I putte it biforn to reumes, and setes; and rich|esses I seide no thing to ben in com|parisoun of it, ne I comparisounede to it a precious ston; for alle gold in com|parisoun of it is a litil grauel, and as clei siluer shal ben eymed in the siȝte of it. Ouer helthe and fairnesse I loouede it; and I purposide for liȝt to han it, for vnquenchable is the lyȝt of it. For|sothe there camen to me alle goodis togi|dere with it; and vnnoumbrable honeste by the hondis of it. And I gladede in alle thingus; for this wisdam wente befor me, and I kneȝ not, for of alle goodis it is moder. For withoute feynyng I lernede, and withoute enuye I comune; and the oneste of it I hidde not. For|sothe tresor it is withoute ende to men, the whiche who useden, parcener ben mad of the frenshipe of God, com|mendid for the ȝiftisȝift A. of discipline. To me forsothe God ȝaf to seyn of sentence, and to take bifore the wrthi thingis of these that ben ȝiue to me; for he is duk of wisdam, and the mendere of wise men. In the hond forsothe of hym and wee, and oure wrdis, and alle wisdam, and disciplyne of the kunnyng of werkes. He forsothe ȝaf to me verre kunnyng of these that ben, that I wite the disposi|cioun of the roundnesse of erthis, and the vertues of elemens; the begynnyng, and theOm. C pr. m. ende, and the myddil of tymes; the chaunginguschaungynge AH. of whilemelis, and the endingus of times; the chaunginguschaungis A. of maneris, and deuyseounsthe deyuysiouns AH. of times; the coursis of the ȝeer, and the disposicioun of sterres; the kindis of bestes, and the wrathis of noȝous bestisbestis, and of helpely bestis E pr. m.; the strengthe of windis, and the thoȝtis of men; the differences of ȝunge trees, and vertuesthe vertues AEGH. of rootis. And what euere thing be hid and vnpurueid, I lernede; forsothe the craftus man of alle thingus taȝte me bi wisdam. Forsothe ther is in it the spirit of vnder|stonding, hoeli, many fold, onli, sotile, manerli, faire spekende, mouable, vnde|foulid, certeyn, sweete, loouende good deede, that no thing forfendithshone E pr. m. to do weel; manli, benygne, stable, sikir, alle hauende vertue, alle thingus beholdende, and that taketh alle intelligible spiritis, clene, sotile. ThanneOm. C pr. m. alle forsothe mou|able thingis mor mouable is wisdam; forsothe it ateyneth ouer al, for his clen|nesse. Forsothe the humour of the vertu of God it is, and the maner going out is a clene clernesse of the Almyȝti God; and therfore no thing defoulid renneth in to it. Forsothe whitnesse it is of the euerlastende liȝt, and a merour withoute wem of the maieste of God, and an ymage of the goodnesse of hym. And sithen it is oon, alle thingus it mai; and abidende stille in itselfhymself AEGH., alle thingus itOm. A. neweth, and bi naciouns to hoeli soules it berth ouer itself; the frendis of God and profetes it ordeyneth. No man for|sothe God looueth, but hym that dwellith with wisdam. Forsothe this is fairere than the sunne, and ouer al disposicioun of sterres; to liȝt comparysouned, it is founde rathere. To it forsothe nyȝt goth doun; wisdam forsothe malice ouercom|eth not.

 CAP. VIII.

Therfore it ateyneth from ende vnto ende strongli, and disposeth alle thingus sweeteli. This I loouede, and soȝte it out fro my ȝouthe; and I soȝte to taken it a spouse to me, and loouere I am mad of the foorme of it. It hauende the cum|panye of God, glorifieth the ientilnesse of it; but and of alle thingisOm. C pr. m. the Lord loouede it. Forsothe the techeresse it is of the discipline of God, andOm. A. the cheser|esse of the werkis of hym. And if rich|esses ben desirid in theOm. C pr. m. lif, what richere than wisdam, that wercheth alle thingis? If forsothe wit wercheth, who of these that ben, more is crafti man than it? And if riȝtwisnesse a man looueth, the trauailes of thishym A. han grete vertues; so|brenesse forsothe and prudence it techeth, and riȝtwisnesse, and vertue; than the whiche more profitable no thing is in lif to menme A.. And if multitude of kunnyng desireth a man, it knowith the passid thingus, and of the to comen it eymeth; it knowith the felnessefelnesses E. of wrdis, and the soilingis off argumentis; the toknes and wndris it knowith, er thei ben don; and the chaunsis of tymes and of worldis. Thanne I purposide this to bringe to me, to festeyeete E pr. m. C pr. m. festene A. with me; witende for with me it shal comune of goodis, and ther shal be togidere speche of thenking, and of myn anoȝe. I haue for this to cumpa|nyes clernesse, and wrshipe anent the elderes; ȝung and sharp I shal be founde in dom, and in the siȝte of myȝti men merueilous I shal be, and the faces of princes shul merueilen me. Thei shul sustene me, beende stille, and me spek|ende, beholden; and me sermounende manye thingis, hondis to ther mouth thei shul putte. Ferthermor I haue bi this vndeadlynesse; and euere lastende mynde to them, that after me ben to come, I shal lefe. I shal dispose puples; and naciouns to me shul ben soget. Ferful kingus herende me shul dreden; and in multitude good I shal be seen, and in bataile stronge. Entrende in to myn hous, I shal reste with it; forsothe the conuersacioun of it hath not bitternesse, ne noȝe thethou A sec. m. with lyuyng of it, but gladnesse and ioȝe. These thingus thenk|ende anent me, and togidere membrende in myn herte; for vndeadli is wisdam in thenking, and in the frenshipe of it good delitende; and in the werkus of the hondis of it honeste with oute failing, and in the strif of the speche of it wisdam; and `gret openyng in comunycacioungreet openynge and communycacioun A. noblenesse in the chaungyng E pr. m. ofOm. C pr. m. theOm. A. wrdis of it; I wente aboute, sechende that to me it I shulde take. A child forsothe I was witti, and bi lot hauende a good soule. And whan I was more good, I cam to a bodi vndefoulid. And as I wiste, for other wise I mai not ben con|tenentconteyned A., but God ȝeue, and that selue was wisdam, to knowen of whom was that ȝifte; I wente to the Lord, and preȝedeI preȝede AEGH. hym, and seide, of alle the entrailis of myn herte.

 CAP. IX.

God of myoure E pr. m. fadris, and Lord of mercy, that madest alle thingus with thiOm. A. wrd, and with thi wisdam ordeynedest man, thatin that that A. in that GH. he shulde lordshepen of creaturethe creature C pr. m., that of thee is mad, that he dispose the roundnesse of londis in equyte and riȝtwisnesse, and in riȝt reuling of herte he deme dom; ȝif to me wisdam, the neeȝh stondere of thi setis; and wile thou not me repreuen of thi childer. For I am thi seruaunt, and the sone of thin hand woman; a feble man, and of litil time, and lasse to the vndirstonding of dom and of lawes. And if any man shul ben ful endid of the sonus of men, if fro hym flee wisdam, in to noȝt he shal be countid. Thou forsothe chose me king to thi puple, and domysman of thi sonus and doȝtris; and thou seidist, me to bilden a temple in thin holi hil, and in the cite of thi dwelling an auter; the licnesse of thin holi tabernacle, that thou greithedist fro the begynnyng. And with thee thi wisdam, that kneȝ thi werkis, the whiche and was at thanne, whan the roundnesse of erthis thou shuldist make, and he wist that, that was plesaunt to `thin eȝenthe eȝen of hym E pr. m., and that, that is riȝt in thin hestis. Send fro thin holi heuenes it, and fro the sete of thi mychilnesse, that with me it be, and with me trauaile; and I wite what be aloouwid anent thee. Forsothe it wot alle thingus, and vndir|standith; and shal leden me forth in my werkes sobrelyOm. AGH., and kepen me in his power. And my werkys shul ben aloou|wid, and IOm. AH. shal disposen thi puple riȝt|wisly, and I shal ben wrthi the setes of my fader. Who forsothe of men shal moun wite the counseil of God? or who shal moun thenke, what God wile? The thoȝtis forsothe of deadli men dredful, and vncerteyn oure purueauncispurueaunce A.. For|sothe the body that is corumpid, gree|ueth the soule; and ertheli indwelling presseth doun the wit, manye thingus thenkende. And of hard wee eymen, that ben in the erthe; and that in ferr siȝte ben, we finden with trauaile. That forsothe in heuenus ben, who shal en|serche? Thi wit forsothe who shal knowe, but if thou shul ȝyue wisdam, and sende thin Holi Spirit fro heȝest thingus? And soȝif E pr. m. amendid ben the pathis of hem, that ben in erthisthe erthis AEH. the erth G., and that toOm. A. thee plesedenplesen AEGH., men lerneden. For whi bi wisdam thei ben helid, who so euer plesedenplese E pr. m. to thee, Lord, fro the bygyn|nyng.

 CAP. X.

This hym, that first is foormed of God, theOm. C pr. m. fader of the roundnesse of erthis, whan alone he was foormed, kepte. And ladde hym out fro his gilte, and broȝte hym out of the slym of erthethe erthe AEGH., and ȝaf to hym vertue of hauynge alle thingus. Fro this as the vnriȝtwise wente awei in his wrathe, bi theOm. C pr. m. wrathe of manslaȝ|ter pershede fraternyte. For the whiche whan water shulde don awei the erthe, he helede eftsoone bi wisdam; bi the dis|pisabledisseyable A. tree gouernende the riȝtwis man. This and inOm. AC. theOm. G. consenting of pride, whan naciouns rereden hemself, knew the riȝt|wis, and kepte withoute blame to God; and inOm. A. the sones gretof gret AGH. merci kepte. This the riȝtwis fro the pershende vnpitous men deliuerede fleende, fijr descendende in to the regioun of fiue citees. To the whiche, in to theOm. A. witnessing of shreude|nesse, the desert erthe is knowen ful of smoking, and in certeyn time the trees hauende frutes; and of the mysbeleeued soule the mynde stondende is the foorm|yng of salt. Forsothe passende biside wisdam, not onli in that ben slyden, that thei vnknowen gode thingis, but and of ther vnwisdam thei han laft to men mynde, that in thothe G. thingus, that thei synneden, thei myȝten not lurken. Wis|dam forsothe them, that it kepen, al aboute fro sorewes shal delyuere. This forsothe the ferr fugitif, or fleyngeOm. C et E pr. m. riȝtwis fro theOm A. wrathe of the brother, ladde awei bi riȝt weies; and shewede to hym the king|dam of God, and ȝaf to hym the kun|nyng of seyntis; it honestede hym in trauailes, and fulfilde the trauailes of hym. In the gile of the men comende aboute to hym, it was nyȝ, and honest made hym. It kepte hym fro enemys, and fro desceyueres defendide hym; and a strong strif it ȝaf to hym, that he shulde ouercome, and wite, for of alle thingisOm. C pr. m. the myȝtiere is wisdam. This this olde riȝtwis man forsoc not, but fro synneres deliuerede hym; and it descend|ide with hym in to the dich; and in bondis forsoc not hym, to the time that it shulde bringe to hym the dignete of the reume, and myȝt aȝen hem that hymOm. C pr. m. thresteden doun; and lieres he shewide, that defouleden hym, and he ȝaf to hym euere lastende clernesse. This the riȝt|wis puple, and hoely withoute blame, delyuerede fro naciouns, that ithym AEGH. opress|edenouer presside AGH.. It entride in to the soule of the seruaunt of God, and stod aȝen grisful kingus, in grete wndris and signes. And it ȝeeld to theOm. C pr. m. riȝtwis men the meede of therthe A. thi H. trauailes, and broȝte them thennes in a merueylous weie; and it was to them in the coueryng of the day, and in liȝt of sterres bi the nyȝt. And he bar them ouer thurȝ the rede se; and he ouercariede them thurȝ ful myche water. The enemys forsothe of hem he drench|ide in the se; and fro theOm. A. depnesseheiȝte E pr. m. C pr. m. of helle he ladde them out. Therfore riȝt|wis men token awei the spoiles of vnpi|tous men; and heeȝli sungen, Lord, thin holi name, and thin hond ouercomere thei preiseden togidere. For wisdam openede the mouth of doumbe men, and the tunges of vnspekende childer made faire spekende. It riȝt reulede the werkis of hem, in the hondus of the holi profete.

 CAP. XI.

Weie thei maden bi desertis, that ben not dwellid in; and in desertthe desert AH. places thei maden litilOm. C pr. m. cotes. Thei stoden aȝen ene|mys, and of the enemys thei venieden hemself. Thei thristeden, and inwardli clepeden thee; and ther is ȝoue to them water of the heȝest ston, and reste of thrist of the harde ston. Bi tho thingis forsothe that the enemys of hem suf|freden peynes, fro theOm. A. defauting of ther drinc, and whan the sones of Irael had|den plente, gladeden; bi these thingus, whan to them hadden failid, wel with them is don. Forwhi forsothe for the welle of theOm. AGH. euerlastende flod, mannys blod thou ȝeue to vnriȝtwis men. The whiche whan thei weren mynusht, in the ouerleding of the slayne litle childer, thou ȝeue to them abundende water in maner not hopid; shewende bi the thrist, that thanne was, hou thine thou shuldest en|hauncen, and the aduersaries of hem slen. Whan forsothe thei weren temptid, for|sothe and with mercy disciplyne thei token; thei wisten, hou with wrathe vn|pitousthe vnpitous AEH. men demed, tormentis shulden suffre. These forsothe as a fader warn|ende, thou prouedest; hem forsothe as an hard king askende, thou condempnedist. Forsothe the absent men and the present lic maner weren tormentid. Forsothe double noȝe hadde taken hem, and weil|ing with the mynde of the passid thingis. Whan forsothe thei herden, bi ther tor|mentis wel with them to ben do, thei membreden the Lord, merueilende in to the ende of the going out. Whom for|sothe in a shreude putting out thei scorneden cast aferr, inand in A. to the ende of that that fel, merueiledenthei merueileden E pr. m.; not lic maner to riȝtwis men doende. For vnwisthe vnwis E pr. m. thoȝtis forsotheOm. A. the wickidnessiswickidnes A. of hem, that summe errende herieden doumbe edderes, and ouer veyne bestes, thou sentist in to them a multitude of doumbe bestes, in to veniaunce; that thei shulden witen, forthat for AGH. bi tho thingus that a man synneth, bi tho thingus also he shal be tormentid. For|sothe not inpossible was thin almyȝti hond, that made the roundnesse of erthis of mater vnseen, to senden in to them a multitude of beres, or hardi leouns, or of newe kinde vnknowenof vnknowen C pr. m. bestes, and ful of wrathe, or spittende brething of fires, or bringende forth smel of smoke, or put|tende out grisful sparkes fro eȝen; of whiche not onli the hurtinghurtling A. hadde mouȝt destroȝed them, but and the looking bi drede slen. But and withoute these with o spirit thei myȝten ben slayn, suffrid persecucioun of ther deedis self, and scatered bi the spirit of hys vertue. But and alle thingus in mesure, and noum|bre, and peis thou disposedist; forsothe myche to moun, to thee alone ouer was euermore; and to the vertue of thin arm who shal aȝenstonde? For as a poynt of a balaunce, so is befor thee the round|nesse of erthis; and as a drope of mo|rutid dew, that goth doun in to the erthe. And thou hast merci of alle, for alle thingus thou maist; and thou for|berist the synnes of men, for penaunce. Forsothe thou loouest alle thingus that ben, and no thing thou hatedest of hem, that thou madist; ne forsothe hatende any thing thou ordeynedest, or madist. Hou forsothe myȝte any thing abide stille, but thou haddest wold? or that of thee were not clepid, shulde ben kept? Thou sparist forsothe to alle; for thine thei ben, Lord, that loouest soulis.

 CAP. XII.

O! hou good, and hou swete, Lord, is thi Spirit in vs; therfore them that out erren in parties, thou chastisist; and of the whiche thingus thei synnen, thou warnest, and spekest to, that, the malice laft, thei leeuen in thee, Lord. Forsothe thothe A. olde dwelleris of thin holi lond, `the whichthat C pr. m. thou grisedist; for hateful werkis thei diden to thee, bi lechingus, and sacri|fises vnriȝtwise; and the sleeres of ther sonus, withoute mercy, and the eteres of the boweles of men, and theOm. A. deuoureres of blod; and the fadris and modristhe modris AGH., au|toures of the soules vnholpenvnhelpid AGH., leese thou woldist not fro thi myddel sacrament, bi the hondis of ther fadris and modris; that the wrthi pilgrimaging of the chil|der of God thei shulden parceyue, the whiche is a lond more cheerecleer A. to thee of alle. But and to these as to menman A. thou sparedist, and sentist waspis, beforgo|eres of thin ost, that `them litilmelthem men litilmelum C pr. m. thei shulden destroȝen. Not for thou were vnmyȝti in bataile to sogeten vnpitousvnriȝtwis E pr. m. men to riȝtwis men, or bi cruel bestes, or bi hard wrd to destroȝe togidere; but bi parties demende, thou ȝaue place of penaunce, not vnknowende, for shreude is the nacioun of hem, and kindely the malice of them, and for the thoȝt of them myȝte not ben chaungid in to euermor. The sed forsothe was cursid fro the bi|gynnyng. Ne dredende any man, forȝyue|nesse thou ȝeue to the synnes of them. Who forsothe shal sey to thee, What madist thou? or who shal stonde aȝen thi dom? or who in thi siȝte shal comen, veniere of wicke men? or who shal wijte to thee, if naciouns pershen, that thou hast mad? Forsothe there is noon other God than thou, to whom is cure of alle, that thou shewe, for not vnriȝtwisly thou demest dom. NeNether A. forsothe king ne ti|raunt in thi siȝte shul enserche of these thingusOm. AGH., that thou hast destroȝed. Sithen thanne thou art riȝtwis, alle thingis riȝt|wisly thou disposist; hym also, O! fader, that owith not to be punshid, condemp|nende, and straunge thou eymest fro thi vertue. Forsothe thi vertue is the bi|gynnyng of riȝtwisnesse; and for that, that of alle thou art lord, to alle thou makest thee to sparen. Forsothe vertue shewist thou, that art not beleeued to ben in vertue ful endid; and hem that knowen not thee, in hardynesse thou ouerledist. Thou forsothe, lordshipere of vertue, with pesiblenesse demest, and with gret reuerence disposist vs; forsothe ther vnderlith to thee, whan thou wilt, to moun. Forsothe thou taȝtist thi puple bi suche werkis, for it behoueth to ben riȝtwis, and manly; and thou madist thi sones ofof men of E pr. m. good hope, for demende thou ȝyuest place of penaunce in synnes. If forsothe the enemys of thi seruauns, and due to deth, with so myche tentifnesseententifnes A. thou tormentedist, and deliueredest, ȝiu|ende time and place, bi theOm. C pr. m. whiche thei myȝten be chaungid fro malice; with hou myche diligence demest thou thi sones, to whos fadris and modris, othis and co|uenauntis thou ȝeue of goode behestes? Thanne whan thou ȝiuest to vs disci|pline, oure enemys manyfold thou scourg|ist, that thi goodnesse demende, wee thenken; and whan of vs is demed, wee hope thi merci. Wherfore and toOm. A. them, that in ther lif vnwisly and vnriȝtfulli lyueden, bi tho thingus, that thei heri|eden, thou ȝeue grettest tormentis. For|sothe in the weie of errour lengere thei erreden, eymende goddis tho thingis that in bestes ben ouer veyne, liuende bi ma|ner of vnwise ȝunge childer. For that as to vnwise childer thou ȝeue dom, in to scorn; who forsothe with repreues and blamyngusblamynge A. ben not mendidamendid A., the wrthi dom of God ben expert `or felidenOm. C pr. m. E pr. m.. In these thingus forsothe that thei suf|freden, heuyli thei beeren, in the whiche suffring thei endeyneden; bi thothee A. the GH. thingis that thei wenden goddis, in hem whan thei weren distroȝid, seende hym, whom sum tyme thei denyeden hem to han knowen, verre God thei knewen; for the whiche and the ende of the condempnyng of hem shal come onupon AEGH. hem.

 CAP. XIII.

Veyne forsothe ben alle men, in whiche vnderlith not the kunnyng of God; and of tho that ben seen goode thingus, thei myȝten not vndirstonde hym, that is, ne to the werkis takende heed, knewen who was craftis man; but or fyr, or spirit, or swift eir, or cumpas of sterres, or ful myche watir, or sunne, or moone, theOm. C pr. m. gouernoures of the roundnesse of londis goddis wenden; in whos fairnesse delitid, if thei wendenweneden E. goddis, wite they, hou myche `than thesethan tho C pr. m. more E pr. m. the lordshipere of hem is theOm. A. fairerefairere of them E pr. m.; the getere forsothe of fairnesse alle these thingus ordeynede. Or if theOm. AEGH. vertue and werkisthe werkis AGH. of them thei wndreden, vnderstonde they of tho thingis, for he that made these thingis, is strengere than tho; forsothe of the mykilnesse of fairnesse, and of crea|turethe creature C pr. m., knowendeli shal moun the creatour of these ben seen. But `ner the latereneuer the latere AEG. ȝit in these lasse pleynt is; and these forsothe parauenture erren, sechende God, and willende to finden. And forsothe in the werkys of hym whan thei ben often turnende, and sechensechynge A., and ful shewid han, for goode thingis ben, that ben seen. Eft forsoothe ne to these owith to be for|ȝouen. If forsothe so myche thei myȝten kunne, that the world thei myȝten eymen, hou the lord of this liȝtliere thei founden not? Vnseli forsothe thei ben, and among the deade the hope of them is, thatthei A. cle|pedenclepen AGH. goddis the werkis of the hondis of men, gold, and siluer, the finding of craft, and the licnesses of bestes, or vn|profitable ston, the werc of the olde hond. Or if any crafti man, forgere, hewe of the wode an euene tree, and of this taȝtli pare awei al the rinde, and, vsid his craft diligentli, forge a vessel vnpro|fitable in to conuersacioun of lif; the tother forsothe of his werk to the mak|ing of mete vse; and the tother of these thingis, that to noon vse, a crokid tree, and ful of knarres, he maketh, that he graue diligentli bi his voidenesse, and bi the kunnyng of his craft figure it, and licne it to an ymage of man, or to sum of bestes it he comparisoune, thurȝ draw|ende with a reuler, and make the colour of it with red, and broun, and eche spot, that is in it, fulful of A. `daubende with erthepeynting E pr. m., and make it a wrthi dwelling, puttende it in a wal, and fastnendefastne it A. with iren, lest parauenture it falle; beholdende to it, witende, for it mai not helpen the|selfit self A.; forsothe an ymage it is, and nede is to it helpe. And of his substaunce, and of his sones, and of sposailes, mak|ende auow, ensercheth; he shameth not to speke with it, that withoute soule is; and for helthe forsothe the feble he be|secheth, and for lif he preȝeth the deade, and in to helpe he inwardli clepeth the vnprofitable. And for theOm. AE sec. m. GH. going asketh of itOm. C pr. m., that may not go; and of purchas|ing, and of werching, and of the chauns of alle thingus he asketh of it, that in alle thingys ys vnprofitable.

 CAP. XIV.

EftAlso A. an other thenkende to seilen, bi hidous flodis bigynnende to make weie, the tree berende hym, inwardlihe inwardli AEGH. clepeth a more frele tree. That forsothe co|ueitise of wynnyngpurchasynge E pr. m. thoȝtesoȝte C. out; and a craftisman forgede bi his wisdam. Thou forsothe, fader, governest bi prouydence, for thou hast ȝoue in the se weie, and among flodis mosta most C pr. m. stedefast path; shew|ende, for thou art myȝti of alle thingus to helen, also if withoute ship a man go toin to AGH. the se; but that the werkis of thi wisdam weren not voide, for that also men takende ther liues to a litil tree, and passende the se, bi a ship ben deli|uered. But fro the bygynnyng, whan proude ieauntis persheden, the hope of the roundnesse of erthis to a ship fleende, sente aȝeen to the world sed of birthe, that bi thin hond was gouerned. Blissid forsothe is the tree, bi theOm. AEGH. whiche is do riȝtwisnesse. The maumet forsothe, that is maad bi hondys, is cursid, and it, and he that made it, for he forsothe wroȝte vnleefulnesse; that forsothe, whan it was britil, is nempned God. Lic maner for|sothe tothei ben to E pr. m. hate benthei ben E pr. m. to God the vnpytouse, and the vnpitousnesse of hym. Forsothe that is mad, with hym that made, tor|mentus shal suffre. For that and to the maumetis of naciouns shal not ben re|ward; for the creaturis of God in to hate ben mad, and tempting to the soule of men, and in to a mouscacche to the feet of vnwise men. The bigynnyng forsothe of fornycacioun is the outseching of mau|metis, and the finding of hem is corup|cioun of lyf. Forsothe thei weren not fro the bigynnyng, ne shul ben in to with oute ende. The oueruoidenesse for|sothe of men these thingis fond in to the roundnesse of erthis; and therfore short the ende of hem is founden. Forsothe with bitter weiling the fader sorewende, soonethe soone AGH. of the raueshid sone made an ymage; and hym, that thanne as a man was dead, now as goda God A. he begynneth to herien; and ordeynedeordeyne AGH. among his ser|uauns templisbehestis E pr. m. and sacrifises. Aftirward in the mene comende time waxende shreude custum, this errour as lawea lawe AGH. is kept, and bi maundemens of tirauntis false werkis ben heried. These whom in opene men myȝten not wrshipen, for that aferr thei weren, from aferr the figure of them is broȝt; the euydent ymage of the king, whom wrshipen thei wolden, thei maden; that hym that was aferr, as present thei shulden herien with therOm. A. bisynesse. Forsothe the grete dili|gence of theOm. A. craftis man droȝ to the heriyng of hem and hem, that vnknewen. He forsothe wilnende more to plesen to hym, that hym toc, trauailede out bi his craft, that the licnesse in to betere he shulde figuren. Forsothe the multitude of men, disceyued bi the fairnesse of the werk, hym that bifor time as a man was wrshipid, now god thei eymeden. And this was disceyuyng of mannys lif; for to afeccioun, or to kingus men deseruyng, the vncomunycable name to stones and trees thei puttenputtiden AGH.. And it suffisede not, them to han erred aboute the kunnyng of God; but and in gret bataile of vnkun|nyngvnkunnyng of God A. liuende, so fele and so grete eueles pes thei clepen. Or forsothe ther sones sacrifiende, or derke sacrifises makende, or hauende ful wacchis of wodnesse, ne lif, ne clene sposailis now thei kepen; but an other an other bi enuye sleth, or auoutrende sorewith. And alle thingus ben mengd togidere, blod, manslaȝter, thefte, and feynyng, corupcioun, vnfeith|fulnesse, disturbing, and forswering, strif, the vnmynding of the goodes of the Lord, the defouling of soules, the mis|chaunging of birthe, the vnstablenesse of bridales, the vnordeynyng of leccherie and of vnclennesse. Forsothe the heri|yng of cursid maumetis is the cause of alleOm. A. euel, and bigynnyng, and ende. Or forsothe, whil thei gladen, thei waxen wod; or certis thei profecien false thingus, or liuen vnriȝtwisly, or forswern soone. Whil forsothe thei trosten in maumetus, that ben withoute soule, euele swerende, thei hopen not themself to ben noȝed. Eithir thanne to them comen wrthili; for euele thei feleden of God, takende heed to maumetis, and sworen vnriȝtwisly in the maumet, dispisende riȝtwisnesse. Forsothe of men swerendesweringe the oth E pr. m. is not vertue, but the peyne of synneres thurȝ goth euermor, in to the lawe brek|ing of riȝtwis thingus.

 CAP. XV.

Thou forsothe, oure God, sweete, and verre, and pacient, and in mercy dispos|ende alle thingis. Forsothe if wee syn|nen, thine wee ben, witende thi mykil|nesse; and if wee synnen not, wee witen, for anent thee wee ben countid. For|sothe to han knowen thee, is ful endid riȝtwisnesse; and to witen riȝtwisnesse and thi vertu, roote is of vndeadlynesse. Forsothe not in to errour inladde vs the oute thenking of the euele craft of men, ne the shadewe of peynting trauaile withoute frut, the grauen licnesse bi dy|uers coloures; whos siȝte to the vnwise ȝyueth coueiting, and looueth the licnesse of the deade ymage withoute soule. The looueres of euelis ben wrthi deth, that hope han in suche thingus; and that don hem, and that loouen, and that herien. But and the crockere, the nesshe erthe threstende, trauailously maketh to oure vses eche vessel; and of the same clei he made that ben clene vesselis in to vse, and also that to them ben contrarious; forsothe of these vesselis what is the vse, domesman is the crockere. And with veyn trauaile god he maketh of the same cley, he that a litil biforn of erthe was mad; and aftir a litil he ledith hym|selfe whennes he is taken, aȝeen askid the dette of the soule that he hadde. But and ther is cure to hym, not for he is to trauailen, ne for his lif is short, but that me sputetogidere spute E pr. m. with gold smythis, and siluer smythis; but and metal ma|keres he folewith, and glorie he berth biforn; for thingus ouervoide he mak|ethmade E pr. m.. AskenAsshen A. forsothe is the herte of hym, and erthe ouervoide the hope of hym, and foulere than cley the lif of hym. For he kneȝ not that made hym, and that enspirede to hym a soule; and looueth that he wroȝte; and thatOm. C pr. m. bleȝ in to hym a lifli spirit. But thei eym|eden a pleiyng place to ben the lif of hem, and the conuersacioun of lif mad to wynnyng, and to bihouen also on eche side, of euel to purchasen. This forsothe wot hymself ouer alle men to trespassen, that of the mater of erthe britel vesselis and grauen maketh. Forsothe alle the vnwise men and vnsely ouer maner of ther soule ben proude, enemys of thi puple, and mysseiende to it; for alle the maumetis of naciouns godis thei eym|eden, to the whiche nouther siȝte of eȝen is to seen, ne nose therlis to parceyue spirit, ne eres to heren, ne fingris of hondis to gropen, but andOm. A. the feet of hem slowe to gon. A man forsothe made them, and that the spirit borewide, he feynede them; no man forsothe mai maken a god lic to hym. Whan for|sothe he be deadli, the deade he makith with wicke hondis; betere forsothe is he than these, that he herieth; for he for|sothe liuede, whan he was deadli, thei forsothe neuere. But and thei most wrecchid herien bestes; witles forsothe, comparisouned to these, ben wers than tho. But neither with siȝte any thing of these bestes mai beholden goode thyngis; forsothe they fledden the preisyng of God, and the blessing of hym.

 CAP. XVI.

For these, and lic thingus to these, wrthily thei suffreden tormentis, and bi multitude of bestes thei ben destroȝed. For whychethe whyche C pr. m. tormentis thou disposid|ist wel thi puple, bi whiche thou ȝeue coueiting of ther delit a newe sauour, greithende curleeu mete to them. That thei forsothe coueitende mete, for tho thingus that to them ben shewid, and sent, also fro nedeful coueiting thei shulden be turned awei; these forsothe nedi mad in short, tasteden newe mete. Forsothe it bihouede to them, hauntende tiraundise, deth toforsothe to C. comen on with oute excusacioun; to them forsothe onli to shewen, hou the enemys of them weren destroȝid. Forsothe whan to them cam on the cruel wrathe of bestis, bi the bit|yngisbites C pr. m. of shreude shadewe edderes thei weren distroȝid. But not in to euermor thi wrathe abod stille; but to the cor|reccioun in short thei ben disturbid, tocne hauende of helthe, to the remem|bring of the maundement of thi lawe. Who forsothe is turned, not bi that that he saȝ, he was heled, but bi theethe AGH., saueour of allealle thingis E pr. m.. In that forsothe thou shewdist to oure enemys, for thou art, that de|lyuerest fro alle euel. Hem forsothe the bityngis of fleȝes and of locustis slowen, and ther is not founden helthe to the soule of hem; for wrthi thei weren of suche thingus to ben destroȝed. Thi sonus forsothe, nouther the teth of dra|gounes, ne of venymed thingus ouer|camen; forsothe thi mercy comende to, helede them. In the mynde forsothe of thi wrdis thei weren distroȝid, and swiftli thei weren saued; lest in to heeȝ for|ȝeting fallende, thei myȝten not vse thin helpe. Forsothe neither erbe, ne plastre heldehelide AGH. them; but thi wrd, Lord, that heleth alle thingus. Thou art, Lord, that of lif and deth hast power; and bringest doun to the ȝatis of deth, and aȝeen bringest. A man forsotheOm. G sec. m. sleth bi malice forsotheOm. A. his soule; and whan the spirit goth out, he shal not turne aȝeen, ne the soule, that is resceyued, shal aȝeen clepen; but thyn hond to fleen isit is A. vnpossible. Vnpitouse men for|sothe, denyyngedemynge AGH. to han knowen thee, bi the strengthe of thin arm ben scourgid; with newe watris, and hailis, and reynes, they suffreden persecucioun, and bi fijr ben wastid. That forsothe was mer|ueylous, in water, that alle thingis quencheth, more the fir myȝte; the world forsothe is veniere of riȝtwis men. Forsothe sum tyme the fyr was tamed, that the bestes, that weren sent to vn|pitous men, weren not brent; but that thei seende shulden witen, for bi the dom of God thei suffrensuffreden CE pr. m. persecucioun. And sum tyme in water, aboue vertue, fyr brende out on either side, that the wicke nacioun of the lond it shulde de|stroȝen. For the whiche with the mete of aungelis thou nurshedist thi puple, and thou ȝeue to them bred mad redi fro heuene, with oute trauaile; hauende alle deliting in itself, and swetnesse of alle sauour. Forsothe thi substaunce, and thi swetnesse, that in to sones thou hast, thou shewedist; and deseruende to the wil of echone, to what eche wolde, it was conuertid. Snoȝ forsothe and ijs suffreden the strengthe of fyr, and flow|eden not; that thei shulden witen, for brennende fyr, leiting in hail and reyn, destroȝede the frutes of the enemys. That forsothe eft, that the riȝtwis man shulde ben nurshid, the fyr also forȝat his vertue. Forsothe the creature to thee makere deseruende, brenneth out in to torment aȝen vnriȝtwis men, and softereliȝtere E pr. m. is mad to weel don, for them that trosten in thee. For that and thanne thi graces deserueden in to alle thingus, transfigured to the vertue of alle, at the wil of them, that of thee ben de|sired; that thi sones, whom thou loou|edyst, Lord, shulden wite, for not the frut of birthe fedde men, but thi wrd kepte them, that in thee leeueden. That forsothe that of fijr myȝte not ben de|stroȝed, anoon of a litil bem of sunne chaufid, flowede; that it were knowen to alle, for it byhoueth to comen beforn the sunne to thithe A. blessing, and at the springing of liȝt to honoure thee. For|sothe the hope of the vnkinde as cold ijs shal flowen, and dispershen as watir ouer voide.

 CAP. XVII.

Forsothe grete ben thi domes, Lord, and vntellablevnwlatable A. thi wrdis; for these the vndisciplyned soulis erreden. Whil for|sothe wicke men han ful preued, to moun lordshipen to the holy nacioun, in bondis of dercnesses, and of long nyȝt gyued, enclosid vnder rooues, fugitif to perpetuel prouydence, pleseden. And whil thei wenen them to lurken in derk synnes, bi the derc veil of forȝeting thei ben sca|tered, dredende grisfulli, and with ful myche wndring disturbid. Ne forsothe the den that heeldhilyde A. hem, with oute drede kepte; for descendende soun disturbidedisturblid G. them, and dreri persones aperende to them, ȝeuen inwardinwardli A. fere to them. And no strengthe forsothe of theOm. C pr. m. fijr myȝte to them ȝyuen liȝt, ne the cleer flaumes of sterresthe sterres A. myȝten liȝten that grisful nyȝt. Forsothe ther aperede to them sodeyn fyr, ful of drededreden C.; and smyten with the drede of that face, that was not seen, thei eymeden werse to ben, that weren seen. And of deuyning craft the scornes weren leid to, and the glorie of wisdam correccioun with strif. Thei forsothe, that bihiȝten dredes and perturbaciouns them to putten out fro the languysshende soule, these with scorn ful, of drede lan|guyssheden. For and if no thing hem of the wndris disturbide, bi passing of bestis, and hissing of edderes stirid, fer|ful thei pershedenperishen AGH.; and the eir, that bi no resoun a man myȝte flee, denyende themself seeȝen; ofte forsothe they be|forn ocupien werst thingis, the concience vndernemende. Whan forsothe ther is ferful shreudenesse, it is ȝouen in to the condepnacioun of alle thingus; euermor presumeth cruel thingis a conscience dis|turbid. No thing forsothe is drededredeful A., but helpe of presumpcioun, betraȝyngbetraiȝingis AC. of the helpis of thoȝt. And whil fro with|inne lasse is the abiding, the more it weneth the power of his cause, of the whiche torment it ȝyueth. Thei for|sothe, that verreli the vnmyȝti nyȝt, and slepende the same slep, ouercomende from the lowest, and fro the heȝest, otherwhile thei weren stirid hider and thider, bi the drede of the wndris, otherwhile the lyues faileden bi ouerleding; forsothe to them sodeyn and vnhopid drede ouer|cam. Theraftir if any of hem hadde falle doun, he was kept in prisoun, with oute iren, reclosid; if forsothe a cherl who were, or a shepperde, or a werch|ere of feeldis, were beforn ocupied, vnscapable, `or that myȝt not be fledOm. C et E pr. m., nede he suffrede. With oon forsothe cheyne of dercnesses alle thei weren bounde togidere; orouther AEGH. puffende wind, or sweet soun of briddes among thickethoo E pr. m. braunchis of tres, ora A. bi E pr. m. strengthe of ful myche rennende doun water, or strong soun of stones fallid doun, or the vnseen cours of pleiende bestes, or the stronge vois of loowende bestes, or the aȝeen sounende rebounding of soun froof A. the heȝest hillis, maden them failende for drede. Forsothe al the roundnesse of erthis was liȝtid with cler liȝt, and con|tened in werkis not lettid. Forsothe only to them was ouerset a greuous nyȝt, ymage of dercnesses, that was to come `on tovnto AG. them; thanne thei to themself weren mor greuous than the dercnessis.

 CAP. XVIII.

To thi seyntes forsothe was most liȝt, and the vois forsothe of these the enemys herden, but the figure thei seȝen not; andOm. A. for not and thei bi the same thingus hadden suffrid, thei magnefieden thee. And for biforn hurt thei weren, for thei weren not hurt, graces thei diden to thee; and that ther were difference, thee, God, thei askeden. For the whiche thei hadden to the vnknowe lif ledere, a brennende piler of fyr; and thou ȝeue the sunne, withoute hurting of good her|berewe. Wrthi forsothe theithei ben A. toOm. E sec. m. lacken liȝt, and toOm. E sec. m. suffrin prisoun of dercnesses, that enclosid kepten thin holi sones; bi whom the vncorupt liȝt of lawe bigan to ben ȝouen to the world. Whan thei thoȝten to slen the fauntis of riȝtwis men; and oon sone leid out, and deli|uered, and in to the ouerleding of them, thou tooke awei the multitude of sones, and togidere them thou spildist in strong water. That forsothe nyȝt is knowen biforn ofOm. A. oure fadris, that verreli wit|ende bi what othis thei leeueden, thei shulden ben mor stedefast. Forsothe ther is taken of thi puple helthe, for|sothe of riȝtwis men; of vnriȝtwis men forsothe destroȝing. Forsothe as thou hurtedest oure aduersaries, so and vs sterende, thou magnefiedist. Hidendely forsothe the riȝtwis childer of goode men sacrifieden, and the lawe of ryȝtwisnesse thei disposeden tointo AGH. acord; lic maner riȝt|wis men goodes and eueles to resceyuen, noble preisingus to the fader ofOm. A. alle singende. Forsothe the vncouenable vois of enemyes sounede, and wepful weiling of bewepte ȝunge childer was herd. Lic peyne forsothe the seruaunt with the lord is tormentid; and a man of the puple to the king lic thyngis suffrede. Thanne lic maner alle with o name of deth hadden vnnoumbrable deade men, ne the quyke forsothe suffiseden to birien; for o moment the nacioun of hem, that was mor cler, is distroȝed. Of alle for|sothe they not leeuende for the bene|fetes, thanne whan first was the deth of the first goten, thei bihiȝten hemself the puple of God to ben. Whan forsothe quyete silence contenede alle thingus, and the nyȝt in his cours hadde the mene weie, thin almyȝti wrd, Lord, goende out fro heuene, fro the kingus setes cam; an hard ouercomere it is, in to the myd|del lond of deth; leep forth a sharp swerd berende in to thi licned empire; and stondende fulfilde alle thingus with deth, and vnto heuene ateynede, stondende in the erthe. Thanne anoon the siȝte of euele sweuenes disturbide them, and dredes oncamen vnhopid. And an other elleswher cast forth half on lyue, for whatthe what E pr. m. cause of deth he diede, he shewede. Forsothe the viseouns that disturbeden hem, these thingus biforn warneden, that thei shulden not pershen vnkunnynge, whi thei suffreden eueles. Thanne for|sothe touchede and riȝtwismen the tempt|acioun of deth, and ther is mad of the multitude a stiring in wildernesse; but not longe abod stille thi wrathe. A man forsothe goende withoute blame to preȝen for puples, bringende forth of hys seruyse the sheeld anof an C pr. m. H. orisoun, and bi encens preȝing aleggyng, withstod to the wrathe, and ende putte to the nede, shewende for thi seruaunt he is. Forsothe he ouer|cam cumpanys, not in vertue of body, ne inOm. C. armure of power; but in wrd hym that ouertrauailede hym, he vndircasteouercaste C., remembrende the othis of fadris, and tes|tament. Whan forsothe now hipyllmelum thei hadden fallen dead, either vp on other, he stod betwen, and kutte awei the bure, and deuydede thatit that E pr. m. weie, that to the men on lyue ladde. Forsothe in the clothing of the preest coepe, that he hadde, was al the roundnesse of erthis; and the grete thingus of fadris weren grauen in foure ordres of stones; and thi grete doyng in theOm. G. dyademe of hys hed was writen. To thesethis E pr. m. forsothe `he ȝaf stedewente awei E pr. m., that distroȝededistroȝeden C., and these thingus he ful out dredde; forsothe ther was alone suffycyent temptyng of wrathe.

 CAP. XIX.

To the vnpitouse forsothe and to the laste withoute mercy wrathe cam vpon; forsothe he knew biforn and the thingis to comen of hem. For whan thei weren turned, and hadden suffrid, that thei shulden lede them, and with gret bisy|nesse thei hadden sent themOm. C pr. m. beforn, ther folewede forsothe them the deede of pe|naunce. Ȝit forsothe among the hondys hauende weiling, and weping at the mo|numentes of the deade, an other thynk|ing of vnkunnyng theithe AC. token to them; and whom preȝende thei hadden throwen awei, them as fugitifes thei pursueden. Forsothe ther ladde them to that ende wrthi necessite, and of these thingis that hadden fallen, the mynde thei losten, that that lackeden of tormentis, punshyng shulde fulfillen, and thi puple forsothe merueylously shulde passe; thei forsothe newe deth shulden fynde. Eche creature forsothe to his kinde fro the bigynnyng was aȝeen figured, deseruend to thin hestes, that thi childer shulden be kept vnhurt. For a cloude shadewede the tentes of hem, and in the water that was biforn, the erthe aperede drie; and in the rede se weie with oute lettyng, and a buriounende feeld of ful gret depthe; bi the whiche alle nacioun passede, that was couered with thin hond; seende forsothe thi merueiles and wndris. As hors for|sothe thei gnowen mete, and as lombis thei ful out ioȝeden, magnefiende thee, Lord, for thou delyueredest hem. For|sothe myndeful they weren ȝitOm. C pr. m. of tho thingus, that were don in the comeling wonyng of hem; as for the nacioun of bestes, the erthe broȝte out fleeȝes, and for theOm. C pr. m. fisshes, the flod bolkedebowede GH. out mul|titudethe multitude A. of frogges. At the laste forsothe they seȝen a newe creature of briddes, whan, lad bi lust, thei askeden metes of delicious eting. In the speche forsothe of the desir, steȝede vp to them fro the se a curlu; and trauailes to synneres camen vp on, not withoute tho euydences, that weren mad bi the fors of flodis. Riȝtwisly forsothe thei suffreden, aftir their shreudenesses; forsothe in to abho|minable hospitalite thei stoden in. Othere forsothe vnknowen comelingus resceyu|eden not; othere forsothe goode gestes in to seruage token. And not onli these thingus, but an other forsothe respit of hem was, for maugre theires thei re|sceyueden straungeres. Who forsothe with gladnesse resceyueden them, that hadden vsid the same enformyngus, with most cruel sorewes thei tormenteden. Smyte forsothe thei ben with blindnesse, as thei in theOm. E. ȝates of the riȝtwise, with sodeyn dercnesses, whan thei ben couered; eche oonOm. C pr. m. soȝte the passing out of his dore. In to them self forsothe whil the elemens ben turned, as in an orgne of qualite the soun is chaungid, and alle kepen ther soun; wherfore of that ser|teyn siȝte it may be eymed. Feeldi wilde thingus in to watriwatir CG. ben turned; what|euere weren swymmende, in the erthe passeden. Fyr in the watir hadde strengthe ouer his vertue; and water forȝatforȝat of AEGH. his quenchende kinde. Flaumes aȝeenward trauaileden not the flesh of the coruptible bestes goende togidere; ne dissoluede it, that liȝtli was dissolued as ijs, good mete. In alle thingus forsothe thou magnefiedist thi puple, Lord, and wrshepedist; and dispisedist not, in alle tyme and in alle place stondende nyȝ to them.

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OFF manye and grete bi the lawe, and profetes, and othere, that foleweden hem, wisdam to vs is shewed. In the whiche it behoueth to preisen Irael, bi cause of doctrine and ofOm. C pr. m. wisdam; for not onli hem spekende, nedful it is to be wis, but also straungeres to moun, and seiende and writende, to be mad most wis. Myn elde-fader Jhesus, aftir that hymself he ȝaf more to besynesse of lessoun of lawe, and of profetes, and of othere bokis, that to vs of oure fadris ben taken, and he wolde write sum what of these, that to wisdam and doctrine pertenen, that men desirende to lernen, and to be mad wise men, of hem more and more thei taken heed in inwit, and ben confermed to the lawful lif. Also I monesteamoneste AEGHI. ȝou to comen with welOm. C. willingnesse, and with mor bisy studi to do lessoun, and to han forȝyuenesse in thothes AGHI. thingus, in whiche wee ben seen folewende the ymage of wisdam, and to defautenfaile I. in the making togidere of wrdys. For Ebru wrdis failenfailiden I., whan thei weren trans|latid toin to AGHI. an other tunge. Forsothe not oneli this, but and that lawe, and pro|fetes, and othire thingis of bokes, han not a litil difference, whan betwenbitwixe I, hem|self thei ben seid. For in the eiȝte and threttithethe threttithe E. ȝer, in the tymes of king Ptholome Euergeeteueri ȝeer I., aftir that I cam in to Egipt, and whan myche of tyme I hadde ben there, I fond there bokes laft, not of litil doctrine, ne to ben dis|pisid. And soo good and necessarie trow|ede and I myself to adden sum dili|gence and trauaile ofin A. remenyngrenewing I. this bok, and with myche waking I leide toOm. I. `besynesse ofOm. E sec. m. doctrine, in space of tyme to ȝyue this boc to tho thingus that leden to an ende, and to them that wiln the inwit bisiyn, and lernen, hou it behoueth to enformen maneres, that after the lawe of the Lord purposen lifher lijf A. to leden.

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Alle wisdam of the Lord God is, and with hym was euermor, and is biforn aungelis during. The grauel of the se, and the dropis of reyn, and the daȝes of the world, who distinctli hathOm. C pr. m. noum|brede? The heiȝte of heueneheuenes C pr. m., and the brede ofof the C pr. m. erthe, and the depthe of the se, who distinctli mesurede? The wis|dam of God goende beforn alle thingus, who enserchede? First of alle formed is wisdam, and the vnderstonding of pru|dence, fro the during of aungelis. The welle of wisdam the wrd of God in heiȝtes; and the ingoyng of it euere lastende maundemens. The roote of wis|dam to whom is it shewyd? and the `sutil wittissutil wittynesses E pr. m. AGH. witnesses C pr. m. of it who kneȝ? The discyplyne of wisdam, to whom is it shewid, and opened? and the multepliyng of the `incomynginwit E pr. m. comyng E sec. m. of it who vnderstod? Oon is the heiȝest makere of noȝt of alle thingus, al myȝti, and a myȝti king, and wrthi to be drad ful myche, sittende vp on the trone of hym, and Godd lord|shipende. He formede it in the Hoeli Goest, and saȝ, and distinctli noumbrede, and mesurede; and helde out it vpon alle his werkes, and vp on alle flesh aftir his ȝifte; he ȝyueth it to men loouende itself. The drede of the Lord glorie, and ioȝyng, and gladnesse, and coroun of outward ioȝyng. The drede of the Lord shal de|lyten the herte; and shal ȝyue gladnesse and ioȝe in to the lengthe of daȝes. To the dredende God, wel shal be in the laste endys; and in the dai of his diyng he shal be blissid. To whom forsothe it shal aperen in siȝt, thei loouen it in see|yng, and in the knowing of his grete thingushable thingis E pr. m.. The loouyng of God wrshepe|ful wisdam. The bigynnyng of wisdam drede of the Lord; and with feithful men in the wombe he is togidere formed, and with chosen wymmen he goth, and with riȝtwis and feithful men he is knowen. The drede of the Lord religiosite of kun|nyng. Religiosite shal kepen, and iuste|fien the herte; ful myrthe and ioȝe it shal ȝyue. To the dredende God wel shal be; and in the daȝes of endyngethe coumforting C et E pr. m. of hymit E pr. m. he shal be blessid. Plente of wisdam to dreden God; and plente of the frutes of it. Eche hous of hym it shal fulfille fro ieneraciouns, and the resceyuyng places froof A. the tresores of hym. The croune of wisdam drede of the Lord, fulfillende pes, and the frut of helthe. And it saȝ, and distinctli noum|brede it; botheeither C et E pr. m. forsothe ben the ȝiftis of God. Kunnyng and vnderstonding of prudence wisdam shal with departen; and the glorie of men holdende itself it en|haunceth. The roote of wisdam is `to dredenthe dreed of A. God; the braunches forsotheOm. C. of it long lyuyng. In the tresores of wisdam vnderstonding, and religiosite of kunnyng; kursyng forsothe to synneres wisdamis wisdam A.. The drede of the Lord putteth awei synne, forand A. for whi G. who withoute drede is, shal not moun be iustefied; wrathefulnesse forsothe ofof the C pr. m. wilfulnesse `or hardynesseOm. C et E pr. m. of hym is his turnyng vp so doun. Vn to tymethe tyme E pr. m. the pacient shal suffre; and aftir|ward isOm. AGH. ȝeldyngeturnyng C et E pr. m. aȝeen of ful myrthe. Good wit vnto time shal hide his wrdis; and the lippis of manye shuln tellen out the wit of hym. In the tresores of wis|dam is tocnyng of discyplyne; cursing forsothe to the synnere is theOm. C pr. m. heriyng of God. Sone, coueitende wisdam, kep riȝt|wysnesse, and God shal ȝyue it to thee. Wisdam forsothe and disciplyne the drede of the Lord, and that weel plesid is to hym, feith and debonernesse; and it shal fulfille the tresores of hym. Be thou not rebel, and `mys leefulmysbileueful AG. to the dred of the Lord; and ne neȝhe thou to hym with double herte. Ne be thou an ipo|crite in the siȝte of men; and be thou not sclaundred in thi lippes. Tac heed in tho thingus, lest parauenture thou falle, and bringe to thi soule vnwrsheping; and God openeth in hid thingus, andOm. C. in the myddel of the synagogelynage G. he hurtle thee; for thou neȝhedist maliciously to the Lord, and thin herte is ful of treccherie and desceyt.

 CAP. II.

Sone, neȝhende to the seruage of God, stond in riȝtwisnesse, and drede; and greithe thou thi soule to tempting. Ber doun thin herte, and suffre, and bowe in thyn ere, and vndertac the wrdis of vndirstonding, and heeȝe thou not in tyme of opressing. Sustene the susten|yngus of God; be thou with ioyned to God, and suffre, that thi lif waxe in the laste. AlleAnd alle C et E pr. m. thatthat is, E pr. m. to thee shul ben leid to, tac, and in sorewe sustene, and in thi mecnesse haue pacience. For in fyr is preued gold and siluer; men forsothe resceyuable in the chymne of mecnesse. Ȝif feith to God, and he shal rekureresceyuen C pr. m. thee; and dresse thi weye, and hope in to hym. Kep the drede of hym, and in hym wax old. Ȝee dredende the Lord, susteeneth the mercydrede E pr. m. of hym, and bowith not doun fro hym, lest ȝee falle. Ȝee that dreden the Lord, ȝyueth feith to hym, and there shal not be voidid awei ȝoure meede. Ȝee that dreden the Lord, hopeth in to hym, and in to liking shal come to ȝou mercy. Ȝee that dreden the Lord, looueth hym, and ȝoure hertes shul be liȝtned. Be|holdeth, ȝee sonus, the naciouns of men, and witeth, for no man hopide in the Lord, and is shent; abodor abod A. stille in his hestes, and is forsaken; or who inwardli clepede hym, and he dispisede hym? For piteuous, and mercyful is God, and he shal forȝyue in the day of tribulacioun synnes; and defendere he is to alle men, ful out sechende hym in treuthe. Wo to the double in herte, and to the lippis of the `hidously giltendehidous gilter AGH., and to the hondes euele doende; and to the synnere goende in to the erthe two weies. Wo to the dis|solut `or vnstableOm. C et E pr. m. in herte, that ȝyuen not feith to God; and therfore thei `schul not benben not C et E pr. m. defendid of hym. Wo to them that han lost suffring, and that han forsake riȝt weies, and han turned aside in to shreude weies. And what shul thei do, whan the Lord shal begynne to inwardli looken? Who dreden the Lord, shul not ben of mysfeith to the wrd of hym; and who loouen hym, shuln holli kepe the weie of hym. Who dreden the Lord, shuln inwardli sechen, that ben wel plesid thingus to hym; and that loouen hym, shul be fulfild with the lawe of hym. Who dreden the Lord, shul greithe ther hertes, and in the siȝte of hym thei shul halewen ther soules. Who dreden the Lord, shul kepen the hestis of hym, and pacience shuln han vnto the inwardly looking of hym; seiende, If penaunce wee shul not do, wee shul falle in to the hondus of the Lord, and not into the hondis of men. Forsothe aftir the my|kilnesse of hym, so and his mercy isOm. C. with hym.

 CAP. III.

The sonus of wisdam the chirche of riȝtwis men, and the nacioun of hem obeisaunce and loouyng. The dom of the fader hereth, ȝee looued sones; and so doth, that ȝee be saf. God forsothe wrshepede the fader in sonus, and the dom of the moder ful out sechende he fastnede in to the sonus. Who looueth God, shal full out preȝen for synnes, and shal withholden hym fro them, and in the orisoun of daȝes he shal be ful out herd. And as he that tresoreth, so and he that wrshepith his moder. Who wrshepith his fader, shal be mad merie in sones, and in the dai of his orisoun he shal be full out herd. Who wrshipith his fader, with lengere lif shal lyue; and who obesheth to the fadir, shal refreshe the moder. Who dredeth the Lord, wrshepith fader and moder; and as to lordis he shal serue to them that geeten hym, in werc, and wrd, and in alle pa|cience. Wrshipe thou thi fader, that ther come vpon to thee blissing fro God; and the blessing of hym in the laste dwelleth. The blissing of the fadir fast|neth the houses of sones; the cursing forsothe of the moder drawith out foun|demens bi the roote. Ne glorie thou in the wrong of thi fader; forsothe it is not to thee glorie, but shenshepe. The glorie forsothe of a man, of the wrshepe of his fadir; and the vylenye of the sone, the fader withoute wrshepe. Sone, mekeli tac the laste age of thi fader, and ne sorewe thou hym in his lif; and if he faile in wit, ȝif forȝyuenesse, and dispyse thou not hym in thiOm. A. vertue; forsothe the almesse deede of the fader shal not be in forȝetyng. For whi for the synne of the moder shal be restored to thee good, and in riȝtwisnesse it shal ben bild vp to thee; and in the dai of tribulacioun it shal be remembrid of thee, and as iys in cleer, thi synnes shul ben loosed. Of hou euel loos is he, that forsaketh the fader; and he is cursid of God, that terreth to wrathe the moder. Sone, in debonernesse thi werkes parforme, and ouer the glorie of men thou shalt be looued. Hou myche thou art gret, meeke thee in alle thyngus, and byforn God thou shalt fynde grace; for gret myȝt is of God alone, and of meeke men he is wrshipid. Heȝere thyngus than thiself seche thou not, and strengere thingus than thiself ne serche thou; but the thingus that God comaund|ide to thee, thenk hem euermor; and in manye werkes of hym `ne be thoube thou not AGH. kuri|ous. Forsothe it is not nedeful to thee, tho thingus that ben hid, to seen with thin eȝen. In oueruoide thingus wile thou not enserchen manyefold; and in manye werkes of hym thou shalt not be curious; manye forsothe thyngus ouer the wit of men ben shewid to thee. Manye forsothe supplauntede the suspi|sioun of hem, and in vanytee heeld doun the wittis of hem. The harde herte shal han euel in the laste; and that looueth perile, in it shal pershen. The herte goende in to two weies, shal not han welsum chaunces; and the shrewde herte in them shal be sclaundred. A wickewicked A. herte shal ben greeued in so|rewes; and the synnere shal lei to to synnen. To the synagoge of proude men shal not be helthe; forsothe the thickeOm. C pr. m. bush of synne in hem shal ben taken vp bi theOm. A. roote, and it shal not be vnderstonde. The herte of the wise man is vnderstonde in wisdam, and the goode ere shal heren with alle coueitende wisdam. The wis herte and vnderstand|able shal abstenen hymself from synnes, and in werkes of riȝtwisnesse welsum aftercomyngus shal han. Brennende fyr water shal quenche, and almes deede aȝenstandeth to synnes. And God is the forlookereforth loker AEGH. of hym that ȝeldeth grace; he hath mynde in to afterward, and in time of his falling he shal finde fastnyng.

 CAP. IV.

Sone, the almesse deede of the pore man ne begile thou, and ouerturne thou not thin eȝen fro the pore. The hungrende soule ne dispise thou, and terre thou not out to wrathe the pore in his myseise. The herte of the helpeles ne tormente thou, and drawe thou not a long ȝifte to the mananguyssh E pr. m. put in streit. The preȝing of the troblid ne caste thou awei, and turne thou not awei thi face fro the nedi. Fro the helpeles ne turne thou awei eȝenthin eȝen A. for wrathe, and `leeue thou not, `or ȝif thou not causeOm. C et E pr. m., to men sechende to curse bi|hynde to thee. Forsothe of the man cursende to thee in bitternesse of soule, ful out herd shal be the preȝeere of hym; forsothe he shall here hym, that made hym. To the congregacioun of pore men mac thou thee homli to speken, and to the prest meeke thou thi soule, and to the mad gret meeke thou thin hed. Bowe doun to the pore thin ereeeȝe H. eye AG. withoute drerynesse, and ȝeld thi dette, and an|swere pesibli in debonernesse. Delyuere hym that wrong suffreth fro the hond of the proude man, and egreli, `or heuylyOm. C et E pr. m., bere thou not in thi soule. In demende be thou to theOm. AEGH. fadirles childer merciful as a fadir, and for a man, `or husbondeOm. C et E pr. m., to the moder of hem; and thou shal be as an obeisaunt sone of the heiȝest, and he shal han merci of thee more than a moder. Wisdam to his sonus inbrethede lif, and receyueth the men out sechende him, and he shal go beforn in the weie of riȝtwis|nesse; and he that looueth it, looueth lif, and that waken to it, shul clippe togidere thein A. `gladnesse, or pesiblenesseglad|nesse C pr. m. E pr. m. pesiblenesse E sec. m. marg. AGH., of it. Who holden it, shuln eritagen lif; and whider it shal gon in, God shal blissenben blessed E pr. m. AGH.. Who seruen to it, obeshende shul ben to the hoeli man; and hem that loouen it, God looueth. Who hereth it, demeth folkis of kinde; and who biholdeth it, shal abide stille trostende. If he schalOm. C pr. m. ȝyue feith to it, he shal abide stille, and erit|agen it; and the creatures of hem shul be in fastnyng togidere. For in tempta|cioun it goth with hym, and in the first thyngus it chees hymOm. C pr. m.. Drede, and ferd, and prouyng it shal bringe in vp on hym, and schalOm. C pr. m. tormenten hym in tribu|lacioun of his techyng, to the tyme that it tempte hym in his thoȝtis, and he leeue to his soule. And it shal fastne hym, and a riȝt euene weie bringe to hym, and gladen hym; and nakenen his hidde thingus to hym, and tresoren vp on hym kunnyng, and vnderstonding of riȝtwis|nesse. If forsothe he schalOm. C pr. m. fulful out C pr. m. erre, it shal forsaken hym, and it shall taken hym in the hond of his enemy. Sone, waite tyme, and shone awei fro euel. For thi soule, `or liyfOm. C et E pr. m., be thou not con|foundidoffendid A. to seyn soth; ther is forsothe confusioun `bringende toOm. C pr. m. synne, and ther is confusioun bringende to glorie and grace. Ne take thou to face aȝen thi face, ne aȝen thi soule lesing. Ne shame thou thi neȝhebore in his falling, ne aȝeen holde thou a woord in timethe time E pr. m. of helthe. Hide thou not thi wisdam in the fairnes of hit; in the tunge forsothe wisdam is knowen, and wit, and kunnyng, and techyng, in the wrd of the weel feel|ende; and fastnynge in the werkiswrdis C pr. m. of riȝtwisnesse. Aȝensey thou not to the wrd of treuthe any maner; and of lesingthe lesynge AGH. of thi myslernyng be thou confoundid. Be thou not confoundid to knoulechen thi synnes; andOm. AGH. ne sochete thou thee to eche man for synne. Wile thou not with|stondestonde AGH. aȝen the face of the myȝti, ne enforce thou aȝen the stroc of the flood. For riȝtwisnesse fiȝt for thi soule, and vnto deth strif for riȝtwisnesse; and God shal outfiȝten, `or ouer comeOm. C et E pr. m., for thee thin enemys. Wile thou not be swift in thi tunge, and vnprofitable and sloȝ in thi werkis. Wile thou not ben as a leoun in thin hous, turnende awei thin homli men, and opressende to men soget to thee. Be not thin hond put forth to taken, and to ȝyuenȝyue thingis E pr. m. drawen togidere.

 CAP. V.

Wile thou not taken heed to wickidewicke GH. possessiouns, and ne seye thou, Ther is to me suffisaunt lif; no thing forsothe it shal profiten in the tyme of veniaunce, and of opressing, `or dethOm. C et E pr. m.. Ne folewe thou in thi strengthe the coueiting of thin herte, and ne sey thou, What maner myȝte I, or who me shal subiecten for my deedis? God forsothe veniende shal venien. Ne sey thou, I synnede, and what to me falleth sorewysorew A sec. m. EG.? Forsothe the heiȝeste is a pacient ȝeldere. Of the forȝyuenesse of synnes, wile thou notOm. A. be withoute drede, ne ley thou to synne vp on synne. And sey thou not, The merci of God is gret; of the multitude of my synnes he shal han mercy. Mercy forsothe and wrathe fro hym soone neȝheth, and in to synneres beholdeth the wrathe of hym. Ne tarie thou to be conuertid to the Lord, and ne puttebere E pr. m. thou it of fro dai in to day. Sodeynli forsothe shal come the wrathe of hym, and in time of veniaunce he shal distroȝe thee. Wile thou not ben anguysht in vnriȝt richesses; forsothe thei shul not profiten in the dai of deth and of veniaunces. Ne throwe thouOm. A. thee out in to eche wynd, and go thou not in to eche wei; so forsothe a synnere is proued in double tunge. Be thou stede|fast in the weie of the Lord, and in theOm. C pr. m. treuthe of thi wit and kunnyng; and parfitli folewe thee the wrd of pes and of riȝtwisnesse. Be thou debonere to hereOm C pr. m. the wrd of God, that thou vnder|stonde, and with wysdam thou schaltOm. C pr. m. bringe forth `a sothOm. AGH. answere. If ther is to thee vnderstonding, answere to thi neȝhebore; elles forsothe thin hond be vp on thi mouth, lest thou be take in an vndisciplined wrd, and thou be con|foundid. Wrshipe and glorie in the wrd of the weel felende; the tunge forsothe of the vnprudent is the turnyng vp so doun of hym. Be thou not clepid a twisil tungetungid A., `or a priue bacbiterOm. C et E pr. m., in thi lif, and be thou not take in thi tunge, and confoundid. Forsothe vp on a theef is confusioun, and peyne taking, and werst repref vp on the twisel tunge. To the priue grucchere forsotheOm. A. hate, and enemyte, and strif. Iustefie thou lic maner theto A. litle and theto A. grete.

 CAP. VI.

Wile thou not be mad for a frend enemy to thi neȝhebore; repref forsothe and strif the euel man shal eritagen, and eche synnere enuyous and twisil tungid. Ne enhaunce thou thee in the thenking of thi soule, as a boole; lest perauenture be hurtlid awei thi strengthe bi folie, and thi lefes it ete, and thi frutes it leese, and thou be laft as a drie tree in wildernesse. A shreude forsothe soule shal destroȝen hym that hath it, and in to ioȝe of his enemy it ȝyueth hym, and shal bringe doun in to the lot of vnpitous men. A sweete wrd multe|plieth frendis, and swagith enemys; and a gracious tunge in a good man shal abounde. Manye pesible ben to thee, and counseilour be to thee oon of a thousend. If thou weldist a frend, in temptacioun weld hym, and ne liȝtli opene, `or troweOm. C et E pr. m., thou thiself to hym. Ther is forsothe a frend aftir his tyme, and `schal not abideabidith not C pr. m. E pr. m. stille in the dai of tribulacioun. And ther is a frend that is turned to enemyte; and ther is a frend, that hate, and strif, and reprefes shal discoueren. Ther is for|sothe a frend, felawe of the bord, and abidith not stille in the dai of nede. A frend if heOm. C pr. m. abide stille stablid, he shal be to thee as euene with, and in thin homli thingus trostli he shal do. If he shal meeken hymself aȝen thee, and hiden hymself fro thi face, thou shalt han good frenshepe of o wil. Fro thin enemys be thou seuered, and of thi frendis tac heed. A `feithful frend a strongfrend a strong feithful C pr. m. freend is a stroong feithful A. stronge frende and a feithful G. proteccioun; who forsothe fyndeth hym, fyndith tresor. To a feithful frend is no comparisoun; ther is not wrthi peising of gold and of siluer aȝen the goodnesse of the feith of hym. A feithful frendfreend is A. leching of lif, and of vndeadlynesse; and who dredendredith A. the Lord, shul finden hym. Who dredeth the Lord, euenly shal han good fren|shipe; for after hym shal ben his frend. Sone, fro thi ȝouthe tac doctrine, and vn to hoorethyn hoore E pr. m. heris thou shalt finde wis|dam. As he that ereth, and that sowith, neȝhe thou to it, and sustene the goode frutes of it. In the werk forsothe of it a litil thou shal trauailen, and soone thou shalt ete ofOm. A. the getingus of it. Hou sharp ful myche is wisdam to vnwise men, and ther shal not abide stille in it the herteles. As the vertue of a ston, prou|yng shal be in them; and thei shul not abide to throwe it afer. The wisdam forsothe of doctrine isOm. C pr. m. after the name of it, and not to manye it is opened; to whom forsothe it is knowen, it abitabideth AEGH. stille, vnto the siȝte of God. Here, sone, and tac counseil of vnderstondyng, and caste thou not awei my counseil. Throȝ in thi feet in to the gyues of it, and in to the coleris of it thi necke. Vnderlei thi shulder, and ber it, and ne bere thou heuysumli into AGH. the bondis of it. In al thin inwit neȝhe to it, and in al thi ver|tue kep the weies of it. Enserche it, and it shal be mad open to thee; `and thouand C pr. m. E pr. m. that AG. that thou H. mad withholding, ne forsake thouOm. C sec. m. E sec. m. it. In the laste thingus forsothe thou shalt finde reste in it, and it shal be turned to thee in to liking. And the gyues of it shul be to thee `in toin AGH. proteccioun of strengthe, and the feet of vertue, and the coleris of it in a stoele of glorie. The fairnesse forsothe of lif is in it, and the bondis of it holsum binding. Stoele off glorie thou shalt clothen it, and a crowne of thanking thou shalt putte aboue to thee. Sone, if thou schaltOm. C pr. m. take heed to me, thou shalt lerne it; and if thou lenest to, `or dressistOm. C et E pr. m. leuest dressist AGH., thin inwit, thou shalt be wis. If thou bowest in thin ere, thou shalt take doctrine; and if thou looue to heren, thou shalt be wis. In the multitude of prudent prestis stond thou, and to the wisdam of hem of herte be thou ioyned; that al the telling of God thou mowe heren, and the prouerbis of preisyng ascape not froOm. C pr. m. thee. And if thou see the wel felende man, wake out to hym, and thi foot ofte trede the grees `of the dores of hymOm. A. of the house of him GH.. Thenking haue thou in the hestes of God, and in the maunde|mens of hym most bisi be thou; and he shal ȝyue to thee an herte, and coueyt|inge of wisdam shal ben ȝoue to thee.

 CAP. VII.

Wile thou not don eueles, and thei shul not cacche thee. Go awei fro the wicke, and ther shul failen eueles fro thee. Sowe thou not eueles in foorewes of vnriȝtwisnessevnriȝtwijs AGH., and thou shalt not repengedere C pr. m. E pr. m. them in to the seuetheseuenthe ceteri. fold. Wile thou not sechen of a man the dig|nete of a ledere, ne of a king the chaȝer of wrshepe. Iustefie thou not thee bifor God, for he ys knowere of the hertehertes C pr. m.; and anent the king wile thou not wilne to ben seen wys. Wile thou not sechen to be mad a domes man, but if thou mowe bi vertue breken wickidnesses; lest par|auenture thou out drede the face of the myȝti, and putte sclaunder in thin hider and thider deliuernesse. Synne thou not in the multitude of the cite, ne poote thee in to the puple; ne bynde thou to double synnes, ne forsothe thou shalt be in oon gilteles. Wile thou not ben a couward in thi soule, to preȝen; and to don almesse deede, ne dispise thou. Ne sei thou, In the multitude of my ȝiftus God shal beholde; and me offrende to the heȝest God, my ȝiftis he shal take. Scorne thou not a man in the bitternesse of soule; God forsothe the lokere aboute is, that enhaunceth and meketh. Wile thou not looue lesing aȝen thi brother; and in to a frend lic maner do thou not. Wile thou not wilne to lien eche lesing; the besynesse forsothe of hem is not good. Wile thou not be ful of wrdis in the multitude of prestus; and reherse thou not a wrd in thin orisoun. Hate thou not trauailous werkes, and cherlish doing foormed of the heiȝest. Ne acounte thou thee in the multitude of men withoute discipline. Haue mynde of wrathe, for it shall not tarie. Meeke gretli thi spirit, for veniaunce of the flesh of the vnpitous, fyr and werm. Wile thou not trespasen `in toto C pr. m. thi frend delaȝendefor delaying E pr. m. monie; ne dispise thou thi derwrthederworthist E sec. m. AGH. brother for gold. Wile thou notOm. C pr. m. gon awei fro a wel felende womman, and a good, whom thou hast goten in the drede of the Lord; for|sothe the grace of the shamefastnesse of hir ouer gold. Hurte thou not a ser|uaunt in treuthe werchende, ne an hired man ȝyuende his lif. A wel felende ser|uaunt be to thee looued as thi soule; bygile thou not hym frobi AGH. fredam, ne forsake thou hym helpeles. BeestisIf beestis A. to thee ben? tac heed to them; and if thei ben profitable, abide thei stille anent thee. SonusIf sones A. ben to thee? tech hem, and bowe hem fro the childhed of hem. Doȝ|trisIf doȝtris A. ben to thee? keep the body of hem, and shewe thou not thi face glad to them. BytacTac C pr. m. a doȝtir, and a gret werk thou shalt do; and to a wel felende man ȝifthou shalt ȝyue A. hyr. A womman if she is to thee aftir thi soule, throȝ hir not awei; and to an hateful tac thou not thee in al thin herte. Honoure thi fader; and the weilingus of thi moder forȝete thou not. Haue mynde for but bi them thou haddest not ben, and ȝeeld to them what maner and thei to thee. In al thi soule dred God, and the prestes of hym halewe. In al thi vertue looue hym that made thee; and the seruauns of hym forsac thou not. Wrshepe thou God of al thi soule; and wrshipe prestus, and purge thee forth with armes. Ȝif to them part, as and maundement isit is A. to thee, of first frutes, and of purging; and of thithe C. necgligence purge thee with fewe. The ȝiftefirst A. of thin armes, and the sacrifise of halewing, thou shalt offre to the Lord, the bigynyngus of hoeli thingus. And to the pore put forth thin hond, that plesing be parform|ed, and thi blessyng. Grace of ȝifte in the siȝte of alle lyuyng; and to the deade forfende thou not grace. Fayle thou not to wepende men to ben in coumforting; and with weilende men go thou. Noȝe it not thee to visiten the sike; of these thingus forsothe in louynglooue C pr. m. thou shalt be fastned. In alle thi werkes haue in mynde thi laste thyngus; and withoute ende thou shalt not synne.

 CAP. VIII.

Stryue thou not with a myȝti man, lest parauenture thou falle in the hondys of hym. Striue thou not with a riche man, lest parauenture aȝenward he sette strif to thee. Manye men forsothe gold and siluer hath lost; and vnto the hertehertis A. of kingus it streccheth, and turneth. Striue thou not with a tungy man, andOm. A. ne greithe thou in to the fir of hym wode. Comune thou not to a man vntaȝt, lest he speke eueleeueles C pr. m. of thi progenye. Dis|pise thou not a man turnende awei hym|self fro synne, ne putte thou repref to hym; haue mynde, for alle in corup|cioun wee ben. Ne dispise thou a man in his elde; forsothe of vs thei waxen olde. Wile thou not of thin enemy dead ioȝen, witende for alle wee dien, and in to ioȝe wee wiln come. Dyspise thou not the telling of wise prestis, and in the prouerbis of hem togidere dwelle thou; of hem forsothe thou shalt lerne wisdam, and doctrine of vndirstonding, and fruc|tuousli vse grete men withoute pleynt. Passe not biside thee the telling of el|deres; thei forsothe lerneden of ther fa|dris. For of hem thou shalt lerne vnder|stonding; and in tyme of nede thou shalt ȝyue an answere. Teende thou not colis of synneres, vndirnymende hem; and lest thou be tend with the flaume `of theOm. C pr. m. fyr of the synnes of hem. Stonde thou not aȝen the face of the strifful; lest he sitte as a spiere to thi mouth. Wile thou not leenen to a man strengere than thiself; that if thou leenest, haue it as lost. Be|hote thou not ouer thi vertue; that if thou behote, as ȝelding bethenk. Deme thou not aȝen the iuge; for after that ys riȝtwis, he demeth. With a fool hardy man go thou not in the weie, lest par auenture he gregge his eueles in thee; he forsothe aftir his wil goth, and togi|dere with the folie of hym thou shalt pershen. With the wratheful man make thou not ianglyng, and with the foolOm. C pr. m. hardy go thou not in to desert; for as noȝt isOm. AGH. anent hym blod, and where is not helpe, he shal hurtle thee doun. With fooles haue thou not counseil; for|sothe they shul not moun loouen, but tho thingus that plesen to them. Beforn a straunger make thou not counseil; for|sothe thou wost not, what he bere out. To alle men thin herte opene thou not; lest par auenture it bringe in to thee fals grace, and yt poote reproof to thee.

 CAP. IX.

Be thou not gelouse to the womman of thi bosum; lest she shewe vp on thee the malice of shreude doctrine. Ȝyue thou not to a womman power of thi soule; lest she go in to thi vertue, and thou be confoundid. Behold not a wom|man myche wilnende; lest par auenture thou falle in to the snares of hir. With a leperesse, `or tumblerOm. C et E pr. m., be thou not besy, ne here hir; lest par auenture thou pershe in the delyuere doyng of hir. A maiden beholde thou not; lest par auenture thou be sclandred in the fairnesse of hir. Ȝyue thou not toOm. G. lecchouresletcherous AH. thi soule in any thing; lest thou leese thee, and thi soule, and thin eritage. Wile thou not beholden aboute in the weies of the cite; ne erre thou aboute in the stretis of it. Turne awei thi face fro a gai womman; and be|holde thou not aboute straunge fairnesse. For the fairnesse of a womman manye men persheden; and of it lust as fyr brenneth out. Eche womman that is leccherous, as a thost in the weie shal ben `to-tredentroden AGH.. The fairnesse of an alien womman many men wndrid ben mad repreuable; forsothe the togidere speche of hir as fyr brenneth out. With an alien womman outerli sitte thou not, ne ly thou with hir vp on the arm; and striue thou not with hir in wyn, lest par auenture she bowe doun thin herte in to hir, and bi thi blod thou slyde in to perdicioun. Forsake thou not an old frend; forsothe the newe shal not be lic to hym. Newe wyn a newe frend; it shal waxen old, and with swetnesse thou shalt drinke it. Looue thou not the glo|rie and the richessis of the synnere; for|sothe thou wost not, what be to come the turnyng vp so doun of hym. Plese not to thee the wrong of vnriȝtwis men, witende for vnto helle the vnpitous shal not plesen. AferrFerr C pr. m. be thou awei fro a man hauende power of sleyng, and not of rering, and thou shalt not ouertrowen the dred of deth; and if thou neȝhest to hym, wile thou not any thing don amys, lest par auenture he take awei thi lif. The comunyoun of deth wite thou; for in the myddil of grenes thou shalt gon in, and vp on the armes of men sorewende thou shalt gon. Aftir thi vertue war thee fro thi `nexte, or neyȝborenexte C et E pr. m. AH. nexte neȝebore G.; and with wise men and prudent menOm. C pr. m. trete thou. Riȝt|wis men be theiOm. C pr. m. to thee metefelaweswacchis E pr. m.; and in the drede of God be to thee glori|yng. And in theOm. C pr. m. wit be to thee thenk|ing of God; and al thi telling out in the hestes of the heȝest. In the hond of `craftis mencrafti men A. werkes shul ben preisid, and the prince of a puple in wisdam off his sermoun; in the wit forsothe of el|deres a wrd. Ferful is in his cite a tungy man; and the fool hardy in hys woord hateful shal ben.

 CAP. X.

A wis domesman shal demen his puple; and the princehod of the `wel felende, `or wittiOm. C et E pr. m., shal ben stable. Aftir the domesman of the puple, so and the seruauntis of hym; and whiche manerOm. C pr. m. is the gouernour of the cyte, suche and the dwelleris inof A. it. An vnwis king shal leesen his puple; and cites shul ben enhabitid bi the wit of prudent men. In the hond of God the power of the erthe, and abhominable alle wickidnesses of theOm. AGH. Jentiles; and a pro|fitable gouernour in tyme he shal reren vp on it. In the hond of God isOm. AEGH. the power of man; and vp on the face of the `scribe, or man of lawescribe C pr. m. E pr. m. GH. scribe or maister of lawe A., he shal putte vp on his wrshipe. Of alle the wrong of thi neȝhe|bore haue thou not mynde; and no thing do thou in the werkes of wrong. Hate|ful biforn God and men is pride; and cursful alle wickidnessisthe wickidnes A. wicke|nesse E. wickidnes GH. of Jentiles. RewmeA rewme A. fro folc in to folc is born ouer, for vnriȝtwisnesses, and wrongus, and striues, and dyuers treccheries. Forsothe than the auerous man no thing isOm. C pr. m. more ful of hydous gilte. What pridist thouthou thanne E pr. m., erthe and askenashen A.? No thing is more wicke, than to loouen moone; this for|sothe hath his soule sillable, `or able to be soldOm. C et E pr. m., `for inand A. his lif he threȝ awei hisOm. A. inward thingus. Of eche myȝtihed short lif; lengere infyrmyte greeueth the leche. Short sicknesse the leche kut|teth of; so and a king to dai is, and to moru shal die. Whan forsothe a man shal dien, he shal eritagen serpentes, and bestes, and wermes. The bygynnyng of the pride of man to go bacward fro God; for fro hym that made hym his herte wente awey. For the bygynnyng of alle synne is pride; who `schal holdeholdith AC pr. m. it, shal be fulfild with cursis, and it shal turne hym vp so doun in to the ende. Ther|fore the Lord dispisidenournede out E pr. m. C pr. m. the couentis of euele men, and destroȝede them `in tovnto E. the ende. The setes of proude dukes God distroȝede; and made mylde men to sitte for hem. The rootis of proude folkisfolc C. God driede; and plauntide meke men of tho folkis. The londis of Jentiles the Lord turnede awei; and destroȝede them vn to the foundement. He made drie of them, and scaterede them; and made to cesen the mynde of hem fro the erthe. God lostspilde E pr. m. C pr. m. the mynde of proude men; and lafte the mynde of meke men in wit. There is not shapenshapid AEGH. to men pride; ne wrathefulnesse to the nacioun of wym|men. The sed of men shal be wrshipid, that that dredeth God; that sed forsothe shall ben put out of wrshipe, that passeth the maundemens of `the LordGod E pr. m.. In the myddel off brethern the gouernour of them in wrshipe; and that dredendredith AGH. God, shul ben in the eȝen of hym. The glorie of wrshepid riche men and of pore is the drede of God. Wile thou not dispisen the riȝtwis pore man; and not magnefien the riche synful man. Gret is a iuge, and the myȝti is in wrshipe; and he is not more than he that dredeth God. To the seruaunt wel felende shul seruen fre men; and a man prudent and lerned shal not grucchen chastisid, and the vnkun|nende shal not be wrshipidchastisid C pr. m.. Wile thou not enhaunce thee in thi werk to be do; and wile thou not dispeireabide C pr. m. in the time of anguysh. Betere is that wercheth, and aboundeth in alle thingis, than that glorieth, and nedeth bred. Sone, in de|bonernesse kep thi soule; and ȝif to it wrshepe, aftir his dissert. The synnende in to his soule, who shal iustifien? and who shal worschip the puttere his soule out of wrshipe? The pore glorieth bi disciplyne and his drede; and ther is a man that is wrshipid for his substaunce. Who forsothe glorieth in porenesse, houOm. C pr. m. myche more in substaunce? and who glo|rieglorieth AEGH. in substaunce, porenesse `shame heschameth G..

 CAP. XI.

The wisdam of the mekid shal en|hauncen the hed of hym; and in the myddel of grete men to sitten shal maken hym. Preise thou not a man in his fairnesse; ne dispise thou a man in his siȝt. Short in foules is a bee; and the bigynnyng of swetnesse the frut of hym hath. In clothing glorie thou neuermor, ne in the dai of thi wrshipe be thou en|hauncid; for merueilous the werkes of the heȝest alone, and glorious, and hid, and vnseen the werkes of hym. Manye tirauntis seten in trone; and the vn|trouable, `or of whom was no suspi|ciounOm. C et E pr. m., bar the diademe. Manye myȝti ben opressid gretly; and the glorious ben taken in `to theOm. A. hondis of othere men. Beforn that thou aske, ne blame thou any man; and whan thou shalt asken, chastyse thou riȝtly. Beforn that thou here, ne answere thou a wrd; and in the myddel of eldere men ne ley thou to to speken. Of that thing that greeueth not thee, striue thou not; and in the myddel of synneres ne abide thou. Sone, be not in manye thingis thi deedus; and if thou were riche, thou shalt not ben gilteles froof A. trespas. If forsothe thou shalt fo|lewe, thou shalt not ouertaken; and if thou shul renne biforn, thou shalt not scapenascape AEGH.. Ther is a man trauailende, and heȝende, and sorewende vnpitous; and so myche more he shal not abounde. Ther is a man welewid, nedende rekur|ing, more failende in vertue, and abun|dende in porenesse; and the eȝe of God beheeld hym in goode, and reredearerede E. hym fro his lownesse, and enhauncide his hed; and manye merueileden in hym, and wrshepiden God. Goodis and eueles, lif and deth, porenesse and honeste, ben of God. Wisdam, and disciplyne, and kunnyng of the lawe anent the Lord; loouyng and the weies of goode men anent hym. ErrourErroures C pr. m. and dercnesses to synneres ben foormed; who forsothe ful out ioȝen in to euell, waxen old togidere in to euelis. The ȝyuyng of God abidith stille to riȝtwis men; and the profitus of it welsum aftircomyngus shuln han in to withoute ende. Ther is that is mad riche scarsly doende, and this the part of the meede of hym, in that that he seith, I fond reste to me, and now I shal eten of my goodis alone. And he wot not that tyme passe biside hym, and deth neȝheth, and heOm. AEGH. forsaketh alle thingus to othere men, and die. Stond in thi testa|ment, and in it spec togidere; and in the werkwerkis E pr. m. C pr. m. of thin hestis wax old. Abide thou not in the werkes of synneres; troste forsothe in God, and dwel in thi place. Liȝt is forsothe in the eȝen of God, sodeynly to honesten the pore. The bliss|ing of God in to the meede of the riȝt|wise heeȝeth; and in swift wrshipe the forth goyng of hym maketh fruyt. Ne sey thou, What to me is nede? and what `godis `schulen be to me her aftirshuln ben to me of this goodes C pr. m.? Ne sey thou, I am suffisaunt, and what of this IOm. AG pr. m. H. shall be madtretid E pr. m. werse? In the day of goodis be thou not vnmyndeful of eueles, and in the dai of eueles be thou not vnmyndeful of goodis; for liȝt is bi|for God in the day of deth to ȝelden toOm. AGH. eche aftir his weies. The malice of oon hour maketh forȝetyngeto forȝeten E pr. m. C pr. m. to forȝetynge AGH. of most lecche|rie; and in the ende of a man ful nake|nyngopenynge E pr. m. of the werkis of hym. Bifor deth preise thou not any man; for in his sonus isshal be E pr. m. C pr. m. knowen a man. Not eche man bringe thou in to thin hous; manye forsothe ben the spies of the treccherous. As for|sothe the entrailes of stinkende thingus bolkenbollen G. out, and as the partrich is broȝt in to the pit falle, and as a capret in to the grene, so and the herte of proude men; and as the forlookere seende the falling of his neȝhebore. Forsoothe goode thingus in to eueleuels AGH. turnyng he aspieth, and in chosen men he leith vp a wem. Of oo sparcle fyr is eechid, and of oon treccherous blood is encresid; a man forsothe synnere waiteth to blood. Tac heed to thee fro the deth berere, forsothe he forgeth eueles; lest perauenture he bringe vp on thee scornyng in to with oute ende. Resceyue to thee an alien womman, and she shal turne thee vp so doun in a whirlewynd, and alienen thee fro thi propre weies.

 CAP. XII.

Iff thou shul wel do, wite thou to whom thou shalt wel do; and ther shal be myche grace in thi goodys. Wel do to the riȝtwis, and thou shalt finde gret ȝelding; and if not of hym, certes of the Lord. It is notnot forsothe E pr. m. weel to hym that is besi in eueles, and to the not ȝyuende almes deede; for and the heiȝest to hate hath syneres, and hath merci to penaunce doeres. Ȝif to the merciful, and vndertake `or resseyueOm. C et E pr. m. thou not the synnere; and to vnpitouse and synneres he shal ȝelde ven|iaunce, kepende them in the day of ven|iaunce. Ȝif to the goode, and resceyue thou not the synnere. Weel do to the meeke, and ȝyue thou not to the vnpi|tous; forfendeforfende thou A. to ȝyuen to hym loeues, lest in hem he be myȝtiere than thou. For double eueles thou shalt fynde in alle goodus, what euere thou shalthast C. do to hym; for and the heiȝeste to hate hath synneres, and to the vnpitous he shal ȝelde veniaunce. A frend shal not be knowen in goodis, and an enemy shal not ben hid in eueles. In the goodes of a man the enemys of hym; and in the sorewe and in the malice of hym the frend is knowen. Ne trowe thou to thin enemy vnto withoute ende; forsothe as bras rusteth out the shreudenesse of hym. And if meekid he go crookid, throȝ awei thi wil, and keep thee fro hym. Set not hym biside thee, and sitte he not at thi riȝt half, lest turned he stonde in thi place; lest perauenture turned in to thi place he inwardli seche thi chaiȝer, and in the laste thou knowe my wrdes, and in mi wrdis thou be prickid. Who shal lechen to the en|chauntere smyten of the eddere, and to alle that neȝhen to bestes, and that folew|ith with the wicke man, and is aboute wrappid in his synnes? Oon hour with thee he shal abide stille; if forsothe thou bowe doun, he shal not vnderbern. In his lippis the enemy puttethby puttith E pr. m. in swet|nessesswetnes AGH., anddesseyueth and E pr. m. in his herte he spieth, that he turne thee vp so doun in to the dich. In thin eȝen the enemy wepith; and if he shul fynde tyme, he shal not be ful|fild with blod. IfAnd if A. ther shul falle to thee eueles, thou shalt finde hym there rathere, `or formerOm. C et E pr. m. A. rathere formere GH.. In thin eȝen the enemy shal wepen, and as helpende he shal vnder|delue thi plantes. His hed he shal moue, and flappe for ioȝe with the hond; and many thingus grucchendeli whistrendewhistringe E. shal with chaunge his chere.

 CAP. XIII.

Who shal touche pich, shal be defoulid of it; and who shal comunen to the proude man, shal clothin pride. Berthen vp on hym he taketh, that comuneth to the honestere than hymself; and to the richere than thou, thou shalt not ben fe|lawe. What shal comune the caudron to the pot? whan forsothe thei shuln hurtle themself, it shal ben to-broken. The riche man vnriȝtwisly dide, and shal gnaste; the pore man forsothe hurt shal holde his pes. If thou shul ȝyue, he shal take thee; and if thou haue not, he shal forsake thee. If thou haue, he shal lyue with thee, and auoide thee out; and he shal not sorewen vpon thee. If thou were necessarie to hym, he shal bigile thee; and vnder laȝhende hope he shal ȝyue, tellende to thee alle goodes; and shalOm. CE pr. m. seyn, What nede is to thee? And he shal confounde thee in his metes, to the tyme he neentishe thee twies or thries, and in the laste he shal scorne thee; aftirward seende he shal forsake thee, and hys hed mouemoued A. to thee. Be thou mekid to God, and abid his hondis. Tac heed, lest desceyued in folie thou be mekid. Wile thou not be meeke in thi wisdam, and lest lowid in to folie thou be lad aside. Clepid to of the myȝtyere, go awey; of that forsothe more he shal clepe thee to. Be thou not `to gredinedeles C et E pr. m., lest thou be put aȝeen; and be thou not fer fro hym, lest thou go in to forȝeting. Ne withholde thou of euene to speken with hym, and trowe thou not to the manye wrdis of hym; forsothe of myche speche he shal tempte thee, and vnder laȝhende the vnmylde inwit of hym shal aske thee of thin hid thingus. And he shal `to gedirOm. C pr. m. kepe thi wrdis, and not sparen fro malice, and froOm. C. bondis. War to thee, and tac heed bisili to thin heering; for with thy turnyng vpsodoun thou gost. Heerende forsothe tho thingus, as in sweuenes see, and thou shalt waken. In al thi lif looue God, and inwardli clep hym in thin helthe. Eche beste looueth lic to hym; so and eche man the nexte to hym. Eche flesh to his lijch shal be ioyned, and eche man to his lic shal be felashepid. As a wlf shal comune to a lomb otherwhile, so a synnere to a riȝt|wis. What comunycacioun to an hoeli man at a dogge? or what good parti to a riche man at a pore? Hunting of aOm. AG pr. m. H. leoun an asse in wildernesse; so pore men ben the leswe of riche men. And as abhominacioun to a proud man is mek|nesse, so and cursing of the riche is the pore. The riche man stirid is confermed of his frendis; the meeke forsothe, whan he shal falle, shal be put out also fro knowen. To the riche desceyued manye ben rekureresrekeueris E. rekuuers A. rekuuerers GH.; he spac proudli, and thei iustefieden hym. The meeke is desceyu|ed, ferthermor and vndirnomyn; he spac felendely, `or wiselyOm. C et E pr. m., weel, and ther is not ȝoue to hym a place. The riche spac, and alle heelden ther pes; and the wrd of hym vnto the cloudys thei shul bern. The pore spac, and thei seyn, Who is this? and if he schalOm. C pr. m. offende, thei shul turne hym vp so doun. Good is substaunce, to whom is not synne in concience; and most wicke is porenes in the mouth of the vnpitous. The herte of a man chaungeth the face of hym, or in good or in euel. The step of a good herte, and a good face, hard thou shalt fynde, and with trauaile.

 CAP. XIV.

Blisful the man, that is not sliden in wrd fro his mouth, and is not prickid in sorewi slouthe of gilte. Sely, `or blessidOm. C et E pr. m., that hadde not sorewi slouthe of his inwit, and falleth not awei fro his hope. To the co|ueitous man, and hard, withoute resoun is substaunce; and to an enuyous man, wherto gold? Who hepithkepith AGH. of his inwit vnriȝtwisly, to othere men gedereth; and in the goodis of hym an other shal don leccherie. Who to hymself is shreude, to what other shal he ben good? and he shal not ben merie in his goodus. No thing is wers, than he that enuyeth to hymself; and that is the ȝeldingturnyng E pr. m. ȝelding aȝeen sec. m. of his malice. And if he shul weel don, vnwitendely, and not wilnende he doth; and in the laste he shewith his malice. Shreude is the eȝe of the pale, and turnende awei facethe face A., and dispisende his soule. Vnfill|ableVn|fillable, or that may not be fulfild E sec. m. marg. GH. the eȝe of the coueitous; in to the part of wickidnesse he shal not be fild, to the tyme that he fulli ende vnriȝtwis|nesse, makende drie his soule. The euele eȝe to eueles, and nedy shal not ben fild with bred; and inOm. C pr. m. sorewi slouthe he shal be vp on his bord. Sone, if thou hast, wel do withto A. thee, and offre to God wrthi offringis. Be thou myndeful for deth shal not tarien, and the testament of helle, that is shewid to thee; the testa|ment forsothe of this world bi deth shal dien. Biforn deth wel do to thi frend, and aftir thi strengthis puttende out ȝif to the pore. Be thou not bigilid fro the good day, and the parcel of the goode day passebeside passe E pr. m. thee not. Whether not to othere thou shalt lefe thi sorewis, and thi trauailes? In departing of lot ȝif, and tac; and iustefie thi soule. Bifor thi deth werch riȝtwisnesse; forOm. C pr. m. to finde mete is not anent helle. Eche flesh as heiȝ shal waxe old, and as a lef beryng frut in a grene tree. Othere ben iendred, and othere fallen doun; so ieneracioun of flesh and of blod, an other is endid, and an other is born. Eche coruptible werc in the ende shal faile; and he that wercheth it, shal go with it. And eche chosen werc shal be iustefied; and he that wercheth it, shal be wrshipid in it. Blis|ful the man, that shal dwelle in wisdam, and that in riȝtwisnesse sweteli shal thenke, and in wit shal thenke the look|ing aboute of God. Who thenketh out the weies of hym in his herte, and in hid thingus of it vnderstonding shal be; goende aftir it as enserchere, and in the weies of it beende stille. Who byholdeth bi the wyndowes of it, and in the ȝatis of it is herende; who resteth bisidebisedes C pr. m. the hous of it, and in the walles of it `pic|cheth a palehe is, piccheth a pale C sec. m. he is, picching a pole AEGH.. He shal ordeyne his litle hous at the hondis of it, and ther shuln reste in the litle houses of ithym C pr. m. goodis, bi aungelis during; he shal setten his sonus vnder the roof of it, and vnder the braunchis of it he shal wone; he shal be defendid vnder the roof of it fro bren|nende hete, and in the glorie of it he shal reste.

 CAP. XV.

Who dredeth God, shal do goode thingus; and who withholding is of riȝt|wisnesse, shal taken it. And it shal meete to hym as a moder wrshipid, and as a womman fro maidynhed it shal vndir|take hym. It shal feede hym with the bred of lif, and of vnderstonding; and with theOm. AGH. water of holsum wisdam it shal ȝyue drinke to hym; and it shal be fast|ned in hym, and not ben bowed. And it shal withholden hym, and he shal not be confoundid; and it shal enhaunce hym anent his neȝhebores. And in the myd|del of the chirche it shal opene his mouth, and shal fulfille hym with spiritthe spirit AGH. of wis|dam, and of vnderstonding; and with stoele of glorie it shall clothin hym. Myrthe and ful out ioȝing it shal tre|soren vp on hym; and in euerlastende name it shal eritagen hym. Men foolis shul not take it, and men wel feelende shul meete to it. Men foolis shul not seen it; ferr forsothe it is, ferre awei fro pride, and fro treccherie. Men lieres shul not be myndeful of it, and sothfast men benshuln ben C et E pr. m. founden in it; and welsum aftir com|yng thei shulOm. C sec. m. han vnto the looking in of God. FeirSemly C pr. m. E pr. m. AGH. preising is not in the mouth of the synnere, for he is not sent of the Lord. For gon forth is wisdam of God; forsothe to the wisdam of God preising shal stonden at, and inOm. C pr. m. the feithful mouth shal abounde, and the lordshipere shal ȝyuen it to hym. Thou shalt not seyn, Bi God it is awey; tho thingis forsothe that it hateth, thou shalt not do. Ne sey thou, He meOm. C pr. m. disceyu|ede; forsothe vnpitous men ben not nede|ful to hym. The Lord hateth alalle C pr. m. cursing of errour, and it shal not ben loouefulleueful A. to men dredende hym. God fro the bygyn|nyng ordeynede man, and lafte hym in the hond of his counseil. He leide to maundemens, and his hestes; if thou wilt the maundemens kepen, thei shul kepe thee, and to kepen plesid feith in to withoute ende. He putte to thee watir and fyr; to what thou wilt, put forth thin hond. Bifor man is lif and deth, good and euel; that plesith to hym, shal `be ȝouehe ȝyue A. to hym. For myche is the wisdam of God, and strong in myȝt, and seende alle menOm. C pr. m. withoute cesing. The eȝen of the Lord to the dredende hym; and he knowith al the besynessewerk E pr. m. of man. To no man he comaundide vnpitously to do; and to no man he ȝaf space of syn|nyng. Forsothe he coueiteth not the multitude of vnfeithful sonus and vnpro|fitable.

 CAP. XVI.

Mac thou not myriemyrthe C. in vnpitous sonus, if thei ben multeplied; ne delite thou vp on hem, if ther is not the drede of God invpon A. hem. Ne ȝyue thou feith to the lif of hem, and ne biholde thou in to the trauailes of hem. Betere ys forsothe oon dredende God, than a thousend vnpitous sonus. And profitable it is to die with|oute sonus, than to lefen vnpitous sones. Of oon weel felende man shal ben enha|bitid the cuntrecite C pr. m.; and of thre vnpitous it shal be forsaken. Manye othere thingis myn eȝe saȝ, and the strengere thingus of these myn ere herde. In the synagoge of synnende men fyr shal out brenne, and in the vnbileeueful folc of kinde wrathe shal waxe ful out tend. Olde ieauntis that ben destroȝid, trostende to ther ver|tue, fulli preȝeden not for ther synnes; and he sparede not to the pilgrimaging of hem, but smot hem, and wariede hem, for the pride `of the wordOm. C pr. m. of hem. He dide not mercy to them, destroȝende al the folc of kinde and enhauncende itself in his synnes. And as sixe hundrid thou|send of footmen, that ben gadered in the hardnesse of ther herte; and if oon were rered vp the nol, wnder if he hadde ben harmles. Mercy forsothe and wrathe is with hym; myȝty is the ful out orisoun, and heeldende out wrathe. After his mercy, so the chastising of hym; he demeth a man aftir his werkes. The synnere shal not scapen out in to raueyn; and `the suffryng of the doynge mercy schal not tary by hyndeshal not tarie bihynde the suffraunce of the doende mercy C pr. m.. Eche mercy shal make place to echon, aftir the desert of his werkis, and after the vnderstond|ing of the pilgrimaging of hym. Sey thou not, Fro God I shal ben hid; and fro the heiȝest, who of me shal han mynde? In a gret puple I shal not be knowen; what forsothe is my soule in so gret a creaturecreatour C. with oute mesure? Loo! heuene, and heuenus of heuenus, the se, `or depnesseOm. C et E pr. m., and al erthe, and that in hem ben, in the siȝte of hym shul be moued togidere; mounteynes togidere, and hilles, and the foundemens of theOm. C pr. m. erthe; and whan God shal biholde them, bi trembling thei shul be smyte togidere. And in alle these thingus mys felende, `or vnwittieOm. C et E pr. m., is the herte, andOm. C pr. m. eche herte is vnderstonden of hym. And the weyes of hym who vnderstondith? and the tempest, that nouther the eȝe saȝ `of manOm. AG pr. m. H.? For whi manye werkis of hym ben in hid thingus, but the werkis of the riȝtwisnesse of hym who shal tellen out, or who shal suffren? Fer forsothe is the testament fro summe; and the asking of men is in the ful ending. Who is lassid in herte, thenketh idil thingus; and the vnprudent man and errende thenketh folies. Heere me, sone, and lerne disci|plyne of wit, and in my wrdis tac heed in thin herte; and I shal seyn in equite discyplyne, and enserchen to tellen out wisdam. And in my wrdis tac heed in thin herte; and I sey in equyte of spi|rit vertues, that God putte in to his werkes fro the bigynnyng, and in treuthe I telle out the kunnyng of hym. In the dom of God his werkis fro the bigyn|nyng; and fro the ordeynyng of tho men he seuerede the partes of them, and the bigynnyngus of them in therhis AGH. folkis of kinde. He enournede in to withoute ende the werkis of hem; and thei hungreden not, ne trauaileden, and lefeden not of fro ther werkis. Eche the neȝhebore toof A. hym shal not anguysshen, vnto the spirituel world `or aungelus duryngOm. C et E pr. m.. Be thou not vnleeuable to the wrd of hym. Aftir these thingus God biheeld in to theOm. C pr. m. erthe, and fulfilde it with his goodis. Eche forsothe soule ful of lif told of bifor the face of hym; and it efteftson C sec. m. the turnyng aȝeen of hem.

 CAP. XVII.

God with the riȝt hond foormede man; and after his ymage made hym. And eft turnede hym in to it; and after hym|self clothide hym with vertue. Noumbre of daȝes and time he ȝaf to hym; and ȝaf to hym power of them that ben vpon erthe. He putte the drede of hym vpon alle flesh, and lordshipidehe lordschipide C pr. m. lordschiper G. of bestes and of foules. He foormede of hym helpe lic to hymself; counseil, and tunge, and eȝen, and eren, and herte, he ȝaf to them, of thenking out; and the discyplyne of vn|derstonding fulfilde them. He foormede to them kunnyng of the spirit, bi wit he fulfilde the herte of hem; and eueles and goodis he shewide to them. He putte the eȝe of hem vpon the hertes of hem, to shewen to them the grete thingus of his werkis, that the name of his ha|lewing thei preise togidere; and to glo|rien in the merueilous thingus of hym, that thei telle out the grete thyngus of his werkis. He addede to them disci|plyne; and the lawe of lif he eritagede them. Euerlastende testament he sette with them; and riȝtwisnesse and his domes he shewide to them. And the grete thingus of his wrshipe the eȝe of hem saȝ, and the wrshipe of vois herden the eres of hem; and he seide to them, Taketh heed fro allea AGH. wicke thing. And he comaundide to them, to eche of his neȝhebore. The weies of hem biforn hym ben euermor; and thei ben not hid fro the eȝen of hym. In to eche folc of kinde he beforn sette a gouernour; and Irael the part of God is mad open. And alle the werkes of hem as the sunne in the siȝte of God; and the eȝen of hym with oute cesing biholdende in the weies of hem. The testamentis ben not hid forfro AC. the wickidnessewickenesse E. of hem; and al the wickidnessewickenesse E. of hem in the siȝt of God. The almes deede of a man asis A. a litil sac with hym, and the grace of man as the eȝe appil it shal kepen; and aftirward it shal rise aȝeen, and ȝelde to them ȝeld|ing, to eche in to the hed of hemeche C pr. m.; and turnen in to the lowere partus of erthethe erthe AEGH.. To men doende penaunce forsothe heit C pr. m. ȝaf the weie of riȝtwisnesse, and con|fermede men failende to suffren, and or|deynede to them the lot of treuthe. Turne thou to the Lord, and lef thi synnes; preȝe thou bifor the face of the Lord, and makeOm. C pr. m. lasse the occasiouns of giltis. Turne aȝeen to the Lord, and turne awei fro thinOm. C. vnriȝtwisnesse, and myche hate thou cursing. And knowe thou riȝtwisnesses, and the domes of God; and stond in the lot of putting forth, and ofOm. A. orisoun of the heiȝest God. `In toAnd in to A. the partes go of the hoeli world, with men on lyue, `and ȝyuyngOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. knou|leching to God. Ne fast abide thou in the errour of vnpitous men. Bifor deth kuouleche; fro the deadedeed man A. deed men GH. as noȝt persh|eth confessioun. Thou shalt knoulechen lyuende, lyuende and hoel thou shalt knouleche, and preisen God; and glorien in the mercy doyngus of hym. Hou gret the merci of God, and the mytigacioun, `or helpeOm. C et E pr. m., of hym to men conuertende to hym. Ne forsothe alle thingus mown ben in men; for the sone of man is not vndeadly, and `in toto C. vanyte of malice thei pleseden. WhatWhat is A. more cleerliȝt C pr. m. E pr. m. than the sunne? and this shall faile; or what wers than that flesh thoȝte out, and blod? and thatOm. C. of that it E pr. m. shal ben vndernomen. The vertue of the heiȝnesse of heuene he biholdith; and alle men erthe and askenashen A. askes C pr. m..

 CAP. XVIII.

He that lyueth in to withoute ende, made of noȝt alle thingus togidere; God alone shall be iustefied, and dwelleth vnuenkushid king withoute ende. Who shal suffise to telle outon C. the werkis of hym? who shal enserche the greteOm. C pr. m. wrthi thingis of hym? The vertue for|sothe of his gretnesse who shal telle out? or who shal leyn to to tellen out the merci of hym? There is not to lassen, ne to echen; ne ther is to fynde the greteOm. C pr. m. wrthi thingus of God. Whan a man hath ful endid, thanne he bigyn|neth; and whan he hath restid, he shal werchen. What is a man, and what is the glorie of hym? andor A. what is good, or what the wicke thing of hym? The noumbre of the daȝes of men, as myche an hundrid ȝer, as dropis toof C. the watir of the se thei ben ordeyned; and as a litil ston ofto the C pr. m. E pr. m. of the AGH. grauel, so fewe ȝeres in the dai of theOm. C pr. m. spirituel world. For that pacient is God in them, `and he schalthat he C pr. m. E pr. m. heelde out vpon hem his mercy. He saȝ the presumpcioun, `or prideOm. C et E pr. m., of the herte of hem, for it ys euel; and he kneȝ the turn|yng vp so doun of hem, for it is shreude. Therfore he fulfilde hys mercy in hem, and shewede to them the weie of equyte. The mercy doyng of man aboute his neȝhebore; the merci forsothe of the Lord vp on alle flesh. He that hath mercy, and lerneth, and techeth asand serueth as E pr. m. a shepperde his floc, haue he mercy, tak|ende out doctrine of mercy doyngOm. C pr. m.; and that hieȝen in the domes of hym. Sone, in goode thingus ȝyue thou not pleynt, and in alle ȝifte ȝyue thou not sorewi slouthe, `or heuynesseOm. C et E pr. m., of an euel wrd. Whether not brennende hete the dew shal aȝeen keelen? so and a wrd betere than a ȝifte. Lo! whether not a wrd ouer a good ȝifte? but either with a iustefied man. The fool sharpli shal ȝyue repref; and the ȝifte of the vndisciplyned mak|eth eȝen to waxe failende. Bifor domthe dom AEH. greithe riȝtwisnesses to thee; and er that thou speke, lerne. Bifor sicnesse tac medicyne; and bifor domthe dom AEGH. aske thou thi|self, and in the siȝte of God thou shalt finde mercy. Bifor siknesse meeke thee, and in tymethe tyme E. of infirmyte shew thou thi conuersacioun, `or lyuyngOm. C et E. pr. m.. Be thou not lettid to preȝen euermor, and drede thou not vnto the dead to be iustefied; for the meede of God dwellith in to withoute ende. Biforn orisoun greithe thou thi soule; and wile thou not be as a man that tempteth God. Haue mynde of wrathe in the day of endyng; and tyme of ȝeld|ing in conuersacioun thou shalt make. Haue mynde of pouert in tymethe tyme AEG sec. m. H. of plente; and the nede of pouert in the dai of richesses. Fro erli vnto euen the tyme shal ben chaungid; and alle these thingus hastid in the eȝen of God. A wys man inOm. C pr. m. alle thingis dredethdradde E pr. m.; and in the daȝes of giltes shal taken heed fro slouthe. Eche witti knowith wisdam; and to hym that fyndeth it, it shal ȝyue knoulechyng. The wel felende in wrdus and thei wisly diden, and vnderstoden treuthe, and riȝtwisnesse; and bisoȝten prouerbes and domes. After thi lustis go thou not; and fro thi wil turne thee awei. If thou ȝyue to thi soule his lustis, it shal make thee in to ioȝe to thin ene|mys. Ne delite thou in cumpanyes, ne in smale thyngus; sotheli the trespasing of hem is contynuel. Ne be thou mene in strifthe strif E. for monee, and ther is not to thee no thing in the world; forsothe thou shalt be enuyous to thy soule.

 CAP. XIX.

The drunkelew wercman shal not be mad riche; and who dispisith lytle thingis, litil mele doun falleth. Wyn and wymmen maken also wise men to go bacward; and shuln vndernyme weel felende men. And who hymself ioyneth to lecchoures, shal be wicked; roten|nesse and wormes shuln eritagen hym, and his soule shal be taken awei fro the noumbre. Who leeueth soone, is liȝt in herte, and shal be lessid; and who tres|paseth in to his soule, ferthermor shal ben had. Who ioȝeth in wickidnesse, shal ben vndernomen; and who hateth correccioun, shal be lassid inthe E pr. m. lif; and who hateth myche speche, quenchith malice. And who synneth in to his soule, shal not do penaunce; and who is merie in malice, shal be repreued. Reherce thou not an hard wrd, and a shreude; and thou shalt not be lassid. To frendthe frend E. and enemy wile thou not telle thi wit; and if ther is to thee gilte, wile thou not nakenen. Forsothe he shal heren thee, and kepe thee, and as de|fendende synne he shal hate thee; and so he shal be neeȝh to thee. Euermor hast thou herd a wrd aȝen thi neȝhebore; abide it stille in thee, trostende for it shal not to-breke thee. Fro the face of the wrd berth out the fool, as the weil|ing of the birthe of a child. An arewe ficchid `in toin A. the hipe of an hound, so a wrd in the herte of a fool. Chastise a frend, lest par auenture he vnderstondvnderstod C. not, and seye, I dide not; or if he haue do, lest eftsoone he adde to do. Chastise a neȝhebore, lest par auenture he shal not seyn; and if he seide, lest par auen|ture he reherse. Chastise a frend, ofte forsothe is don trespas; and not to eche wrd leeuebileue G sec. m. thou. Ther is that slideth in his tunge, but not of inwit. Who is forsothe, that gilteth not in his tunge? Chastise a neȝhebore, er that thou threte; and ȝif place to the drede of the heiȝest. For eche wisdam the drede of God, and in it to dreden God; and in alle wisdam the disposing of the lawe. And wisdam is not the disciplyne of shreudenesse; and good thenking is not the prudence of synnes. Ther is shreudenesse of pru|dence, and in it cursing; and ther is an vnwis man, that is lassid in wisdam. Betere is a man that is lassid in wisdam, and failende wit in the drede of God, than that aboundith in wit, and ouer|passith the lawe of the heiȝest. Ther is certeyn sleeynesse, and it is wicke. And ther is, that sendeth out a certeyn wrd, tellende out the treuthe. Ther is, that shreudely meketh hymself; and the entrailes of hym ben ful of treccherie. And ther is a riȝtwisriȝtwis man A., that myche vn|derputtith hymself of myche meknesse; and ther is a riȝtwis, that bowith in the face, and feyneth hym not to seen that is vnknowen. And if of infirmyte `of strengthisOm. C pr. m. he `is forbedeneschewe C pr. m. E pr. m. to synnen; if `he shal fyndether shal come C. it shal come E pr. m. tyme of euel doyng, he shal euele do. Of the siȝte is knowen a man; and of the aȝeen comyng of the face is knowen the weel felende. The clothing of the body, and the laȝhing of teth, and the goyng in of a man, tellen out of hym. Ther is liyng correccioun in wrathe of the wrongful; and ther is dom that is not preued to ben good; and ther is a beere stille, and he is prudent.

 CAP. XX.

Hou good is to vndernymyn, than to wrathen, and to not forbedendefenden C pr. m. E pr. m. the knou|lechere in orisoun. The lust of the gelding deflourede the ȝunge womman, `or birefte hir meydenhedor bereuith hir meydenhed A. Om. C et E pr. m., so he that doth bi fors wicke dom. Hou good is, the chastisid to schewedo C pr. m. E pr. m. penaunce; so forsothe thou shalt fleen awei wilful synne. Ther is a stille man, that is found wis; and ther is an hateful, that is gredy to speken. Ther is forsothe a stille man, not hauende wit of speche; and ther is a stille man, witende tyme of couenable tyme. A wys man shal be stille vnto tyme; the recchelesreccherous E pr. m. reccheles, or wiylde C sec. m. marg. wijlde, or reccheles E sec. m. marg. AH. forsothe and the vnprudent shul not kepe time. Who vseth manye wrdis, hurteth his soule; and who taketh to hym power wrongfulli, shal ben hatidblamed E pr. m.. Ther is goyng forth in euelis to a man vndisciplyned; and ther is finding in to harm. Ther is ȝouen thing, that is not profitable; and ther is ȝoue thing, whos ȝelding is double. Ther is lassing for glorie; and ther is, that fro mecnesse shal rere the hed. There is, that manye thingis aȝeen bie for litil pris, and re|storende them in to seuen fold. A wys man in wrdis maketh hym self loouable; the graces forsothe of foolis shul ben held out. The ȝifte of the vnwise shall not be profitable to thee; the eȝen for|sothe of hym ben seuennfold. Fewe thingus he shal ȝyue, and many thingus he shal vpbreiden; and the openyng of the mouth of hym is enflaumyng. To day leeneth a man, and to moru he ask|eth it bi ple; and hateful is such a maner man. To a fool shal not ben a frend, and ther shal not be grace to the goodis of hym. Who forsothe eteneetith A. the bred of hym, ben of fals tunge; hou ofte sithes and hou fele shul thei scorne hym? Ne forsothe that were to ben had, with euene riȝt wit he delede; lic maner and that, that were not to ben had. The slidyng of the false tunge `as he thatOm. C pr. m. is falling in the pament; so the fallingus of euele men hastili shal come. An vn|kinde man as a veyn fable; and it shal be ofte in the mouth of the vndisciplyned. Of the mouth of the fool shal ben re|preued a parable; forsothe he seith itit is AE. not in his tyme. Ther is, that is for|beduneschewith C pr. m. E pr. m. for myseisete to synnen; and in his reste shal be prickid. And ther is, that shal leese hys soule for confusioun; and of vnprudence of persone he shal leesen it. Forsothe bi excepcioun of per|sone he shal leese hymself. Ther is, that for confusioun bihotith to a frend; and hath woonnen hym an enemy wil|fully. Wicke repref in a man a lesyng; and in the mouth of the vndisciplyned it shal be besily. Betere is a thef than the besynesse of a man liere; forsothe bothe shuln eritagen perdicioun. Ma|neres of men lieres withoute wrshipe; and the confusioun of hem with them withoute cesing. A wys man in wrdis shal bringe forth hymself; and a prudent man shal plesen to grete men. Who wercheth his lond, shal myche heȝen the hep of frutes; and who wercheth riȝt|wisnesse, he shal mycheOm. AEGH. ben enhauncid. Who forsothe pleseth to grete men, shal fleen awei, `or ascapeOm. C et E pr. m., wickidnessewickenesse E.. Pre|sentes and ȝiftes ful out blenden the eȝen of domysmen; and as a doumb in the mouth he turneth awei the chastisingus of hem. Hid wisdam, and tresorOm. C pr. m. profit E pr. m. vnseen, what profit in eithir? Betere is, that hilith his vnwisdam, than a man that hidith his wisdam.

 CAP. XXI.

Sone, hast thou synned? ne adde thou to eftsoone; but of thi rathere louly preyebeseech AEGH., that to thee thei be forȝyuen. As fro the face of a shadewe eddere flee synnes; and if thou schaltOm. C pr. m. neȝhe to them, thei shul take thee. The teeth of a leoun the teth of it, sleende the soules of men. As a swerd twotwei AEGH. bitende eche wickidnessewickenesse E.; of the wounde of it is no helthe. Aȝeen chiding and wrongis to noȝt shul bringe substaunce; and the hous that ful myche is riche, shal be broȝt to noȝt bi pride; so the substaunce of the proude shal be taken vp bi the roote. The lowe preȝyng of the pore fro the mouth vnto the ere shal come; and dom hastili shal com to hym. Who hat|eth chastising, the step is of a synnere; and who dredeth God, shal ben conuertid to his herte. Knowen fro aferr is the myȝty in fool hardy tunge; and the weel felende woot hymto hym E pr. m. to slyde fro hym. Who bildith his hous withof A. other mennes costes, as that gedereth his stonus in wynterthe wynter E pr. m.. A flax top gedered togidere the synagoge of synneres; and the ful ending of them flawme of fyr. The weie of synneres togidere plauntid with stones; and in to the ende of them helle, and peynespeyne C., and derknesses. Who shal kepe riȝtwisnesse, shal withholde the wyt of hym. Ful ending of the drede of God wisdam and wit. He shal not be lerned, that is not wis in goode. Ther is forsothe vnwisdam, that abund|eth in euel; and there is not wit, where is bitternesse. The kunnyng of the wise man as flowing shal abunde; and the counseil of hym as aOm. A. welle of lif abitabideth AEGH. stille. The herte of the fool as a vessel to-broken; and alle wisdam shal not holden. A wis wrd what euer heit AGH. shal heren, the kunnyng shal preisen, and echen. The leccherous herde, and it shal displesen hym; and he shal throwe it bihinde his bac. The telling of athe A. fool as berthen in the weie; for in the lippes of the wel felende shal be founde grace. The mouth of the prudent isshal be C pr. m. E pr. m. soȝte in the chirche; and the wrdis of hym thei shul thenke in ther hertes. As an hous set out of termes, so a wisdam to a fool; and the kunnyng of the mys felende vn|tellable wrdis. Gyues in feet doctrine to a fool; and as bondis of hondis vpon the riȝt hond. The fool in laȝhing enhaunceth his vois; forsothe a wis man vnnethe stilleli shal laȝhen. A goldene ourne|ment doctrine to the prudent; and as an armcercle in the riȝt arm. The foot of the fool liȝt in to the hous of the neȝhe|bore; and a wis man shal be confoundid of the persone of the myȝty. The fool fro the wyndowe biholdith in to the hous; the lered man forsothe withoute shal stonde. The folie of a man to herk|nen thurȝ the doresdore AEGH.; and the prudent shal be greued with strif. The lippes of vnprudent men folies shul tellenspeke E pr. m.; the wrdis forsothe of prudent men in a ba|launce shul ben peisid. In the mouth of foolis the herte of hem; andOm. A. in the herte of wise men the mouth of hem. Whan the vnpitouse curseth the deuel, he curs|eth his owne soule. The rownenderownynge E. gruc|chere shal defoule his soule, and in alle thingus he shal ben hatyd, and that abideth, shal ben hatid; the stille and the wel felende shal ben wrshipid.

 CAP. XXII.

In a cleȝy ston shal ben stoned the slowe; and alle shuln speke of the grete dispising of hym. Of the drit of oxen stoned is the slowe; and eche that toucheth hym, shal shaken out hondes. The confusioun of the fader is of the vndisciplyned sone; forsothe a fool doȝtir in gret mynushing shal be. A prudent doȝtir eritage to hir husbondeman C et E pr. m.; for she that confoundith, in repref is mad of the getere. The fader and man she fool hardi confoundeth, and of the vnpitous man she shal not be lassid; of either for|sothe she shalshal not C pr. m. E pr. m. be vnwrshipidwrshipid C pr. m.. Melodie in weiling vnkouenablenedeles C pr. m. E pr. m. vnkonable C sec. m. telling; scourges and doctrine in alle tyme wisdam. Who techeth a fool, as that glueth togidere a sherd. He that telleth a wrd to the not herende, as that rereth a slependeslepi AGH. man fro an heuy slep. With the slependeslepi A. he speketh, that telleth to the fool wisdam; and in the ende of theOm. AEGH. telling he shal sey, Who is this? Ouer the deade weepe thou, forsothe the liȝt of hym failede; and ouer the fool weepe thou, forsothe he failede wit. A litil weep vp on the deade, for he restede. Forsothe of the most wickewickede AEGH. most wickewickede AEGH. lif, on the deth of a fool. The weiling of the deade seuene daȝes; of the fooll forsothe and of the vnpitous alle the daȝes of the lif of hem. With a fool ne speke thou myche, and with a mys felende go thou not awey. Kep thee fro hym, that thou haue not greef; and thou shalt not ben defoulid in the synne of hym. Boowe awei fro hym, and thou shalt finde reste; and thou shalt not be maad sorewiOm. C pr. m. sloȝ in the folie of hym. Ouer leed what shal ben heuy? and what othir name to hym than a fool? Liȝtere is to bern grauel, and salt, and a gobet of iren, than an inprudentvnprudent AGH. man, and a fool, and vnpitous. As ioynyng of tres, bounde togidere to the foundement of the bilding, shalthat shal C. not ben vnloosid, so and the herte fastned to|gidere in the thenking of counseil. The thenking of the wel felende in alle tyme, or drede, shal not be beshrewid. As chaf in heȝe thingus, and morter withoute due cost, sett aȝen the face of the wynd, shul not abide; so and the dredeful herte in the thenking of a fool aȝen the bure of drede aȝen stontstondeth AEGH. not. As grauely enourn|yngenuyrownynge A. in a briȝt wal, so and the trem|blende herte in the thenking of a fool, alle time he shal not dredenrepen E pr. m.; so and that inOm. C. the hestis of God abitabideth AEGH. stille euermor. The prickende the eȝe leteth out teres; and that pricketh the herte, bring|eth forth wit. Throwende a ston in to foules, `schal throwethrowith C pr. m. hem doun; so and that putteth reprof to a frend, looseth frenshipe. To the frend and if thou bringe forth a swerd, thou shalt not dis|peiren; ther is forsothe aȝeengoyng to a frend. If he shul opene a drery mouth, ne drede thou; ther is forsothe acord|ing, out take putting to of vice, and dis|pit, and pride, and openyng of priuyte, and treccherous veniaunce; in alle these thingus shal flee awei a frend. Feith welde thou with a frend `in theand in A. pore|nesse of hym, that and in the goodis of hym thou glade. In tyme of tribula|cioun of hym abid stille to hym feithful, that and in the eritage of hym thou be togidere eir. Biforn fir of the chymnee, moiste issue, and the smoke of fyr, is enhauncid; so and befor blod cursis, and wrongis, and thretes. A frend to saluten I shal not be confoundid, and fro the face of hym I shal not hiden me; and if eueles schulenOm. C pr. m. comen to me bi hym, I shal suffre. Eche that shal heren, shal shonen hymself fro hym. Who shal ȝyue to my mouth warde, and vponto AGH. my lippis aOm. G. certeyn marke, that I falle not fro them, and my tunge leese me?

 CAP. XXIII.

Lord, fader, and lordshipere of my lif, ne forsake thou me in the thenking and the counseil of them; and suffre thou me not to fallen in that reprouyng. Who puttith vp on in mythe E pr. m. thenking scourgis, and in myn herte doctrine of wisdam, that to the vnknowyngus of them he spare not to me, and apere not the giltis of them? Lest waxen to myne vnkun|nyngnesses, and ben multeplied my giltis, and my synnes abunden; and I falle in the siȝte off myn aduersaries, and myn enemy ioȝe. Lord, fader, and God of my lif, ne forsake thou me in the thenking of hem. The enhauncyng of myn eȝen ne ȝyue thou to me; and al desyr turne awei fro me. Do awei fro me lustis of the wombe, and the liggyngus of lust ne take thei me; and to vnreuerent inwit and vndiscreet ne take thou me. The doctrine of the mouth here ȝee, sonis; and that shal kepen it, shal not pershen in his lippis, ne shal be sclaundrid in `the werstewickedest AEGH. werkes. In his vanyte is caȝt the synnere and the proude manOm. C pr. m.; and the cursid shal be sclaundred in hem. To swering vse not thi mouth; manye forsothe fallingus inben in A. it. The nemnyng forsothe of God be not con|tynuel in thi mouth, and to the names of seyntus be thou not mengd; for thou shalt not ben harmles of hem. As forsothe a seruaunt askid bisily, fro wannesse, `or enuyeOm. C et E pr. m., is not mynusht; so eche swerere and nemnyng, in al fro synne shal not be purgid. A man myche swerende shal be fulfild with wickidnessewickenesse E.; and ther shal not gon awei fro the hous of hym ven|iaunce. And if he shul bigile the bro|ther, the gilte of hym vpon hym shal be; and if he shul feyne, he shal trespasen double. And if in veyn he shul swern, he shal not be iustefied; forsothe with werst ȝelding shal be fulfild the hous of hym. Ther is and an other speche aȝeenward in to deth; `be itbut AGH. not founde in the eritage of Jacob. Forsothe of mercyful men alle these thingus shul be don awey; and in giltis thei shul not often turneturne them E pr. m. AGH.. To the vndisciplynous speche vse not thi mouth; forsothe ther is in it the wrd of synne. Haue mynde of fader and thi moder; in the myddel forsothe of grete men thou stondist. Lest parauenture God forȝete thee in the siȝte of hem; and thurȝ thi bisynesse gretli maad foul, repref thou suffresuffrist A., and had|dest leuere not to be born, and the dai of thi birthe thou curse. A man vsid in wrdys of repref, in alle his daȝes shal not be leredlerned AEGH.. Two kindis abundyn in synnes, and the thridde bringeth to wrathe and perdicioun. A fel soule as fyr brennende shal not be quenchid, to the tyme sum what he swolewe; and a shreude man in the mouthe of his flesh shal not leuen, to the time he teende fyr. To a leccherous man eche bred sweete; he shal not be weri, trespasende vnto the ende. Eche man that ouergoth his bed, dispisende in to his soule, and seiende, Who seeth me? Dercnesses cumpassen me, and the walles coueren me aboute, and no man aboute biholdeth me. Whom drede I? Of my giltis the heiȝest shal not han mynde. AndOm. A. he vndirstontvnderstondeth AEGH. not, for alle thingus the eȝe of hym seeth, for he putte awei fro hym the drede of God; of such a maner man is drede, and the eȝen of men dredende hym. And he kneȝ not, for the eȝen of the Lord ben myche more liȝtere ouer the sunne, biholdende aboute alle the weies of men, and the depthe of the se, and the hertes of men biholdende in to the hidde partis. To the Lord God forsothe, er thei werenben C pr. m. E pr. m. foormed, alle thingis ben knowen; so and aftir the parformed he biholdith alle thingus. This in the stretes of the cite shal be vengid; as an horse colt he shal be dryue, and wher he hopeth not, he shal be caȝt. And he shal ben vileny to alle; forthi that he vnderstod not the drede of the Lord. So and eche womman forsakende hir manhusbonde AEGH sec. m., shal synnen, and settende eritage of an aliene matrimoyne. First in the lawe of the heȝest she was vnleeuefulvnbeleeful EG sec. m., and the secunde hir manhusbonde AE sec. m. GH. or hosebonde C sec. m. marg. she forsok; the thridde in auoutrie she dide leccherie, and of an othir man sonus she sette to hirself. This in to the chirche shal be broȝt, and in to the sonus of hir shall ben lookid. The sonus of hir shul not taken rootis, and the braunches of hir shul not ȝyuen fruyt. Thei shul leuenforsaken E pr. m. in to curs the mynde of hir, and the vilenye of hir shal not be don awei. And thei shul knowe, for thei ben forsaken; for no thing be|tere than the dred of God, and no thing swetere than to biholden in the maunde|mens of the Lord. Gret glorie isOm. A. to fo|lewe the Lord; lengthe forsothe of daȝes shal ben taken to of hym.

 CAP. XXIV.

Wisdam shal preisen his soule, and in the Lord he shal ben wrshepid; and in the myddel of histhe A. puple he shal glorien. And in the chirches of the heȝest he shal opene his mouth; and in the siȝte of the vertue of hym he shal glorien. And in the myddel of his puple he shal ben enhauncid; and in hoelithe hooli A. plente he shal myche wndrenben wundred E pr. m.. And in the multitude of chosen men he shal han preising; and among blissid men he shal ben blessid, seiende, I of the mouth of the heȝest cam forth, first goten biforn eche crea|ture. I made in heuenus, that vnfailende liȝt shulde springe, and as a litil cloude I couerydmade C pr. m. E pr. m. eche flesh. I in the heȝest thingus dwellede, and my trone in a piler of a cloude. The cercle of heuene I cum|passide alone, and the depthe of the se I thirlede; and in the flodis of the se I wente, and in al erthe I stod. And in alle puple, and in alle folc of kinde the firsthed I hadde; and of alle heȝe and lowe the hertes bi vertue I trad; and in alle these thingus reste I soȝte, and in the eritage of hymthe Lord C pr. m. E pr. m. I shal wone. Thanne comaundide, and seide to me, the foorm|ere of alle thingus; and he that foormede me, restede in my tabernacle; and seide to me, In Jacob dwelle thou, and in Irael eritage thou, and in my chosene put rootes. Fro the bigynnyng and bifor worldisthe woorldis A. I am foormed, and vnto the world to come I shal not cesen to ben; and in hoeli wonyng beforn hym I seruede. And so in Sion I am fastned, and in an halewid cite lic maner I rest|ede, and in Jerusalem my power. And I rootedehadde roote AEGH. in a puple wrshipid; and in to the parties of my God the eritage of hym, and in plente of halewes my with|holding. As a cedre I am enhauncid in Liban, and as aOm. A. cipresse in the hil of Sion. And as a palm I am enhauncid in Cades, and as the plaunting of aOm. AGH. rose in Jericho. As a fair olyue in feeldis; and as a platanplaunt A. I am enhauncid biside the water in stretes. As canel and balsam smellende, I ȝaf smel; and as chose myrre I ȝaf swotnesse of smel. And as torax, and galban, and vngula, and gut|ta, and as Liban not kut, I smekedeputte out E pr. m. my dwelling; and as balsame not mengd isOm. C pr. m. my smel. I as terebynt streiȝte out my braunchis; and my braunchis of wrshipe, and of grace. I as a vyne frutede swot|nesse of smel; and my floures frutes of honour, and of honeste. I modir of fair loouyng, and of drede, and of knowing, and of hoeli hope. In me alle grace of weie, and of treuthe; in me alle hope of lif andOm. C pr. m. of vertue. Passeth to me, alle that coueiten me; and of my ienera|ciouns `be ȝeeȝe shulen ben AE pr. m. GH. fulfild. My spirit for|sothe ouer hony sweete; and myn eri|tage ouer hony, and hony comb. My mynde in the ieneracioun of worldis. TheiOm. C pr. m. that eten me, ȝit shul hungrin; and that drinken me, ȝit shuln thristen. Who hereth me, shal not be confoundid; and who werchen in me, shul not synnen; and who declaren me, euere lastende lif shuln han. Alle these thingus the boc of lif, and the testament of the heȝest, and the knouleching of treuthe. Moises comaundide the lawe in the hestus of riȝtwisnesses, and the eritage `to the hous ofof the Lord of E pr. m. Jacob, and the behestus toof E pr. m. Irael. He sette to Dauid, his child, to reren vp a king of hym most strong, and in the trone of wrshipe sittende in to euer mor. The which fulfillith, as Fison, wisdam; and as Tigris in the daȝes of newes. That fulfilleth, as Eufrates, wit; that multeplieth, as Jordan in the tyme of rip. That sendeth disciplyne as liȝt; and stondynge to, as Jyon in the dai of vyn|dage. That parformeth first to knowen it; and the feblere shal not enserchen it. Fro the se forsothe shal abunde the thenking of hym; and the counseil of hym in the grete depnesse. I wisdam heelde out floodis; I as an ouerthwert weie of watir with oute mesure fro the flood. I as the flood Dorex, and as watir kundute wente out fro paradis. I seide, I shal watrin the gardyn of my plaunt|ingus; and I shal make drunkedrunke, or fulfille AGH. the frut of my birthe. And loOm. AG pr. m. H.! he is mad to me a plenteuous path; and my flood neȝhede to the se. For doctrine as moru|tid liȝt I liȝte to alle; and I shal tellen out it vnto aferr. I shal persen alle the nethere partis of the erthe, and I shal biholde alle slepende; and I shal liȝtnen alle hopende in the Lord. Ȝit doctrine as profecie I shal heelden out, and I shal leuen it to men sechende wisdam; and I shal not cesen in to the progenyes of them, vnto the hoelihool A. spirituel world. Seeth, for not to me alone I trauailede, but to alle sechende out the treuthe.

 CAP. XXV.

In thre thingus plesid is to my spirit, that ben proued bifor God and man; the acordcord AEGH. of brethern, and the looue of neȝhebores, and man and womman wel to themself consentende. Thre spices hatede my soule, and I am greued gretli to the soule of them; a pore man proud, and a riche man aOm. A. liere, and an old man aOm. C. fool and dotid. What thingisOm. C pr. m. in thi ȝouthe thou hast not gedered, hou shalt thou finde in thin eelde? How fair the dom inof C pr. m. hoornesse, and to prestis to knowe kounseil. How fair to olde men wisdam, and glorious vnderstonding, and counseil. The coroun of olde men myche wisdam; and the glorie of them dred of God. Nyne vnouertrowableouertrowable A. thingus of the herte I magnefiede; and the tenthe I shal telle in tunge to men. A man that is ioȝid in sones lyuende, and seende the turnyng vpsodoun of his enemys. Blisful that dwellith with a womman weel felende, and that in his tunge is not slyden, and that seruede not to the vnwrthi hymself. Blisful that findith a verre frend, and that telleth out riȝtwis|nesse to the herende ere. Hou gret that findith wisdam and kunnyng; but not ouer the dredende God. The drede of God ouer alle thingus hymself sett aboue. Blisful the man to whom it is ȝoue to han the drede of God; who holdith it, to whom shal he be licned? The dred of God the bigynnyng of his looue; the by|gynnyng forsothe of feith is to be ioyned to hym. Alle veniaunce is the drery slowthe of herte; and eche malice the wickidnessewickenesse E. of a womman. And eche wounde, and not wounde she shal seen of herte; and al shreudenesse, and not shreudenesse of a womman; and al hid thing, and not hid thing of hatende men; and al veniaunce, and not veniaunce of enemys. There is not an hed wickidere ouer the hed of a shadewe eddere; and there is not wrathe ouer the wrathe of a womman. To dwelle with a leoun and a dragoun more shalit shal A. plesen, than to wone with a shreude womman. The shreudenesses of a womman chaungethwhan she chaungeth E pr. m. hir face; and sheshe hath al E pr. m. aȝeen blendideblyndith AGH. hir cheere as a bere, and as a sac she shal shewen in the myddel of neȝhebores. The housebondman C pr. m. E pr. m. of hir gretli weilede; and herende, siȝhede a litil. Short alle malice ouer the malice of a womman; the lot of synnes falle vpon hir. As a graueli steeȝing vp in the feet of an old man, so a tungy womman to a quyete man. Ne beholde thou the fairnesse of a womman, and coueite thou not a wom|man in fairnesse. The wrathe of a wom|man and the mysreuerence, gret shen|shipe. A womman if she haue maistrie, she is contrarie to hir housebondman CE pr. m.. A loeȝ herte, and a dreri face, and a wounde of deth, a shreude womman. Feble hondis and vnloosid knees, a womman that mak|eth not blisful hir housebondman CE pr. m.. Of a wom|man is mad the bigynnyng of synne; and bi hir alle wee die. Ȝyue thou not to thi watir issue, neOm. C pr. m. a litil; ne to a shreude womman forȝyuenesse, `or leeue, or fredamOm. C pr. m. E pr. m., of goyng out. If she `schal not gogo not C pr. m. E pr. m. toin to A. thin hond, she shal con|founde thee in the siȝte of enemys. Fro thi flesh kut hir awei, lestOm. E pr. m. euermore sche mysvsevse not E pr. m. thee.

 CAP. XXVI.

Blissid is the man of a good womman; the noumbre forsothe of the ȝeres of hym double. A strong womman delytith hir manhusbonde AE sec. m. GH.; and the ȝeres of `the liyf ofOm. C pr. m. hym she shal fulfille in pes. A good partpartie AEGH. a good womman; in good part of men dredende God, she shal be ȝoue to a man for goodehis goode E pr. m. deedis. Of riche forsothe and pore the goode herte; in alle tyme the chere of them gladsum. Of thre thingus dradde myn herte, and in the ferthe my face was aferd. The dyuyseounenuyouste E pr. m. of the cite, and the gederyng togidere of the puple, and lesing chaleng; vp on deth alle thingus heuye. Sorewe of herte, and weiling, a ielous womman. In a ielous womman scourge of tunge, to alle co|munende. As a ȝok of oxen that is moued, so andOm. A. aOm. H. shreude womman; who holdith hir, as he caȝte a scorpioun. A drunkelew womman gret wrathe and strif; and the filtheed of hir shal not be couered. The fornycacioun of a womman in the hauncing out of eȝen; and in the eȝelidis of hir she shal be knowen. In a doȝtir not turnende awey hirself fastne warde; lest, ocasioun founde, she mysuse hirself. FroFor A. alle irreuerence of the eȝen of hir waar; and ne wndre thou, if she dispise thee. As a weie goere at a welle threstende the mouth shal opene, and of alle next water shal drinke; and aȝen eche palepole E pr. m. shal sitte, and aȝen alle arewe shal opene quyuerethe quyuer A. quyuere, or arow caas C sec. m. marg. E sec. m. marg. GH., to the tyme that sheit G sec. m. faile. The grace of a bisi womman shal deliten hir manhusbonde AE sec. m. GH.; and the boenes of hym she shal fattenfastnen G. fasten H.. The discipline of hir is the ȝifte of God. A wel felende womman and a stille is not the chaung|ing of the taȝt soule. Grace vpon grace an hoeli womman, and a shamefast. Eche forsothe peising is not wrthi a contenent soule. As the sunne risende in the world in the heȝest thingus of God, so the fair|nesse of a good womman in to the en|ournyng of hir hous. A shynende lan|terne vpon an hoeli candilsticke, and the fairnesse of the face vpon the stable age. Goldene pileris vpon silueren feet, and fast feet upon the plauntes, `or soulisOm. C et E pr. m., of a sta|ble womman. Euere lastende foundemens vp on aOm. AEG pr. m. H. sad ston, and the maundemens of God in the herte of an hoeli womman. In two thingus myn herte is maad so|rewfulto-broosid C pr. m. E pr. m., and in the thridde wrathing to me cam. ATo a E pr. m. man fiȝtere failende bi myseise, and a man wel felende dispisid. And that ouergoth fro riȝtwisnesse to synne, God greithede hym to a two bitende swerd. Two spices harde and perilous to me semeden; hard is delyuer|ed the chaffareremarchaund A. chaffarere, or marchaunde E sec. m. GH. fro his necgligence, and thethe false C pr. m. E pr. m. tauerner shal not be iustified fro synnesthe synnes AEGH. of lippis.

 CAP. XXVII.

For myseistemyseise C pr. m. manye trespaseden; and heOm. C pr. m. that secheth to be maad riche, turneth awei his eȝe. As in the myddel of a ioynyng of stones a paele, `or a stakeOm. C et E pr. m., ficchid is, so bitwen the myddel of biyng and silling he shall ben anguysht with synnes. He shal ben to-treden with giltendethe giltynge AEGH. gilte. If not in the drede of the Lord thou shul holdebeholde A. thee bisili, anoon shal ben turned vpsodoun thin hous. As in the smyting of a cyue shal abide stille pouder, so the porenesse of a man in the thenking of hym. The ves|selis of the krockere preueth the furneis; and riȝtwis men temptacioun of tribula|cioun. As the erthe werching of a tree shewith the frute of hym, so a wrd of thenking the herte of a man. Biforn a wrd ne preise thou a man; that forsothe tempting is of men. If thou folewefolewist AEGH. riȝt|wisnesse, thou shalt taken it; and thou shalt clothen it as an aube of wrshipe, and thou shalt dwelle with it, and it shal defende thee in to euer mor, and in the dai of knouleching thou shalt finde fast|nyng. Foules to the lic to them comen togidere; and treuthe to them that wer|chen it shal turne aȝeen. A leoun to hunting waitith euermor; so synnes to men werchende wickidnesse. An hoeli man in wisdam woneth, as the sunne; for the fool as the moone isshal be C pr. m. E pr. m. chaungid. In the myddel of mys felende men kep a wrd to tyme; in the myddel forsothe of men thenkende the lawe of God be thou besi. The telling of synneres hatesum; and the laȝhing of them in the giltis of synne. The myche swering speche shal sette stonding of heer, for fer, to the hed; and the irreuerence of it is stopping of eres. Sheding out of blod in iangling of proude men; and the cursing of them greuous heering. Who nakeneth pri|uytes, leeseth the feith of a frend; and he findeth not a frend to his inwit. Looue a neȝhebore, and be thou ioyned in feith with hym. That if thou shul nakene the hidde thingus of hym, `thou schalt not pursuepursue thou not C et E pr. m. aftir hym. As a man forsothe that leeseth his frend, so that leeseth the frenshipe of his neȝhe|bore. And as he that leteth a brid out of his hond, so thou that hast forsake thi neȝhebore, and thou shalt not taken hym. Thou shalt not folewe hym, for ferr he is awei; forsothe he fleyȝ out as a capret fro the grene, for woundid is the soule of hym. Thou shalt not moun mor ouer hym binde togidere; but of the cursid is acording togidere. To nakenen for|sothe the priuytes of a frend, is the dis|peiring of the vnfeithful soule. The twynclere with the eȝe forgeth wicke thingus; and no man hym shal casten awei. In the siȝte of thin eȝen he shal defoule thi mouth, and vp on thi wrdus he shal wndre; at the laste he shal per|uerte his mouth, and in thihis C pr. m. E pr. m. wrdis he shal ȝyue sclaundre. Manye thingus I haue herd, and I haue not euened to hym; and the Lord shal hate hym. Who in to heiȝ sendeth a ston, vp his hed it shal falle; and the wounde of the trec|cherous shal deuyde woundis. And that delueth a dich, shal falle in to it; and that setteth a ston to a neȝhebore, shal stumble in it; and that setteth a grene to another, shal pershe in it. To the do|ynge most wicke counseil, vpon hym it shal be turned aȝeen; and he shal not knowe whennes it shal come to hym. Illusioun, `or scorneOm. C et E pr. m., and repref of proude men and veniaunce as a leoun `schal aspieaspieth C pr. m. to hym. In a grene thei shul pershen, that deliten the falling of riȝtwis men; sorewe forsothe shal waste them, er thei dien. Wrathe and wodnesse, either ben wari|able; and the man synnere, withholdere shal be of them.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Who wile taken veniaunce, of the Lord shal finde veniaunce; and the synnes of hym kepende he shal kepe. Forȝif to thi neȝhebore noȝende to thee, and thanne to thee lowli preȝende synnes shul ben forȝoue. A man to a man kep|ith wrathe; and of God he sechith lech|ingmedicyne E pr. m.. In to a man lic to hymself he hath not mercy; and of his synnes he shal preȝen. He whil he is flesh, reserueth ire, and mercy asketh of God; who shal preȝe for the giltis of hym? Haue mynde of thi laste thingus, and lef to benthyn E pr. m. ene|my. RoteneseBlisfulnesse C pr. m. E pr. m. forsothe and deth stonden on in the hestes `of hymOm. C sec. m. E sec. m.. Remembre the drede of the Lord, and thou shalt not wrathe to the neȝhebore. Remembre the testament of the heȝest, and dispise the ignoraunce of thi neȝhebore. Abstene thee fro strif, and thou shalt lassen synnes. A man forsothe wratheful teend|ith strif; and a man synnere shal dis|turbe frendis, and in the myddel of men hauende pes he sendith in enemyte. Af|tir forsothe the trees of the wode, so the fier brennethshal brennen E pr. m.; and aftir the vertue of a man, so the wrathe of hym shal be, and aftir his substaunce he shal enhaunce his wrathe. An hastid strif shal teende fyr, and hastende chidyngC. super ras. strijf E pr. m. shal sheden out blod; and a tunge witnessende shal bringe to deth. If it shul blowen, as fyr it shal brenne; and if thou shul spitten vpon itOm. A., it shal ben queynt; either fro the mouth gon forth. The whistrende gruc|chere, and the twisil tunge cursid; for|sothe manye hauende pes disturbidehe disturbide E pr. m.. The thridde tunge manye men stirede, and scaterede them fro folc in to folc. Wallid cites of riche men it stroȝededistruyede AEGH., and the housis of grete men it mynede out. The vertues of puples it to-heewȝhewȝ doun G sec. m., and stronge folkys of kinde it vnknytte. The thridde tunge stronge, `or weddidOm. C et E pr. m., wym|men caste out, and shal bynyme them ther trauailes. Who biholdith it, shal not han reste; ne shal han a frend, in which he rest. The wounde of a scourge maketh wannesse; the wounde forsothe of a tunge shal to-broosen boenes. Manye fellen in the mouth of swerd; but not as thei dieden byfor C pr. m. E pr. m. ther tunge. Blisful that is couered fro a shreude tunge; `the whichthat C pr. m. in the wrathe of it passide not, and `the whichthat C pr. m. droȝ not at the ȝoc of it, and in the bondis of `it isOm. A. not bounde. The ȝoc forsothe of it is an irene ȝoc, and the bond of it is a brasene bond. The deth of it the werstewickedest AEGH. deth; and profitable helle more than it. The stede|fastnesse of it shal not abide stille, but shal holde the weies of vnriȝtwis men; in his flaume he shal not brenne riȝtwis men. Thei that forsaken God, shul falle in to it; and it shal brenne out in them, and it shal not be queynt; and it shal be sent in to them as a leoun, and as a parde it shal hurte them. Hegge thin eres with thornes, and wile thou not heren the shreude tunge; and to thi mouth mac thou dores, andand soowe thou E pr. m. lokes to thin eres. Thi gold and thi seluer melt to|gidere; and to thi wrdis mac thou a balaunce, and riȝt bridelis to thi mouth. And tac heed, lest parauenture thou slyde in the tunge, and thou falle in the siȝte of theOm. C pr. m. enemys, waitende to thee, and thi fallyng be vnheleable in to theOm. AGH. deth.

 CAP. XXIX.

Who doth mercy, leeneth to his neȝhe|bore; and he that is more wrth in hond, kepeth the hestis. Leene to thi neȝhe|bore in tyme of his neede; and eft ȝeld to a neȝhebore in his tyme. Conferme a wrd, and feithfulli do with it; and in alle tyme thou shalt finde that is needful to thee. Manye as finding eymeden vsure, and ȝeeuen gref to them that helpeden toOm. AEGH. them. To the time that thei taken, thei kissenkissen not C pr. m. E pr. m. the hondis of the ȝyuere; and in behestisthe biheestis AGH. thei meken ther voys. And in tyme of ȝelding `he shal askethei E pr. m. delaȝing, and he shal speke wrdis of noyȝeioȝe C pr. m., and of grucchingus, and the tyme he shal pleten. If forsothe he shul moun ȝeelde, he shal be enemy; vnnethe of the hoele he shal ȝelde the half, and he shal counte it as finding. Ellys forsothe he shal bigile hym his monee, and shal han hym enemy wil|fully. And repreues and cursis he shal ȝelde to hym; and for wrshipe and bene|fet he shal ȝelde to hym wrong. Manye, not bicause of shreudenesse, `lenten notvsureden E pr. m., but to beOm. E pr. m. G pr. m. bigilidbegile E pr. m. wilfulli, thei dradden. Neuer the latere ouer the meke inOm. A. inwit be thou strengere; and for almesthe almes A. deede drawe thou not hym. For the heste tac to the pore; and for the myseisemyseisete E sec. m. of hym ne lefe thou hym voide. Lees monee forfor thi C pr. m. brothir and frend, and hide thou not it vnder a ston, in to perdi|cioun. Put thi tresor in the hestes of the heȝeste; and it shal profite to thee more than gold. Close almes deede in the bosum of the pore; and that for thee shal ful out preȝen fro alle euel. The almes deede of a man as a litil sac with hym; and the grace of a man as the eȝe appil it shal kepen. And afterward it shal aȝeen risen, and ȝelde to them ȝeld|ing, to eche in to the hed of hem. Ouer the sheld of the myȝti, and ouer spere aȝen thin enemy it shal fiȝte. A good man maketh feith to his neȝhebore; and he that hath lost, confusioun shal leue to hym. The gracegrace, or loue G sec. m. of the borȝ ne forgete thou; forsothe he ȝaf for thee his soule. The synnere and the vncleneenuyous C pr. m. E pr. m. the aȝeen bihotere fleeth. Goode wrdis of the aȝeen bihotere the synnere wijteth to hym; and the vnkinde in theOm. C pr. m. G. wit forsaketh the delyuerende hym. A man aȝeen bi|hoteth of his neȝhebore; and whan he hath lost reuerence, he shal be forsaken of hym. Most shreude aȝeen bihoting spilde manye loouende men, andand in A. `togi|dere steredeto-sterede C pr. m. them as the flodisflodis, or wawis E sec. m. GH. of the se. Cumpasende it made myȝti men to gon out; and wandreden in aliene folkis. The synnere ouer passende the maunde|ment of the Lord shal fallen into shreudethe shrewid A. biheste; and he that forseth manye thingus to do, shall fallen in to dom. Recouere thi neȝhebore after thi vertue; and tac heed to thee, that thou infalle not. The bigynnyng of the lif of man watir, and bred, and clothing, and hous defendende filthehed. Betere is the liflode of the pore vnder the roof of stoodesstoodes, or sparres C sec. m. marg. E sec. m. marg. GH., than plenteuous shynende metes in pilgrymaging withoute hous. The leste thing for grete plese to thee; the repref of pilgrimaging thou shalt not heren. A shreude lif, of herberewing fro hous in to hous; and wher he shal ben herberewid, he shal not feithfulli don, ne openen the mouth. He shal herberewen, and feeden, and ȝyue drinke the vnkinde; and to these bittere thingus he shal heren. Go, gestost C pr. m. E pr. m., and enourneenuyroune A. the bord; and tho `thingis thatOm. C pr. m. in thin hond thou hast, feed other. Go out fro the face of wrshipe of my frendis, for nede of myn hous; to herberewe to me, brothir thou art maad. Greuous these thingus to a man hauende wit; vnder|nymyng of the hous, and repref of the leenere.

 CAP. XXX.

Who looueth his sone, bisily ȝeueth to hym scourgis, that he glade in his laste, and that he grope not the dores of neȝhe|bores. Who techeth his sone, shal be preisid in hym; and in the myddel of homli men in hym he shal glorien. Who techeth his sone, in to enuye sendithputteth C pr. m. E pr. m. the enemy; and in the myddel of frendus he shal glorien in hym. Dead is the fader of hym, and he is as not dead; lic forsothe to hym he hath laft aftir hym. In his lif he saȝ, and gladide in hym; and in his deth he sorewede not, ne `is confoundidknoulechede C pr. m. E pr. m. bifor the enemys. Forsothe he hath laft the defendere of the hous aȝen the enemys; and to frendus the ȝeld|ing ofOm. AEGH. grace. For the soulis of the sonus he shal binde togidere his woundis; and ouer al vois shul be disturbid the boweles of hym. The vntame hors shal scapen hard, and the slowe sone shal scape stumbling doun. Flatere the sone, and he shal make thee dredende; pley with hym, and he shall sorewenmake thee dreri G sec. m. thee. Ne with laȝhe thou to hym, ne with sorewe, and in the laste thi teth shal waxe stoneyd. Ȝyue thou not to hym power in ȝouthe, and ne dispise thou the thoȝtus of hym. Crooke the nol of hym in ȝouthe, and bet the sidis of hym, whil he is a faunt; lest parauenture he in|wardly hardne, and leeue not to thee, and he shal be to thee sorewe of soule. Tech thi sone, and werk in hym; lest in to the filthehed of hym thou gilte. Betere is a pore man hool, and strong in strengthis, than a riche man feble, and scourgid with malice. Helthe of soule in hoelynesse of riȝtwisnesse, and betere is than alle gold and siluer; and a strong body than monee withoute me|sure. Ther is not monee ouer the mo|nee of the helthe of body; and ther is not liking ouer the ioȝe of herte. Betere is deth than bittere lyf, and euere last|ende reste than durende sicknesse. Goodis hid in a mouth closid, as leiyngisleiynge A. to of plenteuous metes, set aboute withto G sec. m. a se|pulcresepulture G.. What shal profiten sacrifise to the maumet? andOm. A. forsothe he shal not eten, ne sauourenben honourid E pr. m.. So he that is dryuen awei fro the Lord, and berende meedis of shreudenesse, seende with eȝen and weilende, so a geldyng clippende a maiden, and siȝhende. Sorewi idilnesse ȝyue thou not to thi soule, ne tormente thou thiself in thi counseil. Myrthe of herte, that is the lif of man, and tresor withoute failing of hoelynesse; and ful out ioȝing of a man ys long lyuyng. Haue mercy to thi soule, plesende to God; and withhold and gedere togidere thin herte in the holynesse of hym, and sorewi idilnesse fer put awei fro thee. Manye forsothe sorewy idilnesse sleth; and ther is not profithelthe E pr. m. in it. Enuye and wrathe shuln lassen daȝes; and bifor tyme thenking shal bringe to elde. A briȝt herte good in meteshipes; the meteshipis forsothe of hym diligentli ben made.

 CAP. XXXI.

The waking of honeste shal dwyne the flesh; and the thenking of it shal don awei slep. The thenking of bifor kunnyng turneth awei wit; and heuy infirmyte sobre maketh the soule. The riche man trauailede in the gedering of substaunce; and in his reste he shal be fulfild with his goodus. The pore man trauailede in lassing of liflode; and in the ende he is mad helpeles, `or poreOm. C et E pr. m.. Who looueth gold, shal not ben iustefied; and who folewith wasting, shal be fulfild of it. Manye ben ȝyuen in to the fallingus of gold; and the los of them is mad in the fairnesse of it. The tree of offen|cioun is gold of men sacrefiende; wo to them that folewen it, and eche vnpru|dent shal pershe in it. Blisful is the riche man, that is founde withoute wem; and that aftir gold ȝide not, ne hopide in monee, and in tresores. Who is this, and wee shul preisen hym? forsothe he dyde merueilis in his lif. Who is preued in it, and perfit is founde, and shal be to hym euere lastende glorie? that myȝte trespasen, and trespaside not, andOm. C. don euelis, and dide not. Therfore stablid ben the goodis of hym in the Lord; and the almes deedis of hym shal out telle alOm. A. the chirche of halewis. AboueBi E pr. m. the grete bord thou hast siten; ne opene thou outvp on it AE sec.m. GH. thi cheeke ratherefirste E pr. m.. SeiAnd sey AGH. thou not, whethirif E pr. m. manye thingus ben, that vp on it ben. Haue mynde, for euel is the shreude eȝe. Shreudere thing than the eȝe, what is foormed? therfore fro al his face he shal weepe, whan he hath seen. Ne strecche thou out thin hond rathere; and bi enuye defoulid, thou shame. Ne be thou thrist togidere in the feste with wyn. Vnderstond what ben of thi neȝhebore, of thiself. Vse as a temperat man these thingis that ben leid to thee; and not whan thou etist, myche to hate thou be had. Cese rathere bicause of disciplyne; and wile thou not be to myche, lest parauenture thou offende. And if in the myddel of manye thou seete, rathere than thei ne strecche thou out thin hond; ne rathere aske thou to drinke. Hou suffisaunt is to a taȝt man a litil wyn; and in sleping thou shalt not trauailen of it, and thou shalt not feelen trauaile. Waking, and colere, and anguysh to an vndiscreet man. Slep of helthe in a scars man; he shal slepe vnto the morutid, and the lif of hym with hym shal deliten. And if constreyned thou were in etyng to myche, ris from the myddel, and spew; and it shal re|freshe thee, and thou shalt not bringe to thi body siknesse. Here me, sone, and dispise thou not me; and in thethi A. laste thou shalt fynde my wrdis. In alle thi werkis be thou swift; and alle infirmyte shal not meete with thee. The shynende in loeues `the lippis ofOm. C pr. m. manye shul blissen; and the witnessing of the treuthe of hym feithful. In the most wycke bred grucchide the cite; and the witnessing of the wickidnessewickenesse E. of it is verre. Bisi men in wyn wile thou not stiren; forsothe many men outlawide wyn. Fyr proueth hard iren; so wyn drunken in drunkinhed shal vndernyme the hertes of proude men. Euene lif to men wyn inis in E pr. m. sobrenesse; if thou drinke it mesurably, thou shalt ben sobre. What is the lif that is lassid with wyn? What bigilith the lif? deth. Wyn in myrthe is foormed, not in drunkenhed, fro the bigynnyng. The ful out ioȝyng of soule and of hertebody C pr. m. E pr. m., wyn mesurably drunken. Helthe is of soule and of body, sobre drink. Wyn myche drunke terring, and wrathe, and manye fallingus maketh. Bitternesse of soule wyn myche drunken. The wilsumnesse of drunkenhed the of|fensioun of the vnprudent, lassende ver|tue, and makende woundis. In the feste of wyn vndernyme thou not a neȝhebore; and dispise thou not hym in the myrthe of it. Wrdis of repref sey thou not to hym; and bere thou not hym doun in aȝeeaȝeyn AG. aȝen E. asking.

 CAP. XXXII.

A gouernour thee theimen E pr. m. thei C sec. m. sup. ras. han sett, wile thou not ben enhauncid; be thou in hem as oon of hem. The cure of hem haue thou, and so bihold; and al thithe A. cure mad out, reste. That thou glade for hem, and the ournement of grace thou take; coroun, and dignete of the congre|gacioun thou gete. Spec thou more thurȝ birthe; forsothe ther semeth thee ferst the wrd of loouende kunnyng; and lette thou not musik. Where is not heer|ing, heelde thou not out a sermoun; and vncouenabli wile thou notOm. C pr. m. ben enhauncid in thi wisdam. A litil iemme of kar|buncle in the ournement of gold; and comparisoun of musikes in the feste of wyn. As in forging of gold signe is of a smaragd, so the noumbre of musikis in myrie and temperat wyn. Here thou beendeand beynge A. stille, and for reuerence shal falle to thee good grace. Thou a ȝung ful waxen man, spec in thin owne cause vnnethe, whan nede shul be. If twies thou were askid, haue the hed thin an|swere. In manye thingus be thou as vn|kunnende, and hereOm. A. there GH. thou beende stille togidere and sechende. ToAnd to C. speken in the myddel of grete men ne bifor take thou; and wher ben olde men, not myche spec thou. Biforn hail shal go leiting, and biforn shamefastnesse shal go grace, and for reuerence shal fallen to thee good grace. AndOm. C. in the hour of rising `tyff thou thee nothaue thou not a sloȝ wil C pr. m. E pr. m.; ren biforn forsothe first in to thin hous, and there be thou clepid to, and there pleye. And do thi con|ceyuyngus, and not in giltis, and inOm. C pr. m. proud wrd. Vp on alle these thingus blisse thou the Lord, that made thee, and inwardli drunkinge thee of alle his goodis. Who dredeth God, shal takehan C pr. m. the doctrine of hym; and who shul wake to hym, shul finde blessing. Who sech|eth the lawe, shal be fulfild of it; and who aspiendeli doth, shal be sclaundrid in it. Who dreden God, shul finde riȝt|wis dom; and riȝtwisnesses as liȝt thei shul teende. A man synnere shal schone correcciouncorreccioun, or chastisinge E sec. m. marg. GH.; and after his wil he shal finde comparisoun. A man of counseil shal not distroȝe vnderstonding; and an alien and a proud shal not fulOm. C pr. m. dreden drede. Also aftir that he dide with hym withoute counseil, and in his infolew|ingisfolewingus C. he shal ben vndernome. Sone, withoute counseil no thing do thou; and aftir thi deede thou shalt not othynke. In the weie of falling go thou not, and thou shalt not offende aȝen stones. Ne betake thou thee to a trauailous wey, ne poote thou to thi soule sclaunder; and of thi sones be war, and of thi homli men tac heed. In al thi werk leeuebileeue G sec. m. of the feith of thi soule; this is forsothe the keping of the hestes. Who leeuethbileeueth G sec. m. to God, taketh heed to the hestes; and who trosteth in hym, shal not be lassid.

 CAP. XXXIII.

To the dredende God eueles shul not meete; but in tempting God shal kepen hym, and delyueren hym fro euelys. The wise man hateth not hestes, and riȝtwisnesses; and he shal not ben hurt|lid, as in the tempest of a ship. A weel felende man leeuethbileeueth G sec. m. to the lawe of God, and the lawe feithful to hym. Who the asking maketh open, shal greithe a wrd; and so louli preȝende he shal be ful out herd, and he shal kepe disciplyne, and thanne he shal answern. The entrailes of a fool as the whel of a carre, and as a turnende ful axtreor a natke C sec. m. marg. or a naaue E sec. m. marg. H. axtree, or naaue G. the thenkingusthenkynge AGH. of hym. An hors courser, so and a frend priue scornere, vnder eche man vpon sittende neȝeth. Whi dai the dai ouercometh, and eft liȝt the liȝt, and ȝer the ȝer, sunne the sunne? Of the kunnyng of the Lord thei ben seuered, the sunne mad, and kepende the heste; biIn A. the wisdam of God thei ben deuydid. And he shal chaunge the tymes and the feste daȝes of hem, and in hem the feste daȝes thei haleweden at the hour. Of hem God enhauncede and magnefiede; and of them he putte in to the noumbre of daȝes and ȝeres; and alle men of the soilsueuel A. soule H., and of the erthe, wherof Adam was foormed. In the multitude of the disciplyne of the Lord he seuerede them, and chaungide the weies of them. And of them he blissede, and enhauncede; and of hem he halewide, and to hymself he pre|sentede; of hem he curside, and mekede, and turnede them to the seueryng of hem. As the cley of the crockere in the hond of hym, to foormen and toOm. AGH. dis|posen it, alle the weies of it aftir his disposicioun; so a man in his hond that made hym; and he shal ȝeelde to them aftir his dom. Aȝen euel is good, and aȝen lif deth; so and aȝen the riȝtwis man the synnere. And so bihold in to alle the werkis of the heȝest; two aȝen two, oon aȝen oon. And I theto the E pr. m. laste wakidewallide AH. wakid out G., and as that gedereth clustrispepynes E pr. m., aftir the grape kutteres. In the blessing of God and I myself hopede; and as he that grapes kuttethcutte AG pr. m. H., I fulfilde pressemy presse E pr. m. AGH.. Beholdeth, for not to me alone I tra|uailede, but to alle men sechende out disciplyne. Hereth me, ȝee grete men, and alle puples; and ȝee gouernoures of the chirche, with eres parceyueth. To sone, and wif, brother, and frend, ȝif thou not power vp on thee in thi lif; and ȝyue thou not to an other thi possessioun, lest it othinke thee, and thou louli preȝe for hem. Whil ȝit thou art aboueon E pr. m., `or lyuestOm. C et E pr. m., and brethest, shal not chaungen thee alle flesh. Betere is forsothe, that thi sonus thee preȝen, than thee to beholden in to the hondus of thi sonus. In alle thi werkes beforn passende be thou; ne ȝyue thou a wem in to thi glorie. In the dai of the ful endyng of the daȝes of thi lif, and in tyme of thi deth dele thin eritage. Metes, and ȝerde, and berthene to an asse; bred, and disciplyne, and werk to a seruaunt. He werketh in dis|ciplyne, and the largidlarge G sec. m. hond to hym secheth `to restenfor to aȝen resten G sec. m., and sechethhe sechith G sec. m. fredam. Ȝoc and brydilthe brydil E. reyne crooken the harde necke; and the seruaunt bowen besy werkis. To the euel willi seruaunt tor|menting and gyues; put hym into werch|ing, lest he be voide; forsothe myche malice idilnesse taȝte. In werk set hym, so forsothe it semeth hym; that if he here not, bowe hym with gyues, and make thou not large `vp onvpon hym AGH. alle flesh, but with oute dom noo thing do thou heuy. If ther is to thee a feithful ser|uaunt, be he to thee as thi lif; as athi A. brother so trete hym, for in blod of lif thou boȝtyst hym. If thou `schalt hurtehurte C pr. m. hurtist E pr. m. hym vnriȝtwisly, in to fliȝt he shal ben turned; and if enhauncende he schalOm. C pr. m. go awei, whom schaltOm. C pr. m. thou seche, and in what weie thouOm. GH. schaltOm. AC pr. m. GH. seche hym, thou wost not.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Veyn hope and lesyng to the mys felende man; and vnprudent men en|haunsunherien out C pr. m. E pr. m. enhaunsinge of H. sweuenes. As he that caccheth shadewe, and pursueth wynd, so andOm. A. he that taketh heed to the seen lesingus. Aftir that thingOm. C pr. m. the siȝte of sweuenes; beforn the face of a man the licnesse of an other man. Of the vnclene what shal ben clensid, and of the liere what soth shal ben seid? Deuynyng of errour, and `diuynyng bi chiteryng of briddisC et E sec. m. sup. ras., lesing|us, `or falseOm. C et E pr. m. G sec. m., and sweuenes of euel doynge men is vanyte. And asOm. C pr. m. of the womman berende child, thinin C pr. m. E pr. m. herte suffreth fanta|sies; noOm. CE pr. m. ne E sec. m. but of the heȝest were sent out visityng ne ȝyue thou in hem thin herte. Manye men forsothe sweuenus maden to erre, and fellen awei hopende in hem. With oute lesing shal be ful endid the wrd of the lawe; and wisdam in the mouth of the feithful shal be maad pleyn. Who is not temptid, what kan he? A man in manye thingus expert, shall thenke manye thingus; and he that manye thingus lernede, shal tellen out vndurstonding. Who is not expert, fewe thingus knowith; who forsothe in manye thingus is a fool, shal multeplien malice. Who is not temptid, what maner thingus kan he? Who is vnplauntid, shal abound shreudenesse. Manye thingus I saȝ in tellinge out, and manye customes of wrdis. Other while vn to the deth I was in perile, bi the enchesoun of these; and I was delyuered bi the grace of God. The spirit of men dredende God is soȝt, and in respyt of `hym itit me E pr. m. shal be blissid. The hope forsothe of them in to the sauende hem; and the eȝen of the Lord in to men loouende hym. Who dredeth God, no thing shal quaken, and he shal not inwardly dreden; for he is his hope. Of the dredende the Lord, blissid is his soule. To whom biholdith he, and who is the strengthe of hym? The eȝen of the Lord vp on men dredende hym. De|fendere of myȝt, firmament of vertue, coueryng of brennyng, and the hilet, `or the schadowyng placeOm. C et E pr. m., of the myd|day; louli preȝende of gilte, and helpe of falling, enhauncende the soule, and liȝtnende eȝen, ȝyuende helthe, and lif, and blessing. Of the offrere of the wicke thing the offring is defoulid; and the scornyng of vnriȝtwis men ben not wel plesende. The Lord alone to men sustenende hym in the weie of treuthe, and of riȝtwisnesse. The ȝiftus of wickewickid AGH. men proueth not the heȝest, ne biholdeth in the offringus of wicke men, ne in the multitude of sacrifises of hem he shal han mercy to synnes. Who offreth sa|crifises of the substaunce of pore men, as he that sleth to sacrifise the sone in the siȝte of his fader. The bred of nedy men is the liff of the porepore man E pr. m.; who bigilith hym, is a man of blod. Who doth awei in swot bred, as he that sleth his neȝhe|bore. That shedethsechith AGH. blod, and that doth gile to the hirid man, ben brethern. Oon bildende, and oon distroȝende; what pro|fiteth to them, noOm. C pr. m. ne C sec. m. marg. but trauaile? Oon preȝende, and oon cursende; whos vois shal the Lord ful out heren? That is baptisid fro the deade, and eft towcheth the deade, what profitith his washing? So a man that fasteth in his synnes, and eft the same thingus doende, what pro|fitith he mekende hymself? the orisoun of hym who shal ful out heren?

 CAP. XXXV.

Who kepeth the wrd, multeplieth ori|soun. Holsum sacrifise is to taken heed to the maundemens, and to gon awei fro alle wickidnesse. And to sacrifien ples|ing of sacrifise vp on vnriȝtwisnesses, and louli preȝing for synnes, to gon awei fro vnriȝtwisnesse. He shal ȝelde grace, that offreth tried flour; and thathe that A. dothdon H. mercy, offreth sacrifisesacrifises C.. `Weel plesid thingWel plesynge A. is to the Lord, to gon awei fro wickidnesse; and louly preȝing to gon awei fro vnriȝt|wisnesse. Thou shalt not aperen bifor the siȝte of the Lord voide; forsothe alle these thingus for the hestus of God ben mad. The offring of the riȝtwis fatteth the auter; and the smel of swotenesse is in the siȝte of the heȝest. The sacrifise of the riȝtwis is acceptid, and the mynde of hym the Lord shal not forȝete. With good wil ȝeldeȝif A. glorie to God, and lasse thou not the cheef frutis of thin hondis. In alle ȝifteȝiftis A. glad mac thi chere, and in ful out ioȝing halewe thithou GH. dymes. Ȝif to the heȝeste aftir the free ȝifte of hym; and in good eȝe mac thou the findingfindingus C. of thin hondis. For ȝeldende is the Lord, and seuensithe as myche he shal ȝelde to thee. Wile thou not offren shreude ȝiftus; forsothe he shal not taken hem. And wile thou not biholden the vnriȝtwis sa|crifise; for the Lord is domes man, and ther is not anent hym glorie of persone. The Lord shal not taken a persone in to pore; and the preȝing of the hurt he shall ful out heren. He shal not dispise the preȝeres of the faderles child, ne the wi|dewe, yff she heelde out the speche of weiling. Whether not the teres of the widewe at the cheeke gon doun, and the outcry of hir vp on the ledyng doun ofOm. AEGH. hem? Fro the cheke forsothe thei steȝen vp to heuen, and the Lord herere shal not delyten in them. Who honourith God in liking, shal ben resseyuedvndirtaken C pr. m. E pr. m.; and the lowe preȝyng of hym vnto the cloudis shal neȝhe. The orisoun of the meekende hymself shal persen cloudis, and to the tyme that it neȝhe, he shal not be coum|fortid, and not gon awei, to the tyme that the heȝest beholde. And the Lord shal not longen awey, but demen riȝtwis men, and don dom; and the strengeste shal not han in hem pacience, that he to-tru|ble the rigge of hem. And to Jentiles he shal ȝelde veniaunce, to the tyme that he take awei the plente of proude men, and the kingus dignetees of wicke men he to|truble; to the tyme that he ȝelde to men aftir ther deedus, and aftir the werkis of Adam, and aftir the presumpcioun of hym; to the tyme that he deme the dom of his folc, and `he schalOm. C pr. m. delite riȝtwis men with his mercy. FairFayr is A. the mercy of God in tyme of tribulacioun, as a cloude of reyn in tyme of droȝte.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Haue mercy of vs, God of alle thingus; and behold vs, and shew to vs the lyȝt of thi mercy doyngus. And send inOm. AGH. thi drede vp on Jentilis, that soȝten not thee, that thei knowe for ther is not God, but thou; that thei telle out thi grete wrthi deedis. Rere vp thin hond vp on aliene folkis, that they see thi myȝt. As for|sothe in the siȝte of hem thou art ha|lewed in vs, so in oure siȝte thou shalt be magnefied in hem; that thei knowe thee, as andOm. AGH. wee han knowe, for ther is noon other God, saue theethe GH., Lordalone A.. Ennewe thou signes, and chaunge merueiles; glo|rifie the hond, andof A. the riȝt arm. Rere vp wodnesse, and heeld oute wrathe; enhaunceenhaunce out E pr. m. the aduersarie, and tormente the enemye. Heeȝe thou the tyme, and haue mynde of the ende, that thei telle out thi merueilis. In the ire of flaume be he deuoured that is saued; and that werst treten thi folc, finde thei perdi|cioun. To-brose thou the hed of princes, and of the enemy, seiende, Ther is noon other, saue wee. Gedere togidere alle the lynagis of Jacob, and knowe thei for ther is no God but thou, that thei telle out thi grete wrthi deedis; and thou shalt eritage them, as fro the bigynnyng. Haue mercy toon H. thi puple, vp on theOm. AEGH. whiche is inwardli clepid thi name; and to Irael, whom thou hast euened to thi first goten. Haue mercy to Jerusa|lem, the cyte of thin halewing, the cite of thi reste. Fulfil Syon with thin vn|tellable vertues, and thi puple with thi glorie. Ȝif witnessing, for fro the bigyn|nyng thi creatures thei ben; and rere the preȝeres, that the rathere profetes speeken in thi name. Ȝif meede, Lord, to men sustenende thee, that thi profetes feithful bee founden; and heere thou the orisoun of thi seruauns. Aftir the blissing of Aron ȝif to thi puple, and riȝte reule vs in to the weiehond E pr. m. of riȝtwisnes; that thei alle wite, that dwellen thein the H. erthe, for thou art God, biholdereand beholder A. of worldis. Eche mete the wombe schal ete, and ther is mete betere than mete. Cheekes touchen neȝhalmest E pr. m. the mete, and the mysfelende herte lesyng wrdys. The shreude herte shal ȝyue sorewy slouthe, and the wise man shal withstonde to it. The womman schalwile C pr. m. E pr. m. taken eche male child, and ther is a doȝter betere than the sone. The fair|nesse of a womman gladith out the face of hyr man, and ouer alle lust of the man sheOm. GH. shal `ouer ledenleden C. desyr. If ther is tunge of curing, ther is and of swaging, and of mercy; the man of hir is not aftir the sonus of men. Who weld|ith a good womman, bigyneth posses|sioun; helpe aftir hym she is, and a piler as reste. Wher is not hegge, shal ben to-brokennot broken H. the possessioun; and where is not a womman, weileth the nedy. ToOm. C pr. m. whom byleeuethleeueth C pr. m. E pr. m. heOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. that hath not a nest, and bowing doun wher euere shal ben derk, as a gird vp thef, lepende out fro cite in to cyte?

 CAP. XXXVII.

Eche frend shal seyn, And I frenshipe couplede; but ther is a frend, bi only name a frend. Whether not sorewe is in vnto deth? A mete felawe forsothe and a frend to enemyte shul ben turned. O! most shreude presumpcioun, whennus art thou foormed to coueren drie ma|lice, and the treccherie of it? The mete felawe to the frend shal be merie in lik|ingus, and in the dai of tribulacioun he shal be aduersarie. A mete felawe to the frend sorewith with, bi cause of the wombe; and aȝen the enemy he shal take sheld. Forȝete thou not of thi frend in thin inwit, and be thou not vnmynde|ful of hym in thi werkis. Wile thou nott counselen with thi wyues fader; and fro men enuyende to thee hyd counseil. Eche counseiler discouereth counseil, but ther is a counseiler in hymself. Fro ana man C pr. m. E pr. m. euel counseiler kep thi soule; first wite thou, what be the nede of hym, and what he in his inwit shal thenken; lest par auenture he poote a pol, `or a stakeOm. C et E pr. m., in to the erthe, and sey to thee, Good is thi wey, and stonde aȝeenward, to seen what falle to thee. With an vnreligious man trete of hoolynessehomlynesse C., and with the vnriȝtwis man of riȝtwisnesse, and with a womman of tho thingus that she enuyeth. Wile thou not counseilen with hym that hath thee sus|pect, and fro men enuyende to thee, hid thou thi counseil. With the dredful trete of bataile, and with the marchaund, `of castinge out of schyppetrete of chaunging C pr. m. E pr. m.; with the biere, of silling, with the enuyous man, of graces to be don; with the vnpitouse, of pite, with the vnhonest, of honeste, with the werkerefeeld werkere C pr. m. E pr. m. AGH., of alle werk; with the an|nuel werkerwerke C pr. m., of the ful endyng of the ȝer, with the slowe seruaunt, of myche werchyng. Tac thou not heed to `these in alalle these in C. counseil, but with an hoely man be thou bysy, whom euere thou shalt knowe kepende the drede of God, whos soule is aftir thi soule. Who euere shal wageren in dercnesses, shal not togidere sorewenseruen C pr. m. E pr. m. to thee. And herte of good counseil sette thou with thee; ther is not forsothe to thee other more than it. The soule of an hoely man telleth out other while sothis; more than seuene lookeres aboute sittende in to heiȝte to beholden. And in alle these thingus louliche preȝe the heȝest, that he riȝt reule in treuthe thi wey. Biforn alle werkes a verre wrd go bifor thee; and biforn alle deede stable counseil. A shreude wrd `schal chaungechaungeth C pr. m. the herte, of the whiche foure partis springen; good and euel, lif and deth; and the lordshipere of these is a bysy tunge. A wys man many men taȝte, and to his soule is sweete. Who sofistically speketh, is hateful; inand in A. alle thing he shal ben bigilid. Forsothe ther is not ȝyuen to hym of the Lord grace, forsothe he is bigilid of alle wisdom. Ther is a wys man wiysOm. C pr. m. to his soule, and the frutes of theOm. GH. wit of hym ben preisable. A wis man techeth his folc, and the frutis of `the wit ofthe frute of E pr. m. GH. hym ben feithful. A wys man shal be fulfild with blissingus, and men seende hym shul preisen. The lif of a man in the noumbre of daȝes; the daȝes forsothe of Irael ben vnnoumbre|able. A wis man in puple shal eritagen wrshipe, and the name of hym shal ben lyuende in to withoute ende. Sone, in thi lif tempte thou thi soule; and if it were shreude, ȝif thou not to it power; forsothe not alle thingus to alle spedengode A., and ne to eche soule eche kinde pleseth. Wile thou not ben gredy in alle plen|teuous mete ȝyuyng, and heeld thee not out vpon eche mete. In manye forsothe metus shal ben infirmyte, and gredynesse shal neȝhen vnto colre. For glotonye manye men dieden; who forsothe is ab|stenent, shal eechen lijf.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

Honoure the leche, for nede; forsothe hym foormede the heȝest. Of God for|sothe is alle leching; and fro the king he schal take ȝyuyng. The disciplyne of the leche shal enhaunse the hed of hym; and in the siȝte of grete men he shal ben preisid. The heȝest foormede of the erthe medycyne; and the prudent man shal not agrisen it. Whether not of the tree is mad sweete the bitter water? At the knowleching of men the vertue of them; and the heȝest ȝaf to men kun|nyng, to be wrshipid in his merueiles. In these thingus heOm. A. curende shal swage sorewen, and the oynement makere shal make pymentis of swotenesse, and enoynt|ingusonementis A. oynementis G sec. m. he shal make of helthe; and the werkis of hym shul not ben ful endid. The pes forsothe of God vpon the face of the erthe. My sone, in thin infirmytee ne dispise thou thiself; but prei the Lord, and he shal cure thee. Turne awei fro gilte, and dresse thou the hondis, and fro alle gilte clense thin herte. ȜifȜif thou AGH. swet|nesse, and mynde of tried flour, and mac fat the offring; and ȝif stede to the leche. Forsothe the Lord foormede hym, and go he not awei fro thee; for his werkis ben nedeful. Ther is forsothe tyme, whan thou renne in to the hondis of hem. Thei forsothe the Lord shul louly preiȝen, that he riȝt reule the reste of hem, and helthe for ther conuersa|cioun. Who gilteth in his siȝt, that made hym, shal falle in to the hondus of the leche. Sone, in to the deade bringe forth teris, and as harde thingus suffrid bigyn to wepe; and aftir dom touche his body, and dispise thou not the biriyng of hym. For the acusing forsothe bitterly ber weilyng `of hymOm. C pr. m. o dai; and tac coum|fort for heuynesse. And do weilyng after the deseruyng of hym o dai, or two, for bacbiting. OfBi E pr. m. sorewi slouthe for|sothe heeȝeth deth, and couereth vertue; and sorewi slouthe of herte boowith the nol. In ledyng awei dwellith stille so|rewy slouthe; and the substaunce of the helpeles aftir the herte of hym. Ne ȝyue thou thin herte in sorewy slouthe, but putte it awei fro thee; and haue mynde of the laste thingus, and wile thou not forȝeten. Ne forsothe ther is conuersa|cioun, and to this thou schalt no thing profiten; and thi self thou shalt werst treten. Myndeful be thou of my dom; so forsothe it shal ben and thin, to me ȝistayȝisterdai ceteri passim., and to thee to day. In the reste of the deade mac to resten the mynde of hym; and coumforte hym in the goyng out of his spirit. Wisdom wrijt in tyme of voydenesse; and who is lassid in deede, wisdom shal parceyue; for with wisdom he shal be fulfild. Who holdeth the ploȝ, and who glorieth in the spere, with the pricke stereth the oxen, and woneth in the werkis of hem; and the telling of hym in the sonus of booles. His herte he shal ȝyue `to ben turned the forewisto the plowis to ben turned C pr. m. E pr. m.; and the wach of it in the fatnesse of kyn. So eche smythe, and cheef werkere, the whyche the nyȝt as theOm. C pr. m. day ouerdoth; the whyche grauede grauen broochis, and the bysynesse of hym variethvarieth, or makith dyuerse AE sec. m. GH. the peyn|ture; his herte he shal ȝyue into the licnesse of peynture, and his waking par|formeth the werk. So the iren smyth sittende biside the stithie, and biholdende the werk of the iren, the humour of the fyr brenneth his flesh; and in the hete of the furneys he trauailith with stryif. The vois of hamerthe hamer AGH. ennewitheuen with H. his ere; and aȝen the licnesse of the vessel the eȝe of hym. His herte he shal ȝyue in to the ful ending of the werkis; and his waking shal enourne the inparfitnesse. So the crockere sittende at his werk, turnende with his feet the whel, the whiche in besynesse is put euermor for his werk; and with oute noumbre is al the werking of hym. In his arm he shal foormen the cley; and bifoorn his feet he shal crooken his vertue. His herte he shal ȝyue, that he ful ende the daubing; and his waking shal clense the furneys. Alle these in ther hondis hopeden; and echonOm. H. in ther `craft iscraftis H. wys. Withoute alle these `is not bildshal not ben bild C pr. m. E pr. m. is not bildede E sec. m. vp the cyte. And thei shul not wonen in, ne gon in; and in to the chirche thei shul not ouerlepen. Vpon the sete of the domys man thei shul not sitte; and the testament of dom thei shul not vnderstonde, ne maken opene disciplyne, and dom; and in para|blis thei shul not ben founde. But the creature of spirituel tyme thei shul con|fermen, and the lowe preȝing of hem in werking of craft; leeuende to ther soule, and togidere sechende in the lawe of the heȝeste.

 CAP. XXXIX.

The wisdom of alle olde men the wise man shal ful out sechen; and in profetesthe pro|phetis AGH. he shal take heed. The telling of the nemned men he shal kepen; and in to the sleiȝtes of parables togidere he shal entre. The hid thingus of prouerbis he shal sechen out; and in the hid thingus of parables he shal dwelle. In the myddel of grete men he shal mynystre; and in the siȝt of the chef domes man he shal apere. In to the lond of alien folkys he shal passe; goodus forsothe and euelis in alle thingus he shal asaȝe. His herte he shal take to wake the morutid to the Lord that made hym; and in the siȝt of the heȝeste he shal louli preȝen. He shal opene his mouth in orisoun; and for his giltus he shal louli preȝe. If forsothe the grete Lord wileschal wile AE sec. m. GH., with the spirit of vnderstondyng he shal fulfille hym. And he, as reyneswederes C pr. m. E pr. m., shal sende the speches of his wisdam; and in orisoun he shal knou|leche to the Lord. And he shal riȝt reule the counseil `of hymOm. AGH., and dyscy|plyne; and in his hid thingus shalOm. C pr. m. coun|seilenbe conseiled G sec. m.. He open shal make the disci|plyne of his lore; and in the lawe of the testament of the Lord he shal glorien. Manye shal preise the wisdam of hym; and vnto the world he shal not be don awey. The memorie of hym shal not go awei; and the name of hym shal be soȝt fro ieneracioun in to ieneracioun. His wisdam folkis of kynde shul telle out; and his preising the chirche shal shewen out. If his name schalOm. C pr. m. abijde stille, he shal leue moremo C pr. m. than a thousend; and if he shul resten, it shal profiten to hym. Ȝit I shal counseilen that I telle out, as with wodnesse forsothe I am fulfild; and in voys he seith, Al aboute hereth me, ȝee Goddus frutes, and as roses plauntid vpon ryueres of watris, maketh frutes. As Liban, smel of swotenesse haue ȝee. Floureth floures, as lilie; ȝyueth smel, and brauncheth in to grace. And preisith togidere the song dite; and blisseth the Lord in his werkis. Ȝyueth to his name gret doyng, and knoulecheth to hym in the vois of ȝoure lippis, in song dites of lippis, and in harpis; and thus ȝee shuln seyn in knoulechyng, The werkis of the Lord, alle thei ben ful goode. In the wrd forsothe of hym stood the water as an hep; and in the wrd of the mouth of hym as resceyuyng places of watris. For in the heste of hym a pes makere is mad; and ther is not lassyng in the helthe of hym. The werkes of alle flesh biforn hym; and ther is not any thing hid fro his eȝen. Fro the world vnto the world he biholdith; and no thing is merueilous in the siȝt of hym. Ther is not to sey, What is this, or, What is that? forsothe alle thingus in ther tyme shul be soȝt. The blissing of hym as a flod shal flowe; and as the vnyuersel flod drunkededrunkede, or fulfild C sec. m. marg. E sec. m. marg. GH. fulfillide A. the erthe, so the wrathe of hym shal eritagen Jentyles, that soȝten hym not out. What manere he turnede watris in to droȝte, and the erthe is dried, and the weies of it to the weies of them ben forthout AGH. straȝt; so to synneres offenciouns in the wrathe of hym. Goodis to goode men ben foormed fro the bigynnyng; so to most wicke men goodis and eueles. The bygynnyng of necessarie thing to the lif of men, water, fyr, iren, and salt, and mylc, and bred of tried flour, and hony, and clustre of grape, and oile, and clothing. Alle these to hoely men in to goodus; so and to vnpitous men and to synneres in to eueles thei shul ben alOm. A. turned. Ther ben spirites that to veniaunce ben form|ed; and in ther wodnesse thei conferm|eden ther tormentes. And in tyme of ful endyng thei shul heelden out vertue; and the wodnesse of hym that made them thei shul shende. Fyr, hail, hun|gir, and deth; alle these to veniaunce ben foormed; teeth of bestes, and scor|piouns, and serpentes, and two bitende swerd veniende in to outlawyng vnpit|ous men. In the hestes of hym thei shul plenteuously eten, and vpon erthethe erthe AEGH. in nede thei shul be greithidgreithid, or maad redi AEGH.; and inin to A. ther tymes thei shul not passe biside a wrd. Therfore fro the bygynnyng I am confermede; and I counseilede, and thoȝte, and scriteswriten EG sec. m. lafte. Alle the werkes of the Lord good; and ech werk in his hour shal vndermynestren. Ther is not to seyn, this thanor E pr. m. that is wersewickider AEGH.; forsothe alle thingus in ther tyme shul be proued. And now in alle herte and mouth preys|eth togidere, and blisseth the name of the Lord.

 CAP. XL.

Gret ocupacioun is shape to alle men, and a greuous ȝoc vp on the sonus of Adam, fro the day of the goyng out fro the wombe of the moder of hem, vn to the day of the biriyng in to the moder of alle thingus. The thoȝtis of hem, and the dredes of herte, the fyndyngus of abidyng, and the daȝesday A. of endyngethe berende C pr. m. the beringe E pr. m.; frooffis of CE pr. m. the cheef sittereiuge E pr. m. `vp onvp H. the glo|rious sete, vn to the meekid vn to theOm. AE sec. m. erthe and askenasshen A.; fro hym that vseth blu silc, and berth theOm. AEGH. croune, vn to hym that is coueredcrownyd E pr. m. with raw lynen, wodnesse, enuye, noyse, wagering, and dred of deth, wrathefulnesse stedefastly bidende, and striuyng; and in tyme of repast in the bed, slep of nyȝt chaungeth his kunnyng. Litil forsothe as noȝt in reste; and of hym in slepes as in the day respit. He ys disturbid in the siȝte of his herte, as he that is scapid in the dai of bataile. In the tyme of his helthe he ros out, and wndrende at no drede, with alle flesh, fro man vn to beste, and vp on the synneres seuenfold. To these thingus, dethOm. C pr. m., blod, strif, and two bit|ende swerd, opressiounsoppressioun AGH., hungres, and to|treding, and scourges; vp on wickid men ben formed alle these thingus, and for hem was mad the ieneral flod. Alle thingus forsothe that of the erthe ben, in to erthethe erthe AGH. shul ben turned; and alle wa|tris in to the se shuln be turned. Alle ȝifte and wickidnessewickenesse E. shal ben don awey; and feith in to world shal stonde. The substaunces of vnriȝtwis men as a flod shul ben dried; and as greta gret AGH. thunder in reyn thei shul sowne ful. As the riȝtwis man in openyng his hondis shal gladen; so the lawe brekeres in the ende shuln wanenwanyen EGH. awey. The sonus sonus of vnpit|ous men shul nott multeplie braunches; and vnclene rootes vp on the cop of the ston sounen. Vp on eche water grene|nesse; and at the hour of the flod biforn al the heyheiȝ E pr. m. it shal be pullid vp. Grace as paradis in blissingus; and mercy in to the world abitabideth AEGH. stille. The lif of the suf|fisaunt werkere to hymself shal be mad swete; and in it thou shalt fynde tresor. The bilding vp of the cite shal confermen the name; and ouer this an vndefoulid womman shal be countid. Wyn and melodye gladen the herte; and ouer either the loouyng of wisdam. Trumpes and sautre maken swete melody; and ouer eithir the swete tunge. Grace and fairnessehope E. the eȝe shal desyren; and ouer these grene tilthis. A frend and a mete felawe in tyme comendeof cummynge AGH togidere; and ouer either a womman with a man. Brethern in to help in tyme of tribula|cioun; and ouer them mercy shal dely|ueren. Gold and siluer, and setting of feet; and ouer eitherthese E pr. m. counseil wel plesid. Facultes and vertues enhauncen the herte; and ouer these the drede of the Lord. Ther is not in the drede of the Lord lassing; and ther is not in it to seche helpe. The drede of the Lord as paradis of blessing; and ouer alle glorie thei couereden it. Sone, in the tyme of thi lif ne nede thou; betere is to dyen, than to neden. A man bihold|ende in to an other mannes bord, the lif of hym is nott in the thenking of liflode; forsothe he nursheth his lif with other mennus metes. A man forsothe disci|plyned and taȝt, shal kepe hymself. In the mouth of the vnprudent shal be maadto-troden C pr. m. E pr. m. myseisesweet myseise E sec. m. GH.; and in the wombe of hym fyr shal brenne.

 CAP. XLI.

O! deth, hou bitter is thi mynde to an vnriȝtwis man, and hauende pes in his substaunces; toand to A. a quyete man, and whos weies ben riȝt straȝt in alle thingus, and ȝit myȝti to taken mete. O! deth, good is thi dom to a man nedy, and that is lassid in strengthe, failendefallynge AGH. thurȝ age, and to whom of alle thingus is cure, and to theOm. A. vnbeleeueful, that leeseth wisdam. Wile thou not dreden the dom of deth; haue mynde what biforn thee weren, and what vp on ben to come to thee; this dom fro the Lord to alle flesh. And that shuln ouercomen to thee in the wel plesid thing of the heȝest; whether ten, or an hundred, or a thousend ȝerȝeris AEGH.. Forsothe ther is not in helle acusing of lif. The sonus of abhominaciouns ben mad the sonus of synneres; and that wo|nen biside the housis of vnpitous men. The eritage of the sonus of synneres shal pershen; and with the sed of hem the besynesse of repref. Of the vnpitouse fader pleynenben souȝt E pr. m., `or weilenOm. C et E pr. m., sonusthe vnpitous sonis A. vnpitous sonis E pr. m. H., forOm. H. for hym thei ben in repref. Wo to ȝou, vnpitous men, that han forsaken the lawe of the heȝest Lord. And if ȝee shul ben born, in cursing ȝee shul ben born; and if ȝee shul dien, in cursing shal be ȝoure part. Alle thingus that of the erthe ben, in to erthe shul ben turned; so vnpitouse men fro cursing in to perdicioun. The weylyng of men in the body of hem; the name forsothe of vnpitous men shal ben don awey. Cure haue thou of a good name; that forsothe more shal abide stille with thee, than a thousend grete tresores and precious. Of good lif the noumbre of daȝes; forsothe good name shal abide stille in to the spirituel world. Disciplyne in pes kepeth, ȝee sonus; hid forsothe wis|dam, and tresor vnseen, what profit in euere either? Betere is a man that hid|ith hys folie, than a man that hidith his wisdam. `Ner the latereNeuerthelatere AEGH. turneth aȝeen in these thingus that gon out of my mouth. Forsothe it is not good to waiten aboute, `or to kepenOm. C et E pr. m., alle vnreuerence, and not alle thingus in alle plesen in feith. Shame ȝee of the fader, and of the moder, of fornycacioun; and fro the cheef sittere, and of the myȝty, of lesyng; and of the prince, and of the domes man, ofand of A. gilte; of the synagoge, and of the folc, of wick|idnesse wickenesse E.; of felawe, and of frend, of vn|riȝtwisnesse; and of the place in the whiche thou dwellist, of thefte; of the treuthe of God, and the testament; of sitting doun in loeues, and of the derk|nyng of the ȝoue thing, and of taken; frofor A. men salutende, of stillnessepriuyte C pr. m. E pr. m.; fro biholdyngreward C pr. m. E pr. m. of a fornycarie womman, and fro the turnyng awei of the chere of the cosyn. Ne turne thou awei facethe face A. fro thi neȝhebore; and fro taking awei part, and not restoring. Bihold thou not a womman of an other man; and ne en|serche thou the hand womman of hym, andne AGH. stonde thou not at the bed of hir. Bewar of frendus, of wrdus of repref; and whan thou hast ȝyue, ne vpbreide thou.

 CAP. XLII.

Ne double thou the sermoun of heer|ing, of the openyng of the hid wrd; and thou shalt ben verrely withoute confu|sioun, and thou shalt fynde grace in the siȝt of alle men. Ne for alle these thingus be thou confoundid; and ne accepte thou persone, that thou gilte of the lawe of the heȝest, and of the testament of dom, to iustefien the vnpitouse; of the wrd of felawes, and of weie goeres, and of the ȝyuyng of theOm. AGH. eritage of frendis; of the euenes of balaunces, and of weiȝtes, of purchasyng of manye thingus, and of fewe; of the corrupciouncorreccioun E pr. m. of biyngbiyngis E pr. m., andOm. H. of marchaundis, and of mycheto myche E pr. m. dis|ciplyne of sonus; and of the werst ser|uaunt, to make the side to bleden. Vp on a shreude womman good is a signe. Where ben many hondis, close thouOm. GH.; andOm. AGH. what euere thou shalt take, `noumbre thou, andand the ȝiftis E pr. m. peise; the ȝyuen thing forsothe, and the taken, alOm. A. diskryue, `or wryteOm. C et E pr. m.. Of the disciplyne of the mysfelende, and of the fool, and of the elderes, thatt ben demed, of the ȝunge waxen men; and thou shalt ben lerned in alle thingus, and prouable in the siȝte of alle men. The doȝter of the fader is hid, the wache and the bysynesse of hir shal don awey slep; lest par auenture in hir ȝunge waxen age auoutresse she be mad, and with a man dwellendeOm. A., hatefull sheshal H. be mad; lest any tyme she be pollutid in hir maydenhed, and in hir fader keping she be founde with child; lest par auenture with hir man dwellende, she trespasse, or certus bareyn she be mad. Vp on a leccherous doȝtir set warde, lest any tyme she make thee in to repref to comen to thin enemys, of bacbiting in the citee, and of casting awey of the puple; and she confounde thee in the multitude of the puple. To alle men wile thou not `taken heedlooken E pr. m. in the fairnesse; and in the myddel of wymmen wile thou not dwellen. Forsothe of clothis cometh the moȝhemowe A. mowȝe E., and of a womman the wickidnessewickenesse E. of a man. Betere forsothe is the wickidnessewickenesse E. of a man, than a womman doende bene|fet, and a womman confoundende in to repref. Myndeful be `Y shalthou C pr. m. therfore of the werkes of the Lord; and whichthat C pr. m. I saȝ, I shal shewen out, in the wrdis of the Lord, his werkus. The sunne shyn|ende thurȝ alle thingus biheeld; and of the glorie of the Lord ful is his werkwerkus C.. Whether not the Lord made seyntes to tellen out alle his merueiles, the whiche the Lord almyȝty shal confermen stable in his glorie? The depthe of the se, and the herte of men he shal enserchen; and in the `slyȝe wit, or gilewittynesse C pr. m. E pr. m., of hem he shal out thenke. The Lord forsothe kneȝ al kunnyng, and beheeld in to the tocne of the spiritueell world; shewende out that ben passid, and that ben ouerOm. AGH. to come; openende theof the C pr. m. steppis of hid thingus. And ther passeth not biside hym any thenking, and any wrd hidde not it self fro hym. He made faire the grete wrthi werkes of his wisdam, the whiche is bi|forn the world, and vnto the world; ne it is echid, ne it is lassid, and it nedeth not the counseil of any man. Hou de|sirable ben alle the werkes of hym, and as a sparcle that is, to beholden. Alle these thingus lyuen, and dwellen in to the world; and in alle nede alle thyngus obeshen to hym. Alle thingus double, oon aȝen oon; and he made not any thing to failen. Of euery thing he shal conferme the goodus; and who shal be fulfild, seende the glorie of hym, and who witende shal conferme the strengthe of hym?

 CAP. XLIII.

The firmament of the heiȝte is the fairnesse of hym; and the fairnes of heuene in the siȝte of glorie. The sunne in the siȝte, shewende out in the issue, a merueilous vessel, the werk of the heȝe. In the myddai it brenneth out the erthe; andOm. A. in the siȝte of his brennyng who shal moun suffre? Kepende the furneys in the werkis of brennyng; thre maner the sunne brennende oute hillis, blast|ende out fyrene bemes, and aȝeen shyn|ende with his bemes, blendeth the eȝen. GretGreet is A. the Lord, that made it; and in the wrdis of it he heeȝede the weye. And the moone in alle thingus in his tyme shewende of tyme, and tokne of the spi|rituelage of the E sec. m. world. Of the moone the signe of the holyOm. C pr. m. day; athou hast mad a C pr. m. E pr. m. liȝt ȝyuere that isis not E pr. m. lassid in the ending. The mooneth aftir his name is waxende, merueylously in to thehis AGH. ful endyng. A vessel of tentes in `heiȝe thingisheiȝtus C pr. m., in the firmament of he|uene shynende gloriouslyOm. C pr. m.. The fair|nesse of heuene glorie of sterres; the Lord liȝtnende the world in heiȝtes. In woordis hoely men shuln stonden at the dom; and thei shul not failen in ther wacches. See the bowe, and blisse hym that made it; ful fair it is in his shyn|yng. He cumpaside heuene in the cir|cuyt of his glorie; the hondus of the heȝe openeden it. Bi his maundement heeȝedehe heeȝid G. the snoȝ; and he heeȝethenhaunsith A. heeȝeth, or enhaunsith E sec. m. GH. liȝt|nyngus to senden out of his dom. Ther|fore opened ben the tresores, and flowen awey the litle cloudys as briddes. In his mykilnesse he putte the cloudus; and ben to-broke the stones of the hail. In his siȝte shul ben stired togidere theOm. C pr. m. hillis; and in his wil shal spirenshyne A., `or brethenOm. C et E pr. m., out the south. The vois of his thunder `schal betenbeteth C pr. m. the erthe; and the tempest of the north, and the gederyng of wynd. And as a brid puttende doun to sitten spreng|eth the snoȝ, and as a locust drenchende the descendingus of it. The fairnesse of the shynyng of it the eȝe shal merueilen; and vp on the weder of hym the herte quakethshal quake C pr. m. E pr. m. AGH.. Frost as salt he shal heelden out vp on the erthe; and whil he blow|ithschal blowe AC sec. m. E sec. m. GH., he shal be mad as the coppis of the brembil. The cold northerne wind bleeȝ, and the cristal freesede fro the watyr; vp on al the gederyng of watriswater C. it resteth, and as an habirioun, itOm. A. clothide hymself watris. And it shal deuouren hillis, and brennen out the desert; and quenchen out the greene as fyr. Mede|cyneMedecynes C pr. m. of alle thingus in the heeȝynghastyng AC sec. m. E sec. m. GH. of the litleOm. H. cloude; theOm. AGH. dew, metende to the comende brennyng, lowȝlowȝ, or mylde G sec. m. shal maken it. In his wrd the wynd heeld his pes; bi his thenking he shal peselowen C pr. m. E pr. m. peese AGH. the se; and the Lord Jhesus plauntide yt. Who seilen the se, shuln tellen out the periles of it; and herende with oure eres wee shuln wndre. There ful cleer werkis, and merueilous, and dyuers kindis of noȝouse bestes, and of alle helpely bestes, and the creature of bestes. For hym is confermed the ende of the wey; and in the wrd of hym alle thingus ben mad togidere. Many thinges we seyn, and failen in wrdis; ful endyng forsothe of wrdis he is. In alle thingus gloriende, to what shul we be myȝty? he forsothe almyȝtiis almiȝti A. ouer alle his werkes. Ferful the Lord, and gret hugely; and merueil|ous the power of hym. Glorefiende the Lord hou myche euere ȝee schulOm. C pr. m. moun, he shal ben ouer wrthi ȝit; and ful mer|ueilous the gret doyng of hym. Blissende the Lord, enhaunce ȝee hym as myche as ȝee moun; more forsothe he is than alle preising. Enhauncende hym ȝee shulOm. AE sec. m. GH. be fulfild with vertue; ne trauaile ȝee, forsothe ȝee shul not ful comen. Who saȝ hym, and shal tellen out? and who shal magnefien hym, as he is fro the bi|gynnyngcloseth I.? Many hid thingus ben more than these; forsothe fewe thingus wee han seen of his werkes. Alle thingus forsothe the Lord made; and to men pitously doende he ȝaf wisdam.

 CAP. XLIV.

`Preisen weWe preisen C pr. m. glorious men, and oure fadris and modris in ther generacioun. Myche glorie the Lord dide in his grete doyng. Fro the worldLord A. ben menmaad A. lord|schipende inbi AGH. ther poweres, grete men in vertue, and bi therOm. C pr. m. prudence biforn othere mad riche; tellende in profetes the dignete of profetes, and comaundende in the present puple, and bi vertue of pru|dence ofOm. C pr. m. theOm. A. puple, most hoely wrdis. In ther wisdam sechende theOm. AGH. musyk manerys, and tellende the dytes of scrip|tures. Riche men in vertue, hauende the study of fairnesse, pes makende in ther houses. Alle these in the ieneraciouns of their folc han taken glorie; and in ther daȝes benshul ben E pr. m. had in preisyngus. Who of hem ben born, laften the name of telling the preisingus of hem. And ther ben, of whom is no mynde; thei persheden as thatthei that A. weren not, and ben born as notthat not C pr. m. born; and the sonus of hem with hem. But they men of mercymercyes A. ben, of whom theOm. AGH. pitoustees faileden not; and with the seed of hem dwellide stille good eri|tage. And the sed of the sonus sonus of hem stod in the testament, and the eri|tage of the sonus of hem for hem, in to with oute ende dwelleth; the sed of hem, and the glorie of hem, shal not be forsaken. The bodies of hem in pes ben biried; and the name of hem shal lyue in to ieneraciouns and ieneraciouns. The wysdam of hem puples shul tellen; and the preising of hem the chirchepuple C pr. m. shal shewenshewe out A. telle of C pr. m.. Enoc plesede to God, and is translatid in to paradis, that he ȝyue wis|dam to folcthe folk A. of kynde. Noe is founde a parfit riȝtwis man, and in tyme of wrathe he is mad recounsylyng. Therfore is laft the remnaunt of theOm. A. erthe, whan the flod was do. The testaments of the world ben put anent hym, ne `myȝte be do aweybe do awey myȝte C. with the flod eche flesh. Abraham the grete fader of the multitude of the folc of kinde; and ther is not founde lijc to hym in glorie, that kepte the lawe of the heȝestheeȝe AEGH., and was in testament with hym. InAnd in AGH. his flesh he made to stonde the testa|ment; and in tempting he is founde feithful. Therfore by oth he ȝaf to hym glorie in his folc of kinde, to encresen hym as an hilloc of erthe; and to en|hauncen `the sed ofOm. C pr. m. E. the heuede of H. hym as the sterres, and to eritagen hym fro the se vn to the se, and fro the flod vnto the termes of the erthe. And to Isaac he dide the same maner, for Abraham, his fader. The blissing of alle folc of kinde the Lord ȝaf to hym; and his testament he confermede vp on the hed of Jacob. He kneȝ hym in his blessingus, and ȝaf to hym the eritage; and he deuydede to hym part in the twelue lynagis. And he kepte to hym sonus of mercy, findende grace in the siȝt of al flesh.

 CAP. XLV.

Moises looued of God and of men; whos mynde is in blessyng. Lic he made hym in the glorie of seyntes, and he magnefiede hym in the drede of enemys; and in his wrdis he cesede hidous won|dris. He glorefiede hym in the siȝt of kyngus, and he comaundide to hym bi|forn al his puple, and he shewede to hym his glorie. In feith and softenesse of hym he made hym hoely; and he chees hym of alle flesh. Forsothe he herde hym, and the vois of hym; and he ladde hym in a cloude. And he ȝaff hym an herte to the hestes, and to the lawe of lif, and of disciplyne; to techen Jacob thehis A. testament, and Irael his domes. Heeȝ he made Aaron, his brother, and a lic to hym of the lynage of Leuy. He sette to hym an euere lastende testament, and he ȝaf to hym the presthod of the folc of kinde; and he made hym blisful in glorie. And he girde hym aboute with the girdil of riȝtwisnesse, and he clothide hym the stoele of glorie, and crounede hym in vesselis off vertue. Shon, and breches, and coepe he putte to hym, and girde hym aboute with manye litle gold|ene belles in cumpas; to ȝyue soun in his goyng in, and to make the soun herd in the temple, in to mynde to the sonus of hys folc. AnAnd G pr. m. H. hoely stoele, with gold, and blyu vyolet silc, and sanguyn silc, the werk wouen, thurȝ theOm. C pr. m. dom of the wise man, and thurȝ the treuthe of the enourned; with fyr red silc foldunfalt C pr. m. aȝeen, the werk of the craftis, with precious iem|mes figured in binding of gold, and with werk of theOm. C. lapidarie grauen, in to the mynde, after theOm. AGH. noumbre of the lynagis of Irael. AWith a E pr. m. goldenegold A. croune vp on the mytre of hym, expressid with the tocne of hoelynesse, the glorie of wrshipe, and the werc of vertue, `to thewith E pr. m. desir of eȝen enourned. So faire bifor hym weren not `suche thingusOm. C pr. m., vnto the est. Ther is nott cladclothid AEGH. with it any alyen, but only alone the sonus of hym, and the cosynes of hym, bi alle tyme. The sacrifices of hym ben ful endid with fyr eche day. Moises fulfilde the hondis of hym, and enoynt|edeenoyntynge A. hym with his hoely oile. It is mad to hym an euerelastende testament, and to his sed as the daȝes of heuene, to vsen the offis of presthed, and to han preys|yng, and hisin his C pr. m. to his G pr. m. H. puple to be glorified in his name. Hym he chees of alle lyuende, to offre sacrifice to God, encens, and good smell, in to mynde, to make pes for his puple. And he ȝaf to hym power in his hestes, in testamentes of domes, to teche Jacob witnessingus, and in his lawe liȝt to ȝyue to Irael. For aȝen hym stoden alienus, and for enuye ther cumpasseden hym men in desert, that weren with Da|than and Abiron, and the congregacioun of Chore, in to ful wrathe. The Lord saȝ, and it plesede not to hym; and thei ben wastid in the bure of fulwilful A. wrathe. He made to hem hidous veniaunces, and he wastede them in the flaume of fyr. And he eechede to Aron glorie, and he ȝaf to hym eritage; and the chef of the frutes of the erthe he deuydide to hym. The bred of hym `in the firsteOm. C pr. m., in to ful|nesse he greithede; for whi and the sa|crifisesacrifices A. of the Lord thei shul ete, the whiche he ȝaf to hym, and to the sed of hym. `For whiTherafter E pr. m. in thel ond he shal not eritagen Jentiles, and part is not to hym in the folc; he is forsothe the part of hym, he is and the eritage. Fynees, the sone of Eleasar, the thridde isOm. A. in glorie, folowende hym in theOm. H. drede of God, and to stonde in reuerence of the folc; in goodnesse and gladnesse of his soule he pleside to God of Irael. Therfore he sette to hym a testament of pes, and a prince of seyntes, and of his folc; that ther be to hym and to his sed dignete of presthed, in to with oute ende. And the testament of Dauid, `the kingOm. C pr. m., sone of Jesse, of the lynage of Juda, eritage to hym, and to the sed of hym; that he schuldOm. C pr. m. ȝyue wisdam in to oure herte, to demen his folc in riȝtwisnesse, lest werebe C pr. m. E pr. m. don awei the goodis of hem; and the glorie of hem, in to the folc of hem, he maade euere lastende.

 CAP. XLVI.

Strong in bataile Jesus Nauee, the suc|cessour of Moises in profetes, that was gret aftir his name. Most in to the helthe of the chosen men of God, to fiȝten out the enemys aȝenrisende, that he shulde han afterward the eritage of Irael. What glorie he hadde in taking vp his hondis, and in castynge aȝen the cites twey bitende swerdis. Who biforn hym so withstod? for whi the enemys the Lord smot. Or not in wratheful|nesse of hym is lettid the sunne, and o dai is mad as two? He inwardli clepede the heȝest, myȝtiOm. C pr. m. in aȝenfiȝting his ene|mys on either side; and the grete and hoely God herde hym, in the grete stones of hail of ful gret vertue. A burebure forsothe E pr. m. he made aȝen the enmyableenemy able C. eymable A. folc; in the goyng doun he distroȝede the contrari|ous; that the Jentilis knowe the myȝt of hym, for aȝen the Lord to fiȝte is not liȝt; and he folowede the myȝti menOm. C pr. m. bihinde. And in the daȝes of Moisy mercy dide he, and Calef, the sone of Jefone; to stonde aȝen the enemy, and to forfende the folc froof A. synnes, and to drawen awei the grucching of the malice. And thei two ordeyned fro the perile ben deliuered, fro the noumbre of six hundrid thousend foot men, to bringe them in to the eritage, in to the lond that flowith mylc and hony. And the Lord ȝaf to Calef strengthe, and vnto eelde abod stille to hym vertue; thatand A. he shulde steȝe in to the heȝe place of the erthe, and the sed of hym heeld the eritage. And alle the sonus of Irael seȝen, for it is good to obeshe to the hoeli God. And alle the iugis bi ther name, of whom the herte is not corrupt, the whiche ben not turned awei fro the Lord; that the mynde of hem be in blessing, and the boenes of hem buri|ounen fro ther place; and the name of hem abitabideth AEGH. stille in to with oute ende, the glorie of hoelytho hooli AE sec. m. GH. men abidende stille to the sonus of hem. Samuel, the profete of the Lord, looued of the Lord his God, renewede the empire, and enoynt|ede princes in his folc. In the lawe of the Lord he demede the congregacioun, and he saȝ the Lord of Jacob, and in his feith he is proued a profete. And he is knowen in his wrdis feithful, for he saȝ the Lord of liȝt. And he inwardly clep|ide the almyȝty Lord, in aȝenfiȝting the enemys aboute stondende on eche side, in the offring of the man vndefoulid. And the Lord thundrede in fro heuene, in a gret soun his vois he made herd. And he to-trad the princes of Tyres, and alle the dukes of FilisteysPhilistiym AGH.. And bifore theOm. A. tyme of the ende of his lif, and he ȝaf witnessing of the world, in the siȝt of the Lord, and of Crist; monees and vnto the shon, of alle flesh he toc not; and ther acuside hym not a man. And aftir thatOm. C pr. m. he slepte, and made knowen to the kyng, and shewede to hym the ende of his lif; and enhauncede his vois fro the erthe in profecie, to don awey the vnpitouste of the folc.

 CAP. XLVII.

Aftir these thingus ros Nathan, the profete, in the daȝes of Dauid. And as talȝ seuered fro the flesh, so Dauid fro the sonus of Irael. With leouns he pley|ede, as with lombis; in beres lijc maner he dide, as inand in AGH. lombis of shep. In his ȝouthe whether he sloȝ not a ieaunt, and toc awei repref fro the folc? In takinge the hond in the ston of the slynge, he threȝ doun the ioȝe of Golie, where he inwardly clepede the Lord almyȝty; and he ȝaf in his riȝt hond to don awey a strong man in bataile, and to enhaunce the horn of his folc. So in ten thou|sendis he glorifiede hym, and preisede hym in the blessingus of the Lord, in offringe to hym a croune of glorie. For|sothe he to-brosede the enemys on eche side, and distroȝede FilisteysPhilisteym AEG. the Philisteym H. contrarious, vnto the day that is now; he to-brosede the horn of hem, vnto with oute ende. In alle werk he ȝaf knouleching tovnto AGH. the hoely, and to the heeȝe in theOm. AGH. wrdwerk A. of glorie. Of alle his herte he preisede God, and loouede the Lord that made hym, and ȝaf to hym aȝen the enemyes myȝt. And he made to stonde syngeres aȝen the auter; and in the soun of hem he made sweete motetes. And he ȝaf wrshepe in solempnysingus, and ournede the tymes vnto the ful endyng of lyf; that thei shulden preisen the hoely name of the Lord, and make large erly the hoelynesse of Godthe God C.. Crist purgede the synnes of hym, and enhauncede in to with outen ende the horn of hym; and he ȝaf to hym the testament of kingus, and a setesee C pr. m. of glorie in Irael. After hym ros a son weel felende; and for hym he cast doun alle the myȝte of enemys. Salomon co|maundide in daȝesfewe daȝes E pr. m. of pes, to whom God sogetede alle the enemyes, that he shulde maken an hous in his name, and greithen hoelynesse in to euermor, as he was taȝt in his ȝouthe. And he is fulfild as a flod with wisdam; and his soule aȝeen co|ueredemade E pr. m. the erthe. And thou fulfildist in comparisouns derk prouerbis; to ylis aferr is pupplisht thi name, and thou art looued in thi pes. In songus, and in pro|uerbis, and comparisouns, and in remen|yngus wndreden theOm. C pr. m. londis; and in the name of the Lord, to whom is the toname God off Irael. Thou gederest as latoun gold, and as led thou fulfildist syluer. And thou bowedistbowest C pr. m. in thin hipes to wymmen; power thou haddest in thi body. Thou ȝeue a wem in thi glorie, and cursedest thi sed, to bringen in wrathefulnesse to thi free childer, and in othere thingus thi folye; that thou shul|dist make the empire partid on two, and ofto A. Om. H. Effreymwithoute bridil E pr. m. to comaunden an hard maundement. God forsothe shall not leuen his mercy, and he shal not spille, ne don awey his werkes, ne leese fro the stoc his chosun sonus sonus; and the sed of hym that looueth the Lord he shall not shende. He ȝaf forsothe an other Jacob, and Dauid of that lynage. And Salomon hadde endeendid C. Om. G pr. m. H. with his fadris. And he lafte after hym of his sed the folie of the folc, and the mynusht fro prudencethe prudence A., Roboam; the whiche turnede awey the folc bi his counseil. And Jero|boam, the sone of Naboth, that made to synnen Irael, and ȝaf the weie of syn|nyng to Effraym; and fulOm. C pr. m. manye re|doundeden the synnes of hem gretli, for|sothe thei turneden hemOm. C pr. m. awei fro ther lond. And he soȝte alle wickidnesseswickednesses E. wickidnesse H., vnto the tyme that defending ful cam to them; and fro alle synnes he delyuerede them.

 CAP. XLVIII.

And Helie, the profete, ros as fyr; and his wrd as a brond brende. The whiche broȝte in to hem hunger, and folewende hym bi ther enuye ben mad fewe; forsothe thei myȝten not suffre the hestes of the Lord. Thurȝ the wrd of the Lord he withheeld heuene, and cast doun fro hym fyrthe fyr E pr. m. to the erthe. So mad large is Helie in his merueiles; and who mai lic maner glorien to thee, `the whicheOm. C. for E pr. m. hastthou C pr. m. E pr. m. hast thou C sec. m. thou hast E sec. m. AG pr. m. H. bornebeere CE pr. m. vp the deade fro helle, fro the lot of deth, in the wrd of the Lord God? The whiche threȝ doun kingus to deth, and thou breeke liȝtli the myȝt of hem, and the gloriouse fro therhis E pr. m. bed. Thatt herdist in Syna dom, and in Oreb domes of defensioun. That enoyntist kingus to penaunce, and profetes makest successoures after thee. That art res|ceyued in whirlewynd of fyr, in a char of fyrene horshorsis AEGH.. That art inwrite in domes of tymes, to swage the wrathe of the Lord, and to ioynen, `or acordeOm. CE pr. m., the herte of the fader to the sone, and to re|storenstore GH. the lynagis of Jacob. Blisful ben thei, that thee han herd, and in thi fren|shepe ben mad faire; `for whynow C pr. m. E pr. m. weeOm. C sec. m. AG pr. m. H. with lijf lyuen only, after deth forsothe such shal not ben oure name. Helie forsothe in a whirlewynd is couered; and in Helyse fulfild is his spirit. In his daȝes he dradde not a prince, and bi myȝt no man ouer cam hym; ne ouercam hym any wrd, and his body dead profe|ciede. In his lif he dide huge won|dris; and in deth merueilouse thingus he wroȝte. In alle these thingus thethoȝte the E pr. m. puple dide not penaunce, and thei wenten not awey fro ther synnes, vn to the tyme that thei ben cast awey fro ther lond, and ben scatered in to eche lond. And ther is laft ful fewe folc, and a prince in the hous of Dauid. Summe of hem dyden that shulde plesen to God; othere for|sothe diden manye synnes. Esechias strengthede his cite, and broȝte in to the myddel of it water; and dalfdeluede AEGH. with iren the roche, and bilde vp to the water a pit. In his daȝes steȝede vp Senacherub, and sente Rapsacen; and vnderputte his hond aȝen hem, and putte out his hond in to Sion, and proud is mad in his myȝt. Thanne moued ben the hertes and the hondis of hem; and thei soreweden as wymmen trauailende with child. And thei inwardly clepeden the mercyful Lord, and strechende out hondis thei re|reden `vp tovnto C. heuene; and the hoely Lord God herde anon the vois of hem. He remembredemembride A. not the synnes of hem, ne ȝaf hem to ther enemys; but purgede hem in the hond of Ysaye, the hoely profete. He threȝ doun the tentes of Assiries, and hem to-brosede the aungil of the Lord. For whi Ezechie dide that plesede to the Lord, and strongli he wente in the weiehond E pr. m. of Dauid, his fader; that Isaie, the grete profete, and feithful in the siȝte of God, sente to hym. In his daȝes bacward wente aȝen the sunne; and addede to the king lif. With a gret spirit he saȝ the laste thingus; and coumfortede the weilende men in Sion, vn to euermor. He shewide thingus to come, and hid, er that thei fellen.

 CAP. XLIX.

The mynde of Josie mad in a making of smell, is a werk of aOm. A. pyment makere. In eche mouth as hony shal be inwardly sweete the mynde of hym, and as melody in the feste of wyn. He is euene riȝt godly in the penaunce of folc; and he took awey the abhomynaciouns of vnpi|tousnesse. And he gouernede to the Lord his herte; and in the daȝes of synnes he strengthede pite. Saue Dauid, and Ese|chie, and Josie, alle the kingus diden synne For whi the kyngus of Juda laften the lawe of the myȝty, and dispiseden the drede of God. Forsothe thei ȝeuen ther kingdam to othere, and ther glorie to anOm. AG sec. m. H. alien folc. Thei brenden vp thether E. chosen cite of hoelynesse; and desert thei maden weies of ithis weies C pr. m. E pr. m. in the hond of Jeremye. For whi euele thei treteden hym, that fro the wombe of the moder is sacrid a profete, to turnen vpsodoun, and to leesen, and eft to bilden vp, and to renewen. Ese|chiel, that saȝ the siȝte of glorie, that he shewede to hym in the char of cherubyn. For whi he remembrede of the enemys in weder, to wel don to them, that shew|eden riȝt weies. And the boenes of the twelue profetes springen oute fro ther place; for whi thei strengtheden Jacob, and aȝeenboȝten themself in feith of his vertue. What maner shul wee make large Zorobabel? for whi and he as a tocne in the riȝt hond of Irael; and Jesum, the sone of Josedech? the whiche in ther daȝes bildun vp the hous, and enhaunc|eden the hoely temple to the Lord, mad redy in to euermor glorie. And Neemye in the mynde of myche tyme, that rerede vp to vs the turned vpsodoun walles, and made to stonde ȝates and lokes; that rerede vp oure houses. No man is born in theOm. AGH. erthe such as Enoch; for whi and he is resceyued fro the erthe. And Joseph, that is born of man, prince of brethern, fastnyng of folc of kynde, go|uernour of brethern, stablyng of puple; and the bones of hym ben visitid, and aftir the deth thei profecieden. Seth and Sem, theseOm. C. anentanentis AEGH. men hadden gote glo|rie, and ouer alle lif in the springyng of Adam.

 CAP. L.

`Symon, Onyes sone, theSymeon Onyes, son of the C pr. m. grete prest, that in his lif vndersette the hous, and in his daȝes strengthede the temple. Also the heiȝte of the temple of hym is foundid, the double bilding, and the heȝe walles of the temple. In his daȝes sprungen out the pittes of watris; and as the se thei ben fulfild ouer maner. That curede his folc, and delyuerede it fro perdicioun. That hadde the maistrie to make large the cite; that gat glorie in to the lyu|yngeconuerting C pr. m. E pr. m. of folc; and thein the C pr. m. incomyng of the hous, and of the porche heOm. C pr. m. made large. As the morutid sterre in myddelthe myddel EGH. of theOm. C sec. m. litle cloude, and as the fulle moone in his daȝes he liȝtnethliȝteth C.; and as the shynende sunne, so he shyneth out in the temple of God; as the aȝenshynende bowe be|twenebetwe C pr. m. the litle cloudis of glorie, and as the flour of roses in the daȝes of ver, and as lilies, that ben in goyngusthe goyngis EGH. of water, and asOm. H. cense smellende in the daȝes of somyr; as fyr shynende out, and sens brennende in fyr; as a massee vessel of gold, enourned with alle maner precious ston; as aOm. GH. buriounende olyue, andin C. ci|presse in to heiȝte puttende out itselfhymself AGH.; in takynge hym the stoele of glorie, and toOm. A. be cladclothid AEGH. hym in the ful endyng of vertue. In the steȝyng vp of the hoely auterauteris E pr. m., glorie he ȝaf the amyse of hoely|nesse. In takynge forsothe partes of the hond of prestes, and he stondendestode A. biside the auter. Aboute hym the croune of brethern, as the plaunting of a ceder in Liban hil; so aboute hym thei stoden as palm braunches, and alle the sonus of Aron in ther glorie. The offring for|sothe of the Lord in the hondishousis A. of hem, biforn al the gedering of Irael; and the ful endyng vsyng in to the auter, to make large the offring of the heȝe king, he straȝte out his hond in the sacrifiyng of likoures; and he sacrifiede in the blod of a grape. He helde out in the founde|ment of the auter, godly smel to the heȝe prince. Thanne crieden out the sonus of Aron; in beten out trumpes thei soun|eden, and herd thei maden a gret vois in to the mynde bifor God. Thanne al the puple togidere wenten forth, and fellen in to the face vp on theOm. AE. erthe, to ho|noure the Lord ther God, and to ȝyue preȝeeres to theOm. H. almyȝty heȝe God. And thei largeden synging in ther voises; and in the grete hous is mad a voissown E sec. m. ful of swetnesse. And the puple preȝede the heȝe Lord in preȝere, vn to the tyme that ful don is the honour of the Lord, and his ȝifte thei parformeden. Thanne com|ende doun, his hondis he putte out in to al the congregacioun of the sonus of Irael, to ȝyue glorie to God of his lippes, and in his name to glorien. And he rehercede. his orisoun, willendewil|nynge AEGH. to shewe the vertue of God. And aftir eft more he preȝede the God of alle, that grete thingus dide in al erthe; that encreside oure daȝes fro the wombe of oure moder, and dide with vs aftir his mercy. Ȝyue he to vs inward ioȝe of herte, and to be mad pes in oure daȝes in Irael bi euere lastende daȝes; Irael to leeuen, with vs to ben the mercy of God, that he deliuere them in ther daȝes. Two folkis hateth my soule; the thridde forsothe is, that noon more folc I shulde haten. That sitten in the hil of Seir, and Filisteym, and the fool puple, that dwellith in Sichemys. The doctrine of wisdam, and of disciplyne wrot in this boc Jhesus, the sone of Sirac, Jerosolo|mytane; that renewede the wisdam of his herte. Blisful that in these goodusthingis A. abitabideth AEGH.; that putteth tho thingus in his herte, wys shal ben euermor. If for|sothe these thingus he shul do, to alle thingus he shal ben myȝty; for the liȝt of God is the step of hym.

 CAP. LI.

I shal knoulechen to thee, Lord king; and I shal al preisen thee, God my sa|ueour. I shal knoulechen to thi name, for helpere and defendere thou art mad to me; and thou hast delyuered my body fro perdicioun, fro the gnare of aOm. C pr. m. wickewickid AGH. tunge, and fro the lippes of men werkende lesyng; and in the siȝt of men stondende neeȝ thou art mad to me an helpere. And thou hast delyuered me, after the multitude of the mercy of thi name, fro the rorende men greithed to mete; fro the hondis of men sechende my soule, and of manye tribulaciouns that enuyrouneden me; fro the torment|ing of flaume that cumpasede me, and in theOm. A. myddel of the fyr I am not brend out; fro the heiȝte of the wombe of helle, and fro the defoulid tunge, and fro the wrd of lesing; fro a wicke king, and fro an vnriȝtwis tunge. Shal preisen vn to the deth my soule the Lord; and my lif neȝhende was in helle benethe. Thei cumpasseden me on eche side, and ther was not that wolde helpen; biholdende I was to the helpe of men, and ther was not. I hadde mynde of thi mercy, Lord, and of thi withwel E pr. m. werching, that fro the world ben; for thou takest out men sustenende thee, and delyuerest hem fro the hond of Jentiles. Thou enhancedest vp on the erthe my dwelling; and forfro A. theOm. AGH. deth flowende doun I louly preȝede. `I inwardlyand inwardli AG. clepede the Lord, fader of my Lord, that he forsake not me in daythe day E pr. m. of my tribulacioun, and in tyme of proude men, with oute helpe. I shal preisen thi name bysyly, and I shal withpreisen it in confessioun; and ful out herd is myn orisoun. And thou hast delyuered me fro perdicioun, and thou hast caȝt me out fro theOm. C. wickewickid AEGH. tyme. Therfore I shal knou|lechen, and preisyng I shal sey to thee; and I shal blisse the name of the Lord. Whan ȝit ȝungereȝonge G pr. m. H. I am, bifor that aboute I shulde erre, I soȝte wisdam openly in myn orisoun. Biforn tyme I askede for it, and `vn to invn into C pr. m. vnto G pr. m. H. the laste thingus I shal gretli sechen it; and it shal floure as a first rip grape. Myn herte gladide in it, my foot wente a riȝt weye; fro my ȝouthe I enserchedeserchide A. it. I bowede in a litil myn ere, and I toc it. Myche I fond in myself wisdam, and myche I profitede in it. To the ȝyuende to me wisdam I shal ȝyue glorie. I coun|seilede forsothe tofor to AEGH. don it; gretly I loou|ede good, and I `schal not beam not C pr. m. E pr. m. confoundid. `My soule wrastledAl to-wrastled is my soule C pr. m. E pr. m. in it; and in doing it I am confermed. My hondis I straȝte out in to heiȝ; and in the wisdam of hym weilede my soule, and myn vnkun|nyngus he liȝtede. My soule I riȝt reul|ede to it; and in knowyng I fond it. I weldede with hem herte fro the bigyn|nyng; for that I shal not ben forsaken. My wombe is disturbid in sechyng it; therfore good possessioun I shal welde. The Lord forsothe ȝaf to me a tunge my meede; and in it I shal preisen hym. Cometh nyȝ to me, ȝee vntaȝt; and ge|dereth ȝou togidere in the hous of dis|ciplyne. What ȝit ȝee tarien? andOm. AGH. what sey ȝee in these thingus? ȝoure soules thristen hugely. I openede my mouth, and I spac, Bieth to ȝou withoute siluer wisdam, and ȝoure necke vnderleith to the ȝoc of it, and ȝoure soule vndertake heOm. AGH. discyplyne; in the nexte forsothe is to fynden it. Seeth with ȝoure eȝenOm. C., for a litil I trauailede, and I fond to me myche reste. TakethTake AGH. to discyplyne in myche noumbre of syluer, and plenteuous gold weldeth in it. Glade ȝoure soule in the mercy of it; and `ȝe schul not bebeth not C pr. m. confoundid in the preising of it. Werketh ȝoure werk bifor tyme; and it shal ȝyue to ȝou ȝoure meede in his tyme.

 Here endith EcclesiasticusFrom A. Here endith Ecclesiasticus, and bigynneth a prolog on Ysaye. E. No final rubric in the other MSS.. ISAIAH. Here begynneth the prolog in the book of Ysaye, the propheteFrom A. Prologus CH. Prolog to Isaye and othere prophete. K. No initial rubric in EG..

No man, whan the profetes he shal seen with versisvers C. to ben discriued, in metre eyme heOm. C. hem anentanentis ceteri passim. the Ebrues to ben bounden, and any thingOm. A. lic to han of Salmes, or of the werkus of Salomon; but that in Demostene and Tullio it is wont to ben do, that bi dyuyseouns, and vnder distincciouns thei benbi C. writen, the whiche forsothe in prose, and not in versmetre C pr. v. wryten. Wee forsothe, to the profit of rederes purueyende, the newe re|menyng with a newe maner of writing han `distinctly writedeuydid E pr. m.. And first, of Isaie it is to witewrite A., that in his sermoun he is wys; forsothe asthat E pr. m. a noble man, and of curteis fair speche, ne any thing is mengd of cherlhed in his faire speche. Wherfore it falleth, that the translacioun shal not moun kepe the flour of his sermoun, biforn othere. Theraftir also this is to be leid to, that not moreas more E pr. m. sed exp. he is to be seyd a profete, than euaungelist. So forsothe alle the mysteries of CristCristis E pr. m. `and theOm. E pr. m. chircheCrist C pr. m. to cleer, `or cleerliOm. CE pr. m., he pur|suede, that not hym thou weene of thyng to come to profecien, but of theOm. CH. thingisthing C. passidof passid A. storiethe storie GH. to weue. Wherfore I eyme the Seuenty Remenoures that tyme not to hanha C. wold the sacramens of ther beleeue to shewe ful clerly to the hethene, lest hoelihooli thingis AK sec. m. to dogges, and margarites to swyn thei ȝeeue. The whiche whan this making ȝee shul rede, of hemtho thingus C pr. m. thoo thingis E pr. m. ȝee shul taken heedOm. E pr. m., `or perceyueOm. C et E pr. m., hidto ben hid CE pr. m. thingOm. C et E pr. m.. Ne I vnknowe of hou myche trauaile it be the profetes to vnderstonden, ne liȝtly any man to moun demen of the remenyng, but if he schalOm. C et E pr. m. vnderstondenvnderstoden C. byfore he schal reden; wee also to ben opene to the bitingus of manye men, the whiche bi enuye styrende, that that thei moun not han, thei dispisendispiseden A.. Thanne I witende and sleeȝ, in to the flaume putte the hond; and nerthelatereneuer the latere ceteri passim. this of noȝesum rederes I preȝe, that as Grekes after the Seuenty translatoures, Aquylam, and Symachum, and Theodocian thei reden, or for studie of ther doctrine, or that the Seuenty more they vnderstonde of the togidere leiyngelyuynge A. leiyngus C. of hem, so and these namely oono C. remenour aftir the rathere vouche thei saf to han. Rede thei rathere, and aftirward dispise they; lest thei ben seen not of dom, but of presumpcioun of hate vnknowen thyngus to dampnen. Forsothe Isaie profeciede in Jerusalem and in Jewerie, not ȝit the ten lynages led in to caitifte; and off euer either rewme, now togidere, nownow to E pr. m. sed exp. seuerendely, he ordeynede the profecie. And thoȝthof EK. other while he bihold to the present storie, and aftir the caitifte of Babiloyne he betocnebetokneth AK sec. m. the aȝeencomyng of the puple in to Jewerie, nerthelatere al his bisynesse is of the cleping of Jentilesthe Jentilis K., and of the comyng of Crist, whom hou myche more ȝee loouen, o Paule and Eustoche, so myche more of hym asketh, that for the present bacbityng `by whichOm. C et E pr. m. me enemys vncesendely to-tern, he to me ȝelde meede in tyme to come, that wot me for that thing to han swat in the lernyng of a straunge tunge, lest the Jewis lengere shulden `put repreueasaile C pr. m. asailen E pr. m. to the chirchis of hym, of the falshed of scriptures.

Here endith the prolog, and now begynneth the book of Ysaie, the propheteFrom A. Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the book of Isaye. K. No final rubric in CEGH.. Here bigynneth the Profecie of YsayeFrom E. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

The viseoun of Isaie, sone of Amos, that he saȝ vp on Judam and Jerusalem, in the daȝes of Osie, Joathan, Achaȝ, Esechie, kingus of Juda. Hereth, ȝee heuenus, and with eres parceyue, thou erthe, for the Lord spac. Sonus I nursh|ede out and enhauncede; thei forsothe dispiseden me. The oxe kneȝ his wel|dere, and the asse theOm. C. cracche of his lord; Irael forsothe me kneȝ not, and my puple vnderstodvndirstonde A. not. Wo to syn|fulthe synful E pr. m. folc, to the puple heuy with wickid|nesse, to the shreude sed, to the sonus ful of hidous giltes; thei forsoken the Lord, thei blasfemedenforsoken A. the hoeli ofOm. E pr. m. Irael, thei ben aliened awei bacward. `Vp on what thingVp the whiche E pr. m. I shal smyte ȝouOm. AG pr. m. H., ferther|mor addende lawe breche, `or trespassing aȝeyns the laweOm. C et E pr. m.? Eche `hed ful of lan|gourlanguysshinge heued E pr. m., and eche `herte ful of mornyngmornyng herte E pr. m.. Fro the plante of the foot vnto the top, ther is not in hymhem AGHK. helthe; wounde, and wannesse, and siknesse swellende is not bounden aboute, ne curid with leching, ne nurshid with oile. Ȝoure lond is desert, ȝoure cites ben brend vp with fyr; ȝoure regiounregiouns E pr. m. deuouren biforn ȝou alienus, and it shal be desolat as in ene|myful wastetewasted A.. And the doȝter of Sion shal ben forsaken as a shadewy place in a vyneȝerdvyne C pr. m. E pr. m., and as anOm. C. hylet in a place of goordes, and as a cite that is wastid. But ȝifOm. C et E pr. m. the Lord of ostes hadde laft to vs sed, as Sodom wee hadden ben, and as Gomorra lijc wee shulden benhaue ben K.. Her|eth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee princes of Sodom; and parceyueth with eres the lawe of ȝoure God, ȝee puple of Gomorre. What to me the multitude of ȝoure slayn sacrifise? seith the Lord. Ful I am; the brent sacrefises of wetheres, and the talȝ of fatte bestus, and the blod of calues, and of lombes, and off goet, I wolde not. Whan ȝee shulden come biforn my siȝte, who soȝte these thingus of ȝoure hondis, that ȝee shulden go in my porches? Ne bringe ȝee to more sacrifises in veyn; encens abhominacioun is to me; the newe moone, and sabot, and othere festus I shal not bern. WickeWickid AEGHK. ben ȝoure cum|panyes; ȝoure kalendis and ȝoure so|lempnetees hatede my soule; thei ben mad to me greuous, I trauailede suff|rende. AndOm. C. whan ȝee shul strecche out ȝoure hondis, I shal turne awei myn eȝen fro ȝou; and whan ȝee shul multeplien orisoun, I shal not heren; forsothe ȝoure hondis ben ful of blod. Be ȝee washen, beth clene; taketh awei the euel of ȝoure thoȝtes fro myn eȝen; resteth to do shreudely, lerneth to do wel. Secheth dom, helpeth to the opressid, demeth to the faderles child, defendeth the widewe. And cometh, and vndernemeth mee, seith the Lord. If ȝoure synnes weren as flaume red silc, as snoȝ thei shuln ben mad white; and if thei weren rede as blod red silc, as whit wlle thei shul be. If ȝee wiln, and shuln heren me, the goodis of the erthe ȝee shuln ete. That if ȝee wiln not, and me to wrathe ȝee shulden terren, swerd shal deuoure ȝou; for the mouth of the Lord spac. What maner is mad a strumpet the feithful cite ful of dom? riȝtwisnesse dwellede in it; now forsothe mansleeres. Thiȝoure E pr. m. syluer is turned in to dros; thi wyn is mengdmeng E pr. m. with water. Thi princes vn|feithfull, felawes of theues; alle thei loouen ȝiftus, folewen ȝeldyngus; to the faderles child thei demen not, the cause of the widewe goth not in to them. For that, seith the Lord God of ostes, strong of Irael, Allas! I shal be coumfortid vp on my straunge enemys, and I shal be vengid vp on myn enemys, that shulden be frendis. And I shal turne myn hond to thee, and I shal sethensechen CE. out to the pure thithe E pr. m. dros, and I shal taken awei al thi tyn. And I shal restoren thi domes|men, as they weren biforn, and thi coun|seileris, as bi old tyme. Aftir these thingus thou shalt ben clepid the cite of the riȝtwis, the cheef citee of the feith|ful. Syon in dom shal ben aȝeeaȝen A et alii. boȝt, and thei shul bringe it aȝeen in to riȝt|wisnesse; and he shal to-trede the hyd|ous gilteres and the synneres togidere, and thatt forsoken the Lord, shul ben di|stroȝid. Thei shul ben confoundid for|sothe of the maumetes, to the whiche thei sacrifieden; and ȝee shuln ben shamedashamed AEGHK. vp on the gardynes, that ȝee hadden chosen. Whan ȝee shul ben as an oek, the leues fallende doun, and as a gardyn with oute water. And ȝoure strengthe shal ben as aOm. K. `deed sparkegnast C pr. m. E pr. m. of a flax top, and ȝoure werk as a sparcle; and eithir shal be brend vp togidere, and ther shal not ben that quenche.

 CAP. II.

The wrd that saȝ Isaie, the sone of Amos, vp on Judam and Jerusalem. And ther shal be in the laste daȝes beforn mad redi the mount of the hous of the Lord in the cop of mounteynesthe mounteynes A., and it shal be rered out vp on hillys. And ther shul flowe to it alle Jentilis; and ther shul go many puples, and seyn, Cometh, steȝe wee vp to the mount of the Lord, and to the hous of God of Jacob; and he shal teche vs his weyes, and wee shul go in his sties, `or pathesOm. C et E pr. m.. For fro Sion shall go out the lawe, and the wrd of the Lord fro Jerusalem. And he shal deme Jen|tiles, and vndernymen many puples; and thei shul bete togidere their swerdes in to shares, and ther speres in to sithes; ther shal not reren folc aȝen folc a swerd, ne thei shul ben enhauntid more to bataile. Ȝee hous of Jacob, cometh, and go wee in the liȝt of the Lord oure God. Forsothe thou hast throwen afer thi pu|ple, the hous of Jacob, for thei ben ful|fild as sum tyme; and deuynoures thei hadden, as FilisteisPhilisteym AEGHK., and to alienthe alien K. childre thei cleueden. Fulfild is the erthe of siluer and gold, and ther is noon ende of the tresores of it; and fulfild is his lond with hors, and vnnoumbreable the foure horsid carres of it. And fulfild is his lond with maumetes, the werk of ther hondis thei honoureden, that `ther fingris madenmaden ther fingris C pr. m. E pr. m.; and aOm. AGHK. man bowede hymself, and meekid is the stronge man. Thanne ne forȝyue thou to them. GoGo thou C pr. m. in to the ston, be thou hid in a dich with erthe, fro the face of the dreede of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his mageste. The eȝen of the heȝe man ben meekid, and ther shal ben inwardly crookid the heiȝte of stronge men; forsothe the Lord alone shal ben enhauncid in that dai. For the dai of the Lord of ostes vp on eche proud man and heeȝ, and vp on eche enhaunc|endehaunsynge AEGH. hymself, and he shal be mekid; and vp on alle the cedres of Liban heȝe and vpriȝt, and vp on alle the oekis of Basan, and vp on alle the heȝe moun|teynes, and vp on alle the `rered vpvp rered C pr. m. hilles; and vp on eche heȝ tour, and vp on eche strengthyd wal; and vp on alle the shipis of Thars, and vp on alle thing that is fair in siȝt. And ther shal be inwardly bowid al theOm. AGHK. heiȝnesse of men, and ther shal be meekid the heiȝte of stronge men; and ther shal be rered vp the Lord alone in that day, and the maumetes hoelly shul be to-brosid. And thei shul go in to dennes of stones, and in to swolewes of the erthe, fro the face of the dredestrengthe E pr. m. of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his mageste, whan he shal rise to smyten the erthe. In that day shal a man throwe awey the maumetes of his siluer, and the symulacris of his gold, that he hadde mad to hym, that he shulde honoure moldewerpes and rere|mees. And he shal go in to the chynesskynnys H., `or creuessisOm. C et E pr. m. or creuase E sec. m. or creueis AGHK., of stones, and in to the dennes of huge stones, fro the face of the drede of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his mageste, whan he shal risen to smyte the erthe. Resteth thanne fro a man, whos spirit is in his nose therles, for heiȝ holden is he.

 CAP. III.

Loo! forsothe the lordshepere, Lord of oestes, shal do awei fro Jerusalem and fro Juda the stalwrthe, and the stronge, and al the strengthe of bred, and al the strengthe of water; the stronge, and the man fiȝtere, and domesman, and profete, and deuynour, and the olde prince vp on fifty, and the wrshepeful in cheere, and counseilor, and wis man of cheef crafty thingus, and the prudent of priue speche. And I shal ȝyue childer the princes of hem, and the mad wommanysh men shuln lordshipen to them. And the puple shal falle, man to man, eche to his neȝhebore; ther shal striue the child aȝen the old man, and the vnnoble aȝen the noble. A man forsothe shal take his brother, the homli man of his fadir, and seyn, Cloth|ing is to thee, oure prince be thou; this forsothe falling vnder thin hond. And he shal answern in that day, seiende, I am not a leche, and in myn hous is not bred, ne clothing; wileth not sette me prince ofvp on E pr. m. the puple. Ther fel doun forsothe Jerusalem, and Juda fel with; for the tunge of them, and the findingus `of hemOm. A. aȝen the Lord, that thei shuldenOm. CE pr. m. terre the eȝen of his mageste. The know|ing of ther chere shal answere to them; and ther synne as Sodom thei precheden, and hidden not. Wo to the soule of hem, for ȝolden ben to them eueles. Seith toOm. K. the riȝtwis, for weel; for the frute of hys fyndyngus he shal ete. Wo to the vn|pytous man in to euel; ȝelding forsothe of his hondis shal be do to hym. My puple his pleteres, `or wrong axersOm. C et E pr. m., spoileden, and wymmen lordshipeden of it. My puple, that blisful thee seyn, thee thei disceyuen, and the weie of thi go|yngus scateren. The Lord stantstondith A. to deme, and he stantstondith A. to the puples to be demed; the Lord to the dom shal come, with the elderes of his puple, and with his princes. Ȝee forsothe han distroȝed my vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m.; and the raueyn of the pore in ȝoure houshouses C.. Whi to-brose ȝee my puple, and the faces of porethe pore K. men ȝee confounden? seith the Lord God of ostes. And the Lord God seide, For thi that arered ben the doȝtris of Sion, and thei wenten with straȝt out necke, and in beckes of eȝen ȝiden, and flappeden with hondis for ioȝe, and ȝiden, and with ther feet in curious goyng ȝidenthei ȝeeden A., the Lord shal fully maken ballid the top of the doȝtris of Syon, and the Lord the her of hem shal nakenen; and for ourne|mentournemens C. shal be shenshipe. In that dai the Lord shal don awei the ournement of shon, and boceshoosis A. boosis GHK., and beȝes, and brooches, and armcercles, and mytris, and combysfiletis E pr. m., and ribanes, and `reuerses at the hemmisreuerses C pr. m. reuerses at tho hemmus C sec. m. calles E pr. m. reuerses at the hem H., and `oynement boxesnedle fod|dris E pr. m., and ere ringus, and ryngus, and iemmes in the frount hangende, and chaunging clothis, and litil palles, and shetes, and pynnes, and sheweres, and `necke couer|cheuesneckercheuys AGHK., and filetes, and roketes. And ther shal be for swote smel stync, and for girdil a litil corde; and for crisp her ballidnesse, and for the brest bond an heire. Also thither K. most faire men with swerd shuln falle, and thither K. stronge men in bataile. And thei shuln sorewen, and weilen shuln hir ȝates; and desolatthe desolat K. in the erthe she shal sitten.

 CAP. IV.

And seuen wymmen shul taken o man in that dai, seiende, Oure bred we shul ete, and with oure clothis wee shul be couered; onli be inwardly clepid thi name vp on vs, do awei oure repref. In that dai shal be the buriounyng of the Lord in gret doyng and glorie; and frut of the erthe heeȝ, and ful out ioȝing to them that shul be saf of Irael. And it shal be, eche that shal be laft in Sion, and residue in Jerusalem, hoeli shal be clepid; eche that is writen in lif in Jeru|salem. For the Lord shal washen awey the filthes of the doȝtris of Sion, and the blod of Jerusalem shal wasshenbe wasshen C pr. m. fro the myddes of it, in spirit of dom, and spirit of brennende looue. And the Lord broȝte forth vp on eche place of the mount of Sion, and wher he is inwardli clepid, a cloude bi dai, and smoke, and shynyng of fyr flaumende in nyȝt; vp al forsothe the glorie ouercoueryng. And a taber|nacle shal ben in to a shadewe hilet of the dai, fro brennyng, and in toOm. E pr. m. sikir|nesse and hiding, from whirlewynd and from reyn.

 CAP. V.

I shal synge to my looued a song off `myn emes sonemy nemesone E sec. m. sup. ras. myn eem sone A. myn emesone GHK., of his vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m.. TheMy E pr. m. vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m. is mad to my looued, in the horn `to theOm. C et E pr. m. of the A. sone of oile. And he heggede it, and stones he ches of it, and plauntede a chosen vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m.; and he bilde vp a tour in the myddel of it, and a presse he rerede vp in it; and he abod, that it shulde bringe forth grapes, and it broȝte forth wilde vynes. Now thanne, ȝee dwelleris of Jerusalem, and men of Juda, demeth betwebetwix A. betwen EGHK. me and my vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m.. What is that I awȝte morOm. C. to do to my vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m., and dide not to it? whether that I abod, that yt shulde bringe forth grapes, and broȝte forth wilde vynes? And now I shal shewen to ȝou, what I shal do to my vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m.. I shal do awei his heg, and it shal be in to destruc|cioun; I shal breke doun his wal, and it shal ben in to `to-tredyngtredynge AH.; and IOm. K. shal setten it desert. It shal not be kut, and it shal nott be doluen, and ther shul steȝe vp vp on it breres and thornes; and toOm. G pr. m. H. the cloudis I shal comaunde, that thei reyne not vp on it weder. Forsothe the vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m. of the Lord of hostes is the hous of Irael, and the men of Juda his delytabledilectable AEGHK. buriounyng. I abod, that it shulde do dom, and lo! wickidnesse; and riȝtwisnesse, and lo! cry. Wo that ioynen hous to hous, and feeld to feeld coupleth, vn to the terme of a place. Whether dwellen ȝee shuln alone in the myddel of theOm. C pr. m. erthe? In myn eres ben these thingus, seith the Lord of ostes; but ȝifOm. C et E pr. m. manye houses grete and faire shul be desert, and withoute dwellere. Forsothe ten acris of vyneȝerdisvyne C et E pr. m. shul maken ooon E. potell wyn, and thretti bussheles of sed shul make thre bussheles. Wo that risen erly to drunkenhed to be folewid, and to drinken vn to euen, that with wyn ȝee brenne. Harpe, and syngende instru|ment, and tymbre, and trumpe, and wyn in ȝoure festes; and the werk of the Lord ȝee biholden not, ne the werkes of his hondis ȝee waiten. Therfor lad caitif is my puple, that hadde not kunnyng; and his noble men dieden thurȝ hunger, and his multitude thurȝ thirst al out driede. Therfore helle spredde abrod his soule, and openede his mouth with oute any terme; and ther shul falle doun his stronge men, and his puple, and heeȝe, and his gloriouse to it. And ther shal be ful crookid a man, and meekid a strong man; and the eȝen of `heȝe menthe heeȝ man K. shul be threst doun. And ther shal be enhauncid the Lord of ostes in dom, and the hoeli God shal be halewid in riȝtwis|nesse. And lombis shul be fed aftir ther order, and desertes in to plente turned comelingus shul ete. Wo that drawen wickidnesse in theOm. C. litle cordes of vanyte, and as the bond of a wayn synne; that seyn, Heeȝe, `or haasteOm. CE pr. m., he, and soone come his werk, that wee see; and neȝhe, and come the counseil of the hoeli ofOm. C pr. m. Irael, and wee shul witenweyte A. it. Wo that seyn euel good, and good euel; puttende derknesses liȝt, and liȝt derknesses; put|tende bitter in to swete, and sweete in to bitter. Wo that wise ben in ȝoure eȝen, and bifor ȝouself sleeȝe. Wo that myȝty ben to drinke wyn, and stronge men to be mengd drunkynhed; that iustefien the vnpitous for ȝiftes, and the riȝtwisnesse of the riȝtwyse ȝee taken awey fro hym. For that, as deuoureth the tunge of fyr stobil, and the hete of flaumme brenneth out, so the roote of hem as aOm. H. gnastdead bronde E sec. m. marg. AGHK. shal be, andOm. A. in GH. the buriownyngbrennynge A. of hem as pouder shal steȝe vp; forsothe thei casten awei the lawe of the Lord of ostes, and the speche of the hoeli ofOm. C pr. m. Irael thei blasfemeden. Therfor wrath|ede the wodnesse of the Lord in his puple, and straȝte out his hond vp on it, and smot it; and the mounteynes ben dis|turbid, and mad ben the `deed carensfallen to deth et E pr. m. of hem as drit in the myddel of stretes. In alle these thingus is not turned awei his wodnesse, but ȝit his hond straȝt out. And he shal rere vp a signe in naciouns aferr, and he shall whistle to hym fro the coestes of the erthe; and lo! hastid he shal come swiftli. Ther is not failing ne trauailyng in hym; he shal not nap|pen, ne slepen, ne shal ben loosid the girdil of his renes, ne shal be to-broke the thowng of his shoȝyng. His arwis sharpe, and alle his bowes bent; the cles of the horseshors A. of hym as flynt, and his wheles as theOm. AGHK. byre of tempest. His roring as off a leoun; he shal roren as the whelpis of leouns; he shal gnasten, and holden the prei, andOm. A. biclippen, and ther shal not be, that delyuere out. And ther shal sowne vp on hym in that day, as the soun of the se; wee shul biholde in to the erthe, and lo! derknesses of tribulacioun, and liȝt al to-derked is in the derknyng of hym.

 CAP. VI.

In the ȝer `in whichthat C et E pr. m. in the whiche E sec. m. marg. diede king Osias, I saȝ the Lord sittende vp on an heiȝ sete, and rered vp; and ful wasOm. C et E pr. m. the hous of his mageste, and thoOm. A. thingus that vnder hym weren, fulfilden the temple. Serafyn stoden vp on it, sixe wenges to the oontoon AGHK. ton E., and sixe to the othertother AEGHK.; with two they couereden the face of hym, and with two thei couereden the feet of hym, and with two thei flown. And thei crieden the tothertoon A. to the tother, and seiden, Hoeli, hoely, hoeli, Lord God of ostes; ful is alOm. A. theOm. EGHK. erthe of the glorie of hym. And to-moued ben the thresholdes of the heenglis fro the vois of the criende, and the hous fullfild is with smoke. And I seide, Wo to me, for I heeld my pes; for a man defoulid in lippis I am, and in theOm. AEK. myddel of the puple defoulid lippes hauende I dwelle, and the king Lord of ostes I saȝ with myn eȝen. And ther fleiȝ to me oon offro E pr. m. theOm. AEGHK. serafyn, and in his hond a cole, that with the toenge he toc fro the auter. And he touchede my mouth, and seide, Lo! I haue touchid with this thi lippesmouth C pr. m., and ther shal be don awei thi wickydnesse, and thi synne shal be clensid. And I herde the vois of the Lord, seiende, Whom shal I sende, and who shal go to ȝou? And I seide, Lo! I am; send me. And he seide, Go, and thou shalt sey to this puple, Hereth herende, and wileth not vnderstonde; and seeth a viseoun, and wileth not knowen. Blynde out the herte of this puple, and his eres agregge, and his eȝen close; lest par auenture he see with his eȝen, and with his eres here, and with his herte vndyrstonde, and be conuertid, and I hele hym. And I seyde, Hou longe, Lord? And he seide, To the tyme that ben desolat the citees with oute dwellere, and houses with oute man. And the lond shal be laft desert, and aferr shal make the Lord men. And ther shal be multe|plied that was laft in the myddel of the erthe, and ȝit in itOm. C pr. m. tithingdymy E pr. m.; and it shal be conuertid, and it shal be in to shew|yng as a terebynt, and as an oek, that spredeth out his braunches; hoely sed it shal ben, that that shal stonden in it.

 CAP. VII.

And it is don in the daȝes of Achaz, sone of Joathan, sone of Osie, king of Juda, ther steȝede vp Rasyn, king of Cyrie, and Fascee, theOm. AGHK. sone of Romelie, king of Irael, in to Jerusalem, to fiȝte aȝen hym; and thei myȝte not ouercome it. And thei tolden to the hous of Dauid, seiende, Siria restede vp on Effraym, and to-moued is his herte and the herte of his puple, as ben moued the trees of wodis fro the face of the wynd. And the Lord seide to Isaie, Go out in to aȝen|comyng of Achaz, thou, and that is laft, Jasub, thi sone, to the ende of the water condute of the ouere pondfishpond E pr. m., in the weie of the feeld of the fullere. And thou shalt sey to hym, See, that thou holdeholde not E pr. m. thi pes; wile thou not dreden, and thin herte be not ferd of the two tailes of these smokende fyr brondis in to the wrathe of the wodnesse, of Rasyn, king of Sirie, and sone of Romelie. For thi that euel counseil he wente in aȝen thee, Ciria, and Effraym, and the sone of Romelye, sei|ende, Steȝe wee vp to Judam, and rere wee hym, and pulle wee hym vp to vs; and putte wee a king in his myddel, the sone of Thabel. These thingus seith the Lord God, This shal not be, and shal not stonde; but the hedheued E et K passim. of Sirie Damasch, and the hed of Damasch Rasyn; and ȝit sixti and fyue ȝer, and Effraym shal cese to ben a puple; and the hed of Effraym Samarie, and the hed of Samarie, the sone of Romelie. If ȝee shul not leeuen, ȝee shul not abide stylle. And the Lord leide to to speke to Achaz, seyende, Aske to thee a tokne fro the Lord thi God, in to the depthe of helle, or in to heiȝtethe heiȝt K. aboue. And Achaz seide, I shal not aske, and I shal not tempte the Lord. And he seyde, Hereth thanne, ȝee the hous of Dauid; whether litil to ȝou is to ben greuous to men, for ȝee ben greuous and to my God? For that he the Lord shal ȝyue to ȝou a tocne. Lo! a mayde shal conceyue, and bern a sone; and thou shalt clepe his name Emanuel. Butter and hony he shal ete, that he kunne re|preuen euel, and chesen good. For er the child kunne repreuen euel, and chesen good, the lond shal be forsaken, the whiche thou hast abhominacioun of, fro the face of ther two kingus. The Lord shal bringe to vp on thee, and vp on thi puple, and vp on the hous of thi fader, daȝes that camen not fro the daȝes of the seueryng of Effraym fro Juda, with the king of Assiries. And it shal be, in that day the Lord shal whistle to the fleȝe, that is in theOm. GH. vtmostesvttermostis AGHK. of the flodus of Egipt; and to the bee, that is in the lond of Assur; and thei alle shuln come, and resten in the stremes of valeys, and caues of stones, and in alle busshithe busshi AEGHK. places, and in alle holis. InAnd in K sec. m. that dai the Lord shal shauen in a sharp rasour in hem, that beȝunde the flood ben, in the king of Assiries, hed, and the heres of feet, and eche berd. And it shal be, in that day a man shal nurshen a cow of oxen, and two shep, and for plente of mylc he shal eten butter; butter and hony shal `ete eche maneche man ete E sec. m., that shal be laft in the myd|del of the lond. And it shal be, in that day eche place wher shul be a thousend vynes for a thousend syluer penys, and in to thornes and in to breres they shul be, with arwes and bowe thei shul go in thider; forsothe breres and thornes shul be in al the lond. And alle hilles that in a wode bil shul be purgid, `or kytt offOm. CE pr. m., ther shal not come thider ferd of thornes andne E pr. m. of breres; and it shal be in to oxeoxen AGHK. leswe, and inin to A. treding of feld beste.

 CAP. VIII.

And the Lord seide to me, Tac to thee a gret boc, and writ in it with the poyntel of a man, Swiftli spoiles tac awey, soone refe. And I toc to me feith|ful witnesses, Vrie, the prest, and Sacha|rie, the sone of Barachie. And I wente to a prophetesse; and she conceyuede, and bar a sone. And the Lord seide to me, Clep his name Haste thou spoiles toOm. CE pr. m. tac awey, heeȝe thou to refen. For er the child kunneshal kunne A. clepe his fader and his mo|der, shal be taken awei the strengthe of Damasch, and the spoiles of Samarie, bi|for the king of Assiries. And the Lord leide to to speke to me, seiende, For thi that this puple hath cast awey the watris of Siloe, that gon with cilence, and more toc to Rasyne, andOm. C pr. m. the sone of Romelie, for that lo! the Lord shal bringe to vp on hem watres of the flod stronge and manye, the king of Assiries, and al the glorie of him; and he shal steȝen vp vp on alle his ryueres, and flowen vp on alle his stremesroeches C pr. m. rochis E pr. m.. And he shal gon thurȝ Judam flowende, and passende `vn toto E pr. m. the necke he shal come; and ther shal be the spredyng out of his wenges, fulfillende the breede of thihis E pr. m. lond, O! Emanuel. Beth gedered, ȝee puples, and beth bounde togidere; and herethhere AGHK., alle ȝee londis aferr. Beth coumfortid, and be ȝee ouercomenouercomen, or bounden togidere G sec. m.; `girdeth ȝougirde ȝe G sec. m., and bethbe ȝe AKE sec. m. G sec. m. ouercomenbounde togidere E pr. m. ouercomen, or to gidir gird G sec. m.; goth in counseil, and it shal be scatered; speketh a wrd, and it shal not be do, for with vs is God. These thingus forsothe seith the Lord to me, as in a strong hond he taȝte me, lest I shulde go in to the weie of this puple, seiende, SeithSey AGHK. not, Coniuracioun, alle thingis for|sothe thatit K. speketh this puple is coniura|cioun; and his drede ne drede ȝee, ne takith ferd. The Lord of hostes him halewith, and he ȝoure inward drede, and heOm. A. ȝoure outward drede; and he shal be to ȝou in to halewing; in to a ston for|sothe of offencioun, and in to a ston of sclaunder, to the two houses of Irael; and in to a grene, and in to falling, to men dwellende Jerusalem. And manye of hem shul offenden, and fallen, and ben to-brosid, and grened, and ben taken. Bind the witnessing, marke the lawe in my disciples. I shal abide the Lord, that hidde his face fro the hous of Jacob, and I shal sechen hym. Lo! IOm. AGHK. and my chil|der, whom ȝaf to me the Lord in to tocne, and in to wunder to Irael, fro the Lord of ostes that dwelleth in the hil of Sion. And whan thei shul sey to ȝou, Secheth of deuel cleperes, and ofOm. A. deuynoures, that sounen strongli in their chauntingus, whe|thir not a puple of his God shal seche a viseoun for the quyke and the deade? To the lawe more and to thi witnessing, that if thei `schul not seisei not C pr. m. seyn not E pr. m. aftir thisthi C pr. m. E pr. m. wrd, shalther shal C pr. m. this shal E ther shal E sec. m. not be to them morutid liȝt. And he shal passe thurȝ it, and it shal falle, and hungre. `And when it shal hongreOm. C., it shal wrathen, and cursen to his kyng and to his God, and it shal be|holden vp. And to the lond it shal loken, and lo! tribulacioun, and dercnesses, `and vnbyndyngdesolacioun C pr. m. and desola|cioun E pr. m., and anguysh, and derk myst pursuende; and it shal not moun flee awei fro his anguysh.

 CAP. IX.

The firste tyme is aleggid, `or maad liȝtOm. C et E pr. m., the lond of Zabulon and the lond of Neptalym; and the laste tyme agreggid is the weie of the se beȝunde Jordan of Galilee of Jentiles. The puple that wente in derknesses saȝ a gret liȝt; to the men dwellende in the regioun of the shadewe of deth, liȝt sprungen is to them. Thou hast multeplyed the folc of kinde, not magnefiedist gladnesse; thei shul glade bifor thee, as thei that gladen in rip, as ful out ioȝen ouercomeres, the prey taken, whan thei deuyden spoiles. The ȝoc for|sothe of his charge, and the ȝerdekingis ȝerde E pr. m. of hisOm. E pr. m. shulder, and the kingus power of his `wrong askerpletere C et E pr. m. thou ouercame, as in the dai of Madian. For eche violent reuyng with noise, and clothing mengd with blod shal beOm. E pr. m. in to brennyng, and mete of fyr. A litil child forsothe is born to vs, and a sone is ȝoueȝyuen E. to vs, and mad is prince|hed vp on his shulder; and his name shal be clepid Merueilous, Counseiler, God, Strong, Fadir of the world to come, Prince of pes. His empire shal be multeplied, and of pes ther shal not ben ende; vp on the see of Dauid, and vpon his regne he shal sitte, that he conferme it, and strengthe in dom and riȝtwyssnesse, fro now and unto withoute ende. The huge looue of the Lord of ostes shal don this. A wrd the Lord sente in to Jacob, and it fel inin to AG sec. m. H. Irael. And al the puple of Effraym shal wite, and the men dwell|ende Samarie, in pride and gretnesse `of herteOm. C. seiende, Sclattes fellen, but with square stones wee shul bilden vp; sico|morewilde mulberie C et E pr. m. trees thei hewen doun, but ceder trees wee shul newen, `or chaungenOm. C et E pr. m.. And the Lord shal reren enemys Rasyn vpon hym, and his enemys in to noise he shal turne, Cirie fro the est, and Filisteyn fro the west; and thei shul deuoure Irael with al the mouth. In alle thes thingus is not turned awei the wodnesse of hym, but ȝit his hond straȝt outOm. C pr. m.; and the puple is not turned aȝeen to the smytende hym, and the Lord of ostes thei inwardlyche soȝten not. And the Lord shal scatere fro Irael the hed and the tail, the inbowende and the shrewende, in o day. The longe lyuende and the wrshepe|full, he is the hed, and the profete tech|ende lesyng, he is the tail. And thei shul be, that maken blisful this puple, bigil|ende; and that ben mad blisful, throwe doun. For that vp on the ȝungeOm. AGHK. waxen men of hym the Lord shal not deliten, and of his faderles childer and widewis he shal not han mercy; for echeeche is E sec. m. ipocrite isOm. E sec. m. and a shrewe, and eche mouth spac folie. In alle thes thingus is not turned awei his wodnesse, but ȝit his hond straȝt out; and the puple is not turned aȝeen to the smytende hym. Tend vp is forsothe as fyr vnpitousnesse; thoo breres and the thorne it shal deuoure, and it shal be brend vp in the thickenes of the wilde wode, and it shal be al to|wrappid in the pride of the smoke. In the wrathe of the Lord of ostes al dis|turbid shal be the lond, and the puple shal be as the mete of fyr; a man to his brother shal not spare. And he shal bowe doun to the riȝt, and hungren, and he shal ete at the lift, and not be fulfild; eche the flesh of his arm shal deuoure. Manasses Effraym, and Effraym Ma|nasses, and togidere thei aȝen Judam. In alle these thyngus is not turned awei his wodnesse, but ȝit his hond straȝt out.

 CAP. X.

Wo that maken shreude lawes, and wrytende vnriȝtwisnesse writen, that thei oppressedenoppresse C pr. m. oppressen E pr. m. in dom pore men, and vio|lence didendon C et E pr. m. to the cause of mekethe meke E pr. m. men of my puple; that widewes were the prei of hem, and faderles childer thei de|stroȝedendestroȝe CE pr. m.. What shul ȝee do in the day off visiting, and of wrecchidnesse fro a ferr comende? To whos helpe shul ȝee flee? and wher shul ȝee lefe ȝoure glorie, `lest ȝeene be ȝee C et E pr. m. bowid vnder bond, and with slayn men fallethfallen A.? Vp on alle these thingus is not turned awei his wodnesse, but ȝit his hond straȝt out. Wo to Assur, the ȝerde of my wodnesse, and a staf he is; in the hond of hem, myn indignacioun. To a folc gilesum I shal senden hym, and aȝen the puple of my wodnesse I shal bidde to hym; that he take awei spoiles, and deuyde prey, and poote it in to tredyng, as the cley of stretes. He forsothe not so shal demen, and his herte not so shal eymen, but to `to-tredentreden AGHK. shal ben his herte, and to sleyng of folc not fewe. Forsothe he shal sey, Whether not my princes togidere kingisprincis E pr. v. ben? Whethir not as Karchamys, so Chalan|no; and as Arfath, so Emath? whethir not as Damasch, so Samarie? What maner myn hond fond the reumes of mawmet, so andOm. E pr. m. the symulacris of hem of Jerusalem and of Samarie. Whethir not as I dide to Samarie, and his mau|metes, so I shal do to Jerusalem, and his symulacris? And it shal be, whan the Lord shall fulfelle alleOm. C. his werkis in the mount of Sion and in Jerusalem, I shal visite vp on `the fruyt ofOm. C. the gret do|ende herte of the king of Assur, and vp on the glorie of the heiȝteherte C pr. m. of his eȝen. Forsothe he seide, In the strengthe of myn hond I dide, and in my wisdam I vnderstod; and I toc awei the termes of puplesthe peplis K., and the princes of them I rob|bede, and I droȝ awey as myȝti the sit|tende men in heeȝ. And myn hond fond as a nest the strengthe of puples, and as ben gedered ereneyren K. that ben laft, so al the lond I gederede; and ther was not that mouede a federe, and openede mouth, and berkydgrucchide C et E pr. m.. Whethir shal glorien the ax aȝen hym that hewith in it? or shal ben enhauncid the sawe aȝen hym of whom it is drawen? what maner wise if be rered a ȝerde aȝen the rerende it, and be hauncydenhaunsid AGHK. a staf, that forsothe is a tree. For that shal sende the lordshepere, Lord of ostes, in his fatte thyngus thynnesse, and vnder his glorie `brend shalthe brend vp thingus shal E pr. m. brenne as brennyng of fyr. And ther shal be the liȝt of Irael in fyr, and his hoeli in flaume; andand ther A. shal be brend out and de|uoured his thorn and breres in o day. And the glorie of his wilde wode and of his Carmel, froand fro E pr. m. the soule vn to the flesh he shall be wastid; and he shal be for ferd ferr fleende. And the releef of the wode of the wilde wode for fewenesse shul be noumbred, and a child shal write them. And it shal be in that dai, shal not ley to the remnaunt of Irael, and thesethei A. that shul flee fro the hous of Ja|cob, to leuen vp on hym that smytithsmot C et E pr. m. hem; but it shal leue vp on the Lord, hoeli of Irael, in treuthe. The rem|naunt shul be conuertid, the remnaunt forsothe of Jacob, to the stronge Lord. If forsothe shul ben thi puple, Irael, as theOm. K. grauel of the se, the remnaunt shul be conuertyd of it; ending abreggid shal flowe riȝtwisnesse. Ending forsothe and abreggyng the Lord God of ostes shal make in the myddel of al erthe. For that these thingus seith the Lord God of ostes, Wile thou not drede, my puple, dwellere of Sion, of Assur, in a ȝerde forsothe he shal smyte thee, and his staf he shal reren vp on thee in the weie of Egipt. Ȝit forsothe a litil while, and a litil, and shal be ful endid myn indigna|cioun and myn wodnesse vp on the hi|dous giltegiltes C. of hem. And the Lord of ostes shal reren `vp onvp H. it a scourge aftir the veniaunce of MadyanMadyanytes C. in the ston of Oreb, and his ȝerde vp on the se; and he shal reren it thein the E. weie of Egipt. And it shal be in that dai, shal be don awey his berthene fro thither C. shulder, and his ȝoc fro thi necke; and the ȝoc shal waxen al roten fro the face of oile. It shal come in Ayot, it shal passe in Magron, anentanentus E et alii. Magmas it shal commende his vesseles. Thei wenten a cours, Gaba oure seete, Rama `was stonyedbecam doumb C et E pr. m., Gaba of Saul fleiȝ. Neȝe with thi vois, thou doȝter of Ga|lyn; tac heed, Laisa, thou porelet A|nathot. Wente forth Medemena; ȝee dwelleris of Jebyn, taketh coumfort. Ȝit dai is, that in Nobe me stonde; he shal shake his hond vpon the mount of the doȝter of Sion, hil of Jerusalem. Lo! theOm. E pr. m. lordshepere, Lord of ostes, shal to|breke the litil wyn vessel in ferd, and the heeȝe men in stature shul ben hewe doun. And the ful heeȝe shul be lowed, and the thicke thingus of the wilde wode shul ben turned vpsodoun with iren; and Liban with heeȝe thing shall falle.

 CAP. XI.

And ther shal gon out a ȝerde fro the roote of Jesse, and a flour of his roote shal steȝen vp. And ther shal resten vp on hym the Spirit of the Lord, spirit of wisdam and of vnderstondyng, spirit of counseil and of strengthe, spirit of kun|nyng and of pite; and shal fulfille hymhem E pr. m. the spirit of drede of the Lord. Not aftir the seyng of eȝen he shal deme, ne after the heering of eres he shal vnder|nyme; but he shal deme in riȝtwisnesse pore men, and vndernymen in equyte, for the debonere of theOm. AE sec. m. GHK. erthe. And he shal smyte the erthe with the ȝerde of his mouth, and with the spirit of his mouthlippis AEGHK. he shal sle the vnpitous. And ther shal be riȝtwisnesse the litil girdil of his lendes, and feith the girdil of his reenes. TherAnd ther AE pr. m. GHK. shal dwelle the wlf with the lome, and the parde with the kide shal leyn; the calf, and the leoun, and the shep to|gidere shul dwelle, and a lytil child shal dryue them. The calf and the bere shul be fed togidere; ther shul resten the whelpus of hem, and a leoun as an oxe shal ete chaf. And the faunt, `or a soukande childeOm. CE pr. m., shal deliten of the tete vp on the hole of the eddere, and in the caue of the kokatrice that shal be taken awei fro sok, `or wenydOm. C et E pr. m. or wenyng C sec. m., he shal putte his hond. Thei shuln not noȝen, and thei shuln not sleyn in al myn hoeli mounteyn; for fulfild is the erthe of theOm. E sec. m. K. kunnyng of the Lord, as the watir of the se couerende. In that dai the roote of Jesse, that stantstondith AK. in to tocne of puples; hym Jentiles shuln louli preȝen, and shal be the sepulcre of hym glorious. And it shal be in that dai, the Lord the secunde tyme shal ley to his hond to welde the residue of his puple that shal be lafte, of the Assiries, and of Egipt, and of Fecros, and of Etheope, and of Elan, and of Sennar, and of Emath, and of theOm. GHK. islis of the se. And he shal reren a tocne in to naciouns, and gedere togidere the ferr floun of Irael; and the to-scateredscatered C sec. m. of Juda he shal gedere fro the foure coestes of theOm. AGH. erthe. And ther shal be taken awey the enuye of Effraym, and the enemys ofOm. AC. Juda shul pershe; Ef|fraym shal not enuyen Judam, and Juda shal not fiȝte aȝen Effraym. And thei shul flee in to the shuldres of FilisteysPhilisteym AEGHK., bi the se togidere thei shul robbe the sonus of the est; Ydume and Moab the heste of the hond of hem, and the sonus of Amon obeisaunt shul be. And the Lord shal make desolat the tunge of the se of Egipt, and he shal rere his hond vpon the flod in the strengthe of his spirit; and he shal smyte hym in seuene ryueres, so that thei passe thurȝ hym shod menOm. C et E pr. m.. And ther shal be a weye to my residue puple that shal be lafte, of the Assiries, as was to Irael, in the dai that he steȝede vp from the lond of Egipt.

 CAP. XII.

And thou shalt sei in that day, I shal knouleche to thee, Lord, for wroth thou art to me; turned is thi wodnesse, and thou coumfortedest mee. Loo! God my saueour, feithfulli I shal do, and not drede. For my strengthe andand my strengthe and E pr. m. my preis|ing the Lord, and he is mad to me in to helthe. Ȝee shul drawe watris in ioȝe of the welles of the saueour. And ȝee shul seyn in that dai, Knoulecheth to the Lord, and inwardly clepith his name; knowen make ȝee in puples the findingus of hym; hath mynde, for heeȝ is his name. Syngeth to the Lord, for gret doendely he dide; telleth out this in al theOm. AEGHK. erthe. Ful out ioȝe, and preise, thou dwelling of Sion; for gret in the myddel of thee the hoeli of Irael.

 CAP. XIII.

The charge of Babilon, that saȝ Isaie, the sone of Amos. Vp on a mysti moun|teyn rereth vp a tokne, and enhaunceth outOm. AEGHK. the vois; rereth the hond, and gon in to the ȝates the dukes. I comaundide to myn halewid men, and I clepede my stronge men in my wrathe, ful out ioȝ|ende in my glorie. The vois of the mul|titude in mounteynes, as of besy puples; the vois of the soun of kingus, and of Jentilis gedered to gidere. The Lord of ostes comaundide to the knyȝthod of the bataile, to the men comende fro the lond aferr. Fro the ouermost of heuene the Lord, and the vesseles of his wod|nessewrathe E pr. m., that he scatere al theOm. AEGHK. erthe. Ȝelleth, for neeȝ is the dai of the Lord; as wastite fro the Lord shal come. For that alle hondis shul be vnloosid, and eche herte of a man shal wane, `or faylenOm. C et E pr. m., and ben to-brosid. Tormentingus and sorewes thei shul holde; as wymmen trauailende ofwith AGH. child, thei shul sorewen. Eche to his neȝhebore shall stoneȝe; brent faces the cheeres of hem. Loo! the day of the Lord shal come, cruel, and of in|dignacioun ful, and of wrathe, and of wodnesse; to be put the erthe in to wil|dernesse, and his synneres to ben al to|brosid of it. For the sterres of heuene and the shynyng of hem shul not spreden out ther liȝt; al to-derkned is the sunne in his rising, and the moone shal not shynerise A. in his lyȝt. I shal visiten `vp on the eueles ofon the worldes eueles C pr. m. vp on the worldis euelis E pr. m. worlde, and aȝen the vn|pitouse the wickidnesseswickidnes AGHK. of them; and to resten I shal maken the pride of the vnfeithful men, and the proude haunc|yng of stronge men I shal meeken. More precious a fulfeithful AK sec. m. man shal be than gold, and a man than clene most shynende gold. Vp on this heuene I shal dis|turben, and shal be moued the erthe fro his place; forfro C. the indignacioun of the Lord of ostes, and for the dai of the wrathe of his wodnesse. And he shal ben as a foun fleende, and as a sheep, and ther shal not be that gedere; eche to his puple shal be turned, and a rowe to ther lond thei shul flee. Eche that were founde, shal be slayn; and eche that ouer shal come, shal falle in swerd. The fauntes of hem shul ben hurtlid doun in ther eȝen; to-broke doun shul be the houses of hem, and the wyues of them shul be defoulyd. Loo! I shal reren vp on hem Medos, that siluer sechen not, ne gold wiln; but with arwis the litle chil|der thei shul slen, and to the wombis ȝyuende souke thei shul not han mercy, and vp on the sones shal not spare the eȝe of hem. And that cite, Babilon, shal be glorious in rewmes, noble in pride of Chaldeis, turned, as God turned vp so doun Sodom and Gomorr. It shal not be dwellid vn to the ende, and shalit shal A. not be foundid vnto theOm. AGHK. ieneracioun and ie|neracioun; ne shalshal not K. sette there tentetentis EK. a man of Arab, ne shepperdes shul reste there. But shul reste there bestes, and shul be fulfild the houses of them with dragownes; and ther shul dwelle there ostriches, and wodewoses shul lepe there. And ther shul answern there ȝellende foules in the houses of it, and wengid edderes in wasshing maumet templis of foul delit.

 CAP. XIV.

Neeȝ is that come theOm. A. that GH. tyme of hym, and his daȝes shul not be longid; shal han rewthe forsothe the Lord of Jacob, and cheese ȝit of Irael, and to resten hemOm. E pr. m. he shal make vp on therthe AG pr. m. HK. erthe; `shala cumlinge shal E sec. m. be ioyned to aOm. AE sec. m. G pr. m. HK. comelingOm. E sec. m. a comeling shal be ioyned to C sec. m. to them, and cleue to the hous of Jacob. And shulnpuplis shul E sec. m. holden hem puplesOm. E sec. m., and bringe them in to ther place. And shal welden hem the hous of Irael vp on the lond of the Lord inand in C. to thralles and thrallesses; and thei shul be takende hem that hemOm. AG pr. m. HK. hadden taken, `and sugetenOm. C pr. m. ther `casteres outpleteres E pr. m. or wrong askers E sec. m. marg. casters out E tert. m.. And ther shal be in that dai, whan reste shal ȝyue to thee Godthe Lord A. frofor A. thi trauaile, and fro thin hurting, and fro thin harde seruage, that thou beforn seruedist, thou shalt take this parable aȝen the king of Babiloyne, and seyn, What manere cesede the `wronge askerpletere C et E pr. m., restede the tribute? The Lord to-brosede the staf of vnpitous men, the ȝerde of lordshipende men, betende puples in in|dignacioun, with an vnheleable plage, the sogetende in wodnes the folkes of kynde, and the pursuende cruelly. Togidere restede, and was stille al erthe; ioȝede, and ful out gladede. Fyrre trees also gladeden vp on thee, and the cedris of Liban; sithen thou sleptest, ther steȝede not vp that heeweheweth E sec. m. vs doun. Helle vn|dere thee is disturbid in to the aȝen comyng of thi comyng; it shal rere to thee ieauntes; alle the princes of the erthe ther risen fro ther setes, alle the princes of naciouns. Alle shuln answern, and seyn to thee, And thou art woundid as and wee, lic vs thou art mad. Drawe doun is to helle thi pride, he to-hewȝ thi careyn; vnder thee strouwed `shal beis E pr. m. a moȝte, and thi coueryngcoueryngis AG pr. m. HK. shal be wermes. Hou felle thou, Lucyfer, fro heuene, the whiche erli sprunge; thou felle in to the erthe, that woundedest the folkes of kynde. That seidest in thin herte, In to heuene I shal steȝen vpand A., vp on the sterres of heuene I shal enhaunce my see; I shal sitte in the hil of testament, in the sides of the north. I shal steȝen vp vp on the heiȝte of cloudis; lic I shal be to the heȝest. Nerthelatere to helle thou shalt be drawe doun, in to the depthe of the lake. That thee shul see, tothat to K. thee shul be bowid, and thee shuln aferr bihold. Whether this is the man, that disturbide the erthe, that smot to|gidere rewmes? that putte the world de|sert, and his grete cites distroȝede, toOm. E pr. m. his gyuede openede not the prisoun? Alle the kingus of Jentilis, eche slepten in glorie, eche in his hous. Thou for|sothe art cast aferr fro thi sepulcre, as a stoc vnprofitable, as with quyture de|foulid; and aboute wrappid with hem that ben slayn with swerd, and wenten doun to the foundement of the lake. As a stynkende careyn, thou shalt not han felashepe, ne with hem in biriyng thou shalt be, thou forsothe thi lond distroȝ|edist, thou the puple sloow; ether shal not be clepid into withoute ende the sed of theOm. AEGHK. werste men. `Greithe ȝeGreitheth C et E pr. m. hisOm. AE pr. m. GHK. sones to slaȝter, for the wickidnesse of ther fadris; thei shul not togidere risego K., ne eritagen the erthe, ne fulfille the face of the roundnesse of the cite. And I shal with rise vp on hem, seith the Lord of ostes, and I shal destroȝe Babyloynes name, and relikes, and progenye, and buriounyng, seith the Lord. I shal puttenot putten E pr. m. it in to the possessioun of an irchoun, and in to myres of watres; and I shal sweepen it in a besme, treding, seith the Lord of ostes. The Lord of ostus swoor, seiende, If not as I wende, so shal be, and hou in mynde I tretede, so shal come? That I al to-brose Assirie in my lond, in my mounteynes to-trede it; and ther shal be take awey fro hem his ȝok, and his berthene fro the shnlder of them shal be don awey. This theOm. E pr. m. counseyl that I thoȝte vpon al erthe, and this is the hond straȝt out vpon alle Jentiles. The Lord forsothe of ostes demede, and who shal moun vnfastnen? and his hond straȝt out, and who shal turne awey it? The charge of Filisteym. In the ȝer that diede king Achaz, don is this charge. Ne glade thou, alOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. eche al E sec. m. marg. al E tert. m. Filistee, foreche thou, for C pr. m. E pr. m. to-mynusht is the ȝerde of thi smytere; of the roote forsothe of the shadewe eddere shal gon out a kocatrice, and his sedOm. A. soupende awei a foul. And ther shul be fed the first goten of pore men, and pore men trostly shul resten; and to dien I shal make in hunger thi roote, and thi relikes I shal slen. Ȝelle, thou ȝate; crie, thou cite; throwe doun is eche Filiste; fro the north forsothe smoke shal come, and ther is not that flee out of his kumpanye. And what shal ben answerd to the messageres of the folc of kinde? for the Lord foundede Sion, and in hym shuln hopen the pore men of his puple.

 CAP. XV.

The charge of Moab. For inOm. E pr. m. nyȝt wastid is Ar, Moab heeld his pes; for inOm. E pr. m. the nyȝt wastid is the wal, Moab heeld his pes. Ther steȝede vp the hous, and Debon toin to E pr. m. heeȝe thingus, in to weil|ing; vpon Nabo, and vp on Medaba Moab shal ȝellen. In alle his hedys ballidnesse, and eche berd shal be shaue. In his thre weied places thei ben gird with a sac, vp on his rooues and in his stretes alalde E pr. m. weiling; he shal go doun in to wep|yng. Ther shal crie Esebon and Eleale, vn to Jasa herd is the vois of hem; vpon this the redi men of Moab shul ȝelle, his soule shal ȝelle to itself. Myn herte to Moab shal crien, his bareres vnto Segor, a sheOm. E pr. m. calf al throwende doun. Bi the steȝing vp forsothe of Luyth wepende he shal steȝen vp, and in the weie of Oro|naym the cri of contricioun thei shul rere. The watris forsothe of Nemrym shul ben desert; for driedethe erbe driede C et E sec. m. `the erbeOm. C et E sec. m., failedefagide E pr. m. the buriounyng, eche grenenesse diede. Aftir the mykilnesse of werk, and the visiting of hem, to the streme of withieswederes K sec. m. thei shul leden hem. For `cri cumpasidether cumpaside cri C pr. m. E pr. m. the terme of Moab; vnto Ga|lym his ȝelling, and vnto the pit of Elym his cry. For the watris of Dibon ben fulfild with blod; forsothe I shal putte vpon Dibon ecchingus, to them that shul fleen of Moab a leoun, and to the relikis of the lond.

 CAP. XVI.

Send out, `Lord, the lombthe lomb, thou Lord, the E pr. m., lordshipere of the erthe, fro the ston of desert to the mount of the doȝter of Sion. And he shal ben as a brid fleende, and ȝunge briddes fro the nest fleende to, so shul be the doȝtris of Moab in the ouersteȝ|yng of Arnon. Go inOm. E pr. m. counseil, con|streyne counseil; put as nyȝt thi sha|dewe in mydday, hide thou the men fleende, and the vagaunt ne betraȝe thou. Ther shul dwelle anent thee my ferr fugityues. Moab, be thou the lurkyng place of hem fro the face of the wastere. Endid is forsothe the pouder, ful endid is the wrecche; failide that to-trad the lond. And ther shal be befor mad redy in mercy the see, and he shal sitte vpon it in treuthe, in the tabernacle of Dauid, demende, and sechende dom, and swiftli ȝeldende that is riȝtwis. Wee han herd the pride of Moab, proud he is gretli; hisand the E pr. m. pride, and the proude enhauncing of hym, and also his indignacioun more than his strengthe. Therfore shall ȝelle Moab to Moab, al shal ȝelle to hem that gladen vp on the walles of anelid tyil; speketh ther veniaunces. For the sub|urbes of Esebon ben desert, and the vyneȝerdvyne C pr. m. E pr. m. of Sabama. The lordis of Jen|tiles hewen doun his scourges; vnto Ja|ser thei ful camen, thei errede in desert. His railing braunches ben forsaken, thei passeden the se. Vp on this I shal weepen in wepyng Jaser, and theOm. GH. vyne|ȝerdvyne C pr. m. E pr. m. of Sabama. I shal drunkne thee with my tere, Esebon and Eleale, for vp on thi vyntage, and vp on thi rep the vois of men tredende fel on. And ther shal be don awey gladnesse and ful out ioȝing fro Carmel; and in vyneȝerdisvynes C pr. m. E pr. m. he shal not ful out ioȝen, ne inwardli ioȝen. Wyn in the presse he shal not trede, that to treden was wontOm. E pr. m.; the vois of the trederes I toc awey. Vp on this my wombe to Moab as an harpe shal sounen, and my boweles to the wal of the anelid tyl. And it shal be, whan he shal apere, that trauailede Moab vp on his heeȝe thingus, he shal go in to his hoeli places, that he inwardly beseche, and he shal not moun. This the wrd that the Lord spac to Moab fro thennys. And now spac the Lord, seiende, In thre ȝerȝeeris, ȝeeris AG pr. m. as `the ȝeresOm. AG pr. m. HK. of an hirid man, shal be don awei the glorie of Moab vpon eche mychefele C pr. m. E pr. m. puple; and ther shal be lafte in it as a litil branch ofOm. A. a cluster of grapes, and fewe, not fele.

 CAP. XVII.

The charge of Damasch. Lo! Damasch shal cesen to ben a cite, and it shal be as an hypil of stones in falling. The for|saken citees of Aroer to flockes shul be; and thei shul resten there, and ther shal not be that afere awey. And ther shal cesen helpe fro Effraym, and rewme fro Damasch; and the relikes of Cirie as the glorie of the sonus of Irael shul be, seith the Lord of ostus. And it shal be, in that day shal be maad thynne the glorie of Jacob, and the fatnes of his flesh shal become welewid awey. And he shal be as the gederere in rip that is laft, and his arm eres shal gedere, and he shal be as sechende eres in the valey of Rafaym. And ther shal ben laft in it as the braunche of a cluster, and as the shaking out of the oile berie, as of two or of thre olyues in the cop of the braunch, or of foure or of fyue; in the coppis of it his frutes, seith the Lord God of Irael. In that dai shal ben bowid a man to his makere, and his eȝen to the hoeli of Irael shul beholden. And he shal not be bowid to the auteres, that his hondis maden, and that his fyngris ywrouȝtenwrouȝten AC pr. m. EGHK.; he shal not biholden maumet wodes, and the wasshing templis. In that dai the citees of his strengthe shul be forsaken as plowes, andin C. the tilthis that ben laft fro the face of the sonus of Irael; and thou shalt ben desert. For thou forȝete of the God, thi saueour, and of thethi C. stronge, thin helpere, thou art not recordid; therfor thou shalt plaunten a feithful plaunting, and alien burioun|yng thou shalt sowen. In the dai of thi plaunting bareyne vynes, and erli thi sed shal flouren; don awei is the rip in the dai of eritage, and he shal weilen greu|ously. Wo to the multitude of many puples, as the multitude of the se sound|ende, and the nois of cumpanyes as the soun of manye watriswatris flowende C pr. m.. `Puplis schulen sownen as the sown of flowyng watrisOm. C pr. m., and he shal blame it; and aferr it shal flee, and it shal be raueshid as the pou|der of mounteynes fro the face of the wynd, and as a whirlewynd bifor theOm. AEGHK. tempest. In tyme ofOm. E pr. m. euen, and lo! dis|turbing; in the morutid, and he shal not stonde stille. This is the part of hem that wasteden vs, and the lot of men to|brekende vs.

 CAP. XVIII.

Wo to the lond, cymbal of weengus, that is beȝunde the flod of Etheope; that sendeth in the se messageres, and in resshi vesseles vp on watris. Goth, ȝee swift aungeles, to the folc al to-pullid and torn; to a ferful puple, after whyche is not an other; folc abidende and to|troden, whos flodes rauesheden awei his lond; to the mount of the name of the Lord of ostus, mount of Sion. Alle ȝeethe E pr. m. dwelleris of the world, that dwellen in erthe, whan shal ben rered vp a tokne in mounteynes, ȝee shuln seen, and the noise of the trumpe ȝee shul heren. For these thingus seith the Lord to me, I shal resten, and beholden in my place, as the mydday liȝt is cleer, and as the cloude of dew in the day of rip. Bifor rip forsothe al flourede out, and vnriyp perfeccioun buriownede; and ther shul ben hewe doun the litle braunches of it with sithis, and that weren laft, shul be kut awey. Thei shul ben shaken out, and forsaken to|gidere toin to K sec. m. the briddes of mounteynes, and to the bestes of erthe; and in euere|lastende somer shul ben vpOm. AGHK. on hym foules, and alle theOm. AEGHK. bestes of erthe vp on hym shul dwelle al wynter. In that tyme shal be broȝt ȝifte to the Lord of ostes, fro the puple to-pullid and to-torn; fro the ferfulfeithful C pr. m. puple, after whom was not an other; fro the folc abidende and to-troden, whos flodus rauesheden awei his lond; to the place of the name of the Lord of ostus, mount of Sion.

 CAP. XIX.

The charge of Egipt. Lo! the Lord shal steȝe vp vp on a liȝt cloude, and gon in to Egipt; and therOm. A. shul be moued theOm. AGHK. symulacris of Egipt fro the face of hym, and the herte of Egipt shal wane in the myddel of hym. And to meete togidere I shal make Egipcienus aȝen Egipcienus, and fiȝte shal a man aȝen his brother, and a man aȝen his frend, cite aȝen cite, and reume aȝen reume. And to-broken shal be the spirit of Egipt in his boweles, and his counseil I shall stumble doun; and thei shul aske ther symulacris, and ther deuynoures, and ther deuel cleperes, and ther deuel sacrifieres. And I shal take Egipt in to the hond of cruel lordis, and a strong king shal lordshipen of hem, seith the Lord God of ostes. And the water shal waxe drie fro the se, and the flod shal be desolat, and dried. And faile shul the flodes, and thynned and dried shul be the ryueres of water hepes; the reed and the resshe shal welewen. Nakened shal be the flod wombe, and theher A. ryueres fro ther welle; andOm. C. ofOm. E pr. m. `eche sowende the watri placealle moiste seed E pr. m. shal be dried, and welewen, and it shal not be. AndOm. AGHK. mowrnesorewe dreden C et E pr. m. shul the fissheres, and weilen alle into the flod puttende the angil hoc; and spredende out the net vpon the face of watris, shul waxe feble. And confoundidconfoundyn AGHK. shul ben, that wroȝten flax, plattende and weuende sotile thingus. And ther shul ben his `watri placismoiste thyngus C et E pr. m. dri|ende; alle that maden pondis to be caȝt fisshes. Fooles the princes of Thaneos, wise counseileres of Farao ȝeeuen vnwys counseil; what maner shul ȝee seyn to Farao, IOm. E pr. m. the sone of wise men, theI the E pr. m. sone of olde kingys? Where now ben thi wise men? `Telle theiThei shul telle E pr. m. to thee, and shewe, what thoȝte the Lord of ostus vp on Egipt. Fooles ben mad the princes of Thaneos; gretli languyssheden the princes of Memfeos; begileden Egipt, the corneraungeles C et E pr. m. of his puples. The Lord mengde in his myddel the spirit of turnegidy; and to erren thei maden Egipt in al his werk, as erreth a drunke man and a vo|mende. And ther shal not be to Egipt werkenede C et E pr. m., that it make hed and tail in boowing and refreynyng. In that dai Egipt shal be as wymmen, and thei shul stoneȝen, and dreden fro the face of the stering togidere of the hond of the Lord of ostes, that he mouede vp on it. And shal be the lond of Juda to Egipt in to inward ferd; eche that of it recordede, shal inwardly dreden fro the face of the counseil of the Lord of ostes, that he thoȝte vp on it. In that dai shul be fyue citees in the lond of Egipt, spekende Ca|naneCanaan AGHK. tunge, and swerende bi the Lord of ostes; the cyte of the sunne shal ben clepid oon. In that day shal ben the auter of the Lord in the myddel of the lond off Egipt, and the title of the Lord biside his terme; and thei shul be in to tocne and to witnessing to the Lord of ostes, in the lond of Egipt. They shul crien to the Lord fro the face of the trublere, and he shal sende to them a saueour, and a forfiȝtere, that delyuere them. And the Lord shal ben knowen of Egipt, and knowen shuln the Egip|cienus the Lord in that day; and thei shul herien hym in ostes and ȝiftes, and thei shul vouwe vouwes to the Lord, and ȝeeldethei shul ȝelden E pr. m.. And smyte shal the Lord Egipt with a veniaunce, and helen it; and turnen aȝeen shuln the Egipcienus to the Lord, and he shal be plesid to them, and helen hem. In that day shal ben a weie froin to E pr. m. Egipt `in tofro E pr. m. Assiries, and seruen shul theOm. A. Egipcienus to Assur; and entren shal Assirie Egiptin to Egipt G sec. m. K sec. m., and Egipt in to As|siries. In that day shal ben Irael the thridde toof A. Egipt and to Assirie, blessing in the middel of the erthe; to whom blissede the Lord of ostus, seiende, Bliss|id my puple of Egipt, and the werk of myn hondis to Assirie; be forsothe myn eritage Israel.

 CAP. XX.

In the ȝer that Tharthan wente into Assote, whan hadde sent hym Sargon, king of Assiries, and hadde fooȝte aȝen Asote, and hadde taken it; in that tyme spac the Lord in the hond of Isaie, sone of Amos, seiende, Go, and loosnevnbynde E sec. m. marg. AGHK. the sac froof A. thi leendis, and the shon tak fro thi feet. And he dide so, goende `nakid and vnshodOm. E pr. m.. And the Lord seide, As wente my seruaunt Isaie nakid and vnshod, of thre ȝeer tocne and wnder shal ben vp on Egipt, and vp on Ethiope; so dryuenOm. C sec. m. AGHK. threten E sec. m. marg. shal the king off Assiries the caitifte of Egipt, and the transmygracioun of Etheope, ȝung and old, nakid womman and vn|shod, discouered the ersis, toOm. E pr. m. the shen|shepe of Egipt. And thei shul drede, and ben confoundid of Etheope, `ther hopebi ther fairnesse E pr. m., and of Egipt, ther glorie. And the dwellere of that yle shal seyn in that day, Whether this was oure hope, to whom wee floun in to helpe, that thei shulden delyueren vs fro the face of the king of Assiries; and what maner shul we moun scapen?

 CAP. XXI.

The charge of the desert se. As whirlewyndus fro Affrich comen, fro theOm. AEGHK. desert cam, fro the orrible lond. An hard viseoun told is to me; that vnleeuende is, vnfeithfully dothshal E pr. vice.; and heOm. C et E pr. m. that he K. that `is dis|troȝeredistroȝere is C pr. m. E pr. m., wasteth. Steeȝh vp, Elam, and bisege, Medeba; al his weilyng I made to cesen. Therfore ben fulfild my lendys with sorewe; anguysh weldide me, as anguysh of the trauailende with child; I fel doun, whan I herde; I am disturbid, whan I saȝ. Myche languysshede myn herte, dercnesses stoneid maden me; Ba|bilon, my looued, put is to me `in toin A. myracle. Sett the bord, bihold inin to C pr. m. a toothil; etende and drinkende riseth, ȝee princes, taketh to the terget. These thingus forsothe seideseith AK. Om. G pr. m. H. the Lord to me, Go, and put a tootere; and what euere thing he shal see, telle he. And he saȝ a char of two horse men, a steȝere ofvp GHK. vp vpon A. an asse, and a steȝere vp of a camayle; and he beheeld bisily byOm. AGHK. myche looking, and he criede as a leoun, Vp on the toothil of the Lord I am stondende contynuelly bi day, and vp on my warde I am stond|ende alle nyȝtus. Lo! this cam, a man steȝere of the carte of horse men. And he answerde, and seide, Is falle, is falle Babilon; and allealle his E pr. m. grauen thingus of hys godus ben to-brosid in to the erthe. MyWith E pr. m. thressing, and the doȝter of my cornflor, the thingus that I herde of the Lord of ostes, God of Irael, IOm. E pr. m. tolde to ȝou. The charge of Duma. To me he crieth fro Seir, O! kepere, what of the nyȝt? O! kepere, what of the nyȝt? The kepere seide, Ther cometh morutid, and nyȝt; if ȝee sechen, secheth, and beth conuertid, and cometh. The charge in Araby. In the wilde wode at euen ȝee shul slepen, in the sties of Dodanym. Aȝencomende to the thristi berth water, that dwellen thein the K. lond of the south; with loeues aȝen|cometh to the fleende. Fro the face for|sotheOm. A. of swerdes thei fledden, fro the face of the swerd stondende on, fro the face of the bowe bend, fro the face of the greuous bataile. For these thingus seith the Lord to me, Ȝit in o ȝer, as in the ȝer of an hirid man, and ther shal ben take awey al the glorie of Cedar. And the relikis of the noumbre of the stronge archeres fro the sonus of Cedar shul be mynusht; the Lord forsothe, God of Is|rael, spac.

 CAP. XXII.

The charge of the valey of viseounthe visioun AEGHK.. What forsothe andOm. C et E pr. m. to thee isforsothe is E pr. m., for thouOm. K. steȝedist vp, and thou alOm. C et E pr. m. in to the rooues, ful of cry, myche vsid cite, cite ful out ioȝende? thi slayne not slaynOm. CE. with swerd, ne `thi deadeOm. E pr. m. deadenot dead K. in batayle. Alle thi princes floun togidere, and harde ben bounde; alle that ben founde, ben bounde togidere, aferr floun. Therfore I seide, Goth awei fro me, bitterli I shal weepe; wileth not ben bisy, that ȝee coumforte me vp on the wastite of the doȝter of my puple. Dai forsothe of slaȝ|ter, and of to-treding, and of wepingus, fro the Lord God of ostes, in the valey of viseoun; serching the wal, and `the gret doyngmagnefied E pr. m. vp on the mounteyn. And Elam toc ana E pr. m. arewe caas, and the char of an hors man; and the target naknidenakinde C. nakide E pr. m. the wal. And chosen shul be thi valeis ful of foure horsid carres; and knyȝtes shul sette ther setes in the ȝate. And dis|coueryd shal be the coueryngcitees A. of Jude; and thou shalt seen in that dai the ar|mourie place of the `house of theOm. C pr. m. wilde wode; and the cliftus of the cite of Da|uid ȝee shul see, for thei ben multeplied. And ȝee han gedered the watris of the nethere pondfishpond C pr. m., `or sisterneOm. C et E pr. m., and the houseshows AGHK. of Jerusalem ȝee han noumbred, and ȝee han distroȝed the housis, to strengthe the wal; and a lake ȝee han mad betwebetwen C et alii. bitwixe A. two walles, and the watyr of the olde fishpondcysterne E sec. m. marg. AGHK., or systerneOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK.; and ȝee beheelden not toOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. hym, that hadde mad it, and his werkerewerk A. fro aferre ȝee seȝen not. And the Lord God of ostus clepede in that dai to weping, and to weiling, and to ballidnesse, and to girding of aOm. AEGHK. sac; and lo! ioȝe and gladnesse to slen calues, to kutte wethereswedre AGHK. throtes, to ete flesh, and to drinke wyn; ete wee, and drinke wee, to moru forsothe wee shul dien. And opened is in myn eres the vois of the Lord of ostes, Ther shal not be forȝyue this wickidnesse to ȝou, tofor K. the tyme that ȝee die, seith the Lord God of ostus. These thingus seith the Lord God of ostus, Go, and weend in to hym that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobnam, prouost of the temple; and thou shalt sey to hym, What thou heer, or asOm. A. who heer? for thou heewe out to thee heer a sepulcre, thouthat E pr. m. heewe in an heeȝ, a memorial bisily in a ston a tabernacle to thee. Lo! the Lord shal make thee to ben born awei, as is born awei a ca|poun, and as an amyse, so he shal vnder reren thee. Crounende he shal crowne thee with tribulacioun; as a bal he shal sende thee in to a brod lond and spa|ciousa spaciouse G pr. m. HK.; there thou shalt dien, and there shal be the char of thi glorie, and the shenshipe of the hous of thi Lord. And I shal putte thee out fro thi stonding, and fro thi seruyse I shal depose thee. And it shal be, in that dai I shal clepe my seruaunt Eleachym, the sone of El|chie; and clothin hym with thi coete, and with thi girdil Iand Y A. and GH. Om. K. shal coumforten hym, andin H. thi power I shal ȝyue in to his hondus; and he shal ben as a fader to men dwellende Jerusalemin Jerusalem AK sec. m., and to the hous of Juda. And I shal ȝyue the keȝe of the hous of Dauid vp on his shulder; and he shal openen, and ther shal not be that close; and he shal closen, and ther shal not be that opene. And I shal ficchen hym as a stake in the `feithful placeplace of feithful men E pr. m., and he shal be in to the see of glorie of the hous of his fader. And I shal hangen vp on hym al the glorie of the hous of his fader, off vesseles dyuers kindis, eche litil vessel, fro the vesseles of wyn chalices vnto alle vessel of musikes. In that dai, seith the Lord of ostes, ther shal ben taken awey the stake that was ficchid in a feithful place, and be to|broken, and fallen; andthat and E pr. m. pershe shal that that he hadde hangyd in it, for the Lord spac.

 CAP. XXIII.

The charge of Tyry. Ȝelleth, ȝee shippes of the se, for wastid is the hous, whennus toOm. E pr. m. comen `thei werenhe was E pr. m. wont; fro the lond of Sethym it is opened to them. Beth stylle, ȝee that dwellen in the ile, the chaffaring of Sidon; the men seilende ouer the se fulfilden thee with manye watris; the sed of Nyli, the rip of the flod his frutes, and mad is the chaffare of Jentiles. Ashame thou, Sidon, seith the se, the strengthe of the se, seiende, I trauailide not with child, and bar not, and nurshede not out ȝung childer, ne to fulthe ful A. waxing broȝte forth maidenes. Whan herd it shal be in Egipt, thei shuln so|rewen, whan thei shulnOm. E pr. m. heren of Tiro. Passeth the ses; ȝelleth, that dwellen in the ile. Whether not this ȝoure is, that gloriede fro the rathere daȝes in his eelde? leden shuln it aferr hir feet to pilgrym|agen. Who thoȝte this vp on Tirun sum tyme crouned, whos nededoeres princes, his marchaundus noble men of the erthe? The Lord of ostes thoȝte this, that he drawe doun the pride of alle glorie, and to shenshipe bringe doun alle the noble men of erthe. Passe ouer thi lond as the flod, thou doȝter of the se; ther is no more girdil to thee. His hond ouer the se he `strecchide, and disturbedeshal strecchen and disturben CE pr. m. reumes. The Lord sente aȝen Canaan, that he to|trede his stronge men; and seidehe seide A., Thou shalt no mor leyn to, that thou glorie, chalengis sustenende, thou maden doȝ|ter of SidonSion C.. In Sichym risende ouer|seile thouOm. C.; there forsothe shal not ben reste to thee. Lo! the lond of Caldeis such a puple was not; Assur foundide it; in to caitifte thei ouerladden the stalwrthe men of it; thei vnderdoluen his houses, thei putten it in to falling. Ȝelleth, ȝee shipes of the se, for doun wastid is ȝoure strengthe. And it shal be, in that dai in forȝeting thou shalt be, O! Tire, seuenti ȝer, as the daȝes of o king; afterand after K. seuenti ȝer forsothe toOm. E pr. m. Tiro shal be as a song of a strumpet. Tac harpe, go aboute the cite, thou strumpet, to forȝeting taken; weel syng, ofte vse song, that mynde of thee be. And it shal be, after seuenti ȝer, the Lord shal visite Tirum, and bringen it aȝeen to his meedes; and eftof it K. it shal ben, whan it shal do fornyca|cioun with alle the reumes of the erthe, vp on the face of the erthe. And his nede doyngus and his meedus shuln ben halewid to the Lord; thei shuln not ben hidconfoundid E pr. m., ne leid vp; for to them that dwell|ede bifor the Lord shal be his nede do|yng, that thei ete into fulnesse, and be cladclothid AEGHK. vn to oldnesse.

 CAP. XXIV.

Loo! the Lord shal nakenen the erthe, and scateren it, and tormenten his face, and distroȝen his dwelleris. And ther shal be, as the puple, so the prest; and as the seruaunt, so histhe AGHK. lord; as the hand woman, so hir lady; as the biere, so he that sillith; as the vsurer, so he that taketh borewing; as he that aȝeen asketh, so he that owithborewith C pr. m.. Bi scateryng shal be sca|tered the lond, and bi robbing shal be robbid; the Lord forsothe spac this wrd. Weilede and doun flowede the erthe, and it is feblid; flowede doun the world, feblid is the heiȝte of the puple of the lond, and the lond is slayn of his dwell|eris. For thei ouerpasseden the lawes, chaungeden the riȝt, scatereden the euere durende bond. For that cursing shal de|uoure the lond, and synnen shuln his dwelleris; andOm. E pr. m. therfore waxen woode shul his tilieres, and ther shul be lafte fewe men. Weilede the vyndage, feblid is the vyne; inwardli weileden alle that gladeden in herte. Cesede the ioȝe of tymbris, restide the soun of men glad|ende; al stille was the swetnesse of the harpe. With song thei shul not drinke wyn; bitter shal be the drinke to men drinkende it. Al defouled is the cite of vanyte; closid is eche hous, no man en|trende. Cry shal ben vp on the wyn in the stretes, desert is alle gladnesse, trans|latid is the ioȝe of the lond. Laft is in the huge cite wildernesse, and wrecchid|nesse shal opressen the ȝates. For these thingus shul be in the myddel of the lond, in the myddel of puples, what maner if fewe oile beries that lefen ben shaken out of the olyue tree, and cluster braunches, whan were endid the vyndage. These shul reren vp ther vois, and preisen, whan shal be glorified the Lord; thei shul neȝen fro the se. For that in tech|ingus glorifieth the Lord; in iles of the se, the name of the Lord God of Irael. Fro the endes of the erthe preisinguspreisynge A. wee han herd, the glorie of the riȝtwis. And I seide, My priue thing to me, my priue thing toOm. E pr. m. me. `Wo to meOm. C pr. m., the lawe breking thei breeken, and in lawe breking of the ouer don thingus thei breeken the lawe. Ferd, and dich, and grene vp on thee, that dwellere art of the erthe. And it shal be, he that shal flee fro the face of dredethe drede AEGHK., shal falle in to the dich; and he that taketh hymself outOm. A. of the dich, shal be holden with the grene; for the gooteres fro heȝe thyngus ben opened, and smyte togidere shul ben the foundemens of the erthe. With to|breking shal ben to-broken the erthe, with to-brosing shal be to-brosid the lond, with to-stering shal be to-stired the erthe, with shaking shal be `to-shakenshaken AC pr. m. the erthe, as a drunken man. And it shal be don awey, as the tabernacle of o nyȝt, and greuen it shal his wickidnessewickenesse E.; and it shal falle, and it shal not leyn to, that it rise aȝeen. And it shal be, in that dai visiteareren E pr. m. shal the Lord vp on the knyȝt|hod ofin E pr. m. heuene inOm. E pr. m. heȝ, and vp on the kingus of the lond, that ben vp on erthe. And thei shul ben gedered togidere in the gederyng togidere of a bundel in to the lake, and thei shul ben closid there in prisoun; and aftir many daȝes thei shul be visitid. And the moone shal shamen, and confoundid shal be the sunne, whan shal regne the Lord of ostes in the hil of Sion, and in Jerusa|lem; and in the siȝt of ther olde men he shal ben glorified.

 CAP. XXV.

Lord, my God thou art, I shal en|haunce thee, and I shal knouleche to thi name; for thou hast do merueilous thingus, olde feithful thoȝtus. Amen. For thou hast set the cite in to noysea mynde ston hipil C et E pr. m., the huge stronge cite in to falling, the hous of alienes, that it be not cite, and in to euermor it shal not ben bildbildid A. vp. Vp on this shal preise thee a strong puple, the cite of stalwrth folc of kinde shal drede thee. For thou art mad strengthe to the pore, strengthe to the helpeles in his tribulacioun, hope fro the whirlewynd, a shadewe hilet fro hete; the spirit for|sothe of stalwrthe men as a whirlewind puttende doun a wal. As with hete in thrist, the noise of alienes thou shalt meken; and as with hete vnder the cloude feerly brennende, the braunches of stronge men thou shalt make to welewyn. And the Lord of ostes shal make to alle pu|ples in this hil a feste of fatte bestes, a feste of vyndage of merewi fatte thingus, of vyndage most pure. And he shal stumble doun in this hilhiȝ E pr. m. the face of the bond, bounde togidere vp on alle puplesthe peplis K., and the web that `he hathit C pr. m. E pr. m. weuede vp on alle nacyouns. He shal stumble doun dethOm. E pr. m. in to euere lasting, anddeth and E pr. m. don awei shal the Lord God eche tere fro alle face; and the repref of his puple he shal don awey fro al erthe; for the Lord spac. And they shul sey in that day, Lo! the Lord oure God this; wee han abiden hym, and he shal sauen vs; this the Lord; wee han suffrydsustened C pr. m. hym, and wee shul ful out ioȝen, and gladen in his helthe ȝyuere. For the hond of the Lord shal reste in this hil, and threschidwynewid C et E pr. m. shal ben Moab vnder hym, as ben to-treden strawes in a wayn. And he shal strecchen out his hondis vnder hym, as a swymmere streccheth out to swymmen; and he shal meeken his glorie with the `hurling tohurlynge A. hurtlynge K. of his hondis. And the forsemens, `or strengthisOm. C et E pr. m., of thin heȝe walles shul to|gidere falle, and be lowid, and drawen un to the erthe, vnto poudere.

 CAP. XXVI.

In that day shal ben sungen this song in the lond of Juda. The huge cite of oure strengthegrete strengthe C pr. m. Sion; a saueour shal be set in it, the wal and the bifor walling. Openeth the ȝates, and ther shal go in a riȝtwis folcfolc of kinde E pr. m., kepende treuthe. The olde errour ȝide awei; thou shalt kepe pes, pesOm. AK sec. m., for in `thee, Lordthe Lord C., wee han hopid. Ȝee han hopid in the Lord, fro theOm. K. euere lastende worldus, in the Lord God, strong in to withoute ende. For he shal in|bowe the dwelleris in heiȝte, the heȝe cite he shal meekenmeken it K.; he shal meke it vn to the erthe, drawen it doun in to pouder. To-trede it shal the foote of the pore, the goyngus of helpeles men. The sty of the riȝtwis is euene, euene the path of the riȝtwis to gon. And in the sty of thi domes, Lord, wee han sustened thee; thi name, and thi mynde, in desyr of soule. My soule shal desire thee in nyȝt, but and with my spirit in myn herte in|ward thingus; fro erly I shal wakemaken K. to thee. Whan thou shalt don thi domes in the erthe, riȝtwisnesse shul lernen alle the dwelleris of the world. Haue wee mercy to the vnpitouse, and he shal not lerne to do riȝtwisnesse; in the lond of halewis wicke thingus he dide, and he shal not see the glorie of the Lord. Lord, be enhauncid thin hond, that thei seeOm. E sec. m. not; see and be confoundid the en|uyendeenuyying see E sec. m. puples, and fyr thin enemys de|uoure. Lord, thou shalt ȝyuen pes to vs, alle forsothe oure werkes thou wroȝtist inOm. K. vs. Lord oure God, lordis weldeden vs, with oute thee; only in thee recorde wee of thi name. Diende lyue thei not, and ieauntis ryse thei not aȝeen. Ther|fore thou hast visityd, and to-brosedest hem, and lost al the mynde of them; and thou hast forȝyue to the fol of kinde, Lord, thou hast forȝoue to the folc of kynde. Whether glorified thou art? thou hast `drawen alonglongid out C et E pr. m. alle the termes of the erthe. Lord, in anguysh thei soȝten thee; in tribulacioun of grucching thi lore to them. As she that conceyuede, whan she shulde neȝhe to the trauailing of child, sorewende criethshe crieth AEGHK. in hir sorewes, so weethei E pr. m. ben maad fro thi face, Lord. Wee han conceyued, and as wee han born, and broȝte forth the spirit of helthe; riȝtwisnesse wee han not don in erthe, therfore fellen not the dwelleris of the erthe. Lyuen shul thi deade, mythin AC pr. m. K sec. m. thi E pr. m. slayne men shuln aȝeen rise. Beth wakid, and preiseth, ȝee that dwellen in pouder; for the dew of liȝt thi dew, and the lond of ieauntus thou shalt drawe doun in to falling. Go, my puplepuple with me E pr. m., entre in to thi bed places, close thi dores vp on thee, be hid a litil while, to the tyme that passe mynOm. E pr. m. indignacioun. Lo! forsothe the Lord shal go out fro his hoely place, that he visite the wickidnessewickenesse E. of the dwell|ere of the erthe aȝen hym; and the erthe shal opene his blod, and shal no more koueren his slayn men.

 CAP. XXVII.

In that dai viseten shal the Lord in his harde swerd, and gret, and strong, vp on leuyathan, an eddere, aand AGHK. leuour, and vp on leuyathan, aOm. E pr. m. crookid wounde serpentOm. E pr. m.; and he shal sle the whal, that is in the se. In that day the vyneȝerdvyne C et E pr. m. of good cleer wyn shal synge to hym. I the Lord that kepe it, feerli shal heelden out to it, lest par auenture it be visitid aȝen it; nyȝt and dai I kepe it, indigna|cioun is not to me. Who shal ȝyue me a thorne, and a brere? In bataile I shal go vp on it, I shal brennen it togidere. Or more I shal holde my strengthe? He shal do pes to me, pes he shal don to me. Who shal go out with bure fro Jacob? Flouren and burioune shal Irael, and they shul fulfille the face of the world with sed. Whether after the plage of the smytende hymself he smot hym? or as he slooȝ the slayne men of hym, so he is slayn? In mesure aȝen mesure, whan leid to it shal be, he shal deme it; he bithoȝte in his harde spirit, by the day of hete. Therfor vp on this shal ben forȝouen wickidnesse tovpon E pr. m. the hous of Jacob, and this al the frute, that be don awei his synne, whan he shal leyn alle the stones of the auter as thehe K. hurtlid stones of askesasshen A. asken EGH.. Stonde shul not the maumet wodes, and the maumet wasshing temples. Forsothe the strengthid cite shal be desolat, the faire shal ben forsake, and lafte as desert; therewher E pr. m. shal be fed the calf, and there shal he lyn, and waste the ouermostes of it. In the droȝte of his rip to-treden shul ben wymmen, comende and techende it. Forsothe ther is not the puple wys, ther|fore shalhe schal AG sec. m. K sec. m. not han mercy of it, that made it; and thathe that A. foormede it, shal not spare to it. And it shal be, in that dai shal the Lord smyte, fro the wombe of the flod vnto the strem of Egipt; and ȝee shul be gedered togidere oon and oon, ȝee sonus of Irael. And it shal be, in that dai shal be trumpid in a gret trumpe, and ther shul comen that weren lost, fro the lond of Assiries, and that weren cast awei, fro the lond of Egipt; and thei shul honouren the Lord, in the hoeli hil inof AGHK. Jerusalem.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Wo to the crowne of pride, to the drunke men of Effraym, and to the flour fallende doun of the glorie of his ful out ioȝyng, that weren into A. the cop of the valei most fat, errende of wyn. Lo! the stalwrthe and the stronge Lord, as the bure of hail, the tempest al brekende, as the bure of manye flowende watris, and sentthe sent E pr. m. out vp on the spaciouse erthe. With feet shal be to-tredeto-troden E. the croune of pride of the drunke men of Effraym, and the flour shal be doun fallende of the glorie of his ful out ioȝing, that is vp on the cop of the valei of fatte thingus, as the biforn rijp frute bifor the rijpnesse of heruest; the whiche thing whan shal be|holde the seere, anoon as with hond he shal holden, he shal deuoure it. In that dai shal be the Lord of ostes the croune of glorie, and the garlond of fulthe ful A. out ioȝing, to the residue of his puple; and the spirit of dom to the sittere vp on the trone, and strengthe to ther men turn|ende aȝeen fro the bataile to the ȝate. `These also for wynForsothe thise also first E pr. m. knewen not treutheOm. E pr. m., and for drunkenesse thei erreden; preest and profete knewen not for drunkenesse; thei ben sopen awei ofwith A. wyn, thei err|eden in drunkenesse; thei knewe not the seere, thei vnknewe dom. Alle forsothe boordis ben fulfild with theOm. AGHK. vomevomes C pr. m. andof E pr. m. filthis, so that ther were no more place. Whom shal he teche kunnyng, and whom to vnderstonde shal he make the her|yng? The wened from mylc, the put awei fro tetes. For send, eftand eft E pr. m. send; send, eftand eft E pr. m. send; abyd, eftand eft E pr. m. byde; abijd, eftand eft E pr. m. bijd; litil there, litil there. In the speche for|sothe of the lippe, and in an othir tunge shal ben spoke to this puple, to whom he seide, This is my reste; releeueth the wery, and that is my refreshing; and thei wolden not heren. And ther shal be to them the wrd of the Lord, Send, eft send; send, eft send; abijd, eft bijdabijd E sec. m. abyde AGHK.; abijd, eft bijdabijd E sec. m. abyde AGHK.; litil there, litil there; that thei go, and falle bacward, and be to-brosid, and gnared, and taken. For that hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee menOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. gileris, that lordshipen vp on my puple that is in Jerusalem. Ȝee seiden forsothe, Wee han smyte pes bond with deth, and with helle wee han maad co|uenaunt; scourge flowend whan shal passe, shal not come vp on vs, for wee han set lesyng oure hope, and with les|yng we ben couered. Therfor these thyngus seith the Lord GodOm. K., Lo! I shal senden in the foundemens of Sion a cor|ner ston precious, proued, in the founde|ment foundid; who shal beleeuen, heeȝe he not. And I shal putte in peis dom, and riȝtwisnesse in mesure; and the hail shal to-turne vpsodoun the hope of les|yng, and the proteccioun watris shul flowe. And don awey shal be ȝoure pes bond with deth, and ȝoure couenaunt with helle shal not stonde; scourge flow|ende whan shal passe, ȝee shul be to it in to treding. Whan euere it shal passe, it shal take ȝou awey; for erly the moru|tid it shal passe, inOm. C pr. m. day and nyȝt; and al onli the alone greuous birthene vnder|stonding shal ȝyue to the herende. Al to streit forsothe is the beddyng, so that an other falle doun; and the shorte man|til either mai not couere. As forsothe in the hil of deuyseouns shal stonde the Lord, so in the valei, that is in Gabaon, he shal wrathe, that he do his werk; alyen is the werk of hym, that he werke his werk; straunge is his werk fro hym. And now wileth not bigilen, lest par auenture be streitid ȝoure bondis; ful ending forsothe and abregging I haue herd of the Lord God of ostus, vp on al erthe. With eres parceyueth, and her|eth my vois; taketh heed, and hereth my fayre speche. Whether al day shal ereeren C pr. m. the erere, that he sowe, and forth kutten, andthat he C pr. m. purge his erthe? Whether not, whan he shal euenen therto his face, he shal sowe the sed gith, and the comyn sprengen, and sette the whete bi order, and barly, and myle, and ficchevicia C et E pr. m. in ther coestes? And shal teche hym his God, in dom shalhe shal AK. lerenlerne AGHK. hym. Forsothe not in sawes shal be throsshe gith, ne the wheel of a wayn vp on the comyn shal gon aboute; but in ȝerde shalOm. A. ben shaken out gith, and the comyn in a staf. Bred forsothe shal be to-mynusht, but not in to euermor the thresshere shal thresshen it, ne shal trauaile it the wheel of the wayn, ne with his cles shalOm. CE pr. m. to-mynushe it. And that fro the Lord God of ostes wente out, that merueilous shulde make counseil, and magnefyen theOm. AEGHK. rightwys|nesse.

 CAP. XXIX.

Wo! Arielto Ariel C pr. m. E pr. m., ArielOm. C. woo! Ariel AK sec. m., `that is, Jerusalem, and auterOm. C et E pr. m., cite that Dauid ouercam; added is ȝer to ȝer, solempnetees ben ouerturned. AndOm. E pr. m. I shal besette aboute Ariel, and it shal be dreri and sorewy; and it shal be to me as Aryel. And I shal cumpasse as a bal in thi cumpas, and I shal kaste aȝen thee an hep, and the strengthis I shal sette in to thiOm. C pr. m. seging. Thou shalt be meekid, of the erthe thou shalt speke, and of the loeweOm. E pr. m. erthe shal ben herd thi speche; and shal be as of a deuel clepere fro the erthe thi vois, and fro the loeweOm. E pr. m. erthe shal groyne thi speche. And shal be as thynne pou|der the multitude of men wynewendewynnynge K. thee; and as `a gnastor dede bronde C sec. m. marg. deade bronde E sec. m. AGHK. thurgh passende, the multitude of hem that aȝen thee hadden maistri. And it shal be feerly, `or sudenlyOm. C et E pr. m., anoon fro the Lord of ostus it shal be visitid, in thunder, and quauyng of erthe, and gret vois of whirle|wind, and of tempest, and of flaume of fijr deuourende. And shal be as aOm. AGHK. dremslep C pr. m. E pr. m. of aOm. AGHK. nyȝt viseoun the multitude of alle Jentiles that foȝten aȝen Ariel; and alle that aȝen riden, and bisegeden, and hadden the maistri aȝen it. And as sweueneth the hungrende, and eteth, whan forsothe he were wakid, voide is his soule; and as sweueneth the thrist|ende, and drinketh, and aftir thatOm. A. he were waken, weri ȝit he thristeth, and his soule is voide, so shal be the multi|tude of alle Jentiles, that foȝten aȝen the hil of Sion. Bicometh alle stoneid, and wndreth; flotereth, and wagereth; `be ȝeȝee shul be C pr. m. E pr. m. drunken inwardli, and not of wyn; ȝee be moued, and not with drunkenesse. For mengd hath the Lord to ȝou the spirit of slep; he shal closen ȝoure eȝen, the profetes, and ȝoure princes that seen vi|seouns, he shal couere. And ther shal be to ȝou the viseoun of alle as the wrdis of the boc sealid; whom whan thei shul ȝyue to the kunnende lettris, thei shul sey, Reed this; and he shal answern, I mai not, forsothe it is sealid. And the boc shal be ȝyue to the not kunnende lettris, and it shal be seid to hym, Reed; and he shal answern, I kan not lettris. And the Lord seide, `For thi thatFor that A. this puple neȝheth with his mouth, and with his lippes glorifieth me, his herte for|sothe fer is fro me; and thei dradden me in maundement of men and doctrines, therfore looOm. A.! I shal adde, that gret wondring I do to this puple, with gret myracle and hidous; forsothe pershe shal wisdam fro his wise men, and the vnder|stonding of his prudent men shal be hid. Wo, ȝee that deep ben inOm. C pr. m. herte, that fro the Lord ȝee hide counseil; of whom the werkes ben in dercnesses, and seyn, Who seeth vs, and who kneȝ vs? Shreude is this ȝoure thenking, as if the cley aȝens the crockere thenke, and the werk sey to his makere, Thou hast not mad me; and the making sey to his makere, Thou vnderstondistvnderstodist K. not. Whe|ther not ȝit in litil and in short shal be turned Liban `in toand in to K. Chermel, and Cher|mel in to a wilde wode shal ben holde? And heren shul in that day deue men the wrdis of the boc, and fro dercnesses and mystynesses the eȝen of blyndethe blynd K. men shul seen; and mylde men shuln adde in the Lord gladnesse, and pore men in the hoeli Irael ful out shul ioȝen. For heOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. hath failid, that hadde the maistri, ful endid is the gilere, and hewen doun ben alle that wakeden `vp onto E pr. m. wick|idnesse wickenesse E.; that to synnen maden men in wrd, and the vndernymere in the ȝate thei supplaunteden, and boweden doun in veyn fro the riȝtwis. For that these thingus seith the Lord to the hous of Jacob, that aȝeeboȝteaȝen bouȝt A et alii. Abraham, Not now shal be confoundid Jacob, ne now his chere shal shame; but whan he shal seen his sones, the werkyswerk K. of myn hondis, in his myddel halewende myin my E pr. m. name. And thei shul halewen the hoeli of Jacob, and the hoeli God of Irael thei shul prechen; and knowen shul the errende in spirit vnderstonding, and the musures shul lernein my E pr. m. the lawe.leren K.

 CAP. XXX.

Wo! ȝee sonus forsakeres, seith the Lord, that ȝee schuldenOm. C et E pr. m. do counseil, and not of me; and wefen a web, and not bi my spirit, thatand A. ȝee adde synne vp on synne. The whiche gon, that ȝee de|scende in to Egipt, and my mouth ȝee hanha C. not askid; hopende helpe in the strengthe of Farao, and hauende trost in the shadewe of Egipt. And shal be to ȝou the strengthe of Farao in to con|fusioun, and the trost of the vmbre of Egipt in to shenshepe. Wenten forsothe in Thampnys thi princes, and thi messa|geres vnto `Anesthe briddes E pr. m. citeOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. ful camen. Alle thei ben confoundid vp on the puple, that toOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. hem myȝte no than profitedprofit AGHK.; thei weren not in to helpe, and in to any profit, but in to confusioun and repref. The charge of the bestes of the south. In the lond of tribulacioun and of an|guysh, a leounesse, and a leoun, of hem a violent eddere, and a kokatrice fleende; berende vp on the shuldris of bestes ther richesses, and vp on the bocche of camailes ther tresores, to the puple that to them myȝte not han profited. Egipt forsothe wastli, and in veyn shal helpen. Ther|fore I criede vp on this, Pride onli it is; reste thou. Now thanne gon in, wryt to it vp on a box table, and in a boc bisili graue it; and it shal be in the laste day in to witnessyng, vn to euermore. The puple forsothe to wrathe ys terrende, and sones lieres, sones not willende to heren the lawe of God. That seyn to men seende, Wileth not see; and to men bi|holdende, Wileth not biholde to vs tho thingus that ben riȝte; speketh to vs ple|saunt thingus, seeth to vs erroures. Doth awei fro me the weie, bowith doun fro me the sty; cese fro oure face the hoeli Irael. Therfore these thingus seith the hoeli of Irael, For thi that ȝee han re|preued this wrd, and han hopid in to wrongeOm. CE pr. m. chaleng, and in to noise, and han lened vp on it, therfore shal be to ȝou this wickidnessewickenesse E. as betwebetwene A. betwen E passim. bytwene K passim. brosure fall|ende, and aȝeen soȝt in an heeȝ wal; for sodeynly whil me hopeth not, shal come the to-brosingbrosynge AGHK. of itthat puple E pr. m.. And shal be to|mynusht, as is to-brosid the galoun of the crockere with ful strong to-brosyng; and ther shal not be founde of his bros|ingus a shord, in whiche be born a litil fyr fro the brennyng, or be drawe a litil of water fro the dich. For these thingus seith the Lord God, hoeli of Irael, If ȝee turnen aȝeen, and resten, ȝee shul be saaf; in scilence and in hope shal be ȝoure strengthe. And ȝee wolden not. And ȝee seiden, Nai, but to hors we shul flee; therfor ȝee shul flee. And vp on swift weeȝee CE pr. m. shul steȝen vp; therfor more swift shul be, that shul pursue ȝou. A thousend men fro the face of the ferd of oon; and fro the ferd of the face of fyue ȝee shul fleen, to the tyme that ȝee be laft as the mast of a ship in the cop of a mounteyn, and as tocnea tocne C pr. m. H. vp on an hil. Therfor abideth the Lord, that he haue mercy of ȝou, and therfore shal ben enhauncid the sparende to ȝou; for God of dom the Lord, blisful alle that abijden hym. The puple forsothe of Sion `shal dwelledwellede E pr. m. in Jerusalem; wepende thou shalt not wepe, rewende, `or doyng mercyOm. CE pr. m., he shal han mercy of thee; at the vois of thi cry, anoen as he hereth, he shal an|swern to thee. And the Lord shal ȝyue to thee streit bred, and short water, and he shal not make to fleen awey fro thee more thi techerefairnesse E pr. m.; and thin eȝen shul be seende thi comaundere, and thin eres shuln heren the wrd bihinde the bac of the monestere; ThisThis is A. And this K sec. m. the weie, goth in it, nouther to the riȝt ne to the lyft. And thou shalt al to-foule the plates of the grauen thing of thi siluer, and the cloth|ing of thi ȝoten gold; and thou shalt di|stroȝe them, as the vnclennesse of the blod flux of wymmen; Go out, and thou shalt sey to it. And ther shal be ȝoue reyn to thi sed, wher euere thou shalt sowe in the erthe, and the bred of the frutus of the erthe shal be most plen|teuous `and fattOm. AE pr. m.; ther shul be fed in thi possessioun inOm. E pr. m. that day the lomb spa|ciously, `or larglyOm. C et E pr. m.. And thi bolis and thin asse coltes, that werken the erthe, mengd barly thei shul ete, as in the cornflor it is wynewid. And ther shul be vp on alle heeȝ mounteyn, and vp on alle rered hil, ryueres of rennende watris, and in the dai of slaȝtir of manye, whan shul falle toures. And the liȝt of the moone shal be as the liȝt of the sunne, and the liȝt of the sunne shal be seuene fold, as the liȝt of seuene daȝes, in the dai that the Lord shal bynde the wounde of his puple, and the smyting of his wounde shal helen. Lo! the name of the Lord camshal come E pr. m. fro afer; his wodnesse brennende and heuy to bern; his lippis ben fulfild with indignacioun, and his tunge as fyr deuourende. His spirit as a swift strem, flowende vntoin to AGHK. the myddel of the hyl, to be lost Jentiles in to noȝt, and the bridil of errour, that was in the chekes of puples. A song shal be to ȝou, as the vois of the halewid solempnete; and the gladnesse of herte, as he that goth with a trumpe, that he entre in to the hil of the Lord, to the stronge of Irael. And herd the Lord shal make the glorie of his vois, and the ferd of his arm he shal shewe in threting of wod|nesse, and inOm. A. flaume of fyr deuourende; he shal hurtle in whirlewind, and in the ston of hail. Fro the vois forsothe of the Lord shal dreden Assur smyte with a ȝerde; and the passing of the ȝerde shal be founded, that the Lord shal make to resten vp on hym. In tymbris, and harpis, and in cheef batailis he shal ouer|come them. Greithid is forsothe fro ȝistaiȝisterday ceteri passim, præter C et E. Tofeth, fro the kyng greithid; his nurshemens deep and spred, fyr and myche wode; the blast of the Lord as a strem of brunston vp brennende it.

 CAP. XXXI.

Wo! that gon doun in to Egipt to helpe, in hors hopende, and hauende trost vpon foure horsid carres, for thei ben manye, and vp on hors men, for biforful AE sec. m. GK. stalwrthe thei ben ful myche; and thei han not trosted vp on the hoely of Irael, and the Lord thei han not outOm. C pr. m. soȝt. He forsothe wijs, broȝte to euel, and his wrdis he toc not awey; and he shal rise aȝen the hous of the werste men, and aȝen the helpe of men wirkende wickid|nessewickenesse E.. Egipt a man, and not God; andOm. CE pr. m. his hors flesh, and notno C. spirit; and the Lord shal boowen his hond, and to|gidere falle shal the helpere, and falle shal he, to whom menme AEGH. ȝyueth helpe, and alle togidere shul be wastid. For these thingus seith the Lord to me, What maner if a leoun rore, and the whelp of a leoun vp on his prey, whan aȝen com|eth to hym the multitude of shepperdus, fro the vois of hem he shal not drede, and of the multitude of hem he shal not inwardly ben aferd; so shal come doun the Lord of ostus, that he fiȝte vp on the mount of Sion, and vp on his hilles. AsAnd H. And as K. briddes fleende, so defende shal the Lord of ostus Jerusalem; defendende and de|lyuerende, passende and sauende. Beth conuertid, as in to depthe wenten awei, ȝeethe A. sonus of Irael. In that dai forsothe casten awey shal a man the maumetes of hys siluer, and the maumetes of his gold, that maden to ȝou ȝoure hondus in to synne. And falle shal Assur in swerd, not of a man, and the swerd, not of a man, shal deuoure hym; and he shal flee, not fro the face of the swerd, and his ȝunge men shul be tributaries; and his strengthe of the ferd shal passe, and in|wardly dreden shul his princes fleende. The Lord seide, whos fyr is in Syon, and hys chymne in Jerusalem.

 CAP. XXXII.

Lo! in riȝtwisnesse regne shal a king, and princes in dom shul beforn ben. And a man shal be, as that is hid fro the wynd, and coouereth hymself fro tempest; as ryueres of watris in thrist, and sha|dewe of the ston ouerstondende in the desert lond. Daswen shul not theȝee E pr. m. eȝen of men seende, and the eres of men herende bisily shul herknen; and the herte of fooles shal vnderstonde kun|nyng, and the tunge of bufferes swiftli shal speke, and pleynly. Ther shal no more be clepid he that is vnwis a prince, ne the gylere shal be clepid a meyr. The fool forsothe fool thingus shal speke, and his herte shal do wickidnessewickenesse E., that he fulfille feynyng, and speke to the Lordhous C pr. m. E pr. m. gilendely; and voide he shal make the soule of the hungrere, and drinc to the thristere he shal don awei. OfTo C pr. m. E pr. m. the gilere werst vesseles ben; he forsothe thoȝtus dideshal do C pr. m. E pr. m, to be lost mylde men in wrd of lesing, whan the pore shulde speke dom. A prince forsothe thoe thingus that ben wrthi ato a E pr. m. prince shal thenke, and he vp on dukes shal stonde. Ȝee plenteuous wymmen, riseth, and hereth my voys; ȝee trostende doȝtris, parceyueth with eres my speche. Aftir daȝes forsothe and a ȝer, and ȝee shul be disturbid trostende; full endid is forsothe the vyndage, gedering togidere no more shal come. Stoneȝeth, ȝee plenteuous wymmen, and beth disturbid, ȝee trost|ende; vnclothe ȝou, and beth confoundid; girdeth ȝoure leendus; vp on the tetes weileth, vp on the desirable regioun, vp on the plenteuous vyneȝerdvyne C pr. m. E pr. m.. Vpon the loewe erthe of my puple thornes and brieres schulOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. steȝen vp; houOm. E pr. m. myche more vp on alle the houses of ioȝe of the cite ful out ioȝende? The hous forsothe is left, the multitude of the huge cite is for|sake; dercnesses and groping ben mad vp on the dennes, vnto with oute ende. The ioȝe of feeldOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. asses, the leswe of flockesfolkis K.; to the tyme that be held out vp on us the spirit fro an heiȝ, and ther shal be desert in Chermel, and Chermel in to wilde wod shal ben holde. And ther shal dwelle in wildernesse dom, and riȝtwis|nesse in Chermel shal sitte; and ther shal be the werk of riȝtwisnesse pes, and the heriyng of riȝtwisnesse scilence and sikir|nesse, vnto euermore. And sitte shal my puple in fayrnes of pes, and in taber|nacles of trost, and in reste plenteuous. Hail forsothe in the goyng doun of the wilde wode, and bi meknesse shal be mekid the cite. Blisful ȝee, that sowen vp on alle watris, puttende in the foot of the oxe and of the asse.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Wo! thou that robbest; whether and thi self shalt not be robbid? and thou that dispisist, whethir and thiself shalt not be dispised? Whan thou shalt hanOm. E pr. m. ful endid robbing, thou shalt be robbid; whan `weeried thouthou maad werie E sec. m. AGHK. lefest to dispise, thou shalt be dispisid. Lord, haue merci of vs, thee forsothe wee han abide; be thou oure arm in erly, and oure helthe in tyme of tribulacioun. Fro the vois of the aungil flounfledden E sec. m. AGHK. puples; of thin enhauncing scatered ben Jentiles. And gederede to|gidere shul be ȝoure spoiles, as is gedered brush, as whan the diches fulle shul be of it. Magnefied is the Lord, for he dwelte `in heiȝan heȝ E pr. m., heOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. fulfildfulfild is E pr. m. Sion with dom andof E pr. m. riȝtwisnesse. And feith shal ben in thi tymes; richesses of helthe, wisdam and kunnyng; the drede of the Lord, ithe E pr. m. the tresor of hym. Lo! the seeres shul crien withouteforth, the aun|geles of pes bitterli shul wepe. Scatered ben the weies, ceside the passid bi the sty; voyde mad is the couenaunt, he caste awei theOm. A. cites, he heeld `of no pris notnot of pris C pr. m. not E pr. m. men. Weilede, and languysshede the lond; confoundid is Liban, and becam doumb; and mad is Saron as desert, and smyte togidere is Basan, and Carmel. Now I shal risearijse AGHK., seith the Lord, now I shal ben enhauncid, now I shal ben vp rered. Ȝee shul conseyue brennyng, ȝee shul bern stobil; ȝoure spirit as fyr shal deuoure ȝou. And ben shul puples as of theOm. A. brennyng askesof asken E pr. m. asken E sec. m. GHK. asshen A.; thornes gedered togidere inas of the E pr. m. fyr shul be brent. Hereth, ȝee that ben aferr, what I haue do; and knowith, ȝee neȝhebores, my strengthe. Al to-brosid ben in Sion synneres, trem|blyng weldede ipocrites; who shal moun dwelle of ȝou with fyr deuourende? who shal dwelle of ȝou with euere durende brennyngus? That goth in riȝtwisnesses, and speketh treuthe; that throwith awei coueitise of wrongOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. chaleng, and shaketh out his hondis fro alle ȝifte; that stop|pith his eres, lest he here blod, and closith his eȝen, lest he see euelblod C pr. m.. This in heiȝtus shal dwelle, the strengthys of huge stones his heȝte; bred to hym is ȝoueȝyuen E., hisand his C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK. watris ben feithful. The king in his fairnesse seen shuln his eȝen; bi|holden schulOm. CE pr. m. the lond fro afer. Thin herte sweteli shal thenke drede; wher is the lettrid? Wher is the wrdus of the lawe chargende? wher is the doctour of litil childer? VnprudentAnd vnprudent E pr. m. puple he shal not see, puple of heiȝ sermoun, so that thou mowe not vnderstonde the sleeynesse of his tunge, in whiche is no wisdam. Bi|hold Sion, the cite of oure solempnete; thin eȝen shul see Jerusalem, a plenteuous cite, a tabernacle that shal not moun ben ouerborn, ne his nailis shul ben take awei in to euermor; and alle his litil cordes shul not be to-broken. For onli there the grete doyng, Lord oure God; the place of flodes ryueres most brod and opene; ther entride not bi it the ship of roweres, ne the grete ship of thre stagismastes C pr. m. E pr. m. shal not ouergon it. The Lord forsothe oure domes man, the Lord oure lawe ȝyuere, the Lord oure king; he shal come, and sauen us. SlakidLoosid C pr. m. E pr. m. ben thi litil cordes, but thei shul not han the maistri; so shal be thi mast, that thou mow not sprede abrod a tocne. Thanne shul be deuydid spoiles ofand E pr. m. many preyes, halte menOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. shul take awey raueyn. Ne the neȝhebore shal sey, I languyshede; the puple that dwellede in it, ther shal be don awei fro hym wickenessewickid|nes AGHK..

 CAP. XXXIV.

Neȝheth, ȝee Jentiles, and hereth; tak|eth heed, ȝee puples; herehereth C pr. m. the lond, and his fulnesse, the world, and al his buri|ownyng. For the indignacioun of the Lord vp on alle Jentiles, and wodnesse vp on al the chyualrie of hem; he sloȝ hem, and ȝaf them in to slaȝter. The slayne of hem shul be throwe afer, and of the careynes of hem shal steȝen vp stinc; whlatenwaken E pr. m. shul mounteynesmounteyne K. of the blod of hem. And wlate shal al the knyȝthed of heuenes, and `heuenes shu|lenthei shul C pr. m. E pr. m. be foldid togidere as athe E pr. m. bocboc of heuene C pr. m. E pr. m., and al the knyȝthed of hem shal fadefade awey AGHK., as fadeth awey a lef of the vyne and of the fige tree. For inwardli drunken is in heuene my swerd; lo! vp on Ydume itY A. shal come doun, and vp on the puple of my sleyngfleynge AGHK., to dom. The swerd of the Lord fulfild is of blod, innerly fattid it is with talȝ of blod of lombis and of get, of the blod of merewi wetheres; forsothe victorie sacrifises of the Lord in Bosra, and gret slaȝter in the lond of Edom. And doun shul come vnycornes with hem, and booles with the myȝty; inwardli drunken shal be the lond of hem with blod, and the loewe erthe of hem with talȝthe talwȝ AEGHK. of fatte thingisOm. C pr. m. E pr. m.; for the dai of the veniaunce of the Lord, ȝer ofof the E. ȝeelding of the dom of Sion. And turned shuln ben his stremes in to pich, and his loewȝ erthe in to brunston; and his erthe shal be in to brennende pich, nyȝt and day. ItAnd it CE pr. m. shal not be queynt in to euermor, his smoke shal steȝen vp fro ieneracioun in to iene|racioun, and desolat shal be in to worldus of worldis; ther shal not ben a passere thurȝ it. And welden shul it the foul in face lic an asse, and the irchoun; and the snyte, and the crowe dwelle shul in it; andOm. E pr. m. straȝt out vp on it shal ben a mesure, that it be broȝt to noȝt, and `a lyneOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. euene doun piȝt in to desolacioun. His noble men shul not be there; the king more thei shul inwardly clepen, and ben shuln alle his princes in to noȝt. AndOm. E pr. m. ther shul springe in his houses thornes and netles, and tasil in the strengthis of it; and it shal be the bed place of dragownes, and the leswe of ostriches. And aȝen come shul deueles, the beste partyparty of C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK. an asse and `a party a manof a boole and roȝ C pr. m. E pr. m. party of a man AK. the party of a man GH., and the wodewose; the tothiroon AK. shal crie to the tother. There shal lyn `lamya, that is, aOm. AGHK. thirsthrisse AGHK., or a bestethe wilde cruel beste E pr. m. lamya, that is, thirs, a beste E sec. m. marg. hauende the bodi lic a womman and horse feet; and he fyndeth to himself reste; there hadde diches the yrchouneuel spel C pr. m. E pr. m., and nurshede out litle chittes, and aboute dalfdeluede AGHK., and nurshede in his shadewe; there ben gedered kites, the tothertoon A. oon K. to the tother. Secheth besily in the boc of the Lord, and redeth; oon of hem failyde not, the tothertoon A. oon K. at the tother soȝte not; for that of my mouth ȝide forth, he co|maundide, and his spirit he gederede tho thingus. And he sente to them lot, and his hond deuydede it to them in to mesure; vnto euermore thei shul welden it, in ieneracioun and ieneracioun thei shul dwellen itin it E..

 CAP. XXXV.

Gladen shal desert, and the with oute weie, andOm. E pr. m. ful out shal ioȝen the wilder|nesse, and flouren as a lilie. Buriown|ynge it shal burioune, and ful out ioȝen, ioȝeful and preising. The glorie of Liban is ȝoue to it, the fairnesse of Carmel and of Saron; thei shul see the glorie of the Lord, and the fairnesse of oure God. Coumforteth the hondes loosid atwynne, and the feble knees strengtheth. Seith, Ȝee `of litil coragecouwardis E pr. m. text. or of litil corage E sec. m. marg. couwardis, or of litil corage AGHK., taketh coumfort, and wileth not dreden; lo! oure God ven|iaunce of ȝelding shal bringe, God he shal come, and sauen vs. Thanne shul ben opened the eȝen of blynde men, and eres of deue men shul ben opened. Thanne shal lepe as an hert the halte, and opened shal be the tunge of doumbe men; for kut ben in desert watris, and stremes in wildernesse. And that was drie in to a pond, and the thristende in to welles of watris. In the couches, in theOm. AEGH. whiche biforn dweltendwelleden E. dragounes, shal springe the grenenesse of the reed, and of the resshe. And it shal be there in the sty, and in the weie, and an hoely weie it shal be clepid, passe shal not bi it a de|foulid; and this shal be to you a straȝt riȝt weie, so that foolys erre not by it. TherAnd there A. shal not be there a leoun, and euel beste shal not steȝen vp bi it, `ne be founden thereOm. C pr. m.. And gon shul theiOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. that shul ben delyuered; and the boȝt of the Lord shul be conuertid, and comen in to Sion with preising; and euere durende gladnesse vp on the hed of hem; ioȝe and gladnesse thei shul welde, and flee shal sorewe and weiling.

 CAP. XXXVI.

And don it is in the fourtenthe ȝer of king Ezechie, steȝede vp Senacherib, king of Assiries, vp on alle the strengthid cites of Juda, and toc hem. And the king of Assiries sente Rapsacen fro Laches in to Jerusalem, to king Ezechie, in an heuy hond; and stod in the water kundute of the ouere pondfish pond C pr. m. E pr. m., in the weie of the ful|leris feeld. And wente oute to hym Elya|chym, sone of Elchie, that was vpon the hous, and Sobna, scribe, and Joae, the sone of Asaf, chaunceler. And Rapsaces seide to them, Seith to Ezechie, These thingus seith the grete king, king of Assiries, What is this trist, that thou trostest? or of counseilwhat counseil AEGHK. or strengthe to rebellen thou disposist? vp on whomwhan K. hast thou trost, for thou hast gon awei fro me? Lo! thou trostist vp on this `staf of reedreed staf C pr. m. reedi staf E pr. m. to-broken, `vp on EgiptOm. C pr. m. E pr. m., to whom if a man shul lene, it shal go in to his hond, and therlen it; so Farao, king of Egipt, to alle men that trosten in hym. That if thou answereanswerist AEGHK. to me, In the Lord oure God wee trosten; whether not he is, whos heȝe thyngus and auteres toc awei Ezechie, and seyde to Jude and to Jerusalem, Beforn this auter ȝee shul honoure? And now `tac theetaketh heede E pr. m. tac ȝee K. to my lord, theOm. AGHK. king of Assiries, and I shal ȝyue to thee two thousend hors, and thou shalt not moun ȝyuen of thee steȝeres vp of hem. AndOf E pr. m. what maner sustene shal the face of a domes manOm. E pr. m. of o place of the lasse seruauns of my lord? That if thou troste in Egipt, and in the foure horsid carre, and in the horse men; and now whether withoute the Lord I steȝede vp to this lond, that I shulde destroȝe it? The Lord seide to me, Steȝe vp vp on this lond, and destroȝe it. And Elea|chym seide, and Sobna, and Joae, to Rapsacen, Spec to thi seruauntis in Si|rie tunge, wee vnderstonden forsothe; ne speke thou to vs Jewly, in the eres of the puple, that is vp on the wal. And seide to them Rapsaces, Whether to `thi lordthyn hous E pr. m. and to thee sente me my lord, that `I schuldOm. C pr. m. he E pr. m. speke alle these wrdys, and not more to the men that sytten in the wal, that thei ete ther toordes, and drinke therthe AGHK. vryne of their feet with ȝou? And Rapsaces stod, and criede with a gret vois Jeuly, and seide, Hereth the wrdesgrete wrdes C pr. m. of the grete king, king of Assiries. These thyngus seith the king, Bigile not ȝou Esechie, for he shal not moun delyueren ȝou out; and not to ȝou trost ȝyue Eze|chie vp on the Lord, seiende, Delyuer|ende the Lord shal delyueren vs; shal not be ȝoueȝyuen vel ȝyue E passim. this cite inin to AE sec. m. GHK. the hond of the king of Assiries. Wileth not heren Eze|chie. These thingus forsothe seith the king of Assiries, Doth with me blessyng, and goth out to me; and eteth eche his vyne, and eche his fige tree, and drinketh eche the water of his cisterne, to the tyme that I come, and take ȝou awei to the lond that is as ȝoure lond; lond of whete and of wyn, lond of loefes and of vynes. Ne disturbedistruye A. ȝou Ezechie, seiende, The Lord shal delyuere vs. Whether de|lyuereden the godes of Jentiles eche his lond fro the hond of the king of Assiries? Wher is the god of Emath, and of Ar|fath? Wher is the god of Sefaruaym? Whether thei deliuereden Samarie fro myn hond? Who is of alle the godes of these londis that delyueredeshulde delyueren E pr. m. his lond fro myn hond, that the Lord delyuere Jerusalem fro myn hond? And thei heelden ther pes, and answerden not to hym a wrd. Forsothe the king hadde comaundid to them, seiende, Ne answere ȝee to hym. And wente in Elyachym, the sone of Elchie, that was vp on the hous, and Sobna, scribe, and Joae, sone of Asaf, chaunceler, to Esechie, kut the clothis, and tolden to hym the wrdes of Rapsaes.

 CAP. XXXVII.

And it is do, whan hadde herd king Ezechie, he kutte his clothis, and wrap|pid is with a sac, and wente in to the hous of the Lord. And he sente Elea|chym, that was vp on the hous, and Sobnam, scribe, and the elderes of the preestus, coouered with sackus, to Isaie, theOm. A. sone of Amos, profete. And thei seiden to hym, These thingus seith Eze|chie, The dai of tribulacioun, and of an|guysh, and of correccioun, and of blas|femye, this day; for ther camen sones to the berthe, and vertue was not of bering. If any maner here the Lord thi God the wrdus of Rapsaces, whom sente the king of Assiries, his lord, to blasfemen the God lyuende, and to repreue with wrdis, whiche herde the Lord thi God, rere vp thanne orisoun for the relikes that ben founde. And ther camen seruauns of king Esechie to Isaie; and Isaie seide to them, These thingus ȝee shul seyn to ȝoure lord, These thingus seith the Lord, Ne drede thou of the face of the wrdus that thou hast herd, with whiche blasfemeden the childer of the king of Assiries me. Lo! I shal ȝyue to hym a spirit, and he shal heren a messager; and he shal be turned aȝeen to his lond, and to fallen I shal maken hym with swerd in his lond. RapsacesAnd Rapsaces K. forsothe is turned aȝeen, and he fond the king of Assiries fiȝtende aȝen Lobnam; forsothe he hadde herd, forthat E pr. m. he was go fro Lachis. And he herde of Theracha, king of Ethiope, seiende, He wente out, that he fiȝte aȝen thee. The whiche thing whan he hadde herd, he sente messageres to Esechie, seiende, These thingus ȝee shul sey to Esechie, king of Jude, spekende, Not thee disceyue thi God, in whiche thou trostest, seiende, Jerusalem shal not be ȝyue in the hond of the king ofOm. K pr. m. Assiries. Lo! thou hast herd what dide alle the kingus of Assi|ries to alle londes that thei turneden vpso doun; and `shalt thouthou shalt C. moun be dely|uered? Whether delyuereden hem the godis of Jentiles, whom turneden vpso doun my fadris; Gosam, and Aran, and Resef, and the sones Eden, that weren in Thalasar? Wher is the king of Emath, and the king of Arfath, and the king of the huge cite Cefaruaym, and Ana, and Aua? And Esechie toc the bokes of the hond of the messager, and radde them; and he steȝede vp in to the hous of the Lord, and spredde out hem bifor the Lord; andOm. E pr. m. preȝede the Lord, seiende, Lord of ostes, God of Irael, that sittist vp on cherubyn, thou art God alone of alle the reumes of erthethe erthe AEGHK.; thou madist heuene and erthe. Boowe doun, Lord, thin ere, and here; opene thin eȝen, Lord, and see; and here alle the wrdus of Sena|cherub, that he sente to blasfemen God lyuende. Verely forsothe, Lord, desertOm. E pr. m. maden the kingis of Assiries londus, and the regiouns of them, and ȝeuen the god|dis of hem to fyr; forsothe thei weren not goddus, but werc of the hondus of men, tree and stonus; and thei to-mynushten hem. And now, Lord oureOm. A. God, saue vs fro the hond of hym; and knowen alle the reumes of erthe, for thou art Lord God alone. And Isaie, the sone of Amos, sente to Esechie, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, For the whiche thou preȝedest me of Senacherub, king of Assiries, this is the wrd that the Lord spac vp on hym, He dispiside thee, he vndermouwede thee, thou maiden doȝ|tir of Sion; aftir thee the hed he mouede, thou maidemaydyn A. doȝter of Jerusalem. To whom hast thou repreued, and whom hast thou blasfemed? and vp on whom hast thou rered thi vois, and hast rered the heiȝte of thin eȝen? To the hoeli of Irael. In the hond of thi seruaunsseruaunte AGHK. thou hast repreued to the Lord, and seidist, In the multitude of my foure horsed carres I steȝede vp theto the AE pr. m. heiȝtus of moun|teynes, ȝokes of Liban; and I shal to|hewen the heȝe thingus of his cedris, and the chosene firres of it; and I shal go in to the heiȝte of hisOm. E pr. m. cop, the wilde wode of the Carmel of it. I dalfdeluede AEGHK., and drank the water of it; and I driede with the step of my foot alle the ryueres of the waterhepes. Whether thou hast not herd what thingus sum tyme I dide to hymit E pr. m.? Of olde daȝes I foormede it, and now I haue broȝt to; and it is do `in toin K. the drawing out bi the roote of hilles togi|dere fiȝtende, and of strengthid cites. The dwelleris of them with an hond shortid togidereto E pr. m. trembleden, and ben confoundid; thei ben mad as hei of the feld, and corn of the leswe, and erbe of rooues, that out driede er it wex ryp. Thi dwelling, and thin entre, and thi going out Y knew, and thi wodnesse aȝen me. Whan thou `were wodwoodedist E pr. m. aȝen me, thi pride steȝede vp in to myn eres; I shal putte thanne a cercle in thi nose thirles, and a bridil in thi lippis; and I shal bringe aȝeen thee in to the weie, bi theOm. AE. whiche thou came. To thee forsothe this shall ben a tocne; et this ȝer that freeli ben sprunge, and in the secunde ȝer et appelis; in the thridde forsothe ȝer soweth, and repith, and plaunteth vynes, and eteth the frut of hem. And he shall putte it, that were saued ofOm. A. the hous of Juda, and that is laft setten the rooterotis A. benethe, and shal make frute aboue; for fro Jerusalem shul gon out relikes, and saluaciounsauacioun C. fro the mount of Sion; the inward loue of the Lord of ostes shal do this. Therfore these thinges seith the Lord, of the king of Assiries, He shal not go in to this cite, and he shal not throwe there an arwe; and ther shal not ocupie itOm. A. a sheld, and he shal not puttesenden E pr. m. in his enuyroun an hep `of ertheOm. E pr. m.. In the weie that he cam, bi it he shal be turned aȝeen; and this cite he shal not gon in, seith the Lord. And I shal defende this cite, that I saue it, for me, and for Dauid, my seruaunt. Wente out forsothe the aungil of the Lord, and smot in the tentus of Assiries an hundrid and fyue and eiȝteti thou|send; and thei risen erli, and lo! alle theOm. A. careynes of theOm. AGH. deade men. And he wente out, and ȝide awei. And turned aȝeen is Senacherub, king ofOm. K. Assiries, and dwelte in Nynyue. And don is, whan he shulde honoure in the temple of Mesrach, his god, Aramalech and Sa|razer, his sones, smyten hym with swerd, and floun in to the lond of Ararath; and regnede for hym Asaradon, his sone.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

In tho daȝes sicnede Ezechie vntoto K. the deth; and wente in to hym Isaie, the soun of Amos, theOm. AEGHK. profete, and seide to hym, These thingus seith the Lord, Dis|pose tofor A. thin house, for die shalt thou, and not lyuen. And Ezechie turnede his face to the wal, and honourede the Lord, and seide, I `ynwardli preȝebeseche E pr. m., Lord; haue mynde, I beseche, what maner I ȝide bi|for thee in treuthe, and in parfit herte, and that is good in thin eȝen, I dide. And Ezechie wepte with gret weping. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Isaie, seiende, Go, and sei to Ezechye, These thingus seith the Lord God of Dauid, thi fader, I haue herd thin orisoun, and seen thi teres. Lo! I shal ley to vp on thi daȝes fiftene ȝer; and fro the hond of the king of Assiries I shal delyuere thee and this cite, and I shal defenden it. This forsothe to thee shal ben a tocne fro the Lord, for the Lord shal do this wrd that he spac. Loo! I shal make to turne aȝeen the shadewe of lynesFynees K sec. m., bi theOm. AEGHK. whiche it hadde go doun in the oriloge of Acath, in the sunne, bacward by ten lynes. And the sunne is turned aȝeen bi ten lynes, bi the grees that it hadde go doun.

TheThis is the A. scripture of Ezechie, king of Ju|da, whan he hadde be syc, and hadde couered ofOm. AK. his sycnesseThe entire rubric omitted in GH..

I seide, in the myddel of my daȝes I shal go to the ȝates of helle. I soȝte the residue of my ȝeres; I seide, I shal not see the Lord God in the lond of lyueres; I shal not biholde a man more ouer, and a dwellere of reste. My ieneracioun is taken awei, and al foldenfalt C pr. m. vp fro me, as a tabernacle of shepherdes. Kut of is as of a weuere my lif; whil ȝit I weuede, he under kutte me. Fro erli vnto euen thou shalt ende me; I hopede vnto the moru; as a leoun, soOm. A. he to-brosede alle my bones. Fro erli `vn toin to K. euen thou shalt ende me; as the brid of a swalewe, so I shal crien; sweteli I shal thenke as a culuer. Al to-feblid ben myn eȝen, bi|holdende vp in heiȝte. Lord, fors I suf|fre, answere thou for me; what shal I sey, or what shal answere to me, whan I myself haue do? I shal eft thenkebithenke AEGHK. to thee alle my ȝeres, in the bitternesse of my soule. Lord, if thus it is lyued, and in suche thingus the lif of my spirit, thou shalt chastise me, and quykene me; lo! in pes my bitternesse most bitter. Thou forsothe hast deliuered out my soule, that it shulde not pershe; thou hast throwe aferr bihinde thi bac alle my synnus. For helle shal not knouleche to thee, norne AEGHK. deth shal preise thee; and thei shul not abyden thiOm. AG pr. m. HK. treuthe, that gon doun in to the lake. Lyuende, lyuende, he shal knouleche to thee, as and I to dai; the fader to the sonus knowe shal make thi treuthe. Lord, mac me saf, and oure salmes wee shal singe alle the daȝes of oure lif in the housdaiys E pr. m. of theoure E pr. m. Lord.

And Isaie comaundide, that thei shul|den taken an hep of fyges, and thei shulde make an enplastre vp on the wounde; and he shulde ben hoel. And Ezechye seide, What shal be the tocne, for I shal steȝe vp `in toin K. the hous of the Lord?

 CAP. XXXIX.

In that tyme sente Marodoch Bala|dan, the sone of Baladan, the king of Babiloyne, lettris and ȝiftes to Ezechie; forsothe he hadde herd, that he hade be syc, and was coouered. Forsothe Ezechie gladede vp on tho thingus, and he shew|ede to them the selle of spices, and of siluer, and of gold, and of swote thingus, and of the beste oynement, and al the cofres of his necessarie thingus, and alle thingus that ben founde in his tresories; ther was not a wrd, that Ezechie shew|ede not to themhym E pr. m. in his hous, and in al his power. Forsothe Isaie, the profete, wente inOm. E pr. m. to Ezechie, the king, and seide to hym, What seiden these men, and whennes camen thei to thee? And Ezechie seide, Fro a ferr lond thei camen to me, fro Babyloyne. And he seyde, What seȝen thei in thin hous? And Ezechie seide, Alle thingus that in myn hous ben, thei seȝenhan seen A.; ther was not a thing, that I shewede not to them in my tresories. And Isaie seide to Esechie, Here the wrd of the Lord of ostes. Lo! daȝes shul come, and alle thingus shul be don awei, that ben in thin hous, and that thi fadris han tresored vn to this dai, in to Babiloyne; ther shal not be laft any thing, seith the Lord. And of thithe E pr. m. sonus, that shul gon out of thee, the whiche thou shalt gete, thei shul take awei; and thei shul be geldingus in the paleis of the king of Babiloyne. And Ezechie seide to Isaie, Good is the wrd of the Lord, that he spac. And he seide, Be ther do onli pes and treuthe in my daȝes.

 CAP. XL.

Beth coumfortid, beth coumfortid, ȝee my puple, seith ȝoure God. Speketh to the herte of Jerusalem, and clepeth to it, for ful endidOm. A. is his malice, forȝyuen is his wickidnessewickenesse E.; he toc of the hond of the Lord double thingus for alle his synnus. The vois of the criende in desert, Mak|eth redy the weie of the Lord, riȝtriȝtful A. mak|eth in wildernesse the sties of oure God. Eche valei shal be enhaunced, and eche monteyn `and hilOm. AGHK. shal be mekid; and ther shul be shreude thingus in to euene riȝt thingus, and sharpe thingus in to pleyne weies. And ther shal be opened the glorie of the Lord, and seen shal eche flesh togidere, that the mouth of the Lord spac. The vois of the Lord, seiende, Cry. And I seide, What shal I crien? Eche flesh hei, and al his glorie as the flower of the feld. Ful out dried is the hei, and the flour fel, for the spirit of the Lord bleȝ in it. Verely theOm. C pr. m. hei is the puple; ful out dried is the hei, and the flour fel; the wrd forsothe of the Lord dwelleth in to withouten ende. Vp on an hiȝ hil steȝ vp, thou that euange|lisist toOm. E pr. m. Sion; enhaunce in strengthe thi vois, thou that euangelisist toOm. E pr. m. Jeru|salem; enhaunce, and wile thou not drede; sei to the cites of Jude, Lo! ȝoureoure E pr. m. God. Lo! the Lord God in strengthe shal come, and his arm shal lordshipen; lo! his meede with hym, and his werc biforn hym. As a shepperde `shal feedefedeth E pr. m. his floc, in his arm he shal gedere the lombis, and in his bosum shal reren; `the shepOm. E pr. m. ful of frut he shal bern. Who mesurede with handful watris, and he|uenes with the paume peisede? Who heengweide E pr. m. hongide E sec. m. AGHK. vp with thre fingris the heuy|nessegobbe C pr. m. E pr. m. of theOm. AE sec. m. GHK. erthe, and weȝede in peis the mounteynes, and the hilles in a bal|launce? WhoWhom GHK. helpedeherde E pr. m. the Spirit of the Lord, or whowho is E pr. m. his counseiler was, and shewede to hym? With whom wente he in counseil, and enformede hym, and taȝte hym the stiȝ of riȝtwisnesse, and lerede hym with kunnyng, and the weie of prudence shewede to hym? Lo! Jen|tiles as a drope of a boket, and as mo|ment of a balaunce ben holden; lo! iles as litil pouder, and Liban shal not suf|fisen to brenne, and his bestus shuln not suffisen to brent sacrifice. Alle Jentiles as thei ben not, so thei ben bifor hym; and as noȝt andand in veyn E pr. m. inwardli voide thei ben holden to hym. To whom thanne lic hast thou mad God? or what ymage shul ȝee putte to hym? Whether the grauen thing shal the smith ȝeete, or the craftiscrafti C. man with gold shall figure it, and withOm. E pr. m. siluerene plates the siluer smyth? The stronge tree, and the vnable to roten ches the wise craftescrafty K. man; he secheth what maner he sette the symulacre, that it moue not. Whether ȝee shul not wite? whether ȝee han not herd? whether not told to ȝou it is fro the bigynnyng? whether ȝee han not vnderstonde the foundemens of the erthe? That sitteth vp on the cumpas of the erthe, and his dwelleris ben as locustes; that streccheth out as noȝt heuenus, and spredeth abrod hem as tabernacle to indwelledwellen E pr. m.. That ȝyueth the sercheres of priuytees, as thoȝ thei be not, the domes men of the erthe as voideinwardli voide E pr. m. he made. And forsothe ne plauntid, ne sowen, ne rootid in the erthe the stoc of hem, feerli he bleȝ in to them, and thei drieden, and a whirle|wind as stubil shal take them awei. And to whom han ȝee licned me, and euened han me? seith the hoeli. Rereth vp in to heiȝ ȝoure eȝen, and seeth, who `made of noȝtfoormede C pr. m. E pr. m. these thingus; that bringethbroȝte E pr. m. out in noumbre the knyȝthod of hem, and alle bi name he clepeth, for multitude of strengthe, and of stalwrthenesse, and of his vertue; ne oon was laft. Whi seist thou, Jacobto Jacob E pr. m., and spekest, Iraelthou Israel AGHK. to Irael E pr. m., Hid is my wey fro the Lord, and fro my God my dom passede? Whether wost thou not, or hast not herd, God euere durende? The Lord that foormede the termes of the erthe, he shal not faile, ne trauaile, ne ther is enserching of his wisdam. That ȝyueth to the weri vertue, and to them that ben not, strengthe and stalwrthe|nesse multeplieth. Failen shul childer, and trauailen, and ȝunge men in ther feblenesse fallen. Who forsothe hopen in the Lord, shul chaunge strengthe, take to federes as of an egle; rennen, and not trauailen; gon, and not faylen.

 CAP. XLI.

Bee stille to me, yles, and Jentyles strengthe chaunge thei; neȝhen, and thanne speke thei; togidere to dom nyȝ come wee. Who rerede fro the est the riȝtwis, clepede hym, that he shulde fo|lewe hymself? He shal ȝyue in his siȝte Jentyles, and kingus he shal welde; he shal ȝyue as pouder to his swerd, asOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. stubil with the wind raueshid to his bowe. He shal pursue hem, `he shalOm. E pr. m. passe in pes; the sty in his feet shal not apere. Who these thingus wroȝte and dide? clepende ieneraciounsgeneracioun AGHK. fro the bi|gynnyng. I a Lord; first and the last I am. Iles seeȝen, and trembleden; the vtmostusvttermost AGHK. of the erthe becamen stoneid, thei neȝheden, and wente to. Eche to his neȝhebore shal helpen, and to his brother seyn, Tac coumfort. Coumforten shal the metal smyth smytende hym with an hamer that forgede that tyme, seiende to the glyu, It is good; and he coumfortide hym with nailes, that it shulde not be moued. And thou, Irael, my seruaunt, Jacob, whom I ches, the sed of Abraham, my frend, in whom I toc thee fro the vtmostesvttermostis AGHK. of the erthe, and fro his ferre coestes I clepede thee, and seide to thee, My seruaunt thou art; I ches thee, and I caste not awei thee. Ne drede thou, for I am with thee; ne bowe thou doun, for II am AK sec. m. thi God. I haue coumfortid thee, and holpen thee; and vndertoc thee the riȝthond of my riȝtwis. Lo! shul be confoundid, and shamen alle that fiȝten aȝen thee; thei shul be as thoȝthof E passim. thei be not, and pershe shul the men, that aȝenseyn to thee. Thou shalt sechen hem, and not finden; thi rebel men thei shul ben, as thoȝ thei ben not, and as the wasting of a man fiȝtende aȝen thee. For I the Lord thi God, takende thin hond, and seiende to thee, Ne drede thou, for I haue holpen thee. Wile thou not drede, thouof the E pr. m. werm of Ja|cob, that dead ȝee ben of Irael. I haue holpen thee, seith the Lord, and thin aȝeen biere, the hoeli of Irael. I haueha C. set thee as a newe wayn thresshende, hauende pikede poeles sawende; thou shalt thresshe mounteynes, and to-my|nushen, and putten as pouder hillis. Thou shalt wynewe them, and the wind shal take awei, and the whirlewind shal scatere them; and thou ful out shalt ioȝen in the Lord, and in the hoeli of Irael shaltthou schalt AG sec. m. K sec. m. glade. Nedi and pore men shul seche watrisOm. E pr. m., and ther ben not; the tunge of them with thrist driede. I the Lord shal out heren hem, I God of Irael shal not forsake them. I shal opene in heȝe hillis flodys, and in the myddel of feeldis welles; I shall sette de|sert in toOm. A. pondis of watris, and the lond withoute weie in to riueres of watris. I shal ȝyue in wildernesse ceder, and thorne, and myrtmyrre AGHK. tree, and oliue tree; Iand I E pr. m. shal sette in desert fyrr tree, and vlm tree, and box togidere. That thei see, and wite, and bethenke, and vnderstonde togidere; for the hond of the Lord dide this, and the hoeli of Irael foormede it. Nyȝ doth ȝoure dom, seith the Lord; bringeth to, if any thing parauenture ȝee han, seith the king of Jacob. Come thei nyȝ, and telle thei to vs, what euer thingus ben to come; the rathere thingus that weren, tellith, and wee shul putte oure herte, and wite; the laste thingis of hem, and that ben to come, shewith to vs. Telleth that ben to come in to tyme to come, and wee shul wite, for goddis ȝee ben; well also or euele, if ȝee moun, doth; and speke weeOm. E pr. m., and see wee togidere. Lo! ȝee ben of noȝt, and ȝour werc `of that thyngOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. that is not; abhominacioun he is, that ches ȝou. I rerede fro the north, and he shal come from the rising vpOm. A. of the sunne; clepe he shal my name. He shal bringe to the cheef maistris as clei, and as a daubere, `or a potterOm. CE pr. m. or as a potter K., to|tredende the lowe ertheOm. C pr. m.. Who tolde fro the bigynnyng, that wee witen, and fro the begynnyng, that wee sey, Thou art riȝtwis? ther is not a tellere, ne a biforn seiere, ne herere ȝoure wrdis. The firste to Sion shal sei, Lo! I am nyȝ; and to Jerusalem an euangelist I shal ȝyue. And I saȝ, and ther was not of thesethese then C pr. m. hem E pr. m. any man that ȝide in counseil, and `askid answerdeaskide answere AGHK. a wrd. Lo! alle vnriȝtwise, and veyne the werkes of hem; wynde, and with ynne voide the symulacris of them.

 CAP. XLII.

Lo! my seruaunt, I shal vndertaken hym, my chosen, al plesede to hym in hym my soule. I ȝaf my spirit vp on hym, dom to Jentiles he shal bringe forth. He shal not crien, ne take persone, ne shal ben herd hisOm. K. voys withouteforth. A reed brosidsmyten togydir E sec. m. AGHK. he shal not to-trede, and flax smokende he shal not quenchen; in treuthe he shal bringe out dom. He shal not be dreri, ne trublid, to the tyme he putepoote E pr. m. in the erthe dom, and his lawe iles shul abiden. These thingus seith the Lord God, formende heuenes, and strecchende out hem, fastnendeformynge E pr. m. erthe, and that buriounen ofout of K. it, ȝyuende breth to the puple, that is vpon it, and spirit to men tredende it. I the Lord clepede thee in riȝtwisnesse, and toc thin hond, and kepte thee, and ȝaf thee in to coue|naunt of the puple, in to liȝt of Jentiles. ThatAnd that A. thou shuldist opene the eȝen of blynde men; that thou shuldyst bringe out fro closing the bounde, fro the hous of prisoun the sitteres in dercnesse. I a Lord, this is my name; my glorie to an other I shall not ȝyue, and my preis|ing to grauen thingus. That first weren, lo! ben comen, newe thingus also I telle; er thei ben sprunge, herd I shal maken to ȝou. Syngeth to the Lord a newe song; his preising fro the vtmostesvttermostis AGHK. of theOm. AEG. erthe; ȝee that gon doun in to the se, and the plente of it, iles, and the dwelleres of hem. Be rered vp theto E pr. m. de|sert, and the cites of it; in his houses shal dwelle Cedar; preiseth, ȝee dwelleris of the ston; fro the top of mounteynes thei shul crien. Thei shul sette to the Lord glorie, and his preising in iles thei shul telle. The Lord as strong shal gon out, as a man fiȝtere he shal reren enuye; he shal crien out, and crien; vp on his enemys he shal be coumforted. Y heeld my pes, euermor I was stille; patient I was, as the trauailende with child I shal speke; I shal scateren, and soupen awei togidere. Desert I shal make hiȝe moun|teynes and hillys, and alle the burioun|yng of hem I shal outful out AGHK. drien; and I shal sette flodis in to iles, and pondis I shal make drie. And I shal bringe out blynde men in to the weie, that thei knowe not, and in the sties that thei vnknowen, hem to gon I shal make; I shal putte the derknesses of hem beforn hem in to liȝt, and shreude thingis in to euene riȝt; these wrdus I dide to them, and I forsoc not hem. Turned thei ben bacward; be thei confoundid with confusioun, that trosten in grauen thingthingis AGHK.; that seyn to theOm. GH. ȝoten thing, Ȝee oure goddis. Ȝee deue men, hereth; and ȝee blindeblynde men A., bi|holdeth to seen. Who blinde, butno but E sec. m. AGHK. my seruaunt? and def, butno but E sec. m. AGHK. to whom my messageres I sente? Who blind, butno but AE sec. m. GH. non bot K. he that is sold? who blind, butnon bot K. no but AE sec. m. GH. the ser|uaunt of the Lord? That seest many thingus, whether thou shalt not kepe? That opened hast the eres, whether thou shalt not here? And the Lord wolde, that he shulde halewen hymOm. E pr. m., and mag|nefie the lawe, and enhauncen. He for|sothe a puple `drawen aweito-broken E pr. m., and wasted; a grene of ȝunge men alle togidereOm. C pr. m. E pr. m., and in houses of prisouns thei ben hid. Thei ben maad in to raueyn, and ther is not that delyuere; `in toand into AEGHK. taking awei, and ther is not that `seie, Ȝeeldlerne to ȝelden E pr. m.. Who is in ȝou, that here this, taketake he C pr. m. heed, and herkne thingus to come? Who ȝaf Jacob in to pulling awei, and Irael to wasteres? Whether not the Lord? He is, to whom thei synneden; and thei wolden not in his weies gon, thei herden not his lawe. And he helde outOm. E pr. m. vp on it the indigna|cioun of his wodnesse, andand of E pr. m. strong bataile; and he to-brende it in cumpas, and it kneȝ not; heand he AE sec. m. GHK. tende it vp, and ithe E pr. m. vndir|stod not.

 CAP. XLIII.

And now these thingus seith the Lord GodOm. AGHK., shapendemakinge E pr. m. thee, Jacob, and foorm|ende thee, Irael, Wile thou not drede, for I haue aȝeenboȝt thee, and I clepede thee bi thi name; my seruaunt thou art. Whan thou shalt passe by watris, with thee I shal be, and flodus shul not couere thee; whan thou shalt go in fyr, thou shalt not be brent, and flaume shal not brenne in thee. For I the Lord thi God, hoeli ofOm. E pr. m. Irael, thi saueour. I ȝaf thin helpingIf ȝaf thi mekinge E pr. m. Egipt; and Etheope and Saba for thee. Sithen wrshepeful thou art mad in myn eȝen, and glorious; I louede thee, and I shall ȝyue men for thee, and puples for thi soule. Wile thou not drede, for I am with thee; fro the est I shal bringe to thi sed, and fro the west I shal togidere gedere thee. I shal sei to the north, ȜifȜif thou AE sec. m. GHK., and to the south, Wile thou not forfende; `bring todo awei E pr. m. my sones fro aferr, andOm. AGHK. my doȝtris fro the vt|mostusvttermost AGHK. of the erthe. And eche that in|wardli clepeth my name, in to my glorie I shop hym, foormede hym, and maad hym. Bring outforth the blinde puple, and the hauende eȝen; def, and eres ben to hymit E pr. m.. Alle Jentilis ben gedered togi|dere, and gedered ben lynagus. Who in ȝou shal telle this, and that first thingus ben to here ȝou shal make? ȝiue thei the witnesses of hem, and be thei iustefied, and heren, and sei thei. Vereli ȝee my witnesses, seith the Lord, and my ser|uaunt, whom I ches; that ȝee wite, and leeuen to me, and vnderstonde, for I the selue am; biforn me is not foormed God, and aftir me shal not be. I am, I am the Lord, and ther is not withoute me a saueour. I tolde, and sauede; herd I made, and ther was not in ȝou an alien. Ȝee my witnesses, seith the Lord; and I Godȝoure God E pr. m. fro the bigynnyng, I the selue, and ther ys not that of myn hond dely|uere; I shal werchen, and who shal turnen awei it? These thingus seith the Lord, ȝoure aȝeenbiere, hoeli of Irael, For ȝou I sente out in to Babilone, and to-droȝ alle the barres, and the Caldeis in therȝoure E pr. m. hondis gloriende. I the Lord, ȝoure hoeli, shaperethe shapere E pr. m. of Irael, ȝoure king. These thingus seith the Lord, that ȝaf in the see aOm. AE pr. m. GHK. weie, and in watris swiftli rennende a sty; that broȝte out the foure horsid carre, and the hors, the cumpany, and the stalwrthe; togidere thei aboute slept|en, and shul not rise; thei ben to-treden as flax, and ben ful out queynt. Ne han ȝeethou E pr. m. mynde of the rathere, and olde thingis ne beholde ȝee. Lo! I do newe thingus, and now shul springe; also ȝee shul knowe them. I shal putte in desert aOm. E pr. m. weiefeelde weye K., and in the withoute weye flodus. And glorifien me shal the beste of the feeld, dragounus, and ostricches; for I ȝaf in desert watris, and flodis in the withoute weie, that I ȝyue drinc to my puple, my chosene. This puple I foorm|ede to me, my preising it shal telle. Not me thou inwardly clepedist, Jacob; ne trauailedest in me, Irael. Thou offer|edist not to me the wether of thi brent sacrifise, and in thi victorie sacrifises thou glorefiedest not me. Not thee to seruen I made in offring, ne trauaile I ȝaf in cens. Thou boȝtest not to me with siluer a reed, and with the talȝ of thi victorie sacrifises thou inwardly drunkedest not me; ner|thelatere to serue me thou madest in thi synnes, thou ȝeue to me trauaile in thi wickidnesseswickenesses E. wickidnesse H.. I am, I am he, that dodoth AGHK. awei thiOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. wickidnessewickenesse E. wickidnessis AGHK. for me, and of thi synnes I shal not recorde. Bring me in to thiOm. AEGHK. mynde, and be wee demed togi|dere; tel, if any thing thou hast, that thou be iustefied. Thi firste fader synnede, and thi remenoures breeken the lawe aȝen me. And I defoulede hoeli princes, I ȝaf to slaȝter Jacob, and Israel in to blasfemyeBabiloyne AGHK..

 CAP. XLIV.

And now here thou, Jacob, my ser|uaunt, and Irael, whom I ches. These thingus seith the Lord, makende and foormende thee fro the woombe, thin helpere, Wile thou notOm. C pr. m. drede, my ser|uaunt Jacob, and thou most riȝt, whom I ches. I shal heelden out forsotheOm. A. wa|tris vp on the threstende, and flowingus vp on the drie; I shall heelden out my spirit vp on thi sed, and my blessing vp on thi stoc. And buriowne thei shuln among erbes, as withies, `or salewisOm. CE pr. m., bisyde the syde flowende watris. This shal seyn, Of the Lord I am, and he shal inwardly clepen in the name of Jacob; and this shal write with his hond to the Lord, and in the name of Irael he shal be licned to. These thingus seith the Lord, king of Irael, and his aȝeen biere, Lord of ostes, I the firste and I theOm. A. laste, and with oute me is not God. Who lic of me? clepe he, and telle, and the ordre ex|poune to me, sithen I ordeynede the olde puple; thingus to come, and that ben to come, telle he to them. Wileth not dreden, ne bethben A. beth not K. disturbid; fro thennus to heeren thee I made, and tolde; ȝee ben my wit|nesses. Whether is God withoute me, and a foormere, whom I haue not knowemoued E pr. m.? The foormeres of the mawmet alle noȝt ben, and the most loued thingus of them shul not profiten to them; thei witnesses of hem ben, for thei seen not, ne vnder|stonde, that thei be confoundid. Who foormede God, and a grauen thing ȝetede, to no thing profitable? Lo! alle his parc|eneres shul be confoundid; the forgeres forsothe ben of men. Thei shuln come to|gidere, alle thei shul stonde, and inwardli dreden, and ben confoundid togidere. The yren smyth with the file wroȝte; in coles, and in hameres foormede it, and wroȝte in the arm of his strengthe. He shal hungren, and failen; he shal not drinke water, andOm. A. he shal waxe weri. The crafti man tree werkere straȝte out the reule, and foormede it in a grauyng iren; he maade it in corneres, and in a cumpas turnede it abouten; and made an ymage of a man, as a fair man wonende in hous. He heeȝ doun the cedris, and toc the kesteyn tree, and the oek, that hadde stonde among the trees of the wilde wode; he plauntede the pyne tree, that with reinthe reyn A. he nurshede, and made is to men in to fyr. He toc of hem, and is chaufed, and brende vp, and booc loeues; of the remnaunt forsothe he wroȝte aOm. E pr. m. god, and honourede, and made grauen thing, and is bowid biforn it. The myd|del of it he brende with fyr, and of his myddel, flesh he sethede, and eet; he sethede potage, and is fild; `and is chaufidOm. C pr. m., and seide, Vahvath EK., `or weelOm. C et E pr. m., I am hat; Yand I E pr. m. saȝ the fyr. The remnaunt forsothe of it aOm. E pr. m. god he made, and a grauen thing to hym; he is bowid biforn it, and honour|ethhe honoureth K. it, and inwardli besecheth, seiende, Delyuere me, for my god thou art. They knewen not, ne vnderstoden, forsothe thei forȝeeten, lest ther eȝen seeȝen, and lest thei vnderstoden in ther herte. Thei be|thenken not in ther mynde, ne knowen, ne felen, that thei sey, The myddel of it I brende with fyr, and I bookbakide AGHK. vp on his coles loeues, and seth flesh, and eet; and of his remnaunt a maumet I shal make, biforn the stoc the tree I shal kutte. His part is askus; the vnwise herte shal ho|nouren it, and yt shal not delyuere his soule, ne seyn, A strong lesyng isOm. E pr. m. in my riȝthond. Haue mynde of these, Jacob and Irael, for my seruaunt thou art; I foormede thee, my seruaunt thou art, Irael; thou shalt not forȝete me. I dide awei as a cloude thi wickednesseswickenesses E., and as a litil cloude thi synnes; turne aȝeen to me, for I aȝeen boȝte thee. Ȝee he|uenus, preiseth, for mercy dide the Lord; inwardli ioȝeth, ȝee vtmostusvttermostis AGHK. of theOm. AEGK. erthe; aȝensouneth, ȝee hillis, preising; the wilde wode, and eche tree of it; for the Lord aȝeen boȝte Jacob, and Irael shal glorien. These thingus seith the Lord, thin aȝeen|biere, and thi foormere of the wombe, I am the Lord, doende alle thingus, strecch|ende out heuenus alone, stablende theOm. AEGH. erthe, and no man with me; voide mak|ende tocnes of deuynoures, and the deuel sacrifyeres in to wodnesse turnende; al|turnende wyse men bacward, the kun|nyng of them folie makende; rerende the wrd of his seruaunt, and the counseil of his messageres fulfillende; that sey, Jerusalem, thou shalt be dwellid; and to the cites of Juda, Ȝee shul ben bild vp, and his desertes I shal rere; that sey to the depthe, Be thou desolat, and thi flodys I shal make drie; that sey to Ciro, My shepperde thou art, and al my wil thou shalt fulfille; that sey to Jeru|salem, Thou shalt be bild vp; and to the temple, Thou shalt be foundid.

 CAP. XLV.

These thingus seith the Lord to my crist, Ciro, whos riȝt hond I toc, that I soogete bifor his face Jentiles, and the reggus of kingus I turne; and opene biforn hym the fyrste entrees, and the ȝates shuln not be closid. I byfor thee shal go, and the glorious men of erthe I shal meeken; the brasene ȝates I shal to|brose, and the irene barres I shal to|breke. And I shal ȝyuen to thee tre|sores hid, and the priue thingus of priuy|tees, that thou wite, for I the Lord, that clepe thi name, God of Irael, for my seruaunt Jacob, and Irael my chosen, andOm. AGHK. I clepede thee in thi name; I lic|nede thee, andOm. A. thou knewe not me. I the Lord, and ther is not more ouer; out of me is not God. I girde thee to, and thou knewe not me; that thei witewite thei E pr. m., that fro the rising of the sunne, and that fro the west ben, for withoute me is not a God. I the Lord, and ther is not an othir; foormende liȝt, and shapende derc|nesses, makende pes, and shapende euel; I the Lord, doende alle these. Deweth, ȝee heuenus fro aboue, and cloudis reyne thei the riȝtwis; be opened the erthe, and burioune it a saueour, and riȝtwisnesse springe togidere; I the Lord shop hym. Wo that `with seithseith K. to his makere, the shord of theOm. AGHK. toȝ clei of erthe. Whether seith the clei to his crockerecrockere, or potter E sec. m. marg., What dost thou, and thi werc withoute hondus is? Wo that seith to the fader, What getest thou? and to the womman, What berest thou? These thingus seith the Lord, hoeli of Irael, hisȝee his E pr. m. foormere, Thingus to come asketh me vp on my sonus, and vpvpon AEGHK. the werkes of myn hondus sendeth to me. I made theOm. AEGHK. erthe, and man vp on it I shop; myn hondis straȝten out heuenus, and to al the knyȝthod of hem I sente. I rerede hym to riȝtwisnesse, and alle his weies I shal riȝt reulen; heOm. E pr. m. shal bilde vp my cite, and my caitifte he shal forȝyue, not in pris, ne in ȝiftes, seith the Lord of ostes. These thingus seith the Lord God, The trauaile of Egipt, and the nede doing, `or marchaundiseOm. C et E pr. m., of Ethiope, and of Sabaym; the heȝe men to thee shul passe, and thin shul be; after thee thei shul go, bounde in manycles thei shul wende, and theeOm. C pr. m. thei shuln ho|noure, and thee louli preȝenschulen preye K sec. m. thei shulen preye A.. Onli in thee is God, and ther is not withoute thee a God. Vereli thou art God, an hid God, of Irael the saueour. Thei ben confoundid, and ful out shameden; togi|dere wententhei wenten E pr. m. awey in to confusioun the forgeres of erroures. Irael is saued in the Lord, in euere lastende helthe; ȝee shul not be confoundid, and not shamen, vntoin to AGHK. the world of world. For these thingus seith the Lord shapende heuenus; he God foormende erthe, and makende it, he foormere of it; not in veyn he shop it, but that it be dwellid, he foormede it; I the Lord, and ther is not an other. Not in hid place I spac, in the derc place of erthe; I seide not to the sed of Jacob, In veyn secheth me. I the Lord spekende riȝtwisnesse, tellende out riȝt thingus. Beth gedered, and cometh, and neȝheth togidere, for ȝee be saued fro the Jentiles; thei wisten not, that rereden vp a tocne of ther grauyng, and preȝen the god not sauende. Telleth out, and cometh, and counseilith togidere. Who herd made this fro the biginnyng? fro thanne I bi|forn seide it. Whether not I a Lord, and ther is notno AEGHK. more ouer a God withoute me? a riȝtwis God and sauende is not, beside me? Beth conuertid to me, and saaf shul be, alle ȝee coestes of erthe; for I the Lord, and ther is not an otherother beside me AE pr. m. GHK.. In myself I swor, ther shal gon out of my mouth the wrd of riȝtwisnesse, and shalOm. A. not be turned aȝeen; for to me shal be bowid eche kne, and swern shal eche tunge. Therfor in the Lord thei shul seyn, Myne ben riȝtwisnessesriȝtwisnes AGHK. and em|pire; to hym thei shul come, and con|foundid shul ben alle that aȝenstonde to hym. In the Lord shal be iustefied and preisid al the sed of Irael.

 CAP. XLVI.

To-broken is Bel, to-brosid is Nabo; broke ben the symulacris of them, with feeld bestes, and hous bestes; oure chargis with heuyheuyng E pr. m. berthene vnto werynesse stunken, and to-brosyd ben togidere; thei myȝten not sauen the berere, and the soule of them in to caitifte shal go. Hereth me, the hous of Jacob, and al the residue of the hous of Irael, that ben born of my wombe, that ofte ben born fro my priue wombe. Vnto the laste eldeOm. C pr. m. I the selue, and vnto the hoere herisOm. C et E pr. m. I shall bern; I made, and I shal bringe; I shal bern, and I shal saue. To whom licneden ȝee me, and eueneden, and com|parisounden me, and maden lic? ȜeOm. C et E pr. m. that togidere bringen gold fro the bagge, and siluersylueren GK. with a balaunce peisen, hirende thethenne E sec. m. K. them AG. hem H. `craftis mangoldsmyth E sec. m. AGHK., that he make a god, and thei fallen doun, and honouren; bern it in the shuldris, berende and set|tende in his place; and shal stonde, and fro his place shal not be moued; but and whan thei shul crie to it, he shal notno E pr. m. heren, fro tribulacioun he shal not saue them. Remembreth this, and beth found|id; turneth aȝeen, ȝee lawe brekeres, to the herte. Recordeth of the rathere world, for I am God, and ther is not ouer me a God, ne lic me; tellende out fro the bi|gynnyng the laste, and fro the bigyn|nyng that not ȝit ben maad, seiende, My counseil shal stonde, and al my wil shal be don; clepende fro the est a brid, and fro the ferr lond the man of my wil; andOm. A. I spac, and bringe to shal it; I shop, and maken I shal it. Hereth me, ȝee with hard herte, that aferr ben fro riȝt|wisnesse. Nyȝ I made my riȝtwisnesse, and it shal not be longed awei, and myn helthe shal not be tariedturneid E pr. m.; I shal ȝyue in to Sion helthe, and in to Jerusalem my glorie.

 CAP. XLVII.

Go doun, sit in pouder, thou maiden doȝter of Babilon, sit in the erthe; ther is not a kingus see of the doȝtir of Cal|deis, for no more thou shalt beOm. E pr. m. clepid nesshe and tender. Tac a grind ston, `or queerne stoonOm. CE pr. m. or a queerne stoon H., and grind meOm. AEGHK. mele; nakene thi filthed, discouere the shulder, opene the thees, passe ouer the flodis. Opened shal be thi shenshipe, and seen shal be thi repreef; a veniaunce I shal take, and ther shal not withstonde to me a man. Oure aȝeen biere the Lord of ostes; the name of hym the hoeli of Irael. Syt, be stille, andOm. A. go into derc|nesses, thou doȝter of Caldeis, for thou shalt no more be clepid the ladi of reumes. I am wroth vp on my puple, I defoulede myn heritage, and I ȝaf hem in thin hond; thou settest not to them mercies vp on the olde; thou agreggedist the ȝoc gretli, and seidist, In to euermor I shal ben a ladi; thou puttist not these thingus vp on thin herte, ne recordedistrecordist GHK. of thi laste. And now here thou these thingus, thou delicat, and dwellende tros|teli, that seist in thin herte, I am, and ther is not biside me more ouer; I shal not sitte aOm. C pr. m. widewe, and I shal vnknowe bareynete. Comen shul to thee these two sodeynli in o dai, bareynesse, and widewehed; alle thingusthese thingus C pr. m. camen vp on thee for the multitude of thi sorceries, and for the huge hardnesse of thi deuel cleperes. And trost thou haddest in thi malice, and seidist, Ther is not that see me; thi wisdam, and this thi kunnyng disceyuede thee; and thou seidistseide A. in thin herte, I am, and biside me is not an other. Ther shal come vp on thee euel, and thou shalt not wite his rysing; and ther shal feerli falle vp on thee wastnesse, that thou shalt not moun purge; ther shal come vp on thee wrecchednesse feerliOm. C pr. m., that thou wost not. Stond with thi deuel cleperes, and with the multytude of thi sorceries, in whiche thou hast trauailid fro thi waxende ȝouthe; if par auenture any thing it profite to thee, or if thou mowemou C. be mad strengere. Thou hast failid in the multitude of thi counseilis; stonde, and saue thee the deuynoures of heuene, that biheeldebeholden K. sterres, and noum|bren monethis, that of hem thei telle thingus to come to thee. Lo! thei ben mad as stobil, fyr to brende them; thei shul not delyuere ther soule fro the hond of flaume; ther ben not coles, with theOm. AEGK. whiche thei ben made hot, ne fyr, that thei sitte at it. So mad ben to thee in `what euerealle C pr. m. E pr. m. what C sec. m. thingus thouin whiche thou C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK. haddest tra|uailid; thi marchandes fro ther ȝouthe, eche in ther weie erreden; ther ys not, that saue thee.

 CAP. XLVIII.

Hereth these thingus, the hous of Ja|cob, that ben cleped bi the name of Irael, and of the watris of Juda `went outben C pr. m. E pr. m. ȝe wenten out E sec. m. AGHK., that swern in the name of the Lord God of Irael, and recorden not in treuthe ne in riȝtwisnesse. Fro the hoeli cite forsothe thei ben clepid, and vp on the God of Irael thei ben stablid; the Lord of ostes hisis his A. name. The rathere thinges fro thannethennes E pr. m. I tolde out, and of my mouth thei wenten out, and herd I made them; feerli I wroȝte, and thei camen. I kneȝ forsothe for thou art hard, and an irene senewe thin haterel, and thi frount bra|sene. I befornseide to thee fro thanne, er thei camen I shewede to thee, lest par auenture thou shuldist sey, My mau|metes diden these thingus, and my grauen thingus and ȝote senten these thingus that thou hast herd. See alle thingusthes thingis A., ȝee forsothe han not told out. Herd I made to thee newe thingus fro thanne, and kept ben that thou knowist not; now `thei ben shapenshape ben E pr. m., and not fro thanneOm. E pr. m., and befor day, and thou herdest not hem; lest par auenture thou sey, Lo! I kneȝ them. Ne thou hast herd, ne thou hast knowe, ne sithen opened is thin ere; I wot forsothe, for lawe breking thou shalt lawe breke, and a trespasere fro the wombe I clepede thee. For my name ferr I shal make my wodnesse, and in my preising I shal bridele thee, lest thou die. Lo! I haue out `bake theeOm. C pr. m., but not as siluer; I ches thee in the chynne of porenesse. For me I shal do that I be not blasfemed, and my glorie to an other I shal not ȝyue. Here thou me, Jacob, and Irael, whom I clepe, Y the selue; Iand AGHK. the firste and IOm. AGHK. the laste. Myn hond also foundedefourmede A. thethat H. erthe, and my riȝthond mesurede heuenus; I shal clepe them, and thei shul stonden togi|dere. Beth gedered, alle ȝee, and hereth; who of hem tolde out these thingus? The Lord louede hym, and shal don his wil in Babilon, and his arm in Caldeis. I, YOm. AH. spac, and clepede hym; broȝte to hym, and riȝt reulid is his weie. Cometh nyȝ to me, and hereth these thingus; not fro the bigynnyng in hid thing I spac; of tyme, er thei shulden be mad, I was thereOm. E pr. m., and now the Lord God sente me, and his Spirit. These thingus seith the Lord, thin aȝeenbiere, the hoeli of Irael, I the Lord thi God, techende thee profit|able thingus, gouernende thee in the wei that thou gost. Wolde God thou haddest taken heed toof A. myn hestes, mad hadde be as a flod thi pes, and thi riȝtwisnessesriȝtwisnes AGHK. as the swolewes of the se; and haddeOm. G pr. m. H. ben as grauel thi sed, and the stoc of thi wombe, as his litle stones; he shulde not han died, and shulde not han be de|foulid his name fro my face. Goth out fro Babylon, fleeth fro Caldeis; in vois of ful oute ioȝyng telleth out; herd mak|eth this, and berth it vntoin to K. the vtmostusvttirmostis AGHK. of the erthe; seith, Aȝeenboȝte the Lord his seruaunt Jacob. Thei thristeden not in desert, whan he shulde lede them out; water of a ston he broȝte forth to them, and he kutte the ston, and ther floweden watris. Ther is not pes to vnpitousthe vnpitous A. men, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XLIX.

Hereth, ȝee iles, and taketh heed, ȝee puples fro aferr; the Lord fro theOm. E pr. m. con|ceyuende wombe clepede me, and fro the wombe of my moder recordede of my name. And he putte my mouth as a sharp swerd, in the shadewe of his hond he defendede me, andhe C. putte me as a chosen arwe; in his arwe cas he hiddeputte AK sec. m. dide GH. me, and seide to me, My seruaunt thou art, Irael, for in thee I shal glorie. I seide, In veyn I trauailede withoute cause, and veynlich my strengthe I wastede; therfore my dom with the Lord, and my werc with my God. And now these thingus seith the Lord, foormende me fro the wombe a seruaunt to hym, that I bringe aȝeen Jacob to hym. And Irael shal not be gedered togidere; and I am glorefied in the eȝen of the Lord, and my God mad is my strengthe. And he seide, Litil is, that thou be to me a ser|uaunt, to be rered the lynages of Jacob, and the drestus of Irael to be conuerted; I ȝaf thee in to liȝt of Jentiles, that thou be myn helthe vnto the vtmostvttermost AGHK. of the erthe. These thingus seith the Lord, the aȝeenbiere of Irael, his hoeli, to the despisable soule, and to the wlated folc of kinde, toand to A. the seruaunt of lordis, Kingus shul seen, and togidere shul rise princes, and honoure, for the Lord, for feithfull he is, and the hoeli of Irael, that ches thee. These thingus seith the Lord, In plesaunt tyme Y ful out herde thee, and in the dai of helthe I halp thee, and kepte thee, and ȝaf thee in to pes coouenaunt of the puple, that thou shuldest rere the lond, and welden eri|tages scatered; that thou sey to them that ben bounde, Goth out, and to them that in dercnesses, Beth opened. Vp on weies thei shul be fed, and in alle pleynes the leswes of hem. Thei shul not hungre, ne thristen more ouer, and smyte shal not them gret hete, and the sunne; for the rewere of them shal go|uerne them, and at theOm. K. welles of watris ȝyuen hem to drinke. And I shal putte my mounteynes in to a weie, and my pathis shul ben enhauncid. Lo! these fro aferr shul come, and lo! tho fro the north, and the se, and these fro the south lond. Preise, ȝee heuenes, and ful out ioȝe, thou erthe; inwardli glade, ȝee hillis, preising; for coumfortid hath the Lord his puple, and of his pore shal han mercy. And Sion seide, Forsaken hath me the Lord, and the Lord hath forȝete me. Whether forȝeten mai the womman hir faunt, that she do not mercy to the sone of hir wombe? and if she shul forȝeten, I nerthelatere shal not forȝete thee. Lo! in myn hondis I haue dis|criued thee; thi wallis bifor myn eȝen euermor. Thi bilderes camen distroȝende thee, and scaterende fro thee shul gon out. Rere vp in cumpas thin eȝen, and see; alle these ben gederede togidere, camen to thee. I lyue, seith the Lord, for with all these as with an ournement thou shalt be cladclothid AEGHK., and cumpasen aboute to thee hem as a spouse. For thi de|sertes, and thi wildernesses, and the lond of thi falling now streit shul ben for the dwelleris of the erthe; and aferr shul be dryue awei that soupeden awei thee. Ȝit shulthei shul E pr. m. seyn in thin eres sones of thi bareynte, Streit is to me a place, mac a space to me that I dwelle. And thou shalt seyn in thin herte, Who gat to me these? I bareyn, not child berende; trans|latid and caitif; and these who nurshede out? I priuedsor priued E pr. m., and solitarie; and these wher weren? These thingus seith the Lord God, Lo! I rere to Jentilis myn hond, and shal enhaunce to puples myn tocne; and thei shul bringe to thi sones in armys, and thi doȝtris vp on shuldris thei shul bern. And kingis shul be thi nursheres, and queenes thi nurses; the chere in to the erthe put doun thei shul honoure thee, and the pouder of thi feet thei shul licke; and thou shalt wite, for I a Lord, vp on whom shuln not be con|founded, that abijden hym. Whether shal be taken awei fro the stronge a prei? or that shal be take fro the stalwrthe shal moun be saaf? For these thingus seith the Lord, Forsothe and the caitifte froof A. the stronge shal ben taken awei, and that were taken awei fro the stalwrthe shal be saued. Hem forsothe that demeden thee I shal deme, and thi sonis I shal sauen. And I shal fede thin enemys with ther flesh, and as with must withof K sec. m. ther blod shul be drunke; and knowen shal eche flesh, for I the Lord, sauende thee, and thin aȝeen biere, the stronge of Jacob.

 CAP. L.

These thingus seith the Lord, What is this boc of the forsaking of ȝoure moder, that I lafte hir? or who is my creauncer, to whom I solde ȝou? Lo! forsothe in ȝoure wickidnesseswickidnes AGHK. wickenesse E. ȝee be sold, and in ȝoure hidous giltes I lafte ȝoure moder. For I cam, and there was not a ful man; I clepide, and ther was not that herde. Whether abreggid, and ful litil maad is myn hond, that I maimyȝte AE pr. m. GHK. not aȝeenbienaȝeebien C.? or is not to me vertue to delyuere? Lo! in my blamyng desert I shal make the se, Iand I AGHK. shal putte flodis in to droȝte; stinke shul fisshes withoute watir, and dien in thrist. I shal clothin heuenes with derc|nesses, and a sac Y shal putte the couer|yng of hem. The Lord ȝaf to me a taȝt tunge, that I kunne hym susteyne, that is weri in wrd; heOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. rereth vp the moru|tyd, the morutyd rereth vp to me an ere, that I here as a maister. The Lord God openede to me an ere; I forsothe aȝensei not, bacward I ȝide not awei. My bodi I ȝaf to the smyteres, and my chekes to the pulleris; my face I turnede not awei fro the blameres, and the spitteres in me. The Lord God myn helpere, and therfore I am not confoundid; therfore I putte my face as a most hard ston, and I wot for I shal not ben confoundid. Nyȝ is, that iustefieth me; who with seith to me? stonde wee togidere. Who is myn aduersarie? come he nyȝ to me. Lo! the Lord God myn helpere; who thanne is that condempneth me? Lo! alle as a cloth shul be to-tredeto-troden E., and aas a AG pr. m. HK. moȝte shal ete them. Who of ȝou dred|ende the Lord, herende the vois of his seruaunt? Who ȝide in dercnessesdercnes AEGK. and ther is not liȝt to hym, hope he in the name of the Lord, and leene he vp on his God. Lo! ȝee alle teendende vp fyr, and gird with flawmes, goth in the liȝt of ȝoure fyr, and in the flaumes that ȝee teenden vp to ȝou. Of myn hond don is this to ȝou, in sorewis ȝee shul slepe.

 CAP. LI.

Hereth me, ȝee that folewen that is riȝt, and sechen the Lord. Taketh heed to the ston, whenus ȝee ben kut out, and to the kaue of the lake, of theOm. AGHK. whiche ȝee ben kut of. Taketh heed to Abra|ham, ȝoure fader, and to Sara, that bar ȝou; for oon I clepede hym, and blissede hym, and multepliede hym. Coumforten shal thanne the Lord Sion, and coum|forte he shal alle the fallingus of it; and putten his desert as delices, and his wil|dernesse as the gardyn of the Lord; ioȝe and gladnesse shal be founde in it, grace|doing and vois of preising. Taketh heed to me, my puple, and, my lynage, me hereth; for lawe fro me shal gon out, and my dom in to liȝt of puples shal resten. Nyȝ is my riȝtwis, gon out is my saueour, and myn armes puples shul demen; me iles shuln abide, and myn arm sustenen. Rereth in to heuene ȝoure eȝen, and seeth vnder erthe benethe; for heuenes as smoke shul melte, and the erthe as a cloth shal be to-trede, and his dwelleris as these shul dien; myn helthe forsothe in to euermor shal be, and my riȝtwisnesse shal not faile. Hereth me, that knowen the riȝtwis, ȝethou C pr. m. E pr. m. puple, my lawe in the herte of hem; wileth not drede repref of men, and the blasfemes of them dredeth not. As forsothe cloth|ing so shal ete them a werm, and as wlle so shal deuoure them the moȝte; myn helthe forsothe in to euermor shal be, and my riȝtwisnesse in to ienera|ciouns of ieneraciouns. Rys, rys, clothe thou strengthe, the arm of the Lord; rys, as in theOm. A. olde dayes, in ieneraciouns of worldis. Whether notOm. E pr. m. thou smytehast smyte G sec. m. the proude, woundedestwoundist AHK. the dragoun? Whe|ther not thou driedist the se, water of the huge depthe, the whiche puttest the depthe of the se weiea weye A., that gon ouer shuldenthei shulden C et E pr. m. theOm. CE pr. m. K. delyuered? And now that ben aȝeenboȝt of the Lord, shul turnen aȝeen, and comen in to Sion preisende, and euerlastende gladnesse `vp onvp A. the hedisheuedis E passim. of them; ioȝe and gladnesse thei shul holden, fleen shal sorewe and weil|ing. Lo! I the selue shal coumforte ȝou; who thou, that thou drede of a deadly man, and of the sone of man, that as hei so shal waxe drie; and `hast forȝeteforȝat E pr. m. the Lord, thihis E pr. m. shapere, that bente heuenes, and foundede theOm. AEGHK. erthe; and inwardli dreddest contynuelli al dai of the face of his wodnesse, that thee troo|blede, and hadde mad redi to leese? Where is now the wodnesse of the tro|blere? Soone shal come the goere to openen, and shal not slen vnto the weie slaȝter, ne failen shal his bred. I for|sothe am the Lord thi God, that disturbe the se, and swellenswellynge K. his flodis; the Lord of ostis my name. I sette my wrdis in thi mouth, and in the shadewe of myn hond I defendedefendide AEGHK. thee; that thou plaunte heuenus, and founde erthe, and sey to Sion, My puple thou art. Be rered, be rered, ris thou, Jerusalem, thatfor AE pr. m. GHK. thouOm. C pr. m. drunkedrunken C. of the `hond of theOm. C. Lord the chalis of his wrathe; vn to the ground of the chalis of slep thou drunke, and thou drunke it vpOm. E pr. m. vntoto K. the drestes. TherAnd ther K sec. m. is not that susteyne hirit E pr. m., of alle the sonus that shehe E pr. m. gat; and ther is not that take hir hond, of alle the sonus that shehe E pr. m. nurshede vp. Two thingus ben that aȝen|camen to thee; who shal sorewen vp on thee? wastite, and to-brosing, and hun|ger, and swerd. Who shal coumforten thee? Thi sones ben aferr cast, thei slepten in the hed of alle weies, as the vnclene beste grened, that is clepid orix; ful of the indignacioun of the Lord, blamyng of thi God. Therfore here thou these thingus, thou porelet, and drunken, not of wyn. These thingus seith the lordshipere, thi Lord, and thi God, that faȝt for his puple, Lo! I toc of thin hond the chalis of slep, the ground of the chalis of myn indignacioun; I shal not lei to, that thou drunke it more. And I shal putte it in the hond of hem that thee mekeden, and seiden to thi soule, Be thou bowid in that wee passe; and thou puttist as erthe thi bodi, and as a weie toto the E pr. m. goeres.

 CAP. LII.

Rys, ris, be cladthou clothid AGHK. clothe E pr. m. clothed E sec. m., thou Sion, with thi strengthe; be thou cladclothid AEGHK. with the clothis of thi glorie, thou Jerusalem, cite of the hoeli; for he shal not lei to more, that ther passe bi thee an vncircumcidid and vnclene. Be thou shaken out of the pouder; ris, sit thou, Jerusalem; looselouse thou A. the bondis of thi necke, thou caitif doȝtir of Sion. For these thingus seith the Lord, Freeli ȝee ben sold, and withoute siluer ȝee shul be aȝeen boȝt. For these thingus seith the Lord God, In to Egipt cam doun my puple in the bigynnyng, as a comeling tiliere he was there, and Assur withoute any cause chalengede hym. And now what to me is this? seith the Lord; for taken awei is my puple withoute cause; his lordshiperes wickidliwickeli E. diden, seith the Lord, and bisili al dai my name is blasfemed. For that wite shal my puple my name in that dai, for I the selue that spac, lo! I am nyȝ. Hou faire vp on mounteynes the feet of the tellende, and prechende pes, tellende good, prechende helthe, seiende, Sion, regnen shal thi God. The vois of thithe AGHK. tooteres; thei rereden a vois, togidere thei shul preisen; for with eȝe to eȝe thei shul see, whan conuerte shal the Lord Sion. Ioȝ|eth, and preiseth togidere, ȝee desertes of Jerusalem; for coumfortid hath the Lord his puple, aȝeenboȝt he hath Jerusalem. Redi made the Lord his hoeli arm in the eȝen of alle Jentiles, and seen shul alle coestes of erthe the helthe ȝyuere of oure God. Goth awei, goth awei, goth out thennes; the defoulid thing wileth not touche, goth out fro the myddel of it; `be ȝebeth C pr. m. E pr. m. clensid, that bern the vesseles of the Lord. For not in noise ȝee shul gon out, ne in fliȝt ȝee shul gon forth; forsothe gon bifor ȝou shal the Lord, and gedere togidere ȝou shal the God of Irael. Lo! vnderstonde shal my ser|uaunt, and ben enhauncid, and rered, and ful heeȝ he shal be gretly. As stoneȝe|den vp on hym manye, so vnglorious shal ben among men his siȝte, and the foorme of hym among the sonus of men. He shal springe manye Jentiles; vp on hym togidere holden shuln kingis ther mouth; for to whom is not told of hym, shul see, and that herden not, beheelden.

 CAP. LIII.

Who leeuede to oure heering? and the arm of the Lord to whom is it shewyd? And it shal steȝen vp as a quyk hegge biforn hym, and as a roote fro the threst|endethristinge E. erthe. Ther is not shap to hymit E pr. m., ne fairnesse; and wee seȝen hym, and he was not of siȝte; and wee desireden hym, dispisid, and the laste of men, man of sorewes, and witende infirmyte. And as hid his chere and dispisid; wherfore ne wee setteden by hym. Vereli oure sic|nessessikenes AGHK. he tooclik E pr. m., and oure sorewes he bar; and wee heelden hym as leprous, and smyten of God, and mekid. He forsothe woundid is for oure wickidnesseswickidnes AGH. wickenesses E., de|foulid is for oure hidous giltes; the dis|cyplyne of oure pes vp on hym, and with his wannessewanne wounde E sec. m. AGHK. we ben heled. Alle wee as shep erreden, eche in to his weie bow|ede doun, and the Lord putte in hym the wickidnessewickenesse E. of vs alle. He is offred, for he wolde, and he openede not his mouth; as a shep to sleyng he shal be lad, and as a lomb bifor the clippere it|self he shal become doumb, and he opened not his mouth. Fro anguysh and fro dom he is take awei; the ieneracioun of hym who shal tellen out? For kut awei he is fro the lond of lyueres. For the hidous gilte of my puple I smot hym. And ȝyuen he shal vnpitous men for biriyng, and riche men for his deth; for thi that wickenessewickidnes AGHK. he dide not, ne treccherie was in his mouth; and the Lord woldeOm. A. to-trede hym in infirmytee. If he shal putte his soule for synne hethou E pr. m. shal seen sed of long age, and the wil of the Lord in his hond shal be riȝt reulid. For thi that he trauailede, his soule shal seen, and ben fulfyld. In his kunnyng he my riȝtwis seruaunt shal iustefien manye, and the wickidnesseswickidnes AGHK. wickenesses E. of hem he shal bern. Therfore I shal dele to hym manye, and of stronge men he shal deuyde spoiles; for thi that he toc in to deth his lif, and with hidous gilteres is holden; and he the synnesynnes E pr. m. of manye toc, and for tres|paseres preȝede.

 CAP. LIV.

Preise, thou bareyne, that berst not; gretli sing preisingOm. K sec. m., and ympneneye E pr. m., that beere not; for manye sones of the for|sakendesert E pr. m. more than of hir that hadde the manhusbonde E sec. m. AGHK., seith the Lord. AlargeLarge C pr. m. Opene E pr. m. AGHK. the place of thi tente, and the skynnes of thi taber|nacle strecche out; ne spare thou, longe maac thi litle cordis, and thi nailes mac fast. At the riȝt forsothe and at the lift thou shalt persen; and thi sed Jentiles shal eritagen, and desert cites wonen in. Wile thou not dreden, for thou shalt not be confoundyd, ne shamen. Forsothe it shal not shamen thee; for of the confu|sioun of thi ȝouthe thouthat K. shalt forȝete, and of the repref of thi widewhed thou shalt recorde no more. For lordshipen shal of thee that made thee; the Lord of ostes hys name; and thin aȝeen biere, theOm. AGHK. holi of Irael, the God of al erthe shal be clepid. For as a womman forsaken and moornende in spirit, clepede thee the Lord, and a wif fro the ȝouthe cast awei. The Lord thi God seide, At a poynt in a litil I forsoc thee, and in grete mercy doinges I shal gedere thee. In a moment of indignacioun I hiddedide AH. my face a litil fro thee, and in euerlastende mercy I hadde mercy of thee, seideseith AE pr. m. GHK. the Lord, thi forbiere. As in the daȝesdai A. of Noe, this to me is, to whom I swor, that I shulde no mor bringen in theOm. AGHK. watris of flod vp on erthe; so I swor, that I wrathe not to thee, and blame not thee. Mounteynes forsothe shul be to-stered, and hillis shul tremblen; my mercy forsothe shal not gon awei fro thee, and the bond of my pes shal not be moued, seideseith AE pr. m. GHK. the Lord, thi reewer. Thou porelet, with tempest al to-pullid, with oute any coumfort, lo! I shal araie bi order thi stones, and founde thee in safires; and I shal sette iasp thy pynacles, and thi ȝates in to grauen stones, and alle thi termes in to desirable stones. Alle thi sones taȝt of the Lord; and multitude of pes to thi sones, and in riȝtwisnesse thou shalt be foundid. Go awei aferr fro chalengewronge chalenge AE sec. m. K. the wronge chalenge GH., for thou shalt not drede; and fro inward ferd, for it shal not neȝhe to thee. Lo! an earth tiliere shal come, that was not with me; thi comeling sumtymethe sum tyme E pr. m. apassidOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. shal be ioyned to thee. Lo! I shop a smyth blowende in the fyr coles, and bringende forth a vessel in to his werk; and I shop the sleere, to destroȝen. Eche vessel that is mad aȝen thee, shal not be riȝt reulid; and eche tunge withstondende to thee, in dom thou shalt deme. This is the eri|tage of the seruauns of the Lord, and the riȝtwisnesse of hem anent me, seith the Lord.

 CAP. LV.

Alle ȝee thristende, cometh to watris, and ȝee that han not siluer, goth forth, biethand bieth AGHK., and eteth; cometh, bieth, with|oute siluer and withoute any chaffaringchaungynge AE sec. m. GHK., wyn and mylc. Whi poote ȝee vp siluer, not in loeues, and ȝoure trauailing, not in filling? Hereth ȝee herende me, and eteth good thing, and delite shal in fat|nesse ȝoure soule. Bowith in ȝoure ere, and cometh to me; hereth, and lyuen shal ȝoure soule; and I shal smyte with ȝou euere lastende couenaunt, the feith|ful mercies of Dauid. Lo! witnesse I ȝaf hym to puples, duke and comaundere to Jentiles. Lo! the folc of kinde, that thou knewe not, thou shalt clepen; and the folc of kinde, thatOm. G pr. m. H. theeOm. C pr. m. thou AGHK. kneȝ not, to thee shul rennen; for the Lord thy God, and the hoeli of Israel, for he glorifiede thee. Secheth the Lord, whil he mai be founde; inwardli clepeth hym, whil he is nyȝ. Forsake the vnpitous his weie, and the wicke man his thoȝtes; and turne aȝeen to the Lord, and he shal haueha C. mercy of hym, and to oure God, for myche he is to forȝyue. Forsothe not my thenk|ingus ȝoure thenkingus, ne my weies ȝoure weies, seith the Lord. For as enhauncid ben heuenus fro erthe, so enhauncid ben my weies fro ȝoure weyes, and my thoȝtus fro ȝoure thoȝtus. And what maner com|eth doun weder and snoȝ fro heuene, and thider no mor is turned aȝeen, but drunk|neth the erthe, and heeldeth in to it, and to buriowne maketh it, and ȝyueth sed to the sowere, and bred to the etere, so shal be my wrd, that shal gon out of my mouth. It shal not be turned aȝeen voide to me, but shal do what euere thingus I wolde, and shal be welsum in tho thingus to whiche I sende it; for in gladnesse ȝee shul gon oute, and in pes ȝee shul be lad thennus. Mounteynes and hilles shul singe bifor ȝou preising, and alle the trees of the regioun shal flappe for ioȝe with hond. For the thorny erbe that is clepid saliunka, shal steeȝen vpOm. AGHK. a firr treeOm. AE pr. m. GHK., and for the nettle shal growe the tre that is clepid myrt; and the Lord shal be nemned in to anOm. GH. euer lastende tocne, that shal not ben don awei.

 CAP. LVI.

These thingus seith the Lord, Kepeth dom, and doth riȝtwisnesse, for nyȝ is myn helthe, that it come, and my riȝt|wisnesse, that it be opened. Blisful the man, that doth that, and the sone of man, that shal take this; kepende the sabot, lest he defoule it, kepende his hondis, lest he do any euel. And seye not the sone of the comeling, that cleueth to the Lord, seiende, Bi seueryng shall deuyde me the Lord fro his puple; and sey not the geld|ing, Lo! I a drie tree. For these thingus seith the Lord to geldingus, who kepenkepith AG pr. m. HK. my sabates, and chesencheseth A. that I wolde, and holden my pes couenaunt. I shal ȝyue to them in myn hous and in my wallis a place, and a betere name of sones and doȝtris; an euere lastende name I shal ȝyue to them, that shal not pershen. And the sonus of the comeling, that cleuen to the Lord, that thei herien hym, and loouen his name, that thei be to hym in to seruaunsseruaunt K.; eche manOm. E pr. m. kepende sabotthe saboth G sec. m., lest he defoule it, and the holdende my pes couenaunt; I shal bringe them in to myn hoeli hil, and gladen hem in the hous of myn orisoun; the brent sacrifises of hem and ther victorie sacrifises shul plesen to me vp on myn auter; for myn hous the hous of orisoun shal be clepid to alle puples, seith the Lord God, that gaderethgaderide A. theOm. A. scatered of Irael. Ȝit I shal gedere to hym alle his gedered to|gidere. Alle bestus of the feeld, cometh to deuouren, alle ȝee bestus of the wilde wode. His tooteres alle blinde, alle thei vnknewen; doumbe dogges not mowendemowing E. berken, seende veyne thingus, slepende, and loouende sweuenus; and most vn|shamefast doggus knewenand knewen A. not fulnesse. Thei shepperdes knewe not vnderstond|ing; alle in to ther owne weie boweden doun, eche to his auarice, fro the hiest vn to the laste. Cometh, take wee wyn, and be wee fulfild with drunkenesse; and it shal be as to dai, so and to moru, and myche more.

 CAP. LVII.

The riȝtwis man persheth, and ther is not, that bethenke in his herte; and men of mercy ben gedered, forand for C sec. m. and E pr. m. ther is not that vnderstonde; fro the face forsothe of malice gedered is the riȝtwis. Come pes, reste it in his bed, that ȝide in his riȝt reuling. Ȝee forsothe neȝheth hider, sonus of a wicche, sed of auouteresse, and of a fornycarie. Vp on whom pleieden ȝee? vp on whom spredden ȝee abrod the mouth, and `ȝee castedenthou casti E pr. m. out the tunge? Whether not ȝee sonus hidous gilteres, sed liere? that ben coumfortid in goddis, vnder eche braunchy tree, offrende litle childer in stremes, vnder stonus stondende ouer. In partes of the strem thi part, this is thi lot; and to them thou heeld|edestheeldist AGHK. out sacrificesacri|fices AGHK. of lykoures, offredist sacrificesacrifices GH.. Whether vp on these thingus I shal not endeynededeyne AGHK.? Vp on an hiȝ hil and enhauncid thou puttest thi bed, and thider thou steȝedest that thou offre ostes; and bihynde the dore, and bi|hynde the post thou settedest thiOm. AG pr. m. HK. mynde tocne. For biside me thou discoueredist, and toke the auoutrer; thou spreddest thi bed, and couenauntedest with them a pes couenaunt; thou loouedist the beddyng of hem with opened hond, and enourn|edest thee with the kingus oynement, and multepliedest thi pymentus; and sentist thi legates aferr, andfor E pr. m. mekid thou art vnto helle. In the multitude of thither E pr. m. weie thou trauailedest, and seidest not, I shal resten; the weie of thin hond thou hast founde, therfore thou preȝedest not. For theOm. AEGHK. whiche thou bisiOm. E pr. m. dreddest, for thou liedest, and of me thou recordedest not, ne thoȝtest in thin herte, for I stille, and as not seende; and of me thou for|ȝete. I shal tellen out thi riȝtwisnesse, and thi werkus shul not profiten to thee. Whan thou shalt crien, delyuere thee thi gedered; and alle them shal bern awei the wynd, and shal taken awei the weder; who forsothe hath trost of me, shal eritagen the erthe, and welden myn hoeli mounteyn. And I shal seyn, Weie maketh, ȝyueth goyng, bowith doun fro the path, taketh awei hurtinge thingus fro the weie of my puple. For these thingus seith the heȝe Lord, and en|hauncid, wonende the euerelastingte, and his hoeli name in heȝ, and in hoeli dwell|ing, and with the contrit and mekid spi|rit, that he quykene the spirit of meke men, and quykene the herte of contrit men. Forsothe not in to euermor I shal striue, ne vnto the ende I shal wrathe; for a spirit fro my face shal gon out, and blastis I shal maken. For the wicked|nessewickenesse E. of his auarice I wrathede, and smot hym. I hidde fro thee my face, and endeynede; and he ȝide awei vagaunt in the weie of his herte. His weies I saȝ, and helede hym, and broȝte hym aȝeen; andOm. E pr. m. I ȝeeld coumfortingus to hym, and to his weileris. I shop frut of lippis pes, pes to hym that is aferr, and that nyȝ, seideseith E pr. m. the Lord; and I helede hym. Vnpitous men forsothe as the boilinge se, that resten mai not; and redounden his flodis in to to-treding, and cley. Ther is not pes, seith the Lord God, to vnpy|tousethe vnpitous A. men.

 CAP. LVIII.

Crye, ne cese thou; as a trumpe en|haunce thi vois, and tel out to my puple the hidous giltes of hem, and to the hous of Jacob ther synnes. Me forsothe fro dai in to dai thei sechen, and witen my weies thei wiln; as a folc of kynde, that riȝtwisnesse haddewolde E pr. m. do, and that the dom of his God `forsoken notwolde not forsoken AE pr. m. GHK.; thei preȝenpreieden E pr. m. me domes of riȝtwisnesse, and neȝhen to God thei wiln. Whi han wee fastid, and thou hast not biholden; wee han mekid oure soules, and thou hast not knowen? Lo! in the dai of ȝoure fasting is founde ȝoure owne wil, and alle ȝoure detoures ȝee pleten. Lo! to ples and to striues ȝee fasten, and smyten with the fist vnpi|tously. WilethAnd wileth K. not fasten, as vnto this dai, that herd be in heiȝte ȝoure cry. Whether such is the fasting that I chese, biOm. E pr. m. theOm. AE sec. m. GHK. daiOm. E pr. m. a man to tormenten his soule? whether to binde togidere as a cercle his hed, and sac and asken to araȝen? Whether this I clepede fasting, and an acceptable dai to the Lord? Whe|ther not this is more fasting that I ches? Vnbind thou the togidere bindingus of vnpitousnesse, loose the bundeles doun berende; lete hem that ben to-broke, free, and eche charge to-brec. Brec to the hungri thi bred, and the helpeles and vagaunt bring in to thin hous; whan thou shalt see the nakid, couere hym, and thi flesh thou shalt not dispise. Thanne shal breken out as morutid thi liȝt, and thin helthe sunnere shal springe; and bifor thi face shal go thi riȝtwis|nesse, and the glorie of the Lord shal gedere thee. Thanne thou shalt inwardly clepen, and the Lord shal heren; thou shalt crien, and he shal sey, Lo! I am nyȝ, for merciful I am, the Lord thi God. If thou takeshalt take AE sec. m. GHK. awei fro thi myddel the cheyne, and cese the fynger to strecchen out, and to speken that profiteth not; whan thou shalt heelden out to the hungri thi soule, and the tormentid lijf thou shalt fulfillen, springe shal in derc|nesses thi liȝt, and thi dercnesses shul benbe maad AGHK. as myddai. And reste ȝyue to thee shal the Lord thi God euermor, and ful|fillen he shal in shynynges thi soule, and thi bones delyueren; and thou shalt ben as a watri gardyn, and as a welle of watris, whos watris `schul not failenfailen not C pr. m. E pr. m.. And bild vp shul ben in thee theOm. AGHK. de|sertes of worldus, the foundemens of iene|raciouns and of ieneraciouns thou shalt reren; thou shalt ben clepid a bildere vp of hegges, turnende awei the pathis of wickidnesses. If thou schaltOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. AK sec. m. turne awei fro the sabot thi foot, to do thin owne wil in myn hoely dai, and clepist a delicat sabot, and the hoely of the Lord, glorious, and glorifiest hym, whil thou dost not thi weies, and is not founde thin owne wil, that thou speke a wrd; thanne thou shalt delyten vp on the Lord, and I shal rere thee vp vp on the heiȝtus of erthethe erthe AGHK., and shalY shal AGHK. fede thee with the eritage of Jacob, thi fader; the mouth forsothe of the Lord spac.

 CAP. LIX.

Lo! ther is not abreggid the hond of the Lord, that sauen he mai not, ne agreggidgreggid A. is his ere, that he ful out here not; but ȝoure wickidnesseswickenesses E. deuydeden betwebetwene AEGHK. ȝou and ȝoure God, and ȝoure synnes hidden his face fro ȝou, that he ful out here not. Forsothe ȝoure hondis ben defoulid with blod, and ȝoure fingris with wickidnessewickenesse E.; ȝoure lippes speeken lesing, and ȝoure tunge wickenessewickidnes AGHK. spek|eth. Ther is not, that inwardly clepe riȝt|wisnesse, ne ther is, that deme verreli; but thei trosten in thing of noȝt, and speken vanytees; thei conceyueden tra|uaile, and beeren wickidnessewickenesse E.. The eiren of edderes thei to-breekenbreken A., and the web|bis of anOm. AE pr. m. GHK. attercopattircoppis A. thei wouenweueden AEGHK.; who shal eten of the eiren of hem, shal dien, and that is hacchid, shal breken out in to a cokatrice. The webbis of hem shul not ben in to clothing, ne thei shuln ben co|uered with ther werkis; the werkus of hem werkus vnprofitable, and the werc of wickydnessewicke|nesse E. in ther hondus. The feet of them to euel rennen, and heeȝen, that thei sheden out innocent blod; the thoȝtus of them thoȝtus vnprofitable; wastitewaastid K. and to-tredingto-treden K. in the weies of hem. The weie of pes thei knewen not, and ther ys not dom in the goyngus of hem; the pathis of them inbowid ben to them; eche that tredeth in them, vnknowith pes. For that longid oute is fro vs dom, and shal not take vs riȝtwisnesse; wee han biden liȝt, and lo! dercnessis; shynyng, and in dercnesses wee hanOm. E pr. m. gon. Wee han gropid as blinde men the wall, and as withoute eȝen wee han felid; wee han stumblid in mydday, as in dercnesses, inand in E pr. m. mysti thingus, as deade. Wee shul roren as beres alle, and as culueres bethenkende wee shul weilen; wee han biden dom, and ther is not; helthe, and it is longid awei fro vs. Multeplied ben forsothe oure wickenesseswickidnessis AGHK. bifor thee, and oure synnes answerden to vs; for oure hidous giltes with vs, and oure wickenesseswickidnessis AGHK. wee han knowen, to synnen, and to lien aȝen the Lord. And wee ben turned awei, that wee go not bihynde the bac of oure God, that wee speke wrongOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. chalenge, and trespas|ing. Wee conceyuedenconseyuen A., and speeken of herte wrdys of lesing; and turned is bacward dom, and riȝtwisnesse aferr stod; for fallen hath in the strete treuthe, and equyte myȝte not gonentre AGHK. in. For maad is treuthe in to forȝeting, and he that wente awei fro euel, to prei was open. And the Lord saȝ, and euel aperede in his eȝen, for ther is not dom. And God saȝ, for ther is not a man, and sorewede, for ther is not that aȝeen come. And heOm. G pr. m. H. shal saue to hym his arm, and his riȝtwisnesse it shal confermen hym. `He isOm. E pr. m. cladclothid AGEK. with riȝtwisnesse as with an habirioun, and the helm of helthe in his hed; `he isOm. E pr. m. cladclothid AEGHK. with the clothingus of veniaunce, andand he is E pr. m. couered with the mantil of ielouste. So to veniaunce as to ȝeelding of indig|nacioun to his ferr enemys, and while to his nyȝ enemys, to the ilis while he shal ȝelde. And dreden shul that ben fro the west the name of the Lord, and that fro the rising of the sunne his glorie; whan he shal come as a violent flod, whom the spirit of the Lord constreyneth. And comen shal the aȝeenbiere of Sion, and to them that turnen aȝeen fro wickidnessewickenesse E. in Jacob, seith the Lord. This my pes couenaunt with them, seith the Lord; My spirit that is in thee, and my wrdus that I `haue setsettede E pr. m. in thi mouth shul not gon awei fro thi mouth, and fro the mouth of thi sed, seithseide CE. the Lord, fro now and vntoin to K. euermore.

 CAP. LX.

Rys, be thou liȝtid, Jerusalem, for comen is thi liȝt, and the glorie of the Lord vp on thee is sprunge. For lo! dercnesses shul coueren the erthe, and mystinesse puples; vp on thee forsothe shal springe the Lord, and his glorie in thee shal be seen. And gon shul Gen|tiles in thi liȝt, and kingus in the shyn|yng of thi rising. Rere in cumpas thin eȝen, and see; alle these ben gedered to|gidere, camen to thee; thi sonis fro aferr shul come, and thi doȝtris fro a syde shul rise. Thanne thou shalt seen, and haueha C. plente; and merueilen, and ben spred abrod shal thin herte, whan conuertid shal be to thee the multitude of the se, the strengthe of Jentiles shal come to thee; the flowyng of camailes shal couere thee, dromedaries ofOm. E pr. m. Madian and Effa; alle fro Saba shul come, gold and encens bringendebringen AG pr. m. HK., and preising to the Lord tellende. Eche beste of Cedar shal be gedered to thee, wetheres of Nabaioth shuln serue to thee; thei shul ben offrid vpon my plesable auter, and the hous of my mageste I shal glorifienglorien K sec. m.. Who ben these, that as cloudus fleen, and as cul|ueres to ther wyndowes? Me forsothe abijden iles, and shipes of the se in the bigynnyng; that I bringe thi sonus fro aferr, the seluer of them, and the gold of hem with them, to the name of the Lord thi God, and to the hoeli of Irael; for he shal glorifien thee. And bilden shul sonus of pilgrimes thi wallis, and the kingus of hem serue shul to thee. In myn indignacioun forsothe I smot thee, and in my recounsiling I hadde reuthe of thee. And openedopen K. shul be thi ȝates con|tynueli, dai and nyȝt thei shul not be closid; that born be to thee the strengthe of Jentilis, and the kingus of them be lad to. Forsothe the folc of kinde and reume that shal not serue to thee, shal pershe, and Jentiles in wildernesse shul be wastid. The glorie of Liban to thee shal come, theand the AGHK. fyrr tree, and box, and pyne tree to|gidere, to enournehonourennen E pr. m. the place of myn ha|lewyng; and the place of my feet I shal glorifien. And come shul to thee the sonus of hem bowid, that mekeden thee, and honoure shul the steppis of thi feet, alle that bacbitedenbacbiten E pr. m. toOm. A. thee; and clepen shul thee The cite of the Lord, Sion of the hoeli of Irael. Forthi that thou were forsaken, and to hate had, and ther was not that bi thee shulde passe, I shal putte thee in to the pride of worldus, ioȝe in ieneracioun and ieneracioun. And thou shalt souke the mylc of Jentiles, and with the tete of kingis thou shalt be mylkidnurischid with mylke E sec. m. AGHK.; and thou shalt wite for I the Lord, sauende thee, and thin aȝeen biere, the strong of Jacob. For metalthe metal E pr. m. I shal bringe to gold, and for iren I shal bringe to seluer; and for trees metal, and for stones iren; and I shal putte thi visitinge pes, and thi prouostes riȝtwisnesse. Ther shal no mor ben herd wickidnessewickenesse E. in thi lond, ne wastite and to-treding in thi termes; and ocupie shal helthe thi wallis, and thi ȝates preising. Ther shal ben no more to thee the sunne to liȝten bi dai, ne the shynyng of the moone liȝten shal thee; but shal be to thee the Lord `in toin K. euerlastende liȝt, and thi God in to thi glorie. Go doun no mor shal thythe A. sunne, and thithe A. moone shal not be mynusht; for the Lord shal be in to euerlastende liȝt, and fulfild shul be the daȝes of thi weil|ing. Thi puple forsothe alle riȝtwise, in to euermor thei shul eritagen the erthe, buriownyng of my plaunting, werc of myn hond to glorien. The leste shal be in to a thousend, and the litle child in to aOm. AH. folc of kinde most strong. I, the Lord, in his time sodeynli shal do this.

 CAP. LXI

The spirit of the Lord vp on me, for that enoyntede me the Lord; to tellen out to debonere men he sente me, that I shulde leche the contrit men in herte, and prechen to caitif men forȝyuenesse, and to closid men openyng; and prechen a ȝer plesable to the Lord, and a dai of ven|iaunce to oure God; that I shulde coum|forten alle weilende men; that I shulde putte coumforting to the weilende men of Sion, and ȝyue to them a crowne for askesasken AEGHK., oile of ioȝe for weiling, a mantil of preising for the spirit of mornyng. And ther shul be clepid in it stronge men of riȝtwisnesse, plaunting of the Lord to glorifien. And thei shul bilden vp the desertus fro the world, and olde fallingus thei shul rerearere AEGHK., and thei shul restore cites forsaken and scatered, in to ieneracioun and ieneracioun. And stonde shul alienus, and fede ȝoure bestus; and the sonus of pilgrimes erthe tilieres and ȝoure vyne wercheres shul be. Ȝee forsothe prestus of the Lord shul ben clepid; Seruauns of ȝoure God, it shal ben seid to ȝou. The strengthe of Jentiles ȝee shuln ete, and in the glorie of them ȝee shul ben proud. For ȝoure double confusioun and shame preise shul thei ther part; for that in ther lond double fold thingus thei shul welden, euermor gladnesse shal be to them. For I the Lord, louende dom, and to hate hauende raueyn in to brent sacrifise. And I shal ȝyue the werk of hem in treuthe, and pes couenaunt `euere durendeendurynge K. I shal smyte with them. And shalI shal K sec. m. be wistOm. E pr. m. in Jentilis the sed of hem, and the buriown|yng of them in the myddel of puples. Alle that shul seen hem, shul knowe them, for these ben the sed, to whom blisside the Lord. Ioȝende I shal ioȝen in the Lord, and ful out ioȝen shal my soule in my God. For he clothide me with the clothing of helthe, and with the clothing of riȝtwisnesse he cumpassede me, as an husbonde wrshipidhonourid E pr. m. with a crowne, and as a wif enourned with hir broches. As forsothe the erthe bringeth forth his bu|riownyng, and as a gardyn his sed buri|owneth, so the Lord God shal buriowne riȝtwisnesse, and preising bifor alle folc of kinde.

 CAP. LXII.

For Sion I shal not be stille, and for Jerusalem I shal not resten, to the tyme that go out as shynyng the riȝtwis of hym, and his saueour as a laumpe be tend. And seen shul Jentiles thi riȝtwis, and alle kingus thi noble; and clepid shal be to thee a newe name, that the mouth of the Lord nemnede. And thou shalt be a crowne of glorie in the hond of the Lord, and a diademe of the rewme in the hond of thi God. Thou shalt notno AEGHK. more be clepid forsakun, and thi lond shal no mor be clepid desolat; but thou shalt be clepid My wil in it, and thi lond shal ben enhabitid; for it plesede to the Lord in thee, and thi lond shal ben enhabited. Dwelle forsothe shal the ȝunge man with the maidemayden AEG pr. m. HK. virgine G sec. m., and dwelle shuln in thee thi sonus; and ioȝen shal the husbonde vp on the wif, and ioȝen vp on thee shal thi God. Vp on thi wallis, Jerusalem, I sette keperes, al dai and al nyȝt euermor thei shul not be stille. Ȝee that remem|bren the Lord, ne beth stille, and ne ȝyueth scilence to hym, to the tyme that he stablishe, and to the tyme that he sette Jerusalem preising in the erthe. The Lord swor in his riȝthond and in the arm of his strengthe, I shal not ȝyuen thimy E pr. m. whete more in to mete to thin enemys, and drinke shul not alien sonus thi wyn, in whiche thou trauailedist. For thei that shul gederen itOm. AGHK., shuln ete, and preise the Lord; and that `with berntogidir beren AE sec. m. GHK. it, shul drinken in myn hoeli porches. Passeth, passeth thurȝ the ȝates; greitheth weie to puplethe puple AGHK. the Lord E pr. m., pleyn maketh the goyng; and gedereth awei the stones, and rereth vp a tocne to puples. Lo! the Lord herd made in the vtmostusvttermoostis AGHK. of erthethe erthe AGHK.. Seith to the doȝter of Sion, Lo! thi saueour cometh; lo! his meede with hym, and his werc biforn hym. And thei shul clepen hem an hoeli puple, aȝeenboȝt of the Lord. Thou forsothe shalt be clepid a soȝt cite, and not for|saken.

 CAP. LXIII.

Who is this that camcometh E pr. m. fro Edom, with steyned clothis fro Bosra? this shapli in his stole, goende in the multitude of his vertue? I that speke riȝtwisnesse, and a forfyȝtere am to sauen. Why thanne red is thi clothing? and thi clothisclothinge AK. clothinges G sec. m. as of men tredende in the presse? The presse I trad alone, and of the folc of kinde ther is not a man with me; Y trad hem in my wodnesse, and togedere trad hem in my wrathe; and sprengd is the blod of hem vp on my clothis, and alle my cloth|ingus I defoulid. Dai forsothe of ven|iaunce in myn herte, ȝer of my ȝelding cam. I beheeld aboute, and ther was not an helpere; I soȝte, and ther was not that halp; and myn `arm sauede to me, and myn indignacioun itselfindignacioun sauede to me, myn arm and it AE pr. m. G pr. m. HK. aarm sauede to me, and myn indignacioun it G sec. m. halp toOm. C pr. m. K. me. And I al to-trad puples in my wodnesse; and I drunknede them in myn indignacioun, and droȝ doun the vertue of them into erthe. Of the mercy do|yngus of the Lord I shal recorden, the preising of the Lord vp on alle thingus that ȝeeldhath ȝeeldide A. hath ȝeld E sec. m. GHK. to vs the Lord, and vp on the multitude of theOm. AEGHK. goodis to the hous of Irael, the whiche he largeli ȝaf to them after his forȝyuenesse, and aftir the mul|titude of hisOm. G pr. m. H. mercies. And he seide, Nerthelatere `my puple is, sonusmy sones peple is G pr. m. H. not de|nyende, andOm. E pr. m. mad is to them a saueour. In alle the tribulacioun of hem he is not trublid, and the aungil of his face sauede hemhym K pr. m.. In his loue and in his indulgence he aȝeen boȝte them, and bar hemOm. C pr. m., and rerede them alle the daȝes of the world. Thei forsothe to wrathe terredenterreden hym E pr. m., and tormenteden the spirit of his hoeli; and turned he is to them in to enemy, and he faȝt them doun. And he recordide of the daȝes of the world, of Moises, and of his puple. Wher is, that ladde them out fro the se, with the shepperdis of his floc? Where is, that sette in his myddel the spirit of his hoeli; that ladde oute at the riȝtside Moisenof Moises E pr. m. in the arm of his mageste? that kutte watris bifor them, that he make to hym a name euere dur|ende; that ladde out them bi water depthis, as an hors in desert not fallende, as a beste in the feeld goende doun? The Spirit of the Lord his ledere was; so thou broȝtist to thi puple, that thou make to thee a name of glorie. Loke to fro heuene, and see fro thin hoely dwelling, and fro the se of thi glorie. Wher is thin inward loue, and thi strengthe, multitude of thi boweles, and of thi mercy doyngus? Vp on me thei withheelden hem. Thou forsothe oure fader, and Abraham kneȝ not vs, and Irael vnkneȝ vs. Thou, Lord, oure fader, and oure aȝeenbiere; fro the world thi name. Whi to erren vs thou madist, Lord, fro thi weies? thou hardedist oure herte, that wee dredde not thee? be turned, for thi seruauns, lynages of thin eritage. As noȝt thei weldeden thin hoeli puple, and oure enemys al to-treeden thin halewyng. Wee ben maad as in the bigynnyng, whan thou lordshipedist not of vs, ne inwardli was clepid thi name vp on vs.

 CAP. LXIV.

Wolde God thou shuldist to-breke he|uenus, and comen doun, fro thi face hillis shulden flowe doun, as out brennyng of fyr they shulden vanshe awei, watris shulden brenne with fyr; that knowen were maad thi name to thin enemys, fro thi face Jentilis shulden ben disturbid. Whan thou shalt do merueiles, wee shuln not sustene. Thou descendedest, and fro thi face mounteynes flowedenflowende C. doun. Fro the world thei herden not, ne with eres parceyueden; the eȝe saȝ not, thou God, withoute thee, what thingus thou hast mad redi to men abidende thee. Thou aȝen came to the gladere, and to the doende riȝtwisnesse; in thi weiesweie A. thei shul recorden of thee. Lo! thou wrath|edist, and wee han synned; in hem wee weren euermor, and wee shul ben saaf. And wee ben mad as vnclene, alle wee; asand as AGHK. the cloth of the womman roten blod flowende, alle oure riȝtwisnesses; and wee fellen as a lef alle, and oure wickid|nesseswickenesses E. as wind token awei vs. Ther is not, that inwardly clepe thi name, that rise, and holde thee; thou hast hid thi face fro vs, and thou hast hurtlid vs in the hond of oure wickidnessewickenesse E.. And now, Lord, oure fader thou art; wee forsothe clei, and oure makere thou, and the werkus of thin hondus, alle wee. Ne wrathe thou, Lord, ynouȝ, and no more haue thou mynde of oure wickidnessewickenesse E.. Lo! Lord, bihold, thi puple alle wee. The cite of thinhym K sup. ras. hoeli mad is desertthe desert E pr. m. Sion, desert mad is Jerusalem, desolat isOm. E pr. m. the hous of oure halewing and of oure glo|rie, where preiseden thee oure fadris, mad is in out brennyng of fyr; and alle oureOm. A. desirable thingus ben turned in to fallingus. Whether vp on these thingus thou shalt withholden thee, Lord? stille shalt thou be, and tormenten vs hugeli? Thei soȝten me, that biforn askeden not; thei founden that soȝten not me.

 CAP. LXV.

I seide, Lo! I, lo! Y, to the Jentilis that knewe not me, and that inwardli clep|eden not my name. I spredde out myn hondis al dai to a puple mystrouful, that goth in a wei not good, after ther thenk|ingus. The puple that to wrathe terreth me, bifor my face euermor; that offren in gardynes, and sacrifien vp on tyles; that dwellen in sepulcris, and in wasshing temples of mawmetis slepen; that eten souwe flesh, and cursid broth in the ves|seles of hem; that seyn, Go awei fro me, neȝhe thou not to me, for thou art vn|clene; these smoke shul ben in my wod|nesse, fyrand fier A. brennende all dai. Lo! it is write befor me; I shal not be stille, but I shal ȝelde, and quyte in to the bosum of them ther wickidnesseswickenesses E., and the wick|idnesseswickenesses E. of ȝoure fader togidere, seith the Lord, that sacrifieden vp on moun|teynes, and vp on hilles repreueden to me; and I shal aȝeen mesuren the werc of hem first in the bosum of hem. These thingus seith the Lord, What maner if ther be founde a corn in the cluster, and be seid, Ne scatere thou it, for blissing it is; so I shal do for my seruauns, that I scatere not al. And I shal leden out fro Jacob sed, and of Juda theOm. K pr. m. weldende myn hoeli mounteynes; and eritagen it shul my chosene, and my seruauns dwelle there. And ben shul the wilde feeldis in to foldys of flockis, and the valei of Achor in to the couche of droues, to my puple that aȝeen soȝten me. And ȝee that forsoken the Lord, that forȝeeten myn hoely mounteyn, that putten the bord of fortune, and offrenoffreden AGHK. licoures vp on it, I shal noumbre ȝou in swerd, and alle in slaȝter ȝee shul falle; for thi that I clepede, and ȝee answerden not; I spac, and ȝee herden not; and ȝee diden euel in myn eȝen, and that I wolde not, ȝee chosencheseden AE sec. m. GHK.. For these thingus, seith the Lord God, lo! my seruauntis shuln ete, and ȝee shul hungren; lo! my seruauns shul drinke, and ȝee shul thristen; lo! my seruauns shul gladen, and ȝee shul be confoundid; lo! my seruauns shul preise, for ful out ioȝinge of herte, and ȝee shul crien, for sorewe of herte, and for the to|treding doun of spirit ȝee shul ȝelle. And ȝee shul leue ȝoure name in to oth to my chosene; and sle shal thee the Lord God, and his seruauns he shal clepe bi an other name. In whiche who so is blissid vp on erthe, shal ben blissid in God amen; and who swerth in erthe, shal swern in God amen; for to forȝeting ben take the rathere anguyshes, andOm. A. for hid thei ben fro oure eȝen. Lo! forsothe I shape newe heuenus and newe erthe, and ben shul not in mynde the rathere, and steȝen shul thei not vp vp on herte. But ȝee shul ioȝen, and ful out ioȝen vntointo AG pr. m. H. euermor, in these thingus that I shape; for lo! I shape Jerusalem ful out glading, and his puple ioȝe. And I shal ful out gladen in Jerusalem, and ioȝen in my puple; and ther shal ben herd in it no more vois of weping and vois of cri. And ther shal no mor be theOm. G pr. m. faunt ofOm. E pr. m. daȝes, and the olde that fulfillith not his daȝes; for the child of an hundrid ȝer shal dien, and the synnere of an hundrid ȝer shal be cursid. And thei shul bilden vp houses, and dwellen in, and plaunte `vyne ȝerdisvynes C pr. m. E pr. m., and ete the frute of hem. Thei shul not bilden vp houses, and an other dwelle, ne plaunten, and an other ete; after the daȝes forsothe of the tree shul be the daȝes of my puple, and the werkes of ther hondus. My chosen vnto fulthe ful AGHK. eelde shal vse; thei shul not trauaile in veyn, ne ben gendridgeten C pr. m. goten E pr. m. in dis|turbing; for the sed of the blissid men of the Lord it is, and the cosynes of hem with hem. And it shal be, er thei crien, I shal ful out heren; ȝit hem spekende, I shal ful out heren. The wlf and the lomb shul be fed togidere, and the leoun and the oxe shuln ete chaf, and to the serpent pouder his bred; thei shul not noȝen, ne slen, in al myn hoeli mounteyn, seith the Lord.

 CAP. LXVI.

These thingus seith the Lord, Heuene my sete, and erthe the stonding vp place of my feet. What is this hous, that ȝee shul bilde to me, and what is this place of my reste? Alle these thingus myn hond dide, and mad ben alle these thingus, seith the Lord; to whom for|sothe shall I beholde, butno but AE sec. m. GHK. to mythe K. porelet and contrit in spirit, and tremblendetremlynge, or dredynge AK. my wrdis? That offrethsleeth A. sleth E sec. m. an oxe, as that slesleeth AGHK. a man; that sleth a beste, as that braynebrayneth AE sec. m. GHK. a dogge; thatas that A. offreth offring, as that souwe blod he offre; that record|eth of encenscense AEGHK., as that blisseblesseth AGHK. blesse E. to the maw|met; alle these thei chosen in ther weies, and in ther abominaciouns the soule of them delitede. Wherfore and I shal chesen the illusiouns of hem, and that thei dredden I shal brenge to them; for I clepede, and ther was not that shulde answern; I spac, and thei herden not; and thei diden euel in myn eȝen, and that I wolde not, thei chosen. Hereth the wrd of the Lord, that tremblen at his wrd; ȝoure brethern seiden hatende ȝou, and castende awei for my name, Glorified be the Lord, and wee shul see in ȝoure gladnesse; thei forsothe shul be confoundid. Vois of the puple fro the cite, vois fro the temple, vois of the Lord ȝeldende ȝelding to his enemys. `Er sche trauelide with peyne as wym|men don, sche barEr he bar child with ynne, he bar C pr. m. E pr. m. With peyne she beer K. withoute; er shulde come his birthevois A. `wyth peyneOm. C et E pr. m. er she traueilide with peyn as wymmen don K., schehe C pr. m. E pr. m. bar a male child. Who herde euere such a thing, and who saȝ to this lic? Whether shal with ynne bern the erthe in o dai, or shal be born a folc of kinde togidere? For with ynne bar and with|oute bar Sion his sones. Whether I that othere men make to bern childOm. C pr. m. E pr. m., I myOm. A. self shal not bernbern childe E sec. m. marg. K.? seith the Lord. If I that ieneracioun to othere men ȝyue, ba|reyn shal be? seith the Lord thi God. Gladeth with Jerusalem, and ful out ioȝethioyen K. in it, alle that louen it; ioȝeth with it with ioȝe, alle that weilen vp on it; that and ȝee souke, and be fulfild of the tetes of his coumforting, that ȝee mylke, and withOm. E pr. m. delices flowen, of alle maner glorie of hym. For these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! I shal bowe doun vp on it, as the flod of pes, and as strem flowende the glorie of Jentilis, that ȝee shul souke; to the tetes ȝee shul be born, and vp on the knes men shul dauntedaunte E pr. m. or cherische sec. m. marg. daunten, or chirshen AGK. daunsen H. ȝou. What maner if to whom a moder dauntedaunte E pr. m. or cherische sec. m. marg. daunte, or chirishe AGHK. dauncen, or chirshe H sec. m., so IOm. K. shal coumforte ȝou, and in Jerusalem ȝee shul be coumfortid. Ȝee shul seen, and ioȝen shal ȝoure herte, and ȝoure boenes as an erbe shul buriowne. And knowe shal ben the hond of the Lord in his seruauns, and endeyne he shal to his enemys. For lo! the Lord in fyr shal come, and as a whirlewynd his foure horsid carres, to ȝeldeturnen aȝeen E pr. m. in to indignacioun his wodnesse, and his blam|yng in aOm. AGHK. flawme of fyr. For in a fyr the Lord shal be dyuersly demed, and inOm. C pr. m. G pr. m. his swerd to alle flesh; and multe|plied shul be the slayne of the Lord, that weren halewid, and cleene weeneden themself, in gardynes bihyndeafter E pr. vice. the firste tree, `or the ȝateOm. C et E pr. m., with ynne forth; that eeten souwe flesh, and abominacioun, and a mous, togidere shuln ben wastid, seith the Lord. I forsotheOm. A. the werkys of hem and the thoȝtus of hem, come that I gedere, with alle folkis and tungus; and thei shul comen, and seen my glorie. And I shal putte in them a tocne, and sendenI schal sende E sec. m. of hem that shulI shal A. be saf to the Jentiles, in to the se, in to Affrich, and in to Liddiam, men holdende an arwe, in to Italie, and Grece, tothe E pr. m. iles aferr, to hem that herden not of me, and seȝen not my glorie. And thei shul tellen out my glorie to Jentilis, and bringen alle ȝoure brethern fro alle Jentilis a free ȝifte to the Lord, in hors, and in foure horsid carres, and in literes, and in mu|lys, and in cartus, to myn hoeli mounteyn, Jerusalem, seith the Lord; as if the sonus of Irael bringen in a ȝifte in a clene vessel in to the hous of the Lord. And I shal taken of them in to prestus and Leuytus, seith the Lord. For as newe heuenus and newe erthe, whiche I make to stonde bifor me, seith the Lord, so stonde shal ȝoure sed, and ȝoure name. And ther shal be monyth of monyth, and sabot of saboth; comen shal eche flesh to honoure byfor my face, seith the Lord. And `gon out shulnthei schul gon out E sec. m. AGHK., and seen the ca|reynes of men, that trespasiden aȝen me; the werm of them shal not die, and the fir of hem shal not be quenchid; and thei shul be in to fillingfulfillinge A. of siȝt to alle flesh.

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JEREMYE, the profete, to whom this prologe is ascriued, as anentanentis ceteri passim. the Ebrues is seen to ben booistousere than the sermoun of Isaie, and of Osee, and thanof A. othere profetes; but in wittes he is euene, sithen that in the same spirit he profeciede; but the symplenesse of speche fel to hym of the place in whiche he was born. Forsothe he was of Anatoth, that vnto this dai is a litil town, bi thre myle beende fro Jerusalem; a prest of prestus, and in his moder wombe halewid; thurȝ his maidenhed halewende to the chirche of Crist a gospel man. This a child bigan to profecien; and the caitifte of the chef cite, and of Jewerie, not only in spirit, but and with eȝen ofOm. E pr. m. flesh beheeld. Now forsothe Assiries hadden translatid the ten lynagis of Irael in to Meedis; now the townes of Jentiles weldeden the londis of them. Wherfore in Jewere onlioon A. and Beniamyn he profeciede; and of his cite the fallingus with fourefold abece, he weilede, the whiche weeand wee C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK. han ȝoldenȝolden with vers C pr. m. E pr. m. to theOm. C sec. m. E sec. m. mesure of metre `and versOm. C pr. m. E pr. m.. Therfore the ordre of viseouns, that anent Grekes and Latynes outerli is confoundid, to the rathere feith wee han amendyd. The boc forsothe of Baruch, his notorie, that anent the Ebrues is not rad, ne had, wee han laft; for alle these thingus curses of enemys abidende, to whom nede is me to answern bi my werkis a rowe. And this I suffere, for ȝee constreynen, O! Paule and Eustoche; but more riȝt it were, to the shorting of euel, to putte mesure to the wodnesse of them bi my silence, than to eche dai sum what of newe thing writende, toOm. C pr. m. terrefeere K sup. ras. the wodnesse of the enuyouse.

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God is redi to ȝyue good, to punshen a tariere; whan forsothe he myȝte gilti men withoute witnessing `of thingOm. E pr. m. to come to be punshid, no wher that he doth; but also if he shul condempne, that he seith biforn, that thei be delyuered by penaunce, that weren dampned bi gilte. Nynyuytes weren dampned synneres ofto K. God; ȝit for|sothe thre daȝes, and Nynyue was to be turned vp so doun; God wolde not with silence punshe condempned men, but, ȝyuende to them place of penaunce, sente an Ebru profete, that shulde seyn, Ȝit thre daȝes, and Nynyue shal be turned vp so doun; lest persheden, that is, that weren dampned, but doende penaunce, thei shulden purchacen mercy. Sodomytes alsoOm. E pr. m. and Gomorreis now to hard torment weren ordeyned, as the sermoun of God toOm. K. Abraham shewide; nerthelatereneuer the latere ceteri passim. that theiristheris C pr. m. was, the aungelis diden, wylnende hem to sauen, that sheweden hemself vnwrthi helthe; and seiende to Loth, Is ther any man to thee heer sone in lawe, or sones, outheror AEGH. doȝtris? ne thei vnknewen hem not `to benOm. E pr. m. to folewen Loth, but thei sheweden hernhere A. theris C pr. m. to gidere and his benygnete and loue that hem hadde sent. Lijc sum what in Jeremye wee finden. Notid is forsothe the tyme of his profecye, whan he ganbegan AEGHK., or hadde endid tohis E pr. m. profecyen. Seith therfore sum man, What to me the tyme of the storie? for he began to profecien in the daȝes of Josie, sonethe sone AEK. of Amos, theOm. AGHK. king of Juda, vnto the threttenthethritithe AGHK. ȝer in his regnerewme EK.. Ther after he profeciede in the daȝes of Joachym, sone of Josie, theOm. AEGHK. king of Juda; and bi thre kingus his profecie is straȝt out, vnto the caitifte of Jerusalem. In the fifte monyth condempnede God Jerusalem for his synnes, and that was the laste sentence, that caitif thei shulden be forsake; but sithen God is theOm. AGHK. makere of men, ne any man wile to pershen, bifor thatOm. C pr. m. the tyme of destruccioun shulde stonden in, he sente and this profete, that shulde bidde to penaunce. He sente the same also vnder the secounde kingOm. C pr. m. after the puple; he sente also vnder the thridde. Now the caitifte stod on, and ȝit to helthe God stirede, ȝyuendeand ȝyuende C. and biforn o dai place of penaunce; wherfore it is write, vnto the caitifte of Jerusalem, and vnto the fifte moneth, to han profecied to Jerusalem. Now theto the A. bondishondis AHK. of the enemys hadden streyned the hondis, and nerthelatere this God seide, Lo! caitif ȝee ben mad, doth penaunce; thoȝ late, preȝeth me, and I shal spare to ȝou; I mai delyuere fro the caitifte, that I haue take ȝou, vn to the ful ending of the elleuenthe ȝer of Sedechie, sone of Osie, king of Juda. This also of vs wee moun vnderstonde, a synnere forsotheOm. AGHK. to be taken to Sathan; no thing is ferr fro it, that Jewis ben taken to Nabugodonosor, that asis AGHK. hem God grauntide to thethee and the AG pr. m. HK. aduersarie for ofte vsid vnpitousnesse, so wee ben taken for oure synnes to spirituel Nabugodonosor, that whom he hath take to Sathan, thei lerne to not blasfemen. Weenest thou hou myche euel it is to synnen, that he take to Sathan, caityuende the soules of them that ben forsaken of God? not withoute cause, that is, ne with oute dom. Whan forsothe he shal sende reyn vp on the vyne, and that reyn shal bringe forth thornes, what shal he do, but that he comaunde to theOm. A. wederes, that thei reyne not vp on theOm. A. vyne weder? Nyȝ therforeforsothe A. is and oure caitifte, if wee do not penaunce, that wee be take to Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, whiche now liendelonge A sup. ras. lyuynge H. nyȝ, the wrdis of profetisthe prophetis K., of the lawe, of the apostolis, and of the selue CristCrist, ben C. Crist, wee ben E pr. m. `ful out biden vsful out bede E pr. m. bidden vs ful out K. to penaunce, stern to helthe. If wee heren, wee leeuen to hym that seide, I shal do penaunce of alle theOm. G pr. m. HK. euelis, that I spac to do to them.

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THE wrdis of Jeremye, sone of Elchie, of the prestus that weren in Anathot, in the lond of Beniamyn. That maad is the wrd of the Lord to hym in the daȝes of Josie, sone of Amon, king of Juda, in the threttenthe ȝer of his regne. And don it is in the daȝes of Joachym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, vn to the ful ending of the elleuenthe ȝer of Sedechie, sone of Josie, king of Juda, vnto the transmygracioun of Jerusalem, in the fifte monyth. And don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, Bifor that I foormede thee in the wombe, Y knew thee; and er thou wentest out of the priue wombe, I halowede theeOm. E pr. m.; and aI a E pr. m. profete in folkis of kinde I ȝaf thee. And I seide, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! I kan not speke, for a child I am. And the Lord seyde to me, Wile thou not seyn, for a child I am; for to alle thingus that I shal sende thee, thou shalt go, and alle thingis, what euere I shal sende to thee, thou shalt speke. Ne drede thou fro the face of them, for I am with thee, that I delyuere thee, seith the Lord. And the Lord sente his hond, and touchide my mouth; and the Lord seide to me, Lo! I haue ȝoueȝyuen vel ȝyue E pass. my wrdis in thi mouth; lo! I haue set thee to dai vp on folkis of kinde, and vp on reumes, that thou pulle vp, and destroȝe, andOm. E pr. m. springe abrod, and wastescatere E pr. m., and bilde vp, and plaunte. And don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, What seest thou, Jeremye? And Y seide, A wakende ȝerde I see. And the Lord seide to me, Wel thou hast seen, for I shal waken vp on my wrd, that I do it. And don is the wrd of the Lord the secounde tymeOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. to me, seiende, What seest thou? And I seide, A pot tend vp I see, and his face fro the face of the north. And the Lord seide to me, Fro the north shal be schewidopened E pr. m. straȝt out C pr. m. E sec. m. marg. schewid E tert. m. euelal yuel AHK. alle euel C et E pr. m. G. vp on alle theOm. AEGHK. dwelleris of erthe. For lo! I shal clepe togidere alle the kinredis of the rewmes of the north, seith the Lord, and thei shul come, and setten eche his see in theOm. K pr. m. entre of the ȝatis of Jerusalem, and vp on alle his wallis in enuyroun, and vp on alle the chef cites of Juda. And I shal speke mythi E pr. m. domes with hem vp on al the malice of hem, that forsoke me, and offreden to aliene goddis, and honoureden the werc of ther hondis. Thou thanne gird vp thi leendis, and ris, and spec to them alle thingus that I comaunde to thee; ne be thou aferd fro the face of them, ne forsothe Y shal make thee to dreden the chere of them. Y for|sothe haue ȝoueȝyue E. thee to dai in to a strengthid cite, and in to an irene pilere, and in to a brasen wal, vp on al erthe, to the kingus of Juda, and to his princes, and to his prestes, and to al the puple of the lond. And thei shul fiȝte aȝen thee, and notno E pr. m. han the maistri; for I with thee am, seith the Lord, that I delyuere thee.

 CAP. II.

And don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, Go, and cri in the eres of Jeru|salem, seiende, These thyngus seith the Lord, I recordide of thee, rewende thin waxende ȝouthe, and the charite of thi weddyng, whan thou folewedist me in desert, in the lond that is not sowen. `Hoeli IraelThe holi of Irael E pr. m. A. Irael hooli E sec. m. to the Lord, the chef of his frutus; alle that deuouren hym, gilten; euelis shul come vp on hem, seith the Lord. Hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee hous of Jacob, and alle the kinredis of the hous of Irael. These thingus seith the Lord, What founde ȝoure fadris in me of wickidnessewickenesse CE., for thei longeden awei fro me, and ȝiden aftir vanyte, and veyn thei ben mad? And thei seiden not, Wher is the Lord, that made vs to steȝen vp fro the lond of Egipt, that ladde vs ouer by desert, bi the lond vnha|bitable and withouten weie, bi the lond of thrist, and ymage of deth, bi the lond in whiche ȝide not a ful man, ne wonde a man. And I ladde ȝou in to the lond of Carmel, that ȝee shulden ete his frute, and the `beste thingisgoodis C pr. m. E pr. m. of it; and gon in ȝee defouleden my lond, and myn eritage ȝee puttenputtiden E sec. m. K. in to abhominacioun. Prestes seiden not, Wher is the Lord? and hold|ende the lawe, thei knewen not me; and shepperdis breeken the lawe aȝen me, and profetes profecieden in Baal, and foleweden mawmetes. Therfore ȝit Y shal striuen in dom with ȝou, seith the Lord, and with ȝoure sones Y shal dispute. Passeth to ilesthe ylis K. of Sithym, and seeth; and in to Cedar sendeth, and beholdeth hugeli; and seeth, yf don is such a maner thing, if chaungid hath the folc of kinde his goddis; and certes thei ben not god|dis; my puple forsothe chaungede his glorie in to a mawmet. Waxeth stoneȝid, ȝee heuenus, vp on this, and, ȝee ȝatus of heuene, beth desolat hugeli, seith the Lord. Two forsothe euelis diden my puple; me thei forsoken, wellethe welle AEGHK. of quyc watir, and doluen to them wastid cis|ternes, that contenen watris mounmyȝten E pr. m. mayen sec. m. mown tert. m. not. Whether a thralthral seruaunt E pr. m. is Irael, or a `born bonde manproper born seruaunt E pr. m.? Whi thanne mad he is in to prei? Vp on hym roreden leouns, and ȝeuen ther vois; thei setteden his lond in to wildernesse, his cites ben brend vp, and ther is not that dwelle in them. The sonus also of Memfeos and of Thamnes `defouliden thee bi lecherie, or mawme|triestripeden thee C pr. m. E pr. m., `vp on tovnto AGHK. vp vnto C pr. m. the topcop GH.. Whether not this is do to thee, for thou hast forsaken the Lord thi God, that tyme that he ladde thee bi the wey? And now what to theeOm. E pr. m. wilt thou in the weye of Egipt, that thou drinke water troublid? And what to thee with the weie of Assiries, that thou drinke water of the flod? Vn|dernyme thee shal thi malice, and thi turnyng away shal blame thee; wite and see, for euel and bitter it is thee to han forsaken the Lord thi God, and his drede not to ben anent thee, seith the Lord God of ostes. From the world thou hast al to-broste my ȝoc, to-broke my bondis, and seidist, I shal not serue. In eche forsothe hyȝ hil, and vnder eche braunchy tree thou were throwe doun aas a A. strumpet. I forsothe plauntede thee a chosen vyne|ȝerdvyne C pr. m. E pr. m., al verre sed; what maner thanne thou art turned to me in to aOm. AEGHK. shreude thing, an aliene vyne? If thou wassheschalt washe E sec. m. thee with `clensing cleysope E pr. m., and multeplie to thee `the clensendeOm. E pr. m. erbe borethdorech AGHK., thou art defoulid with thi wickidnessewickenesse CE. bifor me, seith the Lord God. What maner seist thou, I am not defoulid, after Baa|lym I haue not go? See thi weies in the hole valey, wite what thou hast do; a liȝt corour tellende out thi weies. `A feld asseAn asse C et E pr. m. vsid in wildernesse in the de|syr of his soule droȝ wind of his loue; noon shal turne it awey. Alle that seech|en hir, shul not failen; in hir rote blod flowingus thei shul finden hir. Forfende thi foot fro nakidhed, and thi throte fro thrist; and thou seidest, I dispeirede, I shal not do; I louede forsothe alienus, and after them I shal go. What maner is con|foundid a thef, whan he is caȝt, so con|foundid ben the housis of Irael; thei, and the kingus of hem, princes, and prestes, and profetes of them, seiende to the tree, My fader thou art; and to the ston, Thou me hast goten. They turn|eden to me bac, and not face; in tyme of ther tormenting thei shul sey, Rys, and delyuere vs. Wher ben thi goddus, whom thou hast maad to thee? Rise thei, and delyuere thei thee in the dai of thi tormenting; after the noumbre forsothe of thi cites weren thi goddus, Juda. What wile ȝee with me in dom striue? Alle ȝee han forsake me, seith the Lord. In veyn I haue smyte ȝoure sonus, disciplyne thei resceyueden not; ȝoure swerd deuourede ȝoure profetes, as a leoun is wastid ȝoure ieneracioun. Se|eth the wrd of the Lord, whether wilder|nesse I am mad to Irael, or a lond late berende frute? Whi thanne seith my puple, Wee han gon awei, wee shul no mor come to thee? Whether forȝete shal the maiden of hir enournement? and the womman spouse of hir brest bundel? My puple forsotheOm. C pr. m. forȝat me in daȝes vnnoumbred. What enforcest thou to shewe thi weie good to ben soȝt loue, that ouermor andin A. thi malices thou hast taȝt thi weies, and in thi wengus is founde blod of pore soules and inno|centus? Not in dichis Y fond them, but in alle thingus that aboue I membrede. And thou seidist, Withoute synne and ynnocent I am; andOm. E pr. m. therfore be turned awei thi wodnesse fro me. LoAnd lo! A.! Y in dom shal striue with thee; for thi that thou seidist, I synnede not. Hou foul art thou mad ful myche, rehercende thi weies? and offro E pr. m. Egipt thou shalt be con|foundid, as thou art confoundyd of As|sur. For whi and of this thou shalt gon out, and thin hondis shul ben vp on thin hed; for al to-troden hath the Lord thi trost, and no thing thou shalt `han welsumha no welsum K..

 CAP. III.

Comunly me seith, If a man lefeshal leue E sec. m. AGHK. his wif, and she goende awei fro hym wedde an other man, whether shal she turne aȝeen any mor to hym? whether not pollut and defoulid shal be that wom|man? Thou forsothe hast do fornyca|cioun with many loueres; nerthelatere turne aȝeen to me, seith the Lord, and I shal resceyuevndertake E pr. m. thee. Rere vp thin eȝen in to euene riȝt, and see, where now thou art leid doun. In weies thou seete, abid|ende them as a thef in wildernesse, and thou defouledist the lond in thi fornyca|ciouns and in thi malices. For what thingthings E pr. m. ben defendid dropis of reynes, and the late comende weder was not. The forhed of a strumpet womman is maad to thee; thou woldest not shamen. Thanne namely fro now clep me, My fader, dukthe duke E pr. m. of my maydenhed thou art. Whether thou shalt be wroth in to euer|mor, and abyde stille in to the ende? Lo! thou speeke, and didist euelis, and myȝtist. And for wrdis of penaunce with wrdis of pride thou blasfemedist; and thou fulfildist thin euel thenking, and shew|edist aȝen the husbonde thi strengthe, that thou mownow G pr. m. H. don that in wrd thou tretedist. And the Lord seide to me, in the daȝes of kyng Josie, Whether thou hast not seen what thyngus hath do the aduersarie, Irael? She ȝide awei to hir|self vp on eche heȝ mounteyn, and vnder eche braunchi tree, and dide fornyca|cioun there. And Y seide, whan she hadde don alle these thingus, To me turne aȝeen; and she is not turned aȝeen. And the brekeresse of lawe, Juda, hir sister, saȝ, for thi that `Irael, aduersarie, hadde do leccherieshe hadde do leccherie, aduersarie Irael E pr. m., I shulde haueha C. left herOm. A., and ȝoueȝyue E. to her a libel of forsaking; and the lawe brekeresse, Juda, hir sister, dradde not, but ȝide awei, and dide fornycacioun also she. And thurȝ liȝt|hed of hir fornycacioun defoulede the lond, and dide fornycacioun with ston, and with tree. And in alle these thingus is not turned aȝeen to me the lawe brekeresse, hir sister, Juda, in al hir herte, but in lesing, seith the Lord God. And the Lord seide to me, The aduer|sarie, Irael, iustefiede hir soule, bi com|parisoun of the lawe brekeresse, Juda. Go, and cry these wrdus aȝen the north; and thou shalt sey, Turne aȝeen, thou aduersarie, Irael, seith the LordLord God A., and I shal not turne awei my face fro ȝou; for I am hoeli, seith the Lord, and I shal not wrathen in to withoute ende. Ner the latere wite thou thi wickednessewickenesse E.; for in to the Lord thi God thou hast do lawe breche, and thou hast scatered thi weies to alienus vnder eche braunchi tree; and my vois thou herdist not, seith the Lord. Beth conuertid, ȝee sonus, turnende aȝeen, seith the Lord, for I ȝoureOm. K. house|bondeman C pr. m. E pr. m.; and shal take ȝou to oen of the cite, and two of the kinrede, and bringe ȝou in to Sion; and ȝiue ȝou shepperdus aftir myn herte, and thei shul fede ȝou with kunnyng and doctryne. And whan ȝe shul be multeplied, and encresyn in the lond, in tho daȝes, seith the Lord, thei shul sey no more, The arke of the testament of the Lord; ne it shal steȝen vp vp on herte, ne thei shul recorde of it, ne it shal be visitid, ne be mad eft more. In that tyme thei shuln clepe Jerusalem The see of the Lord, and ge|dered shul be to it alle Jentiles, in name of the Lord, in to Jerusalem; and thei shul not gon after the shreudenesse of ther werste herte. In tho daȝes gon shal the hous of Juda to the hous of Irael; and come thei shuln togidere fro the lond of the north to the lond that I ȝaf to ȝoure fadris. I forsothe seide, Hou shal I putte thee in sonus, and ȝelde to thee the desirable lond, the ful cler eri|tage of the ostis of the folc of kinde? And I seide, A fader thou shalt clepe me, and after me to gongoo in AGHK. thou shalt notOm. E pr. m. cese. But what maner if a womman dispise hir louere, so dispisede me the hous of Irael, seith the Lord. A vois in weies is herd, weping and ȝelling of the sonus of Irael; for wicke thei maaden their weie, forȝeeten of the Lord ther God. Beth conuerted, ȝee sonus, turnende aȝeen, and I shal helen ȝoure turnyngus awei. Lo! wee han come to thee; thou forsothe art the Lord oure God. Verreli lyeres weren the hillis, the multitude of moun|teynes; verrely in the Lord oure God the helthehooli A. of Irael. Confusioun eet the trauale of our fadris, fro oure waxende ȝouthe; the flockes of them, and the droues of hem, the sonus of them, and the doȝtris of themhem ech confusioun E pr. m.. Wee shul slepe in oure confusyoun, and coueren shal vs oure shenshipe; for to the Lord oure God wee han synned, and wee and our fadris, fro oure waxende ȝouthe vn to this dai; and wee han not herd the vois of `the Lord oure Godour Lord God K..

 CAP. IV.

If thou shalt turne aȝeen, Irael, seith the Lord, to me be conuertid; if thou shalt take awei thin hurtende thingus fro my face, thou shalt not be to-stirid. And thou shalt swern, The Lord lyueth, in treuthe and in dom and in riȝtwisnes; and blissen shul hym folc of kinde, and hym preisen. These thingus forsothe seith the Lord to the man of Juda and to the dwellere of Jerusalem, Newith to ȝou a newe tilid lond, and wileth not sowen vp on thornes. Beth circumcidid to the Lord, and doth awei the vtmostvttermost AGHK. ȝerde felles of ȝoure hertes, ȝee men of Juda, and dwelleris of Jerusalem; lest parauenture go out as fyr myn indigna|cioun, and be tend vp, and ther be not that quenche, for the malice of ȝoure thoȝtus. Telleth out in Juda, and in Jerusalem maketh herd; speketh, and syngeth with a trumpe in the lond; cri|eth strongli, and seith, Beth gedered, and go wee inin to AGHK. the strengthid cites. Rereth a tocne in Sion, bethand beth AE pr. m. GHK. coumfortid, and wileth not stonde; for euel I bringeshal bringe E pr. m. to fro the north, and a gret to-treding. Steȝede vp a leoun fro his couche, the reuerereuer, or a prest takere G sec. m. of Jentilis hymselfhim G pr. m. H. shal rerenarere AEGH.. He wente out fro his place, that he pute thi lond `in toOm. C pr. m. wildernesse; thi citees shul be wastid, abidende stille withoute dwellere. Vp on this gird ȝou aboute with heires; weileth, and ȝellith, for turned awei is not the wrathe of the wodnesse of the Lord fro ȝouvs E pr. m.. And it shal be, in that dai, seith the Lord, per|shen shal the herte of the king, and the herte of princes; and become stoneid shul the prestis, and profetes in mynde shul be disturbid. And I seide, Allas! allas! allas! Lord God; thanne whether hast thou not bigilid this puple and Jerusa|lem, seiende, Pes shal be to ȝou, and lo! ful comen is swerd vn to the soule? In that tyme shal be seid to this puple and to Jerusalem, Brennende wynde in the weies that ben in desert, weies of the doȝter of my puple, not to wynewen, and to purgen. A spirit ful of these shal come to me; and now Y, but I shal speke my domes with them. Lo! as aOm. E pr. m. cloude he shal steȝen vp, and as tempest his chares; swiftere than eglis his hors; wo to vs, for wastid wee ben. Wash fro malice thin herte, thou Jerusalem, that thou be mad saaf. Hou longe shuln abyde in thee noȝous thoȝtes? The vois forsothe of the tellende fro Dan, and of the knowen makende the mawmet fro the hil of Effraym. Stereth, ȝee Jentiles; lo! herd it is in Jerusalem keperes to come fro a ferr lond, and to ȝyue vp on the cites of Juda ther voisvoicis K pr. m.. As keperes of feeldis thei ben mad vpon it in cum|pas; for me to wrathe it terrede, seith the Lord. Thi weies and thi thoȝtus diden to thee these thingus; this thi ma|lice for bitter, for it touchede thin herte. My wombe I ake, my wombe I ake; the wittus of myn herte ben disturbid in me. I shal not be stille, for the vois of the trumpe herde my soule, cry of the bataile. To-treding vp on to-treding is clepid, and wastid is al erthe; feerli ben wastid my tabernacles, sodeynly my skynnes. Hou longe shal I seen aOm. E pr. m. man fleende, heren shal Y the vois of the trumpe? For my fool puple me kneȝ not; vnwise sonus thei ben, and couwardus; wise thei ben that thei do eueles, wel forsothe do thei kunne not. I beheeld the erthe, and lo! voide it was, and of noȝt; and heuenus, and ther was not liȝt in them. I saȝ mounteynes, and lo! thei weren moued, and alle hillis ben disturbid. Y beheeld, and ther was not a man, and eche foul of heuene wente awey. I beheeld, and lo! Carmel desert, and alle hys cites ben destroȝed fro the face of the Lord, and fro the face of the wrathe of his wodnes. These thingus forsothe seith the Lord, Desert shal ben eche lond, but nerthe|latere ful ending Y shal not do. Weile shal erthe, and sorewen shul heuenus fro aboue, for thi that Y spac; I thoȝte, and it othoȝte not me, ne Y turned awei fro it. Fro the vois of the horse man, and of the sendende an arwe fleiȝ al the cyte; thei wenten in hard thingus, and steȝeden vp on roches; alle the chef cites ben for|saken, and dwellith not in them a man. Thou forsothe wastid, what shalt thou do? Whan thou shalt clothe thee with redeflawme C pr. m. E pr. m. silc, whan thou shalt be enourned with the goldene brochebroches C., and schalOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. peynte thin eȝen with strumpetes oyne|ment, in veyn thou `shalt benart E pr. m. araied; dispiside thee han thi loueres, thi lif thei shul sechen. A vois forsothe as of the trauailende with child I herde, an|guysshes as of the child berere; vois of the doȝter of Syon among men diende, and strecchende out ther hondus; Wo to me, for failide my lif for the slayne.

 CAP. V.

Goth aboute the weies of Jerusalem, and looketh, and beholdeth, and secheth in his stretes, whether ȝee fynde a man doende dom, and sechende feith; and merciful Y shal be to hem. That if also, The Lord lyueth, thei `shul seyseyden E pr. m., and that falsly thei shuln swern. Lord, thin eȝen biholden feith; thou hast smyte them, and thei soreweden not; thou to-treede them, and thei forsoken to taken disci|pline; thei inwardli hardeden ther faces vp on the ston, and wolden not be turned aȝeen. I forsothe seid, Par auenture pore men thei ben, and foolis, vnknowende the weie of the Lord, theand the E. dom of ther God. I shal go therfor to the cheef men, and speke to them; thei forsothe knewen the weie of the Lord, and the dom of ther God. And lo! more these togidere al to|breeken the ȝoc, and brosten out the bondis. Therfore hath smyte them a leoun offro E pr. m. the wode; a wlf at euen wast|ede them, a parde wakende vp on the cites of them. Eche that shal gon out of them, shal be take; for multeplied ben the lawe brekyngus of them, coumfortid benhem AGHK. the turnyngusturnynge A. awei of them. Vp on what thing to thee plesid shal YOm. E pr. m. moun be? Thi sonus forsoken me, and swern in tho thingus that ben not godis. I fulfilde them, and thei diden fornyca|cioun, and in the hous of the strumpet thei diden leccherie. Horses loueres in to wymmen, and courseres thei ben mad; eche to the wif of his neȝhebore neyȝede. Whether vp on these thingus Y shal notOm. K pr. m. visite, seith the Lord, and in such a folc of kinde shal not be vengid my soule? Steȝeth vp his wallis, and scatereth; ful wasting forsothe wileth not do. Doth awei his forthgetingus, for thei ben not the Lordis. Thurȝ lawe breking forsothe `tresspasede aȝen melawe brac aȝen E pr. m. the hous of Irael and the hous of Juda, seith the Lord; thei denyeden `the Lordme E pr. m., and seiden, It is not he, nether shal come vp on vs euel; swerd and hunger wee shul not see. The profetus speeken in to the wind, and answere was not in them; these thingus therfore out come shul to them. These thingus seith the Lord God of ostis, For ȝee speeken this wrd, lo! Y ȝyue my wrdus in thi mouth in to fyr, and this puple in to trees, and it shal deuoure them. Lo! Y shal bringe to vp on ȝouhem C et E pr. m. a folc of kinde fro aferr, of the hous of Irael, seith the Lord; a stalwrthe folc of kinde, an old folc of kinde, a folc of kinde, whos tunge thou shalt vnknowenot knowen K., ne vnderstonde what it speke. His arewe cas as a sepulcre openeopenynge G sec. m.; alle stronge men. And it shal ete thi cornes, and thi bred deuoure, thi sonus and thi doȝtris; it shal ete thi floc, and thi droues, and shal eten thi vyne, and thi fige tree; and to-brose thi strengthid cites, in whiche thou hast trost, with swerd. Nerthela|tere in tho daȝes, seith the Lord, Y shal not make ȝou in to ful ending. That if ȝee shul seye, Whi to vs dide the Lord oure God alle these thingus? thou shalt sei to them, As ȝee han forsake mee, and seruede to an alien god in ȝour lond, so ȝee shul serue to alien goddis in the lond not ȝoure. Telleth this to the hous of Jacob, and herd maketh in Juda, seiende, Here, thou fool puple, that hast not herte; that hauende eȝen, ȝee seen not, and eres, and heren not. Me therfor ȝee shul not drede, seith the Lord, and fro my face not sorewen? WhichFor C pr. m. E pr. m. G sec. m. `Y putteputtyng G pr. m. H. grauel terme to the se, euere durende heste, that it shal not passe; and thei shul be to-moued, and thei shul not moun; and to-swelle shul his flodis, and shul not passen it. To this puple forsothe is mad an herte mystrowende and oute sharp|ende; thei wente bacward, and ȝiden awei, and seiden not in ther herte, Drede wee the Lord oure God, that ȝyueth to vs tymeli rein, and late comende in his cesoun, plentenesse of ȝeres rip comende to vs. Oure wickenesseswickidnessis AGHK. boweden doun these thingus, and oure synnes defend|eden good fro vs. For ther ben founden in my puple vnpitous men, waitende as fouleres, grenes puttende, and feet gyn|nes, to ben caȝt men. As aOm. E pr. m. K. pit falle ful of briddes, so the hous of hem ful of treccherie. Therfore thei ben magnefied, and richid inwardli, grecid, and fattid, and thei passeden biside my wrdus alther werst; the cause of the widewe thei dem|eden not, the cause of the faderles child riȝt reuleden not, and the dom of pore men demeden not. Whether vp on these thingus I shal not visiten, seith the Lord, or `vp onon A. such maner folc shal not be vengid my soule? Stoneyng and mer|ueiles ben mad in the erthe; profetis profecieden lesing, andOm. E pr. m. prestus flappeden for ioȝe with ther hondus, and my puple louede suche thingus. What thanne shal ben don in his laste?

 CAP. VI.

Beth coumfortid, ȝee sonus of Benia|myn, in the myddil of Jerusalem, and in Thecua trumpeth with a trumpe, and vp on Bethacharem rereth a baner; for euel is seen fro the north, and gret to|treding. To a fair womman and a deli|cat Y licned the doȝter of Sion. To hir shul come shepperdis and the flockis of them; thei ficcheden in it tentus in enuy|roun; feden shal eche them, that vnder his hond ben. Halewith vp on hir a bataile. Riseth, and steȝe wee vp in the myddai. Wo to ȝou, for doun bowide the dai, for lengere ben mad `shadewes than to euen. Riseth, and steȝe wee vp in the nyȝt, and to-scatere wee ther houses. For these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Hewith `tree of hirther tree E pr. m., and delueth aboute Jerusalem an erthe hilloc; this is the cite of visitacioun; eche falseOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. cha|lenge in his myddel. As thanne cold maketh the cisterne his watir, so cold she hath maddon E pr. m. hir malice; wickenessewickidnes AGHK. and wastytewastynesse C pr. m. shal ben herdhid K. in hir befor me euermor, infirmyte and wounde. Be taȝt, Jerusalem, lest par auenture go awey my soule fro thee; lest par auenture I sette thee desert, a lond vndwellable. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Vnto the cluster braunch thei shul gederegederen eftsone E pr. m., thei shul gedere as in a vyneȝerdvyne C pr. m. E pr. m. the relikes of Irael; conuerte thin hond, as a grape kuttere to a basket. To whom shal Y speke, and whom shal Y witnessen, that heshe E pr. m. here? Lo! vncircumcidid the eres of hem, and heren thei moun not; lo! the wrd of the Lord don is to them in to repref, and thei shuln not taken it. Therfore of the wodnesse of the Lord Y am ful, and Y trauailede sustenende. Heeld out wodnesseOm. E pr. m. vp on the litil child with|oute forth, and vp on the counseil of ȝunge men togidere; a man forsothe with the wif shal be caȝt, and the olde with the ful of daȝes. And `passe shulthei shul passe E pr. m. the houses of them to othere menOm. E pr. m., feldis and wyues togidere; for I shal strecche myn hond vp on men dwellende the lond, seith the Lord. Fro the lasse forsothe vnto the more, alle to auarice studien; and fro the profete vn|to the prest, alle don treccherieletcherie A.. And thei cureden, `or helidenOm. CE pr. m., the to-treding of the doȝter of my puple with shenshipe, seiende, Pes, pes, and ther was not pes. Thei ben confoundid, for abhomynacioun thei didyn; but more with confusioun thei ben not confoundid, and shamen thei kouthen not. Wherfore thei shul falle among the men fallende; in tyme of ther visitacioun thei shul falle togidere, seith the Lord. These thingus seith the Lord, Stondeth vp on weies, and seeth, and asketh of the olde pathis, what is the goode weie; and goth in it, and ȝee shul fynde refreshinge to ȝoure soules. And thei seiden, Wee shul not go. And Y sette vp on ȝou tooteres, and seide, Hereth the vois of the trumpe. And thei seiden, Wee shuln not heren. Therfore herethOm. E pr. m., ȝee folc of kinde, and knowith, ȝee congregacioun, hou grete thingus Y shal do to them. Here, thou erthe, lo! Y shal bringe to eueles vp on this puple, frut of therhis AEGHK. thoȝtus; for my wrdus thei herden not, and my lawe thei threwen aferr. Wherto to me cens of Saba ȝee bringen, and the spices calamycalamimi A. calam E pr. m. H. calamyny G sup. ras. calaminum K. swote smellende fro a ferr lond? Ȝoure brente sacrifises ben not acceptid, ȝoure victorye sacrifises pleseden not to me. Therfore these thinges seith the Lord God, Lo! Y shal ȝyue in to this puple fallyngus, and shul falle in them faderes and sonus togidere, neȝhebore and cosyn, and pershen. These thingus seith the Lord God, Lo! the puple cam from the lond of the north, and a gret folc of kinde shal togidere rise fro the costes of the lond. Arwe and sheld it shal take; cruel it is, and it shal not hanha K. mercy; his vois as the se shal sowne, and vp on hors steȝen vp thei shul beforn mad redy as a man to bataile aȝen thee, thou doȝter of Sion. Wee han herd the loesvois A. of it, losid atwynne ben oure hondus; tribulacioun caȝte vs, sorewis asand K. the tra|uailende with childe. Wileth not gon out toOm. E pr. m. the feeldis, and in weie goth not, for the swerd of the enemy, the ferdfeer AG sec. m. fer E sec. m. G pr. m. H. of the enemy in enuyroun. Thou doȝtir of my puple, be thou gird with an heire, and to-sprengd with asken; weilende of the onli geten mac to thee bitter morn|yng, for feerli shal come the wastere vp on vs. A stalwrthe prouere Y ȝaf thee in my puple, and thou shalt wite, and preue the weie of them. Alle these princes of men bowedenbouwen A. boowen E sec. m. bowynge GH. doun goende gilendely, brasas brasse AGHK. and yren; alle ben shent. Failede the meltendebelie melting E pr. m. melt|ing E sec. m. vessel, in fyr wastid is the led, in veyn meltide togi|dere the ȝeetere; forsothe the malices of them ben not wastid. Repreued siluer clepeth hem, for the Lord threȝ hem aferr.

 CAP. VII.

The wrd that is mad to Jeremye of the Lord, seiende, Stond in the ȝate of the hous of the Lord, and preche there this wrd, and sey, Hereth the wrd of the Lord, al Juda, that gon in thurȝ these ȝatus, that ȝee honoure the Lord. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Good maketh ȝoure weies, and ȝoure studies, and I shal dwelle with ȝou in this place. Wileth not trosten in wrdis of lesyng, seiende, Temple of the Lord, temple of the Lord, temple of the Lord is. For if ȝee `wil euene riȝt reulenwel euene riȝt rewlen C et E pr. m. schul blesse E sec. m. AGHK. ȝoure weies, and ȝoure studies; if ȝee doschulde do E sec. m. shul do GHK. dom betwebetwix AGHK. betwen E. man and his neȝhebore; to the comeling, and to the faderles child, and to the widewe ȝee do not wrongOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. chaleng; ne ynnocent blod ȝe sheden out in this place, and after aliene goddis ȝee go not out, in to euel to ȝou self, Y shal dwelle with ȝou in this place, in the lond that Y ȝaf to ȝoure faders, fro the world in to the world. Lo! ȝee trosten to ȝou in wrdus of lesing, that shul not profite to ȝou; to steln, to slen, to don auoutrie, to swern liendely, to offre to Baalym, and to gon after aliene godus, whom ȝee knowe not. And ȝee camen, and stoden bifor me in this hous, in whiche is in|wardly clepid my name; and ȝee seiden, Delyuered wee ben, for thi that wee `han doalle shulde do E pr. m. alle these abhominaciouns. Whether thanne a spelunke, `or denneOm. CE pr. m., of theues mad is this hous, in whiche is inwardly clepid my name in ȝoure eȝen? I, YOm. A sec. m. G pr. m. H. am, Y saȝ, seith the Lord. Goth to my place in Silo, wher dwellide my name fro the bi|gynnyng, and seeth what I dide to it, for the malice of my puple Irael. And now, for ȝee han don alle these werkis, seith the Lord, and Y spac to ȝou, erly risende, and spekende, and ȝee herden not, and Y clepede ȝou, and ȝee answerden not; Y shal do to this hous, in whiche is clepid my name, andOm. A. in whichethe which A. ȝee han trost, and to the place that Y ȝaf to ȝow and to ȝoure faders, as Y dide to Silo. And YOm. E pr. m. shal throwe ȝou aferr fro my face, as Y threȝ aferr alle ȝoure brethern, aland al E pr. m. the sed of Effraym. ThouOm. K. thanne wile thou not preȝe for this puple, ne take thou to for them preising and orisoun; and ne with|stonde thou to me, for Y shal not here thee. Whether seest thou not, what these don in the cites of Juda, and in the stretes of Jerusalem? Sonus gederen trees, and faders brennen vp fyr; and wymmen sprengen togidere talȝ, that thei make sweete cakis to the quen of heuene, and sacrifien to aliene goddis, and me to wrathe thei terreterreden A.. Whether me to wrathe thei terreterreden A.? seith the Lord; whether not themself inin to E sec. m. the confusioun of ther chere? Therfore these thingus seith the Lord God, Lo! my wodnes and myn indignacioun is molten vp on thys place, vp on the wallis, and vp on the bestes, and vp on the tree of the regioun, and vp on the frutus of the erthe; and it shal be tend vp, and not beOm. AGHK. quenchid. These thingus seith the Lord of ostes, God of Irael, Ȝoure brent sacrifises addeth to ȝoure victorie sacri|fises, and eteth flesh. For Y spac not with ȝoure faders, and I comaundide not to them, in the dai that I ladde them out fro the lond of Egipt, of the wrd of brent sacrifises, and of victorie sacrifises. But this wrd I comaundide to them, seiende, Hereth my vois, and Y shal be to ȝou a God, and ȝee shul be to me a puple; and goth in eche weie that Y comaunde to ȝou, that it wel be to ȝou. And thei herden not, ne boweden ther ere, but wenten awei in ther foule delites, and in shreudenes of ther euele herte; and thei ben mad bacward, and not beforn, fro the day that the fadris of them wenten out fro the lond of Egipt vn to this dai. And I sente to ȝou alle my seruauns pro|fetusand prophetis K., bi dai risendeY rysynge AGH. I rising E sec. m. erli, and sendende. And thei herden not me, ne boweden in ther ere; but inwardli hardeden ther nol, and werse wroȝten than ther fadris. And thou shalt speke to them alle these wrdys, and thei shul not here thee; thou shalt clepe them, and thei shul not answern to thee. And thou shalt sey to them, This is thea A. folc, that herde not the vois of the Lord ther God, ne resceyuede discipline; feith pershede, and is taken awei fro the mouth of them. Dodde thin her, and throȝ a ferr, and in euene riȝt tac weil|ing; for the Lord hath throwen aferr, and forsaken the ieneracioun of his wod|nesse. For the sonus of Juda diden euel in myn eȝen, seith the Lord; thei set|teden ther offendende thingus in the hous, in whiche ys inwardly clepid my name, that thei defouledefouliden K. it; and thei bilden vp the heȝe thingus of Tofeth, that is in the valey of the sone of Ennon, that thei brenne ther sones and ther doȝtris with fyr, the whiche thingus I comaundide not, ne thoȝte in myn herte. Therfore lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and it shal not be seid no mor Tofeth, and the valey of the sone of Ennon, but the valey of slaȝter; and thei shul birien in Tofeth, for thi that ther was not place to birie for the multitude of careynes. And ben shal the moreyn of this puple in to mete to the foules of heuene, and to theOm. AEGHK. bestus of erthe; and ther shal not be that dryue awey. And to resten I shal make fro the chef cytes of Juda, and fro the stretes of Jerusalem, vois of ioȝe, and vois of gladnesse, vois of the spouse man, and vois of the spouse womman; in desola|cioun forsothe shal ben the erthe.

 CAP. VIII.

In that tyme, seith the Lord, thei shul caste out the bonus of the king of Juda, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of prestus, and the bones of pro|fetes, and the bones of hem that dwell|idendwelliden in A. dwellen in GHK. Jerusalem fro ther sepulcris; and sprede them abrod to the sunne, and theOm. G pr. m. to the H. moone, and al the knyȝthed of heuene, whichethe whiche AGHK. thei loueden, and to whom thei serueden, and after whiche thei ȝiden, and whiche thei soȝten, and honoureden; thei shul not be gedered, and not biried; in to a dunghil vp on the face of erthe thei shul be. And thei shul chesen more deth than lif, alle that residue shul be of this werste kinrede, in alle places that ben laft, to whiche I threȝ hem doun, seith the Lord of ostis. And thou shalt sey to them, These thingus seith the Lord, Whether he that shal falle, shal not risen aȝeenOm. E pr. m.? and he that is turned awei, shal not be turned aȝeen? Whi thanne turned awei is this puple in to Jerusalem with striuous turnyng awei? Thei caȝten les|ing, and wolden not turne aȝeen. Y tooc heed, and herknede; no man that good is speketh, no man is that do penaunce `vp onC sup. ras. for E pr. m. his synne, seiende, What haue Y do? Alle ben turned to ther cours, as an hors in bure goende to bataile. The kite in heuene kneȝ his tyme; the turtir, and the swalewe, and the somer foul that is clepid cyconye, kepten the time of ther comyng; my puple forsothe kneȝ not the dom of the Lord. Hou sey ȝee, Wise men wee ben, and the lawe of the Lord is with vs? Verely lesing wroȝte the lyende poyntil of the scribis. Confoundid ben the wise men, gast and caȝt thei ben. The wrd forsothe of the Lord thei casten aferr, and no wisdam is in hem. Ther|fore Y shal ȝiue ther wymmen to straun|geres, and ther feeldis to alien eires; for fro the leste vntoto A. into G pr. m. H. the moste auarice alle folewen, fro theOm. EK. profete vnto the prest alle dondide E pr. m. lesing; and heleden the to|brosing of the doȝter of my puple to shenshipe, seiende, Pes, pes, whan ther was notno GHK. pes. Confoundid thei ben, for abhomynacioun thei diden; but myche more by confusioun thei ben not con|foundid, and shamen thei kouthen not. Therfor thei shul falle among men fall|ende, in tyme of ther visitacioun thei shul falle togidere, seith the Lord. Geder|ende Y shal gedere them togidere, seith the Lord; ther is not grape in the vynes, and ther ben not fyges in the fige ȝerdtree C pr. m.; the lef flowede doun, and I ȝaf to them thetho AE sup. ras. GHK. `thingus thatOm. E pr. m. ben go bisidis. Whi sitte wee? cometh togidere, go wee in to the strengthid cite, and holde wee oure pes there; for our Lord hath maad vs to be stille, and drinke ȝaf to vs watir of galle; wee han synned forsothe to the Lord. Wee han abide pes, and ther was not good; tyme of leching, and lo! dred. Fro Dan is herd the fnestingor noyse C sec. m. marg. noyse E sec. m. AGHK. of his hors; fro the vois of hisOm. C. neiȝendeneiȝynge AEGHK. fiȝteres to|stirid is alle the lond; and thei camen, and deuoureden the lond, and hisal his E pr. m. K. plente, the chef cite, and his dwelleres. For lo! I shal sende to ȝou werst edderes, to whiche is not enchaunting; and thei shul bite ȝou, seith the Lord. My sorewe vp on sorewe, in me myn herte mournende. And lo! the vois of the cry of the doȝter of my puple fro a ferr lond. Whether the Lord is not in Sion, or his king is not in it? Why thanne me to wrathe thei stereden in ther grauen thingus, and in alyene vanytes? Ryp passede, endid isand the A. somer; and wee ben not safsaued E sec. m. AGHK.. Vp on the to-treding of the doȝtir of my puple Y am to-treden, and sorewid; stoneyng with|heeld me. Whether gumme is not in Galaad, or a leche is not there? Whi thanne the hid wounde of the doȝter of my puple is not al helidstopped E pr. m.?

 CAP. IX.

Who shal ȝyue to myn hed watir, andOm. C pr. m. to myn eȝen a welle of teres? And I shal wepe dai and nyȝt the slayne men of the doȝter of my puple. Who shal ȝyue me in to wildernesse of dyuers weie goeres? And I shal forsake my puple, and gon awey fro them. For alle auoutreris thei ben, and cumpanye of lawe brekeres; and thei bentenbenden AEGH. out ther tunge as ther bowe of lesyng, and not of treuthe. Thei ben coumfortid in erthe, for fro euel to euel thei wenten out, and me thei kneweknowen K. not, seith the Lord. EcheEche man E sec. m. AGHK. kepe hymself fro his neȝhebore, and in eche brother of hym haue he not trost; for eche brother supplauntende shal supplaunte, and eche frend gilendely shal go. And a man his brother shal scorne, and treuthe shal not speke; thei taȝten forsothe ther tunge to speke lesing; that wickelywickidly AGHK. thei schul|denOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. don, thei trauaileden. ThiTher K. dwell|ing in the myddel of treccherie; in trec|cherie thei forsoke me to knowen, seith the Lord. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Lo! I shall ȝeete and preue themȝou E pr. m. AGHK.; what forsothe other thing `shal YI shal E pr. m. do fro the face of the sonedouȝter AGHK. of my puple? An arwe woundendewoundide AHK. the tunge of hem, treccherie it spac; in histher E pr. m. mouth pes with his frend he speketh, and pri|ueli he putteth to hym aspies. Whether vp on these thingus I shal not visite, seith the Lord, or in to such a maner folc shal not be vengid my soule? Vp on moun|teynes Y shall take to weping and mourn|ynglamenting C pr. m. E pr. m., andOm. C pr. m. vp on the faire thingus of desert weilende, for thei ben brend vp; for thi that ther wasis AEGH. not a man pass|ende thurȝ, and thei herden not the vois of the weldere; fro the foul of heuene vn to the bestes, thei `ȝiden ouerouer ȝiden E., and wenten awei. And Y shal ȝyue Jerusalem in to hepeshipelis E pr. m AGHK. of grauel, and in to couches of dragounes; andfor E pr. m. the cites of Juda Y shal ȝyuen in to desolacioun, for thi that ther is not a dwellere. Who is a wis man that vnderstantvnderstondith AEGHK. this, and to whom the wrd of the mouth of the Lord be mad, that he telle thisit E pr. m.? Whi pershede the lond, ful out is brend as desert, for thi that ther ys not that thurȝ passe? And the Lord seide, For thei forsoken my lawe, that I ȝaf to them, and thei herden not my vois, and thei ȝide not in yt; and ȝidenthei ȝeden AGHK. awei after the shreudenesse of ther herte, and aftir Baalym, whom thei hadde lerned of therthi K. fadris; therfore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! I shal fede this puple with wrmod, and drinke Y shal ȝyue to them water of gallegallys AK.. And Y shal scatere them in Jentilis, that knewe not thei and the fadris of hem; and Y shal sende vpon hem swerd, to the tyme that thei be ful wastid. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Beholdeth, and clep|eth weilende wymmen, and come thei; andOm. E pr. m. AGHK. to them that wise ben sendeth, and go thei forth. Heeȝe thei, and take thei to vp on vs mournynglamenting C pr. m. E pr. m.; leden out oure eȝen teres, and oure eȝe lydis flowe thei doun with watris; for the vois of la|mentingmournynge AK. the mournynge E sec. m. GH. herd is fro Sion. What maner wastid wee ben, and confoundid hugely? for we han forsake the lond, for throwen doun ben oure tabernacles. Hereth ther|fore, ȝee wymmen, the wrd of the Lord, and taken to ȝoure eres the sermoun of his mouth; and techeth ȝoure doȝtris la|menting, and eche womman hir neȝhe|bore weiling. For steȝede vp deth bi ȝoure wyndowes, gon in is to ȝoure houses, to scatere the litle childer withoutforth, and the ȝunge men of the stretis. Spec, These thingus seith the Lord, And ther shal falle the `dead careyndeth smyting E pr. m. of mana man AGHK. as drit vp on the face of the regioun, and as hey bihynde the bac of the mowere, and ther is not that gedere. These thingus seith the Lord, Glorie not a wis man in his wisdam, and glorie not a strong man in his strengthe, andne AE pr. m. GHK. glorie notOm. E pr. m. a riche man in his richesses; but in this glorie heOm. E pr. m. that glorieth, to witen and to knowe me, for I am the Lord, that do mercy and dom and riȝtwisnesse in erthethe erthe E pr. m.. These thingus forsothe plesen to me, seith the Lord. Lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal visite vpon eche that hath the vtmostvttermost AGHK. skyn of the ȝerde vncircumcidid; vp on Egipt, and vp on Juda, and vp on Edom, and vp on the sonus of Amon, and vp on Moab, and vp on alle tho that ben dodded in to the her, dwellende in desert; for alle Jen|tiles han the vtmostvttermost AGHK. skyn of the ȝerde, al forsothe the hous of Irael ben vncir|cumcidid thein AGHK. herte.

 CAP. X.

Hereth the wrd that the Lord spac vp on ȝou, theof the E pr. m. hous of Irael. These thingus seith the Lord, Aftir the weies of Jentiles wileth not lerne, and fro the signes of heuene wileth not drede, that dreden Jentiles, for the lawis of puples ben veyne. For the tree of the wilde wode kut of the werc of the hondus of the craftes man in an hachet; with siluer and gold he enourneth it; with nailes and hameres ioynede it, that it `be notshulde not ben E pr. m. shulde bin K. losid atwynne. In licnesse of a formed ymage thei ben forgid, and thei shul not speke; born thei shul be taken awey, for thei moun not go; wileth not thanne drede them, for neither euele thei moun do, ne wel. Ther is not lic ofOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. thee, Lord; gret thouert thou AK sec. m., and gret thiis thi AK sec. m. name in strengthe. Who shal not drede thee, O! thou king of Jentilis? thin is forsothe wrshipe among alle the wise men of Jen|tilis, and in alle the reumes of hem noen is lic ofOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. thee. Togidere vnwise men and foolis shul be preued, the doctrine of the vanytebirthe E pr. m. of them a tree is with siluer en|wrappid. Fro Tarsis it is broȝt, and the gold froof AK. Ofir; the werc of the craftuscrafty K. man, and the hond of the metal werkere; `iacynct, or as men seynOm. C et E pr. m., violet blyw silc and purpre the clothing of them; the werc of craftus men alle these thingus. The Lord forsothe is verre God; heand he E pr. m. is God lyu|ende, and king euermor lastende; of his indignacioun shal be moued the erthe, and suffren shul not Jentiles his threting. ThusThis A. thanne ȝee shul sey to them, The goddis that `maden not heuene and erthe, pershe theiheuene and erthe maden not, pershe thei E pr. m. fro the erthe, and fro these thingus that ben vnder heuene. That maketh the erthe in his strengthe, maketh redi biforn the world in his wisdam, and in his prudence streccheth out heuenus. At his vois he ȝyueth multitude of watris in heuene, and rereth vp litle cloudus fro the vtmostusvttermostis AGHK. of erthe; leitus in to reyn he maketh, and bringeth out wind of his tresores. Fool mad is eche man of his kunnyng, confoundid is eche craftes man in his grauen thingthinges K.; for fals is that he ȝetede, and ther is not spirit in hem. Veyn thei ben, and the werc wrthi laȝh|ing; in tyme of ther visiting thei shul pershe. Lic is not to thesehem A. the part of Jacob, who forsothe formede alle thingus he is, and Irael the ȝerde of his eritage; Lord of ostus name is to hym. Gedere fro the erthe thi confusion, that dwell|ist in seging; for these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y ferr shal throwe the dwel|leris of the lond in this whilewyse K.; and tro|blen hem, so that thei be not founden. Wo to me vp on my to-treding, my werst veniaunce; I forsothe seide, Pleynli this myn infirmyte is, and Y shal bern it. My tabernacle is wastid, alle my litle cordis ben to-broke; my sonus wenten out fro me, and stondestooden K sec. m. not stille; ther is not that strecche out more my tent, and rere vp my skynnes. For folili diden shep|perdis, and the Lord thei soȝten not; therfor thei vnderstode not, and eche floc of hem is scatered. Vois of heering lo! is comen, and gret stiring fro the lond of the north, that thei sette the cites of Juda in to wildernesse, and a dwelling place of dragounus. I wot, Lord, for of man is not his weie, ne of man is that he go, and riȝt reule hys goingus. Chas|tise me, Lord; ner the latere in dom and not inafter E pr. m. thi wodnesse, lest par auen|ture to noȝt thou bringe me. Heeld out thin indignacioun vp on Jentyles that knewen not thee, and vp on prouynces that thi name inwardli clepeden not; for thei eeten Jacob, and deuoureden hym, and wasteden hym, and his wor|shepe destroȝeden.

 CAP. XI.

The wrd that is do to Jeremye of the Lord, seiende, Hereth the wrdus of this couenaunt, and speketh to the men of Juda, and dwelleres of Jerusalem; and thou shalt sey to them, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, CursidCursid is AK sec. m. the man that shal not here the wrdus of this couenaunt, that Y comaundede to ȝoure fadris, in the dai that Y ladde hem out fro the lond of Egipt, fro the irene fur|neys; seiende, Hereth my vois, and doth alle thingus that Y comaundidecomaunde K. to ȝou, and ȝee shul be to me in to a puple, and Y shal be to ȝou in to a God; that Y rere the oth that Y swor to ȝoure fadris, me to ȝyue to them a lond flowende mylc and hony, as is this dai. And Y answerde, and seide, Amen, Lord. And the Lord seide to me, Crye out alle these wrdus in the citescitee A. of Juda, and withouteforth Je|rusalem, seiende, Hereth the wrdus of this couenaunt, and doth them; for wit|nessende Y witnessede ȝoure faders, in the dai that Y ladde them out fro the lond of Egipte, vnto this day; erly ris|ende YOm. G pr. m. H. witnessede, and seide, Hereth my vois. And thei herden not, ne boweden in ther ere, but wenten awei echeechone E pr. m. in to the shreudenesse of hisher A. euele herte; and Y broȝte in vp on hem alle the wrdus of this couenaunt, that Y comaundide that thei shulden do, and thei diden not. And the Lord seide to me, Ther is founde coniuracioun in the men of Juda, and in the dwelleris of Jerusalem; thei ben turned aȝeen toin to A. the rathere wickid|nesseswickenesses E. of ther faders, that wolden not here my wrdus; and these thanne aftir aliene goddis ȝiden aweiawei shulde AG pr. m. HK., that thei serueschulde seruen E sec. m. G sec. m. to them; all voide maden the house of Irael and the hous of Juda my coue|naunt, that Y couenauntede with ther faders. Wherfore these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal bringen in vp on hem eueles, of whiche gon out thei shul not moun; and thei shul crien to me, and Y shal not heren hem. And gon shul the cites of Juda and the dwelleris of Jeru|salem, and crien to them, to whom thei offren; and thei shul not saue them in tyme of ther tormenting. After the noumbre forsothe of thi cites weren thi godis, Juda, and after the noumbre of thi weies, Jerusalem, thou settedest au|teres of confusion, autres to offre to Ba|lim. Thou thanne, wile thou not preȝe for this puple, and ne take thou too for them preising and orisoun; for Y shal not heren in theOm. A. time of ther cry to me, in tyme of ther torment. What is, that my loued in myn hous doth many hid|ous giltus? whether hoeli flesh `shul don aweibringe don awei shul E pr. m. fro thee thi malices, in whiche thou gloriestart gloried E pr. m.? An olyue plenteuous, fair, fructuous, semeli, clepede the Lord thi name; at the vois of the grete speche brende out fyr in it, and to-brend ben alle his busshy places. And the Lord of ostus that plauntede thee, spac vp on thee euel, for the euelus of the hous of Irael, and of the hous of Juda, that thei diden to themself, offrende to Balim, to terre me. Thou forsothe, Lord, hast shewid to me, and Y kneȝ; thou hast shewid to me the studies of hem. IAnd I K. as a debonere lomb, that is born to slayn sacrifise; and Y kneȝ not, for thei thoȝten vp on me counseil, seiende, Sende wee a tree in to his bred, and shaue wee hym out fro the lond of lyueres, and his name be no more membred. Thou forsothe, Lord of Sabaoth, that demest riȝtwisly, and prouest reenes and hertes, see Y thi veniaunce of them; to thee forsothe Y shewede my cause. Therfor these thingus seith the Lord to the men of Anatoth, that sechen my soule, and seyn, Thou shalt not profecien in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in oure hondus. Therfor these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Lo! Y shal visite vp on hem; ȝunge men shul die in swerd, the sonus of them and the doȝtrisdouȝter K. of them shul dien in hunger; and relikes shul not ben of hem; I shal leden in forsothe euel vp on the men of Anatoth, a ȝer of the visitynge of hem.

 CAP. XII.

Riȝtwis forsothe thou art, Lord; if Y dispute with thee, nerthelatere riȝte thingus I shal speke to thee. Whi the weie of vnpitous men is maad welsum? Well is to alle that theOm. E pr. m. lawe breken, and wickeliwickidly AGHK. don? Thou hast plauntid hem, and roote thei sentenputten C pr. m. E pr. m.; thei profiten, and maken frute; nyȝ thou art to the mouth of them, and `aferrferr C pr. m. fro the reenes of them. And, thou, Lord, hastthou hast E pr. m. knowe me, seen me, and proued myn herte with thee. Gedere them as a floc to slayn sacrifise, and halewe them in the dai of slaȝter. Hou longe weilen shal the erthe, and the erbe of alle regioun shal be dried, for the malice of men dwellende in it? Wastid is the beste, and foul, for thei seiden, He shal not seen oure laste. If with `foot mena foote E pr. m. rennende thou tra|uailedest, hou shalt thou moun striue with hors? whan forsothe in the lond of pes siker thou `were notwere E pr. m. shuldist ben sec. m. marg. were not tert. m., what shuldestshalt AGHK. thou do in the pride of Jordan? For whi and thi brethern and the hous of thi fader, also thei foȝten aȝen thee, and crieden after thee with pleyn vois; ne leeue thou hem, whan thei shul speke to thee goode thingus. I haue forsake myn hous, `Y lafte myn eritageOm. E pr. m.; Yand AGHK. ȝaf my loued soule `in toI lafte myn eritage in to E pr. m. the hondus of his enemys. Mad is to me myn eritage as a leoun in the wode; he ȝaf aȝen me `a voisthe nyȝt E pr. m., and therfore Y hatede it. Whether a brid of dyuers coloures myn eritage to me? whether a brid died thurȝ out? Cometh, beth gedered, alle ȝee bestesOm. E pr. m. of theOm. AEGHK. erthe; `haste ȝeegoth forth C pr. m. E pr. m. Om. E sec. m. to deuouren. Manye shepperdis wasteden my vyneȝerdvyne C pr. m. E pr. m., to|treeden my part, ȝauen my desirable por|cioun in to desert of wildernesse, putten it in to wasting, and it weilede vp on me; with desolacioun desolat is al the lond, for no man is that aȝeen thenke in herte. Vp on alle the weies of desert camen alle the wasteres of the lond, for the swerd of the Lord shal deuoure fro the vtmostusvttermostis AGHK. of the erthe vnto the vt|mostvttermost AGHK. of it; therand ther K sec. m. is not pes to alle flesh. Thei sewen whete, and repeden thornes; the erytage thei token, and to them it shal not profiten. Ȝee shul be confoundid of ȝoure frutus, for the wrathe of the wodnesse of the Lord. These thingus seith the Lord aȝen alle my werste neȝhebores, that touchen the eritage that Y delide to my puple Irael, Lo! Y shal pullen vp them fro ther lond, and the hous of Juda Y shal pullen vp fro the myddesmydil AGHK. of them. And whan Y shal pullen vp them, Y shal be turned, and hanha K. merci of them; and Y shal bringe them aȝeen, a man to his eritage, and a man to his lond. And it shal be, ifas if ACGHK. as E pr. m. taȝt men lerneden the weies of my puple, that thei swere in my name, Lyueth the Lord, as thei taȝten my puple to swern in Baal, thei shuln be bild vp in the myddel of my puple. That if thei `schul not herenheren not C pr. m. E pr. m., Y shal pulle awei that folc with pulling awei and perdicioun, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XIII.

These thingus seith the Lord to me, Go, and haue to thee a lynene bregirdil; and put it vp on thi lendus, and in to water thou shalt not putten it in. And Y hadde the bregirdil, aftir the wrd of the Lord; and Y putte itOm. EGHK. aboute my len|dus. And don is the wrd of the Lord the secounde tyme to me, seiende, Tac the bregirdil that thou haddest, that is aboute thi lendus; and risende go to Eu|fraten, and hid it there, in the hole of a ston. And Y ȝide, and hidde it in Eu|fraten, as comaundide to me the Lord. And don is after manye daȝes, seide the Lord to me, Ris, and go to Eufraten, and tac thennes the brigirdil, that I co|maundide to thee, that thou shuldist hiden it there. And Y ȝide to Eufraten, and dalf out, and toc the bregirdil fro the place wherthere wher E pr. m. Y hadde hid it; and lo! rotid hadde the bregirdil, so that to noon vse it was able. And don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, Thus to roten Y shal make the pride of Juda, and the myche pride of Jerusalem, and this werste pu|ple, that wile not here my wrdus, and gon in the shreudenesse of ther herte; and thei wenten after aliene godus, that thei serue to them, and honoure them; and thei shul be as this bregirdil, that to noon vse is able. As forsothe cleueth the bri|girdil to the lendus of a man, so Y ioyn|ede to me al the hous of Irael, and al the hous of Juda, seith the Lord, that thei were to me in to a puple, and in to name, and in to preising, and in to glorie; and thei herde not. Thou shalt seie therfore to them this wrd, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, Eche litil wyn vessel shal be fulfild with wyn. And thei shul sei to thee, Whether wee knowe not, that eche litil wyn vessel shal be fulfild with wyn? And thou shalt seyn to them, These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal fulfillen alle the dwelleris of this lond, and kingus that sitten ofvp on E pr. m. the stoc of Dauid vp on his trone, andOm. E pr. m. prestus, and profetus, and alle the dwelleris of Jerusalem with drunke|nesse. And Y shal scatere them, a man fro his brother, and faders and sonus to|gidere, seith the Lord; Iand I E pr. m. shal not spare, and Y shal not graunte, ne hanha K. mercy, that Y scatere them not. Hereth, and with eres parceyueth; wileth not be rered vp, for the Lord spac. Ȝyueth to the Lord ȝoure God glorie, er it waxe derc, and er offenden ȝoure feet at the derc hillis; ȝee shul abide liȝt, and he shal putte it in to shadewe of deth, and in to mystynesse. That if thisOm. C pr. m. G pr. m. H. ȝee shul not heren, in hid shal wepe my soule fro the face of pride; wepende itI AE pr. m. GHK. shal wepe, and leden out shal myn eȝe tere, for taken is the floc of the Lord. Sei to the king, and to the lordshipende womman, Beth mekid, sittethand sitteth E pr. m., for fro ȝoure hed shal go doun the croune of ȝoureOm. E pr. m. glorie. The cites of the south ben closid, and ther is not that openeapere E pr. m.; translatid is al Juda with parfit transmygracioun. Rer|eth ȝoure eȝen, and seeth, that comen fro the north; where is the floc that isY A. ȝoue to thee, thi noble feeld beste? What shalt thou seyn, whan he shal visite thee? thou forsothe hast taȝt them aȝeen thee, and lerned aȝen thin hed. Whether not sorewis caȝten thee, as a womman ber|ende child? That if thou shalt sey in thin herte, Whi camen to me these thingus? for the multitude of thi wicke|nessewickidnes AGHK. opened ben thi more shamefast thingus, defoulid ben thi foot solis. Yf chaunge mai an Ethiope his skyn, or a parde his dyuersetes, and ȝee shul moun wel do, whan ȝee han lerned euel. And Y shal sowe them abrod, as stobil that with the wynd is raueshid in desert. This thi lot, and the part of thi mesure of me, seith the Lord; for thou forȝeete me, and trostedist in lesing. Wherfore and Y nakenede thin hipes aȝenand aȝen A. thi face, and aperede thi shenshepe, thi vouteries, and thi neȝingusneynge E sec. m., the hidous gilte of thi fornycacioun vpon hillis; in the feeld Y saȝ thin abhominaciouns. Wo to thee, Jerusalem, thou shalt not be clensid after me; how longe ȝyt?

 CAP. XIV.

That don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, of the wrdis of droȝte. Weilede Jewerie, and his ȝatus fellen doun, and ben dercnedderkid AGHK. in the erthe, and the cri of Jerusalem steȝede vp. The more senten ther lasse to water; thei camen to drawe, and thei founde notno AEGH. water, thei beeren aȝeen ther vesselis voide; thei ben con|foundid and tormentid, and thei couerden ther hedis for the wastite of the lond, for ther cam not reyn inon A. erthe. Con|foundid ben the erthe tilieres, thei co|uereden ther hedis. For whi and the hynde in the feld bar, and lafte hir frutesfruyt E pr. m. AGHK., for ther was not erbe; and the feeldOm. E pr. m. asses stoden in roches, and drowe wind as dragounes; ther eȝen faileden, for ther was not erbe. YfFor E pr. m. oure wicke|nesseswickidnessis AGHK. `schul answerean|swere C pr. m. answerden E pr. m. to vs, Lord, do for thi name, for manye ben oure turnyngys awei; to thee wee han synned. Thou biding of Irael, his saueour in tyme of tribulacioun, whi as a comeling tiliere thou art to come in the lond, and as `weie goerea weie goer AGHK. bowende doun to dwelle? whi art thou to come as a man vagaunt, as a strong man that mai not saue? Thou for|sothe in vs art, Lord, and thin hoely name is inwardly clepid vp on vs; ne for|sake thou vs. These thingus seith the Lord to this puple, that louede to moue ther feet, and restede not, and to the Lord pleside not; now recorden he shal `wickidnesses of themoure wickenesses E pr. m., and visite `synnes of themoure synnes E pr. m.. And the Lord seide to me, Wile thou not preȝe for this puple in to good. Whan thei shul faste, Y shal not here ther preȝeres; and if thei offre brent sacrifises and slayn sacrifises, I shal not take them, for with swerd and hun|ger and pestilence Y shal waste them. And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, therthe AGHK. profetus seyn to them, Ȝee shul notOm. C pr. m. see swerd, and hunger in ȝou shal not be, but verre pes he shal ȝyue in this place. And the Lord seide to me, Falsly the profetus profecien in my name; I sente them not, and comaundide not to them, ne spac to them; a lying viseoun, and a gilesum deuynyng, and theOm. AGH. deseitleding doun E pr. m. of ther herte thei profecien to ȝou. Ther|fore these thingus seith the Lord of the profetus that profecien in my name, whom Y sente not, seiende, Swerd and hungir shal not be in this lond; In swerd and hunger shul be to-wastid thothe AGHK. profetus. And puples, to whom thei profecieden, shul be throwen aferr in the weies of Jerusalem, for hungir and swerd, and ther shal not ben, that birie them; thei and the wyues of them, sonus and doȝ|tris of them; and Y shal heeldenlede A. out vp on hem ther euel. And thou shalt sei to them this wrd, Leden doun myn eȝen tercrie K. by nyȝt and dai, and be thei not stille, for with gret to-treding to|treden is the maiden doȝter of my puple, hugeli with the werste veniaunce. If Y shul gon out toOm. E pr. m. the feeldus, loo! the slayn with swerd; and if Y shul go in to the citee, lo! the to-wastid with hunger; the profete forsothe and prest ȝiden awei in to the lond that thei knewe not. Whe|ther throwende aferr thou threwe aweiafer A. Judam, or thi soule wlatede Sion? whi thanne hast thou smyten vs, so that ther is noonnot A. helthe? Wee han abide pes, and ther is not good; and tyme of curing, and lo! disturbing. Wee han knowe, Lord, oure vnpitousnesses, and the wickenesseswickidnessis AGHK. of oure faders, for wee han synned to thee. Ne ȝyue thou vs in to repref, for thi name, ne do thou to vs repref; of the see of thi glorie recorde, ne al voide make thou thi pes couenaunt with vs. Whether ben in grauen thingus of Jen|tilis that reynen, or heuenus moun ȝyue wederes? whether not thou art Lord oure God, whom wee han abide? Thou forsothe didist alle these thinges.

 CAP. XV.

And the Lord seide to me, If Moises shulde stonde, and Samuel bifor me, my soule is not to this puple; throȝ out them fro my face, and go thei out. That if thei shul sey to thee, Whider shul wee go out? thou shalt sei to them, These thingus seith the Lord, Who to deth, to deth, and who to swerd, to swerd, and who to hunger, to hunger, and who to caitifte, to caytifte. And Y shal visete vp on hem foure spices, seith the Lord; swerd to slaȝter, and houndis to tern, and foules of heuene, and bestus of erthe to deuouren and wasten. And Y shal ȝyue them in to gret hete to alle reumes of erthe, for Manassen, the sone of Ezechie, king of Juda, vpon alle thingus that he dide in Jerusalem. Who forsothe shal hanha K. merci of thee, Jerusalem, or who shal sorewe for thee, or who shal go to preȝe for thi pes? Thou hast forsake me, seith the Lord, bacward thou ȝidist awei; and I shal strecchen out myn hond vp on thee, and sle thee; I trauailede preȝende. And Y shal scatere them with a fan in the ȝatus of the lond; I sloȝ, and loste my puple, and nerthelatere fro ther weies thei be not turned aȝeen. Multiplied ben to me his widewes vp on the grauel of the se; and Y broȝte in to them vp on the moder of the ȝunge waxen a wastere in mydday, Y sente vp on the cites feerli ferd. Feblid ys she that bar seuene, failede hire soule; fel doun to hir the sunne, whan ȝit to hir was day. Con|foundid she is, and ful out shamede; and hir remnauntus in to swerd Y shal ȝyue in the siȝte of hirmyn E pr. m. enemys, seith the Lord. Wo to me, my moder; whi geete thou me, a man of strif, a man of dis|cord in eche lond? I vsurede not, ne to me vsurede any man; alle cursen to me, seith the Lord. If not thi relikes in to good, if Y aȝen cam not to thee in tyme of affliccioun, and in tyme of tribulacioun and of anguysh, aȝen the enemye. Whe|ther shal be ioynedbounde C pr. m. E pr. m. irenOm. E pr. m. to iren fro the north, and bras? Thi richesses and thi tresores in to taking awei Y shal ȝyue freely, in alle thi synnes, and in alle thi termes. And I shal bringe thin enemys fro the lond that thou knowist not; for fyer tend vp is in my wodnesse, vp on ȝou it shal brenne. Thou wost, Lord, recorde thou of me, and visite me, and delyuere me fro them that pursuen me; wile thou not in thi pacience take me, wite thou, forOm. AGH. for thee Y suffrede repref. Found ben thi wrdys, and Y eet hem; and don is tovnto K. me thi wrd in to ioȝe, and in to gladnesse of myn herte; for inwardli clepid is thi name vp on me, Lord God of ostis. I sat not in counseil of pleieres, and gloriede fro the face of thin hond; alone I sat, for of bitternesse thou hast fulfild me. Whi mad is my sorewe per|petuel, and my wounde despeirable for|socit forsoke AE sec. m. G. pr. m. HK. to be cured? mad she is to me, as lesing of vnfeithful watris. For this these thingis seith the Lord, Yf thou art con|uertid, Y shal conuerte thee, and befor my face thou shalt stonde; and if thou seuereshalt seuere AE sec. m. GHK. precious thinge fro foul, as my mouth thou shalt be; thei shul be conuertid to thee, and thou shalt not be conuertyd to them. And I shal ȝyue thee to this puple in to a strong brasene wal, and thei shul fiȝte aȝen thee, and thei shul not han the maistry; for I am with thee, that I saue thee, and delyuere thee, seith the Lord. And Y shal delyuere theeOm. E pr. m. fro the hond of the werst men, and aȝeen bie thee fro the hond of stronge men.

 CAP. XVI.

And don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, Thou shalt not take a wif, and ther shul not be to thee sonus and doȝtris in this place. For these thingus seith the Lord vp on sonus and doȝtris, that ben goten in this place, and vp on the moders of them, that geeten them, and vp on the faders of hem, of whos stoc thei ben born in this lond. With dethes of siknyngus thei shul die, thei shul not be weilid, ne ben biried; in to a dunghil vp on the face of theOm. AEK. erthe thei shul be, and with swerd and hunger thei shul be wastid; and be shal the careyn of them in to mete to the foulis of heuene, and to the bestes of erthe. These thingus forsothe seith the Lord, Thou shalt not gon in to the hous of theOm. AEGHK. feste, ne go to weilento the weile K., ne coumforte thou them; for Y haue taken awey my pes fro this puple, seith the Lord, mercy and mercy doyngis. And dien shul the grete and the litle in this lond; thei shul not be biried, ne be weilid; `and thei shul notne E pr. m. kutte themself, ne ballidnesse shal ben do for hem. And thei shul not breke among hem bred to the weilende, to coum|forte vp on the deade, and thei shul not ȝyue to them drinc of the chalis, toOm. E pr. m. coum|forten vp on ther fadir andOm. E pr. m. modir. And the hous of feste thou shalt not gon in, that thou sitte with them, and ete, and drinke. For these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! Y shal don awey fro this place, in ȝoure eȝen and in ȝoure daȝes, vois of ioȝe, and vois of glad|nesse, and vois of man spouse, and vois of womman spouse. And whan thou hast told to this puple alle these wrdus, and thei sey to thee, Whi spac the Lord vp on vsOm. E pr. m. al this grete euel? what oure wickenessewickidnes AGHK., and what oure synnegreet synne A. that wee han synned to the Lord oure God? thou shalt sey to them, For forsoken me ȝoure fadris, seith the Lord, and ȝiden awei aftir aliene goddis, and serueden to them, and honoureden hem, and me for|soken, and my lawe kepten not. But and ȝee wers wroȝten than ȝoure fadris; lo! forsothe eche goth after the shreude|nesse of his euel herte, that me he here not. And Y shal caste ȝouhem E pr. m. out fro this lond, in to the lond that ȝee and ȝoure fadris knoweknewen K. not; and ȝee shul serue there to alien goddis dai and nyȝt, that shul not ȝiue to ȝou reste. Therfore lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and it shal be no mor seid, Lyueth the Lord, that ladde out the sonus of Irael fro the lond of Egipt; but lyueth the Lord, that ladde out the sonus of Irael fro the lond of the north, and fro alle londus to whiche I caste them out; and Y shal bringe them aȝeen to ther lond that I ȝaf to the fadris of them. Lo! Y shal senden many fissh|eres, seith the Lord, and thei shul fisshen hem; and after these thingus I shal sende to them manye hunteres, and thei shul hunte them fro eche mounteyn, and fro eche hil, and fro the caues of stones. For myn eȝen vp on alle the weies of them; thei ben not hid fro my face, and hid was not the wickenessewickidnes AGHK. of them fro myn eȝen. And Y shal ȝelde first the double wickenesseswickidnessis AGHK. and the synnes of hem, for thei defouleden my lond in dead smyten thingus of ther maumetus, and with ther abhominaciouns theiOm. A. fulfilden myn heritage. Lord, my strengthe, and my stalwrthenesse, and my refute in the dai of tribulacioun, to thee Jentiles shuln come fro the vtmostusvttermostis AGHK. of erthe, and seyn, Vereli lesing weldeden oure fadris, va|nyte that to them profitede not. Whe|ther a man shal maken to hym goddis? and thei ben not goddis. Therfore lo! Y shal shewe to them bi this while, I shal shewe to them myn hond and my vertue; and thei shul wite, for name to me is Lordthe Lord C pr. m..

 CAP. XVII.

The synne of Jude writen is with an irene pointel, in an adamantyne nail, grauen out vp on the brede of ther herte, and in the hornes of their auteres. Whan recorde shul the sonus of them of ther auteres, and of ther maumet wodus, and of ther braunching trees in heeȝe moun|teynes, sacrifiende in the feld, thi strengthe and alle thi tresores in to taking awei Yhe E pr. m. shal ȝyue, thin heeȝe thingusOm. E pr. m. for the synnes in alle thi coestes. And thou shalt be forsake alone of thin eritage that Y ȝaf to thee; and to seruenseruen thee E pr. m. Y shal make theeOm. E pr. m. to thin enemys, in the lond that thou knewest not; for fyr thou brendist vp in my wodnesse, vnto euermor it shal brenne. These thingus seith the Lord, CursidCursid is AK sec. m. the man that trostith in man, and putteth flesh his arm, and fro the Lord his herte goth awei. Forsothe it shal ben as `iencian treesor broom C sec. m. marg. or bromes E sec. m. marg. ientian tree, or broom AGHK. in desert, and he shal not see, whan shal come good; but he shal dwelle in droȝte in desert, in the lond of briyn, and vnabitable. BlessidBlessid is A. the man that trosteth in the Lord, and the Lord shal ben his trost. And he shal be as a tree, that is ouer plauntid vp on watris, that at the humour send|ithputteth out C pr. m. put|teth E pr. m. his rootes; and he shal not drede, whan shal come gret hete; and his lef shal be grene, and in tyme of droȝte shal not be bysy, ne any tyme shal cese to make frut. Shreude is the herte of man, and vnserchable; who shal knowen it? I the Lord serchendesechynge AGHK. herte, and prouende reenes, that ȝyue to eche man after his weie, and after the frut of his findingus. The partrich nurshedehaccheth E pr. m. that she barboor E sec. m. not, made richesses, and not in dom; inOm. E pr. m. the myddil of ther daȝes she shal forsake them, and in hir laste she shal ben vnwis. The dignete see of glorie of heiȝte fro the bygynnyng, place of oure halewing, abiding of Irael. Lord, alle that thee for|saken, shul be confoundid; goende awei fro thee in the erthe shul be writen, for thei forsoken theOm. C sec. m. E pr. m. veyne of lyuyng watris, the Lord. Hele me, Lord, and Y shal ben helid; saf mac me and Y shal be saf; for my preising thou art. Lo! thei seyn to me, Wher is the wrd of the Lord? come it. And Y am not disturbid, thee shep|perde folewende, and the dai of man I disirede not, thou wost. ThatOm. E pr. m. that is gon out fro my lippis riȝt in thithe K. siȝte was. Be thou not to me to ferd; myn hope thou in the dai of tormenting. Be thei confoundid, that me pursuen, and confoundid be not Y; inwardly drede thei, and inwardly drede not Y; bring in vp on hem dai of tormenting, and with double to-treding to-tred hem. These thingus seith the Lord God to me, Go, and stond in the ȝate of the sonus of the puple, bi whiche gon in kingusthe kyngis AEGHK. of Juda and gon out, and in alle the ȝatus of Je|rusalem. And thou shalt sei to them, Hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee kingus of Juda, and al Jewerie, and alle the dwelleris of Jerusalem, that gon in bi these ȝatus. These thingus seith the Lord God, Kepeth ȝoure soules, and wilith not berthenus bern in the dai of sabat, ne bringe ȝee in bi the ȝatus of Jerusalem. And wileth not caste out burthenusbernus C pr. m. fro ȝoure houses in the dai of sabat, and eche werc ȝee shul not do; halewith the day of sabat, as Y comaundecomaundide AEGH. to ȝoure fadris. And thei herden not, ne bow|eden in ther ere, but inwardly hardeden ther nol, lest thei herde me, and lest thei toke discyplyne. And it shal be, if ȝee shulOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. heren me, seith the Lord, that ȝee bringe not in birthenus bi the ȝatus of this cite in the day of sabat, and if ȝee halewe the dai of sabat, `that ȝee don notȝee shul not don E pr. m. in it alleOm. E pr. m. werc, gon in shul bi the ȝates of this cite kingus and princes sit|tende vpon the see of Dauid, and steȝende vp in chares and hors; thei, and the princes of them, men of Juda, and the dwelleris of Jerusalem; and dwelliddwellid, or inhabite A. shal be this cite in to euermor. And `comen shulmen shulen come A. fro the citecites E. of Juda, and fro the cumpas of Jerusalem, and fro the lond of Beniamyn, and fro the wilde feldus, and fro the mountuousmounteynous AGK. mounteyns H. places, and from the south, berendeberinge E. brent sacrifise, and slayn offring, and sacrifise, and encens; and `thei shulOm. E pr. m. bringe in offring in to the hous of the Lord. If forsothe ȝee shul not here me, that ȝee halewe the day of sabat, and that ȝee bere not berthenebirthens A., and ne bringe in bi the ȝatus of Jerusa|lem in the dai of sabat, Y shal tende vp fyr in his ȝatus; and it shal deuoure the housyshous A. of Jerusalem, and shal not be quenchidqueynt AEGHK..

 CAP. XVIII.

The wrd that don is to Jeremye fro the Lord, seiende, Ris, and cum doun in to thethis AGHK. hous of the crockere, and there thou shalt here my wrdis. And Y cam doun in to the hous of the crockere, and lo! he made a werc vp on a whel. And scatered is the vessel, that he made of clei with his hondus; and turned he made that vessel other, as it pleside hisin his AEGHK. eȝen that he shulde make. And don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, Whether as maketh this crockere, shal not Y moun make to ȝou, hous of Irael? seith the Lord. Lo! as the cley in to the hondhoondis AGHK. of the crockere, so ȝee in myn hond, the hous of Irael. Sodeynli Y shal speke aȝen folc, and aȝen reume, that Y drawe vp bi the roote, and destroȝe, and scatere it. If penaunce shul do that folc of his euel, for whiche I spac aȝen it, don shal and Y othenking vp on the euel, that Y thoȝte that I shulde do to it. And so|deynli Y shal speken of the folc, and of the rewme, that Y bilde vp, and plaunteplauntide K. in it. If it shul don euel in myn eȝen, that it here not my vois, othinking Y shal do vp on the good that Y spac, that Y shulde do to it. Now thanne sei to the man of Jewerie, and to the dwellere of Jerusalem, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y make aȝen ȝou euel, and thenke aȝen ȝou thenking; be turned aȝeen echeeche man AEGHK. fro his euel weie, and right reulith ȝoure weies and ȝoure studies. The whiche seiden, Wee han dispeired, after oure thoȝtus forsothe wee shul go, and echeeche man AEGHK. aftir the shreudenesse of his euel herte wee shul do. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord, Asketh folc of kinde, who herde such orrible thingus, the whiche to myche dide the maiden Irael? Whe|ther of the ston of the feld shal faile the snoȝ of Liban? or ben pullid awei moun watris brekende out, colde and ful myche flowende dounOm. C pr. m. E pr. m.? For forȝat me my puple, in veyn offrende licoures, and stumblende in ther weies, and in the styes of the world, that thei goshulden goo AGHK. bi them in a weye not berdidberid C pr. m. E pr. m. H.; that bewere E sec. m. AGHK. mad the lond of hem in to desolacioun, and in to whist|ling euere durende; eche forsothe that passeth bi it, shal become stoneid, and mouen his hed. As a brenende wind Y shal scatere them bifor the enemy; bac and not face Y shal shewe to them, in the dai ofof the E pr. m. perdicioun of hem. And thei seid|en, Cometh, and thenke wee aȝen Jeremye thoȝtus; forsothe pershe shal not the lawe fro the prest, ne counseil fro the wise man, ne sermoun fro the profete; cometh, and smyte wee hym with tunge, and take wee not heed to alle the ser|mouns of hym. Tac heed, Lord, to me, and here the vois of myn adversaries. Whether ȝolden is for good euel, for thei deluen a dich to my soule; recorde, that Y stod in thi siȝt, that I schuldOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. speke for them good, and turne awei thin indigna|cioun fro them. Therfore ȝifȝif thou AE sec. m. GHK. the sonus of them in to hunger, and bring doun hem in to the hondus of swerdthe swerd E pr. m.; mad be the wifes of them withoute free childer, and widewes, and the men of hem be slayn with deth; the ȝunge of them be thei stikid with swerd in bataile. Herd be the cri fro the houses of them, thou shalt bringe to forsothe vp on hem a thef so|deynly; for thei doluen a dich that thei takeshulden take AE sec. m. GHK. me, and grynes thei hidden to my feet. Thou forsothe, Lord, wost al the counseil of hem aȝen me in to deth; ne be thou plesid to the wickidnessewickenesse E. of them, and the synnesynnes GHK. of hem fro thi face be not don awei; be thei mad togidere fallende in thi siȝt, in tyme of thi wod|nesse; awei fro good vse them.

 CAP. XIX.

These thingus seith the Lord, Go, and tac the erthene litil wyn vessel of the crockere, and fro the elderes of the puple, and fro the elderes of theOm. AEGHK. prestus. And go out to the valei of the sonus of Ennon, that is biside the entre of the britil ȝate; and thou shalt preche there wrdysthe woordus E sec. m. that Y shal speke to thee; and seyn, Hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee kingus of Juda, and dwelleris of Jerusalem. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! Y shal bringe in tormenting vp on this place, so that eche that shal heren it, tyncle hys eres. For thi that thei for|soke me, and alien maden this place, and offreden to alien godis, in that that knewen not thei, and ther faders, and the kingis of Juda; and fulfilden this place with blodthe blod E pr. m. of innocentus, and bilden vp the heȝe thingus of Baalym, to ben brent ther sonus with fyr, in to brent sacrifise to Balim; whiche thingus Y comaundide not, ne spac, ne steȝede vp in to myn herte. Therfor seith the Lord, Lo! daȝes comen, and clepid shal no mor be this place Tofeth, and the valei of the sonesones AE pr. m. GHK. of Ennon, but the valei of slaȝter. And Y shal scatere the counseil of Jude and of Jerusalem in this place, and Y shal turne them vpsodoun with swerd, in siȝtethe siȝte AGHK. of ther enemys, and in the hond ofOm. E pr. m. men sechende ther lyues; and Y shal ȝyue the careynes of them mete to the foules of heuene, and toOm. A. the bestus of erthe. And Y shal sette this cite in to stoneyng, and in to whistling; and eche that shal passe by it, shal stoneyn, and whistlen vp on al the veniaunce of it. And Y shal fede them with the flesh of ther sonus, and with the flesh of ther doȝtris; and eche the flesh of his frend shal ete in segyng and in anguysh, in whyche close them shul ther enemys, and thatthei that AK sec. m. sechen their lyues. And thou shalt to-brose the litle wyn vessel in the eȝen of the men, that shul go with thee. And thou shalt sei to them, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Thus Y shal to|brose this puple, and this cyte, as is to|brosid the vessel of the crockere, that mai no more be restored; and inin to HK. Tofeth thei shul ben biried, for ther is not other place to birie in. So Y shal do to this place, seith the Lord, and to his dwelleris, that Y sette this cite as Tofeth. And ben shul the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kinguskyng AGHK. of Juda, as the place Tofeth; vnclene alle the houses, in whos rooues thei sacrifieden to al the knyȝthed of heuene, and offreden sacrifisesacrifices AGHK. of licoures to alien godus. Cam forsothe Jeremye fro Tofeth, whider hadde sent hym the Lord to profecien; and stod in the porche of the hous of the Lord, and seide to al the puple, These thingus seith the Lord of ostes, God of Irael, Lo! Y shal bringen in vp on this cite, and vp on alle his cheef citees, alle the euelis that Y spac aȝen it; for thei in|wardly hardeden ther nollesnolle E sec. m., and herde not my sermouns.

 CAP. XX.

And ther herde Fassur, the sone of Emyner, prestthe preest E pr. m., that was ordeyned prince in the hous of the Lord, Jeremye profe|ciende these sermownus. And Fassur smot Jeremye, profete, and puttesente AE sec. m. GHK. hym in to the stockes, that was in the ouere ȝate of Beniamyn, in the hous of the Lord. And whan it hadde liȝtid in to the moru, Fassur ladde out Jeremie out of the stockus. And Jeremye seide to hym, Not Fassur clepede the Lord thi name, but Inwardli ferd on eche side. For these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal ȝyue thee in to inward ferd, thee and alle thi frendus, and to gidere thei shul falle with theOm. AE sec. m. GHK. swerd of ther enemys; and thin eȝen shul see; and al JudaJewerie C pr. m. E pr. m. Y shal ȝyue in the hond of the kyng of Babiloyne, and he shal ouer lede them in to Babi|loyne, and smyte them with swerd. And Y shal ȝyue al the substaunce of this cite, and al his trauaile, and al the pris; and al the tresores of the king of Juda I shal ȝyue in the hond of the enemys of them; and they shul reue them, and taken, and bringe them in to Babyloyne. Thou forsothe, Fassur, and alle the dwelleris of thin hous, shul gon in to caitifte; and in to Babyloyne thou shalt come, and there thou shalt die; and there thou shalt be biried, and alle thi frendus, to whyche thou profeciedistpropheciede AGHK. lesing. Thou leddestbegiledest E pr. m. me a syde, Lord, and Y am lad aside; strengere than Y thou were, and thou haddest the maistrie; I am mad in to scorn al day. Alle scorneden me, for now ȝore Y speke, criende out the wickidnessewickenesse E., and the wastite I ofte crie. And don is the sermoun of the Lord to me in to repref, and in to scornyng al day. And Y seide, I shal not recorden of it, ne speke more in the name of hym. And mad it is in myn herte, as fyr gretly hetende, and closid in my bones; and Y failede, to bern not sustenende. I herde forsothe the wrong blamyngus of manye, and the ferd in enuyroun, Pursueth, and pursue wee hym, of alle men that weren my pesible, and kepende my side; if any maner he be bigilid, and wee haue the maistri aȝen hym, and wee gete veniaunce of hym. The Lord forsothe is with me as a strong fiȝtere, therfor thatthei that AK sec. m. pursuen me shul falle, and syc shul be; and thei shul be shent hugeli, for thei vnder|stoden not the euere durende repref, that neuer shal be don awei. And thou, Lord of ostus, prouere of the riȝtwis, that seest the reenes and the herte, `see Isee H. seer K., Y beseche, thi veniaunce of hem; to thee forsothe Y shewide my cause. Syngeth to the Lord, preiseth the Lord, for he hathOm. H. delyueredlyuerede H. the soule of the pore fro the hond of euelis. Cursid the dai in theOm. AGHK. whiche Y am born, the dai in whiche bar me my moder, be not blessid. Cursed the man, that tolde to my fader, seiende, Born is to thee a knaue child, and as with ioȝe gladide hym. Be that man as ben the cites, thatof AGHK. the Lord turnede vpsodoun, and itOm. AEGHK. othoȝte hym not; here he cry erly, and ȝelling in mydday tyme, that me sloȝ not fro the priue wombe; that mad were to me my moder a sepulcre, and hir priue wombe conceyuyng euerlastende. Whi fro the priue wombe Y ȝide out, that Y shulde seen trauaile and sorewe, and wast ben in confusioun my daȝes?

 CAP. XXI.

The wrd that don is to Jeremye fro the Lord, whan sente to hym king Sede|chie Fassur, the sone of Melchie, and Sofonye, the sone of Masie, prestthe preest E sec. m., sei|ende, Aske for vs the Lord, for Nabugo|donosor, king of Babiloyne, fiȝteth aȝen vs; if par auenture the Lord do with vs after alle his merueyles, and he go awei fro vs. And Jeremye seide to them, Thus ȝee shul sey to Sedechie, These thingus seith the Lord God, Lo! Y shal turne the vesselis of the bataile that in ȝoure hondus ben, and withto E pr. m. whom ȝee fiȝten, aȝen the king of Babiloyne, and Caldeis, that besegen ȝou in cumpas of the wallis; and Y shal gedere them in the myddes of this cite. And Y shal ouercome ȝou in a straȝt out hond, and in a strong arm, and in wodnesse, and in indignacioun, and inOm. C. in a AGHK. gret wrathe; I shal smyte the dwelleris of this cite, men and bestus with gret pestylence shul dien. And after these thingus, seith the Lord, Y shal ȝyue Sedechie, king of Juda, and his seruauns, and his puple, and that ben laft in this cite of pestylence, and swerd, and hunger, in the hond of Nabugodo|nosor, king of Babiloyne, and in the hond of ther enemys, and in the hond of men sechende ther lif; and he shal smyte them in mouththe mouth AEGHK. of swerd; and he shal not be bowid, ne sparen, ne hanha K. reuthe. And to this puple thou shalt sey, These thingus seith the Lord God, Lo! Y ȝyue bifor ȝou weie of lif, and weie of deth. Who `shal dwelledwellith E pr. m. in this cite, shal die with swerd, and hunger, and pestilence; who forsothe shul go out, and flee to the Caldeis that besegen ȝou, shal lyue, and be shal to hym his soule as spoile. For|sothe Y haueha K pr. m. han sec. m. set my face vp on this cite in to euel, and not in to good, seith the Lord; in the hond of the king of Babi|loyne it shal be ȝoueȝyuen E pass., and brenne it out he shal with fyr, and the hous of the king of Juda. Hereth the wrd of the Lord, `ȝe thethe C pr. m. E pr. m. ȝe AGHK. hous of Dauid. These thingus seith the Lord, Demeth erli dom, and de|lyuereth out the oppressed with force fro the hond of the wrongOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. chalengere; lest par auenture go out as fir mynOm. C pr. m. indigna|cioun, and be tend vp, and be not that quenche, for the malice of ȝoure studies. Lo! Y to thee, dwelleresse of the sadde valey and wilde feld, seith the Lord, ȝee that seyn, Who shal smyten vs, and who shal go `in toin AG pr. m. HK. oure houses? And Y shal visite vp on ȝou after the frute of ȝoure studies, seith the Lord; and Y shal tende vp fyr in his wilde wode, and deuoure it shal alle thingus in his cumpas.

 CAP. XXII.

These thingus seith the Lord, Cum doun in to the hous of the king of Juda, and thou shalt speke there this wrd, and seyn, Here thou the wrd of the Lord, thouOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. king of Juda, that sittest vp on the see of Dauid, thou, and thi seruauntis, and thi puple, that gon in bi these ȝatus. These thingus seith the Lord, Doth dom, and riȝtwisnesse, and delyuereth the opressid bi force fro the hond of the wrongOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. chalengere; and the comeling, and faderlesthe faderles AEGHK. child, and the widewe wil|eth notOm. E pr. m. sorewen, ne opresseth wickeliwick|idli AGHK., and the innocent blod ne shedeth out in this place. If forsothe doende ȝee shul do this wrd, gon in shul bi the ȝatus of this hous kingus sittende of the kinrede of Dauid vp on his trone, and the steȝing men vpvpon AGHK. chares and hors, thei, and ser|uauns, and the puples of them. That if ȝee shul not here these wrdus, in my|self Y swor, seith the Lord, for in to wil|dernesse shal be this hous. For these thingus seith the Lord vp on the see of the king of Juda, Galaad, thou `to memy AGHK. hed of Liban; yf Y shal not sette forth thee wildernesse, cheef citees vnabitable. And Y shal haleweȝyue E pr. vice. vp on thee the sleende manchar E pr. m., and his armes; and thei shul `kutte dounteenden vp E pr. m. thi chosen cedris, and throwe doun in to fyr. And passen shul manye Jentiles thurȝ this cite, and sei shal eche to his neȝhebore, Whi dide the Lord thus to this grete cite? And thei shul answern, For thi that thei forsoke the couenaunt of the Lord ther God, and honoureden alien godis, and serueden to them. Wileth not wepe the deade, ne weilen vp on hym with weping; weil|eth hym that goth out, for he shal no mor be turned aȝeen, ne seen he shal the lond of his birthe. For these thingus seith the Lord to Sellum, sone of Josie, king of Juda, that regnede for Josie, his fader, That isOm. E pr. m. gon out fro this place, heOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. shal not turne aȝeen hider moreOm. C pr. m.; but in the place to theOm. AEGHK. whiche Y translatide hym, there he shal die, and this lond he shal see no more. Wo that bildeth vp his hous in vnriȝtwisnes, and his souping places not in dom; his frend he shal opresse in veyn, and his meede he shal not ȝelde to hym. The whiche seith, I shal bilde vp to me a large hous, and spacious souping places; that openeth to hym wyndowes, and maketh cedre cou|ples, and peynteth with cynoper. Whe|ther shalt thou regne, for thou licnestȝyuest E pr. m. thee to a ceder? thi fader, whether he eet not, and dranc, and dide dom and riȝt|wisnesse, thanne whan wel it was to hym? He demede the cause of the pore, and of the helpeles, in to histher C pr. m. E pr. m. good; whether not therfor for he kneȝ me? seith the Lord. Thine forsothe eȝen and herte to auarice, and to innocent blod to be shed, and to wrongeOm. C et E. chalenge, and to the end|ing of euel werc. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord to Joachym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, Thei shul not weilen hym, Wo brother! and wo sister! thei shul not togidere trumpe to hym, Wo lord! and wo glorious! InOm. E pr. m. the biriyng of an asse he shal be biried, roten, and throwen aferr out of the ȝatis of Jerusalem. Steȝ thou vp Liban, and crye, and in to Ba|san ȝif thi vois, and crie to the passeres, for to-trodeto-treden K. ben alle thi loueres. I spac to thee in thi plenteuousnesse, andOm. CE sec. m. thou seidist, I shal not heren; this is thi weie fro thi waxende ȝouth, for thou herdist not my vois. Alle thi shepperdus wind shal fede, and thi loueres in to caitifte shul go; and thanne thou shalt be confound|yd, and shamen of al thi malice, that sittist in Liban, and nestlist in cedris. Hou togidere weiledist thou, whan comen hadde to theethe E pr. m. sorewes, as sorewis of the trauailende with childe? I lyue, seith the Lord, for if shul be Jeconyas, the sone of Joachym, king of Juda, a ring in my riȝt hond, thennus I shal pullen hym awey. And Y shal ȝyue thee in the hond of men sechende thi soule, and in the hond of hem whos face thou dredist, and in the hond of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, and in the hond of Caldeis. And Y shal sende thee, and thi moder that gat thee, in to an alien lond, in whiche ȝee ben not born, and there ȝee shul die; and in to the lond to whiche thei reren ther soule, that thei turne aȝeen thider, and thei turne aȝeen shul not. Whether a britil vessel and a brosid this man Je|conyas? whether a vessel withoute al voluptuouste? Whi throwen awei ben he and his sed, and cast aferr in to the lond that thei knewe not? Erthe, erthe, erthe, here the sermoun of the Lord. These thingus seith the Lord, Writ this man a bareyn man, that in his daȝes shal not be welsum; ne forsothe ben shal of his sed a man, that sitte vp on the see of Dauid, and power haue more yn Juda.

 CAP. XXIII.

Wo to the shepperdis, that scateren and to-tern the floc of my leswe, seith the Lord. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord God of Irael to the shepperdus, that feden my puple, Ȝee scateredenscateren AGH. my floc, and threwen out hemhem out E., and han not visitid hem; lo! Y shal visite vp on ȝow the malice of ȝoure studies, seith the Lord. And Y shal gedere the remnauntus of my floc fro alle londis, to whiche Y shal caste hem out thider; and Y shal turne them to ther wilde feldus, and thei shul growe, and be multepliede. And Y shal rere vp on hem shepperdus, and thei shul fede them; theiand thei AE pr. m. GHK. shuln no mor ben aferd, ne inwardly dreden; and no man shal be soȝt of the noumbre, seith the Lord. Lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and I shal rere Dauid a riȝtwis buriown|yng; and regne he shal king, and wys he shal be, and don he shal dom and riȝt|wisnesse in erthe. In tho daȝes saued shal ben Juda, and Irael shal dwelle trostili; and this is the name that thei shul clepen hym, Oure riȝtwis Lord. For this lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and thei shul sei no more, The Lord lyuethlyued E pr. m., that ladde out the sonus of Irael fro the lond of Egipt; but, The Lord lyueth, that ladde out, and broȝte to the sed of the hous of Irael fro the lond of the north, and fro alle londus to theOm. AEGHK. whiche Y hadde cast them oute thider; and thei shul dwelle in ther owne lond. To the profetus; To-brosid is my herte in theOm. AGHK. myddel of me, al to-trembleden alleOm. E pr. m. my bonus; I am mad as a drunke man, and as a man drunken of wyn, fro the face of the Lord, and fro the face of his hoeli wrdus; for of auoutreres fulfild is the lond. For fro the face of cursing weilide the lond; driedand dried K. ben the wilde feldus of desert, mad ys the cours of them euel, and the strengthe of hem vnlicmy lijc E pr. m.. The profete forsothe and the prest ben de|foulid; and in myn hous I fond the euel of hem, seith the Lord. Therfore the weie of hem shal be asOm. E pr. m. slydery in derc|nessesdercnes AGHK., thei shul be put doun forsotheOm. C pr. m., and falle togidere in it; for I shal bringe to vpon hem eueles, ain a A. ȝer of the visiting of them, seith the Lord. And in the profetis of Samarie Y saȝ folie, and thei profecieden in Baal, and disceyueden my puple Irael. And in the profetus of Je|rusalem Y saȝ licnesse auoutreres, and weie of lesing; and thei coumforteden the hondus of werst men, that conuertid were not eche fro his malice; `alle theiE sup. ras. sec. m. ben mad to me Sodomealle Sodom E pr. m., and alle hyse dwelleris as Gomorre. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus to pro|fetis, Lo! Y shal fede hem with wrmwed, and drunken hem with galle; fro the pro|fetus forsothe of Jerusalem is gon out defouling vp on al erthe. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Wileth not heren the wrdus of the profetes, that profecien to ȝou, and desceyuen ȝou; the viseoun of ther herte thei speken, not of the mouth of the Lord. They seyn to them that blasfemen me, The Lord spac, Pes shal be to ȝou; and to eche that goth in the shreudnesse of his herte thei seiden, Ther shal not come vp on ȝou euel. Who forsothe was nyȝ in the counseil of the Lord, and saȝ, and herde the sermoun of hym? who biheeld his wrd, and herde? Lo! the whirlewind of the Lordus indig|nacioun shal gon out, and tempest brek|ende out vp on the hed of vnpitous men shal come. The wodnesse of the Lord shal not turne aȝeen, vnto the tyme that he do, and vnto the tyme that he fulfille the thenking of his herte. In hise laste daȝes ȝee shul vnderstonde his counseil. I sente not the profetes, and thei runnen; Y spac not to them, and thei profecieden. If thei hadden stonde in my counseil, and knowen hadden mad my wrdis to mythe A. puple, I shulde hanha K. turned awei hem forsothe fro ther euel weie, and fro ther werst thenkingus. Wenest thou, whether a Lord fro anyȝ Y am, seith the Lord, and not God fro aferafer alle thingis I knewe? A. aferr alle thingis I knowe? E pr. m. GK.? If hid shal be a man in hid thingus, and Y shal not seen hym? seith the Lord. Whether not heuene and erthe Y fulfilleshal fulfille E pr. m.? seith the Lord. Y herde what thingus seiden profetus, profeciende in my name lesing, and seiende, Sweuenes Y sweuenede. Hou longe this is in the herte of profetes, pro|feciende lesing, and profeciende the be|giling of ther herte? The whiche wiln make, that the puple forȝete ofOm. A. my name for ther sweuenes, whiche telleth eche to his neȝhebore, as forȝeeten ther fadris of my name for Baal. The profete that hath a sweuene, telle he the sweuene; and thathe that AK sec. m. hath my sermoun, speke he my sermoun verely. What to the chaf at the whete? seith the Lord. Whether not my wrdus benOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. as fyr brennende, seith the Lord, and as an hamer to|brekende the ston? Therfor lo! Y to the profetes, seith the Lord, that stelun my wrdus, eche froto A. his neȝhebore. Lo! Y to the profetys, seith the Lord, that taken toOm. AH pr. m. their tunges, and seyn, The Lord seith. Lo! Y to the profetys, sweuenende lesing, seith the Lord; that toldentellen E pr. m. tellende E sec. m. them, and bigileden my puple in ther lesing, and in ther myracles, whan Y hadde not sent hem, ne beden hem; the whiche no thing profiteden to this puple, seith the Lord. If therfore shul aske thee this puple, or profete, or prest, seiende, What is the charge of the Lord? thou shalt sey to them, Ȝee ben the charge, forsothe Y shal throwe ȝou aferr, seith the Lord; and profete, and prest, and puple, that seith, The charge of the Lord, Y shal visite vp on that man, and vp on his hous. These thingus ȝee shuln seyn, eche to his neȝhebore, and to his brothir, What shal answern the Lord? and what spac the Lord? For the charge of the Lord no more shal abide, and charge shal be to eche man his wrd; and ȝee han mys|turned the wrdus of lyuendethe lyuende E pr. m. God, Lord of ostus, oure God. These thingus thou shalt seyn to the profete, What answerde to thee the Lord? and what spac the Lord? If forsothe, The charge of the Lord, ȝee shul sey, for this these thingus seith the Lord, For ȝee seiden this ser|moun, The charge of the Lord, and Y sente to ȝou, seiende, Wileth not seyn, The charge of the Lord; therfore `lo! Y beryng shal take ȝouI shal taken ȝou berende C et E pr. m., and forsake ȝou, and this cite that Y ȝaf to ȝou, and to ȝoure fadris, fro my face. And Y shal ȝyue ȝou in to euermor repref, and in to euermor shen|shipe, that neuer bibe A. Om. H sec. m. forȝetynge shal ben don awey.

 CAP. XXIV.

The Lord shewede to me, and lo! two basketus ful of figus put bifor the temple of the Lord, aftir that Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, translatede Jeconye, the sone of Joachym, king of Juda, and his princes, and thehis A. smyth, and his iueler fro Jerusalem, and broȝte them in to Babi|loyne. And oe fraiel hadde good figus ful myche, as ben wont figys to be of the firste tyme; and the oe fraiel hadde euele figis ful myche, that myȝten not ben ete, for thi that thei weren euele. And the Lord seide to me, What seest thou, Jere|mye? `And Y seideOm. E pr. m., Figis, figes goode, goode gretli, and euele, euele gretly, that moun not be ete, forthi that thei ben euele. And don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, God of Irael, As these figis goode, so Y shal knowe the transmygracioun of Juda, that I sente fro this place in to the lond of Caldeis, in to good. And Y shal putte myn eȝen vp on hem to plesen, and Y shal bringe them aȝeen in to this lond; and Y shal bilde them vp, and not de|stroȝe, and plaunte themhem vp E pr. m., and not pullen awei. And Y shal ȝyue to them an herte, that thei knowewite C pr. m. E pr. m. me, for Y am a Lord; and thei shul be to me in to puplea puple A., and Y shal be to them in to a God, for thei shul turne aȝeen to me in al ther herte. And as the werst figus, that moun not ben ete, forthi that thei ben euele, these thingus seith the Lord, So Y shal ȝyue Sedechie, king of Juda, and his princes, and the remnaunt of Jerusalem, that abiden in this cite, and that dwellen in the lond of Egipt. AndOm. AGHK. Y shal ȝyue them in to weria wery AGK. the weery H. trauailing and torment|ing to alle rewmes of erthe, in to repref, and in to parable, and in to prouerbe, and in to cursing, in alle places to whiche I caste out them. And I shal sende in hem swerd, and hunger, and pestilence, to the tyme theithat thei A. be wastid from the lond that I ȝaf to them, and to their fadres.

 CAP. XXV.

The wrd that is do to Jeremye, of al the puple of Jude, in the ferthe ȝer of Joachym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, aftir that Jeconye is translatyd in to Babiloyne; it is the firste ȝer of Nabu|godonosor, king of Babiloyne; that spac Jeremye, the profete, to al the puple of Juda, and to alle the dwelleris of Jeru|salem, seiende, Fro the threttenthe ȝer of the regne of Josie, sone of Amon, king of Juda, vnto this dai, this is the thre and twentithe ȝer, don is the wrd of the Lord to me; and Y spac to ȝou, fro nyȝt risende and spekende, and ȝee herden not. And the Lord sente to ȝou alle his profetus seruauns, risendehe rysynge AGHK. risende E pr. m. he risende E sec. m. the morutid, and send|ende, and ȝee herden not, ne boweden in ȝoure eres, that ȝee hereschulden here E sec. m. AGHK.; whan he shulde seyn, Turneth aȝeen, eche fro his euel weie, and fro ȝoure werste thoȝtus, and ȝee shul dwelle in the lond that the Lord ȝaf to ȝou, and to ȝoure fadris, fro the world andOm. A. vnto the world. And wileth not gon aftir alien godis, that ȝee serue to them, and honoure them, ne me to wrathe ȝee terre, in the werkes of ȝoure hondus, and Y tormente ȝou not. And ȝee herden not me, seith the Lord, that me to wrathe ȝee terredenterre C et E pr. m. in the werkus of ȝoure hondus, in to ȝoure owne euel. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, For thi that ȝee herden not my wrdus, lo! Y shal sende, and taken to alle the kinredus of the north, seith the Lord, and Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, my seruaunt; and Y shal bringe them vp on this lond, and vpon his dwelleris, and vp on alle his naciouns, that in his cum|pas ben; and Y shal slen hem, and sette them in to stoneyng, and in to whistling, and in to wildernesse euerdurende. And Y shal leese fro them vois of ioȝe, and vois of gladnesse, vois of the womman spouse, and vois of the man spouse, vois of the querne, and liȝt of the launterne. And ben shal al his lond in to wildernesse, and in to stoneyng; and seruen shuln alle these folkis to the king of Babiloyne seuenty ȝer. And whan shul be fulfild seuenti ȝer, Y shal visite vp on the king of Babiloyne, and vp on that folc, seith the Lord, the wickenessewickidnes AGHK. of them, and vp on the lond of Caldeis, and putten it in to euermor wildernesseswildernes AGHK.. And Y shal bringe vpon that lond alle my wrdus that Y spac aȝen it, al that ys write in this boc; what euere thingus profeciede Jere|mye aȝen alle Jentilis; for they serueden to them, whan thei weren many Jentiles, and grete kingus; and Y shal ȝelde to them after ther werkes, and aftir the deedus of ther hondus. For thus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Israel, Tac the chalis of the wyn of this wodnesse fro myn hond, and thou shalt heelde drinc of it to alle Jen|tilis, to whiche Y shal senden thee. And thei shul drinke, and be disturbid, and waxe wod fro the face of the swerd, that Y shal sende among hem. And Y toc the chalis of the hond of the Lord, and Y helde oute drinc to alle Jentilis, to whiche sente me the Lord; to Jerusalem, and to alle the cites of Juda, and to his kingus, and to his princes; that Y shulde ȝyue themOm. K. in to wildernesse, and in to stone|yng, and in to whistling, and in to curs|ing, as is this dai; to Farao, king of Egipt, and to his seruauns, and to his princes, and to al his puple; and to alle men ienerali, to alle kingus of erthe of the est kuntree, that is clepid Hus, `or AnsitidisOm. C et E pr. m., and to alle kingusthe kyngis A. of the lond of Filisteym, and of Ascalon, and of Gaze, and of Accharon, YdumeOm. E sec. m., Asote, and to othere; andto Ydume, and E sec. m. to Moab, and to the sonus of Amon; and to alle kingusthe kyngis AGHK. of Tiri, and to alle kingusthe kyngis G. of Sidon, and to kingus of the lond of iles that ben biȝunde the se; and to Dedan, and to Theman, and to BusHus AGH., and to alle that ben doddedgadered and dodded E pr. m. in toOm. A. theOm. H. her; and to alle kingus of Arabie, and to alle kingis of the west, that dwellen in desert; and to alle kingus of SamriSamarie AGHK., and to alle kingus of Elam, and to alle kingus of Medus; and to alle kingus of the north, and fro nyȝ and fro aferr, to eche aȝen his bro|ther; and to alle reumes of erthe, that ben vp on his face; and king Cesac shal drinke aftir hem. And thou shalt sei to them, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, DrinkethDrynke A., and beth drunken, and vometh, and falleth, and wileth not rise fro the face of the swerd that Y shal sende among ȝou. And whan thei wiln not take the chalis fro thin hond, that thei drinke, thou shalt sei to them, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Drinkende ȝee shul drinke; for lo! in the cite in whiche is inwardliche clepid my name, Y bigynne to tormente, and ȝee as ynnocentus harmles shul be? ȝee shul not ben harmlis, forsothe I clepe a swerd vp on alle dwelleris of erthe, seith the Lord of ostus. And thou shalt profecien to them alle these wrdus, and sei to them, The Lord fro an hiȝ shal rore, and fro his hoeli dwelling place shal ȝyue his vois; rorende he shal roren vp on his fairnesse; a merie faring song, as of men tredende in presses, `shal be sungethei shul make E pr. m. togidere aȝen alle the dwelleris of erthe. The soun ful cam vnto the vtmostusvttermostis AGHK. of erthethe erthe AEGH., for dom to the Lord with Jentylis, he is demed with alle flesh; vnpitous men I toc to swerd, seith the Lord. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Lo! tormenting shal gon out fro folc in to folc, and a gret whirlewind shal gon out fro the ouermostus of erthethe erthe A.. And ther shul be the slayne of the Lord in that day fro the ouermost of erthe `vn toin to GH. the ouermost of it; thei shul not be weilid, ne be gedered, ne be biried; in to a dunghil vp on the face of theOm. E. erthe thei shul lyn. Ȝelleth, ȝee shep|perdus, and crieth, and sprengeth ȝou with askesashen A. asken EGHK., ȝee most wrshepeful of the flocfolc E pr. m.; for fulfild ben ȝoureoure E pr. m. daȝes, that ȝee shulOm. AEGHK. be slayn, and ȝoure scateringusscaterynge AGHK., and ȝee shul falle as precious vesseles. And pershe shal fliȝtliȝt E pr. m. fro the shepperdus, and sauyng fro the best of the floc. Vois of the cri of shepperdus, and ȝellingthe ȝelling EK. of the best of the floc, for the Lord wastedewaast G pr. m. H. the leswes of hem. And al stille weren the `wilde feldiswildus C pr. m. of pes, fro the face `of the wrathOm. C pr. m. of the wodnesse of the Lord. He forsoc as a leoun his tabernacle, for mad is the lond of hem in to desola|cioun, fro the face of the wrathe of the culuer, and fro the face of the wrathe of the wodnesse of the Lord.

 CAP. XXVI.

In the bigynnyng of the regne of Joa|chym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, don is thisthe A. wrd fro the Lord, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, Stond in the porche of the hous of the Lord, and thou shalt speke to alle the cites of Juda, whicheof whiche AEGH. of the whiche K. comen that theiOm. H. honoure in the hous of the Lord, alle wrdus that I co|maundecomaundide AEGHK. to thee, that thou speke to them; wile thou not withdrawen a wrd; if par auenture thei here, and be conuertid, eche fro his euel weie, and it othenke me of the euel that I thoȝte to do to them for the malicesmalice AGH. of ther studies. And thou shalt sei to them, These thingus seith the Lord, If ȝee shul not here me, that ȝeOm. C. go in my lawe that Y ȝaf to ȝou, that ȝee here the sermounus of my seruauns, pro|fetus, that Y sente to ȝou, the nyȝt risendeY rysynge A pr. m. EGHK., and riȝt reulende, and ȝee herde not; Y shal ȝyuen this hous as Cilo, and this cite I shal ȝyue in to cursing to alle folkus of erthe. And ther herden the prestus, and profetus, and al the puple Jeremyepropheciende Jeremye E pr. m. spek|ende these wrdus in the hous of the Lord. And whan fulfild hadde Jeremye spek|ende alle these thinguswoordis E pr. vice., that comaundid hadde to hym the Lord, that he shulde speke to al the puple, token hym the prestus, and the falseshrewde E pr. m. profetus, and al the puple, seiende, Bi deth die he; whi pro|feciede he in the name of the Lord, sei|ende, As Cylo shal be this hous, and this cite shal be desolat, for thi that ther is not a dwellere? And gedered is al the puple aȝen Jeremye, in the hous of the Lord. And herden the princes of Juda alle these wrdis; and thei steȝeden vp fro the hous of the king in to the hous of the Lord, and thei seeten in the entre of the newe ȝate of the hous of the Lord. And speeken the prestus and the profetus to the princes, and to alOm. A. theOm. H. puple, sei|ende, Dom of deth is to this man, for he profeciede aȝen this cite, as ȝee han herd with ȝoure eres. And Jeremye seith to alle the princes, and to alOm. A. the puple, sei|ende, The Lord sente me, that Y shulde profecien to this hous, and to this cite, alle the wrdus that ȝee han herd. Now thanne goode maketh ȝoure weies, and ȝoure studies, and hereth the voyswrd C pr. m. K. of the Lord ȝoure God; and it shal othinke the Lord of the euel that he spac aȝen ȝou. I forsothe lo! in ȝoure hondis am; doth to me that good is and riȝt in ȝoure eȝen. Nerthelatere witeth, and wel knowith, that if ȝee shul sle me, an ynno|cent blod ȝee shul betraȝe aȝen ȝou self, and aȝen this cite, and his dwelleris; in treuthe forsothe sente me the Lord to ȝou, that Y shulde speke in ȝoure eres alle these wrdus. And seiden the princes and al the puple toand A. the prestys and pro|fetus, Ther is not to this man dom of deth; for in the name of the Lord oure God he spac to vs. Risen thanne the men of the elderes of the lond, and seiden to al the cumpanye of the puple, spek|ende, Michie of Morasten was a profete in the daȝes of Ezechie, king of Jude; and he seith to al the puple of Jude, sei|ende, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Sion as a feeld shal ben ered, and Jerusalem in to an hep of stonus shal be, and the mount of the hous of the Lord in to heiȝtus of wodus. Whether bi deth condempnede hym Ezechie, king of Juda, and al Juda? Whether not thei dredden the Lord, and louli preȝeden the face of the Lord, and it othoȝte the Lord of the euel that he `hadde spokespac C pr. m. aȝen hem? And so do we not gret euel aȝen oure soules. Also ther was a man profeciende in the name of the Lord, Vrias, the sone of Semmei, of Cariathiarym; and he pro|feciede aȝen this cite, and aȝen this lond, aftir alle the wrdis of Jeremye. And herde king Joachym, and alle the myȝti men, and his princes these wrdus; and the king soȝte to slen hym; and Vrie herde, and dredde, and fleiȝ, and wente in to Egipt. And king Joachym sente men in to Egipt, Elnathan, the sone of Achabor, and men with him, in to Egipt; and broȝten out Vrie fro Egipt, and broȝten hym to king Joachym; and heOm. E pr. m. smot hym with swerd, and threȝ aferr his careyne in sepulcristhe sepulcris GHK. of theOm. AGH. vnnoble comun. Therfore the hond of Aicham, sone of Safan, was with Jeremye, that he shulde not be take in to the hondus of the puple, and itOm. C. schulde slen hym.

 CAP. XXVII.

In the bigynnyng of the regne of Joa|chym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, don is this wrd to Jeremye fro the Lord, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord to me, Mac to thee bondis and cheynus, and thou shalt putte themOm. E pr. m. in thi necke; and sende them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the sonus of Amon, and to the king of Tiri, and to the king of Sidon, in the hond of the messageres that camen to Jerusalem, and to Sedechie, king of Juda. And thow shalt comaunde to them, that to ther lordys they speke, These thingus seith the Lord of ostys, God of Irael, These thingus ȝee shul sey to ȝoure lordus, I made erthe, and man, and bestus that ben vp on the face of al erthe, in my grete strengthe, and in myn arm straȝt out; and Y ȝaf it to hym that plesede in myn eȝen. And now also Y ȝaf alle these londus in the hond of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, my seruaunt; ferther|mor and the bestus of the feld Y ȝaf to hym, that thei serue to hym. And serue shul to hym alle folc of kinde, and to his sone, and to the sone of his sone, to the tyme that come the tyme of his lond, and of hym; and seruen shul to hym manye folc of kinde, and grete kingus. Folc forsothe and rewme that serue shal not to Nabugodonosor, king of Baby|lonye, and `whoso euerewhoeuere A. shal not bowe his necke vnder the ȝoc of the king of Babilonye, in swerd, and hunger, and pestilence Y shal visite vp on that folc, seith the Lord, to the tyme Ythat I A. waste them in his hondlond C.. Ȝee forsothe wileth not heren ȝoure profetus, and deuynoures, and sweueneres, and brid deuyneres, and deuel cleperes, that seyn to ȝou, Ȝee shul not serue to the king of Babiloyne; for thei profecien to ȝou lesing, that aferr thei make ȝou fro ȝoure lond, and caste ȝou out, and ȝee pershe. But the folc that shal vnderleyn his nol vnder the ȝoc of the king of Babiloyne, and serue to hym, Y shal leuenȝyue A. it in his lond, seith the Lord; and yt shal tiln it, and dwelle inOm. E pr. m. it. And to Sedechye, king of Juda, Y spac after alle these wrdus, seiende, Vnderleith ȝoure neckus vnder the ȝoc of the king of Babyloyne, and serueth to hym, and to his puple, and ȝee shul lyue. Whi shul ȝee die, thou and thi puple, with swerd, and hunger, and pestilence, as spac the Lord to the folc, that wile not serue to the king of Babiloyne? Wileth not heren the wrdus of profetys seiende to ȝou, Ȝee shul not serue to the king of Babiloyne; for lesing they speken to ȝou, for Y sente them not, seith the Lord; and thei profecienprofecieden C pr. m. in my name liendely, that I throwe ȝouhem AGHK. out, and ȝeethei A. pershe, bothe ȝee and the profetes that profecien to ȝou. And to the prestus, and to thisthe A. puple I spac, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord God, Wileth not heren the wrdus of ȝoure profetus, that profecien to ȝou, seiende, Lo! the ves|selis of the Lord shul turne aȝeen fro Babiloyne now soone; lesyng forsothe thei profecien to ȝou. Wileth not thanne heren hem, but serueth to the king of Babiloyne, that ȝee lyue; whi ȝouen ys thisOm. C. cite in to wildernesse? And if pro|fetes thei ben, and the wrd of God is in hem, aȝeen come thei to the Lord of ostis, that come not the vesselis, that weren laft in the hous of the Lord, and in the hous of the king of Juda, and in Jerusalem, in to Babiloyne. For these thingus seith the Lord of ostus to the pileres, and to the se, and to the feet, and to the rem|naunt of the vesselis, that laften in this cite, the whiche bar not Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, whan he shulde trans|late Jeconye, the sone of Joachym, king of Juda, fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne, and alle the best men of Juda and of Jerusalem. For these thingus seith the Lord of ostis, God of Irael, to the ves|selus that ben laft in the hous of the Lord, andOm. E pr. m. in the hous of the king of Juda, and in Jerusalem, In to Babiloyne thei shul be translatid, and there thei shul be vnto the dai of ther visitacioun, seith the Lord; and I shal make them to be broȝt to, and to ben restored toin AEGHK. thisther E pr. m. place.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And don it is `in that ȝerOm. E pr. m., in the bi|gynnyng of the regne of Sedechie, king of Juda, in the ferthe ȝer, in the fifte moneth, seide to me Ananye, the sone of Asur, a profete of Gabaon, in the hous of the Lord, befor the prestes, and al the puple, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, I haueha K. to|brosid the ȝoc of the king of Babiloyne. Ȝit two ȝer of daȝes, and Y shal make to be born aȝeen to this place alle the ves|selis of the Lord, that toc Nabugodono|sor, king of Babiloyne, fro this place, and translatede them in to Babiloyne. And Jechonye, the sone of Joachym, king of Juda, and al the transmygracioun of Juda, that wenten in to Babiloyne, Y shal turne to this place, seith the Lord; I shal to-trede forsothe the ȝoc of the king of Babiloyne. And Jeremye, the profete, seide to Ananye, the profete, in the eȝen of prestus, and in the eȝen of al the puple that stoden in the hous of the Lord. And Jeremie, the profete, seith to Ananye, Amen! thus do the Lord; rere the Lord thi wrdus that thou hast profecied, that broȝt aȝeen be the vesselis in the hous of the Lord, and al the transmygracioun fro Babiloyne, to this place. NerthelatereNeuer the later ceteri passim. here thou this wrd, that Y speke in thin eres, and in the eres of al the puple. Profetus that weren bi|for me, and bifor thee, fro the bigynnyng, and profecieden vp on manye londus, and vp on manye rewmes, of bataile, and of tormenting, and of hunger. The profete that profeciede pes, whan shal comen his wrd, shal be wist a profete whom sente the Lord in treuthe. And Ananye, theOm. EK. profete, toc the cheyne of the necke of Jeremye, profetethe prophete A., and brac it. And Ananye, the profete, seith in the siȝte of al the puple, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, Thus Y shal to-breke the ȝoc of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, after two ȝeris of daȝes, fro the necke of alle Jentilis. And Jeremye, the profete, wente awei in to his weye. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, aftir that Ananye, the profete, brac the cheyne fro the necke of Jeremye, seiende, Go, and sey to Ananye, These thingus seith the Lord, Treene cheynes thou hast to|broke, and thou shalt make for them irene cheynes. For these thingus seith the Lord of ostis, God of Irael, An irene ȝoc Y haueha K. set vp on the necke of alle these Jentilis, that thei serue to Nabugo|donosor, king of Babiloyne, and thei shul seruen to hym; ferthermor and the bestus of erthethe erthe A. Y ȝaf to hym. And Jeremye, the profete, seide to Ananye, the profete, Here thou, Ananye; the Lord sente not thee, and thou madist this puple to troste in lesing. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! I shal throwen out thee fro the face of theOm. AEGHK. erthe; this ȝer thou shalt die, forsothe aȝen the Lord thou speeke. And dead is Ananye, the pro|fete, in that ȝer the seuenthe moneth.

 CAP. XXIX.

And these ben the wrdus of the boc, that sente Jeremye, the profete, fro Je|rusalem to the remnaunt of the elderes of the transmygracioun, and to the prestus, and to the profetes, and to al the puple, whom ouerlad hadde Nabugodonosor fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne, after that wente out Jechonye, the king, and the lady, and the geldingus, and the princes of Juda, outOm. E pr. m. offro A. Jerusalem, and the smyth, and theOm. E. iueler fro Jerusalem, in the hond of Elaasa, sone of Safan, and of Gamaliel, sone of Elchie, whom sent Se|dechieOm. C pr. m., king of Juda, to Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, in to Babiloyne, sei|ende, These thingus seithOm. C pr. m. the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, to al the transmygra|cyoun, that Y translatede fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne, Bildeth vp houses, and dwelleth, and plaunteth gardynes, and eteth the frute of hem; taketh wyues, and geteth sonus and doȝtris, and ȝyueth to ȝoure sonus wyues, and ȝoure doȝtris ȝyueth to men, and bere thei sonus and doȝtris; and `be ȝee multepliedȝe shulen multiplie AGHK. ȝee shul be multeplied E pr. m. there, and wileth not be fewe in noumbre. And secheth the pes of the cyte, to theOm. AE. whiche Y made ȝow gon ouer; and preȝ|eth for it the Lord, for in his pes shal be pes to ȝou. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Bigile not ȝou ȝoure profetus, that ben in the myd|del of ȝou, and ȝoure dyuynoursOm. C pr. m.; andOm. A. ne taketh heed to ȝoure sweuenes, that ȝee sweuenenhan sweuened E pr. m.; for thei falsly profecien to ȝou in my name, and Y sente them not, seith the Lord. For these thingus seith the Lord, Whan schal bigynne to be fulfilid in Babiloyne seuenti ȝeer, Y shal visite ȝou, and reren vpvpon AEG sec. m. K. ȝou my good wrd, and bringe ȝou aȝeen to this place. I forsothe wot the thoȝtus that Y thenke vp on ȝou, seith the Lord, thoȝtus of pes, and notnon K. of tormenting, that Y ȝyue to ȝou ende and pacience. AndOm. E pr. m. ȝee shul inwardly `clepe meOm. C pr. m., and gon, and honoure me, and Y shall ful out here ȝou; ȝee shul seche me, and finden, whan ȝee han soȝt me in al ȝoure herte. And Y shal be founde of ȝou, seith the Lord, and Y shall bringe aȝeen ȝoure caitifte, and gedere ȝou fro alle Jentiles, and fro alle places, to whiche I putte ȝou out, seith the Lord; and to turne aȝeen I shal make ȝouOm. C. fro the place, to whiche Y made ȝou to gonOm. A. ouer. For ȝee seiden, Reren shal to vs the Lord profetus in Babiloyne. For these thingys seith the Lord to the king, that sitsittith A. satt GH. vp on the see of Dauid, and to al the puple, dwellere of this cyte, to ȝoure brethern, that ben not gon out with ȝou in to transmygra|cioun, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Lo! Y shal sende in hem swerd, and hunger, and pestilence; and putten hem as the euel figus, that moun not ben ete, for thi that they ben werst. And Y shal pursue them in swerd, and in hun|ger, and in pestilence; and Y shal ȝyue them in to wery trauailing to alle rewmes of erthe, in to cursing, and in to stone|yng, and in to whistling, and in to re|pref to alle Jentilis, to whiche I caste hem out. For thi that they herden not my wrdys, seith the Lord, whiche Y sente to them by my seruauns, profetes, froI fro AE sec. m. GHK. nyȝt risende, and sendendeseiynge AGHK., and ȝee herden not, seith the Lord. Ȝee therfore hereth the wrd of the Lord, al transmy|graciounthe transmigracioun K., that Y sente out fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne. These thingus seith the Lord of ostys, God of Irael, to Achab, sone of Cholie, and to Sedechie, sone of Maasie, that profesienprophe|cyede A. to ȝou in my name lesingelesingus C., Lo! Y shal taken hemOm. AGHK. in the hond of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, and he shal smyte them in ȝoure eȝen. And ther shul ben taken of them cursing to al the transmygracioun of Jude, that is in Babiloyne, of men seiende, Putte thee the Lord as Sedechie, and as Achab, whom friede the king of Babiloyne in fyr, for thi that thei diden folie in Irael, and diden auoutre in to the wyues of ther frendus; and speeken wrd in my name liendely, that Y co|maundide not to them; I am domesman and witnesse, seith the Lord. And to Semeiam Neelamytem thou shalt seyn, These thyngus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, For thi that thou sentest bokes in my name to al the puple that is in Jerusalem, and to Sofonye, sone of Maasie, prest, and to alle the prestus, seiende, The Lord `ȝaf thee prestsente thee a preest E pr. m. for Joiade, prest, that thou be a duke in the hous of the Lord vp on eche man caȝt with wodnesse, and profeciende, that thou sende hym in to the stockus, and in to prisoun. And now whi blamest thou not Jeremye of Anatoth, that profecyeth to ȝouvs E pr. m.? For vpon this he sente to vsȝou AE pr. m. in to Babiloyne, seiende, Longe it is; bild|eth out houses, and dwelleth, and plaunt|eth gardynes, and eteth the frute of them. Radde thanne Sofonye, the prest, this boc in the eres of Jeremye, the pro|fete. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, seiende, Sendeth to al the transmygracyoun, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord to Semeie Neelamyte, For thi that profeciede to ȝou Semeie, and Y sente hym not, and made ȝou to trosten in lesing; therfore these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal visite vp on Semeie Neelamyte, and vp on his sed; therand ther AE pr. m. GHK. shal not be to hym a man sittende invpon his E pr. vice. the myddel of thishis AE pr. m GHK. puple; and he shal not seen the good, that Y shal do to my pu|ple, seith the Lord, for lawe breking he spac aȝen the Lord.

 CAP. XXX.

This isOm. C sec. m. E. the wrd, that is do to Jere|mye fro the Lord, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, seiende, Writ to thee alle these wrdus that Y spac to thee, in the boc. Loo! forsothe daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal turne the conuerting of my puple of Irael and of Juda, seith the Lord; and Y shal turne them to the lond that Y ȝaf to the fadris of them, and thei shul welde it. And these theOm. C pr. m. wrdus, that the Lord spac to Irael, and to Juda. For thes thingus seith the Lord, Voys of huge drede wee han herd; ferd, and ther ys not pes. Asketh, and seeth, if the male geteth; whi thanne saȝ Y of eche man the hond vpon his leende, as of the trauailende with childe, and turned ben alle ther faces in to ȝelȝ? Wo! for gret that day, ne ther is his lyc; and tyme of tribula|cioun is to Jacob, and of it he shal ben saued. And it shal be, in that dai, seith the Lord of ostus, Y shal to-brose his ȝoc fro thi necke, and his bondus Y shal to|breke; and no mor shul lordshipen to hym alienus, but `thei shulOm. E pr. m. serue to the Lord, ther God, and to Dauid, ther king, whom Y shal rere to them. Thou ther|fore ne drede thou, my seruaunt Jacob, seith the Lord, ne inwardly drede thou, Irael; for lo! Y shal saue thee fro a ferr lond, and thithine C. seed fro the lond of the caitifte of them. And turnedturned aȝein E sec. m. shal ben aȝeenOm. E. Jacob, and resten, and with alle goodus flowen; and ther shal not be whom he shal dreden. For Y with thee am, seith the Lord, that Y sauehaue K. thee. For|sothe Y shal don ful ending in alle Jen|tiles, in which Y scaterede thee; thee forsothe Y schal not make in to ful end|ing, but Y shal chastise thee in dom, that thou be not seen to thee gilteles. For these thingus seith the Lord, Vnhele|able thi brosure, werst thi wounde. Ther is not, that deme thi dom to bynde to; ofof thy E pr. m. Om. CE sec. m. curinguscuring E pr. m. ys not profit to thee. Alle thi loueres forȝeeten thee, thee shul not sechen; withOm. E pr. m. the wounde forsotheOm. E pr. m. of theOm. AK. thyn E pr. m. enemy Y smot thee, byOm. E pr. m. cruel chas|tising; for the multitude of thi wycke|nessewickidnes AGHK., hard ben mad thi synnes. What criest thou vp on thi to-treding? vnhele|able is thi sorewe; for the multitude of thi wickidnessewickenesse E., and for thin harde synnes, Y dide these thingus to thee. Therfore alle that eten thee, shul ben deuoured, and alle thin enemyes in to cai|tyfte shul be lad; and that theeȝee AGH. wasten, shuln ben wasted, and alle thi robberes Y shal ȝyue in to prei. Forsothe Y shal helen parfitly thi felle wounde to thee, and of thi woundus Y shal hele thee, seith the Lord; for cast awei thei clep|eden thee, Sion; thisthat A. is sheOm. E pr. m. that hadde not `aȝeen sercherean aȝeen sechere EK. aȝein secher GH.. These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! I shal conuerte the con|uerting of the tabernacles of Jacob, and to his rooues Y shal hanha K. mercy; and bild vp shal be the cite in his heiȝte, and the temple after his order shal be foundid. And gon out shal preising of hem and vois of pleieres, and Y shal multeplie them, and thei shul not ben lassid; and Y shal glorifie them, and thei shuln not be thynned. And the sonus `of itOm. E pr. m. shul ben as fro the bygynnyng, and the cum|panye `of itOm. E pr. m. before me shal abide stille; and I shal visete aȝen alle that troblen hym. And ther shal ben his duke of hym, and aOm. E pr. m. prince from his myddel shalOm. K. be broȝt forth; and Y shal pre|senten hym, and he shal neȝheneȝe to E pr. m. toOm. A. me; who forsothe is this, that `leye topresente C pr. m. E pr. m. his herte, that he neȝhe to me? seith the Lord. And ȝee shul be to me in to pu|ple, and Y shal be to ȝou in to God. Lo! in Jentilis the whirlewind of the Lord, wodenes goende out, tempest fall|endeful|fillinge AGHK., in the hed of vnpitous men thei shul alle togidere resten. Shal not turne awei the wrathe of indignacioun the Lord, to the tyme he do, and fulfille the thenk|ing of his herte; in the laste of daȝes ȝee shul vndurstonden thoehem E pr. m. thynges.

 CAP. XXXI.

In that tyme, seith the Lord, IOm. C. shal be God toE sup. ras. sec. m. alle the kinredus of Irael; and thei shul be to me in to puple. These thingus seith the Lord, Founde grace in desert the puple that lafte fro swerd; go shal to his reste Irael. Aferr the Lord aperede to me, and in euere last|ende charite Y louede thee; therfore Y rewende droȝ thee. And eft Y shal bilden vp thee, and bild vp shal thou be, maiden Irael; ȝit thou shalt ben enourned with thi tymbris, and thou shalt gon out in the daunce of pleieres. And ȝit thou shalt plaunte vynes in the mount of Sa|marie; plaunte shul plaunteres, and for to tyme come thei shul not pulle grapes. For the dai shal ben, in whiche crien shul keperes in the mount of Samarie, and in the mount of Effraym, Riseth, and steye wee vp in to Sion, to the Lord oure God. ForOm. C pr. m. these thingus seith the Lord, Ful out ioȝeth in gladnesse of Ja|cob, and neyȝeth aȝen the heued of Jen|tilis; parfitly sowneth, and singeth, and seith, Saf, Lord, thi puple, the remnauntis of Irael. Lo! Y shal bringe them fro the lond of the north, and gedere them fro the vtmostusvttermostis AGHK. of erthethe erthe HK.; among whom shal be the blinde, and the lame, and the womman with childe, and the trauailende with childe togidere, a gret cumpanye of men turnendeturnede A. turneden GH. aȝeen hider. In weping thei shul come, and in mercy Y shal bringe them aȝeen; and Y shal lede them bi stef stremes of watris in a riȝt weie, thei shul not stumble in it; for Y am mad to Irael a fader, and Effraym my first goten is. Hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee Jentiles, and telleth in ilis that ben aferr, and seith, Who scaterede Irael, shal gaderen hym, and kepen hym, as aOm. K. shepperde his floc. Forsothe the Lord boȝte aȝeen Jacob, and delyuerede hym fro the hond of the myȝtiere. And thei shul come, and preisen in the mount of Sion; and togidere flowen to the goodus of the Lord, vp on whete, wyn, and oile, and frut of bestes, and of droues; and the soule of them shal be as a watri gardyn, and no more thei shul hungre. Thanne gladen shal the maiden in the daunce, ȝunge men and maidenus togi|dere; and Y shal turne ther weiling in to ioȝe, and coumforte them, and gladen fro ther sorewe. And Y shal inwardly drunkne the soule of the prestus with fatnesse, and my puple with my goodus shal be fulfyld, seith the Lord. These thingus seith the Lord, Vois in heiȝte is herd of lamentacioun, and weping, and weiling, of Rachel wepende hir sonus, and not willendewilnynge AGHK. to be coumfortid vp on hem, for thei ben not. These thingus seith the Lord, Reste thi vois fro wep|ing, and thin eȝen fro teres; for ther is meede to thi werc, seith the Lord; and thei shul be turned aȝeen fro the lond of the enemy. And ther is hope in thi laste, seith the Lord, and ben turned aȝeen shul the sonus to ther termes. Herende Y herde Effraym ouergoende; thou chastisedist me, and Y am lerned as a ȝungling vntamed; conuerte me, and Y schal be conuertid, for thou Lord my God. After forsothe that thou haddest conuertid me, Y dide penaunce; and after that thou haddest shewid to me, Y smot my hipe; I am confoundid, and Y sham|ede, for Y suffrede the repref of my ȝunge waxen age. If a wrshypeful sone to me Effraym, if a child delicat; for sithen Y spac of hym, ȝit Y shal recorden of hym; therfore ben disturbid my bowelis vpon hym, rewende Y shal hanha K. mercy of hym, seith the Lord. Ordeyne to thee a toting placea place E pr. m., sett to theethi A. bitternesses; riȝt reule thin herte in to an euene weie, in whiche thou hast go; turne aȝeen, thou maidemaiden EK. Irael, turne aȝeen to these thi cites. Hou longe with delices `shalt thou bethou art E pr. m. loosid atwynne, thou doȝter vagaunt? for shapen hath the Lord newe thing vp on erthe, the womman shal go abouten the man. These thingus seith the Lord of ostis, God of Irael, Ȝit thei shul sey this wrd in the lond of Juda, and in his cheef cites, whan Y shal conuerte the caitifte of hem, Blesseth to thee theOm. C. Lord, the fayr|nesse, of riȝtwisnesse the hoeli mount. And dwelle shul in it Juda, and alle his cites, togidere erthe tilieres, and men dryuende flockes. For Y haueha K. mad drunke the weri soule, and eche hun|grende soule Y haueha K. fulfild. Therfore as fro slep I am rered, and saȝ; and my slep sweete is to me. Lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal sowen the hous of Irael and the hous of Juda with the sed of men, and with the sed of bestus. And as Y woc vp on hem, that Y schulde pullen out, and destroȝen, and wasten, and scateren, and tormenten; so Y shal waken vp on hem, that Y bilde vp, and plaunte, seith the Lord. In tho daȝes men shul seyn no more, Fadris eeten the soure grape, and the teeth of the sonus stoneȝeden; but eche in his wickenessewickidnes AGHK. shal die, eche man that shal ete the soure grape, shul stoneȝe the teeth of hym. Lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal smyte to the hous of Irael, and to the hous of Juda newe pes couenaunt; notand not A. after the couenaunt that Y couenauntede with ȝoure fadris, in the day that Y toc the hond of hem, that Y shulde bringe them out fro the lond of Egipt, couenaunt that thei maden voide; and Y lordshepede of hem, seith the Lord. But this shal be the couenaunt, that Y shal smyte with the hous of Irael after tho daȝes, seith the Lord; Y shal ȝyue my lawe in the boweles of hem, and in the herte of hem Y shal write it, and Y shal be to them in to God, and thei shal be to me in to a puple. And techen shul no more the man his neȝhe|bore, and the man his brother, seiende, Knowe thou the Lord; alle forsothe shul knowe me, fro the leste vnto the moste, seith the Lord; for Y shal hanhaue K. mercy to the wickeneswickidnes AGHK. of them, and of the synne of hem Y shal no mor be myndeful. These thingus seith the Lord, that ȝyueth the sunne in the liȝt of the dai, ordre of the moone and of theOm. E. sterres in liȝtthe liȝte K. of the nyȝt, that disturbeth the se, and his flodis sownen, the Lord of ostus name to hym. If failen shuln these lawes bifor me, seith the Lord, thanne and the sed of Irael shal faile, that ther be not folc biforOm. E pr. m. me alle daȝes. Theseif ben mesured. These E pr. m. thingus seith the Lord, Yf `heuenus shul moun be mesuredben mesured shul moun heuenes E pr. m. fro aboue, and be serched the foundemens of theOm. AEGHK. erthe bynethe, and Y shal casten awei al the sed of Irael, for alle thingus that thei diden, seith the Lord. Lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and bild vp shal be a cyte to the Lord fro the tour of Ananeel vn to the ȝate of the corner. And it shal gon out ouer the reule of the mesure, in his siȝte, vp on the hyl of Gared, and it shal gon aboute Goacha, and al the valei ofof the fallingus of E pr. m. careynus, and the askes, and al the regioun of deth, vnto the stef strem of Cedron, and vnto the corner of the est ȝate of hors; the hoeli of the Lord shal not be pullid vp, and no mor be destroȝed in to euermore.

 CAP. XXXII.

The wrd that is do to Jeremye fro the Lord, in the tenthe ȝer of Sedechie, king of Juda; it is the eiȝtetenthe ȝer of Nabu|godonosor. Thanne the ost of the king of Babiloyne besegede Jerusalem; and Jeremye, the profete, was closid in the porche of the prisoun, that was in the hous of the king of Juda. Closed hadde forsothe hym Sedechye, king of Juda, seiende, Whi profeciest thou, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal ȝyuentake E pr. m. this cite in toOm. E pr. m. the hond of the king of Babiloyne, and he shal taken it; and Sedechie, king of Juda, shal not scape fro the hond of Caldeis, but he shal be taken in the hond of the king of Ba|biloyne; and speken shal his mouth with the mouth of hym, and his eȝen the eȝen of hym shul seen; and in to Babiloyne he shal lede Sedechie, and there he shal be, to the tyme Ythat I GHK. visite hym, seith the Lord; yf forsothe ȝee shul fiȝte aȝen the Caldeis, no thing welsum ȝee shuln han? And Jeremye seide, Don is the wrd of the Lord to me, seiende, Lo! Ananeel, the sone of Sellum, thin `emys sonevnclene sone A. vncle sone GHK. em E pr. m. emes sone E sec. m., shal come to thee, seiende, Bye to thee my feld, that is in Anathoth; to thee for|sothe falleth of nyȝ kinrede, that thou bie it. And cam to me Ananeel, the sone of myn emvnclene A pr. m. vncle GHK., after the wrd of the Lord, to the porchevestiarie E pr. m. of the prisoun, and he seith to me, Weld my feld, that is in Anatot, in the lond of Beniamyn; for to thee fallith the eritage, and thou art the neer kin, that thou welde. Y vnderstood for|sothe, that it was the wrd of the Lord. And Y boȝte the feld of Ananeel, the sone of myn emvnclene A pr. m. vncle GHK., that is in Anatot. And Y peisede to hym siluer, seuene halue ounces, and ten siluerne platys; and wrot in the boc, and selede, and toc witnesses. And Y peisede seluer in a balaunce; and Y toc the boc of the possessioun selid, and the behestus to the askingus, and the fermed thingus, and the tocnes withoute|forth. And Y ȝaf the boc of the posses|sioun to Baruch, the sone of Nery, sone of Maasie, in the eȝen of Ananeel, myn `emys sonevnclene sone A pr. m. vncle sone GHK., and in the eȝen of wytnesses that weren writen in the boc of theOm. AEGHK. biyng, inand in AGHK. the eȝen of alle Jewis, that seeten in the porche of the prisoun. And Y comaundide to Baruch befor them, sei|ende, These thingus seith the Lord of ostis, God of Irael, Tac these bokis, this seled boc of biyng, and this boc that is opened, and put them in a britel vessel, that abide stille thei moun manye daȝes. These thingusOm. E pr. m. forsothe seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Ȝit weldid shul be houses, and feldus, and vyneȝerdisvynes C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK., in this lond. And Y preȝede to the Lord, aftir that Y hadde take the boc of possessioun to Baruch, the sone of Neery, seiende, Allas! allas! allas! Lord God, loand lo! C.! thou madest heuene and erthe in thithe C. grete strengthe, and in thi straȝt out arm; shaland shal E pr. m. not be to thee hard eche wrd; that dost mercy in thousendus, andOm. E pr. m. ȝeldist wickenessewickidnes AK. wickidnessis GH. of faders in to the bosum of the sonus aftir hem. Oof E pr. m.! thou most strong, gret, `and myȝtypower E pr. m., Lord of ostus name to thee; gret in counseil, and incomprehensible in thenking, whos eȝen ben opened vp on alle the weies of the sonus of Adam, that thou ȝelde to eche after histher E pr. m. weies, and after the frute of his fyndingus; thatthou AGHK. settedest tocnes and wnders in the lond of Egipt, vn to this dai, and in Irael and in men; and thou madist to thee a name, as is this day. And thou laddest out thi puple Irael fro the lond of Egipt, in tocnes and in wndris, and in stalwrthe hond, and in straȝt oute arme, and in gret ferd; and ȝeue to them this lond, that thou swore to ther faders, that thou shuldist ȝyue to them, the lond flowende mylc and hony. And thei wenten in, and weldeden it; and obesheden not to thi vois, and in thi lawe ȝiden not; alle thingus that thou comaundedest to them, that they shulde do, thei diden not; and ther camen to them alle these eueles. Lo! strengthingusstrengthus GH. ben mad out aȝen this citeOm. C., that it be take, and thethis E pr. m. cyte is ȝouenȝyuen E pass. in to the hondus of Caldeis, and in to the hondus of the king of Babi|loyne, that fiȝten aȝen it, fro the face of the swerd, and of hunger, and of pesti|lence; and what euere thingus thou speeke, thei fellen, as thiself biholdist. And thou seidistseist AEGHK. to me, Lord God, Bie thouOm. E pr. m. the feeld with syluer, and tac witnesses, whan the cheef cite is ȝouen in the hondhoondis A. of Caldeis. And don ys the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, seiende, Lo! Y the Lord God of alle flesh. Whether to mee hard shal ben eche wrd? Therfore these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal take this cite in to the hondus of Caldeis, and in the hond of the king of Babi|loyne, and they shul taken it. And come shul Caldeis fiȝtende aȝen this cite, and thei shul teende it vp with fyr, and brenne it, and the houses, in whos rooues thei sacrifieden to Baal, and offreden to alien godis sacrifises of licoures, toand to A. terre memen K.. Weren forsothe the sonus of Irael and the sonus of Juda contynueli doende euel in myn eȝen, fro ther waxewaxynge AK. ȝouthe, the sonus of Irael thatOm. AGHK. vntoin to GH. now sharp|eden out me in the werkes of ther hondus, seith the Lord. For in wodnes and in myn indignacioun mad is to me this cyte, fro the dai that thei bilden it vp, `in tovn to AGH. this day, `in whichethat E pr. m. it shal be don awei fro my siȝt; for the malice of the sonus of Irael, and of the sonus of Juda, that thei diden, to wrathe me ter|rende, thei, and ther kingus, ther princes, and prestes, and ther profetus, men of Juda, and dwelleris of Jerusalem. And thei turneden tofro E pr. m. me backes, and not faces, whan Y shulde teche them the morutid, and lernen; and thei wolden not heren, that thei shulden take disciplyne. And thei setteden ther mawmetes `in toin K. the hous, in whiche is inwardly clepid my name, that thei schuldenOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. GHK. defoule it. And thei bilden vp heȝe thingus of Baal, that ben in the valey of the sonesones AE pr. m. GHK. of Ennon, that thei sacrifie ther sonus and ther doȝ|tris to Moloch, that Y comaundide not to them, ne steȝede vp in to myn herte, that thei shulde do this abhominacioun, and in to synne bringe doun Judam. And now for these thingus, seith the Lord God of Irael to this cite, of whiche ȝee seyn, that it be taken in to the hondus of the king of Babiloyne in swerd, and in hunger, and in pestilence, Lo! Y shal gedere them fro alle londus, to whiche Y caste them out in my wodnesse, and in my wrathe, and in my great indigna|cioun; and Y shal bringe hem aȝeen to this place, and to wonen hem Y shal make trostily. And thei shul be to me in to puple, and Y shal be to them in to God. And Y shal ȝyue to hem oen herte and o soule, that thei drede me alle daȝes, and wel be to them, and to ther sonus after hem. And Y shal smyte with them couenaunt euere durende, and Y shal not cese to wel do to them, and my drede Y shal ȝyue in ther herte, that thei go not awei fro me. And Y shal gladen up on hem, whan wel to them I shal do; and Y shal plaunte hem in this lond in treuthe, in myn herte, and in al my soule. For these thingus seith the Lord, As Y haueha K. broȝt in to this puple al this grete euel, so Y shal bringe to vp on hem al the good, that Y shal speke to them. And weldid shul be feldus in this lond, of whiche ȝee seyn, that desert it is, for thi that ther shal not leuen a man and beste; and ȝouen isOm. C pr. m. in to the hondus of Caldeis. Feldus with monee shal be boȝt, and writen in boc, and prented in shal be the sel; and witnesses shul be take to, in the lond of Beniamyn, and in the cumpas of Jeru|salem, and in the cites of Juda, and in the mountewous cites, and in the feldi cites, and in the cites that at the south ben; forand CE pr. m. Y shal turne the caitifte of hem, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XXXIII.

And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, the secounde tyme, whan ȝit he was closid in the porche of the prisoun, seiende, These thingys seith the Lord, that is to make and to foorme it, and to greithe, Lord the name of hym; Crie to me, and Y shal ful out here thee, and Y shal telle to thee grete thingus, and faste, that thou wost not. For these thingus seith the Lord God of Irael to the houses of this cite, and to the houses of the king of Juda, that ben destroȝed, and to theOm. K. strengthingus, and to the swerd of men comende, that thei fiȝte with the Caldeis, and fulfille hemOm. C. with the careynes of men, the whiche Y smot in my wodnesse, and in myn indignacioun; and Y hidde my face fro this cite, for alle the malice of hem. Lo! `Y shal close aȝeenI shal don awei I shal setten aȝeen E pr. m. to them the wounde and helthe, and helen hem; and Y shal opene to them the lowelylowe A. preȝyng of pes, and of treuthe; and turne the turnyng of Juda, and turne the turnyng of Jerusalem, and Y shal bilde vp hem, as fro the bigyn|nyng. And Y shal clense out hem fro ther wickednessewickenesse E., in whiche thei syn|neden to me, and mercifull Y shal be to alle the wickenesseswickidnessis AGHK. of hem, in whiche thei `trespasiden toforsoken C pr. m. E pr. m. me, and dispisiden me. And it shal be to me in to name, and in to ioȝe, and in to preising, and in to ful out ioȝing, to alle Jentiles of erthe, that herden alle goodis that Y am to do to them; and thei shuln inwardly dreden, and ben disturbid in alle goodus, and in alle pes, that Y shal do to them. These thingus seith the Lord, Ȝit shal ben herd in this place, whom ȝee seyn to be de|sert, for thi that ther is not a man ne beste in the cites of Juda, and withoute|forth Jerusalem, that ben desolat with|oute man, and withoute dwellere, and withoute beste, vois of ioȝe, and vois of gladnesse, vois of man spouse, and vois of womman spouse, vois of men, seiende, Knoulecheth to the Lord of ostus, for goodgood is A. the Lord, for withoute ende his mercy, and of men berende vouwis in to the hous of the Lord; forsothe Y shal bringe aȝeen the turnyng of the lond, as fro the bigynnyng, seith the Lord. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, Ȝit shal be in this desert place, withoute man and withoute beste, and in alle his cites, a dwelling place of shepperdus, of lig|gendelyynge E pr. m. liggynge E sec. m. AG. flockus. And in the mountewousmounteynous AG. mountuous E. mounteyns H. cites, and in the feldi cites, and in the cites that at the south ben, and in the lond of Beniamyn, and in the cumpas of Jerusalem, and in the cites of Juda, ȝit shul passe flockes, at the hond of the noumbrerenoum|bred AGHK., seith the Lord. Lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal rere a good wrd, that Y spac to the hous of Irael, and toOm. A. the hous of Juda. In tho daȝes, and in that tyme, to buriowne Y shall make Dauid, a buriownyng of riȝt|wisnesse; and he shal do dom and riȝt|wisnesse in the lond. In tho daȝes shal be saued Juda, and Irael shal dwelle trostili; and this is the name that they shul clepen hym, The Lord oure riȝtwis. For these thingus seith the Lord, Dien shal not of Dauid a man, that sitsitteth A. vp on the trone of the hous of Irael; and of the prestus and Leuytus shal not die a man fro my face, that offrethoffre AEGH. brent sacri|fices, and brenne sacrifise, and sle victoriea victorie A. sacrifise alle daȝes. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, Yf voide mai be mad my couenaunt withbi E pr. m. dai, and my couenaunt with nyȝt, thatand A. ther be not dai and nyȝt in his tyme; and my coue|naunt voide shal moun be with Dauid, my seruaunt, that ther be not of hym a sone, that regne in his trone, and Leuytus, and prestus, my seruauns; as noumbred out moun not be the sterres of heuene, and mesured the grauel of the se, so Y shal multeplie the sed of Dauid, my ser|uaunt, and Leuytus, my seruauntys. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, Whether thouI E pr. m. hauehast AGHK. not seen, that this puple spac, seyende, Two kinredus that the Lord hadde chose, ben cast awei, and my puple thei dispiseden, for thi that ther is no more a folc of kinde biforn hem. These thingus seith the Lord, If my coue|naunt betwebetwen AEGHK. dai and nyȝt, and lawes to heuene and erthe Y sette not; forsothe and the sed of Jacob and of Dauid, my seruaunt, Y shal throwe aferr, that Y take not of his sed princes, of the sed of Abra|ham, Isaac, and of Jacob; I shal bringe forsotheforthe AG pr. m. H. aȝeen the turnyng of hem, and hanha K. mercy to them.

 CAP. XXXIV.

The wrd that is do to Jeremye of the Lord, whan Nabugodonosor, king of Ba|biloyne, and al his ost, and alle reumus of theOm. AEGH. erthe, that weren vnder the power of the hond of hym, and alle puples foȝten aȝen Jerusalem, and aȝenOm. K. alle his cites, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, Go, and spec to Sedechie, king of Juda; and thou shalt sey to hym, These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal take this cyte in the hond of the king of Babiloyne, and he shal brenne it vp with fyr. And thou shalt notno E pr. m. scape fro his hond, but with taking thou shalt be take, and in his hond thou shalt be take; and thin eȝen the eȝen of the king of Babi|loyne shuln see, and his mouth with thi mouth shal speke, and Babiloyne thou shalt go in. NerthelatereNeuer the later ceteri passim. here the wrd of the Lord, thou, Sedechie, king of Juda, These thingus seith the Lord to thee, Thou shalt not die in swerd, but in pes thou shalt die, and aftir the brennyngus of thi fadris rathere kingus that weren bifor thee, so thei shal brenne togidereaboute E pr. m. thee, and with Wo! lord, thei shul weile thee; for the wrd Y spac, seith the Lord. And Jeremye, the profete, spac to Sede|chie, king of Juda, alle these wrdus in Jerusalem. And the ost of the king of Babiloyne faȝt aȝen Jerusalem, and aȝen alle the cites of Jude, that weren laft; aȝen Lachis, and aȝen Azecha; these for|sothe laften ouer of the cites of Jude strengthid cites. The wrd that is do to Jeremye fro the Lord, aftir that king Sedechie smot pes couenaunt with al the puple in Jerusalem, prechende that eche shulde leuen his thral, and eche his thral womman, Ebru man and Ebru womman free, and not lordshipen to them, that is, in Jew, and in his brother. Herden ther|fore alle the princes and al the puple, that wenten in couenaunt, that thei shulden leue eche his thral, and eche his thral womman free, and no more thei shulden lordshipen to them; herden thanne thei, and laften; and ben turned theraftir, and drowen aȝeen thrallis, and ther thrallessis, that thei hadden laft free, and vnderȝok|eden in to seruauns, and in to wymmen seruauns. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye fro the Lord, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, I smot pes couenaunt with ȝoure fadris, in the dai that Y ladde them out fro the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of thraldam, seiende, Whan shul be fulfild seuene ȝer, lefe eche his Ebru brother, that is sold to hym, and he shal serue to hym sixe ȝer, and thou shalt lefe hym fro thee free; and herden not ȝoure fa|dris me, ne boweden in ther ere. And ȝee ben turned to day, and diden that is riȝt in myne eȝen, that ȝee shulden preche eche fredam to his frend, and wenten in couenaunt in my siȝt, in the hous in whiche is inwardly clepid my name vp on it. And ȝee ben turned aȝeen, and defouleden my name, and ȝee han broȝt aȝeen eche his thral, and eche his thrall|esse, the whiche ȝee hadden laft, that thei were free, and of ther power; and ȝee han vnderȝokid hem, that thei ben to ȝou thralles and thrallesses. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord, Ȝee han not herd me, that ȝee shulden preche free|dam, eche to his brother, and eche to his frend; lo! Y precheshal preche E pr. m. to ȝou freedam, seith the Lord, and to swerd and to hunger and to pestilence I shal ȝyue ȝou, in to quauyngquakynge AK. to alle rewmus of erthe. And Y shal ȝyue the men, that breeke my pes couenaunt, and kepten not the wrdus of the pes couenaunt, to whiche thei ben assentid in my siȝt, a calf that thei to|heewenOm. AG pr. m. H. in to two parties; and passeden bitwenbetwix A. his deuyseouns the princes of Juda, and the princes of Jerusalem, and geldingusgeldyng K., and prestus, and al the puple of the lond, thatOm. E pr. m. passeden bitwenebetwix A. betwe C pr. m. E. the deuyseouns of the calf; and Y shal ȝyue them in to the hond of ther enemys, and in to the hond of men sechende ther lif; and shal ben the deth smyting of hem in to mete to the foulis of heuene, and to the bestus of erthe. And Sedechie, king of Juda, and his princes Y shal ȝyue in to the hond of ther enemys, and in to the hond of men sechende ther lif, and in to the hond of the ostus of the king of Babiloyne, that wenten awei fro ȝou. Lo! Y comaunde, seith the Lord, and Y shal bringe them aȝeenOm. A. toin to AEGHK. this citeOm. E pr. m.; and thei shul fiȝten aȝen it, and taken it, and brenne it vp with fyr; and the cites of Juda Y shal ȝyue in to wildernesse, for thi that ther is not a dwellere.

 CAP. XXXV.

The wrd that is do to Jeremye fro the Lord, in the daȝes of Joachym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, seiende, Go to the hous of Rechabitus, and spec to them; and thou shalt bringe them in to the hous of the Lord, in to o pryue chaumbre of the tresores, and thou shalt ȝyue them to drinke wyn. And Y toc Jeconye, sone of Jeremye, sone of Absenye, and his brethern, and alle his sonus, and al the hous of Rechabitis. And I broȝte them in to the hous of the Lord, to the tresorie hous of the sonus of Eman, sone of Jeze|delie, man of God; that was biside the tresorie hous of the princes, vp on the tresor of Maasie, sone of Sellum, that was kepere of the vestiarie. And Y sette bifor the sonus of the hous of Recabitis cuppis ful of wyn, and chalices; and Y seide to them, Drinketh wyn. The whiche answerden, Wee shul not drinke wynOm. C pr. m.; for Jonadab, the sone of Rechab, oure fa|der, comaundide to vs, seiende, Ȝee shul not drinke wyn, ȝee and ȝoure sonus, in to euermor; and hous ȝee shul not bilde, and sed ȝee shul not sowe, and vynevynes E pr. m. AGHK. vyne ȝerde E sec. m. ȝee shul not plaunte, ne han, but in taber|nacles ȝee shul dwelle alle ȝoure daȝes, that ȝee lyue manye daȝes vp on the face of the lond, in whiche ȝee pilgrimagen. Wee han obeshid therfore to the vois of Jonadab, sone of Rechab, oure fader, in alle thingus that he comaundide to vs; so that wee drunke not wyn alle oure daȝes, andOm. AEK. wee, and oure wyues, sonus, and oure doȝtris; and wee bilde not vp houses to dwelle, and vynevyne ȝerdis E sec. m., and feld, and sed wee hadde not; but we dwelleden in taber|nacles, and obeisaunt wee weren, after alle thingus that comaundede to vs Jonadab, oure fader. Whan forsothe shulde steȝen vp Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, to oure lond, wee seiden, Cometh, and go wee in to Jerusalem, fro the face of the ost of Caldeis, and fro the face of the ost of Cirie; and we dwelten in Jerusalem. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jere|mye, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Go, and sei to the men of Juda, and to the dwelleres of Jerusalem, Whether ȝee shul not take disciplyne, that ȝee obeshe to my wrdus, seith the Lord? Hadden the maistrie the wrdus of Jonadab, sonethe sone K. of Recab, whiche he comaundide to his sonus, that thei shulde not drinke wyn; and thei drunke not, vntoto K. this dai; for thei obesheden to the heste of ther fader; lo! forsothe Y spac to ȝou, fro erly risende, and spek|ende, and ȝee obesheden not to me. And Y sente to ȝou alle my seruauns pro|fetis, YOm. C et E pr. m. risende erly, and sendende, and seiende, Beth conuertid, eche fro his werst wey, and goode maketh ȝoure studies, and wileth not folewe alien godis, ne herien hem, and ȝee shul dwelle in the lond, that Y ȝaf to ȝou, and to ȝoure fadris; and ȝee boweden not in ȝoure ere, ne herden me. Fastneden therfore the sonus of Jonadab, sone of Recab, the heste of ther fader, that he hadde comaundid to them; this puple forsothe obeshede notno E pr. m. to me. Ther|fore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! Y shal bringe vp on Juda, and vp on alle dwelleresthe dwellers AEGHK. of Jeru|salem, al the tormenting that Y spac aȝen hem, and thei herdenherden me AGHK. not; I clepede hem, and thei answerden not to me. To the hous forsothe of Recabitis seide Jere|mye, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, For thi that ȝee obe|sheden to the heste of Jonadab, ȝoure fader, and kepten alle his hestus, and diden alle thingus, that he comaundide to ȝou; therfore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Ther shal not faile a man of the stoc of Jonadab, sone of Recab, stondende in my siȝt alle daȝes.

 CAP. XXXVI.

And don it is, in the ferthe ȝer of Joa|chym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, don is thisthe C. wrd to Jeremye fro the Lord, sei|ende, Tac the volum of the boc, and thou shalt write in it alle the wrdus, that Y spac to thee aȝen Irael and Judam, and aȝen alle Jentilis, fro the day that Y spac to thee, of the daȝes of Josie vnto this day. If par auenture herendehere A. the `hous of Juda alle the eueles that Y thenkethoȝte C pr. m. E pr. m. to do to them, ben turned eche fro hisLord E pr. m. werst weie, and mercyful Y shal beOm. C pr. m. to the wickenessewickidnes AGHK. and to the synne of them. Clepede therfore Jeremye Baruch, the sone of Nery; and Baruch wrot of the mouth of Jeremye alle the wrdus of the Lord, that he spac to hym, in the volume of the boc. And Jeremye comaundide to Baruch, seiende, I am closid, and mai not gon in to the hous of the Lord. Go in therfore thou, and rede of the volum, in whiche thou hast write of my mouth the wrdus of the Lord, herende the puple, in the hous of the Lord, in the dai of fasting; ferthermor and herende al Juda, that comen fro ther cites, thou shalt rede to them; if par auenture falle the orisoun of them in the siȝt of the LordOm. E pr. m., and be turned eche fro his werste weie; for grete is the wodnesse, and the indigna|cioun, that the Lord spac aȝen this puple. And Baruch, the sone of Nery, dide aftyr alle thingus, that hadde comaundid to hym Jeremye, the profete; redende of the volume the wrdus of the Lord, in the hous of the Lord. Don is forsothe, in the fifte ȝer of Joachym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, in the nynthe moneth, thei precheden fasting in the siȝt of the Lord, to al the puple in Jerusalem, and to al the multitude, that hadde come togidere fro the cites of Juda in to Jerusalem. And Baruch radde of the volume the wrdus of Jeremye, in the hous of the Lord, in the tresorie place of Gamarie, sone of Safan, scribe, in the ouere ves|tiarie, in the entre of the newe ȝate of the hous of the Lord, herende al the puple. And whan herd had Michie, the sone of Gamarie, sone of Safan, alle the sermownus of the Lord, of the boc, he wente doun in to the hous of the king, to the tresorie place of the scribe. And lo! alle the princes seeten there, Elisama, scribe, and Dalaias, sone of Semye, and Elnathan, sone of Achabor, and Gamarie, sone of Safan, and Sedechie, sone of Ana|nye, and alle the princes. And tolde to them Mychie alle the wrdus, that he herde Baruch redende of the volume, in the eres of the puple. And so alle theOm. AGHK. princes senten to Baruch Judy, sone of Nathatie, sone of Selemye, sone of Cusy, seiende, The volume, of theOm. AEGHK. whiche thou reddest herende the puple, tac in thin hond, and cum. Toc thanne Baruch, the sone of Neri, the volum in his hond, and cam to them. And thei seiden to hym, Sit, and red these thingus in oure eres; and Baruch radde in the eres of hem. Thanne whan thei hadden herd alle the wrdus, thei stoneieden eche to his neȝhe|bore, and seiden to Baruch, `Owe wee to telleTelle we owen E pr. m. to the king alle these wrdus? And thei askeden hym, seiende, Shew to vs, hou thou hast write alle these wrdus of his mouth. Baruch forsothe seide to them, Of his mouth he spac, as redende to me, alle these wrdusOm. E pr. m.; and Y wrot in the volum with enke. And alle the princes seiden to Baruch, Go, and be hid, thou and Jeremye; and no man wite wher ȝee be. And thei wenten in to the king, in to the porche; but the volume thei leiden vp in to the tresorie hous of Elisame, scribe. And thei tolden, herende the king, alle the wrdus. And so the king sente to Judi, that he shulde take the volum. The whiche takende it fro the tresorie place of Elisame, scribe, radde, herende the king and alle the princes, that stoden aboute the king. The king forsothe sat in the winter hous, in the nynthe moneth; and put was the herth, `or chymneyOm. C et E pr. m., biforn hym ful of colys. And whan Judi hadde rad thre litle pagenspagentis E pr. m., or foure, he kutte it with a scraping knyf of the scribe, and threȝ it in to the fyr, that was vpon the herth, to the tyme that were wastid al the volum with fyr, that was invp on E pr. m. the herth. And thei dradde not, ne kuttekutte not C pr. m. ther clothis, the king and alleOm. E pr. m. his seruauns, that herden alle these wrdus. Nerthelater El|nathan, and Alaias, and Gamarie with|seiden to the king, lest he shulde brenne the boc; and he herde not hem. And the king comaundide to Jeremyel, sone of Amalech, and to Saraie, sone of Es|reel, and to Selemye, sone of Abdehel, that thei schulden take Baruch, scribe, and Jeremye, the profete; forsothe the Lord hidde them. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, the profete, after that the king hadde brent the volum and the wrdus, that Baruch hadde write of the mouth of Jeremye, seiende, Eft tac an other volum, and writ in it alle the ra|there wrdus, that weren in the first vo|lum, the whiche brende Joachym, king of Juda. And to Joachym, king of Juda, thou shalt sey, These thingus seith the Lord, Thou hast brend this volum, se|ynde, Whi hast thou writen in it, tellende, Hastif shal come the king of Babiloyne, and waste this lond, and to cesen shal make of it man and beste? Therfor these thingus seith the Lord aȝen Joachym, king of Juda, Ther shal not be `of hymin it E pr. m., that sitte vpon the see of Dauid; and his careyn shal be cast forth at the hete bi the dai, and at the frost bi the nyȝt. And Y shal visite aȝen hym, and aȝen his sed, and aȝen his seruauns, ther wickednesseswickenesses E.. And Y shal bringe vpon hem, and vpon the dwelleres of Jerusa|lem, and vp on the men of Juda, al the yuel that Y spac to them, and thei herden not. Jeremye forsothe toc an other volum, and ȝaf it to Baruch, sone of Neri, scribe, that wrot in it of the mouth of Jeremye alle the wrdus of the boc, whiche Joachym, king of Juda, hadde brent with fyr; and ferthermor added ben wrdus many mo than befor weren.

 CAP. XXXVII.

And regnede king Sedechie, sone of Josie, for Jeconye, the sone of Joachym, whom Nabugodonosor, king of Babi|loyne, sette king in the lond of Juda. And obeshede not he, and his seruauns, and his puple of the lond, to the wrdus of the Lord, that he spac in the hond of Jeremye, the profete. And king Sede|chie sent Jothal, the sone of Selemye, and Sofone, sone of Maasie, prest, to Jeremye, the profete, seiende, Prei for vs the Lord oure God. Jeremye forsothe freeli ȝide in the myddel of the puple; forsothe thei hadden not put hym in to warde of pri|soun. ThanneTherfore E pr. m. the ost of Farao wente out fro Egipt, and herende the Caldeis, that besegedenhadde besegid E pr. m. Jerusalem, such a maner messager wenten awei fro Jerusalem. And don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, the profete, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, Thus ȝee shul sei to the king of Juda, that sente ȝou to aske me, Lo! the ost of Farao, that is gon out to ȝou toin to AGHK. helpe, shal turne aȝeen in to his lond, in to Egipt. And Caldeis shul turne aȝeen, and fiȝten aȝen this cite, and taken it, and brenne it vp with fyr. These thingus seith the Lord, Wil|eth not disceyue ȝoure soulus, seiende, Goende out Caldeis shul go awei, and turne aȝeen fro vs; for thei shul not gon awei. But and if ȝee shul smyte al the ost of Caldeis, that fiȝten aȝen ȝou, and `shul beweren E pr. m. laft of them summe wound|id, echeand eche C. fro his tent shal rise, and brenne vp this cite with fyr. Thanne whan hadde gon awey the ost of Caldeis fro Jerusalem, for the oost of Farao, wente out Jeremye fro Jerusalem, that he shulde go in to the lond of Beniamyn, and deuyde there possessioun in the siȝte of the citeseynus. And whan he hadde comen to the ȝate of Beniamyn, was there the kepere of the ȝate bi whiles, bi name Jerias, sone of Selemye, sone of Ananye, and toc Jeremye, the profete, seiende, To the Caldeis thou fleest. And Jeremye answerde, It is fals; Y flee not to the Caldeis. And he herde hym not, but Jereias toc Jeremye, and broȝte hym to the princes. For what thing wroth the princes aȝen Jeremye, beten putten hym in to prisoun, that was in the hous of Jonathe, scribe; he forsothe was prouost vp on the prisoun. And so Jeremye wente in to the hous of the lake, and in to the harderehard K. prisoun; and Jeremye sat there manye daȝes. And so king Sedechie sendende toc hym, and askede hym in his hous hidli, and seide, Wenest thou, whether ther is not a wrd fro the Lord? And Jeremye seide, Ther is. And he seith, In the hond of the king of Babiloyne thou shalt be take. And Jeremye seide toOm. C. Sedechie, the king, What haue Y synned to thee, and to thi seruauns, and to thi puple, for thou hast sent me in to the hous of the pri|soun? Wher ben ȝoure profetus, that profecieden to ȝou, and seiden, The king of Babiloyne shal not come vpon vs, and vpon this lond? Now thanne here thou, Y beseche, lord my king, vaile my preȝereslowe preyinge AEGHK. in thi siȝt, and ne sende thou me aȝeen in to the hous of Jonathe, scribe, lest Y die there. Thanne Sedechie comaundide, that Jeremye shulde be take in to the ves|tiarie of the prisoun, and that ther shulde be ȝoue to hym a cake of bred eche dai, out take sowylthe souwil E pr. m., to the tyme that shulde be wastid alle the loeues offro E pr. m. the cyte; and Jeremye bod in the vestiarie of the prisown.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

Herden forsothe Safacie, sone of Na|than, and Jedelias, sone of Fassur, and Jochal, sone of Selemie, and Fassur, sone of Melchie, the wrdus that Jeremye spac to al the puple, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord, Who so euere shal abide in this cite, shal die bi swerd, and hun|gur, and pestilence; who forsothe shal flee to the Caldeis, `shal lyueOm. E pr. m., and his lif shal ben hoel and lyuynge. These thingus seith the Lord, To be take shal be take this cite in to the hond of the ost of the king of Babiloyne, and he shal taken it. And the princes seiden to the king, Wee preȝen, that be slayn this man; of purpos forsothe he looseth atwynne the hondus of the fiȝteres, that han abidelaft E pr. m. in the cite, and the hondus of al the puple, spekende to them alle these wrdus. Forsothe this man secheth not pes to thisthi E pr. m. puple, but euel. And king Sedechie seide, Lo! he in ȝoure hondus is, ne forsothe leeful is the king any thing to ȝou to denye. Thanne thei toke Jeremye, and threwen hym in to the lake of Elchie, sone of Amalech, that was in the vestiarie of the prisoun; and thei putte doun Jeremye in cordis andOm. A. in to the lake, in whiche was not water, but clei; and so Jeremye descendide in to the foule cley. Forsothe Abdemelech Ethiope, a man gelding, that was in the hous of the king, herde that thei hadden put Jeremye in to the lake; but the king sat in the ȝate of Beniamyn. And Abdemelech wente out fro the hous of the king, and spac to the king, sei|ende, My lord king, euele han do these men alle thingus, what euere thei didengreitheden E pr. m. aȝen Jeremye, the profete, sendende hym in to the lake, that he die there for hun|gir; ther ben no mo loeues in the cite. And so the king comaundide to Abde|melech Etheope, seiende, Tac with thee hennus thretti men, and rere vp Jeremye, the profete, fro the lake, er he die. Thanne Abdemelech take to with hym men, wente in to the hous of the king, that was vnder the celer; and toke thennus olde clothis, and olde vestemens, that hadden rotid; and he putte doun hem to Jeremye, in to the lake, bi litle cordis. And Abdemelech Ethiope seide to Jeremye, Put the olde clothis, and these kut and roten vnder the arm of thin hondus, and vp on the cordis. Thanne Jeremye dide so. And thei drowen out Jeremye with cordus, and broȝten hym out fro the lake. Jeremye forsothe abod in the vestiarie of the prisoun. And king Sedechie sente, and toc to hym Jeremye, the profete, at the thridde dore that was in the hous of the Lord. And the king seide to Jeremye, Y aske thee a wrd; ne hide thou fro me any thing. Jeremye forsothe seide to Sedechie, If Y shal tellen to thee, whether thou shalt notOm. E pr. m. slen me? And yf Y schul ȝyue coun|seil to thee, thou shalt not here me. Thanne king Sedechie swor to Jeremye, priuyli seiende, The Lord lyueth, that dide to vs thisOm. C pr. m. lyf, Y shal not slee thee, and YOm. E pr. m. shal not take thee in to the hondus of these men, that sechen thi lif. And Jeremye seide to Sedechie, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, If gon forth thou shalt gon out to the princes of the king of Babiloyne, lyue shal thi soule, and this cite shal not be brend vp with fyr, and saaf thou shalt be, and thin hous. If forsothe thou shalt not gon out to the princes of thethi C. king of Babiloyne, take shal be this cite in to the hondus of Caldeis; and thei shul brenne it vp with fyr, and thou shalt not scape fro the hond of them. And king Sede|chie seide to Jeremye, I am bisy for the Jewes that ouerfloun to the Caldeis, lest par auenture Y be take inOm. E pr. m. to the hondus of hem, and thei bobbe to me. Answer|ende forsothe Jeremye seide to hym, Thei shul not take thee; here, Y beseche, the vois of the Lord, that Y shal speke to thee, and weel shal be to thee, and lyue shal thi soule. That if thou wilt not go out, this is the wrd that shewede to me the Lord, Lo! alle the wymmen, that abiden in the hous of the king of Juda, shul be broȝt out to the princes of the king of Babiloyne; and thei shul sey, Han bigilid thee, and hadden the mais|tri aȝen thee thi pesible men; thei han drenchid thee doun in the myre, and in the sledery thing thi feet, and thei wenten awei fro thee. And alle thi wyues and thi sonus shul be lad out to the Caldeis, and thou shalt not scape the hondus of hem; but in to the hondus of the king of Babiloyne thou shalt be take, and this cite thei shul `to-brennebrenne C pr. m. GK. with fyr. Thanne Sedechie seide to Jeremye, No man wite these wrdus, and thou shalt not die. If forsothe heren shul the princes, forthat AK. Y haueha K. spoke with thee, and thei shul come to thee, and sei to thee, ShewShew thou A. to vs what thou hast spoke with the king, ne hile thou vs, and wee shul not sle thee; and what spac with thee the king, thou shalt sei to them, I haueha K. throwe doun my preȝeres befor the king, lest he comaundedecomaunde E pr. m. me to be broȝt aȝeen in to the hous of Jonathan, and there Y shulde die. Camen thanne alle the princes to Jeremye, and askeden hym; and he spac to them after alle the wrdus that the king hadde comaundid to hym, and thei ceseden fro hym; no thing forsothe was herd. Thanne Jeremye abod in the ves|tiarie of the prisoun, vnto the dai that taken is Jerusalem; and don it is, that Jerusalem shulde ben taken.

 CAP. XXXIX.

The nynthe ȝer of Sedechie, king of Jude, the tenthe moneth, cam Nabugo|donosor, king of Babiloyne, and al his ost to Jerusalem, and thei besegeden it. The elleuenthe ȝer forsothe of Sedechie, the ferthe moneth, the fifte dai of the moneth, opened is the cite; and wenten in alle the princes of the king of Babi|loyne, and seeten in the myddel ȝate, Neregel, Fererer, Semegar, Nabusarra|chym, Rapsaces, Neregel, Ferezer, Reby|nag, and alle the otheretothere AEGHK. princes of the king of Babiloyne. And whan hadde seen hem Sedechie, king of Juda, and alle the men fiȝteres flounthei flowen A., and wenten out the nyȝt fro the cite, bi the weie of the gardyn of the king, and bi the ȝate that was betwebetwen celeri passim. two wallis; and thei wenten out tobi CE pr. m. the weie of desert. For|sothe pursuede them the ost of Caldeis, and toke Sedechye in the feld of wilder|nesse of the kuntre of Jerichon; and taken thei broȝten to Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, in to Reblatha, that is in the lond of Emath; and he spac to hym domes. And the king of Babiloyne sloȝ the sonus of Sedechie in Reblatha, in his eȝen; and alle the noble men of Juda sloȝ the king of Babiloyne. Also the eȝen of Sedechie he pullide out, and bond hym in gyues, that he shulde be ladde in to Babiloyne. The hous also of the king and the hous of the comun brenden vp the Caldeis with fyr, and the wal of Jerusalem thei turneden vpso|doun. And the remnaunt of the puple, that abiden in the cite, and the ferr floun, that hadden ouerfloun to hym, and the wast of the comun, that hadde abiden, Nabusardan, maister of knyȝtes, translat|ede in to Babiloyne. And of the folc of pore men, that no thing vnnethe hadde, Nabusardan, the maister of knyȝtus, lafte in the lond of Juda, and ȝaf to them vynesvyne ȝerdis E sec. m. and cesternes in that dai. For|sothe Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, of Jeremye hadde comaundid to Nabu|sardan, maister of the chyalrie, seiende, Tac hym, and put vp on hym thin eȝen, and no thing of euel to hym do thou; but as he shal wiln, so do thou to hym. Sente thanne Nabusardan, prince of the chyualrie, and Lesban, and Rapsaces, and Meregel, and Seresel, and Rebynag, and alle the beste of the king of Babiloyne, senten, and toke Jeremye fro the ves|tiarie of the prisoun, and token hym to Godolie, sone of Aicham, sone of Safan, that he shulde gon in to the hous, and dwelle in the puple. To Jeremye for|sothe don is the wrd of the Lord, whan he was closid in the vestiarie of the pri|soun, seiende, Go, and sey to Abdema|lech Ethiope, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! Y shal bringe in my wrdus vp on this cite in to euel, and not in to good; and thei shul be in thi siȝt in that dai. And Y shal delyuere thee in that dai, seith the Lord, and thow shalt not be take in to the hondus of the men, that thou dredist; but delyuerende Y shal delyuere thee, and bi swerd thou shalt not falle; but shal ben to thee thi soule in to helthe, for in me thou haddest trost, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XL.

The wrd that ys maadedo C et E pr. m. to Jeremye fro the Lord, aftir that he is laft of Na|busardan, maister of the chyualrie, froof E pr. m. Rama, whan he toc hym bounde with cheynes, in the myddel of alle that pass|eden fro Jerusalem, and fro Juda, and thei weren lad in to Babiloyne. Thanne the prince of the chyualrie, takende Jere|mye, seide to hym, The Lord thi God spac this euel vp on this place, and the Lord broȝte to, and dide, as he spac; for ȝee synneden to the Lord, and herden not the voys of hym, and don is to ȝou this wrd. Now thanne lo! Y haue loosid thee to dai of the cheynes that ben in thin hondis; yf it plese to thee that thou come with me in to Babiloyne, cum, and Y shal putte myn eȝeneye A. vp on thee; yf for|sothe it displese to thee to come with me in to Babiloyne, sit stille heer; lo! al the lond in thi siȝte is, that thou shalt cheese, and whider shal plese to thee that thou go, thider go, and with me wile thou not come. But dwel anent Godoliam, sone of Aicham, sone of Safan, whom befor|sette the king of Babyloyne to the cites of Juda; dwel therfore with hym in the myddel of the puple, or whider euer it shal plese to thee that thou go, go. The maister of the chyualrie ȝaf also to hym metus, and litil ȝiftus, and lafte hym. Jeremye forsothe cam to Godolie, sone of Aicham, in to Masfa, and dwelte with hym, in the myddel of the puple that was laft in the lond. And whan herd hadden alle the princes of the ost, that weren scatered bi regiownus, thei and ther felawis, that the king of Babiloyne hadde bifor maad Godolie, sone of Ai|cham, to the lond, and that hadde bitakebe take K. to hym men, and wymmen, and litil chil|der, and of the pore men of the lond, that weren not translatid in to Babiloyne, camen to Godolie in to Masfa; and Is|mael, the sone of Nathanye, and Johan|nan, the sone of Caraie, and Jonathan, and Sareas, the sone of Thenoemeth, and the sonus of Offi, that weren of Nethofati, andOm. K. Jeconye, the sone of Mechati, and thei and the men of hem. And swor to them Godolie, the sone of Aicham, sone of Safan, and to the felawes of hem, seiende, Wileth not drede to serue to the Caldeis; dwelleth in the lond, and serueth to the king of Babiloyne, and weel shal be to ȝou. Lo! Y dwelle in Masfath, that Y answere to the heste of the Caldeis, that ben sent to vs; ȝee forsothe gedereth vyn|dage, and rep, and oile, and leith vp in ȝoure vesselis, and dwelleth in ȝoure cites that ȝee holden. But and alle theOm. CE pr. m. Jewis, that weren in Moab, and in the sonus of Amon, and in Ydume, and in alle the re|giouns, herd that the king of Babiloyne hadde ȝoue the remnaunt in Jewerie, and that he hadde mad prouost vp on hem Godoliam, sone of Aicham, sone of Safan, turneden aȝeen forsothe alle the Jewis of all the places, to whiche thei hadde floun, and camen to the lond of Juda, to Godo|lie in to Masfath, and gedereden wyn and rep ful myche. Johanna forsothe, the sone of Charaie, and alle the princes of the ost, that weren scatered in the re|giouns, camen to Godolie in to Masfa, and seiden to hym, Wite thou, for Bahalis, king of the sonus of Amon, sente Ysmael, the sone of Nathanye, to smyte thi lif. And Godolie, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Aicham, trowede not to them. Johannan forsothe, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Chare, seide to Godolie, aside in Mas|fath spekende, I shal go, and smyte Is|mael, the sone ofOm. E pr. m. Nathanye, no man witende, lest he sle thi lif, and be scatered alle the Jewes, that ben gedered to thee, and pershe shul thealle the E pr. m. relikes of Juda. And Godolie, the sone of Aicham, seith to Johannan, the sone of Chare, Wile thou not do this wrd, fals forsothe thou spekist of Ismael.

 CAP. XLI.

And don is in the seuenthe moneth, cam Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, sone of Elisame, of the kingus sed, and the beste men of the king, and ten men with hym, to Godolie, sone of Aicham, in Masfa; and thei eete there loeues `to gydereOm. C pr. m. gydere K. in Masfa. Rysen forsothe Is|mael, the sone of Nathanye, and the ten men that with hym weren, and smyten Godolie, the sone of Aicham, sone of Sa|fan, with swerd, and slowen hym, whom bifore hadde mad the king of Babiloyne to the lond. Also alle the Jewis that weren with Godolie in Masfa, and the Caldeis, that ben founde there, and the men fiȝteres, Ismael smot. The secounde forsothe dai, after that he hadde slayn Godolie, no man ȝit witende, camen men of Sichym, and of Silo, and of Samarie, eiȝtetiand eiȝteti E pr. m. men, shauen the berd, and the clothis kut, and defoulid; ȝiftus and en|cens hadden in the hond, that thei shul|den offre in the hous of the Lord. Gon out thanne Ismael, the sone of Natanye, in to aȝen comyng to them fro Masfath, goende and wepende wente. Whan for|sothe he hadde aȝen come to them, he seide to them, Cometh to Godolie, sone of Aicham; the whiche whanne hadden comen to the myddel of the cite, slooȝ hem Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, aboute the myddel of the lake, he and the men that weren with hym. TenThe ten E pr. m. men for|sothe ben founden among hem, that seiden to Ismael, Wile thou notOm. C. slen vs, for wee han tresor in the feld, of whete, and of barly, and of oile, and of hony. And he cesede, and sloȝ hem not with ther brethern. The lake forsothe in to whiche Ismael threȝ alle the careynus of theOm. E sec. m. AGHK. men, whom he smot for Godolie, it is whiche made Asa the king for Basa, the king of Irael; Ismaelit fulfilde Ismael E pr. m., the sone of Nata|nye, `fulfilde itOm. E pr. m. with slayn men. And Ismael broȝte caitif alle the relikis of the puple, that weren in Masfath, the doȝ|tris of the king, and al the puple that abiden in Masfath, whom Nabusardan, prince of the chyualrie, hadde betake to Godolie, sone of Aicham. And Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, toc them, and wente awei, that he shulde go to the sonus of Amon. Herde forsothe Johanna, the sone of Carae, and alle the princes of fiȝteres, that weren with hym, al the euel that don hadde Ismael, the sone of Natanye. And taken to alle the men, thei wente forth, that thei schuldOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. fiȝte aȝen Ismael, the sone of Natanye; and found|enthei founden E sec. m. K. hym at manye watris, that ben in Gabaon. And whan seen hadde al the puple, that was with Ismael, Johannan, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Carae, and al the princes of fiȝteres, that weren with hym, gladeden. And turned aȝeen is al the puple, that Ismael hadde taken in Masfath; and turned aȝeen, it ȝide awei to Johannan, the sone of Carae. Ismael forsothe, the sone of Nathanye, fleiȝ with eiȝte men fro the face of Johanna, and ȝide awei to the sonus of Amon. Toc thanne Jo|hanna, the sone of Carae, and alle the princes fiȝteres, that weren with hymOm. E pr. m., al the remnaunt of the comun, that he hadde broȝt aȝeen fro Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, fro Masfa, aftir that he hadde smyte Godolie, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Aicham, stronge men to bataile, and wymmen, and chil|der, and geldingus, that he hadde broȝt aȝeen fro Gabaon. And thei wenten awei, and seten pilgrimagende in Canaan, that is byside Bethlem, that thei shulde go, and weende in to Egipt fro the face of Caldeis; forsothe thei dredden hem, for smyten hadde Ismael, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Natanye, Godolie, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Aicham, whom biforn hadde put the king of Babiloyne in the lond of Juda.

 CAP. XLII.

And wenten nyȝ alle princes of fiȝteres, and Johanna, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Carae, and Jeco|nye, the sone of Josie, and the tother comun, fro litil vnto myche; and seiden to Jeremye, the profete, Falle oure ori|soun in thi siȝt, and preȝe thou for vs to the Lord thi God, for alle these rem|nauns; for wee ben laft fewe of manye, as thin eȝen biholden vs; and telle to vs the Lord thi God the weie, bi whiche wee go, and the wrd that wee do. Seide forsothe to them Jeremye, the profete, I haue herd; lo! Y preȝe to the Lord oure God, after alle ȝoure wrdus; eche wrd, what euere he shal answere to me, Y shal shewe to ȝou, ne Y shal hile ȝou any thing. And thei seiden to Jeremye, Be theOm. C. lord among vs witnesse of treuthe and of feith; and if not after eche wrd in whiche shal sende thee thi God to vs, so wee shal do, whether good or euel. To the vois of the Lord oure God, to whom wee sende thee, wee shul obeshe, that wel be to vs, whan wee shul here the vois of the Lord oure God. Whan forsothe ful|fild weren ten daȝes, don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye. And he clepide Johannan, theOm. AGHK. sone of Carae, and alle the princes of fiȝteres, that weren with hym, and al the puple fro the leste to the meste; and seide to them, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael, to whom ȝee han sente me, that Y shulde lei forth ȝoure preieres in the siȝt of hym. If restende ȝee schulenOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. abide in this lond, I shal bilde ȝou vp, and not destroȝen; Y shal plaunte, and not pulle vp; now forsothe Y am plesid vpon the euel that Y dide to ȝou. Wileth not drede fro the face of the king of Babi|loyne, whom ȝee aferdferd AGHK. dreden; wileth not dreden hym, seith the Lord, for with ȝou Y am, that Y make ȝou saf, and de|lyueredelyuere ȝou AK sec. m. fro his hond. And Y shal ȝyue to ȝou mercies, and hanha K. reuthe of ȝou, and to dwelle ȝou Y shal make in ȝoure lond. If forsothe ȝee shul sei, Wee shul not dwelle in this lond, ne wee shul here the vois of the Lord oure God, seiende, Nai, but to the lond of Egipt wee shul go, where wee shul not see bataile, and noise of trumpe wee shul not heren, and hunger wee shul not suffre, and there wee shul dwelle; for that now hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee remnaunt of Juda. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, If ȝee shulȝee shul not C pr. m. sette ȝoure face, that ȝee go in to Egipt, and ȝee shul gon in, that there ȝee dwelle, swerd that ȝee drede shal there take ȝou in the lond of Egipt, and hunger for whiche ȝee be besy shal cleue to ȝou in Egipt; and there ȝee shul die. And alle the men that set|teden ther face, that they go in to Egipt, and dwelle there, shul die with swerd, and hunger, and pestilence; no man of hem shal lefe, ne scape fro the face of the euel, that I shal bringe to vp on hem. For these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, As ȝoten out is `my wood|nesse andOm. C. myn indignacioun vp on thealle the E pr. m. dwelleres of Jerusalem, so shal be ȝoten out myn indignacioun vpon ȝou, whan ȝee shul go in to Egipt; and ȝee shul ben `in to an oth of riȝtriȝt of oth C pr. m. E pr. m., and in to stone|yng, and in to cursing, and in to repref; and ȝee shul no more see this place. The wrd of the Lord vp on ȝou, ȝeeOm. CE pr. m. rem|nauns of Juda; wileth not go in to Egipt; witende ȝee shul wite, that aȝen|witnessid Y haue to ȝou this day; for ȝee han disceyued ȝoure soules, ȝee forsothe han sente me to the Lord ȝoure God, seiende, Preȝe thou for vs to the Lord oure God, and after alle thingis what euere shal sei to thee the Lord oure God, so tel to vs, and wee shul don. And Y haueha K. told to ȝou to day, and ȝee han not herde the vois of the Lord oure God, vpon alle thingus for whiche he sente me to ȝou. Now therfore witende ȝee shul wite, for with swerd, and hunger, and pestilence ȝee shul die, in the place to whiche ȝee wolde gowiln gon E pr. m. in, that ȝee dwelle there.

 CAP. XLIII.

Don is forsothe, whan fulfild hadde Jeremye spekende to the puple alle the wrdus of the Lord God of hem, for whiche sente hadde hym the Lord God of hem to them, alle these wrdis, seide Azarye, sone of Josie, and Johanna, sone of Ca|rae, and alle the proude men, seiendeseiden AGHK. to Jeremye, Lesing thou spekest; sente not thee the Lord oure God, seiende, Ne go ȝeethou A. in to Egipt, that ȝee dwelle there; but Baruch, the sone of Neri, stireth thee aȝen vs, that he take vs in the hondus of Caldeis, that thei sle vs, and makeOm. E pr. m. to ben ouerlad into Babiloyne. Andmake. And E pr. m. herde not Johanna, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Carae, and alle the princes of fiȝteres, and al the puple, the vois of the Lord, that thei shulden dwelle in the lond of Juda. But takende Johanna, sonethe sone AGHK. of Carae, and alle the princes of fiȝteres, alle the men of the remnauntis of Juda, that weren turned aȝeen fro alle Jentiles, to whiche thei weren befor scatered, that thei shulde dwelle in the lond of Juda; men, and wymmen, and litil childer, and the doȝ|tris of the king, and eche soule, that laft hadde Nabusardan, prince of the chyual|rie, with Godolie, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Aicham, sone of Safan; and toc Jeremye, the profete, and Baruch, the sone of Neri, and wenten in to the lond of Egipt; for thei obesh|iden not to the vois of the Lord, and camen `in tovn to AGHK. Tapnys. Don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye in Tapnys, sei|ende, Tac to thee in thin hond grete stones, and hyd hem in the caue, that is vnder the tily wal, in the ȝate of the hous of Farao, in Tapnys, byholdende the men Jewis. And thou shalt sei to them, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! Y shal sende, and take Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, my seruaunt, and setten his trone vp on these stonus, that Y haue hid; and he shal sette his see vp on hem. And comende he shal smyte the lond of Egipt, whom in deth in to deth, andOm. K. whom inin to E. cai|tifte in to caitifte, and whom in swerd in to swerd. And he shal teende fyr in the washing templis of the godus of Egipt, and to-brenne them, and caitif he shal lede them; and shal ben coouered the lond of Egipt, as is coouered a shep|herde with his mantil; and he shal gon oute thennus in pes. And he shal alto|brose the ymages of the hous of the sunne, that ben in the lond of Egipt; and the wasshing templis of the godus of Egipt he shal to-brenne with fyr.

 CAP. XLIV.

The wrd that is do to Jeremye, and to alle the Jewis, that dwellendwelleden E pr. m. in the lond of Egipt, dwellende in Magdalo, and in Tannys, and in Memphis, and in the lond of Fatures, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Ȝee han seen al thys euel, that Y haueha K. broȝt vp on Jerusalem, and vp on alle the citesmen E pr. m. of Juda; and lo! thei ben desert to dai, and ther is not in hem a dwellere; for the malice that thei diden, that me to wrathe thei shulde terre, and gon, and sacrifien, and herien alien godus, that thei knewe not, and ȝee, `and theiOm. AGHK., and ȝoure fadris. And Y sente to ȝou alle my ser|uauns and profetus, fro nyȝt risendeI risende E sec. m. AK., and sendende, and seiende, Wileth not do the wrd of this maner abhominacioun. And thei herden not, ne boweden in ther ere, that thei were conuertid fro ther eueles, and sacrifieden not to alien godis. And ȝotȝoten E. out is myn indignacioun and wod|nesse, and tend vp it is in the cytes of Juda, and in the stretus of Jerusalem; and turned thei ben in to wildernesse, and wastite, after this day. And now these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Whi do ȝeeOm. E pr. m. this grete euel aȝen ȝoure soulus, that die of ȝou man and womman, litil child and soukende, fro the myddel of Jude, ne be laft to ȝou any thing residue, terrende me in the werkes of ȝoure hondus, in sacrifiende to aliene godus in the lond of Egipt, in to whiche ȝee ben come, that ȝee dwelle there, and pershe, and be in to cursing, and in to repref to alle Jentilis of erthe? Whether ȝee han forȝete the euelis of ȝoure fadris, and the euelis of the kingus of Juda, and the euelis of theOm. A. wyues of hem, and ȝoure eueles, and the euelys of ȝoure wyues, that thei diden in the lond of Juda, and in the regiouns of Jerusa|lem? Thei ben not clensid vntoin to A. this day, and thei dredde not, and wente not in the lawe of the Lord, and in myn hestus, that Y ȝaf bifor ȝou, and bifor ȝoure fadris. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! Y shal sette my face in ȝou in to euel, and destroȝen al Juda, and take the rem|nauns of Juda, that setteden ther faces, that thei shulden go in to the lond of Egipt, and dwelle there; and thei shul be wastid alle in the lond of Egipt, `and thei shul falle in swerdOm. E pr. m., and in hunger shulOm. E pr. m. be wastid, fro the leste `vn toto AGHK. the meste, in swerd and in hunger thei shul die, and thei shul be in to `riȝt of swer|ingswering of riȝt AC sec. m E sec. m. of riȝt swering GH., and in to myracle, and in to cursing, and in to repref. And Y shal visite vp on the dwelleres of the lond of Egipt, as Y visitede vp on Jerusalem, in swerd, and hunger, and pestilence. And ther shal not be that scape, and be the residue of the remnaunt of Jewis, that gon that thei pilgrimage in the lond of Egipt, and be turned aȝeen to the lond of Juda, to whiche thei reren vp ther soules, that thei be turned aȝeen, and dwelle there; thei shul not be turned aȝeen thidur, noOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. but thei that floun. AnswerendeAnswerden E. for|sothe to Jeremye alle theOm. C. men, witende that therthei shulde E pr. vice. wyues shulden sacrifien to alien godus, and alle the wymmen, of whiche stod a gret multitude, and al the puple of dwelleris in the lond of Egipt, in Fa|tures, seiende, The wrd that thou speeke to vs in the name of the Lord oure God, wee shul not heren of thee, but doende wee shul do eche word that `shal gongoth E pr. m. oute of oure mouth, that wee sacrifie to the queen of heuene, and offre to hir sacrifise of licoures, as diden wee, and oure fadris, oureand our AGHK. kingus, and oure princes, in the cheef citescite K. of Juda, and in the stretus of Jerusalem; and we weren ful|fild with loeves, and wel it was to vs, and euel wee seȝen not. Fro that forsothe tyme, that wee ceseden to sacrifien to the queen of heuene, and to offre to hir sa|crifises of licoures, wee nededen alle thingus, and with swerd and hunger wee ben wastid. ThatOm. C pr. m. if wee sacrifien tonot to E pr. m. the queen of heuene, and offre to hir sacrifises of licoures, whether withoute oure menhusbondis E sec. m. AGHK. wee shul do to hir plesaunt cakes, `for to herieto ben heried C pr. m. E pr. m. hir, and sacrifises of licoures to ben offred? And Jeremye seide to al the puple, aȝenand aȝen E pr. m. the men, and aȝen the wymmen, and aȝen al the folc, that answereden to hym the wrd, seiende, Whether not the sacrifise that ȝee sacri|fieden in the cites of Juda, and in the stretus of Jerusalem, ȝee, and ȝoure fadris, ȝoureand ȝoure C. kingus, and ȝoure princes, and the puple of the lond, of these thingus re|cordide the Lord, and it steȝede vp vpon his herte; and the Lord myȝte no mor bern, for the malicemalices A. of ȝoure studies, and for the abhomynaciouns that ȝee diden? And don is ȝoure lond in to desolacioun, and in to stoneing, and in to cursing, for thi that ther is not a dwellere, as ys this dai. Therfore `forfor that K. ȝee sacrifiedenthat ȝee shulde sacrifie E pr. m. to maumetus, and synnedensynne E pr. m. to the Lord, and ȝee herden not the vois of the Lord, and in the lawe, and hestus, and in his witnesseswitnessyngis A. ȝee hanOm. E pr. m. not gon, therfore camen to ȝou these eueles, as is this dai. Jeremye forsothe seide to al the puple, and to alle the wymmen, Hereth the wrd of the Lord, al Juda, that ben in the lond of Egipt. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, seiende, Ȝee and ȝoure wyues speeken with ȝoure mouth, and with ȝoure hondus fulfilden, seiende, Do wee oure vouwis that wee vouweden, that wee sacrifie to the quen of heuene, and offre to hir sacryfises of licoures; ȝee han fulfild ȝoure vouwis, and in werc ȝee han do them. Therfore hereth the wrd of the Lord, al Juda, that dwellen in the lond of Egipt; Lo! Y swor in my gret name, seith the Lord, for no mor shal be clepid my name of the mouth of eche man Jew, seiende, The Lord God lyueth, in the lond of Egipt. Lo! Y shal waken vp on hem in to euel, and not in to good; and to-wastid shul ben alle the men of Juda, that ben in the lond of Egipt, with swerd and hungur, to the tyme that fulli thei ben wastid. And theyOm. E pr. m. that shul flee swerd, shul turne aȝeen fro the lond of Egipt in to the lond of Juda, fewe men; and wite shul al the remnaunt of Juda, of the men goende in to the lond of Egipt, that thei dwelle there, whos sermoun be fulfild, myn or theris. And this to ȝou a tocne, seith the Lord, that Y visite vp on ȝou in this place, that ȝee wite, for verrely shul be fulfild my wrdus aȝen ȝou in to euel. These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal take Farao, king of Egipt, in the hond of his enemys, and in the hond of men sechende the soule of hym, as Y toc Sede|chie, king of Juda, in the hond of Nabu|godonosor, king of Babiloyne, his enemy, and sechende his soulesoule, or lijf AGHK. soule, or his lyf E sec. m..

 CAP. XLV.

The wrd that spac Jeremye, the pro|fete, to Baruch, the sone of Neri, whan he hadde write these wrdus in the boc, of the mouth of Jeremye, the ferthe ȝer of Joachym, sone of Josie, king of Juda, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord God of Irael to thee, Baruch. Thou seid|ist, Wo to me wrecche, for addid hath the Lord sorewe to my sorewe; I tra|uailede in my weiling, and reste Y fond not. These thingus seith the Lord, Thus thou shalt sei to hym, Lo! whom Y bild|idebilde A., Y destroȝe, and whom Y plauntede, Y pulle vp, and al this lond. And thou sechest to thee grete thingus; wile thou not seche, for lo! Y shal bringe euel vp on eche flesh, seith the Lord, and Y shal ȝyue to thee thi soule in to hele, in alle places, to whiche euer thou shalt go.

 CAP. XLVI.

TheThat don is the E pr. m. wrd of the Lord `that is doOm. E pr. m. to Jeremye, profete, aȝen Jentiles; to Egipt, aȝen the ost of Farao Nechao, king of Egipt, that was biside the flod of Eufra|ten, in Carkamys, whom smot Nabugo|donosor, king of Babiloyne, in the ferthe ȝer of Joachym, sone of Josie, king of Juda. Greitheth sheeld and target, and goth forth to bataile. Ioyneth hors, and steȝeth vp, ȝee hors men; stondeth in helmes, pulsheth speres, clotheth ȝou with habiriownus. What thanne? I saȝ hem ferd, and the backes turnende, theand the AE pr. m. stronge men of hem hewen doun; and thei floun togidere hastid, ne thei beheelden; ferd on eche syde, seith the Lord. Flee shal not the swifte, ne the stronge weene hymself to be saued; to the north, biside the flod of Eufraten, thei ben ouercome, and feldenfellen E pr. m. dounOm. AEGHK.. Who is this, that as the flod steȝeth vp, and as of flodis swellen his swolewis? Egipt at licnessethe lickenes K. of a flod steȝeth vp, and as flodus shul be moued his flowingus; and `he shalOm. E pr. m. sey, Steȝende vp Y shal `couere the erthesteȝe, couerende erthe E pr. m. coueren erthe E sec. m. G pr. m. AK. destroȝe citecitees A., and his dwelleres. Steȝeth vp hors, and ful out ioȝe thin chares; and go forth, stronge men, Ethiope and Libie, holdende sheeld, and Liddy, takende and throwende arwis. That dai forsothe of the Lord God of ostus, dai of veniaunce, that he take veniaunce of his enemys; deuouren shal the swerd, and be fulfild, and be to|drunke with theOm. AGH. blod of hemmen AGHK.; victorieOm. C pr. m. sacrifise forsothe of the Lord of ostus in the lond of the north, biside the flod of Eufraten. SteȝeSteieth A. vp in to Galaad, and tac the gumme, that is clepid recyne, thou maiden doȝter of Egipt. In veyn thou hast multeplied medecynes; helthe shal not be to thee. Herden Jentiles thi shen|shepe, and thi ȝellinge fulfilde the erthe; forand E pr. m. the stronge man putte aȝen the stronge man, and bothe togidere fellen. The wrd that the Lord spac to Jeremye, the profete, vp on that that to come was Nabugodonosor, king of Babyloyne, and to smyte the lond of Egipt. Telleth to Egipt, and herd maketh in Magdalo, and eft sowne itOm. E pr. m. in Memfys, and in Tapnys seith, Stond, and greithe thee, for de|uoure shal swerd tho thingus that inbi AE sec. m. K sec. m. thin enuyroun ben. Whi `to-rotideto-stank E pr. m. thi strongestronge man G sec. m.? He stod not, for the Lord turnede hym vp so doun. He multe|pliede men fallende, and the man fel to his neȝhebore; and thei shul seyn, RisRijse we K pr. m., and turne wee aȝeen to oure puple, and to the lond of oure birthe, fro the face of the swerd of the culuer. Clepeth the name of Farao, king of Egipt; tymeand tyme A. hath broȝt noise. I lyue, seith the king, Lord of ostus his name; for as Thabor in mounteynes, and as Carmel in the se, he shal come. Vesseles of transmygra|cioun mac to thee, thou dwelleresse, doȝ|ter of Egipt; for Memfys in wildernesse shal ben, and be forsoken and vnhabit|ablevnhabitable shal ben E pr. m.. The she calf fair and shapli Egipt; the prickere fro the north shal come to hirthee E pr. m.. Also his hirid men, that wonedenmoueden A. in his myddel as fattyd calues, ben turn|ed, and floun togidere, ne myȝte stonde; for the dai of the slaȝter of them shal come vp on hem, tyme of ther visiting. His vois as of bras shal sowne, for with the ost thei shul go forth, and with axes thei shul come to hym. As fallende doun trees thei heeweheweden A. doun his wilde wode, seith the Lord, that mai not be noum|bred; they ben multeplied aboue locustus, and ther is not in them noumbre. Con|foundid is the doȝter of Egipt, and take in the hond of the puple of the north, seide the Lord of ostus, God of Irael. Lo! Y shal visite `vp onvp H. the noise of Alisaun|dre, and vp on Farao, and vp on Egipt, and vp on his godus, and vp on his kinges, and vp on hem that trosten in hym. And Y shal ȝyuen hem ininto GH. the hond of men sechende the lif of hem, and in to the hondus of Nabugodonosor, king of Babi|loyne, and in to the hondus of his ser|uauns; and after these thingus it shal be dwellid, as in the rathere daȝes, seith the Lord. And thou, my seruaunt Jacob, ne drede thou, ne take ferd, thou Irael; for lo! Y saaf shal make thee fro aferrfer AGHK., and thihis AGHK. sed fro the lond of his caitifte; and turnen aȝeen shal Jacob, and resten, and be mad welsum, and ther shal not ben, that fere hym. And wile thou not drede, thou my seruaunt Jacob, seith the Lord, for Y am with thee; forand E pr. m. Y shal waste alle Jentiles, to whiche I caste thee out; thee forsothe I shal not waste, but Y shal chastise thee in dom, ne as to an ynnocent Y shal sparen to thee.

 CAP. XLVII.

`That don is the wrd of the LordThe word of the Lord that is don AG. to Jeremye, profete, aȝen Palestynus, er Fa|rao shulde smyte Gasam. These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! watris shul steȝen vp fro the north, and ben shul as a styffstem C pr. m. strem flowende, and couere shul the lond, and his plente, the chef citecitees A. and his dwelleris. Crie shul men, and ȝelle shul alle the dwelleris of the lond, frofor AGHK. the noise of the bost of the armede men, and of his fiȝteres, and fro the stiring of his foure horsid carres, and fro the multi|tude of his whelis. Beheeldenand beheelden K. not the fadris the sonus with hondus losid a|twynne, for the comyng of the dai in whiche shul be wastid alle Filisteis; and ben scatered Tirus and Sidon, with alle his othere helpeshelpers A.. The Lord forsothe destroȝede Palestynes, the remnaunsremnaunt A. of the yle of Capadoche. Ther cam ballid|nesse vp on Gasam; al stille was Ascalon, and the remnauns of the valei of hem. Hou longe thou shalt be throwe doun, O! thou swerd of the Lord, hou longe shalt thou not reste? Go in to thi shethe, be thou refreshid, and be stille. What maner shal it reste, whan the Lord shal comaunde to it aȝen Ascalon, and aȝen his regiouns nyȝ the se, and there he shal withseicomaunde E pr. m. to it?

 CAP. XLVIII.

To Moab these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael. Wo vp on Nabo, for wastid she is, and confoundid; taken is Cariathiarym, confoundid is the stronge, and trembledetroblid A.; and ther is no mor ful out ioȝing in Moab, aȝen Esebon thei thoȝten euel. Cometh, and scatere wee it fro the folc of kynde. Therfore stille thou shalt be stille, and swerd shal folewe thee; vois of the cry fro Oronaym, wastite, and gret to-treding. To-treden is Moab, tell|eth out theOm. E pr. m. cry to his litil childer. Bi the steȝing vp forsothe Luyth wependeOm. AH. steȝedestiynge AG pr. m. K. vp inOm. AG pr. m. K. into G sec. m. weping, for in the going doun of Oronaym the enemys the ȝelling of to-treding herden. Fleeth, sauethand saueth E pr. m. ȝoure soulis; and ȝee shul be as `iencian treesbrome AGHK. broom trees E sec. m. in desert; for thi forsothe that thouȝee C pr. m. E pr. m. haddehaddest E pr. m. AGH. hadden C pr. m. trost in thiȝoure C pr. m. E pr. m. strengthingus, and in thi tresores, thou also shalt ben take. And Camos shal go in to transmy|gracioun, his prestus and his princes to|gidere; and the robbere shal come to eche cheef cite, and no cheef cyte shal be saued; and pershen shul valeys, and wastid shul be wilde feldis, for the Lord seyde. Ȝyueth flour to Moab, for flour|ende he shal gon out; and his cites shul be desert, and vnhabitable. Cursid that doth the werc of Godthe Lord A. the God C sup. ras. gilendeli; and cursid, that forfendeth his swerd fro blod, `or repreuynge of synneOm. C et E pr. m.. Fructuous was Moab fro his waxende ȝouthe, and he restede in his drestiswombe frutus C pr. m. E pr. m., ne is ouerheld fro vessel in to vessel, and `in toin the E pr. m. transmy|gracioun he ȝide not; therfore abod stille his tast in hym, and his smel is not chaungid. Therfore lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal sende to hym ordeyneres, and araieres of litle wyn ves|selus; and thei shul araien hym, and his vesseles heelden out, and the litil wyn vesselis of hem hurtlen togidere. And confoundid shal be Moab fro Camos, as con|foundid is the hous of Irael offro AGK. Bethel, in whiche it hadde trost. What maner sey ȝee, Stronge men wee ben, and stalwrthe men to fiȝte? Wastid is Moab, and his cites thei brenden vp, and hys chosen ȝunge men wente doun in to slaȝter, seith the king, Lord of ostus his name. Nyȝ is the deth of Moab, that it come, and his euel swiftli cometh nyȝ ful myche. Coum|forteth hym, alle ȝee that ben in his cum|pas; alle ȝee that witen his name, seith, What maner is to-broke the stronge ȝerde, the glorious staf? Cum doun fro glorie, sit in thrist, thou dwelling of the doȝter of Dibon; for the wastere ofOm. E pr. m. Moab shal steȝe vp to thee, shaland shal A. scatere thi strength|ingusstrengthis H.. In the weie stond, and bihold thou the dwelling of Aroer; aske hym fleende that scapede; sei, What fel? Con|foundid is Moab, for he is ouercomebounden E pr. m.; ȝelleth, and crieth; telleth in Arnon, for wastid is Moab. And dom cam to theOm. C. feldi lond, vp on Elon, and vp on Jesa, and vp on Mefath, and vp on Dibon, and vp on Nabo, and vp on the hous of Debal|thaym, and vp on Cariathiarym, and vp on Bethgamul, and vp on Bethmaon, and vp on Scarioth, and vp on Bosra, and vp on alle the cites of the lond of Moab, that aferr and that nyȝ ben. Kut awei is the horn of Moab, and his armes to|brosid, seith the Lord. Drunkneth hym with the chalus of the wrathe of the Lord, for aȝen the Lord he is rered out; and he shal hurtle the hond of Moab in his vomyng, and be shal in to scornyngstoneing C pr. m. and he. Forsothe he was in to scorn|yng to thee, Irael, as among theues thou shuldist han founde hym; therfore for thi wrdus that aȝen hym thou speeke, caitif thou art lad. Lefeth cites, and dwelleth in a ston, ȝee dwelleris of Moab, and beth as a culuer bildende in the ouerest mouth of the hole. Wee han herd the pride of Moab; proud `he isthou art E pr. m. gretli; his heiȝte forsothe, and his owne enhaunsyng, and pride, and the heiȝte of his herte, Y wot, seith the Lord; his bost, and his owne enhauncing, and thatOm. AGHK. ther is not biside it his vertue, neand ne E pr. m. after that he myȝte, ithe H. forcede to do. Therfore vp on Moab I shal weilewake E pr. m., and to al Moab Y shal crien, to the men of the britil wal weilende. Of the weiling of Jaser Y shal wepe to thee, thou vyne of SabamaGabama AGHK.; thi railingus passeden the se; vn to the se of Jaser thei ful camen vp on thi rep, and thi vyndage thi reuere fel. Don awei is ful out ioȝing and glading froof K. Carmel, and fro the lond of Moab, and wyn fro the presses Y toc doun; the tredere of the grape the wont myrie song shal not synge. Of the cri ofOm. AEGK. Esebon vnto Eleale and JeesaLeesa C. ȝeeuen ther vois, fro Segor vnto Oronaym theand the E pr. m. stoneid shedestroȝende she E pr. m. calf; the watris forsothe of Nemrym shul be werst. And Y shal take awey fro Moab, seith the Lord, the offrende in heeȝe thingus, and the sacrifiende toin hethingus to E pr. m. his godus. Therfore myn herte to Moab as a trumpe of bras shal sowne, and myn herte to the men of the tilitilid C pr. v. wal shal ȝyue soun of trumpis; for more he dide than he myȝte, therfore thei persheden. Eche forsothe hed ballidnesse, and eche berd shauen shal be; in alle hondus the bindingeȝen E pr. m. togidere, and vp on eche bac heire. And vp on alle the rooues of Moab, and in alle his stretus alle weil|ing, for he to-brosede Moab as a vessel vnprofetable, seith the Lord. What maner she is ouer come, and thei ȝell|eden? hou Moab threȝ doun the noll, and is confoundid? And Moab shal be in to scornyng, and in to exsaumpleensample G. to alle men in his cumpas. These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! as an egle he shall fleen out, and strecchen out his wengus to Moab. Taken is Carioth, and strength|ingus ben caȝte; and ben shal the herte of stronge men in that dai, as the herte of a womman trauailende with child. And cese shal Moab to ben a puple, for aȝen the Lord it gloriede. Inward ferd, and dich, and grene vp on thee, O! dwell|ere of Moab, seith the Lord. Who shal flee fro the face of the ferd, shal falle in to the dich; and who shul steȝe vp fro the dich, shul be take with grene. Y shal bringe to forsothe vp on Moab the ȝer of visitingthe visiting E. of hem, seith the Lord. In the shadewe of Esebon stode thei fro the grene fleende, for fyr wente out fro Esebon, and flaume from the myddel of Sion; and deuoure it shal the partepaard AK. parde G pr. m. of Moab, and the top of the sonus of noise. Wo to thee, Moab; pershedist, thou puple of Camos, for caȝt ben thi sonus, and thi doȝtris in to caitifte shul be lad. And Y shal turne theOm. K. caitifte of Moab in the last daȝes, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XLIX.

Hyderto the domes of Moab. Also to the sonus of Amon these thingus seith the Lord. Whether ben not the sonus of Irael, or eir is not to it? whi thanne the eritage weldith Melchon Gad, and his puple inand C. his `cheef citesOm. E pr. m. dwellide? Ther|fore lo! daȝes comen in thee, seith the Lord, and herd Y shal make vp on Ra|bath of the sonus of Amon the gnastingor noyse C sec. m. marg. E sec. m. marg. K. gnastynge, or noise G. of bataile; and heit AGHK. shal be in to noysea mynde hipil C pr. m. E pr. m. a noyse E sec. m. an noyse AK. scatered, and his doȝtris with fyr shal be brend, and Irael shal welde his welderes, seith the Lord. Ȝelle thou, Esebon, for wastid is Hai; crieth, ȝee doȝtris of Ra|bath, girdeth ȝou with heires, weileth, and goth aboute bi hegges; for Melchon in to transmygracioun shal be broȝt, his prestus and his princes togidere. What gloriest thou in valeis? Flowede doun thi valei, thou doȝter delicat, that trost|edist in thi tresores, and seidist, Who shal come to me? Lo! Y shal bringen in ferd vp on thee, seith the Lord God of ostus, God of Irael, of alle that ben in thi cumpas; and ȝee shul be scatered, eche fro ȝoure siȝt, ne shal be, that gedere the fleeres. And after these thingus Y shal make to turne aȝeen the fleeres and the caitifes of the sonus of Amon, seith the Lord. To Idume `these thingusOm. E pr. m. seith the Lord God of ostus. Whether no mor is wisdam in Theman? Pershede counseil froof A. sonus, vnprofitable mad is the wisdam of hem. Fleeth, and turneth backus; goth doun in to a swoleweswolȝ C pr. m., ȝee dwelleres of Dedan, for the perdicioun of Esau Y haueha K. broȝt vp on hym, tyme of his visit|ing. Yf grape kutteres hadden come, vp on thee thei shulden han laftlaft vpon thee E pr. m. a cluster braunch; if theues in nyȝt hadden stoln, that shulde han suffisid to them. I for|sothe discouerede Esau, and openede his hid thingus, and he shal not moun be coouered; wastid is his seed, and his bre|thern, and his neȝhebores, and he shal not be. Lef thi faderles childer, and Y shal make them to lyue, and thi widewis in me shul hope. For these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! to whom was not dom, that thei shulde drinke chalischalicis AGHK., drink|ende thei shul drinke; and thou as inno|cent shalt be laft? thouand K. shalt not be in|nocent, but drinkende thou shalt drinke. For bi myself Y swor, seith the Lord, for in to wildernesse and in to repref, and in to desert, and in to cursing shal be Bosra; and alle his cites shul benOm. C. in to euere lastende wildernessiswildernesse C.. Herd thingthingis A. Om. E pr. m. Y herde of the Lord, and a legat to Jentilis is sent; beth gedered, and cometh aȝen it, and rise wee togidere toin to AEGHK. bataile. Lo! forsothe a litil child Y ȝaf thee in Jentilis, despisable among men. Thin owne hauncyng desceyuede thee, and the pride of thin herte, that dwellist in cauys of the ston, andOm. E pr. m. to cacche forcest the heiȝte of the hil; whan thou shalt enhaunce as an egle thi nest, then|nus Y shal drawe thee, seith the Lord. And be shal Idume desert; echeand eche E pr. m. that shal passe bi it, shal stoneyn, and whistle vp on alle his veniaunces; as turned vp so doun is Sodom and Gomor, and his nyȝ wonyngus, seith the Lord. Ther shal not dwelle there a man, and ther shal not tiln it the sone of man. Lo! as a leoun he shal steȝe vp, and of the pride of Jordan to a stalwrthe fairnesse; for sodeynli to renne Y shal make hymOm. C pr. m. to it; and who shal be the chosen, whom Y shal bifor pute toOm. K. hym? Who for|sothe liclijk to A. me, and who shall susteyne me, and who is thisthe C. shepperde, that withstant to my chere? Therfore hereth the counseil of the Lord, that heOm. E pr. m. wente in offro E pr. m. Edom, and his thoȝtus, that he thoȝte of the dwelleres of Theman. Yf the litle childer of the flocking E pr. m. shul not throwe them doun, noOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. AGHK. but they shulnOm. A. scatere with them ther dwelling. Fro the vois of the falling of hem to-stirid is the erthe; cry in the rede se `is herdheering is E pr. m. of his vois. Lo! as an egle he shal steȝen vp, and fleen awei, and he shall spreden out his wengus vp on Bosra; and shalhe shal E pr. m. ben the herte of stronge men of Idume in that dai, as the herte of a womman trauailende with childe. To Damasch. Confoundid is Emath and Ar|fath, for werst heering thei herden; thei ben disturbid in the se, for bisynesse thei myȝten not reste. Losid atwynne is Da|masch, turned is in to fliȝt; trembling caȝte it, anguysshes and sorewis heelden it, as a trauailende with childe. Hou thei forsoke the preisable cyte, theOm. E pr. m. chef cite of gladnesse? Therfore fallen shul his ȝunge men in his stretes, and alle the men of bataile shul become stille in that dai, seith the Lord of ostus. And Y shal teende vp fyr in the wal of Damasch, and deuoure the wallis of Benadab. To Cedar, andin E. to the reumys of Asor, that Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, smot, these thingus seith the Lord. Riseth, and steȝeth vp to Cedar, and wasteth the sonus of the est. Ther tabernaclis and ther flockes thei shul taken; ther skynnus, and alleOm. A. ther vesseles, and ther camailes thei shul gedere to them; and thei shul clepe vp on hem ferd in his cumpas. Fleeth, goth awei hugeli in swolewes, sitteth, that dwellen Asor, seith the Lord. Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, wente in forsothe aȝen ȝou conseil, and thoȝte aȝen ȝow thoȝtis. Riseth, and steȝeth vp to a quyete folc of kinde, and dwellende trostili, seith the Lord; not dores ne his barres, alone dwellen. And ben shul ther camailes in to reuyng, and the multitude of bestus in to prei; and Y shal scatere them in to eche wind, that ben dodded in to the herhed CE pr. m., and of eche coest of hem Y shal bringe deth vp on hem, seith the Lord. And Asor shal be in to dwelling of dragounus, desert vnto withoute ende; ther shal not dwelle there a man, ne tiln it the sone of man. That don is the wrd of the Lord to Jeremye, the profete, aȝen Elam, in the bigynnyng of the regne of Sedechie, king of Juda, seiende, These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! I shal to-breke the bowe of Elam, and take ther strengthe. And Y shal bringe in vp on Elam foure wyndus fro the foure coestus of heuene, and Y shal wynewe them in to alle these windus; and ther shal not be folc of kinde, to whiche come not theOm. AE sec. m. GHK. ferr fleende offro AGHK. Elam. And Y shal make Elam to dreden biforn alle his enemys, and in the siȝte of men sechende the soule of hem; and Y shal bringe in vp on hem euel, the wrathe of my wodnesse, seith the Lord, and Y shal sende vp on hem swerd, to the tyme that Y to-waste them. And Y shal sette my see in Elam, and leese thennus kingus and princes, seith the Lord. In the laste forsothe daȝes Y shal make to be turned aȝeen the caitifes of Elam, seith the Lord.

 CAP. L.

The wrd that the Lord spac of Babi|loyne, and of the lond of Caldeis, in the hond of Jeremye, profete. Telleth in folkus of kinde, and herd maketh; rereth vp a tocne; precheth, and wileth not hilyn; seith, Taken is Babilon, confound|id is Bel, ouercomen is Maradac; con|foundid ben his grauen thingus, ouercome ben ther mawmetes. For steȝen vp shal aȝens it folc of kinde fro the north, that shall setten his lond in to wildernesse; and ther shal not be that dwelle in it, fro man vn to beste; and thei ben moued, and wenten awei. In tho daȝes, and in that tyme, seith the Lord, comen shul the sonus of Irael, they and the sonus of Juda togidere, goende and wepende shul go forth; and the Lord ther God thei shul seche in Sion, and aske the weie. Hider ther faces shul come, and ben set toin A. the Lord with euere durende pes co|uenaunt, that with no forȝeting shal be don awey. The flocfolk AG. lost mad is my puple, ther shepperdus bigiliden hem, and maden to be vagaunt in mounteynus; fro mounteyn in to hil thei passeden, thei forȝeeten of ther couche. Alle that founden, eete them, and ther enemys seiden, We han not synned, for thi that theiOm. E pr. m. han synned to the Lord, to the fairnesse of riȝtwisnesse, and to the abid|ing of ther fadris, to the Lord. Goth awei fro the myddel of Babiloyne, and fro the lond of Caldeis; goth out, and beth as goet bifor the floc. For loo! Y shal rere, and bringe in to Babiloyne the congregacioun of manye Jentilis, fro the lond of the north; and thei shul be greythedgedered C pr. m. aȝen it, and in dai it shal be taken; his arewe as of the most strong man sleere, shal not be turned aȝeen voide. And Caldee shal be in to prei, and alle men wastende it shul be fulfild, seith the Lord. For ȝee ful out ioȝen, and grete thingus speken, reuende awei myn eritage; for heeld out ȝee ben as calues vponvp C. gres, and ȝee looweden as boolis. Confoundid ys ȝoure moder ful myche, and euened to pouder that gat ȝou; lo! the lastelaste thingus C pr. m. E pr. m. sed exp. she shal be in folkes of kinde, and desert with oute weie, and driende. Fro the wrathe of the Lord it shall not ben enhabitidabited E pr. m., but be turned al in to wildernesse; eche that shal passe bi Babiloyne, shal stoneyn, and whistlen vp on alle his veniaunces. Beth redi aȝen Babilon bi enuyroun, alle that beenden bowe to fiȝten it doun; spareth not to dartes, for to the Lord it synnedehath synned AGHK.. Cri|eth aȝen it, oueral it ȝaf hond; fellen his foundemens, and destroȝed ben his wallis; for the veniaunce of the Lord `it isOm. C.. Veniaunce taketh of it; as it dide, doth to it. Scatereth the sowere fro Babilon, and the holdende sikel in theOm. AEGH. tyme of rip, fro the face of the swerd of the cul|uer; eche to his puple shal be turned, and eche to therhis C pr. m. E pr. m. lond shal fleen. ScateredThe scatered E pr. m. is the floc of Irael, leownus threwen hym out; first eet hym king Assur, this the laste threȝ out his boenus, Nabugodono|sor, king of Babiloyne. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord of ostus, God of Irael, Lo! I shal visite the king of Ba|biloyne, and his lond, as Y visitede king Assur; and Y shal bringe aȝeen Irael to hishis own K. dwelling. And be fed shal Carmeel and Basan, and thein the E. mount of Effraym and Galaad shal be fulfild his soule. In tho daȝis, and in that tyme, seith the Lord, shal be soȝt the wyckenessewickidnes AGHK. of Irael, and shal not be; and the synne of Juda, and shal not be founde; for mercy|ful Y shal be to them, whom I shal leeueforsake C pr. m. E pr. m.. Vp on the lond of the lordship|ende steeȝ thouOm. AE pr. m. GHK. vp, and vp on his dwel|leres visite; waste, and sle, that after hem ben, seith the Lord; and do aftir alle thingus that Y comaundecomaundede AEGHK sec. m. to thee. Vois of bataile in the lond, and gret to-bros|ing. HouFor E pr. m. to-broke and to-brosid is the hamer of al erthe? what maner is turned in to desert Babilon, in Jentilus? I gren|ede thee, and take thou art, Babilon, and wistist not; founde thou art, and caȝt, for the Lord thou terredist. The Lord openede his tresor, and broȝte forth ves|selis of his wrathe; for werc is to the Lord God of ostus in the lond of Caldeis. Cometh to it fro vtmostvttermost AK. the vttermoste GH. coestus, open|eth, that thei go out thatthat thei E pr. m. to-treden it; taketh fro the weie stones, and doth in to hepes, and sleth it, ne be ther any thing laft. Scatereth alle his stronge men, come thei doun in to slaȝter; wo to them, for comen is the dai of hem, tyme of ther visiting. Vois of the fleeressleers AGH., and of hem that scapeden fro the lond of Ba|biloyne, that thei telle in Sion the ven|iaunce of the Lord oure God, veniaunce of his temple. Telleth out in to Babilon to manye, to alle that beenden bowe. Stondeth togidere aȝen it bi cumpas, and no man scape; ȝeldeth to it after his werc, after alle thingus that it dide, doth to it; for aȝen the Lord it is rered, aȝen the hoeli of Irael. Therfore falle shuln his ȝunge men in his stretus, and alle his men fiȝteres shul bicome stille in that dai, seith the Lord. Lo! Y to thee, thou proude, seith the Lord God of ostus, for thi dai is come, tyme of thi visiting. And falle shal the proude, and at ones falle, and ther shal not be that rere hym; and Y shal teende vp fyr in his cites, and deuoure it shal alle thingus in his cumpas. These thingus seith the Lord of ostus, ChalengeWronge chalenge AE sec. m. GHK sec. m. suffren the sonus of Irael and the sonus of Juda togidere; alle that token hem, holden, thei `wiln lefeleuen wiln E pr. m. not them. Ther aȝeenbiere strong, Lord of ostus his name; bi dom he shal de|fende ther cause, that he fere the lond, and to-stere the dwelleris of Babiloyne. Swerd to the Caldeis, seith the Lord, and to the dwelleris of Babilon, and to the princes, and to his wise men. Swerd to his deuynoures, that foolis shul be; swerd to his stronge men, that shul drede. Swerd to his hors, and to his chares, and to al the comun that is in his myddel, and thei shul be as wymmen; swerd tovp on E pr. m. his tresores, for thei shul be reued awei. Droȝte vp on his watris shal be, and thei shul become drie; for the lond of grauen thingus it is, and in wndris glorieth. Therfore dwelle shal dragounus with `fonned woode theueswodewoses C pr. m. E pr. m. fonnyd woode wosys G sec. m., and dwelle in it shul ostricchis; and me shal no more dwelle in it `vn toin to AK. to GH. euermore, ne shal be mad vp vn to ieneracioun and ienera|cioun; as the Lord turned vp so doun Sodom and Gomor, and his nyȝ townes, seith the Lord. Ther shal not dwelle a man, ne tiln it the sone of man. Lo! a puple cam fro the north, and a gret folc of kinde, and manye kingusOm. C. shul rise fro the coestus of the lond. Boewe and sheld thei shul take, cruel thei ben and vnmer|ciable; the vois of them as the se shal sowne, and vp on hors shul steȝen vp as a man redi to bataile, aȝeen thee, thou doȝter of Babilon. The king of Babiloyn herde the loes of hem, and loosed a|twynne ben his hondus; anguysh caȝte hym, sorewe as the trauailende with childe. Lo! as a leoun steȝeth vp fro the pride of Jordan to a stalwrthe fair|nesse, for to renne sodeynli I shal make hymOm. C pr. m. to it; and who shal be the chosen, whom Y shal bifor putte to hym? Who forsothe lijc meto me AK sec. m.? andOm. E pr. m. who shal sustene me? and who is thisthe E pr. m. shepperde that withstant to my chere? Therfore hereth the counseyl of the Lord, that in mynde he conseyuedeconseyue E pr. m. aȝen Babylon, and his thoȝtis, that he thoȝt vpon the lond of Caldeis, noOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. but with drawen hem the litil childer of flockus, noOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. but scateredscatered were AGHK. with them ther dwelling. Fro the vois of the caitifte of Babilon stirid is the lond, and cry among Jentiles is herd.

 CAP. LI.

These thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal reren vp on Babilon, and vp on his dwelleris, that ther herte rereden aȝen meOm. C pr. m., as a wind bringende in pestilence. And Y shal sende in to Babilon wynew|eres, and thei shul wynewe it, and de|stroȝen his lond; for they camen vp on it on eche side in the dai of his tormenting. AndOm. AE sec. m. GHK. he shal not wone, that beendith his bowe, and steȝen vp shal not the clothide with an habirioun; wileth not spare to his ȝunge men, sleth al his chyualrie. And falle shuln the slayne in the lond of Caldeis, and the woundid in his regeouns. For Irael was not `forsake, or maad wy|dowmaad widewe A. forsake C et E pr. m. maad widu, or forsake GHK., and Juda fro the Lord ther God, Lord of ostus; the lond forsothe of hem folfild is of gilte fro the hoely of Irael. Fleeth fro the myddel of Babilon, that eche man saue his soule; wileth not be stille vp on his wickenessewickid|nes AGHK., for tyme of his veniaunce is toin A. the Lord; his while he shal ȝelde to hym. A goldene chalis of Babiloyne in the hond of the Lord, drunknende al the lond; of his wyn drunke the Jentilis, and thennus thei ben to-stirid. Sodeynly fel Babilon, and is to-brosid; ȝelleth vpon yt, taketh recyne gumme to his sorewe, if parauenture he be helid. Wee han cured Babilon, and he is not helid; forsake wee it, and go wee eche in to his lond; `for fulferful GH. cam `vn toin to AGHK. heuenusheuen G pr. m. H. hys dom, and vp rered is vn to the cloudus. The Lord broȝte forth ourehis A sup. ras. C pr. m. E pr. m. riȝtwisnesses; comecometh AEGHK., and telle wee in Sion the werc of the Lord oure God. Sharpeth arwes, fulfillethand fulfillith A. arwe cases; the Lord rerede his spirit of kingus of Medes, and aȝen Babilon is his mynde, that he leese it, for the veniaunce of the Lord is, the veniaunce of his templepeple AGHK.. The king of Medus aȝen Babilon of the Lord is rered. Vp on the wallis of Ba|bilon rereth a tocne, eecheth the warde, rereth the keperes, greithith busshemens; for the Lord thoȝt, and dide, what euere thingusthing AK. he spac aȝen the dwelleris of Babilon. That dwellist vp on manye watris, riche in tresores, comen is thin ende, the foot mesure of thi kutting of. The Lord of ostus swor bi his lyf, for Y shal fulfille thee of men, as with bruc werm, and vp on thee a merie faring song shal be sunge. That made the erthe in his strengthe, biforn made redi the world in his wisdam, and bi his pru|dence straȝte out heuenus. Hym ȝyuende vois, ben multeplied watris in heuene; that rereth cloudus fro the vtmostvttermost AGHK. of the erthe, leitus `in toin K. reynthe reyne A. made, and broȝte forth wind of his tresores. Fool is mad eche man of kunnyng, confoundid is eche ȝeetere in grauen thing; for `fals is hisliȝing is E pr. m. ȝeting, ne ther is spyrit in hem. Veyne ben the werkus, and wrthi scornyng; in tyme of ther visityng thei shul pershe. Not as this the part of Jacob; for thathe that E pr. m. made alle thingus he is, and Irael the kingus dignete of his eritage, the Lord of ostus his name. Thou hurtlist to me the vesselis of bataile, and Y shal hurtle in thee Jentilis, and scatere in thee reumus; and Y shal hurtle in thee the hors, and histhe K. hors man; and Y shal hurtle in thee the char, and his steȝere; and I shal hur|tle in thee the man and the womman; and I shal hurtle in thee the old man and the child; and I shal hurtle in thee the ȝunge man and the maidemayden AEGHK.; and I shal hurtle in thee the shepperde and his floc; and Y shal hurtle in thee the erthe tiliere and his ȝoc oxen; and I shal hurtle in thee dukes and theOm. AGHK. maister ȝugis. And I shal ȝeelde to Babilon, and to alle the dwelleris of Caldee, alle his euel, that he dide in Sion, in ȝoure eȝen, seith the Lord. Lo! Y to thee, thou hil berende pestilence, seith the Lord, that corumpist al the erthe. I shal strecche out myn hond vp on thee, and turne out thee fro stonus, and Y shal ȝyue thee in to mount of brennyng. And Y shal not take of thee a ston in to a corner, and a ston in to foundemens; but lost thou shalt be in to with oute ende, seith the Lord. Rereth a tocne in the lond, crieth with a trumpe in mounteynes; halewith vp on it Jen|tilis, telleth out aȝen itOm. AG pr. m. H. to the kingus of Ararath, of Menny, and of Ascheneth; noumbreth aȝen it Thasor, bringeth toOm. A. vp on it hors, as bruke hauende tonge. Halewith vp on it Jentilis, kingus of Mede, his dukus, and alle his maister iugis, and al the lond of his power. And al to-moued shal be the lond, and disturbid; for wakide out aȝen Babilon the thoȝt of the Lord, that he poote the lond of Babilon desert, and vnabitable. Ceseden the stronge men of Babilon fro bataile, thei dwelten in places of refut; deuoured isOm. C. ther stalwrthenesse, and made theiOm. G pr. m. H. ben as wymmen; brend vp ben his tabernaclis, to-brosid ben his barres. The rennere to meete with the rennere shal come, and the messager to meete with the tellere, that he telle out to the king of Babiloyne, for taken is his cite fro the ouermost to the ouermost; and the forthis ben bifor ocupied, and the mershis ben brend vp with fyr, and the men fiȝteres ben disturbid. For these thingus seith the Lord of ostis, God of Irael, The doȝter of Babilon as a corn floor, tyme of his thresshing; ȝit a litil, and come shal the tyme of his repingvisiting E pr. m.. Eet me, deuourededeuoure K. me Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne; he ȝeeld me as a voide ves|sel, soupede me vp as a dragoun; he fulfilde his wombe with my tendernesse, and caste me out. WickenesseWickidnes AGHK. aȝen me, and my flesh vp on Babiloyne, seith the dwellingdweller AGHK. of Sion; and my blod vp on the dwelleres of Calde, seith Jerusalem. Therfore these thingus seith the Lord, Lo! Y shal deme thi cause, and venge thi vengyng; and desert shal make his se, and shal drien his veyne. And Ba|bylon shal be in to mynde hepis, the dwelling of dragounus, stoneing and whistling, for thi that ther is not a dwel|lere togidere. And leouns shul rore, and shake out shul herOm. E pr. m. lockus, as the whelpus of leouns. In theOm. C. hete of hem Y shal putte ther drinc; and Y shal drunkne them, that thei ben greeued with slep, and slepen an euere durende slep, that they rise not, seith the Lord. IAnd I AGHK. shal lede them doun as lombis to slayn sacri|fise, and as wetheris with kidus. Hou taken is Cisac, and caȝt is the glorious of al erthe? What maner mad is in to stoneyng Babilon among Jentilis? And steȝede vp vp on Babilon the se, with the multitude of his flodus it is couered. Mad ben his cites in to stoneyng, the lond vnabitable and desert; the lond in whiche no man dwelle, ne passe thurȝ it the sone of man. And Y shal visite vp on Bel in to Babilon, and throwen awei that, that it hadde soupid vp fro his mouth, and shul no mor flowe to it Jentilis; forsothe and the wal of Babi|loyne shal at onesoone K. falle. Goth out fro his myddel, my puple, that eche man saue his lif fro the wrathe of the wodnesse of the Lord; and lest par auenture waxe nesshe ȝoure herte, and ȝee drede the heering, that shal be herd in the lond; and come shal in a ȝeer heering, and after this ȝer heering and wickenessewickidnes AGHK. in the lond, and lordshipere vp on lordshipere. Ther|fore lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal visite vp on grauen thingus of Babiloyne; and al hys lond shal be con|foundid, and alle his slayne shuln falle in his myddel. And preise shul vp on Babiloyne heuenus, and erthe, and alle thingus that in hem ben; for fro the north shul come to it reueres, seith the Lord. And hou dide Babilon, that fallen shulde slayn men in Irael, so fro Babylon falle shul slayn men in al the lond. Ȝee that fleddenflown E pr. m. the swerd, comecometh AEGHK., and wileth not stonde; recordeth aferr of the Lord, and Jerusalem steȝe vp on ȝoure herte. Confoundid wee ben, for wee han herd repref; couerede shenshype oure faces, for ther camen alienus vp on the halewing of the hous of the Lord. Therfore lo! daȝes comen, seith the Lord, and Y shal visite vp on the grauen thingus of Babiloyne, and in al his lond loowen shal the woundid. If steȝenstei vp A. shul Babilon in to heuene, and fastne in heiȝte his stalwrthe|nesse, to me shul come his wasteres, seith the Lord. Vois of the criende fro Babilon, and gret to-treding fro the lond of Caldeis, for the Lord wastide Babilon, and lost of it a gret vois; and sowne shuln his flodus as many watris. Ȝaf soun the vois of hem, for ther cam vp on it, that is, vp on Babilon, the reuere; andOm. E pr. m. caȝt ben his stronge men, and driede out the bowe of them, for a stronge vengere the Lord; ȝeldende aȝeynOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. he shal ȝelde. And Y shal drunknedrynche K. his princes, and hisOm. E pr. m. wise men, his dukis, and his maister iugis, and his stronge men; and thei shul slepen an euere lastende slep, and thei shul not ben wakid, seith the king, Lord of ostus his name. These thingus seith the Lord God of ostus, The wal of Babilon he the heiest with vndermynyng shal be vndermyned, and his heȝe ȝatus shul be brend with fyr; and the trauailis of puples at noȝt, andOm. K. ofand into fijr of E pr. m. Jentilis `in to fyr theiOm. E pr. m. shul ben, and pershen. And the wrd that Jeremye, the profete, co|maundide to Saraie, sone of Nerie, sone of Masie, whan he shulde gogo out K. with king Sedechie in to Babiloyne, in the ferthe ȝer of his regne; Saraie forsothe was prince of profecie. And Jeremye wrot al the euel, that was to com vp on Babi|lon, in o boc, alle these wrdus that ben write aȝen Babilon. And Jeremye seide to Saraie, Whan thou shalt come in to Babilon, and seen, and reden alle these wrdus, thou shalt sei, Lord, thou speeke aȝen this place, that thou shuldist de|stroȝe it, that ther be not that in it dwelle, fro man vn to beste, and that ther be perpetuel wildernesse. And whan thou hast ful endid to rede this boc, thou shalt binde to it a ston, and throwen it in to the myddel of Eufraten; and sey, So shal be dreynt Babilon, and not rise fro the face of the tormenting, that Y bringe vp on it, and it shal be loosed. Hiderto the wrdus of Jeremye.

 CAP. LII.

The sone of oon and twenti ȝer was Sedechie, whan he to regnen hadde bi|gunne, and elleuene ȝer he regnede in Jerusalem; and name of his moder Amycal, doȝter of Jeremye of Lobna. And he dide in the eȝen of the Lord euelis, after alle thinges that don hadde Joachym. For the wodnesse of the Lord was in Jerusalem, and in Juda, for to that he shulde aferr throwe them fro hys face. And Sedechye wente awei fro the king of Babiloyne. Don is forsothe in the nynthe ȝer of his regne, in the tenthe moneth, the tenthe dai of the moneth, cam Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, he and al his ost, aȝen Jerusalem; and besegeden it, and bilden aȝen it strength|ingusstrengthis AH. in cumpas. And the cite was be|segid, vnto the elleuenthe ȝer of the regne of Sedechie. The ferthe forsothe monyth, the nynthe dai of the moneth, hunger withheeld the cite; and ther were not foodis to the puple of the lond. And broken is the cyte, and alle his men fiȝteres flounfledden AE sec. m. GHK.; and thei wenten out ofOm. E pr. m. the cite the nyȝt, bi theOm. G pr. m. H. weie of the ȝate, that is betwenbetwix A. two wallis, and ledeth to the gardyn of the king, the Caldeis be|segende the cite in cumpas; and thei wenten awei bi the wey that ledeth in to wildernesse. Forsothe the ost of Cal|deis pursueden the king, and caȝten Se|dechie in desert, that is biside Jericho; and al his ost fleiȝ awei fro hym. And whan thei hadden take the king, thei broȝten hym to the king of Babiloyne in Reblatha, that is in the lond of Emath; and he spac to hym domus. And the king of Babiloyne kutte the throtus of the sonus of Sedechie in his eȝen; but and al the princes of Jude he sloȝ in Reblatha. And the eȝen of Sede|chie he puttepullide AEGHK. out, and bond hym in gyues; and the king of Babiloyne broȝt hym in to Babiloyne, and putte hym in to the hous of the prisoun, vnto the dai of his deth. In the fifte forsothe moneth, in the tenthe dai of the moneth, it is the nyntenthe ȝer of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, cam Nabusardan, prince of the chyualrie, that stod bifor the king of Babiloyne, in to Jerusalem. And he brende vp the hous of the Lord, and the hous of the king, and alle the houses of Jerusalem; and `eche gret housalle the grete housis AE pr. m. GHK. with fyr he brente. And al the ost of Caldeis, that was with the maister of chyualrie, destroȝede al the wal of Jerusalem bi enuyroun. Of the pore men forsothe of the puple, and ofOm. G pr. m. H. the tother comun, that hadde abiden in the cite, andOm. C. of the fugi|tifes, that floun to the king of Babilon, and the tothere of the multytude, translatede Nabusardan, prince of the chyualrie. Of the pore men forsothe of the lond, lafte Nabusardan, theOm. A. prince of the chyualrie, in to vyne tilieres, and in to feld tilieres. Also the brasene pileeres, that weren in the hous of the Lord, and the feet, and the brasene se, that was in the hous of the Lord, Caldeis to-breeken; and token al the bras of hem in to Babiloyne; and cawdrones, and fleshokes, and sautrees, and violis, and litil morteres, and alle the brasene vesselis, that weren in seruyse; and thei toke the stenes, and the sense vesselis, and the water vesselis, and ba|cynes, and candilstickes, and litil mor|teres, and cuppes; hou fele goldene, goldene, and hou fele siluerene, siluerene. Toc the maister of chyualrie two pileres, and o se, and the twelue brasene calues that weren vnder the feet, that king Sa|lamon hadde mad in the hous of the Lord. Ther was no peis of the bras of alle thes vesselus. Of the pileres for|sothe, eiȝtetene cubitis of heiȝte weren in the o piler, and a litil corde of twelue cubitus wente aboute it; but his gret|nesse of foure fingriscubitus E pr. m., and with ynne forth `it wasOm. E pr. m. holȝ. And the hedus vp on either braȝene; and the heȝte of oen hed ofOm. E pr. m. fyue cubitus; and the litil nettus and the poumgarnetus vp on the crownecrownus C. in cumpas, al was brasene. Lic maner was the secounde piler, and the poumgarnetus; and ther weren vp on the hed in cumpas allealle nettus E pr. m. brasene, lic maner of the tother pi|ler. And ther weren nynty poumgar|netes and sixe hangende, and alle the poumgarnetus weren cumpassid with an hundrid litil nettus. And the maister of chyualrie toc Saraiam, the first prest, and Sofonyam, the secounde prest, and the thre keperes of the vestiarie. And of the cite he toc o gelding, that was prouost vp on the men fiȝteres; and the seuen men of hem that seȝen the face of the king, that ben founde in the cite; and the scribe, prince of the knyȝtus, that proueden the newe maad knyȝtus; and the sixti men of the puple of the lond, that ben founde in the myddel of the cite. Toc forsothe them Nabusardan, maister of theOm. A. chyualrie, and broȝte hem to the king of Babiloyne in Reblatha. And smot hem the king of Babiloyne, and sloȝ hem in Reblatha, in the lond of Emath; and translatede isOm. CE pr. m. Juda fro his lond. This is the puple, whom translat|ede Nabugodonosor, in the seuenthe ȝer; Jewis, thre thousend and thre and twenty. In the eiȝtetenthe ȝer, Nabugodonosor translatede fro Jerusalem eiȝte hundrid lyues and two and thretty. The thre and twentithe ȝer of Nabugodonosor, translatide Nabusardan, maister of theOm. A. chyualrie, of Jewes seuene hundrid lyues and fyue and fourty. Alle thanne the lyues foure thousend and sixe hundred. And don is, in the seuene and threttithe ȝeer of the transmygracioun of Joachym, king of Juda, the twelfthe moneth, the fyue and twentithe dai of the moneth, rerede vp Euilmeredoc, king of Babi|loyne, that ȝer of his regne the hed of Joachym, king of Juda; and broȝte hym `out offro A. out fro GHK. the hous of the prisoun, and spac with hym goode thingus; and putte his trone vpon the tronustrone AGHK. of kingis, that weren after hym in Babiloyne, and chaungede the clothis of his prisoun; and eet bred bifor hym euermor, alle daȝes of his lif. And his metus, metus perpetuel weren ȝoue to hym of the king of Babi|lon, ordeyned bi `daȝes arewealle daiys E pr. m., vnto the dai of his deth, alle the daȝes of his lif. And don is, after that in to caitifte is broȝt Irael, and Jerusalem is destroȝed, sat Jeremye, the profete, wepende, and weilede with this lamentacioun Jerusa|lem; and with bitter inwit siȝhende, and criende Weile awei! seide.

 LAMENTATIONS. Her gynnethbigynneth AEK. the Lamentacioun of Je|remyeJeremye, the prophete A., that is in title Cenoth, with the soylinge out of Ebru lettrislettres of reed. K..CAP. I.

Aleph. Hou sitteth alone the cite ful of puple? mad is as aOm. K. widewe the ladi of folc of kinde; princeprincis A. of prouynces mad is vnder tribute. Beth. Wepende she wepte in the nyȝt, and the teres of hir in hir chekus; ther is not that coum|forte hir, of alle hir derwrthe; alle her frendus dispisedenspiseden AEGHK. hir, and ben mad to hir enemys. Gimel. Passyde Juda for the affliccioun and the multitude of seru|age, dwellide among Jentiles, ne shehe E pr. m. fond reste; alle hir pursuerus caȝten hir among anguysshis. Deleth. The weies of Sion weilen, for thi that ther ben not, that come to the solempnete; alle hir ȝatus ben stroȝed, hir prestys weilende, hir maidenus foule, and she opressed with bitternesse. He. Mad ben hir enemys in the hed, and hir enemys ben richid, for the Lord spac vp on hir. For the multitude of hir wickenesseswickidnesses AGHK. hirOm. C. litil childer ben lad in to caitifte, bifor the face of the trublende. Vau. And wente out fro the doȝter of Sion `al hirOm. AGHK. fair|nesse; mad ben hir princes as wetheres not fyndende leswis, and thei wenten awei withoute strengthe bifor the face of the folewere. Sai. And recordide Jeru|salem of the daies of hir affliccioun and trespas, and of alle hir desirable thingus that she hadde fro the olde daies; whan shulde falle hir puple in the enemys hond, and ther was not an helpere; seȝen hir theOm. HK. enemys, and scorneden hir saba|tus. Heth. A synne synnede Jerusalem, therforeand therfor AK. vnstable she is mad; alle that glorifieden hir dispiseden hir, for thei seȝen hir shenshipe; she forsothe weil|ende, and is turned bacward. Teth. The filthis of hir in hir feet, and she record|ide not of hir ende; do doun she is hugeli, not hauende a comfortour; see, Lord, my tormenting, for rered vp is the enemy. Joth. His hond senteputte C pr. m. E pr. m. the ene|my to alle hirOm. A. the K. desirable thingus; for she saȝ Jentilis gon in to hirthi E pr. m. seyntuarie, of whiche thou haddist comaundid, that thei shulde notnon K. go in to thi chirche. Caf. Al hir puple weilende and sechende bred, and ȝeeuen eche preciouse thingus for mete to be refreshid the soule; see, Lord, and behold, for mad Y am foul. Lameth. O! alle ȝee that passen bi the weie, tak|eth heed, and seeth, if ther is sorewe as my sorewe; for to-pullid me it hath, as the Lord spac in the dai of theOm. A. wrathe of his wodnesse. Men. Fro an heiȝ he sente fyr in my bonus, and lernede me; spredde out a net to my feet, turnede me bacward; he sette me desolat, al dai with mournyng defaciddestroȝid E pr. m.. Nun. Wakide the ȝochour A. of my wickenesseswickidnes A. wickidnessis GHK. in his hond, wrappid thei ben togidere, and leid on my necke; feblid is my vertu; ȝaf me the Lord in the hond, of whiche Y shal not moun rise. Sameth. Toc awei the Lord alle my grete wrthi doeres fro my myd|del; he clepede aȝen me tyme, that hebe E. to-brose my chosene; the presse trad the Lord toOm. E pr. m. the maidemaiden E., doȝter of Juda. Ayn. Therfore Y wepende, and myn eȝeeyen AG. eeȝen H. ledende doun water; for ferr mad `fro meOm. E pr. m. is the coumfortour, turnende my soule; mad ben my sonus lost, for mor myȝti was the enemy. Fee. Straȝte out Sion hir hondus, ther is not that coumforte hir; the Lord sente aȝen Jacob, in the cumpas of hir, hir enemys; mad is Jerusa|lem as defoulid with wymmen flux blodis among hem. Sade. Riȝtwis isOm. C pr. m. the Lord, for his mouth to wrathe Y terrede; her|eth, Y beseche, alle puplis, and seeth my sorewe; my maidenes and my ȝunge men wenten in to caitifte. Cof. I clepede my frendus, and thei bigileden me; my prestus and myn olde men in the cite ben wastid; for thei soȝten metemeede C. to them|self, that thei refresherefresheden E sec. m. ther soule. Res. See, Lord, for Y am trublid, al disturbid is my wombe; turned vp so doun is myn herte in myself, for of bitternesse ful Y am; withouteforth sleethslooȝ C pr. m. slewȝ AE pr. m. GHK. the sword, and at home deth is lyc. Syn. Thei herden, for Y inwardli weile, and ther is not that coumforteth me; alle myn enemys herden myn euel, gladiden, for thou didist; thou broȝtist to dai of coum|forting, andOm. A. mad thei shul be lic me. Tau. Go yn al the euel of hem bifor thee, and to-pulle hem, as thou to-pulled|ist me for my wickydnesseswickidnes A. wickenesses E.; manye forsothe my weilingis, and myn herte moornende.

 CAP. II.

Aleph. Hou aboute couerde with mys|tynesse the Lord in his wodnesse the doȝter of Sion? threȝ aferr fro heuene in to the glorious lond of Irael; and record|ede not of his litil steȝing stol of his feet, in the dai of his wodnesse. Beth. `The Lord threȝ dounStumblede doun the Lord E pr. m., and sparede not, alle the faire thingus of Jacob; destroȝede in his wodnesse the strengthingisstrengthis A. of the maiden of Juda, threȝ doun in to erthethe erthe A.; defoulide the reume, and his princes. Gimel. He to-brac in the wrathe of his wodnesse eche horn of Irael; turnede awey bacward his riȝt hond fro the face of the enemy; and brende vp in to Jacob, as fyr of deuourende flawme in cumpas. Deleth. He bente his bowe as an inward enemy, and he fastnede his riȝt hond as an vttermor enemy; and sloȝ al that was fair in siȝt in the tabernacles of the doȝ|ter of Sion; heeldide out as fyr his in|dignacioun. He. Mad is the Lord as an enemy; tumbledetumble K. doun Irael, he tum|blede doun alle his walles; wastede his strengthingusstrengthis A., and fulfilde in the doȝter of Juda the lowid man and the lowid womman. Vau. And he wastide as a gardyn his tent, destroȝede his taber|nacle; to forȝeting toc the Lord inin to E pr. m. Sion feste dai, and sabat; and repref, and indignacioun of his wodnesse, king and prest. Sai. Putte abac the Lord his auter, cursede to his halewing; toc in to the hondus of thehis AGH. enemyenemyes A. the wallis of his toures; vois thei ȝeeuen in `the hous ofOm. K. the Lord, as in solempne dai. Heth. Thoȝte the Lord to scateren the wal of the doȝter of Sion; he straȝte out his litil corde, and turnede not awei his hond fro perdicioun; and he weilede biforn the walling, and the walwalling A. togidere is scatered. Teth. Doun piȝt in the erthe ben hir ȝatus, he loste and to-broside hir barres; his kingis and hysOm. A. princes in Jentiles; ther is not lawe, and his profetis founden not viseoun of the Lord. Joth. Seten in the ertheȝaat A., alle stille weren the olde men; the doȝtris of Sion springden with askus ther hedisheuedus E., ben girdgirdid K. to with heires; threwen awei in the erthe ther hedusheuedus E. the maidenus of Jerusalem, gird to thei ben with heires; threwen awei in the erthe ther hedusheuedus E. the maidenus of Juda. Caph. Faileden for teres myn eȝen, dis|turbid ben my bowelis; heldheeldid AEGHK. out is in the erthe my mawe vp on theOm. K. to-treding of the doȝter of my puple; whan shulde faile the litil child and the soukende in the stretus of the burȝtoun. Lameth. To ther modris thei seiden, Wher is the whete, and wyn? whan thei shulden faile as woundid in the stretus of the cite; whan thei shulde brethen out ther soulis in the bosum of ther modris. Men. To whom shal Y comparisoune thee? or to whom shal Y licnen thee, thou doȝter of Jerusalem? to whom shal Y euenen thee, and coumforte thee, thou maidenmaide EK. doȝter of Sion? gret forsothe as the se thi con|tricioun; who shal lechen thee. Nun. Thi profetus seeȝen to thee false, and fool thingus; and openeden not thi wicke|nessewickidnes AGHK., that thee to penaunce thei shulde stere; thei seȝen forsothe to thee fals takingis to, and throwingis out. Sameth. Flappeden `vp onvp A. thee with hondus alle the passeres bi the wey; whistleden, and moueden ther hed vp on the doȝter of Jerusalem; seiende, Whether this is not the cheef cite of parfit fairnesse, the ioȝe of al erthe? Ayn. Openeden vp on thee ther mouth alle thin enemyes; whistleden, and gnasteden with ther teeth, and seiden, Wee shul deuoure; lo! this is the dai that wee abiden, wee han founde, and seen. Fee. The Lord dide that he thoȝte, he fulfilde his wrd that he comaundide fro the olde daȝes; he destroȝede, and sparede not; and gladide vp on thee the enemy, and enhauncede the horn of thin enemys. Sade. Criede the herte of hem to the Lord, vp on the wallis of the doȝter of Sion; bring doun as a stef strem teres, bi dai and nyȝt; ȝyue thou not reste to thee, ne be stille the appil ofOm. C. thin eȝe. Coph. Ris, preise thou in the nyȝt, in the bi|gynnyng of wacchis; heeld out as water thin herte, byfor the siȝt of the Lord; rere to hym thin hondus for the soule of thi litil childer, that for hunger pershen `in the hedOm. E pr. m. of alle many weies `in to oonOm. E pr. m.. Res. See, Lord, and behold, whom thou hast to-pullid; so therfore lest shuln ete wymmen ther frut, litiland litle E pr. m. childer at the mesure of a spanne; for slayn is in the seyntuarie of the Lord the prest, and the profete. Syn. Leȝen in the erthe withouteforth the child and the olde man; my maidenes and my ȝunge men fellen in swerd slayn; in the dai of thi wodnesse thou smyte, ne thou shalt han reuthe. Tau. Thou clepedest, asme as E pr. m. to a solempne dayOm. C., that shulden fere memen K. of the cumpas; and ther was not that shulde scape in the dai of the wodnesse of the Lord, and be laft; whom Y broȝte forth and nurshede, myn enemy wastede them.

 CAP. III.

Aleph. I `a manam K. seende my pore|nesse in the ȝerde of his indignacioun. Aleph. Me he drof, and broȝt in to derc|nessis, and not in to liȝt. Aleph. Onli in to me turnedehe turnede E., and conuertede his hond al dai. Beth. For eldid he made my skyn, and my flesh; he to-brosyde my bonus. Beth. He bilde vpme vp AE pr. m. G sec. m. Om. G pr. m. H. in my cumpas, and cumpassede me with galle and with trauaile. Beth. In derke thingus he sette me, as deade men euere durende. Gimel. He bilde aboute aȝen meOm. E pr. m., that Y go not out; he agreggede myn gyues. Gimel. But and whan Y shal crien and preȝe, he closedethrowith E pr. m. out myn orysoun. Gimel. He closede my weyes with squar stonus; my styes he turnede vp so doun. Deleth. A waitende bere maad he is to me, a leoun in hid thingus. Deleth. My pathis he turnede vp so doun, and to|brac meOm. E pr. m.; he putte me desolat. Deleth. He bente his bowe, and sette me as a signe to the arewe. He. He putte in my reynes the doȝtris of his arewe cas. Hee. Y am mad in to scorne to al puple, the song of them al dai. He. He ful|filde me with bitternesses; he drunknede me with wrmod. Vau. He to-brac at noumbre my teeth; he fedde me with askus. Vau. AndOm. E pr. m. put a bac is my soule; Y forȝat of goodus. Vau. And Y seide, Pershede myn ende, and myn hope fro the Lord. Sai. RecordeRecordide A. of porenesse and of myn ouergoing, and of wrmod and of galle. Say. Bi mynde Y shal be myndeful; and failen in me shal my soule. Sai. These thingus thenkende in myn herte, in God Y shal hope. Heth. The mercyes of the Lord manye, for|sothefor AEGHK. wee ben not wastid; for his mer|cyesmercy doyngus AE sec. m. GHK. faileden not. Heth. Y kneȝ thein the AE sec. m. GH. morutid; myche is thi feith. Heth. My partie the Lord, seide my soule; ther|fore Y shal abiden hymOm. E pr. m.. Teth. Good is the Lord to men hopende in hym, to the soule sechende hym. Teth. Good is to abide with silence the helthe ȝyuere of God. Teth. Good is to the man, thatwhan he AE sec. m. GHK. hath born theOm. E pr. m. ȝoc of the LordOm. E pr. m. fro histhe AE pr. m. GHK. waxende ȝouthe. Joth. He shal sitte soli|tarie, and be stille; for he rerede hymself aboue hymself. Joth. He shal sette in pouder his mouth, if par auenture ther be hope. Joth. He shal ȝyue to the smytende hym the cheke; he shal be ful|fyld with repreues. Caph. For putten abac shul not the Lord in to euermor. Caph. For if he haue cast awei, andOm. AGHK. he shal haue mercy after the multitude of his mercies. Caph. Forsothe heOm. E pr. m. loewede not of his herte; and caste awei the sonus of man. Lameth. That he shulde to|brose vnder his feet alle the gyuede of the lond. Lameth. That he shulde boowe doun the dom of man, in the siȝte of the chere of the heȝest. Lameth. That he schuldOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. G pr. m. AHK. mysturne a man in his dom, the Lord kneȝ not. Men. Who ys this that seide, thatit E pr. m. shulde be don, the Lord not comaundende? Men. Of the mouth of the heȝest shul not go out ne goode thingus ne euele. Men. What grucchede a man lyuende, a man for his synnes? Nun. Serche we oure weies, and seche, and be weeOm. A. turned aȝeen to the Lord. Nun. Rere wee oure hertus with hondus, to the Lord in to heuenusheuene A.. Nun. Wee wickeliwickidly AGHK. diden, and to wrathe terreden; therfore thou art vnpreiable. Sameth. Thou coueridist in wodnesse, and smyte vs; thou slowe, and sparedist not. Sa|meth. Thou puttest aȝen a cloude to thee, lest passe the preieer. Sameth. Pulling vp bi the roote, and casting awei, thou put|tist me, in the myddel of puplusthe puples A.. Ain. Myn eȝe is tormentid, and was notOm E pr. m. stille; forthi that ther was not reste. Ayn. To the tyme that shulde biholde and looke the Lord fro heuenus. Ayn. Myn eȝe robbedepreiede E pr. m. my soule in alle the doȝtris of my cheef cite. Fe. Openeden vp on vs ther mouth, alle the enemys. Fe. Ferd and gren don is to vs, profeciyng and contricioun. Fe. My eȝen broȝten doun deuyseouns of watris, in the contricioun of the doȝter of my puple. Sade. Bi hunting thei token me as a brid, myn enemys freeli. Sade. Slyden is in to a grene my lyf; theiand thei AEG sec. m. K. setten a ston vp on me. Sade. Floweden watris vp on myn hed; Y seide, Y pershede. Coph. I in|wardli clepede thi name, Lord, fro the laste grene. Cof. My vois thou herdest; ne turne thou awei thin ere fro my sob|bingȝoxyng E pr. m. and cries. Coph. Thou neȝhedist in the dai, whan Y inwardli clepede thee; thou seidist, Ne drede thou. Res. Thou demedest, Lord, the cause of my soule, thou aȝeen biere of my lif. Res. Thou seeȝe, Lord, the wickenessewickidnes AGHK. of them aȝen me; deme thou my dom. Res. Thou seȝe eche wodnesse, alle the thoȝtus of hem aȝens me. Syn. Thou hast herd the re|preues of hem, Lord; alle the thoȝtus of hem aȝen me. Sin. The lippis of men inrisende to me, and the bithenkingus of hem aȝen me al day. Sin. The sitting of hem and the aȝeen rising of hem see; Y am the salm of hem. Tau. Thou shalt ȝelde to them the while, Lord, after the werkis of ther hondus. Tau. Thou shalt ȝyue to them the sheld of hertethyn herte E pr. m., thi trauaile. Tau. Thou shalt pursue in thi wodnesse, and to-trede them vnder heuenus, Lord.

 CAP. IV.

Aleph. Hou bicome derc is gold, chaungid is the best colour? scatered ben the stonus of the seyntuarie in the hed of alle stretus. Beth. The sonus of Sion glorious, and wrappid with the chef gold, inhou ben thei holden in AGHK. to erthene vesseles, werk of the hondis of a crockere. Gimel. But and the cruel beestis clepid lamyamermynes C pr. m. E pr. m. cruel bestis that ben clepid lamya E sec. m. marg. AGHK., nakeden ther tetes, ȝeeuen ther whelpus souken; the doȝter of my puple cruel, as an ostrich in desert. Deleth. Cleuede to themy E pr. m. tonge of the soukende to his palet in thrist; the litil childer askeden bred, and ther was not that shulde breke to them. He. That eeten voluptuously, dieden in weies; that weren nurshid in `faire clois of saffrounsafrouned thingus E pr. m. faire clothis of saffroun E sec. m. marg., han clippidbiclippid AE sec. m. K. thostus. Vau. And more mad is the wickednessewickenesse E. of the doȝter of my puple than the synne of Sodomys, that is turned vp so doun in a moment, and toc not in to it hondus. Sai. Whit|tere is Nazareis than snoȝ, shynendere than mylc; reddere than old yuer, than safyr fairere. Heth. Gretli blakid is aboue colis the face of hem, and thei ben not knowen in stretus; cleuede toOm. A. the skyn to the bonus of hem, it driede, and mad is as a tree. Teth. Betere was to the slayn men with swerd, than to the slayn men with hungir; for thei anoen ben dead, theseOm. E pr. m. ful out faileden, ben to|wastid of the bareynesse of theOm. AEGHK. erthe. Joth. The hondus of merciful wymmen setheden ther sonus; mad thei ben the metus of hem in the contricioun of the doȝter of my puple. Caf. The Lord ful|filde his wodnesse, helde out the wrathe of his indignacioun; and the Lord tende vp fyr in Sion, and deuourede his founde|mens. Lameth. Leeueden not the kingis of the lond, andOm. C. alle the dwelleris of the worlderthe E pr. m., that gon in shulde the ferr ene|my and the nyȝ enemy bi the ȝatus of Jerusalem. Men. For the synnes of his profetus, and the wickidnessiswickidnesse C. wickenesses E. of his prestus, that heeldeden out in his myddil the blod of riȝtwis men. Nun. Erreden the blinde in stretus, defoulid ben in blod; and whan thei myȝte not entre, thei heelden ther swolwis. Sameth. Goth awei, ȝee defoulid, thei crieden to them, departeth awei, goth awei, wileth not touche; forsothe thei iangleden, and ben to-stired; seiden among Jentiles, He shal no more lei to, that he dwelle in hem. Ain. The face of the Lord deuydede them, he shal not adde, that he beholde them; the faces of prestus thei shameden not, ne of the olde men thei reweden. Fee. Whan ȝit wee shulde stonden alyue, faileden oure eȝen to oure veyn helphoope A.; whanne wee bihelden takende heed to the folc of kinde, that saue vs myȝte not. Sade. Thei maden slidery oure steppis in the weie of oure stretes; neȝhede oure ende, fulfild ben oure daȝes, for comen is oure ende. Cof. Swiftere weren oure pursueres than egles of heuene vp on the mounteinus; thei pursueden vs, in desert thei setteden aspies to vs. Res. The spirit of oure mouth, Crist Lord, taken is in oure synnes; to whom we seiden, In thi shadewe wee shul lyue in folkus of kinde. Syn. Ioȝe, and glade, thou doȝter of Edom, that dwellist in the lond of Hus; to thee also shal come the chalis, thou shalt be drunke, and nakened. Tau. Fulfilde is thi wickenessewickidnes AGHK., thou doȝter of Sion; he shal no more adde, that he ouer|passe thee; he shal visite thi wickenessewickidnes AGHK., thouthe AE sec. m. GHK. doȝter of Edom, discouere heshe CE. shal thi synnes.

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Recorde, Lord, what hath falle to vs; inwardly looke, and behold oure repref. Oure eretage turned is to alienes, oure houses to straungeres. Faderles childer weOm. E pr. m. ben mad with oute fader; oure mo|ders as widewis. Oure water in monee wee han drunke, oure trees for pris wee han boȝt. Bi oure nollis we were dryue, and to the weri wasOm. AG pr. m. HK. not ȝoueȝyue E. reste. To Egipt wee ȝeeuen hond, and to Assiries, that wee shulde be fulfild with bred. Oure faders synneden, and ben not, and wee the wickidnesseswickidnes AGH. wicke|nesses E. of hem han born. Seruauns lordshipeden of vs, and ther was not, that aȝeen shulde bie fro the hond of hem. In oure lyues weOm. E pr. m. broȝten to bred to vs, fro the face of the swerd in desert. Oure skin as an ouene is to|brent, fro the face of tempestus of hunger. Wymmen in Sion theiOm. C pr. m. E pr. m. meekiden, and maidenus in the cites of Juda. Princes bi the hond ben hangid vp; faces of olde men theiOm. AE pr. m. shameden not. The ȝunge wymmen vnchastli thei mysvseden, and the childer in tree togidere fellen. Olde men faileden of the ȝatus; ȝunge men of the quer of syngeres. Failede the ioȝe of oure herte; turned is in to weiling ouretheir E pr. m. quer. Fel the croune of oure hed; wo to vs! for wee han synned. Therfore dreri mad is oure herte, therfore to-dercned ben oure eȝen. For the mount of Sion, for it dis|perishtpershede E pr. m.; wlues ȝiden in it. Thou, for|sothe, Lord, in to with oute ende shalt abide stille; thi see in to ieneracioun and to ieneracioun. Whi in to with oute ende thou shalt forȝeten vs, thou shalt forsake vs in to the lengthe of daȝis? Conuerte vs, Lord, to thee, and we shul be conuertid; newe thou oure daȝes, as fro the bigynnyng. But castende awei thouthee thou E pr. m. hast put vs out; thou wrathedist aȝen vs hugely.

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`THIS boc, thatThe boke of A. Baruch bi name is bifor notid, in Ebru canoun is not had, but onli in the comun translacioun; lyc maner andand in E pr. m. the epistil of Jeremye; for the knouleching forsothe of rederes heer ben write; for many thingus of Crist and of the laste tymes thei shewen.

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And these ben the wrdus of the boc, that wrot Baruch, the sone of Neri, sone of Masy, sone of Sedechie, sone of Sedei, sone of Elchie, in Babilon; in the fifte ȝer, in the seuenthe dai of the moneth, in the tyme that Caldeis token Jerusa|lem, and brenden it vp with fyr. And Baruch radde the wrdus of this boc at the eres of Jeconye, sone of Joachym, king of Juda, and at the eres of al the puple comende to the boc; and at the eres of the myȝti men of the sonus of kingus, and at the eres of prestus, and at the eres of the puple, fro the leste vnto the meste of hem, alle dwellende in Babyloyne, and at the flod of Sodi. The whiche herende wepten, and fasteden, and preȝeden in the siȝt of the Lord. And thei geder|eden monee, after that myȝte of eche the hond. And thei senten in to Jerusalem to Joachym, sone of Elchie, sone of Sa|len, the prest, and to the prestus, and to al the puple that ben founde with hymhem K. in Jerusalem; whan thei shulde take the vesseles of the temple, that weren take awei fro the temple, to aȝeen clepe `in toin A. the lond of Juda, the tenthe dai of the moneth Cybam; the siluer vesselis, that Sedechie, sonethe sone E pr. m. of Josie, king of Juda, made, after that Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, hadde take Jeconye, and histhe AE sec. m. GHK. Om. E pr. m. princes, and alle theand the E. myȝti, and theal the A sup. ras. puple of the lond fro Jerusalem, and broȝte them gyued in to Babiloyne. And thei seiden, Lo! wee han sent to ȝou mones, of whiche bieth brent sacrifise, and cens, and maketh manaa, and offreth for synne at the auter of the Lord oure God. And preȝeth for the lif of Nabugo|donosor, king of Babiloyne, and for the lif of Balthasar, his sone, that the daȝes of them be as the daȝes of heuene vp on erthe; that the Lord ȝyue vertue to vs, and liȝtne oure eȝen, that wee lyue vnder the shadewe of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, and vnder the shadewe of Balthasar, his sone; and serue wee to hem manye daȝes, and fynde wee grace in the syȝte of hem. And for vsoure AGHK. self preȝeth to the Lord oure God, for wee han synned to the Lord oure God, and turned awei is not his wodnesse fro vs, vn to this dai. And redeth this boc, that wee han sent to ȝou, to be reherced in the temple of the Lord, in a solempne dai, and in a couenable dayOm. C pr. m.. And ȝee shul sey, To the Lord oure God riȝtwis|nesseoure riȝtwisnesse C pr. m., to vs forsothe confusioun of oure face, as is this dai to al Juda, and to the dwelleris in Jerusalem, to oure kingus, and to oure princes, to oure prestus, and to oure profetus, and to oure faders. We han synned bifor the Lord oure God, and wee han not leeued, mystrostendemystrowande AGHK. in toOm. E pr. m. hym. And we wer not soietable `to hymOm. C pr. m., and wee wel herden not the vois of the Lord oure God, that wee shulde go in his maundemens that he ȝaf to vs; fro the dai that he ladde out oure faders fro the lond of Egipt, vn to this dai, we weren mystrowable to the Lord oure God; and scatered we wenten awey, lest wee shulde heren the vois of hym. And ther cleueden to vs many euelis, and cursingus, the whiche the Lord sette to his seruaunt Moises; that ladde out oure faders fro the lond of Egipt, to ȝyue to vs the lond flowende mylc and hony, as in this day. And wee herden not the vois of the Lord oure God, after alle the wrdus of profetus, that he sente to vs, and to oure iugis; and we wenten awey, eche in toOm. E pr. m. the wit of oure shreude herte, to werche to alien godus, doende euelus bifor the eȝen of the Lord owre God.

 CAP. II.

For whiche thing ordeynede the Lord oure God his wrd, that he spac to vs, and to oure iuges that demeden Jerusa|lemin Jerusalem AGHK., and to oure kingus, and to oure princes, and to al Irael and Juda; that the Lord shulde bringe to vp on vs grete euelis, that ben not do vnder heuene, as ben do in Jerusalem; after that ben write in the lawe of Moises, that a man shulde ete the flesh of his sone, and the flesh of his doȝter. And he ȝaf hem in the hond of alle kingus, that ben in oure cumpas, in to repref, and in to desolacioun in alle puplis, in whiche scaterede vs the Lord. And wee ben mad vndernethe, and not aboue; for we han synned to the Lord oure God, not wel herende the vois of hym. To the Lord oure God riȝtwis|nesse, to vs forsothe and to oure faders shenshipe of the face, as is this dai. For the Lord spac vp on vs alle these euelis, that camen vp on vs. And wee louli preȝeden not the face of the Lord oure God, that wee shulden turne aȝeen, eche of vs fro oure werst weies. And the Lord woc in euelis, and broȝte them vp on vs; for riȝtwis is the Lord in alle his werkus that he sente to vs. And wee herden not the vois of hym, that we shulde go in the hestes of the Lord, that he ȝaf bifor oure face. And now, Lord God of Irael, that broȝtist out thi puple fro the lond of Egipt in a strong hond, and in signes, and wndrisin wondris AEGK. in thi wondris H sup. ras., and in thi grete vertue, and in an hyȝ arm, and madist to thee a name, as is this day; wee han synned, vnpitously wee han born vs, wickeliwickidly AGHK. wee hanha K. do, Lord oure God, in alle thi riȝtwisnesses. Be turned awey thy wrathe fro vs; for wee ben laft a fewe among Jentilis, wher thou hast scatered vs. Heere, Lord, oure preieeres, and oure orisounus, and bring vs out for thee; and ȝif to vs to finde grace bifor the face of hem, that ladden vs awey; that al erthe wite, for thou art Lord oure God, and for thi name is inwardli clepid vp on Irael, and vp on the kinde of hym. Bihold, Lord, fro thin hoeli hous in to vs, and bowe in thin ere, and ful out here vs. Opene thin eȝen, and see; for not the deade that ben in helle, whos spirit is taken frofor C. ther bowelis, shul ȝyue wrshipe and iustefiyng to the Lord; but the soule that is sori vp on the mykilnesse of euel, and goth bowid, and meekid, and the eȝen failende, and the soule hungrende, ȝyueth to thee glorie and riȝtwisnesse, Lordto the Lord E pr. m.. Whiche not after the riȝtwisnesse of oure faders heelden out mercy bifor thi siȝt, Lord oure God; but for thou sentist thi wrathe and thi wodnesse vp on vs, as thou speeke in the hondus of thi childer profetus, seiende, Thus seith the Lord, Bowith doun ȝoure shuldris, and ȝoure nol, and doth trauaile to the king of Babiloyne; and ȝee shul sitte in the lond, that Y ȝaf to ȝoure fa|ders. That if ȝee shul not don, ne here the vois of the Lord oure God, to werche to the king of Babiloyne, ȝoure failing Y shal make fro the cites of Juda, and fro the ȝatus of Jerusalem; and Y shal take awei fro ȝou the vois of mertheioȝe C., and theOm. EG. vois of ioȝemerthe C., and vois of theOm. G. man spouse, and vois of the womman spouse; and ben shal al the lond with oute step from the dwelleres in to it. And thei herden not thy vois, that thei shulde wrche to the king of Babiloyne; and thou settedest thi wrdus, that thou speeke in the eres of thi childer profetus, that translatid shulde be the bonus of oure kingus, and the bonus of oure faders fro this place. And lo! thei ben cast forth in the hete of the sunne, and in the frost of the nyȝt; and thei ben dead in werst sorwes, in hunger, and in swerd, and in sending out. And thou settedist thithe A. temple, in whiche is inwardliinward C. clepid thi name in it, as this dai, for the wickeneswickidnes AGHK. of the hous of Irael, and of the hous of Juda. And thou hast don in vs, Lord oure God, after thi goodnesse, and after al that thi grete mercy doing, as thou speeke in the hond of thi child Moises, in the dai that thou comaundedistcomaundist AGHK. to hym to write thi lawe bifor the sonus of Irael, seiende, If ȝee shul not here my vois, this grete multetude shal be turned in to the leste folc of kinde, for them Y shal scatere; for Y wot, that mee shal notno E pr. m. here the puple. The puple is for|sothe with an hard nol, and shal be turned to his herte, in the lond of his caitifte; and thei schul wite, for Y am the Lord God of hem. And Y shal ȝyue to them an herte, and thei shul vndir|stonde, and eres, and thei shul here. And thei shuln preise me in the lond of ther caitifte, and myndeful thei shul be of my name. And thei shul turnen awei them|self fro ther harde rig, and fro ther cursidhedus; for thei shul remembre the weie of ther fadris, that synneden in me. And Y shal aȝeen clepe hem in to the lond, that Y swor to the fadris of hem, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and thei shul lordshipen of it. And Y shal multeplie them, and thei shul not be lassid. And Y shal sette to them `an othera A. testament euere durende, that Y be to them in to a Lord, and thei shul be to me in to a pu|ple. And Y shal no more moue my puple, the sonus of Irael, fro the lond that Y ȝaf to them.

 CAP. III.

And now, Lord God of Irael, the soule in anguysshes, and the spirit tormentid crieth to thee. Heere, Lord, and haueha K. mercy; for God thou art merciful. And haue mercy of vs, for wee han synned bifor thee, that sittist in to euermor, and wee shul not pershe in to the spi|rituel during. Lord God al myȝti, God of Irael, here now the orisoun of the deade men of Irael, and of the sonus of hem, for thei han synned bifor thee, and thei herden not the vois of the Lord ther God, and ioyned ben to vs euelis. Wile thou not hanha K. mynde of the wickenessewickidnes AGHK. of oure fadris, but haueha K. mynde of thin hond and of thi name in this tyme; for thou art Lord oure God, and wee shul preise thee, Lord. For that thou hast ȝoue thi drede in oure hertes, that wee inwardli clepe thi name, and preise thee in oure caitifte; for wee shul be turned fro the wickenessewickidnes AGHK. of oure fadris, that synneden in thee. And lo! wee in oure caitifte ben to dai, that vs thou hast scatered, in to repref, and in to cursing, and in to synne, after alle the wickid|nessiswickenessis E. of oure fadris, that wenten awei fro thee, Lord oure God. Here thou, Irael, the maundemens of lif; with eres parceyue, that thou wite prudence. What is, Irael, that in the lond of the enemys thou art? Thou hast eldid in an alien lond, thouOm. E pr. m. art defoulid with deade men, thouOm. E pr. m. art set with men goende doun in to helle? Thou hast forsake the welle of wisdam; for if in the weies of God thou haddest go, thou shuldist han dwell|id forsothe in pes vp on erthe. Lerne, wher be prudence, wher be vertue, wher be vnderstonding, that thou wite togi|dere, wher be long abiding of lyf and of liflode, wher be liȝt of eȝen, and pesof pese AGHK.. Who fond his place? whoand who AE sec. m. GHK. entride in to his tresores? Wher ben the princes of Jentilys, and that lordshipen of bestes, that ben vpon erthe? That in the briddis of heuene pleien; that siluer tre|soren and gold, in whiche trosten men, and ther is noon ende of the purchasing of hem? That siluer forgen, and ben besy, ne ther is finding of the werkus of hem? Thei ben outlawid, and to helle thei wente doun; and othyr men in the place of hem risen. The ȝungeThe Mss. C and E end here. The text in what follows is taken from K. men of hem sawen liȝt, and dwelten on erth. Sothely thei knewen not the wei of disci|plyne, nether vndirstoden the pathis of it; nether the sones of hem resceyueden it. Fro the face of hem it is maad fer; it is not herd in the lond of Canaan, nether it is seen in Theman. And the sones of Agar, that souȝten out prudence that is of erth, the marchauntis of erth, and Theman, and theOm. AG. fablers, or iang|lers, and seekers out of prudence, and of vnderstondinge; sothely thei knewen not the weie of wysdam, nether hadden mynde of the paathis therof. O! Yrael, hou grete is the hous of God, and hou grete the place of his possessiounn; gret and not hauynge eende, heeȝ and with outen mesure grete. Ther weren named gyauntis; tho that fro the bigynnynge weren in grete stature, witynge bataile. The Lord chese not these, nether thei founden the weie of discipline; therfor thei pershiden. And for thei hadde not wijsdam, thei pershiden for her vnwijs|dam. Who steiȝede in to heuen, and toke itOm. A., and ledde it doun fro cloudis? Who passide ouer the se, and foonde it, and brouȝt it to, vpon chosen gold? Ther is not, that may wite the waies therof, nether that sekith out the pathes therof; bot he that wote alle thingis, knewȝ it, and foond it by his prudence. The whiche maade redy the erth in euerlastynge tyme, and fulfilled it with feeld bestes, and four footid bestis. The whiche send|ith out liȝt, and it goth; and he clepid it, and it obeischide to hym in tremblynge. Forsoth sterris ȝauen liȝt in her keep|yngus, and gladiden; thei ben clepid, and thei seiden, We cummen to; and thei shyneden to hym with mirth, that maad hem. This is our God, and other shal not ben gessid aȝenis hym. He this foonde al weie of disciplyne, and bitoke it to Jacob, his child, and to Yrael, his derworth. After these thingus he was seen in erthis, and lyued with men.

 CAP. IV.

This boke of the maundementis of God, and the lawe that is in to with outen eend. Alle men that holden itbeholden A., shuln per|fitly cummen to lijf. Forsoth thei that shuln forsake it, in to deth. Jacob, be thou conuertid, and cacche it; walke by the waye to the shynynge of it, aȝeinus the liȝt of it. Bitake thou not thi glorie to an other, and thi dignitee to alien folk. Yrael, we ben blessid; for what thingus ben plesaunt to God, ben knowen to vs. Thou peple of God, be of euener inwitt, or more stable, thou Yrael, worthi of mynde. Ȝe ben sold to heithen men, not in to perdicioun; bot for that in wrath ȝee terriden God to wrathfulnesse, ȝee ben bitaken to aduersaries. Forsoth ȝee ster|iden to bitternesse the euerlastyng God, that made ȝou; offrynge to deuyls, and not to God. Sothli ȝee han forȝeeten hym that nurishide ȝou, and ȝee han maad sorewful Jerusalem, ȝour nurshe. Sotheli it sawe wrathfulnesse of God cummynge to ȝou; and saide, Ȝee niȝ coostis of Syon, heere; forsothe God brouȝt to me grete mournynge. Forsoth I seeȝ the caitifte of my peple, of my sones and douȝtris, whiche the euerlast|ynge aboue brouȝte to hem. Sotheli I nurishide hem with mirthe; forsothe I left hem with weepynge and mournynge. No man haue ioye vp on me, widue and desolate. I am left, or forsaken, of manye, for the synnes of my sones; for thei bow|iden awei fro the lawe of God. Forsoth thei wisten not the riȝtwisnesse of hym; nether walkidenthei walkiden AGH. bi weies of the heestis of God, neneithir G sec. m. bi the paathis of treuthe of hym thei entreden with riȝtwisnesse. Cum the niȝ coostis of Syon, and bi|thenke thei the caitiftee of my sones and douȝtris, the whiche the euerlast|ynge aboue brouȝte to hem. Forsoth he brouȝte vpon hem a folc fro fer, a folc vnsaciable, or vnrestful, and of an other tunge; whiche dredden not with reuer|ence an olde man, nether hadden mercy of children; and ledden aweie the sones of widue, and maaden desolat the aloon womman fro sonys. Forsoth what may I help ȝou? Forsothe he that broȝte euyl thingus vpon ȝou, shal delyuere ȝou fro the hondis of ȝour enmyesenemye A.. Wandre ȝee, sones, wandrewandreth G sec. m.; I sothli am forsaken aloon. I haue vnclothide me the stole of pese; forsothe I clothide me with sak of bisechynge, and I shal crie to the bihestheeȝest G sec. m. in my days. Sones, be ȝee of betir herte, or stabler; crie ȝee to the Lord, and he shal delyuere ȝou fro the hond of princes, enmyes. Sotheli I hopide in to with outen eend ȝour helth, and ioye came to me of the holy vpon mercye, that shal cum to ȝou of ȝour saueour euerlastynge. Forsoth I sent ȝou out with mournyng and weepynge; forsoth God shal aȝein lede ȝou to me with ioye and mirthe in to with outen eende. Sotheli as the neiȝ|bores of Syon sawen ȝour caitifte of God, so thei shuln see and in hast ȝour helth of God, that shal aboue cum to ȝou with grete honour in euerlastyng shynynge. Sones, suffre ȝe pacientli the wrath, that aboue commith to ȝou; forsoth thin en|mye pursuede thee, bot sone thou shalt see perdicioun of hym, and vpon the nollis of hym thou shalt steiȝ vp. My delicatis, or nurshid in delicis, walkiden sharp weies; sotheli thei weren led as a floc rauyshide with enmyes. Sones, be ȝee of euener herte, or stabler, and afer crie ȝee to the Lord; sotheli ȝour mynde shal be of hym that ledith ȝou. Forsoth as ȝour witt was for to erre fro God, eft sone tenn so myche ȝee conuertyng shuln `aȝen seekenseeken K. hym. Forsothe he that ledde in to ȝou euyl thingus, shal brynge eft sone to ȝou myrthe euerlastynge with ȝour helth. Jerusalem, be thou more stable, or of better herte; sotheli he that namede thee, monestith thee. Thei that traueiliden thee, shuln apeere noyinge, or gilty; and thei that thankidenor ioyeden G marg. in thi fall|yng, shuln be punyshide. The citees to whom thi sones seruyden, shuln be pu|nishid, and it that toke thi sones. So|theli as it ioyide in thi fallyng, and glad|dide in thi caas, or tribulacioun, so it shal be sorewful in his desolacion. And the mirth with outen forth of multitude therof shal be kitt aweye, and the ioye of it shal be in to mournyng. Forsoth fijr shal aboue cum to it of the euerlast|yng, and longe duyrynge days; and it shal be enhabitid of deuylis, in to mychil|nesse of tyme. Jerusalem, beholde aboute to the eest, and see the myrthe cummynge to thee of God.

 CAP. V.

Loo! forsoth thi sones cummen, whom thou leftist scaterid; thei gadrid cum|men to thee fro the eest vn to theOm. A. west in the word of the holy, ioying in to honour of God. Jerusalem, vnclothe thee the stoole of mournynge, and of thi tra|ueile; and clothe thee with fairnesse, and honour of it, that is to thee of God in euerlastynge glorie. Forsoth God shal enuyroun thee with double clothe of riȝt|wisnesse, and shal putte to thin heued a mytre of euerlastynge honoure. Forsoth God shal shewe in thee his shynynge, that is vndir heuen. Sotheli thi name shal be named to thee of God in to with outen eend, Peese of riȝtwisnesse, and honour of pitee. Jerusalem, rijse vp, and stoonde in heeȝ, and biholde aboute to the eest; and see thi sones gaderid fro the sune, rijsinge vn to the west in the word of the holy, ioyinge in the mynde of God. Forsoth thei wenten out fro thee, led in feet of enmyes; forsoth the Lord shal brenge to thee hem born in to honour, as the sonnys of kyngdam. For|soth God ordeynyde for to meek eche heeȝ hill, and euerlastynge rooches, and for to fulfille the euen valeys in to the euenesse of erthe; that Yrael walke dili|gentli in to honour of God. Sothely woddis and eche tree of swetnesse of Israel shadewiden, or obeidenobeischiden H., to the maundement of God. Forsoth God shal leede to Yrael with myrthe in the liȝt of his maiestee, with mercy and riȝtwis|nesse, that is in hym.

 Heer begynneth ensaumplethe ensaumple G. of the same pistle, whichethe whiche A. Jeremye sente to the caitifs led aweie in to Babiloyne, of the kyng `of menOm. A. of Babiloyne, that he shulde shewe to hem, after that it is comaundid to him of God.CAP. VI.

For the synnes that ȝee synnyden befor God, ȝe shuln be led caitifs in to Babi|loyne, of Nabugodonosor, kyng of men ofOm. K. Babiloyne. And so ȝe gon in to Ba|biloyne shuln be there ful many ȝeris, and in to longe tyme, vnto seuen genera|cions; forsoth after this I shal lede out ȝou thennisȝennis K. with peese. Now forsoth ȝe shuln see in Babiloyne golden goddis, and silueren, and stonen, and treentreenen GHK., for to be born in shuldris, shewinge drede to folkis. Therfor see ȝee, lest and ȝee be maad liche to alien dedis, and ȝee dreede, and that drede take ȝou in hem. And so the cumpanye of peple seen fro bihynde and fro bifore wirshipynge, saye in ȝour hertis, Lord God, it byhouith thee for to be worshipid. Forsoth myn aungel is with ȝou, forsoth I my self shal seeke out ȝour soules. For whi the trees of hem polishid of a carpenter; thei also engoldid and ensiluered ben false, and mown not speke. And as to a mayden louynge ournementis, so gold takyn, thei ben forgid. Certeynli the goddis of hem han golden crownes vpon her hedis; wher|of prestis drawen aweie fro hem gold and syluer, and ȝeuen, or spenden, it in hem self. Forsoth and of it thei ȝeuen to putethe putt AGH. inin to G sec. m. bordel house, and ournen hooris; and eft sone when thei han resceyued it of hooris, thei ournen her goddis. So|thely these ben not delyuerd fro rust and mouȝthe. Forsoth hem couered with clothe of purpre, thei shuln wijpe the face of hem, forfro A. dust of the hous, that is ful myche amonge hem. Forsothe thei han a ceptre, or kyngis ȝerd, as a man; as a iuge of a cuntree, that sleath not the synnynge in to hym. Forsoth thei han also in the hond swerd and axe; forsoth thei deliuerendelyuereden A. not hem self fro bataile and day theues. Wher of be it knowen to ȝou, for thei ben not goddis; therfor wor|shipe ȝe not hem. Sotheli as athe A. vessel of a man broken is maad vnprofitable, siche ben the goddis of hem. Hem sett to gidir in an hous, the eeȝen of hem ben ful of dust of the feet of men entrynge in. And as to sum man that offendith the kyng, the ȝatis ben sette aboute, and as deada dead AGH. man led to sepulcre, so prestes oft kepen the dores with closingis and lockis, lest thei be robbed of day theues. Thei teenden launterns to hem, and so|theli manye, of whom thei mown noon see; forsoth thei ben as bemes in the hous. Sotheli serpentis that ben of the erthe, ben sayd to licke out the hertis of hem; the while thei eeten hem, and the clothing of hem, and thei feelen not. The faces of hem ben blac of smoke, that is maad in the hous. Aboue the bodi of hem, and aboue the hed of hem backis, or reremijse, and swalewis fleeȝen, and briddis also, and also cattis. Wher of wite ȝee, for thei ben not goddis; therfor ȝee shuln not drede hem. Also the gold that thei han, is to fairnesse; no bot eny man shal wijpe awei the rust, thei shuln not shyne. Forsothe nether the whijle thei weren ȝooten to gidir, thei feeliden. Thei ben bouȝt of al pris, in whiche thingus spirit is not in hem. With outen feet thei ben born in shuldris, shewynge her vnnobley to men; also be thei con|foundid that wurshipen hem. Therfor ȝif thei shuln falle in to erthe, of hem self thei shuln not rijse to gyder; nether ȝif eny man shal sette hym riȝt, by hym self he shal stonde, bot as to dead men shuldris shuln be putte to hem. The prestes of hem sellen the hoostis, or sacrifices, of hem, and mysusen; also and the wymmen of hem takynge aweie, nether parten to seeke man, nether to beggynge. Of the sacrifices of hem wym|men with chijlde, and menstruat, or in vncleene blode, touchen togyder. And so witynge of these thingis, for thei ben not goddis, dreed ȝee hem not. Forsoth wherof ben thei clepid goddis? For wym|men putten to golden goddis, sylueren, and treenentreen A.; and in the housis of hem sitten prestis hauyng torne, or kutt, cootis, and hedis and berd shauen, whos hedis ben nakid. Forsoth thei roren cry|inge aȝeins her goddis, as in the super of a dead man. Prestis taken awei the clothingus of hem, and clothen her wijues, and her sones. Nether ȝif thei suffren eny thing of euyl of eny man, nether ȝif eny thinge of good, thei shuln mowe ȝeelde. Nether thei mown make a kyng, nether do aweie. Also nether theiOm. A. mown ȝeue ricchessis, nether ȝeeld euyll thing. Ȝif eny man shal avowe to hem, and shal not ȝeelde, nether thei requyren, or axen, this thing. Thei delyueren not a man fro deth, nether delyueren a seeke man fro a more miȝti. Thei restoren not a blynde man to siȝt; thei shuln not dely|uere a man fro neede. Thei shuln not haue mercye of the wydue, nether thei shuln do weel to the fadrelesse and mo|drelesse. The treenen goddis of hem, and stoonen, and golden, and sylueren, ben lijc to stoonys of the mounteyn; for|soth thei that worshipen hem, shuln be confoundid. Hou therfore is it to be gessid, or toOm. A. be saide, hem for to be goddis; ȝit the ylk Caldeis not honour|ynge hem? Whiche whan thei shuln heere the doumbe not toOm. A. mowe speke, offren hym to Bel, axinge of hym for to speke; as thei mown feele, whiche han not mou|ynge. And thei whanne thei shuln vndir|stonde, shuln forsake hem; sothely the ilke goddis of hem han not witt. For|soth wymmen ȝouen aboute, or bounden, with coordis sitten in weyes, brennynge boonys of olyues. Forsoth whann eny of hem drawen aweye of eny man passinge hath slept, she dispisith hir neiȝbore, for she is not had worthi as sche, nether hir coord is broken. Forsoth alle thingis that ben don to hem, ben fals. Hou is it to beOm. K. gessid, or to be said, hem forOm. A. to be goddis? Forsoth of carpenteres and goldsmithis thei ben maad. Thei shuln noon other thing be, no bot the ylk that prestis wolen for to be. Also thilk gold|smyththis that maken hem, ben not of myche tyme; therfor whether the thingus that ben maad of hem mown be goddis? Forsoth thei leften fals thingus, and shen|shipe to men to cummynge after. For whi whenne bataile shal aboue cum to hem, and euyl thingis, prestis thenken, where thei shuln hijde hem self with hem. Therfore how own thei for to be feelid, or demyd, for thei ben goddis, whiche nether delyueren hem fro batail, nether delyueren hem fro euyl thingis? For whi whenne thei ben treenen, and stoonen, and engoldid, and ensyluered, it shal ben wist afterward, for thei ben fals, to alle folkis and kyngis; whiche ben open, or knowen, for thei ben not goddis, bot werkis of mennus hondis, and no werc of God with hem. Wher of therfor it is knowen, for thei ben not goddis, bot werkis of mennus hondis, and no werk of God is in hem. Thei reisen not a kyng to a cuntree, nether thei shuln ȝeue reyn to men. Also thei shul not dis|cryue, or iuge, a dome, nether thei shuln delyuere a cuntree fro wronge. For thei mown no thing, as litil crowis bitwix the mydil of heuen and erthe. And so|theli whenne fijre shal fal in to the house of treenen goddis, and golden, and sil|ueren, sotheli the prestis of hem shuln flee, and shuln be delyuered; bot thei as bemys in the mydil shuln be brent. For|soth thei shuln not aȝeinstonde a kyng and batail. Hou therfore is it to be gessid, or to be resceyued, for thei ben goddis? Thei shul not delyuere hem self fro niȝt theeues, nether day theeues, treenen goddis, and stoonen, and engoldid, and ensiluered, than whiche wickid men ben strenger. Thei shuln take awei fro hem gold, and syluer, and clothing, in whiche thei ben couered, and thei shuln go aweie; nether thei beren help to hem self. And so it is beter a kyng for to be shewynge his vertue, or a profitable ves|selle in the house, in whom he shal glorie that weeldith it, than fals goddis; or a dore in the house, whiche kepith the thingis that ben in it, than fals goddis. Sothely the sunne, and mone, and sterris, whenne thei ben shynynge, and sent out to profitis, obeyen. Also and leytthe leyt GH., whanne it shal apeere, is cleercleer, or liȝte GHK pr. m.. Forsoth the same thinge and spirit, or wynd, brethith in eche cuntre. And cloudis, to whiche when it shal be comaundid of God for to walke thorou al the world, don what thing is comaundid to hem. Also fijr sente fro aboue, that it waast hillis and woddis, doth what thing is comaundid to it; for|soth these nether in lickenesse nether vertues ben liche to oon of hem. Wher of nether it is to be gessid, nether to be said, hem for to be goddis, whenne thei mown nether deeme dome, nether do to men. And so witynge for thei ben not goddis, therfor ȝee shuln not dreden hem. Sotheli nether thei shuln curse kyngis, nether thei shuln blesse. Forsoth thei shewen not to folkis tokenis in heuen, nether thei shuln shyne as sunne, nether liȝtene as the mone. Bestis ben better than thei, whiche mown flee vndir a roof, and profit to hem self. And so by no manere it is knowen to ȝow, for thei ben goddis. For whiche thing drede ȝee not hem. For whi as dreed in place where cucumeris, that ben bitter herbis, waxen, kepith no thing, so ben the tree|nen goddis, and sylueren, and goldid of hem. In the same manere and in a ȝerd a whijt thorn, vpon whiche eche bridde sittith, also and to a dead thing cast in derckenesses, the treenen godus of hem, and ensiluered, and engoldid, ben lijc. And of the purpre and marble, that thei holden aboue hem, ȝeewe GH. shuln wite also, forOm. H. thei ben no goddis. Also at the last thei hem self ben eten, and it shal be in to repreue in the cuntre. Betir is an iustvniust AGHK pr. m. man, that hath not symylacris, for whi he shal be fer fro shenshipes.

 Here endith the boke of Baruch, and now bigynneth the boke of Ezechiel, the propheteFrom A. No final rubric in GHK.. EZEKIEL. Her bigynneth the book of Ezechiel, the propheteHere biginneth the prophecie of Ezechiel. G. No initial rubric in AH..CAP. I.

And it is don, in the thrittithe ȝeer, in the fourthe moneth, in the fyuethe day of the moneth, when I was in the mydil of caitifs, bisydis the floode Cobar, heuens wern openyd, and I seeȝ visiouns of God. In the fyuethe of the moneth; the ylk is the fyueth ȝeer of transmy|gracioun, or passyng ouer, of Joachym, kyng of Juda; the word of the Lord is maad to Ezechiel, sone of Buzi, preste, in the lond of Caldeis, bisijdis the flode Cobar; and the hond of the Lord is maad ther vpon hym. And I seeȝ, and loo! a wynde of tempest, or whirlwynde, cam fro the north, and a grete cloude, and fyre inwlappynge, and a schynynge in the cumpas of it; and of the mydil of it, that is to saye, of the mydil of fijre, as a lickenesse of electre, that is, a metal of gold and syluere, cleerer than gold. And of the mydil of it a lickenesse of four bestis. And this the byholdynge of hem, the lickenesse of man in hem. And four facis to oon, and four pennys to oon. And the feet of hem streiȝt feet, and the sool of the foot of hem as the sole of a calues fote, and sparclis, as byholdyng of whyte metale. And an hond of man vnder the pennys of hem, in four par|ties. And thei hadden faces and pennys by foure parties; and the pennys of hem, of an other to the tother weren ioyned. Thei turneden not aȝein, when thei wenten, bot eche wente byfore his face. Forsoth the lickenesse of the semblaunt of hem; a face of man and face of a lyoun at the riȝthalf of hem foure. Forsoth a face of an oxe at the left half of hem foure; and the face of an egle fro aboue of hem foure. And the faces of hem and pennys of hem streȝt out aboue. Two pennys of eche weren ioyned, and two keuerden the bodies of hem. And eche of hem walkide befor his face. Where the feers|nesse of the spirit was, thidir thei wenten, nether thei turneden aȝein, whenne thei walkiden. And the lickenesse of the bestis, and the biholdynge of hem, as of brennynge coolis of fijre, and as bihold|ynge of laumpis. This was the siȝt diuersly rennynge in myddil of theOm. A. bestis, shyn|yng of fijre, and of the fijre leyt goynge forth. And the bestes wenten, and turn|eden aȝein, into lickenessislikenes A. the lickenesse GH. of leyt shyn|ynge. And when I behelde the bestis, oo whele apeerid vpon erthe bisijdis the bestis, hauynge foure faces. And the bi|holdyng of wheelis and the werk of hem as siȝte of the se; and oo lickenesse of hem foure; and the biholdynge of hem and werkis, as ȝif a wheel be in the my|del of a wheel. Thei goynge wenten bi foure parties of hem, and thei turneden not aȝein, whenne thei wenten. To what place that that was first bowide, and the othir sueden. Thei turneden not aȝein, whenne thei walkiden. And stature was to the wheelis, and heeȝnesse, and orrible biholdynge; and al the bodye ful of eeȝen in cumpas of hem foure. And whenne the bestis walkiden, and the whelis to gidir walkiden bisijdis hem. And whenn the bestis weren lift vp fro the erthe, and the wheelis weren lyft vp togidir. Whidir euer the spirit wente, thidir goynge the spirit, and the wheelis weren lift vp to gidir suynge hym; for|sothe the spirit of lyf was in the whelis. With the goynge thei wenten, and with the stondynge thei stoden. And with the reiside fro the erthe, and the wheelis weren reysid to gydir suynge hem; for the spirit of lyf was in the wheelis. And the lickenesse of the firmament vpon the hedis of beestis, and as biholdynge of cristal orrible, and streiȝt forth aboue vpon the hedis of hem. Forsothe vndir the firmament the pennis of hem streiȝt, of the tother to the tother; eche hilide his bodye with two weengus, and the tother also was hilide. And I herde the soun of weengus, as the soun of many watris, as the soun of heeȝ God. When thei walkiden, there was as the sowne of multitude, as the soun of castels, or oostis of men; and when thei stoden, the pennys of hem weren leide doun. For whi whenne a vois was maad vpon the firmament, whiche was vpon the hedis of hem, thei stoden, and senten doun her weingis. And vpon the firmament that was neiȝinge to the hede of hem, as the biholdynge of a saphire stoone, a licke|nesse ofMs. K is defective from this place to chap. xxxii. I 2, and the text is supplied from A. trone; and vpon liknes of the trone the liknes, as biholdynge of mana man GH. fro a boue. And I seeȝ as the liknes of electre, as the biholdynge of fier within|forth, bi the compas of it; fro the leendis of hym and abouefro aboue GH., and fro the leendis of him andtil GH. bynethe Y seeȝ as the liknes of fier shynynge in the cumpas, as the biholdynge of a bowe, whanne it shal be in theOm. GH. cloude in the dai of rayn. This was the biholdynge of shinynge biin GH. com|pas.

 CAP. II.

This siȝt of liknes of glorie of the Lord. And Y seeȝ, and fel in to my face; and Y herde a vois of the spekynge. And he seide to me, Sone of man, stoond vpon thi feet, and Y shal speke with thee. And a spirit entride in to me, after that he spak to me, and sette me vpon my feet. And Y herde the spekynge to me, and seiynge, Sone of man, Y sende thee to the sones of Israel, to folkisfolke G pr. m. H. apostataas, that han broken her religioun or lawe, whiche wenten awei fro me; the fadris of hem braken my couenaunt vn to this day. And the sones ben of hard face, and of herte vnchaastisable, that wole not be maad tame or meke, to whom I sende thee. And thou shalt seye to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God; if perauen|ture ether thei heren, and if perauenture thei resten, for it is an hows stirynge to wraththe. And thei shulen wite, for a prophete shal be in the mydil of hem. Therfor thou, sone of man, drede not hem, ne drede thou the wordis of hem; for vnbileueful men and distruyers ben with thee, and thou dwellist with scor|piouns. Drede thou not the wordis of hem, ne drede the semblaunte of hem, for it is an hous styrynge to wraththe. Therfor thou shalt speke my wordis to hem, if perauenture thei heren, and resten, for thei ben wraththers. Forsothe thou, sone of man, here what euer thingis I shal speke to thee; and nyl thou be styrynge to wraththe, as the hous of Is|rael is wraththeres. Opyn thi mouth, and eet what euer thingis Y ȝeue to thee. And I sawȝ, and loo! an hoond was sent to me, in whom was a boke foldyn. And he leide it abrood before me, the which was writen withinforth and withoutforth. And lamentaciouns, and dite, or soong, and woo, was writen in it.

 CAP. III.

And he seide to me, Sone of man, eet what euer thing thou shalt fynde, eet this volym, or boke; and thouOm. G pr. m. H. goynge spek to the sones of Israel. And Y open|ede my mouth, and he fedde me with the ilk volym. And he seide to me, Sone of man, thi wombe shal ete, and thin en|trailis shulen be fulfillidfillid GH. with this volym, which Y ȝyue to thee. And Y ete it, and it is maad in my mouth as swete hony. And he seide to me, Sone of man, go thou to the hows of Israel, and thou shalt speke my wordis to hem. For|sothe thou shalt not be sent to a puple of deep word, and of vnknowyn tunge; to the hows of Israel, nether to manye puplis of deep word, and of vnknowyn tunge, of whom thou mayst not here the wordis. And if thou shuldis be sent to hem, thei shulden here thee. Forsothe the hows of Israel wole not here thee, for thei wole not here me. Forsothe al the hows of Israel is of defoulid, or vn|shamfast, forhed, and hard herte. Loo! I haue ȝouen thi face myȝtier than the face of hem, and thi forheed harder than the forheed of hem. And Y ȝauehardid H. thi face as an adamaunt, and as a flynt; drede thou not hem, nether drede thou the face of hem, for it is an hows styr|yngeof stirynge GH. to wraththe. And he seide to me, Sone of man, tak to in thin herte, and with thin erys here alle thes my wordis, whiche I speke to thee. And go, entreand entre GH. to the passynge ouere, to the sones of thi puple. And thou shalt speke to hem, and thou shalt seie to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, if perauenture thei heren, and resten. And the spirit took me to, and Y herde after me a noisvoice G sec. m. H. of greet mouynge togider, the blessid glorie of the Lord fro his place, and the vois of weengis of beestis smytynge another to the totherother GH., and the vois of wheelis suynge the beestis, and the vois of greet mouynge togidir. And the spirit reiside me, and took me to. And Y wente awey inOm. AG pr. m. H. bitter indignacioun of my spirit; for|sothe the hoond of the Lord was with me, coumfortynge me. And Y cam to the transmygracioun, or passinge ouer, to the heep of newe fruytis, to hem that dwellen bisidis the flood Cobar. And I sat where thei saten, and I dwellide there seuene days, mournynge, in the mydil of hem. Forsothe whanne seuene days hadden passid, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, I haue ȝouen thee a biholder, or a spier, to the hows of Israel. And thou shalt here of my mouth a word, and thou shalt telle it to hem of me. If me seiynge to the vnpitous man, Bi deeth thou shalt die, thou shalt not telle to hym, nether speke to hym, that he be turned fro his vnpitous weie, and lyue; the ilk vnpitous shal die in his wickid|nes, forsothe I shal aȝen seke the blood of hym of thin hoond. Forsothe if thou shalt shewe to the vnpitous man, and he shal not be conuertid fro his vnpitousnes, and fro his wickid weie; sotheli he shal die in his wickidnes, but thou hast de|lyuerede thi soule. But and if the riȝt|wijs man shal be conuertid fro his riȝt|wisnes, and shal doo wickidnes, Y shal putte an hirtynge before hym; he shal die, for thou shewedist not to hym; he shal die in his synne, and the riȝtwis|nessis, whiche he dide, shulen not be in mynde, sotheli Y shal aȝen seche his blood of thin hond. Forsothe if thou shalt telle to the iust man, that the iust man synne not, and he shal not synne, he lyuynge shal lyue, for thou tooldist to hym, and thou hast delyuerede thi soule. And the hoond of the Lord is maad vpon me, and he seide to me, Thou risynge go out in to the feeld, and there I shal speke with thee. And I risynge wente out in to the feeld. And loo! the glorie of the Lord stoode there, as the glorie which Y seeȝ besidis the flood of Cobar; and I felle in to my face. And the spirit entride in to me, and sette me vpon my feet. And he spak to me, and seide to me, Entre, and be thou closid in the mydil of thin hows. And thou, sone of man, loo! boondis ben ȝouen vp|on thee, and thei shulen bynde thee in hem, and thou shalt not goon out in the mydil of hem. And Y shal make thi tunge for to cleue to the roof of thi mouth, and thou shalt be doumbe, nether as man chydynge, or sharpli spekynge; for it is anOm. A. hows stirynge to wraththe. Forsothe whanne Y shal speke to thee, Y shal opyn thi mouth, and thou shalt seie to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, He that herith, here, and he that restith, reste; for it is an hows stirynge to wraththe.

 CAP. IV.

And thou, sone of man, take to thee a tijl stoon; and thou shalt putte it before thee, and thou shalt discriue in it the citee of Jerusalem. And thou shalt or|deyne aȝens it a bisegynge; and thou shalt bilde waardingis, thou shalt bere togidre an heep of erthe, and thou shalt ȝyue aȝens it castels, or oostis, and thou shalt putte engynes in compas. And take thou to thee an yren panne; and thou shalt putte it in to an yren wal bi|twix thee and bitwix the citee; and thou shalt vpon alle sidis stable thi face to it, and it shal be in to bisegynge, and thou shalt about ȝyue it, or cumpas; it is a tokne to the hows of Israel. And thou shalt slepe vpon thithe GH. left sijde, and thou shalt putte the wickidnessiswitnessis A. of the hows of Israel vpon it in the noumbre of dais, in whiche thou shalt slepe on it, and thou shalt take to the wickidnes of hem. For|sothe Y ȝaue to thee ȝeeris of theOm. GH. wickid|nes of hem, in noumbre of thre hundrid dais and nynti dais; and thou shalt bere the wickidnes of the hows of Israel. And whanne thou shalt fulfille thes thingis, thou shalt sleepe vpon thi riȝt syde the secounde tyme. And thou shalt take to the wickidnes of the hows of Juda fourty dais, a dai for a ȝeer, sotheli Y ȝaue to thee a dai for a ȝeer. And to the bi|segynge of Jerusalem thou shalt turne thi face; and thin arm shal be strauȝt forth, and thou shalt prophecie aȝens it. Loo! Y ȝaue about, or cumpaside, thee with boondis, and thou shalt not conuerte thee fro thithe H. side in to the tother side, til thou fulfille the dais of thi segynge. And take thou to thee whete, and barli, and bene, and lent, and mylie, and vetche; and thou shalt sende hem in to a vessel. And thou shalt make to thee looues in noumbre of dais, whiche thou shalt sleepe vpon thi side; thre hundrid and nynti dais thou shalt ete it. Forsothe thi meet, which thou shalt ete, shal be in weiȝt twentiof twenti GH. stateris, that is, ten owncis, in the dai; fro tyme vn to tyme thou shalt ete it. And thou shalt drynke water in mesure the sixt part of hyn; fro tyme vn to tyme thou shalt drynke it. And thou shalt ete it as a barly loof bakyn vndir asshenaschis G. askis H.; and thou shalt hille it with a toord that goth out of a man, in the eyen, or siȝt, of hem. Thes thingis seith the Lord, So the sones of Israel shulen ete her breed defoulid among heithen menOm. G pr. m. H., to whom Y shal caste hem out. And I seide, A! A! A! Lord God, loo! my soule is not defoulid, and fro my child|hed til now Y ete not deed careyn, and to-drawyn of beestis; and al vnclene flesh entride not in to my mouthe. And he seide to me, Loo! I ȝaue to thee dunge of oxen for mannus toordis; and thou shalt make thi breed in it. And he seide to me, Loo! Y shal defoule the staf of breed in Jerusalem, and thei shulen ete herOm. G pr. m. H. breed in weiȝt and in bisynes, and thei shulen drynke watirOm. A. in mesure and in anguysh; that water and breed fail|ynge eche man falle doun to his brother, and waxe rotyn to gidre in her wickid|nessis.

 CAP. V.

And thou, sone of man, take to thee a sharp swerd, or rasour, shauynge heeris; and thou shalt `take it to, and thou shaltOm. A. lede it bi thin heed, and bi thi beerd. `And thou shalt take to thee a balaunce of weiȝtOm. G pr. m. H., and thou shalt de|parte hem. And thou shalt brenne the thridde part in fier in the mydil of the citee, besidis the fulfilling of dais of seg|ynge. And thou takynge to the thridde partpartye H., shalt to gidir kitte bi swerd in cumpas of it. Sotheli thou shalt scatere in to wynd the tother thridde part; and Y shal make nakid, or vnshethe, the swerd after hem. And thou shalt take therof a litil noumbre, and thou shalt bynde hem in the heiȝt of thin ouer|most clooth. And eftsoone thou shalt take of hem, and thou shalt caste hem in to the mydil of fier. And thou shalt brenne hem in fier; and of it fier shal gon out in to al the hous of Israel. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, This is Jeru|salem; in the mydil of heithen men Y haue putte it, and loondis in the cumpas of it. And it dispiside my domys, that it were more vnpitous than heithen men; and my maundementis more than loondis that ben in compas of it. Forsothe thei han caste a wei my domys, and thei walk|eden not in my preceptis, or heestis. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, For ȝe han ouerpasside, or ouercomyn, heithen men that ben in ȝour cumpas, and ȝe walkeden not in myn heestis, and my domys ȝe han not doo, and ȝe han not wrouȝte aftir the domys of heithen men that ben in ȝour cumpas; therfor seith the Lord thes thingis, Loo! Y to thee, and Y my silf in the mydil of thee shal make domys in the eyen, or siȝt, of heithen men; and I shal doo in theOm. H. whiche thingis I dide not, and to whiche I shal namore make lijc thingis, for alle thin abhomynaciouns. Therfor faders shulen eete sones in the mydil of thee, and sones shulen eete her faders; and in thee I shal make domys, and I shal wyn|dewe alle thi relikis in to eche wynd. Therfor I lyue, seith the Lord God, no but for that that thou defoulidist myn hooli thing in alle thin offenciouns, and in alle thin abhomynaciouns; and I shal breke togider, and myn eyeeiȝen GH. shal not spare, and Y shal not haue mercie. The thridde part of thee shal die bi pesti|lence, and in hungre shal be wastid in the mydil of thee; and the thridde part of thee shal falle doun bi swerd in thi compas; sotheli I shal scatere thi thridde part in to eche wynd, and I shal drawe out a swerd after hem. And I shal ful|fille my woodnes, and Y shal make myn indignacioun for to reste in hem, and Y shal be coumfortid. And thei shulen wite, for I the Lord spake in my feruent wraththe, whanne Y shal fulfille myn indignacioun in hem. And Y shal ȝeue thee in to scornynge and shenship to heithen men that ben in thi compas, in the siȝt of eche man passynge forth. And thou shalt be shenship and blasfemye, ensaumple and greet wondrynge, in hei|then men that ben in thi compas, whanne Y shal doo in thee domys in woodnes, and in indignacioun, and in blamyngis of wraththe. Y the Lord; whanne Y shal sende the werst arewis of hungre in to hem, whiche shulen be deedly; and whom Y shal sende, that I scatere ȝou. And I shal gedre hungre vp on ȝou, and Y shal defoule in ȝou the staf of breed. And I shal sende in to ȝou hungre, and werste beestis, vn to deeth; and pestilence and blood shulen passe bi thee, and Y shal lede in a swerd vpon thee; I the Lord haue spokyn.

 CAP. VI.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, put thi face to the hillis of Israel; and thou shalt pro|phecie to hem, and thou shalt seye, Hillis of Israel, here ȝe the word of the Lord God. Thes thingis seith the Lord God to mounteyns, and reisyngis of hillis, to rochis, and valeys, Loo! I shal lede to on ȝou a swerd, and I shal scatere ȝour heiȝe thingis. And I shal distruye ȝour auters, and ȝour symulacrys shulen be brokyn to gidre; and Y shal cast doun ȝour slayn men before ȝour ydolis. And Y shal ȝeue the deed careyns of the sones of Israel before the face of ȝour symulacris, and Y shal scatere ȝoure boonus about ȝoure autres, in alle ȝour dwellyngis. Cytees shulen be deseert, and heiȝe thingis shu|len be distruyid, and shulen be dispar|plid; and ȝour auters shulen perishe, and shulen be brokyn togidre. And ȝoure ydolis shulen ceese, and ȝour wode maumentis shulen be troden togidre, and ȝour werkis shulen be don a wei. And a slayn man shal falle doun in the mydil of ȝou; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y am Lord. And Y shal leeue in ȝou hem that han fledde the swerd in heithen men, `whanne I schal scatere ȝou in to londis. And ȝoure dely|uered men schulen bethenke of me in hethen menOm. A., to whom thei ben lad cai|tifs; for Y haue defoulide the herte of hem doynge fornycacioun, and goynge awey fro me, and the eyen of hem do|ynge fornicacioun after her ydolis. And thei shulen displese to hem self vp on the yuel thingis, whiche thei diden in alle her abomynaciouns. And thei shu|len wite, for Y the Lord spake not veynli, that Y shulde doo to hem this yuel thing. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Smyte thin hoond, and hurtle to gidre thi foot, and sey, Allas! to alle abomynaciouns of yuel thingis of the hows of Israel, that ben to fallynge bi swerd, hungre, and pestilence. Forsothe he that is nyȝ, shal falle bi swerd. And he that shal be laft and beOm. GH. bisegid, shal die bi hungre. And Y shal fulfillefulle G. fille H. myn indignacioun in hem. And ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord, whanne ȝour slayn men shulen be in the mydil of ȝour ydolis, in the cumpas of ȝour au|ters, in eche heiȝ litle hil, and in alle heiȝthis of mounteyns, and vnder eche tree ful of wode, or bouwis, and vndir eche ook ful of bouwis, that is to seye, a place where thei brenten encensis swete sauerynge to alle her ydolis. And I shal holde forth myn hoond vpon hem, and Y shal make the loond of hem desolat, and destitute, or forsakyn, fro deseert Deblatha, in alle the dwellingis of hem; and thei shulen wite, for I athe G pr. m. H. Lord.

 CAP. VII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, And thou, sone of man, thes thingis seith the Lord God to the loond of Israel, Ende cometh, ende cometh, vp on the foure plagis, `or partiesOm. GH., of theOm. GH. erthe. Now ende vpon thee, and I shal sende my woodnes in to thee, and Y shal deme thee after thi weies, and I shal putte aȝen thee alle thin abomynaciouns. And myn eye shal not spare vpon thee, and Y shal not haue mercye. But Y shal putte thi weies vpon thee, and thin abo|mynaciouns shulen be in the mydil of thee; and ȝe shulen wyte, for I the Lord. These thingis seith the Lord God, Oon affliccioun, or tourment, loo! affliccioun cometh; the ende cometh, the ende com|eth; it shal wake out aȝens thee; loo! yt cometh. Contricioun, or tredynge to gider, cometh vpon thee, that dwellist in erthe; tyme cometh, the dai of sleinge is nyȝ, and not of glorie of hillis. Now of nyȝ Y shal heelde out my wraththe vpon thee, and I shal fulfille my woodnes in thee; and I shal deme thee after thi weies, and Y shal putte to thee alle thi greet trespassis. And myn eye shal not spare, nether Y shal haue mercie; but thi weies Y shal putte to thee, and thin abomyna|ciouns shulen be in the mydil of thee; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y am the Lord smytynge. Loo! the day, loo! it cometh; contricioun, or defoulynge to gidir, is gon out. The ȝerde florishide, priyd burioun|ede, wickidnes roos in the ȝerde of vn|pitee; not of hem, and not of the puple, nether of the sown of hem, and reste shal not be in hem. Tyme cometh, theOm. G pr. m. H. dai neiȝede; he that bieth, glade not, and he that sellith, mourne not; for wraththe vpon al the puple of it. For he that soulde, shal not turne aȝen to that thing that he soulde, and ȝit in men lyuynge the lijf of hem; forsothe athe GH. visioun, or prophecie, shal not goo aȝen to al the multitude of it, and a man shal not be coumfortid in the wickidnes of his lijf. Synge ȝe with trumpe, and be alle men maad redie, and there is not that shal goo to bateile; forsothe my wraththe vpon al the puple of hym. Swerd with out forth, pestilence, and hungre with inforth; he that is in the feeld, shal die bi swerde; and thei that ben in the citee, shulen be deuouride bi pestilence and hungre. And theiOm. G pr. m. H. of hem that shulen flee, shulen be saued; and thei shulen be in mounteynsthe mounteynes GH. as culueres of euyn valeys, alle dreedful, eche in his wickidnes. Alle hoondis shulen be vndon, and alle knees shulen flowe with waters. And thei shu|len girde hem with heiris, and inward dreed shal hille hem to gidre; and in eche face confusioun, and in alle the heedis of hem ballidnes. The siluere of hem shal be cast fer with outforth, and the gold of hem shal be in to dungehil; the siluer of hem and the gold of hem shal not mowe deliuere hem in the dai of the woodnes of the Lord. Thei shulen not fulfille her soule, or lijf, and the wombis of hem shulen not be fulfillid; for it is maad the sclaundre of wickidnes of hem. And thei puttiden the ournement of her brochis in to pride; and thei maden of it the ymagis of her abomynaciouns and symulacris. For this thing Y ȝaue it to hem, in to vnclennes. And Y shal ȝyue it in to the hoondis of alienys, for to take a wey, and to vnpitouse men of erthe in to praye, and thei shulen defoule it. And I shal turne awey my face fro hem, and thei shulen defoule my priue thing; and foule men, or renners, shulen entre in to it, and shulen defoule it. Mak thou con|clusioun, or ende; for the erthe isOm. G pr. m. H. ful of doom of bloodis, and the citee ful of wickidnes. And I shal brynge the werst men of folk of kynde, and thei shulen weelde the howsis of hem; and Y shal make the pride of myȝti men for to reste, andOm. G pr. m. H. thei shulen weelde the seyntuaries of hem. Anguysh comynge vpon, thei shulen aȝen seche pees, and it shal not be. Trublynge to gidre shal come vpon trublyng to gidre, and herynge vpon her|ynge; and thei shulen seche a visioun of the prophete, and lawe shal perishe fro preest, and counseil fro eldre men. The kyng shal mourne, and the prince shal be clothid with inward sorew, and the hoondis of puplethe peple GH. of the loond shulen be trublid togidir; after the weie of hem Y shal do to hem, and after the domes of hem Y shal deme hem; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord.

 CAP. VIII.

And it is doon in the sixte ȝeer, in the sixte moneth, in the fifthe day of the moneth, Y sate in myn hous, and the oolde men of Juda saten before me; and the hoond of the Lord God fel there vp|on me. And I seeȝ, and loo! a liknes as the biholdynge of fier; fro the biholdynge of the leendis of hym and bynethe was fier, and fro the leendis of hym and aboue as biholdynge of shynynge, as the seynge of electre, that is, metal maad of gold and siluer, briȝter than gold. And the liknes of an hoond sent out cauȝte me in the heer of myn heed; and a spirit lifte me vp bitwix heuen and erthe, and ledde me in to Jerusalem, in the visioun of God, besidis the inner dore that bi|holdith to the north, where the idol of zele, or enuye, was set, for to styre enuye. And loo! there the glorie of God of Is|rael, after the visioun which Y seeȝ in the feeld. And he seide to me, Sone of man, reys thin eyen to the weye of the north; and loo! fro the north of the ȝaat of the auter, the ydol of enuye in that entrynge. And he seide to me, Sone of man, gessist thou whether thou seest what thes men don, the greet abomyna|ciouns whiche the hows of Israel doth here, that Y goo a wey fer fro my seyn|tuarie? and ȝit thou conuertid shal see gretter abomynaciouns. And he ledde me in to the dore of the porche; and Y seeȝ, and loo! an hoole in the wal. And he seide to me, Sone of man, dig the wal; and whanne Y hadde thurȝ diggide the wal, o dore aperide. And he seide to me, Go thou yn, and se the werst abomyna|ciouns, whiche thes men doon here. `And I gon in, seeȝOm. A.; and loo! eche lyknes of crepynge thingis, and abomynacioun of beestis, and alle the ydolis of the hous of Israel, weren peyntid in compas in the wal bi alle. And seuenti men of the eldris of the hous of Israel; and Jeconye, the sone of Saphan, stode in the mydil of hem, stoondynge before the peynt|yngis; and eche hadde a censer in his hoond, and the vapour, or smoke of a cloud roos togider of the ensencecense GH.. And he seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou seest whiche thingis the eldre men of the hows of Israel doon in derknessis, eche in the hid place of his couche; forsothe thei seyn, The Lord seeth not vs, the Lord hath forsakyn the loond. And the Lord seide to me, Ȝit thou conuertid shal see gretter abomynaciouns, whiche thes men don. And he ledde me yn, bi the dore of the ȝate of the hows of the Lord, that biheelde to the north; and loo! there saten wymmen, mournynge a mawmetmawment A. of letcherie, that is clepid Adonydes. And he seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou hast seen; ȝit thou conuertid shal see gretter abomynaciouns than thes. And he ledde me in, in to the innermore porche of the hows of the Lord; and loo! in the dore of the temple of the Lord, bitwixe the vestiarie and the auter, as fyue and twenti men hauynge the backis aȝens the temple of the Lord, and the faces to the eest; and thei worshipeden at theOm. GH. rysynge of the sunne. And he seide to me, Certis, mannus sone, thou shalthast GH. see, whether this thing is liȝt to the hous of Juda, that thei shulden doo thes abomynaciouns, whiche thei diden here? For thei fulfillynge the erthe with wickidnes, ben turned to gidre to terre me to wraththe; and loo! thei applien, or leyn to, a braunche to her nose thrillis. Therfor and Y shal doo in my woodnes; myn eye shal not spare to hem, nether I shal haue mercy; and whanne thei shulen crie to myn erys with greet vois, Y shal not here hem.

 CAP. IX.

And he criede in myn eris with greet voys, seiynge, The visitaciouns of the citee han neiȝed, and eche man hath a vessel of sleynge in his hoond. And loo! sixe men camen fro the weye of the heiȝer ȝaat, that biholdith to the north, and a vessel of deeth of eche man in his hoond; and o man in the mydil of hem was clothid with lynnen, and an ynkhorn of a wryter inat GH. his reynes; and thei entriden, and stoden besidis the brasen auter. And the glorie of the Lord of Israel is takyn of cherubin, that was on it, at the threshfoold of the hows; and he clepide the man that was clothid with lynnen, and hadde an enkhorn of a writer in his leendis. And the Lord seide to hym, Go thou bi the mydil cytee, in the mydil of Jerusalem, and mark Tau vpon the forehedis of men mournynge and sorew|ynge vpon alle the abhomynaciouns that ben don in the mydil therof. And he seide to hem, me herynge, Passe ȝe bi the cytee suynge hym, and smyte ȝe; ȝour eye spare not, nether haue ȝe mercy. Slee ȝe old man, ȝonge man, meyden, litil child, and wymmen, vn to theOm. GH. perishynge; forsothe slee ȝe not eche man, vp on whom ȝe shulen see Tau; and bigynne ȝe of my seyntuarie. Ther|for thei bigunnen at the eldre men, that weren before the face of the hous. And he seide to hem, Defoule ȝe the hous, and fulfille ȝe the porchis with slayn men; goo ȝe out. And thei wenten out, and thei han smyten hem that weren in the citee. And the sleynge fulfillid, Y dwelte. And Y felle vpon my face, and criynge Y seide, Allas! allas! allas! Lord God, therfor whether thou shalt distruye alle the relikis of Israel, shedynge out thi woodnes vpon Jerusalem? And he seide to me, The wickidnes of the hous of Is|rael and Juda is ful greet, and the erthe is fulfild with blodis, or synnes, and the citee is fulfillid with turnynge awei; forsothe `thei seidenOm. G pr. m. H., The Lord hath for|sakyn the loond, and the Lord seeth not. Therfor and myn eyeeiȝen GH. shal not spare, nether Y shal haue mercy; Y shal ȝeelde the weies of hem vpon the heedhedis GH. of hem. And loo! the man that was clothid with lynnen, that hadde an enkhorn in his rigge, answerde a word, seiynge, Y haue don, as thou commaundidestcomaundist GH. to me.

 CAP. X.

And Y seeȝ, and loo! in theOm. G pr. m. H. firmament that was vpon the heed of cherubyn, as a saphir stoon, and asOm. G pr. m. H. the fourme of a seet aperideOm. H. `vpon itOm. G pr. m. on it H.. And he seide to the man that was clothid with lynnen, and he seith, Go thou yn in the mydil of whelis, that ben vndir cherubyn, and fil thin hoond with coolis of fier, that ben amonge cherubyn, and sheed out vpon the citee. And he wente in my siȝt; forsothe cherubyns stoden vponon GH. the riȝt|half of the hous, whanne the man wente in, and a cloude fulfillide the porche with inneforth. And the glorie of the Lord is lift vp aboue cherubyn at the thresh|foold of the hows; and the hows is ful|fillid with a cloude, and the porche is fulfillid with shynynge of theOm. GH. glorie of the Lord. And the soun of weengis of cherubyn was herd vn to the vttermore porche, as the vois of almyȝti God spek|ynge. And whanne he hadde command|ide to the man that was clothid with lynnen, seiynge, Tak thou fier of the mydil of the wheelis, that ben with inne cherubyn, he goon in, stoode besidis the wheeliswheel GH.. And cherub helde forth his hoond fro the mydil of cherubyn, to the fier that was bitwix cherubyn; and took, and ȝaf in to the hoondis of hym that was clothid with lynnen; whiche takyn, wente out. And the liknes of an hoond of man aperide in cherubyn, vndir the pennys of hem. And Y seeȝ, and loo! foure wheelis besidis cherubyn; o wheel besidis o cherub, and another wheelOm. G pr. m. H. be|sidis o cherub; forsothe the fourme of wheelis was as the siȝt of a stoon criso|litus. And the biholdynge of hem, o lik|nes of foure, as if a wheel be in the mydil of a wheel. And whanne thei walkiden, thei wenten in to foure parties; thei walkynge turneden not aȝen, but to the place to whom that that was the first bouwid for to goo, and the othere sueden, nether thei turneden aȝen. And al the werk of hem, and neckis, and hoondis, and pennys, and cerclis, weren ful of eyen, in the cumpas of foure wheelis. And he clepide the ilk wheelis volible, or turn|ynge about, me herynge. Forsothe oon hadde foure faces; o face the face of cherub, and the secounde face a face of man, and the thridde face offace of H. a lioun, and in the fourthe a face of an egle; and the cherubyns ben liftliftid GH. vp. The ilk is the beest, whom Y seeȝ besidis the flood Cobar. And whannewhannus A. cherubyns walk|iden, and the wheelis wenten togidir be|sidis hem; and whanne the cherubyns liften vp her weengis, that thei shulden be rerid fro theOm. H. erthe, the wheelis abiden not, but and thei weren besidis hem. Hem stondynge, thei stoden, and with the lift vp thei weren lift vp; forsothe the spirit of lijf was in hem. And the glorie of the Lord wente out fro the threshfold of the temple, and stoode vpon cherubyn. And the cherubyns liftynge vp her weengis, ben reysid fro the erthe before memen A.; and hem goynge out, and the wheelis sueden; and it stode in the entre of the eest ȝaat of the hows of the Lord, and the glorye of God of Israel was vpon it. The ilk is the beest, whom Y seeȝ vndir God of Israel, besidis the flood Cobarof Cobar G pr. m. H.. And Y vndirstode for foure che|rubyns weren, bi foure cheeris, `or facisOm. G pr. m. H., to oon, and foure weengis to oon; and a liknes of mannus hoond vnder the weengis of hem. And the liknes of the cheeris of hem, the ilk cheeris whom Y seeȝ be|sidis the flood Cobar; and the biholdinge of hem, and the feersnes of eche, for to goo before his face.

 CAP. XI.

And the spirit lifte me vp, and ledde me in at the est ȝate of the hous of the Lord, which biholdith the rysynge of the sunne. And loo! in the entre of the ȝate weren fyue and twenti men; and Y seeȝ in the mydil of hem Jeconye, the sone of Asur, and Pheltia, the sone of Banaye, pryncis of puple. And he seide to me, Sone of man, thes men that thenken wickidnes, and treten the worst counseil in this citee, seiynge, Whether not a litil while gon ben housis bildid? this is the caudrun, forsothe we flesshes. Therfor prophecy thou of hem, prophecy thou, sone of man. And the Spyrit of the Lord felle in to me, and seide to me, Spek thou, The Lord seith thes thingis, Thus, howsthe hows GH. of Israel, ȝe spaken, and Y knewȝ the thouȝtis of ȝour hertis; ȝe slewen ful manye in this cytee, and ȝe fulfilliden the weies of it with slayn men. Therfor the Lord seith thes thingis, Ȝour slayn men, whom ȝe han put in mydil of it, thes ben flesh, and this is the caudrun; and Y shal lede ȝou out of the mydil of it. Ȝe dredden swerd, and I shal in lede swerd vpon ȝou, seith the Lord God. And I shal caste ȝou out of the mydil of it, and Y shal ȝyue ȝou in to the hoond of ene|myes, and Y shal make domys in ȝou. Ȝe shulen falle bi swerd, in the endis of Israel Y shal deme ȝou; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord. This shal not be to ȝou in to a caudrun, and ȝe shulen not be in to flesshis in the mydil of it; in the endis of Israel Y shal deme ȝou, and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord. For ȝe walk|iden not in myn heestis, and ȝeOm. A. diden not my domes, but ȝe wrouȝten after the domes of hethen men, that ben in ȝour cumpas. And it is don, whanne Y pro|pheciede, Pheltia, the sone of Banaye, is deed; and Y felle doun in to my face, cri|ynge with greet voys, and seide, Allas! allas! allas! Lord GodOm. A., thou makist an eendynge of the relikis of Israel. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, thi bretheren, and thi neiȝ men, and al the hows of Israel, and alle men, to whom dwellers of Jerusalem seiden, Goo ȝe a wey fer fro the Lord, the loond is ȝouen to vs in to possessioun. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord, For Y made hem fer in heithen men, and for I scatride hem in loondis, Y shal be to hem in to a litil halewinge, in loondis to whom thei camen. Therfor spek thou, Thes thingis seith the Lord GodOm. A., Y shal gadre ȝou fro puplis, and Y shal gadre ȝou fro loondis, in whiche ȝe ben scatered; and Y shal ȝyue to ȝou the loond of Is|rael. And thei shulen go in thidir, and thei shulen doo awei alle offensiouns, `or greuyngisOm. H., and alle abomynaciouns of it in the ilk day. And Y shal ȝeue `to hem a newe herte, and I schal ȝeueOm. A. a new spirit in the entrails of hem; and Y shal take awey a stonen herte of the fleshefleschs A. of hem, and Y shal ȝyue to hem an herte of flesh; that thei walken in myn heestis, and kepen my domys, and doo hem, and be to me in to puple, and I be to hem in to God. Forsothe the herte of whom goth after her offendyngis and abomynaciouns, Y shal putte the weie of hem in her heed, the Lord God seith. And cherubyns liftiden vp her weengis, and theOm. G pr. m. H. wheelis with hem, and the glorie of God of Israel was vponon GH. hem. And the glorie of the Lord stiede vp ofon G pr. m. H. the mydil of the citee, `and stode vpon the hille, that is at the eest of the citeeOm. A.. And the spirit reiside me, and ledde me in to Caldea, to transmygracioun, in a visioun in the spirit of God; and the visioun which Y seeȝ, is takyn a wey fro me. And Y spak to the transmygracioun, or to the puple led out of her loond, alle the wordis of the Lord, whiche he shew|ide to me.

 CAP. XII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, thou dwellist in mydil of an hous terrynge to wraththe, whiche han eyen for to see, and seen not, and eris for to here, and heren not; for it is `an housa puple A. terrynge to wraththe. Ther|for thou, sone of man, mak to thee vessels of transmygracioun, or passyng ouer, and thou shalt passe ouer bifore hem bi dai; forsothe thou shalt passe ouer fro thi place to another place, in the siȝt of hem, if perauenture thei biholden, for it is an hows terrynge to wraththe. And thou shalt bere out thi vesselis, as ves|selis of a man passynge ouer bi dai, in the siȝt of hem; forsothe thou shalt gon out in the euenynge before hem, as a man passynge ouer goth out. Before the eyen of hem dig to theeOm. G pr. m. H. a wal, and thou shalt gon out bi it in the siȝt of hem. In shulders thou shalt be born, in derknessis thou shalt be born out; thou shalt hide thi face, and thou shalt not see the erthe, for Y ȝaue thee a won|drynge, signyfiynge thing to comynge after to the hous of Israel. Therfor Y dide as the Lord comaundide meto me G sec. m.; Y brouȝte forth myin A. vesselis, as vesselis of a man passynge ouer bi dai, and in the euenynge I diggide a wal with hoond; in derknes Y wente out, and in shuldris Y am born, in the siȝt of hem. And the word of the Lord is maad to me erli, seiynge, Sone of man, whetherwhere G. wher H. the hous of Israel seide not to thee, an hous ter|rynge to wraththe, What dost thou? Sey thou to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, This charge vponon G pr. m. H. the duyk, which is in Jerusalem, and vpon alle the hows of Israel, that is in the mydil of hem. Therfor sey thou, Y ȝour wondrynge; as Y dide, so it shal be don to hem; thei shulen goo in to transmygracioun, and in to caitiftee. And the duyk that is in the mydil of hem, shal be born in shul|dris, and shul goo out in derknesdercnessis GH.; thei shulen digge the wal, for to lede out hym; the face of hym shal be couered, that he see not with eye the erthe. And Y shal stretche out my nette vpon hym, and he shal be takyn in my nette; and I shal lede hym in to Babiloyne, in to the loond of Caldeis, and he shal not see it, and he shal dye there. And Y shal disparple in to eche wynd alle that ben about hym, his helpe, and his cumpanyes; and Y shal drawe out a swerd aftervpon G pr. m. H. hem. And thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord, whanne Y shal scatere hem inin to G pr. m. H. heithen men, and I shal sowe hem abrood in loondis. And I shal leeue ofto A. hem a fewe men fro swerd, and hungre, and pestilence, that thei telle out alle the greete trespassys of hem in heithen men, to whom thei shu|len entre; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, ete thou thi breed in trublynge to gidir, but and drynke thi water in hast and mourn|ynge. And thou shalt seie to the puple of the loond, Thes thingis seith the Lord God to hem that dwellen in Jerusalem, in the loond of Israel, Thei shulen eete her breed in bisynesbisynessis H., and thei shulen drynke her water in discoumfort; that the loond be desolatid fro his multitude, for the wickidnes of alle men that dwellen in it. And the citees that ben now enha|bitid, shulen be desolat, andin A. the loond deseert, and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, what is this prouerbe, or ensaumple, to ȝou in the loond of Israel, of men seiynge, Dais shulen be differrid, or drawen, in to loong, and eche visioun, or prophecie, shal perishe? Therfor sey thou to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord GodOm. A., Y shal make this prouerbe for to reste, nether opynli, or euery where, it shal be seide ouer in Israel; and spek thou to hem, for dais han neiȝede, and the word of eche visioun. Forsothe not eche visioun shal be void, nether dyuynacoun doutydone H. in the mydil of the sones of Israel; for Y the Lord shal speke what euere word Y shal speke, and it shal be don; it shal namore be drawen along, but in ȝour dais, ȝe hous terrynge to wraththe, I shal speke a word, and I shal doo it, the Lord God seith. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, loo! the hous of Israel, of men seiynge, The vi|sioun whichthe whiche H. this seeth, this propheciethprophecie A. in to manye dais, and in toOm. GH. loonge tymes. Therfor sey thou to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Eche my word shal not be drawen alonge; the word that I shalOm. G pr. m. H. speke, shal be fulfillid, the Lord God seith.

 CAP. XIII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, prophecy thou to the prophetis of Israel that prophe|cien; and thou shalt sey to men pro|pheciynge of her herte, Here ȝe the word of the Lord. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Woo to vnwisethe vnwyse GH. prophetis, that suen her spirit, and seen no thing; as foxes in deseertis, Israel, thi prophetis weren. Ȝe stieden not vp forn aȝens, nether ȝe aȝen puttiden a wal for the hous of Israel, that ȝe stoden in bataile in dai of the Lord. Thei seen veyn thingis, and de|uynen leesynge, seiynge, The Lord seith, whanne he sente not hem; and thei last|iden for to confeerme the wordLord A.. Whe|ther ȝe sawen not a veyn visioun, and ȝe spaken a fals dyuynynge, and seiden, The Lord seith, whanne Y spak not? Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, For ȝe spaken veyn thingis, and ȝe sawen lesyngelesyngys H., therfor loo! Y to ȝou, seith the Lord God. And myn hoond shal be vp|on the prophetis that seen veyn thingis, and deuynen leesynge; thei shulen not be in the counseyl of my puple, and thei shulen not be writyn in the writynge of the hous of Israel, nether thei shulen entre in to the loond of Israel; and ȝe shulen wite, for I the Lord God. For that thei disseyueden my puple, seiynge, Pees, pees, and pees is not; and he bild|ide a wal, forsothe thei dawbeden, or pargetiden, it with fen with outen chaffis. Sey thou to hem that dawben, or leyn morter, with outen temperynge, that it is to fallynge doun; forsothe a reyn flow|ynge shal be, and Y shal ȝyue ful grete stoonus fallynge doun fro aboue, and a wynde of tempest distruyinge. Forsothe loo! the wal felle doun. WhetherWhere GH. it shal not be seid to ȝou, Wher is thethis H. dawb|ynge, that ȝe dawbiden? Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, And Y shal make a spirit of tempestis for to breke out in myn indignacioun, and a reyn flowynge shal be in my woodneswoodnessis GH., and grete stoonus in my wraththe in to wast|ynge. And Y shal distruye the wal, whom ȝe daubiden with outen temperynge, and I shal make it euen to the erthe; and the foundement of it shal be shewid, and it shal falle doun, and it shal be wastid in the mydil of it; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y am the Lord. And Y shal fulfille myn indignacioun in the wal, and in hem that dauben it with outen temperynge; and Y shal seye to ȝou, The wal is not, and the prophetis of Israel that dauben it, ben not, whiche prophecien to Jerusalem, and seen to it a visioun of pees, and pees is not, the Lord God seith. And thou, sone of man, put thi face aȝens the douȝ|tris of thi puple, whiche prophecien of her herte; and prophecie thou of hem, and sey, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Woo to hem that sewen to gidre cusshens vndir eche cubit of hoondthe hond H., and maken pilewis vnder the heed of eche age, for to take, or disseyue, soulissoule A.; and whanne thei token the soulis of my pu|ple, thei quyckeneden the soulis of hem. And thei defouliden me to my puple, for an handful of barli, andor A. a gobet of breed, that thei slewen soulis whiche dien not, and quikeneden soulis whiche lyuen not, liynge to my puple, byleeuynge to lees|yngis. For this thing the Lord God seith, Loo! Y to ȝoure cusshens, bi whom ȝe taken soulis fleynge; and Y shal al to|breke hem of ȝour armes, and Y shal dis|mytte, or delyuere, the soulis for to flee, whom ȝe taken. And Y shal breke ȝour pilewis, and Y shal delyuere my puple fro ȝour hoond; nether thei shulen be ouer in ȝour hoondis, for to be robbid; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord. For that that ȝe madenseiden A. leeiȝyngli the herte of the iust man for to mourne, whom Y made not sorewful; and ȝe coumfortiden the hoondis of the vnpitous man, that he shulde not turne aȝen frofor A. hys yuel weie, and shulde lyue. Therfor ȝe shulen not see veyn thingis, and ȝe shulen namore deuyne dyuynacions; and I shal delyuere my puple fro ȝoure hoond, and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord.

 CAP. XIV.

And men of the eldris of Israel camen to me, and saten before me. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, thes men han putte her vnclennes in her hertis, and han sette the sclaundre of her wickidnes aȝens her face. Whether Y axyd, shal answere to hem? For this thing spek thou to hem, and thou shalt seie to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, A man, a man of the hous of Israel, that hath putte his vnclennes in his herte, and hath sette the sclaundre of his wickidnes aȝens his face, and shal come to the prophete, axynge bi hym me, Y the Lord shal answere to hym in the multitude of his vnclennes; that the hous of Israel be takyn in her herte, in whiche thei wenten awey fro me in alle her ydolis. Therfor sey thou to the hous of Israel, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Be ȝeOm. A. conuertid, and departe ȝe fro ȝoure ydolis, and turne awei ȝoure facis fro alle ȝoure defoulyngis. For a man, a man of the hous of Israel, and of prose|litis, or men new comen to the lawe of Jewis, who euer shal be cumlynge, or gest, in Israel, if he shal be alienyd fro me, and shal putte his ydolis in his herte, and shal sette the sclaundre of his wick|idnes aȝens his face, and shal come to the prophete, that he axe bi hym me, I the Lord shal answere to hym bi my silf. And Y shal putte my face vpon that man, and I shal make hym in to ensaumple, and in to a prouerbe, and I shal distruye him fro the mydil of my puple; and ȝe shulen wite, for I the Lord. And whanne the prophete shal erre, and shal speke a word, Y the Lord shal disseyue the ilk prophete; and I shal stretche out myn hoond on him, and shal doo hym awey of the mydil of my puple of Israel. And thei shulen bere her wickidnes; aftir the wickidnes of the man axinge, so the wickidnes of the prophete shal be; that the hows of Israel erre namore fro me, nether be defoulid in alle his trespass|yngis, but be to me in to a puple, and Y be to hym in to a God, the Lord of oostis seith. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, whanne the erthe shal synne aȝens me, that it trespassynge trespase, I shal stretche out myn hoond vponon G pr. m. H. it, and I shal togidir trede the ȝeerd of breed of it; and I shal sende in to it hungre, and I shal slee of it man and werk beest. And if thes three men, Noe, Danyel, and Job, shulen be in the mydil of it, thei bi her riȝtwisnes shulen delyuere her soulis, the Lord God of oostis seith. That andOm. A. if I shal lede yn werst beestis vponon G pr. m. H. the loond, that I waste it, and it shal be vn|waied, or wayles, for that there is no passynge bi it for beestis, and thes thre men that shulen be in it, the Lord God seith, Y lyue, for nether thei shulen dely|uere sones, nether douȝters, but thei aloon shulen be delyuered; forsothe the loond shal be desolat. Or if I shal lede yn a swerd vpon that loond, and Y shal sey to the swerd, Passe bi the loond, and I shal slee man and beest of it, and thes three men shulen be in the mydil of it, I lyue, seith the Lord God, thei shulen not dely|uere sones nethir douȝtris, but thei aloon shulen be delyuered. And forsothe if Y shal sende yn vponon G pr. m. H. that loond pestilence, and IOm. A. shal sheede out myn indignacioun vponon GH. it in blood, that Y doo awei fro it man and beest, and Noe, Danyel, and Job, shulen be in the mydil of it, Y lyue, seith the Lord, for thei shulen not dely|uere sone and douȝter, but thei aloon bi her riȝtwisnes shulen delyuere her soulis. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, That and if I shal sende in to Jerusalem my foure werst domys, swerd, and hungre, and yuel beestis, and pestilence, that Y slee man and beest of it, and netheles sauynge of men ledynge out sonys and douȝtris shal be laft in it. Loo! thei shulen goo out to ȝou, and ȝe shulen see the weie of hem, and the fyndyngis of hem; and ȝe schulen be coumfortid on the yuel which Y haue ledde in to Je|rusalem, in alle thingis whiche I haue brouȝte in on it. And thei shulen con|forte ȝou, whanne ȝe shulen see the weie of hem, and the fyndyngis of hem; and ȝe shulen knowe, for not idely Y dide alle thingis, what euere Y dide in it, seith the Lord almiȝti.

 CAP. XV.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, what shal be don to tree of the viyn, of alle trees of the wodis, that ben among the trees of woodis? WhetherWhere GH. a tree shal be takyn of it, that werk be maad? or a litil paal shal be forchid of it, that eny maner ves|sel hange in it? Lo! it is ȝouun to the fier in to meet; the fier hath waastid eche either partipart GH. of it, and the mydil of it is brouȝt in to aOm. H. deed broond; whether it shal be profitable to werk? Ȝhe, whanne it was hool, it was not able to werk; hou myche more whanne fier hath deuouride and brende to gidre, no thing of werk shal be maad of it? Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, Hou the tree of viyn amonge theOm. GH. trees of woodis, whom I ȝaue to fier for to deuoure, so Y shal bitake the dwellers of Jerusalem, and I shal putte my face in to hem. Thei shulen gon out of the fier, and the fier shal waaste hem; and ȝe shulen wite, for I the Lord, whanne Y shal putte my face in hem, and shal ȝyue the loond vnwaied and de|solat, for that that thei weren trespass|ours, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XVI.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, mak thou knowyn to Jerusalem her abomynaciouns; and thou shalt seie, Thes thingis seith the Lord God. Jerusalem, thi roote and thi generacioun, of the loond of Chanaan; thi fader Amorrei, and thi moder Cethei. And whanne thou art born, in the dai of thi birth thi naule is not before kit, and in water thou art not wasshen in to helth, nether bi salt saltid, nether wlappid in clothis. Myn eye sparide not vponon G pr. m. H. thee, that I shulde doo to thee oon of thes thingis, Y hauynge mercie of thee; but thou art cast forth vpon the face of erthe, in theOm. GH. castynge a wei of thi soule, in the dai in which thou art born. Forsothe Y passinge bi thee, sawȝ thee for to be de|foulid in thi blood; and I seide to thee, whanne thou were in thi blood, Lyue thou; sotheli Y seide to thee in thi blood, Lyue thou. And I ȝaue thee multipliede as buriounynge, or seed, of theOm. GH. feeld, and thou art multiplied, and maad greet; and thou wentist in, and thou parfietli camest to wommanus aparaile; thi breestis, or teetis, waxeden greete, and thin heer bu|riounede; and thou was nakid, and ful of confusioun. And I passide bi thee, and Y seeȝ thee, and loo! thi tyme, `the tymeOm. A. of louers; and Y stretchide forth my cloth|inge vpon thee, and Y hilide thi shame. And Y swore to thee, and YOm. G pr. m. H. entride in couenaunt with thee, seith the Lord God, and thou art maad boundyn to me. And I wasshide thee in water, and Y clenside thi blood of thee, and anoyntide thee with oyle. And I clothide thee with clothis of dyuerse colours, and shodde thee with iasynct; and I girde thee with bijs, or whijt silk; and I clothide thee with sotil thingis, and Y ournede thee with ourne|mentis. And I ȝaf ryngis in thin hoondis, and a bee about thi necke; and I ȝaue a reng vpon thi mouth, and ceerclis to thin eeris, and a coroun of fayrnes in thi heed. And thou art ourned with gold and sil|uer, and thou artOm. A. clothid with bijs and with clooth many foold steyned with rounde ymagis, and with manye colours. Thou hast etyn flour, and hony, and oyle, and myche thou art maad fayr; and thou profitidist in to a rewme, and thi name is gon out in to hethen men for thi fair|nes; and thou wast perfit in my fairnes, which Y hadde putte vponon G pr. m. H. thee, seith the Lord. And thou hauynge trust in thi fairnes, hast don fornycacioun in thi name; and thou hast putte thi fornyca|cioun to eche man passynge, that thou were maad his. And thou takynge of my clothingis, madist to thee heiȝ thingis, on eche side sewide togidre; and thou hast don fornicacoun vponOm. G pr. m. H. hem, as it was not don bifore, nether is to beyngebigynne A.. And thou tokisttoke GH. the vessels of thi fair|nes, of my gold and of my siluer, whiche Y ȝaue to thee; and thou madist to thee ymagis of men, and didistthou didist H. fornycacioun in hem. And thou tokist thi clothingis of manye colours, and thou waswere H. clothid in hem; and thou puttidist myn oyle and my tymyame, or encense, in the siȝt of hem. And my breed, which I ȝaue to thee, flour, and oyle, and honye, with whiche Y nurshide thee, thou puttidist in the siȝte of hem, in to odour of swet|nes; and it is don, seith the Lord God. And thou tokist thi sones and douȝtris, whom thou gendredist to me, and offred|ist to hem, for to be deuourid. Whether thi fornycacioun is litil? Thou offredist my sones, and ȝauest hem, togider halew|ynge to hem. And after alle thin abomy|naciouns and fornycaciouns, thou hast not mynde of the dais of thi ȝongth, whanne thou waswast G pr. m. were H. nakid, and ful of confusioun, thou waswast G pr. m. were H. defoulid in thi blood. And woo, woo bifelle to thee, after al thi ma|lice, seith the Lord God. And thou hast bildid to thee a bordel hous, and madist to thee hordom in alle stretis. At eche heed ofOm. H. weie thou bildidistbildist H. a tokne of thi hordom, and madist thi fayrnes abo|mynable; and departidist thi feet to eche man passynge, and multipliedist alle thi fornycaciouns. And thou didist forny|cacioun with sones of Egipt, thi neiȝ|boris of grete flesshis, and multipliedist thi fornycacioun, for to terre me to wraththe. Loo! Y shal hoolde forth myn hoond vponon G pr. m. H. thee, and Y shal take awey thi iustifiynge; and Y shal ȝyue thee in to the hoondis of the hatynge thee, of the douȝtris of Palestyn, that shamen in thi cursid weie. And thou hast don fornycacioun in the sones of Assiriens, for that thou was not ȝit ful|fillid; and after that thou didist fornyca|cioun, nether so thou art swagid. And thou multipliedist thi fornycacioun in the loond of Canaan with Caldeis, and nether so thou art fulfillid. In what thing shal Y clense thin herte, seith the Lord God, whanne thou dost alle thes werkis of aOm. H. womman hoore, and bold to hordom? For thou hast forgid thi bordel hous in the heed of eche weie, and thou madist thin heiȝe thingisthinge GH. in eche strete; nether thou art maad as an hoore anoyed, or ful of werynes, encresynge prijs, but as a womman auowtresse, the whiche ledith in aliens vpon hir husboondhousholde GH.. To alle hooris hijris ben ȝouen, forsothe thou hast ȝouun hijre, or mede, to alle thi loueris; and thou ȝauist to hem, that thei shulden entre to thee on eche side, for to doo fornycacioun with thee. And it is don in thee aȝen the custom of wymmen in thi fornycaciouns, and after thee shal not be fornycacioun; forsothe in that thing that thou ȝauest hijris, and resseyu|edist not hijris, theand the A. contrarie is don in thee. Therfor, thou hoore, here the word of the Lord. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, For thi monee is shed out, and thin euyl fame is shewid in thi fornycaciouns vponon G pr. m. H. thi loueris and vponon G pr. m. H. thin idolis of thin abomynaciouns, in the blood of thi sones, whom thou hast ȝouen to hem; loo! Y shal gedre alle thi loueris, with whom thou art meynd, and alle men whom thou louedist, with alle men whom thou hatidist; and Y shal gadre hem vpon thee on eche side, and Y shal make nakid thin yuel fame before hem, and alle shulen see thi filth. And I shal deme thee with domes of auoutressis, and of shedynge blood; and Y shal ȝyue thee in to blood of woodnesse, and enuye. And Y shal ȝeue thee in to the hoondis of hem, and thei shulen distruye thi bordel hous, and thei shulen distruye thin hoore hous; and thei shulen make thee nakid fro thi clothis, and shulen take awei the vesselis of thi feirnes, and thei shulen forsake thee nakid, and ful of yuel fame. And thei shulen lede to vpon thee a multitude, and thei shulen stoone thee with stoonus, and thei shulen slee thee with her swerdis. And thei shulen togider brenne thin housis in fier, and thei shulen doo domys in thee, in the eyen of ful manye wymmen; and thou shalt faile, or ceese, for to do fornycacioun, and thou shalt namore ȝyue hijris. And myn indigna|cioun shal reste in thee, and my loue shal be takyn awei fro thee; and I shal reste, nether Y shal be wrooth more, for that that thou haddist not mynde of the dais of thi ȝongth, and hast terrid me to wraththe in alle theseOm. A. thingis. Wherfor and Y haue ȝouen thi weies in thin heed, seith the Lord God, and Y dide not after thi greet trespassis, in alle thinOm. G pr. m. H. abomynaciouns. Loo! eche man that seith euery where, or comounli, a prouerbe in thee, shal take it to, seiynge, As the modir, so and hir douȝter. Thou art the doȝter of thi modir, which castide awei hir husboond and hir sones; and the sister of thi sistris, whiche castiden awey her husbondis and her sones. Thi modir Cethei, and thi fader Ammorrei; and thi more sister Samarie, she and hir douȝtris, that dwellen at thi left side. Forsothe thi sister lasse than thou, that dwellith at thi riȝt half, Sodom and hirhis A. douȝtris. But nether thou hast gon in the weies of hem, nether thou hast don after herhis A. grete trespassis; almest a litil lesse gretter trespassis thou hast don than thei, in alle thi weies. Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for Sodom, thi sister, dide not, she and hir douȝtris, as thou didist and thi douȝtris. Loo! this was the wickidnes of Sodom, thi sister, prijde, and fulnes of breed, or glotonye, and aboun|daunce, or plente, and idilnes of hir, and hir douȝtris; and thei dressiden not the hoond to the nedi and pore. And thei ben lift an heiȝ, and diden other abomy|naciouns before me; and Y dide hem a wei, as thou hast seen. And Samarie synnede not the half of thi synnes, but thouOm. A. hast ouercomen hem in grete trespassis, and hast iustified thi sistris in alle thin abomynaciouns, whiche thou wrouȝtist. Therfor and thou bere thi confusioun, which hast ouercomyn thi sistris with thi synnes, doynge more cursidli than thei; forsothe thei ben iustified of thee. Therfor and thou be confoundid, and ber thou thin yuel fame, the which hast ius|tifiede thi sistris. And Y restorynge shal conuerte hem with the turnynge togidre of Sodom and hir douȝtris; and Y shal conuerte thi turnynge aȝen in the mydil of hem, that thou bere thin yuel fame, and be confoundid in alle thingis whiche thou didist, coumfortynge hem. And thi sister Sodom and hir douȝtris shulen turne aȝen to her oldenes; and Samarie and hirhis A. douȝtris shulen turne aȝen to her oldenes; and thou and thi douȝtris turne aȝen to ȝour oldenes. Forsothe Sodom, thi sister, was not herde in thi mouth, in the dai of thi pride, before that thi malice was shewid, as in this tyme, in to theOm. GH. shenship of douȝtris of Sirie, and of alle douȝters of Palestyn in thi cum|pas, that gon about thee bi enuyroun. Thou hast born thi greet trespas, and thin yuel fame, seith the Lord God. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, And I shal doo to thee as thou dispisedist the ooth, that thou madist the couenaunt voyd; and Y shal haue mynde of my couenaunt with thee in the dais of thiOm. GH. ȝongth, and I shal reise to thee couenaunt euerlast|ynge. And thou shalt haue mynde of thi weies, and thou shalt be confoundid, whanne thou shalt resseyue thi sistris more than thou, with thi lesse; and Y shal ȝyue hem to thee in to douȝtris, and not of thi couenaunt. And Y shal reise my couenaunt with thee, and thou shalt wite, for I the Lord, that thou haue mynde, and be confoundid; and that it be namore to thee for to opyn thethi A. mouth, for thi confusioun, whanne Y shal be plesid to thee in alle thingis whiche thou hast don, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XVII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seyynge, Sone of man, put forth a derk ensaumple, or hard questioun, and telle a parable to the hous of Israel; and thou shalt seye, Thes thingis seith the Lord God. A greet egle of grete weengis, with long ledynge of membris, ful of fetheris and dyuersite, cam to the Liban, and took the merouȝ of cedre. He drowȝ of the heiȝnes of his bouwis, or braunches, and bare it ouer `in toto G pr. m. H. the loond of Canaan; in the citee of mar|chauntis he puttide it. And he took of the seed of the erthe, and puttide it in the erthe for seed, that he shulde make sad the root vponon G pr. m. H. manye watris; in the ouermest paart he puttideputt GH. it. And whanne it had buriounede, it wexede in to a brodderbrod GH. viyn ȝerd, in lowe stature, the braunches `of it beholdingeOm. A. to it, and the rootis therof weren vndir it; therfor it is maad in to aOm. H. viynȝerd, and made fruyte in to siouns, and sente out braunchis. And another greet egle is maad, with greet weengis, and manye fethers; and loo! this viynȝerd as send|ynge his rootis to it, stretchide outforth GH. his siouns to it, that it moystide it of the litil placis of his buriounynge. That in good erthe vponon G pr. m. H. many waters is plaunt|id, that it make bouwis, and bere fruyte, that it be in to a greet viynȝerd. Sey thou, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Therfor whetherwher GH. it shal haue prosperite? Whether he shal not drawe vp the rote of it, and shal distruye the fruytis of it? And he shal drye alle the syouns of his buriounynge, and it shal wexe drye; and not in a greet arme, nether in mychea myche GH. puple, that he shulde drawe it vp bi the roote. Loo! it is plauntid; therfor whe|therwhere GH. it shal haue prosperite? Whether whanne a brennynge wynde shal touche it, it shal not be dried, and it shal dwyne awey in the placis of his buriounynge? And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sey thou to the hows ter|rynge to wraththe, Witen ȝe not whatwhat that GH. thes thingis bitoknen? Sei thou, Loo! the kyng of Babiloyne cometh in to Jerusa|lem; and he shal take the kyng and his princes, and he shal lede hem to hym self in to Babiloyne. And he shal take of the seed of the rewme, and he shal smyte a boond of pees with it, and of it he shal resseyue an ooth; but and he shal take a wei the stronge men of thethat GH. loond, that the rewme be lowe, and beOm. G pr. m. H. not reisid vp, but kepe the couenaunt of hym, and kepe it, or saue. Whiche goynge a wey fro hym, sente messageris to Egipt, that he shulde ȝyue to hym horsis and myche puple. WhetherWhere G et H fere passim. he shal haue prosperite, or shal gete helthhelpe GH., which dide thes thingis? and he that vndoth a couenaunt, whether he shal askape? Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for in the place of the kyng that made hym kyng, whos ooth he made voyd, and brak the couenaunt that he hadde with hym, in the mydil of Babiloyne he shal die. And not in greet oost, nether in myche puple Pharao shal make batayle aȝens hym, in castynge ofin H. an heep of erthe, and in bildynge of paalis, that he slee many soulis. Forsothe he dispiside the ooth, that he shulde breke the boond of pees, and loo! he ȝaf his hoond; and whanne he hath do alle thes thingis, he shal not skape. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, I lyue, for I shal putte in to hisOm. G pr. m. H. heed the ooth that he dispiside, and the boond of pees that he brak. And I shal holde forth vponon G pr. m. H. hym my nette, `and he shal be cacchid in my netteOm. A., and Y shal lede hym in to Babiloyne; and Y shal deme hym in the trespassynge, in which he dispiside me. And alle the fleers of hym with al his company shulen falle togidre in swerd, forsothe the resi|dues shulen be scatered in to eche wynd; and ȝe shulen wite, for I the Lord haue spoken. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, And Y shal take of the merewȝ of the heeȝ cedre, and IOm. G pr. m. H. shal puttekutte H. of the coptop GH. of his braunchis; the tendre I shal distreyne, and Y shal plaunte vponon GH. an heiȝ hil, and fer aperynge. And in the heiȝ hil of Israel Y shal plaunte it; and it shal brest vp in to buriownynge, and shal make fruyte, and shal be in to a greet cedre, and alle briddis shulen dwelle vndir it; al volatile shal make nestisneste GH. vndir the shadewe of his bouwis. And alle the trees of the cuntre shulen wite, for Y the Lord haue mekid the heiȝ tree, and reyside the meke tree, and Y driede the grene tree, and Y made the drye tree for to florisshe; Y the Lord spak, and Y dide.

 CAP. XVIII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, What is it, that amonge ȝou ȝe turnen a parable in to this prouerbe, in the loond of Israel, seyynge, The fa|dris eeten a soure grape, and the teeth of sonesthe sonys GH. wexen on egge? Y lyue, seith the Lord God, if this parable shal be more to ȝou in to a prouerbe in Israel. Loo! alle soulis ben myne; as the soule of the fadir, so andOm. A. the soule of the sone is myne. The soule that shal synne, the ilk shal die. And if a man shal be iust, and shal doo doom and riȝtwisnes, he shal not ete in the hillis, and shal not reyse his eyen to the ydolis of the hows of Israel; and he shal not defoule the wijf of his neiȝbour, and shal not go to a menstruat womman, or in vnclene blood flowing; and he shal not make a man sorewful, he shal ȝeelde the wed to the dettour, and he shal rauysshe no thing bi strength, he shal ȝyue his breed to the hungrynge, and he shal hille the nakid with clothing; he shal not leene to vsure, and shal not take more; he shal turne awey his hoond fro wickidnes, and he shal doo verre dom bitwix man and man; and shal walke in my comaunde|mentis, and shal kepe my domys, that he doo treuth; he this is iust, in lijf he shal lyue, seith the Lord God. That if he shal gendre a sone, theef, shedynge out blood, and shal doo oon of thes, and sotheli not doynge alle thes, but etynge in mounteyns, and defoulynge the wijf of his neiȝbour; makynge the nedy and pore sorewful, rauyshynge raueyns, not ȝeeldynge wed, reisynge his eyen to ydolis, doynge abomynacioun; ȝyuynge to vsure, and takynge more; whether he shal lyue? he shal not lyue; whanne he shal doo alle thes cursyd thingis, he shal die bi deeth, the blood of hym shal be in hym. That if he shal gendre a sone, whiche seynge alle thes synnes of his fader, which he hath don, shal drede, and not doo liche thing to hem; shal not eete in hillis, and shal not reyse his eyen to theOm. GH. ydolis of the hows of Israel; and shal not defoule the wijf of his neiȝ|bour, and shal not make a man sorewful, shal not withholde a wed, and shal not rauyshe raueyne, shal ȝyue his breed to the hungrynge, and shal hille the nakid with clothing; shal turne awei his hoond fro wroong of the pore man, shal not take vsure and ouere-aboundance, and shal doo my domys, shal walke in my preceptis; this man shal not die in the wickydnes of his fadir, but in lijf he shal lyue. The fadir of hym, for he dide fals chalengechalengynge GH., and dide strengthe, or violence, to his brother, and wrouȝte yuel thing in the mydil of his puple, loo! he is deed in his wickidnes. And ȝe seyn, Whi berith not the sone the wickidnes of his fader? That is for to wite, for the sone wrouȝte doom and riȝtwisnes, he kepte alle my preceptis, and dide hem, in lijf he shal lyue, seith the Lord God. The soule that shal synne, the ilke shal die; the sone shal not bere the wickidnes of the fader, and the fadir shal not bere the wickidnes of the sone; the riȝtwisnes of the iust man shal be vponon GH. hym, and the vnpitousnes of the vnpitous man shal be vponon GH. hym. Forsothe if the vnpitous man shal doo penaunce of alle his synnes whiche he hath wrouȝte, and shal kepe alle myn heestis, and shal doo doom and riȝtwisnes, in lijf he shal lyue, and he shal not die. I shal not haue mynde of alle the wyckidnessis whiche he wrouȝte; `in his riȝtwisnesse whiche he wrouȝtOm. A., he shal lyue. Whether the deeth of the vnpitous man is ofOm. G pr. m. H. my wil, seith the Lord God, and not that he be conuertid fro his weies, and lyue? Forsothe if a iust man shal turne hym a wei fro his riȝtwisnes, and shal doo wickidnes, after alle the abomynaciouns whiche the vn|pytous man is wont for to worche, whe|ther he shal lyue? Alle his riȝtwisnessis whiche he dide, shulen not be recordid; in the trespassynge in which he tres|passide, and in the synne inOm. A. which he synnede, in hem he shal dye. And ȝe seiden, The weie of the Lord is not euen. Therfor here ȝe, hous of Israel, whether my weye is not euen, and not more ȝoure weies ben shrewid? Forsothe whanne a iust man shal turne awei him fro his riȝtwisnes, and shal do wickidnes, he shal die in hem, inand in GH. the vnriȝtwisnes which he wrouȝt, he shal die. And whanne the vnpitous man shal turne hym a wey fro his vnpite which he wrouȝte, and shal doo doom and riȝtwisnes, he shal quykne his soule. Forsothe biholdynge and turn|ynge awei hym fro alle his wickidnessis whiche he wrouȝte, he shal lyue in lijf, and shal not die. And the sones of Israel seyn, The weie of the Lord is not euen. Whether my weies ben not euen, ȝe hous of Israel, and not more ȝoure weies ben shrewid? Therfor I shal deme eche man after his weies, ȝe hous of Israel, seith the Lord God. Be ȝe conuertid, and doo ȝe penaunce fro alle ȝourOm. G pr. m. H. wyckidnessis, and wickidneswickidnessis GH. shal not be to ȝou in to falling doun. Caste ȝe awei fro ȝou alle ȝour trespassyngis, in whiche ȝe han tres|passide, and make ȝe to ȝou a newe herte and a newe spirite, and whi shulen ȝe die, hous of Israel? For I wole not the deeth of the diynge, but that he be con|uertid and lyue, seith the Lord God; turne ȝe aȝen, and lyue.

 CAP. XIX.

And thou, sone of man, take to thee weilynge vponon G pr. m. H. the princis of Israel; and thou shalt seie, Whi thi modir, a liounesse, laie amonge lyouns? In the mydil of smale liouns she nurshide hir whelpis, and ledde out oon of her litil liouns; he is maad a lioun, and lerned forOm. A. to takeOm. A. pray, and for to ete man. And heithen men herden of hym, and not with outen his woundis thei tokyn hym; and ladden hym in cheynes in to the loond of Egipt. Which whanne she seeȝ, for she is maad sijk, and abidynge of hym perishide, took oon of hir litil lyounslyoun A., ordeynde hym a lyoun. And he lernede for to take pray, and for to de|uoure men. He lernede for to make wydewis, and for toOm. A. brynge citees in to deseert; and the loond is desolat andin A. the plente of it, of the vois of his rorynge. And heithen men camen togidre aȝens hym on eche syde fro prouyncis, and stretchiden out her net vpon hym; in the woundis of hem he is takyn. And thei senten hym in to a caue in cheynes, and thei ledden hym forth to the kyng of Babiloyne; and thei senten hym in to prisoun, lest his vois were herd more vponon G pr. m. in H. the hillis of Israel. Thi modir as a vynȝerd in thi blood vponon G pr. m. H. water is plauntid; the fruytis of it and bouwis of it wexeden of many watris. And sad ȝeerdis ben maad to it in to septris of men hauynge lordship, and the stature of it is enhaunsid among bouwis; and it seeȝ his heiȝnes in the multitude of his siouns. And it is drawyn vp in wraththe, and caste in to theOm. GH. erthe; and a bren|nynge wynd driede the fruyte of it, the ȝerdes of his strength welewiden, and ben maad drie, fier ete it. And now it is plauntid ouere in deseert, in loond not wayed, or not hauntid, and thristie. And fier wente out of the ȝerde of his braunchis, which ete the fruyte of it. And a stronge ȝerde, a ceptre, or kyngis ȝerde, of men hauynge lordship, was not in it. Weilynge is, and shal be in to weilynge.

 CAP. XX.

And it is maad in the seuenthe ȝeer, in the fifthe moneth, in the tenthe dai of the moneth, men of the eldris of Israel camen for to axe the Lord, and saten be|fore me. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, speke thou to the eldre men of Israel; and thou shalt seie to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Whether ȝe camen for to axe me? Y lyue, for Y shal not answere to ȝou, seith the Lord God. Sone of man if thou demest hem, if thou demist, shew thou to hem the abomynaciouns of her fadris. And thou shalt seie to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord, In the dai in which Y cheese Israel, and reiside myn hoond for the kynrede, or generaciounsgeneracioun GH., of Jacobs hows, and aperide to hem in the loond of Egipt, and reiside myn hoond for hem, seiynge, Y the Lord ȝoure God, in that dai Y reiside myn hoond for hem, that Y shulde lede hem out of the loond of Egipt, in to the loond which Y hadde purueiede to hem, flowynge with mylk and hony, whiche is noble amonge alle loondis. And Y seide to hem, Eche man caste awey the offensiouns of his eyen, and in the ydols of Egipt nylyuel GH. ȝe be defoulid; I the Lord ȝour God. And thei wraththiden me, and thei wolden not here me; eche man castide not awey the abomynaciouns of his eyen, nether for|soke the ydols of Egipt. And Y seide, that Y shulde sheedecaste G pr. m. H. out myn indigna|cioun vponon GH. hem, and shulde fulfille my wraththe in hem, in the mydil of the loond of Egipt. And Y dide for my name, that it were not defoulid before heithen men, in whos mydil thei weren, and among whom I aperide to hem, that I shulde lede outOm. A. hem fro the lond of Egipt. Therfor Y castide out hem fro the lond of Egipt, and Y ledde out in to desert, and ȝaf to hem myn heestis, and Y shewide to hem my domys, whiche a man shuldeshal GH. doo, and lyue in hem. More ouere and I ȝaue to hem my sabotis, that it were a signe bitwixebytwene H. me and hem, and thei shulden wite, for I the Lord halewynge hem. And the hous of Israel wraththide me in deseert; in my pre|ceptis thei walkiden not, and thei cast|iden awey my domys, whom a man do|ynge shal lyue in hem; and thei defoul|iden greetli my sabotis. Therfor I seide, that I shulde shede out my woodnes vp|onon GH. hem in deseert, and destruye hem; and Y dide for my name, lest I were defoulid before heithen men, of whom Y castide hem out in the siȝte of hem. Therfor Y reiside myn hoond vponon GH. hem in deseert, that Y ledde hem not in to the loond which Y ȝaue to hem, flowynge with mylk and hony, the best of alle loondis. For thei castiden awei my domys, and thei walkiden not in myn heestis, and thei defouleden my sabotis; forsothe the hertehertis G pr. m. H. of hem wente after idolis. And myn eyeeeȝen GH. sparide vponon G pr. m. H. hem, that I shulde not slee hem, nether Y waastide hem in deseert. Forsothe Y seide to the sones of hem in wildirnes, In the preceptis of ȝoure fadris nyle ȝe goo, nether kepe ȝe the domys of hem, nether be ȝe defoulid in the idolis of hem. Y the Lord ȝour God, in my preceptis walke ȝe, and kepe ȝe my domys, and doo ȝe hem. And halewe ȝe my sabothis, that it be a tokne betwixe me and ȝou, and it be wist, for Y the Lord ȝour God. And the sones of Israel wraththiden me, and thei walkiden not in my preceptis, and thei kepten not my domys, that thei shulden do hem, whiche whanne a man shal doo, he shal lyue in hem, and thei defouliden my sabotis. And I thretenede, that I shulde sheede out my woodnes vp|onon GH. hem, and shulde fulfille my wraththe in hem in deseert. Y turnede aweiOm. G pr. m. H. myn hoond, and Y dide this thing for my name, that it were not defoulid before heithen men, of whom I castide out hem in the eyen of hem. Eftsoone Y reyside myn hoond in to hem in wildirnes, that Y shulde scatere hem in to naciouns, and shulde wyndow hem in to loondis; for that that thei diden not my domys, and repreueden my preceptis, and defouleden my sabotis, and the eyen of hem weren after the idolis of her fadris. Therfor and Y ȝaue to hem preceptis not goode, and domys in whiche thei shulen not lyue. And Y defoulede hem in her ȝiftis, whanne thei offriden al thing that opneth the wombe for her giltis; and thei shulden wite, for Y the Lord. Wherfor, sone of man, spek thou to the hous of Israel, and thou shalt seie to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Ȝit and in thes thingis ȝoure faders blasfemeden me, whanne thei despisynge hadden forsake me, and Y hadde ledde hem in to the loond vpon which Y reyside myn hoond, that Y shulde ȝyue it to hem, thei sawen eche heeȝ litil hil, or reisynge of greet hil, and eche tree ful of wode, and thei offreden there her slayn sacrifices for vic|torie, and ȝauen there her offryngis in to wraththinge; and thei puttiden there the odour of her swetnes, and sacrefieden her libaciouns, that ben of fletynge thingis, as wiyn, oyle, and siche. And Y seide to hem, What is the heiȝ thing, to whom ȝe entren inOm. G pr. m. H.? And the name of it is clepid Heeȝ Thing til in to this dai. Ther|for sey thou to the hous of Israel, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Certis in the weie of ȝoure fadris ȝe ben polut, or de|foulid, and after her offensiouns ȝe don fornycacioun, and in offrynge of ȝour ȝiftis, whanne ȝe leden ouer ȝoure sones bi fier, ȝe ben defoulid in alle ȝour ydols til to dai, and Y shal answere to ȝou, the hous of Israel? Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for I shal not answere to ȝou; ne|ther the thenkynge of ȝour soule, or vnderstondynge, shal be maad, of men seiynge, We shulen be as heithen men, as the kynredis of erthe, that we wor|shipe trees and stoonus. Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for in strong hoond, and inOm. A. arm strauȝt outforth GH., and in woodnes shed out, Y shal regne vponon GH. ȝou. And I shal lede out ȝou of puplis, and Y shal gadre ȝou of loondis, in whiche ȝe ben scaterid; in strong hoond and arm strauȝt forth, and in woodnes shed out I shal regne vpon ȝou. And Y shal lede ȝou in to deseert of puplis, and I shal be demed there with ȝou face to face. As bi doom Y stroof aȝens ȝour fadris in deseert of the loond of Egipt, so Y shal deme ȝou, seith the Lord; and I shal make you suget to my ceptre, and YOm. G pr. m. H. shal lede in ȝou in boondis of pees. And Y shal cheese of ȝou trespasseris, and vnpitouse men; I shal lede out hem fro the loond of her cumlyngnescomlynge G pr. m. H., and thei shulen not entre in to the loond of Israel; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord. And ȝe, the hous of Israel, thes thingis seith the Lord God, Ȝe eche walke after ȝour idolis, and serue ȝe to hem. That and if in this thing ȝe shulen not here me, and ȝe shulen de|foule ouer myn hooli name in ȝour ȝiftis, and in ȝour ydolis, in myn hooli hil, in the heiȝ hil of Israel, seith the Lord God, there al the hous of Israel shal serue to me; forsothe eche in the loond, in which thei shulen plese to me; and there I shal seche ȝour prymysies, or first fruytis, andin A. the bigynnynge of ȝour tithis in alle ȝour halewyngis. In to odour of swet|nes Y shal resseyue ȝou, whanne Y shal lede ȝou out of puplis, and shal gedre ȝou of loondis, in to whiche ȝe ben sca|tered; and I shal be halewid in ȝou in eyen, or siȝt, of naciouns. And ȝe shulen wite, for I the Lord, whanne I shal lede ȝou in to the loond of Israel, in to the loond for which Y reyside myn hoond, that I shulde ȝyue it to ȝour fadris. And there ȝe shulen bithenke in hem of ȝour weies, and of alle ȝour grete trespassis, bi whiche ȝe ben defoulid in hem; and ȝe shulen displese to ȝou in ȝour siȝt, in alle ȝour malices whiche ȝe diden. And ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord, whanne I shal wel doo to ȝou for my name; not after ȝour yuel weies, nether after ȝour werst huge trespassis, ȝe hous of Israel, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, put thou thi face aȝens the weie of the south, and drop to the south wynd, and prophecy thou to theOm. G pr. m. H. wodi place, or wildernes, of the myddai, or south, feeld. And thou shalt seie to the myddai, or south, wodi place, Here thou the word of the Lord. Thes thingis seith the Lord, Loo! I shal kyndle in thee fier, and I shal togider brenne in thee eche grene tree, and eche drye tree; the flaume of brennynge shal not be quenchid, and eche face in it shal be brent togidre, fro the south vnto the north. And eche flesh shal see, for I the Lord brende it, and it shal not be quenchid. And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, thei seyn ofto H. me, What this spekith bi parablis?

 CAP. XXI.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, put thou thi face to Jerusalem, and drop to the seyn|tuaries, and prophecy thou aȝens the erthe of Israel. And thou shalt seie to the loond of Israel, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! I to thee, and I shal caste out my swerd of his sheethe, and I shal slee in thee the iust and the vnpi|tous. Forsothe for that that Y slew in thee the iust man and vnpitous, therfor my swerd shal goo out of his sheethe to eche flesh, or man, fro the south vn to the north; that eche flesh wite, for I the Lord ledde out my swerd of his sheethe irreuocable, or that may not be clepid aȝen. And thou, sone of man, sorew withinforth in the contricioun of leendis, and thou shalt inwardli sorewe in bitternessis bifore hem. And whanne thei shulen seie to thee, Whi sorewist thou? thou shalt seie, For the herynge, for it cummeth; and eche herte shal faile, and alle hoondis shulen be vndon, and eche spirit shal be sijk, and bi alle kneȝes watris shulen fleete; loo! it cummeth, and it shal be maad, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sei|ynge, Sone of man, prophecy thou; and thou shalt seie, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Spek thou, The swerd, the swerd is whettid, and furbushid; that it kitte, or slee, slayn sacrifices, it is whet|tid; that it shyne, it is furbushid. The which mouynge the ceptre of my sone, hast kitte doun eche tree. And Y ȝaue hym for to be maad pleyn, that it be hold with hoond; this swerd is whettid, and this is furbushid, that it be in the hoond of the sleynge. Sone of man, cry thou, and goul, for this is maad in my puple, this in alle the duykis of Israel; thei that han fledde fro swerd ben bi|takyn with my puple. Therfor bete to|gidre hoondis vponin GH. the hipe, for it is proued; and this thing whanne itI A. shal distruye the ceptre, and it shal not be, seith the Lord God. Therfor thou, sone of man, prophecy, and smyit hoond to hoond, and the swerd be doublid, and the swerd of sleers be treblid; this is the swerd of greet sleynge, which shal make hem greetli abaist, or mad, and for to faile in herte, and it multiplieth fallyngis. In alle the ȝatis of hem Y ȝaue togidre sturblynge of swerd, sharp and furbushid for to shyne, clothid to sleynge. Be thou whettid, go thou to the riȝt, or to the left, `whidir euerewhere euer GH. is the appetit, or desier, of thi face. For and Y shal smyte with hoond to hoond, and Y shal fulfille myn indignacioun; Y the Lord haue spokyn. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, And thou, sone of man, put to thee two weies, that the swerd of the king of Babiloyne come; bothe shulen goo out of o loond, and in hoond he shal take coniectyngeiecturing G pr. m. H. coniecturing G sec. m., or suspicioun; in heed of the waie of the citee he shal gesse, or thenke, puttynge a weie, that the swerd come to Rabath of the sones of Amon, and to Juda `in toin GH. Jerusalem moost waardid, or strengthid. Forsothe the kyng of Babiloyne stode in the metynge of two weies, sechynge dyuynacioun, meng|ynge arowis; he axede ydolis, he coun|seilide entrailis. At the riȝt half of hym dyuynacioun is maad vpon Jerusalem, that he putte engynes, that he opyn the mouth in sleynge, that he reyse the vois in goulynge, that he putte engynes aȝens ȝatisthe ȝatis H., that he bere togidre an heepe of erthe, that he bilde waardyngewardingis GH.. And he shal be as veynly counseilynge an|swere of God in the eyen of hem, and chaungyng the idilnes, or rest, of sa|botis; forsothe he shal haue mynde of wickidnes, for to take. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that ȝe han mynde of ȝour wickidnes, and hanOm. G pr. m. H. shewide ȝour trespassingis, and ȝour synnes apereden in alle ȝour thouȝtis, for that sotheli that ȝe hadden mynde, ȝe shulen be takyn bi the hoond. Thou so|theli, cursid vnpitous duyk of Israel, whos day determyned cometh in tyme of wick|idnes, thes thingis seith the Lord God, Do a wey the mytre, tak a wei the coroun; whether this is not which enhaunside the meke, and mekide the heiȝ? Y shal putte it wickidnes, wickidnes, wickidnes; and this thing is not don til he cam, whos the doom of God is, and shal be take to hym. And thou, sone of man, prophecy, and sey, Thes thingis seith the Lord God to the sones of Amon, and to the shenship of hem; and thou shalt seye, Swerd, swerd, vnshethe thee for to slee, furbishe thee, that thou slee and shyne, whanne veyne thingis weren seen to thee, and leesyngis weren dyuynyd, that thou shuldist be ȝouen vpon the neckis of vn|pitouse men woundid, of whom the dai determyned shal come in tyme of wickid|nes. Turn aȝen in to thi sheethe, `in toin G pr. m. H. the place in which thou art maad. In the loond of thi birth Y shal deme thee, and Y shal shede out vpon thee myn indig|nacioun; in fier of my woodnes Y shal blowe in thee, and Y shal ȝeue thee in to the hoondis of vnwijs men, and forgynge perishynge, or deeth. Thou shalt be meet to fier, thi blood shal be in the mydil of erthe; thou shalt be bitakyn to forȝetynge, for I the Lord haue spokyn.

 CAP. XXII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, And thou, sone of man, whether thou demest not the citee of bloodis? And thou shalt shewe to it alle her abomynaciouns, and thou shalt seie, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, The citee shedynge out blood in the mydil of it, that the tyme of it cumme; and which made ydols aȝens it silf, that it were po|lutid, or defoulid. In thi blood that is shed out of thee, thou trespassidist, and in thin ydolis whiche thou madist thou art defoulid; and thou madist thi daies for to neiȝ, and leddist to the tyme of thi ȝeeris. Therfor I ȝaue thee shenship to heithen men, and scornynge to alle loondis that ben besidis; and thei that ben fer fro thee shulen haue victorie of thee, thou foule, noble, greet in perishing. Loo! the princes of Israel, eche in her arm, weren in thee, for to shede out blood. Thei punyshiden with wroongis the fadir and moder in thee, thei falsly chaleng|iden a cumlynge in the mydil of thee, thei maden sorewful fadirles and moder|les and widewe anentis thee. Ȝe han dis|piside my seyntuaries, and ȝe han defoulide my sabotis. Men bacbiters weren in thee, for to shede out blood, and vpon moun|teyns thei eten in thee; thei wrouȝten greet trespas in the mydil of thee. Fa|dris vnhilliden in thee more shameful thingis, thei meekeden in thee the vnclen|nes of the menstruate womman. Eche man wrouȝte abomynacioun in to the wijf of his neiȝbour, and the husbondis fader defoulide his sonys wijf; vnleuefuli the brother oppresside `in theeOm. A. his sistyr, the douȝter of his fader. Thei token ȝiftis, for to sheede out blood at thee; thou tokist vsure and oueraboundaunce, and gredili, or coueytously, thou falsly cha|lengidistchalengist H. thi neiȝbours, and hast forȝete me, seith the Lord God. Loo! I haue smytin togider myn hondis vpon thin aueryce, or gredynes, which thou didist, and vpon the blood thatwhich H. is shed out in the mydil of thee. Whether thin herte shal susteynesuffre GH., or thin hoondis shulen haue power in the dais whiche I shal make to thee? Forsothe Y the Lord spak, and Y shal doo. And I shal scater thee in to naciouns, and I shal wyndewe, `or bloweOm. GH., thee in to loondis; and I shal make thi vnclennes to fayle fro thee, and I shal weelde thee in the siȝt of heithen men; and thou shalt wyte, for I the Lord. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, the hous of Israel is turnyd in to drosse, or syndre; alle thes bras, and tyn, and yren, and leed, in the mydil of fourneys, ben maad drosse of siluer. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that ȝe alle ben turned in to drosse, ther|for loo! I shal gedre ȝou in the mydil of Jerusalem, a gedrynge of siluer, and bras, and yren, and tyn, and leed, in the mydil of the fourneys; and I shal teende a fier in it, to welle to gidre; so Y shal gedre ȝou in my woodnes, and in my wraththe, and I shal reste aȝen. And I shal welle ȝou togidir, and I shal gadre ȝou, and I shal kyndil ȝou in fier of my woodnes, and ȝe shulen be wellid to gidre in the mydil of it. As siluer is wellid to gidre in mydil of the fourneis, so shulen ȝe be in the mydil of it; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord, whanne Y haue shedde out myn indignacioun vpon ȝou. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, sey to it, Thou art the vn|clene loond, not reynyd togidir in the dai of woodnes. Coniurisoun of pro|phetis in the mydil of it; as a lioun ror|ynge and takynge pray, thei deuoureden soule, or lijf, of the nedi man, and thei token priys; thei multiplieden widewis of it in the mydil of it. The preestis of it dispiseden my lawe, and defouleden my seyntuaries; thei hadden no difference bitwix hooli and vnhooli, thei vndirstoden not bitwixe vnclene and clene thing; and thei turneden awey her eyen fro my sa|botis, and Y was defoulid in the mydil of hem. The princis of it in theOm. G pr. m. H. mydil of it as wulues rauyshynge pray, for to shede out blood, and for to lese soulis, and gredili suynge wynnyngis. Forsothe the prophetis of it dawbiden hem with outen temperure, seynge veyn thingis, and dyuynynge lesynges to hem, seiynge, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, whanne the Lord spak not. Puplis of the loond falsli chalengiden fals chalenge, and vio|lentli rauysheden the nedi man, and tour|mentiden the pore man; and thei oppress|iden the cumlynge with fals chalenge, with outen doom. And Y souȝte `of hemOm. A. a man, that shulde bitwene putte an hegge, and stonde sette euen aȝens me fro the loond, leste Y shulde distruye it, and Y foond not. And Y shedde out myn indignacioun vpon hem, and in the fier of my wraththe Y waastide hem; Y ȝeelde the weye of hem in to the heed of hem, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXIII.

And the word of the LordLord God H. is maad to me, seyynge, Sone of man, two wymmen weren douȝtris of o modir, and thei diden fornycacioun in Egipt, in her ȝongth thei diden fornycacioun; there the breestis, or tetis, of hem ben vndirled, and the tetis of her puberte, that is, tyme of ma|riage, ben broken. Forsothe the names of hem, Oolla the more, and Ooliba the lesse sister of hir. And Y hadde hem, and thei baren child, sones and douȝtris; sotheli the names of hem, Samarie Oolla, and Jerusalem Ooliba. Therfor Oolla dide fornycacioun vpon me, and wexe woode in to her loueres, in to Assiriens neiȝynge, clothid with iacynct, princis, and magistratis, ȝonge men of coueiting, alle knyȝtis, or rydynge men, stiers vp of horsis. And she ȝaf her fornycaciouns vpon hem, the chosyn sonys of alle As|siriens, alle and in alle in to whom she wexe woode, in the vnclennes of hem she is defoulid. More ouere and she lefte not hir fornycaciouns, whiche she hadde in Egipt; for whi and thei slepten with hir in the ȝongth of hir, and thei togidre braken the brestis of hir puberte, and shedden out her fornycacioun vpon hir. Therfor Y bitook hir in to the hoondis of hir louers, in to the hoondis of the sonys of Assur, vpon whos letchery she was woode. Thei vnhilliden the yuel fame of hir; thei token the sonys and douȝtris of hir, and slewen hir in swerd; and thei ben maad famous, or sclaundrid, wymmen, and thei diden domys in to hir. Which thing whanne hir sistir Ooliba hadde seen, she wexe woode in lecherie more than she, and she ȝaf vnchastili, or with outen shame, hir fornycacioun, ouer the fornycacioun of hir sister, to the sonys of Assiriens, to duykys and magistratis comynge to hir, clothide with dyuerse clooth, to knyȝtis that weren born in horsis, and ȝonge men in noble fourme, or shapplischap GH., to alle men. And Y sawȝ that o weye of bothe was defoulid, and she encreside hir fornycaciouns. And whanne she seeȝ men peyntid in a wal, the ymagis of Caldeis expressid, or opnyd, in colours, and gird the reyns with knyȝtis girdlis, and cappis died, or steyned, in the heedis of hem, the fourmes of alle duykis, liknes of the sonesOm. GH. of Babiloyne, and of the loond of Caldeis, in whiche thei ben born; and she wexe woode aȝens hem in coueitise of hir eiȝen, and sente messageris to hem in to Caldee. And whanne sonys of Ba|biloyne cam to hir, to the couche of hir tetis, thei defouleden hir in her lecheries of defoulynge of maydynhod; and she is defoulid ofin A. hem, and the soule of hir is fulfillid of hem. And she made nakid hir fornycaciouns, and discouerede hir euyl fame; and my soule wente awey fro hir, as my soule hadde gon awey fro hir sister. Forsothe she multipliede hir for|nycaciouns, bithenkynge the dais of hir ȝongth, in whiche she dide fornycacioun in the loond of Egipt. And she wexe woode bi letcherie vpon the liggynge bi of hem, whos flesshis ben as the flesshis of assis, and as fluxis, or rennyngis, of horsis the fluxis of hem. And thou hast visitide the grete trespassistrespasse GH. of thi ȝongth, for thi brestis ben vndirled in Egipt, and the teetis of thi pubertee ben togidre brokyn. Therfor, thou Ooliba, thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y shal reyse alle thi loueris aȝens thee, of whiche thi soule is fulfild, and Y shal gadre hem aȝens thee in cumpas; the sonys of Babiloyne, and alle the noble Caldeis, and tyrauntis, and princis, alleand alle H. the sonys of Assyriens, and ȝonge men in noble fourme, duykis, and magistratis, alle princis of princis, and the named stiers of horsis. And thei shulen come vpon thee, maad redy with chaare and wheel, the multitude of puplis shulen be armed aȝens thee on eche syde with hau|berioun, and sheeld, and helme; and I shal ȝyue before hem doom, and thei shulen deme thee in her domys. And Y shal putte myn enuyehaat GH., or wraththe, in thee, which thei haunten with thee in woodnes; thei shulen kitte of thi noose and thin eeris, and whiche thingis shulen dwelle, thei shulen kytte of with swerd; thei shulen take thi sonys and thi douȝ|tris, and thi last shal be deuoured in fier. And thei shulen vnclothe thee thi clothis, and shulen take awei the vessels of thi glorie. And Y shal make thi grete tres|passistrespasse GH. for to reste of thee, and thi for|nycacioun of the loond of Egipt; nether thou shalt reyse thin eyen to hem, and thou shalt no more haue mynde of Egipt. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y shal bitake thee in to the hoondis of hem whom thou hatidist, in to the hoondis of whyche thi soule is fulfillid. And thei shulen doo with thee in haate, and thei shulen take alle thi traueilis, and shulen leeue thee nakid, and ful of euyl fame; and the euyl fame of thi for|nycaciouns, shal be shewid. Thi greet trespas and thi fornycaciouns han don thes thingis to thee; for thou didist for|nycacioun after heithen men, amonge whom thou art defoulid in ydolis of hem. Thou wandridistwandrist GH. in the weye of thi sistir, and Y shal ȝyue the cuppe of hir in thin hoond. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Thou shalt drynke the cuppe of thi sister, deep and brood; and thou shalt be in to scornynge, and vndirmow|ynge, whiche thou art moost able to take. Thou shalt be fulfillid with drunkenes and sorewe, the cuppe of mournynge and heuynes, the cuppe of thi sister Samarie. And thou shalt drynke it, and drynke of vn to the drestis, and thou shalt deuoure the relyues of it, and thou shalt to-teere thi breestis, for I spak, seith the Lord God. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, For thou hast forȝete me, and caste me fer after thi bak, and thou beere thi grete trespassistrespasse GH. and thi fornycaciouns. And the Lord seith to me, seiynge, Sone of man, whether thou demyst Ooliba and Oolla, and shewist to hem the grete tres|passis of hem? For thei han don auow|trie, and blood in the hoondis of hem, and thei diden fornycacioun with her ydolis; more ouere thei offren to hem her sonys for to be deuourid, whiche thei gendriden to me. But and this thing thei diden to me, thei defouleden my seyntuaries in that dai, and thei pro|phaneden, or maden vnhooli, my sabotis. And whanne thei offreden her sonys to her ydolis, and entriden my seyntuarie in that day, for to defoule it, and also thei diden thes thingis in the mydil of myn hous. Thei senten to men comynge fro fer, to whom thei senten messageris. And so loo! thei camen, to whom thou wash|idist thee, and al about anoyntidist thin eyen with oynement of wymmen, and art ourned with wommans a tyre. Thou hast setyn in a bed moost fayr, and a bord is ourned before thee; thou puttidist my tymyame, or encense, and myn oynement vpon it. And a voysnoys AG sec. m. of multitude ioi|yngegoyng G pr. m. H. without forth was in it; and in the men that weren led to of the multitude of men, and camen fro deseert, puttiden rengis in the hoondis of hem, and faire corownys in the heedis of hem. And Y seide to hir, that is defoulid in auowtries, Now also this shal doo fornycacioun in hir fornycacioun. And thei wenten to hir as to a womman hoore, so thei en|triden to Oolla and to Ooliba, cursid wymmen. Therfor thes men ben iust, thes shulen deme hem in doom of auow|tresauoutressis GH., and in dome of sheding out blood; for thei ben auowtreris, and blood in the hoondis of hem, and with her ydolis thei doon fornycacioun. Forsothe the Lord God seith thes thingis, Ȝit brynge the multitudis, and bitak hem in to noys and raueyn; and be thei stonyd with stoonys of puplis, and be thei doluen with swerdis of hem. Thei shulen sle the sones and douȝtris of hem, and thei shulen brenne with fier the housis of hem. And Y shal doo awei greet trespas fro erthe; and alle wymmen shulen lerne, lest thei doon after the greet trespas of hem. And thei shulen ȝyue ȝour greet trespas vpon ȝou; and ȝe shulen bere the synnys of ȝour idolis, and ȝe shulen wite, for I the Lord God.

 CAP. XXIV.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, in the nynthe ȝeer, and in the tenthe moneth, the tenthe day of the moneth, seiynge, Sone of man, wrijt thou to thee the name of this dai, in whom the kyng of Babiloyne is confermyd aȝens Jerusa|lem to day. And thou shalt seye bi prouerbe a parable to the hous, terrer to wraththe, and thou shalt speke to hem, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Put thou a brasen pot, sotheli put thou, and send in to it water; tak to a beest moost fat. Put togidre the gobetis of it in to it, eche good part, and the thiȝ, and the shuldre, chosyn and ful of boonus. And mak to gidre heepis of boonus vndir it; and the sethinge of it buylide vp, and the boonus ben ful sothen in the mydil therof. Ther|for thes thingis seith the Lord God, Woo to the citee of blodis, to the pot whos rust is in it, and the rust therof wente not out of it; caste it out bi partis, and bi his partis; soort, or lot, felle not vpon it. Forsothe the blood therof is in the mydil therof; he shedde it out vpon the moost cleer stoon, he shedde it not out vpon erthe, that it may be keuered with dust, that Y shulde lede in aboue myn in|dignacioun, and in veniaunce beOm. G pr. m. H. vengid; Y ȝaue the blood therof vpon the moost cleer stoon, lest it were keuered. Ther|for thes thingis seith the Lord God, Woo to the citee of bloodis, of whom I shal make greet hepe of stickis in fier; gadir the boonus, whom Y shal brenne with fier; fleshis shulen be waastidwaast H., and al the making togidre shal be sothen, and boonus shulen faile. And put thou it void vpon coolis, that it wexe hoot, and the brasse therof melte, and the foulynge therofof it GH. be wellid to gidre in the mydil therof, and the rust of it be waastid. With myche traueile it isOm. G pr. m. H. maad in sweet, and the myche rust of it wente not out therof, nether bi fier. Thin vnclennes cursid; for I wolde clense thee, and thou art not clensid fro thi filthis; but nether thou shal be clensid eer, til Y shal make myn indignacioun for to reste in thee. IOm. A. the Lord spak; it shal come, and Y shal doo, Y shal not passe, nether spare, nether Y shal be plesid; after thi weies and after thi fyndyngis to Y dem|ede thee, seith the Lord. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, loo! Y take fro thee the desyrable thing of thin eyen in plage, or wounde, and thou shalt not mourne, nether weepe, nether thi teeris shulen flowe. Thou stillynge sorewe inward, thou shalt not make mournynge ofin H. deede men; be thi coroun about boundyn to thee, and thi shoon shulen be in thi feet, nether with clooth thou shalt veile, or hijde, mouthis, nether thou shalt ete meetmetis GH. of mourn|ynge men. Therfor Y spak to the puple in the mornynge, and my wijf is deed in the euenynge; and I dide, as he comaund|ide to me. And the puple seide to me, Whi shewist thou not to vs what thes thingis bitokenen, that thou dost? And Y seide to hem, The word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Spek thou to the hows of Israel, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y shal defoule my seyn|tuarie, the pryde of ȝour empyre, and desyrable thing of ȝour eyen, and vpon which ȝour soule dredith; and ȝour sonys and ȝour douȝters, whom ȝe laften, shulen falle in swerd. And ȝe shulen doo, as Y dide; ȝe shulen not hide mouthis with clooth, and ȝe shulen not ete metis of men mournynge. Ȝe shulen haue corouns in ȝour heedis, and shoon in feet; ȝe shu|len not weile, ne wepe, but faile for leenes in ȝour wickidnessis; and eche man shal sorewe to his brother. And Ezechiel shal be to ȝou in to a wonder bitoknynge thing to come; after alle thingis that he dide, ȝe shulen doo; whanneand whan H. this thing shal come, ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord God. And thou, sone of man, loo! in the dai in which Y shal take fro hem the strength of hem, and ioye of dignytee, and desyre of her eyen, vpon which the soulis of hem resten, the sones and the douȝtris of hem; in that dai whanne a man fleynge shal come to thee, that he telle to thee; sotheli in that dai thi mouth shal be openyd with hym that fleethflee H.; and thou shalt speke, and thou shalt not be stille more; and thou shalt be to hem in to a wonder, and ȝe shulen wite, for I the Lord.

 CAP. XXV.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, put thou thi face aȝens the sonys of Amon, and thou shalt prophecie of hem. And thou shalt seie to the sonys of Amon, Here ȝe the word of the Lord God; thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that ȝe seiden, Wew! wew! or scorn, or repref, vpon my seyntuarie, for it is polutid, and vpon the loond of Israel, for it is desolatid, and vpon the hous of Juda, for it is led in to caitifdoom; therfor loo! Y shal bitake thee to sones of the eeste in to eritage, and thei shulen togidir sette her fooldis in thee, and shulen putte her tentis in thee; thei shulen ete thi fruytis, and thei shulen drynke thi mylk. And I shal ȝyue Ramath in to dwellynge of camelis, and the sonys of Amon in to couche of beestis; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that thou ioiedist with hoond, and smytidist with foot, and ioiedist of al thi wil vpon the loond of Israel; therfor loo! Y shal stretche forth myn hoond vpon thee, and Y shal bitake thee in to rauyshinge of heithen men, and Y shal slee thee of puplis, and Y shal leese fro loondis, and togidre de|foule; and ȝe shulen wite, for Y the Lord. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that Moab and Seyr seyden, Loo! as alle heithen men the hous of Juda; therfor loo! Y shal opyn the shulder of Moab of cytees, sotheli of his cytees and of his coostis, the noble of erthe, Bechies|moth, and Beelmoth, and Cariathaym, to the sones of the este, with the sones of Amon. And Y shal ȝeue it in to eritage, that the mynde of the sones of Amon be namore in folkis, and in Moab Y shal make domes; and thei shulen wite, for I the Lord. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that Ydume dide ven|iaunce, that she shulde venge hir of the sones of Juda, and synnede trespasynge, and axede veniaunce of hem; therfor thes thingys seith the Lord God, Y shal stretche out myn hoond vpon Ydume, and shal take a wey fro it man and beest, and Y shal make it deseert fro the south; and thei that ben in Dedan shulen falle in swerd. And Y shal ȝyue my ven|iaunce vpon Ydume, bi the hoond of my puple Israel; and thei shulen doo in Edom after my wraththe, and my wood|nes; and thei shulen wite my veniaunce, seith the Lord God. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that Palestyns diden veniaunce, and vengiden hem silf with al inwit, sleynge and fulfillynge oolde enemytees; therfor thes thingis seith the Lord, Loo! Y shal stretche out myn hoond vpon Palestyns, and Y shal slee the sleers, and Y shal lese the re|lyues of the see cuntree; and Y shal doo in hem grete veniaunces, repreuynge in woodnes; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord, whanne Y shal ȝyue my veniaunce vpon hem.

 CAP. XXVI.

And it is doon in the elleuenthe ȝeer, in the firstfirste day H. of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, for that that Tyrus seide of Jeru|salem, Wew! or ioye, the ȝatis of puplis ben togidre broken, it is conuertid to me; Y shal be fulfillid, it is deseert; therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y vpon thee, Tyre; and Y shal make many folkis for to stie vp to thee, as the see flowynge stieth vp. And thei shulen scatere the wallis of Tyre, and thei shulen distruye the touris therof; and I shal shaue the dust of it fro it, and Y shal ȝyue it in to a moost cleer stoon. Driyng of nettis it shal be in the mydil of the see, for Y spak, seith the Lord God. And it shal be in to rauysh|ynge to folkis. And the douȝters therof that ben in the feeld, shulen be slayn with swerd; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, Lo! I shal brynge to Tyre Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, fro the north, kyng of kyngis, with horsis, and charis, and horsmen, and cumpanye, and greet puple. He shal slee bi swerd thi douȝtris that ben in the feeld; and he shal enuyroune thee with waardyngis, and he shal brynge togider the heepe of erthe in cumpas, and he shal reise vp aȝens thee a sheld. And he shal tempre engynes in maner of vynes, and engynes in maner of wetheres in to thi wallis; and he shal destruye thi touris in his aarmer. With ynne flowynge of hisOm. A. horsis, the dust of hem shal keuere thee; of the sowne of horsmen, and wheelis, and charis thi wallis shulen be moued; whanne he shal goo in the ȝatis, as bi entryngis of the citee distruyed, or scatered, with the feet of his horsis he shal defoule alle thi stretis. He shal sle bi swerd thi puple, and thi noble ymagis shulen falle in to erthe. Thei shulen waaste thi riȝtchessis, and thei shulen rauyshe thi marchaun|disis; and thei shulen distruye thi wallis, and thei shulen vndir-turne thi ful clere housis, and thei shulen putte thi stoonus, and thi trees, and thi poudre in the mydil of watris. And Y shal make the multi|tude of thi songsters for to reste, and the sown of thin harpis shal namore be herd; and Y shal ȝyue thee in to a moost cleer stoon. Thou shalt be driynge ofOm. A. nettis in the mydil seeof the see H., nether thou shalt more be bildid, for Y the Lord spak, seith the Lord God. Thes thingis seith the Lord God to Tire, Whether not of the soun of thi fall|ynge, and of the sorewynge of thi slayn men, whanne thei shulen be slayn in the mydil of thee, ylys shulen be moued to gider? And alle princis of the see shulen cum doun froof GH. her seetis, and thei shulen doo awei her spuylis, and thei shulen caste awei her dyuerse clothingis, and thei shulen be clothid with greet dreed. In the erthe thei shulen sitte, and thei astonyed vpon thi sodeyn fal shulen wondre. And thei takynge to vpon theethe G pr. m. K. lamentacioun, shulen seie to thee, How pershidist thou, noble citee, that dwellist in the see, which was stroong in the see with thi dwellers, whom alle men dred|den? Now shippis shulen wondre in the day of thi dreed, and ylis in the see shulen be sturblid, for that that no man goth out of thee. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, Whanne Y shal ȝyue thee a citee desolat, as cytees that ben not enhabitid, and Y shal leede to vpon thee the depnes, or the see, and manye watris shulen hille thee. And Y shal drawe thee doun with thes that gon doun in to the lake, to puple euerlastynge; and Y shal togidre sette thee in the lastlaft GH. loond, as old wildirnes, with thes that ben lad forth in to the lake, that thou be not enhabited. Sotheli whanne I shal ȝyue glorye in the loond of men lyuynge, I shal dryue thee in to nouȝt, and thou shalt not be; thou sowȝt aȝen shalt na|more be foundyn in to with outen ende, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXVII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Therfor thou, sone of man, tak to vpon Tyre lamentacioun. And thou shalt seye to Tyre, that dwellith in the entre of the see, the marchaundisynge of puplis to many ylis, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, O! Tyre, thou seidist, Y am of perfijt fayrnes, and set in the herte of the see. Men of thi coostis that bild|iden thee, fulfilliden thi fayrnes; thei bild|iden thee with bechis of Sanyr, with alle makyngis of boord of the see; thei token cedre of Liban, for to make to thee a mast. Thei heweden okis of Baasan in to thin ooris, and thei maden to thee thi seetis of rowers of yuer of Ynde, and thi litil cabans of the ylis of Ytalie. Dyuerse bijs of Egipt is wouun to thee in to veyl, that it shulde be put in the mast; iasynct and purpur of the ylis Helysa ben maad thin hillynge. Dwellers of Sidon and Aradie weren thi rowers; thou Tyre, thi wijse men ben maad thi gouernours. Olde men of Bibly, and prudent men therof, hadden shipmen to the seruyce of thi diuerse purtenaunce to houshold; alle the shippis of the see, and the maryners of hem, weren in the puple of thi mar|chaundise. Men of Pers, and Lidiense, and Libiense weren in thi cumpanye, or oost; men thi fiȝters hangiden sheld and helm in thee, for thin ournynge. Sonys of Aradi with thin oost weren vpon thi wallis in thi cumpas; but and Pigmeis, that weren in thi touris, hang|iden her arewgirdlis in thi wallis bi cum|pas; thei fulfilliden thi fayrnes. Cartagy|nessis, thi marchauntis, of multitude of alle ritchessis, with siluer, and yren, tyn, and leed thei fulfilliden thi fayris. Grece, and Tubal, or Spayn, and Mosoch, or Capadocye, thei, thi biers, brouȝten ser|uauntis and brasen vessels to thi puple. Of the hous Togorma thei brouȝten to thi chepynge horsis, and horsmen, and mulis. Sonys of Dedan thi marchauntis; manye ilis the marchaundisynge of thin hoond, chaungiden togidre in thi prijs teeth of yuer, and of hebenyf, that is, a tre that, after that it is kit, waxith hard as stoon. Syrus thi marchaunt, for the multitude of thi werkis thei puttiden forth in thi market, or marchaundise, gemme, and purpur, and clooth with dy|uerse colours, and bijs, and silk, and chodchod, that is, precious marchaun|dise. Juda and the loond of Israel, thei thi biers in the first whete, puttiden forth in thi fayris bawm, and hony, and oyle, and rosyn, or gumme. Damascene thi marchaunt, in multitude of thi werkis, and multitude of dyuerse ritchessis, in fat wiyn, in wullis of best colour. Dan, and Grece, and Mousel, settiden forthforsothe G pr. m. H. in thi fayris yren wrouȝt bi craft, myrre, or preciouse gumme, and swete sauer|ynge spice, in thi marchaundise. Dedan thi biers, in tapetis for to sitte. Arabie andin A. alle princis of Cedar, thei mar|chauntis of thin hoond; with lambren, and wetheres, and kidis thi marchauntis camen to thee. The sellers of Saba and Reema, thei thi marchauntis, with alle the first swete sauerynge spicis, and pre|cious stoon, and gold, which thei put|tiden forth in thi market. Aram, and Chemye, and Eden, thi marchauntis; Saba, and Assur, and Thelmath, thi sell|ers. Thei thi marchauntis of manyfold wlappynge thing, of iacynct and steyned clothis, with ymagis and precious rytch|essis, whiche weren wlappid and streyned to gidre with coordis. And shippis of the see hadden cedris in her marchaun|disis; thi princis in thi marchaundise; and thou art fulfillid, and art glorified fulmyche in the herte of the see. In manye watris thi rowers, or mareners, ledden thee to; the south wynde defoul|ide thee in the herte of the see. Thi ritchessis, and thi tresours, and thi many fold instrument, thi mareneres, and thi gouernours that helden thi purtenaunce of houshold, and weren bifore to thi pu|ple, or souerayns, and men thi fiȝters that weren in thee, with al thi multitude that is in the mydil of thee, shulen falle in toOm. G pr. m. H. the herte of the see. In the dai of thi fallynge of the soun of crye of thi gouernours multitude of shippis shulen be disturbidsturblid GH. togidre; and alle men that helden oor, shulen cum doun of her shippis. Mareners and alle gouernours of the see shulen stoonde vpon the loond; and thei shulen weile vpon thee with greet vois, and shulen crye bitterli, and shulen caste powdre, or dust, in her heedis, and shulen be spreyned to gidre with asshenasche G. askys H.. And thei shulen shaue vpon thee ballidness, and shulen be gyrd with hairis, and shulen wepe thee in bit|ternes of soule, in moost bitter wepynge. And thei shulen take to vpon thee a weping soong, and shulen weile thee, Who is as Tyre, that wax doumb in the mydil of the see? Which in the outgoynge of thi marchaundises of the see fulfillidist manye puplis; in the multitude of thi ritchessis, and thi puplis thou madist riche kyngis of erthe. Now thou art de|foulid of the see, in depnessis of watris; thi ritchessis and al thi multitude that was in mydil of the see fellen doun. Alle dwellers of ylis wondreden greetli vpon thee, andin A. the rowers, or the kyngis, of hem. Alle smyten with tempest chaung|iden cheris; marchauntis of puplis hiss|iden, or scornyden, vpon thee. Thou art led forth to nouȝt, and thou shalt not be til in to with outen eende.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, sey thou to the prince of Tyre, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that thin herte is lift vp, and thou seidist, Y am God, and Y satte in the chaier of God, in the herte of the see, whanne thou art man and not God, and hast ȝouen thin herte as the herte of God; loo! thou art wyser than Danyel, eche priue thing is not hid fro thee; in thi wisdam and prudence thou madist to thee strength, and hast wonne to thee gold and siluer in thi tresours; in multitude of thi wis|dam, and in thi marchaundise thou mul|tepliedist to thee strength, and thin herte is lift vp in thi strength; therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that thin herte is reisid vp as the herte of God, therfor loo! Y shal lede to theeon thee G. oon of the H. aliens, moost stronge of folkis. And thei shulen make nakid her swerdis on thethi A. fairnes of thi wisdam, and shulen defoule thi feyrnes. Thei shulen slee, and drawe doun thee; and thou shalt die in the perishynge of slayn men, in the herte of theOm. AG pr. m. se. Whether thou seiynge shalt speke, Y am GodOm. A., before menme A. sleynge thee, whanne thou art man, and not God? In the hoond of men sleynge thee, in deeth of vncircumcydid men, thou shalt die in the hoond of aliens; for Y spak, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, reys weilynge vpon the kyng of Tyre; and thou shalt sey to him, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Thou a sig|net of liknes, ful of wisdam, perfijt in fayrnes, waswaast GH. in delicis of paradisea para|dise K. of God. Eche precious stoon thi keuerynge, sardius, topacius, and iaspis, crisolitus, and onix, and berillus, saphirus, and car|buncle, and smaragd; and gold the werk of thi fairnes, and thin hoolis ben maad redy, in the day in which thou art maad. Thou cherub streiȝt forth, and keuerynge; and I putteputted GH. thee in the hooli hil of God. In the mydil of fijry stoonus thou walk|idist, perfijt in thi weies fro the dai of thi makynge, til wickidnes is foundyn in thee. In the multitude of thi marchaun|dise `thin entrailis ben fulfillid with wick|idnesseOm. A., and thou synnedist; and Y keste thee out of the hil of God, and I lost thee, thou cherub keuerynge, of the mydil of firy stoonus. And thin herte is reysid vp in thi fairnes, thou lostist thi wisdam in thi fayrenes. Y keste thee doun in to erthe, Y ȝaue thee before the face of kyngis, that thei shulden see thee. In multitude of thi wickidnessis, and in wickidnes of thi marchaundise thou de|fouledist thin halewynge; therfor Y shal brynge forth fier fro the mydil of thee, which shal ete thee; and Y shal ȝyue thee in to asshe on the erthe, in siȝte of alle men seynge thee. Alle men that shulen see thee in folkis, shulen wondre greetli vpon thee; thou art maad nouȝt, and thou shalt not be in to with outen ende. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, put thi face aȝens Sidon, and thou shalt prophecie of it; and thou shalt seie, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y to thee, Sy|don, and Y shal be glorified in the mydyl of thee; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord, whanne I shal doo in it domys, and Y shal be halewid in it. And Y shal sende to it pestilence and blood in the stretis therof, and men slayn shulen falle in the mydil therof bi swerd bi cumpas; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord God. And itther G sec. m. shal no more be toOm. A. into H. the hows of Israel hirtynge of bitternes, and a thorn brengynge in sorewe on eche side bi cumpas of hem that ben aduersaries to hem; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord God. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Whanne I shal gadre the hows of Israel of puplis, in whiche thei ben scaterid, Y shal be halewid in hem before folkis. And thei shulen dwelle in her loond, which Y ȝaue to my seruaunt Jacob. And thei shulen dwelle sikir in it, and shulen bilde housis, and shulen plaunte viyn ȝerdis, and thei shulen dwelle tristili, whanne Y shal doo domys in alle men that ben aduersaries to hem bi cumpas; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord God of hem.

 CAP. XXIX.

In the tenthe ȝeer, in the tweluethe moneth, in o day of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, put thi face aȝens Pharao, kyng of Egipt; and thou shalt prophecie of hym, and of al Egipt. Spek thou, and thou shalt seie, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y to thee, Pharao, kyng of Egipt, greet dragoun, that lig|gist in the mydil of thi flodis, and thou seist, The flood is myn, and Y made my|silf. And Y shal putte a bridil in thi cheekis, and Y shal glewe to gidre the fisshis of thi floodis to thi scalis; and I shal drawe thee out of the mydil of thi flodis, and alle thi fisshis shulen cleue to thi scalis. And Y shal caste thee fer in to deseert, and alle fisshis of thi flood; vpon the face of erthe thou shalt falle, thou shalt not be gadrid vp, nether ga|drid to gidre; to beestis of erthe, and to volatils of heuene Y ȝaue thee for to be deuourid. And alle the dwellers of Egipt shulen wite, for I the Lord. For that that thou waswast G pr. m. were H. a staf of reed to the hows of Israel, whanne thei token `thee toto bi G pr. m. H. to thee bi the G sec. m. hoond, and thou art broken to gidre, and hast drawe al the shuldre of hem, and hem lenynge, or trustinge, vpon thee, thou art maad litil, and hast dissoluyd, or vndon, alle the reynes of hem; therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y shal leede to onvpon GH. thee swerd, and I shal slee of thee man and beest; and the loond of Egipt shal be in to deseert and wildirnes, and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord. For that that thou seidist, The flood is myn, and I made it, therfor loo! Y to thee, and toOm. G pr. m. H. thi floodis. And Y shal ȝyue the loond of Egipt in to wil|dernessiswildernesse H. distried bi swerd, fro the `tour Syens til tocomelyngis in to H. the termys of Ethiope. The foot of man shal not passe bi it, nether foot of beest shal goo in it, and it shal not be enabitid fourti ȝeeris. And Y shal ȝeue the loond of Egipt deseert, or for|sakyn, in the mydil of deseert loondishis loondis H. is loondis G pr. m., and the cytees therof in the mydil of citees vndir turned shulen be desolat fourty ȝeris. And Y shal scatere Egip|ciens in to naciouns, and Y shal wyndewe hem in to loondis. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, After the ende of fourti ȝeeris Y shal gedre Egipt fro puplis, in whiche thei were scatered; and Y shal lede aȝen the caitifte of Egipt. And Y shal sette hem `to gydreOm. A. in the loond of Phatures, in to the loond of her natiuyte; and thei shulen be there in to a meke, or lowe, kyngdam, and among other rewmes it shal be the mekest, and it shal namore be reysid on naciouns. And Y shal make hem litil, lest thei be lordis to folkis; nether thei shulen be more to the hous of Israel in trist, techynge wick|idnes, that thei flee, and sue hem; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord God. And it is maad in the seuenthe and twentytwentithe H. ȝeer, in the first, in oon of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, Nabugodo|nosor, kyng of Babiloyne, made his oost for to serue in greet seruyce aȝens Tyre; eche heed maad ballid, and eche shuldre is vnheerid, and hijre is not ȝoldyn to hym, nether to his oost of Tyre, for the seruyce in which he seruede to me aȝens it. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y shal ȝyue Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, in the loond of Egipt, and he shal take the multitude of it; and he shal take by pray the raueynes therof, and heOm. H. schalOm. AH. rauysshe the spuylis of it, and it shal be hijre to the oost of hym, and to the werk for which he seruede aȝens it; Y ȝaue to hym the loond of Egipt, for that that he traueilde to me, seith the Lord God. In that dai an horn shal sprynge to the hous of Israel, and to thee Y shal ȝeue a mouthe opened in the mydil of hem; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord.

 CAP. XXX.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, prophecy thou, and sey, Thes thingis seith the Lord God, Gowle ȝe, Woo! woo! to the dai, for the dai is nyȝ; and the dai of the Lord neiȝ|eth, a dai of cloude. The tyme of hethen men shal be; and swerd shal come in to Egipt, and dreed shal be in Ethiope, whanne men woundid shulen falle doun in Egipt, and the multitude therof shal be taken awei, and the foundementis therof destryed. Ethiope, and Libie, and Lidij, and al other comoun puple, and ChubCherub G pr. m. H., or Arabie, and the sones of boond of pees with hem bi swerd shulen falle. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, And men vndir settynge Egipt shulen togidre falle doun, and pryde of lordship `therof shal be distruyedOm. A.; fro the tour of Syenes by swerd thei shulen falle doun ther yn, the Lord of oostis seith. And thei shu|len be scatered in mydil of loondis deso|latid, and the cytees therof shulen be in the mydil of deseert cytees. And thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord God, whanne Y shal ȝyue fier in Egipt, and alle the helpers therof shulen be defoulid. In that dai messageris shulen go out fro my face in greet shippis, for to defoule, or destruye, the trust of Ethiope; and dreed shal be in hem in the dai of Egipt, for with outen doute it shal come. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, And Y shal make the multitude of Egipt for to ceesse in the hoond of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne. He and his puple with hym, the strongest of folkis, shulen be led to, for to leese the loond; and thei shulen drawe out her swerdis on Egipt, and thei shulen fulfille thee with slayn men. And Y shal make the botmes of floodis drye, and Y shal bitake the loond in the hoond of werste men; and Y shal leese the loond, and the plente therof in the hoond of alienys; Y the Lord spak. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, And Y shal destrye simulacris, and Y shal make the ydols of Memphis toOm. GH. ceesse, and duyk of the loond of Egipt shal namore be. And Y shal ȝyue dreed in the loond of Egipt, and Y shal scatere, or destrie, the loond of Phatures. And Y shal ȝyue fier in Thap|nys, and Y shal make my domys in Ali|saundre. And Y shal helde out myn in|dignacioun onvpon GH. Pelusium, the strength of Egipt; `and I schal slea the multitude of Alisaundre, and I schal ȝeue fijr in E|giptOm. A.. As a womman beringe child, Pelusie shal sorewe, and Alisaundre shal be de|struyed, and in Memphis eche dais an|guyshis. The ȝonge men of Heliopoleos and Bubasti shulen falle bi swerd, and thei shulen be lad caytifis. And in Taph|nys the dai shal wexe blac, whanne Y shal debrisse there the ceptris of Egipt, and the pride of power therof shal faile in it. A clowde shal hile it; forsothe the douȝters therof shulen be led in to cai|tiftee, and Y shal make domes in Egipt; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord. And it is don in the elleuenthe ȝeer, in the first moneth, in the seuenthe dai of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, Y brak togidre the arm of Pharao, kyng of Egipt; and loo! it is not wlappid about, that helthe shulde be restorid to it, that it were boundyn in clothis, and fastid, or boundyn, with smale lynnen clothis, and, strength taken aȝen, he miȝte holde swerd. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, Loo! Y to Pharao, kyng of Egipt; and Y shal make litil his stronge arm but broken togidre, and Y shal caste doun the swerd of his hoond. And Y shal scatere Egipt in folkis, and Y shal wyndewe hem in loondis. And Y shal coumforte the armys of the kynge of Babiloyne, and Y shal ȝyue my swerd in his hoond; and Y shal breke togidre the armes of Pharao, and thei shulen weile with weil|yngis of a slayn man before the face of hym. And Y shal coumforte the armes of the kyng of Babiloyne, and the armes of Pharao shulen falle doun togidre. And thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord, whanne I shal ȝyue my swerd in the hoond of the kyng of Babiloyne; and he shal stretche it out vpon the loond of Egipt. And I shal scatere Egipt in to naciouns, and I shal wyndewe hem in to loondis; and thei shulen wite, for Y the Lord.

 CAP. XXXI.

And it is maad in the elleuenthe ȝeer, in the thridde moneth, in oon of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, sey thou to Pharao, kyng of Egipt, and to his puple, To whom art thou maad lijk in thi greetnes? Loo! Assur as a cedre in Li|ban, fayr in braunches, and bouwis ful of wode, and heiȝ in heiȝthe; and the top therof is reisid vp amonge thicke bouwis. Watris nurshiden hym, depnes areyside hym; the flodis floweden in cumpas of his rootis, and he sente out his strondis to alle the trees of the cuntree. Therfor his heiȝnes is reisid vpon alle the trees of the cuntre; and his tendre trees ben multiplied, and his braunchis ben reysid vp, for manye watris. And whanne he strauȝte forth his shadewe, alle the vo|latils of heuen maden nestis in his braunchis; and alle beestis of wijlde wodis gendreden vnder his bouwis, and the cumpanye of ful many folkis dwell|ide vndre the shadewynge place of hym. And he was moost fayr in his greetnes, and in spredynge of tendre trees; forsothe his root was bisyde many watris. Cedris weren not heiȝer than he in paradise of God; bechis weren not euen to his heiȝ|nes, and platan trees weren not euen to his bouwis. Eche tree of paradise of God is not maad lijc to hym, and to his fayr|nes. For Y made hym fayre, and with manye and thicke bouwis; and alle the trees of voluptee, that weren in paradise of God, sueden hym. Therfor thes thingis seith the Lord God, For that that he is reysid in hiȝnes, and Y ȝaue his heiȝnes waxynge grene and thicke, and his herte is lift vp in his hiȝnes; now Y haue bitake hym in to the hoondis of the strengest of folkis. He doynge shal doo to hym; after the vnpite of hym Y castide hym out. And aliens shulen kitte hym doun, and the mooste cruel men of na|ciouns shulen caste hym fer vpon moun|teynes. And his braunchis shulen falle doun togidre in alle valeys, and his ten|dre trees shulen be brokyn togider in alle the rooches of erthe. And alle puplis of erthe shulen goo awey fro his shadew|ynge place, and shulen forsake hym. Alle volatilis of heuene dwelliden in his fallynge, and alle beestis of the regioun weren in his braunchis. Wherfor alle trees of watris shulen not be lift vp in her heiȝnes, nether shulen putte her heiȝ|nes amonge wody thingis, and ful of bouwisbowis nether alle thingis and ful of bowis G pr. m. H., nether alle thingis that ben moystid with watris shulen stoonde in the heiȝnes of hem. For alle men ben bi|taken in to deeth, to the vtmoostvtermost GH. loond in the mydil of sones of men, to hem that goon doun in to the lake. Thes thingis seith the Lord God, In the day thatwhanne GH. Y ladde in mournynge `in hellisto hillis GH., Y hillide hym with depnes, and forbedde the floodis of hym, and constreinede many watris. Liban is debrokenbroken G sec. m. on hym, and alle trees of the feeld ben smyten togidre. Of the soun of his fallynge Y mouede togidre folkis, whanne Y ledde forth hym to helle, with hem that wenten doun in to the lake. And alle lowest trees of voluptee, noble and ful cleer in Liban, ben coum|fortid in erthe, and alle that weren moystid in watres. For whi and thei with hym shulen gon doun `in toto GH. helle, to the slayn men in swerd; and the arme of eche man shal sitte vndre the shadew|ynge place of hym, in the mydil of na|ciouns. To whom art thou maad lijc, A! thou noble and heiȝe amonge trees of voluptee? Loo! thou art led forth with trees of voluptee to the last loond, or vtmestuttermost H.. In the mydil of vncyrcumcidid men thou shalt slepe, with hem that ben slayn with swerd. He is Pharao, and al the multitude of him, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXXII.

And it is maad in the twelueth ȝeer, in the twelueth moneth, in oon of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seiynge, Sone of man, tak to a la|mentacioun vpon Pharao, kyng of Egipt, and thou shalt seye to hym, To a lioun of folkis thou art lickened, andOm. G pr. m. H. to a dragoun that is in the see. And thou wyndewistwyndowedist GH. with horn in thi flodis, and trublist to gidre watris with thi feet, and thou defoulidist the flodis of hem. Ther|for thes thingis seith the Lord God, Y shal sprede out upon thee my nette in multitude of many puplis, and Y shal drawe out thee in my nette; and Y shal caste thee fer in the loond. Vpon the face of the feeld Y shal caste thee a wey, and I shal make vpon thee for to dwelle alle volatilis of heuene, and Y shal fulfille of thee theOm. GH. beestis of al erthe. And Y shal ȝyue thi fleshis vpon hillis, and Y shal fulfille thi smale hillis with thi roote; and Y shal moyste the erthe with stynke of thi blood, more ouere moun|teyns and valeis shulen be fulfillid of thee. And Y shal keuere heuens, whanne thou shalt be quenchid, and Y shal make the sterris of it for to waxe blac; Y shal keuere the sunne with cloude, and the mone shal not ȝyue his liȝt. Y shal make alle liȝtmakers of heuen for to mourne vpon thee, and Y shal ȝyue derknessis vpon thi loond, seith the Lord God; whanne thi woundid men shulen falle doun in the mydil of erthe, seith the Lord God. And Y shal stire to wraththe the herte of many puplis, whanne Y shal in leede thi contricioun in folkis, vpon loondis whiche thou knowist not. And Y shal make many puplis for to wondre greetli vpon thee, and the kyngis of hem with ful myche orrour shulen be agast vpon thee, for alle thi wickidnessis whiche thou wrouȝtist, whanne my swerd shal bigynne for to flee vpon the facis of hem. And thei shulen wondre sodeynli, eche for his soule, in the day of his fallyng. For thes thingis seith the Lord God, The swerd of the kyng of Babiloyne shal come to thee; in swerdis of stronge men Y shal cast doun thi multitude, alle thes folkis ben vnexpugnable, or mowen not be ouercomen. And thei shulen destruye the pryde of Egipt, and the multitude of it shal be scatrid. And I shal leese alle beestis therof, that weren vpon many watris; and the foot of man shal namore truble hem togider, nether the clawe of beestis shal truble hem. Thanne I shal ȝelde the watris of hem clennest, and Y shal leede to the floodis of hem as oyle, seith the Lord God, whanne Y shal ȝyue the loond of Egipt desolat. Forsothe the loond shal be forsakyn of his plentee, whanne I shal smyte alle the dwellers therof; and thei shulen wite, for I the Lord. There is mournynge, and the douȝters of folkis shulen weile hym; vpon Egipt, and vpon the multitude therof thei shulen weile hym, seith the Lord God. And it is don in the twelueth ȝeer, in the fiftenthe of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad to me, seyynge, Sone of man, syng thou a mournynge song vpon the multitude of Egipt, and draw doun the ilke same, and douȝtris of stronge folkis to the vttermest loond, with thes that wenten doun in to the lake. Hou myche thou art fayrer, go doun, and sleep with vncircumcidid men. In the mydil of slayn men thei shulen falle doun by swerd; a swerd is ȝouun, and thei drowen it toOm. GH., and alle the pu|plis therof. The moost myȝti of stronge shulen speke to it, fro the mydil of helle, whiche with helpersthe helpers GH. therof wenten doun, and slepten vncircumcidid, and slayn bi swerd. There Assur, and al his multi|tude; in theOm. G pr. m. H. cumpas of hym the sepul|cris of hym, alle the slayn, and whiche fellen doun bi swerd, whos sepulcris ben ȝeuen in the last thingis of the lake. And the multitudeSubsequently to this place the text is taken again from K. of hym is maad by cumpas of his sepulcre, alle slayn, and fallynge by swerd, whiche ȝauen sum|tyme herOm. A. strengthe in the lond of lyu|ynge men. There Helam, and al his multitude bi cumpas of his sepulcre; alle these slayn, and fallynge by swerd, whiche wenten doun vncircumcidid to the vttermost lond; the whiche puttiden her dreed in the lond of lyuynge men, and thei baren her yuel fame with these that gon doun into the lake. In the mydil of slayn men thei puttiden the couche of hym in alle his peplis; in the cumpas of hym the sepulcresepulcris A. of hym. Alle these vncircumcidid and slayn with swerd, forsothe thei ȝauen dreed in the lond of lyuynge men, and baren her yuel fame with these that gon don into the lake; in the mydil of slayn men thei ben putt. There Mosoch and Tubal, and al his multitude; in the cumpas of hym the sepulcris of hym. Alle these vncircum|cidid slayn, and fallynge by swerd, for thei ȝauen her ferdfulnesse in the lond of lyuynge men. And nowe thei shuln sleep with the stronge, and fallynge, and vncircumcidid, whiche wenten doun into helle with her armers, and han putt her swerdis vndir her hedis. And her wickid|nessis weren in the boons of hem, for thei ben maad the dreed of hem in the lond of lyuinge men. And therfore in the mydil of vncircumcidid thou shalt be defoulid, and shalt sleepe with slayn men by swerd, and whiche slepten with vn|circumcidid. There Ydume, and kyngis therof, and alle duykis therof, whiche ben ȝouen with her oost, with the slayn bi swerd, and whiche slepten with vncir|cumcidid, and with these that wenten doun in to the lake. There alle princis of the north, and alle hunters, that ben led forth with the slayn, dreedynge and in her strengthe confoundid, whiche slepten vncircumcidid with the slayn by swerd, and baren her confusioun with these that gon doun in to the laake. Pharao saw hemhim A., and was coumfortid vpon his mul|titude whiche is slayn by swerd. And thei baren her confusioun, with these that wenten down into the laake, Pharao and al his oost, the Lord God saith; for he ȝaaue his dreed in the lond of lyuynge men, and he slepte in the mydil of vncir|cumcided men, with the slayn in swerd, Pharao, and al his multitude, saith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXXIII.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge, Sone of man, speke thou to the sones of thi peple, and thou shalt saye to hem, The erthe, whann I shal brynge yn vp on it a swerd, and the peple of the lond shal take oon man of his last, and shal ordeyn hym a byholder vpon it, and he shal see a swerd cum|mynge vpon the lond, and shal synge with an horn, and shal shewe to the pe|ple, forsothe a man heerynge, who euer he is, the soun of the horn, andOm. AG pr. m. H. shal not kepe hym self, and the swerd shal cum, and shal take hym, the blood of hym shal be vpon his hed. He herd the soun of the horn, and kepte not him silf, the blood of hym shal be in hym; forsothe ȝif he shal kepe hym, he shal saaue his soule. That ȝif the biholder, or aspier, shal see the swerd cummynge, and shal not soun in the horn, and the peple shal not keepe it self, and the swerd shal cum, and take a soule of hem, sothely he is taken in his wickidnesse; forsothe I shal aȝein seeke the blood of hym of the hond of the biholder, not the peple of the lond, bot Y. And thou, sone of man, Y ȝaue thee a biholder to the hous of Yrael; therfore thou heerynge a word of my mouth shalt shewe to hem of me. Ȝif me sayinge to the vnpitous man, Vn|pitous man, by deeth thou shalt deye, thou shalt not speke, that the vnpitous man kepe him silf fro his waye, the ilke vnpitous man shal deye in his wickid|nesse; forsothe I shal aȝen seeke the bloode of hym of thin hond. Forsothe ȝif thee tellynge to the vnpytous man, that he be conuertid, he shal not be con|uertid fro his waye, he shal dye in his wickidnes; sothely thou hast delyuered thi soule. Therfore thou, sone of man, saye to the hous of Yrael, Thus ȝe spaken, say|inge, Oure wickidnessis and our synnys ben vpon vs, and in hem we failen not; hou therfore shuln we mown lyue? saye thou to hem, Y lyue, saith the Lord God, Y wole not the deth of the vnpitous man, bot that the vnpitous man be conuertid fro his way, and lyue; be ȝe conuertid fro ȝour warst wayes, and whi shuln ȝe dye, ȝe hous of Yrael? And so thou, sone of man, saye to the sones of thi peple, The riȝtwijsnesse of a iust man shal not delyuere hym, in whateuer day he shal synne; and the vnpitee of the vnpitous man shal not anoye to hym, in whateuer day he shal be conuertid fro his vnpitee; and a iust man shal not mowe lyue in his riȝtwisnesse, in what|euer day he shal synne. ȜheOm. AGH., if I shal saye to the iust man, that in lijf he shal lyue, and he tristyng in his riȝtwisnesse shal do wickidnesse, alle his riȝtwisnessis shuln be bitaken to forȝetyng, and in his wickidnesse whiche he wrouȝte, in the ylk he shal dye. Forsothe ȝif I shal saye to the vnpitous man, Bi deth thou shalt die, and he shal do penaunce of his synne, and shal do dome and riȝtwis|nesse, and the ylk vnpitous shal restore the wed, and ȝeeld the rauyn, shall go in the maundementis of lijf, nether shal do any thing vniust, in lijf he shal lyue, and he shal not dye. Alle the synnes whiche he synnyde, shuln not be rettid, or acountid, to hym; he dide dome and riȝt|wysnesse, and in lijf he shal lyue. And the sones of thi peple saiden, The waye of the Lord is not of euen weiȝteweiȝte, or euen charge AGH.; and the waye of hem is vniust. Forsothe whan a iust man shal go awey fro his riȝtwijsnesse, and shal do wickidnesse, he shal dye in hem; and whann the vnpitous man shal go awey fro his wick|idnesse, and shal do dome and riȝtwis|nesse, he shal lyue in hem. And ȝe sayn, The way of the Lord is not riȝt. Ȝe hous of Yrael, I shal deeme eche of ȝou after his waies. And it is don in the twelfthe ȝeer, in the tenthe monethe, in the fifthe of the monethe of oure trans|migracioun, he cam to me that fleiȝ fro Jerusalem, sayinge, The cytee is distruy|ed. Forsothe the hond of the Lord was maad to me in the euen, byfore he came that fleiȝ, and he opnyde my mouthe, til he came to me in the morewnyng; and, my mouth opnyd, Y was na more stille. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge, Sone of man, thei that dwellen in these ruynouse thinges vpon the erthe of Yrael, sayinge, sayn, Abra|ham was oon, and by eritage he weeldide the lond; forsothe we ben manye, the lond is ȝouen to vs in to possessioun. Therfore thou shalt saye to hem, These thingus saith the Lord God, Where ȝe shuln weelde the lond by eritage, whiche eten blood, and reysen ȝour eeȝen to ȝour vnclennessis, and sheden out blood? Ȝe stoden in ȝour swerdis, ȝe diden ȝour abominaciouns, and eche man defoulide the wijf of his neiȝbore; and shul ȝe weelde the lond by eritage? These thingus thou shalt saye to hem, Thus saith the Lord God, Y lyue, for thei that dwellen in ruynouse thingis, shuln falle by swerd, and he that is in the feeld, shal be taken to beestis for to be deuoured; forsothe thei that in strengthis and den|nys ben, by pestilence shuln dye. And I shal ȝeue the lond in to wildernesse, and into desert, and the pride and strengthethe strengthe A. therof shall faile; and the hillis of Yrael shuln be desolat, for that that ther is no man that passith by hem. And thei shuln wite, for I the Lord, whanne I shal ȝeue the lond of hem desolate and desert, for alle her abomynaciouns whiche thei wrouȝten. And thou, sone of man, the sones of thi peple that speken of thee bisijdis wallis, and in doris of housis, and sayn, oon to an other, a man to his neiȝbore, spekynge, Cumme ȝe, and heere wee, whiche is the word goynge out of the Lord; and thei camen to thee, as ȝif my peple go yn, and my peple sitten bifore thee, and heeren thi woordis, and don not hem; for thei turnen hem in to a songe of her mouthe, and the herte of hem sueth her auerise; and it is to hem as a songe of musyke, whiche is sungen by soft and sweet soun; and thei heren thi wordis, and don hem not; and whanne that thing that is byfore saide shal cume, forsothe loo! it cummeth, thanne thei shuln wite, for a prophete was among hem.

 CAP. XXXIV.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge, Sone of man, prophecie thou of the shepperdis of Yrael, prophecie thou; and thou shalt saye to the sheperdis, These thingis saith the Lord God, Woo to the sheperdis of Yrael, that fedden hemself; wher flockis ben fedd of shep|erdis? Ȝee eeten the mylk, and ȝe weren keuered with the wollis, and ȝe slewen that thing that was fat; forsothe ȝe fed|den not my flokfolk K.. Ȝe maden not sad to|gidre that that was seek, or vnstedefast, and ȝe heeliden not that that was seek, or soor; ȝe bounden not to that that was broken, and ȝe ledden not aȝein that that iswas A. cast awey, and ȝe souȝten not that that perishide; bot with steernesse ȝe co|maundide to hem, and with power. And my sheep ben scatrid, for that that ther was nonot A. sheeperd; and thei ben maad in to deuouryng of alle beestis of the feeld, and thei ben scatrid. My flockis erreden in alle hillis, and in eche heeȝ litil hill, and vpon al the face of erthe my flockis ben scatrid, and there was not that aȝein souȝte. Therfore, ȝe sheperdis, heerhere ȝe A. the word of the Lord; Y lyue, saith the Lord God, for that that my flockis ben maad in to rauyne, and my sheep in to deuour|yng of alle beestis of the feld, for that that ther was no sheperd, forsothe nether sheperdis souȝten my floc, bot the shep|erdis fedden hemself, and fedden not my flockis; therfore, ȝe sheperdis, heer ȝee the word of the Lord, These thingis saith the Lord God, Loo! I my self vpon the sheperdis; I shal aȝein seeke my floc of the hond of hem, and I shal make hem for to ceese, that thei na more feede my floc, ne the sheperdissheperd K. shuln more feede hemself. And I shal deliuer my floc of the mouthe of hem, and it shal na more be to hem in to mete. For these thingus saith the Lord God, Loo! I myself shal aȝein seeke my sheep, and I shal visite hem. As a shepherd visitith his floc, in the dai whan he shal be in the mydil of his scatered sheep, so I shal visite my sheep, and shal delyuere hem of alle places in whiche thei weren scatered, in day of cloude, and derknesse. And I shal leede hem out of peplis, and I shal gadre hem of londis, and I shal leede hem into her lond, and I shal feede hem in the hillis of Yrael, in strondis, and in alle seetis of erthe. In pasturis most plen|teuouse Y shal feede hem, and in the heeȝ mounteyns of Yrael the lesewis of hem shuln be; there thei shuln aȝein reste in erbis wexynge greene, and in fat lesewis thei shuln be fed vpon the moun|teyns of Yrael. Y shal feede my sheep, and I shal make hem for to reste, saith the Lord God. YAnd Y A. shal aȝein seeke that that perishide, and I shal aȝein leede that that was cast awey; and I shal bynd to that that was to gidre broken, and I shal coumforte that that was seek; and I shal keepe that that is fat and strong, and I shal feede hem in dome; forsothe ȝe ben my flockis. These thingus saith the Lord God, Loo! I deeme bitwixe beest and beest, and wether and buc of geet. Wher it was not ynewȝ to ȝou for to de|uoure good lesewes? More ouer and ȝe defouliden with ȝour feet the relifis of ȝour lesewis, and whan ȝe dronken most cleer water, and ȝe trubliden the tother with ȝour feet. And my sheep weren fed with these thingus that weren defoulid with ȝour feet; and whiche thingus ȝour feet trubliden, these thei drunkendrynken A.. Ther|fore these thingis saith the Lord God to hem, Loo! I myself deeme bitwixe fat beeste and lene. For that that ȝe punch|iden with sydis, and shuldris, and with ȝour hornis wynewiden alle seek beestis, til thei weren scatered withouten forth, I shal saue my floc, and it shal na more be into raueyn. And I shal deeme bitwix beest and beest; and I shal reyse vpon hem oo sheperd, whiche shal feed hem, my seruaunt Dauyd; he shal feede hem, and he shal be to hem in to a sheperd. Forsothe I the Lord shal be to hem in to God, and my seruaunt Dauith prince in the mydil of hem; forsothe I the Lord spake. And I shal make with hem a couenaunt of pees, and I shal make for to ceese the werst beestis fro the erthe; and thei that dwellen in desert, sikir shuln sleep in wilde wodes. And I shal putte hem in cumpas of my litil hill a blessyng, and I shal lede out rayn in his tyme. Raynes of blissyng shuln be, and the tree of the feeld shal ȝeue his fruyt, and the erthe shal ȝeue his buriownyng. And thei shuln be in her lond without dreed; and thei shuln wite, for I the Lord, whan I shal debrise the chaynes of her ȝoc, and shal deliuere hem of the hond of men comaundynge to hem. And thei shuln na more be in to raueyn in heithen men, nether beestis of the feeld shuln deuoure hem, bot thei shuln dwelle tristili without ony dreed. And I shal reyse to hem a iust buriownyng, or seed, named; and thei shuln na more be maad litil by hungre in erthe, nether thei shuln heere more ouer the shendshipis of folkis. And thei shuln wite, for I the Lord God of hem with hem, and thei my peple, the hous of Yrael, saith the Lord God. For|sothe ȝe men ben my flockis, the flockis of my lesewe; and I the Lord ȝour God, saith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXXV.

And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge, Sone of man, putte thou thi face aȝeins the mount of Seir; and thou shalt prophecie to it, and shalt saye to it, These thingis saith the Lord God, Loo! I to thee, mount of Seir; I shal strecche out myn hond vpon thee, and I schal ȝiue thee desolat and desert. I schal distrye thi citees, and thou schalt be desert; and thou schalt wite, for I the Lord. For that that thou was an enmy euer lastynge, and closidist to gydre the sones of Yrael in to hondisthe hoondis A. of swerd, in the tyme of her affliccioun, in the tyme of the last wickidnesse; therfore Y lyue, saith the Lord God, for I shal bitake thee to blood, and blood shal pursue thee; and whann thou hatist bloode, blood shal pursue thee. And I shal ȝeue the hil of Seir desolat and desert, and I shal take awey fro it a man goynge and turnynge aȝein; and I shal fulfille the hillis of it with careyns of slayn men. In thi litil hillis, and in thi valeis, and in rennynge brokis of reyn, men slayn in swerd shuln falle doun. I shal bytake thee into wil|dernessis euerlastynge, and thi citees shuln not be enabitid; and ȝe shuln wite, for I the Lord God. For that that thou saidist, Two folkis and two londis shuln be myn, and bi eritage I shal weelde hem, whan the Lord was there; ther|fore I lyue, saith the Lord God, for I shal do after thi wrath, and after thin enuye, whiche thou didist, hauynge hem in hate, and I shal be maad knowen by hem, when I shal deeme thee; and thou shalt wite, for I the Lord. Y herde alle thi shendshipis, whiche thou hast spoken of the mounteyns of Yrael, sayinge, Thei desert ben ȝouen to vs, for to deuoure. And ȝe han rise vpon me with ȝour mouth, and han dymynued, or spoken yuel, aȝeins me; I herd ȝour wordis. These thingis saith the Lord God, All erthe gladynge, I shal dryue thee in to wildrenesse. As thou ioyedist vpon the eritage of the hous of Yrael, for that it was scatered, so I shal do to thee; the hill of Seir shal be scatered, and al Ydu|me; and thei shuln wite, for I the Lord.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Forsothe thou, sone of man, prophecie vpon the mounteyns of Yrael; and thou shalt saye, Hillis of Yrael, heere ȝe the word of the Lord. These thingis saith the Lord God, For that that the enmye saide of ȝou, Wele! or scorne, heeȝnessiso euerlastynge ben ȝouen to vs in to eritage; therfore prophecie thou, and saye, These thingus saith the Lord God, For that that ȝe ben desolat and defoulid by cumpas, and maad in to eritage to other folkis, and ȝee steiȝiden vp vpon the lipp of tunge, and shendship of peple; therfore, ȝe hillis of Yrael, heerehere ȝe A. the word of the Lord God. These thingis saith the Lord God to mounteyns, and smale hillis, to rennynge stremys of reyn, and valeys, and to desert wallingus, and to forsaken citees, that ben robbid, and scornyd of other heithen men bi cumpas; therfore these thingus saith the Lord God, For in the fijr of my wrath I spake of other heithen men, and of al Ydume, that ȝauen my lond to hem in to eritage in swerd, and al the herte, and of inwit, and cast|iden out it, that thei shulden waaste; therfore prophecie thou vpon the erth of Yrael, and thou shalt saye to moun|teyns, and smale hillis, to heiȝthis of hillis, and valeys, These thingis saith the Lord God, For that that ȝe ben desolat, loo! I in my wrath and in my woodnesse haue spoken. For that that ȝe susteyneden the confusioun of heithen men. Therfore these thingis saith the Lord God, I reys|ide myn hond aȝeins heithen men, that ben in ȝour cumpas, that thei bere her confusioun. Forsothe, ȝe hillis of Yrael, buriown ȝour braunchis, and bring ȝour fruyt to my peple of Yrael; forsothe it is niȝ that it cum. For loo! I to you, and I shal be conuertid to ȝou, and ȝe shuln be erid, and shuln take seed. And I shal multiplie in ȝou men, and al the hous of Yrael; and citees shuln be enha|bitid, and ruynouse thingis shuln be in|storid, or maad aȝein. And I shal fulfil ȝou with men and beestis, and thei shuln be multiplied, and shuln waxe; and I shal make ȝou for to dwelle as fro the bygyn|nyng, and I shal ȝeue with gretter goodis than ȝe hadden fro the bygynnynge; and ȝe shuln wite, for I the Lord. And I shal brenge vpon ȝou men, my peple of Yrael, and by eritage thei shuln welde thee, and thou shalt be to hem in to eri|tage; and thou shalt na more putte to, that thou be without hem. These thingus saith the Lord God, For that that thei sayn of ȝou, Thou art a deuouresse of men, and stranglinge thi folc; therfore thou shalt na more ete men, and thou shalt na more slea thi folk, the Lord God saith. Nether I shal make the confu|sioun of heithen men herd more in thee, and thou shalt not bere the shendshipe of peplis, and thou shalt na more leese thi peple, saith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge, Sone of man, the hous of Yrael dwelliden in her lond, and thei defouliden it in her wayes, and in her studies; after the vn|clennesse of the menstruat womman the way of hem is maad before me. And I shedde out myn indignacioun vpon hem, for the blood whiche they shedden vpon the lond, and in her ydolis thei defoul|iden it. And I scatride hem among hei|then men, and thei ben wyndowid in to londis. After the waies of hem and fynd|yngis Y deemyde hem. And thei en|triden to heithen men, to whom thei entriden, and defouliden myn holy name, whann it was said of hem, This is the peple of the Lord, thei wenten out of the lond of hym. And I sparid to myn hooli name, whom the hous of Yrael defoulide in heithen men, to whom thei entriden. Therfore thou shalt saie to the hous of Yrael, These thingis saith the Lord God, Not for ȝou I shal do, ȝe hous of Yrael, but for myn holy name, whom ȝe defoul|iden in heithen men, to whom ȝe en|triden. And I shal halewe my greet name, whiche is defoulid among heithen men, whom ȝe defouliden in the mydil of hem; that heithen men witen, for I the Lord, saith the Lord of hoostus, whanne I shal be halewid in ȝou bifore hem. So|thely Y shal take ȝou awey fro heithen men, and I shal gadre ȝou of alle londis, and I shal brenge ȝou into ȝour lond. And I shal shede out vpon ȝou clene watir, and ȝe shuln be clensid of alle ȝour defoulyngis; and I shal clense ȝou fro alle ȝour ydolis. And I shal ȝeue to ȝou a newe herte, and I shal putte `a newemy A. spirit in the mydil of ȝou; and I shal take awey a stonen herte of ȝour fleshe, and I shal ȝeue to ȝou an herte of fleshe, and I shal putte my spirit in the mydil of ȝou. And I shal make that ȝe walke in myn heestis, and that ȝee kepe and wirche my domys. And ȝe shuln dwelle in the lond, whiche I ȝaue to ȝour fadris; and ȝe shuln be to me in to peple, and I shal be to ȝou in to God. And I shal saue ȝou of alle ȝour filthis; and I shal clepe whete, and shal multiplie it, and I shal not putte hungre in to ȝou. And I shal multiplie the fruyte of tree, and buriownyngus, or seedis, of the feeld, that ȝe bere na more shenship of hungre in heithen men. And ȝe shuln haue mynde of ȝour warst waies, and studies not goode; and ȝour wickidnessiswickidnes A., and ȝour grete trespassis shuln displese to ȝou. Not for ȝou I shal do, saith the Lord God, be it knowen to ȝou; be ȝe counfoundid, and shame ȝe vpon ȝour waies, ȝe hous of Yrael. These thingis saith the Lord God, In the day in whiche Y shal clense ȝou of alle ȝour wickid|nessis, and shal make citees for to be enhabitid, and shal repareyle ruynouse thingis, and the desert lond shal be tilied, whiche sum tyme was desolat, in the eeȝen of eche way goar, thei shuln saye, The ylk lond vntilied is maad as a ȝerd of volupte, and citees desert and desti|tute and vndirdiggid, waardid, or made stronge, han setun; and heithen men shuln wite, whiche euer shuln be left, or forsaken, in ȝour cumpas, for I the Lord haue bildide the scatered thingus, and haue plantid vntilied thingus; Y the Lord haue spoke, and haue don. These thingis saith the Lord God, Ȝit the hous of Yrael in this thing shuln fynde me, that Y do to hem; Y shal multiplie hem as flockis of men, as an holy floc, as the floc of Jerusalem in the solempnitees therof, so desert citees shuln be ful of flockis of men; and thei shuln wite, for Y the Lord.

 CAP. XXXVII.

The hond of the Lord is maad vpon me, and he ledde me out in theOm. AK sec. m. spirit of the Lord, and lefte me in the mydil of a feeld that was ful of boones; and he ledde me aboute bi hem in cumpas. Forsothe there were ful manye vpon the face of the erthe, and gretely drye. And he saide to me, Sone of man, gessist thou, wher these boones shuln lyue? And I saide, Lord God, thou hast knowe. And he saide to me, Prophecie thou of these boonys; and thou shalt saye to hem, Drie boones, heer ȝe the word of the Lord. These thingus saith the Lord God to these bonys, Loo! I shal with ynne send in to ȝou a spirit, and ȝe shuln lyue. And I shal ȝeue synewys vpon ȝou, and I shal make fleshis for to wexe vpon ȝou, and I shal aboue strecche skyn in ȝou, and I shal ȝeue to ȝou a spirit, and ȝe shuln lyue; and ȝe shuln wite, for I the Lord. And I prophecied, as he comaundide to me; forsothe me prophecyinge a soun is maad, and loo! a styryng to gydre, and bones wenten to boones, eche to his ioyn|ture. And I sawe, and loo! vpon hem synewis and fleshis steiȝiden vp toin AGH. hem, and skyn is strechid forth aboue, and thei hadden no spirit. And he saide to me, Prophecie thou to the spirit, sone of man, prophecie thou; and thou shalt saye to the spirit, These thingus saith the Lord God, Fro four wyndys cum, thou spirit, and blowe yn vpon these slayn men, and lyue thei aȝein. And I prophecied, as he comaundide to me; and the spirit wente in to hem, and thei lyuyden, and stoden vpon her feet, aand a K sec. m. ful greet oost. And the Lord saide to me, Sone of man, alle these boones is the hous of Yrael; thei sayenand a K sec. m., Oure boons dryeden, and our hoope pe|ryshide, and we ben kit awey. Therfore prophecie thou, and thou shalt saye to hem, These thingus saith the Lord God, Loo! I shal open ȝour biriels, and shal leede ȝou out of ȝour sepulcris, my peple, and I shal leed ȝou in to ȝour lond of Yrael. And ȝe shuln wite, for I the Lord, whan I shall opyn ȝour sepulcris, and shal leede ȝou out of ȝour biriels, my peple; and shal ȝeue my spirit in ȝou, and ȝe shuln lyue. And I shal make ȝou for to rest vpon ȝour lond; and ȝe shuln wite, for I the Lord spake, and haue don, saith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge, And thou, sone of man, take to thee oo tree, and wryte vpon it, Of Juda, and the sonys of Yrael, with his felawis. And take thou an other tree, and write vpon it, Of Joseph, and the tree of Effraym, and of al the housseiden A. of Yrael, and his felawis. And ioyne hem theto the K sec. m. toonoon K sec. m. to the totherother K sec. m. to thee into oo tree; and thei shuln be in to oonyng in thin hond. Forsoth whan the sonys of thi peplispuple A. shuln saye to thee, spek|ynge, Wher thou shewist not to vs, what thou wolt in these thingis to thee? thou shalt speke to hem, These thingus saith the Lord, Loo! I shal take to the tree of Joseph, that is in the hond of Effraym, and the kynredis of Yrael, that ben ioyned to hym, and I shal ȝeue hem to gydre with the tree of Juda; and I shal make hem in to oo tree, and thei shuln be oon in his hond. Forsothe the trees, vpon whom thou hast writen, shuln be in thin hond in the eeȝen of hem. And thou shalt saye to hem, These thingus saith the Lord God, Loo! I shall take to the sones of Yrael of the mydil ofOm. K. naciouns, to whom thei wenten awey; and I shal ga|dere hem on eche syde. And I shal bringe hem to her erthe, and I shal make hem oo folk in the lond, in hillis of Yrael, and oo kyng shal be comaundynge to alle; and thei shuln na more be two folkis, ney|ther thei shuln more be departid `in toin AH. two rewmes. Nether thei shuln be de|foulid more ouer in her ydols, and her abomynaciouns, and in alle her wickid|nessis. And I shal make hem saaf of alle her setis, in whiche thei synneden, and I shal clense hem; and thei shuln be to me a peple, and I shal be God to hem. And my seruaunt kyng Dauyd vpon hem, and oo sheperd shal be ofvpon A. hem alle; thei shuln walke in my domys, and thei shuln kepe my comaundementis, and shuln do hem. And thei shuln dwelle vpon the lond, whiche Y ȝaue to my seruaunt Ja|cob, in whiche ȝour faderis dwelliden; and thei shuln dwelle vpon it, thei, and the sones of hem, and the sonys of her sones, til in to with outen eende; and Dauyth, my seruaunt, prince of hem in to with oute eende. And I shal smyte to hem a couenaunt of pees; a couenaunte euerlastynge shal be to hem, and I shal founde hem, and shalI schal GH. multipliemultiplie hem A. multiplie it K sec. m.. And I shal be to hem Goda God A., and thei shuln be to me peple. And heithen men shuln wite, for I the Lord, halewer of Yrael, whan my halewyng shal be in the mydil of hem in to with oute eende.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

And the word of the Lord is made to me, sayinge, Sone of man, putte thi face aȝeins Gog, and the lond of Magog, prince of the hed ofOm. K. Mosoch and Tubal; and prophecie thou of hym. And thou shalt saye to hym, These thingus saith the Lord God, Loo! I to thee Gog, prince of the hed of Mosoch and Tubal; and I shal leede thee aboute, and I shal putte a brydil in thi cheekis, and shal leede thee out, and al thin oost, horsis, and horsmen, alle clothed with hauberiouns, a greet multitude of men, takynge shaft, and sheeld, and swerd. Men of Persis, Ethi|opiens, and Libiens with hem, alle sheeld|id and helmyd. Gomer, and alle his cum|panyes, the hous of Togorma, sydis of the north, and al the strengthe of hym, and many peplis with thee. Diȝte, and make thee redy, and alle thi multitude that is gadred to thee, be thou to hem in to comaundement. After many dayes thou shalt be visitid, in the last of ȝeeris thou shalt cum to erthe, whiche is turnyd aȝein fro swerd, and is gadrid of many peplis, to the hillis of Yrael that weren desert lastyngly; this is led out of peplis, and alle dwelten in it tristili. Forsothe thou steiȝinge vp as a tempest shalt cum, and as a cloude, that thou hill the erthe, thou and alle thi cumpaignyes, and many pe|plis with thee. These thingus saith the Lord God, In that day wordis shuln stye vp vpon thin herte, and thou shalt thenke the warst thouȝt; and shalt saye, I shal stiȝe vpOm. K sec. m. to the lond with oute wall, I shal cum to men restynge and dwellynge sykirly; alle these dwellen with outen wall, barris, or lockis, and ȝatis ben not to hem; that thou rauyshe spuilis, and assaile pray; that thou ȝeue thin hond vpon hem that weren desert, and after|ward restoryd, and vpon the peple whiche is gadrid of folkis, whiche bygan for to weelde, and for to be dweller of the naule, or mydil, of the erthe. Saba, and Dedan, and marchauntis of Tharsis, and alle lyouns therof shuln saye to thee, WherWhether A passim. thou cummest for to take spuylis? Loo! for to rauyshe pray thou gaderest thi multitude, that thou take gold and syl|uer, and take awey, and take portenaunce of houshold and substaunce, and rauyshe spuylis with outen noumbre. Therfore, sone of man, prophecie thou; and thou shalt saye to Gog, These thingus saith the Lord God, WherWhether A passim. not in that day, whan my peple of Yrael shal dwelle tris|tili, thou shalt wite; and shalt cum of thi place, fro sydis of the northe, thou, and many peplis with thee, alle styers of horsis, a greet cumpignye, and greeta greet A. oost; and styeinge vp onOm. A. my peple Yrael, as a cloude, that thou hille the erthe? In the last dayes thou shalt be, and I shal leede thee to vp on my lond, that my folkis wite, whan I shal be halewid in thee, in the eeȝen of hem, thou Gog. These thingus saith the Lord God, Ther|fore thou art he of whom I spak in olde dayes, in the hond of my seruauntis, pro|phetis of Yrael, that prophecied in the days of tymes, that I shulde leede thee to vpon hem. And it shal be, in that day, in the day of the cummyng of Gog vpon the lond of Yrael, saith the Lord God, myn indignacioun shal stye vp in my wodenesse, and in my wrath; in the fijre of my wrath I spac. For in that day shal be greet mouynge to gydre vpon the lond of Yrael; and fishis of the se shuln be moued to gydre fro my face, and beestis of the feeldfeeldis K., and briddis of heuen, and eche crepynge thing that is moued vpon erthe, and alle men that ben vpon the face of the erthe; and hillis shuln be vndirtournyd, and heggis shuln falle, and eche wall shal falle to gidre toin to AGH. erthe. And I shal clepe to gydre aȝeins hym a swerd in alle my mounteyns, saith the Lord; the swerd of eche man shal be dressid in to his brother. And than I shal deeme hym by pestilence, and blood, and reyn ful greet, and greete stoons; Y shal reyne vpon hym fyre and bronston, and vpon his oost, and vpon many peplis that ben with hym. And I shal be mag|nyfyed and halewid, and I shal be knowen in the eeȝen of many folkis; and thei shuln wite, for I the Lord.

 CAP. XXXIX.

Forsothe thou, sone of man, prophecie aȝeins Gog; and thou shalt saye, These thingus saith the Lord God, Loo! I vpon thee, Gog, prince of the hed of Mosoch and Tubal. And I shal leede thee aboute, and I shal disceyue thee, and make thee for to stey vp of sydis of the north, and I shal bryng thee on the hillis of Yrael. And I shal smyte thi bouwe in thi left half, and I shalOm. G pr. m. K. cast doun thin arowis of thi riȝt hond. VponOn A. the mounteyns of Yrael thou shalt falle, thou, and alle thi cumpanyes, and peplis that ben with thee; to wylde beestis, briddis and eche volatile, and beestis of erthe I ȝaue thee for to be deuoured. Vpon the face of feeld thou shalt falle; for I the Lord spac, saith the Lord God. And I shal sende out fijr in to Magog, and in hem that dwellen in ijlis tristily; and thei shuln wite, forOm. K. I the Lord God of Yrael. And I shal make myn holy nameOm. K. knowen in the mydil of my peple of Yrael, and I shal na more defoule myn holy name; and folkis shuln wite, for I the Lord, holy God of Yrael. Loo! it cummeth, and it is maad, saith the Lord God. This is the day of whiche I spac. And dwellers of the cytees of Yrael shuln go out, and kyndlen and brenne to gydre armeris, sheeld and shaft, bowe and arowis, and stafs of hond, and dartis; and thei shuln priuely brenne hem by fijr seuen ȝeeris. And thei shuln not bere trees of cuntrees, nether thei shuln priuely brenne of wijldthe wijlde AG. wodis, for thei shuln priuely brenne ar|mers in fijr; and thei shuln robbe hem, to whom prayes weren, and thei shuln ra|uyshe her waasters, or distruyers, saith the Lord God. And it shal be in that day, Y shal ȝeue Gog a place named, se|pulcre in Yrael, the valey of way goers to the eest of the se, that makith men passynge for to be agast; and ther thei shuln byryen Gogher Gog G pr. m. H. the Gog K., and al the multitude of hym, and it shal be clepid the valey of the multitude of Gog. And the hous of Yrael shuln birye hem, that thei clense the erthe seuen monethis. Forsothe al the peple of erthe shal byrien hem, and it shal be to hem a named day, in whom Y am glorified, saith the Lord God. And thei shuln ordeyne bysili men seek|ynge, or compasynge, the erthe, the whiche shuln birien and aȝein seeke hem that dwelten vpon the face of erthe, that thei clense it. Forsothe after seuen mo|nethis thei shuln bygynne for to seeke, and shuln cumpas walkynge the lond; and when thei shuln see a boon of man, thei shuln sette a title, or signe, bisidis it, til that byriers byrye it in the valey of multitude of Gog. Forsothe name of the citee Amona; and thei shuln clense the lond. Forsothe thou, sone of man, these thingis saith the Lord God, Saye thou to eche bryd, and to alle foulis, and to alle beestis of the feeld, Cum ȝe to gydre, and haste ȝee, renne to gydre on eche sijde to my slayn sacrifice, whiche I offre to ȝou, a greet slayn sacrifice vpon the hillis of Yrael, that ȝee ete fleshis, and drynke blood. Ȝe shuln ete the fleshis of strong men, and ȝe shuln drynke the blood of princis of erthe, of we|thers, of lambren, and ofOm. AGK. kiddis, and of boolis, and of thingus fed for to be fatt, and of alle fatt thingus. And ȝe shuln ete the fatnesse in to fulfillynge, and shuln drynke blood in to drunkennesse, of the slayn sacrifice whiche I shal offre to ȝou. And ȝe shuln be fulfillid vpon my bord, of hors, and of strong horsman, or knyȝt, and of alle men of batail, saith the Lord God. And I shal putte my glorie in folkis, and alle folkis shuln see my dome, that I dide, and myn hond, that I haue putte on hem. And the hous of Yrael shuln wite, for I the Lord God of hem, fro that day and afterward, or fro thennus forth. And heithen men shuln wite, for the hous of Yrael is taken in his wickidnesse, for that that thei leften me; and Y hidde my face fro hem, and bytoke hem in to hondis of enmys, and alle fellen in swerd. After the vnclen|nesse of hem and greet trespas Y dide to hem, and I hidde my face fro hem. Therfore these thingis saith the Lord God, Now I shal leede aȝein the caitifte of Jacob, and I shal haue mercy on al the hous of Yrael; and I shal take to loue for myn holy name. And thei shuln bere her confusioun, and eche trespass|ynge whiche thei trespassiden in me, whan thei dwelliden in her lond tristili, dredynge no man; and I shal leede aȝein hem of peplis, and shal gadre hem fro londis of her enmyes, and shal be halew|id in hem, in the eeȝen of ful manye folkis. And thei shuln wite, for I the Lord God of hem, for that that I trans|latide hem into naciouns, and haue gadrede hem vpon her lond, and I haue not forsaken, or left, eny man of hem there. And I shal namore hide my face fro hem, for that I shedde out my spirit vpon eche hous of Yrael, saith the Lord God.

 CAP. XL.

In the fyue and twentithe ȝere of oure transmygracioun, in the bygynnynge of the ȝeer, in the tenthe of the moneth, in the fourtenthe ȝeer aftir that the citee is smytyn, in the same day the hond of the Lord is maad onvpon A. me, and ledde me thi|der in visiouns of God. And he brouȝt me in to the lond of Yrael, and heOm. A. left me on a ful heeȝ hill, vpon whom was as a beeldyng of a citee goynge to the southe; and he ledde me yn thider. And loo! a man, whos fourme was as the fourme of brasse, and a lytil lynnyn bond in his hond, and a ȝerd of mesure in his hond; forsothe he stood in the ȝate. And the same man spac to me, Sone of man, see with thin eeȝen, and heere with thin eeris, and putte thin herte in to alle thingis, whiche I shal shewe to thee, for that it be shewid to thee, thou art brouȝt to hither; telle thou alle thingus that thou seest to the hous of Yrael. And loo! a wal with outforth, in cumpas of the hous in eche sijd, and in hondthe hoond A. of the man a ȝerd of mesure of sixe cubitis and a palme; and he metid the breede of the beeldyng with oo ȝerd, and the heeȝnesse with oo ȝerd. And he came to the ȝate that biheelde toOm. AGH. the eest waye, and he stiede vp by the greese therof; and he metid the thrisfold of the ȝate with oo ȝerd, that is for to saye, the breede of the thrisfold, with oo ȝerd in breede; and the chaumbre with oo ȝerd in to long, and with oo ȝerd in to breede, and bi|twix chaumbris fyue cubitis; and the thresfold of the ȝate bisydis the vestiarie, or porche, of the ȝate with ynforth, oo ȝerd. And he metide the porche of the ȝate of eiȝt cubitus, and the frount therof in two cubitis; forsothe the vestiarie, or porche, of the ȝate was with inneforth. Forsothe chaumbris of the ȝate to the est waye, three on this sijd, and three on that sijd; oo mesure of three, and oo me|sure of the frountis of eche syde. And he metid the breede of the thresfold of the ȝate of ten cubitis, and the lengthe of the ȝate of thrittene cubitis; and the margyne, or vttemestvttermost H. part, bifore the chaumbris of oo cubit, and oo cubit the eende of eche sijde; sothely the chaum|bres weren of sixe cubitis on this syde and on that syde. And he metide the ȝate fro the roof of the chaumbre til the roof therof, the breede of fyue and twenty cubitis, dore aȝeins dore. And he maad frountis bi sixti cubitis, and at a frount porche of the ȝate on eche syde bi cum|pas; and bifore the face of the ȝate that lastid til toOm. A. the face of the porche of the ynner ȝate, fifti cubitis; and wyndowis ouerthwert, in chaumbris and in frountis of hem, that weren with ynne the ȝate on eche syde by cumpas. Also forsothe and wyndowis weren in the porchis bi cumpas with ynne forth, and bifore the frountis peyntyng of palmes grauen. And he ledde me out toof H. the vtmervttermer H. porche, `or large housOm. A., and loo! tresories, and pament paued with stoon in the porche by enuyrounn; thritti tresories in the cumpas of pament; and a pament in the frount of ȝatis, after the lengthe of the ȝatis wasOm. A. with ynneforth. And he metide the breede fro face of the ynner ȝate vnto the frount of the ynner porche with outeforth, an hundrid cubitis to the eest, and to the north. And he metide the ȝate that biheelde the waye of the north, of the vtmorevttermor H. porche, as wele in lengthe as in breede; and three chaum|bres therof, three on this syde, and three on that syde, and the frount therof, and the porche therof, after the mesure of the first ȝate; the lengthe therof of fyfty cu|bitis, and the breede of fyue and twenti cubitis. Forsothe the wyndowis therof, and porche, and grauyngis, after the me|sure of the ȝate that byheelde to the eest; and of seuen grees was the styeing vp therof, and a porche bifore it. And the ȝate of the ynner porcheporche, or hous GHK pr. m. aȝeinus the ȝate of the north, and the eest ȝate; and he metide fro ȝate vnto ȝate an hundrid cubitis. And he ledde me out to the southe waye, and loo! a ȝate that bihelde to the southe; and he metide the frount therof, and the porche therof, after the ouermore mesures; and the wyndowis therof, and porchis in cumpas, as the tother wyndows; of fifti cubitis the lengthe, and the breede of fyue and twenti cubitis. And in seuen greesis `men stiedenme styed GH. therto, and a porche bifore the ȝatis therof; and grauen palmes weren, oon on this syde, and an other in the frount therof. And the ȝate of the ynner hous, in the south waye; and he metide fro ȝate vnto ȝate in the south waye, an hundrid cubitis. And he ledde me yn, in to the ynnermer hous at the south ȝate; and he metide the ȝate af|ter the ouermer mesuris; the chaumbris therof, and frount therof, and porche therof, bi the same mesuris; and the wyn|dowis therof, and the porche therof in cumpas; fifti cubitis in lengthe, and of breed fyue and twenti cubitis; and the porche by cumpas, the lengthe of fyue and twenti cubitis, and the breed of fyue cubitis. And the porche therof to the vtmervttermor H. hous, and palmes therof in the frount; and eiȝte greces weren, bi whiche me steyede vp therby. And he ledde me in to the ynnermer hous, by the eest waye; and he metide the ȝate after the ouermer mesuris; the chaumbre therof, and frount therof, and porchis therof, as aboue; and wyndowis therof, and porchis therof in cumpas; the lengthe of fifty cu|bitis, and the breede of fyue and twenty cubitis; and the porche therof, that is to saye, of the vtmervttermore H. hous; and palmes graued in the frount therof, on this syde and on that syde; and in eiȝte greese the steiȝing vp therof. And he ledde me ynne, at the ȝate that biheelde to the north, and matte after the ouermore me|suris; the chaumbris therof, and frount therof, and the porche therof, and wyn|dowis therof bi cumpas; ofof the AGH. lengthe of fifty cubitis, and the breed of fyue and twenti cubitis. The porche therof bi|heelde to the vtmervttermore H. hous; and grauyngs of palmys in frount therof on bothe sydis; and in eiȝte greese the steiȝing vp therof. And bi alle tresories a dore in frountis of the ȝatis; and there thei wash|iden brend sacrifice. And in the porche of the ȝate two bordis on this syde, and two bordis on that syde, that vpon hem ben offrid brend sacrifice, for synne ofOm. H. doyng and for trespas of leeuyng vndon. And at the vtmervttermore H. syde, that goth vp to the dore of the ȝate that goth to the north, two bordis; and at the tother syde, bifore the porche of the ȝate, two bordis. Foure bordis on this syde, and four bordis on that syde; by the sydis of the ȝate weren eiȝte bordis vpon whom men offriden. Forsothe foure bordis to brend sacrifice beeldid of sqware stoons, in lengthe of oo cubit and an half, and in breede of oo cubite and an half, and in heiȝthe oo cubit; vpon whiche thei putten vessels, in whiche brend sacrifice is offrid, and slayn sacrifice. And the lippis, or brynkis, of hem of oo palme, bowid aȝein with ynneforth bi cumpas; vpon the bordis forsothe offringisof offringis K. of fleshe. And with oute the ynner ȝate, treseries of chaunters, in the ynner hous that was in the side of the ȝate biholdynge to the north; and the face of them aȝeinus the southe waye; oon on the syde of the eest ȝate, that biheelde to the waye of the north. And he saide to me, This is the tresorie, that biholdith the south waye, of preestis that waken in kepingiskepynge A. of the temple. Sothli the tresorie that bihold|ith to the waye of the north, schal ben of prestis that waken to the seruyse of the auter; thes ben the sones of Sadoch, that comen to of the sonys of Leuy to the Lord, that thei ministre to hym. And he matte the hous, the lengthe of an hundrid cubitis, and the breede by an hundrid cubitis, by sqware, and the auter bifore the face of the temple. And he ledde me yn, in to the porche of the tem|ple; and he matte the porche by fyue cubitis on this syde, and fyue cubitis on that syde; and the breed of the ȝate, of three cubitis on this syde, and three cu|bitis on that syde; forsothe the lengthe of the porcheporche, or large hous GHK pr. m. of twenti cubitis, and the breed of elleuen cubitis, and bi eiȝte greese me stieden therto; and pilers weren in the frountus, oon on this syde, and an other on that syde.

 CAP. XLI.

And he ledde me ynOm. A., into the temple; and he meetmatte AGH. the frountis, sixe cubitis of breede on this syde, and sixe cubitis of breede on that syde, the breede of the tabernacle. And the breede of the ȝate was of ten cubitis; and the sydis of the ȝate, by fyue cubitis on this syde, and by fyue cubitis on that syde; and he matte the lengthe therof of fourty cubitis, and the breede of twenti cubitis. And he gon yn with ynneforth, matte inthe A. frount of the ȝate two cubitis, and the ȝate of sixe cubitis, and the breede of the ȝate of seuen cubitis. And he matte the lengthe therof of twenti cubitis, and the breede of twenti cubitis, byfore the face of the temple. And he sayde to me, This is the holy of halewis. And he matte the wall of the hous of sixe cubitis, and the breede of the syde of foure cubitis, on eche syde bi cumpas of the hous. The sydis forsothe, syde to syde, twyse three and thritti; and thei weren shewynge, `or aboue semyngeOm. H., that entriden bi the wall of the hous, in the sydis bi cumpas, that thei shulden holdefolde A. to gydre, and not touche the wall of the temple. And the street was in to round, styinge vp|ward bi the heeȝ toure, and in to soup|yng place of the temple it bare forth bi cumpas; therfore the temple was brod|der in the ouermore thingus; and so fro the lower parties me stied to the heeȝer, and the mydil. And I seeȝ in the hous heeȝnesse bi cumpas, the sydis foundid at the mesure of a ȝerd in space of sixe cu|bitis; and the breede by the wall of the syde with outforth, of fyue cubitis; and the ynner hous was in the sydis of the hous. And bytwix tresories the breede of twentye cubitis in cumpas of the hous on eche syde, and the dore of the syde to preyer; oo dore to the waye of the north, and oo dore to the south waye; and the breede of place to preyer, of fyue cubitis in cumpas. And the beeldyng that was departid, and turnyd to the waye biholdynge to the see, of the breede of seuenty cubitis; forsothe the wall of beeldyng of fyue cubitis of breed in cum|pas, and the lengthe therof of nyntye cubitis. And he matte the lengthe of the hous, of an hundrid cubitis; and the byldyng that was departid, and the wallis therof, of lengthe of an hundrid cubitis. Forsothe the breede byfore the face of the hous, and of it that was departid aȝeinus the eest, of an hundrid cubitis. And he matte the lengthe of the beeld|yng aȝeinus the face therof, that was de|partid at the bac; solers on eche syde of an hundrid cubitis, and the temple with ynforth, and porchis of the hous, thres|foldis, and wyndowis ouerthwert; solers in cumpas by three parties, aȝeinus the threshfold of eche, and diȝte with tree by cumpas in enuyroune; forsothe erthe til to the wyndowis, and wyndowis closiden the doris, vnto the ynner hous, and with out forth, by eche wall in cumpas, with ynneforth and with outforth at mesure. And cherubyns forged, and palmes, and a palme bitwix cherub and cherub; and cherub hadde two faces, a face of man bysijdis the palme of this syde, and a face of lyoun bysydis a palme expressid on the tother syde. By all the hous in cumpas, fro the erthe vnto theOm. G pr. m. K. ouermer part, cherubyns and palmes weren graued in the wall of the temple. The thresfold foure cornerd; and the face of the byhold|yng of the sayntuarye aȝenus the bihold|yng of the treenen auter; the heiȝt of it of three cubitis, and the lengthe therof two cubitis; and the corners therof, and lengthe therof, and wallis therof, treenen. And he spac to me, This is the bord by|fore the Lord. And two doris weren in the temple, and in the sayntuarie. And in the two doris on eche sijde weren two smale doris, that weren folden in hem self to gydre; forsothe two doris weren on eche syde of the doris. And grauen weren in the ylk doris of the temple cherubyns and grauyng of palmes, as and in the wallis thei weren expressid. Wher|fore and gretter trees weren in the frount of the porche with outforth, on whiche the ouerthwert wyndowis, and lickenesse of palmes, on this syde and that syde; inand A. the litil shuldris of the porche, after the sydis of the hous, and breede of wallis.

 CAP. XLII.

And he ledde me out in to the vtmervttermore H. hous, by the waye leedynge to the north; and he ledde me yn, in to the tresorie, that was aȝeinus the departid beeldyng, and aȝeinus the hous goynge to the north; in the face of lengthe an hundred cubitis of the north dore, and of breede fifti cu|bitis, aȝeinus twenti cubitis of the ynner hous, and aȝeinus the pament pauyd with stoon of the vtmervttermore H passim. hous, wher was a porche ioynyd to treble porche. And bi|fore the tresories a walkyng of ten cubitis of breede, and biholdynge to the ynner thingus of athe A. waye of oo cubit. And the doris of hem to the north, wher weren tresories lower in the ouermore partis; for thei baren vp the porchis that of hem apperiden of the lower partis, and of the mydlis of beeldyng. Sothely housis of three stagis weren, and hadde not pilers, as pilers weren of the greet housis; ther|fore thei appeeriden out fro the lower parties, and fro the mydlis fro the erthe, in fifty cubitis. And the vtmer aley after the tresories, that weren in the waye of the vtmer greet hous, byfore the tresories; the lengthe therof of fyfty cubitis. For the lengthe was of the tresories of the vtmer hous of fyfty cubitis, and the lengthe byfore the face of the temple of an hundrid cubitis. And vndir these tresories was an eentre fro the eest, of men entrynge in toOm. AGH. it, of the vtmer hous, in the breede of the aley of the hous, that was aȝeinus the eest waye, in to the face of the departid beeldyng. And by|fore the beeldyng weren tresories, and a waye bifore the face of hem, after the licknesse of tresories that weren in theOm. AGH. waye of the north; after the lengthe of hem, so and the breede of hem. And al the entryng of hem, and lickenessis and doris of hem, after the doris of tresories that weren in the waye biholdynge to the south dore in the heed of the waye, whiche waye was byfore the porche departid to men entrynge by the eest waye. And he saide to me, The tresories of the north, and the tresories of the south, that ben byfore the beeldyng departid, these ben holy tresories, in whiche the prestis ben clothid, whiche neiȝen to the Lord in to the holy of halewis; there thei shuln putte the holy thingus of the holy, and offryngus for synne of doyng, and trespas of leeuyng; forsothe the place is holy. Forsothe whan prestis shuln entre, thei shuln not go out of holy thingis in to the vtmer hous; and there thei shuln putte aȝein her clothis, in whiche thei ministren, for thei ben holy; and thei shuln be clothid with other clothingus, and so thei shuln go forth to the peple. And whenn he hadde ful eendid the me|suris of the ynner hous, he ledde me out by the waye of the ȝate that byhelde to the eest waye; and he matte it on eche syde by cumpas. Forsothe he matte aȝeinus the eest wynd with a ȝerd of me|sure by cumpas fyue hundreth ȝerdis, in a ȝerd of mesure by cumpas. And he matte aȝeinus the wynd of the north fyue hundred ȝerdis, in a ȝerd of mesure by cumpas. And in to the south wynd he matte fyue hundreth ȝerdis, in a ȝerd of mesure by cumpas. And to the west wynd he matte fyue hundreth ȝerdis, in a ȝerd of mesure. By foure wyndus he matte the wall therof on eche syde by cumpas, the lengthe of fyue hundred cu|bitis, and the breed of fyue hundred cu|bitis, departinge bitwix the sayntuarie and place of commoun peple.

 CAP. XLIII.

And he ladde me out at the ȝate, that byhelde to the eest waye. And loo! the glorie of God of Yrael entride by the eest waye; and a voice was to hym, as the voice of many watris, and the erthe shoone of the maieste of hym. And I sawȝ a visioun, after the fourme whiche I sawȝ, whan he came for to distruye the citee; and the fourme after the bi|holding whom I sawȝ bysydis the flood Cobar. And I felle vpon my face, and the maieste of the Lord entride the tem|ple, by the waye of the ȝate that biheelde to the eest. And the Spirit reyside me, and ledde me ynOm. AGH., in to the ynner hous; and loo! the hous was fulfilled with glo|rie of the Lord. And I herde the spek|yng to me of the hous. And the man that stoode bysidis me, saide to me, Sone of man, the place of my seete, and the place of steppis of my feet, wher Y dwelle in the mydil of the sones of Yrael in to with outen eende; and the hous of Yrael shuln na more defoule myn holy name, thei, and the kyngus of hem, in her for|nicaciouns, and in fallyngus of her kyngus, and in heeȝ thingus. Whiche forgiden her thresfold bysydis my thresfold, and her postis bysidis my postis, and a wall was bitwix hem and me; and thei de|fouliden myn holy name in abomina|ciouns whiche thei diden; for whiche I wastide hem in my wrath. Now ther|fore putte thei ferr her fornicaciouns, and fallyngus of her kyngus fro me; and I shal dwelle in the mydil of hem euer|more. Forsothe thou, sone of man, shewe to the hous of Yrael the temple, and be thei confoundid of her wickidnessis; and mete thei the makyng, and shame thei of alle thingus that thei diden. Thou shalt shewe to hem the figure of the hous, and makyng therof; the outgoyngusoutgoynge A., and the yngoingus, and al discryuyng therof, and alle maundementus therof, and al the or|dre therof, and alle lawis therof, and thou shalt write in the eeȝen of hem; that thei keepe alle discryuyngus therof, and preceptis therof, and do hem. This is lawethe lawe G sec. m. of the hous, in heeȝnesse of mountthe mount G sec. m.; alle the eendis therof in cumpas is the holy of halewis; therfore this is the lawe of the hous. These sothely the mesures of the auter in a cubit most verre, that hadde a cubit and an `hond; andpalm; in G sec. m. the bo|sum therof was a cubit in lengthe, and a cubit in breede; and the diffynyng, or certeyntee, therof vn to the lippe, or brynke, therof in cumpas, o palme, or hond; and this was the diche, or holow|nesse, of the auter. And fro the bosum of the erthe vn to the last heiȝt, or brinke, two cubitis, and the breede of oo cubit; and fro the lesse heiȝt, or auter, `to the more heiȝt, or auterOm. K., foure cubitis, and the breede of oo cubit; forsothe the ylk ariel, or auter, of foure cubitis, and fro ariel vn to aboue, foure corners. And the ariel, `or auterOm. A., of twelfe cubitis in lengthe, by twelue cubitis of breede, foure corner|ed with euen sydis. And the heiȝt, or brynke, of fourtene cubitis of lengthe by fourtene cubitis of breede, in four cor|ners therof. And a croune in cumpas therof of half a cubit, and the bosum therof of oo cubit by cumpas; forsothe the grese therofOm. A. turnyd to the eest. And he saide to me, Sone of man, these thingus saith the Lord God, These ben the rytis, or obseruaunces, of the auter, in what euereuery GK. day it shal be forgidforchid K., that brent sacrifice be offrid thervpon, and bloode be shed out. And thou shalt ȝeue to prestis and dekenys, that ben of the seed of Sadoch, that cumen to me, saith the Lord God, that thei offre to me a calf of the droue for synne don. And thou, takyng to of the bloode therof, shalt putte vpon four corners therof, and vpon four corners of the heiȝt, and vpon the crown in cumpas; and thou shalt clense it, and fully make clene. And thou shalt take the calf that was offrid for synne don, and thou shalt brenne hym in a de|partid place of the hous, with outen the sayntuarye. And in the secounde day thou shalt offre a buc of geet vnspottid for synne don; and thei shuln fully clense the auter, as thei clensiden in the calf. And whann thou hast fulfillid that clens|yng, thou shalt offre a calf vnspottid of the droue, and a wether, or ram, vnspot|tid of the floc. And thou shalt offre hem in the siȝt of the Lord; and prestis shuln sende salt vpon hem, and shuln offre hem in to brent sacrifice to the Lord. Seuen days thou shalt make the geet buc for synne, day by day; and the calf of the drooue, and the wether of theOm. AGH. sheep thei shuln offre hem vnspottid. Seuen days thei shuln fulli make clene the au|ter, and shuln clense it, and shuln ful|fille the hond therof. Forsothe seuen days fulfillid, in the eiȝt day and ouer prestis shuln do ȝour brent sacrifices vpon the auter, and whiche thei offren for pees; and I shal be plesid to ȝou, saith the Lord God.

 CAP. XLIV.

And he turned me to the waye of the ȝate of the vtmer sayntuarie, that bihold|ith to the eest, and was closid. And the Lord saide to me, This ȝate shal be closid, and shal not be opnyd, and a man shal not passe by it; for the Lord God of Yrael entride yn by it, and it shal be closid to the prynce. The prince he shal sitte in it, that he ete breede bifore the Lord; by the waye of the ȝate of the porche he shal go yn, and by the waye therof he shal go out. And he ledde me to by the waye of the north ȝate, in the siȝte of the hous; and I sawȝ, and loo! the glorie of the Lord fulfillid the hous of the Lord; and I felle in to my face. And the Lord sayde to me, Sone of man, putte thin herte, and see with thin eeȝen, and heer with thin eris alle thingus whiche I speke to thee, of alle cerymonyes of the hous of the Lord, and of alle the lawis therof; and thou shalt putte thin herte in wayes of the temple, by alle the out goyngus of the seyntuarie. And thou shalt saye to the hous of Yrael terrynge me to wrath, These thingus saith the Lord God, Ȝe hous of Yrael, alle ȝour grete trespassis suffice thei to ȝou, for that that ȝe bryng yn alyen sonys, vncircumcidid in hert, and vncir|cumcidid in flesh, that thei be in my sayntuarie, and defoule myn hous. And ȝe offren my louys, fatnesse, and bloode, and ȝe vndo my couenaunt in alle ȝour grete trespassis. And ȝe kepte not the preceptis of my sayntuarie, and ȝe han putte keepers of myn obseruaunces in my sayntuarie to ȝour self. These thingus saith the Lord God, Eche alien vncir|cumcidid in herte, and vncircumcidid in fleshe, shal not entre my sayntuarie; eche alyen sone, that is in the mydil of the sones of Yrael. Bot and the Leuytis, or dekenys, whiche wenten fer awey fro me in errour of the sonys of Yrael, and erriden fro me after her ydolis, and baren her wickidnes, shuln be in my sayntuarie kepers of the hous, and porters of the ȝatis of the hous, and mynistris of the hous; thei shulen slee brent sacrificissacrifice K sup. ras., and slayn sacrificissacrifice K sup. ras. of the peple; and thei shuln stonde in the siȝt of hem, that thei ministre to hem. For that that thei mynystryden to hem in the siȝt of the ydols, and ben maad to the hous of Yrael in to offencioun of wickidnesse; therfore Y reyside myn hond vpon hem, saith the Lord God, and thei han born her wickid|nesse. And thei shuln not neiȝe to me, that thei be ordeyned in presthod to me, neither thei shuln cum to al my sayn|tuarye bysidis the holy of halewis, bot thei shuln bere her confusioun, and her grete trespassis that thei diden. And I shal ȝeue hem porters of the hous, in al the mynysterie therof, and in alle thingus that weren in it. Forsothe prestis and dekenys, sonys of Sadoch, whiche kepten theOm. A. cerymonyes of my sayntuarie, whan the sones of Yrael erryden fro me, thei shuln cum to me, that thei mynistre to me; and thei shuln stonde in my siȝte, that thei offre to me fatnesse and blood, saith the Lord God. Thei shuln go yn to my sayntuarie, and thei shuln cum to my bord, that thei mynystre to me, and keepe my cerymonyes. And whan thei shuln go yn to the ȝatis of the ynner hous, thei shuln be clothid with lynnen clothis, nether eny wollun shal stye vp on hem, whann thei mynystren in the ȝatis of the ynner hous, and with ynne|forth; lynnen byndyngus shuln be in the hedis of hem, and wommans lynnen in the leendus of hem, and thei shuln not be gyrd in swoot. And whan thei shuln go out the vtmer hous to the peple, thei shuln vnclothe hem her clothingusclothis A., in whiche they mynistriden, and shuln aȝein putte hem in the tresorie of sayntuarie; and thei shuln clothe them with other clothingusclothis AGH., and thei shuln not halewe the peple in her clothis. Sothely thei shuln not shaue her hedis, nether norishe longe her, bot clippyng thei shuln clippe her hedis. And eche prest shal not drynke wijne, whan he entrith the ynner hous. And thei shuln not take wyues a wydue, and forsaken, bot meydens of the seed of the hous of Yrael; bot and thei shuln take a wydue, whiche was wydue of a prest. And thei shuln teche my peple, what is bitwixe holy and polute, or de|foulid, and bitwixe cleen and vncleen; and thei shuln shewe to hem. And whann debate shal be, thei shuln stonde in my domys, and thei shuln deem myin my A. lawis; and thei shuln kepe my heestis in alle my solempnyteese, and thei shuln halewe my sabothis. And thei shuln not entree to a dead man, lest thei be de|foulid, no bot to fader, and moder, sone, and douȝter, andOm. A. brother, and sister whiche hadde nonnoon other G sec. m. husbond, in whom thei shuln be defoulid. And after that he shal be clensid, seuen days shuln be noumbred to hym. And in the day of his entryng in to the sayntuarie, at the ynner hous, that he mynistre to me in my sayntuarie, he shal offre for his synne, saith the Lord God. Forsothe heritage shal not be to hem, Y the heritage of hem; and ȝe shuln not ȝeue to hem pos|sessioun in Yrael, forsothe I the posses|sion of hem. Thei shuln ete slayn sacri|fice, and for synne of doyng, and for trespas of leuyng, and eche vow in Yrael shal be hern. And the primyssis, or first thingus, of alle beestus first bygoten, and alle liquyd sacrifices, or fleetynge, as oyle, and hony, and syche, of alle thingus that ben offrid, shuln be the prestis; and ȝe shuln ȝeue to the prest the first thingus of ȝour metis, that he putte vp a bless|yng to his hous. Prestis shuln not ete eche dead thing by it self, and taken of beestis, of briddus, and of etable beestis.

 CAP. XLV.

Whann ȝe shuln bygynne for to de|parte the lond by lot, departe ȝe the first fruytis to the Lord, and halewid thinge of the lond, the lengthe fyue and twenti thousandus, and the breed ten thousandus; it shal be halewid in al the terme therof by cumpas. And on eche part it shal be halewid in fyue hundrid by fyue hun|drid, four maner by cumpas, and in fifti cubitis in to the suburbis therof bi cum|pas. And of this mesure thou shalt me|sure the lengthe of fyue and twenty thousandis, and the breed of ten thou|sandus; and in that the temple shal be, and the holy of holy thingus. The ha|lewid thing of the lond shal be to prestis, mynystris of the sayntuarye, whiche cum|men to the seruyce of the Lord; and a place shal be to hem in the hous, in to sayntuarie of halewyng. Sothely fyue and twenti thousandis schulen ben of lengthe, and ten thousandus of breede; forsothe the dekenys that ministren to the hous, thei shuln weelde twenty tre|sories. And ȝe shuln ȝeue possessiouns of the citee, fyue thousandus of breed, and of lengthe fyue and twenti thousandis, after the departyng of sayntuarie, to eche hous of Yrael. And to the prince on this half and on that half, and in to the de|partynge of sayntuariethe seyntuarie A., and in to pos|sessioun of the citee, aȝeinus the face of departyng of the sayntuarie, and aȝeinus the face of possessioun of the citee, fro the syde of the see vn to the see, and fro the syde of the eest vn to the eest. For|sothe the lengthe bysydis eche of the parties, fro the west terme vnto the eest terme of the lond, shal be possessioun in Yrael; and princis shuln namore spuyle my peple, but shuln ȝeue lond to the hous of Yrael, after the lynagis of hem. These thingus saith the Lord God, Ȝe princis of Yrael, be it ynewȝ to ȝow, leue ȝe wickidnesse and raueyns, and do ȝe dome and riȝtwijsnesse; departe ȝe ȝour niȝ coostus fro my peple, saith the Lord God. A iust balaunce, and iust mesure of drye thingis, that is clepid ephi, and iust mesure of fleetynge thingus, that is cleepid bachus, shal be to ȝou. Ephi and bachus shuln be euen, and of oo me|sure, that bachus take the tenthe part of corus, that is aOm. G. mesure of thritti busshellis, and ephi the tenthe part of chorus; after the mesure of corus ther shal be euen weiȝt of hem. Forsothe a sicle shal haue twenti halpenns; forsothe twenti syclis, and fyue and twenti syclis maken a besaunt. And these ben the first thingus whiche ȝe shuln take; the sixt part of ephi, of the mesure corus of whete, and the sixte part of ephi, of the mesure corus of barly. And the mesure of oyle; bachus of oyle is the tenthe part of the mesure corus, and ten mesuris of bachus maken the mesure corus; for ten mesuris of bachus fulfillen the mesure corus. And oo wether of a floc of two hundrid, of these whiche the sones of Yrael nuryshen, in to sacrifice, and in to brend sacrifice, and in to pesible, for to fulli clense for hem, saith the Lord God. Al the peple of the lond shal be holden in these primisses to the prince of Yrael. And vpon the prince shuln be brend sa|crifices, and sacrifice of offryngus of fleet|yng thingus, in solempniteese, and in ka|lendus, and in sabothis, and in alle the solempnytees of the hous of Yrael; he shal make sacrifice for synne, and brend sacrifice, and pesible, for to fulli clense for the hous of Yrael. These thingus saith the Lord God, In the first monethe, in oon of the moneth, thou shalt take a calf vnspottid of the droue, and thou shalt fully clense the sayntuarie. And the prest shal take of the bloode, that shal be for synne; and shal putte in postis of the hous, and in four corners of the heiȝt of the auter, and in postus of the ȝate of the ynner hous. And so thou shalt in the seuenthe of the mo|nethe, for eche man that vnknewe, and by errour is disceyued, and thou shalt fully clense for the hous. In the first moneth, in the fourtenthe day of the moneth, the solempnytee of pask shal be to ȝou; in seuen days therf thingus shuln be eten. And the prince shal do in that day, for hym and for al the peple of the lond, a calf for synne. And in the so|lempnyte of seuen days he shal do brend sacrifice to the Lord; seuen calues and seuen wetheris vnspottid day by day, in seuen days, and for synne a geet buc eche day. And the sacrifice of theOm. A. me|sure ephi bi a calf, and ephi by a wether, he shal do, and the mesure hyn of oyle, by eche ephi. In the seuenthe moneth, the fiftenthe day of the monethe, in the solempnytee, he shal do as thei ben aboue sayde, by seuen days, as wele for synne as for brent sacrifice, and in sacri|fice, and in oyle.

 CAP. XLVI.

These thingus saith the Lord God, The ȝate of the ynner hous, that byholdith to the eest, shal be closid sixe days, in whiche werk is don; forsothe in the day of saboth it shal be opnyd, bot and in the day of kalendis it shal be opnyd. And the prince shal entre by the way of the porche of the ȝate with outforth, and he shal stonde in the thresfold of the ȝate; and prestis shuln do his brend sacrifice, and his pesiblespesible A.; and he shal worship vpon the thresfold of the ȝate, and he shal go out; forsothe the ȝate shal not be closid vn to euyn. And the peple of the lond shal worship at the dore of that ȝate, in sabothis, and ka|lendis, byfore the Lord. Forsothe the prince shal offre this brent sacrifice to the Lord in the day of saboth, sixe lam|bren vnspottid, and a wether vnspottid, and a sacrifice of ephi by the wether; in lambren forsothe the sacrifice that his hond shuln ȝeue, and the mesure hyn of oyle, bi eche of ephi. Sothely in the day of kalendis a calf vnspottid of the drooue, and six lambren, and wethris vnspottid shuln be, and the mesure ephi by the calf. And he shal make the sacrifice of the mesure ephi by the wether; forsothe of the lambren as his hond shal fynde, and of oyle the mesure hyn, by eche of mesure ephi. And whann the prince is to entringe, by waye of the porche of the ȝate entre he, and by the same waye go he out. And whan the peple of the lond shal entre in the siȝt of the Lord, in so|lempnytees, whiche goth ynne by the north ȝate, that it wirship, go it out by the waye of theOm. G pr. m. HK. south ȝate. Forsothe he that entrith by the waye of the south ȝate, go out by wayethe weye A. of the north ȝate. He shal not turne aȝein by wayethe weie AH. of the ȝate, by whom he goth yn, bot euen aȝeinus it he shal go out. Sotheli the prince shal be in the mydil of hem; with men goynge yn he shal go yn, `and with men goynge oute he schal go outeOm. AG pr. m. HK.. HouOm. G sec. m. in fairis and in solempnyteese shal be sacri|fice of mesurethe me|sure G sec. m. ephi by a calf, and mesure ephi by a wether; in lambren shal be sacrifice as his hond shal fynde, and of oyle the mesure hyn, bi eche of mesure ephi. Forsothe whan the prince shal do wilful brent sacrifice, or wilful pesibles to the Lord, the ȝate that biholdith to the eest, shal be opnyd to hym; and he shal do his brent sacrifice, and his pesi|blis, as it is wont for to be don in the day of saboth; and he shal go out, and the ȝate shal be shette after that he shal go out. And he shal do a brend sacri|fice, a lomb of the same ȝeer vnspottid, eche day to the Lord; euermore in theOm. AGH. morewe he shal do it, and he shal do sacrifice theronthere A. therupon G pr. m. H. bisidis, or niȝ, the mo|rewe; erly the sixt part of theOm. A. mesure ephi, and of oyle the thridde part of theOm. A. mesure hyn, that it be meynt to floure; a lawful sacrifice to the Lord, contynuel and euerlastynge. And he shal make a lombe in to sacrifice, and oyle, niȝ the morewe; erly the brend sacrifice euerlast|ynge. These thingis seith the Lord God, Ȝif the prince shal ȝyue a hous to eny of his sones, the eritaage therof schal be of his sones; thei schulen weelde it by eri|tage. Forsoth ȝif he shal ȝeue a bi|quethun thing of his eritage to oon of his seruauntis, it shal be his vn to the ȝeer of remyssioun, and it shal turne aȝein to the prince; forsothe the eritage of hym shal be to his sonys. And the prince shal not take by violence of the eritage of the peple, and of the posses|sioun of hem; bot of his possessioun he shal ȝeue eritage to his sonys, that my peple be not disparplid, eche man fro his possessioun. And he ledde me yn bi the entree, that was on the syde of the ȝate, in to the tresories of the sayntuarie to the prestis, that biheelden to the north; and there was a place goynge to the west. And he sayde to me, This is a place, wher and prestis shuln sayeseie A. seye G. and for synne of doynge, and for trespas of leeuynge; wher thei shuln sayseie A. sey G. sacrifice, that thei bere not out in to the vtmervttermore H passim. hous, and the peple be halewid. And he ledde me out in to the vtmer hous, and about ledde me by foure corners of the hous; and loo! a litil hous was in the corner of the hous, smale housis, eche by corners of the hous; in to foure cor|ners of the hous litil housis disposid, of fourti cubitis by longe, and thritti by breede; foure weren of oo mesure; and a wal by cumpas enuyrounynge foure smale housis; and kitchens weren forgid vndir porchis bi cumpas. And he saide to me, This is the hous of kitchenys, in whom the mynystris of the hous of the Lord seethen slayn sacrifices of the peple.

 CAP. XLVII.

And he turnede me to the ȝate of the hous; and loo! waters wenten out vndir the thresfold of the hous to the eest; forsothe the face of the hous byheelde to the eest; sothely the waters wenten doun in to the riȝt syde of the temple, to the south of the auter. And he ledde me out by the waye of the north ȝate, and he turnyde me to the waye with outen the vtmer ȝate, the waye that byheelde to the eest; and loo! waters tournynge aȝein of the riȝt syde, whan the man wente out to the eest, that hadde a litil coord in his hond, and matte a thousand cubitis, and ledde me ouer by the water vn to the helis. And aft sone he matte a thousand, and ledde me ouer by the water vn to the knees. And aft sone he matte a thousand, and ledde me by the watre vn to the reynys. And he matte a thousand, by the streme of reyn whom Y miȝte not ouer passe; for deep waters of the streme of reyn wexiden grete, whiche may not be ouer wad. And he saide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou hast seen. And he ledde me, and turnyde me to the ryuer of the streme of rayn. And whan I hadde conuertid me, loo! in the ryuer of the streem of rayn ful many trees on eche syde. And he saith to me, These waters that gon out to the heepis of the eest soond, and gon doun to the playn thingus of desert, shuln go ynne to the see, and goshulen gon A. out; and the waters shuln heele. And eche lyuynge soule that creepith, whither euer the strem of rayn shal cum, shal lyue; and there shuln be fishis many ynow, after that these waters shuln cum thidir, and thei shuln be maad hoole, and shuln lyue; alle these shuln lyue, to whom the streme of rayn shal cum. And fishers shuln stond vpon hem; fro Engaddi vnto Engallym shal be dry|inge of nettis; ful many spices shuln be of fishis therof, as fishes of the grete se, of ful grete mykilnesse; forsothe in brynkis therof and in mareisis thei shuln not be helid, for thei shuln be ȝouen in to salt places. And onvpon A. the streme of rayn, and ryuers therof, and on eche part, al tree berynge appul shal be brouȝt forth; a lefe shal not fle awey therof, and the fruyt of it shal not fayle; by eche monethes it shal brynge first fruytis, for the waters therof shuln go out of sayn|tuarie; and fruytis therof shuln be in to mete, and lefis therof toin to A. to the GH. medecyne. These thingus saith the Lord God, This is the terme, in whiche ȝe shuln weelde the lond, in twelue kynredis of Yrael; for Joseph hath double coord, or part. Forsoothe ȝe shuln weelde it, eche euenly as his brother; vpon whom I reyside myn hond, that I shulde ȝeue to ȝour fadris; and this lond shal falle to ȝou in to pos|sessioun. This is the terme of the lond at the north coost, fro the grete se, the way of Bethalon to men cummynge to Sedala, Emath, Beroth, Sabarym, whiche is bitwix the mydil of Damask and the coostis of Emath, the hous Athicon, that is bysidis the termys of Auran. And the terme shal be fro the se vn to the hous Ennon, the terme of Damask, and fro the north vn to the north, the terme, or eende, of Emath; forsothe the north plage, or coost. Forsothe the eest coost of the mydil of Auran, and of the mydil of Damask, and of theOm. A. mydil of Galaad, and of the mydil of the lond of Yrael, Jordan, departynge at the eest see, ȝe shuln mete eest coost. Sothely the south coost of mydday, fro Thamar vn to the waters of aȝein saiynge of Cades; and the streme of rayn vn to the grete see, and the south cost at mydday. And the coost of the see is the grete see, fro the eende coost by the streiȝt, til thou cum to Emath; this is the coost of the see. And ȝe shuln departe this lond to ȝou by lynagis of Yrael; and ȝe shuln sende it in to eritage to ȝou, and to cumlyngis that camen to ȝou, that gendreden sonys in the mydil of ȝou; and thei shuln be to ȝou as in dwellers amonge the sonys of Yrael; with ȝou thei shuln departe pos|sessioun, in mydil of the lynages of Yrael. Forsothe in what euer lynage a cumlynge shal be, there ȝe shuln ȝeue possessioun to hym, saith the Lord God.

 CAP. XLVIII.

And the names of lynages, fro the eendis of the north, bysidis the waye ofOm. AGH. Methalon, to men goynge to Emath, the hous of Ennon, terme of Damaske, fro the north bysidis Emath; and the eest coost the see shal be, to Dan oon. And fro the terme of Dan, fro the eest coost to the coost of the se, to Aser oon. And vpon the terme of Aser, fro the eest coost vn to the coost of the see, to Neptalym oon. And vpon the terme of Neptalym, fro the eest coost vn to the coost of the eest see, to Manasses oon. And vpon the terme of Manasses, fro the eest coost vn to the coost of the see, to Effraym oon. And vpon the terme of Effraym, fro the eest coost vn to the coost of the see, to Ruben oon. And vpon the terme of Ru|ben, fro the eest coost vn to the coost of the see, to Juda oon. And vpon the terme of Juda, fro the eest plage, or coost, vn to the coost of the see, shuln be primissis, whiche ȝe shuln departe in fyue and twenti thousandus ȝerdis of breede and lengthe, as eche partis, fro the eest coost vnto the coost of the see; and the sayntuarie shal be in mydilthe mydil G. therof. The primissis whiche ȝe shuln departe to the Lord, the lengthe in fyue and twenti thousandis, and the breede in ten thou|sandus. Sotheli these shuln be the pri|missis of the sayntuarie of prestis; at the north of lengthe fyue and twenti thou|sandis, and to the see of breede ten thou|sandis; bot to the eest of breed ten thou|sandis, and to the south of lengthe fyue and twenti thousandis; and the sayn|tuarie of the Lord shal be in mydilthe mydil A. therof. To prestis the sayntuarie shal be, ofto K. the sonys of Sadoch, whiche kepten my cerymonyes, and erriden not, whanne the sones of Yrael erriden, as and the dekenys erriden. And to hem shuln be primissis of primissis of the lond, the holy of holy thingus, bysidis the terme of dekenes. Bot and toOm. A. dekenys also by|sidis the eendis of prestis, fyue and twenti thousandis of lengthe, and of breede ten thousandis; al the lengthe of fyue and twenti thousandis, and the breede of ten thousandis. And thei shuln not selle therof, nether chaunge; nether the first fruytis of the lond shuln be transferrid, or born ouer, for thei ben halewid to the Lord. Forsothe fyue thousandis, that leuen ouer in breede, by fyue and twenti thousandus, shuln be vnholi places of the citee, into dwellyng, and in to subarbis; and the citee shal be in the mydil therof. And these the mesuris therof; at the north coost, fyue hundrid and foure thousandis, and at the southe plage, or coost, fyue hundred and foure thousandis, and at the eest coost, fyue hundred and foure thou|sandis, and at the west coost, fyue hun|drid and foure thousandis. Forsothe the subarbis of the citee shuln be at the north two hundrid and fifty, and to the south two hundrid and fifti, and at the eest coostOm. GK pr. m. two hundrid and fifty, and at the see two hundrid and fifty. Forsothe that that shal be laft, or ouer, in lengthe, after first fruytis of the sayntuarie, ten thou|sandis in to the eest, and ten thousandus in to the west, shuln be as premissis of the sayntuarie; and the fruytis therof shuln be in to looues to these that seruen to the citee. Forsothe men seruynge to the citee shuln worche, of al the lynages of Yrael. Alle the premisses of fyue and twenti thousandis, by fyue and twenti thousandis in sqware, shuln be departid in to primisses of the sayntuarie, and pos|session of the citee. Forsothe that that shal be left ouer, shal be of the prince, onof A. eche part of primissis of the sayn|tuarie, and possessioun of the citee, euen aȝeins fyue and twenti thousandis of pri|missis, vnto the eest terme; bot and to the see euen aȝeinus of fyue and twenti thou|sandus, vn to the terme of the see, also in partisthe partis A. of the prince shal be; and pre|missis of the sayntuarie shuln be, and the sayntuarie of templethe temple AH. of the citecitees A., in mydil therof. Forsothe of the possessioun of dekenys, and of possessioun of the citee, in mydil of partis of the prince, shal be in to terme of Juda, and in to terme of Beniamyn, and shal pertene to the prince. And to the tother lynagis, fro the eest coost vn to the west coost, to Beniamyn oon. And aȝeinus the terme of Beniamyn fro the eest coost vn to the west coost, to Symyon oon. And vpon the terme of Sy|myon, fro the eest coost vn to the west coost, to Ysacar oon. And vpon the terme of Ysacar, fro the eest cost vnto the west coost, to Sabulon oon. And vpon the terme of Sabulon, fro the eest coost vnto the cost of the see, to Gad oon. And vpon the terme of Gad, vn to the coost of the south in to mydday, or southe; and the eend shal be fro Thamar vn to the waters of aȝein sayinge of Cades, and the eritage aȝein the grete see. This is the lond whiche ȝe shuln sende in to lot to the lynagis of Yrael, and these the part|yngispartis A. of hem, saith the Lord God. And these the goyngusgoynge A. out of the cytee; fro the north coost thou shalt mesure fyue hundrid and foure thousandis. And the ȝatis of the citee, in alle the lynagis of Yrael, three ȝatis fro the north; the ȝate of Ruben oon, the ȝate of Juda oon, the ȝate of Leuy oon. And at the eest coost, fyue hundrid and foure thousandis, and three ȝatis; the ȝate of Joseph oon, the ȝate of Beniamyn oon, the ȝate of Dan oon. And at the mydday coost, or southe, fyue hundrid and four thousandis thou shalt mete, the ȝatis of hem three; the ȝate of Symyon oon, the ȝate of Ysacar oon, the ȝate of Zabulon oon. And at the west coost, fyue hundred and foure thousandis, three ȝatis of hem; the ȝate of Gad oon, the ȝate of Aser oon, the ȝate of Neptalym oon. By the cumpas eiȝtene thousandis; and the name of the citee fro that day, The Lord there. AmenOm. AG..

 Here endith the book of Ezechiel, and bigynneth the book of DanielNo final rubric in AGH.. DANIEL. The book of DanielHere bigynneth the boke of Danyel, the prophete. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

In the thridde ȝeer of the kyngdam of Joachym, kyng of Juda, Nabugodono|sor, kyng of Babiloyne, came in to Jeru|salem, and byseegide it. And the Lord bitoke Joachym, kyng of Juda, in the hond of hym, and he toke a part of ves|sels of the hous of God; and bare hem out in to the lond Sennaar, in to the hous of his god, and toke the vessels in to the hous of tresour of his god. And the kyng saith to Aphanet, prepost, or souereyne, of his geldingus, that he shulde brynge yn of the sonys of Yrael, and of the kyngus bloode, and the children of tyrauntis, or strong men, in whom was no wem, faire in fourme, and lerndleryd A. lerned G. in al wisdam, war in science, and tauȝt in disciplyne, and whiche miȝten stonde in paleys of the kyng, that he shulde teche hem lettris and langage of Caldeis. And the kyng ordeynde to hem fruyte of oo ȝeer bi alle days of his metis, and of the wijne of whiche he dranke; that thei nurishid out in three ȝeers, afterward shulden stonde in siȝt of the kyng. Therfore there weren amonge hem of the sonys of Juda, Danyel, Ananyas, Mysael, and Azarias. And the prepost of geldyngus puttide to hem names; to Danyel, Balthasar; to Ananyas, Sydrac; to Mysael, Mysac; and to Azarias, Abde|nago. Forsothe Danyel purposide in his herte, that he were not defoulid of the borde of the kyng, nether of the wyne of his drinke; and he preyede the pre|post of the geldingis, that he were not defoulid. Forsothe God ȝaue grace and mercy to Danyel, in siȝtethe siȝte A. of the prince of geldyngus. And the prince of geld|ingus saide to Danyel, I dreede my lord the kyng, whiche ordeynede to ȝou mete and drinke; whiche ȝif he shal see ȝour cheeris lener byfore other ȝunge men, ȝourthin A. eueneldis, ȝe shuln condempne myn hede to the kyng. And Danyel sayde to Malassar, whom the prince of geld|yngus hadde ordeynyd vpon Danyel, Ana|nye, Mysael, and Azarie, I beseche, tempte, or assaie, vs thi seruauntis ten days, and be potage ȝouen to vs for to ete, and water for to drinke; and byholde thou oure cheeris, and the cheeris of children that eten the kyngus mete; and as thou shalt see, so do thou to thi seru|auntis. Whiche, siche manere wordisword AGH. herd, temptide hem ten days. Forsothe after ten days the cheeris of hem apper|iden betir and fuller of fleshe, byfore alle the children that eeten kyngus mete. So|theli Malassar toketoke away G sec. m. the metis, and wijn the drinke of hem, and ȝaue to hem pot|agis. Forsothe God ȝaue to these chil|dren science and discipline in eche boke, and wisdam; to Danyel sothely vndir|stondynge of alle visiouns and sweuens. And so the days fulfillid, after whom the kyng saide, that thei shulden be brouȝt yn, the prepost of geldyngus brouȝte hem yn, in the siȝt of Nabugodonosor. And whan the kyng spac to hem, ther ben not founden siche of alle, as Danyel, Ananyas, Mysael, and Azarias; and thei stoden in siȝt of the kyng. And eche word of wijs|dam and vndirstondyng, that the kyng axide of hem, he fonde in hem the tenthe folde ouer alle dyuynours and witchis, that weren in alle the rewme of hym. Forsothe Danyel was vn to the first ȝeer of kyng Cyrus.

 CAP. II.

In the secounde ȝeer of the kyngdam of Nabugodonosor, Nabugodonosor sawȝ a sweuen; and his spirit was to gydre ferid, and his sweuen fleiȝ fro hym. Therfore the kyng comaundide, that dy|uynours shulden be clepid to gydre, and witchis, and enchauntours, and Caldeis, that thei shulden shewe to the kyng his sweuens; whiche whenn thei camen, stoden bifore the kyng. And the kyng saide to hem, Y sawȝ a sweuen, and Y confusid, or astonyed, in mynde, wote not what I sawȝ. And Caldeis answerden to the kyng by Siry speche, Kyng, lyue thou in to with outen eende; saye thou thi sweuen to thi seruauntis, and we shuln shewe the interpretacioun, or declaryng, therof. And the kyng answerde, and saith to the Caldeis, The word wente awey fro me; no bot ȝe shuln shewe to me the sweuen, and the coniecturyng, or menyng, therof, ȝe shuln perishe, and ȝour housis shuln be maad commoun, or forfetid. Forsothe ȝif ȝe shuln telle the sweuen, and coniecture therof, ȝe shuln resceyue of me meedis and ȝiftis, and myche honour; therfore shewe ȝe to me the sweuen, and the interpretacioun therof. Thei answerden the secounde tyme, and saiden, The kyng saye the sweuen to his seruauntis, and we shuln shewe the interpretacioun therof. The kyng answerde, and saith, Certis I wote, for ȝe aȝein byen the tyme, witynge that the word hath gon awey fro me. Ther|fore ȝif ȝe shuln not shewe to me the sweuen, oo sentence is of ȝou, that ȝe han maad to gydre an interpretacioun, and fals, and ful of dysceyt, that ȝe speke to me til the tyme passe; and so saye ȝe to me the sweuen, that Y wite, that ȝe shuln speke to me and the verre inter|pretacioun therof. Therfore the Caldeis answeryng byfore the kyng, saiden, Kyng, ther is no man vpon erthe, that may fulfille thi word; bot nether eny grete of kyngus and miȝti axith siche manere word of eche dyuynour, and witche, and Caldey. Sotheli the word whom thou, kyng, seekist, is greuous, nether eny man shal be founden, that shal shew it in siȝt of the kyng, out taken goddis, whos lyu|yng is not with men. Whiche thing herd, the kyng, turned in to wodenesse and in grete wrath, comaundide, that alle the wijse men of Babyloyne shulde pe|rishe. And the sentence gon out, the wijse men weren slayn; and Danyel and his felawis weren sowȝt, that thei shulden perishe. Than Danyel enquyride of the lawe and sentence, of Arioch, prince of theOm. AGH. knyȝthode of the kyng, whiche wente oute for to slea the wijse men of Babiloyne. And he axide hym, that hadde taken power of the kyng, for what cause so cruel sentence wente out fro the face of the kyng. Therfore whann Arioch hadde shewide to Danyel, Danyel gon yn preyede the kyng, that he shulde ȝeue hym tyme for to shewe the vndoyng to the kyng. And he en|tride in to his hous, and shewide to Ananyas, Mysael, and Azarias, his fe|lawis, the neede, that thei shulden seeke mercye of the face of God of heuen vpon this sacrament; and Danyel and his fe|lawis shulden not perishen with other wijse men of Babyloyne. Thann the mis|terie was shewid to Danyel by a visioun in niȝt. And Danyel blesside God of he|uen, and saith, Be the name of God blessid fro world, and til in to world, for wijsdam and strengthe is of hym; and loo! he chaungeth tymes and ages, trans|latithhe translatith K pr. m. rewmes and ordeyneth; ȝeuithhe ȝeuith G sec. m. K pr. m. wisdam to wijse men, and science to men vndirstondynge disciplyne; shewithhe shewith GK pr. m. depe thingus and hid, and knewehe knewe K pr. m. in derknessis thingus ordeyned, and liȝt is with hym. God of oure faders, to thee I knowleche, and Y herye thee, for thou hast ȝouen to me wijsdam and strengthe; and now thou hast shewide to me whiche thingus we preyden thee, for thou hast opnyde to vs the word of the kyng. After these thingis Danyel wente yn to Arioch, whom the kyng hadde ordeyned, that he shulde leese the wise men of Babiloyne, and thus spake to hym, Leese thou not the wijse men of Babiloyne; leede yn me in the siȝt of the kyng, and I shal telle to the kyng the solucioun, or vndirstond|yng. Thanne Arioch hastynge ledde yn Danyel to the kyng, and saide to hym, I haue founden a man of the sonys of transmygracioun of Jude, that shal telle to the kyng the solucioun. The kyng answerde, and saide to Danyel, to whom the name was Balthasar, Gessist thou, wher thou maist verrely shewe to me the sweuen that I sawȝ, and the inter|pretacioun therof? And Danyel answerde byfore the kyng, and saith, The mysterie whiche the kyng axith, the wise men, and theOm. AGH. witchis, and dyuynours bi auteris, and dyuynours by lokyng of sterris, mown not shewe to the kyng. Bot ther is God in heuen, shewynge mysteries, whiche shewideshewith A. to thee, thou kyng Na|bugodonosor, whiche thingus ben to cum in the last tymes. Thi swenens and vi|sions of thin hed, in thi couche, ben siche. Thou, kyng, biganst for to thinke in thi bed, what thing was to cummynge after these thingus; and he that shewith mys|teriesmysteries, or priuytees G., shewide to thee what thingus ben to cummynge. And this sacrament, or hid trewthe, is shewid, not in wisdam that is in me more than in alle lyuynge men, bot that the interpretacioun be shewid to the kyng, and that thou shuld|ist wite the thouȝtis of thi soule. Thou, kyng, hast seen, and loo! as oo grete ymage; thilk ymage grete, and in stature hiȝ, stode aȝeinus thee, and the biholdyng therof was dreedful. The hed of this ymage was of best gold, forsothe the brest and armys of syluer; forsothe the wombe and thiȝes of brasse, sothely the leggis of yren; forsothe of the feet sum part of yren, sum of erthe. Thou hast seen thus, til a stoon was kit of, with outen hondis, of a mount, and smote the ymage in his feet of yren and erthe, and made lesse, or brake, hem. Thanne the yren, pott, or mater maad of erthe, brasse, syluer, and gold, ben broken to gidre, and dryuen as in to a qwenchid brond of somer feeld, whiche ben rauyshid with wynd, and no place is foundun in hem; forsothe the stoon that smote the ymage, is maad a grete mounteyn, and fulfillide al erthe. This is the sweuen. And we shuln saye the interpretacioun therof by|fore the kyng. Thou art kyng of kyngus, and God of heuen ȝaue to thee kingdam, strengthe, and empire, or lordship, and glorie, and alle thingus in whiche sones of men dwellen, and beestis of the feeld; and he ȝaue in thin hond the foulis of heuen, and ordeynyde alle thingus vndir thi lordship; therfor thou art the golden hed. And after thee an other rewme shal ryse to gydre, lesse than thou; and the thrid rewme, an other of brasse, whiche shal comaunde to al erthe. And the fourthe rewme shal be as yrunnyyren AH.; hou yrun brekith to gydre alle thingus, and dauntith, or tamith, so it shal me|nushe, and to gydre breke alle these thingus. Forsothe thou hast seen of the feete and fyngris erthierth H., or cleyicley H., part of a potter, and a part of yren, the rewme shal be departid; whiche neuerthelese shal sprynge of the plauntyng of yren, after that thou hast seen yren meynt of cleye and tyel, and fingris, or toon, of feet in partie of yren, in partie of erthe, the rewme in party shal be sad, and in party debrusid. Sothely that thou hast seen yren meynt to tyel of cley, forsothe thei shuln be meynt to gidre by mans seed; bot thei shuln not cleue to hem self, as yren may not be meynt to tyel. Forsothe in the days of tho rewmes, God of heuen shal reyse a kyngdam, whiche shal not be distruyed in to with outen eende, and his rewme shal not be taken to an other peple; it shal make lesse, and waste alle these rewmes, and the ylk shal stonde in to with outen eende. Vp that that thou sawȝ, that a stoon is kit off with outen hondis of an hill, and maad lesse, or brake, the tyel, and yren, and bras, and syluer, and gold, the grete God shewide to `the kyngthee, kyng K sec. m., what thingus ben to cummynge afterward; and the sweuen is trewe, and the interpretacioun therof feithful. Than kyng Nabuchodo|nosor felle in to his face, and wirshipide Danyel, and comaundide sacrifices and encense, that it were offride to hym. Therfore the kyng spekynge saith to Da|nyel, Verreli ȝour God is God of goddis, and Lord of kyngus, shewinge myste|ries, for thou miȝtist opne this sacrament. Thann the kyng enhaunside in to heeȝ Danyel, and ȝaue to hym many ȝiftis and grete, and ordeynyde hym vpon alle prouyncis of Babiloyne prince and pre|fect, and maister vpon alle wijse men of Babiloyne. Forsothe Danyel axide of the kyng, and ordeynyde vpon the werkis of the prouynce of Babiloyne, Sydrac, Mysac, and Abdenago; forsothe Danyel hym self was in theOm. AGH. ȝatis of the kyng.

 CAP. III.

Nabugodonosor, kyng, made a goldyne ymage, in heiȝte of sixty cubitis, in breede of six cubitis; and sette it in the feeld Duram, of the prouynce of Babi|loyne. And so Nabugodonosor sente for to gedre satrapis, or wijse men, magis|tratis, and iugis, and duykis, and ti|rauntis, or strong men, and prefectis, and alle the princes of cuntrees, that thei shulden cum to gydre to `halewyng ofhalewe the A. the ymage, whom the kyng Nabugodo|nosor rayside vp. Than satrapes weren gedrid, magestratis, and iugis, and duykis, and tirauntis, and the best men that weren ordeyned in poweris, and alle princis of cuntrees, that thei shulden cum to gydre to halewyng of the ymage, whom the kyng Nabugodonosor reyside vp. Forsothe thei stoden in siȝt of the ymage, whiche kyng Nabugodonosor hadde putt; and a bedel criede miȝtily, To ȝou it is sayd, peplis, lynagis, and langagis; in the hour in whiche ȝe shuln heere the sown of trumpe, and pipe, and harpe, sambuke, sautrie, and symfonie, and al kynde of musikis, ȝe fallynge wir|shipe the golden ymage, whom Nabugo|donosor, kyng, ordeynyde. Sotheli ȝif eny man not fallyngefallen GK. doun shal wirship, in the same hour he shal be sent in to a four|neyse of fijr brennynge. Therfore after these thingus, anoon as alle peplis harden the sown of trumpe, pype, and harpe, sambuke, and sautrie, synphonie, and al kynde of musikis, fallynge alle peplis, lynagis, and langagis, wirshipiden the golden ymage, whom Nabugodonosor, the kyng, ordeynede. And anoon in that tyme men Caldeis cummynge toOm. A., accus|iden Jewis, and saiden to Nabugodono|sor, kyng, Kyng, in to with outen eende lyue thou. Thou, kyng, hast putte a decree, or dome, that eche man that shal heere the sown of trumpe, pype, and harpe, sambuke, and sautre, and synfo|nye, and al kynde of musykis, putte doun hym self, and wirshipe the golden ymage; forsothe ȝif eny man not fallynge doun shal wirshipe, be he sent in to fourneysethe fourneys AGH. of brennynge fijr. Therfore men Jewis ben, whom thou hast ordeynyd vpon werkisthe werkis A. of the cuntree of Babyloyne, Sy|drac, Mysac, and Abdenago. These men, kyng, dispisidendispisen A. thi decree; thei hon|ouren not thi goddis, and thei worshipen not the golden ymage, whom thou reys|idist. Thanne Nabugodonosor in wood|nesse and in wrath, comaundide, that Sy|drac, Mysac, and Abdenago shulden be ledde to; whiche anoon ben ledde to in siȝtthe siȝt A. of the kyng. And Nabugodonosor, the kyng, pronounsynge saith to hem, Verrely wher ȝe, Sydrac, Mysac, and Abdenago, honouren not my goddis, and wirshipen not the golden ymage, whom Y reiside? Now therfore be ȝeOm. A. redy, in what euer hour ȝe shuln heer sown of trumpe, pype, harp, sambuke, sautrie, and synfonye, and of al manere of musykis, putte ȝe doun ȝou, and wirshipe the ymage that Y made; for ȝif ȝe shuln not wirship, in the same houre ȝe shuln be sent in to the fourneys of fijr brennynge; and who is God, that shal delyuere ȝou of myn hond? Sydrac, Mysac, and Ab|denago answerynge saiden to kyng Na|bugodonosor, It byhoueth not vs of this thing forOm. A. to answere to thee. Loo! so|thely our God, whom we wirshipen, may delyuere vs of the chymneye of bren|nynge fijre, and of thin hondis delyuere, thou kyng. ForThat G sec. m. ȝif he wole not, be it knowen to thee, kyng, for we honoure not thi goddis, and we wirshipen not the golden ymage, whom thou hast reyside. Thanne Nabugodonosor was fulfillid with wodenesse, and the biholdynge of his face is chaungid vpon Sydrac, Mysac, and Abdenago. And he bad, that the four|neyse shulde be sette on fijre seuen fold, hatterOm. G pr. m. HK. than it was wont for to be tendid. And he badde the strongist men of his oost, that the feet bounden of Sydrac, Mysac, and Abdenago, thei shulden sende hem in to the fourneyse of brennynge fijre. And anoon the ilk men bounden, with armes, and cappis, and shoon, and clothis, weren sente in to mydilthe mydil A. of the fourneys of brennynge fijre; for whi the co|maundyng of the kyng constreynide. For|sothe the fourneys was tendid ful miche; forsothe flawme of the fijre slewȝ tho men, that senten Sydrac, Mysac, and Ab|denago in to the fourneyse. Forsothe these three men, Sydrac, Mysac, and Ab|denago, fellen doun bounden in mydilthe mydil H. of the chymney of brennynge fijre.These thingis that suen, I foond not in Ebrew bookis.

And thei walkiden in mydil of the flawme, heryinge God, and blessynge toOm. A. the Lord. Forsothe Azarie stondynge preyede thus; and opnyng his mouth in mydil of the fijre, saith, Blessid art thou, Lord God of our fadris, and heryfulheyȝful G. heeiful K., or worthi to be preyside, and thi name glo|rious in to worldis; for thou art iust in alle thingus whiche thou didist to vs, and alle thi werkis trewe, and thi wayes riȝt, and alle thi domes verrey. Forsothe thou hast don verrey domes, after alle thingus that thou leddist in vpon vs, and vpon the holy citee of our fadris, Jerusalem; for in trewthe and dome thou leddist yn alle these thingus for oure synnes. Sothely we synnyden, and diden wickidly, go|ynge awey fro thee, and trespassiden in alle thingus, and herden not thin heestis, nether kepten, nether diden as thou co|maundidist to vs, that it were wele to vs. Therfore alle thingus that thou leddist yn vpon vs, and alle thingus that thou didist to vs, in verre dome thou hast don; and thou hast bitaken vs in the hondis of enmys, wickid and warst trespassours, and to the vniust kyng, and warst ouer al erthe. And now we mown not opne the mouthe; we ben maad confusioun and shenship to thi seruauntis, and to these that wirshipen thee. We preyen, bitakebitake thou G sec. m. not vs in to with outen eende, for thi name, and distruye not thi testament, nether do awey thi mercye fro vs, for Abram, thi derworthe, and Ysaac, thi seruaunt, and Yrael, or Jacob, thin holy; to whiche thou spake, bihetynge that thou shuldist multiplie the seede of hem as sterris of heuen, and as grauel that is in theOm. AGH. brynke of the see. For, Lord, we ben maad litil, more than alle hethen men, and we ben meeke, or lowe, in eche lond this day, for oure synnes. And ther is not in this tyme prince, and duyke, and prophete, nether brent sacrifice, nether sacrifice, nether offring, nether encense, nenether A. place of primissis byfor thee, that we mown fynde thi mercye; bot in con|trite soule, or ynwitt, and in spirit of mekenesse be we resceyuyd. As in brend sacrifice of wetheris and boolis, and as in thousandis of fat lambren, so oure sacri|fice be maad to day in thi siȝt, that it plese to thee; for confusioun, or shame, is not to men tristinge in thee. And now we suen thee in al herte, and dreeden thee, and seeken thi face. Confounde thou not vs, but do with vs vpvpon G pr. m. H. thi myldenesse, and vpvpon G pr. m. H. the mykilnesse of thi mercy. And deliuere vs in thi mer|ueylis, and ȝeue glorie to thi name, Lord; and confoundid be alle, that shewen to thi seruauntis yuel thingis; be thei con|foundid in al thi power, and the strengthe of hem be broken to gydre; and thei shuln wite, for thou art the Lord God aloone, and glorious vpon the rounde|nesse of erthes. And thei ceesiden not, the ministris of the kyng, that sente hem, for to tende the fourneis with napte, herdis of hemp, or flaxe, and pitche, and kittyngus of vynes. And the flawme was held out ouer the fourneys by nyne and fourti cubitis, and brake out, and brent whom of Caldeis it fonde bysidis the fourneis. Forsothe an aungel of the Lord cam doun with Azarie and his fe|lawis, in to the fourneys, and smote ouere the flawme of fijre of the fourneis; and maade the mydil of the fourneis as wynde of dewe blowinge; and the fijre touchide not hem on al manere, nether made so|rewfull, nether brouȝte yn eny thing of heuynesseheuynesse to hem K pr. m. heuynesse to K sec. m.. Thanne these three as of oo mouthe heryeden God, and glorifieden, and blessiden God in the fourneys, say|inge, Blessid art thou, Lord God of oure fadris, and worthi to be heryed, and glo|rious, and aboue enhaunsid in to worldis; and blessid the name of thi glorie, the whiche is holy, and worthi to be heried, and aboue reisid in alle worldis. Blessid art thou in the holy temple of thi glorie, and thou aboue preiseful, and glorious in to worldis. Blessid art thou in the trone of thi rewme, and aboue preyseful, and aboue reysid in to worldis. Blessid art thou, that biholdist depnessis, and sittist vpon cherubyn, and preysful, and aboue reysid in to worldis. Blessid art thou in the firmament of heuen, and preysful, and glorious in to worldis. Blesse ȝeȝe the Lord A., alle theOm. A. werkis of the Lord, `to the LordOm. A.; preyse ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Blesse ȝe, aungels of the Lord, to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Blesse ȝe, heuens, to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Blesse ȝe, alle watris that ben vp on heuens, to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle vertues of the Lord, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe him into worldis. Sunne and moone, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preise ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe him in to worldis. Sterris of heuene, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preise ȝe, and aboue reise ȝe him in to worldis. Reyn and dew, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe him into worldis. Ech spirit of God, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Fijre and heete, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Colde and sumer, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝee, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Dewis and whijt frost, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe him in to worldis. Byndynge frost and colde, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Yss and snowes, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym into worldis. Nyȝtis and days, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Liȝt and derknesses, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Leitis and cloudis, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym into worldis. Blesse the erthe the Lord; preyse it, and aboue reyse hym in to worldis. Mounteyns and smale hillis, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle buriownynge thingus in erthe, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Wellis, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Sees and floodes, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Whallis, and alle thingis that ben moued in watris, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle foulis of heuen, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle beestis andOm. AGH. etable, or litil, beestis, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Sonys of men, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym into worldis. Blesse Yrael the Lord; preyse it, and aboue reyse him in to worldis. Prestis of the Lord, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Seruauntis of the Lord, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Spiritis and soulis of iust men, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym into worldis. Holi and meeke in herte, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym into worldis. Ananyas, Azarias, Mysael, blesse ȝe to the Lord; preyse ȝe, and aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldis. Whiche delyuerede vs fro helle, and made saaf fro the hond of deth, and delyuerede fro the mydil of the brennynge flawme, and rauyshide vs out of the mydil of theOm. A. fyre. Knowleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good; for in to the world the mercye of hym. Alle religious, blesse ȝe to the Lord, God of goddis; preyse ȝe, and knowleche ȝe to hym, for in to alle worldis the mercye of hym.Hiderto is not had in Ebrue, and what thingus we han putte, ben trans|latidtranslacioun H. of the makyng of Teodosion.

Thanne kyng Nabugodonosor won|dride myche, and rose hastiliche, and saith to his best men, Wher we senten not three men bounden to gidre in to mydilthe mydil H. of fyre? Whiche answeringe to the kyng saiden, Verrely, kyng. Thanne the king answerde, and saith, Loo! I see foure men vnbounden, and walkynge in mydil of the fyre, and no thing of cor|rupcioun is in hem; and the fourme of the fourthe lijc to the sone of God. Thanne Nabugodonosor, kyng, came to the dore of the fourneys of brennynge fyr, and saith, Sydrac, Mysac, and Ab|denago, saruauntis of heeȝ lyuyng God, go ȝe out, and cume ȝe. And anoon Sy|drac, Mysac, and Abdenago, wenten out of the mydil of fyr. And satrapis ge|drid, and magestratis, and domysmen, and miȝty men of the kyng, biheelden thoo men, for fijre hadde no thing of power in the bodys of hem, and an heer of hir hed was not brent to; also the breechis of hem weren not chaungid, and the sauer of fijr passide not by hem. And Nabu|godonosor brestinge out saith, Blessid `is Godthe God A. be God H. God K pr. m. of hem, that is to saye, of Sydrac, Mysac, and Abdenago, whiche sente his aungel, and delyuerde his seruauntis that byleeuyden in to hym, and chaungiden the word of the kyng, and ȝauen her bodies, lest thei seruyden, and lest thei wirshipiden eueryeny A. god, outake her God aloone. Therfore of me this decree, or dome, is putt, that eche peple, and lan|gagis, and lynagis, who euere shal speke blasfeme aȝeinus God of Sydrac, Mysac, and Abdenago, perishe, and his hous be waastid; forsothe ther is non other God, that may thus saue. Thanne the kyng auaunside Sydrac, Mysac, and Abdenago, in the prouynce of Babyloyne; and in to eche lond he sente a pistle, conteenynge these woordis. Nabugodonosor, kyng, to alle peplis, folkis, and langagis, that dwellen in al erthe, pees be multiplied to ȝou. Heeȝ God made at me signis and wondirful thingus; therfore it pleside to me for to preche the sygnys of hym, for thei ben greet, and his wondirful thingis, for theithei ben AH pr. m. K pr. m. stronge; and his rewme euerlastinge rewme, and his power in to generacioun and generacioun.

 CAP. IV.

I, Nabugodonosor, was quyete in myn hous, and flouringeflouringe thinge K pr. m. in my paleys; I sawȝ a sweuen, whiche feride me; and my thouȝtis in my bed, and siȝtis of myn hed, to gidre troubliden me. And by me a decree was putte forth, that alle wijse men of Babiloyne shulden be ledde yn in my siȝt, that thei shulden shewe to me the solucioun, or vndirstondyng, of the sweuene. Thanne entriden dyuynours by auters, wicchesand wicchis A., Caldeis, and dyuynours by sterris; and I teelde the swenen in the siȝt of hem, and thei shewiden not to me the solucioun therof, til a felowe of office entride in my siȝt, Danyel, to whom the name Balthasar, after the name of my god, whiche hath the spirit of holy goddis in hym self; and I spac the sweuen bi|fore hym. Balthasar, prince of dyuy|nours by autris, whom I wote, for thou hast in thee the spirit of holy goddis, and eche sacrament is not impossible to thee, telle thou to me the visionsvisyoun A. of my sweuens, and the solucioun of hem. The visioun of myn hed in my couche. I sawȝ, and loo! a tree in the mydil of erthe, and the heiȝt therof ful myche. And a greete tree and stronge, and the nobley, or strecchinge out, therof touchynge he|uen, biholding therof was vnto termes of al erthe. The leues therof most faire, and the fruyte therof ful myche, and mete of alle thingus theryn; vnder it beestis dwelliden, and wijlde beestis, and in bowis therof briddis of heuen lyuyden, and eche fleshe eete of it. Thus I sawȝ in siȝt of myn heued, vpon my bed. And loo! the waker, and holy came doun from heuen, and criede strongli, and thus saith, Kitte ȝe doun the tree, and bifore kitte ȝe the braunchis therof, and smyte out the leeues therof, and scatere ȝe the fruytis therof; beestis that ben vndir it, flee thei, and briddis of the braunchis therof. Nethelese suffre ȝe buriownyng of rootis therof in the erthe, and be it bounden to in boond of yren and brasun, in erbis that ben with outforth, and be it dyed in dewe of heuen, and with wijlde beestis the parte therof in erbe of erthe. The herte therof be chaungid fro mans, and the herte of wijlde beest be ȝouen to it, and seuen tymes be chaungid vpon hym. As in sentence of wakers it is demyd, and the word of saintus and ax|ing, to lyuynge men knowen, for the heeȝ shal be Lord in rewme of men; and he shal ȝeue it to whom euere he shal woln, and he shal ordeyne the mekist man vpon it. This sweuen sawȝ Y Nabugo|donosor, kyng. Therfore thou, Balthasar, hastily telle the interpretaciouninterpretacioun therof A., for alle the wijse men of my rewme mown not saye out to me the solucioun; forsothe thou maist, for the spirit of theOm. AGH. holy goddis is in thee. Thanne Danyel, to whom the name Balthasar, bygan with yn hym self stilly for to thenke, as oon hour, and his thouȝtis to gydre trubliden hym. Forsothe the kyng answerynge, saith, Balthasar, the sweuen and inter|pretacioun of it truble not thee. Bal|thasar answerde and saide, My lord, the sweuen be to hem that haten thee, and the interpretacioun therof be to thin en|myes. The tree whom thou hast seen heeȝ and stronge, whos heiȝt stretchith vnto heuen, and the biholdyng therof vn|to al erthe, and his most faire braunchis, and fruyte therof ful myche, and mete of alle thingus theryn, vndir it dwellynge beestis of the feelde, and in braunchis therof dwellynge briddis of heuen, thou art, kyng; thatthou G pr. m. K. art magnyfied, and hast woxen stronge, and thi greetnesse wex|ide, and cam fully vnto heuen, and thi power in to termis of al erthe. Forsothe that the kyng sawȝ the waker and hooly for to cum doun fro heuen, and for to saye, Kitte ȝe doun the tree, and scatre ȝeOm. AGH. it, nethelese leue the buriownyng of rootys therof in erthe, and be he bounden in yren and brasse, and in erbis with out forth, and dew of heuen be it spreyn to gydre, and with wylde beestis be his mete, til seuen tymes be chaungid vpon hym; this is the interpretacioun of sen|tence of the heeiȝist, that came fully vpon my lord kyng. Thei shuln cast thee out fro men, and with beestus and wijlde beestis thi dwellyng shal be, and thou shalt ete hay as an oxe, bot and in dewe of heuen thou shalt be inshed, and se|uene tymes shuln be chaungid vpon thee, til thou wite, that the heyȝ lord|shipith vpon rewme of men, and he ȝeuith it to whom euer he shal wiln. Forsothe that he comaundide, that bur|iownyng of rootis therof, that is to saye, of the tree, shulde be left, thi rewme shal dwelle to thee, after that thou shalt knowe power for to be heuenly. Wher|fore, kyng, my counseil plese to thee, and aȝeinby thou thi synnes with almes deedis, and thi wickidnessis with mercies of pore men; perauenture God shal for|ȝeue thi trespasses. Alle these thingus camen on Nabugodonosor, kyng. After the eende of twelue monethis in the halle of Babiloyne he walkide; and the kyng answerde and saith, Wher this not Baby|loyne, the grete citee, whiche I beeldide in to the hous of rewme, inand K. miȝt of my strengthe, and in glorie of my fairnesse? Therfore whann ȝit the word was in the kyngus mouthe, a voice felle fro heuen, To thee it is said, kyng Nabugodonosor, Thi rewme passith fro thee, and fro men thei shuln caste out thee, and with beestis and wijlde beestis thi dwellyng shal be; thou shalt ete hay as an oxe, and seuen tymes shuln be chaungid vpon thee, til thou wite, that the heyȝ lordshipith in rewmerewmes A. of men, and he ȝeuith it to whom euer he shal woln. In the same houre the word was fulfillid vp on Nabugodo|nosor, and of men he is cast out, and he eete hay as an oxe, and with dewe of heuen his body was enfourmed, or de|foulid, til his heris wexiden in to licke|nesse of eglis, and his naylis as naylis, or clees, of briddis. Therfore after the eend of days, Y, Nabugodonosor, reyside myn eeȝen to heuen, and my wit is ȝolden to me; and I blesside to the heeȝist, and I heriede, and glorifiede the lyuynge in to with outen eende; for his power euer|lastynge power, and the rewme of hym in to generacioun and generacioun. And alle dwellers of erthe anentis him ben rettid in to nouȝt; forsothe after his wille he shal do, as wele in vertues of heuen, as in dwellers of erthe, and there is not, that shal aȝein stonde his hond, and shal saye to hym, Whi didist thou thisOm. AGH.? ThatIn that AGH. tyme my wit tourned aȝein to me, and I came fully to the honour of my kingdam, and fairnesse, and my figure, or shap, turnyde aȝein to me; and my best men and my magestratis aȝein souȝten me, and I am ordeyned in my kingdam, and my magnyfiencemagnificence A., or grete|nesse, is addid to me. Now therfore Y Nabugodonosor herie, and magnyfie theand glorifie the K pr. m. kyng of heuen; for alle his werkis ben trewe, and his wayes domes; and he may make meke, or lowe, men goynge in pryde.

 CAP. V.

Balthasar, kyng, made a grete fest to his best men a thousand, and eche man dranke after his age. Forsothe the kyng now drunken comaundide, that the golden vessels and sylueren shulden be brouȝt forth, whiche Nabugodonosor, his fadre, bare out of the temple that was in Jeru|salem, that the kyng, and his best men, and wyues, and hisOm. A. concubynes, or se|cundarie wyues, shulden drynke. Thei drunken wijne, and herieden her goddis of gold, and of syluer, and of brasse, and of yren, and of tree, and of stoon. In the same houre there apeeriden fyngris, as of hond of a man, writynge aȝeins the can|dilstike, in the ouermer part of the walle of the kyngis halle; and the kyng bi|helde the fyngris of the hond wrijtynge. Thanne the face of the kyng was chaungid to gydre, and his thouȝtis `al to-trublidentrubliden A. hym; and the ioyntures of his reynys weren vnbounden, and his knees weren hurtlid to gydre at hem|self. And so the kyng cried strongly, that thei shulden leede yn witches, or wijs men, Caldeis, and dyuynours by sterris. And the kyng spekyng afer saith to the wijs men of Babiloyne, Who euere shal reede this wrytyng, and shal make the interpretacioun therof knowen to me, shal be clothid with purpre, and shal haue a golden bee in the nek, and shal be the thrid in my rewme. Thann alle wijse men of the kyng gon yn myȝten not reede the scripture, nether shewe to the kyng interpretacioun therof. Wherof kyng Balthasar is trublid to gydre ynowȝ, and his cheere is chaungid, bot and hisOm. A. best men weren trublid to gydre. Forsothe the queen for the thing that bifelle to the kyng, and best men of hym, wente to the hous of feest; and for spekynge saith, Kyng, in to with outen eende lyue thou. Thi thouȝtis trublen thee not, nether thi face be chaungid. A man is in thi rewme, that hath in hym the spirit of holi goddis, and in the days of thi fadir science and wisdam ben founden in hym; for whi and kyng Nabugodonosor, thi fadre, ordeynyde hym prince of witchis, enchauntris, of Caldeis, and of dyuynours by sterris; sotheli, thou kyng, thi fadir, for the more spirit, and more prudent, and vndirstondynge, and interpretacioun of sweuens, and shewyng of pryuy thingus, and vndoyng of bounden thingus ben founden in hym, this is in Danyel, to whom the kyng ȝaue name Balthasar. Now therfore Danyel be clepid, and he shal telle the interpretacioun. Therfore Danyel is brouȝt yn byfore the kyng. To whom the forsaid king saith, Thou art Danyel of `the sonys of caytifteethe caitiftee of the sones A. of Jude, whom my fadre, kyng, ledde to fro Jude? Y herde of thee, for thou hast in thee the spirit of goddis, and science, and vndirstondynge, and wisdam gretter ben founden in thee. And now wijse men, witches, entreden in my siȝt, for to reede this writyng, and for to shew to me the interpretacioun therof; and thei miȝten not saye out to me the wit of this word. Forsothe I herde of thee, that thou mayst interprete derke thingis, and vnbynde bounden thingus; therfore ȝif thou maist reede the wrijtyng, and shewe to me theOm. A. interpretacioun therof, thou shalt be clothid with purpre, and thou shalt have a golden bee aboute thi nek, and thou shalt be the thridde prince in my rewme. To whiche thingus Danyel answerynge saith byfore the kyng, Thi ȝiftis be to thee, and ȝeue thou to an other the ȝiftus of thin hous; forsothe, kyng, I shal reede to thee the wrytyng, and I shal shewe interpretacioun therof to thee, thou kyng. The heeȝist God ȝaue rewme, and magnyficence, glorie, and honour to Na|bugodonosor, thi fadir. And for theOm. AGH. magnificence whiche he ȝaue to hym alle peplis, lynagis, and tungis, trembliden and dredden hym; he slowȝ whom he wolde, and whom he wolde he smote, and whom he wolde he enhaunside, and whom he wolde he meekide. Forsothe whan his herte was reyside vp, and his spirit stablid to pride, he was putt doun offro A. the seete of his rewme; and the glo|rie of hym was taken awey, and he was cast out of sones of men; bot and the herte of hym was putt with beestis, and with feeld assis his dwellynge was; and he eete hay as an oxe, and with dewe of heuen his body was fourmeddeformed G sec. m. H., or de|foulid, til he knew that the heeȝist hath power in the rewme of men, and whom euere he shal wole, he shal reyse on it. Forsothe thou, Balthasar, his sone, mek|edist not thin herte, whann thou wistist alle these thingus; bot aȝeinus the Lord of heuen thou art reysid vp, and the vessels of his hous ben brouȝt to byfore thee, and thou, and thi best men, and thi wyues, and thi concubynes han drunke wijne in hemOm. A.; and thou heriedist goddis of syluer, and of gold, and of brasse, and of yren, and of tree, and of stoon, whiche seen not, nether heeren, nether feelen; forsothe thou glorifiedist not God, that hath thi wynd, or spirit, in his hond, and alle thi weies. Therfore fro hym the fyngre of anthe A. hond is sente, whiche wrote this thing that is writen. Forsothe this is the wrytyng that is ordeyned, Mane, Techel, Phares. And this interpreta|cioun of the word. Mane, God hath noumbride thi rewme, and fulfillid it; Techel, it is hangid in a balaunce, and is founden hauynge lesse; Phares, thi kyngdam is departid, and is ȝouen to Medis and toOm. AGH. Persis. Thanne, the kyng comaundynge, Danyel is clothid with pur|pre, and a gold bee is ȝouen aboute in his nek; and it is prechid of hym, that he hadde power, he the thrid in his rewme. The same niȝt Balthasar, kyng Caldeyof Caldeis AG sec. m. Caldeis H., is slayn; and Darius of Mede was successour in the rewme, hauynge two and sixti ȝeeris.

 CAP. VI.

It pleside to Darius, and he ordeynyde on the rewme satraps an hundrid and twenti, that thei weren in al his rewme; and on hem three princis, of whom Da|nyel was oon; that the satraps shulden ȝelde resoun to hem, and the kyng shulde not suffre eny disese. Therfore Danyel ouercame alle princis and satraps, for the more spirit of God was in hym. For|sothe the kyng thouȝte for to ordeyne hym on al the rewme. Wherfore princes and satraps souȝten for to fynde occa|sioun to Danyel, of syde of the kyng; and thei miȝten fynde no cause and sus|picioun, for that that he was feithful, and eche blame and suspicioun was not founden in hym. Therfore thilk men saiden, We shuln not fynde to this Danyel eny occasioun, no bot perauen|ture in the lawe of his God. Thanne princes and satraps falsli tysiden, or coun|ceyliden, to the kyng, and thus spaken to hym, Darye, kyng, in to with outen eende lyue thou. Alle princes of thi rewme, and magestratis, and satrapis, senatours, and domysmen, maden a con|ceyle, that decree, or dom, of the em|perour go out, and maundement, that eche man that shal axe eny axinge of eny god and man, vnto thritty days, no bot of thee, kyng, bebe he A. sent in to the lake of lyouns. And so now, kyng, conferme thou the sentence, and write the decree, that it be not chaungid whiche is or|deynyd of Medis and Persis, nether be it leeful to eny man for to breke. For|sothe kyng Darius putte forth the decree, and ordeynyde. Whiche thing whanne Danyel had founden, that is to saye, the lawe ordeynyd, he wente in to his hous; and the wyndowis opnyd in his soupyng place aȝeinus Jerusalem, three tymes in the day he bowide his knees, and wir|shipide, and knawelichide byfore his God, as he was wonte for to do byfore. Ther|fore tho men more bysily enquerynge founden Danyel preyinge, and bisechynge his God. And thei cummynge to spaken to the kyng onOm. K. the maundement, Kyng, wher thou ordeynidist not, that eche man whiche preyde eny of goddis and men, vnto thritti days, no bot thee, kyng, he shulde be sent in to the lake of lyouns? To whom the kyng answerynge saith, The word is trewe, vp the decree of Medis and Persis, whiche itOm. A. is not leeful for to breeke. Thanne thei answerynge saiden bifore the kyng, Danyel, of the sones of caytifte of Judee, reckide not of thi lawe, and of thethi H. maundement, whiche thou ordeynedistordeynest A., bot three tymes by day he preyeth in his bisechynge. Whiche word whan the kyng hadde herd, he was sorewful ynewȝ, and for Danyel sette the herte, that he shulde delyuere hym; and vnto goynge doun of the sunne he tra|ueilide for to delyuere hym. Forsothe tho men vndirstondynge the kyng, saiden to hym, Wite thou, kyng, for the lawe of Medis and Persis is, that eche decree whiche the kyng ordeyneth, be not leeful for to be chaungid. Thanne the kyng comaundide, and thei ledden to Danyel, and senten hym into the lake of lyouns. And the kyng sayde to Danyel, Thi God, whom thou wirshipidist euermore, he shal delyuere thee. And a stoon is brouȝt to, and is putt on the mouthe of the lake, whiche the kyng markide, or sealide, on eche syde with his reng, and with reng of his best men, lest eny thing were don aȝeinus Danyel. And the kyng wente awey in to his hous, and slepte vnsoupid, and metis be not brouȝt to byfore hym; more ouer and sleep wente awey fro hym. Thanne the kyng first in the mornyng rysynge hastily, wente to the lake of lyouns; and he neiȝinge to the lake, with a wepynge voice criede vn to Danyel, and spake to hym, Danyel, the seruaunt of theOm. AGH. lyuynge God, gessist thou, wher thi God, to whom thou seruist euermore, miȝt not delyuere thee fro lyouns? And Da|nyel answerynge to the kyng saith, Kyng, in to with outen eende lyue thou. My God sente his aungel, and closide to gydre the mouthes of lyouns, and thei anoyeden not meto me A., for byfore hym riȝt|wysnesse is founden in me; bot and by|fore theethe K., kyng, Y did no trespas. Thann the kyng gretely ioyede vpon hym, and comaundide Danyel for to be led out of the lake. And Danyel was led out of the lake, and noon hirtyng is founden in hym, for he bileeuyde to his God. Forsothe the kyng comaundynge, thei that accusiden Danyel ben brouȝt forth, and in to the lake of lyouns ben sent, thei, and the sonnys of hem, and the wyues of hem; and thei camen not fully vn to the pament of the lake, tyl the lyouns ra|uyshiden hem, and braken to gydre alle her bonys. Than Darius, kyng, wrote to alle peplis, lynagissynagogis A., and langagis, dwellynge in al erthe, Pees be multiplied to ȝou. Therfore a decre is ordeynide of me, that in alle the empire and my rewme thei tremble, and drede the God of Danyel; forsothe he is lyuynge God, and euerlastinge into worldis, and his rewme shal not be distruyed, and the power of hym vnto with outen eende. He is delyuererthe delyuerer A. and sauer, doynge signe and merueilis in heuen and in erthe, whiche delyuerde Danyel fro the lake of lyouns. Forsothe Danyel duryde vnto the kyngdam of Darius, and toOm. A. the kyngdam of Cyrus of Persis.

 CAP. VII.

In the first ȝeer of Balthasar, kyng of Babyloyne, Danyel sawȝ a sweuen. For|sothe the visioun of his hed in his couche, and sweuenwhenne K. the sweuen G sec. m., he wrytynge comprehendide in short word; and in sum, or litil wordis, touchynge saith, Y sawȝ in my visioun by niȝt, and loo! foure wyndis of heuen fouȝten in the mydil see. And foure greet beestis stieden vp of the se, dyuerse bytwixe hem self. The first as a lyon|esse, and hadde weengis of an egle. Y byheelde til hir weengis weren drawen of, and she is taken vp of the erthe, and she stode on the feet as a man, and the herte of it is ȝouen to it. And loo! an other beest, lijc to a bere in party, stode, and three ordris weren in mouth therof, and in teeth therof three princis. And thus thei saiden to it, Ryse thou, ete ful manye fleshis. After these thingus Y by|heelde, and loo! an other as a pard, and hadde vp on it foure weengis ofas of A. a bridd on it, and foure hedis weren in the beest, and power is ȝouen to it. After these thingus Y byheelde in a visioun of niȝt, and loo! the fourthe beest, dreedful, and wonderful, and ful stronge. It hadde greet yren teeth, etynge and brekynge to gydre, and defoulynge other thingus with his feet; forsothe it was vnlijc to other beestis, whiche Y sawȝ byfore it, and it hadde ten hornys. Y biheelde the hornys, and loo! an other litil horn is sprungen vp of the mydil of hem, and three of the first horns ben drawen out fro the face therof; and loo! eeȝen as eeȝen of a man weren in this horn, and a mouth spekynge greet thingus. Y by|helde, til trones weren sette, and the olde of days sat; his clothinge white as snowe, and the heris of his hed as cleen wolle, his trone of flawme of fijr, the whelis of hym fijr tendid. A flode of fijr and fast rennynge wente out fro his face, a thousand of thousandis mynis|triden to hym, and ten thousand sithis an hundred thousand stoden niȝ to hym; the dom sate, and bokis ben opnyd. Y byheelde for the voice of grete wordis, whiche the ylk horn spake; and I sawȝ, for the beest was slayn, and the body therof peryshide, and was bytaken for to be brent in fijr. And the power of other beestus was taken awey, and tymes of lijf ben ordeynyd to hem, vn to tyme and tyme. Therfore Y byhelde in visioun of niȝt, and loo! with cloudis of heuen as the sone of man came; and vnto the olde of days he came fully, and in his siȝt thei offreden hym. And he ȝaue to hym power, and honour, and rewme, and eche peple, lynagis, and tungis shuln serue to hym; the power of hym euerlastinge power, whiche shal not be don awey, and the rewme of hym, whiche shal not be corrupte, or distruyed. My spirit hidousidehidous A.; Y, Danyel, was ferd in these, and the visiouns of my heed to gidre trubliden me. Y came to oon of the niȝ stondynge, and Y axide of hym trewthe of alle these thingus. Whiche saide to me interpretacioun of wordis, and tauȝte me. These foure greet beestis ben foure rewmes, that shuln ryse to gydre of the erthe. Forsothe thei shuln resceyue the rewme of God heeȝist holy, and thei shuln holde the rewme, til into the world, and in to world of worldis. After these thingus Y wolde diligently lerne of the fourthe beest, that was gretely vnlijc fro alle, and dreedful ful myche, the teeth and naylis therof of yren; it eete, and brake to gydre, and defoulide the tothir thingus with his feet. And of ten hornes whiche it hadde in the hed, and of the tother that was sprungen vp, bifore whiche three hornes fellen doun, and of that horne that hadde eeȝen, and mouthe spekinge grete thingis, and was more than other; Y byheelde, and loo! the ylk horn made bataile aȝein saintis, and hadde power ouer hem, til the olde of dais came, and ȝaue dome to saintis hiȝe; and loo! tyme came, and saintis weldiden rewme. And thus he saith, The fourthe beest shal be the fourthe rewme in erthe, that shal be more than alle rewmes, and shal deuouren al erthe, and shal defoule, and to gydre breke it. Forsothe ten horns of that kyngdam shuln be ten kyngus; and an other shal rijse after hem, and he shal be miȝtier than the former, and shal meeke three kyngus. And he shal speke wordis aȝeinus the heeȝ, and he shal breke to gidre the saintis of the heeȝist; and he shal wene, that he may chaunge tymes and lawis; and it shal be ȝouen in to the hondis of hym, vn to tyme, and tymes, and the half of tyme. And dom shal sitte, that power be taken awey, and be broken to gydre, and pe|rishe til into the eende. The rewme forsothe, and power, and the gretenesse of rewme, whiche is vndre al heuen, be ȝouen to the peple of halewis of the heeȝist, whose rewme is euerlastinge rewme, and alle folkis shuln serue to hym, and obeye. Til hidre the eende of the word. Y, Danyel, in my thouȝtis was miche trublid, and my face is chaungid in me; forsothefor A. Y kepte to gidre the word in my hert.

 CAP. VIII.

In the thrid ȝeer of rewme of Baltha|sar, kyng, a vysioun apeeride to me. Y, Danyel, after that thing whiche Y hadde seen in the bygynnyng, sawȝ in my vi|sioun, whan I was in the castel Susis, whiche is in the cuntre of Helam; for|sothe I sawȝ in visioun me for to be vpon the ȝate Vlay. And Y rayside myn eeȝen, and sawȝ; and loo! oo wether stode byfore the mareis, hauynge heeȝ horns, and oon heeȝer than an other, and vndrewexinge. Afterward Y sawe the wether with hornys wyndowynge, or castynge doun, aȝeinus the eest, and aȝeinus the west, and aȝeinus the north, and aȝeinus the south; and alle beestis miȝten not aȝein stonde it, nether be de|lyuerd fro the hondis therof. And he dide vp his wille, and is magnyfied. And I vndirstode. Lo! forsothe a buk of geet came fro the west vpon the face of al erthe, and touchide not the erthe; for|sothe the buk hadde a noble horn bitwixe his eeȝen; and came vnto the ylk wether horned, whiche Y sawȝ stondynge byfore the ȝate, and he ran to hym in bir of his strengthe. And whenn he neiȝede niȝ the wether, he dide crueli in to hym, and he smote the wether, and he brake to gidre two hornys of hym, and the wether miȝte not withstonde hym. And when he sente hym in to the erthe, he defoulide hym; and no man miȝte delyuere the wether of his hond. Forsothe the buk of geet is maad grete ful miche; and whan he hadde waxen, the grete horn is brosten, and foure horns ben brouȝt forth vndir it, bi foure wyndis of heuen. Eftsoone forsothe of hem oo litil horne wente out, and it is maad grete aȝeinus the south, and aȝeinus the eest, and aȝeinus strengthe. And it is magnyfied vnto the strengthe of heuen, and castide doun of strengthe and of sterris, and defoulide hem. And vnto the prince of strengthe he is mag|nyfied, and fro hym he toke the con|tynuel sacrifice, and castide doun the place of halewyng of hym. Forsothe strengthe is ȝouen to hym aȝeinus the contynuel sacrifice for synnes, and trewthe shal be cast doun in erthe; and he shal haue prosperite, and shal do. And Y herde oon of the saintus spekynge; and oo saynt saide to an other, Y noote to whom spekynge, Hou longe deuysioun, and the contynuel sacrifice, and synne of desolacioun, or discoumfort, that is maad, and sayntuarie, and strengthe shal be de|foulid? And he saide to hym, Vnto euen|yng and morewnynge, days two thousand and three hundred; and the sayntuarie shal be clensid. Forsothe it is don, when Y, Danyel, sawe the visioun, and souȝte vndirstondyng, loo! there stode in my siȝt as the fourme of man. And Y herde a voice of the man bytwixe Vlay, and he criede, and saith, Gabriel, make thou this for to vndirstonde the visioun. And he came, and stode bysidis wher Y stode; and when he came, Y dreedynge felle doun in to my face. And he saith to me, Vndirstonde thou, sone of man, for in the tyme of eende diuisioun shal be fulfillid. And when he spac to me, Y slode to gydre doun riȝt in to the erthe. And he touchide me, and sette me in my degree. And he saide to me, Y shal shewe to thee what thingis ben to cum|mynge in the last of cursidnesse, for tyme hath his eende. The wether, or ram, whom thou hast seen for to haue hornys, is the kyng of Medis and Persis. Forsothe the geet buk is the king of Grekis; and the grete horn that was bi|twix his eeȝen, is the first kyng. For|sothe that, it broken, foure han rysen for it, foure kyngus shuln to gydre ryse of that folc, bot not in the strengthe of hym. And after the rewme of hem, whenn wickidnesses shuln wexe, there shal ryse a king vnshamfast in face, and vndirstondynge proposiciouns, or re|souns; and his strengthe shal be maad miȝty, bot not in his own strengthis. And ouer that it may be byleeued he shal waste alle thingus, and shal haue pros|perite, and shal do. And he shal slea stronge men, and the peple of sayntus, after his wille, and gyle shal be dressid in his hond. And he shal magnyfie his hert, and in plente of alle thingus he shal slea ful manye. And he shal ryse to gydre aȝeins the prince of princis, and with outen hond he shal be broken to gydre. And the visioun, that is said in euening and morewnyng, is trewe. Therefore seale thou, or marke, the visyoun, for after manye days it shal be. And Y, Danyel, languyshide, and was seeke by ful manye days; and when Y roos, Y dide the werkis of the kyng; and I won|dride at the visioun, and ther was not whiche shulde interprete, or expoun.

 CAP. IX.

In the first ȝeer of Darius, sone of Assuerus, of the seed of Meedis, whiche comaundide vpon the rewme of Caldeis, in oo ȝeer of his rewme, Y, Danyel, vn|dirstode `in bokis theof A. noumbre of ȝeeris, of whiche the word of the Lord is maad toin to GH. Jeremye, the prophete, that seuenty ȝeeris of desolacioun of Jerusalem shulden be fulfillid. And Y putte my face to the Lord my God, for to preye and byseche in fastyngis, sac, and ashe. And Y preyede the Lord my God, and I knaw|lechide, and sayde, Y biseche, thou Lord God, grete and dreedful, kepynge coue|naunt and mercy to men louynge thee, and kepynge thi maundementis. We han synned, we han don wickidnesse, vnpytously we diden, and wenten awey, and bowiden awey fro thi maundementis and domys. We obeyeden not to thi seruauntis, prophetis, that spaken in thi name to our kyngis, oure princis, oure fadris, and to al peple of the lond. Lord, to thee riȝtwisnesse, forsothe to vs con|fusioun of face, as is to day to man of Juda, and dwellers of Jerusalem, and to al Yrael, to these that ben niȝ, and to these that ben fer in alle londis, to whom thou castidist hem out for the wickid|nessis of hem, in whiche thei synnyden in thee, Lord. To vs confusioun of face, to oure kyngis, oure princis, and to oure fadris, that synneden; forsothe to thee, Lord oure God, mercye and helpe. For we wenten awey fro thee, and herden not the voice of the Lord oure God, that we shulde walke in his lawe, whiche he puttide to vs by his seruauntis, prophetis. And al Yrael braken thi lawe, and bow|iden awey, that thei herden not thi voice; and cursse droppide on vs, and wlatyng|nesse, that is writen in the boke of Moy|ses, seruaunt of God, for we han synned to hym. And he ordeynyde his wordis, whiche he spac vpon vs, and vpon oure princis, that demyden vs, that thei shulden aboue lede yn in to vs grete yuel, what maner was neuer vndir al heuen, vp that it is don in Jerusalem, as it is writen in the lawe of Moyses. Al this yuel came vpon vs, and we preyeden not thi face, Lord oure God, that we shulden turne aȝein fro oure wickidnessis, and shulden thinke thi trewthe. And the Lord wak|ide on his malice, and brouȝt it vpon vs; iust the Lord oure God in alle his werkis whiche he dide, forsothe we herden not the voice of hym. And now, Lord oure God, that leddist out thi peple of the lond of Egypt in strong hond, and madist to thee a name vp this day, we han synned, we diden wickidnesse, Lord, in to al thi riȝtwisnesse. Y biseche, be thi wrath turned awey and thi woodnesse fro thi citee Jerusalem, and fro thin holy hill; forsothe for oure synnes, and wickidnessis of oure fadris, Jerusalem and al thi peple ben in shenshipe, to alle men bi oure cumpas. Now forsothe, oure God, heere the orisoun of thi seruaunt, and preyeres of hym, and shewe thi face on thi sayn|tuarye, that is desert. For thi self thou, my God, bowe thin eere, and heere; opyn thin eeȝen, and see oure desolacioun, and the cite, on whom thi name is yn clepid. Forsothe nether in oure iustifiyngus we casten forth preeyeres byfore thi face, bot in thi manye doyngus of mercy. Heer thou, Lord; be thou plesid, Lord, perceyue, and do; dwelle thou, or tarye, not, for thi self, Lord my God, for thi name is in clepid vpon the cytee, and vpon thi peple. And whan ȝit I spac, and preyede, and knowlachide my synnes, and synnys of my peple Yrael, that Y shedde out preyers in siȝt of my God, for the holy hill of my God, ȝit me spek|ynge in my preyer, loo! the man Ga|briel, whom I sawȝ in visioun fro the bygynnynge, soone fleeȝinge touchide me in tyme of euen sacrifice; and tauȝt me, and spac to me, and saide, Danyel, now Y am gon out, that Y shulde teche thee, and thou shuldiste vndirstonde. Fro the bygynnyng of thi preyers a word passide out. Forsothe Y came for to shewe to thee, for thou art a man of desijris; for|sothe perceyue thou the word, and vn|dirstonde the visioun. Seuenty weekis ben abreggid on thi peple, and vpon thin holi citee, and trespassyng shal ben eend|id, and synne shal take eend, and wick|idnesse shal be don awey, and riȝtwys|nesse euerlastynge shal be led to, and the visioun shal be fulfillid, and prophecie, and the holy of halewis shal be anoyntid. Therfore wite thou, and perceyue; fro bygynnynge of the word, that Jerusalem eftsone be beeldid, til to Crist, duyk, seuen weekis and two and sixti weekis shuln be; and eftsoone the strete shal be beeldid, and wallis, in anguyshe, or streytnesse, of tymes. And after two and sixti weekis Crist shal be slayn. And it shal not be the peple of hym, that is to denyinge hym. And the peple shal distruye the citee and sayntuarie, with the duyke to commynge; and the eende of hym waastynge, andOm. A. after the eende of bataile ordeynd desolacioun. Forsothe he shal conferme the couenaunt with manye oo weeke, and in the half of a weeke oost and sacrifice shal fayle; and in the temple abomynacioun of desola|cioun shal be, and vnto the eendynge and eende the desolacioun shal last.

 CAP. X.

In the thrid ȝeer of rewmethe rewme AG sec. m. of Cyrus, kyng of Persis, a word is toke aȝein to Danyel, by name Balthasar; and the word trewe, and grete strengthe, and he vndirstode the word; forsothe vndir|stondyng is neede in visioun. In tho days Y, Danyel, weilide in days of three wekis; Y eete not desireful breede, and fleshe and wyne entriden not in to my mouth, bot nether with oynement Y was anoyntid, til days of three weekis weren fulfillid. Forsothe in the fourthe and twentithe day of the first moneth, Y was bysydis the grete flode, that is Tigris. And I reyside myn eeȝen, and sawȝ, and loo! oo man clothid in lynnen, and his reyns gird to with shynyng gold; and his body as crisolitus, and his face as fourme of leyt, and his eeȝen as a laumpe brennynge, and his armys and whiche thing is dounward vn to the feet as fourme of brasse waxinge whyte, and the voice of his wordis as voice of multitude. Forsothe Y, Danyel, aloone sawe the vi|sioun; sothely the men that weren with me, sawen not, bot ful myche dreed felle vp on hem, and thei fledden in to an hid place. Forsothe Y left aloone sawe this greet visioun, and strengthe abode not in me; bot and my fourme is chaungid in me, and Y was drye, or welewid, nether hadde eny thing of strengthis. And Y herde the voice of his wordis, and Y heerynge laye castidoun, or ferd, vpon my face, and my cheer cleuyde to the erthe. And loo! an hond touchide me, and reyside me on my knees, and vponon A. the fyngris of myn hondis. And he sayde to me, Danyel, man of desiris, vn|dirstonde the wordis whiche Y speke to thee, and stonde thou in thi degree; now forsothe Y am sente to thee. And whenn he saide to me this word, Y stode tremblynge. And he saith to me, Da|nyel, nyl thou dreede, for of the first day in whiche thou puttidist thin herte for to vndirstonde, that thou shuldist tourmente thee in siȝt of thi God, thin wordis ben herde, and Y came for thi wordis. Forsothe the prince of the king|dam of Persis aȝein stode me oon and twenti days, and loo! Mychael, oon of the first princis, came in to myn help, and Y abode there bysidis the kyng of Persis. Forsothe Y came for to teche thee, what thingis ben to cummynge to thi peple in the last days; for ȝit the visioun is deferrid, or drawen alonge, in to days. And whann he spac to me siche maner wordis, Y keste doun my cheer to the erthe, and was stille. And lo! as the licnesse of the sone of man touchide my lippis; and Y opnynge my mouth spac, and saide to hym that stode byfore me, My Lord, in thi visioun my ioyntouris ben vnbounden, and no thing of strengthis aboden in me. And how may the seruaunt of my Lord speke with my Lord? no thing of strengthis aboode in me, bot and my brethe is closid bi|twixe, or stoppide. Therfore eftsoone as the siȝt of man touchide me, and coum|fortide me, and saide, Nyl thou dreede, thou man of desyrs; pees to thee, be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong. And whann he spac with me, Y waxe stronge, and saide, Speke thou, my Lord, for and thou hast coumfortide me. And he saith, Wher thou wast, whi Y came to thee? And now Y shal turne aȝein, for to fiȝt aȝeinus the prince of Persis. Forsothe whann Y wente out, the prince of Greekis apeeride cummynge. Nethelese Y shal telle to thee, what thing is expressid in the wrytyng of trewthe; and no man is myn helper in alle these thingis, no bot Miȝhel, ȝour prince.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe froin A. the first ȝeer of Darius of Mede Y stode, that he shulde be coum|fortid, and strengthid. And now Y shal telle to thee trewthe. And loo! three kyngus shuln stonde in Persis, and the fourthe shal be maad riche with ful manye richessis ouer alle men. And whanne he shal be stronge in his rich|essis, he shal stire to gydre alle men aȝeinus the rewme of Grece. Forsothe a stronge kyng shal rijse, and shal lord|shipe with myche power, and that, that shal plese to hym, shal do. And whanne he shal stonde, his rewme shal be broken, and shal be departid in to foure wyndis of heuen, bot not in to his folewers of bloode, nether after his power, in whiche he lordshipide; the rewme of hym shal be departid, andOm. A. in to alyens, out taken these. And the kyng of southethe south A. shal be coumfortide; and of the princis of hym ther shal be strengthe ouer hym, and shal be lord in lordship; forsothe his lordshipyng myche. And after the eende of ȝeeris thei shuln be knyt in pees; and the douȝter of kyng of souththe south K pr. m. shal cume to the kyng of the north, for to make frenship. And she shal not haue strengthe of arm, nether hir seed shal stonde; and she shal be bitaken, and hir ȝunge men that ledden hir to, and thei that coum|fortiden hir in tymes. And a plauntyng shal stonde of the buriownyng of hir rootis; and he shal cum with an oost, and shal entre the prouynce of the kyng of the north, and he shal mysuse hem, and shal weelde the goddis of hem, and grauen thingus. And he shal lede the precious vessels of gold and syluer caitif, or taken in bataile, in to Egipt. He shal haue vic|torie aȝeinus the kyng of the north; and the kyng of the south shal entre in to the kyngdam, and shal turne aȝein `in toto AGH. his lond. Forsothe the sonys of hym shuln be stirid to wrath, and thei shuln gadre the multitude of ful manye oostis. And he shal cum hiȝinge and flowynge, and he shal turne aȝein, and shal be stirid, and go to gydre with strengthe of hym. And the kyng of the south terrid to wrath, shal go out, and fiȝte aȝeinus the kyng of the north, and shal make redy a ful grete multitude; and multitude shal be ȝouen in the hond of hym. And he shal take multitude, and the horn of hym shal be enhaunsid; and he shal cast doun many thousandis, bot he shal not haue victorie. The kyng of theOm. G pr. m. K pr. m. north shal be conuertid, and shal make redy a multitude, miche more than byfore; and in the eende of tymes and ȝeeris he shal cum hiȝinge with the most oost, and ful many richessis. And in tho tymes many shuln ryse to gydre aȝeinus the kyng of souththe southe G sec. m.; and sones of trespassours of thi peple shuln be en|haunsid, that thei fulfille the visioun, and shulnthei shulen A. falle to gydre. And theOm. K pr. m. kyng of the north shal cum, and shal bere to gydre hepis of erthe, and shal take strengiststrengthid A. cytees; and theOm. AGH. armys of the south shuln not susteynesusteine him G sec. m.. And the chosen of hym shuln ryse to gydre, for to with|stonde, and strengthe shal not be. And he cummynge `vp onon AGHK pr. m. hym, shal do vp his likyng; and ther shal not be, whiche shal stonde aȝeinus his face. And he shal stonde in the noble lond, and it shal be waastid in hond of hym. And he shal putte his face, that he cum for to holde al the rewme of hym, and he shal do riȝt thingus with hym. And he shal ȝeue to hym the douȝtre of wymmen, that she turne hym vpsadoun; and it shal not stonde, nether shal be his. And he shal turne his face to ylis, and shal take manye. And he shal make prince for to cese, and the shendship of hym shal be turned in to hym. And he shal turne his face to the empire of his lond, and he shal hurtle, and shal falle, and shal not be founden. And the foulist and vnworthi to kyngis fairnesse shal stonde in place of hym, and in fewe days he shal be broken to gydre, not in wode|nesse, nether in batel. And a dispisid man shal stonde in his place, and kyngus honour shal not be ȝouen to hym; and he shal cum priuely, and shal weelde the rewme in fraude doynge. And armys of theOm. A. fiȝtynge shuln be ouercummen of his face, and shuln be broken to gydre, more ouer and the duyke of pees. And aftir frendship with hym, he shal do gyle. And he shal stiȝe vp, and ouercume litil peple; and he shal entre plenteuous and grete citees, and shal do whiche thingis the fadris of hym diden not, and fadris of fadris of hym. He shal scatere raueyns, and prayes, and ricchessis of hem, and he shal bygynne, or go yn, counseile aȝeinus saddist thouȝtis, and this thing vn to tyme. And the strengthe of hym shal be stirid, and the herte of hym, aȝeinus the kyng of south in grete oost. And the kyng of south shal be terrid to bateil with manye helpis, and stronge ful myche; and thei shuln not stonde, for thei shuln go in to counseilis aȝeinus hym. And thei etynge breede with hym shuln breke hym to gydre; and his oost shal be oppressid, and his slayn men ful manye shuln falle. And the herte of two kyngus shal be, that thei do yuel, and at oo bord thei shuln speke lesyng, and thei shul not profite; for ȝit the eende in to other tyme. And he shal turne aȝein toin to AGH. his lond with manye ricchessis, and his herte aȝeinus the holy testament, and he shal do, and shal turne aȝein `in toin GH. his lond. In tyme ordeynyd he shal cum aȝein, and shal cum to the south, and the last shal not be lijc to the former. And grete shippis, and Romayns, shal cum vpon hymOm. A., and he shal be smyten. And he shal turne aȝein, and be wrothe aȝeinus the testament of the sayntuarie, and shal do. And he shal turne aȝein, and shal thinke aȝeinus hem that forsoken the tes|tament of sayntuaryethe seyntuarie AG.. And the armes of hym shuln stonde, and shuln defoule the sayntuarie of strengthe, and shuln take awey the contynuel sacrifice, and shuln ȝeue abominacioun in to desola|cioun. And vnpitous men shuln feyne gylfuly a testament; forsothe the peple witynge her God shal weelde, and do. And tauȝt men in peple shuln teche ful manye, and shuln falle in swerd, and in flawme, and in caitiftee, and in to rauyn of days. And whanne thei shuln falle to gidre, thei shuln be reysid vp with litil help; and ful many shuln be applied, or putt to, to hem gylfully. And of lerned men shuln falle, that thei be wellyd to gydre, and be chosen, and be maad whijt unto the tyme determynyd; for ȝit an other tyme shal be. And the kyng shal do after his wille, and shal be reysid vp, and magnyfied aȝeinus eche god, and aȝeines God of goddis he shal speke great thingus; and he shal be dressid, til wrath be fulfillid. Forsothe diffinicioun, or dome, is fully don. And he shal not rette the God of his fadris, and he shal be in coueityngis of wym|men, nether he shal recke eny of goddis, for aȝeinus alle thingus he shal ryse to gydre. Forsothe he shal wirshipe god of Maosym in his place, and he shal ho|noure god, whom his fadris knewen not, in gold, and syluer, and precious stoon, and precious thingus. And he shal do that he make stronge Maosym, with an alien god whom he knewe not. And he shal multiplie glorie, and shal ȝeue to hem power in many thingus, and he shal departe erth at his wille. And in tyme settbifore sett G sec. m. the kyng of souththe south G sec. m. shal fiȝt aȝeinus hym, and the kyng of the north as a tempest shal cum aȝeinus hym, in chaaris, and horsmen, and grete nauee. And he shal entre londis, and shal breke to gydre; and shal passe by, and shal entre in to glorious lond, and many shuln falle. For|sothe these aloone shuln be saued fro the hond of hym, Edom, and Moab, and of the princis of the sonys of Amon. And he shal sende his hond in to londis, and the lond of Egypt shal not scape. And he shal be lord of tresours of gold, and syluer, and in alle precious thingis of Egypt; and he shal passe by Libie and Ethiopie. And fame shal truble hym fro eest and north; and he shal cum in grete multitude, for to breke to gydre, and slea ful manye. And he shal sette his tabernacle fro Feduo, bitwixe seese, vpon a noble hille and holy; and heOm. AGH. shal cum vnto the heeȝ therof, and no man shal help hym.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe in that tyme Myȝhel shal rijse, the grete prince, that stondith for sonys of thi peple. And tyme shal cum, what maner was not, fro that sithen folkis bygunen for to be, vn to that tyme. And in that tyme thi peple shal be saued, eche that shuln be founden wrijten in the boke of lijf. And manye of these that slepten in dust of erthe, shuln wake out, other in to euerlastinge lyf, and othere in to shenship, that thei se euermore. Forsothe thei that shuln be tauȝt men, or wijse, shuln shyne as shynyng of the firmament, and thei that lernen, or enfourmen, manye to riȝtwijs|nesse, as sterris in to euerlastyngnessis. Forsothe thou, Danyel, close the wordis, and seale the boke, vn to the tyme or|deynyd; ful manye shuln passe, and science manyfold shal be. And Y, Da|nyel, sawȝ, and loo! as two other stoden; oon stode on this syde, vpon the ryuere of floode, and an other on that syde, on the tother part of the floode. And I sayde to the man, that was clothid with lynnen, whiche stode vpon the watris of the floode, Hou longe the eende of these merueylis? And Y herde the man, that was clothid in lynnen, whiche stode vpon watris of the floode, whann he hadde reyside vp his riȝtriȝt side A sec. m. and left half in to heuen, and swore by the lyuynge in to with outen eende, For in to tyme, and tymys, and the half of tyme. And whan scateryng abrood of the lond of holy peple shal be fulfillid, alle these thingus shuln be eendid. And Y herde, and vn|dirstode not; and saide, My lord, what shal be after these thingus? And he saith, Go thou, Danyel, for the wordis ben closid and sealid, vn to tymethe tyme A. or|deynyd. Thei shuln be chosen, and be maad whijt, and as fijr many shuln be proued, and vnpytous men shuln do vn|pytously, nether alle vnpitouse men shuln vndirstonde; forsothe tauȝt men shuln vndirstonde. And fro tyme in whiche contynuel sacrifice shal be don awey, and abomynacioun in to desolacioun shal be sett, days a thousand two hundrid and nynty. Blessid isOm. GH. he, that abydith, and fully cummeth, vn to days aof a G sec. m. thousand thre hundrid and thritty and fyue. For|sothe go thou to determyndthe determynd tyme G sec. m.; and thou shalt reste aȝein, and shalt stonde in thi sort, or part, in the eende of days.

Hidre to we reeden Danyel in Ebru; other thingis that suen, til in to the eende of the boke, ben translatid of the making of Theodosyon. CAP. XIII.

A man was in Babiloyne, and the name of hym Joachym. And he toke a wijf, Susanne by name, the douȝtir of Elchie, ful faire, and dreeding the Lord. For|sothe the fadir and modir of hir, when thei weren iust, lerneden her douȝter after the lawe of Moyses. Forsothe Joa|chym was ful riche, and to hym was a gardyne nyȝ to his hous; and Jewis camen to gidre to hym, for that he was more honourable of alle. And two olde domesmen ben ordeynyd in that ȝeer, of whiche the Lord spac, for wickidnesse wente out of Babyloyne, of the eldre iugis whiche weren seen for to rewle the peple. These ofte hauntiden the hous of Joachym; and alle that hadden domis camen to hem. Forsothe whenn the pe|ple turnyde aȝein after mydday, Susanne entride, and walkide in the gardyne of hir husbond. And the eldre men sawen hir eche day entrynge, and walkinge; and thei brennyden `in thein to AG. coueitise of hir. And thei turnyden awey her witt, and bowiden awey her eeȝen, that thei shul|den not see heuen, nether shulde haue mynde of iust domys. Forsothe bothe weren woundid in loue of hir, nether shewiden to hem self her sorewe; for|sothe thei shameden for to shewe to hem self her coueitise, willynge for to ligge with hir. And thei aspieden eche day bysilier for to see hir. And the tother saide to the tother, Go we home, for oure of mete is. And thei gon out, departiden fro hem self. And whann thei hadden departid, thei camen in to oon; and thei axinge cause eche of other, knawlechiden her coueitise. And thann in comoun thei ordeynyden tyme, whann thei miȝten fynde hir aloon. Forsothe it is don, whanne thei aspieden a couenable day, sche en|tride sum tyme, as ȝisterday and three days gon, with two damisels aloone, and wolde be washen in the gardyne; sothely heete was. And no man was there, out taken two olde men hid, byholdyng hir. And she saide to the maydens, Brenge ȝe to me oyle, and sope, or oynement; and shitte ȝe the doris of the gardyne, that Y be washen. And thei diden as she comaundide; and thei closiden the doris of the gardeyn, and wenten out by a postern, for to brenge whiche thingus she bad. And she wiste not olde men for to be hid with yn forth. Sothely when the damysels weren gon out, the two olde men rysen, and runnen to hir, and saiden, Loo! doris of the gardyne ben closid, and no man seeth vs, and we ben in coueitise of thee. Wherfore accorde to vs, and be ioyned with vs. That ȝif thou wilt not, we shuln saye witnessyng aȝeinus thee, that a ȝung man was with thee, and for this cause thou sentist out thethi K. damysels fro thee. And Susanne inward|ly sorewide, and saith, Anguyshis ben to me on eche syde; forsothe ȝif Y shal do this thing, deth is to me; sothely ȝif Y shal not do, Y shal not ascape ȝoure hondis. Bot bettir it is to me for to falle with outen werk in to ȝour hondis, than for to synne in the siȝt of the Lord. And Susanne criede with a grete voice, for|sothe and the olde men crieden aȝeinus hir. Sothely the ton ran, and opnyde the dore of the gardeyn. Forsothe ser|uauntes of the hous fellen yn by the posterne, whan thei herden cry in the gardeyne, for to see what it was. For|sothe after that the olde men spaken, the seruauntis shamyden gretely, for siche word was neuer herd of Susanne. And the morewe day is maad. And whanne the peple cam to hir husbond Joachym, and the two prestis camen ful of yuel thouȝt aȝeinus Susanne, for to slea hir. And thei seiden byfore alle the peple, Sende ȝe to Susanne, douȝter of Elchie, wyf of Joachym. And anoon thei senten. And she came with fadir, and modir, and sonnys, and alle hir cosyns. Forsothe Susanne was ful delicate, and faire of fourme, `or shapOm. AK sec. m.. And the ylke wickid men comaundeden, that she shulde be vnkeuered, sothely she was hillid; that or so thei weren fulfillid with fairnesse of hir. Therfore hernhern neeȝe frendis G sec. m. wepten, and alle that knewen hir. Sotheli two prestis rijsyng to gydre in mydil of the peple, puttiden hir hondis vpon the hed of hir. Whiche wepynge byhelde to heuen, for|sothe the hert of hir was hauynge trist in the Lord. And the prestis saiden, Whann we walkiden aloon in the gar|deyn, she this came yn with two maydens damesels; and closide the dore of the gar|deyn, and lefte the damysels. And a ȝung man, that was hid, came to hir, and dide lechorie with hir. Forsothe we, whanne we weren in a corner of the gardeyn, seeynge wickidnessethe wickidnesse G sec. m., runnen to hem, and we sawen hem for to be mengid to gidre. And sothely we miȝten not cacche hym, for he was strengre than we; and the doris opnyd, he lepte out. Sothely when we hadden cauȝt thishir this A., we axiden, who was that ȝunge man; and she wolde not shewe to vs. Of this thing we ben wit|nesses. The multitude byleeuyde to hem, as to eldre men of the peple and iugis, and condempnyden hir to deth. For|sothe Susanne criede with grete voice, and saide, Lord God euerlastinge, that art knower of hid thingus, that hast knowen alle thingus byfore thei be maad; thou wost, for thei han born fals wit|nessinge aȝeines me. And loo! Y dye, whann Y dide nouȝt of these thingus, whiche these maliciously maken to gydre aȝeinus me. Forsothe the Lord herd the voice of hir. And whann she was ledde to deth, the Lord reyside a spirit of a ȝungirȝong A. chijld, whose name Danyel. And he cryede with greete voyce, Y am cleene of the blood of this. And al the peple to gyder turnyd to hym saide, What is this word, whom thou hast spoken? Whiche, whanne he stode in the mydil of hem, saide, So ȝe, foolis, sonys of Yrael, not demynge nether knowynge that thing that is iust, condempneden the douȝter of Yrael. Turne ȝe aȝein to dome, for thei han spoke fals witnessyng aȝeinus hir. Therfore the peple turned aȝein with hiȝyng. And the olde men saiden to hym, Cum thou, and sitt in mydil of vs, and shewe thou to vs; for God ȝaue to thee honour of eelde. And Danyel saide to hem, Departe ȝe hem fro a twynne, or eche fro other, fer, and Y shal wysely deme hem. Therfore, whanne thei weren departid the tother fro the tother, he clepide oon of hem, and saide to hym, Thou olde of yuel days, nowe thi synnes camencomen A. on thee, whiche thou wrouȝtist byfore, demynge vniust domys, oppressinge innocentis, and delyuerynge gylti, sayinge the Lord, Thou shalt not slea the innocent and iust man. Now forsothe ȝif thou sawist hir, saye thou, vndir what tree thou sawȝ hem speek|ynge to hemself? Whiche saith, Vndir a sloo tree. Sothely Danyel saide, Riȝtly thou leeȝist in to thin hed; loo! forsothe an aungel of the Lord, the sentence token of hym, shal kitte thee the mydil. And hym remoued awey, he comaundide the tother for to cum, and saide to hym, Seed of Canaan, and not of Juda, fourme, or fairnesse, disceyuyde thee, and co|ueitise turnyde thin hert vpsadoun; thus ȝe diden to douȝtris of Yrael, and thei dredynge spaken with ȝou, bot the douȝ|ter of Juda suffride not ȝour wickidnesse. Now therfore saye to me, vndir what tree thou sawist hem spekynge to hem self? Whiche saith, Vndir a plum tree. Sothely Danyel saide to hym, Riȝtly andOm. K. thou leeȝist inin to AGH. thin hed; forsothe anOm. G pr. m. the G sec. m. aungel of the Lord dwellith, hauynge a swerd, that he kitte thee the mydil, and slea ȝou. And so alle the peple criede with grete voyce, and blessiden the Lord, that saueth men hopynge in hym. And thei rysen to gidre aȝeins twothe two G sec. m. prestis; sothely Danyel hadde conuicte hem of her mouth, for to haue saide fals wit|nessyng; and thei diden to hem, as thei hadden do yuel aȝeines the neiȝbour, that thei diden after the lawe of Moyses, and slewen hem. And the giltlesse blode is saued in that day. Forsothe Elchie and his wyf preysiden God in that day, for her douȝter Susanne, with Joachym, hir husbond, and alle hir cosyns, for foule thing was not found in hir. Forsothe Danyel was maad greet in siȝt of the peple, fro that day and afterward. And kyng Astriages is putt to his fadris, and Cyrus of Perse resceyuyde the kyngdam of hym. Forsothe Danyel was meete feere of the kyng, and honoured aboue alle the freendis of hym.

 CAP. XIV.

And an ydol, Bel by name, was anentis men of Babyloyne, and there weren spendid in it by alle days twelue mesuris artabis, and oon conteyneth three bus|shels of floure, and fourty sheep, and of wijn sixe amphoris. And the kyng wir|shipide hym, and wente by alle days for to honoure it; forsothe Danyel honour|ede his God. And the kyng saide to hym, Whi honourest thou not Bel? Whiche answerynge saith to hym, For Y wirshipe not ydolis maad by hond, bot lyuyng God, that made of nouȝt heuen and erthe, and hath power of eche fleshe. And the kyng saide to hym, Wher Bel is not seen to thee a lyuynge God? whe|ther thou seest not, hou many thingus he etith and drynkith eche day? And Da|nyel leiȝinge saith, Kyng, erre thou not; this is withynforth of cley, and with out|forth of brasse, nethir etith eny tyme, nether drynkyth. And the kyng wroth clepide the prestis of hym, and saide to hem, No bot ȝe shuln saye to me, who etith these ȝiftis, ȝe shuln dye. Forsothe ȝif ȝe shuln shewe for Bel etith these, Danyel shal dye, for he blasfemyde Bel. And Danyel sayde to the kyng, Be it don vp thi word. Forsothe there weren of Bel seuenty prestis, oute taken wijues, and litil children, and sonys. And the kyng with Danyel came into the temple of Bel. And prestis of Bel saiden, Loo! we shuln go out, and thou, kyng, putte metis, and meynge wyne, and shitte the dore, and sealeseel it A. with thi ryng. And whan thou shalt cum yn erly, no bot thou shalt fynde alle thingus eten of Bel, by deth we shuln dye, or Danyel, that leeȝide aȝeinus vs. Forsothe thei dispis|idendispysiden, or sett at nouȝt, G sec. m., for thei hadden maad an hid en|tryng vndir the bord, and therby thei entriden euermore, and deuoureden tho thingus. Forsothe it is don, after that they wenten out, and the kyng puttide metis byfore Bel, Danyel comaundide his children, and thei brouȝten to ashe, and by al the temple he ridlide byfore the kyng. And thei gon out closidenand closiden A. the dore, and sealynge with ryng of theOm. G pr. m. K. kyng wenten awey. Sothely the prestis wenten yn in nyȝt, after her custome, and wijues, and sonys of hem, and eeten alle the thingus, and drunken. Sotheli the kyng roose in the heeiȝist spring of day, and Danyel with hym. And the kyng saith, Danyel, wher the sealis ben saaf? Whiche an|sweride, Kyng, saaf. And anoon whan thei hadden opnyd the dore, the kyng byhelde the bord, and he criede with grete voyce, Grete art thou, Bel, and no gyle is anentys thee. And Danyel leiȝ|ide, and he heelde the kyng, lest he en|tride with ynforth; and saide, Loo! the pament, perceyue whos steppis these ben. And the kyng saide, Y see steppis of men, and wymmen, and ȝunge children. And the kyng is wroth. Thanne the kyng cauȝte the prestis, and wijues, and sones of hem; and thei shewiden to hym smale doris hid, by whom thei entriden, and wastiden what thingus weren on the bord. Therfore the kyng slewȝ hem, and bytoke Bel in to power of Danyel, whiche distruyide hym and his temple. And a grete dragoun was in that place, and men of Babyloyne wirshipiden hym. And the kyng saide to Danyel, Loo! now thou maist not saye, that this is not god lyu|ynge; therfore wirshipe hym. And Da|nyel saide to the kyng, Y wirshipe the Lord my God, for he is lyuynge God; this is not god lyuynge. Thou forsothe, kyng, ȝeue to me power, that Y slea the dragoun, with oute swerd and staff. And the kyng saith, Y ȝeue to thee. Therfore Danyel toke picche, and fatnesse, and heris, and seethide to gydre; and he made gobettis, and ȝaue in to mouthe of the dragoun, and the dragoun is borstun. And Danyel sayde, Loo! whom ȝe wir|shipiden. Whiche thing whanne men of Babyloyne herden, thei hadden indigna|cioun gretely; and thei ben gadrid aȝeinus the kyng, and sayden, The kyng is maad a Jewe; he distruyede Bel, and slewȝ the dragoun, and killide prestis. And thei saiden, whanne thei camen to the kyng, Ȝeue to vs Danyel, that distruyede Bel, and slewȝ the dragoun; ellis we shuln slea thee, and thin hous. Therfore the king sawȝ, that thei fellen in to hym gretely; and by neede he constreyned ȝaue to hem Danyel. Whiche senten hym in to the lake of lyouns, and he was there seuen days. Forsothe in the lake weren seuen lyouns, and eche day two bodyes and two sheep weren ȝouen to hem. And thanne thei weren not ȝouen to hem, that thei shulde deuoure Danyel. Forsothe Abacuc was a prophete in Judee, and he hadde sothen potage, and hadde `sette ynin put G sec. m. looues in a litil vessel, and wente in to the feeld, for to bere to repers. And an aungel of the Lord saide to Abakuc, Bere thou the mete, that thou hast, in to Ba|byloyne, to Danyel, that is in the lake of lyouns. And Abakuc saide, Lord, I sawȝ not Babyloyne, and I kneweknowe A. not the lake. And the angel of the Lord toke hym in the poll of hym, and bare hym in an her of his hed, and putte hym in to Babyloyne, on the lake, in bir of his spirit. And Abakuc criede, sayinge, Danyel, seruaunt of God, take thou the mete, that God sente to thee. And Da|nyel saith, Lord God, thou hast mynde of me, and forsakist not men loouynge thee. And Danyel rysynge eet; forsothe the aungel of the Lord restoride anoon Abakuc in his place. Therfore the kyng cam in the seuenthe day for to weile Danyel; and he came to the lake, and lookide with ynne, and loo! Danyel sitt|ynge in the mydil of lyouns. And the kyng criede with grete voice, saiynge, Grete art thou, Lord God of Danyel; and drouȝ out him of the lake. Forsoth he sente yn in to the lake hem, that weren cause of his perdicioun, and thei ben deuoured in a moment byfore hym. Thann the kyng saith, Men dwellynge in al erthe, dreede the God of Danyel; for he is deliuerer, and sauere, doynge sygnes and merueyles in heuen and in erthe, that delyuerede Danyel of the lake of lyouns.

 Here endith the book of Danyel, the prophete, and bigynneth the book of Osee, the propheteHere endethe the boke of Daniel, and here bigynneth Osee. A. No final rubric in GH.. HOSEA. Osee, the PropheteNo initial rubric in AGH..CAP. I.

THE word of the Lord that is maad to Osee, sone of Bery, in the days of Osye, Joathan, Achas, and Ezechie, kyngis of Juda, andOm. HK. in the days of Jeroboam, sone of Joas, kyng of Yrael. The bygynnyng of spekynge Lordbi the Lord G sec. m. H. in Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go thou, take to thee a wijf of fornicacioun, and make to thee sonys of fornicaciouns, for the erthe do|ynge fornicacioun shal do fornicacioun fro the Lord. And he wente, and toke Gomer, the douȝter of Debalaym; and she conceyuyde, and bare to hym a sone. And the Lord saide to hym, Clepe the name of hym Jesrael; for ȝit a lytil and Y shal visite the blode of Jesrael on the hous of Hyeu, and shal make the kyng|dam of the hous of Yrael for to reste. And in that day Y shal breke to gydre the bowe of Yrael in the valey of Jesrael. And she conceyuyde ȝit, and bare a douȝ|ter. And he saide to hym, Clepe thou the name of hir With outen mercy, for Y shal namore putte to, for to haue mercy to the hous of Yrael, bot bi forȝetyng Y shal forȝete hem. And to the hous of Juda Y shal haue mercy, and Y shal saue hem in the Lord her God; and Y shal not saue hem in bowe, and swerd, and bateil, and in horsis, and in horsmen. And she wenyde hir that was With outen mercye. And she conceyuyde, and bare to hym a sone. And he saideseide to hym A., Clepe thou the name of hym Not my people, for ȝe ben not my peple, and Y shal not be ȝour God. And the noumbre of sones of Yrael shal be as grauel of the see, whiche is with oute mesure, and shal not be noumbrid; and it schal benot be K. in place, where it schal be seid to hem, Not my peple ȝe; it schal be seid to hem, Sones of God lyuynge. And sonesthe sonys G sec. m. of Juda and sones of Yrael shuln be ge|drid to gydre, and thei shuln putte to hem self oon hed, and shuln stie vp fro the lond, for grete is the day of Jesrael.

 CAP. II.

Saye ȝe to ȝour bretheren, My peple; and to ȝour sister, Wynnynge mercy; deme ȝe ȝour modir, deme ȝe, for she is not my wijf, and Y not hir husbond. Do she aweye hir fornicaciouns fro hir face, and hir auowtries fro the mydil of her tetis; lest perauenture Y vnclothe hir nakid, and sette hir vp the day of hir birthe. And Y shal putte hir as aOm. AGH. wil|drenesse, and ordeyne hir as a lond vn|weyed, or with outen weye, and shalY schal A. slea hir with thrist. And of the sones of hir Y shal not haue mercy, for thei ben sonys of fornycacioun; for the mo|dir of hem dide fornycacioun, she is con|fusid that conceyuyde hem, for she saide, Y shal go after my louers that ȝiuenȝauen A. ȝeuen H. my looues to me, and my waters, and my wolle, and my lynnen, and myn oyle, and my drinke. For this thing lo! Y shal hegge thi weye with thornys, and I shal hegge it with a walle, and it shal not fynde his pathis. And she shal sue hir louers, and shal not cacche hem, and shal seke hem, and shal not fynde hem; and sheOm. A. shal saye, Y shal go, and Y shal turne aȝein to my former husbond, for wele it was to me thanne more than now. And this womman wiste not, for Y ȝaue to hir wheet, wijne, and oyle; and mul|tiplied to hir syluer and gold, whiche thei maden to Baal. Therfore Y shal turne, and shal take my wheet in hys tyme, and my wijn in his tyme; and I shal weiȝe my wolle, and my lynnen, whiche hiliden the yuel fame of hir. And now Y shal shewe the folye of hir in the eeȝen of hir louers, and a man shal not delyuere hir fro myn hond; and I shal make alle the ioye of hir for to ceese, hir solempnyte, hir neomynye, or new feest, hir saboth, and alle feestis and tymys of hir. And I shal corrumpe, or distruye, hir vyne ȝerd, and hir fijge tree, of which she saide, These ben my hijris, whiche my louers ȝauen to me; and Y shal putte hir in to wijlde wode, and the beest of the feeld shal eet hir. And I shal visite vpon hir the days of Baalym, in whiche she brent ensence, and was ourned with hir ere ring, and hir broche, and wente aftir hir louers, and forȝate me, saith the Lord. For this thing loo! Y shal ȝeue mylk to hir, and shal lede hir in to wil|dernesse, and Y shal speke to hir herte; and shal ȝeue to hir vijne tyliers of the same place, and the valey of Achor, for to opyn hope. And she shal synge there vp the days of hir ȝouthe, and vp the days of hir steying vp fro the lond of Egypt. And it shal be in that day, saith the Lord, she shal clepe me Myn husbond, and she shal namore clepe me Baalym; and Y shal take aweye the names of Ba|lym fro hir mouthe, and she shal namore haue mynde of the name of hem. And Y shal smyte to hem a boond of pees in that day with beest of the feeld, and with brid of heuen, and with creepynge beest of erthe. And Y shal breke to gydre bowe, and swerd, and batel of theOm. A. erthe; and Y shal make hem for to sleepe tristili. And I shal spouse thee to me in to with outen eende, and Y shal spouse thee to me in riȝtwijsnesse, and in dome, and in mercy, and in doyngis of mercy. And Y shal spouse thee to me in feith; and thou shalt wite, for Y the Lord. And it shal be, in that day Y shal heere, saith the Lord, and I shal heere heuens, and thei shuln heere the erthe; and the erthe shal heere wheete, and wijn, and oyle, and these shuln heere Jesrael. And Y shal sowe hir to me in to lond, and YOm. A. shal haue mercy on hir that was with out mercy. And Y shal saye to not my pe|ple, Thou art my peple, and he shal saye, Thou art my God.

 CAP. III.

And the Lord saide to me, Ȝit go thou, and loue thou a womman loued of a frend, and auoutresse, as the Lord loueth the sonys of Yrael; and thei byholden to alyen goddis, and louen the darstis of grapis, that leueth in hem aftir pressyng. And Y dalf hir to me with fifteen platis of siluer, and with a chorus of barly, whiche is a mesure of thritti busshels, and with an half chorus of barly. And Y saide to hir, Manye days thou shalt abyde me; thou shalt not do fornycacioun, and thou shalt not be to husbond, bot andOm. A. Y shal abijde thee. For manye days the sonys of Yrael shuln sitte with out kyng, with out prince, with out sa|crifice, and with out auter, and with out ephot, or prestis clothing, and with out teraphynserafyn K.. And after these thingis sonys of Yrael shuln turne aȝein, and shuln seke the Lord her God, and Dauith, her kyng; and thei shuln dreede to the Lord, and to the good of hym, in the last of days.

 CAP. IV.

Heere ȝe, sonys of Yrael, the word of the Lord, for dome to the Lord with dwellers of erthe; forsothe trewthe is not and mercy is not, and science, or kunnynge, of the Lord is not in erthe. Cursidness, and lesyng, and mansleaynge, and theft, and auoutrie flowiden, and bloode touchide bloode. For this thing erthe shal mourne, and eche man that dwellith theryn shal be seeke, in beest of the feeld, and in brid of heuen; bot and fishis of the se shuln be gadrid. Nethelese eche man deeme not, and be not a man reproued; forsothe thi peple as these that aȝein sayen the prest. And thou shalt falle to day, and also the prophete shal falle to gydre with thee; in nyȝt Y made thi modir for to be stille. And my peple was to gydre stille, for it hadde not science; for thou hast putte awey science, Y shal putte thee awey, that thou be not set, or vse, in presthode to me; thou hast forȝete the lawe of thi God, and Y shal forgete thi sonys. Vp the multitude of hem, so thei synnyden to me. Y shal chaunge the glorie of hem in to yuel fame. Theiand thei AH. shuln ete the synnys of my peple, and to the wickidnesse of hem thei shuln reyse vp the soulis of hem. And it shal be, as the peple so the prest; and I shal visite on hym the weyes of hym, and I shal ȝelde to hym his thouȝtis. And thei shuln ete, and shuln not be fulfillid; thei diden fornycacioun, and cesiden not, for thei forsoken the Lord in not kepynge. Fornicacioun, and wijn, and drunkenesse doth awey herte. My peple axide in his tree, and the staff of hym shal shewe to hym; forsothe the spirit of fornicaciouns disceyuyde hem, and thei diden fornica|cioun fro her God. On hedisthe hedis AGH. of hillis thei maden sacrifice, and on litil hillis thei brenneden tymyame, or encense, vn|der ook, and poplere, and terebynt, for the shadew of it was good. Therfore ȝour douȝters shuln do fornicacioun, and ȝour spousis, or wijfis, shuln be auoutressis. Y shal not visite on ȝour douȝters, whan thei shuln do fornicacioun, and on ȝoure wijues, whanne thei shuln do auowtrie; for thei lyueden with hooris, and sacri|fieden with men turned in to wommans maners. And peple not vndirstondynge shal be beten. Ȝif thou, Yrael, dost for|nycacioun, namely thou, Juda, trespasse not; and nyl ȝe entre in to Galgala, and stye ȝe not in to Bethauen, nether swere ȝe, The Lord lyueth. For as a cowe waxinge wijlde Yrael bowide awey; now the Lord shal feede hem as a lombe in breed. Parcener of ydolis Effraym, leue ȝe hym; the feest of hem is de|partid. In fornicacioun thei diden forni|cacioun, the defenders of hem loueden for to brynge to yuel fame. A spirit boonde hym in his weengis, and thei shuln be confoundid of her sacrifices.

 CAP. V.

Heere ȝe, prestis, these thingis, and perceyue ȝe, hous of Yrael, and herken ȝe, hous of the kyng; for with ȝou is dome, for ȝe ben maad a graue to byhold|yng, and as a nette sprad abrood on Tha|bor. And ȝe bowiden doun slayn sacrifice for victorie in to depnesse; and Y the lerner of hem alle. Y wote Effraym, and Yrael is not hid fro me; for now Effraym dide fornicacioun, Yrael is defoulid. Thei shul not ȝeue her thouȝtis, that thei turne aȝein to her God; for the spirit of forni|cacioun in the mydil of hem, and thei knewen not the Lord. And the pryde of Yrael shal answere in to his face, and Yrael and Effraym shuln falle to gydre in her wikkidnesse; also Juda shall falle with hem. In her flockis, and in her droues thei shuln go for to seke the Lord, and shuln not fynde; he is taken awey fro hem. In the Lord thei tres|passiden, for thei gendriden alien sonys; now the monethe with her partis shal deuoure hem. Sowne ȝe with an horn in Gabaa, with trumpe in Rama; woule ȝe in Bethauen, aftir thi bac, Beniamyn. Effraym shal be in to desolacioun, in the day of correctioun, and in lynagis of Yrael Y shewide feith. The princis of Juda ben maad as takynge to the termes on hem; Y shal shede out as water my wrath. Effraym is suffrynge fals cha|lenge, he broken in dome; for he by|ganne for to go after filthis. And Y as a mouȝthe to Effraym, and as rot to the hous of Juda. And Effraym sawȝ his seekenesse, and Juda his boond. And Effraym wente to Assur, and sente to the kyng veniour. And he shal not mowe saue ȝou, nether shal mowe vnbynde the boond fro ȝou. For Y as a lyonesse to Effraym, and as a whelp of lyoun to the hous of Juda. Y, Y shal take, and shal go, and shal take awey, and ther is not whiche shal delyuere. Y goynge shal turne aȝein to my place, til ȝe fayle, and seeke my face.

 CAP. VI.

In her tribulacioun erly thei shuln ryse to gyder to me. Cum ȝeOm. A., and turne we aȝein to the Lord; for he toke, or bigan, and shal hele us; he shal smyte, and shal cure us. He shal quycken us aftir two days, in the thrydde day he shal reyse vs, and we shuln lyue in the siȝt of hym. We shuln wite, and sue, that we knewe the Lord. As the spryng of day his out goyng is maad redy, and he shal cum as rayne tymely to vs, and late to erthe. What shal Y do to thee, Effraym? what shal Y do to thee, Juda? Ȝour mercy as a morew cloude, and as dewe erly pass|ynge forth. For this thing Y haue hewun in prophetis, and slayn hem in wordis of my mouthe; and thi domys shuln go out as liȝt. For Y wolde mercy, and not sa|crifice, and science of God, more than brente sacrifices. Forsothe thei as Adam braken my couenaunt; there thei tres|passiden in me. Galaad the cite of men wirchynge ydol, supplauntid by blood; and as cheekis of men theeues. Parcener of prestis in the waye of men sleaynge men goynge of Sychem, for thei wrouȝten grete trespas. In the hous of Yrael Y saw an orrible thing; there the fornyca|ciouns of Effraym.

 CAP. VII.

Israel is defoulid; bot and thou, Juda, putte to thee rijpthe rijp. corn, whanne Y shal turne to gydre the caitiftee of my peple. Whanne Y wolde hele Yrael, the wickid|nesse of Effraym is shewid, and the ma|lice of Samarie, for thei wrouȝten lesyng. And a nyȝt theef wente in robbynge; a litil day theef with out forth. And lest perauenture thei sayen in her hertis, me hauynge mynde on al the malice of hem, now her fyndyngis han gon about hem, thei ben maad byfore my face. In her malice thei gladdengladiden A. the kyng, and in her lesyngus the princis. Alle doynge auoutrie, as fourneice kyndlid of a man seethinge. The citee restide a litil in mengyng to gydre of soure dowe, til it were sourdowid all. The day of oure kyng; princis bygunnen for to wexe wode of wijn; he streiȝte out his hond with scorners. For thei applieden as a four|neys her herte, whanne he aspiede, or sette, tresoun to hem. Al niȝt he slepte seethinge hem, erly he set on fijr, as fijr of flawme. All ben maad hoot as aOm. A. fourneice, and deuoureden her domes|men. All kyngis of hem fellen doun, and ther is not in hem that shal crie to me. Effraym in peplis he was meynt to gydre; Effraym is maad a loof baken vndir ashis, whiche is not turned aȝein. Aliens eeten the strengthe of hym, and he wist not; bot and whijt heeris ben shed out in hym, and he knewe not. And the pride of Yrael shal be mekid in the face of hym; nether thei ben turn|ed aȝein to the Lord her God, and thei souȝten not hym in alle theese thingus. And Effraym is maad as a culuer dis|ceyued, not hauynge herte. Thei inclep|iden Egypt, to Assiriens thei wenten. And whanne thei shuln go, Y shal sprede abrode on hem my nett, as a brid of heuen Y shal drawe hem doun. Y shal bete hem, vp the heeryng of the cum|panye of hem. Wo to hem, for thei wenten awei fro me; thei shuln be waastid, for thei trespassiden in me. Y aȝein bouȝte hem, and thei spaken aȝeinus me lesyng. And thei crieden not to me in her herte, bot thei wouliden in her couchis. Thei chewiden cud vpon whete, and wijne, and departiden fro me. And I lernyde hem, and coumfortide the ar|mys of hem, and in me thei thouȝten malice. Thei turneden aȝein, that thei shulden be with out ȝoc; thei ben maad as a gylful bowe. The princis of hem shuln falle in swerd, of the wodenesse of her tunge; this the mowyng, or scornyng, of hem in the lond of Egypt.

 CAP. VIII.

In thi throte be a trumpe, as an egle on the hous of the Lord; for that that thei braken my bond of pees, and thei trespassiden, or braken, my lawe. Thei inclepiden me, My God, we Yrael knewen thee. Yrael castide awey good thing, an enemy shal pursue hym. Thei regn|eden, and not of me; thei weren princis, and I knewe not. Thei maden her syluer and gold and her ydolis to hem, that thei shulden perishe. Samarie, thi calf is cast awey; my woodnesse is wrothe in hem. Hou long miȝten thei not be clensid? for of Yrael and he is. A craftise man made hym, and he is not god; for the calf of Samarie shal bebe do K pr. m. into webbis of yreinus. For thei shuln sowe wynd, and repe whirlwynd. A stondynge stalk is not in hem, the buriownyng shal not make mele; that and ȝif it shal make, aliens shuln ete ithit K.. Yrael is deuoured; now he is maad in naciouns, as an vnclene vessel, for thei stieden to Assur. Effraym a soli|tarie feeld asse to hym self. Thei ȝauen ȝiftis to her louers; bot and with meed thei hijriden naciouns. Now Y shal gedre hem, and thei shuln reste a litil of charge of the kyng and princis. For Effraym multipliede autris for to synne, autris ben maad to hym in to trespasse. Y shal write to hym my manyfolde lawis, whiche ben acomptid as alyen. Thei shulen brenge to oostis, and shuln offre fleshis, and shuln ete; and the Lord shal not resceyue hem. Now he shal recorde the wickidnesse of hem, and shal visite the synnes of hem; thei shuln be turnyd in to Egypt. And Yrael forȝate his maker, and beeldide templis, and Judas multipliede stronge citees; and Y shal sende fijr in to the citees of himhem K., and it shal deuoure the housis of hym.

 CAP. IX.

Yrael, nyl thou glade, nyl thou ioye with outforth as peplis; for thou hast do fornicacioun fro thi God. Thou louedist hijris on alle feeldis of whete. Feeld and pressour shal not feede hem, and wijne shal lye to hem. Thei shuln not dwelle in the lond of the Lord. Effraym turnyde aȝein in to Egypt, and in Assi|riens eete defoulid thing. Thei shuln not sacrifice wijn to the Lord, and thei shuln not plese to hym. The sacrifices of hem as breede of mournynge men; alle that eten it shuln be defoulid. For the breed of hem, of the soule of hem, shal not entre in to theOm. GR. hous of the Lord. What shuln ȝe do in the solempne day, in day of the fest of the Lord? Loo! sothely thei ben gon fro wastnesse. Egypt shal gedere hem, Memphis shal birie hem. A nettil shal enherit the de|sirable syluer of hem, a cloote in the tabernaclis of hem. Days of visityng camen, days of ȝeldyng camen. Yrael, wite thou thee a fool, a wood prophete, a spirituel man, for the multitude of thi wickidnesse, and multitude of madnesse. A spier of Effraym with my God; the prophete is maad a gnare of fallynge, on alle the wayes of hym, wodenesse in the hous of his God. Thei synneden depely, as in days of Gabaa. He shal recorde her wickidnesse, and shal visite the synnys of hem. Y foonde Yrael as grapes in de|sert, as the first applis of a litil fyge tree. In the heeȝt therof Y seeȝ the faders of hem; forsothe thei entriden to Belphagor, and ben alienyd aweye in to confusioun, and ben maad abomynable as tho thingus that thei loueden. Effraym as a brid fleeȝ awey; the glorie of hem of chijld beryng, and of wombe, and of conceyu|ynge. That and ȝif thei shuln nurishe out her sonys, Y shal make hem with out free childre in men. Bot and wo to hem, whanne I shal go awey fro hem. Effraym, as I syȝ Tyrus, was foundid in fairnesse; Effraym schal leede out his sones to the slear. Lord, ȝyue thou to hem; what schalt thou ȝyue to hem? ȝeue thouOm. AGH. to hem a ȝate of wombe with oute free children, and drie tetis. Al wickid|nesse of hem in Galgal, for there Y hadde hem hateful; for the malice of her wickid|nesse Y shal caste hem out of myn hous. Y shal not putte to, that Y loue hem. Alle princis of hem goynge awey; Ef|fraym is smyten, the root of hem is dried vp; thei shuln not make fruyte. That and ȝif thei shuln gendre, Y shal slea the most loued thingus of the wombe of hem. The Lord my God shal caste hem awey, for thei herden not hym; and thei shuln be wagringe in naciouns.

 CAP. X.

Yrael a vijne ful of bowis, fruyte is maad euen to hym; vp the multitude of his fruyte he multipliede auters, vp the plente of his lond he was plenteous in symulacris, or fals goddis. The herte of hem is departid, now thei shuln perishe. He shal breke to gydre the symulacris of hem, he shal spuyle the auters of hem. For now thei shuln saye, Kyng is not `to vsof thee A., forsothe we dreeden not God. And what shal a kyng do to vs? Speke ȝe wordis of vnprofitable visioun, and ȝe shuln make a couenaunt with lesyng; and dome shal buriowne as bitternesse on fo|rowis of the feeld. The dwellers of Sa|marie wirshipen the kijn of Bethauen. For the peple therof mournyde vpon hym, and kepers of the hous of hym ioyeden with outforth in glorie of hym, for it passide fro hym. Forsothe and he is born in to Assur, a ȝift to the king venier. Confusioun shal take Effraym, and Yrael shal be confoundid in his will. Sa|marie made his king for to passe, as frooth onvpon G sec. m. the face of water. And the heeȝ thingis of ydol, the synne of Yrael, shulen be distruyed. Cloote and breere shal stye onvpon A. the auters of hem. And thei shuln seye to mounteyns, Hille ȝe vs, and to smale hillis, Falle ȝe vpon vs. Of the days of Gabaa Yrael synnyde; there thei stoden. Bateyl shal not cotche hem in Ga|baa, on the sonys of wickidnesse. Vp my desijre Y shal chastise hem; puplis shuln be gadrid on hem, whanne thei shuln be chastisid for her two wickid|nessis. Effraym a cow calf, tauȝt for to loue thresshyng; and Y passide on the fairnesse of hir neck. Y shal stye vp on Effraym. Judas shal ere, Jacob shal breke to gydre to hym forowis. Sowe ȝe to ȝow in riȝtwijsnesse, and repe ȝe in the mouth of mercy, and make newe to ȝou a newe feeld. Tyme sothely for to aȝein seeke the Lord, whanne he shal cum, that shal teche ȝou riȝtwijsnesse. Ȝe han sowe vn|pite, ȝe repiden wickidnesse, ȝe eeten the fruyte of lesyng. For thou tristidist in thi wayes, and in multitude of thi stronge men. Noyse shal ryse to gydre in thi peple, and alle thi strengthus shuln be distruyed; as Salmana is distruyed of the hous of hym, that veniede Baal; in the day of bateyle, the modir hurtlid on sones. So Bethel shal do to ȝou, fro the face of malice of ȝour wickidnessiswickidnes A..

 CAP. XI.

As the morewnyng passith, the kyng of Yrael passith byfore Yrael a chijld, and Y louede hym; and of Egypt Y clepide my sone. Thei clepiden hem, so thei wenten awey fro the face of hem. Thei offreden to Baalym, and maden sa|crifice to symulacris. And Y as a nurishe of Effraym bare hem in myn armys, and thei wisten not, that Y helide hem. In litil boondis of Adam Y shal drawe hem, in boondis of charitee. And Y shal be to hem as reysynge ȝoc on the cheekis of hem; and Y bowide doun to hym, that he shulde ete. He shal not turne aȝein in to the lond of Egypt. And Assur thehe AG. kyng therof, for thei wolden not be con|uertid. Swerd toke, or bigan, in the citees therof, and schal waaste the chosun therof, and schal ete the heedis of hem. And my peple schal hange, at my com|ynge aȝein. Forsoth a ȝok shal be putte vpon hem to gydre, whiche shal not be don awey. Hou shal Y ȝeuehille A. thee, Ef|fraym? shal Y hille, or defende, thee, Yrael? hou shal Y ȝeue thee as Adamaan adamaunt G sec. m. H.? shal Y putte thee as Seboym? Myn hert is conuertid in me; my forthinkyng is trublid to gidre. Y shal not do the wood|nesse of my wrath. Y shal not be con|uertid, that Y distruye Effraym; for Y God, and not man; holy in the mydil of thee, and Y shal not entre in to cytee. After the Lord thei shuln go. As a lyoun he schal roore, for he schal roore, and sones of the see schulen drede. And `thei shulnOm. G sec. m. flee awey as a brid fro Egypt, and as culuera culuer G sec. m. of the lond of Assiriens. And Y shal to gydre sette hem in her housis, saith the Lord.

 CAP. XII.

Effraym disceyuede me in marchaun|dise, and in ydol of the hous of Yrael. Forsothe Judas witnes wente doun with God, and with feithful saintis. Effraym feedith the wijnd, and sueth heete. Al day he multiplieth lesyng, and distruccioun; and made pees with Assiriens, and bare oyle in to Egypt. Therfore the dome of the Lord with Juda, and visitacioun on Jacob; vp the wayes, and vpOm. AH. the fynd|yngus of hym he shal ȝeelde to hym. In the wombe he supplauntide, or dis|ceyuyde, his brother, and in his strengthe he was dressid with an aungel. And he hadde victorie at the aungel, and he was coumfortid; he wepte, and preiede hym; in Bethel he fonde hym, and there he spac with ȝou. And the Lord God of oostis, the Lord, memorial of hym. And thou shalt be conuertid to the Lord thi God. Keepe thou mercy and dome, and hoope thou euermore in thy God. Ca|naan, in his hond a gyleful balaunce, louede fals chalenge. And Effraym saide, Netheles Y am maad riche, Y fonde an ydol to me; alle my trauailis shuln not fynde to me wickidnesse, whiche Y syn|nyde. And Y the Lord thi God, whiche ledde thee out of the lond of Egypt; ȝit Y shal make thee for to sytte in taber|naclis, as in days of feest. And Y spac onin A. prophetis, and Y multipliedemultiplie K. visioun, and in the hond of prophetis Y am lickenyd. Ȝif in Galaad an ydol, ther|fore veynly they weren in Galgal of|frynge to oxis; forwhi and the auters of hem as hepis on forowis of the feeld. Jacob fleiȝ into the cuntrie of Sirie, and Irael seruyde into wyf, and seruyde into wyf. Forsothe in a prophete the Lord ledde out Yrael of Egypt, and in a pro|phete he is kepte. Effraym terride me to wrath in his bitternessis, and his blood shal cum on hym; and the Lord his God shal restoren hym his shenship.

 CAP. XIII.

Effraym spekynge, errourorroure A. assailide Yrael; and he trespasside in Baal, and is dead. And now thei puttiden to for to synne, and maden to hem a ȝoten thing of her syluer, as the licknesse of ydols; the makyng of craftycraftise A. men it is al. To these thei sayen, Offre, ȝe men, wir|shippynge calues. Therfore thei shuln be as a morewe clowde, or myst, and as morewe dewe passynge, as dust rauyshid with whirlwynd of the feeld, and as smoke of the chymney. Forsothe Y the Lord thi God, of the lond of Egypt; and thou shalt not knowe God, with outen me, and saueoura saueour G sec. m. is not, out take me. Y knewe thee in desert, in the lond of wil|dernesse. Bysidis her lesewis and thei ben fulfillid, and ful crammyd; thei lyft|iden vp her herte, and forȝaten me. And Y shal be to hem as a lyounesse, and as a paard in the waye of Assyriens. Y shal renne to hem as a she bere, the whelpis rauyshid; and Y shal breke the ynner thingis of her mawe, and Y shal waastye hem there as a lyoun. A beest of the feeld shal kitte hem. Thi losse, Yrael; oonly of me thin help. Wher is thi kyng? most now saue he thee in alle thi citees; and thi domysmen, of whom thou saidist, Ȝeue thou to me a kyng, and princis? AndOm. AGH. Y shal ȝeue to thee a kyng in my wodenesse, and Y shal take awey in myn indignacioun. The wickidnesse of Effraym is bounden to gidre; the synne of hym hydde. Sorewis of a womman berynge chijld shuln cume to hym; he isOm. GH. a sone not wijse. Now forsothe he shal not stonde in contricioun of sonys. Of the hond of deth Y shal delyuere hem, Y shal aȝein bye hem fro deth. Thou deth, Y shal be thi deth; thou helle, Y shal be thi morsel. Coumfort is hid fro myn eeȝen, for he departith among bre|theren. The Lord shal brenge a bren|nynge wynd, of desert steiynge vp; and shal drye the veynis therof, and discoum|forte, or leeue aloon, the welle therof; and he shal rauyshe tresour of eche de|sirable vessel. Perishe Samarie, for to bitternesse she stiride hir God; in swerd perishe it. The litil childre of hem ben hurtlid, and wymmen with chijld of it ben coruen out.

 CAP. XIV.

Yrael, be thou conuertid to the Lord thi God, for thou hast fallen to gydre in thi wickidnesse. Take with ȝou wordis, and be ȝe conuertid to the Lord; and saye ȝe to hym, Do awey alle wickid|nesse, and resceyue good; and we shuln ȝeelde the calues of our lippis. Assur shal not saue vs, we shuln not steye on hors; nether we shuln saye more, Our goddis werkis of oure hondis; for thou shalt haue mercy of the ylke fadrelesse chijld, that is in thee. Y shal heele the contricioun of hem; Y shal loue hem of my free wille, for my woodnesse is turned awey fro hem. Y shal be as dew, and Yrael shal buriowne as lilie. And the roote of hym shal birst out as of Lyban; the braunchis of hym shuln go. And as olyue his glorie shal be, and his sauour as of Liban. Thei shuln be conuertid sittynge in the shadewe of hym; thei shuln lyue in whete, and shuln burioune as a vyne ȝerd. The memoriel of hym as wijn of Lyban. Effraym, what ouer to me ydolis? Y shal heereful out heere G sec. m. hym, and Y shal dresse hym as a beeche wexinge green. Of me thi fruyte is founden. Who is wijse, and shal vndirstonden these thingis? vndir|stondynge, and shal wite these thingis? For riȝtful the wayes of the Lord, and iust men shuln walke in hem; forsothe trespassours shuln falle in hem.

 Here endith the book of Osee, and bigynneth the book of Joel, propheteHere endith Osee, and bigynneth Joel, prophete. A. No final rubric in GH.. JOEL. The book of Joel, propheteNo initial rubric in AGH..CAP. I.

THE word of the Lord, that is maad to Joel, the sone of Fatuel. Heere ȝe, olde men, this, and with eeris perceyue ȝe, alle dwellers of erthe. Ȝif this thing is don in ȝour days, or in days of ȝour faders. Vpon this thing telle ȝe to ȝour sones, and ȝour sonys to her sonys, and the sonys of hem to an other generacioun. A locust eete the residue of eruke, that is, a worme of bowis, and a bruke eete the residue of locust, and rust eete the residue of bruke. Awake ȝe, drunken men, and weepe; and ȝoule ȝe, alle that drynken wyne in swetnesse; for it pe|rishide fro ȝour mouth. Forsothe folk hath styed vpon my lond, stronge and vnnoum|breable. The teeth of hym as teeth of lyoun, and his wangteeth as whelpis of a lyoun. He hath putte my vyne ȝerd in to desert, and hath drawen of the barc of my fijg tree. He nakyngenaknynge AG sec. m. H. robbide it, and castide awey; the braunchis therof ben maad whijt. Weile thou, as a mayden gird with a sacche vpon the husbonde of hir puberte, that is, tyme of weddynge. Sacrifice perishide, and libacioun, that is, offryng fleetyngeof fletynge A. thingus, of the hous of the Lord; and prestis, mynystris of the Lord, murneden. The cuntree is robbid, the erthe mournede; for whete is waastid, and wijn is confoundid, and oyle lan|gwishide, or failide. Erthe tiliers ben confoundid, vyne tiliers ȝouliden vpon whete, wijn, and barly; for corn of the feeld perishide. The vyne ȝerd is con|foundid, and the fyge tree langwishide. Poumgarnet, and palme tree, and maal tree, or fir, of whom mastis ben maad, and alle trees of the feeld dryeden; for ioye is confoundid fro sonys of men. Ȝe prestis, gyrde ȝou, and weile; ȝe myn|ystris of the auter, ȝoule. Ȝe mynystris of my God, entre ȝe yn, ligge ȝe in sak; for sacrifice perishide of the hous of ȝour God, and offryng of fleetyng thing. Ha|lewe ȝeOm. A. fastyng, clepe ȝe cumpanye, gadre ȝe olde men, and alle dwellers of the lond in to the hous of ȝour God; and crye ȝe to the Lord, A! A! A! to the day; for the day of the Lord is niȝ, and as waast|ynge it shal cum of the miȝty. Wher not before ȝour eeȝen fodis perishen of the hous of your God; gladnesse and ioye with outen forth? Beestus wexiden roten to gidre in her drit Berns ben destruyed, celers ben scaterd, for whete is confusid. What sorewide a beest with ynne? flockis of grete beestis lowiden? for lesewe is not to hem; bot and flockis of sheep pe|rishiden. To thee, Lord, Y shal crye, for fijre ete the fair thingus of desert, and flawme brente alle trees of the cuntree. Bot and beestis of the feeld, as a feeld thristynge rayn, byhelden vp to thee; for wellis of watris ben dryed vp, and fijr deuourede the fair thingis of desert.

 CAP. II.

Synge ȝe with trumpe in Syon, ȝoule ȝe in myn holy mounteyn. Alle dwellers of erthe be trublid to gydre; for theOm. AG. day of the Lord cummeth, for niȝ is the day of derknessis and myst, and day of cloude and of whirlwynd. As the mornyng sprad abrood, vpon hillis myche peple and strong. Lijc to hym was not fro the bygynnyng, and after hym shal not be, vnto ȝeeris of generacioun and generacioun. Byfore the face of hym fijr deuourynge, and after hym brenyng flawme; as a ȝerde of voluptee the erthe byfore hym, and after hym aloonenesse of desert, nether ther is that shal ascape hym. As the siȝt of horsis the siȝt of hem, and as horsmen so thei shuln renne. As sown of cartis on coppis of hillis shuln lijpe; so the sown of flawme of fijre deuourynge stoble, as a stronge peple maad redy to bataile. Of the face of hym peplis shuln be tour|mentid, alle cheeris shuln be dryuen in to a pot. As stronge thei shuln renne, as men fiȝters thei shuln stye on the walle. Men shuln go in her wayes, and thei shuln not bowe awey fro her pathes. Eche shal not streyteconstreyne G sec. M. his brother, eche shuln go in his path; bot and by wyn|dowis thei shuln falle, and thei shuln not be distruyed. Thei shuln entre in to the cyte, thei shuln renne in the wall; thei shuln stye vponOm. AGH. housis, thei shuln entre by wyndowis as a niȝt theef. Of the face of hym the erthe tremblide togydre, heuens ben moued, the sunne and the mone ben maad derk, and sterris with|drowen her liȝt. And the Lord ȝaue his voice byfore the face of his oost, for many ben the castels of hym ful myche; for stronge, and doynge the word of hym. Forsothe the daydais A. of the Lord grete, and dreedful ful myche, and who shal sus|teyne it? Now therfor saith the Lord, Be ȝe conuerted to me in al ȝour herte, in fastyng, and weepyng, and weylyng; and kerue ȝe ȝour hertis, and not ȝour clothingus, and be ȝe conuertid to the Lord ȝour God, for he is benygne, and mercyful, pacient, and of myche mercy, and abydynge vpon malice. Who wote, ȝif God be conuertid, and forȝeue, and leue after hym blessyng? sacrifice and offryng of fleetynge thingus to the Lord ȝour God. Synge ȝe with trump in Syon, halewe ȝe fastyng, clepe ȝe cum|panye; gadre ȝe the peple, halewe ȝe the chirche, gadre ȝe to gidre olde men, gadre ȝe litil children, and soukynge tetis; the husbonde go out of his couche, and the wijf of hir chaumbre. Bitwix the vesti|arie and the auter prestis, mynystris of the Lord, shuln weepe, and shuln saye, Lord! spare thou, spare to thi peple, and ȝeue not thin eritage into schendship, that naciouns be lordis to hem. Whi sothely sayn thei in peplis, Wher is the God of hem? The Lord louede his lond, and sparide to his peple. And the Lord an|swerde, and saide to his peple, Loo! Y shal sende to ȝou whete, and wijn, and oyle, and ȝe shuln be fulfilled in hem; and Y shal namore ȝeue ȝou shenship in hethen men. And Y shal make fer fro ȝou hym that is of the north; and Y shal putte hym awey in to a lond with outen way, and desert; the face therof aȝeinus the eest see, and the last therof to the last see; and the stynk of hym shal stye vp, and the root of hym shal stye vp, for he did proudly. Erthe, nyl thou dreede, bot ioye thou with outforth, and be glad; for the Lord magnyfiede that he shulde do. Nyl ȝe dreede, ȝe beestis of the cuntre, for the faire thingus of desert buriowneden; for a tree brouȝte to his fruyte, the fijge tree and the vyneȝerd ȝauen her vertue. And ioye ȝe, sonys of Syon, and gladde ȝe in the Lord ȝour God, for he ȝaue to ȝou a techer of riȝt|wisnesse, and he shal make for to cum doun to ȝou morewe rayn, and late, as fro the bygynnyng. And feeldis shuln be fulfillid with whete, and pressours shuln be plenteuouse in wijn, and oyle. And Y shal ȝeelde to you the ȝeris whom the locust eete, and bruke, and rust, and eruke, my grete strengthe, whom Y sente in to ȝou. And ȝe shuln ete etynge, and ye shuln be fulfillid; and ye shuln herie the name of the Lord ȝour God, that did with ȝou marueilis; and my peple shal not be confounded in to with outen eende. And ȝe shuln wite, for in the mydil of Yrael Y am; and Y the Lord ȝour God, and there is not more; and my peple shal not be confoundid in to with outen eende. And it shal be, after these thingus Y shal helde out my spirit vpon eche fleshe, and ȝour sonys shuln prophecie, and ȝoure douȝters; ȝour olde men shuln mete swe|uens, and ȝour ȝunge men shuln see vi|siouns. But and on my seruauntis, and hond maydens, in tho days Y shal heelde out my spirit; and Y shal ȝeue wondris in heuen, and in erthe, blood, and fijr, and vapour of smoke. The sunne shal be turned in to dercknessis, and the mone in to blood, byfore that the grete day and orrible of the Lord cumme. And it shal be, eche man that shal inclepe the name of the Lord, shal be saaf; for in the hill of Syon and in Jerusalem shal be saluacioun, as the Lord saide, and in the residue, whom the Lord shal clepe.

 CAP. III.

For loo! in tho days, and in that tyme, whanne Y shal to gydre turne the caitiftee of Juda and Jerusalem, YAnd Y K. shal gedre alle folkis, and Y shal leede hem forth in to the valey of Josaphath; and Y shal dispute there with hem on my peple, and myn eritage Yrael, whom thei scaterden in naciouns; and thei departiden my lond, and on my peple thei senten lot; and thei puttiden a chijld in the bordel hous, and solden a meyd|chijld for wijn, that thei shulden drynke. Sothely what to me and ȝouto ȝou A., Tyrus, and Sydon, and alle the terme of Palestynys? Wher ȝe shuln ȝelde vengyng to me? and ȝif ȝe vengen ȝou aȝeinus me, soone swiftly Y shal ȝeelde the whilnesse to ȝou on ȝour hed. Forsothe ȝe token my syluer and gold, and my desireable and most faire thingus ȝe baren in to ȝour templis. And ȝe solden sonys of Juda, and sonys of Jerusalem to the sonys of Greekis, that ȝe shulden make hem fer fro her coostis. Loo! Y shal reyse hem of the place in whiche ȝe solden hem; and Y shal turne to gydre ȝour ȝeldyng in to ȝour hed. And Y shal selle ȝour sonys and ȝour douȝtris in the hondis of the sonys of Juda, and thei shuln selle hem to Sabeis, a fer folc, for the Lord spac. Crie ȝe this thing in heithen men, halewe ȝe bateile, reyse ȝe strong men; alle men|fiȝters, cum to, and stey vp. Bete to gydre ȝour plowis in to swerdis, and ȝour pikoysis, or mattokis, in to speris; the seeke man saye, for Y am strong. Breste ȝe out, and come ȝe, alle folkis of cumpas, and be ȝe gadrid; there the Lord shal make thi stronge men for to dye. Folkis rijse to gydre, and stie vp in to the valey of Josephath; for there I shal sitte, that Y deme alle folkis in cumpas. Sende ȝe sykelis, for the corn hath rypid; cum ȝe, and discende ȝe, for the pressoure is ful; pressours ben plenteuouse, for the malice of hem is multiplied. Peplis, peplis in the valey of concisioun, or sleaynge to gydre; for the day of the Lord is niȝ in the valey of concisioun. The sonne and mone ben maad derck, and sterris with|drewen her shynyng. And the Lord of Syon shal rore, and of Jerusalem shal ȝeue his voice, and heuens and erthe shuln be moued; and the Lord hoope of his peple, and strengthe of the sonys of Yrael. And ȝe shuln wite, for Y the Lord ȝour God, dwellynge in Syon, in my holy hyll; and Jerusalem shal be holy, and aliens shuln namore passe therby. And it shal be, in that day mounteyns shuln droppe swetnes, and litil hillis shuln flowe with mylk, and by alle the reuers of Juda waters shuln go; and a welle shal go out of the hous of the Lord, and shal moiste the reyny streme of thornys. Egypt shal be in to desolacioun, and Ydume in to desert of perdicioun; for that that thei diden wickidly in to sonys of Juda, and shedden out innocent blood in her lond. And Jude in to with oute eende shal be enhabited, and Jerusalem in to generacioun and generacioun. And Y shal clense the blood of hem, whiche Y clenside not; and the Lord shal dwelle in Syon.

 Here endith the book of Joel, and bigyn[neth] the book of Amos, propheteHere endeth the boke of Joel, and bigynneth the boke of Amos. A. No final rubric in GH.. AMOS. The book of AmosNo initial rubric in AGH..CAP. I.

THE wordis of Amos, whiche was in sheperdis thingus of Thecue, whiche he sawȝ on Yrael, in the days of Osye, kyng of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam, sone of Joas, kyng of Yrael, byfore two ȝeris of the erthe mouynge. And he saide, The Lord shal rore of Syon, and of Jerusalem shal ȝeue his voice; and the faire thingus of sheperdis mourneden, and the top of Carmele is dried vp. These thingis saith the Lord, On thre grete trespassis of Damask, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that that thei threshiden in yren waynes Galaad. And Y shal sende fijr in to the hous of Asael, and it shal deuoure the houses of Bena|dab. And Y shal breke to gydre the barrisherris A., or lockis, of Damaske, and Y shal distruye the dweller of the feeld of ydol, and the holdynge sceptre of the hous of voluptee and lecchorie; and the peple of Syrie shal be transferrid to Sirenen, saith the Lord. These thingus saith the Lord, OnOm. K. three grete trespassis of Gasa, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that that he translatide perfit caitiftee, that he shulde close to gydre itOm. AGH. in to Ydume. And Y shal sende fijr in to the wall of Gasa, and it shal deuoure housis therof. And Y shal distruye the dwellers of Azotus, and the holdynge sceptre of Ascalon; and Y shal turne to gydre myn hond vpon Accharon, and relikis of Phi|listiens shuln perische, seith the Lord God. These thingis seith the Lord God, On thre greet trespassis of Tyrus, and on four, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that that thei closiden to gydre perfit caytiftee in Ydume, and thouȝten not of the boond of bretheren. And Y schal send fijr in to the wall of Tyrus, and it shal deuoure the housis therof. These thingus seith the Lord God, On three grete trespassis of Edom, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that he pursuede in swerd his brother, and defoulide the mercy of hym, and heelde ouer his wodenesse, and kepte his indignacioun til in to the eend. Y shal sende fijr in to Theman, and it shal deuoure the housis of Bosra. These thingus saith the Lord God, OnVpon AGH. three grete trespassis of the sonys of Amon, and on the foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that he karf wymmen with chijld of Galaad, for to alarge his terme. And Y shal kyndyl fijr in the wall of Rabba, and it shal deuoure his housis, in ȝoulyng in the day of bateyle, and in whirlwynd in the day of meuyng to gydre. And Melchon shal go in to cai|tiftee, he and his princis to gydre, saith the Lord.

 CAP. II.

These thingis saith the Lord God, On three grete trespassis of Moab, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that he brente the boonys of the kyng of Ydume vn to ash. And Y shal sende fijr in to Moab, and it shal deuoure the housis of Carioth; and Moab shal dye in sown of trumpe. And Y shal distruye the domysman of the mydil therof, and Y shal slea alle his princis with hym, saith the Lord. These thingis saith the Lord, On three grete trespassis of Juda, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that he castide awey the lawe of the Lord, and kepte not his comaundementis; for|sothe her ydols disceiueden hem, after whom the faders of hem wenten. And Y shal sende fijr in to Juda, and it shal deuoure the housis of Jerusalem. These thingus saith the LordLord God A., On three greteOm. K. trespassis of Yrael, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that he solde a iust man for syluer, and a poore man for shoone. Whiche breken to gydre onas A. dust of the erthe the hedis of pore men, and bowen awey the waye of meeke men; the sone and his fadir wente to a wenche, that thei defouliden myn holy name. And on clothis leyde to wedde thei eeten bysidis eche auter, and drunken wijn of dampnyd men in the hous of her God. Forsothe Y distruyede Ammorey fro the face of hemhym A., whos hienesse of cedris the hyenesse of hym, and he strong as an ook; and Y brake to gidre the fruyte of hym aboue, and the rotis of hym bynethe. Y am, that made ȝou for to stye vp fro the lond of Egypt, and Y ledde ȝou out in desert fourty ȝeer, that ȝe shulde weelde the lond of Ammorrey. And Y reyside of ȝour sonys in to pro|phetis, and of ȝour ȝunge men Naȝareys. Wher it is not thus, ȝe sonys of Yrael? saith the Lord. And ȝe ȝauen wijn to Naȝareys, and ȝe comaundiden to pro|phetis, sayinge, Prophecie ȝe not. Loo! Y shal sowne strongly vndir ȝou, as a wayn chargid with hay sowneth strongly. And fliȝt shal perische fro theOm. A. swift, and a strong man shal not weelde his vertue, and a miȝty manOm. AGH. in strengthe shal not saue his soule, or lijf; and a man hold|ynge bowe shal not stonde, and the swift in his feet shal not be saued; and the styer of hors shal not saue his soule, and the stronge in herte amonge men shal flee nakid in that day, saith the Lord.

 CAP. III.

Sonys of Yrael, heer ȝe the word that the Lord spac on ȝou, on al the kynred, whiche Y ledde out of the lond of Egypt, sayinge, Oonly ȝou Y knew of alle kyn|redis of erthe; therfore Y shal visite on ȝou alle ȝour wickidnessis. Wher two shuln go to gydre, no but it shal accorde to hem? Wher a lyoun shal rore in the wijld wode, no bot he shal haue pray? Wher the whelp of a lyoun shal ȝeue voice of his couche, no bot he shal cacche sum thing? Wher a brid shal falle in to granegnare AGH. of erthe, with outen a fouler? Wher a gnare shal be taken awey fro erthe, before it shal take sum thing? Ȝif a trumpe shal sowne in a cytee, and the peple shal not dreede? Ȝif there be yuel in the citee, whiche the Lord shal not do? For the Lord God shal not do a word, no bot he shal shewe his preuyte to his seruauntis prophetis. A lyoun shal rore, who shal not dreede? the Lord God spac, who shal not prophecie? Make ȝe herd in the housis of Azotus, and in the housis of the lond of Egypt; and saye ȝe, Be ȝe gadrid on the hillis of Samarye, and see many woodnessis in the mydil therof, and men suffrynge fals chalenge in priuy chaumbris therof. And thei couthen not do riȝt thing, saith the Lord, tresourynge wickidnesse and raueyn in her housis. Therfore these thingus saith the Lord God, The lond shal be in tri|bulacioun, and shalshal not A. be cumpasid; and thi strengthe shal be drawen awey fro thee, and thin housis shuln be robbid. These thingus saith the Lord, Hou ȝif a sheperd delyuere two hypis, or the last thing of a litil ere of the lyouns mouthe, so the sonys of Yrael shuln be delyuered, that dwellen in Samarie, in plage, or wound, of the litil bed, and in theOm. A. lappe of Damaske. Heere ȝe, and witnesse ȝe to gidre in the hous of Jacob, saith the Lord God of oostis. For in the day, whanne Y shal bygynne for to visite the trespassis of Yrael on hym, Y shal visite and on the auters of Bethel; and the cor|ners of the auters shuln be kitte of, and shuln falle in to erthe. And Y shal smyte the wyntyr hous with the somer hous, and the housis of yuer shuln pe|rishe, and many housis shuln be distruy|ed, saith the Lord.

 CAP. IV.

Heer this word, ȝe fatt kyen, that ben in the mount of Samarie; whiche don fals chalenge to nedy men, and to gydre breken poore men; whiche saien to ȝour lordis, Brenge ȝeeOm. A., and we shuln drynke. The Lord God swore in his holy, for loo! days shuln cum on ȝou; and thei shuln reyse ȝou in a dart with out yren, and ȝour relykis in pottis boylynge. And by opnyngis ȝe shuln go out, an other aȝeinus an other, and ȝe shuln be cast in to Ar|noun, saith the Lord. Cum ȝe toin A. Be|thel, and do ȝe vnpytously; to Galgala, and multiplie ȝe trespassyng; and offre ȝe eerly ȝour sacrifices for victorie, in three days ȝour tithes. And sacrifie ȝe herying of sour dowid, and clepe ȝe wil|ful offryngus, and telle ȝe; forsothe thus ȝe wolden, sonys of Yrael, saith the Lord God. Wherfore and Y ȝaue to ȝou eg|gyng of teeth in alle ȝour cytees, and need of loues in alle ȝour placis; and ȝe turn|eden not aȝein to me, saith the Lord. And Y forbad rayn fro ȝou, whanne ȝit three monethis weren ouer, til to rype corn; and I reynede on oo citee, and I reynede not on an other; oo part is reyned, and the part on whiche Y reynederanede K. not, dryede. And two and three cytees camen to oo cytee, for to drinke water, and thei ben not fulfillid; and ȝe turnede not aȝein to me, saith the Lord. Y smote ȝou in brennyng wynd, and in myldew, the mul|titude of ȝour gardeyns, and ȝour vijn ȝerdis; and olyuetis, or placis wher olyues wexen, and fijge placis, eruke eete; and ȝee turneden not aȝein to me, saith the Lord. Y sente in to ȝou deeth in the waye of Egypt, Y smote in swerd ȝour ȝung men, vn to caitifte of ȝour horsis, and Y made the stynk of ȝour castels, or multitude of armed men, for to stye in to ȝour nose thrillis; and ȝe turneden not aȝein to me, saith the Lord. Y distruyede ȝou, as God distruyede Sodom and Gomor, and ȝe ben maad as a brond rauyshid of brennyng; and ȝe turneden not aȝein to me, saith the Lord. Wherfore this Y shal do to thee, Yrael; forsothe after that Y shal do to thee this thing, Yrael, be thou maad redy in to aȝein cummyng of thi God. For loo! Y fourmynge hillis, and makynge of nouȝt wynd, and tellynge to man his speche, makynge a morewe cloude, or myst, and goynge on heeȝ thingis of erthe; the Lord of oostis name of hym.

 CAP. V.

Heere ȝe, hous of Yrael, this word, that Y reyse on ȝou a weylyng. The meyden of Yrael felle doun, she shal not put to, that she rijse aȝein; she is cast doun in to hir erthe, ther is not that shal reyse hir. For these thingus saith the Lord God, The cite of whiche a thou|sand wenten out, an hundrid shuln be left theryne; and of whiche an hundrid wenten out, ten shuln be left therynne, in the hous of Yrael. For these thingis seith the Lord to the hous of Israel, Seeke ȝe me, and ȝe shulen lyue; and nyle ȝe seeke Bethel, and in to Galgala nyle ȝe entre, and into Bersabe passe ȝe not; for Galgal schal be led caityf, and Bethel shal be vnprofitable. Seeke ȝe the Lord, and lyue ȝe, lest per auenture the hous of Joseph be brent as fijre; and it shal de|uoure, and ther shal not be, that shal quenche Bethel. Whiche conuerten dom in to wermod, and forsaken riȝtwijsnesse of the Lord in erthe, and makynge Ar|ture and Orion, and turnynge in to mo|rewnyng dercknessis, and chaungynge day `in tovnto A. niȝt; whiche clepith waters of the see, and heeldith out hem on the face of the erthe; the Lord is name ofto A. hym. Whiche scorneth distruyinge, or waast|nesse, on the stronge, and bringith rob|byng on the miȝty. Thei hadden in hate the repreuynge man in the ȝate, and thei wlatiden a man spekynge perfitly. Ther|fore for that thatOm. H. ȝe robbiden the pore man, and token fro hym the chosen pray, ȝe shuln beelde housis with sqware stoon, and ȝe shuln not dwelle in hem; ȝe shuln plante most amyable vyne ȝerdis, and ȝe shuln not drinke the wyne of hem. For Y knewe ȝour manye grete trespassis, and ȝour strong synnes; enmyes of theOm. A. iust, takynge ȝiftis, and beringe doun pore men in the ȝate. Therfore a prudent man in that tyme shal be stille, for the tyme is yuel. Seke ȝe good, and not yuel, that ȝe lyue, and the Lord God of oostis shal be with ȝou, as ȝe saiden. Hate ȝe yuel, and loue ȝe good, and ordeyne ȝe in the ȝate dom; ȝif per auenture the Lord God of oostus haue mercye to the relikis of Joseph. Therfore these thingus saith the Lord God of oostis, hauynge lord|ship, In alle stretis weylynge, and in alle thingus that ben with outforth `it shal bebe it A. said, Wo! wo! and thei shuln cleepe an erthe tilier to mournyng, and hem to weylyng, that kunnen weyle. And in alle weyes weylyng shal be, for Y shal passe by the mydil of thee, saith the Lord. Wo to men desirynge the day of the Lord; wher to it to ȝou? This day of the Lord dercknessis, and not liȝt. Hou ȝif a man renne fro facethe face A. of a lyoun, and a bere renne to hym; and he entre in the hous, and lene with his hond vpon the walle, and a serpent dwellynge in sha|dewe byte hym. Wher not dercknessis the day of the Lord, and not liȝt; and myst, and not shynyng therynne? Y hatide and castide awey ȝoure feest days, and Y shal not take the odour of ȝour cumpanyes. That ȝif ȝe shuln offre to me ȝour brent sacrifices, and ȝiftis, Y shal not resceyue, and Y shal not by|holde avowis of ȝour fat thingus. Do awey fro me the noyse of thi songis, or ditees, and Y shal not heere the songis of thin harpe. And dom shal be shewid as water, and riȝtwysnesse as a strong streem of reyn. Wher ȝe offriden to me oostis, and sacrificesacrificis AGH. in desert fourty ȝeeris, ȝe hous of Yrael? And ȝe han born tabernaclis to Moloch, ȝour god, and ymage of ȝoure ydolis, the sterre of ȝour god, whiche ȝe maden to ȝou. And Y shal make ȝou for to passe ouer Damask, saide the Lord; God of oostis name to hym.

 CAP. VI.

Wo to ȝou, that ben ful of richessis in Syon, and tristen in the hille of Samarie, ȝe best men in honour, hedis of peplis, proudly goynge in to the hous of Yrael. Go ȝe in to Calamye, and se ȝethee K., and go ȝe thennus in to Emath the grete; and go ȝe doun in to Geth of Palestyns, and to alle the best rewmes of hem, ȝif her terme be bradder than ȝour terme. Whiche ȝe ben departid in to yuel day, and neiȝen to seete of wickidnesse; whiche ȝe sleepen in beddis of yuer, and wexen wijld, or iolyf, in ȝour beddis; whiche ȝe eete lombe of floc, and a calf of mydil of the droue; whiche ȝe syngen at voice of psautrie. As Dauid thei ges|siden hem for to haue vessels of song, in vyols drinkynge wyne, and with best oynement anoyntid; in no thing thei suffriden on the contricioun of Joseph. Wherfore now thei shuln passe in the hed of men passynge ouer, and the do|yng, or tresoun, of men wexinge iolyiolif A. shal be don awey. The Lord God swore in his soule, saith the Lord God of oostis, Y wlate the pride of Jacob, and Y hate the hous of hym, and Y shal bytake the citee with his dwellers; that ȝif the relikis shuln be ten men in oon hous, and thei shuln dye. And his neiȝbore shal take hym, and shal to gydre brenne hym, that he bere out boonys of the hous. And he shal saye to hym, that is in priue places of the hous, Wher there is ȝit anentis thee? And he shal answere, An eend is. And he shal saye to hym, Be stille, and recorde not the name of the Lord. For loo! the Lord shal comaunde, and shal smyte the gretter hous with fallyngis, and the lesse hous with keru|yngis. Wher horsis mown renne in stonys, or may it be erid in wijlde oxen? For ȝe conuerten dom in to bit|ternesse, and the fruyte of riȝtwisnesse in to wormod. Whiche ȝe gladen in nouȝt, whiche ȝe sayen, Wher not in oure strengthe we token to vs horns? Loo! Y shal reyse a folc vpon ȝou, ȝe theOm. AGH. hous of Yrael, saith the Lord God of oostis; and it shal to gydre breke ȝou fro entre of Emath vn to the streme of desert.

 CAP. VII.

These thingus the Lord God shewide to me; and loo! a maker of locust in the bygynnyng of buriownynge thingus of eeuen rayn, and loo! eeuen rayn after the clipper of floc, or kyng. And it is don, whanne he eendide for to eete the herbe of erthe, Y saide, Lord God, be thou mercyful, Y byseche; who shal reyse Ja|cob, for he is litil? The Lord hadde mercy on this thing; It shal not be, saide the Lord God. The Lord God shewide to me this thing; and loo! the Lord God shal cleepe dom to fijr, and it shal de|uoure myche depnesse, and shal eet to gydre a part. And Y saide, Lord God, reste thou, Y byseche; who shal reise Jacob, for he is lytil? The Lord hadde mercy on this thing; Bot and this thing shal not be, saide the Lord God. The Lord God shewide to me these thingus; and loo! the Lord stondynge on a wall teerid, or morterd, and in the hond of hym a truel of masoun. And the Lord saide to me, What seest thou, Amos? And Y saide, A truel of masoun. And the Lord saide, Loo! Y shal putte a truel in mydil of my people Yrael; Y shal no more putte to, for to ouer leede hym; and the heeȝ thingus of the ydol shuln be distruyed, and the halewyngishalewis A. of Yrael shuln be desolat; and Y shal ryse on the hous of Jeroboam in swerde. And Amasie, prest of Bethel, sente to Jero|boam, kyng of Yrael, sayinge, Amos re|bellide aȝeinus thee, in the mydil of the hous of Yrael; the lond may not susteyne alle his wordis. Forsothe Amos saith these thingus, Jeroboam shal dye in swerd, and Yrael caitif shal passe of his lond. And Amasie saide to Amos, Thou that seest, go; flee thou in to the lond of Juda, and eete thou there thi breede; and there thou shalt prophecie. And in Bethel thou shalt no more putte to, that thou prophecie, for it is the halewyng of the kyng, and is hous of the rewme. And Amos answerde, and saide to Amasye, Y am not a prophete, Y am not the sone of a prophete; but a neet heerde Y am, drawingedwellynge A. vp sycomoris. And the Lord toke me, whanne Y suede the floc; and the Lord saide to me, Go, and prophecie thou to my peple Yrael. And now heere thou the word of the Lord. Thou saist, Thou shalt not prophecie on Yrael, and thou shalt not droppe on theOm. AGK pr. m. hous of ydol. For this thing the Lord saith these thingis, Thi wyf in cytee shal do fornycacioun, and thi sonnys and thi douȝters in swerd shuln falle, and thin erthe shal be meetyn with a litil coorde; and thou shalt dye in a polut lond, and Yrael shal passe caitif of his lond.

 CAP. VIII.

The Lord God shewide to me these thingis; and loo! an hoke of applis. And the Lord saide, What seest thou, Amos? And Y saide, An hok of applis. And the Lord saide to me, The eende cum|meth on my peple Yrael; Y shal namore putte to, that Y passe by hym. And the herris of temple shuln gretely soune in that day, saith the Lord God. Manye men shuln dye, in eche place silence shal be cast doun. HeereHeere ȝe K pr. m. this thing, whichethat A. that whiche K. breken to gydre the pore man, and maken needy men of the lond for to fayle, sayinge, Whan shal rype corn passe, and we shuln selle marchaundises? and the saboth, and we shuln opyn whete? that we make lesse the mesure, and encresce the sycle, and vndirputte gylfull balauncis; that we welden in syluer nedy and pore men for shoon, and we selle clensingus of whete? God swore aȝeinus the pryde of Jacob, Ȝif Y shal forȝete in to the eende alle the werkis of hem. Wher on this thing the erthe shal not be moued to gidre, and eche dweller therof shal mourne? And it shal stye vp as al the flood, and shal be cast out, and shal fleete awey as the strond of Egypt. And it shal be, saith the Lord, in that day the sunne shal go dounn in mydday, and Y shal make the erthe for to be derk in day of liȝt. And Y shal conuerte ȝour feest days in to mournyng, and alle ȝour songis in to weylyng; and Y shal leede yn on al ȝour bac a sak, and on eche ȝour hed ballid|nesse; and Y shal putte it as mournyng of an oon bigeten sone, and the last thingus therof as a bitter day. Loo! the days cummen, saith the LordLord God A., and Y shal sende out hungre in to erthe; not hungre of breed, nether thrist of water, bot of heeryng of the word of God. And thei shuln be moued to gydre fro see vn to see, and fro the north vn to the eest thei shuln cumpasse, seekynge the word of the Lord, and thei shuln not fynde. In that day faire maydeyns shul faile, and ȝunge in thrist, whiche sweren in trespas of Samarye, and sayen, Thi god lyueth, Dan, and the waye of Ber|sabe lyueth; and thei shuln falle, and thei shuln namore ryse aȝein.

 CAP. IX.

I saw the Lord stondynge on the auter, and he saide, Smyte thou the herre, and be the ouer thrisfoldis moued to gydre; forsothe auerice in the hed of alle, and Y shal slea in swerd the last of hem; therand ther K. shal no fliȝt be to hem, and he that shal flee of hem, shal not be saued. Ȝif thei shuln go doun vn to helle, fro thennus my hond shal leede hem out; and ȝif thei shuln stye til in to heuen, fro thennus Y shal drawe hem doun. And ȝif thei shuln be hid in the top of Carmele, fro thennus Y seekynge shal do hem awey; and ȝif thei shuln hyde hem self fro myn eeȝen in depnesse of the see, ther Y shal comaunde to a serpent, and it shal bite hem. And ȝif thei shuln go awey in to caitiftee bifore her enmyes, ther Y shal comaunde to swerd, and it shal slea hem. And Y shal putte myn eeȝen vpon hem in to yuel, and not in to good. And the Lord God of oostis, that toucheth erthe, and it shal fayle, and alle men dwellynge theryn shuln mourne; and it shal stye vp as eche stronde, and shal fleete aweyOm. A. as the flood of Egypt. He that beeldith his stying vp in heuen, and foundide his knytche, or berthen, on erthe; whiche clepith waters of the see, and heeldith hem out on face of the erthe; the Lord name of hym. Wher not as sonys of Ethiopyens ȝe ben to me, the sonys of Yrael? saith the Lord God. Wher Y made not Yrael for to stye vp of the lond of Egypt, and Palistens of Capa|docie, and Siriens of Syrenen? Loo! the eeȝen of the Lord God on rewme syn|nynge, and Y shal to gydre breke it fro face of the erthe; netheles Y brekynge togidere shal not breke to gydre the hous of Jacob, saith the Lord. Loo! sotheli Y shal comaunde, and shal smyte in alle folkis the hous of Yrael, as whete is smyten in a rydil, and a lytil stoon of it shal not falle on erthe. Alle synners of my people shal dye in swerde, whiche sayn, Yuel shal not neiȝ, and shal not cumme on vs. In that day Y shal rayse the tabernacle of Dauid, that felle doun, and Y shal aȝein beelde opnyngis of wallis therof, and Y shal instore tho thingis that fellen to gydre; and Y shal aȝein beelde hym, as in olde days, that thei weelde relikis of Ydome, and alle naciouns; for that my name is in clepid on hem, saith the Lord doynge these thingus. Loo! days cummen, saith the Lord, and the erer shal cacche the reper, and treder of grape the man sendynge seed; and mounteyns shuln droppe swet|nesse, and alle smale hyllis shuln be tiliȝid. And Y shal conuerte the caytifte of my peple Yrael, and thei shuln beelde forsaken cytees, and shuln dwelle; and shuln plaunte vyne ȝerdis, and thei shuln drinke wyne of hem; and thei shuln make gardyns, and shuln ete fruytis of hem. And Y shal plante hem on her erthe, and Y shal namore drawe hem out of her lond, whiche Y ȝaue to hem, saith the Lord thiOm. AK pr. m. God.

 Here endith the book of Amos, pro|phete, and bigynneth the book of Abdias, propheteNo final rubric in AGH.. OBADIAH.The book of AbdiasHere bigynneth the boke of Abdias the prophete. A. No initial rubric in GH..

THE visioun of Abdias. These thingus saith the Lord God to Edom. We herden an heeryng of the Lord, and he sente a legate, or messager, to heythen men. Ryse ȝe, and to gydre ryse we aȝeinus hym in to bateile. Loo! Y ȝaue thee litil in heithen men, thou art ful myche contemptible, or worthi to be dispisid. The pride of thin herte enhaunside thee, dwellynge in kyttyng, or hoolis of stoonys, areysynge thi seete. TheOm. A. whiche saist in thin herte, Who shal drawe me doun in to erthe? Ȝif thou shalt be reysid as an egle, and ȝif thou shalt putte thi nest amonge sterris, fro thennus Y shal drawe thee doun, saith the Lord. Ȝif niȝt theeues entriden to thee, ȝif out|lawis bi niȝt, hou shuldist thou haue be stylle? wher thei shulden not haue stoln ynowe thingus to hem? Ȝif gadreris of grapis hadden entriden to thee, wher at the leste thei shulden haue left racyns to thee? Hou souȝten thei Esau, serchiden the hid thingus of hym? Vn to the termys thei senten thee out; and alle men of thi couenaunt scorneden, or disceyueden, thee, men of thi pees wexiden strong aȝeinus thee; thei that shuln ete with thee, shuln putte aspies, or tresouns, vn|dir thee; ther is no prudence in hym. Wher not in that day, saith the Lord, Y shal leese the wyse men of Ydume, and prudence of the mount of Esau? And thi stronge men shuln dreede fro mydday, that a man of the hill of Esau perishe. For sleayng and for wickidnes in to thi brother Jacob, confusioun shal hille thee, and thou shalt perishe in to with out eende. In the day whan thou stodist aȝeinus hym, whanne aliens token the oost of hym, and straungers entriden the ȝatis of hym, and on Jerusalem senten lot, and thou wast as oon of hem. And thou shalt not dispise in the day of thi brother, in day of his pilgrimage, and thou shalt not glade on sonys of Juda, in the day of perdicioun of hem; and thou shalt not magnyfie thi mouth in daythe day G sec. m. H. Om. K. of anguysch, nether shaltthou shalt A. entre the ȝate of my peple, in the day of fall|yng of hem; nether and thou shalt dis|pyse in the yuels of hym, in the day of his distriyng; and thou shalt not be sent out aȝens his ost, in the dai of his distriyng; nether thou schalt stonde in the goynge out of the waies, that thou sle hem that fledden; and thou schalt not close to gydre the relikis, or left men, of hym in theOm. AGH. day of tribulacioun, for the day of the Lord is niȝe vpon alle hei|then men. As thou hast don, so it shal be don to thee; he shal conuerte thi ȝeld|yng in to thin hed. Forsothe as ȝe drunke on myn holy hylle, alle heithen men shuln drynke bysily, and thei shuln drynke, and shuln soupe vp; and thei shuln be as thei ben not. And in the hill of Syon saluacioun shal be, and holy shal be; and the hous of Jacob shal weelde hem whiche weldiden hem. And the hous of Jacob shal be fijr, and the hous of Joseph flawme, and the hous of Esau stobul; and thei shuln be brent in hem, and thei shuln deuoure hem; and relikis shuln namore be of the hous of Esau, for the Lord spake. And these that ben at the southe, shuln enherite the hill of Esau; and thei that in the lowe feeldis, Philistiym; and thei shuln weelde the cuntree of Effraym, and cun|tre of Samarie; and Beniamyn shal weelde Galaad. And transmygracioun, or ouer passynge, of this oost of sonys of Yrael, alle places of Cananeys, vn to Sarepta; and the transmygracioun of Je|rusalem, that is in Bosphoro, shal weelde citees of the south. And saueouris shuln stye in to the hyll of Syon, for to deme the hill of Esau, and shal be rewme to the Lord. AmenOm. A..

Here endith the book of Abdias, pro|phete, and bigynneth the book of Jonas, the propheteNo final rubric in AGH.. JONAH. The book of JonasHere bigynneth the boke of Jonas prophet. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

AND the word of the Lord is maad to Jonas, sone of Amathy, sayinge, Ryse thou, and go in to Nynyuen, the grete cytee, and preche thou therynne, for the malyce therof styeth vp byfore me. And Jonas ros for to fleeȝ in to Tharsis, fro the face of the Lord. And he came doun to Joppe, and foonde a ship goynge in to Tharsis, and he ȝaue shiphijre to hem; and he wente doun in to it, for to go with hem in to Tharsis, fro the face of the Lord. Forsothe the Lord sente a grete wynde in the se, and a grete tempest is maad in the se, and the ship was in peryl for to be broken. And ship men dredden, and men crieden to her god; and senten vessels, that weren in the ship, in to the se, that it were maad liȝter of hem. And Jonas wente doun toin to AGH. the ynner thingis of the ship, and slepte in a greuouse sleep. And the gouernour cam to hym, and saide to hym, What art thou cast doun in sleep? ryse thou, ynclepe thi God, ȝif per auenture God aȝein thenk ofon A. vs, and we perishe not. And a man saide to his felaw, Cum ȝe, and sende we lot, and wite we, whi this yuel is to vs. And thei senten lottis, and lot felle on Jonas. And thei saiden to hym, Shewe thou to vs, for cause of what thing this yuel is to vs; what is thi werk, whiche thi lond, and whither gost thou, or of what peple art thou? And he saide to hem, Y am an Ebru, and Y dreede the Lord God of heuen, that made heuen and erthe. And the men dredden with grete drede, and saiden to hym, What didist thou this thing? forsothe the men knewen for he fleeȝ fro the face of the Lord, for Jonas had shewid to hem. And thei saiden to hym, What shuln we do toOm. K. thee, and the se shal ceese fro vs? for the se wente, and wexe grete on hem. And he saide to hem, Take ȝe me, and sende in to the se, and the se shal cese fro ȝou; forsothe Y wote, for whi for me this grete tempest is on ȝou. And men rowiden, for to turne aȝein to the drye lond, and thei miȝten not, for the se wente, and wexe grete on hem. And thei crieden to the Lord, and saiden, Lord, we bisechen, that we perishe not in the soule of this man, and that thou ȝeue not on vs innocent blode; for thou, Lord, didist as thou woldist. And thei token Jonas, and senten in to the se; and the se stode of his buylyng. And the men dredden the Lord with grete dreed, and offreden oostis to the Lord, and vow|iden avowis.

 CAP. II.

And the Lord made redy a grete fisshe, that he shulde swelow Jonas; and Jonas was in wombe of the fishe three days and three niȝtis. And Jonas preyede to the Lord his God of the fishis wombe, and saide, Y cryede to God of my tri|bulacioun, and he herde me; of the wombe of helle Y criede, and thou herd|ist my voice. Thou castidist me doun in to depnesse in the hert of the se, and the flood aboute ȝaue me; alle thi swelowis and wawis passiden on me. And Y saide, Y am cast awey fro the siȝt of thin eeȝen; netheles eftsoone Y shal see thin holy temple Waters enuirounden me vn to my soule, depnesse encloside me, the se hillide myn hed. To the vtmest places of hillis Y wente doun, the herris of erthe closiden me to gydre, in to with outen eend; and thou shalt reyse vp my lijf of corrupcioun, Lord my God. Whanne my soule was angwishid in me, Yand G pr. m. H. and Y G sec. m. bithouȝtebisouȝte K. of the Lord, that my prayer cum to thee, to thyn holy temple. Thei that kepen vanytees, ydely shuln forsake her mercy. Y forsothe in voice of preysyng shal offre to thee; what euer thingisthing A. Y vowide, Y shal ȝeelde to the Lord, for helth. And the Lord saide to the fishe, and it castide out Jonas in to lond.

 CAP. III.

And the word of the Lord is maad the secounde tyme to Jonas, sayinge, Ryse thou, and go in to Nynyue, theOm. GK pr. m. grete cytee, and preche thou there the prech|ynge whiche Y speke to thee. And Jonas ros, and wente in to Nynyue, vp the word of the Lord. And Nynyue was a grete cytee, in iourney of three days. And Jonas bygan for to entre in to the cytee, in iourney of oo day, and cryede, and saide, Ȝit fourty days, and Nynyue shal be vndirturned, or distruyed. And men of Nynyue byleeuyden to the Lord, and prechiden fastyng, and weren clothid with sackis, fro the more vnto the lasse. And the word cam to the kyng of Ny|nyue; and he ros of his seete, and castide awey his clothing fro hym, and is clothid with sacke, and sate in ashe. And he criede, and saide in Nynyue of the mouth of the kyng and of his princes, sayinge, Men, and werk beestis, and oxen, and sheep taaste not ony thing, nether be fed, nether drynke watir. And be men hillid with sackis, and werk beestis crie to the Lord in strengthe; and be a man conuertid, or al turnyd, fro his yuel waye, and fro wickidnesse that is in the hondis of hem. Who wote, ȝif God be conuertid, and forȝeue, and be turned aȝein fro wood|nesse of his wrath, and we shuln not pe|rishe? And God sawȝ the werkis of hem, for thei ben conuertid fro her yuel waye; and God hadde mercy on the malice whiche he spac, that he shulde do to hem, and dide not.

 CAP. IV.

And Jonas was tourmentid with grete tourment, and was wrooth. And he prei|ede to the Lord, and saide, Lord, Y bi|seche, wher this is not my word, whanne Y was ȝit in my lond? For this thing Y before ocupiede, for to flee in to Tharsis; forsothe Y wote, for thou, God, art meke and mercyful, pacient, and of myche mercy doynge, and forȝeuynge on malice. And now, Lord, Y preye, take my soule, or lijf, fro me; for deeth is beter to me than lyf. And the Lord saide, Gessist thou, wher thou art wel wroth? And Jonas wente out of the cytee, and sate aȝeinus the eest, and made to hym a shadewyng place there; and sate vndre it in shadewe, til he sawȝ what byfelle to the citee. And the Lord God made redy an eder, or a plaunt, and it styede vp on the hed of Jonas, that shadewe wer on his hed, and keuerde hym; forsothe he hadde traueilid. And Jonas gladid on the eder, with grete gladnesse. And God made redy a worme, in styinge vp of grey day in to morew; and smote the eder, and it dryede vp. And whan the sunne was sprungen, the Lord comaundide to the hote wynd and brennynge; and the sunne smote on the hed of Jonas, and he swa|lide. And he axide to his soule that he shulde dye, and saide, It is beter to me for to dye, than for to lyue. And the Lord saide to Jonas, Gessist thou, wher thou art wel wroth on the eder? And he saide, Y am wel wrothe, vn to the deth. And the Lord saide, Thou art sorie on the eder, in whiche thou traueyl|idist not, nether thou madistmade it K. that it wexide, the whiche was born vnder oo niȝt, and in oo niȝt perishide. And shal Y not spare to the grete citee Nynyue, in whiche ben more than a hundred and twenti thousand of men, whiche witen not what is bitwix her riȝt half and left, and many werk beestis?

 Here endith the book of Jonas, and bigynneth the book of MicheasNo final rubric in AGH.. MICAH. The book of Micheas, propheteHere bigynneth the boke of Mycheas. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

THE word of the Lord, whiche is maad to Mycheas Morastites, in the days of Joathan, Achas, Ezechie, kyngys of Juda; whiche he sawȝ on Samarie, and Jerusa|lem. Heere ȝe, alle peplis, and the erthe perceyue, and the plente therof; and be the Lord God to ȝou in to a witnesse, the Lord of hys holy temple. For loo! the Lord shal gon out of his place, and shal cumme doun, and shal trede on heeȝ thingus of erthe. And mounteyns shuln be waastid vndir hym, and valeys shuln be kitt, as wex fro face of fijre, as waters that rennen in to a pitt. In the grete trespas of Jacob al this thing, and in the synnes of the hous of Yrael. Whiche the grete trespas of Jacob, wher not Sama|rie? and whiche the heeȝ thingis of Juda, wher not Jerusalem? And Y shal putte Samarie as an heep of stoons in the feeld, whanne a vyne ȝerd is plauntid; and Y shal drawe awey the stoons therof into a valey, and shalY shal AGH. shewe the foundementis therof. And alle sculptilis, or grauen ymagis, therof shuln be beten to gidre, and alle hijres therof shuln be brent in fijr; and Y shal putte al ydolis therof in to perdicioun; for of hijris of an hoore thei ben gadrid, and vn to hijre of an hoore thei shuln be turned aȝein. On this thing Y shal weile and ȝoule, Y shal go spuylid and nakid; andOm. AGH. Y shal make weyling as of dragouns, and mournyng as of struciouns. For plage, or wounde, therof is dispeirid; for it came vn to Juda, it touchide the ȝate of my peple, vn to Jerusalem. In Geth nyl ȝe telle, in teris weepe ȝe not; in the hous of dust with dust togydre sprenge ȝou. And a faire dwellyng shal passe fro ȝou, confoundid with yuel fame; it is not gon out, whiche dwellith in the goynge out; a niȝ hous shal take of ȝou weylyng, whiche stode to it self. For it is maad seeke in to good, whiche dwellith in bitternessis. For yuel came doun fro the Lord in to the ȝate of Jerusalem, noyse of aOm. AGH. four horsid cart, of dreed to the dwellynge at Lachis. It is the bygynnyng of synne of the douȝter of Syon, for in thee the grete trespassis of Yrael ben founden. Ther|fore he shal ȝeue vnnoble men on the heritage of Geth, an hous of lesyng in to disceyte to the kyngis of Yrael. Ȝit Y shal brenge an eir to thee, that dwellist in Maresathe Maresa K.; vnto Odolla of glorie of Yrael shal cum. Be thou maad ballid, and be thou clippid on the sonys of ydolis; alarge thi baldnesse as an egle, for thei ben led caityf fro thee.

 CAP. II.

Woo to ȝou, that thenken vnprofitable thing, and wirchen yuel in ȝoure couchis; in the morew liȝt thei don it, for the hond of hem is aȝeinus God. Thei co|uetiden feeldis, and violently token; and rauyshiden housis, and falsly chalengiden a man and his hous, andOm. AGH. a man and his eritage. Therfore these thingis saith the Lord, Loo! Y thenke on this meynee yuel, of whom ȝe shuln not take awey ȝour neckis; and ȝe shuln not walke proude, for the warst tyme is. In that daye a parable shal be taken on ȝou, and a songe shal be sungen with swetnesse of men, sayinge, By robbyng we ben dis|truyed; a part of my peple is chaungid to gidre; hou shal he go awey fro me, whanne he turneth aȝein that shal de|parte ȝoure cuntrees? For this thing there shal not be to thee the sendyng a litil coorde of sort in cumpanye of the Lord. Thou Yrael, speke ȝe not spek|ynge; it shal not droppe on these, con|fusioun shal not cacche, saith the Lord to Jacob. Wher the Spirit of the Lord is abreggid, or siche ben the thouȝtus of hym? Wher my wordis ben not goode, with hym that riȝtli goth? And aȝein|ward my peple ros to gidre in to an aduersarie; ȝe toke awey the mantil aboue the coote, and ȝe turnyden hem in to bataile, hem that wenten symply. Ȝe cast|iden out the wymmen of my peple, of the hous of her delices; fro the litil childre of hem ȝe token awey my herying in to with outen eende. Ryse ȝe, and go, for here ȝe han not reste; for the vnclennesse therof it shal be corrupt with the warst rott. Y wolde Y were not a man hau|ynge spirit, and rather Y spake lesyng. Y shal droppe to thee in to wyn, and in to drunkenesse; and this peple shal be, on whom it is droppid. With gadryng Y shal gadre Jacob; Y shal leede to gydre thee al in to oon, the relikis of Yrael. Y shal putte hym to gydre, as a flok in folde; as sheep in the mydil of foldis thei shuln make noyse, of multitude of men. Forsothe he shal stye shewynge waye byfore hem; thei shuln departe, and passe the ȝate, and shuln go out therby; and the kyng of hem shal passe byfore hem, and the Lord in the hed of hem.

 CAP. III.

And Y saide, Heere, ȝe princis of Ja|cob, and duykys of the hous of Yrael. Wher it be ȝour for to wite dom, whiche han in hate good, and louen yuel? Whiche violentli taken awey the skinnis of hem fro aboue hem, and the fleshe of hem fro aboue the bonys of hem. Whiche eeten fleshe of my peple, and hildiden, or flewen, the skyn of hem fro aboue; and braken to gydre the bonys of hem, and kittiden to gydre as in a cawdroun, and as fleshe in the mydil of a pott. Thanne thei shuln crye to the Lord, and he shal not heerheer to effect K pr. m. hem; and he shal hijde his face fro hem in that tyme, as thei diden wick|idly in her fyndyngus. These thingus saith the Lord on the prophetis that dis|ceyuen my peple, and biten with her teeth, and prechen pees; and ȝif eny man shal not ȝeue in the mouth of hem eny thing, thei halewyn bateyle on hym. Therfore niȝt shal be to ȝou for visioun, or prophecie, and derknessis to ȝou for dyuynacioun; and the sunne shal go doun on the prophetis, and the day shal be maad derk on hem. And thei shuln be confoundid that seen visiouns, and dy|uynours shuln be confoundid, and alle shuln hille her cheeris, for it is not the answere of God. Netheles Y am fulfillid with strengthe of Spirit of the Lord, in dom and vertu, that Y shewe to Jacob his grete trespas, and to Yrael his synne. Heere ȝe these thingis, ȝe princis of the hous of Jacob, and domysmen of the hous of Yrael, whiche wlaten dom, and per|uerten alle riȝt thingus; whiche beelden Syon in blodis, and Jerusalem in wickid|nesse. Princis therof demyden in ȝiftus, and the prestis therof tauȝten in hijre, and prophetis therof dyuynyden in money; and on the Lord thei restiden, sayinge, Wher not the Lord in the mydil of vs? yuels shuln not cume on vs. For this thing by cause of ȝou, Syon as a feeld shal be eryd; and Jerusalem shal be as an heep of stoons, and the hill of the temple in to heeȝ thingus of wodys.

 CAP. IV.

And it shal be, in the last of days the hill of the hous of the Lord shal be maad redy in the top of hillis, and heeȝ ouer smale hillis. And peplis shuln fleete to hym, and many folkis shuln hasten, and shuln saye, Cum ȝe, stye we to the hill of the Lord, and to the hous of God of Jacob; and he shal teche vs of his wayes, and we shuln go in his pathes. For of Syon the lawe shal go out, and the word of the Lord of Jerusalem; and he shal deme bitwixe manye peplis, and shal chastyse strong folkis vnto in to fer. And thei shuln bete to gydre her swerdis in to shaaris, and her speris in to py|coysis; a folk shal not take swerd aȝeinus folk, and thei shuln namore lerne for to fiȝte. And a man shal sitte vndir his vyne ȝerd, and vnder his fijge tree; and ther shal not be that shal fere, for the mouth of the Lord of hoostis spak. For alle peplis shuln go, eche man in name of the Lord her God; forsoth we schulen walke in the name of the Lord oure God into with outen ende, and ouer. In that day, seith the Lord, I schal gedere the haltinge, and hir that I castide awey Y shal gedre, and whom Y tourmentide Y shal coumforte. And Y shal putte the haltynge in to relikis, and hir that tra|ueilide, in to a stronge folk. And the Lord shal regne on hem in the hill of Syon, fro this now and till in to the world. And thou, cloudy, or derk, tour of folk of the douȝter of Syon, vn to thee he shal cume, and the first power shal cume, the rewme of the douȝter of Jeru|salem. Now whi art thou with mourn|yng drawen to gydre? wher a kyng is not to thee, or thi counseilour perishide? for sorewe hath cachid thee, as a wom|man berynge chijld. Thou douȝter of Syon, make sorewe, and tyse, or do ynewȝ, as a womman berynge chijld; for now thou shalt go out of the cyte, and thou shalt dwelle in cuntre, and thou shalt cum vn to Babiloyne; there thou shalt be delyuered, there the Lord shal aȝein bye thee, of the hond of thin en|myes. And now many folkis ben gadrid on thee, whiche sayen, Be it stoonyd, and biholde our eeȝeeyen A. heeȝ K. in to Syon. For|sothe thei knewen not the thouȝtis of the Lord, and vndirstodenvndirstonden AGH. not the coun|seil of hym, for he gadride hem as hay of the feeld. Ryse thou, and threshe, douȝter of Syon, for Y shal putte thin horn of yren, and Y shal putte thi naylis brasen; and thou shalt waste many pe|plis, and shalt slea to the Lord theOm. A. ra|ueyns of hem, and the strengthe of hem to the Lord of al erthe.

 CAP. V.

Now thou, douȝter of the theef, shalt be distruyed; thei puttiden on vs byseeg|yng, in a ȝerd thei shuln smyte the cheeke of the iuge of Yrael. And thou, Beth|lem Effrata, art litil in the thousandis of Juda; of thee shal gon out to me, whiche is lordshiper in Yrael; and the goyng out of hym fro the bygynnyng of dais of euerlastyngnesse. For this thing God shal ȝeue hem vn to tyme in whiche the traueilynge of chijld shal bere chijld, and the relikis of his bretheren shuln be con|uertid to the sonys of Yrael. And he shal stonde, and shal feede in strengthe of the Lord, in the heiȝt of the name of the Lord his God; and thei shuln be con|uertid, for now he shal be magnyfied vn to the termes of al erthe. And this shal be pees, whanne Assirius shal cum in to oure lond, and whanne he shal trede in oure housis; and we shuln reyse on hym seuen sheperdis, and eiȝt primatis, or first men in dignyte. And thei shuln feede the lond of Assur in swerd, and the lond of Nembroth in speris of hym; and he shal delyuere vs fro Assur, whanne he shal cum in to oure lond, and whanne he shal treede in oure coostis. And relikis of Jacob shuln be in the mydil of many peplis, as dewe of the Lord, and as droppyngis on erbe, whiche abydith not man, and shal not abyde the sonys of men. And relikis of Jacob shuln be in heithen men, in the mydil of many peplis, as a lyoun in bestis of woddis, and as whelpe of lyoun rorynge in flockis of smale beestis; whiche whan shal passe, and defoule, and take, ther is not that shal delyuere. Thin hond shal be reysid on thin en|myes, and alle thin enmyes shuln perishe. And it shal be, in that day, saith the Lord, Y shal take awey thin horsis of the mydil of thee, and Y shal distruye thi foure horsid cartis. And Y shal leese the citees of thi lond, and Y shal distruye alle thi strengthis; and Y shal do awey the yuel deedis of thin hond, and dyuy|naciouns, or tellyngus by deuels craft, shuln not be in thee. And Y shal make for to perishe thi sculptilis, or grauen ymagis, and Y shal brekebrenge K. to gydre of the mydil of thee thin ymagis, and thou shalt namore wirshipe the werkis of thin hondis. And Y shal drawe out thi maw|met wodis, and shalY shal A. breke to gydre thi citees. And Y shal make in woodnesse and in indignacioun veniaunce in alle folkis, whiche herden not.

 CAP. VI.

Heere ȝe whiche thingis the Lord spekith. Ryse thou, stryue thou by dome aȝeinus mounteyns, and litil hillis heere thi voice. Mounteyns heere the dom of the Lord, and the strenger foundementis of erthe; for the dom of the Lord with his peple, and with Yrael he shal be wysely demed. My peple, what haue Y don to thee, or what was Y greuous to thee? Answere thou to me. For Y ledde thee out of the lond of Egypt, and of the hous of seruage Y delyuerde thee; and Y sente byfore thi face Moyses, and Aaron, and Marie. My peple, bythenke, Y preye, what Balaac, kyng of Moab, thouȝte, and what Balaam, sone of Beor, of Sethym, answeride to hym vn to Gal|gala, that thou shuldist knowe the riȝt|wisnesse of the Lord. What worthi thing shal Y offre to the Lord? shal Y bowe the knee to theOm. G pr. m. heeȝ God? Wher Y shal offre to hym brent sacrifices, and calues of oo ȝeer? Wher God may be plesid in thousandis of wetheris, or in many thou|sandus of fatt goot buckis? Wher Y shal ȝeue my first bygoten for my grete tres|pas, the fruyte of my wombe for synne of my soule? Y shal shewe to thee, thou man, what is good, and what the Lord axith of thee; forsothe for to do dom, and for to loue mercy, and bysi for to walke with thi God. The voice of the Lord crieth to the citee, and helthe shal be to alle men dreedinge thi name. Heere, ȝe lynagis; and who shal aproue it? Ȝit fijr in the hous of the vnpitous man, the tresours of wickidnesse, and a lasse mesure ful of wrath. Wher Y shal ius|tifie the wickid balaunce, and the gijlful weiȝtis of litilthe litil G sec. m. sac, in whiche riche men therof ben fulfillid with wickidnesse? And men dwellynge theryn spaken les|yng, and the tunge of hem gijleful in the mouth of hem. And Y therfore bygan for to smyte thee, in perdicioun onvpon G sup. ras. thin synnys. Thou shalt ete, and shalt not be fulfillid, and thi meekyng in the my|dil of thee; and thou shalt take to, and shalt not saue; and whom thou shalt saaue, Y shal ȝeue in to swerd. Thou shalt sowe, and shalt not repe; thou shalt trede the olyue, and shalt not be anoyntid with oyle; and must, and shalt not drynke wijne. And thou keptist the heestis of Amry, and al the werke of the hous of Achab, and hast walkide in the voluptees, or lustis, of hem, that Y shulde ȝeue thee in to perdicioun, and men dwellynge in it in to hissyng, or scorn|yng, and thou shalt bere the shenship of my peple.

 CAP. VII.

Woo to me, for Y am maad as he that gadrith in heruest rasyns of grape tyme; ther is no clustre for to ete; my soule desiride fijgis rijp before other. The holy perishide of the erthe, and riȝtful is not in men; alle in blood aspien, a man hunteth his brother to deth. The yuel of her hondis thei sayn good; the prince axith, and is domesman in ȝeeldynge; and a grete man spake desijr of his soule, and thei strubliden to gydre it. He that is best in hem, is as a palyure, that is, a sharp bushe, or a thistil, or frijsefirse GH.; and he that is riȝtful, as a thorne of hegge. The day of thi byholdyng, thi visityng cummeth, now shal be distruy|ing of hem. Nyl ȝe byleue to frend, and nylnole A. ȝe trist in duyke; fro hir that rest|ith in thi bosum, keepe thou closyngis of thi mouth. For the sone doth wronge to the fadre, and the douȝter shal rijse aȝeinus hir modir, and wijf of the sone aȝeinus hir husbond modir; the enmyes of a man, the homly, or houshold meyne, of hym. Forsothe Y shal biholde to the Lord, Y shal abijde God my saueour; the Lord my God shal heere me. Thou, myn enmy, glade not on me, for Y felle doun, Y shal ryse; whan Y shal sitte in dercnessis, the Lord isOm. G. my liȝt. Y shal bere wrath of the Lord, for Y haue synned to hym, til he deme my cause, and make my dom; he shal leede me out in to liȝt, Y shal se the rijtwisnesse of hym. And myn enmye shal byholde me, and she shal be hillid with confusioun, whiche saith to me, Wher is the Lord thi God? Myn eeȝen shuln se hir, now she shal be in defoulyng, as clay, or fen, of stretis, day that thi wallis be beeldid. In that day law shal be maad afer, in that day Assur vn to thee shal come, and `vn toto G. stronge citees, and fro stronge citees vnto the flood; and to see of see, and to hill of hill. And the erthe shal be in to desolacioun for hir dwellers, and for fruyte of the thouȝtis of hem. Feed thou thi peple in thi ȝerd, the floc of thin eritage, dwellynge aloone in the wijld wode; in the mydil of Carmele thei shuln be fed Basan and Galaad, vp olde days, vpOm. K pr. m. days of thi goyng out of the lond of Egypt. Y shal shewe to hym wondirful thingis; heethen men shuln see, and thei shuln be confoundid on al her strengthe; thei shuln putte hondis on the mouthe, the eris of hem shuln be defe; thei shuln lick dust as theOm. A. serpent, as crepynge thingis of the erthe thei shuln be distourblid of her housis; thei shuln desijre the Lord our God, and thei shuln dreede thee. What god liche of thee, that dost awey wickidnesse, and berist ouer the synne of the relikis of thin eritage? He shal namore in sende his wodnesse, for he is willynge mercy; he shal turne aȝein, and haue mercy of vs. He shal putte doun oure wickidnessis, and he shal caste fer in to depnessedepnesses K. of the see alle oure synnes. Thou shalt ȝeue trewthe to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, whiche thou sworist to oure fadris fro olde days.

 Ende of the book Micheas, and bigynneth the book of Naum, prophete.No final rubric in AGH. NAHUM. The book of Naum, propheteHere bigynneth the book of Naum. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

THE charge of Nynyue; the boke of visioun of Naum Helchesey. The Lord a louer, and the Lord vengeynge; the Lord vengynge, and hauynge woodnesse; the Lord vengynge in to his enmyes, and he wrathinge to his enmyes. The Lord pacient, and grete in strengthe, and he clensynge shal notOm. AG pr. m. H. make innocent. The Lord in tempest, and in whirlwynd the wayes of hym, and cloudis dust of his feet; blamynge the see, and dryinge it, and bryngynge alle flodis to desert. Ba|san is maad seek, and Carmele, and the flour of Liban langwishide. Mounteyns ben moued to gidre of hym, and litil hillis ben desolate. And the erthe trem|blide to gydre fro the face of hym, and the roundnesse of erthe, and alle the dwellyng theryn. Bifore the face of his indignacioundignacioun A pr. m. K. who shal stonde? and who shal aȝein stonde inOm. A. the wrath of his woodnesse? His indignacioun is shed out as fijre, and stoonusstoon K. ben dissolued, or broken, of hym. The Lord goodis good A sec. m. K pr. m., and coumfortynge in the day of tribulacioun, and he knowynge men hoopynge in hym. And in grete floode passynge by, he shal make eende of his place; and dercnessis shuln pursue his enmyes. What thinken ȝe aȝeinus the Lord? He shal make eend; double tribulacioun shal not ryse to gy|dre. For as thornys biclippen hem to gydre, so the feest of hem drynkynge to gydre shal be eendid, as stoble ful of drynesse. Forsothe of thee shal go out the thynkynge malice aȝeinus the Lord, in soule, or mynde, tretynge trespassyng. These thingus saith the Lord, Ȝif thei shuln be perfit, and so mo, and thus thei shuln be clippid, and it shal passe by. Y tourmentide thee, and Y shal namore tourmente thee. And now Y shal to gydre breke the ȝerd of hym of thi bac, and Y shal breke thi boondis. And the Lord shal comaunde on thee, it shal na|more be sown of thi name. Of the hous of thi god Y shal slea; a sculptil, or grauen ymage, and wellid to gydre, Y shal putte thi sepulcre, for thou art vn|wirshipid. Loo! on hillis the feet of euangelizinge and tellynge pees. Juda, halewe thou thi feest days, and ȝeelde thi vowis, for he shal namore putte to, that he passe by in thee; al Belial perishide.

 CAP. II.

He styede vp, that schal scatere byfore thee, that shal kepe the byseegingby seege AGH.; by|holde thou the waye, coumforte leendis, strengthe thou vertu gretely. For as the Lord ȝeldide the pride of Jacob, so the pryde of Yrael; for distruyers scatri|den hem, and corrumpten, or distruy|iden, the generaciouns of hem. The sheeld of the strongstronge men G sec. m. of hym fijry, men of the hoost in rede clothis; raynesbridil reines G sec. m. of fijre of the chaare, in the day of his mak|yng redy; and the leeders therof ben asleepe. In wayes thei ben trublid to gydre, cartis of foure horsis he hurtlide to gydre in stretis; the siȝt of hem as laumpis, as leiȝtis rennynge aboute. He shal bythenke of his strenger, thei shu|len falle in her wayes; and swyftly thei shuln stye vp the wallis therof, and the shadewynge place shal be maad redy. Ȝatis of flodis shuln be opnyd, and the temple broken doun to the erthe. And a kniȝt caitif is led to, and the hond maydens therof shuln be dryuen sorew|yng as culuers, grucchynge in her hertis. And Nynyue, as the cysterne of waters the waters therof; forsothe thei fledden, sayinge, Stonde ȝe, stonde ȝe, and ther is not that shal turne aȝein. Rauyshe ȝe syluer, rauyshe ȝe gold; and there is not eende of richessis, of all desireable vessels. It is distruyed, and kitt, and to-torne, and herte feylynge, and vnknyttynge of smale knees, and failyng in alle reynes; and the face of alle as blacnesse of a pott. Where is the dwellynge of lyouns, and the lesewis of whelpis of lyouns? The lyoun wente to water, that the whelpe of the lyoun shulde entre thidre, and there is not that shal fere. The lyoun toke ynowȝ to his whelpis, and slewȝ to his lyoun|nessis; and fulfillide with praye her den|nys, and his couche with rauyn. Loo! Y to thee, saith the Lord God of oostis; and Y shal vndre brenne thi cartis of foure horsis vn to the heeȝist, and swerd shal ete thi smale lyouns; and Y shal distruye of erthe thi praye, and voice of thi messangeres shal no more be herd.

 CAP. III.

Wo `to thethe G pr. m. thou G sec. m. citee of blodis, al of lesyng, ful of to-teryng; raueyn shal not go awey fro thee. Voice of scourge, and voice of bir of wheel, and of hors mak|ynge noyse, and of a foure horsid cart brennynge, and of kniȝt steyinge vp, and of shynynge swerd, and smytynge spere, and of the slayn multitude, and greuouse fallynge, netherne G. ther is eende of careins. And thei shuln falle to gydre in her bodies, for multitude of the for|nycaciouns of the hoore fair and able, and hauynge euel dedis, or wicchecraftis; whiche solde folkis in her fornycaciouns, and meynees in her poysouns. Loo! Y to thee, saith the Lord God of oostis; and Y shal shewe thi shamful thingis in thi face; and Y shal shewe to folkis thi na|kidnesse, and to rewmes thin yuel fame. And Y shal caste out onvpon G sec. m. thee thin abo|mynaciouns, and Y shal punyshe thee with dispitis, and Y shal putte thee in to ensaumple. And it shal be, eche man that shal see thee, shal lippe aȝein fro thee, and shal saye, Nynyue is distruyed. Who shal moue togydre the hed vpon thee? wherof shal Y seke to thee a coum|fortour? Wher thou art better than Alisaundre, of peplis whiche dwellith in flodis? Waters in cumpas therof, whos ritchessis the se, waters the wallis therof. Ethiopie the strengthe therof, and Egypt, and ther is noon eende; Affrik and Libie weren in help therof. Bot and it in transmygracioun, or passing ouer, is led in to caitiftee; the litil children therof ben hirt in the heed of alle wayes. And on the noble men therof thei senten lot, and alle grete men therof ben sett togi|der in theOm. AGH. stockis. And thou therfore shalt be drunken, and thou shalt be dis|pisid, and thou shalt seeke help of enmy. Alle thi strengthis as a fijge tree, with his vnripe fijgis; ȝif thei shuln be smyten to gydre, thei shuln falle in to the mouth of the etynge. Loo! thi peple wymmen in the mydil of thee; to thin enmyes, to the opnynge theof A. ȝatis of thi lond shuln be shewid, or opnyd; fijr shal deuoure thi barrisberris GK pr. m., or lockis. Drawe vp to thee water for aseegyng, beelde thi strengthis; entre in to fen, and trede, thou vndergoynge holde a tijl. There fijr shal ete thee, thou shalt perishe by swerd, it shal de|uoure thee, as bruke; therfor be thou gadrid togydre as bruke, be thou multi|plied as locust. Thou madist thi mar|chaundises mo than ben sterris of heuen; bruke is sprad o brood, and fleiȝeth awey. Thi keepers as locustis, and thi litel chil|dren as locustis of locustis, whiche siten to gidre in heggis in the day of cold; the sunne is sprungen vp, and thei fled|den awey, and the place of hem is not knowen, where thei weren. ThiThe K. shep|erdis naptennappen H., thou kyng Assur, thi princes shuln be biried; thi peple oft derkid in hillis, and ther is not that shal gadre. Thi contricioun is not derk, thi wound is warst; alle men that herden thi heering, pressidenpressiden, or wrong GH. to gidre hond on thee, for vpon whom passide not thi malice euermore?

 Here endith the [book] of Naum, prophete, and bigynneth the book of Abacuk, propheteNo final rubric in AGH.. HABAKKUK. The book of AbacukHere bigynneth the boke of Abacuk, prophete. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

THE charge that Abacuk, propheteOm. A. the prophete H., sawsaith K.. Hou longe, Lord, shal Y crye, and thou shalt not heere graciously? Y suf|fringe violence shal crie on heeȝ, and shalt thou not saue? Whi shewidist thou to me wickidnesse and traueile, for to see pray and vnriȝtwisnesse aȝeinus me? Whi biholdist thou dispisers, and art stille, the vnpitouse man defoulyng a iuster than hym? And thou shalt make men as fishis of the se, and as crepynge thingisthing A. not hauynge duyk; and dom is maad, and aȝeinsayinge more miȝty. For this thing law is to-broken, and dom cummeth not vn to the eende; for vn|pitous man hath miȝt aȝeinus the iust, therfore weywerd dom shal go out. Bi|holde ȝe in hethen men, and see ȝe, and wondre ȝee, and gretely dreede ȝee; for a worke is don in ȝour days, whiche no man shal byleeue, whan it shal be told. For loo! Y shal reyse Caldeis, a bitter folk and swift, goynge vpon the breed of erthe, that he weelde tabernaclis not his. He is orrible, and dreedeful; of hym self dome, and his charge shal go out. His horsis liȝter than pardis, and swifter than euyn wolues, and his horsmen shuln be scatrid abrode; for whi horsmen shuln cum fro fer, thei shuln flee as an egle hastynge to ete. Alle men shuln cume to preye, the face of hem asa AGH. brennynge wynde; and he shal gadre as grauel cai|tiftee. And he shal haue victorie of kyngis, and tirauntis shuln be his leiȝ|ingis; he shal leiȝe vpon al strengthe, and shal bere to gidre an hepe of erthe, and shal take it. Thanne the spirit of hym shal be chaungid, and he shal passe by, and falle to gydre; this is the strengthe of hym, of his god. Wher not thou fro bigynnynge, Lord my God, myn holy, and we shuln not dye? Lord, in tothi A. dome thou hast putte hym, and thou groundidist hym strong, that thou shuldist chastise. Thyn eeȝen ben cleene, see thou not yuel, and thou shalt not mow biholde to wickidnesse. Whi bi|holdist thou not vpon men doynge wick|idly, and thou art stille, the vnpytouse man deuourynge a more iust than hym? And thou shalt make men as fishis of the se, and as crepynge thing not hau|ynge prince. Alle in hooke he shal lifte vp; he drawide it in his nett, and gadride in to his net; vpon this thing he shal glade, and ioye with out forth. Ther|fore he shal offre to his nett, and he shal make sacrifice to his nett; for in hem his part is maad fatt, and his mete chosen. Therfore for this thing he spredith abrood his nett, and euermore he shal not spare for to slea folkis.

 CAP. II.

Vpon my keepyng Y shal stonde, and Y shal picche a greese vpon the ward|yng; and Y shal byholde, that Y see what thing shal be saide to me, and what Y shal answere to the reprouynge me. And the Lord answerde to me, and saide, Write thou the siȝt, and make it pleyn vpon tablis, that he renne, that shal reede it. For ȝit the visioun fer, and it shal apeere in to eende, and shal not leeȝe; ȝit it shal make dwellyng, abijde thou it, for it cummynge shal cum, and shal not tarie. Loo! he that is vnbi|leeful, the soule of hym shal not be riȝt in hym self; forsothe the iust man shal lyue in his feith. And as wijn disceiu|eth a man drinkynge, so shal the proude man be, and shal not be maad faire; for as helle he alargide his soule, and he as deth, and he shal not be fulfillid; and he shal gedre to hym alle folkis, and he shal hepekepe K. to gydre to hym alle peplis. Wher not alle these vpon hym shuln take a parable, and the spekyng of derk sen|tencis of hym? And it shal be saide, Wo to hym that multiplieth thingus not his owne; how long, and he aggregith aȝeinus hym thicke clay? Wher not sudeynly thei shuln ryse to gydre, that shuln bite thee? And thei shuln be reisid to-terynge thee, and thou shalt be in to raueyne to hem; and thin aspiers in yuel shuln wake. For thou robbidist many folkis, alle shuln robbe thee, whiche shuln be relikis of peplis, for blood of man, and wickidnesse of lond of the citee, and of men dwellynge in it. Woo to hym that gadrith euyl coueitise to his hous, that his nest be in heeȝ, and gessith hym for to be delyuered of the hond of yuel. Thou thouȝtist confusioun to thin hous; thou hast slayn many peplis, and thi soule synnede. For a stoon of the wall shal crie, and a tree that is bitwixe ioyntours of beeldingis shal answere. Woo to hym that beeldith a citee in blodis, and makith redy a cytee in wick|idnesse. Wher not these thingis ben of the Lord of oostis? Forsothe peplis shuln traueile in myche fijr, and folkis in veyn, and thei shuln faile. For the erthe shal be fulfillid, that thei knowe the glorie of the Lord, as waters hillynge the se. Woo to hym that ȝeuith drinke to his frend, sendynge his galle, and makynge drunken, that he biholde his nakidnesse. He is fulfillid with yuel fame for glorie; and drynke thou, and be asleptasleepe A.; the cup of the riȝt half of the Lord shal aboute ȝeue thee, and casting vp of yuel fame vpon thi glorie. For the wickidnesse of Liban shal keuere thee, and the distruc|cioun of beestis shal fere thee, of blodis of man, andOm. A. of wickidnesse of londthe lond H. of the citee, and of alle dwellynge theryn. What profitith the sculptile, for his maker grauede it; a wellid thing to gi|dre, and a fals ymage, for the maker therof hopide in the makyng, that he made dumbe symulacris? Woo to hym that saith to a tree, Wake thou; Ryse thou, to a stoon beynge stylle; wher he shal mowe teche? Loo! this is keuered in gold and syluer, and eche spirit is not in his entrailis. Forsothe the Lord in his holy temple, al erthe be stille fro his face.

 CAP. III.

Lord, Y herde thi heerynge, and Y dredde; Lord, thi werke, in the mydil of ȝeeris quyckene thou it. In the my|dil of ȝeeris thou shalt make knowen; whan thou shalt be wrothe, thou shalt recorde of mercy. God shal cum fro the south, and the holy fro the mount of Pharan. The glorie of hym keuerde he|uen, and the erthe is ful of his herying. The shynyng shal be as liȝt; hornys in hondis of hym. There the strengthe of hym is hid, byfore his face deth shal go; the deuyl shal go out bifore his feet. He stode, and matte the erthe; he bihelde, and vnboonde folkis, and hillis of the world ben broken to gydre; the litil hillis of the world ben bowid doun, of the wayes of his euerlastingnesse. For wick|idnesse Y sawȝ the tentis of Ethiopie, the skynnes of lond of Madian shuln be trublid. Lord, wher in flodis thou art wrothe, or in flodis thi woodnesse, or in the se thin indignacioun? Whiche shalt stye vp thin horsis; and thi foure horsid cartis saluacioun. Thou reysynge shalt reyse thi bowe, othis to lynagis whiche thou hast spoken; thou shalt kitte flodis of erthe. Watris sawen thee, and hillis sorewiden, the guter of waters passide; depnesse ȝaf his voice, heeȝnesse reyside his hondis. Sunne and mone stoden in her dwellynge; in the liȝt of thin arewis thei shuln goo, in the shynynge of thi spere smytynge. In beting of teeth thou shalt defoule erthe, and in wodnesse thou shalt astoneye folkis. Thou art gon out in to helthe of thi peple, in to helthe with thi crist; thou hast smyten the heued of the hous of the vnpitouse man, thou hast made nakid the foundement vn to the neckus. Thou cursidist the sceptris, or powers, of hym, the hed of his fiȝters, cummynge as whirlwynde for to scatere me; the ioyinge with outforth of hem, as of hym that deuourith a pore man in hidils. Thou madist a weye in the se to thin horsis, in cleye of manye waters. Y herde, and my wombe is to gydre trublid; of the voice my lippis trem|bleden to gydre. Rott entre in to my boonys, and boyle, or sprynge, vndir me; and Y shal reste aȝein in the day of tri|bulacioun, and Y shal stey vp to oure peple girde to gydre. Forsothe the fijge tree shal not florishe, and buriownyng shal not be in vyne ȝerdis; the werk of the olyue shal leeȝe, and feeldis shuln not brynge to mete; a sheep shal be kitt of fro the folde, and a drooue shal not be in the cratchis. Forsothe Y shal haue ioye in the Lord, and Y shal ioye with outeforth in God my Jhesu. God the Lord my strengthe, and he shal putte my feet as of hertis; and vpon myn heeȝ thingus, the ouercummer shal leede me forth, singynge in psalmes.

 Here endith the book of Abacuk, the prophete, and bigynneth the book of Sophonye, propheteNo final rubric in AGH.. ZEPHANIAH The book of SophonyeHere bigynneth the boke of Sophonyas, prophete. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

THE word of the Lord, that is maad to Sophonye, sone of Chusy, sone of Godo|lie, sone of Amasie, sone of Ezechie, in the days of Josye, the sone of Amon, kyng of Juda. Y gaderynge shal gadre alle thingus fro face of erthe, saith the Lord; gadrynge man and beeste, gad|rynge volatilis of heuen, and fishes of the se; and fallyngis of vnpytous men shuln ben, and Y shal leese men fro face of the erthe, saith the Lord. And Y shal stretche out myn hond vpon Juda, and vpon alle the dwellers of Jerusalem; and Y shal leese of this place the relikis of Baal, and the names of kepers of the housis, with the prestis; and hem that worshipen vpon roues the knyȝthod of heuen, and worshipen, and sweren in the Lord, and sweren in Melchon; and whiche ben turned awey byhynde the bac of the Lord, and whiche souȝten, or axiden, not the Lord, nether enserch|iden hym. Be ȝe stille fro face of the Lord God, for niȝ is the day of the Lord; for the Lord made redi a sacrifice, halewide his clepid men. And it shal be, in the day of offryng of the Lord, Y shal visite vpon princes, and vpon sones of the kyng, and vpon alle that ben clothid with pilgrim, or straunge, cloth|ing. And Y shal visite vpon eche that proudli entrith vpon the threshfold in that day, whiche fulfillen the hous of the Lord her God with wickidnesse and gyle. And therY A. Y ther H. shal be in that day, saith the Lord, a voys of crye fro the ȝate of fishis, and ȝoulynge fro the secounde, or that streete of Jerusalem, and grete contri|cioun fro litil hillis. Ȝoule ȝe, dwellers of Pyle, or of tauern; alle the peple of Canaan was stille to gidre, alle wlappid in syluer perishiden. And it shal be, in that tyme Y shal seeke Jerusalem in lanternys, and Y shal visite vpon alle men piȝt in her darstis, whiche sayen in her hertis, The Lord shal not do wel, and he shal not do yuel. And the strengthe of hem shal be in to rauyshyng, and the hous of hem in to desert; and thei shuln beelde housis, and shulnthei shulen A. not enhabite; and thei shuln plante vyne ȝerdus, and thei shuln not drynke the wijn of hem. Niȝ is the grete day of the Lord, niȝ and swyft ful myche; the voys of day of the Lord bitter, a stronge man shal be in tribulacioun there. The ilk day a day of wrath, day of tribulacioun and an|guysh, the day of needynesse, or sorewe with out coumfort, and myseisetee, or wretchidnessewretchidnesses G sec. m., day of derknessis and myst, day of cloude and whirlwynde, day of trumpe and noyse vpon stronge cytees and vpon heeȝe corners. And Y shal truble men, and thei shuln walke as blynde, for to the Lord thei han synned; and the blood of hem shal be shed out as erthe, and the bodyes of hem as tordis. Bot and the syluer of hem, and the gold of hem, shal not mowe delyuere hem in the day of wrath of the Lord; in fijr of his feruour al erthe shal be de|uoured, for he shal make eende with haastyng to alle men enhabitynge erthe.

 CAP. II.

Cum ȝe togydre, be ȝeOm. AGH. gadrid, ȝe folk not worthi to be louyd, byfore that comaundyng brenge forth as dust pass|ynge day; byfore that wrath of wode|nesse of the Lord cum, byfore that the day of his indignacioun cume vpon ȝou. Alle mylde, or pacient, men of erthe, seeke ȝe the Lord, whiche han wrouȝt the dom of hym; seke ȝe the iust, seeke ȝe the mylde, ȝif eny maner ȝe be hid in the day of woodnesse of the Lord. For Gaza shal be distruyed, and Aschalon in to desert; thei shuln caste out Azotus in mydday, and Ackaron shal be drawen out by the rote. Woo! ȝe that dwellen the litil part of the se, aO A. folk of lost men. The word of the Lord vpon ȝouOm. A., Canaan, the lond of Fylisteyns, and Y shal dis|truye thee, so that an yndweller be not; and the litil part of the se shal be reste of sheeperdis, and fooldis of sheep. And it shal be a litil part of hym, that shal abide of the hous of Juda, there thei shuln be fed in the housishous A. of Aschalon; at euyn thei shuln reste, for the Lord God of hem visitide hem, and shal turne awey the caityftee of hem. Y herde the shenshipe of Moab, and blasfemyes of the sonys of Amon, whiche theiOm. G sec. m. dispis|iden my peple, and thei ben magnyfied vpon the termes of hem. Therfore Y lyue, saith the Lord of oostis, God of Yrael, for Moab shal be as Sodom, and the sonys of Amon as Gomor; drienesse of thornes, and hepis of salt, and desert, til in to with out eende. The relikis of my peple shuln rauyshe hem, the resi|dues of my folc shuln welde hem. So|thely this thing shal cum to hem for her pride, in whiche thei blasfemyden, and weren magnyfied vpon the peple of the Lord of oostis. Orrible the Lord vpon hem, and he shal make feble alle goddis of erthe; and men of her place shuln wirshipe hym, alle the ijlis of hethen men. Bot and ȝee, Ethiopiens, shuln be slayn bi my swerd. And he shal stretche forth his hond vpon the north, and shal leese Assur; and he shal putte the faire in to wildrenesse, and in to vnwayed, and as desert. And alle flockisfolkis A., and beestis of folkis, shuln ligge in the mydil therof; and onacratalus, that is, a brid with a long bill lijke a swan, and the yrchoun shuln dwelle in the threshefoldis therof; voys of the syngynge in a wyndowe, and a crowe in the lyntill, or ouer thresfold, for Y shal make thynne the strengthe therof. This is the glorious citee dwell|ynge in trist, whiche saide in her herte, Y am, and ther is noon other more with outen me. Hou it is maad desert, a couche of beest? Eche man that shal passe bi it, shal hisse, or scorne, and shal moue his hond.

 CAP. III.

Wo! thou cytee, terrere, or stirere, to wrathe, and bouȝt aȝein culuer. It herde not the voice, and resceyuede not disciplyne, or chastising; it tristinede not in the Lord, it neiȝide not to hir God. The princis therof in mydil therof as lyouns roringe; iugis therof wolues, in the euyn|tyde leften not in to morewe. The pro|phetis therof wode, vnfeithful men; the prestis therof defouliden holy thing, vn|iustly diden aȝeinus the lawe. The Lord iust in mydil therof, he shal not do wickidnesse; erly, erly he shal ȝeue his dom in liȝt, and it shal not be hid; for|sothe the wickid man wist not confu|sioun. Y loste folkis, and the corners of hem ben distruyed; Y made the wayes of hem desert, whijl ther is not that shal passe. The cytees of hem ben desolate, not dwellynge a man, nether eny dweller. Y sayde, Nethelese thou shalt dreede me, thou shalt resceyue disciplyne; and the dwellynge therof shal not perishe, for alle thingus in whiche Y visitide it; ne|thelese ful erly thei rysynge han cor|rumpid alle her thouȝtis. Wherfore abyde thou me, saith the Lord, in the day of my rysyng aȝein in to comynge. For my dome is, that Y gadre folkis, and gadre rewmes; and Y shal shede out vpon hem myn indignacioun, and al the wrath of my wodenesse; forsothe in fijr of my feruour al erthe shal be deuoured. For thanne Y shal ȝelde to my peplis a chosen tunge, that alle in cleepen in name of the Lord, and serue to hym in oo shuldre. Ouer the flodis of Ethiopie, fro thennis my bisecheris, the sonys of my scaterid men, shuln brynge a ȝift to me. In that day thou shalt not be con|foundide vpon alle thi fyndyngis, in whiche thou trespassidist in me; for thanne Y shal take awey fro the mydil of thee the grete spekers of thi pride, and thou shalt namore putte to, for to be enhaunsid in myn holy hill. And Y shal leue in mydil of thee a pore peple, and nedy; and thei shuln hope in name of the Lord. The relikis of Yrael shuln not do wickidnesse, nether shuln speke leesyng, and a gyleful tunge shal not be funden in hem; for thei shuln be fed, and shuln reste, and there shal not be that shal fere. These thingus saith the LordLord God A., Douȝter of Syon, herie thou, synge thou, Yrael; glade thou, and ful|out ioye in al thi herte, thou douȝter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken awey thi dom, he hath turned awey thin en|myes; kyng of Yrael lordlord, lord K. in the mydil of thee, thou shalt namore dreede yuel. In that day it shal be said, Jerusalem, nyl thou dreede; Syon, be not thin hondis vnknyt. The Lord thi God stronge in mydil of thee, he shal saauesaaue thee G sec. m.; he shal enioyeioye G sec. m. vpon thee in gladnesse, he shal be stille in thi louyng, he shal ful enioyeout ioye AH. vpon thee in herying. Y shal gadre the foolis that wenten awey fro thi lawe, for thei weren of thee, that thou haue na|more shenshipe vpon hem. Loo! Y shal slea alle men that tourmentiden thee in that tyme, and Y shal saaue the halt|ynge, and Y shal gedre hir that was cast out; and Y shal putte hem in to herying, and in to name in eche lond of confu|sioun of hem, in that tyme in whiche Y shal leede ȝou to, and in the tyme in whiche Y shal gadre ȝou. Forsothe Y shal ȝeue ȝou in to name, and in to hery|ing to alle peplis of erthe, whanne Y shal conuerte ȝour caitifte byfore ȝour eeȝen, saith the Lord.

 Here endith the book of Sophonye, prophete, and bigynneth the book of Aggey, the propheteNo final rubric in AGH.. HAGGAI. The book of AggeyHere begynneth the boke of Aggey, prophete. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

IN the secounde ȝeer of Darius, kyng of Persis, in the sixte moneth, in oo day of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad in the hond of Aggey, prophete, to Zorobabel, sone of Salatiel, duyke of Juda, and to Jhesu, `the greet prest, sone of Jo|sedech the sone of Josedech, the greet preest AGHK pr. m., sayinge, These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, sayinge, This peple saith, Ȝit cummeth not the tyme of the hous of the Lord to be beeldid. And the word of the Lord is maad in the hond of Ag|gey, prophete, sayinge, Wher it is tyme to ȝou, that ȝe dwelle in housisthe hous K. couplid with tymbre, and this hous desert? And now these thingus saith the Lord God of oostis, Putte ȝeOm. A. ȝour hertis vpon ȝour wayes. Ȝe han sown myche, and brouȝten in litil; ȝe han eten, and ȝe ben not ful|fillid; ȝe han drunke, and ȝe ben not ful of drinke; ȝe hilliden ȝou, and ȝe ben not maad hote; and he that gadrid hijris, sente hem in to a sac, or bagge, hoolid, or broken. These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Putte ȝe ȝour hertis vpon ȝour wayes. Stye ȝe vp in to the mounteyn, bere ȝe treese, and bielde ȝe an hous; and it shal be acceptable to me, and Y shal be glorifiede, saith the Lord. Ȝe bihelden to more, and loo! it madeis maad G sec. m. lesse; and ȝe brouȝten in to hous, and Y blewe it out. For what cause, saith the Lord of oostis? for myn hous is de|sertdesert, or forleft GK pr. m., and ȝe hasten eche man in to his hous. For this thing heuens ben for|beden, that thei shulden not ȝeue dew; and the erthe is forbeden, that it shulde not ȝeue his buriownyng. And Y cle|pide dryenesse vpon erthe, and vpon mounteyns, and vpon whete, and vpon wyn, and vpon oyle, and what euer thingus the erthe bringeth forth; and vpon men, and vpon beestis, and vpon al labour of hondis. And Zorobabel, sone of Salatiel, herde, and Jhesus, `the grete prest, sone of Josedechthe sone of Josedech, the greet preest AG., and alle relikis of the peple, the voys of her God, and the wordis of Aggey, prophete, as the Lord God of hem sente hym to hem; and al the peple dredde of the face of the Lord. And Aggey saide, a mes|sangere of the Lord, of messangers of the Lord to the peple, sayinge, Y am with ȝou, saith the Lord. And the Lord reyside the spirit of Zorobabel, sone of Salatiel, duyk of Juda, and the spirit of Jhesu, `the grete prest, sone of Josedechsone of Josedech, the greet preest AGHK pr. m., and the spirit of the relikis of alle peple; and thei entriden, and maden werk in the hous of the Lord of hoostis, her God, in the twentithe day and fourthe of the moneth, in the sixte moneth, in the se|counde ȝeer of Darius, kyng.

 CAP. II.

In the seuenthe moneth, in the twen|tithe and firste of the moneth, the word of the Lord is maad in the hond of Ag|gey, prophete, sayinge, Speke thou to Zo|robabel, sone of Salatiel, duyk of Juda, and to Jhesu, `the greet preest, sone of Jo|sedechsone of Josedech, the greet preest AGHK pr. m., and to other of the peple, say|inge, Who in ȝou is left, that sawȝ this hous in his first glorie? and what seen ȝe this now? wher it is not thus, as it be not in ȝour eeȝen? And now, Zorobabel, be thou coumfortid, saith the Lord, and Jhesu, `greet preest, sone of Josedechsone of Josedech, the greet preest AG, sone of Josedech, greet preest HK pr. m., be thou coumfortid, and al peple of the lond, be thou coumfortid, saith the Lord of oostis; and do ȝe, for Y am with ȝou, saith the Lord of oostis. The word that Y couenauntide with ȝou, whanne ȝe wenten out of the lond of Egypt, and my Spirit shal be in the mydil of ȝou, Nyl ȝe dreede, for these thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Ȝit oo lytil thing, or tyme, is, and Y shal moue heuen, and erthe, and the se, and dryenesse; and Y shal moue alle folkis, and the desirid to alle folkis shal cume; and Y shal fulfille this hous with glorie, saith the Lord of oostis. Myn is syluer and myn is gold, seith the Lord of oostis. The glorie of this laste hous schal be greet, more than of the firste, seith the Lord of oostis. And in this place I schal ȝyue pees, seith the Lord of oostis. In the foure and twentithe of the nynthe moneth, in the secunde ȝeer of Darius, kyng, the word of the Lord is maad to Aggey, prophete, seiynge, These thingus saith the Lord God of oostis, Axe prestis the lawe, sayinge, Ȝif a man shal take ha|lewid fleshe in the heme of his clothinge, and shal touche of the heeȝnesse therof brede, or potage, or wyne, and oyle, or eche mete, wher it shal be halewid? Sotheli prestis answerynge sayden, Nay. And Aggey saide, Ȝif a man defoulid in soule shal touche of alle these, wher it shal be defoulid? And prestis answerden, and saiden, It shal be defoulid. And Aggey answerde, and saide, So this peple, and so this folk byfore my face, saith the Lord, and so al werc of her hondis; and alle thingus that thei shuln offre there, shuln be defoulid. And now putte ȝe ȝour hertis, fro this day and aboue, by|fore that a stoon vpon a stoon was putt in the temple of the Lord, whenne ȝe wenten to an hep of twenty bushellis, and there weren maad ten; ȝe entriden to the pressour, that ȝe shulden presse out fifty galouns, and ther weren maad twenti. Y smote ȝou with brennynge wynd, and mildew, and hayl, and alle the werkis of ȝour hondis; and ther was not in ȝou that turnede aȝein to me, saith the Lord. Putte ȝe ȝour hertis of this day, and in to cummynge, fro the fourthefoure A. and twentithe of the ninthe moneth, fro the day in whiche foundementis ben casten of the temple of the Lord, putte ȝe vppon ȝour herte. Wher now seed isOm. A. in buriownyng? and ȝit the vyne ȝerd, and fijge tree, and powme garnet, and the tree of olyue florishideflouride A. not. Of this day Y shal blesse. And the word of the Lord is maad the secounde tyme to Aggey, in the foure and twentithe of the moneth, saiynge, Speke thou to Zoro|babel, duyk of Juda, sayinge, Y shal moue heuen and erthe to gydre, and Y shal distruye the sete of rewmys, and Y shal breke the strengthe of the rewme of heithen men, and Y shal distruye the foure horsid cart, and the styer therof; and the horsis shuln go doun, and the styers of hem, a man in swerd of his brother. In that day, saith the Lord of oostis, thou Zorobabel, sone of Salatiel, my seruaunt, Y shal take to thee, saith the Lord; and Y shal putte thee as a sygnet, for Y cheese thee, saith the Lord of hoostis.

 Here endith the book of Aggey, the prophete, and bigynneth the book of Zacharie, sone of BarachieNo final rubric in AGH.. ZECHARIAH. The book of ZachariasHere bigynne[th] the boke of Zacharye, prophete. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

IN the eiȝte moneth, in the secounde ȝeer of Darius, the word of the Lord is maad to ZacharieZacharie, prophete K sec. m., sone of Barachie, sone of Addo, propheteOm. K sec. m., seyinge, The Lord is wroth vpon ȝour fadris with wrathe. And thou shalt saye to hem. These thingis saith the Lord of oostis. Be ȝe conuertid to me, saith the Lord of oostis, and Y shal be conuertid to ȝou, saith the Lord of oostis. Be ȝe not as ȝour fadris, to whom former prophetis crieden, sayinge, These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Be ȝe conuertid of ȝour yuel wayes, and ȝoure warst thouȝtes; and thei herden not, nether token ententetente AGH. to me, saith the Lord of oostis. Wher ben ȝour faders and prophetis? wher thei shuln lyue into with outen eende? Nethelese my wordis and my lawful thingis, whiche Y comaundide to my ser|uauntis prophetis, wher thei tauȝten not ȝoure fadris? And thei weren to gydre turned, and saiden, As the Lord of oostis thouȝte for to do to vs vp oure wayes, and vp oure fyndyngis he dide to vs. In the foure and twentithe day of the elleuenthe moneth Sabath, in the se|counde ȝeer of Darius, the word of the Lord is maad to Sacharie, sone of Bara|chie, sone of Addo, prophete, sayinge, Y sawȝ bi niȝt, and loo! a man styinge vpvpon AGH. a rede hors; and he stode bitwixe the places where myrtis wexen, that weren in the deepe, and after hym horsis dyuerse, rede, and white. And Y saide, My lord, what ben these? And an an|gel of the Lord saide to me, that spac in me, Y shal shewe to thee what these ben. And the man that stode bitwixe places wher myrtis wexen, answerde, and saide, These ben, whom the Lord sente, that thei walke thorow erthe. And thei an|swerden to the aungel of the Lord, that stode bitwixe places wher myrtis wexen, and saiden, We han walkid thorou erthe, and loo! al erthe is enhabitid, and rest|ith. And the aungel of the Lord an|swerde, and saide, Lord of oostis, hou longe shalt thou not haue mercy of Je|rusalem, and of the citees of Juda, to whiche thou art wroth? This is now the seuentithe ȝeer. And the Lord an|swerde to the aungel, that spac in me, good wordis, coumfortynge. And the aungel that spac in me, saide to me, Crie thou, sayinge, These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Y louede Jerusalem and Syon in grete feruour; and in grete wroth Y shal be wroth vpon riche folkis; for Y was wrothe a litil, forsothe thei holpen in to yuel. Therfore these thingis saith the Lord, Y shal turne aȝein to Jerusalem in mercyes. My hous shal be byldid in it, saith the Lord of oostis; and an hangynge lyne, or mesure, shal be streiȝt out vpon Jerusalem. Ȝit crie thou, sayinge, These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Ȝit my cytees shuln flete with goodis, and ȝit the Lord shal coumforte Syon, and ȝit he shal chese Jerusalem. And Y reyside myn eeȝen, and sawȝ, and loo! foure horns. And Y saide to the aungel that spak in me, What ben these? And he saide to me, These ben hornes, that wyndewiden Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem. And the Lord shewide to me foure smythis. And Y saide, What cummen these for to do? Whiche saith, sayinge, These ben the hornes, that wyn|dewiden Juda by alle men, and no man of hem reiside his hed; and these camen for to fere hem, that thei caste doun hornes of heithen men, whiche reysiden horn vpon the lond of Juda, for to sca|tere it.

 CAP. II.

And Y reyside myn eeȝen, and sawȝ, and loo! a man, and loo! in his hond a litil coorde of meters. And Y saide, Whider gost thou? And he saide to me, That Y mete Jerusalem, and Judee; hou myche is the breede therof, and hou myche the lengthe therof. And loo! the angel that spac in me, wente out, and an other angel wente out into meetynge of hym, and saide to hym, Renne thou, spek to this chijld, saiynge, With outen wall Jerusalem shal be enabitid, for mul|titude of men and beestis in the mydil therof. And Y shal be to it, saith the Lord, a wall of fijr in cumpas; and Y shal be in glorye in the mydil therof. O! O! O! flee ȝe of the lond of the north, saith the Lord, for in foure wyndis of heuen Y scatride ȝou, saith the Lord. Thou Syon, flee, that dwellist anentus the douȝter of Babyloyne. For these thingus saith the Lord of oostis, After glorie he sente me to heithen men, whiche robbiden ȝou; forsothe he that shal touche ȝou, shal touche the appil of myn eeȝe. For lo! Y reyse my hond vpon hem, and thei shuln be pray to these that seruyden to hem; and ȝe shuln knowe, for the Lord of oostis sente me. Douȝter of Syon, herye thou, and glade; for loo! Y come, and shal dwelle in the mydil of thee, saith the Lord. And manye folkis shuln be applied to the Lord in that day, and thei shuln be to me in to a peple, and Y shal dwelle in the mydil of thee; and thou shalt wite, for the Lord of oostis sente me to thee. And the Lord shal welde Juda in to his part, in the lond halewid, and shal chese ȝit Jerusa|lem. Be eche flesh stille fro theOm. A. face of the Lord, for he roose of his holy dwell|ynge place.

 CAP. III.

And the Lord shewide to me the grete prest Jhesu, stondynge byfore the aungel of the Lord; and Sathan stode on his riȝt half, that he were aduersarie to hym. And the Lord saide to Sathan, The Lord blame in thee, Sathan, and the Lord blame in thee, that ches Jerusalem. Wher this is not a dead brond rauyshid of the fijr? And Jhesus was clothid with filthi clothis, and stode byfore the face of the aungel. Whiche answerde, and saith to hym that stode bifore hym, say|inge, Do ȝe awey filthi clothis fro hym. And he saide to hym, Loo! Y haue don awey fro thee thi wickidnesse, and Y haue clothid thee with chaungynge clothis. And he saide, Putte ȝe a cleene cappe, or mytre, vpon his heued. And thei puttiden a cleene cappe, or mytre, vpon his heed, and clothiden hym with clothis. And the aungel of the Lord stode, and the aungel of the Lord wit|nesside Jhesu, sayinge, These thingis saith the Lord of oostis, Ȝif thou shalt go in my wayes, and shalt keepe my keepyng, and thou shalt deme my hous, and shalt keepe my porchis; and Y shal ȝeue to thee men walkynge, of these that now stonden here niȝ. Heere thou, Jhesu, grete prest, thou and thi freendis that dwellen byfore thee, for thei ben men signyfyinge thingthingis A. to cummynge. Loo! sothely Y shal bringe my seruaunt spryngynge vp. For loo! the stoon whom Y ȝafȝatt K. byfore Jhesu, vpon oo stoon ben seuen eeȝen; and loo! Y shal graue the grauynge therof, saith the Lord of oostis, and Y shal do awey the wickidnesse of that lond in oo day. In that day, saith the Lord of oostus, a man shal clepe his frend vndir his vyne ȝerd, and vndir his fijge tree.

 CAP. IV.

And the aungel turnede aȝein, that spak in me, and reyside me, as a man that is reyside of his sleep. And he saide to me, What seest thou? And Y saide, Y sawȝ, and loo! a candilstyke al of gold, and the laumpe therof vpon the hed therof, and seuen lanternes therof vpon it, and seuen vessels for to holde oyle to the lanternys, that weren vpon the hed therof. And two olyues ther|vpon, oon on the riȝt half of the laumpe, and an other on the left half therof. And Y answerde, and Y saye to the an|gel that spak in me, sayinge, What ben these thingus, my lord? And the angel that spak in me, answerde, and saide to me, Wher thou wost not what ben these thingus? And Y saide, No, my lord. And he answerde, and saith to me, say|inge, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, sayinge, Not in oost, nether in strengthe, bot in my spirit, saith the Lord of oostis. Who thou, grete hill, byfore Zorobabel in to pleyn? and he shal leede out the firste stoon, and shal make euene grace to grace therof. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, say|inge, The hondis of Zorobabel foundiden this hous, and the hondis of hym shuln perfourme it; and ȝe shuln wite, for the Lord of oostis sente me to ȝou. Who forsothe dispiside litil days? and thei shuln glade, and shuln see a stoon of tyn in the hond of Zorobabel. These ben seuen eeȝen of the Lord, that rennen aboute in to eche lond. And Y an|swerde, and saide to hym, What ben these two olyues on the riȝthalf of the candilstike, and at the left half? And Y answerde the secounde tyme, and sayde to hym, What ben the two eris, or rijp fruyt, of the olyues, that ben bysidis the two golden bilisbrid billes H., in whiche ben oyle vesselis of gold? And he saith to me, sayinge, Wher thou wost not what ben these thingis? And Y saide, No, my lord. And he saide, These ben two sonys of oyle shynynge, whiche stonden niȝ to the lordshipere of al erthe.

 CAP. V.

And Y was conuertid, and reysideY reiside A. myn eeȝen, and sawȝ, and loo! a bok fleeȝinge. And he saide to me, What seest thou? And Y saide, Y see a bok fleeȝinge; the lengthe therof of twenti cubitis, the breed therof of ten cubitis. And he saide to me, This is the curs, that goth out vpon the face of al erthe; for eche theef, as it is writen there, shal be demyd; and eche man swerynge, of this also shal be deemid. AndOm. AGH. Y shal leede it out, saith the Lord of oostis, and it shal cum to hous of the theef, and to hous of the swerynge falsly in my name; and it shal dwelle in mydil of his hous, and shal waaste hym, and his trees, and his stoones. And the aungel wente out, that spak in me, and saide to me, Reyse thin eeȝen, and see, what this thing is, that goth out. And Y saide, What is it? And he saith, This is an amfer, or a vessel that sum men clepen a tankard, goynge out. And he saide, This is the eeȝe of hem in eche lond. And lo! a talent of lede was born; and loo! a wom|man syttynge in mydil of the amfer. And he saide, This is vnpitee. And he keste hir doun in mydil of the amfer, and sente a gobet of leed in the mouth therof. And Y reyside myn eeȝen, and sauȝ, and loo! two wymmen goynge out, and a spirit in the wengus of hem; and thei hadden weengus as weengus of a kijte, and reysiden the amfer bitwix he|uen and erthe. And Y saide to the aungel that spac in me, Whither beren these the amfer? And he sayde to me, That an hous be beeldid therto in the lond of Sennaar, and be stablid, and putte there vpon his foundement.

 CAP. VI.

And Y was conuertid, and Y reyside myne eȝen, and sawȝ, and loo! foure four|horsid cartis goynge out of the mydil of two hillis, and the hillis hillis of brass. In the first foure horsid carte rede horsis, and in the secound foure horsid cart blake horsis; and in the thrid foure horsid cart white horsis, and in the fourth foure horsid carte dyuerse horsis stronge. And Y answerde, and saide to the aungel that spac in me, What ben these thingus, my lord? And the aungel answerde, and saith to me, These ben foure wyndis of heuen, whiche gon out, that thei stonde byfore the lordshipere of al erthe. In whiche weren blake horsis, wente out in to theOm. A. lond of the north; and the white wenten out after hem; and the dyuers wenten out to the lond of the south. Forsothe thei that weren streng|est wenten out, and souȝten for to go, and renne aboute bi al erthe. And he saide, Go ȝeOm. A., walke ȝe thoru the erthe. And thei walkiden thoru erthethe erthe H.. And he clepide me, and spac to me, saiynge, Loo! thei that gon out in to lond of the north, maden my spirit for to reste in lond of the north. And the word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge, Take thou of the transmygracioun, or caitiftee, of Olday, and of Toby, and of BydayBidai A. Yday G sec. m.; and thou shalt cum in that day, and thou shalt entre in to the hous of Josye, sone of Sophonye, that camen fro Babyloyne. And thou shalt take gold and syluer, and thou shalt make crownes, and putte in the hed of Jhesu, sone of Josedech, the grete preste; and thou shalt speke to hym, sayinge, These thingus saith the Lord of oostus, sayinge, Loo! a man, Eest, or Springynge, his name, and vndir hym shal springe; and he shal beelde a temple to the Lord. And he shal ful make the temple to the Lord, and he shal bere glorie, and shal sitte, and shal be lord vpon his seete; and counseile of pees shal be bitwixe hem two. And crownys shuln be to Helem, and Toby, and Ydaie, and Hen, the sone of Sophonye, a memorial in templethe temple H. of the Lord. And thei that ben fer, shuln cumme, and bylde in the temple of the Lord; and ȝe shuln witen, for the Lord of oostis sente me to ȝou. Sothely this thing shal be, ȝif bi heeryng ȝe shuln heere the voyce of the Lord ȝour God.

 CAP. VII.

And it is maad in the fourthe ȝeere of Darius, kyng, the word of the Lord is maad to Zacharie, in the fourthe day of the nynthe monethe, that is Casleu. And Sarasar, and Rogumelech, and men that weren with hem, senten to the hous of the Lord, for to preye the face of the Lord; that thei shulden saye to prestis of the hous of the Lord of oostis, and to prophetis, spekynge, Wher it is to wepe to me in the fifthe moneth, or Y shal halewe me, as Y dide now manye ȝeeris? And the word of the Lord of oostis is maad to me, sayinge, Speke thou to al the peple of the lond, and to prestis, say|inge, Whenne ȝe fastiden, and weiliden in the fifthe and seuenthe monethe, by seuenty ȝeeris, wher ȝe fastiden a fast `to meOm. A.? And when ȝe eeten, and drunken, wher ȝee eeten not `to ȝoutogidre A., and drunken to ȝour self? Wher wordis of prophetis ben not, whiche the Lord spak in the hond of former prophetis, when ȝit Jeru|salem was enhabited, and was ful of ritchessis, and it, and the citees therof in cumpasthe cumpas A. therof, and at the south and in feeldi place was enhabited? And the word of the Lord is maad to Zacharie, sayinge, These thingis saith the Lord of oostis, sayinge, Deme ȝe trewe dome, and mercy, and doyngus of mercy do ȝe, eche man to his brother. And nyl ȝe falsly chalenge the wydue, and fadirlesse, or moderlesse, and the cumlyng, and pore man; and a man thenke not in his herte yuel to his brother. And thei wolden not take heed, and thei turneden awey the shuldre goynge awey, and aggre|giden, or maden heuy, her eeris, lest thei herden. And thei puttiden her herte as an adamaunt, lest thei herden the law, and wordis whiche the Lord of oostus sente in his holy Spirit, by hond of former prophetis; and grete indigna|cioun is maad of the Lord of oostis. And it is don, as he spak; and as thei herden not, thei shuln crye, and Y shal not heere hem, saith the Lord of oostis. And Y scatride hem by alle rewmys, whiche thei knewen not, and the lond is desolate fro hem, for that there was not a man goynge and turnynge aȝein; and thei han putt the desirable lond in to desert.

 CAP. VIII.

And the word of the Lord of oostis is maad to me, sayinge, These thingis saith the Lord of oostis, Y hatide Syon with grete feruour, and with grete indigna|cioun Y hatid it. These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Y am turned aȝein to Syon, and Y shal dwelle in the mydil of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shal be clepid a cytee of trewthe, and the hill of the Lord, an hill halewid. These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Ȝit olde men and olde wymmen shuln dwelle in streetis of Jerusalem, and the staff of a man in his hond, for multitude of ȝeeris. And streetis of the citee shuln be fulfillid with infauntis and maydens, pleyinge in the streetis of it. These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Ȝif it shal be seen hard in eeȝen of the relikis of this peple in tho dayes, wher in myn eeȝen it shal be hard, saith the Lord of oostis? These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Loo! Y shal saue my peple of londthe lond H. of the eest, and of the lond of goynge doun of the sunne; and Y shal leede hem to, and thei shuln dwelle in mydil of Jerusalem; and thei shuln be to me in to peple, and Y shal be to hem in to God, and in trewthe, and in riȝtwisnesse. These thingis saith the Lord of oostis, Be ȝoure hondis coun|fortid, whiche heeren in these days these wordis by the mouth of prophetis, in the day in whiche the hous of the Lord of oostis is foundid, that the temple shulde be beeldid. Sothely bifore tho days hijre of men was not, nether hijre of werk beestis was, nether to man entringe and goynge out was pees for tribulacioun; and Y departide alle men, eche aȝeinus his neiȝbore. Now forsothe not after the former days Y shal do to the relikis of this peple, saith the Lord of oostus, but seed of pees shal be; the vyne ȝerd shal ȝeue his fruyt, and the erthe shal ȝeue his buriownyng, and heuens shuln ȝeue her dewe; and Y shal make the relikis of this peple for to welde alle these thingus. And it shal be, as ȝe, hous of Juda, and the hous of Yrael, weren cursynge in heithen men, Y shal saaue ȝou, and ȝe shuln be blessyng. Nyl ȝe dreede, be ȝour hondis coumfortid; for these thingus saith the Lord of oostis, As Y thouȝte for to tourmente ȝou, whanne ȝoure fadris hadden terrid me to wrath, saith the Lord, and Y hadde not mercy, so Y conuertid thouȝte in these days for to do wele to the hous of Juda and Jerusalem; nyl ȝe dreede. Forsothe these ben the wordis whiche ȝe shuln do; speke ȝe trewthe, eche man with his neiȝbore; deme ȝe treuthe and dom of pees in ȝour ȝatis; and thinke ȝe not in ȝoure hertis, eche man yuel aȝeinys his freend, and loue ȝe not a fals oth; forsothe alle these thingus ben, whiche Y hate, saith the Lord. And the word of the Lord of hoostis is maad to me, sayinge, These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, Fastyng of the fourthe monethe, and fastynge of the fifthe, and fastyng of the seuenthe, and fastyng of the tenthe, shal be to the hous of Juda in to ioye and gladnesse, and in to ful cleere solempnytees; loue ȝe oonly treuthe and pees. These thingis saith the Lord of oostis, On eche syde peplis shuln cume, and dwelle in many citees; and the dwellers shuln go, oon to an other, sai|ynge, Go we, and biseche the face of the Lord, and seeke we the Lord of oostus; also Y shal go. And many peplis shuln cumme, and stronge folkis, for to seeke the Lord of oostus in Jerusalem, for to biseche the face of the Lord. These thingus saith the Lord of oostis, In tho days, in whiche ten men of alle tungis, or langagis, of heithen men shuln cacche, and thei shuln catche the hem of a man Jew, sayinge, We shuln go with ȝou; forsothe we han herd, for God is with ȝou.

 CAP. IX.

The charge of wordthe word H. of the Lord, in the lond of Adrach, and Damask, reste therof; for the Lord is the eeȝe of man, and of alle the lynagis of Yrael. And Emath in termes therof, and Tyrus, and Sydon; sotheli thei token to hem wis|dam gretely. And Tyrus beeldide his strengthynge, and gadride syluer as erthe, and gold as fen of streetis. Loo! the Lord shal weelde it, and shal smyte in the see the strengthe therof, and it shal be deuoured in fijr. Aschalon shal se, and shal drede; and Gaza, and shal so|rewe ful myche; and Acharon, for the hoope therof is confoundid; and the kyng shal perishe of Gaza, and Ascalon shal not be enhabited; and a departer shal sitte in Azoto, and Y shal distruye the pride of Philistynes. And Y shal take awey the blood therof of the mouth of it, and the abhomynaciouns therof of mydil of the teeth therof, and it also shal be left to oure God; and it shal be as a duyk in Juda, and Accharon as Jebusey. And Y shal enuyrounne myn hous of these that holden knyȝthode to me, go|ynge and turnynge aȝein; and the ex|actoure, or the vniust axer, shal namore passe vpon hem, for now Y sawȝ in myn eeȝen. Thou douȝter of Syon, ioye with outeforth ynowȝ, synge, thou douȝter of Jerusalem; loo! thi kyng shal cume to thee, he iust, and saueour; he pore, styinge vpon a she asse, and vpon a fole, sone of the she asse. And Y shal sca|tere the foure horsid carte of Effraym, and the hors of Jerusalem, and bowe of the bateile shal be distruyed; and he shal speke pees to heithen men, and power of hym fro se vn to se, and fro floodis vn to eendis of the erthe. And thou in blood of thi testament sentist out thi bounden fro the lake, in whiche is not water. Be ȝe conuertid to strengthing, ȝe bounden of hoope; and this day Y shewynge double thingus shal ȝeelde to thee, for Y shal stretche forth to me Juda as a bowe, Y shal fulfille the lond of Effraym. And Y shal reyse thi sones, Syon, vpon thi sones, Greece, and Y shal putte thee as swerd of stronge. And the Lord God shal be seen vpon hem, and the swerd of hym shal go out as leyt. And the Lord God shal synge in trumpe, and shalhe shal K pr. m. go in whirlwynd of the south; the Lord of oostis shal keuere, or de|fende, hem, and thei shuln deuouren, and maken suget in stones of slynge; and thei drynkynge shuln be fulfillid as with wyne, and shuln be fillid as cruetis, and as hornes of the auter. And the Lord God of hem shal saaue hem in that day, as a floc of his peple, for holy stoonys shuln be reysid vpon the lond of hym. What forsothe is the good of hym, and what the faire of hym, no but whete of chosen, and wyne buriownynge virgynes?

 CAP. X.

Axe ȝe reyn of the Lord in euenyng tyme, and the Lord shal make snowis, and reyn of miȝtnyȝt A. of the cloude; and he shal ȝeue to hem, eche by hem self, erbe in the feeld. For symulacris spaken vn|profitable thing, and dyuynours sawen lesyng; and dremers spaken veynly, ydely thei confortiden; therfor thei ben ledde to asvs as A. a flocfolc H., thei shuln be tour|mentid, for sheperd is not to hem. Vpon sheperdis my woodnes is wrothe, and vpon goot buckis Y shal visite; for the Lord of oostis hath visited his floc, the hous of Juda, and hath putt hemhim A. as hors of his glorye in batel. Of hym corner, and of him a litil pale, of hym bowe of batel, and of hym eche exactour, or vniust axer, shal go out togidre. And thei shuln be as stronge men, defoulynge cley of wayes in bateil, and thei shuln fiȝte, for the Lord is with hem; and sty|ers of horsis shuln be confoundid. And Y shal coumforte the hous of Juda, and Y shal saaue the hous of Joseph; and Y shal conuerte hem, for Y shal haue mercye of hem; and thei shuln be as thei weren, whanne Y hadde not cast hem awey; forsothe Y the Lord God of hem, and Y shal graciousely heere hem. And thei shuln be as stronge of Effraym, and the herte of hem shal glade, as of wyne; and the sonys of hem shuln see, and glade, and the hert of hem shal ioye with oute|forth in the Lord. Y shal hisse, or softly speeke, to hem, and Y shal gedre hem, for Y aȝein bouȝte hem, and Y shal mul|tiplie hem, as thei weren byfore multi|plied. And Y shal sowe hem in peplis, and of fer thei shuln bithenke of me; and thei shuln lyue with her sonys, and shuln turne aȝein. And Y shal aȝein leede hem fro the lond of Egypt, and of Assiriens Y shal gedre hem; and to the lond of Galaad and of Liban Y shal bringe hem, and place shal not be founden in hem. And he shal passe in wawe of the se, and shal smyte wawes in the see, and alle depnessis of flood shuln be confoundid; and the pride of Assur shal be meekid, and the sceptre of Egipt shal go awey. Y shal coumforte hem in the Lord, and in the name of hym thei shuln walke, saith the Lord.

 CAP. XI.

Liban, opne thi ȝatis, and fijr shal eete thi cedris. Ȝoule, thou beche, for the cedre felle doun, for the grete ben distruyed; ȝoule, ȝe ookis of Basan, for the stronge wijlde wod is kitt doun. Voice of ȝoulyng of sheperdis, for the grete doyng of hem is distruyed; voice of roryng of lyouns, for the pride of Jor|dan is waastid. These thingus saith the Lord my God, Feede thou beestis of slauȝ|ter, whom thei that weeldiden slewen; and sorewiden not, and soulden hem, say|inge, Blessid the Lord, we ben maad riche. And the sheperdis of hem spariden not hem, and Y shal na more spare vponon A. men enabitinge the erthe, saith the Lord. Loo! Y shal bytake men, eche in the hond of his neiȝbore, and in the hond of his kyng, and thei shuln falle to gydre in to erthe; and Y shal not de|lyuere of the hond of hem, and Y shal feede the beest of sleaynge. For this thing, ȝethe K. pore men of the flocfolk K., heerith. And Y toke to me two ȝerdis; oon Y clepide Fairnesse, and the tother Y clepide Litil Coorde; and Y fedde the floc. And Y kitte doun thre sheperdis in oo monethe, and my soule is drawen to gydre in hem; sothely and the soule of hem vari|ede, or chaungide, in me. And Y saide, Y shal not feede ȝou; that that dyeth, dye; and that that is kitt doun, be it kitt doun; and the tother deuoure, eche the fleshe of his neiȝbore. And Y toke my ȝerde, that was clepid Fairnesse, and Y kitte it doun, that Y shulde make voide my couenaunt, that Y smote with alle peplis. And it is led forth void in that day; and the pore of the flocfolk K. that kepen to me, knewen thus, for it is the word of the Lord. And Y saide to hem, Ȝif it is good in ȝour eeȝen, brenge ȝe my meede; and ȝif nay, reste ȝe. And thei weyȝiden my meede, thritti platis of syluer. And the Lord saide to me, Caste it awey to a feir maker of ymagis, the pris, by whiche Y am preysid of hem. And Y toke the thritti platis of syluer, and Y keste hem forthe in the hous of the Lord, toin to G sec. m. the maker of ymagis. And Y kitte doun my secounde ȝerde, that was clepid Litil Coorde, that Y shulde de|parte, or vnbynde, the brotherhed bitwixe Juda and Yrael. And the Lord saide to me, Ȝit take to thee vessels of a foltishe sheperd; for loo! Y shal reyse a sheperd in erthe, whiche shal not visite forsaken thingus, he schal not seeke scatered thingis, and shal not heele the broken to gydre, and shal not nurishe forth that that stondith. And he shal eete fleshis of the fatt, and shal vnbynde the clees of hem. A! sheperd, and ydol, forsakynge the floc; swerd on his arme, and on his riȝt eeȝe; the arm of hym shal be dried with dryenesse, and his riȝt eeȝe wexinge derk shal be maad derc.

 CAP. XII.

The charge of wordthe word H. of the Lord on Yrael. The Lord saide, stretchynge forth heuen, and foundynge erthe, and makynge the spirit of a man in hym, Loo! Y shal putte Jerusalem a thresh|fold of glotonye to alle peplis in cum|pas, bot and Juda shal be in aseegynge aȝeinus Jerusalem. And it shal be, in that day Y shal putte Jerusalem a stoon of charge to alle peplis; alle that shuln lifte it, with conscicioun, or kittyng to gidre, shuln be to-drawen, and alle rewmys of erthe shuln be gadrid aȝeinus it. In that day, sayth the Lord, Y shal smyte eche hors in to dreed, or leesyng of mynde, and the styer of hym in to wodenesse; and onOm. K. the hous of Juda I shal opyn myn eeȝen, and Y shal smyte with blyndnesse eche hors of peplis. And duykis of Juda shuln saye in her hertis, Be the dwellers of Jerusalem counfortid to me in the Lord of oostis, the God of hem. In that day Y shal putte the duykis of Juda as a chymney of fijr in trees, and as a brond of fijr in hay; and thei shuln deuoure at the riȝt half and left alle peplis in cumpas. And Jerusalem shal be enhabitid eftsoone in his place, in Jerusalem. And the Lord shal saaue the tabernaclis of Juda, as in the bygyn|nyng, that the hous of Dauid glorie not greetly, and the glorie of men dwellynge in Jerusalem aȝeinus Juda. In that day the Lord shal defende the dwellers of Jerusalem; and it shal be, he that shal offende of hem in that day as Dauyd, and the hous of Dauyd as of God, as the aungel of the Lord in theOm. AGH. siȝt of hym. And it shal be, in that day Y shal seeke for to breke to gydre alle folkis that cummen aȝeinus Jerusalem. And Y shal heelde out on the hous of Dauid, and on dwellers of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers; and thei shuln biholde to me, whom thei to gidre ficchiden. And thei shuln weile hym with weilyng, as onvp on G sec. m. the oon bigoten; and thei shuln so|rewen on hym, as it is wont for to be sorewid in deth of the first bygoten. In that day grete weilyng shal be in Jeru|salem, as the weilyng of Adremon in the feeld of MagedonMaiedon K.. And erthe shal weyle; meynees and meynees by hem self; the meynees of the hous of Dauid by hem self, and the wymmen of hem by hem|self; meynees of the hous of Nathan bi hem self, and the wymmen of hem by hem self; meynees of the hous of Leuy by hem self, and the wymmen of hem by hem self; meynees of SemeySemeth K. bi hem self, and the wymmen of hem bi hem self. Alle meynees, andof G sec. m. other meynees, and meynees by hem self, and wymmen of hem by hem self.

 CAP. XIII.

In that day shal be a welle opnynge to the hous of Dauith, and to men dwell|ing at Jerusalem, in to washyng awey of the synful, and of the menstruate. And it shal be, in that day, saith the Lord of oostis, Y shal distruye names of ydolis of the lond, and thei shuln namore be thouȝte on; and Y shal take awey fro erthe fals prophetis, and the vnclene spirit. And it shal be, whan eny man shal prophecie ouere, his fader and mo|der that gendriden hym, shuln saye to hym, Thou shalt not lyue, for thou hast spoken lesyng in name of the Lord; and his fadir and modir, gendrersthe genderers G sec. m. gendres K. of hym, shuln to gidre ficche hym, whanne he hath prophecied. And it shal be, in that day prophetis shuln be confoundid, eche of his visioun, whan he shal prophecie; nether thei shuln be hillid with mantil of sac, that thei leeȝe; bot thei shuln sey, Y am not a prophete; a man erthe tilier Y am, for Adam my ensaumple frois fro G sec. m. my ȝongthe. And it shal be said to hym, What ben these woundis in my|dil of thin hondis? And he shal say, With these Y was woundid in the hous of hem that loueden me. Swerd, be thou reysid on my sheperd, and on the wall cleuynge to me, saith the Lord of oostis; smyte thou the sheperd, and the sheep of the floc shuln be scaterid. And Y shal turne my hond to the litil; and ther shuln be in eche lond, saith the Lord, two parties in it, and shuln be scatered, and shuln faile, and the thrid part shal be left in it. And Y shal leede the thrid part bi fijr, and Y shal brennebrenne hem G sec. m., as syluer is brent, and Y shal proue hem, as gold is proued. He shal incleepe my name, and Y shal graciously heere hym; and Y shal saye, Thou art my peple, and he shal saye, The Lord my God.

 CAP. XIV.

Loo! days cummen, saith the Lord, and thi spuylis shuln be departid in my|dil of thee. And Y shal gadre alle folkis to Jerusalem, in to bateyl; and the citee shal be taken, and housis shuln be dis|truyed, and wymmen shuln be defoulid. And the mydil part of the citee shal go out in to caitiftee, and the tother of the peple shal not be taken awey fro the citee. And the Lord shal go out, and shal fiȝte aȝeinus the folkis, as he fauȝte in the day of stryf. And his feet shuln stonde in that day on the hill of olyues, that is aȝeins Jerusalem at the eest. And the hill of olyues schal be coruen of the myddel part therof to the eest and to the west, the greet valey bifore brokyn; and the myddel of that hill beshal be AGH. departid to the north, and the myddil therof to the mydday, or southe. And ȝe shuln flee to the valey of myn hillis, for the valey of hillis shuln be ioyned togidre vn to the next. And ȝe shuln flee, as ȝe fledden fro facethe face H. of the erthe mouynge in the days of Osee, kyng of Juda; and the Lord my God shal cumme, and alle sayntis with hym. And it shal be, in that day liȝt shal not be, bot colde and frost. And ther shal be oo day, whiche is knowen to the Lord, not day, nether niȝt, and in tyme of euyn liȝt shal be. And it shal be, in that day quyck waters shuln go out of Jerusalem, the mydil of hem to the eest see, and the mydil of hem to the last see; in somer and in wynter thei shuln be. And the Lord shal be kyng on al erthe; in that day ther shal be oo Lord, and his name shal be oon. And eche erthe shal turne aȝein vnto desert, fro the litil hill Remmon to the south of Jerusalem. And it shal be reysid, and shal dwelle in his place, fro the ȝate of Beniamyn til to the place of the former ȝate, and vn to the ȝate of corners, and fro the tour of Ananyel vn|to pressours of the kyng. And thei shuln dwelle therynne, and cursidnesse shal namore be, bot Jerusalem shal sitte sykir. And this shal be the plage, by whiche the Lord shal smyte alle folkis, that fouȝten aȝeinus Jerusalem; the fleshe of eche man stondinge vpon his feet shal fayle, or rote, and his eeȝen shuln faile to gydre in her hoolis, and his tunge shal faile to gydre in his mouth. In that day grete noyse of the Lord shal be in hem, and a man shal catche the hond of his neiȝbore; and his hond shal be lockid to gidre on the hond of his neiȝbore. Bot and Judas shal fiȝte aȝeinus Jerusalem; and ricchessis of alle folkis in cumpas shuln be gadred to gi|der, gold, and syluer, andOm. K. many clothis ynowe. And so fallyng shal be of hors, and mule, and camel, and asse, and of alle werc beestis, that weren in tho castellis, as this fallyng. And alle that shuln be residu of alle folkis, that camen aȝeinus Jerusalem, shuln stye vp fro ȝeere `in toto A. ȝeer, that thei wirshipen the kyng, Lord of oostis, and halewe the feest of tabernaclis. And it shal be, thei that shuln not stye vp of the meynees of erthe to Jerusalem, that thei wirshipe the kyng, Lord of oostus, reyn shal not be on hem. That and ȝif the meynee of Egypt shal not stye vp, and shal not cum, nether on hem shal be; bot fallynge shal be, bi whiche the Lord shal smyte alle folkis, whiche stieden not vp, for to ha|lewe the fest of tabernaclis. This shal be the synne of Egypt, and this the synne of alle folkis, that stieden not vp, for to halewe the fest of tabernaclis. In that day, it shal be, on whiche thing the bridil of hors is hooly to the Lord; and caudrons shuln be in the hous of the Lord, as cruetis byfore the auter. And euery caudron in Juda and Jerusalem shal be halewid to the Lord of oostis. And alle men shuln cum offrynge, and shuln take of hem, and shuln seethe in hem; and a marchaunt shal namore be in hous of the Lord of oostus in that day.

 Here endith the book of Zacharias, the prophete, and bigynneth the book of Malachie, propheteNo final rubric in AGH.. MALACHI. The book of Malachie, the propheteHere bigynneth Malachie. A. No initial rubric in GH..CAP. I.

THE charge of word of the Lord to Yrael, in the hond of Malachie, prophete. Y louyde ȝou, saith the Lord, and ȝee saiden, In what thing louydist thou vs? Wher Esau was not the brother of Jacob, saith the Lord, and Y louyde Jacob, for|sothe Y hadde Esau in hate? And Y haue putte Seir his hillis in to wildre|nesse, and his eritage in to dragouns of desert. That ȝif Ydume shal say, We be distruyed, but we turnynge aȝein shuln beelde, whiche thingus ben distruyed; these thingus saith the Lord of oostis, These shuln beelde, and Y shal distruye; and thei shuln be cleepid termes of wick|ednesse, and a peple to whom the Lord is wroth, til vnto withouten eende. And ȝour eeȝen shuln see, and ȝee shuln saye, Magnyfied be the Lord on the terme of Yrael. The sone honoureth the fadir, and the seruaunt shal drede his lord; therfore ȝif Y am fadir, wher is myn honour? and ȝif Y am lord, wher is my dreed? saith the Lord of oostis. O! prestis, to ȝou that dispisen my name; and ȝe saiden, Wher yn haue we dispisid thi name? Ȝe offren on myn auter de|foulid, or vnclene, breed, and ȝe sayn, Wherynne han we defoulide thee? In that thing that ȝe sayn, The bord of the Lord is dispisid. Ȝif ȝe offren a blynd thing for to be offrid, wher it is not yuel? And ȝif ȝe offren a crokid andor G sec. m. seek, wher it is not yuel? Offre it to thi duyk, ȝif it shal plese to hym, or ȝif he shal resceyue thi face, saith the Lord of oostis. And nowe biseechebiseche ȝe G sec. m. the cheere of the Lord, that he haue mercy on ȝou; forsothe of ȝour hond this thing is don, ȝif eny manere he resceyue ȝour faces, saith the Lord of oostis. Who is in ȝou that closith doris, and brenneth myn auter of his own wille, or freeli? Wille is not to me in ȝou, saith the Lord of oostus; and Y shal not resceyue a ȝift of ȝour hond. Forsothe fro rysyng of the sunne vn to goyng doun, my name is grete in heythen men; and in eche place a cleene offryng is halewid, and offrid to my name; for my name is grete inamonge A. hei|then men, saith the Lord of oostis. And ȝe han defoulid it in that that ȝe sayn, The bord of the Lord is defoulid, and that that is putt on is contemptible, or worthi for to be dispisid, with the fijr that deuourith it. And ȝe saiden, Loo! of traueil; and ȝe han blowe it awey, saith the Lord of oostis. And ȝe brouȝten yn of raueins a krokid thing, and seeke, and brouȝten yn a ȝift; wher Y shal resceyue it of ȝour hond? saith the Lord. Cursid the gylful, that hath in his floc a male beest, and he makynge a vowe offrith a feble to the Lord; for I a grete kyng, saith the Lord of oostus, and my name orrible in folkis.

 CAP. II.

And now, O! prestis, to ȝou this maun|dement, ȝif ȝe woln heere. And ȝif ȝe woln not putte on the herte, that ȝe ȝeue glorie to my name, saith the Lord of oostis, Y shal sende inin to G sec. m. ȝou nedynesse, and Y shal curse to ȝour blessyngis; and Y shal curse hem, for ȝe han not putte on the herte. Loo! Y shal caste to ȝou arme, and Y shal scatere onvpon G sec. m. ȝour cheere the dritt of ȝoure solempnytees, and it shal take ȝou with it. And ȝe shuln wite, for Y sente to ȝou this maundement, that my couenaunt were with Leuy, saith the Lord of oostis. My couenaunt was with hym of lijf and pees; and Y ȝaue to hym a dreed, and he dredde me, and he dredde of the face of my name. The lawe of trewthe was in his mouth, and wickid|nesse is not founden in his lippis; in pees and in equitee he walkide with me, and many men he turnyde awey fro wickid|nesse. Forsothe lippisscience K. of the prest kepen science, or kunnyng, and thei shuln seeke aȝein the lawe of the mouth of hem, for he is an aungel of the Lord of oostis. Forsothe ȝe wenten awey fro the weye, and sclaundrensclaundreden A. han sclaundrid G sec. m. H. ful many men in the lawe; ȝe maden voide the couenaunt of Leuy, these thingus saith the Lord of oostis. For whiche thing and Y ȝaue ȝou worthi to be dispisid, and meeke, or lowe, to alle peplis, as ȝe kepten not my wayes, and token folcface of person G sec. m. H. in the lawe. Wher not oo fadir of alle ȝou? wher oo God made ȝou not of nouȝt? Whi therfore ech of ȝou dispisith his brother, defoul|ynge the couenaunt of ȝour faders? Judas trespaside, and abomynacioun is maad in Yrael, and in Jerusalem; for Judas defoulide the halewing of the Lord, whiche heOm. K. louyde, and aliens hadden the douȝter of the Lord. The Lord shal distruye the man that dide this thinge, the maystir and disciple, of tabernaclis of Jacob, and the offryng a ȝift to the Lord of oostis. And eftsoone ȝe diden this thing; ȝe hilliden with teris the auter of the Lord, with weepyng and mournyng, so that Y biholde namore to sacrifice, nether resceyue eny thing plesaunt of ȝour hond. And ȝe saiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi pubertee, that is, tyme of mariage, whiche thou di|spisidist, and this thi parcener, andOm. A. wijf of thi couenaunt. Wher oon dide not, and the residue of his spirit is? and what seekith oon, no bot the seed of God? Therfore kepe ȝe ȝoure spirit, and nyl thou dispise the wijf of thi ȝongthe; whanne thou shalt haue hir in hate, leue thou hir, saith the Lord God of Yrael. Forsothe wickidnesse keuere the closyng of hir, saith the Lord of oostis; kepe ȝe ȝoure spirit, and nyl ȝe dispise. Ȝe maden the Lord for to traueile in ȝour wordis, and ȝe saiden, Wheryn made we hym for to traueile? In that that ȝe sayen, Eche man that doth yuel, is good in the siȝt of the Lord, and siche plesen to hym; or certis wher is God of dom?

 CAP. III.

Loo! Y shal sende myn aungel, and he shal make redy the waye byfore my face; and anoon the lordshiper, whom ȝe seken, shal cum to his holy temple, `and theOm. G pr. m. aungel of testament, whom ȝe woln. Loo! he cummeth, saith theOm. K. Lord of oostis; and who shal mowe thenke the day of his cummyng? and who shal stonde for to see hym? Forsothe he as fijr wellynge to gidre, and as the erbe of fullers; and he shal sitte wellinge to gidre and clens|ynge syluer, and shal purge the sonys of Leuy; and shal purge hem as gold and as syluer, and thei shuln be offrynge to the Lord sacrifices in riȝtwisnessis. And sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem shal plese to the Lord, as days of the world, and as olde ȝeeris. And Y shal cum to ȝou in dom, and Y shal be a swyft witnesse to mysdoars, to poysonners, or enchaunters bi the deuyls craft, and to auowters, and forsworne men, and that falsly chalenge the hijr of the hirid man, and meeken widues, and faderlesse childre, and mo|derlesse, and oppressen the pylgryme, nether dredden me, saith the Lord of oostis. Forsothe Y the Lord, and Y am not chaungid; and ȝe sonnys of Jacob ben not waastid. Forsothe fro the days of ȝour fadres ȝe wenten awey fro my lawful thingus, and kepten not; turne ȝe aȝein to me, and Y shal aȝein turne to ȝou, saith the Lord of oostis. And ȝe saiden, In what thing shuln we turne aȝein? Ȝif a man shal turmente God? for ȝe to gydre fitchen me. And ȝe saiden, In what thing togidre fitchen we thee? In tythes, and in premissis, or first fruytis, and in myseyse, or nedynesse, ȝe ben cursid; and al ȝe folk disceyuen me, and to gidre fitchen. Brenge ȝe ynOm. A. eche tithe in to my berne, that mete be in my hous, and proue ȝe me on this thing, saith the Lord, ȝif Y shal not opne to ȝou the gutters of heuen, and shal sheede out to ȝou blessyng, vnto aboundaunce. And Y shal blame for ȝou the deuourynge, and he shal not cor|rumpe, or distruye, the fruyte of ȝour londe; nether bareyn vyneȝerd shal be in the feeld, saith the Lord of oostis, and alle folkis shuln sayn ȝou blessid; sothely ȝe shuln be a desyrable lond, saith the Lord of oostis. Ȝoure wordis wexiden stronge onvpon A. me, saith the Lord; and ȝe saiden, What han we spoken aȝeins thee? And ȝee saiden, He is veyn, that serueth God; and what wynnynge for we kepten his heestis, and for we wenten sorewful bifore the Lord of oostis? Therfore now we sayn proud men blessidben blessid G sec. m.; sotheli thei ben beeldid doynge vnpite, and thei temptiden God, and ben maad saaf. Thanne men dredinge God spaken, eche with his neiȝboure; and the Lord per|ceuyde, and herde, and a boke of mynde is writen bifore hym to men dreedinge God, and thinkynge his name. And thei shuln be to me, saith the Lord of oostis, in the day in whiche Y shal make, into a special tresoure; and Y shal spare hem, as a man sparith his sone seruynge to hym. And ȝe shuln be conuertid, and ȝe shuln see, what is bitwixe the iust man and the vnpitouse, bitwixe the seru|ynge to the Lord and not seruynge to hym. Loo! forsothe the day shal cumme, brennynge as a chymney; and alle proude men, and alle doynge vnpite shuln be stobil; and the day cummynge shal en|flawme hem, saith the Lord of oostis, whiche shal not leue to hem rote and buriownyng. And to ȝou dredynge my name the sunne of riȝtwisnesse shal springe, and helthe in pennys of hym; ȝe shuln go out, and ȝe shuln lippe, as a calf of the droue. And ȝe shuln to-trede vnpytouse men, whanne thei shuln be ashe vndir the soole of ȝoure feet, in the day in whiche Y do, saith the Lord of oostis. Bithenke ȝe of the lawe of my seruaunt Moyses, whiche Y comaundide to hym in Oreb, to alle Yrael comaunde|mentis and domys. Loo! Y shal sende to ȝou Hely, the prophete, bifore that the grete day and orrible of the Lord cumme. And he shal conuerte the herte of faders to sonys, and the herte of sonys to her faders, lest per auenture Y cumme, and smyte the erthe with curse.

 Here endith the book of Malachie, and bigynneth the firste book of Ma|chabeorumNo final rubric in AGH.. I. MACCABEES. The firste book of MachabeorumHere bigynneth the first boke of Machabeorum. A. Machabee the first. G. The first boke of Machabeis. H..CAP. I.

AND it is don, after that Alisaundre of Philip, kyng of Macedo, which regn|ede first in Grece, smote, he gon out of the lond of Sethym, smote Darius, kyng of Persis and Medis, and ordeynyde many bateilis, and gate strengthes of alle; and heOm. AGH. slewȝe kyngus of erthe, and passide forth vnto eendis of erthe, and toke spuylis of multitude of folkis; and the erthe was stille in the siȝt of hym. And he gadride vertu, and ful stronge oost, and the herte of hym is enhaunsid and lift up. And he gate cuntrees of folkis, and tyrauntis, or stronge men; and thei ben maad to hym in to tribut. And after these thingus he felle in to bed, and knewe that he shulde die. And he clepide his noble childre, that weren nurishid with hym fro her ȝouthe, and departide to hem his kyngdam, whanne ȝit he leuede. And Alisaundre regnyde twelue ȝeer, and is dead. And his chil|dren weldiden the rewme, eche in his place, and alle puttiden to hem dyademes after his deth, and sonysthe sonys G pr. m. of hem after hem, many ȝeeris; and yuelis ben mul|tipled in erthe. And there wente out of hem a root of synne, Antiochus the no|ble, the sone of Antiochi kyng, that was at Rome in seegyng, `or pleggeOm. A., and regnede in the hundrid and seuen and thretti ȝeer of the rewme of Greekis. In tho days wickid sonys of Yrael wenten out, and counseiliden many, sayinge, Go we, and ordeyne we a testament with heithen men, that ben aboute us; for sithen we departiden fro hem, many yuels founden us. And the wordLord K. is seen good in the eeȝen of hem. And summe of the peple senten, and wenten awey to the kyng; and he ȝaue power to hem for to do riȝtwisnesse of heithen men. And thei beeldiden a scole in Jerusalem, vp the lawis of naciouns; and thei maden to hem prepucyes, or hethen customes, and wenten awey fro the holy testament, and weren ioyned to naciouns, and weren solde for to do yuel. And the rewme hadde prosperite in the siȝt of Antio|chus, and he byganne for to regne in the lond of Egypt, for to regne on two rewmes. And he entride into Egipt in a greuous multitude, in chaaris, and oli|fauntis, and horsmen, and a plenteuous multitude of schippis, and he ordeynede bateil aȝens Tholome, kyng of Egipt; and Ptholome dredde of his face, and fleiȝ; and manye woundid fellen doun. And he toke the stronge citees in the lond of Egypt, and he toke prayes of the lond of Egypt. And Antiochus turnede, after that he smote Egypt, in the hun|drid and three and fourtithe ȝeer, and styede vpOm. A. to Yrael. And he stiede vp to Jerusalem in a greuouse multitude, and entride in to the halewyng with pride; and he toke the golden auter, and the candilstike of liȝt, and alle ves|sels therof, and the bord of proposicioun, and vessels of fleetynge sacrifices, and cruetis, and golden morters, and veil, and crownys, and golden ournement that was in face of the temple; and he brake alle. And he toke gold and syluer, and alle desireable vessels, and he toke theOm. H. priuy tresours, whiche he fonde; and alle taken up, he wente in to his lond. And he made slawȝter of men, and spake inOm. K. grete pride. And grete weiling is maad in Yrael, and in eche place of hem; and princis sorewiden inwardly, and elder men, and meydenys, and ȝung men, ben maad seeke, and fairnesse of wymen is chaungid. Eche husbond toke weilyng, and thei that saten in the husbondis bed, mourneden. And the lond is moued to gidre on men dwellynge therynne, and al the hous of Jacob clothide confusioun. And after two ȝeeris of days, the kyng sente a prince of tributis in to the citees of Juda, and he cam to Jerusalem with grete cumpaignye. And he spake to hem pesible wordis in gyle, and thei bileeuyden to hym. And sodenly he felle yn on the citee, and smote it with grete wounde, and lost miche peple of Yrael. And he toke prayes of the citee, and brente it with fijr, and distruyede housis therof, and wallis therof in cumpas. And thei ledden wymmen caityf, and children, and weldiden beestis. And thei beeld|iden the cytee of Dauid with gretea grete G sec. m. H. wall and sad, and sad toures; and it is maad to hem in to strengthe. And thei put|tiden there a folk of synners, wickid men, and thei weren stronge in it; and thei puttiden armers, and metis, and gadirden prays of Jerusalem; and put|tiden vp there, and ben maad into a grete gnare. And this thing is maad to aspyingus in yuel of halewyng, and in to yuel gyle in Yrael euermore. And thei shedden out innocent blood, bi cum|pas of the halewyng, and defouliden the halewyng. And dwellers of Jerusalem fledden for hem, and is maad habita|cioun of straungers, and is maad strange, or alien, to his seed, and the sonnys therof forsoken it. The halewyng therof is desolat as wildrenesse; the feestdays therof ben turned in to mournyng, the sabothis therof in to shenship, the hon|ouris therof into nouȝt. Vp the glorie therof the yuel fame therof is multi|plied, and heiȝnesse therof is tourned into mournyng. And kyng Antiochus wrot to al his reume, that al the peple weren oon. And thei forsoken eche man his lawe; and alle folkis consentiden vp the word of kyng Antiochus, and manye of Yrael consentiden to hym, and sacri|fieden to ydolis, and defouliden saboth. And kyng Antiochus sente bokis bi the hond of messangers in to Jerusalem, and in to alle citees of Judee, that thei shul|den sue the lawis of folkis of erthe, and thei shulden forbede burnt sacrifices, and sacrifices, and plesyngis for to be don in the temple of God, and shuldenthei schulden G sec. m. H. forbede the saboth for to be halewid, and so|lempne days, and holy thingus for to be defoulid, and the holy peple of Yrael. And he comaundide auters for to be beeldid, and templis, andof A. ydolis; and swyne fleshe for to be sacrifisid, and commoun, or unclene, beestus; and for to leue her sonys vncircumcidid, and the soulis of hem for to be defoulid in alle vnclennessis and abominaciouns, so that thei shulden forȝete the lawe, and shul|den chaunge alle the iustifiyngis of God. And who euer diden not thevp the A. word of Antiochus, shulden dye. After alle these wordis he wrote to al his rewme, and bifore sette princis to the peple, whiche shulden constreyne these thingis forOm. G pr. m. to be don. And thei comaundiden to citees of Juda for to sacrifice. And many of the peple ben gadrid to hem, whiche for|soken lawethe lawe H. of the Lord, and diden yuels on erthe; and dryuen out the peple of Yrael of priue places, and in hid places of fugityues, or fleeynge men. In the fyftenthe day of the moneth Casleu, in the hundrid and fyue and fourtithe ȝeere, kyng Antiochus beeldide the abominable ydol of desolacioun, or discomfort, onvpon A the auter of God; and bi alle the citees of Jude thei beeldiden auters. And bi|fore ȝatis of housis and in streetis thei brenten encensis, and sacrifieden; and brenten by fijr bokis of the lawe of God, keruynge hem. And anentis whom euer bokis of theOm. AGH. testament of the Lord weren founden, and who euer kepte the lawe of the Lord, vp maundement of the kyng thei slewen hym. In her vertu, or power, thei diden these thingus to the peple of Yrael, that was founden in eche moneth in citees. And in theOm. H. fyue and twentithe day of the moneth, thei sacri|fisiden on the auter, that was aȝeinus the auter. And wymmen, that circumcid|iden her sonys, weren strangled, vp co|maundement of kyng Antiochus; and thei hangiden children of the haterels, or hyndre part of the nek, by alle housis of hem, and strangliden that circumcid|idencircumciden G pr. m. hem. And many of the peple of Yrael determyden, or fully demyden, anentis hem, that thei shulden not ete vnclene thingis, and chesiden more for to dye, than for to be defoulid with vn|clene metis. And thei wolden not breke the holy lawe of God, and thei weren slayn; and gretethe greet H. wrath is maad on the peple ful myche.

 CAP. II.

In tho days Mathatias roose, the sone of Joon, sone of Symeon, he `a prestOm. K sec. m. of the sones of Joazin, of Jerusalem, and sate in the hil Modyn. And he hadde fyue sones; Joon, that was named Gaddis; and Sy|mount, that was namyd Thasi; and Ju|das, that was clepid Machabeus; and Eleazarus, that was namyd Abaron; and Jonathas, that was named Apphus. These sawen the yuelis that weren don in the peple of Juda and Jerusalem. And Mathatias saide, Woo to me! wher|to am I born, for to se contricioun, or distruyingdistruccioun A., of my peple, and contri|cioun of the holy citee, and for to sitte there, whan it is ȝouen in hondis of en|myes? Holy thingus ben maad in the hond of strangers; the temple therof as a man vnnoble; vessels of glorie therof ben ladde awey caytif. Olde men therof ben slayn in streetis therof, and ȝunge men therof fellen doun in swerd of en|myes. What folk enheritide not the kyngdam therof, and weeldede not prayes therof? Al makyng to gidre, or ourn|yng, therof is born awey; she that was free, is maad hond mayden. And loo! oure holy, and oure fairnesse, and oure cleerte, is desolate, and heithen men de|fouliden it. What therfore ȝit to vs for to lyue? And Mathatias kitte, and his sonys, her clothis, and hilliden hem with hayris, and weiliden gretely. And thei that weren sente of kyng Antiochus, camen thidre, for to constreyne hem that fledden to gydre in to the citee Modyn, for to offre and brenne encensis, and for to departe fro the lawe of God. And many of the peple of Yrael consentynge camen to hem; bot Mathatias and his sonys stoden stidfastly. And thei an|sweryng, that weren sente of Antiochus, saiden to Mathatias, Thou art prince, and most cleer, and grete in this citee, and ourned with sonys and bretheren. Therfore go to former, and do the maunde|ment of the kyng, as alle folkis han don, and menthe men A. of Juda, and thei that laften in Jerusalem. And thou shalt be, and thy sonnys, among freendis of the kyng, and made large in siluer and gold, and in many ȝiftis. And Mathatias answeride, and saide with grete voice, And if alle folkis obeien to theOm. AGH. kyng Antiochus, that thei go awey eche man fro seruice of the lawe of his fadris, and consente to his maundementis, Y, and my sonnys, and my bretheren shuln obeie to the lawe of oure fadris. God be helpful to us; it is not prophitable to us for to forsake the lawe and riȝtwisnessis of God. We schu|len not heeren the wordis of kyng An|tiochus, nether shuln sacrifice, brekynge the maundementis of oure lawe, that we go another way. And as he ceeside for to speke these wordis, sum Jew wente to in eeȝen of alle men, for to sacrifice to ydolis on the auter, in the cytee Modyn, vp comaundement of the kyng. And Mathatias sauȝ, and sorewide, and his reyns trembliden togidre, and his wod|nesse is kyndled after dom of the lawe; and he lippynge ynne, slewȝ hym on the auter. Bot and he slewȝ in that tyme the man whom kyng Antiochus sente, whiche compellide for to be offrid, and distruyide the auter. And he louede feruently the lawe, as Fynees dide to Zambri, sone of Salomy. And Mathatias criede in grete voice in the cytee, say|inge, Eche man that hath feruent loue of the lawe, ordeynynge testament, go out after me. And he fleiȝ, and his sonnys, in to mounteyns, and leften what euer thingus theithat thei A. hadden in the citee. Thanne manye wente doun, seekynge domes and riȝtwisnesse, in to desert, that thei saten there, thei, and sonys of hem, and wym|men of hem, and beestis of hem, for yuels weren hard on hem. And it is tolde aȝein to men of the kyng, and to the oost, that weren in Jerusalem, in the cytee of Dauid, for sum men wente awey, that distruyeden maundement of the kyng, in to priuy placis of desert; and many hadden gon after hem. And anoon thei wenten to hem, and ordeyniden aȝeins hem bateile, in the day of sabothis; and saiden to hem, Aȝeinstonde ȝe and now ȝit? go ȝe out, and do ȝe vp the word of kyng Antiochus, and ȝe shuln lyue. And thei saiden, We shuln not go out, nethir we shuln do the word of the kyng, that we defoule the day of sabothis. And thei steriden bateile aȝeinus hem. And thei answerden not to hem, nether sente stoon to hem, nether stoppiden preuy places, sayinge, Dye we alle in oure symplenesse, and heuen and erthe shuln be witnessis on vs, that vniustly ȝe leesen us. And thei baren yn to hem bateil in sabothis, and thei ben deade, and the wyues of hem, and sonnys of hem, and beestis of hem, vnto a thou|sand soules of men. And Mathatias knewe, and his freendis; and thei had|den mournyng on hem gretely. And a man saide to his neiȝbore, Ȝif we alle shuln do as oure bretheren diden, and shuln not fiȝte aȝeinus heithen men, for oure soulis, and oure iustifiyngis, sunner thei shuln distruye vs of erthe. And thei thouȝten in that day, sayinge, Eche man who euer shal cum to vs in bateile, in day of sabothis, fiȝte we aȝeinus hym, and dye we not alle, as oure bretheren ben dead in priuy places. Than the synagoge of Jewis, stronge in miȝtis of Yrael, is gadrid to hem, euery wilful man in lawe; and alle that fledden fro yuels, ben addid, or put, to hem. And thei ben maad to hem to stedfastnesse, and gedryden an oost, and smyten synners in her wrath, and wickid men in her indig|nacioun; and the tother fledden to na|ciouns, for to ascape. And Mathatias enuyrounede, and his freendis, and dis|truyeden auters, and circumcididen chil|dren vncircumcidid, hou manye euer thei founden in coostis of Yrael, in strengthe. And thei pursueden sonys of pride, and the werk hadde prosperite in her hondis. And thei weeldiden the lawe `of hondisOm. G pr. m. of heithen men, and of hondis of kyngus, and ȝauen not horn, or strengthe, to the synner. And the days of Mathatias of dying neiȝeden, and he saide to his sonys, Now pride is counfortid, and chastisyng, and tyme of distruccioun, and the wrath of indignacioun. Now therfore, sonys, be ȝe suers, or louers, of the lawe, and ȝeue ȝe ȝoure lyues for the testament of fadris. And bithenke ȝe of the werkis of fadris, that thei diden in her genera|ciouns, and ȝe shuln resceyue grete glorie, and euerlastynge name. Wher Abraham in temptation was not founden feithful, and it is rettid to hym toin to A. riȝtwisnesse? Joseph in tyme of his anguyshe kepte the comaundement, and was maad lord of Egypt. Fynees, oure fadir, feruently louynge the feruent loue of God, toke tes|tament of euerlastynge presthode. Jhe|sus, or Josue, whijle he fulfilled the word, is maad duyk in Yrael. Caleph, whijl he witnessith in the chirche, toke heritage. Dauid in his mercy gate the seete of kyngdam, in to worldis. Helye, whijl he feruently loueth the feruent loue of the lawe, is resceyued in to heuen. Ananias, Azarias, Mysael, by leeuynge ben delyuered of flawme. Danyel in his symplenesse is delyuerd of mouth of lyouns. And thus bithenke ȝe bi gene|racioun and generacioun, for alle that hopen in to hym ben not maad vnsted|fast. And of wordis of the synner ȝe shuln not drede, for the glorie of hym is torde and worme; to day he is en|haunsid, and to morrew he shal not be founden, for he is turned in to his erthe, and his thouȝte shal perishe. Therfore, sonys, be ȝe confortid, and do ȝe manly in the lawe; for whan ȝe shuln do whiche thingus ben bedun to ȝou in the lawe of the Lord ȝour God, in it ȝe shuln be glorious. And loo! Symount, ȝour bro|there; I wote, for he is a man of coun|seile, heere ȝe hym euermore, and he shal be fadir to ȝou. And Judas Macha|beus, stronge in miȝtis fro his ȝouth, be he to ȝou a prince of kniȝthode, and he shal do bateil of the peple. And ȝe shuln brynge to ȝou alle doars of the lawe, and venge ȝe the veniaunce of ȝoure peple. Ȝelde ȝe ȝeeldynge to hei|then men, and take ȝe tent `in toto AH. the heest of lawe. And he blesside hem, and is putt to his faders. And he is dead in the hundrid and sixe and fourtiefourtithe AH. ȝeere, and is biryed of his sonnys in to the sepulcre of his fadris in Modyn; and alle Yrael weiliden hym with greet weylyng.

 CAP. III.

And Judas roose, that was cleepid Ma|chabeus, his sone, for him. And alle his bretheren helpiden hym, and alle that ioyneden hem to his fadir, and thei fouȝten the bateil of Yrael with glad|nesse. And he alargide glorie to his peple, and clothide hym a hawberioun as a ieaunt, and girde hym hiswith A. armeres of bateile in bateilis, and defendide cas|tellis with his swerde. He is maad lijc to a lyoun in his werkis, and as whelp of lyoun rorynge in his huntyng. And he pursuede wickid men, seekynge hem; and he brente hem in flawmes, that to gydre distourbliden his peple. And his enmyes ben putt aȝein for dreed of hym, and alle wirchers of wickidnesse ben tru|blid to gidre; and helthe is dressid in his hond. And he wraththide many kyngus, and gladide Yrael in his werkis, and in to world his mynde in blessyng. And he wente thoru the citees of Juda, and lost vnpitous men of hem, and turn|yde awey wrath fro Yrael. And he is named vn to the vttermost of erthe, and he gadride the perishynge. And Appo|lonius gadride folkis, and fro Samarie miche vertue, and grete, for to fiȝt aȝeinus Yrael. And Judas knewe, and wente out aȝeinus hym, and smote, and slewȝ hym. And many woundid fellen doun, and the other fledden; and he toke prayes of hem. And Judas toke awey the swerd of Appolonie, and was fiȝtyng therynne in alle days. And Se|ron, prince of the oost of Syrie, herde, that Judas gadride a gaderyng, and the chirche of feithful men with hym. And he saith, Y shal make to me a name, and Y shal be glorified in rewme, and Y shal ouercumme Judas, and hem that ben with hym, whiche dispisiden the kyngus word. And he made hym redy; and the castels of vnpitous men, strong help|ers, stieden vp with hym, for to do ven|iaunce in to the sonys of Yrael. And thei neiȝiden vn to Betheron; and Judas wente out aȝeinus hem, with fewe men. Forsothe as thei sawen the oost cum|mynge to hem in meetyng, thei saiden to Judas, How mown we fewe fiȝte aȝeinus so grete multitude, so stronge; and we ben maad wery by fastyng this day? And Judas saith, It is liȝt, or eisy, many for to be closid to gydre in hond of fewe; and difference is not in the siȝt of God of heuen, for to delyuere in many or in fewe; for not in multitude of oost the victorie of bateil, bot of heuen is strengthe. Thei cummen to us in rebelle multitude, and prid, for to distruye vs, and oure wyues, and oure sonys, and for to robbe us. Forsothe we shuln fiȝte for oure soulis, and oure lawis, and he the Lord shal breke hem to gydre byfore oure face; forsothe dreede ȝe not hem. Sothely as he ceeside for to speke, he hurlide in in to hem soodeynly; and Seron is broken to gidre, and his oost, in siȝt of hym. And he pursuede hym in the goyng doun of Betheron, til in to the feeld; and eiȝte hundrid men of hem fellen doun, the other forsothe fledden in to the lond of Philistyim. And dreedthe dreed AH. of Judas, and of his bretheren, and in|ward ferdnesse, felle on alle heithen men in cumpas of hem; and the name of hym came to the kyng, and of the batels of Judas alle folkis telden. Sothely as kyng Antiochus herde these wordis, he was wrothe in inwitt; and he sente, and gadride the oost of al his rewme, ful strongegrete A. castels. And he opnyde his tresorie, and ȝaue soudis to the oost, in to oo ȝeer, and comaundide hem, that thei weren redy to alle thingus. And he sawȝ, that monee failide of his tresours, and tributis of the cuntre litil, for dis|cencioun and veniaunce that he dide in to the lond, for to do awey the lawful thingis that weren of the first days. And he dredde, that he shulde not haue and oonys and twies in to costis and ȝiftis, whiche he hadde ȝouen byfore with large hond; and he aboundide ouer kyngus that weren bifore hym. And he was astonyed in ynwitt gretly, and thouȝte for to go in to Persis, and to take tributis of cuntrees, and for to gadre myche syluer. And he laft Ly|sias, a noble man of the kyngis kynne, on the kyngus needis, fro the flood Eu|frates vn to the flood of Egipt; and that he shulde nuriche Antiochus, his sone, til he cam aȝein. And he toke to hym the mydil oost, and olifauntis, and comaundide to hym of alle thingus that he wolde, and of men enhabitynge Jude and Jerusalem; and that he shulde sende to hem an oost, for to breke to gidre, and to distruye vtterly the vertue of Yrael, and relikis of Jerusalem, and forOm. A. to do awey the mynde of hem of place; and for to ordeyne aliens sonys dwellers in alle the coostis of hem, and bi lot for to departe the lond of hem. And the kyng toke to a part of the residue oost, and wente out of Antioche, the citee of his rewme, in the hundrid and seuen and fourtye ȝeer; and passide ouer the flood Eufrates, and wente thoru the heeȝer cuntrees. And Lisias chese Ptholome, sone of Dorim, and Nychanore, and Gor|gie, miȝty men of the kyngus freendus. And he sente with hem fourti thousand of men, and seuen thousand of horsmen, `or knyȝtisOm. A.; and that thei shulden cum in to the lond of Juda, and distruy it, vp word of the kyng. And thei wenten forth, for to go with al her vertue; and thei camen, and applieden, or fellen to, at Ammaum, in the feeldy lond. And marchauntis of cuntrees herden the name of hem, and token syluer and gold ful myche, and children, and camen in to castels, for to take the sonys of Yrael in to seruauntis; and the oostis of Sirie ben added to hem, and londis of aliens. And Judas seeȝ, and his bretheren, for yuels ben multiplied, and the oost ap|pliede, or londide, at the coostis of hem; and thei knewen wordus of the kyng, whiche he comaundide the peple for to do, in to perishyng and eendyng. And thei saiden, eche man to his neiȝbore, Reise we the casting doun of oure peple, and fiȝte weOm. K. for oure peple, and oure holy thingus. And cummyng to gidre of oost is gadrid, for to be redy in to bateile, and for to preye, and axe mercy, and mercy doyngus. And Jerusalem was not enha|bitid, bot was as desert; ther was not that entride and wente oute, of the chil|dren therof; and the holy thing was defoulid, and sonys of aliens weren in the heeȝ rocke, or toure, there was the dwellyng of heithen men; and volupte, or lust, of Jacob is don awey, and pipe and harpe failide there. And thei weren gadrid, and came in to Masphath aȝeinus Jerusalem; for place of preyer was in Masphath, bifore than in Jerusalem. And thei fastiden in that day, and cloth|iden hem with heiris, and puttiden ashea sacke A. in her hed, and renten her clothis. And theiOm. A. spradden abrood bokis of the lawe, of whiche heithen men souȝten liknesse of her symulacris; and thei brouȝten to ournementis of prestis, and premyssis, and tithis; and thei reisiden Nazareis, that hadden fulfilliden days. And thei crieden with grete voice in to heuen, sayinge, What shuln we do to these, and whidir shuln we leede hem? And thin holy thingus ben to-troden, and de|foulid, and thi prestis ben maad in to mournyng, and in to meekenesse, or dispite. And lo! naciouns camen togi|dre aȝeinus vs, for to distruye vs; thou woost what thingus thei thenken in to vs. Hou shuln we mown with stonde byfore the face of hem, no bot thou, God, help us? And thei crieden in trum|pis, withand with K. grete voice. And after these thingus Judas ordeynyde duykis of the peple, tribunys, that oon ledde a thou|sand, and centoriouns, or ledinge an hun|drid, and pentacontarkes, leders of fyfty, and decuriouns, leders of ten. And he saide to these that bildiden housis, and weddiden wyues, and plantiden vyne ȝerdis, and to dreedful men, that thei turnyden aȝein, eche man in to his hous, vp the lawe. And thei moueden castels, or oostis of armed men, and thei settiden to gidre at the south of Ammaum. And Judas saith, Be ȝe gird, and be ȝe miȝti sonys, and be ȝe redy in the morewyng, and that ȝe fiȝte aȝeinus these naciouns, that camen to gidre for to distruye vs, and oure holy thingus. For better is vs for to dye in bateile, than for to see yuel of oure folk and holy thingus. Forsothe as wille shal be in heuen, so be it don.

 CAP. IV.

And Gorgias toke to fyue thousand of men, and a thousand chosen horsmen; and thei moueden tentis by nyȝt, for to applie to the tentis of Jewis, and for to smyte hem sodeynly; and the sonys that weren on the heeȝ rocke, weren leeders to hem. And Judas herde, and he roose, and miȝty men, for to smyte the vertue of oostis of the kyng, that was in Am|maum; ȝitand ȝit A. sothely the oost was scaterid fro tentis. And Gorgias came in to the tentis of Judas bi niȝt, and fonde no man; and thei souȝten hem in hillis, for he saide, These fleen fro vs. And whan day was maad, Judas apperide in the feelde with three thousandis of men oonly, whiche hadden not hilingis and swerdis. And thei sawen the tentis of heithen men stronge, and men hauberi|ounyd, and ridingis in cumpas of hem, and these tauȝt to bateile. And Judas saith to men, that sueden, Dreede ȝe not the multitude of hem, and dreede ȝe not inwardli the feersnesse of hem. AndOm. AGH. bythenke ȝe, hou oure fadris ben maad saaf in the Rede Se, whan Pharao suede hem with miche oost. And nowe crie we in to heuen, and the Lord shal haue mercy of vs, and shal be myndeful of the testament of oure fadris, and shal breke to gidre this oost bifore oure face to day. And alle folkis shuln wite, for God is, that shal aȝein bye, and delyuere Yrael. And aliens reisiden her eeȝen, and sawen hem cummynge of the contrarie partOm. A., or euen aȝein, and wenten out of tentis in to bateile. And thei that weren with Judas, songen in trumpe. And thei wenten to gidre, and heithen men ben broken to gidre, and fledden in to the feelde; forsothe the last fellen doun in swerd. And thei pursueden hem vn to Gaseron, and til in to the feeldis of Ydume, and Aȝotus, and Jamny; and ther fellen doun of hem vn to three thou|sandus of men. And Judas turnyde aȝein, and his oost suynge hym. And he saide to the peple, Coueyte ȝe not prayes, for bateil is aȝeinus vs, and Gorgias and his oost in the hil niȝ vs; bot stonde ȝe nowe aȝeinus ȝoure enmyes, and ouer|cumme ȝe hem, and after these thingus ȝe sikir shuln take prayes. And ȝit Ju|das spekynge these thingus, loo! sum part apperide, biholdynge forth of the hill. And Gorgias sawȝ, that his ben to gidre turnyd in to fliȝt, and tentis ben brent; forsothe the smoke that was seen, de|claride that that was don. Whiche thingus biholden, thei dredden greteli, biholdinge to gidre and Judas and the oost in the feeld, redi to bateile. And thei fledden alle in the feeld of aliens, and Judas turnyde aȝein to preyes of the tentis; and thei token myche gold, and syluer, and iacintt, and purpre of the se, and grete ritchessis. And thei conuertid sungen an ympne, or herying, and blessiden God in to heuen; for he is good, for in to the world the mercy of hym. And grete helthe is maad in Yrael in that day. Forsothe who euer of aliens fledden, camen, and teelden to Lisias alle thingus that bifellen. Whiche herd, he, astonyed in ynwitt, failide; for not what maner thingus he wolde, siche bifellen in Yrael, and what manere thingus the kyng comaundide. And the ȝeer suynge, Li|sias gadride of chosen men sixti thou|sandis, and of horsmen fyue thousand, for to ouercumme hem. And thei camen in to Judee, and setten tentis in Bethe|ron; and Judas ran to hem with ten thousand of men. And thei sawen a stronge oost, and he preyede, and seide, Blessid art thou, saueour of Yrael, that hast broken to gidre the firsnesse of the miȝti in the hond of thi seruaunt Dauid, and bitokist the castels, or tentis, of aliens in to the hondis of Jonathas, sone of Saul, and of his squyer. Close thouȝou G pr. m. to gydre and thisthe G pr. m. oost in the hond of thi peple Yrael, and be thei confoundid in her oost, and horsmen. Ȝeue thouOm. G pr. m. to hem inwardinwardli A. dreed, and make the hardi|nesse of her vertue to faile, and be thei moued to gidre in herOm. G pr. m. brekyng to gidre. Caste hem doun in the swerd of men louynge thee, and to gidre preyse thee alle that knewen thi name, in ympnys. And thei sente, or ioyneden, to gidere bateile, and fyue thousand of men fellen doun of theOm. AG. oost of Lisias. Lisias for|sothe seeynge the fliȝt of hyse, and the hardynesse of Jewis, and that thei ben redy ether for to lyue, ether for to dye strongly, wente to Antioche, and cheese kniȝtis, that thei multiplied eftsone shul|den cume in to Judee. Forsothe Judas saide, and his bretheren, Loo! oure en|myes ben broken togidre; stye we nowe, for to clense holy thingis, and renewlerenewe A., or make newe. And al the oost is ga|drid, and styeden in to the hill of Syon. And thei sawen the halewyng desert, and the auter vnhalewid, and the ȝatis brent, and in the porchis tendre trees sprungen, as in wijlde wode or moun|teyns, and the litil cellis distruyed. And thei renten her clothingus, and weiliden with grete weilynge; and puttiden ashe on her hede, and fellen in to face on the erthe, and crieden in trumpis of signys, and crieden in to heuen. Thanne Judas ordeynyde, for to fiȝte aȝeinus hem that weren in the heeȝ rocke, til thei clens|iden holi thingus. And he chese prestis with outen wemme, hauynge wille in the lawe of God; and thei clensiden holy thingus, and token awey stoons of defoul|yng in to an vnclene place. And he thouȝte of the auter of brent sacrifices, that was vnhalewid, what he shulde do therof. And a good counseile felle yn to hym, for to distruye it, lest it were to hem in to shenship, for heithen men defouliden it. And thei destruyeden it, and puttiden aȝein, or kepten, stoons in the hill of the hous, in couenable place, til that a prophete came, and answerdeanswre G pr. m. schulde answre G sec. m. of hem. And thei token hool stoons, after the lawe, and beeldiden a newe auter, vp that that was byfore. And thei beeldiden holy thingus, and tho thingus that weren withynne the hous withynn|forth; and thei halewiden the hous and the porchis. And thei maden newe holy vessels, and brouȝten yn a candilstike, and the auter of encensis, and a bord in to the temple. And thei puttiden en|cense on the auter, and tenden lanternys, that weren on the candilstike, and ȝauen liȝt in the temple. And thei puttiden looues on the borde, and hangiden veyles, and eendiden al thethese A. werkis that thei maden. And bifore morewtid thei risen, in the `fifthe and twentifyue and twentithe A. fifthe and twentithe H. day of the nynth monethe, this isOm. G pr. m. the moneth Cas|leuof Casleu K pr. m., of the hundrid and eiȝte and four|tithe ȝeer. And thei offeriden sacrifice after the lawe, on the newe auter of brent sacrifices, whiche thei maden after tyme. And after the day in whiche hei|then men defouliden it, in that it was renulid, in songis, and harpis, and cyna|ris, that ben instrumentis of musike, and cymbalis. And alle the peple felle in to the face, and wirshipiden, and blessiden in to heuen hym that dide prosperite in hem. And thei maden halewing of the auter in eiȝte days, and offreden brent sacri|fices with gladnesse, and helpful thingis of heryingis. And thei ournedenhonoureden A. the face of the temple with golden crownys, and smale sheeldis; and halew|iden the ȝatis, and porchis, or smale cellis, and puttiden to hem ȝatis. And ful grete gladnesse is maad in the peple, and the shenship of heithen men is turned awey. And Judas ordeynide, and his bretheren, and al the chirche of Yrael, that the day of halewyng of the auter be don in his tymes, fro ȝeer in to ȝeer, bi eiȝte days, fro the `fifthe and twentyfyue and twentithe A. day of the moneth of Casleu, with glad|nesse and ioye. And thei beeldiden in that tyme the hill of Syon, and bi cum|pas heeȝ wallis, and sadde toures, lest eny tyme heithen men camen, and de|fouliden it, as thei diden byfore. And he sette there a cumpanye, for to keepe it; and he wardide it, for to kepe Beth|sura, that the peple shulde haue ward|yng, or strengtheing, aȝein the face of Ydume.

 CAP. V.

And it is don, as heithen men herden in cumpas, for the auter is beeldid, and the sayntuarie as bifore, thei weren wroth greteli. And thei thouȝten for to do awey the kynrede of Jacob, that was among hem; and thei bygunne for to slea of the peple, and pursue. And Judas ouercam the sonys of Esau in Ydume, and hem that weren in Arabathane, for thei saten aboute men of Yrael; and he smote hem with a grete wound. And he thouȝte of the malice of sonisthe sonis A. of Bean, that weren to the peple in to gnare, and in to sclaun|dre, aspyinge it in the waye. And thei ben closid `to gidreOm. A. fro hym in toures; and he appliede to hem, and curside hem, and brente with fijr the toures of hem, with alle men that weren in hem. And he passide to the sonys of Amon, and fonde stronge hond, and plenteuouse peple, and Tymothe, the duyk of hem. And he smote many batels with hem, and thei ben broken to gidre in siȝt of hem. And he smote hem, and he toke the cite Jazarof Jazar A., and the sonys therof; and he turnyde aȝein in to Judee. And hethen men that ben in Galaad, ben ga|drid aȝeinus Israelitis, that weren in the costis of hem, for to do hem awey; and thei fledden into Dathinan strengthinge. And thei senten lettris to Judas, and his bretheren, sayinge, Heithen men ben ga|drid aȝeinus vs bi cumpas, that thei do vs awei; and thei maken redi for to cumme, and occupie the strengthing, in to whom we fledden; and Tymothe is duyk of the oost of hem. Now therfore cum thou, and delyuere vs fro her hondis, for the multitude of vs felle doun; and alle oure bretheren that weren in the placis of Tubyn, euery wher ben slayne; and thei ledden caityf the wyues of hem, and children, and token spuylis, and killiden there almest a thousand men. And ȝit pistles weren rad, and nowe other mes|sangers camen of Galilee, with cootis to|rent, tellynge after these wordus, sayinge, for to have cummen to gidre aȝeins hem fro Ptholomaida, and Tyre, and Sydon, and al Galilee is fulfillid with aliens, for to distruye vs. Sotheli as Judas herde, and the peple, these wordis, a grete chirche came to gidre, for to thenke what thei shulden do to her bretheren, that weren in tribulacioun, and weren ouercummen of hem. And Judas saide to Symount, his brother, Chese to thee men, and go, and deliuere thi bretheren in Galilee; I forsothe and my brother Jonathas shuln go in to Galatithym. And heOm. A. lafte Josephus, sone of Zacharie, and Azarie, duykis of the peple, with the residue oost in Jude to keepynge. And he comaundide hem, sayinge, Bi|fore be ȝe to this peple, and nyl ȝe smyte bateil aȝeinus heithen men, til we turnen aȝein. And three thousand men ben ȝouen to Symont, for to go in to Ga|lilee; to Judas sothely eȝte thousand, in to Galadithym. And Symont wente in to Galilee, and ioynyde many bateils with heithen men. And hethen men ben broken to gydre fro his face, and he pur|suede hem vn to the ȝate of Ptholomaida. And there fellen doun of hethen men al|mest three thousand of men; and he toke the spuilys of hem. And he toke to hem that weren in Galilee, and in Arba|this, with wyues, and children, and alle thingus that weren to hem; and heOm. G pr. m. ledde toOm. G pr. m. in to Jude with grete gladnesse. And Judas Machabeus, and Jonathas, and his bretheren passiden Jordan, and wenten forth the waye of three days in to desert. And Nabutheis camen aȝeinus hem, and resceyueden hem pesibely, and teelden alle thingus that bifellen to her bretheren in Galadithym; and for many of hem ben cauȝt in Barasa, and Bozor, and Malymys, and Casphor, and Mathet, and Carnaym; alle these stronge citees and greete. Bot `and inin to A. other citees of Gala|dithis thei ben holden cauȝt. And onin A. the morewe thei ordeyneden for to moue the oost to tho citees, and for to cacche, and take hem awey in oo day. And Judas turnyde, and his oost, the waye in to desert of Bozor soodeynly. And he occu|piede the citee, and slewȝ eche male in mouth of swerd, and toke alle the spuylis therof, and brente it with fijr. And thei rijsen thennus in niȝt, and wenten vn to the strengthinge. And it is maad in spryng of the day, whanne thei reysiden her eeȝen, and loo! myche peple, of whom was no noumbre, beryng laddris and engynes, for to take the strength|yng, and ouer cumme hem. And Judas seeȝ, for bateil byganne, and crye of bateile styede in to heuen, as aOm. G pr. m. trumpe, and grete cry of aOm. G pr. m. citee. And he saide to his oost, Fiȝte ȝe to day for ȝour bretheren. And he cam in three ordris after hem, and thei crieden with trumpis, and crieden in preyer. And the tentis of Tymothe knewen, for it is Machabeus, and fledden fro his face. And thei han smyten hem with grete wounde; and there fellen doun of hem in that day almest eiȝt thousand of men. And Judas turnyde awey in to Masphath; and heOm. G pr. m. ouercame and toke it, and slewȝ eche male therof, and toke spuylis of it, and brente it in fijr. Fro thennus he wente, and toke Casbon, and Mageth, and Bozor, and other citees of Galadithe. Sotheli after these wordis Thymothe gadride an other oost, and puttide tentis aȝeinus Raphon, ouer the strem of rayn. And Judas sente for to biholde the oost, and thei tolden aȝein to hym, sayinge, For alle heithen men that ben in oure cum|pas camen to gidre to hym, and a ful myche oost. And thei hijriden Arabians in to help to hym, and thei han sette tentis ouer the streme of reyn, redy for to cume to thee in to bateile. And Ju|das wente aȝeinus hem. And Tymothee saide to princis of his oost, Whanne Judas shal neiȝ, and his oost, to the streme of reyn water, ȝif he shal passe former to vs, we shuln not mowen sus|teynen hym, for he miȝti shal mowe aȝeinus vs. Sothely ȝif he shal dreede for to passe, and shal sette tentis bisidis, or with ynne, the flood, passe we ouer to hem, and we shuln mown aȝeinus hym. Forsothe as Judas neiȝide to the streme of watir, he ordeynide scribisscribis or writers H. of the peple by sidis the streme, and comaund|ide to hem, sayinge, Leue ȝe noon of men, bot cumme ȝe alle in to bateile. And he the former passide ouer to hem, and alle the peple after hym. And alle these heithen men ben broken to gidre fro the face of hem, and thei castiden awey her armours; and thei fledden to the temple, that was at Carnaym. And he occupiede thilk citee, and brente the temple with fijr, with alle that weren in it; and Carnaym is oppresid, and miȝte not susteyn aȝeinus the face of Judas. And Judas gadride alle Ysraelitis that weren in Galadithes, fro the leste vn to the most, and the wijues of hem, and children, and a ful grete oost, that thei shulden cume in to the lond of Judee. And thei camen til to Ephron, and this grete citee putt ful stronge in the entree; and ther was not for to bowe awei fro it, in the riȝt half or left, bot by the mydil the waye was. And thei that weren in the citee closiden hem yn, and stoppiden the ȝatis with stoonys. And Judas sente to hem with pesible wordis, sayinge, Passe we by ȝoure lond, for to go into oure lond, and no man schal anoye ȝou, oonly on feet we schulen go. And thei wolde not opne to hem. And Judas comaundide for to preche in tentis, or oost, that eche man shulde applie, in what place he was. And men of vertu applieden hem, and he fauȝte aȝeinus that citee al day and al niȝt, and the citee is bitaken in his hond. And thei slewen eche male in mouth of swerd, and drewȝ it vp by the rootis, and toke the spuylis therof, and passide by al the citee on the slayn men. And thei pass|iden ouer Jordan, in the grete feeld aȝeinus the face of Bethsan. And Judas was gadrynge the last, and monestide the peple bi alle the waye, til thei camen in to the lond of Juda. And thei styeden in to the hill of Syon with gladnesse and ioye, and offriden brent sacrifices, that no man of hem felle doun, or was dead, til thei turnyden aȝein in pese. And in the days inOm. K. whiche Judas was, and Jonathas, in the lond of Galaad, and Symont, his brother, in Galilee, aȝeinus the face of Ptholomaida, Josephus, sone of Zacharie, herde, and Azarias, prince of vertu, the thingis wel done, and bateilis that ben maad. And he saide, Make and we oure self a name to vs, and go we for to fiȝte aȝeinus heithen men, that ben in oure cumpas. And he comaundide to these that weren in his oost, and thei wenten forth nowe the waye. And Gor|gias wente out of the citee, and his men, aȝeinus hem, in to fiȝt. And Josephus and Azarias ben dryuen til into the eendis of Judee; and ther felle doun in that day of the peple of Yrael, men two thousandis. And a grete wound is maad in the peple; for thei herden not Judas and his bretheren, gessynge hem to do|ynge strongly. Forsothe thei weren not of the seed of tho men, by whiche helthe is maad in Yrael. And men of Juda ben magnyfied greteli in siȝt of al Yrael, and of alle heithen men, wher the name of hem was herd. And thei cammen to gidre, cryinge to hem prosperite, or blessid thingus. And Judas wente oute, and his bretheren, and ouer camen the sonnys of Esau, in the lond that is at the south; and he smote Chebron, and the douȝters therof, and wallis therof, and the touris therof brente in fijr in cumpas. And he mouede tentis, for to go in to lond of aliens; and he wente thoru Samarie. In that day prestis fellen doun in bateile, whijl thei wolen do strongly, whijl with outen counseil thei wenten out in to bateil. And Judas bowide aweye in to Azotus, in the lond of aliens, and distruyide the auters of hem, and spuylis of her goddis brente in fijr, and toke prayes of citees; and turn|yde aȝein in to the lond of Juda.

 CAP. VI.

And kyng Antiochus walkide thoru the heeȝer cuntrees, and he herde a citee for to be, Elymaides, in Persis, the no|blist and plenteuous in syluer and gold; and a temple in it ful riche, and there golden veylis, and hauberiouns, and sheeldis, whiche Alisaundre of Philip, kyng of Macedo, left, that regnyde first in Grece. And he came, and souȝte for to take the citee, and robbe it; and he miȝte not, for the word was knowen to hem that weren in the citee. And thei risen vp in to bateil, and he fleiȝ thennus, and wente awey with grete heuynesse, and turnyde aȝein to Babiloyne. And ther came, that teelde to hym in Persis, for the oostis that weren in the lond of Juda ben dryuen, and for Lisias wente with stronge vertu in the first, or best men, and he is dryuen fro the face of Jewis, and thei wexiden stronge in ar|mers, and strengthis, and many prayes, whiche thei token of tentis, or oostis, whiche thei slewen; and for thei dis|truyeden the abominacioun, whiche he beeldide on the auter that was in Jeru|salem, and thei enuyrounyden with heeȝ wallis the halewyng, as byfore, bot and Bethsura, his citee. And it is don, as the kyng herde these wordis, he dredde, and was mouyd to gidre gretely, and felle doun in to a bed, and felle in to a langour for heuynesse, for it is not donOm. A. as he thouȝte. And he was there many dais, for grete heuynesse is renulid in hym, and he deemyde hym self for to dye. And he clepide alle his freendis, and saide to hem, Sleep passide awey fro myn eeȝen, and Y departide, and felle doun in herte for bysynesse; and saide in my herte, In to hou grete tribula|cioun came Y, and in to what wawis of heuynesse in whiche Y am nowe, that was myri, and biloued in my power? Now forsothe Y bithenke of the yuelis that Y dide to Jerusalem, fro whennus and Y toke alle golden spuylis, and syl|ueren, that weren theryne; and Y sente with outen cause, men dwellynge in Judee for to be don awey. Therfore Y knewe for these yuelis han founden me; therfore and loo! I perishe bi grete heuynesse inand in K. an alien lond. And he clepide Phi|lip, oon of his freendis, and bifore put|tide hym on al his rewme; and he ȝaue to hym the dyademe, and his stoole, and ringe, for to leede to Antiochus, his sone, and to nuryshe hym, and for to regne. And kyng Antiochus dyede there, in the hundrid and nyne and fourty ȝeer. And Lisias knewe, for the kyng is dead, and he ordeynyde Antiochus, the sone of hym, for to regne, whom he nurishide ȝunge; and he clepide his name Eupa|tor. And thei that weren in the heeȝ rocke, closiden to gydre Yrael in cumpas of holy thingis, and souȝten to hem yuels euer more, to strengthing of hethen men. And Judas thouȝte for to distruye hem, and he clepide togidre alle the peple, for to biseege hem. And thei camen to gidre, and biseegiden hem, in the hun|drid and fiftythefifti A. ȝeer; and thei maden balistis, an instrument for to cast shaftis and stoonys, and engynes. And summe of hem that weren biseegid, wenten out; and sum of the vnpitous men of Yrael ioyneden hem to hem, and wenten to the kyng, and saiden, Hou long dost thou not dom, and vengest oure bretheren? And wee deemyden for to serue thi fadir, and for to walke in his heestis, and obeishe to his comaundementis. And the sonys of oure peple for this thing alieneden hem fro vs; and whiche euer were founden of vs, weren slayn, and oure eritagis weren rauyshid awei. And not oonly to vs thei strecchiden out the hond, bot and in to alle oure coostis. And loo! thei applieden to day to the heeȝ rocke in Jerusalem, for to occupie it, and thei strengthidestretchiden AH. a strengthing in Bethsura. And ȝif thou shalt not byfore cume hem more swyftly, thei shuln do gretter thingus than these, and thou shalt not mowe weelde hem. And the kyng was wrothe, as he herde this thing, and cleepide to gidre alle his freendis, and princis of his oost, and hem that weren on horsmen; bot and of other rewmys, and ylis, and of the see coostis camen to hym an hijrid oost. And the noumbre of his oost was an hundred thousand of fote men, and twenti thousand of hors|men, and two and thritty olyfauntisof olifauntis G sec. m. tauȝte to bateile. And thei camen by Ydume, and thei applieden to Bethsura, and fouȝten many days; and thei maden engynys, and thei wenten out, and bren|ten hem in fijre, and fouȝten manly. And Judas wente fro the heeȝ rocke, and mouede tentis to Bethsacharam, aȝeinus tentis of the kyng. And the kyng roose bifore the liȝt, and stiride the oost in to feersnesse, aȝeinus the waye of Bethsa|charam; and the oostis maden hem to gidre redy in to bateile, and sungen in trumpis. And to olifantis thei shewiden blood of grape, and morus, orthat ben G sec. m. mulberie trees, for to whette hem in to bateil. And thei departiden the beestis bi le|giouns; and to eche olifaunt a thousand men stoden niȝ in mailid to gidre haube|riownes, and brasen helmys in her hedis, and fyue hundred chosen horsmen weren ordeynyd to eche beest. These bifore the tyme, wher euer the beest was, weren there; and whider euer it wente, thei wenten, and departiden not therfro. Bot and sad toures of tree on hem, defend|ynge by alle the beestis, and on hem engynes, and on eche bi hem self men of vertu two and thritti, whiche fouȝten fro aboue, and with ynne the maister of the beest. And he ordeynide the residue rijdynge on this half and that half, in to two parties, for to moue to gidre the oost with trumpis, and for to constreyne the armyd men in his legiouns. And as the sunne shynyde aȝein in to golden sheeldis, and brasen, the hillis shynyden aȝein of hem, as laumpis of fyre. And a part of the kyngus oost is departid bi heeȝ hillis, and other by lowe places; and thei wenten warly, and ordynatly. And alle men dwellynge in the lond weren moued to gidre of the voice of multitude of hem, and in goinge of the compaignye, and hurtlyng of armeris; forsothe the oost was ful grete and stronge. And Judas and his oost neiȝiden yn to bateil; and there fellen doun of the kyngus oost sixe hundrid men. And Eleasar, sone of Saura, seeȝ oon of the beestus hauberi|ownyd with hawberiouns of the kyng, and it was heeȝ stondynge ouere other beestis. And it is seen to hym, that the kyng was in it; and he ȝaue hym self for to delyuere hys peple, and for to gete to hym a name euerlastynge. And he ran therto hardili, in to mydil of the legioun, sleaynge on riȝthalfthe riȝt half AGH. and left; and thei fellen doun fro hym hidir and thidir. And he wente vndir the feet of the olyfaunt, and vndirputtide hym self therto, and slewȝ hym; and it felle doun in to the erthe on hym, and he is dead there. And thei seeynge the vertue of the kyng, and fersnesse of his oost, turn|yden awey hem self fro hem. Forsothe tentis of the kyng styede vp aȝeinus hem, in to Jerusalem; and tentis of the kyng applieden to Judee, and to the hill of Syon; and he made pees with these that weren in Bethsura. And thei wenten out of the citee, for foodis weren not to hem closid to gidre there, for sabothis of the erthe weren. And the kyng toke Bethsura, and ordeinyde there keepyng, for to keepe it. And he turnyde the tentis to the place of halewyng many days; and ordeynyde there balistis, and engynes, and dartis, or castyngis, of fijr, and tourmentis for to cast stoons and dartis, and scorpiouns for to sende arowis, and slyngis. Forsothe and thei maden engynes aȝeinus the engynes of hem, and thei fouȝten many days. Forsothe metis weren not in the citee, for that it was the seuenthe ȝeer; and thei that leften of heithen men in Judee, hadden wastid the relikis of hem that weren kept. And fewe men leften in holy thingus, for hun|gre hadde taken hem; and thei ben sca|terid, eche man in to his place. And Lisias herde, that Philipp, whom kyng Antiochus ordeynyde, whan ȝit he leu|yde, that he shulde nuriche Antiochus, his son, that heOm. G pr. m. regnide, turnyde aȝein fro Perse and Mede, and the oost that wenten with hym; and for he seekith for to take the causis of the rewme, heand he A. hastide for to go, and saye to the kyng, and to duykis of the oost, We failen eche day, and litil mete is to vs, and the place whom weȝe A. biseegen, is stronge, and it fallith to vs for to ordeyne of the rewme And so nowe ȝeue we riȝthondis to these men, and make we pees with hem, and with alle the folk of hem; and ordeyne we to hem, that thei go in lawful thingisthing A. as byfore; sothely for the lawful thingus of hem thei ben wrothe, and han don alle these thingus. And the word pleside in siȝt of the kyng, and princis; and he sente to hem for to make pees, and thei resceyuyden it. And the kyng swore to hem, and princis; and thei wenten out of the strengthing. And the kyng en|tride the mount Syon, and he seeȝ the strengthyng of the place; and he brake fulsone the ooth that he swore, and co|maundide for to distruye thatthe AGH. wall in cumpas. And he departide awey hastili, and turnyde aȝein to Antioche, and fonde Philip lordshipynge to the citee; and he fauȝte aȝeinus hym, and occupiede the citee bi strengthe.

 CAP. VII.

In the hundrid ȝeer and oon and fifty Demetrie, sone of Seleuci, wente out fro Rome citee, and stiede with fewe men in to a citee niȝ the see, and regnyde there. And it is don, as he entride in to hous of the rewme of his fadris, the oost cauȝte Antiochus, and Lisias, for to brenge hem to hym. And the thyng was knowen to hym, and he saith, Nyl ȝe shewe to me the face of hem. And the oost slewȝ hem. And Demetrie sate vpon the sete of his rewme; and wickid men and vn|pitous of Yrael camen to hym, and Al|chymus, duyke of hem, that wolde be maad prest. And thei accusiden the pe|ple anentus the kyng, sayinge, Judas and his bretheren han loste thi freendus, and scateride vs fro oure lond. Now ther|fore sende thou a man, to whom thou byleeuyst, that he go, and see all the distruying that he hath don to vs, andin K. to cuntrees of the kyng; and he punysh|ith alle his frendis, and the helpers of hem. And the kyng chese of his freendis Bachides, that was lord ouer the grete flood in the rewme, and trewetrewthe K. to the kyng, and he sente hym, for to see the distruying that Judas dide; and he or|deynyde vnpytous Alchymus in to prest|hode, and badde hym do veniaunce in to the sonys of Yrael. And thei rysen, and camen with greete oost in to the lond of Juda; and thei senten messangers, and spaken to Judas and his bretheren, with pesible wordis in gyle. And thei ȝauen not tente to her wordis; sothely thei sawen, for thei camen with greet oost. And the congregacioun of scribes camen to gydre to Alchymus and Bachides, for to axe what thingus be iust; and the first Assideys, that weren in the sonys of Yrael, and thei axiden of hem pees. Sothely thei saiden, A man, prest of the seed of Aaron, cummeth, he shal not disceyue vs. And he spac with hem pesible wordis, and swore to hem, say|inge, We shuln not ȝeue to ȝou yuels, nether to ȝoure frendus. And thei bileeu|yden to hym. And he cauȝte of hem sixti men, and slewȝ hem in oo day, after the word that is wryten, Thei shedden out fleshis of thi sayntis, and blood of hem in cumpas of Jerusalem, and there was not that biryede. And dreed and trem|blyng lay, or felle, in to al the peple, for thei saiden, Ther is not trewthe and dom to hym; sothely thei han broken the statutestatute, or ordynaunce H., and the ooth that thei sworen. And Bachides mouede tentis fro Jerusalem, and appliede in to Beth|secha; and sente, and cauȝte many of hem that fledden fro hym; and he killide sum of the peple, and castide in to a grete pitt. And he bitoke the regiounregioun, or cuntree H. to Alchimus, and left with hym help, in to helpyng of hym. And Bachides wente to the kyng, and Alchymus dide ynewȝ, for the princehod of his presthod. And alle camen to gidre to hym, whiche dis|tourbliden her peple, and weldidenweelden A. the lond of JudaJudas AG pr. m. K.; and thei diden grete ven|iaunceplage, or vengeaunce H. in Yrael. And Judas seeȝ alle the yuels, that Alchymus dide, and thei that weren with hym, to the sonnys of Yrael, myche more than heithen men. And he wente out in to alle coostis of Judee in cumpas, and dide veniaunce in to men forsakers, and thei cesiden for to go out ferther in to the cuntree. For|sothe Alchymus seeȝ, for Judas hadde victorie, and thei that weren with hym; and he knewȝ for he may not susteyne hem, and he wente aȝein to the kyng, and accuside hem in many synnys. And the kyng sent Nychanor, oon of his no|bler princis, that was hauntynge enmy|tees aȝeinus Yrael; and he comaundide himOm. A. for to distruye the peple. And Nychanor came in to Jerusalem, with grete oost, and he sente to Judas and his bretheren with gyle, by pesible wordis, sayinge, Fiȝt be not bitwixe me and ȝou; I shal cume with fewe men, for to see ȝoure faces with pees. And he cam to Judas, and thei gretten hem to gidre pesibli; and enmyes weren redy for to rauyshe Judas. And the word was knowen to Judas, for with gyle he came to hym; and he is broken togidre of hym, and he wolde namore see his face. And Nychanor knewe, that his conceile is knowen, and he wente out aȝeinus Judas in to fiȝt, bisidis Capharsalma. And there fellen doun of Nychanoris oost almest fyue thousand men, and thei fledden in to the citee of Dauyd. And after these wordis Nychanore stiede in to the hille of Syon, and there wenten out of prestis of the peple, for to greete hym in pees, and for to shewe to hym brent sacrifices, that thei offriden for the kyng. And he scornynge dispiside hem, and defoulide, and spake proudly, and swore with wrath, sayinge, Ȝif Judas shal not be taken, and his oost, in myn hoondis, anoon whanne Y shal turne aȝein in pees, Y shal brenne this hous. And he wente out with grete wrath. And the prestis entriden, and stoden bifore face of the autir and of the temple, and weepynge saiden, Thou, Lord, hast chosen this hous, for to inclepe thi name in it, that it were an hous of preyer and bi|sechyng to thi peple; do venieaunce in this man, and his oost, and falle thei in swerd; haue mynde of the blasfemyes of hem, and ȝeue not hem that thei abide. And Nychanor wente out fro Jerusalem, and appliede tentis to Betheron; and the oost of Syrie cam to hym. And Judas appliede in Adarsa, with three thousand men. And Judas preyide, and saide, Lord, an aungel wente out, and smote an hundrid fourescoreand fourscoor A. and fyue thousandis of hem, that weren sent fro kyngthe kyng G pr. m. Senacherib, for thei blasfemyden thee; so breke thou togidre this oost in oure siȝt to day, and wite other men, for yuel he spak on thin holy thingus, and deme thou hym vp the malice of hym. And the oostis ioynyden bateil, in the thrittenthe day of the moneth Adar; and the tentis of Nychanor ben broken to gidre, and he felle doun the first in bateil. Sothely as his oost seeȝ, for Ny|chanor felle doun, thei castiden awey her armers, and fledden. And thei pursu|eden hem the way of oo day, fro Adasor vnto me come in to Gazera; and thei sungen in trumpis after hem with signy|fiyngus. And thei wenten out of alle theOm. G pr. m. castellis of Judee in cumpas, and wynnewiden hem with hornys, and eft|soone weren conuertid to hem; and thei fellen alle in swerd, and ther is not left of hem nether oon. And thei token the spuylis of hem in to pray; and thei kit|tiden of the hed of Nychanor, and his riȝthond whiche he strechide proudly, and thei brouȝten to, and hangiden aȝeinis Jerusalem. And the peple gladide grete|ly, and diden that day in grete glad|nesse; and ordeynyde this day for to be don in alle ȝeeris, in the thrittynth day of the moneth Adar. And the lond of Juda was stille a fewe dayes.

 CAP. VIII.

And Judas herde the name of Romey|nys, for thei ben miȝty in strengthis, and acorden to alle thingis that ben axid of hem; and who euer wente to hem, thei ordeynyden with hem frendshipus; and for thei ben miȝty in strengthis. And thei herden bateyls of hem, and good vertues, that thei don in Galacie, for thei weldiden hem, and ledden vndir tribute; and hou many thingus thei diden in the cuntree of Spayne, and that in toOm. G pr. m. power thei dryuen metalis of syl|uer and gold that ben there; and wel|diden eche place with her conseile, and pacient places that weren ful fer fro hem; and kyngus that camen aboue to hem fro the vttemest places of erthe, thei braken to gydre, and smyten hem with grete plage; forsothe other ȝyuen to hem tribute alle ȝeeris. And thei braken to gidre in bateil Philip, and Persen, kyng of Cetheis, and other that baren armers aȝeinus hem, and thei weldiden hem; and Antiochus, the grete kyng of Asye, that ȝaue bateil to hem, hauynge an hundred and twenti olifauntis, and rydyng, and charys, and ful greet oost, broken togidre of hem; and for thei token hym quyk, and ordeynyden to hym, that he shulde ȝeue grete tribute, and thei that regn|yden after hym; andOm. K. shulden ȝeue pleggis and ordenaunce, and thein the G pr. m. cuntree of Yn|dis, and men of Mede, and of Lidde, of the best cuntrees of hem, and thei ȝauen hem taken of hem to kyng Eumenij; and for thei that weren anentis Elada, wolden go, and take hem; and the word was knowen to these, and thei senten to hem oo duyk, and thei fouȝten aȝeinus hem; and many of hem fellen, and thei ledden her wijues caitifs, and sonys, and robbiden hem; and weldiden the lond of hem, and distruyeden the wallis of hem, and dryuen hem in to seruage, til in to this day. And thei distruyeden other rewmys and ylis, that sumtyme aȝein stoden hem, and dry|uen hem in to power. Forsothe with her freendis, and that hadden rest in hem, thei kepten frenship, and thei weld|iden rewmys that weren next, and that weren fer; for who euer herden the name of hem, dredden hem. For thei regnyden, to whom thei wolden be in help for to regne; and whom thei wolden, fro rewme thei distourbliden; and thei ben gretely enhaunsid. And in alle these no man bare diademe, nether was clothid in pur|pre, for to be magnyfied therynne. And for thei maden to hem a courte, and eche day thei counseiliden three hundrid and twenti, doynge counseile euermore of multitude, that thei do what thingus ben worthi. And thei bitakun to oo man her maistrie, or cheef gouernaunce, bi eche ȝeeris, for to be lord to al her lond; and alle obeishen to oon, and enuye is not, nether wrath among hem. And Judas chese Eupolemus, sone of Joon, sone of Jacob, and Jason, sone of Elea|zarus, and he sente hem to Rome, for to ordeyne with hem frendship and felaw|ship; and that thei shulde take awey fro hem the ȝoc of Greekis, for thei sawen that thei oppresiden the rewme of Yrael in to seruage. And thei wenten to Rome, a ful grete way, and thei entriden the courte, and saiden, Judas Machabeus, and his bretheren, and the peple of Jewis senten vs to ȝou, for to ordeyne with ȝou felawship and pees, and for to|gidre write vs ȝoure felawis and freendis. And the word pleside in siȝt of hem. And this aȝein wrytyng is, whiche thei aȝein wryten in brasen tablis, and senten in to Jerusalem, that it were there a memorial, or a thing of mynde, of pees and felawship. Be it wel to Romayns, and to folk of Jewis, in see and lond, in to with outen eende; and swerd and enmye be fer fro hem. That ȝif bateil shal aȝein stonde Romayns former, or to alle felowis of hem in al the lordship of hem, the folc of Jewis shal bere help, as tyme shal axe, with ful herte; `and thei shuln notne thei shuln A. ȝeue, nether priuyli mynystre to the fiȝtyng, whete, armers, monee, shippus, as it pleside to Romayns; and thei shuln keepe the maundementis of hem, no thing takynge of hem. Also forsothe and ȝif bateil shal falle bifore to the folk of Jewis, Romayns shuln helpe of ynwitt, or good herte, as tyme shal suffre hem; and to hem helpynge whete shal not be ȝouen, armers, money, ship|pus, as it pleside to Romayns; and thei shuln keep the maundementis of hem with outen gyle. After these wordis Romaynes ordeynyden to the peple of Jewis, That ȝif after these wordis, these or thei shuln woln for to putte eny thing to, or do awey, thei shuln do of her pur|posyng; and what euere thingus thei shuln putte to, or do awey, thei shuln be stedfast. Bot and of yuels whiche kyng Demetrie hath don in to hem, we han writen to hym, sayinge, Whi hast thou greeuyd thi ȝock vpon oure freendis and felawis, the Jewis? Therfore ȝif eft soone thei shuln cumme to vs aȝeinus thee, we shuln do dom to hem, and we shuln fiȝte with thee by lond and see.

 CAP. IX.

In the mene tyme, wher Demetrie herde that Nychanor felle, and his oost, in bateil, he puttide to eftsoone for to sende Bachides and Alchymus in to Judee, and the riȝt horn with hem. And thei wenten the weye that ledith in to Galgala, and thei settiden tentis in Ma|soloth, that is in Arbellis; and thei occu|pieden it, and slewen manye lyues of men. In the first moneth of an hundrid and two and fiftifiȝti K. ȝeer, thei applieden the oost to Jerusalem. And twenti thou|sand of men, and two thousand of hors|men, han risen, and wente in to Berea. And Judas sette tentys in Laysa, and three thousand chosen men with hym. And thei sawen the multitude of oost, for thei ben many, and thei dredden gretely; and manye withdrewen hem fro tentis, and there leften not of hem no bot eiȝte hundrid men. And Judas sawȝ for his oost flette awey, and bateil constreynyde hym, he is broken to gydre in herte, for he hadde not tyme of ga|dryng hem, and he is dissoluyd, or dis|counfortid. And he saide to these that weren residue, Ryse we, and go we to oure aduersaries, ȝif we shuln mowe fiȝt aȝeinus hem. And thei turnyden hem awey, sayinge, We shuln not mown, bot delyuere we nowe oure lyues, and turne we aȝein to oure bretheren, and thanne we shuln fiȝte aȝeins hem; forsothe we ben fewe. And Judas seith, Fer be it for to do this thing, that we flee fro hem; and ȝif oure tyme hath neiȝid, dye we in vertu of oure bretheren, and ȝeue we not cryme to oure glorie. And the oost moued of tentis, and thei stoden aȝeinus hem. And horsmen ben departid inin to AGH. two parties, and slyngers and archers wenten bifore the oost, and the first ofOm. K. theOm. H. bateil al the miȝty. Forsothe Ba|chides was in the riȝt horn, or cornere. And the legioun of two partis came niȝ, and crieden with trumpis. Forsothe and these that weren of the part of Judas, crieden also thei, and the erthe is moued to gidre of the voice of oostis, and bateil is ioyned fro morewe vn to euen. And Judas seeȝ, that the part of Bachides oost is sadder in the riȝt half, and alle stedfast in herte camen to gidre with hym. And the riȝt part is broken to|gydre of hem; and he pursuede hem vn to the hill of Azotus. And thei that weren in the left horn, sawen, that the riȝt horn is broken to gidre, and thei sueden after Judas, and hem that weren with hym at the bac. And the bateil is maad greuouse, and there fellen manye woundid of these and of hem. And Judas felle, and the other fledden. And Jonathas and Symont token her brother Judas, and birieden hym in the sepulcre of his fadris, in the citee Modyn. And al Yrael wepten hym with grete weyl|yng, and thei mourneden manye days, and saiden, Hou felle the miȝty, that maad Yrael saaf? And other wordis of bateilis of Judas, and of vertues that he dide, and his gretenessis, ben not writen; forsothe thei weren ful manye. And it is don, after the deth of Judas, alle wickid men in alle coostis of Yrael rysen out, and alle that wrouȝten wickidnesse ben born out sprungen. In tho days ful grete hungre is maad, and all the cuntre of hem bitoke hem self to Bachides with hem. And Bachides chese vnpytous men, and ordeynyde hem lordis of the cuntree. And thei axiden out, and souȝten the freendis of Judas, and brouȝten hem to Bachides; and he vengide in to hem, and scornyde. And grete tribulacioun is maad in Yrael, what manere was not fro the day in whiche a prophete is not seen in Yrael. And alle the frendis of Judas ben gadrid, and saiden to Jonathas, Sithen thi brother Judas is dead, ther is no man lijc to hym, that shal go out aȝeinus enmyes, Bachides and hem that ben enmyes of oure folc. And so now we chese thee to day for to be prince to vs and duyk for hym, for to fiȝte oure bateil. And Jonathas resceyuyde in that tyme the princehod, and rose in the place of Judas, his brother. And Bachides knewe, and souȝte for to slea hym. And Jonathas knewe, and Symont, his bro|ther, and alle that weren with hymhem A., and thei fledden in to desert Techue, and saten to gidre at the water of the lake Aphar. And Bachides knewe, and in day of sabothis he came, and alle his oost, over Jordan. And he sente his brother duyk of the peple, and preyede Nabutheis, his frendis, that he shulde bitake to hem his appareil, that was plenteuous. And the sonys of Sambri wenten out of Madaba, and cauȝten Joon, and alle thingus that he hadde, and wenten awey, hauynge hem. After these wordis it is tolde aȝein to Jonathas, and Symont, his brother, for the sonys of Sambry maken grete weddingus, and wedden a wijf of Madaba, the douȝtre of oon of the grete princis of Canaan, with grete pride. And thei bithouȝten of the blood of Joon, his brother, and stieden vp, and hidden hem self vndir keueryng of the hill. And thei reisiden her eeȝen, and sawen, and loo! noys, and grete appareyl; and a spouse, or husbond, cam forth, and his frendis, and his bretheren aȝeinus hem, with tym|pans, and musykis, and many armers. And thei risen to hem of aspies, and slewen hem, and many woundid fellen doun, and the residues fledden in to the hill, and thei token alle the spuylis of hem; and the weddingus ben conuertid in to mournyng, and the voice of her musikis in to weyling. And thei ven|giden the veniaunce of her brothers blood, and thei turnyden aȝein to the ryuer of Jordan. And Bachides herde, and came in the day of sabothis vn to the vttermost part of Jordan, in grete vertu. And Jonathas saide to hise, Ryse we, and fiȝte aȝeinus oure enmyes; for|sothe it is not to day as ȝisterday and the thrid day gon. Loo! sotheli bateil euen aȝeinus; sotheli water of Jordan on this half and on that half, and ryuers, and mareys, and wijld woodis, and there is not place of turnyng awey. Now therfore crie ȝe in to heuen, that ȝe be delyuered fro hond of ȝour enmyes. And bateil is ioyned. And Jonathas strauȝte out his hond, for to smyte Bachides, and he turnyde awey fro hym byhynde. And Jonathas lippide out, and thei that weren with hym, in to Jordan, and swame over Jordan to hem. And there fellen of Bachides part in that day a thousand men, and thei turnyden aȝein in to Jeru|salem. And theiOm. A. beeldiden stronge citees in Judee, the strengthe that was in Je|rico, and in Ammaum, and in Betheron, and Bethel, and Thamathan, and Phara, and Copho, with heeȝ wallis, and ȝatis, and lockis. And he sette keepynge in hem, that thei shulden haunte ennemi|tees in Irael; and he strengthide the citee Bethsura, and Gazaram, and the heeȝ rocke; and he puttide in hem helpis, and appareil of metis. And he toke sonys of princis of the cuntree in ostage, or plegis, and heOm. AGH. putteputtide H. hem in the heeȝ rocke in Jerusalem, in keepyng. And in the hundreth ȝeere and three and fif|tithe, in the secounde moneth, Alchymus comaundide the wallis of the holy ynner hous for to be distruyed, and the werkis of prophetus for to be distruyed, and he byganne for to distruye. In that tyme Alchymus is smyten, and the werkis of hym ben lettid. And his mouth is closid, and he is dissolued byin A. palasie, nether he miȝte spek overe a word, and comaundecomaundide K. of his hous. And Alchymus is dead in that tyme, with grete tourment. And Bachides seeȝ that Alchymus is dead, and he turnyde aȝein to the kyng, and the lond was stille two ȝeer. And alle wickid men thouȝten, saiynge, Loo! Jo|nathas, and thei that ben with hym, dwellen in silence, tristyng; now ther|fore brenge we Bachides, and he shal cacche hem al in oo niȝt. And thei wenten forth, and ȝauen counseil to hym. And he rose, for to cume with miche oost. And he sente epistilis priuely to his felawis, that weren in Judee, that thei shulden cacche Jonathas, and hem that weren with hym; bot thei miȝten not, for her counseil was knowen to hem. And he cauȝte of men of the cuntree, that weren princis of kniȝthode, fiftyand fifty K. men, and slewȝ hem. And Jonathas and Symont wente, and thei that weren with hym, in to Bethbesse, that is in desert, and beeldiden the distruyed thingus ther|of, and maden it stronge. And Bachi|des knewe, and gadride al his multitude, and denounside to hem that weren of Judee. And he came, and sette tentis above Bethbesse, and fauȝte aȝeinus it manye days, and made engynes. And Jonathas lafte Symont, his brother, in the citee, and wente oute in to cuntree, and came with noumbre; and smote O|daren, and his bretheren, and the sonys of Phaseron, in the tabernaclis of hem, and he bigan for to smyte, and waxe in vertues. Simont sothely, and they that weren with hym, wenten oute of the citee, and brenten engynes. And thei fouȝten aȝeinus Bachides, and he is to gidre broken of hem; and thei tour|mentiden hym gretely for his counseil, and his goyng to togidre was void. And he wrothe aȝeinus the wickid men, that ȝauen counseile to hym for to cumme in to her cuntree, slewȝ many of hem; for|sothe he thouȝte with other for to go in to his cuntree. And Jonathas knewe, and he sente legatis to hym, for to make pees with hym, and ȝeelde to hym cai|tiftee. And wilfully he toke, and dide after his wordis, and swore hym to do|yng to hym no thing of yuel alle days of his lyf. And he ȝeeldide to hym cai|tiftee, whiche he toke by praye bifore of the lond of Juda. And he turnyd aȝein wente into his lond, and puttide namore for to cume inOm. A. to his coostis. And swerd ceeside of Yrael. And Jonathas dwellide in Machinas, and there Jonathas bigane for to deme the peple, and dis|truyedistruyed AG. he distruyid H. vnpitous men of Yrael.

 CAP. X.

And in the hundrid and sixtithesixti A. ȝeer Alisaundre, sone of Antiochus, that is named noble, stiedestye G pr. m. vp, and occupiede Ptholomaida; and thei resceyuyden hym, and he regnyde there. And kyng De|metrie herde, and gadride an oost ful copiouse, and wente out aȝeinus hym in to bateil. And Demetrie sente an epistle to Jonathas with pesible wordis, for to magnyfye hym. Sothely he saide, Bifore take we for to make pees with hym, bifore that he make with Alisaundre aȝeinus vs; sothely he shal haue mynde of alle yuels, that we han don into him, and in to his brother, and in to his folc. And he ȝaue hym power of gadryng oost, and for to make armeris, and hym for to be his felawe. And he comaundide oost|agis, that were in the heeȝ rocke, for to be ȝouen to hym. And Jonathas came in to Jerusalem, and radde the pistlisepistlis AGH., in heerynge of al the peple, and of hem that weren in the heeȝ rocke. And thei dredden with grete dreed, for thei herden, that the kyng ȝaue to hym power of gadryng an oost. And the oostagisoostis K. ben bitaken to Jonathas; and he ȝeeldide hem to her fadris and mo|ders. And Jonathas dwellide in Jerusa|lem, and bygan for to beelde and to renule the citee. And he saide to men doynge werkis, that thei shulden make vpOm. G pr. m. the wallis, and the hill of Syon in cumpas, with square stoones to strength|ing; and so thei diden. And aliens fledden, that weren in the strengthus, whom Bachides hadde bildide; and eche man lafte his place, and wente in to his lond. Oonly in Bethsura dwelten summe of hem, that forsoken the lawe and theOm. AGH. heestis of God; sotheli this was to hem to refute. And kyng Alisaundre herde the biheestis, that kyng Demetrie bi|hiȝte to Jonathas, and thei teelden to him bateilis and vertues whiche he dide, and his bretheren, and the traueils whiche thei traueiliden; and saith, Wher we shuln fynde eny siche man? Also nowe make we hym frend, and oure felawe. And he wrote an epistle, and sente vp these wordis, sayinge, Kyng Alisaundre to Jonathas, brother, helthe. We han herde of thee, that thou art a miȝti man in strengthis, and art able that thou be oure freend. And nowe or|deyne weOm. K. thee to day heeȝist prest of thi folk, and that thou be clepid freend of the kyng. And he sente to hym purpre, and a golden crowne, that thou feele with vs what thingus oure ben, and kepe frenshipis to vs. And Jonathas clothide hym with the holy stoole, in the seuenthe monethe, in the hundrid and sixtithe ȝere, in the solempne day of Senophegie. And he gadride an oost, and made copi|ouse armers. And Demetrie herde these wordis, and is maad ful sorewful, and saith, What han we do this thing, that Alisaundre bifore ocupiede vs, for to cacche the frenshipe of Jewis to his strengthing? And Y shal wryte to hym preying wordis, and of dignitee, and ȝiftis, that he be with me in help. And he wrote to hym in these wordis, Kyng De|metrie to the folk of Jewis, helthe. For ȝe kepten to vs couenaunt, and dwelten in oure frenship, and wenten not to oure enmyes, we herden, and ioyeden. And nowe laste ȝe ȝit for to kepe to vs feith; and we shuln quyte to ȝou good thingus, for these thingus that ȝe diden withto A. vs, and we shuln forȝeue to ȝou many ȝeu|yngus ofor GH. rentis, and we shuln ȝeue ȝiftis to ȝou. And nowe Y assoilesoyle G pr. m. ȝou, and alle Jewis, of tributis, and I forȝeue to ȝou the pricis of salt, and forȝeue crownys, and the thriddis of seed; and the half part of fruyt of tree, that is of my porcioun, I leue to ȝou fro this day, and with ynne forth, that it be not taken of the lond of Juda, and of three citees that ben addid therto, of Samarie and Galile, fro this day in to al tyme. And Jerusalem be holy, and free, with his coostis; and tithis and tributis be of it. Also Y forȝeue the power of the heeȝ rocke, that is in Jerusalem; and Y ȝeue it to the heeist prest, that he ordeyne therynne men, whom euere he shal cheese, that shuln kepe it. And eche soule of Jewis, that is caitif of the lond of Juda, in al my rewme, Y leue wilfully with out money; that alle be soiled of her tributis, ȝea, of her beestus. And alle solempne days, and sabothis, and neomenyes, and alle days ordeyned, and three days before the solempne day, and three dais after the solempne day, `be alle dais ofOm. K. ynmunite, or fraunchise, and of remissioun, to alle Jewis that ben in my rewme. And no man shal haue power for to do eny thing, and moue needis, or causis, aȝeinus eny of hem in al cause. And that there be writen to of Jewis in the kyngus oost, to thritti thousandis of men; and plentees shuln be ȝouen to hem, as it byhoueth to alle oostis of the kyng. And of hem shuln be ordeynyde, that ben in the grete strengthis of the kyng; of hem shuln be ordeyned ouer needis of the rewme, that ben don of feith, and princis be of hem; and walke thei in her lawis, as the kyng comaundide in the lond of Juda. And three citees, that ben addid to Judee of the cuntre of Samarie, be rettid, or dem|yd, with Judee; that thei be vnder oon, and obeye not to other power, no bot to the heeȝest prest; Ptholomayda, and coostis therof, whiche Y haue ȝouen a ȝift to the holy that ben in Jerusalem, to needful costis of sayntis. And I shal ȝeue in eche ȝeris fiftene thousandis of siclis of syluer, of the kyngis reysons, that perteynen to me; and al that shal be residue, whiche thei that weren ouer needis ȝeelden not in former ȝeeris, fro this tyme thei shuln ȝeue in to werkis of the hous. And ouer this fyue thousand siclis of syluer, whiche thei token of re|soun of holy thingus by eche ȝeeris; and these thingus shuln perteyne to prestis, that ben sett in ministerie. And who euer shuln flee to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and inOm. G pr. m. alle coostus therof, gylty to the kyng, in eche cause be dis|mittid, or relesid; and alle thingis that ben to hem in my rewme, be hadde free. And to bilde, or restore, werkis of holy thingus, expensiscostes, or spenses H. shuln be ȝouen of the kyngus resoun, and for to bilde out the wallis of Jerusalem; and for to make stronge in cumpas, spensis shuln be ȝouen of the kyngus resoun, for to make out wallis in Judee. As Jonathas and the peple herde these wordis, thei bileeuyden not to hem, nether resceyuyden; for thei hadden mynde of the grete malice that he hadde don in Yrael, and trubliden hem gretely. And it pleside to gidre to hem in to Alysaundre, for he was to hem prince of wordis of pees, and to hym thei baren help in alle days. And kyng Alisaundre gadride a grete oost, and mouyde tentis aȝeinus Demetrie. And the kyngis ioynyde bateil, and the oost of Demetrie fledde; and Alisaundre pursuede hym, and lay vpon hym; and the bateil was ful stronge, til the sunne wente doun, and Demetrie fledde in that day. And Alisaundre sente to Ptholome, kyng of Egypt, legatis after these wordis, sayinge, For Y am gon aȝein in to my rewme, and satte in seete of my faders; and Y haue weldide princehode, and haue broken togidre Demetrie, and haue wel|dide oure cuntree; and haue ioynyde with hym fiȝt, and he is broken to gidre and his tentis of vs, and we saten in sete of his rewme. And nowe ordeyne we to gidre frenship, and ȝeue to me thi douȝ|ter wijf, and Y shal be thi douȝter hos|bond; and Y shal ȝeue to thee ȝiftis, and to hir dignitee. And kyngOm. G pr. m. Ptolome answerde, saiynge, Blessid the day in whiche thou turnedist aȝein to the lond of thi fadris, and hast sitten in sete of the rewme `of hemOm. A.. And nowe Y shal do to thee whiche thingus thou hast writen; bot come thou aȝeinus me to Ptholomayda, that we see vs togidre, and Y biheete theeto thee AGH., as thou saidist. And Ptholome wente out of Egypt, he, and Cleopatra, his douȝter; and he came to Ptholomaida, in the hundrid and two and sixti ȝeer. And kyng Alisaundre came to hym; and he ȝaue to hym Cleo|patra, his douȝter, and made his wed|dyngus at Ptolomaida, as kyngus in grete glorie. And kyng Alisaundre wrote to Jonathas, that he shulde come aȝeinus hym. And he wente with glorie to Ptholomaida, and came there to two kyngis, and ȝaue to hem miche syluer, and gold, and ȝiftis; and he fonde grace in siȝtthe siȝt A. of hem. And men of Yrael, ful of venym, camen togidre aȝeinus hym, wickid men, axinge aȝeinus hym, and the kyng toke no tente to hem; and comaundide Jonathas forOm. G pr. m. to be maad nakid of his clothis, and hym for to be clothid in purpre; and so thei diden. And the kyng sette hym for to sitte with hym, and saide to his princis, Go ȝe out with hym in to mydil of the citee, and preche, that no man axe aȝeinus hym of eny need, or cause, nether eny man be heuy to hym of eny resoun. And it is don, that thei that axiden, or apeliden hym, sawen his glorie that was prechid, and hym keuerd with purpre, fledden alle. And the kyng magnyfiede hym, and wrote hym amonge the first freendis, and he putte him duyk, and parcener, or felawe, of princehode. And Jonathas turnyde aȝein in to Jerusalem, with pees and gladnesse. In the hundrid ȝeer and fyue and sixtithe, Demetrie, sone of De|metrie, came fro Crete in to the lond of his fadris. And kyng Alisaundre herde, and is maad ful sorewful, and turnide aȝein in to Antioche. And Demetrie ordeynide Appolonye duyk, that was souereyn to Seleserie; and gadride his grete oost, and came to Jamnyam; and he sente to Jonathas, heeȝist prest, say|inge, Thou aloone aȝeinstodist vs? Y am maad in to scoorn and shenship, ther|fore forOm. G pr. m. thou hauntist power in hillis aȝeinus vs. Nowe therfore ȝif thou trist|est in thi vertues, come doun to vs in to the feeld; and there comparysoun we to gidre, for with me is vertuvertues A. of bateilis. Axe thou, and lerne who Y am, and other that ben in help to me, and whiche sayn, for ȝour fote may not stonde aȝeinus oure face, for thiher A. faders ben conuertid in to fliȝt twyis in to her lond. And now hou shalt thou mowe susteyne ryd|yng, andOm. AGH. so grete oost in the feeld, where is no stoon, ne rocke, nether place of fleeȝynge? Sothely as Jonathas herde the wordis of Appolonye, he was moued in ynwittinwitt, or herte H.; and he chees ten thousand of men, and wente out fro Jerusalem, and Symont, his brother, came to hym in to helpe. And thei applieden tentis in Joppen, and he shitte hym out fro the citee, for Joppen was the keepyng of Appolonye; and he fauȝte aȝeinus it. And thei agast, that weren with ynne the citee, opnyden to hym; and Jona|thas weeldide Joppen. And Appolonye herde, and mouede to three thousand of horsmen, and myche oost; and he wente to Azotum, as makynge the waye. And anoon he wente out in to the feelde, for that he had multitudea multitude A. of horsmen, and heOm. H. tristnyde in hem; and Jonathas su|ede hym in to Azotum, and thei ioyniden bateil. And Appolonye lefte in the tentis a thousand horsmen after hem priuyly. And Jonatas knewe for aspies ben after hym, and thei enuyrounden his tentis, and castiden dartes in to the peple, fro morew vn to euyn. Forsothe the peple stode, as Jonathas comaundide, and the horsis of hem traueiliden out. And Sy|mount castide out his oost, and ioynide aȝeinus the legioun; forsothe the hors|men weren maad wery, and ben togidre broken of hym, and fledden. And thei ben scaterd in to the feeld, and fledden in to Azotum; and thei entriden in to Bethdagon, her ydol, that ther thei shul|den delyuere hem self. And Jonathas brent Azotum, and citees that weren in cumpas therof, and toke the spuylis of hem; and he brente in fijr the temple of Dagon, and hem that fledden in to it. And ther weren that fellen by swerd with hem that ben brent, almest eiȝt thousande of men. And fro thennus Jo|nathas mouede tentis, and applieden hem to Ascalon; and thei wenten out of the citee aȝeinus hym in grete glorie. And Jonathas turnyde aȝein in to Jerusalem with his, hauynge many spuylis. And it is don, as kyng Alisaundre herde these wordes, he putte to ȝit for to glorifie Jonathas. And he sente to hym a golden lase, or nouche, as custume is for to be ȝouen to cosyns of kyngus; and he ȝaue to hym Accaron, and alle coostis therof in to possessioun.

 CAP. XI.

And the kyng of Egypt gadride an oost, as grauel that is about brynkthe brynke H. of the se, and many shippus; and souȝte for to weelde the rewme of Alisaundre in gyle, and adde it to his rewme. And he wente out in to Syrie with pesible wordis, and thei opnyden to hym citees, and camen to hym; for kyng Alisaundre comaundide for to go out aȝeinus hym, for he was fader of the kyngus wijf. Sotheli whan Ptolome entride a citee, he putte keepyngus of kniȝtis in eche citees. And as he neiȝide to Azotus, thei shewiden to hym the temple of Da|gon brente in fijre, and Azotus, and other thingus therof distruyed, and bo|dies cast forth, and the biryels of hem that weren slayn in bateil, whiche thei maden bisidis the wey. And thei teelden to the kyng, for Jonathas dide these thingus, for to make enuye to hym; and the kyng was stille. And Jonathas came to the kyng with glorie inin to AGH. Joppen, and thei gretten hem to gidre; and thei slepten there. And Jonathas wente with the kyng `vn totil to H. the flood that is clepid Eleutherus, and turnyde aȝein in to Je|rusalem. Sotheli kyng Ptholome weeld|ide the lordship of citees `vn totil to H. Sileuce, by the see coost, and thouȝte to Alisaun|dre yuel counseils; and sente legatis to Demetrie, sayinge, Cumme thou, make we bitwix vs couenaunt, and Y shal ȝeue to thee my douȝter, whom Alisaundre hath, and thou shalt regne in rewme of thi fadir. Forsothe it rewith me, for Y ȝaue to hym my douȝter; sotheli he souȝte for to slea me. And he dispiside hym therfore, for he coueitide the rewme of hym. And he toke awey his douȝter, and ȝaue hir to Demetrie, and alienede hym fro Alisaundre; and his enmytees ben maad knowen. And Ptholome en|tride Antioche, and ynputtide two dya|demes to his hed, of Egipt and Asie. Forsothe Alisaundre was in Cilice in tho tymes, for thei rebelliden, that weren in tho placis. And Alisaundre herde, and came to hym in to bateil; and Ptho|lome, kyng, brouȝt forth theOm. H. oost, and came to hym in strong hond, and drofe hym. And Alisaundre fleiȝ in to Araby, for to be defendid there; sothely kyng Ptholome is enhaunsid. And Gadiel of Araby toke awey AlisaundreAlisaundris AH. hed, and sente to Ptholome. And kyng Ptho|lome is dead in the thrid day; and thei that weren in strengthis perishiden, of hem that weren with ynne the castels. And Demetrie regnyde in the hundrid ȝeer and seuen and sixtithesexti A.. In tho days Jonathas gadride hem that weren in Judee, for to ouercume the heeȝ rocke, that is in Jerusalem; and thei maden aȝeinus it many engynes. And summe wickid men, that hatiden her folc, wente to kyngthe kyng H. Demetrie, and tolden to hym, that Jonathas bisegide the heeȝ rocke. And as he herd, he is wrothe, and anoon he came to Ptholomaida, and wrote to Jonathas, that he bisegide not the heeȝ rocke, but heOm. H. shulde cume to hym in hast, to speke to gidre. Sotheli as Jo|nathas herde, he comaundide for to bi|seege; and he cheese of the elder men of Yrael, and of prestis, and ȝaue hym to perel. And heOm. A. toke gold, and syluer, and cloth, and many other presentis; and wente to the kyng, to Ptholomaida, and fonde grace in siȝt of hym. And sume wickid men of his folc axiden aȝeinus hym; and the kyng dide to hym, as thei that weren bifore hym, diden to hym; and he enhaunside hym in siȝt of alle his frendis, and ordeynide to hym princehodthe princehod GH. of presthod, and what euer preciouse thingus he hadde before; and made hym prince of frendis. And Jonathas axide of the kyng, that he make Judee free, and three princehodis of three placis, and Samarie, and niȝ coostis ther|of; and he bihiȝte to hym thre hundrid talentis. And the kyng consentide, and wrote to Jonathas epistlis of all these thingus, conteynyng this manere. Kyng Demetrie to Jonathas, brother, helthe, and to folk of Jewis. The ensaumple of the epistle whiche we han wryten to Lascheny, oure fadre, of ȝou, we senten to ȝou, that ȝe shulde wite. Kyng De|metrie to Lascheny, fader, helthe. To the peple of Jewis, oure frendis, and kepynge whiche thingus ben iust anentis vs, we demyden for to wele do, for theOm. H. benignytee of hem that thei han anentus vs. Therfore we ordeynen to hem, alle the coostis of Judee, and three citees, Lidea, and Ramatha, that ben addid to Judee, and Samarie, and alle the niȝ coostis of hem, for to be sequestrid, or departid, to alle doynge sacrifice in Je|rusalem, for these thingus that the kyng toke byfore of hem by alle ȝeeris, and for fruytis of erthe, and of applis. And other thingus that perteyneden to vs, of tithis, and tributis, fro this tyme we for|ȝeuen to hem; and the playn places of salt makyng, and the crownes that weren born to vs, alle thingus we graunten to the peplis; and no thing of these shal be voide, fro this and in to al tyme. Nowe therfore bisie ȝe for to make en|saumple of these thingus, and be it ȝouen to Jonathas, and be putt in the holy mount, and in the holy place. And kyng Demetrie seynge, that the lond was stille in his siȝt, and nothing aȝein stondeth hym, left alle his oost, eche man in to his place, out taken the strange oost, that he drewȝ fro ylisthe ylis A. of heithen men; and enmyes to it, al the oost of his fadris. Forsothe sumsum man G sec. m. H. Trifon was of thetho H. partis of Alisaundre bifore, and he seeȝ for al the oost grucchide aȝeinus Demetrie; and he wente to Emacuel Arabyam, that nurishide Antiochus, sone of Alisaundre. And heOm. H. sate niȝ to hym, that he shulde bitake hym to hym, for to regne in stede of his fadir; and toldehe tolde K pr. m. out to hym, hou grete thingus Demetrie hadde don, and enmytees of his oostis aȝeinus hym; and he dwelte there many days. And Jonathas sente to kyng De|metrie, that he shulde caste hem out, that weren in theOm. H. heeȝ rocke in Jeru|salem, and whiche weren in helpis, or strengthis, for thei inpungneden Yrael. And Demetrie sente to Jonathas, say|inge, Not oonli this Y shal do to thee and to thi folc, bot Y shal make thee noble by glorie, and thi folk, whan it shal be couenable. Nowe therfore riȝtly thou shalt do, ȝif thou shalt sende men in to helpe of me, for al myn oost wente awey. And Jonathas sente to hym three thousand of strong men, to Antioche; and thei camen to the kyng, and the kyng delitide in the cummyng of hem. And there camen to gidre that weren of the citee an hundrid and twenti thou|sand of men, and wolden slea the kyng. And the kyng fledde in to the halle. And thei that weren of the citee ocupieden the wayes of the citee, and bigunne for to fiȝte. And the kyng clepide Jewis in to help, and alle camen togidre to hym; and alle ben scatered by the citee, and slewen in that day an hundrid thousand of men. And thei brenten the citee, and token many spuylis in that day, and delyuerden the kyng. And thei sawen, that weren of the citee, that Jewis had|den taken the citee as thei wolden; and ben maad vnstedefast in her soule, and crieden to the kyng with preyers, say|inge, Ȝeue thou to vs riȝt hondis, and ceese the Jewis for to fiȝte aȝeinus vs and the citee. And thei castiden awey her armers, and maden pees. And Jewis ben glorified in siȝt of the kyng, and in siȝt of alle men that weren in his rewme, and ben named in the rewme. And thei wenten aȝein in to Jerusalem, hauynge many spuylis. And kyng Demetrie sit|tith in sete of his rewme, and the lond was stille in his siȝt. And he leeȝide alle thingus, what euere he saide, and alyenyde hym fro Jonathas, and heOm. H. ȝeeldideȝelde H. not to hym vp benyficis, that he hadde ȝouen to hym, and traueilide hym gretely. After these thingus Trifon turnyde aȝein, and Antiochus with hym, a ȝunge chijld; and regnidehe regnede GH., and puttide on to hym a diademe. And alle oostis ben gadrid to hym, whiche kyng Deme|trie scatride; and thei fouȝten aȝeinus hym, and he fleiȝ, and turnyde backis. And Trifon toke beestis and weeldide Antioche. And Antiochus the ȝunge wrote to Jonathas, sayinge, I ordeyne to thee presthod, and I ordeyne thee on foure citees, that thou be of the kyngis frendis. And he sente to hym golden vessels, in to mynysterie, and ȝaue to hym power of drinkyng in gold, and for to be in to purpre, and for to haue a golden nouchelace, or nouche H.. And he ordeynyde Symont, his brothere, duyke fro termes of Tire `vn totil to H. theOm. H. eendis of Egypt. And Jona|thas wente out, and walkide ouere the flood bi citees; and al the oost of Syrie is gadrid to hym in to help. And he came to Ascalon, and thei of the citee camen aȝeins hym wirshipfully. And fro then|nus he wente to Gaza, and thei that weren at Gaza closiden hem to gidre, and he biseegide it. And he brente what thingis weren in cumpas of the citee, and spuylide it by praye. And men of Gaza preyeden Jonathas, and he ȝaue to hem riȝt hond, or pees. And he toke the sonys of hem pleggis, `or in ostageOm. H., and he sente hem in toOm. G pr. m. Jerusalem; and heOm. H. walkide thorou the cuntree `vn totil to H. Da|mask. And Jonathas herde, for princis of Demetrie trespassiden in Cades, that is in Galilee, with miche oost, willynge for to remoue hym fro need of the rewme; and he came aȝeinus hem. Forsothe he lefte Symont, his brother, bisidis the pro|uynce. And Symont appliede to Beth|sura, and fauȝte aȝeinus it many days, and closide hem togidre. And thei ax|iden of hym for to take riȝthondis, and he ȝaue to hem. And he castide hem out fro thennus, and toke the citee, and puttide therinne help, or strengthe. And Jonathas and his tentis, or oost, appli|eden to the water of Genasar, and bifore the liȝt thei walkiden in the feeld of Asor. And loo! the tentis, or oostis, of alyens camen aȝeinus in the feeld, and bententhei benten AK pr. m., or setten, to hym aspies, or disceytis, in the hillis. Sotheli he came aȝeinus of the contrarie part. Sotheli the aspies, or bushementis, risen vp of her places, and ioyneden bateil. And alle that weren of Jonathas part fledden, and no man of hem is left, no bot Ma|thatias, sone of Absalomy, and Judas, sone of Calphi, prince of theOm. H. kniȝthod and oost. And Jonathas kittide his clothis, and puttide erthe in hisOm. G pr. m. hed, and preyede. And Jonathas turnyde aȝein to hem in to bateil, and to gidre turnyde hem in to fliȝt, and fouȝten. And thei sawen that fledden ofOm. H. his part, and theiOm. H. turneden aȝein to hym, and pursueden with hym `in tovn to AG. til H. Cades, to her tentis, and fully theiOm. H. camen vn to thider. And there felle doun in that day of aliens three thousand of men, and Jona|thas turnyde aȝein in to Jerusalem.

 CAP. XII.

And Jonathas seeȝ for the tyme help|ith hym; and he cheese men, and sente hem to Rome, for to ordeyne and renule frenschip with hem. And to Sparciatis, and to other placesplas A., he sente epistlis vp the same fourme. And thei wenten to Rome, and entriden inin to AGH. theOm. H. courte, and saiden, Jonathas, heeȝest prest, and folc of Jewis, senten vs, for to renule frend|ship and felawship, aftervp H. the former. And thei ȝauen to hem epistlis to hem by placis, that thei shulden leede hem forth in to theOm. H. lond of Juda with pees. And this is the ensaumple of epistlis, whiche Jonathas wrote to Sparciatis. Jonathas, theOm. H. heiȝist prest, and elder men of the folc, and prestis, and other peple of Jewis, to Sparciatis, bretheren, helthe. Nowe bifore theOm. H. epistlis weren sente to Onye, the heeiȝest prest, fro Da|rius, that regnide anentis ȝou; for ȝe ben oure bretheren as the rescrite, or writing, conteneth, that is vndirput. And Onye resceyuyde the man with honour, that was sente, and toke theOm. H. epistels, in whomwhiche H. was signified of felawship and frenship. Whan we hadden no need of these, hauynge in solace, or coumfort, holy bokis, that ben in oure hondis, hadden leuere for to sende to ȝou, for to renule bretherhed and frenship, lest per|auenture we ben maad aliens fro ȝou; forsothe many tymes passiden, sithen ȝe senten to vs. We therfore in al tyme with out ceesyng, in solempne days, and other, in whiche it byhoueth, ben mynde|ful of ȝou in sacrifices that we offren, and in obseruances, as leeful is, and bi|semeth, for to haue hadde mynde of bre|theren. And so we ben glad of ȝoure glorie. Forsothe many tribulaciouns en|uyrounden vs, and many bateils; and kyngis, that ben in oure cumpas, en|pugneden, or fouȝten, aȝeinus vs. AndOm. AGH. therfore we woln not be greuous to ȝou, nether to other felawis, and oure frendis, in these bateilis. SotheliForsothe and A. we hadden help of heuen, and ben delyuerde, and oure enmyes ben maad lowe. And so we han chosen Numenium of Antiochi, and Antipatre, sone of Jasoun, and sente to Romayns, for to renule with hem and frenship and former felawship. And so we comaundiden to hem, that thei cum alsoOm. H. to ȝou, and grete ȝou, and ȝeelde to ȝou oure pistlis of renulyng of oure bre|therhed. And now ȝe shuln wel do, an|sweryng to vs ofto H. these thingis. And this is the rescrite, or aȝein wrytyng, of the epistlis, that Onye, kyng of Spar|ciatis, sente. Onye to Jonathas, the grete prest, helthe. It is founden in wrytyng of Sparciatis, and Jewis, for thei ben bretheren, and for thei ben of theOm. H. kyn of Abraham. And nowe sithen we knewen these thingus, ȝe don wel, wrytynge to vs of oure pees. Bot and we aȝein writen to ȝou. Our beestis and oure possessions ben ȝour, and ȝour oure. And so we comaundidencomaunden H., for to telle these thingis to ȝou. And Jona|thas herde, for theOm. H. princis of Demetrie wenten out with miche oost, ouer that byfore, for to fiȝte aȝeinus hym. And he wente out fro Jerusalem, and ranne aȝeinus hem in theOm. H. cuntree of Amathi|tha; sotheli he ȝaue not space to hem, for to entre in to his cuntree. And he sente aspies in to theOm. H. tentus of hem, and thei turnyd aȝein tolden, for thei ordeynyden for to cum ouerOm. G pr. m. thidre in niȝt. Whanne the sunne had go doun, Jonathas baad his waake, and be redy in armeres to bateil al niȝt. And he settesente A. keepers bi cumpas of theOm. H. tentis; and theOm. H. aduer|saries herden, for Jonathas is redy with his in bateil, and thei dredden, and in|wardly weren agast in her herte, and tenden fijrs in her tentis. Forsothe Jo|nathas, and thei that weren with hym, knewen not til morewe; forsothe thei sawen liȝtis brennynge. And Jonathas suede hem, and cauȝte hem not; forsothe thei passiden the flood Eleutherus. And Jonathas turnyde to Arabas, that weren clepid Sabadeis; and heOm. H. smote hem, and toke spuylis of hem. And heOm. H. ioynyde, and came to Damask, and walkide bi al that cuntree. Forsothe Symont wente out, and came til Asca|lon, and to the next strengthis; and he bowide doun in to Joppen, and occu|piede it. Forsothe he herde, that thei wolden ȝeue help to the parties of De|metrie; and he puttide there keepers, for to keepe it. And Jonathas turnyde aȝein, and clepide togidre the eldre men of the peple, and thouȝte with hem for to beelde strengthis in Judee, and for to beelde wallis in Jerusalem, and for to reyse a grete heiȝt, bitwix the mydil of the heeȝ rocke and the citee, for to departe it fro the citee, that it were aloon, and nether theithere A. bye, ne selle. And thei camen to gidre, for to beelde the citee. And the wal felle togidre, that was on the streme of reyne, fro rysinge of theOm. H. sunne; and he repareilide it, that is clepid Caphe|teca. And Symont beeldidebeelde A. Adiada in Sephela, and heOm. H. strengthide it, and put|tide on ȝatis and locks. And whanne Tryfon thouȝte for to regne at Asie, and take to a diademe, and strecche out hond in to kyng Antiochus, dredinge lest per|auenture Jonathas shulde not suffre hym, bot fiȝte aȝeinus hym, he souȝte for to cacche hym, and slea. And he rysyng vp wente in to Bethsan. And Jonathas wente out aȝeinus, with fourty thousand of chosen men in to bateil, and came to Bethsan. And Trifon seeȝ, for Jonathas came with aOm. H. myche oost, for to strecche out hondis in to hym. And he dredde, and resceyuede hym with honoure, and comendide him to alle his freendis; and ȝaue to hym ȝiftis, and comaundide to his oostis, for to obeye to hym as to hym self. And he saide to Jonathas, Wherto hast thou traueilide al the peple, whann bateil is not to vs? And nowe sende hem aȝein in to her housis. Sothely chese thou to thee a fewe men, that ben with thee, and cume with me to Ptholo|maida, and Y shal ȝeue it to thee, and other strengthis, and oost, and alle pre|postis, or souereyns, of neede; and Y con|uertid shal go awey. Sothely therfore Y came. And he byleeuyde to hym, and dide as he said, and leftehe lefte H. the oost; and thei wenten awey in to theOm. H. lond of Juda. Forsothe he withheelde with hym three thousand of men, of whomwhiche H. he sente aȝein in to Galilee two thousand; sotheli a thousand camen with hym. ForsotheSotheli A. as Jonathas entrideentride into G sec. m. H. Ptholo|maida, men of Ptholomaida shitten the ȝatis, and cauȝten hym; and alle that entriden with hymhym, loo! for he repentide to take possessioun H. thei slewen with swerd. And Trifon sente an oost and horsmen in to Galilee, and in to the greet feeld, for to leese alle the felawis of Jonathas. And thei, whan thei knewen for Jonathas is taken, and perishide, and alle that weren with hym, monestidenamonestiden H. hem self, and wenten out redy in to bateile. And thei seeynge, that pursu|eden, for forOm. H. soulethe soule G sec. m. H., or lijf, the thing is to hem, turnyden aȝein. Forsothe thei camen alle with pees in to theOm. H. lond of Juda. And thei weiliden Jonathas gretely, and alle that weren with hym, and Yrael mournyde with grete mournynge. And alle heithen men that weren in theOm. H. cum|pas of hem, souȝten for to breke hem to gidre; forsothe thei saiden, Thei han no prince and helpyng; now therfore ouer cumme we hem, and take awey of men the mynde of hem.

 CAP. XIII.

And as Symont herde, that Trifon gadride a grete oost, for to cum in to the lond of Juda, and for to distruye it, seeynge for the peple is in tremblyng and dreed, he stieȝ vp inOm. H. to Jerusalem, and gadride the peple; and monestynge saide, Ȝe witen, hou many thingus Y, and my bretheren, and theOm. H. hous of my fadir, han don, for lawisthe lawis H. and for holy thingus, batels, and what maner anguyshis we sawen. For grace, or cause, of these thingus alle my bretheren perishiden for Yrael, and Y aloone am left. And now bifalle it not to me, for to spare my soule, or lijf, in al tyme of tribulacioun; for|sothe Y am not better than my bretheren. And so Y shal venge my folc, and holy thingus, and oure children, and wyues; for alle heithen men ben gadrid, for to distruye vs, bi cause of enmytee. And the spirit of the peple is brent togidre, as it herde these wordis. And thei an|swerden with grete voice, sayinge, Thou art oure duyk in stede of Judas, and Jonathas, thi brother; fiȝte thou oure bateil, and alle thingus what euere thou shalt saye, we shuln do. And he ga|drynggadrede H. alle men fiȝters hastide for to eende alle theOm. H. wallis of Jerusalem, and heOm. H. strengthide it in cumpas. And he sente Jonathas, theOm. H. sone of Absolomy, and with hym a newe oost, in to Joppen. And these cast out that weren in it, he dwellide there. And Trifon mouede fro Ptholomaida with myche oost, for to cum in to theOm. H. lond of Juda, and Jona|thas with hym in keepyng. Forsothe Symont appliede in Addus, aȝeinus the face of the feeld. And as Trifon knewe, for Symont rose in stede of his brother Jonathas, and for he was to ioynyng bateil with hym, he sente to hym le|gatis, sayinge, For syluer, that thi bro|ther Jonathas ouȝte in resun of the kyng, we withhelden hym. And nowe sende thou an hundred talentis of syluer, and his two sonnys pleggis, that he not dis|mitted fleeflee not H. fro vs, and we shuln aȝein sende hym. And Symont knewȝ, that with gijle he spake with hym. Netheles he comaundide theOm. H. syluer tofor to AGH. be ȝouen, and children, lest he toke grete enmyte to theOm. H. peple of Yrael, sayinge, For he sente not to hym the syluer and chil|dren, therfore he perishide. And he sente the children, and an hundred ta|lentis. And he leeȝide, and dismytteddismytte H. not Jonathas. And after these thingus Tryfon came with ynne the cuntre, for to distruye it. And thei cumpaseden by the waye that ledith to Ador; and Sy|mont and his oost walkiden in to eche place, whider euere thei wenten. Sothely thei that weren in the heeȝ rocke, senten legatis to Trifon, for to haste for to cume by desert, and sende to hem fodis. And Trifon made redy al the rydyng, for to cume in that niȝt; sotheli ther was ful myche snowe, and he cam not in to Ga|ladithym. And whanne he neeȝide to Baschama, he slewȝ Jonathas and his sonys there. And Trifon turnyde, and wente in to his lond. And Symont sente, and toke the bonys of Jonathas, his bro|ther, and byryede hym in Modyn, citee of his fadris. And al Yrael weiliden hym with grete weylyng, and thei mourn|eden hym many daysa daye H.. And Symont beeldide on theOm. H. sepulcre of his fadir and bretherenhis bretheren H. an heeȝe beeldyng, with stoon polishidpolischid, or fair diȝt H. byhynd and byfore. And he ordeynyde seuen smale bildyngus, broode bynethe and sharp aboue, oon aȝeinus oon, to hisOm. H. fader, and moder, and foure bretheren. And to these he putte aboute grete pilers, and on the pilers armers, to euerlastynge mynd; and bysidis theOm. G pr. m. H. ar|mersOm. G pr. m. grauein shippis, whiche shulden be seen of men saylynge the see. This is the sepulcre that he made in Modyn, til in to this day. Forsothe whan Trifon maad waye with Antiochus, theOm. H. ȝunge kyng, in gijle he slewȝ hym, and regnyde in his stede; and he puttide on to hym the diademe of Asie, and made grete veniance in the lond. And Symont bild|ide theOm. H. strengthisstrengus K. of Judee, wardynge hem with heeȝ tours, and grete wallis, and ȝatis, and lockis; and he putte fodis in strengthisstrengthingis H.. And Symont cheese men, and sente to kyng Demetrie, that he shulde do remissioun to the cuntre, for alle the dedis of Trifon weren don by rauyshyng. And to these wordis kyng Demetrie answerde to hym, and wrote siche epistilan epistle H.. Kyng Demetrie to Symont, heeȝist prest, and frend of kyngus, and to elder men, and folc of Jewis, helthe. The golden crown, and baheu, whiche ȝe senten, we resceyueden, and ben redy for to make with ȝou grete pees, and for to write to prepostus of the kyng, for to releese to ȝou what thingus we forȝauen; forsothe what euer thingus we ordeyn to ȝou, ben stable. The strengthis that ȝe bildiden, be to ȝou; and we forȝeue ignoraunces and synnes, til in to this day, and the crown that ȝe ouȝten; and ȝif eny other thing was tributarye, or bounden to tribute, in Jerusalem, nowe be it not tributarie. And ȝif eny of ȝou ben able for to be wryten to gydre amonge oure men, be thei writen togi|dre, and pees be bitwixe vs. In the hundrid ȝeer and seuentithe, the ȝoc of heithen men is taken away fro Yrael. And the peple bigan for to write in ta|blis, and opyn, or comun, doyinges, in the first ȝeer vndre Symont, heeist prest, grete duyk, and prince of Jewis. In thoo days Symont appliede to Gasan, and en|uyrounyde it with tentis, or men of armes, and made engynes, and appliede to the citee, and smote a toure, and toke it. And thei that braken out, weren bitwixe the engyne and inOm. G sec. m. H. the citee, and grete stiryng is maad in the citee. And thei steiȝiden vp, that weren in the citee, with her wijues, and sonys, on the walle, with her kotis kitt, and crieden with grete voice, axinge of Symont riȝt|hondisriȝthoond A. for to be ȝouen to hem, and saiden, Ȝeelde thou not to vs after oure malices, bot after thi mercyes, and we shuln serue to thee. And Symont bow|ide, or foldenfooldid A., fauȝte not aȝeinus hem, or ouercame not hem; netheles he castide hem out of the citee, and clenside out the housis in whomwhiche H. weren symulacris, and thanne he entride in to it, with ympnus, blessynge the Lord. And alle vnclennesse cast out therof, he sette ther|ynne men, that shulden do the lawe; and he strengthide itOm. A., and made to hym abitacioun. Forsothe thei that weren in theOm. H. heeȝ rocke of Jerusalem, weren for|boden for to go out and go ynOm. H., in to the cuntree, and to bye, and selle; and thei hungriden gretely, and many of hem perishiden for hungre. And thei crieden to Symont, for to take riȝthondis, and he ȝaue to hem; and he cast out hem fro thennus, and clenside the heeȝ rocke fro defoulyngus. And thei entriden in to it in the three and twentithe day of the secounde monethe, in the hundred and oon and seuenti ȝeer, with preisyngpressyng K. herying H., and braunchis of palmes, and instrumentis of musik, and cymbalis, and nablisnablis, or sautres H., and ympnis, and songis, for the grete enmye of Yrael is broken to gidre. And he ordeynede, that in alle ȝeeris these days shulden be don with gladdenesse. And he strengthide the hille of the temple, that was bisidis the heeȝgreet H. rocke, and dwelte there, he, and thei that weren with hym. And Symont seeȝ Joon, his sone, that he was a man of bateil, and he putte hym duyk of alle vertues, and he dwelte in Gasaris.

 CAP. XIV.

In the hundrid and two and seuentithe ȝeer kyng Demetrie gadride his oost, and wente to Mede, for to drawe togidre helpis to hym, for to ouercume Trifon. And as Arsaces, kyng of Persis and Mede, herde for Demetrie entride his niȝ coostis, he sente oon of his princis, for to take hym quyck, and that he shulde brynge hym to hym self. And he wente, and smote theOm. H. tentistentis, or oost H. of Demetrie, and toke hym, and ledde hym to Arsaces, and putt hym in to keepyng. And the lond of Juda was stille, or pesible, alle the days of Symont, and he souȝte good thingus of his folk; and his power ples|ide to hem, and his glorie, in alle days. And with alle his glorie he toke Joppen in to hauen, and maade entre in theOm. AGH. ylis of the seese K pr. m. hic et alibi.; and heOm. H. alargide the coostis of his peple, and weeldede the cuntre. And he gadride myche caitiftee, and was lord in Gasara, and Bethsura, and Arcus; and he dide awey theOm. H. vn|clennesse of it, and there was not that aȝein stode hym. And eche man tilied his own lond with pees, and the lond of Juda ȝaue his fruytis, and trees of theOm. H. feeldfeeldes G sec. m. H. her fruyte. Alle elder men saten in stretis, and tretiden of goodis of the lond; and ȝunge men clothiden hem in glorie, and stoolis of bateil. And to the citees he ȝaue foodis, and ordeynyde hem, that thei weren vessels of strengthing, til that namethe name H. of his glorie was named vntotil to H. the last of erthe. He made pees on the lond, and Yrael gladide with grete glad|nesse; and eche man sate vnder his vyne, and vnder his fijge tree, nether there was that feride hem. The fiȝtynge man aȝeinus hem feilide on erthe; kyngis ben broken togidre in tho days. And he confermyde alle meke men of his peple, and he souȝte out the lawe, and dide awey al yuel and wickid; and glorifiede holy thingus, and multipliede vessels of holy thingus. And it is herd at Rome, for Jonathas is dead, and til in to Spar|tialis, and thei ben ful sorewful. For|sothe as thei herden, that Symont, his brother, was maad heeist prest in his stede, and weldide the cuntree, and citees in it, thei wryten to hym inin to H. brasen ta|blis, for to renule frenship, and felaw|ship, that thei maden with Judas and Jonathas, his bretheren; and thei ben rad in siȝt of theOm. H. chirche in Jerusalem. And this ensaumple of pistlisepistles H., that Spar|ciatis senten. Prince and the citees of Sparciatis to Symound, the grete preest, and to eldre men, and preestis, and toOm. H. other peple of Jewis, bretheren, helthe. Legatis that ben sente to oure peple, tolden to vs of ȝour glorie, and ho|noure, and gladnesse, and we ioyeden in the entree of hem. And we han writen what thingus weren saide of hem in counseilcounseiles H. of peplethe peple G sec. m. H., thus. Numenius of AntiochusAntioke H., and Antipatre, sone of Jason, legatis of Jewis, camen to vs, renulyng with vs the former frendship. And it pleside to the peple, for to resceyue the men gloriously, and to putte ensaum|ple of her wordis inand K. departid bokis of the peple, that it be to mynde to the peple of Sparciatis; forsothe we han writen ensaumple of these thingus to Symont, the greete prest. Forsothe after these thingus Symont sente Numenye to Rome, hauynge a greete golden sheld, weiȝt of a thousand besauntis, for to ordeyne frenship with hem. Sotheli whan the peple of Rome herde these wordis, thei saiden, What doynge of thankingus shuln we ȝeelde to Symont, and his sonys? Forsothe he restoride his bretheren, and ouer came the enmyes of Yrael fro hem. And thei ordeynyden to himhem K. freedamliberte H., and wryten in brasen tablis, and puttiden in tytlis, in to the mount of Syon. And this is theOm. H. en|saumple of writyng. In the eiȝtenthe day of the monethe Ebul, in the hundred and twothe two H. and seuentitheseuenty H. ȝeer, the thrid ȝeer vnder Symont, the grete prest, in Asaramel, in the grete cummyng togidre of prestis, peple, and princis, and folc, and `eldre mensenyours, or eldre men H. of the cuntree, these thingus ben maad knowen; for many tymes bateils ben maaddon H. in ȝour cuntree. Forsothe Symont, the sone of Mathatias, of theOm. H. sonys of Joaryb, and his bre|therenbrethen G., ȝauen hem self to perel, and aȝein stoden aduersaries of her folc, that her holy thingus and lawe shulden stonde; and bi grete glorie thei glorifieden her folc. And Jonathas gadride his folc, and is maad to hem a grete prest, and heOm. H. is put to his peple. And the enmyes of hem wolden defoule holy thingusthingis of hem H., and distruye the cuntre of hem, and strecche forth the hond in to holy thingus of hem. Thanne Symont aȝeinstode, and fauȝte for his peple, and ȝaue myche moneys, and armyd men of vertu of his folc, and he ȝaue to hem sowdis; and strengthide the citees of Juda, and Beth|sura, that was in the eendis of Judee, wher bifore weren armers of enmyes, and he puttide there help, or strengthe, men Jewis. And he strengthide Joppe, that was at the see, and Gasara, that was in theOm. H. coostis of Azotus, in whomwhiche H. enmyes dwelten byfore; and he sette there Jewis, and what euere thingus weren able to the amendyng of hem, he putte in hem. And the peple sawȝ the doyng of Symount, and the glorie that he thouȝte for to do to his folc, and thei puttiden hym her duyke, and prince of prestis, for that he hadde don alle thes thingis andin K. riȝtwisnesse, and feith, that he kepte to his folk; and he souȝte out in al maner for to reyse his peple. And in his days it hadde prosperitee in his hondis, that heithen men weren taken awey fro the cuntree of hem, whiche weren in theOm. H. citee of Dauid in Jerusa|lem, in the heeȝ rocke; of whiche thei camen out, and defouliden alle thingus that weren in theOm. H. cumpas of holy thingus, and ȝauen grete wounde to the citee. And he sette therynne men Jewis, to defendyng of the cuntree and theOm. AGH. citee, and he reyside the wallis in Jeru|salem. And kyng Demetrie ordeynede to hym the heeȝist presthod; vp this he made hym his frend, and glorifiede hym in grete glorie. Forsothe he herd, that Jewis ben cleepid of Romayns frendis, and felawes, and bretheren, and for thei resceyuyden theOm. H. legatis of Sy|mont gloriously; and for Jewis and prestis of hem consentiden, hym for to be her duyke, and heeȝist prest, in to withouten eende, til there ryse a feithful prophete; and that he be duyk on hem, and cure were to hym for holy thingus; and that he shulde ordeyne prepostus, or gouernours, onvpon H. the werkis of hem, and on the cuntree, and on armers, and on strengthus; and cure be to hym of holy thingus; and that he be herd of men, and alle wrytyngis in the cuntree be wryten to gidre vnder name of hym; and that it be not leeful to eny of the peple, and to prestis, for to make eny thing of these voide, and aȝein saye to these thingus that ben said of hym, ether tofor to H. clepe to|gidre couent in the cuntree withouten hym; and for to be clothid in pur|pre, and for to vse a golden lace, or nouche. Sothely he that shal do with out this, or shal make voide eny of these, shal be gylty. And it pleside to gidre to alle the peple, for to ordeyne Symont, and to do aftervp H. these wordis. And Sy|mont resceyuede, and it pleside, that he were sett in theOm. AGH. heeist presthod, and were duyk and prince of theOm. H. folc of Jewis, and prestis, and were bifore to alle men. And thei saiden hemOm. G pr. m. for to putte this wrytyng in brasen tablis, and toOm. H. putte hem in the walkyng place of holy thingus, in solempne place; forsothe for to putte ensaumple of these in tre|sorie, that Symont haue and his sonys.

 CAP. XV.

And theOm. AGH. kyng Antiochus, sone of Demetrie, sente epistlis fro ijlys of the see, to Symont, prest, and prince of folc of Jewis, and to al the folc; and thei weren conteynynge this manere. Kyng Antiochus to Symont, the grete prest, and to folc of Jewis, helth. For sothli men berynge pestilence weeldiden the rewme of oure faders, forsothe Y wole venge the rewme, and restore it, as it was byfore; Y made theOm. H. chosen multi|tude of oost, and made shippus of werre. Forsothe Y wole go forth by cuntrees, that Y do veniaunce in to hem that dis|truyede oure cuntree, and that maden manymy G pr. m. citees desolate in my rewme. Now therfore Y ordeyneordeynede, or conferme H. to thee alle offringus, that alle kyngus byfore me forȝauen toOm. H. thee, and what euer other ȝiftis thei for|ȝauen to thee; and Y suffre thee for to make smytyng, or printe, of thin own money, in thi regyounregyoun, or cuntre H.; sothely Jerusa|lem for to be holy and free, and alle armers that ben maad, and strengthis, that thou hast maad out, and that thou holdist, dwelle to thee; and al dett of the kyng, and tho that ben to cummynge of kyngus thingis, fro this inand in AGH. to al tyme ben forȝouen to thee. Sothely whanne we shuln weelde oure rewme, we shuln glorifie thee, and thi folc, and templethe temple H., with grete glorie, so that ȝoure glorie be shewid in al erthe. In the hundrid ȝeer and foure and seuentithe Antiochus wente out in to the londlondis H. of his fadris, and alle oostis camen to gydre to hym, so that fewe weren left with Trifon. And kyng Antiochus pursuede hym, and he came to Doram, fleeȝinge by the se coost; for|sothe he wist, that yuels weren gadrid in to hym, and the oost forsoken hym. And Antiochus appliede on Doram, with an hundrid and twenti thousand of fiȝtyng men, and eiȝte thousand of horsmen; and he cumpaside the citee, and shippus fro the se camen to; and thei traueiliden the cite fro lond and se, and suffreden no man for to entre, or go out. Forsothe Numenyus came, and thei that weren with hym, fro Rome, hauynge epistlis wryten to kyngis and cuntrees, in whiche these thingus weren conteyned. Lucius, consul of Romayns, to kyng Ptholome, helthe. Legatis of Jewis camen to vs, oure freendis, renulynge the former fren|ship and felawship, sent of Symont, prince of prestis, and of the peple of Jewis. Sotheli thei brouȝten to and a golden sheeld of a thousand besauntis. And so it pleside to vs for to wryte to kyngis and cuntrees, that thei do not yuels to hem, nether enpungnerepugne A. hem, and her cytees, and her cuntrees, and that thei bere not help to men fiȝtynge aȝeinus hem. Forsothe it is seen to vs, for to resceyue of hem the sheeld. Therfore ȝif any menman H. of pestilence shuln flee fro the cuntree of hem to ȝou, bytake ȝe hem to Symont, prince of prestis, that he venge in to hem aftervp H. his lawe. These same thingus ben wryten to kyng Demetrie, and Attalus, and Araba, and Arsaces, and in to alle cuntrees, and Sampsame, and Spartanyes, and Delo, and Myde, and Synone, and Carie, and Samyum, and Pamphiliam, and Lysiam, and Alacarnasum, and Rodum, and Pha|selida, and Reo, and Sydon, and Arado, and Gortynam, and Gnydum, and Cypre, and Cyrenen. Forsothe ensaumple of these thei han wryten to Symont, prince of prestis, and to peple of Jewis. For|sothe Antiochus appliede tentus in Do|ram the secounde tyme, mouynge to it euermore hondis, and makyng engynes; and he closide to gidre Trifon, lest he wente out. And Symont sente to hym two thousand of chosen men, in to help, and syluer, and gold, and plenteuouse vessels; and he wolde not take. Bot he brake alle thingus that he couenantide with hym byfore, and alyenyde hym self fro hym. And he sente to hym Athe|nobius, oon of his freendis, for to treete with hym, sayynge, Ȝe holden Joppen andin AG pr. m. HK. Gazaram, and the heeȝ rocke that is in Jerusalem, cytees of my rewme; the coostis of hem ȝe han waastid, and han don a grete veniaunce in the lond, and ȝe lordshipen by many places in my rewme. Nowe therfore ȝeue ȝe the citees, whomwhiche H. ȝe occupieden, and tributis of places, `to whomwhiche H. ȝe lordshipen, out of the eendis of Judee. Or ellis ȝeue ȝe for hem fyfty talentis of syluer, and of distruyyng that ȝe han distruyed, and of tributis of citees, other fifty talentis; or ellis we schuln cumme, and ouercumme ȝou. And Athenobyus, frend of the kyng, came in to Jerusalem, and seeȝ the glorye of Symont, and cleernesse, in gold, and syluer, and plenteuouse apareil, and was astonyed; and he tolde to hym wordis of the kyng. And Symont an|swerde, and seide to hym, Nether we token alyen londisloond AGH., nether with holden other mens thingus, bot eritage of oure fadris, that was weeldid sum tyme vn|iustly of oure enmyes. Sothely we hau|ynge tyme chalengen the heritage ofon K. oure fadris. For why of Joppe and Ga|zara that thou axist, thei diden grete veniaunceplage, or veniaunce H. in the peple, and inOm. G pr. m. oure cuntree; of these we ȝeuen an hundrid talentis. And Athenobyus answerde not a word. Sothely he, turned aȝein with wrath to the kyng, tolde aȝein to hym these wordis, and the glorie of Symont, and alle thingus that he seeȝ. And the kyng was wrothe with grete wrath. Forsothe Trifon fleiȝ by ship in to Orto|sayda. And the kyng ordeynyde Cen|debeus, duyk of the se coost, and ȝaue to hym oost of fotmenthe footmen H. and horsmen; and comaundide hym for to moue tentis aȝeinus the face of Judee. And he co|maundide hym for to bilde Cedron, and to stoppe ȝatisthe ȝatis H. of theOm. H. citee, and ouer|cumme the peple; forsothe the kyng pursuede Trifon. And Cendebeus came to Jamniam, and bigan for to terre the peple to wrath, and for to defoule Judee, and to make the peple caityf, and slea, and to beelde Cedron. And he sette there horsmen and oost, that thei gon out shulden walke by theOm. H. waye of Judee, as the kyng ordeynyde hym.

 CAP. XVI.

And Joon styede fro Gazara, and tolde to Symont, his fadir, what thingus Cen|debeus dide in the peple of hem. And Symont clepide his two eldre sonnys, Judas and Joon, and saith to hem, Y, and my bretheren, and theOm. H. hous of my fadre, han ouercummen the enmyes of Yrael, fro ȝongthe til in to this day; and it hadde prosperite in oure hondis, for to delyuere Yrael sumtymes. Forsothe nowe I haue oldid, bot be ȝe in my stede, and of my brother, and ȝe gon out, fiȝte for oure folc; forsothe help of heuen be with ȝou. And he cheese of the cuntree twenti thousand of fiȝtynge men, and horsmen; and thei wenten out to Cende|beus, and slepten in Modyn. And thei rysen erly, and wenten in to the feeld, and loo! a copyous oost in to metyng to hem, of fotemen and horsmen; and the flood of reyn water was bitwix the myd|dis of hem. And he mouede to the tentis aȝeinus theOm. H. face of hem, he and his pe|ple, and he seeȝ the peple tremblynge to passe ouer the streme of reyn, and he passide ouer the first; and men seeȝen hym, and passiden after hym. And he lefte the peple and horsmen in mydil of fotemen; forsothe theOm. H. rydyng of aduer|saries was ful plenteuouse. And thei cryeden an heeȝ with holy trumpis; and Cendebeus is conuertid in to fliȝt, and his oosttentes H., and many of hem felle woundid; sothely the residues fledden in to theOm. H. strengthe. ThanneAnd H. Judas, the brother of Joon, is woundid; forsothe Joon pur|suede hem, til he came to Cedrona, whomwhiche H. he beeldide. And thei fledden `vntoto H. toures, that weren in theOm. H. feeldis of Azo|tis, and he brente hem with fijr; and there fellen of hem two thousand of men; and he turnyde aȝein in to Judee in pees. And Ptholome, sone of Aboby, was or|deynyd duyk in the feeld of Jerico, and he hadde myche syluer and gold; for|sothe he weddide the douȝter of theOm. H. heeȝist prest. And the hert of hym is reysid, and he wolde weelde the cuntree; and he thouȝte gyle aȝeinus Symont and his sonys, for to do awey hem. For|sothe Symont walkynge by citees that weren in the cuntree of Judee, and ber|ynge the besynesse of hem, came doun in to Jericho, he, and Mathatias, his sone, and Judas, in the hundrid ȝeer and seuen and seuentithe, in the elleuenthe monethe; this is theOm. AGH. moneth Sabath. And the sone of Abobi resceyuyde hem in to a litil strengthe, that is clepid Doth, with gijle, whomwhiche H. he beeldide; and he made to hem a grete feest, and hidde men there. And whan Symont was ful of drinke, and his sonys, Ptholome roose with his, `and token her armersaspyes H., and entriden in to the feest, and slewen hym, and his two sonnys, and sume children of hym. And he did a grete disceyte in Yrael, and ȝeeldideȝeelde H. yuels for goodis. And Ptholome wrote these thingus, and sente to the kyng, for to sende to hym an oost in to help, and he shulde bitake to hym the cuntre and citees of hem, and tributis. And he sente other in to Ga|zara, for to do awey Joon; and the tri|bune sente epistlis, that thei shulden cume to hym, and he shulde ȝeue to hem syluer, and gold, and ȝiftis. And he sente other, for to ocupie Jerusalem, and the mount of the temple. And summan rennynge byfore tolde to Joon in Ga|zara, for his fader perishide, and his bretheren, and for he hath sente and thee for to be slayn. Forsothe as he herde, he dredde greteli; and he cauȝte the men that came for to leese hym, and slewȝ hem; forsothe he knewe, forthat H. thei souȝten for to leese hym. And other thingus of Joons wordis, and of his ba|teils, and good vertues, in whiche he dide strongly, and of beeldyng of wallis, whom he fully maade, and of thingus don of hym, loo! theese ben writen in the boke of days of his presthod, sithen he was maad prince of prestis aftir his fadir.

 Here endith the book of the firste Judas Machabeus, and bigynneth the book of secunde Judas MachabeusNo final rubric in AGH.. II. MACCABEES. The book of the secunde MachabeusHere bigynneth the secounde boke of Machabeorum. A. Machabee the secunde. G. No initial rubric in H..CAP. I.

To bretheren, that ben by Egipt, Jewis, helthe sayen bretheren, that ben in Jeru|salem, Jewis, and that ben in theOm. H. cuntree of Judee, and good pees. God do wel to ȝou, and haue mynd of his testament, that he spake to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, his trewe seruauntis; and ȝeue herte to ȝou alle, that ȝe wirshipe hym, and do the wille of hym with grete herte and wilful ynwytt. Opene he ȝour herte in his lawe, and his heestis, and make he pees; heere he graciously ȝour preyers, and be recounseilid to ȝou, nether forsake ȝou in yuel tyme. And nowe we ben here preyinge for ȝou. Regnynge Deme|trie in the hundrid ȝeer and sixtisixtithe GH. and nynthe, we Jewis han writen to ȝou in tribulacioun and fersnesse, that came aboue to vs in these ȝeeris, sithen Jason wente oute of the holy lond and rewme. Thei brenten the ȝate, and shedden out innocent blood; and we preyeden to the Lord, and we ben graciously herd, and we han offrid sacrifice, and cleene flour, and han tendid lanterns, and han putte forth looues. And nowe vse ȝe the days of Senephegie, of the moneth Casleu. In the hundred ȝeer and eiȝte and eiȝtithe, the peple that is in Jerusalem and in Judee, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristoble, maister of Tholome, kyng, that is of the kyn of oyntyd prestis, and to hem that ben in Egypt, Jewis, helthe of soule, and helthe of body. We delyuerd of God fro grete perilis, don thankyngis to hym hugely, as we that han fouȝten aȝeinus siche a kyng. For|sothe he made tofor to H. buyle out of Persis hem that fouȝten aȝeinus vs andin G pr. m. H. the holy citee. For whi whan in Perse was the duyke hym self, and with hym al the oost, he felle in the temple of Nauee, disceyuyd bi the counseil of the prest of Nauee. Forsothe as to dwellyng with hym Antiochus came to the place, and his freendisfrende H., and for to take myche moneys by name of dower. And whan prestis of Nauee hadden putte hem forth, and he with fewe entride with ynne cumpas of the temple, thei clos|iden the temple, whanne Antiochus had entride. And the priuy entree of the temple opnyd, thei sendinge stoons smyten the duyk, and hem that weren with hym, and departiden lym mele; and the hedis gird off, casten forth out. Bi alle thingis blessid God, that bitoke vn|pitous men. Therfore we to makynge puryfiyng, or clensynge, of the temple, in theOm. H. fyue and twentithe day of the moneth Casleu, ledden needful for to sig|nyfie to ȝou, that and ȝe do the day of Senephegie, and the day of fijr, that is ȝouen, whan Neemye offride sacrifices, and the temple and theOm. H. auter bildid. For whi whan oure fadris weren ledde in to Persis, prestis that thanne weren wirshipers of God, hidden priuyly fijr taken of the auter, in a valey, wher was a deep pitt, and drye; and therynne thei kepten it, so that the place was vnknowen to alle men. Forsothe whanne many ȝeeris hadden passid, and it pleside to God that Neemye was sente fro the kyng of Persis, he sente the sonys sonysOm. H. ofof tho G sec. m. H. prestis that hidden, for to seeke fijre; and as thei teelden to vs, thei foonden not fijre, bot fatt water. And he comaund|ide hem for to drawe, and brynge to hym. And Neemye, prest, comaundide the sacrifices, that weren put vponon H., for to be spreynt with this water, and the trees, and tho that weren putte aboue. And as this was don, and the tyme came to, in whiche the sunne shoon aȝein, that byfore was in cloude, a grete fijr is kyn|dlid, so that alle men wondriden. For|sothe alle the prestis maden preyer, whijl the sacrifice was eendid; Jonathas bygyn|nynge, other forsothe answerynge. And the preyer of Neemye was hauynge this manere. Lord God, of alle thingis maker of nouȝt, dreedful and stronge, iust and mercyful, whiche aloon art aOm. H. good kyng, aloon ȝeuynge, aloone iust, and almiȝti, and with out bigynnyng and eend, whiche delyuerist Yrael froof AGH. al yuel, whiche mad|ist chosen faders, and halewidist hem; take thou sacrifice for al thy peple Yrael, and keepe thi part, and halewe. Gadre oure scateryngdispersyoun, or scaterynge H., delyuere hem that seruen to heithen men, and biholde thouthou to H. dis|pisid men, and maad abomynable, that heithen men wite, that thou art oure God. Tourment thou men oppressynge vs, and doynge dispite in pride. Ordeyn thi peple in thin holy place, as Moyses saide. Forsothe prestis sungen ympnys, tyl the sacrifice was eendid. Forsothe whan the sacrifice was eendid, Neemye comaundide the more stoons for to be shed onvpon H. of the residue water; whiche thing as was don, flawme is kyndlid of hem, bot it is waastid of the liȝt, that aȝein shynyde of the auter. Forsothe as the thing is knowen, it is tolde to the kyng of Peris, that in the place in whiche tho prestis that weren translatid, hadden hidde fijr, water apperide, of whiche Neemye and thei that weren with hym, clensiden sacrifices. Forsothe the kyng byholdynge and diligently examyninge the thing, made a temple to hym, for to proue that thing that was don. And whanne he hadde proued, he ȝaue many goodis to prestis, and other with outen noumbre; and takynge with his hond, he ȝaue to hem. Forsothe Neemye clep|ide this place Nepthar, that is interpretidinterpretid, or expounned H. clensyng; forsothe anentis many itOm. G pr. m. K. is clepid Nephi.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe it is founden in dyscryuyngis, or wrytyngis, of Jeremye, theOm. H. prophete, that he comaundide hem that passiden ouer, for to take fijr, as it is signyfied, and as he bade to men passynge ouer, or caitif. And he ȝaue to hem the lawe, lest thei forȝaten the heestis of the Lord; and that thei shulden not erreoute erre G pr. m. H. in soulis, or vndirstondingis, seeynge golden and sylueren symulacris, and ournementis of hem. And he sayinge other siche thingus monestide, that thei shulden not remoue the lawe fro her herte. Sothely it was in that wrytyng, hou the prophete badde the tabernacle, and theOm. H. hucche, or ark, for to folowe with hem, Goddis answer maad to hym, til he wente out in to the hill in whiche Moyses ascendide, and seeȝ the eritage of God. And Jeremye cummynge foonde there a place of aOm. GH. den, and brouȝte yn thidir the tabernacle, and theOm. H. hucche, and theOm. H. auter of en|cense, and stoppide the dore. And sume men camen to gidre that folewiden, for to marke the place to hem, and thei miȝten not fynde. Forsothe as Jeremye knewe, he blamynge hem saide, that the place shal be vnknowen, til God gadre the congregacioun togidre of peple, and be maad mercyfulhelthful, or merciful H. And thanne the Lord shal shewe these thingus, and ma|iestethe mageste H. of the Lord shal appere; and a cloude shal be, as and to Moyses was schewid, and as whan Salomon axide, that the place shulde be halewid to grete God. Forsoth greetli he tretid wysdom, and as hauynge wysdom he offride sacrifice of halewyng, and of parfourmyng of the temple. As and Moyses preyide to the Lord, and fijr came doun fro heuen, and wastide the brent sacrifice; as and Salo|mon preyide, and fijr came doun fro heuen, and wastide the brent sacrificessacrifice H.. And Moyses saide, For that it is not clensid, that was for synne, and it is waastid. Also and Salomon in eiȝte days wirshipide the halewyng. Forsothe and these same thingis weren born in discrip|ciouns, and theOm. H. almeries of Neemye; and he makynge a litil bible, gadride of cuntrees bokis, and of prophetis, and of Dauid, and epistlis of kyngus, and of ȝiftis. Also sothely and Judas gadride alle tho thingus whiche he lernyde by bateil, that bifelle to vs, and theithei that H. ben anentus vs. Therfore ȝif ȝe desiren these, sende ȝe whiche shuln bere to ȝou. And so we to doynge purifyyng, han write to ȝou; therfore ȝe shuln do wel, ȝif ȝe shuln do these days. Forsothe God that delyuerde his peple, and ȝeeldideȝeelde H. his eritage to alle, andthe H. rewme, and prest|hod, and halewyng, as he byheiȝte in the lawe, we hopen that soone he shal haue mercy ofon H. vs, and shal gadre fro vnder heuen in to the holy place; for|sothe he delyuerde vs fro grete perelis, and purgide the place. Sothely of Judas Machabeus, and his bretheren, and of purifying of the grete temple, and of halewyng of the auter; bot and of the bateilis, that perteynen to noble Antioch, and to his sone Eupator; and of liȝt|nyngus that ben maad of heuen, to hem that strongly diden for Jewis, so that whan thei weren fewe, thei vengeden al the cuntree, and dryuen an heithen mul|titude, and rekyuerden the most famous temple in al the world; and thei dely|uerden the citee, that and lawis that weren don awey weren restorid; the Lord maad helpful to hem, with al pesi|bletee. And so we temptiden, or as|sayeden, for to abregge `in toin AGH. oo boke, thingus comprehendid of Jason of Cyre|nen in fyue bookis. Forsothe we by|holdynge the multitude of bookis, and hardnesse, to men willynge for to assaile, or bygynne, the tellyngis of stories, for multitude of thingus, sothely we curiden, or hadden bysynesse, that it were delec|tacioun, or lykyng, of ynwitt to men willynge for to reede; forsothe the stu|dyouse, that thei miȝten liȝtlyer bytake to mynde; forsothe to alle men reedyng profit be ȝouen. And sothely we token to `oure selfvs self H. that resceyueden this werk, bi cause of abreggyng, not liȝtliȝt, or esy GH. traueil, bot sothely a needefull of wakyngis and of swote. As these that maken redy a feest, and seekyn for to plese to the wille of other men, for grace of many men, we susteynen wilfully traueile; forsothe grauntynge the trewthe of alle autours, bot we oure self studyinge to shortnesse, after the fourme ȝouen. Forsothe as it is for to cure, or bisie, to the wriȝt of thea H. new hous, of al the beeldyng; to hym sothely that bisieth for to peynte, tho thingus ben to be souȝt out, that ben couenable to ournyng; so it is to be gessid and in vs. Forsothe for to gedir vndirstondyng, and ordeyne word, and ful bisili for to enquere alle partis of the storie, eche bi hem self, acordith to an auctour; forsothe for to sue shortnesse of sayinge, and for to eschewe out su|yngus of thingus, is to be grauntid to the bregger. Fro hennus therfore we shuln bygynne the tellyng; be it ynewȝ for to haue said so myche of prefacioun, or byfore spekyng; forsothe it is foly for to flete out, or be longe, bifore the sto|rye, bot in that storie for to be maad short.

 CAP. III.

Therfore whanne the holy citee was enhabited in al pees, lawis also ȝit weren best kept, for ordynaunce and pite of Onye, prest, and for soulis hauynge in hate yuel thingus, it was maad, that and thei kyngis and princis ledden the place worthi heeist honour, and liȝteneden the temple with grettist ȝiftis; so that Se|leucus, kyng of Asie, ȝaue of his rentis alle spensis perteynynge to the seruice of sacrifices. Forsothe Symont, of the lynage of Beniamyn, ordeynyd prepost of the temple, the prince of prestis aȝein|stondynge hym, strofe for to caste sum wickid thing in the cytee. Bot whan he miȝte not ouercume Onye, he came to Appollonye, sone of Tharsie, that in that tyme was duyk of Celessirie and Fenyce; and tolde to hym the tresorie in Jerusa|lem for to be ful with moneys vnnoum|breable; and commoun plentees, or rich|essis, for to be grete, whiche perteynen not to resoun of sacrifices; forsothefor G pr. m. bot G sec. m. H. for to be possible, alle thingus for to falle vndir power of the kyng. And whanne Appollonye hadde tolde to the kyng of moneys that weren born ynne, he sente Heleodore clepid, that was on his needis, with maundementus for to bere out the forsaid money. And anoon Heleodore takynge theOm. GH. waye, sothely by fourme as he were to passynge by Celescirie and Fenyce cytees, sothely in trewe thingthingis GH., to parfourmynge the kyngus purpose. Bot when he came to Jerusalem, and benyngly of the heeȝist prest in theOm. G. cite was resceyued, he tolde of dom ȝouen of moneys, and opnyde for grace, or cause, of what thing he came; forsothe he axide `ȝif verrelyverrely ȝif K. these thingus weren so. Thanne the heeȝist prest shewide, these thingus for to be kept to the lyuelodis of widues, and faderlesse and moderlesse children; sumsum man G sec. m. sothely for to be of Hircam Tobye, man ful noble inand in K. these thingus, that vn|pitous Symont hadde teelde; forsothe alle theOm. H. talentis of syluer for to be foure hundrid, and of gold two hundrid; for|sothe for to be inpossible on al manere, hem forOm. AGH. to be disceyued, that bileuyden, or bitoken, to the place and temple, that bi al the world is honourid for his wir|shipyng, and holynesse. And for these thingus `that hethei H. hadde in maundementis of the kyng, he saide, in al kynde hem for to be born to the kyng. Forsothe in the day ordeynyde Heleodore entride, to ordeynynge of these thingis; forsothe there was not aOm. H. lytil tremblyng by al the citee. Forsothe prestis castiden hem self byfore the auter, with prestis stolys, and ynclepiden fro heuen hym that ȝaue lawe of thingus put in keepyng, that he shulde keepe hem saaf to these that had|den putte hem in keepyng. Nowe for|sothe he that seeȝ the chier of theOm. H. heeȝ|ist prest, was woundid in sowle; forsothe the face and colour inchaungid, declaride the ynward sorewe of soule, or ynwitt. Forsothe sum sorewfulnesse was shed about to the man, and hydousnesse of body, by whiche the sorewe of herte was maadOm. G pr. m. knowen to men byholdynge. Also other men by gadring to gidre camen out of housis, bysechynge with open bysech|yng, for that that the place was to cum|mynge in to dispit. And wymmen gyrd the brest with heyris, flowiden togidre by streetis; bot and virgynes, that weren closid togidre, runnen fully to Onye; other forsothe to the wallis, summe sothely byheelden by wyndowis. For|sothe alle holdynge forth hondis in to heuen bisouȝten; sothely there was a wretchid abyding of theOm. H. multitude meynt, and of theOm. H. heeȝist prest ordeyned in strijf, or anguyshe. And these sothely inclepide almiȝti God, that thingus taken in keepyng weren kept in al hoolnesse, to these that hadden putte hem in keepynge. Forsothe Heleodore parfourmyde thatthe H. thing, that he hadde demyde, he presente with his knyȝtis in the same place aboute the tresorie. Bot the spirit of almiȝty God made grete euydence of his shew|yng, so that alle that weren hardye for to obeye to hym, fallyng doun by theOm. H. vertu of God, weren `togidre turnydconuertid H. in to vnbyndynge, or vnstrengthevnstrenge K., and in|ward dreed. Forsothe sum hors apeeride to hem, hauynge a dreedful sitter, ournyd with best hillyngus; and hehe that K. with feers|nesse, or bire, rushide the former feet to Heleodore; forsothe he that sate on hym, was seen for to haue golden armers. Also other two ȝunge apperiden, faire in vertu, best in glorie, and fair in clothinge, that stoden aboute hym, and on eche sijd scourgiden hym with outen ceesyng, with many woundis betynge. Sodeynly for|sothe Heleodore felle in to erthe, and thei rauyshiden hym shed about with myche derknesse, and castiden hym out, put in a `sadil of beereberinge sadil GH.. And this that with many rynners and kniȝtis entride in to the forsaide tresorie, was born, no man berynge help to hym, the opyn vertu of God knowen; and forsothe by Goddis vertu he lay doumbe, and pryued of al hope and helthe. Forsothe these bless|iden the Lord, for he magnyfied his place; and the temple, that a lytil by|fore was ful of dreed and noyse, the Lord almiȝty appeerynge, is fulfillid with ioye and gladnesse. Thanne forsothe sume of Heliodoris frendis preyeden anoon Onye, for to inclepe the Heeȝist, and for to ȝeue lyf to hym, for he was sette in the last spirit. Sothely the heeȝist prest biholdinge, lest par auenture the kyng supposide enyOm. H. malice of Jewis fully done aȝeinus Helyodore, heand he H. offride for helthe of the man an helthful sacri|fice. And whan the heeist prest prey|ede, the same ȝunglyngus, clothid in the same clothis, stondynge niȝ to Heliodore, saiden, Do thou thankyngys to Onye, theOm. H. prest; for whi for hym the Lord hath ȝouen lyf to thee; thou sothely, scourgid of God, telle to alle men the greete doyngus of God, and power. And these thingis said, thei apperiden not. Helyodore sothely, a sacrifice offrid to God, and grete auowis bihiȝte to hym, that grauntide to hym for to lyue, and doynge thankyngis to Onye, his oost re|sceyued, wente aȝein to the king. So|thely he witnesside to alle men the werkis of grete God, whiche he seeȝ vn|der his eeȝen. Forsothe whan the kyng axide Helyodore, who was able ȝit oonys for to be sente to Jerusalem, he saith, Ȝif thou hast eny enmye, or aspier, or trai|tour, of thi rewme, sende thider, and thou shalt resceyue hym betun, ȝif ne|theles he schal scape; for that in the place is verrely sum vertu of God. For whi he that in heuens hath dwellyng, is visiter and helper of that place; and he smyteth and leesith men cummynge to mysdo. Therfore of Heliodore, and kep|yng of the tresorie, thus the thyng hath hym.

 CAP. IV.

Symont forsothe byfore saide, accuser of moneys, and of the cuntree, spake yuel ofto K. Onye, as he hadde stiride Helyodore to these thingis, and he hadde be stirer of yuels; and he durst saye the puruey|oure of the citee, and defender of his folc, and louer of the lawe of God, enmye, or traitour, of the rewme. Bot whan enmytees in so myche camen forth, that by summe necessaries, or niȝ freendis, of Symount man sleayngus weren don, Onye, byholdynge the perel of strijf, and Appolonye for to be wood, as duyk of Celescerie and Fenyce, for to encresce the malice of Symont, ȝaue hym self to the kyng; not as acuser of citeeseins, bot biholdynge anentis hym self the comoun profit of al the multitude. Forsothe he seeȝ, for to be inpossible pees for to be ȝouen to thingus without the kyngus pur|uyaunce, nether Symont mowe ceese of his foly. Bot after theOm. H. passing ofof of K. Seleucus lijf, whan Antiochus, that was cleepid noble, hadde taken rewme, Jason, brother of Onye, coueytide the heeȝist presthod, the kyng gon to, byhetynge hym three hundred talentis and sixty of syluer, and of other rentis foure score; vpon these thingus he bihiȝtehiȝte G pr. m. and other an hundrid and fyfty, ȝif it were graunt|id to his power, for to ordeyne a scole, and aOm. H. gadryng of ȝunge men to hym; and for to wryte hem that weren in Je|rusalem Antiochenys, or men of Anti|oche. Whiche thing whan the kyng had grauntide, and he weeldide the prince|hod, anoon he bygan for to transferre to heithen custumcustom, or obseruaunce H. men of his lynage. And these thingus don awey, whiche bi cause of humanytee, or curtasie, to Jewis weren ordeynyd of kyngus by Joon, fader of Eupolemy, whiche anentus Romayns is ordeyned in laweful message of frend|ship and felawship, he, distruyinge riȝtis, or lawis, of theOm. AGH. cyteeseyns, made shrewid ordinauncis; and sothely he was hardy for to ordeyne a scole vnder that heeȝ rocke, and for to putte al the beste of ȝunge in bordel hous. Forsothe this was not bygynnyng, bot sum encresyng and profit of heithen and alien lijf, for the vnleeful and vnherd grete trespas of vnpytous, and not prest Jason; so that prestis not nowe weren ȝouen aboute offices of the auter, bot the temple dis|pisid, and sacrifices left, thei hastiden for to be maad felawis of wrastlyng, and of vniust ȝeuynge therof, and of oost, or cumpanye, of dishe, or pleyinge with ledun dishe. And thei hauynge honours of fadris at nouȝt, demyden Greek glories best. For grace of whiche perilous con|tencioun hadde hem, and her ordinauncis thei folewiden, or louyden; and by alle thingus thei coueitiden for to be lijk to hem, whom thei hadden enmyes and dis|truyers. Forsothe for to do vnpitously aȝeinus Goddis lawis fallith not with outen peyn, bot and the tyme suynge declaride these thingus. Sothely whan fyue ȝeer stryf, or fiȝt, was wirshipid in Tyre, and the kyng was present, Jason ful of grete trespassis sente fro Jerusalem men synners, berynge three hundrid dragmes of syluer in to sacrifice of Er|cules; whiche these men that baren out axiden, that thei weren not ȝouen in sacrifices, for it needide not, bot in to other spensis hem for to be ordeynyd. Bot these sothely ben offrid of hym that sente in to sacrifice of Ercules; sothely for men present thei ben ȝouen in to makynge of grete shippis. Forsothe Appollonye, sone of Nesteye, sente in to Egipt for primatis ofto H. Tholome Philo|metoris, kyng; forsothe whanne Antio|chus knewe hym maad alien fro needis of the rewme, he conseilynge to his owne profitis, gon thennus, cam to Joppen, and fro thennus to Jerusalem. And he, re|sceiued of Jason and of the citee wir|shipfully, with liȝtis of broondis, and preysyngus, wente yn, and fro thennus turnyd the oost in to coost of Fenyce. And after the tyme of three ȝeer Jason sente Menelaus, brother of Symont aboue said, berynge moneys to the kyng, and of necessariethe necessarye H. causis to beryng answeris. And he comendidcomaundide H. to the kyng, whan he magnyfiedehadde magnyfied G sec. m. H. the face of his power, turn|yde in to hym self the heeȝist presthode, aboue puttynge to Jason three hundrid talentes of syluer. And maundementis taken of the kyng, he came, sothely hau|ynge no thing worthi to presthod; so|thely inwitt of cruela cruel G sec. m. H. tyraunt, and ber|yng wrath of wijlda wijld G sec. m. H. beestbeest, or of woundur aȝenis kynde H.. And sothely Jason, that toke his own brother caitif, he disceyued is putt out outlawid in to the cuntree of AmanythenAmanythew K.. Bot Mene|laus forsothe weeldide the princehod, bot of moneys bihiȝt to the kyng he hadde no thing, whan Sostratus, that was pre|poost to the heeȝ rocke, made exactioun, or vniust axing, for whi exactioun of tributis perteynede to hym; for whiche cause bothe ben clepid to the kyng. And Menelaus remoued fro presthod, succed|yng, or next cummynge after, Lysyma|cus, his brother; sothely Sostratus is maad souereyn to men of Sypre. And whan these thingus weren don, it byfelle Tharsensis and Mallotis for to moue de|bate, for that thei weren ȝouen in ȝift to the concubyne of kyng Antiochus. And so the kyng hastily came, for to swage hem, left oon of his erlis suffectus An|dronyk. Forsothe Menelaus demynge hym for to haue taken couenable tyme, stelinge sume golden vessels of the tem|ple, ȝaue to Andronyk, and other he solde to Tyre, and by niȝ citees. Whiche thing whan Onye hadde knowen most certeynly, he repreuede hym, he hold|ynge hym self in a syker place at An|tioche, bisidis Daphnen. Wherof Mene|laus goynge to Andronyk, preyede that he slewȝschulde sle G sec. m. H. Onye. Whiche whan he came to Onye, and riȝt hondis ȝouen with ooth, thouȝ he was suspect to hym, counseilide hym for to go forth of asile, anoon slewȝ hym, not dreedynge riȝtwisnesse. For whiche cause not oonly Jewis, bot and other naciouns, weren wrothe, and baren heuyly of the vniust deth of so grete aOm. H. man. Bot Jewis at Antioche, and Greekis, togydre pleynynge of the vniust deth of Onye, wenten to the kyng, turnyd aȝein of theOm. H. places of Cilicia. And so the kyng Antiochus sory in inwit for Onye, and heOm. H., bowid to mercy, shedde teeris, recordynge the sobrenesse and myldnesse of the dead man. And the ynwitt kyn|dlid, he comaundith Andronyke, vncloth|id purpre, for to be led about by al the citee, and, in that place in whiche he hadde don vnpitee in to Onye, the cursid man for to be priued of lijf; the Lord ȝeuynge to hym euen worthworthi AGH. peyne. For|sothe many sacrilegis don in the temple of Lysymacus, by counceil of Menelaus, and fame puplishid, a multitude is ga|drid aȝeinus Lysymacus, myche gold now born out. Forsothe the cumpanyes aȝein rysynge, and theOm. H. inwittus fulfillid with wrath, Lysymacus almest three thousand aarmyd wickid hondis bygan forOm. H. to vse, sum tyraunt duyk, olde in age and also woodnesse. Bot as thei vndirstoden the enforsyng of Lysymacus, other tooken stoonys, other strong stafs, sumsum sothely H. hasten for to kasten askisOm. K. in to Ly|symacus. And many sothely woundid, sum forsothe cast doun, alle forsothe ben to gidre turnyd in to fliȝt; also thei slewen hym sacrileger, or theef of holy thingis, bysidis the tresorie. Therfore of these thingis dom bygan for to be moued aȝein Menelaus. And whan the kyng came to Tyre, three men, sente of the eldre men, brouȝten the cause to hym. And whanne Menelaus was ouercummen, he bihiȝte for to ȝeue many moneys to Tholome, for to counseile the kyng. And so Tholome wente to the kyng, sett in sum porche, as for grace of refreytyngrefresching GH., or colyng, and ledd awey fro sentence. And he as|soilide Menelaus, gylty trewly of crymes, of al the malice. Forsothe he dampnyde by deeth these wrecches, whiche shulden be demyd innocentis, ȝeaand H., ȝif thei hadden ledde cause anentisaȝenis H. Sithis. Therfore soone thei ȝauen vniust peyn to hem, that pursueden cause for the citee, and for theOm. H. peple, and holy vessels. Wherfore and men of Tyre wroothe, weren most liberal aȝeinis the birying of hem. For|sothe for coueitise of hem that weren in power, Menelaus dwelte in power, wex|inge in malice, and to disceytis of cite|seyns.

 CAP. V.

In the same tyme Antiochus made redy the secounde goynge in to Egipt. Forsothe it byfelle, by eche citee of men of Jerusalem, for to be seen fourty days horsmen rennyng aboute by the eyre, hauynge golden stoolis, andof G pr. m. shaftis, as cumpanyes of kniȝtis armed; and coursis of horsishors H. wijsly set bi ordris, and assail|yngis, or fiȝtyngus to gidre, for to be maad niȝ, and mouyngmouyngis H. of sheeldis, and multitude of helmyd men, with streyned swerdis, and castyngcastyngis H. of dartys, and shynyng of golden armers, and of al kynde of hauberiouns. Wherfore alle men preyeden, the monstris, or wondres, tokne of thingus to cummyng, for to be togidre turnedconuertid H. in to good. Bot when fals `rumour, or tithingtithing H., wente out, as Antiochus hadde gon out of lijf, Jason sodeynly assailide the citee, a thousand men taken to, not lesse; and theOm. H. cite|seyns togidre fleeȝinge to the wall, at the last the citee taken, Menelaus fleiȝ in to the heeȝ rocke. Forsothe Jason spar|ide not in sleaynge to his citeseyns, ne|ther he thouȝte prosperite aȝens cosyns; demynge most yuel, for to be hym to takynge victories of enmyes, and not of citeseyns. And sothely he weldide not princehod, bot toke confusioun eend of his aspies, or disseitis; and he, fleeȝinge eft, wente in to Ammanithen. At the last vndoynge of hym, closid togidre of Areta, tyraunt of Arabum, fleeȝinge fro citee in to citee, odiouse to alle men, as apostata, or forsaker of lawis, and abo|minableabomynable, or waried H. abominable, or cursid G sec. m., as enmye of the cuntree and citeeseynsof citeseynes G sec. m. H., is cast out in to Egipt. And he that hadde putt out many of her cuntree, perishide in pilgrimage, goynge to Lacedomonas, as for cosynage to hau|ynge there refuyt. And he that castidecast H. awey many vnbiried, he and vnweilid and vnbiried is cast out of byryyng, nether vsynge straunge sepulcre, nethir takynge part of fadris sepulcre. And so these thingus don, the kyng supposide Jewis to forsakyng felawship; and for this he gon out of Egipt with wood in|wittis, toke the citee sothely with armes. Forsothe he comaundide to the kniȝtis, for to slea, nether toOm. AGH. spare to men ren|nynge aȝeinus, and by housis styinge vp for to strangle. Thefore ther weren maad sleayngis of ȝunge and eldre, of wymmen and children distruyingus, and dethis of meydens and litil children. For|sothe in alle threethe three H. days foure score thou|sand weren slayn, andOm. AGH. fourty thousand bounden, forsothe not lesse seeld; bot nether these thingus suffisen. Also he was hardy for to entre in to the temple holier than al the lond, Menelaus the leeder, that was traitour of lawis and cuntree. And he touchide vnworthili, and defoulide, takyng in cursid hondis the holy vessels, that weren putt of other kyngis and citees, to ournyng and glorie of the place. Antiochus so aliened fro mind, or vndirstondyng, biheelde not, that, for synnys of men enhabitynge, the Lord was wroth a litil to the citee; for whiche thing and dispisyng bifelle aboute the place. Ellis ȝif it hadde not bifallen hem for to be wlappid in many synnys, as Heleodore, that was sent fro kyng Seleucus for to robbe the tresorie, also this anoon cummynge to shulde be beten, and forsothe put abac of hardinesse. Bot the Lord cheese not for the place the folc, bot for the folc the place. And therfor and that place is maad parcener of yuels of the peple; afterward forsothe it shal be maad felawe and of goodis, and it, that is forsaken in wrath of almiȝty God, eftesoone in grete recounseilyng of the Lord shal be enhaunsid with grete glorie. Therfore Antiochus, taken awey a thousand and eiȝte hundrid talentis of the temple, swiftly turnydeis turnyde G sec. m. H. aȝein to Antioche, demyngegessinge GH. hym for pryde `to leedyngeOm. GH. `the lond to sayleto seyle, or rowe, the lond GH., the se for|sothe for to makelede, or make H. iourneybi fote for to make iourney A pr. m. bi fote iourney G sec. m. H., for pride of thouȝt of soule. Forsothe he left pre|postis, to tourment the folc, in Jerusalem sothely Philip, of theOm. H. kyn of Friges, in maners crueler than hym selfOm. G pr. m., of whom he is ordeynyd; forsothe in Garysym, Andronyk and Menelaus, whiche more greuously than other layenlayen, or noyeden H. to citeseyns. And whanne he was sette aȝeinus Jewis, he sente an odious prince, Appollonye, with an oost two and twenti thousandis, comaundynge to hym for to slea alle of perfit age, wymmen and ȝunglyngisȝonge H. for to selle. Whiche whan he came to Jeru|salem, feynynge pees, restide `vn totil to H. the holy day of saboth. And thanne, theOm. H. Jewis holdynge holy day, he comaund|yngecomaundide AH. his for to take armers, and heOm. H. stranglide togidre alle that camen forth to the spectacle, or biholdyng; and he rennynge aboute the citee with armyd men, slewȝ a grete multitude. Forsothe Judas Machabeus, that was the tenthe, wente in to desert place, and there heOm. H. ledde lijf with his, among wijld beestis in hillis; and thei dwelten etinge mete of hay, lest thei weren parceners of defoulyng.

 CAP. VI.

Bot not after myche tyme the kyng sente sum olde Antiochene, whiche shulde constreyne Jewis, that thei shulde trans|ferre hem fro theOm. H. lawis of faders and of God; alsoand also K. he shulde defoule the tem|ple, that was in Jerusalem, and shulde clepe it of Jouis Olympij, and in Gary|sym, as thei weren, that enhabitiden the place, of Jouis hospitale. Forsothe the aȝein rennyng of yuels was warst and greuous to alle; for whi the temple was ful of lecherie and glotonye, and of men doynge lechery with horis, and wymmen baren yn hem self to halewid housis, atof H. her own will, berynge with ynne tho thingis whiche it was not leefull. Also the auter was ful of vnleeful thingus, whiche weren forbeden bi lawis. Sothely nether sabothis weren kept, nether so|lemne days of faders, or cuntree, weren kept, nether symply, or pleynly, eny man knowlachide hym a Jew. Forsothe thei weren ledde with bitter neede in day of the kyngus birthe to sacrifices. And whanne holy thingus of aOm. H. free chijld weren halewid, or wirshipid, thei, crown|yd with edera, weren constreyned for to go about with the free chijld. Sothely the dome wente out in to the next citees of heithen men, Tholomeys procurynge, that liche manere thei shulden do aȝeinus Jewis, for to sacrifice; sothely that thei shulden slea hem, that wolden not passe to the ordenauncis of heithen men. Ther|fore it was wretchidnesse for to see these thingus. Forsothe two wymmen weren accusid, for to haue circumcidid her chil|dren; whom whan thei hadden ledde about opynly by the citee, the infauntis hangid at brestis, thei castiden hem doun by theOm. H. wallis. Forsothe other goynge to gidir to the next denns, and priuely wirshipynge the day of saboth, whan thei weren shewid to Philip, thei weren brente in flawmes, for thi that thei dred|den, or shamyden, for religioun and ob|seruaunce, for to bere help to hem self with hond. Forsothe Y biseche hem, that ben to redynge this boke, that thei dreden not, `or haue not hydousnether haue hidoustee H. or haue not hidoustee G sec. m., for con|trarie casiscausis A.; bot rette thei tho thingus that bifellen not to perishing, bot for to beOm. G pr. m. toOm. H. amendynge of oure kynde. For|sothe for to not suffre by myche tyme synners for to do of sentence, or dome, bot anoon for to ȝeue veniaunces, is shew|yng of grete benyficebenyfices H.. Sothely, not as in other naciouns, the Lord abidith pa|ciently, that whan the day of dome shal cume, he punyshe hem in plente of syn|nys, so and in vs he ordeyneth, that oure synnys turned aboute in to theOm. H. eende, soso that H. at the last he venge in vs. For whiche thing sothely he neuer remoueth his mercy fro vs; forsothe he chastis|yngechastynge H. his peple, in aduersitees forsaakith not. Bot these ben said to ȝou in fewe to monestynge of men redynge; now forsothe it is to cume to the tellynge. Therfore Eleasarus, oon of the former of scribis, or men of lawe, a man woxen in age, and fair in cheer, ȝanynge with open mouth, was compellid for to ete swynys flesh. And he biclippynge, or desijr|ynge, more gloriouse deth, than hateful lijf, wilfully wente byfore to tourment. Forsothe he byholdynge hou it bihoft for to go to, paciently susteynynge, or|deynyde for to not do vnleeful thingus for loue of lijf. Sothely these that stoden niȝ, moued to gydre by wickid mercy, for olde frenship of the man, takynge hym preuyly, preyden for to be brouȝt to fleshis, whiche it was leeful hym for to ete, that it were feyned for to haue eten, as the kyng comaundide, of the fleshefleschis H. of sacrifice; that this thing feyned, he were delyuered fro deth; and for olde frenship of the man, thei diden this hu|manite, or curtasie, in hym. And he bigan for to thenke the worthi excellence of age, and his eelde, and the free born hoorenesse, or nobley, and fro childhode of beste lyuynge; and after the ordi|nauncis of holy lawe, and maad of God, he answerde soon, saiynge, hym for to wille to be sent bifore in to helle. So|thely he saith, It is not worthi to oure age for to feyne, that many ȝunge men, demynge Eleazarus of fourescore ȝeerOm. G pr. m. and ten, for to haue passid to lyif ofas AK. aliens, and thei be disceyued for my feyn|yng, and for litil tyme of corruptible lijf, and by this Y gete spott and execra|cioun, or cursidnesse, to myn eelde. For whi and ȝif in this tyme Y be delyuerd fro tourmentis of men, bot nether quyck nether dead Y shal ascape the hond of Almiȝtithe Almiȝti G sec. m. H.. Wherfore in passyng the lijf strongly, sothely Y shal appere worthi ofin H. age; forsothe Y shal leue stronge en|saumple to ȝunge men, ȝif Y be perfitly sett in onest deth with redy inwitt, and strongly for the worthiest and holyest lawis. These thingis said, anoon he was drawen to tourment. Forsothe theseOm. G pr. m. that ledden him, and a litil byfore weren mylder, ben turned in to wrath, for these wordis said of hym, whomwhiche wordis H. thei demyden brouȝtwrouȝt H. forth by pride of herte. Bot whan he shulde be slayn with woundis, he inwardlyin H. sorewide, and saide, Lord, that hast holy kunnyng, opynly thou wost, for whan Y myȝt be delyuerd fro deth, Y susteynsusteynede H. hard sorewis of body; forsothe aftervp H. soule wilfully Y suffre these thingus, for thi dreed. And sothely this man in this maner departide fro lijf; not oonly leeuynge the mynde of his deth to ȝunge men, bot and to alle the folc, to ensaumple of vertu and strengthe.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe it bifelle, seuen bretheren taken to gidre with the modir, for to be constreyned of the kyng for to touche aȝeinus leeueleefulnesse G sec. m. H. `swynys flescheswyne flesches H.; hem tour|mentid with scourgyngis, and tourment maad of bole lether. Forsothe oon of hem, that was the firstfirst, or eldist G sec. m. H., saith thus, What seekist thou? and what wolt thou lerne of vs? we ben redy for to dye, more than to breke the fadre lawisOm. H., or cuntree lawis, of God. And so the kyng wrothe comaundide pannes of brasse, and brasen pottis for to be tendid. Whiche anoon tendid, he comaundide the tunge for to be kitt off to hym that former spack, and skyn of the hed `to beOm. H. drawen awey, and the heeȝist hondis and feet of hym for to be kitt byfore, the other bretheren of hym and the moder biholdynge. And whan he was maad nowe vnprofitable bi alle thingis, he comaundide fijr for to be moued to hym, and ȝit vndirbrethingevndirbrethinge, or groninge H. tofor to H. be brent, or turned, in the brasen panne; in whiche whan he was longe tourmentid, the othir bretheren togidre with the modir, monestiden, or counfort|iden, hem to gidre for to dye strongly, sayinge, The Lord God shal biholde trewthe, and he shal counforte, or ȝeue solace, in vs, as Moyses declaride in byfore witnessynge of songe, and in his seruauntis heOm. G pr. m. shal counforte. And so hym the first dead on this maner, thei ledden forth the suynge tofor to H. be scornyd; and, the skyn of his hed drawen off, thei axiden, ȝif he shulde eet, byfore that he were punyshid in al the body, by alle membris by hem self. And he answer|ynge in cuntree voice, saide, Y shal notnot do H.. For whiche thing, and this in suynge place of the first, resceyuede tourmentis. And he ordeynyd in the last spirit, saith thus, Sothely thou most wickid, or curs|id, leesist vs in this lijf, bot the kyng of the world shal reyse, in aȝein rysyng of euerlastynge lijf, vs dead for his lawis. After this the thrid was scorned; and he axid, anoon broȝt forth the tunge, and stedfastly helde forth the hondis, and with trist saith, Of heuen Y weelde these thingus, bot for the lawis of God nowe Y dispise these same; for Y hope me to resceyuynge hem of hym. So that the kyng, and thothei H. that weren with hym, wondriden the inwitt of the ȝunge man, that he ledde the tourmentis as nouȝt. And this thus dead, thei traueiliden the fourthe, also tourmentynge. And whan he was nowe at deth, he saith thus, Ra|ther it is, men ȝouen to deth of men, for to abijd hoope of God, beinge to be reysid aȝeinOm. H. eft of hym; forsothe aȝein rijsyng to lijf shal not be to thee. And whan thei hadden stirid to the fifthe, theiand thei H. traueiliden hym. And he bihold|ynge in to hym, saide, Thou hauynge power amonge men, whan thou art cor|ruptible, dost what thou wolt; forsothe nyl thou gesse, oure kynn for to be for|saken of God. Sothely susteyne thou patiently, and thou shalt see the grete power of hym, hou he shal tourmente thee, and thi seed. After this thei led|den to and the sixt; and this bygyn|nynge for to dye, saith thus, Nyl thou erre ydely; forsothe we suffren these thingus for ourevs H. self, synnynge in to oure God, and thingus worthi of won|dryng ben maad in vs; forsothe deme thou not, to beynge with outen peyn to thee, that thou hast temptid for to fiȝte aȝeinus God. Forsothe the moder won|derful aboue manermaner, or ful myche H., and worthi the mynde of good men, whiche biholdynge seuen sonys perishynge vnder tyme of oo day, suffride in good inwittin witt, or counseil H., for hoope that she hadde in to God; she monestide eche of hem by voice of cuntree, strongly fulfillid with wijsdam, and ynsettinge mans ynwitt to wommans thouȝt, saide to hem, Sonys, Y wote not how ȝe ap|periden in my wombe; forsothe nether Y haue ȝouen to ȝou spirit, and soule, and lijf, and Y my self ioynyde not to gidre the membris of eche; bot sothely the maker of nouȝt of the world, that fourmyde the birthenatyuyte H. of man, and foonde bygynnynge of alle, shal ȝeelde eft to ȝou spirit, and lijf, with mercye, as now ȝe dispisen ȝour self for the lawis of hym. Forsothe Antiochus demynge hym for to be dispisid, and also dispisid by voice of the repreuynge, whan ȝit the ȝunger was alyueon lyue H., not oonly he monestide by woordis, bot and with ooth he affermyde, to makynge hym rijche and blessid, and to hauynge freend, translatid fro cuntre lawis, and to ȝeuynge needful thingus. Bot whan the ȝunge man was not bowid to these thingis, the kyng clepide the modir, and softly counseilide her, that sheOm. K. shulde be maad to the ȝunge man in to helthe. Forsothe whan he monestideamonestide H. hir by many wordis, she bihiȝte hir to counseilinge hir sone. And so she bow|yde doun to hym, scornynge the cruel tyraunt, saith in cuntree voice, Sone, haue mercy on me, that bare thee in wombe nyne monethis, and ȝaue mylk by three ȝeere, and nurishide, and in to this age fully brouȝte. Y axe, chijld, that thou biholde to heuen and erthe, and alle thingus that ben in hem, and vndir|stonde, for God made hem of nouȝt, and kynde of men. So it shal be maad, that thou dreede not this tourmentour, bot thou maad worthi to thi bretheren, re|sceyue deeth, that in that mercy doynge Y resceyue thee with thi bretheren. Whan she ȝit said these thingus, the ȝunge man saith, Whom susteyne ȝe? Y obeye not to biddyng of the kyng, bot to precept of the lawe, that is ȝouen to vs by Moyses. Forsothe thou, that art maadOm. G pr. m. fynder of al malice in to Ebrues, shalt not scape the hond of God. We sothely suffren these thingus for oure synnys; and ȝif oure Lord be a litil wrothe to vs for blamynge and chastis|ynge, bot eft he shal be recounseildrecounseilid, or pesid H. to his seruauntis. Forsothe thou cursid, and of alle men most flagiciouse, or fullist of yuel doyngus, and stiryngus, nyl thou veynly be enhaunsid, by veyn fourmys enflawmed in to his seruauntis; sothelyforsothe H. thou hast not scapid ȝit the dom of almiȝty God, and biholdynge alle thingus. For whi my bretheren now a litil sorew suffriden, andOm. GH. ben maad vndir the testament of euerlastynge lijf; thou sothely by dome of God shalt paye iust paynes of pride. Sothely Y, and as my bretheren, bitake my soule and body for the lawis of faders, or of cuntree; ynclep|ynge God, more rijply for to be maad helpful to oure folc, and thee with tour|mentis and betyngus for to knowleche, for he is God aloone. For in me and in my bretheren the wrath of Almiȝty shal faile, whiche is iustlyiust AG pr. m. HK. brouȝt yn vpon alle our kyn. Than the kyng kyndlid with wrath, was feersfers, or wood H. in to hym more cruely aboue alle, berynge vnworthily hym self scornyd. And he this sothely cleene dyede, by alle thingus tristynge in the Lord. Forsothe at the last theand the H. modir is waastid, or dead, after the sonys. Therfor of sacrifices, and ouer grete cruel|tees, is ynow said.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe Judas Machabeus, and thei that weren with hym, entriden priuely in to castels; and thei, cleepynge to gidre cosyns, and frendis, and takynge to hem that dwelten in JuryeJewrye, or lond of Judee H., ledden out to sixe thousandthousandis H. men. And thei inclep|iden the Lord, for to biholde in to the peple, that was defoulid of alle men; for to haue mercye ofon H. the temple, that was defoulid of vnpitous men; and for to haue mercy ofon H. distruyinge of the citee, that was anoon to be maad pleyn to gidre; and for to heere the voice of blood cry|inge to him, and for to haue mynde of the wickidist dethis of lytil children in|nocentis, and of blasfemyes ȝouen to his name; and for to haue indignacioun on these thingus. And Machabeus, the mul|titude gadrid, was maad vnsuffreable to heithen men; forsothe the wrath of the Lord is conuertid in to mercye. And he aboue cummynge to castels and cytees, vnwarnyd, brente hem; ocupyinge couen|able places, ȝaue not fewe sleayngis of enmys. Sothely in niȝtismyȝtis H. he was most born to syche out rennyngis; and fame of his vertu was shed out euery wher. Forsothe Philip seeynge the man bi litil and litil for to cume to profit, or encrese, and ful ofte thingus bifalle to hym eesili, or in prosperite, wrote to Tholome, duyk of Celescirie and Fenyce, that he shulde bere help to the kyngis needis. And he swiftly sente Nychanore of Patrode, frend of the former, or worthier, ȝouen to hym not lesse than twenti thousandis of armyd folkis meyntmeyngid H. to gidre, for to do awey al the kynde; and ioyned to hym Gorgie, a kniȝtly man, and in thingus of bateil most expert. Forsothe Nychanore ordeynede to the kyng, that he shulde fulfille the tribute that was to be ȝouen to Romayns, two thousandthousandis H. of talentis, of the caitifte of Jewis. And anoon he sente to cytees of the se coost, clepynge togidre to euyn byinge of boonde men of Jewis; byhetynge hym to sellynge nynty boond men for oo talent, not byholdynge to veniauncethe veniaunce H. that was to folewynge hym of theOm. H. Almiȝty. Forsothe wher Judas foonde, he shewide to thesethe H. Jewis that weren with hym, the cummynge of Nychanore. Of whomwhiche H. sumesumme men G sec. m. H. inwardly dreedynge, and not byleeuynge to riȝt|wisnessethe riȝtwisnesse H. of God, weren turnyd in to fliȝt; other sothely, ȝif eny leften of hem, camen, and to gidre bisouȝten the Lord, for to delyuere hem of wickid Nycha|nore, whiche hadde solde hem bifore that he came niȝ; and thouȝ not for hem, for the testament that was to the fadris of hem, and for theOm. H. yncleepyng of his holy name and grete on hem. Forsothe Ma|chabeus, clepid to gidre seuen thousandis that weren with hym, preyide, that thei shulden not be reconseilid, nether shul|den dreed the multitude of enmyes wick|idly cummynge aȝeinus hem, bot strongly shulden stryue, or fiȝte; hauynge byfore the eeȝen the dispite that was `in brouȝtbrouȝt H. in the holy place vniustly of hem, and also theOm. G pr. m. wronge of citeethe citee G sec. m. H., had in scorn|ynge; ȝit also the ordynaunces of olde men distruyed to gidre. For whi he saith, Thei sothely tristen in armers to gidre and hardynesse; forsothe we tristen in the Lord almiȝty, that may do awey with oo lookyng, wille, or signe, and men cummynge aȝeinus vs, andin G pr. m. al the world. Forsothe he monestide hem and of helpis of God, that ben don aȝeinus faders; and that vndir Senacheryb an hundrid foure score and fyue thousandthousandis H. pershiden; and of the batel that was to hem aȝeinus Galathas, in Babyloyn; wher ȝif it come to thing, or trewthe, felowis Macedoyns doutynge, thei alle six thou|sandis alone slewen an hundrid and twenty thousandis, for help ȝouen to hem fro heuen; and for these thingus thei hadden ful many benyfices. By these wordis thei ben maad stedfast, and redy for to dye for the lawis and cuntree. So|thely he ordeynyde his bretheren duykis, or leeders, to eche ordre, Symont, and Josephus, and Jonathas, to eche a thou|sand and fyue hundrid sugettid. Also to this thing, the holy boke red to hem Esdraof Esdra H., and a tokne ȝouen of Goddis help, in the first sheltrun he duyk, ioyn|yde with Nychanore. And the Almiȝty maad help to hym, thei slewen ouer nyne thousande of men; forsothe thei con|streyneden the more part of Nychanoris oost, maad feble by woundiswound G pr. m., for to flee. Forsothe the moneys of hem that camen to the bying of hem taken vp, on eche syde thei pursueden hem; bot thei turnyden aȝein closid to gidre bi an houre; for whi it was bifore the saboth, for whiche cause thei lastiden not pur|suynge. Forsothe thei gadringe the ar|mers of hem, and spuylis, diden saboth, blessinge the Lord, that delyuerde hem in this day, droppynge in to hem bygyn|nynge of mercye. Forsothe after the sa|both thei departiden spuylis to the feblefeblis H., and fadirlesse, and modirlesse, and wi|dewis; and thei with hern hadden the residues. These thingus thus don, and commounly of alle men bisechynge maad, thei axiden the mercyful Lord, for to be recounseilid in to the eend to his seru|auntis. And of these that weren with Tymothe and Bachides, stryuynge aȝeinus hem, thei slewen ouer twenty thousandis, and thei weeldiden heeȝ strengthis; and thei departiden mo preyes, euen porcioun to feblefeblis H., faderlesse, and moderlesse, and widues, bot and to eldre men makynge. And whan thei hadden gadrid the ar|mers of hem, diligently thei maden to gydre, or kepten, alle thingus in couen|able places; forsothe thei baren toin to H. Je|rusalem the residue spuylis. And thei slewen Philarces, that was with Tymo|the, a man ful of grete trespassis, that had tourmentide Jewis in many thingus. And whan feestis for victorie weren don in Jerusalem, thei brenten hem that had|den brente holythe holy H. ȝatis, that is to say, Calestenes, whan he hadde flowen in to sume hous; worthi meed ȝoolden to hem for her vnpitousnesse. Forsothe wick|idist Nychanore, that brouȝte a thou|sand marchauntis to bying of Jewis, meekid, or maad lowe, bi help of the Lord, of hem whiche he gessid noon; the clothe of glorie putte doun, by mydil erthe fleeinge aloone, cam to Antioche, hauynge heiȝist infelicitee, or most wretch|idnesse, of the deeth of his oost. And he that bihiȝte hym for to restore tribute to Romayns, of the caitiftee of men of Jerusalem, prechide Jewis for to haue oo defender God, and for hym tofor to GH. be vnable for to be woundid, forand for K. thei sueden lawis maad of hym.

 CAP. IX.

In the same tyme Antiochus turnyde aȝein vnonestly fro Perse. Sothely he hadde entrid in to that citee, that is said Persibolis, and he temptide for to robbe the templis, and oppresse the citee; bot, the multitude rennynge togidre to armers, he is turned in to fliȝt; and so it bifelle, that Antiochus after theOm. H. fliȝt loodly turnyde aȝein. And whan he came aboute Ebathana, he knewe what thingus benweren H. don aȝeinus Nychanore and Tymothe. Forsothe he wroth demede in wrath, hym for to mow turne in to Jewis the wronge of hem, that dryuen him. And therefore heOm. G pr. m. badhad AGH. the chaar for to be led, with out ceesyng doynge iourney; heuenly dom dryuyngeconstreynynge G sec. m. H., for that he spac so proudly, hym to cummyng to Jerusa|lem, and to makynge it `the gadryngeto gidre H. of sepulcrethe sepulcre G sec. m. a sepulcre H. of Jewis. Bot the Lord God of Yrael, that byholdith alle thingus, smote hym with a wound incurable and inuisible; forsothe as he eendid this same word, an hard sorewe of entraylis toke hym, and bittir tourmentis of ynward thingis. And sothely iustly ynowȝ, for|sothe he that hadde tourmentid the en|trailis of other men, with many and newe tourmentis, thouȝ he in no manere ceesside of his malice. Forsothe ouer this he ful|fillid with pride, brethingebrennynge GH. fijr in ynwitt in to Jewis, and heOm. AGH. comaundynge the needenedy H. for to be haastid, it byfelle, hym goynge in fersnesse for to falle of the chaar, and the membris for to be tra|ueilid with the greuous hurtlyng to gidre of body. And he that was seen to hym seelf for to comaunde also to theOm. AGH. wawis of the see, ouer mans maner fulfillid with pride, and for to weye in balauncisbalaunce AGH. the heiȝtis of hillis, nowe meekid to erthe, was born in a beere, witnessynge in hym self the opyn vertu of God; so that wormes buyliden out of the body of the vnpyteuous man, and the quyck fleshis of hym with sorewis fleetiden out. Also with sauour of hym, and stynkyng, the oost was greeued; and he that aOm. H. lytil byfore demyde hym tofor to H. touche the ster|rissterre H. of heuen, no man miȝte beere hym, for vnsuffryng of stynke. Therfore here of he ledde doun of greuouse pride, bygan for to cum to knowynge of hym self, warnyd by Goddis plage, or vengeaunce, by alle momentis his sorewis takynge encresis. And whan he miȝte not nowe suffre his stynke, thus he saith, It is iust for to be suget to God, and a deadlydeedli creature G sec. m. H. not for to feele euen thingus to God. For|sothe the cursid man preyede the Lord these thingis, of whom he was not to getynge mercy. And the citee, to whom he hastynge came, for to leede it doun to erthe, and for to make a sepulcre of thingus born togidre, nowe he desijreth for to ȝeelde free. And the Jewis, whom he said hym self to hauynge nether so|thely worthi of sepulture, bot to betake|inge to foulis and wijld beestis, for to be to-drawen, and to distruyng with litil children, now he bihetith to makyng euen to Atynyens, or men of Atenys; also to ournynge with best ȝiftis the holy temple, whomwhiche H. he robbide bifore, and to multipliynge holy vessels, and to ȝeeuynge of his rentis costisOm. G pr. m. perteyn|ynge to sacrifices; ouer these thingis and hym to beynge a Jewe, and to walk|yng by eche place of the lond, and to prechynge the power of God. Bot so|rewis not ceesynge, forsothe the iust dome of God had aboue come in to hym, he dispeyrynge wrote to Jewis, in to maner of biseechynge, epistlisa pistle G sec. m. H., conteyn|ynge these thingis. To the best citeseyns, Jewis, most helthe, and wele for to fare, and to be ryche, or in prosperite, the kyng and prince Antiochus. Ȝif ȝe faren wele, and ȝoure sonys, of sentence alle thingus ben to ȝou, we don most thank|yngus. And Y in sekenesse ordeyned, sothely myndeful of ȝou benygnly, turn|ynge aȝein fro places of Persis, and cauȝte with greuouse enfirmytee, led needful for to haue cure for comyn profit; not dis|peirynge my self, bot hauynge myche hope of scapyng theOm. H. enfirmyteinfirmytee, or sikenesse H.. For|sothe YOm. H. biholdynge that and my fadir, in what tymes he ledde oost in heeȝer placis, shewide, whowhom K. after hym shulde resceyue princehod; that ȝif eny con|trarie thing bifelle, or hard thing were told, theese that weren in cuntrees, wit|ynge to whom the summe, or charge, of alle thingus was left, shulden not be tru|blid. To these thingus Y biholdynge of next, alle miȝty men and neiȝboris aspy|inge tymes, and abijdynge cummynge, haue ordeyned my sone Antiochus kyng, whom Y, rennynge aȝein oft in to heeȝer rewmys, commendide, or toke inOm. G pr. m. to keepyng, to many of ȝou, and Y wrote to hym what thingus ben suget. And so Y preye ȝou, and axe, myndeful of benefices openly for to vse and priuyli, that eche of ȝou kepe feith to me, and to my sone. Forsothe Y trist, hym to dodoynge H. myldly, and manly, or curteysly, and suynge my purpose for to be comoun to ȝou. Ther|fore the man queller and blasfeme smyten warst, and as he had tretide other, in pil|grimage in mounteyns, in wretchidful deth is sett fro lijf. Forsothe Philip, his euen souker, transferride the body; whiche, dreedynge the sone of Antiochus, wente to Tholome Philometore, in to Egypt.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe Machabeus, and thei that wer|en with hym, the Lord defendynge hem, resceyuyde sothely the temple, and citee. Forsothe he distruyide the auters, that aliens maden bi streetis, and theOm. H. templis of washyng. And the temple purgid, thei maden an other auter, and of stoonstoones AGH. fijrid, or flyntys, fijre conceyued, thei offriden sacrifices aftirand aftir K. two ȝeer, and encense, and lanternys, and puttiden looues of proposicioun. Whiche thingus don, thei, cast doun in to erthe, preyeden the Lord, lest thei fellen more in to siche yuels, bot and ȝif eny tyme thei hadden synnyd, that thei shulden be chastisid of hym more eysili, and shulden not be takenbitakun H. to barbaris, or heithen, and blasfeme men. Forsothe in what day the temple was defoulid of aliens, it bifelle the same day clensyng for to be maad, in the fyue and twentithe of the monethe, that was Casleu. And with gladnesse inand G. Om. H. eiȝte days thei diden in to maner of tabernaclis, bithenk|ynge that bifore a litil of tyme thei hadden don the solempne day of taber|naclis in hillis and dennys, in custum of beestis. For whiche thing thei baren bifore cerclis, and greene braunchis, and palmes, to hym that ȝaue prosperitee for to clense his place. And thei demyden with commoun heest, and with dom, to alle the folc of Jewis, in alle ȝeers for to do these feest days. And the passyng, or eendyng, of lijf of Antiochus, that was clepid noble, had it thus. Now for|sothe we shulen telle of Eupator, theOm. H. sone of vnpitouse Antiochus, what thingis ben don, breggynge the euyls that ben don in bateilis. This sothely, the rewme resceyuyd, ordeynyde on needis of the rewme summan Lisias, prince of kniȝt|hod, of Fenyce and Sirie. For whi Tho|lome, that was said Macer, ordeynyde for to beholdynge of iust aȝeinus Jewis, and most for wickidnesse that was don in to hem, and pesibly for to do with hem. Bot for this thing he, accusid of freendis anentis Eupator, whan oft the traitour herde, for that he hadde forsaken Cypre, bitaken to hym of Philometore, and trans|latide to Antiochus noblethe noble G sec. m. H., also hadde gon awey fro hym, with venym eendide the lijf. Forsothe Gorgias, whan he was duyk of places, cumlingus taken to, oft ouercam Jewis in bateil. Forsothe Jewis that helden couenable strengthis, res|ceyueden men dryuen fro Jerusalem, and temptiden for to fiȝte. These forsothe that weren with Machabee, by preyers preyinge the Lord, that he were helper to hem, maden feersnesse, or sauta saut H., in to strengthis of Ydumeys. And thei by myche strengthe aȝein stoondynge, weeld|iden places, slewen men rennynge aȝein, and strangliden alle to gidre, not lesse than fyue and twenty thousandis. For|sothe sumesumme men H. whan thei fledden to gidre in to two toures ful stronge, hauynge al apparel to aȝein fiȝte, Machabeus to ouer cummynge of hem Symont left, and Jo|sephus, and eft Zachee, and hem that weren with hem, many ynowȝ, he is `turned aȝeinconuertid H. to thoothe H. bateils that con|streynyden more. Sothely these that weren with Symont, led by coueitise, of summe that weren in the toures ben conseilid by money; and seuente thou|sand double dragmes taken, theiOm. H. leften summe toOm. H. flee out. Forsothe whan that thing that was don, was tolde to Macha|beus, the princis of theOm. H. peple gadrid, he acuside, that thei hadden soulde bretheren for money, theOm. H. aduersaries of hym dis|mittid, or delyuered. Therfore he slewȝ these maad traitours, and anoon heOm. H. ocu|pide the two toures. Forsothe in ar|mers and hondis doynge alle thingis welsumlywelsumly, or bi prosperite H., he slewȝ in the two strengthis more than twenti thousandisthousand H.. And Ty|mothe, that byfore was ouercummen of Jewis, an oost of straunge multitude ga|drid togidre, and the ridyng, or horsmen, of Asie gadrid, came to as with armers, to takynge Judee. Forsothe Machabeus, and thei that weren with hym, hym neiȝinge, bisouȝten God, springinge the hed with erthe, and byfore gird the leendis with heiris, thei fooldid doun at heeȝ|nesse of the auter, that hehe be G sec. m. H. helpful to hem, forsothe werethat he were G sec. m. H. enmye to the en|myes of hem, and to the aduersaries were aduersarie, as the lawe saith. And so after preyer, armers taken, thei goynge forth fer fro the citee, and, maad next to enmyes, saten aȝein. Forsothe in the firste rysynge of theOm. H. sunne, bothe ioyn|eden; these sothely hauynge the Lord biheeter of victorie and prosperitee; thei forsothe hadden her owne inwitt, or wille, duyk of bateil. Bot whan grete fiȝt was, fyue faire men, in horsis with golden bridels, appeeriden to theOm. G pr. m. aduer|saries fro heuen, ȝeeuynge leedyng to Jewis; of `whom twowhiche tweyne H. hauynge Macha|beus inOm. H. the mydil, sett about with her armers, kepten soundsound, or without harm H.. Forsothe thei castiden dartis and leytis in to aduer|saries; of whiche thing and thei confusid in blyndnesse, and fulfillid with pertur|bacioun, fellen doun. Forsothe there ben slayn of fote men twenty thousand and fyue hundrid, and horsmen sixe hundrid. Sothely Tymothe fledde in to aOm. H. stronge hold of Gasara, to whomwhiche H. Cereas was souerayne, or keeper. Forsothe Macha|beus, and thei that weren with hym, glad|ynge, biseegiden the hold foure days. And thei that weren with ynne, tristinge in sikernesse of the place, aboue maner cursiden, and castiden cursid woordis. Bot whan the fifthe day shynyde, twenty ȝunge men of these that weren with Machabeus, kyndlid in inwittis for the blasfeme, manly wenten to the wall, and with feerse inwittinwitt, or wille H. goynge, theiOm. H. stieden vp; bot and other also styinge vp, assail|iden for to brenne the toures and ȝatis, and to gidre brenne the cursers quyck. Forsothe by contynuel two days thei waastynge the hold slewen Tymothe, hydynge hym selfOm. G pr. m., founden in sume place; and thei slewen his brother Se|reas, and Appollofanes. Whiche thingis don, thei blessiden the Lord in ympnys and confessiouns, whiche dide gret thingus in Israel, and ȝaue to hem victorie.

 CAP. XI.

Bot a litil tyme after, Lisias, procura|tour of the kyng, and niȝ, and prepost of needisnedis, or causis H., beerynge greuously of these thingis that bifellen, gadrid foure score thousandis, and al rydynge, or horsmen, came aȝeinus Jewis, demynge hym self to makynge the citee sothely taken a dwellyng to heithen men, forsothe to hauynge the temple in to wynnynge of money, as other templis of heithen men, and by eche ȝeeris prestehode vendible, or able to be soold; not bythenkynge the power of God, bot in myndemynde, or vndirstondynge H. maad with outen bridil, tristide in multitude of fote men, and in thousandis of hors|men, and in foure score olyfauntis. So|thely he gon in to Judee, and cummynge niȝ to Bethsura, that was in a streit place, fro Jerusalem in space of fyue fur|longis, fauȝte aȝeinus that strengthe. So|thely as Machabeus, and thei that weren with hym, knewe strengthis for to be aȝeinus fouȝte, with weepyng and teeris preyeden the Lord, and al the cumpany to gidre, for to sende a good aungel to helpheelthe H. of Yrael. And he the first Macha|beus, armers taken, monestide other for to takemake C. togidre perel with hym, and bere help to her bretheren. And whan thei wenten forth togidre with redy in|witt fro Jerusalem, an horsmanhorsman, or knyȝt H. apeer|ide goynge byfore hem in whijt clothe, and golden armers, florishynge a shaft. Thanne alle to gidre blessiden the mer|cyful Lord, and woxen stronge in yn|wittis, andOm. AH. redyyrun wallis redy AG pr. m. for to perse not oonly men, bot and most feers beestis, andOm. AG pr. m. K. `yrun wallisOm. A.. Therfore thei wenten redy, hauynge of heuen anOm. H. helper, and the Lord hauynge mercy on hem. Sothely by custume of lyouns, in feersnesse thei hurlynge in to enmyes, castiden doun of hem elleuen thousandthousandis H. of fotemen, and of horsmen a thousand and sixe hundrid. Sothely thei turnyden alle in to fliȝt; forsothe many of hem woundid, ascapiden nakid, bot and he Lisias fouly fleeynge ascapide. And for he was not witlesse, he rettynge with hym self the makyng lesse don aȝeinus hym, and vndirstoond|ynge the Ebrues for to be vnouercumen, enforsinge, or tristynge, to help of al|miȝty God, he sente to hem, and bihiȝte hym to consentyng to alle thingus that ben iust, and to compellynge the kyng for to be maad freend. Forsothe Macha|beus grauntide to the preyers of Lisias, in alle thingis counseilynge to profit; and what euer thingis Machabeus wrote to Lisias of Jewis, the kyng grauntide hem. For whi epistlis weren wryten to Jewis fro Lisias, sothely conteynynge this ma|ner. Lisias to the peple of Jewis, helthe. Joon and Abesalon, that ben sente fro ȝou, bitakynge writtis, axiden, that Y fulfulle thoothat AG pr. m. K. thingis that weren signy|fied by hem. Therfore what euer thingis miȝten be brouȝte forth to the kyng, Y expounyde, and whiche the kyngthyng G sec. m. suf|fride, Y grauntyde. Therfore ȝif in needis ȝe shuln kepe feith, also hennus forth Y shal tempte for to be cause of good thingis to ȝou. Of other thingis sothely Y commaundide bi alle wordis, and to these and to hem that ben sente of me, for to speke to gidre with ȝou. Fare ȝe wel. In the hundrid ȝeer and eiȝte and fourtithe, the foure and twen|tithe day of theOm. H. moneth Dyoscorus. Forsothe the pistle of the kyng conteyn|yde these thingis. Kyng Antyochus to Lisias, brother, helthe. Oure fadrisfadir H. translatid amonge goddis, we willynge hem that ben in oure rewme for to do with oute noyse, and for to ȝeue dili|gence to her thingis, han herd Jewis not to haue assentid to the fadre, for to be translatid to theOm. H. custum of Greekis, bot wille for to holdebeholde H. her ordynaunce, and therfore for to axe of vs, her lawful thingus for to be grauntid to hem. Therefore we willynge and this folc for to be quyet, ordeynynge han demyd, the temple for to be restorid to hem, that thei shulden doOm. AG pr. m. K. after the custom of her gretter men. Therfore thou shalt do wel, ȝif thou shalt sende to hem, and shalt ȝeue the riȝthond; that, oure wille knowen, thei be in good inwitt, and serue to her owne profitis. Sothely to the Jewis the kyngis pistle was siche. Kyng Antio|chus to the senatesenate, or cheef gouernoure H. of Jewis, and to other Jewis, helthe. Ȝif ȝee faren welle, so it as we wolen, bot and we selfoure self G sec. m. H. faren wel. Menelaus came to vs, sayinge, ȝou for to wilne for to go doun to ȝoureȝoure laweful thingis G sec. m. H., that ben anentis ȝou. To these therfore that dwellen to gidre, til the thrittith day of theOm. G pr. m. moneth Sandici we ȝeuen riȝthondis of sykyrnesse, that Jewis vse metis, and her lawis, as andOm. G pr. m. byfore; and no man `of hemOm. K. eny moremaner H. suffre disese of these thingus, that ben don by igno|raunce. Sothely we senten and Mene|laus, that shal speke to ȝou. Fare ȝe wel. In the hundrid ȝeer and eiȝte and four|tithe, the fiftenthe of theOm. H. moneth San|dici, also Romayns senten an epistle, hauynge itOm. H. thus. Quintus Menius and Titus Manylius, legatis of Romayns, to the peple of Jewis, helthe. Of these thingis that Lisias, cosyn of the kyng, grauntide to ȝou, and we grauntiden. For|sothe of whiche thingus he demyde to be tolde aȝein to the kyng, anoon sende ȝe sume man, diligentlyer spekyng amonge ȝou, that we deme as it acordith to ȝou. Forsothe we gon to Antiochie, and ther|fore haste ȝe for to aȝein write, that and we wite of what wille ȝe ben. Fare ȝe wel.

 CAP. XII.

In the hundrid ȝeer and foure and fourtithe, the fiftenthe day of the moneth Sandici, these couenauntis maad, Lisias wente to the kyng; forsothe Jewis ȝauen werk to erthe tiliyng. Bot these that dwelten, or wern resident, Tymothe, and Appollonye, sone of Genney, bot and Je|rom, and Demophon proud, and Nycha|nore, Cipriarchis, or prince of CipreCipris H., suffriden not hem for to do in silence and quyet. Forsothe men of Joppyn han don siche a felony; thei preyeden Jewis, with whiche thei dwelten, for to stye vp smale bootis, whiche thei hadden maad redy, with wyues, and sones, as noon enmytees amonge hem vndirliggynge. Forsothe after the commoun dom of the citee, and hem acordynge, and for cause of pees, and hauynge no thing suspect, whan thei camen in to deep, thei drench|iden two hundrid, not lesse. Whiche cruelte as Judas knewȝ don in to men of his folc, he comaundide to men that weren with hym; and, inclepid the iust domesman God, he came aȝein slearsthe sleers H. of bretheren; and sothely by niȝt brente the hauen, he brente the bootis, forsothe he slewȝ by swerd hem that fledden fro fijre. Whan he hadde don thus these thingus, he wente awey, as eft to turnyng aȝein, and vtterly to distruyedestruynge H. alle men of Joppe. Bot whan he knewȝ, and hem that weren at Jamnie to wilne for to do liche manere to Jewis dwellynge with hem, and to Jamnites he aboue came by niȝt, and brente the hauen, with shippis; so that theOm. H. liȝt apperide to Jerusalem fro two hundrid furlongis and fourty. Whan now they hadden gon thennus by nyne furlongis, and maden iourney to Tymothe, men of Arabye ioynyden with hym, fyue thousand men, and horsmen fyue hundrid. And whan strongegreet, or stronge H. fiȝte was maad, and by help of God wente, or byfelle, esily, or by prosperitee, the residue of men of Arabye axiden of Ju|das the riȝthondis for to be ȝouen to hem; byheetynge hem self to ȝeuynge lese|wis, and other thingis to profityng. For|sothe Judas demynge verrely hem profit|able in many thingis, bihiȝte pees; and, the riȝthondis taken, thei departiden to her tabernaclis. Forsothe he assailide and sume sad citee by bryggis, and about sett bywith H. wallis, whiche was enhabitid of cumpanyes of heithen men meyndmengid H., bothe men and wymmen, to whomwhiche H. the name Casphym. Forsothe theseOm. G pr. m. that weren with ynne, tristinge in stablenesse of wallis, and in aparel of fodis, diden slow|licherslac|liere H., to terynge, or terrynge, Judas with cursyngisfor to H.; and blasfemynge, and spekynge whiche thingus is not leeful. Sothely Machabeus, ynclepide the grete prince of the world, whiche with outen wetheris, that ben engynes lijk to we|theris, and with outen engynes, in tymes of Jhesu, or Josue, castide doun Jerico, he hurlide feersly to the wallis; and the citee taken by wille of the Lord, he dide vnnoumbreable sleayngis; so that the pool of stondynge water of two furlongis of breede infect, or meyndmengid H., with blood was seen tofor to H. flowe. Fro thennus thei wenten seuen hundreth and fifty fur|longis, and camen in to Caracha, to the Jewis that ben clepid Tubianey. And sothely thei cauȝten not Tymothe in tho places; and no need fully don, he turnyde aȝein, most sad strengthe left in sumecursis, or waryingis H. place. Forsothe Dositheus and Sosipa|ter, that weren duykis with Machabeus, slewen ten thousand men left of Tymothe in the strengthe. And Machabeus sixe thousand ordeynyd aboute hym, and or|deynd by cumpanyescohortes, or cumpanyes of knyȝtis H., wenten forth aȝeinus Tymothe, hauynge an hundrid `and fyueOm. AGH. and twenty thousand of foot men, and of horsmen two thousand and fyue hun|drid. Forsothe the cummyng of Judas knowen, Tymothe bifore sente wymmen, and sonys, and other aparel in to a strengthe that is said Carmon; forsothe it was `vnable to be ouercummeninexpugnable, or vnable to be ouercomen H., and hard in goynge to, for streytnessestreytnessis AG. of places. And whan the first cumpaignye of Judas appeeride, dreed is ynsmyten to theOm. AGH. enmyes of the presence of God, that biholdith alle thingis; and thei ben turnyd in to fliȝt, an other froto H. an other, so that they weren cast doun of her own more, and with strookis of her swerdis theiOm. GH. weren feblid. Judas sothely aȝein|stode gretely, punyshynge vnholy men, and he kestecastide H. doun of hem thritty thou|sand menof men H.. Thymothe sothely felle in to the partis of Dositheus and Sosipatris; and he axide by many preyers, that he were delyuerd quyck; for that he hadde fadris, and moderis, and bretheren, `manye ofof manye AG sec. m. HK pr. m. Jewis, whom it shulde byfalle forOm. G pr. m. to be disceyued by his deth. And whan he hadde ȝouen feith, hym to restorynge hem aftervp H. thing ordeynd, thei dismit|tiden hym vnhurt, for helthe of bretheren. Forsothe Judas turnyde aȝein fro Car|mon, slayn fyue and twenti thousandis. After the fliȝt of these and deeth, he mouede the oost to Effron, a stronge citee, in whomwhiche H. the multitude of diuerse folcfolkis H. dwelte; and stronge ȝunge men, stondynge togidre for wallis, strongly fouȝten aȝeinus; forsothe in this weren manye engynys, and appareils of dartis. Bot whan thei hadden inclepid the Al|miȝty, that by his power brekith togidre theOm. H. miȝtis of enmyes, thei token the citee, and castiden doun of hem that weren with ynne fyue and twenty thousand Fro thennus thei wenten to the citee of Scitis, whiche was fer fro Jerusalem sixe hun|drid furlongis. Forsothe witnessinge these Jewis that weren anentis Scitopo|listis, that thei weren had of hem be|nignly, ȝhe, in tymys of aduersite, and that thei diden myldly with hem, thei doynge thankyngis to hem, and also stir|ynge fro hennus forth for to be benigne aȝeinus her kyne, camen to Jerusalem, the solempne day of weekis neiȝinge. And after Pentecost, thei wenten aȝeins Gor|gias, prepoost of Ydume. Sothely he wente out with thre thousandthousandis H. fote men, and foure hundrid horsmen; whiche gon to gidre, it befelle a fewe of Jewis for to falle. Forsothe Dositheus, sum horsman of Bachenoris, a stronge man, heelde Gorgias; and whan he wolde take hym quyck, sum horsman of Tracis felle vponon H. hym, and kitte of his shuldre, and so Gorgias fleiȝ in to Maresame. And hem that weren with Hesdrym lengre fiȝtynge, and maad wery, Judas inclepide the Lord, helper, and duyk of bateil, for to be maad benigne, with cuntree voice, and with ympnys reisynge crye, smote fliȝt to kniȝtis of Gorgias. Forsothe Judas, the oost gadrid, came in to the citee Odollam; and whan the seuenthe day aboue came, thei aftervp H. custom clensid, in the place diden saboth. And in the suynge day Judas came with his, for to take awey the bodies of men cast doun, and for to putte with fadris, and modris, in sepulcris of fadris. Forsothe thei founden vndir cootis of slayn men, of the ȝiftis of ydolis that weren at Jamniam, fro whomwhiche H. the lawe forbedith Jewis; therfore it is maad knowen to alle men, for this cause hem forOm. A pr. m. to haue fallen. And so alle blessiden the iust dom of the Lord, whiche maad priuy thingus know|en. And so thei conuertid to preyers, preyeden, that thilk trespas that was don, were bitaken to forȝetyng. And so|thely the strengist Judas monestide the peple, for to keepe hem with out synne, vnder eeȝen seeynge, what thingus ben don for synnys of hem that ben cast doun. And collacioun, or spekinge to gidre maad, he sente twelue thousand dragmes of syluer to Jerusalem, for to be offrid sacrificea sacrifice H. for synnes of dead men, wele and religiously bythenkynge of aȝein rysyng; sothely ȝif he hopide not, hem that fellen to rysynge aȝein, it was seen superflue and veyne for to preye for dead men; andOm. G. for he biheelde, that thei that token slepynge, or deth, with pitee, had|den best grace kept. Therfore holy and helthful thenkynge is, for to preye for dead men, that thei be vnbounden fro synnus.

 CAP. XIII.

In the hundrid and nyne and fourtithe ȝeer Judas knewȝ, Antiochus Eupator for to cume with multitude aȝeinus Judee; and with hym Lisias, procuratoure and prepoost of needis, with hym hauynge an hundrid and ten thousand of foot men, and of horsmen fyue thousand, and oly|fauntisof elifauntis H. two and twenti, chaaris with sykelis three hundrid. Forsothe and Menelaus ioynyde hym to hem, and with grete disceit bisouȝte Antiochus, not for helthe of the cuntree, bot hopynge hym for to be ordeynd in to princehod. Bot the kyng of kyngis reiside the ynwittis of Antiochus in to the synner; and Li|sias shewynge, or conseilynge at ere, him for to be cause of alle yuels, he comaundide, as custome is to hem, hym taken to, for to be slayn in the same place. Sothely in the same place was a toure of fifty cubitis, hauynge of eche syde an gadryng of ashe; this hadde bihold|ynge in to dounward. Fro thennus he comaundide the sacrileger, or cursid man, for to be cast doun in to theOm. H. ashe, alle men puttynge hym forth to the deth. And bi siche lawe it bifelle the breker of lawe for to dye, nether Menelaus forOm. H. to be ȝouen to erthe. And forsothe iustly ynowȝ; for whi for he dide many tres|passis aȝeinus the auter of God, whos fijr and ashe was holy, he is dampnyd in deth of ashe. Bot the kyng with out brydil in myndemynde, or vndirstondynge H., came to shewynge hym wars to Jewis, than his fadir. Whiche thingis knowen, Judas comaundide the peple niȝt and day for to ynclepe the Lord; that as euermore, and nowe he shulde helpe hem; whiche sothely dred|den for to be priued of lawe, and cuntree, and of the holy temple; and that he suffride not the peple, that a whijl goon, hadde a litil quycknydquyckid H. aȝein, for to be suget eftsoonys to blasfeme naciouns. And so alle men doynge togidere that thing, and axinge mercy of the Lord with weepyng, in fastyngis by alle three days cast doun, Judas monestide hem for to make hem redy. Forsothe he with eldre men thouȝte, bifore that the kyng mouede oost to Judee, and gate the citee, for to go out, and bitake to dom of the Lord the out goynge, or eende, of the thyng. And soso he H. ȝeuynge power of alle thingis to God, maker of nouȝt of the world, and monestynge hise for to fiȝte strongly, and `vn totil to H. deth, for lawes, temple, citee, cuntree, and citeseyns for to stonde, ordeynyde the oost aboute Mo|dyn. And tokyn ȝouen to his of victorie of God, the strongist ȝunge men chosen, bi nyȝt assaylinge the kyngis halle in tentis, he slewȝ fourtene thousand men, and the most of olyfauntis, with thesehem G sec. m. H. that weren putt aboue. And with heeȝist dreed and distourblyng thei fulfillynge the tentis of enmyes, and thingus eisily, or welsumlyin prosperite H., don, wenten awey. For|sothe this is don the day liȝtynge, the proteccioun of the Lord helpynge hym. Bot the kyng, taken tast of hardynesse by craft of Jewis, temptide hardynessisof hardynesses H. of placis; and he mouede the tentis to Bethsura, that was aOm. H. stronge hold of Jewis; bot he was dryuen hurtlid and menushid. Forsothe to these that weren withynne, Judas sente needful thingus. Forsothe Rodochus, summan of theOm. H. oost of Jewis, telde out to enmyes pri|uytees; whiche souȝt is taken, and shitt to gidre. Eftsone the kyng hadde word to hem that weren in Bethsura, ȝaue the riȝt hond, resceyuede, wente awey. Ioyn|yde with Judas isOm. G. pr. m. ouercummen. For|sothe as he knewȝ Philipp for to haue rebellid at Antiochie, whiche was left on needis, he astonyed in myndemynde, or vndirstondynge H., bisowȝte Jewis, and suget to hem, swerith of alle thingis, of whiche it is seen iust; and recounseilinge offride sacrefice, wirship|ide the temple, and puttide ȝiftis. He byclippidebecleppede, or kissede H. Machabeus, and made hym duyk andor H. prince fro Tholomaida vntotil to H. Gerreyns. Sothely as he came to Tho|lomaida, men of Tholomaida baren greu|ously the accordyng of frendship, hau|ynge indignacioun, lest perauenture thei braken pees. Than Lisias styede vp the dom place, and expounyde resoun, and ceeside the peple, and turnydeturneth H. aȝein to Antioche; and this maner the kyngis goynge out and turnynge aȝein wente forth.

 CAP. XIV.

Bot after tyme of three ȝeere Judas knewȝ, and thei that weren with hym, Demetrie Seleucus with stronge multi|tude, and shippis, by the hauen of Tri|polis for to haue styede to couenable placis, and haue holden cuntrees aȝeinus Antiochus, and his duyk Lisias. For|sothe sum Alchymus, that was heeȝist prest, bot wilfully was defoulid in tyme of mengynge to gidre, biholdinge in no manere helthe for to be to hym, nether accesse, or cummyng to, to the auter, came to kyng Demetrye, in the hundrid and fouretithe ȝeer, offringe to hym a golden crown, and palmea palme H., ouer these thingis and offringe vessels, that weren seen for to be of the temple; and sothely in that day was stille. Forsothe he get|ynge a couenable tyme of his woodnesse, and heOm. H. clepid ofOm. H. Demetrie to counseile, and axid with what thingis and conseilis Jewis enforsiden, answerde, Thei that ben said Assideys of Jewis, to whom Judas Machabeus is souereyn, nuryshen bateils, and mouen discenciouns, nether suffren the rewme for to be quyet. For whi and Y defraudid of glorie of fader and modir, sothely Y saye, of heeȝist prest|hod, came hidir, first sothely keepynge feith to the kyngis profitis, the secounde tyme sothely counseilynge to citesayns, for whi by shrewidnesse of hem alle our kyn is traueilid not beste. Bot Y preye, thou kyng, alle these thingus knowen, by|holde to the cuntree and kyn, aftervp H. thi manlynessemanlynesse, or curtesye H. shewid to alle men. For whi as long as Judas is aboue, or alyuelyuyth H., it is impossible pees for to be to needis. Forsothe siche thingis said of hym, and other frendis, hauynge hem enmyly, enflawmiden Demetrie aȝeinus Judee. Whiche anoon sente Nychanore, prepost of olifauntis, duyk in to Judee, co|maundementis ȝouen for to take hym Judas quyck sothely, for to scatere so|thely hem that weren with hym, and for to ordeyn Alchymus heeȝist prest of the most temple. Than heithen men that fledden Judas fro Judee, flocmele ioyn|yden hem to Nychanore, gessynge the myseistees and dethis of Jewis prosperi|tees of her thingus. And so the cum|mynge of Nychanore herd, and theOm. H. cum|mynge to gidre of naciouns, Jewis spreynt with erthe preyeden hym, that ordeynyde his peple in to with outen eende for to keepe, and whiche keuerde, or defendide, his part with opyn signys. Forsothe the duyk comaundynge, anoon thei moueden froOm. H. thennus, and camen togidre to theOm. H. castel Dessau. Symont forsothe, brother of Judas, ioynyde with Nychanore, bot he is to gidre broken with sudeyn cum|mynge of aduersaries. Nethelese Ny|chanore heerynge the vertu of Judas felowis, and gretenesse of ynwytt, whiche thei hadden for stryues of the cuntree, dredde for to make dom of blood. Wher|fore he byfore sente Possydonye, and Theodoce, and Mathie, for to ȝeue riȝt|hondis, and take. And whan longe coun|seil was don of these thingis, and he duyk hadde told toOm. K pr. m. theOm. H. multitude, oo sentence was of alle, for to graunte to frenshipis. And so thei ordeynyden a day, in whiche thei shulden do priuyli bitwixe hem self; and to eche sellis, or smale setis, ben brouȝt forth, and putt. Forsothe Judas comaundide armed men for to be in couenable placis, lest per auenture of enmyes eny thyng of yuel spronge; and thei maden a couenable speche to gidre. Forsothe Nychanore dwelte in Jerusalem, and no thing did yuel; and he lefte flockis of cumpanyes, that weren gadrid. Forsothe he hadde Judas euermore derworth of ynwytt, and was bowid to the man; and preyde hym for to wedde a wijf, and toOm. H. gendre sonys; and he made weddyngis, quyetly dide, and lyueden comounly, or togidre. Alchymus forsothe, seeynge the charite of hem to gidre, and accoordyngus, came to Demetrie, and saide, Nychanore for to assente to alyenalien, or other mennus H. thingis, and toOm. H. haue ordeynd Judas, traytour of the rewme, successoure to hym. And so the kyng maad sharp, and with siche warst accus|yngis terrid to wrath, wroteOm. G pr. m. wrothe K. to Nycha|nore, sayinge, hym sothely for to bere greeuously of acoordyng of frenship, nethelese for to comaunde for to sende Machabeus bounden to Antiochie. Whiche thingis knowen, Nychanore was astonyed, and greuously bare, ȝif he made void tho thingis that acordiden, he no thing hirt, or harmed, of the man; bot for he miȝte not aȝeinstonde the kyng, he kepte co|uenabletee, in whiche he shulde per|fourme the maundement. And Macha|beus seeynge Nychanore for to do with hym more sternly, and feerslier ȝeuynge custumable cummyng to gidre, vndir|stondynge this feersnesse for to be not of good, a fewe of his gadrid, heOm. H. hid hym fro Nychanore. Whiche thing as he knewȝ, hym strongly byfore cummen of the man, he came to the most andOm. G pr. m. holiest temple, and he comaundide to the prestis offrynge wont oostis, or sacrifices, the man for to be takenbitaken G sec. m. H. to hym. Whiche sayinge with othe, for to not wyte, wher he was that was souȝt, he stretchynge forth the hond to the temple, swore, Ȝif ȝe shuln not bitake to me Judas bounden, Y shal leede doun this temple of God in to pleynplaynesse H., and digge out the auter, and Y shal halewe this temple to theOm. H. free fadir. And these thingis said, he wente awey. Forsothe the prestis holdynge forth hondis in to heuen, ynclepiden hym that euer is forfiȝter of the folc of hem, say|inge these thingus, Thou, Lord of vny|uersitee, or ofOm. H. alle creatures, that of no thing hast need, woldist the temple of thin habitacioun for to be maad in vs. And nowe, thou holy of al holy, Lord, kepe in to with outen eende this hous vndefoulid, that a lytil goon was clensid. Forsothe Rasias, sum of the eldre men of Jerusalem, was accusid to Nychanore, a man, louer of the citee, and wel heer|ynge, that for affeccioun, or loue, was clepid fadre of Jewis. This man many tymes helde purpose of continence in Jewrie, apaied for to bitake body and soule offor G sec. m. H. perseueraunce, or lastyng. For|sothe Nychanore willynge for to shewe the hate, that he hadde aȝeinis Jewis, sente fyue hundrid kniȝtis, for to take hym. Forsothe he gesside, ȝif he hadde disceyuyde hym, hymself to ȝeuynge most deth to Jewis. Forsothe cumpanyes co|ueitynge for to falle in to his hous, and for to breke the ȝate, and for to moue to fijr, whanne now he was taken, he axide, or assailide, hym self with swerd; chees|ynge for to dye nobly, rather than forOm. H. to be maad suget to synners, and aȝeinis his birthis for to be ledd with vnworthi wrongis. Bot whan by haastynge with vncerteyn stroke he hadde ȝouen wounde, and cumpanyes bitwixe dores brasten ynne, he rennynge aȝein hardily to the walle, castide doun hym self manly in to the cumpanyes. Whiche swiftly ȝeuynge place to his fall, he came by the mydil hatrelhaterel, or vtmeste place of the necke H., and ȝit whijl he brethide, he, in ynwitt kyndlid, roose. And whan his blood with grete flowynge flowide doun, and with most greuos woundis he was wound|id, bi rennyng he passide the cumpanye; and stoondynge vponon H. sum heeȝ stoon, and now maad with outen blood, biclip|pynge his entraylis with bothe hondis, castide forth on the cumpanyes, he yn|clepynge the lordshiper of lijf and spirit, that he shulde ȝeelde eftsonys these thingis to hym; and thus he is dead fro lijf.

 CAP. XV.

Forsothe as Nychanore foonde Judas for to be in placesplace H. of Samarye, he thouȝte in the day of saboth with al feersnesse for to ioyne bateil. Forsothe Jewis, that sueden hym by need, sayinge, Do thou not so feersly and heithenly, bot ȝeue honour to theOm. H. day of halewyng, and wirshipe thou hym, that biholdith alle thingus. And he vnblessid, axide, Ȝif there is a miȝti in heuen, that comaund|ide the `day of sabothisday of saboth A. seuenthe day H. for to be don? And hem answerynge, There is oo Lord, and heOm. H. in heuen miȝti, that comaundide the seuenthe day for to be don. And he saith, And Y amOm. G pr. m. miȝti vpon erthe, whiche comaundecomaundide K. armers for to be taken, and needis of the kyng for to be fulfillid. Nethelese he gate not, for to perfourme counseil. And sothely Nychanore with souereyn pride enhaunsid, thouȝte for to ordeyne a comoun victorie of Judas. For|sothe Machabeus tristide euermore with al hope, help to cummynge to hym of the Lord, and monestide hise, that thei shulden not inwardly dreede at the cummynge to of naciouns, bot shulden haue in mynde the helpis don to hem of heuen, and nowe shulden hoope of Almiȝty the victorie to cummyng to hem. And spekynge to hem of lawe, and prophetis, and monestingemonestynge, or warnynge H. what thingis thei diden bifore, he ordeyn|ydeordeynede, or confirmede H. hem redier. And so the ynwittis of hem reysid, he shewide to gidere the falsnesse of heithen men, and brekyng of oothis. Forsothe he armyde eche of hem, not bi strengthing of sheld and shaft, bot with best wordis and monestyngis, a sweuen worthi of byleeue expowned, by whiche he gladide alle. Sothely the vi|sioun iswas G sec. m. H. siche. Onye, that was heeȝist prest, a good man and benygne, shamfast in siȝt, and mylde in maners, and fair in speche, and whiche was excersisid, or hauntid, in vertues fro a chijld, holdynge forth the hondis for to preye for al the peple of theOm. H. Jewis. After this thing and an other man for to haue apeerid, in age and glorie wondreful, and in hau|ynge of grete fairnesse aboute hym. For|sothe Onye answerynge tofor to H. haue saide, This is theOm. H. louer of bretheren, and of peple of Yrael; this is he, that myche preyeth for the peple, and for al the holy cite, Jeremye, the prophete of God. For|sothe Jeremye for to haue streiȝte forth the riȝthond, and toOm. GH. haue ȝouen a golden swerd to Judas, sayinge, Take thou the holy swerd, a ȝift of God, in whiche thou shalt cast doun the aduersaries of my peple Yrael. And so thei monest|idmonestidid K. with wordis of Judas ful goode, of whiche feersnesse miȝte be enhaunsid, and theOm. H. ynnewittis of ȝunge men beOm. K. confortyd, thei ordeynyden for to fiȝte, and tourmente to gidre strongly, that vertu shulde deme of needisnedis, or causis H., for that the holy citee and temple weren in perel. Sothely for wijues, and sonys, and also for bretheren, and cosyns, was lesse by|synesse, bot most and first dread was for holynesse of the temple. Bot not leste bysynesse hadde hem that weren in the citee, for these that weren to assailynge to gidre. And whanne now alle men hopiden dom to beynge, and enmys camen, and oost was ordeynyd, beestis and horsmen putt to gidre in couenable place, Machabeus biholdynge the cum|myng of multitude, and dyuers apparel of armers, and feersnesse of beestis, strecchynge out the hondis in to heuen, ynclepide the Lord doynge grete won|dris, whiche not aftervp H. power of armers, bot as it plesith to hym, ȝeueth to worthi men victorie. Forsothe he saide, ynclep|inge this manere, Thou, Lord, that sent|ist thin aungel vnder Ezechie, kyng of Juda, and hast slayn of tentis, or oostis, of Senacherib, an hundrid foure score and fyue thousand; and now, lordshiper of heuens, sende thou thi good aungel bifore vs, in dreed and tremblyng of gretenesse of thin arm, that thei dreede, that cummen aȝeinus thin holy peple. And bi these thingis thus he perfitly preyede. Forsothe Nychanore, and thei that weren with hym, with trumpis and songis moueden to. Judas forsothe, and thei that weren with him, God ynclepid by preyers of knowlachyng, wenten to gidre. Sothely in hond fiȝtynge, bot in hertis preyinge God, castiden doun fyue and thritty thousand, not lesse, by theOm. H. presence of God gretely delytynge. And whanne thei hadden ceesid, and with ioye turnyden aȝein, thei knewen Nycha|nore for to haue fallen, with his armers. And so crie maad, and perturbacioun stirid, by cuntree voice thei blessiden the Lord almiȝty. Forsothe Judas comaund|ide, that by alle thingis in body and ynwitt was redy for to dye for citeseyns, the hed of Nychanore, and the hond with theOm. H. shuldre gird off, for to be brouȝt forth to Jerusalem. Whidir whanne he fully came, men of his lynage clepid to gidre, and prestis to the auter, he clepide and hem that weren in the heeȝ rock. And the hed of Nychanore shewid, and the cursid hond, whiche he holdynge forth aȝeinus the holy hous of almiȝty God gretely gloriede, also he comaund|ide the tunge of vnpitous Nychanore kitt off, for to be ȝouen to briddis gobetmele; forsothe the hond of the wood man for to be hongid vp aȝeinus the temple. Ther|fore alle blessiden the Lord of heuen, sayinge, Blessid the Lord, that kepte his place vndefoulid. Forsothe he hangide vp Nychanoris hed in the heeȝist rock, that it were euydent, or knowen, and opyn signe of helpethe helpe H. of God. Therfore alle men by commoun counseile demyden in no maner this day for to passe with|oute worschiping, sothli for to haue worschipyng the thrittenthe day of the moneth Adar, that is said, by voice of Sirye, the first day of Mardochyus. Ther|fore these thingis don aȝeinus Nychanore, and of thetho H. tymes the citee weeldid of Ebrues, and Y in these thingis shal make an eend of word. And sotheli ȝif wel and as it acordith to the storye, this thing and Y wole; ȝif ellis lesse worthily, it is to be grauntid to me. Sothely as for to drinke euermore wyne, or euermore water, is contrarie, forsothe for to vse chaung|able, or now oon, nowand nowe H. another, is delit|abledelitable or likynge H.; so to men redynge, ȝif the word be euermore vniustly axid, or aȝein souȝt, it shal not be couenable, or plesinge; ther|fore here it shal be eendid.

 Here endith the storie of Machabeus, the whiche is the laste book of the Olde Testament.

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And nowe bigynneth the Newe Testament; first is the prolog of Matheu, apostle and euangelistNo final rubric in AGH..

 New Testament MATTHEW. Here begynneth the prolouge on MathewFrom Y. Prolog. K. Here bygynneth the Newe Testament in Englische. O. No initial rubric in STVX..

MATHEW of Jewerye born, as he is `putt firstfirst putt T. in ordre, so first he wrote the gospel in Jewes langage, whas cleepyng to God was from peplicanis dedis; he takynge bifore the bygynnyng isbigynnynge O. of tweytwo SX., Abraham and Dauid, in the generacioun of Crist, of oon, that is, Abraham, of the whiche the first circumcisioun was in fleshe, of an other, Dauith, whas eleccioun was efter herte. Of bothe fadris forsothe Crist was bore. And so the noumbre of fourtene thries putte, he strecchynge forth the bygynnyng fro feyththe feithe OSVXY. of bileuynge, that was in Abraham, in to the tyme of chesynge, that was in Dauith, and dressynge fro theOm. O. chesyng anoon in to the day of transmygracioun, and diffynynge fro the day of transmygracioun anoon in to Crist, he shewith the gene|racioun of theOm. OS. cummynge of Crist fulfillid, other passynge in renninge, that he, maakynge good bothe to the noumbre and to the tyme, bothe shulde shewe hym silf whichewhat OSTVY. he were, and, in hym silf mynystrynge the work of God, also in hem, whas kynred he putteput of O., shulde not denye the witnesse of Crist workyngewrytynge K sec. m. fro the bygyn|nynggynnyng K.. Of alle whoche thingis the tyme, the ordre, the noumbre, theOm. K. disposicioun, otherether O. or X. the resounresoun is OSTV., that Crist is God, that is necessarie to the feith, the whiche was maad of aOm. X. womman, maad vnder lawe, bore of a maydemaiden OX., suffride in fleshe, al thing ficchide in the cros, that he ouercommynge thilketho OX. thes ilke T. thingis in hym silfe, rysynge in body, bothe theOm. O. name of the fadir in fadris to the sone, and sonesthe sones OSTVXY. name to the fadir restoringe in sones, with outen bygynnyng, with oute eendynge, shewynge the fadir to be oon with hym, for he is oon. In the whicheOm. K sec. m. gospel it is profitable to men desyrynge God, so to knowe the first, the mydmestemydelmest O., otheror SX. the last, that thei, redynge bi alle thingis, vndirstonde bothe the clepynge of the apostilapostlis T., andand thei byknowe in hym in V. the work of the gospel, and the loueleste X. of God kennynge in fleshe, and thei biknowebe knowen X. in hym, in the whiche thei bethben SX. knowe, and desijrythdesiren OX. desire V. to knowe. To vs forsothe it was to stodye of preuynge, bothe to take the feith of thing do, and not to be stille to men sechynge bisiliche the ordynance of God worchynge to be vndirstonde.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynnith the gospelNo final rubric in OSTVXY.. Heere bigynneth the gospel of MatheuFrom M. Heere bigynneth the gospel of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. P. No initial rubric in AGKNOQSTUVXY..CAP. I.

The boke of generaciounthe generacioun AGMNPQY. of Jhesu Crist, the sone of Dauyd, theOm. X. sone of Abraham. AbrahamAbraham forsothe Q. gendridegat X., `or bigateOm. OQ pr. m. VX., Ysaac. Ysaac forsothe bigategendred O et V passim in hoc cap. gat X passim in hoc cap. Jacob. Jacob for|sothe bigate Judas and his bretheren. Judas forsothe bigate Phares and Zaram, of Thamar. Phares forsothe bigate Esrom. Esrom forsothe bigate Aram. Aram for|sothe bigate Amynadab. Amynadab for|sothe bigate Nason. Nason forsothe bi|gate Salmon. Salmon forsothe bigate Booz, of Raab. Booz forsothe bigate Obeth, of Ruth. Obeth forsothe bigate Gesse. Jesse forsothe bigate Dauith the kyng. Dauith forsothe kyngthe kynge AGMOQSUVXY. bigate Salomon, of that womman that was Uries wyf. Salomon forsothe bigate Roboam. Roboam forsothe bigat Abias. Abias forsothe bigate Asa. Asa forsothe bigate Josophat. Josophat forsothe bigate Joram. Joram forsothe bigate Osias. Osias forsothe bigate Jo|athan. Joathan forsothe bigate Achaz. Achaz forsothe bigate Ezechie. Ezechie forsothe bigate Manasses. Manasses for|sothe bigate Amon. Amon forsothe bigate Josias. Josias forsothe bigate Jechonyas and his bretheren, `in toin to the AGMNOPQSUVXY. transmigracyoun of Babiloyne. And after the transmy|gracyoun of Babiloyne, Jechonias bigate Salatiel. Salatiel forsothe bigate Zoroba|bel. Zorobabel forsothe begate Abyut. Abyut forsothe bygate Eliachim. Elia|chym forsothe bigate Asor. Asor for|sothe bigate Sadoc. Sadoc forsothe bygate Achym. Achym forsothe bygate Elyut. Elyut forsothe bygate Eleasar. Eleasar forsothe bigate Mathan. Mathan forsothe bigate Jacob. Jacob forsothe bigate Jo|seph, the husbond of Marie, of whiche Marie Jesus is born, thatwhiche OV. is clepid Crist. `And soTherfore OUV. alle generaciounsthe generaciouns MU. from Abraham `til tovn to UXY. Dauith ben fourtene generaciouns, and fro Dauith `vntotil to the G sec. m. MOPQSTUV. til to AG pr. m. vn to the NXY. transmygracioun of Babiloyne ben fourtene generaciouns, and from the transmygracioun of Babiloyne vntotil to AGMNOPQSTUV. Crist ben fourtene generaciouns. Forsoth the generacioun of Crist was thusthis N.. Whane Marie, `his modirthe moder of Jhesu S., was spousid to Joseph, bifore that thei `shul|den comecome U. camen OV. to gidre, she iswas OV. foundun hau|ynge in theOm. P. wombe of the Holy Gost. Joseph forsothe, hir husbond, when he was iusta iust MP. ryȝtewise O. manOm. OUV., `or riȝtfulOm. OUVX., and woldenold O. not pupliche hir, `or lede hir fertherOm. OUV., wolde priuyly forsake hire. Sothely hym thenk|ynge these thingus, lo! theOm. OUV. angel of the Lord aperide in sleepe, `or sweuenOm. OU., to hym, sayingeand sayde OV., Joseph, theOm. X. sone of Dauyd, nyl thou drede to take Marie, thi wyf; forsothefor OV sec. m. thatthe O. thing that is born in hire is ofOm. O. the Holy Goost. Sothely she shal bere a sone, and thou shalt clepe his name Jesus; for he shal make his peple saif fro her synnes. Forsothe al this thing was don, that itthe thenge OUV sec. m shulde be fulfillidfillud OUV sec. m., `that thingOm. OV sec. m. that was seidseid of the Lord N. by athe OV. prophete, seiynge, Loo! a virgyne shal haue in wombethe wombe OV sec. m., and she shal bere a sone, and his name shal be clepid Emanuel, that is interpretid, `or expounidOm. OV sec. m. X., God with us. Sothely Joseph rysynge vpOm. X. fro sleep, did as the angel of the Lord comaundidebade O pr. m. hym, and toketok Marie NOUV sec. m. his wijf; and he knewe hir nat, til she had boren hir first bygotengendred OV sec. m. goten X. sone, and clepidesche cleped OV sec. m. his name Jhesus.

 CAP. II.

Therfore when Jhesus was born in Bethlem of Juda, in the days ofof the G. kyng Herode, loo! kyngisastronemyeris U marg. sec. m., `or wijs menOm. OUX., ca|men fro the eest to Jerusalem, sayinge, Wher is he, that is borun kyngthe kynge O. of Jewis? forsothe we `han seynseien O. his sterre in the este, and we comen forOm. X. to wir|shipe hym. `Sothely kyng Herode herynge iswas OV. trublidturblid AMNP. towrbled O., and al Jerusalem with himOm. U pr. m. But kyng Heroude herde and was troublid and al Jerusalem with hym. U sec. m. marg.. And he, gedryngegedrede G. to gidre alle theOm. O. princis of prestis, and scribisthe scribes OUV. of the peple, en|quiride of hem, wherwheer that O. Crist shulde be borun. And thei seiden to hym, In Bethlem of Juda; `for soso forsothe XY pr. m. it is writen bi athe OUV. prophete, And thou, Bethlem, `the londOm. OU. of Juda, thouOm. OU. art nat the leste in the princis of Juda; for of thee a duk shal gon out, that shal gouerne my peple ofOm. VX. Yrael. Than `Herode, priuyliOm. V. the kyngis clepid `to hymOm. OV., `bisily lernydeEroude lerned bisily V. bisily lerede SX. Om. V. of hem the tyme of the sterre that apperide to hem. And he, sendynge hem in to Beth|lem, saide, Go ȝee, and axe ȝee bisily of the chyld, and whan ȝee han founden, telletelle ȝee OUVX. aȝein to me, that andOm. OU. Y cummynge wirshipe hym. TheOm. OUV sec. m. whiche, when thei hadden herde the kyng, wenten awey. And loo! the sterre, theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche thei sayen in estethe eest ONPQSUXY., wente bifore hem, til that it cummynge stood aboue, wher the child was. Forsothe thei, seeynge the sterre, ioyeden with a ful grete ioye. And thei, entrynge thein to the ONUV. hous, founden the child with Marie, his modir; and thei fallynge doun worshipiden hym. And her tresours opnyd, thei offreden to hym ȝiftis, gold, encense, and merre. And answeran answere Q sec. m. taken in sleep, that thei shulden not turne aȝein to He|rode, thei `ben turnedturned aȝen OUV sec. m. by an other wey in to herher owne N. cuntree. And when thei hadden gon aweyOm. U sec. m., loo! thean UV. aungel of the Lord apperide in sleep to Joseph, sayynge, Ryse vp, and take the child and his modir, and flee in to Egipt, and be thouOm. T. there, til that I seye to thee; sothelyfor OUV sec. m. it is `to cumecume K. to comynge OUV sec. m., that Herode seeke the child, forOm. OSV sec. m. to leseslee O. hym. TheOm. OUV sec. m. whiche Joseph, rys|ynge vp, toke the chijld and his modir by nyȝte, and wente into Egipt, and washe was OUV sec. m. there til to theOm. X. deth of Erode; that it shuld be fulfillidfillud OUV sec. m., `that thingOm. OUV sec. m. that was said of the Lord by thea SX. prophete, say|inge, Fro Egypt Y haue clepide my sone. Thanne Erode seeynge thatfor OUV sec. m. he was scorn|ed, `or disceyuedOm. OUV sec. m., of the kyngisastronemyeris U sec. m. marg., was gretely wroth; and he sendynge slewȝkylled OUV sec. m. alle the childrenchilder X., `that werenOm. G pr. m. in Bethlem, and in alle the eendis `of ittherof OUV sec. m., fro twotwey V sec. m. ȝeer age and with ynne, aftervp OUV sec. m. the tyme that he hadde souȝt out of the kyngisastronomyers U sec. m. marg.. Than itOm. X. was fulfillidefillud OU., `that thingOm. OU. that was said by Jeremye, the prophete, sayinge, A voice is herd `an heeȝein hiȝthe O. in heeiȝ S., weepynge and myche weilynge, Rachel weepyngebywepynge OUV sec. m. hir sonys, and she `wolde notnolde OU. nolde not V sec. m. be comfortid, for thei ben not. Sothely Erode dead, loo! thean OUV sec. m. angel of the Lord apeeride in sleep to Joseph in Egipt, sayinge, Ryse vp, and take thethi U. childe and his modir, and go in to the lond of Yrael; for thei that souȝten the lijf of the chyld ben dead. TheOm. OUV sec. m. whiche JosephOm. OUX., rysynge vpOm. V sec. m., toke the child and his modir, and cam in to the lond of Yrael. For|sothe he heerynge that ArchelausArchelaus, his brother V sec. m. regnede in Jude for Eroude, his fadir, dred forOm. UV sec. m. X. to go thidir. And he, monestid in sleep, wente in to the parties of Galilee; and he cummynge dwelte in a citee, thatwhich UV sec. m. is clepid Nazareth, that itOm. X. shulde be fulfillidfillud OUV sec. m., `that thingOm. OUV sec. m. that iswas OUV sec. m. said by prophetis, For whiOm. OUV sec. m. he shal be clepid `of NazarethNazaray U pr. m. V sec. m. a Nazaren U sec. m..

 CAP. III.

In thilketho ilke Y. tho OSUV sec. m. X. days came Joon Baptist, prechynge in theOm. P. desert of Jude, sayingeand seiynge OUV sec. m., `Do ȝedoith Q. doth XY pr. m. penaunce, for the kyngdom of heuensheuen GO. shal neiȝ, `or cume niȝeOm. OQUX.. Forsothe this is he, `of whom itwhich UV sec. m. is said by Ysaye, the propheteprophet, seiynge OQ sec. m. UV sec. m., A voice of aOm. K sec. m. a man N. cryingecrier OU. in desert, `Make ȝeMakith QXY pr. m. redy the wayesweye G. of theoure U. Lord; `make ȝemakith QXY pr. m. riȝtful the pathes of hym. Forsothe `that ilkthilke OUV sec. m. that X. Joon hadde clotha clothe OUV sec. m. of theOm. O. heeris of cameylis, and a girdil of skyn aboute his leendis; sothelyforsothe QXY. his mete werenwas SU. locustishonysoukis U sec. m. marg., and hony of the wode. Thanne Jerusalem wente out to hym, and al Jude, and al the cuntre aboute Jordan; and theiOm. Q. weren cristenydweysche U sec. m. marg. of hym in Jordan, know|lechynge there synnes. Sothely he seeynge many of Pharisees and of Saducese com|mynge to his bapteme, saide to hem, Gene|raciouns of eddris, who shewide to ȝou forOm. OUV sec. m. X. to flee fro wrath to cummecomynge OUV sec. m.? Therfore do ȝee worthi fruytis of penaunce, and nyl ȝe say with ynne ȝou, We han the fadir Abraham; sothely Y saye to ȝou, for whiOm. OUV sec. m. X. God is miȝti to reyse vpOm. OUV sec. m. of these stonys the sonys of Abraham. For now thean OUV sec. m. axe is putt to the rote of the tree; sothely eueryeche X. tree that makith nat good fruyt, shal be kitt doun, and shal be sent in to fijrthe fijr MPQWX.. ForsotheSothely Q. Y cristenewesche U sec. m. marg. ȝou in water, in to penaunce; forsothe he that is to cummecomynge OUV sec. m. after me is strenger than Y, whos shon Y am not worthi to bere; he shal baptise, `or cristenOm. OQUX., ȝow in theOm. G pr. m. Holy Goost and fijrin fyer OUV.. Whos wynwingwyndewyng Q. clothtool OUV sec. m., `or fanOm. MNPXY pr. m. ether fan OUV., in his hond, and he shal fully clense his corneOm. N. floore, and shalhe schall OUV sec. m. gedre his cornewheet OUV sec. m. in to his berne; but chaffis he shal brenne within OUV sec. m. fyr unquenchable, `or that neuer shal be quenchidOm. OUX.. Thanne Jhesus came fro Ga|lilee in to Jordan to Joon, `for tothat he shulde MV pr. m. to OSUV sec. m. X. be cristnedbaptizid U sec. m. of hym. Soothly Joon forbeed hym, sayinge, `I owe forOm. OS. I owe UX. to be cristned of thee, and `thou commestcomest thou UV sec. m. to me? Forsothe Jhesus answeringe saide to hym, Suffre now, `for soso forsothe X. it becummeth vs forOm. OUZ. now for Q. to fulfillefill OUV sec. m. all riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse UV sec. m.. Than Joon leete hym, `or left hymOm. OU. or lefte GV sec. m. X.. Forsothe Jhesus cristened steiȝ vp anoon fro the water; and loo! heuens benwer O. weren UV. opened to hym, and he say the Spirit of God cummynge doun as a culuer, andOm. X. cummynge vponon OU. hym; and loo! a voice fro heuenes, sayinge, This is my bylouedloued AMGNOPQSUVWXY. sone, in theOm. OUV sec. m. X. whiche Y haue plesid to me.

 CAP. IV.

Thanne Jhesus was led in to desert of a spirit, `that he shuldeto O. be temptid of the deuel. And whanne he hadde fastid fourty days and fourety niȝtisnyȝt O., afterward he hun|gride. And the tempter cummynge niȝ, saide to hym, Ȝif thou `be Goddis soneart the sone of God OUV sec. m., say that these stoons be maad looues. TheOm. UV sec. m. whiche answerynge said to hym, It is wryten, A man lyueth not in breed aloon, bot in eueryeche X. word that cometh forth fro the mouthe of God. Thanne the deuyl toke hymhym vp Q sec. m. in to anthe MV pr. m. Om. V sec. m. W sec. m. hooly citee, and sette hym on thea MV. pynacle of the temple, and saide to hym, Ȝif thou `be Goddis soneart the soon of God OU., sende thee doun; sothely it is wryt|en, For toOm. X. his aungels he comaundidehath commaunded OU. of thee, and thei shulden take thee in hoondisthe hondes OU., lest perauenture thou hurte thi fote at a stoon. Eftsone Jhesus saithseide OUV sec. m. to hym, It is writen, Thou shalt not tempte the Lord thi God. Eftsone the deuel toke hymhym vp Q sec. m. in to a ful heeȝ hill, and shewide to hym alle the rewmys of the world, and the glorie of hem; and saide to hym, Alle these thingis Y shal ȝeue to thee, ȝif thou fallynge doun shalt worshipe me. Than Jhesus saide to hym, Go, Sathanas; `forsothefor OU. it is wrytin, Thou shalt worshipe the Lord `thi GodOm. G pr. m., and to hym alone thou shalt serue. Than the deuel lafte hym; and loo! aungelis `camen niȝeneiȝedden OU., and serueden to hym. So|thely whanne Jhesus hadde herde that Joon was taken, he wente into Galilee. And the cite of Nazaret laft, he came, and dwelte in the citee of Caphernaum, beside the see, in the eendiscoestis XY pr. m. of Zabulon and Neptalymof Nepthalim S., that itthe thenge OUV sec. m. Om. X. shulde be fulfillidfilled OUV sec. m., `that thingOm. OUV sec. m. that was said by Ysay, the prophete, The lond of Zabulon and the lond of Neptalym, the weye ofouer K. the see ouerof OU. Jordan, of Galilee of hethene men, the peple that dwelte in derknessis say grete liȝt, and mento hem OUV sec. m. sittynge in theOm. O. cuntree of shadewthe shadewe S. of deth, liȝt `is sprunge to hemwas risen OU.. Fro thennus Jhesus bygan forOm. OUX. to preche, and sayto say OUV sec. m., Do ȝe penaunce, forsothefor OU. the kyngdomrewme OU. of heuensheuen O. `shal cume niȝehath neȝed OU.. Sothely Jhesus, walkyngewalked S sec. m. bisidisbi X. the see of Galilee, say twotwei NUV. bretheren, Symon, that is clepid Petre, and Andrew, his brother, sendynge netta nett MNOPQTUV sec. m. in to the see; forsothe thei weren fisheris. And he saide to hem, `Come ȝeCometh XY. after me, and I shal make ȝou to be maad fisheristhe fisscheres O. of men. And anon herthe OQU V sec. m. nettis forsakyn, they sueden hym. And he go|ynge forth fro that place, say tweyntwo MPQSXY. other bretheren, Jamys of Zebedee, and Joon, his brother, in the ship with Zebedee, her fadir, makynge aȝein, `or beetyngeor mendynge O. either cloutynge UV sec. m. Om. X., her nettisnettis in the se N., and he clepide hem. Sothely anoon the nettis forsaken and the fadir, thei sueden hym. And Jhesus enuyraunyde al Galilee, techynge in the synagogissynogis A. of hem, and prechynge the gospel of kyngdamthe kyngdom MPQSXY. the rewme OU. rewme V., and helynge al sorow, `or acheether ache OU. Om. X., and al seke|nesse in the peple. And his `opynyoun, or famefame OUV sec. m. name U. openeoun X., wente in to al Syrie; and thei offrid|enbrouȝten U sec. m. to hym alle menOm. MX. hauynge yuele, takyn with dyuers sorowissoores OU sec. m. V sec. m. and tourmentis, and hem that hadden deuelis, andOm. G pr. m. lunatijk men, and men in palsiethe palesie NOUV sec. m., and he helide hem. And `there sueden hymOm. OUV sec. m. many cum|panyes of Galilee, and of Decapoly, and of Jerusalem, and of Judee, and of beȝonde JordanJordan sueden him OUV sec. m..

 CAP. V.

Jhesus forsothe, seynge cumpanyesthe kumpanyes X., wentesteiȝed OUV sec. m. vpOm. V sec. m. in to an hill; and when he hadde setesitten Y. siten X., his disciplis camen niȝe to hym. And heOm. W., openynge his mouthe, tauȝte toOm. AGMNOPUV sec. m. XY. hem, sayinge, Blessid beOm. X. theOm. QU. porepore men U. in spirit, for the kingdam inof AGMNOPQSUVXY. he|uenesheuene NQW pr. m. is heren. Blessid beOm. X. mylde menOm. X., for thei shuln welde the eerthe. Blessid beOm. X. thei that mournen, for thei shuln be comfortid. Blessid beOm. X. thei that hungren and thristen riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse UV sec. m. sup. ras., for thei shuln ben fulfillidfilled OUV sec. m. sup. ras.. Blessid beOm. X. `mercyful menthe merciful X., for thei shuln getegete, ether followe Q sup. ras. mercye. Blessid beOm. X. theimen OUV sec. m. sup. ras. that ben of clene herte, for thei shuln see Godgood G pr. m.. Blessid beOm. X. `pesible menthe pesible X., for thei shuln be clepid the sonys of God. Blessid beOm. X. thei that suffren persecucioun for riȝt|wisnesseriȝtfulnesse V sec. m., for the kyngdam of heuenesheuene UX. is herun. Ȝee `shulen beben NP. blessid, when men shulen curse ȝou, and shulenOm. MPQXY pr. m. pursue ȝou, and shulen say al yuel aȝeins ȝou leeȝingliende X., for me. Ioye ȝee `with ynwith innen G sæpius. forthforsothe G pr. m. Om. OUV., and `glade ȝeegladeth XY. `with out forthful oute OU., for ȝoure meede is plenteuouse in heuenes; forsothe so thei han pursued andOm. OUV sec. m. also Q sec. m. V pr. m. prophetis that weren before ȝou. Ȝee ben salt of theOm. V sec. m. erthe; that ȝif the salt shalOm. X. vanyshe awey, wher|ynne shal it be saltid? To no thing it is worth ouer, noOm. O. bot that it be sentcast U. out, andand be OUV sec. m. defoulid of men. Ȝe ben liȝtthe liȝt X. of the world; a citee puttsette OUV sec. m. on an hill may nat be hid; nether men tendynteenden not O. a lanterne, and putten it vndir a busshel, but on a candil|stike, that it ȝeue liȝt to alle that ben in the hous. So shyyne ȝoure liȝt before men, that thei see ȝoure good werkis, and glo|rifie ȝoure fadir thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is in heuens. Nyle ȝe gesse, `or demeOm. OUX., thatfor UV. Y came to `vndo, or distruyedistruye OUV sec. m. vndon X., the lawe, orof G pr. m. and G sec. m. ether OUV sec. m. the prophetis; I came not to vndodistroie OUV sec. m. distroye, or vndo V pr. m. `the laweOm. UV sec. m., but to ful|fillefulfille it MP. fill O.. Forsothe I say to ȝou trewtheOm. OV sec. m., til heuen and erthe passeschal passe N., oonon G. ilettere U., `that is leste lettrethat is, the leste lettre AGKLM NPQSV pr. m. WY. Om. OUV sec. m. X., orether OUV sec. m. titila titil AGMNPQSWXY. OO tytil OUV sec. m., shal nat passe fro the lawe, til alle thingis be don. Therfore he that `vndoth, orOm. OUV sec. m. breketh, oon of these leste maundementiscommaundementes O., and techith thus men, shal be clepid theOm. O. leste in the rewme of heuenes; forsothe this that doth, and tech|ith, shal be clepid grete in theOm. GW. kyngdamerewme OUV sec. m. of heuenes. Forsothe Y say to ȝou, noOm. GPQXY pr. m. that N. for no UV sec. m. but ȝifOm. TUV sec. m. ȝoure riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse UV sec. m. shalOm. NP. be moreno more K. plenteuouse than of scribis and Phariseesof Pharisees O., ȝee shulen not entre in to kyngdamthe kyngdom GMNPSXY. the rewme OUV sec. m. of heuenes. Ȝee han herde thatfor OUV sec. m. it iswas U. said to olde men, Thou shal nat slea; forsothe he that sleethshal slen X., shal be gylty of dome. ButForsothe O. I say to ȝou, thatfor UV sec. m. euerechehe O. ech UVX. that is wrothewrathed O. to his brother, shal be gylty of dome; forsothe he that `shal sayseieth OUV sec. m. to his brother, Racha, that is, a word of scorn, shal be gylty of counseile; sothly he that `shal sayseieth OUV sec. m., Fool, `that is, a word of dispis|yngeOm. OU., shal be gylti of the fijr of helle. Therfore ȝif thou offrist thi ȝift at the au|ter, and therethere thou G. Om. U. `shalt bythenkebythenkest OUV sec. m., that thi brother hath sum whatthenge OUV sec. m. aȝeins thee, leeue there thi ȝift before the auter, and go first forOm. OUVX. to be recounseilid, orether OU et V fere passim. acordid, to thi brother, and thanne thou cummynge shalt offre thi ȝifte. Be thou consentynge to thin aduersarie soon, theOm. OQUV sec. m. whijle thou art in the way with hym, lest perauenture thin aduersarie take thee to the domes|maniuge OUV sec. m., and the domesmaniuge OUV sec. m. take thee to the mynystre, and thou be sente in to pri|soun. Trewely I say to thee, Thou shalt not go thennes, til thou ȝelde the last fer|thing. Ȝe han herd for it was said to olde men, Thou shalt nat do lecherye. For|sothe Y say to ȝou, for whyOm. OUV sec. m. X. eueryeche OUV sec. m. X. man that seeth a womman forOm. X. to coueite hire, now heOm. OUV sec. m. X. hath do lecherie bywith N. hire in his herte. That ȝif thi riȝt eiȝe sclaundre thee, pulle it out, and cast itOm. A sec. m. OUV sec. m. fro thee; for it speedith to thee, that oon of thi membris perishe, thanthan that OUV sec. m. al thi body go in to helle. And ȝif thi riȝt hond sclaundresclaundreth U. thee, kitt it awey, and cast itOm. MNOPUVW. fro thee; for it sped|ith to thee, that oon of thi membris pe|rishe, than that al thithe X. body go in to helle. Forsothe it is said, Who euere shal leeue his wyf, ȝeue heOm. U. to hir a libel, that is, a litil boke of forsakyng. SothelyBut OUV sec. m. Y say to ȝou, thatfor OUV sec. m. eueryeche OUV sec. m. X. man that `shal leeueforsaketh OUV sec. m. his wyf, outaken causethe cause OUV sec. m. of fornicacioun, heOm. OUV sec. m. makith hire doto do AGMNOPQSUVWXY. lecherie, and he that wed|dith the forsaken wijfOm. X., doth auoutrie. Efte soonys ȝee han herd, thatfor OUV sec. m. it was said to olde men, Thou shalt not forswere, so|thelybut OUV sec. m. to the LordLoorde thi God O. thou shalt ȝeeld thin oethis. Forsothe Y say to ȝou, to nat swere on al manere; neither by heuene, for it is the trone of God; nether by theOm. NPQSX. erthe, for it is the stole of his feet; nei|ther by Jerusalem, for it is the citee of aOm. G. the O. greet kyng; neither thou shalt swere by thin heuedheed AMPQUVW. hed NSX., for thou maistmiȝt M. not make oonan GQXY. `heer whytwhite heer UV., or blak; but `be ȝoure wordȝ. W. be UV. Ȝea, ȝea; Nay, nay; forsothe thatthis OUV sec. m. that is more `than thisOm. OUV sec. m. than these S., is of yuel. Ȝee han herde thatfor OUV sec. m. it iswas U. saidseid to the olde X., Eiȝe for eiȝe, tothand tooth OU. for toth. But Y say to ȝou, to nat aȝein stonde yuel; but ȝif anyany man NUV sec. m. `shal smytesmyteth OUV sec. m. thee inon OUV sec. m. the riȝt cheeke, ȝeue to hym andalso OUV sec. m. the tother; and to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thouthou also OUV sec. m. `to hymOm. OUV sec. m. andOm. OU. thin ouer clothe; and who euere constraynethconstreyne NS. thee a thousand pacisplacis K. pas X., go thou with hym other tweynetwo GMQSXY.. For|sothe ȝifȝif thou OUV sec. m. to hym that axith of thee, andOm. K sec. m. turne thou nat awey fro hym that wol borwe of thee. Ȝee hanOm. O. herd thatfor OUV sec. m. it iswas U. said, Thou shalt loue thin neiȝbore, andand thou schalt OUV sec. m. hate thin enmy. But Y say to ȝou, loue ȝee ȝoure enmyes, doand do K. ȝee wel to hem that haten ȝou, and preye ȝee for men pursu|ynge, and falsly chalengynge ȝou; that ȝee be the sonys of ȝoure fadir that is in heuenes, thatwhiche OUV sec. m. makith his sune to `springe vprise OUV sec. m. vponon OQUV sec. m. X. good andand on U. yuel men, and rayn|eth vponon OUV sec. m. X. iuste menOm. G. and vniuste men. For ȝif ȝe louen hemmen N. that louen ȝou, what meed shul ȝee haue? whetherwher OUV. and pupli|cansthe puplicanes O. don nat this thing? And ȝif ȝee greten, `or salutenOm. OUX., ȝoure bretheren oonly, what `more ouerOm. OUV sec. m. shul ȝee dondo more OUV sec. m.? whetherwher O. andOm. OU. paynymmys don nat this thing? Ther|fore be ȝee parfit, as and ȝoure heuenly fadir is parfitCAP. V. ends here in O.. `Take ȝeeTakith GXY pr. m. hede, lestthat X. ȝe don ȝour riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse UV sec. m. before men, that ȝee be seen of hem, ellis ȝe shule nat han meed atof O. aȝentis UV sec. m. ȝoure fadir thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is in heuenes. Therfore when thou dost almesse, nyle thou synge byfore theeme V. `in awit OU. with a V sec. m. trumpe, as ypocritis don in synagogis and streetis, that thei ben `maad worshipfulworscheped OUV sec. m. of men; forsothe Y saye to ȝou, thei han resceyued her meede. But `thee doyngethei doynge K. while thou doest OUV sec. m. almesse, knowe nat thethi AGMNO PQSUV sec. m. WXY. left hond what thi riȝt hond doth, that thi almes be in hidlis, and thi fadir that seeth in hidlis, shal ȝelde to thee.

 CAP. VI.

AndOm. S. when ȝe shulnOm. OUV sec. m. preye, ȝee shuln nat be as ypocritis, theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche stondynge louen to preye in synagogis andand in MOUV sec. m. corners of streetis, that thei be seen of men; trewly Y say to ȝou, thei han resseyued her meede. But whan thou shalt preye, entre in to thi couche, and the dore schet, preyepreye to G pr. m. preye thou OUV sec. m. thi fadir in hidlis, and thi fadir that seeth in hidlis, shal ȝeelde to thee. SothelySotheli ȝe N. preyinge nyle ȝee spekesey Q. moche, as hethen men don, for thei gessen that thei ben herd in theire moche speche. Therfore nyl ȝeOm. G pr. m. be maad lichelicly KT. to hem, for ȝoure fadir woot what is needneedful OUV sec. m. to ȝou, before thatOm. G pr. m. ȝe axen hym. Forsothe thus ȝe shulen preyen, Oure fadir that art in heuenes, halwid be thi name; thi kyng|dom cumme toto the N.; `be thi wille donthi wille be don UV sec. m. as in heuen andso N. in erthe; ȝif to vs this day oure breed ouer other substaunce; and forȝeue toOm. U. vs oure dettis, asas and G sec. m. MNOQSUVX. we forȝeue to oure dettours; and leede vs nat in to tempta|cioun, but delyuere vs frofro alle U pr. m. yuel. `Amen, that isOm. M. O Amen UX., so be itOm. OUX.. Forsothe ȝif ȝeewe O. shulen forȝeue to men her synnys, and ȝoure he|uenly fadir shal forȝeue to ȝou ȝoureand ȝoure N. tres|passissynnes S.. Sothely ȝif ȝee shulen forȝeue not to menthe synnes of hem Q marg. sec. m., neither ȝoure fadir shalschal not O. forȝeue to ȝou ȝoure synnes. ButFor|sothe OUV sec. m. when ȝee fasten, nyl ȝe be maad as ypocritis sorweful, for thei putten her facis out of kyndly termys, that thei seme fastynge to men; trewly Y say to ȝou, thei han resseyued her meede. But whan thou fastist, anoynte thin hedeheued O., and washe thi face, that thou be nat seen fastynge to men, but to thi fadir that is in hidlis, and thi fadir that seeth in hidlis, shal ȝeelde to thee. Nyle ȝe tresoure to ȝou tresours inhere in N. erthe, wher rust and mouȝthemouȝttis N. distruyeth, and wher theeues deluen out and stelen; but tresoure ȝeeOm. N. to ȝou tre|souris in heuene, wher neither rust nenether OUX. mouȝthe distruyeth, and wher theues del|uen nat out, `or undirmyne natOm. MOUV sec. m. X., neneither OU. stelen. Forsothe wher thi tresour is, there andalso U sec. m. thin herte is. The lanterne of thi body is thin eȝe; ȝif thin eiȝe beis U sec. m. V sec. m. symple, al thi body shal be liȝtful; botsothely OUV sec. m. ȝif thyn eiȝe beOm. G pr. m. is UV sec. m. wey|ward, al thi body shal be derkful. Ther|fore ȝif the liȝt that is in thee be derk|nessisderk|nesse Y., `how grete shulen thilkthe ilke AN. tho ilke M. tho OUV sec. m. derknessis bethe derknesses hou grete shul thei be? X.? No man may serue toOm. OU. twotwei NV. lordis, forsotheOm. G pr. m. UV. for O. ethirother MPY. or X. outher S. he shal haat `the toonthat oon G. the oone O., and louehe schall loue OUV sec. m. the totherthat other G. the othir X.; otherether ONQV. or SX. he shal susteyn `the toonthat oon G. the oone OX., and dispisehe schal despise OUV sec. m. the tothirthat other G. the other X.. Ȝe mownmowe GV. mai M. nat serue toOm. OUV sec. m. God and richessisrichesse MNPXY.. Therfore Y say to ȝou, that ȝe ben nat besie to ȝoure lijf, what ȝe shulen ete; othireither NQS. nether OUV. or X. to ȝoure body, withOm. Q. whatwhat thing U. ȝe shuln be clothidclad X.. WherWhether GNOSUX. ȝourethe OUV sec. m. lijf is nat more than metethe meete O., and the body more than clothethe clothe O.? Beholde ȝe theOm. QSW. fleeȝinge foulisvolatyles OUV sec. m. of the eir, for thei sowen nat, nenor N. nether OUV sec. m. repyn, neitherne OU. ga|dren in to bernys; and ȝoure fadir of heuen fedith hem. WherWhether GN et S passim, UVX pass. ȝe ben nat more worthiworthee O. worth UV pr. m. Om. X. than thei? Sothely who of ȝou thenkingebithenkynge OU. may `putte toadde OU. toOm. K pr. m. MNPQTW. his stature oo cubite? And of clothing what ben ȝe besye? `Be|holde ȝeBeholdeth GXY pr. m. the lilieslilyes, or floures MV pr. m. of the feelde, how thei wexen. Thei traueilen nat, nether spynnen; trewly I say to ȝou, for whiOm. OUV sec. m. X. neither Sala|mon in al his glorie was keueridclothid U. koouered X. as oon of thes. ForForsothe U. ȝif God clothith thus the heye of the feeld, thatwhiche OU. to day is, and to morwe is sente in to thea AGMNOPSUVWXY. fourneyse, how moche more ȝou of litil feith? Therfore nyl ȝe be bisie, sayinge, What shulen we ete? oreither U. other V sec. m., What shulen we drynke? orether OU., With what thingOm. OUV sec. m. shulen we be keueredheled OU.? ForsotheFor OUV sec. m. heithen men sechen alle these thingis; trewly ȝoure fadir wote thatfor OU. ȝe han need to alle these thingis. Therfore seke ȝeeOm. V. first the kyngdam of God and his riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse U., and alle these thingis shulen be cast to ȝou. Therfore nyle ȝe beOm. G pr. m. besie in to the morwe, for the morew day shal be besie to ithym AGMNOQSUVWXY. self; sothelyforsothe OU. it sufficith to the day his malice.

 CAP. VII.

Nyle ȝe deme, that ȝe be nat demyd; for in what dome ȝe demen, ȝe shulen ben demyd, and in what mesure ȝe meten, it shal be metenmeten aȝen OUX. to ȝou. But what seest thou a festu, `or aor N. ether O. ether a U. litil mote, in the eiȝe of thi brother, and thou seest nat a beme in thin owne eiȝe? OrEther OU. Other V sec. m. whatin what OU. maner saist thou to thi brother, Brother, suffre that I caste out a `festu froOm. Q pr. m. a mote Q sec. m. thin eiȝe, and loo! a beme isOm. Q. in thin owne eiȝe? Ypocrite, cast out first athe GMPXY. beme of thin eiȝe, and than thou shalt see forOm. OSUV sec. m. X. to cast out athe M. festu offro OUV sec. m. the eiȝe of thi brother. Nyl ȝe ȝeue holy thingthingis AGNS. to houndis, nether sendecaste U sec. m. sup. ras. ȝe ȝour margaritis, orether O et U passim, V sec. m. Om. X. `preciouse stoonysOm. X., before swyne, lest perauenture thei defoulen hem with theire feet, and `lest houndislest hondis G. thei OU. turned to gidre al to-breke ȝou. Axe ȝe, and it shal be ȝouen to ȝou; `seke ȝeseketh G pr. m. QXY. seketh ȝee G sec. m., and ȝe shulen fynde; `knocke ȝeknockith GXY., and it shal be opnyd to ȝou. For echeeche man N. that axith, takith; and heOm. X. that sechith, fyndith; and it shal be opnyde to `a manman K pr. m. him OU. knokyngethat knocketh U.. OtherOr AX. Either NSW. Ether OQV. who of ȝou is a man, whom ȝif his sone axeaxeth OU. breed, wherwhethir AGSV pr. m. X. he shal dresse to hym a stoon? OtherEther AOQ. Either NVW. Or SX. ȝif he `shal axeaxeth U. a fishe, wherwhether AGNSX. he shal dresseȝiue X. to hym a serpent? Therfore ȝif ȝe, when ȝe ben yuel men, `han knowen forOm. X. toconnen OU. ȝeue good thingusȝiftes OU. ȝouenOm. OQU. to ȝoure sonys, hou myche more ȝoure fadir that is in heuenes shal ȝeue good thingis to men axingeaskinge Q. hym? Therfore alle thingis, what euer thingis ȝee wolen thatOm. N. men don to ȝou, and ȝe dodoth X. to hem, forsothe `these thingisthis thing A. this OUV sec. m. benys A sec. m. OUV sec. m. the lawe and prophetisthe prophetes OV sec. m.. Entre ȝe bi the streyt ȝate; for the gate `that ledith to perdicioun, or dampnaciounOm. OUV sec. m. that led. to perd. X., is brode, and `the weyewey is G sec. m. weie that ledeth to perdicion, ether dampnacion, is OUV sec. m. Om. QXY pr. m. large, and `ther ben manymany ben OUV sec. m. that entren bi itOm. G.. How streit isOm. N. the ȝate, and narewe the weye, that ledith to lijf, and `there ben fewefew ben OUV sec. m. that fynden it. Perceyueor be war T sec. m. ȝe, and fleefle ȝe UV sec. m. fleeth X. fro fals prophetis, theOm. OU. whiche cummen to ȝou in clothingisclothinge NO. clothis U. of sheepisscheep GNOPQSUV., bot wythynne thei ben rauyshynge wolues; of her fruytis ȝe shulen knowe hem. Whe|ther men gaderen grapis of thornys, orether OUV sec. m. fijgis of breeris? So eueryeche OUV sec. m. good tree mak|ith good fruytis; sothely an yuel tree makith yuel fruytis. A good tree may nat make yuel fruytis, nether an yuel tree makemay make OV sec. m. makith Q. maken S. good fruytis. EueryEyche OUV. tree that makith nat good fruytfruytes O., shal be kitte doun, and shal be sent in to the fire. Therfore of her fruytis ȝee shulen knowe hem. Nat eche manOm. X. that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shal entre in to the kyngdam of heuenes; but he that doth the wille of my fadir thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is in heuenes, heOm. A sec. m. OUV sec. m. shal entre in to the kyngdamrewme UV sec. m. of heuenes. Many shul say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, whetherwhar OUV. we han nat prophecied in thi name, and han cast out deuelisfeendes OUV sec. m. in thi name, and han don many vertues in thi name? And than Y shal knowliche to hem, For I knewe ȝou neuer; departedepartith GQSXY. awey fro me, ȝe that worchen wickidnesse. Therfore eche man that herith thesethus N. my wordis, and doth hem, shal be maad liche to a wijse man, that hath bildidbild X. his hous vponon OUV sec. m. X. a stoon. And rayn came doun, and flodis camen, and wyndis blewenblowen N., and rushedenhurliden UV sec. m. in to that hous; and it felle nat doun, for it was foundid on aa sadde Q sec. m. stoon. And eueryiche OUV sec. m. eche X. man that herith these my wordis, and doth hem nat, is lichelicchi N. lichi TW. to a man fool, that hath bildidbild X. his hous onvpon a N. apon O. on a T. `grauel, or soondsoond OUV sec. m. grauel X.. And rayn came dounOm. Q., and floodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and thei hurliden in to that hous; and it felle doun, and the fallyng doun therof was grete. And it iswas A sec. m. OUV sec. m. maaddone UV sec. m., when Jhesus hadde eendid these wordis, the cumpanyes wondreden on his techyng; so|thelyfor OUV sec. m. he was techynge hem, as `a manman O. Om. X. hauynge power, and nat as theOm. N. scribis of hem, andand as UV sec. m. Phariseesthe Pharisees OUV sec. m..

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe when Jhesus hadde comen doun fro the hil, many cumpanyes folew|idensuden OUV sec. m. hym. And loo! a leprouse man cum|mynge worshipide hym, sayingeand seide OUV sec. m., Lord, ȝif thou wolt, thou maist make me clene. And Jhesus, holdynge forthe the hond, touchide hym, sayingeand seide OUV sec. m., I wole, be thou maad clene. And anoon the lepre of hym was clensid. And Jhesus saithseide OUV sec. m. to hym, See, say thou to no man; but go, shewe thee to prestis, and offre thatthe OUV sec. m. ȝifte thatwhich UV sec. m. Moyses comaundide, in to witnessing to hem. Sothely when he hadde entride in to Capharnaum, centurio neiȝide to hym, preyinge hym, and saideseiynge OUV sec. m., Lord, my child lyethliggeth UV sec. m. in the hous sike onin OUV sec. m. theOm. OU. palsie, and is yuel tourmentid. And Jhesus saithseide OUV sec. m. to hym, I shal cume, and shalI schal OQUW pr. m. Y. hele hym. And centurio answerynge saithseide OUV sec. m. to hym, Lord, I am not worthi, that thou entre vndir my roof; but oonly say bi word, and my child shal be helid. For whi andOm. U sec. m. I am a man ordeynd vnder power, hauynge vndir me kniȝtis; andOm. G pr. m. I say to this, GoGo thou OUV sec. m., and he goth; and to an other, Come thou, and he cometh; and to my seruaunt, Do thou this thing, and he doth. Sothely Jhesus, heerynge these thingiswordis Q., wondride, and saide to men suynge hym, TrewlySothely O. I saye to ȝou, I fonde nat so grete feith in Yrael. Sothely Y say to ȝou, that manye shulen come fro the est `and westOm. O., and shulen rest with Abraham andOm. OU. Ysaac and Jacob in the kyngdam of heuenes; forsothe the sonys of the rewme shulen be cast out in to vttremestvtmere AVW. vtturmere GNOPQSUY. vtmer X. derknessis; there shal be weepynge, and beetynge togidre of teeth. And Jhesus saideseiynge O. to centurio, Go, and as thou hast bileeued, be it don to thee. And the child was helid fro that houre. And when Jhesus hadde comen in to the hous of SymondOm. OUV sec. m. Petre, he say his wyues mo|der liggyngelyende X., and shakunschaking NU. shake S. shakende X. with feuerisfeuere O. the feueres OUV sec. m.. And he touchide hir hond, andand anoen X pr. m. the feuer lefte hir; and she roose, and seruyde hemhim V pr. m. to hem Y.. Sothely whan the euenyngeuentide UV sec. m. was maad, thei brouȝte to hym manymany men U. hauynge deuelysfeendes OUV sec. m., and he castidecaste PSX. kest Q. out spiritisvnclene spiritis G sec. m. by word, and helide alleall men OU. hauynge yuelsiknesse O.; that it shulde be fulfillidfilled OU., `that thingOm. OUV sec. m. that was said by Ysaie, the prophete, sayinge, He toke oure infirmytees, and bere oureOm. GNPSWXY. sykenessissikenesse V sec. m. Y.. Sothely Jhesus seeynge many cumpanyes about hym, badcommaunded OUV sec. m. his disciplis goto go OUV sec. m. ouer the water. And ooa UV sec. m. scribe, orether OUV sec. m. aOm. QS. man of laweGloss om. in X., `commynge toneiȝynge OUV sec. m., saide to hym, Maistre, I shal sue thee, whidir euer thou shalt go. And Jhesus said to hym, Foxis han `dichis, or borowisborrowes, or dennes O. dennes U. diches X., and briddis of the eir han nestis, but mannes sone hath nat wher he resteschal reste OUV sec. m. his heuedhede NOS. hed X.. Sotheli an other of histhees O. disciplis saide to hym, Lord, suffre me goto go OU. first, and birye my fadir. Forsothe Jhesus saide to hym, Sue thou me, and late dede men birye her dead men. And `Jhesu steyinge vpand whan he steiȝ OUV sec. m. in to a litel ship, his disciplis sueden hym. And loo! a grete steryng wasis O. maad in the see, so that theOm. X. litil ship was hilid with wawis; butforsothe OUV sec. m. he slepte. And `his disciplisthei OUV sec. m. camen niȝ to hym, and raysiden hym, sayinge, Lord, saue vs; we perishen. And Jhesus seithseyde GMNOPQSUVWXY. to hem, What ben ȝeeȝee men G. of litil feith agastaferde OUV sec. m.? Thanne he rysyngerisynge up U. comaundide to the wyndis and thethei OUV sec. m. see, and a grete pesible|nesse iswas OUV sec. m. maad. Forsothe men wondreden, sayinge, What manere man is heOm. OSUV sec. m. this, for the wyndis and theOm. A sec. m. MNPSVW sec. m. X. see obeishenobeien OUV sec. m. obeȝen X. to hym? And whan Jhesushe OUV sec. m. hadde comen ouer the water in to the cuntre `of menOm. W. of GenazerethGe|rasa UV sec. m., tweytwo GMPSUXY. and two Q. men hauynge de|uelisfeendes OUV sec. m. runnen to hym, goynge out froof OU. biri|elis, fulthei ful OUV sec. m. feerse, `or wickidether ful cruel O. or wicke S. ether cruel UV sec. m. Om. X., so that no man miȝte passe byOm. U. that wey. And `loo! theiOm. O. thei U. crieden, sayinge, What to vs andand what G pr. m. to theeOm. G pr. m., Jhesu, the sone ofOm. O. God? hast thou comen hidir before the tyme forOm. OUV sec. m. X. to tourmente vs? Sothely a `floc, orOm. OUVX. droue, of many hoggisswijn hoggis P. lesewynge was nat fer from hem. But the deuelisfeendes OUV sec. m. preyeden him, seyinge, Ȝif thou castist out vs hennesfrom hennes OUV sec. m., sende vs in to the droue of hoggis. And he saithseide OUV sec. m. to hem, Go ȝee. And thei goynge out wente in to `the hoggisswyin GPXY.; and loo! in a greet bire al the droue wente heedlyngehedlynges N. in to the see, and thei benwer OUV sec. m. dead in watris. Forsothe the hirdes fledden awey, andand thei OUV sec. m. cummynge in to the citee, tolden alle theseOm. OUV sec. w. thingis, and of hem that hadden theOm. Y pr. m. fendisdeuelis N.. And loo! al the citee wentewent oute OUV sec. m. aȝeinisaȝen X. Jhesu, `met|ynge hymOm. OUV sec. m.; and hym seen, thei preiden hymOm. OU., that he shulde passe froout of N. her coostis.

 CAP. IX.

And Jhesus, `goyng vpstiȝynge OUV sec. m. in to a boot, passide ouer the water, and came in to his citee. And loo! thei offreden to hym a man syke in palsie, liggyngeliende SX. in a bed. Forsothe Jhesus, seeynge the feith of hem, saide to the man sike in palsie, Sone, haue thouOm. OUV sec. m. trust; thi synnes ben forȝeuenforȝif O. forȝoue X. to thee. And lo! sum of the scribis said with ynne hem self, This blasfemeth. And when Jhesus hadde seen her thouȝtis, he said, Wherto thenken ȝe yuel thingis in ȝour hertis? What isis it AGMNOPQSUVWXY. liȝter to saye, Thi synnes ben forȝeuen to thee, otheror MSX. either N passim, W. ether OV sec. m. to saye, Ryse thou, and walke? Forsothe that ȝe wite, thatfor OU sec. m. mannes sone hath power to forȝeue synnes in erthe, thanne he saide to thilkethe AGNOPSUY. the ilke MW. mansik man AGNPQSUV sec. m. XY. inseke in O. palsie, `Ryse vpRyse thou OUV sec. m.; take thi bed, and go in to thin house. And he roose, and wente in to his house. Sothely the companyes seeynge dredden, and glorifi|eden God, that ȝaue siche power to men. And when Jhesus passide thennisfro thens OU., he seiȝ a man sittynge in a tolbothe, Matheu by name. And he saide to hym, Sue thou me. And he, rysynge, folowidesued OUV sec. m. hym. And it iswas UV sec. m. don, hym sittynge at the mete in the house, loo! many puplicanys and synneful men cummynge saten at the mete with Jhesu and his disciplis. And Pharisees seeynge saiden to his disciplis, Whi etith ȝoure maister with puplicanys and synful men? And Jhesus herynge saide, A leche is nat nedenedefull OU. to men that faren wel, but to men hauynge yuel. Sothely ȝee goynge lernelerneth GMPY. lereth X. what it is, Y wole mercye, and nat sacrifice; forsothe Y came, nat to clepe riȝtfuliust OUV sec. m. riȝtwis XY. men, bot synful men. Thanne the disciplis of Joon `camen niȝeneiȝeden OUV sec. m. to hym, say|inge, Whi we and Phariseesthe Pharisees OU. fasten ofte, but thi disciplis fasten nat? And Jhesus saide to hem, WhetherWher O. the sonys of theOm. N. spouse, `or husbondeOm. OUV sec. m. X., mow `weilen, orOm. OUV sec. m. X. mourne, how longe the spouse is with hem? Sothely days shulen come, when the spouse shal be taken awey fro hem, and thanne thei shulen faste. Sothely no man sendith ynne a medlynge of rudeerude GMNPSTUWXY. Om. OV sec. m. reude V pr. m., orOm. OV sec. m. newe, clothe in to anOm. O. olde clothe; so|thelyFor OUV sec. m. heit GXY. takith awey the plente of it fro the clothe, and athe U. wors kittyng is maad. Nether men sendenputten U sec. m. newe wijne in to olde `botelis, or wijn vesseliswijn vesselis OUV sec. m. botelis X., ellis the wijn ves|sels ben broken, and the wijn is shed out, and the wijn vessellis perishen. But men senden newe wijn in to newe wijn vessellis, and bothe ben kept. Jhesu spekynge these thingis to hem, loo! ooa GOUV sec. m. XY. prince `came toneiȝed OUV sec. m., and worshipid hym, sayingeand seide OUV sec. m., Lord, my douȝtir is now dead; but cume thou, and put thin hond vponon OUV sec. m. X. hire, and she shal lyue. And Jhesus rysynge suede hym, and his disciplis. And loo! a womman that suffride the flix, `or rennyngeOm. OUV sec. m. X., of blood twelue ȝeer, `cam toneiȝed OUV sec. m. byhynde, and touch|ide the hemme of his clothe. Sothely she saide with ynne hirin hir V. self, Ȝif I toucheschal touche GOUXY. oonly the clothisclooth OUV sec. m. of hym, I shal be saaf. And Jhesus turnyde, and seeynge hir, saide, Douȝter, haue thouOm. OUV sec. m. trust; thi faith hath made thee saaf. And the womman was maad saaf fro that houre. And when Jhesus came in to the hous of the prince, andhe O. seeȝ mynstrelis, and the companyecom|panyes O. makynge noyse, he saide, Go ȝeOm. G pr. m. Y pr. m. awey, for the wenchedamysell OUV sec. m. is nat dead, but slepithsche sleepeth O.. And thei scornyden hym. And when the cum|panye was castput U sec. m. out, he entride inOm. OUV sec. m., and held hir honde; andand seide, Maiden, rise, and Q sec. m. marg. the wenchedamysel OUV sec. m. roose vp. And this fame wente out in to al thethat N. londe. And Jhesu passynge thennesfro thens OUV sec. m., tweytwo PQSUXY. blynde men sueden hymOm. G pr. m., cryinge, andOm. U sec. m. sayinge, Thou sone of Dauith, haue mercy ofon AMNOSUW. vs. Sothely when `thei came homethei camen into the hous GQX. he had comme in to the house OUV sec. m., the blynde men camen niȝOm. OUV sec. m. to hym; and Jhesus saithseide O. to hem, What wole ȝe, that I do to ȝou? And thei seidenOm. GM., Lord, that oure eeȝen ben opnyd. And Jhesus saide, Bileeue ȝe, that I may do this thing `to ȝouOm. O.? AndOm. AGMNOPQUV sec. m. WXY. thei saynseiden QX. seyn to hym U sec. m., Sothely, or ȝeaȜhe OUV sec. m., Lord. Than he touchide her eeȝen, say|inge, Vp ȝour feith be it don to ȝou. And the eeȝen of `bothe benhem weren OUV sec. m. opnyde. And Jhesus thretynydethreetide VX. toOm. OU. hem, sayinge, See ȝee, that no man wite. But thei goynge out, defameden hym thorwȝbi OUV sec. m. al thatthe U. lond. Sothely theihem OV sec. m. gon out, loo! thei offridenbrouȝten U sec. m. to hym a `man doumbdoumbe man GP., hauynge a deuelfeende OUV sec. m.. And whan the deuel was cast out, the doumbe man spac. And the cumpanyes wondreden, sayinge, It aperede neuere so in Yrael. But the Pharisees saiden, In the prince of deuelisfeendes OUV sec. m. he castith out deuelisfeendes OUV sec. m.. And Jhesus compaside abouteOm. OUV sec. m. alle citees and castels, techynge in synagogisthe synagoges OUV sec. m. of hem, and prechynge the gospel of kyngdamthe kyngdam OUV sec. m. X., and helynge al `languyshynge, or acheache OUV sec. m. languishing X., and al siknesse. Forsothe Jhesus, siynge cumpanyes, haddeand hadde KT. rewthe ofon GMPQSUVWXY. hem; for thei weren traueilid, and liggynge as sheep nat hauynge a sheperde. Thanne he saide to his disciplis, SothelyForsothe OUV sec. m. `there isOm. UV sec. m. moche rype cornecorne is UV sec. m., but fewe werkmen. Therfore preye ȝeOm. O. the lord of the rijpe corn, that he sende workmen intovnto Q. histhe P. rijp corn.

 CAP. X.

And theOm. AGMNOSUVWXY. twelue disciplis clepidgaderid NP. to gidre, he ȝaue to hem power of vnclene spiritis, that thei shulde casten hem out, and that thei shulden heele al ache, and al siknesse. TheseForsothe thees OU. ben the names of tweluethe twelue Q. apo|stelisOm. O.; the first, Symoun, thatwhiche OU. iswas G. clepid Petre, and Andrew, his brother; `Philip, and BartilmewBartholomeu M.; Jamys of Zebedee, and Joon, his brotherJamys of Zebedee and Joon his brother; Philip and Bartilmeus OU.; Thomas, and Matheu puplican; andOm. O. James Alpheiof Alphei OU., and ThadeeThadde, that is, Judas U.; Symount Canane, and Judas Scarioth, theOm. OU. whiche betraiede Cristhim OU.. Jhesus senteseended O. these twelue, comaundynge to hem, and sayinge, GothGo GOPQSUVWX. ȝe nat into the wey of hei|then men, and `entre ȝeentreth XY pr. m. nat in to theOm. Q. citees of Samarietanys; but rather gothgo ȝe AMNOPQSUVW. to the sheep of the hous of Yrael, that perish|iden. Sothely ȝee goynge precheprecheth X., sayinge, for the kyngdam of heuenes shal neiȝe; hele ȝe seke men, vpreysereyse AGMNOSUVWXY. ȝee dead men, clense ȝe meselisleprose men OU., `cast ȝecastith GXY. out deuelisfeendes OUW.; frely ȝe han taken, frely ȝeue ȝe. Nyl ȝe welden gold, nether syluer, nenether OU. money in ȝoure girdlis, notnether OU. a scripe in the weye, nether twotwei NOVW. cootis, nether shoon, nether ȝeerda ȝerde OU.; for a workman is worthiworth V pr. m. his metemede O.. In to whateuer citee, orether OU. castel, ȝe shulen entre, axethaxe AMNVW. axe ȝe OU. asketh Q. who therinne is worthi, and there `dwelle ȝedwellith GXY., tilto GXY. thatOm. GOUX. ȝe gon out. Forsothe ȝe entrynge in to anthe OU. house, `grete ȝegreeteth GSXY., `or salute ȝeeor salew ȝe AMNPV. or salu ȝe QW. or salutith GSY. Om. OUX., it, sayinge, Pees to this hous. AndOm. G pr. m. sothely ȝif `that ilkthat G pr. m. PQXY. thilk OUS. hous be worthi, ȝoure pees shal cume on it; forsothe ȝif that house be nat worthy, ȝoure pees shall turne aȝein to ȝou. And who euere shall nat resceyue ȝou, netherne X. heer ȝoure wordis, ȝee goynge forthoute OU. fro that hous, orether OU. citee, smytithsmyte AMNOUVW. awey the dust froof V. ȝoure feet. Trewly I say to ȝou, it shall be more suffreable to the lond of men of Sodom and Gomorof Gomor OU. in the day of iuge|ment, than to thatthat ilke AG sec. m. MNVW. thilk OSU. citee. Loo! I sende ȝou as sheep in toOm. AGNOPQSUVWXY. the mydilmyddes S. of wolues; therforeOm. X. be ȝe `war, or wijse beforeprudent ether wise OU., as serpentis, and symple as dowuesculueres OU.. For|sotheSothely O. be ȝe war of men, for thei shuln taken ȝou in counseilis, and thei shuln bete ȝou in there synagogis; and to `presidentis, or meyrismeyres, or presidentes AMNVW. presidentis, and meyris G. iustices OU. presidentis X., and to kyngis ȝe shulen be led for me, in to witnessynge to hem, and hethento hethen OW. to the hethen U. men. But whenne thei shulen take, `or bitraieOm. OQUX., ȝou, nyl ȝe thenke, how orether OU. what thingOm. OU. ȝee speekenschulen speke NOU., forsothefor OU. it shal be ȝouen to ȝou in that hour, what ȝe shuln speke; for it ben nat ȝe that speken, but the spirit of ȝoure fadir, that spekith in ȝou. SothelyForsothe OU. thea OU. brother shal take the brother in to deth, and the fadir the sone, and theOm. G pr. m. OPUWX. sonys shulen ryse aȝeinsin to ther Q sec. m. sup. ras. fadir and modir, and shulen tourmente hem bito O. deth. And ȝe shulen be inin to U pr. m. hatehatered OU. to alle men, for my name; forsothe he that shall `dwelle stillecontynue OU. in tovnto NP. til in to OUWXY. the eende, thisOm. A sec. m. MOUV. he this W pr. m. Om. W sec. m. shal be saaf. Sothely whenne thei shulen pur|sue ȝou in this citee, `flee ȝefleeth GXY. `in totil O. an other. Trewly I saye to ȝou, ȝe shulen nat eende the citees of Yrael, tilto G. thatOm. OU. mannes sone cume. The disciple is nat aboue thehis N. maistre, nenether OU. the seruaunt aboueis aboue OU. his lord; it is ynow to the disciple, `that heto G. be as his maistre, and toOm. OU. the seruaunt as his lord. Ȝif thei hanhaf O. clepid the `husbonde manfader of meynee X., `or the fadir of meyneeOm. OUX., Belzebub, hou myche more his housholde meynee? Therfore drede ȝe nat hem; for no thing is couerid, `or hidether hid OU. Om. X., that shal nat be shewid; and no thing is preuy, thatwhiche OUV sec. m. shal nat be wist. ThatThis OUV sec. m. thing that Y say to ȝou in dercnessis, saye ȝee in theOm. NOUV sec. m. liȝt; and preche ȝe vponon OUV sec. m. X. housisrooues P., thatthis OUV sec. m. thing that ȝee heere in erethe eere OUV sec. m.. And nyl ȝe dreede hem that sleen the body; trewly thei mowen nat slea the soule; bot rather dreede ȝe hym, that may lese soulebothe soule OUV sec. m. and body in to helle. WhetherWher OU. tweytwo GMPUXY. sparwis ben not sold for an hal|peny? and oon of hem shal nat fallefayle O. onapon O. theOm. OUV sec. m. erthe withouten ȝoure fadir. For|sothe alle the heeris of ȝoure heuedheed PU et V passim, W. hed QX. be noumbrid. Therfore nyle ȝe drede; ȝe ben better than many sparwis. Therfore eueryeche NOUV sec. m. X. man that shal knowleche me before men, andOm. X. I shal knowleche hym byfore my fadir that is in heuenes. SothelyBut UV sec. m. he that shal denye me bifore men, and I shall deniȝe hym before my fadir whichethat GMQSUXY. is in he|uenes. Nyl ȝee deme, thatfor UV sec. m. I camcome U passim. to sende pees in to erthethe erthe UV pr. m. W.; I cam not to sende pees `in to ertheOm. OUV sec. m. X. in to the citee V pr. m. W., but swerd. SothelyFor OUV sec. m. Y cam to departe a man aȝeins his fadir, and the douȝter aȝeinys hire modir, and the sonys wyf aȝeins theher PQ. `wyues, orOm. OPQUV sec. m. X. hus|bondis , modir; and the enmyes of aOm. U. man benOm. X. his homly meynee. He that loueth fadir orether V sec. m. modir more than me, is nat `wor|thi of meme wrthi X.. And he that loueth sone orether OUV sec. m. douȝter ouer me, is nat worthi ofOm. X. me. And he that takith nat his crosse, and suethsueth not U. me, is not worthi of me. He that fyndith his soule, that is, temporalOm. OUV sec. m. lyflif for me Q., shal leese it; and he that lesith his soulelijf OUV sec. m., `that is, lifthat is, his lijf GMPY. Om. OUV sec. m. X., for me, shal fynde it. He that resseyueth ȝou, resceyueth me; and he that resceyueth me, resceyueth hym that sente me. AndOm. OUV. he that resceyueth a pro|phete in the name of a prophete, shal takeresseyue W. the mede of a prophete. And he that resceyueth a iust man in theOm. X. name of a iust man, shal takeresseyue W. the meede of a iust man. And who euer ȝiueth drynke to oon of these leste a cuppe of cold water oonly in the name of a disciple, trewly I saye to ȝou, he shal nat leese his mede.

 CAP. XI.

And it iswas AGOUV sec. m. don, when Jhesus hadde eend|id, he, comaundynge to his twelue disciplis, passide fro thennes forOm. OSUV sec. m. X. to `preche and techeteche and preche PUVW. in the citees of hem. Forsothe when Joon in boondis hadde herd the werkis of Crist, he, sendynge `two or threetweyne ANOQUVW. two GPMSXY. of his disciplis, seideand thei seiden O. to hym, Art thou heOm. OUV sec. m. that art to cummyngecome GNPQSXY., orether OUV sec. m. weOm. V sec. m. abidenbyde O. abiden wee UV sec. m. an other? And Jhesus answerynge, seide to hem, Ȝee goynge telletelleth XY. aȝein to Joon thetho AGMNOPQSUVWXY. thingis thatwhiche UV sec. m. ȝe han herde and seen. Blynde men seen, crokid men wandrengon OU. goon V sec. m., mesels ben maad clene, deef men heeren, dead men risen aȝein, pore men ben `taken to prechynge ofOm. G pr. m. the gospel, or benOm. OU. preched X. `maad keepers of the gospelOm. X.. And he is blessid, that shal nat be sclaundrid in me. Sothely hemthei U. goynge awey, Jhesus biganne forOm. OUV sec. m. X. to seye of Joon to the cumpanyes, What thing wenten ȝe out forin to desert for UV sec. m. into desert X. to see inin to G pr. m. O. Om. V sec. m. X. de|sertOm. V sec. m. X.? whether a reede wawidwayued O. withwith the NOU. wynd? But what thing wente ȝe outoute in to deserte O. forOm. X. to seen? whether a man clothidclad X. with soft thingiscloothingis V pr. m.? Loo! thei that ben clothidclad X. with softe thingis ben in housisthe houses OUV. of kyngis. But what thing wenten ȝe out forOm. X. to se? whether a prophete? Ȝe, I seie to ȝou, and more than a prophete. For this is he, of whom it is writyn, Loo! I sende myne aungel before thi face, thatwhiche OUV sec. m. shal make redy thi wey bifore thee. Trewly I say to ȝou, `ther roose noon morenone roose gretter OUV sec. m. than Joon Baptist amonge childrenthe sones OUV sec. m. of wommen; for|sothe he that is lessethe lesse OV sec. m. the leste U. in the kyngdam of heuenes, is more than he. Sothely fro the days of Joon Baptist til now the kyngdam of heuenes suffreth strengtheviolence OU., `or vio|lenceOm. GOU., and violent men rauyshen it. For alle prophetisthe profetis UW pr. m. andin O. the lawe tiltil to AG sec. m. MNOSUV sec. m. W. Joon Bap|tist Om. OUV sec. m. prophecieden; and ȝif ȝe wolen res|seyuen, he is Ely that is to cumecomynge OUV.. He that hath eeris of heerynge, heere heOm. V sec. m.. But to whom shal I gesse this generacioun lichylyche GXY. lyke OSUV.? It is lichilyche GXY. lyke OSUV. to children sittynge in cheep|yngea chepynge GPXY., theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche, cryinge to her peeris, seien, We han sungen to ȝou, and ȝe han nat lippidlippid, or daunsid MP. daunsid Q. lopen S. lept X.; we han mourned to ȝou, and ȝe han nat weilid. Sothely Joon cam nei|ther etyinge nenether OUV sec. m. drynkynge, and thei seien, He hath a deuelfeende OU.. The sone of man came etynge `and drynkyngeOm. K., and thei seyen, Loo! a man deuourer, `or glotounOm. OUV sec. m. X., andOm. Q. drynkera drynker GMPX. of wyn, and frend of puplicanys and synful men. And wijsdam is iustified of herther K. sonys. Thanne Jhesus began forOm. OUV sec. m. X. to seie repreue to citees, in whiche ful manye vertues of hym benweren OUV. don, for thei diden nat penaunce. Woo to thee! Corozaym, woo to thee! Bethsaida; for ȝif thothe NOUV. ver|tues that ben don in ȝou hadden ben don in Tyre and Sydon, sum tyme thei hadden don penaunce in haire and aschaskes NS pr. m. aske S sec. m.. Netheles I sayseye to ȝow AMNOUV sec. m., ithou it V sec. m. shal be softer, orether o fere pass. V sec. m. Om. X. `lesse peyneesyer W. Om. X., to Tyre and Sydon than to ȝou, in the day of dome. And thou, Caphernaum, whe|therwher OV. til in to heuen thou shalt be `rerid vpraysed OUV sec. m.? Thou shalt go doun tilOm. Q. into helle. For ȝif the vertues that ben don in thee, hadden be don in SodomSydon OU., perauenture thei `shulden hanhaden OUV sec. m. dwellid til `vn toin to AGMNOUVX. this day. Netheles Y saye to ȝou, for to the lond of Sodom it shal be softer, `or lesse peyneOm. OUV sec. m. X., in the day of dome, than to thee. In `the ilkthat OUV sec. m. tyme Jhesus answerynge saide, I knowleche to thee, fadir, lord of heuen and ertheof erthe N., for thou hast hid these thingis fro wijse men and `ware, or sleeȝ menprudent OUV sec. m. war, or worldly sliȝe men P. war X., and hast shewid hem to litil menchildren U.; so, fadir, for whiOm. OUV sec. m. so it was `plesynge toforepleesunt to OU. plesaunt bifore V sec. m plesing bifor X. thee. Alle thingis ben takenȝeuen OUV sec. m. to me of my fadir; and no man kneweknowith OPUV sec. m. the sone, no but the fadir, neither eny man kneweknoweth OUV sec. m. the fadir, no but the sone, and to whom the sone woldewile X. shewe. Alle ȝe that traueilen, and ben chargid, comecometh GMPWXY. to me, and I shal re|freshe, `or fulfilleOm. OUV sec. m. X., ȝou. Take ȝe my ȝoc vponon OUV sec. m. X. ȝou, and `lerne ȝelernith GY. lereth X. of me, for I am mylde and meeke inof QW. herte; and ȝe shulen fynde reste into AGMNOPQSUVWXY. ȝoure soulis. For my ȝoc is `swete, or softesoft OUV sec. m. sweete X., and my charge `liȝt, or eisyis eysi OUV sec. m. is liȝt or esy Q. liȝt X..

 CAP. XII.

In that tyme Jhesusthat Jhesus O. wente by cornys onin OUV sec. m. the sabot day; forsothe his disciplis, hungrynge, bigunnen to pluc eris of cornthe corne U., and tofor to OU. ete. Sothely Pharisees seeynge, seiden to hym, Loo! thi disciplis don thatthis NOUV sec. m. thing that is nat leeful toOm. W pr. m. hem tofor to AGNPW sec. m. do in sabothisthe sabbates OUV sec. m.. And he seide to hem, WhetherWher OV sec. m. W. ȝe han nat rad, what Dauith didde, when he hungride, and thei that weren with hym? hou he entride in to the hous of God, andhou he N. ete loouis of proposicioun, `or puttynge forthOm. OX. ether settynge forth UV sec. m., theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche loouisOm. OSUV sec. m. X. wasit was AG sec. m. MNOSUV. nat leeful to hym to eet, nether to hem that weren with hym, no but to prestis onlyalloone OUV sec. m.? `Or whetherEther whar OUV sec. m. ȝe han nat rad in the lawe, for in sabothisthe sabbates O. prestis in the temple defoulen the sabothis, and thei ben with outen grete synnegrime or synne V pr. m.? SothelyFor|sothe O. Y saye to ȝou, for thisheer OQ sec. m. UV sec. m. W sec. m. is more than the temple. Forsothe ȝif ȝe wisten, what it is, I wolewill O. wile X. mercy, and nat sacrifice, ȝe shuldenhaden OUV sec. m. neuer hanOm. OUV sec. m. con|dempnyd innocentis. TrewlyForsothe OUV sec. m. mannys sone is, `ȝhe, lordlord also N. lorde, ȝee OUV sec. m. W. of the sabot. And whenne he passide thennusfro thens OUV sec. m., he came in to the synagoge of hem. And loo! a man hauynge a drye hond. And thei axiden hym, sayingeand seiden OUV sec. m., ȜifWher OV sec. m. Whether U. it isbe Q. leeful tofor to OUV sec. m. heele in the sabot? that thei shulden acuse hym. Sothely he seide to hem, Who shal be a man of ȝou, that hath oo sheep, and ȝif itthis O. shal falle dounOm. OUV sec. m. in to a dikediche OPQSWX. in the sabotis, whetherwher OVW. he shal nat holde, and lift it vp? Hou moche more `is a mana man is UV sec. m. betre than a sheep? `And soAlso O. it is leeful to do good in the sabot. Thanne he seide to the man, Strecche forth thin hond. And he streiȝte forth; and it iswas OU. restorid `to heltheOm. OV sec. m. U pr. m. as thethat OW. totherothir WX.. Forsothe Phari|seesthe Pharysees GUW sec. m. goynge out, maden a counsel aȝeins hym, hou thei shulden leese hym. Sothely Jhesus witynge, wente awey thennesfro thennes OUV sec. m.; and many sueden hym, and he helide hem alle. And he comaundide to hem, that thei shulden nat make hym `opyn, or knowenknowen OUV sec. m. open X.; that thatthe OUV sec. m. thing shulde be ful|filledfilled OUV sec. m., that was said by Ysay, the pro|phete , seyinge, Loo! my chosenOm. OUV sec. m. W sec. m. child, `whom I haue chosen, my derlyngOm. O., in whom it hath wel plesid to my soule; I shal putte my spirit on hym, and he shal telle dome to heithen men. He shal nat stryue, `ne cryenether crie OUV sec. m., nether eny man shal here his voice in stretis. He shal nat breke to gidre a schakenschakid V. reed, and he shal nat quenche smokynge flax, til thatOm. OUV sec. m. he cast out dome to victorie; and hethen men shulen hope in his name. Thanne a blynd man andand a U pr. m. doumb, hauynge a deuelfeende OUV sec. m., was offrid vpOm. OUV sec. m. W pr. m. to hym; and he helide hym, so that he spac, and sayseiȝe O.. And alle theOm. AK pr. m. MNOQSVW. cumpanyes wondreden, and saiden, WherWhether SUX. this beis OUV sec. m. the sone of Dauith? But the Pharisees, heryngethis herynge O., seiden, HeOm. OUV sec. m. this cast|ith notOm. K pr. m. out feendis, no but in Belzabub, prince of fendisdeuelis W.. Sothely Jhesus, witynge her thouȝtis, seide to hem, Eche kyngdam departid aȝeins `hym selfhys self A. hem silf N. hit silf OUV sec. m. it silf X., shal be deso|latdeso|latid T., `or discounfortidOm. OUV sec. m. X., and eche citee, orether UV sec. m. hous, departid aȝeins ithim Q. self, shal nat stonde. And ȝif Sathanas castithcaste GX. out Sa|thanas, he is departid aȝeins hym self; therfore hou shal his kyngdam stonde? And ȝif I in Belzabub cast out deuelisfendes OUV sec. m., in whom, `or whos miȝtor in whose miȝt G sec. m. Om. OUV sec. m. X., ȝoure sonys casten out? Therfore thei shulen ben ȝoure domys men. Forsothe ȝif I in the Spirit of God caste out fendis, therforethanne U sec. m. the kyngdam of God is cummen in to ȝou, `or amonge ȝouOm. OUV sec. m. X.. EtherOthir GM. hou may eny man entre in to the hous of a stronge man, and take awey his vesselis, nonot O. Om. X. butbut if X. first he shal bynde the stronge man, and than he shal rauyshe his hous? He that is nat with me, is aȝeinus me; and he that gadrith nat to gidre with me, scatrith abrood. Ther|fore Y seye to ȝou, al synne and blasfemye shal be forȝouen to men, but the `spirit of blasfemyeblasphemy of the Spirite OUV sec. m. W sup. ras. shal nat be forȝouen. And who euere shal seie a word aȝeins mannys sone, it shal be forȝouen to hym; forsothe `he thatif a man OUV. shall seye a word aȝeins the Holy Goost, it shal nat be forȝouen to hym, ne|ther in this world, nenether OV sec. m. in `the totherthat othir GW. the other X.. EtherOr X. make ȝe the tree good, and his fruyt good; etheror X. make ȝe the tree yuel, and his fruyt euyl; forsothe a tree is knowen of thehis O. fruyt. Ȝe generacioun of eddris, howe mowe ȝe speke good thingis, when ȝe ben yuel? Sothely the mouth spekith of theOm. W pr. m. grete plentehabundaunce OUV sec. m. of theOm. V. herte. A good man brengith forth good thingis of good tresoure, and an yuel man bryng|ith forth yuel thingis of yuel tresour. For|sothe Y seie to ȝou, for whiOm. OUV sec. m. of eueryyche OUV sec. m. X. ydel word that men speken, thei shul ȝelde re|soun therof in the day of dome; for of thi wordisword G. thou shalt be iustified, and of thi wordis thou shalt be dampnydcon|dempned O.. Thanne sume of the scribes andand of the N. Pharisees an|swereden to hym, seyingeand seiden OUV sec. m., Maistre, we woldenwil O. wolen W. wiln X. se a tokne of thee. TheOm. OUV sec. m. whiche answerynge `seith toseide vn to O. seide to UV sec. m. hem, An iuel genera|cioun and auoutrereauoutresse OUVW sec. m. sekith a tokne, and toknea token OQUVW sec. m. shal nat be ȝouen to it, no but the tokne of Jonas, the prophete. For as Jo|nas wasOm. G pr. m. in the womb of a whall three days and three niȝtis, so mannus sone shal be in the herte of theOm. V sec. m. X. erthe three days and three niȝtis. Men of Nynyue shal ryse in domethe dome OV sec. m. with this generacioun, and shulenthei shulen K sec. m. condempne it; for thei diden pe|naunce in the prechynge of Jonas, and loo! here isOm. G pr. m. QX. more than Jonas. The queen of the south shal ryse in domethe dome OV sec. m. with this generation, and shal condempne it; for she came fro the eendis of theOm. O. erthe, forOm. X. to here the wisdam of Salomon, and loo! heere is more than Salomon. Forsothe whan an vnclene spirit `shal gois goon O. hath gon UVW sec. m. out fro a man, he goth by drye places, seekynge reste, and he fyndyth natnoon N.. Thanne he saith, I shal turne aȝein in to my hous, fro whennys Y camewent OUV. out. And he cummynge fyndith it voide, clensid with bismes, and maad faire. Thanne he goth, and takith seuen other spiritis with hym, worse than hym self; and thei entrynge ynin N. Om. OUV sec. m. dwellen there. And the last thingis of that man ben maad worse than the former. So it shal be andalsso OV sec. m. to this worst generacioun. Ȝit hym spekynge to the cumpanyes `of pepleof the peple G. Om. OUV sec. m., loo! his modir and his bretheren stodenstonden P. with outeforth, seekyng forOm. OUV sec. m. X. to speke towit O. with X. hym. Sothely sum man saide to hym, Loo! thi modir and thi brethren stonden with outforth, seekynge thee. And heOm. X., answerynge to the man seiynge to hym, seithseide OUV sec. m. he seith X., Who is my modir? and who ben my brethren? And he holdynge forth his hond in to his disciples, seide, Loo! my modir and my bretheren; `treuly who|euerwhoeuere truly G. doth the wil of my fadir that is in heuenes, he `is my brother, susterand sister AMNPV pr. m. W., and modir.

 CAP. XIII.

In that day Jhesus goynge out of the hous, sat besidis the see. And manye cumpanyes `of pepleOm. UV sec. m. benweren OUVW sec. m. gedrid to hym, so that he steyinge vpOm. UV sec. m. in to a boot sat; and al the cumpanye stode in the brynke. And he spak to hem many thingis in pa|rablis, seiynge, Loo! he that sowith, gothȝede OUVW sec. m. out to sowe his seed. And the while he soweth, sum feldenfelle O. fellen X. byside the weye, and briddis of the eyre camen, and eeten hem. Sothely other seedisOm. OUV sec. m. W sec. m. X. felden into stoony placis, wher thei hadden nat moche erthe; and anoon thei benOm. OUV. sprungen vp, forOm. W. thei hadde nat depnesse of erthe. Sothely the sunne sprung vp, thei swalidenwelowiden U., or bren|den for heteOm. OUV sec. m. X., and for thei hadden natnone O. roote, thei drieden vp. Forsothe other seedisOm. OUX. felden amonge thornis; and theOm. OUV sec. m. W pr. m. thornis wexenwexeden O. vp, and strangliden hem. But other seedisOm. OUX. felden in to good lond, and ȝauen fruyt; sume an hundred foldfold fruyt V sec. m., `anotherand other K. and an other P. other X. sexti fold, anotherand othir G. and an other P. thritti fold. He that hath eris of heerynge, heere heOm. OUV pr. m.. And disciplisthe disciples O. `cummynge toneiȝynge OUV sec. m. seiden to hym, Whi spekist thou in parablis to hem? TheOm. OUV sec. m. whiche answerynge seithseide OUV sec. m. tovnto O. hem, For to ȝou it is ȝouen forOm. UV sec. m. X. to knowe theOm. O. mysteriemisteries OU., `or priuyteOm. OUX. or priuytees VW sec. m., of the kyng|dam of heuenes; but it is nat ȝouen to hem. For it shal be ȝouen to hym that hath, and he shal have plentee; trewly `who thatif a man OUV sec. m. hathhaue OU. nat, thatalso that OUVW sec. m. thing that he `is seensemeth OU pr. m. V. Om. U sec. m. `to hauehath U sec. m. shal be taken aweyfro hym. Therfore I speke to hem in parablis, for thei seeynge see nat, and thei heerynge heeren nat, nether vndirstonden; that the prophecie of Ysay seiyngeOm. OUV sec. m. be fulfillidfilled OUV sec. m. in hemhym N. hem, that seieth OUV sec. m., With heer|ynge ȝe shulen heere, and ȝee shulen nat vnderstonde; and ȝee seeynge shulen see, and ȝee shulen nat see; for the herte of this peple is enfattidgretly made fatt OUV sec. m., andOm. V. thei herden greuously with eris, and thei han closid her eeȝen, thatlest OQ sec. m. UV. that not X. sum tyme thei see with eeȝen, and with eris heeren, and vndir|stonden in herte, and thei ben `to gidre turnedconuerted OUV sec. m. conuertid, eithere to gidere turned V pr. m., and I heele hem. Forsothe ȝoure eeȝen that seen ben blessid, and ȝoure eris that heeren. Forsothe I saye trewtheOm. G. trewly O. to ȝouȝou truthe G., for many prophetis and iuste men coueitidencoueiten U. to see thoo thingus that ȝee seen, and thei saien nat, and tofor to OUV sec. m. heeren thoothe P. thingis that ȝee heeren, and thei herden nat. Therfore heere ȝe the parable of the `sowynge mansower OUV sec. m. sowende X.. Eche that heerith the word of rewmethe rewme PUX., and vndir|stondithvnderstant X. nat, the yuel spirit cometh, and rauyschith thatthis OUV sec. m. that is sowyn in hisOm. N. herte; this is thathe that OUV sec. m. is sowen besidis the weye. SothelyForsothe OUV sec. m. he that is sowen on the stoonin the stony londe O. in stony lond U. on the stoony londe V., `this it isis this OUV sec. m., that heerith the word of God, and anoon with ioye takith it. For|sotheFor G pr. m. X. he hath natno P. roote in hym self, but ithe OUV sec. m. Om. X. is temporal; `that is, itthat is, OQSU. lastith botno but AV pr. m. Y pr. m. nat but K pr. m. MNPQSTY sec. m. Om. OUV sec. m. a litil tymethat is, OQSU.. ForsotheForsothe while OUV sec. m. tribulacioun and per|secucioune maadis maade OUV sec. m. for the word, anoon he is sclaundrid. BotFor U. he that is sowen in thornys, is this that herith the word, and the bysynesse of this world, and the fals|nessisfalsnesse AMNOPSTU pr. m. VWXY. fallase U sec. m. of ritchessis stranglithstranglen X. the word, and it is maad with outen fruyt. Bot he that is sowen in toOm. O. good lond, is this that herith the word, and vndirstondithvnderstant X., and bryngthe forth fruyt. And sothely sume makith an hundrefold, treuly another six|tyfold, forsothe another thrittifold. An|otherThenne anothir G. parable Jhesus putteputtide V sec. m. forth `to hemOm. W pr. m., seyinge, The kyngdam of heuenes is maad lichelichi MW. licchi N. lichy P. to a man, that sewhath sowe OUV sec. m. seeuȝh X. good seed in his feeld. ButForsothe OUVW sec. m., when men slepten, his enmye came, and sewsegh X. aboue derneltarys A. dernales OUV. cockil X., `or cokilOm. AO. either cockil U. either cockles V sec. m. or cockils W sec. m., in theOm. O. midilmydde O. myddis UV. of whetethe whete X., and wente awey. Sothely when the herbe hadde growidgrowen X., and maadhad made OU. fruyt, thanne the derneltares A. dernelis GMOPSUVWY. cock|elis X., `or cokilOm. AOSUV sec. m. X. or coklis GMNPV pr. m. WY., apperiden. Forsothe the seruauntis of the husbondeman `comynge niȝneiȝinge OUV sec. m., `seidenGloss om. in X. to hymto hym, seiden X., Lord, wherwhether G et S passim UX passim. thou hast nat sowen good seed in thi feeld? wher of thantherfore OUV sec. m. hath it derneltares A. der|neles OUV sec. m. cockil QX., `or cokilOm. AOQSUV sec. m. X.? And he seithseide OUV sec. m. to hem, The man enmye hath don this thing. Trewly the seruauntis seiden to him, Wolt thou wethat we U. go, and gedren hem? And he saithseide OUV sec. m., Nay, lest perauenture ȝe gedrynge dernelstarys A. darnel N. darnailes O. the darnels UV. cockelis X., `or coclisor cockil NQ. Om. OSUV sec. m. X., draw vp by the roote togidreOm. OUV sec. m. with hem andalso OUV sec. m. the whete. Suffre ȝe `hem botheeuer either OUV sec. m. wexeto wexen SX. til to rypethe rype OUV. corne; and in tymethe tyme OUV. of rypethe ripe O. corn I shal seie to reperisthe reperes O., First gedre ȝee `to gedreOm. OUV sec. m. dernelstares A. derneiles O. the dar|nels UV. cockelis X., `or cockilisOm. OUV sec. m. X., and byndethbynd X. bynde ȝe OS. hem to gidre in knytchisbirthens OUV sec. m. knycchyns W., `or smale bundelisOm. AOSUV sec. m. X., forOm. X. to be brent, but gedere ȝe whetethe whete MOU. in to my berne. An other parable Jhesushe OUV sec. m. putteputtide UV sec. m. forth to hem, seiynge, The kyngdam of heuenes is like to a corn of seneuey, theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche a man takyngetaken N. sewe in his feeld. TheOm. OUV sec. m. whiche trewlysothely PUV. is leestthe leest OUV. of alle seedis, but when it hath wexen, it is mostthe moost OU. of alle wortis, and isit is UV sec. m. maad a tree; so that briddisthe breddes O. of the eyre cummen, and dwellen in `bowis, or braunchisthe braunches OU. braunchis V sec. m. the bowis X., therof. AnAnd he spake an O. He spake an UV sec. m. other parable `Jhesus spacOm. OUV sec. m. to hem, The kyngdam of heuenes is lic to soure dowȝ, theOm. UV sec. m. whiche taken, a womman hiddehidith N. in three mesuris of meele, til it were al sowr|dowid. Jhesus spac alle these thingis in parablis to the cumpanyes `of pepleOm. OUV sec. m. of the peple W., and he spac nat to hem with outen parablis, that itthe thenge OUV sec. m. Om. W sec. m. X. shulde be fulfillidfilled OUV sec. m., `that thing thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is seid by the prophete, seyinge, I shal opyn my mouth in parablis; I shal `bolke out, or telle outetelle out NOUV sec. m. bowen out, or tellen X., `hid thingusthingis hid G. fro mak|yngthe makynge OUV sec. m. X. of the world. Thanne the cumpa|nyescompanyes of peple W pr. m. laft, he came into an hous; and his disciplis camen niȝ to hym, seiynge, Ex|pouneExpowne thou N. to vs the parableparablis N. of dernelistares A. the darnelis S. the cockils WX., `or cokelisOm. AOSUV sec. m. X. or darnels W., of the feeld. TheOm. OUV sec. m. whiche an|swerynge saithseide OUV sec. m., He that sowith good seed is mannes sone; sothely the feld is the world; bot the good seed, these ben sonysthe sones OUV sec. m. W. of the kyngdamrewme OUV sec. m., dernelstares A. forsothe darnailes OUV sec. m. cockelis X., `or cocklisOm. AOSUV sec. m. X., forsotheOm. OUV sec. m. theseOm. G pr. m. ben `yuel sonyssones of the wicked OU pr. m. V sec. m. wickyd sones U sec. m.; but the enmye that soweth hem is the feenddeuel OUV sec. m.; butsothely OUV sec. m. theOm. UV. ripe corn is the eendyng of the world, sothelyforsothe OUV sec. m. the repers ben angelis. Therfore as dernelstares A. cockelis X. ben gedrid to gidre, and brentben brent OUVW sec. m. in fijrthe fire N., so it shal be in theOm. GMPWXY. eendyng of the world. Mannes sone shal sende his an|gels, and thei shulden gedre of his rewme alle sclaundris, and hem that don wickid|nesse; and thei shulen sende hem into the chymney of fijr, there shal be weepynge and betynge togidre of teeth. Thanne iust men shulen shyine as the sunne, in the rewme of her fadir. He that hath eris of heerynge, heere heOm. UV sec. m.. The kyngdame of heuenes is lijk to tresoura treesour O. hid in aOm. G pr. m. the NU. feeld, theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche a man that fyndith, hidith; and for ioye `of itther of OUV sec. m. he goth, and sellith alle thingis that he hath, and bieth `the ilkthat X. that ylk Y. feeld. EftsonesEfte OUV sec. m. the kyngdam of heuenes is lic to a man marchaunt, seekyng good margarytispeerles OUV sec. m.; sothely oo preciouse marga|riteperle OUV sec. m. founden, he wente, and solde alle thingis that he hadde, and bouȝte it. Eft the kingdam of heuenes is lic to a nette sent in to the see, and of alle kynd of fishis gedrynge; theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche whan it was ful|fillidfylled OUV sec. m., men ledynge out, and sittynge by|sidis the brynkebrynge K., cheesidenchosen UX. the good into her vessels, but thei sentencasten U sec. m. out the yuel. So it shal be in theOm. G pr. m. eending of the world. Angelis shulen gon out, andand thei UV sec. m. shulenOm. O. de|parte yuel men fro the mydilmyddes OUV. of iuste men. And thei shulen sendecaste U sec. m. hem into the chymney of fijrthe fyr G.; there shal be weep|ynge and betynge togidre of teeth. Han ȝee vnderstonden alle these thingis? Thei seien to hym, Ȝhe. He seith to hem, Therfore eueryeche OUV sec. m. X. wryterwriter, ether techer of the [om. V sec. m.] lawe OU pr. m. V sec. m. techer of the lawe U sec. m. tauȝt in the kyng|damrewme OUV sec. m. of heuenes, is lic to an husbonde man, that bryngith forth of his tresour newe thingis and olde. And it iswas OUV. don, whanne Jhesus hadde eendid these para|bles, he passide fro thennis. And heOm. X., cummynge in to his cuntree, tauȝt hem in her synagogis, so that thei wondriden, and seiden, Wherof to hym thisall this O. wisdam and vertues? WherWhethir G passim MQSUX. is nat this the sone of a `smyth, or carpentercarpenter OU. smyth X.? WherWhether PSWXY. his modir beis OUV sec. m. nat seid Marie? and his brethren, Jamys, and Joseph, and Symount, andOm. KQ. Ju|das? and `his sistriswher his sistres OUV sec. m., wherOm. OUV sec. m. whe|ther SX. thei `alle ben natben not all OUV sec. m. at vs? Therfore wherof to hym alle these thingis? And so thei weren sclaundrid in hym. Forsothe Jhesus seide to hem, A prophete is nat with outen wirshipehonour OUV sec. m., no but in his owneOm. OUV sec. m. cuntree, and in his owneOm. OUV sec. m. hous. And he dide nat there manye ver|tues, for the vnbyleue of hem.

 CAP. XIV.

In that tymetyme that O. Eroude `tetrarcha, that iswas O. Om. U., prince of the fourthe part, herde the fame of Jhesu; and seide to his children, This is Jon Baptist, hefor he Q. hath risen fro deaddede men OU., and therfore vertues worchen in hym. Forsothe Eroude helde Joon, and bounde hym, and putteputted OU. himOm. G pr. m. in to prisoun for Erodias, the wif of his brother. For Joon saide to hym, It is nat leful to thee forOm. OUX. to haue hir. And he willyngewilnynge O. tofor to G sec. m. W pr. m. slea hym, drede the peple; for thei hadden hym as aOm. K. prophete. Forsothe in the day of Eroudis birthe, the douȝter of Erodias leeptelepe O. leep X. in the mydil, and pleside toOm. OU. Eroude. Wherfore with an ooth he by|hiȝtehyȝt GK pr. m. TY pr. m. forOm. OUWX. to ȝeue to hir, what euer thinge she hadde axid of hym. And she bifore monestidmoued X., `or warnydOm. OUX., of hir modir, seith, Ȝeue thou to me hidirheere N. the hed of Joon Baptist in a dische. And the kyng was so|rowful, butOm. KW pr. m. for the ooth, andOm. G pr. m. for hem that seeten to gidre at the mete, he comaundide to be ȝouen. And he sente, and bihedidebyheuedede O. hedede X. Joon in theOm. OU. prisoun. And his heedheued O. iswas OUVW sec. m. brouȝt toOm. U. in a dische, and itOm. O. iswas OUV. ȝouen to the whenchedamisel OU., and she bare it to hir modir. And his disciplis `cummynge toneiȝynge OU. token his body, and biryeden it; and thei cum|mynge tolden to Jhesu. TheOm. OU. whiche thing when Jhesus hadde herd, he went fro thennus `in toin GMPVXY. a boot, in to deserta deserte OPUXY. placeplaces N. besidis. And whenne the cumpanyes `of pepleOm. OU. hadden herd, thei folowidensuden OU. hym andgoynge OU. Om. V. onvpon G. theOm. G pr. m. W pr. m. X. her OUV. ther PW sec. m. feetfoote X. fro citees. And Jhesus, goynge out, saw a greet multitudecompany OU. `of pepleOm. OU., and hadde rewthe ofon AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. hem, andand he U. heelide theOm. G pr. m. sike men of hem. Sothely theOm. G pr. m. euenyngeeuentyde OUV. maad, his disciplis `camen niȝneiȝeden OU. to him, seiyngeand seiden OU., The place is desert, and the hour hath now passid; leeue thouthou now N. the cumpanyes `of pepleOm. OU., that thei, goynge in to castels, biggeby OU. bien Q. bie SX. meetis to hem. For|sothe Jhesus seide to hem, Thei han natno G pr. m. OU. neede to go; ȝeue ȝe toOm. W sec. m. hem forOm. X. to ete. Thei answeriden, We han nat here, noOm. W pr. m. but fiue looues and twotweye W. fishis. TheOm. OU. whiche seithseide OU. to hem, Brynge ȝeeOm. Q. hem hidir to me. And when he hadde co|maundid the cumpanye forOm. OUX. to sitte toto the U. mete on haythe hey AGMNOPSUVW., fyue looues and twotwei A et N passim W. fishis taken, he byholdynge in to heuen, blesside, andOm. AGK sec. m. MNPSUVWY. brak, and ȝaueȝaf looues OUVW sec. m. to hisOm. OUVW. disciplis; sothely theOm. U. disciplis ȝauen to theOm. O. cum|panyes. And alle eeten, and weren ful|fillidfilled OU.. And thei token the relifis of broken gobetisgobetis or metis P., twelue cofyns ful. Forsothe theOm. O. noumbre of men etynge was fyue thou|sand of men, out taken wemmen and litel children. And anon Jhesus compellideconstrey|ned OU. comaundide Q sec. m., `or comaundideOm. OQUX., the disciplis forOm. OUX. to `go vpsteiȝe OU. in to a boot, and goto go OU. to gon X. bifore hym ouerin to N. the see, til that he lefte the cumpanyes. And the cumpanyescompanye AGMNOPSUVXY. left, he steiȝidesteiȝ X. vpOm. OU. in to an hill aloone forOm. OUX. to preye. Sothely the euenyngeuentyde OU. maad, he was there aloone. SothelyForsothe OU. the boot in the mydilmyd|des GSV. myddul of the N. middes of the OUY. myd X. see was throwen with wawis, forsothefor OU. the wynd was contrariecontrarie to hem Q sec. m. contra|rious X.. ButSothely OU. in the fourthe wak|yng of the niȝt, he came to hem walkynge abouevpon N. the see. AndOm. OU. thei, seeynge hym walkynge aboue the see, weren distour|bliddisturbid X., seyinge, For it iswas U. a fantum; and for drede thei cryeden. And anoon Jhesus spac to hem, sayingeand seide OU., Haue ȝe trust, I am; nyl ȝe dreede. Sothely Petre an|swerynge seide, Lord, ȝif thou art, co|maunde me tofor to AGMNPVWY. cume to thee vponon QSUX. the watris. And he seithseide OU., Cume thou. And Petre goynge doun fro the bote, walkide on the wateris forOm. OUX. to cume to Jhesu. Trewly he, seeynge a strong wynde, `was aferdedrede OU.; and whan he bygan forOm. OUX, to be drenchid, he cryede, seyinge, Lord, make me saaf. And anoon Jhesus, holdynge forth thehis O. hond, cauȝte hym, and seithseide OU. to hym, Thou of litil feith, whi hast thou doutid? And whenne he hadde stied vpOm. OU. in to the boot, the wynde cesside. Sothely thei, that weren in the boot, camen, and worshipiden hym, seyinge, Veryly, thou art Goddis sone. And whenne he hadOm. W. pass|ide ouer the see, thei camen in to the lond of GenesarGenazarezt OUV sec. m.. And whenne men of that place hadden knowen hymhem O., thei senten into al thatthe OU. cuntree; and thei offridenbrouȝten U sec. m. to hym alall men OU. hauynge yuel. And thei preyiden hymto him O. Om. U., that thei shulden touche ethernamely OU. other P. or X. the hem of `the clothinghis clothe OU. his clothing PVW sec. m. `of hymOm. G pr. m. OUVWY.; and who euer touchiden benweren OUV. maad saaf.

 CAP. XV.

Thanne scribis and Pharisees `camen niȝneiȝedden OU. to hym fro Jerusalem, seyinge, Whi thi disciplis ouerpassenpassen ouer ANSW. breken OU., `or brekenOm. OUX., the tradiciouns, `or statutisether the techinges OUX., of elder men? for thei washen nat hondistheire hondis GXY. her hondis NZ sec. m. the hondis W., whenne thei eten breed. Sothely he answerynge seithseide OU. to hem, AndOm. AGMNOSUVW. `whi and ȝe brekenwhi breken and ȝe G pr. m. whi breken ȝe G sec. m. PXY. whi also breken ȝe OU. the maunde|mentcommaund|ment OU. of God for ȝoure tradiciountradiciouns O.? For whiOm. OU. God seide, Honoure thiOm. O. thou U. fadir and thiOm. OU. modir, and he that cursith fadir orand X. modir, dye heOm. OU. by deth. But ȝe seyn, Who euere `shal sayeseieth OU. seie X. to fadirthe fadir G. orether OU. modir, What euere ȝifte is of me, it shal profite to thee; and he hathschal A sec. m. OUW sec. m. not worshipidworschipe A sec. m. honour OU. hisOm. U. fadir oror his AMNSW sec. m. ether OU. modir; and ȝe han madeymaad W. the maunde|mentcommaundement OU. of God voide, `or idylOm. OUX., for ȝoure tradiciountradiciouns N.. Ipocritis, Ysay, the prophete, propheciede wel of ȝou, seyingeand seide OU., This peple honoureth me with lippis, forsothe her hertehertes O. is fer fro me; trewly thei wor|shipen me with outen cause, techynge the doctrines andand the G. maundements of men. And the cumpanyes `of pepleOm. OU. clepid `to gidreto G pr. m. to hym, he seide to hem, Heere ȝeOm. O., and vnderstondevnderstondeth OX.. Nat thatthis OU, thing that entrith in to the mouth, defoulith a man; but thatthis OU. thing that cummeth forth fro the mouth, defoulith a man. Thanne hisOm. O. disciplis `cummynge niȝcamen nyȝ G. neiȝynge OU. seiden to hym, Wost thou, thatfor G sec. m. OUV. Om. G pr. m., this word herd, Phari|sees ben sclaundrid? And he answerynge seithseide OU., EueryIche OU. Eche X. plantynge, theOm. G pr. m. OUVW sec. m. Y. whiche my fadir of heuen hath nat plantid, shal be drawen vp by the roote. Suffre ȝe hem; theiif thei W. ben blynde, `and lederis of blynde menOm. O.. Sothely ȝif a blynd man ȝeueȝeueth GOSU. led|ynge to a blynd man, bothe fallen doun in to the diche. Forsothe Petre answerynge saideseith Q. to hym, Expoun to vs thisthi K. parable. And he seide, Ȝit andalso U sec. m. ȝe ben without vn|derstondyng? WherWhether S passim U passim X. ȝe vnderstonde nat, thatfor OUVW sec. m. al thing that entrith in to the mouth, goth in to the wombe, and is sent out in toOm. Q. theOm. K pr. m. NQY. goyng awey? But tho thingis that cummen forth fro the mouth, gon out of the herte, and tho thingus defoulen a man. For ofoute of OU. the herte `gon outcommeth O. yuel thouȝtis, mansleayngismanes sleynges O., auoutries, fornicaciouns, theftis, `fals witnessisfals witnesynges OUV., blasfemyes. These thingis it ben that defoulen a man; sothely forOm. OUX. to ete with hondis vnwashennot waschen AGNOPUVXY., defoul|eth not a man. And Jhesus gon out fro thennys, wente into partiesthe partes AMSW. the partyes GNOPQSUVXY. of Tyre and Sidon. And loo! a womman of Canane gon out of thetho MUV. thoo OPY. costis, cryede, seyinge to hym, Lord, the son of Dauid, haue mercye onof GPVXY. me; my douȝter is yuel traueilid of a deuylfeende OU.. TheOm. OU. whiche answerid nat to hir oa GMNPQSUVWY. word. And his disciplis `cummynge toneiȝinge OU. preyeden hymto him O., seyinge, Leeue thou hire, for she crieth after vs. Forsothe he answerynge seithseide OU., I am nat sent, no but to the sheep of the hous of Yrael that perishiden. BotAnd O. she came, and wirshipide hym, seyinge, Lord, helphelp thou W pr. m. me. TheOm. OU. whiche answerynge seithseide OU., It is nat good forOm. OUX. to take theOm. X. breed of sonys, and sendesende it GMXY. to seende OU. to houndis. And she seide, Ȝhe, Lord; for|whifor OU. andalsso OU. theOm. AG pr. m. NOPUVW sec. m. XY. litel whelpis eten of the crummys, that fallen doun fro the bord of her lordis. Thanne Jhesus answeringe seithseide OU. to hir, OA! AMNOPUVW.! thou womman, thi feith is grete; be it don to thee, as thou wolt. And hir douȝter was heelid fro that hour. And whenne Jhesus hadde passide thennesfro thenes OU., he came bisidis the see of Galilee. And he steiynge in to an hyl, sat there. And many cumpanyes `camen niȝneiȝeden OU. to hym, hau|ynge with hem doumbe men and crokidcroked men N., feble and blynde, and many othir; and castidenthei castiden ANPUVW sec. m. thei kesten GXY. thei kest O. casten S. hem doun at his feet. And he helide hem, so that the cumpanyes won|driden, seeynge doumbe men spekynge, and crokidcroked men OUX. goynge, blynd men seeynge; and thei magnyfieden God of Yrael. Sothe|lyForsothe OU. Jhesus, hisseide to his OUV. disciplis gederedcleped OUV. to gider, seideOm. OUV., I haue rewthe of the cumpany `of pepleOm. OU., for now `the thridde daythre daies OU. thei dwellen still with me, and thei han notno GPXY. thingthe thenge OU. whichethat GOPUXY. thei shulen ete; and Y `wole natnill OUX. leeue hem fastynge, lest thei failen in the weye. And the disciplis seyen to hym, Therfore wherof so many loouys to vs in desert, that we fulfillefill OSUX. so grete aOm. W. cum|panye `of pepleOm. OU.? And Jhesus seithseide OU. to hem, Hou many loouys han ȝee? And thei seiden, Seuene, and aOm. U. few smallelitel OU. fishis. And he comaundide toOm. OU. the cumpany, that thei shulde sitt to theOm. AGMNOPSUVWXY. mete vponon OQSU. the erthe. And he takynge seuen looues, and fishisthe fisches P., and doynge thonkyngis, brak, and ȝaue to his disciplis; andand the A. disciplis ȝauen to the peple. And allealle men U. eten, and weren fulfillidfilled OU., and thei tokenborn aweiȝ N. thatthis OU. that waslafte OU. ouer of relyuesthe relefes OU., seuene lepis fulle. For|sothe theitho O. that eten weren foure thousand ofOm. G pr. m. N. men, with outen litil childrenchildre X pass. and wemmen. AndCAP. XVI. begins here in O., the cumpanye `of pepleOm. OU. laft, he styedesteiȝ X. vpOm. OUX. in to a boot, and cam into the coostiscooste O. of Magedan.

 CAP. XVI.

And Pharisees and Saduceis temptynge himOm. K pr. m. OPTU VWY. `camen niȝneiȝeden O. to hym, and preiden hym forOm. OUX. to shewe to hem a tokene fro heuene. And he answerynge seithseide OU. to hem, The eeuenyngeeuentyde OU. maad, ȝe seien, It shal beOm. T. cleer, for the heuene is `lijk to reedrody O. reed either rody U.; and `the morwemorou tyde OU., Tomaad to N. day tempest, for heuen shyneth `heuy, or sorwfulsorowful or heuy O. sorowful U. heuy X.. Therfore ȝe `han knowekunnen OU. to deme wisely the face of heuen, but ȝe mowen not witeknowe OU. the tokenyssignes OU. tokene V. of tymes. The yuel generacioun and avow|treravoutresse OUVW sec. m. sekith a tokne; and a tokene shal nat be ȝouen to it, no but the tokne of Jonas, the prophete. And, hem forsaken, he wente awey. And whenne his disciplis camenhad went O. hadden comen U. ouer the see, thei forȝaten forOm. OUX. to take loouys. TheOm. OU. whiche seide to hem, Beholde ȝe, and bethbe AMNOPUV. war of the sourdowȝ of PhariseesPhariseis O. and Saduceesof Saduceis OU.. And thei thouȝten amonge hemhem self G sec. m. OU., seiynge, For we han nat taken loouys. Forsothe Jhesus witynge seideseith X. to hem, What thenken ȝe amonge ȝou of litil feith, for ȝe han natnot taken OU. loouys? ȜitAnd ȝit K sec. m. ȝe vndirstonden nat, nethernor O. han myndein mynde U. of fyue loouys in to fyue thou|sand of men, and hou many cofyns ȝe token? trewly nether of seuen loouys in to four thousand of men, and hou many lepisof lepis K sec. m. ȝee token? Whi vndirstonden ȝe nat, for I seide nat to ȝou ofnot of V. breed, Be ȝe war of sourdowȝthe soure dow AMNOPUVW. of Pharisees and ofOm. AMNW pr. m. Saducees? Thanne thei vnderstoden, that he seide natnot to hem OQ. to be war of sourdowȝthe sourdowȝ OUX. of loouys, bote of the techynge of Pharisees and Saducees. Sothely Jhesus came in to theOm. V. parties `of CesarieOm. O. of Philip, andthe Pharisees O. axidehe axed OU. his disciplis, seyingeand seide OU., Whom seyn men to ben mannes sone? And thei seiden, Summe Joon Baptist; other forsothesomme O. He|ly; `but otherother forsothe OU. Jeremye, orether OU. oon of the prophetis. Jhesus seithseide OU. to hem, SothelyBut OU. whom seien ȝe me to be? Symon Petre answerynge seide, Thou art Crist, the sone of `God lyuyngequike God OU.. Forsothe Jhesus an|swerynge seide to hym, Blessid art thou, Symon BarionaBargena K., that is, theOm. AGNOPQVW sec. m. XY. sone of cul|uera culuer U.; for flesh and blood shewide nat to thee, but my fadir thatwhiche OU. is in heuenes. And Y seye to thee, for thou art Petre, and vponon OUX. this stoon I shal bilde my churche, and the ȝatis of helle shulen nat han miȝt, `or strengtheOm. OUX., aȝeins it. And to thee I shal ȝeue the keies of the kyng|dam of heuenes; and what euer thou shalt bynde vponon OUX. erthe, shal be bounden andOm. G. alsso OU. in heuenes; and what euer thou shalt vnbynde vponon OU. erthe, shal be vnbounden andOm. G. also OU. in heuenes. Thanne he comaundide to his disciplis, that thei shulden seie to no man, thatfor OUVW sec. m. he was CristJhesu Criste AOUVW sec. m. Jhesus N.. Fro that tyme Jhesus bygan forOm. OSUX. to shewe to his disciplis, thatfor OUVW sec. m. it byhouithbihofte AVW sec. m. byhoued O. hym toOm. AGMNPSW sec. m. for to W pr. m. go to Jerusalem, and suffreto soffer OU. many thingus of the eldriseldre men U., and scribisof the scribes G. of scribes MOPUVY., and princisof princes OU. of prestis; and beto be OU. sleyn, and thein the OU. thridde day ryseto rise OSU. vpOm. U. aȝein. And Petre, takynge hym toOm. OU., began forOm. OSUX. to blame hym, seyingeand seide OU., Fer be it fro thee, LordOm. U.; this thing shal not be to thee. TheOm. OUW pr. m. whiche, turnyd, seide to Petre, Sathanas, go after me; thou art sclaundre to me; for thou `sauerist nat, or vndirstondist natvnderstondist not OU. sau. not, or vnd. P. sauourest not X., tho thingis that ben of God, but tho thingis that ben of men. Thanne Jhesus seide to his disciplis, Ȝif eny man wole cume after me, denye he hym self, and take his crosse, and sue me; for he that wole make `his soule saafsafe his lijf OU., `that is, his lyfOm. OUX., shal lese it; forsothe he that shal lese his soulelyf OU., `that is, his lyfOm. AOSUX. that is, lijf VW sec. m. Y., for me, shal fynde it. Sothely what pro|fitith itOm. X. to a man, `ȝif hefor to O. wynne al the world, trewly he suffre peyrynge ofln X. his soule? orether OU. what chaungynge shal a man ȝeue for his soule? For mannes sone `is toschal OU. come in gloriethe glorie OU. of his fadir, with his angelis, and thanne he shal ȝelde to eueryeche OU. man aftirvp OU. his workis. Treuly I seie to ȝou, `there ben summe of mensum men ben of hem OU. stondyngethat stonden OU. heer, `the whichewhiche OU. that X. shul nat taaste deth, til thei seen mannys sone cummynge ininto K sec. m. his kyngdomrewme OU..

 CAP. XVII.

And after sexe dayes Jhesus toke Petre, and Jamys, and Joon, his brother, and ledde hem asydis in to an hiȝ hill, and was transfigured, `or turnyd into an other licke|nesseOm. OU pr m., bifore hem. And his face schoonschined OU. as the sunne; forsothe his clothis were maad white as snow. And lo! Moyses and Helye apperiden to hem, spekynge withto N. hym. Sothely Petre answerynge seidseith G. to Jhesu, Lord, it is good vs to be here. Ȝif thou wolt, make we here three tabernaclis; to thee oon, to Moyses oon, and oon to Helie. Ȝit hym spekynge, loo! a liȝtybriȝte OU. liȝt ST. litil X. cloude shadewid hem; and loo! a vois offro U. the cloude, seyinge, This is my derworth sone, in whom I haue wel pleside to me; heere ȝe hym. And the disciplis, heerynge, fellen doun in to her facis, and dredden gretely. And Jhesus `came niȝneiȝed OU., and touchide hem, and seide to hem, `Ris vprise ȝe OU. riseth X., nyland nil OUV. ȝe dreede. Forsothe thei, `rysynge vprerynge AMNS. reysynge GOUY. reryng up VW. reisende vp X. her eiȝen, sawen no man, no but Jhesus aloon. And, hemthei U. cummynge doun fro the mounteynhill OU., Jhesus comaundide hemto hem OPX., seyingeand seide OU., Saie ȝe to no man the vi|sioun, tiltil that Q. mannes sone ryse aȝein fro deaddeeth G. deed men OU.. And his disciplis axiden hym, seyingeand seiden OU., What therfore seyn scribis, that it behoueth Hely first cometo come GPSX.? And he answerynge seithseide OU. to hem, Forsothe Hely `is toschal OU. come, and he shal restore alle thingis. Treuly Y seye to ȝou, thatfor OU. Hely is now comen, and thei knewen hym nat, but thei diden in hym, what euere thingisthing P. thei wolden; so and mannys sone `is toschall OU. suffre of hem. Thanne disciplisthe disciples OPU. vndir|stoden, thatfor OUVW sec. m. of Joon Baptist he hadde seid to hem. And whanne he cam toin to O. the cumpanye `of pepleOm. OU., a man `cam to hym, foldidfell O. foldid U. falt X. on knees byfore hymhim, neiȝynge to him O. him, neiȝede to him U., seyingeand seide OU., Lord, haue mercy onof G. my sone; for he is lunatyke, and suffrith yuel, for whyOm. OU. oft tymysOm. U. time X. he fallith in to theOm. OUX. fijr, and oft tymysOm. OU. time X. in to water. And I offridebrouȝte U. hym to thi disciplis, and thei myȝten nat hele hym. Jhesus answerynge seithseide OU., A! thou generacioun vnbyleeful, `or out of the feithOm. OUX., and weiward; hou longe shal I be with ȝou? hou longe shal I suffre ȝou? Brynge ȝee hym hidir to me. And Jhesus blamyde hym, and the deuelfeend OU. wente out fro hym; and the child iswas OU. helid fro that houre. Thanne disciplisthe disciples OPUX. `camen niȝneiȝeden OU. to Jhesu priuyly, and seiden to hym, Whi miȝte nat we casten hym out? Jhesus seithseide O. to hem, For ȝoure vnbyleuevnfeithfulnesse U.. Treuly I seie to ȝou, ȝif ȝe shulen haue feith, as athe U. corn of seneuey, ȝe shulen seie to this hill, Passe thou hennusfro thens O. fro hennes U., and it shal passepasse thennys W pr. m.; and no thing shal be impossiblevnpossible N. to ȝou; forsothe this kynde is nat cast out, no but by preyingepreier OU. and fastynge. Treuly, hemthei U. lyuynge togidre in Galilee, Jhesus seide to hem, Mannes sone `is to be bitraiedschal be trayed OU. is to bitraied T. in to the hondis of men; and thei shulen slea hym, and thein the OU. thridde day he shal rysearijse V. aȝein. And thei `ben maad ful soryweren sorowful greetly OU. weren maad ful sory V.. And whanne `he camethei camen OUV. to Capharnaum, thei that token tribut, camen to Petre, and seiden to hym, Ȝoure maister payeth nat tribute? And he seithseide OU., Ȝhe. And whenne he had entrid in to an house, Jhesus came bifore hym, seyingeand seide OU., Symount, what sem|ethsemith it G. to thee? Of whiche taken the kyngis of erthe tribut, `or rentOm. X. ether rest U.? of her owne sonys, etheror SX. other M. ofOm. N. alyenys, `or other mennys sonesOm. OPUX.? And he seide, Of `other mennus sonysalienes OPU.. Jhesus seide to hym, Therfore sonys ben free. ForsotheBut OU. that we sclaun|dre nat hem, go thou to the see, and sendecast U sec. m. an hoke, and take `the ilkethat X. fishe that first cummeth vp; and, his mouth openyd, thou shalt fynde statera stater AGMNO sec. m. PU., `that is, a certeyn of moneyeOm. X.; thou takyng it, ȝeueȝeue it U. toOm. U. hem for me and for thee.

 CAP. XVIII.

In that hour the disciplis `camen niȝneiȝeden OU. to Jhesus, seiyngeand seiden OU., Who, gessistgessith K. thou, is morethe more OU. in the kyngdamrewme OU. of heuenes? And Jhesus, clepynge toOm. OU. a litil child, puttesett OU. hym in the mydilmyddes OU. of hem; and seide, `I seie trewtheTrewly I seie OU. to ȝou, noOm. X. but ȝifOm. GMOUVW. ȝe shulen be turnyd, and maadbe made OU. as litil children, ȝe shulen nat entren in to the kyngdamrewme OU. of heuenes. Therfore who euere `shal meekemeketh OPU. hymhimself U. as this litil child, he is morethe gretter OU. in the kyngdamrewme OU. of heuenes. And heOm. G. that resceyueth oon siche litillitil child W. in my name, resceyueth me. Forsothe `who shal sclaun|dreif a man sclaundreth OU. who euere schal sclaundre Q. oon of these `smale lestelytil OU. smale As sec. m. VW sec. m. leeste smale MP. smalest X., that by|leeuen inh me, it spedith to hym that a myln stoon of assis be hanged in his neeke, andand that he OU. be drenchid in to the depnesse of the see. Woo to the world, for sclaundris; treuly it is neede, that sclaundris come; netheles woo to `the ilkthat OUX. man by whom athat O. Om. PTW sec. m. X. sclaundre cometh. Forsothe ȝif thin hond orether OU. thi foot sclaundresclaundrith GMOPUY. thee, kitt `it ofawey it OU., and kastkast it O. awey fro thee. It is good to thee tofor to OU. entre in to lyf `feble, other crok|edcroked, ether feble O. feble, or crokid PX., than hauynge twotweyne UW. hondis orether OU. two feet to be sent in to euerlastynge fijr. And ȝif thin eiȝe sclaundresclaundreth OPUWY. thee, pulle it out, and castkast it O. awey fro thee. It is good to thee with oon eiȝe tofor to U. Om. W. entre in to lyf, than hauynge twotweyne W. eiȝen to be sente in toto the AGMNQSTVWX. `fijr of hellehelle fier U. hell of fyer OV.. Se ȝe, that ȝe dispise nat oon of thesethis O. litile. Trewly I seie to ȝou, thatfor OUV. the angelis of hem in heuenes seen euer|moreeuer OU. the face of my fadir thatwhiche OU. is in heuenes. Forsothe mannys sone came forOm. OSUX. to saue that thing that perishide. What semethsemeth it O. to ȝou? Ȝif `ther weren to summanOm. OU. an hundrid sheepscheep weren to oo man OU., and oon of hem `shall errehath erred OUVW sec. m. haue errid X., wherwhether X. he shal nat leeue nynty and nyne in deserthilles OU pr. m. the hillis Q sec. m., and shal go forOm. OSUX. to seeke thatthilke OU. that erride? And if it befallebifalleth U. that he fyndefyndeth U. it, trewly I seie to ȝou, for he shal ioye theron more than ofon AMNPUVWX: nynty and nyne that erriden nat. So it is nat willthe wil OU. beforeof O. youre fadir thatwhiche U. is in heuenesheuen O., that oon of thesethis G. litil perishe. Forsoth ȝif thi brother `shal synnehath synned OU. synne N. haue synned X. inaȝens OU. thee, go thou, and reproueblame thou OU. hym, `or snybbeOm. OUX., bi|twixebitwen SX. thee and hym aloone; ȝifand if A. he `shal heerehereth OU. thee, thou hast wonnen thi brother. Trewly ȝif he `shal nat heerehereth not OU. haue not herd X. thee, taketake thou O. take to P. with thee oon or twotweyne NOUY et w pass., that eueryeche OUX. word stondestondeth W. in the mouthe of two oreither of U. three witnessis. That ȝif he shal nat heere hem, seie thou to the chirche. Forsothe ȝif he shal not heere the chirche, be hee `to theeOm. O. as ana G. hethenhethen man OPUW pr. m. and aOm. AMNOPSUVW. puplicane. I seie to ȝou trewli, what euere thingis ȝee shulen bynde vponon OUX. erthe, thoOm. OU. shulen be bounden andalso OU. Om. G pr. m. in heuenesheuene UV.; and what euere thingis ȝee shulen vnbynde vponon UX. erthe, thoOm. U. shulen be vnbounden andalso U. in he|uenesheuene UV.. EftsooneEfte OU. I seie to ȝou, thatfor OU. ȝif two of ȝou shulen consente onvpon G sec. m. theOm. OPSUX. erthe, of eueryiche OU. eche X. thinge whateuerwhat|euer thenge OU. what G pr. m. thei shulen axe, it shal be don to hem of my fadir thatwhiche OU. is in heuenes. For where two or three shulenOm. OU. be gedrid in my name, ther I am in the midilmyddes OU. of hem. Thanne Petre, `cummynge niȝneiȝynge OU. comende neeȝh X. to hym, seide, Lord, hou ofte shal my brother synne inaȝens OU. me, and I shal forȝeue hymto him U.? Whether totill OUW. seuen tymessyȝthes OU.? Jhesus seithseide O. to hym, I seie nat to thee, til seuen sithis; but totill OU. seuenty sythis seuene sithis. Therfore the kingdomrewme OU. of heuenes is lickenedlych X. lijc Y. to a man kyng, that wolde puttesette OU. resoun with his seruauntis. And whanne he began forOm. OSUX. to puttesette OU. re|soun, oon was offridbrouȝte U sec. m. to hym, that owȝteowid W. aȝte X. to hym ten thousand talentisbesauntes U. besauntes or talentes P.. TrewlyAnd treuli X. whanne he hadde natnouȝte O. wherof to ȝelde, his lord comaundide hym to be sold, and his wif, and sonyshis sones OU., and alle thingis that he hadde, and to be payed. Forsothe `the ilkthilke O. that X. seruaunt, fallynge doun, preide hym, seyingeand seide OU., Haue pacience in me, and alle thingis I shal ȝeelde to thee. SothelyForsothe OU. the lord `of that seruauntOm. OP. hauyngehadde X. mercymercy of that seruaunt OP., leetedeliuered OU. hym, `or suffride hymOm. OUX., and forȝaue to hym the dette. Trewly thilkthat ilke GW. the ilke MP. that X. seruaunt gongoynge O. out, fonde oon of his euen seruauntis, that ouȝteowed O. aȝte X. hymto him UX. an hundrid penspenyes O.; and he, holdynge hymOm. OU., stranglide hym, sey|ingeand seide OU., Ȝeld thatthou the thenge that OU. thou that G sec. m. that that MPW sec. m. XY. thou that that W pr. m. thou owist. And his euen seruaunt preiedefallinge doun, preyde Q sec. m. hym, seyingeand seide OU., Haue pa|cience in me, and `alle thingis I shal quyteI schall ȝelde all thenges OU. to thee. Forsothe he `wolde natnolde OU.; but wente, and sent hym in to pryson, til thatOm. OQU. hehe hadde Q. paide al the dette. Sothely his euen ser|uauntis, seeynge theall the O. tho P. thingis that weren don, `gretely hadden soroweweren sorowful greetly OU.. And thei camen, and tolden toOm. S. her lord alle theOm. OPSUX. tho VW sec. m. thingis that weren don. Thanne his lord clepide hym, and seide to hym, Weyward seruaunt, I forȝaf to thee al the dette, for thou preidist me. Therfore wherwhether X. whether and S. it be|houedeby|houeth OU. nat andalso OU. thee to haue mercy onof OU. thi euen seruaunt, asas and GPW. as also U. I hadde mercymercy also O. ofon AMNSVWX. thee? And his lord wroth, tokbytoke OU. hym to tourmenturs, til thatOm. OU. he paiedehade payed O. al the dette. `So andAnd so OU. my fadir of heuen shal do to ȝou, ȝif ȝe `forȝeue natschal not forȝif OUV. eueryeiche OU. man to his bro|ther, of ȝoure hertis.

 CAP. XIX.

And it iswas AOUV. don, whenne Jhesus hadde eendide thesethis G. wordis, he passide fro Ga|lilee, and camehe cam OU. in to `the eendiseendes, either coostis U sec. m. Om. O. ofOm. O. Ju|dee ouer Jordan. And manye cumpanyes `of menOm. OU. sueden hym, and he helide hem there. And Pharisees camen niȝ to hym, temptynge hym, and seyinge, WherWhether X pass. it beis OU. leeful forto MOQSTUVWXY. Om. GP. a man forOm. OQSUXY. to `leeue, or for|sakeforsake OU. lefen X., his wijf, `of what euerbi eny OU. for what|euere G. cause? TheOm. OU. whiche answerynge seithseide OU. to hem, Han nat ȝee rad, for he that made menman T pr. m. at the bygynnynge, malemade hem male OU. and female `he made hemOm. O.? And he seide, For this thing a man shal leeue fadir and modir, and heOm. OU. shal cleuedrawe U. cleue to P., `or draweOm. OUX., to his wif; and thei shulen be two in oo flesh. `And soTherfore Q sec. m. Om. Q pr. m. thei ben nat nowOm. Q. two, bot oo flesh. TherforeAnd therefore K sec. m. a man departe nat thatthe OU. thing thatwhiche thenge OU. God enioynydehath ioyned OU. ioynede X., `or knytte to gidreOm. OUX.. Thei seyen to hym, What thannetherfore OU. comaundide Moyses, to ȝeue a litil boke of forsakynge, and to `leeue offforsake OU.? And he seithseyde OU. to hem, For Moyses, at the hardnesse of ȝoure herte, suffride ȝou forsaketo forsake OSUX. ȝoure wyues; forsothe at the begynnyng it was nat so. Trewly I seie to ȝou, thatfor OUV. who euer leeu|ethforsaketh OU. his wif, noOm. X. but for fornicacioun, andand he O. weddith an other, doth a vowtrie; and he that weddith the forsaken wifeOm. X., doth a vowtrie. His disciplis seien to hym, Ȝif the cause of a man with athe OU. Om. X. wijf is so, it speedith nat to weddebe weddit N. be wedded OU. be wedde A sec. m.. TheOm. OU. whiche seithseide OUW sec. m. to hem, Nat alle men taken this word; but to whichwhom GPXY. it is ȝouen. Sothely `there ben geldyngisgeldynges ben OU., `the whichewhiche OU. that X. ben thus born of theher U. modris wombe; and `there ben geldyngisgeldynges ben OU., thatwhiche OU. ben maad of men, and `there ben geldyngisgeldynges ben OU., thatwhiche OU. han geldidgeet X. hem self, for the kyngdamrewme OU. of heuenes. HeAnd he K sec. m. that may take, take heOm. OUW.. Thanne litil children weren offridbrouȝte U sec. m. vpOm. OU. to hym, that he shulde putte hondishis hondis N. to hem, and preie. Sothely histhe OU. disciplis blameden hem. ButForsothe U. Sothely O. Jhesus seithseide OU. to hem, Suffre ȝe litil childre cume to me, and nyl ȝe for|bede hem `for to come to meOm. O. to comen to me SUX.; for of siche is the kyngdam of heuenes. And whenne he hadde putte to hem hondis, he wente thennusfro thens OU.. And loo! oon, `cummynge toneiȝynge OU., seithseide OU. to hym, Good maister, what ofOm. OU. good thingOm. OU. shal I do, that I haue euerlastynge lyf? TheOm. OU. which seithseide OU. to hym, What axist thou me of good thing? `There is ooOon is OU. There is AG. good God. ForForsothe OUV. ȝif thou wolt entre in to lif, kepekepe thou O. the comaundementismaundements MW.. He seith to hym, Whiche? Trewly Jhesus seide, Thou shalt nat do man sleaynge, thou shalt nat do avowtrie, thou shalt nat do thefte, thou shalt nat seye fals witness|ingewitnesse X.; worshipehonour thou OU. thi fadir and thi modir, and thou shalt looue thi neiȝbore as thi self. The ȝungȝong wexinge OU. man seith to hym, I haue kepte alle these thingis fro my ȝoutheȝongthe O., what ȝit failith to me? Jhesus seith to hym, Ȝif thou wolt be perfit, go, and selle alle thingus that thou hast, and ȝeue to pore men, and thou shalt haue tresour in he|uene; and cum, sue thou me. Forsothe whenne the ȝungȝong wexinge OU. man hadde herde these wordis, he wente awey sorwful, for he was hauynge many possessiouns. Forsothe Jhesus seideseith N. to his disciplis, `I seie to ȝou trewtheTrewly I seie to ȝou O., forfor of harde OU. a riche man `of hardOm. OU. shal entre in to the kyngdamrewme OU. of heuenes. And eftsoneefte OU. I seie to ȝou, itfor O. is `liȝter, or eysieresier OU. liȝtere X., a camel forOm. OSUX. to passe thorwȝ `a nedelis eiȝethe hoole of an nedel eiȝe O. the hoole of a nedle U., than a riche man tofor to OU. entre into the kyngdamrewme O. of heuenes. Treuly these wordisthenges OU. herd, theOm. ANSVW. disciplis wondriden gretely, seyinge, Who therfore may be saaf? Forsothe Jhesus beholdynge seide to hem, Anentis men this thing is im|possible; but anentis God alle thingis ben possible. Thanne Petre answerynge seide to hym, Loo! we han forsaken alleOm. K. thingis, and we han sued thee; what therfore shal be to us? Jhesus forsothe seide to hem, Trewly Y seye to ȝou, that ȝe that han forsaken alle thingis, and suedhan sued OUV. suen P. me, in re|generacioun, `or gendrynge aȝeinOm. OV sec. m. X. or gadering aȝen V pr. m., whenne mannes sone shall sitte in the sete of his mageste, andalso OU. ȝe shulen sitt on twelue setis, `or seegisOm. GOPUXY., demynge the twelue kynredis of Yrael. And eueryeche OUX. man that shal forsake houshis hous U., orether OU. bretheren, orether OU. sis|tren, orether OU. Om. K. fadir, orether OU. modir, orether OU. wif, orether OUW sup. ras. and K. sonyssone N., orether OUV. feeldis, for my name, heOm. OUV. shal take an hundrid fold, and shal welde euere lastynge lyf. Forsothe manymany first GPXY. many the firste K sec. m. shulen be, `the firsteOm. GK sec. m. PXY. of the firste O. the laste, and theof the O. laste the firste.

 CAP. XX.

The kyngdamrewme OU. of heuenes is lic to an husbond man, that wente out first erly, `or by the morweOm. OUXY., to hyre workemen in to his `vyne ȝerdvinere OU.. Forsothe theOm. X. couenaunt maad with workmen, of a peny for the day, he sente hem in to his `vyne ȝerdvinere U.. And he, gon out about the thridde hour, say other stondynge ydil in the chepyng. And he seide to hem, GoGoth X. `and ȝeeȝe also OU. in to my `vyne ȝerdvyner OU., and `that that shal be riȝtfulOm. OU., I shal ȝeue to ȝouȝou this that schall be riȝteful OU.. Sotheli thei wenten forth. Forsothe eftsooneeft OU. he wente out aboute the sixte hour, and the nynethe, and dide on lichelichy W. manere. But aboute the elle|uenthe houreOm. G pr. m. he wente out, and foond other stondynge; and he seide to hem, What stonden ȝe her ydil al day? Thei seienseiden X. to hym, For no man hath hirid us. He seith to hem, GoGoth X. `and ȝeȝe also OU. in to my `vyne ȝerdvinere OU.. Forsothe whenne euenyngeeuentyde OU. was maad, the lord of the `vyne ȝerdviner OU. seith to his procuratourprocatour KQT., ClepeClepe thou OU. the workmen, and ȝelde to hem her hijre, bygynnynge at the laste `til totil KW pr. m. the firste. Therfore whenne thei `weren commencamen OU., that camenhaden commen OU. about the elleuenth hour, andalso OU. thei token syn|gulereuen OU. pens, that is, eueryiche OU. eche X. man ooα OUP X. peny. Trewly andOm. Q. the firste cummynge demed|en, that thei werenweren worthi OU. to take more, `trewly andbut also OU. thei token `echon by hym silf a penyeuen pens OU. eche by hymself a peny X. echon bi him self oo peny Y.. And thei takynge grutcheden aȝeins the husbond man, seyingeand seiden OU., TheseThe V. laste diden worcheOm. AK pr. m. NOSTUVX. oonin on OU. our, and thou hast maad hem euen to vs, that han born the charge of the day and heteof the heete O. the heete PU.? And he answerynge to oon of hem, seide, Frend, I do `thee no wrongeno wronge to thee OU.; whetherwhar O. thou hast nat accordid with me for a peny? Take `that that is thinethou the thenge that thine is OU., and go; forsothe Y wole ȝeue andalso OU. to this theOm. PQS. laste manOm. OU., as andalso OU. to thee. WherWhether and G. Whether SX. it is nat leful to me forOm. OUX. to do thatthe thenge OU. that I wole? WherOr whether N. Whether GPSUWX. thin eiȝe is wickidwicke X., for I am good? So `there shulen be theOm. G pr. m. last men theOm. PQ. firstethe firste schulen be the laste OU., and the `firste men theOm. PQ. lastelaste the firste OU.; for many ben clepid, bot few chosun. And Jhesus, steyinge vpOm. U. to Jerusalem, toke his twelue disciplis in priuytee, and seithseide OUVW sec. m. to hem, Loo! we `gon vpstiȝen OU. to Jerusalem, and mannes sone shal be takenbitaken UVW sec. m. to princis of prestis, and scribisto scribes OU.; and thei shulen con|dempne hym byto OPX. deth. And thei shulen bitake hym to hethen men, forOm. SX. to be scornyd, and scourgidbeeten OU., and crucified; and thein the OU. thridde day he shal ryse aȝeinOm. G pr. m.. Thanne the modir of the sonis of Zebede `came niȝneiȝed OU. to hym with hire sonys, ho|nouryngeworchipynge OU. honourynge, or preiynge Q sec. m., and axinge sume thing of hym. TheOm. OU. whiche seide to hir, What wolt thou? She seithseide OUX. to hym, SeieSeie thou OU. that these `two mymy two OU. tweyne my W. sonys sitten, oon at thithe O. riȝthalf, and oon at thithe O. lefthalf, in thi kyngdamrewme OU.. For|sothe Jhesus answerynge seide, Ȝe wyten nat what ȝe axenschulen axe O. asken Q., or shulen axeOm. OUX or schulen aske Q.. Mowen ȝe drynke the cuppe thatwhiche OU. I `am toschall OU. drynke? Thei seienseiden O. to hym, We mowen. He seith to hem, Forsothe ȝe shal drynke my cuppe; butforsothe OU. to sitte aton G. themy AOUVW. riȝthalf orether OU. atOm. AGMNPSUWXY. at my OV sec. m. at the Q. left|half, itOm. G pr. m. UX. is nat myn to ȝeue to ȝou; but to whichewhom GPXY. it is made redy of my fadir. And the ten herynge hadden indignacioun of theOm. Q. twotweyne W. bretheren. Sothely Jhesus cle|pide hem to hym, and seithseide OUVW sec. m., Ȝe witen, for princisthe princes OU. of heithen men ben lordis of hem, and thei that ben morethe gretter OU., hawntenvsen OU. power `in toon OUV. hem. It shal nat be so among ȝou; bot who euere wole be maad morethe gretter OU. among ȝou, be he ȝoure mynystre; and who euere amonge ȝou wole be firstethe first OU., he shal be ȝoure seruaunt. As mannes sone came nat forOm. SUX. to be serued, but forOm. OSUX. to serue, and `for toOm. O. to SUX. ȝeue his `soule, or liflif OU. soule X., redemp|cioun for many. And hemthei U. goynge out of Jerico, manye cumpanyes of pepleOm. OU. sueden hym. And loo! twotweyne W. blynd men sittynge besidisby O. the weye, herden that Jhesus pass|ide; and thei crieden, seyinge, Lord, the sone of Dauyth, haue mercy onof G sec. m. PXY. vs. For|sothe the cumpanyecompanies O. blamyde hem, `for tothat thei schulden OU. to SX. be stille; and thei crieden more `and moreOm. OUVW sec. m., seiynge, Lord, the sone of Dauyth, haue mercy onof G sec. m. PXY. vs. And Jhesus stood, and clepide hem, and seithseide OU., What wolewiln X. ȝe, that I do to ȝou? TheiAnd thei GX. seien to hym, Lord, that oure eiȝen be openyd. For|sothe Jhesus, hauynge mercy onof GSXY. hem, touchide her eiȝen; and anoon thei sayen, and sueden hym.

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And whanne Jhesushe OU. came niȝ to Jeru|salem, and cam to Bethfage, into O. at GMPQSTUVWXY. the mount of Olyfeet, thanne Jhesus sente his twotweye W. disciplis, seyinge to hem, Go ȝe in to the castel thatwhiche OU. is aȝeinus ȝou, and anon ȝe shal fynde a she asse tyed, and a colt with hir; vnbyndevntye U sec. m. ȝe, and bryngbryngith GSXY. to me. And ȝif eny man `shal seieseieth OU. to ȝou eny thinge, `seie ȝeseith S. seye W pr. m., thatfor OU. the Lord hath need to hem; and anoon he shal leeue hem. TrewlyForsothe OU. alas K. this was don, that thatthe OU. thing that was seid by the prophete shulde be fulfillidfilled OU., seyinge, Seie ȝe to the douȝter of Syon, Loo! thi kyng cometh to thee, `homly, or mekehe mylde OU. homly, or mekely PT. Om. X., sittynge on `an assea sche asse OU., and a `fole, thecoltes O. colt U. soneOm. U sec. m. of a beest vndir ȝook. For|sothe disciplisthe disciplis PU., goyngegoynge forth Q sec. m., diden as Jhesus comaundide hemto hem OU.. And thei brouȝten toOm. OU. two G pr. m. a she asse, and `the folea colt O. the colt U., and puttidenputten X. her clothis on hem, and maden hym sitteto sitten X. aboue. Forsothe ful muche cumpanye strewidenspredden U sec. m. her clothis in the wey; sothely otherother men OU. kittidenkytten GX. braunchis of trees, and strowiden in the weye. ButForsothe OU. the cum|panyes that wenten before, and that sued|en, crieden, seyinge, Osanna, that isis to saye T., I preie, sauesaue thou OV sec. m. U., to the sone of Dauith; blessid isOm. X. he that cummeth in theOm. P. name of the Lord; Osanna in `the heeȝistheiȝ OV sec. m. U. heyȝest GMV pr. m. PQSTWXY. thingis. And when he had entrid in to Jerusalem, al the cite was stirid, seyinge, Who is this? TreulyFor|sothe OU. the peplis seiden, This is `Jhesus, the prophetethe prophete Jhesus O., of Nazareth of Ga|lilee. And Jhesus entride in to the temple of God, and kestcasted OV. out of the temple allealle men N. `sellynge and byingebiende and sillende X.; and he turnyde vp|sadoun the bordis ofand KQW. and of T. chaungeris, and the chaiers of men sellynge culueris. And he seith to hem, It is writen, My hous shal be clepid an hous of preiere; forsothe ȝe han made it a denne of thefes. And blyndeblinde men OV sec. m. U. and crokidcroked men OU. `camen niȝneiȝed O. neiȝeden VU. to hym `in the templeOm. X., and he helide hem. For|sothe the princis of prestisthe prestes O. and scribisthe scribes OU., seeynge theOm. K pr. m. OT. marueilousewonderfull OV sec. m. U. thingis that he dide, and children cryinge in the temple, and seiynge, Osanna to the sone of Da|uith , dedeynedenhaden indignacioun OV sec. m. U. thei hadden dedeyne N., and seiden to hym, Heerist thou what these seyen? Sothely Jhesus seithseide OUV. to hem, Ȝhe; wherwhether GUS et X passim. ȝe han natneuere VUW sec. m. rad, For of the mouth of children, that kunnen nat speke, andor P. ofof the O. soukynge mylkOm. X., thou hast made parfite heryingepreysinge GOQXY.? And, hem forsakenleft N., he wente forth out of thethat G. citee, in to Betanye; and there he dwelte, and tauȝte hem of the kyngdamrewme OV sec. m. U. of God. Forsothe on the morw, he, turn|yngeturned O. aȝein in to the citee, hungride. And he, seeynge aO V sec. m. W. fige tree bysidis the weye, came to it, and fonde no thing `ther onther yune AGMNPQSTUVXY. no but leeuys oonly; and he seithseide OUVW sec. m. to it, Neuer beOm. OV sec. m. U. fruyt borncum forthe OV sec. m. U. of thee, in to with outen eende. And anoon the fijge tree was dried vp. And disciplisthe disciplis PU. seeynge, wondreden, seyingeand seyden U sec. m., Hou `anon it driedeit dried anone O. it dried up anone U sec. m. anoon driede NP.. Sothely Jhesus answerynge, seithseyde OUVW sec m. to hem, Trewly I seye to ȝou, ȝif ȝe shulen han feith, as athe OU. corn of seneuey, and `douten natschul not dowte OUVW sec. m., nat oonly ȝe shulen do of thisthe OUV. fijge tree, bot andalso OUV. ȝif ȝe seienschulen seie OUV. to this hill, TakeTake awei OUV. thee, and caste thee in to the see, `and soOm. OUV. it shal be don. And alle thingis what euer ȝeȝe byleuynge OUV. shulen axe in preier byleu|yngeOm. OUV., ȝee shulen take. And whenneOm. U. he came inOm. X. to the temple, the princis of prestis and eldrethe eelder OV sec. m. U. men of the peple camen niȝ to hym techynge, seyingeand seiden OV sec. m. U., In what power dost thou these thingis? and who ȝaf to thee this power? Jhesus answer|ynge seide to hem, And I shal axe ȝou oa ANO. word, theOm. OV sec. m. U. whiche ȝif ȝe shulen seie to me, and I shal seie to ȝou, in what power I do thesethis G passim. thingis. Of whennes was the baptem of Joon; of heuene, orether OV sec. m. U. of men? And thei thouȝten with inne `hem selfhem seluen O., seyinge, Ȝif we shulen seie of heuene, he shal seie to vs, Whi therfore beleuen ȝe nat to hym? Sothely ȝif we shulen seie of men, we dreden the cumpanye `of pepleOm. OV sec. m. U., for alle hadde Joon as a prophete. And thei answerynge to Jhesu seiden, We witen nat. And he seithseide OUV. to hem, Nether I seie to ȝou, in what power I do these thingis. Forsothe what semeth to ȝou? Sum man hadde twotweye W. sonys; and he `cum|mynge niȝneiȝynge OV sec. m. U. to the firste seide, Sone, go `for to worcheOm. O. forth to worke S. thou for to worche AV sec. m. U. `this dayto day OV sec. m. U. in toOm. W sec. m. X. myn vyne|ȝerd vinere for to worche OV sec. m. U.. Sothely he answerynge seithseide OV sec. m. U., I nyle; forsothebut OV sec. m. U. afterward he stirid bywith O. penaunce, `or forthenkyngeOm. OV sec. m. UX., wente. For|sothe he, cummyngeneiȝynge OV sec. m. U. comyng niȝ GMPW. comende neeȝh X. to `the totherthat other U., seide licthe liik GY. the lichy PW pr. m. lichi W sec. m. in like OV sec. m. U. the liȝkli M. maner. And he answerynge seithseide OU., Lord, I go; and he wente nat. Who of thethes QT. twotweyne OV sec. m. UW. dide the `fadris willwill of the fader OV sec. m. U.? Thei seien to hym, The firste. Jhesus seith to hem, Trewly I seie to ȝou, for puplicanys and hooris shulen go before ȝou in to the kyngdamrewme OV sec. m. U. of God. ForsotheFor OV sec. m. U. Joon cam to ȝou in the weye of riȝtwisnesseriȝtefulnesse OV sec. m. U., and ȝe bileeuedenbeleuen U. nat to hym; buttreuli V sec. m. puplicanys and hooris beleueden to hym. SothelyBut OU. ȝee seeynge `nether hadde donhade not OU. nethir hadden GMV sec. m. PQSWXY. penaunce afterward, that ȝe bileeuydenschulde byleue OU. to hym. Heere ȝe an other parable. `Ther was an husbondmanAn husbandeman was OV sec. m. U., that plantide a `vyne ȝerdviner OV sec. m. U., and ȝaue an hegge abouteabowte hit OVU sec. m. theraboute GSX., and dalue a pressourpressure K. therynne, and bildidebilde X. a toure, and `hiride, orOm. OV sec. m. Q. sec. m. X. hijride it, or P. settesettide V sec. m. U. itOm. MPQ pr. m. to ferme, to erthe tiliers, and wente ferreforthe OV sec. m. U. in pilgrim|age. Forsothe whenne the tyme of fruytis neiȝidehad neiȝed OV sec. m. U., he sente his seruauntis to the erthe tiliers, that thei tokenschulden take the OV sec. m. UW sec. m. shulde take X. fruytis of it. And, his seruauntis taken, the erthe tiliers beeten `the toonoon MOV sec. m. UP. that oon W. the oon X. `an other thei slewenthei kylden an other OV sec. m. U., `but anotherforsothe OV sec. m. U. thei stoonydenstoneden another OUV sec. m. `to dethOm. OV sec. m. PUX. to the deeth W pr. m.. EftsonesEfte OV sec. m. U. he sente other seruauntis, mo than the firsteformer OV sec. m. U., and `liche manerOm. OV sec. m. U. lichi manere MW. thei diden to hemhem in like maner OV sec. m. U.. Forsothe at the laste he sent his sone to hem, seyingeand seide OV sec. m. U., Thei shulen `shame, or drededrede OV sec. m. U. shamen X., my sone. Sothely the erthe tiliers, seeynge the sone, seiden with ynne hem self, This is the eire; cume ȝe, slea we hym, and we shulen haue histhe OP. eritage. And, `hym takenOm. ANOSV sec. m., thei kestencasteden him taken ANOV sec. m. W. casten hym taken S. casteden MUP. out of the vynȝerdvinere OUV sec. m., and slewenkilden OV sec. m. U.. Therfore whenne the lord of the vyneȝerdvinere OV sec. m. U. shal cume, what shal he do to `the ilkthilke GOQ et S passim V sec. m. the P. tho X. erthe tiliers? Thei seienseiden O. to hym, He shal lese yuele theOm. OPUV sec. m. yuel men, and settehe schal sette OUV. to hire his vyneȝerdvinere OUV sec. m. to otherthe U pr. m. erthe tiliers, the whichewhiche OUV sec. m. that X. shulen ȝelde to hym fruytis in her tymes. Jhesus seith to hem, Redden ȝe neuer in scripturis, The stoon `the whichewhich OUV sec. m. that X. `beldynge menmen bildinge OUVW pr. m. bilders Q sec. m. sup. ras. the bildende men X. reproueden, this is maad in to theOm. Q. heuedheed A et M pass. P. hed NS et X pass. of the corner? `Of the LordOm. OU. this thing is maadmaade of the Lorde OU., and it is merueilouswonderfull OUV sec. m. in oure eiȝen. Therfore I seie to ȝou, for the kyngdamrewme OUV sec. m. of God shal be takentaken awey UV sec. m. fro ȝou, and shalit schall OUV sec. m. be ȝouen to aOm. G pr. m. OXY. folk doinge fruytisthe froytes OUV sec. m. `of ittherof UV sec. m.. And he that shal falle on this stoon, shal be broken to|gidre; forsothe `vpon whom it shal falleOm. OUV sec. m. on whom it shal falle X., it shal `togidre pouneal to-powne OUV sec. m. hymhim [hem U] on whom it shall fall OUV sec. m.. And when the princis of prestis and Phariseesthe Phariseis OUV sec. m. had|den herde his parablis, thei knewen that he seidehadde seyde W. of hemOm. O. to hem U.. And thei, seekynge to holde hym, dreden the cumpanyes `of pe|pleOm. OU., for thei hadden hym as a prophete.

 CAP. XXII.

And Jhesus answerynge `seide eftsoneto hem eft O speke eftsone Q sec. m. spak eft U sec. m. seide eft V sec. m. in parablis `to hemOm. O., seiyngeseide O. and seide UV sec. m., The kyng|dam of heuenes is maadOm. Y. lic to a man kyng that made weddingus to his sone. And he sente his seruauntis forOm. OSUV sec. m. to clepe men beden to the weddyngis, and thei wolden nat cume. EftsooneEft OV sec. m. he sente other seruauntis, seiyngeand seide OU. seyde V sec. m., Seie ȝee to theOm. OVX. men beden to theOm. AK pr. m. MNOQW sec. m. feeste, Loo! I haue made redy my metemeetes O., my boles and vola|tilismy volatils, other my fatt beestes OU. my vol. other fatte beestis V. ben slayn, and alle thingis redyben redy OUV.; `cumme ȝe to the weddyngusOm. O.. Sothely thei dispisiden, `or recken natOm. AOUVX. or roȝten not S. or reckeden not MT., and thei wenten awey, oonan other OUV pr. m. W. in to his vyneȝerdtoune A sec. m. NOQ sec. m. UV., forsothe an other toin to O. his marchaundisemarchaundye OU.. But the other helden his seruauntis, and slowen hem, ponished with contekdispisynges OUV.. For|sothe the kyng, whenne he hadde herde, was wroth; and, his hoostis sente, he loste, `or distruydeOm. OUV sec. m. X., thetho MOPUVW. man quellers, and brente herthe O. citee. Thanne he seithseide OUVW sec. m. to his seruauntis, Sothely the weddyngis ben redy, but thei that weren clepid to the feeste, werenben O. nat worthi. Therfore go ȝee to the outgoyngisoutgoyng MP. outgoyngis, or endis U sec. m. of weyes, and whomwhiche OUV. euere ȝe shulen fynde, clepeclepith GMPWXY. cleep ȝe OUV sec. m. to the wed|dyngis. And his seruauntis, gon out in to theOm. A sec. m. GMNPQWXY. weyes, gedreden togidre alle that thei founden, goodgode men OU. and yuel; and the wed|dyngis of men sittynge at metethe mete AGMNPSU WXY sec. m. ben ful|fillidfilled OU.. Forsothe the kyng entride, that he shulde see men sittynge at metethe mete AGMOSUVWX.; and he seeȝ there a man nat clothidclad X. with brijdbridale X. clothiscloothinge O. cloth UV sec. m.. And he seithseide OUVW sec. m. to hym, Frend, hou entridistentryst G. thou hidir, nat hauynge brijd clotheclothes M.? And he was doumbe. Thanne the kyng seide to thehis S. mynystris, His `hondis and feetfeete and [his U] hondis OU. bounden, sende ȝee hym into vttermorevtmore ANSX. vtmer QW. derknessis; there shal be weepyng and betyng to gidre of teeth. Forsothe many ben clepid, but fewe chosenben chosen N.. Thanne Pharisees, goynge awey, token aOm. O. counseile, that thei shulden take Jhesushim OUV. hym Jhesu X. in word. And theiOm. Q. senden to hym her disciplis, with Erodyanys, `that ben men of EroudisOm. OUV sec. m., seiynge, Maister, we witen, thatfor OUVW sec. m. thou art sothfast, and thou techist in trewthe the weye of God, and `there is no cure, or chargether is noon [not NS] cure, or ch. A. no charge is OUV sec. m. ther is not cure X., to thee of eny man, for thou beholdist nat the per|soone of men. Therfore seieseie thou OUV sec. m. to vs, what itOm. OUV pr. m. semeth to thee. Is it leful `to ȝeuethat rent [or talage U marg.] be ȝouen OU. that tribut be ȝouen V sec. m. toOm. K pr. v. QT. Cesar, `or emperourOm. OQUV sec. m. X., `rente, or tributtribuyt, or rente MP. rente, ether naye OUV sec. m. rente, or nay Q sec. m. tribute X.? Forsothe, the wickednesse of hem knowen, Jhesus seithseide OUV., Y pocritis, what tempten ȝee me? Shewe ȝee to me the prynte of the moneye. And thei offridenoffreden, or token MP. brouȝten V sec. m. to hym a peny. And Jhesus seithseide OUV. to hem, Whos is this ymage, and the wrytyng aboueabowte O.? Thei seyen to hym, Of Cesar. Thanne `he seithJhesus seide OUV. to hem, Therfore ȝelde ȝee to Cesar tho thingis that ben Cesarisof Cesar MP., and to God tho thingis that ben of God. And thei heerynge wondreden; and, hym laft, thei wenten awey. In that day Saducees, that seyen `there isOm. O. that UV sec. m. no rysyng aȝeinaȝen is OUV sec. m., `camen niȝneiȝeden OUV sec. m. to hym, and axiden hym, sey|ingeand seiden OUV sec. m., Maister, Moyses seide, ȝif eny `man bebrother is OUV sec. m. dead, nat hauynge a sone, that his brother wedde his wyf, and reyse seed to his brother. Forsothe seuen bretheren weren atanentes OU. vs; and the first, a wijf weddid, is dead. And he nat hauynge seed, left his wijf to his brother; also the secounde, and the thridde, tilOm. G pr. m. P. toOm. Q sec. m. the seuenthe. Forsothe theOm. W sec. m. laste of alle, andalso OUV sec. m. the womman is dead. Therefore in the rysynge aȝein, whos wijf of theOm. KTXY. seuene shal she be? for alle hadden hir. Sothely Jhesus answer|ynge seithseide OUV sec. m. to hem, Ȝee erren, nethernot OUV sec. m. knowynge the scripturis, nether the vertu of God. ForsotheFor OUV sec. m. in the rysyng aȝeyn, neither thei wedden, nether benthei be OV pr. m. weddid; but thei ben as theOm. MUP. aungelis of God in heuene. SothelyForsothe Q. of the rysynge aȝein of dead men, `ȝee hanhan ȝe N. nat rad, that it is seid of the Lord, seyinge to ȝou, I am God of Abraham, andOm. Q. God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob? he is nat God of deed men, but of lyuynge men. And the cumpanyes `of pe|pleOm. OUV sec. m. heerynge, wondreden in his techynge. Forsothe Pharisees, heerynge that he hadde put silence to Saducees, camen to gidre in to oon. And oon of hem, aOm. O. techer of the lawe, axede Jhesus, temptynge hym, Mais|tre, whiche is a greet maundementcommaundement OUV sec. m. inof W. the lawe? Jhesus seideseith QV pr. m. W. to hymhem V., Thou shalt loue thethi N. Lord thi God, of al thin herte, and inof OUV. al thi soule, and in al thi mynde. This is the firste and the most maunde|mentcom|maundement OUV sec. m.. Forsothe the secounde is lic to this; Thou shalt loue thi neiȝbore as thi self. In these twotwei OW. maundementiscommaundementes OUV sec. m. hang|ith al the lawe and prophetisthe prophetes OUV sec. m.. Sothely theOm. U. Pharisees gedrid to gidre, Jhesus ax|ide hem, seyinge, What semeth to ȝou of Crist, whos sone is he? Thei seyen to hym, Of Dauith. He seith to hem, Ther|fore hou `Dauith in spirit clepithin spyryt clepith Dauid GMX. hym Lord, seyingeand seith OUV sec. m., The Lord seide to my Lord, SitteSitte thou UV sec. m. on my riȝthalf, til thatOm. OUV sec. m. I put thin enmyes a stole of thi feet? Therfore ȝif Dauyd clepith him Lord, hou is he his sone? And no man miȝt answere a word to hym, nether eny man was hardy fro that` day, forOm. OQSUV sec. m. X. to axe hym more.

 CAP. XXIII.

Thanne Jhesus spac to the cumpanyes `of pepleOm. AOV sec. m., and to his disciplis, seiynge, VponOm. O. On X. `the chaier of MoysesOm. OV sec. m., scribis and Pharisees seetensaten redynge the lawe MP. schall sitte on the chayer of Moyses O. saten on the chayer of Moyses UV sec. m.. Therfore kepe ȝee, and do ȝee alle thingis, what euere thingisOm. G pr. m. X. thei shulen seie to ȝouȝou of the lawe GQY.. But nyl ȝee do aftervp OUV sec. m. `her werkisthe werkes of hem OUV sec. m.; sothelyfor OUV sec. m. thei seien, and don nat. Sothely thei bynden toOm. OUV sec. m. gre|uouse chargis, and vnportable, orether OV sec. m. and P. Om. X. `that mown nat be bornOm. X., and putten `in toon OUV sec. m. shuldresthe schuldris MUV sec. m. of men; but with her fyngir thei wolennil not O. nat moue hem. TherforeForsothe OUV sec. m. thei don alle her werkis, that thei be seen of men; forsothefor OUV sec. m. thei alargen her filateries, thattho O. Om. X. `ben smale scrowisOm. X., andand thei OU. magnyfie hemmysher hemmus GPX. their hemmes Q.. Sothely thei louen the first sittyng placis inat X. sopers, and the first chaiers in synagogis; and salutaciounssalutacioun O. in theOm. AMNOSUV sec. m. W. chepyng, and to ben clepid `of menOm. G. maistirsmayster U sec. m.. SothelyOf men sothely G. Forsothe OUV sec. m. nyl ȝee ben clepid maistirmaystirs MV sec. m.; for oon is ȝoure maistir, for|sothe alle ȝe ben brethren. And nyl ȝe clepe to ȝou aOm. KV pr. m. Y. fadir onapon ON. in U. erthe, for oon is ȝoure fadir, thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is in heuenes. Nether be ȝeOm. O. clepid maistirs, for oon is ȝour maistre, Crist. He that is morethe more UV sec. m. of ȝou, shal be ȝoure mynystre. Forsothe he that shal hieheȝen X. hiȝen Y. hym self, shal be mekid; and he that shal meeke hym self, shal ben en|haunsid. Sothely woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ypocritis, for ȝe closenOm. G pr. m. the kyngdamrewme OUV sec. m. of heuenesheuen O. before men; sothe|lyfor O. forsothe UV sec. m. ȝe entren nat, nenether ȝe OUV sec. m. neither S. suffre men entrynge forOm. SX. to entre. Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ypocritis, that eten the housis of widues, in longe preier preyinge; `for this thingOm. N. ȝe shulen take theOm. AMNOUV sec. m. more dom. Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ypo|critis, that cumpasen the se and theOm. O. lond, `that ȝeeto U. maken o proselite, that is, aOm. ANOSUV sec. m. Y. conuertid to ȝoure ordre; and whanne he `shal beis OUVW sec. m. maad, ȝe maken hym a sone of helle, double more than ȝouȝe been OUVW sec. m.. Woo to ȝou, blynde lederis, that seien, Who euere `shal swereswereth OUV sec. m. swere N. by the temple of God, `no thing isit is nouȝt U sec. m.; sothely he that `shal swereswereth OUV sec. m. in theOm. O. gold of the temple, `owith, or is detouris detour OUV sec. m. owith X.. Ȝee folis and blynde, forsotheOm. O. for UV sec. m. what is more, the gold, or the temple that halowith the gold? And who euer `shal swereswereth OUV sec. m. in the auter, `no thing isit is nouȝt U sec. m.; but he that `shal swereswereth OUV sec. m. in the ȝifte thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is on the auter, owithis dettour OUV sec. m. owith it P.. Blynde men, forsothefor OU. what is more, the ȝift, orether OUV sec. m. the auter that halowith the ȝifte? ForsotheTherfore OUV sec. m. he that swerith in the auter, swerith in it, and allein alle AGMNOPQSUVWXY. thingis that ben theron. And he that swerith in the temple, swerith in it, and in hym that dwellith in the temple. And he that swerith in heuene, swerith in the trone of God, and in hym that sittithsit X. therontherin O.. Woo to ȝou, scribis and Phari|sees, ypocritis, that tithen mente, aneteanese Q., and comyn, and hanhaf O. lefte tho thingis that ben `greuouser, or of more chargegreuouser, or more ch. N. gretter OUV sec. m. gr. and of m. ch. W. of more charge X., of the lawe, domas dome GPXY., and mercy, and feith. And `these thingisOm. OV sec. m. it behofte, `or nedideor nede A. Om. SUX., forOm. OSX. to dodo thes thinges OUV sec. m., and not to leeue hemtho OUV sec. m. X.. Blynde leders, `clensynge asiende the X. gnatte, but swolow|ynge athe X. camel. Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ipocritis, that maken clene thatthe O. thing of the cuppe and platerof the plater OPUV sec. m. XY pr. m., thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is with outforth; forsothe with ynne ȝe ben ful of raueyne and vnclennessewikkednes O.. Thou blynd Pharisee, clense first that thing of the cuppe and platerof the plater OUV sec. m. thatwhiche OUV sec. m. is `with ynne|forthwithin OUV., that `and thatalsso thilk OUV sec. m. that X. thing that iswas O. with outenforth be maad clene. Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ipocritis, that ben lic to sepulcris maad whijt, theOm. OUV sec. m. whiche with outen forth semen faire to men; sothely with ynne thei ben ful of boonys of dead men, and al filthe. So and ȝee forsotheOm. V sec. m. with outen forthforth forsothe V sec. m. aperen iusteriȝtful N. toOm. V. men; but with ynne ȝee ben ful of ypocrisie and wickidnesseof wikked|nes O.. Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ipocritis, that belden sepulcristhe sepulcres OUV sec. m. of prophetis, and maken faire the birielis of iuste men, and seien, Ȝif we hadden ben in the dayes of our fadris, we shulden nat hanhaf O. be here felowis in the blood of prophetis. And so ȝe ben inin to Q. witnessyng to ȝouȝour GM. self, for ȝe ben the sonys of hem that slowen theOm. OUV. prophetis. And `ȝe fulfillenfulfille ȝe ANW. ȝe fill O. ȝee fulfilleth SX. fille ȝe UV sec. m. the mesure of ȝoure fa|dris. Ȝee sarpentis, fruytis, or buriown|yngusf. of b. G. kyndeles OUV sec. m. frutis X., `of eddrisOm. X., `that sleen her modrisOm. OUX., hou shulen ȝee flee fro the domdampnacioun U. of helle? Therfore loo! I sende toOm. U. ȝou prophetis, and wise men, and scribis, `or writerisether w. OUV sec. m. W. Om. X.; and of hem ȝee shulenOm. G pr. m. slee, and crucifie, and of hem ȝe shulen bete in ȝour syna|gogis, and shulenȝee schulen GOUV sec. m. XY. pursue fro citee inOm. U. to citee; that al the iuste blode come vponon OSUV sec. m. X. ȝou, that was shedsched oute OUV sec. m. onin Q. theOm. OSUV sec. m. X. erthe, fro the blood of iust Abel tiltil to OUVW sec. m. the blood of Zacharie, the sone of Barachie, whom ȝeethei G sec. m. slowen bitwixebitwe SX. the temple and the auter. Trewli I seie to ȝou, alle theseOm. G pr. m. thingis shulen come vponon MOUVWX. this generacioun. Jeru|salem, Jerusalem, that sleest prophetis, and stonyst hem that ben sent to thee, hou oft wold I gedre to gidre thi sonys, as an henne gedreth togidre hir chikenys vndir hir wengis, and thou woldist nat. Loo! ȝoure hous shal be lefte to ȝou desert, `or forsakenOm. OUX.. Forsothe I seie to ȝou, ȝee shulen nat see me fro hennys forth, til thatOm. OUV sec. m. ȝee seien, Blessid `is heOm. X., that cumeth in theOm. X. name of the Lord.

 CAP. XXIV.

And Jhesus, gon out of theOm. N. temple, wente; and his disciplis `camen niȝneiȝeden OUV sec. m. to hym, that thei shulden shewe to hym the bildyngis of the temple. Forsothe he an|swerynge seithseide OUV sec. m. to hem, Seen ȝee alle these thingis? Trewly I seie to ȝou, a stoon shal nat be lefte here on a stoon, `the whichewhiche OV. that ne it U sec. m. that X. shal natOm. U sec. m. be distruyed. Sothely hym sittynge on the hil of Olyuete, disci|plishis disciplis AOUV. the disciplis GSMXY. `camen niȝneiȝeden OUV sec. m. to him priuely, seiynge, SeieSeie thou UV sec. m. to vs, whanne thes thingis schulen be, and what tokene of thi comynge, and ofof the QUX. ending of the world. And Jhesus answeringe seide to hem, Se ȝe, that no man disceyue ȝou. ManyFor many OUV sec. m. schulen come in my name, seyynge, Ithat I O. am Crist; and thei schulen disceyue manye. Sothly ȝe `ben toschulen OUV sec. m. heere bateyls, and opynyouns of bateyls; se ȝe, that ȝe ben not distrobliddisturbid SX. disturblid M.; forsothfor OU. it bihoueth thes thingis tofor to GMOPV pr. m. W. be don, but not ȝit is the ende. FolkFor folke OUV sec. m. schal ryse to gidere aȝen folk, and rewme `in toto G pr. m. aȝens OUV. rewme, and pestilencispestilens O., and hungris, and erthemouyngis schulen be by placis; for|sothe alle thes thingis ben bigynnyngis of sorwis. Thenne thei schulen bitake ȝou `in toto O. tribulacioun, and thei schulen slee ȝou, and ȝe schulen be in hatehatered OUV sec. m. to alle folkis for my name. And thanne manyemany men OUV sec. m. schulen be sclaundrid, and `to giderethei schulen OUV sec. m. bi|traye, orOm. G pr. m. OPUV sec. m. XY. `ech otherOm. X., and `in hate hauethei schulen haf in hatered OUV sec. m. to gidere. And many false prophetis schulen ryse, and disceyuethei schulen disceyue OUV sec. m. many. AndOm. G. for wickidnesse schal `be plenteouswaxe U sec. m., the charite of manyemany men OUV sec. m. schal wexe coold; for|sothe he that schal dwelle stablestedfast OUV sec. m. vntoin to O. til into UVW. the ende, heOm. SUV sec. m. thisOm. UV sec. m. schal be saaf. And this gospel ofof the U. kyngdom schal be prechid in al the world, in to witnessinge to alle folkis; and thanne the endeeendynge OUV sec. m. schal comebe OUV sec. m.. Therfore whenne ȝe schulen se the abho|mynacioun of discomfortdiscordinge O pr. m. V pr. m., that is seid of Danyel, the prophete, stondynge in theOm. GMP. hooly place; he that redith, vndirstondevnderstonde he O.; thanne thei that ben in Judee, flefle thei GMPTXY. toin to K. mounteyns; and he that is in the hous roof, come not down to take ony thing of his hous; and he that is in the feeld, turne not aȝen to take his coote. Forsoth wo to wymmenhem that ben OUVW sec. m. with childe and norys|chingenoris|chen OUV sec. m. nurshende X. in tho dayes. Sothly preie ȝe, that ȝoure fleynge be not maad in wyntir, orether in OU. ether in the V sec. m. saboth. ForsotheFor OUV sec. m. thanne schal be greet tribulacioun, what maner was not fro theOm. U pr. m. V sec. m. bigynnyng of the world totil AMNOPTUVW. now, nethir schal be maadOm. OUV sec. m.. And noOm. AX. butbut ȝif GMPQTXY pr. m. thothe K. dayes hadden be breggidabreged OUV sec. m., al fleisch, `that is, mankyndeOm. X., `schulde not be maad saafhad not been saued O pr. v.; but thothe N. dayes schulen be maad schort, for the chosun men. Thanne if ony man schal seie to ȝou, Lo! here is Crist, orether OUV sec. m. there, nyle ȝe bileue. ForsotheFor OUV sec. m. false Cristis and false prophetis schulen ryse, and thei schulen ȝyue grete tokenessignes OUV sec. m. and wondris; `so thatsothely O. alsoOm. G pr. m. KPX. the chosynechosen men OTUV sec. m. be ledd in to errour, if it may be don. Lo! I haue bifore seid to ȝou. Therfore if thei schulen seie to ȝou, Loo! he is in desert, nyle ȝe go out; loo! in pryuey `chambris, or placisplacis OUV sec. m. ch. or placis, he is P. chaumbres X., nyle ȝe bileue. SothliFor OUV sec. m. as leyt goth out fro the eest, and apperith `til in toin to AGX. til to K. the west, so schal be andin KP. also OUV sec. m. the comynge of mannus sone. Where euere the body schalOm. X. be, and theOm. O. eeglis schulen be gederid thidur. Forsothe anoon aftir the tribulacioun of tho dayes, the sunne schal be maad derk, and the mone schal not ȝyue hir liȝt, and sterris schulen falle down fro heuene, and theOm. Q. vertues of he|uenes schulen be mouydstirred OUV sec. m.. And thanne the tokene of mannus sone schal appere in heuene, and thanne alle kynredisthe kynredes OUV sec. m., `or lynagisOm. GOUXY pr. m., of erthe schulen weyle; and thei schulen se mannus sone comynge in theOm. G pr. m. PQTW pr. m. XY. clowdis of heuene, with moche vertu and mageste. And he schal sende his angelis with a trumpe, andin GX. greet voice; and thei schulen gedere his chosyne fro foure wyndis `of heueneOm. OUV W sec. m., fro the hiȝeste thingis of heuenes tilvnto GXY. til M. til to OPSUV sec. m. W sec. m. teermesthe teermes MOPUV sec. m. X. endis S., `or endesether endes AO. or termes S. ether the eendes U. Om. X., of hem. `Lerne ȝeForsothe lerne O. Lere ȝee SX. Forsothe lerne ȝe UV. the parable of athe U. fyge tree. WhenneNow whan O. Whan now U. his `bouȝ, or braunchebraunches O. braunche U. boȝ X. bowis, or braunche Y., is nowOm. OUV sec. m. tendre, and leeuys sprungen, ȝee witen, thatfor OUV sec. m. somer is niȝ; so `and ȝeealsso OUV sec. m. whenne ȝee shulen se alle these thingis, witithwite ȝe AOUV sec. m. wite NV pr. m. W. that it is niȝ, andOm. GOQSTX. in the ȝatis. Trewly I seie to ȝow, for this generacioun shal nat passe, til thatOm. OUV sec. m. alle thingis `be donpasse O.; heuene and erthe shulen passe, but my wordis shulen nat passe. For|sothe of thilkthat SX. day and hour no man woot, nether angelisthe aungeles OU. ofin S. heuenes, noOm. A. but the fadir alone. Forsothe as it was in the dayes of Noye, so shal be andalso OUV sec. m. the com|yng of mannes sone. For as in the days bifore the grete flood, thei weren etynge and drinkynge, weddynge and takynge to weddynge, til in to thatthe U. day, in theOm. NOUV sec. m. X. whiche Noe entride in to the ship; and thei knewen nat, til thatOm. N pr. m. Q. the grete flood came, and toke alle men, so shal be the cummyng of mannes sone. Thanne twotweien OUW. shulen be in a feeld, oon shal be taken toOm. NOU. for to T., and `an other left, or forsakenanothir leeft APX. oone schall be forsaken O. another schal be forsaken U sec. m.; twotwei OV sec. m. tweyne W. wymmen shulen be gryndynge in ooa W. quernemylne X., oon shal be taken toOm. OU., and `the otherthe tother AMNPQTV. that other GUS. an other W. forsakenschal be forsaken OU. left X.; twotweine OUVW. in ooa UV. bed, `the toonthat oon G. one OUPW. the oon X. shal be taken toOm. OU., and thethat GU. totherother GOSUX. forsakenschal be forsaken O.. Therfore wake ȝee, for ȝee witen nat in what houre ȝoureoure U. Lord `is toschal OU. cumme. Sothely that thing wite ȝee, for ȝif the housbonde man wiste in what houre the theef `were toschulde OUV sec. m. cumme, trewly he shulde wake, and suffre nat his hous to be vndirmynydmyned OU.. AndOm. S. therfore andalso OU. `ȝee bebe ȝe UV sec. m. ȝee beth X. redy, forfor ȝe witen not OU. in what hour `ȝee gessen natOm. OU., mannes sone `is toschal OU. cumme. Who gessist thou is a trewfeiȝful OU. seruaunt andand a U. prudent, `or warOm. OUV sec. m. X., whom his lord ordeynyde on his meynee, that he ȝeue toOm. U. hem mete in tyme? Blissid is that seruaunt, whom his lord, whenne he shalOm. O. cumme, shal fynde `doynge soso doynge GMX.. Trewly I seie to ȝou, for vponon OUV sec. m. W sec. m. X. alle his goodis he shal ordeyne hym. Forsothe ȝif thilkthat X. yuel seruaunt shalOm. OU. seieseith U. in his herte, My lord makith dwellynge, or taryingetaryinge AOU. dwelling X., to cum, and bi|gynneschal bygynne G sec. m. bigynneth P. he bygyn O. if he bigynne U. to smyte his euen seruauntisseruaunt O., sothely ȝif he eteeteth OUV sec. m. and drynkedrenketh OUV sec. m. with drunkenlewe men; the lord of thilkthat OUX. ser|uaunt shal cume in the day in whiche he hopith nat, and in hourthe houre OUV sec. m. thatin whiche OU. he know|ith nat, and shalhe schall OU. departe hym, and puthe schall putte OU. his part with ypocritis; there shal be weepynge, and betynge togidre of teeth.

 CAP. XXV.

Thanne the kyngdamrewme OU. of heuenes shal be lic to ten virgynys, `the whichewhiche OUV sec. m. that X., tak|ynge her laumpis, wente outout to X. meetynge the spouse, `or husbondeOm. AOUX. or the hosbonde N., and theOm. X. spous|esse spouse GMOPQV pr. m., `or wijfOm. OUV sec. m. X.; forsothe fyue of hem weren foolis, and fyue prudent. But the fyue foolis, her laumpis taken, token nat oyle with hem; forsothe the prudentfiue prudent X. token oyle in her vessels with laumpis. Forsothe the spouse, `or housbondeOm. AOSUV sec. m. X., mak|ynge dwellyngetariyng U., alle nappiden and slept|en . Sothely at myd niȝt a cry was maad, Loo! the spouse cummeth, go ȝee out `metynge toaȝens OU. to meetinge to X. hym. ThanneAnd than O. alle the virgynys rysen vp, and anournedenhonoureden A. nour|eden G. ourneden NOSUX. her laumpis. Sothely the foolis seiden to the wise, Ȝeue ȝee to vs of ȝoure oile, for oure laumpis ben qwenchid. The prudent an|swereden, seyingeOm. O., Lest perauenture it suffisesufficeth O. nat to us and to ȝou, go ȝee rather to `men sellyngethe selleres OUV sec. m., and byeby ȝe NOUV sec. m. bieth SX. to ȝou. `For|sothe theSothely OUV sec. m. while thei wenten forOm. OSUV sec. m. X. to bye, the spouse came; and tho that weren redy, entriden inOm. OUV sec. m. with hym to the weddyngis; and the ȝate iswas OUV sec. m. shit. Sothely at the last andalso OUV sec. m. theOm. OUV sec. m. other virgynys camen, seyinge, Lord, lord, openeopene thou OUV sec. m. to vs. And he answer|ynge seith, Treuly I seie to ȝou, I knowe `nat ȝouȝou not X.. And so wake ȝee, `and preyeOm. OM sec. m. UVW sec. m. and preȝeth SX., for ȝee witen nat the day nenether UV sec. m. the hour. Sothely as a man goynge fer in pilgrim|age, clepide his seruauntis, and bitoke toOm. Q. hem his goodis; and toOm. U. oon he ȝaue fyue talentis, `or besauntisOm. AOUX., forsothe to an other twotweine OUW., but to an other oon, to eche afterby OUV sec. m. his owne vertu; and wentehe wente OUV sec. m. forth anoon. For|sothe and he that hadde take fyuethe fyue W. talentis, wente forth, and wrouȝte in hem, and wan other fyue. Also andOm. W. he that hadde taken twotweine OUVW sec. m., wan other twotweyne OUVW sec. m.. Sothely he that hadde taken oon, goyngewente U. forth, dalfdalfe it KP. and dalfue U. in to theOm. S. erthe, and hidde the mone of his lord. BotForsothe OUV sec. m. after muche tyme, the lord of thothe M pr. m. seruauntis came, and puttideputte SX. resoun with hem. And he that hadde taken fyue talentis, `cummynge toneiȝinge OUV sec. m., offride other fyue, seyinge, Lord, thou bitokisttokest O. bitoke X. meto me OUV sec. m. fyue talentis, `or besauntisOm. AGOPS UXY pr. m., loo! I haue `geten ouerouergeten AMNOUVW. geten XY. other fyue. His lord seithseide OUV sec. m. to hym, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and feithful, `or treweOm. AGOPUXY.; for vponon OUV sec. m. X. fewe thingis thou hast ben trewefeiȝful OU., I shal ordeyne thee vponon OUV sec. m. X. many thingis; entre thou in to the ioye of thi lord. Forsothe andOm. U. he that hadde taken twotwei OV sec. m. W. talentis, `came toneiȝed OV sec. m. neiȝynge U., andOm. U. seithseide OV sec. m. offrede other tweyne, seiynge U., Lord, thou bitokistbitoke SX. toOm. QW pr. m. me twotwey OUVW. talentis; loo! I haue `geten ouerouergeten AMNOUVW. other twotweine OUVW.. His lord seithseide OUV sec. m. to him, Wel bebe to thee U. thou, good seruaunt and trewefeiȝfull OUV sec. m.; for vponon OUV sec. m. X. fewe thingis thou hast ben trewefeyȝful OUV sec. m., I shal ordeyne thee vponon OUVX sec. m. many thingis; entre thouOm. G pr. m. PX. in to the ioye of thi lord. Forsothe and he that hadde taken oo talent, `cummynge toneiȝynge OUV., seithseide OUV sec. m., Lord, I wote thatfor GMOPUVWX sec. m. for that K pr. m. thou art an hard man; thou repist wher thou hast nat sewen, and thou gederist to gidre wher thou hast nat spreedde abrood; and I dred|ynge wente, and hidde thi talent in theOm. GOP UVY sec. m. erthe; loo! thou hast thatthe thenge OUV sec. m. that is thin. Sothely histhe K sec. m. lord answerynge, seideseith G. to hym, Yuel seruaunt and slowe, wistist thou thatfor OUV sec. m. I repe wher I sewe nat, and gederegadered QW. to gidre wher I spradde nat abrood? Ther|fore it bihouydebyhouith GU. bihofte W. thee toOm. Q. `sende, or be|takensende A. take O. bitake UV sec. m. han sent X., my monee to chaungers, thatOm. ANOQSTUVWXY sec. m. andOm. P. I cummynge shulde haue resceyued for|sothesothely OUV sec. m. Om. S. forth XY. thatthe thenge OUV sec. m. that is myn with vsuris. And so `take ȝetakith GPXY. awey fro hym the talent, and ȝeue ȝe itOm. AMNOSUV. toOm. W. hym that hath ten talentis. For to eueryeche OUV sec. m. X. man hauynge itOm. G pr. m. X. shal be ȝouen, and he shal haue plenteplente, or encrese U sec. m.; andforsothe OUV. tofro AO sec. m. UV. hym that hath nat, andalsso OUV sec. m. Om. Q. thatthat thenge O. this UV sec. m. that he sem|ethbisemith G sec. m. to haue, shal be taken froof O. awei of UV. hym. And caste ȝee out the `vnprofitable seruauntseruaunt unprofitable ANOUVW., `and sendOm. M sec. m. ȝeeOm. M sec. m. W sec. m. hymOm. M sec. m. W. in to vttermorevtmere AOVW. the vttermore TU. vtmore X. derknessis; there shal be weepynge, and betyng to gidre of teeth. Forsothe whanne mannes sone shal cume in his mageste, and alle his angelis with hym, thanne he shal sitte on the segesete OUVX. of his magestee; and alle folkis shulen be gederid beforetofore O. hym, and he schal departe hem atwynne, as a shep|erde departith scheep fro kidis; andOm. O. sothli he schal seette the scheep on histhe Q. riȝthalf, theand the O. kidis forsothe on thehis OX. lefthalf. Thanne the kyng schal seie to hem, that shulen be on histhe N. riȝthalf, Come ȝee, the blessid of my fadir, welde ȝee, `or take ȝee in pos|sessiounOm. AOQUX. or takith in possessioun GSY pr. m. or take in possessioun M., the kyngdam maad redy to ȝou fro the `bygynnynge, or makyngemakyng AMNOPSUVW. bigynnynge QX., of the world. ForsotheFor O sec. m. U. I was hungryhungered OUV sec. m., and ȝe ȝauen to meOm. U. forOm. SX. to ete; I thristide, and ȝee ȝeuen toOm. U. me forOm. SX. to drynke; I was herberlesse, and ȝee `gederiden, or her|berden herberden OV sec. m. gedereden X., me; nakidI was naked O., and ȝee heliden me; seik, and ȝee visitiden me; I was in pri|soun, and ȝe camen to me. Thanne iust men shulen answere to hym, seyingeand seie OUV., Lord, whenne syȝen we thee hungry, and we fedd thee; thristy, and we ȝeuen toOm. O. thee drynkefor to drynke W pr. m.? whenne forsothe seien we thee herberlesse, and we gedridenherberowed O. theethee to herbore UV sec. m.; orand P. ether OUV. nakid, and we heliden thee? orOm. O. ether UV. `whenne seien we thee seekOm. O., orether OUV. in prisoun, and we camen to theethe, ether seke and we visiteden thee O.? And he answerynge shal seie to hem, Treuly I seie to ȝou, `as longals longe O. Om. G pr. m. as ȝee diden to oon of these my leste bre|thren, ȝee diden to me. Thanne the kyng shal seie andalsso OU. and also V sec. m. to hem, that shulen be on his left half, DepartȜe cursed, departe OUV sec. m. Departeth PSXY. fro me, `ȝee cursidOm. OUV sec. m., in toto the V. euerlastynge fijr, `the whichewhiche OUV sec. m. that X. is maad redy to the deuyl and histo his OUV. angelis. Sothe|lyFor OUV sec. m. I hungeryde, and ȝe ȝauen nat toOm. OU. me forOm. SX. to ete; I thristide, and ȝee ȝauen nat to me forOm. SX. to drynke; I was herberlesse, and ȝee gedridenharberowed O. nat meme to herbore UV sec. m.; nakid, and ȝee co|uereden nat me; seik, and in prisoun, and ȝee visitiden nat me. Thanne andalso OUV sec. m. thei shulen answere to hym, seyingeand seie OUV sec. m., Lord, whanne seien we thee hungrynge, orether OUV. thristynge, or herberlesse, orether OUV. nakid, orether OUV. seik, orether OUV. in prisoun, and we seruyden nat to thee? Thanne he shal answere to hem, seiyngeand seie OUV sec. m., Treuly I seie to ȝou, houas OUV sec. m. longe ȝee diden nat to oon of these lestelesse O. my leeste W pr. m., `nethere ȝee didenȝe diden not OU. ȝee neither diden X. to me. And these shulen go in to euerlastynge tourment; forsothe theOm. OUV sec. m. iust men in to euere lastinge lyf.

 CAP. XXVI.

And it iswas UV. don, whenne Jhesus hadde eendid alle these wordis, he seide to his disciplis, Wite ȝee, for after twotwei OV sec. m. W. dayes pask shal be maad, and mannes sone shal be bitakentaken O., that he be crucified. Thanne the princis of prestisthe prestes O. and eldrethe eldere ANOPSUVW. men of the peple benweren OU. gedrid in to the halle of theOm. N. princeprinces G pr. m. V pr. m. W. of prestis, that was said Caiphas, and madenthei maden OU. a counseile, thathou X. thei shul|den holde Jhesu with gile, and sleaslee him P.; sothly thei seiden, Nat in the `feste dayhaliday AMNOUVW., lest per auenture noys were maad in the peple. ForsotheSothely O. whenne Jhesus was in Betanye, in thea O. house of Symount le|prous the leprous MOV pr. m., a womman hauynge a boxe of ala|bastre of preciouse oynement, `came niȝneiȝed OUV sec. m. to hym, and shedde out on the heuedheed AMNPUV et W pass. hed QS et X pass. of hym restinge. Sothely disciplisthe disciples GMOPUV sec. m. XY seeynge hadden dedeyn, seyinge, Wherto this losse? forsothefor OV. itthis OUV sec. m. miȝte behaf be O. solde for mychemekil N., and be ȝouen to pore men. Sothely Jhe|sus wytinge, seithseide OUV. to hem, What be ȝe heuy, `or soryOm. AGOPQUV sec. m. XY., to this womman? `sothely a good workOm. OUV sec. m. she hath wrouȝtwrouȝte a gode werke OUV sec. m. in me. For whiOm. OUV sec. m. ȝee shulen `euermore hauehaue euer OU. pore men with ȝou, but ȝee shulen nat algatiseuermore O. euer UV sec. m. haue me. Forsothe this womman send|enge this oynement in to my body, made forOm. SX. to birye me. Treuly I seie to ȝou, wher euer this gospel shal be prechidrad W pr. m. ininto O. al the world, itthat O. shal be seide andOm. G. that this womman dide, in to mynde of hym. Thanne oon of the twelue, that was seide Judas Scarioth, wente forthOm. OUV sec. m. to the princis of prestis, and seithseide OUVW sec. m. XY. to hem, What wolen ȝee ȝeue to me, and I shal bitaketaken X. hym to ȝou? And thei ordeyneden to hym thritti platis of seluer. And fro that tyme he souȝte couenablete, `for to bitakethat he schuld bytraye OU. that he shulde bitaken V sec. m. to bitaken X. hym. Forsothe in the first day of `the fest of pasktherf looues OU. therf looues, that is, the feste of paske V pr. m. W sec. m. disciplisthe disciplis MOPUXY. camenneiȝeden OU. to Jhesu, seyingeand seiden OUV sec. m., Wher wolt thou wethat we O. make redy to thee, forOm. OUV sec. m. X. to ete paske? And Jhesus seithseide OUV., Go ȝee in to the citee to sum man, and seieseie ȝe OUV sec. m. to hym, The maister seith, My tyme is niȝ; at thee I make paskeOm. AGNOS pr. m. UVW sec. m. XY. with my disciplis. And theOm. ANSVW. disciplis diden, as Jhe|sus comaundide `to hemOm. N.; and thei maden redy pask. Forsothe euenyngeuentyde OUV. maad, he sat `at theto OUV sec. m. mete with his twelueOm. W. disciplis. And he seide to hem etynge, Treuly I seie to ȝou, for oon of ȝou `is toschal OUV sec. m. betraye me. And thei `ful sory bygunnynmade sorowe ful greetly, and thei bigunnen O. maad sorouful greteli, bigunnen UV. echeall in special OUV. Om. Q. to seie, Lord, wherwhethir GU et X pass. I amit am O.? And he an|swerynge seithseide OUV sec. m., He that `with me in put|tithputteth in with me AMNOUVW. with me puttith in P. the hond in the plater, thisOm. OUV sec. m. shal bi|traye me. Forsothe mannes sone goth, as it is writen of hym; but woo to that man, bi whom mannys sone shal be bitrayed; it were good to hym, ȝif thatthilke OUV sec. m. man hadde nat ben boren. Forsothe Judas that bi|trayed hym, answeride, seyinge, Maister, wher `I amit am I O.? He seithseide OUV sec. m. to hym, Thou hast seid. Forsothe hem soupynge, Jhe|sus toke breed, and blissideblissed it O., and bracke, and ȝaue to his disciplis, `and seithseiynge O. and seide UVW sec. m., Take ȝee, and eteeet ȝe OUV. eteth SX.; this is my body. And he takynge the cuppe, dede thankyngis, and ȝaue to hem, seyingeand seide OUV sec. m., Drinke ȝee alle her|of ; this is my blood of the newe testa|ment, `the whichewhiche OUV sec. m. that X. shal be shed out for many, in to remissioun of synnys. For|sothe I seie to ȝou, I shal nat drinke fro this tyme, of this fruyt of the vyne, til in to thatthe W. day whenne I shal drinke it newe with ȝou, in the kyngdamrewme OUV sec. m. of my fadir. And an ympne, `or heriyngeOm. OX. either [or V sec. m.] preysyng of God UV sec. m., seid, thei wenten out in to the mount of Olyuete. Thanne Jhesus seith to hem, Alle ȝe shu|len suffre sclaundre in me, inOm. X. this niȝt; for it is wrytyn, I shal smyte the sheperde, and the sheep of the floc shulen be scatered. Forsothe after that I shal ryse aȝein, Iand I K sec. m. shal go bifore ȝou in to Galilee. Sothely Petre answerynge, seithseiȝ O. seide S. to him, `And ȝifThouȝ OUV sec. m. allealle men S. shulen be sclaundrid in thee, I shal neuere be sclaundrid. Jhesus seithseiȝ O. to hym, Trewly I seie to thee, for in this niȝt bifore the cok crowe, thries thou shalt denye me. Petre seith to hym, `And ȝifȜhe thouȝ OUVW sec. m. it shal behoue me to dye with thee, I shal nat denye thee. AlsoOm. O. and alle disci|plisthe disciples G sec. m. MOPSW. seidenseiden also O.. Thanne Jhesus came with hem in to a toun, thatwhiche OU. is seid Gessemanye. And he seide to his disciplis, Sitte ȝee heer, theOm. OUV sec. m. whilewhile that O. I shalOm. OPUV sec. m. go thidir, and preie. And Petre taken toOm. OUV., and twotweye OUV sec. m. W. sonys of Zebedee, he began forOm. SUVX. to be distourblidsorowful OUV sec. m. disturbid SX., `or heuyOm. OX. and heuy Q sec. m., andor Q sec. m. soryheuy OUV sec. m. in herte. ThanneAnd Y. he seithseide OUV sec. m. to hem, My soule is sorowful til to the deth; `susteyne ȝee, or abyde ȝeeabide ȝee OU. S. ȝee, or abijde P. S. ȝee, or abidith S. sustene ȝee X., here, and wake ȝee with me. And he gon forth a litil, felle doun in to his face, preyinge, and seyinge, My fadir, ȝif it is possible, `passe this cuppethis cuppe passe UV. fro me; nethe|les nat as I wole, but as thou wolt. And he came to his disciplis, and foonde hem slepynge. And he seithseide OUV sec. m. to Petre, So, `wher ȝee miȝtemiȝte ȝe OU. whether ȝee miȝten X. nat oon hour wake with me? Wake ȝee, and preiepraye ȝe OUV sec. m. preȝeth X., that ȝee en|tren nat in to temptacioun; forsothe the spirit is redy, bote the flesh seikis seke OUV sec. m., `or vn|stableOm. AX. ether vnstidfast OUV sec. m.. Eft the secounde tyme he wente, and preide, seyinge, My fadir, ȝif this cuppe may nat passe, noOm. AX. botebut ȝif GMXY pr. m. I drynke it, thi wille be don. And eftsoneefte OUV sec. m. he came, and foonde hem slepynge; forsothe her eȝen weren greuedgreeuyd, or heuyed MP. heuyed U sec. m. marg.. And hem left, he wente eftsoneefte OUV sec. m., and preide the thridde tyme, the same word seyinge. Thanne he came to his disciplis, and seithseide OUVW sec. m. to hem, Slepe ȝee nowe, and resterestith GX. ȝe; loo! the hour hath neiȝed, and mannes sone shal be takenbytrayed O. bitaken UV. in to the hondis of synners; ryse ȝee, go wee; loo! he that shal takebytray OUV. traye P. me, `shal neiȝehath neiȝed OUVW sec. m.. AndOm. OUV. ȝit hym spekynge, loo! Judas, oon of the tweluetwelf cam OUV., and with hym cameOm. OUV. a grete cumpanye, with swerdis and battisstaues OUV., sent of the princes of prestis, and of eldrethe elder AMNOPSUVW. men of the peple. For|sothe he that bitraiede hym, ȝaue to hem a tokne, seiynge, Whom euer Y shal kisse, he it is; holde ȝee hym. And anon he `cummynge niȝneiȝeinge OUV. to Jhesu, seide, Haile, maistre; and he kisside hym. And Jhe|sus seide to hym, Frend, wherto art thou comen? Thanne thei `camen niȝneiȝeden OUV., and castidensetteden OUV. casten SX. hondis `in toon OUV sec. m. Jhesu, and helden hym. And loo! oon of hem that weren with Jhesu, holdynge outforth OUV. the hond, drowȝ outOm. U. hisa O. swerd; and he, smytynge thea O. seruaunt of the princeprinces OQ. of prestisthe prestes O., kittekitted OV. of his litilOm. NOUV. ereriȝt ere NS.. Thanne Jhesus seithseide OUV. to hym, Turne thi swerd in to his place; sothelyfor OUV. alle that shulen take swerd, shu|len perishe by swerd. Wher gessist thou, thatfor OUV. I may nat preie my fadir, and he shal ȝeue to me now more than twelue legions of angelis? Hou therforeOm. O. shulen the scripturis be fulfillidfilled OUV.? `for soforsothe X. it be|houeth to be don. In that hour Jhesus seide to the cumpanyes `of pepleOm. OUV., As to a theef ȝee han gon out, with swerdis and battisstaues OUV., forOm. SUVX. to cacchetake OUV. me; `day by dayeich day OUV. I satte at ȝou, techynge in the temple, and ȝee helden not me. Forsothe al thisOm. P. thing was don, that the scripturis of prophetis shulden be fulfillidfilled OUV.. Thanne alle disciplisthe disciples MSW. fledden, hym forsaken. And thei hold|ynge Jhesu, ledden hym to Caiphas, prince of prestis, wherOm. I. with Q. scribisthe scribes OUV. `and PhariseesOm. OUVW sec. m., and theOm. GW. eldre men of theOm. G pr. m. peple had|den cummen to gidre. Forsothe Petre suede hym afer, til in to the halle of theOm. O. princeprincis KQ. of prestis; and he gon ynne with ynne, sate with seruauntisthe seruauntes OUV., that he shulde se theOm. O. eend. Forsothe the princisprince O. of prestis, and alle the counseile souȝten fals witnessynge aȝeinus Jhesu, that thei shulden takebytake OUV. hym to deththe deth K.; and thei founden nat, whenne many fals witnessis hadden `cummen toneiȝed OUV.. Treuly at the laste, twotwei NOVW. fals witnessis camen, and seiden, This seide, I may distruye the temple of God, and after `the thridde daythre dayes O. bilde it aȝein. And the prince of prestis rysynge seithseide OUV. to hym, Answerist thou no thing to thothese X. thingis, `the whichewhiche UV. that OX. these witnessen aȝeinus thee? Forsothe Jhesus was stille. And the prince of prestis seithseide OUV. to hym, I couniour thee by quycke God, that thou seie to vs, ȝif thou beart OUV. Crist, the sone of God. Jhesus seide to hym, Thou hast seid; netheles I seie to ȝou, `an other tymefro hennes forth OUV., `or fro this tyme forthOm. AOUVX., ȝee shulen se mannes sone sittynge at the riȝthalf of `the vertue of GodGoddes vertu OUV., and cummynge inin the UV. cloudis of heuene. Thanne the prince of prestis kitteto|rente OUV., `or to-renteOm. AOUV X. or rente G., his clothis, seyinge, He hath blasfemed; what ȝit nede hanhaf OUV. we to witnessis? loo! now ȝee han herd blasfemyeblasfemynge V.; what semeth to ȝou? And thei answerynge seiden, He is gilty of deth. Thanne thei spittenspetteden OPQY. in to his face, and smytenbeeted OUV. hym with buffetis; forsothe other ȝouen strokis with thetheir G. Om. N. pawm of hondis in to his face, seyinge, Thou Crist, prophecie to vs, who is he that smote thee? Sothely Petre sat `with outenwit oute forth OUV. in the porchehalle A sec. m. OUVW sec. m.; and anoon AGMNOSUVWY. one P. hond maydenmayde OUV. `came niȝneiȝed OUV. to hym, seyingeand seide OUV., And thou were with Jhesu of Galilee. And he denyede before alle men, seyinge, I woot nat whatOm. G pr. m. thou saist. Forsothe hymhe O. goynge out theat the AN. of the OUVW sec. m. ȝate, an other hond maydenmayde OUV. say hym, and seithseide OUVW sec. m. to hem that weren there, And this was with Jhesu of Naȝareth. And eftsoneefte OUV. he denyede with anan other O. ooth, for heI OUV. knewe nat the man. And after a litil, thei that stoden `came niȝneiȝeden to Peter O. neiȝeden UV. camen nyȝ to Peter X., and seiden `to PetreOm. OX., TreulyOm. U. and thou art ofoon of O. hem; for whi andalso and O. also UV. thi speche makith thee opynknowen OUV.. Thanne `he beganbygan he O. to waryecurse OUV. and swereto swere PUV., that he knewe nat the man. And anon the cok crew. And Petre bithouȝte on the wordwordis K sec. m. of Jhesu, thatwhiche OUV. he hadde seide, BiforeBifore that OUV. the cok crewecrowe PWX., thries thou shalt denye me. And he gon out, wepte bittirly.

 CAP. XXVII.

Forsothe theOm. O. morwemorewyn G. morowtide OPUV. maad, alle the princis of prestisthe prestis O., and eldrethe elder OUV. men of the peple token counseila counseil T. aȝeins Jhesu, that thei shulden takebytake OUV. hym to deth. And thei ladden hym bounden, and bitoken hymOm. AGMNPSWXY. toOm. N. Pilat of Pounce, `meire, or chef iusticethe iustice OUV. president X.. Thanne Judas that bitrayede hym, seynge that he was dampnyd, hewas OUV. led by penaunceforthenkynge OUV,, `or forthenkyngeOm. AOUVX., brouȝteand brouȝte OUV. aȝein thritti platis of seluer to the princis of prestis, and to the eldre men of theOm. Q. peple, seyingeand seide OUV., I haue synned, bitrayinge iustriȝtwis X. blood. And thei seiden, What to vs? se thou. And the platis of seluer `cast aweycasten forth O. cast forth UV. ininto OQ. the temple, he wente awey, and goyingehe goynge OUV. awey heOm. OUV. hang|ideheeng X. hymhimsilf OQUV. with a `grane, or a gnaregrane AMX. grane, or gnare GT. grane, or snare NSWY. snare OUV. gryne P. grynne, or snare Q.. Forsothe the princis of prestis, taken the platis of seluer, seiden, It is nat leueful to sende hem in to theOm. W pr. m. tresorie, for it `is theOm. K. pris of blood. Sothly counceil taken, thei bouȝten with them the feeld of a potter, `in toin to the U. byryinge of `dead menpilgrimes, or deedmen Q sec. m. pylgrimes U sec. m. X.. For this thing `the ilkthat X. feeld is clepid Achel|demak, that is, athe Q. feeld of blood, til in to this day. Thanne itOm. OUVW sec. m. X. iswas UV. fulfillidfilled OUV., `that thingthis thinge OUV. that iswas UV. seid by the prophete Jere|mye, seyynge, And thei token thritty platis of syluer, theOm. OU. pris of a man preysidthe preisid X., whom thei preysiden of the sonys of Yrael; and thei ȝauen hem in to thea MPQSUVWXY. feeld of a potter, as the Lord ordeyned to me. Sothely Jhesus stood byfore the `meyre, or domysmanmeire A. iustise OUV. ; and the prese|dentiustise OUV. domesman PX. axide hym, seyinge, Art thou kyng of Jewis? Jhesus seith to hym, Thou seist. And whenne he was acusid of theOm. ANS. princesprince KQ. of prestis, and eldreof the eldere OUV. men of the peple, he answeride no thing. Than Pilat seith to hym, Herist thou nat, hou manygrete OUV. witnessyngiswyttenessynge O. thei seien aȝeinus thee? And he answeride nat to hym toOm. S. eny word, so that the presedentiustice OUV. domesman P. wondride gretely. Forsothe by athe OUV. solempne day the presedentiustice OUV. domesman P. was wontwoned O. forOm. SX. to delyuere to the peple oon bounden, whom thei wolden. ForsotheSothely OUV. hethei U. haddehade than OVW sec. m. hadden than U. aoo P. O UVXY pr. m. `noble manfamos man OUV. bounden, that was seid Barabas. Ther|fore Pilat seid to hem gedrid to gidre, Whom wole ȝee, I `leeue, or delyueredelyuere A. schal delyuere OUV. lefe X., to ȝou? wher Barabas, orether OUV. Jhesu, that is seid Crist? Sothely he wiste, that `by enuyeOm. O. thei betraiedenbytoken OUV. hymhim with enuy O.. Forsothe hym sittynge for `iustise, or domysmaniustise AX. iuge OUV., his wyf sente to hym, seyingeand seide OUV., No thing to thee and to thatthis O. iust man; sothelyfor OUV. I haue suffrid `this dayto day OUV. many thingis for hym, by a visioun, `or sweuenOm. AOUVX.. Forsothe the princis of prestis and theOm. UX. eldre men `tisiden, or counseilidentisiden AX. counseiliden OUV., toOm. AOUV. the peplispepel O., that thei shulden axeaske Q. Barabas, but Jhesu thei shulden lese. Forsothe the presidentiustice OUV. answerynge seithseide OUV. to hem, Whom of thethese Q. twotweyne UVW. wolen ȝee to be `left, or delyueridleft AX. delyuered OUV., to ȝou? And thei seiden, Barabas. Pilat seith to hem, What therfore shal I do of Jhesu, thatwhiche OUV. is seid Crist? Alle seien, Be he crucified. The presedentiustice OUV. seithseide P. to hem, Sothely what ofOm. OUV. yuel hath he don? AndOm. Q. thei crieden more, seyinge, Be he crucified. ForsotheSothely O. Pilat seynge `that hefor he AUVW sec. m. for it O. profitide no thing, but the more noysea noyse OUVW. was maad, water taken, washidewasche to G pr. m. wasche G sec. m. he waschide U. wesh X. thehis MXY. hondis byfore the peple, seyingeand seide OUV., I am innocent, `or giltlesseOm. AOUVX., froof OUV. the blood of this iust man; se ȝee. And al the peple answerynge seide, His blood vponon OSUVW sec. m. X. vs, and on oure sonys. Thanne he leftedeliuered OUV. to hem Barabas, butforsothe OUV. he tokebitoke OUV. leet X. to hem Jhesu scourgid, that he shuldeOm. U. be crucified. Thanne kniȝtisthe knyȝtes OUV. of the presidentdomesman GXY. iustice OUV. takynge Jhesu in the mote halle, gedriden to hym alle the cumpanyecumpanies G pr. m. of kniȝtis. And thei vnclothinge hym, diden aboute hym a rede mantel; and thei foldynge a crowne of thornis, puttidenputten SX. on his heued, and a reed inin to OUV. his riȝt hond; and the knee bowid, `or foldenOm. AOQUVX. or falt S., bifore hym, thei scornyden hym, seyingeand seiden OUV., Hayle, kyng of Jewis. And thei spittynge `in toon OUV. hymhis face N., token a reed, and smyten his heued. And after thatOm. Q. thei haddenOm. OQUVWX. `scorned hym, thei vnclothidenvnclothid K. scornyden him, vnclothing Q. scorned hym, thei vncladden X. vnclothiden Y. hym ofOm. X. the mantel, andOm. KW pr. m. thei clothidencladden SX. hym with his clothis, and ledden hym `for to cru|cifiethat he schulde be crucified OUV. for to be crucified Q sec. m. for to crucifye him W sec. m. to crucifien X.. Sothely thei goynge out, founden a man of SyrynenCirenense P., cummynge fro athe OUV. toun, Symont by name; thei constreyneden hym, that he shulde take `his crossethe crosse of Jhesu O. the crosse of hym UV.. And thei camen `in toto G pr. m. S. a place thatwhiche OUV. is clepid Golgatha, that is, the place of Caluarie. And thei ȝauen hymto him OV. forOm. SX. to drinke wiyn meyn|gidmedled OUV. meynd PW. with galle; and whenne he had tastid, he wolde nat drinke. Sothely after thatOm. O. thei hadden crucified hym, thei departiden his clothis, sendynge lot, that itOm. X. shulde be fulfillidfilled OUV., thatthat thing X. is seid by the prophete, seyinge, Thei departidenpartiden AMNPQSXY. partideden W. to hem myhis U. clothis, and onvpon AGMNPSWY. of U. my clothclothis W pr. m. thei sentencasten U sec. m. lot. And thei sittynge kepten hym; and thei puttidensetteden OUV. putten S. on his heued the cause of hym wryten, This is Jhesus `of NazarethOm. OUV., kyngthe kynge OUV. of Jewis. Thanne twotwey VW. theeues benweren OUV. crucified with him, oon on the riȝt half, and oonanother NOUV. on the left half. Forsothe men passynge forth blasfemyden hym, moou|ynge her heuedisheedes MOQSWX., and seyinge, `Vath, or fieFiȝ OUVW. Vath X., `to theeOm. X., that distroyist the temple of God, and in the thridde day `bildist it aȝeinaȝen|byldest it OUV.; saue thou thi self; ȝif thou art the sone of God, cume dounthou doun OUV. of the crosse. AlsoIn like maner OUV. and princisthe princes OUV. of prestis scornynge, with scribis and eldre men, seiden, He made other men saaf, he may nat make hym self saaf; ȝif he is kyngthe kynge OU. of Yrael, cume he noweOm. N. doun froof O. the crosse, and we bileuen to hym; heAnd he K sec. m. trustith in God, delyuere he hym nowe, ȝif he wole; for|sothefor OUV. he seide, ForOm. OUV. I am `Goddis sonethe Sone of God OUV.. `Forsothe andAlso forsothe O. Forsothe also U. theOm. O. theeuys, that weren crucified with hym, puttidenputten SX. to hym with repreue the same thing. Sothely fro the sixte hour dercnessis benweren OUV. maad onvpon GY. al the erthelonde OUV., `til totil AN. vnto GSX. the nynethe hour. And about the nynthe houre Jhesus criede with grete voice, seyinge, Hely, Hely, lamaza|batany, that is, My God, my God, `wherto, or whiwherto AX. whi OUV., hast thou forsaken mee? Sothly summensumme NVX. sum men W. stondynge there, and heerynge, seiden, This clepith Hely. And anon oon of hem rennynge, fillide a spounge taken with `aycel, or vynegreeisel AX. vynegre OUV., and puttideputte SX. toit to GXY. on U sec. m. a reed, and ȝaue to hym forOm. SX. to drinke. But other seiden, Suffre thou; see weOm. N. wherwhether P et X pass. Hely cummecometh N., delyueryngeto deliuer O. hym. Forsothe Jhesus eftsoneseft OUV. cryynge with gretea greet Q. voice, `sente outȝaue vp U sec. m. the spirit. And loo! the veile of the temple iswas OUV. kitt, `or rentOm. OUVX., in toOm. Q. two parties, fro the heiȝest til dounto the lowist U sec. m.. And the erthe iswas OUV. moued, and stoonys benOm. O. weren UV. cleftclouen QX.; and biriels benweren OUV. open|yd, and many bodies of seintesholy men OUV. that slepten, `or weren deadether w. d. OUV. Om. X., `rysen aȝeinhan ryse OUV.. And thei goynge out of herthe OUV. biriels, after his resurecciounrysynge aȝen OUV. camen in to the holy citee, and apeeriden to manyemany men OUV.. Treuly centurio and thei that weren with hym kepinge Jhesu, the moouynge of the erthe seen, and thoothe N. thingis that weren done, dredden greteli, seyinge, Verrely this was Goddis sone. Forsothe `there weren there many wymmenmany wimmen weren theer OUV. afer, that sueden Jhesu fro Galilee, mynystrynge to hym. Amonge whiche was Marie Mawdeleyne, and Marie ofthe modir of OUVW sec. m. Jamys, and `the modirOm. OUVW sec. m. of Joseph, and the modir of Zebedees sones. Forsothe when the euenyngeuentide OUV. was maad, `there cameOm. OUV. aoo P. riche manman cam OUV. fro Armathia, JosephJoseph of Aramathie OUV. by name, theOm. OUV. whiche and he was disciplethe disciple OUV. of Jhesu. He wente to Pilate, and axideaskide Q. the body of Jhesu. Thanne Pilate comaundide the bodybodi of Jhesu AN. to be ȝoldenȝofen O.. And the body taken, Joseph wlappide it in a clene `sendel, or lynnen clothsendel AX. lynnen cloth OUV. sendel, or lyne cloth S., and puttideputte MSX. itOm. G pr. m. ininto O. his newe biriel, thatwhiche OUV. he hadde hewen in a stoon; and he walowid toOm. OUVW sec. m. a grete stoon atto OUVW sec. m. X. the dore of the biriel, and wente awey. Forsothe Marye Mawde|leyne and an othere Marye weren there, sittynge aȝeins the sepulcre. Sothely on `the totherthe other X. that other GMOPSUWY. day, thatwhiche OUV. is after pascke euenyngeeuentide OU pr. m. V. euen U sec. m., the princis `of prestisOm. U. and Phariseesthe Pharisees AOSUVW. camen to gidere to Pilate, sei|yngeand seiden OUV., Sire, we han mynde, for `the ilkethat ilke G pr. m. thilke G sec. m. UV. that X. `traitour, or disseyuourtraytour AX. disseyuour OUV., sayde ȝit lyu|ynge, Aftir thre dayes I shal ryse aȝen. Therfore comaunde thou the sepulcre tofor to AGMNPQTWY. be kept til `in tovnto AGS pr. m. MTXY. to G sec. m. the thridde day; lest perauenture his disciplis comen, and stelen him, and seyen to the peple, He ishath AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. risunrisen aȝeen S. fro deethdeed AMNPS. deed men OUV. the deeth QT.; and the laste errour schal be worse than the formere. Pilat seithseide OUV. to hem, Ȝe han the kepinge; go ȝe, `kepe ȝekepeth X. as ȝe kunnen. Forsoth thei goynge forth, kepten, `or wardidenOm. AOUVX., the sepulcre, markinge, `or seelingeOm. AOUVX., the stoonstones O., with keperisthe keperes OUV..

 CAP. XXVIII.

Forsothe inOm. U. the euenyngeuentide OUV. of the saboth, `or halidayOm. AOUVX., that schynethshoen X. in the firste day of the woke, Marie Mawdeleyn cam, and another Marie, forOm. OUVX. to se the sepulcre. And lo! `ther was maadOm. OUV. a greet erthe mouyngmouynge was maade OUV.; forsoth thean OUV. aungel of the Lord cam doun fro heuene, and `comynge tohe neiȝinge OUV. turnide awey the stoon, and sathe sat O. theron. Sothli his lokyng was as leyt, and his clothisclothinge O. aswhite as Q. snow; forsothe for dredethe drede OUV. of him the keperis benweren OUV. afferid, and thei benweren OUV. maad as deede men. Forsothe the aungel answeringe seide to the wymmen, Nyle ȝe drede, for I woot that ȝe seken Jhesu, that iswas OUV. crucified; he is not here, sothliforsothe OUV. he roos, as he seide; come ȝe, and seethse ANPW. see ȝe OUV. the place, where the Lord was putt. And ȝe goynge sone, seieseie ȝe GOPY. seith X. to his disciplis `and to PetreOm. OUVW sec. m., for he hath risun. And loso N.! he schal go bifore ȝouOm. U. in to Galilee; there ȝe schulen se him. Lo! I haue bifore seid to ȝou. And `Marie Mawdeleyn, and a|nother Mariethei OUVW sec. m. wenten out soone fro the buryelsepulcre OUV., with drede and greet ioye, ren|nynge forOm. OSUVX. to telletell to OUVX. his disciplis. And lo! Jhesus `ran aȝensmette OUV. hem, seyingeand seide OUV., Heil ȝe. Forsothe thei `camen toneiȝeden OUV., and heelden his feet, and worschipiden him. Thanne Jhe|sus seith to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; go ȝe, `telle ȝetelleth SV sec. m. X. to my britheren, that thei go in to Galilee; there thei schulen se me. `The whicheAnd OUVW sec. m. whanne thei hadden gon, loo! summe of the keperis camen in to the cytee, and tolden toOm. N. the princesprince K. `of prestisOm. W pr. m. alle thingis that weren don. And thei gedrid to gidre with theOm. G. eldere men, aand a K. counceil takun, ȝaue to the knyȝtis plen|teuous money, seyinge, Seie ȝe, for his dis|ciplis camen by niȝte, and han stolen him, vs slepinge. And if thisthis thing U. beschal be OUV. herd of the `presedent, or iustisepresident ASX. iustice OUV., we schulen conceile him, and makewe schulen make OUV. ȝou sikirsuir V.. And the mo|ney takun, theiand thei G. diden, as thei weren tauȝt. And this word is pupplissid atanentes OUV. the Jewis, til in to this day. Forsothe en|leuene disciplis wenten in to Galilee, in to an hil, where Jhesus hadde ordeyned toOm. O. hem. And thei seynge him, worschip|iden; sothli summe of hem doutiden. And Jhesus `comynge toneiȝinge OUV., spak to hem, sey|ingeand seide OUV., Al power is ȝouun to me, in he|uene and inOm. G pr. m. erthe. Therfore ȝe goynge techetecheth SX. alle folkis, cristenynge hem in the name of the Fadir, and of the Sone, and of the Hooly Gost; techinge hem forOm. G pr. m. MOQSUVX. to kepe alle thingis, what euere thingis I haue comaundid toOm. AG pr. m. NTWX. ȝou; and lo! I am with ȝou inOm. UX. alle dayes, tiltil to AGNOSVW sec. m. X. til into U. the end|yng of theOm. T. world.

 Here endith the gospel of Matheu, and bigynneth the prolog of MarkHere endith the gospel of Mathew, and bigynneth the prologe on Mark, and aftir beginneth the gospel. N. Here endith Mathewe. Q. Here endith Matheu, and bigynneth the prologe. V. Here eendith the gospels of Mathew, and here bigynneth the gospelis aftir the seiynge of Mark. W. No final rubric in AGMPSTUX.. MARK. The prologe of MarkeFrom GY. Prologe of Marke. OQ. No initial rubric elsewhere..

MARK, the euangelist, of God chosun, and Petris sone inof Q. baptyme, and in Goddis word disciple, presthodprechyde GKQY. in Israel ledynge, aftir fleisch a dekene, heOm. X., turnyd to theOm. Q. feith of Crist, wroot the gospel in Ytayle; schewinge therontherin Q sec. m. botheOm. Q. what he owideaȝte SX. to his kynrede and to Crist. For whi the bigynnyng of his principle he ordeyn|yngeordeynde U. inand K. thea Q. vois of athe U. prophetisprophete G. exclamacioun, schewith the ordre of dekenis eleccioun, that he, prechingepreche X. `the for-ordenedetherfore ordeynede K. the bifore ordeynde U. the forn ordeyned X. John, Zakaries sone, sent out in vois of an aungel tellynge, not oonly Goddis sone maad man, but the body of the Lord, `that is, the churcheOm. X. that is, the charite Y., in to alle thingis by the word of Goddis vois quykidquykened QU., schulde schewe in the bigynnynge of his prechinge of the gospel; that the which this redinge schulde knowe, to whomwhos Y. the bigynnyng of fleisch in thethat K. Lord, and Jhesu comynge to the habitacle, the fleisch schulde knowe, and in hym silf the word, `that is, CristOm. X., of the vois `John Baptistthat is, Jon Baptist S. Om. X., that in consonantisconsonaunces Y., `that is, in forme fadristhat is, in formere fadris QS. Om. X., he hadde lost, schulde fynde. Forsoth bothe heand K., the work of the fulfillid gospel entringe, `and fro the baptym of the Lord bigynnyngeOm. G. to preche God, neOm. X. trauelide not to seie the natiuyte of fleischthe flesh X., the which he hadde seeneseye G. in otherethe othere S. bifore, but he expressinge the exposicioun of al the desert, hath schewid out the fastinge of noumbre, `other the noumbre of fastingeOm. X., the temptacioun of the fend, the congregacioun of beestis, and the seruyse of aungels, that he ordeynynge vs to vndirstonde, alle thingis in schort peyntynge to gidere, notherOm. Q. the autorite of thing do `schulde do aweythat he shulde not do awey Q sup. ras., and `in parformyngethat he Q sup. ras. schulde not denye fulnesse toof U. the werkwerk to be perfourmed Q.. Forsothe he isOm. G. seid to haue kit awey his thoumbe, that he myȝte be hadd as vnworthi to presthod. But so moche myȝte eleccioun bifore ordeyned, acordynge to the feith, that nothir so in the werk of the word he schulde leese, that rathire he hadde deseruyd `in kyndevnkynde G. on kinde SVXY.. For of Alexandre he was bischop; of whom bi alle thingis werk, `othir intenciounOm. X., was to kunne, bothe to dispose the seiyngissignes AGK. seyngis SY. seeynges UV pr. m. of the gospel in `him silfhim K., and thein XY. disciplyne of theOm. X. lawe `to knoweOm. Q pr. m. in him silf, and `the nature of God to knowe in theOm. X. fleischto vnderstonde Goddis nature of the Lord in flesshe Q sup. ras., otheror U. that is, Q. Om. X. inOm. QSXY. `the manhood of the Lordmanhed Q. of the Lord X.. TheOm. X. whiche thingis in vs silf first it behoueth to be requyrid; aftirward we wollithwolen Q. wiln SX. thingis souȝt to be knowe, hauynge the mede of exortacioun; for he that plontith, and he that moistith, bethben SX. the same; but he that ȝyueth the encrees, is God.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the gospelNo final rubric in GQSUVXY.. Here bygynneth the gospel of MarkFrom MO. Heere bigynneth Mark. P. Gospel of Marke. Q. No initial rubric in AGNSTUVWXY..CAP. I.

THE bigynnynge of the gospelholi gospel S. of Jhesu Crist, theOm. X. sone of God. As it is writun in Ysaie, the prophete, Lo! I sende myn angel bifore thi face, that schal make thi weye redy bifore thee. The voice of oon cryinge in desert, Make ȝe redy the weye of the Lord, make ȝe his pathis riȝtful. Jhon was in desert baptisynge, and prech|inge the baptym of penaunce, in to re|miscioun of synnes. And alle men of Jerusalem wenten out to him, and al the cuntre of Judee; andand thei UV. weren baptisid of him in the flood ofOm. UV. Jordan, knowlechinge her synnes. And John was clothidclad X. withwith the U. heeris of cameliscamel UV., and a girdil of skyn abowte his leendis; and he eet locustushonysoukis U., and `hony of the wodewilde hony U., andand he UV. prechide, seyinge, A strengere than I schal come aftir me, of whom I knelinge am not worthi forOm. SUVX. to `vndo, or vnbyndevnbynde AOUV. vndo X., the thwonglace UV. of his schoon. I haue baptisid ȝou in water; forsothe he shal baptise ȝou in the Holy Goost. And it is don in thoo dayes, Jhesus came fro Nazareth of Gali|lee, and was baptisid of Joon in Jordan. And anoon he styinge vp of the water, sayȝ heuenes openyd, and the `Holy GoostSpirit U pr. m. V. cummynge doun as a culuere, and dwell|ynge in hym. And a voys iswas UV sec. m. maad fro heuenes, Thou art my `sone louedloued sone GMPXY., in thee I haue plesid. And anon the Spirit put|tideputte SX. puttide out UV. hym in to desert. And he was in desert fourty dayes and fourty niȝtis, and was temptid ofwith O. Sathanas, and washe was GMOPQUV sec. m. XY. with beestis, and angelis mynystriden to hym. Forsothe after that Joon was taken, Jhe|sus came in to Galilee, prechinge the gospel of the kyngdamrewme UV sec. m. of God, and sei|ynge, For tymethe tyme UV sec. m. is fulfillidfillid UV., and the kyngdamrewme UV. of God shal `come niȝneiȝe UV sec. m.; `for|thinke ȝeedo ȝe penaunce UV., `or do ȝee penaunceOm. AUVX., and `bileue ȝeebileeueth GQXY. to the gospel. And he pass|yngepassynge forth UV sec. m. bisidis the see of Galilee, say Sy|mont, and Andrew, his brother, sendyngecastynge U sec. m. nettis in to the see; sothelyfor UV sec. m. thei weren fishers. And Jhesus seide to hem, Come ȝee after me; Iand I UV. shal make ȝou to be maad fishers of men. And anoon the nettis forsaken, thei sueden hym. And he gon forth thennes a litil, say James of Zebede, and Joon, his brother, and hem in the boot makyngemakynge, either cloutynge UV. nettis. And anoon he clep|ide hem; and Zebede, her fadir, left in the boot with hirid seruauntis, thei sueden hym. And thei `wenten forthentren UV. in to Ca|farnaum, and anoon in theOm. O. sabotis he gon ynOm. G. into theOm. ANO. synagoge, tauȝte hem. And thei wondreden on his techynge; sothelyfor UV. he was techynge hem, as hauynge power, and not asas the UV. scribis. And in the synagoge of hem was a man in an vnclene spirit, and he criedecriede out U sec. m., seyinge, What to vs and to thee, thou Jhesu of Nazareth? hasteart UV. thou cummen `bifore the tyme forOm. UVX. to de|stroieleese UV. vs? Y woot thatfor UV. thou art the holy of God. And Jhesus thretenydethretid O. manasside UV. toOm. UV sec. m. hym, seyinge, WexeWexe thou UV. dowmb, and gogo thou V. out of the man. And the vnclene goostspirit UV. debrek|yngeto-braydynge UV. hym, and cryinge with grete vois, wente aweyout UV. fro hym. And alle men wondriden, so that thei `souȝten togidreaxeden UV. amonge hemhem silf UV., seyinge, What is this thinge? what is this newe techyng? for in power he comaundith to vnclene spi|ritis, and thei obeyenobeyschen GMPQSTY. to hym. And the talefame UV., `or tythingOm. AUVX. or tidyng MP. or teching T., of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee. AndOm. GN. anoon thei goynge out of the synagoge camen in to the hous of Symont and An|drewof Andrew UV., with James and Joon. Sothely andOm. NSUV. the modir of Symontis wif `sik in feueris restide, or layrestide, or lay seeke in feuerys GMPQY. lay syk in feueres UV. restede in feueris X.; and anoon thei seien to hym of hir. And he `cummynge toneiȝynge UV., reridereiside UV. hirOm. Q. vpOm. UV., `the hond of hirhir hond UV. taken, and anoon the feuere left hire, and she mynystride to hem. Forsothe the euenyngeeuentide UV. maad, whenne the sone wentehadde go UV. doun, thei brouȝten to hym allealle men UV. hauynge yuel, and hauynge deuelisfendis UV.. And al the cite was gaderid at the ȝate. And he helide manymany men UV. that weren traueilide with dyuers sorissorwis Q. seeknesses UV., and he castidekeste GKQX. caste S. out many deuelisfendis UV., and he suffride hem nat forOm. SUVX. to speke, for thei knewen hym. And `in theOm. UV. morewyngeOm. UV. ful erly heOm. O. rysynge, gon out, wente `in tointo a UV. desert place, and preiede there. And Symont suede hym, and thei that weren with hym. And whanne thei hadden foundencome to UV. hym, thei seiden to hym, For alle men seeken thee. And he seithseide UV. to hem, Go we in to the nexte townes and citees, that andalso UV. there I preche, `for to this thingforsothe U pr. m. for herto U sec. m. for V. I camecame for this thing U pr. m. V.. And he was prechynge in the synagogis of hem, and in alle Galilee, and castynge out fendis. And a leprous man cam to hym, bisechynge hym, and, the knee foldenfalt SX. bowid UV., seidehe seide UV., Ȝif thou wolt, thou maistmyȝt GW. clense me. Forsothe Jhesus, hauynge mercy onof QXY. hym, streiȝtstrecchede S. out histhe S. hond, andand Jhesu UV., touch|ynge hym, seithseide UV. to hym, I wole, be thou maad clene. And whanne heJhesu UV. hadde seideseide this UV., anoon the lepre partidewente UV. awey fro hym, and he iswas UV. clensid. And heJhesu UV. thretenydemanasside UV. thratte X. toOm. UV. hym, and anoon `he puttecaste U. castide V. hym out, andand Jhesu UV. seith to hym, Se thou, seieseie thou UV. to no man; but go, shewe theeOm. G. thou thee UV. to theOm. N. princisprince SUV. of prestis, and offre for thi clensynge tho thingis that Moyses badde, in to witness|ynge to hem. And he, gon out, biganne to preche, and diffamepublishe UV sec. m., `or puplisheor pupplishen out S. Om. UV sec. m. X., the word, so that nowe he miȝte nat opynly goentre UV. in to the citee, but be with out forth in deserte placis; and thei camen to gidre to hym on alleeche UV. sydisside UV..

 CAP. II.

And eft he entride in to Capharnaum, after eiȝte days. And it iswas QSUV. herd, that he was in an hous, and manymany men V. camen togidre, so that itthe hous U pr. m. V. Om. U sec. m. tokOm. U sec. m. toke hem PT. natnot hem U pr. m. thei myȝten nat be in the hous U sec. m., nether at the ȝate. And he spac to hem a word. And `there camen to hymOm. UV. men bryngyngeberynge U. a `man sikeseek man GMPQUVXY. in palesiethe palasye O., `the whichethat UV. was borun of fourefoure men OQTY. foure men camen to him UV.. And whanne thei miȝte nat offrebrynge U sec. m. hym to hymCrist UV. for the campanye `of pepleOm. UV., thei `maden the roof nakidvnhylide the roof U sec. m., wher he was; andand thei UV. makynge opyn, theiOm. UV. sentensetten P. leten U. doun the bedd, in whiche the sike man in palasie lay. Sothely whanne Jhesus sayhadde seen UV. the feith of hem, he seithseide UV. `vntoto AGMNOPQSTUVXY. the sike man in palasie, Sone, thi synnes ben for|ȝouen to thee. Forsothe `there werenOm. UV. summesumme men N. of the scribisscribis weren there UV. sittynge, and thenkynge in her hertis, What spekith hehe this PQTXY. thus? He blasfemeth; who may for|ȝeue synnes, noOm. G pr. m. MXY pr. m. but God alone? TheOm. UV. whiche thing anoon knowen by the Holy Goost, for thei thouȝten soOm. Q. with inne hem self, Jhesus seithseide S. to hem, What thenken ȝee these thingis in ȝoure hertis? What is liȝtere forOm. UVX. to seie to the sike man in palasie, Synnes ben forȝouen to thee, `or foreither UV. or X. to seie, RyseRise thou UV., take thi bed, and walkego UV.? Sothely that ȝee wite thatfor UV. mannes sone hath powere in erthe tofor to UV. for|ȝeue synnes, he seithseide UV. to the sike man in palasie, I seie to thee, ryse vpthou UV., takeand take UV. thi bed, and go in to thin hous. And anoon he roos vp, and, the bed taken vp, he wente bifore alle men, so that alle men wondriden, and honouriden God, seyinge, For we sayen neuer so. And he wente outOm. O. eftsoneeft UV. toin to K. the see, and al the cum|panyecumpanyes U. of pepleof the pepil O. Om. UV. cam to hym; and he tauȝte hem. And whenne he passide, he say Leui Alfeyof Alfey UV. sittynge at theOm. W. tolbothe, and he seithseide UV. to hym, Sue thouOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. me. And he rysynge suede hym. And it iswas UV. don, whenne he sat at the mete in histhe NUV. houshous of him UV., many puplicanys and synful men saten togidre at theOm. O. mete with Jhesu and his disciplis; sothelyforsothe UV. there weren manyemany weren UV. that folewedensweden OUV. hym. And scribis and Pharisees seeyinge, for he eet with pupli|canys and synful men, seiden to his disci|plis, Whi `ȝoure maisterOm. GMPXY. etithetith ȝoure mayster MP. and drink|ithdrynkyth ȝour maystir GXY. with puplicanys and synners? This thing herd, Jhesus seithseide OUV. to hem, Hoole men han no nede to a leche, but thei that han yuele; forsothe I cam not forOm. QSUVX. to clepe iuste men, but synners. And disciplisthe discyples GMPQ sec. m. SUVXY. of JoonJoon Baptist MP. and theOm. GNOQ sec. m. SXY. Pharisees weren fastynge; and thei camen, and seien to hym, Whi disciplisthe disciplis GMOQSTUVXY. tho disciples P. of Joon and ofOm. G pr. m. OY pr. m. Pharisees fastenfasten oft U., but thi disciplis fasten nat? And Jhesus seithseide U. to hem, Whether the sonnys of weddyngisthe weddingis X. mownmay O. faste, as long as the spouse is with hem? Hou longe tyme thei han the spouse with hem, thei mowe nat faste. Forsothe dayes shulen come, whenne the spouse shal be taken awey from hem, and thanne thei shulen faste in thoo days. No man seweth a pacche of rudenewe UV., or neweOm. AUVX., clothe to an old clothe, ellis heit X. takith awey the newe supple|ment, `or paccheeither patche U. Om. X., and a more brekynge is maad. And no man sendithputtith U sec. m. newe wyn in to oold boteliswyne vessels UV., `or wyne vesselisOm. AUVX., ellis the wyn shal berstebreke UV. breste XY. the wyn vesselis, and theOm. W. wyn shal be heldschedde UV sec. m. out, and the wyne vesselis shulen perishe. But newe wyn shalowith to UV. be sentput U sec. m. in to newe wyn ves|selis. And it iswas U. don eftsooneeft UV. eftsones OY., whanneand whan O. `the LordCrist UV. walkide in the sabothis by theOm. OV. cornes, and his disciplis bigunnyn tofor to G. passego UV. forth, andand to UV. plucke eriscorne eeres O.. Sothly the Pharysees seiden, Loo! what `don thi disciplisthi disciplis don GMXY. in sabotis, thatthe thing that UV. is nat leeueful. And he seithseide UV. to hem, Radde ȝee neuere what Dauyth dide, whanne he hadde neede, and he hungride, and thei that weren with hym? Hou he wenteentride UV. inOm. AGMNPQTUV. into the hous of God, vndir Abiathar, prince of prestis, and eete loouys of pro|posiciounproposicioun, either of settyng forth U., the whichewhich looues UV. it was nat leeful to ete, noOm. O. but to prestis alone, and he ȝaue to hem that weren with hym. And he seide to hem, The sabote is maad for man, and nat aOm. GOPSUVXY. man for the sabote; and so mannys sone is lord also of the saboth.

 CAP. III.

And he entride eftsooneeft UV. in to the syna|goge, and ther was a man hauynge a drye hond. And thei aspieden hym, ȝif he helideheelide him UV. inin the U. sabothis, `for toto X. that thei schulden UV. accuse hym. And he seithseide UV. to the man hauynge a drye hond, RyseRise thou UV. in to the mydilmyddis UV.. And he seith to hem, Is it leeueful to do wel in the sabothis, orwhether UV. yuele? forOm. SUV sec. m. to make a soule saaf, whetherwher O. ether U sec. m. whether or X. to lese? And thei weren stille. And he biholdynge hem aboute with wratheire UV., hauynge sorwesoroufulnesse UV. vp|onon UVX. the blyndnesse of her herte, seith to the man, Holde forth thin honde. And he helde forth, and thehis UV sec. m. honde iswas UV. re|storid `to hymOm. UV sec. m.. Sothely Phariseesthe Pharisees MOPQTVY. go|ynge out anoon, maden aOm. PQTUVXY pr. m. counseil with Herodyans aȝeins hym, hou thei shulden lesefordo V sec. m. hym. Forsothe Jhesus with his dis|ciplis wente to the see; and myche cum|panye from Galilee and Judee suedeand sude O. hym, and fro Jerusalem, and froOm. A. Ydume, andand fro UV. biȝendis Jordan, and thei thatthat weren UV. aboute Tyre and Sydon, a grete multitude, `heer|ynge thetho GQY. thingis that he dideOm. X., camen to hym. And Jhesus seithseide A. to his disciplis, that the litilOm. UV. boot shulde serue hym, for the cumpanye `of pepleOm. UV., lest thei op|pressiden hym; sothelyfor UV. he helide manymanye men UV., so that thei felden fast to hym, that thei shulden touche hym. Forsothe hou many euere hadden `soris, or woundissores AMPX. woundes, or soores O. woundes, either sijknesses UV., and vnclene spiritis, whenne thei seien hym, felden down to hym, and crieden, seyinge, Thou art the sone of God. And gretely he manasside hem, that thei shulden nat make hym opynknowen UV., `or knowenOm. AOUVX.. And he styinge inOm. V pr. m. to an hil, clepide to hym whomwhiche UV. he wolde; and thei camen to hym. And he made, that `there weren tweluetwelue weren UV. with hym, `and that he shuldeto U sec. m. sende hem forOm. SUVX. to preche. And he ȝaue toOm. O. hem power `of heelyngeto heele UV. siknessis, and `of cast|yngeto caste UV sec. m. out fendis. And to Symount he putteputtide the UV. name Petre, andand he clepide UV. Jamesto Jame K. of Zebede and Joon, the brother of James, and heOm. UV pr. m. putteputtide QUV pr. m. to hem names Boonerges, that is, theOm. UV. sones of thondryngethundre U.; andand he clepide U sec. m. Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomewe and Ma|thew, and Thomas and James Alfeyof Alfey UV., and Thadee and Symount Cananee, and Judas Scarioth, that bitraide hym. And thei comen tointo UV. an hous, andand eft UV. the cum|panye `of pepleOm. UV. came togidre eftsooneOm. UV., so that thei miȝte not netherOm. N. ete breed. And whanne his kynnesmendisciples, or kynnesmen MP. Om. U pr. m. V. hadden herdde, thei wenten out forOm. SUVX. to holde hym; sothelyfor UV. thei seiden, forthat UV. he iswas UV. turnyd in to wodenesse. And theOm. UV. scribis that camen doun fro Jerusalem, seiden, For he hath Belsebub, and for in the prince of deuelsfendis UV. he castith out fendis. And, hem gadridclepid UV. togidre, he seide to hem in parablis, Hou may Sathanas caste out Sathanas? And if a rewme beis UV sec. m. de|partide inaȝens UV. itselfhim silf O., `the ilkethat X. rewme may not stonde. And if an hous beis UV. dispar|poiliddispoylid G. scaterid UV. onin P. it self, thilkethat X. hous may not stonde. And if Sathanas hath risen aȝeins hym self, he is disparpoilidscatered UV., and he shal not mowe stonde, butbut he UV. hath anOm. X. ende. No man, gon in to aOm. K. stronge mannes hous, may take awey his vessels, nonot K. Om. O. but he bynde firste the stronge man, and thanne he shal diuerslyOm. UV. rauyshe his hous. Trew|ly I seie to ȝou, for alle synnes and blas|phemyes, by whichethe whiche O. thei hanOm. UV. blasfemed, shulen be forȝouen to theOm. W pr. m. sones of men. SothelyForsothe GOQUV. he that `shal blasfemeblasfemeth UV. shal blasfemye K. aȝeins the Holy Gost, `shal not hauehath not UV. remissioun in to with outen eend, but he shal be gilty of euerlastynge trespas. For thei seiden, He hath an unclene spirit. And his modir and bretheren comen, and theiOm. Q sec. m. stondynge with oute forth, senten to hym, clepynge hym. And athe UV. cumpany sat aboute hym; and thei seienseiden U. to hym, Lo! thi modir, and thei bretheren with outen forth seken thee. And he answerynge to hem seith, Who is my modir and my bretheren? AndAnd he P pr. m. UV. biholdynge hem aboute, that saten in the cumpas of hym, heOm. UV. seith, Lo! my modir and my bretheren. Forsoth whohe UV. that doth the will of God, heOm. UV. is my bro|ther, and myOm. X. sister, and modirmy modir UV..

 CAP. IV.

And eft Jhesus bigan forOm. SUVX. to teche at the see; and myche cumpany `of pepleOm. UV. isOm. S pr. m. XY pr. m. was UV. gedrid to hym, so that he styinge in to a boot, sat in the see, and al the cumpany `of pepleOm. UV. was aboute the see, on the lond. And he tauȝte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techynge, Heere ȝee. Loo! a `man sowyngesower UV. gothgon O. wente UV. out forOm. X. to sowe. And the while he sowith, `an othersumme UV. seed felde aboutebisidis UV. the wey, and briddis of heuene, `or of the eireOm. AOPTUVX., camen, and eeten it. For|sothe an other felde doun on stony placis, wher it had nat myche erthe; and anoon it sprongis sprungun P. vp, for it hadde natno GNU. depnesse of erthe. And whenne the sunne rose vpOm. UV., it welwide for heete, and it dried vp, for it hadde notno NUV. roote. And an other felde doun intoamong UV. thornes, and thornesthe thornes UV. stieden vp, and strangliden it, and it ȝaue notno UV. fruyt. And an other felde doun in to good lond, and ȝaueit ȝaue PUV. fruyt, styinge vp, and wexinge; and oonanoon U. brouȝte `thritty foldthrithithe foold fruyt W sec. m., and oon sixtyfold, and oon an hun|dridfold. And he seide, He that hath eris `of heeryngto heere UV., heere. And whenne he was singuler, `or by hym silfether by himself UV. Om. X., thetho QW. twelue that weren with hym axidenaskiden Q. hym forOm. SUVX. to expowne the parable. And he seide to hem, To ȝou it is ȝouen forOm. OSUVX. to knowe theOm. N. mysterie, `or pryuiteOm. AX. or priuey thenge O., of the kyng|damrewme UV. of God. SothelyForsothe UV. to hem that ben with oute forth, alle thingis ben maad in parablis, that thei seynge se, and se nat, and thei heerynge heere, and vnderstonde not; thatlest UV. sum tyme thei bebe not N. conuertid, and synnes be forȝouen to hem. And he seithseide UV. to hem, Witen not ȝee this parable? and howe ȝee shulden knowe alle parablis? He that sowith, sowith a word. `These sothlyForsothe these UV. benit ben NUV. thatthat ben NUV. aboute the weye, where the word is sowun; and whenne thei han herd, anoonthan O. cometh Sathanas, and takith awey thea Q. word thatwhiche UV. is sowun in her hertis. And alsoin lyk manere UV. these benit ben UV. that ben sown on `a stoonstony places UV., theOm. UV. whiche whanne thei `han herdherden PW sec. m. the word, anoon taken it with ioye; and thei han nat roote in hem silf, but thei ben temporal, `that is, lastenthat lastyn G pr. m. that is, lastynge G sec. m. O. abut a P. lityl tymeOm. X.; afterward `tribulacioun sprongen vp, and persecuciounwhan [the V] tribulacioun and persecucioun riseth UV. for the word, anoon thei ben sclaundrid. And `there ben otherothere ben UV. that ben sowun in thornis; these it ben, that heeren the word, and myseistemyseeses U. mysseyseis V. of the world, and disseitdisceytis W pr. m. of richessis, and other chargebisynesse UV. of coueitise entrynge ynneOm. PUV., strangulenstrangliden O. instranglen P. and stranglen Y. the word, and it is maad with outen fruyt. And these it ben that ben sowun onin AN. good lond, `the whichewhiche UV. Om. X. heren the word, and taken, and maken fruyt, oon thritti fold, oon sixti fold, and oon an hundridhundrid fold AGNQTUVWY.. And he seide to hem, WherWhether GU et X passim. a lanterne comecometh UV., that it be put vndir a bushelbushel or vnder a bed O marg. U sec. m. marg. Q sec. m. X pr. m. bed U pr. m. V.? wher not, that it be put vponon UVX. aOm. N. candil stike? For|sothe `ther is no thingnothing is UV. hid, that shal not be `maad opynschewid UV.; nether ony thing ismaad UV. preuy, `the whichewhiche UV. that X. shal not come `in toin X. apert. If ony man hauehath PUV. eeris of heryng, heere he. And he seide to hem, Se ȝee what ȝee heeren. In what mesure ȝee meten, it shal be meten toaȝen to UV. ȝou, and beit schal be UV. kast to ȝou. SothelyFor|sothe UV. it shal be ȝouen to hym that hath, and `it shalif a man hath not, ȝhe this that he hath schal UV. be taken awey from hym `that hath not, also that that he hathOm. UV.. `And he seideOm. O., SoLo XY. the kingdomrewme UV. of God is, as if a man caste seeda seed N. in to theOm. UV. erthe, and it slepehe sleepeth G sec. m. O. it slepith PT. he slepe Q sup. ras. UV., and ryseit ryse G sec. m. O. Q sup. ras. V. rysith PT. it ryseth U. vp in niȝt and day, and bryngebringeth P. forth seed, and wexewexith P. faste, theOm. UV. while he wote not. Forsothe the erthe by his owne worchyngewille UV. makith fruyt, first an erbe, `or grene cornOm. AOX., afterward an eere, after|ward ful fruyt in the ere. And whanne of it silf it hath brouȝt forth fruyt, anoon he sendith aOm. O. sikil, `or hookOm. AOUVX., forfor the Q pr. m. for the tyme of Q sec. m. rype corn cometh. And he seide, To what thing shulden we likene the kyngdomrewme UV. of God? or to what parable shulen we com|parisoune it? As a corn of seneueye, theOm. UV. which whann it iswas O. sowun in theOm. UV. erthe, is lesse than alle seedisthe seedis GQY. that ben in erthethe erthe AGNOPQSTWXY.; and whanne it is breddsowen U., `or quykenedOm. AUVX., it styȝethwexeth U sec. m. vpOm. UV. in to a tree, and is maad more than alle wortis, `or erbisOm. AUVX.; and it `shal makemaketh UV. grete braunchis, so that brid|disthe briddis UV. of heuene mowe dwelle vndir the shadewe ther of. And in many siche pa|rablis he spac to hem a word, as thei miȝten heer; sothely he spak not to hem with outen parable. Forsothe he expoun|yde tonot to G. his disciplis alle thingis `on sidis hondOm. A. on sydishondis O. a sides halfe UV., `or by hem selfbi hymsilf A. Om. X.. And he seithseide UV. to hem, in that day, whenne euenyngeuentide UV. was maad, Passe we aȝeinward. And thei leeuynge the cumpanye `of pepleOm. UV., taken hym, so that he was in the boot; and other bootis weren with hym. And ather was made a Q sec. m. greet stormetempest Q sec. m. UV. of wynd isOm. Q. was UV. maadOm. Q sec. m., and sentecast U sec. m. wawisflodis Q sec. m. in to the bootshippe Q sup. ras., so that the bootshippe Q sec. m. was fulfulfillid Q sec. m. fillid UV.. And he was in the `hyn|dir part of the bootshippe Q sec. m., slepynge on a pi|lewe. And thei reysen hym, and seienseiden U. to hym, Maistre, perteneth itOm. G pr. m. nat to thee, thatfor UV. we perishen? And he rysynge vp, manasside to theOm. OUV. wynd, and seide to the see, Be stille, wexeand wexe O. wexe thou UV. doumb. And the wynd ceeside, and greet pesiblenesse iswas UV. maad. And he seithseide UV. to hem, What `dreden ȝeeben ȝe drede ful UV.? Nat ȝit han ȝee feith? And thei dredden withby UV. greete dreed, andand thei UV. seiden `to eche othereche to othere UV., Who, gessist thou, is this? for the wynd and the see obeysh|enobeyen UV. to hym.

 CAP. V.

And thei camen ouer the wawe of the see into the cuntree of GenazarethGerasenes Q sup. ras. U sec. m. Gergeseus U pr. m. V.. And anoon a man inin an TUVX. vnclene spirit ran out of `a biryelthe biriels U. biriels V., to hym goynge out of the boot. `The whiche manwhiche man UV. that X. hadde an hous in grauesbiriels UV., `or birielsOm. AOUVX., and nether with chaynis nowOm. G pr. m. miȝte eny man bynde hym. For oft tymesOm. UV. he bounden in stockis and chaynes, `hadde broken the chaynesOm. Q pr. m. T., and `hadde brokunOm. Q sec. m. the stockis to smale go|betis, and no man miȝte `daunte, or make tametame AO. chastise UV. daunten X., hym. And euer moreOm. UV., niȝtin niȝt UV. and day, in biriels and hillis, he was cryinge, and betynge hym silf with stoones. So|thely he seynge Jhesus afer, ran, and worshipide hym. And he cryinge with greet voice, seide, What to me and to thee, thou Jhesu, the sone of God hieste? I conioure thee bi God, that thou tour|mente `not meme not MOXY.. Forsothe Jhesus seide to hym, Thou vnclene spirit, go out fro the man. And Jhesus axide hym, What name is to thee? And he seith to hym, A legioun is name to me; for we ben manye. And he preide hym myche, thatfor O. he shulde nat putcast UV. poten X. hym out of the cun|treie. Forsothe therea greet droue of hoggis lesewynge UV. was there aboute the hill `a flock ofOm. UV. hoggisswyne AO. Om. UV. `lesewynge in feeldisOm. UV.. And the spiritis preieden Jhesuhim UV., seyinge, Sende vs into hoggisswyn AO. the hoggis TUVX., that we entre into hem. And anoon Jhesus grauntide toOm. X. hem. And the vnclene spi|ritisspiritis goynge out N Q sec. m. UV. entriden in to the hoggisswyn AO., and with greet bire, `or hasteOm. AUVX., the flocdroue UV. was cast doun in to the see, `to tweyneto two MPXY. vnto two Q sec. m. a two U sec. m. thousyndethousondis O., and theiOm. Q sec. m. benwere Q sec. m. UV. strangeliddreynte U. in the see. So|thely thei that fedden hem, fledden, and tolden in to the citee, and in to theOm. MUVX. feeldis; and thei wenten out, forOm. SUVX. to see what was don. And thei camen to Jhesu, and thei seen hym that was traueilid of the fend, sittynge clothidclad SX., and of hoole mynde; and thei dreden. And thei `tolden to hemOm. UV., that sayen, hou it was don to hym that hadde a fend, and of the hoggisswyn AO. hoggis tolden to hem UV.. And thei bygunnen forOm. SUVX. to preie hym, that he shulde go awey froout of O pr. m. `her coostisthe coostis of hem UV.. And when heJhesu UV. stiede in to a boot, he that was traueilid of the deuelfend UV., bygan tofor to O. preye hym, that he shulde be with hym. SothlyAnd UV. Jhesus resceyued hym nat, but seithseide UV. to hym, Go thou in to thin hous to thinethi meyne MPT., and telle toOm. MP. hem, hou manygreete UV. thingis the Lord hath don to thee, and hadde mercy of thee. And he wente forthOm. UV., and bigan forOm. SUVX. to preche in Deca|poly, that is, a cuntree of ten citees, hou manyegreete UV. thingis Jhesus hadde don to hym; and alle men wondriden. And whanne Jhesus hadde stiedestiȝede up U. in to the boot eft|sooneefte UV. ouer the see, myche cumpanye `of pepleOm. UV. cam togidre to hym, and was aboute the see. And oonsum man O. of the princis ofof the G sec. m. MU. synagogis, by name Jayrus, cam, andand he UV. seyinge hymJhesu UV., fel doun at his feet, and preiede hymOm. P. myche, seyinge, For whiOm. UV. my douȝter is `in the laste thingisniȝ deed U sec. m.; come thou, putte thin hond on hire, that she be saaf, and lyue. And heJhesu UV. wente forth with hym, and myche cumpanyeOm. N. `of pepleOm. UV. suede hym, and oppressidethrustede U sec. m. hym. And a womman that was in the flux of blood twelue ȝere, and hadde suffride many thingis of ful many lechis, and spendidhadde ȝoue UV. alle hir thingis, and `no thing prophitidehadde not profitide ony thing UV., but `more haddehadde more GMPTW sec. m. XY. worse, whanne she hadde herd of Jhesu, she cam in the cum|panye byhynde, and touchide his cloth. Sothly she seide, For if I shal touche orȝhe UV. his cloth, I shal be saaf. And anoon the welle of bloodhir blood UV. iswas UV. dried vpOm. UV., and she felide in bodythe body UV. that she was helid of the woundthe seeknesse UV., `or sikenesseOm. AUVX.. And anoon Jhe|sus knowynge in hym silf the vertu that washadde MP. gon out of hym, heOm. S., turned to the cumpenye, seithand seide UV., Who touchede my clothis? And his disciplis seiden to hym, Thou seest the cumpenyecumpenyes S. pressingeoppressynge AG sec. m. MOP. thee, and seist thouOm. G sec. m. MOPT., Who touchide me? And Jhesus lokide aboute, forOm. SUVX. to see hir thatwhiche UV. hadde don this thing. Forsothe the womman dredinge and quakyngetremblynge UV., wit|yngeknowynge UV. that it was don in hir, cam, and fel down bifore him, and seide to hym al treuthethe treuthe UV.. Forsothe Jhesus seide to hir, Douȝtir, thi feith hath maad thee saf; gogo thou UV. in pees, and be safthou hool UV. fro thi sykenes. Ȝit him spekynge, messagerismessangeris GMPQTY. camen to the prince of athe G sec. m. MOPW sec. m. synagoge, seyinge, For thi douȝtir is deed; what traueilist thou the maistir ferthereferrer T.? Forsothe the word herd that was seideseide UV., Jhesus seith to the prince of the synagoge, Nyle thou drede, oonly byleue thou. And he resceyuede notnot with him O. ony man to sue him, noOm. O. but Petre, and James, and John, the brother of James. And thei camen in to the hous of the prince of the synagoge. And he siȝ noyse, and men wepinge and weilinge moche. And he gon yn, seithseide UV. to hem, What ben ȝee troublidturblid AGMNPT., and wepyn? The wenchedamysel UV. is not deed, but slepith. And thei scorn|eden him. Forsothe alle kastcasted UV. out, he takith the fadir and modirthe modir G. of the wenchedamysel UV., and hemthei U. that weren with him, and thei entren ynOm. UV., where the wenchedamysel UV. lay. And he holdinge the hond of the wenchedamysel UV., seithseide UV. to hir, Tabita, cumy, that is inter|pretidexpowned AO., `or expownidOm. AOUVX., WencheDamysel UV., to thee I seie, rise thouOm. P.. And anon the wenchedamysel UV. roos, and walkide; sothly she was of twelue ȝeer. And thei weren abaischt withbi UV. greetgretteste UV. stoneyinge. And he co|maundide to hem greetly, that no man schulde wite it. And he comaundide to ȝiue to hir forOm. GSX. to ete. And Jhesus gon out thennisfro thennes UV., wente in to his owneOm. UV. cun|tree; and his disciplis folwidensueden UV. him.

 CAP. VI.

And the saboth maad, Jhesushe UV. bigan forOm. G pr. m. SVX. to teche in a synagoge. And manye heeringe wondriden in his techinge, sey|inge, Of whennis `to thisben UV. to him this MP. alle these thingisthingis to this man UV.? and what is the wysdom thatwhich UV. is ȝouun to him, and suche vertues `the whichethat GUVXY. ben maad by his hondhondis UV.? Wher this is not athe MPT. smyth, `or carpenterOm. AX., the sone of Marie, the brother of James and Josephof Joseph UV. and Judasof Judas UV. and Symoundof Symount UV.? wherwhether GOMPTWXY. andOm. Q. also UV. his sistris ben nat here with vs? And thei weren sclaundrid in him. And Jhesus seide to hem, For a prophete is not with outen honourworschype, or honour w pr. m., no but in his owneOm. UV. cuntree, and in his hows, and in his kyn. And he myȝte not make there ony vertu, no butbut he UV. heelide a fewe sike men, the hondis put to. And he won|dride for the vnbileuevnfeithfulnesse UV. of hem. And he wente aboute castelis in enuyrowncumpas UV., tech|inge. And he clepideclepide togidere UV. twelue, and bigan forOm. SUX. to sende hem bi tweynetwo GMOPQXY. tweyne and tweyne UV.; and ȝafhe ȝaf OU. to hem power of vnclene spiritis, andand he UV. co|maundide hem, that thei schulde not takebere UV. ony thing in the weye, noOm. OU. but athe N. ȝerd oonly, not a scrippe, notne GMPXY. bred, neither money in thethere U. girdilgirdels U., but schoonschood A sec. m. GMPSUV sec. m. shod QXY pr. m. with sandalies, `that benis Q. opyn aboueOm. UVX., and that thei `weren notschulden not be UV. clothidclad X. with tweietwo MPUXY. cootisclothis N.. And he seide to hem, WhidirWhere O. euere ȝee schulen entre in to an hous, dwelle ȝe there, till ȝe gon out thennisfro thennis UV.. And whowhiche UV. euere `schulen not resseyueres|seyuen not U pr. m. V. resseyuen ȝou not U sec. m., neneither UV. heere ȝou, ȝe goynge out fro thennes shakeshakith MOPQSTW sec. m. XY. awey the powdredust UV. froof U. ȝoure feet, in to witnessinge to hem. And thei goynge outout fro thens W pr. m., prechiden, that men schulden do pe|naunce. And thei castidenkestyn GQSXY. out many fendis, and anoyntiden with oyle manye syke men, and thei weren heelid. And kyng Eroude herde, forsothefor UV. his name was maad opyn, and `he seidethey seiden UV., For Johne Baptist hathis O. risun aȝen fro deed men, and therfore vertues worchenben wrouȝt Q sup. ras. in hym. So|thely othereothere men UV. seiden, ForOm. X. it is Ely; but othereothere men UV. seiden, For it is a prophete, as oon ofof the UX. prophetis. TheOm. U. whiche thing herd, Eroude seithseide UV., WhomThis Jon whom UV. I haueOm. Q. bihedidbyheuedid O., `John, thisOm. UV. hath risunrise aȝen UV. fro deed men. Forsothe the ilke Eroude sente, and held Joon, and bond him inOm. O. to prisoun, for Erodias, the wyf of Philip, his brother; for he hadde weddid hir. Sothly Johne seide to Eroude, It is not leefful to thee, forOm. UVX. to haue the wyf of thi brother. Ero|dias forsothe `leide aspiessettide tresoun UV. to him, and wolde sle him, and miȝte not. Sothly Eroude drede John, witinge him a iust man and hooly, and kepte him. And him herd, he dide many thingis, and `gladly herde hymherde him gladly U.. And whanne a co|uenable day haddewas U. fallunbifalle UV., Eroude `in his birthe dayOm. UV. made a souperesoper of his birthe UV. to theOm. UV. princis, and tribunys, and to the firste, `or grettesteOm. AX. either grettest men UV., of Galilee. And whanne the douȝter of thilkethat X. Erodias hadde en|trid ynOm. UV., and leptedaunside UV., and pleside toOm. UV. Eroude, and also toOm. UV. men restyngesittynge atte the mete UV., the kyng seide to the wenchedamy|sele UV., Axe thou of me what thou woltwole U., and I schal ȝyue to thee. And he swoor to hir, For what euereeuere thing UV. thou schalt axe, I schal ȝyue to thee, thouȝ the half of my kyngdomrewme UV.. `The whicheAnd U., whanne sche hadde gon out, seidesche seide UV. to hir modir, What schal I axe? And she seide, The heedheued GOY. of John Bap|tistthe Baptist O.. And whanne she hadde entrid anon with haste to the kyng, she axide, seyinge, I wole that anoon thou ȝyue to me in a dische the heedheued OG. of John Baptist. And the kyng was sorysorowful UV. forof N. the ooth, and for men sittinge `to gidereOm. Q. at metethe meet AGMNOPQSTXY. he `wolde notnolde UV. hirmake hir Q. beOm. Q sec. m. to be S. maadOm. Q sec. m. soryheuy, or sory Q.; but a manquellere sent, he comaundide the heedheued OY. of John BaptistOm. UV. forOm. SUX. to be brouȝtbrouȝt in a dische Q sec. m. UV. brouȝt forth W pr. m.. And he bihedidebyheueded O. him in the prison, and brouȝte his heedheued OY. in a dische, and ȝaf it to the wenchedamysel UV., and the wenchdamysel UV. ȝafȝaf it G. to hirthe O. modir. The which thing herd, his disci|plis camen, and token his body, and put|tidenputten SX. it in a buriel. And apostlisthe apostlys GQUX. the postlis VY. com|ynge to gidere to Jhesu, tolden toOm. G. hym alle thingis, thatwhiche U. thei hadden don, and tauȝt. And he seithseide UV. to hem, Come ȝe `by ȝou selueby ȝee ȝour selue G. by ȝoure silf MNOQTY. asides half UV. in to a desert place; resteand reste UV. ȝe a litel. ForsothFor UV. `there weren manyemany weren UV. that camen, and wenten aȝen, and thei hadden not space forOm. K pr. m. SUVX. to ete. And thei stiȝyngestiȝeden K. steȝende X. in to boota boot MPUVWXY., wenten in to a desert place `by hem selueasides half UV.. And thei syȝen hem goynge awey, and manyemany men UV. knewen, andand thei UV. goynge onout O. feet fro alle citees, theiOm. UV. runnen to gidere thidir, and came bifore hem. And Jhesus goynge out syȝ moche cumpanye, and hadde mercy onof OXY. hem, for thei weren as scheepe not hauynge a shep|herde. And he bigan forOm. NSUVX. to teche hem manye thingis. And whanne moche ourhour, or forth dayes MPT. was maad now, his disciplis `camen nyȝneiȝeden UV., seyinge, This place is desert, and now the our hath passid; leeueleeue, either delyuere thou UV. hem, that thei goynge in to theOm. S. nexte townes orand AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. vilagis, bye to hem metis whichethat X. thei schulen ete. And he answerynge seithseide UV. to hem, Ȝyue ȝe toOm. O. hem forOm. SX. to ete. And thei seiden to hym, Goynge bye we loues withfor UV. twotwey O. hundrid pens, and we schulen ȝyue to hem forOm. SX. to ete. And he seith to hem, Hou many loues han ȝe? Go ȝe, and seseeth GQSXY. seiȝeth O.. And whanne thei hadden knowun, theiOm. UV. seien, Fyue, and two fyschis. And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden make alle men sitteto sitten SUX. to mete aftirbi UV. aftir the W pr. m. cum|penyes, vponon the UV. on X. greene hey. And thei saten downto mete UV. by parties, by hundridis, and fyf|ties. And the fyue looues taken, and two fyschis, he biholdynge in to heuene, bless|ide, and brak loouisthe looues PUV W sec. m., and ȝafhe ȝaue U. to his dis|ciplis, that thei schulden puttesetten UV. bifore hem. And he departide two fyschis to allealle men UV.; and allealle men UV. eeten, and weren fillidfulfillid AGMNOPQSTWXY.. And thei token the relyuesrelyfe G pr. m. Q. of broken mete, twelue coffyns full, and of theOm. P. fyschis. Sothli thei that eeten, were fyue thousyndthousondes O. of men. And anon he constreynede his disciplis forOm. SUVX. to stiȝe vpOm. UV. in to a boot, that thei schulden passego UV. bifore him ouer the see to Bethsayda, theOm. UV. while he lefte the peple. And whanne he hadde left hem, he wente in to an hil, forOm. SX. to preie. And whannewhan and O. euenyng waswas maad G pr. m., the boot was in `the myddilmyddis the MPT. myddis of the UV. the myd X. see, and he aloone in the lond; and he syȝ hem trauelinge in rowynge; sothlifor U. the wynd was contrarie to hem. And aboute the fourthe waking of the nyȝt, he wan|dryngegoynge UV. onvpon O. the see cam to hem, and wolde passe hem. And thei, as thei syȝen him wandryngegoynge UV. on the see, gessidenthei gessiden X. forOm. SUVX. to bese K. a fantum, and criedenthei crieden UV.; for|sothfor UV. alle syȝen hym, and theiOm. UV. weren disturbliddisturbid SX. troublide UV.. And anon he spak with hem, and seide to hem, Triste ȝe, I am; nyle ȝe drede. And he `cam vpstiȝede UV. `to hemOm. Y sec. m. in toOm. U. thea U. boot, and the wynd ceesside. And thei more wondriden with ynne hemhem silf UV.; forforsothe UV. thei vndirstoden not of the looues; sothlifor UV. her herte was blyndid. And whanne thei hadden passid ouer the see, thei camen in to the lond of Genazareth, and settensettiden UV. to londe. And whanne thei haddenweren UV. gon out of the boot, anon thei knewen him. And thei rennynge thurȝin O. thoruȝ out U. al thatthe MQTY. cuntreecitee K., bigunnen tofor to O. bere `aboute in beddis hemhem aboute in beddis PXY. that hadden hemOm. UV. eny XY. yuele, where thei herden him beto be MUVY.. And whidur euere hethat he O. entride yn to vilagis and townes, oreither UV. in to citees, thei puttidenputten SX. syke men in stretis, andand thei UV. preieden him, that thei schul|den touche eitherother M. namely UV. or X. the hem of his cloth; and how manye euere touchiden him, weren maad saf.

 CAP. VII.

And Phariseesthe Pharisees UV. and summe of scribisthe scribis UV. comynge fro Jerusalem, camen to gidere to him. And whanne thei hadden seyn summe of his disciplis ete breed with comune hondis, that is, not waischun, thei blamydenblameden hem W sec. m.. ForsothFor UV. Phariseesthe Pharises N. and alle Jewisthe Jewis N. eten not, noOm. AOX. butbut if X. thei waisschen ofte her hondis, holdinge the tradiciouns, `or statutisOm. AOX., of eldere men. And thei turn|ynge aȝen fro chepyngethe chepynge W sec. m., eten not, noOm. OX. butbut if X. thei ben waischun; and manye othere thingis benthere ben O., that ben takun to hem forOm. SX. to kepe, waischingis of cuppis, and cru|etisof watir vessellis UV., and of vessels of bras, and of beddis. And Pharisees and scribis axiden him, seyinge, Whi gon not thi disciplis aftirby UV. the tradiciountradiciouns UV. of eldere men, but with comyne hondis thei eten bred? And he answeringe seide to hem, Ysaie prophe|ciede wel of ȝou, ypocritis, as it is writun, This peple worschipithhonoureth UV. me with lippis, forsotheOm. U. `her hertethe herte of hem UV. is fer fro me; in veyn trewli thei worschipen me, techinge doctrinysthe doctrines UV. and preceptismaundementis UV. of menme K.. For|soth ȝe forsakinge the maundementmaunde|mentis K. comaundement UV. of God, holden the tradiciouns of men, waischingisthe waschyngis UV. of cruetiswatir vessels UV., and cuppisof cuppis UV.; and manye othere thingis lyke to thes ȝe don. And he seide to hem, Wel ȝe han maad the maundementcomaundement UV. of God voyde, that ȝe kepe ȝoure tradicioun. ForsothFor UV. Moyses seide, WorschipeHonoure thou UV. thi fadir and thi modir; and he that `schal cursecurseth UV. fadir oreither UV. modir, `by deeth deie hedye by deeth UV.. SothliBut UV. ȝe seyen, IfThat if O pr. m. a man `schal seyeseith UV. to fadir oreither UV. toOm. ceteri. modir, `Corban, that isOm. V., What euere ȝifte ofis of Q sec. m. VW. is to U. me, schalit schal UV. profite to thee; and ouerferther UV. ȝe suffren not him doto don SUV X. ony thing to fadir oreither to UV. modir, brekyngeȝe brekynge UV. the word of God by ȝoure tradicioun, thatwhich UV. ȝe han ȝouun; and ȝe don manye `othere suchesuche liyk UV. thingis. And heOm. OUX Y. eftsooneefte Jhesu UV. clepinge toOm. UV. the cumpanye `of pepleOm. UV., seide to hem, Ȝe alle heerehereth SX. me, and vndirstondenvnder|stondith PSTX.. No thing with outen man is entringe in to him, that may de|foule him; but tho thingis thatit ben that defoulen a man, whiche UV. comen forth of mana man PUVWXY., `tho it ben that defoulen a manOm. UV. tho defoulen a man X.. Forsoth ifOm. UV. ony man hauehath UV. eeris `of heeringeto heere UV., heere he. And whanne he hadde entrid in to an hous, fro the cum|pany `of pepleOm. UV., his disciplis axiden him the parable. And he seithseide UV. to hem, So and ȝe ben vnprudent, `or vnwyseOm. AOX. or vnstable, or vnwyse W pr. m.. Vndir|stonden ȝe not, for al thing withoute forth entringe in to aOm. O. man, may not defoule him? for it hath not entrid into his herte, but in to thehis XY. wombe, and bynethe it goth out, purgynge alle metis. Sothli heCrist UV. seide, For thethoo GOU. tho X. thingis that gon out of aOm. N. man, thoOm. UV. defoulen a man. Forsoth fro withynne, of the herte of men comen forth yuele thouȝtis, auoutriesand auoutries K., fornicaciouns, mansleyngismannus sleyngis O., theftis, couetisesauarisis G sec. m. OUV. coueytise MPTW sec. m. Y., `or ouer hard kepynge of goodisor auarice A. Om. QUVX., wickidnesses, gyle, vnchastite, yuelan yuel UV. yȝeyre G pr. m. KSY., blasphemyesblasphemye GUV., pride, folyeand folye MPQTXY.. Alle thes yuelisthingis U. fro with|ynne comen forth, and defoulen aOm. O. man. And Jhesus risynge thennisfro thennes UV., wente in to the endescoostis UVXY pr. m. of Tyre and Sidon. And he gon in to an hows, wolde nothat no UV. man witewite, or knowe MPQTY. to witen S.; and he miȝte not `dare, or be priuybe priuy AO. be hid UV. daren X.. SothliForsothe UV. a womman, anon as sche herde of him, `which wommaniswhois MPQTUVXY. douȝtir hadde an vnclene spirit, entride, and fel doun atto UV. his feet. Sothli the womman was he|thene, of the generaciounkyn UV. of SirefenSirofenysse MPTXY pr. m. Sirofenice V. And she preide him, that he woldeschuld O. caste out a deuelfend UV. froof Q. hir douȝtir. TheOm. UV. which seide to hir, Suffre thou thethat the UV. Om. XY pr. m. sones beto be PSW sec. m. XY. fulfildfillid UV. first; it is not good to take theOm. V. bred of sones, and sendeȝyue it U sec. m. sende it GXY. to houndis. And she answeride, and seide to him, ForsotheȜis, forsothe Q sec. m. Ȝhe UV., Lord; for whi andalso UV. litle welpis eten vndir the bord, of the crummes of children. And Jhesushe UV. seithsaide OQSUV. to hir, For this word gogoo thou UV., the fend isOm. ANOUVW sec. m. went out of thi douȝtir. And whanne she hadde gon homin to hir hous UV., she fond the wenchedamysel UV. sittingeliggynge UV. onvpon O. the bedd, and theOm. V. deuelfend UV. gon out `fro hirOm. U.. And eftsooneefte UV. Jhesus goynge out froof UV. the endiscoostis UV., `or coostisOm. AOUVX., of Tire, cam thurȝby UV. Sidon to the see of Galilee, `that isOm. UV. bi|twixebytween OS. bitwe X. the myddil endiscoostis UV. of Decapoleos. And thei leeden `to himhim to U. a deef man and doumb, andand thei UV. preieden him, that he putte to him the hond. And he takynge him asydisasides half UV. aside X. fro the cumpanye, senteputte U pr. m. puttide U sec. m. his fyn|grisfyngre N. in to his litleOm. UV. eeris; andand he UV. spetinge towchide his tunge. And he biholdynge in to heuene, sorwide withynneinwardely UV., and seithseith to him NQ sec. m. seide UV., `Effeta, that isOm. UV., Be thou openyd, And anon his eeriseeren O. weren openyd, and the bond of his tunge iswas UV. unbounden, and he spak riȝtly. `And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden seye to no manOm. K.; forsoth how moche he comaundide to hem, so moche more thei prechiden more, and by that theOm. KUV. more thei wondriden, sey|inge, He dide wel alle thingis, and deef men he made to heere, and doumbedoumbe men UVY. forOm. SVX. to speke.

 CAP. VIII.

In tho dayes, whanne moche cumpenye `of pepleOm. UV. was with Jhesu, and hadde not what thei schulden ete, his disciplis ga|derid clepide UV. to gidere, he seithseide UV. to hem, I haue rewthe onof O. the cumpanye `of pepleOm. UV., for loo! now `the thridde daybi thre dayes UV. thei susteynen, `or abydenOm. AX. me, and han not what thei schulen ete; and if I leeueschal delyuere UV. hem fastinge in to herOm. Y pr. m. houshousis MY., thei schulen faile in the weye; forsothe summe of hem camen fro fer. And disciplisthe disciples MPXY. hise disciplis UV. answeridenansweringe Y. to him, Wherof `a man schalschal a man PUVXY. mowe fille hemthese men UV. with looues here in wildirnessedesert UV.? And he axide hem, How manye looues han ȝe? TheOm. UV. whiche seiden, Seuene. And he comaundide theto the N. cumpanye toOm. QY pr. m. sitt dounto mete UV. on the erthe. And he takynge seuenethe seuene QT sec. m. XY. looues, and doynge thankynges, brak, and ȝaf to his disciplis, that thei schulden putteputte hem P. sette UV. forth. And thei settensettiden UV. forth to the cumpany. And thei hadden a fewe smale fischis; and he blesside hem, and comaundide forOm. OSUVX. to beOm. N. putsett V. forth. And theithei alle Q sec. m. eeten, and benweren UV. fulfildfillid UV.; and thei token vp that lefte of relyfthe relyf O. relyues UV., `or smale gobatisOm. MOPQSTUVW sec. m. XY., seuene leepisleepis ful M. lepful XY.. Forsoth thei that eeten, weren asOm. Q. foure thousandthousandis O. of men; and he lefte hem. And anon he `wente vpstyinge UV. in to a boot, with his disciplis, andOm. UV. camcamen K. in to the partis of Dalmamy|tha. And Pharisees wenten out, and bi|gunnen to sekespeke A. dispute UV. axe X., `or axeOm. AX. or to axe PTUV., with him, ax|yngeseekinge Q sec. m. a tokene of hym fro heuene, tempt|inge hym. And he sorwynge withynneinwardly UV. in spirit, seithseide UV., What sekith this genera|cioun a tokenesigne, either myracle UV.? Treuly I seie to ȝou, ifOm. NQ sec. m. UV. ȝif for O. a tokenesigne UV. schal benot be NQ sec. m. UV. ȝouun to this ge|neracioun. And he leeuynge hem, `wente vpsteiȝede UV. eftsooneefte UV. in to a boot, and wente ouer the see. And thei forȝaten tofor to O. take breed, and thei hadden not with hem noOm. A. but o loof in the boot. And he comaundide to hem, seyinge, `Se ȝeSeeth X., and `be ȝebe OPTW. beth QSXY. war of the sourdowȝ of Pharisees, andand of the PVXY. sourdowȝ of Eroude. And thei thouȝten `oon to another, seiyngeseiynge ech to other UV., For we han not breedlooues UVXY.. TheOm. UV. which thing knowun, Jhesus seithseide UV. to hem, What thenke ȝe, for ȝe han not breedlooues UV.? Ȝit ȝe knowen not, neneither SUV. vndir|stonden; ȝit ȝe han ȝoure herte blyndidblynde O.. Ȝe hauynge yȝen, seen not, and ȝe hauynge eeris, heeren not; nether ȝe han mynde, whanne I brak fyue looues in to fiue thousandethousondes O., and hou manye coffyns ful of `brokene meterelyues UV. `ȝe tokentoken ȝe G sec. m. PQTUVXY. vp? Thei seyn to him, Twelue. Whanne andalso UV. seuene looues in to four thousandethousondis O. `of menOm. V., how many leepislepful QX. lepisful Y. of `brokene meterelyues UV. `ȝe tokentoken ȝe G sec. m. PQTUVXY. vpOm. UV.? And thei seyenseiden K., Seuene. And he seide to hem, How vndirstonden ȝe not ȝit? And thei comen to Bethsayda, and thei bryngen to him a blynd man, andand thei UV. preieden hym, that he schuldewolde UV. touche him. And the hond of the blynd man takun, he ledde him out of the streete, andand he UV. spetynge in to his yȝen, his hondis put to, heOm. V. axide him, if he syȝ ony thing. And he biholdinge, seithseide UV., I se men as trees walkyngegoinge V.. Aftirward eftsoonesefte UV. heCrist UV. puttideputte SX. hondis on his yȝen, and he bigan forOm. SUVX. to se, and he iswas V. restorid, so that he syȝ clerely alle thingis. And he sente him in to his hous, seyinge, GoGo thou UV. in to thi hous; and if thou schalt go in to the streete, seyeseye thou UV. to no man. And Jhesus entride ynOm. UV. and his disciplis in to the cas|tels of Sezarie ofand O. Philip. And in the weye he axide his disciplis, seiynge to hem, Whom seyn men me forOm. SUVX. to be? TheOm. UV. whiche answeriden `to hym, seiyngeseyinge to hym UV., SummeSummen seyn UV., John Baptist; othereothere men UV. seyn, He|lye; butforsothe UV. othereothere men UV. seyn, as oon of the pro|phetis. Thanne he seith to hem, But whom seye ȝe me forOm. SUVX. to be? Petre answeringe, seith to him, Thou ert Crist. And he thretenydemanasside UV. thrette X. hem, that thei schulden nat seie to ony man of him. And he bigan forOm. SUVX. to teche hem, for it bihoueth mannis sone suffreto suffre G sec. m. MPQSTXY. for to sofre OW sec. m. manye thingis, and to be re|proued of the `hiȝeste prestiseldere men UV., and of el|derethe eelder O. the hiȝest UV. menprestis UV., and scribisof the scribis UV., and to be slayn, and aftir thre dayes, forOm. SUVX. to rise aȝen. And heOm. K. spak playnliopenli UV. the word. And Petre takynge himCrist UV., bygan forOm. SX. to blame himhym, and seide, Lord, be thou merciful to thee, for this schal not be. UV.. TheOm. UV. which turnydturned and G sec. m. Q sec. m. turnynge and O., seynge his disciplis, manaside Petreto Petre AMNOPQTXY., seiyngeand seide UV., Go aftir me, Sathanasthou Sathanas UV.; for thou saueristvnderstondest UV. not thoOm. X. thingis that ben of God, but tho thingis that ben of men. And the cum|panye `of pepleOm. UV. gederidclepid togidere UV., with his disci|plis, he seide to hem, If ony man wole suecome aftir UV. me, denye he him self, and take heOm. SX. his cros, and sue heOm. S. me. SothlyFor UV. `who sohe that UV. wole makemake saf UV. his souleliyf UV., `that is, his lyfOm. AUVX. that is, lijf N. or lyf O., safOm. UV., heOm. UV. schal leese it; forsothe he that schal leese his soulelijf UV., `that is, his lyfOm. AOSUVX., for me and the gospel, schal make it saf. Sothli what `profiteth itschal it profite UV. ato a AGMNOPQSTUVY. man, if he wynnewynneth O. al the world, and do peyringe to his souleowne soule X.? oreither U. what chaungyng schal a man ȝyue for his soule? Forsoth `who thatif a man UV. schal knoleche me, and my wordisworde O. in this generacioun auoutresseauoutresse and synful Q sec. m. auoutresse and synneresse UV., and man|nis sone schal knowleche him, whanne he schal come in the glory of his fadir, with his aungels. And he seide to hem, Treuly I seie to ȝou, for `ther ben summesumme ben UV. of men stondinge here, `the whichewhiche UV. that X. schulen not taste deeththe deeth O., til thei sen the rewme of God comynge in vertu.

 CAP. IX.

And aftir sixe dayes Jhesus took Petre, andOm. U. James, and John, and ledithledde NQX. he ledith UV. hem by hem selue aloonealoone asides half UV. in to an hiȝOm. V pr. m. hil; and he is transfigurid byfore hem. And his clothis ben maad schynynge and white ful moche aslike O. snow, andOm. UV. whichwhat QUVXY. maner clothisOm. MTPY pr. m. a fullere, `or walkere of clothOm. AMOPQTW sec. m. XY pr. m. either touker UV., may not make white on erthe. And Helye with Moyses apperide to hem, and thei weren spekynge with Jhesu. And Petre answeringe seithseide UV. to Jhesu, Mais|tir, it is good vs forOm. SUVX. to be here; makeand make UV. we here thre tabernaclis, oon to thee, oonand oen X. to Moyses, and oon to Helye. Sothli he wiste not what he schulde seie; forsothefor UV. thei weren agastaferd UV. by drede. And `ther is maadOm. UV. a cloudecloude was maad UV. schadewingebischadowynge N. hem; and a voys cam ofOm. UV. the cloude, seyinge, This is my mooste deereworthe sone, heere ȝe him. And anon thei biholdinge aboute, syȝe no more any man, noOm. O. but Jhesus oonly with hem. And hemthei U. he V. comynge down fro the hil, he comaundide hemto hem UV., that thei schulde not telle to any man tho thingis thatwhiche UV. thei hadde seyn, nonot N. but whanne mannis sone hath risunrise aȝen UV. fro `deede spiritisdeeth O. deed men UV. deade X.. And thei heeldenheelden togidere O. the word atanentis UV. hem silf, sekynge whatwhat thei U. schulde be, whanne he hathschal haue Q sec. m. risunrise aȝen UV. fro deededeth OQX. deed men V.. And thei axiden him, seyingeand seiden UV., Whatfro UV. therfore seyn Phariseesthe Pharisees UV. and scribisthe scribis UV., for it bihoueth Helye forOm. SUVY. to come first. TheOm. UVX. which answeringe seithseide UV. to hem, Whanne Helye schal come first, he schal restore alle thingis; and hou it is writun `in toon U. of V. mannis sone, that he suffre many thingis, and be despisid. But I seie to ȝou, for andalso UV. Helye is comun, and thei diden to him what euere thingis thei wolden, as it is writun of him. And he comynge to his disciplis, syȝ a greet cumpany aboute hem, and scribisthe scribis UV. axyngedisputynge UV. to gydere axinge M. togidere axende X. with hem. And anon al the cumpanyepeple UV. seynge Jhesu, was astoneyed, and theiOm. MPXY. dreden; and thei rennynge to, greetengretten V. him. And he axide hem, What sekendisputen UV. ȝe among ȝou? And oon of the cumpany answeringe seide, Maistir, I haue brouȝt to thee my sone hauynge `an vnclenea doumbe UV. spirit; theOm. UV. which wher euere heOm. U. `schal taketaketh UVX. hym, hirtithhurtlith UV. himhim doun V., and he frothithvometh UV., `or vomethOm. AUVX. or fometh ONWY., and betithbiteth A. to gidere with teeth, and wexith drye. And I seide to thi disciplis, that thei schulden caste hym out, and thei myȝten not. TheOm. UV. which answeringe to hem seide, AO! O.! thouthe K. schrewidOm. UV. generacioun `and out of bileuevnbileeueful UV., hou longe schal I be at ȝou, hou longe schal I suffre ȝou? `Brynge ȝeBringith M. hym to me. And thei brouȝten hym toOm. UV.. And whanne he hadde seyn him, anon the spirit troublideturblide MNP. him; and he cast doun in to the erthe, wasOm. MY. walewid frothingevomynge UV.. And he axide his fadir, Hou moche ofOm. UV. tyme `it isis it MPUXY. is V., sithen this thing felbifelde UV. to him? And he seithseide UV., Fro childhodȝonge childehod UV.; and ofte he hath sentput U. himOm. T. andOm. Q. bothe UV. in to fierthe fyre Q. and `in toOm. Q. to T. watirwatris N., that he schulde leese him; but andOm. UVXY. if thou maist ony thing, help vs, hauyngethou hauynge MPTUVW sec. m. mercy onof Y. vs. Sothli Jhesus seithseide U. to him, If thou maist bileue, alle thingis ben possible to a man bileuynge. AndOm. G pr. m. anon the `fadir of the childchildes fadir Q. cri|yngecriede X. with teeris seideseyende X., Lord, I bileue; help thou myn vnbileuefulnessevnfeithfulnesse V.. And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn the company `of pepleOm. UV. rennynge to gidere, he manaside toOm. UV. the vnclene spirit, seyingeand seide UV. to him, Thou deef and doumb spirit, I comaund thee, gogo thou UV. out fro him, and entreentre thou UV. to gon XY. notno OUVXY. more in to him. And he criynge, and moche to-breidynge him, wente out fro him; and he iswas UV. maad as deed, so that manyemany men UV. seiden, that he was deed. For|soth Jhesus holdynge his hond, `lifte vp himreiside him UV. lifte him vp MW pr. m. Y. liftede hym vp X.; and he roos. And whanne he hadde entrid in to an hous, his disciplis axiden him priuely, Whi myȝten not we caste hym out? And he seyde to hem, This kyndekynd of deueles O. `in no thingOm. UV. maymay not UV. go outout in eny thing UV., no but in preier and fastinge. And thei gon fro thennis, wenten forth in to Galile; and he wolde nonot that ony UV. man wite. HeForsothe he UV. tauȝte his disciplis, and seidehe seide S. to hem, For man|nus sone schal be bitrayed in to the hondis of men synneres N., and thei schulen sle him, and hehim GMOXY. slayn, onin UV. the thridde day schal rise aȝen. And thei knewen not the word, and dredden forOm. SUVX. to axe him. And thei camen to Cafarnaum. Which whenne `he wasthei weren UV. in the hous, axide hem, What tretiden ȝe in the weie? And thei weren stille; sothli thei disputiden among hemhem silf UV. in the weie, whowhiche O. of hem schulde be moregretter U. the gretter UV.. And he sittinge clepide the twelue, and seithhe seide U. to hem, If any manOm. Y pr. m. wole be the first among ȝou, he schal be the lastelaste of alle UV., andand the V. mynystremynystre or seruaunt M P. ofto O. alle. And he takinge a childe, ordeynede him in the myddilmyddis UV. of hem; whom whanne he hadde byclippid, he seithseide UV. to hem, Who euere `schal receyueresseyueth UV. oon of suche children in my name, he receyueth me; and who euere receyueth me, he receyueth not me aloone, but him that sente me. John answeride to him, seyingeand seide UV., Maistir, we syȝenhan sein N. sum oonOm. N. man UV. forOm. Q sec. m. SUVXY. toOm. Q sec. m. UVY. castecastinge Q sec. m. UV. out fendis in thi name, theOm. UV. whichwhich man UV. sueth not vs, and we han forbedun him. Sothli Jhesus seithseide UV. `to himto hem M. Om. UV., Nyle ȝe forbede him; `ther is no manfor no man is UV. that doth vertu in my name, andand he K. may soone speke yuele of me. Forsothe he that is not aȝens vsȝou V., is for vsȝou V.. Sothli who euere schal ȝyue drynke to ȝou a cuppe of cold watir in my name, for ȝe ben of Crist, treuly I seie to ȝou, he schal not leese his mede. And who euere `schal sclaundresclaundreth UV. oon of thes litle bileuynge inin to UV. me, itOm. K. is good tomore to UV. him that a mylne stoon of assisan asse MPY pr. m. were don aboute his necke, and were sentcast U. in to the see. And if thin hond sclaundresclaundreth UV. thee, kitt it awey; it is good to thee `feble tothat thou feble UV. entre in to lyf, thanthan that thou UV. hau|ynge tweytwo MOPUXY. hondis goto go G sec. m. OSX. in to helle, in to fier `that neuere schal be quenchidvnquencheable UV., where the worm of hem deieth not, and the fierfier of hem O. is not quenchid. And if thi foot sclaun|dresclaundreth UV. thee, kitt it of; it is good to thee `for toto SX. that UV. `entre crokidthou crokid entre UV. in toto the O. euerlasting lyf, thanthan that thou UV. hauynge tweytwo MPXY. feet toOm. UV. be sent in to helle ofOm. MPXY. fier, `that neuer schal be quench|idvnquencheable UV., where the worm of hem deieth not, and the fier is not quenchid. That if thin yȝe sclaundresclaundreth OUV. thee, cast it out; it is good to thee `for toto MSXY. Om. P. that UV. entrethou entre UV. gogil yȝed in to rewmethe rewme A pr. m. GMOPQSUVXY. of God, thanthan that thou UV. hauynge tweytweyne GV. two MPXY. yȝen forOm. SUVX. to be sent in to helle ofOm. MO. fier, where the worm of hem deieth not, and the fier is not quenchid. Forsoth eueryech UVX. man schal be saltid, `or maad sauoriOm. AX., with fier, and eueryech MUV. slayn sacrifice schal be sauoridsaltid UV. with salt. Salt is good thing; that if salt beis OUV. vnsauori, in what thing schulen ȝe make it sauori? Haue ȝe salt in ȝou, and haue ȝeOm. M. pees among ȝou.

 CAP. X.

And Jhesus risynge vp fro thennis, cam in to the endiscoostis V. of Jude ouerbiȝonde UV. Jordan; and eftsoonesefte UV. the cumpanyescompany OX. `of pepleOm. UV. camencam X. `to gidereOm. UV. to him, and as he was wont, eftsooneefte UV. he tauȝte hem. And Pharisees `comynge nyȝneiȝynge UV., axiden himhim, temptynge hym UV., IfWhether U. it beis V. leefful to a man forOm. OQSTUVX. to leeueforsake UV., `or forsakeOm. AOUX. or to forsake N., his wyf? `temptinge himOm. UV.. And he answeringe seithseide UV. to hem, What co|maundide Moyses to ȝou? TheOm. UVX. whiche seiden, Moyses suffride tofor to O. write a libel of forsakinge, and to forsake. To whomwhiche UV. Jhesus answeringe seithseide UV., To the hard|nesse of ȝoure herte Moyseshe UV. wroot to ȝou this preceptcomaundement UV.. Forsothe froat UV. the bigyn|nyng of creature God made hem male and female; and he seide, For this thing a man schal leeueforsake UV. fadirhis fadir V. and modir, and schal clefe to his wif, and thei schulen be tweynetwo MPXY. in o fleisch. And so now thei ben not tweynetwo MPXY., but o fleisch. TherforeTherfor a man departe not UV. that thing thatwhich UV. God ioynedehath ioynede UV. to gidere, `no man departeOm. UV.. And eftsooneefte UV. in the hows his disciplis axiden him of the same thing. And he seithseide UV. to hem, Who euere `schal leeueforsaketh UV. his wyf, and weddeweddeth UV. another, he doth auoutrie vponon UVX. hir. And if the wyf `schal leeueforsake UV. hir hosebonde, and beis UV. weddid to another, she doth auoutrie. And thei offriden to him litle children, that he schulde touche hem; sotheli disciplisthe disciplis UV. thret|enydenthreteden S. manassiden UV. thratten X. toOm. UV. men offringe. WhomWhich UV. whanne Jhesus hadde seyn, he baar `heuye, or vn|worthilivnworthili A. heuyly, or vnworthili Q. vnwor|thili, or heueli UV. heuye X., and seithseide UV. to hem, Suffre ȝe litle children forOm. MSUV sec. m. X. to come to me, and for|bede ȝe hem not, forsothfor UV. ofOm. UV. suche `is the kyngdom of Godthe rewme of God is of UV.. Treuli I seie to ȝou, who euere `schal not receyueresseyueth not UV. the kyng|domrewme UV. of God as thisa MUVY. litle child, he schal not entre in to it. And he biclippinge hem, and puttinge hondis vponon UVX. hem, blesside hem. And whanne Jhesushe UV. was gon out in the weye, oa MUVX. man rennynge bifore, theand the O. kne bowidbowid bifore him UV., preiede him, sei|yngeand seide UV., Goode maistir, what schal I do, that I receyue euerlastinge lyf? Forsothe Jhesus seide to him, What seist thou me good? `No manNoon UV. goodis good UV., noOm. KT. but `God alooneoo God UV.. `Thou hast knowenHast thou knowe V. the co|maundementis, do thou non auoutrie, sle not, stele not, seie notno U. fals witnessinge, do no fraude, worschipe thi fadir and mo|dirthi modir UX.. And he answeringe seithseide UV. to himCrist UV., Maistir, I haue kept alle these thingis fro my ȝoutheȝongthe UV.. Sothli Jhesus `biheld him, andbyholdynge him O. louyde hym; and heOm. UV. seide to him, O thing failith to thee; go thouOm. MP., selle thouOm. MP. what euere thingis thouthat thou K. hast, and ȝyueȝeue thou UV. to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and comecome thou UV., sueand swe O. thou me. TheOm. UV. which maad sorwful in the word, wente awey mornynge, forsothfor UV. he was hauynge many possesciouns. And Jhesus biholdinge aboute, seithseide UV. to his disciplis, How hard theischulen thei UV. that han moneyrichessis UV. schulenOm. UV. entre in to the kyngdomrewme UV. of God. Forsothe the disciplis weren stoneyedastoneyed PUV. in his wordis. And Jhesus eftsooneefte UV. an|sweringe seithseide UV. to hem, ȜeOm. UV. litle sones, how hard thingOm. UV. `it isis it MUV., menthat men UV. tristynge in richessisrichesse MP. forOm. SUVX. to entre in to the kyngdomrewme UV. of God. It is liȝterliȝtlier K. esier UV., `or esyerOm. QUVXY., athat a UV. camel forOm. QSUVXY. toOm. UV. passe thorw `a nedlisan edlis GKMP. yȝe, thanthan that UV. a riche man forOm. SUVX. toOm. UV. entre in to the kyngdomrewme UV. of God. Whiche wondridenwondringe Y. more, sey|inge atanentis UV. hem selue, And who may be maad saf? And Jhesus biholdinge hem, seithseide UV. `to hemOm. UV., Anentis men it is impos|sible, but not anemptis God; for alle thingis ben possible anemptis God. AndOm. XY. aftirwardOm. UV. Petre bigan forOm. SUVXY. to seye to him, Loo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee. Jhesus answeringe seithseide UV., Treuli I seie to ȝou, `ther is no manno man is UV. that schal leeueforsake UV. hous, or bretheren, or sistrissistren U., or fadir, or modir, or sones, or feeldis for me and for the gospel, theOm. UV. which schal not taken an hundridfold so moche now in this tyme, housis, and bretheren, andOm. W pr. m. sistrissisteren OU., and modris, and sones, and feldis, with per|secuciouns, and inin to O. the world to comyngecomen SX. euerlasting lyf. Forsoth many schulen be, the firste the laste, and the laste the firste. Forsothe thei weren in the weye stiȝynge to Jerusalem; and Jhesus wente bifore hem, and thei wondriden, andand thei OUV. folowingesuynge UV. dredden. And eftsooneefte UV. Jhe|sushe UV. takinge toOm. NUV. twelue, bygan to seye to hem, what thingis weren to comecomynge UV. to him. For lo! we stiȝen to Jerusalem, and mannus sone schal be bitrayed to theOm. MPX. princes of prestis, and to scribisthe scribes SUV., and to elderethe eelder AOSUVY. men; and thei schulen dampne him by deeth, and thei schulen bytake him to hethene men. And thei schulen scorne him, and byspeetethei schulen bispete UV. him, and beetethei schulen beete UV. him; and thei schulen sle him, and in the thridde day he schal ryse aȝen. And James and Jon, `Zebedees sonesthe sones of Zebedee UV., `camen nyȝneiȝen UV. to him, seyingeand seyn UV., Maistir, we wolen, that what euereeuere thing UV. we schulenOm. S. axe, thou do to vs. And he seide to hem, What wolen ȝe that I do to ȝou? And thei seiden, ȜyueȜeue thou UV. to vs, that we sitten `that oonthe toon AGNOQTY. the oon MSUV. the one PWX. aton W. thithe G. riȝthalf, and `the tothirthat othir PQ. the other X. at `the leftthi left ANTWX. thi left half OQUVY., in thi glorie. Forsothe Jhesus `seith to hemseide AGNOS. seide to hem UVW., Ȝe witen not what ȝe schulen axe; mown ȝe drynke the cuppe, theOm. NQTUVW sec. m. XY. which I `am toOm. UV. drynke, oreither UV. be waischunbap|tised UV. withOm. S. in V. the bap|tym, in which I am baptisid? And thei seiden to him, We mown. Sothli Jhesus seithseide V. to hem, Treuli ȝe schulen drynke the cuppe thatwhich UV. I drynke, and ȝe schulen be waischunbaptised UV. within UV. the baptym, in which I am baptisid; sothliforsothe UV. forOm. SUVX. to sitte at my riȝthalf or lefthalf isit is UVX. not myn to ȝyue toOm. NSX. ȝou, but to whichwhom MQPSXY. it is ordeynedmaad redy UV.. And the ten heeringe haddenbigunnen to haue UV. endignacioundedeyne UV. of James and John. Sothli Jhesus clepinge hem, seithseide UV. to hem, Ȝe witen, thatfor UV. thei that semenben seyn UVXY., or ben seynOm. UVXY., to haue prince|hedprincehod, or ben lordis O. onof Y. folkis, lordschipenben lordis UV., `or ben lordisOm. MOPQTUVXY., of hem, and the princes of hem han power of hem. Forsoth it is not so in ȝou, but who euere schalOm. UV. wolle beto be N. maad morethe gretter UV., schal be ȝoure mynystre, and who euere schalOm. UV. wolle beto be MN. be maad Q sup. ras. theOm. MOQTY pr. m. firste in ȝou, schal be seruaunt of alle. Forwhi and mannis sone cam not, that `it schulde be mynys|tridme schulde serue UV. to him, but that he schulde mynys|treserue UV., and ȝyue his soulelyf UV., `or lyfOm. MOPQUVXY pr. m., re|dempcioun, or aȝen biyngredempcioun OUV. aȝenbiynge MPQXY pr. m. aȝeinbyinge, or redempcioun T., for manye. And thei camencomen MVW. to Jerico; and him go|ynge forthout UV. fro Jerico, and his disciplis, and aOm. UV. ful moche cumpany `of pepleOm. UV., the sone of Tymey, Barthymeus, blynd, saat bisydis the weye beggynge. `The whichAnd UV. whanne he hadde herd, for it iswas U. Jhesus of Nazareth, biganhe gan O. he bigan UV. to crie, and seye, Jhesu, the sone of Dauith, haue mercy onof XY. me. And manye thretnydenthreteden SY. thratten X. hym, that he schulde be stille; and he criede moche moremore, seiynge UV., Jhesu, the sone of Dauith, haue mercy onof OXY. me. And Jhesu stondinge comaundide hym forOm. SUVX. to be clepid; and thei clepidenclepen UV. the blynde man, seiynge to him, Be thou `of beterebetere of K. herte, ryse vpthou UV., he clepith thee. `The whichAnd UV., his cloth cast away, `sturtinge camhe cam stertynge out UV. to him. And Jhesus answeringe seideseith Y. to him, What wolt thou I schalOm. PXY. do to thee? TheForsothe the UV. blynde man seide to him, Maistir, that I se. Sothli Jhesus seide to him, Go thouOm. MP., thi feith hath maad thee saaf. And anon he syȝ, and suede him in the weye.

 CAP. XI.

And whanne Jhesus `cam nyȝneiȝede UV. to Jeru|salem and to Betanye, toatte UV. the mount ofOm. UV. Olyuete, he sendithsente MNPXY. twotweyne GUV. twey O. of his disciplis, and seith to hem, Go ȝe in to the castel thatwhich UV. is aȝens ȝou; and anon ȝe entrynge inOm. KV. thidur schulen fynde a colt tyed, onvpon O. theOm. UV. which `non of menno man N. sat ȝit; vn|byndevntye UV. ȝe, and bryngbrynge ȝe NUV. bringeth SX. him. And if ony man `schal seieseith UV. ony thing toaȝens Q. ȝouȝou, What do ȝe Q sec. m., seie ȝe, thatfor UV. he is nedeful to the Lord, and anon he schal leeue him hidur. And thei go|ynge forth, founden a colt boundentyed U. by|fore the ȝate with outeforth, in the meet|ing of tweyetwo MPX et Y passim. weyes; and thei vnboundenvntyen UV. him. And summe of men stondinge there seiden to hem, What don ȝe, vnbyndingevntyinge UV. the colt? `And theiWhich UV. seiden to hem, as Jhesus comaundidehadde comaundide UV. toOm. AGMNPQSTUWX. hem; and thei leftenleften to UV. hem. And thei brouȝten the colt to Jhesu, and theiOm. Q. puttidenputten SUVX. toon UV. him her clothis, and Jhesus sat vponon SUVX. himhem I.. For|sothe manyemany men UV. strewiden her clothis in the weye, sotheli othere men kittidenkitten X. bowis, `or braunchisOm. MOPQUVXY., froof UV. trees, and strewiden in the weye. And thei that wenten bi|fore, and that sueden, cryeden, seyinge, Osanna, blessid is he that cometh in theOm. PXY. name of the Lord; blessid thethat O. is the UV. kyngdomrewme UV. `that comethOm. UV. of oure fadir DauithDauith that cometh UV.; O|sanna in hiȝteesheiȝthis MP. hiȝe thingis UV.. And he entride in to Jerusalem, in to the temple; and alle thingismen UV. seyn aboute, whanne `the our was now euenyngnow the euen|tyde houre was O. our was now euenyng XY pr. m., he wentewente out G sec. m. UV. in to Betanye, with twelue. And another day, whanne he wente out offro G sec. m. O. Betanye, he hungride. And whanne he hadde seyn athe U. fyge tree afer hauynge leeuys, he cam, if happily he schulde fynde ony thing therynne; and whanne he camhadde come U. to itOm. Y., he fond no thing, out taken leeuys; for it was nonot GMNOTUVW sec. m. X. tyme of fygis. And Jhesus answeringe seide to it, Now no more with outen ende ony man ete fruyt of thee. And his disciples herden; and thei camencomen GMPW. to Jerusalem. And whanne he hadde entrid in to the temple, he bigan forOm. SUVX. to caste outOm. KX. men sellinge and biggyngebiynge AGMNOPQTUVWY. biende SX. in the temple; and he turnyde vpsodoun the boordis of chaungeris, and the chaieris of men sell|inge culueris; and he suffride not, that ony man schulde bere a vessel thurȝthorow out N. the temple. And he tauȝte hem, seyingeand seide UV., WherWhether X passim. it is not writun, For myn hous schal be clepid thean OUV. hous of preiyngeprayere OUV. to alle folkis? forsoth ȝe han maad it a den of theues. TheOm. UV. which thing herd, the princes of prestis and scribisthe scribis UV. souȝten hou thei schulde leese him; forsoth thei dreden hym, for al the cumpanye `of pe|pleOm. UV. wondride on his teching. And whanne euenyngeuentide UV. the euenyng X. was maad, he wente out of the citee. And whanne thei pass|iden eerly, thei syȝen the fige tree maad drye fro the rootis. And Petre hauynge mynde, seide to him, Maistir, lo! the fyge tree, whomwhich UV. thou cursedist, hath dryed vp. And Jhesus answeringe seithseide UV. to himhem UV., Haue ȝe the feith of God; treuli I seie to ȝou, thatfor U. who euere seiththat saith O. to this hil, TakeBe thou taken NUV., and sendebe thou sent NUV. send thee X. in to the see; and dout|ith not in his herte, but bileueth, for what euereeuer thing UV. he `schal seyeseith UV., `be itschal be UV. maad, it schal be maaddon UV. to him. Therfore I seie to ȝou, alle thingis `what euere thingiswhiche euere UV. ȝe prei|ynge schulenOm. UV. axe, bileue ȝe thatfor UV. ȝe schulen take, and theitho UV. schulen come to ȝou. And whanne ȝe schulen stonde forOm. SUVX. to preie, forȝyue ȝe, if ȝe han ony thing aȝens ony man, that andalso UV. ȝoure fadir thatwhich UV. is in heuenes, forȝyue to ȝou ȝoure synnes. ThatFor UV. if ȝe `schulen not forȝyueforȝeuen not UV., neither ȝoure fadir thatwhich UV. is in heuenes, schal for|ȝyue ȝouto ȝou MUVXY. ȝoure synnesOm. O.. And eftsooneefte U. thei camencomen GM et W passim. Y. to Jerusalem. And whanneOm. U. he walkide in toOm. UV. the temple, the hiȝeste prestis, and scribis, and eldere men `camen niȝcomen niȝ MW. neiȝen UV. to him, and seien to him, In what power doist thou thes thingis? oreither UV. who ȝaf to thee this power, that `thou dodon to O. thes thingis? Forsothe Jhesus answeringe seith to hem, And I schal axe ȝouof ȝou N. o word, and answere ȝe to me, and I schalOm. O. seie to ȝou, in what power I do thes thingis. Whether was `the baptym of JohnJones bapteme UV. of heuene, oreither UV. of men? answere ȝe to me. And thei thouȝten `with innewith K. hem selue, seiynge, If we schulen seie of heuene, he schal seie to vs, Whi therfore bileuenbileueden UV. ȝe not to him; if we schulen seie of men, we dreden the peple; forforsothe UV. alle men had|den John, for he was verily a prophete. And thei answeringe seyenseiden U. to Jhesu, We witen neuerenot UV.. And Jhesu answeringe seith to hem, Neither I seie to ȝou, in what power I do thes thingis.

 CAP. XII.

And Jhesus bigan to spekespeke to hem MNPUV. parablyin parablis MNPUV., `or in parablisOm. MNPUVX.. A man plauntide a vyne|ȝerdvyner UV., and puttideputte MPSTX. abouteabowt it MOPQUVY. an hegge, and dalf a lake, and bildidebilde MSX. a tour, and hir|edesettide it to ferme UV. itOm. UV. to erthe tilieris, and wente forthforsothe W sec. m. in pilgrymage; and sentehe sent MOPUVW. to the erthe tilieris in tyme a seruaunt, that he schulde receyuetake V. of the fruyt of the vyneȝerdvyner V. atof V. the erthe tilieris. TheOm. UV. whiche `beten him takuntakun, beten him MP., and leften him voyde. And eftsooneefte UV. he sente to hem a nother ser|uaunt, and thei woundiden him in the heed, and ponyschedenpunsheden hym X. with chidingisrepreu|ynges UV., `or reprouyngisOm. G pr. m. UVX.. And eftsooneefte UV. he sente another, and thei slowenkilliden UV. him, and othere mo, betyngeand thei beten UV. summe, butsotheli UV. sleyngethei killiden UV. othere. Therfore ȝit he hauynge aO AGNOQSTUVWX. sone most dereworth, `and to hem he sentesente also to hem UV. him the laste, seyingeand seide UV., For byin UV. hap thei schulen schamedrede with reuerence UV. my sone, `or drede with reuerenceOm. OUVX.. Forsothe the tenauntis seyden `to hem selftogidere UV., `or to gidereOm. OUVX., This is the eier; come ȝe, sle we him, and the eritage schal be oureourun GW.. And thei takynge himhim. killeden and NUV., castidencasten SX. out withoute the vyneȝerdvyner UV., `and slowenOm. NU.. `Therfore whatWhat therfore V. schal the lord of the vyneȝerdvyner UV. do? He schal come, and leese theOm. G pr. m. tenauntis, and ȝyuehe schal ȝeue UV. the vyne|ȝerdvyner UV. to othere. WherWhether UX. ȝe han not rad this scripture, The stoon theOm. UVXY. which men bildinge han dispisid, this is maad in to the heedheued OY. of the corner? This thing is maad of the Lord, and is wondirful in oure yȝen. And thei souȝten forOm. SUVX. to holde him, and thei dreden the cumpanye `of pepleOm. UV.; sothli thei knewen for to hem he seide this parable; and him left, thei wenten away. And thei senden to him summe of the Farisees andand of UV. Erodians, forOm. QSUVX. tothat thei shulden Q sec. m. UV. take hym in word. TheOm. U. whiche com|ynge seyn to hym, Maistir, we witen for thou ert sothfast, and reckistthou reckest O. not ofOm. AGNQSXY. ony man; `sothly neitherfor UV. thou seestseest not UV. in to facethe face MOPTUVW sec. m. of man, but thou techist the wey of God in treuthe. Is it leefful forOm. SUVX. `to ȝyue tributethat tribute be ȝouun UV. to Cesar, orwhe|ther U. wher V. we schulen not ȝyue? TheOm. UV. which witingeknowynge UV. herOm. K. the UV. priueyOm. KUV. falsnessefalsenesse of hem UV., seithseide UV. to hem, What tempten ȝe meme, ipocrites N.? brynge ȝe to me a peny, that I semay se K.. And thei offridenoffreden, or token MP. brouȝten UV. to him. And he seithseide UV. to hem, Whos is this ymage, and the `in wrytingeon wrytynge N. wrytynge Q.? Thei seien to him, Cesaris. Forsothe Jhesus answeringe seithseide UV. to hem, Therfore ȝelde ȝe to Cesar thattho thingis that UV. ben of Cesar, and to God tho thingis that ben of God. And allethei UV. wondriden on him. And Saducees, that seyen nothat no UV. resur|eciounrysyng aȝen UV. `to beis UV., camencomen GMP et W passim. to him, andand thei UV. ax|iden him, seyingeand seiden UV., Maistir, Moyses wroot to vs, that if the brother of a man were deed, and lefte athe UV. Om. X. wyf, and lefte notno UV. sones, his brother takeshal take M. his wyf, and reyse vpOm. UVW pr. m. seed to his brothir. Therfore seuene britheren weren; and the firste took a wyf, and ishe is UVW pr. m. deed, nonot K. seed left. And the secunde took hir, and heOm. OV. is deed, and neither this lefte seed. And the thridde alsoin lyk manere UV.. AndAnd in lyk manere UV. seueneseuen men O. tooken hir, and lefte notno UVW pr. m. seed. And the womman theOm. MNPQ. laste of alle is deed. ThanneTherfor UV. in the resurecciounrysyng aȝen UV., whanne thei schulen rise aȝen, whos wyf of these schal sche be? sothlyforsothe UV. seuene hadden hir wyf. And Jhesus answeringe seithseide UV. to hem, WherWhether X. ȝe erren not ther|foreherfor UV., not knowingekunnynge UV. the scripturis, nother the vertu of God? Forsothe whanne thei schulen rise aȝen fro `deed mendeeth U sec. m. dead X., neither thei weddenschulen wedde UV., notherne PTW sec. m. benthei ben N. schulen be UV. weddid, but thei schulen be as aungels of God in heuenesheuene U.. Sothli ofOm. K. deed men, that thei rysen aȝein, `han ȝeȝe han MPXY. not rad in the book of Moyses, onvpon O. the bousche, hou God seide to him, seiynge, I am God of Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob? He is not God of deede men, but GodOm. OSU. of lyuynge men; therfore ȝe erren moche. And oon of the scribis, that hadde herd hem sekyngespekynge GO sec. m. axynge MTW sec. m. disputynge UV. `to gidereOm. UV., `cam niȝneiȝede UV., andand he UV. seyinge thatfor UV. heJesu UV. hadde welOm. UV. answerid hemto hem NX. hem wel UV., axide hym, which was the firste maundement of alle. JhesusForsothe Jhesu V. answeride toOm. UV. him, thatFor UV. the firste `of alle comaunde|mentisof alle maundementis P. comaundement of alle UV. is, `Heere, IsraelThou Israel, here UV., the Lord thi God is oonoo God UV.; and thou schal loue thethi O. Lord thi God of al thin herte, and ofOm. W pr. m. X. al thi soule, and ofOm. W pr. m. al thi mynde, and of al thi vertu, orether V. myȝtestrength O.. This is the firste maundementcomaundement U.. Forsothe the secunde is lyk to this, Thou schalt loue thi neiȝebore as thi silf. `Ther isOm. UV. non othir maunde|ment moreis more UV. than these. And the scribe seithseide UV. to him, Maister, in treuthe thou hast wel seid; for o God is, and `ther is nonnoon other is UV. ther is not Y pr. m., out taken him; and that he be loued of al hertethe herte UV., `and of al thouȝtOm. OUV., `or myndeOm. UVX., and of al vndirstondingethe understondynge UV., and of al theOm. X. soule, and of al strengthethe strengthe UV., and tofor to UV. loue thea G sec. m. O. Om. K. thin W pr. m. neiȝebore as him silf, is more than alle brend offringissacrifices V. and sacrificis. Jhesus forsothe seyinge that he hadde answerid wysely, seide to him, Thou ert not fer fro the kyngdomrewme UV. of God. And nowOm. K. no man durste axe himhim more MY.. And Jhesus an|sweringe seide, techinge in the temple, TherforeOm. UV. how seyn scribisthe scribis UV., Cristthat Crist UV. forOm. SUVX. `to beis UV. the sone of Dauith? `To whomForsothe UV. Da|uith him silf seide in the Hooly Gost, The Lord seide to my lord, SitteSitte thou UV. on my riȝt|half, til I putte thin enemyes thea UV. stool of thi feet. Therfore Dauith him silf seith him aOm. UW pr. m. lord, and wherof is he his sone? And moche cumpany gladli herde him. And he seide to hem in his teching, Be ȝe war of scribis, that wolen wandrego UV. in stoolisscolys P. stolis, ether gaye clothis UV., and be salutidgret UV. in chepingethe chepyng MPU VW sec. m. Y., and sitte `in synagogis in the firste chairesin the f. ch. in synag. UV., and thein the MPW sec. m. Y. firste sitting places in soperis; theOm. UV. whiche deuouren the housis of wi|dewis, vndir colourthe colour O. of long preier; theithese G sec. m. UV. thees O. takenschulen take MPUV. lengerthe lengere QSX. domdoom, ether damnpaciom V.. And Jhesus sittinge aȝeins the treserie, biheld hou the cum|pany `of pepleOm. UV. castecastide MPUVY. money in to the tresorie; and manye richeriche men MPUVXY. castidencasten SX. many thingis. Sothli whanne oa XY. pore widowe hadde comen, sche sente tweyetwo MOPUX. mynutis, that is, a ferthing. AndAnd he clepynge togidere UV. his disciplis `clepid to gidereOm. UV., heOm. UV. seithseide V. to hem, Treuly I seie to ȝou, for this pore widowe sente more than allealle men UV., that sente in to the tresorie. SothliFor U. alle sente of that thing that was plenteuous to hem; but this `of hir myseste sentesent of hir pouert UV. alle thingis that she hadde, al hir lyflode.

 CAP. XIII.

And whanne he wente out of the tem|ple, oon of his disciples seithseide UV. to him, Maistir, biholdsee UV., what maner stoones, and what manere bildingisbyldyng O.. And heJhesus NUV. answer|inge seithseide UV. to himhem O., Seeste thou alle thes greete bildingis? thera stoon UV. schal not be left `a stoonOm. UV. vponon SUVX. a stoon, `the whichwhich UV. that X. schal not be distroyed. And whanne he sat in the mount of OlyueteOlyues UV. aȝens the temple, `thei axiden hymOm. UV. byeche by Q sec. m. Om. UV. hemOm. UV. silueOm. UV., Petre, and James, and John, and AndrewAndrew by hem silf axiden him UV., Seie thou to VS, whanne thes thingis schulen be maaddon UV., and what tokenesigne schal be UV., whanne alle thes thingis schulen bigynne forOm. SUVX. to be endiddon W pr. m.. And Jhesus answeringe bigan forOm. SUVX. to seie to hem, Se ȝe, that no man disceyue ȝou; for many schulen come in my name, seiynge, For I am; and thei schulen disceyue manyemany men UV.. SothliForsothe UV. whanne ȝe schulen heere batels and opyniouns of bateils, drede ȝe not; forsothefor UV. it bi|houeth thesethat these UV. thingis forOm. SUVX. toOm. UV. be don, but notthe eende is not UV. ȝit `anon the endeOm. UV.. ForForsothe UV. folk schal rise vponon SX. aȝens UV. folk, and rewme vponon SUVX. rewme, andand the O. erthe mouyngmouynges UV. schaland hungre schulen be UV. be by places `and hungurOm. UV.; bigynnyngisbyginnynge GNQSTUVW. of sorwis theseben these MPQY. thingis. Sothli se ȝe ȝouȝoure NQY. silf, for thei schulen takebitake UV. ȝou in counceilsher counceils UV., and ȝe schulen be beten in synagogis; and ȝe schulen stonde bifore kyngis and domes|men for me, in to witnessing to hem. AndAnd first it bih. that the gosp. be prechid UV. in to alle folkis `it bihoueth first the gospelOm. UV. forOm. SUVXY. `to be prechidOm. UV.. And whanne thei schulen lede ȝou bitrayingebi takyng UV., nyle ȝe thenkebifore thenke UV. what ȝe schulen speke, but `speke ȝespeketh X. that `thing thatOm. O. schal be ȝouen to ȝou in that our; sothlifor UV. ȝe ben not spekinge, but the Hooly GostGost, that spekith in ȝOW Q sec. m.. Forsothe aOm. GK. the QW pr. m. brother schal bitraye theOm. G. a O. brother in to deeth, and the fadir the sone, and sonesthe sones G pr. m. UV. schulen ryse to gidre aȝens fadris and modris, and ponyscheschulen punysche UV. hem by deeth. And ȝe schulen be in hatehatrede UV. to alle men for my name; but hethis UV. Om. X. that schal susteynesusteyne, or suffre MP. in to the ende, thisOm. UV. schal be saf. Forsothe whanne ȝe schulen se the abhomynacioun of discom|fort, stondinge wher it owith not; vndir|stonde he that redith; thannethat N. theiOm. O. that be in Judee, flee in to hillis. And he that is aboue the roof, come heOm. GOQTUVXY. not doun in toOm. U. thehis T. hous, neithirne UV. entre he, that he take ony thing of his hows; and he that schal be in the feeld, turneturne he O. not aȝen byhynde forOm. SUVX. to take his cloth. Sothli wo to hem that ben with childe, and norischingenorischen UV. in tho dayes. Therfore preie ȝe, that theiȝoure fleying Q sec. m. tho thingis UV. ben not don in wyntirwynter, or in sabaot Q sec. m.. ForsothFor UV. `the ilketho X. dayes of tribulacioun schulen be suche, whiche manere weren not fro the bygynnynge of creature, theOm. MUV. which God made, til now, neither schulen be. And noOm. X. butbut if X. the Lord hadde breiggid thothe KNUV. dayes, alech UV. fleisch, `or mankyndeOm. OX., hadde not be saf; but for the chosene whomwhiche UV. he chees, the Lord hath breiggidabreggid UV. dayesthe dayes MNPTUV. tho dayes Q., `or maad schortOm. UVX.. And thanne if ony man schuldeschal MPUVXY. schul W. seie to ȝou, Lo! here is Crist, loo! there, beleue ȝe not. For fals Cristis and fals prophetis schulen ryse vpOm. UV., and schulen ȝyue tokenessignes UV. and greteOm. UV. wondris, to disceyue, if it may be don, ȝhe, theOm. UV. chosenechosen men UV.. Therfore se ȝe; loo! I haue bifore seid to ȝou alle thingis. But in tho dayes, aftir that tribulacioun, the sunne schal be maad derk, and the mone schal not ȝyue hir schynyng, and sterristhe sterris UV. of heuenes schal be fallinge doun, and ver|tuesthe vertues UV. that be in heuenes, schulen be mouyd. And thanne thei schulen se mannis sone comynge in cloudisthe cloudis UX. of he|uene, with greet vertu and glorie. And thanne he schal sende his aungels, andand he U. schalOm. PW sec. m. gedre his chosene fro foure wyndis, fro the lowestehiȝeste UV. thing of erthe vntointo O. til to UV. the hiȝeste thing of heuene. Forsothe of the fyge tree lernelere SX. ȝe thea UV. parable. Whanne now his braunchebraunches OQ. `schal beis UV. tendre, and leeuys benOm. O. sprongen out, ȝe witenknowen V. for somer is in the nexte. So and whanne ȝe schulenOm. UV. se alleOm. Q sec. m. UV. thesethat these UV. thingis ben maaddon Q sec. m. UV., wite ȝe, thatfor UV. it is in the nexte in the dorisdore M.. Treuly I seye to ȝou, for this generacioun schal not passe aweyOm. UV., til alle these thingis be don. Heuene and erthe schalshulen MPW. passe, forsothebut U. my wordis schulen not passe. TreulyForsothe UV. of that day oreither V. our no man woot, nethir aungelis in heuene, nether the sone, noOm. O. but the fadirfadir aloone U.. Se ȝe, `wake ȝe, and preie ȝewak|ith and preȝeth X.; sothli ȝe witen not, whanne tymethe tyme UV. is. ForOm. UV. as a man `the whichwhich OUV. that X. gonis gon MP. ferforth UV. in pilgrimage, lefte his hous, and ȝaf to his seruauntis power of eueryeche SV. work, and comaundide toOm. NV. the porter, that he schuldeOm. UV. wake. Therfore wake ȝe, forsothe ȝe witen not, whanne the lord of the hous comethschal come UV., in the euentideeuen M., or inOm. X. theOm. MPUVX. mydnyȝt, oror in MPW sec. m. kockis crowynge, oror in the MPW. morwyngemornyng MPW. morowtide UV. morewenyng XY.; lestlest that MP. whanne he schal come sudenly, he fynde ȝou slepinge. For|sothe thatthis UV. that I seie to ȝou, I seie to alle, `Wake ȝeWaketh X..

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe pask and the feeste of therf looues `withouȝten sourdowȝOm. MOPUVX. was aftir `the secunde daytwo dayes U pr. m. X. twey daies V.. And the hiȝeste prestis and scribis souȝten, hou thei schulden holde himCrist MP. with gile, and sleslee him PX.. Sothli thei seiden, Not in the feeste day, lest per|auenture noyse were maad in the peple. And whanne he was at Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprous, and restidsatte atte the mete UV., a womman comyngecam NV. come U., hauynge a box ofof alabaustre of UV. precious oynement spikanard; and the boxbox of alabaustre UV. brokun, heldesche held it O. she helde MP. sche schedde out UV. out onvpon O. his heedheued OY.. Forsoth `ther weren summesumme weren UV. beringe vn|worthily, `or heuyliOm. UVX., with ynneseiynge withinne UV. hem silf, `and seyingeOm. UVX., Wherto isOm. Q pr. m. this loss of oynement maad? For this oynement myȝte haueOm. V. be sold morefor more U. than forOm. U. thre hundrid pens, and be ȝouun to pore men. And thei groyneden `in toaȝens UV. hir. Sothliforsothe UV. Jhesus seide, SuffreSuffre ȝe V W sec. m. Y. Suffreth S. hir; what be ȝe heuy to hir? she hath wrouȝt gooda good UV. work ininto OQ. me. For `euer moreOm. UV. ȝe schulenOm. UV. hauehan euere UV. pore men with ȝou, and whanne ȝe schulenOm. UV. wolle, ȝe mown do wel to hem; forsoth ȝe schulen not euermoreeuere UV. haue me. She didesaide O. thatthat thing UV. thatOm. Q. she hadde; sche bifore cam forOm. SUV. to anoynte my body into buriynge. Treuli I seie to ȝou, where euere this gospel schal be prechid in al the world, andand this thing UV. that this wommanOm. X. hath done, schal be told in to mynde of hir. And Judas Scarioth, oon of theOm. G pr. m. twelue, wente to theOm. M. hiȝeste prestis, that he schulde bitray himJhesu UV. to hem. TheOm. UV. whiche heerynge ioyeden, and bihiȝten hem to ȝyue `him moneymoney Q pr. m. money to him Q sec. m. UV.. And he souȝte how he schulde bitraye himJhesu UV. couenably. And thein the UV. firste day of therue loues, whenne `pask was offridthei offriden paske UV., disciplishis disci|ples P. the disciplis UV. seyn to him, WhidirWher O. wolt thou we go, and make redy to thee, that thou ete pask? And he sendith tweynetwo MPX. of his disciplis, and seith to hem, Go ȝe in to the citee, and a man beringe a galoun of watir schal `renne to ȝoucome aȝens ȝou UV., `or come aȝens ȝouOm. UVX.; suwe ȝe him. AndOm. K. whidir euere he schal entre, seye ȝeOm. O. to the lord of the hous, For the maister seith, Wher is my fulfillingfillyng UV., `or etyng placeof etyng place K. Om. UV., where I schal ete pask with my disciplis? And he schal shewe to ȝou a greet souping place strewid, and there make ȝe redy to vs. And his disciplis wenten forth, andand thei UV. camen in to the citee, and founde as he haddeOm. O. seid to hem; and thei maden redy pask. SothliForsothe UV. eueneuentide UV. maad, he cam with twelue. And hem sittinge at the mete, and etinge, Jhesus seithseide UV., Treuli I seie to ȝou, for oon of ȝou that etith with me, schal bitraye me. And thei bigunnen forOm. SUVX. to be sorisorowful UV., and `to seieseide UV., ech by hym silf, WhetherWher MOPV. I? TheOm. UV. which seithseie to him UV. to hem, Oon of tweluethe twelue MOPQTUVY. that puttith yn the hond with me in theOm. N. plater. And sothli mannis sone goth, as it is writun of him; forsothbut UV. wo to that man, bi whom `mannis sonethe sone of man UV. schal be bi|trayd. It were good to him, if `that ilkethe ilke MP. thilke UV. that X. man hadde not be borun. And hemthei U. etinge, Jhesus took bred, and blessingeblissed O. brakbrak it Q., and ȝaf toOm. AGNOQSTXY. hem, and seithseide UV., Take ȝeOm. V.; this is my body. And the cuppe takun, he doynge gracisthankyngis UV. ȝaf to hem, and alle drunkun therof. And he seithseide UV. to hem, This is my blood of the newe testa|ment, theOm. UV. which schal be shedd out for manyemanye men UV.. Treuly I seie to ȝou, for now I schal not drynke of this fruit of vyne, til in to thatthe O. daye whanne I schal drynke it newe in the rewme of God. And the ympne, `or heriyngeOm. OX. either preisynge of God UV., seid, thei wenten out in to the hil of Olyues. And Jhesus seithseide UV. to hem, Alle ȝe schulen be sclaundrid in me in this niȝt; for it is writun, I schal smyte the schepherde, and the scheep of the floc schulen be disparplidscatered UV.. But aftir that I schal ryse aȝen, I schal go bifore ȝou in to Galilee. Forsoth Petre seithseide UV. to him, `And ifThouȝ UV. alle schulen be sclaundrid, but not I. And Jhesus seithseide U. to him, Treuly I seie to thee, for thouOm. UV. to day biforebifore that PUVY. biforn that X. the cokcok crowe U pr. v. cok schal ȝeue voice UV. intwies in UV. this nyȝt `twyes ȝyue voisOm. UV., thries thou `ert toschalt UV. denye me. And he spak more, `And ifThouȝ UV. it bihouebyhoueth K pr. m. OQ. schal bihoue UV. me to dye to gidere with thee, I schal not denye thee. SothliForsothe UV. andOm. MPWXY. lyk manere alleand alle PW sec. m. Y. seidenseiden in lyk manere UV.. And thei camen in to a placefelde UV., to whomwhich UV. the nameplace K. name was U. Gethsamany. And he seith to his disciplis, Sitte ȝe here, theOm. UV. while I preie. And he takithtook UV. Petre and James and John with him, and bigan forOm. SX. to drede, and to heuyeOm. K. to be heuy Q sec. m. V.. And he seithseide UV. to hem, My soule is sorwful tilOm. N. toOm. T. theOm. S. deeth; susteyneabide UV. ȝe, `or abide ȝeOm. OUVX. or abideth S., here, and preiewake NUV. ȝe `with meOm. UV.. And whanne he hadde gon forth a litel, he feldefel W pr. m. XY. down on the erthe, and preiede, `that, ifif that U. it myȝte be, the our schulde passe fro him. And he seide, FadirAbba, fadir NUV., alle thingis ben possible to thee, turne fro me this cuppe; but not that I wole, but `that thatthat at O hic et alibi. that MPUVW sec. m. thouthou wolte W pr. m.. And he cam, and fond hem slepynge. And he seithseide UV. to Petre, Symount, slepist thou? myȝtist thou not wake with me oon our? Wake ȝe, and `preie ȝepreȝeth X., that ȝe entre not `in toin G pr. m. temptacioun; forsothe the spirit is redy, but the fleisch sykis sike OUV.. And eftsooneefte UV. he goynge preiede, the same word seyinge. And he turnyd aȝen eftsooneefte UV., fond hem slepinge; sothli her yȝen were greuyd. And thei knewenwisten SUV. not, what thei schulden answere to him. And he cam the thridde tyme, and seithsayde OUV. to hem, Slepe ȝe nowe, and `reste ȝerestith X.; sothliOm. UV. it sufficith. The our cometh; loo! mannis sone schal be bi|trayed in to hondisthe hondes UV. of `synful mensynneres UV.. Ryse ȝe, go we; loo! he that schal bytraye me is nyȝ. And, ȝit himit U. spekinge, Judas Scarioth, oon of theOm. N. twelue, cam, and with him moche cumpeny with swerdis and staueswith staues O., sent fro the hiȝeste prestis, and scribis, and `fro theOm. UV. eldere men. For|sothe thehis N. traitour hadde ȝouun to hem a tokenesigne UV., seyinge, Whom euere I schal kisse, he it is; holde ȝe him, and lede ȝe warly, `or queyntelyOm. OQUVX.. And whanne he camhadde come UV., anon he comingeneiȝynge UV. to himJhesu UV., seithseide UV., Maistir; and he kisside him. And thei layden hondis `in toon UV. him, and heelden him. SothliForsothe UV. oon of menthe men MPW sec. m. stond|inge aboute, ledingedrawynge UV. out a swerd, smot the seruaunt of the hiȝeste prest, and kitte ofawey UV. toOm. OUV. himOm. UV. ana litle N. his UV. eere. And Jhesus an|sweringe seithseide UV. to hem, As to a thef ȝe han gon out with swerdis and staues, forOm. SUVX. to take me? ForsothOm. UV. day by day I was at ȝou, techinge in the temple, and ȝe heelden not me; but that the scripturis be fulfillidfillid UV.. Thanne `him forsakunOm. UV., alle his disciplis fleddenforsakynge him fledden UV.. Sothli sum ȝong man, clothidclad SX. with `lynnen clothsendel, or lynnen clooth MP. on the bare, suede him; and thei heelden him. And the lynnen cloth forsakun, he nakid fleiȝfledde MU. awey fro hem. And thei ledden Jhesu to the hiȝeste prest. And all camen to gidere `in toin K. oon, the prestis and theOm. GMPQTVWXY. scribis and eldere men. Forsoth Petre suede him afer tiltil to KV. with ynne `in toin K. the halle of the hiȝeste prest. And he sat with the mynystris, and warmyde him at the fier. Forsothe the hiȝeste prestis, and al theher K. counceil, souȝten witnessinge aȝens Jhesuhim U., that thei schulen ȝyuetake U. bitake V. him to deeth; nether thei founden. SothliForsothe UV. manye seiden fals witnessinge aȝens him, and the witnessingis weren not couenable. And summe risynge souȝtenbaren UV. fals witnessing aȝens hym, seyingeand seiden UV., For we `han herdherden UV. him seiyngeseye Q sec. m., I schal vndo this temple maad with hondis, and aftirby UV. the thridde day I schal bilde a nother not maad with hondis. And the witnessing of hem was not couenable. ForsotheAnd UV. the hiȝeste prest rysinge vp in to the myddelmyddis UV., axide himJhesu U., seyingeand seide UV., Answerist thou `not onyno O. thing to tho thingis that ben put toaȝens UV. thee of thesethese men UV.? Sothli he was stille, and no thing answeride. EftsooneEft UV. the hiȝest prest axide him, and seide to him, Ert thou Crist, the sone of blessid God? SothliForsothe UV. Jhesus seide to him, I am; and ȝe schulen se mannis sone sittinge on the riȝt half of `the vertu of GodGoddis vertu UV., and comynge in cloudisthe cloudis UV. of heuene. Forsoth the hiȝest prest, kittinge his clothis, seithseide UV., What ȝit desyren we witnessis? Ȝe han herde blas|phemye. What semethis seyn N. to ȝou? TheOm. UV. whiche alle condempneden him forOm. SUVX. to be gilty of deeth. And summe bigunnen forOm. SUVX. to bispittespete on UV. him, and tofor to O. hide his yȝenface NUV., and smyte himOm. O. with boffatisstrokis, or buffatis A., and seie to him, Prophecie thou. And the mynystris beeten him with strokisbuffetis MPUVW., `or boffatisOm. AMOPQUVWX.. And whanne Petre was in the halle by|nethen, oon of the hand maydenshand mayden K. of the hiȝest prest cam. And whanne sche hadde seyn Petre warmynge him, sche bihold|inge him seithseide UV., And thou wastwere APSUVX. was KM. with Jhesu of Nazareth. And he denyede, seyinge, Nethir I woot, nether I haue knowunknowe MUV., what thou seist. And he wente forthout with out forth UV. bifore the halle; and anon the cok songcrewe UV.. `Eftsone forsotheForsothe efte UV. whanne `a no|theran UV. `hand maydehand mayden AGNOSQTWXY. hadde seyn him, she bigan forOm. SUVX. to seie to men stondinge aboute, For thishe this O. is of hem. And he eft|soneefte UV. denyede. And aftir a litil, eftsooneefte UV. thei that `stooden nyȝweren present UV., seiden to Petre, Verily thou ert of hem, forwhifor UV. andalso UV. thou ert of Galilee. SothliForsothe UV. he bigan forOm. SUVX. to curse and swereto swere UV., For I knowe not this man, whom ȝe seyn. And anon eftsoonesefte UV. eftsone X. the cok songcrew MUV.. And Petre bithouȝte onof O. the werd thatwhich UV. Jhesus hadde seid to him, BiforeBifore that UV. the cok syngesonge O. crowe UV. twyes, thriesOm. UV. thou schalt denye meme thries UV.. And he bigan forOm. SUVX. to wepe. And anon `the morwe maadin the morowtide UV., the hiȝeste prestis, makinge counceil with the eldere men, and scribis, and al the counceil, byndinge Jhesu, ledden, and bitooken to Pilat.

 CAP. XV.

And Pilat axide him, Art thou kyng of Jewis? And heJhesu UV. answeringe seithseide UV. to him, Thou seyst. And the hiȝeste prestis accusiden him in manye thingis. Pilat forsothe eftsooneefte UV. axide him, seyinge, `Thou answeristAnsw. thou UV. not ony thing? Seest thou, in how manyegrete UV. thingis thei accusen thee? Forsothe Jhesus more no thing an|sweride, so that Pilat `schulde wondrewondride UVX.. Forsoth by `a solemnethe feest UV. day he was wont to leeuedelyuer UV. to hem oon boundenof the prisoneres UV., whom euere thei axiden. Forsoth `there was heoon was UV. that was seid Barabas, that was boundun with `sleeris of menmen of discencioun UV., andOm. OUV. that haddehe hadde V. donmaad UV. manslauȝtremansleyng UV. in `seducioun, that is, debaat in cyteesedicioun, that is, debate in the citee MP. debate O. discencioun UV. sedicioun X.. And whanne the cum|pany hadde `stiȝe vpstiȝede UV., he bigan forOm. SUVX. to preye, as he euermoreeuere UV. dide to hem. So|thely Pilat answeride to hem, and seide, Wolen ȝe Ithat I U. leeuedelyuere UV. to ȝou theOm. N. kyng of Jewis? SothliForsothe UV. he wiste, that the hiȝeste prestis hadden takenbitake UV. him by enuye. For|sothe the bischopis stiredenexcitiden UV. the cum|penye `of pepleOm. UV., that more he schulde leeuedelyuere UV. to hem Barabas. Forsoth eftsooneefte UV. Pilat answeringe seithseide UV. to hem, What therfore wolen ȝe Ithat I O. schal do to the kyng of Jewis? And thei eftsooneefte UV. crieden, CrucifieCrucifie thou UV. hym, orthat is O. Om. MPQUVX. `put hym on the crosOm. MPQUVX.. Forsoth Pilat seide to hem, Sothli what ofOm. UV. yuel hath he don? And thei crieden more, CrucifieCrucifie thou UV. him. SothliAnd sothly O. Forsothe UV. Pilat will|ingewolnynge Y. forOm. MSUVX. to `do ynowmake satisfaccioun UV. to the peplepeple, or to fulfille her wille MP., leftedelyuerede UV. to hem Barabas, and bitookhe bitoke UV. `to hemOm. V. Jhesu, smytensmytynge O. beeten UV., `or betunOm. OQUVX., with scourgis, that he schulde be crucified. Forsothe knyȝtis ledden him withynne, in to the floor of the moot halle, and clepidenthei clepen U. to gidere al the cumpenye of knyȝtis, and clothidencladden SX. clothen UV. him with purpur. And thei foldinge a corowne of thornes, puttidenputten SUVX. toon U. `him; and bigunnenthei bigunnen UV. forOm. SX. to greet him, sayingeand seie UV., Hail, thouOm. MPUV. kyng of Jewis. And thei smytensmytynge O. han smyte V. his heedheued OU. with a reede, and bispattenboffaten K. bispittiden QTXY. speten on UV. him; andand thei UV. `puttinge her kneesputtynge, or bowinge, her knees MP. kneliden U sec. m. theiOm. UV. worshipiden him. And aftir that thei hadden scornyd him, thei vncloth|idenvn|cladden X. him froof XY. purpur, and clothedyncladden X. him within UV. his clothis, and leddenthei ledden UV. himout him V., that thei schulde crucifie him. And thei constreyneden suma UV. man passynge forth, Symount of SyrenenSirenence M., comynge fro the town, the fadir of Alysandre and Rufeof Rufe NV., that he schulde take his cross. And thei ledden him in to athe UV. place Golgothaof Golgatha UV., that is interpretidexpowned O., `or expownedOm. OUVX., the place of Caluarie. And thei ȝauen him forOm. SX. to drynke wyn meddelid with myrre, and he took not. And thei crucifiynge him de|partiden his clothis, sendingecastynge U sec. m. lotlot on hem Q sec. m. lot on tho UV., who whatOm. UV. schulde taketake what UV.. Forsoth it was the thridde our, thatOm. UV. `men clepenis O. Om. UV. vndrunvndren M. vnduren O. vndur Q. Om. UV. vndirne W., and thei crucifieden him. And the title of his cause was writun, Jhesus of Naza|reth, kyngthe kyng UV. of Jewis. And thei crucifiencrucifieden NTX. with him tweytwo M et P pass. XY. theues, oon `at theon his N. at his S. on the UV. riȝt|half, `and oonanother T. aton NUV. histhe OUV. lefthalfleft half of him V.. And the prophecie is fulfildfilled UV. that seith, And he is gessidegessid O. arettid UV. ordeyned X., `or ordeynedOm OUVX., with wickidewicke X. men. AndAnd thei UV. passinge forth theiOm. UV. blasfemyden him, mouynge her heedisheuedis OY., andOm. XY. seyinge, FyȝVath, or fy MP. Vath U sec. m. marg. Om. X.! thouon thee UV. that distroyest the temple of God, and in thre dayes aȝen bildest itOm. V.; thou comynge down froof UV. the cros, make thi self saf. AlsoIn lyk manere UV. and the hiȝesteheȝe S. prestes scorn|yngeOm. K. scorneden Q. him, ech to other, with scribisthe scribis U., seiden, `Crist, kyng of Yrael, maade othere menother he made Q sec. m. he made othere men UV. saf, `he maye not saue him siluehim self he may not make saue Q sec. m. he may not make saaf him self UV.. ComeCrist, the kyng of Israel, come Q sec. m. UV. heOm. U. down now fro the cross, that we se, and bileue. And thei that weren crucified with him, puttedynputten SX. wrongfals repref UV., `or fals reprefOm. AOQUVX., to him. And the sixte our, `or myddayor vndurne AGMNPQSTY. Om. OUVX., maad, derknessis benweren UV. maad vponon SUVX. al theOm. AOQS. erthe til `in tovnto X. the nynthe our, `that is, noonOm. QUV.. And in the nynthe our Jhesus criede with greet vois, seyynge, `Heloy, HeloyHely, Hely GW., lamazabatany, theOm. UV. which `interpretid isis interpretid MP., My God, my God, whi, `or whertoor wherfore A. Om. OQUVX., hast thou forsake me? And summe of men stondinge aboute heeringeand heringe P. seiden, Lo! he clepith Hely. Sothli oon rennynge, and fillinge a sponge with vyne|greaysel O., and puttinge aboute to a reede, ȝaueȝaf to V. him drynketo drinke U., seyingeand seide UV., Suffre ȝe, se we, if Hely come forOm. SUVX. to doputte V. hym down. For|soth JhesusOm. UV., a greet vois sent out, deiedeJhesu sente out the spirit UV., or sente out the brethOm. OX. either diede UV.. And the veil of the temple iswas UV. kitt in toOm. O. tweynetwo MPQXY. fro the hiȝeste til to downbinethe MPUV., `or bynetheOm. MOPQUVX.. Forsoth centurio seynge, `the whichwhich MP. that UVX. stood euene aȝenst, for so criynge he hadde deied, seithseide U. and seide V., Verrili, this man was `Goddis sonethe sone of God UV.. SothliAnd sothli K. `there weren and othere wymmenand wymmen weren UV. ther weren oth. wym. W pr. m. biholdinge froOm. X. afferfer U., among whiche was Mary Mawdeleyn, and Mari ofthe modir of UV. James the lasse, and `modir ofOm. UV. Joseph, and Salome. And whanne Jhesus was in Ga|lilee, thei folowidensueden UV. him, and mynystriden to him, and manye othere wymmen, thatwhiche UV. `to gidere stiȝeden vphadden stiȝed to gidere UV. with him to Jeru|salem. And whanneOm. U. euentydeuen MO. was now maad, for it was the euentydeuen MO. makyng redi, either vigile, which is UV. bifore the saboth, Joseph of ArmathieArmath K., thea U. noble decurioun, `that hadde ten men vndir himOm. OUVX., cam, theOm. UV. which andalso UV. he was abidinge the rewme of God; and hardily he entride inOm. U. to Pilat, and axide the body of Jhesu. Forsothe Pilat wondride, if he hadde now deied. And centurio `axid toclepid UV., `or brouȝt toOm. UVX., hePilat UV. axide him, if heJhesu UV. were now deed; and whanne hePilat UV. hadde knowun of cen|turio, he ȝaf the body of Jhesu to Joseph. `Sothli JosephJoseph forsothe O. Forsothe Joseph UV. byinge himOm. AGMNOPQSTU VWXY. `lynnen clothsendel or lynnen cloth MP. a linen cloth X., and doynge him doun, wlappedewlappide him MP. in the lynen cloth, andand he UV. puttideputte him MP. putte S. puttide him UV. putte it X. in a `newe se|pulcregraue UV. that was hewen inof UV. a stoon, andOm. K. walewid to a stoon atto X. the mouthdore UV. of the sepulcregraue UV..

 CAP. XVI.

Marie Mawdeleyn forsothe, and Marie of JosephJames and Joseph N. biheelden, where he was putt. And whanne the saboth haddewas UV. passid, Marie Mawdeleyn, and Marie of James, and Salomeof Salome XY pr. m. bouȝten oynementis, that thei comynge schulden anoynteoynten X. Jhesu. And ful eerly in oon of wokethe woke GMOPQUV. the wyke X. the weke Y. dayes, thei camen to the sepulcre, thewhan the UV. sunne nowOm. NUV. `sprungen vpwas risen now UV.. And thei seiden to gidere, Who schal `turne aȝenaȝen turne MPXY. turne away UV. to vs the stoon fro the dore of the sepulcre? And thei bi|holdinge syȝen the stoon walewidturned UV. awey, forsoth it was ful greet. And thei go|ynge yningoynge MPY. entrynge UV. ingoende X. into the sepulcre syȝen a ȝong oon, hilid with a whit stoole, sittinge aton UV. the riȝt half; and thei weren abaistabaischid AGOQW. astonyed UV. abasht X., `or greetli aferdOm. AOUVX.. TheOm. UV. which seith to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; ȝe seken Jhesu of Nazareth crucified; he hath risun, he is not heere; lo! the place where thei puttidenputten SX. him. But go ȝe, `seye ȝeseith X. to his disciplis, and to Petre, for he schal go byfore ȝou in to Galilee; there ȝe schulen se him, as he seide to ȝou. And thei goynge out fledden fro the sepulcre; forsothefor UV. dredetremblynge UV. and quakyngedrede UV. hadde assaylid hem, `or gon in to hemOm. MOPQUVX., and to no man thei seiden ony thing, forsothfor UV. thei dredden. SothlyForsothe UV. Jhesus, rysinge erly in the first day of the wouke, apperide firste to Mary Mawde|leyn, offro UV. whom he hadde cast out seuene deuelisfendis UV.. She goynge tolde to hemhem mournynge and wepynge UV. that weren with him, `hem weylinge and wep|yngeOm. UV.. And thei heeringe thatfor UV. he lyuedelyuende XY., andOm. XY. was seyn of hir, bileueden not. SothliForsothe UV. after thes thingis `tweyne of hem wandringeOm. UV., he iswas UV. schewid in an other lyknesse, `or figureOm. MOPQUV X., to hemtweyne of hem UV. goyngewalkynge and goynge UV. in to a toun. And thei goynge toolden to othere, nethirand UV. thei bileuyden tonot to UV. hem. Forsoth at the laste, hem enleuene rest|ingesittinge atte the mete UV., Jhesus apperide to hem, and re|prouyde the vnbileuevnfeithfulnesse UV. of hem, and the hardnesse of herte, for thei bileuyden not to hemthese S., that hadden seyn him to haue risunrise aȝen UV. fro deededeed men UV. deth X.. And he seide to hem, Ȝe goynge in to al the world, precheprechith MPX. prechyng Y. the gospel to ech creature. He that schal bi|leue, and schal be baptisidcristened UV., `or cristenydOm. OQUVX., schal be sauydsaaf AGMNOPQSTUVWY.; sothli he that schal `bi|leue notnot bileue MPXY., schal be dampned. Forsoth thesethe V. tokenessignes UV. schulen sue hem, that schulen bileue. In my name thei schulen cast out fendis; thei schulen speke with newe tungis; thei schulen do awey ser|pentis; and if thei schulen drynke ony venym, `or deedli thingOm. QUV., `that bryngith deeththat bryngith in deeth G sec. m. XY. Om. OQUV., it schal not noyeanoye UV. hemto hem O.. Thei schulen puttesette UV. hirOm. UV. hondis vponon UVX. sike men, and thei schulen hauehaue hem MPY. wel. And sothli the Lord Jhesu, aftir that he `hadde spokespake UV. to hem, iswas UV. takun vp in to heuene, and sittith on the riȝthalf of God. SothliForsothe UV. thei gon forth prechiden euerywhere, the Lord worchinge withto gidere UV., and conferminge the word withOm. X. signessignes, either myracles UV. folowingesuynge UV..

 Here endith the gospel of Mark, and bigynneth the prolog of LukHere endith Mark, and now bigynneth Luk. A. Here endith the gospel of Mark, and here bigynneth the prolog on the gospel of Luke Euangelist. Jerom in his prolog seith pleynli this sentence suynge. N. Here endith the gospeles of Marke, and here bigynneth the prolog of Luke. Q. Here endith Mark. T. Here endith Marc, and bygynneth Luc. V. Here endeth the gospel of Mark, and bigynneth the gospel of Luke. W. Ende. Y. No final rubric in GMOPSUX.. LUKE. The prologe of LukeFrom Q. The prologe. V. Here begynneth the proloug of Luk. Y. No initial rubric in UX..

LUCAS of Antyoche of Sirye nacioun, in craft a leche, wasthat was Q. a disciple of the apostlis; aftirward he folowide Poul anon inOm. QX. to his passioun, seruynge to the Lord with outen blame; forwhi he nother hauynge eny tyme wyf, neithireither U. or X. other Y. sones, of seuenty and foure ȝeer agein age S. deiede in BetanyeBitynie GY. Bitomie V., ful of the Hooly Gost. The which aftir thatOm. K. the gospels weren writun, by Matheu forsothe inthe XY. Jewerie, by Mark sothli in Ytalie, stirynge the Hooly Gost, this gospel he wroot in `the cuntreesOm. K pr. m. ofOm. K. AchayeAchaies Y.; also signyfiynge him silf, that othere gospelis of Matheu and Mark weren writen bifore. To whom with oute `the ilketho X. thingis, the whiche the ordre of theOm. K. disposinge of the gospel axithaxid X., the mooste nede of traueil was, that first to the bileuyd men of GreesGreek S. Graes Y. bi alle profeciynge the manheed of Crist comynge in to fleisch schulde be maad opyn, lest thei, holdesholde SXY. Om. UV. with Jewis fablis, in the oonly desyrthe desijr V. of the olde lawe schuldeOm. SX. be holde, and that he schulde trauele, lest theithe Y., disceyued with eretikis fablis and folyfaily Y. bisynessis, schulde falle fro the treuthe; andOm. GY. aftir that, in the bigynnynge of his gospel, the natiuyte of Jon take bifore, schulde schewe, to whom he wroot the gospel, and in whom `he choseOm. Y. schulde wryte, makynge opyn himOm. SUVX. in him silf to be fulfillid, that werenIn GKQ and Y a large portion of the prologue to the Ep. to the Romans is introduced here. of othir bigunnebigynnyng U. bigunnen X.. To whom therforethat sore Y. after the baptym of Goddis sone fro the perfeccioun of generacioun fulfillidfild X. in Crist, and fro the bigynnynge of natyuyte of man to be `rehersidthe hersid G., power `was grauntidis ȝouen X., that to men sechinge he schulde schewe, in whom he was apprehendinge bi the entringe of the generacioun of vndepartablevnpartable U. God, rennynge aȝen `in tovnto Q. God by NathanMathan K., the sone of Dauith, admittid, prechinge to men his Crist, schulde make by the `sone theOm. Q. work of a perfit man turne aȝen inOm. Q. to him silf, the which Luk by Dauith the fadir to men comynge to God ȝaf a wey in Crist. To the which Luk power in seruyse of the apostlis dedis to be write was ȝoue, that God ful schewide in to God, other to be God that was in the assencioun, and the sone of tresoun, that was Judas, acquenchidquenchid SX., the preier of the apostlispostlis V. maad, thorwOm. Q. the lot of Goddis choysclothis K., `the noumbre schulde be fulfild. So Poul fulfillingeso Poul fulfillinge the noumbre should be fulfillid G sec. m. schulde ȝyue to thethere G. dedis of the apostlis, whom longe `to aȝenstoȝen X. Godthe good GQSUVX. the gode Y., that was Goddis wille, kikyngekikende S. likynge K et ceteri. the Lord hadde chose. That thouȝthere G. bothe `to menmen to V pr. m. redinge and sechinge God by alle thingis it were profitable to be spedde of vs, nethelesneuer|theles Q. we, knowinge that the traueilinge erthe tilier it bihoueth to ete of his frutis, hauithhan S. hath X. auoyded opyn curiouste, leste we schulde be seidseie QY. seen SUX. not to schewe God as wel to men willinge, as to profite to men aloothingelothende SX..

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the gospelHere endith the prologe of Luke, and bigynnen the gospeles of Luke after the lettre. Q. No final rubric in XY.. Here bigynneth another prologeFrom U and V marg. Pro|loge. V text..

Forsothe for manye men enforceden to ordeyne the tellyng of thingis, whiche ben fillid in vs, as thei that seyn atte the bigynnyng, and weren ministris of the word, bitakenbytooken V., it isOm. V. seen also to me, hauyngehauynge fro the bygynnyng V. alle thingis diligentli bi ordre, to write to thee, thou best Theofile, that thou knowe the treuthe of tho wordis, of whiche thou art lernedlerud V.These four prefatory verses are only found in two copies, U and V, both of the early version..

 Here bygynneth the gospel of LukeFrom O. Heere bigynneth Luke. IM. Luk. V. No initial rubric in the other MSS..

Ther was sum prest, Zacharie by name, in the dayes of Eroude, kyngthe kynge O. Om. W pr. m. of Judee, of the sort of Abia, and his wyf of the douȝtris of Aaron, and hir name Elizabeth. Sothli thei bothe weren iuste `biforeto for U. God, goynge in alle the maunde|mentis and iustifyingis of the Lord, with outen pleynte. AndOm. U. a sone was not to hem, for that Elizabeth was bareyne, and bothe hadden gon forthOm. QUV. ferOm. X. in her dayes. Sothli it wasis G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whannethat PQTXY. Sacharie was set `in presthodOm. UVW sec. m., in the ordre of his sort bifore God, vpaftir A pr. m. GMNOPQSW pr. m. X. the custom of presthod, by sort he wente forth, that he entrid in to the temple of the Lord, schulde putteOm. G pr. m. ensence. And alle the multitude of theOm. V. peple was withouteforth, preiynge in the our of encence. Sothli an aungel of the Lord apperide to him, stondinge on the riȝthalf ofon O. the auter of ensence. And Sacharie seynge wasis GMNOPQSTXY. disturbliddisturbid SX. distroublid V., and drede feldefallide GMNT. fell O. fel X. fellid Y. doun on him. Forsoth the aungel seith to hym, Zacharie, drede thou not; for thi preier is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wyf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid John. And `ioye and gladinge schal be to theehe schall be ioye to thee and gladynge GMNOPQTXY.; and manye schulen enioyeioie AP W pr. m. in his natyuite. Sothli he schal be greet bifore the Lord, and he schal not drynke wyn and sydircyser IP. cyther OX., and he schal be fulfillidfillid UV. ofwith AGMNPQSTXY. theOm. G. Hooly Gost ȝit ofon T. his modirmodirs UV. wombe. And he schal conuerte manye of the sones of Israel to the Lord God of hem; and he schal go bifore him in the spirit and vertu of Helye; and heOm. OPQTX. schal turne the hertis of fadris in to sonesthe sones AGMNPQTW pr. m. Y., and men out of bileuebileue, or that bileuen not AGNQSTWY. the bileue UV. to theOm. X. prudence of iuste men, forOm. SX. to make redy a parfyt peple to the Lord. And Zachari seide to the aungel, Wherof schal I wite this? for I am old, and my wyf hath gon ferforth X. in hir dayes. And the aungel answeringe seide to him, Forsoth I am Gabriel, that stonde nyȝ biforetoforn XY. God; and I am sent to thee forOm. X. to speke, and tofor to O. euangelise, `or telleor schewe AGMNOPSTY. Om. QX., to thee thes thingis. And loo! thou shalt be stille, `or doumbeOm. X., and thou schalt not mowe speke til in to the day, in whichthe whiche AGMNOPTWY. thes thingis schulen be don; for thatthat that AGMNPSTXY. thou hast notnot now W pr. m. bileuyd to my wordis, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. schu|len be fillidfulfilled AGMNOPQSTWXY. in her tyme. And the peple was abidinge Zacharie, and thei won|driden, for he tariede in the temple. For|soth he gon out myȝte not speke to hem, and thei knewen that hethei K hadde seyn a vicioun in the temple. And he was beken|ynge to hem, and dwellide doumb. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTY pr. m. maaddon A sec. m. G sec. m. SUV., as the dayes of his office weren fulfillidfillid UV., he wente in to his hous. Forsoth after dayes Elizabeth, his wyf, conseyuede, and hidde hir fyue monethis, seyinge, For so the Lord dide to me in the dayes, in theOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. whiche he bihelde, forOm. SX. to take a wey my schenschip a mong men. Sothely in the sixte monethe the aungel Gabriel wasis A pr. m. G pr m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m. sent fro God in to a citee of Galilee, to whichwhom AGMNOPQSTXY. the name Nazareth, to a maydenvirgyn P., weddid to a man, to whom the name was Joseph, of the house of Dauith; and the name of the mayden Marie. And the aungel gon yn to hir seide, HeilHeil, Marie N., ful of grace; the Lord beOm. GMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. with thee; blessid beOm. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY pr. m. thou amongyn A. wym|men. WhichThe whiche AGMNPQSTWXY., whanne she had herd, wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY pr. m. Om. O. troublidturblid MNP. in his word, and thouȝte what maner salutacioun this was. And the aungel seide to hir, Ne drede thou, Marie, sothli thou hast founden grace anemptisaȝeyn N. God. Loo! thou schalt conseyue in theOm. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. wombe, and schaltOm. GMOPQTW pr. m. XY. bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Jhesu. ThisHe UV. schal be greet, and he schal be clepid theOm. MP. sone of the Hiȝeste; and the Lord God schal ȝyue to him the seete of Dauith, his fadir, and he schal regne in the hous of Jacob `with outenin to withouten X. ende, and of his rewme schal be non ende. Forsoth Marie seithsaid AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. to the aungel, On what manere schal this thing be don, for I knoweknewe MP. not man? And the aungel answeringe seide to hir, The Hooly Gost schal come fro aboue in to thee, and the vertu of the Hiȝeste schal schadewe vntoto AGMNOPQSTUV sec. m. WXY. into V pr. m. thee; therfore and that hooly thing that schal be born of thee, schal be clepid the sone of God. And loo! Elizabeth, thi cosynesscosyne GMOPQXY., and sche hath conceyued a sone in hir elde, and this monethe is the sixte toof O. hir that is clepid bareyne; for euery word schal not be inpossible anemptis God. Forsoth Marie seide, Loo! the hand maydenmayde MOV. of the Lord; be it don to me aftirvp UVW sec. m. thi word. And the aungel departide fro hir. Sothli Marie risinge vp in tho dayes, wente with haste in to thetho X. hilly placis, in to a citee of Judee. And sche entride yn to the hows of Zacharie, and grette Elizabeth. And it wasis G sec. m. MOPQTX Y pr. m. don, as Elizabeth herde the salutacioun of Marie, the ȝonge child in hir wombe gladide. And Elizabeth `was fillidis fulfilde A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m. was fulfillid A sec. m. G sec. m. W pr. m. Y sec. m. with the Hooly Gost, and criede with grete voys, and seide, Blessid beOm. GMNPSSTXY pr. m. thou a mong wymmen, and blessid beOm. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY pr. m. the fruyt of thi wombe. And wherof thisis this AG sec. m. W pr. m. Y sec. m. thing to me, that the modir of my Lord comecom|eth UV. to me? Loo! forsothe as the vois of thi salutacioun wasis A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m. maad in myn eeris, the ȝonge child gladideful out gladide MP. within AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. ioye in my wombe. And blessid thoube thou AG sec. m. Y sec. m. ertOm. AGMNOPQSTXY., that hast bileuyd, for thothilk AGNOQST. the ilke MPW pr. m. Y. thingis that ben seid to thee fro the Lord, schulen be parfytli don. And Marie seide, My soule magnyfieth the Lord, and my spirit hath gladidful out gladid MP. in God, myn heelthehelthe ȝiuer G sec. m. MOP.. For he hath biholden the mekenesse of his hand maydemayden GY.. Loo! forsoth of this alle generaciouns schulen seie me blessid. For he that is myȝti hath don grete thingis to me, and his name isOm. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m. hooly. And his mercy isOm. GIMNOPSQXY pr. m. fro kynrediskynrede AGMNOPQSTWY. in to kynredis, to men dredinge him. He made myȝte in his arme, he scateride proude men with mynde of his herte. HeAnd QX Y pr. m. And he Y sec. m. puttideputte SX. doun myȝty men fro seetethe seete MPT., and enhaunside mekemeke men U.. He hath fillidfulfillid GMNOPQSTWXY. hungry men with goode thingis, and heOm. W pr. m. hath left ryche men voyde. HeAnd K., hauynge mynde of his mercy, took vp Israel, his child; as he hath spoken to oure fadris, to Abraham and to his seed, in to worldis. Forsoth Marye dwellide with hir as threeOm. K. monethis, and turnyde aȝen in to hir hous. Sothly the tyme of beringe child `was fillidis fulfilde A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m. was fulfillid WY sec. m. to Elizabeth, and sche childide a sone. And the neiȝeboris and cosyns of hir herdenseiden U., for the Lord haddehath U. magny|fied his mercy with hir; and thei thank|idento gydere ioyeden MP. himto hir MP. to him O.. And it wasis A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m. don, in the eiȝtethe day, thei camen forOm. SX. to circumside the child; and thei clepidenclepynge O. him Sacharie, by name of his fadir. And his modir answeringe seide, Nay, butno but T. he schal be clepid John. And thei seiden to hir, For no man is in thi kyn, that is clepid biOm. Y pr. m. this name. Sothli thei maden a syngne to his fadir, whom he wolde him forOm. SUVX. to be clepid. And he axinge a poyntel, wroot, seyinge, John is his name. And alle men wondriden. Forsoth his mouth wasis A pr. m. GMNPQSTXY pr. m. openyd anon, and his tunge, and he spak, blessingeplesynge O. God. And drede wasis A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m. maad on alle her neiȝeboris, and thesalle these UVX. wordis weren pupplischid onvpon AQMNOPQTW pr. m. Y. alle theOm. O. hilly placis of Judee. And alle men that herden puttedynputten S passim X. in herOm. G pr. m. herte, seyinge, Who, gessist thou, this child schal be? And sothli the hond of the Lord wasOm. Q pr. m. with him. And Zacharie, his fadir, `was fillidis fulfillid A pr. m. G sec. m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m. was fulfillid WY sec. m. with the Hooli Gost, and prophe|siede , seyingeOm. W pr. m., Blessid beOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTW pr. m. XY pr. m. the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid, and maad redempcioun of his peple. And he hath reridreiside UV. to vs an horn ofon his U. of his V. helthe in the hous of Dauith, his child. AsAnd U. he spak by the mouthe of `hooly prophetisseyntis MP., that ben fro the worldworld his prophetes MP.. Helthe froof G pr. m. MNOPQTXY pr. m. oure enemyes, and froof GMNOPQTXY pr. m. the hond of alle menOm. UVW sec. m. X. that hat|iden vs. To dobe done A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m. mercy with oure fadris, and toOm. V pr. m. haue mynde ofon AGNST. hisOm. K. hooly testament. The ooth that he swor to Abraham, oure fadir, `to ȝyue him silfhym silf to ȝif GOW sec. m. to ȝiue him MPQXY pr. m. hym to ȝeue NT. to vs. That we `withoute dredeOm. MOPQTXY pr. m. deliuerid fro the hond of oure enemyes, serueserue we QY pr. m. to himhim withouten drede MOQTXY pr. m., in hoolynesse and riȝtfulnesseriȝtwysenesse AGMNOPQSTUWXY. bifore him inOm. G pr. m. MNOPQSTW pr. m. XY pr. m. alle oure dayes. And thou, child, schalt be clepid theOm. V. prophete of theOm. O. Hiȝeste; for thou schalt go bifore the face of the Lord, tofor to AGMNOPQTUVWY. make redy his weyes. ForOm. X. to ȝyue theOm. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. science of helthe to his peple, in to remis|cioun of her synnes; bi the entraylis of mercythe mercy AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. of oure God, in whichethe whiche AGMNOPQT W pr. m. Y. he spryng|ynge vp fro an hiȝ hath visytid vs. ForOm. SX. to ȝyue liȝt to hem that sitten in derk|nessis, and in schadewe of deth; forOm. S. to dresse oure feet in to the wey of pees. Sothli the child waxidewex X., and was com|fortid in spirit, and was in desert til toOm. Q. in to UW pr. m. the day of his schewinge to Israel.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe it wasis A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m. donOm. KO. in tho dayes, a maundement went out fro Cesar August, `or nobleOm. OX., that al the world schulde be discryued. This firste discryuyng was maad of Cyryne, iusticeiustice, or keper AGMNPQSTW pr. m. Y. of Cirye. And alle menOm. X. wenten, that thei schulde make profescioun, `or knowlechingOm. X., ech by him self in to his cite. Sothly and Josep stiȝede vp fro Galilee, ofOm. QW pr. m. theOm. PU. cite ofOm. MOY. Nazareth, in to Jude, inand K. to a cite of Da|uith, that is clepid Bedleem, for that he was of the hous and meyne of Dauith, that he schulde knowleche with Marie, with child spousid wyf to himspoused to him wijf, with childe GMOPQTXY.. Sothli it wasis A pr. m. MNOS. Om. G pr. m. PQTXY pr. m. don, whanne thei weren there, the dayes werenben A pr. m. MNPQTXY. fulfillidfillid UV., that she schulde berefirst bere W. child. And sche childide her firste bornbygoten A pr. m. G pr. m. NOQSTY pr m. bigeten MP. goten X. sone, and wlappide him in clothis, and puttideputte S et X passim. him in a cracche, for ther was notno U. place to hym in the comyn sta|ble. And schepherdis weren in the same cuntre, wakinge and kepinge the watchis ofon W. the nyȝt onvpon AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. Y. her flok. And loo! the aungel of the Lord stood by sydis hem, and theOm. GMNPQTXWY. clerenesse of God schynedeschoen S. aboute hem; and thei dredden with greet drede. And the aungel seide to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; lo! sothli I euangeliseeuangelise, or preche AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. Y. to ȝou a grete ioye, that schal be to al peplethe peple KQUVW pr. m.. For a sauyour is borun to day to vs, that is Crist thea G pr. m. MNOPQTXY pr. m. Lord, in the cite of Dauith. And thisthis is Q sec. m. W pr. m. a tokene to ȝou; ȝe schulen fynde a ȝong child wlappid inwith G pr. m. QXY pr. m. clothis, and put in a cracche. And sudenly ther iswas A sec. m. G sec. m. OUVW. maad with the aungel a multitude of heuenly knyȝthod, heriynge God, and sey|inge , Glorie beOm. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. in the hiȝeste thingis to God, and in erthe pees beOm. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. to men of good wille. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, thatOm. KUV. whanne theOm. AGNOQWXY. aungelis passiden a wey fro hem in to heuene, the schepherdis spaken to gidere, seiynge, PasseGo AGMNOPQSTWY. we ouer tilOm. ANOQXY. toOm. GSTW. Bedleem, and `se weschewe N. this word that is maad, theOm. KUV. `whiche the Lorde maadOm. K., and schewid to vs. And thei hyȝinge camen, and founden Marie and Joseph, and a ȝong child put in a cracche. Sothli thei seinge, knewen of the word that was seid to hem of thisthe O. child. And alle men that hadden herd wondriden, and of thes thingis that weren seide to hem of the schepherdis. Forsoth Marie kepte allestille U. thes wordis, beringe to gidere in hirOm. W pr. m. herte. And the schepherdis turneden aȝen, glorifiynge and heriynge God in alle thingis that thei hadden herd and seyn, as it iswas GQUVW. seydseen U. to hem. And aftir that eiȝte dayes weren endid, that the child schulde be circumsidid, his name wasis A pr. m. MNPQSTX. Om. O. clepid Jhesus, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. was clepid of thean W. aungel, bifore he was con|seyued in wombethe wombe UV.. And aftir that the dayes of purgacioun of Marie weren ful|fildfillid U., vpaftir AGMNOPQSTWXY. Moyses lawe, thei token him inOm. O. to Jerusalem, that thei schulden offre him to the Lord, as it is writun in the lawe of the Lord, For echeuery AGMNOPQSTWXY. maleman O. kynde open|ynge the wombe `tofor to AGMNPQTWY. go outOm. O., schal be clepid hooly to the Lord; and that thei schulen ȝyue an offrynge, vpaftir AGMNOPQSTWXY. that itOm. S. is seid in the lawe of the Lord, A peyre of turtristurtlis VW., or tweytwo MPWXY. culuere briddis. And lo! a man was in Jerusalem, to whom the name Symeonwas Symeon O.; and this man wasOm. G pr. m. QTXY pr. m. iust and dredfuldredyngful O., abidinge the comfort of Is|rael; and the Hooly Gost was in him. And he hadde taken answere of the Hooly Gost, `that he schal nothim not for to MNOPQTY. him not to SX. that he schulde not U. se deeth, no but he saiȝ first theOm. GMNO PQTY. Crist of the Lord. And he cam in spirit in to the temple. And whenne his `fadir and modireldres MNOPQTXY. his fadir and his modir U. ledden inOm. G pr. m. MNOPQ pr. m. TXY. the child Jhesu, that thei schulden do vpaftir A pr. m. GMNOPQSTWXY. the custom of lawethe lawe GQ. forof N. him, and he took him in to his armes, and he blesside God, and seide, Lord, now thou leeuyst thi seruaunt vpaftir A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY. thi word in pees; for myn yȝen han seyn thin helthehelthe ȝifer G sec. m. MO sec. m. P. pees O pr. m., theOm. U. which thou hast maad redy bifore the face of alle peplis; liȝt to theOm. Q. schewing of he|thenehethen men AGMNOPQSTUVXY., and glorie of thi peple ofOm. S. Israel. And his fadir and hisOm. UW. modir weren won|dringe onvpon AGMNOPQSTWY. thes thingis, that weren seid of him. And Symeon blesside hem, and seide to Marie, his modir, Lo! this is put inOm. O. to theOm. MOP. fallinge and inOm. O. to theOm. OS. rysinge aȝen of many men inof Q. Israel, and in to a tokene, to whom it schal be aȝeinseid. And a swerd schal passe thorw thin owneOm. X. soulesoule, the whiche is his X., that thouȝtis be schewid of manye hertis. And Anna was a prophetisse, the douȝtir of Fanuel, of the lynage ofOm. V. Aser. AndOm. V. sche hadde gon forth in many dayes, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuen ȝeer fro hir maydenhed. And this was a widowe `til tovnto GQXY. foure score ȝeer and foure; whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. departide not fro the temple, seruynge nyȝt and day toin XY. fastingis and bisechingisbisechyng N.. And thisshe this MP. in thilkethat MX. the ilke Y. our aboue comynge, knowlechide to the Lord, and spak of him to alle that abidenhan abiden A sec. m. G sec. m. OUVW Y sec. m. the redempcioun of Israel. And as thei had|den perfytli doon alle thingis, byafter AGMNOPQSTWXY. the lawe of the Lord, theiand thei W. turnyden aȝen in to Galilee, in to her citee Nazareth. Sothli the child waxwaxed O., and was coumfortid, ful of wysdom; and the grace of God was in him. And `his fadir and modirhis eldris, that is, f. and m. A pr. m. GMNPQTY. his elderes X. wenten by alle ȝeeris in to Jerusalem, in the so|lempne day of paske. And whanne Jhe|sus was maad of twelue ȝeerisȝer X., hem stiȝ|ynge vpOm. V sec. m. in to Jerusalem, byaftir the AGMNOPQSTWXY. bi the V. custom of the feeste day, and the dayes endid, whanne thei turneden aȝen, the child dwelte in Jerusalem, and his fadir and modir knewen not. Forsothe thei gess|inge him tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be in the felowschipecuntre, or felawschipe A pr. m. GNOQTY. companye, or felauschip MP., camen the weyweie, or iournei A pr. m. GMNOPQTY. of aO A. oo MP. day, and souȝten him a mong his cosyns and knowenknowen men O.. And thei not fyndinge, wenten aȝen in to Jerusalem, sekynge him. And it wasis A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY. don, aftir the thridde day thei founden him in the temple, sittinge in theOm. GVWY. myd|dil of doctours, heeringe hem and axinge hemOm. KPW pr. m.. Sothli alle men that herden him, wondriden onof OU. vpon MP. the prudence and answeris of him. And thei seynge wondriden. And his modir seide to him, Sone, what hast thou don to vs thus? Lo! thi fadir and I sorwynge han souȝt thee. And he seith to hem, What is itOm. MX. that ȝe souȝten me? wistenand wisten W. ȝe not, forthat N. in tho thingis that ben `of my fadirmy fadris AG pr. m. NQTW pr. m. XY pr. m. of my fadris G sec. m. W sec. m. Y sec. m., it bihoueth me tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be? AndOm. T. thei vndirstoden not the word, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. he spak to hem. And he cam doun with hem, and cam to Naza|reth, and waswas a T. sugetsuget, or vndurloute AGMNPQSTWY. to hem. And his modir kepte to gidere alle thes wordis, beringe to gidere in hir herte. And Jhesu profitide in wysdom, age, andOm. X. grace, anemptis God andand anent X. men.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe in the fyftenthe ȝeer of the empyre of Tiberie, emperourthe emperour W., Pilat of Pounce kepingeprocurynge, or kepynge AGM NOPQSTWY. procurende X. Judee, sothli Eroude, prince of Galileethe fourth part of Galile A sec. m. GMNOPQTY. the ferthe part Galilee X., Philip forsoth, his bro|ther, prince of Itureethe fourth part of Yturie A sec. m. GMNOPQTY pr. m. the ferthe part Iturie X., and of the cuntre ofOm. S. Tracon, and Lisany, prince of Abilynthe fourth part of Abilyn A sec. m. GMNOPQTY pr. m. the ferthe part Abilyne X., vndir the princis of prestis Annas and Cayfas, the word of the Lord iswas A sec. m. G sec. m. OUVW. maad onvpon A sec. m. GMNOQSTWY. John, the sone of Zacharie, in desert. And he cam in to al the cuntre of Jor|dan, prechinge baptym of penaunce in to remyscioun of synnes. As it is writun in the book of wordisthe wordis MP. of Ysaye, the pro|phete, The voys of oon criynge in desert, Make ȝe redy the weyeweyes K. of the Lord, make ȝe his pathis riȝtriȝty K. riȝtful Q.. Ech valey schal be fulfillidfillid UV., and `ech mountayneuery hil AGMNOPQSTWXY. and `litil hilhilloc A pr. m. GMPQXY pr. m. litil hilloc Y sec. m. schal be maad louȝ; and schrew|ide thingis schulen be in to dressid thingis, and scharpe thingis in to playne weyes; and echeuery AGMNOPQSTWY. fleisch, `or manOm. X., schal se the helthehelth ȝifer G sec. m. O. of God. Therfore he seide to the cumpanyes, `the whichewhiche UV. that X. wenten out, that thei schulden be baptysid of him, KyndlisFruitis, or kyndelyngis AGNQSTWY. Kyndelyngis MOP. of eddris, who schewide to ȝou tofor to AGMNOPQTVWY. flee frofro the GOPQTWXY. wraththe to comyngecome SX.? Therfore do ȝe worthi fruytis of pen|aunce, and bigynne ȝe not tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seye, We han a fadir Abraham; sothli I seie to ȝou, God is myȝti `to reise of thes stoonesfor to reyse of thes stoonis AGMNPQTUVY. of theis stoones to rayse O. the sones of Abraham. Forsothe now an ax is put toat O. the roote of theOm. K. tree; sothli echeuery AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. tree not makynge good fruyt, schal be kitt doun, and schalOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. beOm. X. sent in to the fier. And the cumpanyes axden him, seiynge, What therfore schu|len we do? Sothli he answeringe seide to hem, He that hath tweytwo MPWXY. cootis, ȝyue `to him that hath nonto noon hauynge, or to hym that hath noon AGNTW. to noon hauynge MPQY. to him noon hafinge O. to not hauende, or to hym that hath noon S. to the noon hauende X.; and he that hath metis, do onon the AGMNOPTWY. lyklicchy W. manere. Sothli and pupplicansthe pupplicanis AQW pr. m. XY. camen forOm. SX. to be baptised; and thei seiden to him, Maistir, what schulen we don? And hehe answeringe Q sec. m. seide to hem, Do ȝe no thing more, than `that thatthat MPW pr. m. that at O. this that V sec. m. is ordeyned to ȝou. Forsothe and knyȝtisthe knyȝttis G. axiden him, seiynge, What schulen alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. we do? And he seith to hem, Smyte ȝe wrongfulliwrongfulliche O. no man, nether make ȝe fals chalenge, and bebeth S. ȝeOm. Y. apaidpaȝid SX. with ȝoure soudis. Forsoth alOm. K. the peple gessinge, and alle men thenkinge in her hertis of John, lestand lest O. perauenture he were Crist, John `answeride, seyingeansweringe seide U. to alle men, Sothli I baptisewasche, or baptyse AGNOSTW. baptise, or wasche MPY. ȝou in watir; forsothe aoon O. strengere than I schal come aftir me, `of whichwhos AGMNOPQ sec. m. STVWXY. of whom Q sec. m. I am not worthi forOm. SW pr. m. X. to vnbynde the thwong of his schoon; he schal bap|tyse ȝou in the Hooly Gost and fyer. Whos wynewyng tool in his hond, and he schal purge his `corn floorfloore of corne AGNOQTVWXY., andand he UV. schal gedere the whete `in toin KT. hisOm. V. berne; sothli the chaffis he schal brenne inwith A sec. m. GMNOPQSTWXY. fier vnquenchable. Forsoth and he monest|ingestirynge, or monestynge AGNSTWY. stirynge OQ. stirende X. manye othere thingis, euangeliside to the peple. Sothli Eroude, `the forthe princeprince of the fourth part AGMNOPQSTWXY., whanne he was blamyd of John forof AGMNOPQSTWXY. Herodias, wyfthe wif S. of his brother, and of alle euelsthe yueles AGMNOPQSTWXY. that Eroud dide, addidecastide to AGNOQTWY. he castide to MP. caste to S. he caste to X. this ouer alle, and closideschutt AGNOQST. shitte MPWXY. John in prisoun. Forsoth it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne al the peple was baptisid, andOm. K. Jhesu cristenyd, and preiynge, heuene wasis A pr. m G pr. m. MNOPQSTW pr. m. XY. openyd. And the Hooly Gost cam doun in bodily licknesse, as a culuere in to him; and a voys wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad fro heuene, Thou ert my dereworthe sone, in thee it hath plesid toOm. K. me. And `Jhesu him silfhimsilf A sec. m. he Jhesus MNPSTXY. Jhesus Q. was bygynnynge asOm. NO. of thritti ȝeer, that he was gessid the sone of Joseph, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. was of Hely, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQS TWY. that X. was of Mathath, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. was of Leuy, wichthe whiche AGMNOPQTWY. that SX. was of Melchy, whichthat AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. was of Jamne, that was of Joseph, that was of Mataty, that was of Amos, that was of Naum, that was of Hely, that was of Nagge, that was of Mathath, that was of Mathatye, that was of Semy, that was of Joseph, that was of Juda, that was of Johanna, that was of Resa, that was of Zorobabel, that was of Salatiel, that was of Nery, that was of Melchy, that was of Addy, that was of Cosan, that was of Elmadan, that was of Her, that was of Jesu, that was of Eleasar, that was of Jo|rym, that was of Mathath, that was of Leuy, that was of Symeon, that was of Juda, that was of Joseph, that was of Jona, that was of Elyachim, that was of Melca, that was of Menna, that was of Mathatha, that was of Nathan, that was of Dauith, that was of Jesse, that was of Obeth, that was of Booz, that was of Salmon, that was of Nason, that was of Amynadab, that was of Aram, that was of Esrom, that was of Phares, that was of Judas, that was of Jacob, that was of Y|saac, that was of Abraham, that was of Tare, that was of Nacor, that was of Seruch, that was of Ragau, that was of Phaleth, that was of Heber, that was of Sale, that was of Caynan, that was of Arfaxat, that was of Sem, that was of Noe, that was of Lameth, that was of Matusale, that was of Enok, that was of Jareth, that was of Malaliel, that was of Caynan, that was of Enos, that was of Seth, that was of Adam, that was of God.

 CAP. IV.

Forsothe Jhesu ful of the Hooly Gost turnede aȝen fro Jordan, and washe was KV. led by theOm. S. spirit in to desert fourty dayes, and washe was KV. temptid ofbi MNOPQWXY pr. m. with T. the deuyl, and eethe eet KV. no thing in tho dayes; and tho dayes endid, he hungride. Forsothe the deuel seide to him, If thou ertbe O. Goddis sone, seye to this stoon, that it be maad bred. And Jhesus answeride to him, It is writun, For a man lyueth not inoonly in W pr. m. breed alooneoonli breed ASW sec. m. X. oonlyche breed GMNOPQTY. breed W pr. m., but in euery word of God. And the deuyl ladde hym in to an hiȝ hil, and schewide to him alle the rewmes of the roundnesse of erthethe erthe Q. in aOm. AGMNOPSTXY. moment of aOm. AUV. tyme; and seithseide UV. to him, I schal ȝyue to thee al this power, and the glorie of hem, for to me thei ben ȝouun, and to whom I wole IOm. U. ȝyue hem; ther|fore if thou `fallinge dounOm. G pr. m. MNPQTXY pr. m. schalt wor|schipeworschip me O. bifore me, alle thingis schulen be thineȝeef O.. And Jhesus answeringeansweride and O. seide `to himOm. O., It is writen, Thou schalt worschipe thethi W. Lord thi God, and to hym aloone thou schalt serue. And he ledde him in to Jerusalem, and settidesette AGMNOS. sette him MPQTXY. settide him UV. he sette hym W. on the pynacle of the temple, and seide to him, If thou art Goddis sone, sendebrynge U sec. m. thi self froOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. hennis down; for it is writen, For he hath co|maundid to his aungels of thee, that thei kepe thee in alle `thi weyesweies of thee X., and forfor in hondes AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei schulen `in hondisOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. take thee, lest per|auenture thou hirte thi foot aton N. a stoon. And Jhesus answeringe seith to him, It is seid, Thou schalt not tempte the Lord thi God. And euery temptacioun endid, the deuylfende AGMNOPQSTWXY. wente away fro him til toOm. N. a tyme. And Jhesu turnyde aȝen in theOm. AG pr. m. MOPXY. vertu of the spirit in to Galilee, and the fame wente forth ofon O. him thurȝ al the cuntre. And he tauȝte in the synagogissynagis K. of hem, and washe was UV. magnyfied of alle men. And he cam toin to MN. Nazareth, where he was norischid, and he entride byafter his AGMNOPQSTWXY. bi his UV. custom in the `day of sabothsaboth day AGMNOPQSTWXY. in to thea AGNOQSTWX. synagoge, and rooshe roos UV. forOm. SX. to rede. And the book of Ysaie, the prophete, wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. takun to him; and as he turnyde the book, he fond a place where it iswas AGMNOPQSUVWXY. writun, The Spirit of the Lord onvpon O. me, for which thing he anoyntideoyntede S. me; he sente me forOm. SX. to euaungelise to pore men, forOm. SX. to heele contrite men in herte, and forOm. SX. to preche remyscioun toof U. caytifscaptiuys P., and siȝtlyȝt Q. to blynde menOm. K.; and forOm. SX. to delyuereleue, or delyuer AGMNOPQSTWY. lefen X. brokun men in to remiscioun; forOm. SX. to preche the ȝeer of the Lord plesauntacceptid, or plesaunt AGMNPQSTWY. accept, or plesaunt O. acceptid X., and the day of ȝeldyngeretribucioun, or ȝeldynge aȝein AGMNOPQTWY. retribucioun, or ȝelding S. retribucioun X.. And whanne he hadde closidfolded, or closed AGMNOPQTWY. falt, or closid S. falt X. the book, he ȝafȝaf it MOP. aȝeinOm. P. to the mynystre, and sat; and the yȝen of alle men in the synagoge weren biholdinge in to him. Sothli he bigan forOm. SUVX. to seie to hem, For in this day this scripture is fulfillidfilled UV. in ȝoure eeris. And alle men ȝauen wit|nessinge to him, and wondriden in the wordis of grace, that camen forthout O. offro Q. his mouth. And thei seiden, WherWhether WX. this is not the sone of Joseph? And he seidesaith AGMNOPQTUVWY. to hem, Sothli ȝe schulen seie to me this liknesse, Leeche, heele thi silf. `Thei say|denOm. KY sec. m., Hou grete thingis han we herd don in Capharnaum, make thou and here in thi cuntre. Sothli he seith, TreuliSothli X. I seie to ȝou, for no man `prophete is receyuedprophete is accept, or resceyued AGNQTW. prophet is acceptid, or receyued MSY. is a prophet acceptid O. a prophet is acceptid, or receyued P. a profete is resseyued U. pro|fete is acceptid X. in his owne cuntre. In treuthe I seie to ȝou, for manye widewis weren in the dayes of Elye, the prophete, in Israel, whanne heuene was closid thre ȝeer and sixe monethis, whanne greet hungir was maad `in euery londin al erthe, or euery lond AGNSTY. in al erthe MOPQX. on al erthe, or euery lond W.; and to non of hem was Elye sent, noOm. X. but toin to AGMNOPQSTVWXY. Sarepta of Sydon, to a womman widowea widowe U.. And manye meselis weren in Israel, vndir Elyse, the prophete, and non of hem was clensid, no but Naman ofOm. X. Sirie. And alle in the synagoge heeringe thes thingis, werenben MNOPSXY. fulfillidfillid UV. with wraththe. And thei risenhan rise A sec. m. G sec. m. KOUV. vp, and castidencasten SX. `out himhim out MOPQTWXY. him U. with oute the citee, andand thei UV. ledde him to the cop of the hil onon the AGMNOPQSTWY. in K. which `the cite of hemher cite AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. is foundid, that thei schulden caste him doun. Sothly Jhesus passynge wente thorwby AGMNOPQSTWXY. the myddil of hem; and he cam doun in to Cafar|naum, aof a T. citee of Galilee, and there he tauȝte hem in theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. sabothis. And thei weren astonyedstoneid X. in `his techingtechynge of him O., for his word was in power. And in the syna|gogesynagoge of hem Q sec. m was a man hauynge an vnclene fend, and heOm. U. criede with greet vois, sey|inge, Suffre, what to vs and to thee, Jhe|sus of Nazareth? hast thou comen forOm. SX. to leese vs? I knowewoot AGMNPQSTWXY. thee, that thou art the hooly of God. And Jhesu blamyde him, seyinge, Waxe doumbe, and go out fro him. And whanne `the fendhe O. hadde cast `him forthout that fende O. him T. in to the myddel, he wente a wey fro him, and ȝitit A sec. m. G sec. m. UVW. no thenge GMNOPQSTXY. noyedeanoyed W pr. m. hymto him O. Om. S. `no thingOm. GMNOPQSTXY.. And drede iswas UVW. maad into O. alle men, and thei spaken to gidere, seyinge, What is this word, for in power and vertu he comaundith to vnclene spiritis, and thei gon out? And the fame was pupplischid of hym in to ech place of the cuntre. Forsothe Jhesu risynge of the synagoge, entride in to the hous of Symount; sothli the modir of Symondis wyf was holden with greteOm. W. feueris, and thei preieden him for hir. And Jhesu stondinge onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. ouer V. hir, comaundide to the feuir, and it lefte hir; and anon sche risynge mynystride to hem. Forsoth whanne the sunne wente doun, alle that hadden sike men with dyuerse langwischingislanguyshyngis, or aches AGMPSTWY. languyschis, or aches N. languisches O. langwishynge Q., ledden hem to hym; and he, puttingeputtide W. hondis to ech by him silf, heelide hem. Sothli fendis wenten out fro manye, criynge, and sey|inge, For thou ert the sone of God. And he blamynge suffride not hem forOm. A sec. m. G sec. m. NOSVWX. to speke, for thei wisten him tofor to O. be Crist. Sothli, the day maad, he gon out, wente in to deserta desert X. place; and the cumpenyes of peplepeples UV. souȝten him, and thei camen `til toto O. vnto QWXY. him, and thei helden him, that he schulde not go awey fro hem. To whichewhom MPQXY. the whiche O. he seyde, For and to othere citees it bi|houeth me forOm. SX. to euaungelise the kyng|dom of God, forOm. U. therforetherto X. I am sente. And heOm. K. was prechinge in the synagogis of Galilee.

 CAP. V.

Sotheli it wasis AG sec. m. MNOPQSXY. don, whanne cumpa|nyesthe companyes Q. of peple feldencamen fast, or felden AGW. camen fast, or felden in MNST. camen fast OQX. camen fast, or fledden Y. in toto X. Jhesu, `or camen fasteOm. AGMNOPQSTXY., that thei schulden heere the word of God, and he stood bisydis the stondingeOm. G pr. m. KUV. watir of Genasereth, and syȝhe sauȝe O. tweytwo MPWX. bootis stondinge bisydis the stond|ingOm. U. watir; sothli the fischeris hadden gon doun, and waischideweshen SX. nettis. Sothli he stiȝynge in to a boot, that was Sy|moundis, preiede him tofor to AGMNOPQTWX. lede aȝen a litil fro the lond; and he sittinge tauȝte the cumpanyes fro the boot. Sothli as he ceessidebygan O. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. speke, he seide to Symound, Lede thou in to hiȝan hiȝ M pr. m. P. the depthe U sec. m. the hiȝ V., and slake ȝe ȝoure nettis in to theOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. takinge. And Symount answeringe seide to him, Comaundour, we trauelinge by al the nyȝt token no thing, but in thi word I schal leye out the nett. And whanne thei hadden don this thing, thei closiden `to gidereOm. XY pr. m. a plenteuousgreet U. mul|titude of fysches; forsoth her nett was broken. And thei bekenyden totwo XY. felowis, that weren in an othir boot, that thei schulden come, and helpe hem. And thei camen, and filliden bothebothin X. litlethe litil OPQ. Om. T. her litil W. bootis, so that thei weren al moost drenchid. WhichThe whiche AGMNPQSTWXY. thing whanne SymoundOm. UV. Petre syȝhadde seen S., he felde doun to the knees of Jhesu, seyinge, Lord, go fro me, for I amOm. VY pr. m. a man synnere. Sothli greet wondir hadde bigon `aboute himhim abowte GMOPQSTWXY. hem aboute N., and alle that weren with him, in the takinge of fisches whiche thei tooken. Sothli inon the AGMNOPQTY. on SWX. lyklychy TW. manere James and John, the sones of Zebede, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. weren felowis of Symount Petre. And Jhesu seith to SymoundSymount Petre U., Nyle thou drede; now fro this tyme thou schalt be takynge men. And the bootis led vp to the lond, alle thingis leftleft, or forsaken AGMNPSTWY., thei sueden him. And it wasis A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne he was in oon of theOm. NOSTW. citees, and lo! a man ful of leper; andin K. seynge Jhesu, and fallinge doun in to his face, preiede him, seyinge, Lord, if thou wolt, thou maistmyȝt W. make me clene. And Jhesu hold|inge forth the hond, touchide him, seyinge, I wole, be thou maad clene. And anon the lepre passide awey fro hym. And Jhesu comaundide to him, that he schulde seie to no man; But go thouOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY., schewe thouOm. QS. thee to a prest, and offre thouOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. for thi clensinge, as Moyses bad, in to witness|inge to hem. Sothli the word walkide aboute the more of him; and manye cum|panyes camen to gidre, that thei schulden heere, and be heelid of her syknessis. Forsothe he wente in to desert, and prei|ede. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY. don in oon of dayesthe dayes U., and he sittinge tauȝte; and there were Pharisees sittinge, and doctours of theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. lawe, that camen offro UV. ech castel of Galilee, and ofOm. A pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY. Judee, and ofOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. Jerusalem; and the vertu of the Lord was forOm. NSX. to heele syke men. And loo! men beringe in a bed a man that was syk in palasye, and thei souȝten forOm. SX. to bere `in hymhym in X., and toOm. MPWXY. putte bifore him. And thei not fyndinge in what partparty AGMNOPQTUVWY. thei schulde bere him yn, for the cumpenye of peplethe peple W., stiȝeden vp on the rof, and by the sclattis thei sentensenden K. letten OU sec. m. him doun with the bed in to the myddil, byfore Jhesu. The feith of whichewhom A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. as Jhesu syȝ, he seide, Man, thi synnes ben forȝouun to thee. And scribis and Pha|risees bigunnen forOm. SX. to thenke, seyinge, Who is this, that spekith blasphemyes? who may forȝyue synnes, noOm. X. but God aloone? Forsoth as Jhesu knew the thouȝtis of hem, he answeringe seide to hem, What thenken ȝe yuele thingisthenge O. in ȝoure hertis? What is liȝtere tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seye, Synnes ben forȝouun to thee, ethiror AGMNPQSTWXY. tofor to AGMNPQTVWY. seie, Ryse vp, and walke? Sothli that ȝe wite, forthat V. mannis sone hath power in erthe to forȝyue synnes, he seith to the syke man in palasy, To thee I seie, ryse vp, take thi bed, and go in to thin hous. And anon he risinge vp `bifore hemOm. O., took the bed in which he lay, and wente in to his hous, magnyfyinge God. And greet wondir took alle menOm. AGMNOPQTWXY., and thei magnyfi|eden God; and theiOm. Q. werenben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. fulfillidfillid UV. fullid W. with greet drede, seyinge, For we han seyn mer|ueilouse thingis to day. And aftir thes thingis Jhesu wente out, and syȝ a pup|plican, Leeuy by name, sittinge at the tolbothe. And he seithseide AS. to him, Sue thou me; and alle thingis forsaken, he risynge suede him. And Leuy made to him a greet feeste in his hous; and there was a greet cumpanye of pupplicans, and of othere that weren with hem, sittinge at the mete. And Farisees and theOm. MP. scribis of hem grucchiden, seyinge to his disci|plis, Whi eten ȝe and drynken with pup|plicans and synful men? And Jhesu answeringe seith to hemhim K., Thei that ben hoole han nonot MO. nede to a leche, but thei that han yuele; sothli I cam not tofor to AGMNOPQSWY. clepe iust men, but synful men to pen|aunce. And thei seiden to him, Whi disciplis of John fasten oft, and maken bisechingis, also and ofof the GWXY sec. m. the MPY pr. m. Pharisees, but thithine X. disciplisOm. X. eten and drynken. To whichewhom XY. he seith, WherWhether X passim. ȝe mown make theOm. MP. sones of the spouse forOm. SX. to faste, theOm. K. while the spouse is with hem? Sothli dayes schulen come, whanne the spouse schal be taken awey fro hem, thanne thei schulen faste in tho dayes. Forsoth he seide to hem alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. a liknesse; For no man `sendith a medlingtaketh a pece U sec. m. offro U sec. m. newea newe AMNPQSTU sec. m. WXY. an newe GMO. cloth inand puttith it in U sec. m. to an old cloth; ellis and he brekith the newe, and the medlingmengynge A pr. m. GMNOPQTWXY pr. m. of the newe acord|ith not to the oolde. And no man send|ithputtith U sec. m. newe wyn in to olde wyn vesselis; ellis the newe wyn schal breke the wyn vesselis, and the wyn schal be sched out, and the wyn vesselis schulen perische. But newe wyn is to be sentput U sec. m. in to newe wyn vesselis, and bothe ben kept. And no man drynkinge old, wole anon newe; sothli he seith, The olde is theOm. S. betere.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe it iswas G sec. m. UVW sec. m. don in the `secunde firstesecounde sabot, first M. firste secounde sabot X. saboth, whanne he passide by cornes, his disciplis pluckedenplucken W. eeris; and thei frotinge with herOm. G pr. m. MNOPQTXY. hondis, eeten. Sothli summe of the Pharisees seiden to hem, What don ȝe `this, thatthat that AGMNPQSTW sec. m. XY. that at O. that W pr. m. is not leefful in sabotis? And Jhesu answeringe seide to hem, `Neithir ȝe hanHan ȝe not MP. rad this, thatthat that AGMPQSTUWXY. that N. that at O. Dauith dide, whanne he hungride, and thei that weren with him; hou he entride in to the hous of God, and took looues of propo|sicioun, and eet, and ȝaf to hem that weren with him; whiche loouesOm. X. it was not leefful tofor to AGMNOPTUVWY. ete, noOm. O. but tooonli AGNPQST. oonly to MWXY. preestis aloone. And he seide to hem, For mannis sone is lord, ȝe, of the saboth. Sothli it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. don andOm. GN. in an other saboth, that he entride in to a synagoge, and tauȝte. And a man was there, and his riȝthond was drye. Forsothe scribis and Pharisees aspieden him, if he schulde heele him in the saboth, that thei schulden fynde cause, wherof `thei schuldenfor to G pr. m. MPQTY. to NOX. accuse him. Sothli he wiste the thouȝtis of hem, and he seithsayde O. to the man that hadde a drye hond, Rise vp, `and stond in to the myddelinto the myddle, and stoond MP.. And he risinge stood. Sothli Jhesu seith to hem, I axe ȝou, ifOm. S. it is leefful tofor to AGM NOPTY. do wel in the sabotsabboth day O., etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. yuele? forOm. SX. to make a soule saf, etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. forOm. SX. to leese? And, alle men lookide aboute, he seide to the man, Hold forth thin hond. And he held forth, and his hond wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. restorid to helthe. Sothli thei werenben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. fulfilldfillid UV. with vnwysdomvnwysdam, or folie AGNQSTWY., and spaken to gidere, what thei schulden do of Jhesu. Forsothe it iswas A sec. m. G sec. m. UVW. don in tho dayes, he wente out in to an hil forOm. X. to preye; and he was al nyȝt dwellinge in the preier of God. And whanne the day was maad, he clepide his disciplis, and chees twelue of hem, whichewhom MNOPQTXY. `he clepide also apostlisand apostles he nempnede MP. and apostles he clepide NQSTXY. and aposteles also he cleped O.; Symound, whom he clepide Petre, and Andrew, his bro|ther, James and Jon, Philip and Bartol|mew , Matheu andOm. GNOQTW pr. m. XY. Thomas, James Al|phei, and Symound, that is clepid Zelotis, Judas ofand G sec. m. W. James, and Judas Scariot, that wasOm. K. traitour. And Jhesu comynge doun fro the hil with hem, stood in a feeldfeeldi SUVX. feelde Y. place; and the cumpenye of his disciplis, and a plenteuous multitude of poresmal, or pore AGMNPSTW. smal OQX. the pore U. peple, of al Judee, and ofOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. Jerusalem, and of `the seall thees O. the V. coostis, and of Tire, and ofOm. WXY. Sydon, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. camen, that thei schulde heere hym, and thatOm. W. thei schulden be heelid of her langwischingislanguisches, or achis AGMNPSTWY. langwisches OQVX.; and theiOm. O. that weren trauelid withof AGMNOPQSTWXY. vnclene spiritis, weren heelid. And ech cumpeny of theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. peple souȝten forOm. SX. to touche him, for vertu wente out of him, and heelide alle. And, his yȝen reysidcast AGMNOPQSTWXY. vp in to his disciplis, heand he O. seide, Blessid beOm. X. ȝe, pore menOm. X., for the kyngdom of God is ȝoure. Blessid beOm. X. ȝe, that `hungren nownow hungren GMXY., for ȝe schulen be fillidfulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Blessid beOm. X. ȝe, that `wepen nownow wepen GMXY., for ȝe schulen leyȝelauȝe U. laȝhen X.. Ȝe schulen be bless|id, whanne men schulen hate ȝou, and schulenOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. departe ȝou aweyOm. MPX., and schulenOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. putte schenschip on ȝou, and schulenOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. caste out ȝoure name as yuel, for mannis sone. Joye ȝe in herte in that day, and glade ȝe with oute forth; loo! sothli ȝoure mede is mochemochel O. in heuene; forsothe vpaftir AGMNOPQSTWXY. thes thingis the fadris of hem diden to pro|phetis. Netheles woo to ȝou, riche men, that han ȝoure comfort. Woo to ȝou that ben fulfillidfillid UVX., for ȝe schulen hungre. Woo to ȝou that `lauȝhen nownow leiȝen GMPUY. now lauȝhen X., for ȝe schal morne, and wepe. WooWo to ȝou Q sec. m. U., whanne alleOm. G pr. m. Q pr. m. PTXY. men schulen blesse ȝouOm. T.; aftirvp UV. thes thingis the fadris of hem diden to pro|phetisfalse prophetis MP.. But I seie to ȝou that heeren, loue ȝe ȝoure enemyes, `do ȝedoth X. wel to hem that hatenhaatiden M sec. m. ȝou; blesse ȝe toOm. KU. men curs|inge ȝou, preie ȝe for men `falsly chaleng|yngethat falsly chalange AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝou. And `to himwho G sec. m. MNOPQTXY. thatOm. MNPXY. schalOm. N. smyte thee `on oon on A. in to the oon G sec. m. OP. in to the toon MNTY. in the too Q. into the O X. cheke, ȝyue alsoto him and G sec. m. MNOPQTXY. to him also W. the tother; and fro him that takith awey fro thee `a cloththi cloth MPW sec. m. clothis G pr. m. UVY. cloth G sec. m. W pr. m. thi clothis X., ȝheand N., nyle thou forbede the coote. Sothly ȝyue to ech axingeaskende X. thee, and whohe that AGMNOPQSTWXY. takith away tho thingis that ben thyne, axe thou not aȝeynaȝen with strijf MP.. And as ȝe wolen that men do to ȝou, and do ȝe to hem inon AGMNOPQTUVWXY. lyklichy ANTW. manere. And if ȝe louen hem that louen ȝou, what grace, `ethir thankor thank A et ceteri. Om. X., isOm. V. to ȝou? for whi and synful men louen men louynge hem. AndOm. K. if ȝe don wel to hem that don wel to ȝou, what gracethank MPU sec. m. is to ȝow? sothly and synful men don this thing. And if ȝe `ȝyuen borwyngeȝyuen borewing, or leenen MP. leuen U sec. m. to hem, of whichewhom MPXY. ȝe hopen tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. take aȝen, what gracegrace, or thank MP. thank U sec. m. is to ȝou? for whi and synful men leenen to synful men, that thei taken aȝeyn euene thingis. Ne|theles loue ȝe ȝoure enemyes, and dodoth GQSXY. doith MP. ȝeOm. AGMNOPQSUVWXY. wel, and ȝyueleue U sec. m. ȝeOm. NW. borwyngborewing, or leeneth MP. Om. U sec. m., hopinge no thingnothing hoping GMXY. therof, and ȝoure mede schal be moche, and ȝe schulen be theOm. O. sones of the Hiȝeste, for he is benyngnebenigne, or of good wille AGMNPSTWY. onvpon AGMNOPQSTWY. vnkyndekynde KU. menOm. G pr. m. K sec. m. MPXY. and yuele men. Therfore be ȝe mercyful, as and ȝoure fadir is mercyful. Nyle ȝe deme, and ȝe schulen not be de|myd. Nyle ȝe condempne, and ȝe schulen not be condempned; `forȝyue ȝeforȝifeth O., and it schal be forȝouun to ȝou. Ȝyue ȝe, and it schal be ȝouun to ȝou. Thei schulen ȝyue in to ȝoure bosum a good mesure, and wela wel O. fillidfulfillid G pr. m., and shakun to gidere, and ouer|flowynge; forsothe by theOm. O. same mesure, by whichthe whiche O. ȝe schulen mete, it schal be metenmotun O. to ȝou. Sothli he seide to hem and a liknesselicnesse, or ensaumple AGMNPTWY. licnesse, or exsaumple S., WhethirWher O. a blynd manOm. T. may leede thea O. blynde? whethir thei falle not bothe in to the dyche? A disciple is not aboue the maistir; sothli echhe O. ech disciple MP. schal be perfyt, if he isbe AGMNOPQSWY. shul ben X. as his maistir. Sothli what seest thou in thi brotheris yȝe `a festu, othir a mota festu, or mot AGQSTUVWY. a festu, or a mot MNP. a mot O. a festu X., but thou biholdist not a beem, `which isthat is AGMNOPQTWXY. Om. S. in thi owne yȝe? OthirOr AGMNOPQSTWXY. hou maistmiȝt AT. thou seye to thi bro|ther, Brother, suffre, I schal caste out a festufestu, or a moot O. mot MPU sec. m. of thin yȝe? thou biholdist not a beem in thin owne yȝe? Ypocrite, first takcast Q sec. m. out the beem of thyn yȝe, and thanne thou schalt biholde, that thou lede out a festumot MOPU sec. m. of thi brotheris yȝe. Forsothe it is not a good tree, that makith yuele frutis, nother an yuele tree, that makith goode fruytis; sothli eueryeche X. tree is knowun of his fruyt. Sothli neither men gederyn fygis of thornes, neither men gederyn a grape of a boysch of breris. A good man of the goode tresourthe tresour G. of his herte bryngeth forth good thing, and an yuel man of yuel tresour, bryngith forth yuel thing; sothli of theOm. K. plente of the herte the mouth spekith. Forsothe what clepenclepith Y. ȝe me, Lord, Lord, and don not tho thingis that I seye. Ech that cometh to me, and heerith my wordis, and doth hem, I schal schewe to ȝou, to whom he is lyklichi MP.. He is lyklychi MPT. to a man bildinge anOm. T. hous, thatand P. diggidediggith AGMNOPQSTWXY. deepe, and puttideputtith OXY. putte S. the founde|ment onvpon O. a stoon. Sothli greet flowing maad, flood wasis A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. hurtlid to that hous, and it myȝte not moue it, for it was foundid onvpon O. a sad stoon. Sothli he that heerith, and doth not, is lyk to a man bildinge his hous onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. erthethe erthe Q. with oute foundement; in to which the floodflodes Q. wasis AGMNOPSTWXY. Om. Q. hurlidhurtlid to AGTWY. hurlid to MNOPS. hurtlid QUX., and a non it felde doun; and the fallinge doun of that hous is maad greet.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe whanne he hadde fulfillidfillid V. alle his wordis in to theOm. K sec. m. eeris of the peplepore puple AGNOSTWY., he entride in to Capharnaum. SothliForsothe O. a seruaunt of sum man centurio, `that hadde an hundrid men vndir himOm. OQX., hauynge yuel, was to deyingedye AGMNOPQSTWXY., whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. was precious to him. And whanne he haddeOm. W. herd of Jhesu, he sente to him the eldere men of Jewis, preiynge him, that he come, and heele his seruaunt. And, whannethei, whan GMPWX. thei camen to Jhesu, theiOm. GMQ pr. m. TWX. preieden bisyli, sey|ingeand saiden O. to him, For he is worthi, that thou ȝyue to him this thing; for he loueth oure folk, and heOm. O. bildidebilde SX. to vs a syna|goge. Sothly Jhesu wente with hem. And whanne now he was not ferOm. O. fro the hous, centurio sente to him frendis, sey|inge, Lord, nyle thou be trauelid, for I am not worthi, that thou entre vndir my roof; for which thing and I demydedeme T. not myme K. silf worthi, that I schulde come to thee; but seye thou by word, and my child schal be heelid. For whi and I am a man ordeyned vndir power, hauynge `knyȝtis vndir mevndir me knyȝtes GMXY.; andOm. K. I seie to this, Go thouOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY., and he goth, and to anothir, Come thouOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY., and he cometh, and to my seruaunt, Do thouOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. this thing, and he dothdoith it MPWY.. TheOm. U. which thing herd, Jhesu wondride; and he turn|yd, seide to the cumpanyes suynge him, Treuli I seye to ȝou, nethirne MP. in Israel I fond so mochegreete AGMNOPQSTWXY. feith. And thei that weren sent, turnyd aȝen hom, founden the seruaunt hool, whichthe whiche AGNOQSTWXY. that MP. was syk. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don aftirward Jhesu wente in to a cite, that is clepid Naym, and his disciplis; andwente with him and A pr. m. GMNOPQTWXY. fula ful MPSW pr. m. XY. greet cumpanye of peplethe puple V. `wente with himOm. A pr. m. GMNO PQTWX.. Sothly whanne he cam nyȝ to the ȝate of the citee, loo! an oonlypioonly O. sone of his modir was born out deed; and this was a widowe; and moche cumpany of the citee wasOm. AGNOQSTW. cam MPXY. with hir. Whom whanne the Lord Jhesu hadde seyn, he meuyd by mercy onvpon AGMNOPQTY. hir, seide to hir, Nyle thou wepe. And he neiȝedecam to AGMNOPQSWY. cam X., and touchide the bere; andforsothe AGMNOPQSUVWXY. thei that baren stooden. And he seith, Ȝong man, I seie to thee, ryse vp. And he that was deed sat vpaȝen AGMNPQSWXY. vp aȝen O., and bigan tofor to AGMNOPQWY. speke; and he ȝaf him to his modir. Sothli drede took alle men, and thei magnyfieden God, seyinge, For a greet prophete hath risun among vs, `and, Forfor and MP. for W. God hath visitid his peplepore peple AGMNPQSXY.. And this word wente out of him `in toin V. al Judee, and in to al the cuntre aboute. And dis|ciplisthe disciples MOP. of John tolden himto him AGMNOPQSUWXY. ofsayinge of AGMNOPQSWXY. alle thes thingis. And John clepide to gidere tweynetwo MPX. of his disciplis, and sente to Jhesu, seyinge, Art thou that art to comyngecome AG MNOPQSWXY., `other we abidenor abide we AGMNOPSW. or we abiden QXY. another? Sothli whanne the men hadden come to him, thei seiden, John Baptist sente vs to thee, seyinge, Art thou that art to comyngecome AGMNOPQSWXY., otheror AGMNOPQS WXY. we abiden another? Forsothe in that our he heelide many men of her sykenessislanguischis AGMNOPQSUVWXY., and woundis, andand of U. of V. yuele spiritis; and he ȝaf siȝt to manye blynde men. And Jhesu answeringe seide to hem, Ȝe goynge telletelleth SX. aȝen to John tho thingis that ȝe han herd and seyn; for blynde men seen, crokide menOm. AGMNOPQWX. gon, mese|lis ben maad clene, deef men heeren, deedeand deed W. men rysen aȝen, pore men ben takun to prechingeprechen GMPQX. ofOm. AG pr. m. K pr. m. MP. the gospel, `ether ben maad keperis of the gospelor maad kepers of the gospel AGMNPSWX Y. Om. OQ. ether ben maad keperis of the gospels V.. And `he thatwho euer A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQXY. schal not be sclaundrid in me, isschal be W pr. m. blessid. And whanne the messangersmessageres GO passim Q. of John hadden gon away, he bigan tofor to AGNOQWY. seye of John to the cumpanyes, What wenten ȝe out in to desert forOm. SX. to se? a reed wawid with theOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. wynd? But what wente ȝe out forOm. SX. to se? a man clothidclad SX. with softe clothisclothing Q.? Lo! thei that ben in aOm. MPQ. precious cloth and in delices, ben in `housis of kyngiskynges housis AGMNOPQSWXY.. But what thing wente ȝe out forOm. SX. to se? a prophete? Sothli I seie to ȝou, and more than a prophete. This itOm. AG MNOPQSWXY. isis he W pr. m., of whom it is writen, Lo! I sende myn aungel byfore thi face, `the whichthat MPX. which K sec. m. UV. schal make thi weye redy bifore thee. Sothly I seye to ȝou, among theOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. childeren of wymmen, no man is moremore pro|phete AGMNOPQSWXY. than John Baptist, propheteOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. the profete UV.; sothli he that is lesse in theOm. O. kyngdom of heuenes, is more than he. And al the peple heeringe, and pup|plicans, baptisid with baptymthe baptym GMOQUVWXY. of John, iustifieden God; forsoth Pharisees and wyse men of theOm. V. lawe, not baptisid of him, dispiseden the conseil of God inaȝens AG sec. m. in to MNOPQXY. aȝen SW. hem silfsilf, or aȝens hem silf O.. Sothli the Lord seyde, Ther|fore to whom schal I seye men of this generacioun lyklichi MNP., and to whom ben thei lyklichi MNP.? Thei ben lyklichi MNP. toOm. U. children sittinge in chepingea chepyng MP., and spekynge to gidere, and seyinge, We han songun to ȝou with pipis, and ȝe han not daunsidlipped, or daunsid AGMNOPQSW. lepid or daunsid Y.; we han maad lamentaciounlamentacioun, or mornynge AGMNPSWY., and ȝe han not wept. For|soth John Baptist cam, nethir etinge breed, netherne AGMNPQSWXY. drynkynge wyn, and ȝe seyn, He hath a fend. Mannis sone cam etinge and drynkinge, and ȝe seyn, Lo! a man `deuourere, ether glotounvourer, or glotoun AGMNPSY. glotoun O. devourer, or glotoun QW. vourere X., and drynkinge wyn, frend of pupplicans and ofOm. AGNOQSWXY. synful men. And wysdom is justified of alle her sones. Forsoth sum Phariseoon of the Farisees A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQXY. of the Pharisees G sec. m. O. preiede Jhesu, that he schulde ete with him. And he entringe in to the hous of the Pharise, sat at the mete. And lo! a womman syn|neressesynner GMOPQWXY., that was in the citee, as sche knew, that Jhesu hadde setesitten O. seten GQXY. at the mete in the hous of the Pharisee, brouȝte an alabastre box of oynement; and scheOm. O. stondinge byhynde bisydis his feet, bigan to moiste his feet with teeris, and wypidewypede hem MP. with heeris of hir heedheued OY., and kiste his feet, and anoyntideoyntede S. with oynement. Sothli the Pharise seynge, that clepide him, seith with ynne him silf, seiynge, If this were a prophete, sothli he schulde wite, who and what maner womman it wereis S. that touch|ith him, for she is a synneressesynner A pr. m. GMNOPQSWXY.. And Jhesu answeringe seide to him, Symound, I haue sum thing forOm. NSX. to seye to thee. And he seith, Maistir, seie thou. And he answeride, TweyeTwo GMOPQWX. dettours were to sumsumme OO GMNOSXY. sum man OO Q. leenere, `ethir vsurerOm. O. or vsurer GMPQWXY.; oon ouȝte fyue hundrid pens, and an other fyfty. Sothli hem not hauynge wherof thei schulden ȝelde, he ȝafforȝaf G pr. m. MOPQ sec. m. W pr. m. XY. frelytreuli A. Om. Q sec. m. to `euer ey|thirbooth AMNOQSY. bothe PWXY.. WhoWho of hem MP. therfore loueth him more? Symound answeringe seide, I gesse, for he to whom he `frely ȝafȝaf ANSWY. forȝaue GMOPQX. more. And he answerideanswerynge O. to him, Thou hast demyd riȝtlyriȝt O.. And he, turnyd to the womman, seide to Symound, Seest thou this wom|man? I entride in to thi hous, thou hast not ȝouun watir to my feet; forsoth this wommanOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. hath moistid my feet with teeris, and hathOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. wypt with hir heeris. Thou hast not ȝouun to me a cosse; for|soth this wommanOm. AGMNOPQSWXY., sithen scheI A pr. m. GMNOPQXY pr. m. entride, `ceesside nothath not ceesed O. tofor to AGMNOPQY. kisse my feet. Thou `hast not anoyntidanoyntedest not AGMNOPQWXY. oyntedest not S. hast not oyntid V. myn heedheued OY. with oyle; forsothefor U. this oyntideanoynted AGMNOPQUWX. my feet with oyne|ment. For which thing I seie to thee, manye synnes ben forȝouun to hire, for sche hathOm. K. loued myche; sothli heOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. to whom is lesse forȝouun, louethhe loueth S. lesse. Sothli Jhesu seide to hir, SynnesThi synnes W sec. m. ben for|ȝouun to thee. And thei that saten to gi|dere at theOm. N. mete, bigunne tofor to AGMNOPQWY. seie with ynne hem silf, Who is thisthat N. thatwhich UV. also forȝyueth synnes? Forsothe he seidesaith O. to the womman, Thi feith hath maad thee saf; go thou in pees.

 CAP. VIII.

And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSXY. don aftirward, and Jhesu made iorney by citees and castelis, prech|inge and euangelysinge the rewme of God, and twelue with him; and summe wym|men that weren heelid of wickidewicke SX. spiritis and syknessis, Marie, that is clepid Maw|deleynMagdalene OU., of whom seuene deuelis wentenweren cast U pr. m. out, and Jone, the wyf ofOm. O. Chuse, procu|ratour of Eroude, and Susanne, and manye othere, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. mynystriden to him of her richesfacultees, or ryches AT. facultees, or rychessis GMNPQSWY. faculteis OX. richessis V.. Forsoth whanne ful moche cum|panye cam to gidere, and fro citees hasti|den to him, he seidesaith O. byby hym T. aOm. O. liknesselicnesse, or ensaumple AGMNPQTWY. ensaumple O. lykenesse, or exsaumple S., He that sowith, ȝedegoith G pr. m. MOPQTXY. out forOm. UVX. to sowe his seed. And the while he sowith, sum felde by sydis the weye, and wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPST. it is QXY. defoulid, and briddis of the eyr eeten it. And another feldefil U sec. m. dounOm. U sec. m. on athe U sec. m. stoon, and it sprungen vpOm. AGMNOPQSTXY. dryedeand dryede U., for it hadde notno V. moisture. And anothir felde doun among thornes, and the thornes sprungen vp to gidere strangliden it. And another felde doun in to good erthelond X., and it sprungun vp made an hundrid foold fruit. HeAnd he V. seyinge thes thingis criede, He that hath eeris of heeringe, heere heOm. KUV.. Sothli his disciplis axiden him, what this parable was. To whichewhom MPQXY. he seyde, To ȝou it is ȝouun to knowe the mysterie of the kyngdom of God; forsothe to othere men in parablis, that thei seynge se not, and thei heeringe vndirstonde not. Sothli this is the para|ble. The seed is Goddis word; sothli theitho MPQWXY. that benfelden G pr. m. fellen MPQY. Om. NOSTX. bisydis the weye, ben thes that heeren; aftirward the fend cometh, and takith awey the word froof O. her herte, lest thei bileuynge be maad saaf. ForwhiBut U sec. m. thei that `felden dounOm. AOSTUVWX. fellen GMNPQ. onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. a stoon, ben these `men whichethat AGMNOPQSTWY. Om. X. whenne thei han herd, receyuen the word with ioye. And thes han not rooterootis AGMNOPQSTWXY.; for atOm. Q. aOm. Q. tyme thei bi|leuen, and in tyme of temptacioun thei gon awey. Forsothe `thes thatthat that AGMNPQSTWY. that at O. this that V. that X. feldenfel WX. doun inon W. thornes, ben thes that herden, and ofof the AGMNOPQSTWY. bysinessisbesynes NU. the bisynesses X., and richessis, and lustisvoluptees AGMNOPQSTWXY. of lyf thei goynge ben stranglid, andand thai O. bryngen not aȝein fruyt. Forsoth `this thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. feldefelde AM. felle GY. Om. QTW. fel X. dounOm. GMNOPQSTWXY. in toOm. Q. good erthe, ben thes menOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY., inin to T. good herte and best, heeringe the word holdun, and bryngen forth fruyt in pacience. Forsoth no man liȝtingeliȝtenynge AGNOQTWY. a lanterne hilithheelyd W. it with a vessel, ethiror GMOPQTWXY. puttithputteth hit O. puttith it Y. vndir a bed, but onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. a candil|sticke, that men entringe se liȝt. `Forsoth no thing is priueyFor there is not [no QT] priuey thenge AGMNOPQSTWXY., whichthe whiche AGMNOQSTWY. that X. schal not be openyd, neither hidhid thenge AGMNOPQST sec. m. UWXY., whichthe whiche AGMNOQSTWY. that X. schal not be knowun, and come intoto AGMNOPSWXY. apert. Therfore se ȝe, hou ȝe heeren; forsothe it schal be ȝouun to him that hath, and who euere hath not, also thisthat that AGMNPSWXY. that O. this that U. he gessithweneth AGMNOPQSTWXY. himOm. T. silfOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. haue, schal be takun awey fro him. Forsoth his modir and britheren camen to him; and thei myȝten not go fully to him for the cumpany of peple. And it iswas G sec. m. UVW. told to him, Thi modir and thi bri|theren stonden with oute forth, willingewilnynge QWY. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. se thee. WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. answeringe seide to hem, My moder and my britheren ben thes, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. heeren the word of God, and dondon therafter OQW. don after it MP. don it U sec. m.. Forsoth it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don in oon of dayesthe dayes MP., and he stiȝede in to a boot and his disciplis. And he seith to hem, Passe weȝe O. ouer the stondinge watir. And thei stiȝeden vp. Sothli, hem rowynge, he slepte. And a tempest of wynd cam doun in to the watir, and thei weren driuen hidur and thidur with wawis, and weren in perel. Forsothe thei comynge nyȝ reysiden him, seyinge, Comaundour, we perischen. And he risynge blamyde the wynd, and the tempest of watirthe watir W.; and it ceesside, and pesyblete wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTX. maad. Forsoth he seyde to hem, Where is ȝoure feith? WhicheThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. dredinge wondriden, `seyinge to gideretogidere, seiende XY., Who, gessist thou, `is thisthis is K pr. m.? for he co|maundith to wyndisthe windus X. and to theOm. AGNOPQSTW sec. m. XY. see, and thei obeyen to him. And thei rowiden toin to W pr. m. the cuntree of GerasenusGenasareth G pr. m. MNPTXY. Jerasenoruth O., whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. is aȝens Galilee. And whanne he wente out to the lond, sum man ran to him, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. hadde a deuyl now longemoche AGMNOPQSTWXY. tymestyme M., and was not clothidclad SX. with cloth, neither dwell|ide in houshousis W., but in sepulcris. This as he syȝ Jhesu, felde doun bifore him, and criynge with greet voys seide, What to me and to thee, Jhesu, the sone of `God the hiȝestehiȝest God MPY. God hiȝest G pr. m. U. the hiȝest God WX.? I beseche thee, that thou turmente not me. Sothli he comaundide to the vnclene spirit, that he schulde go out fro the man. Forsothe he took him longemoche AGMNOPSTWXY. mony Q sec. m. tymes, and heOm. O. kept in stockis was bounden with chaynes, and, the boondis broken, he was led of fendisdeuels AGMNOPQSTWXY. in desert. Sothli Jhesu axideaxinge V. him, seyinge, What name is to thee? And he seyde, A le|gioun; for manye fendisdeuels AGMNOPQSTWXY. hadde entrid in to him. AndOm. K. thei preiden him, that he schulde notOm. G pr. m. comaunde hemto hem AGMNOPQSTWY., that thei `schulden gowenten MNPQTXY. in to theOm. X. depnesse. For|sothe ather was a AGMNOPQSTWXY. flok of manye hoggisswyin hoggis GY. swyne O. `was thereOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. lesewynge in an hil, and thei preieden himOm. O., that he schulde suffre hem tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. entre in toto U. hem. And he suffride hem. Ther|fore fendisdeuels AGMNOQSTWXY. the deuels P. wenten out fro the man, and entride in to hoggisswyne O. the hoggis GQVXY.; and with bire the floc wente hedlingeheuedlynge O. in to the lake of watir, and wasis AG pr. m. MNOPSXY. stranglid. WhichThe whiche AGMNPQSTWXY. Om. O. `thing, as thei that lesewiden syȝen donthing as thei that leseweden or kepten in the lesewe syȝen don ATW. thing as thei that lesewiden or kepten in lesewis syȝen don GMPY. thing as thei that leseweden or kepten in lesowe syȝen don NS. and whan the hirdis sawen this thenge O., theiOm. AGMNOPQSTWY. fledden, and tolden in to the citee, and inOm. O. in to QU pr. m. W. townes. Sothli thei ȝedencamen G pr. m. MNOPQTXY. out tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. se that thing that wasis G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. don. Andand thei camen to Jhesu, and Q sec. m. thei founden the man sittinge clothidclod S. clad X., fro whom the fendis wenten out, and in hool mynde at his feet; and thei dredden. Sothli and thei that syȝen tolden to hem, how he was maad hool of the legioun. And al the multitude of the cuntree of GerasenusGenazareth MNPTXY. Gerasenorum O. preieden him, that he schulde go fro hem, for thei weren holdeholden AGMNOQSTUXY. with greet drede. Sothli he stiȝynge in to a boot turnedturnedyn K. aȝein. And the man of whom theOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. fendisdeuels AGMNOPQSTWXY. wente out, preied him, that he schulde be with himOm. T.. Sothli Jhesu lefte him, sey|inge , Go aȝeyn in to thin hous, and telle hou gretemany G pr. m. MOPQTXY. thingis God hath don to thee. And he wente thorw al the citee, prech|inge, hou gretemany G pr. m. MOPQTXY. thingis JhesuGod OW. haddehath W. don to him. Forsothe it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne Jhesu hadde gon aȝeyn, the cumpanye of peple receyuede him; forsothe alle weren abidinge him. And loo! a man, to whom the name wasOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. Jayrus, and heOm. XY. was aOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. prince of a synagoge; and he fel doun toat AGMNOPQSTWXY. the feet of Jhesu, preiynge him, that he schulde entre in to his hous, for olypian oonlepy MOP. oonlippy QTWXY. douȝtir was to him almoost of twelue ȝeer, and this deiede. And it bifel, theOm. Q. while he wente, he was throngunthrongun, or pressid AGMNPSTWY. throngen, or thrust U sec. m. of the cum|penycumpanyes of puple AGMNPQSTXY. company of pepil O. cumpanyes of the peple W.. And sum womman was in flix of blood froOm. O. twelue ȝeer, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. hadde spendid al hir catelsubstaunce AGMNOPQSTWXY. in to lechis, nether myȝtesche miȝt AGMNOPQSTWXY. be curid of ony, camand sche cam O. sche came GQY. nyȝ bihynde, and touchide the hem of his cloothclothis T., and a non the flixfluxe Y. of hir blood stoodceesed O.. And Jhesu seithsayde O., Who is it that touchide meOm. T.? SothliAnd whan O. alle men denyingedenyden O., Petre seide, and thei that weren with him, Comaundour, `cumpanyes thringencumpanyes of puple thringen AGMNPQSTWXY. the pepil thristen O. cumpenyes thringen, or thrustynge U sec. m., and turmentyndisesen O. thee, and thou seist, Who touchide me? And Jhesus seidesaith O., Sum man touchidehath touchid O. me, forwhifor O. `and I haue knoweOm. O. vertu `to haue gonȝeed O. out offro QT pr. m. me. SothlyAnd O. the womman seynge, for it was not priueyhidde fro him O., scheOm. O. she cam MPY. cam X. tremblinge camOm. MOPXY., and felde doun biforeat O. his feet, and for what cause sche hadde touchid him sche schew|ide byfore al the peple, and hou a non sche wasis AGMNPQSTXY. heelid. And heCrist MP. seide to hir, Douȝtir, thi feith hath maad thee saaf; go thouOm. X. in pees. `Ȝit him spekingeAnd ȝitt while he spake O., suma O. man cam tofro O. the prince of theOm. V. synagoge, seyingeand sayde O. to him, ForOm. O. thi douȝtir is deed, nyle thou trauaile the maystir. SothliOm. AGMNQSTWXY. And whan O. this word herdwas hard O., Jhesu answeride to the fadir of the damyselewenche AGMNOPQSTWXY., Nyle thou drede, but `oonly bileue thoubileeue thou only GXY., and sche shal be saaf. And whanne he `had comecam G pr. m. MNPQTXY. to the hous, he suffride not ony man forOm. NOSX. to entre with him, noOm. MOP. mo Q. but Petre andOm. N. John and James, and the fadir and theOm. GMNPUVXY. modir of the damyselewenche AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Sothli alle wepten, and biwayledenwayleden AGMNOPQSTWXY. hir. And he seide, Nyle ȝe wepe, sothli the damyselewenche AGMNOPQSTWXY. is not deed, but slepith. And thei scorniden him, witinge forthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. sche was deed. ForsotheSothely O. he holdinge hir hond criede, seyinge, DamyselWenche AGMNOPQSTWXY., ryseto thee Y seie, rise Q sec. m. vp. And hir spirit turn|yde aȝeyn, and sche roos anon. And he comaundide tofor to AGMNOQTWY. ȝiue to hir forOm. S. to ete. And hir fadir and modir wondriden gret|ly; to whichewhom XY. he comaundide, that thei schulden not seye to ony manOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. `the thing thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. was don.

 CAP. IX.

Forsothe tweluethe twelue M. twelue the P. apostlis clepid to gi|dere, Jhesu ȝaf to hem vertu and power onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. alle deuelis, and that thei schulde heele sykenessislanguyschyngis AGMPQSTWXY. languischis NO.. And he sente hem forOm. X. to preche the kyngdom of God, and forOm. SW pr. m. X. to heele syke men. And he seith to hem, `Take ȝe no thingNo thing take ȝe XY. in theOm. K. weye, nethir ȝerd, nethirne A sec. m. GMNOPQSTWXY. scrippe, nethir breed, nethirne AGMNOPQSTWXY. money, andOm. W. nethirne MP. haue ȝe tweytwe K. two MOPQTUWXY. cootis. And in to what euere hous ȝe schulen entre, `dwelle ȝedwelleth X. there, and go ȝe not out thennis. And who euere schulenshal MPX. not receyue ȝow, ȝe goynge outout thens O. of that citee schakeshaketh SX. of alsoal T. the poudir of ȝoure feete in to witnessinge onvpon AGMNOPQSTWY. hem. Sothli thei gon out, cumpassidenenuyrowneden AGMNPQSTWXY. enuyrouned O. bi castels, euange|lisinge and heelinge euerewhere. Forsoth Eroude, `the fourthe princeprince of the fourth part AMNPQTX. fourthe prince O. prince W. prince of the fourth part of Galilee G pr. m. Y., herde alle thethes K. Om. GPSUVWX. thingis that weren don of himhem O., and he doutide, for thatOm. KVX. it was seid of sum menOm. O., for Joon rooshath risen XY. aȝenOm. AGMNOPQSVWXY. fro deede menOm. AG pr. m. MNOPQUXY.; forsothsothely QXY. of sum menOm. O., for Elye apperide; sothliforsothe O. of othere menOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., for oon of the olde prophetis roos. And Eroude seith, I haue bihedidbyheueded OY. Joon; sothli who is this, of whom I heere thessoche AGMNOQST. siche PY. suche WX. thingis? And he souȝte forOm. SX. to se him. And apostlisthe apostlis GMPQW pr. m. XY. turnyngeturned AGMNOPQSTWY. aȝeyn toolden to him, what euereOm. V. thingis theithat thei A pr. m. T. diden. And hem takun to, he wente on anothere half in to deserta desert MP. place, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. isis clepid GQY. Bethsayda. WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. thing whanne the cumpanyescumpanyes of puplis A pr. m. MNPTY. cumpanye of puplis A sec. m. cumpanyes of puple GQSX. company of pepil OW. hadden knowen, thei folowiden him. And he receyuyde hem, and spak to hem of the kingdom of God; and heelide hem that hadden nede of cure. Sothli the day bigan forOm. STX. to bowe doun, and the twelue comynge nyȝ seiden to him, Leeue the cumpanyescompanyes of pepul AGMNOPQSTWXY., that thei go|ynge `turne in to castelsin to castelis turne X. and townes, that ben aboute, that thei fynde metis, for we ben here in a desert place. Forsothe he seith to hem, Ȝyue ȝeOm. N. to hem tofor to AGMNOPQTUVWY. ete. And thei seiden, Ther ben not to vs more than fyue loouys and tweyetwo GMOPQUWXY. fischis, noOm. OX. butbut if X. perauenture andOm. O. we go, and byen metis `in tofor O. to W pr. m. al thethis MPQ sec. m. cumpany. Sothli theOm. T. men weren almoost fyue thousynde. Forsothe he seith to his disciplis, Makemake ȝe AGMNOPSTW sec. m. XY. make we Q. hem tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. sitte to mete by feestisOm. Q., fyftyesfifties togidere U sec. m.. And thei diden so, and thei maden alle men sitteto sitte OSX. toat AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. the mete. Forsothe fyue looues and tweyetwo MPUWXY. fysches takun, he byheld in to heuene, and blesside hem, and brak, and delide to his disciplis, that thei schulden putteput to Q. bifore the cumpanyescumpanye W.. And alle men eeten, and `weren fillidben fulfillid G pr. m. MOPQTXY. weren fulfillid G sec. m. W.; and `this thatthat that AGMNPQSWXY. that at O. that thei Q. lefte to hem `of broken metisOm. X. wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. takentaken vp AGMNOPSUVWXY., twelue coffynscofines of broke mete X.. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne he was aloone preiynge, and his disciplis weren with him, and he axide hem, seiyngeOm. K., Whom `seyn the cumpanyes methe kumpanyes seyn me XY. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be? And thei answeriden, and seiden, John Baptist, forsothe othere seyenseiden K. Elye, but othere seyenOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., for oa A. oon M. one P. prophete of the formere hath risun. Sothli he seide to hem, But whom seye ȝe me tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be? Symound Petre answeringe seide, TheOm. S. Crist of God. And he blamynge hem comaundide hemOm. X. that thei schulden seie to no manman these thingis X., `and seithsayinge AGMNOPQSTWXY. `thes thingisOm. X., For it bihoueth mannis sone tofor to AGMNOPTW. suffre manye thingis, and tofor to AGMNOPTWY. be repreued of theOm. O. eldere men, and ofOm. OTWXY. of the Q. princes of prestis, and of scribis, and forOm. SX. to be slayn, and inOm. GMOPQTWXY. the thridde day tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. ryse aȝen. For|sothe he seide to alle men, If ony manOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. wole come aftir me, denye he him silf, and take heOm. PUV. his cross euery day, and sue he me. Sothli he that schal wilnewole GMPY. wite X. toOm. AGMOPQSTWXY. make his lyfsoule, that is his lijf AGQST pr. m. WY. soule, that is lijf MNPT sec. m. soul OX. saaf, schal leese it; forwhi he that schal leese his lyfsoule, that is lijf AMNPTW. soule, that is his lijf GQY. soule OSX. for me, schal make it saaf. ForsotheSotheli GMOPQTWXY. what profitith it to aOm. K. man, if he wynne al the world, sothliforsothe AGMNOPQSTWXY. leese him silf, and do peyringe ofto XY. him silf? Forwhi who that schal schame me and my wordis, and mannis sone schal schame him, whanne he schal come in his mageste, and of the fadirfadris AGMNPQSTWXY., and of theOm. OUVWXY. hooly aungels. Forsoth I seye to ȝou, verily ther ben summe stondinge here, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. schulen not tastetake O. deeth, til thei seen the rewme of God. Sothli it wasis AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don aftir thes wordis almoost eiȝte dayes, and he took Petre and James and John, and he stiȝede in to an hil, that he schulde preie. And the while hethat he XY. preiede, the liknesse of his cheere wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad othir maner, and his clothingcloth U. whit schynynge. And loo! tweyetwo MPU passim. WXY. men spaken with him, forsothe Moyses and Elye weren seyn in mageste; and thei seyden his goynge outOm. T., whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. he was to fillingefulfill AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWXY. in Jerusalem. Forsothe Petre, and thei that weren with him, weren greuydgreuid, or heuyed Y. withor heuy of U sec. m. marg. sleep, and thei wakinge syȝen his mageste, and tweyetho two MPX. two WY. men that stooden with him. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne thei departiden fro him, Petre seith to Jhesu, Comandour, it is good to vs forOm. SUX. to be here, andOm. K. make we here thre tabernaclis, oon to thee, andOm. UV. oon to Moyses, and oon to Elye; not wit|inge what he schulde seye. Sothli him spekinge thes thingis, a cloude wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad, and schadewide hem; and theiOm. GMPXY. dreddenOm. GMPUWXY., hemOm. U. entringe in to the clowdecloude, thei dredden GMPUWXY.. And a voys wasis AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad froof AGMNOPQSTWXY. the clowde, seyinge, This is my dereworthe sone, heere ȝe him. And theOm. O. while the vois wasOm. G pr. m. maad, Jhesu wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. founden aloone. And thei helden pees, and `seide to no manto no man seiden GXY. in tho dayes ouȝt of tho thingis, whichethat AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. thei hadden herdseyn AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.. Forsothe it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don in the day suynge, hemthei U. comynge douna doun W pr. m. of the hil, myche cumpanye of peplethe peple U. renneth to hem. And loo! a man of the cumpanye criede, sey|inge, Maistir, I biseche thee, byhold in to my sone, for he is `oon alooneoonlepy AGMNOPQSTWXY. to me; and lo! a spirit takith him, and sudenly he crieth, and hurtlithhirtith A pr. m. NOT. hirtlith A sec. m. hirtith hym GMPQXY. hirtlith hym W. down, and `to|drawithdisparplith, or to-drawith AGMNPQSTWY. disparplith, or trauaylith O. disparpileth X. him with froth, and vnnethe he goth awey to-drawinge him. And I preiede thi disciplis, that thei schulde caste him out, and thei myȝten not. Sothli Jhesu answeringe seide to hem, AO OQXY.! vnfeithful generacioun and weyward, hou longe schal I be anentisat AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝou, and schalOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. suffre ȝou? leed hidur thithe K. sone. And whanne he cam nyȝ, the fenddeuel AGMNOPQSTWXY. hurlidehirtled AGMNOPQSTUVXY. him doun, and `to-brayddisparplid AGMNOPQSTWXY.. And Jhesu blamede the vn|clene spirit, and heelide the child, and ȝeld him to his fadir. Sothli alle men wondriden greetly in the greetnesse of God. And alle men wondringewondurden OX. in alle thingis whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. he dide, he seide to his disciplis, Putte ȝe `thes wordis in ȝoure hertisthes wordis in ȝoure hert O. in ȝoure hertis these wordis XY., forsothly AGMNOPQSTUWXY. it is to comyngecomme AGMNOPQSTWXY., that man|nis sone be bitrayed in to the hondis of men. And thei knewen not this word, and it was hid bifore hem, that thei feel|iden ithim O. not; and thei dreden tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. axe him of this word. Forsothe a thouȝt entride in to hem, who of hem schulde be more. And Jhesu seynge the thouȝtis of the hertehertis KW. of hem, takynge a child, settidesette AGMNOPQSTWXY. him bisydis him silfOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY.; and seithhe saith Q. seide W. to hem, Who euere schal receyue this child in my name, receyueth me; and who euere schal receyue me, receyueth hym that sente me; for whi he that is lesse among ȝou alle, isthis is AGMNOPQSTWXY. theOm. AG pr. m. MNQSTXY. more. Forsoth John `answeringe seideanswerd, saiynge AGMNOPQSTWXY., Comaundour, we syȝen sum man castinge out fendis in thi name, and we han forbodyn him, for he sueth not thee with vs. And Jhesu seith to him, Nyle ȝeȝe not O. forbede, forsothe he that is not aȝens ȝouvs A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY., is for ȝouvs A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.. Sothli it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne the dayes of his takynge vp weren fillidfulfild AGMNOPQSTWXY., and he settidesett AGMNOPQSTWXY. faste his face, that he schulde go in to Jerusalem; and heOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. sente messangerismessageris O passim. MPQSTWX. bifore his siȝt. And thei goynge entriden in to a citee of Sa|maritans, that thei schulden make redy to him. And thei receyueden not him, for the face `was of himof him was GMPUWXY. goynge in to Jeru|salem. Forsothe whanne James and John, his disciplis, hadden seyn, thei seiden, Lord, wolt thou `we seyethat we axe O. that we sey S., that fier come doun fro heuene, and waaste hem, `as Helye didOm. A sec. m. KUV.? And he turned blamyde hem, seyinge, Ȝe witen not, whos spiritisspirit Q sec. m. ȝe ben; forsothe mannis sone cam not forOm. MPSX. to leese soulismennes soulis AGMNOPQTXY., but forOm. X. to sauesaue hem OQW pr. m. Y.. And thei wenten in to another castel. Forsoth it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, hemthei U. walkynge in the weye, sum man seide to him, I schal sue thee, whidur euere thou schalt go. And Jhesu seidesaith AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. to him, Foxis han dennysdichis, and dennes AGMNPS. dyches QX. dichis, or dennes TWY., and briddis of the eyr hanOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. nestis, but mannis sone hath not wherewhereon O. he schalOm. AGMOPQTWXY. mai N. reste his heedheued OY.. Forsothe he seide to another, Sue thou me. Sothli he seide, Lord, suffre me first tofor to AGMNOPQTUVWY. go, and toOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. burie my fadir. And Jhesu seide to him, Suffre that deede men burie her deededeed men G pr. m. W.; but go thou, and telle the kyngdom of God. And anothir seide, Lord, I schal sue thee, but first suffre me tofor to AGMOPSTVW. telle aȝenOm. KUVX. to hem that ben at home. Forsothe Jhesu seithseide XY. to him, No man sendynge his hond to the plouȝ, and bi|holdinge aȝen, is able to the rewme of God.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe aftir thes thingis the Lord Jhesu ordeynede andalso KUV. othere seuenty and tweynetwo GMOPQWXY., and sente hem by tweynetwo GMOPQWXY. and tweynetwo GMOPQWXY. bifore his face in to eueryeche X. citee and place, whidir he was to comyngecomme AGMNOPQSTWXY.. And he seide to hem, Sothli myche ripe corn isOm. AMNPSTW sec. m. X., but fewe workmenwerkmen ben OQTW pr. m. Y.; therfore preie ȝe theOm. V. lord of the ripe corn, that he sende workmen in to his rype corn. Go ȝe, lo! I sende ȝou as lambren a mong wolues. Nyle ȝe bere a sachel, netherne MP. scrip, nether schoon, and greete ȝe no man by the weye. AndOm. AGMNOPQSTUV sec. m. WXY. in to what euere hous ȝe schulen entre, first seye ȝe, Pees to this hous. And if a sone of pees schal be there, ȝoure pees schal reste on him; ifbut if U sec. m. non, it schal turne aȝen to ȝou. ForsotheTreuly A sec. m. W. `dwelle ȝe in the same housin the same house dwelle ȝe XY., etynge and drynkinge tho thingis that ben at hem; forsothe a workman is worthi his hyre. Nyle ȝe passe fro hous in to hous. And in to what euere citee ȝe schulen entre, and thei schulen receyue ȝou, ete ȝe tho thingis that ben put to ȝou; and heele ȝe theOm. Q. syke men that ben `ther ynnein that cite AGMOPQSTWY. in the citee N. in that X.. And seye ȝe to hem, The kyngdom of God schal neiȝecomme niȝe O. `in to ȝouOm. O.. In to what euer citee ȝe schulen entre, and thei schulen not re|ceyue ȝou, ȝe goynge out in to the streetis thereofof it AGMNOPQSTWXY., seieseien K. seieth MPQX., Also we wypen of in to ȝou the poudere that cleuyde to vs of ȝoure citee; nethelees wite ȝe this thing, for the rewme of God schal come nyȝ. Forsoth I seie to ȝou, for to Sodom it schal be esyerelesse peyne X., `other lasse peyneOm. OQX. or lesse peyne GMPWY., than to that citee in thilkethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. day. Woo to thee, Corosaym; woo to thee, Bethsayda; for if in Tyre and Sydon `the vertues had|denhadden the vertues XY. ben don, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQTW. that XY. ben don in theeȝou AGMNOPQSTWXY., sum tyme thei sittinge in heer and aischeaisch, or dust ANSTW sec. m., schulden haue don penaunce. Netheles to Tyre and Sydon it schal be esyer in the dom than to ȝou. And thou, Cafarnaum, ert enhaunsid `til toin to Y. heuene; thou schalt be drenchiddrenchd doun Y. `til in toin to NOQXY. til to U. helle. He that heerith ȝou, heerith me; and he that dispisith ȝou, dispisith me; forsothe he that dispisith me, dispisith him that sente me. Forsoth twothe two MP. and seuenty disciplisOm. K. turnedyn aȝein with ioye, seyinge, Lord, also fendisdeueles AGMNOPQSTWXY. ben sujet to vs in thi name. And he seith to hem, I syȝ Sathanas fall|inge doun fro heuene, as leit. And loo! I haue ȝouun to ȝou power of defoulinge, `othir tredingeOm. GMOPTXY. or tredinge W., onvp on AGMNOPQTWY. serpents, andor K. scor|piouns, and onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. al the vertu of the enemy, and no thing schal `anoyenoye G. noyȝe P. noȝen SX. ȝouto ȝou O.. Netheles nyle ȝe `haue ioyeenioye AGMNOPQSTWX. in this thing, for fendisspiritis AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. ben sujet to ȝou; but ioye ȝee, that ȝoure names ben writun in heuenes. InOm. W. thilkethat X. our he gladide in the Hooly Goost, and seide, I knowleche to thee, fadir, Lord of heuene and erthe, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. hast hid thes thingis fro wyse men and prudentprudent, or war AGNSTY. war O. prudent men, or war W., and hast schewid hem to litlepore O pr. m.. Ȝhe, fadir, forforsothe Q. so it plesideplesith T. biforeto Q. thee. Alle thingis ben ȝouuntaken A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQTXY. to me of my fadir, and no man woot, who is the sone, noOm. O. but the fadir; and who is the fadir, noOm. O. but the sone, and to whom the sone woldewil O. wole GMPW. wile XY. schewe. And he turned to his disciplis, seide, Blessid benOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTX. theOm. Y. yȝen, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. seen tho thingis that ȝe seen. Sothli I seie to ȝou, forthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. many prophetis and kyngis wolden se tho thingis, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝe seen, and thei syȝen not; and heere tho thingis, that ȝe heere, and thei herden not. And lo! a wyse man of theOm. UV. lawe roos, temptinge him, and seyinge, Maistir, what thing doynge schal I welde euer|lastinge lyf? And he seide to him, What is writun in the lawe? hou redist thou? He answeringe seide, Thou schalt loue the Lord thi God of al thyn herte, and of al thi soule, `or lyfOm. OX., and of alle thi myȝtisstrengthes AGMNOPQSTWXY., and of al thi mynde; and thi neiȝebore as thi silf. And Jhesu seide to him, Thou hast answerid riȝtly; do thouOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. this thing, and thou schalt lyue. For|sothe he willingewilnynge QY. tofor to GMOPQTWY. iustifye him silf, seide to Jhesu, And who is my neiȝebore? Sothli Jhesu biholdingebiholdynge vp AGMNOPQSTWXY., seide, Sum man cam doun fro Jerusalem `in toto X. Jerico, and felde amongin to AGMNOQTWXY. theuues, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. also rob|biden him, and, woundis `putt inputtyn K., wenten awey, the man lefte half quyk. Forsothe it byfel, that sum prest cam doun in the same weye, and, him seynself T., passidehe passide A sec. m. G sec. m. SW. forth. Also forsoth and a dekene, whanne he was bisydis the place, and syȝ him, pass|ide forth. ForsothOm. Y. sum manOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. Samaritan, makynge iourney, cam bisydis the weye; and he seynge him, wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. stirid by mercy. And he comynge nyȝ, bond to gidere his woundis, heeldynge yn oyle and wyn. And he puttinge onin to AGMNOPQSTWXY. his horsiument, or hors AGMNPQSTWY. iument X., ledde in to a stable, and didehe did O. the cure of him. And another day he brouȝte forth tweytwo GMPWXY. pens, and ȝaf to the kepere of the stable, and seidesaith MNOPQSTWXY., Haue thou theOm. AGMNPQSTXY. cure of him; and what euere thingOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. thou schalt ȝyue ouer, I schal ȝelde to thee, whanne I schal come aȝen. Who of thes thre semeth to thee to haue be neiȝebore to him, that felde `a mong thein to AGMNOPQSTWXY. theues? And he seide, He that dide mercy onin to AGMNOPQS sec. m. TWXY. to S pr. m. him. And Jhesu seith to him, Go thou, and do thouOm. X. inon AGMNOPQSTWXY. lyklychy TW. liche Y. manere. Forsoth it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whilethe while AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei wenten, and he entride in to sum castel; and sum womman, Martha bi name, receyuede him in to hir hous. And to this MarthaOm. AMNOPQSTWXY. was a sister, Marie bi name, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. also sittinge by sydis the feet of theour O. Lord, herde the word of him. ForsotheSothly AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. Martha bisyedebisyede hir K pr. m. aboute mochethe oft AGMNOPQSTWXY. the myche UV. seruyce. WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. stood, and seideseith MNPQTXY., Lord, is itOm. NV. not of charge to thee, that my sistir leftehath left X. me aloone, forOm. X. to mynystreserue, or mynystre W.? therforeand therfore K. seyesaye thou AGMNOPQSTUVXY. to hir, that she helpe me. And the Lord answeringe seide to hir, Martha, Martha, thou ert bysi, and art troubliddistourblid AMNOPQTW. distroublid GY. sturbid S. disturbid X. anentisaȝens AGMNOPQSTWY. aȝen X. ful manye thingis; forsoth o thing is necessarie. Marie hath chose the bestebetere UV. part, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. schal not be take a wey fro hir.

 CAP. XI.

And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne he was prei|ynge in sum place, as he ceesside, oon of his disciplis seide to him, Lord, teche vs tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. preye, as and John tauȝte his disciplis. And he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, Whanne ȝe preyenschal praye O., seye ȝe, FadirFader oure XY., halewid be thi name. Thi kyngdom come to. Ȝyue to vs to day oure eche dayesday Y. breed. And forȝyue to vs oure synnes, as andOm. W pr. m. we forȝyuen to ech owynge to vs. And leed `not vsus not WY. in toOm. V. temptacioun. And he seith to hem, Who of ȝou schal haue a frend, and schal go to him at mydnyȝt, and schal seie to him, Frend, leene to me thre loouys; for my frend cometh to me of the weye, and I haue not what I schal setteputt AGMNOPQSTWXY. bifore him. And he withynne forth answeringe seyesaith OQW., Nyle thou be noyfulheuy AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. to me; the dore is now schit, and my children bethben AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. with mewith ynne QW. with me now T. in the cowche; I may noȝt ryse, and ȝyue to thee. And if he schal contynuedwell still AGMNOPQSTWXY. knockynge, I seye to ȝou, thouȝand if AGMNOPQSTWXY. he schal not ȝyue to hymhim rysynge AGMNOPQSTUVWX., for hethat that he AGMNOPSTXY. that he QW. is ahis AGMNOPQSTWXY. frend, ne|theles for his vnrestefulnesseimprobite, or contynuel axynge AGMNPQSTWXY. continuel axynge O. he schal rise, and ȝyue to hym, `how manyeas manye as U sec. m. he hath nedefulnede to U sec. m.. And I seie to ȝou, axe ȝe, and it schal be ȝouun to ȝou; seke ȝe, and ȝe schulen fynde; knocke ȝe, and it schal be openyd to ȝou. Forsoth ech manOm. GMOPQTWXY. that axith, takith; and heOm. S. that sekith, fynd|ith; and to a man knockynge, it schal be openyd. Therfore who of ȝou axith thehis XY. fadir breed, wherwhether X passim. he schal ȝyue to him a stoon? etheror AGMNPQSTWXY. if he axithaxe AGMNOPQTXY. shul axen hym S. fysch, wherwhether X passim. he schal ȝyue toOm. T. him a serpent for theOm. Q. fysch? ethiror AGMNOPQSTX. if he schal axeaxe hym S. an ey, whe|thirwher GMOPQTWY. he schal dresse to him a scorpioun? Therfore ifȝeue Y. ȝe, whanne ȝe ben yuele, `kunne ȝyuehan knowen for to ȝif A pr. m. G sec. m. MNOPQTY. kunnen for to ȝif A sec. m. han knowen to ȝiue X. `to ȝoure children goode thingis ȝouungoode thingis ȝouun to ȝoure children PW. goode ȝiftis to ȝoure children Q sec. m. goode thingis to ȝoure children XY., hou moche more ȝoure fadir of heuene schal ȝyue a good spirit to men axynge him. And Jhesuhe MNOPQTX. was castinge out a fend, and he was doumbe. And whanne he hadde cast out the fend, the doumb man spak; and the cumpanyescumpanyes of puple AGMPQSTWXY. cumpanyes of puples N. com|panyes pepil O. wondriden. Forsoth summe of hem seiden, In Belsebub, prince of deuelishe deueles S., he castith out deuelis. And othere tempt|inge axiden of him a tokene fro heuene. Forsoth heOm. T., as he syȝseeth O. theOm. T. thouȝtis of hem, seide to hem, Euery rewme depart|ide `aȝens it silfin itsilf A sup. ras. MPQXY. in him silf NOST., schal be desolatdesolat, or discumfortid AGMNPSTWX. desolatid O., and an hous schal falle onvpon AGMNPQTWY. an hous. Forsoth and if Sathanas isbe AGMNPQSTWXY. schal be O. departid aȝens him silf, how schal his rewme stonde? For ȝe seyn, `that Ime for to AGMNOPQTWY. me to SX. caste out fendis in Belse|bub. Forsoth if I in Belsebub caste out fendis, in whom `ȝoure sones castencasten ȝoure sones X. out? Therfore thei schulen be ȝoure domesmen. Forsoth if I caste out fendis in the fyngir, `ether spiritor sutil worchyng AGMNPSTWY. Om. OQX., of God, sothli the rewme of God is comen in to ȝou. Whanne a strong armedOm. T. man kepith his hows, alle thingis that he weldith ben in pees. Sothli if a strongerestrenger than he AGMNOPQSTXY. comynge aboue ouercomeouer|cometh O. him, he schal take a wey alleOm. T. his armerisarmes GMOPQTWXY., in whiche he tristide, and schal dele abrood his spuylisspuylis, or robberies AGMPSTWY. spoilis, or his robries N.. He that is not with me, is aȝens me; and he that gedrith not to gi|dere with me, scaterith a brood. WhanneAnd whan W. an vnclene spirit `hath gonschal go GMNOPQTXY. out of a man, he wandrith by drye placis, sekinge reste; and he fyndyngefyndith O. not, seith, I schal turne aȝen in to myn hous, wher of I cam out. And whanneOm. O. he schal come, he fyndith it clensid with beesmes, and ourned. Thanne he goth, and takith with him seuene othere spiritis werse than him silf, and thei `gon ynOm. GMNOPQ pr. m. XY. entride Q sec. m., dwellen there. And the laste thingis of thatthis O. man ben maad worse than the formere. Forsoth it wasis A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne he seidespake AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. thes thingis, sum wommanOm. O. of the cumpany reysingererynge vp AGMNPQSTY. raysenge vp O. rerende X. hir vois, seidesaid to him AGMNOPSWXY., Blessid beOm. X. the wombe that bar thee, and `blessid beOm. QS. the teetis whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thou hast sokun. And he seide, Rathereor, But ȝee U sec. m. marg. blessid ben thei, that heeren `Goddis wordthe word of God AG pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY., and kepen it. Forsothe the cumpanyecom|panyes of pepil AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. cumpanyes of peples G sec. m. W. cumpenyes UV. com|yngerenynge AGMNOPQSTWX. to gidere, he bigan tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seye, This generacioun is a weyward generacioun; it sekith a tokene, and a tokene schal not be ȝouun to it, noOm. O. but the tokene of Joonas, theOm. AGNTVXY. prophete. For whi as Joonas was a tokene toof T. men of Nynyue, so mannis sone schal be to this generacioun. The queene of the south schal ryse in dom with men of this generacioun, and schal condempne hem; forfor whi O. sche cam fro the endiswisdam O. ofOm. OPQUV. the erthe, tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. heere the wys|dom of Salomon, and lo! here isOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. moremore, or grettere G sec. m. than Salomon. Men of Nynyue schulen ryse in domthe dome O. with this generacioun, and schulen condempne it; for thei diden penaunce atin O. the prechinge of Joonas, and lo! here isOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. more than Joonas. No man liȝtnethteendith AGMNOPQSTWXY. a lanterne, and puttith init in O. hidlishiddil O., othernether AGMNOPQSTWXY. vndir a boyschel, but onvpon AGMNOPQST pr. m. WY. a candel sticke, that thei that gon yn, se liȝt. The lanterne of thi body is thin yȝeiȝen N.; if thin yȝe schal be symple, al thi body schal be liȝt|fulliȝti AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.; forsoth if it schal be weyward, also thi body schal be derkful. Therfore se thou, lest the liȝt whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. is in thee, beschal be O. derknessis. Therfore if al thi body schalOm. Y. be liȝtfulliȝti, or schynynge AGNSTW. liȝt, or shijnyng MPY. schinynge O. liȝt QX., not hauynge ony partparty O. of derk|nessis, it schal be al liȝtfulliȝti AGMNPQSTWXY. liȝt O., and as aOm. W. lanterne of briȝtnessebriȝtnesse, or schynynge AGMNPSTWY. it schal ȝyue liȝt to thee. And whanne he spak, sum Pha|risee praiede, that he schulde ete at hym. AndForsothe AGMNPQSTWXY. he gon yn, `saat to the metesat at the mete A sup. ras. G sec. m. W. restide MNPQSTXY.. Sothli the Pharisee `bigan to seieOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTW sec. m. XY., gessynge with ynne him silfsilf seide A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQ pr. m. TXY. silf bigan to saye Q sec. m. W sec. m., whi he was not waischun byfore the mete. And the Lord seithseide W. to him, Now ȝe Farisees clensen `that thing thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. is with outenforthwith outen W. of the kuppe and plater; but thatOm. N. thing `of ȝouOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. that is `with ynnewithin forth of ȝou AGMNOPQSTWXY., is ful of raueyn and wickid|nesse. Foolis, wherwhether OPQTWXY. he that made `that thing thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. is with oute forth, made not `also that thing thatand that that AGM NOPQSTWXY. is `with ynnewithin forthe AGMNOPQSTXY.? Ne|theles `that thing thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. is ouer, `ether su|perfluOm. PQW X or sup. MY., ȝyue ȝe almes, and lo! alle thingis ben clene to ȝou. But woo to ȝou, Pha|risees, that tythen mynte, and ruwerute V., and al wort, `ether herbeOm. OX. or herbe MPWY., and passen dom and the charite of God. Forsoth it bi|hoftebihouede MOPQY. tofor to AGMNPQTWY. do thes thingis, and nottho not X. forOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. toOm. AGNSTWX. leeue hemOm. X.. Woo to ȝou, Pharisees, that louen the firste chaieris in synagogis, and salutaciouns in chepingchepyngis ANO.. Woo to ȝou, that ben as sepulcris, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. apperyn not, and men walkynge aboue witenwisten UV. not. Forsoth oonsumme G sec. m. O. of the wyse men of lawethe lawe TX. answeringe, seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWX. to him, Maistir, thou seyinge thes thingis, `doist dispit also to vsalso to vs [thou GMPY] dost despite, or wronge AGMNPSTXY. also thou dost despit to vs O. also to vs thou dost dyspite Q. also thou dost dispyt, or wrong W.. `He seideAnd he saith AGMOPQSTWX. He seith N., AndOm. X. woo to ȝou, wyse men of lawethe law O., for ȝe chargen men with birthins whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTW. that X. thei moun not bere, and ȝe ȝouȝour GMNOPQY. silf with ȝoureOm. Q. o fynger touchen not the heuynessisheuynesse O.. Woo to ȝou, that bilden birielisbirielis, or toumbis AGMNPSTWY. toumbis O. of prophetis; forsoth ȝoure fadris slowen hem. Treuly ȝe witnessen, that ȝe consenten to the werkis of ȝoure fadris; for sothli thei slowen hem, but ȝe bilden her sepulcris. Therfore andOm. K. the wysdom of God seide, I schal sende to hem prophetis, and apostlis, and of hem thei schulen slee and pursue, that the blood of alle prophetisthe prophetis NW., that wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. schedheld MNPQTXY. out fro the makyngbygynnynge O. of the world, be souȝtsoȝt out S. of this generacioun; fro the blood of Abel `til tovnto GMPQXY. til N. to O. in to W. the blood of Zacharie, whichthat AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. perischide bytwixbytwen OS. bitwe X. the auter and the hous. So I seie to ȝou, it schal be souȝt of this generacioun. Woo to ȝou, wyse men of lawe, for ȝe han take awey the keye of kunnynge; ȝe ȝouȝour GMNOPQY. silf en|triden notentreden not yn ASW. entren not in GMNOPQTXY., and ȝe han forboden hem that entriden. Sothli whanne he spak thes thingis to hem, Pharisees and wyse men of lawe bigunnen greuouslygreuoselyche O. to aȝen|stondenaȝenstond him GMOPQY., and oppresseto oppresse M. his mouth `of many thingis, aspiynge himaspiynge him of many thingis MPXY., and sekinge tofor to AGMNOPQTW sec. m. Y. that thei schulden W pr. m. take sum thing of his mouth, that thei schulden accuse him.

 CAP. XII.

Sotheli manye cumpanyescompanyes of peplis AGMNOPQSTXY. cumpanyes of peple W. stondinge aboute, so that thei trodendefouliden, or troden AGMNPQSY. defouleden OX. defoulyden, or touchyden T. def. or trodeden W. ech othir, he bigan tofor to AMNOPQSTWY. seie to his disciplis, Be ȝe war offle ȝe fro AU. and flee fro GMNOPQTVWY. fleeth fro S. and flee ȝee fro X. the sourdowȝ of Pharisees, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. is ypocrisye. Forsoth no thing is hilid, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. schal not be schewid; nether hid, that schal not be wist. Forwhi tho thingis that ȝe han seyd in derknessis, schulen be seid in liȝtsiȝt Y.; and `this thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. ȝe han spokenseid S. in eerethe eere GMQTXY. in theOm. GK pr. v. MOPQSTXY. cowchis, schal be prechid in rooues. Forsothe I seie to ȝou, my frendis, `be ȝebeth GMNPQXY. be T. not a feerd of hem that slen the bodybodyes T., and aftir thes thingis han no more what thei schulen don. Sothli I schal schewe to ȝou, whom ȝe schulen drede; drede ȝe him, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. aftir thatOm. MOPQTY. he hath slayn, hath power tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. sende in to helle. So I seie to ȝou, `drede ȝedredith X. dredith ȝee Y. hym. WherWhether X. fiue sparrowis ben not seeld for tweynetwo MOPQXY. halpensferthingis U pr. m.; and oon of hem is not in forȝeting bifore God? But and alle the heeris of ȝoure heedheued O pass. W. ben noumbrid. Therfore nyle ȝe drede; ȝe ben of more priys than many sparowis. Treuli I seie to ȝou, `ech man which euerwho euer GMNOPQTXY. schal knowleche me byfore men, and mannis sone schal knowleche him bifore the aungelis of God. Forsoth he that schal denye me bifor men, schal be de|nyed bifore the aungelis of Godthe Lord QTXY.. And ech manOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. that seith a word aȝens the sone of man, it schal be forȝouun to him; sothlihe that shal blasfemen in to the Holi Gost, sothli XY. it schal not be forȝouun to him, `that blasfemethschal blaspheme AGMNOPQSTUVW. aȝensin to G pr. m. MNPST. in Q. the Hooly GostOm. XY.. Forsoth whanne thei schulen leede ȝou in to synagogis, and toOm. MP. magestatismages|tratis W., and toOm. AGMNPQSTUVWXY. potestatispotestatis, or powers AMNPSTWY. powers G., nyle ȝe be bisy, how etheror AGMNOPWXY. Om. QST. what ȝe schulen answereOm. S., etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. what ȝe schulen seye. Forsoth the Hooly Gost schal teche ȝou in that our, what it bi|houeth ȝou tofor to AGMNOPTW. seye. ForsothSothely AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. sum man of the cumpany seith to him, Maistir, seie to my brother, that he departe with me the eritage. And he seyde to him, A! man, who ordeynede me domesmana domesman U., etheror AGMNOPQSTVXY. departer, onvpon AGMNPQTWY. ouer O. ȝou? And he seydeseyith T. to hemhim K., Se ȝe, and `be ȝebe AGMNOPTUVWY. beth SX. war `of al auaricefro all couaytyse AGMNOPQTWXY. of alle coueitise S.; for `the lyf of aeny O. man is not inOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. the haboundansenot in the [Om. Q] habundaunce of eny man is his lijf A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. of tho thingis whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. he weldith. Sothli he seide to hem a liknesse, seiynge, The feeld of sum riche man brouȝte forth plenteuous fruytis. And he thouȝte with ynne him silf, seyinge, What schal I do, forthat A pr. m. GMNOPQTXY. I haue not whidir I schal gedere my fruytis? And he seith, `I schal do this thingThis th. I sch. do WXY.; I schal distryethrowe doun U sec. m. my bernis, and IOm. Q. schal make gretteremore AGMNOPQSTWXY., and thidir I schal gedere alle thingis that growenben born A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. to me, and alleOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. my goodis. And I schal seye to my soule, SouleOm. O., thou hast many goodis keptput, or kept A. put vp, or kept GMNPSTWY. pit vp OQ. put vp X. in to ful manye ȝeeris; reste thou, ete, drynke, and `ete thou plenteuouslyplenteuosly ete AGMNOPQSTWXY. ete plenteuously UV.. Sothli God seide to him, Fool, in this nyȝt thei schulenschal O. et alibi. axe of thee thi soule. Forsothe whos schulen thothe O. thingis be, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thou hast maad redy? So is he that tresourith toin to X. him silf, and is not ryche ininto A pr. m. GMNOPQTXY. to A sec. m. SUVW. God. And he seide to his disciplis, Therfore I seie to ȝou, nyle ȝe be bisy to ȝoure lyfsoule, or lijf AGMNPQSTWY. soul OX., whatand what W. ȝe schulen ete, nethir to ȝoure body, with what ȝe schulen be clothidclad SX.. TheThi Y. lyfsoule, or lijf AMNPTWY. soul OQSX. is more than metethe meete SX., and the body more than clothing. Biholde ȝe crowis, for thei sowen not, netherne WX. repen, to whichewhom QXY.. is no celer, netherand K sup. ras. beerne, and God fedith hem. HowAnd how T. myche more `ȝe benben ȝe MPXY. of more prys than theiben thai O.. Forsothe who of ȝou bythenkyngethenkende X. may addeput to AGMNPQST WY. pitt O. poten to X. o cubite to his stature? TherforeOm. K. if ȝe mown notnot do MPU. `this thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. is theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. leesteleft Y., what ben ȝe bisy of othere thingis? Biholde ȝe liliesthe lilies PS. of the feeld, how thei wexen; thei trauelen not, neither spynnen. Sothly I seye to ȝou, for nether Salomon in al his glorie was clothidclad SX. as oon of these. Forsothe if God clothith thus the hey, whichthat AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. to day is in the feeld, and to morwe is sentcast U sec. m. in to a furneys; how mocheOm. O. more ȝou of litel feith? And nyle ȝe seke, what ȝe schulen ete, ethiror OPQTWXY. what ȝe schulen drynke; and nyle ȝe be reysidtaken vp MNOPQTXY. `in toOm. U sec. m. anOm. G sec. m. O. hiȝ. Forsoth folkis of the world seken alle thes thingis; sothli ȝoure fadir woot, for ȝe neden thesall thees O. thingis. Nethelees seke ȝe first the kyng|dom of God, and alle thes thingis schulen be cast to ȝou. Nyle ȝe, litil floc, drede, for it pleside to ȝoure fadir tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. ȝyue to ȝou a kyngdom. Sille ȝe `tho thingis that ȝe weldentho thingis that ȝe han in possessioun AGMNPQSTWXY. the thengis that ȝe thoo thengis that ȝe han in possession O., and ȝyue ȝe almes. Make ȝe to ȝou sachels that wexen not olde, tresour `not failingethat faylith not U sec. m. in heuenes, whidur a theef neyȝeth not, neyther mowȝte distryeth. Forsothe where `thi tresour isis thi tr. WXY., there alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. thin herte schal be. Be ȝoure leendes girdgird vp U. by fore, and lanternes brennynge in ȝoure hondis; and beOm. AGMNOPQSTWY. ȝe lyk to men abydinge her lord, whanne he schal turne aȝen fro weddingis, that whanne he schal come, and knocke, anoon thei opene to him. Blessid benOm. GMNOQTXY. tho seruauntis, whichewhom GMNOPQTXY. whanne the Lord schal come, he schal fynde wakynge. Treuli I seie to ȝou, that he schal bifore girde him, and `he schalOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. make hemhim MP. tofor to AGMNOPQSTW. Om. Y. sitte at the mete, and he passinge schal mynystre to hem. And if he schal come in the secunde wakyng, and yf he schal come in the thridde wakynge, and schal fynde so, tho seruauntis ben blessid. Forsoth wite ȝe this thing, for if an hosebonde man wiste, in what our the theef woldeschuld AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. come, sothli he schulde wake, and `not suffresuffre not X. his hous tofor to O. be mynyd. And be ȝe redy, for in what our ȝe gessen not, mannis sone schal come. Forsothe Petre seithsaid AGMNPQSTUVWXY. to him, Lord, seist thou this parable to vs, etheror MOPQTWXY. to alle? Sothli the Lord seide, Who, gess|ist thou, is aOm. W pr. m. feithfultrewe AGNOSTWXY. dispender, and pru|dent, whom the lord ordeynede onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. his meyne, that he ȝyue to hem in tyme aOm. OPQTWXY. mesure of whete? Blessid isOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. that ser|uaunt, whom whanne the lord schal come, he schal fynde `doynge soso doynge MPWXY.. Verili I seie to ȝou, for onvpon AGMNOPQSTWY. alle thingis whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. he weldith, he schal ordeyne him. That if thilkethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. seruaunt schal seye in his herte, My lord makith `tariynge todwellynge for to AGMNOPQTWY. dwellinge to SX. come; and bigynnebygynnyng T. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. smyte children, and hand|maydens, and ete, and drynke, and be fillidfulfillyd TX. ouer mesure, the lord of that ser|uaunt schal come, in thethat O. day that he hopith not, and ourin hour O. that he wot not; and schalhe schal O. departe him, and schalOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. putte his part with vnfeithful men. Forsothe thilkethat SX. seruaunt that knew the wille of his lord, and made `not himhim not XY. redy, and dide not vpaftir AGMNOPQSTWXY. his wille, schal be betun with many woundisplagis, or woundis AGMNPTW pr. m. plagis QXY.. Sothli he that knew not, and dide worthi thingis ofOm. X. woundis, schal be beten with fewe. Forsoth to ech man to whom moche is ȝouun, moche schal be axidsouȝt MNOPQTXY. of hym; and thei schulen axe more of him, to whom thei bitokenlenten MNOPQTXY. moche. I cam tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. sende fier in to erthethe erthe AGMNOPQTXY., and what wolewil O. I, noOm. MOPQ. but thatOm. AT. it be kyndelid? Sothli I haue tofor to AGMNOPWY. be baptisid with baptym, and hou `am II am WXY. constreyn|edyconstreynyd Y., tiltil that AGMNPQSTWXY. it be perfytli don? `Gessen ȝeȜee gessen WXY., for I cam toforto AGMNOPWY. ȝyue pees in to erthethe erth AGMOPQTWY.? Nay, I seye to ȝou, butno but W. departynge. For|soth `fro this tymeafter this O. ther schulen be fyue departid in oon hous; thre `schulen be departidOm. G sec. m. O. aȝensin two, or aȝens A pr. m. MPY. in to, or aȝens NT. in to Q. in X. tweynetwo MPQSTWXY., and tweynetwo MPQSTWXY. `schulen be departidOm. MOPWXY. aȝensin to MNPQSTWXY. threthre schulen be departid MNOPSWXY.; the fadir aȝensin to A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. the sone, and the sone aȝensin to A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. his fadir; the modir aȝens the douȝtir, and the douȝtir aȝens the modir; the hosebondis modir aȝens the sones wyf, and the sones wyf aȝens hirthe AOSTWX. hosebondis modir. `Forsoth heOm. KU pr. m. V. And he QU sec. m. `seid and to the cum|panyesOm. KU pr. m. V. seide also to the peple U sec. m., Whanne ȝe schulen se a cloude rysinge fro the sunne goynge doun, anon ȝe seyn, Reyn cometh; and so it is don. And whanne `ȝe seen Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.the south blowynge, ȝe seyen, For heete schal be; and soOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. it is donmaad AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Ypocritis, ȝe han knowe toforto AGMNOPQTWXY. proue the face of heuene and ofOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. erthe, butsothely AGMNOPQSTWXY. hou prouen ȝe not this tyme? `Forsothe whiSothely what AGMNOPQ STXY. Forsothe what UV. What sothli W pr. m. andOm. V. of ȝouȝour GMOQWY. silf deme ȝe not `this thing thatthat that AGMNPQSTWY. that at O. this that UV. is iust? ForsotheSothli W. whanne thou goist with thin aduersarie to the prince in the weye, ȝyue thou bisynesse tofor to AGMNOQTWY. be delyuered fro him; lest perauenture he drawe thee to the domesman, and the domesman bitaketake O. thee to the wrongful axere, and the wrongful axere sende thee in to prisoun. I seie to thee, Thou schalt not go thennis, til thou ȝelde also the last ferthing.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsothe sum men neiȝedencamen to AGMNPQSTY. cammen to OW. camen in to X. inOm. X. that tyme, tellinge to him of Galilees, whos blood Pilat myngede with theOm. Q. sacrificis of hem. And he answeringe seide to hem, Wenen ȝe, that thes men `of GalileeOm. G pr. m. weren synneris byfore alle Galileis, for thei suf|friden suche thingis? Nay, I seye to ȝou; but alle ȝe schulen perische inon X. lyklichi W. ma|nere, noOm. MOS. butbut ȝif GMPQSXY. ȝe schulen haue penaunce. And as thothe GN. ten and eiȝte, `on whichvpon whiche A. vpon whom GMNOPQTY. on whom X. the tour ofin AGMNPQSTUVXY. Om. W. Siloa feldefel O et alibi. dounadown T., and slouȝ hem, gessen ȝe, for andOm. O. thei weren dettours more than alle menthe men S. dwellinge in Jeru|salem? Nay, I sei to ȝou; but also ȝe alle schulen perische, if ȝe schulen not do penaunce. Forsothe he seide thisand this O. lyk|nesse. Sum man hadde a fyge tree plauntid inin to AGMNOPQSTX. his vynervine ȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY., and he cam sek|ynge fruyt inin to Q. it, and fondhe fond O. not. Sothli he seide to the tilier of `the vynerthe vyne ȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY. this vyner K., Loo! thre ȝeerisȝer X. ben, sithen I comecame alii. sekinge fruyt in thisthis litil AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. fyge tree, and IOm. T. fondfynd AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. not; therfore kitt it doun, wherto occupieth it, ȝheȝit O., the erthe? And he answeringe seide to him, Lord, suffre alsoit and AGMNOPQSTWXY. this ȝeer, til the while I delue aboute it, and sendedounge it U sec. m. toordisdonge O. Om. U sec. m.; and if it schal make fruyt, ellisif noon, or ellis AGMNPQSTWY. ȝif none OX. in tyme toOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. comynge thou schalt kitte it doun. Forsothe he was techinge in theOm. O. synagogesynagogis OTV. of hem in sabotis. And loo! a womman that haddehad hade O. a spirit of syke|nesse ten and eiȝte ȝeerisȝeer SX., and was bowid doun, nether `in ony manereony theng AGMNOPQSTWXY. myȝte looke vpward. Whom whanne Jhesu hadde seyn, he clepideclepide hir Q sec. m. to hym, and seidesaith AGMNOPQSTXY. to hir, Womman, thou ert leftdelyuerid U sec. m. of thi syke|nesse. And he puttidepitt O. putte MPQSWXY. to hir the hoondis, and a non she `was reysidis rered AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. was reerid W., and glorifiede God. Sothli the prince of synagogethe synagoge AGMNOPQSTUWXY. an|sweringe, hauynge dedeyndedeyn, or wraththe AGMNPSWY. for Jhesu hadde heelid in the saboth, seide to the cumpanycompany of pepil AGMNOPQSTWXY., `Sixe dayes benTher ben six dayes AGMNOPQSTWXY., in whiche it bihoueth tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. wirche; therfore comecumme ȝe AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. in thes, and `be ȝebeth X. heelid, and not in theOm. Q. dayesday AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. of saboth. Forsothe the Lord an|sweringe `to himOm. Q. seide, Ypocrite, wherwhether X. ech `of ȝouOm. Y. `vntyeth not in the sabothin the sab. vnt. not MWXY. his oxe, ethiror AGMNPSWXY. or his O. asse, fro the stablecracch, or stalle AGMNPQSTY. cracche OX., and ledith forOm. SX. to watre? BihofteByhoueth OX. itOm. W. not this douȝtre of Abraham, whom Sathanas hath bounden, loo! ten and eiȝte ȝeerisȝer X., tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be vnbounden of thishis T. bond in the day of saboth? And whanne he seide thes thingis, alle his aduersaries weren ascham|yd. And al theOm. V. peple ioyede in al thingis, that weren don gloriously of him. Ther|fore he seide, To what thing is the rewmekyngdam AGMNOPQSTWXY. of God lyk? and to what thing schalOm. AGNOQSTWXY. I gesse it tofor to ANTW. Om. V. be lyk? It is lyk to a corn of seneuey, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. takun, a man sentecaste U sec. m. in to his ȝerd; and it wax, and wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad in to a greet tree, and fowelis of the eyr restiden in theOm. AGMNPQSTUWY. braunchis therof. `And eftsone he saydOm. KU pr. m. V. And efte he seide U sec. m., To what thing schal I gesse the kyngdom `of GodOm. G pr. m. lyk? It is lyk to sourdowȝa soure dow N., whichthe whiche MOPQTWY. takun, a womman hidithhidde AS. inin to AGMNOPQSTW sec. m. XY. thre mesuris of mele, til `al wereit were Q pr. m. it were al Q sec. m. sourdowidsouryd U sec. m.. And he wente by citees and castels, techinge and mak|inge iurney in to Jerusalem. Sothli sum man seide to him, Lord, if there ben fewe, that ben sauyd? Sothli he seide to hem, Stryue ȝe forOm. SX. to entre by the streit ȝate; for I seye to ȝou, many menOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. seken forOm. SX. to entreentre in O., and thei `schulen not mowemiȝten not A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPST may not QW pr. m. X.. Forsothe whanne the hosebonde man hath entrid, and closid the dore, ȝe schulen bi|gynne tofor to AGMNOPQW. stonde with oute forth, and knockerynge AGMNOPQSTWXY. theatte the U. dore, seyinge, Lord, opyne to vs. And he answeringe schal seye to ȝou, I knowe `not ȝounot G pr. m. ȝou not G sec. m. MPX. ȝee not W., ofOm. U. whennis ȝe ben. Thanne ȝe schulensal O. bigynne to seye, We han `ete and drunke bifore theeeten bifore thee and drunken AGMNOPQSTWXY., and in oure streetis thou hast tauȝt. And he schal seye to ȝou, I knowe `not ȝouȝou not GMPWX., of whennis ȝe ben; gogoth SX. ȝeOm. AGMNOPSTWY. awey fro me, alle worcheris of wickidnesse. Ther schal be wepinge and betinge to gidere of teeth, whanneand whan Y. ȝe schulen se Abraham, and Ysaac, and Jacob, and alle prophetis in the kyngdom of God; sothli ȝou tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be put out. And thei schulen come fro the eest and west, and fro theOm. AGMNPQSTUVXY. north and south, and sitte at the mete in the rewme of God. And looso U.! thei that weren firstethe firste AGMNPQTWXY., ben the laste; and thei that weren thesuynge day MOPQTWY. suende dai X. last, ben the firste. InAnd in N. that day summe of Phariseesthe Phariseis AOW pr. m. camen nyȝ, seyinge `to himOm. X., Go out, and go hennis, for Eroude wole slee thee. And he seith to hem, Go ȝe, and `seye ȝeseith X. to that fox, Loo! I caste out fendis, and I make perfitly heelthis, to day and to morwe, and the thridde day IOm. Q. am endid. Netheles it bihoueth me to day, and to morwe, and theOm. Q. `day suyngesuynge day MOPQTWY. suende dai X., tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. walke; for it fallith not ato a G sec. m. NQSW. for a O. prophete tofor to AGMNOPWY. perische out of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that sleest prophetis, and stoon|est hem that ben sent to thee, hou ofte wolde I gedere `to gidereOm. N. thithe N. sones, as a brid his nest vnder pennespennes, or wengis AGMNPQSTWY. fetheris U., and thou noldistwoldest not AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Loo! ȝoure hous schal be left to ȝou desert. Sothli I seie to ȝou, for ȝe schulen not se me, til itY UV. come, whanne ȝe schulen seye, Blessid isOm. X. he, that cometh in the name of the Lord.

 CAP. XIV.

And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY. don, whanne he had entrid in to the hous of sum prince of Pharisees, in the saboth, tofor to AGMNOPQSTWY. ete breed, and thei aspiedenkepten, or aspieden AGMNPQSTWY. kepten X. him. And loo! sum man syk in ydropesiethe droopsye AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. was bifore him. And Jhe|su answeringe seide to the wyse men `of laweOm. K. of the lawe OUV sec. m., and to Pharyseesthe Fariseis QS., seiyinge, WhereȜif AGMNOPQSTWXY. it is leeful forOm. X. to heele in theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. sabotis? And thei heelden pees. Forsothe Jhesu heelide him takun to, and lefte. And he answeringe to hem, seyde, WhosWhos of you AGMNOPQSTWXY. asse etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. oxe `of ȝoureOm. AGNOQSTWXY. of ȝouris MP. schal falle in to a pitt, and not a non `he schalshal he MOPQWXY. shal T. drawebe drawe T. outvp T.Om. Q. him onin AGMNOPQSTUVWX. the day of sabotthe sabot Q.? And thei myȝten not answere to him to thes thingis. Forsothe he seyde alsoand AGMOPQSX. Om. NTWY. a parable to men bodunbeden AGMNPQSTXY. biden OW. to a feeste, biholdinge how thei chesidenchosen SX. the firste seetissittynge placis AGMNOPQSTWXY., seyinge to hem, Whanne thou schalt be bedunboden O. to wed|dingisbridalis O., sitte thouOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. not at theOm. O. mete in the firste place; lest perauenture a worschip|fullere worthier, or a worschipfuller AT. worthiere, or worschipfullere GNSWY. worthier MOQX. than thou be bedunbodun OW. of him, and he comynge that clepide thee and him, seye to thee, Ȝyue place to this, and thanneOm. XY. thou schalt bigynne with schame tofor to AGMNOPQTW. holde the lastelowest ANOSTW. place. But whanne thou schalt be bedunboden OW. to feestethe feest OX. a feeste V., go, and sitte doun in the laste place, that whanne he `schal comecome G pr. m. cometh MOPQTXY., that bad thee to feestethe fest OQTX., heOm. G pr. m. MNOPQTY. seye to thee, Frend, stiȝestie vp AGMNPQSTWX. hiȝere. Thanne glorie schal be to theethe togider O. bifore men syttinge `to gidereOm. O. atto V. theOm. UV. mete. For ech that enhaunsith him silfOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY., schal be `maad lowȝlowed AGMNOPQSTWXY.; and he that mekith him silfOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., schal be hiȝed. Forsoth he seide alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. to himhem Y., that haddehadden Y. bedunboden W. him to theOm. MPQWX. feeste, Whanne thou makist a `mete, ether soupersoper O. mete, or soper MPWXY., nyle thou clepe thi frendis, nether thi britheren, nethirne UV. cosynsthi cosynes O., ne|thir neiȝeboris, nether riche men; lest per|auenture and thei bidde thee aȝen to feestethe feeste U., and `ȝeldinge aȝenretribucioun, or ȝeldynge aȝen AGMNPQSTWY. retribucioun X. be maad to theeȝou O.. But whanne thou makist a feeste, clepe pore men, feble menOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY., crokid, andOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. blynde, and thou schalt be blessid; for thei han not, wher of tofor to AGMNOPSTW. ȝeldeȝelde aȝen AGMNPQSTWXY. to thee, forsoth it schal be ȝoldunquytte aȝen AGMNOPSTWY. ȝelde aȝen Q. quit X. to thee in the risyngfirste risyng K. aȝen of iuste men. Whanne sum man ofof men UV. sittingethe sittende X. at theOm. alii. mete had herd thes thingis, he seide to hym, Blessid isOm. G pr. m. MPQ pr. m. TXY. he, that schal ete breed in the rewme of God. And he seide to him, Sum man maade a greet souper, and clepidehe clepid O. manye. And he sente his seruaunt in the our of souper, tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seye to men bedunboden OW. to feestethe feeste W pr. m. X., that thei schulden come, for now alle thingis ben redy. And alle bigunnen to gidere tofor to AGMNO PTWY. excuse. The firste seideseide to him Q sec. m., I haue bouȝt a toun, and I haue nede tofor to AGMOPQTWY. go out, and toOm. AGMNOPQSTXY. se it; I preie thee, haue me excusid. And the tothirother P. seide, I haue bouȝt fyue ȝokis of oxen, and I go tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. proue hem; I preie thee, haue me ex|cusid. And an othir seide, I haue weddid a wyf; and therfore I may not come. And the seruaunt turnyd aȝen, toolde thes thingis to thehis AGMNOPQSTUVWX. lord. Thanne the hose|bonde man wroth, seide to his seruaunt, Go out soone in to grete stretis andand in to N. smale streetis of the citee, and `brynge in hidur pore men, and feble, and blynde, and crokidpore men and feble, [and XY] blynde and crokid, brynge [thou MP] yn hidir AMPQTWXY. pore men, and crokid, blynd and feebel, brynge in hidir O.. And the seruaunt seith, Lord, it is don, as thou hast comaundid, and ȝit `place isthere is place AGMNOPQSWXY. there is a place T.. And the lord seith to the seruaunt, Go thouout AGMNOQSTUVWXY. into weyes and heggis, and constreyne forOm. SX. to entre, thatand U. myn hous be fillidfulfild AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Forsothe I seie to ȝou, for nooneno man AGMNOPQSTWXY. of thoOm. T. men that ben clepid, schal taaste my souper. Sothli many cumpanyes wenten with him; and he turned, seide to hem, If onyony man Q. comethcome AGMNOPQSTWY. to me, and hatith not his fadir, andne his O. modir, and wyf, sonesand sones AGMNOPSTUVWXY. and his children Q sec. m., and britheren, and douȝ|trissustris Q sec. m., ȝit forsoth andOm. N. his lyfsoule, that is [his G] lijf AGMNQSTWY. soule OVX. soule, or lijf P., heOm. AGMNOY. may not be my disciple. And he that berith not his cross, and `cometh aftirfolewith S. me, may not be my disciple. Forsoth who of ȝou will|inge tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. bylde a tour, wherwhether X. he `sittinge countith not firstfirst sittynge acountith [countith MPQTWXY] not AGMNOPQSTWX. the spensis that ben nedful, if he haue tofor to O. performe? Lest aftiraftir that AGMNOPQSTXY. aftirward that W. he hath settput AGMNOPQSTWXY. the foundement, and myȝte not performe, alle that seen, bigynne tofor to AGMNO PQTWY. scorne him, seyinge, For this man bigan tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. bilde, and myȝte not ende. EtherOr AGMNOPSTXY. what kyng `to goynge to maketo go for to sende, or maake AG pr. m. MNPQTWY. is to go for to sende, or make G sec. m. is to go for to make O. to go to senden, or make S. to go|ynge out to make U. to go to sende X. batel aȝens another kyng, wherwhether WX. he sittinge `by|thenkith not firstfirst bythenk not GMNOPQTWY. first bi|thenkith not X., if he may with ten thousynd go aȝens him that cometh to him with twenty thousynd? EllisOr ellis N. him ȝit doinge a fer, he sendinge a messangermessagere OQSX., preieth tho thingis that ben of pees. SoOm. O. therfore ech of ȝou, that `renouncith notrenounsith not, or forsakith not AGMNPQTWY. forsaketh not O. renounceth not, or forsaketh S. alle thingis whichethat AGMNOPQSTXY. he weeldith, may not be my disciple. Salt is good thing; for|soth if salt `schal vanyschevanysche AGMNPQ STWXY. vanischith O., in what thing schal it be sauerid? NetherNother Y. in erthe, nether in theOm. AGMNOPQSTUWXY. dunghil it is profitable, but it schal be sent out. He that hath eeris of heeringe, heerehere he AOW..

 CAP. XV.

Forsothe pupplicans and synful men weren neiȝinge to him, that thei schulden heere him. And Farisees and scribis grucchiden, seyinge, For this manOm. AGMNOPQS TWXY. re|ceyueth synful men, and etith with hem. And he seith to hem this parable, seiynge, What man of ȝou that hath an hundrid scheep, and if he `hath lostschal lese GMNOPQTXY. oon of hem, wherwhether X. he leeuithleue NO. not nynty and nyne in desert, and goth to it that perischide, til he fynde it? And whanne he hath founden it, he ioyinge puttith onin to AGMNOPQSTWXY. his shuldris; and heOm. AGM NOPQSTWXY. comynge hoom clep|ith `to gidereOm. X. his frendis and neiȝebors, seyinge to hem, `Thanke ȝeGlade ȝe with U sec. m. meto me G sec. m. MP. togider with me O., for I haue founden mythe MNPQTXY. scheep, whichthat GMNOPQSTWXY. `hadde perischidI hadde lost MNPQTXY.. Sothly I seye to ȝou, so ioye schal be in heuene on ooen X. synful man doynge penaunce, than ofvpon AGMNOPQSTWY. nynti and nyne iuste, that han no nede ofto AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. pen|aunce. EtherOr AGMNOPQSTWXY. what womman hauynge ten `dragmes, ether besauntisdragmes, or besauntis GMPY. besauntis O. dragmes X., and if sche `hath lostschal lese A pr. m. GMNOPQTXY. o dragme, wherwhethir QX. she liȝtethteendith AGMNOPQSTWXY. liȝteneth UV. not a lanterne, and turneth vpsodoun the hous, and sekith diligently, tiltil that AGMNOPQSTWXY. sche fyndefyndeth O.? And whanne sche hath founden, sche clepith to gidere frendis and neiȝe|boris, seyinge, `Thanke ȝeTogydere thanke ȝe P. Glade ȝe with U sec. m. metogider to me O., for I haue founden the dragme, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. I hadde lost. So I seie to ȝou, ioye schal be to theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. aungels of God `on ovpon a AT. vpon OO GMNPQSWY. vpon oon O. synful man doynge penaunce. Forsothe he seith, Sum man hadde tweyetwo MPQUWXY. sones; and the ȝongere seide to thehis O. fadir, Fadir, ȝyue toOm. N. me the porcioun of substaunce, `ethir catelor catel GMPWY. Om. OX., that `byfallith tobifallith A pr. m. G pr. m. PQTX. fallith O. me. And `the fadirhe AGMNOPQSTWXY. de|partide to himhem MOPQTUV sec. m. XY. theOm. A pr. m. MNPT. substaunce. And not aftir manye dayes, alle thingis gederid to gidre, the ȝongereȝonge W. sone wente infer on AGMNOPTW sec. m. XY. fer in QS. forth in UV. forth on W pr. m. pil|grymage in to a ferOm. G pr. m. cuntree; and there heOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. wastide his substauncesubstaunce, or goodis AGMPSTWY. inOm. N. lyuynge leccherously. And aftir that he hadde endid alle thingis, aand K. strong hungir wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad inin to O. thatthe ASW. cuntree, and he bigan tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. haue nede. And he Om. K.wente, and cleuyde to oon of the citeseynsburgeis AGNQTUVW. burgeysis MOPSXY. of that cuntree. And he sente him in to his toun, that he schulde feede hoggis. And he coueitide tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. fillefulfille AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWXY. his wombe of the coddis whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. the hoggis eeten, and no man ȝaf to him. Sothli he turned aȝen in to him silf, seyde, Hou many hirid men in my fadirfadres ANOSUV. hous, `han plente ofhabounden in AGMNPQSTUVWY. habunden with O. abounden with X. looues; forsothe I perische here thurȝin AGMPQSTXY. for NO. in for W. hungir. I schal ryseryse vp AGMNOPQSTWXY., and `I schalOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. go to my fadir, and I schal seie to him, Fadir, I haue synned aȝensin to A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. heuene, and bifore thee; now I am not worthi tofor to AGMNOPQTW sec. m. Y. be clepid thi sone, make me as oon of thi hyrid men. And he rysinge cam to his fadir. Sothli whanne he was ȝit fer, his fadir syȝ him, and `he wasis AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. was UV. stirid by mercy. And he rennynge to, `felde onfelde vpon AGMNPQTY. fell vpon OW. fel on SX. his necke, and kiste him. And the sone seyde to him, Fadir, I haue synned aȝensin to A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. heuene, and bifore thee; and now I am not worthi tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be clepid thi sone. Forsoth the fadir seyde to his seruauntis, Soone bringe ȝe forth the firste stoole, and clotheclothith SX. ȝeOm. AGMNOPQSTXY. him, and ȝyue ȝe a ring in his hond, and schoon inOm. O. to theOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTXY. feet; and `brynge ȝebrynge ȝe to AGMNOPQSTWY. bringeth to X. a calf maad fat, and sle ȝe, and ete we, and plenteuously ete weglade we in plen|teuouse etynge A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTXY. in plenteuos eetynge ete we O.. For this my sone was deed, and hath lyued aȝen; he perischide, and is founden. And allealle men AGMNPQSTWXY. bigunnen tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. eat plenteuouslygladly A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY.. Forsoth his eldere sone was in the feeld; and whanne he cam, and neiȝede to the hous, he herde a symphonyesinfon X. and a crowdecaroule, or croude AGMPQTWXY. a caroule, or croude NS.. And he clepide oon of the seruauntis, and axide, what `thingis thesthees thengis AGMNOPQSTUVWX. weren. And he seide to him, Thi brodir is comen, and thi fadir `hath slaynslowȝe AGMNOQSTWY. slew P. slooȝ X. a fatfattid AGMPQSTWXY. calf, for he receyuede him saf. Forsoth he was wroth, and wolde not entre. Therfore his fadir gon out, bigan tofor to OT. preie him. And he answeringe to his fadir, seide, Lo! so manye ȝeeris I serue to thee, and I `brak neuereneuere passede ouer, or brak AGMNPQSTWY. neuer passid ouer OX. thi comaundementcomaundementis Q.; thouand thou AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. `hast neuereneuere hast AGMNOPQSTXY. ȝouunȝyue Q. ȝeue Y. `a kyde to meto me a kydde AGMNOPQSTWXY., that I schulde `ete largely with my frendiswith my frendis be fulfillid AGMNOPQSTWXY.. But aftir that this thiOm. AQ pr. m. sone, whichthat hath AGMNOPQSTWXY. deuouride his substaunce with hooris, cam, thou hast slayn to him a fatfattid A pr. m. GMOPQSWXY. calf. And he seide to him, Sone, thou ert euereeuermore AGMNOPQSTWXY. with me, and alle myne thingis ben thyne. Forsothe it bihoftebyhoueth AGMNO. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. ete plenteuously, and forOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. to ioye; for this thi brother was deed, and lyuedelyueth T. aȝeyn; he peryschide, and heOm. AGMNOPQSTUWXY. is founden.

 CAP. XVI.

Forsothe he seide alsoand AGMNOPQSWXY. Om. T. to his disciplis, Ther was sum riche man, that hadde a `fermour, ethir a bailyfermour, or baily AGMNPQSTWY. bayle O. baili X.; and thisther W pr. m. he W man. sec. wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MPQSTXY. Om. N. defamyd anentisat AGMNOPQSTWXY. him, as he hadde wastid his goodis. And he clepide him, and seidesaith AGMNOPQSTXY. to him, What heere I this thing of thee? ȝeld resoun of thi ferme, for now thou schalt `not moweno more U. holde thithe AGMNOPQTW. ferme. For|soth the fermour seide with ynne him silf, What schal I do, for mythe O. lord takith awey fro me the ferme? `I may not deluedelue mai Y not MOPQTWXY., I `am aschamyd toschame for to AGMNOPQTWY. shame to SX. begge. I woot what I schal do, that whanne I schal be remouyd fro the ferme, thei receyue me in to her housis. AndAnd so AGMNPQSTWXY. And loo! O. alle the dettours of thehis AGMNOPQSTUVWX. lord clepid to gidere, he seide to the firste, Hou moche owist thou to my lord? And he seide to him, An hundrid barelis of oyle. And he seide to him, Taak thinthe N. obli|gaciouncaucioun, or obligacioun AGMNOPQSTWY. kaucioun X., and sitte soon, and wryt fyfti. Aftirward he seyde to another, Sothli hou moche owist thou? `Which seideThe whiche saith AGMNOPQSTWXY., An hundrid mesuris of whete. And he seide to him, Tak thi lettris, and wryt foure score. And the lord preiside the fermour of wickidnesse, for he hadde don pru|dently; for the sones of thisthe K. world ben more prudentprudent, or war AGMNPSTY. in her generacioun than the sones of liȝt. `And I seie to ȝou, makemake ȝe AG sec. m. OSUV sec. m. W. to ȝou frendes of theOm. QXY. richesserichesses O. riches Q. of wickidnesse, that whan ȝe shulen fayle, thei receyue ȝou in to euerlastynge taber|naclisOm. K.. He that is feithfultrew AGMNOPQSTWXY. in the leestelasse O. thing, `is feithful also in moreand in the more is trew AGMNOPQSTWXY. is feith|ful also in the more UV.; and he that `is wickid in a litil thingin a litil thing is wickide AGMNOPQTWY. in a litil thing is wicke SX., `is wickid also in the moreand in the more is wickide AGMNOPQTWY. and in the more is wicke SX.. Therfore if ȝe weren not trewe in wickedthe wickyd A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTY. the wickid thing A sec. m. G sec. m. OW. the wicke thinge S. the wicke X. richesof riches AG sec. m. N. of rychesse OT. of richesses SW., `who schal bitake to ȝou this that is verrithat that is soth, who schal byleeue, or bytake, to ȝou A pr. m. GMNPT XY. that that is verrei, who shal bileue, or bitake, to ȝou A sec. m. SW. that is sothe, who sal byleue to ȝou O. that that is soth, who shal byleue to ȝou Q.? And if ȝe weren not trewe in `alien thingother mennys thing AGMNOPQSTWXY., who schal ȝyue to ȝou `this thatthat that AG pr. m. MNPQSTWXY. that G sec. m. O. is ȝoure? No man seruaunt may serue tweyto twey ANT. to two GMNOPQWY. two U. lordis; forsothe etherother MQY. outher X. he schal hate oonthe toon AGNOPQSTY. the oon M. that oon W., and loue the tothirother MX.; etheror MPQXY. `he schalOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. cleue to oonthe toon AGNOPQTWY. the oon MX., and dispise `the tohirthat othir W. the other MX.. Ȝe mown not serue to God and toto the G pr. m. Om. X. richesrich|esses QSV.. Forsoth Farisees, that weren coueytouse, herden alle thes thingis, and thei scornyden him. And he seideseith AGMNOPQSTWX. to hem, Ȝe it ben, that iusti|fyen ȝou bifore men; sothli God knowithhath knowen AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝoure hertis, for `that thing thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. is hiȝ to men, is abominacioun anemptis God. The lawe and prophetis til to John; fro thatthe O. tyme the rewme of God is prechideuangelised AGMNOPQSTWXY., and ech man `makith violencedothe strengthe, or violence AGMNPQSTWY. doth strengthe OX. in to it. Forsothe it is liȝter heuene and erthe tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. passe ouer, than o titil falle froof G sec. m. MNOPQTXY. the lawe. EchEuery AGMNOPQSTWXY. man that forsakith his wyf, and weddith another, doith auoutrie; and he that weddith the wyfOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. forsakun of the hosebonde, doith auoutrie. Sum man was rich, and wasOm. G pr. m. clothidclad SX. inwith O. purpur, and biys, `ether whit silkor wh. s. GMOPQTW. Om. XY., and heOm. AG MNOPQSTWXY. eet echeuery AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. day schynyngli. And ther was sum beg|gere, Lazarus by name, that lay ful of bylis at his ȝate, coueytinge tofor to O. be fillidfulfillid GMNOPQSTWXY. ofwith W pr. m. the crummes, that feldenfell O. dounOm. Q. fro the riche mannis boord, and no man ȝaf to him; but and houndis camen, and lickiden his bylis. Forsothe it wasis AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, that the beggere deiede, and was borun of aungels in to Abrahams bosum. For|sothe and the riche man is deed, and is biried in helle. ForsotheSothely AGMNOPQSTWY. he reysingecastynge vp AGMNOPQSTWXY. his yȝen, whanne he was in turmentis, syȝ Abraham afer, and Lazarus in his bosum. AndOm. W. he `criynge seydecried, seiynge Q. cryeing seyinge T., Fadir Abraham, haue mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he dippe the laste part of his fyngur in watir, andthat he AGMNOPQSTWXY. kelekoole X. my tunge; for I am turmentid in this flawme. And Abraham seide to him, Sone, haue mynde, for thou hast receyued good thingis in thi lyf, and Lazarus also yuele thingis; sothli he is now comfortid, but thou art turmentid. AndBut O. in alle thes thingis a greet derk place, `ether deptheOm. AGMNOPQSTWX., is stablischidstablid GMNOPQSTX. `by twixebitwen S. vs and ȝou; thatand T. thei that wolen fro hennis passe to ȝou, mown not, netherne thidur T. fro thennis passe ouer hidur. And he seideseith GOPQTWXY., Ther|fore I preye thee, fadir Abraham, that thou sende him in to the hous of my fadir. ForSothely AGMNOPQSTWXY. I haue fyue bretheren, that he wit|nesse to hem, lest alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei come in to thisthe N. place of turmentis. And Abraham seideseith AGMNPQSTWXY. to him, Thei han Moyses and theOm. AGMNOPQTWY. prophetis; heere thei hem. And he seide, Nay, fadir Abraham, but if ony of deede menOm. O. schal go to hem, thei schulen donot do Q sec. m. penaunce. Forsothe he seydesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to him, If thei heere not Moyses and theOm. AGMNPQSTWY. prophetis, neither if ony of deede men schalschulen O. ryse aȝen, thei schulen bileuenot beleeuen X. to him.

 CAP. XVII.

And he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to his disciplis, It is inpossible that sclaundris come not; butforsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY. woo to himthat man AGMNOPQSTWX., by whom thei comen. It is more profitable to him, if a mylne stoon be putpitt O. aboute his necke, and heOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. be cast in to the see, than that he sclaundre oon of thesthis O. litle. `Take ȝe heede to ȝou silfPerseyue to ȝou silf, or take heede AT. Perceyuith to ȝou self, or takith heed GY. Perceyueth, or takith hede, to ȝoure [ȝou PSW] silf MPSW. Perceyue, or take hede to ȝoure silf N. Take heede to ȝoure silf O. Perceyueth to ȝow self QX.; if thi brother `hath synned aȝensschal synne in MNOPQTXY. haue synned in S. hath synned in W. thee, blame him; and if he schal do penaunce, forȝyue toOm. SU. him. And if seuene sithis in the day he schal synne aȝensin MNOPQSTXY. thee, and seuene sithis in the day heOm. X. schal be con|uertid to thee, seyinge, It forthenkith me, forȝyue toOm. Q. him. Chap. XVII. commences here in MOPQTWXY.And `the postlisthe apostlis AGMPQUXY. apostlis NOSTW. seiden to the Lord, Encreesse `feith to vsto vs feith MPXY.. For|soth the Lord seydesaid to hem O., If ȝe `schulen hauehadden MNOPQTXY. feith as thea Q. corn of syneuey, ȝe schulen seye to this `more treetree moor MOPQTWXY., Be thou drawun vp by the roote, and bebe thou O. `plauntid ouerouerplauntid MOPQTWXY. in to the see, and it schal obeyeobesche M. obeshen S. to ȝou. Forsothe who of ȝou hauynge a seruaunt eringe, otheror MOPQTWXY. lesewynge oxunthe oxys AGNPQSWY. the oxen MT. oxes O., whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. `seith to him, turnyd aȝen fro the feeld, Anoonseith to hym, turned aȝen fro feeld, Anoon A sup. ras. G sec. m. W sec. m. turnyd aȝen fro feelde, he seith anoon to him G pr. m. MNPQ. turned aȝen fro the feeld, seith anoon to him OY. turned aȝeyn fro the feeld, he seith anoon to hym T. turned aȝein fro the feeld, seith to hym anoon W pr. m. turned aȝeen fro feeld, seith anoen to hym X. goGo thou W pr. m., andOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. sitte toto the AGNOSUV. at the MPQTWXY. mete; and `seith notnot seith MOPQTWXY. to him, Make thouOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. redy, that I soupe, and girde theethee bifore AGMNOPQSTWXY., and mynystre to me, tiltil that AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. I ete and drynke, andOm. K. aftir thes thingis thou schalt ete and drynke; wherWhether WX pass. he hathhadde U. gracegrace, or loue G sec. m. O. to that seruaunt, for he dide `this thatthat that AMPSTWXY. that at O. he comaundide to him? Nay, I gesse. So alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝeOm. K. whanne ȝe han don alle thingis that ben comaundid to ȝou, `seie ȝeseie AGMNPQTWY. seith SX., We ben vnprofitable ser|uauntis, `we han donOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. `this thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. we ouȝte tofor to AGMNOPQT. Om. U pr. m. VWY. dodo, we han don AGMOPQSTWXY. do, we han not don N.. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY. done, the while Jhesu wente in to Jerusalem, he passide thorw the myddel of Samarie, and ofOm. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. Galilee. And whanne he entride in to sum castel, ten leprouse men camen aȝens him, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. stoode afer, and reysideliften vp ANTW. lifteden vp GMOPQSXY. thea GMPQXY. her S. vois, seiynge, Jhesu, comaundour, haue mercy on vs. WhicheWhom MNOPQSTXY. aswhanne N. he syȝ, he seide, Go ȝe, `schewe ȝeshewith X. ȝouOm. G pr. m. to prestis. And it wasis AG pr. m. MNOPSTXY. don, the while thei wenten, thei werenben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. clensid. Forsothe oon of hem, as he syȝ foras XY. he wasis AGMNOPQSTWXY. clensid, wente aȝen, magnyfiynge God with greet vois. And heOm. X. felde doun in to the face bifore his feet, doynge thankingisgraces, or thank|yngis AMNPSTWY. grace, or thankingis G. graces QX.; and this was a Samaritan. Forsothe Jhesu answeringe seide, Wher ten ben not clensid, and where ben the nyne? `Noon isThare is noon AGMNOPQSTWXY. foundun, that turnyde aȝen, and ȝaf glorie to God, noOm. OX. but this alienalien, or straunger AGMNPQSTW. straunger XY.. And he seith to him, Ryse thouvp AGK pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY., go thou; for thi feith hath maad thee saaf. `Forsothe he axid ofSothely thenne Jhesus was axid of the Q sup. ras. Phari|sees, whanne the rewme of God cometh, answerideanswerynge KY. he answered O. and he answeride Q sec. m. Jhesu answeride V. answerende X. toOm. MNXY. hem, andOm. XY. seide, The rewme of God cometh not with aspy|ing , nethir thei schulen seye, Lo! here, etheror MOPQTWXY. Om. N. lo! there; forsothe lo! the rewme of God is with ynne ȝou. And he seidesaith AGM NOPQSTWXY. to his disciplis, Dayes schulen come, whanne ȝe schulen desyre tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. se oa A. day of mannis sone, and ȝe schulen not se. And thei schulen seye to ȝou, Lo! here, and lo! there. Nyle ȝe go, nether sue ȝe; forfor whi AGMNOPQSTXY. as leit schynynge fro vndir heuene schyneth `on thooin to tho AGMNPQSTWXY. in to the O. thingis that ben vndir heuene, so `mannis sone schal beshal mannus sone be MP. schal be mannis sone OQTWXY. in his day. Forsothe first it bihoueth him tofor to AGMNPQTW sec. m. Om. OW pr. m. Y. suffre many thingis, and tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be reproued of this generacioun. And as it was don in the dayes of Noe, so it schal be in the dayes of mannis sone. Thei eeten and drunken, andOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. weddiden wyues, and weren ȝouun to weddingis, til in to the day in whichthe which MPQTXY. Noe entride in to histhe AGMNOPQSTUVWXY. schip; and theOm. U. greet flood cam, and loste alle. Also asOm. Q. it was don in the dayes of Loth, thei eeten and drunken, bouȝten and seelden, plantidenand plaunteden S. and byldedenbylden TX.; sothli in what day Loth wente out of Sodom, the Lord reynede fier and brymstoon fro heuene, and loste alle. VpAftir AGMNOPQSTWX. this thing it schal be, in what day mannis sone schal be schewid. In that ourday MNOPTXY. he that schal be in the roof, and his vesels in the hous, come heOm. UV. not doun tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. take hem awei; and heOm. O. that `schal beis AGMOQXY. Om. NPSTW. in theOm. N. feeld, also turne not aȝen bihynde. Be ȝe myndeful of the wyf of Loth. Who euere schal seke tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. make his lyfsoule, that is, lijf AGMNPQSTWY. soule OX. saf, schal leese it; and who euere schal leese it, schal quykene it. I seye to ȝou, in that niȝt tweynetwo MOPQWX et Y passim. schulen be in o bed, oon schal be receyuedtaken to AGMNOPQSTW. taken XY., and `the totherthat other QWX. `schal beOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. forsakun; tweye wymmen schulenschal K. be gryndinge to gidere, oonthe ton NGQSTXY. the oon M. the one P. that oon W. schal be re|ceyuedtaken to AGMNQSTWY. taken X., and `the totherthat othir WY. the other X. `schal beOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. for|sakun; tweyne in aoo O. feeld, oonthe tone AGNOQSTY. the oon MX. the one P. that oon W. schal be receyuedtaken to AGMNOPQSTWY. taken and X., `the totherthat other W. the other X. `schal beOm. AGMNOQSTWXY. forsakun. Thei answeringe seydenseien AGMNOPQSTWXY. to him, Where, Lord? WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. seide to hem, Where euereOm. X. the body schal be, `also the eglis schulen be gederid to gidere thidurthidir schulen be gedered togider and the eglis AGMNOPQSTWY. thider shul be gedered togidere the eglis X..

 CAP. XVIII.

Forsothe he seide `also a parable to hemin a parable to hem AT. to hem and a parable GMNOPQSWXY., for it bihoueth tofor to AGMOPQTWY. preie euereeuer more AGMNOPQSTWXY., and `to fayle notnot fayle AGMNOPQSTWXY. not to faile UV.; seyinge, `Sum iuge wasTher was sum iuge AGMNOPQSTWXY. in suma Q. citee, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. dredde not God, netherne X. schamede ofOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTY. not X. men. Forsothe sum widowe was in that citee, and sche cam to him, seyinge, Venge me ofon O. myn aduersarie; and he wolde not by myche tyme. Sothli aftir thes thingis he seide with ynne him silf, ThouȝAnd if AGMNOPQSTWXY. I drede not God, and schame not ofOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. man, netheles for this widowe is heuy, `or disesefulOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., to me, I schal venge hir; lest at the laste sche comynge strangle me. Sothli the Lord seideseith AGMNPQSTWXY., Heere ȝe, what the domesman of wickid|nesse seith; forsoth wher God schal not do theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. veniaunce of his chosene, criynge to him nyȝt and day, and schal haue pa|cience in hem? Sothli I seie to ȝou, for soone he schal do theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. veniaunce of hem. Netheles gessist thou, mannisfor mannus O. sone com|ynge schal fynde feith in erthe? For|soth he seide alsoand AGMNQSWY. Om. OPTX. to sum menOm. O., that tristiden in hem silf, as riȝtful, and dis|pisedendispisen V. othere, this parable, seyinge, Tweye men stiȝedenstiȝeden vp AGMNOPQSTWXY. in to the temple forOm. X. to preie; oonthe toon AGNOQSTY. the oon M. the one PX. that oon W. awas a Q. Pharise, andOm. UV. `the tothirthat othir ATW. the other PX. aOm. O. pupplican. Forsothe the Farise stond|inge, praiede anentis him silf thes thingis, seyinge, God, I do thankingis to thee, forOm. X. I am not as othere menof men AGMNOPQSTWXY., raueynourisrauaynour O., vniustand vniust UV., auoutersauoutreres MNOPQTX., `as alsoas T. also as W. this pupplican; I faste twyestwy O. in the woke, I ȝyue tythis of alle thingisthenge O. whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. I haue in posses|sioun. And the pupplican stondinge `a ferfer U. noldewold not AGMNOPQSTWXY. nethir reyselift vp AGMNOPQSTWXY. the yȝen to he|uene, but smoot his brest, seyinge, God be mercyfulhelpful, or merciful AGMNPQSTW. help|full O. helful X. helful, or merciful Y. to me, synnere. Treuli I seye to ȝou, thisfor this S. `cam doun in to his hous iustifieddescendid iustefied in to his hous AGMNOPQSTWXY. offro AGMNPSWXY. from O. him. For ech that enhauns|ith him silfOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. schal be maad louȝ, and heOm. XY. that mekith him silfOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., schal be enhaunsid. Forsothe thei brouȝten to him ȝonge chil|dren, that he schulde touch hem; whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. thing whanne disciplis syȝen, thei blam|yden hem. SothliOm. S. Jhesu clepinge to gidere hem, seide, Suffre ȝe children tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. come to me, and nyle ȝe forbede hem, forsothely AGMNOPQSTWXY. of siche is the rewmekyngdam AGMNOPQSTWXY. of heuenes. Treuli I seie to ȝou, who euere schal not take the kyngdom of God as a child, heOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. schal not entre in to it. And sum prince axide him, seyinge, Good maistir, what thing doynge schal I welde euerlastyng lyf? Sothli Jhesu seyde to him, What seist thou me good? No man isOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. good, noOm. O. but God aloone. Thou knowisthast knowen AGMNOPQSTWXY. the co|maundementis, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not do leccherie, Thou schalt not do thefte, Thou schal not seye falsno fals O. to fals Y. wit|nessyng, Worschipe fadirthi fader AMNOPQSTUWX. the fadir GVY. and modirthi moder AMOPQSTUWX. the modir GVY.. WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY., I haue kept alle thes thingisOm. N. fro my ȝoutheȝongthe OPQTY.. WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. thing herd, Jhesu seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to him, Ȝit o thing faylith to thee; sille thou alle, what `euere thingisthingis that euere U. thou hast, and ȝyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and come, and sue me. Thes thingis herd, he was sorwful, for he was ful riche. Sothli Jhesu seinge him maad sorwfulsory AGMNOPQSTWXY. seide, How hard thei that han richessismoney AGMNOPQSTWXY. schulen entre in to the rewmekyngdam AGMNOPQSTWXY. of God; forsoth it is esyerliȝter AGMNOPQSTWXY. a camel tofor to AGMNPQTWY. Om. U. passe thurȝ `a nedlisan edlis GMPQTW. yȝe, than a riche man forOm. SX. to entre in to the kingdom of God. And thei that herden thes thingis seiden, And who may be maad saf? And he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, Tho thingis that ben vnpossibleinpossible AGMNOPQSTXY. anemptisanent X passim. men, ben possible anemptis God. Forsoth Petre seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY., Loo! we han forsakeleft AGMNOPQSTWXY. alle thingis, and `han suedsuen AGMOPQSTWXY. thee. WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. seyde to hem, Treuly I seye to ȝou, `no man isther is no man AGMNOPQSTWXY., that schal for|sake hous, etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. fadir, ethirand AGMNQSUVWY. or OPT. modir, ethiror AGMNOPQSTWXY. britheren, etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. wyf, etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. sones, etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. feeldis, for the rewme of God, and schal not receyue myche momore O. thingis in this tyme, and in the world to comyngecomen SX. euere|lasting lyf. Forsothe Jhesu tooktoke to AGMNOPSTWXY. tweluehis twelve AGMNPQSTWXY. disciplis, and seidesaith AGMNOQSTWX. to hem, Lo! we stiȝenstiȝen vp AGMNOPQSTWXY. to Jerusalem, and alle thingis schu|len be endid, that ben writun by theOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. prophetis of mannis sone. Forsoth he schal be bitrayed to hethen men, and he schal be scorned, and scourgid, and bi|spet bispattid X.; and aftir that thei han scourgidscourgid, or betun AGMNPSTWX. scourged him O., thei schulen sle him, andand aftir U. the thridde day he schal ryse aȝein. And thei vnder|stodenvndirstonden NW. no thing of these; and this word was hid fro hem, and thei vndirstoden not tho thingis that weren seid. For|sothe it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTX. don, whanne Jhesu cam nyȝ to Jerico, sum blynd man saat bisydis the weye beggynge. And whanne he herde the cumpanycumpany of puple AGMNOPQSTWXY. passynge, he axide, what this thing was. Sothli thei seiden to him, that Jhesu of Nazareth passide. And he cryede, seyinge, Jhesu, the sone of Dauith, haue mercy on me. And thei that wenten bifore blamyden him, that he schulde be stille; sothli he `cryede myche moremiche more criede MPY., Thou sone of Dauith, haue mercy on me. For|sothe Jhesu stondinge comaundide him tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be brouȝt forth to him. And whanne he cam nyȝ, he axide him, seyinge, What wolt thou I schal do to thee? And he seide, Lord, that I se. And Jhesu seide to him, Bihold thouOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY.; thi feith hath maad thee saaf. And anon he syȝ, and suede him, magnyfiynge God. And al the peple, asthat XY. ithe U pr. m. syȝ, ȝaf heriyngepraysynge O. to God.

 CAP. XIX.

And Jhesu goynge ynaȝeyn Q sec. m., walkide thorwto G pr. m. MPQTXY. in to NO. Jerico. And lo! a man, Zachee by name, and hethis AGMNOPQSTWXY. was prince of pupplicans, and he wasOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. riche. And he souȝte tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. see Jhesu, who he was, and he myȝte not, for the cumpanycumpanye of puple AGMNPQSTWXY. company of the pepil O., for he was litel in stature. And he rennynge bifore, stiȝedestiȝed vp AGMNOPQSTWY. steiȝ vp X. in to a sycamoure tree, that he schulde see Jhesuhim AGMNOPQSTWXY.; for he was to passingepasse AGMNOPQSTWXY. thennis. And Jhesu biholdinge vpwardvp AGMNOPQSTWXY., whanne he cam to the place, syȝ him, and seyde to him, Zachee, `hastinge cum dounhiynge come doun AGMNPQSTWY. cumme doun hiȝynge O. heȝende cum doun X., for to day I mootmost O. mut MP. dwelle in thin hous. And he hast|ingehiȝynge AGMNOPQSTWY. heeȝ|ende X. cam doun, and ioyinge reseyuede him. And whanne alle men sayen, thei grucchiden, seyinge, For he haddewas U. turned to a synful man. Forsoth Zachee stond|inge seide to the Lord, Lo! Lord, I ȝyue the half of my goodis to pore men; and if I haue ony thing defraudid ony man, I ȝelde theOm. U. fourefoldfourth foold O.. Jhesu seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to him, For in this day heelthe is maad to thisthin Y. hous, for andthat AGMOPQSTWXY. that and N. he is `the sone of AbrahamAbrahames sone AGMNOPQSTWXY.; forsothe mannis sone cam tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seke, and maketo make AGMNOQSTWXY. saaf thisthat AGMNOPQSTWY. thing that perischede. HemThei U. heringe thes thingis, he `puttinge toaddynge UV., seide a parable, forfor that AGMNOPQSWXY. he was nyȝ Jeru|salem, and for thei gessiden, thatthat anoon MWXY. the kyngdom of God schulde be schewid `a nonOm. MWXY.. Therfore he seide, Sum noble man wente in to a fer cuntree, tofor to AGMNOPQTW. take toOm. XY. him aan O. kyngdom, and tofor to AGMNOPQTW. turne aȝeyn. Sothli his ten seruauntis clepid, he ȝaftake O. to hem ten besauntis. And `he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, From this place onwards MS. U agrees with the later version, and is referred to by the letter a.Marchaundise ȝe, tilthe while AGMNOPQTX pr. m. Y. I come. Forsoth histhees O. citeseyns hatiden him, and sente a messagermessage K. mes|sanger TW. aftir him, seyinge, We `nyle, that hewolen not him for to AGMNOPQTWY. wilen not hym to SX. regne onvpon OPQTWY. vs. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPSTXY. don, that the rewmekyngdam AGMNOPQSTW. takun, he turnede aȝen; andOm. MNOPQTX. he comaundide his seruauntis tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be clepid, to whichewhom MPQXY. he ȝaf money, that he schulde wite, hou moche ech hadde wunne by chaffaring. Forsoth the firste cam, sey|inge, Lord, thi besaunt hath wunne ten besauntis. He seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to him, Wel be, thou goode seruaunt; for in litil thing thou hast be trewe, thou schaltshalt and Q. hauebe hafynge AGMNOPQSTWXY. power onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. ten citees. And anotherthe tother AGMNOPQSWXY. that other T. cam, seyinge, Lord, thi besaunt hath maad fyue be|sauntis. And he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWY. to this, And be thou onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. fyue citees. And the thridde cam, seyinge, Lord, lo! thi besaunt, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. I hadde, keptput vp AGMPQSTWXY. put N. in a sudarie, `ether sweting clothOm. COX. or swetynge cloth GMPY.. Forsoth I dredde thee, for thou art an austerne man; thou takist awey `this thing whichthat ACQOT. that that GMNPSWXY. thou settistsettidist CMPV. not, and thou repist `this thing whichthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. thou hast not sowe. He seith to him, Weyward seruaunt, of thi mouth I deme thee. Wistist thou, that I am `an hausterne mana man austerne OQTXY., takinge a wey thisthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thing whichthat AGMNOPQSWXY. I settidesett AGMNOPQSWXY. not, and repinge thisthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thing whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. I `haue not sowesuwe not AGMNOPQSTWY. seeȝ not X.? and whi hast thou not ȝouun my money to the boord, andthat and MP. I comynge schulde haue receyued it sothli with vsuris? And he seide to hemmen AGMNOPQSTWXY. `that stoodenstondynge AGMNOPQSTWX. nyȝ, Take ȝe awey fro him the besaunt, and ȝyue ȝeȝe it MP. to him that hath ten besauntis. And thei seiden to him, Lord, he hath ten besauntis. Sothli I seie to ȝou, for to ech hauynge it schal be ȝouun, and heit O. schal `be plenteuousabounde, or be plenteuouse AGMNPQSTWY. abounde OX.; but fro him that hath not, `also thisand that AGMNOPQSTWXY. thingOm. C. that heOm. Y. hath, schal be takun offro X. him. Netheles brynge ȝe hidir tho myne enemyes, that noldewolden not AGMNOPQSTWXY. me toOm. AG pr. m. MNPQTW. regne onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. hem, and sle ȝe bifore me. And thes thingis seyd, he wente bifore, stiȝynge toin to O. Jerusalem. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. don, whanne he cam nyȝ to Bethfage and Betanye, at the mount, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. is clepid ofOm. A pr. m. TVY. Olyuete, he sente his tweye disciplis, seyinge, Go ȝe in to the castel, whichthat MPWXY. is aȝens ȝou; in to whichthe whiche O. ȝe entrynge schulen fynde a colt of aOm. Q. she asseasse tied ACGMNOPQSTVXY., onto MNPQSTXY. whichwhom MNOPQSTXY. non of men euere saat; vnbynde ȝe him, and `brynge ȝebringeth X. to me. And if ony man schalOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. axe, whi ȝe vnbynden, thus ȝe schulen seye to him, For the Lord desyrith his work. Forsothe thei that weren sent, wenten forth, and founden as he seyde to hem, a colt stondinge. Sothli hem vntyyngevnbyndynge AGMNOPQSTWXY. vnkyttinge V sec. m. the colt, the lordis of him seyde to hem, WhatWhi C. vntyen ȝe the colt? And thei seiden, For the Lord hath him nedful. And thei ledden him to Jhesu; and thei, castinge her clothis onvpon AGMNOQTWY. the colt, puttedynputten SX. Jhesu on him. Forsothe himhem A. goynge, thei vn|dir strewiden her clothis in the weye. And whanne nowOm. K. he cam nyȝ to the comynge doun of the hilmount AGMNOPQSTWXY. of Olyuete, alle the cum|panyes of men comynge doun bigunnenbigynnen K. ioyinge tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. herie God with greet vois on alle the vertues, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei syȝen, seyinge, Blessid isOm. S. the kyng, that cometh in the name of the Lord; pees in heuene, and glorie in hiȝ thingis. And summe of theOm. AGMNOPSTWX. Pharisees of the cumpanyes seyden to him, Maistir, blame thi disciplis. To whichewhom MPQXY. he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY., I seye to ȝou, for if thesthese thinges N. schulen be stille, stoones schulen crye. And whanne he neiȝede, he seynge the citee, wepte onvpon OQ. itOm. Q. seyinge, For ifOm. W. thou haddist knowe, and thou, andOm. N. sotheli in this thiOm. NQ pr. m. XY. day, whichthe whiche AGMNPQSTWXY. in whiche O. isOm. AGMNOPQ pr. m. STXY. to pees to thee; but now thei ben hid fro thin yȝen. For daies schulen come intoin AGMNOPQSTWXY. to CV. thee, and thin enemyes schulen enuyroune thee `with palewith a pale MP. in a valei with pale N. in the vale O. Om. T., andand thei ACGMNOPQSVWXY. schulen enuyroune thee, and `thei schulenOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. make thee streyt on alle sydis; and `thei schulenOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. caste thee doun to erthethe erthe AGMNOPQSTWXY., and thi soneschilder Q sec. m. that ben in thee; and thei schulen not leeue in thee a stoon onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. a stoon, forfor that that AGMOPQSTWXY. for that N. thou hast not knowe the tyme of thi visi|tacioun. And he gonvpon AGMNOPQTWY. in to the temple, bigan tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. caste out men sellinge ther ynne and biggyngebyynge AGMNOPQSTVWY. biende X., seyinge to hem, It is writun, ForThat ACMNPQSTVWXY. myn hous is an hous of preier, for|sothe ȝe han maad it a den of theuys. And he was techinge euery day in the temple. Forsoth the princesprince OT. of prestis, and scribisthe scribis AGMNOPQSTWY., and the princisFarisees K. of the peple souȝten `to leesefor to leese AGMNPQTWY. for to slee O. him; and thei founden not what thei schulden do to him, forsothli AGMNPQSTWX. forsothe O. al the peple was `al ocupyed, heeringereisid to God, or al ocupied, herynge A sup. ras. S. reysid to God, or ocupied, heringe G pr. m. w. reysid up to God, or al ocupied, heringe G sec. m. hangid up, or al ocupyed, heringe MNPQTXY. reysed vp, feruently occupide, for to here O. him.

 CAP. XX.

And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY. don in oon of dayes, him techinge the peple in the temple, and `prechinge the gospeleuangelisynge, or prechynge the gospel AGNQSTWY. euangelisyng MOPX., the princisprince K. of prestis and theOm. ACGMNOPQSTWXY. scribis camen to gidere with the eldre men; and seidenseien AGMNOPQSTWXY., seyingeOm. O. to him, Seye to vs, in what power thou dost this thing, etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. who ȝaf to thee this power? Forsothe Jhesu answeringe seidesaith O. to hem, AndOm. O. I schal axe ȝou aO CQTWXY. OO GNSV. word; answere ȝe to me. Was the baptym of Joon of heuene, etheror CMOPQTWXY. of men? And thei thouȝten with ynne hem selue, seyinge, For if we schulen seye, Of heuene, he schal seye, Whi therfore bileuenleefe X. ȝe not to him? forsoth if we schulen seye, Of men, all the comyn peple schal stoone vs; for thei ben certeyn, `that John isJohn for to be AGMOPQTWY. Joon to ben NSX. a pro|phete. And thei answeriden, `that thei witen nothem to not knowe, or wite A pr. m. GMNPXY. hem to not knowe A sec. m. QS. hem not to knowe O. hem not to knowe, or wite T. hem to not knowe W., of whennis it was. And Jhesugon in A sec. m. MNXY. seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, Neither I seie to ȝou, in what power I do thes thingis. Forsothe he bigan tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seye to the comyn peple this parable. Sum man plantide a vynervineȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY., and `settide it to fermehiryde it, or sette it to ferme AGMNPSTWY. hijride it, or sette to ferme M. sett it to ferme O. hirid it Q. sette it to hire X. to tilieris; and he was in pilgrymage manymoche OQTY. miche MPWX. tymestyme C.. And in theOm. NQ. tyme of gedrynge of grapis, he sente a seruaunt to the tilieris, that thei schulden ȝyue to him of the fruyt of the vynervineȝerde AGMNOPQSTWXY.; whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. `leften him, betunbeten thai leften him O., voydevoyde, or withouten fruyt AGMNPQSTWY.. And he addideputte to AGMNPSTWXY. put OQ. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. sende another seruaunt; forsothe alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei betinge this, and po|nyschynge with dispisingiscuntekis, or wrongis AGMNPQSTWY. contakes OX., leften voyde. And he addideputte to AGMNOPQSTWXY. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. sende theto the O. thridde, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. woundinge him, castidencasten SX. castiden him Y. out. Sothli the lord of the vynervyneȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY. seide, What schal I do? I schal sende my dere|worthederworthi Y. sone; perauenture whanne thei schulen se him, thei schulen `be ascham|ydschame AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Whom whanne the tilieris hadden seyn, thei thouȝten with ynne hem selue, seyinge, This is the eyr, sle we him, that the eritage be maad oure. And thei kill|idenslouȝen AGMNOPQSTWXY. him, cast out of the vynervineȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY.. What therfore schal the lord of the vynervineȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY. do to hem? HeAnd he Y. schal come, and lese these tilieris, and `he schalOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝyue the vynervyneȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY. to othere. WhichThe whiche GOQXY. thing herd, thei seiden to him, `Fer be itBe it fer, or God forbede AGMNPQSTWY. Be it fer O. God forbeede X.. Forsothe he bihold|inge hem, seide, What therfore is this thing that is writun, The stoon whomwhiche W. men bildinge reproueden, this is maad in to the heedheued OWY. of the corner? Ech that schal falle onvpon AGMNOPQSTWY. thatthis Q. stoon, schal be brysidshakun, or brokun AGMNPQSTWY. scatered, or broken O. shaken X.; forsothe onvpon AGMNOPQSTWY. whom it schal falle, it schal breketo-breke V. him inOm. MPQTWXY. to smale parties. And the princes of prestisthe prestis O., and theOm. OWX. scribis, souȝten `to settefor to lay AGMNOPQTWY. to leyn SX. hondis on him in that our, and thei dredden the peple; forsothe thei knewen thatand Y. to hem he seide this lyk|nesse. And thei aspyingekepynge AGMNOPQSTWXY. senten aspieris, whichethat AGMNOPQSTXY. thei W. feyneden hem selueOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. iuste, that thei schulden take him in word, and `bi|take himbitake him, or bitraye AGMNPQSTWY. bytraye him O. to the princeprin|cipat, or [and Q] power of the prince AGMNPQSTWY. power of the prince O. principat X., and to theOm. AMNOPSTVW. power of the iustisemeir, or iustise AGMNPQSTWY. mayer OX.. And thei axiden him, seyinge, Maistir, we witenwoten O., thatfor riȝtly AGMNOPQSTWXY. thou seistseist riȝtly V. and techist riȝtlyOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.; and thou takist notnoo V. persoonethe persone AGMNOPQSTWXY. of man, but thou techist in treuth the wey of God. Is it leefful to vs tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. ȝyue tribute to Cesar, etheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. nay? Forsothe he biholdinge the disseyt of hem, seide to hem, What tempte ȝe me? `Schewe ȝeSheweth X. to me a peny; whos `ymage and writynge aboueymage and superscripcioun, or writyng aboue AGMNPSTWY. ymage and superscripcioun OX. ymage or sup. Q. hath it? Thei answer|inge seiden to him, Cesaris. And he seideseith AGMNPQSTWXY. to hem, `Therfore ȝelde ȝeȜelde ȝe therfore MPWXY. to Cesar tho thingis that ben `of CesarCesars AGMNPQSTWX., and tho thingis that ben of God, to God. And thei myȝten not reproue his word bifore the pore peple; and thei wondringe in his answere, helden pees. Summe of theOm. W pr. m. Sadducees, that denyendenyeden V. `aȝen rysingeresurreccioun O. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be, neiȝedencamen to AGMNOPQSTWXY., and axiden him, seyinge, Maistir, Moyses wrot to vs, if the bro|ther of ony man hauynge wyfa wijf AGMNOPQSTVWXY. deiedebe deed AGMNOPSTWXY. shal be dede Q., and he waswere X. with oute fre children, that his brother take histhe O. wyf, and reyse seed to his brother. TherforeTher weren therfore X sec. m. seuene bri|theren werenOm. X.. The firste took a wyf, and is deed, with outen sonesfree children AGMNOPQSTWY. fre childre X.; and the bro|therOm. AGMNOPQSWXY. suwingesecunde Q sec. m. T. suende X. took hir, and he is deed with oute sone; and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leften nonot AGMNOPQSTWXY. seed, but ben deede; `and the womman the laste of allethe laste of alle and the womman is deed AGMNOPQSTWXY. is deed. Therfore in the risynge aȝein, whos wyf of hem schal sche be? forsothe seuene hadden hir wyf. And Jhesu seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, Sones of thisthe Y. world wedden, and ben ȝouun to wedd|ingis ; forsothe thei that beschulen be had AGMNOPQSTWXY. ben K pr. m. schulen be V. worthi toof AGMNOPQSTWXY. that world, andand in GO. rysing aȝen fro deede men, neither ben weddid, nether wedden wyues, nethernether ouer AGNOQSWXY. nether euere MP. ne ouer T. schulen mowe deye moreOm. AGMNOQSTWXY.; forsoth thei ben euene with aungels, and ben the sones of God, sithen thei ben theOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY. sones of rysinge aȝen. Forsothe for deede men rysen aȝen, alsoand AGMNOPQSTWXY. Moyses schewide bysyde the boysche, as he seith, The Lord God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. Forsoth God is not of deede men, but of lyuynge men; forsoth alle men lyuen to hym. Sothli summe of theOm. W pr. m. scribis `answeringe seideansweriden, seyden W. answerynge seiden Y., Maistir, thou hast well seide. And thei durste no more axe him ony thing. Forsoth he seide to hem, How seyn men, `that Crist isCrist for to be AGMNOPQTWY. Crist to ben SX. the sone of Dauith, and Dauith him silf seith in the book of Salmes, The Lord seide to my lord, Sitte thou on my riȝt half, tiltil that AGMOPQSTWXY. I putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet. Therfore Dauith clepith him lord, and how is he his sone? Sothli al the peple heeringe, he seyde to his disci|plis, Be ȝe war of scribis, that wolen gowandre AGMNOPQSTWXY. in stoolisscolis WX., and louen salutaciouns in theOm. XY. chepingchepyngis O., and the firste chayris in syna|gogisthe synagogis OT., and the firste sitting places in feestisthe festis O.; whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. deuouren the housis of widowis, feynynge long preierprayinge AGMNOPQSTWXY.; thes schulen takemake K. more dampnacioun.

 CAP. XXI.

Forsothe he biholdinge syȝ `tho riche men, whichehem that AGMNOPQSTWXY. senten her ȝiftis in to the tresorietresoury, ryche men AGMNOPQSTWXY.; forsothe heand he Q. syȝ alsoand AGMNOPSTWXY. Om. Q. sum litel pore widowe sendynge tweietwo GMPXY. and two O. litle mo|neysmynutes MQ., ethiror AGMNPQSTWY. that is O. Om. X. `a ferthingferthingis AGMNPQSTWY. Om. X.. And he seyde, Treuli I seye to ȝou, for this pore widowe sente more than alle men. Forwhi alle thesthes of the aboundaunt [habundaunce N], or plenteuows, to hem AGMNPQSTY. thees of the habundaunce to hem O. thes of the abundaunt of plenteuous to hem W. these of the abundaunt to hem X. senten in to ȝiftisthe ȝiftis AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWX. of God, `of the thing plenteuously to hemOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY.; forsothe this widowe of thisthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thing that fayleth to hir, sente al hir lyfloode, that sheOm. Y. hadde. And sum menOm. S. seyinge of the temple, that it was ourned with goode stoones and ȝyftis, he seyde, Thes thingis that ȝe seen, dayes schulen come, in whichthe whiche AGMNPQTWY. a stoon schal not be left onvpon O. a stoon, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. schal not be distroyed. Sothli thei axiden him, sey|inge, Comaundour, whanne schulen thes thingis be? and what tokene, whanne thei schulen bigynne tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be don? WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. seide, Se ȝe, that ȝe be not disceyued; forsothesothely AGMNOPQSTWXY. manye schulen come in my name, seyinge, For I am, and thethen O. tyme schal neiȝe; therfore nyle ȝe go aftir hem. ButForsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY-?? whanne ȝe schulen heere batels and dis|senciounssediciouns, or stryues AGMNPSTWXY. stryues O. seduciouns Q. `with ynnewith in forth AGMNOPSTWXY. Om. Q., nyle ȝe be aferdferd G.; it bihoueth first thes thingis tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be don, but not ȝit anoon thean AGMNOPQSTWXY. ende. Thanne he seide to hem, Folk schal ryse aȝens folk, and rewme aȝens rewme; and grete mouyngis of erthe schulen be by places, and pestilensis, and hungris, and dredis fro heuene, and grete tokenes schulen be. But bifore alle thes thingis thei schulen setteput AGMNOPQSTWXY. hir hondis onto AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝou, and schulen pursuwe, bitakingebytrayinge O. bitakende X. in to synagogis and kepingis, `ether prisounsOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., drawynge to kingis and iustisismeyris, or iustisis AGMNPSTWY. meyres OQX., for my name; for|sothe it schal bifallefalle AGMNPQSTWXY. to ȝou in to wit|nessing. Therfore putte ȝe in ȝoure hertis, not to thenke bifore, how ȝe schulen an|swere; forforsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY. I schal ȝyue to ȝou mouth and wysdom, to whiche alle ȝoure aduersaries schulen not mowe aȝenstonde, and aȝen|seye. Sothli ȝe schulen be bytrayedbitraied, or takun AGMNPSTWY. of fadir, and modir, and britheren, and cosyns, and frendis, and by deeth thei schulen tur|mente summeOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. ofOm. Q. ȝou; and ȝe schulen be hatidin haate AGMNOQSTWXY. ofto AGMNOPQSTWXY. alle men for my name. And an heer of ȝoure heedheued OWY. schal notno S. perische; in ȝoure pacience ȝe schulen weldeweelde, or haue in quiete AGMNPSTWY. ȝoure soulis. Forsoth whanne ȝe schulen se Je|rusalem enuyrownedbe enuyrowned AG pr. m. MNPQSTWY. to ben enuyrounde G sec. m. OX. of an oost of batel, thannethat XY. wite ȝe, thatfor AGMNOPQSTWX. theOm. V. desolacioundesolacioun, or discoumfort AGMNPSTWY. therofof it AGMNOPQSTWXY. schal neiȝe. Thanne thei that ben in Judee, flee `in to hillisto mountayns AGMOPQSTWXY. in to mountayns N.; and thei that benOm. AMNPQSTWX. in theOm. XY. myddel of it, go awey; and thei that benOm. AGMNOPQSTWX. in the cuntreis, entrego X. not in to it. For thes ben theOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. dayes of ven|iaunce, that alle thingis that ben writun, be fillidfulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Forsothe wo to hemwimmen AGMNOPQSTXY. womman W., `that benOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. with childe, and norischennurishynge AGMNPQSTWXY. in tho dayes; forforsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY. a greet tribulaciounpressure, or ouerleyinge AGMNPSTWY. pressure OQX. schal be onto XY. erthethe erth AGMNOPQSTWY., and wraththe to this peple. And thei schulen falle in the mouth of swerd, and thei schulen be ledd caytifcaitif, or prisoneris AGMNPSTWY. caytifes O. in to alle folkis; and Jerusalem schal be de|fouliddefoulid, or to-trodun AGMNPSTWY. of hethen men, til the tymestyme MPQW. of naciouns be fillidfulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY.. And tokenes schulen be in theOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. sunne, and moone, and sterris; and in theOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. erthe `schal beOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. ouerleying of folkis, for confusioun of sown of theOm. V. see and wawisfloodis O.; men waxinge drye for drede andin N. abidinge that schulen come onto AGMNOPQSTWXY. al the world; forwhi vertues of heuene schulen be mouyd. And thanneOm. G pr. m. thei schulen se mannis sone comynge in a cloude, with greet power and maieste. SothliForsoth O. thes thingis bigynnynge tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be donmaad AGMNOPQSTWXY., biholde ȝeOm. O., and reyse ȝeOm. T. ȝoure heedisheuedis OWY., for ȝoure `aȝen byingredempcioun, or biynge aȝen AGMNPTWY. redempcioun OQ. redemp|cioun, or aȝeen biynge S. neiȝith. And he seide to hem a licnesse, Se ȝe the fige tree, and alle trees, whanne thei `bringen forthbryngen forth now AGMNPQSXY. bygynne for to brynge forth O. bringith f. now T. bryngen now of hem forth W. `of hemOm. OVW. fruytfruite now of hem V. nowOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY., ȝe witen for somer is niȝ; so alsoand ȝe AGMNOPQSTWXY., whanne ȝe schulen se thes thingis tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be don, wite ȝeOm. GMPTY., for the kyngdom of God is nyȝ. Treuli I seie to ȝou, for this generacioun schal not passe, til alle thingis be don. Heuene and erthe schulen passe, butsothely AGMNOPQSXY. Om. T. for|sothe W. my wordis schulen not passe. For|sothe `take ȝe heedeperseyue ȝe, or take heede AMT. parceyue ȝee, or take ȝee hede GNPW. perceyue ȝe Q. perceyue ȝee, or taketh heed S. parceyueth X. parceyue, or take ȝee heede Y. to ȝouȝour MNOQW. silf, lest per auenture ȝoure hertis be greuyd with glo|tenye, and drunkenesse, and bisynessisbysynesse AGNOSV pr. m. W. bi synnes MP. blyndenessis T. of this lyf, and thilkethat X. day come sudeyn onvpon AGMNOPWY. ȝou; forforsothe AGMNOPQSTWXY. as a snaregrane, or snare AGMPQTWY. gnare, or snare N. grane S. it schal come `on alle men, that sittenOm. G pr. m. MNPQ pr. m. TXY. into alle that sitten Q sec. m. onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. the face of al erthe. And so wakewalke AMNP. ȝe, preiynge in ech tyme, that ȝe beben had AGMNOPQSTWXY. worthi tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. fle alle thes thingis that schulenben to AGMNOPQSTWXY. come, and tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. stonde bifore mannis sone. Forsoth in dayes he was techinge in the temple, butsothely in niȝtis AGMNOPQSTWXY. he goynge outnot Y. dwellide `in nyȝtisOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. in the hilmount AGMNOPQSTWXY., whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. is clepid of Olyuete. And al the peple `roos erlyhastide, or roos A pr. m. hastide, or came erly G pr. m. MNPQTY., tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. come to him in the temple, forOm. SX. to heere himOm. G pr. m..

 CAP. XXII.

Forsothe the haliday of therf looues, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. is seidclepid O. paske, neiȝedecam niȝe AGMNOPQSTWY.. And the princes of prestis and theOm. XY. scribis souȝten, hou thei schulden slee Jhesu, butforsothe AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei dredden the peplepore pepil AGMNOPQSTWXY.. Sothli Sathanas en|tride in to Judas, thatand K. was clepid Scari|othof Scarioth AGMNOPQSTWX., oon of the twelue. And he wente, and spak with the princes of prestis, and `with theOm. O. magestratis, how he schulde bitraye him to hem. And thei ioyeden, and maden couenaunt tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. ȝyue `money to himhim money AGMNOPSTWXY.. And he bihiȝte, and he souȝte couenablete, that he schulde bitraye him, with oute theOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. cumpanyes. Sothly the day of therf looues cam, in whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. it was nede, thatOm. AGMNOPQSTWX. pask, `that is, sacrifice of paskthat is, the sacrifice of pask AGMNPQSTWY. Om. OX., befor to be AGMNOPQTWY. to be SX. slayn. And he sente Petre and John, seyinge, Ȝe goynge makemaketh X. redy `pask to vs, that we eteto us, for to eet pask O. to vs pask, that we ete MPY.. And thei seiden, Where wolt thou, thatOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. we make redy? And he seide to hem, Lo! ȝouȝee QS. thou T. entringe in to the citee, sum man beringe a vessel withof AGMNOPQSTWXY. watir schal come aȝens ȝou; sue ȝe him in to the hous, `in toand in to K. which he entrith. And ȝe schulen seye to the hosebonde man of the hous, The maistir seith to thee, Where is the herborgerie, where I schal ete pask with my disciplis? And he schal schewe to ȝou a greet souping place strewid, and there `make ȝemaketh X. redy. Sothli thei goynge founden as he seide to hem, and thereOm. AGMNOPSTVWXY. thei maden redy theOm. MPQX. paske. And whanne theOm. T. our was maad, he sat to theOm. WXY. mete, and twelue apostlis with him. And he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, With desyr I haue desyrid tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. ete with ȝou this pask, bifore thatOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. I suffre; forsothe I seie to ȝou, for fro this tyme I shal not ete it, til it be fillidfulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY. in the rewme of God. And the cuppe takun, he dide thankingisgracis AGMNOPQSTWXY., and seide, `Take ȝeTaketh X., and `departe ȝedeparteth SX. parte ȝe T. among ȝou; forsothesothely AGMNOPQSTWXY. I seie to ȝou, I schal not drynke of thethis N. generacioun of this vyne, til the rewme of God come. And the breed takun, he dide thankingisgraces, or thankyngis AGMNPSTW. graces QXY., and brak, and ȝaf to hem, seyinge, This is my body, whichthat for ȝou AGMNOPQSTWXY. schal be ȝouun `for ȝouOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY.; do ȝe this thing in to my commemoraciouncommemoracioun, or in to mynde of me AGMNPQSTWXY.. Also and the chalys, aftir that he hadde soupid, seyinge, This cuppe is the newe testament in my blood, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. schal be sched for ȝou. Netheles lo! the hond of athe G sec. m. O. man bitrayinge me is with me in the bord. And sothli mannis sone goth, vpafter AGMNOPQSTWY. as X. thatOm. X. it is determynddiffyned, or determyned AGMNPQTWXY. deffyned of hym, or determyned S.; ne|theles wo to that man, bi whom he schal be bitrayed. And thei bigynnen tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seche among hem silfOm. AGMNOPQSTWX., who it was of hem, that was to doyngedo AGMNOPQSTWXY. thisthat Q. thing. And stryf wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad among hem, which of hem schulde be `seyn toseen for to AGMNOPTWY. be more. Forsoth he seide to hem, `Kyngis ofOm. K. `hethen menfolkis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOQTXY. Om. K. `ben lordislordschipen O. Om. K., `or lordschipenOm. KOQVX., `of hemOm. K., and thei that han power onvpon AGMNOPQTWY. hem ben clepid goode ȝyuerisdoeris, or good ȝyueris AGMNPSTWY. doeris OQX., butforsoth AGMNOPQSTWX. ȝe not so; but he that is theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. more in ȝou, bebe he TW sec. m. maad as theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝongere, and he that is bifore goer, as a seruaunt. Forwhi who is theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. more, he that restith, otheror AGMNOPQSTWXY. he that mynistrith? wherwhethir X. not he that restith? Forsoth I am in the myddismyddel AGMNOPQSTWXY. of ȝou, as he that mynistrith. Sothli ȝe itOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. ben, that han dwelt with me inand K. my temptaciouns; and I disposedisposid W. to ȝou, as my fadir hath disposed toOm. N. me, a rewme, that ȝe ete and drynke onin N. vpon O. my bord in my rewme, and sittesittinge W. on tronestwelue trones K., dem|ynge tweluethe twelue GMPQXY. kynredis of Israel. Forsothe the Lord seide to Symount, Symount, loOm. K.! Sathanas hath axid ȝou, that he schulde ridele as whete; butsothly AGMNOPQSTWXY. I haue preied for thee, that thi feith fayle not; and thou conuertid sum tyme, conferme thi bri|theren. WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. seide to him, LordLo T., I am redi tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. go with thee, andOm. MW pr. m. in to prisoun and in to deeth. And he seide, I seie to thee, PeterOm. K., the koc schal not crowe to day, til thou `thries forsakeforsake thries K. `to knowefor to haue knowun AGMNPQTWY. for to haf knowen O. to han knowen SX. me. And he seide to hem, Whanne I sente ȝou with oute sachel, andor N. scrip, andor N. schoon, wher ony thing failide to ȝou? And thei seiden, No thing. Therfore he seide to hem, But now he that hath a sachel, take also and a scrippe; and he that hath not, selle his coote, and bye a swerd. Sothli I seie to ȝou, for ȝit it bihoueth thisthat AGMNOPSTWX. that that G pr. m. QY. thing that is writun tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be fulfillidfillid V. in me, And he is demydput, or demed AGMNPQSTWY. put X. with wickidewicke SX. men; forsothe tho thingis that ben of me han anOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. ende. And thei seiden, Lord, lo! tweyetwo GMOPQWXY. swerdis here. And he seyde to hem, It is ynowȝ. And he gon out, wente biaftir AGMNOPQSTWXY. custom in to the hil of OlyuesOlyuete W.; sothli and theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. disciplis sueden him. And whanne he cam to the place, he seyde to hem, Preie ȝe, lestthat Q sec. m. ȝe entrefalle MNPTXY. entre not Q sec. m. in to tempt|acioun. And he wasis AGMNOPQSTXY. takun awey fro hem, `as myche as ishow myche is AGMNPQSTWXY. hou myche as O. a stoones castcast is O.; and the knees put, he preide, seyinge, Fadir, if thou wolt, turn ouer this cuppecuppe, or passioun G sec. m. fro me; netheles not my wille `be donOm. O., but thinthine be done O.. Forsoth an aungel apperide to him fro heuene, cumfortinge him. And he maad in agonye, `ether angwischeor strijf AGMNOPQSTWXY., preiede lengere; and his swoot wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad as dropis of blood rennynge doun in to theOm. K sec. m. V. erthe. And whanne he hadde rise fro preier, and haddeOm. XY. come to his disciplis, he fond hem slepingein slepynge Y. for heuy|nesse. And he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, What slepen ȝe? `Ryse ȝe, and preie ȝeRijse ȝe, and preye M. Riseth, and preȝeth X., that ȝe entrefalle MNOPQTXY. not in to temptacioun. Ȝit him spekinge, lo! a cumpany, and he that was clepid Judas, oon of the twelue, wente bifore hem; and he neiȝedecam niȝe AGMNOPQSTWXY. to Jhesu, thatand that K. he schulde kisse him. Sothli Jhesu seide to him, Judas, `bitrayest thouwith a cosse thou bytrayest A pr. m. GMNPQTWXY. with a cosse bitraȝist thou A sec. m. S. mannis sone `with a cossOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY.? ForsothSothely AGMNOQSTWXY. thei that weren aboute hym, seynge `the thingthat AGMPSTWXY. Om. O. that thing Q. that was to comyngecome AGMNOPQSTWXY., seiden to him, Lord, wherif AGMNOPQSTWXY. we smyten byin AGMNOPQSTWXY. swerd? And oon of hem smoot the seruaunt of the prince of theOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. prestis, and kittidekitte AGMNOPQSTWXY. of his litel riȝt eere. Forsothe Jhesu an|sweringe seydesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY., Suffre ȝe til hidur. And whanne he hadde touchid his litil eere, he heelide him. Forsothe Jhesu seide to hem, that camen to him, the princes of prestis, and magestratismagestratis, or maistris, of the temple AGMNPQSTWXY., and eldere men, As to a theef ȝe han gon out with swerdis and staues? Whanne I was eche day `with ȝouOm. X. in the temple, ȝe streiȝten not out theOm. MPXY. hondis into me; but this is ȝoure our, and theOm. N. power of derknessis. Sothli thei takinge him, ledden to the hous of `the princeprinces K. of prestis; Petre forsothe suede him a fer. Sothli a fyer kyndlid in the myddelmyd X. `greet housfloor, or greet hows AGMNQSTWY. flore OPX., and hem sittinge aboute, Petre was in the myddel of hem. Whom whanne sum handmaydehondmayden AGMNOPQSTXY. hadde seyn sittinge at the liȝt, and hadde biholde him, she seide, And thishe this O. was with him. And he denyede him, seiynge, Womman, I knoweknewe AGMNOPQSTWXY. kneȝ X. him not. And aftir a litil a nothir man seynge him, seidesaith OQTWX., And thou ert of hem. Petre forsothe seide, AO! PQXY.! man, I am not. And a space maad asOm. Q. of oon our, sothli anothir affermyde, sey|inge, Treuli and this was with him; for|whi and `he isthis was G pr. m. of Galilee. And Petre seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY., Man, I `wot notnote AGMNOQST. noot P. not WXY. what thou seistseith N.. And a non ȝit him spekinge, a cok crew. And the Lord turned aȝenOm. KV., biheeld Petre; and Petre hadde mynde ofon AGMNPQSWXY. the word of Jhesu, as he hadde seid, ForOm. N. bifore thatOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. the koc crewcrowe AMNPQSTVWX., thries thou schalt denye me. And Petre gon forth, wepte bitturly. And the men that heelden him, scornyden him betingesmytynge, or betynge hym AGMNPSTWY. smytynge OQX.. And thei veyliden himOm. GMPWY., `or hiddenor hidden him GMPWY. Om. OX., and smytenhan smyte K. his face, and ax|iden him, seyinge, Prophesie thou, who `is heis it AGMNOPQTXY. is that W. that smoot thee. Also thei blas|phemynge seiden manye othere thingis aȝens him. And as the day was maad, the eldere men of the peple, and theOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. princes of prestis, and the scribis camen to gidere, and ledden him in to her coun|ceil , seyinge, If thou art Crist, seie to VS. And he seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to hem, If I schalOm. T. seye to ȝou, ȝe schulen not bileue to me; sothli and if I shal axe, ȝe schulen not answere to me, nether ȝe schulen leuebyleue O.. Forsoth aftir this tyme mannis sone schal be sit|tinge on the riȝthalf of the vertu of God. Therfore alle seiden, Therfore ert thou the sone of God? WhichThe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. seidesaith AGMNOPQS TWXY., Ȝe seyn for I am. And thei seiden, What ȝit de|syren we witnessing? forsoth we VSour MNOPQWX. selue han herd of his mouth.

 CAP. XXIII.

And al the multitude `risinge of hemof hem risynge MPQW., ledden him to Pilat. Forsoth thei bi|gunnen tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. accuse him, seyinge, We han founden thishym this Q. manOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. turnynge vpsodoun oure folk, and forbedinge tributistribute AGMNOPQSTWXY. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be ȝouun to Cesar, and seyinge him silf tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be Crist king. Forsothe Pilat axide him, seyinge, Ert thou kyng of Jewis? And he answeringe seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY., Thou seist. For|sothe Pilat seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY. to the princes of prestis, and to the cumpanyescompanye W. of peplethe puple V., I fynde no thing of cause into K. this man. And thei woxen strengere, seyinge, He moueth `to gidereOm. Q. the peple, techinge thorw al Judee, bigynnynge fro Galilee tilto OW. hidur. Pilat forsoth heeringe Galilee axide, if he were a man of Galilee. And as he knew that he was offor K. the power of Eroude, he sente him aȝen to Eroude; whichthe which AGMNOPQSTWXY. and he was at Jerusalem `in thothees MNOPQTWY. dayes. For|sothe, himJhesu Q sec. m. seyn, Eroude ioyede ful myche; for he was coueitinge of moche tyme tofor to AGMNO PQSTWY. sehere A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPTXY. him, forfor that AGMNOPQSTWXY. he herde many thingis of hym, and hopide tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. se sum myracletokne AGMNOPQSTWXY. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. Om. S. be donmaad AGMNOPQTWXY. of him. Sothli he axide him in manye wordis; and he no thing answeride toOm. O. him. Forsothe the princes of prestis and theOm. QXY. scrybis stooden, stedfastli accus|inge him. SothliForsothe W pr. m. Eroude withforsoke, or dispiside him, with AGMNPQSTWXY. forsoke him with O. his oost `dispiside himOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., and scornyde him clothidsothly O. clad SX. with a whit clothclooth him clothed O., and sentesente him Y. aȝen to Pilate. And Eroude and Pilate werenben AGMNOPQSTWXY. maad frendis in thilkethat ilke Q. that X. thilke Y. day; forwhi `bi|foretobyfore AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWY. Om. G pr. m. biforn X pass. thei weren enemyes to gidere. SothliPylate sothli WXY. the princes of prestisthe prestis V. and the magestratis of the peple clepid to gidere, PilatOm. GWXY. seide to hem, Ȝe han offrid to me this man, as turnynge awey the peple, and lo! I axynge byfore ȝou fynde no cause in this man of thes thingis, in whiche ȝe accusen him; butand O. nethir Eroude, forforwhi AGMOPSTWXY. Ihe G sec. m. NO. aȝein sentehath sent him aȝen N. `ȝou to himhim to ȝou G sec. m. O. to VS N., and lo! no thing worthi ofthe AGMNOPQSTWY. to X. deeth is don to him. TherforeOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. I schal delyuereleue AGMNOPQSTWXY. him amendedamendid, or delyuere hym chastised AGMNPQSTWY. amendid, or del. chastised S.. Forsothe he hadde nede tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. deliueredismytte, or delyuere AGMNOPQSTWY. dismytten X. to hem oon by the feeste day. Sothli al the cumpanye criedecriede togidre AGMNOPQSTXY., seiynge, Do him a wey, and deliuere `Barabas to vsto vs Barabas WXY.; whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. was sent in to prison for sum dissenciounsedicioun, or disturblyng AGMNPQTWY. distroublynge O. sedicioun, or disturbing SX. maad in the citee, and for mansleyngmannes sleeynge GY.. Forsoth efteft|sone AGMNOPQSTWXY. Pilat spak to hem, willingewilnynge QWY. tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. delyuere Jhesu. And thei vndircryeden, seyinge, Crucifie, cru|cifie him. Sothli the thridde tyme he seide to hem, Sothli what of yuelyuel thenge AG pr.m. MNOPSTWXY. hath hethis MPTWXY. don? I fynde no cause of deeth in him; therfore I schal chastise hym, and `I schalOm. G pr.m. MNOPQSTXY. schal G sec.m. delyuere. And thei contynueden axinge with greete voices, that he schulde be crucified; and the voyces of hem woxenwexen MY. wexden O. stronge. And Pilat demyde her axinge tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be don. Sothli he deliuerede to hem him, that for mansleyngemannys sleeynge Y. and dissenciounsedicion AGMNOPSTWXY. seducioun Q. was sent in toOm. O. prisoun, whom thei axiden; sothli he bitook Jhesu to her wille. And whanne thei leddenhadden A. him, thei took sum man, Symount of Sirenen, comynge fro the toun, and thei puttidenputten STX. to him athe X. cross tofor to AGM NOPQTWY. bere aftir Jhesu. Sothli ther suede him moche cumpanye of peplethe puple V., and of wymmen that weileden, and bymoornyden him. Sothli Jhesu turnyd to hem seideand seyde W. Om. Y., Douȝtris of Jeru|salem, nyle ȝe wepe onvpon MOP. vp Q. me, but wepe ȝe on ȝouȝoure GNQWY. silf, and on ȝoure sones. For lo! dayes schulen come, in whiche it schal be seid, Blessid beOm. X. bareyn wymmenOm. X., and wombisthe wombis W pr. m. that han not gendrid, and the teetis whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. han not ȝouun soukesoke O. souken X.. Thanne thei schulen bigynne tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. seye to monteyns, Falle ȝe doun onvpon O. vs, and to litlesmale AGMNPQSWXY. Om. O. hillis, HileKeuer AGMNOPQSTWXY. ȝe vs. For if thei don `thes thingisthis thenge GMNO PQTXY. in a grene tree, what schal be don in a drye? Sothli and othere tweyetwo GMPQWXY. tweyne TV. wickidewicke SX. men weren led with him, that thei schulde be slayn. And aftir that thei camen inOm. O. to a place, whichthat AGMNOPQSTWXY. is clepid ofOm. NVY. Caluarie, there thei crucifieden him, and the theues, oon on the riȝthalf, and `the totherthat othir W. the other X. on the left half. Forsothe Jhesu seide, Fadir, forȝyue to hem, for thei witen not what thei don. Forsothe thei departinge his clothis, senten lottis. And the peple stood abydinge; and the princesprynces of prestus Q sec. m. scornyden him withwithin N. hem, sey|inge, Othere men he made saf; make he him silf saf, if `he isthis be AGMNOPQSTWXY. Crist, the chosun of God. Forsoth and knyȝtis neiȝyngecomynge niȝe AGMNOPQSTWXY. scornyden him, and offriden vynegre to him, seyinge, If thou ert kyng of Jewis, make thee saf. Sothli andin T. the `wrytinge abouesuperscripcion AGMNOPQSTWXY. was writun on him with `lettris of GreekGreeke letteris AGMNOPQSTWXY., of Latyn, and of Ebrew, This is theJhesus A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQTW pr. m. XY. Om. A sec. m. G sec. m. S. kyng of Jewis. Forsoth oon of thothe GMNOQX. Om. P. theues that hangidenthei hang|iden Q. heengen SX., blasphemyde him, seyinge, If thou ert Crist, make thi silf saf and vs. Sothli `the tothirthat other W. an|sweringe, blamydeanswered blamynge O. him, seyingeand saiynge O., Nethir thou dredist God, `that thou artthou that art W. in the same dampnacioun? And treuly weOm. X. iustly, forforwhi AGMNOPQSTWY. we han receyued worthi thingis to dedis; sothli thishe this MPQW. `hath dondide AGMNOPQSTWXY. no yuelthenge of yuel AGMNOPQSTWXY.. And he seide to Jhesu, Lord, haue mynde onof QXY. me, whanne thou `schalt comeart comen X. in to thi kingdom. And Jhesu seyde to him, Treuli I seie to thee, this day thou schalt be with me in paradys. Sothly it was almost the sixte ourour, or middai AG sup. ras. W. hour, or undirne MNPQTY., and derknessisderkenes O. werenben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. maad in al erthethe world AGMNOPQSTWXY. til toOm. AMNOPQSTWXY. the nynthe ourour, or none AGMNOPQSTWXY.. And the sunne wasis AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. maad derk, and the veyl of the temple wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. kitt the myddel. And Jhesu cry|inge with greet voys, seidesaith AGMNOPQSTWXY., Fadir, in to thi hondis I bitaketake X. my spirit. And he seyinge thes thingis, sente out the spirit, `ether diedeOm. OX. or dyede MPWY.. Forsothe centurio seynge thethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thing thatOm. T. was don, glorifiede God, seyinge, Verily this man was iust. And al the cumpany of hem that weren there to gidere at this spectacle, and syȝen thothees O. thingis that weren don, smytingesmyten T. her brestis turneden aȝeyn. Forsoth al his knowen stooden a fer, and wymmen that sueden him fro Galilee, seynge thes thingis. And lo! a man, Joseph bi name, that was a decurioun, etherthat is O. or GMPQTWXY. hauynge tenten men S. vndir him, a good man and iust, of Aramathie, `a citee of JudeeOm. P. of A. citee of Judee G sec. m. M. of A. the C. of Judee NQ sec. m. of A. of Judee G pr. m. Q pr. m., hethis man AGMNOPQSTWXY. consentide not to the counceilcounseilis Q. andof K. dedistho dedis K pr. m. of hemhem of A. of Judee G pr. m. XY. hem, of A. cite of Jude G sec. m. P.; whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. and he abood the kingdom of God. HeThis AGMNOPQSTXWY. cam nyȝ to Pilat, and axide the body of Jhesu, and wlappidewhappide A. it donOm. N. doun in a lynnen cloth, and puttideputte SX. him in aOm. N. graue hewun, in which not ȝit ony man was put. And the day was `the makinge redy of paskparasseues, that is, [was N] euen of the holy day AGMNOPQSTWXY., and the saboth bygan to schyne. Sothli the wymmen suynge, that camen with him fro Galilee, syȝen the graue, and hou his body was put. And thei turnynge aȝen, maden redy swete spices, and oyne|mentis; and sothli in the saboth thei rest|iden, vpaftir AGM NOPQSTWXY. the comaundement.

 CAP. XXIV.

Forsothe in oon of the woke ful erly thei camen to the graue, bryngynge swete spicis, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei hadden maad redy. And thei founden the stoone turned a wey fro the graue. And thei gon yn, founden not the body of Jhesuthe Lord A sup. ras. GSW.. And it wasis A pr. m. GMNPSTXY. don, whilethe while AGMNOPQSTW sec. m. X. thei weren astoneyedstoneid SX. in thouȝt of this thing, loo! tweytwo GMPQWXY. men stooden bi|sydis hem in `cloth schynyngeschynynge in clothe G. in schynyng clothing S. in schynynge cloth Y.. Sothli whenne thei dredden, and bowiden her semelant in to erthethe erthe AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei seiden to hem, What seke ȝe the lyuynge with deedethe deade S. drede W. menOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY.? He is not here, but heOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. hath rise. Haue ȝe mynde, how he spak to ȝou, whanne `ȝit he washe was ȝit GMPWXY. in Galilee, seyinge, it bihoueth mannis sone beto be GMQ. bitakuntaken A pr. m. G pr. m. NOQT. in to hondisthe hondis AGMNOPQSTWXY. of synful men, and to be crucified, and the thridde day tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. ryse aȝen. And thei bithouȝten on his wordis. And thei gon aȝenaway O. fro the graue, telden alle thesOm. O. thingis to thetho SV. enleuene, and toOm. N. alle otherethe othire N.. Forsothe `Mary Mawdeleyn wasthere was Mary Maudeleyn AGMNOPQSTWXY., and Joone, and Marye of James, and othere wymmen that weren with hem, that seiden thes thingis to apostlisthe apostolis X.. And thesthe Q. wordis werenben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. seyn bifore hem as madnessemadnesses AGMNPQSTWXY., `ether errourOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., and thei bileu|eden not to hem. Forsothe Petre rysinge, ran to the graue; and he bowynge doun, syȝ the lynnen clothisclothis, or shetis AGMNPQSTWY. putOm. Y. alooneaboue X.. And he wente, wondrynge withby AGMNOPQSTWXY. him silf `this thing thatthat that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O. was don. And lo! tweynetwo MPQWXY. of hem wenten in that day tointo PQTVWXY. athe G pr. m. castel, that was fro Jerusalem in spacethe space AGMNOPQSTWXY. of sixty furlongis, by name Emaws. And thei spaken to gidere of alle thes thingis that hadden fallebyfallen AGMNOPQTWY. fallen X.. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTX. Om. Y. don, whilethe while AGMNOPQSTWXY. thei talkidentalkeden, or fableden AGMNPSTWY., and souȝten withby AGMNOPQSTWXY. hem silf, and Jhesu him silf neiȝynge, wente with hem. Sothli her yȝen weren holdun, lest thei knewen him. And he seideseith AGMNPQSTWXY. to hem, WhicheWhat AGMNOPQSWX. And what T. ben thes wordis, that ȝe speken to gidere goyngewandryng AGMNPQSTWY. wonderynge O. wandrende X., and ȝe ben sorwful? And oon answeringeOm. Y., to whom the name wasOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. Cleofas, seideansweringe seide Y. `to himOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY., Thou aloone ert a pilgrym ofin AGNNOPQSVWXY. Jerusalem, and hast thou not knowe, what thingis ben don in it in thes dayes? To whichwhom GMPQXY. he seide, WhicheWhat thingis AW sec. m. What GMNOPQSW pr. m. XY.? And thei seyden to him, Of Jhesu of Nazareth, that was a man pro|phete, myȝti in work and word bifore God and al the peple; and hou the hiȝ|esteheȝe X. prestis and oure princes bitoken him in to dampnacioun of deeth, and cruci|fieden him. Forsoth we hopiden, forOm. G pr. m. he `schulde aȝen byewas to by aȝen AGMNOPQSTWXY. Israel. And now `in allevpon all thees AGNOPQSTWY. on alle thes VX. thingis the thridde dayOm. Y. is to day, that thes thingis benweren A sup. ras. G sup. ras. W. don. But and sum wymmen of oureoures AGMNOPQSTY. maden vs a ferd, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY. bifore the liȝt weren at the graue; and his bodi not foundun, thei camen, seyinge, `that thei syȝenhem also for to haue seiȝen AGMNOPQSTWXY. hem also to haue seiȝen SX. a siȝt of aungels, whichethe whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X. seyn, `that he lyuethhim for to lyue AGMNOPQSTWXY. him to lyue SX.. And sum menOm. OS. of oureouren AGNOQTWY. oures MPS. wenten to the graue, and theiso thei AGMNOPQSTWXY. founden soOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. as the wymmen seiden, but theihim thei O. founden not himOm. O.. And he seyde to hem, AO! GMPXY.! foolis, and slowe of herte forOm. OQSX. to bileue in alle thingis whichethat AGMNOPQSWY. the pro|phetis han spoke. WhereWhether OPQWXY. it bihoftebyhoueth OTY. not Crist tofor to AGMNOPQTVWY. suffre `thes thingisOm. G pr. m. PQXY., and so forOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. to entre in to his glorie? And he bigyn|nynge at Moyses and alle prophetisthe prophetis AGMNOPQSTWXY., ex|pownedeinterpreted, or declaride AGMNPQSTWY. declared O. interpretede X. to hem in alle scripturis, whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. weren of him. And thei camen nyȝ to the castel, whidur thei wenten. And he made cuntenaunce him tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. go ferthere. And thei constreyneden him, seyinge, Dwel with vs, for it drawith to nyȝtthe nyȝt W pr. m., and the day is now bowid doun. And he entrideentred in AGMNOPQSTWXY. with hem. And it wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY. don, whilethe while AGMNOPQSTWXY. he restide with hemhem at mete Q., he took bred, andOm. XY. blesside, and brac, and dressideȝaf W pr. m. to hem. And the yȝen of hem werenben A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY. opened, and thei knewen him; and he vanyschide fro her yȝen. And thei seiden to gidere, WherWhether X. oure herte was not bren|nynge in vs, whilethe while AGMNOPQSTWXY. he spac in the weye, andand he N. openyde `scripturis to vsto vs the scripturis ANOSTWXY. to vs scripturis MPQ.? And thei risinge in the same our, wenten aȝen inOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. to Jerusalem, and theiOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. founden en|leueenleuene AV. elleuene GMNPSTWXY. gederid to gidere, and hem that weren with hem, seyinge, For the Lord roos verily, and aperide to Symount. And thei telden what thingis weren don in the weye, and hou thei knewen him in brek|ynge of breed. Forsothe whilethe while AGMNPQSTWXY. whanne V. thei spaken thes thingis, Jhesus stood in the myddel of hem, and seide to hem, Pees to ȝou; I am, nyle ȝe drede. Sothli thei troubliddistourblid AGMNOPQTY. disturbid S. distrublid W. Om. X. andOm. X. agastagastid O., gessiden hem tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. se a spirit. And he seide to hem, What ben ȝe troublidturblid MNP., and thouȝtis styȝen vp in to ȝoure hertis? Se ȝe myn hondis and my feet, for I my silf am. Feele ȝe, and se ȝe; for a spirit hath not fleisch, and boonys, as ȝe seen me forOm. SX. to haue. And whanne he hadde seyd this thing, he schewide hondis and feet `to hemOm. G pr. m. MNPQ pr. m. XY.. Forsoth ȝit hemto hem Q sec. m. not bileuynge, and wondringe for ioye, he seyde, Han ȝe ony thing hereOm. O. that schal be etun? And thei offriden to him a part of aOm. W. fysch roostid, and a coomb of hony. And whanne he hadde etun bifore hem, he takynge the relyfs, ȝaf to hem. And he seyde to hem, Thes ben the wordis whichethat AGMNOPQSTWXY. I spak to ȝou, whanne I was ȝitOm. Y. with ȝou; for it is nede thatOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. alle thingis `be fillidto ben fulfillid AGMNOPQSTWXY., whichethat AGMNOPQSTWX. ben writun in the lawe of Moyses, and in prophetis, and in salmes, of me. Thanne he openyd witt to hem, that thei schulde vndirstonde scripturisthe scripturis W pr. m.. And he seyde to hem, For thus it is writun, and thus it bihoftebyhoueth TXY. Crist tofor to AGMNOPQTVWY. suffre, and toOm. AGMNOPQSTWXY. ryse aȝen fro deeddeeth Y sec. m. menOm. AGM NOPQSTWXY. inOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTX. the thridde day; and penaunce and remyssioun of synnes tofor to AGMNOPQTWY. be prechid in his name toin to AGMNOPQSTWXY. alle folkis, men bigynnynge atfro AGMNOPQSTWXY. Jerusalem. Forsothe ȝe ben witnessis of thes thingis. And I sendeshal send A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTXY. the biheestebihiȝt thing AGMNPQSTWXY. briȝt thenge O. of my fadir in to ȝou; sothli sitte ȝe in the citee, til that ȝe be clothidclad X. with vertu fro an hiȝ. Forsoth he ledde hem forth in to Bethanye, and, his hondis reysidlift vp AGMNOPQTWY. lifted vp SX., he blesside hem. And it wasis A pr. m. GMNOPSTXY. don, whilethe while AGMNOPQSTVWXY. he blesside hem, he departide fro hem, and was borun in to heuene. And thei worshippinge wente aȝen inOm. N. to Je|rusalem with greet ioye; and weren euereeuermore AGMNOPQSTWXY. in the temple, heryinge and bless|inge God.

 Here endith the gospel of Luk, and bigynneth the prolog of JohnHere endith Luk, and now bigynneth Joon. A. Here endith the gospel of Luke euangelist, and bigynneth the prolog on John, and aftir bigyneth the gospel. N. Here eendith the gospell of Luke. O. Here enden the gospelis of Luke, and bygynnen the prologe of Jon. Q. Here endith Luc, and bigynneth the prologe of Jon. V. Here eendith the gospel by the seiynge of Luke, and next folewynge bigynneth Joon in the gospel. W. No final rubric in GMPSTXY.. JOHN. Prolog of JohnHere biginneth the prologe of Joon. G. The proloug of Joon. Y. No initial rubric in QSX..

THIS is John euangelistthe euangelist QSV., oon of theOm. GOXY. disciplis of God, the which a maydemaiden SX. of God was chosun, whomwhan G. fro the sposailis willinge beto ben X. weddid, God clepide; to whom double witnesse of maydenhod in the gospel is ȝeue; in that, that bothe biforebifore other Q sec. m. he is seid louyd of God, and to him God hangynge in the cross bitook his modir, that aOm. Q. maydenmaide V. schulde kepe a maydemaiden SX.. Forsothe he openynge in the gospel what he was, bigynnynge the work of anOm. V. vncoruptible word, `other Goddis soneether G. s. QV. or G. s. S. Om. X., he aloone wit|nessith Goddis sone to be maad man, and the liȝt, `that is, CristOm. X., to haue be not comprehendid of derknessis, `that beth synneristhat ben synneres GSY. that beth synnes Q. Om. X.; puttinge the firste sygnething V., that God made inOm. Q pr. m. sposailis, that he schewinge what he was, schulde schewe to men redinge, that where the Lord was preied to mete, ouȝt fayleto faile SX. the wyn of sposailis, and that oolde thingis chaungid, alle newe thingis that benbeth GQ. ordeyned of Crist schulde appere. This gospel forsothe he wrot in Asye, aftir that in theOm. GY. yle of Pathmos he hadde write the Apocalips; that to whom `that inOm. GQ. in V. the principal of canoun incoruptible prin|ciple is fornootid, to himwhom KQ. alsoalso an QSV. incoruptiblevncorruptible QS. ende by a maydemaiden SX. in the apocalips schulde `be ȝoldebyholde K.; seiyngeseynge K. seiende X. seeynge Y. Crist, I am alpha and o, that is, bigynnynge andOm. V. with outen ende. And this isOm. G. John, the which knowinge the day of his passingepassage GQSVXY. to haue be come ouerouer to G., his disciplis clepid to gidere in Ephesie, by many preuyngis of tokenes schewinge Crist, dessendidhe descendede X. in to a dolueden X. place of his graue; and, preier maady-maad Q., he was put to his fadrisfadir KY., as straunge fro sorwesorwen X. of deeth, as he is founde alien fro corup|cioun of fleisch. NeuerthelesNetheles SVX. aftir alle he wroot the gospel, andOm. V. that wasOm. Y. dewe to a maydemaiden SX.. Of theOm. X. whiche thingis neuerthelesnetheles SVX. othir theOm. K. deposiscioun of theOm. X. tyme of writingis, or the ordynaunce of bookis; therfore by alle thingis by vs isOm. Q pr. m. X. not expowned, that toof Q. the `kunnynge desyrdesyr of kunnyng X. kunnynge desirith Y. y-settset SVX. Om. Y., bothe to men sechinge, fruyt of traueyl, and to God thethere GY. doctryne of maystriemaisterhed Q., be kept.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the gospelHere endith the prologe. G. Here endith the prologe of Joon, and bygynnen the gospels of Jon. Q. No final rubric in SVXY.. Heere bigynneth the gospel of JoonFrom M. Heere bigynneth Joon. P. Here bygynneth the gospel aftur the wrytynge of Jon. T. No ini|tial rubric in AGNQSVWXY..CAP. I.

In the bigynnynge was the word, that is, Goddis sone, and the word was at God, and God was the word. This was in the bigynnynge at God. Alle thingis ben maad by hym, and with outen him is maad noȝt, that thing that is maad. Was lyf in him, and the lyf was theOm. MQVX. liȝt of men; and the liȝt schyneth in derk|nessis, and derknessisthe derknessis V. tookencomprehendeden, or token AGNPSTWY. comprehenden, or taken M. comprehenden X. comprehenden, or token Q. comprehendiden not, or tookyn V. not it. A man was sent fro God, to whom the name was Joon. This manOm. X. cam in to witness|inge, that he schulde bere witnessinge of theOm. Q. liȝt, that alle men schulden bileue bi him. He was not the liȝt, but that he schulde bere witnessing of theOm. QX. liȝt. ItHe Q. was verri liȝt, whichthe whiche AGMNPQSTW. that X. liȝtnethliȝteth X. ech man comynge into this world. He was in the world, and the world was maad bi him, and the world knew him not. He cam in to his owne thingis, and hise receyueden not him. Forsothe hou manye euere re|ceyueden him, he ȝaf toOm. S. hem power forOm. X. to be maad the sones of God, to hem that bileuenbyleueden XY. in his name; whichethe whiche AGMNPQSTVWXY. not of blodis, nether of the will of fleisch, nether of the will of man, but ben born of God. And the word, `that is, Goddis soneOm. X., is maad fleisch, `or manOm. X., and hath dwellid in vs, and we han seyn the glorie of him, the glorie as of the oon bigetungoten X. of the fadir, the sone ful of grace, and ofOm. AGMNPQSWY. treuthe. John berith witnessing of him, and cryeth, seyinge, This `it wasis G pr. m. NSXY., whom I seide, He that comethis to come AGMNPQSTWXY. aftir me, is maad bifore me, for he was `the formere than Iformere than Y G pr. m. XY.; and of the plente of him we alle han takun, and grace for grace. For the lawe is ȝouun by Moyses; forsoth grace and treuthe is maad by Jhesu Crist. No man euere syȝ God, no but the oon bi|getungendrid V. sone, that is in theOm. V. bosumbosum, or preuy substaunce V. of the fadir, he hath told out. And this is the witnessing of John, whanne Jewis senten fro Jerusalem prestis and dekenys to hym, that thei schulden axe him, Who art thou? And he knowelechide, and denyede not, and he knowlechide, For I am not Crist. And thei axiden him, What therfore? art thou Elye? And he seide, I am not. Art thou athe W sec. m. prophete? And he answeride, Nay. Therfore thei seyden to him, WhoWhat X. art thou? that we ȝyue answerean answere MNPQVW. to thes that sente vs. What seist thou of thi silf? He seith, II am A pr. m. G pr. m. MPQTW pr. m. Om. N. a vois ofOm. W pr. m. `the cryinga criynge AT. cryynge GWY. a man criynge MNPQ. criende S. in desert, Dresse ȝe the wey of the Lord, as Ysaye, the prophete, seyde. And thei that weren sente, weren of theOm. V. Pharisees. And thei axiden him, and seiden to him, What ther|fore baptysist thou, if thou art not Crist, nethir Elye, nether prophetea pro|phet MNPQW.? John an|swerideansweringe Y. to hem, seyinge, I baptise in watir, sothli the myddil man of ȝou stood, whom ȝe knowenknewen MPQ. not; he it is, that comethis to come AGMNPQSTWXY. is to comynge V. aftir me, thatwhich V. is maad bi|fore me, of whom I am not worthi, that I vnbynde the thwong of his schoo. Thes thingis ben don in Bethany ouer Jordan, wher John was baptisinge. AnotherAnd anothir N. day John syȝ Jhesu comynge to him, and he seith, Lo! the lomb of God; lo! thathe that Q sec. m. which V. doith a wey theOm. Q. synnes of the world. This isis he PQ. it is V., of whom I seide, Aftir me cometh a man, thatwhich is V. is maad bifore me; for he was `the formereformere MXY. than I. And I knewe `not himhim not GMPTWY., but that he be schewid in Israel, therfore I cam baptisinge in watir. And John bar witnessing, seyinge, For I siȝ the spirit `comynge doun, as a culuereculuere comynge doun X. fro heuene, and dwellinge onvpon AGMNQTWY. him. And I knew `not himhim not WXY.; but he that sente me forOm. SX. to bap|tise in watir, seyde to me, OnVpon AGMNPQSTWY. whom thou schalt se the Spirit comynge doun, and dwellinge onvpon AGMNPQTWY. him, thisthat N. itOm. T. is, that bap|tisith in the Hooly Gost. And I syȝ, and bar witnessing, for this is theOm. Q pr. m. Y. sone of God. `Another dayEft V. John stoodstood in another day V., and tweynetwo MPWX et Y pass. of his disciplis; and he biholdinge Jhesu walkyngegoyinge V., seith, Lo! the lomb of God. And tweye disciplis herden him spekynge, and folwidenthei sueden V. Jhesu. Sothli Jhesu conuertidconuertid, or turned aȝen AGMNPQSTWY. conuertid aȝeen X., and seynge hem su|wynge him, seith to hem, What seken ȝe? WhicheThe whiche AGMNPQSTWXY. seiden to him, Raby, that is in|terpretid, Maistir, where dwellist thou? He seith to hem, `Come ȝeCome V. Cometh X., and `se ȝeseeth X.. Thei camen, and syȝen where he dwelte; and theiOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. dwelten at him in that day. Sothli the our was asat T. the tenthe. For|sothe Andrew, brotherthe brother V. of Symount Petre, was oon of the tweyne, that herden of John, and hadde sued him. This fond first his brother Symount, and he seith to him, We han founde Messias, that is interpretid Crist; and he ledde him to Jhesu. Sothli Jhesu biholdinge him, seide, Thou ert Symount, the sone of Johanna; thou schalt be clepid Cephas, that is interpretid Petre. Forsothe onin XY. the morwe he wolde go out in to Galilee, and he fond Philip; and Jhesu seith to him, Sue thou me. Philip was of Beth|sayda, the citee of Andreu and Petre. Philip fond Nathanael, and he seith to him, We han founden Jhesu, the sone of Joseph, of Nazareth, whom Moyses wroot in the lawe and prophetis. And Na|thanael seide to him, Of Nazareth may sum `good thingthing of good AGMNPSTVWXY. be? Philip seith to him, ComeCome thou V., and se. Jhesu syȝ Nathanael comynge to him, and heOm. MPQTVWXY. seith of him, Lo! verily a man of Israel, in whichthe whiche A pr. m. GNTXY. whom MPQSW. is no gile. Nathanael seith to him, Wherof hast thou knowe me? Jhesu answeride, and seithseide G sec. m. S. to him, Bifore that Philip cle|pide thee, whanne thou were vndir the fyge tree, I syȝ thee. Nathanael answeride to him, `and seithOm. N. and seide SW., Rabi, thou ert the sone of God, thou ert kyng of Israel. AndOm. AGMNPQSTVWY. Jhesu answeride, and seide to him, For I seyde to thee, I syȝ thee vndir the fige tree, thou bileuest; thou schalt se moremore thingis V. than these thingisOm. V.. And he seide to hem, Treuli I seie to ȝou, ȝe schulen se heueneheuenes Q pr. m. S. openyd, and the aungels of God stiȝynge vp and comynge doun onvpon AGMNPQSTWY. mannis sone.

 CAP. II.

And the thridde day weddingis ben maad in the Cane, `or townor cuntre A pr. m. MNPQV. or the cuntre G pr. m. T. or the towne G sec. m. Om. SX., of Galilee; and the modir of Jhesu was there. Sothli Jhesu is clepid, and his disciplis, to the weddingis. And wyn faylinge, the modir of Jhesu seide to him, Thei han not wyn. And Jhesu seith to hir, What to me and to thee, thouOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY. womman? myn our cam not ȝit. The modir of him seith to the mynystris, What euere thing he schal seie to ȝou, do ȝe. Forsothe ther weren putOm. KY. sixe stoonun pottis, aftirvp V. the clensinge of Jewis, takinge ech tweynetwo MPWXY. or thre mesuris. Jhesu seith to hem, Fille ȝe the pottis with water. And thei filliden hem, `til toto AN. vnto GMPQXY. til T. to W pr. m. the hiȝeste part. And Jhesu seithseide G sec. m. MNPQSVW. to hem, Drawe ȝe now, and `bere ȝeberith MPQX. bere W pr. m. toto the Q. architriclyn, that is, prince inof Q. the hous of thre stagis. And thei token. And as architriclyn tastide the watir maad wyn, and he wiste not wherof it was, sothli the mynystris wisten, thatwhiche V. drowen watirthe water WXY., architriclyn clepith the spouse, and seith to him, Ech man putt|ith first good wyn, and whanne men schulen be fillidfulfillid AGMNPQSTWXY., thanne that that is worse; sothli thou hast kept good wyn `til tovnto MPQ. til NT. now. Jhesu dide this theOm. QSWX. bigyn|nynge of signes in the Cane of Galilee, and schewide his glorie; and his disciplis bileueden in to him. Aftir thes thingis he cam doun toin to Q. Capharnaum, and his modir, and his britheren, and his disciplis; and thei dwelten there not many dayes. And the paske of Jewis was nyȝ, and Jhesu wente vp to Jerusalem. And he fond in the temple men sellinge scheep, and oxen, and culueris, and chaungerismonyteri or chaungeris A pr. m. NT. monyeris, or chaungers GY. money chaungeris MPQSW. moneieris X. sittinge. And whanne he hadde maad `as a scourge of smale coordisS. sm. cordis as a sc. GMPXY. a scourge of smale cordis Q., he castidecaste MNPQSTVXY. `out allealle out X. of the temple, and `oxen, and scheepscheep, and oxen MPXY.; and he schedde out the moneye of chaungeris, and turnede vpsodoun the bordis. And he seide to hem that selden culueris, TakeTakith MPQSWX. a wey froOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY. hennis thes thingis, and nyle ȝe make the hous of my fadir an hous of marchaundise. Forsothe his disciplis hadden mynde, for it is writun, TheThat N. `feruour of louezele, or feruour of loue AGMNPQSVWY. zele, or the feruour or loue T. zeel X. of thin hous hath etun me. Therfore the Jewis answeriden, and seyden to him, What syngne, `or to|keneOm. QX., schewist thou to vs, for thou doist thes thingis? Jhesu answeride, and seyde to hem, Vndo ȝe this temple, and in thre dayes I schal reyse it. Therfore the Jewis seyden to him, In fourty and sixe ȝeerisȝeer K sec. m. MQ TWX. this temple is byldidbild SX., and thouwher thou V. in thre dayes schalt reyseaȝen reyse MW pr. m. it? Forsothe he seide of the temple of his bodybody, that with oute comparisoun was more MPQ.. Therfore whanne he hadde rysun fro `deed mendeeth X., his disciplis hadden mynde, for he seyde `this thingthis thing of his body Q sec. m.; and thei bileueden to the scripture, and to the word that Jhesu seide. Forsothe whanne Jhesu was at Je|rusalem in pask, in the feeste day, manye bileuyden in his name, seynge the syngnes of him thatwhiche V. he dide. Sothli Jhesu him silf bileuede not hym silf to hem, for that he knew alle men; and for it was not nede to hym, that eny man schulde bere witnessing of man, sothli he wiste what was in man.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe ther was a man of Phariseesthe Phariseis MPQSW., Nicodeme bi name, a prince of Jewis. He cam to Jhesu in the nyȝte, and seide to him, Raby, we witen, for of God thou hast come aOm. GMPVWXY. maistir; sothli no man may do thes signesthinges W. that thou dost, no butbut if M. God were with him. Jhesu answeride, and seyde to him, Treuli, treuli, I seye to thee, noOm. MPQS W pr. m. X. butbut ȝif A sec. m. G sec. m. MPQSWX. a man schal be born aȝen, he may not se the kyngdom of God. Nyco|deme seideseith V. to him, How may a man be born, whanne he is olde? wherwhether WX. he may entre aȝen in to his modrismodir WXY. wombe, and be born aȝein? Jhesus answerideansweride to him V sec. m., Treuli, treuli, I seie to thee, noOm. MPQX. butbut if A pr. m. G sec. m. MNPQTXY. a man schal be born aȝen of watir, and of the Hooly Gost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God. That that is born of fleisch, is fleisch; and that that is born of spiritthe spirit W., is spirit. Wondre thou not, for I seyeseide AGMNPQSTVWX. to thee, It bihoueth ȝou forOm. SVX. to be born aȝein. The spirit brethithbrethith, or quykeneth MPQW. wher ithe ANSTV. wole, and thou heerist his vois, but thou wost not, fro whennis heit X. cometh, or whidir heit M Q sec. m. goth; so is ech man that is borun of the spirit. Nycodeme answeride, and seide to him, Hou mown thes thingis be don? Jhesu answeride, and seyde to him, `Art thouThou art X. a maistir in Israel, and knowist not thes thingis? Treuli, treuli, I seye to thee, for that thatOm. Q. we witen, we speken, and that that we hanOm. T. seyn, we witnessen, and ȝe taken not oure witnessing. If I haue seid to ȝou ertheli thingis, and ȝe bileuen not, how if I schal seie to ȝou heuenli thingis, schulen ȝe bileue? And no man styethsteieth vp AMPQSW. in to heuene, noOm. MQ. but he that cam doun fro heuene, `mannis sonethe sone of man V. thatwhich V. is in heuene. And as Moyses `reride vpreiside V. a serpent in desert, so it bihoueth mannus sone forOm. SX. to be areysidarerid AT. reisid GMQVWXY. rerid S. vp, that ech man that bileueth `in toto S. him, perische not, but haue `euerelastinge lyflyf euerelastende X.. Forsothe God `so louedelouede so MXY. the world, that he ȝaf his oon bigetun sone, that ech man that bi|leueth in to him perische not, but haue euere lasting lyf. Sothli God sente not his sone in to the world, that he iuge the world, but that the world be sauyd by hym. He that bileueth in to him, is not demyd, `or dampnydOm. X.; forsothe he that bileueth not, is now demeddampned V., for he bi|leueth not in the name of the `oon bigetunonli geten X. sone of God. Sothli this is the dom, for liȝt cam in to the world, and men louede more derknessis than liȝt; forsoth her workis weren yuele. Sothli ech man that doth yuele, hatith liȝtthe lyȝt TXY.; and heOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY. cometh not to theOm. QVW pr. m. XY. liȝt, that his workis be not reprouedvndernomen X., `or vndirnomunOm. QX.. Sothli he that doth treuthe, cometh to theOm. MNPQSW. liȝt, that his workis be schewid, for thei ben don in God. Aftir thes thingis Jhesu cam, and his disciplis, in to the lond of Judee, and there he dwellide with hem, and bap|tiside, `or cristenedeOm. MPQSWX.. Sothli John was baptisynge in Ennon, bisydis Salym, for many watris were there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid. Sothli John was not ȝit sent in to prisoun. Sothli a questioun, `or axyngOm. XY., is maad of Johnis disciplis with theOm. GWXY. Jewis, of the purificacioun, `or clensingOm. QX.. And thei camen to John, and seyde to him, RabiRaby X., or maistir, he that was with thee ouer Jordan, to whom thou hast born witnessinge, lo! he bap|tyseth, and alle men comen to him. John answeride, and seyde, A man may not take ony thing, noOm. MQX. butbut ȝif MQWXY. it be ȝouun to him fro heuene. Ȝe ȝouȝoure GNQY. silf beren witnessing to me, that I seyde, I am not Crist, but for I am sent bifore him. He that hath athe X. `spousessespouse A sup. ras. GMNPQTWXY., orOm. X. wyfa wijf GMPQW. Om. X., is the spouse, or hosebondethe housbounde GPQSWY.; forsothe a frend of the spouse, that stondithstant X., and heerith him, ioyeth in ioye, for the vois of the spouse. Therfore in this thing my ioye is fillidfulfillid AGMNPQSTWXY.. It bihoueth him forOm. SX. to wexe, forsoth me tofor to AGMNPQTWY. be `menusid, or maad lessemynusht X.. He that camcometh T. fro aboue, is abouevpon AGMNPQSTWXY. alle; he that is of the erthe, spekith of the erthe; he that comith fro heuene, is aboue alle. And this thing that he syȝ, and herde, he wit|nessith, and no man takith his witness|ing. Forsoth he that `hath takuntaketh X. his witnessing, hath markid thatfor V sec. m. X. God is sothfast. Forsoth he whom God sente, spekith the wordis of God; forsothe not to mesure God ȝyueth the spirit. The fadir loueth the sone, and he hath ȝouun alle thingis in his hond. He that bileueth in to the sone, hath euere lastinge lyf; forsothe he that is vnbileueful to the sone, schal not se euerelasting lyf, but the wraththe of God dwellith onvp on X. hym.

 CAP. IV.

Therfore as Jhesu knew, that Phariseesthe Phariseis AGMNPQSTVWXY. herden, that Jhesu makith mo disciplis and baptysith, than John, thouȝthoȝ that X. Jhesu baptiside not, but his disciplis, he lefte Judee, and wente aȝenOm. V. in to Galilee. Sothli it bihoftebihoueth T. him toOm. AGMNPQSWY. for to T. passe bi Sa|marie. Therfore Jhesu cam `in tobi AGMNPSTWXY. athe Q sec. m. citee of Samarie, that is seyde Sycar, bisydis the `manere, or feeldfeeld X., that Jacob ȝaf to Joseph, his sone. Forsoth the welle of Jacob was there; sothli Jhesu `maad wery, or feyntmade wery QX., of the iurney, sat thus on the welle. Sothli the our was, asOm. N. the sixte, `or vndurnOm. X. or mydday VW.. A womman cam of Samarie, forOm. SX. to drawe watir. Jhesu seith to hir, Ȝyue toOm. M. me `for toto SX. drynke. Forsoth his disciplis hadden gon in to the citee, that thei schulden bye metis. Therfore `the ilkethat X. womman of Samarie seith to him, How thou, whanne thou ert a Jew, axist ofOm. W pr. m. me `for toto SX. drynke, whichthat AGMNPQSTWXY. am a womman of Samarie? for|sothe Jewisthe Jewis S. vsen notnot for to comune G sec. m. W. not to comyne MPQS. with Samaritansthe Samaritanes S.. Jhesu answeride, and seideseith N. to hir, If thou wistist the ȝifte of God, and who it is, that seith to thee, Ȝyue toOm W. me forOm. SX. `to drynkedrinken X., thou perauenture schuldest haue axid of him, and he schulde haue ȝouun to thee quyk watir. The womman seith to him, SireOm. W pr. m., nether thou hast in what thing thou schalt drawe, and the pitt is deep; therfore wherof hast thou quyk watir? WherWhether WX. thou art more than oure fadir Jacob, that ȝaue to vs thisthe AGMPQSTWXY. pitt? and he drank theroftherfore W., and his sones, and hisOm. W pr. m. beestis. Jhesu answeride, and seide to hir, Ech man that drynkith of this watir, schal thirste eftsoone; forsothe he that schal drynke of the watir that I schal ȝyue to him, schal not thirste in to with outen ende; but the watir that I schal ȝyue to him, schal be maad in him a `welle ofOm. Y. watir, spryngyngespringe W. vp in to euere|lastinge lyf. The womman seith to him, Sire, ȝyue to me this watir, that I thirste not, nether come hidir forOm. SX. to drawe. Jhesu seith to hir, Go, clepe thin hose|bonde, and come hidur. The womman answeride, and seide, I haue not an hose|bonde. Jhesu seith to hir, Thou seidistseist V. wel, For I haue `not annoon N. hosebonde; for|soth thou hast had fyue hosebondis, and he whom thou hasthast now X., is not thin hose|bonde. This thing thou seidist sothli. The womman seithsaid N. to him, Lord, I se, for thou art a prophete. Oure fadris worschipiden in this hil, and ȝe seyn, for at Jerusalem isther is W pr. m. aOm. S. place, wher it bihou|eth forOm. SX. to worschipe. Jhesu seith to hir, Womman, bileue to me, for the our schal come, whanne nether in this hil, netherne N. inat S. Jerusalem, ȝe schulen `preye, or worschipepreȝen X., the fadir. Ȝe worschipen that thatOm. AG pr. m. MNPQSTXY. ȝe witen not; we worschipen that thatOm. N. we witen; for heelthe isOm. V. of Jewis. But the our cometh, and now it is, whanne trewe worschiperis schulen wor|schipe the fader in spirit and treuthe; forwhi and the fadir sekith suche, that schulen worschipe him. God is aOm. AN. spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen him, forOm. SX. to worschipe in spirit and treuth. The womman seith to him, I woot for Messias is comen, that is seid Crist; therfore whanne he schal come, he schal telle to vs alle thingis. Jhesu seith to hir, I am, that speke with thee. And anon his disciplis camen, and wondriden, for he spak with athe MPQSWY. womman; netheles no man seide, What sekist thou, or, What spekist thou with hir? Therfore the womman lefte thehir AGMNPQSTWXY. watir pott, and wente in to the citee, and seith to thothe GMPTY. men, Come ȝe, and `se ȝese Q. seeth X. thea AGMNPQSTVWXY. man, that seide to me alle thingis `what euere thingiswhat euere QW. what euer thyng T. I haue don; wherwhether X. he isbe X. Crist? And thei wenten out of the citee, and theiOm. X. camen to hym. In the mene while his disciplis preieden him, seyinge, `Raby, or maistirRabi SX., ete. Sothli he seide to hem, I haue mete forOm. SX. to ete, that ȝe witen not. Therfore thehis M. Om. GNPSTXY. disciplis seiden to gidere, WherWhether WX. ony manOm. W pr. m. brouȝte to him forOm. SX. to ete? Jhesu seith to hem, My mete is, that I do the will of him that sente me, andOm. W. that I performe the work of him. WherWhether WX. ȝe seyn not, for ȝit foure monethis ben, and rype corn cometh? Lo! I seie to ȝou, liftliftith SX. vp ȝoure yȝen, and `se ȝeseeth X. the `re|giouns, or cuntreesregiouns X., for now thei ben white to ripe corn. And he that repith takith hyre, `or medeOm. X., and he that ge|derith, fruit in to euerelasting lyf; that and he that sowith haue ioye to gidere, and he that repith. In this thing sothli `the word is treweis the word X., for another is that sowith, and anotheran other is W. that repith. I sente ȝou forOm. SX. to repe, that that ȝe traueliden not; othere men traueliden, and ȝe en|triden in to her trauelis. Forsoth of thethat AGMNPQSTVWXY. citee manymany of AGMPQSTWXY. many of the N. Samaritans bileueden in to him, for the word of the womman beringe witnessing, For he seide to me alle thingis, what euere thingisOm. QSW. I dide. Therfore whanne Samaritans camen to him, thei preieden him, that he schulde dwelle there; and he dwelte there tweytwo MPWX et Y pass. dayes. And many mo bileuedenbileuyden in hym Q sec. m. for his word, and seyden to the womman, For now not for thi speche we bileuen; for|soth we han herd, and we witen, for this isOm. W pr. m. verily the sauyour of thethis V. world. Forsoth aftir twei dayes he wente then|nis, and wente in to Galilee. `Sothli JhesuSothely he GMPQSTWXY. Sothli he Jhesu K pr. m. V. Sothli the self Jhesu N. bar witnessing, for a prophete in his owne cuntree hath not honour, `or worschipOm. QX.. Therfore whanne he cam in to Galilee, men of Galilee receyueden him, whanne thei hadden seyn alle thingis that he hadde don inat X. Jerusalem, in the feeste day, `or halidayOm. X.; and sothli thei hadden come to the feeste day. Therfore he cam eftsoone in to Canathe Cane AGMNPQTWXY. of Galilee, where he made the watir wynin to wyne Q.. And suma A. litil king was, whos sone was syk at Capharnaum. WhanneAnd whan X. thishe this G sec. m. MPQSWXY. hadde herd, forthat MTVXY. Jhesu schulde come fro Judee in to Galilee, he wente to him, and prei|ede him, that he schulde come doun, and heele his sone; forsoth he bigan tofor to A pr. m. GMNPQTVWY. deye. Therfore Jhesu seide to him, NoOm. X. butBut if X. ȝe schulen se tokenes and grete wondris, ȝe bileuen not. The litil kyng seith to him, Lord, come doun, bifore my sone deye. Jhesu seith to him, Go, thi sone lyueth. The man bileuedebileueth W. to the word, that Jhesu seide to hym, and heOm. X. wente. Sothli now him comynge doun, the seruauntis camen aȝens him, and telden to himOm. AGMNPQSTWXY., seyinge, For his sone lyuede. Therfore he axide of hem the our, in whiche he `hadde beterehad him betere M.. And thei seiden to him, For ȝistirday in the se|uenthe our the feuere lefte him. Ther|fore the fadir knew, that `the ilkethat X. our it was, `in whichthat X. Jhesu seide to him, Thi sone lyueth; and he bileuede, and al his hous. Jhesu dide eft this secunde tokene, whanne he cam fro Judee in to Galilee.

 CAP. V.

Aftir thes thingis was a feeste day of Jewis, and Jhesu wente vp toin to M. Jerusa|lem. Forsoth inat QSW. Jerusalem is a `stond|ing watir of beestisstondende watir S. stondinge watir W., that in Ebrew is named Bethsayda, hauynge fiue `litle ȝatislitil ȝatis, or entrees W.. In thesthis V. lay a greet multitude of langwischinge men, blynde, krokid, drye, abidinge the stiring of the watir. For|sothe the aungel of the Lord `aftir tymeaftir the time ordeyned Q. aftir that tyme W pr. m. cam doun in to the stonding watir, and the watir was moued; and he that first cam doun in to the sisterne, aftir theOm. SW. mouyng of the watir, was maad hool of `what euerewhat W. siknesse he was holdunholdyn with W pr. m.. Forsothe sum man was there, hauynge eiȝte and thritti ȝeerisȝeer AGMNQSTVWY. in his syknesse. Whanne Jhesu hadde seyn him liggyngeliende S., and hadde knowe, for now he hadde moche tyme, he seith to him, Wolt thou be maad hool? The syke man answeride to him, Lord, I haue not a man that whanne the water `schal be troublidis troublid A pr. m. GQSTWXY. is turblid MN., he sende me in to the sisterne; forsoth the while I com, another goth down bifore me. Jhesu seith to him, Ryse vp, taak thi bed, and wandre. And a non the man is maad hool, and took vp his bed, and wandride. And saboth was in that day. Therfore the Jewis seyden to him that was maad hool, It is saboth, it is not leefful to thee, forOm. SVX. to take thi bed. He answeride to hem, He that maade me hoolsaf G pr. m. MTXY., seide to me, Taak thi bed, and wandre. TherforeForsothe V. thei axiden him, Who is that man, that seide to thee, Taak thi bed, and wandre? Sothli he that was maad hool, wiste not who it was. Forsothe Jhesu bowide himOm. M. fro the cum|pany `ordeyned, or settordeyne X., in theOm. W pr. m. place. Aftirward Jhesu fond him in the temple, and seide to him, Lo! thou ert maad hool; now nyle thou doOm. GMNPSTVWXY. now Q. synne, leste ony thing worse bifalle to thee. `The ilkeThat X. man wente, and telde to the Jewis, for it was Jhesu that maad him hool. Therfore theOm. N. Jewis pursueden Jhesu, for he dide this thing in theOm. N. saboth. Forsoth Jhesu answeride to hem, My fadir worchith tilvnto Q. til to W pr. m. now, and I worcheworche now Q.. Therfore thanne the Jewis souȝten more forOm. MSXY. to slee hym, for not oonly he brak the saboth, but andOm. V. he seide his fadir God, makinge him euene to God. And so Jhesu answeride, and seide to hem, Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, the sone may not of him silf do ony thing, nonot X. but thatOm. W. thing that he schal se the fadir doynge; what euere thingis sothli he doith, thes thingis and the sone also doith. Forsothe the fadir loueth the sone, and schewith to him alle thingis that he doith; and he schal schewe to him moremo K pr. m. workis than thes, that ȝe wondre. Forsothe as the fadir reysith deede men, and quykeneth, `so andand SO W. the sone quyken|eth whichewhom AGMNPQSTWXY. he wole. Sothli neither the fader iugeth ony man, but hath ȝouun al the dom to the sone, that alleOm. V. men honourehonoureden W. the sone, as thei honouren the fadir. He that honoureth not the sone, honoureth not the fadir that sente him. Treuli, treuli, I seye to ȝou, for he that heerith my word, and bileueth to him that sente me, hath euere lasting lyf, andand he W pr. m. cometh not in to dom, but passithpasside A sec. m. K. fro deeththe deeth T. in to lyf. Treuli, treuli, I seye to ȝou, for the our cometh, and now it is, whanne deede men schulen heere the vois of Goddis sone, and thei that schulenOm. GMNPQSTWXY. heere, schulen lyue. Sothli as the fader hath lyf in him silf, so he ȝaf and to theOm. K. sone forOm. SX. to haue lyf in him silf; and he ȝaf toOm. G pr. m. MNPQTXY. him power forOm. SX. to make dom, for he is mannis sone. Nyle ȝe wondre this thingforsothe T., for theOm. T. our cometh, in which alle men that ben in buriels, schulen heere the vois of Goddis sone. And thei that han do goode thingis, schulen come forth in to rysinge aȝen of lyf; forsothe thei that han don yuele thingis, in to rysinge aȝen of dom. I may not of mysilf do ony thing, but as I heere, I iuge, and my dom is iust, for I seke not my wille, but the will of thethat K. fadir that sente me. If I bere witnessing of my silf, my witness|ing is not trewe; another is that berith witnessing of me, and I woot for his witnessing is trewe, that he berith of me. Ȝe senten to John, and he bar witnessing to the treuthe. Sothly I take not wit|nessing of man; but I seie thes thingis, that ȝe be saf. SothliOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. he was a lanterne brennynge and schynynge, `or ȝyuynge liȝtOm. QSWX.; forsothe ȝe wolden glade at oonan AGMNPQSTVXY. our in his liȝt. Sothli I hauehaue and Q. more wit|nessing than John, forsoth the workis that my fadir ȝaf toOm. GMNTXY. me that I performe hem, `the ilketho QX. workis that I do beren witnessyng of me, thatfor AGMNPQSTVWXY. the fadir sente me. And the fadir that sente me, he bar witnessing of me. Nethir ȝe herden euere his vois, nethir sayȝen his licnesse, `or foormeOm. QX.. And `ȝe hanthat ȝe had W. not his word dwell|inge in ȝou; for ȝe bileuen not to him, whom he sente. Seke ȝe scripturisthe scriptures S. in scripturis T., in whichewhom Q. ȝe gessenweenen A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. tofor to AGMOPTWY. haue euerlastinge lyf; andOm. W pr. m. tho it ben, that beren witness|ing of me. And ȝe wolen not come `to meOm. W pr. m., that ȝe haue lyf. I take not cler|nesse clerenesse, or knowinge W pr. m. of men; but I haue knowen ȝou, for ȝe han not the loue of God in ȝou. I cam in the name of my fadir, and ȝe token not me. If another schal come in his owne name, ȝe schulen receyue him. How mown ȝe bileue, that receyuenreceyuen, or taken QW pr. m. glorie ech of other, and ȝe seken not the glorie that is of God aloone? Nyle ȝe gesse, that I am to accusingeaccuse GMNPQSTWXY. ȝou anemptis the fadir; it is Moyses that accusith ȝou, in whom ȝe hopen. Forsoth if ȝe bileu|eden to Moyses, perauenture ȝe schulden bileue and to me; sothli he wroot of me. Sothli if ȝe beleuen not to his lettris, how schulen ȝe bileue to my wordis?

 CAP. VI.

Aftir thes thingis Jhesu wente ouer the se of Galilee, that is Tiberiadis. And a greet multitude suede him; for thei syȝen the tokenes, that he dide on hem that weren syke. Therfore Jhesu wente in to an hil, and `there he satsat there AGMNPQSTWXY. with his dis|ciplis. ForsothForsoth the K pr. m. pask was ful nyȝ, a feeste day of Jewisthe Jewes PQ.. TherforeThere T. whannethanne W pr. m. Jhesu hadd lyftliftid SX. vp the yȝen, and hadde seyn, for aa ful W sec. m. greet multitude cam to him, he seithseide V. to Philip, Wherof schulen we bie loues, that thes men ete? Sothli he seide this thing, temptinge him; forsoth he wiste what he was to doyngedo AGMNPQSTWXY.. Philip answeride to him, The looues of twotwey T. hundrid pens suffysen not to hem, that ech man take a litle what. Oon of his disciplis, Andrew, the brother of Symount Petre, seith to him, O child is here, that hath fyue barley looues and tweyetwo WX. fysches; but what ben thes thingis among so many men? Therfore Jhesu seith, Make ȝeOm. W. men forOm. SX. to sitte at the mete. Forsoth there was myche hey in the place. Therfore men saten at the mete, in noumbre asof X. fyue thousandisthousond SX.. `Ther|fore JhesuJhesu therefore W. took fyuethe fiue PSW. looues, and whanne he hadde do thankingis, he departide to men sittinge atat the WX. mete, also and of the fischis, as myche as thei wolden. For|sothe as thei benweren V. fillidfulfillid AGMNPQSTWXY., he seide to his disciplis, Gedere ȝe the relyfs that ben left, that thei perischen not. Therfore thei gedriden, and filleden twelue coffyns of relyfs of theOm. S. fyue barly looues and tweyetwo PWXY. fischis, that leften to hem that haddun etun. TherforeForsothe V. thothe N. men, whanne thei hadden seyn the `tokene, or myracletocne X., that he hadde don, seyden, For thisthis man G sec. m. W. is verily the prophete, that is to comyngecome GMNPQSTWXY. in to the world. TherforeForsothe AMNPQTXY. whanne Jhesu hadde knowun, forthat AMTXY. thei weren to com|yngecome GMNPQSTWXY. that thei schulden rauysche him, and make him kyng, he `aloone fleddealoone fleiȝe A pr. m. GMNPQSTXY. fley aloone W. eft in to an hil. Sothli as euentydeuen G pr. m. MPQSXY. was maad, his disciplis wenten doun to the see. And whanne thei hadden stiȝed vp in to thea A pr. m. G sec. m. QSVW. boot, thei camen ouer the see in to Capharnaum. And derknessis weren now maad, and Jhesu hadde not comen to hem. Forsothe a greet wynde blowynge, the see roos vp. Therfore whanne thei hadden rowid as fyue and twenty furlongis or thritty, thei seen Jhesu walkinge on the see, and to be maad next to the boot; and thei dredden. Sothli he seyde to hem, I am; nyle ȝe drede. Therfore thei wolden take him `in toin A pr. m. the boot, and anon the boot was at the lond inOm. W. to which thei wenten. On `the tothirthat other W. the other X. day the cumpanye, that stood ouer the see, syȝ, for there was non othir boot there noOm. QW. but oon, and for Jhesu entride not with his disciplis in to the boot, but his disciplis `aloone wentenwenten aloone W.. Forsothe othere bootis camen fro Tibe|riade bisydis the place, wherether W pr. m. thei eeten breed, doynge thankingis to God. Ther|fore whanne the cumpany hadden seyn, for Jhesu was not there, nethere his dis|ciplis, thei stiȝeden in to bootis, and camen to Capharnaum, sekinge himJhesu AGMNPQSTWXY.. And whanne thei hadden founden him ouer the see, thei seyden to him, Raby, hou hast thou com hidur? JhesuAnd Jhesus W. an|sweride to hem, and seyde, Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, ȝe seken me, not for ȝe syȝsaien VW. theOm. QW pr. m. `tokenis, or myraclistoknes X., but for ȝe eeten of looues, and ben fillidfulfillid A pr. m. GMNPQ STWXY.. Worche ȝe not mete that perischith, but thatthat that W. dwellith in to euerlastinge lyf, whichthe whiche A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. mete mannis sone `schal ȝyueȝeueth A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. to ȝou; forsothe God the fadir `bitokenede, or markedebytocnede X., himto hym W pr. m.. Therfore thei seiden to him, What schulen we do, that we worche the workis of God? Jhesu answeride, and seide to hem, This is the work of God, that ȝe bileue in to him, whom he sente. Therefore thei seiden to him, Therfore what tokene doist thou, that we se, and bileue to thee? what worchist thou? Oure fadris eeten manna in desert, as it is writun, He ȝaf to hem breed froof N. heuene forOm. SX. to ete. Therfore Jhesuhe T. seith to hem, Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, not Moyses ȝaf to ȝou very breed fro heuene, but my fadir ȝyueth to ȝou verri breed fro heuene; sothli it is verri breed that cometh doun fro heuene, and ȝyueth lyf to the world. Therfore thei seiden to him, Lord, euereeuermore A pr. m. GMNPQ STWXY. ȝyue to vs this breed. Sothly Jhesu seide to hem, I am breed of lyf; he that cometh to me, schal not hungre; he that bileueth in me, schal neuere thirste. But I seide to ȝou, `for and ȝe han seyn me, and ȝeOm. WX. bileueden not. Al thing, that the fadir ȝyueth to me, schal come to me; and I schal not caste `out himhim out WX., that cometh to me. For I cam doun fro heuene, not that I do my wille, but the wille of him that sente me. Forsothe this is the wille of himthe fader PX. that sente me, `the fadrisOm. PXY. the fader Y., that al thing that the fadir ȝaf to me, I leese notnoȝt K pr. m. of it, but aȝen reise it in the laste day. Sothly this is the wille of my fadir that sente me, that ech man that seeth the sone, and bileueth in to him, haue euerlasting lyf; and I schal aȝen reyse him in the laste day. Therfore Jewis grucchiden of him, for he haddeOm. G pr. m. XY. seyd, I am breed that cam doun fro heuene. And thei seiden, WherWhether WX. this is not Jhesu, the sone of Joseph, whos fadir and modir we han knowun? Therfore hou seith thishe this GMPQSWXY., IFor I A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. cam doun fro heuene? Therfore Jhesu answeride, and seide to hem, Nyle ȝe grucche to gidere. No man may come to me, no but the fadir that sente me, schalOm. NQ. drawe himhem W.; and I schal aȝen reyse him in the laste day. ItAnd it N. is writun in prophetis, And alle men schulen ben able tofor to A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. be tauȝt of God. Ech man that herdehath herd QSWY. of the fadir, and lernedelerid X., cometh to me. Not for ony man syȝ the fadir, no but this `that is of God, thisOm. N. syȝ the fadir. Sothli, sothli, I seye to ȝou, he that bileueth inin to V. me, hath euerlasting lyf. `I am the breed of lyfOm. PQ.. Ȝoure fadris eeten manna in desert, and ben deede. This is breed comynge doun fro heuene, that if ony man schalOm. AG pr. m. NQTW pr. m. XY. ete therof, he deyethdye A sec. m. NQVW sec. m. X. not. I am quyk breed, that cam doun fro heuene. If ony man schal ete of this bred, he schal lyue with outen ende. And the breed that I schal ȝyue, is my fleisch for lyf of the world. Therfore the Jewis chidden to gidere, seyinge, Hou may thishe this MPSW. ȝyue to vs his fleisch forOm. SX. to ete? Therfore Jhesu seith to hem, Treuly, treuli, I seye to ȝou, noOm. X. butbut if X. ȝe schulen ete the fleisch of mannis sone, and drynke his blood, ȝe schulen not haue lyf in ȝou. He that etith my fleisch, and drynketh my blood, hath euerlasting lyf, and I schal aȝen reyse him in the laste day. Forsoth my fleisch is verilyverrey W. mete, and my blood is verilyverrey W. drynke. He that etith my fleisch, and drynkith my blood, dwellith in me, and I in him. As my fadir lyu|ynge sentehath sent SW. me, and I lyue for the fadir, and he that etith me, schaland he schal A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. lyue for me. This is breed, that cam doun fro heuene. Not as ȝoure fadris eeten mannamanna in desert N., and ben deed; he that etith this breed, schal lyue with outen ende. He seide thes thingis in the synagoge, techinge in Capharnaum. Therfore manye of his disciplis heeringeheringe this W pr. m., seyden, This word is hard, who may heere him? Forsoth Jhesu witynge anemptisat GMNPQSTWXY. him silf, for his disciplis grucchiden of this thing, seide to hem, This thing sclaundrith ȝou? Therfore if ȝe schulen se mannis sone stiȝynge vp, wher he was bifore? It is the spirit that quykeneth, the fleysch profiteth nothing; the wordis that I haue spokun to ȝou, ben spirit and lyf. But ther ben summe of ȝou that bileuen not. Sothli Jhesuhe X. wiste at the bigynnynge, whiche weren bileuynge, and who was to bitrayingebytraye A pr. m. GMNPQSTWY. betraȝen X. him. And he seide, Therfore I seide to ȝou, that no man may come to me, no but it were ȝouun `to himOm. G pr. m. of my fadir. Fro this tyme manye of his disciplis wenten abak, and now wenten not with him. Therfore Jhesu seide to the twelue, WhereWhether X. and ȝe wolen go awey? Therfore Symount Petre answeride to him, Lord, to whom schulen we go? Thou hast wordis of euerelasting lyf; and we han bileuyd, and knowun, for thou art Crist, the sone of God. Therfore Jhesu answeride to hem, WherWhether X. I chees not ȝou twelue, and oon of ȝou is a deuelfeend AGMNQSTWXY.? Forsothe he seide of Judas of Symount, of Scarioth, forsoth thishe this G sec. m. MPSW sec. m. was to bitraiyngebytraye A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. him, whanne he was oonOm. T. of tweluethe twelue MP..

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe aftir thes thingis Jhesu walk|ide in to Galilee, for he wolde not walke in to Judee, for theOm. GMNPQSTVWXY. Jewis souȝten forOm. SX. to sle him. Sothli ther was in the nexte a feeste day of Jewis, Scenofegia, that is, a feeste of tabernaclis. Forsothe his bre|theren seiden to him, Passe froOm. ANQT. hennis, and go in to Judee, that and thi disciplis se thi werkis that thou doist; forsothe no man doth ony thing in `hid place, or priuyhid place X., and heOm. Q. sekith tofor to A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. be `in toin A pr. m. Q. Om. TX. opyn. If thou dost `thes thingisthis thing A pr. m. MNPQT., schewe thi silf to the world. Forsothe nether his bri|theren bileueden in to him. Therfore Jhesu seith to hem, My time cam not ȝit, but ȝoure tyme is euermore redy. The world may not haue hatid ȝou, sothli it hatith me; for I bere witnessing therof, for the workis of it ben yuele. Stiȝe ȝe vp at this feeste day, but I schal not stiȝe vp at this feeste day, for my tyme is not ȝit fillidfulfillid GMNPQSTWY. fulfilde X.. Whanne he hadde seid thes thingis, he dwelte in Galilee. Forsothe as his britheren stiȝeden vp, thanne and he stiȝede vp at the feeste day, not opynli, but as in pryuei. Ther|fore the Jewis souȝten him in the feeste day, and seiden, Wher is he? And moche grucching was of him in the cumpany of peple. Forsothe summe seidenseyn K., For he is good; forsoth othere seiden, Nay, but he disceyueth theOm. V. cumpanyes; netheles no man spak opynly of him, for the drede of Jewis. Forsothe now the feeste day medlinge, `or goynge bitwixeor goynge bitwen S. Om. X., Jhesu wente vpOm. AG pr. m. NPQTXY. in to the temple, and tauȝte. And the Jewis wondriden, seyinge, Hou kan this man lettris, sithen he hath not lernydlerid SX.? Jhesu answeride to hem, and seide, My doctrine is not myn, but his that sente me. If ony man `schal wilne towole GMNPQTWY. wile SX. do his wille, he schal knowe of the techinge, wherwhether WX. it be of God, wherwhether WX. I speke of my silf. He that spekith of him|self, sekith his owne glorie; forsothtrewly V. hewho GMNPQSTWXY. that sekith the glorie of him that sente him, this is sothfast, and vnriȝtfulnessevnriȝtwysenesse AGMNPQSTWXY. is not in him. WherWhether X. Moyses ȝaf not to ȝou a lawe, and no man of ȝou dothkepith V. the lawe? What seken ȝe tofor to AGMNPQTVWY. sle me? `The cumpany answeride, and seide, Thou hast a deuyl; who sekith forOm. SX. to sle thee? Jhe|su answeride, and seide to hem, I haue don o work, and alle ȝe wondren. Therfore Moyses ȝaf to ȝou circumcisioun; not for it is of Moyses, but of fadris; and in the saboth ȝe circumsididencircumciden A pr. m. G pr. m. NPQSTVWX. a man. If a man takithtake A pr. m. GMNPSWY. toke T. circumcisioun in the saboth, that the lawe of Moyses be not brokun, han ȝe indignacioun, `or wraththeOm. X., to me, for I made al the man hool in the sabot? Nyle ȝe deme vpaftir A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. the face, but demedeme ȝe AGMNPQSTVWX. a riȝtful dom. Therfore summe of Jerusa|lem seiden, WherWhether WX. this is not, whom the Jewis seken tofor to AGMNPQSTVWY. slee? and lo! he spekith opynly, and thei seyn no thing to him. WherWhether WX. the princes knewen verili, for this isOm. K. Crist? But we witen this man, of whenniswhenne X. he is; `forsoth whanne Crist schal come, no man wot of whenniswhenne X. he is. Therfore Jhesu criede in the temple, techinge hemOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTXY., and seyinge, And ȝe witen me, andOm. K pr. m. QV W pr. m. Y pr. m. of whennis I amam, ȝe knowen N. am, ȝee witen S sec. m. marg.; and I cam not of my silf, but he is trewe that sente me, whom ȝe knowen not. I woot him, and if I schal seie for I `woot not himwot hym not XY., I schal be lyk to ȝou, a lyere; and I woot him, for of him I am, and he sente me. Therfore thei souȝtensenten V. forOm. K pr. m. SX. to take him, and no man sente in to him hondis, for his our cam not ȝit. Sothli many of the cumpanye bileueden in toOm. Q. him, and seiden, Whanne Crist schal come, wherwhether WX. he schal do mo tokenes, than thisthat this A pr. m. GMNPQSTXY. doth? Pharisees herden the cumpenyecumpanyes VW. of peple grucchinge of him thes thingis; and the princes ofand VWXY. Pharisees senten mynistris, that thei schulden take him. Therfore Jhesu seide to hem, Ȝit a litel tyme I am with ȝou, and I go to the fadir, that sente me. Ȝe schulen seke me, and ȝe schulen not fynde; and where I am, ȝe mownmay M. not come. Therfore the Jewis seiden to hem silf, Whidur `is this to goyngeis this to go GNQT. is he this to go MPSWXY., for we schulen not fynde him? wherwhether X. hehe this Q. is to goyingego GMNPQSTWX. in to scateringe, `or distroyingeOm. X., of hethene men, and `is to techingeis to teche GQSTW. to teche N. `he|thene men? What is this word, whichthe which AGMNPQTWY. that X. he seide, Ȝe schulen seke me, and ȝe schu|len not fynde; and where I am, ȝe mownmay M. not come? Forsoth in the laste day of the grete feeste, Jhesu stood, and criede, seyinge, If ony man thirstith, come he to me, and drynke he. He that bileueth in toOm. SX. me, as the scripture seith, Flodis of quyke watir schulen flowe of his wombe. Sothli he seide this thing of the Hooly Goost, whom men bileuynge in to him weren to takingetake GMNPQSTWXY.; forsoth the Spirit was not ȝit ȝouun, for Jhesus was not ȝit glori|fied. Therfore of that cumpanye, whanne thei hadden herde thes wordis of him, thei seiden, This isOm. K. verili a prophete. Othere seiden, This is Crist. Forsoth summe seiden, WherWhether W. Crist cometh fro Galilee? WherWhether WX. the scripture seith not, that of the seed of Dauith, and of the castel of Beth|leem, where Dauith was, Crist cometh? And so dissencioun is maad in the cumpany for him. Forsothe summe of hem wolden take him, but no man sentesente to A pr. m. MPT. hondis onvpon A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. him. Therfore theOm. T. mynistris camen to the bischopis and Phariseesto the Pharisees MW., and thei seiden to hem, Whi brouȝte ȝe not him? The mynistris answeriden, Neuere man spak so, as this spekith. Therfore the Farisees answeriden to hem, `Wher andWhether WX. Wher Y pr. m. ȝe be disceyued? wherwhether X. ony of the princes bileueden in toOm. W pr. m. him, or of the Pharisees? But this cumpany of peple, that knew not the lawe, ben cursid. Nycodeme seith to hem, he that cam to him in nyȝte, that was oon of hem, WherWhether GX. oure lawe demeth a man, noOm. X. butbut if X. `first itit first G pr. m. Y. `haue herdheere G pr. m. NQTX. of him, and knowe what he doth? Thei answeriden, and seiden to him, WherWhether WX. and thou ert a man of Galilee? Seke thou scripturis, and se thou, for a prophete rysith not of Galilee. And thei turnedyn aȝen, ech in to his hows.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe Jhesu wente in to the mount of Olyuete. And erly eftOm. G pr. m. he cam in to the temple; and al the peple cam to him; and he sittinge tauȝte hem. Sothli scribis and Pharisees bryngenledden to GMNPQSTWXY. a womman take in auowtrie, and settidensetten GMQ STWXY. senten NP. hir in theto SW sec. m. to the W pr. m. middil, and seiden to him, Maistir, this womman is now takun in auoutrie. For|soth in the lawe Moyses comaundide vs forOm. SX. to stoone siche; therfore what seist thou? Sothli thei seiden this thing tempt|inge him, that thei myȝten accuse him. Forsothe Jhesu bowinge `him silf doundoun him silf XY., wrot with thehis N. fyngir in the erthe. Sothly whanne thei `lastiden, or conty|nuedelasteden AGMPQSTXY. laften NW., axinge him, he reiside him silf, and seide to hem, WhichHe A pr. m. GNQSTVWXY. He who MP. of ȝou that is with oute synne, first sende a stoon in to hir. AndOm. Q. eft he bowinge dounOm. G sec. m. MNPQSTWXY. him silf, wroot in the erthe. Sothli thei heeringe thes thingis, wenten awey oon aftir an other, thei bigynnynge atof AGMNPQSTVWXY. theOm. GQWXY. eldere men; and Jhesu dwelte aloone, and the womman stondinge in the myd|del. Sothli Jhesu reisynge him silf seide to hir, Womman, wher ben thei that ac|cusiden thee? no man dampnede thee. `The whichWhich V. seyde, No man, Lord. Jhesu seithsaid AGMNPQSVWXY. to hir, Nether I schal dampne thee; go thou, and nowOm. N. aftirward nyle thou `do synnesynne GNQTXY.. Therfore eft Jhesu spak to hem, seyinge, I am theOm. QXY. liȝt of the world; he that sueth me, walkithwandrith T. not in derknessis, butbut he MQWY. schal haue theOm. X. liȝt of lyf. Therfore the Pharisees seiden, Thou berist witness|ing of thi silf; thi witnessing is not trewe. Jhesu answeride, and seide to hem, And if I bere witnessing of my silf, my witnessing is trewe; for I woot froof QV. whennis I cam, and whidur I go. For|sothe ȝe witen not froof Q. whennus I come, orne Q. whidur I go. Forsoth ȝe demen vpaftir GMNPQSTWXY. the fleisch, Iforsothe I W pr. m. deme not ony man; and if I deme, my dom is trewe, for I am not aloone, but I and the fadir that sente me. And in ȝoure lawe it is writun, for the witnessing of tweitwo MX. men is trewetruthe N.. I am, that bere witnessing of my silf, and the fadir that sente me, berith witnessing of me. Therfore thei seiden to him, Wher is thi fadir? Jhesu answeride, Nether ȝe witen, `or knowenOm. X., me, nether ȝe witen my fadir; if ȝe wisten me, perauenture and ȝe schulden wite my fader. Jhesu spak thes wordisOm. K. in the treserie, techinge in the temple; and no man took him, for his our cam not ȝit. Therfore eft Jhesu seide to hem, Lo! I go, and ȝe schulen seche me, and ȝe schulen deye in ȝoure synne; whidur I go, ȝe mown not come. Therfore the Jewis seiden, WherWhether WX. he schal sle him silf, for he seith, Whidur I go, ȝe mown not come? And he seide to hem, Ȝe ben of bynethe, I am of aboue; ȝe ben of this world, I am not of this world. Therfore I seide to ȝou, For ȝe schulen dye in ȝoure synnes; forsothe if ȝe schu|len not bileue for I am, ȝe schulen deye in ȝoure synnesynnes AGMPQSTXY.. Therfore thei seiden to him, Who art thou? Jhesu seide to hem, The bigynnyng, `or the firste of al thingor first of al thing Q. Om. X., whichthe which A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. andand I T. speke to ȝou. I haue many thingis forOm. SX. to speke, and demeto deeme G sec. m. MPW. of ȝou, but he that sente me is sothfast; and I speke in the world thes thingis, that I herde of him. And thei knewen not, for he seide his fadir God. Therfore Jhesu seith to hem, Whanne `ȝe hanhe hadde K. reysidareisid A pr m. GNQWY. mannis sone, thanne ȝe schulen knowe, for I am, and of my silf IOm. N. do no thing; butfor T. as my fadir tauȝte me, I speke thes thingis. And he that sente me is with me, and lefte `not meme not MXY. aloone; for I do euereeuermore AGMNPQSTWXY. tho thingis, that ben plesaunt to him. Him spekinge thes thingis, many menOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. bileueden in to him. Therfore Jhesu seide to thehem, the MWY. Jewis, that bileueden in to him, If ȝe schulen dwelle in my word, verili ȝe schulen be my disciplis; and ȝe schulen knowe the treuthe, and the treuthe schal delyuere ȝou. Therfore the Jewis answeriden to him, We ben the seed of Abraham, and to no man we `seruyden euereeuere serueden MXY.; hou seist thou, ȜeFor ȝe A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. schu|len be free? Jhesu answeride to hem, Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, for ech man that doth synne, is theOm. W pr. m. seruaunt of synne. Sothli the seruaunt dwellith not in the hous, into withouten ende, the sone dwellith into withouten ende. Therfor if the sone schal delyuere ȝou, verili ȝe schulen be free. I woot for ȝe ben Abra|hams sones, but ȝe seken forOm. SX. to sle me, for my word takith not in ȝou. And I speke tho thingis, that I syȝ at my fadir; and ȝe don tho thingis, that ȝe syȝen at ȝoure fadir. Thei answeriden, and seiden to him, Abraham is oure fadir. Jhesu seith to hem, If ȝe ben the sones of Abra|ham, `do ȝedoth X. the werkis of Abraham. Sothli now ȝe seken tofor to A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. sle me, a man that haue spoken to ȝou treuthethe treuthe K pr. m. M. that T., that I herde of God; Abraham dide not this thing. Ȝe don the workis of ȝoure fadir. And so thei seiden to him, We ben not born of fornycacioun; we han o fadir, God. Therfore Jhesu seide to hem, If God were ȝoure fadir, sothli ȝe schulden loue me; forsothe I `procedide, or cam forthprocedide, or wente forthe G sup. ras. procedede X., of God, and cam; nether sothli I cam of my silf, but he sente me. Whi knowen ȝe not my speche? for ȝe mown not heere my word. Ȝe ben of the fadir, the deuel, and ȝe wolen do the desyris of ȝoure fadir. He was a mansleere fro the bigynnyng, and in treuthe he stood not; for treuthe is not in him. Whanne he spekith aOm. GMPQSWXY. lesinge, he spekith of his owne thingis; for he is a lyierelyere, or lesynge mongere GTY., and fadir of it. Sotheli forif A pr. m. GMNPQST WXY. I seye treuthe, ȝe bileuen not to me. Who of ȝou schal reproue me of synne? if I seie treuthe, whi bileuen ȝe not to me? He that is of God, heerith the wordis of God; therfore ȝe heeren not, for ȝe ben not of God. Therfore the Jewis answeriden, and seidenseiden to him N., WherWhether X. we seyn not wel, for thou art a Samaritan, and hast a deuel? Jhesu answeride, and seide, I haue not a deuel, but I honoure my fadir, and ȝe han vnhonourid me. Forsothe I seke not my glorie; ther is, that `sekith, and demethseche and deme X.. Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, if ony man schal kepe my word, he schal not `se, or taastesee GMQSWY. taaste P. seen X., deeth in to with outen ende. Therfor the Jewis seiden, Now we han knowen, for thou hast a deuel. Abraham is deed, and the prophetis, and thou seist, If ony man schalOm. AG pr. m. NQSTXY. kepe my word, he schal not taaste deeth in to with outen ende. WherWhether WX. thou ert more than oure fadir Abraham, that is deed, and the prophetis ben deede; whom makist thou thi silf? Jhesu an|sweride, If I glorifie my silf, my glorie is noȝt; my fadir is, that glorifieth me, whom ȝe seyn, for he is ȝoure God. And ȝe han not knowen him, forsoth I haue knowe him; and if I schalOm. G pr. m. seye forOm. X. I `woot not himnot hym not X., I shal be a lyere lyk to ȝou; but I woot him, and I kepe his word. Abraham, ȝoure fader, `ful out ioyedegladide, or ful out ioyede AGMNPSTWY., `that he schulde se my day; and he syȝ, and heOm. AG MNPSWXY. ioyede. Therfore the Jewis seyden to him, Thou hast not ȝit fifty ȝeer, and hast thou seyn Abraham? Therfore Jhesu seide to hem, Treuli, treuli, I seye to ȝou, bifore that Abraham was maad, I am. Therfore thei token stoones, that thei schulden caste in to him; sothli Jhesu hidde him, and wente out of the temple.

 CAP. IX.

And Jhesu passinge, syȝ a man blynd fro the birthe. And hisOm. X. disciplis axiden him, Raby, `that is, MaistirOm. SX., whowhat A pr. m. GNQTY. syn|nede, this manOm. S., or his fadir and modir, that he schulde be born blynd? Jhesu answeride, Nether this man synnede, nei|ther his fadir and moder; but that the werkis of God be schewid in hym. It bihoueth meOm. W pr. m. forOm. SX. to worche the werkis of him that sente me, the while theOm. QW. day is; the nyȝt schal come, whanne no man may worche. Hou longe I am in the world, I am the liȝt of the world. Whanne he haddeOm. Q. seid thes thingis, he spette in to erthethe erthe ANQSTVW pr. m. X., and made cley of the spotle, and leydebaumede X., `or bawmedeOm. QSWX., theOm. SW. cley on his yȝen, and seide to him, Go, and be thou wayschenwasche N. in the watir, `or cisterneOm. MPSWX., of Siloe, that is interpretid, Sent. Therfore he wente, and waischidewesh SX., and cam se|ynge. And so neiȝeboris, and thei that hadden seyn hym byfore, for he was a beggere, seiden, WherWhether WX. this is not he, that sat, and beggide? Othere men seiden, this it is; othere men forsothe, Nay, but it is a lyklichy T. ofto M. Om. X. him. Forsoth he seide, For I amam he G sec. m. MPSW sec. m.. Therfore thei seiden to him, How ben thin yȝen openyd `to thee? He answeride, `The ilkeThat X. man, that is seid Jhesu, made cley, and anoynt|ide myn yȝen, and seide to me, Go thou to the watir, `or cisterneOm. MPSWX., of Siloe, and waische; and I wente, and waischidewesh SX., and syȝ. And thei seiden to him, Wher is he? He seith, I woot not. Thei ledenledden MPQTVWXY. him that was blynd to theOm. Q. Pharisees. Forsoth it was saboth, whanne Jhesu made cley, and openyde his yȝen. Eft Phariseesthe Pharisees G sec. m. MPW. axiden him, how he hadde seyn. Sothly he seide to hem, He puttideputt SX. to me cley on the yȝen; and I waischidewesh SX., and I se. Therfore summe of Phariseesthe Phariseis AGNQTVXY. seiden, This man is not of God, for he kepith not the saboth. Othere men seyden, How may a man synnere do thes syngnys, `or my|raclisOm. X.? And dyuysioun was among hem. Therfore thei seyn eftsoone to the blynd man, What seist thou of him, that open|yde thin yȝen? Sothli he seide, For he is a prophete. Therfore Jewis bileueden not of him, for he was blynd, and hadde seyn, til thei clepiden his fadir and modir, that hadde seynseen hym Q.. And thei axiden hem, seyinge, `Is thisThis is MTXY. ȝoure sone, whom ȝe seyn, for he is born blynd? hou therfore seeth he now? His fadir and modir an|sweriden to hem, and seyden, We witen, for this is oure sone, and forOm. Q. he is born blynd; sothli how he seeth now, we witen notnere MNPY. neuer QWX., or who openyde his yȝen, we witen notnere MNPWY. neuer X.; axe ȝe him, he hath age, speke heOm. T. of him silf. His fadir and modir seiden thes thingis, for thei dredden Jewisthe Jewes AG sec. m. MPWX.; forsoth now the Jewis `hadden conspiridconspiriden Q., that if ony man knowlechidehadde knowelechid W pr. m. him Crist, he schulde be donmaad G pr. m. NQTY. maad, or don G sec. m. out of the synagoge. Therfore his fadir and modir seiden, For he hath age, axe ȝe him. Therfore eftsoone thei clepiden the man, that was blynd, and seyden to him, Ȝyue thou glorie to God; we witen, for this man is a synner. Therfore he seide, If he is a synner, I woot notneuer A pr. m. G sec. m. TX. nere G pr. m. MNPQWY.; o thing I woot, for whanne I was blynd, now I se. Therfore thei seiden to him, What dide he to thee? how openyde he thin yȝen? He answeride to hem, I seide to ȝou now, and ȝe herden; what wolen ȝe eftsoone heere? wherwhether WX. and ȝe wolen be maad his disciplis? Therfore thei `wariden, orOm. MPSWX. cursiden, himOm. Q., and seiden, Be thou his disciple; we ben disciplisthe disciplis G sec. m. MPSW. of Moyses. We witen, for God spak to Moyses; forsoth we witen noȝt this, of whennis he is. The ilke manOm. X. answeride, and seide to hem, Forsoth in this thing is wonderful, thatfor O. ȝe witen not of whennis he is, and he hath opened myn yȝen. Sothli we witen, for God heerith not synnerissynneris, or synful men AGNT., but if ony manOm. Q. is worshiper of God, and doth his wille, hym he heerith. Fro the world it is not herd, that ony man openyde the yȝen of a blynd bornOm. G pr. m. TY. man; noOm. X. butbut if X. this were of God, he myȝte not do ony thing. Thei answeriden, and seiden to him, Thou art al boren in synnes, and `techist thouthou techist MXY. vs? And thei castidencasten SX. `out himhim out MXY.. Jhesu herde, for thei `han casthan castid A pr. m. MNPT. han casten QY. hadde caste V. `out himhim out MXY.; and whanne he hadde founden him, he seide to him, Bileuest thou in to the sone of God? He answeride, and seide, Lord, who is he, that I bileue in to him? And Jhesu seide to him, And thou hast seyn him, and he it is, that spekith with thee. And he seideseith QTVWXY., Lord, I bileue. And he fallinge doun, worship|ide him. Therfore Jhesu seide to him, I cam in to this world, in to dom, that thei that seen not, sesee goostly Q., and thei that seen, be maad blynde. AndOm. K. summe of the Pharisees herden, that weren with him, and thei seiden to him, WherWhether X. and we ben blynde? Jhesu seide to hem, If ȝe weren blynde, ȝe schulden not haue synne; but now ȝe seyn, For we seen, ȝoure synne dwellith.

 CAP. X.

Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, he that cometh not in by the dore in to the fold of the scheep, but stiȝeth vp by another weye, ishe is GMNPQSTWXY. nyȝt thef and day thef. Forsothe he that entrith by the dore, ishe is N. the schep|herde of the scheep. To this the porter openeth, and the scheep heeren his vois, and he clepith his owne scheep by name, and ledith out hem. And whanne he hath sent out his owne scheep, he goth bifore hem, and the scheep suwen him; for thei knowen his vois. Sothli thei suwen not anOm. G pr. m. Y. alien, but fleen fro him; for thei han not knowen the voys of alyens. Jhesu seide to hem this prouerbe; forsoth thei knewen not what he spak to hem. Ther|fore Jhesu seide to hem eftsoone, Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, for I am theOm. Q. dore of theOm. MNPSW. scheep. Alle how manye euere camencamen bifore me N. camen biside me Q., benben thei T. ben the Y. nyȝt theues and day theues, but the scheep herden not hem. I am the dore. If ony man schal entre by me, he schal be saued; and he schal go yn, and schal go out, and he schal fynde lesewis. A niȝt theef cometh notOm. NW sec. m., noOm. MPSW pr. m. X. but that he stele, and sle, and leese; I cam, that thei haue lyf, and haue more plenteuously. I am a good schepherdeherde Q.; a good schep|herdehirde Q. ȝyueth his `soule, that is, his lyflijf AMNPQSW. soule X., for his scheep. Forsoth a `marchaunt, or hyred hynemarchaunt X., and that is not schep|herdea sheperd G sec. m. W. hirde Q., whos `ben not the scheepthe shepe ben not QWXY. his owne, seeth a wolf comynge, and he leeu|eth, `or forsakethOm. MSWX., the scheep, and fleeth; and the wolf rauyschith, and disparplith, `or scaterithOm. QX., the scheep. Forsoth the marchaunt fleeth, for he is `a marchauntmarchaunt N., and it perteyneth not to him of the scheep. I am a good schepherdehirde Q., and I knowe my scheep, and my scheep knowen me. As mythe GMNPQSTWX. fadir hath knowun me, and I knowe the fadir; and I putte my lyf for my scheep. And I haue othere scheep, that ben not of this folde, and it bihoueth me for to `leede hem toOm. SX. lede hem Q., and thei schulen heere my vois; and it schal be maad o fold and o schepherdehirde Q.. Therfore the fadir loueth me, for I putte my soule, that eft|soone I take it. No man takith it fro me, but I putte it fro my silf. I haue power forOm. SX. to putte it, and IOm. W. haue power forOm. SX. to take it eftsooneaȝein, or eftsoone GNVY. aȝen MPQSWX.. This maunde|ment I haue take of my fadir. And so dissencioun was maad among the Jewis for thes wordis. Forsoth manye of hem seiden, He hath a deuel, and maddith, `or wexith woodOm. QX.; what heeren ȝe him? Othere men seiden, Thes wordis bethben AGMNPQSTVWXY. not of a man hauynge a fenddeuel V.. WherWhether WX. athe Q. deuel may opene the yȝen of blynde men? Forsothe newe feestis of halwing of the temple ben maad in Jerusalem, and it was wyntir. And Jhesu walkide in the temple, in the porche of Salomon. Ther|fore Jewis enyyrowneden him, and seiden to him, Hou longe dost thou a wey oure soule? if thou ert Crist, seie to vs opyn|lypleynly, or opynly AGMNPQSTWY. pleynly X.. Jhesu answeride to hem, I speke to ȝou, and ȝe bileuen not; the workis that I do in the name of my fadir, thes beren witnessingwittenesse TXY. of me. But and ȝe bileuen not, for ȝe ben not of my scheep. My scheepe heeren my vois, and I knowe hem, and thei suen me. And I ȝyue to hem euerelasting lyf, and thei schulen not perische in to with outen ende, and ony man schal not rauysche hem ofout of Q. myn hond. That thing that my fadir ȝaf to me, is more than alle; therfore no man may rauysche fro my fadrisfadir QX. hond. `I and the fadirAnd the fadir and Y Q. ben o thing. Jewis token vp stoones, forOm. SX. to stoone hym `to the deethto deth GMNPQSTVW sec. m. XY.. Jhesu answeride to hem, I haue schewid to ȝou manye goodeOm. W. werkis of my fadir, for which werk of hem stoonen ȝe me? The Jewis answeriden to him, We stoonen `not theethee not MPQTXY. of good work, but of blas|phemye, and for thou, sithen thou art a man, makist thi silf God. Jhesu answer|ide to hem, WherWhether WX. it is not writun in ȝoure lawe, For I seide, Ȝe ben goddis? If he seide hem goddis, to whichewhom GMNPQSTWXY. the word of God is maad, and the scripture, whichthe which V. the fadir halwide, and sente in to the world, may not be vndon, and ȝe seyn, for I blaspheme, for I seide, I am Goddis sone? If I do not the workis of my fadir, nyle ȝe bileue to me; sothli if I do, thouȝ ȝe wolen not bileue to me, `bileue ȝebeleueth X. to the workis; that ȝe knowe and bileue, for the fadir is in me, and I in the fadir. Therfore thei souȝten forOm. SX. to take him, and he wente out of her hondis. And he wente eftsoone ouer Jordan, in to that place where John was firstOm. K. baptisinge, and heOm. Q. dwelte there. And manye camen to him, and seiden, Forsothfor sothely AGMNPW sec. m. X. for Q. sothly T. John dide no `signe, or myraclesigne X.; forsothe alle thingis what euereeuere thingis Q. John seide of this, weren sothe. And manye bileueden inOm. QW. to him.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe ther was suma QW pr. m. syk man, La|zarus of Bethanye, of the castel of Mary and Martha, his sistris. Forsoth Mary it was, whichthe whiche MPQTWXY. anoyntideoyntede X. the Lord with oynement, and wipte his feet with hir heeris, whos brother Lazarus was syk. Therfore his sistris senten to him, sey|inge, Lord, lo! heOm. Q. whom thou louest, is syk. Forsoth Jhesu heeringe seideseith N. to hem, This sicknesse is not to the deeth, but for the glorie of God, that Goddismannus MPQTWXY. sone be glorified biin TXY. ithim QTXY.. Sothli Jhesu louede Martha, and hir sistir Marye, and Lazarus. Therfore as Jhesu herde, forthat Q. he was syk, thanne sothliOm. T. he dwellide in the same place tweyetwo MPQWXY. dayes. TherofTherfore therof T. aftir thes thingis he seide to his disciplis, Go we eft in to Judee. DisciplisThe disciplis G sec. m. MPSW. seyen to him, `Raby, or maistirMaistir S. Rabi X., now the Jewis souȝten forOm. X. to stoone thee, and eft `thou gostgost thou alii. thou K. thidur? Jhesu answeride, WherWhether X. ther ben not twelue ouris ofin NS. the day? `If ony manWhosoeuere N. `schal wandrewalkith N. schal go V. in the day, he hirtith not, for he seeth the liȝt of this world. Sothli if he schal wandre in theOm. X. nyȝt, he hirtith, for liȝt is not in him. `He seith thes thingisThes th. he seith X., and aftir thes thingis he seith to hem, Lazarus, oure frend, slepith, but I go forOm. SX. to reyse him fro slepe. Therfore his disciplis seiden, Lord, if he slepithslepe W., he schal be saf. Forsothe Jhesu hadde seid of his deeth; but thei gessiden, that he seide of theOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. slepinge of sleep. Thanne ther|fore Jhesu seide to hem opynli, Laza|rus is deed; and Itherfore I N. enioye for ȝou, that ȝe beleue, forthat N. I was not there; but go we to him. Therfore Thomas, that is seid Didymus, seide to euen disciplis, And go we, that we deye with him. And so Jhesu cam, and fond him hauynge now foure dayes in the graue. Sothli Bethanye was bisydis Jerusalem, as fiftene furlongis. Forsothe manye of Jewis camen to Marie and Martha, forOm. SX. to comforte hem ofon X. her brother. Therfore as Martha herde, for Jhesu cam, she renneth to him; Marie forsothe sat at hom. Therfore Martha seide to Jhesu, Lord, if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed. But and now I woot, that what euere thingis thou schalt axe of God, God schal ȝyue to thee. Jhesus seith to hir, Thi brother schal ryse aȝen. Martha seith to him, I woot, for he schal ryse aȝen in the aȝen|rysing in the laste day. Jhesu seith to hir, I am aȝenrisyng and lyf; he that bileueth inin to A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. me, ȝhe, ifthouȝ Q. he schal be deed, schalhe schal QW pr. m. XY. lyue; and echal Q. that lyueth, and bileueth inin to A pr. m. GM NPQSTWXY. me, schal not deie within to with A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. outen ende. Bileuyst thou this thing? SheMartha Q sec. m. seith to him, `Forsothe, or ȝheForsothe X., Lord, I haue bileuyd, for thou art Crist, the sone of quykOm. V. God, that hast come in to this world. And whanne she hadde seide this thing, she wente, and clepide Marie, hir sistir, in silence, `or stilnesseOm. QX., seyinge, The maistir cometh, and clepith thee. She, as she herde, roos anon, and cam to him. Sothli Jhesu cam not ȝit in to the castel, but he was ȝit in that place, wher Martha hadde comen aȝens him. Ther|fore the Jewis that weren with hir in the hous, and comfortiden hir, whanne thei siȝen Marie, for soone she roos, and wente out, sueden hir, seyinge, For she goth to the graue, forOm. X. to wepe there. Forsothe Marie, whanne she hadde seyn wher Jhesu was, seynge him feldefell doun T. to his feet, and seide to him, Lord, if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed. `Therfore asTherfore Q. Jhesu siȝ hir wepynge, and the Jewis that weren with hir wepinge, he made noyse in spirit, and troublide him silf, and seide, Wher han ȝe putt him? Thei seyen to him, Lord, come and se. And Jhesu wepteweep X.. Therfore the Jewis seiden, Lo! hou he louede him. Forsothe summe of hem seiden, WherWhether WX. this man that openyd the yȝen of the born blyndeblynde man Q., miȝte not make that and this deiede not? Ther|foreTherfore eftsones Q. Jhesu eft makynge noyse in him silf, cam to the graue. Forsothe ther was a denne, and a stoon was put theron. Jhesu seith, Take ȝeOm. X. a wey the stoon. Martha, the sistir of him that was deed, seith to himJhesu Q., Lord, he stynkith now, sothli he is of foure dayesdayes deed QW.. Jhesus seith to hir, `Wher I haueWhether I haue A sup. ras. Haue I GMNPQSTWXY. not seid to thee, for if thou schalt bileue, thou schalt se the glorie of God? Therfore thei tooken a wey the stoon. Forsothe the yȝen reysid vpward, Jhesu seide, Fadir, I do thank|yngis to thee, for thou herdist me; for|soth I wiste, for thou euereeuermore AGMNQSTWXY. heerest me, but for the peple that stondithstant X. aboute, I seide, that thei bileue, for thou hast sent me. Whanne he hadde seid thes thingis, he criede with greeta greet QWXY. vois, Lazarus, come `thou outthou forth, or out A pr. m. G sec. m. NT. forth, or out G pr. m. Y. thou forth MPW sec. m. forth QSW pr. m. X.. And anoon he that was deed, cam forth, bounden the hondis and feetthe feet W pr. m. X. with bondis, and his face was boundun with a sudarie, or sweting clothOm. X.. Jhesu seith to hem, Vnbynde ȝe him, and `suffre ȝesuffrith X. `go aweyhim go aweie A pr. m. G pr. m. TW pr. m. Y. to gon awey SV. hym for to go awey Q. hym to gon awei X.. Therfore manye of theOm. SX. Jewis that camen to Marie and Martha, and syȝen what thingis heJhesu Q. dide, bileueden in to him. Sothli summe of hem wenten to Phariseesthe Phariseis MPQSW., and seiden to hem, what thingis heJhesus AGMNPQSWXY. dide. Therfore the bischops and Phariseesthe Fariseis W. gedriden a counceil aȝens Jhesu, and seiden, What don we? for this man doth `many signes, or myraclissignes manye X.. If we leeue him thus, alle men schulen bi|leue in to him; and Romayns schulen come, and schulenOm. G pr. m. NQTXY. take oure place and flokour folke AGMNS. folk PVWXY.. Forsoth oon of hem, Cayfas by name, whanne he was bischop of that ȝeer, seide to hem, Ȝe witen no thing, nethirne GMNPQSTWXY. thenken, for it spedith to ȝou, that o man deie for the peple, and that alle folkthe folk AGMNPQSTVW sec. m. XY. perische not. Forsoth he seide not this thing of him silf, but whanne he was bischop of that ȝeer, he prophesiede, for Jhesu was to deyingedie AGMNPQSTWXY. for the folk, and not oonly for the folk, but that he schulde gedere in to oon the sones of God that weren scaterid. Therfore fro that day thei thouȝten forOm. SX. to sle him. Therfore Jhesu walkide not now opynli at the Jewis; but he wente in to a cuntreeregion, or cuntre A pr. m. GMNPQSTWY. regioun X. bi|sydis theOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. desert, in to a citee, that is seid Effrem, and there he dwelte with his dis|ciplis. Forsothe theOm. S. pask of Jewis was next, and many of the cuntree stiȝeden vp to Jerusalem the day bifore pask, forOm. SX. to halowe hem selue. Therfore thei souȝten Jhesu, and spaken to gidere, stondinge in the temple, What gessen ȝe, for he cometh not to the feeste day? Forsothe theOm. V. bischopis and Phariseesthe Pharisees K pr. m. hadden ȝouun a maundement, that if ony man knew wher he is, he schewe, that theihe T. taken hym.

 CAP. XII.

Therfore Jhesu bifore sixe dayes of pask cam to Bethanye, wher Lazarus wasis I. deed, whom Jhesu reyside. ForsothFor N. thei maden to him a sopere there, and Martha mynistride to hym; Lazarus for|sothe was oon of menthe men SXY. sittinge at the mete with him. Therfore Marie took a pound of `oynement spikenardtrewe narde O. oynement precious spekenard MP., `or trewe nardeOm. G pr. m. MNPQSTW pr. m. XY., precious, and anoyntideoyntede SX. the feet of Jhesu, and wipte his feete with her heeris; and the hous `is fillidfulfillid A pr. m. GMNS. is fulfillid PQTWXY. of theOm. Q. sauour of oygne|mentthe oynment AGMNPQSTVWY.. Therfore Judas Scarioth, oon of his disciplis, that was to bitrayngebytraye A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. hym, seide, Whi `this oygnement isis this oynement MP. not seeld for thre hundrid pens, and isOm. G pr. m. QSXY. ȝouun to nedy men? Forsoth he seide this thing, not for it perteynede to him of nedy men, but for he was a theef, and heOm. X. hauynge pursisthe pursis Q. baar tho thingis that weren sent. Therfore Jhesu seide, Suffre ȝe hir, that in to the day of my birying she kepe that; forsothe ȝe schulen euereuermore AGMNPQSTWXY. haue pore menOm. T. with ȝou, sothli ȝe schulen not euereeuermore AGMNPQSTWXY. haue me. Therfore myche cumpany of theOm. S. Jewis knewe, that Jhesu was there; and thei camen, not oonly for Jhesu, but forOm. SX. to se Lazarus, whom he reysede fro `deede mendeed AMNPST. deeth GQWXY.. Forsothe the princes of prestis thouȝten forOm. SX. to sle Lazarus, for manye of theOm. V. Jewis for hym wente awei, and beleueden in toOm. Q. Jhesu. Forsothe on the morwe a myche cumpany, that cam togidere at the feeste day, whanne thei hadden herd, for Jhesu comethcam Q. to Jeru|salem, tooken braunchis of palmes, and camen forth aȝens him, and crieden, O|sanna, blessid is he, that cometh in the name of the Lord, `king of Israelking of Jeru|salem T.. And Jhesu fond a litil asse, and sat onvpon A pr. m. GMNPWY. him, as it is writun, TheOm. X. douȝtir of Syon, nyle thou drede; lo! thi king comethcometh to thee Q., sittinge on thea Q. colt of a sche asse. His disciplis knewen not first thes thingis, but whanne Jhesu is glorified, thanne thei `recordiden, or hadden mynderecorden, or had|den mynde T. recordeden X., for thes thingis weren writen of him, and thes thingis thei diden to him. Therfore the cumpany baar witnessing, that was with him, whanne he clepide Lazarus fro the graue, and reyside him fro `deede mendeed GMNPQSTXY. deeth W.. Therfore and the cumpany cam metinge toOm. Q. him, for thei herden `him to haue don this signe. Therfore the Pharisees seiden to hem selue, Ȝe seen, for we profiten no thing; lo! al the world wentewendeth Q. aftir him. Forsothe ther weren summe hethen men, of hem that hadden styȝed vp forOm. SX. to wor|schipe in the feeste day. Therfore thes camen to Philip, that was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and preieden him, seyinge, Sire, we wolenwolden V. se Jhesu. Philip cometh, and seith to Andrew; eft Andrew and Philip seiden to Jhesu. Sothli Jhesu answeride to hem, seyinge, The our cometh, that mannis sone be clarified. Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, noOm. X. butbut if X. athe MPQSW. corn of whete fallinge in to the erthe schalschulde T. be deed, it dwellith aloone; sothli if it schal be deed, it bring|ithbryngith forth Q. moche fruyt. He that loueth his soule, `that is, lyfOm. X., schalhe schal MQTY. leese it; and he that hatith his soule, `that is, lyfOm. ASX. that is, his lijf V pr. m., in this world, kepith it in to euerelasting lyf. If ony man seruithserue A pr. m. GMNPQTWXY. to me, sue he me; and where I am, there and myOm. Y. mynystre, `or seruantOm. SX., schal be. If ony man schal mynistre to me, my fadir schal worschipe himhym, that is, in heuenes X.. Now my soule is troublid, and what schal I seye? Fadir, saue me fro this our; but for that thing I cam in to this our; fadir, clarifie thi name. Therfore a vois cam fro heuene, seyinge, And I haue clarified, and eftȝit A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTXY. Om. V. I schal clarifie. Therfore the cumpany that stood, and herde, seide, thundir tofor to A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. be maad; othere men seiden, an aungel spak to him. Jhe|su answeride, and seide, This vois cam not for me, but for ȝou. Now is dom of the world, now the prince of this world schal be cast out. And if I schal be en|haunsid fro the erthe, I schal drawe alle thingis to my silf. Sothli `he seide this thingthis thing he seide MPXY., signifiynge bi what deeth he was to deiyngedye A pr. m. GMNPQTWXY.. The cumpany answeride to him, We han herd of the lawe, forOm. T. Crist dwellith `in toOm. G pr. m. TXY. with outen ende; and hou seist thou, It bihoueth mannis sone forOm. SX. to be arerid? Who is this mannis sone? Therfore Jhesu seith to hem, Ȝit aOm. Q. litil liȝt is in ȝou; walkewake T. ȝe, the while ȝe han liȝt, that derknessis catche `not ȝouȝou not GMPXY.; and he that wandrith in derknessis, woot nere whidur he goth. The while ȝe han liȝt, `byleue ȝeOm. K. `in toOm. K. in QW pr. m. liȝtthe liȝt V. Om. K., that ȝe be the sones of liȝt. Jhesu spak thes thingis, and wente, and hidde him fro hem. Sothli whanne he hadde don so manye signes, `or myraclisOm. MPQSWX., byfore hem, thei bileueden not in toOm. MPQSW. him; that the word of Ysaie, the prophete, schulde be fillidfulfild A pr. m. GMNPSTWXY., which he seide, Lord, who bileuede to oure heer|ing, and to whom is the armarm, or miȝt Q. of `the LordGod MNPQTXY. schewid? Therfore thei myȝten not bileue, for efteftsone G sec. m. M. Ysaye seide, He hath blyndid her yȝen, and he hath `endurid, or maad hardhardid X., the herte of hem, that thei se not with yȝen, and vndirstonde notOm. MPQTWXY. with herte; and that thei be con|uertid, `or al turnedOm. X., and I heele hem. Ysaie seid thes thingis, whanne he syȝ the glorie of hym, and spak of him. Ne|theles and of the princes manye bileueden in toOm. Q, him, but for the Farisees theithat T. knowlechiden not, that thei schulden not be cast out of the synagoge; forsothefor N. thei loueden the glorie of men, more than the glorie of God. Forsothe Jhesu cryede, and seide, He that bileueth in to me, bileueth notnot only Q. in to me, but in to him that sente me. He that seeth me, seeth him that sente me. IOm. Y. liȝt cam inOm. W. to thethis Q. world, that ech manOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. that bileueth in to me, dwelle not in derknessis. And if ony man schal heere my wordis, and `schal not kepekepe hem QW pr. m., I deme `not himhim not GXY.; forsoth I cam not, that I deem the world, but that I make the world saf. He that dispisith me, and takith not my wordis, hath him that schal iuge him; the word that I haue spoken, that schal deme him in the laste day. For I haue noȝt spokun of my silf, but the fadir, that sente me, ȝafhe ȝaf GMNPQTXY. to me a maundement, what I schal seie, and what I schal speke. And I woot, for his maundement is euerelasting lyf; therfore tho thingisOm. T. that I speke, as the fadir seide to me, so I speke.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsothe bifore the feeste day of pask Jhesu witinge, for his our cometh, that he passe ofouer K. this world to the fadir, whanne he haddeOm. Q. loued hise that weren in the world, in to the ende he louede hem. And the souper maad, whanne the deuel hadde sent now in to the herte of Judas, `that JudasOm. QSW. of Symount Scarioth schuldethat he shulde Q. that Judas schulde S. bi|traye him, he witinge forthat Q. the fadur ȝaf alle thingis to him in to hondishis hondis G sec. m. MPQW., and that he wente out fro God, and goth to God, risith fro the souper, and puttith his clothis; and whanne he hadde takun a lynnen cloth, he bifore girde him. Aftir|ward he sente water in to a basyn, and bigan forOm. SX. to waische disciplishis disciplis GMPQSWXY. feet, and to wype with the lynnen cloth, with whichthe whiche Q. he was biforeOm. QW pr. m. gird. Therfore he cam to Symount Petre, and Petre seith to him, Lord, `waischist thouwhat thou waschist M. to me the feet? Jhesu answeride, and seide to him, What thingis I do, thou woost not now; forsothe thou schalt wite aftirward. Petre seith to him, Thou schalt not waische to me theOm. M. feet, in to with outen ende. Jhesu answeride to him, If I schal not waische thee, thou schalt not haue part with me. Symount Petre seith to him, Lord, not oonly my feet, but and themyn Q. hondis and the heed. Jhesu seide to him, He that is waischun, hath no nede noOm. QW pr. m. but that he waische the feet, but he is clene al; and ȝe ben clene, but not alle. Forsothe he wistewiste wel MPTXY., who schulde bitraye him; therfore he seide, Ȝe ben not clene alle. Therfore aftir that he waischidehad waschen Q. wesh SX. the feet of hem, he took his clothis; and whanne he hadde restid aȝen, eft he seide to hem, `Ȝe witenȜe wyten not V. Wyten ȝe W. what I haue done to ȝou. Ȝe clepen me maistir and lord, and ȝe seyn wel; forsoth I am. Therfore if I, lord and maistir, haue waische ȝoure feet, and ȝe `owen toschulen GMNPQSTWXY. waische another the totherisotheres SX. feet; forforsothe S. I haue ȝouun ensaumpleexsaumple SW. to ȝou, that as I haue don to ȝou, so and ȝe do. Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, the seruaunt is not more than his lord, neither apostle isOm. Q. moreOm. Q. than he that sente him. If ȝe witen thes thingis, ȝe schulen be blessid, if ȝe schulen do hem. I seie not of alle ȝou, I woot whichethe whiche A pr. m. GMNPTY. whom Q. I haue chosun; but that the scripture be fillidfulfilde GMNPQSTWXY., He that etith my breed, schal reyse his heele aȝens me. Treuli, treuliOm. N., I seie to ȝou, bifore itthat it N. be don, thatthat ȝe trowe N. whanne it `schal beis N. don, `ȝe bileueOm. N. forthat N. I am. Treuli, treuli, I seye to ȝou, he that taketh whom euere I schal sende, receyueth me; forsothe he that re|ceyueth me, receyueth him that sente me. Whanne Jhesu hadde seid thes thingis, he was troblidturblid G pr. m. MP. `in spirit, andOm. G pr. m. MPQTXY. witness|ideOm. G pr. m. MPQTXY. made protestacioun, or witnessede N., and seide, Treuli, treuli I seie to ȝou, oonfor oon MPQTVWXY. of ȝou schal bitraye me. Therfore the disciplis lokiden to gidere, doutynge of whom he seide. Therfore oon of his disciplis was restinge in the bosum of Jhesu, whom Jhesu louede. Therfore Symount Petre bekenyde to him, and seith to him, Who is it, of whichthe whiche A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTY. whom G sec. m. SW. he seith? And so whanne he hadde restid aȝen on the brest of Jhesu, he seith to him, Lord, who is it? Jhesu answeride, He it is, to whom I schal dresse breed dipped yn. And whanne he had `dippid ynindippid MPQSW. breedbreed, or wett [it Q] in wyn G sec. m. Q., he ȝaf to Judas of Symount Scariot. And aftir the morsel, thanne Sathanas entride in to him. And Jhesu seith to him, What thingthingis A sec. m. MNPST. thou dost, do thouthou it QW pr. m. it X. sunnere. For|soth no man sittingeof sittinge AGMPQTW. of the sittende SX. of the sittinge V at theOm. AQVY. mete wiste this thing, to what thing he seide to him. Forsothe summe gessiden, for Judas hadde pursis, that Jhesu hadde seid to him, Bye thou tho thingis, that ben nedeful to vs at the feeste day, or that he schulde ȝyuehaue ȝouen Q. sum thing to nedy men. Therfore whanne he hadde take the morsel, he wente out a non; forsoth it was nyȝt. Therfore whanne he hadde gon out, Jhesu seide, Now mannis sone is clarified, and God is clarified in him. If God is clarified in him, and God schal clarifye him in him silf, and a non he schal clarifie him. Litil sones, ȝit a litil I am with ȝou; ȝe schulen seke me, and, as I seide to the Jewis, Whidur I go, ȝe mown not come; and to ȝou I seie now. I ȝyue to ȝou a newe maundement, that ȝe loue to gidere, as I louede ȝou, that and ȝe loue to gedere. In this thing alle men schulen knowe, forthat S. ȝe ben my disciplis, if ȝe `schulen hauehaue Q. loueloued Q. to gidere. Symount Petre seith to hym, Lord, whidir goist thou? Jhesu answeride, Whidir I go, thou maistmyȝt W. not sue me now, but thou schalt sue aftir|ward. Petre seith to him, Whi may I not sue thee now? I schal putte my soule, `that is, lyfthat is, my lijf G sec. m. PW. Om. SX., for thee. Jhesu answeride, Thou schalt putte thi soule, `that is, lyfthat is, thi lijf G sec. m. PW. Om. X., for me? Treuli, treuliOm. M., I seie to thee, the koc schal not crowe, tilto Q. thou schalt denye me thries.

 CAP. XIV.

And he seith to his disciplis, The chapter commences here in AGMNPQSTWXY.Be not ȝoure herte disturbliddistroublid VWY. disturbid X., netherne MPQTWXY. drede it; ȝe bileuen in toOm. Q. God, and bileue ȝe in toOm. Q. me. In the hous of my fadir ben many dwellingis; if any thing lesse, I haddeschulde haue G pr. m. MNPX. seid to ȝou, for I go forOm. TVX. to make redy to ȝou a place. And ifOm. T. I schalOm. NS. gogo aweie A pr. m. GMNPSTWY., and schal make redy to ȝou a place, eftsoone I schalOm. MPQTWXY. come, and I schal take ȝou to my silf, that where I am, and ȝe be. And whidur I go, ȝe witen, and ȝe witen the wey. Thomas seith to him, Lord, we witen not whidur thou goist, and hou mown we wite thethis A sec. m. K. weye? Jhesu seith to him, I am weye, treuthe, and lyf; no man cometh to the fadir, no but by me. If ȝe hadden knowen me, sothli ȝeand ȝe K. hadden knowen and my fadir; and aftirward ȝe schulen knowe him, and ȝe han seyn him. Philip seith to him, Lord, schewe to vs the fadir, and it suffisith to vs. Jhesu seithseide X. to him, So moche tyme I am with ȝou, and han ȝe not knowun me? Philip, he that seeth me, seeth and the fadir. Hou seist thou, Schewe to vs the fadir? Bileuest `not thouthou not GMPQTVWXY., for I amOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPTY. in the fadir, and the fadir is in me? I speke not of my silf the wordis that I speke to ȝou; sothli the fadir dwellinge in me, he doith the workis. Beleue ȝe not, for I amOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPTXY. in the fadir, and the fadir is in me? Ellis bileue ȝe for thilkethe S. tho X. ilke Y. workis. Treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, he that bileueth inOm. Q. toOm. QXY. me, and he schal do the workis that I do; and he schal do morethe more SX. workis thanof SX. theshem X., for I go to the fadir. And what euere thing ȝe schulen axe the fadir in my name, I schal do this thing, that the fadir be glo|rified in the sone. If ȝe schulen axe ony thing in my name, I schal do it. If ȝe louen me, `kepe ȝekepith SX. my comaundementismaundementis XY.. And I schal preie the fadir, and he schal ȝyue to ȝou another coumfortour, `the spirit of treutheOm. GMXY., that he dwelle with ȝou into with outen ende; whichthe spirit of treuthe, whiche GMXY. spirit the world may not take, for it seeth `not himhim not GMXY., nei|ther woot him. Forsothe ȝe schulen knowe himOm. G pr. m. T., for he schal dwelle at ȝou, and he schal be in ȝou. I schal not leeue ȝou fadirlees, I schal come to ȝou. Ȝit a litil, and the world seeth not `me nownow me GK pr. m. MPXY.; forsoth ȝe schulen se me, for I lyue, and ȝe schu|len lyue. In that day ȝe schulen knowe, for I am in my fadir, and ȝee in me, and I in ȝou. He that hath my comaunde|mentismaundementis XY., and kepith hem, he it is that loueth me; sothli he that loueth me, schal be loued of my fadir, and I schal loue him, and I schal schewe to him my silf. Judas seith to him, not he of Scarioth, Lord, what is don, for thou art to scheweshewinge A sup. ras. V. to vs thi silf, and not to the world? Jhesus answeride, and seide to him, If ony man loueth me, he schal kepe my wordwordis XY.; and my fadir schal loue him, and we schulen come to him, and we schulen make dwell|ingea dwellyng G sec. m. M. at him. He that loueth me not, kepith not my wordis; and the word whichthe which A pr. m. GNTY. ȝe han herd, is not myn, but his that sente me, the fadris. Thes thingis I haue spokun `to ȝouOm. K., dwellinge at ȝou; forsoth the Hooly Gost, coumfortour, whom the fadir schal sende in my name, he schal teche ȝou alle thingis, andand he AV. schal schewe, `or remembreOm. AG pr. m. MNPQTXY., to ȝou alle thingis, what euer thingisthing T. Om. MW. I schal seye to ȝou. Pees I leeue toOm. V. ȝou, my pees I ȝyue to ȝou; not as the world ȝyueth, Ischal I G pr. m. Y. ȝyue to ȝou; be not ȝoure herte disturblidtrublid ATXY. turblid G pr. m. disturbid S. distroublid V., nei|therne MPQTWXY. drede it. Ȝe han herd, for I seide to ȝou, I go, and come to ȝou. If ȝe louedyn me, forsoth ȝe schulden `haue ioyeioye MW., for I go to the fadir, for the fadir is more than I. And now I haue seid to ȝou, bifore it be don, that whanne it schal be don, ȝe bileue. Now I schal not speke many thingis to ȝou; forsoth the prince of this world cometh, and he hath not `ony thing in mein me ony thing MXY.. But that the world knowe, for I loue the fadir, and as the fadir ȝaf co|maundement to me, so I do. Ryse ȝe, go we hennis.

 CAP. XV.

I am a verri vyne, and my fadir is an erthe tilier. Ech syoun, `or brauncheOm. X., not berynge fruit in me, he schal do `a wey itit awey GMPXY.; and ech that berith fruit, he schal purge it, that it `more berebere more GMPQXY. fruit. Now ȝe ben clene, for the word that I haue spokun to ȝou. Dwell ȝe in me, and I in ȝou; as a braunchesyoun, or [a W] braunch AGMNPQTWY. sioun SX. may not make fruit of himit A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. silf, noOm. Q. butbut ȝif MQ. it schalOm. Q. dwelle in the vynevyne tree A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., so nether ȝe, noOm. G sec. m. QW pr. m. but ȝeif ȝe A pr. m. MNPQTXY. schulen dwelle in me. I am athe QW pr. m. XY. vynevyne tree A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., ȝe benOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. theOm. V. braunchissyouns, or braunchis A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. siounes SX.. HeWho A pr. m. GMNPQSTWX. that dwellith in me, and I in him, this berith moche fruit, for with outen me ȝe mown no thing do. If ony man schal not dwelle in me, he schal be sent out as a braunchesyoun A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., and schal wexe drye; and thei schulen gadere him, and thei schulen sende him in to theOm. SV. fier, and he brenneth. If ȝe schulen dwelle in me, and my wordis schulen dwelle in ȝou, what euere thing ȝe schulen wilne, ȝe schulen axe, and it schal be do to ȝou. In this thing my fadir is clari|fied, that ȝe brynge moost fruyt, and ȝe be maad my disciplis. As my fadir lou|ede me, and I louyde ȝou; dwelle ȝe in my loue. If ȝe schulen kepe my comaunde|mentismaunde|mentes GMXY., ȝe schulen dwelle in my loue; as and I haue kept the comaundementismaundementes GMXY. of my fadir, and I dwelle in his loue. Thes thingis I spak to ȝou, that my ioye be in ȝou, and ȝoure ioye be fillidfulfillid A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY.. This is my comaundement, that ȝe loue to gidere, as I louede ȝou. No man hath more loue than this, that ony man putte his soule, `that is, lyfOm. MPQSX. that is, his lijf W., for his frendis. Ȝe ben my frendis, if ȝe schulen do thothe AMNPSW. thes T. thingis, that I comaundecomaundide Q. toOm. M. ȝou. Now I schal not seye ȝou seruauntis, for the seruaunt woot not, what his lord schal do; forsothe I haue seid ȝou frendis, for alle thingis what euere I herde of my fadir, I haue maad knowun to ȝou. Ȝe han not chosun me, but I chees ȝou; and `I haueOm. A pr. m. G pr. m, MNPQSTXY. haue W. put ȝou, that ȝe go, and bryngebring forth S. fruit, and ȝoure fruit dwelle; that what euere thing ȝe schulen axe the fadir in my name, he ȝyue to ȝou. Thes thingis I comaunde to ȝou, that ȝe loue to gidere. If the world hatithhate AGMNPQSTWX. ȝou, wite ȝe, for it hadde me in hate first than ȝou. If ȝe hadden be of the world, the world schulde loue that thing that was his; but for ȝe ben not of the world, but I chees ȝou frofor A. the world, therfore the world hatith ȝou. Haue ȝe mynde ofon MPXY. my word, whichthe which AGMPQSTWY. that X. I seide to ȝou, The seruaunt is not more than his lord. If thei han pursuwed me, and thei schulen pursue ȝou; if thei han kept my word, and thei schulen kepe ȝoure. But thei schulen do to ȝou alle thes thingis for my name, for thei witen not him that sente me. If I hadde not come, and hadde not spoke towith W pr. m. hem, thei schulden not haue synne; forsoth now thei han notnoon Q. excusa|ciounexcusing AX. of her synne. He that hatith me, hatith and my fadir. If I hadde not don werkis in hem, whichethe which A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. non othir man dide, thei schulden not haue synne; for|soth now and thei han seyn, and hatidhatiden GMPSVWXY. me and my fadir. But that the word be fillidfulfild A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., that is writun in `the lawe of hemȝoure lawe GMNPQTWY. the lawe S. her lawe X., For thei hadden me in hate with outen cause, `or freelyOm. AGMNPQSTWXY.. Forsoth whanne the cumfortour schal come, whichthe which A pr. m. GMNPQTWXY. I schal sende to ȝou fro themy N. fadir, a spirit of treuthe, theOm. VX. whiche procedithprecedeth N., `or cometh forthOm. X., of the fadir, he schal bere witness|ing of me; and ȝe schulen bere witnessing, for ȝe ben with me fro the bigynnyng.

 CAP. XVI.

Thes thingis I haue spokun to ȝou, that ȝe ben not sclaundrid. Thei schulen makemake, or do GQW pr. m. Y. do X. ȝou with oute synagogis, but the our cometh, that ech man that sleeth ȝou, deme him silfOm. GMNPQSTVWXY. forOm. SX. to ȝyue sacrificeseruise AGMNPQSTVWXY. to God. And thei schulen do to ȝou thes thingis, for thei han not knowe the fadir, nethir me. But thes thingis I spak to ȝou, that whanne the our of hem schal come, ȝe haue mynde, for I seide to ȝou. I seide not to ȝou thes thingis fro the bigynnyng, for I was with ȝou. And now I go to him that sente me, and no man of ȝou askithaxith plures. me, Whidur `thou goistgoyst thou MPQSWX.? but for I haue spokyn to ȝou thes thingis, sorwe, `or heuynesseOm. X., hath fulfillid ȝoure herte. But I seie to ȝou treuthe, it sped|ith to ȝou, that I go; sothli if I schal not go awey, the coumfortour schal not come to ȝou; forsoth if I schal go a wey, I schal sende hym to ȝou. And whanne he schal come, he schal reproue the world of synne, and ofOm. W. riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisenesse AGMNPQSTWXY., and of dom. For|sothe of synne, for thei han not bileuyd in to me; forsothesothely A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. of riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisenesse AGMNPQSTWXY., for I go to the fadir, and now ȝe schulen not se me; forsothe of dom, for the prince of this world is now demyd. Ȝit I haue many thingis forOm. SX. to seie to ȝou, but ȝe mown not bere now. Sotheli whanne `the ilkethilke W pr. m. that X. spirit of treuthe schal come, he schal teche ȝou al treuthe; sothli he schal not speke of him self, but what euere thingis he schal heere, he schal speke; and heOm. N. schal telle to ȝou the thingis that ben to com|yngecome A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY.. He schal clarifie me, for of myne he schal take, and schal telle to ȝou. Alle thingis, what euerekin A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. thingis the fadir hath, ben myne; therfore I seide to ȝou, for of myne he schal take, and schalOm. G pr. m. MNPSXY. telle to ȝou. A litil, and now ȝe schulen not se me; and efteftsone AGMNQSTWXY. a litil, and ȝe schulen se me, for I go to the fadir. Therfore summe of his dis|ciplis seiden to gidere, What is this thing that he seith to vs, A litil, and ȝe schulen not se me; and efteftsone AGMNPQSTWXY. a litil, and ȝe schulen se me, for I go to the fader? Therfore thei seiden, What is this, that he seith to vs, A litel? we witen not what he spekith. Forsothe Jhesu knew, for thei wolden axe him, and he seide to hem, Of this thing ȝe seken a mong ȝou, for I seide, A litil, and ȝe schulen not se me; and efteftsone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. a litel, and ȝe schulen se me. Treuli, treuli, I seye to ȝou, for ȝe schulen morne and wepe, forsothe the world schal enioye; forsothe ȝe schulen be sorwful, but ȝoure sorwesorwe, or heuynesse AGMNPQSTY. heuynesse, or sorowe W. schal turne in to ioye. Sothly a womman whanne sche berith child, hath sorwesorwe, or heuynesse AGNPQTY., for hir our cometh; forsothe whanne sche hath borun a sone, now sche thenkith not onof SQW pr. m. XY. the `pressure, or chargepressure, or peyne MPQSW. pressure X., for ioye, for a man is borun in to the world. And ther|fore ȝe han now sorwe, sothli efteftsone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. I schal se ȝou, and ȝoure herte schal enioye, and no man schal take fro ȝou ȝoure ioye. And in that day ȝe schulen not axe me ony thing; treuli, treuli, I seie to ȝou, if ȝe schulen axe the fadir `ony thingOm. T. in my name, he schal ȝyueȝiue it MPXY. to ȝou. Til now ȝe axiden not ony thing in my name; `axe ȝeaxeth X., and ȝe schulen take, that ȝoure ioye be ful. I haue spokun to ȝou thes thingis in prouerbis, `or derkeOm. X. saumplisensaumplis AGMPTWY. exsaumplis S. Om. X.; the our cometh, whanne now I schal not speke to ȝou in prouerbis, but opynly of my fadir I schal telle toOm. G pr. m. Y. ȝou. InOm. Q. that day ȝe schu|len axe in my name; andand now GMPXY. I seie notOm. MPW sec. m. XY. to ȝou, for I schal preye the fadir forof A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. ȝou; forsothe heOm. QW pr. m. the fadir loueth ȝou, for ȝe han loued me, and han bileuyd, for I wente out fro God. I wente out fro the fadir, and I cam in to the world; eft|soones I leeue the world, and IOm. G. go to the fadir. His disciplis seyensaiden A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. to him, Lo! now thou spekist opynli, and thou seist no prouerbe. Now we witen, for thou wost alle thingis; and it is nonot A pr. m. G pr. m. NTVW pr. m. Y. nede to thee, that ony man axe thee. InAnd K. this thing we bileuen, for thou wentist out froof X. God. Jhesu answeride to hem, Now ȝe bileuen. Lo! the our cometh, and now it cometh, that ȝe be disparplid, `or sca|teridOm. X., ech in to his owne thingis, and leeue me aloone; and I am not aloone, for the fadir is with me. Thes thingis I haue spokun to ȝou, that ȝe haue pees in me; in the world ȝe schulen haue press|ing, `or ouerleyingOm. QX., but `triste ȝetristeth X., I haue ouercome the world.

 CAP. XVII.

`Jhesu spak thes thingisThese th. Jh. sp. MPXY., and the yȝen liftliftid X. vp inOm. TY. to heuene, he seide, Fadir, the our cometh, clarifie thi sone, that thi sone clarifie thee. As thou hast ȝouun to him power of ech fleisch, `or manOm. X., that al thing that thou hast ȝouun to hym, he ȝyue to hem euerlasting lyf. ForsotheFor N. this isOm. N. euerlasting lyf, that thei knowe thee aloone verry God, and whom thou sentist, Jhesu Crist. I haue clarifyed thee on erthethe erthe A pr. m. OTVY., I haue endid the werk, that thou hast ȝouun to me, that I do. And now, fadir, clarifie thouOm. QSW. me at thi silf, with clerenessecleennesse Q. the cleernesse S. that I hadde at thee, bifore the world was maad. I haue schewid thi name to theOm. X. men, whichewhom MPXY. thou hast ȝouun to me of the world; thei weren thine, and thou hast ȝouun hem to me, and thei han kept thi word. And now thei han knowun, for alle thingis that thou hast ȝouun to me, ben of thee. For the wordis that thou hast ȝouun to me, I ȝaf to hem; and thei han takun, and han knowun verili, for I wente out fro thee; and thei bileuyden, for thou sentist me. I preie for hem, not for the world, but for hem, that thou hast ȝouun to me, for thei ben thine. And alle myne thingis ben thine, and thin thingis ben myne; and I am clarified in hem. And now I am not in the world, and thes ben in the world, and I come to thee. Hooli fadir, kepe hem in thy name, whichewhom GMNPQTXY. thou `hast ȝouunȝauest GMNPQTW. ȝeue SXY. to me, that thei be oon, as and we. Whanne I was with hem, I kepte hem in thi name; whichewhom GMNPQTXY. thou `hast ȝouunȝauest GMNPQTW. ȝeue SXY. to me, I kepte, and no man of hem perischide, noOm. QX. but the sone of perdicioun, or damp|nacioun, that the scripture be fillidfulfild A pr. m. GMNPSTWXY.. For|sothe now I come to thee, and `I speke thes thingisthese thingis I speke MPXY. in the world, that thei haue my ioye fillidfulfild A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. in hem silf. I ȝaf to hem thi word, and the world hadde hem in hate; for thei ben not of the world, as andOm. A pr. m. G pr. m. I am not of the world. I preie not, that thou take a weyOm. G pr. m. TXY. hem froof G pr. m. MPQTXY. the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel. Thei ben not of the world, as andOm. G pr. m. I am not of the world. Halwe thou hem in treuthe; thi word is treuthe. As thou sentistsendist K. me in to the world, and I sente hem in to the world. And I halwe my silf for hem, that and thei be halwid in treuthe. Sotheli I preie not oonli for hem, but and for hem that ben to bileuyngebeleue AGMNPQSTWXY. in to me bi the word of hem; that alle theiOm. AGMNPQSTWXY. be oon, as thou, fadir, in me, and I in thee, that and thei in vs be oon; that the world bileue, forthat N. thou hast sent me. And I haue ȝouun to hem the clerenesse, that thou hast ȝouun to me, that thei be oon, as and we ben oon; I in hem, and thou in me, that thei be endid inin to AGMNPQSTVWXY. oon; and that the world knowe, that thou sentist me, and hast louyd hem, asas and GMPQSW. thou hast louyd andOm. GMPQSW. me. Fadir, I wole that and thei whichewhom GMNPQTXY. thou `hast ȝouunȝauest A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. ȝeue SX. to me, be with me where I am, that thei se my cleernesse, thatwhiche MPSW. thou hast ȝouun to mein to K.; for thou louedist me bifor the makinge of the world. `Riȝtful fadirFadir iust, or riȝtful A pr. m. GMNPQSTWY. Fader iust X., the world knew `not theethee not MPXY., for|sothefor Q. I knewknowe T. thee, and thes knowenknewen AGMNPSTVW., for thou sentist me. And I haue maad thi name knowe to hem, and schal make knowe; that the loue by which thou hast loued me, be in hem, and I in hem.

 CAP. XVIII.

Whanne Jhesu hadde seid thes thingis, he wente out with his disciplis ouer the strond of Cedron, where was a ȝerd, `or a gardynOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY., in to which he entride, and his disciplis. Sothli and Judas, that bitrai|ede him, wiste the place, for ofte Jhesu cam to gidere thidur with his disciplis. Therfore whanne Judas hadde takun a cumpany of kniȝtis, andOm. Q. and mynistris W pr. m. of theOm. MSW. bischopis and Pharisees mynystris, he camcam thidur A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. with lanternis, and brondis, and armysarmeres S.. And soOm. V. Jhesu witinge alle thingis that weren to comyngecome GMNPQSTWXY. onvpon GMNPTWY. Om. Q. himOm. Q., wente forth, and seith to hem, Whom seken ȝe? Thei answeriden to him, Jhesu of Nazareth. Jhesu seithseide Q. to hem, I am. Forsoth and Judas that bitrayede hym, stood with hem. Therfore as he seide to hem, I am, thei wenten a bak, and felden doun in to erthethe erthe MPQTWXY.. EftEftsone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. he axideseide to S. hem, Whom seken ȝe? Forsoth thei seiden, Jhesu Nazarenof Nazaren K pr. m. W pr. m. of Nazareth X.. He answeride to hem, I seide to ȝou, for I am; therfore if ȝe seken me, suffre ȝe thes tofor to MPQTWY. go a wey. That the word whichthe which A pr. m. GMPTWY. he seide schulde be fillidfulfild A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., For I loste not ony of hem, whichethe which A pr. m. GMNPQSTWY. thou hast ȝouun to me. ForsotheTher|fore A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. Symount Petre hauynge a swerd, drouȝ itOm. K. out, and smot the ser|uaunt of the bischop, and kitte of his litilOm. W pr. m. riȝt eere. Forsothe theOm. X. name ofto MQSVW. the seruaunt was Malkus. Therfore Jhesu seideseith XY. to Petre, Sende thouOm. X. the swerd in to the schethe; wolt thou not, that I drynke thilkethat X. cuppe, that my fadir ȝaf to me? Therfore the cumpany of knyȝtis, and theOm. K. tribune, and the mynystris of Jewis, token Jhesu, and bounden him, and ledden him `first to Annasto Annas first K.; sothli he was fadirthe fader G sec. m. MPSW. of CayphasCaifasis X. wyf, that was bischop of that ȝeer. Sothli it was Cayphas, that ȝaf counceil to the Jewis, that it spedith oa T. man forOm. QSW sec. m. X. to deie for the peple. Ther|foreForsothe A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. Symount Petre suede Jhesu, and another disciple; forsoth thilkethat X. disciple was knowun to the bischop. And he en|tride yn with Jhesu, in to the halle of the bischop; sothly Petre stood at the dore withoute forth. Therfore the tothirother SX. dis|ciple, that was knowun to the bischop, wente out, and seide to the womman kep|inge the dore, and ledde yn Petre. Ther|fore the handmaydehandmaiden AGMNPQSWXY., kepere of the dore, seide to Petre, WherWhether X. and thou art of the disciplis of this man? He seide, I am not. Forsoth the seruauntis and mynys|tristhe ministris AGMNPSW sec. m. stooden at the colis, for it was coold, and thei warmyden hem; sothli and Petre was with hem, stondinge and warmynge him. Therfore the bischop axide Jhesu of his disciplis, and of his teching. Jhesu answeride to him, I haue spokun opynly to the world; I tauȝte euereeuer more A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. in theOm. M. syna|goge, and in theOm. M. temple, whidur alle the Jewis camen to gidere, and in priuypreuyte G sec. m. MPSW sec. m. I spak no thing. What axist thou me? axeaxe ȝe W pr. m. hem that herden, what I haue spokun to hem; lo! thei witen, what thingis I haue seyd. Whanne he hadde seid thes thingis, oon of the mynystris stondinge nyȝ, ȝaf a boffat to Jhesu, sey|inge, Answerist thou so to the byschop? Jhesu answeride to him, If I haue spokun yuele, bere thou witnessing of yuel; sothli if wel, whi smytist thou me? And Annas sente him boundun to Cayfas, theOm. AG pr. m. NTXY. bischop. Forsothe Symount Petre was stondynge and warmynge him; therfore thei seiden to him, WherWhether X. and thou art his disciple? He denyede, and seyde, I am not. Oon of the bischopis seruauntis, cosyn of hym, whos litel eere Petre kittidekitte AGMNPQSTWXY. of, seyde, WherWhether X. I syȝ `not theethee not MPY. in the gardynȝerd AGMNPQSTVWXY. with hym? Therfore `eft PetrePetir eftsone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. denyede, and anoon the koc crew. Therfore thei leden Jhesu to Cayfas, in to the moot halle; sothli it was morwetydemorewynge GNPQTY. mornyng MSWX., and thai entriden not in to the moot halle, that thei schulden not be defoylid, but that thei schulden ete paske. Therfore Pilat wente out with oute forth to hem, and seide, What accusing brynge ȝe aȝens this man? Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, If this were notno S. a mys|doer, we haddenhan N. not bitakun hym to thee. Therfore Pilat seith to hem, Take ȝe him, and `deme ȝe himdemeth X., vpaftir GMNPQSTWXY. ȝoure lawe. Therfore thei seyden to him, It is not leefful to vs forOm. SX. to slee ony man; that the word of Jhesu schulde be fillidfulfillid A pr. m. GMNPQSTXY. fullyd W., whichthe which A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. he seide, signyfiynge bi what deeth he was to deiyngedye A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY.. Therfore efteftsone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. Pilate entride in to the moot halle, and clepide Jhesu, and seide to him, Ert thou king of Jewis? Jhesu answeride, and seide to him, Seist thou this thing of thi silf, etheror MQ. outher X. othere seiden to thee of me? Pilat answeride, WherWhether X. I am a Jew? Thi folk and bischopis bytokun thee to me; what hast thou don? Jhesu answeride, My kyng|dom is not of this world; if my kyngdom were of this world, sothly my mynystris schulden stryue, that I schulde not be takun to the Jewis; now forsothe my kyngdom is not of hennisheuenes Y., or of this placeOm. X.. And so Pilat seide to him, `Ther|fore art thou kynga kyng X.? Jhesu answeride, Thou seidistsaist AGMNPQSTVWXY., for I am a kyng. ToI in A pr. m. G sec. m. MNPQTXY. this thing IOm. A pr. m. G sec. m. MNPQTXY. am born, and to this I cam in to the world, that I bere witnessing to treuthe. EchEch man MSW. that is of treuthe, heerith my voys. Pilat seith to him, What is treuthe? And whanne he hadde seid this thing, eftEftsoone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. he wente out to the Jewis, and seide to hem, I fynde no cause inaȝens A pr. m. NG pr. m. MPQTY. aȝen X. him. Forsoth it is aOm. Y. custom to ȝou, that I de|lyuerlefe X. leeue, or delyuer AGMNPQSTWY. oon to ȝou in pask; therfore wolen ȝe `I schal dismyttethat I desmitte T. to ȝou the kyng of Jewis? Therfore thei cryeden efteftsoone A pr. m. GMNPQST WXY. alle, seyinge, Not this, but Barabas. Forsothe Barabas was a theef.

 CAP. XIX.

TherforeTherfore thanne MPQW. Pilat took thanneOm. MPQW. Jhesu, and scourgidescourgide him G sec. m.. And knyȝtis foldinge a crowne of thornes, puttidenputten SX. onto GMNPQSTWXY. his heed, and diden aboute him a cloth of purpur, and camen to him, and seiden, Heyl, kyng of Jewis. And thei ȝauen to hym boffatis. EftEftsoone AGMNPQSTWXY. Pilat wente out, and seide to hem, Lo! I lede him to ȝou with oute forth, that ȝe knowe, for I fynde no cause in him. Therfore Jhesu wente outOm. K., beringe a crowne of thornes, and a clooth of pur|pur. And he seith to hem, Loo! the man. Therfore whanne the bischopis and mynystris hadde seyn him, thei crieden, seyinge, Crucifie, crucifie him. Pilate seith to hem, Take ȝe him, and `crucifie ȝecrucifie ȝe him N. crucifieth X., sothli I fynde no cause in him. The Jewis answeriden to him, We han a lawe, and vponaftir A pr. m. GMNPSWXY. eft A sec. m. QT. the lawe he `owith tooweth W. shal A pr. m. GMNPQTY. deie, for he made him Goddis sone. Therfore whanne Pilat hadde herd this word, he dredde more. And he wentewente in A pr. m. G. in to theOm. W. moot halle efteftsoone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., and seyde to hymJhesu A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY., Of whennus art thou? Forsothe Jhesu ȝaf not answere to him. Pilat seith to him, Spekest thou not to me? Wost thou not, for I haue power forOm. SX. to crucifie thee, and I haue power forOm. SX. to delyuere thee? Jhesu answeride, Thou schuldist not haue ony power aȝens me, noOm. X. butbut if X. it were ȝouuen to thee fro aboue; therfore he that bitookbitrayede M. me to thee, hath the more synne. Ther|of, `or fro thennusOm. X., Pilat souȝte forOm. SX. to delyuere Jhesuhim A pr. m. G MNPQSTVWXY.; forsothe the Jewis cri|eden, seyinge, If thou leeuyst thishim this MPSW. hym thus Q. manOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTVXY., thou ert not frendthe frend S. of Cesar; for ech man that makith him silf kyng, aȝen seith Cesar. Therfore Pilat, whanne he hadde herd thesthe T. wordis, leddedred more and ledde W sec. m. Jhesu forth, and saat for domesman in a place, that is seideOm. MP. Licostratos, in Ebrew forsothesothli W sec. m. Golgatha, inOm. X. and K. `Englisch, place of CaluarieEnglische, the place of Caluarie N. Om. X.. Forsoth it was `the makinge redy, or euyn, of paskthe makynge redi, or euen A sup. ras. the euentide of paske G pr. m. MNPQTW pr. m. XY. euen of paske G sec. m. the making redi, or euentid of pasch S. making redi, ether the euentyde, of paske W sec. m., as the sixte our, `or myddayor vndurne ANQTY Om. SX.. AndOm. V. he seith to the Jewis, Loo! ȝoure kyng. Forsoth thei cryeden, seyinge, Do awey, do awey; crucifie hym. Pilat seith to hem, Schal I crucifie ȝoure kyng? The bischopis answeriden, We han nonot a GMNPQSTWXY. kyng no but Cesar. Therfore thanne Pilat bitook him to hem, that he schulde be crucifyed. Forsothe thei token Jhesu, and leddenledden him Q. out. And he berynge to him silf a cros wente out in to thatthe Q. place, that is seid of Caluarie, in Ebrew Golgatha; where thei crucifieden him, and othereOm. NS. tweyetweyne AV. two GMPSWXY. twei theeues N. with him, onoon on QW. this syde and onoon on QW. thatthis MPQ. syde, forsothe Jhesu the myddil. Forsothe andOm. Q. Pilat wroot a title, and puttideputte AGMNPQSTWXY. on the cross; sothli it was writun, Jhesu Nazaren, kyng of Jewis. Therfore manye of the Jewis radden this title, forforsothe W pr. m. the place where Jhesu wasis GMNPQSTW pr. m. XY. crucifiede, was nyȝ the citee, and it was writen in Ebrew, Greek, and Latyn. Therfore the bischops of Jewisthe Jewes N. seiden to Pilat, Nyle thou write kyng of Jewis, but for he seyde, I am kyng of Jewis. Pilat answeride, That that I haue writen, I haue writen. Ther|fore the knyȝtis whanne thei hadden crucified him, token his clothis, and maden foure partis, to ech knyȝt a part, and a coote. Forsothe the coote was with out seem, and aboue wouun bi al. Therfore thei seiden to gidere, Kitte we not it, but leye we lott, whos it is; that the scripture be fillidfulfild A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., seyinge, Thei partiden my clothis to hem, and in to my cloth thei senten lott. And sothli knyȝtis diden thes thingis. Forsothe bisydis the cross of Jhesu stooden his modir, and `Marie Clea|phe, the sister of his modirthe systir of his modir, Marie Cleophe MQTXY., and Marie Maudeleyn. Therfore whanne Jhesu hadde seyn thehis Q. modir, and the disciple stondinge, whom he louede, he seith to his modir, Womman, lo! thi sone. Aftirward he seith to the disciple, Lo! thi modir. And fro that our the disciple took hire `in toin X. his thingismodre GMNPQSTWY. Om. X.. Aftirward Jhesu witinge, for now alle thingis ben endid, that the scrip|ture schulde be fillidfulfillid A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., he seith, I thirste. Sothli a vessel was putt ful of vynegre. Thei forsothe puttinge aboueaboute AGMNPQSTVWY. with ysope the spounge ful ofOm. P. vynegre, offriden to his mouth. Therfore whanne Jhesu hadde take vynegrethe vinegre AGMNPQSTVWXY., he seide, It is endid. And the heedheued G. bowid doun, he bitookbitoke, or ȝaf GNQTY. the spirit. Therfore forOm. AV. whanne Q. it was theOm. GMNPQTY. `makynge redy of paskpaske euen GMNPQTXY., that the bodies schulde notno K. dwelle in the cross in the saboth, for thatthe ilke A pr. m. GMNPQSWY. day of saboth was greet, the Jewis preieden Pilat, that the hupis of hem schulden be brokun, andand thei schulden be X. takun awey. Therfore knyȝtis camen, and sothlyOm. O. thei braken the thiȝes of the firste, and of the tothirother X., that was crucified with him. Forsothe whanne thei hadden come to Jhesu, as thei syȝen him deed thannenow G sec. m. SW. Om. AGMNPQTXY., thei braken not his thiȝes; but oon of the knyȝtis openyde his sydesides N. with a sper, and a noon bloot and watir wente out. And he that syȝ, bar witnessingwitnessing therof Q., and his witnessing is trewe; and he woot for he seith trewe thingis, that ȝe bileue. Forsothe thes thingis ben don, that the scripture schulde be fillidfulfillid A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., Ȝe schulen not breke, `or make lesseOm. X., a boon of him. And efteftsone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. anothir scripture seith, Thei schulen se in to whom they piȝtenputteden M. putten PSW. thorw. Sotheli aftir thes thingis Joseph of Armathi preiede Pilat, that he schulde take awey the body of Jhesu, for that he was a disciple of Jhesu, forsothe priuey, for the drede of Jewis. And Pilat suffride. Therfore he cam, and took awey the body of Jhesu. Sothli and Nycodeme cam, that hadde come `first to Jhesuto Jhesu first MX. `in thebi O. nyȝt, beringe a medlynge of myrre and aloes, as an hundrid pound. Therfore thei token the body of Jhesu, and bounden it in lynnen clothis with oynementisswete oynementis, or spicis AGMNPSTWY. swete oynementis QX., as it is customthe custome Q. to Jewis forOm. SX. to birye. Sothli in the place wher he was crucified, was a ȝerd, and in the ȝerd a newe graue, in whichthe which A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. not ȝit ony man was put. Therfore thereOm. T. for the `makynge redypask euen M. of Jewis, forfor that MQW pr. m. XY. the grauesepulcre O. was nyȝ, thei puttidenputten SX. Jhesu.

 CAP. XX.

Forsothe in theOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY. oonoon day PW. oo day MS. of the saboth, that is, ofOm. GMNPQSTVWY. the woke, Mary Mawdeleyn `cam erlycam eerly to the graue MPQSW., whanne `derknessis weren ȝitȝit derknessis weren X., `at the graueOm. MPQSW.. And she syȝ the stoon turn|ed aȝen fro the graue. Therfore she ran, and cam to Symount Petre, and to anothir disciple, whom Jhesu louyde, and seith to hem, Thei han take the Lord fro the graue, and we witen not, where thei han put him. Therfore Petre wente out, and thilkethat X. othere disciple, and thei camen to the graue. Forsoth thei tweynetwo MPXY. run|nen to gidere, and thilkethat X. other disciple ran bifore sunner than Petre, and cam first to the graue. And whanne he hadde ynbowyd him, he syȝ the scheetis putt, ne|thelees he entride notnot yn AGMNPQTXY.. Therfore Symount Petre cam suynge hym, and he entride in to the graue, and he syȝ the scheetis putt, and the sudarie that was on his heed, not putt with the scheetis, but by it silf wlappid in to o place. Therfore thanne and thilkethat X. disciple that cam first to the graue, entride, and syȝ, and bileuede. Forsothe thei wisten notnot ȝit A pr. m. GNQSTWXY. the scripture, for it bihofte him forOm. SX. to ryse aȝen fro deede menOm. AG pr. m. MNPQSTXY.. Therfore the disciplis wenten efteftsoone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. to hem selue. ForsothTherfore X. Marie stood at the graue withoute forth wepynge. Therfore whileThe while AGMNPQSTVWXY. she wepte, sche bowide hir, and biheld forth in to the graue. And she syȝ tweytwo MPXY. angelis sittynge in whyt, oon at the heed and oon at the feet, wher the body of Jhesu was putt. Thei seyn to hir, Womman, what wepist thou? She seid to hem, For thei han takun a wey my lord, and I woot not, where thei han putt him. Whanne she hadde seid thes thingis, she wasis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY. turnyd a bak, and syȝ Jhesu stondinge, and wiste not for it was Jhesu. Jhesu seith to hir, Womman, what wepist thou? whom sekist thou? She gessinge for he was a gardener, seith to him, Sire, if thou hast takun him vp, seye to me, where thou hast put him, and I schal take him a wey. Jhesu seithseide A pr. m. GMNPQSTVW. to hir, Marie. She conuertidconuertid, or al turned MP. seith to him, Rab|bony, that is seid, maistir. Jhesu seith to hir, Nyle thou touche me, for I haue not ȝit styȝedascendid, or stied vp A pr. m. GNQTY. ascendid MPSWX. to my fadir; forsothe go to my britheren, and seye to hem, I styestye vp A pr. m. GMNPQSWXY. to my fadir and ȝoure fadir, toand to W. my God and ȝoure God. Mary Mawdeleyn cam, tellinge to disciplisthe disciplis MPQSWXY., For I syȝhaue seyn MPQSWXY. the Lord, and thes thingis he seide to me. Ther|foreOm. G pr. m. MNPQTXY. whanne euentideuen MPQX. was in that day, oonin oon G sec. m. MQ. Om. N. in one P. of the sabotis, and the ȝatis weren schitt, where disciplis weren gederid, for theOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY. drede of Jewisthe Jewes MNPQSTVWXY., Jhesu cam, and stood in theOm. TY. myddel of hemthe disciplis GMPQWXY. disciplis NST., and seideseith AGMNPQSTVWXY. to hem, Pees tobe to K pr. m. ȝou. And whanne he hadde seid this thingOm. S., he schewide to hem hondishis hondes Q. the hondis V pr. m. and theOm. MPV pr. m. W sec. m. syde; therfore the disciplis ioy|eden, the Lord seyn. Therfore he seithseide QWXY. to hem eft, Pees to ȝou; as the fadir sentehath sent G sec. m. MPSW. me, and I sende ȝou. Whanne he hadde seidseide to hem AGMNPQSTWXY. thes thingis, heand he V. blew ynne, and seide, Take ȝe the Hooly Gost; whos synnes ȝe schulen forȝyue, thei ben for|ȝouun; and whos synnesOm. GMNPQSTVXY. ȝe `schulen with|holdeschulen hold A. withholden OW., theiand thei G sec. m. ben withholdun. Forsothe Thomas, oon of the twelue, that is seid Didymus, was not with hem, whanne Jhe|su cam. Therfore othereOm. M. disciplis seiden, We han seyn the Lord. Forsothe he seide to hem, NoOm. X. butBut if X. Iand I W pr. m. schal se in his hondis the ficchingfychyngis SVX. of naylis, and schal sende my fyngrisfyngir AGMPQSTVWX. in to placesthe places G sec. m. MPQSWX. of naylisthe naylis G sec. m. MPSW., and `I schal sendeschal sende AGMNPQSTVW sec. m. Y. myn honde in to his syde, I schal not bileue. And aftir eiȝte dayes efteftsoone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. his disciplis weren with ynne, and Thomas with hem. Jhesu cam, the ȝatis schitt, and stood in the myddel, and seide, Pees to ȝou. Aftirward he seith to Thomas, Bryng yn hidur thi fyngur, and se myn hondis, and bryng to thin hond, and sendsende it G. sende, or putte, it MP. in to my syde, and nyle thou be vnbileueful, but feithful. Thomas an|sweride, and seide to him, My Lord and my God. Jhesu seith to him, Thomas, for thou hast seyn me, thou bileuedist; blessid benOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. thei, that syȝen not, and han bileuyd. Forsothe and `Jhesus dide manye othere signesman. oth. sig. Jh. dide MXY. in the syȝt of his disciplis, whichethe whiche AGMNPQSTWXY. ben not writun in this book. Forsothe thes ben writun, that ȝe bileue, for Jhesu is CristOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY., the sone of God, and that ȝe bileuynge haue lyf in his name.

 CAP. XXI.

Aftirward Jhesu efteftsoone A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. Om. V. schewide him to his disciplis, at the see of TyberiasTyberiadis A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY.. Sothli he schewideschewed him G sec. m. thus. Ther weren to gidere Symount Petre, and Thomas, that is seidOm. G pr. m. Y. Didymus, and Nathanael, that was of theOm. M. Cane of Galilee, and the sones of Zebedee, and tweyetwo MPXY. othere of his disciplis. Sy|mount Petre seith to hem, I go forOm. SX. to fysche. Thei seyn to him, And we comen with thee. And thei ȝedenwenten AGMNPQSTWXY. out, and stiȝ|eden in to a boot. And in that niȝtthing K. thei token nothing. Forsoth the morwe maad, Jhesu stood in the brynke; nethelees theOm. G pr. m. NTXY. disciplis knewen not, for it wasis AGMNPQSTVWXY. Jhesu. Therfore Jhesu seith to hem, ChildrenChilder SY., wherwhether X. ȝe han ony soupynge thing? Thei answeridenanswerden to him N., Nay. He seide to hem, Send ȝe the nett in to the riȝt|half of the rowyng, and ȝe schulen fynde. Therfore thei senten the nett, andanswerden to him N. now thei myȝten not drawe it, for multitude of fyschis. Therfore thilkethat X. disciple, whomthat Q. the whiche MTXY. Jhesu louede, seide to Petre, It is the Lord. Symount Petre, whanne he hadde herd forOm. S. it wasis AGMNPQSTVWXY. the Lord, girte him with a coote, sothli he was nakid, and sente him in to the see. Sothli othere disciplis camen by bootboot, or rowyng A pr. m. GNTY. boot, or rowynge to the lond Q., for thei weren not fer fro the lond, but asas it were A pr. m. S. two hundrid cubitis, drawynge the nett of fischis. Therfore as thei camen doun in to the lond, thei syȝen colis put, and aOm. G pr. m. XY. fysch `put aboueputt vpon G pr. m. NQTWY. putt thervpon G sec. m. MP. put theron S. put on X., andOm. N. breed. Jhesu seith to hym, Brynge ȝe of the fischis, whichethe whiche A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. that X. ȝe han taken now. Symount Petre stiȝede vp, and drowȝ the nett in to the lond, ful of grete fischis, an hundrid fyfti and thre; and whanne thei weren so greetemany A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY., the nett is not brokun. Jhesu seith to hem, Come ȝe, `ete ȝeetith X.. And no man ofOm. G. `the sittingesittyng GNQTY. at metethe mete ANSTWX. durste axe him, Whowhot X. art thou, witinge for it is the Lord. And Jhesu cam, and took breed, and ȝaf to hem, and theOm. QXY. fysch also. Now thisthis is the NW. thridde daytyme, or dai A sup. ras. GNQTY. tyme MPWX. Jhesu is schewid to his disciplis, whanne he `hadde riseroos MNPQTXY. aȝen fro deed menOm. M.. Ther|foreAnd O. whanne thei hadden etyn, Jhesu seith to Symount Petre, Symount of John, louest thou me more than thes donOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY.? He seith to hym, Ȝhe, Lord, thou wost for I loue thee. Jhesu seith to him, Feede thouOm. X. my lambren. Eft he seith to hym, Symount of John, louest thou me? AndOm. AGMNPQSTVWXY. he seith to him, Ȝhe, Lord, thou wost for I loue thee. He seith to him, Feede thou my lambren. He seith to him the thridde tyme, Symount of John, louest thou me? Petre is sorisorie, or heuy A pr. m. GMNPQSTWY., for he seithseide X. to him the thridde tyme, Louest thou me, and he seith to him, Lord, thou wost alle thingis; thou wost for I loue thee. Jhesu seith to him, Feede thouOm. A pr. m. GMNPQSTVWXY. my scheep. Treuli, treuli, I seie to thee, whanne thou were ȝongere, thou girdedistgirdist MNPQWY. girtest SX. thee, and wandrid|est wherewhereuere SX. thou woldist; sothli whanne thou schalt wexe eldere, thou schalt holde forth thin hondis, and anothir schal girde thee, and leede thee whidir thou wolt not. Sothli he seide this thing, signyfyinge by what deeth he was to glorifiyngeglorifie AGMNPQSTWXY. God. And whanne he hadde seid thes thingis, he seith to him, Sue thou me. Petre con|uertidconuertid, or turned MNPSW. syȝ thilkethat X. discipledisciple suynge MPQTWXY., whom Jhesu louede, `and whichand the whiche A pr. m. GMNPQSTWY. that X. restide in the souper on his brest, and heOm. AKMPSW pr. m. X. seide to hym, Lord, who is it, that schal bitraye thee? Ther|fore whanne Petre hadde seyn this dis|cipleOm. A pr. m. GMNPQS TWXY., he seith to Jhesuhim A sec. m. K., Lord, what for|sothe this? Jhesu seith to him, So I wole him dwelleto dwelle SX. tiltil that G sec. m. MPSW. I come, what to thee? sue thou me. Therfore this word wente out among britheren, forthat O. thilkethat X. disciple deyeth not. And Jhesu seide not toof A. him, for he deieth not, but, So I wole him dwelleto dwelle SX. tiltil that G sec. m. MPQSW. I come, what to thee? This is thilkethat X. disciple, that berith witnessing of thes thingis, and wroot thes thingis; and we witen, for his witnessing is trewe. ForsotheAnd O. there ben andOm. QX. manye othere syngnes, `or myraclisOm. X., that Jhesu dide, whichethe whiche A pr. m. GMNPQSTWXY. if thei ben writun by eche by `hem siluehim silf AGMNPQSTVWXY., I demegesse MW. neither the world him silf `to mowemowe A pr. m. GMNPQTWY. to moun X. take thothe M. bookis, that ben to be writunwriten. Amen. N..

 Here endith the gospel of John, and now bigynneth the prolog of Seint Poul to RomaynsHere endith Joon gospelis. G. Heere endith the gospel of Jhesu Crist, aftir the foure euangelistis. M. Here endith the gospel of John euangelist, and bigynneth a prolog on this epistil to Romayns bi Jerom. N. Heere eenden the gospels of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, aftir Matheu, Mark, Luke, and Joon. P. Here endyn the gospelis of Jon after the lettre, and bygynneth the prologe of Poule. Q. Here endith the gospel of Joon. T. Here endith the gospels, and bygynneth Poulis pistils to Romayns. V. Here eendith Joon in the euangelye, and next here aftir bigynneth the prologe stondinge bifore the epistlis that ben seyd to Romayns. W. Heere eendith the gospellis of Jon. Y. No final rubric in ASX.. ROMANS. Here bygynneth the prologe of Jerome in to the episteles of Poule to RomaynesFrom O. The prologe of Poulis pistle to Romayns. G. Prologe to Romayns. K. The prolog of Poule. Q. Prolog. S. Prologus. V. Heere bigynnyth the prologe on Romayns. Y. Here bigynneth a prologe on the pistle to the Romayns. b. No initial rubric in Wa..

The text of this first prologue is printed from S; there is no prologue in AGMPX, but in G a rubric only.FIRST `vndirstonden vs bihouethvs bihoueth vnderstonde OQVab., to whom orether OVab. othir KY. whi the apostil Powil writeth his epistolis. Forsothe it is not to trowen, hymhem QW. `after the gospelis, that benbeth OV. theOm. W. fulfillinge of the lawe, withoute cause toOm. KY. hanhaue KVYab. haf O. writen these epistolis to alle chircheswithout cause etc . . . . . after the gospelles etc. of the lawe O.; most sithen to vs in these epistolis, preceptus and exsaumplesensaumplis KOVYab. of lyuynge `fulliest, orfullokest, ether OV. Om. b. most plente|uouslypleynly Vab., ben defieddesired OVab.. But in the bygynnynge of the kennendekennynge KOVWab. chirche, new causes beendebeynge KOVW., also questiounes to comencomynge KOVWYa. aftir, he excludedeexcludide vp K.; not onli this, the apostil, but also the profetes diden. Forwhi aftir the lawe of Moises ȝoueniȝyue KY., in the whiche all theOm. KQVWYab. maundementis weren contened, theitheiȝ K. profetesOm. OQa pr. m. alsoand W. ceseden not with ther prechinge to thristen doun theOm. O. synnes of the puple, and in bokisthe bookis ab. toof KWYa. oure memorie sendenseide KQWY., in to whom the eendes of the worldusworld KQWY. benbeth QW. comen. He writeth therforeherfore a. to the Romaynes, the whiche beendebeynge KOVWab. summe of Jewis, and summe of paynymes bileeuendebileuynge KOVWab., wolden with proud contencioun vnderpoten either other. The Jewis forsothe seiden, Wee benhan O. beth Y. an holi folc, theOm. K. whiche God fro the bigynnynge hathhan QW. loued, and nurschid; wee ofOm. S. the kinredekynne O. of Abraham, of an holi lynage han descendid; weewe weren ab. deliuered fro Egipt, hanand han ab. passid the drie se on foote; for vs Farao drenchidwas drenchid ab. with his ost, diedeand deide ab.; to vs God manmanna K., `or aungelis meteOm. ob., reynede in desert. And othere thingis thei seiden, that to rehersen were riȝt long; onli heer wee seynseith KQWY., that thilkeilke KWY. Lord, in whichethe whiche KQW. also ȝee ben seenseyn K. seide Q. to beleuen, to vs of the lawe was bihoten. Ȝee forsothe ben `Jentilis, orJentilis ether OV. Om. ab. paynymes, fro the bigynyng forsaken, theOm. OVab. whiche neuere hadden knouleche of God, but euere tothe O. deueles hanhaueth QWY. serued. `Is it whether therforeIt is whether therfore K. Is it therfore O. Whether therfore is it ab. equiteOm. OV., that ȝee, turnedturneden K. that ben turned ab. todai fro maumetismawmetrye W., to vs beȝee be S. to be ab. compa|risouned; and not rathere ȝee be as men turned to the olde lawe, as euere ȝee `han benhaue hem K. in the lawe of Moises? And that same ȝee han,In GKQY the remaining part of this prologue is inserted in the prologue to Luke. for myche merciful is God, the whiche wolde bringe ȝou to oureȝoure V. folowinge. The paynymes, `or Jentilisether Gentyles OVY. Om. ab., aȝeenward answerden, In how myche the grettere benefises ȝee tellentellith KY. abouten ȝou, in so myche ȝee shulen shewe ȝouselfȝour silf O. gilti theof the ab. more blame. For euere to alle these thingis ȝee hanhaueth GQY. ben vnkinde, that aftir `the vois of God herdȝe hadden herd the vois of God ab., forgedenȝe forgiden to ab. ȝouOm. K. mawmetis. The whiche thoȝ ȝee haden not doydo KY., thurȝ that onli synne ȝee myȝtenne myȝte KY. not taken forȝyuenesse, that the `Lord, to ȝouOm. Q. by `profetes voisesprophetis vois K. the voicis of prophetis ab. bihiȝt, not onli ȝee wolden not resceyuen, but also ȝee slowen; whomwhanne Y. hym; whom ab. weeȝe K. vnderfongenvndirfongende S. vndirfenge K., whan of hym to vs no man hadde fornseidforseid GKQY. biforeseid ab.. In hou myche therfore oure feith be betere, clerli it is openschewid ab.. `Forsothe thatThat forsothe GKOQVYab. wee serueden to maumetis, was not ofOm. Y. rebelte, but of ignoraunce. Forsothe where wee knewen the treuthe, anoen wee foleweden, the sones of Abraham; not of fleshli birthe, but of the grace of Crist it was. To these thusthis K. striuendestryuyng GKOQVYab. the apostilapostlis K. putte hym a mene bitwenbitwixe KOVab., shewendeschew|ynge ceteri. to bothe puplesthe puplis ab., neither circumcisioun to ben oȝt, neither `the keptthei kepten K. fleshfleish, that is, prepucie a., but the feith that werkith bi charite; euere forsotheOm. S pr. m. ab. `bi whileamong ab. mekendemekinge GKOQVYab. hemOm. S. bi al the epistil with resownes and wittenesseswitnessinge K., counceilithcounceyles O. and counseilith ab. to onhed, and shewith neithir thurȝ his riȝtfulnesse haue this deserued, but al what euere to be depute to the grace of God; shewendeschewynge ceteri. the Jewis forsothe and the paynymes greuousli to han trespassid, and witendely; the JewisJewis trespassiden ab., for thei biOm. V. breking of the lawe hanhaueth GQY. vnwrshipid God; the Gentilispaynyms trespassiden ab., for thei chaungeden the treuthe of God in to lesinge. ItHere it GK. is axid, whi `he wrotwroot he V. no mo than ten epistolis to chirches? Ten forsothe benbeth GKQY. there ben b. epistolispistlis GK., with thilke that is seid toto the O. Ebrues; for the othere foure to disciples homli weren sent, `or put forthether put forth OY. Om. ab.; for he wolde shewen the newenewe testament ab. `to notnoȝt K. not to ab. not ceteri. discordendiscordi GKY. fro the olde testamentOm. ab., and hymself not to donOm. GK. aȝen the lawe of Moises, ordeynede histhe O. epistolis to the noumbre of the firste maundementusmaundement Q. of theOm. Q. decaloge. And with how manye preceptis hebe GK. Om. ab. Moyses ordeynede Jewisto the Jewis that weren ab. deliueredto be delyuered Q. fro Farao, with riȝt so manye epistolispisteles O. thisthese G. Om. ab. Powil techeth men purchasidypurchasid GKQY. that ben delyuered ab. fro the deuel, and fro theOm. Y. seruage of mawmetrie. Forwhi also the twotwei ceteri. tables of ston to han had figure of the twotwei ceteri. testamentis, riȝtwel leredlerned GKOQVY. men hanhaueth GQY. takenytake GKQY.. The epistil holly thatOm. Y. toto the ab. Ebrues ys writeniwryten QY., `or entitlidOm. ob., to ben noen of Powelis, summe affermenaffermyth GKQY., for so myche that it is not entitlid with his name, and for theOm. a. distauncevariaunce b. of speche, and maner of writinge; butOm. O. orother GKQVY. ether ab. Barnabeis, aftir Tertullian, orother GQY. ether OV ab. Luks, after summe, orother GKQY. ether OVab. certeyn Clementis, the disciple of the apostolis, and aftir hem ordeyned bishop of Rome chirche. To whomwhiche OVb. the whiche a. it is thusOm. ab. to answern. If therfore it is notnot to G. noȝt to K. Powilis epistil, for it hath not his name, eekthanne ab. it shal be noof no S. manes, for with no manes name it is entytlid. The whiche thinge to graunte if it beis K. foulPoule Q. ful Y., hisOm. Q. it is most to be beleuedleeued GKOVYab. to be, that so myche shyneth withOm. V. the eloquence of his doctrine; orother GKQY. ether OVab. certeyn, for that at theOm. a. Ebrues chircheschirche O. he was hadclepid ab. asas a KOVab. destroȝere of the lawe with fals suspecioun, he wolde, his name beendebeynge ceteri. stille, of theOm. V. figures of the lawe, and the treuthe of Crist ȝelde rekenynge; lest happili hate of the prelatisOm. GKQ. name, shulde exclude the profitprophete O. of the lessoun. It is no wnder hollinamely ab. if he be wisere in his owneOm. G. langage, that is Ebru, than inOm. K. a straungestrange tong O. straunge langage ab., that is inOm. O. GrwGreike O., in whiche speche othere epistolis benbeth QY. writene. It moueth also summe men, whi that theOm. K. epistilepistlis GK. ofto ab. Romaynes is put in firstthe bigynnyng ab., sythen resoun openethschewith ab. it to han be writen aftir; for he witnesseth hymself to han writen this epistil, thanne goendegoynge ceteri. to Jerusalem, aftir thanneOm. ab. that heOm. GK. hadde amonestidmonestid Q. with lettris, that werenben ab. epistolis, theof the O. Corintheis and othere, that theiOm. Y. shulden gedere the mynysterye, `or collectother the quylet GKQY. Om. oab. either quylet V., that schulde be born with hym. Wherefore it is toOm. K. vnder|stonde, soso that V. alle the epistolispistlis ab. to ben ordeyned, that thilke firsteOm. ab. shulde be putput first in ordre ab., the whiche to lowere men in lyuyng was sent, and bi `alle, or echealle, other eueryche GKQY. eueryche O. alle, either euerech V. alle ab., epistolis fro gree to gree, thei shulden comen to parfitere thingis. Romaynes sothliforsothe O. riȝt manye weren so vnstedefast, that thei vnderstoden not hemself to be sauid thurȝ Goddis grace, but thurȝ here merytes; and for that twotwey ceteri. puplis shulden notOm. GKQVYb. striuen among hemself, therfore he afermeth hem nedi to be confermed, the vicesvoycis GK. voyce OVb. of her paynymrie rathere myndendevnmyndende S pr. m. myndynge ceteri.. To Corintheis sothlyforsoth O. he seith, the grace of science to be grauntid, and not as wel he blameth hem, as he repreueth whi thei vndernemen not othereech oother ab., whan he seith, Ther is herd amongis ȝou fornycacioun; and eftsoone, My sperit with ȝou `gedered togederegadere Y., takethbitakith ab. suchon to Sathanas. In the secounde epistil, forsothe thei ben preisid, and thatat O. thei profite more and more, thei benbeth QY. counseilid. The men of Galas thanne of no blame benbeth GKQY. repreued, but for thei beleuedenleeuide GKQY. leeueden OV. to felemany ab. false apostolis. EffesienesEphesies oab. hollinamely ab. noen vndernymyng, but mycheOm. ab. preising benbeth GQY. wrthi, for thei keptenkepen K. the feith of the apostolis. The Filipenses sothlyforsothe O. myche more benbeth QY. preisid, forOm. GK. forsothesikirli ab. neitherOm. ab. thei wolden heren falseno false ab. apostolis. TheOm. GK. Tessalony|censis nethelesneuerethelees GKQY. in twotwey ceteri. epistolis with alle preisingpreysinges O. he `sueth forthforsewith G. forschewith KV. forth scheweth O.; for as myche as not only `thei keptenOm. S. `the feith of treutheOm. Vb., vntosmytenOm. O. vnsmyten a., but also in persecucioun of ther citeseynes thei weren founden stable. Colocensis sothli suche weren, that no nede shulden hanfalle ab., that thei shulden be seen fleshli of the apostilapostlis V.. Forsothe to hem he bihiȝte neuere his comynge, to the whiche also he seith, And theyȝ I be absent in bodi, but in spirit I am with ȝou, ioȝendeioyinge ceteri. and seendeseeinge ceteri. ȝoure ordre. Of the Ebrues sothliforsothe O. what shal I seie? Of whom the Thessalonycenses, that gretly benbeth GQY. preisid, benbeth GKQY. seid to be maad foleweres, as he seith, And ȝee, brethern, benbeth GY. maad foloweris off the chircheschirche O. of God, that benbeth GKQY. in Jewerie; the same sothli alsoOm. ab. ȝee hanhaueth QY. suffrid ofalso of a. ȝoure kinrede, that also thei of Jewis. At thilke Ebreues also the same he remembreth, seiendeseiynge thus a. seiynge ceteri., Forwhi also to men bounden ȝee hanhaueth GQY. had compassioun, and raueyn of ȝoure goodis with gladnesse ȝee hanhaueth GQY. suffrid, knowendeknowynge ceteri. ȝou to han betere and dwellendedwellynge ceteri. substaunce.

Here eendeth the prologe, and bygynneth the epistel of Poule to RomaynusFrom O. Heere endith the firste prologe on the pistil to Romayns. a. No final rubric in KQSVWYb.. An other vpon RomaynsNo initial rubric in SV..

Romayns `the whicheOm. KS. inlyueden in V. the cite of Rome lyuedenleueden S. Om. V. in to Jhesu Crist, so ofthat of KS. false apostlis were deprauyd, that vndir the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist in to the olde lawe and circumcisioun thei weren led. Thes reuokith the apo|stle to the verrey and theOm. S. gospels bileue, wrytynge to hem fro A|thenys.

Here endith the prolog, and bi|gynneth epistle to RomaynsHere eendeth the prologe, and bygynneth the epistel of Poule to Romaynus. O. Here eendith the prologis to Romayns, and bigynneth the epistle. W. No final rubric in QVY.. The epistle to RomaynsFrom M. The pistle to Romayns. P. No initial rubric in OQVWXY..CAP. I.

Poul, seruauntthe seruaunte AO. of Jhesu Crist, clepid apostle, departid intoOm. N. theOm. WY. euangeliegospel V. of God; `the whichwhich gospel V. he bihiȝt bifore by his prophetis in hooly scripturis of his sone, `the whichwhich sone V. is maad `to himOm. Q. of the seed of Dauith aftirbi V. theOm. M. fleisch, theOm. V. which is predestynat, `or bifore ordeynedOm. X. bi grace, the sone of God in vertu, aftirbi V. the spirit of halewyng of the aȝeyn rysynge of deed men, of Jhesu Crist oure Lord, by whom we han resseyued grace and apostilhed, `or stat of apostleOm. X., to obeische to the feith in alle folkis for his name, inamong V. whichthe whiche NS. andalso V. ȝe ben clepidthe clepid AG pr. m. MPSVY. of Jhesu Crist, to alle that ben at Rome, the louede of God, clepid hooly, gracegrace be V. to ȝou, and pees of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Firste sothelyOm. V pr. m. I do thankyngis to my God, by Jhesu Crist, for alle ȝou, for ȝour feith is schewid in al the world. Forsoth God is a witnesse to me, toOm. N. whom I serue in my spirit, in the gospel of his sone, forthat V. with outen ceessinge I make mynde of ȝou euermoreeuere V. in my preieris, ifpreiynge if N. and biseche if V. by ony maner aftirward sumtyme I haue esyspedy O., `or spedyOm. OX., weie in the wille of God ofto VW. comyngecome V. to ȝou. ForsotheFor V. I desyre forOm. SX. to se ȝou, that I ȝyue to ȝou sum thing of spiritual grace, to ȝou to be confermyd, that is to seie, tofor to A sec. m. GK pr. m. MNPQVW. be comfortid to gidere in ȝou, by that feith that is to gidere ȝoure and myn, `or of ech to othiror eeche to other AGOQSVW. Om. X.. Sothly, britheren, I nyle ȝouOm. V sec. m. forOm. SX. that V. toȝe V. vnknowe, that ofteeft O. I purposide forOm. SX. to come to ȝou, and I am forbodyn tilto MP. ȝit, that I haue sum fruyt in ȝou, as andOm. QW. in othere folkis. To Grekis andor V sup ras. barbaryns, `or hethene menOm. OX., to wyse men and vnwyse men, I am dettourdoctour K., so that thatOm. GMPSX. is in me isI am O. redy forOm. SVX. to euangelysepreche the gospel V. andalso V. to ȝou that ben at Rome. ForsothFor V. I schame not the gospel, for it is the vertu of God in to helthe to ech man bileuynge, to the Jew first, and to theOm. W. Greek. SothelyForwhi V. the riȝtwysnesse of God is shewid in it, of feith in to feith, as it is writun, Forsothe a iust man lyu|eth of feith. ForsotheFor V. the wraththe of God is schewid fro heuene vponon VX. al vnpite and vnriȝtwisnesse of thothe W. men, that with|holden, `or holden a bacOm. OX., theOm. O. treuthe of God in vnriȝtwysnesse. For that that is knowyn of God, is schewid, `or maad opynOm. OX., to hem, forsothefor V. God schewidehath schewid N. toin G sec. m. hem. `For theForsothe G sec. m. inuysible thingis of hymhym, that ben vndirstonden, ben biholden V., of the creature `of the worldOm. V., by tho thingis that ben maad, `vndirstondyn, ben biholdunOm. V., and the euerlasting vertu of him andin W. the godhede, so that thei ben vnexcusable. For whanne thei hadden knowe God, thei glorifieden not as God, `or diden thankyngisOm. O. neither diden thankingis V.; but thei vanysch|eden in her thouȝtis, and the vnwyse herte of hem iswas V. derkidmaad derk O., `or maad derkOm. OX.. SothliFor V. thei seyinge hem selue forOm. OX. to be wyse men, benweren V. maad foolis. And thei chaungiden the glorie of God vncorrupt|ible, thatthat is, that V. Om. X. `may not deie, ne be peiridOm. X., in to theOm. Q. lyknesseymage lickenesse W pr. m. y. either l. W sec. m. `of an ymageOm. OW. ofof a O. corupt|ible man, and of briddis, and of foure footide beestis, and of serpentis. For which thing God bytook hem in to theOm. N. desyris of her herte, inz to vnclennesse, that thei ponysche with wrongis, `or dis|pitisOm. OX., her bodies in hem silf. The whiche menOm. S. chaungiden the treuthe of God in to leesyngthe leesynge O. a leesyng QV., and herieden and serueden toOm. V. aOm. W. creature rathere than to thea N. creatour, `that is, maker of nouȝtOm. VX., thatwhich V. is blessid in to worldis, `or with outen endeether withouten ende O. of worldis V pr. m. Om. V sec. m. X.. Amen, `or so be itOm. NOSVX.. Therfore God bitooktoke O. hem in to passiounspassiouns, either lustis V. ofor QV. yuel fame, `or schen|schipOm. X.. Forwhi theOm. G pr. m. wymmen of hem chaungiden the kyndely vssoyse O. in to that vssoyse O. that is aȝens kyndethe kynde O.. Also forsoth andOm. N. the mawlis, `or menOm. X., theforsoken the V. kyndeli vss of wommanwymmen GMNP. forsakynOm. V., brennydenand brenneden V. brenten X. in her desyris to gidere, mawlis in toOm. O. mawlis worchinge filthhede, and receyuynge in hem silf the `mede, or hyremede OX. huyre, or mede W., that byhofte ofto W. her errour. And as thei proueden not forOm. OX. to haue God in knowinge, God bitook hem in to a reprouable witt, that thei do tho thingis that acoorden not, `or bysemen notOm. X.; hemOm. G pr. m. fulfillid with al wickidnesse, malice, fornycacioun, couetyse, weyward|nesse, ful of enuye, mansleyngeman|sleyngis MPQVWXY., stryf, gyle, yuel will, `priuey bacbyterissoweris of discord X., or soweris of discordOm. X., detractourisopen bacbiteris X., `or opyn bacbyterisOm. X., hateful to God, wronglywrongful NO. dis|pyseris `of othere menOm. GMOPX., proude, hyȝe ouer|mesureor ouer mesure Q. Om. X., fynderis of yuele thingis, not obeischingeobeyende X. to `fadir and modirfaderes or moduris O., vnwyse, vncouenable in berynge with oute forth, with outen affeccioun, `or loueOm. X., withouten bond of pees, withouten mercy. The whiche whanne thei hadden knowen the riȝtwisnesse of God, vndirstodenvndurstonden K pr. m. QWY. not, forthat V. thei that don suche thingis ben worthi the deeth, not oonly thei that don thosuche QWXY. thingis, but also thei that consenten to men do|ynge.

 CAP. II.

For which thing thou ert vnexcusable, thou ech man that demest, sothlifor V pr. m. in what thing thou demest an othir man, thou con|dempnist thithee K. silf; forsothefor V. thou doist the same thingis whiche thou demest. Sothe|ly we witen, for the dom of God is vpaftir N. opon O. treuthe toin to MOPQWY. aȝens V. hem, that don siche thingis. GessistBut gessist V. thou, man, forsotheOm. V., that demest hem that don suche thingis, and thou do|ist hemtho thingis V., forthat OV. thou schalt ascapescapen X. the dom of God? Wher `thou dispisistdispisist thou K sec. m. OQVWX. the richessis of histhis N. goodnesse, and pacience, and longe abidyng? Vnknowest thouKnowest thou not O., forthat V. the be|nygnyte, `or good willeOm. X., of God ledith thee to penaunce? Forsothe aftirbi V. thi hardnesse and vnrepentaunt herte, thou tresourist to thee wraththethe wrath G sec. m. in toOm. VW. the day of wraththe and of schewynge of the riȝtful dom of God, that schal ȝelde to ech man vp his workis; sothely to hem that vpben bi N. ben up V. patience of good werk, glorie, and honour, and vncoripcioun, to hem sek|ynge euerelasting lyf; forsothe to hem that ben of stryf, and that assenten not to treuthe, but bileuen to wickidnesse, wraththe and indignacioun, tribulacioun and angwischeanguisches O., in to ech soule of man worchinge yuel thingOm. V., of Jew first and Greekthe Greeke GMP. of Grek QSWXY. of the Greek V.; sothely glorie, and honour, and pees, toin to W. echeche man PV. worchingethat worchin W. good thing, to Jewthe Jew V sec. m. first, and to Greekthe Greek V.. For accep|ciounsaccepcioun AGMNPVX. excepcion O. of persoones, `that is, to putte oon bifore another withoutethat is, withouten O. either withouten Y sec. m. desertgloss omitted in VX., is not anentisanent X. God. ForsotheFor V. who euere syn|nen withoute lawethe lawe W., schulen perische with|outen lawethe lawe W.; andOm. N. who euere in the lawe synnen, schulen be demed by the lawe. SothelyFor V. the heereris of lawe ben not iust anentisanent X passim. God, but the doeris of lawethe lawe N. schulen be maad iust. ForsothFor V. whanne hethenehethen men AGMNOPV. that han not lawelawe, that is, Moises lawe V., don kyndeli, `or by stiryng of kyndeOm. OX., tho thingis that ben of the lawe, thei not hauynge such maner laweof lawe O., ben lawe to hem silf, that schewen theOm. O. work of lawe writun in her hertis; thewhile the V. conscience of hem ȝeldingeȝeeldith V. to hem aOm. O. witnessinge and bitwixebitwen SX. hem selue of thouȝtis accusinge or also defend|inge , in the day whanne God schal deme the pryuei thingis of men vp my gospel, by Jhesu Crist. Forsoth if thou ert namyd a Jew, and restist in the lawe, and hast glorie in God, and hast knowe his wille, and thou lernedlerid ASX. lerud GM. by the lawe preuysthast proued S. morethe more S. profitable thingis, tristnesttristest MSX. tristeth O. trustest Q. and tristnist V. and trustnest Y. thi silf for to be a ledere of blynde men, the liȝt of hem that bethben AGMNOPQSVWX. in derknessis, a techere of vnwyse men, a maistir of ȝonge childrenchilder X., hauynge the foorme of science, `or kun|nyngeOm. OX., and of treuthe in the lawe; ther|fore thou that techist anothir, techistteche V. not thi silf? Thou that prechist to not stele, stelist? Thou that seist to `not dodo no O. leccherie, doist leccherie? Thou that wlatist ydols, `or mawmetisOm. OX., doist sacri|legie, `that is, thefte of hooly thingisOm. X.? Thou that gloriesthast glorie V. in the lawe, byOm. OQ. `brekinge of the laweOm. O. vnworschipist, `or dispisistOm. OX., God? ForsothFor V. the name of God by ȝou is blasfemyd amongamongis X. hethene men, as it is writun. Sothli circumcisioun profyteth, if thou kepe the lawe; forsoth if thou be a trespassour of the lawe, thi circumcisioun is maad prepucie, `or custom of hethen menOm. V. or hethene kustum X.. Therfore if prepucie, `or custom of hethen menOm. OX. that is, an hethen man vncircumcidid V., kepe riȝtwysnesseriȝtwisnesses P. riȝtfulnessis QWX. of theOm. Q. lawe, wher his prepucie schal not be rettidarettid V sec. m. in to circumcisioun? And the prepucie, thatwhich V. is ofOm. O. kyndethe kynde V., fullingefulfillynge AGMNOPQVW. fellende S. fulfillende X. the lawe, schal deme thee, that by lettre and circumcisioun ert trespassour of the lawe. ForsothFor V. not he that is a Jew in opynopyn, that is, circumcisid in flesch he is preysable K., neneither V. theOm. A pr. m. V. circumcisioun that is in theOm. X. fleisch inOm. Q. opyn; but he that is a Jew in hidd, and the circumcisioun of herte in spirit, not in lettre, whos preisyng is not ofOm. X. men, but of God.

 CAP. III.

Therfore what is more to a Jew, or what profyt of circumcisioun? Moche by alle maner; first sothli, forOm. X. the spekyngis of God benweren V. bitakun to hem. What sothli if summe of hem bileueden not? WherWhether S passim X. the vnbileue of hem hath auoydidanoyed Q. the feith of God? Fer be it. Forsoth God is trewe, `or sothfastOm. OQX., sothli ech man a lyere, `or vnstableOm. OX.; as isit is O. writun, That thou be iustifyed, `or founden treweOm. X., in thi wordis, and ouercome, whanne thou ert demed. Forsoth if oureȝour G pr. m. wickidnesse, `or vnequyteOm. GMOPX. or vnquyet Y., comende the riȝtwysnesseriȝtfulnesse V. of God, what schulen we seie? WherWhether X passim. God is wickid, that bryngeth in wraththe? Vp man I seie. Fer be it. Ellis how `God schalshal God MPV. deme this world? ForsothFor V. if theOm. P. treuthe of God hath haboundidabounden WY., `or be plenteuousOm. OX., in my lesynge, in to the glorie of hym, what andOm. O. ȝit am I demed as a synnere? And not as we ben blasfemyd, and as summe seyen vs forOm. SX. to seye, Do we yuele thingis, that goode thingis come. Whos dampnacioun is iust. What ther|fore? Passen we hem? Nay; sothlifor V. we han schewid by skile, Jewisthe Jewis W. and Greekis alleas W. forOm. SX. to be vndir synne, as it is writun, For ther is not ony man iust; ther is not a man vndirstondinge, neither sekinge God. Alle bowedyn a wey, to gidere thei ben maadmaked O. vnprofitable; ther is not that doithdon N. do SX. good thingOm. X., ther is not til to oon. `A sepulcre openyngeAn opin sepulcre V. is the throte of hem; with her tungis thei diden gilynglygylfully V. gilendeli X., `or trecherouslyOm. O.; the venym of eddrissnakes V., `that ben clepid aspisthat is, aspis M. Om. OV. aspis X., vnduris vndur V. her lippis. The mouth of whomwhich V. is ful of cursyng, `or wa|riyngOm. NOVX., and bitternesse; the feet of hem benOm. OSX. swift forOm. G pr. m. MPSWX. to schede out blood. Con|triciounSorwe V., `or defoulyngOm. OV. togidereOm. V., and `infelicite, or cursidnessevnhappynesse O. cursidnesse V. infelicite X., inben in V. the weies of hem, and thei knewen not the weyweiyes MO. of pees; the drede of God is not bifore her yȝen. Forsothe we witen, forthat V. what euere thingis the lawe spekith, it spekith to hem that ben in the lawe, that ech mouth be stoppid, and ech world beOm. N. maad suget to God. For of the workis of lawe ech fleischman V., `that is, mankyndeOm. OVX., schal not be iustifyed bifore him; forsothefor V. byOm. O. the lawe is knowinge of synne. Forsothe now withouten the lawe the riȝtwysnesse of God is schewid, witnessid of the lawe andof K. prophetis. Sothli the riȝtwysnesse of God is by theOm. PW. feith of Jhesu Crist oninto alle and on N. into alle men and on V. allealle men V. that bileuen in to hym; forsothFor V pr. m. ther is nonot G sec. m. distynccioundiffinycioun M., `or departyngeOm. OX.. For alle men synneden, and han nede to the glorie of God; thei iustified freely bi his grace, by the redemciounaȝenbiyng O. `or the aȝenbiyngor aȝein|biyng GMV. Om. NOX., that is purposidOm. AGMNOPQSVWXY. in Jhesu Crist. Whom God purposidepurposide, or ordeyned AGMNPQSVY. ordeyned O. an helpere by feith in his blood, to the schewinge of his riȝtwysnesse, forfor the V. remisciounredempcioun W. ofof his O. `bi|fore goyngebiforn goende X. synnes, in the sustentaciounberinge up O. susteyninge V., `or beringe vpOm. OX., of God, to the schewynge of his riȝtwysnesse in this tyme, that he be iust, and iustifyingev him that is of the feith of Jhesu Crist. Where isOm. V pr. m. therfore thi gloriyngeglorifyinge W.? It is excludidput out O., `or put outOm. OX.. By what lawe? Of dedis doynge? Nay, but by the lawe of feith. Forsothe we demen a man forOm. SX. to be iustifyed by feiththe feith W., withouten workis of lawethe law AGMNOPQSVWXY.. WherWhether MP. of Jewis is God oonly? WherWhether M. Whether and X. he is not andOm. MPQSX. also V. of hethenehethen men AQSV.? Ȝis, and of hethenehethen men G pr. m. OSV.. For sothely oon is God, that iustifyeth circumcisioun ofbi V. feith, and prepucie, `or hethen menOm. OX., by feith. Therfore distrye we the lawe by theOm. MOPX. feith? Fer be it; but we stablischenstablen GMP. the lawelawe bi feith GMP..

 CAP. IV.

What therfore schulen we seye, `oure fadir AbrahamAbraham oure fadir VX. forvp the flesche for GMP. Om. SX. vp the flesch V. `to haueOm. V. founden vpOm. GMPV. after O. the fleyschOm. GMPV.? ForsothFor V. if Abraham be iustified of the workis of lawethe lawe OV sec. m. X., he hath glorie, but not anentisanent X passim. God. `What soth|liFor whi what V. seith the scripture? Abraham bileuede to God, and it iswas V. rettidarettid V. to him to riȝt|wysnesse. Forsoth to him that worchith mede is not `ȝouun toȝouun OX. arettid V., `or rettidOm. MOPVX., vp grace, but vp dette. ButSotheli V. to hym that worchith not, forsothbut V. bileuyngethe byleuynge O. into him that iustifyeth the wickidmeke SX. man, `or vn|pitousOm. OX., his feith is rettidarettid V. to riȝtwysnesseriȝtfulnesse V., vp the purposingepurpos V. of Goddis grace. As and Dauid seith the blessidnesse of a man, toOm. N. whom God acceptithacceptith, he ȝeueth to hem N. acceptid S. riȝtwys|nesse withoute werkisthe werkis QUX. `of the laweOm. X., Blessid theibe thei G sec. m. V., whos wickidnessis ben for|ȝouun, and whos synnes ben keuered, `or hidOm. OX.. Blessid thatis that NV. the QSWX. man, to whom God rettidearettide V. not synne. Therfore this blessid|nesse dwellithdwellith it GMP. dwellith not Q. oonly in circumcisioun, or also in prepucie, `or staat of hethene menOm. OVX.? Forsothe we seyn, forthat V. the feith iswas V. rettidarettid V. to Abraham to riȝtwysnesse. Hou ther|fore iswas V. it rettidarettid V.? in circumcisioun, or in prepucie? Not in circumsioun, but in pre|pucie. And he took a signe of circum|cisioun, a markynge, `or tokenyngeOm. OX., of riȝtwysnesse of feith thatwhich V. is in prepucie, that he be fadir of alle men bileuynge by prepucie, that it be rettidarettid V. andalso V. to hem to riȝtwysnesse; and that he be fadir of circumcisioun, not oonly to hem that ben of circumcisioun, but andOm. G pr. m. to hem that suen histhe NV. steppis `of the feithOm. G pr. m. `of our fadir Abraham, that is in prepuciewhich feith is in prepucie of oure fadir Abraham V.. For|sothe not by the lawe is biheestethe byheste X. to Abraham, or to his seed, that he beschulde be V. the eyr of the world, but bi the riȝtwysnesse of feith. SothliForsothe O. if thei that ben of the lawe, ben eyris, feith is anentyschiddistroyed O., `or distroyedOm. OX., biheeste is don awey. ForsothForwhi V. the lawe worchith wraththe; sothli wherwhether G pr. m. the lawe is not, nethir isOm. S. preuaricacioun, `or trespassingeOm. O.. Therfore ofriȝtfulnesse is of V. the feith, that vp grace biheeste be stablestedefast O., `or stede|fastOm. OX., to ech seed, not to that seed oonly that is of the lawe, but to that that is of theOm. V. feith of Abraham, theOm. V. which is fadir of vs alle. As it is writun, For I haue sett thee fadir of manye folkis, bifore God to whom thou hast bileuyd. TheOm. V. which GodOm. X. quykeneth deedethe deade X. menOm. X., and clepith tho thingis that ben not, as tho that ben. TheOm. V. which AbrahamOm. X. aȝens hope bileu|ede in toOm. N. hope, that he schulde be maad fadir of manye folkis, vp that itthat Q. is seid to hym, Thus schalshal be X. thi seed beOm. X., as sterristhe sterres X. of heuenethe heuen O., and as grauel, `or sondOm. NVX., that is in theOm. X. brynke of theOm. O. see. And he iswas V. not maadOm. V. vnstedefast in the bileue, nethir he biheld his body nowthanne V. nyȝ deed, whanne he was almoost ofOm. O. an hundrid ȝeer, and the wombe of Sare nyȝ deed. Also in the byheeste of God he doutide not with vntrust; but he iswas V. com|fortid in bileue, ȝyuynge glorie to God, witinge moost fully forthat V. what euere thingis God hath bihiȝt, he is myȝti andalso V. forOm. SVX. to do. Therfore it iswas V. rettidarettid V. to him to riȝtwysnesse. Forsothe it is not writun oonly for hym, for it iswas V. rettidarettid V. to him to riȝtwysnesse, but and forto K. vs, to which it schal be rettidarettid V., beleuynge in to hym that reyside oure Lord Jhesu Crist fro deede spiritisOm. X.. TheOm. V. which iswas V. bitakun for oure synnes, and roos aȝen for oure ius|tifyingeiustifyingis K..

 CAP. V.

Therfore we, iustified of feith, hauehaue wee X. pees at God by oure Lord Jhesu Crist. By whom we hanhaf O. `accesse, orOm. O. nyȝ go|ynge to, by feith in to thishis Q. grace, in which we stonden, and han glorie in the hope of glorie of Goddis sones. Forsoth not oonly, but and we glorien in tribula|ciouns, witinge that tribulacioun worch|ith pacience, sothli paciencepacience worchith V. prouynge, forsothe prouyngeprouyng worchith V. hope. Forsoth hope confoundith not, for the charite of God is spred abrood in oure hertis by the Hooly Gost, that is ȝouun to vs. Wherto sothly deiede CristCrist up tyme V. for wickidewicke SX. men, whanne we weren ȝit sykevnstable O., `or vnstableOm. OVX. and vnstable Q., `vp tymeOm. V.? Sothli vnnethisvnnethe MX. deieth eny man for the iustiuste man OV.; for whi for the goodegoode man OV. per|auenture `sum man dar deyewho dare dye? G.. Forsoth God comendith his charite in vs; for if whanne weȝe O. weren ȝit synners, `vp tymeOm. V. Crist iswas V. deed for vsvs up tyme V., moche more now we iustifyed in his blood, schulen be saafsaued N. fro wraththe by him. SothliFor V. if whenne we weren enemyes, we ben recouncilid to God by deeth of his sone, moche more we recounsylid schulen be saaf in the lyf `of himOm. O.. Forsothe notand not X. oonly, but and we glorien in God, by oure Lord Jhesu Crist, by whom we hanhaf O. receyued now recoun|cilyng, `or acordyngOm. OX. or aȝen|cording V.. Therfore as by o man synne entridehath entrid O. in to thisthe O. world, and by synne deeth, soand soo VX. `deeth passide forth in to alle meninto alle men deth passede thurȝ X., in which man alle men syn|neden. Sothli til to the lawe synne was in the world; forsothesothely O. synne was not `wyitid, orOm. O. rettid, whanne lawethe law O. was not. But deeth regnyde fro Adam til toOm. G. Moy|ses, also inOm. O. to hem that synneden not ininto G sec. m. licnesse of trespassinge of Adam, whichthe whiche AGMNPQSVWX. is foorme, `or licnesseOm. OX. of lyckenesse W., of oonCrist V. to com|yngecome X.. But not asas the S. gilttrespasse O. gulty W. the gilte X., `or trespasOm. OX., so and the ȝifte; sothlifor V. if thorw the gilttrespas O. of oono man X. manye ben deed, moche more the grace of God and ȝifte in the grace of o man Jhesu Crist hath haboundid in to many men. And not as by o synne, so and byOm. V. ȝyfte; forwhi sothli dom of oon in to condempnacioun, grace forsothe of manye giltis, `or trespassingisOm. SVX., in to iustificacioun. ForsothFor V. if in the gilt of oon deeth regnede thorw oon, moche more men takynge plente of grace, andand of V. ȝyu|ynge, andand of V. riȝtwysnesse, `in lyf schulen regneschulen rengne in lijf V. by oon Jhesu Crist. Therfore as byOm. W. the gilt of oon in to alle men in to condempnacioun, so and by the riȝtwys|nesse of oon in to alle men in to iustify|inge of lyf. Sothli as byby the Q. inobedience of o man manye ben ordeyned synneris, so and by obedience of oon manye schulenOm. V. be ordeyned iust. `Forsoth theSothli X. lawe entride, that gilt shulde be plenteuous; sothli wher gilt was plenteuous, and grace ha|boundideabounde V., `or was plenteuousOm. OX.. That as synne regnede in to deeth, so and grace regne by riȝtwysnesse into euere lastynge lyf, by `Jhesu Crist oure Lordoure Lord Jhesu Crist X..

 CAP. VI.

Therfore what schulen we seye? Schu|len we dwelle in synne, that grace be plenteuous? Ferr be it. SothliFor V. wehou schulen we V. thatOm. N. ben deed tobi M. synne, `how schulen weOm. V. `ȝit lyuelyue ȝit MPVW. ther ynne? WherWherfor K. Om. O. Whether SX., bretheren, `ȝe vnknowenWhar ȝe know not O. ȝe knowen W., forthat V. whiche euere weȝe WXY. ben baptysidcristened O., `or cristenedOm. NOSVX., in Crist Jhesu, `in his deeth we ben bap|tysidwe ben baptysid in his deth V.? SothliFor V. we ben to gidere biried with him bi cristendom in to deeth; that as Crist roos fro deede spiritis bi glorie of the fadir, so and we walke in the newenesse of lyf. ForsothFor V. if we `plauntid to gideretogidere plauntid GMP. ben maad to the liknesse of his deeth, also and we schulen ben of hisOm. AGMPQSVWX sec. m. Y. the O. risyng aȝen; witingewitinge this thing V. that oure oolde man is to gidere crucifyed, that the body of synne be distroyed, that we serue no more toOm. S. synne. SothliFor V. he that is deed `to synneOm. V., is iustified fro synne. Forsoth if we ben deed withto W. Crist, we bileuen that alsoalle WX. we schulen lyue to gidere with him; witinge for Crist, rysinge aȝen fro deede spiritisOm. X., now deieth not, deeth schal no more lordschipehaue lordschipe V. toon V. him. Forsoth `he thatthat he GMPV. iswas V. deed to synne, he iswas V. deed oonys; sothli `he thatthat he GMPV. lyueth, heOm. X. lyueth to God. So and ȝe demedemeth X. ȝouto ȝou QWX. forOm. SX. to be deed sothli to synne, forsothbut V. lyuynge to God in Jhesu Crist oure Lord. Therfore regne notnoo V. synne in ȝoureoure QSX pr. m. deedly body, that ȝe obeische to his coueitingis. But neither ȝyue ȝe ȝoure membris aarmours of wick|idnesse to synne, but ȝyue ȝe ȝouȝoure GMNP. self to God, asas thei that lyuen V. of deed men lyuyngeOm. NV., and ȝoure membris armers of riȝtwisnesse to God. Forsothe synne schal notno more W. lordschipehaue lordschipe V. toon V. ȝou; sothli ȝe ben not vndir lawethe law AG sec. m. MNOPSV., but vndir grace. What therfore? Schulen we synnendo synne V., for we ben not vndir theOm. SWX. lawe, but vndir grace? Ferr be it. WitenWenen V. ȝe not, for to whom ȝe ȝyuen ȝou ser|uauntis forOm. X. to obeischeobeyen X., ȝe ben seruauntis of that thing, to whichwhom GMP. ȝe han obeischidobeȝid X., eitherother MPS. outher X. of synne to deeth, othirether ANOV. other MP. outher X. of obedi|ence to riȝtwysnesse? Sothli I do thank|yngis to God, that ȝe weren seruauntis of synne; forsoth ȝe han obeyschid of herte in to that fourme of techyng, in which ȝe ben bitakuntaken O.. Forsoth ȝe delyuered fro synne, ben maad seruauntis of riȝtwys|nesse. I seie mannis thing, for the in|firmite, `or vnstabilnesseOm. X., of ȝourethe O. oure P. fleisch. SothliForsoth O. as ȝe han ȝouun ȝoure membris forOm. SX. to serue to vnclennes, and wickid|nesse to wickidnesse, so now ȝyue ȝeOm. W. ȝoure membris forOm. OSX. to serue to riȝtwysnesse in to hoolynesse. ForsotheFor V. whanne ȝe weren seruauntis of synne, ȝe weren fre of riȝtwysnesseriȝtfullnesse V sup. ras.. Therfore what fruyt hadden ȝe thanneOm. G pr. m. in thoto tho N. to O. thingis, in whiche ȝe schamen now? `Now therforeForwhi V. the ende of hem is deeth. Forsoth now ȝe dely|uered fro synne, `maad sotheliand maad V. seruauntis to God, han ȝoure fruyt in toOm. QSW. hoolynesse, the ende forsoth euerlastyng lyf. Treuli the hyris of synne, deethben deeth O. is deeth V.; the grace of God, euerlastingis euerlasting V. lyf in `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist Q. oure Lord.

 CAP. VII.

Bretheren, wherwhether X. ȝe vnknowenknow not O.; forsoth I speke to men witinge the lawe; for the lawe hath lordschip in a man, hou longe tyme ithe GN. lyueth? ForwhiForsothe O. that womman that is vnder an housbonde, is bounden to the lawe, `lyuynge the hosebondelyuynge hir hosebonde OW. while the husbonde lyueth V.; sothli if hir hosebonde `be deeddye O. is deed V., sche is dely|ueredvnbounden O., `or vnboundenOm. OX., fro the lawe of the manhusbonde V.. Therfore `lyuynge the manOm. V., she schal be clepid auoutresse, if she schalOm. X. be with another manman, while the husbonde lyueth V.; forsothe if hir hose|bonde beis V. deed, she is deliuered froof W. lawethe lawe GMNQSWXY. of the manhusbonde V., that sche be not auou|tresse, if she schalOm. V. be with another manOm. O.. TreuliTherfore, my V., britheren, and ȝe ben maad deed to the lawe thorwȝbi V. the body of Crist, that ȝe ben anotherisof anothir N., that roos aȝen fro deede spiritisOm. X., that weȝe V. bere fruit to God. ForsothFor V. whanne we weren in fleisch, passiouns of synnes, that weren bi the lawe, wrouȝten in oure membris, that theiwe Q. schulden bere fruyt to deeth. Now for|sothe we ben vnbounden fro the lawe of deeth, in theOm. MPQVX. which we weren holde, so that we serue in newenesse of spirit, and not in oldnesse of lettre. What therfore schulen we seie? The lawe is synne? Fer be it. But I knew not synne, no but by lawethe lawe MP.; forwhi I wiste not coueitynge forOm. OSVX. to beOm. Q. synne, `no butbut if X. the lawe seide, Thou schalt not coueite. Forsothe occa|siounthourȝ occasioun V. takun, synne by the maundement hath wrouȝte in me al coueityngcoueitise V., `or coueityseOm. OVX.; sothliforsothe O. for V. with oute the lawe, synne was deed. Forsothe I lyuede with oute theOm. X. lawe sum tyme; but whanne the comaundement hadde comen, synne lyuede aȝen. Sothli I am deed, and thethis V. co|maundementcomaundement that was to lijf V. iswas V. founden to me, `that was to lyf, this thingOm. V. forOm. SX. to bebe don O. toOm. Q. deeth. Forwhi synne, occasiounthourȝ occasioun V. takun bi the comaundement, disseyuede me, and bibi that V. it slouȝ me. `And soTher|fore V. the lawe sotheli hoo|lyis holy GMOPQVW. Om. S., and theOm. SW. comaundement hoolyis hooli V., and iust, and good. Therfor `that thatthat at O. is good, `to me is maad deethis maad deth to me V.? Fer be it. But thatOm. V. synne apperethat it appere V., `or be knowenOm. OX., synne, thorw good thing wrouȝte deeth to me, that ther be maad synne synnynge ouer maneremesure O., `or mesureOm. OX., by comaunde|mentmaundement A.. Sothli we witen, forthat V. the lawe is spiritual, `or goostliOm. OX.; forsothOm. X. I am fleischly, sold vndir synne. SothliFor V. I vn|dirstonde notOm. WY. that that I worche; sothlyfor V. I do not the good thing that I wole, but I do `the ilkethat X. yuel thing that I hate. Forsoth if I do that thing thatOm. O. I wole not, I consente to the lawe, forthat V. it is good. Now sothely I worche notnot it AOV. not that thing GMNPQ. it not SWXY. now, but thatthe V. Om. X. synneOm. X. that dwellith in meme synne X.. Sothli I wot, forthat V. in me, that is, in my fleisch, dwellith nonot X. good; forwhi wil lithlijth to MP. to me, trewli `forOm. SX. to performe good thing I fynde notI fynde not for to perf. good thing V.. ForsotheFor V. I do not `the ilkethat X. good thing that I wole, but I do `the ilkethat X. yuel thing that I wole not. Sothli if I do that thing that I wole not, I worche not it, but the synne that dwellith in me. Ther|fore I fynde athe V. lawe to me willinge forOm. SX. to do good thing, forfor whi N. the whiche Q. `to meOm. MPQVWXY. yuel thing lithlijth to MP. toOm. ANOS. to me MPQVWXY.. `Therfore the lawe is good to meOm. V. willingewillynge good N. Om. V.; forsothfor V. I delite to gidere toin V. the lawe of God, vpaftir S. the ynner man. Sothly I se an other lawe in my membris, aȝenfiȝtinge toOm. V. the lawe of my soule, and makynge me caytyf inin to X. the lawe of synne, that is in my membris. I aam a V. wooful man; who schal delyuere me fro the body of this synne? ForsotheOm. V. the grace of God, bi Jhesu Crist oure Lorde. Therfore I my silf by `resoun ofOm. V. the soule serue to the lawe of God; sothlibut V. bi theOm. AG sec. m. NOSVWXY. my G pr. m. MQ. fleisch to the lawe of synne.

 CAP. VIII.

Therfore now no thing of dampnacioun is to hem that ben in `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist MPQ., theOm. VX. whiche wandren not aftir the fleisch. ForsothFor V. thethe lawe of NV. spirit of lyf in Crist Jhesu hath delyuered me fro the lawe of synne, and deeth. Forwhi that that was vnpos|sible to the lawe, in whatthat O. thing it was syk, `or freelOm. OVX., by fleisch, God sendingesente V. his sone in to the liknesse of fleisch of synne, ofand of QV. theOm. G pr. m. MPQV. synne dampnedehe dampnyde GMPQ. hath dampned N. synne in fleisch; that the iustifiynge of lawe were fulfillid in vs, that notgoon not V. aftir the fleisch wandrenwe wandren Q. Om. V., but aftir the spirit. ForsothFor OV. thei that ben aftir the fleisch, saueren tho thingis that ben of theOm. X. fleisch; but thei that ben after the spirit, feelen tho thingis that ben of the spirit. Forwhi the pru|dence of fleisch is deeth; forsoth theOm. W. prudence of spirit lyfis lijf V. andin S. pees. For the wysdom of fleish is enemy to God; forsothfor V. it is not suget to the lawe of God, sothlyfor V. nethir it maymay be suget to the lawe N.. ForsothFor O. thei that ben in fleisch, mown not plese to God. Sothli ȝe ben not in fleisch, but in spirit; `nethelees ifif netheles V. the spirit of God dwellithdwelle SX. in ȝow. Forsoth if onyony man Q. hath not the spirit of Crist, this is not his. ForsothSothely O. if Crist isis not G pr. m. in ȝou, sothli the body is deed forfro NV. synne, but the spirit lyueth for iustifiynge. For if the spirit of him that reiside Jhesu Crist fro deede spiritisOm. X. dwellithdwelle SX. in ȝou, he that reiside Jhesu Crist fro deede spiritisOm. OX., schal quykene andOm. O. also V. ȝoure deedli bodies, for the spirit of him dwellingedwelleth NQ. is dwellynge O. in ȝou. Ther|fore, bretheren, we ben dettours, not to the fleisch, that we lyue aftir the fleisch. ForsothFor V. if ȝe schulen lyue aftir the fleisch, ȝe schulen deie; forsoth if ȝe bi spiritthe spirit Q. `schulen slesleen V. the deedis of fleishȝoure flesch SWXY., ȝe schulen lyue. Sothli who euere ben lad by theOm. V. spirit of God, thes ben the sones of God. ForsotheFor V. ȝe han not taken eftsoone the spirit of seruage in drede, but ȝe han taken the spirit of adopcioun of sones, `that is, to be sones of God by graceOm. X., in which spiritOm. X. we cryen, Abba, fadir. Forsoth `the ilkethat X. spirit ȝeldith witnessyng to oure spirit, that we ben the sones of God; forsoth if sones, and eyris, sothli eyris of God, trewlisothely Q. euene eyris of Crist; if nethelees we `to gidere suffrensuffren togidere V., that and we be glorified to gidere. Trewli I deme, that the passionspassioun N. of this tyme ben not euene worthiworth A sec. m. GMNPQV. to the glorie to comyngecomen SX., that schal be schewid inon WY. vs. ForwhiFor X. the abydinge of creature, `that is, manOm. X., abidith the schewinge of the sones of God. Sothli the creature is suget to vanyte, not willinge, but for him that `sugetide itmade it soget V., `or made it sugetOm. NOVX., in hope; for and `the ilkethat X. creature schal be dely|uered fro seruage of corupcioun in to liberte of theOm. GMPQSX. glorie of the sones of God. Sothli we witen, that ech creature insor|withsoroweth OV. in sorwith withinne Q., and childithtraueilith with peyne V., `or worchith with an|gwisOm. VX., til ȝit. Forsoth not oonly it, but and we vsoure GMPQ. silf, hauynge the firste fruytis of the spirit, and we vsoure GMPQ. silf sorwen with ynne vs thefor the V. adopcioundeliueryng tytil O. of Goddis sones, `that is, with greet mornynge desyrenwe desiren NQ. desyringe O. the staat of Goddis sones bi gracegloss om. in VX., abidinge the `aȝen byggingaȝeinbiyinge GMVXY. of oure body. Sothli by hope we ben mad saaf. Forsoth the hope that is seyn, is not hope; forwhy what hopith a man that thing, that he seeth? ForsothFor V. if we hopen that thing that we seen not, we abiden by pacience. Also and the spirit helpith oure infirmyte, `or vnstedefastnesseOm. OQX. or vnstablenesse SWY.; forwhy what we schulen preie, as it bihoueth, we witen not, but `the ilkethat X. spirit axith for vsus, that is, makith us to axe V. with sorowyngis, that mown not ben toold out. Forsothe he that sekithscheergith N. the hertis, wot what the spirit desyrith, for aftir God, `that is, atafter Q. Goddis willegloss om. in X., heOm. K. axith for hooly men. Forsoth we witen, forthat V. to men louynge God alle thingisOm. V. worchen to gi|dere into good thingOm. X., to hem that aftir purpos ben clepid seyntisspirites Q.. Forwhy and whom he wiste bifore, `and he ordeynedeand he byfore ordeyned AMNOPQSVWXY. ordeynede G. `by graceOm. X. forOm. S. to be maad lychiliche GMOPSX. lyik V. ofOm. V. the ymage of his sone, that he be the firste bi|getungeten X. in many britheren. SothelyOm. K. whomwhiche V. he bifore ordeynede to blisse, and hem he clepide; and whomwhiche V. he clepide, and hem he iustifiede; sothli whomwhiche V. he iustifiede, and hem he glorifiede. What therfore schulen we seye to thes thingis? If God forhe for GOQ. vs, who aȝensis aȝens OQ. vs? `The whichThat X. also sparide not histo his GMPQ. owne sone, but for vs alle bitook him, how also ȝaf he not to vs alle thingis with him? Who schal accuse aȝenus the chosenechosynes WY. sonesOm. SWXY. men V. of God? GodIt is God V. thatis that OQS. iustifieth, who is itOm. OQX. that con|dempnethGod con|dempneth W. condempne X.? JhesusIt is Jhesus V. Crist thatthe whiche O. iswas V. deed, ȝhe, the which and roos aȝen, the which is on the riȝthalf of God, andOm. G pr. m. the which preieth for vs. Who therfore schal de|parte `vs fromfro VS O. the charite of GodCrist V.? tri|bulacioun, or angwisch, or hungur, or nakidnesse, or persecucioun, orOm. W. perel, or swerd? As it is writun, For we ben slayn al day for thee; we ben gessid asof W. shceep toof AGMNOPQSVWXY. slauȝtir. But inOm. W. alle thes thingis we ouercomen, for him that louede vs. Sothli I am certeyn, forthat OV. nether deeth, nether lyf, nether angels, nether pryncipatis, nether virtutesvertues AGOQSVWX., `nether potestatisOm. V., nether pre|sent thingis, nether thingis to comyngecome NX., nether strengthe, nether hiȝthe, nether depnesse, nether othir creature schalOm. V. maymowe AGMNOPQ. moun SX. departe vs fro the charite of God, that is in `Jhesu CristCrist Jesu GMQVX. oure Lord.

 CAP. IX.

I seye treuthetrewly O. in Crist Jhesu, I lye not, myfor my V. conscience beringeberith V. witnessyngwitnesse SXY. to me in the Hooly Goost, forfor whi V. greet heuynesse is to me, andin K. continuel sorwe to myn herte. ForsotheFor V. I my silf desyride forOm. SX. to be cursiddepartid V., `or departidOm. VX., fro Crist for my bretheren, that ben my cosyns aftir the fleisch, that ben Israelytis, `or of Israeleither men of Israel V. Om. X.; whos is adopcioun of sones, and glorie, and testament, and ȝyuynge of lawethe law O., and seruyse, and biheestis; whos ben the fa|dris, and of whomwhiche V. Cristis Crist V. aftir the fleisch, that is God aboue alle thingis, blessid in to worldis. Amen. Sothli not that the word of God hath falle doun, `or failideOm. VX. vnfulfillidvnfillid Q. Om. VX.. SothliFor V. not alle that ben of Israel, thes ben Israelitis, `or sones of Ja|cobOm. OX.. Nether theiOm. SX. that ben seedthe seed GMPQ. of Abra|ham, alletho O. ben soneshis sonys Q.; but inand K. Ysaac seed schal be clepid to thee; that is to seye, not thei that ben sones of the fleish, ben sones of God, but thei that ben sones of biheestethe hiȝeste K. ben demyd in seed `of biheesteOm. V.. SothliForwhi V. this is the word of biheeste, VpVp aftir N. this tyme I schal come, and a sone schal be to Sare. Forsoth not oonly she, but andalso V. Rebecca, of o `liggynge bykyndely knowinge G. ligginge by, or of oo knowinge of man Q. lying by X. hauynge tweye sones of Ysaac, oureof oure V. fadir. Sothli whanne thei weren not ȝit born, etherother MP. neither V. hadden don ony thing of good orether of OV. yuel, that the purpos of God schulde dwelle vpupon W. theOm. SVX. eleccioun, not of workis, but of GodOm. X. clepingethe clepende X., it iswas V. seid to himhir S., ForThat V. the more schal serue to the lasse, as itOm. X. is writun, I louedeloue V. Jacob, forsothe `Esau I hadde in hateI hatide Esau V.. What therfore schulen we seie? Wher wickidnesse be anentis God? Fer be it. ForsothFor V. he seith to Moyses, I schalOm. Q. haue mercy toof QS. on V. and to W. whom I schalOm. NV. haue mer|cy; and I schal ȝyue mercy toof Q. on V. whom I schal haue mercy. Therfore it is not ne|ther of mana man SXY. willinge, nether rennynge, but of God hauynge mercy. Forsothe the scripture seith to Pharao, ForForwhi V. inOm. V. to this thing I haue stirid thee, that I schewe in thee my vertu, and that my name be told in al erthethe erthe SXY.. Therfore of whom God wole, he hath mercy; and whom he wole, he endurith, `or hardenethOm. X.. `And soTherfore V. thou seist to me, What thing is ȝitOm. X. souȝt? sothliforwhi V. whowho that Q. withstondithaȝen|stondith A pr. m. N. with stant SX. his will? AaO! MPQSWXY.! man, who art thou, `the whichwhich V. answerist to God? WherWhether G. a pottmaad thing V., `or a maad thingOm. OVX. or maad thing MPQS., seith to him that made it, What hast thou maad me so? WherWhether G. a pottere of cley hath not power of the same gobet forOm. SX. to make sothli o vessel in to honour, anothir forsothe in toOm. S. dispyt, `or lowȝ of|ficeOm. X.? That if God willinge forOm. SX. to schewe wraththe, and forOm. SX. to make powerhis power V. knowun, susteynede in greet pacience the vessels of wraththe able in to perdicioun, `or dampnaciounOm. GX., that he schulde schewe the richessis of his glorie in to vesselis of mercy, `the whichewhiche V. that X. he made redy in to glorie. `And whicheWhiche also V. he clepide notvs not N. oonli of Jewis, but also of hethen men, as he seith in OseeOsee, the prophete O., I schal clepe not my peple my peple, and not my loued my loued, and not hauynge mercy hauynge mercy; and it schal be in place, wher it is seidseid to hem G sec. m. NQV., Not ȝe my peple, there thei schulen be clepid the sones of God lyuynge. Forsoth Ysai cryeth for Israel, If the noumbre of Israel shal be as theOm. QV. grauel of the see, theOm. XY. relifs schulen be maad saf. Forsoth a word endingemakinge perfit V., and abreggynge in equyte, for the Lord schal make a word breggid, `or maad shortOm. X., vponon VX. alOm. V. erthe. And as Ysaie bifore seide, `No butBut if SX. GodGod of oostis G sec. m. V. hadde left to vs seed, we hadden ben maad as Sodom, and we hadden ben lyk as Go|mor. Therfore what schulen we seye? That hethene men that suedensuen O. not riȝt|wysnesse, han kauȝtgete V. riȝtwysnesse, sothli thebi the X. riȝtwysnesse that is of feith. Forsoth Israel suynge the lawelawe that is N. of riȝtwisnesse, cam not parfytli in to the lawe of riȝtwysnesse. Whi? For not of feith, but as of workis. Sothli thei offendiden `in toaȝens V. the stoon of offencioun, `or spurnyngeOm. OX., as it is writun, Lo! I putte a stoon of offencioun in Syon, and a stoon of sclaundre; and ech that schal bileue in to it, schal not be con|foundid, `or schentOm. X..

 CAP. X.

Britheren, sothli the will of myn herte and my biseching is maad to God for hem in to heelthe. Forsothe I bere wit|nessinge to hem, forthat V. thei han louethe loue X. of God, but not vpof GMPQ. kunnynge. SothliFor V. thei vnknowyngevnkunnende X. vnkunnynge Y. Goddis riȝtwysnesse, and sekinge forOm. SX. to make stedefast her owne, ben not suget to the riȝtwysnesse of God. Forsothe the ende of the lawe Cristis Crist A pr. m. NOQV., to riȝtwysnesse to ech man bileuynge. Sothli Moyses wrot, For the man that schal do riȝtwysnessethe riȝtwisnesse X. that is of the lawe, schal lyue in it. ForsothBut V. the riȝtwysnesse that is of byleuethe bileue MP., seith thus, Seie thou not in thin herte, Who schal styȝe into heuene? that is to seie, forOm. SX. to lede doun Crist; or who schal go doun in to depnessedepthe V., `or helleof helle MNPQ. Om. OX.? that is, forOm. NSX. to aȝen clepe Crist fro theOm. AGMNPQSVXY. deede spiritisOm. X.. But what seith the scripture? The word is nyȝ in thi mouth, and in thin herte; this is the word of bileue, `the whichwhiche V. that X. we prechen. That if thou knowleche in thi mouth the Lord Jhesu Crist, and byleuest in thin herte, that God reiside him fro deede spi|ritisOm. X., thou schalt be saaf. ForsothFor V. by herte memen O. bileueth to riȝtwysnesse, by mouth sothli knowleching is maad to helthe. SothliForwhi V. theOm. ANOV. scripture seith, Ech that bileueth into him, schal not be confoundid. Sothli ther is no distynccioun of Jew and Greek; for why the same Lord of alle, rycheis riche V. into alle, that inclepenclepen Q. inwardly clepen V. him. For|soth ech manOm. X. who euere schal inclepeinwardly clepe V. the name of the Lord, schal be saaf. How therfore schulen thei inclepyninwardly clepe V. hym, into whom thei han not bileued? or how schulen thei bileue to hym, whom thei herden not? How forsoth schulen thei heere, with outen theOm. AGMPQ. a man N. a V. prechingeprechour V.? orbut V. how schulen thei preche, noOm. QSX. but ifOm. V. thei be sentsent, thei ben sent of God, that in werke and word suen Crist GMP.? As it is writun, How faire theben the V. feet of `men euangelisingehem that prechen V. pees, of prech|ingehem that prechen V. goode thingis. But not alle menOm. X. obeischenobeien X. to the gospel. ForsothFor V. Ysaie seith, LordOm. Q., who bileuyde to oure heer|inge? Therfore feithfeith is QV. ofby O. heeringe, heer|ing forsoth by the word of Crist. But I seye, WherWhether GX passim. thei herden not? And sothli the wordsoun X sec. m. of hem wente out into al erthethe erthe ANOSVXY., and into the endis of the round|nesse of theOm. SX. erthe `her wordisthe wordes of hem O. her wordis ȝeden out V.. But I seie, Wher Israel knew not? First Moy|ses seith, I schal lede ȝou toin to G. enuyeenuye for ȝoure weywardenesse Q., `into not ato not a MP. that ȝe be no O. in to not X. folk; into an vnwys folk, I schal sende ȝou in to wraththe. Forsoth Ysaie dar, and seith, I am foundyn of men not sekinge me; openly Iand K. apperide to hem, that axiden not me. Forsothe to Yrael he seith, Al day I streiȝte out my hondis to a peple not bileuynge to me, but aȝen seyingeaȝenseyinge to me V..

 CAP. XI.

Therfore I seye, Wher God hath putt awey his peple? Ferr be it. Forwhy and I am anOm. N. Israelyte, of the seed of Abra|ham, of the lynage of Beniamyn. `The LordGod V. `putte nothath not put V. awey his peple, `the whichwhom Q. whiche VX. he bifore wisteknew V.. Wher ȝe witen not, `in HelyeOm. V. `what the scripture seiththat the scripture seith NT. Om. O. what the scripture seith in Elie V.? How he preieth God aȝens Israel, Lord, thei han slayn thi prophetis, thei han vndirdoluen thin auteris, and I am left aloone, and thei seken my lyf. But what seith Goddis answere to him? I haueOm. N. left to me seuene thousandthousandes A sec. m. GMNOPQV. of men, that han not bowid her kneeskne SX. biforeto O. Baal. SoLo K. therfore andOm. O. in this tymein tyme V., the relyfs ben mad saaf, vpbi V. the chesynge of the grace of God. For if bi theOm. S. grace of God, now not of workis; ellis grace is not now grace. What therfore? Israel hath not getynnow getten O. thatthis V. that he souȝte, for|sothe eleccioun hath getyn; sothli the othere ben blyndid. AsOm. V. itOm. X. is writun, HeGod V. ȝaf to hem a spirit of compunccioun, yȝenOm. V. that thei se not, and eeris, that thei heeren not, til in to this day. And Dauith seith, Be the boord of hem maad `bifore hem in to a gnarebifore hem in to a grane M. in to a gnare bifore hem V., and in to catchinge, and in to sclaundre, and into ȝeldinge aȝen to hem. Be the yȝen of hem maad derke, that thei se not; and incrokeintocroke O. bowe doun V. algatis the bakbackis X. of hem. Therfore I seye, Wher thei offend|idenoffenden G. so, that thei schulden falle doundoun only with outen profyte to other Q.? Fer be it. But bifor O. theOm. M. gilt of hem heelthe is maad to hethene men, that thei sue hem. That if the gilt of hem ben richessis of the world, and the menusingemenushinge G. mynusching M. makinge lesse O., `or mak|inge lesseOm. OTX., `of hemOm. O. ben richessis of he|then men, hou moche more the plente of hem? Sothli I seye to ȝouOm. K., hethen men, hou longe sothliso O. I am apostle of hethen men, I schal honoure my mynysterie, `or seruyseor my seruyce G. Om. OX., if onOm. SX. in V. ony maner I stire my fleischfleische, that is, my lynage Q. forOm. SX. to folwe, andand that V. I make summe of hem saaf. ForsothFor V. if the losse of hem is reconsilinge of the world, whatwhat the GMPQSXY. what is N. tak|ingethe taking M. vpvp of hem MPQ., noOm. T. but lyf ofto Q. deede menOm. X.? For if the sacrifiselitil part of taasting V., `or litel part of tast|yngeOm. OV., beis V. hooly, and the hool gobetgobet is hooly Q.; and if the roote is hooly, and the braunchis. That if ony of the braunchis ben broken, thou sothli, whanne thou were a wylde olyue tre, art `sett ynsett P. graffid V. among hem, and ert maad felowe of the roote, and of fatnessethe fatnes O. of the olyue tre, nyle thou gloriehaue glorie V. aȝeyns the braunchisbraunchis, by pride, or enuye Q.. For if thou gloriest, thou berist not the roote, but the roote theeberith thee V.. Therfore thou seist, The braunchis ben brokenin-broken X., that I be `yn settgraffid in V.. Wel, for vn|bileue the braunchis ben broken; forsoth thou stondist by feith. Nyle thou sauere hiȝe thingthenges O. thing proude Q., but drede thouthou mekely, that thou falle not Q., forsothefor V. if God sparide notnot to G sec. m. theOm. GMP. to thee Q. kyndely braunchis, lestsee thou lest G sec. m. dreed lest Q. perauenture he spare not theeto thee G sec. m. P pr. m. Q.. Therfore se the goodnesse, andand the GMPQXY. feers|nessefeernesse QT. of God; sothli feersnessethe feersnesse MP. the feernesse QT. in to hem that felden doun, sothli the goodnesse of God in thee, if thou `schalt dwelledwellist V. in goodnesse, ellis and thou schalt be kitt down. But and thei schulen ben ynsettsett in V., if thei `schulen not dwelledwellen not V. in vnbileue. ForsothFor whi V. God is myȝty, eftsoone forOm. SX. to ynsette hem. ForwhiFor V. if thou ert kitt doun of the kyndelykynde NQ. wylde olyue tre, and aȝens kynde ertthou art XY. inseetsette OVX. in to a good olyue tre, how moche more thei that byben K. ben bi V. kynde, schulen be ynsettsett V. toin to O. in V. her olyue tre? For|sothe, britheren, I nylewole V. ȝouthat ȝe V. vnknoweto vnknow OSX. this mysteriemysterie, or priuetee G sec. m., that ȝe ben not wyse to ȝouȝour GMPQT. silflyf Q.; forforwhi V. blyndnesse hath feldefallen QX. ofof a T. party in Israel, til the plente of hethen men entridenhath entred O., and so al Israel schulde be maad saaf. As itOm. X. is writun, He schal come of Syon, that schal delyuere, and turne awey the vnpite of Jacob. And this testament tois to O. hem of me, whanne I schal do awey her synnes. Sothli vp the gospelgospel, that is, for the gospel Q. enemyesthei ben enemyes V. for ȝou, forsothebut thei ben V. moost dereworthe vp theOm. SX. eleccioun for fadris. Sothli the ȝiftis and clepynge of God ben withouten forthinkynge, `or reuokyngeOm. TX.. Sothli as sum tyme andOm. O. ȝe bileueden not to God, `now forsothebut now V. ȝe han gete mercy for theOm. N. vnbileue of hem; so and thes now bileueden not inOm. O. to ȝoure mercy, that and thei gete mercy. Forsothe God closide to gidere alle thingis inin to N. vnbileuevnbyleue, that is, bothe Jewes and hethen men Q., that heȝe Q. haue mercy on allealle men G sec. m. alle, that is, on hem bothe Q.. AO! GMNPQSXY.! the hiȝnessedepthe V., `or depnesseOm. A sec. m. OVX., of theOm. O. richesserichesses AGMNOPQSTVXY. of wysdom and kunnynge of God; hou incomprehen|syble ben his domes, and his weyis vn|serchableben vnserchable V.. ForsotheForwhi V. who knew the witt of Godthe Lord V., or who was his councelour? or who formere ȝaf to hym, and it schal be quyt aȝenOm. V. to him? For of him, and by him, and in hym ben alle thingis. To him `honour andOm. V. gloriebe glorie V. in to worldisworldis of worldis N. world of worldes O.. AmenOm. T..

 CAP. XII.

`And soTherfore V., britheren, I biseche ȝou by the mercy of God, that ȝe ȝyue ȝoure bo|dyes a lyuynge oost, `or sacrifice, hoolyor holy sacrifice GQ. holi X., plesynge to God, ȝoure seruyce resonable. And nyle ȝe be confoormed, `or maad lykOm. OX., to this world, but `be ȝebeth X. refoormed in newenesse of ȝoure witt, that ȝe proue which is the wille of God, good, and wel plesynge, and parfyt. Forsoth I seie, bi the grace that is ȝouun to me, to alle that ben among ȝou, forOm. SX. to notOm. Q. sauere, `or kunneOm. OX., more than itOm. O. behoueth forOm. SX. to kunnekunne, of priuey mysterie Q. sauouren X., but forOm. SX. to kunne to sobrenessesobrenesse, with outen presumpcioun Q.; and to ech man, as God hath departid the mesure of feiththe feith X.. Forsoth as in ooa O. body we han many membris, sothliforsothe O. alle the mem|bris han not the same actedede VX., `or dedeOm. OVX.; so we `ben manyemany ben V. oo body in Crist, ech for|sothe membrisben membres OV. `the totheroon V. of an otheranothir hauynge need or seruyce Q.. Therfore hauyngewe hauynge Q. and we han V. ȝiftis dyuersingediuerse O., vp gracethe grace Q. that is ȝouun to vs, ether prophesie, vp resoun of feith; etherother MP. mynisterie, `or seruyceOm. OTX., in mynistringe; etheror S. he that techith, in techinge; he that stireth soft|lysothely O., in exhortacioun, `or monestingeOm. TX.; he that ȝyueth, in symplenesse; he that is byforeprelat V., `or souereynOm. TX., in bisynesse; he that hath mercy, in gladnesse. Loue with oute feynynge, hatynge yuel, cleu|yngedrawende X., `or faste drawyngeOm. OX., to good thingOm. X.; louynge to gidere the charite of britherhed; comynge bifore to gidere in honour, not slow in bisynesse, feruentbrenning O., `or brennyngeOm. OX., in spirit, seruynge to the Lord, ioyinge in hope, pacient in tribu|lacioun, bisy in preier, comunyngecomyng O. to the nedis of seyntis, suynge, `or kep|ingeOm. OX., hospitalite, `that is, herboringe of pore menOm. OVX.. Blesse ȝe men pursuynge ȝou; blesse ȝe, and nyle ȝe curse, `or warieOm. OTX.; forOm. SX. to ioye with men ioyinge, forOm. SX. to wepe with men wepinge; feelynge the same thing to gidere; not sauerynge, `or kunnyngeOm. OX., hiȝe thingisthyngis, bostynge for these ȝyftis Q., but consent|ynge to meke thingisthingis, folewynge meke fadris Q.. Nyle ȝe be pru|dent anentis ȝouȝour NQT. silf; to no man ȝeldinge yuel for yuel, purueyingebut purueiende X. goode thingis, not oonly bifore God, but also bifore alle men. If it may be don, that thatOm. P. is of ȝou, hauynge pees with alle men. Ȝe moost dereworthedere GMOPQTVXY. britheren, not defendynge, `or vengyngeOm. OX., ȝouȝour GMPQT. silf, but `ȝyue ȝeȝiueth X. place to irewraththe O., `or wraththeOm. OTX.; forsothfor V. it is writun, The Lord seith, To me veniauncethe veniaunce A pr. m., and I schal ȝelde aȝenOm. V.. But if thin enemye `schal hungrehungrith V., feede thouOm. X. him; if he thirstithschal therste O., ȝyue thouOm. X. drynke to hym; for|sothefor V. thouOm. X. doynge `thes thingisthis thing V. schaltthou shalt X. gidere to gedre colis on his heedheued G.. Nyle thou be ouercome of yuel thingOm. VX., but ouer|come thou yuel thingOm. VX. inbi V. good thingOm. VX..

 CAP. XIII.

EueryEche X. soule, `or lyuynge manOm. OVX., be su|get to hiȝer poweris. Forsoth there is notno NSX. power nonot N. but of God; sothli tho thingis that ben of God, ben ordeynedwele ordeyned Q.. `And soTherfore V. he that `aȝen stondithaȝenstant SX. power, aȝen stond|ithaȝenstant SX. `the ordynaunce of GodGodes ordenaunce O.; forsoth thei that aȝenstondenaȝeinstondith Y., getithgetun AGMNOPQSTVX. to hem silf dampnacioun. Forwhi princispryncis of power Q. ben not toOm. N. the drede of good werk, but of yuel. SothliBut V. wilt thou not drede power? Do thouOm. X. good thingOm. X., and thou schalt haue preysyng of it; forsothfor V. he is the mynystre of God to thee into goodgood, endettid to defende thee Q.. Sothli if thou doist yuel thingOm. VX., drede thouOm. X.; for not withoute cause he berith the swerdvengeable swerd Q., for he is the mynistre of God, vengere into wraththe to him that doth yuel thingOm. VX.. And therfore by nede be ȝe suget, not oonly for wraththe, but and for consci|ence. SothliFor V. therfore and ȝe ȝyuen tri|butis, thei ben the mynistris of God, `for this same thing seruyngeand seruen for this same thing V.. Therfore ȝelde ȝe `to alle men dettisdettis to alle men V., to whom tri|but, tribut, to whom tol, `or customOm. X. `for thingis borun abouteOm. OX., tol, `or such cus|tomOm. OX., to whom drede, drede, to whom honour, honour. To no man owe ȝe ony thingthing that ȝe shulden not owe Q., no but that ȝe loue to gidere. SothliFor V. he that loueth his neiȝbore, hath fulfillid the lawe. Forwhy, Thou schalt `do nonot do SX. leccherie, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not stele, Thou schalt not seye fals witnessingewitnesse X., Thou schalt notOm. Y. coueite theno Y. thing of thi neiȝbore, and if there beis O. ony othir maundement, it is instoridinclosid O., `or enclosidOm. OVX., in this word, Thou schalt loue thi neiȝbore as thi silf. The loue of thiOm. AG sec. m. MNOPQSV. neiȝbore worchith not yuel; therfore loue is theOm. GMNP. plentefulfilling A sup. ras. OX., `or fulfill|ingeor plente A. Om. OX., of theOm. GMPQTV. lawe. And we witingeknowen V. this tyme, forthat the V. hour is now, vsthat we V. forOm. G pr. m. MPSVX. toOm. V. ryse offro STVX. slepe; sothlifor V. now oure heeltheheel O. is neernerer GM. niȝer O., than whanne we bileueden. The nyȝt wente byfore, forsothe the day `schal neiȝehath neiȝid V.. Therfore caste we awey the workis of derknessis, and be we clothidclad SX. withOm. GMPQSTXY. in NV. the armerisarmes O. of liȝt. As inand in N. daythe day T. wandre we honestly, not in `ofte etyngissuperflu feestis V. and drynkyngisdrunkennesses AG sec. vice. MNOPSTVXY., not in couchisbeddis V. andand in A. vn|chastitees, not in stryf and in enuye; but be ȝe clothidclad SX. inOm. A pr. m. G M pr. m. PQSTXY. the Lord Jhesu Crist, and do ȝe notno A. curethe cure GMNPQSTVXY. besynesse O., `or bisynesseOm. OTX., of fleisch in desyris.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe take ȝe a syk man in bileue, not in deceptaciounsdeem|yngis V., oror in o. Om. X. dispeticiounsdispitisouns GMP. disputisouns Q. dispitouns V. Om. X., of thouȝtis. SothliFor|whi V. anothiranother man V. bileueth him|silf forOm. SX. to ete alle thingis; forsothbut V. he that is syk, `or vnstedefastOm. X., ete heOm. V. wortis, `or potageor potage, or suche metis that norischen hym not to synne Q. Om. X.. He that etith, dispise nothe not OQ. `the man not etyngehym that etith not V.; and he that etith not, deme not `the man etyngehym that etith V.. SothliForwhi V. God hath takyn him. Who art thou, that demest anothiran alyen V. anotheris X. seruaunt? To his lord he stondithstant SX., or fallith doun. Forsoth he schal stonde; forsothFor V. the Lord is myȝti forOm. SX. to `ordeyne himmake hym perfit V., `or make stedefastOm. X.. Forwhi anothir demeth a day bytwixebitwen SX. daythe day Q., another demeth ech day. Ech man habundebe plenteuous V., `or be plenteuousOm. OVX., in his witt. He that sauerithvnderstondith OV., `or vndirstondithOm. OVX., the day, vndirstondithsauoureth X. to the Lord. And he that etith, etithete Q. tohe to N. Om. T. the Lord, for he doith thankyngis to `the LordGod V.. And he that etith not, etith not to the LordLord, that is, he absteyneth hym for worschip of the Lord Q., and do|ithhe doth O. thankingis to God. Forsoth no man of vs lyueth to hym silf, and no man dei|eth to him silf. SothliFor V. where we lyuen, we lyuen to the Lord; where we deien, we deien to the Lord. Therfore wher we lyuen or deien, we ben `of the LordLordis S pr. m.. InAnd K. Forwhi for V. this thing sothliOm. V. Crist iswas V. deed, and `roos aȝenaȝein roose G., that he be Lord andbothe V. of quike and of deededeede men V.. ForsotheBut V. what demest thou thi brother? or whi dispisist thou thi brother? forforsothe GMOQTVXY. alle we schulen stonde bifore the trone of Crist. For it is writun, I lyue, seith the Lord, for to me ech knee schal ben bowid, and ech tunge schal knowleche to God. `And soTherfore V. ech of vs schal ȝelde re|soun to God for him silf. Therfore no more deme we to gidere, `or ech othirOm. OX.; but more deme ȝe this thing, that ȝe putte not hurtynge, `or sclaundreOm. OX., to a brother. I woot and truste in the Lord Jhesu, forthat V. no thing is comune, `or vncleneOm. X., by him, nonot O. Om. T. but to him that demeth ony thing forOm. G pr. m. MPQSX. to be vnclene, `to him it is vncleneOm. OP.. Sothli if thi brothir be maad soryheuy in conscience O., `or heuy in conscienceOm. OX., for mete, now thou walkist not aftir charite. Nyle thou thorw thi mete leese him, for whom Crist diede. Therfore be not oure good thing blasfemyd, `or dispisidOm. X.. SothliForwhi V. the rewme of God is not mete and drynke, but riȝtwysnesseriȝtfulnesse N. and pees and ioye in the Hooly Gost. Forsoth he that in this thing serueth Cristto Crist G sec. m., plesith Godto God G sec. m. X., andand he Q. is prouyd to men. And soTherfore V. sue we tho thingis that ben of pees, and kepe we tho thingis to gidere that ben of edificacioun, `that is, to bylde soulis to heueneOm. X.. Nyle thou for mete distroye the work of God. Sothli alle thingis ben cleene, but it is yuel to the man that etith by offendinge, `or sclaundreOm. X.. It is good forOm. SX. to not ete fleisch, and forOm. SX. to not drynke wyn, nether in what thing thi brothir offendith, `or is sclaundridOm. X., or is maad syk, `or vnstede|fastOm. X.. ThouThat thou X. thatOm. VX. hast feith anentis thi silf, haue thouOm. SX. bifore God. Blessid is he that demeth notOm. T., `or dampneth notOm. VX., him silf in that thing that he proueth. For|soth he that demethdemyth this mete clene and this vnclene Q., `if he ete, is damp|nedif he ete the vnclene, is dampned Q. if he is dampned T. is dampned if he etith V.; for itwhy? for his etynge Q. is not ofOm. T. feith. Forsoth al thing that is not of feith, is synne.

 CAP. XV.

Forsothe we saddere owen forOm. SX. to sus|teyne, `or bere vpOm. X., the feblenessefebilnessis V. of syke men, `or vnsadde in feithOm. X., and not pleseto pleese V. to vsoure GMPQ. silf. Ech of vs plese to his neiȝ|bore in to good, to edificacioun. `And for|sothFor whi V. Crist pleside not to hym silf, but, as it is writun, The reprouys, `or schen|schipisOm. X., of men displesinge thee, feldenfellen GMPQ et X passim. on me. Forsothe what euere thingis ben writun, theitho V. ben writun to oure techinge, that by pacience and comfort of scripturis we han hope. Forsothe God of pacience andand of GT. solace, `or comfortof comfort T., ȝyue to ȝou forOm. SX. to vndirstonde the same thing, ech in to othir aftir Jhesu Crist, that ȝe of oo wille, `or wittOm. VX., with oo mouth worschipe God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. For which thing take ȝe to gidereto gidir vpberynge the feble Q., as andalso V. Crist took ȝou into the honour of God. Sothli I seie Jhesuthat Jhesu V. Crist forOm. SVX. `to haue bewas V. a mynistre of circumcisioun for the treuthe of God, forOm. SX. to conferme the biheestis of fadris. Sothli hethene men forOm. SX. owen for V. to honoure God vponfor V. on X. mercy; as itOm. X. is writun, Ther|fore, Lord, I schal knowleche to thee in hethene men, and I schal synge to thi name. And eftsooneeft V. he seith, GladeGlade ȝe T. Om. V., orOm. TVX. ioyeenioye Q. Om. TVX., ȝe hethene men withbe glad with V. his peple. And eftsooneeft V., Alle hetheneOm. T. men, heryepreyse GMPQ. ȝe the Lord; and alle peplis, magnyfie ȝe him. And eft Ysaie seith, Ther schal be a roote of Jesse, and hethene men schulen hope inin to AGMNQSTVXY. him, that schal ryserise up V. forOm. SX. to gouerne hethene men. Forsoth God of hope fulfille ȝou in al ioye and pees in bileuynge, that ȝe habounde in hope and vertu of the Hooly Gost. Sotheli, bri|theren, and I my silf am certeyn of ȝou, `for andthat also V. ȝe ȝouȝour GMPQT. Om. V. silfOm. V. ben ful of loue, ȝheand ȝe V., fulfillidfillid V. with al science, `or kunnyngeOm. X., so that ȝe mown moneste ech other. So|theli, britheren, more hardily I wroot to ȝou `of partya party Q., as aȝen bryngynge ȝou in to mynde, for the grace that is ȝouun to me of God, that I be the mynistre of Crist Jhesu in hethene men; IOm. Q. and I V. halwingehauende S. halewe V. the gospel of GodGod, that is, schewinge it to be holy Q., that the offringe of he|thene menmen, that thoru me offren hem silf to the bileeue Q. be maad acceptidaccept AG sec. m. MNPQT. acceptable G pr. m., and halewid in the Hooly Gost. Therfore I haue glorie in Crist Jhesu to God. ForsothFor V. I dar not spekeOm. Q. ony thing of tho thingis, theOm. VX. whichethat X. Crist makith not by me, into obedyence of hethene men, in word and dedis, in vertu of tokenes and grete won|dris, in vertu of the Hooli Gost, so that from Jerusalem by cumpas, `or enuyrounOm. GMNPQVX., til vntoto GMPQV. into N. Illiryk I haue fulfillidfilled V. the gospel of Crist. Forsoth so I haue prechid this gospel, not where Crist was namednamed, or prechide of fals apostelis Q., lest I bilde vponvp T. on X. otherisanotheris NT. ground, but as it is writun, For to whom it is not told of him, thei schulen se, and thei that herden not, schulen vndirstonde. For which thing I was lettid ful moche forOm. SX. to come to ȝou, and I am forbodyn til intovnto AGMNPST. to QV. ȝit. Forsoth now I `not hauyngehaue not V. ferthereferrere AN. placeplace, or cause of longer dwellynge Q. in thes cuntrees, sothlibut V. hauyngeI hauynge N. I haue V. couetyse `of comyngeto come V. to ȝou, of many ȝeeris now goynge bifore, whanne I schal bygynne forOm. SX. to passe in to Spayne, I hope that I passinge forth schal se ȝou, and of ȝou I schal be lad thidur, if I schal vsen ȝou first in party. Therfore now I schal passe forth to Jerusalem, forOm. SX. to mynystre to seyntis. ForsothForwhi V. Macedonye and Achaye proueden forOm. SX. to make sum collaciounȝifte V., `or gedrynge of moneyeOm. X., in to pore men of seyntis, that ben in Jerusalem. SothliFor V. it pleside to hem, andand that XY. thei ben dettouris of hem; forwhi ifOm. V. hethene men ben maad parteneris of her goostly thingis, thei owen andalso V. in fleischly thingis forOm. SX. to mynistre to hem. Therfore whanne I schal ende this thing, and assigne hem this fruit, bi ȝou I schal passe into Spayne. Forsoth I woot, that I comynge to ȝou, schal come intoOm. K. the haboundaunce, `or plenteOm. X., of the blessinge of Crist. Ther|fore, britheren, I beseche ȝou by oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and bi charitethe charite V. of the Hooly Gost, that ȝe helpe meOm. V. in ȝoure prayeris `for meOm. NQV. to the Lord, that I be delyuerid fro the vntrewe, `or vnfeithfulOm. GMPQX. or the vnfeithful Y., men, that ben in Judee, and that the offrynge of my seruyce be acceptid in Jerusalem to seyntis; that I come to ȝou in ioye, by the wille of God, and that I be refreschid with ȝou. Sothli God of pees be with ȝou alle. Amen.

 CAP. XVI.

Forsoth, britheren, I comende to ȝou Feben, oure sister, that is in the seruyce of the chirche that is in Teucris, that ȝe resseyue hir in the Lord worthily to seyntis, and that ȝe `stonde nyȝhelpe V., `or helpeOm. VX., hir in what euere nedethyng Q. cause V., `or thingOm. QVX., she schal nede of ȝou. ForsothForwhi V. and she `stood nyȝhelpide V., `or helpideor halp S. Om. VX., to manyemany men V., and to memy GMPQSVX. silf. SaluweSalute P. ȝeOm. GMPQT., or `greete ȝegreeteth SX., Priska and Aquyla, myn helperis in Crist Jhesu, theOm. V. whiche vndirputtidenvndirputten SX. her neckis for my soulelijf V., `or lyfOm. VX.; to whichewhom Q. not I aloone do thankingis, but and alle theOm. P. chirchis of hethene men. And `greete ȝegreeteth X. wel hirtheir GQ. ther MP. homelimeynyal V. chirchechirche, or meynee Q.. `Grete ȝeGretith GMPQTX. Greete VY. wel EfeneteAphenete G., loued to me, that is the firste of Asye in Crist Jhesu. GreeteGretith GMPQX. wel Marie, `the whichthat X. hath trauelid moche in vs. GreetethGrete V. wel Andronyk and Juliane, myn cosyns, and myn euene caytifs, `or prisonerisOm. X., theOm. VX. whiche ben noble among apostlisthe postles M. the apostlis PQ., and theOm. V. whiche weren bifore meis at NV. in Crist. GreetethGrete V. wel Ampliate, moost dereworthe to me in the Lord. GreeteGreteth GMNPQSX. wel Vrban, oure helper in Crist Jhesu, and Stacchen, my loued. GreeteGretith GMPQX. Grete ȝee S. wel Ap|pellem, noblethe noble man GQ. the noble MP. in Crist. GreeteGretith GMPQX. Grete ȝee S. wel hem that ben of Aristoblis hous. GreeteGreteth GMPQS. wel Erodyon, my cosyn. `Greete weGretith wel AGMNPQSX. Grete wel TV. hem that ben of NarcistiesPar|cisies G. Narcisijs M. Marcisies QX. hous, that benben feithfulle Q. in the Lord. GreeteGretith GMPQSX. wel Triphenam and Triphonam, theOm. V. whiche wymmen trauelen in the Lord. GreeteGretith GMPQSX. wel Persida, moost dereworthe wommanOm. X., that hath moche trauelid in the Lord. GreeteGretith GMPQSX. wel Rufus, chosun in the Lord, and his modir, and myn. GreeteGretith GMPQSX. wel Ansicrete, Flegoncia, Hermen, Patroban, Herman, and britheren that ben with hem. GreeteGretith GMPQSX. wel Filolo|gus, and Julyan, and VenerumNereum V., and his sistir, and Olympiades, and alle the seyntis that ben with hem. GreetithGrete TV. welwele ȝou Q. to gidere in hooly coss. Alle the chirchis of Crist greeten ȝou welwele. Loo! how opinli Cristen men ben forbeden [bi the sen|tence folow|inge sec. m.] to comoun not with vicious prestis, that for her coueitiise lustis disturblen the chirche. G text.. Forsoth, bri|theren, I preie ȝou, that ȝe aspye hem that maken discenciouns and hirtyngis, orand XY. sclaundris, bisydis the doctryn that ȝe han lernydlerud A. lered S. leride XY., and `bowe ȝebowith X. awey fro hem. SothelyForwhi V. siche men seruen not to the Lord Crist, but to her wombe, and by swete wordis and blessingis disseyuenthei disceyuen G. the hertis of innosent men. Sothli ȝoure obedience is pupplischid into euery place, therfore I ioyehaue ioie V. in ȝou. But I wole ȝouthat ȝee V. forOm. SX. toOm. V. be wyse in good thing, and symple in yuel thingOm. V.. Forsothe God of pees defoule Sathanas vndir ȝoure feet sweftly. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝou. Tymothe, myn helpere, greetith ȝou wel, and also Lucius, and Jason, and Sosi|pater, my cosyns. `I the thriddeAnd I Tercyus G sec. v. I Tercius notorie Q. I Tercius V. greete ȝou wel, thatwhich V. haue writyn thethis GMPQV. epistleepistlis T., in the Lord. Gayus, my herborgere, greet|ith ȝou wel, and al the chirche. Erastus tresorer, `or kepereOm. NVX., of the cite, greetith ȝou wel, and Quartus, brotherthe brother G sec. m. Q.. TheOm. V. grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist withbe with NQ. ȝou alle. Amen. Forsoth toonour and glorie be to V. him, that is myȝty forOm. SX. to conferme ȝou by my gospel, and preching ofin V. Jhesu Crist, vpbi V. the reve|lacioun of mysterie holdun stille, that is, not schewid, in tymes euerlastynge; theOm. V. which mysterieOm. X. is now maad opyn by scripturis of prophetis, vp the comaunde|ment of God withouten bygynnynge and endynge, to the obedyence of feith inand K. alle hethene men, the mysterie knowunknowen by Jhesu Crist V. to God aloone wyse `by Jhesu CristOm. V., to whom honourbe onour V. and glorie into worldis of worldis. Amen.

 Here endith the epistle to Romayns, and now bigynneth the prolog to the firste epistle to CorinthisHere endith the epistle of Poul to the Romaynys, and now bigynneth the epistle to the Corinthis. A. Here endith the pistil to Romayns, and bigynneth the prolog to Corynthis. N. Here endith the pistel [of] Romayns, now bygynneth the epistle of Corinthies. T. Here endith the pistles to Romayns; now bigynneth the prologe upon the firste pistle to Corintheis. V. No final rubric in GMPQSXY.. I. CORINTHIANS. Prolog to the firste CorinthiesHere bygynneth the prolouge of the first Corinthyes. Y. No initial rubric in SV. No prologue in AGMPQX. In N and T the prologue is of the second text..

CORINTHIES ben men of Achaye, and thes also of theOm. V. apostelis hadden herd the word of treuthe, and thei weren ouerturned in many maneris of false apostelis; summe of wordy eloquence of philosophie, summe to the secte of Jewis lawe yleddled V.. Thes reuoketh the apostle to the trewe and gospels wysdom, writ|ynge to hem fro Effecie, by Tymothe, his disciple.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the episteleHere endith the prologe, and here bigynneth the first Corinthis. V. No final rubric in SY.. The firste pistle of Poul to CorinthisThe first epistle to Corinthijs. MP. The firste pistle to the Corynthies. Q. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

Poul, clepid apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Sostenes, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Corinthe, to the halowid in Crist Jhesu, clepid seyntis, with alle that inclepyninwardly clepen V. the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, in ech place of hem andand in NQ. oure, grace `and pees to ȝouto ȝou and pees plures. of God, oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. I do thankyngis to my God euer|more for ȝou, in the grace of God that is ȝouun to ȝou in Crist Jhesu. For in alle thingis ȝe benben maad NV. ryche inbi V sup ras. him, in ech word, and in ech kunnynge, `or scienceOm. X., as the witnessynge of Crist is confermyd in ȝou; so that no thing fayle to ȝou in ony grace, abidynge the reuelacioun, `or schewyngeOm. X., of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; theOm. V. which andalso V. schal conferme ȝou til into the ende withouten cryme, `or greet synneOm. X., in the day of the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. ForsothOm. V. God is trewe, bi whom ȝe ben clepid in to the felowschip of his sone Jhesu Crist oure Lord. Forsothe, britheren, I biseche ȝouOm. V., bi the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that ȝe alle seye the same thing, and that scismes, orOm. X. dyuysiounsOm. VX., dissenciounsOm. X., `or discordisOm. VX., be not among ȝow; sothlibut V. be ȝe parfyt in the same witt, and in the same kunnynge. Forsothe, britherenmy britheren V., it is signyfied, `or tooldOm. X., to me of hem that ben ofat P. Cloes, for stryues ben among ȝou. Forsoth I seye this thing, thatwhich V. ech of ȝou seith, Forsoth I am of Poul, forsoth II am QV. of Appollo, treuly II am V. of Cephas, `that is, PetreOm. X., forsoth II am V. of Crist. Wher Crist is departid? wher Poul is crucifyed for ȝou, ethirother M et P passim. or S. ben ȝe baptysid in the name of Poul? I do thankyngis to Godmy God V., that I baptiside no man of ȝou, no but Crispus and Gayus; lest ony man seye, that ȝe ben baptysid in my name. Sothli `and I bap|tysideI baptyside also V. the hous of Steuene, a womman, but I woot not, if I baptiside ony othir. ForForwhi V. Crist sente me not forOm. SX. to baptise, but forOm. SX. to euangelyse, `or preche the gos|pelOm. X.; not in wysdom of word, that the cros of Crist be not voydid awey. For the word of the croscrosse, that is, passioun Q. is folye sothli to `men perischingehem that perischen V.; forsoth to hem that ben maad saaf, that is to seye, to vs, it is the vertu of God. SothliFor V. it is writun, I schal lese the wysdom of wyse men, and I schal reproue the prudence of prudent men. Where is the wyse man? where is the writerewise man of lawe V., `or man of laweor the man of lawe T. Om. VX.? where is the purchasour of thisthe K. world? Wher God hath not maad the wysdom of thisthe K. world foltischfonned V., `or foolor fooly MQ. Om. VX.. Forwhi for in the wysdom of God the world knew not God by wysdom, it plesidepleese V pr. m. to God forOm. SX. to make `men saafsaaf men X. bileuyng, by the folie of prechinge. For and Jewis seken signes, and Greekis seken wisdom; for|sothbut V. we prechen Crist crucified, to Jewis sothli sclaundreit is sclaundre Q., to hethene men `forsoth folysotheli fooly P. foley forsothe V. foly W.; forsothbut V. to `hem clepidOm. V., Jewisthe Jewis V. and GreekisGrekis to the feith Q. Greekis, that ben clepid V., Cristis knowen Crist to be Q. we prechen Crist V. the vertu of God, and the wysdom of God. ForForwhi V. that that is foly thing of GodGod, as Cristis passioun and deth Q., is wyser than men; and that that is sykthe syke VX. thing, `or freelOm. X., of GodGod, as to cheese ydiotis to vencuse the world Q., is strenger than men. ForsothForsoth, brethren V. se ȝe ȝoureoure A sec. m. N. clepinge, britherenOm. V.; for not manye wyse men aftir the fleisch, not many myȝty, not many noble. But God chees tho thingis that ben foltyschfoltes MPQTW. fonned V. of thethis W. world, that he confounde wyse men; and God chees the syke thingis, `or freelOm. NX., of the world, that he confounde the strongestrenger Q. thingis; and God chees the vnnoble thingis and dispisable thingisOm. X. of the world, and thothi S. thingis that ben notnot of ony prys Q., that he schulde distroye tho thingis that benben in gret pris Q.; that ech fleischman V., `or manOm. VX., `glorie nothaue not glorie V. in hishis own Q. siȝt. Forsoth of him ȝe ben in Crist Jhesu, theOm. V. which is maad to vs wysdom and riȝtwys|nesse , and hoolynesse, and aȝenbying; that, as it is writun, He that glorieth, gloriehaue glorie V. in the Lord.

 CAP. II.

And I, britheren, whanne I cam to ȝou, cam not inin the V. hiȝnesse of word, orof SW. either of V. wysdom, tellinge, `or schewingeOm. VX., `to ȝouOm. S. the wit|nessing of Crist. SothliFor V. I schewidedemede VX., `or demydeOm. VX., not mein me K. forOm. SV X. to witekunne VX., `or kunneOm. VX., ony thing among ȝou, not but Crist Jhesu, and him crucifyed. And I in syk|nesse, and drede, and moche tremblyng, `or quakyngOm. MNPQTX., was anentis ȝou; and my word and my preching notwas not QV. in persuablepersuasible N. sotil styringe V., `or sutile glosyngeOm. V., wordis of mannis wysdom, but in schewynge of spirit and vertu; that ȝoure feith be not in theOm. MPQT. wysdom of men, but in the vertu of God. Forsoth we speken wysdom among perfyt men, forsothbut V. not wysdom of this world, nether of princes of this world, that ben distroyed; but we speken the wysdom ofhidde of Q. God, thatthe which MPQT. `is hidOm. Q. in mysterie, `or priuyteOm. X.; theOm. V. which wysdomOm. X. God bifore ordeynede bifore worldisworldlis M et P passim. in to oure glo|rie , theOm. V. which no man of the princes of this world knew; for if thei hadden knowen, thei schulden neuere haue cru|cified the Lord of glorie. But as it is writun, That yȝe syȝ not, ne eere herdeherde not Q., nether it stiȝede in to hertethe herte STXY. of man, what thingis God made redy bifore to hem that louen him; forsoth God schewyde to vs by his spirit. ForsothForwhi V. the spirit sekith alle thingis, ȝhe, the deepe thingis of God. Sotheli who of men woot, what thingis ben of man, noOm. X. but theof K. spirit of man that is in him? So and what thingis ben of God, no man knowith, no but the spirit of God. Forsoth we han not resseyued the spirit of this world, but the spirit that is of God, that we witen what thingis ben ȝouun to vs of God. TheOm. V. whiche thingis we speken, notalso not V. in tauȝt wordis of mannis wysdom, but inin the V. doctryne of the spirit, comparisonyngeand comparisonen V. spiritual thingis to gostly men. Forsoth a beestli man perseyueth not tho thingis that ben of the spirit of God; sothli it is foly to him, and heit W. may not vnderstondebe vndirstonde W., for heit V. is examyned, `or asayedOm. X., gostly. Forsoth a spiritual man demeth alle thingis, and he is demyd, `or dampnedOm. VX., of no manman to his harme Q.. As it is writun, Who sothli knew the witt of the Lord, or who tauȝte him? Forsoth we han the witt of CristCrist, to chese tho thingis that ben of Crist Q..

 CAP. III.

And I, britheren, myȝte not speke to ȝou as to spiritual men, but as to fleischlifleschli men V.; as to litile childrenchilder X. in Crist, I ȝaf to ȝou mylk drynketo drinke M., not mete; sothliforwhi V. ȝe myȝten not ȝit vndirstonde, but nether `now sothli ȝe mownȝe moun now sothly V., for ȝit ȝe ben fleischly. WhanneFor whanne V. enuyeOm. V. and stryf is a|mong ȝou, wher ȝe ben not fleischli, and aftir man ȝe gon? ForForsothe X. whanne summe seith, I sothli am of Poul, another forsoth, I am of Apollo, wher ȝe ben not menfleischly men Q.? What therfore is Apollo, what forsoth Poul? Thei ben mynistrismynistris, thei ben X., `or ser|uauntisOm. QX., of him, to whom ȝe han bileu|yd; and to ech man as God hath ȝouun. I plauntide, Apollo watride, `or moystideOm. MPQTX., but God ȝaf encresynge. `And soTherfore V. neither he that plauntith is ony thing, neither he that moystith, but God that ȝyueth en|cresynge. Forsoth he that plauntith, and he that moystith, ben oo thing; sothli ech schal take his propre hyre, after his tra|ueil. For we ben the helperis of God; ȝe ben the erthe tilyinge of God, ȝe ben the byldinge of God. Aftir the grace of God that is ȝouun to me, as a wys car|penterprincepal carpenter V. I sette the fundementfoundement, the feith of Crist Q.; forsothe another bildeth aboueaboue, good werkis Q.. SothliBut V. ech man sesee he GMPT., hou `and what thingisOm. V. he byldeth vponaboue V.. SothliForwhi V. no man may sette another foundement, `bi sydisoutaken V. that that is sett, theOm. V. which is Crist Jhesus. Forsoth if enyOm. X. man byldebijldith V. ouerOm. W. vponOm. X. this foundement, gold, siluer, precyous stoones, stickis, hey, stuble, euery mannis work schal be open, theforsothe the V. day of the Lord schal declare; for `ech mannis workit V. schal be schewid in fyer, `what maner it isOm. V., the fier schal prouepreue the werk of ech man, what maner werk it is V.. If the werk of ony man schal dwelle, theOm. VX. whichthat X. he byldidebildith P. vponaboue V. on X., he schal receyue mede. If eny mannis work schalOm. X. brenne, ithe V. schal suffre peyringe; forsothbut V. he schal be saaf, so nethelees as by fyer. Wite ȝe not, forthat V. ȝe ben the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwellith in ȝou? Forsoth if onyany man N. `schal defouledefouleth V. the temple of God, God schal dis|parpleleese V. distroȝen X. himOm. MP., `or distroyeOm. VX. or destrie him MP.; forsoth the temple of God is hooly, theOm. V. which ȝe ben. No man disseyue him silf. If eny man a mong ȝou is seyn forOm. G pr. m. MPQSTX. to be wysewyse to hym silf Q. in thisthe K. world, be he maadOm. T. a foolfool anentis hym silf Q., that he be wysewyse anentis God Q.. ForsothFor V. the wysdom of thisthe K. world is foly anentis God; forsoth it is writun, I schal catche wyse men in her fellfool Q. wysdom, `or sutil gyleOm. X.; and eft, The Lord `hath knowynknowith V. the thouȝtis of wysewyise worldly Q. men, for thei ben veyn. `And soTherfore V. no man gloriehaue glorie V. in men. ForsothForwhi V. alle thingis ben ȝoureȝoure, that is, alle thinges ben ordeyned to serue ȝou Q., eitherother M et P passim. outher X. Poul, either Apollo, eithir Cephas, `that is, PetreOm. NX., eithir the world, either lyf, eithir deeth, either thingis present, eithir thingis to comyngecomen SX.; forsothe alle thingis ben ȝoure, ȝeȝe ben V. forsoth of Crist, Crist sotheli ofis of V. God.

 CAP. IV.

So a man gesse, `or demeOm. VX., vs, as myn|istris of Crist, and dispenderis of the mynisteriesmynystris G. mysteries Q. of God. Now it is souȝt here a mong the dispenderis, that a man be founden trewe. Forsoth to me it is for the leeste thing, that I be demyd offor W. ȝou, or of mannis dayday, that is, here in this lyf Q.; but nethir I deme my silf. SothliFor V. I am no thing gilty to my silf, but not in this thing `I amam I X. ius|tifiediustified, or made ryȝtwyse Q.; forsoth he that demethdeemys Q. me, isOm. G pr. m. T. the Lord. `And soTherfore V. nyle ȝe deme bi fore the tyme, til that the Lord come, theOm. V. which `and schalschal bothe V. aliȝtneliȝtne GMPSTV. aliȝtte N. al liȝtnen X. the hid thingis of derknessis, and schal schewe the counceils of hertis; and thanne preisynge schal be to ech man of GodGod, aftir his deseruynge Q.. Sotheli, britheren, `this thingOm. V. I haue transfiguridtransfigurid these thingis V. in toOm. S. me and in toOm. S. ApolloApollo for ȝou V.; that in vs ȝe lernelere S., lest thatOm. NV. ouer that itthat N. is writun, oon aȝens anothir be inblowynblowen X. `with prideOm. X. forfro K. anothir man. Who forsoth demeth thee? What sothli hast thou, that thou hast not resseyued? Sothli if thou hast resseyued, what gloriest thou, as thou haddist not resseyued? Now ȝe ben fulfillidfillid V., now ȝe ben maad ryche; ȝe regnen with oute vs; and I wolde ȝethat ȝe V. regne, `that andand that V. we regnedenregne QVX. with ȝou. Sothli I wenegesse V., that God schewide vs the laste apostelis, as maad redy to deeththe deeth AGMNPQSTVWXY.; for we ben maad a spectacle to the world, and to aungels, and to men. We foolis for CristCrist, prechinge his passioun, and suffrynge therfore repreues Q., ȝe for|sothe prudent in CristCrist ben gessid, beynge stille Q.; we sykeseeke, for turmentynge Q., ȝe for|sothe strongestronge, in ȝoure mageste Q.; ȝe noble, we forsothsothely AGMNPQSTWXY. vn|noble. Til into this hour `and wewe bothe V. hungren, and thirsten, and ben nakid, and ben smytun with boffatis, and we ben vnsta|blevnstable, mouynge fro place to place Q. , and we trauelen worchinge with oure hondis; we ben cursid, and we blessen; we suffren persecucioun, and we susteynen, `or abyden longeOm. X.; we ben blasfemyd, and we bisechenbisechen God for hem Q.; as clensyngis of this world we ben maad, the paringis, `or out|castingeoutcastyngis AGMNPQTW. Om. X., of alle thingis tilto G. ȝit. I write not thes thingis, that I confounde ȝou, but I amonestewarne ȝou A pr. m. moneste ȝou S. amoneste ȝou V. moneste X., `or warneOm. X., as my moost dereworthe sones. Forwhi if ȝe han ten thousandisthowsynde A sec. m. GMNPQSTVX. of litle maistris in `Crist Jhe|suJhesu Crist X., but not manye fadris; forwhi in Crist Jhesu I haue gendrid ȝou byin W. the gospel. TherforeTherfore, britheren V. I preie ȝou, be ȝe foloweris of me, as and I of Crist. Ther|fore I sente to ȝou Tymothe, that is my mooste dereworthe sone, and feithful in the Lord, theOm. V. which schal moneste ȝou, `or techeOm. X., my weyes, that ben in Crist Jhesu; as I teche euerywhere in ech chirche. AsAs if V. IOm. T. `be notnot beinge G sec. m. am not V. to come to ȝouȝou lettinge G pr. m. ȝou for speedful lettynge Q., so summensumme A sec. m. GMPSVWY. ben ynblowen `with pridewith pride, not deemynge to come Q. Om. X.; I schal come to ȝou soone, if God schalOm. V. wylnewole GMPV.; and I schal knowe not the word of hem that ben ynblowenblowen V. `with prideOm. X., but the vertuvertu in good wirchynge Q.. SothliForwhi V. the rewme of GodGod, or cause to haue the rewme Q. is not in word, but in vertuvertu of byleeue Q.. What wolen ȝe? Schal I come `to ȝouOm. T. in aOm. G pr. m. QTWX. ȝerdȝerd of chastisynge Q., oreither G. in charite, and in spirit of bonernessedebonernesse GMPQT., `or myldenesseOm. X.?

 CAP. V.

Al `out, or alOm. G sec. m. out, or in al V. out X. manerOm. X., fornycaciounfornycaciouns V. is herd among ȝou, and such fornycacioun, what maner nether among hethen men, so that sumno W. o X. man haue the wyf of his fadir. And ȝe ben bolnunblowun AGS. in|blowen X. `with prideOm. NX., and notno W. more hadden weylynge, that he that dide this workabhomynable werk Q., be taken a wey fro the myddil of ȝou. Sothli I absent in body, but present in spirit, now haue demyd as present `in the name of oure Lord Jhesu CristOm. V., him that `thus hathOm. V. wrouȝt, `ȝou and my spiritwhile ȝe ben V. gaderid to|gideretogidere in the name of our Lord Jhesu Crist and my spirit V., with the vertu of theoure N. Lord Jhe|su, forOm. SX. to bitaketaken X. sich a man to Sathanas in toto the AGMNPSTVWXY. perischinge of fleischflesch, that is, turment therof V., that the spirit be saf in the day of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Ȝoure gloriynge is not goodgood, suf|frynge siche on amonge ȝou Q.. Witen ȝe not, forthat V. a litil sourdowȝ co|rumpithdefouleth O., `or defoulithOm. GMOPQTX., al the gobet? `Clense ȝeClenseth X. out oold sourdowȝ, that ȝe ben newe spryngyngesprenk|ynge N sec. m. to gidere, as ȝe ben therf, `or withouteOm. X. `sour thingsowryng AN. Om. X.. ForsothForwhi V. Crist `is offridoffrid is V. oure pask. `And soTherfore V. ete we, not in old sourdouȝ, nethir in sour|douȝ of malice and weywardnesse, but in therf thingis of clennesse and treuthe. I wroot to ȝou in `a pistleepistle Q. an epistil S. a epistle T., that ȝe be not meyndmeyngd GMPQSTX., `or comunen notOm. GMPTX. nether comyn O. ne co|moun Q., with lecchourslecherouse men O., sothli not with lecchours of this worldwrd X., oror wyth Q. coueitouse men, orether O. or with Q. raueynours, or with men seruynge to ydols, ellis ȝethei W pr. m. schulden haue gon out of this world. Now sothliforsothe O. I wroot to ȝou, forOm. SX. to not be meyndmeyngid GMPQSTX., `or comune notOm. OX. or comoun not with siche Q.. If he that is namyd a brothir among ȝou, andOm. Q. is a lecchour, or coueitous, or seruynge to ydols, or cursere, `or wariereOm. GMOPQTX., or ful of drunken|nesse, orether O. raueynour, with siche neither forȝe owe Q. Om. SX. to take mete. ForsotheOm. SX. what to me forforwhi V. to deme of hem that ben withoute|forthwythoute forth, out of the chirche Q.? WherWhether G. ȝe demen not of hem that ben with ynne? Forwhi God schal deme hem that ben withoutenforth. `Do ȝeDoth X. aweyawey therfore Q. yuel thingOm. V. of ȝouȝour PQT. silfsilf, where with ȝe be fyled Q..

 CAP. VI.

Dar ony of ȝow, hauyngethat hath V. a cause aȝens anothir, be demed at wickydewicke SX. men, and not at seyntishooly men O., `or hooly menOm. OX.? WherWhether G. ȝe witen not, forthat V. seyntisholy men O. shulen deme of this world? And if the world schal be demed inbi V sup. ras. ȝou, ben ȝe vnworthi thatto V. that ȝee X. demen ofthe V. of the WX. leest thingis? Witen ȝe not, forthat V. we schulen deme aungelsaungelis, that fellen Q.? how moche moreOm. V. worldly thingis? Therfore if ȝe `schulen hauehan V. worldly nedismeedis Q. domes NV., ordeyne ȝe thothe MNPQT. contemptyble men, `or of litil re|putaciounOm. X., that ben in theOm. W. chirche, forOm. SX. to deme. IAnd K. seieseye this Q. to ȝoure schame. So ther is not ony wys man, that may deme bitwixebitwen SX. a brother and his brothir; but a brother with brothirhis brothir Q. a brothir W. stryueth in dome, and thatthis V. anentis vnfeithful men. Now forsoth trespas is algatisalgate X passim. in ȝou, for ȝe han domes among ȝou. Whi more taken ȝe notno O. wrong? Whi `not moremore not X. suf|fren ȝe fraudewrong O., `or disceytOm. GMOPX. or despite Q.? But and ȝe don wrong, and defraudenfraude G. frauden M., `or bi|gilenOm. OX., and thatthis V. to britheren. WherWhether GX. ȝe witen not, forthat V. wickidewicke SX. men schulen not welde the kingdom of God? Nyle ȝe erre; neithir lecchourslecherouse O., nethir men seru|ynge to ydols, nether auoutersauowtrerys AMNOPT., neither neischeneische, or lecchours aȝens kynde N., neither lecchours of men, that donis, that don V. synnethe synne S. of Sodom, nethir theuys, ne|ther coueitouseauerous V. men, orether O. Om. X. nygardisOm. X., ne|thernether men GMPQTX. `ful of drunkenessedrunklew men O., nethir curseris, `or wariersOm. GMOPQTX., nether raueynours, schulen weelde the kyngdom of God. And `thes thingissothly V. ȝe werenweren, or diden Q. sum tymetyme these thingis V.; but ȝe ben waischen, but ȝe ben halowid, but ȝe ben iustifyed in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and in the spirit of oure God. Alle thingis ben leefful `to meOm. AG pr. m. MOPSTWXY., but not alle thingis speden. Alle thingis ben leefful to me, but I `vndir no mannis powerOm. VX. schalschal not V. be brouȝt downdoun vndir eny mannes power V. doun vnder no manys power X.. Mete to the wombe, and the wombe to metis; forsoth God schal distroye andOm. Q. bothe V. this and that. SothliForwhi V. the body not to fornycacioun, but to the Lord, and the Lord to the body. For|sothe andOm. QV. God reyside thebothe the V. Lord, and schal reise vs byin G pr. m. MPQT. his vertu. Witen ȝe not, forthat V. ȝoureoure N. bodyes ben membris of Crist? Therfore takingeschal I take V. membristhe membris GMPQTVX. of CristOm. V., schaland schal V. I makemake hem NQ. make the T. membris of an hoore? Fer be it. Wher ȝe witen not, forthat V. he that cleueth to an hoore, is maad oo bodybody to hir Q pr. m. body with hir Q sec. m.? SothliFor V. he seith, TherHere O. Ȝe W. schulen be tweynetwo GMPQSTX. in oo fleish. Forsothe he that cleuith to God, is oo spirit. Fle ȝe for|nycacioun; al synne what euere synneOm. X. a man `schal dodoth V., is withoutenbisidis O., `or by sidisOm. GMOPQTVX., the bodybody, filynge the soule Q.; forsothbut he V. he that doth fornycacioun, synneth `in toaȝens V. his bodybody, wastynge it Q.. WherWhether G. ȝe witen not, forthat V. ȝoure membris ben the temple of the Hooli Gost, that is in ȝow, whom ȝe han ofin G. God, and ȝe ben not ȝoure owne? ForsothFor V. ȝe be bouȝt with greet prys. Glorifie ȝeȝe, and glorye ȝe W., and berebere ȝe AGMNOPQSTVWY. berth X. God in ȝoure body.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe of whiche thingis ȝe han writun to me, it is good to a man forOm. GMPQSTX. to `touche notnot touche W. a womman. SothliBut V. for for|nycacioun ech man haue his owne wyf, and ech womman haue hirhir owen O. hosebonde. The hosebonde ȝelde dette to the wyf, also sothli andOm. V. the wyf to the hosebonde. The womman hath not power of hir body, but the hosebonde; also forsoth theand the MOQTV. hose|bonde hath not power of his body, but the wommanwiif O.. Nyle ȝeOm. V. defraude to gideretogider, withdrawynge ȝoure dette Q., no but perauenture of consent toof Q. a tyme, thatthat the more bisyly Q. ȝe ȝyue tent to preier; and eft turne ȝeOm. V. aȝen in to the same thing, lest Sathanas tempte ȝou for ȝoure inconty|nencecontynence W.. Forsoth I seye this thing vpvpon O. bi V. indulgence, `or forȝyuenesseor counseyle O. Om. X., not vpvp on O. bi V. co|maundement. Sothli I wole allethat alle V. men forOm. G pr. m. MPQSVX. toOm. V. be as mi silfmysilf chast Q.. But ech man hath his proprepropirte V. ȝifte of God; sothli another thusthus to lyue chast Q., but another thusthus to lyue in matrimonye Q.. ForsothSothely O. Forsothe, I seye SVX. to nothem that ben not V. the not X pr. m. wed|did and widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as and I. ForThat V. if thei con|teynen not hem silf, `or ben not chastOm. OX., `weddid be theibe thei weddid GMPTV.; forsothfor V. it is bettere forOm. SX. to be weddid, than forOm. NSX. to be brent. Forsoth to hem that ben ioynedwedded O. in ma|trymonye, IOm. N. comaunde, not IOm. GQT., but the Lord, thethat the V. wyf forOm. SVX. `to not departedeparte not V. fro the hosebonde; forthat GMQTV. if sche `schal departedepartith V., forOm. SX. that V. tosche V. dwell vnweddid, or forOm. SVX. toOm. VX. be reconsilid, `or acordidOm. GMOPQTX., to hir hosebonde; and the hosebonde forsake not the wyf. Forwhi to othere I seye, not the Lord. If ony brothir hauehath V. an vnfeithful, `or he|thenOm. GMPQTWX., wyf, and sche consentithconsente SVX. for to dwelle with hymf, leue he, `or forsakeOm. OX. or forsake he PQ., hir not. And if theeny NV. womman hathhaue X. an hosebonde vnfeithful, and this consentith forOm. OSX. to dwelle with hir, leeue she not the hosebonde. ForsothForwhi V. the vnfeithful hose|bonde is halowid by the feithful wom|man, and the vnfeithful womman is ha|lowid by the feithful hosebonde. Ellis ȝoure children weren vnclene, now forsoth thei ben hooly. That if the vnfeithful departithn, departe hehe or sche G sec. m.. ForsothForwhi V. theOm. G. brothir or sistir is not suget to seruagedo seruage S. in suche; forsoth God clepithclepide GMPQTVXY. cleped O. vs in pees. Sothli wherof wost thou, womman, if thou schaltshul X. make the man saaf; or wherof wost thou, man, if thou schaltshul X. make the wom|man saaf? No but as the Lord hath de|partid to ech, asand as V. God hath clepid ech man, andOm. OV. so go, he and as I teche in alle chirchis. Sum man circumsidid is clepid, brynge he not to prepucie. Sum man is clepid in prepucie, be he not cir|cumsidid. Circumcisioun is noȝtnouȝt, that is, doth nouȝt to heelthe V., and prepucie is nouȝt, but the kepinge ofof the AGMNOPQSTVW. comaundementis of God. Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he. Thou seruaunta seruaunt MPQ. ert clepid, be it not toOm. Q. charge to thee; but if thou maistmyȝt W. be fre, more vse thouthou fredam Q.. He that `in the Lord is clepid seruauntis seruaunt and is clepid in the Lord V., is fre man of the Lord. Also and he thatthat is a V. fre man isand is V. clepid, is the seruaunt of Crist. With prys ȝe ben bouȝt; nyle ȝe be maad seruauntis of menmen, that ȝe putte mannes seruyce byfore Godis seruyce Q.. `Ech man therforTherfor ech man V. in what clepinge he is clepidclepid a brother V., `in that dwelle hedwelle he in this V. anentis God. Forsoth of virgyns I haue notno NV. preceptcomaundement V. of God; sothlibut V. I ȝyue counceil, as hau|ynge mercy of the Lord, that I be trewe. Therfor I gesse, `or demeOm. OVX., thisthat this V. thing forOm. SVX. `to beis V. good for present nede; for it is good tofor OT. a man forOm. SX. toOm. V. be so. Thou art boundyn totill O. a wyf, nyle thou seke vnbyndyng; thou ert vnboundyn fro a wyf, nyle thou seke a wyf. Forsoth if thou hast taken a wyf, thou hast not synned; and ifOm. K. a mayden beis V. weddid, she synned not; ne|thelees suche schulen haue tribulacioun of fleisch. Forsoth I spare ȝou. `And soTher|fore V., britheren, I seye this thing, The tyme is schort. The `tothir thingresidue V. is, that andOm. N. thei that han wyues, be as not hauynge; and thei that wepen, as not wepynge; and thei that ioyen, as not ioyinge; and thei that byen, as not hauynge; and thei that vsen this world, asas not vsinge W. `thei thatOm. W. thei XY. vsenvsen it GMPQT. Om. W. notOm. W.. For|sothForwhi V. the figurefigure, or feirenesse, or prosperite Q. of this world passith. Forsothe I wole ȝouthat ȝe V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. be withoute bisynesse. Sothli he that is withoute wyf is bysy what thingis ben of the Lord, how he schal plese toOm. V. God. ForsothBut V. he that is with a wyf, is bisy what thingis ben of the world, how he schal plese thehis W. wyf, and he is departiddepartid, sumdel to God and sumdel to the world Q.. And a womman vnweddid and maydena maiden N. thenkiththenken N. what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooly in body and spirit. Forsoth she that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, how sche schal plese thehir GMPQT. hose|bonde. Sotheli I seye thes thingis to ȝoure profyt, not that I caste toOm. X. ȝou a snare, but to `that thatthat at O. is honest, andand that V. ȝyueth faculte, `or esynesseOm. OX., with oute letting forOm. SX. to biseche toOm. V sec. m. the Lord. Sothli if onyony keper of virgyns Q. eny man V. demegessith V. him silf forOm. SX. to be seyn foul on his virgyne, that she is `wel oldful woxen V., and so it bihouethbihoue X. `for tothat it GMPQT. to S. be dondon that sche take an hosbonde Q., do shehir keper Q. thatwhat MPQT. that that V. shehe S. wole; schehe GMPQST. synneth not, if schehe GMS. be weddid. Forwhi he that ordeynede stablestabilly V., `or stedefastether stedefast O. Om. VX., in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demyd in his herte `this thingthees thenges O., forOm. SX. to kepe his virgynvirginite O., doth well. Therfor he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrimonye, doth wel; and he that ioyn|eth not, doith bettere. The womman is boundyn to the lawe, how moche tyme hir hosebonde lyueth; that if hir hose|bonde `schal slepeis ded V., `that is, dieOm. OVX., sche is delyuered fro the lawe, be she weddid to whom she wole, oonly in the Lord. For|sothBut V. sche schal be more blessid, if sche `schal thus dwelleshal dwelle thus MP. dwellith thus V., aftir my counceil; for|soth I wene, that andOm. G pr. m. OV. I haue the Spirit of GodGod ȝeuynge this counseil Q..

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe of thes thingis that ben offridsacrified V. to ydols, `that ben symulacris maad to mannis liknesseOm. X., we witen, for alle we han kunnynge. Sothli scienceOm. O., `or kun|nyngekunnynge Om. SVX., inblowithinblowe K. blowith V. `with prideOm. N.; charitebut charite X. edifieth. Forsoth if ony manOm. V. gessemay gesse N. gessith V., `or demeOm. NOVX., himOm. V. forOm. SVX. `to wytethat he can V. ony thing, he hath not ȝit knowyn how ithim WX. bihoueth hymOm. WX. forOm. SX. to kunne. Forsoth if ony man loueth God, this is knowun of him. For|soth of metis that ben offrid to ydols, we witen, forthat V. an ydol is no thing in the world, and thatOm. S. ther is no God butno but GMPQSTVWY. oon. For|why `and ifthouȝ V. and W. ther ben that benOm. G pr. m. seide god|dis, ether in heuene, ether inor S. erthe, for|soth ther ben many goddis, and many lordis; nethelees to vs is oo God, the fadir, of whom alleben alle V. thingis, and we in him; and oo Lord, Jhesu Crist, by whom alleben alle V. thingis, and we by him. But not in alle men is kunnynge. Sothli summesommen V. with conscience of ydol til now eten as thing offrid to ydols; and her conscience is vn|clenedefoulid V., whanne it is syk. MeteForsothe mete N. comend|ith vs not to God; `neithir forsothefor neither V. weif we X. schulen fayleneten, we shuln abounden, neither we shuln failen X., if we `schulen not eteeten not V., `nethir if we eten, we schulen haboundeOm. X., `or haue plenteOm. GMOPTX. in feith Q.. SeBut see V. ȝeOm. N. forsoththerfore S. Om. V., lest perauenture this ȝoure leuelicence, or leeue GMPQT. be maad hirt|inge, `or sclaundreOm. OX., to syke men, `or freeleOm. GOX. in feith Q.. SothliFor V. if ony man schal se him that hath kunnynge, restingeetinge V. in a place wher ydols ben worschipid, wherwhether S et X passim. his con|science, sithsithen GVX. sen O. it is syk, schal not be edy|fyededified, or styrid Q. forOm. SX. to ete thingis offrid to ydols? And the sykeseek, or vnstidefast Q. brothir, for whom Crist deyede, schal perische in thi kunnynge. ForsothFor thus X. thusOm. K pr. m. ȝe synnyngesynnynge thus K pr. m. `in toaȝens V. bri|theren, and smytinge hir syke conscience, synnen inaȝens V. Crist. Wherfor if mete sclaun|drithsclaundre GMPQT. my brother, I schal not ete fleisch `in toOm. V. withouten ende, lest I sclaundre my brothir.

 CAP. IX.

WherWhether G passim in hoc cap. X passim. I am not fre? Am I not apo|stle? Wher I syȝ not Crist Jhesu, oure Lord? Wher ȝe ben not my work in the Lord? And thouȝ to othere I am not apostle, butOm. O. nethelees to ȝou I am; for|why ȝe ben the sygnacletoken O., `or litil signeOm. OX., of myn apostilhed in the Lord. My de|fence to hem that axen me, isOm. Y. this. Wher we han not power forOm. SX. to ete and drynke? Wher we han not power forOm. SX. to lede aboute a womman sistir, as and othere apostlis, and britheren of the Lord, and Cephas, `that is, PetreOm. OX.? Or I aloone and Barnabas han not power forOm. OSTX. to worche thessoche O. thingis? Who fiȝteth, `or holdith knyȝthodOm. OX., ony tyme with his owne soudis? Who plauntith a vyneȝerd, and etith not of `his fruytthe froytes O. his fruytes W.? Who feedithlesewith O. kepith V., `or lesuwithOm. OVX., a floc, and etith not of the mylk of the flok? Wher aftir man I seye thes thingis? wher and the lawe seithseie MQ. not thes thingis? Forsoth it is writun in the lawe of Moyses, Thou schalt not byndebynde up N. the mouth of the oxe threischinge, `or trauelyngeOm. OX.. Whethir of oxen is charge to God? Whether forof O. vs sothli `he seiththei seien N. thes thingis? Forwhi `for vs thei ben writuntho ben writen for us V.; for he that erith, owith to ere in hope, and he that threischith, `or tra|uelithOm. OX., inthreschith in V. hope forOm. SX. to perseyuetake V. fruitis. ForsothOm. V. yf we sowensoweth O. spiritual thingis to ȝou, `it is notit is ANQWX. is it GMOPSTVY. greet, if we repen ȝoure fleischly thingis? If othere ben parce|neris of ȝoureoure AGMNOPQTW sec. m. power, whi not `rathere wewe rather G.? But we vsen not this power, but we susteynensuffren V., `or suffrenOm. OVX., alle thingis, that we ȝeuen notno S. not eny V. lettinge, `or sclaundreOm. OVX., to the euangelie of Crist. Witen ȝe not, forthat V. thei that wirchen in the sacrarietemple, either sacrarie V., `that is, a place where hooly thingis ben keptOm. OX., eten tho thingis that ben of the sacrariesacraries Q., and thatOm. AGMNOPQTVW. thothei V. that seruen to the auter, taken part with the auter? So and the Lord ordeynede to hem that tellen the gospel, forOm. SX. to lyue ofon G. the gospel. ForsothBut V. I vsidevse Q. `none ofnot X. thes thingis; sothli I wroot not thes thingis, that theithoo V. be don so in me; forsothfor V. it is good to me more forOm. SX. to deie, than that ony man avoyde my glorie. Forwhi if I schalOm. V. preche the gospel, glorie is not to me, forsothforwhi V. nedemeede Y. lithneiȝith V. to me; forsothforwhi V. wo toOm. O. me, if I `schal not euangelisepreche not the gospel V.. Forsoth if I will|ingeOm. V. do this thingthing wilfully V., I haue mede; sothlyforsothe O. ifif I do this V. aȝens my wil, dispensacioundispending V. is bitake to meme, to profite to othere men, al be it that for myn yuel wille I profite not to mysilf Q.. What therfore isOm. Y. my hyre, `or medeOm. OX.? That I prechingpreche K. the gospel, putte the gospel with oute spence `takynge, or sustenaunce therforeOm. OX. eithir taking of susteynaunce therfore V., that I mysvse not my power in the gospel. Forwhi whanne I was fre of alle men, I made me seruaunt of alle men, that I schulde wynne mo men. And to Jewis I am maad asOm. Q. a Jew, that I schulde wynne Jewis; to hem that ben vndir the lawe, as I were vndir the lawe, whanne I was not vndir the lawe, that I schulde wynne hem that weren vndir the lawe; to hem that weren with oute theOm. GMOPQTV. lawe, asas thouȝ O. I were withoute theOm. O. lawe, whanne I was not withoute theOm. O. lawe of God, but I was in the lawe of Crist, that IOm. Y. schulde wynne hem that weren with oute lawethe lawe NSWXY.. I am maad syk to syke men, that I schulde wynne syke men; to alle men I am maad alle thingis, that I schulde make alle men saaf. Forsoth I do alle thingis for the gospel, that I beshulde be SXY. maad parcener of it. Witen ȝe not, that thei that rennen in a furlong, alle forsoth ren|nen, but oon takith the priys? So renne ȝe, that ȝe catche. Ech man that stryueth in fyȝt, absteyneth him fro alle thingisthingis that letten hym Q.; and thei forsothforsothe that stryuen in fiȝt Q., that thei take a corupt|ible crowne, `we forsothebut we V. vncoruptan vncorrupt Q.. Therfore I renne so, not as into vncerteyn thing; thus I fiȝte, not as betynge the eyr; but I chastise my body, and bryngebringe it MP. in to seruage; lest perauenture whanne I `haue prechidpreche V. to othere, I my silf be maad reprouable.

 CAP. X.

Sotheli, britheren, I nyle ȝou forOm. SVX. toto be G pr. m. that ȝe V. vnknowe, forthat V. alle oure fadris weren vndir cloudea cloude GMPT. a cloude, defendynge hem fro the Egipciens Q., and alle passiden the see; and alle benweren V. baptysid in Moyses, in the cloude and in the see; and alle eeten the same spiritualgoostly O. breedbreed manna Q. mete V., and alle dronken the same spiritualgostely O. drynke; forsoth thei dronken of the spiritualgoostly drinke O., aOm. V. stoon folow|ynge hem; forsoth the stoon was Crist. But not in ful manye of hem it wasis G. welOm. OV. plesant to God; forwhi `thei benthei weren V. ben thei W. cast doun in theOm. OX. desert. Forsoth thesthus Y. thingis ben don in figure of vs, that we ben not coueyteriscoueitous X. of yuelis, as and thei coueit|iden. Neithir be ȝe maad ydolatrerisydolateris G., `that is, worschiperis of false mawmetisOm. OX., as summe of hem; as it is writun, The peple sat forOm. SX. to ete and drynke, and thei `han risun vpriseden V. forOm. SX. to pleie. Neither do we fornycacioun, as summe of hem diden fornycaciounOm. O., and thre and twenty thou|sandisthousand AOX. feldenfellen GMPQSTX. deieden O., `or deiedenOm. OX., in o day. Neither tempte we Crist, as summe of hem temptiden, and perischeden of ser|pentis. Neither grucche ȝewee S., as summe of hem grucchiden, and thei perischiden of athe GMPQT. wastour, `or distrierOm. OX.. Forsothe alle thes thingisOm. N. feldenbifellen GN. fellen MPQSTX. to hem ininto GQ. figure; sothli theitho V. ben writun toin W. oure coreccioun, `or amendyngeOm. OX., in to whomwhiche V. the endis of the worldworldis V. han comen. `And soTherfore V. he that gess|ith him forOm. SX. to stonde, sesee he MOPQT., that he falle not. Temptacioun take not ȝou, no but mannusmannes temptacioun V.; forsoth God is trewe, theOm. VX. whichthat X. schal not suffre ȝou forOm. SX. to be temptid ouer `that thatthat at O. Om. W. ȝe mown; but he schal make with temptaciounthe temptacioun SX. alsoalso with G pr. m. pur|uyaunce, that ȝe mown susteynesuffre V.. Wher|fore, ȝe moost dereworthe to me, fleflee ȝe GMPV. fleeth SX. fro worschipinge of ydols. As to prudent men I speke, ȝe ȝouȝoure O. silf demedemeth SX. that thingOm. O. that I seye. TheWher is not the com. of Cristes blood the V. cuppe of blessynge `the whichto whom O. which VX. we blessen, `wher it is not the comenynge of Cristis bloodOm. V.? andand wher V. the breed whichthe whiche GMOPQTWY. we breken, wherwhether G. Om. V. itOm. V. is not theOm. W. `delynge, orOm. OX. `part takyngeparting G., `of the bodyOm. G pr. m. of the Lord? For `o breed and o bodyOm. V. we manye benben oo breed and oo bodi V., alle we that taken part of o breed and of o cuppe. Se ȝe Israel aftir the fleisch, wher thei that eten oostis, `or sacrificesor sacrificis in the lawe of Moyses Q. Om. X., ben not parceneris of the au|ter? WhatOm. SXY. therfore seye I, that thinga thing V. offrid to ydols is ony thing, or that theOm. G pr. m. ydole is ony thingthing, as who say nay Q.? But tho thingis that hethene men offren, thei offren to deuelis, and not to God. Forsoth I nyle ȝou forOm. SV. tothat ȝe V. be maad felowis of fendis; for ȝe mown not drynke the cuppe of the Lord, and the cuppe of fendisthe fendis Y.; ȝe mown not be parce|neris of the boord of the Lord, and ofOm. V. the boord of fendis. Wher weȝe O. `suwen byhan V. enuye theto the V. Lord? wherwhethir Y. we ben strengere than he? Alle thingis ben leef|ful to me, but not alle thingis spedenspeden, or helpen to my course Q.. Alle thingis ben leeffulleeueful to me MQV., but notOm. Q. alle thingis edifyenedifien not my neiȝbore Q.. No man sekesekith MO. that thing that is his owne, but that thing that is of anotheranother, that is, that may edifie another Q.. Al thing that comethis seld V. in the bocheriebocherie, or in the plater GMPT., `ete ȝeeteth X., no thing axynge for conscienceconscience of this mete or of this Q.. The erthe and the plente of it, is `the Lordisof the Lord GMPQT.. Forsoth if onyOm. V. ofOm. Y pr. m. vnfeithfulunfeithful men V., `or hethen menOm. OX., clepith ȝou to souperthe soper W., and ȝe wolen go, al thing that is sett to ȝou, `ete ȝeete ȝe, ȝif it nede ȝou, mesurable Q. eteth X., nothing axynge for conscience. IfBut if V. ony man sothliforsothe O. Om. V. `schal seieseith V. sey to ȝou X pr. m., This thingthing, or this mete Q. is offrid to ydols, nyle ȝe ete, for him that schewidescheweth O. shewide this thing Q., and for conscience; forsothe I seie not, thi con|science, but of anothiranother mans Q.. Sothli wherto is my libertefredom O., `or freedomOm. OX., demyd of an|othir mannus conscience? Therfore ifOm. W. I take part with gracegrace, or thanckyng Q., what am I blas|femyd, `for that I do gracesOm. O. for that that I do graces V., `or thank|yngisOm. OX.? Therfore wherewhether GOX. ȝe eten, or drynken, or don any othir thing, do ȝe alle thingis in toOm. G pr. m. gloriethe glorie AGMNOPQSTVWXY. of God. Be ȝe withoute offencioun, `or sclaundreOm. OX., to Jewis, andand to W. hethene men, and to the chirche of God; as and I by alle thingis plese to alle menmen withouten slaundre Q., not sechinge whatthat at O. that that V. is profitable to me, but `that thatthat at O. tois profitable to V. many menmen profitith Q., that thei be maad saaf.

 CAP. XI.

Be ȝe `my foloweristhe folowers of me GM. folewers of me QT., as and I of Crist. Forsoth, britherenbrether G., I preise ȝou, that bi alle thingis ȝe be myndeful ofto O. meme, or of my autorite or power Q.; `as andand as GMQTVX. and W. I bitook toOm. V. ȝou my comaundementis, ȝe kepenholden V.. ForsotheFor forsothe G. I wole `ȝou for toȝou to SX. that ȝe V. wite, that Crist is the heedheuyd G et S passim fere. of ech man; forsothbut V. the heed of the womman is the man; forsoth the heed of Crist, Godis God SVXY.. EchForsoth ech S. man preyinge, or prophesyinge, `the heedwhanne the hed is V. hilidveilid S., defoulith his heed. For|soth ech womman preiynge, or prophesy|inge, `the heedwhanne the hed is not V. not hilid, defoulith hir heed; forsothfor V. it is oon, as ȝif sche be maad ballid, `pollid, or clippidOm. G pr. m. MPQTX. or polled O. either pollid, either clippid V.. ForOm. SX. if a womman be not veylid, `or keueridOm. O., be she pollid; forforsothe V. if it is foul thing toOm. S. a womman forOm. GMPSTX. to be pollidballed OX., or forOm. GMPQSTX. toOm. GMPQX. be maadOm. X. ballidpolled OX., veyleveile sche V., `or hydeOm. NOX. or hile V., she hir heed. Sothly a man schal not veylehiden S., `or hydeOm. OX. or veilen S. or hile V., hisOm. A. heed, for he is the ymage and gloriethe glorie SXY. of God; forsothe a womman is the glorie of man. SothliFor whi V. a man is not offirste made of Q. the womman, but the womman of the man. `And forsotheFor whi V. the man is not maadOm. O. for the wommanwoman, to mysuse hir, or ouerlede hir Q., but the wom|man for the manman, to helpe him and obeische to hym Q.. Therfore the wom|man schal haue athe O. veyle on hir heed, and for aungelsaungeles, or prestes NQ.. Netheles neithir the manman is V. withouten wommanthe womman ANOQSWX., neither theOm. A. wom|manwomman is V. withouten manthe man W., in the Lord. For|whi as the wommanwomman is V. of manthe man SX., so and manman is V. by womanthe womman S.; forsothe alle thingis ofben of OV. God. Ȝe ȝouȝour GMPQT. silf demedemeth SX.; bicomethbisemeth O., `or bisemethor semeth A. Om. OX., it a womman not veylidveylid, or couerid MPQT. forOm. GMPQSTX. to preye God? Neither the kynde it silf techith vsVS that GQ., forsothfor V. thatOm. OSVWXY. if a man norischenoryscheth O. long heerheer, for his lust Q., it is yuel fame, `or sclaundreOm. OX., to him; but if a womman norische long heerheer, not for pride, but knowynge hir firste trespas and obeischaunce Q., it is glorie to hir, forfor whi V. heeris ben ȝouun to hir for veyle, `or keueryngOm. NOX.. Forsoth if ony man is seyn forOm. SX. to be ful of stryf `among ȝouOm. V., we han not such custom, neither the chirche of God `hath sichOm. G pr. m. M OPQTX. hath such custom V.. Sothli this thing I comaundecomaunde to ȝou X pr. m., not preisynge, that ȝe comen to gidere not in to betere thing, but into worse. First forsoth `ȝou comyngewhanne ȝe comen V. to gidere into chirchethe chirche V., I heereheere that V. `departyngis, or dissenciounsdiscension O. discensiouns X., forOm. SVX. `to beben V., and of partye I bileue. ForwhiForwhi and X. it bihoueth heresies forOm. NSX. to be, that thei `the whichthat VX. ben prou|yd, be maad knowunopen S pr. m. into GMPQT. ȝou. Therfore `ȝou comyngewhanne ȝe comen V. to gidere into oon, now it is not forOm. SX. to ete the Lordis soperesoper, sith ȝe ben departide fro oon hede Q.; for|sothforwhi V. ech man `bifore takithpresumeth O. his sopere forOm. SX. to ete, and sothely anothirand an|othere W. isOm. W. hun|grie, anotherand anothir N. forsoth is drunkyn. WherWhether G. ȝe han not housis forOm. S. to ete and drynkedrynke rather at home Q., or ȝe dispisen the chirche of God, and confoundenconfounden, or schamen Q. hem that han not? What schal I seye to ȝou? I preise ȝou; in this thing I preisepreise ȝou GMNPQT. not. Forsothe I haue takun of the Lord that thing, `the whichOm. A. which V. and I haue bytakunȝofen O. to ȝou. For the Lord JhesuJhesu Crist N., in what nyȝt he was by|trayed, took breed, and `doynge gracesdide thankingis V., `or thankyngisOm. ANOVWX. or thankis GMP., heand V. brak, and seide, Take ȝe, and `ete ȝeetith X.; this is my body, theOm. V. which schal be bitrayd for ȝou; do ȝe this thing `in toin XY. my mynde. Also and he took the cuppe, aftiraftur that TV. he hathhadde MV. had OP. soupid, seiynge, This cuppe is the newe testament in my blood; do ȝe this thing, how ofte euere ȝe schulen drynkedrynke it Q., in to my mynde. SothliFor V. how ofte euere ȝe schulen ete this breed, and schulenOm. GMQT. drynke the cuppe, ȝe schulen schewetelle V. the deeth of the Lord, til he come. `And soTherfore V. who euere `schal eteetith V. the breed, or drynkedrinkith V. the cuppe of the Lord vnworthily, he schal be gilty of the body andand of the X. blood of the Lord. For|soth proue a man him silf, and so ete he of `the ilkethat X. breed, and drynkedrinke he M. of the cuppe. ForsothFor V. he that etith and drynk|ith vnworthily, etith and drynkith dom, `or dampnaciounOm. NX., to hymhym silf W pr. m., not wysely demynge thethe worthynesse of the Q. body of the Lord. Therfore among ȝou manyeben manye GQT. many ben V. syke, and vnstrongefeeble V., `or febleOm. OVX., and manye slepen, `or deienOm. X., For if we demedendemen O. wysely vsoure GMPQT. silf, forsoth we schulden not be demed; sothli the while we ben demed of the Lord, we ben chastysid, that we ben not dampned with this world. `And soTherfore V., my britheren, whanne ȝe comen to gidere forOm. SX. to ete, abyde ȝe to gidereto gedir, that an acceptable sacrifice be of ȝow alle Q.. If ony man hun|grithhungre G pr. m., ete he at homhome, in priuyte, that he sclaundre not in apert Q., that ȝe come not to gidere in to dom. Sothli I schal dis|pose othere thingis, whanne I schal come.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe of spiritualthe spirituel Q. thingis, britheren, I nyle `ȝou for toȝou to SX. ȝe that ȝe V. vnknowe. SothlyFor V. ȝe witen, forthat V. whanne ȝe weren hethen men, ashou V. ȝe weren ledd goynge to doumbe symy|lacris. TherforeForsothe O. I make knowun to ȝou, that no man spekinge in the spirit of God, seith departynge fro Jhesu; and no man mayOm. Q. seye the Lord Jhesu isOm. X., noOm. SY. but in the Hooly Gost. Sothli departingis of gracis ben, forsothebut V. the same SpiritSpirit is the ȝeuer Q. Spirit is V.; and departyngis of seruyngisseruyngis ben V., forsothebut V. the same LordLord is the departer Q. Lord is V.; and departingis of worchingis benOm. S., forsothbut V. the same GodGod is V., that worchith alle thingis in alle thingis. Forsoth to ech man theOm. G pr. m. schewynge of spirit is ȝouun to profyt. To anothir for|soth by spirit the word of wysdom is ȝouun; to anothir sothli the word of kunnynge, aftirto N. bi V. the same spirit; feith to another, in the same spirit; to another, grace of heelthisheeles O., in o spirit; to another, the worchinge of vertues; to another, pro|phesye; to another, discrescioun, `or verrey knowyngeOm. OX., of spiritis; to another, kyndis of tungis, `or langagisOm. OX.; to another, in|terpretyngeexpounynges O., `or expownyngOm. OX., of wordis. Forsoth alle thes thingis oon andin OP. the same spirit worchith, departynge to ech by himhem AGMOPQSTVW. silf as he wole. SothliFor V. as ther is o body, and hath many membris, for|soth alle the membris of the body, whanneand whan M. thei ben manye, ben o body, so and Crist. And sotheliFor whi V. in o spirit alle we ben bap|tisid in to o body, eitherother M et P passim. Jewis, eitheror S. hethenehethen men GMNPQT., eitheror S. seruauntis, eitheror S. fre; and alle we `han drunkenben fillid with drink V. in o spirit. Forwhi and the body is not o membre, but manye. IfAnd if V. the foot `schal seyeseith V., For I am not the honde, I am not of the body; not therfore `it is notis it not O. of the body. And if the eere `schal seyeseith V., For I am not the yȝe, I am not of the body; not therfore `it is notis it not O. of the body. If al the body bewere O. is the V. be the GMXY. yȝe, where is heringethe heering XY.? and if al the body beis V. heeringe, where is smellingethe smelling X.? Now for|soth God hath put membris, and ech of hem in the body, as he wolde. That if allealle men V. weren o membre, wherewher is NOQ. where were V. the body? But now sothli many membris, sothli o body. Forsoth the yȝe `schal not mowemay not V. seye to the hond, I haue nonot X. nede to thi werk; or eft the heed to the feet, Ȝe ben not necessarie to me. But moche more tho that ben seyn forOm. SX. to be more syke, `or lowereOm. X., membris of the body, ben more nedeful; and to hem thatthat that N. we gessen forOm. SX. to be vnnoblerevnnoble V. membris of the body, we ȝyuen more honour `in cumpasin cumpas, ofte tymes clothinge hem Q. abouten X.; and tho membris that ben vnhonestmore vnhonest O., han more honeste. Forsoth oure honest mem|bris `of noon han nedehan nede of noon V.; butno but K. God tem|pridetempreth S. the body, ȝyuynge more worschipe to it, to whom it failide, that debaat be not in the body, but that the membris ben bisy into the same thing for ech othir. And if o membre suffrithsuffre X. ony thing, alle membris suffren therwith; ethir if o membre gloriethglorie S., alle membris ioyen to gidere. Forsoth ȝe ben the body of Crist, and membris of membremembris SX.. And sothli God puttideputte GMPQSTX. summesummen V. in the chirche, first apostlis, the secunde tymeOm. X. prophetis, the thriddethridde tyme MO. techerisdoctouris X., aftirward vertues, aftirward gracesgrace N. of heelingis, helpingis, governaylis, `or gouernyngisOm. OX., kyndis of langagis, interpretaciouns of wordis. WherWhether G. allealle ben GMPQT. apostlis? wherwhe|ther GX. allealle be G pr. m. prophe|tis? wher alle techeris? wherwhether GX. alle ver|tues? wherwhether GX. alle men han grace of heel|ingis? wher alle speken with langages? wherwhether GX. alle interpretenexpownen O., `or expownenOm. OX.? Forsoth sue ȝe the bettere gostli ȝyftisȝiftis, as is charite Q.. And ȝit I schewe to ȝou a more excellentexcellence V., `or worthior worthier A. Om. OVX., weyehyȝe weye O..

 CAP. XIII.

If I speke with tungis of men andand of V. aun|gels, `sothli Isotheli if I NQV. and I sothely O. haue not charite, I am maad as bras sownnynge, or a symbal tynkynge. And if I schalOm. V. haue prophesyeprophecies O., and `haue knowunknowe V. alle mysteries, and al kunnynge, `or scienceOm. OX., and if I schalOm. V. haue al feith, so that I `bere ouereouer bere GMNOPQT. hillis `fro o place to an|otherOm. OX. fro o place til anothir Y., forsothfor V. if I `schal not hauehaue not V. charite, I am noȝt. And if I schalOm. V. departe alle my goodis into metis of pore men, and if I schalOm. V. bytake my body, so that I brenne, forsothe if I `schal not hauehaue not V. charite, it profitith to me no thing. Charite is pacientpacient, or suffringe G sec. m., it is be|nygne, `or of good willOm. OX., charite enuyeth not, it doth notnoo V. gyle, it is not inblowynblowen V. `with prideOm. X., it is not ambicious, `or co|ueitous of worschipisOm. X., it sekith not tho thingis that ben herhis OV. owne, it is not stir|id to wraththe, it thenkithsekith Y. not yuel, it ioyeth not inon AGMNPQSTVX. of OY. of noon W. wickidnesse, forsoth it ioyeth togidere towith V. of XY. treuthe; it suffrith alle thingis, it bileueth alle thingisthinges that ben to byleue Q., it hopith alle thingis, it susteyneth alle thingis. Charite fallith notneuere V. downOm. O., wherewhether GMOPQX. pro|phecyes schulen be voydidvoide G., etheror S. lan|gagis schulen ceesse, etheror S. science schal be distroyed. ForsothFor V. of party we hanOm. V. knowen, and of party we prophesien; for|sothefor V. whanne that schal comecum to G pr. m. that is perfyt, that thing that isschall be O. of party, schal be avoydidvoidid SX.. Whanne I was a litil child, I spak as a litil child, I vndirstood as a litil child, I thouȝte as a litil child; for|soth whanne I was maad mana man AGMNOPSTVWXY., I auoyd|idevoidede SX. tho thingis that weren of a litil child. Forsoth we seen now by a myrour in aOm. MP. derknesse, thanne forsothe face to face; now I knowe of party, `thanne forsoththanne S. but thanne V. I schal knowe, as and I am knowyn. Now forsothe dwellen feith, hope, and charite, thes thre; forsothsothly S. the moostemore AGMNOPQSTWX. of theshem G pr. m. MPQT. is charite.

 CAP. XIV.

Sue ȝe charite, loue ȝe spiritual thingis, more forsoth that ȝe prophecie. Sothli he that spekith in tunge, spekith not to men, but to God; forsothforwhi V. no man heer|ith. Sothli the spirit spekith mysteries. Forwhi he that prophecieth, spekith to men, to edificacioun, and monestynge, and comfortynge, `or solasyngeOm. GMNOPTVX. or counseilynge Q.. He that spekith in tunge, edifieth him silf; for|soth he that prophecieth, edyfieth the chirche of God. Forsothe I wole `ȝou allethat alle ȝee V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. speke in tungis, `but moremore forsothe X. `for toto S. that ȝe VX. prophecie. Forwhi he that pro|phecieth, is moremore worthy Q. than he that spekith inwith OX. tungis, `or langagisOm. NOY.; noOm. X. butbut if X. per|auenture he interpretedeclare O., `or declareOm. OX., that the chirche take edificacioun. Now for|soth, britheren, ifOm. X pr. m. Y. I schalOm. V. come to ȝou, spekyngeand speke V. inwith O. tungis, what schal Iit V. pro|fyteprofite to ȝou V., noOm. X. but if I schalOm. V. speke to ȝou etherother M et P passim. or S. inin the K. reuelacioun, ethiror NSX. in sciencethe science V., etheror SX. in prophecie, etheror SX. in techingetechyngis Q.? Nethelees thothees O. thingis that ben with oute soule, `or lyfether lijf O. Om. X., ȝyuynge voyces, ether pype, etheror SX. harpe, noOm. X. butbut if AGMNOPQTX. theitho V. schulenOm. V. ȝyue distinccioundiscrecioun X. ofof vnderstondinge G sec. m. sownyngis, how schal it be kowdcunde O. knowen V. that is songun, etheror SX. `that thatthat at O. is harpid? `And sothliFor whi V. if the trumpe ȝyue vncerteyn vois, who schal make `him silfhym N. redy to bateil? SoOm. O. and `no butbut if X. ȝeand ȝe W. schulenOm. V. ȝyue an opyn word by tunge, how schal `that thatthat at O. is seid be knowun? SothliFor V. ȝe schulen be spekynge inin to N. the eiriseyre G sec. m. eeres K. eiris, or firmament N. eir V., `so manye as benAs so many kindis of V. tungis, `or langagisOm. OX., inben in V. this world, and no thing is withoute voys. Therfore if I `schal not knoweknowe not V. the vertu of vois, I schal benot be O. to him, to whom I schal speke, a barbarbarbarik V., `or not vndirstondunOm. OX.; and he that spekith, to me `a barbarschal be a barbarik V.. So and ȝe, for ȝe ben loueris of spiritisspiritis, desirynge his ȝiftis Q. spiritis, that is, of goostly ȝiftis ve., toto the GMP. edifi|cacioun of the chirche sekeseke ȝe N. seketh SX. that ȝeOm. N. he O. be plenteuous. And therfore he that spekith in tunge, preiepreȝe he X., that he interprete, `or expowneOm. NX.. Forwhi if I preye in tunge, my spirit preieth; forsothOm. V. my mynde, `or resounOm. OX. or vndirstondinge V., is withoute fruyt. Therfore what thing is? I schal preie in spirit, I schal preie and in mynde, `or resounOm. NOVX.; I schal seie salm in spirit, I schal seye salm inalso in V. and in X sec. m. mynde, `or resounOm. OSVX.. Forwhi if thou `schalt blesseblessist V. in spirit, who fulfillithfillith V. the place of an ydiote, `or vnlerid manOm. OX. or vnlerned man VW., how schal heI N. seie Amen vponon VX. thithe GMPQT. blessing, for he woot not, what thou seist? Forwhi thou sothli doist wel gracis, `or thank|yngisOm. X., but another manOm. OS. is not edified. I do gracesthankynges O. to my God, for I speke in the langagislangage SVWY. tunge Y. of alle ȝou; but in the chirche I wole speke fyue wordis in my witt, that and I teche othere men, than ten thousandisthousande GMPQSTX. ofOm. X. wordis in tungetunge not vndurstonde O. tunge oonly, with outen de|clarynge Q.. Britheren, nyle ȝe be maad children in wittis, but in malice `be ȝebeth SX. litil; forsoth in wittis `be ȝebeth SX. perfyt. SothlyFor V. in the lawe it is writun, For in othere tungis and otherein other WX. lippis I schal speke to this peple, and nethir so `it schalthei schulen V. heere me, seith the Lord. `And soTherfore V. langagis ben in toOm. X. tokene, not to feithful men, but to men out of the feith; forsoth prophe|syes notben not QTV. to men out of feiththe feith AGMNOPQSTVWXY., but to feithful men. Therfore if al the chirche come to gidere in to oon, and alle men speke in tungistungis oonli Q., sothli if ydiotesydols K. entrenOm. V., `or men out of the feithOm. O. either men out of the feith entren V., wher thei `seyn notschulen not seie V., What ben ȝe woodvoyde O.? Forsoth if alle men prophecienprophecieden W., forsoth if ony vn|feithful man or ydiot entre, he is conuict of alle, he is wyseli demed of allealle culpable Q.. For|sothFor V. the hid thingis of his herte ben knowen, andOm. O. so he fallingeschal falle V. doun `in toon V. the face, schaland schal V. worschipe God, schewingeand schewe V. verily that God `in ȝou isis in ȝou GMQTV.. Therfor, britheren, whatin what W. is? Whanne ȝe comen to gidere, ech of ȝou hath a salm, he hath techinge, he hath apocalips, `or reuela|ciounOm. OX., he hath tunge, he hath `interpret|yngeexpownyng O., `or expownyngeOm. NOX.; be alle thingis don to edificacioun. Whethir a man spekithspeke X. in tunge, aftirbe this don bi V. tweynetwo GMPSTX. two togidere Q. twey men V., `or as moche threor as michel thre AGOPQTWY. or as moche after thre Q. either thre at the mooste V., and by partispartis spekynge in the chirche Q. alle partis V pr. m., that oon in|terpreteinterprete, or declare to the pepul Q.. Forsoth if ther be not an interpretour, be he stille, `or speke notOm. OX. or speke he not V., inthat spekith in Q. the chirche; sothli speke he to him silf, and to God. SothliOm. V. prophetis tweynetwo GMPQSTX. or thre seyesey thei G sec. m. seith T., and othereother men G sec. m. wyselywyse T. demedeme what thei seyn Q.. That if ony thingthing of harde Q. schalOm. V. be schewid to `oon sittingea sittere V., `the formere bebe the former GMPQT. stille. For|sothFor V. ȝe mown prophecie alle, byOm. OQT. ech bi him silf, that alle men lernelere SX., and allealle men Q. moneste. And the spiritis of prophetis ben sugetissoget V. to prophetisprophetis, eche mekely lernynge of other and comynyng with other Q.; sothliforwhi V. God is not of dissencioun, but of pees; asand as WXY. andOm. AG pr. m. NTWXY. in alle chirchis of hooly men I techepreche GMPQT.. Wymmen in chirchis be stille; sothlifor V. it is not suffrid to hem forOm. SX. to speke, but forOm. SX. to be suget, as the lawe seith. For|sothFor V pr. m. if thei wolen ony thing lerne, at hom axe thei her hosebondishosebondis, feithful in the Lord Q.; forsothfor V. it is foul thingOm. O. toto a AMNOPQSTVXY. a G. womman forOm. S. to speke in chirchethe chirche GMNPQT.. Whether of ȝou the word of God cam forth, or to ȝou aloone it cam? If ony man is seyn forOm. X. to be a prophete, `or spiritualOm. SX., knowe he thothe O. thingis that I wryte to ȝou, for theitho V. ben the co|maundementis of the Lord. Forsothe if ony man vnknowith, he schal be vn|knowen. `And soTherfore V., bretheren, loue ȝe forOm. SX. to prophecie, and nyle ȝe forbede forOm. NSX. to speke in tungistungis, myche more for [be] de ȝe not prophetis Q.. Forsoth be alle thingisthing N. don honestlihonestly with pees Q., and vpafter Q. bi due V. ordre inamong O. ȝouȝou bifore seyde Q..

 CAP. XV.

Sotheli, britheren, I make the gospel knowun to ȝou, `the whichwhich V. that X. I haue prech|id to ȝou, theOm. X. which and ȝe han takun, in which andOm. K. ȝe stonden, by which and ȝe benschulen be V. saued; by which resoun I haue prechid to ȝou, if ȝe hoolden, if ȝe han not bileuyd ydeli. ForsothFor V. I bitook to ȝou in the firste that thing `that andwhich also V. I tookbytoke, of the Holy Gost wyth outen feynynge Q.; forthat V. Crist wasis X. deed for oure synnes, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the scriptures; and forthat V. he was biried, and forthat V. he roos aȝen inOm. OT. the thridde day, vpafter GMOPQT. bi V. theOm. MPQ. scripturis; and forthat V. he was seyn to Cephas, `that is, PetreOm. NOX., and aftir `this thingthese thinges NVX. to enleuene; aftirwardand afterwarde O. he was seyn to mo than fyue hundrid britheren to gidere, of theOm. V. whiche manye dwellen `til to ȝitto nowe O. to ȝit feithful in that byleue Q., forsothe summesumme witnessis in the same byleue Q. han slepte, `or dyedeOm. X.; aftirward he was seyn to James, aftirward to alle apostlisthe apostlis GMPT.. For|soth at the laste of alle, he was seyn andOm. G pr. m. MNPQT. to me, as to a mysborn child. ForsothFor V. I am the leeste of apostlis, that am not worthi forOm. SX. to be clepid apostle, for I pursuede the chirche of God. Forsothe by the grace of God, I am that thing that I am; and his grace was not voyde, `or ydelOm. OX., in me. But I trauelide more plen|teuously than alle thei; forsoth not I, but the grace of God with me. Sothli whe|ther I, whether thei, so we han prechid, and so ȝewe O. han bileuyd. Forsoth if Crist is prechid, that he roos aȝen fro deed spiritisOm. X., houOm. O. `summe seynsayn summe GMPQT. seien in ȝou summen V. `in ȝouOm. V., forthat OV. theOm. SX. aȝen rysinge of deed men is not? Forsoth if theOm. S. aȝen rysinge of deed men is not, nether Crist roosroos aȝen V.. Sothli if Crist roos not, oure prechinge is veyn, oure feith is veyn. Forsoth and weOm. O. ben found fals witnessis of God, for we han seyd witnessynge aȝens God, that he reyside Crist, whom he reiside not, if deed men rysen not aȝen. Forwhy if deede men rysen not aȝen, nether Crist roosroos not W. aȝen; that if Crist roos not aȝen, oure feith is veynvoyde O.; forsothfor V. ȝit ȝe ben in ȝoure synnessynnys, not trowynge his vprisynge Q.. Therefore andOm. V. thei that slep|tendyeden O., `or dyedenOm. NOX., in CristCrist, that is, in his feith Q., `han perischidperish|eden X.. If in this lyf oonly we ben hopinge in Crist, we ben more wrecchis than alle men. Now forsoth Crist roos aȝen, `fro deede menOm. X., the firste fruytis of slepyngedying O. men, `or deyingeOm. OX.; for sothli `bye a man deethdeth was bi a man V., and bye a manman is V. aȝen rysinge of deed menOm. X.. And as in Adam alle men deyendieden N., so andOm. K. in Crist alle men schulen be quykenyd. Ech man forsothe in his ordreordre, or dignyte Q.; first fruytisfruyt is K. fruȝtis of men slepinge, or diynge N., CristCrist, for he worthely hath the firste and moost dignite Q., aftirward thei that ben of Crist, that bileueden ininto Q. thehis Q. comynge `of CristOm. Q.; aftirward an ende, whanne he schal bitake the kyngdom to God and to the fadir, whanne he schal auoydevoiden X. al princehede, and power, and vertu. Sothli it bihoueth him forOm. SX. to regne, til he putte alle his enemyes vn|dir his feet. Forsoth at the laste, theOm. X. enemy deeth schal be distroyed; forsothfor V. he hath maad suget alle thingis vndir his feet. Forsoth whanne he seith, alle thingis ben sugetissuget AMNV. sogetid S. to him, withouten doute out taken him that sugettide alle thingis to him. Sothli whanne alle thingis schulen be sugetsugetted O. to hym, thanne heOm. V. the sonesone himself V. schal be suget to hym, that sugettide alle thingis to him, that God be alle thingis in alle thingis. Ellis what schulen thei don, that ben baptysid for deede menthingis V., if in al manere deede men rysen not aȝenaȝen? wherto and [also V] ben thei baptised for hem? NV.? Wherto and we ben in perel euery hour? Ech day I deiedye, or am in perel of deth Q. for ȝoure glorie, britheren, theOm. V. which glorieOm. SX. I haue in `Crist Jhesu oure Lordoure Lord Jh. Xt. X.. If vpvp aftir N. aftir V. man I haue fouȝte to beestisbeest O. beestis, or aȝein beestis Q. at Epheci, what `profitith itprofet is it O. to me, if deede men rysen not aȝen? EteȜif it be so, ete Q. we, and drynke we, `to mor|weOm. V. forsothforsothe, or hastely Q. for V. we schulen deyediȝe to morewe V.. Nyle ȝe be disseyueddisceyued by fals techinge Q.; forsothfor whi V. yuele spechisspechis, or false doctryne Q. co|rumpen, `or distroyenOm. OX., goode thewis, `or vertuesof vertues K. Om. OX.. AwakeWake SX. ȝe, iuste menOm. X., and nyle ȝeȝe do V. synne; forsothe summesummen V. han ig|noraunce of GodGod, not bileuynge that Crist ros Q., to reuerence I speke to ȝouȝou, that ȝe schame to consente to hem that byleuen not Q.. But `summan seithsum men seyen O., How schu|len deede men ryse aȝen, or in what maner body schulen thei come? VnwyseO! vnwise X. man, that thing thatat O. thou sowist, is not quykenyd, nonot G pr. m. Om. X. butbut if X. it deie first; and that thingOm. N. that thou sowist, not the body that is to come thou sowist, but a nakid corn, as of whete, or of sum ofOm. V. theOm. V. othirothere sedis NVW sec. m.; for|sothe God ȝyueth to it a body as he wole, and to ech of seedis thea O. propre body. Not ech fleisch theis the T sec. m. V. same fleischOm. S pr. m., but `for|sothe anothiroone T. ofis of TV. men, anothir sothli ofis of V. beestis, anothir forsothe ofis of V. briddis, an|othiran other forsothe GMPQSTX. of fischis. And heuenly bodyesbodies ben V., and ertheli bodyesbodies ben V.; but forsothe anothir glorie ofis of V. heuenli bodies, anothir forsoth ofis of V. erthelierthly bodyes OV.. Anothir clerenesse ofis of V. the sunne, anothir clerenesse ofis of V. the mone, andOm. GMNOPQT. anothir clerenesse ofis of V. theOm. A sec. m. GMPSTVWXY. sterris; forsothe a sterre diuersith fro a sterre in clerenesse. So and theOm. V pr. m. aȝen rysinge offro GT. deede men. It is sowun in corup|cioun , it schal ryse in vncorupcioun; it is sowun in vnnobley, it schal ryse in glorie; it is sowun in infirmyte, it schal ryse in vertu; it is sowun a beestly body, it schal ryse a spiritual body. If there is a beestly body, ther is andOm. K. a spiritual body; as it is writun, The firste man Adam iswas V. maad in to a soule lyuynge, theand the MP. laste Adam in to a spirit quykenynge. But not first thatwas that body Q. thatOm. G. at O pr. m. is spiritual, but that thatat O pr. m. is beestlich, aftirward that thatat O pr. m. is spiritual. The firste manman, or body Q. of erthe, ertheliis eerthly V.; the se|cunde manman, or spirit Q. of heuene, heuenliis heuenlich V.. WhatThat what W. maner the ertheli manman is V., suchsuche ben V. theand the N. and S. ertheli men; and what maner the heuenli manman is V., such theand the N. ben also the V. heuenli men. Therfore as we han born the ymage of theOm. N. ertheli man, bere we and the ymage of theOm. KY. heuenly. Bri|theren, I seye this thing, forthat V. fleisch and blood mownmay O. not welde the kyngdom of GodGod, to a fleischely hede be purgid Q., nethir corupcioun schal weelde in|corupciounvncorrupcioun V passim.. Lo! I seye to ȝou mysteriepriuite O., `or priuyteOm. OX., of hooly thingis. Forsothe alle weOm. G pr. m. we, bothe good and yuel Q. schulen ryse aȝen, but not alle we schulen be inchaungidchaungid V.; in a moment, inand N. thea O. smytinge of an yȝe, in the laste trumpeof trumpe G pr. m. trump, alle men shulen rise Q.; forsoth the trumpe schal synge, and deede men `that benOm. G pr. m. V. `in CristOm. V. schulen ryse aȝen, `the firsteOm. NV. incorupt, and we schulen be inchaungidchaungid V.. ForsothFor V. it by|houeth this coruptible thingthyng, or body Q. clothefor to clothe VW. to clothin X. in|corupcioun, and this deedly thing forOm. SX. to clothevnclothe V. vndeedlynesse. Forsothe whanne this deedly thing schal clothe vndeedly|nesse, thanne schal be maadmade, or fulfillid Q. the word that is writun, DeethDeth, of body Q. is sopunsoupid GMPQT. vp in victorievictorie, that is, in general resurreccion Q.. Deeth, wher is thi victorie? Deeth, wher is thi pricke? Forsoth theOm. O. pricke of deeth is synne; forsoth theOm. MOQVW. vertu of synne is lawe. Forsoth thank|ingis towe owen to Q. God, that ȝaf to vs victorie by oure Lord Jhesu Crist, `that was deedOm. SV. `for vsOm. V.. `And soTherfore V., my dereworthe bri|theren, `be ȝebeth X. stidefast and vnmouable, beynge plentenous in work of the Lord, euermore witynge that ȝoureoure G pr. m. MPQT. trauel is not ydel in the Lord.

 CAP. XVI.

Forsothe of the collectis, oror of the N. Om. X. gader|ingisgederynge O. Om. X. of moneye, that ben maad in to seyntis, as Y ordeyned in the chirchischirche O. of Galathi, so and do ȝe by oonoon day G sec. m. Q. OO day V. of the woke. Ech of ȝou kepe, orand X. leye vp, at hym silf, kepinge that thatat O. Om. W. `schal pleseplesith V. to him, that not whanne I schal come, thanne be maad collectisgederynges O.. Forsothe whanne I schal be present, whomwhiche men V. ȝe schulen proue bi epistlis, hem I schal sende forOm. SX. to perfytly bere ȝoure grace in to Jerusalem. ForThat V. if it schal be worthi that and I go, thei schulen goOm. G pr. m. with me. Sothli I schal come to ȝou, whanne I schal passe by Macedonye; forwhi I schal passe by Macedonye. SothliBut V. perauenture I schal dwelle at ȝou, or also dwelle by wyntir, that and ȝe lede me whidir euere I schal go. Sothli I wole not now se ȝou in passynge, forsothefor V. I hope `sum whatin sumwhat K pr. m. bi sumwhat V. of tyme forOm. SX. to dwelle at ȝou, if Godthe Lord V. schal suffre. Forsoth I schal dwelle at Effecy, til toOm. X. Witsuntide. SothliFor whi V. a greet dore and euident, `or opynor opyn, or the herte of many hereris Q. Om. X., is openydOm. O. open X. to me, and manye aduersariesaduersarie Q.. Sothli if Tymothe schal come, se ȝe that heȝe V. be withoute drede atamongis O. ȝou, for he worchith the work of the Lord, as and I. Therfore no man dispise him; forsothbut V. lede ȝe himhim forth V. in pees, that he come to me; forsothFor V. I abyde hym with britheren. Forsoth, bri|theren, I make knowun to ȝou of Apollo, forthat V. I preiede hym moche, that he schulde come to ȝou, with britheren. And sothli it was not his wille, `that he schuldefor to V. come now; forsothbut V. he schal come, whanne it schal be ablevoide G sec. m. Q. to hymhym, or not auaile Q.. WakeWalke V. ȝe, and `stonde ȝestondith X. in theOm. MPQ. feith; do ȝe manly, and `be ȝebe V. ben X. coumfortid in the Lord, and be alle ȝoure thingis don in charite. Forsothe, britheren, I beseche ȝou, ȝe hanOm. V. knowen the hous of Stheuene, thea W. Om. X. wommanOm. X., and of Fortunati, and AcayeAcaici V., for thei ben the firste fruytis of Acaye, and in to mynys|teriemysterie QXY. of seyntis thei han ordeyned hem silf; that and ȝe be sugettis to such, and to ech worchinge to gidere and trauelinge. Forsothe I enioyehaue ioie V. in the presence of Stheuene, `the wommanOm. G pr. m. MPQTX., and of Fortu|nate, and AcayeAcaici V.; for thei fulfillidenfilleden V. that thing that faylide to ȝou; forsothfor V. thei han `fulfillid andrefreschid bothe V. my spirit and ȝoure. Therfore knowe ȝe hem, that ben suche maner menOm. X.. Alle theOm. WXY. chirchischurche N. of Asye greeten ȝou wel. Aquyla and PriscaPrisca, with her homly chirche V. greeten ȝou moche in the Lord, at `the whichewhom GMNPQT. andOm. G pr. m. MPT. I am herborid, `with her homely chircheOm. V.. Alle britheren greeten ȝou wel. GreetethGrete AGMNOPQSTVWXY. ȝe wel to gidere in hooly cosscosse, shewynge eche to other tokene of hertly loue Q.. My greetyngegretynge is writen, or sente to ȝou Q. by Poulis hondhond, that ȝe knowe it to be of hym Q.. If ony man loueloueth OV. not oure Lord Jhesu Crist, be he cursid, Maranatha, `that is, in the comynge of the LordOm. G pr. m. MPT. that is, to the cominge of the Lord G sec. m.. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝou. My charite be with ȝou alle in Crist Jhesu oure Lord. Amen.

 Here endith the firste pistle to Co|rinthis, and now bigynneth the prolog to the secundeHere endith the first pistle to the Corynthies, and now bi|gynneth the secounde. A. Here endith the first pistil to Corynthis, and bigynneth the prolog on the secunde pistil. N. Here eendeth the first epistil to Corinthies, and bygynneth the prologe of the secound epistel to the same Corinthies. O. Here endeth the firste pistle to the Corynthyes, and bygynneth the secounde pistle to the Corinthies. Q. Here endith the firste pistle to Corinthis, and here bigynneth the prologe up the secunde to Corintheis. V. Here eendith the first pistle to Corinthis, and bigynneth the prolog to fore the epistle of the secunde Corinthis. W. No final rubric in GMPSTXY.. II. CORINTHIANS. Prolog to the secunde pistle to Co|rinthijsProloge S. The prolougus of the ij. Corinthies. Y. No initial rubric in KOVW. No prologue in AG MPQX. In N of the later version..

AFTIR penaunce donido O. idon V., a comfortable pistleepistil SVW. he wrytith to hem fro Troade, by Tite; and preisynge hem he counceilith to betre, schewynge hem `y sorowidsorewid S., but sothli amendidamend K..

Ende of the prolog; bigynnynge the secunde pistleHere eendith the prologe, and bygynneth the secound epistel to Corinthies. O. Here eendeth the prolog, and bigynneth the secunde epistle. W. No final rubric in SVY.. The secunde epistle to CorinthijsFrom MP. No initial rubric in AGKNOQSTVWXY..CAP. I.

Poul, apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Tymothe, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Corinthi, with alle seyntis that ben in al Acaye, grace to ȝou, and pees of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Blessid beOm. X. God and fadirthe fader SVX. of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, fadir of mercies, and God of al comfort, `or solaceOm. OX., thatwhich V. comfortithcoumfortide Q. vs `in alalle in N. oure tribulacioun, that and we mown comforte hem, that ben in al pressurepressour M., `or ouerleyingeOm. OX., by theOm. O. exortaciounmonestynge O., `or monestyngeOm. OX., by which and we ben mo|nestid of God. For asalle Q. the passiouns of Crist ben plenteuous in vs, so and by Crist oure coumfort is plenteuous. Forsoth wher weȝe Q. ben trowblidturblid MP. in tribulacioun V., `or pursuwedOm. OX. or ben pursued, it is V., for ȝoure techingeexciting V. and helthe, ethiror X. weOm. GKMOTWXY. ben comfortid, forit is for V. ȝoureoure XY. comfort, ethir we ben monestid, forit is for V. ȝoure monestinge and heelthe. TheOm. V. which worchith in ȝou the suffryng of the same passiouns, theOm. V. whiche and we suffren, that oure hope be sadd for ȝou; witynge for as ȝe ben felowis ofin O. passiouns, so ȝe schulen be and of comfort. ForsotheFor whi V., britherenbrether GT., we wolen `not ȝou forOm. SX. to vnwitenot ȝou for to vnknowen O. that ȝe wite V. of oure tribulacioun, that iswas V. don in Asye; for ouer maner we benweren V. greuyd aboue vertumyȝte O., `or myȝteOm. G pr. m. MOPTX., so that it anoyȝedeanoye G pr. m. noiȝide SX. vs, ȝhe, forOm. SX. to lyue. ButBut and X. we silfoure silf Q. Om. V. vs self X. in vsoure GMPQT. silf hadden answereanswer, or certeynte Q. of deeth, that we be not tristinge in vsoure GMPQ. silfOm. V., but in God that reysithreysed OW. deede men. TheOm. V. which delyuerede vs, `and delyuerethOm. S. fro sothe GQTWX. Om. S. greet perelis, in toOm. G pr. m. whom we hopen, for and ȝit he schal delyuere, `helpynge andin G pr. m. T. ȝouwhile also [ȝe] helpen V. in prayere for vs; that of the persoones of manye faces of that ȝyuynge that is in ȝouus V., bybe MP. with O. gracis, or thankingis, ben don for us bi V. manye parcenerisparteners GMY. men V., `graces, or thankyngisthankesMPQT. graces X., ben don to God for vsOm. V.. Forwhi oure glorie is this, the wit|nessinge of oure conscience, that in sym|plenesse and clennesse of God, and not inof SWXY. fleischly wysdom, but in the grace of God, we lyuenlyueden V. in this world, forsoth more plenteuously toI write to Q. ȝou. Sothli we wryten not othere thingisthingis to ȝou V., than tho that ȝe han rad and knowen, forsoth I hope that til toin to NV. the ende ȝe schulen knowe, as and ȝe han knowen vs of party; for we ben ȝoure glorie, `and ȝeas and ȝe ben V. oure in the day of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. And in this trist|nyngetristinge GTXY. I wolde firste come to ȝou, that ȝe haddenschulden haue V. the secunde gracegrace, or confermynge Q., and `that I schuldeOm. V. `by ȝou passepasse by ȝou V. in to Macedonye, and eftafter O. fro Macedonye `I schuldeOm. V. come to ȝou, and of ȝou be ledd in to Judee. ForsothBut V. whanne I wolde this thing, wher I vside liȝtnesseliȝtnesse, eithir vnstedfastnesse V., or tho thingis that I thenke, Iwhether I G sec. m. thenke aftir the fleisch, that `at me bether be at me X., `is and not, orOm. G pr. m. MPQT. ȝhe and naynay, or doublenesse Q.? Forsoth God is trewetreuthe T., for oure word `the whichOm. V. that X. was at ȝou, `ther is not in itOm. V. isȝea GQT. ȝhe MNP. and naynay is not in it V., but `in it is isis is in it G sec. m. it is ȝhe Q. in it is S. is, that is, treuthe, is in it V. is in it was X., `that is, treuthethat is, trewe GT. Om. X.. SotheliFor whi V. Jhesus Crist, the sone of God, theOm. VX. whichthat X. is prechid inamong V. ȝou by vs, by me, and Syluanby Siluan T., and Tymothe, ther was not in him isȝea G. ȝhe MPQT. and nay, butbut ȝhe Q. `in hym is wasin hym was is G sec. m. in hym was Q. is was in hym V., `that is, stedefast treutheOm. VX.. For|sothFor whi V. how many euere ben biheestis of God, in himthilke N. `is, that is, ben fulfillidis, that is, fulfillid G pr. m. is, that is, thei ben fulfillid in him G sec. m. ben fulfillid N. ben fillid O. is, that is, in hym ben fulfillide Q. is X.. Therefore and by him we seyn amen to God, to oure ioyeglorie V.. `The which sothliSothli it is God that V. confermeth vs with ȝou in Crist, and the which God anoyntideoyntide X. vs, and thatat O. Om. T. which V. mark|idemaked O. vs, and ȝaf `a wedernes V., `or eernesOm. OVX., of the spirit in oure hertis. Forsoth I inclepe God witnesse `in toaȝens V. my soule, that I sparinge ȝou cam not ouerouer to V. Corinthe; not for we ben lordis of ȝoure feith, but we ben helperis of ȝoure ioye; forwhifor X. thorw bileue ȝe stonden.

 CAP. II.

Forsoth I ordeynedeordeyne T. this ilkethilk Q. Om. SXY. thing at me, that I schulde not come eftsoone in toOm. V. sorwe to ȝou. SothliFor V. if I make ȝou sori, `or heuyOm. O., andOm. OVX. who is he that glad|dith me, no but he that is sorowful of me? And this same thing I wroot to ȝou, that whanne I schal come, I haue not sorwe vpvp on AGMNOPSTWY. on VX. sorwe, `of hemOm. V. of `the whichewhom MPQT. it bihoftebyhofeth O. bihouede MPT. me forOm. SX. toto haue V. ioye. TristyngeAnd I triste V. in ȝou alle, forOm. S. that V. my ioye is ofOm. S. ȝou alleOm. S. alle ȝou V.. For whi of moche tribulacioun and an|gwische of herte I wroot to ȝou by manye teeris, `that ȝe be notnot that ȝe be V. sori, but thatat O. ȝe wite what charite I haue more plenteu|ously in ȝou. Forsoth if ony man hath maad me sorwful, he hath not maad meOm. V. sorwful but inof AGMNOPSTVWXY. party, that I chargecharge not V., `or diseeseOm. OX., not ȝou alle. This blamynge that is maad of many, sufficith to him, that is such manera maner Q. manman, doynge opyn sclaundre with his fadir wyf Q.; so that aȝen|ward ȝeOm. N. ȝyueforȝeue G sec. m. moreOm. A. andOm. G pr. m. OTV. comfortecoumforte to him GMPQT., lest perauenture he that is such manera maner GMPQT. manOm. X., be sopun vp, `or dispeireOm. VX., by more greet heuynesse. For which thing I biseche ȝou, that ȝe conferme charite in to himhym, forthinkinge the synne Q.. ForsothForwhi V. therfore and I wrootwroot this V., `that Ifor to O. knowe ȝoure asayinge, wher in alle thingis ȝe ben obedyent. Forsoth to whom ȝe han `ony thingeny thenges O. ȝouenforȝouen G sec. m. ȝouen, or forȝeuen Q., and II haue forȝeuen Q.. Forwhi and I thatthat that AGMNPTVX. that at O. I ȝafforȝaue G sec. m. ȝaue of forȝeuenes Q., `if I ony thing ȝafȝif eny thing ȝouen and I forȝaue G pr. m. ȝif eny thing G sec. m. if ony thing ȝaf MT X pr. m. Om. O. if I ȝaf eny thing V., haueI haue GMQT. ȝouunforȝouen G sec. m. for ȝou in the persoone of Crist, that we be not disseyued of Sa|thanasSatanas, kepinge withinne us eny malice Q.; sothlifor V. we `vnknowen notknowen V. his thouȝtisthouȝtis, hou he wolde hym to dispeyre Q.. Forsoth whanne I haddewas V. comen to Trowade for the gospel of Crist, and aOm. WY. doredore, that is, redy hertis Q. was openydopun O. to me in the Lord, I hadde not reste toin OW. my spirit, for thatOm. OV. I fond not my brothir Tite, but I seyingeseide V. to hem farfareth S. wel, passideand I passide V. into Macedonye. TherforForsothe I do V. thankingisdoeth thankingis O. be thanckyngis Q. to God, that euermoreeuere N. makith vs to haue victorie in Crist Jhesu, and schewith byto O. vs the odourodour, or sauour N. odour, or swetnes Q. of his knowynge in ech place; for we ben the good odour, `or sauourOm. OX., of Crist to God, in thes that ben maad saaf, and in thes that perischen. `To othere sothliSothli to othere we ben V. odour of deeth in to deeth, to othere forsoth odourwe ben odour V. of lyf into lyf. And to thes thingis whowho is NQV. so able? SothliFor V. we ben not as ful manye, auoutryngethat don auoutrie bi V. the word of God, but ofwe speken of V. clennesse, butOm. V. as of God, bifore God in Crist `we spekenOm. V..

 CAP. III.

Bigynne we eftsoone forOm. SX. to comende, `or preiseOm. OX., vsor G pr. m. oure MPT. silf? or wher we neden, as summesumme men N. summen MQV., preisynge lettrispistlis V. to ȝou, or of ȝou? Ȝe ben oureȝoure A. pistleepistil S., writun in ȝoureoure NV. hertis, theOm. V. which is kowdknowen V. and radd of alle men; ȝeAnd ȝe ben V maadOm. G pr. m. opyn, for ȝe ben the pistleepistel OSX. of Crist mynistridwhich pistle is mynystrid V. of vs, and wri|tun, not withof MOQT. enke, but byOm. V. the spirit of quyk God; not in stoony tablis, but in fleischly tablis of herte. Forsoth we han such trist by Crist to God; not that we ben sufficient forOm. SX. to thenke ony thing of vsvs self GMPQT., as ofOm. V. vs, but oure sufficience is of God. TheOm. V. which and made vs able myn|istris of the neweOm. P. testament, not bi let|tre, but by spirit; forforsothe Q. the lettre sleith, forsoth the spirit quykeneth. For if the mynistracioun of deeth defformyd by let|tris in stoones was in glorie, so that theOm. V pr. m. children of Israel myȝten not biholde in to the face of Moyses, for the glorie of his cheere, theOm. V. which glorieOm. SX. is auoydidnow auoidid S., hou not more the mynistracioun of spirit schal be in glorie? Forwhi if the myn|istracioun of dampnacioun iswas V. in glorie, moche more the mynisterie, `or seruyngeOm. OX., of riȝtwysnesse is plenteuous in glorie. Forwhi nether `that thatthat at O. was cleer `in this partin this part, as the chere of Moyses Q. was gl. in this part V., `was glorifiedOm. V. for excellent glo|rie glorie of the newe testament Q.; sothlyforwhi V. if `that thatthat at O. is auoydid, iswas V. bi glorie, moche more `that thatthat at O. dwellith is in glorie. Therfore we hauynge such hope, vsen moche trist; and not as Moy|ses puttideputte SX. a veyl on his face, that the children of Israel schulde not byholde in to his face, theOm. V. which veylveyle, that is, dercnesse of scripturis Q. is auoydidauoided by grace of Crist Q.. But the wittis of hem ben astoneyedstoneid S.; sothlifor V. til in to this day the same veyl in redingethe reedynge G. of the oolde testament dwellith `not schewidvnshewid X., forfor whi V. in Crist it is auoydid, but til in to this day, whanne Moyses is radd, the veyl is putt vponon SVX. her hertishertis that byleuen not Q.. Forsoth whanne Israel schal be conuertid to God, the veyl schal be don awey. For|soth the Lordspirit V. is spirita spirit GMNPQT. the Lord V.; forsoth where isOm. V. the spirit of Godthe Lord is V., there is liberteliberte, or fredom Q. a liberte T.. For|soth alle we with schewid face biholdingeseeinge N. theOm. S. glorie of the Lord, ben transformyd into the same ymage, fro clerenesse intoto O. clerenesse, as of the spirit of the Lord.

 CAP. IV.

Therfore we hauynge this administra|ciounmynystracioun V., `or officeOm. SX., vp whichthis that V. the whiche X. we han getun mercy, faylen not, but don a wey the pri|uey thingis of schame, not walkynge in sutil gyle, nether auoutryngeauoutryng, ether dockynge O. doinge auoutrie bi V. the word of God, but inOm. T. schewinge of treuthethe treuthe AGMNPQSTVW. co|mendingethe comendinge K. vsoure GMPQT. silf to ech conscience of men bifore God. For if also oure gospel isbe MT. keueridhid S., `or hidOm. OX. or couered S., in these that pe|rischen it is keuerid; in whiche the God of this worldworld, that is, the deuyl, or pryde Q. hath blyndid the soules of men out of theOm. MPQTX. bileue, `or vnfeithful menOm. GMOPQTX., that the liȝtnyngeliȝting QSX. of the gospel of the glorie of Crist, thatwhich V. is the ymage of God inuysibleOm. V., schyne not. Sothli we prechen not vsoure GMPQT. silf, but Jhesu Crist oure Lord; forsothe vsGod made VS Q. ȝoure seruauntis by Jhesu. For God, that seide the lyȝt forOm. SX. to schyne of derknessis, he hath ynliȝtidinliȝted, either ȝoue liȝt V. in oure hertis, to the illumynyngeliȝten|yng OV. of theOm. V. scienceconscience Q. of the cleernesse of God, intoin V. theOm. T. face of Jhesu Crist. Forsothe we han this tresourtresoure, or wisdom Q. in brotil vesselisvessels, that ben oure coruptible bodies Q., that the hiȝnesse be of Goddis vertu, and not of vs. In alle thingis we suffren tribu|lacioun, but we ben not `maad streitangwischid therby in soule Q.; we ben maad pore, but we ben not di|stroyed distruyede fro oure tresoure hid in Crist Q. destitute, either caste awey V.; we suffren persecucioun, but we ben not forsaken; we ben maad lowe, but we ben not confoundid; we ben cast down, but we perischen not; euer|more beringe aboute the mortifyingeslawȝter O. mortifyinge, that is, the dyuerse tourmentynge Q. sleeing V. of Jhesu CristOm. V. in oure body, that and the lyflyȝt Q. of JhesuJhesu Crist O. be schewid in oure bo|diesbodi SXY.. SothliFor whi V. euermore we that lyuen, ben takunbitaken S. to taken Y. in to deeth for Jhesu, that and the lyf of Jhesu be schewid in oure deedlybodyly O pr. m. fleisch. Therfore deeth worchith in vsvs, for oure pacience Q., lyf sothli inworchith in V. ȝouȝou, bot not euerelastynge Q.. Forsoth hau|ynge the same spirit of feith, as itOm. X. is writun, I haue bileued, for which thing I spak; and we bileuen, for which thing andOm. O. we speken; witynge forand O. that V. he that reiside Jhesu, schal reise andalso V. vs with Jhesuhym SX., and schal ordeyne vsOm. V. with ȝouȝou, in euerlastynge blisse Q.. SothliSothely we suffren O marg. sec. m. alle thingis forben don for Q. ȝou, that grace beynge plenteuous by manyemany men V. in doynge of thankingisthanckis Q. be plenteuous into glorie of God. For which thingthing, that ȝe sue vs Q. we faylen notnot in tribulaciouns Q., but thouȝthurw K. `the ilke thatthilk that O pass. Q. the ilke that that KY. is withouteforth, oure manman, or fleische Q. be coruptidcorumped OX. corupt S. corrumptid V. corrupt coruptid Y.; nethelees that man that is withinne forthOm. V., is renewidrenewlid AGMPQTV., `or maad newe aȝenOm. G pr. m. MOPQTX., fro day intoto G pr. m. day. Forsoth that thatat O. is `in presentpresent NQ. now O., `or nowOm. OVX., `a litil moment lastyngelastinge bi a moment V., and liȝt, `or esyOm. OX. or orely Y., thing of oure tribulacioun, worchith ouer manere, `or mesureOm. OX., intoin V. hiȝnesse thethat V. euerelasting weiȝte of glorie in vs, vsOm. N. not biholdynge tho thingis that ben seyn, but thotho thingis Q. that ben not seyn. SothliForwhi V. tho thingis that ben seyn, ben temperal, `or durynge bybut GMQT. Om. O. short tymeGloss om. in X.; forsothe tho thingis that ben not seyn, ben euerlastingeeterne Q., `or withouten endeOm. OX. or euerelastynge Q..

 CAP. V.

Sotheli we witen, for if oure erthely houshouse, or body G sec. m. of this dwellyng be dissolueddissolued, or distruyed G sec. m. Q., that we han a bildyng of God, an hous not maad by hondis, euerlastinge in heuenes. Forwhi and in this thing we mornen, coueityngecoueitid T. forOm. OSX. to be clothidclad SX. aboue ourewith oure V. dwellinge ofthat is of G sec. m. in PX. which is of V. heuene; if netheles we ben founden clothidclad SX., and not nakid. Forwhi and we that ben in this tabernacle, sorwen `with inneforthwith inne V. greuyd, for that we wolenwolith T. notOm. G pr. m. MT. be dispoyliddissolued O. spoiled VX., but beOm. O. clothidclad SX. aboue; that `the ilkethat X. thing that is deedli, be sopun vpvp, or don aweye Q. Om. T. of lyf. Forsothe he that mak|ithmarkith V. vs intoto V. thisthis same V. thing, is God, that ȝaf to vs athe V. weddernest V., `or eernesOm. OVX., of spiritspirit, to fulfille this thing Q.. Therfore we beyngeben V. hardy alle gatis, and witingewyten GV. forthat V. the whyle we ben in this body, we gon in pilgrymage fro the Lord; forsothfor V. we walken by feith, and not by cleer siȝte. Forsoth we ben hardy, and han good wille, more forOm. SX. to be in pil|grymage frofor K. the body, and forOm. SX. to be present to God. And therfore we stryuen, whether absent, whethir present, forOm. SX. to plese hymto him G sec. m. X.. ForsotheFor V. it byhoueth vs alle forOm. SX. to be schewid bifore the trone of Crist, that euery man resceyueschewe Q. bere V., `or telle aȝenOm. OX. either suffre V., the propre thingis of bodythe body MQ., as he hath don, ether good, ethir yuel. Ther|fore we witynge the drede of the Lord, softlysothly K. mouen, `or counceilenOm. OX., toOm. V. menmen, that they dreed the dome Q., forsothsothely GMPQ. to God we ben opynopyn, or knowen his trewe loueres Q.; sothly I hope, andOm. G pr. m. T. that we ben opin also V. in ȝoure consciencisconscience GOTV. vsand vs S. Om. V. forOm. SVX. `to be knowunto be knowen feithful Q. Om. V. We comenden not vsoure GMPQT. silf eftsoone to ȝou, but we ȝyuen to ȝou occa|ciounoccasioun, or mater Q. forOm. SX. to glorieglorifie N. haue glorie V. for vs, that ȝe hauehaue vndurstondynge Q. to hem that glorien in the faceface, with oute forth as ypocritis Q., and not in the hertehert, in spiritual thinges Q.. Sothli wher we by mynde, `or resounOm. X., passen toit is to V. GodGod, by goostly byholdynge Q., wher we ben sobre toit is to V. ȝou? SothliForwhi V. the charite of Crist dryuethconstreyneth O. vs; gessingedemynge O., `or demyngeOm. GMOPQTVX., this thing, forthat V. if oon is deeddeed by Adam Q. for alle, ther|fore alle ben deede. And Crist deyde for alle, that and thei that lyuen, lyue not now to hem silfsilf, seekyng erthely thing Q., but to him that deyede for hem, and roos aȝen. `And soTherfore V. we fro this tymetyme of grace Q. `han knoweknowen V. no manman lyuynge Q. vpafter GMPQT. theOm. X. fleischfleische, that coueiteth to regne Q.; `and ifthouȝ V. we knowenknewen MPQY. Cristwyth Crist Q. vpafter GMPT. theOm. X. fleischfleische, byfore his vprysynge deedly Q., but riȝtOm. Q. now we `han not knowenhan not knowen hym deedly Q. knowen not V.. Therfore if ony newe creature is in Crist, ooldeknow he for olde Q. thingis han passid, and lo! alle thingis ben maad newe. Forsothe alle thingis ofben of QV. God, theOm. VX. whichthat X. recon|cilede, `or acordideOm. GMOPTX., vs to him by Crist, and ȝaf to vs theOm. Q. mynisterie, `or seruyseOm. OX., of reconcilinge. SothliForsothe V. for God was in Crist, reconcilynge to him the world, not rettinge to hem her giltis, and puttideputte SX. into K. vs the word of reconcilinge. Ther|fore we `ben sett invsen V. legaciemessage O., `or messageOm. OX., for Crist, asas if V. God monestingemonestith V. by vs; we bisechen ȝouto ȝou SY. for Crist, be ȝe reconcilid to God. God the fadir made him theOm. V. synne for vs, `that is, redempcioun, or sacrifice for synneOm. VX., theOm. VX. whichthat X. knew not synne, that we schulde be maadmade the Q. riȝtwysnesse of God in hym.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe we helpingehelpynge ȝou in werk and word Q. monestynmonesten ȝou N., that ȝe resceyuen not the grace of God in veyn. SothliFor V. he seith, In tyme acceptacceptid X., `or wel plesyngeOm. OX., I haue herd thee, and in theOm. GMPT. day of helthe I haue helpidholpen S. thee. Lo! now a tyme acceptable, lo! now a day of heelthe. `To no man ȝyuyngeȜyue we to no man V. ony offen|cioun, `or hurtyngeOm. OX., that oure mynisterie, `or seruyseOm. OX., be not reprouyd; but in alle thingis ȝyue weOm. G pr. m. vsoure GMPQT. silf as mynistris of God, in moche pacience, inand SX. tribulaciouns, andOm. V. in nedis, inand N. angwischis, inand in O. Om. S. betyngis, `or scorgingisOm. OQX., in prisouns, in dissen|ciounsseduciouns Q. with ynne forthforth, or mouyngis of peple Q. Om. V., in trauelis, in wakyngis, in fastingis, in chastite, in sci|encesciencis GT. kunnynge O., `or kunnyngeOm. OX., in long abydinge, in swetnesse, in the Hooly Goost, in charite not feyned, in theOm. G pr. m. MPQT. word of treuthe, in the vertu of God; by armers of riȝtwysnesse on the riȝt half andand the NT. and on the OX. left half; by glorie and vnnobley; by yuel fame and good fame; as disseyueris, and trewegood O. men; as thei that ben vnknowenvnknowen of God Q., and knowunof hym known and prouyd Q.; as men deyingediynge, fallynge fro vice into vice Q., and `lo! we lyuenȝit lyuyng O. lo! we lyue in good werkis Q.; as chastisidchastisid of greet trespasse Q., and not maad deed; as sorow|ful, forsothbut O. euermore ioyinge; as `hau|ynge nedenedy men O., `or as nedy menor as maad nedy men ANQ. Om. OX., sothlyforsothe GMPQT. makynge manye riche; as no thing hau|ynge, and weldinge alle thingis. AO! GMPQT.! ȝe Corynthis, oure mouth is opyn to ȝou, oure herte is alargidlargid SX.; `be ȝeȝe be V. not maad streit in vs, but `be ȝeȝe ben V. maad streitstreit, or be ȝe angwischid Q. in ȝoure entrailis. Forsothe weȝe QV. hauynge the same reward, I seye as to sones, and be ȝe alargidalargid, with plente of kunnyng of vertues and of hope in Crist Q. largid SX.. Nyle ȝe lede ȝok with vn|feithful men. Sothli what partynge, `or comunyngeOm. OX., of riȝtwysnesse with wickid|nesse? or what felowschip of liȝtliȝtnes O. to derk|nessis ? sothli what acordinge of Crist to Belial? or what part of aOm. X. feithful, `or cristenOm. OX. cristen Q. manOm. X., with vnfeithfulvnfeythfull men O., `or he|thene or hethen men AN. Om. OQX.? but what consent towith X. the temple of Godquyk God A. with ydols? Forsoth ȝe ben the temple of quyk God, as the Lord seith, For I schal dwelle in hem, `and I schal walkenOm. G pr. m. Q. inOm. G pr. m. MQ. emongis G sec. m. among hem V.; and I schal be the God of hem, and thei schulen be to me a peple. For which thing go ȝe out of the myddel of hem, and be ȝe departid, seith the Lord, and touche ȝeOm. O. not vnclene thing; and I schal resceyue ȝou, and IOm. V. schal be to ȝou in to a fadir, and ȝe schulen be to me into sones and douȝtris, seith the Lord almyȝti.

 CAP. VII.

Therfore, moost dereworthe britherenOm. X., we hauynge thes ȝiftisbiheestis V., clenseclense we MPQ. vs fro alle filthe of fleisch and spiritspirit, outward and inward Q., perfytli mak|ynge halowynge in the drede of `the LordGod V.. Take ȝe vsvs, to ȝoure lederis Q.; we han hurt no manman, by yuel ensaumple Q., we han corupt no man, we han bigylid no man. I seye notnot these thinges Q. forto AG sec. m. MNOPT. Om. G pr. m. V. ȝoure condempnynge; forsothfor V. I seideseye K. bifore, that ȝe ben in oureȝoure KV. hertis, forOm. SX. to deie to gidere, and lyue to gidere. Moche trist is to me anentis ȝou, moche gloriynge is to me for ȝou. I am fulfillidfillid V. with comfort, I abounde, `or am plenteuousOm. OX., in ioye in al oure tribulacioun. Forwhi and whanne we hadden comen to Macedonye, oure fleisch hadde no reste, but we suffridensuffren V. alal oure W. tribulacioun; forsothOm. V. withouteforth, fiȝtingisfyȝtynge Y., `with ynneforth, dredisdredis weren withinne V.. But heGod V. that comfortith meeke men, GodOm. V. comfortidecomfortith V. vsand vs G pr. m. MQT. in the comynge of Tyte. Forsoth not oonli in the comynge of him, but also in the comfort by which he `com|fortide mewas comfortid V. in ȝou, tellinge to vs ȝoure desyr, ȝoure wepinge, ȝoure loue for me, so that I ioyedeioye N. more. For `and ifthouȝ V. I made ȝou sori in `a pistleepistle N. pistle, forthinkynge ȝoure synne Q. an epistil S., nowOm. V. it rewith `me notnot me GMPQT.; and ifthouȝ V. it rewide, IOm. V. seynge thatOm. V. thouȝthouȝ thilk pistle V. IOm. V. made ȝou sory `in thatOm. V. pistleepistell GNOQST. Om. V. at an hour, now `haue II haue GMPQT. haue XY. ioye; not for ȝe weren maad sorowfulsory O., but for ȝe weren maad sorowful to penaunce. SothliForwhi V. ȝe ben maad sory aftir God, that in no thing ȝe suffre peirement of vsvs, for al oure doynge profitith to ȝou conuertid Q.. ForsothForwhi V. thatOm. SX. the V. sorwe that is aftir God, worchith penaunce in to stedefast heelthe; forsoth sorwe of the world worchith deeth. Lo! sotheli this same thing, ȝou forOm. SX. to be sorowful aftir God, how moche bisynesse it worchith in ȝouȝou, of amendyng, and not onely amending it wirchith Q.; but defendingdefendyng, fro efte fallynge Q., but indignaciounindignacioun aȝein hym silf, sham|ynge his yuel Q., but drede, but desyr, but loue, but veniaunceveniaunce, to punysche synne Q.. InAnd K. alle thingis ȝe han ȝouunOm. X. ȝouȝour GMPT. silf forOm SX. to be vndefoulid in causethe cause V., `or nedeOm. OVX. or need that ȝe do Q.. Therfore `and ifthouȝ V. I wroot to ȝou, notI wroot not V. for himhym onely I wrote Q. that dide iniurie, nether for him that suffride, but forOm. X. to schewe oure bysynesse, theOm. V. which we han forto G pr. m. MPQT. ȝouȝou alle, for ȝour amendyng Q. bifore God. Therfore we ben comfortidcoumfortide, for this thing we purpos|iden, and speedfully it byfelle Q., forsothe in oureȝoure V. com|fort moreforsothe more O. plenteuously we ioyedenioyen O. more on the ioye of Tyte, for his spirit is fulfillid of alle ȝouȝou, hopynge ȝoure amend|ynge Q.. And if I gloriede ony thing anentis him of ȝouȝou, commending ȝou Q., I am not confoundid, `or schamydOm. OX.; but as we han spokun to ȝou alle thingis `in treutheOm. N., soas N. and oureȝoure Y. glorie that was at Tyte, is maad treuthe. And the entraylis of himhym, that is, his inward affecciouns Q. ben more plenteuouslyplenteuous T. in ȝou, `of himOm. GMOPQT. and of hym W. hym X. hauynge in mynde the obedience of ȝou alle, how with drede and tremblinge ȝe resseyueden him. I haueOm. G. ioye, that in alle thingis I tristetristid V. in ȝou.

 CAP. VIII.

Britheren, forsothe we maken knowe to ȝou the grace of God, that is ȝouun in the chirchischirche MP. of Macedonye, andOm. V. that in moche asayinge of tribulacioun, the ha|boundaunce, `or plenteOm. OX., of the ioye of hem was, and the hiȝeste pouertprofit Q. of hem was plenteuous into theOm. GMPQT. richessisrichesse X. of the symplenesse of hem. For I bere witness|inge andOm. AGMNPQST VWXY. to hem, vp vertuthe vertu QV., `or powerOm. OX., `and aboue vertu thei weren wilfulOm. Q., withOm. T. moche monestynge bisechinge vsOm. S. the grace and comenynge of mynysteriethe ministerie O. mysterie V., that is maad inOm. V. to hooly menmen, hou thei myȝten make her propre goodis comoun to the need of holy men. Q.. And not as we hopiden, butOm. Q. thei ȝauen hem silf first to the Lord, aftirward to vs by the wille of God. So that we preieden Tyte, that as he bigan, so and he perfoorme in ȝou also this grace. But as ȝeOm. O. abounden in alle thingis, in feith, wordand word V., and sciencekunnynge O., `or kunnyngeOm. OX., and alal good Q. bisynesse, more|ouer andOm. V. in ȝoure charite in to vs, that andOm. N. in thisthe V. grace ȝe habounde. I seie not as comaundinge, but by the bisynesse of othere men `also prouynge to gidereappering also V. the good wit of ȝoureȝoure aller Q. charite. Sothli ȝe witen the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Christ, forwhi he was made nedy for vsȝou V., whanne he was ryche, that ȝe schulden be maad ryche by his mysestemysese N. nedynesse O., `or nedynesseOm. OX.. And I ȝyue counceil in this thing; sothli this is profitable to ȝou, that not `oonly bigynnenhan bigunne V. forOm. SX. to do, but and forOm. X. to wilneonely for to do mynystracioun of ȝoure goodis to pore men, but and for to wolen ȝe bygynne Q. fro the formere ȝeer. Now forsothe and in dede performe ȝe, that as the yn|wittdiscrescioun V. of wil is redyredy to wilne good Q., so be it and of per|formyngeperfourmynge, in dede doynge Q. of that thing that ȝe han. SothliFor V. if the wille be redy, it is acceptid vpaftir GMNPQT. that thatOm. NX. at O. it hathhath, in ȝeuynge to releeue the need of nedy men Q., not vpaftir GMNPQT. that thatOm. NT. at O. it hath not. Forsoth not `that it be re|myssiounthat the largenesse of ȝour almes be slewthe Q., `or sloutheOm. OQX. or ydilnesse V., to othereother that taken it Q. othere men V., forsoth to ȝou tribulaciountribulacioun, for ȝoure foly ȝeuynge Q.; butbot I wole Q. of euenesse, in thethis GNQT. Om. MP. present tyme ȝoure haboundaunceaboundaunce of worldly goodis Q. fulfille the mysestemysese N. of hemhem that ben nedy Q., that andOm. X. the haboundaunce of hemhem, that is, the plente of her goostly help Q. be `supplement, orOm. OX. fulfillinge, of ȝoure mysestemysese, or nede N., that euenesse be maad; as itOm. X. is writun, He that hath mochegaderide myche V., haboundide not, and he thatthat hade Q. litilgaderide litil V., haddehath N. not lasselessid N.. Forsoth I do thank|yngis to God, that ȝafhath ȝouen N. the same bysy|nesse for ȝou in the herte of Tyte, for sotheli he resceyuede exortaciounoure exortacioun Q., `or monestyngeor amonestynge GMPT. Om. OX. of amonestynge to enfourme ȝou to abounde in this symplenesse Q.; but whanne he was bisyere, withbi V. his wille he wente forth to ȝou. Forsoth we senten with hym ourea V. bro|therbrother, Luke or Barnabas Q., whos preisynge is in the gospelgospel, in writynge or prechynge Q. by alle chirchis. Forsoth not oonlyoonli hym N. onely the preysinge of hym is in the gospel Q., but and he is ordeyned of chirchis the felowe of oure pilgrymage into this grace, that is mynystrid of vs to the glorie of the Lord, and to oure ordeyned wille; eschewingeethchewynge GQ. this thing, that no man blame, `or dispiseOm. OX., vs in thisthe N. plente, that is mynystrid of vs to the glorie of the Lord. Sothli we pur|ueyen goode thingis, not oonly bifore God, but also bifore alle men. Forsoth we senten with hem and oure brotherbrother Apollo Q., whom we han prouyd in manye thingis ofte, forOm. SX. to be bisy, now forsoth moche bisyer, infor V. moche trist into N. ȝou, ethirother M et P passim. for Tyte, that is my felowe, and in ȝou helpere, ether oureothere V. britheren, apostlis of chirchischirchis, opynly, that othere taken ensaumple Q. of the glorie of Crist. Therfor schewe ȝe in toto hem V. the facesface V. of chirchis, thethat V. schewynge that is of ȝoure charite and of oureȝoure GSTVXY pr. m. glorie for ȝou `into hemOm. V.. Chapter IX. commences here in V.Forwhi ofand of S. the myn|ysterie that is maad intoto V. hooly men, it is to me ofOm. AN. `haboundaunt, or plenteaboundaunce, or plente GMPSTVY. abound. or a plente O. aboundaunce, or plente ouer mesure Q. aboundaunce X., forOm. OQSX. to wryte to ȝou.

 CAP. IX.

Forsoth I wootknowe V. ȝoure ynwittwille V. redyOm. V., for the which I haue glorie of ȝou anentis Macedonyes, for andOm. N. Acaye is redi fro a ȝeer passid, and ȝoure loue hath stirid ful manye. Forsoth we han sent britherenbritheren to ȝou, to enfourme ȝou discretly that ȝe be redy Q., that thatthis V. thing that we glorien inof V. ȝou, be not auoydid in this partiepart SX., that as I seyde, ȝe be redyredye, and mys in doynge Q.. Lest when Macedonyes schulenOm. V. come with me, and schulenOm. V. fynde ȝou vnredy, we schamenben schamed V., that weI G pr. m. MNPQT. seyesiȝe MP. sai N. saye Q. ȝou not, in this substauncesubstaunce, or ȝift that releeueth pore men, to be redye Q.. Therfore I gesside necessarie forOm. SX. to praye britheren, that thei come bifore to ȝou, and make redy this bihiȝt blessyngeblessyng, that causith euerlastynge blessing Q. forOm. SX. to be redy, so as blessingeblessing, for ȝoure good wille and discrecioun Q., notand not GMPTY. sec. m. as auariceauerice, or nygardye, nether to plenteuously Q.. This thing forsothe I seye, forOm. V. he that sowith scarsly, schal andalso V. scarsly repe; and he that sowith in blessingis, schal repe andalso V. of blessyngis. Ech man as he castidecastide, or ordeynede Q. caste SX. in his herte, not of heuynessehevynesse, or schame Q., `or of nedeor of need, constreyned, but of pure loue wilfully to the needye, ȝeue he his blessynge to the pore Q. Om. X.; forsoth God loueth a glad ȝyuere. For|sotheFor whi V. God is myȝty forOm. SX. to make al grace aboundefor to abounde Q. in ȝou, that ȝe in alle thingis euermore hauyngehaf O. al sufficience, abounde in to al good work; as itOm. X. is writun, He delide a brood, he ȝaf to pore men, his riȝtwisnesse dwellithOm. G pr. m. intoOm. V. `withouten endewithouten ende world of world G pr. m. MPQ. world of world G sec. m.. Forsoth he thatOm. G pr. m. mynistrith seed to the `man sowyngesowere V. sowende X., andOm. V. schal ȝyueȝyue also V. breed forOm. SX. to ete, and he schal multiplie ȝoureȝou G pr. m. seed, and make moche the encres|yngisencresynge O. of fruytis of ȝoure riȝtwysnesse; thatthat ȝe GMPQT. in alle thingis ȝeOm. GMPQT. maad ryche ha|bounde `in toin G pr. m. T. alle symplenessesymplenesse of herte Q., theOm. V. which worchith by vs doynge of thank|yngisthankis MPQ. to God. For the mynisteriemysterie N. of this office not oonly fillith tho thingis that faylen toin V. hooly men, but also aboundith by manyemanye men G sec. m. in doynge of thankingis toin G sec. m. V. the Lord, by prouynge of this mynysteriemysterie Q., glorifiynge God in the obedience of ȝoure knowleching in the gospel of Crist, and in symplenesse of comynycacioun into hem and intoin G pr. m. allealle other Q., and ininto G. theOm. GMPQT. bisechinge of hem for ȝouȝou to God Q., desyringe ȝouȝou to be in blisse Q. for the clereexcelent V. gracegrace, or charite Q. grace of God V. in ȝou. I doȝif O. thankingis to GodGod for ȝou X. vponvp O. of V. the `vnenarrable, or that may not be toldvnuenerable G pr. m. vntelable O. vnnarrable V. vnnoumbrable X., ȝifte of hym. Chapter X. begins here in V.Forsoth II myself V. Poul biseche ȝou, by the homlynesseholynesse T., `or mylde|nesseOm. OX., and softenesse, `or pacienceOm. OX., of Crist, theOm. V. which sothely in the faceface, or wythouteforth Q. am meek among ȝou, forsoth I absent triste in ȝou.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe, britherenbrether GX. Om. V., I preie ȝou, that I present be not hardy byin to Q. `the ilkethat X. trist, in which I am gessid forOm. SX. to be hardy in to summesum vncorrect Q., theOm. V. whiche deme vs, as we wandrenwandriden Y. vpaftir GMPQTV. the fleisch. ForsothFor V. we walkynge inin the Y. fleisch, `fiȝten notberen out Q., `or hold|en not knyȝthodOm. OX. fiȝtinge aȝein the world and the deuyl Q., vpaftir GMPQTV. the fleisch. For|whi the armers of oure knyȝthod ben not fleischly, but myȝty toby PQVY sec. m. God toOm. Q. the de|struccioun of wardingis, `or strengthisOm. OX.; weOm. Q. and we V. distroyingedistroien V. counceilsthe counseiles Q., and al hiȝ|nesseheiȝnesse of worldly wise men Q. hiȝnesses X pr. m. reysingereiside Q. himOm. Q. itself V. aȝens the science of God, and dryuyngedryuen V. into caytifte alin that that in vs is al Q. vn|dirstondinge into theOm. O. seruyse of Crist; alsoand also GT. and also we Q. and V. hauyngewe han V. in redynesse forOm. SX. to venge al vnobedience, whanne ȝoure obedience schal be fulfillidfillid V.. SeSo O. ȝe thethoo G. tho MPQT. thingis that ben vponaftir GMPQTV. vp NOSWXY. the faceface, or opynly Q.. If ony man tristith to him silf, himOm. STVX pr. m. forOm. SVX. `to bethat he is V. of Crist, thenke he this thing eft anentis himsilf, for as he is Cristisof Crist GMPQ. of Cristis Y., so and we. Forwhi and if I schal glorie ony thing more of oure power, theOm. QVX. which the Lord ȝaf to vs into edifyinge, and not into ȝoure distruccioun, I schal not schamebe schamed V.. Forsothe that I be not gessid as forOm. SX. to feere ȝou by epistlis, forwhi thei seyn, The epistlis bensothli ben V. heuyegreuous W., `or greuouseOm. OX. or greuouse to vndurstonde Q. or heuy W., and strong, but the presence of body sijkOm. K. seek, or vnmyȝty Q. is syk V., and the word contemptible, `or worthi forOm. S. to be dispysidOm. gloss OX.. He that is such `maner manOm. OX. a manere man Y., thenke this, for what maner menOm. X. we `ben absentben absent thorouȝ woord N. absent ben in word V. by epistlisthe pistlis G. pistolis SX. pystlis VY., suche maner menof men G. men wite Q. Om. X. vswe ben V. present in dede. SothliFor V. we dorendur O. durn X. not putte vs among, `or comparisowne vsOm. O. to summesum men V., that comen|den hem silf; but we metingemesourynge O. meten V., `or mesur|ingeOm. OX. or mesuren V., `vs inOm. N. `vs silfoure silf GMPT. oure silf, that is, byholdynge in to oure conscience Q., and comparisownyngecomparisonen V. vsoure GMPQT. silf toin Q. vs, sothliforsothe V. we schulden notOm. V. gloriehaue glorie V. `into ful mocheouer mesure V., but vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the mesure of reule, bithe O. Om. V. which God mesuride to vs, the mesure of strecchinge tilOm. Q. to ȝou. For|sothFor V. notwe ouerstrecchin not forth vs V. as weOm. V. notOm. N. strecchinge tovnto G sec. m. Q. til to V. ȝou, `ouerholden vswe ouer|holden vs G sec. m. Om. V. ouerhelden X.. ForsothFor V. `til tovnto GMPT. ȝou we camen in the gospel of Crist, not glory|inge `into ful mocheouer mesure V. in othere mennis trauelis. Sothly we hauyngehan V. hope of ȝoure feith waxynge in ȝou forOm. SX. to be magnyfied vpbi V. oureȝoure G sec. m. reule in habound|aunce, also forOm. SX. to preche into tho thingis that ben byȝondes ȝou, not forOm. NSX. to gloriehaue glorie NV. in othir mennismans GMPQSVW. reulereule, or techynge Q., in thes thingis that ben maad redy. Forsothe he that glorieth, glorieglorie he Q. haue glorie V. in the Lord. ForsothFor V. not he that comendith him silf is proued, but whom God comendith, `or preisithOm. OX..

 CAP. XI.

I wolde `ȝe schuldenthat ȝe wolden V. susteynesustene, or suffre Q. a litil thing of myn vnwysdom, but andalso V. sup|portesupporteth X. meȝe me V., `or bere vp meOm. OX. or bere me vp MPQ. or berith vp S.. SothlyFor V. I loue ȝouOm. V. by the loue of God; sothlifor V. I haue bihiȝt, `or bicome borweOm. OX. or spousid V., forOm. SX. to oon husbonde V. to ȝyuetake GMPQ. ȝouOm. V. a chast virgynemaiden S. to aO ANSTWXY. Om. V. manOm. V., Cristof Crist T.. Forsoth I drede, lest as the ser|pent disceyuede Eue withbi M. his sutil wordisfrawde AGMNOQSTVWXY., so ȝoureoure TWY. pr. m. wittis ben coruptcorupt, bi lijc fraude Q., and falle doun fro the symplenesse that is in Crist. For|whi if he that cometh, prechith anothir Crist, whom we prechenprechiden V. not, or if ȝe taken anothir spirit, whom ȝe resseyuedentoken V. not, or anothir gospel, theOm. OV. which ȝe re|sceyueden not, riȝtly ȝe schulden suffre. SothliFor V. I wenewente W. `for to hauefor I haf O. to haue SX. that I haue V. don no thing lasseOm. S. froto O. than V. the greete apostlis. Forwhi thouȝȝif Q. I be vnlernednot lernid GMPQ. vnlerid SVX. in sermoun, `or wordOm. OX. curiously spekynge Q., but not in sciencekunnynge O., `or kunnyngOm. OX. or kunnyng I am vnlernyd Q.. Forsoth in alle thingisOm. N. I am schewidmaad knowen O. opin V., `or maad knoweOm. OVX., to ȝou. Or whethir I haue do synne, mekynge, `or makinge lowȝOm. OX., my silf, that ȝe ben enhaunsid, for freely I euangelisidepreched V. to ȝou the euangeliegospel V. of God? I spoilidemade nakid V., `or made nakide, or took ȝiftisOm. OVX., ofOm. VX. othir chirchis, takyngeand I took V. soudesowede G. to ȝoure seruyse. And whenne I was anentis ȝou, and nedide, I was chargeous to no man; forwhi britheren that camen fro Macedonye, `supplieden, or fulfildensupplieden, or filliden ANSTWY. fulfilliden GMPQX. filleden OV., that thattheng that O. failide to me. And in alle thingis I haue keptkept me O., and schal kepe meOm. O. withoute charge to ȝou. The treuthe of Crist isOm. O. in me; for this glorie schal not be brokun inOm. G pr. m. me, in the `regiouns, or kuntreesregiouns GMPQ. contre O., of Achaye. WhiOm. G pr. m.? for I loue not ȝou? God wootwote for I loue ȝou Q.. `For thatForsothe AGMNOQS. Forsothe that PTVWXY. that I do, and I schal do, that I kitte awey `the occa|siounocca|siouns K. occasioun, or plente or power N. of hem, that wolen occasioun, `or plente, or powerOm. NOX. take O sec. m. marg., that in the thing, in which thei glorien, thei be founde sucheOm. V. as and we. Forwhi suche false apostlis ben trecheroustrechours TY., `or gylousOm. OX. gileful S., work men, transfiguringe hem into apostlisaposteles of Crist GMOPQTVWXY.. And notno NV. wondir; sothliforwhi V. heOm. V. SathanasSatanas, her heed Q. Satanas him self V. transfygur|ithtransfigured NS. him into anOm. OV. aungel of lyȝt. Therfor it is not greet, if his mynistris ben trans|figurid as the mynistris of riȝtwysnesse, whos ende schal be aftir hir workis. Eft I seye, lest ony man demegesse V. meOm. G pr. m. vnwyseto be vnwise V.; ellis take ȝe me vnwyseas vnwijs MOPQVWXY., that andOm. G pr. m. I haue glorie a litil what. `That thatAnd that K. that at O. I speke, I speke not vpafter GMPQV. God, but as intoin NV. to Q. vnwys|domwisdom V., in this substaunce of glorie. For|whi many men glorien vpafter GMPQV. the fleisch, and I schal glorieglorie, that siche be repreuede Q.. ForsothFor V. ȝe suffren gladly vnwyse men, whanne ȝeȝee ȝour GPQY sec. m. ȝe ȝou M. ȝou SX. silf ben wyse. SothliFor whi V. ȝe susteynensuffren Q., if ony man dryuedriueth V. ȝou into seruage, if ony man deuourith, if ony man takith, if ony man is enhaunsid `bi prideOm. X., if ony man smytithsmytynge N. smyte X. ȝou `intoon V. facethe face AGMOPQSXY sec. m.. VpAfter GMPQ. Bi V. vnnobley, I seye, asas if V. we weren syke in this partyepart X.. In what thing ony man dar, in vnwysdomwisdom O. I seie, and I dar. Thei ben EbrewisJewis S., and IOm. G pr. m.; thei ben Ys|raelitis, and IOm. G pr. m.; thei ben theOm. O. seed of A|braham, and I; thei ben theOm. NS. mynistris of Crist, and I. As lasse wys I seye, `I moremore I GMPQ.; in ful manye trauels, in prisouns more plenteuously, in woundis aboue `manere, or ouer mesuremaner O pr. m. X. mesure O sec. m., in deethis ofte tymes. I resceyuede of the Jewis fyue sythis fourty strokis oon lesse; thries I was betun with ȝerdis, onys I was stoonyd, thryes YOm. O. maad perisching in schip, nyȝta nyȝt N. and day I was in depnesseperil T. of the see; in weies ofte, in perelis of flodis, in perels of theues, in perelis of kyn, in perels of hethen men, `in perelsOm. G pr. m. in citethe cite SX., in perels in desert, in perels in seethe see ASTXY., in perels in false britheren, in traueil andin O. mysestenedynesse, either mysseiste V., in many wak|yngis, in hungir andin KV. thirst, inand O. many fast|ingis, in cold andOm. W. inOm. AGMNOPQV. nakidnesse. With|oute tho thingis that ben withouteforth; myn eche dayesday AGMPQSTVWXY. wakyngetraueiling V., `or studyingeOm. OX., theis the V. bisynesse of alle chirchis. Who is syk, and I am not syk? who is sclaundrid, and I am not brendbrent, or purgid with multitude of sclaundris Q.?

 CAP. XII.

If it bihoueth forOm. SX. to glorie, I schal glorie in tho thingis that ben of myn infirmyte, `or freelteOm. OX.. GodFor O. and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is blessid into theOm. SVX. worldis, woot, that I `gabbe not, orOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY. lyie not. The prouostkepere X., or kepereOm. OXY., of Da|maske, of the king of the folk Aretheof Arethe A pr. m. NOX., kepte the cite of Damascenys forOm. SX. to take me; and by a wyndow in a leep I was latun down by thea X. wal, and so I scapideascapide V. his hondis. Cap. XII. begins here in V.If it bihouethbehoue SX. forOm. SX. to glo|rie, sothli it spedith not; forsoth I schal come to the visyouns and reuelaciouns of the Lord. I woot a man in Crist bifore fourtene ȝeer; wher in body, wher out of bodythe body AOSTVXY pr. m., I woot not, God woot; sich a man rauyschid `til tovnto GMPQ. til N. the thridde heuene. AndOm. G pr. m. I woot such a man; wher in body, orwhether X. out of body, I nootnot wot S., God woot; for he was rauyschid into paradys, and herde priuey wordes, theOm. V. whiche it is not leefful to aeny Q. man forOm. SX. to speke. For sich maner thingthingis V. I schal glorie; forsothe for me no thing, nonot O. but in myn infirmitees. Forwhi and if I schal wilnewille M. wolen Q. forOm. SX. toOm. SX. glorie, I schal not be vnwys; sothlifor V. I schal seye treuthe; forsothsothely O. I spare, lest ony man gesse me ouer that thing that he seeth in me, or heerith ony thing of me. And lest the greetnesse of reuelaciounsreuelacioun N. enhaunce me `in prideOm. X., the pricke ofof my V. fleisch, an aun|gel of Sathanas, is ȝouun to me, `the which boffatiththat he buffate V. that buffete X. me. For whichthe whiche S. thing thries I preide the Lord, that it schuld go awey fro me. And he seide to me, My grace sufficith to thee; forwhi vertu is perfitly maad in infirmite. Therfore gladly I schal glorie in myn infirmytees, that the vertu of Crist dwelle inOm. K. me. For which thing I plese to meme, or gretly delite Q. in myn infirmitees, in wrongOm. V. dispisyngis, `or reprouyngisOm. GMOPQVX., in nedis, in persecuciouns, in angwyschis, for Crist; sothlifor V. whanne I am syk, thanne I am myȝty. Iand N. am maad vnwittyvnwitty, thus commendyng my silf Q., ȝe constreyneden meme, for thoruȝ ȝoure blame I was constreynede Q.. ForsothFor V. Sothly X. I `schulde, orOm. OVX. owȝte, forOm. SX. to be comendid of ȝou; sothlifor V. I dide no thing lesse `fro hemthan thei V. that ben apostlis aboue maneremy maner Q.. ForwhiOm. V. thouȝȝif Q. I beam V. nouȝtnot apostle, as it semeth to summen Q., nethelees thethese V. sygnes of `myn apostilhedmy postlehed G pr. m. MPQ. ben maad onin KY. ȝou, inon TXY. al pacience, and singnes, `or miraclisOm. OQX., and grete wondris, and vertues. Sothli what is it, that ȝe hadden lasselesse of techynge Q. biforethan V. othere chirchis, no but that I my silf greuyde ȝou notnot, bitakynge of ȝou Q.? Forȝyue ȝe to me this wrongthing Q.. Loo! this thridde tyme I am redy forOm. SX. to come to ȝou, and I schal not be greuous to ȝou; forsothefor V. I seke not tho thingis that ben ȝoure, but ȝou. ForsothForwhi V. nethir sones owen tofor to GMNPQTV. tresoure, `or make tresourOm. MOPQX., to fadir and modir, but thethe goostly Q. fadir and modirthe modir N. to theOm. O. sones. ForsothFor V. I moost wilfully schal ȝyue, and IOm. G pr. m. MPQ. my silf schal be `ouerȝouunȝouen ouer V. for ȝoure soulis; thouȝ I more louyngelouynge ȝou V., be lesse loued. But be it; I greuyd not ȝou, but whanne I was sutil wyseOm. GV. willy STXY pr. m. wille W., IOm. T. tookdisceued G sec. m. toke, or disceyuede Q. ȝou with gyle. Wher I disceyuede ȝou bywith O. ony of hem, `the whichewhom GMPQ. whiche V. I sentesende O. to ȝou? I preiede Tyte, and I sente with him a brothir. WherWhether PQ. Tyte bigylidegiled O. ȝou? wher we gonȝeden V. not in the same spiryt? wher not inand MPQ. the same step|pissteppis, or werkis Q.? Sum tyme ȝe wenen, that we schu|len excuse vs anentis ȝou. Bifore God inand in S. Crist we speken; forsothe, moost dere britheren, alle thingis for ȝoure edyfy|ingeedificacioun N.. Sotheli I drede, lest perauenture whanne I schal come, I schal fyndenot fynde GMPQ. ȝouOm. O. notOm. GMP. which maneremaner men Q. I wole, and I schal be founde ofat N. ȝowȝou GMPTX. which manermaner man Q. ȝe wolen notnot, scharpely punyschynge ȝou. I dreede Q.; lest perauenture stryuyngis, enuyes, sturdynessis, dissenciouns and detrac|ciouns, priuey spechis ofor K. discord, boln|yngesbolnynge K. biwith O. Om. X. prideOm. X., debatis be among ȝou; lestI dreede lest Q. eftsoone whanne I schal come, God make me louȝhumble, or low Q. anentis ȝou, andso that and Q. I weylebiweile V. manye of hem, that bifore synneden, and diden not penaunce ofon V. the vnclennesse, and fornycacioun, and vnchastite, that thei hanhaden O. don.

 CAP. XIII.

Lo! this thridde tyme I come to ȝou, and in the mouth of tweynetwo GMPQ pass. or thre wit|nessis euery word schal stonde. I seide bifore, andand I MPQX. seye bifore, as present twyes, and now absent, to hem that bifore han synned, and to alle othere; for if I schal come eftsoone, I schal not spare. Wher ȝe seken asayingean experi|ment, or asaiynge GMNPQY marg. of himthat Crist V. that spekith in me, CristOm. N., theOm. N. which is not sykmade seek, or vnmyȝty Q. in ȝou, but isOm. G pr. m. MP. he is Q. myȝty in vsȝou V.? Forwhi thouȝ he was crucified of infirmyteinfirmyte of mankynd Q., but he lyueth of the vertu of God. Forwhi andand ȝif Q. we ben syke in hym, but we schulen lyue with him of the vertu of God in vs. AsayeTempte, or asaye Q. Asaȝeth S. Asaye ȝe X. ȝouȝoure GMPQ. thi O. silf, if ȝe ben in theOm. TY. feith; ȝe ȝouȝoure GPQ. silf proueproueth SX.. Wher ȝe knowen not ȝouȝoure GMPQ. silf, for Crist Jhesu is in ȝou? noOm. X. butbot perauenture Q. but in hap V. but if happili X. ȝe ben repreuable. Forsoth I hope, thatfor GMP. ȝe knowenwoot O. forthat V. we ben not repreuable. So|thely we preien the Lord, that ȝe don no thing of yuel; notwe preyen not Q. that we seme prouydprouyd of God, in vsynge oure power Q., but thatat O. ȝe do that thatOm. G. at O. is good, forsoth thatthat that W. we beben as QV. repreuable. ForsotheFor V. we mowen no thing aȝens treuthethe treuthe SXY pr. m., but for treuthethe treuthe AGMNOPQSTVWXY.. ForsothFor V. we ioyen, forwhanne V. we ben sykeseek, no thing mowinge of oure silf Q., forsoth ȝewe K. ben myȝty; andnot dredynge; and Q. we preien this thing, ȝoure endingeeendyng, that ȝe be perfijt Qe. perfeccioun V.. SothliOm. V. therfore I absent write `this thingthese thingis V., that I present do not hardere, vpaftir MPQ. bi V. the power, theOm. V. which the Lord ȝaf to me into edifi|cacioun, and not into distrucciounȝoure districcioun NV.. Bri|theren, hennis forwardforthward M. forth Q. ioye ȝe, `be ȝebeth X. perfyt, and `teche ȝeexcite ȝe V. techeth X.; `vndirstonde ȝevnderstondeth X. the same thing; haue ȝe pees, and God of pees and loueof loue OV. schal be with ȝou. Greete ȝeOm. K. wel to gidere in hooly coss. Alle hooly men greeten ȝou wel. The grace of oureȝoure V. Lord Jhesu Crist, and the charite of God, and the comunynge of the Hooly Gost, be with ȝou alle. Amen.

 Here endith the secunde pistle to Co|rinthis, and now bigynneth the prolog to GalathiesHeere endith the secounde pistle to Co|rynthys, and heere bigynneth epistle to Galathies. A. Here endith the secunde pistil to Corynthis, and bigynneth the prolog on the pistil to Galathies. N. Here eendeth the secounde epistel to Corinthies, and bygynneth the prologe of the epistil to Galathies. O. Here endeth the pistles to the Corinthies, and bygyn|neth the pistel to the Galathies. Q. Here endith the secounde epistle to Corinthies, and bigynneth the prologe to Galathies. T. Heere endith the secunde Corinthies, and here bigynneth the prologe to Galathies. V. Here eendith the secounde pistil to Corinthis, and bigynneth a prologe to Galathies. W. No final rubric in GMPSXY.. GALATIANS. The prolog to GalathiesProlog. S. Prologus Y. No initial rubric in OTV. No prologue in AGMPQX. In N the prologue is of the second text..

GALATHIES ben Greekis. Thes theOm. V. word of treuthe first tooken of theOm. V. apostle; but aftir his departyng, thei weren temptid of false apostlis, that thei schulden be turned into the olde lawe andof K. circumcisioun. Thes reuoketh the apostle to the feith of treuthe, writinge to hem fro Ephesye.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the epistleHere eendith the prologe, and bygynneth the epistel to Galathies. OW. Here endith the prologe to Galathis, and bigynneth the pistel. T. No final rubric in SVY.. The epistle to the GalathiisFrom M. The pistle to Galathies. PQ. Here begynneth the boke of Galathis. Y. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

Poul apostle, notnot chosen Q. of men, neither by manmen Q., but bi Jhesu Crist, and God the fadir, that reyside him fro deede men, and alle the britheren that ben with me, to the chirchischirche Q. of Galathie, grace to ȝou, and pees of God the fadir, and of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, theOm. V. which ȝaf him silf for oure synnes, that he schulde delyuere vs offro P. thisOm. V. present weyward world, vpafter GMPQ. bi V. the wil of God and oure fadir, to whom is `honour andOm. V. glorie in to worldis of worldis. Amen; `so be itOm. GMPQVX.. I wondre, that thus soOm. NQ. soone ȝe ben born ouer fro him that clepide ȝou into the grace of Crist, into an other gospel; theOm. V. which is not otheranother V., `no butbut if X. ther ben summe that disturblendisturben SX. distroublen VW. ȝou, and wolen mysturne the euangelie of Crist. But thouȝ we, or an aungel of heuene, euangelise to ȝou, bisydis that that we han euangelisid to ȝou, cursid be he. As I bifore seide, and now eftsoone I seye, if onyeny man Y pr. m. `schal euangeliseeuangelizith V. out taken that that ȝewe Q. han takun, cursid be he. `I counceile nowNow counseile I GMPQ. Forwhi counseile I now V. Counceile I now X. to men, or to God? or `I sekeseke I MPQ. speke V. forOm. MPQSX. to plese toOm. X. men? If I `ȝit plesidewolde ȝit pleese V. to men, I were not the seruaunt of Crist. Sotheli, britheren, I make the gospel knowun to ȝou, theOm. V. which is euangelisidprechid O., `or prechidOm. GMOPQX. or preching K., of me, for it is not vpafter GMPQV. man; sothlifor V. nether I tooktake T. it of man, nether lernydelerede SX., but by theOm. G pr. m. OP. reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist. Forsothe ȝe herden my lyuynge sum tyme in theOm. G pr. m. MPQ. Juwerie, for ouerwick|edly ouer O. ma|neremaner, or mesure Q. I pursuwide the chirche of God, and fauȝte aȝens it. And I profitide in Juryethe Jurie N. aboue many mynmen KY. euene eeldis in my kyn, beynge more haboundantly louerethe louer G sec. m. a loueere V., `or folowerOm. X., of my fadrynfadres GMOPQVY sec. m. tradiciounstradicioun N.. ForsothBut V. whanne it pleside to him, that departide me fro the wombe of my modir, and clepid by his grace, that he schulde schewe in me his sone, that I schulde preche hym inamong V. hethene men, anoon I acor|dide coorded G pr. m. not to fleischthe flesche T. and bloodto blood O. blood, that is, nether to vices of my fleische, nether to kynred of blode Q.; nether I cam to Jerusalem to my bifore goeris apostlis, but I wente forth into Arabye, and eftsoone I turnedeturne Y. aȝen toin to Q. Damask. Aftirward aftir thre ȝeerisȝeer GMPQX. I cam to Jeru|salem, forOm. SX. to se Petre, and dwellideI dwelte P. I dwellide QV. anentis him fifteene dayes; forsothe I sayȝ non other man of apostlisthe apostlis GMPQ., no but James, the brothir of the Lord. Forsoth what thingis I wryte to ȝou, loo! bifore God fortokynge hym to witnesse that Q. Om. X. I lye not, `or gabbe notOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.. Aftir|ward I cam into the parties of Sirye and Cilicie. Forsoth I was vnknowyn bi faceface, or presence of body Q. to the chirchischirche Y. of Judee, that weren in Crist; oonly forsoth thei hadden heeringe, forthat V. he that pursuwede vs sumtyme, now euangelisith the feith, aȝensOm. G sec. m. whichwhom Q. he fauȝtefauȝte aȝeins G. sumtyme; and in meme, or in my turnynge to Cristis byleeue Q. thei clarifi|eden God.

 CAP. II.

Aftirward aftirOm. N. fourtene ȝeer, eftsoone I stiȝede to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and Tyte takyn to. Forsoth I stiȝede vpvp after G. aftir Q. bi V. reue|lacioun, and `to gidere seydedisputide O. seide togidere V., `or disput|ideOm. OVX., with hem the gospel, theOm. VX. whichthat X. I preche among hethene men; forsoth a sydis hond, `or by hem silfOm. OX., toOm. X. hem that weren seyn forOm. S. to be sumwhat, lest per|auenture I schulde renne in veyn, or hadde runnerunne in veyn V.. But nether Tyte, that was with me, whanne he was hethene, was compellid forOm. SX. to be circumsidid; but for false bri|theren `vndirbrouȝt ynvnder brouȝtyn GMPQY. priuely brouȝt in V., theOm. V. whiche pri|uely entriden forOm. SX. to aspie oure libertefredam Q., thatwhich V. we han in Crist Jhesu, that thei schulden dryue vs into seruage. ToThe K. whichewhom GMPQ. nether at oonan AGMNOPQSTVWXY. hour we ȝauen stedestide, or place N. to subiecciounsubieccioun, as conuict of the lawe Q., that the treuthe of the gospel dwelle atanentis Q. ȝou. Forsothe of hem that weren seyen forOm. SX. to be sumwhat; what maner menOm. OX. thei weren sum tyme, it perteyneth no thing to me, forsothefor whi V. God takith not the persoone of man; for|sothfor V. thei that weren seen forOm. SX. to be sum|what, no thing to me ȝauen `to gidereOm. V.. But aȝenward, whanne thei hadden seyn, that the gospel of prepuciethe prepucie O., `or hethene menOm. OX. of hethen men V., iswas V. bitakuntaken OV. to me, asas and V. of circumci|sioun to Petre; for he that wrouȝte toin to N. Petre intoin P. apostelhed of circumcisioun, wrouȝte andOm. O. also V. to me among hethene men; and whanne thei hadden knowe the grace `of GodOm. V., that is ȝouun to me, James, and Cephas, `or PetreOm. OPQX., and John, theOm. VX. whicheOm. X. weren seyn forOm. SX. to be pileris, ȝauen to me and Barnabas the riȝt hondis of felowschip, that wewe prechen Q. among hethene men, thei forsothsothely GMP. into circumcisioun; oonly that we schulde be myndeful of pore men, thatfor V. also I was bisy forOm. SX. to do thethis V. same thing. Forsothe whanne CephasPetre O., `or PetreOm. NOQSX., cam to An|tioche, I `stood aȝensaȝens stood V. hymOm. V. in to thehis G sup. ras. MPQ. faceface, or opynly Q., for he was reprehensyblerepreuable GMPQ. worthe for to be reprouyd O., `or wor|thi forOm. S. to be reprouydOm. GMOPQX.. ForsothForwhi V. bifore that summesum men G. sum Jewis Q. camen fro James, he eet with hethen men; forsothbut V. whanne thei camen, he withdrowȝwithdrewȝ hym GQ., and departide hym, dred|ynge hem that weren of circumcisioun. And othereother Jewis V. conscentiden to his feynynge, so thatthat also V. Barnabas was ledd of hem into thatOm. G pr. m. feynynge. But whanne Ithat I O. hadde seyn, that thei walkiden not riȝtly to the treuthe of the gospel, I seide to `Cephas, or PetreCephas OSX. Petre MPQ., bifore alle men, If thou, sithen thou ert a Jew, lyuest hethenli, and not Jewly, hou constreynest thou hethene men forOm. SX. to bicome Jewis? We ben Jewis of kynde, and not synners of hethene menmen, etynge vnclene thing, nether doyng mawmetrie Q.; forsothsothely GMP. netheles sothely Q. wityngewe witen QV. forthat V. a man is not iustifiedmaad riȝtwiise GMPQ. of the workis of lawethe lawe GMNPQ., no but by theOm. STXY. feith of Jhesu Crist, and we in Crist Jhesu bileuen, that we be iustyfied ofbi SXY. the feith of CristJhesu Crist TXY., and not of the workis of lawethe lawe GSTX.. Wherfore of the workis of lawethe lawe SX. ech fleischman V., `or manOm. OVX., schal not be iustifiedmaad riȝtwiise GMPQ.. That if we sekynge forOm. SX. to be iustified in Crist, andalso V. we vsoure GMPQ. silf be founden synners, wher Crist isis not V. mynistre of synne? Fer be it. SothliForwhi V. if I bilde aȝen thothese V. thingis that I distroyededistruye Q., I make me forOm. SVWX. `to beOm. VWX. a trespassour. For|sothFor V. by the lawe I am deed to the lawe, that I lyue to God; with Crist I am ficchid to the cross. Forsoth I lyue now, not I, but Crist lyueth in me. Forsoth that I lyue now in fleisch, Iand O. lyue in the feith of Goddis sone, theOm. V. which louyde me, and bitook him silf for me. I caste not awey the grace of God; forsothfor V. if riȝtwysnesse is by theOm. X. lawe, Cristtherfore Crist V. deiede `with outeveyne, or with outen Q. cause.

 CAP. III.

AO! GMPQ.! ȝe witlees men of GalathieGalathies O., who disceyuede ȝou forOm. SX. to `not bileueobeie not V. to the treuthe? bifore whos yȝen `Jhesu CristCrist Jhesus M. is dampnyd, `or excilidOm. OX., and inin to O. ȝou cruci|fyedis crucified V.. This thing oonli wole I lerneleren X. of ȝou, hanwher han V. ȝe take the spirit ofbi V. theOm. S. workis of theOm. G pr. m. MPQ. lawe, wherofor of O. bi V. theOm. G pr. m. MPQ. heeringe of bileue? So ȝe ben foolis, that whanne ȝe bigunne by spirit, now ȝe ben endid by fleisch. Ȝe han suffrid soOm. A. many thingis withoute cause, nethelees if with oute cause. Therfore he that ȝyueth to ȝou the spirit, and worchith vertues in ȝou, whe|thir of the worchis of lawethe lawe G pr. m. S., or of heer|inge of feith? As itOm. X. is writun, Abraham bileuyde to God, and it iswas V. rettidarettid V. to him to riȝtwysnesse. Therfore knowe ȝe, thatfor O. thei thatOm. G pr. m. ben of theOm. N. feith, theithat thei GQ. Om. V. ben sonesthe sones VX. of Abraham. Forsothe theOm. O. scrip|turespirit N. purueyinge, for God iustifieth of feith hethen men, toold bifore to Abra|ham, For in thee alle folkisfolkis of kynde Q., `or hethene menOm. GMOPQY., schulen be blessid. Therfore thei that ben of theOm. N. feith, schulen be blessid with feithful Abraham. ForsothForwhi V. who euere ben of the workis of lawethe lawe GOS., ben vndir curs; for it is writun, Cursid echis ech QV. man, that `schal not dwelledwellith not V. in alle thingis that ben writun in the bookebokis Y. of lawe, that he do hemthoo V.. Forsoth forthat V. no man is iustifiedmade riȝtwijsse GMPQ. in the lawe anentis God, it is knowen, for a riȝtful man lyueth ofby O. feith. Forsoth the lawe is not of bileuebyleue, bot of dreed of peyn Q., but he that `schal dodoth V. thothe O. thingis, schal lyuen in hemthoo V.. Crist deliueredeaȝenbouȝte V. vs fro the curs of the lawe, maadand was maad V. for vs cursthe curse G. cursed O., `that is, sacrifice forof O. cursgloss om. in VX.; for it is writun, Cursid isOm. M. echeche man OQ. that hangith in the tree; that bless|ingethe blessyng AGMNOPQVWY sec. m. of Abraham in hethen men schulde be maad in Crist Jhesu, that we take the biheeste of spirit by feith. Britheren, I seye vpafter GMPQV. man, nethelees no man dispisith the testamentconfermyde testament GMPQY sec. m. of aOm. NSVY. manman confermed NV., or `ordeyneth aboueaboue ordeyneth GMP. aboue ordeyneth other thing Q.. Biheestis ben seid to Abraham and to his seed; he seithseide STXY. not, In seedisthe seedes G., as in manye, but as in oon, And into V. thi seed, that is, Crist. Forsoth I seie this, a testament confermyd of God, thethe lawe V. whichwhich was maad V. aftir foure hundrid ȝeerisȝer SX. and thritti `is maadOm. V. lawea lawe SX. Om. V., makith not voydeOm. O. `for to a|voydeOm. O. to auoiden S. for to do aweye Q. to voyden X. the biheesteheest V.. Forwhy if of lawe theis the GMPQ. were the V. heritage, now not of biheeste. For|soth God ȝaf to Abraham bi aȝenbiheesteaȝein bihest, that is, by feith Q.. What therforetherfore profitith the Q. lawe? For trespassynge itOm. G. is putt, til the seed cam, to whom God bihiȝtehadde bihiȝt V. thingisthe lawe V. ordeyned by aungelis, in the hond of a medyatour. Forsoth aOm. N. mediatour is not of oOm. G. thing. Forsoth God is oon. Therfore theis the QV. lawe anentisaȝens AGNOPSTVWY. aȝen MX. aȝeines Q., `or contrarie toor contrarieth to G. Om. OQX., the heestisbihestis GNSTWXY. of God? Fer be it. SothliForsothe M. For V. if ther were a lawe ȝouun, theOm. VX. whichthat X. myȝte quykene, vereilyverre SXY. verey T. riȝt|wysnesse were of lawe. But the scrip|ture enclosyde alle thingis vndir synne, that biheeste schulde be ȝouun of theOm. N. feith of Jhesu Crist to men bileuynge. Forsothe bifore that the feith cam, we weren kept vndir the lawe, schette to gi|dere in to that faith that was to be schew|id. `And soTherfore V. the lawelawe, for it kept us fro vnleful thing Q. was oure litil maistir in Crist, that we be iustifiedmaad riȝtwijse GMPQ. of theOm. OT. feith. But whereaftir that V. the feith cam, now we ben notOm. G pr. m. vndir the litil maistirmaistir, by constreynynge of lawe Q.. ForsothFor V. `alle ȝewe Q. ben the sones of God by feith in `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist X.. ForsotheForwhi V. who euere ȝe ben baptysid in CristCrist Jhesu X., ȝe han clothidclothid in N. clad SX. Crist. Ther is not Jew, neither Greek; ther is not seruaunt, nethirne Q. fre man; ther is notnot nether Q. male, nether femalefemale, that hath vnclothid Crist, that ben baptized in hym Q.; sotheliForwhi V. alle ȝe ben oonoen ȝe ben SXY. in Crist Jhesu. Forsoth if ȝe ben of Crist, therfore ȝe ben seedthe seed V. of A|braham, vpafter the GMPQ. bi the V. biheeste eyrisȝe ben eyris Q..

 CAP. IV.

I seye forsothe, how moche tyme the eyr is litila litil child Q., he dyuersith no thing fro a seruaunt, whanne he is lord of alle; but he is vndir tutouriskeperis V. and actourisautours M. kepers Q., `til tovnto GMPQ. the tyme determyneddetermynyd, or byfore ordeyned Q. of the fadir. So andOm. N. we, whanne we weren litilelitil children N., weren seruynge vndir the elementis of thethis SXY. worldworld, that is, vndir the lawe that passide as elementis Q.. But whereaftir that V. the plente of tyme cam, God sente his sone, maad of aOm. X. wom|man, maad vndir the lawe, that `he schulde aȝenbye hem that weren vndir the lawe, thatOm. O. we schulde resceyue the adopcioungracious, or ȝift Q. adopcioun, either gracious purchasing V. of sones. Forsoth for ȝe ben the sones of God, God sente the spirit of his sone into ȝoure hertis, criynge, Abba, `that isOm. OSX., fadir. `And soTherfore V. now ther is not seruaunt, but sone; that if sone, thanneOm. NV. and eyr bi God. But thanne sothli ȝe vnknowynge God, seruyden to hem that weren not goddis, in kyndekynde, bot in opynyoun of men Q.. Now forsoth whanne ȝe han knowenvnknowen K. God, ȝheOm. V., rathere ȝe ben knowen of God, hou ben ȝe turned to gidere eft|soone to syke, `or freelOm. OX., and nedy ele|mentis, to whichewhome Q. ȝe wolen serue eft|soone? Ȝe kepenkepen, or weyten Q. dayes, and monethis, `and tymesOm. G pr. m., andof STXY pr. m. ȝeerisȝeeris, whiche ben oon, whiche another Q.. ForsothOm. V. I drede ȝouȝou, for ȝour vnstablenesse Q., lest perauenture I haueOm. G pr. m. Q. trauelid in ȝou withoute cause. Be ȝeȝe now Q. as II, byleuynge in Crist Q., for and `I as ȝeI was as and ȝe ben now keepynge olde tradiciouns Q.. Britheren, I biseche ȝou, ȝe han no thing hirt meme, thouȝ bacbiters accuside ȝou to me Q.. Sothli ȝe witen, forthat V. by infirmyte of fleisch I haue euangelisid to ȝou nowOm. V. bifore; and ȝoure temptacioun in my fleisch ȝe dispisedendispisen G. not, neither forsoken, but ȝe resceyueden me as an aungel of God, as Crist JhesuJhesu hade cumen Q.. `Therfore wher isWher is therfore GMPQ. ȝoure blessingeblessidnes, that ȝe haden byfore tyme? Q.? Sothli I bere witnessingewitnesse SWXY. to ȝou, forthat V. ifȝit Q. it myȝte be don, ȝe schuldenwolde V. haue put out ȝoure yȝen, and haue ȝouun to me. Therfore am I maad enemy to ȝou, seiynge trewe thingOm. G pr. m. to ȝou? ForsotheSothely GMPQ. Om. V. theiwe Jewis Q. louen `ȝou notnot ȝou G. wel, but thei wolen excludeexclude, or put ȝou oute of byleue Q. ȝou, that ȝe sue hem. Forsothe sue ȝe goodGod K. euermore in good, and not oonly whanne I am pre|sent anentis ȝou. My litle sones, whomwhiche V. I childe, `or brynge forth by traueylOm. OX., eft|soone, til Crist be fourmyd in ȝou, for|sothe I wolde now be at ȝou, andI O. chaunge my voisvoice, in to scharpe reproue of hem that ben at ȝou Q., for I am confoundid, `or scham|edOm. OX., in ȝou. Seie ȝe to me, that wolen be vndir lawethe lawe AGMNOPSTVWXY. the lawe fleischly Q., han ȝe not radd the lawe? Sothli it is writun, for Abraham hadde tweytwo GMPQX. sones, oon of the hand mayden, and oon of the freOm. X. wyf. ForsothBut V. he thatthat was QV. ofborn of V. the `hand maydenhond maiden was born MNQ. hond mayde was born P., vpafter GMNOPQ. bi V. the fleisch `was borunOm. MPQ.; butforsoth V. he thatthat was Q. that was born V. of the freOm. X. wyf, bywas born by Q. aȝenbiheestebyhest Q.. TheOm. V. whiche thingis ben seid by allegorie, `or goostly vndirstond|ingeOm. G pr. m. MPX. or by another vndirstondinge G sec. m. or gospelles vndirstondinge O.. SothliForwhi V. thes thingis ben tweytwo GMPQ pass. X. testa|mentis; sothli `that oonthe toon AGNOSTY. the oon MP. the to testament was Q. oon V. in the mount ofOm. G pr. m. MNOPQV. Syna, gendringegendride V. in to seruage, thatwhich V. is Agar. ForsothFor whi V. Syna is an hil in Arabie, theOm. V. which is ioyned to it that now is Jerusalem, and seruith with her sones. Forsothe that Jerusalem that is aboue, is free, theOm. SV. which is oure modir. ForsothFor V. it is writun, Be glad, thou bareyne, that childist not, oror that MPQ. bryngist not forth childchildren AGMNPQTVW. Gloss om. in OX. childer S.; brek out and crie, thou that childist not; forforwhi V. manye sones ofben of V. the `desert, or leftlefte G pr. m. MP. forsaken OQ. desert X. wommanOm. X., more than of hir that hath an housbonde. Forsothe, britheren, we ben vpafter GMPQV. Isaac theOm. SX. sones of biheeste; but howas V. thanne he that wasOm. O. borun vpafter GMPQ. bi V. theOm. SX. fleisch pursuwide him thatthat was born QV. vpafter GMPQ. bi V. the spirit, so and now. But what seith the scripture? Cast out the hand mayden and hir sone, for|sothfor V. the sone of the hand maydenmeyde GPQ. schal not be eyr with theOm. PQ. sone of theOm. G pr. m. freeOm. Q. wyf. `And soTherfore V., britheren, `we benbe ȝe K. not sones of the hand maydenmayde OPQV., but of the free wyfOm. X., by which liberte Crist hathOm. N. `maad vs freedeliuered vs O..

 CAP. V.

Therfore stonde ȝe, and eftsooneOm. O sec. m. nyle ȝe be to gidere holdun in ȝokthe ȝok A pr. m. G sec. m. of seruage. Loo! I Poul seie to ȝou, forthat V. if ȝe ben circumcididcircumcised N., Crist schal profite to ȝou no|thing. Sothli I bere witnessinge eftsoone to eueryeche X. man circumsiding him silf, forthat V. he is dettourdoctour K. of al the lawe forOm. SX. to be don. Ȝe ben auoydidvoidid X. fro Crist, ȝe that ben ius|tified in the lawe han fallen awey fro grace. ForsothFor V. we by spirit of feith abiden theOm. X. hope of riȝtwysnesse. Forwhi in Crist Jhesu nethir circumcisioun is ony thing worthwrthi S., nether prepucie, `that is, maner of hethen menOm. OX., but feith that worchith by charite. Ȝe `runnen welranne wele, doynge werkis of feith Q.; who lettide ȝou forOm. SX. to not obeischeobeyen X. to treuthethe treuthe S.? To no man consente ȝeȝe, that draweth ȝou fro Crist Q.; for|soth this persuaciounexciting V., `or softe mouyngeOm. OX. or counceling V., is not of hymGod Q. that clepide ȝou. A litil sourdowȝ corumpithmaketh sour V. al the gobet. I truste of ȝou in the Lord, that ȝe schulen vndirstonde noon othir thingthing, bot that I haue tauȝte Q.. Forsothe he that disturblithdisturbith SX. dis|troubleth VW. ȝou, schal bere domthe dome Q., who euere he is. Forsothe, britheren, if I preche ȝit circumcisiouncircumcisioun, as bacbiters seyn Q., what ȝit suffre I persecucioun? therfore theOm. GMPQ. sclaundre of the cross is avoydidvoidid OX.. I wolde andthat V. thei that disturblendisturben SX. distroublen VW. ȝou, beweren Q. be also V. kitt of. For|soth, britheren, ȝe ben clepid intoin N. libertethe liberte X. oonly; `ȝyue ȝe notne ȝyue ȝe SX. that ȝe ȝyue not V. liberte in to occasioun of fleisch, but by charite of spiritthe spirit V. serue ȝe to gidere. ForsothFor V. al the lawe is ful|fillidfillid V. in o word, Thou schalt loue thi neiȝbore as thi silf. ForThat V. if ȝe biten to gidere, and eten, se ȝe, lest ȝe be waastid froOm. N. a twynnea twynny NV., `or ech fro othirOm. OX.. For|soth I seie in Crist, wandre ȝeOm. V. in spirit, and ȝe schulen not perfoorme the desyris of fleischthe flesche OQ.. For the fleisch coueitith aȝen the spirit, sothli the spirit aȝens the fleisch; forsothefor V. thes ben aduersaries to hem silf to gidere, that ȝe do not tho thingis, what euere thingisOm. Q. ȝe wolen. ForThat V. if ȝe ben led by the spirit, ȝe ben not vndir the lawe. Forsothe the workis of the fleisch ben opyn, theOm. V. whiche ben fornycacioun, vnclennesseand vnclennesse NX., vnchastite, leccherie, seruynge ofto Q. ydolsthe ydolys G., `or false goddisOm. OQX., doyngis of venymvenym, or wicchecraftis N marg. venym, or venymouse dedis Q., enemytees, stryues, enuyesindignaciouns V., `or folowyngis in yuelOm. OX., wraththis, chidingis, dissenciouns, sectis, `or heresyesOm. X., enuyes, mansleyngis, drunkenessis, glotenyes, and lychelicchi W. thingis to thes, theOm. V. whiche I prechebifore seie V. to ȝou, as IOm. GQ. bifore seide, for thei that don suchethese Q. thingis, schulen not haue the king|dom of God. Forsothe the fruyt of the spirit is charite, ioye, pees, pacience, be|nygnyte, `or good willOm. OX., goodnesse, long abydynge, myldenesse, feith, temperaunce, contynence, chastite; aȝens such thingis the lawe is not. Forsoth thei that ben of Crist, han crucified her fleisch with vices and concupiscencisconcupiscens O. Om. Q., orOm. Q. coueitisis. If we lyuen by spirit, `by spirit andand by spirit GQ. bi spirit MP. walke we; be we not maad coueitous of veyn glorie, to gidere stiringe to wraththewijn P., hauynge enuye to gidere.

 CAP. VI.

Britheren, and if a man be biforefore G pr. m. occu|pied, `or ouercomenOm. X., in ony gilt, `or tres|pasOm. OX., ȝe that ben spiritual, techetecheth PQX. siche a maner man inin the X. spirit of softnesse, `or meke|nesseOm. GMOPQX., biholdinge thi silf, that andOm. K. thou be not temptidtemptid, fallynge in the same wyse Q.. Bere ȝe chargisthe chargis S. the to|thir of the tothirtother, `or eche of other O., and so ȝe schulen ful|fillefille V. the lawe of Crist. Forwhi if ony man gessith him silfOm. G pr. m. forOm. SX. to be ouȝt, whanne he is noȝt, he disceyueth him silf. Forsoth ech man proue his owne werkwarkes O., and so he schal haue glorie oonlyOm. Q. in hym silf, and not in an othirother man O.. ForsothForwhi V. ech man schal bere his owne charge. Forsoth he that is tauȝt by word, comune towith V. him that techith him, in alle good thingis. Nyle ȝe erre, God is not scornyd; for|sotheforwhi V. what thingis a man `schal sowesowith V., andalso V. thes thingesthing K. Om. M. he schal repe. ForForsothe X. he that sowith in his fleisch, andOm. STWXY. also V. of the fleisch heOm. GMNOPQV. schal repe corupcioun; forsoth he that sowithOm. Q. in spirit, of the spirit schal repe euerlastyng lyf. Forsoth we doynge good, faylefayle we Q. not; sothlifor V. in his tyme we schulen repe, not faylinge. Therfore the while we han tyme, worche we good to alle men; forsothbut V. moost to the houshold meyne of the feith. Se ȝe, with what ma|ner lettris I haue writun to ȝou by myn hondhond, that ȝe be not disceyuede by other false lettris Q.. Sothli who euere wolen plese in fleisch, thes constreynen ȝou forOm. SX. to be cir|cumsidid, oonly that thei suffre notnot of Jewis Q. theOm. G pr. m. MPQ. persecucioun of Cristis cross. ForsothFor V. neither thei that ben circumsidid kepen the lawe; but theithei that V. wolen ȝou forOm. X. to be cir|cumsidid, that thei gloriehaue glorie V. in ȝoure fleisch. ForsothBut V. be it ferr to me forOm. SX. to gloriehaue glorie V., no but in theOm. N. cross of oure Lord Jhesu CristOm. O., by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. ForsotheFor V. in Crist Jhesu nethir circumcisioun is ouȝt worth, nether prepucie, `that is, maner of hethen menthat is, heithen men [mennus MP] custome GMPQ. Om. OSX., but a newe creature. And who euere schulenOm. V. suwe this rewle, pees vponon SVX. hem, and mercy, and vponon VX. Israel of God. Fro hennis forth no man be heuy to me; for|sothfor V. I bere in my body the tokenistoknys, or woundis Q. of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist withbe with V. ȝoure spirit, bri|theren. Amen.

 Here endith the epistle to Galathies, and now bigynneth the prolog to Ephe|syesHeere endith the epistle to Galathies, and now bigynneth epistle to Ephesians. A. Here endeth the epistel to Galathies, and bygynneth the prologe of the epistel to the Ephesies in this maner. O. Here endith the pistle to the Galathies, and biginneth the pistle to Effecis. Q. Here endith the pistle to the Galathies, and here bigynneth the prologe to Effesies. V. Here eendith the pistle of Galathies, and bigynneth the prologe to Efesies. W. Here endith Poul. Y. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. EPHESIANS. Here bigynneth the prologe to EffeseiesFrom Y. Prolog to Ephecyes K running title. Prologus. O. Prolog. S. No initial rubric in VW. No prologue in AGMPQX. In N and T the prologue is of the second text..

EPHECYES sothli benbeth O. Asyanys; and thes theOm. V. word of treuthe takunitake OVY., stooden stedefast in the bileue. Thes preisith the apostle, writynge to hem fro Rome cite out of prisoun, by Tyte, a dekene.

Here eendith the prologe, and bygynneth the Epistel to EphesiesFrom OW. Ende of prolog, bigynnynge capitulum primum. K. No final rubric in SVY.. The Epistle to EphesiisFrom M. The pistle to Ephesies. PQ. The pistel to the Ephesies. T. Here bygynneth the bok of Ef|fescies. Y. No initial rubric in AGKNOS..CAP. I.

Poul, apostle of CristJhesu Crist VX., by the will of God, to alle hooly men `that benOm. MP. at Ephecy andand to QTV. feithfulfeithful men V. in Crist Jhesu, grace to ȝou and pees of God, oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. `Blessid beOm. X. God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu CristOm. O., that blesside vs in al spiritual blessinge in heuenli thingis in Crist, as he chees vs in him bifore the makyng of the world, that we schulden be hooli, and with oute wemme, `or vndefoulidOm. GMOPQTX., in his siȝt, in charite. TheOm. V. which bifore ordeynede vs into theOm. GNQX. adopciounadopcioun, or purchas QT. of sones byof T. Jhesu Crist into him, vpafter GMPT. bi V. theOm. G. purpos of his will, intoand to N. heriyngepreisyng GMPT. the preisynge Q. of the glorie of his grace; inin to O. theOm. VX. which he made vs able to his grace, `or made derewortheOm. G pr. m. MOPQTX., in his dereworthe sone. InInto XY. whom we han aȝen byinge byin O. his blood, andand in baptem N. in S. Om. V. remissioun of synnes, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the richessis of his grace, that haboundide greetly in vs in all wysdom and prudence, that he schulde make the sacrament of his will knowen to vs, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the good plesaunce of him, thatwhich V. he pur|poside in him in the dispensacioun of plente of tymes forOm. SX. to instore alle thingis in Crist, theOm. V. whiche ben in heuenes and inwhich ben in V. erthe, in him. In whom also andOm. QV. we by sortelot V., orof O. Om. VX. graceOm. VX., ben clepid, bifore ordeyned vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the purpos of him that worchith alle thingis vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the counceil of his will; that we be into theOm. O. heryingepreysinges G. preys|ing MOPQT. of his glorie, `we thatwhiche V. bifore hopiden in Crist. In whom and ȝe, whanne ȝeOm. K. had|den herd the word of treuthe, resceyu|edenOm. V. the gospel of ȝoureoure NY. heelthe, in which and ȝe bileuynge ben markid within O. the Hooly Gost of biheeste, thatwhich V. is `a wed, orOm. OV. a wed X. eernesthe ernes V. Om. X., of ȝoureoure V. heritage, into the redempcioun ofor SY. purchasinge, into heryingepreysinge GPQT. the preysinge M. of his glorie. Therfore and I heeringe ȝoure feith, that is in Crist Jhesu, and louynge into alle seyntis, ceesseI cese QT. not doynge thankyngis for ȝouall ȝou O., makynge mynde offor Q. ȝou in my preieris; that God of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, fadirthe fadir V. of glorie, ȝyue to ȝou the spirit of wysdom and of reuelacioun, into the knowynge of him; thein the G. ȝeue the V. yȝen of ȝoureoure A. herte inliȝtenedinliȝtid SX. liȝtned V., that ȝe wite, which is the hope of his clepinge, and whiche theben the V. richessis of thehis QW. glorie of his heritage in seyntis; and which is the ouersemyngeexcellent, either souereyn V. greetnesse of his vertu into vs that han bileuyd, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the worch|inge of the myȝt of his vertuvertu in to vs N., theOm. V. which heOm. MP. wrouȝte in Crist, reysinge him fro deed menOm. X., and settingesettynge hym N. on his riȝthalf in heuenly thingis, aboue ech principat, `or power of princesOm. OX., and potestate, and vertu, and lordschipingdomynacioun V., and echaboue ech V. name that is named, not oonly in this world, but inand in S. also in V. the world to comecomynge V.; and madehe made QT. alle thingis suget vndir his feet, and ȝaf him heedheued OT. vponover V. on X. al `the chirchechirche ANSVW. chirches O., that is the bodi of him, and the plente of him, theOm. V. whichwhich is V. alle thingis in alle thingis is fulfillidfillid V..

 CAP. II.

And whanne ȝe weren deede in ȝoure giltis and synnes, in which ȝe wandreden sum tyme vpafter AMPQTV. the spacelijf V., `or lastingeOm. OX. and lastynge QT. either custom V., of this world, vpafter GMPQTV. the prince of theOm. OQT. power of this eir, of the spirit that worchith now in to the sones of vntrust, `or vnbileueOm. OX.; in `the whichwhome QT. whiche VX. weand we N. also we V. alle lyueden sum tyme in desyris of oure fleisch, doynge the willewillis V. ofof oure GQT. fleisch and thouȝtisof thouȝtis V., and we weren by kynde the sones of wraththe, as and othereothere men V.; forsoth God, that is riche inof O. mercy, for his ful mochemychil S. charite in which he louede vs, andȝhe V. whanne we weren deede in synnes, quykenedehe quyckenede GMPQT. quikende X. vs to gidere in Crist, by whos grace ȝe ben sauyd, and to gidere aȝen reyside, and to gidere made toOm. KY pr. m. sitte ininto K. heuenly thingis in Crist Jhesu; that he schulde schewe ininto O. the worldis comynge ouer the plenteuouse richessis of his grace inand K. goodnesse vponon VX. vs in Crist Jhesu. ForsotheFor V. by grace ȝe ben saued bi feith, and notthat is not N. that not QT. this not V. of ȝou; sothlifor whi V. it is the ȝifte of God, not of werkis, that no man gloriehaue glorie V.. ForsothFor V. we ben the makinge of hym, maad of noȝt in Crist Jhesu, in good workis, thatwhiche V. God made redy bifore, that in hemin tho werkis V. we go. For which thing be ȝe myndeful, that sum tyme ȝe thatOm. V. weren hethene in fleisch, theOm. VX. whiche weren seid prepucie, frofor O. `that thatthat at O passim. iswas T. it is V. seid circumcisioun in fleisch maad bi hand; thatand ȝe V. weren inOm. O. that tyme with|outen Crist, alyened, `or maad straungeOm. OX., fro the lyuynge of Israel, and herborid men, `or gestisOm. OX., of testamentis, not hau|ynge hope of biheeste, and with outen GodGod, or knowynge of hym QT. in this world; `now forsothBut now V. in Crist Jhesu ȝe that weren sum tyme ferr, ben maad nyȝ in the blood of Crist. ForsothFor V. he is oure pees, that made both oonthe pepul oon QT., andand vnbindinge V. the myddel wal of a longOm. V. walwal, that is, their olde obseruauncis he QT. wal without morter V. vnbynd|inge, enemytees in his fleisch; auoydinge the lawe of maundementis by domes, that he make tweytwo GMPQTX. peplis in him silf into aOO NVW. O OUX. newe man, makinge pees, that he recon|cile bothe in o body to God by the cross, sleynge the enemyteesenmyte, that is, synne QT. in him silf. And he comynge euangelisyde pees to ȝou that weren ferr, and pees to hem that weren nyȝ; for by him we both han nyȝ com|ynge in o spirit to the fadir. Therfore now ȝe ben not `herborid menOm. QT. andor N. Om. QT. gestis, `orand GMNPQT. comelingisOm. OX., but ȝe ben citeseyns of seyntis, andand the GMNPQT. housholdheuenly Q. homely T. meyne of God; aboue bildidbild S. onin G sec. m. vpon T. ouer X. theOm. X. foundement of apo|stlis and ofOm. X. prophetis, bi that hiȝestehiȝ N. corner stoon, Crist Jhesu; in whom ech bildynge maad wexith in to an hooly tem|ple in the Lord. In whom andOm. K. `be ȝeȝe ben S. bildidbild S. to gidere into the habitacle of God, in the Hooli Gost.

 CAP. III.

For gracethe grace V. of thisthis holy O. thing I Poul, theOm. Q. am the V. boundyn of `Jhesu CristCrist Jhesu MOPQVX., for ȝou hethene men, if nethelees ȝe han herd the dispen|sacioun of Goddis grace, that is ȝouun to me in ȝou. For vpafter GMNPQT. bi V. reuelacioun the sa|crament is maad knowun to me, as I aboue wroot in schort thing, as ȝe redinge mown vndirstonde my prudence in the mysteriemynysterie X. of Crist. TheOm. V. which is not knowun to othere generaciouns to the sones of men, as it is now schewid to his hooly apostlis and prophetis in theOm. QTX. spirit, hethen men forOm. SX. to be euene eiris, and to gidere bodilyholy O. and to gidere parcenerisparseyuers GKY. of his biheeste in Crist Jhesu by the euan|gelie; whos mynistre I am maad, vpafter GMNPQT. bi V. the ȝifte of Goddis grace, theOm. N. which is ȝouun to me vpafter GMNPQT. bi V. the worchinge of his vertu. ForsothOm. V. to me, leest of alle seyntis, this grace is ȝouun forOm. X. to euangelise in he|then men the vnserchable richessis, `orOm. AGMNPSXY. that mown not be souȝt outGloss om. in OQT., of Crist, and forOm. SX. to ynliȝtneliȝtne V. alle menOm. X., which is theOm. NQ. dispensacioun of sacramentthe sacrament GX. sacrementis N. hid fro worldis in God, that made alle thingis of noȝt; that the mochefold wysdom of God be knowun to princes andand to N. potestatis in heuenli thingis by the chirche, aftirbi V. the settingebifore ordynaunce V. of worldis, theOm. N. which he made in Crist Jhe|su oure Lord. In whom we han trust and nyȝ comyngecomyng to S., inand O. trustnyngetristinge GSTX. by the feith of him. For which thing I askeaxe AGMOPQTVWXY., that ȝe fayle not in my tribulaciouns for ȝou, thatwhich V. is ȝoure glorie. For grace of this thing I bowe my knees to the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, of whom ech fadirheed inof G pr. m. MPQT. heuenesheuen NOS. and inof QT. erthe is named, that he ȝyue to ȝou, vpafter GMNPQT. bi V. theOm. S. richessis of his glorie, vertu forOm. SVX. to be strengthid by his spirit in the ynnere man, Crist forOm. NSX. to dwelle by feith in ȝoure hertis; ȝethat ȝe V. Om. X. rootid and groundid in charite, thatOm. V. ȝeOm. V. mownmai N. comprehendecomprehende, or take to gedir QT. with alle seyntis, which is the bredebreed of charite QT., and lengthelengthe of longe perseueraunce QT., andOm. SX. hiȝnesseheeȝnesse of euerelastynge meed [lif T] QT., and depnessedepnesse of the priuy dredeful dome QT.; also forOm. N. to wite the cha|rite of Crist `aboue semyngemore excellent V. tothan V. science, that ȝe be fulfillidfillid V. intoin NV. al the plente of God. Forsothe to him that is myȝti forOm. SVX. to make alle thingis more plenteuously than we axen or vndirstonden, vpafter GMNPQT. bi V. the vertu that worchith in vs, to him be glorie in the chirche, and in Crist Jhesu, into allealle the GMNPQSTVXY. generaciouns of the worldworldus S. of worldis. Amen. `So be itOm. GMNPQSTX. that is, so be it V..

 CAP. IV.

`And soAnd O. Therfore V. I bounden infor V. the Lord by|sechebyseche ȝou QTV., that ȝe walke worthily in the clep|inge, in which ȝe ben clepid, with al mekenesse and myldenesse, with pacience supportingesupportynge, or up berynge QT. to gidere in charite, bisy forOm. SX. to kepe vnite of spirit in the bond of pees. O body and o spirit, as ȝe ben clepid in oon hope of ȝoure clepinge; o Lord, o feith, o baptym, o God and fadir of allevs alle V., theOm. V. which is aboue alle men, and by alle thingis, and in vs alle. ToForsothe to V. ech of vs grace is ȝouun vpafter GMNPQST. bi V. the mesure of theOm. O. ȝyuynge of Crist; for whichthe whiche X. thing heCrist N. seith, He styȝinge intoan V. hiȝheiȝthe O., ledde caitiftethe caitiftee QT. caytif, `or prysonynge prisonedOm. OX., he ȝaf ȝiftis to men. Forsoth that heOm. G pr. m. assendidestiȝede vp V., what is it, no but forand G pr. m. for and AG sec. m. MNPQSV sec. m. Y. and for O. he dessendidecam doun V. firstOm. O. into the lowere partispartyes GMOPT. of theOm. O. erthe? He itOm. X. is that cam down, and thatat O. stiȝede vpOm. V. onOm. N. alle heuenes, that he schulde fulfillefille NV. alle thingis. And he ȝaf summe sotheli apostlis, summe forsoth prophetis, othere forsothe euangelistis, othere forsoth schep|herdis and techeris, to the ful endynge of seyntis, into the work of mynisterie, intoin to the P. edificacioun of Cristis body, til we rennen alle, ininto V. vnyte of feith and ofOm. X. knowynge of Goddis sone, into a parfyt man, into theOm. O. mesure of age of the plente of Crist; that we ben not now litile children, mou|ynge as wawis, and bebe not V. borun aboute with al wynd of techinge, in the weywardnesse of men, in sutil witt, to the disceyuynge of errour. ForsothBut V. we doynge treuthe in charite, wexenwexe we QT. in him bi alle thingis, that is Crist theoure V. heedheued GOQT.; of whom al the body sett to gidere, and boundyn to gidere by ech ioynture of vndirseruyng, vpafter QT. bi V. worch|ing into mesurethe mesure GMNOPQTV. of ech membre, makith encresynge of the body, intoin to the MPQT. edificacioun of itit self V. in charite. Therfore this thing I seie, and witnesse itthis thing V. in the Lord, that ȝe walke not now, as and hethen men walken, in the vanytevnytee Q. of her witt, `in derknessisOm. V.; hauynge vndirstondyngher vndurstondynge QT. derkenedderkned with derknessis V., alyen|ed, `or maad ferrOm. OX., fro the lyf of God, bi ignoraunce, `or vnkunnyngeOm. OX., that is in hem, for the blyndnesse of her herte. TheiWhiche V. dispeiringe Om. O. bitoken hem silf to vnchastite, in toto the AGMNOPQSTVWXY. worchinge of al vnclen|nesse inand A pr. m. GNQT. coueityse. Forsothe ȝe han not so lerudlernyd GMPQTVY. Cristby Crist GQT., if nethelees ȝe herden hym, and ben tauȝt in him, as isOm. G pr. m. treuthe in Jhesu. `Do ȝeDoth X. awey vpal G sec. m. aftir MPQT. bi V. the firsteelde V. lyuyng the olde man, that is corupt vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the desyris of errour; forsoth `be ȝebeth X. re|newidrenewlid AGMPT pr. m. VWY., `or maad newe aȝenOm. GMOPQTX., byin V. spiritthe spirit OV. of ȝoure myndesoule V.; and clothe ȝe the newe man, thatwhich V. vpafter GMPQTV. God is maad of noȝt in riȝtwysnesse and hoolynesse of treuthe. For which thing ȝeOm. G. puttinge awey lees|yng, spekespeketh X. treuthe ech man with his neiȝbore, for we ben membris to gidere. `Be ȝeBeth X. wroth, and nyle ȝe synnedoo synne V.; the sunne falle not down onvpon T. ȝoure wraththe. Nyle ȝe ȝyue stede to the deuel. He that staal, now stelestele he MOPQTY sec. m. not; `more forsothbut more V. tra|ueile he in worchinge with his hondis `that thatthat at O passim. is good thingOm. VX., that he haue wherof he schal ȝyue to a man suffringe nede. Ech yuel word go not outOm. V. of ȝoure mouth; but if ony is good toto the AGMNOPQSTVWXY. edificacioun of feith, that it ȝyue grace to menthe QT. heer|inge. And nyle ȝeȝe to gydere PQTY sec. m. make the Hooly Gost of God sori, `or heuyOm. X., in theOm. G pr. m. MPQTVX. whichwhom QT. ȝe ben markid in the day of redempcioun. Al bitternesse, and wraththe, and indig|nacioun, and cry, and blasphemye be takun awey fro ȝou, with al malice; forsoth be ȝe to gidere benygne, `or of good willOm. OX., mercyful, ȝyuyngeforȝeuynge G sec. m. QTV. `to gidereOm. T., as andOm. S. God ȝafforȝaue G sec. m. QTV. to ȝou in Crist.

 CAP. V.

Therfore be ȝe foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones; and walke ȝe in loue, as and Crist louede vs, and ȝaf him silf for vs an offryng and sacrifice to God, in to the odour of swetnesse. Fornyca|cioun forsoth, and al vnclennesse, or auar|ice, be not named in ȝou, as it bicometh hooly men; ether filthe, orof A. eithir N. foly speche, or harlotrie, that perteyneth not to thingthe theng O. profit V., but more doynge of thankyngis. Forsoth `this thing wyte ȝe, vndirstondingewite ȝe vnderst. this thing V. that ech fornycatourlechour GMPQT., or vnclene man, or co|ueytousauerouse man QT., that is seruageseruinge OQ. of ydols, `or mawmetisOm. OX., hath not heritage in the king|dom of Crist andand of QT. God. No man disceyue ȝou by veyne wordis; forsothforwhi V. for thes thingis the wraththe of God cam intoon V. the sones of vntristmysbileeue GMPQT., `or vnbileueOm. GMOPQTX.. Therfore nyle ȝe be maad parteneris of hem. For|sothFor V. ȝe weren sum tyme derknessis, `now forsothbut now V. `ȝe benOm. OX. liȝt in the Lordworld V.. Walke ȝeOm. V. as sonesthe sones AGMNOPQSTVWXY. of liȝt. ForsotheForwhi V. the fruyt of liȝtliȝtenesse O. is in al goodnesse, and riȝtwys|nesse, and treuthe; prouyngeand preue ȝe V. what is wel plesynge to God. And nyle ȝe comunecome Y. toOm. V. into WXY. vnfruytouse workes of derknessis; forsothebut V. more reproue ȝeȝe hem QT.. ForsotheForwhi V. what thingis ben don of hem andOm. AMNOPSVWXY. inin hem in GQTY sec. m. priuey, it is foul andȝhe V. forOm. SX. to seye. Forsoth alle thingis that ben prouydreproued QTV. of theOm. SXY. liȝt, ben maad opyn; forsothfor whi V. `al thingalle thingis G. that is schewidmade opyn Q., is liȝtlyȝt, that may be knowen QT.. For which thing he seith, Ryse thou that slepistslepist, in synne Q., and `ryse vpaȝein ryse QT. fro deede thingisthing Q. Om. X., and Crist schal illumyneliȝtne GMOPQTV. illumyne, or liȝtne N. thee. `And soTherfore V., britheren, se ȝe, how warly ȝe schulen go; not as vnwyse men, but as wyse menOm. X., aȝen byinge tymethe tyme S., for the dayes ben yuele. Therfore nyle ȝe be maad vnprudent, butbot be ȝe QT. vndirstondinge which is the will of `the LordGod V.. And nyle ȝe be fulfillidmaad drunken GMPQT. drunken V. drunke X., `or be drunkunOm. GMOPQTVX. or drunken S., withof V. wyn, in whichwhome GMPQT. `luxurie isleccherie is ANSX. is luxurie GMPQT. is leccherie V., but be ȝe ful|fillidfillid V. with the Hooly Gost; spekingeand speke ȝe V. to ȝouȝour GMPQT. silf in psalmes, and ymnes, and spiri|tual songis, syngynge and seyinge psalmesalmes AT. in ȝoure hertisherte K. to the Lord; euermore doynge thankyngis for alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist to God and the fadir, ȝeBe ȝee GOQT. Om. X. suget to gidere in the drede of Crist. Be wymmen sugetsugetis GMPQ. to her `men, or housbondismen OX. hosebondis QTV., as to the Lord; for the man is heedheued GO. heued, or gouernoure QT. of the womman, as Crist is heedheued GOQT. of the chirche; hehe is GMPQT. sauyour ofof the chirche QT. his body. But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so and wymmen to her house|bondis in alle thingis. Men, loue ȝe ȝoure wyues, as and Crist louede the chirche, and ȝaf him silf forof K. it, that he schulde make it hooly; clensynge it with the waisching stoonstoon, or lauoutoure QT. Om. V. of watir, in the word of lyf; that he schulde ȝyuetake QT. the chirche glorious to him silf, not hauynge wem, `or spotOm. GMOPQT., orOm. X. ryuelyngwrincle O. Om. X., or ony such thingthyng, of synne QT., but that it be hooli and vndefoulidvnfoulid K.. So and men schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wyf, lou|eth him silf; forsothfor V. no man hatidehatith T. euere his fleisch, but norischithnirschith it T. and fos|trith it, as and Crist doth the chirche. For we ben membris of his body, of his fleisch, and of his boonesboonys, summe ȝit seek or freele, and summe stronge and holy QT.. For this thingthing, that is, for this trewe loue QT. a man schalOm. G pr. m. forsake hisOm. K. fadir and hisOm. GMNPQTVW. mo|dir, and he schal clyue to his wyfwyf, or felawschipe hym to hir in holynesse QT.; and thei schulen be tweynetwo GMPQSTX. in o fleischfleische, acordynge in oo good wille QT.. ForsothOm. V. this sacrament is greet; forsothfor O. I seye in Crist, andas Q. in histhe AGMNOPQSTVWXY. chirchechirche, this sacrament of wedlake to be kepte in this fourme QT.. Ne|theles and ȝe alle, ech man loue his wyf as him silf; forsoth the wyf drede hir hosebonde.

 CAP. VI.

Sones, obeischeobeie T. ȝe to ȝoureOm. X. fadirfaderes O. and modirmoderes O. modir of ȝou X., in the Lord; forsothefor whi V. this thing is iust, `or riȝtfulOm. OQTX.. Honoure thou thi fadir and thiOm. G pr. m. S. modir, that is the firste maunde|ment in theOm. AGMNOPQSTVW. biheestebyheest, of the secounde table QT.; that it `be welwele be GMPQT. to thee, and that thou be longe lyuynge onvpon T. theOm. TX. erthe. And, ȝeOm. V. fadris, nyle ȝe terre ȝoure sones to wraththewrathfulnesse V.; but norische ȝeOm. T. hem in the disciplineteching V. and correcciouncorepcioun KV pr. m., `or chastysingOm. OX., of the Lord. Seruauntis, obeyscheobeie TX. ȝeOm. Y. to fleishly lordis with dredeloue, drede QT. and tremblyng, inwith W. symplenessesymplenesse, or mekenesse QT. of ȝoure hertehertes OS pr. m., as to Crist; not seruynge at yȝethe eȝe STV., as plesynge to men, but as seruauntis of Crist; doynge the will of God `of ynwittbi discre|cioun V., `or resounOm. OX., with good will seruynge as to the Lord, and not to men; witynge that ech man, what euere good thingOm. T. he schal do, `this he schal resceyueschal resceyue this V. of the Lord, whethir seruaunt, whether fre man. And, ȝe lordis, dodoth N. do ȝee QSTXY pr. m. the same thingistheng OQT. toin T. hem, forȝyuynge manacis; witynge forthat bothe V. her Lord and ȝoure is in heuenes, and takynge of persoones is not anentis God. Here aftirward, britheren, be ȝe comfortid in the Lord, and in the myȝt of his vertu. ClotheCloth|ith X. ȝou with the armerarmes O. of God, that ȝe mown stonde aȝens aspyingisthe aspyingis QT., `or asaylyngisOm. OX., of the deuel. ForFor whi V. stryu|yngestryuynge, or batel QT. is not to vs aȝens fleisch and `blood, but aȝensblood, that is, it is not [to vs T] to gesse that we mown vtterly distruye oure owne fleischely stiryngis, bot stryue we in hope to ouercome aȝeines QT. theOm. OX. princes and potestatis, aȝens gouernours of the world of thes derknessisdercnessis, whiche ben the deuyl and his lymes QT., aȝens spiritual thingis of wickidnesse, inis to stryue in QT. heuenli thingisthingis, or gostly vertues QT.. Ther|fore take ȝe the armer of God, that ȝe mown aȝenstonde in theOm. G pr. m. yuel day; and in alle thingis stonde parfyt. Therfore `stonde ȝestondith X., gird `aboute ȝoureaboute in ȝoure A. aboue ȝoure K. aboute the O. leendis in sothfastnesse, and clothidclad SX. thewith the NV. haberioun of riȝtwysnesse, and `schood the feetthe feet schod GMPQT. in makynge redy ofOm. N. the gospel of peespees, that ȝe prechynge touche not erthely affeccioun QT.; in alle thingis takinge theOm. N. scheeld of feith, in theOm. VX. which ȝe mown quenche alle the firyfyren N. dartis of the worste enmyeOm. O. deuel V.. And take ȝe the helmhelm, that is, hope QT. of heelthe, and the swerd of the Gost, that is, the word of God; by al preier and bisechinge preiynge al tyme in spirit, andOm. O. inOm. K. himOm. G pr. m. SWXY. hym, [it T] that is, in that spirit QT. wakynge in al bysynesse, and byseching for alle hoolyseyntis N. holy men QTV., and for me; that wordthe woord of God N. the word Q. be ȝouun to me in openynge of my mouth, with trist forOm. SX. to make knowun the mysteriemysterie, or priuytee QT. of the gos|pel , for whichwhiche gospel Q. I am sett in legaciemessage O., `or messageOm. OX., in thisa V. cheyne; so that in it I be hardy forOm. SX. to speke, as it bihoueth meme to speke out; the woord of God mai not be bounden N.. Forsothe that and ȝe wite, what thingis ben aboute meOm. T., what I schalOm. V. do, Titicus, my moost dere brother, and trewe myn|istre in the Lord, schal make alle thingis knowun to ȝou; whom I sente to ȝou in|tofor V. this same thing, that ȝe knowe what thingis ben aboute vs, andOm. GMNPQT. that he com|forte ȝoure hertis. Pees to britheren, and charite, with feith of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Grace with alle menOm. G pr. m. men. Amen. SXY. that louen oure Lord Jhesu Crist in vncorupcioun. AmenAmen. So be it. Y..

 Here endith the epistle to Ephecies, and bigynneth the prolog to PhilipencisHere endith the epistle to the Effecies, and now bigynneth the epistle to the Philippenses. A. Here eendith the epistel to Ephesies, and bygynneth the prologe of the epistel to Philippenses. O. Her endith the pistle to Ephesies, and bigynneth the pistle to Philipenses. Q. Here eendith Effesies, and bigyn|neth the prologe to Philipensis. Y. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. PHILIPPIANS. The prologe in the pistle to Philip|ensesFrom G. Prolog to Philipensis K. No initial rubric in OSVWY. No prologue in AMPQX. In G a rubric only. In N and T the prologue is of the second text..

PHILIPENCIS benbeth O. men of Macedonye. Thes theOm. V pr. m. word of treuthe ytaketaken S., stede|fastly stoode in the feith, neithir thei token false apostlis. These theOm. V. apostle preiseth, wrytinge to hem by Epifrodith, fro Rome, out of prisoun.

Here eendith the prologe, and bygynneth the epistel to the PhilippensesFrom O. Ende of prolog, bigynnynge the epistle. K. Here eendith the prologe, and bigyn|neth the epistil. W. No final rubric in SVY.. The Epistle to PhilipensisFrom M. The pistle to Philipensis. PQ. No initial rubric in AGKNSTXY..CAP. I.

Poul and Tymothe, seruauntis of Jhesu Crist, to alle `the hoolyhomeli N. hooly Q. men in Crist Jhesu, that ben at PhilippisPhilippensis N., with bi|schopis and dekenes, grace to ȝou and pees of God ourethe O. fadir, and ofOm. T. the Lord Jhesu Crist. II forsothe N. do thankyngis to my God in al mynde of ȝou euermore in alle my preieris for alle ȝou with ioye, makynge a bisechinge on ȝoure comunyngecomyng GO. in the gospel of Crist, fro the firste dayOm. S. tilto GMPQT sec. m. vnto T pr. m. now; tristnyngetristyng O. tristende SX. this ilke thing, forthat V. he that bigan in ȝou a good work, schal per|forme til into the day of Jhesu Crist. As it is iust to me forOm. S. to feele this thing for `alle ȝouȝou alle GMPQT., for that I haue ȝou in herte, and in my boondis, and in defendyng and confermyngcoumforting V. of the gospel, `alle ȝouthat alle ȝe V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. be felowis of my ioye. Forsothe God is a witnesse to me, hou I coueite ȝou alle in the bowelis of Jhesu Crist. And this thing I preyepreye ȝou Q., that ȝoure charite be plen|teuous more and more in sciencekunnynge O., `or kunnyngeOm. OX., and in al witt; that ȝe proue betterethe bettir N. thingis, that ȝe be clene and with|oute offenceoffence, or greuance O. in the day of Crist; fulfillidȝe fillid V. with the fruyt of riȝtwysnesse by Jhesu Crist, into the heriyngepreys|inge GMPQT. andof O. glorie of God. Forsoth, britheren, I wole ȝowthat ȝe V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. wite, that theOm. X. thingis that ben aboute me han comyn `more to theto more Q. profyte of the gospel, so that my boondis weren maad knowun into K. Crist, in ech moot halle, and in alle othere placis; that mo ofof the O. britheren in the Lord tristenyngetristinge MNPQSTVW. trostende X. inmore for V. my boondis, moreOm. V. plenteuouslytristily O. dursten with oute drede speke the word of God. Summe forsoth and for enuye and stryffor strif X., summe forsoth and for good wille, prechen Crist; summe forsoth of charite, witinge forthat V. I am putt in the defence of the gospel. For|soth summe of contencioun, `or stryfOm. X., schewen Crist not `clenly, gessingecleerly clensyng O. cleerly gessinge QT. clerly gessende X. hem forOm. X. toOm. S. reyse pressurepressure, ether tribulacioun V. to my boondis. What sothly? `the whileOm. T. inon AGMNOPQSTVWX. al maner, ether by contenciounoccasioun V., etherother MP. outher X. by treuthe, Crist is schewid; and in this thing I haue ioye, but andOm. G pr. m. `in this thingOm. V. I schal haue ioye. Sothli I woot, that this thing schal come to me into heelthe by ȝoure preier, and the vndirmynistringe of the spirit of Jhesu Crist, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. myn abidyng andin Q. hope. For in no thing I schal be confoundid, `or schamedOm. OX., but in al trist as euermore and now, Crist schal be magnyfied in my body, ether by lyf, ether by deeth. Forsothe to me forOm. SX. to lyue Crist isis the cause QT., and forOm. SX. to deie wynnyngis wynnyng V.. That if forOm. SX. to lyue in fleisch, this is fruyt of work to me, and what I schal cheese, I knowe not. Forsoth I am constreynedconstreynynge Q. of tweytwo GMPQTX. thingis, hau|ynge desyr forOm. SX. to be dissolued, `or de|partid the soule fro bodythe body AGMNPSTV. gloss om. in OX., and forOm. SX. to be with Crist, it is mocheOm. T. more betterebeter to me GMPQT.; forsothbut V. forOm. SX. to dwelle in fleisch, itOm. AGMNOPSTVWX. is nedeful for ȝou. And I tristinge this thing, wot that I schal dwellenot dwelle V., andand I schal N. par|fitly dwelle to alle ȝou, to `ȝoure profyitprofit of ȝou X. and ioye ofand G pr. m. feith, that ȝoure thankyng habounde in Crist Jhesu in me, by my comynge eftsoone to ȝou. Oonly lyue ȝe worthily to the gospel of Crist, that wherewhanne I V. I schal come and se ȝou, etheror MX. absent I schalOm. V. heere of ȝou, forthat V. ȝe stonden in o spirit of o wille, trauelinge to gidere to the feith of the gospel. And in no thing be ȝe aferd of aduersariesaduersaries, that pursuen ȝou QT., theOm. VX. which is to hem causeOm. G pr. m. of perdicioun, `or of dam|naciounOm. G pr. m. MNOPQTX. or damnacioun G sec. m. SVWY.; forsoth to ȝou cause of heelthe. And thisthis is Y. thing ofis of QTV. God. For it is ȝouun to ȝou for Crist, that not oonly ȝe bileuen in to him, but also that ȝe suffren for him; hauynge theOm. Y. same stryfstryf aȝein enmyes QT., what `maner andOm. QT. ȝe syȝen in me, and now ȝe han herd of me.

 CAP. II.

Therfore if ony comfort in Crist, if ony solace of charite, if ony felowschip of spi|rit, if onyOm. T. entraylisentrailis, or affecciouns QT. of mercy doyngedoynge be in ȝou QT., fulfillefille V. ȝe my ioye, that ȝe vndirstonde the same thing, hauynge the sameOm. Q. cha|rite, of o wille, feelinge the same thing; `nothingnothyng doynge, nethir QT. by stryf, nether by veyn glorie, but in mekenesse, demynge `hiȝere to hem silf to gidereother an other to gydere to hem silf heeȝer, or wor|thier QT. hiȝere than hemself togidere V. or holdende other heȝere X., `or echOm. W. holdinge othere hiȝer inin eche Q. vertuGloss omitted in OX.; not ech by himhem AGMNPQTW. silf bi|holdinge what thingis ben her owneOm. V., but thothe M. thingis that ben of othereothere men V.. Forsothe feele ȝe this thing in ȝou, theOm. V. which andwas as and Q. was and T. inOm. Q. Crist Jhesu; theOm. VX. which whanne he was in the foorme of God, demyde not raueyn, him silfOm. S. forOm. SX. to be euene to God; but he lowydemeekide GMPQT. lowide moost V. loweth W. him silf, takynge the foorme of a seruaunt, intoand to G. lyknesse of men maad, and in habyt founden as a man. He mekede him silf, maad obedientobedience O. `til tovnto GMPQT. theOm. NS. deeth, forsoth to theOm. T. deeth of crossthe cros STVXY.. For which thing andOm. N. God en|hauncide him, and ȝaf to him a name that is aboue al namenames O.; that in the name of Jhesu ech kne be bowid, of heuenly thingis andof V. Om. X. erthelyerthely thingis VX., and of hellis; and ech tunge knowleche, forthat V. the Lord Jhesu Crist is in the glorie of God the fadir. `And soTherfore V., my mooste dereworthederworthe britheren V., as euermore ȝe han obeischid, notnot oonly GMPQT. in my presence oonlyOm. GMPQT., but moche more now in myn absence, worche ȝeOm. T. with drede and tremblinge ȝoure heelthe. ForsothFor V. it is God that worchith in ȝou, andbothe V. forOm. SX. to willewilne V., and forOm. SX. to perfoorme, for good wille. Forsoth do ȝe alle thingis withouten grucchingis and doutyngis; that ȝe be withoute pleynt, and theOm. V. symple sonesas sones V. of God, withoute reprof, in the myddel of a schrewid nacioun and weyward; among whomwhiche V. ȝe schynen as ȝyueris of liȝt inin to SWXY. the world; holdynge to gidere the word of lyf to my glorie in the day of Crist; for I haue not runnen in veyn, `nether in veynOm. K. nether in voyde O. trauelidI haue trauelid V.. But `and ifthouȝ V. I be offrid, `or slaynOm. OX., vponon VX. the sacri|fice and seruyce of ȝoure feith, I haue ioye, and `to gidereI V. thank ȝou alle. The same thing forsothe and ȝe hauehaueth SX. han T. ioye, andand so Q. `to gidereOm. V. thankethank|eth SX. me. Forsoth I hope in the Lord JhesuOm. Q., me forOm. SVX. tothat I schal V. sende Ty|mothe soone to ȝou, that and I be inof V. good ynwittcoumfort V., `or gladnesseOm. OVX., thowhanne tho V. thingis knowunben knowen V. that ben ataboute V. ȝou. ForsotheFor V. I haue no man so of o wille, `or acoordOm. OX., that is bisy for ȝou with clene affeccioun, `or desyreOm. OX.. ForsothForwhi V. alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not thotho thinges N. that ben of Crist Jhesu. Forsoth knowe ȝe `the assaythe ysaye G pr. m. that Y saye G sec. m. the experiment, or asaie QT. of him, for as a sone to the fadir he seruyde with me in the gospel. ForsotheTherfore V. I hope methat I schal V. forOm. SVX. to sende hym to ȝou, a noon aswhen T. I schal se what thingis ben abowte meme, or what schal byfalle of me QT.. Sothely in the Lord I triste, forthat V. and I my silf schal come to ȝou soone. Forsothe I gesside it nedeful forOm. SX. to sende to ȝouȝou in mene tyme QT. Epaphrodite, my brother and euene worchere, and myn euene knyȝtknyȝt in aduersitee QT., forsothe ȝoure apostle, andin G. the mynystreseruaunt GMPQT. of my nedeneed, mynystrynge to me QT.. ForFor and O. sothely he desyride ȝou alle, and he was sorwful, `for that andtherfore that V. ȝe herden him maad syk. Forwhi and he was maad syk totil to V. the deeth, but God hadde mercy onof GMPQT. hym; forsothOm. O. not oonly onof GMPQT. hym, but also and onof GMNPQT. me, lest I hadde heuynesse vponon SVX. heuynesse. Therfore more hastely I sente hym, that `him seynwhanne ȝe han seyn V., eft ȝe haue ioye, and I be withoute heuy|nesse. `And soTherfore V. resceyue ȝe him with al ioye in the Lord, and haue ȝe such maner menOm. X. with honoural onour V.. Forwhi for the work of Crist `til tovnto GMPQT. deeththe deeth GMPQSTXY. he wente, ȝyuynge his souleliyf QTV., `that is, lyfOm. OQTVX., that he schulde fulfille that that faylide toof V. ȝou anentis my seruyse.

 CAP. III.

HenneHennus GMPSY. Thenne N. Hennes QTV. forthwardforward AGNOQTVWY., my britheren, haue ȝe ioye in the Lord. ForOm. SX. to write to ȝou the same thingistheng O., forsoth to me notbe it not QT. it is not V. slow, forsothbut O. to ȝouȝou it is V. necessarie. Se ȝe houndis, se ȝe yuel workmen, se ȝe dyuisiounconscisioun S.. Sothli we ben circumcisioun, thatwhiche V. bi spirit seruen to God, and glorien in Crist Jhesu, and not hauynge trist in the fleisch, thouȝ I haue trist andOm. QT. ȝhe V. in the fleischfleische, that haue more matir ȝif it were spedeful, than eny other QT.. If ony other man is seyn forOm. STX. toto haf O. triste in fleischthe fleische GMPQT., I more, circumsididcircumcidid VW. in the eiȝtitheyȝte Y. day, of the kynkynrede GMPQT. kynde N. of Israel, of the lynage of Beniamyn, an Ebrew of Ebrews, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the lawe a Pharise, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. loue pursuwinge the chirche of God, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. riȝtwysnesse that is in the lawe lyuynge withoute pleynt. But whiche thingis weren to me wyn|nyngis, I haue demyde theseOm. O. these thingis Q. peiringis for Crist. NethelesNereles S. I gesse alle thingis forOm. SX. to be peyrement for the cleer science of Jhesu CristCrist, my Lord V.. For whom I made alle thingis peirement, and I deme as toordisfilthis SV., that I wynne Crist, and that I be foundyn in him, not hauynge my riȝtwysnesse that is of the lawe, but `that thatthat at O. is of the feith of CristCrist Jhesu V., that is of God riȝtwysnessethe riȝtwisnesse V. in feith, forOm. SX. to knowe him, and the vertu of his rysinge aȝen, and the felowschip of his passioun, IOm. G pr. m. MOP. configurid, `or made lykOm. X., to his deeth, if onof O. Om. X. ony maner IOm. V. schal come, `or renne aȝensOm. OV., tointo T. theOm. T. resurreccioun that is of deede menOm. X.. Not that now I haue takun, or now amI am G. parfyit; forsoth I sue, if onOm. AGMNOPQSXY. ony maner I schalOm. V. comprehendecompre|hende, or take QT., `and in what thingin which thing also V. I am comprehendid ofon K. in O. Crist Jhesu. Bretheren, I deme me not forOm. SVX. tothat I V. haue comprehendid; o thing forsothe, I forȝetinge sothli tho thingis that ben bihyndis, strecchinge my silf for|soth to tho thingis that ben theOm. S. formere, to the ordeyned thing, pursue to the pris of the hiȝe cleping of God in Crist Jhesu. Therefore who euere we ben parfyt, feele we this thingthing, that is, this course or rennynge QT.. And if ȝewe SXY. vndirstonden othirin other V. maner ony thing, andand in O. thatthis V. thing God schal schewe to ȝou. Netheles to what thing we han comen, that we vndir|stonde the same thing, and that we par|fytli dwelle in the same reule. Britheren, be ȝe myOm. O. foloweris, and wayte ȝe hem that walken soso, that is, diligently byholde ȝee hem QT., as ȝe han oure foorme. ForsothForwhi V. manye walken, whomwhiche V. I haue seide oft to ȝou, forsoth now andOm. SX Y pr. m. I wep|inge seieseye hem Q., the enemyes of Cristis cross, whos ende deethis deeth GQTV., `or perischingOm. OQX., whosof whome GQT. god is the wombe, and gloriethe glorie SV. inin the T. into X. con|fusioun of hem, that sauerenvndirstonden O., `or vndir|stondenOm. GMOPQSTVX., ertheli thingis. Forsoth oure lyuynge is in heuenesheuen QT.; `wher of alsowhennus also QT. we abyden the sauyour oureof oure V. Lord Jhesu Crist, theOm. GMPQTV. which schal refoorme the body of oure mekenesse, configurid, `or maad lykOm. OSX., to the body of his cleernesse, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the worchinge by which he may also make alle thingis suget to hym.

 CAP. IV.

`And soTherfore V., my britheren moost derewor|the and moost desyrid, my ioye and my crowne, so stonde ȝe in the Lord, moost dere britherenOm. X.. I preie Eucodiam, and I bisech Syntesem, forOm. SX. to vndirstonde the same thing in the Lord. Also andOm. ASVWXY. IOm. Q. preie theeand thee AGMPQTVWXY., german feloweeuen felaw N., helpe thou `the ilketho X. wymmen that trauelidentraueilen QT. with me in the gospel, with Clement and othere my helperis, whos names ben in the book of lyf. Ioye ȝe in the Lord euer more; eft I seie, ioye ȝeOm. T.. Be ȝoure temperauncetholmoundenesse QT., `or pacienceOm. OX., knowun to alle men; the Lord is nyȝ. Be ȝeOm. V. no thing bisy, but in al preier and biseching, with doynge of thankingis, be ȝoure axingis knowun at God. And the pees of God, that passith al witt, kepe ȝoure hertis and vndirstond|ingis in Crist Jhesu `oure LordOm. V.. Fro hennus forth, britherenOm. V pr. m., what euere thingis ben sothe, what euere thingisOm. QT. chast, whatand what SY. euere thingisOm. G pr. m. MPQT. iust, what euere thingisOm. GMPQT. hooly, what euere thingisOm. GMPQT. thing V. amyableloueable OQT. Om. X., or able forOm. GSW. to be louedGloss. om. X., what euere thingisOm. QT. of good fame, if ony vertu, if ony preis|inge ofor O. disciplyn, thenke ȝe these thingis, thatthe whiche GMPQTY sec. m. and ȝe han lerudlernyd GMPQTWY. lernd V., and take, and herd, and seyn in me. Do ȝe these thingisthinges in me Q., and God of peespees and of loue SV. schal be with ȝou. For|soth, britherenbrether T., I ioyede greetly in the Lord, for sumtyme aftirward ȝe `flouriden aȝenaȝein florischeden G pr. m. QT. aȝein floureden G sec. m. MP. forOm. SVX. to feele for me, as and ȝe feel|idenfeeliden, or vndurstoden QT.. Forsoth ȝe weren ocupiedocupiede in sum aduersite [aduersitees T] QT., I seie not as for nede, forsothfor OV. I haue lerudlerned PTY. lerid MW., in whiche thingis I am, sufficient forOm. SVX. to be. I can andand I O. be lowidbowid T., `or mekidOm. OX., I can andand I O. abounde, `or haue plenteOm. X.. Euery where and in alle thingis I am ordeynedordeyned, either tauȝt V., and `I can be fulfillidto be fillid V., and toOm. QSTX. hungre, andOm. S. toOm. QTX. habounde, and toOm. QSTX. suffre mysestemysese N.. I may alle thingis in him that comfortith me. Netheles ȝe han don wel, comunyngecomyng G pr. m. O. to my tribulacioun. Forsoth and ȝe, Phi|lipencis, witen, that in the bigynnyng of the gospel, whanne I wente forth fro Ma|cedonye, no chirche comunedecomynge G pr. m. comounynge G sec. m. with me in resoun of `thing ȝouunȝouun thing GX. and takun, no but ȝe allone. `For and to Tessalonyk ȝe sentenWhiche senten to Tessalonik V. oonisand oones N. and twyes `in toalso in to V. vss to me. Not for Ito O. seke ȝifte, but I requyreȝein seek G pr. m. aȝein seke MPQT. seke aȝen O., `or seke aȝenOm. G pr. m. MOPQTVX., fruyt haboundynge in ȝoure resoun. Forsoth I haue alle thingisthis O., and habounde; I am repleetfulfillid GMPQT. fillid V. with tho thingis takun of Epafrodite, theOm. V. which ȝe sente into the odour of swetnesse, aand S. couenable oostsacrifice G pr. m. MPQT., or sacrificeOm. G pr. m. MOPQTX., plesynge to God. For|soth my God fulfillefil V. al ȝoure desyr, vpafter GMPQT. vpon N. bi V. his richessis in glorie in Crist Jhesu. For|soth to God and oure fadir be glorie into worldis of worldis. Amen. `Greete ȝeGreeteth S. wel eueryeche X. hooly manOm. X. in Crist Jhesu. ThoThe GMPQTY sec. m. britheren that ben with me, greeten ȝou wel. Alle hooli men greeten ȝou wel, moost sothli thothei GMPQTVWXY. that ben of Cesaris hous. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝoure spirit. Amen.

 Here endith the epistle to Philipensis, and bigynneth prolog to ColocencisHere endith the epistle to Philippensis, and here bigynneth the epistle to Colo|censis. A. Here eendeth the epistel to Philipensis, and bygynneth the prologe of the epistel to Colosenses. O. Here endith the pistel to the Philipenses, and bigynneth the pistle to the Colosences. Q. Here endith Phili|pensis, and bigynneth the prologe to Colosencis. V. Here eendith the pistil to Filippensis, and bigynneth the prologe to Colocensis. W. No final rubric in GMPSTXY.. COLOSSIANS. ProlougeFrom Y. No initial rubric in KOSVW. No prologue in AGMPQX. In N and T the prologue is of the second text..

COLOCENSISTo Colocensis KY. also thes as Laodicensis benbeth VY sec. m. men of Asye, and thei weren forgonforegoeris Y. of false apostlis. And to thes theOm. V. apostle cam not him self, but thes also he corect|ith by his pistleepistell OSVW.; thei hadden herd sothli the word of treuthe of Archippis, the which tookOm. O. mynisterie into hem. Ther|fore the apostle, thennisthan O. thenne SW. thanne V. boundynybounde OVY sec. m., writ|ithwroot OVY. writ SW. to hem fro Effecie bi Tyte, a dekene, `and Honesym, acoliteOm. OSVWY..

Here endeth the prologeFrom O. Ende of the prolog; bigynnynge the epistle. K. No final rubric in SVWY.. The epistle to the ColocensisFrom M. The pistle to Colosensis. PQ. Here bigynneth the pistle. W. No initial rubric in AGNSTV..CAP. I.

Poul, apostle of `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist GMNOPQTVY., by the wille of God, and Tymothe, brother, to hem that benbeth O. at ColoseColocense GMNPQT., hooly and feith|ful britherenbrether GT. in Crist Jhesu, grace to ȝou and pees of God ourethe O. fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. We don thankingis to God, andand to N. Om. O. the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, euermore `for ȝou preiyngepreiynge for ȝou V., weOm. SX. heeringe ȝoure feith in Crist Jhesu, and the loue that ȝe han intoto VX. alle hooly men, for the hope that is kept to ȝou inin to G. he|uenes. TheOm. V. which ȝe herden in the word of treuthe of the gospel, that cam to ȝou, as and it is in al the world, and makith fruyt, and wexith, asas it is N. as and OV. in ȝou, offro V. that day in which ȝe herden and knewen the gracegrace of God NV. in treuthe. As ȝe lernedenlereden SX. of Epaphras, oure euene seruaunt moost dereworthe, theOm. V. which is a trewe mynistre of Jhesu Crist for ȝou; theOm. V. which also schewide to vs ȝoure louynglyuyng K. in spirit. Therfore and we fro the day in which we herden, ceessen not for ȝou preiynge, and axynge, that ȝe be fulfilledfillid V. with theOm. SY pr. m. knowynge of his will in al wysdom and goostly vn|dirstondyng ; that ȝe walke worthily to God `by alle plesyngepleesinge by alle V. thingis, makingethat ȝe make S. fruit in al good werk, and wexynge in the science of God, `in al vertu comfortidcoumfortid in al vertu V. vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the myȝt of his cleernesse, in al pa|cience andin QT. long abidinge with ioye, do|ynge thankingis to God theand the V. fadir, theOm. VX. whichthat X. made vsȝou V. worthi in to theOm. G pr. m. partparty O. of sortsort, or grace QT. eritage V. of hooly men in liȝtheiȝt S.. TheOm. V. which delyuerededelyuere G. vs fro theOm. G. power of derk|nessisderknesse Y., and translatide intovs into NV. the kyng|dom of thehis WY pr. m. sone `of hisOm. G pr. m. louynge, in whom we han aȝenbyinge and remyscioun of synnes. TheOm. V. which is the ymage of God inuysiblevisible O. vnuysible V passim., that may not be seynOm. GMOPQTX. either that may not be seyn V., the firste bigetun of ech creature. For in hym alle thingis ben maad, in heuenes and in erthe, visyble and invisyble, ether trones, ether domynaciouns, ethir princi|patis, ether potestatespotestis G., alle thingis ben maad of noȝt by him, and in him, and he is bifore alle, and alle thingis ben in hym. And he is heedheuyd G. heued OQT. of the body of the chirche; theOm. VX. which is theOm. XY. bigynnynge, `or the firste thing of alleOm. OX. or firste thing of alle Q. or the firste of alle SY pr. m., and theOm. QT. firste bi|getungeten X. of deede menOm. X., that he be holdinge primaciethe firste dignyte O., `or the firste dignyteOm. OX., in alle thingis. For in hym itOm. S. pleside `to gidereOm. V. al plente forOm. SX. to inhabite, and by him alle thingis forOm. SX. to be reconsylid in to hym, he pesyngepesing, or maad pees N. pesende to S pr. m. by the blood of his cross, ether tho thingis that ben in erthis, etheror GX. that ben in heuenes. And whanne ȝe weren sum tyme aliened, `or maad straungeOm. OX. and maad straunge S., and enemyes by witt in yuel werkis, now forsothe he hath recouncilid ȝouOm. G pr. m. O. in the body of his fleisch bi deeth, forOm. SX. to haue ȝou hooly, and vnwemmid, and with oute re|prof bifore hym. If nethelees ȝe dwellen in the feith, foundid, and stablestabled O., and vnmou|able frofor Q. the hope of the gospel that ȝe han herd, theOm. V. which is prechid in alOm. K. creature that is vndir heuene. Of whichthe whiche S. I Poul am maad mynistre, `the which nowand now V. IOm. SX. haue ioye in passiounspassioun V. for ȝou, andand I QT. fulfillefulfille, as is ordeyned to me and eche seynte QT. fulle S. I fille V. thothe PWX. thingis that faylen of the passiouns of CristCrist, the whiche in my lot fallen to me to fulfille QT. in my fleisch, for his body, that is the chirche. Of theOm. QSTX. which I Poul am maad mynistreseruaunt Q. a seruaunt T., `or seruauntOm. OPVX., vpafter QT. bi V. the dispensacioun of God, that is ȝouun to me in ȝou, that I fulfillefille V. the word of God, the mysterie, `or priueteOm. OX., that was hid fro worldisthe world S. the worldis XY. and genera|ciouns. Now forsoth it is schewid to his seyntis, to whomwhiche V. God woldewill S. wole Y. make `the richessis knowunknowun the richessis V. of the glorie of thishis QT. sacrament in hethen men, thatthe whiche sacrament QT. which V. is Crist in ȝou, the hope of glorie. Whom weȝe G. schewen, reprouynge ech man, and tech|inge ech man in al wysdom, that we ȝyuenoffre V. ech man parfytperfit, bothe Jewe and hethen man QT. in Crist Jhesu. In which thing and I trauele, stryuyngein stryuynge V. vpafter QT. bi V. the worchinge of him, that he worchith in me in vertu.

 CAP. II.

Sothli I wole `ȝou for toȝou to SX. that ȝe V. wite, what bisynesse I haue for ȝou, and for hem that ben at Laodice, and whiche euere sayen not my face in fleisch, that `the hertis of hem bebe not O. comfortidthei coumforte the hertis of hem V., theiOm. GMPQTY sec. m. tauȝt in charite, and `in toin T. alle richessis of plente of vn|dirstonding, into theOm. G pr. m. PQTY sec. m. knowyng of mys|teriethe priuytee QT. of God, the fadir of Jhesu Crist, in whom benOm. V. al theOm. GMPQT. tresours `hid of wys|dom and scienceand science of wisdam S. of wisedom and science ben hid V. of wisdam and kunnyng hid X. and science of wisdom hid Y.. Forsoth this thing I seie, that no man disceyue ȝou in hiȝthe of wordis. Forwhi `and ifand P. thouȝ V. I be absent in body, but by spirit I am with ȝou, ioy|inge and seinge ȝoure ordreordre, or ȝoure ordynel maner QT. and theOm. SX. of Y. sadnesse of thatOm. O. ȝoure bileue that is inOm. O. Crist. Therfore as ȝe han takun Jhesu Crist oure Lord, walke ȝe in hym, ȝeOm. GMPQSTXY sec. m. rootid and byldidbild SX. aboue in Cristhim V., and confermyd in the bileue, as and ȝe han lerudlernyd GMNPQTY., haboundinge in hym inand in N. Om. Y. doynge of thankyngisthankis GMPT.. Se ȝe that no man dis|seyue ȝou by philosofye and veyn fallace, `or gilouse falshedeOm. OX., vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the tradicioun of men, vpafter GMPQTV. vp the SY pr. m. elementis of thisthe V. world, and not vpafter GMPQTV. Crist. For in hym dwellith bodilich al plente of Godhedethe Godhede GMQT.. And ȝe ben fulfillidfillid V. in him, that isOm. O. heedheuyd GQT. of al principat and power. In whom and ȝe ben circumsidid in circumcisioun not maad with hond, in nakidnesse of the body of fleisch, but inOm. SY. circumcisioun of Crist; to gidere biryed towith V. hym in baptym, in whom and ȝe han risun aȝen by feith of the worching of God, that reyside hym fro deede menOm. X.. And whanne ȝe weren deede in giltis, and in the prepucieprepucie, or custom QT. of ȝoure fleisch, he quykenyde to gidere ȝou with hym; forȝyuynge toOm. S. ȝou alle giltis, `or trespassisOm. GMOPQTX., doynge awey thatthe N. wrytingwryting, or obligacioun V. of decree, `or domOm. X., `that was aȝensOm. X. ȝou,us V. Om. X. that was contrarie to ȝou;us V. and he took that awey that V. fro the myddel,mydil of ȝou the synne of Adam AT. picchingeputtinge G. it toin to T. on V. the cross,crosse, clensynge it by his blode QT. spoylingeand he spoilinge V. princepatis and poweris,poweris, or feendis QT. led out tristily,tristily fro hem his chosen QT. openly ouercomynge hem in him silf. Therfore no man iuge ȝou in mete, oror in V. drynke, or in partparty S. of feeste day, or neomenye,neomenye, that is, the feste of [a T] newe mone, or of cryinge QT. or ofOm. OSX. sabotis, theOm. V. whiche ben schadowe of thingis to come;comynge V. forsoth the body is of Crist.Crist; that is, the treuthe hid vndir this shadew signefieth Crist QT. No man disseyue ȝou, willingewillinge to teche V. inOm. N. mekenesse, and religiounthe religioun V. of aungels, thetho thingis the V. whiche thingis he hath not seyn, walkynge veynly; ynblowynbolned V. with witt of his fleisch, and not holdyngebyholdyng O. the heed,heued GQT. of whichwhome GMPQT. al the body, by bondis and ioynyngis to gidere vndirmynistrid and maad, wexith into theOm. G pr.m. V. encreessyng of God. Forsothe if ȝe ben deede with CristCrist, that is, ful departid QT. fro theOm. X. elementis of this worlde, what ȝit as men lyuynge to the world deme ȝe? Nether `ȝe schulen touchetouche ȝe V., nether taste, nether trete with hondis `tho thingisOm. G pr. m., theOm. VX. which alle ben into deeth by `the ilkethat X. vss, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. preceptiscomaundementis V. and techingis of men; theOm. V. whiche ben sotheli hauynge resoun of wysdom in supersticioun, `or veyn religioun, or honourOm. OX. or veyn religioun SVWY., and mekenessemekenes, for by these sygnys thei mown most desceyue QT., and not forOm. SX. to spare the bodybodie, sugettynge it with penaunce QT., not inhauynge it in QT. ony honour to the fulnesse of fleischfleische, as thei feynen QT..

 CAP. III.

Therfore if ȝe han risun to giderein Crist with N. with Crist, `seke ȝeseketh X. tho thingis that be aboue, where Crist is sittinge in the riȝthalf of God. SauereVndirstonde O., `or vndirstondeOm. G pr. m. MOPQTX. or vndirstondeth S., ȝe tho thingis that ben aboue, not thoOm. X. that benOm. X. vponon VX. theOm. SWX. erthe. ForsothFor V. ȝe ben deede, and ȝoure lyf is hid with Crist in God. ForsotheFor V. whanne Crist schal appereappere, or schewe QT., ȝoure lyf, thanne and ȝe schulen appeere with him in glorie. Therfore sle ȝeOm. G pr. m. ȝoure membris, theOm. VX. whichethat X. ben onof O. theOm. X. erthe, fornycacioun, vnclennesse, leccherie, yuel couetyse, and auarice, theOm. V. which is seru|age of symylacris; for whiche thingis the wraththe of God cam vponon VX. thesuche O. sones of vnbileuemysbeleue S.; in theOm. VX. whiche and ȝe walkiden sumtyme, whanne ȝe lyueden in hem. `Now forsothBut now V. and `ȝe putteputte ȝe MPQT. potith S. ȝe potteth X. awey alle thingis, wraththe, indignacioun, malice, blasfemye, foul word of ȝoure mouth. Nyle ȝe lyie, `or gabbeOm. AGK pr. m. MNOPQSTVWXY., to gidere, spul|ingespoilinge ȝou fro V. the olde man with hisOm. G pr. m. deedis, and clothingeclad SX. clothid Y. the newe man, that is maad newe aȝen into the knowynge of God, vpaftir V. the ymage of him that maad hym; wher isit is Q. not male and female, hethen man and Jew, circumcisioun and prepucie, barbarbarbara PQTY. barbarus V. and Scita, seruaunt, `or thralOm. G pr. m. MOPQTX. of Yrael Y., and fre manOm. OX., but alle thingis and in alle thingis Crist. Therfore clotheclotheth S. clothe ȝe V. ȝou, as the chosun of God, andOm. G sec. m. SV. hooly, andOm. MP. theOm. GMPQTV. loued `of GodOm. GQTV., thewith the V. entrailis of mercy, benygnite, and mekenesse, temperaunce, andOm. G pr. m. PQSTVWXY. paci|ence ; supportingeberinge O., `or beringeOm. OX. vp to gi|dere, and ȝyuyngeforȝeuynge QTV. to ȝouȝour GMPQT. silf, if ony man aȝens any hath `querel, or pleyntpleynt, or querel S. querel X.; as and the Lord CristOm. V. ȝafforȝaf QTV. to ȝou, so and ȝe. Forsoth vponon VX. alle thes thingisthingis, that is, more bisily QT. haue ȝe charite, thatthe whiche GMPQT. is theOm. GMP. bond of perfeccioun. And the pees of Crist enioyeenioie ȝe V. in ȝoure hertis, in theOm. V. which and ȝe ben clepid in o body, and `be ȝebeth SX. kynde, `or fre of good will or ȝifteOm. O. lastynge in oo good wille in alle these QT. of good wil X.. The word of Crist dwelle in ȝou plenteuously, in al wysdom, tech|inge and monestinge ȝou silf in salmes, and ymnes, and spiritualgoostly O. songis, inand G. grace syngynge in ȝoure hertis to the Lord. Al thing, what euere thingOm. GMPQT. ȝe don, in word or inOm. QT. dede, alle thingis in the name of theoure AGMNOPSVWXY. Lord Jhesu Crist, doynge thankyngis to God theand the V. fadir by hym. Wymmen, be ȝeOm. V. sugetsugettes OY. to ȝoure housbondis, as it bi|houeth in the Lord. Men, loue ȝe ȝoure wyues, and nyle ȝe be bitter to hem. Sones, obeyeobesche MSX. ȝeOm. G. toto ȝour GV. to the N. fadir `and modirOm. V. byin O. alle thingis; forsothe this is wel ples|yngeplesid N. toin V. the Lord. Fadris, nyle ȝe terre ȝoure sones toin S. in to X. indignacioun, that thei be not maad of litel ynwitt, `or resounOm. OX.. Seruauntis, obeyeobesche M. ȝe by alle thingis to fleischly lordislordis, lordschipyng aftur the flesche T., not seruynge at yȝe, as plesynge to men, but in symplenesse of herte, dredinge the LordLord God QT.. What euere ȝe don, worche ȝe of ynwittwitte V., as to the Lord and not to men; witinge that of the Lord ȝe schulen take `retribucioun, or ȝeldinge aȝenretribucioun, or aȝein ȝeeldinge GMPQT. reward O. ȝeldinge V. retribucioun X., of heritage. Serue ȝe to the Lord Crist. ForsothFor V. he that doth in|iuriewrong O., `or wrongOm. OX., schal resseyue that that he dide yuele; and accepciounacceptacioun A. takynge O. of persoones is not anentis God.

 CAP. IV.

Lordis, that that is iust and euene ȝyueȝelde O. ȝe to seruauntis, witinge that `and ȝealso the V. han aOO M. Om. X. Lord in heuene. Be ȝe bisy toin V. preier, wakinge in it, in doyngisdoynge GMNPQSTVWXY. of thankyngis; preiynge to gidere and for vs, that God opene to vs the dore of word, forOm. SX. to speke the mysteriemynysterie XY. of Crist; for which also I am boundun, that I schewe it, so as it bihoueth me forOm. SX. to speke. In wysdom walke ȝe to hem that ben with|oute forth, aȝen byynge tymetyme, by prudence hou ȝe schulen best edefie the pepul QT.. Ȝoure word be sauerid in salt, `that is, wysdomOm. X., euermore in grace; thatand that N. ȝe wite, hou `it bihoueth ȝouȝou bihoueth X. forOm. SX. to answere to ech man. Titicus, moost dere brother, and feithful mynystre, and euene seruaunt in the Lord, schal make alle thingis knowun to ȝou, that ben aboute me. Whom I sente to ȝou to thisthe X. same thing, that he knowe what thingis ben aboute ȝou, and comforte ȝoure hertis, with Onesyme, moost dere and feithful brother, theOm. V. which is of ȝou; theOm. VX. whichthat X. schal make alle thingis that ben donOm. O. here, knowun to ȝou. Aristark, myne euene caytyf, `or prisoner with meOm. OX., greetith ȝou wel, and Mark, the cosyn of Barnabas, of whom ȝe han take maunde|mentismaundementis, hou he departide fro me QT.; if he schalOm. V. come to ȝou, resceyue ȝe him; and Jhesusech W., that is seidOm. MV. Just; theOm. V. whiche ben of circumcisioun; thei aloone ben myne helperis in the kingdom of God, that weren to me inOm. O. solace. Epa|phras, that iswas O. of ȝou, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, greetith ȝou wel; euere bisy for ȝou in preieris, that ȝe stonde perfyt and ful in al the wyll of God. Sothli I bere witnessyng to him, that he hath moche traueltrauelid AN. for ȝou, and for hem that ben at Laodice, and that ben at Ierepo|lym. Luk, lechethe leche GMNPQTY sec. m. moost dere, and Demas, greeten ȝou wel. GreetithGrete GMNPQSTVWX. ȝe wel the britheren that ben at Laodice, and Nym|phamthe womman Nym|fam V., and the chirche that is in hisher V. hous. And whanne this pistleepistele O. `schal beis V. rad at ȝou, do ȝe, that it be rad in the chirche of Laodicencis; and `that thatrede ȝe that pistle that V. is of Laodi|censis `be rad atto GMNPSXY. ȝouOm. V.. And seie ȝe to Archyp, Se the mynisteriemysterie Q., that thou hast takun ofin V. the Lord, that thou fulfillefille V. it. My salutacioun, by the hond of Poul. Be ȝe myndeful of my boondis. The grace of theoure OQT. Lord JhesuJhesu Crist OQT. be with ȝou. Amen.

 Here endith the epistle to Colocensis, and bigynneth the prolog to Tessalony|censisHere endith the pistle to Colocensis, and here bygynneth the fyrste epistle to Tessalonycensis. A. Here endith the pistle to Colocensis, and bigynneth the prolog, and aftur the pistil to Thessalonycensis. N. Here endith the epistel to Colocensis, and bygynneth the prologe of the first epistel to Thessalonicenses. O. Here endith the pistel to the Colocense, and bygynneth the fyrste pistel to the Tessalonycenses. Q. Here endith Colocensis, and bigynneth the prologe to the firste pistle of Tes|salonicensis. V. Here eendith Colosencis, and bigynneth prologe. W. No final rubric in GMPSTXY.. I. THESSALONIANS. Prolog to the first pistle to Tessa|lonycensisThe prologe in the first pistle to Tessalonycense. G. Prologus. V. Prologe. Y. No initial rubric in SWY. No prologue in AGMPQX; but in G a rubric. In N and T the prologue is of the second text..

TESSALONYCENSIS ben men of Mace|donya. Thes the word of treuthe takunytake OV., stooden perfytly in the feith, and thanne in pursuynge of her citeseyns; ferther|more also thei resseyueden not falsethe false S. apo|stlis, nethir the ilke thingis that weren seid of false apostlis. These the apostleapostlis X. preisith, writinge to hem fro Athenis, by Tyte and Onesym.

Ende of prolog; bigynnyng the firste pistleHere endith the prologe, and bygynneth the epistil. O. No final rubric in SVWY.. The first epistle to TessalonycenseFrom M. The firste pistle to Tessalonycensis. PQ. The first epistil to the Tessalonicenses. T. Here bigynneth the first pistil to Tessalonisencis. W. No initial rubric in AGKNSVXY..CAP. I.

Poul, apostleOm. V., and Siluan, and Tymo|the, to the chirche of TessalonycensisTes|salonycense P., in God, ourethe O. fadir, and theoure O. in the V. Lord Jhesu Crist, `grace to ȝou, and peesgrace and pees to ȝou V.. We don thankingis to God euermore for alle ȝou, makingeand we maken V. mynde of ȝou in oure preieris withoute ceessynge; weOm. X. myndeful of `ȝoure werk of feiththe werk of ȝoure feith V., and traueil, and charite, and susteynyngabyding V. of the hope of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bifore `the LordGod V. and oure fadir. We witynge, ȝeOm. QST. moostthe G. Om. V. loued britheren of `the LordGod V., ȝoure ches|yng; for oure gospel was not at ȝou in word oonli, but inalso in V. vertu, and in the Hooly Goost, and inOm. KQ. moche plente; as ȝe witen, what maner men we weren in ȝou for ȝou; and ȝe ben maad oure foloweris, and of the Lord, resceyuynge the word in moche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooly Goost; so that ȝe ben maad fourme, `or ensaumpleor exsaumple S. Om. X., to alle men bi|leuynge, in Macedonye and inOm. GMPQT. Achaye. ForsothFor V. of ȝou the word of the Lord is defamydmoche told O. pup|plischid V., `or moche toldor greetly tolde GMP. Om. oX. or greetly told oute to othir QT., not oonly in Macedonye and Achayein Acaie SW., but in ech place ȝoureoure Y. feith that is toOm. O. God, is parfytgoon forth V.; so that itOm. G pr. m. is notno X. nede forOm. S. to us for V. to speke `to ȝouOm. V. `ony thingOm. O.. ForsothFor V. thei schewen of ȝou, what maner entre we hadden to ȝou, and hou ȝe ben conuertid to God fro symylacris, forOm. SX. to serue to quyk God and very; and for to abide his sone fro heuenes, whom he reisyde fro deede menOm. X., Jhesuthe Lord Jhesu V., that delyuerede vs fro wraththe to comyngecomen SX..

 CAP. II.

Forwhi ȝe witen, britheren, oure entre to ȝou, for it was not veyn; but first weOm. X. suffridsuffring V., andand ben QT. punyschid with wrongis, `or fals reprouyngOm. GMOPQTVX., as ȝe witen in Philippis, haddenwe hadde NOQT. trust in oure Lord, forOm. SX. to speke `to ȝouOm. Q. the gospel of God in moche bysy|nesse. Sothli oure exortaciountechinge O., `or tech|ingeOm. OX., notwas not PQT. is not V. nether X. of errour, nether ofOm. X. vnclen|nesse, nether in gile, but as we ben proued of God, that the gospelgospel of God V. schulde be takynknowen V. to vs, so we speken; not as plesynge to men, but to God that proueth oure hertis. ForsothFor V. nethir we weren ony tyme in word of glosyngflaterynge QT., as ȝewe K. witen, nether in occasioun of auarice; God is witnesse; ne|thir sekinge glorie of men, nethir of ȝou, nethir of othere, whanne we myȝten behan ben QT. toOm. G pr. m. MPQTY sec. m. . chargechargeouse QT. to ȝou, as Cristis apostelisapostlis, to whome ȝe schulden mynystre QT.. But we benweren V. maad litle in the myddil of ȝou, as if a noryse fostre hir sones; so we desyringe ȝou coueityngly, `or with greet loueOm. OX. with grete loue QT., wolden bitake to ȝou, not oonly the gospel of God, but also oure souleslyues G pr. m. MPQTV., `or lyuesOm. G pr. m. MOPVX., for ȝe ben maad to vs moost dereworthe. ForsotheForwhi V., britheren, ȝe ben myndeful of oure traueil and werynesse; nyȝt and day weOm. G pr. m. MPQSTX. worchinge, that we schulden not greue ony of ȝou, prechidenwe precheden OS. into GOV. ȝou the euangelie of God. Ȝe ben witnessis, andof O. God, how hoolily, and iustli, and withouten querelpleynt GMOPQT., `or pleyntOm. GMOPX., towe weren to V. ȝou that bileueden, `we werenOm. V.. As ȝe witen, how echwe preyinge ȝou and coumfortinge ech V. of ȝou, as the fadir his sones, `preiynge and comfortynge ȝouOm. V., weOm. V. han witnessid, that ȝe schulden go worthili to God, that clepide ȝou intoto O. his kyngdom and glorie. Therfore and we don thank|ingis to God with oute ceessinge. For whanne ȝe hadden takun of vs the word of the heringe of God, ȝe token it not as the word of men, but as it is verily, thehis G pr. m. word of God, that worchith in ȝou that hanhath Y. bileuedbileued into hym N.. SothliForwhi V., britheren, ȝe ben maad foloweris of the chirchis of God, that ben in Judee, in Crist Jhesu, for and ȝe han suffrid the same thingesthing K. of ȝoure euene lynagis, as and thei of Jewis. TheOm. V. whiche slowen andbothe V. the Lord JhesuJesu Crist G sec. m. and the prophetis, and pursuwenpursueden VW. vs, and thei plesen not to God, and to alle men thei ben aduersariesaduersarie K.; forbedinge vs forOm. SX. to speke to hethen men, that `the hethen menthei GMOPQT. the heithin WX. be maad saaf, that thei fulfillefille V. her synnes euermore; forsothfor V. the wraththe of God biforeOm. OV. cam vponon OVX. hem til into the ende. Forsoth, britheren, wewe ben N. desolatdesolate, or withdrawen QT. frofor K et alii. ȝou `at the tymeOm. QT. at tyme X. the tyme Y sec. m. `of an hourby mouth QTV., inOm. QT. bihooldyngebyholdynge, as in presence QT., not in herte, more plenteu|ouslyabound|antly GMPQT. hanwe han QT. hiȝed forOm. SX. to se ȝoure face with greet desyr. ForFor sothly V. we wolden comehan cume QT. to ȝou, sotheli I Poul, and oones and eft|sooneeftesoone wold haue cumme QT., but Sathanas lettide vs. SothliForwhi V. what is oure hope, or ioye, or crowne ofor QT. glorie? WherWhether GMPQTX. ȝewe QT. ben not bifore oure Lord Jhesu Crist in his comynge? For|sothFor V. ȝe ben oure glorie and ioye.

 CAP. III.

For whichthe whiche QTY sec. m. thing we susteynyngesuffrynge QT. suffriden V. no lengere, itand it V. pleside to vs forOm. SX. to dwelle at Athenis aloone; and sentenwe senten V. Tymothe, oure brother, and mynistre of God in the euan|gelie of Crist, to ȝou, forOm. A sec. m. GMNPQSTVWX Y sec. m. to be conferm|yd, and tauȝtto be tauȝt V., `or monestidOm. GMOPQTX., for ȝoure feith, that no man be moued in thes tri|bulaciouns. SothelyFor V. ȝeȝe ȝour GMPQTY sec. m. ȝou SX. silf witen, that in this thing we ben putt. Forwhi and whanne we weren at ȝou, we bifore seyden to ȝou, vs to suffre tribulaciouns; as and it is don, and ȝe witen. Therfore and I Poul, not susteynyngesuffringe V., `or abidyngeOm. OVX., more, sente forOm. SX. to knowe ȝoure feith, lest perauenture he that temptith schalOm. V. tempte ȝouOm. V., and oureȝoure V. traueil be maad veyn. `Now forsothBut now whanne V. Tymothe comyngeschal come V. to vs fro ȝou, and tellingetelle V. to vs ȝoure feith and charite, andOm. O. forthat V. ȝe han euermoreOm. V. good mynde of vs, desyringeeuere desijringe V. forOm. SX. to se vs, as we also ȝou; therfore, britheren, we ben comfortid in ȝou, inand in K. al oure nede and tribulacioun, byfor G. ȝoure feith. For now we lyuen, ifthat V. ȝewe MOP. stonden in the Lord. SothliFor whi V. what doynge of thankyngis mownnow N. we ȝelde to God for ȝou, in al ioye, in which we ioyen for ȝou bifore oure Lord? nyȝt and day more plenteuously preiynge, that we se ȝoure face, and fulfille tho thingis that failen ofto V. ȝoure feith. Forsothe `the same GodGod himself and V. oure fadir, and the Lord Jhesu Crist, dresse oure wey to ȝou. Forsothe the Lord multiplye ȝou, and make ȝoure charite forOm. SX. to habounde inOm. V. to gideretogedir to ȝouresilf QT., and into allealle men QT., as and we ininto G. ȝou; to ȝoure hertis to be confermyd with outen pleynt in hoolynesse, bifore God and oure fadir, in the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist with alle his seyntis. Amen.

 CAP. IV.

Therfore, britheren, `hennis forthwardfro hens forward GV. hennes forward QTY. henforward W. we preyen ȝou, and biseche in the Lord Jhesu, that as ȝe han resceyued of vs how it bihoueth ȝou forOm. SX. to go and plese to God, so and walke ȝe, that ȝe habounde more. SothelyFor V. ȝe wyten what comaunde|mentis I haue ȝouun to ȝou by the Lord Jhesu. ForsothFor whi V. this is the wille of God, ȝoureoure O. makinge hoolyholy, or ȝoure halewynge QT., that ȝe absteyne ȝou fro fornycacioun. That ech of ȝou kunne welde his vesselvessel, that is, his bodye, the whiche is vessel of the soule QT. in `makynge hoolyhalew|ynge QT., `or hoolynesseOm. OQTX., andand in QT. honour; not in passiounpassioun, eithir coueitise V marg. of desyrlust O., as and `hethen menfolk of kynde GMPQT. that knowen not God. And that no man ouergoby violence ouer go QT., nether disseyue his brother in causechaffaringe cause O., `or nedeOm. OX.. For the Lord is venger of alle thes thingis, as we bifore seiden to ȝou, and han wit|nessid, `or prouyd by autoriteOm. OVX.. SothliFor whi V. God clepide not vs into vnclennesse, but into hoolynesse. `And soTherfore V. he that dispisith thes thingis, dispisith not man, but God, that ȝafalso ȝaf V sec. m. his hooly spirit in vs. Forsothe of theOm. V. charite of britherhed we hadden not nede forOm. X. to wryte to ȝou; sothliforwhi V. ȝeȝe ȝour GMPQTY sec. m. ȝou OSX. silf han lerudlernyd GMNPQTY. lerid W. of God, that ȝe loue to gi|dere ; `and forsothefor V. ȝe don thatthat thing QT. intoin V. alle britheren in al Macedonye. Forsothe, bri|theren, we preyen ȝou, that ȝe habounde more; and ȝyue werktraueile V. bisynesse X., `or bisynesseOm. OX. of bysynesse Y., that ȝe be quyetquyetid W., and dothat ȝe do V. doth W. ȝoure nedeowne need QT., thatand V. and that X. ȝe worche with ȝoure hondisowne hondis T., as weand we V. han comaundid to ȝou; and that ȝethat and ȝe V pr. m. and ȝe V sec. m. wandre honestly to hem that ben withouteforth, thatand that V. of no mannis ȝe desyre ony thing. Forsoth, britheren, we wolen not ȝou `for toto SX. that ȝe V. vnknowe of men slepyngedeiynge O., or dei|yngeOm. OX., that ȝe ben not sorwful, as and othere that han notnone O. not in Y. hopehope of aȝeinrisynge QT.. SothliFor V. if we bileuen, that Jhesus was deed, and roos aȝen, so and God schal lede with him hem that `slepten, or deiedendyen O. slepten X., by Jhesu. So|theli this thing we seien to ȝou in theOm. GMPQT. word ofin S. the LordLord, for he techide it us QT., forthat V. we that lyuen, that ben residueleft O., `or leftOm. OX., in the comynge of theoure O. Lord, schulen not come bifore hem that sleptendeieden O. slepten longe bifore QT. slepin W., `or deiedenOm. NOQSTX.. ForForwhi V. heOm. OV. the LordLord himself V. `schal come down fro heueneOm. MPQT., in theOm. GMPQT. comaundyng, and in theOm. GMPQT. voys ofof the GMPQT. of an SY. archaungel, and in the trumpe of GodGod shal come doun fro [of QT] heuene MPQT.; and the deede men that ben in Crist, schulen ryse aȝen first. Aftirward we that lyuen, that ben left, schulen be rauyschid to gidere with hem in cloudis, meetynge toOm. V. Crist intoin GMPQTXY. the eyr; `and soso and V. euermore we schulen be with the Lord. `And so be ȝe comfortidTherfore coumforte ȝe V. to gidere in thes wordis.

 CAP. V.

Forsoth, britheren, of `tymes and mo|mentisof momentus and of tymes SWXY. ȝewhenne this general resureccioun schal be, ȝe QT. neden not that I write to ȝou. AlsoFor V. ȝeȝe ȝoure GPQTY sec. m. ȝe ȝou M. ȝou OSX. silf diligentli witen, forthat V. the day of the Lord, as a theef in nyȝt, so schalschal it QT. come. SothliFor V. whanne thei schulen seye peespees is V. and sikurnesse, thanne sudeynsodeynli SX. perischinge, `or deethOm. QTX., schal come `aboue toto O. on V. hem, as sorwe to a womman `beringe childhauynge in the wombe V., andthat O. thei schulen not scape. For|soth, britheren, ȝe ben not in derknessisderknessis of ignoraunce QT., that `the ilkethat X. day as a theef catche ȝou. SothliFor V. alle ȝe ben the sones of lyȝtlyȝt, or of byleue QT., and sones of daythe day QT.; weȝe QT. ben not of nyȝt, nethir of derknessis. Therfore slepe we not as andOm. G. othereother don QT.; but wakewake we M pr. m. NQTV. walke Y., and be we sobre. ForsothFor V. thei that slepen, slepen in the nyȝtnyȝt of vices QT., and thei that ben drunken, ben drunken in nyȝtthe nyȝt SVW.. Forsoth we that ben of the day, benbe G sec. m. sobreOm. G pr. m. we sobre G sec. m., clothidclad SX. clothid, or defendide by QT. thein the V. ha|burioun of feith andand of QTV. charite, andOm. GMP. and by QT. and in V. the helm, hope of heelthe. ForFor whi V. God puttideputte SX. not vs into wraththe, but intoin Q. theOm. GMQT. pur|chasyng of heelthe by oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that was deed for vs; that wherewhether GMOPQTVWXY. we wakenwaaken, lyuynge here QT., wherewhether GMOPQTVWXY. we slependyen QT., we lyue to gidere with him. For which thing `be ȝe comfortidcoumforte ȝe V. to gidere, and `edifie ȝeedefieth X. ech othir, as and ȝe don. Forsoth, britheren, we preien ȝou, that ȝe schulenOm. V. knowe hem that trauelen among ȝou, and ben biforesouereyns V. to ȝou in the Lord, and monestentechen O., `or techenOm. OX., ȝou, that ȝe haue hem more ha|boundantli in charite; forand for V. the work of hem, haue ȝe pees with hem. Forsoth, britheren, we preien ȝou, reprouerepreue ȝee GMPQSTVX., `or chastyseOm. O. or chastiseth S., ȝeOm. GMPQSTX. vnquyete men. Comforte ȝe men of litil herteherte, that they dispeire not QT., resceyue ȝeȝe, as good leches QT. syke men, be ȝe pacient to alle men. Se ȝe, that no man ȝelde yuel for yuelyuel to eny man V.; but euermore sue ȝe that that is good, to gidere and into alle menOm. X.. Euermore ioye ȝe; with oute ceessynge preie ȝe; in alle thingis do ȝe thankyngisthanckyngis to God QT.. ForsotheFor whi V. this is the wille of God in Crist Jhesu, andOm. V. in alle ȝou. Nyle ȝe `quenche the spiritquenche, or hyde the grace of God in ȝou Q. quenche the spirit, or hide the grace of God in ȝou T.; nyle ȝe dis|pise prophecies. ForsothBut V. proue ȝe alle thingis, holde ȝe that thing that is good. AbsteyneAbsteneth S. ȝouȝe ȝou O. fro al yuel spice, `or lik|nesseOm. SX.. Forsothe `the same GodGod himself V. of pees make ȝou hooly by alle thingis, that ȝoure spirit be kept hool, and soule, and body, with oute playnt, in the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. God is trewe, that clepide ȝouȝou to lyf QT., theOm. V. which also schal dodo werc of grace in ȝou QT.. Britheren, preie ȝe for vs. `Greete ȝeGreeteth S. wel alleall holy O. britheren in hooly coss. I coniure ȝou by the Lord, that this pistleepistyl SX. be rad to alle hooly britheren. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝou alleOm. V.. Amen.

 Here endith the firste pistle to Tessa|lonycensis, and bigynneth the prologe to the secunde pistleHere endith the firste pistle to Tessalonycensis, and now bigynneth the secounde. A. Here eendith the first epistil to Thessalonicenses, and bygynneth the prolog of the secound to the same. O. Here endith the firste pistle to Tessalonicenses, and bigynneth the ii. pistle to the Tessalonicenses. Q. Here eendith the pistil to Tessalonicencis i., and bigynneth the prologe to Tess. ii. W. No final rubric in GM PSTXY.. II. THESSALONIANS. The prologe in the secunde pistleFrom G. Prolog. S. The prologe of the secounde Tessalonycensis. Y. No initial rubric in VW. No prologue in AGMPQX; but in G a rubric. In N and T the prologue is of the second text..

To Tessalonycensis the apostle wrytith the secunde pistleepistell OS., and makith knowe to hem of the laste tymes, andOm. O. of the dis|truccioun of the aduersarie, that is, anti|crist; wrytinge this pistleepistell OSV. from Athenys by Titicus, a dekene, and HonesymHonesymum OW., a colyt.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the secunde pistle to TessalonycensisHere endith the prologe, and bygynneth the secound epistel to Thessalonicensis. O. No final rubric in SVWY.. The secounde epistle to TessalonycenseFrom M. The secound pistle to Tessalo|nycensis. PQT. Here biginneth the secunde epistle to Tessalonisencis. W. No initial rubric in AGKNSVXY..CAP. I.

Poul, and Siluan, and Tymothe, to the chirche of TessalonycensisTessalonycense P., in God oure fadir, and in the Lord Jhesu CristOm. Q., grace to ȝou and pees of God, oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. We schullenOm. GM. owen VX., `or owenOm. GMOPQTVX., doto don SX. thankyngis euermoreeuere A. to God for ȝouȝoure Y., britheren, so as it is worthi, forfor whi V. ȝoure feith ouerwexitheuer waxith GMPQTY., and the cha|rite of ech of ȝou to gidere haboundith. So that weoure GMOPQTY sec. m. VS SX. silf glorien in ȝou in the chirchis of God, for ȝoure pacience and feith in alle ȝoure persecuciouns and tribulaciouns. TheOm. VX. whichethat X. ȝewe O. susteynensuffren QT. into theOm. O. en|saumpleexsaumple SX. of theOm. G. iust dom of God, that ȝe be had worthi in the kyngdom of God, for whichwhom QT. andOm. T. ȝe suffren. If netheles it is iust at God forOm. SX. to quyte ȝeldyngt ribulacioun V. to hem that trublenturblen MP. ȝou, and to ȝou that ben trublidturblid MP., reste with vs in the schew|inge of ourethe V. Lord Jhesu CristOm. V. fro he|uene , with aungels of his vertu, in the flawme of fyer, ȝyuynge veniaunce to hem that knewenknowen NOQ. not God, and that obeyenobeschen M. obeieden NO. not to the euangelie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. TheOm. V. whiche schulen ȝyuesuffre V., `or suf|freOm. OVX. or paye QT., euere lastinge peynes, in perisching fro the face of theoure O. Lord, and fro the glorie of his vertu, whanne he schal come forOm. SX. to be glorified in his seyntis, and forOm. SX. to be maad wondirful in alle men that bileueden, for oure witnessyng is bileued on ȝoun, in that day. In which thing also we preien euermore for ȝou, that oure God `fouchesaf forOm. SX. to clepe ȝou in hismake ȝou worthi to his V. clepyng, and fulfillefille V. alOm. G. the wille of hisOm. V. goodnesse, and the werk of feith in vertu; that the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be clarified in ȝou, and ȝe in ithim V., vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the grace of oure `God, and of theOm. V. Lord Jhesu Crist.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe, britheren, we preien ȝou by the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and oure congregacioun into the same thing, that ȝe be not moued soone fro ȝoure witt, nether bebe ȝe GMPQT. beth SX. agastaferd V., nethir bi spirit, nethir by word, nether by epistle as sent by vs, asas if V. the day of theoure O. Lord be nyȝ. That no man disceyue ȝou inon ANOSVWXY. ony maner. ForFor the Lord schal not come to the dom V. noOm. QTX. butbut yf X. `departyng aweydiscen|cioun QT., `or dissenciounOm. OQTVX. or discessioun S., schalOm. V. come first, and the man of synne schal beOm. V. schewid, the sone of perdicioun, that is aduersarieaduersarie, or Antecrist QT., and is enhaunsidhauncid X. vponouer V. on X. al thing that is seid God, or that is worschipid, so that he sitte in the temple, `or into the templeOm. G sec. m. OQSTVX., of God, schewingeand schewe V. him silf asas that O. as if V. he beis V. God. Wher ȝe holden notnot in mynde QT., that ȝit whanne I was at ȝou, I seide thes thingis to ȝou? And now what withholdithwithholdeth, or letteth O. withholdith hym QT., ȝe witen, that he be schewid in his tyme. Forwhi the mysteriepriuyte O., `or priuyteOm. OX., of wickidnesse worchith nownow, and ȝit schal QT.; oonly that he that holdith nownow the feith QT., holdeholdith V., til it be maad of the myddelmydil, that is, to the power of Antecrist be maad opyn in the mydil of hem that ben chosen to knowe it QT.. And thanneOm. X. `the ilkethat X. wickidwicke SX. man schal be schewid, whom the Lord Jhesu schal sle with the spirit of his mouth, and schal distroyedystruye hym QT. with theOm. SVXY. illumynyngillumyng A. schynyng O. liȝtnyng V., `or schynyngOm. OQTX., of his comyngcleer cummynge QT.. `Jhesus schal sleOm. OSVX. him, whos comyng is vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the worch|ing of Sathanas, in al vertu, and signes, and greteOm. O. wondris, lyingefals OV. lesingis X., `or falsOm. OVX., andOm. X. in al disseit of wickidnesse, to hem that perischen. For that thei resceyueden not the charite of treuthe, that thei schul|den be maad saaf. TherforeAnd therfore V. God schal sende to hem aOm. X. worching of errour, that thei bileue to lessyng, `or gabbyngOm. AGMNOPQSTVWXY., that alle be demyd, `or dampnedOm. OX., theOm. VX. whichethat X. bileueden not to treuthe, but consentiden to wickidnesse. Forsoth webritheren loued of God, we V. owen forOm. SX. to do thankingis euermore to God for ȝou, ȝeOm. GMPQSTVXY sec. m. `bretheren loued of GodOm. V., that God chees vs primyssisfirste fruytis OQT. the first fruytis V., `or firste fruytisOm. OQTX., into heelthehelpe O., in halowyng of spirit and feithof feith N. in feith V. of treuthe; in theOm. SV. which andalso V. he clepide ȝou by oure gospel, into getynge of the glorie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. `And soTherfore V., britheren, stonde ȝe, and `holde ȝeholdith X. the tradiciouns, `or techingisOm. X. or techinge Y., that ȝe han le|rudlernyd GMNPQTY., ethir by word, ethiror X. by oureOm. X. pistleepistell AGMNOPQSTW. epistil of vs X.. Forsothe oure Lord Jhesu Crist him silf, and God andOm. V. oure fadir, theOm. VX. whichthat X. louede ȝouus V., and ȝaf euerlasting comfort and good hope in grace, stirre, `or mo|nesteOm. GMOPQTVX., ȝoure hertisherte GMPQT., and confermeconferme ȝou QT. in al `werk and goodgood werk and GMPQSTVWX. good werkis Y. wordOm. Y..

 CAP. III.

Britheren, `hennis forthwardhennes forward GOQTWY. fro hennesforward V. preie ȝe for vs, that the word of God renne, and be clarifiedclarified, or cleer to vndurstonde to other folk QT., as and anentis ȝou; and that we be delyuered fro vncouenablevnrestful V., `or noyousOm. OQTX. and noyous W., and yuele men; sothlifor whi V. feith is not of alle men. Forsoth the Lord is trewe, that schal conferme vsȝou V., and schalOm. SX. kepekepe vs N. fro yuel. Sothli, britheren, we tristen ofon N. ȝou in the Lord, forfor whi V. what euere thingis we byddencomaunden to ȝou V., andOm. QT. bothe V. ȝe don andand ȝe GMPQT. schulen don. ForsothFor N. the Lord dresse ȝoure hertis, in theOm. PQ. charite of God, andand in the V. pacience of Crist. Forsothe, bri|theren, we denouncen to ȝou in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that ȝe with|drawe ȝou fro ech brother wandrynge vn|ordynatly, `or aȝens good ordreOm. OX., and not vpaftir GMPQTV. the tradiciounteching V., that thei resceyueden of vs. SothliFor whi V. ȝe ȝeȝour GMPQTY sec. m. Om. O. ȝou SX. silf witen, how it bihoueth forOm. SX. to sue vs. For we weren not `inquyetvnquyet G sec. m. QTV., `or reste, or in pesybleor reste G pr. m. MP. or vn|resteful G sec. m. Om. NOX. or vnpesible QTW. or impeesible V. or reste vnpeysyble Y., among ȝou, nether frely, `or withoute oure owne traueilOm. OX. that is, not with outen oure owne traueile Q. that is, with outen oure owne traueil T., we eeten breed of ony man, but in trauel and werynesse nyȝt and day worchinge, that we greuedengreuen QT. noon of ȝou. Not as we hadden not power, but that we schulden ȝyue vsoure GMPQT. silf aOm. G pr. m. MQT. foorme, `or en|saumpleto ȝou for QTV. Om. SX., forOm. OX. to sue vs. Forwhi and whanne we weren anentis ȝou, this thing we denounsiden, `or warnedenOm. OX., to ȝou, forthat V. if ony man wole not worche, nether ete he. SothliFor V. we han herd summethat summe V. among ȝou `for toto SX. Om. V. wandregoon V. `inquyet, or reste, or in pesibliinquiete, or reste, or vnpesible AY. in quyete G pr. m. X. vnquyetli G sec. m. in quyet, or reste MNPV. in vnpesible O. vnquyetly, or vnpesiblely QT. in quyete, or reste, or vnpesibly W., no thing worchinge, but doyngegoende SX. goinge W. curiously. Forsoth we de|nounsendenounseden SXY. to hem that ben siche maner menOm. X., andand we QT. bisechen in the Lord Jhesu Crist, that thei with silensestilnesse O., `or stilnesseOm. OX., worchinge, ete her owne breed. ForsotheBut V. nyle ȝe, britheren, fayle welOm. G pr. m. doynge `in Crist Jhesu oure LordOm. V.. That if ony man `schal not obeieschal not obesche M. schal not obeshen S. obeieth not V. to oure word bysent by QT. epistle, marke ȝe hym, and comune ȝeOm. QT. not with him, that he be confoundid, `or schamedOm. OX.; andOm. Q. nyle ȝe gesse hym as an enemyenmye, enuying to hym QT., but `reproue ȝerepreueth X. himhym in loue QT. as a brother. Forsothe `the ilke GodGod himself V. that God X. of pees ȝyue to ȝou euerlast|yng pees in al place. The Lord be with alle ȝou. My salutacioun by the hond of Poul; `that iswhich V. signe in ech epistlepistle Y.. I writeY wryte AS. that I write QT. thus. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with `alle ȝouȝou all AGMNQST. alle Y.. Amen.

 Here endith the secunde pistle to Tes|salonycensis, and bigynneth the prolog to the firste pistle to TymotheHere endeth the secounde pistle to Tessalonycensis, and now bigynneth the first pistle to Tymothe. A. Here eendeth the secounde epistel to Thessalonicenses, and bygynneth the prologe of the first to Tymothe. O. Here endith the ii. pistle to the Tessalonycenses, and bigynneth the firste pistle to Tymothe. Q. Here eendith the secunde pistle to Tessalo|nysencis, and bigynneth the prologe to [of Y] Tymothe. WY. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. I. TIMOTHY. Prolog to the firste pistle to TymotheThe prologé in Tymothe G. The prologe. S. No initial rubric in VWY. No prologue in AGMPQX; but a rubric in G. In N and T the prologue is of the later text..

TYMOTHE the apostle enfoormeth andor Y. techith of the ordynaunce of byschophood, and of theOm. SVW. dekenehood, and of al the chirchis disciplyne, writinge fro Rome cite.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the firste pistleNo final rubric in SVWY..

This prologue is from O.Thimothe the apostell enformeth and thecheth of the ordinaunce of bischophode, and of dekenhode, and of all the chirches discipline; forthermore enfourmeth him to schrewed aposteles to him bakbytyng mot answere resoun ȝeldyng, that of the pursuere he be saaf, whan Crist hath comen to deliuer all synneres at the last; otherwyse teching, monest he to be fledde. Writyn fro Rome cyte.

Here eendeth the prologe, and bygynneth the epistel. The first epistle to TymotheFrom MT. The firste pistle to Tymothe. PQ. Here bigynneth the pistle to Tymothe. W. No initial rubric in AGKNSX..CAP. I.

Poul, apostlethe apostell OY. of `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist GMPQY., vpaftir MPQT. bi V. the comaundement of God oure sauyour, andand of QT. Jhesu Crist oure hope, to Tymothe, by|louydthe loued GMPQT. loued X. sone in the feith, grace and mercy and pees, of God the fadir, and Jhesu Crist, oure Lord. As I preiede thee, that thou schuldist dwelle at Ephesy, whanne I wente toin to V. Macedonye, that thou schuld|ist denouncedenounce, or warne QT. to summesumme techeris QT. summen V., that thei schulden not teche othere weyeweye, than we tauȝten Q. weies, than we tauȝten Q., nethirnether the herers QT. ȝyue tent to fablis and genologiesgenelogye G. `withouten endesvn|eendid QS pr. vice. T. withoute ende X., theOm. V. whiche ȝyuen questiounsquestiown S., more than edificacioun of God, that is in theOm. V. feith. Forsoth the ende of comaundementcomaundementis K. the comaundement QT. is charite of clene herte, and good conscience, and feithof feith QT. not feyned. Fro whiche thingis `sum mensummen AMQV. summe GNSTXY. erringe, ben turned to gidere into veyn speche; willinge forOm. SX. toOm. X. be techeris of the lawe, not vndirstondinge, nethir what thingis `ben spokunthei speken V., nether of what thingis thei affermen. Forsoth we witen forthat V. the lawe is good, if ony man vsevsith M. it lawefully; witinge this thing, that the lawe `is not putit not puttith K. to a iust man, but toto an GMOPQSTY. vniustvniust men V. and not suget, to vnpitouse menmen, ether vnfeithful men V. and synneris, to curside men and defoulid, to sleeris of fadirfadris GMPQTY., and sleeris of modirmodris GMPQTY., to `men sleerismansleeris X. and for|nycatours, to hem that trespassendon leccherie V. with malis `aȝens kyndeeither synne of Sodom V. Om. X., silleristo hem that putten woundis to men, sellers G. hem, that putten woundes to men, sillers MPY sec. m. to hem that putten woundes to men N. to hem that putten woundis to men, or to sellers QT. to beteris of men, either sillers V., `or stelerisOm. V. and stelers WX., or `draweris aweydraweris N. or withdrawers GQT. Om. VX., of men, lesyngmon|geristo lesynge mongeris QT. and forswornforswerers N. to forsworn men QT., and if ony othir thing is contrarie toto the V. holsum teching, that is vpafter GMPQTV. the euangelieuangelie K. of theOm. SWXY. glorie of blessid God, theOm. V. which gospelOm. X. is bitakun to memen Q.. I do thankingis to him, that com|fortidehath coumfortide PQTY sec. m. me in Crist Jhesu oure Lord, for he gessidegessith Y. me feithful, `or treweOm. GMOPQTX., putt|inge me in mynisteriemysterie N. seruice O. mysterie, or seruice QT., theOm. V. which IOm. GMPQSTX. first was a blasfemeblasfemye AQ. blasfemere N., `or dispiser of Godor a dispiser of God GMPQ. Om. OX., and pursuwera pursuer GMPT., and ful of wrongis. But I haue getun theOm. X. mercy of God, for I vn|knowyng dide in vnbileue. Sothli the grace of oure LordLord to me QT. ouer haboundehaboundide AGMOPSTVWXY. haboundeth N., with feith and loue that is in Crist Jhesu. A trewe worde and worthi al resceyuyngpraysynge O., for Crist Jhesu caam into this world forOm. SX. to make synful men saaf, of whichewhome GMPQT. I am the firste. But therfore I haue getyn mercy, that Crist Jhesu schulde schewe in me first al pacience, to the enfoormyng of hem that `ben toschulen V. bileuyngebileue NV. beleeuen SX. to him into euere lastynge lyf. Forsoth to the kyng of worldis, vndeedly and invisyblevnsiȝtable O. vnvisible V. Godto God O sec. m. aloone, honourbe onour V. and glorie into worldis of worldis. Amen. I comendebitake O., `or bitakeOm. OX., this preseptcomaundement V., `or biddyngOm. OVX., to thee, thouOm. X. sone Tymothe, vpafter QT. bi V. prophecies bifore go|ynge in thee, that thou fiȝteholde V., `or holdeOm. OVX., in hem a good knyȝthood, hauynge feith andin O. good conscience, theOm. V. which `sum mensumme ASY. summen GMPQV. castynge a wey, perischeden a boute the feithfeith, not with inne in the feith QT.. Of whichwhome GQT. is EmyneusHymeneus GMPT. Heuenes Q. andOm. G pr. m. Alisaundre, whomwhiche V. I bitook to SathanasSatanas, suffrynge hym to tourmente hem QT., that thei lernelere S. forOm. G pr. m. MPQSTX. `to notnot to T. blasphemeblasphemye A. blasfemee T..

 CAP. II.

Therfore I bisechebiseche thee to teche QT. first of alle thingistheng K., forOm. SX. to be maad bisechingis, preieris, ax|yngis, doyngedoyngis ASVXY. of thankyngis, for alle men, for kyngis and allealle men G sec. m. that ben sett in hiȝnesse, `or greet stator greet astaat ANOSVY. of stat X., that we lede quyet and pesyble lyf, in al pite and chastite. ForsothFor whi V. this thing is good and acceptid bifore God, oure sauyour, that wole alle men forOm. SX. to be maad saaf, and forOm. SX. to come to the knowynge of treuthe. SothliFor whi V. o God and mediatour ofis of V. God and men, aand a QT. man `Jhesus CristCrist G pr. m. Crist Jhesus G sec. m. MPQTVXY., that ȝaf him silf redempciounaȝenbyȝeynge O. for alle men. Whos wit|nessinge is confermyd in his tymes; in theOm. SVX. which I am putt a prechour and apostle. SothliFor V. I seie treuthe `in Crist JhesuOm. V., and I lye notnot in eny part, the whiche am QT., a techer of hethen men in feith and inOm. GMPQTX. treuthe. Therfore I wole, `men for tomen to QSX. that men V. preie in aleche O. place, lift|ynge vp clene hondis with oute wraththe and disputyng, `or stryfOm. OX.. Also and wymmen `in ournedenourned GQT. in couenable O., `or couenableOm. OX. or in couenable T., abite, with schamfastnesse and sobrenesse ourn|ynge hem silf, not in writhun heeris, ethirother MP. in gold, ethirother MP. margaritis, `that benor GPQT. Om. X. peerlisperlis, that ȝeuen occacioun of leccherie T. Om. X., etherother MP. precious clothcloth, that ȝe ȝeuen occasion of lechorie Q.; but that that bicometh wymmenwymmen, for her firste gilt QT., bihetynge pite bi goode werkis. A womman lernelerne sche Q. lere SX. serue sche T. in silence, with al subiecciounsubieccioun, or obeischyng QT.. Forsothe I suffre not ato a AMNOPQSV sec. m. XY. wommanwomman, that is vnstable Q. wymmen, that is vnstable T. forOm. SX. to tech, nether forOm. SX. to haue lordschip intoin S. on V. the man, `or hosebondeOm. OX., but forOm. SX. to be in silence. ForsothFor whi V. Adam was first foormyd, aftir|ward Eue; and Adam was notnot firste QT. dis|ceyued `in feithOm. QSTVX., forsothbut V. theOm. S. womman was disceyued `in feithin con|sent and deed QT. Om. SVX., in preuarica|ciounbrekynge of the lawe OQTV., `or brekyng of the laweOm. OQTVX.. Sothli sche schal be saued by generacioungeneraciouns NY. of sonessonys, or good werkis QT., if sche `schal dwelledwellith V. perfytli in feith, and loue, and hoolynesse, with so|brenesse.

 CAP. III.

A feithful wordword I schal seye QT.. If ony man desyredesyreth GMNPQSTVXY. a byschopriche, he desyrith a good werkwerk, and trauelous; no dignyte, ne delices QT.. Therfore it bihoueth a byschop forOm. SX. to be irreprehensyblewithouten repreue G pr. m. MOPQT., `or withoute reproueOm. G pr. m. MOPQTX., andOm. V. the hosebonde of oo wyfwyf, feithfully gouernynge the chirche in oonhed of loue QT., sobresobre, in etynge and drynkynge QT., prudentprudent, aȝein the sleiȝte of enmyes QT., ournedournyd with vertues QT., chast, holdynge hospi|talite , techera techer G sec. m. a trew techer QT.; not ȝouun moche to wyn, not smyter, but temperaunttemperat MSVX. pacient O. tholmound QT., `or pacientOm. OQTX., not litigiousful of stryf OQT. ful of chiding X., `or ful of stryf, or chid|yngOm. OQTX., not coueitous, wel rewlynge his hous, hauynge sones suget with al chas|titecharite Q.; forsoth if ony man kan not go|uerne his houshouse, of litil meynee QT., how schal he haue dili|gencedili|gence, or keepynge QT. of the chirche of GodGod, wherynne ben manye and dyuerse? QT.? notHe that schal be a bischop or prest, schulde be preued sad in byleue, not QT. newe conuertid intoto the AGMNOSTVX. to Q. feith, lest hehe be NPQT. borun vp into pride, falleand falle QT. into theOm. OX. dom, `or synneof synne M. Om. OX., of the deuyl. Forsoth it bihoueth hym forOm. SX. to haue good witnessyng andOm. GMPQTVX. of hem that ben withoute forth, that he falle not into schenschiprepreue GQT. reprof MP., `or reprofor schenschip GMP. Om. OQTX., and into theOm. OX. snare of the deuyl. Also `it byhouethOm. X. dekenes forOm. SX. to be chast, not dowble tung|id, not ȝouun `to mochemyche to V. wyn, not suyngefolowynge GMPQT. foul wynnyng; hauynge the mysterieministerie O. priuytee QT. of feith in clene conscience. And forsoth be thei proued first, thatand V. thei mynystre so, hauynge nonot QT. crymegreet gilt QT., `or greet synneOm. QTX.. Also `it bihouethOm. OX. wymmen forOm. SX. to be chast, not bacbitinge, sobre, feithful in alle thingis. Dekenes be theiOm. V. hosebondis of o wyf; theOm. V. whiche dekenesOm. X. gouerne wel her sones and her housis. SothliFor V. thei that `schulen mynistremynistren V. wel, schulen gete aand G pr. m. good degree to hem silf, and moche trist in the feith, that is in Crist Jhesu. Sone Tymothe, I write to thee thes thingis, hopinge me forOm. SX. to come soone to thee; forsothfor V pr. m. if I schal tarie, that thou wite, how it bihoueth thee forOm. SX. to lyue in the hous of God, that is the chirche of quyk God, a piler and sadnesse of treuthe. And opynlyapertly, or openly GMP. apertly QT. it isis schewid QT. a greet sacrament of pite, thatwhich V. thatOm. OSV. is schewid in fleischfleisch takynge QT., isit is V. iusti|fied in spiritspirit, for he conceyued of the Holy Gost QT., it apperide to aungelsaungelis, for they prophecieden it QT., it is prechid to hethen men, it is byleuyd in theOm. X. world, it is takyn vp in glorie.

 CAP. IV.

Forsoth the spirit seith opynli, forthat V. in the laste tymes summesummen AMPQV. sum men NO. summe men Y. schulen departe fro the feith, ȝyuynge tent to spiritis of errour, and to techingistechinge O. of deuels; in ypocrisye spekinge lesyng, and hauynge her conscience brentbrent, or corrupt QT., forbedynge forOm. SX. to weddebe weddid V., forOm. SX. to absteyne fro metis, theOm. MVX. whichethat X. God made `of noȝtor ordeynede to man QT. forOm. SX. to take with doyngedoyngus SY. of thankingisthankingis; forsoth it is doynge of thankingis K., toof K. feithful men, and hem that hanOm. QT. knowen the treuthe. For echwhich V. creature of God is good, and no thing is to be cast awey, theOm. V. which is takun with doynge of thankingis; forsothfor V. it is halwid by `the word of Goddoinge of thankyngis T., and `by preierpreiynge O. preier, fro the vnclennesse QT.. Thou puttinge forth these thingis to britheren, schalt be a good myn|istre of Crist Jhesu; thouOm. GMSX. that O. norischid with wordis of feith and of gooda good QT. doctryne, thatwhich V. thou hast gete `in suyngeOm. V.. Forsothe schonyeshone AMNPSX. shunne GT. eschewe OV. thou vncouenable fablis and veynveyn, or olde wymmens fablis AG sec. m. NSY. elde wommenus fablis V.; sothliOm. V. haunte thi silf to pite. Forwhi bodili `excercitacioun, or traueling, or ab|stinencetraueylinge, or abstenence, or exortacioun G. excitacioun, or tr. or abst. K. traueling, or abstynence, or excercitacioun MP. ex|cercitacioun, or traueling O. traueilynge, or abstinence Q. traueile, or abstinence TV., to litil thing is profytable; for|sothbut V. pite is profytable to alle thingis, hauynge biheeste of lyf that now is, and tois to O. comyngecome SX.. A trewe word, and worthi alOm. SY. accepciounacceptacioun A. accepcioun, is this that I seye of pyte QT.. Sothli in this thingthing, that we ben constreyned by pyte QT. we traueilen, and ben cursid, for we hopen in quyk God, that is sauyour of alle men, moost of feithful men. Comaunde thou this thing, and teche. No man dispise thi ȝongtheȝouthe X., but be thou ensaumpleexsaumple SX. of feith|ful men in word, in lyuynge, inand in S sec. m. Y. charite, in feith, inand G pr. m. chastite. The while Ithei V. come, taak tent to redinge, to exortaciounmonestyng QT., `or monestyngOm. OQTX., and teching. Nyle thou dis|pisenot dispise QT., `or litil chargeOm. X., the grace `of God thatwhich V. is in thee, that is ȝouun to thee by prophecieprophecie, or inspiracioun QT., with puttynge toon V. of hondisthe hondes AGMNOPQSTVY. of prestisprest GMO. prestis, myȝty in good werkis QT. presthood V. the prest X., `or presthodOm. OQVX.. Thenk thou thes thingisthingis bisily QT., in these be thouthou myndeful QT., that thi profytyng be schewid, `or knowunOm. GMOPQTX. outher knowen S., to alle men. Tak tent to thi silfsylf, hou thou lyuist QT. and doctrynto doctrine OQT.; behou thee owe to teche, and be QT. bisy in hemhem that thou profyte QT.. SothliOm. T. For V. thou doynge thes thingis, schalt make `thi silfbothe thiself V. saf, and hem that heeren thee.

 CAP. V.

Blame thou not an elder manman vnauisely QT., but bi|sechbiseche hym QT. as aOm. NP. fadir, ȝonge men, as britheren; olde wymmen, as modris, ȝonge wymmen, as sistris, in al chastite. Chapt. V. begins here in V.Honoure thoutho S. the Y. widewis, that ben verrey widewis. For|soth if ony widew hath sonesones AGMNOPQSTVY., or childrenchildre GMSX. Om. QT. ofOm. QT. sonessonys cosyns GMP. cosyns QT., lernelere SX. sche firstOm. QT. forOm. SX. to gouerne hir housmeynee QT., and `chaungable whiletogidere ȝeelde while QT. ȝelde while togidere V., or ech to othirOm. QTVX., ȝeldeto ȝelde OX. Om. QTV. to fadir and modirto modur O. modir, the whiche thing we don iustly, whenne we norischen, or enfourmen hem that ben with us, with the same lawe that we weren no|risched QT.; soth|lifor whi V. this thing is aceptidaccept GMPQT sec. m. bifore God. For|soth she that is a widowe verily, andand is SY. de|solat, `or discomfortidor left alone QT. Om. X., hopehoop sche QT. intoin QT. God, and wakewake bisily Q. take bisili T. be besy V., `or be bysiOm. GMOPQTVX., in bisechingis and preieris nyȝt and day. Forwhi scheeche O. that is lyuynge in delycisdelites N., is deeddeed, in soule QT.. And this thing comaunde thou, that thei be with|oute reprof. Forsoth if ony man hauehath V. not cure of his ownemeyne QT., and moost of his houshold menmeyne OQTX., he hath denyed the feith, and is worse than an vnfeithful, `or he|thenOm. OX. hethen QT., man. A widewe be `not chosun lessechosen not lesse AGMNPSVXY. chosen in to the temple, not lesse QT. than sixtyof sixty QTX. ȝeer, that was wyf of oon hosebonde, hauynge witnessinge in goode workis, if she norischenorsched AGMNOPQSVXY. sonessonys in the lawe QT., if she res|seyueresceyued AGMNOPQSVXY. pore men to herbore, if she hathhaue GMPQT. waischyn the feet of hooly men, if she vndirmynistridemynistride V. towith oute desire of preisynge to QT. men suffringe tribu|lacioun, if she folowideschewid Q. al good work. Forsoth escheweeschewe thou V. ȝongere widewiswidues, not doynge these thingis QT.; for|sothefor V. whanne thei han don leccherie in Cristin Crist, vowinge to him chastite QT. Om. V., thei wolen be weddidweddid in Crist V., hauynge dampnacioundampnacioun, in her defoulid conscience QT., for thei han maad the firste feithfeith to Crist QT. voide. Also forsothe and thei ydel lernenleren SX. forOm. SX. to enuyrownego aboute V. housis, not oonly forsoth ydel, but andthey ben QT. ful of wordisword T. and curiousecuriosite O. curiouse werkis QT., spekinge what thingthenges AGMNOPQSTVY. `it bihouethbyhouen QT. not. Therfore I wole, ȝongerethat ȝungere widewis V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. be weddidweddid, that these thingis byfallen hem not QT., forOm. SVX. toOm. V. brynge forth sonessonys, in dreed of the Lord QT., forOm. SVX. toOm. V. be hosewyueshuswijues, wele reulynge her meynee QT., forOm. SX. to ȝyue noonto noon Q. occasioun to the aduersarieaduersarie, in ydelnesse QT., bicause of cursid thing. `Now forsothFor now V. summesumme widues QT. ben turned abac aftir SathanasSatanas, folewynge her lustis QT.. If ony feithful man hath widewisof his kynne verre widues QT., vndirmyn|istremynistre V. he to hem, that the chirche be not greuyd, that it suffice to hem that ben verri widewiswidues, and han noon othere help QT.. The prestis that bengon QT. wel bi|foresouereyns V., `that isor QT., treuly kepenkepen well OX. presthod, be theiOm. V. hadd worthi double honour; moost thei that trauelen in word and techingfor to hem men owen to obeien goostly, and to mynystre to hem nescessarie lyflode, et e contrario peruersis. G marg.. SothliFor whi V. the scripture seith, Thou schalt not bridele the mouth toof V. thean S. Om. Y. oxe threischinge, and, A werkman is worthi his hyre. Nyle thou resceyue accusyng aȝens aOm. V. prest, no but vndir tweyetwo GMPQSTX. tweyne VY. or thre witnessiswitnessis, that is vndir witnesse of the olde lawe and the newe, and the autore of hem bothe QT.. For|sotheOm. QT. `repreue thou men synnynge bifore alle menMen synnynge before alle men reprene thou QT., that andOm. G pr. m. othere haue drede. I preie, orOm. X. coniureadiure QT. Om. X., theeOm. OPVXY. bifore God, and `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist V., and his chosne angels, that thou kepe thes thingis, and withoutendo noo thing withouten V. bifore dom `doynge nothingOm. V., bowyngein bowinge V. into another partOm. T.. `To no man soone thou schalt putte hondisTo no man soone thou schalt putten thin hondis G sec. m. N. To no man soone t. s. p. hondis, but bisily preue hem QT. Put thou hondis to no man sone V. To no m. t. s. p. hondis soone Y., nether `thou schalt comunecomune thou V. with othere mennis synnessynnes, in consent Q. synners, in consent T.. Kepe thi silf chast. Nyle thou ȝit drynke watirwatir, for thy grete besenesse QT., but use a litil wyn for thi stomak, and thin ofte falling infirmytees. `Sum mennisSummen GQT. synnes ben opyn, `bifore goyngegoende biforn S. to dom; forsoth of `sum mensummen AGMNPQV. summe STX. andOm. QT. thei suenfolewen GMP. vndirfolewen QT.. Also and goode dedis ben opyn, and thothei GMPQT. that han hemherd Y. othirwysein other manere V., mownmay O. not be hid.

 CAP. VI.

WhoWhat V. euere `seruauntis benben seruauntis GMPQT. vndir ȝok, demegesse QT. thei her lordislord SY. worthi al honour, lest the name of `the Lordher Lord God QT. andOm. MP. doctrynOm. M. his doctrine QT. be blasfemydblasfemyd, by her grucchynge QT.. Forsoth thei that han feithfulfeithful lordis V., `or cristeneOm. X., lordis, dispise nothem not QT., for thei ben britherenbritheren in God QT.; but more serue theithei hem QT., for thei ben feithful and loued, theOm. V. whiche ben parceners of beneficebenefices GOT., `or good doyngOm. OVX. or good doynge, that is now and for to cumme QT.. `These thingis teche thouTeche thou thes thingis V., and `these thingis moneste thoumoneste thou thes thingis V.. If ony man techithteche T. othirwyse, and acordith not to the hooleholi AN. hoolsum VX., `or holsumOm. OVX., wordis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and to thatthe T. teching that is vpafter GMPQT. bi V. pite, ishe this QT. he is V. proudprouyd K., `no thing kunnyngeand can noo thing V., but langwischingelanguischith V. abouteafter O. questiouns and fiȝtingis of wordis, of theOm. SX. whiche ben brouȝt forth enuyes, stryues, blasfemyes, yuele suspiciouns, fiȝtingis of men corupt in soule, `or resounOm. X., and that ben priuedpriued, or departide QT. frofor K. treuthe, demynge wynnynge forOm. SX. to be pite. Forsoth a greet wynnyngeuerelastynge wynnynge QT. is pite, with sufficience. ForsothFor V. we brouȝtenbroȝten in X. no thingthing in G. in to this world, no dowte, forthat V. we mown not bere awei ony thing. For|sotheBut we V. hauynge foodis, and with what thingisthing O. we schulen be clothidclad SX. hilid V., `with these thingissufficient thingis QT. Om. V. be weOm. G pr. m. payedpayed with these thingis V.. Forwhi thei that wolen be maadOm. V. riche, fallen into tempta|cioun, and into gnarethe gnare AG. the snare O. snaare V. of the deuelfeende O., andand into QTV. manye vnprofitable desyris and noyowsnoyes O., theOm. V. whiche drenchen men into theOm. A sec. m. GMNPQSTVXY. deeth and perdicioun. SothlyFor whi V. the roote of alle yuels is couetyse, theOm. V. which `sum mensummen AGMPV. coueitynge, `or desyringeOm. GMOPQTX., erreden fro the feith, and bisettidengraffiden G sec. vice. bisetteden, or graffeden MP. ingraffiden QT. bisetten SX. bysettynge Y. hem with many sor|wis. ForsothBut V. thou, man of God, fle thes thingis; sothli sue thou riȝtwysnesse, pite, feith, chariteand charite T., pacience, myldenesse. Stryue thouthou, with discrecioun of deed, that it profite to other QT. a good strif ofof the S. feith, catche euer|lastyng lyf, into which thou art clepid, and hast knowlechid a good knowleching bi|fore many witnesses. I comaunde to thee bifore God, that quykeneth alle thingis, andOm. M. in N. and bifore V. Crist Jhesu, that ȝeldeȝeeldide GPQTV. hath ȝelden N. a witnessing vndir Pilat of Pounce, a good confessioun, that thou kepe the comaundement with|outen wem, irreprehensible, til into the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; whom the blessid and alooneall oon G. myȝty kyng of kingis, and Lord of lordis, schal schewe in hishis couenable QT. Om. SY. tymes. TheOm. V. which aloone hath im|mortalitevndeadlynesse GMPQTV., and dwellith in liȝt, to whichwhome QT. no man may comecome, with outen hym QT.; whom noon of men syȝsawe as he is QT., but nether may se; to whom glorie, and honour, and empire intobe V. withouten ende. Amen. Comaunde thou to `riche menthe riche men GMY. the rijche V. of this world, forOm. SX. that V. `to not sauerethei vndirstonde not V., `or vndirstondeOm. OVX., hiȝlyhiȝly, or proudly QT., nethirne X. forOm. SX. that V. tothei V. hope in vncerteynte of richessis, but in quyk God, that ȝyueth to vs alleOm. T. thingis plenteuously forOm. SX. to vse; forOm. SX. to do wel, forOm. SX. to be maad riche in goode werkis, liȝtli forOm. SX. to ȝyue, forOm. SX. to comune, forOm. SX. to tresoure to hem silf a good foundement into tyme toOm. Y. comyngecomen SX., that thei catche euerlasting lyif. Thou Tymothe, kepe thethi GMPQT. depoost, or thing bitakun to thee, eschewingeof schewid G. ethchewyng T. curside nouelteesnouelte QT. ofor P. voyces, and opynyounsopynioune OX. of fals name of kun|nyng ; theOm. V. whichwhiche kunnynge QT. `sum mensummen AGMPQTV. summe NS. bihetyngebileuynge Q., fallidenfellen GMPQX. fallen ST. doun aboute the feith. The grace of God withbe with V. thee. Amen.

 Here endith the firste pistle to Tymo|the, and bigynneth the prolog to the se|cunde pistleHere endeth the first pistle to Tymothe, and now bigynneth the secounde. A. Heere endith the firste pistil to Tymothe, and bygynneth the prologe of [oon N.] the secounde pistil YN. Here eendith the first epistel to Thimothe, and bygynneth the prologe of the ij. O. Here endith the firste pistle to Tymothe, and bygynneth the secounde pystle to Tymothe. Q. Here endith the pistle to Tymothe, and bigynne the prologe upon the secunde pistle. V. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. II. TIMOTHY. Prolog to the secunde pistle to TymotheProloge S. No initial rubric in Y. No prologue in AGMQX. In NT of the second text..

ALSO he wrytith to Tymothe of theOm. O. exortacioun of martirdom, and of al the reule of treuthe; and whatwhat thenges O. bethben OS. be V. to com|yngecomen S. in the laste tymes, and of his owne passioun; writinge to him fro Rome cite.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistleHere eendeth the prologe, and bygynneth the secoun[de] epistle to Tymothe. O. The secound pistle to Tymothe. PQT. No final rubric in SVY.. The secunde epistle to TymotheFrom M. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

Poul, apostlethe apostell O. of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the biheeste of lyf that is in Crist Jhesu, to Tymothe, his mooste dereworthedere S. sone, grace, mercy, and peespees be to thee V. of God ourethe V. fadir, andand of V. Jhesu Crist, oure Lord. I do thankyngis to my God, to whom I serue fro my progenitoursprogenytoure N. progenitours, either auncetris V. in clene conscience, forthat V. withouten ceessyng I haue mynde of thee in my preieris, nyȝt and day, desyringe forOm. SX. to se thee; IOm. G pr. m. PSX. beynge QT. And I am V. myndeful of thi teeris, that I bebe fillid V. with ioye fulfillidOm. V.; takingeand I take V. recordingein recording SXY., `or myndeOm. G pr. m. OX., of that feith, that is in thee not feyned, theOm. V. whiche andOm. T. also V. dwellidedwellith Y. first in thin aunte Loyde, and in thi modir Ennyce. Sothli I am certeyn, that andOm. O. in theethee it is QT.. For which cause I monestemonestede G. moneste thee NV., that thou reyse aȝen the grace of God, that is in thee bi theOm. O. `on puttingesetting on V. of myne hondis. SothliForwhi V. God ȝaf not to vs the spirit of dredefals drede QT., but of vertu, and of loue, andand of GMPQTV. so|brenesse. `And soTherfore V. nyle thouthou not Y. schame the witnessing of oure Lord JhesuJhesu Crist AGMNOPQTV., nether me, theOm. SY. boundyn of him; but trauele `with methou togidere V. in the gospel vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the vertu of God; that delyuerede vs, and clepide with histhis V. hooli clepyng, not aftir oure workis, but vpafter GMPQT. bi V. his purpos and grace, that is ȝouyn `to vsOm. V. in Crist Jhesu bifore worldli tymes; now forsoth it is opyn bi the liȝtnyngliȝting X. of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist, theOm. V. which sothli distruyede deeth, forsotheand V. liȝtnedehe liȝtnyde QT. liȝtede X. lyf and vncorupciouncorrup|cioun G pr. m. bi the `gospel. InOm. G pr. m. theOm. SX. which I am sett a prechour and apostle, and maistir of hethen menmen, for the multitude that sueth me in byleue QT.. For whichthe whiche S. cause also I suffre thes thingis; butand O. I am not confoundid. ForsothFor V. I woot to whom I haue bileuyd, and I am certeyn forthat OV. he is myȝti forOm. SX. to kepe my depoosthelthe QT., `or thing putt in kepingOm. QTX., into that day. `Haue thouHauynge SV. the foorme of hoolhoolsum V. wordis, theOm. V. whiche thou herdist of me in feith and loue in Crist Jhesu. Kepe thou a good depoost, `or a thing takyn to thi kepingor a thing taken to thi keepynge [or G sec. m.] office GMP. Om. NOSX. that is, thin office QT. or thing taken to thi keping V., bi the Hooly Gost, that dwellith in vs. SothliOm. V. thou woost, thatthis that V. alle that bendwell O. in Asye ben turnedturned awey V. fro me, of whichewhome PQT. is FigelusPhigelius GMQ. Filetus N. in aliis libris Figelius et Philegus N marg. Philegius T. and ErmogenesErmogenes, moost contrarie QT.. The Lord ȝyue mercy to the hous of Onoze|pherus, for ofte he refreischide me, and schamyde not my chayne. But whanne he cam to Rome, he souȝte meOm. QT. bisyli, and fondfoond me QT.. The Lord ȝyue toOm. S. him forOm. G pr. m. MPQSTX. to fynde mercy of God in that dayday of hys cummynge QT.. And how grete thingis he mynistride to me at Ephecy, thou `hast betere knoweknow|ist betere V..

 CAP. II.

Therfore thou, my sone, be comfortid in grace that is in Crist Jhesu. And what thingis thou hast herd of me by many witnessis, bitake thou these to feithful men, theOm. VX. whichethat X. schulen be able andOm. O. also V. forOm. SX. to teche othere men. Trauele thou as aOm. TV. good knyȝt of `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist V.. No man holdinge knyȝthod to God, inwlap|pithinwrappith QT. inwlappid Y. him silf with worldli nedis, that he plese to him, to whom he hath prouyd him silf. Forwhi andOm. QT. he that stryuethfiȝtith OY., `or fiȝtithOm. OSX. or stryueth Y., inin a OVX. batel, schal not be crowned, `no butbot ȝif OQT. he schalOm. TV. fiȝtfiȝteth V. lawfully. It bi|houeth an erthe tilier forOm. SX. to resceyue first of the fruytisfruytis, that he traueileth QT. frut S.. Vndirstond thouOm. X. what thingis I seie. SothliForwhi V. the Lord schal ȝyue to thee in alle thingis vndirstondyng. Be thou myndeful thethat the V. Lord Jhesu CristCrist of the seed of Dauid V. `for toOm. SVX. hauehath V. risyn aȝen fro deede menOm. X., `of the seed of DauidOm. V., vpafter GMPQT. bi V. my gospel, in which I trauele `til tovnto GMPQT. boondis, as yuel worchinge, but the word of God is not boundyn. Therfore I susteynesuffre V. alle thingis for the chosene, that andOm. G. thei gete the heelthe, that is in Crist Jhesu, with he|uenly glorie. A trewe wordword is this that I seye QT., forwhi if we ben to gidere deededeed to the world QT., and we schulen lyue to gidereto gyder in blisse QT.; if we schulenOm. V. susteynesuffre as martires QT. suffren V., andOm. QT. we schulen regne to gidereto gyder with Crist chief martre QT.; if we schulenOm. V. denyedenye hym QT., and he schal denye vs; if we bileuen not, he dwellith feithful, he may not denye him silfsilf, that he mot punysche oure mysbyleue, and vs putte doun, vpreise feithful QT.. ForsothTeche thou V. thes thingis `I monesteOm. V., witnessingewitnessinge hem QT. bifore God. Nyle thou stryue in wordis; forsothforwhi V. to no thing it is profitable, no but to the subvertyngturnynge vpsedoun MPQT. of men heeringe. ForsotheOm. V. bisylibisy A. curecure thi self GMPQT. charge thou O., `or kepeOm. GMOPQTX., forOm. OX. for thiself Y. to ȝyue `thi selfthee GMPQT. Om. SY. prouablea prouable GMPQTV., `or ableOm. GMPQTX. an able O. or preisable V., werk man to God, vnschamydvnschameful V., `or worthi not forOm. S. to be schamedGloss om. GMOPQTX. or not worthi for to be schamed VY., riȝtli tretinge the word of treuthe. Forsoth schonyeschunne GQT. schone MNPSX. eschewe OV. thou vnhooli and veyn spechis, sothliforwhi V. theitho V. profiten moche to vnpitevnfeithfulnesse V., and the word of hemhem, by litil and litil QT. crepith as a kankir. Of `the whichwhom MQT. which VX. Philete is, and Imeneus, theOm. V. whiche feldenfellen MPQST. doun fro theOm. SV. treuthe, seyinge `risynge aȝenaȝenrisyng O. now don, andand thei V. subuertidenturneden vpsa|doun GMPQT. the feith of sum men. But the sad foundement of God stondithstant SX., hauynge this litilOm. V. markemarke, either signet V., The LordLord God V. `hath knowynknowith V. whiche ben hise, and, Ech man that namethnemneth GMQT. inclepith N. the name of the LordLord verrelye QT., departithdeparte SX. fro wickidnesse. Forsoth in thea GMPQT. greet hows ben not oonli `goldyn vesselsvessels of gold V. and siluerenof syluer V., but andalso V. treenetreenen GMT. treen Q. of tree V. and brutilof erthe V., `or ertheliOm. OVX.; and sothli summe `in toben in to V. in T. honour, summe forsoth into dispit. Therfore if ony man `schal clenseclensith V. him silf fro thesethese, that ben into dispite QT., he schal be aOm. N. vessel halwid into honour, and profytable to the Lord, redy tointo QT. al good work. Forsothe fle thou theOm. GMNPQSVXY. desyris of ȝoutheȝongthe MV.; sothli sue thou riȝtwisnesse, feith, charite, pees, with hem that inclepeninwardly clepen V. the Lord of aOm. A pr. m. QT. clene herte. Forsoth schonyeschunne GQT. shone MPX. schone O. eschewe V. thou foltische questiouns, and withoute disciplynekunnyng V., witynge forthat V. theitho VX. gendren chidingis. Forsoth it bi|houeth the seruaunt of `the LordGod X. forOm. S. to not chydeto chiden X.; but forOm. SX. to beOm. VX. mylde to alle men, able forOm. S. to teche, pacient, with temperaunce reprouynge hem that aȝen|stonden theOm. GMOPQT. treuthe, thatand G pr. m. sum tyme God ȝyue hemto hem V. penaunce forOm. SX. to knowe the treuthe, andthat and V. thei ryse aȝen fro snaris of the deuyl, of whom thei ben holdyn cay|tifcaytiffis GMPQT. at his wille.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe wite thou this thing, that in the laste dayes perelouse tymes schulen `stonde nyȝneiȝe V., and men schulen be louynge hem silf, coueitous, hiȝ of beringe, proude, blasfemesblasfemers V., not obedient to fadir and mo|dirmodir, in leful thing Q. modir, in leueful thingis T., vnkynde, cursid, withoute affeccioun, `or good willeOm. MOPQTX., withoute pees, fals blam|erischalengers T., vncontynentvncontynent, or vnchast QT., vnmylde, withoute be|nygnyte, traitours, proterueouerthwert OX. froward Q. frauward T., `or ouer|thwertor fra|werd G. or ouerwhert, frowerd MP. Om. OQTX., bollunbolned G sec. m. O. blowen X. `with proude thouȝtisOm. X., louerisblinde louers V. of lustis more than of God, hau|ynge sothli the spicelicnesse GMOPQT., `or licnesseOm. GMOPQTX., of pite, forsothebut V. denyinge the vertu of it. And escheweethchewe T. thou thesethese men QTV.. Of these `sothli theiforsothe thei G. forsothe it O. ben that peersen housis, and leeden litle wymmen caytifscaytif O. chargidchargen Y. with synnessynnys; for vertuouse wymmen dispisen hem QT., theOm. NV. whichewhiche caitif wymmen QT. ben ledd with diuerse desyris, euermore lernyngelerende S., and neuereneuermore X. perfitly comyng toto the AGMNQ STVXY. sciencekunnynge GMPQT. of treuthe. Forsoth as Jannes and MambreMambres QTV. aȝen stooden Moy|ses, so and these `aȝen stondenaȝenstoden VX. treuthe, menthese men ben QT. corupt in soule, `or vndirstondyngeOm. G pr. m. MOPQTX., reprouedthe proued Y pr. m. the reproued Y sec. m. aboute the feith. But ferther thei schulen notnot ouer this present tyme QT. profyte, sothli the vn|wysdom of hem schal be knowen to alle men, as and hern waswas by Moyses QT.. Forsoth thou hast getynfolowid G sec. m. QT. my techingdoctrine GMPQT., `and ordynaunceOm. O. ordynaunce V., purposyngpurposen G pr. m. purpos G sec. m. my purpose QT., feith, longe abidyng, loue, pa|cience, persecuciounspersecucioun X., passiouns, what ma|ner ben maad to me at Antyoche, at Ico|nye, at Listris, what maner persecuciouns I suffride, and the Lord hathOm. Q. delyuered me `of alle. Andand of O. alle men that wolen lyue piteuouslypitously, or feithfully V. in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun. Forsoth yuel men and dis|ceyueris schulen profyteprofite, either encreese V. into worse, err|yngeerrynge hem silf QT., and sendyngsendynge othere QT. into errour. But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerdlerned GMNOPQTVY. lerid X., and ben bitakuntaken SY. to thee, witynge of whom thou hast lerudlerned GMNPVY. lernyd, for of the Holy Gost QT.; and for thou hast knowun hooly lettris fro thi ȝongtheȝouthe alii., `or childhodOm. GMOPQTX., theOm. V. whiche mouwn lerneenfourme QT. lere SX. thee to heelth, by feith that is in Crist Jhesu. ForsothForwhi V. al `scripture of Godgodly scripture, of whom God is autoure QT. yn|spyridenspirid of hym QT. is profitable to teche, to arguwerepreue V., `or proueOm. OVX., tofor to V. reprouereproue with GMP. repreue with the wicked QT. chastise V., foror for K. Om. QSTX. to lerneleren SX. in riȝtwysnesse, that the man of God be perfyt, lerudlernyd GMNPQTVY. `to al good werkOm. O. to alle good werkis Y..

 CAP. IV.

I witnesse, `or preie, or coniureOm. GMOPQTX., bifore God andin K. Crist Jhesu, that `is toschal V. dem|yngedemen SX. deme V. theOm. O. quyk and deedthe dead TV., byand bi V. the com|yngekunnynge K. of hym, and the kyngdom of him, preche the word, be thou bisy `couenably with oute resteto couenable and vncouenable QT., arguwerepreue QT. repreue thou V., `or proueor reproue M. Om. QSTVX., bi|sechebiseche thou V., blameblame thou V. in al pacience and doctryn. ForsothForwhi V. tyme schal becomen S., whanne men schulen not susteynesuffre GMOPQTV., `or suffreOm. GMOPQTVX., `hool, orOm. GMOPQTVX. holsum, techingdoctrine GMPQST., but atand to N. her desyris thei schulen gadere to gideretogidere to hem silf V. maistris ȝitchingeplesinge QT. colourende X., `or plesyngeOm. QTX., to theher ychynge QT. eeris. And treuly thei schulen turne awey thehere QT. heeringe fro treuthe, but to fablis thei schulen turnebe turnyd GMPQT. to gidere. Forsothe wake thou, in alle thingis trauele thouthou, to edefie britheren QT., dodo thou O. the work ofof the GMO. euangelisteuangelist, that is, to fulfille in dede treuthe spoken QT., fulfillefille V. thi seruyse, `or officeOm. GMOPQTX., be thou sobre. ForsothFor V. I am sacrifysidsacrified T. now, and the tyme of my `reso|lucioun, or deethdeth, or resolucioun GMP. dethe QT. departing, or deth V. resolucioun X., is nyȝ. I haue stryuyn a good stryf, I haue endid the cours, I haue kept the feith. In the tothir tymetyme to cumme QT. a crowne of riȝtwysnesse is kept to me, theOm. V. which the Lord `schal ȝelde to me in that day, iust domesmaniust domesman schal ȝelde to me in that day V.; forsoth not oonly to me, but `and to theseto hem GMPQ. hem T. that louenloueth Y. his comyng. HiȝeHiȝe thou V. forOm. SX. to come to me soone. Forsothforwhi V. Demas `hath forsakyn me, louynge this worldlouynge this world, hath forsakyn me V., and wente tointo O. Tessa|lonyk, Cressens into GalathieGalathie is sent QT., Tyte into DalmatichyDalmacie N.; Luk aloone is with me. TaakTake thou V. Mark, and ledebringe V. toOm. NV. to hidre QT. with thee; for|sothfor V. he is profitable to me into seruyseseruyse. Titicus sotheli I sente to Ephesi N. seruice. Forsothe I sente Titicus to Effesi V.. PenulamPenula QT., `that isOm. QT., clotha clothe G. Om. QT. ofOm. QT. Ro|maynsthe Romayns GMP. Om. QT. Rome X., `or bookOm. G pr. m. MPV. or a booke G sec. m. after Jerom is clepid a boke, and after Haymound a clothe of the Romayns. QT. Gloss om. in V., which I lefte at Tro|ade atanentis GMPQT. Carpe, thou comyng bryngbrynge it QT. with thee, and the bookis, moost forsothe par|chemynusthe parchemynus A. parchemyne GMP. be thou myndeful to brenge parchemyne QT.. Alisaundre, the tresorer, schewide to me manye `yuele thingisyuels V.; theOm. G. Lord schal ȝelde to hym vpafter GMPQTV. his workiswerk X.. Whom and thou escheweethchewe T.; `ful greetli forsoth he aȝenstoodfor he aȝenstod ful greetli V. myoure V. wordis. In my firste defence no man `was tohelpide V. me, but alle forsoken me; be it not rettidarettid V. to hem. Forsoth the Lord `stood nyȝ tohelpide V. me, and comfortide me, that the preching beof his word be QT. fulfillidfullid T. fillid V. by me, and that alle folkis heere, andthat S. I am delyuered fro mouththe mouth ANSVXY. of the lyoun. Forsoth the Lord dely|uerede me fro al yuel werk, and schal makemake me QTY sec. m. saaf into hisOm. M. heuenli kingdom, to whom gloriebe glorie V. into worldisalle worldis G. of worldis. Amen. Greete wel Prisca, and Aquyla, and the hows of Onosephorus. Forsoth Erastus dweltelefte O., `or lefteOm. GMOPQSTX., at CorynthiCorynthe GMNQT.. ForsothFor T. I lefte Trophymus syk at My|lete. SothliOm. V. hiȝe thouOm. M. forOm. SX. to come bi|fore wynter. EmbolusEubolus QTX., and Prudent, and Lynus, and Claudia, and alle bri|theren, greeten theeȝou T. wel. Oure Lord Jhesu Crist withbe with QTV. thi spirit. The grace of God withbe with V. ȝouthee S.. Amen.

 Here endith the secunde pistle to Tymothe, and bigynneth the prolog to TyteHeere endith the secounde pistle to Tymothe, and now bigynneth epistle to Tyte. A. Here eendeth the second epistel to Thimothe, and bygynneth the prologe of the epistel to Tyte. O. Here endeth the secounde pistle to Tymothe, and bygynneth the pistle to Tyte. Q. Here endith the secunde pistle to Tymothe, and bigyn|neth the pistle to Tite, with the prologe. V. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. TITUS. Prolog to the epistle to TyteProloge. S. No initial rubric in Y. No prologue in AGMPQX. In NT of later text..

TYTE he counceilith, and enformeth of the ordynaciounordi|naunce OS. `of prest andOm. K. of prestes and O. of spiritual conuersaciounconuersaciouns Y., and of heretikis `to bethat ben V. auoydidvoided S., the whiche bileuenbileeuith VY. inOm. V. Jewis wrytingewritynges OSVY.; he writith fro Nico|polisNicopolypis KY..

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the epistle to TyteNo final rubric in SY.. The epistle to TyteFrom M. The pistle to Tyte PQTXY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

Poul, the seruaunt of God, apostleforsothe apostle V. of Jhesu Crist, vpafter MPQT. bi V. the feith of the chosene of God, andand bi the V. knowynge of the treuthe, theOm. V. which is vpafter MPQTV. pite, ininto the V. hope of euere lastyng lyf, thatwhich lijf V. God bihiȝteOm. V., that lyeth notnot, bihiȝte V., bifore `worldly tymestymes of the world V.; forsoth he schewide in his tymes his word, `or soneor his sone Crist QT. Om. X., in preching, that is bitakyn to me vpafter MPQT. bi V. the comaundement of oure sauyour God, to Tyte, bilouedthe bylouyd QT. moost derworthe V. sone vpaftir MPQT. bi V. the comun feith, grace and pees of God the fadir, and of Crist Jhesu, oure sauyour. For gracethe cause V., `or causeOm. VX., of this thing I lefte thee at Crete, that thou amende tho thingis that faylen, and ordeyne `by cytees prestisprestis bi citees V., as and I disposide to thee. If ony man is withouten cryme, `or greet synneor greet gylt MPQT. Om. OX., hous|bonde of o wyfwif, kepynge withouten wemme the vnyte of baptem QT., hauynge feithful sones, not in accusacioun of leccherie, or not suget. ForsothFor V. it bihoueth a bischop forOm. SX. to be withoute crime, asas a QT. dispendourdispensatur Y. of God, not proud, not wrathful, not `vynolent, that isOm. OQTVX., `moche ȝouun to wynȝouen myche to wyn QTX. ful of wyn V., notnot a QT. smytere, not coueitous of foul wyn|nyngewynnynges O.; but holdinge hospitalite, benygne, prudent, sobre, iust, hooly, contynentcontynent fro vnleful thing QT., biclippyng thathym that after doctrine of seyntis is a QT. a Y sec. m. `trewe wordwrd trewe X., `that is vp doctrynOm. QT. that is after doctryn V. that is on doctryn X.; that he be myȝti forOm. SX. to amo|nestemonesten X. in hoolsum techingdoctrine, or techinge O., and to re|proue hem that `aȝen seynaȝen seyn the treuth QT.. ForsothFor V. ther ben manye vnobedient, and veyn spekeris, and disceyuers, moostmoost forsothe O. thei that ben of cir|cumcisioun, whomwhiche V. it bihoueth forOm. SX. to be reprouyd; theOm. V. whiche subuertenvpturnen QT. alleOm. QT. housis, teching whiche thingisthenge O. it bihou|eth not, for graceloue O. cause T. the loue V., `or loueOm. MOPSTVX., of foul wyn|nyng. Summe oonOm. QT. of hem, `the propre prophete ofther propre prophet, of P. their prophete that knewȝ Q. her propre prophete that knewe T. hem, seide, Men of CreteCreete derkid in vice [vices T] ben QT. Crete ben V. euermore lyeris, yuel beestisbeestis thristynge blood QT., `slow ofof slouȝ V. wombewombe, or lustye QT.. This witnessing is trewe. For whatthe whiche QT. causething T. blame hem sore, that thei be hool in feith, not ȝyuynge tent to fablis of Jewis, and to maundementis of men, turn|ynge `hem aweyawey hem K pr. m. VX. fro treuthe. Sotheli alle thingis ben clene to clene menmen, in her kynde and significacioun QT.; forsoth to vnclene men and vnfeithful no thing is clenecleen, for her vnworthinesse QT., but and the soule, `or resounor resoun of hem MOPQT. Om. X., andand the O. conscience `of hemOm. MPQT. ben maad vncleneclene T.. Thei knowlechen hemhem by word QT. Om. V. forOm. SVX. `to hauethat thei V. knowe God, forsoth by dedis thei denyendenyen hym QT.; whanne thei ben abomynable, and vnby|luefulvncleenfull O., and reprouable to al good werkwerkis Y..

 CAP. II.

`Forsothe speke thouThou forsothe speke MQT. thetho MPQTV. thingis that bicomenbysemen O. becometh X. hoolsum teching; that olde men be sobre, chast, prudent, hool in feith, inOm. O. loue, and pacience; also oldeOm. T. wymmen inamoneste thou to be clothid in QT. hooly habitehabit of shamefastnesse QT., notnot to be QT. bacbiterissclaundereris V., `or sey|inge fals blame on othere menOm. OX. puttynge fals blame to othere men QT. or seyinge fals cryme on othere men V., not seru|ynge moche to wyn, welbe they wele QT. techinge, that thei teche prudence; ȝongemoneste thou ȝunge V. wymmenwymmen amonest thou QT., that thei loue her housebondishusbondis, in vnyte of feith QT., that thei loue sonessonys, chastisynge hem QT.; theibe they QT. teche thei ȝunge wymmen to be V. prudent, chast, sobre, hauynge cure of `the housher meynee QT., benyngne, suget to her housebondis, that the word of God be not blasfemyd. Also monestemoneste thou QTV. ȝonge men, that thei be sobre. In alle thingis ȝyue thi silf ensaumpleexsaumple S. of good werkis, in teching, in hoolnesseholynesse MNP. holynesse of lyuynge QT., `withoute sclaundreOm. QT., in sadnessesad|nesse of vertues QT.. Anbe thi QT. in SV. and Y. hoolOm. QT. hoolsum V. wordword medicynal MPT. word medicinable Q., vnreprouableand vnrepreuable V.; that he that is onof V. `that othirthe tother ANOSY. the other MPQTX. the contrarie V. sydeside, or aduersarie QT., be aschamedshamid SY., `or aferdor ferd ANSY. Om. MOPQTVX., hau|ynge noon yuel thing forOm. MQSTX. to seye ofto OQT. ȝou. SeruauntisAmoneste thou seruauntes QT. Moneste thou seruauntes V., forOm. S. to be suget to her lordis; in alle thingis plesinge, not aȝen seiynge, not defraudinge, but in alle thingis schew|ynge good feith, that thei ourneonoure V. in alle thingis the doctryn of `oure sauyour GodGod oure Sauy|our MPQT.. Forsoth the grace of GodOm. O., oure sauyour, hath apperid to alle men, techingeand tauȝte V., `or lernyngeOm. MOPQTVX. or lerende S., vs, that we, forsakyngeforsake V. vn|pite, and worldly desyris, lyue sobrelisobreli in oure silf QT., and iustliiustely to oure neiȝbore QT., and piteuouslypitously to God QT., in this world, abidinge the blesside hope and the com|ynge of the glorie of greet God, and oure sauyour Jhesu Crist; that ȝaf hym silf for vs, that he schulde aȝen bye vs fro alOm. S. wickidnesse, and `made cleneschulde clense N. make clene PS. make to hymsilf QT. make clene to him silf V. a peplecleen pepul QT. acceptable `to him silfOm. QTV., suere of good werkis. Speke thou these thingis, and monestemoneste thou V., and arguwerepreue QT. blame thou V., `or proue, or re|proueor reproue MPV. Om. OQTX., with al comaundement, `or hardy|nesseOm. MOPQTVX.; noSee, no O. manman, for thy symplenesse QT. dispise thee.

 CAP. III.

AmonesteAmoneste thou MPQT. Moneste X., `or comaundeOm. MOPQTX., hem, forOm. SX. to be sugettissugette OX. to princes, and poweris; forOm. SX. to obeischeobeye S. toto the QT. seyingeseynge, or word of hem QT., forOm. SX. to be redy to al good werkwerkis Y.; forOm. SX. to blasfeme no man, forOm. SX. to be not litygiousful of chiding OQT., `or ful of chid|ingOm. OQTX., but temperaunttemperat MTVX., `or pacientOm. OX., schew|inge al myldenesse to alle men. For|sothFor V. and we weren sum tyme vnwyse, vnbileueful, erringe, and seruynge to de|syris, and dyuerse volupteeslustis QTV., indoinge in V. malice and enuye doyngeOm. V., hateful, `or worthi forOm. AMNPQSTVY. to be hatidGloss om. in OX., hatynge to gidere. For|soth whanne the benygnyte, and huma|nitemanhed O., `or manhedOm. OX. or large mercye QT., of `oure sauyour GodGod oure Sauyour MPQT. apperide, not of workis of riȝtwysnesse that we diden, but vpaftir MPQT. bi V. his mercy he made vs saaf, by waischyngethe waschinge MPQT., `or baptymOm. X., of aȝen bigetyngbiheetynge QT., and aȝen newyng of the Hooly Gost, whom he schedde out in to vs plenteuously by Jhesu Crist, oure sauyour, that we iustifyed bi his grace, be eyris vpaftir MPQT. bi V. hope of euerlastyng lyf. A trewe word isOm. MP. is this QT., and of thes thingis I wole thee forOm. MPQSTVX. tothat thou V. conferme othere men, that thei thatOm. K. bileuen to God, curenchargen O. be besy V., `or do bisy|nesseOm. OVX. or helen Q. or helen, or do her bisy|nesse T., forOm. SX. to be bifore into X. goode werkis. Thes thingis ben goode and profitable to men. Forsoth escheweethchewe T. thou foltische questiouns, and genelogies, and stryues, and fiȝtingisfiȝtynges, that thei maken QT. of the lawe; forsothfor V. thei ben vnprofitable and veyn. SchonyeSchone MP. Schoon O. Schunne QTX. Eschewe V. thou a man heretyk, aftir oon and the secunde coreccioun, `or correpcioun, or re|prouyngor reprouynge MST. Om. OQX.; witinge forthat MPQTV. he that is suchthat is, vncorrigible V marg. manera maner AMNPQSTY. man is subuertid, and trespassithtrespassid K., dampned bi his owne domdome, for wityngly he errith QT.. SothliForsothe O. Om. V. whanne I schal sende to thee Arteman, or Tytik, hyȝe, `or hasteOm. MOPQTVX., thou forOm. S. to come to me to Nicopolis; forsothfor V. I haue purposid forOm. S. to dwelle in winter ther. Bisily `sende biforesende thou bifore QT. bifore sende V. Zenam, athe QT. wyse man of lawe, and Apollo, that no thing fayle to hem. Forsothe and oure men lernelerne they QT. lere SX. forOm. SX. to be bifore in good werkis, to necessarie vsesvses, to hem silf and othere T., that thei be not vnfruytouse. Alle men that ben with me greeten thee wel. Greete thou wel hem, that louen vs in feiththe feith X.. The grace of God withbe with V. ȝou alleOm. Q.. Amen.

 Here endith the epistlepistil Y. to Tyte, and bygynneth the prolog to FilomonHere endeth the pistle to Tite, and here bigynneth the pistle to Philemon. A. Here endith the epistil to Tite, and bygynneth the prolog on the pistil to Philemon. N. No final rubric in GMPQSTX.. PHILEMON. Prolog to the pistle to FilomonProloge. G. No initial rubric in SVY. No prologue in AMPQX. In NT of later text..

To Filomon he makith homly lettris for Honesyme his seruaunt; he writith sothli to him fro Rome cite.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the epistle to FilomonNo final rubric in GSVY.. The pistle to PhilemonFrom M. The pistle to Philo|mon. PT. Here bigynneth the pistle to Tyte. (sic) Q. No initial rubric in the other Mss..

Poul, the boundun of `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist TV., and Tymothe, brothir, to Filomon, bilouyd, and oureȝoure T. helperhelpere, either oure euene worchere V., and to Apya, moost dere sistir, and to Archip, oure euene knyȝtknyȝt, and ouercoming of enmyes T., and to the chirch that is in thin hous, gracegrace be C sup. ras. V. to ȝou, and pees of God ourethe OT. fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. I do thankyngis to my God, euer more makynge mynde of thee in my preieris, heeringe thi charite and feith, that thou hast in the Lord Jhesu, and inOm. C sec. m. V. to alle hooly men, that the comunyngecomynge K. of thi feith be maad opyn, in knowynge of al good thing in Crist Jhesu. ForsothAnd C sec. m. I hadde greet ioye and comfort in thi charite, for the entraylis of hooly men restidenrestiden, or weren refreschide T. by thee, brothir. For which thing I hauynge moche trust in Crist Jhesu, forOm. SX. to co|maunde to thee that that perteyneth tono Q. thingprofit C sup. ras. V., `or profitethOm. CVX. or profit SY. or profiteth to thee T.; forbut C. more for T. Om. V. chariteOm. CV. IOm. V. be|seche moremore for charite CV. thee T. thee more Y sec. m., sithen thou art such as `Poul oldolde Poule GMP. Poule the olde N. old Poule, to whom bicometh preier T., now forsoth andOm. O. and I T. the boundyn of Jhesu CristCrist in prisoun T.. IOm. T. biseche thee for my sone Onesyme, whom I in bondis bigatbigaat to the bileue T., theOm. V. which sum tyme was `to thee vnprofit|ablevnprofitable to thee V., forsothe nownow he is T. profitable andbothe V. to `thee and to meme and to thee Y.; whomand whom S. I sente aȝen to thee. Forsoth resceyue thou him as myn entraylisentrailis, or sone T.; whom I wolde withholdeholde C sup. ras. O. with me, that he schulde serue for thee to me in bondis of the gospel; forsoth withoute thi counceil I wolde not dodo ony thing C sup. ras. V., that thi good schulde not be as of nedeneed, or constreynyng T., but willeful. `Forsoth perauentureOm. T. For perauenture V. therfore he departide fro thee atfor C sup. ras. oonOm. A pr. m. an A sec. m. GMNOPQSTVXY. a C sup. ras. ourtyme C sup. ras. houre, or schort tyme T., that thou schuldist resceyue hym intoOm. V. with|outen ende; now not as aOm. OQT. seruaunt, butOm. Q. formore than N. `a seruauntOm. Q. aOm. N. and O. moostmore T. dere brother, moostmost derworthe T. to me; forsoth how moche moremore derworthe he is T. to thee, andboth C sup. ras. V. inin the T. fleisch andso muche more and T. in the Lord? Therfore if thou hast me a felowe, re|sceyue him as me; forsoth if he hathhaue T. ony thing anoyednoied S. noȝid X. thee, `or owithOm. QX. either owith V., rettearette V. thou this thing to me. I Poul wroot with myn hond, I schal ȝelde; that I seye not to thee, that and thou owist to me thi silf. So, brother, I schal vse thee in the Lord; fulfillefulfille thou T. fille thou V. myn entraylisentrayles, or desiris O. entreilis, or affecciouns T. in CristCrist, resceiuyng Onesyme T.. I trist|nyngetristinge GMPTV. tristende X. of thin obedyence wroot to thee, witynge forthat TV. thou schalt do andOm. V. ouer that that I seye. Also forsoth and makemake thou TV. redy to me an oosteOm. C. herberewe X., orOm. C. housan hous NT. forOm. S. to dwelle inneGloss om. in X.; forwhi I hope bythat bi V. ȝoure preieris me forOm. SVX. toI schal V. be ȝouun to ȝou. Epefras, myn euene caytifOm. C., orOm. CX. prisonerOm. X. `to gi|dereOm. COX., `in Crist Jhesu, greetith thee welgreetith thee wel in Crist Jhesu XY., and Mark, Aristark, Demas, Lucasand Lucas MP., myn helpers. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist withbe with TV. ȝoure spirit. AmenOm. CK..

 Here endith the epistle to Filomon, and bigynneth the prolog to the pistle to EbrewsHere endith the pistle to Philomon, and here bigynneth the pistle to the Ebrewys. A. Here endith the pistle to Filemon, and bigynneth the prologe on the pistle to Ebrews. C. Here endith the epistil to Philemon, and bigynneth the prolog on the epistil to Ebrews suynge. N. Here endith the epistil to Philomon, and byginneth the prologe of the epistil to Ebreues. O. Here Filemon endith, and bigynneth the prologe vpon Ebreus. V. Here endith the pistil to Filomon, and bygynneth the prologe to Ebrewis. Y. No final rubric in GMPQSTX.. HEBREWS. Prolog to the pistle to EbrewsThe prologe to Ebrues. G. No initial rubric in SVY. No prologue in AGMPX; but in G a rubric. In N and T the prologue is of the second text..

IN theOm. OV. firste it is to seie, whi the apo|stle Poul in this pistleepistil SV. `in wrytyngeOm. V. neOm. S. kepte not his maner, orof KY. either V. hisOm. OV. custom, that he wroot othirether O. the word of his name, othirether OV. or S. the dignyte of ordre. This is the cause, that he wrytinge to hem that of circumcisioun hadde bileuyd, was asOm. O. an apostlepostle Y. of paymespaynymes OSV., and not of Ebrewis; knowynge also her pride, schewynge also his mekenesse by feith, the merit of his office he wolde notOm. V. seiesette Y sec. m. bifore. For in lyche maner John apostlethe apostle V., for mekenesse, in his pistleepistil OSV. his name byin O. the same re|soun putteputteth O. not bifore. ThisTherfore this S. pistleepistell OSV. ther|foreOm. S. the apostle is seid to haue sent to Ebrews ywritewriten S. in Ebrew tunge; whos witt and ordre holdynge, Luk, the euan|gelist, aftir the passinge of blessid Poul, `the apostleOm. O. apostil S., made in Grew langage.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the epistleHere eendith the prologe, and bygineth the epistil to Ebrewes. O. No final rubric in SVY.. The epistle to the EbruesFrom M. The pistle to Ebrues. P. Here bygynneth Poule pistel to the Ebrewes. Q. The pistel to the Hebrues. T. No initial rubric in VX..CAP. I.

ManyfoldBy manyfolde speche T. andand in G pr. m. T. many maners sum tyme God spekinge to fadris inbi V. pro|phetis, at the laste in thes daies spakhe spake G sec. m. MOT. to vs inbi V. the sone; whom he ordeynede eyr of alle thingis, by whom he made and the worldis. TheOm. V. which whanne he is theOm. T. schynynge of glorie, and figurethe figure X. of histhe O. substaunce, and berynge alle thingis bi word of his vertu, makynge purgacioun of synnes, sittith on the riȝthalf of ma|geste in hiȝ thingis; so mocheOm. G pr. m. maadhe is maad T. betere than aungelis, by how moche he hath inherited a more different, `or excel|lentOm. X., name bifore hem. ForsothForwhi V. to whichwhom T. of theOm. ST. aungels seide God ony tyme, Thou art my sone, I haueOm. X. `gendrid thee to dayto day gendrid thee MP.? And eftsoone, I schal be to him into fadira fadre GQT., and he schal be to me into sonea sone QT.? And whanne eftsoone he bryngeth yn the firste bigetynbigeten sone T. intoin Q. the roundnesse of theOm. S. erthe, he seith, And alleOm. Y. theOm. G pr. m. MPTY. aungels of God worschipe thei hym. And sothli `to aungels he seithhe seith to aungels V., TheOm. V. which makith his aungels spiritis, and his mynystris flawme of fyer. For|soth to the sonesone he seith T., God, thi tronetrone is V. into the world of worldworldes O.; aand a QX. ȝerd of equyte theis the V. ȝerd of thithe O. rewme; thou hast louyd riȝt|wysnesse, and hatedist wickidnesse; ther|fore Godthou God V., thi God, anoyntideoyntede X. thee with oyle of gladnesseful out ioie V., `or ioyeOm. GMOPQTVX., biforemore than V. thi felowis. And, Thou, Lord, in the bigyn|nyng foundedistfoundest NQY. the erthe, and heuenes ben werkis of thin hondis; thei schulen perische, forsoth thou schalt perfitly dwelle; and alle schulen wexe olde as a cloth, and thou schalt chaunge hem as `an amytea myte TY. a cloth V., `or girdyng abouteOm. OV. or chaunging clothe T., and thei schulen be chaungid. Forsoth thou ert the same thi silfsilf vnchaungable T., and thi ȝeeris schulen not faylen. ForsothBut V. to whichwhome GMT. of theOm. GMST. aungels seide God onyin eny T. tyme, Sitte thou on my riȝthalf, til I schalOm. V. putte thin ene|myes a stool of thi feet? WherWhether S. thei `alle ben notschal be not K. seruyng spiritis, sent into mynysteriethe ministerie O. seruice T. for hem that takentoken T. the heri|tage of heelthe?

 CAP. II.

Therfore `more plenteuouslyOm. GMPT. it bihou|eth vs forOm. SX. to kepekepe more plenteously GMPT. tho thingis, that we han herd, lest perauenture we fleten awey. ForsothFor V. if `the ilkethat X. wordOm. X. that iswas V. seyd by aungelsaungelis to Moises T. iswas V. maad sadsad, or affermyd T., and ech tres|passyng, `or breking of the laweOm. OTX., and vnobedience tookto be Q. iust retribuciounaȝen ȝeldinge O. ofOm. QX. or SY. medeOm. QX., how schulen we ascapescapen SX., if we schu|lenOm. V. despise so greet heelthe? TheOm. V. which, whanne it hadde takun bigynnynge forOm. SX. to be told out by the LordLord Jesu Crist T., of hem that herden is confermyd into vs; Godfor God V. `to gidere witnessyngewitnesside togidere V. by sygnesmyraclis V., wondrisand wondris MPTV., and greete merueylis, and dyuerse vertues, and distribuciouns of the Hooly Gost, vpafter GMPT. bi V. his wille. Forsoth not to aungelis God sugetide the roundnesse of erthethe eerthe GOY. to com|yngecome SX., of whichthe whiche GMPT. we speken. Sothli sum man witnesside in sum place, seiynge, What thing is man, that thou art mynde|ful of him, or mannis sone, for thou vi|sitidestvisyt|est AGMNPSTVXY. him? Thou `hast maadmadist GMP. hast mynuschid T. him litilOm. G. a litil T., aOm. G pr. m. T. litilOm. T. lesse frothan V. aungelis; thou hast crown|ed him with glorie and onoureouer K.; thouand thou MV. hast ordeyned him vponon VX. werkisthe werkis GMPSTVX. of thin hondis. Thou hast maad alle thingis suget vndir his feet. Forsoth in that thing that he sugetide alle thingis to him, he lefte no thing vnsugetvnsugetted GMNOPQT. to him. ForsothBut V. now we seen not ȝit alle thingis suget to him; for|soth we seen hym, that a litil iswas V. maad lesse than aungelis, Jhesu, for passioun of deeth crowned with glorie and honour, that he thorw gracethe grace G. of God schulde taaste deeth for alle men. ForsothFor V. it bicaam him, for whom alle thingis, and by whom alle thingisthingis weren maad V., theOm. V. which hadde `led to gi|derebrouȝt V. manye sones into glorie, `the maker ofOm. V. theOm. GV. `heelthe of hemOm. V., forOm. SX. to endeende, eithir make perfit V. by passiounspassiouns the maker of the heelthe of hem V.. SothelyFor V. he that halowith, and thei that ben halowid, ofben alle of V. oon allethei ben alle T. Om. V.; for which cause he is not confoundid, `or schamedOm. OQX., forOm. SX. to clepe hem britheren, seiynge, I schal telle thi name to my bri|theren; in the myddil of the chirche I schal heriepreyse OT. thee. And eftsoone, I schal be trist|yngetristnynge V. intoto O. him; and eftsoone, Lo! I and my childrenchilder X., theOm. V. whiche God ȝaf to me. Therfore for children comunedencomyden Q. comeneden Y. to fleisch and bloodblood, that is, thei weren of body and soule T., and he `also tookschall take O. part of the same, that by deeth he schulde distroye hym that hadde lordschip of deeth, that is to seie, the deuel, and schuldethat he schulde V. delyuere hem that by drede of deeth, by al lyfher lijf T. weren boundun to ser|uage. Forsoth he cauȝteneuer toke to GMPT. took neuere VX. tauȝte Y., `or took to, neuereOm. GMPTVX. or tok, neuere S. aungels, but he cauȝtetoke to GMPT. took VX. tauȝte Y. the seed of Abraham. Wherfore he ouȝte tofor to AGMNOPQTV. be licned to britheren by alle thingis, that he schulde be maad mercyful and feithful byschop to God, that he schulde be mer|cyful to theOm. A pr. m. GMPTY. trespassisgyltes O., `or giltisOm. GMPTX., of the peple. ForsotheFor V. in that thing in which he suffride, and was temptid, he is myȝty forOm. SX. to helpe andalso V. hem that ben temptid.

 CAP. III.

Wherfore, hooly britheren, parcenersparte O. of heuenly cleping, biholde ȝe the apostlepostle AGMNPSV. pistel Y. and bischop of oure confessioun, Jhesu, theOm. VX. whichthat X. is trewetreuthe G. to him that made hym, as and Moyses in al the hous of hym. Forsoth this bischop is had worthi of more glorie byforebi than V. Moyses, by how moche `than the housOm. NV., hath he more honourhonour of the hous NV., that made itthilke hous V.. Forwhi ech hous is maad of sum man; forsoth he that made alle thingistheng O. of noȝt, is God. And sothli Moyses was trewe in al his howshous, or meyne T., as aOm. T. seruaunt, into witnessyng of tho thingis that weren to be seid; forsotheBut V. Crist as a sone in his hous. TheOm. V. which hous we ben, if we holden tristsad trist NV. andin K. glorie of hope `til tointo GQ. vnto MPT. `sad feiththe end NV.. WherforeTherfore N. as the Hooly Gost seith, To day, if ȝe han herd his vois, nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis, as in wraththing, vpaftir GMPT. the day of temp|tacioun in desert; where ȝoure fadris temptiden me, prouedyn, and syensaiden G sec. m. my werkiswerkis fourti ȝeeris NV.. Wherfore fourtyOm. NV. ȝeerisȝere GMOPSTX. Om. NV. I was offendid, `or wrothor wraththid NT. Om. X., to this generacioun, and I seide, Euermore thei errenerreden T. erren and Y. in herte, forsoth thei knewenknewȝ G. know O. not my weyes; to whomwhiche V. I swoor in my wraththe, ifOm. NV. thei schulen entrenot entre NV. into my resterest, no man schal be schitt out T.. Britheren, se ȝe, lest perauenture in ony of ȝou be an yuel herte of vnbileue, forOm. SX. to departe fro quyk God. But monesteamonest NT. monesteth S. ȝouȝour GPT. silf by alle dayesday T., the whilewhiche GY. to day is namednemned G. nempned MP. nemned, that is, tyme of grace T., that noon of ȝou be hardnedhardid S. by falsnessefallace N. of synne. SothliFor V. we ben maad parceners of Crist, if netheles we holden the bigynnyng of his substaunce sad into the endeeend, that is, the riȝt feith, that is bygynnyng of al good werke. T.. While it is seid, to day, if ȝe han herd the vois of him, nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis, as in thatwhat O. wraththing. Sothli summesummen V. heeringe wraththiden, but not alle thei that wenten out of Egipt by MoysesMoyses, as Calep and Josue T.. To whichewhom T. forsothe was he wraththid fourty ȝeerisȝer SX.? WherWhether GSX. not to hem that synneden, whos careyns benweren V. cast doun inin to S. desert? To whichewhome GMPT. heOm. G pr. m. swoor sothli, forOm. SX. to not entre into `the reste of hymhis rest O. reste of hym QT., no but to hem that weren vnbileueful? And we seenseyen K., forthat V. thei myȝten not entre into the rest of him forfor the G. vnbileue.

 CAP. IV.

`Therfore drede weDrede we therfore GMPT., britherenOm. V., lest perauenture thewhile the V. biheeste of entrynge into `his restethe rest of him G. leftforsaken O. is left V., `or forsakynor forsake, or demyd G pr. m. MP. Om. OTX., `ony of vs beony of vs for to be G pr. m. for to be ony of vs be MPQ. Om. T. gessiddemed OX. Om. T., `or demedOm. GMOPTVX., forOm. G pr. m. MPSTX. `to beOm. MPT. aweyefaile GT.. ForsothFor V. it is told toalso to V. vs, as and to hem. And the word herd profitideprofitith T. not to hem, not meyntmengyd GMPSTX. to feith of these thingis that thei herden. ForsothFor V. we that han by|leuyd schulen entre into rest, as he seyde, As I swoor in my wraththe, ifOm. NV. thei schu|lenscholen not NV. entre into my reste. And sotheli thewhanne the V. werkis maadweren maad V. parfyt froforsothe O. the ordynaunce of the world, forsotheOm. V. he seide thus in sum place of the seueneth day, And God restide in the seueneth day from alle his werkis. And in thisthis place V. eftsoone, IfOm. NV. thei schulen entrescholen not NV. into my reste. Therfore forOm. G pr. m. O. it leeuethsueth V. is ouer X., `or is ouerOm. OVX. ouer T., summenthat summen V. forOm. SVX. toschulen V. entre into it, and theithei first T. to whichewhom T. theOm. OT. firsteOm. T. it iswas V. told, entriden not for her vnbileue. Eftsoone he termyneth sum day, `To dayOm. V., seyinge in DauithDauith, To dai V., aftir so moche of tyme; as it is bifore seid, To day if ȝe han herd his voisvoice, in tyme of grace T., nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis, `as in the ilke wraththingOm. V. as in that wrathing X.. Forwhi if Jhesus hadde ȝouyn reste to hem, he schulde neuere speke of othere aftir thatthis V. day. Therfore `saboth halow|ingreste V. is left to the peple of God. ForsothFor V. he that entrideentrith T. into his reste, and hehe that V. restide of his werkis, as and God of hise. Therfore haste we forOm. SX. to entre into that reste, that no man falle into the same ensaumpleexsaumple SX. of vnbileue. Forsoth the word of God is quyk, and spedy inand O. worching, and more `able for to perseable to perse SX. peersable T. than alany N. a O. tweynetwo GMPST. twei X. eggid swerd, and en|tryngestrecchinge out G. strecchinge MPT. strengin V., `or strecchingeOm. GMOPTVX. of strecchynge Q., `til tovnto GMPT. departyngdepartyd K. of soule, `or lyfOm. MOPTVX., and spirit, and ofOm. X. ioyntouris and merewis, andand the GMP. and it is the T. departerthe departer Y. demer V., `or demerOm. VX., of thouȝtis and intenciounsintencioun O. ententis V. of hertis. And no creature is invisyble in the siȝt of God. Forsothe alle thingis ben nakid and opyn to his yȝen, to whom a word to vs. Therfore we hauynge a greet bischop, that perside heuenes, Jhesu, the sone of God, holdeholde we GMPSTY. the confessiounknowleching O., `or knowlechingOm. GMOPTX., of oure feithhope NV.. ForsothFor V. we han not a byschop, that may not suffre to gidere, `or haue compassiounOm. GMOPT., toon V. oure infirmyteesinfirmitees, or freeltese GMPT., but temptidtemptid, or prouid GMPT. by alle thingis for lyknesse, withoutethe whiche was withouten T. synne. Therfore go we with tristCrist K. to the trone of his grace, that we gete mercy, and fynde grace in couenable helphelthe S..

 CAP. V.

Forwhi ech bysshop takyntakun vp MPT. of men, is ordeyned for men in thesetho O. thingis that ben toin to T. God, that he offre ȝyftis and sacryficis for synnes. TheOm. V. which may to gidere sorwe with hem, that vnknowenknowen not V. and erren; for and he is enuyrownedvmbylapped O. with infirmyteinfirmytees MOP.. And therfore he owith, as and for the peple, so alsoOm. S. and for hym silf, offreto offre A pr. m. GMNPT. for synnes. Neithir ony man takith toOm. V. him honour, noOm. V. but he that is clepid of God, asas and O. AaronAaron was V.. So and Crist clari|fiede not hym silf, that he were bisshop, but he that spak to him, Thou art my sone, to day I gendride thee. As and in otherean other OX. place he seith, Thou art a prest intoOm. V. with outen ende, vpaftur T. bi V. the ordre of Melchisedech. TheOm. V. which in theOm. Q. dayes of his fleischOm. V. offringeoffringe with greet cry and teeris V. preieris and bi|sechingis to Godhym SV. Om. Y. that myȝte make him saf fro deeth, `with greet cry and teerisOm. V., iswas V. herd for his reuerence. And sothli whanne he was Goddis sone, he lernedelerede SX. obedience of thes thingis that he suffride; and he endidled to perfeccioun V. is maad cause of euerlasting heelthe to allealle men T. obeishinge to him, clepidand is clepid V. of God a bischop, bisydisbi NV. the ordre of Melchisedech. Of whom tois to V. vs a greet word, and ablevnable T. forOm. SX. to be interpretidexpounned, or interpretid G. expouned interpretid MP. expowned T., forOm. STX. to seye, for ȝe ben maad feble forOm. GMPSX. to heere. ForsotheFor V. whanne ȝe schulenouȝten to be V. be maistris for tymetyme of long knowyng T. a tyme V pr. m., eftsoone ȝe neden that ȝe be tauȝt, whiche ben theOm. T. elementis, `or lettrisOm. X., of the bigynnyng of Goddis wordis. And ȝe ben maade, `tho tointo K. to V. whomwhiche V. is nede of mylk, andOm. V. not sadof sad S. mete. For|sothForwhi V. ech that is parcener of mylk, is withoute part of the word of riȝtwysnesse, forsothfor V. he is a litil child. Forsoth of parfit men is sad mete, of hem that for `the ilkethe N. Om. V. that X. custom han wittisthe wittis G. her wittis T. excersysidhauntid GMOPT. traueiliden V., `or trauelidOm. OX., to discrecioun of good and yuel.

 CAP. VI.

WherforeTherfore alii. we leeuynge a while the word of theOm. Y. bigynnynge of Crist, beOm. MP. born to theOm. G pr. m. V. perfeccioun `of himOm. V., not eftsoone leggyngelygynge GMP. leiende SX. the foundament of penaunce fro deede werkis, and of feiththe feith V. to God, of waisshingisbaptemys GMPT., `or baptymsor wasch|yngis GMPT. Om. OX., of techingtechingis GTX., and ofOm. G pr. m. MPT. leying on of hondis, and of rysing aȝen of deed men, and of euerlastyng dom. And this thing we schulen do, if God schal suffre. Sothli it is impossible, hemthat thei V. that oonys ben illumynedliȝtened OV., han tastid also heuenly ȝifte, and ben maad parceners of theOm. G. Hooly Gost, nethelees tastidenthei tastiden T. the good word of God, and ver|tues of the world to comyngecomen SX., and ben sliden fer awey, eftsooneben maad newe eftsoone V. forOm. SVX. to beOm. V. re|newlidrenewid SX. Om. V., `or maad neweOm. GMOPTVX., to penaunce; eftsoones crucifyinge to hem silf the sone of God, and hauyngehauyng hym T. to scorn. ForsotheForwhi V. the erthe drynkynge reyn ofte comynge vponOm. SVX. it, and bryngynge forth couenable eerbe to hem of whomwhiche V. it is tilid, takith blessing of God. Forsoth it bryngynge forth thornes and breris, is reprouable, and next to curscurse, or dampnacioun T., whos endyngeuydence T. schal be into brennyng. Forsoth, ȝe moost dere|worthe, we tristen of ȝou betere thingis, and neer to heelthehelth than breres and thornes T., netheleesOm. V. thouȝ we speken soOm. O. so scharpli T.. SothliForwhi V. God is not vniust, that he forȝete ȝoure workiswerke AGMNOPQSTV. and loue, theOm. SVX. whichethat X. ȝe han schewid in his name; for ȝe han mynistrid to seyntis, and mynistren. Forsothe we coueiten echthat ech V. of ȝou forOm. SVX. toOm. V. schewe the same bysynesse to theOm. Q. ful|fillyng fillinge V. of hopethe hope Q. tilOm. T. intoto Q. the ende; that ȝe be not maad slow, but also suweris of hem, `the whichewhiche V. that X. by feith and pacience schulen enherite biheestisthe bihestis X.. Forwhi God biheetynge to Abraham, for he hadde `no mannoon V. more, by whom he schulde swere, swoor by hym silf, seiynge, No but I blessynge schalI shul S. blesse thee, and I multi|plyinge schal multiplie thee; andOm. O. so he longe suffringesuffringe aduersitees T. gaat `repromyscioun, or biheeste aȝenthe aȝein biheest GMP. aȝen byhest O. the bihest T. repromissioun X.. ForsotheForwhi V. men sweresworen QTY. by the more of hem, and the ende of al her controuersyedebate OQ., `or debateOm. OQX., is an ooth to confermacioun. In theOm. VX. which thing God willinge forOm. SX. to scheweschewe plenteuousliere V. to the eyris of his biheestebihestis S. the vnmouablenesse, `or sadnesseOm. OX., of his conseil, putputtide V. bitwixebitwen S. an oth, that by tweyetwo GMPSTX. thingis vnmouable, by whiche it is inpossible Godthat God V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. lyebe Y., we haue strengest solace, `or confortOm. X., theOm. V. whiche fleen to gidere forOm. SX. to holde the hope put forth. TheOm. V. which as anOm. O. ankir we han sikir to the soulesoule, to stable it T., and sad, andOm. PV pr. m. yngoinge til to the ynnerinnermore GMPT. thingis of hydyng; where the forgoerebiforegoere V. `for vs entride ynOm. V., Jhesus, maad bischop intoOm. V. withouten ende vpafter GMPT. bi V. the ordre of MelchisedechMelchisedech entride for vs V..

 CAP. VII.

Sothli this Melchisedech, kyngwas kyng V. of Sa|lem, theOm. GMPT. prest of the hiȝeste God, theOm. V. which mette with Abraham gongoynge OV. aȝen fro sleyngefleinge T. of kyngis, and blesside him; to whom and Abraham departidepartide K. ȝaf X pr. v. tythes of alle thingis; first sothli theOm. V. which is interpretid kyng of riȝtwysnesse, aftir|ward forsothe and kyng of Salem, that is to seie, kynga kyng T. of pees, with oute fadir, with oute modir, with oute genelogie, ne|thir hauynge bigynnynge of dayes, nethir ende of lyflijf in knowinge T.; forsoth he licned to the sone of God, dwellith prest intoOm. V. with|outen ende. Forsoth biholde ȝe hou greet `is this manthis is X., to whom andOm. T. Abraham patriark ȝaf tithes of theOm. G pr. m. MPT. beste thingis. And sotheli men takynge presthod of the sones of Leeuy han maundement forOm. SX. to take tythes of the peple, vpafter GMPT. bi V. the lawelawe, and not otherwijse T., that is to seye, of her britheren, thouȝ and thei wenten out of the leendis of Abraham. Forsoth heOm. QXY. whos generacioun is not noumbridnoumbre Y. in hemhem, that is, Melchisedec T., tooke tithis ofof this O. Abraham; and he blesside this Abraham, the which hadde repromyssiounsrepromyssioun N.. For|soth withoutewithoute ony MOPQTVX. aȝenseyinge, that that is lesse, is blessid of the betere. And here sothli men deiynge taken tithis; forsoth ther `it is witnessidhe berith witnessinge V., that he lyueth. And that it isbe V. soOm. G pr. m. seid, by Abraham, andalso V. Leeuy, that took tithis, iswas V. tithid; for|sothfor V. and ȝit he was in histhe S. fadrisfadir MPT. leendis, whanne Melchisedech mette with him. Therfore if endyngperfeccioun V. was by presthod of Leeuy, forsothefor V. vndir hym the peple took the lawe, what ȝit was it nedeful, an|other prest forOm. SX. to ryse, vpafter GMPT. bi V. the ordre of Melchisedech, and not forOm. QSX. to be seid vpafter GMPT. bi V. the ordre of Aaron? ForsotheForwhi whanne V. the prest|hod translatidis translatid V., it is nedenedeful SY. that andalso V. translaciounthe translacioun AN. of lawethe lawe GOX. be maad. Forsothe he in whom thes thingis ben seid, is of another lynage, of theOm. VX. which no man wasis O. prestredy T., `or redyOm. OT., to the auter. Soth|liFor V. it is opynlyopyn K. knowunOm. V., that oure Lord is born ofin O. Juda, in which lynage Moyses spak no thing of prestis. And more ȝit it is knowunto knowe X., if vpafter GMNPT. bi V. the ordre of Mel|chisedech another prest rysith; theOm. V. which is not maad vpafter GMPT. bi V. the lawe of fleischly maundement, but vpafter GMNPT. bi V. vertuthe vertu QSX. of lyf inso|liblenot able to be vndon O., `or thator that that V. Om. X. `may not be vndonmay not be don KQ. Om. X.. SothliFor V. he witnessith, ForThat V. thou art a prest intoOm. V. withouten ende, vpafter GMPT. bi V. the ordre of Melchisedech; forsoth reprouyng of the maundement bifore goynge is maad, for theOm. T. vnsadnesse and vnprofyt of it. For|sothForwhi V. the lawe brouȝte no thing to `perfit thingperfeccioun V., forsoth the bryngyng yn of betere hope, by which we neiȝen to GodGod, is maad bi Crist V.. And hou greet it is, not withoute sweringeswer|inge, that Crist is maad prist aftur the ordre of Melchisedec T.; forsoth othere ben maad prestispristis in the old lawe T. with oute anOm. GMPT. oth; `forsoth this prestthis forsothe S. but this prest V. withis maad with V. an oth, by hym that seide to hym, The Lord swoor, and it schal not rewe him, Thou ert a prest intoOm. V. withouten ende, vpafter GMPT. bi V. the ordre of Melchisedech; in so moche Jhesu is maadmaad betre GMPT. biheterOm. MP. of the be|tere testament. And sothli othere mo benweren V. maad prestis vpafter GMPT. Om. V. `the laweOm. V., `for thattherfore V. thatOm. S. for V sec. m. thei weren forbeden by deeth forOm. SX. to dwelle; forsothsothely GMPT. this manOm. X., for thatOm. V. he dwelledwelleth AGMNOPQSTVXY. intoOm. V. withouten ende, hathhaue A. euere|lastyng presthod. Wherfore and he may saue intoOm. V. withouten ende, comynge nyȝ bi hym silfalso V. `to God, euermore lyuynge forOm. OSX. to preye for vs. Forsoth it bycaam that such a man were bischop to vs, hooly, innosent, inpolutevnfyled O., `or ful cleneor vndefoulid GMPT. Om. OX., departid fro `synful mensynners MT., and maad hiȝer than heuenes; theOm. V. which hath not nede ech day, as prestis, first for his owne giltis forOm. SX. to offre oostisOm. O., `or sacrificisOm. OX., aftirwardand afterwarde O. for the peple; sothlifor V. he dide this thing, `onys offrynge him silfin offringe himself oonys V.. For|soth the lawe ordeynede men prestis hau|ynge sykenessesyknessis V., `or freelteOm. OX.; forsothbut V. the word of swering, theOm. V. which is aftir the lawe, ordeynede the sone perfyt intoOm. V. withouten ende.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe athis T. capitle vponis maad vpon T. on VX. tho thingis that ben seid. We han such a bischop, that saat to gidere inon SX. the riȝthalf of the seete of greetnesse in heuenes, mynistrethe mynystre V. of seyntis and of the verri tabernacle, that God settesettide V., and not man. ForsotheForwhi V. ech bischop is ordeyned forOm. SX. to offre ȝiftis and oostissacrificis V.; wherfore itand it S. is nede, andthat also V. Om. X. this manman Crist T. bischop V. Om. X. `for toOm. V. to X. haue sum thing that he schalschulde T. offre. Therfore if heit T. were vponon VX. erthe, he were nonot TY. prest, whanne ther weren that schulden offre ȝiftis vpafter GMPT. bi V. the lawe, theOm. V. whiche seruen to the saum|plersaumpler, or figure T. and schadewe of heuenly thingis. As it iswas V. answerid to Moyses, whanne he schulde endemake T. the tabernacle, SeSee thou G sec. m., hethe Lord T. seithseide V., make thou alle thingis vpaftur T. bi V. the saumpler, that is schewid to thee in the mount. Now forsoth he hath getyn a betre mynysterie, by how moche and he isis maad S. a mediatour of aOm. NT. betere testament, theOm. V. which is halewidconfeermed V., `or confermydOm. OVX., with betere biheestis. For if `the ilkethat X. firste hadde be voydidvoyde AGMNOPSTVXY. fro blameblaam, perfitly clensynge men T., sothli a placeplace, or opportunite T. of the secunde schulde not be souȝt. ForsothFor he V. reprouynge hem heOm. V. seith, Loo! dayes comen, seith the Lord, and I schal endemake perfit V. a newe testament vponon VX. the hous of Ysrael, and vponon SVX. the house of Juda; not vpafter GMPT. vpon O. bi V. the testament that I made to her fadris, inOm. S. the day in whichthe whiche N. I cauȝte her hond, that I schulde leede hem out of the lond of Egipt; for thei dwell|iden not perfitly in my testament, and I haue dispysiddisposid N. hem, seith the Lord. ForForwhi V. this is the testament, `the whichwhiche SV. that X. I schal dispose to the hous of Israel aftirand after QSY. thothe T. dayes, seith the Lord, in ȝyuynge my lawis into the soulis of hem, and into the hertis `of hemOm. T. Iand K. schal aboue wryte hem; and I schal be to hem into God, and thei schulen be to me into a peple. And ech man schal not teche his neiȝbore, and ech man his brother, seyinge, Knowe thou the Lord; for alle men schulen witeknowe OV., `or knoweOm. OVX., me, fro the lesseleeste O. `til tovnto MPT. the more of hem. For I schal be helpfulmerciful O., `or mer|cyfulOm. OX., to the wickidnessewickidnessis S. of hem, and now I schal not bithenkethenken S. onof MT. the synnes of hem. Forsoth in seyinge newe, the formere wexidenwex S. wexide V. wexen X. wexe Y. olde; forsoth that that is of many dayes, and wexithwexide GMPT. olde, is nyȝ theOm. X. deeth.

 CAP. IX.

Sotheli andOm. T. the formereformere testament V. hadde iusti|fyingis of worschipe, and hooly thing worldli, `that is, duringe for a tymeOm. O.. Forsoth the tabernacle was maad first, in which weren candelstickis, and boorda bord GMT., and puttinge forth of looues, thatwhich V. is seid hooly. Forsoth aftir the veil, `or hydyngOm. OVX., the secunde tabernacle, `that is seidthat K. that is P. is said TVX. `sancta sanctorum, that isOm. O., hooly of hooli thingis; hauynge a goldin sencer, and the arke of testament, keuerid aboute on ech syde with gold, in theOm. SV. which awas a V. pot of gold hauynge manna, and the ȝerd of Aaron that flo|rischide, and theOm. G pr. m. MPT. tablis of testamentthe testament GPQST.; vponon VX. whichethe whiche O. thingis weren cherubyns of glorie, schadewinge the propiciatoriepropiciatorie, or merciable place T.; of whiche thingis it is not now forOm. SX. to seye by allealle circumstauncis T.. Forsoth thesthes tabernaclis T. whanne these weren V. maad thus to gi|dere, sothli inand K. Om. V. the formere tabernacleOm. V. prestis entriden ynOm. VX. euermoreeueremore, or eche day T. eueremore in the formere tabernacle V., endinge the officisoffis QSX. of sacramentissacrifices V.; forsoth in the secunde tabernacle, `onys in the ȝeerOm. V. the bisshop aloonealoone entride oonis in the ȝeer V., not withoute bloodblood entrid T., theOm. V. which he offrith for his ignoraunce and the peplis. TheForwhi the V. Hooly Gost signyfiyngesingnifiede V. this thing, notthat not V. ȝit the wei of seyntis forOm. SVX. `to bewas V. openyd, ȝitwhile V. the former tabernacle hauyngehadde ȝit V. statestaat, or during T.. TheOm. V. which parable isOm. MPT. of this present time, bisydisbi V. which ȝiftis and oostissacri|fices V., `or sacrifysisOm. OVX., ben offrid, theOm. V. whiche mown not make aOm. X. man seruynge perfit by conscience, oonly in metis, and drynkis, and dyuerse waischingis, and riȝt|wysnessis of fleisch, putput in N. `til tovnto MPT. theOm. S. tyme of corecciouncorrepcioun G pr. m.. Forsoth Crist beyngebeeinge present V. a bischop of goodis to comyngecomen S., byentride bi V. a larger and perfiterprofitablere SY. perfit T. tabernacle, not maad by hond, that is to seye, not of this makyng, nether by blood of gootbuckis, or ofOm. NQV. caluys, but bi his owne blood, entride oonys into hooly thingis, euerlastingwhanne euerlastinge V. redemciounaȝenbygeyng O. foundynwas founden V.. ForsothFor V. if the blood of goot buckis, and bolis, and aschethe asche AGMNOPQTVX. the asshes SY. of aOm. Q. cow calf spreyndsprengd S., halowith vnclene men to the clensyng of fleisch, how moche more the blood of Crist, theOm. V. which by the Hooly Gost offride hymhymself GMNPTV. vnwemmyd to God, schal clense oure con|science fro deede workis, forOm. SX. to serue to `God lyuyngelyuynge God GMPT.? And therfore he is aOm. T. me|diatour ofof the GMPQSTXY. new testament, that deethbi deth V. fallinge bitwixebitwen SX., intoin to the N. redempcioun of thethoo V. tho Y. trespassyngis that weren vndir the former testament, thei that ben clepid take repro|mysciounthe repromissioun M. the biheeste V. of euerlasting eritage. SotheliFor whi V. where isOm. V. aOm. N. testamenttestament is V., it is nede, that the deeth of the testament maker come bitwixebitwen SX. bitwixe to conferme it T.. ForsothForwhi V. the testament is con|fermyd in deede menmen, that is, bi the deeth of witnessis T.; ellis it is notno O. worthworthi QX., the while hethat he T. lyueth, that made the testamenttestament, for he may chaunge it ȝif he wole, or slijd therfro T.. Wherfore sothli nether the firste testament iswas V. halowid withoute bloodblood, in token of the tothere T.. ForsothFor V. ech maundement of the lawe raddwas redd V. of Moyses to al the peple, he takyngetook V. the blood of calues, and of buckis of geet, with watir, and reed wolle, and ysope, spreyngdespreynd AGMNPQTY. and bispreynd V. andthat N. Om. T. both V. al X. `the ilkethat X. bookbook, wherin the lawe was writen T. and al the peple, seyingeand seide V., This is the bloodbook K. of the testament, that God co|maundide to ȝou. Also he spreyngdespreynde AGMNPQTVY. bywith GMOPTV. blood the tabernacle, and alle theOm. O. vessels of mynysterieseruices MPT., `or seruysesOm. MOPTX. or seruyse QS., in lichlichy Q. ma|nere. And almost alle thingesOm. K. ben clensid in blood vpafter GMPT. bi V. the lawe; and withoute sched ing of blood remyssiounremyssiouns V. repromyssioun X. of synnessynne MPT. is not maadmaade in the lawe T.. Therfore itsothely it T. is nede thethat the TV. saumpleris forsothOm. T. of heuenli thingis forOm. MPSTVX. toOm. TV. be clens|id with these thingis; forsoth `the ilkethilk O. tho X. heuenly thingis with betere oostissacrificis V. than thesthes, for bi Cristes blood thei ben clensid T.. Forsoth Jhesus entride not into hoolyhalowid T. thingis maad bywith O. hondis, thethe whiche ben T. saum|plers of verri thingis, but into `the ilke heueneheuens itself V. that heuene X., that he appereapperide KY. now to cherethe chere GMOPTVX., `or faceOm. GMOPTX. of face N., of God forof Y. vs; netherne he entride T. that he offre him silf ofte, as the bischop entride into hooli thingis byin T. alle ȝeeris in alien bloodblood of beestis T., ellis it bihofte hym ofteOm. V. forOm. SX. to suffresuffre ofte V. fro the bigynnyng of the world; now forsoth onys in the endyngeendinges Q. of theOm. MQSTVX. worldis, toto the SX. distruccioun of synne by his oost, `or sacrificeOm. GMOPX., he apperideaperid to the fader T., and as itOm. T. is ordeyned to men, oonys forOm. GMPSTX. to deie.

 CAP. X.

Forsoth aftir this domis the dom V., so and Crist was offrid onys, forOm. SX. to auoydevoiden S. avoid, or do away T. the synnes of many men; the secunde tymeOm. X. he schal appere withoute synne to men abydinge him into theOm. V. heeltheheste Q. `of hem by feithOm. V.. In V the chapter begins here.Forsoth the laweold lawe T. hauynge schadowe of goodis to comyngecomen SX., not `the ilkethat X. ymage of thingis, `by alle ȝeeris by the ilke sameOm. V. bi alle ȝeris bi tho same X. oostisoostis, that the lawe comaundith T. Om. V., whicheOm. V. that X. `thei offren withoute ceess|ingeOm. V., `neuere maymay neuere V. make men `comynge nyȝneiȝinge V. perfytperfyt, bi thilke same sacr. whiche thei offren without ceesing bi alle ȝeeris V.; ellis thei schulden haue ceess|id forOm. SX. to be offrid, therfore that the wor|schipers clensid oonys, hadden nonot ferthermore V. con|science of synne ferthermoreOm. V.. But in hemhem by oft offring T. mynde of synnessynne T. is maad by alle ȝeeris. ForsothFor V. it is ynpossible synnesthat synnes V. forOm. STVX. toOm. V. be donOm. N. awey by blood of bolis, and buckis of geet. Therfore he entrynge into the world, seith, Thou woldist not `an oostsacrifice V., `or sacrificeOm. GMOPTVX., and offring; for|sothbut V. thouOm. T. hastschalt G. Om. T. shapynOm. T. a bodybody to suffre and dye T. tothou hast ȝouun to T. me; andOm. V. brent sacrificis forand for V. synnesynnes X. pleside not to thee. Thanne I seyde, Loo! I come; in the heedheuyd GT. bigynnyng O., `or bigynnyngOm. GMOPX. or the bygynnynge Y., of the book it is writyn of me, that I do thi willewille, God T. wille, thou God V.. He `seying aboueaboue sayinge GMPT. bifore seyinge O. seyinge bifore V., `or biforeOm. GMOPVX., For thou woldist not oostissacrifices V., and offringis, and brent sacrificis, andOm. G sec. m. for synne, neOm. O. tho thingis ben plesaunt to thee, `the whichewhiche V. that X. ben offrid vpafter GMPT. the lawe, thanne I seide, Lo! I come, that I do thithe KQ. wille, Godof God KQ.. He doith awey the firstefirst ȝouun bi Moi|ses T., that he makeordeyned T. make stedfast V. theOm. T. secundesecond ȝouun by Crist T.. In which wil we ben halewid by the offring of the body of Crist Jhesu oonys. And sothli ech prest is redy `ech day mynystringemynystringe ech day V., `and ofte tymesOm. G pr. m. ofte tymes and G sec. m. ofte tyme T. off|ringe the same oostissacrifices V., `the whichewhiche V. that X. mown neuere do awey synnessynne SY.. Forsoth this manman Crist T. Om. X. offringe anOm. AN. oon GMOPTX. OO V. oostsacrifice V. for synnes, for euer|more sittith onin AGMNPTVX. the riȝthalf of God the fadir; fro thennis forth abidynge, til his enemyes ben put a stool ofvnder X. his feet. Sothli by oon offryng he endideeendid, or halowed T. maade parfit V. for euermore halowide men. Forsoth and the Hooly Gost witnessith toOm. T. vsvs trewe in this saying T.; forsothfor V. aftirwardaftir that V. he seide, Forsoth this is the testament, `the whichwhiche V. that X. I schal witnesse to hem aftir thothe Y. dayes, `the Lord seithseith the Lord GMPST., inI schal ȝif in O. ȝyuynge my lawis in the hertisherte T. of hem, and in the soulissones K. of hem Iand I O. schal aboue wryte hem; and now I schal no more thenke onof MT. the synnes andand on Q. wickidnessis of hem. For|sothe where `is remissioun of theseremissioun of these is V., nownow is V. non offring for synne. `And soTherfore V., britheren, hauyngewe hau|ynge MT. tristtrist to entre MT. into the entring of seyntishooly thingis V. in the blood of Crist, `the whichwhich V. that X. heOm. QSTXY. halowidehalewede, or bigan SY. halewede, either bigan V. to vs a new wey, and lyuyng bi a veyl, `or keueringOm. OX. or hiling V., that is to seye, his fleisch, andand we hauynge V. theto the T. greet prest onvpon GMPT. of Q. the houshous, or puple T. of God, goneiȝ TV. we toOm. V. with verri herte intoin V. the plentetemple X pr. m. of feith; weOm. S. spreyntspreynd, or clensid GMPT. sprengd X. the hertis fro yuel conscience, and waischyn the body with clene watir, holdeholde we GMPST. the con|fessioun of oure hope vnbowyngevnblowynge T., `or that may not be foldynvnpliable OX. or that mai not be folt S. or that mai not be folden to flesche by desiris T.; forsothfor V. he is trewe that `bihiȝte aȝenaȝenbihiȝte GMP. aȝein bihiȝt tho thingis that we hoopen T.. And biholde we `in toto TY. gidere inin to QT. the stiringestyȝinge V. of charite and of goode werkis; not forsakyngeforsakynge in tyme of persecucioun T. oure geder|inge to gidere, as it is ofOm. T. custom toof S. sum men, but comfortingecounseiling hem T., and by so moche theOm. O. more, by howso XY. moche ȝe schulen seseen V. the dayday of passioun T. neiȝingeneiȝ T.. ForsothForwhi V. tonow a sacrifice for synnes is not left to us V. vs syn|nynge wilfully, aftir the knowyng of treuthe takun, `now an oostOm. V. forof Q. Om. V. synnesOm. V. isOm. QV. notOm. V. leftlaft, as was in the old lawe, for verre contricioun with feith purgith synne T. Om. V.. For whi sum abyding of doom is dredful, and theOm. SVY. suyng of fyer, theOm. VX. whichthat X. isOm. Q. schal V. toOm. QV. waastyngewasten SVX. aduer|sariesthe aduersaries T.. OnyA V. man makynge voyde, `or brekingeOm. OX., the lawe of Moyses, deieth with outen ony mercy, by tweynetwo GMPSTX. or thre wit|nessis ; how moche moreOm. T. gessen ȝe, himthat he V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. disseruedisserueth V. worse turmentis, `the whichwhiche V. that X. `schal defouledefoulith V. the sone of God, and schalOm. V. leedeholde O. holdith V., `or holdeOm. OVX., the blood of the testament polutepollutid N., in `the whichwhom GMPT. which SVXY. he is halewidhalowed, or clensid T., and `schal dodoth V. wrongdispit V., `or dispitOm. OVX., to the spirit of grace? Sotheli we witenknowen OV. hym that seide, To me veniaunce, and I schal ȝelde. And eft, For the Lord schal deme his peple. It is feerful forOm. SX. to falle into hondisthe hoondes NO. of `God lyuyngelyuynge God GMT.. Forsoth haue ȝe mynde on the formere dayes, in theOm. VX. whiche ȝe liȝtned susteynedensuffriden MPTV. greet stryf, `or fiȝtOm. OX., of passiouns. And sothly in `that otherthe tother AGMNOPSTVXY. ȝe maadben made T. weren maad V. a spectaclespectacle, or wondringe GMPT. bi schen|schips andin K. tribulaciouns; in thethat Q. tothirtother sijd T. othir Q. forsothe ȝe benOm. N. weren V. maad felowis of men lyuynge soso suffring for Crist, as his apostlis T.. For whi and to boundun men ȝe hadden compassioun, and ȝe res|seyueden with ioye the raueyne of ȝoure goodisgoodis, or rauisching of hem T., knowynge ȝou forOm. SX. to haue a betere andand a MSTXY. dwelling substaunce. `And soTherfore V. nyle ȝe leese ȝoure trist, `the whichwhiche V. that X. hath greet rewardyng. Forsoth pacience is nedeful toin T. ȝou, that ȝe doynge the wille of God, brynge aȝen the biheeste. Ȝit sotheli a litil, how euere litillitil tyme O., he that is to comyngecome SX. schal come, and he schal not tarie. Forsoth my iust man lyueth of feith; that if he `schal withdrawewith|drawith V. `him silfhym fro the bileue T., he schal not plese to my soule. Forsoth we ben not the sones of withdrawynge awei into perdicioun, but of feith into theOm. V. get|yng of soule.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe feith is the substaunce of thingis to be hopid, anand Q. argument, `or certeynteOm. OVX., of thingis notOm. Q. apperinge. So|theli in this feith olde menfadris T. hanOm. Q. getungreet V. witnessyngwitnessinge of riȝtwisnesse T.. Bi feith we vndirstonden thethat the V. worldis forOm. SVX. toOm. V. be schapun, `or maadOm. X., bi Goddis word, that visyble thingis weren maad of vnuysible thingis. ByFor O. feith Abel offride fulOm. X. moche more oostsacrifice V., `or sacri|ficeOm. OVX., `than Cayn to Godto God than Caym GMPX., by theOm. A pr. m. SV. which he gat witnessing forOm. SVX. to be iust, Godfor God V. beringebar V. witnessyng to his ȝiftis; and by that feith he deed spekith ȝitȝitt, for his werkis ben not quenchid by his dying T. it Y.. By feith Enok iswas V. translatid, that he schulde not se deeth; and he was not founden, for the Lord translatide him. Forsothe bifore translaciounthe translacioun GMPT. he haddehadde not K. witnessing forOm. SVX. `to hauethat he V. plesid Godto God T.. Forsothe it is in|possible `ony manOm. V. forOm. SX. to plesehaue plesed O. God withoute feith. ForsothFor V. it bihoueth athat a V. man comynge to God, forOm. SVX. toOm. V. bileue forthat OTV. he is, and `he isthat he be a G. the T. that he is V. rewarderreward T. ofto AGMNOPQSTVXY. men yn|sekingeseekinge V. himhym he is T.. Bi feith NoeNoon T. Nowe Y sup. ras., answerean answere AG sec. m. MNPSXY. dreedinge thoruȝ answere V. take of these thingis that ȝit weren not seyn, dredingeOm. V. schapideschop S. scapid T. shoop X. ana MPT. arka MPT., `or schipOm. GMPTX., into the helthe of his howsmeine T.; bi whichwhome GMPT. he dampnyde the worldworld not bileuyng T., and ishe is T. schip GMPT. instuedOm. G sec. m. X. instewed OT. iustifyed Y., orOm. GTXY. and MPV. ordeyned, eir of riȝtwys|nesse, theOm. V. which is by feith. By feith he that is clepid Abraham, obeiedeobeschide M. forOm. SX. to gogo out MOPTVXY. into a place, which he was to takingetaken SX. into heritage; and he wente out, not wit|inge whidur he schulde go. By feith he dwelte in the lond of aȝenbiheeste, as inOm. N. an alienalien lond G sec. m. marg. TV., indwellinge in V. litel housis dwellingeOm. V. with Ysaac and Jacob, euene eyris of the same aȝenbyheestebihest T.. SotheliFor V. he abood aat a Y. cite hauynge fundamentis, whos crafty man and maker is God. By feith and `the ilkethat X. Sare bareyn, took vertu intoin V. conseyuing of seed, ȝhe, `bi sydisoute of V., `or withouteOm. OVX., theOm. T. tyme of age; for sche bileuide him trewe, that hadde aȝenbihiȝt. For whichthe whiche Q. thing andOm. O. of oon, and him nyȝ deed, menmen for gret age T. Om. X. ben borun as sterris of heuen in multitude, and as grauel, `or soondOm. MOPTVX., that is atat the M. in T. see side vnnoumbrable. By feith alle thes ben deede, thewhanne the V. aȝenbiheestisaȝenbiheest V. notweren not V. takun, but theiOm. V. biholdinge hem aferrafter Q., and gretinge wel, and knowlechinge forthat thei V. thei benweren V. pil|grymes, and herborid men vponon SV. theOm. TX. erthe. Sothli thei that seyn thes thingis, signifien hemthat thei V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. sekeseen V. a cuntre. And forsothe if thei hadden had mynde of `the ilkethat X., of theOm. SVY. which thei `wenten outout wenten GMPT., sothli theiOm. T. hadden tyme of turnyng aȝen; now forsoth thei desyren a betere, that is to seye, heuenly. Therfore God is not confoundid, `or schamedOm. OX., forOm. SX. to be clepid the God of hem; forsothefor V. he made redy to hem a cite. Bi feith Abraham offride Ysaac, whanne he was temptidtemptid, or assaied T.; and he offride the oon bigetynbigeten sone T., theOm. V. which hadde takyn repromyssiounsaȝein biheestis GMPT., `or aȝenbiheestisor repromyssiouns GMPT. Om. OX. or aȝen byheest Y.; to whom it was seid, ForOm. G. pr. m. MPT. in Ysaac seed schal be clepid to thee; demynge, forthat V. and fro deed menOm. V. God is myȝty forOm. SX. to reise hymhym, ȝhee, fro deede men V.; wherofwherof and M. wherfore V. he took him andOm. M. also V. into aOm. Y. parable. By feith andOm. O. also V. of thingis to com|yngecomen SX., Ysaac blessideblesside to X. Jacob and Esau. By feith Jacob deyingedoynge S pr. m., byblesside bi V. alleilcke oone N. theof the G pr. m. MNOSTXY. sones of Joseph blessideOm. V., and honouridehonournede G. the hiȝnesse of histhis T. ȝerde. By feith Joseph deyinge hadde mynde of the passynge forth of the sones of Israel, and comaundide of his boonesbones to be had thennus T.. By feith Moyses born, was hid thre monethis of his fadir and modir, for that thei siȝen the ȝonge child fairsemely T., `or semelyOm. OQTVX.; and thei dredden not the maundementcomaundement V pr. m. of the kyng. By feith Moyses maad greetgreet, sleuȝ an Egipcien, consydringe the sorewe of his bre|theren. Bi feith Moyses maad greet G sec. m. marg. greet, slouȝ the Egipcien, biholdynge the sorowe of his bretheren. Bi feith Moyses maad greet N., denyede him forOm. SX. to be the sone of Pharaois douȝtir, chesynge morerather O. forOm. SX. to be turmentid with the peple of God, than forOm. SX. to haue myrthe of tem|peral synne; demynge the reprouerepreues O. of Crist more richessisrichesse T. than the tresouris of Egipsiansthe Egipciens T.; forsothefor V. he biheldebiholde O. `into the rewardyngOm. O. in to the rewardynges Q.. By feith he forsook Egipt, `not schamyngenot dreedynge GMPT. and dredde not V., `or dredyngeor schamynge GMP. Om. OTVX., the hardnessehardynesse MPX. of the kyng; forsothfor V. hehe abood V. as seynge susteynedeabood pacientli T. Om. V. the inuisyble. By feith he halowide pask, andand in Q. in MPT. schedingescheuding out V. of bloodblood, anoyntyng the dore postis T., lest he that distryede the firste thingis of Egipsiensthe Egipcias T., schulde touche hem. By feith thei passiden the reede see, as bi drye lond, theOm. V. which thingthenges OQX. Egipciens asayinge weren deuouriddeuourid in watris T.. By feith the wallis of Jerico feldenfellen GMNOPS. doun, by cumpass|ing of seuene dayes. By feith Raab hoorethe hoor T. `perischide notOm. V. with the X. withOm. V. vnbileuefulvnfeithful S. Om. V. menOm. VX., sheOm. GMPV. takyngereceyuynge GMP., `or receyuyngeOm. GMOPX., the aspiersspyes O. spieris X. withof T. peespees, perischide not with vnbi|leeful men V.. And what ȝitOm. T. schalOm. G pr. m. I seye? Sotheli tyme schal fayle meto me V. tellinge of Gedeon, Barach, Sampson, Jepte, Dauith, and Samuel, and othere prophetis; theOm. VX. whichethat X. by feith ouercamen rewmes, wrouȝten riȝtwysnesseriȝtwisnesses SY., gaten repromys|siouns; thei stoppiden the mouthis of ly|ouns , thei quenchiden the feernessefeersnesse AMPQST sec. vice. VX. of fyer, thei dryuendriueden V. awey the egge of swerd, thei keuereden of syknessesyk|nesses S., thei weren maad strong in batel, thei turneden the castels, `or oostisOm. OX., of aliens. Wymmen re|ceyueden her deededede children NV. dede men O. deed frendis T. of aȝenrysing; for|sothe othere benweren V. holdun forth, `or deedeor deed as many martris of bothe testamentis T. Om. X., not takinge redempciounredempcioun, or ascapyng fro enmyes T., that thei schul|den fynde betere aȝenrysyng. Forsoth othere assayeden scornyngis and betyngis, more ouer and boondis and prisouns. Thei weren stoonyd, thei weren kitt, thei weren temptid, thei weren deed in sleynge of swerd. Thei wenten aboute in brokbrockis MNSX. skynnes, and in skynnes of geet, nedy, angwysschid, turmentid; to whichthe whiche T. the world was not worthi; thei erringe in wil|dirnessiswildernesse AGOV., inand MP. and in T. mounteyns, and dennys, and cauysin caaues T. of erthethe erthe T.. And alle these, proued by witnessing of feith, tooken notnot ȝitt ful T. repro|myssioun ; Godfor whi God V. purueyingepurueyde V. sum betere thing for vs, that thei schulden not be fulfillidmaad perfit V. withouten vs.

 CAP. XII.

ForsotheTherfore MOPQTV. `and weOm. S. hauynge so greet a cloud of witnessis put toto vs, we T., doyngedo V. awey al chargecharite T., and synne stondinge aboute vs, byand bi V. pacience rennerenne wee ST. to the stryfbateil V., `or fiȝtOm. OVX., purposid to vs, biholdinge into the maker of feith and enderperfit endere V., Jhesu; theOm. V. which ioyewhanne ioie V. purposidwas purposid V. to him, suffride the cross, confusiounand dispiside confusioun V. dispisiddispite T. Om. V., and sittith on the riȝthalf of the seete of God. Forsoth bi|thenke ȝe on him that susteynedesuffrede, or susteynede GMP. suffrid TV. suchof suche Q. aȝen seyinge of synful men aȝens him silf, that ȝe be not maad wery, faylingefallyng O. in ȝoureȝou Y. inwittiswittis Q. soulis V.. Forsoth ȝe aȝenstoodenaȝeynstonden T. not ȝit `til tovn to PT. blood, fiȝtinge aȝens synne. And ȝe han forȝete the comfort that spek|ith to ȝou as to sones, seyingeand seith V., My sone, nyle thou dispise the disciplyndisci|pline, or correccioun T. teching V. of the Lord, nether be thou maad wery, the while thou art chastysid of hym. For|sothForsothe whom euere T. For V. the LordLord loueth he T. chastisith `hym that he louethOm. T.; forsoth he scourgithbetith V. euery soneOm. T. thatwhom T. he receyueth. LasteLeste X. ȝe stillefull O. therfore T. in disciplynchastysing V.; God offrithproferith V. him to ȝou as to sonessones chastising ȝou T.. Sothli what sone is it, whom the fadir `schal not reprouechastisith not TV., `or chastyseOm. OTV X.? That if ȝe benbeth K outOm. V. of disciplynchastising V., `of which allealle ȝe N. ben maad parcenerswhos parcenerys ben ȝe alle maad of N. whos parceners ben ȝe alle maad T., therfore ȝe ben auowtrerisauou|teres SV., and not sones. Aftir|ward sothli we hadden fadris of oure fleisch, lernerislereris X., and we with reuerence dredendredinge T. hem. Wher not moche more we schulen obeischeobeie T. to the fadir of spiritis, and we schulen lyue? And thei sothli in tyme of fewe dayes vpafter GMPT. tauȝten us bi V. her will lernedenlereden SX. Om. V. vsOm. V.; forsoth this fadir totechith to V. that thing that is profitable, in receyuynge the ha|lowing of himhim, that is, his discipline that maketh vs holi T.. Forsoth ech disciplynchastysing V. in thisOm. V. present tymeOm. X. `is seynseemith V. trewly forOm. SX. to be not of ioye, but of sorwe; aftirward forsoth it schal ȝelde fruyt of riȝtwysnesse most peesyble to men excersisidhauntid O., `or hauntidOm. OX. or ofte hauntid T., by itBut T.. For which thing reise ȝe vpOm. V. slowe hondis, and knees vnboundun, and makemake ȝee GMPVX. makith S. riȝtful goyngis, `or steppisOm. GMOPTX., tointo T. ȝoure feet; that no man haltinge erre, but more bebe he T. heelid. Sue ȝe pees with alle men, andin Q. hoolynesse, withoute which no man schal se God; biholdingebiholde A. that no man fayle to the grace of God, that no roote of bitternesse `vpward burionyngeburiounynge vpward V. lettelette VS T., and bibe O. many men ben foulid bi V. it fouliddefoulid M. be defoulid P. Om. QTV. beby OP. Om. V. manyOm. V. menOm. PV. defoulide QT.; that no man be lecchour, etheror QSXY. vnhooli, `or cursidOm. TX., as Esau, theOm. NVX. whichthat X. for oo metemeelis mete T. solde his firste thingisthingis, or eritage T.. Sothli wite ȝe, forthat V. and aftirward he coueytinge forOm. SX. to anheriteenherite GMNSTVX. blessing, was reproued. For|sothFor V. he found not place of penaunce, thouȝ he souȝte it with teeris. Forsoth ȝe han not come to theOm. T. tretable fyerOm. GMPT., `or able for to toucheor toucheable GMPT. Om. OX. or able to touche S., and able tofor to A pr. m. come toto fijre G sec. m. Om. Q., andOm. G pr. m. and to the T. `greet wyndOm. G sec. m. wynd T. whirlewind V., `orOm. G pr. m. VX. and G sec. m. whirlwyndOm. OTVX., andne toucheth the hill that offendith God blasfeminge, and G. mystto myst G sec. m., and tempest, and sown of trumpethe trumpe GMPT., and vois of wordis; theOm. V. which thei that herden, excuseden hem, that the word schulde notOm. QXY. be maad to hem. ForsothFor V. thei baren not that that was seid, And if a beest touchide the hil, it `schal bewas V. stooned. And so dredful it was thatOm. G pr. m. at O. that that Q. wasOm. G pr. m. seyn, Moysesforwhi Moises V. seide, I am aferd, and ful of tremblyng. But ȝe han come nyȝ to `Syon hilthe hil of Syon MPT. the hil Syon V., and theto the TV. citee of `God lyu|yngelyuynge God GMPT., heuenli Jerusalem, and theto the TV. mul|titude of many thousynd aungels, and to the chirche of theOm. T. firste men, theOm. V. whiche ben writun in heuenes, and Godto God GTV., domes|man of alle, and theto the TV. spiritspiritis GNT. of iuste perfit men, and to Jhesu, mediatour of the newe testament, and theto the TVX. sprengyngesprengyng, or clensyng T. of blood, betere spekinge than AbelAbels blood T.. `Se ȝeSe G pr. m. MT. Seeth X., thatlest X. ȝe `forsake notrefusen X. the spekingespekere V.; `forsothe iffor if V. if forsothe X. theithei scapeden not X. forsakingerefusende X. him that spak onopyn T. theOm. MPTX. erthe, ascapidenscapeden S. Om. X. notOm. X., moche more we that turnenturneden O. awey `fro himOm. X. `spekinge to vsto vs the spekende X. fro heuenes. Whos vois thanne mouede the erthe, now forsothesothli X. he `aȝen byhetithbihotith aȝeen X., seiynge, Ȝit onys and I schal moue not oonly erthethe erthe MT., but alsoand X. heuene. `Forsoth thatThat sothli X. Forsoth he that Y. `he seith, Ȝit onysȝit ones he seith X. seith ȝit onys Y., heOm. X. declarith theto O. translaciountribulacioun T. of mouable thingis, as of maad thingis, that tho thingis dwelle, that ben vnmouable.

 CAP. XIII.

`And soTherfore V. we receyuyngetakende X. the `kyngdom vnmouablevnmouable kingdom MP. vnmouable rewme X., han grace, by whichwhom T. serue we plesynge to God with dredequaking X. and reuerence. AndOm. GTVX. forsothforwhi V. sothli X. oure God is fyer wastynge. Chap. XIII. begins here in VX.The charite of brotherhed dwelle in ȝou, and `nyle ȝe forȝete hospi|talitehospitalite wileth not forȝeten X.; forsothfor V. by this summe plesiden toto God T. aungels receyuede to herbore. `Thenke ȝeBe ȝe myndeful X. onof TX. boundun men, as ȝe to gidere boundun, and ofof the X. trauelinge menOm. X., as and ȝeȝour GMPT. ȝou SX. silf dwellinge in theOm. AGMPTX. bodybody of caytifte or traueile T.. Honor|ableOm. V. weddingwedding is V. inbe in T. alle thingismen T. thingis hon. V., and `bed vnwembidvnwemyd bed G pr. m. M. an vnwemyd bed G sec. m. PT. vnwemmed Q. the bed vndefoulid X.; forsothforwhi V. fornicaries sothli and auouteres X. God schal demedeme, or dampne T. `fornycatouris andOm. X. auoutrerisauouteris SV. Om. X.. BeOm. G pr. m. Be ȝour G sec. m. T. Be the X. ma|ners withoute coueytiseauaryce X., paydapaied V. with `pre|sent thingisthenges beyng O.; sothlifor V. he seide, I schal not leue thee, nether forsakeI shal forsaken X., soOm. X. that `we tristily seiewe seie trustly V. tristili we seye X., The Lord is anOm. TX. helperOm. T. to me; I schal not drede, whatwhat thing X. aOm. GX. man schalOm. OX. do to me. `Haue ȝe myndeBeth myndeful X. ofon N. ȝoure soue|reynssouerayns, that ben sette bifore ȝou T. prouostis X., that `han spokunspeken X. to ȝou the word of God; of whomwhiche V. ȝe biholdingebiholde T. theissu or X. go|ynge out of lyuyngeconuersacioun X., `suwe ȝesuwe the AGMOP. sue ȝe the NS. folew|eth X. feithher feith T., Jhesu Crist, ȝistirdayȝisterday, that is, in the tyme passide T. ȝistai X., and to dayday, that is, now present T., he andalso V. into worldisworldis to come schal defende hem that bileuen in hym T.. NileBi dyuers doctrines and pilgrime nyle X. ȝe be ledd awey `with dyuerse techingis, andOm. X. `pilgrym, or straungepilgryms, or strange NY. pilgrimages O. pilgrimis, streyng forth fro bileue T. straunge V. Om. X.. `Forsoth it is bestFor it is best V. Best is sothli X. forOm. STX. tobi grace to X. stable the herte `with graceOm. X., not with metis, `the whichewhiche V. that X. profitenprofiteden MNPSVXY. not toto the X. men wandryngegoende X. in hem. We han an auter, of theOm. VX. which thei thathan no power to eten that X. seruen toto the OPSTX. taber|nacle `of the bodyOm. V., `han notOm. X. powerpower, or leeue T. Om. X. forOm. SX. `to eteOm. X.. ForsothSothli X. of whichethe whiche T. beestis theOm. X. blood is borun yn for synne into hooly thingis bi the bisshop, `the bodies of hemof hem the bodies X. ben brent with oute the castels. For which thing and Jhesu, that he schulde halwe the peple by his blood, suffride withoute the ȝate. `Therfore go we outGo wee oute therfore X. `to himOm. S. with oute castelsthe castels, that is, with outen fleschely desijris T. the castels X., beringe his repreueshenshipe X., `or schenschipOm. OX.. SothliFor V. we han not here a `citee dwellingedwelling citee MP. dwellende cite X., but wethe to comen wee X. seken `a citee toOm. X. comyngecomen S. Om. X.. `Therfore bi himBi him therfore X. offre we `an oosta sacrifice V. of heriyngepreisynge TX. euermoreallwey X. to God, that is to seie, theOm. X. fruyt of lippis know|lechinge to his name. ForsothOf wel doing and comunyoun X. nyle ȝeOm. V. forȝeteforȝetinge S. `of wel doyngeOm. X., `or ȝyuyngeOm. OTX., andOm. X. ofOm. VX. comunyngcomunyng ȝoure goodis to gidre T. Om. X.; forsothfor V. sothli X. byof OT. with X. suche oostissacrifices V. God is disseruyddeseruyd, or plesid G sec. m. disseruyd, or wel apaied T. seruid X.. `Obeye ȝeObesheth X. to ȝoure prouostisprelatis O. souereyns V., `or prelatisOm. OX., and `vndir liggevnderleye ȝe GMPST. be ȝe suget V. vnderly ȝee X. to hemhem reuerence T.; theithei forsothe T. for thei V. thei sothli X. perfytlybisili T. waken, as to ȝeldingeȝelden SX. resoun for ȝoure soulis, that thei do `this thingthese thingis S pr. m. this thing, or diligence for ȝou T. with ioye, and not sorwyngeweilende X.; `forsoth thisforwhi this V. this sothli X. thing spedith notOm. X. toOm. V. ȝouȝou, that for ȝour weiwardnesse thei be maad sori or heuy T.. `Preie ȝePreȝeth X. for vs, sothli we tristen for we han good conscience in alle thingismen T., willinge forOm. SX. to lyue wel. `More ouerThe more X. forsothesothly X. I bisechepreȝe X. ȝou forOm. SX. to dodo this thing TX., thatbi whiche X. I `the sonnere be restoridbe the sunner restorid MP. be restorid the sunnere V. hastiliere I be restorid X. to ȝou. `Sotheli GodGod sothli X. of pees, that ledde outout, or vpreisid T. fro deede menOm. X. theour Lord Jhesu Crist, the X. greet schepherde of scheep, in the blood ofof the X. euerlasting testa|ment , `oure Lord Jhesu CristOm. X., `schape, or make able, ȝoushape, or make ȝou able MP. make ȝou able O. able ȝou X. in aleche X. good thingthenges O. werk X., that ȝe do `the wille of himhis wil X.; heOm. MOP. and he V. doyngedo V. in ȝou that `thing thatOm. G pr. m. X. schalOm. X. plese bifore him, by Jhesu Crist, to whom isbe V. gloriehonour and glorie X. into worldis of worldis. Amen. For|sotheSothli X., britheren, I preie ȝouOm. O., that ȝe suf|frebere vp X. athe X. word of solace, `or coumfortOm. GMOPX.; for|sothefor V. and sothli X. by fulfeethful N. Om. X. fewe thingisOm. X. I haue writyn to ȝou. `Knowe ȝeKnowith S. oure brother Tymo|the leftlefte, or sent fro me T., with whom if hehastiliere he X. schal come `more hasteliOm. X., I schal se ȝou. GreeteGrete ȝe MVX. Greteth S. wel alle ȝoure souereynsprouostes T. prepostis X., and alle `hooly menhomeli men N. seyntis X.. TheOm. X. bretheren of Ytalye greeten ȝou wel. TheOm. X. grace `of GodOm. X. withbe with V. ȝou alleOm. X.. Amen.

 Here enden the epistlis of Poul, and now bigynneth the prolog to Actus Apo|stolorumHere endeth the pistle to Ebrews, and here bigynneth Actus Apostolorum, that is, the book of Apostlys Dedis. A. Here endith the epistil to Ebrews, and bigyn|neth the prolog on the Dedis of Apostlis suynge. N. Here eendith the epistel to the Ebrewes, and bygyn|neth the prologe of Dedis of Apostels. O. Here endeth the epistlis of Poule, and bigynneth the Apostlis Dedis. Q. Here endith Poul, and bigynneth here the prologe vpon the Deedis of Apostlis. V. No final rubric in GMPSTXY.. DEEDS OF APOSTLES. Prolog to Actus ApostolorumProlog. S. No initial rubric in V. No prologue in AMPQXY; space left in G; in NT of the second text..

LUK of Sirye by nacioun, whos preis|inge in the euangelye is writun, at An|tioche noble of craft of medicyne, and the disciple of the apostlis of Crist; aftir folowinge Poul anoon to confescioun, otheror S. theOm. OS. deeth, withoute blame dwell|inge in maydenhodmanhed V., chees to serue God; the which goynge foure skore ȝeer of age, in Bithyniye deiede ful of the Hooly Gost. ThisThees OV. Thei K. thorw the Hooly Gost stiringe, in theOm. O. cuntrees of Achaye wrytynge the gospel to Grekis bileuyde, the incarna|cioun of the Lord with trewe tale schew|ide; and the same Crist he schewide to haue dessendid of the stok and progeny of Dauith. To whom not withoute desert power of wrytinge the dedis of the apo|stlispostolis S. was ȝyueyȝif O. in mynistremynys|terie V., that God inin to S. God ful, and the sone of `lost aquenta blank space here in O. loss quenchid S., preierthe preier V. of the apostlis ymaadmaad S., thorw lott of Goddis eleccioun the noumbre schulde be fulfillid; and so Poul schulde ȝyue fulfillinge to the apostlis dedis, whom long kykyngelykynge KOSV. evidently by error. toOm. S. aȝensȝif O., the goode God hadde choseychoose O.. The which thing to men redynge and sechinge God he wolde ra|thir scheweshewen to men S. in schort word, than to haue schewid ony thing lengir to men aloothingelothinge O. lothende S.; whom Goddis grace so fo|lowyde, that not oonly to bodyes, but also to soulis his medicyne schulde profyte.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the lessounHere endeth the prologe, and bygyneth Dedis of Apostelles. O. No final rubric in SV.. Heere bigynnen the Apostles DedesFrom M. The Apostles Dedes. G. The Dedes of Apostlis. NQ. Here bigynneth the Apostlis Dedes. P. The Apostle Dedis. T. No initial rubric in ASVXY..CAP. I.

Forsothe, thou Theophile, first I made a sermoun, `or wordOm. OX. either word V., of alle theOm. QVX. thingis, that Jhesus bygan forOm. OSX. to do and teche, tilOm. O. into the day, in whichthe whiche G. he comaundingecomaundede GTV. tobi the Hooly Gost to V. apostlisthe apostlis GMOPQTY. `bi the Hooly GostOm. V., whomwhiche V. he chees, wasand was V. takyn vp; toand to T. whichwhom MPTY. and he ȝaf hym silf alyuequik V., `or quykeOm. OVX., aftir his passioun, inbi V. manye argumentis, `or prouyngisOm. OX. either prouyngis V., by fourty dayesdaye K. apperinge to hem, and spekinge of the rewme of God. And hehem QX. etingeeet V. to gidere, comaundidehe comaundede S. and comaundede V. to hem, that thei schulden not departe fro Jerusalem, butbut thei MPQT. schulden abyde theOm. V. bi|heeste of the fadir, theOm. VX. which ȝe herden, he seithseyde OV., by my mouth; forOm. GNT. sotheliforsothe N. John baptiside in watir, but ȝe schulen be bap|tysid in the Hooly Gost, not aftir these manye dayes. Therfore thei that camenhadden comen X. to gidere, axidenaskeden Q. him, seyinge, Lord, ifwher V. in this tyme schalt thou restore the kyngdom of Israel? Forsoth he seide to hem, It is not ȝoureȝouren N. forOm. SVX. to haueOm. V. knowe tymesthe tymes GMTVY. oreither V. momentis, theOm. VX. whiche the fa|dir hath put in his power; but ȝe schulen take the vertu of the Hooli Gost comynge fro a boue into ȝou, and ȝe schulen be witnessis to me in Jerusalem, andOm. G pr. m. in al Judee, and Samarye, and `til tovnto GMPQTY. the vt|mestevtermest GMNPQTY. of erthethe erthe T.. And whanne he hadde seid thes thingis, `hem seyngewhile thei siȝen V., he was liftliftid SX. vp, and a cloud receyuede hym fro the yȝen of hem. And whanne thei bi|heldenbiholdinge Y. intohym goynge into GMNPQTVY. heuene `him goyngeOm. GMNPQTVY., lo! tweytwo GMPQSTY. men stoodyn nyȝ bisydis hem in white clothis, theOm. V. whiche andOm. V. seiden, Men of Galilee, what stonde ȝe bihold|inge into heuene? This Jhesus, thatwhich V. is takyn vp fro ȝou into heuene, `so schal comeschal come soo V., as ȝe syȝen him goynge into he|uene. Thanne thei turneden aȝen toin to O. Je|rusalem, fro the hil that is clepidseyde O. Oly|ueteof Olyuete MPTY. hil of Olyuete V., `the whichwhich V. that X. is bisydis Jerusalem, hauyngeand hath V. the iurney of aOm. S. saboth. And whanne thei hadden entride into theOm. Q. `soupyng placesoler V., thei wenten vp inOm. V. toOm. G pr. m. V. `the hiȝerehiȝe SX. Om. V. thingisOm. V., where thei dwelten, Petre and John, James and Andrew, Phi|lip and Thomas, Bartelmew and Mathew, James of Alfey, and Symound Zelotes, and Judas of James. Alle thes weren dwell|inge, `or lastingelastyngly, either contynuynge V. Om. X., `to giderewith oo wille V. in preier, with wymmen, and Marie, the modir of Jhesu, and with his bretheren. In tho dayes Petre rysyngeros V. vp in the myddel of bretheren, seideand seide V.; forsoth ther was a cumpeny of men to gidere, almest an hun|drid and twenty; Men bretheren, it bi|houeth thethat the V. scripture forOm. MPQSTVXY. toOm. V. be fulfillidfillid V., which the Hooly Gost bifore seyde by the mouth of Dauith, of Judas that was leder of hem that tooken Jhesu; theOm. V. which was noumbrid inamong V. vs, and gat the sortpart V. of thisthe O. his MPTY. mynysterieseruise V.. And forsoth thisthis Judas V. weeld|ideouȝte O. a feeld of the hyre of wickidnesse, and he hangidwas hangid, and V., to-barst the myddel, and alleOm. SX. his entrailis benweren V. sched a brood. And it iswas V. maad knowun to alle men dwellinge in Jerusalem, so that thilkethat X. ilke Y. feeld was clepid Achildemak in the langagetunge X. of hem, that is, the feeld of blood. ForsothFor V. it is writun in the book of Salmes, The habitacioundwellynge steed O. of himhem SX. be maad desert, and be there not that dwellithdwelle GMPQSTY. in it, and an|other take the bisshopryche of him. Ther|fore it bihoueth of these men, that ben gederid to gidere with vs in al tyme, in which the Lord Jhesu entride ynOm. O., and wente out among vs, bigynnyngeand bigan V. fro baptymthe baptyme GMPSTY. of John `til intovnto MPQTY. the day in which he was takyn vp fro vs, oon of these forOm. SX. to be maad a witnesse of his resurexcioun with vs. And thei ordeyn|edeniourneyden T. tweynetwo GMNOPQSTXY., Joseph, that iswas V. clepidycleped Q. Barsabas, that is namydynamed Q. JustusJust V., and Mathi. And thei preiyngepreieden, and V. seiden, Thou, Lord, that `hast knoweknowist V. the hertis of menalle men V., schewe whom thou hast chosun of thes tweynetwo G et alii., oon forOm. SX. to take the place of this mynisteriemynysterie, or seruise V. and apostilhed, of theOm. X. which Judas trespasside, that he schulde go into his place. And thei ȝauen lottis to hem, and the lot felde toon AGMNOPSTVXY. Mathi; and he was noumbrid `to gidereOm. V. with en|leuenethe elleuen GMPTY. twelue S pr. m. apostlis.

 CAP. II.

And whanne theOm. G. `dayes PentecostesPentecostes dayes GMPTY. dayes of Pentecostes NOV. Pentecost dayes Q., `that is, fyftiOm. X., weren fulfillidfillid V., alle disci|plisthe disciplis QT. weren to gidere in the same place. And sudenly ther was maad a sown fro heuene, as ofOm. G pr. m. a greet spiritspirit, either wynd V. comynge toOm. SV., and it fulfillidefillide V. al the hous where thei weren sittinge. And tungis dyuersly partid as fyer apperiden to hem, and it saat vponon SVY. ech of hem. And alle `ben fulfillidweren fillid V. with the Hooli Gost, and thei bigunnen forOm. SX. to speke within V. dyuerse lan|gagistungis X., as the Hooli Gost ȝaf to hem forOm. SX. to speke. Forsoth ther weren in Jerusa|lem dwellingemen dwellende X. Jewis, religiouse men, of ech nacioun that is vndir heuene. Sothli, `this voiswhanne this vois was V. maad, the multitude cam to gidere, and in soule, `or vndirstondyngeither vndirstondyng V. Om. X., `was confoundidit was astonied V., `or stoneydOm. OVX., for ech man herde hem spekynge in his langageowne langagis G. owne langage T. tunge X.. Forsoth alle men weren `a stoneydstoneid SX. `in wittOm. V., and wondriden, seyinge to gidere, WherWhether GSX. not alle these that speken ben Galilees, and how `we herdenhan we herd G pr. m. MPQTY. herden we V. ech man his langagetunge X. in which we ben born? Party, and Medy, and Elamyte, and thei that dwellen inat AGMNOPQSTVXY. Mesopotamye, Judee, and Ca|padocie , Ponte, and Asie, Frigie, and Pam|philie, Egipt, and theOm. K. parties of Libie, that is abouteaboue V. Sirenen, and cumelingis Ro|mayns , and Jewis, and proselitisproselitis, either conuersis V., men of Crete and Arabyeof Arabie A sec. m. GMNOQSVXY., we han herd hem spekynge in oure langagisthingis X. the greete thingis of God. Forsothe alle weren stoneydastonyed V. `in wittOm. V., and wondriden, sey|ingeseyinge togidere V., What wole this thing be? Forsoth othere scornyden, seyinge, For theithese men V. ben ful of must. Forsoth Petre stondingestood V. with enleuenethe elleuene MPTY., reysideand reiside V. his vois, and spak to hem, Men Jewis, and alle that dwellen inat AGMNOPQSTVXY. Jerusalem, be this thing knowun to ȝou, and with eeris perseyueparceyueth QSX. perseyue ȝee V. my wordis. SothelyFor V. not as ȝe demengessen V., `or gessenOm. OVX., these be drunkun, whanneand whanne V. it is the thridde our of the day, `or vndirneOm. OX.; but this `thing it isis the thing X., that wasis X. seid by the prophete Johel, And it schal be in the laste dayes, the Lord seith, I schal heelde out ofOm. OV. my spirit on `al fleischech man V.; and ȝoure sones and ȝoure douȝtris schulen prophe|cie, and ȝoure ȝongeȝonge men GNQTV. schulen se visyouns, and ȝoure eldris schulen dreme meetelssweuens GMOPQTY., `or sweuensOm. MPXY. either sweuens V.. And sotheli on my `ser|uauntis menmen seruauntes GMQTY. seruauntis V. andand on Q. myne handmaydens in tho dayes I schal schede out of my spirit, and thei schulen prophecie. And I schal ȝyue greete wondris in heuene aboue, and signes in erthe bynethe, blood, and fyer, and vapourheete V. of smoke. The sunne schal be turned into derknessis, and the mone into blood, bifore thatOm. G pr. m. the gret andOm. N. opyn day of the Lord schal come. AndAnd it schal be V. ech man whichthe which A pr. m. who GMPQTY. euereOm. S. schal inclepeclepe to help V. the name of the Lord, schal be saf. Ȝe men of Israel, heerithhere AGMNOPTVY. thes wordis. Jhesu of Nazareth, a man prouyd of God inbifore V. ȝou by vertues, `or myraclisOm. OX. either myraclis V., and wondris, and tokenes, theOm. V. whiche God dide by him in the myddel of ȝou, as ȝe `witen, hym, the counceil determyned, `or endidOm. OQX., and by the presciencebifore knowynge O., `or bifore know|yngeOm. OQX., of God, bitakun, `or trayedor bytrayed GMPTY. Om. OX., by the hondis of wickidwicked men GMOPQY. wicke SX. ȝe turmentinge slowenwiten, ȝe turmentiden and killeden him bi the hondis of wickide men, bi counseil determyned and bi|taken bi the foreknowing of God V.. Whom God reyside, `the sorwiswhanne sorewis V. of helle vnboundunweren vnbounden V., `vp thatbi that that V. it was in|possible himOm. O. forOm. SX. to be holdyn of it. SothliFor V. Dauith seith intoto G pr. m. of V. himit K., I purueyde the Lord bifore me euermore, for he is on my riȝthalf, that I be not moued. For this thing myn herte ioyede, and my tunge gladidemade ful out ioie V., more ouer and my fleisch schal reste in hope. For thou schalt not forsake my soule in helle, `nethir thou schalt ȝyuene schalt ȝif O. thin hooli forOm. SX. to se corup|cioun. Thou hast maad knowun to me the weies of lyf, thou schalt fulfillefille V. me inwith X. myrthe with thi face. Men bretheren, be it leefful boldly forOm. SX. to seye to ȝou of the patriark Dauith, forthat V. he is deed and biried, and his sepulcre is at vs til into this day. Therfore whanne he was a prophete, and wiste, forthat V. with an ooth God hadde sworn to him, of the fruyt of his leendeleendes OX. forOm. SX. to sitte on his seete, he purueyingepurueiede and V. spak of the resurexciounaȝenrysyng O. of Crist, for nethir he iswas V. left in helle, nethirne O. his fleisch siȝseeth QT. say V. corupcioun. God reiside this Jhesu, to whom we alle ben wit|nessis. Therfore hehe was V. enhaunsid by the riȝt hond of God, andand bi MPQTY. and thourȝ V. the biheestehyȝest T. of theOm. V. Hooli Gost takyn of the fadir, he schedde out thisthis spirit V., that ȝe seen and heeren. For|soth Dauith assendidestiȝide V. not into heuene; forsoth he seith, The Lord seide tovnto O. my Lord, SittSit thou SV. on my riȝthalf, til I schalOm. V. putte thin enemyes the stool of thi feet. Therfore moost certeynly wite al the hous of Israel, forthat V. God reysidemade V. andOm. MPTVY. hym theOm. MPQTY. bothe V. Lord andOm. O. Crist, this Jhesuis T., whom ȝe crucifieden. `These thingis herdWhanne thei herden these thingis V., thei weren compunctcompunct, or soreuful G sec. m. compuncted O. in herte; and thei seiden to Petre and to othere apostlis, Men bre|theren, what schulen we do? Petre for|soth seithseide V. to hem, Penaunce, he seithseide V., do ȝe, and ech of ȝou be cristened in the name of Jhesu Crist, into remiscioun of ȝoure synnes; and ȝe schulen take the ȝifteȝiftes Q. of the Hooly Gost. ForsothFor V. repro|miscioun, `or eft biheesteOm. QX., is to ȝou, and to ȝoure sones, and to alle that ben ferr, whomwhiche V. euere the Lord oureOm. V. God hath clepid toOm. V.. SothliAlso V. with othere wordisword K. ful manye he witnesside to hem, and mo|nestide hemto hem G pr. m. T., seyingeand seide V., Be ȝe saued fro this wickidwicke SX. schrewid V., `or schrewidOm. OQVX., generacioun. TherforeFor Q. thei that receyueden his wordisword V., weren baptysid, and in that day soulissoules, or men and wimmen O. Om. MPY. benOm. T. weren V. putt to, aboute thre thousyndthousynd soules MPY.. For|soth thei weren lastynge instabilly in the V. techinge of apostlisthe apostlis MPQTY., and inOm. V. comunynge of brekinge of breed, and in preieris. Forsoth drede was maad to ech souleman V.. And many won|dris and sygnes weren don by apostlisthe apostlis MPQTY. in Jerusalem, and greet drede was in alle. Also alle men that bileuyden weren to gidere, and hadden alle thingis comynin comoun QX.. Thei selden possesciouns and substauncessubstaunce O., `or goodisOm. QX. either goodis V., and departiden alletho V. thingis to alle men, as it was nede to ech. `For|soth day bi dayAlso ech day V. thei `lastinge to gideredwellinge stabily with oo wille V. in the temple, and brekingebraken V. breed aboute housis, tokenand tooken V. mete with gladynggladnes S. ful out ioie V. and symplenesse of herte, heriyngepreysyng O. and herieden V. to gidere God, and hauyngehadden V. grace to al the peple. Forsoth the Lord encreside hem that weren maad saaf, ech day into the same thing.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe Petre and John stiȝedenstiȝeden vp GNT. into the temple, at the nynthe our of preiyngthe preynge G pr. m. preyer O.. And suma GMPQTY. man that was lame fro the wombe of his modir, was borun, whom thei puttidenputten SX. ech day at theOm. Q. ȝate of the temple, that is seid fair, that he schulde axe almes of men entrynge into the tem|ple. This, whanne he syȝ Petre and John bigynnynge forOm. SX. to entre into the temple, preiede that he schulde take almes. For|soth Petre with John biholdingebiheeld on V. him, seideand seide V., BiholdBi|holde thou V. into vs. And he biheeld into hem, hopingeand hopide V. him tofor to O. taketakynge GMPVY. sum thing of hem. Forsoth Petre seide, Sil|uerNeither siluer V. andneither V. gold is notOm. V. to me; forsothsothely O. that that I haue, I ȝyue to thee. In the name of Jhesu Crist of Nazareth, ryse thouOm. X., and go. And `his riȝthondwhanne his riȝthond was V. takun, hePetir V. lifteliftede S. reyside V. him vpOm. V.; and anoonOm. Q. the groundisOm. Q. andand the GMPY. Om. Q. or the T. plauntissolis OX., `or solisOm. OX. either solis V., of him benweren V. saddid to gidere; and he lippingelippide and V. lepende X. stood, and wandride. And he entride with hem into the temple, wandryngewalkinge V., `and lippingeOm. V. and lepende X., andOm. X. heriyngepreysyng O. God. And al the peple syȝ him walkinge, and heriyngepreysyng O. God. Forsoth thei knewyn him, forthat V. he it was that sat at almesthe almes O. at the fair gate of the temple. And thei weren fulfillidfillid V. with wondryngwonder O., and exstasiestonying V., `that is, leesyng of mynde ofand AGMNOPQSTXY. `resoun and lettyng of tungegloss om. in V., in that thing that bifel to him. Sothli whanne thei syȝen Petre and John, aland al QTV. the peple ran to hem at the porche that `was clepidis clepid N. is seyde O. of Salomon, wondringeand wondriden V. greetly. Forsoth Petre seyngesiȝ, and V. answeride to the peple, Men of Israel, what wondrenwondriden V. ȝe inon OP. thisOm. T. thing? oreither V. what biholden ȝe vs, as by oure vertu `or powereither pitee V. we madenmaken V. thisthis man OV. forOm. SX. to walke? God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, Godand God T. of oure fadris, `hath glorifiedglorifiede X. his sone Jhesu, whom ȝe sothliOm. V. bitraieden, and denyeden bifore the face of Pilate, `him demyngewhanne he demede V. forOm. SVX. to be dismyttidleft O., `or leftOm. OQX. or delyuered V.. `Ȝe for|sotheBut ȝe V. denyeden the hooly and iustiust man O., andand ȝe MPQTY. axidenaskeden Q. a `man homeside, orOm. GMOPQTY. man a V. man X. mansleer, forOm. S. to be ȝouun to ȝou. Forsoth ȝe slowen the maker of lyf, whom God reiside fro deed menOm. QX., of whom we ben witnessis. And in theOm. SX. feith of his name he hath confermyd thisthis man V., whom ȝe seen and han knoweknowen V.; the name of him, and the feith that is by him, ȝaf this ful heelthe in theOm. N. siȝt of alle ȝou. And now, bretheren, I woot that byOm. N. vnwittingethe vnwetinge V. ȝe diden, as and ȝoure princes. `God forsothBut God V. `that bi|foreOm. O. toolde bi the mouth of alle prophetis his Crist forOm. SX. to suffre, fulfillidefulfille K. hath fillid V. so. Ther|fore beOm. X. ȝe repentauntrepentaunt beth X., and be ȝe conuert|id, that ȝoure synnes be do awey, whannethat whanne V. the tymestyme Q. of kelyngerefreshing X., `or refreischingeeither refreischinge V. Om. X., fro the siȝt of the Lord schulen come, and he schal sende himthilke Jhesu Crist V. that is now prechid to ȝou, `Jhesu CristOm. V.. Whom sotheli it bi|houeth heuene forOm. SX. to resceyue, til into the tymetymes AGMOPQSTVXY. of restitucioun of alle thingis, theOm. QVX. whiche the Lord spak by the mouth of his hooli prophetis fro the world. For|sothe Moyses seide, For the Lord ȝoure God schal reyse to ȝou a prophete, of ȝoure britheren; as me, ȝe schulen heere him vpvpon MPQTY. bi V. alle theOm. MOPQTXY. thingis, what euere he schal speke to ȝou. Forsoth it schal be, euery souleman V. that schal not heere `the ilkethat OX. thilke MPVY. the T. pro|phete, schal be distryeddestried, or exijlid MPTY. offro V. the peple. And alle prophetis fro Samuel and aftir|ward, that spaken, tolden thes dayes. Ȝe forsothe ben the sones of prophetis, and of the testament, that God ordeynede to oureȝoure N. fadris, seiyngeand seide V. to Abraham, In thi seed alle the meynees of erthe schulen be blessid. God reysingereyside V. his sone first to ȝou, senteand sente V. him blessinge ȝou, that ech man conuert him fro his wickydnesse.

 CAP. IV.

Forsothe `hem spekingewhile thei spaken V. to the peple, prestis and magistratis of the templepuple SX. camen vpon, and Sadducees, sorwyngeand soreweden V. thatand that SX. thei `schulden techetauȝten V. the peple, and toolden intoto T. bi V. Jhesu aȝen rysinge fro deed menOm. QX.. And thei leydenledden X. hondis intoin O. on V. hem, and puttidenputten SX. hem into kepinge til into the morwe; sothlifor V. it was `now euenthanne euentid V.. Forsoth manye of hem that hadden herd the word, bileuyden; and the noumbre of `hem ismen was V. maad fyue thousendisthousynde AGMNPQSTXY.. Forsothe in the morwe it iswas V. don, that the princes of hem, and eldere men and scribes `schulden beweren V. gederid in Jerusalem; and Annas, prince of prestis, and Cayphas, and Joon, and Alisaundre, and how ma|nye euere weren of the kyndekynrede GT. of preestis. And thei ordeynyngesettiden V. hem in the myddel axidenand axiden V., In what vertu, `or what nameOm. Q. either in what name V., han ȝe don this thing? Thanne Petre fulfillidwas fillid V. with the Hooly Gost, seideand seide V. to hem, Ȝe princes of the peple, andand ȝe V. eldre men, heerehere ȝee GMOPQTY. hereth SX., If we to day ben demyd in the good dedisdede AGMNOPQSTVXY. of a syke man, in theOm. VX. which thisthis man V. is maad saaf, be it knowun to ȝou alle, and to al the peple of Israel, forthat V. in theOm. O. name of `oure LordOm. V. Jhesu Crist of Nazareth, whom ȝe crucifieden, whom God reyside fro deed men, in thishim O. this man stondithstant SX. hool bifore ȝou. This is the stoon, whichthe whiche AGMNOPQSTY. was reproued of ȝou bildinge, theOm. V. which is maad into the heedheued GOQTY. of the corner; and heelthe is not in ony othir. ForsothFor V. nethir othirany N. name is vndir heuene ȝouun to men, in theOm. SVX. which it bihoueth vs tofor to AGMNOPVY. be maad saf. Forsoth thei seyngesiȝen V. the stedfastnesse of Petre and John, foundenfor it was founden V. that thei weren men with oute lettris, and idiotis, won|dridenand thei wondriden V., andOm. O. knewen forthat O. hem that V. thei weren with Jhesu. And seyngethei siȝen V. the man stondinge with hem, that was heelid, theiand thei V. myȝten no thing withseyeaȝenseye AGMNOPQSTVXY.. Forsoth thei comaundiden hem forOm. SX. to go forth withoute the counceil. And thei spaken to gidere, seyinge, What schulen we do to thes men? for sothli the sygne is maad knowun by hem to alle men, dwellingethat dwellen X. at Jerusalem; it is opyn, and we mown not denye. But that it be no more pupplischid into the peple, manase we to hem, that thei speke no more in this name to ony ofOm. P. men. And thei clep|inge hem denounsidendenounseden to hem V., that on no maner thei schulden speke, neneither V. teche, in the name of Jhesu. Forsothe Petre and John an|sweringeansweriden and V., seiden to hem, If it beis M. riȝtful in the siȝt of God forOm. SX. to heere ȝou rathere than God, deme ȝe. ForsothFor V. we `mown not notmown not AGMY. most nede N. moten nedis V. spekeOm. AGMY. thetho NSVX. thingis that we han seyn and herdherd, not speke AGMY.. And thei manasingemanasiden and V. leften hem, `not fyndyngeand founden not V. how thei schulden ponysche hem, for the peple; for alle men clarifieden that thing that was don in that thingOm. V. that bifel. ForsotheFor V. the man was more than of fourty ȝeerisȝer SX., in `the whichwhom GMPQTY. whiche SVX. this sygne of heelthe was maaddon O.. For|soth thei leftweren left, and V., camen to hernher bretheren G sec. m. her frendes O. hem SX., and toolden to hem, how manyegrete V. thingis the princesprinces of prestis V. and eldere men seiden to hemhern S sec. m.. TheOm. V. whiche whanne thei herden, with oon herte reysiden voys to the Lord, and seiden, Lord, thou thatOm. K. madist heuene and erthe, see, and alle thingis that ben in hem, theOm. V. which byseidist bi V. the Hooly Gost, by the mouth of oure fadir Dauith, thi child, seidistOm. V., Whi hethene men wraththidengnastiden V. beeten togidere with teeth X., `or beten with teeth to gidereor gnaysteden with her teeth O. Om. QX., and peplis thouȝten veyn thingis? Kyngis of the erthe stooden nyȝ, and princes camen to gidere into oon, aȝens the Lord, and aȝens his Crist. For theiOm. V. camen to gidere verilyOm. O. in this citee aȝens thi hooly child Jhesu, whom thou anoyntidest, Heroude and Pounce Pilat, with hethene menOm. V., and peplis of Israel, forOm. SX. to do thethes T. thingis, that thin hond and thi counceil demiden forOm. SX. to be don. And now, Lord, bihold into the thretingisthreetnyngis V. of hem, and ȝyue to thi seruauntis with al trist forOm. SX. to speke thi word, in that thing that thou holdehelde S. forth thin hond, heelthisin heelthis O. that heelthis V. and signes and wondris forOm. SVX. to be maad by the name of thin hoolyOm. V. sone Jhesu. And whanne thei hadden preied, the place was moued, in which thei weren gederidgedered togider O.; and alle `ben fulfillidweren fillid V. with the Hooli Gost, and spaken the word of God with trist. Forsoth ofOm. K. the multitude of men bileuynge therOm. V. was oon herte and oon soule, `or willeOm. QX.; nethir ony man seide ony thingthingis V. `of tho thingisOm. T. that he weeldide forOm. SX. to be his owne, but alle thingis weren comune to hem. And with greet vertu apostlisthe apostles MOPQTY. ȝoldunȝeldiden V. witness|yng of the aȝen rysynge of Jhesu Crist oure Lord, and greet grace was in `alle hemhem alle MPY.. ForsothFor V. nethir ony nedy man was among hem, for how many euere weren possescionerspossessouris AGMNPQSTXY. weelders O., `or weeldersOm. OQX., of feeldis oreither of V. howsis, thei sellyngeseelden and V. brouȝten toOm. OV. the pricespris PQTXY. of tho thingis that thei solden, and puttidenput O. putten SX. bifore the feet ofof the GMPSTY. apostlis. Forsoth `thei departidenit was departid V. to ech, as it was nede to ech. Forsoth Joseph, that iswas V. named Barnabas ofof the GMNPQT. apostlis, that is interpretid, the sone of coumfort, a `dekene, of the kyndeLeuyte bi kyn, either of the lynage of Leuy, a man V. of Cypre, whanne he hadde a feeld, solde it, and brouȝte toOm. V. the prijs, and puttideputte NSX. bifore the feet of apostlis.

 CAP. V.

Forsoth suma GMQTY. man, Ananye by name, with Safyra, his wife, seeldenseelde AGMNPSVY. solde X. a feeld, and defraudide of the priysprijs of the feeld, whanne V., his wyf giltywas gilty V., `or witingeOm. OQX.. And he bryngyngebrouȝt V. sum part, puttideputtide it GMPQT. putte SX. and put V. bifore theOm. O. feet of apo|stlisthe apostlis GMPQTY.. Forsoth Petre seideseide to him V., Anany, why hath Sathanas temtid thin herte, thee forOm. SX. to lye to the Hooly Gost, and forOm. SX. to de|fraude of the prijs of the feeld? Wher it dwellinge dwelte not to thee; and it sold was in thi power? Whi hast thou put this thing in thin herte? Thou hast not lyed to men, but to God. Forsoth Ananye heeryngeherde V. thes wordis feldeand felde V. doun, and deiede. And greet drede was maad intoon V. alle that herden. Forsoth ȝonge men rysingeriseden and V. mouedyn hym awey, and `ber|ynge outbaren out, and V. birieden. Forsothe ther was maad as the space of thre houris, and the wyf of him `not knowyngeknew not V. that thing that was don, `entride ynand entride. V.. Forsothe Petre answeride to hir, Womman, seyeand seiye O. to me, ifwher V. ȝe solden the feeld for so moche? And she seide, Ȝhe, sofor so V. moche. Forsoth Petre seide to hir, What sothli `cam to gidere to ȝoubifelde V., `or acordideOm. OX. or is cordid QS. either acordide, to ȝou V., forOm. SX. to tempte the spirit of the Lord? Lo! the feet of hem that han biried thin hose|bonde atben at V. the dore, and thei schulen bere thee out. Anoon she felde down at histhe O. feet, and deiede. Forsoth the ȝonge men entryngeentriden and V. founden hir deed, and thei barenbaren hir MPQTY. out, and birieden tohir to O. hir hose|bonde. And greet drede iswas V. maad in al the chirche, and into alle that herden thes thingis. Forsothe by the hondis of apo|stlis signes and many wondris benweren AGMNOPQSTVXY. maad in the peple. And alle weren `to gidereof oon acorde V. in the porche of Salomon. Forsoth no man of othere durste ioyne him silf with hem, but the peple magnyfiede hem. For|soth the multitude of men and wymmenof wymmen V. bileuynge in the Lord was more encresid, so that into streetis thei brouȝten out sike men, and puttidenputten SX. inin to Q. litle beddis and cowchis, thatthat whanne V. Petre comyngecam V., namely the schadowe of him schulde schadowe ech of hem, and thei werenschulden be V. dilyuered fro `al syknessealle sijknessis M. her syknessis V.. Forsoth theOm. X. multitude `of citeesOm. Q. nyȝthat nyȝ T. to Jerusalem ran, brynginge toOm. V. syk men, and trauelid of vnclene spi|ritis, theOm. V. whiche weren heelid alle. For|soth theOm. N. prince of prestis rysingerising vp N. roos vp V., and alle that weren with him, that is the heresye of Saducees, `ben fulfillidweren fillid V. with enuye; and leiden hondis intoon V. apostlisthe apostlis MPQTY., and puttidenputten SX. hem in comun kepyng. Forsoth the aungel of the Lord by nyȝte openyngeopenyd NV. the ȝateȝatis V. of the prisoun, and ledingeledde V. hem out, seydeand seide V., Go ȝe, and `ȝe stondingestonde ȝe, and V. stondende X. spekepreche N. speketh QSX. in the temple to the peple alle the wordis of this lyf. TheOm. V. whiche whanne thei hadden herd, entriden erly into the temple, and tauȝten. For|soth theOm. X. prince of prestis comyngecam V., and thei that weren with him, clepidenand clepide V. to|gidere the counceil, and alle the eldere men of the sones of Israel; and senten to the prisoun, that thei schulden be brouȝt forth. Sothli whanne the mynistris camen, andand founden hem not, and whanne V., the prisounprisounes O. prisoun was V. openyd, `founden hem notOm. V., thei turnedturneden V. aȝen teldenand telden V., seiyng, Forsoth we founden the prisoun schit with al diligence, and the keperis stond|inge at the ȝatis; forsoth we openyngeopenyden and V. founden no man ther ynne. Sothli as the magestratis of the temple, and the princes of prestisthe prestes O. herden these wordis, thei dout|iden `of hemOm. X., what `schulde bewas V. shulde of hem X. don. ForsotheSothely O. sum man `comynge to, toldecam and telde V. to hem, For lo! thothe M. men whomwhiche V. ȝe han put intoin O. prisoun, ben in the temple, stond|ingeand stondinge V. Om. Y., and techinge the peple. Thanne the magestratmagistrates OTY. wente withwith the AGMNPSVXY. mynistris, and brouȝtenbrouȝte V. hem toOm. V. with outen strengtheviolence V.; forsothfor V. thei dredden the peple, lest thei schulden be stooned `to deethOm. SVX.. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt hem toOm. V., thei ordeynedensettiden V. in the counceil; andthat N. theOm. O. princesprince GMNQSTVXY. of prestis axidenaxide GMNPQSTXY. hem, sey|ingeand seide V., In comaundinge we comaundidencomaunden AN. ȝouto ȝou G sec. m. SX., that ȝe schulden not teche in this name, and lo! ȝe han fulfillidfillid V. Jerusalem with ȝoure teching, and ȝe wolen brynge yn on vs the blood of this man. Forsoth Petre answeringe, and apostlisthe apostles MOPQTY. othere apostolis X., seiden, It bihoueth forOm. SX. to obeyeobesche MS. to God, more than to men. TheOm. GMQTY. God of oureȝoure V. fadris reyside Jhesu, whom ȝe slowen, hangynge in a tree. God enhaunside with his riȝthond this prince and sauyour, forOm. SX. to ȝyue pe|naunce to Israel, and remyscioun of synnes. And we ben witnessis of thes wordis, and the Hooly Gost, whom God ȝafȝeueth Q. to alle obeischinge to him. Whanne thei herden thes thingis, thei weren turmentid, and thouȝten forOm. SX. to sle hem. Forsoth sum man rysingeroos V. in the counceil, a Pharise, Gamaliel by name, a doctour of the lawe, a worschipful man to al the peple, co|maundideand comaundide the V. men forOm. OSX. to be maaddon S. with|outeforth toat V. a schort tyme. And he seide to hem, Ȝe men of Israel, taketaketh SX. tent to ȝouȝour GQT. silf on thes men, what ȝe be to doyngedon SX.. ForsothFor V. bifore thes dayes The|odasthere was a man Theodas T sec. m. sum man Theodas was X. was, seyinge him silf forOm. SX. to be sum manman greet T sec. m., to whom a noumbre of men consent|ide, aboute foure hundrid; theOm. V. which iswas V. slayn, and alle whichewho MPQTY. euere bileuedenbileeuen V. to him, benweren V. disparplidsparplyd S. disparulid X., and brouȝt to nouȝt. Aftir this, Judas Galileeof Galilee M pr. m. V. was in thothe MQTV. dayes of profescioun, and turnede awey the peple aftir him; and alle how manye euere consentiden to him, benweren V. scaterid, and he perischide. And now sothlitherfore V. I seie to ȝou, departe ȝe fro thes men, and suffre ȝe hem; for if itOm. VX. `is of men this counceil or werkbe of men this counceil or werk MPY. this counceil either werk is of men V. is of men this councell X., it schal be vndon; for|sothe if it is of God, ȝe mown not vndo hem. `But suffre ȝe hemOm. V., lest perauen|ture andOm. OX. ȝe be foundun forOm. S. to repugne Godto God PQTY.. Forsoth thei consentiden to him; and thei clepingeclepiden V. `to gidereOm. O. apostlisthe apostlis GMOPQTY., denouncidenand denounsiden V. to hem betunby|dene O., that thei schulde no more speke in the name of Jhesu, and leftenthei leften V. hem. And sothli thei wenten ioyinge fro the siȝt of the coun|ceil, for thei benweren V. had worthi forOm. SX. to suffre dispysing, `or wrongOm. OQX., for the name of Jhesu. Forsoth ech day thei ceessiden not in the temple, and aboute housis, techinge and euangelisynge Jhesu Crist.

 CAP. VI.

Forsoth in tho dayes, theOm. O. noumbre of disciplis wexyngewexide, either encrees|ide V., grucchinge of Greekis iswas V. maad aȝens Ebrews, for that the wi|dewis of hem weren dispisid in euery daies mynistring. Forsoth the twelue clepingeclepiden V. to gidere the multitudenoumbre O. of dis|ciplis, seidenand seyden V., It is not euene thingthing, either riȝtful V., `vs toto us to O. VS for to MPQTY. that we V. forsake the word of God, and forOm. SVX. toOm. V. mynistre to bordis. Therfore, bretheren, biholde ȝe men ofin S. ȝou, of good witness|ing, `or fameOm. OQX., seuene, ful of the Hooly Gost and wysdom, whomwhiche V. weȝe K. schulen or|deyne onto O. this werk; forsoth we schulen be bisy toin V. preier and mynisteriepreching O., `or prechingOm. OQX., ofOm. V. the wordword of God V.. And the word pleside tobifore V. al the multitude; and thei cheesidenchosen SX. Stheuene, a man ful of feith andand of Y. the Hooly Gost, and Philip, and Protore, and Nichanore, and Tymon, and Permanam, and Nichol, a gestcomelyng VX., `or come|lyngOm. OQVX., AntiocheneAntioche K. a man of Antioche V.. Thei ordeyneden these bifore the siȝt of apostlisthe apostlis S., and thei preiyngepreieden V. puttidenputten QSX. and puttiden V. the hondis to hem. And the word of the Lord wexidewexe SX., and the noumbre of disciplis in Jerusalem was multiplied moche; also moche cumpanye of prestis obeiedenobeschide MX. obeyede V. to theOm. V. feith. `Sthe|uene, fulSteuene forsothe ful O. Forsothe Steuene was ful V. of grace and strengthe, madeand made V. dide X. wondris and grete signes in the peple. Forsothe summe risenriseden V. risende X. of the synagoge, that was clepid of Libertyns, and Cirenen|sis, and of men of Alisaundre, and of hem that weren ofin N. Cilice and Asye, disput|ynge with Stheuene. And thei myȝten not withstonde toOm. V. the wysdom and spirit, that spak. ThanneThat O. thei priuely senten men, that schulden seye, hemthat thei V. haueto han SX. Om. V. herdherden V. him seyingeto han seid X. wordis of blasphemye intoaȝens V. Moyses and God. AndTherfore V. so thei moueden to gidere the peple, andof K. eldere men, and scribis; and thei rennyngerennen V. to gidere ra|uyschedenand raueschyden V. him, and brouȝten toOm. NT. into the counceil. And thei ordeyneden false wit|nessis, seyinge, This man ceessith not forOm. SVX. to speke wordis aȝens the hooly place, and lawe. ForsothFor V. we herden hym seyinge, ForThat V. this Jhesus of Nazareth schal dis|troye this place, and schal chaunge tra|diciouns, theOm. V. whiche Moyses bytook to vs. And alle men that saten in the coun|ceil biholdinge him, syȝen the face of him as the face of an aungel. Here commences Chap VII. in V.Forsoth the prince of prestis seide to Stheuene, If thes thingis han hem so? TheOm. VX. which seith,

 CAP. VII.

MenMy O. bretheren, and fadris, heere ȝe. GodThe God V. of glorie apperide to oure fadir Abra|ham, whanne he was in Mesopotanye, bi|fore he dwelte in Carram, and seide to him, Go out of thi lond, and ofOm. S. thi cog|naciounkynreden O., `or kynredeeither kynrede V. Om. OQX., and come into the lond, `the whichwhom GMPQTY. which V. that X. I schal schewe to thee. Thanne he wente out of the lond of Cal|deys, and dwelte in Carram. And thennisfro thennes V. aftir that hisOm. N. fadir was deed, he trans|latide hym into this lond, in which ȝe dwellen now. And he ȝaf not to him heritage in it, nother a paas of foot, but he aȝenbihiȝte forOm. X. to ȝyue to him it into possescioun, and to his seed aftir him, whanne he hadde not a sone. Forsoth God spak to him, ForThat V. his seed schalshulde X. be cumelynga comelyng MPQTY., `or gestOm. OQVX., in an alien lond, and thei schulen `sugette hemmake hem soget V. to seruage, and schulen yuele trete hem, foure hundrid ȝeerisȝer SX. `and thrittyOm. O.; and I schal iuge the folk, to whichthe whiche S. thei schulen serue, seith the Lord. And aftir these thingis thei schulen go out, and thei schulen serue to me in this place. And he ȝaf to himhem O. thea PQT. testament of circumcisioun; and so he gendride Ysaac, and circumcidide him in the eiȝtith day. And Ysaac gendrideOm. X. Jacob, and JacobJacob gendride V. the twelue patriarkis. And the patriarkis hauyngehad|den V. enuye to Jo|seph, soldenand seelden V. hym into Egipt. And God was with hym, and delyuerede him of alle his tribulaciouns, and ȝaf to him grace and wysdom in the siȝt of Pharao, kyng of Egipt. And he ordeynede him pre|postprouoost MPQTY. souereyn O., `or souereynOm. OQX., onin K. Egipt, andOm. G. on al his hous. Forsoth hungir cam into al Egipt, and Canaan, and greet tribula|cioun; and oure fadris founden not metis. Forsoth whanne Jacob herdehadde herd that V., whete `for to beto be SX sec. m. was V. to be sold X pr. m. in Egipt, he sente oure fadris first. And inOm. N. the secunde tyme Josep was knowyn of his britheren, and his kyn iswas V. maad knowun to Pharao. Forsothe Jo|sep sendyngesente and clepide V. clepide toto him GT. Om. V. Jacob, his fa|dir, and al his cognacioun, ininto Q. soulismen V. seuenty and fyue. And Jacob dessend|idecam doun V. into Egipt, and iswas V. deed, he and oure fadris; and thei benweren V. translatid into Si|chen, and benweren V. putt in the sepulcre, that Abraham bouȝte by priys of siluer of the sones of Emor, the sone of Sichen. For|soth whanne the tyme of biheeste cam nyȝ, theOm. V. which God hadde knowlechid to Abraham, the peple waxe, and wasOm. V. mul|tiplied in Egipt, til another kyng roos in Egipt, theOm. V. which knew not Joseph. This bigylingebigilide V. oure peplekyn and V., turmentide oure fadris, that thei schulden putte out her ȝonge children, lest thei were quykened. In the same tyme Moyses was born, and he was acceptid, `or louydOm. OQX., of God; and he was norischid thre monethis in the hous of his fadir. Forsoth himwhanne he was V. putt out, the douȝtir of Pharao took him vp, and norischide him into a sone to hir. And Moyses was lerndlerud AMNQSTX. inOm. N. alOm. A. theOm. S. wysdom of Egipcians, and he was myȝty in his wordis and werkis. Forsoth whanne the tyme of twentifourti NV. ȝeer was fulfillidfillid V. to him, it stiȝede vp intoto A pr. m. N. in SX. his herte, that he schulde visite his bretheren, the sones of Israel. And whanne he syȝ sumOm. G pr. m. a MPQTY. man suffringe wrong, he vengide him, and dide veniaunce to him that suffride wrong; theand he kyllide the V. Egipcian slaynOm. V.. Forsoth he gesside bretherenthat his brother V. `for toto SX. schulde V. vndirstonde, forthat OV. God by the hond of hym schulde ȝyue to hem heelthe; but thei vndirstoden not. For|soth in the day suynge he apperide to hem chidinge, andand he AGMNOPQSTVXY. recounsilide hem in pees, seyingeand seide V., Men, ȝe ben bretherenbrether X.; whertowhi V. noyen ȝe ech othirto othere T.? Forsoth he that dide wrong to his neiȝebore, puttideput OSX. him awey, seyinge, Who ordeynede thee prince and domesman vponon MPQSVXY. in T. vs? WherWhether X. thou wolt sle me, as ȝistirday thou killid|ist the Egipcian? Forsothe in this word Moyses flyȝ, and was maad a comeling ininto O. the lond of Madian, where he gendride tweytwo GMPQSTY. sones. And fourtywhanne he hadde fillid fourty V. ȝeer fulfillidOm. V., an aungel apperide to him in fyer of flame of a boisch, in desert of the mount of Syna. Forsothe Moyses seyngesiȝ, and V. won|dride theon the V. siȝt. And `him comynge to that he schuldewhanne hee neiȝhede to V. biholde, the vois of the Lord iswas V. maad toin V. him, seyingeand seide V., I am God of ȝoure fadris, God of Abraham, Godand God S. of Ysaac, Godand God G sec. m. SX. and T. of Jacob. Moyses maadwas maad V. tremeling, dursteand durste V. not biholde. Forsothe God seide to him, Vnbynd the schonshoo MPY. sho QST. of thi feet, for the place in which thou stondiststanst X. is hooli erthe. I seyng syȝ the afflicciounturmentyng O., `or turmentyngOm. OQX. either turmentyng V., of my peple that is in Egipt, and I herde the morn|yng of hem, and I caam down forOm. SX. to delyuere hem. And now come thou, and I schal sende thee into Egipt. This Moyses, whom thei denyeden, seyinge, Who ordeyned thee prince and domes|man onvpon N. vs? God sente this prince and aȝenbyer, with the hond of the aungel, that apperide to hym in the boisch. ThisThis Moises V. ledde hem out, doyngeand dide V. wondris and sygnes in the lond of Egipt, and in the reede see, inand in MPQTVY. desert fourty ȝeerisȝer S.. This is Moyses, that seide to the sones of Israel, God schal reise to ȝou a prophete of ȝoure bretheren, asand as O. me ȝe schulen heere him. This isit is V., that was in the chirche in wil|dirnesse, with theOm. G pr. m. aungel that spak to him in the mount Synaof Synay GMPQSTY., and with oureȝoure N. fadris; theOm. V. which took wordis of lyf forOm. SX. to ȝyue to vs. To whom oure fadris wolden not obeyeobesche MX., but puttidenputten SX. him awei, and benweren V. turned awei in her hertis into Egipt, seiynge to Aaron, Make thou to vs goddis, that schulen go biforeto fore O. vs; forsothefor V. to this Moyses, that ledde vs out of the lond of Egipt, we witen not, what is donto don T. to him. And thei maden a calf in tho dayes, and offriden `an oosta sacrifice V. to the symylacre; and thei gladidenweren glad V. in the werkis of her hondis. Forsoth God turn|yde, and bitook hem `for to serueOm. S. to seruen X. to the knyȝthod of heuene, as it is writun in the book of prophetisthe prophetis N., WhereWhether S et X passim. ȝeȝe hous of Israel V. offriden to me slayn sacrificis, `or oostisOm. OQX. either sacrifices V., fourty ȝeerisȝer X. in desert, ȝethe K. Om. V. `hous of IsraelOm. V.? And ȝe han takun theOm. X. tabernacle of Moloc, and the sterre of ȝoure god Rempham, figuris that ȝe han maad forOm. SX. to worshipe hem; and I schal translate ȝou into Ba|biloyne. The tabernacle of witnessing was with oure fadris in desert, as God disposide to hem, spekingeand spac V. to Moyses, that he schulde make it vpbi V. the foorme that he syȝ. TheOm. VX. which and oure fadris takingetoken V. `with Jhesu, brouȝtenbroȝten with Jhesu S. with Jhesus, and brouȝten V. into pos|sesciounthe possessioun MPVY. of hethen men, theOm. V. which God puttideputte SX. awey fro the face of oure fadris, til ininto G sec. m. MP. the dayesday K. of Dauith, that fond grace anentis God, and axide that he schulde fynde a tabernacle to God of Jacob. Sa|lomon forsothe bildidebilde SX. an hows to him. But the hiȝeheeȝ God GNV. alderheȝest T. dwellith not in maade thingis by hond, as he seith by the prophete, He|uene is aOm. N. seete to me, theand O. erthe forsothsotheli MQTY. forsothe is V. the stool of my feet; what hous schulen ȝe bylde to me, seith the Lord, oreither V. whatwhiche is the GMPQTY. place ofis of V. my resting? Wher myn hond made not alle thesOm. S. thingis? With hard nol, andand with O. vncircumsidid hertis and eeris ȝe withstondenwithstoden P. euermore the Hooly Goost; as andOm. O. ȝoure fadris, so and ȝe. Whom of the prophetis han not ȝoure fadris pur|sued, and han slayn hemOm. O. that bifore teelden of the comynge of the iustiust man ANO., whos traitours and mansleerismen slears GMPY. ȝe weren now? TheOm. V. whiche token the lawe inand AN. ordy|naunce of aungels, and han not kept. Forsothe thei heeringeherden V. thes thingis, werenand weren V. dyuersly turmentid in herOm. G pr. m. hertis, and gnastiden, `or grennydenOm. QX. either grennden with teeth V., intoon V. him. Forsothe whanne Stheuene was fulfulfillide Q. of the Hooly Gost, he biholdingebiheeld V. into heuene, syȝand say V. the glorie of God, and Jhesu stond|inge onof T. the riȝthalf of the vertu of God. And he seithseide V., Lo! I see heuenes openyd, and the sone of man stondinge on the riȝt half of the vertu of God. Forsoth thei criyngecrieden V. with grete voisesvoice GMNPSTVXY. noys Q., heeldenand heelden V. to gidere her eerisheren O., and maden `to giderewith OO wille V. asauȝt, `or feersnesseOm. X., in to him. And thei castingecastiden V. him out of the cytee stoon|ydenstooned him O. and stoneden V.. And witnessisthe witnessis PQTY. diden of her clothis, bisydis the feet of a ȝong man, that was clepid Saul. And thei stoonyden Steuene ynclepingeclepinge to help V., and seyinge, Lord Jhesu, receyuetake O. my spirit. Forsoth `the knees putthe kneelide, and V., he criede with greet vois, sey|inge, Lord, settesette thou TY. not to hem this synne; `for thei witen not what thei donOm. V.. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, he sleptesleeped, or dyde O. in the Lord. Chap. VIII. begins here in V.Forsoth Saul was consentynge to his deeth.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsoth greet persecucioun was maad in that day in the chirche, that was in Jerusalem. And alle men weren scaterid by the cuntrees of Judee and Samarie, out takun apostlis. Forsoth men drede|ful `curiden, orOm. MOPQTVY. birieden, Stheuene, and maden greet moornyng on him. Forsoth Saul greetliOm. Y. distroyede the chirche, en|tringeand entride V. by howsis, drawyngeand drow V. men and wymmen, bitook into kepyng, `or prisounOm. OQX.. Therfore thei that weren scaterid, pass|yden forth, euangelisyngeprechyng O. the word of God. Forsoth Philip comyngecam V. down in|to a citee of Samarie, prechideand prechide V. to hem Crist. Forsoth the cumpanyes ȝauen tent to thesthos S. thingisOm. V. that weren seid of Phi|lip, `to giderewith OO wille V. heeringe and seynge the signes that he dide. ForsotheFor V. manye of hem that hadden vnclene spiritis, cryingecrieden V. with greet vois, wentenand wente V. out. Forsothe manye syke in palasye, and crokid, benweren V. heelid. Therfore gret ioye iswas V. maad in that citee. Forsoth ther was suma MPQTY. Om. V. man, Symound by name, theOm. V. which bifore was in the citee a wicche, disseyuynge the folk of Samarie, seiynge him silf forOm. MPQSTXY. to be sum greet man. ToOm. V. whom alle herken|yden, fro the leeste tilOm. O. toOm. G pr. m. the mooste, seiyngeand seiden V., This is the vertu ofOm. K. God, theOm. V. which is clepid greet. Forsothe allethei V. bi|helden him, for this thing, that moche tyme he hadde maad hem madwood O., `or woodOm. OQX., with his wicchingis. SothliForsoth O. whanne thei hadden bileuyde to Philip, euangelysinge of the kyngdom of God, in the name of Jhesu Crist, men and wymmen weren bap|tiside. ThanneThanne also V. Symound `and hehimself V. bileuyde; and whanne he was baptysid, he clyuededrew O. to Philip; he seyngesay V. signesalso signes AGMNOPQSTY. also that singnes V. and moost vertues `for to beto be SX. weren V. maad, dredingeand he dredde, and V. won|dride. Forsoth whanne apostlisthe apostlis PQTY. that weren at Jerusalem, hadden herd forthat V. Sa|marie receyuederesceyue K. the word of God, thei senten to hem Petre and John. TheOm. V. whiche whanne thei camen, preieden for hem, that thei schulden receyue the Hooly Gost; forsothfor V. not ȝit he cam into ony of hem, but thei weren baptysid oonly in the name of the Lord Jhesu. Thanne thei puttidenputten X. hondis on hem, and thei receyu|eden the Hooly Gost. Forsoth whanne Symound hadde seyn, forthat OV. the Hooli Gost was ȝouun by puttyng onto Q. of the hondhondis O. of apostlisthe apostolis ST., he offrideprofride V. to hem money, sey|ingeand seide V., `Ȝyue ȝeȜiue OS. Ȝiue ȝee also V. Ȝifeth X. to me and this power, thatOm. V. toon O. whom euere I schal putte on hondis, he receyueresceyued Q pr. m. T. the Hooly Gost. For|soth Petre seide to him, Thi money be with thee into perdicioun, for thou gess|idist the ȝifte of God forOm. SX. to be had, `or weeldidOm. OQX., bywith O. money. Part is not to thee, nethir sortgrace V., in this word, for thin herte is not riȝtful bifore God. `And soTherfore V. do thou penaunce frofor V. this thi wickidnesse, and preie God, if perauenture this thouȝt of thin herte be forȝouunforȝiue M. to thee. ForsothFor I see that thou art V. in galle of bittirnesse andand in V. bond of wick|idnesse `I se thee forOm. SX. to beOm. V.. Forsoth Symound answeringeansweride and V., seide, Preie ȝe for me to the Lord, that no thing of thesthis O. that ȝe han seid, come on me. And thei witnessingewitnessiden V. andin K. spekingespaken V. the word of the Lord, ȝedenand ȝeden V. aȝen to Jerusalem, and euangelisiden to manye cuntrees of Sama|ritans. Forsoth an aungel of the Lord spak to Philip, seyingeand seide V., Ryse thou, and go aȝens the southsone O., to the weye that goth doun fro Jerusalem intoto O. Gasam; this is `desert weyedeseert, either forsaken V.. And he risyngeroos and V., wente forth. And lo! a man of Ethiopie, `geld|yng, myȝtia myȝty geldinge GMPQTY. a geldyng myȝti N. miȝti gelding SX. a miȝty man seruaunt onest and chaast V. of the queene Candace of EthiopiensEthiopiis MOPQTY., theOm. V. which was onvpon MY. alle hir richessis, cam forOm. SX. to worschipe in Jeru|salem. And he turnyde aȝen, sittinge on his chare, and redynge Ysaie, the pro|phete. Forsoth the spirit seide to Philip, `Come toNeiȝ thou V., and ioyne thee to this chare. Forsoth Philip `rennynge torun to, and V., herde hym redinge Ysaie, the prophete. And he seyde, Gessist thou, wher thou vndir|stondist, what thingis thou redist? TheOm. V. which seithseide V., And how may II vndirstonde V., if `sum man schal notnoon V. schewe to me? And he preiede Philip, that he schulde stiȝe vp, and sitte with him. Forsothe the place of scripture that he radde, was this, As aOm. G pr. m. scheep to sleyng he was led, and as a lomb bifore a man scheringeclippynge N. him is doumb with oute vois, so he openyde not his mouth. In mekenesse his dom iswas V. takyn vp; who schal telle out the gene|racioun of hym? For his lyf schal be takyn awey fro theOm. N. erthe. Forsoth the `gelding answeringeonest seruaunt and chast answeride V. to Philip, seideand seide V., I biseche thee, of what prophete seith he this thing? of himhim silf MOPTV., oreither V. of ony othir? Forsothe Philip openyngeopenide V. his mouth, and bigynnyngebigan V. at this scripture, euangelis|ideand euangelizide V. to hym Jhesu. And theto O. while thei wenten bi the weye, thei camen to sum watir. And the `geldyng seithonest seru|aunt and chaast seide V., Loo! wa|tir; who forbedith me forOm. SX. to be baptysid? Forsoth Philip seideseith O., If thou bileuyst ofin O. al theOm. G pr. m. thin OQ. herte, it is leefful. And he an|sweringeansweride V., seithseide N. and seide VX., I bileue thein the N. that Jhesu Crist is the V. sone of God `for to be Jhesuto be Jhesu SX. Om. V.. And he comaund|ide the chare forOm. SX. to stonde. And thei wenten doun bothe into the watir, Philip and the geldingonest seruaunt and chaast V., and heFilip V. baptisyde him. Forsothe whanne `he stiȝedethei stiȝeden V. vp offro O. the watir, the spirit of the Lord rauyschide Philip, and the geldyngonest seruaunt and chaast V. syȝseeth T. him no more. Forsoth he wente ioyinge by his weye. Forsoth Philip iswas V. foundun in AsotoAzotus V.; and he `passinge forthpasside forth and V., euangeliside to alle citees, til he cam to Cesarye.

 CAP. IX.

Saul, ȝitȝit a MNPQTVY. brethere, `or blowereOm. QX., of ma|nassis andand of TV. betyng, `or sleyngOm. OQVX., intoaȝens V. disciplis of the Lord, cam nyȝ to the princesprince AGMNOQSTXY. of prestis, and axide of him epi|stlisletteres O. epistlis, either comyssiouns V. into Damaske, to synagogis; that if he founde ony men and wymmen of this lyf, he schulde ledeleden aboute Q. lede hem V. boundyn to Jerusa|lem. And whanne he made iourney, it bifel, that he cam nyȝ to Damaske. And sudeynly liȝt fro heuene schon aboute hym; and he fallingefallide V. intoto OV. the erthe, herdeand herde V. a vois seyinge to hym, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me? TheOm. V. whichand he O. seide, Who art thou, Lord? And hehe seide ANV., I am Jhesu of Nazareth, whom thou pursu|est. It is hard to thee, forOm. SX. to kyke aȝens the pricke. And he `tremblinge and won|dringetremblide and wondride and V., seide, Lord, what wolt thou `me for to dome to do SX. that I do V.. And the Lord toseide to NV. him, Ryse thou, and entre in to the citee, and it schal be seide to thee, what `it bihoueth theethee byhoueth O. forOm. SX. to do. Forsothe tho men that wenten with him, stooden maad ferdaferd VX., `or out of myndeOm. OQX.; sothli heeringethei herden V. a vois, `forsothe seyngebut thei sien V. no man. Forsothe Saul roos fro the erthe; and `the yȝen openydwhanne he openide the iȝen V., heOm. O. syȝ no thing. Forsoth thei drawingedrowen V. him tobi O. with V. hondis, leddenand ledden V. into Damask. And he was thre daies not seynge; and he eet not, nether drank. Forsoth suma MPQTY. disciple was at Damask, by name Ananye. And the Lord seide to him in a uisioun, Ana|nye. And he seithseide V., Lo! I, Lord. And the Lord toseide to NV. him, Ryse thou, and go into a streete that is clepid Rectus; and seke, in the hous of Judas, Saul by name Tar|sence. ForsothFor V. lo! he preieth; and he syȝ a man Ananye by name, entringe and puttinge to hym hondis, that he receyue siȝt. Forsothe Ananye answeride, Lord, I haue herd of manye of this man, how `manye yuele thingisgreet yuelis V. he dide to thi seyntis in Jerusalem; and this hath power of theOm. X. princes of prestis, forOm. SX. to bynde alle men that `inclepen thi nameclepen thi name to help V.. ForsothAnd O. the Lord seide to him, Go thou, for this is to me a vessel of chesyng, that he bere my name bifore hethen men, and kingis, and the sones of Israel. Forsothe I schal schewe to him, how manye thingis it bi|houeth him forOm. SX. to suffre for my name. AndOm. SX. Ananye wente, and entride into the hous; and `he puttingeputtide V. puttende X. to him the hondis, seideand seide V., Saul brothir, the Lord Jhesu sente me, that apperide to thee in the weye, in which thou camestcame SX., that thou se, and be fulfillid with the Hooli Gost. And anon therOm. V. felden from his yȝen as scalis, and he receyuede siȝt. And he `risinge isroos and was V. baptisid. And whanne he hadde takun mete, he was comfortid. Forsoth he was with disciplisapostelles O. the disciplis PY., that weren at Damask, by summe dayes. And anoon he entryngeentride V. into the synagogis, prechideand prechide V. the Lord Jhesu, for this is theOm. S. sone of God. For|soth alle men that herden him, wondriden, and seiden, WherWhe|ther G et S passim X. `this is notis not he NOV. that in|pugnide in Jerusalem hem that inclepidenclepide to helpe V. this name? and hidir tofor V. this thing he cam, that he schulde lede hem bounden to the princes of prestis. Forsothe Saul moche more wexidewax MQSTXY. strong, and confoundide the Jewis that dwelliden at Damask, `afferm|ynge forand affeerm|yde that V. this is Crist. Forsoth whanne manye dayes weren fulfillidfillid V., Jewis maden a counceil, that thei schulden slee him. ForsotheAnd O. the aspies of hem benweren V. maad knowun to Saul. ForsotheForsothe and O. thei kepten andOm. OV. the ȝatis day and nyȝt, that thei schulden sle him. Forsothe his disciplis `takynge him intooken him bi V. nyȝt, `bi the wal leften him, sendinge doun in a leepand leften him, and senten doun in a leep bi the walle V.. Forsoth whanne he cam intoto TX pr. m. Jerusalem, he `tempt|ide, orOm. OX. asaiedesaide T., forOm. SX. to ioyne him to disciplisthe disciplis MPQTY.; and alle dredden him, `not bi|leuyngeand bileeueden not V. that he was a disciple. Forsoth Barnabas `ledde him takuntook and led him V. to apostlisthe apostlis MPQTY., and telde to hem, howhow that Q. in the weye he hadde seyn the Lord, and forthat V. he spak to him, and how in Damask he dide tristily in the name of Jhesu. And he was with hem, `entringe and goyngeand entride and ȝede V. outforth O. inOm. G pr. m. MPY. of SX. Jeru|salem, doyngeand dide V. tristily in theOm. MPTY. name of the Lord. And he spaak towith VX. hethene men, and disputide with Grekis. Forsothe thei souȝten forOm. SX. to sle him. TheOm. VX. which thing whanne bretheren hadden knowe, thei ledden him in nyȝt to Cesarie, and leften to Tarsis. Sothli the chirche by al Judee, and Galile, and Samarie hadde pees, and was edifyed, walkinge in theOm. MPQT. drede of the Lord, and was fulfillidfillide V. within the N. comfort of the Hooly Gost. Forsoth it iswas V. maad, that Petre, theOm. MOPQTY. whilewhile that MY. he passide alleby alle T. aboute alle V., cam to the hooly men that dwelliden at Lidde. Forsothe he fond there sum man, Eneas by name, fro eiȝte ȝerisȝer S passim. lig|yngeliende SX. in bedd; theOm. V. which wasOm. T. syke in palesye. And Petre seithseide V. to him, Eneas, the Lord Jhesu Crist heele thee; ryse thou, and dressearaie V. to thee. And anoon he roos. And alle menthe men X. that dwelliden at Lidde, and Sarone, syȝen hym, theOm. V. whiche benweren V. conuertid to the Lord. Forsoth in Joppe was sum disciplissedisciple X., bi name Ta|byta, theOm. V. which interpretid, is seid Dor|cas. This was ful of goode werkis and almesdedis, that sche dide. Forsoth it iswas V. maad in tho dayes, that sche `maad sykwas sik and V. deiede. TheOm. V. whiche whanne thei hadde wayschun, thei puttidenputten SX. hirOm. O. in a `soup|yng placesoler V.. Forsoth whanne Lidda was nyȝ fro Joppe, disciplis `heeringe forherden that V. Petre was in it, sentenand senten V. twey men to him, prei|yngeand preieden V., That thou tarie not forOm. alii. to come `til tovnto MPY. to OQT. vs. Sothli Petre `rysinge vproos up and V. cam with hem. And whanne he camwas comen V., thei ledden him into the `souping placesoler V.. And alle widewisthe widewes MPQTY. stooden aboute hym, wep|inge, and schewinge cootis and clothis, theOm. VX. whiche Dorcas maade to hem. For|sothe `alle menwhanne alle men weren V. castdon O. put V. out withouteforth, Petre `puttinge the kneesknelide and V., preiede. And he turnyd to the body, seideand seide V., Tabita, ryse thouvp O. thou, in name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist MPQTY.. And sche openyde theher V. yȝen, and `Petre seynwhanne sche siȝ Petir V., saatshe sat MPQTVY. vp aȝen. Forsoth he ȝyuyngeȝaf V. to hir the hond, reysideand reiside V. hir. And whanne he hadde clepid hooly men and widewis, he assignede hir quyk. For|soth it iswas V. maad knowun by al Joppe; and theimany V. bileuyden in the Lord. Forsoth it iswas V. maad, that many dayes he dwellide in Joppe, at Symound, suma O. coriour, `or tawieror tawer AGMTY. Om. QX. either tawiere V..

 CAP. X.

Forsoth sum man was in Cesarie, Cor|neli by name, centurio, `that is, hauynge an hundrid menkniȝtis V. vndir hym`Gloss om. in QX., of theOm. O. cumpanye of knyȝtis, that is seid of Yta|lie ; a religious man, and dredinge the Lord, with al his meyne; doynge manye almessisalmes Q. to the peple, and preiynge the Lord euermore. This syȝseeth QT. inOm. T. a uysioun opynli, as in the nynthe hourour of the dai V., `or noonOm. OX., an aungel of God entrynge into hym, and seyinge `to himOm. O., Corneli. And he bihold|inge hym, takynwas taken V. with drede seydeand seide V., Who art thou, Lord? Forsoth he seide to him, Thi preieris and thin almesdedis han stiȝ|ed vp into mynde, inof SX. the siȝt of the Lord. And now sendesende thou V. men into Joppe, and clepe `sum mana man GMPQTY. sum SX., Symound, that is namyd Petre. ThisThat O. He this T. is herborid at suma MPQTY. manOm. X., Symound, coriourcurryour, or tawer A., whos hous is bisydis the see. This schal seie to thee, what it bihoueth thee forOm. SX. to do. And whanne the aungel that spak to him, hadde gon a wey, he clepideclepide to Y. tweynetwo GPQSTX. to MY. `his homely menmen of his hous V., and a knyȝt dredinge the Lord, of hem that obeischidenobeieden S. to him. To whichthe which A. whom GMPQTY., whanne he hadde told alle thingis, he sente hem into Joppe. Forsoth on the day suynge, `hem makingewhile thei maden V. iourney, and neiȝyngeneiȝeden V. to the citee, Petre stiȝede vp into theOm. T. hiȝerehiȝe Q. thingis of the hous, that he schulde preie, aboute the sixte hour. And whanne he hungride, he wolde taste, `or eteOm. X.. Forsoth `hem makingewhile thei made V. he makynge Y. redy, an axcess of soule, `or rauysching of spiritor rauysching of mynde S. Om. X., fel on hym; and he syȝseeth T. heuene openyd, and suma GMPQTY. vessel comynge doun, as a greet scheete with foure cordis, forOm. SX. to be sentlatyn O. doun fro heuene intoto V. erthe, in theOm. VX. which weren alle foure footide beestis, and crep|inge thingis of erthe, and volatils of he|uene , `or eyrOm. OQX. either of the eir V.. And aOm. O. vois iswas V. maad to hym, RyseRise thou V., Petre, sleeand slee V., and ete. For|sothe Petre seithseide V., Lord, ferr be it `fro meOm. V., for I neuere eet aleny V. comyn thing and vnclene. And eft the secunde tyme the vois towas maad to V. him, That thing that God hath clensid, `thou schalt not seieseie thou not V. vnclene. Forsoth this thing isOm. K. was V. don by thries; and a non the vessel iswas V. receyued into heuene. And the while Petre with ynne hymhimsilf GMPQTY. doutide, what the visioun was whichthe whiche N. that GMPQT. he syȝ, lo! the men, that weren sent fro Cornelie, sekinge the hous of Symound, stooden nyȝ at the ȝate. And whanne thei hadden clepid, thei axiden ifwher O. Sy|mound, that wasis N. named Petre, hadde ther herbore. Forsothe `Petre thenkingewhile Petir thouȝte V. onof GMPXY. the visioun, a spirit seide to him, Lo! thre men seken thee. `And soTherfore V. ryse thou, and go doun, and go with hem, `no thing doutyngeand doute thou noo thing V., for I sente hem. Forsoth Pe|tre comyngecam V. doun to the men, seideand seide V., I am, whom ȝe seken; what is the cause, for which ȝe han comen? TheOm. V. whiche seiden, Cornelie, centurio, a iust man, and dredinge God, and hauynge goodOm. N. wit|nessing of alle the folk of Jewis, took answer of an hooly aungel, forOm. SX. to clepe thee into histhis Q. hous, and forOm. SX. to heere wordis of thee. Therfore he ledingeledde V. hem with ynne, receyuedeand resseyuede V. in herbore. For|soth in theOm. V. day suynge he rysingeroos and V., wente forth with hem; and summe of bretheren fro Joppe folowiden hym, `that thei be witnessis to PetreOm. V.. Forsoth an other day he entride into Cesarie. Forsoth Cornelie abood hem, hiswith his V. cosyns and ne|cessarie frendis clepid to gidere. AndOm. KQTY. it iswas V. don, whanne Petre hadde entrid, Cornelie cam metinge him, and fallingefallide V. doun at his feet, heand V. worschipede him. Petre sothli reyside him, seiyngeand seide V., `Ryse, andRise thou, also V. I my silf am a man, as and thou. And he spekingespac V. with him, `entride ynand entride V., and fond manye that camen to gidere. And he seide to hem, Ȝe witen, how abhomynable it is to a manOm. O. Jew, forOm. SX. to be ioyned `or for toor to GMPQST. either for to V. or X. come to an alien; but God schew|ide to me, nothat noo V. man `for toto SX. Om. V. seie a man comyn, or vnclene. For whichthe whiche S. thingOm. Q. I `clepid camcam clepid without doute V.. Therfore I axe ȝouof ȝou SX., for what cause han ȝe clepid me? And Cor|nelie seithseide V., Fro the fourthe day passid til to this hour, I fastingefastide and V. was preiynge in the nynthe hour in myn hous. And lo! a man stood bifore me in a whit cloth, and seithseide V., Cornelie, thi preier is herd, and thin almesdedis ben in mynde inof T. the siȝt of God. Therfore sendesende thou V. into Joppe, and clepe Symound, that is named Petre; this is herborid in the hous of Symound coriour, bisydis the see. This, whan he schal come, schal speke to thee. Therfore anon I sente to thee, and thou didist wel in comynge to vs. Now therfore we alle ben present in thi siȝt, forOm. SX. to heere the wordis, what euere ben comaundid to thee of the Lord. Forsoth Petre openyngeopenyde V. his mouth, seideand seide V., In treuthe I haue foundyn, forthat V. God is not acceptour of persoones; but in ech folk he that dredith God, and worchith riȝtwysnesseryȝtfulnesse Q., is acceptaccepted NOSX. to him. God sente a word to the sonessone K. of Israel, schewinge pees by Jhesu Crist; thisthat AN. isOm. S. Godthe Lord V. of alle men. Ȝe witen the word that is maad bi al Judee, `forsoth bigynnynge froand bigan at V. Galilee, aftir the baptym that John prechide, Jhesu of Nazareth; how God anoyntideoyntede SX. him with the Hooly Gost, and vertu; theOm. V. which `thorw passidepasside forth V. in wel doynge, and heelinge alle men op|pressid of the deuyl, for God was with him. And we ben witnessis of alle thingis, `the whichewhiche V. that X. he dide in the cun|tree of Jewis, andand of VX. Jerusalem; whom thei slowen, hongynge inon OY. a tree. God reyside this in the thridde day, and ȝaf him forOm. SX. to `be maadOm. O. knowun, not to echalle the V. peple, but to witnessis bifore ordeyned `of GodOm. Q.; to vs that eetyn and drunkyn with him, aftir that he roos aȝen fro deed menOm. X.. And he comaundide to vs forOm. SX. to preche to the peple, and forOm. SX. to witnesse, `for he isthat he it is V., that is ordeyned of God domes|man of quyke and deededeede men V.. To this alle prophetis beren witnessingwitnesse Q., allethat alle V. men that bileuen intoon O. to S. him, `for toto OSX. schulen V. re|ceyue remyscioun of synnes by his name. `Ȝit Petre spekingeThe while Petir spac ȝit V. thesthe NP. wordis, the Hooli Gost fell on alle that herden the word. And the feithful, `or cristenOm. OX., menOm. X. of circumcisioun wondriden, that camen with Petre, andOm. G pr. m. K. for intoto G pr. m. ST. naciouns the grace of the Hooli Gost is sched out. Forsoth thei herden hem spekingespeken S. `with tungis, or langagisin langagis V. with tungis X., and magnyfiynge God. Thanne Petre answeride, Wher ony man may forbede watir, that these be not baptysid, that han receyued the Hooly Gost as and we? And he comaundide hem forOm. SX. to be baptisid in theOm. MPT. name of theoure Y. Lord Jhesu Crist. Thanne thei prei|eden him, that he schulde dwelle withat V. hem summe dayes.

 CAP. XI.

Forsoth apostlisapostlis and bretheren NV. the apostlis GMPQSTX. herdendreden O., that were in Judee, `for andthat also V. hethene men receyueden the word of God, and thei glorifieden God. Forsoth whanne Petre cam to Jerusalem, thei that weren of circumcisioun, disput|iden aȝenswith O. him, seiyngeand seiden V., Whi entridist thou to men hauynge prepucie, and hast ete with hem? Petre sothliforsothe O. bigynnyngebigan and V., expownededeclared O. to hem the ordre, seiyngeseiynge to hem N. and seide V., I was in the citee of Joppe preiyngeand prei|ede V., and I syȝ in `excess of my soulerauysching of my mynde V. a visioun, sumthat sum V. vessel comynge down as a greet scheete, `or lynnen cloothOm. OQX., with foure cordiscorners G sec. m. `for to beto be SX. was V. sent down fro heuene; and it cam `til tovnto GMQTY sec. m. me. IntoAnd to N. which I biholdinge biheeld, and syȝ foure footide thingis of erthe, and beestis, and crepinge thingis, and volatils of the eyr. Forsoth I herde andOm. O. also V. a voys seyinge to me, Petre, ryserise thou V., sle, and ete. Forsoth I seide, Nay, Lord; comynfor comun V. thing oreither V. vnclene, entride neuere into my mouth. Sothli the vois answeride the secunde tyme fro heuene, `Tho thingisThat thing V. that God hath clensid, `thou schalt not seyeseie thou not V. vnclene. Forsoth this iswas V. don bi thries, and alle thingisthe thinges GMPQT. benweren V. re|ceyued aȝen into heuene. And lo! thre men anon stooden nyȝ in the hous, in which I was, sentand thei weren sent V. fro Cesarie to me. Forsoth athe V. spirit seide to me, that I schulde go with hem, `no thing doutyngeand doute nothing V.. Forsoth and thes sixe bretheren camen with me, and we entriden into the hous of the man. Sothli he teeldetelde to vs V., how he syȝ an aungel in his hous, stondinge and seyinge to him, SendeSende thou V. into Joppe, and clepe Symound, that is namyd Petre, theOm. V. which schal speke to thee wordis, in whichethe whiche O. thou schalt be safmaad saaf O., and al thin hous. Forsoth whanne I hadde bigunne forOm. SX. to speke, the Hooly Gost fel on hem, as andOm. OV. into vs in the bygynnyng. For|soth I bithouȝte onin K. the word of the Lord, as he seide, Sothli John baptiside in wa|tir, forsothsothely O. but V. ȝe schulen be baptisid in the Hooly Goost. Therfore if God ȝaf tovnto O. hem the same grace, as and to vs that bileuyden into the Lord Jhesu Crist, who was I, that myȝte forbede `the LordGod V., `that he schulde not ȝyue the Hooly Gost to men bileuynge in the name of Jhesu CristOm. V.? `These thingis herdWhanne these thingis weren herd V., thei heelden pees, and glorifieden God, seiyngeand seiden V., Ther|fore and toto the S. hethene men God hath ȝouun penaunce to theOm. GMPQTVX. lyf. And sotheli thei that weren scaterid of the tribulacioun that was maad vndir Stheuene, walkiden forth til to Fenyse, and Cypre, and An|tiochie, `to no man spekinge the wordand spaken the word to noo man V., no but to Jewis aloone. Forsoth summeOm. T. of hemthe men MPQTY sec. m. weren men of Cypre andand of V. Cyrenen; theOm. V. whiche whanne thei entridenhadden entrid V. into Antiochie, spaken to Greekis, schewingeand telden V. the Lord Jhesu. And the hond of the Lord was with hem, and moche noumbre of men bileuynge iswas V. conuertid to the Lord. Forsoth the word cam to the eeris of the chirche, that was at Jerusalem, on thes thingis; and thei senten Barnabas `til tovnto GMPQTY sec. m. Antiochie. TheOm. V. which whanne he hadde come, and seyn the grace of the Lord, ioyede, and monestidehe monestide GMPQT. monest O. alle men in purpos of herte forOm. SX. to dwelle in the Lord; for he was a good man, and ful of the Hooly Gost, and feithof feithe O.. And moche cumpanye iswas V. puttyputte Q. to the Lord. Forsoth he wente forth to Tarsis, `that he schulde seketo seeke V. Saul; whom whanne he hadde founden, he ledde to Antiochie. And al athe Q. ȝeer thei lyueden there in the chirche, and tauȝten moche cumpanye, so that `first cristen disciplis weren namyd at Anti|ochiedisciplis weren named first at Antioche cristene men V.. Forsothe in thes daies prophetis camen ouer fro Jerusalem to Antiochie. And oon of hem rysingeroos V., Agabus by name, signyfiedeand singnefiede V. bi theOm. X. spirit a greet hungir to comyngecomen SX. in al the roundnesseroundnessis T. of erthisthe erthis T. londis V., thatthe whiche G sec. m. MP. whiche Q. iswas V. maad vndir Claudius. Forsoth disciplisthe disciplis GMNPQT. alle disciplis V. purposiden alleOm. V., as ech hadde, forOm. SX. to sende mynisterieinto mynysterie V. to bre|theren dwellinge in Judee. TheOm. V. which thing andalso V. thei diden, sendinge to the eldere men, bi the hondis of Barnabas and Saul.

 CAP. XII.

Forsoth in the same tyme Heroude kyngthe kynge GMPQTV. sente hondis, forOm. SX. to turmente sum men of the chirche. Forsoth he slouȝ by swerd James, the brother of John. Forsoth he `seynge forsiȝ that V. it pleside to Jewisthe Jewis GMPQTY., puttideputte SX. and puttide V. toOm. T. forOm. SX. to `catche andtake also V. Petre; forsoth the dayes of therf looues weren. Whom whanne he hadde cauȝt, he sente into prisoun, and bitakingebitook V. to foure quaternyouns of knyȝtis, that ech hadde foure menkniȝtis V. vndir him, forOm. SX. to kepe him, willingewilnyng O. and wolden V. aftir paske forOm. SVX. toOm. V. brynge him forth to the peple. And sothli Petre was kept in prisoun; forsothe preier was maad of the chirche withoute ceessinge to God for him. Forsothe whanne Heroude was to bryngyngebrynge AGMNPQSXY. forth him, inand AN. that nyȝt Petre was slepinge bitwixebitwen QST. bitwe X. tweytwo GMPQ et S pass. TX. knyȝtis, boundunand was bounden V. with twey chaynes; and keperis bifore the dore kepten thethe dore of O. prisoun. And loo! an aungel of the Lord stood nyȝ, and liȝt schoon aȝen into S. the habytacledwellinge place of the prisoun V.. And `the syde of Petre smytunaftir that he hadde smyte the syde of Petir V., he reyside, `or wakideOm. QVX., himOm. Q., seiyngeand seide V., Ryse thouOm. GMOPQTY sec. m. swiftli. And anoon the chaynes felden doun offro V. his hondis. Forsoth the aungel seide to him, Be thou gurd bifore, and do on thi hosishosen S.. And he dide so. And he seide to him, Do aboute to thee thi cloth, and sue me. And he `goynge outȝede out and V., suede him; and he wiste not forthat V. it iswas OV. soth, that wasis X. maaddon V. bi the aungel; forsoth he gesside him silf tofor to AGM NOPQTVY. se a visioun. Forsoth thei passingepassiden V. the firste and the secunde kepyng, camenand camen V. to the irun ȝate that leed|ith to the citee, theOm. V. which `wilfully isat her owne wille was V. opened to hem. And thei goyngeȝeden V. outforthe O., camenand camen V. forthOm. O. into o streete, and anoon the aungel passide awey fro him. And Petre turnyngeturned OV. aȝen to him silf, seideand seide V., Now I woot verily, forthat V. the Lord sente his aungel, and delyuerede me fro the hond of Eroude, and offro V. al abydinge of the peple of Jewis. And he biholdingebiheeld and V. cam to the hous of Marie, modir of John, that is named Marcus, where manye weren gederid to gidere, and preiynge. Forsoth `him knockyngewhanne he knockide V. at the dore of the ȝate, a wenche, Rode by name, cam forth forOm. MPQSX. to se. And, as sche knew the vois of Petre, for ioye she openede not the ȝate, but rennyngeran V. yn, toldeand telde that V. Petre forOm. SVX. `to stondestood V. bifore the ȝate. And thei seiden to hir, Thou maddist, `or art woodOm. SX.. Sothli she affermydeaffermende S., forOm. X. to haue him so. Forsoth thei seiden, It is hisan K. aungel. Forsoth Petrehe V. lastide knock|ynge. Sothli whanne thei hadden open|ydopenid the dore V., thei syȝen him, and wondriden. Sothli he bekenyngebekenide V. to hem with hond forOm. SX. to be stille, toldetolde hem Q. and telde V. hou the Lord hadde ledd him out ofof the NSV. prisoun. And he seide, Telle ȝe to James andand to GMPQTX. bretheren thes thingis. And he `gon outȝede out and V., wente into another place. Sothli `the day maadwhanne the day was maad V., ther was not lytil trowblyngturblyng MP. amongmaad among X pr. m. the knyȝtis, what was donto don T. of Petre. Sothli whanne Eroud had souȝt hym aȝen, and nouȝtnot MPVX. founde, inquicisiouninquisiciouns K. aftir that he hadde maad enquering V., `or sekyngOm. OTVX., maadOm. V. of keperisthe keepers GMPQT., he comaundide hem forOm. SX. to be brouȝt. And he comyngecam V. doun fro Judee into Cesarie, dwellideand dwellide V. there. Forsoth he was wroth to men of Tyre and ofOm. V. Si|don. And thei of oon acoord camen to him, and Blastisbi Blastus councelid V., that was onoone of O. ouer V. the cowchebed V. of the kyng, softlisotheli N. Om. V. stiridOm. V., thei axiden pees, forfor thi GMPQTY sec. m. that herthayre O. cuntrees weren norisched, `or susteynedOm. OX., byof V. him. For|soth `a dayin the day V. ordeyned, Eroud clothidclad SX. was clothid V. with kingis clothinge, saatand sat V. for domesman, and spak to hem. Forsoth the peple cryede, The voisvoices GMPQSTVX. of God, notand not V. of man. Sothly anoonOm. N. an aungel of the Lord smoot him, for he hadde not donȝoue V. honour to God; and he waastidwas waastid V. of wormes, deiedeand diȝede V.. Sotheli the word of the Lord wexidewex SX., and was multiplied. Forsoth Barnabas and Saul turnyden aȝen fro Jerusalem, `the mynis|teriewhanne the mynysterie V. the mysterie X. fulfillidwas fillid V., `John takyn toand tooken Joon V., that wasis X. namyd Markus.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsoth `ther werenand doctouris weren V. in the chirche that wasOm. K. at Antioche, `prophetis and doctoursOm. V., in whiche Barnabas, and Symound, that iswas V. clepid Blak, and Lucius Cironense, and Manaen, that was theOm. SVX. sowkynge feere of Eroud tetrarke, that is, prince of the fourthe partparty O. gloss om. in X., and SaulSaul weren V.. Forsoth `hem mynistringe inwhanne thei mynystriden to V. the Lord, and fastyngefastiden V., the Hooly Gost seide to hem, Departe ȝe to me Saul and Barnabas, into the work to which I haue takyn hem. Thanne thei `fastinge, and preiynge, and puttingefastiden, and preieden, and puttiden V. hondis toin to N. hem, leftenand leften V. hem. And sothli thei sentweren sent V. of the Hooly Gost, wentenand wenten V. forth to Seleucia, and fro thennis thei wenten by boot to Cypre. And whanne thei camen to Salamyne, thei prechiden the word of God in synagogis of Jewis; for|soth thei hadden andOm. N. also V. John in mynisterie, `or seruyseOm. OX.. And whanne thei hadden walkidewakede G pr. m. byOm. NS. alOm. G pr. m. T. the yle `til tovn to GMPQT. Pafum, thei founden suma MPQT. `man wicchegrete man G. man a wicche NV., a fals prophete, Jewa Jew MPQTVY sec. m., to whom the name was BarieuBariesu V., that was with the proconsul Ser|gius Poul, prudenta prudent NSV. man. ThisThis Sergius clepide V., Barna|bas and Poul `clepid toOm. V., desyrideand desiride V. forOm. SX. to heere the word of God. Sotheli Elymas wicchethe whiche N. withstood hem; `so sothli is in|terpretid his namefor his name is interpretid so V.; sekinge forOm. SX. to turne awey the proconsul fro bileue. Forsoth Saul, which `and Pouland Poul is clepid GT. is seid and Poule N. is seid also Poul V., fulfillidwas fillid V. with the Hooly Gost, biholdyngeand biheeld V. into him, seideand seide V., A! thou ful of alOm. N. gyle, and alof all O. falsnesse, `thou soneOm. N. of the deuel, thouOm. N. enemye of al riȝtwysnessetruthe N., thou leeuystbileuest T. not forOm. SX. to subuerte, `or distroyeOm. OX., the riȝtful weyesweie ANY. of the Lord. And `now lolo! now P.! the hondhondis K pr. m. of the Lord onis on V. thee, and thou schalt be blynd, and notno V. seynge sunne tiltil to ANOSVXY. vnto GMPQT. a tyme. And anoon a myst feland derknes felden V. down on hym andin K. Om. V. derknessederknessis T. Om. V.; and he `goynge abouteȝede aboute and V., souȝte hymOm. V. that schulde ȝyue the hond to him. Thanne the proconsul, whanne he hadde seyn the dede, bileuyde, wondrynge onof TX. the teching of the Lord. And whanne fro Pafum Poul hadde go by boota boot V., and thei that weren with him, thei camen to Pergen of Pamfili; forsoth John depart|ingedepartide V. fro hem, turnydeand turnede V. aȝen tofro K. Jerusa|lem. Sothli thei goyngeȝeden V. to Pergen, camenand camen V. to Antioche ofor N. Persidie; and thei gonentriden V. goende X. into `the synagogesynagoges O. thein the V. day of sabatis, satenand saten V.. Sothli aftir theOm. MPQT. redinge of lawethe lawe AGMNPQTY. and prophetis, the princes of the syna|gogue senten to hem, seyingeand seiden V., Men bre|theren, if ony word of exortacioun, `or techingeither teching V. Om. X., to the peple is in ȝou, seye ȝe. Forsoth Poul rysyngeroos V., and with hond biddyngeholding O. bad V. sylence, seithand seide V., Men of Israel, and ȝe that dreden God, heereheerith GMOPQSTXY sec. m.. God of the peple of Israel chees oure fadris, and enhaunside the peple, whanne thei weren comelingis in the lond of Egipt, and in an hiȝ arm he ledde hem out of it; and bi the tyme of fourti ȝeeris he susteynedesuffride V. her maneris in desert. And he distroy|ingedistroyede V. seuene folkis in the lond of Canaan, byand bi V. sort departide to hem the lond of hem, as aftir foure hundridhundrid ȝer S. and fyfti ȝeerisȝer SX.. And after `thes thingisthis thing N. he ȝaf domesmen, `til toto O. vnto MPQT. Samuel, the prophete. And fro thennisthat tyme V. thei axidenaskiden Q. a kyng, and heGod V. ȝaf toOm. Q. hem Saul, the sone of Cis, a man of the lynage of Beniamyn, by fourty ȝeerisȝer X.. And `him donwhanne he was don V. awey, he reyside to hem Dauith kingthe kyng ASY., to whom he beringebar V. wit|nessing seydeand seide V., I haue foundun Dauith, the sone of Jesse, a man vpaftir G pr. m. MPQTY sec. m. myn herte, theOm. V. which schal do alle my willis. Of whos seed vpbi the V. biheeste God ledde out toof N. Israel a sauyour Jhesu, `John prechingewhile Joon prechide V. bi fore the face of his comyng the baptym of penaunce to al the peplefolk Q. of Israel. Forsoth whanne John fulfillidefillide V. his cours, he seyde, WhomI am not he whom V. ȝe demen me forOm. SX. to be, `I am notOm. V.; but loOm. T.! ther cometh aftir me, of whoswhom NSX. I am not worthi forOm. S. to vnbynde the schoon of his feet. Men bretheren, sones of the kynde of Abraham, and thatwhiche that V. in ȝou dreden God, to ȝou the word of heelthethe helth G. is sent. SotheliFor V. thei that dwell|iden at Jerusalem, and princes of it, vn|knowyngevnknowe O. that knowen not V. `this Jhesu, and the voysisthis Jhesu and the vois N. Om. O. of prophetis, that by euery sabotissabot AGMNOPSVXY. ben radd, `demynge fulfillidendemeden and filleden V.; and thei fyndingefounden V. in him nonot X. cause of deeth, axidenaskeden Q. and axiden V. of Pi|late, that thei schulden slee him. And whanne thei hadden endid alle thingis that weren writun of him, thei puttingeputtiden V. him doun of the tree, puttidenputten SX. and puttiden V. him in a graue. Forsoth God reyside him fro deede menOm. X. inOm. SX. the thridde day; theOm. V. which iswas V. seyn by many dayes to hem that to gidere stiȝeden vp fro Galilee into Jerusalem, theOm. V. whiche ben tilto GMQT. now his witnessis to the peple. And we schewenscheweden G. to ȝou the ilke that is maad `biheeste aȝenaȝeen biheste X. to oureȝoure T. fadris; for God hath fulfillid this to oureȝoure AGMNOPQSTVXY. sones, `aȝen rysingeand aȝen reyside V. Jhesu; as andOm. O. in the secunde salm it is writun, Thou art my sone, to day I gendride thee. Forsoth that he aȝen reyside him fro deede menOm. X., now `no morenot N. to turnyngeturnen SX. intoaȝeen into X. corupcioun, thus he seithseide V., For I schal ȝyue to ȝou the hooly trewe thingis of Dauith. AndOm. O. therforeherfore MPQT Y sec. m. andOm. AGMQTY. onin GMP. another stide he seith, Thou schalt not ȝyue thin hooli forOm. QSX. to se corupcioun. Forsoth Da|uith in his generacioun, whanne he hadde mynystrid to the wille of God, sleptedeiede O., `or deiedeOm. OX., and iswas V. putt to his fadris, and syȝ corupcioun; sothli he whom God reiside fro deede men, syȝ not corupcioun. Ther|fore, men bretheren, be it knowun to ȝou, forthat V. by him remyssioun of synnes is told to ȝou, fro alle synnes, of theOm. SVX. whiche ȝe myȝten not be iustified in the lawe of Moyses. In this ech man that bileueth, is iustified. Therfore se ȝe, that it come not to ȝou, that is abouebifore V. seid in pro|phetis the prophetes O., `Se ȝe, dispiserisȜe dispisers, see V., and wondre ȝeOm. V., and be ȝe scaterid a brood; for I worche a work in ȝoure daies, a werk that ȝe schulen not bileue, if ony man schal telle out to ȝou. Forsoth `hem goyngehe goynge K. whanne thei ȝeden V. out, thei preieden, that `another suynge sabothin sabot suyng V. thei schulden speke to hem thes wordis. And whanne the synagoge was left, manye of Jewis and of comelingis worschipingeworschipinge God V. sueden Poul and Barnabas; theOm. V. whiche `spekinge, softlispaken and V. counceiliden hem, that thei schulden dwelle in the grace of God. Sothly in saboththe saboth GMOPQSTVY. suynge almoost al the cyte cam to gidere, forOm. SX. to heere the word of God. Forsoth Jewis seyngesien V. the cum|panyeskumpanye S. of peple, benand weren V. fulfillid with enuye, and aȝen seiden thes thingis that weren seid of Poul, blasphemyngeand blasfemeden V.. Thanne Poul and Barnabas stedefastly seyden, To ȝou it bihofte first forOm. SX. to spekepreche N. the word of God; but for ȝe putten it awey, and han demed vsȝou V. vnworthi ofto V. euere lasting lyf, lo! we turnen to gidere to hethene men. ForsotheFor V. so the Lord comaundide vsto vs OS., I haue putt thee intoin O. liȝt to hethene men, that thou be into heelthe `til tovnto GMPQT. the vt|mostevttermest GMPQTY. of erthethe erthe QT.. Sothli hethen men heeringeherden and V. ioyeden, and glorifieden the word of the Lord; and bileuyden, how manye euere weren byforeOm. Q. ordeyned to euere lastyng lyf. Forsoth the word of the Lord was ferr sowun by al the cun|tree. Sothli Jewis stiredyn religiouse wymmen, and honest, and the firste men of the cytee, and stiriden persecucioun intoaȝens V. Poul and Barnabas, and castidencasten SX. hem out of her cuntrees. And theithei schooken awey V., the powdir of feet `shakun aweyOm. V. into hem, camenand camen V. to Iconye. And disciplisthe disciplis GMPQT. weren fulfillidfillid VX. with ioye and thewith the GT. Hooly Gost.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsoth it iswas V. don at Iconye, that to gidere thei entriden into aOm. K. the OSVX. synagoge of Jewis, and spaken, so that a plenteuous multitude of Jewis and Greekis bileueden. Forsoth the Jewis that weren vnbileueful, reisiden persecucioun, and to wraththe stiriden the soulis of hethen men aȝens bretherenbritheren; forsothe the Lord ȝaf soone pees V.. Therfore thei dwelliden moche tyme, doynge tristyli in the Lord, beringe witnessinge to the wordLord X. of his grace, ȝyuynge sygnes and wondris forOm. SX. to be maad by the hondis of hem. Forsothe theOm. O. multitude of the citee iswas V. departid, and sotheli summe weren with Jewis, summe sothli with apostlisthe apostlis GMNPQT.. Forsoth whanne asawt of hethen men and Jewis wasweren N. maad, with her princes, forOm. SX. to pon|ische with dispisingis, `or fals blamyngisOm. OQX., andand to GMPQST. stoone hem, thei vndirstondingevndirstoden and V. fledden to gidere to the citees of Licao|nye, Listrisand Listris X. and Derben, and al the cun|tree inuyrounin enuyroun G sec. m. M. enuyrouned O. in compas V.. And thei weren there prechinge the gospel, and al the multi|tude iswas V. moued to gidere in the techingtechyngis S. of hem. Poul sothliforsothe O. and Barnabas dwelten at Listris. AndOm. O. suma O. man at Listris, sykwas syk V. in the feet, saatand sat V. crokid fro his modrismodir MY. wombe, theOm. V. whichwhich man V. neuere hadde gon. ThisHe this T. herde Poul spekinge; theOm. V. `which biholdyngewhich Poul biheeld V. him, and `seynge, forsiȝ that V. he hadde feith, that he schulde be maad saaf, seideand seide V. with greet vois, Ryse thou riȝtvpriȝt V. on thi feet. And he lepideleep SX., and walkidewalked forthe O.. Forsoth the cumpanyes, whanne thei hadden seyn that that Poul dide, reriden her voys in Lycaon tunge, seiynge, Godis maad lyk to men camen doun to vs. And thei clepiden Barnabas JouemJubiter V., Poul sothli Mercurie, for he was ledere of the word. And the prest ofOm. P. Jubiter, that was bifore the citee, bryng|yngebrouȝte V. totwo KQ. Om. V. bolis and crownes bifore the ȝatis, with peplis, woldeand wolde V. make sacrifice. TheOm. SV. which thingthingis X. whanne apostlisthe apostlis GMPQSTX., Bar|nabas and Poul, herden, `herthe N. cootis kitt to giderethei to-renten her cootis, and V., thei sciptenclepiden T. slipten Y. out into the cum|panyes , `cryinge, and seiyngeand crieden and seiden V., Men, what don ȝe this thing? and we ben deedly `men lyklyke men X. toOm. V. ȝou, schewingeand schewen V. to ȝou, `for to beto be SX. that ȝe ben V. conuertidturned O. fro these veyne thingis to quyk God, that made heuene, and erthe, and the see, and alle thingis that ben in hem; theOm. V. which in generaciouns passid lefte alle folkis entrefor to entre GMPQTY sec. m. wente N. into herher owne MPQTY sec. m. weyes. And sotheli not withoute wit|nessyng he `wel doyngeweldinge V. lefte hym silf, fro heuene ȝyuynge reynes and tymis ber|inge fruyt, fulfillingefillinge V. with mete and glad|nesse ȝourein ȝoure N. hertis. And theihem MPQT. seyinge thes thingis, vnnethe swagiden the cum|panyeskumpanye X., that thei offriden not to hem. Forsothe summe Jewis camen outouer MOPQTVXY. fro Antiochie and Iconye, andand counceiliden V., the cumpa|nyes sweteliOm. OV. swiftely Q. `stirid, theiOm. S. stoonyngestoneden V. Poul, drowenand drowen V. out of the citee, gessingeand gessiden V. `him for to behim to be SX. that he was V. deed. Sothli disciplisthe disciplis GMNPQT. whanne disciplis V. enuy|rownyngecumpassiden V. hym, he rysingeroos and V. entride into the citee; andin N. and in V. the suynge day he wente forth with Barnabas into Derben. And whanne thei hadden euangelysid to `the ilkethat X. citee, and tauȝt manye, thei turneden aȝen to Listris, and Iconye, and Antiochie; confermynge the soulis of disciplis, and monesting, that thei schulden dwelle in feiththe feithe O., and seiynge, ForThat V. by manye tribu|laciouns it bihoueth vs forOm. ANSX. to entre into the kingdom of heuenes. And whanne thei hadden ordeyned prestis to hem by alle citees, and hadden preied with fast|ingis, thei bitoken hem to the Lord, into whom thei bileuyden. And thei passingepassiden V. Persidie, camenand camen V. to Pamphilie; and thei spekingespaken V. the word of the Lord in Per|gen, camenand camen V. down in to Atalie. And fro thennis thei wenten bi boot to Antiochie, fro whennis thei weren takun to the grace of God, in to the werk that thei fulfillidenfilliden V.. Sothli whanne thei camen, and gedridenhadden gaderid V. the chirche, thei telden how manyegrete V. thingis God dide with hem, forand that V. he hadde opened to hethene men the dore of feith. Forsothe thei dwelliden a tyme not litil with disciplisthe disciplis GMPQT..

 CAP. XV.

And summe comyngecamen V. doun fro Judee, tauȝtenand tauȝten V. bretheren, ForThat V. noOm. MPQTVXY sec. m. butbut if MOPQTXY sec. m. if V. ȝe be cir|cumsidid vpafter GMPQT. bi V. the lawe of Moyses, ȝe mown not be `maad saafsaued O.. Therfore `se|dicioun, orOm. O. whanne sediscioun, either V. dissencioun, maadwas maad V. not leest to Poul and Barnabas aȝens hem, thei ordeyneden, that Poul and Barnabas, and summe othere of hem, schulden gon vp to apostlisthe apostlis GMPQT. and prestis into O. Jerusalem, on this questioun. Therfore thei, leddweren led V. forth of the chirche, passidenand passiden V. by Fenyse and Sa|marie; tellingeand thei telden V. the lyuynge of hethen men, and thei maaden greet ioye to alle bretheren. Sothli whanne thei camen to Jerusalem, thei weren receyued of the chirche, and of apostlisthe apostlis GMPQTY sec. m., and eldere men, tellingeand telden V. how manye thingis God dide with hem. Forsoth sum of the eresye of Pharisees, that bileuyden, risenriseden V., seyinge, ForThat V. it bihoueth hem forOm. SX. to be circum|sidid, and forOm. SX. to comaunde forOm. SX. and for V. to kepe the lawe of Moyses. And apostlisthe apostlis GMOPQT. and eldre men camen to gidere, forOm. SX. to se of this word. Forsoth whanne greet sekyng `to gideretogidere, either disputyinge V. was maad, Petre rysingeroos and V., seide to hem, Men bretheren, ȝe witen, forthat V. of oolde dayes in ȝou God chees by my mouth hethen menOm. V., forOm. SX. to heere the word of the gospel, and forOm. SX. to bileue; and God that knew hertis, bar witnessing, ȝyuyngeand ȝaf V. to hem the Hooli Gost, as and to vs; and no thing dyuersidehe dyuerside QT. bitwixebitwen QSX. `vs and hemhem and vs V., `bi feith clensyngeand clenside V. the hertis of hemhem bi feith V.. Now therfore what temptentempted O. ȝe God, forOm. SX. to putte a ȝok on the nol, `or neckeOm. X., of disciplisthe disciples O., theOm. V. which nether we, nether oure fadris myȝten bere? But bi the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist we bileuen forOm. SX. to be sauyd, as and thei. Forsoth al the multitude heeld pees, and herden Barnaban and Poul, tellinge how many signes and wondris God dide by hem in hethen men. And aftir that thei helden pees, James answeride, seyinge, Men bretheren, `heere ȝeheere N. hereth X. me. Symound telde, how first God visytide, forOm. SX. to take of hethen men a peple to his name. And to him the wordis of prophetis acorden, as it is writun, Aftir this I schal turne aȝen, and bylde the tabernacle of Dauith, that felde doun; and I schal bylde aȝen the cast doun thingis of it, and I schal reyse it; that othere ofOm. M. men aȝenOm. O. seke the Lord, and alle folkis on whiche my name is inclepidclepid P. clepid to help V.; the Lord doynge this thing, seith. Fro the world, tothe werk of the Lord is knowen to V. the Lord `his werk is knowunOm. V.. For which thing I deme hem that ofOm. V. hethen men ben conuertid to God, forOm. SX. to be not vnquyetid, `or disesidOm. X., but forOm. SX. to wryte to hem, that thei absteyne hem fro defoulingisdefouling S. of sy|mulacris, and fornycacioun, and stranglid thingis, and bloodbloody thingis T.. Moyses sothliFor Moises V. of olde tymes hath in alle citees hem that prechen himhem X sec. m. in synagogis, where by ech saboth he is rad. Thanne it pleside to apostlisthe apostlis GMPT., and eldre men, with al the chirche, forOm. SX. to chese men of hem, and sende to Antiochie, with Poul and Barna|bas, Judas, that was named Barsabas, and Sylam, the firste men in bretheren; wrytinge by the hondis of hem, Apostlis and eldere bretheren to hem that ben at Antiochie, and Cirie, and Cilice, bretheren of hethen men, greetyng, orand O. Om. X. heeltheOm. X.. For we herden that summe `of vsOm. V. `goynge outȝeden out fro vs V., troublidenturbliden MNP. and troubleden V. ȝou with wordis, turn|yngeand turneden V. vpsodoun ȝoure soulis, to whiche men we comaundiden not, it pleside to vs gederid intoto O. oon, forOm. SX. to cheese men, and sende to ȝou, with oure mooste dereworthe Barnabas and Poul, menOm. O. that bitoken, `or ȝauenOm. OQX., her soulislyues OV., `or lyuesOm. OVX., for the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Ther|fore we senten Judas and Sylas, `the whicheOm. V. and thei schulen telle the same thingis to ȝou by wordis. ForsotheFor V pr. m. it is seyn toof O. by T. the Hooly Gost andin O. vs, forOm. SX. to putte to ȝou no thing more of charge, than these nedeful thingis, that ȝe absteyne ȝou fro theOm. SX. offrid thingis of symulacris, and blood stranglid, and fornycacioun. Fro whiche ȝe kepinge ȝou, schulen do wel. Fare ȝe wel. Therfore thei dismittid, camen down to Antiochie; and, thewhanne the V. mul|titude gederidwas gaderid V., thei bitaken the epistle; theOm. V. which whanne thei hadden radd, thei ioyedenioyeden with gret ioye Q. on the comfort. Forsoth Judas and Sylas and thei, whanne thei weren prophetis, `with ful moche wordOm. V. coumfortiden bretheren, and confermydenconformeden hem G. confermyden hem MT. con|fermeden with ful myche word V.. Sothli sumaftir that sum V. litil tyme maadwas maad V. there, thei weren dismittid, `or leftOm. OX., with pees of bretheren, to hem that hadden sent hem. Forsoth it iswas V. seyn to Silas, forOm. SX. to dwelle there; Judas sothli wente alooneal oonli N. to Je|rusalem. Forsoth Poul and Barnabas dwelliden at Antiochie, techinge and euangelysinge the word of the Lord, with `othere manyemany othere MP.. Forsothe aftir summe dayesof daȝes X., Poul seide to Barnabas, `WeOm. SVX. turnyngeTurne we V. aȝen, visitevisite we GMPQSTX. and visite V. oureOm. V. bretheren by alle citees, in whiche we han prechid the word of the Lord, how theiwe T. han hem. Barnabas forsothe wolde take with him andalso V. John, that was namyd Markus. Poul sothli preiede him, that he that departidewente X. fro hem fro Pamphilie, and wente not with hemhim N. into werk, schulde not be re|ceyued. ForsothSothely GMP. dissencioun iswas V. maad, so that thei departiden atwynya twynne AGMOPQSTXY.. And Barnabas `sothli, Mark takyn totook Mark, and cam V., bi boot camOm. V. to Cypre. Forsoth Poul, `Silas cho|sunchees Silas, and V., wente forth, takun to the grace of God fro britheren. Forsoth he wente bi Sirie and Cilice, confermyngeand confeermyde V. the chirche, comaundinge forOm. SX. to kepe the preceptis of apostlisthe apostles Q. and eldre men. Chap. XVI. commences here in V.Sothli he cam in to Derben and Listram.

 CAP. XVI.

And lo! sum disciple was there, by name Tymothe, the sone of a wommanOm. OX. widoweJewesse V. feithful, `or cristenOm. OQ. or cristned T., theof the V. fadir hethen. BretherenThe bretheren GMPTY sec. m. that weren in Listris and Iconye, ȝeldenȝeldiden GV. good witnessingwittenesse O. to him. Poul wolde himthat this man V. `for to goto go SX. schulde goo V. forth with him silfOm. V. saaf Y., and he `takinge totook and V., cir|cumcidecircumcided AGMNOPQSTVX. him, for Jewis that weren in `the ilkethat ilke Q. tho X. places. SothelyFor V. alle wisten, that his fadir was hethen. Forsoth whanne thei passiden bi citees, thei bitoken to hem forOm. SX. to kepe the techingis, that weren demed of apostlis and eldere men, that weren at Jerusalem. And sothly the chirchis weren confermyd in feith, and haboundiden in noumbre ech day. For|soth thei passingepassiden V. Frigye, and the cun|tree of Galathie, werenand weren V. forbodyn of the Hooly Gost forOm. SX. to speke the word of God in Asya. Sothli whanne thei camen into Misye, thei temptidenassaieden V. forOm. SX. to go into Bithinie, and theOm. V. spirit of Jhesu suffride `not hemhem not GMP.. Sothli whanne thei hadden passid by Misye, thei camen down to Troade; and a visioun byin O. nyȝt was schewid to Poul. Sum man of Macedonye was stondinge, and preiynge him, and seyinge, `Thou goyngeGo thou V. into Macedonye, helpand helpe V. vs. Sothli as he syȝ the visioun, anoon we souȝten forOm. SX. to go forth into Macedonye, maadand weren maad V. certeyn that God hadde clepid vs forOm. SX. to euangelise to hem. Sotheli we goyngeȝiden V. by boot, `or seylingeor seilynge fro Troade N. Om. QX. either seyleden, fro Troade, and camen V., withOm. O. streiȝtOm. GT. cours camenOm. V. to Samatrachia; and thein the GMPTY sec. m. day suynge to Neapolis; and fro thennis to Philippis, that is the firste part of Macedonye, the citee colonyeof colonye SVX.. Sothli we weren in this citee summe dayes, spek|ingeand spaken V. to gidere. Sothli in the daydayes GQSTX. of sabotis we wenten outforth V. withouteOm. QT. the ȝateȝates OX. bisydis the flood, wher preier waswere V. seyn forOm. SX. to be; and we sittingesaten and V., spaken to wymmen that camen to gidere. And sum womman, Lidda bi name, purpuressea purpiresse, either womman makinge purpur V. of the citee of Tiatirens, worschipinge God, herde; whos herte the Lord openyde forOm. SX. to ȝyue tent to these thingis, that weren seid of Poul. Forsothe whanne she was baptysid and hir hous, she preiede, sei|ynge, If ȝe han demyd me forOm. SX. to be feith|ful to the Lord, entre ȝe into myn hous, and dwelledwellith SX.. And sche constreynede vs. Forsothe it iswas V. don, `vs goyngewhanne we ȝeden V. to preier, sum wenche hauynge a spirit of dyuyn|acioun, `for to meteto mete SX. mette V. vswith vs G sec. m., theOm. V. which ȝaf greeta greet N. wynnyng to hir lordis in dyuyn|yng, that is, tellinge hid thingisthing MT. bi the deuelis craft. This suyngesuede V. Poul and vs, criedeand criede V., seyinge, Thes men ben seruauntis of hiȝe God, that tellen to ȝou the wey of helthe. Forsothe this thing she dide in many dayes. Sothli Poul sorwingesorewede NV., and conuertidconuerted, or turned O. turnede and V., seide to the spirit, I comaunde to thee in the name of Jhesu Crist, `for to goto go SX. that thou goo V. out of hir. And he wente out in the same hour. Sothli the lordis of hir, se|ynge forthat V. the hope of hir wynnyng wente a wey, catchingeand thei tooken V. Poul and Silas leddenthei ledden MPTY sec. m. and ledden V. intohem into MPY sec. m. chepingthe chepyng AGMNOPQSVXY. the clepyng T., or dom place, to the princes. And thei offringebrouȝten V. hem to the magestratis, seydenand seiden V., These men disturb|lendisturben SX. distroublen V. oure citee, whanne thei ben Jewis, and schewen a custom, theOm. SX. which itOm. NOT. is not leueful to vs forOm. SX. to receyue, nether do, sythen we ben Romayns. And the peple ranand magistratis runnen V. aȝens hemhym T. `and magestratisOm. V. and the magistratis X., and `the cootis of hem kittwhanne thei hadden to-rent the cootis of hem V., thei comaundiden hem forOm. SX. to be betyn with ȝerdis. And whanne thei hadden ȝouun to hem many woundis, thei senten hem into prisoun, comaundingeand comaundiden V. to the kepere, that he dili|gentli schulde kepe hem. TheOm. VX. which, whanne he hadde takyn such a precept, sente hem into the ynner prisoun, and streynede the feet of hem in a tree. Sothli at mydnyȝt Poul and Silas worschipingeworschipiden and V., heriedenpreyseden O. God; and thei that weren in kepingthe kepynge O. herden hem. Forsoth sudenli a greet erthe mouyng iswas V. maad, so that the foundementis of the prisoun weren mou|yd. And anoon alle theOm. OSX. doris benweren V. openyd, and theOm. V. bondis of alle benweren V. vn|bounden. Sothli the kepere of theOm. V. pri|soun maadwas maad V. wakyn, and seyngesiȝ V. the ȝatis of the prisoun openyd, theand with the V. swerd drawun out, woldehe wolde V. sle hym silf, wenyngeand gesside that V. the boundyn men `for to haueto haue SX. hadden V. fled. Forsoth Poul criede with greet vois, seyinge, Do thou no thing of yuel to thi silf, forsothfor V. alle we ben here. And `liȝt axid, hehe axide liȝt, and V. en|tridewent O. ynOm. V., and `tremblinge he feltremblide and felde V. down to Poul and Silas at the feet. And he `bringinge hembrouȝte him V. withoute forth, seithand seide V., Lordis, what bihoueth me forOm. SX. to do, that I be maad saf? And thei seiden, Bileue thou in to the Lord Jhesu, and thou schalt be saf, and thin hows. And thei spaken to him the word of the Lord, with alle that weren in his hous. And he takingetook V. hem in `the ilkethilke MP. that X. hour of nyȝt, waischidewesh SX. and waschide V. her woundishondis K.. And he isOm. G pr. m. T. was V. bap|tysid, and al his hous anoon. And whanne he hadde led hem into his hous, he settesettide V. to hem a boord. And he gladidewas glad V. with al his hous, bileuyngeand bileeuede V. to God. And whanne day was maad, the magistratis senten `lit|toures, that ben mynistris of ponyschingtormentoures O., seyingeand seide V., DismitteDismitte ȝee GMNOPQST. Dismytte thou V. Delyuere ȝe X., `or delyuere, ȝeOm. GMNOPQTVX. tho men. Forsoth the keper of prisoun telde thes wordis to Poul, ForThat OV. the magestratis han sent, that ȝe be delyuered; now ther|fore `ȝe goyngego ȝe V. out, gothgo AGMNOPTY. and goo V. in pees. For|soth Poul seide to hem, Thei senten into prisoun vs, betyn opynly vndampnyd, men Romayns, and now priuely thei casten vs out; not so, but come thei, andOm. O. theihem GMPT. her O. them S. silf casteand cast O. vs out. Sothli the mynistris of peyne telden thes wordis to the mages|tratis; and thei dredden, herdfor thei herden V. that thei weren Romayns. And thei comyngecamen and V., bi|sechedenbisoȝten SX. hem, and thei ledingeledden V. forth, preiedenand preieden V., that thei schulden go out of the citee. Sothli thei goyngeȝeden V. out of theOm. O. prisoun, `entriden intoand entriden to V. Lidie. And, `the bretheren seynwhanne thei siȝen britheren V., thei coumfortiden hem, and wenten forth.

 CAP. XVII.

Sotheli, whanne thei haddenOm. Q. passidpassiden Q. bi Amphipolis and Apolonye, thei camen to Tessalonyk, wher was a synagoge of Jewis. Sothli vpafter the G pr. m. aftir MPT. by QV. custom Poul entride intoto V. hem, and by thre sabotis he declar|ide to hem of scripturis, `openynge and schewynge forand openide and schewide that V. it bihouethbihofte AMNOPQSVXY. bihoued G. CristOm. K et alii. forOm. S. to suffre, and ryse aȝen fro deede menOm. X., and forthat V. this is Jhesus Crist, whom I `tolde, or schewidetelle, or schewe AGMNOPSTY. telle QVX., to ȝou. And summe of hem bileueden, and benOm. N. weren V. ioyned to Poul and Silas; and of hethen men worschipingeworschiping God V. a greet multitude, and noble wymmen not fewe. Sothli Jewis hauyngehadden V. enuye, and takingetoken V. of the comunecomynte GMPT. comyne puple NV. summe yuele men, and awith a V. cumpanye maad, thei moueden the citee. And thei stondingestoden V. nyȝnyȝ to A sec. m. GMNQSTVXY sec. m. Jasons hous, souȝtenand souȝten V. hem forOm. SX. to bringe forth intoto S. vnto X. the peple. And whanne thei founden hem not, thei drowen Jason and summe bretheren to the princes of `the citeeprestis Q., `criynge, Forand crieden, That V. these it ben, that mouen the world, and hidir thei camen, whomwhiche V. Ja|son receyuede. And `thes allealle these GMP. don aȝens the maundementis of Cesar, `seiynge, an other Jhesuand seien that Jhesu V. `for to beto be SX. is V. kynganother king V.. Forsoth thei mouyden the peple, and princesthe princes G sec. m. of the citee, heeringe thes thingis. And `sa|tisfaccioun takunwhanne satisfaccioun was taken V. of Jason and of othere, thei leften hem. Forsoth anoon by nyȝte bretheren dismittidensenten N. Poul and Silas in to Beroan. TheOm. V. whiche whanne thei camen, entriden into the synagoge of Jewis. Sothli thes werenben X. the nobelere of hem that ben at Tessalonyk, whichethe whiche O. resceyueden theOm. N. word with al desyr, ech day sekynge scripturisthe scripturis V., ifof O. these thingis so hadden hem. And sotheli manye of hem bileuyden, and of `hethen wymmen honestehonest heithen wymmen GP. and men not fewe. Forsothe whanne Jewis inat X. Tessalonyk hadden knowe, `for andthat also V. at Beroan the word of God iswas V. prechid of Poul, thei camen andOm. O. also V. thidur, mouynge and disturblingedisturbende SX. distroublinge V. the multitude. And anon bretheren dis|mittiden Poul thanne, that he schulde go `til tovnto GMPT. the see; forsoth Silas and Ty|mothe dwelten there. SothliForsothe N. thei that ledden forth Poul, ledden him `til tovnto GMPT. to Q. Athenes. And `maundement takynwhanne thei hadden take a maundement V. of him toof O. Silas and Tymothe, that ful hiȝyngli thei schulden come to him, thei wenten forth. Forsoth whanne Poul abood hem at Athenys, his spirit was mouyd in him, seynge the citee ȝouun to ydolatrie. Ther|fore he disputide in the synagoge with Jewis, and men worschipingeworschiping God, and V., in theOm. G pr. m. TV pr. m. `chepinge, or dom placedome place, or chepyng O. cheping X., bi alle dayes to hem that herden. Forsothe summe Epi|cureis, and StoycisStoisens X., and philosofris disput|iden, `or tretidenOm. OQVX., with him. And summe seiden, What wole this sowere of wordis seie? Sothli othere seiden, He is seyn forOm. SX. to be a tellere of newe deuelisfeendis V.; for he telde to hem Jhesu, andOm. OT. aȝen rysing. And thei `ledden him takuntooken and ledden hym V. to Ariopagethe Ariopage O., that is, comuna comoun GMPT. scole, seyinge, Mown we wite, what is this newe doctryn, that is seid of thee? SothliFor V. thou bringist yn sum newe thingisdoctrine O. to oure eeris; therfore we wolen wite, what these thingisnewe thingis O. wolen be. Sothli alle men of Athenis and come|lingis, herboridand herborewid G sec. m. MPT. menOm. V., ȝauen tent to noon othir thing, no but ethirother MP. forOm. SX. to seye, ethiror NQX. other MP. forOm. N. to heere, onyany othir N. thing of newe. Forsoth Poul stondingestood V. in the myddel of AreopageAriopage, or comun scole GMPQSTV., seithand seyde V., Men of AthenisAthenyencis Y., bi alle thingis I se ȝou as veyn worschiperis. `Sothli I passingeFor I passide V., and seyngesiȝ V. ȝoure sy|mulacris, foondand foond V. andin K. Om. O. also V. an auter, in which was writun, To vnknowun God. Therfore whichthe whiche N. thing ȝe vnknowynge worschipen, this thing I schewe to ȝou. God that made the world and alle thingis that ben in it, this, whanne he is Lord of heuene and erthe, dwellith not in templis maad biwith O. hond, nether is worschipid by mannis hondis, `hauynge nedeneither hath nede V. of ony thing, whanne he ȝyueth lyf to alle men, `and ynbrethingin breething V., and alle thingis; and maad ofon N. oon al the kynde of men forOm. OS pr. m. to en|habite onOm. SX. al the face of erthe, determyn|ynge tymes ordeyned, and termes of `habi|tacioun dwelling O., `or dwellingOm. OQ., of hem, forOm. SX. to seke God, if perauenture thei feelen him, ethir fynden, thouȝ he be not fer fro `ech ofOm. N. ȝou. SotheliFor V. in him we lyuen, and ben moued, and ben. As and summe of ȝoure poetis seiden, Sotheli weand wee X. ben andalso V. Om. X. the kyndekyn V. of him. Therfore sithen we ben the kyndekyn V. of God, we schulen not demegesse O., `or gesseOm. OQVX., godlythat godly V. thing `for to beto be SX. is V. lyk toOm. GV. gold, andor O. siluer, orand X. stoon, to grauyng of craft andor N. either V fere passim. thouȝt of man. And sotheli God dispisingedispisith V. the tymes of this vnkunnynge, nowand now V. schewith to men, that alle euerywhere do penaunce; for that he ordeynede a day, in which he `is toschal V. dem|yngedemen S. deme VX. the world in equyte, in a man in which he ordeynede, `feith ȝyuyngeand ȝaf feith V. to allealle men V., reysingeand reyside V. him fro deede menOm. X.. So|theli whanne thei `hadden herdherden N. the aȝen rysing of deede menOm. X., sothli summe scorn|eden, summe forsothe seiden, We schulen heere thee efteftsoone X. of `this thingthees thenges O. this T.. So Poul wente out of theOm. V. myddil of hem. For|sothe summesummen QV. cliuyngecleueden V. to him, bileu|ydenand bileeueden V.. In theOm. QVX. whiche and Dionyse Ario|pagite, or greeta grete GMPT. man ofin S. comun scoleGloss om. in X., and a womman, by name Damaris, and othere menOm. G pr. m. MPT. with hem.

 CAP. XVIII.

Aftir thes thingis `he gonPoul ȝede V. out of A|thenis, camand cam V. to Corinthe. And fyndyngehe foond V. a man Jewa Jew V., by name Aquyla, of Ponte bi kynde, that late cam fro Italie, and Priscille, his wyf, for that Claudius co|maundide alle Jewis forOm. SX. to departe fro Rome, camand he cam V. to hem. AndOm. O. for he was of the same craft, he dwellide at hem, and wrouȝte; sothliforsothe O. thei weren of cenefectoriecenefectoryes O. craft, that is, to make hilingisroopis, either hylyngis V. to trauel|inge men. And he disputide in the syna|goge by ech saboth, `by twixebitwen SX. puttinge the name of theoure O. Lord Jhesu; and he softlyOm. V. counceilide toOm. V. Jewis and Greekis. Sotheli whanne Silas and Tymothe camen fro Macedonye, Poul ȝaf bisynesse to the word, witnessingeand witnessede V. to theOm. O. tho SX. Jewis, `Jhesu for to beJhesu to be SX. that Jhesu is V. Crist. Forsothe `hem aȝen sey|inge and blasfemyngewhanne thei aȝenseiden and blasfemyden V., he schakyngeschook V. ofOm. N. awey V. his clothis, seideand seide V. to hem, Ȝoure blood onin QSX. of T. be on V. ȝoure heed; I cleneschal be clene V. fro hennis forth, schaland schal V. go to hethene men. And he pass|ingepasside fro V. thennis, entrideand entride V. into the hous of sum iust man, by name Tyte, worschip|ynge God, whos hous was ioyned to the synagoge. Crispe sothli, prince of the synagoge, bileuyde to the Lord, with al his hows. And manye of the Corinthies heeringeherden and V. bileuyden, and weren cristenyd. Forsoth the Lord seide by nyȝte to Poul by a visioun, Nyle thou drede, but spek, and be not stille; for which thing I am with thee, and no man schal be put to thee that he anoyenoye GMNPQSTVX. thee, for moche peple is to me in this citee. Forsoth he saatdwellide V. ther a ȝeer and sixe monethis, tech|inge at hem thein the N. wordwoordis N. of `the LordGod V.. Sothli Gallionwhanne Gallyon was V. proconsul of Achaye, Jewisthe Jewis GMPT. risenriseden V. vpOm. QSX. with oon ynwittwitt O. wille V., `or willeOm. OVX., intoaȝens V. Poul, and ledde hym toin to G pr. m. theOm. O. dom, seiyngeand seyden V., ForOm. V. aȝens the lawe this councelith men forOm. SX. to worschipe God. Sothli `Poul bigynnyngewhanne Poul bigan V. forOm. QSX. to opene the mouth, Gallion seide to Jewis, Forsoth if ther were ony wickidwicke SX. thing, oreither V pass. fere. worst trespas, ȝe men Jewis, riȝtly I schulde sus|teyne suffre V. ȝou; forsoth if questiouns ben of the word, and names of ȝoure lawe, ȝeȝe ȝou M. ȝou SX. silf se; I wolenil O. not be domesman of thes wordisthingis V.. And he drof them fro theOm. N. dom place. Forsothe alle takyngetooken V. Sostenen, prince of the synagoge, smytenand smytiden V. him bifore the dom place; and no thing of these was to charge to Gallion. Poul forsothe whanne ȝit he hadde susteynedabeden V. many dayes, seiyngeseide V. far wel to bretheren, byand bi V. boot camhe cam S. to Sirie, and `with himOm. V. Priscille and A|quylaAquila camen with him V., theOm. V. whiche hadden clippidclippen Y. to hemhim V. theOm. T. heedheued OT. in TencrisTencris toun MPT.; `sothli thei haddenfor he hadde V. a vow. And he cam to Ephesy, and there he lefte hem; sothli he goyngeȝede V. into the synagoge, disputideand disputide V. with Jewis. Sothli `hem preiyngewhanne thei preieden V. that he schulde dwelle more tyme, he consentide not, but he makingemade V. farwel, and seiyngeseide V., `It bi|houeth me forOm. SX. to make the solempneOm. T. day comynge toOm. S. at Jerusalem, andOm. V. eft I schal turne aȝen to ȝou. `God willingeif God wole V., wentehe went MPTY sec. m. and he wente V. forth fro Ephesi. And he com|yngecam V. doun tofro O. Cesarie, stiȝedeand stiȝede V. vp, and grette the chirche, and cam doun to An|tiochie. And, therewhanne he hadde dwellid there V. sumwhat of tyme maadOm. V., he wente forth, walkinge by ordre thorw the cuntree of Galathie, and Frigie, confermyngeand confermyde V. alle disciplisthe disciplis GMPTY sec. m.. Sothli sum Jew, Apollo by name, a man of Alysaun|dreAlexandryne M. of kynde, a man eloquent, cam to Ephesie, myȝtiand he was myȝty V. in scripturis. This man was tauȝt the wey of the Lord, and fer|uentwas feruent V. in spirit spakand spak V., and tauȝte diligentli tho thingis that weren of Jhesu, know|ingeand knew V. oonli the baptym of John. Sothli this man bigan forOm. SX. to do tristily in the synagoge. Whom whanne Priscille and Aquyla herden, thei token `him toto hym V pr. m. hym V sec. m., and more diligently expowneden to him the wey of the Lord. Sothli whanne he wolde go tointo Q sec. m. Achaie, bretheren monestidexcitiden V., `or councelidOm. QVX., writenand writeden V. to disciplisthe disciplis MPT., that thei schulden resceyue him; which whanne he cam, ȝaf moche to hem that bileu|yden. ForsotheFor V. he greetly ouercam Jewis, schewingeand schewide V. openly by scripturis, `Jhesu for to beJhesu to be SX. that Jhesu is V. Crist.

 CAP. XIX.

Forsoth it iswas V. don, whanne Apollo was at Corinthe, thatthat Poul MP. that Poule, whanne he hadde goo V. the hiȝerhiȝe V. partisparties S. gonOm. V., PoulOm. MP. cam to Ephesi, and fond summeof summe V. of disciplisthe disciplis G.. And he seide to hem, IfWher bileeuynge V. ȝe han resceyued the Hooli Gost bileu|yngeOm. V.? And thei seiden to him, But ne|thir we han herd, if the Hooli Gost is. Sothly he seithseide V., Therfore in what thing ben ȝe baptysid? WhicheThe whiche QSX. seiden, In bap|tymthe baptym V. of John. Forsoth Poul seide, John baptyside in baptym of penaunce the pe|ple, seyingeand tauȝte V., that thei schulde byleue intoto O. him that was to comyngecomen SX. aftir him, that is, intoOm. O. Jhesu. `These thingis herdWhanne thei herden these thingis V., thei benweren V. baptisid in the name of the Lord Jhesu. And whanne Poul hadde putt to hem theOm. X. hondis, the Hooli Gost cam on hem, and thei spaken with langagis, and prophesieden. Forsoth alle weren almest twelue men. Sothli he gonȝede V. into the sy|nagoge, `with trist spakand spak with trist V., by thre monethis disputinge and softlisotelly O. Om. V. mouyngetreetinge V. of the kyngdom of God. Sothli whanne summe weren endurid, `or maad hardOm. QX. or hardid S., and bi|leuyden not, cursingeand cursiden V. the wey of the Lord bifore multitudethe multitude MPQSTX., he goyngeȝede V. awey fro hem, departideand departide V. disciplisthe disciplis GMPT., `ech day dis|putingeand disputide V. in scolethe scoles O. of sum tyrauntmyȝty man ech day V., `or strong manOm. OVX.. This iswas V. don by tweytwo MPTX. ȝeerisȝer SX., so that alle that dwelliden in Asie herden the word of `the LordGod O., Jewis and hethene men. AndOm. TV. vertues whiche euereOm. V. `the LordGod MPTV. didedide vertues not litel V. by the hond of Poul, so that on syke men theOm. SX. sudaries, `or swet|yng clothisOm. OX., orOm. O. `nyȝt clothisOm. O., or girdils, werenthat weren QSX. borun fro his body, and sikenessis departiden fro hem, and wickidewicke SX. spiritis wenten out. Forsothe and summe of the Jewis exorcistis, or coniureris, comyngegoinge V. aboute, temptide forOm. SX. to inclepeclepe V. the name of the Lord Jhesu Crist on hem that had|den yuele spiritis, seiyngeand seiden V., I coniure ȝouOm. Y. by Jhesu, whom Poul prechith. Sotheli ther weren summe seuene sones of a Jewe, SceueSteuen NO. Sceue by name T. Steue V., prince of prestis, that diden this thing. Sothli the yuel spirit answer|ingeansweride and V., seide to hem, I haueOm. V. knowe Jhesu, and I wootknowe V. Poul; forsothbut V. whichewho MPT. whos V. ben ȝe? And the man in whichwhom MPT. was the worste deuel, `lippinge intolippide on V. hem, and hauyngehadde V. lordschipthe lordshipe SX. of bothe, wasand was V. strong aȝens hem, thatso that GMPT. theiOm. GMP. nakid and woundid fleddenthei fledden GMPT. awey fro that hous. Forsoth this thing was maad knowun to alle Jewisthe Jewis MT. and hethene men, that dwelliden at Ephesi; and drede fel doun on hem alle, and thei magnyfieden the name of theoure Q. Lord Jhesu. And manye ofOm. MPT. menhem Q. bileuynge camen, knowlechinge and tellinge her dedis. So|theli manye of hem that sueden curiouse thingis, brouȝten to gidere bookis, and brennyden hem bifore alle men; and thewhanne the V. prisispreestis GT. of hemthoo V. acountidweren acountid V., thei founden money of fifty thousynd pens; so strongly the word of God wexidewex SX., and was con|fermyd. SothliForsothe O. `thes thingis fulfillidwhanne these thingis weren fillid V., Poul purposide in spirit, Macedonyeaftir that Macidonie was V. pass|id and Achaye, forOm. SX. to go to Jerusalem, seiyngeand seide V., For aftir that I schalhaue O. be there, it bihoueth me forOm. SX. to sesee also V. Rome. Forsoth he sendingesente V. into Macedonye tweynetwo GMPSTX. of men mynistringe to him, Tymothe and Eraste, dwellidehe dwelte P. he dwellide MTY sec. m. and he dwellide V. at a tyme in Asie. TherforeForsothe V. thera greet troubling V. was maad in that day `a sturblinga turbling AMNY. a trublynge GQSTX. a tourbelyng O. turbling P. Om. V. `not leestOm. V., ofin QSX. the wey of the Lord. ForsothFor V. sum man, Demetrie by name, argentariean argentarie N. a worchere in siluer V., makingemakide V. siluerene housishouse G. to Dian, `that isOm. X., falsa fals GMPTY. Om. X. goddesseOm. X., ȝafand ȝaf V. to crafty men `not litilmyche V. wynnyng; whomwhiche V. he clepingeclepide V. to gidere, and hem that weren suche manereOm. N. werk men, seideand seide V., Men, ȝe witen forthat V. of this craft `is to ȝou wynnyngwynnyng is to vs V.; and ȝe seen and heeren, forthat V. not oonly of Ephesi, but almest of al Asie, this Poul councelingecounceileth and V. turneth awey moche cumpanycompanyes O., seiyngeand seith V., forthat OV. thei ben not god|dis, that ben maad by hondis. ForsothSothely O. not oonli this part schal be in perel to vs, forOm. SX. to come into reprof, butbut also V. the temple of greet Dian schal be acountidcounted SX. intoto Q. noȝt; but and the mageste of hir schal bebigynne to be V. distroyed, whom al Asie worschipith and the world. These thingis herdWhanne these thingis weren herd V., thei `ben fulfillidweren fillid V. with ire, and cryeden, seiynge, GreetGreet is V. Dianthe Deane X. of Ephesians. And the citee `is fulfillidwas fillid V. with confusioun, and thei maden a sawt withof Y. `oon ynwitoo wille V., `or willeOm. OVX., in to the teatre, or comune biholdyng place, `Gayus rauyschidand rauyschen Gayus V. and Aristark, men of Macedonye, felowis of Poul. Sothli `Poul willingewhanne Poul wolde V. forOm. SVX. toOm. VX. entre into the peple, disciplisthe disciplis MPY sec. m. suffriden not. Forsoth summesummen T. also summe V. andOm. TV. of the princes of Asie, that weren his frendis, senten to him, prei|yngeand preieden V., that he schulde not ȝyue him silf into the teatre. Sothli othere men cry|eden othir thingthenges O.; sothlifor V. the chirche was confusid, and manye wisten not ofor V. what cause thei camen to gidere. Sothli of the cumpanye thei withdrowendrowen doun V. sum man Ali|saundre, Jewiswhile Jewis V. puttingepultyng Q. pultiden V. him, `or fer schowfyngeor fer chewynge GT. or fer schewinge MPY sec. m. Om. OV.. Forsothe Alisaundre, silence axidasked Q. with theOm. GMNPST. hond, woldeand wolde V. ȝelde resoun to the peple. Whom as thei knewen forOm. SX. to be a Jew, o vois of alle men was maad, criynge as by tweytwo GM et s pass. TX. houris, Greet Dian of Ephisians. And whanne the scribescribe, either clerke of the citee V. hadde ceessid the cumpanyes, he seide, Men of Ephesi, who sothli is `of menthe man O., that knowith not, thethat the V. citee of Ephisians `for to beto be SX. is V. worschiper of greetthe greet O. Dian, and of the sonechijld of V. Jubiter? Therfore whanne it may not be aȝen seid to thes thingis, it bihoueth ȝou forOm. SX. to be ceessidswagid O., `or swagidOm. OQX., and forOm. SX. to do no thing folily; sothlifor V. ȝe han brouȝt thes men, nether sacrilegerissacrileges O., nether blasfemynge ȝoure goddesse. That if Demetrie, and theOm. O. werkmen that ben with him, han cause aȝens ony man, comyngiscomynge T. to gidere of domdomes AGMNOPSVX. benmen Y. don, and proconsuls, `or ius|tisisOm. X., ben; accuse thei hem to gidere. If ȝe seken ouȝt of ony othir thing, it may be asoylid in the laweful chirche. Forwhi and we ben in perel forOm. SX. to be reproued of this dayes seducioun, `or dissenciounOm. QX., sithen no man is gilty, of whom we mown ȝelde resoun of this rennyng to gidere. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, he leftedelyuerede X., or delyueredeOm. OX., the chirche.

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Forsothe aftir that the noyse ceesside, `disciplisthe disciplis MPT. clepid, Poul monestingePoul clepide disciplis, and monestide V. hem, seideand seide V. farwel; and he wente forth, forOm. SX. to go into Macedonye. Sothli whanne he hadde walkid bi thethoo GMPTV. partisparties MPST. partis, either cuntrees V., and hadde monestid hem by moche word, he cam to Greece. Where whanne he hadde be threthe three N. monethis, asspies in yuelyuel, either tresoun V. of theOm. M. Jewis weren maad to him, toOm. MPT. schippingeshipen SX. into Sirie; and he hadde counceil `of turnyngeto turne V. aȝen intobi V. Macedonye. Sothli Sossipater Pirrithe sone of Pirry V. Beroence folowide him; of Tessalo|nisensis forsothe Aristark, and Secunde, and Gayus, Derbeus, and Tymothe; sothli Asians, Tyticus and Trophimus. These whanne thei wenten bifore, `susteyneden, or abidenaboden O. abiden V. susteneden X., vs at Troade. Forsoth we schipidenschippeden in N. aftir dayesthe daies V. of `therf loouespask O. fro Philippis, and camen to hem at Troade in fyue daies, where we dwelten seuene dayes. Sothli `o day of sabothin the firste dai of the woike V., whanne we camen forOm. SX. to breke breed, Poul disputide with hem, `he toto O. and schulde V. goyngego forth V. gon X. in the morwe; and he drow along the wordsermoun V. til intoto Q. mydnyȝtthe mydnyȝt O.. Sothli plenteu|ous laumpis weren in the `souping placesoler V., where we weren gederid to gidere. Sothli suma O. ȝong man, Euticus bi name, sittingesat V. on the wyndow, whannewhere T. he was dreynt with a greuous sleep, `Poul disputingewhile Poule disputide V. longe, he leddwas led V. by sleep feland felde V. down fro the thridde stage, `or souping placeOm. OQX. either soler V.; and he takunwas taken V. vp, `is offridand was brouȝt V. deed. To whom whanne Poul cam down, he lay on him, and biclippingebiclippe and V. seide, Nyle ȝe be trou|blidturblid MNP.; forsothfor V. the soule of him is in him. And he goyngestiȝiede V. vpOm. QV., and brekingebrakyn V. breed, and tastingetaastide V., and spak ynow til into the liȝt; and so he wente forth. Sothli thei brouȝtenlyuynge brouȝten V. toOm. V. the child lyu|yngeOm. V., and thei benweren V. comfortid `not leestgreetly OV.. Sothli we stiȝyngestiȝeden V. vp into a schip, schip|pidenand schepiden V. into Asson, `fro thennus weOm. TV. to re|ceyuyngereceyue MSX. take V. PoulPoul fro thennes V.; sothlifor V. so he hadde dis|posid, to makingemaken SX. iourney bi lond. For|sothSothli V. whanne he fond vs in Asson, `him takyn towe token him and V., we camen to Mitilene. And fro thennis schippingewe schepiden V., in the day suynge weand we V. camen aȝens Chyum, and an other day we haueneden at Samum, and in the day suynge weOm. S. camen to Milete. Sothli Poul purposide forOm. SX. to schippe ouer toOm. X. Ephesi, lest ony dwelling were maad to him in Asie; forsothfor V. he hiȝede, if it were pos|sible to him, that he schulde make the day of Pentecoste at Jerusalem. Fro Mi|lete sothli he sendyngesente V. to Ephesy, clepideand clepide V. the moremore men NV. thorw birthebirthe, either the eldre men V. of the chirche. WhichAnd V. whanne thei camen to him, and weren to gidere, he seide to hem, Ȝe witen frofor in T. the firste day, in which I cam intoto V. Asie, hou with ȝou by ech tyme I was, seruynge to the Lord with al mekenesse, and myldnesse, and teeris, and tempta|ciouns, that felden to me of aspyingisaspying O. of Jewis; how I withdrowȝ noȝt ofOm. V. profit|ablethe profitable G. vnprofitable V. thingis to ȝou, that I telde not to ȝou, and tauȝte ȝou openly, and bi housis; witnessingeand I witnesside V. to Jewis and hethene men `into God penauncepenaunce into God V., and feith into oure Lord Jhesu Crist. And `now lolo! now MP.! I boundunam bounden V. in spirit, goand goo V. into Jerusalem; whatand I knowe not what V. thingis in it `ben toschulen V. comyngecomen SX. come V. to me vnknowyngeOm. V., no but that the Hooly Gost by alle citees witnessith to me, sey|ingeand seith V., for bondisthat bondis V. and tribulaciouns at Je|rusalem `dwellen toabyden V. me. But I schamedreede V., `or dredeOm. OQVX., no thing of these, nether I make my `soule, that is, lyflyf OV. soule X., preciouser than my silf, `the whileso that V. I ende, `or ful|filleOm. OQX. either fille V., my cours, and the mynysterie of the word, theOm. MPVX. which I receyuede of the Lord Jhesu, forOm. SX. to witnesse the gospel of the grace of God. And now lo! I woot, forthat V. ȝe schulen no more se my face, alle ȝe by whomwhich V. I passide, prechinge the kingdom of God. Wherfore I witnesse ȝouto ȝou MPQVX. this day, forthat V. I am clene of the blood, `or synneOm. QX., of alle men. ForsothFor V. I fleiȝ not awey, that I tauȝtetelde V., `or teeldeOm. OVX., not to ȝou al the councel of God. TakeTaketh PS. tent to ȝou, and to al the folkflok MPTVX., in which the Hooly Gost settepute G pr. m. hath pute G sec. m. sente T. settide V. ȝou bischopis, forOm. SX. to reule the chirche of God, which he pur|chasidehath purchaside T. with his blood. I woot forthat V. aftir my departyng, rauyschinge wolues schulen entre in to ȝou, `not sparingeand spare not V. the flok; and of ȝou silf men spekinge weyward thingis schulen ryse, that thei ledenleden awey V. dis|ciplis aftir hem. For which thing wake ȝe, holdinge inOm. X. mynde that by thre ȝeer nyȝt andnor O. day I ceesside not with teeris monestinge ech of ȝou. And now I bitake ȝou to God and to the word of his grace, that is myȝty forOm. SX. to edifie and ȝyue heri|tage in alle maad hooly. Forsoth of no man I coueitide siluer, and gold, or cloth, as ȝeȝee ȝour GT. ȝe ȝou MP. ȝou SX. ȝour Y sup. ras. silf witen; butfor V. to tho thingis that weren nedeneedful V. to me, and to thesetho O. that benweren O. with me, these hondis mynistriden. Alle these thingis I schewide to ȝou, for so it bihoueth menme N. trauelinge forOm. SX. to resceyue the sykesyke men V., and forOm. SX. to haue mynde of the word of the Lord Jhesu; for he seide, ItFor it O. is more blessid forOm. SX. to ȝyue, more than forOm. GPSX. to receyue. And whanne he hadde seide these thingis, `his knees putthe knelide and V., he preiede with alle hem. Sothli greet wep|yng ofis of S. on T. alle men wasOm. S. maad; and thei fallingefelden V. inon AGMNOPQSTY. the necke of Poul, kissedenand kissiden V. him, sorwingeand sorewiden V. moost in the word that he seide, for thei werenschulden V. nonot N. more toOm. V. se|yngeseen SX. se V. his face. And thei ledden him toin to T. the schip.

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Sotheli whanne it was don, that we schuldenOm. X. schippesaile, and we V. shipeden X., drawun awey fro hem, streiȝtwith streiȝt V. cours weOm. V. camen to Choum, and the day suynge to Rodum, and fro thennis to Patiram, `fro thennis intoto O. IramOm. V.. And whanneOm. SX. we founden a schip passinge ouer into Fenyse, we `stiȝynge vpstiȝeden and V., schip|peden, `or seilidenOm. OQX.. Sothli whanne we apperiden to Cypre, we leeuyngeleften V. it at the left half, schipidenand schipiden V. into Cyrie, and camen to Tyre. SotheliFor SX. there the schip was to puttingepoten V. out the charge. Sothli `disciplis foundunthe disciples foundun O. whanne we founden disciplis V., we dwelliden there seuene dayes; theOm. V. whiche seiden bi spirit to Poul, that he schulde not stiȝe to Jerusalem. And `the dayes fulfillidwhanne the daies weren fillid V., we goinge forth wenten, alleand alle V. men with wyues and fre children ledingeledden V. forth vs til toOm. AGMNOPQSTVXY. withoute the citee; and `the knees puttwe kneliden V. in the see brynke, weand we V. preieden. And whanne we hadden maad farwel to gidere, we wenten vp into the schip; sothli thei turneden aȝen into her owne thingis. Sothli thewhanne the V. schip seiling fulfillidwas fillid V. fro Tyre, we dessendidencamen doun V. to Tolomayda, and `the bretheren gret welwhanne we hadden gret wel the britheren V., we dwelliden oa Y. day at hem. Forsothe an other day we gonȝeden V. forth, camenand camen V. to Cesarie. And we en|tringeentriden V. into the hous of Philip euangelist, that was oon of the seuene, dwellidenand dwelliden V. at him. Sothli to this weren foure douȝtris, virgyns, prophesiynge. And whanne we dwelliden there biOm. S. sum dayes, sum man prophete, Agabus by name, cam ouer fro Judee. This whanne he cam to vs, took the girdil of Poul, and byndyngeboond V. to gi|dere `to himhis V. theOm. OV. feet and hondis, seideand seide V., The Hooli Gost seith thes thingis, Thus Jewisthe Jewis QX. schulen bynde in Jerusalem the man, whos is this girdil; and thei schulen bitakebitake him GMPTY sec. m. into hethene mennis hondis. Which thing whanne we herden, we preieden, and thei that weren of that place, that he schulde not stiȝe to Jerusalem. Thanne Poul answeride, and seide, What do ȝe, wepinge and turmentynge myn herte? Sothli I am redy, not onli forOm. SX. to be boundun, but and to deie inin to G pr. m. Jerusalem forin K. fro V. the name of the Lord Jhesu. And whanne we myȝten not councele him, we weren stille, `or restidenOm. OQX., seyinge, The wille of the Lord be don. Sotheli aftir thes dayes we maad redy, stiȝeden to Je|rusalem. Sothli summe of disciplis camen with vs fro Cesarie, ledingeand ledden V. sendende X. with hem sum man, Jason of Cypre, an old disciple, at whom we schulden be herborid. And whanne we camen to Jerusalem, bretheren resceyueden vs wilfulli. Sothli in the day suynge Poul entride with vs to James, and alle theOm. K. eldere men benweren V. gederid. WhomWhiche V. whanne he hadde grett, he tolde bi alle thingis, what thingis God hadde don infor N. hethene men, by the mynisterie of him. And thei whanne thei herden, magnifi|eden God, and seiden to him, Thou, bro|thir, seest how manye thousandis ben in Jewis, that han bileuyd to God, and alle ben sueris, `or louerisOm. OQX., of the lawe. Sothli thei herden of thee, forthat V. thou techist de|parting fro Moyses of `the ilketho SX. Jewis that ben by hethene men, seiynge, that thei owedenowen AGMNOPQSTVXY. not forOm. SX. to circumside her sones, nether owen forOm. SX. to entreentre in to the temple G sec. m. vpbi NV. up by Q. cus|tom. Therfore what isis this? T.? SothliForsothe N. it bi|houeth athat the V. multitude comecomynge Q. to gidere; for|sothesothely O. for V. thei schulen heere `thee, for to hauethee to haue SX. that thou hast V. come ouer. Therfore do thou this thing, that we seyn to thee. There ben to vs foure men, hauyngethat han X. a vow on hem. `These takun toTake thou these men, and V., halowe thee with hem; and `coste inȝeue thou among V. hem, that thei schaue herOm. G pr. m. heedisheuedes T.; andOm. N. allethat alle V. men wite, that the thingis that thei herden of thee ben false, but thou walkistwawest O. andin N. thi silf kepingekepist V. the lawe. Of these sothli that bileuyden of hethene men, we writenhan writen G sec. m. writiden V., demynge that thei absteyne hem fro thingisthing AGMNPQSTVXY. offrid to ydols, and blood, and stranglid thingthenges O., and fornicacioun. Thanne `the men takyn to, Poulmen takyn to O. Poule tooke the men and V. in thethat A pr. m. N. day suynge purifiedwas purified V. with hem, entrideand entride V. into the temple, schewingeand schewide V. the fulfillingfilling V. of dayes of purifiyng, til offring was offrid for ech of hem. Sothli whanne seuene dayes weren endid, thetho PV. Jewis that weren ofat O. Asie, whanne thei syȝen hym in the temple, stiriden al the peple, and leiden hondis on him, criyngeand crieden V., MenȜee men X. of Israel, helpe ȝe vs. This is the man, that aȝens peplethe pepule GMOPTVXY sec. m. and lawe and this place techingetechith V. euery where alle men, more ouer and hathhe hath G sec. m. hadde T. ledd ynOm. V. hethen men into the temple, and hath defoulid this hooly place. ForsotheFor V. thei syȝen Trophimus of Ephesi in the citee with him, whom thei gessiden forthat OV. Poul hadde brouȝt into the temple. And al the citee iswas V. mouyd, and a rennynge to gidere of peplethe pepel O. iswas V. maad. And thei `catchinge Poultooken Poul and V., drowyn him out of the temple; and anoon the ȝatis benweren V. closid. Sothli `hem sek|yngewhanne thei souȝten V. forOm. SX. to sle hym, it iswas V. toold to the tribune of the cumpanye of knyȝtis, forthat V. al Jerusalem is confoundid. TheOm. V. which a noon `knyȝtis takun totook kniȝtis V., and centuriouns, ranand ran V. to hem. Whiche whanne thei hadden seyn theOm. O. tribune and knyȝtis, ceessiden forOm. SX. to smyte Poul. Thanne the tribune `comynge tocam and V., kauȝte him, and comaundide forOm. SX. to be boundyn with tweytwo MPT. tweyne Y. chaynes; and axideasked Q., who ithe OVX. was, and what he hadde don. Sothli othere crieden othir thing in the cumpanye. And whanne he myȝte not knowe certeynthe certeyn GMPY sec. m. thing for theOm. GMPT. noyse, he comaundide him forOm. SX. to be ledd into theOm. G pr. m. SXY pr. m. castels. And whanne Poul cam to greesthe grees AGMNPQSVXY., it bifel that he was born of knyȝtis, for strengthe of the peple. For|sotheFor V. multitudea multitude O. the multitude GMPTV. of peple suede him, criyngeand criede V., Take him awey. And whanne Poul bigan forOm. SX. to be ledd in to theOm. S. cas|tels, he seithseide V. to the tribune, IfOm. O. Wher V. it is leef|ful to me, forOm. SX. to speke ony thing to thee? Which seide, ThouOm. OV. `Greek hast thou knowunCanst thou Greek V.? Wher thou ert not the Egip|cian, theOm. V. which bifore thes dayes mouedist a noyse, and laddist out intoin V. desert foure thousand ofOm. X. men, mensleeris? And Poul seide to him, Sothli I am a man Jew, of Tarse of Cilicie, a citeseyn, `or burgeysOm. OQX., `of a citeeOm. O. not vnknowun. Forsoth I preie thee, suffrefor to suffre O. to SX. me `for toOm. O. speke to the peple. And whanne he suffride, Poul stondingestood V. invpon O. the greesgree X., bekenydeand bekenyde V. with the hond to the peple. And awhanne a V. greet silence maad, he spak toto hem MPQ. Om. V. in Ebrew tunge, seyinge,

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Men, bretheren and fadris, heere ȝe what resoun I ȝelde now to ȝou. Forsoth, whanne summe herden forthat V. in Ebrew tunge he spak to hem, thei ȝauen more silence. And he seide, I `a manam a MPT. am a man X. Jew, born at Tarse of Cilicie, norischid forsoth in this citee bisydis the feet of Gamaliel, lerudlernyd MP. vpafter GMPT. bi V. theOm. S. treuthe of fadris lawe, folowera folewere V., `or louerOm. OQX., of the lawe, as andOm. O. ȝe alleOm. O. ben to day. TheAnd V. whicheOm. K. IOm. G pr. m. SX. pur|suede this wey til to the deeth, byndinge toOm. V. gidere and drawingebitakinge V. into holdis men and wymmen, as the prince of prestis ȝeldithȝeldes O. witnessing to me, and alleto alle QXY. the more in birthe. Of which `and I takingeI takynge G pr. m. MP. I took V. pistlisepistolis S. `to bretherenOm. S., wenteand wente V. to Damask, that I schulde brynge fro thennis boundenmen bounden V. into Jerusalem, that thei schulden ben peyned. Forsoth it iswas V. don, `me goynge, and neiȝyngewhile I ȝede and neiȝede V. tointo X. Damask, in the mydday sudenli `fro heueneOm. O. `a copiousan hidouse O. liȝt schon aboute me. And I `fallinge intofelde doun to V. the erthe, herdeand herde V. a vois fro heuene, seiynge to me, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me? It is hard tofor O. thee forOm. SX. to kyke aȝens the pricke. Forsothe I answeride, Who art thou, Lord? And he seide to me, I am Jhesu of Nazareth, whom thou pursuest. And thei that weren with me syȝen sothli thethis N. liȝt, forsothebut V. thei herden not the vois of him, that spak withOm. O. me. And I seide, Lord, what schal I do? Sothli the Lord seide to me, `Thou risyngeRise thou and V., go to Damask; and there it schal be seid to thee, of alle thingis whiche it bihoueth thee forOm. SX. to do. And whanne I syȝ not, for the clerete of thatthe O. liȝt, I leddwas led V. toby NO. hondis of felowis, camand I cam V. to Damask. Forsoth summanOm. O., Ana|nye, vpvp aftir G pr. m. vp, or aftir MPT. bi V. the lawe hauynge witnessing of alle Jewis dwellinge in Damask, comyngecam V. to me, and stondingestood V. nyȝ, seideand seide to me V., Saul, brother, bihold. And I in the same hour biheld in to him. And he seide, God of oure fadris ordeynedehath bifore ordeynede V. thee, that thou schuldist knowe the wille of him, and schuldist se iust thingCrist V., and heere the vois of his mouth. For thou schalt be his wit|nesse to alle men, of tho thingis that thou hast seyn and herd. And now, what dwellist thou? Ryse vp, and be baptisid, and waisch awey thi synnes, `ynclepidinclepe N. the name of himbi the name of him clepid to help V.. Forsoth it iswas V. don to me, turnynge aȝen intoto OX. Jerusalem, and preinge in the temple, `me for to befor to be O. me to be SX. that I was V. maad in rauyssching of soule, and to se him sey|inge to me, Hiȝe thou, and go out faste of Jerusalem, for thei schulen not receyue thi witnessyng ofto O. me. And I seide, Lord, thei witen, for I was closynge to gidere into prisoun, and betynge by synagogis hem that bileueden `in toin O. thee. And whanne the blood of Stheuene, thi wit|nesse, was schedsched out V., I stood nyȝ, and con|sentide, and kepte the clothis of men sle|ynge him. And he seide to me, Go thou, for I schal sende thee ferr to naciouns. ForsothAnd O. thei herden him til toOm. V. this word; and thei reysiden her vois, seyinge, Take fro the erthe such a maner man; forsothfor V. it is not leefful, `him for tohim to SX. that he V. lyue. SothliForsothe O. `hem cryinge in voys, and castingewhanne thei crieden and castiden V. a wey her clothis, and throwingethei throw|iden V. dowst in to the eyr, the tribune comaundide hym forOm. OSX. to be ledd in to castelsthe castels PTX., and forOm. SX. to be betyn with scourgis, and himOm. G pr. m. MPTVY sec. m. forOm. SX. to be turmentid, that he schulde wite, for what cause thei cryeden so to him. And whanne thei hadden streyned hym with boondis, `or roopisOm. QX., Poul seide to a centurioun stondinge nyȝ to him, IfWher V. it is leefful to ȝou, forOm. OSX. to scourge a man Romayn, and vndampned? `Which thingAnd whanne this thing was V. herd, centu|riounthe centurien G pr. m. MNPT. wente to the tribune, and tolde to him, seiyngeand seide V., What art thou to doingedon SX.? forsothFor V. this man is a citeseyn Romaynof Rome V.. Forsoth the tribune `comynge tocam niȝ and V., seide to him, Seie thou to me, ifwher V. thou art a Ro|mayn? And he seide, Ȝhe. And the tri|bune answeride, `How liȝtlyliȝtly, or boldly GMPT Y sec. m. seist thou thee a Romayn citeseynOm. VX.? I with moche summe gat this ciuylitecyuylitee, either fraunchise, either dignite of citeceyn V.. And Poul seithseide V., `I sothli and amSothly and I was V. borunborn a ceteceyn of Rome V.. Therfore a noon theiand thei T. that weren to turmentingetormenten QSX. him, de|partiden awey fro him. And the tribune dredde, aftir that he wiste aȝenOm. V., forthat OV. he was a citeseyn of Rome, and forthat O. he hadde boundyn him. Forsoth in the day su|ynge he willingewolde V. `for toto SX. Om. V. wite more dili|gently, offor V. what cause he were accusid of Jewis, vnboundand vnboond V. him, and comaundide prestisthe prestes O. `for to comefor to come togider GMPXY. to come S. Om. V., and al the counseilcounceil for to come togidere V.. And heOm. K. bryngyngebrouȝte V. forth Poul, ordeyn|edeand ordeynede V. him among hem.

 CAP. XXIII.

Poul forsoth biholdingebiheeld V. in to the coun|seil, seithand seide V., Men bretheren, I with al good conscience haue lyued bifore God, til into this day. Sothli Anany, prince of prestis, comaundide to men stondinge nyȝniȝ to him V., forOm. SX. to smyte his mouth. Thanne Poul seide to him, WalThou wal G sec. m. maad whiȝt, God schal smyte thee; and thou sittingesittidist and V. demest me vpvp, or after GMPT. bi V. the lawe, and aȝenst the lawe comaundist me forOm. SX. to be smytyn. And thei that stooden nyȝ, seiden, Cursist thou the hiȝestehiȝe Q. prest of God? Sothli Poul seide, Bretheren, I wiste not, forthat OV. he is princethe prince G. of prestis; forsothfor V. it is writun, Thou schalt not cursecurse to S. the prince of thithe Y. peple. Forsothe Poul `witinge, forwiste that V. oa Y. party was of Sadu|cees, and `that othirthe tother AGMNOPQSTVXY. of Pharisees, heand he V. cryede in the counceil, Men bretheren, I am aOm. Q. Pharise, the sone of Pharisees; of the hope and aȝen rysing offro Y. deede menOm. X. I am demed. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, dissencioun iswas V. maad bitwixebitwen S. bitwe X. Pharisees and Saducees, and the multitude iswas V. departid. Forsoth Saducees seyn, forOm. SX. that V. `to beOm. V. `no rysinge aȝennon aȝenrysyng O. noo rising aȝen is V. of deede menOm. SX., nether aungel, nether spirit; forsothebut V. Pharisees knowlechen botheeuer either V.. SothliForsothe O. a greet cry iswas V. maad. And summe of Phari|sees rysingerisiden V. vp, fouȝtenand fouȝten V., seyinge, We fyndefounden N. no thing of yuel in this man; what if a spiritspirit, either aungel V. spak to him, `or aungelOm. V.? And whanneOm. O. greet dissencioun wasis O. maad, theOm. V. tribune dredingedredde V., lest Poul schulde be to-drawundrawun A pr. m. X. `a mongof AGMNOPQSTVXY. hem, co|maundidehe comaundide S. and he comaundide V. knyȝtis forOm. SX. to go doun, and to rauysche him offro V. theOm. S. myddil of hem, and forOm. SX. to lede him in to castels. Sothli in the nyȝt suynge the Lord stondingestood V. nyȝ to him, seithand seide V. seide X., Be thou stedefast; sothlifor V. as thou hast witnessid of me in Jerusalem, so it bihoueth thee forOm. SX. to witnesse andalso V. at Rome. Forsothe `the daywhanne the day was V. maad, summe of the Jewis gederiden hem, and maden a vow, seyinge, hemthat thei schulden V. nether toOm. V. etingeeten SX. ete V., ne|ther toOm. GMNOPVY. drynkingedrinken SX. drinke V., til thei slowen Poul. Forsoth ther weren momore GMNPTVXY. than fourty men, that maden this coniuraciounschewyng togidere O., `or swer|ing to gidereOm. OX.. TheOm. V. whiche wenten to the princesprince O. of prestis, and eldre men, and seiden, With deuocioun we han avowid vsOm. O. that we V. `to no thing tastingeto no thing tasten SX. schulen not taste eny thing V., til we slen Poul. Now therfore make ȝe knowun to the tri|bune, withand to O. the counceil, that he leede forth him to ȝou, as ȝe to knowingeknowe SX. sum thing more certeynli of him; sothli we ben redy forOm. SX. to sle him, bifore that heȝe N. come nyȝ. WhichThe whiche X. thing whanne the sone of Poulis sistir hadde herd the aspies, `or tresouneither tresouns V. Om. X., he cam, and entride in to the castels, and tolde Poulto Poul V.. Sothli `he clep|ingePoul clepide V. to him oon of the centuriouns, seithand seide V., Leed this ȝonge man to the tribune, for he hath sum thing forOm. SX. to schewe to him. And he forsothe takingetook V. him `to, leddeand ledde V. to the tribune, and seithseide V., Boundyn Poul preiede me, forOm. SX. to lede to thee this ȝonge man, hauynge sum thing forOm. SX. to speke to thee. Sothli the tribune takingetook V hisOm. N. hond, wenteand wente V. with him a sydis half, and axideasked Q. him, What thing is it, that thou hast tofor to AGMOPTVY. schewe to me? Forsoth he seide, It bifallithacordide V. to the Jewis forOm. SX. to preie thee, that to morwe day thouthat thou NS. bringe forth Poul into the counceil, `as thei ben toas if thei schulen V. sekingeenquere NV. seken SX. sum thing certeyneremore certeynly of him N. certeynere of him V.. SothliBut V. bileue thou not to hem; forsothefor V. moremo NS. than fourty men of hem aspien him, theOm. V. whiche han a vowid, `hem for tohem to SX. that thei schulen V. not ete neneither V. drynke, til thei slen him; and now thei ben redy, abidinge `thi biheestethe heiȝest O.. Therfore the tribune lefte the ȝonge man, comaundingeand comaundide V., that he schulde speke to no man, forthat OV. he hadde maad thes thingis knowun to him. And tweyetwo GMPST. centuriouns clepidhe clepide V. to gidire, heand he V. seide to hem, Make ȝe redy tweynetwo GMPST pass. hundrid knyȝtis, that thei go til to Cesarie, and horsmen seuenty, and sper men tweyntwo GMPST pass. hundrid, fro the thridde hour of theOm. MPQTVY. nyȝt. And make ȝe redy `iumentis, or horsiumentis, or horsis GMOPQTY pr. m. iumentis, either horsis V. iumentis X., that thei put|tingeschulden sette V. Poul vponaboue and V., schuldenOm. O. lede him saf to Felix, president. `Sothli he dredde, lest perauenture Jewis schulden rauysche himOm. X., and slee, and he aftirward schulde suffre chalenge, as he were to takingetake STX. moneyOm. V.; writingeFor and the tribune wroot V. to him `an epistleand epistle G. a pistle PV., conteynynge thes thingis. Claudius Lisias to thethee K. best Felix, precident, heelthe. This man takyn of Jewis, and bigynnynge forOm. SX. to be slayn of hem, I `aboue comyngecam aboue V. `with cum|panyOm. O. delyueredeand delyueride V., `knowun forfor it was knowen that V. he is a Romayn. And I willingewolde V. `for toto SX. Om. V. wite the cause, theOm. VX. whichthat X. thei puttidenputten SX. aȝens him, leddeand I ledde V. him in to the counceil of hem. Whom I fond forOm. SX. to ben accusid of ques|tiouns of the lawe of hem, forsoth hau|ynge no cryme worthi the deeth, `or bon|diseither bounden V.. And whanne it was teeld to me of theOm. QSVX. aspies, `or tresounsOm. OX., that thei maden redyredy to him V., I sente him to thee, `denounsinge andand I denounside also V. totwo K. to the MPT. accusatours, that thei seie at thee. Farwel. SothliTherfore V. knyȝtis, vpbi V. thingthingis G pr. m. co|maundid to hem, `takinge totoken V. taken hym X. Poul, leddenand ledden V. him by nyȝt into Antipatriden. And in the day suynge, `the horsmenwhanne the horse men weren V. left, that thei schulden go with him, thei turnyden aȝen `to theinto X pr. m. to X sec. m. castels. TheOm. V. whiche whanne thei camen to Cesarie, and token the pystleepistle GNOST. to the president, thei settensettiden V. bifore hym andOm. O. also V. Poul. Forsoth whanne he hadde rad, and axid, of what prouynce he was, and `knowinge forknew that V. he was of Cilice, I schal heere thee, he seithseide V., whanne thi accuserisaccusatoures O. `schulen comecomen O. cometh Q.. And he co|maundide him forOm. SX. to be kept in the pre|torie, or moote halle, of HeroudeHerodes OX..

 CAP. XXIV.

Forsoth aftir fyue dayes, Ananye, prince of prestis, cam doun with sum eldre men, and Terculle, sum `oratour, or fair speker, or avocatfaire spekere, either auocat V. oratour, or auoket X., whiche wenten to the prese|dent aȝeyns Poul. And, Poulwhanne Poul was V. somenyd, Terculle bigan forOm. SX. to `accuse, seyingeaccuse hym, and seide V., Whanne in moche pees we don bi thee, and manye thingis ben amendid bi thi prouydencewys|dom O., `or wysdomOm. OX., euermore and euerywhere, thou best Felix, we han re|ceyued with al doynge of thankingis. For|soth lest I tarie thee lengere, I preie thee, schortly heere vs for thi mekenesse. We han foundun this man beringe venympestilence V., `or pestilenceOm. QVX., and stiringe sedicioun, `or dis|senciounOm. OX., to alle Jewisthe Jewis G pr. m. in al the world, and auctour of seducioun of the secte of NazarensA leaf is here wanting in Y.; theOm. V. which also enforside forOm. SX. to defoule the temple; whom `and takun to, wealso we tooken and V. wolden deme, aftir oure lawe. Sothli Lisias, the tribune, `aboue comynge with greet strengthecam with greet strengthe aboue, and V., delyuerede him frooute of O. oure hondis; comaundingeand comaundide V. his accuseris forOm. SX. to come to thee, of whom thou demynge, maist knowe ofOm. O. alle thes thingis, of whiche we accusen him. Forsoth and Jewis castidencasten SX. to, seyinge thesthat these V. thingisOm. O. `for to hauehan M. to haue SX. hadden V. hem so. Forsoth Poul an|sweride, `grauntinge the presedentfor the president grauntide V. toof N. Om. O. him forOm. SX. to seie, Of manye ȝeeris I know|ingeknowe V. thee forOm. SX. to be domesman to this folk, schaland I schal V. do ynow for me with good yn|wittresoun OV., `or resounOm. OVX.. SothliFor V. thou maist knowe, for to me ben notno N. more than twelue dayes, sithensiȝen O. I stiȝede vp forOm. SX. to worschipe in Jerusalem; and nethir in the temple thei founden me disputinge with ony man, orneither V. makinge concursrennynge togidere O., `or rennyng to gi|dereOm. OX., of the cumpany `of pepleOm. N., nether in synagogis, nether in citee; nether thei mown proue to thee, of theOm. SX. whiche thingis thei nowOm. G pr. m. mowen T. accusen me. Sotheli I know|leche to thee this thing, that vpbi V. the secte which thei seyn eresie, so I serue to God themy V. fadir, bileuyngeand I bileeue V. toOm. O. alle thingis that ben writun in the lawe and prophetis; hauyngeand I haue V. hope in to God, theOm. V. whiche and thei hem silf abyden, the aȝen rysing to comyngecoomen SX. of iust men and wickidwicke S.. In this thing and I studie withouten hirtyng, forOm. SX. to haue conscience to God, and to men euermore. Forsoth aftir momore T. ȝeeris, I cam to doyngedo OSV. almesdedis into my folk, and offringis, and vowis; in whiche thei founden me purified in the temple, not with cum|panye, nethir with noysevoice T.. And thei cauȝten me, theiOm. MPQSTX. and thei V. `cryinge, and seiyngecrieden and seiden V., Take awei oure enemy. Sothli summe Jewis of Asie, whomwhiche V. it bihoftebihoueth T. forOm. X. to be now present, `or redyOm. OX., at thee, and accuse, if thei hadden ony thing aȝens meme, founden me in the temple, and maden noise V., oreither V. these hem silf seye, if thei founden in me ony thing of wickidnesse, sithen I stonde in the counceil, no but oonli of this oOm. SV. vois, by which I cryede stondinge a mong hem, For ofOm. V. the aȝen rysing of deede menOm. X. I am demyd this day of ȝou. Sothli Felix deferride hem, moostand knew most V. certeynli `he witingewitinge SX. Om. V. of the weye, sei|yngeand seide V., Whanne Lisias, the tribune, schal comecome doun V., I schal heere ȝou. And he co|maundide toto a G pr. m. MNPQTV. centurioun forOm. SX. to kepe him, and forOm. SX. to haue reste, nethir forOm. SX. to for|bede ony man forOm. QSX. to mynystre ofanye of N. his owne thingis to him. Sotheli aftir summe dayes, Felix comyngecam V. with Drusille, his wyf, that was a Jewesse, clepideand clepide V. Poul, and herde of him the feith that is into `Jhesu CristJhesu O. Crist Jhesu MPQTVX.. Sothli `him disputingewhile he disputide V. of riȝtwysnesse, and chastite, and ofOm. K. dom to comyngecome SX., Felix maadwas maad V. tremblinge, an|swerideand answeride V., That perteyneth now, go; sothli in tyme couenable I schal clepe thee toOm. V.. Also and hopingehe hopide V., that money schulde be ȝouun to him of Poul; for whiche thing and ofte he clepingeclepide V. him toOm. V., spakand spac V. with him. SothliSothli whanne V. tweytwo GMPQTX. ȝeerisȝer X. fulfillidweren fillid V., Felix took a successour, `Festus of PontePorcius Festus V.; for|soth Felix willingewolde V. `for toto SX. Om. V. ȝyuedo S. grace to Jewis, lefteand lefte V. Poul boundun.

 CAP. XXV.

Therfore whannethanne K. Festus cam into pro|uyncethe prouynce G sec. m. NSVX., aftir the thridde day he assendide to Jerusalem fro Cesarie. And the princesprynce N. of prestis, and the firste of Jewis wenten to him aȝens Poul, and preieden himOm. N., axingeaskynge Q. grace aȝens him, that he schulde comaunde him forOm. SX. to be led toin to G sec. m. Jerusalem; settingeand thei settiden V. aspies forOm. SX. to sle hym in the weye. Sothli Festus answeride, Poulthat Poule V. `for to beto be SX. schulde be V. kepte in Cesarie; `him sothly tosothli that he himself schulde V. goyngego SVX. forth more rypelihasteli O., `or hasteliOm. OX.. Therfore he seithseide V., Thei that in ȝou ben myȝtiin myȝti X., comyngecome V. doun to gidere; ifand if V. ony cryme is in the man, accuseaccuse thei TV. him. Sothli he dwellingedwellide V. a mong hem no more than eiȝte oreither V fere pass. tentwelf O. dayes, camand cam V. doun to Cesarie; and `that othirthe tother AGMNOPQSTVX. day he sat for domesman, and comaundide Poul forOm. SX. to be `ledd tobrouȝt V.. Which whanne heOm. AGKQSTX. was leddbrouȝt forth V., Jewis stooden `aboute himnyȝ S., theOm. V. whiche camen doun fro Jerusalem, puttingeand puttinge V. aȝensaȝens him GOTV. manye andOm. G pr. m. STV. greuouse causis, whiche thei myȝten not proue. SothliFor sothli V. Poul ȝeldingeȝeeldide V. resounresoun in alle thingis V., For nethir intoaȝens V. the lawe of Jewis, nether `in toaȝens V. the temple, nether intoaȝens V. Cesar, I synnede ony thing. Forsoth Festus willingewolde V. `for toto SX. Om. V. ȝyue grace to the Jewis, answeringeand answeride V. to Poul, seideand seide V., Wolt thou as|sende to Jerusalem, and there be demed of these thingis at me? Sothli Poul seide, At the dom place of Cesar I stonde, where it bihoueth me forOm. SX. to be demyd. I haue not noyed to the Jewis, as thou `hast betere knowunknowest betere V.. SothliFor V. if I haue noyed, or don ony thing worthi deeth, I forsake not forOm. SX. to deie; sothli if no thing of thesetho V. is, that thei accusen me, no man may ȝyue me to hem. `Cesar I apeleI apele to Cesar V.. Thanne Festus spekingespac V. with the counceil, answerideand answer|ide V., CesarTo Cesar V. thou hast apelid, to Cesar thou schalt go. And whanne summe dayes weren passid, Agrippa kynga kyng T., and Bernyse camen doun to Cesarie, forOm. SX. to greete wel Festus. And whanne thei dwelliden there manye dayes, Festus schewide to the king of Poul, seiyngeand seide V., Sum man is left boundun of Felix, of whichthe whiche S., whanne I was at Jeru|salem, princes of prestis and eldere men of Jewis camen to me, axingeand axden OV. askynge Q. dampnacioun aȝens him. To whomwhiche V. I answeride, ItThat it V. is not custom to Romayns, forOm. SX. to dampneȝeue, either dampne V. ony man, `bifore thatar O. he that is accusid haue his accuseris present, andOm. N. take place of defendyng, forOm. SX. to waysche a wey crymes, `or greet trespassisOm. OX., that ben putt aȝensaȝens him MPQTV.. Therfore whanne thei camen to gedire hidur, withoute ony delay, in the day su|ynge I sittingesat V. for domesman, comaundideand comaundide V. the man forOm. SX. to be `ladd tobrouȝt V.. Of whom whanne theOm. MOPQTVX. accuseris stooden nyȝOm. AGMNPQSTVX., thei seyden no cause, of whiche thingistheng O. I hadde suspicioun of yuel. Sothli thei hadden aȝens hym summe questiouns of her veyn worschipingworschipingus S., `or religiounOm. OX. either veyn rely|gioun V., and of sumOm. MP. Jhesu deed, whom Poul affermyde forhym for Q. Om. SX. to lyue. Sothli I doutingedowted OV. of such maner questiounof questioun GOT. questiouns N., seideseying O. and seide V., IfWher V. he wolde go to Jeru|salem, and there `for toOm. OSX. be demyd of these thingis? ForsothFor V. Poul apelingeappelide V., that he schulde be kept to theOm. O. knowinge of the em|perour, I comaundide him forOm. SX. to be kept, til I schalOm. V. sende him to Cesar. Sothli Agrippa seide to Festus, And I my silf woldewill O. heere the man. `Festus answerideOm. MPQTVX., To morwe, he seithseide V., thou schalt heere him. Sotheli on `that othirthe to|ther AGMNOPQSTV. the other X. day, whanne Agrippa and Ber|nyce camen with moche ambicioun, or pryde of staat, and entriden into the au|ditorie, with tribunis and principal men of the citee, `Festus biddingewhanne Festus bad V., Poul `is lad towas brouȝt V.. And Festus seide, Kyng Agrippa, and alle men that ben with vs, ȝe seen thisthis man GMPTV., of theOm. MPTVX. which al the multitude of Jewis preiede me at Jerusalem, `axinge, and cryingeand axide and criede V., himOm. V. forOm. SVX. `to not bihouethat it bihoueth not V. `for toOm. AGMNOPSTX. to Q. that he V. `lyue moremore to lyue SX.. Forsoth I fond, `him for to hauehim to haue SX. that he hadde V. don no thing worthi of deeth; sothli `him apelinge this thing to the emperour, I demedeemede G. forOm. SX. to sende`I deme for to sende to the emperor, for he appelide this thing V.. Of which man IOm. K. haue notnot cer|teyn V., what thingOm. O. certeynOm. V. I schal wryte to the lord. For which thing I brouȝte him `to ȝouOm. V., and moost to thee, OOm. N. thou V. kyng Agrippa, thatthat whanne NV. axyng maadis maad NV., I haue whatwhat theng O. I schal wryte. ForsothFor V. it is seyn to me withoute resoun, forOm. SX. to sende a boundun man, and not toOm. V. signifie theOm. QSX. cause of him.

 CAP. XXVI.

Agrippa sothliforsothe T. seith to Poul, It is suf|frid to thee, forOm. SX. to speke for thi silf. Thanne Poul, `the hond holdun forthheeld forth the hond, and V., bigan forOm. SX. to ȝelde resoun. Of alle thingis, in whiche I am accusidaccusid of the Jewis V., thou kyng Agrip|pa, I gesse me blessid at thee, whanne I am toschal V. defendingedefenden SX. defende V. me this day; moost `thee witingefor thou knowist V. alle thingis that ben at Jewis, customs and questiouns. For which thing, I beseche, heere me paciently. And sothli alle Jewis `bifore witingethat bifore knewen V. me fro the bigynnyng, hanOm. V. knowun my lyf fro ȝongtheȝouthe X.; that fro the bigynnyng was in my folk in Jerusalem, if thei wolen bere witnessewitnessing V., `for vpthat bi V. the moost certeyn secte of oure religioun, I lyuede a Farisee. And now infor V. the hope of repromyscioun, that is maad to oure fadris of God, I stonde suget in dom; in whichwhich hope V. oure twelue lynagis seruynge nyȝt and day, hopen forOm. SX. to be|come; of which hope, thou king, I am accusid of Jewis. What vnbileefful thing is demyd atof S. ȝou, if God reysith deede men? And sotheli I gessidedemede X., `me aȝens the name of Jhesu Nazarene, forOm. SX. to oweOm. O. doto do G sec. m. X. manye contrarie thingisthat I ouȝte do many contrarie thingis aȝens the name of Jhesu of Nazarene V.. Which thingthingis X. and I dide in Jerusalem, and IOm. G pr. m. encloside manye of seyntisholy men O. in prisouns, `power takunwhanne I took power V. of theOm. GMNPT. princes of prestis. And whanne thei weren slayn, I ȝaf the sentence. And bi alle synagogis ofte I ponyschingepunschide V. hem, con|streynedeand constreynede V. forOm. SX. to blasfeme; and more I waxyngewaxe V. wood aȝens hem, `pursuede toand pursuede til into V. aliene citees. In whiche, the while I wente to Damask, with power and suffring of princes of prestis, in the mydday, in the wey I syȝ, thou kyng, frothat fro V. heuene liȝt `haue schynedto han shynen SX. schynede V. aboute me, ouer the schynyng of theOm. G pr. m. MST. sunne, and hem that werenwenten Q. to gidere with me. And whanne we alle hadden fallun doun into the erthe, I herde a voys seyinge to me in Ebrew tunge, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me? it is hard tofor T. thee, forOm. SX. to kike aȝens the pricke. For|soth I seide, Who art thou, Lord? Sotheli the Lord seide, I am Jhesus, whom thou pursuest. But ryse vp, and stond on thi feet. SothliFor whi V. to this thing I aperide to thee, that I ordeyne thee mynistre and witnesse of tho thingis that thou hast seyn, and of thotho thenges O. in whiche I schal apeereappere, either schewe V. to thee; delyueryngeand I schal delyuere V. thee fro peplis and folkispepeles O., intoto V. whiche now I sende thee, forOm. SX. to opene the yȝen of hem, that thei be con|uertidturned O. fro derknessis to liȝt, and fro power of Sathanas to God, that thei take remys|cioun of synnes, and sortpart OV., `or partOm. OVX., among seyntis, by feith that is in me. Wherfore, thou kyng Agrippa, I was not vnbileefful to heuenly visioun; but tofor O. I telde to V. hem that ben at Damask first, and Jerusalem, and bi al the cuntree of Judee, and to hethen men, `I schewideOm. V., `or toldeOm. OQVX., that thei schulden do penaunce, and be conuertid to God, doyngeand do V. worthi workis of penaunce. OfFor V. this cause Jewis temptidenasaieden V. me takyn toOm. V., whanne I was in the temple, willingeand wolden V. `for toto SX. Om. V. sle me. Sothli I holpynam helpid V. by the help of God intotil in to O. this day, stondeand stonde V., witnessinge to lasse and moreto more O.; `no thingand I seie noo thing ellis V. `withoute seyingeseiyng ouer O. Om. V. than whiche thingisthing SX. the prophetis and Moyses spaken `for to beto be SX. that schulen V. comyngeto comynge MPQTY. comen S. come V. to comen X., if Crist pas|sibleis passyble V., `or able to suffreor able for to suffre T. Om. X., if the firste of theOm. QS. aȝen rysing of deede menOm. X. isit K. to schew|ingeshewen SX. liȝt to the peple andof N. hethen men. `Him spekingeWhanne he spac V. thes thingis, and ȝeldingeȝeldide V. resoun, Festus `with greet vois seydeseyde with greet vois V., Poul, thou maddist, `or wexist woodOm. X.; manye lettris turnen thee tointo V. woodnesse. And Poul seithseide V., I madde not, thou best Festus, but I speke out the wordus of treuthe andand of V. sobrenesse. Sothli andfor also V. the kyng, to whom I speke stedefastly, woot of these thingis; sothlifor V. I deme nothat noo V. thing of these `for toto SX. Om. V. `dare him, or vnknowedare hym, or hid fro hym N. be hidde fro him O. is hed fro hym V. daren hym X.. ForsothOm. O. For V. nether in a corner iswas V. ouȝt of these thingis don. Bileuest thou, kyng Agrippa, to prophetis? I woot forthat V. thou bileuest. Sothli Agrippa seide to Poul, `In litil thingA lytill O. thou councelist me `for toto STX. Om. V. be maad a cris|ten man. And PoulPoule seyde OV., I desyre anentis God, andbothe V. in litil and in greet, not oonly thee, but and alle these that heeren to day, forOm. SX. to be maad suche what manere and I am, out takun thes bondis. And the kyng roos vp, and the president, and Bernyce, and thei that saten nyȝ to hem. TheOm. V. whiche whanne thei wenten awey, spaken to gidere, seyinge, ForThat V. this man hath not don ony thing worthi deeth, orneither V. bondis. Forsoth Agrippa seide to Festus, This man myȝte be dismittiddelyuered O., `or delyueredOm. NO., if he hadde not apelid toOm. AGNQSTXY. Cesar.

 CAP. XXVII.

Sothli as it iswas V. demed him forOm. SX. to schippe into Italie, andOm. NV. thei bitoken Poul with othere keptmen kepte G sec. m. kepers N. to a centuriouncenturio X., by name Julius, of the cumpanye of knyȝtis of the emperour. Sothli we stiȝyngestiȝiden V. into thea O. schip of Adrymetis, and bigynnyngebigunnen V. forOm. SX. to seyle, barenand baren V. vp aboute the placis of Asie, `lastinge stille with vs Aristark of Macedonye, Tessalonycensethe while Aristark of Macydonie, Tessalonicense, dwellide stille with vs V.. Forsoth thein the V. day suynge we camen to Sidon; sothli Julius tretyngetreedide V. manly, or kurteysly, Poule, suffridesuffride hym NS. and suffride V. forOm. SX. to go to frendis, and doto do MPQT. theOm. T. curenede O., `or nedeOm. OX., of hym. And whanne `we haddunhe hadde V. takun vp fro thennis, we vndirsailiden to Cypre, for that wyndis weren contrarie. Andin K. And we saileden in V. the see of Silicie and Pamphilie `we seilingeOm. V., camenand camen V. to Listris, that is Licie. And there centu|riounthe centurioun N. centurio X. fyndingefoond V. a schip of Alisaundre, seilinge into Italie, puttideputten S. and puttide V. putte X. vs ouer in to it. And whanne manyin many V. dayes we seilidenseylynge O. slowli, and vnnethe camen aȝens Gnydum, `the wynd forbedingefor the wynd forbeed, either lettid V. vs, we seiliden toin to O. Creete, bi sydis Salomona. And vnnethe we `bi sydis seylingesaileden bisidis and V., camen into sum place, that `is clepidOm. O. of good hauene, to whom the citee Tessala was nyȝ. For|sothe `moche tymewhanne myche tyme was V. passid, and whanne nowOm. V. `seylinge was not sykirwas no sikir sayling MPT. seylyinge thanne was not sykir V., for that fasting passide, Poul coumfortide hem, sei|yngeand seide V. to hem, Men, I se forthat sailing bigynneth to be V. with wrong and harmmyche harm V., not oonly of charge andof V. schipp, but also of oure soulislyues OV., `or lyuesOm. OVX., `bygynneth seilingseylynge, or perile O. forOm. SX. to beOm. V.. Sothli centurioun bileuede more to the gouernour, and to the lord of the schipp, than to these thingiswordes O. that weren seid of Poul. And whanne the hauene was not able forOm. SX. to dwelle in wyntir, ful manye ordeyneden counceil forOm. SX. to seile thennisfro thennes V., if onin OP. Om. S. ony maner thei myȝten come to Fenyce, forOm. SX. to `wynterne indwelle in wynter at V. the hauenehauenes SX. of Crete, bihold|ingewhich Fenyce bihooldith V. to AffrykAffrik, that is, south west V., and to ChorumChorum, that is, north west V.. Sothli `the south blowyngewhanne south blew V., thei gessingegessid N. gessiden V. hem forOm. SX. to holde purpos, whanne thei hadden takun vp fro Asson, seilidenthei saileden V. to Crete. Sothli not aftir mochemyche tyme X., the wynd Tiffonyk, that is clepid north eest, `or wynd of tem|pestOm. OX., sente him aȝens it. And whanne the schipp was rauyschid, and myȝte not en|forse intoaȝens V. the wynd, thewe weren born in the V. schipp ȝouun to blowingis, `we were borunOm. V.. Sothli weOm. SX. rennyngecamen V. into sum yle that is clepid Canda, `vnnethe myȝteand vnnethe we myȝten V. gete a litil boot. `The whichAnd whanne this was V. takun vp `with helpis, thei vsedenthei vsiden helpis V. girdyng to gidere ofthe AGMNOPQSTVXY. schipp, dredyngeand dred|den V. lest thei schulden falle into sandythe sondy QX. placis; `the vesseland whanne the vessel was V. vndirsent, so thei were borun. Sothli vsfor we weren V. throwun with greetstrong V tempest, in the day suynge thei maden castyng out. And the thridde day with her hondis thei castidencasten SX. awey theOm. Q. instrumentis of the schipp. Sothely netherwhanne the V. sunne nether sterris apperingeappereden OV. bi momanye NV. dayes, and tempest not litil `schewinge nyȝneiȝede V., now al the hope of oure heelthe was don awey. And whanne moche fasting hadde be, thanne Poul stondingestood V. in the myddel of hem, seydeand seide V., AO! N.! men, it bihoftebyhoueth GT. `me herdsothly for to here, and V., forOm. SVX. to not take awey frothe schip fro V. Crete, and make wynneto wynne MPY sec. m. to wynnen ST. this wrong and casting out. And now I counceile ȝou forOm. SX. to be of good ynwittcoumfort V., `or herteOm. OVX.; sothlifor whi V. `ther schal beOm. V. loss of no soulepersoone V. of ȝouȝou schal be V., out takun of the schipp. ForsothFor V. an aungel of God, whosof whom MPT. I am, and to whom I serue, stood nyȝ to me thisin this V. nyȝt, seyingeand seide V., Poul, drede thou not; it bihoueth thee forOm. SX. to stonde nyȝ to Cesar. And lo! God hath ȝouun to thee alle that ben in schippthe schip QX. with thee. For which thing, ȝe men, bebeth QSX. of good ynwittcoumfort V., `or herteOm. NOVX.; forsothfor V. I bi|leue to my God, forthat V. so it schal be, as it is seid to me. Sothli it bihoueth vs forOm. SX. to come intoin O. sum yle. But aftirward that inin the AGMNOPQSTVXY. fourteneth day the nyȝt cam aboue to vs seilinge in the stoonysouth N. see, aboute mydnyȝt the schipmen supposiden sum regioun, `or cuntreOm. OX., forOm. SX. to appere to hem. TheOm. V. whiche sendingesenten V. doun a plomet, foundenand founden V. twenty pasispas S. of depnesse. And aftir aOm. T. litil thei departidpartid GMPT. departiden K. weren departid fro V. thennis, foundenand founden V. fiftene pasispas SX.. Sothli thei dredingedredden V. lest we schulden falle into scharp places, froand fro V. the laste part of the schipp sendingethei senten V. foure ancris, desiredenand desijreden V. daythat the day V. `for to beto be SX. were V. maad. Sothli `the schippmen sekingewhanne the schipmen souȝten V. forOm. SX. to fle offro V. the schipp, whanne thei hadden sente a litel boot in to the see, vndir colour as thei schulden bigynne fro the former part of the schipp forOm. SX. to strecche forth theOm. O. ancris, Poul seide to theOm. SX. centuriouncenturio X. and knyȝtis, `No butBut if X. these `schulen dwelledwellen V. in the schipp, ȝe mown not be maad saf. Thanne knyȝtisOm. K. the knyȝtus Q. kittidenkitten X. awey the cordis of the litil boot, and suffriden it forOm. SX. to falle froawey V.. And whanne liȝt bigan forOm. SX. to be maad, Poul preiede alle men forOm. SX. to take mete, seiyngeand seide V., The fourtenthe day this day ȝe abidingeabiden and V., dwellendwell|ynge Y sec. m. fastinge, `no thing takyngeand taken no thing V.. For which thingOm. T. I preie ȝou forOm. SVX. to take mete, for ȝoure helthe; for of noon of ȝou the heer of the heedeheued O. schal perische. And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, `he takingePoul took V. breed dideand dide V. thankingis to God in the siȝt of alle men; and whanne he hadde brokyn, he bigan forOm. SX. to ete. Forsoth alle `maad more pa|cientalle weren maad of betere coumfort V., `or hertyOm. VX., and thei token toOm. QV. mete. Sothli we weren alle `the soulismen V. in the schipp, two hundrid seuentiand seuenty V. and sixe. And thei fulfillidweren fillid V. with mete, discargedendischargeden MPX. and dischargiden V. the schipp, castingecastende out S. and castiden V. whetethe whete X. in to the see. Sothli whanne day was maad, thei knewen not lond; forsothesothly OSX. thei biheeldenbileueden A. sum hauene hauynge a water banke, into which thei thouȝten, if thei myȝten, forOm. SX. to caste the schipp. And whanne thei hadden takun vp the ancris, thei bitoken hem toin to V. the see, `to gidere slakingeand slakiden togidere V. the ioyntours ofand P. or Q. gouernaylis. And awith a V. litil seil liftliftid X. vp, vpOm. GT. bi V. blowinge of the wynd thei wenten to the banke. And whanne we felden into athe Y. place of grauel gon al aboute with the see, thei hurtlidenhurten S. the schipp. AndAnd whanne V. the formere part ficchidwas ficchid V., dwellideit dwelled OV. vnmouable; sothli the laste partparty O. was brokyn of strengthethe strengthe QS. of the see. Sothli counceilthe conseyle OS. of the knyȝtis was, forOm. SX. to sle men in the keping, lest ony schulde scapeascape QT., whanne he hadde swymmedswommen OSX. out. ForsothBut V. theOm. AMNOPQSXY. centuriouncenturio X. willingewilnynge O. wolde V. `for toto SX. Om. X. kepe Poul, forbeedand forbeed V. forOm. SX. to be don. And he comaund|ide hem that myȝte swymme, forOm. SX. to sende hem theOm. GMOPQSTVXY sec. m. firste intoin Y pr. m. the see, and scape, and go out to the lond. And `summe othere thei barenthei baren summe other V. in boordis, summe on tho thingis that weren of the schipp. And `it isso it was V. maad, that alle the `soulis, or lyuynge men, scapidenmen ascapeden V. soulis scapeden X. to the lond.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And whanne we hadden scapid, thanne we knewen that the yle was clepid Miti|lene. Sothli barbaris, `or hethene menOm. X., ȝauen to vs not litil humanyte, `or cur|tesyeOm. X.. Forsoth `a fyerwhanne a fier was V. kyndlid, thei `re|fetiden, orOm. OVX. refreischiden, vs alle, for the reyn that cam nyȝ, and cold. Sothli whanne Poul hadde gederid sum multi|tude of kittingis of vynes, and ynputtput NOV. on the fyer, an eddre, whanne she cam forth fro the heete, asailide his hond. Therfore as barbares syȝen the beest hangynge in his hond, thei seiden to gidere, Sothli this man is a man quellere; whichand V. whanneOm. N. heOm. KY pr. m. scapidehe hath scaped O. fro the see, Goddis veniaunce suffrith him not forOm. QSX. to lyue. And `he sothli schakinge ofsothly he schook awey V. the beest into the fyer, suf|frideand suffride V. no thing ofOm. K. yuel. And thei gess|iden `him tothat he schulde V. be turnedto turnen S. intoin A sec. m. NVY pr. m. swellinge, and sudenly `to fallingeto fallen SX. falle doun V., and `for toto SX. Om. V. deie. Forsothe `hem longe abidinge, and seyngewhanne thei abideden longe, and siȝen that V. no thing of yuel `for to beto be SX. was V. don inOm. S. him, thei turnyngeturneden hem V. to gidere, seidenand seiden V. `him for to behim to be SX. that he was V. God. Forsothe in tho places weren maneres, `or feeldisOm. X., of the prince of the yle, Puplius by name, theOm. V. which resceyu|yngeresseyuede V. resseyuen Y. vs threbi thre VX. dayes benygnely, `or with good loueor with good wille AGMP. Om. OQX. or good wille T., fondand foond V. vs. Sothli it bifel, thethat the V. fadir of Puplius `for to liggeto lyn SX. lay V. trauelid with feueres and dissenterie, `or flixeither flux of wombe V.. To whom Poul entride, and whanne he hadde preied, and putt the hondis to him, he sauyde him. `Which thingAnd whanne this thing was V. don, alle that in the yle hadden sykenessis, camen to, and weren curidheelid O., `or heelidOm. OX.. Whiche also honowr|idenhonourende O. vs in many worschipis, and `to vs schippinge, ynputtidenand puttiden A. and puttinge N. in putten SX. puttiden V. what thingis weren necessarieputtiden what thingis weren necessarie to vs schippinge V.. Forsoth aftir thre monethis we schippiden in a schip of Alisaundre, that hadde wyntrid in the yle, to whichthe whiche T. which schip V. was `a noble thing of castelsan excellent singne of Castorus, whiche hethene men clepiden goddis of the se. V.. And whanne we camen to Siracusan, we dwelliden there thre dayes. FroAnd fro O. thennis we schippingesayl|eden V. aboute, bicamenwe camen K. camen OX. and camen V. to RegioumRegium AGMOSY. the Regyum P.; and aftir o day, `the south blowyngewhile the south blew V., in the secunde day we camen to Puteolos. Where `bre|theren foundunwhanne we founden britheren V., we benweren V. preied forOm. SX. to dwelle there anentis hem seuene dayes. And so we camen to Rome. And fro thennus, whanne bretheren hadden herd, thei runnen to vs til toOm. G pr. m. theOm. Q. chepingcleping K. of Appius, and toOm. Y pr. m. a place that is clepid Threof Thre V. tauernes. Whomwhiche V. whanne Ms. K ends here; in what follows the text is taken from M.Poul hadde seyn, he doyngedide V. thankinges to God, tokeand took V. trist. Sotheli whan we camen to Rome, it iswas V. suffrid to Poul forOm. S. to dwelle tobi V. him silf, with ooa ANOQSVXY. kniȝt kepynge him. Forsothe aftir the thridde day, he clepide to gyderehim O. the firste of Jewisthe Jewes QV.. And whan thei camen, he seide to hem, Men brithe|ren, I doyngedide V. no thing aȝens the puple or custom of fadirs, IOm. SX. and I was V. bounden at Jeru|salem, amand was V. bitakun in to the hondes of Romayns. Whiche whan thei hadden ax|ingeaxid NV. a thing Y pr. m. of me, wolden dismytte me, forso O. that no cause of deeth was in me. But `Jewis aȝenseiyngefor Jewis aȝenseiden V., I amwas V. constreyned forOm. SX. to apeele Cesarto Cesar V.; not as hauynge ony thing forOm. SX. to accuse my folk. Therfore for this cause I preyede forOm. SX. to see ȝou, and spekespake K. to; forsothe for the hope of Yrael I am gyrd aboute with this cheyne. And thei seiden to him, Nether we han receyu|ed lettres of thee from Judee, nether ony of britheren comynge toOm. V. schewide, oreither V. spake ony yuel thingOm. Q. of thee. Sotheli we preyen forOm. SX. to here of thee, what thingis thou feelist; forwhi of this secte it is knowun to vs, forOm. N. forwhy Q. that V. euery where it is aȝen seid toOm. GNOPQSTVXY. itOm. GNT.. Sotheli whan thei had|den ordeyned a day to him, momany men V. camen to him in to the hoostherbore O. ostrie X., `or herboreOm. OX. in either V.. To whomwhiche ANOQSVXY. he expounede, witnessinge the kyngdom of God, and counseilede hem of Jhesu, of the lawe of Moyses, andand of S. pro|phetis, fro the moru til toto the T. euentijde. And summe bileueden to thes thingis that weren seid of Poul, summe bileueden not. Whan thei weren not consentinge to gy|dere, thei departiden, `Poul seiyngewhanne Poule seide V. seiende Powil X. ooa N. word, For the Holy Goost spake wel by Ysaie, the prophet, to oure fadirs, sei|yngand seide V., Go thou to this puple, and seie to hem, With ereeres X. ȝe shulen here, and ȝe shulen not vndirstonde; and ȝe seeynge shulen see, and ȝe shulen not biholde. Thefor the V. herte of this puple is infattidgreetly fattid V., and with eris thei herden greuousli, and thei pressiden to gydere her iȝen, lest perauen|ture thei seen with iȝen, and with erys here, and bi herte vndirstonde, and be conuertid, and I heele hem. Therfore be it knowen to ȝou, forthat V. to hethen men this helthe `of GodOm. S. is sent, and thei shulen here. And whan he hadde seid thes thinges, Jewis wenten out fro him, hau|yngeand hadden V. miche questiounseking O., `or sekingOm. OX., among hem silfOm. N.. Sotheli he dwellide alle twotwey ANVY. ȝeer in his hijrid place; and he re|ceyuede alle that entriden to him, prech|ingeand prechide V. the kyngdomrewme N. of God, and tech|ingetauȝte V. whattho V. thinges benthat ben V. of the Lord Jhesu Crist, `with al tristOm. O., with outen forbedingforbeding. Amen. ANOQSVY. Amen. For he is Jhesu Crist, the sone of God lyuyng, bi whom al the world schal bigynn for to be endid. S marg. sec. m..

 Here endith the Dedis of Apostlis, and now bigynneth the epistle of Seynt James the apostleFrom A. Here endith the book of Apostle Deedis. GT. Here enden the Dedis of Apostlis, and bygynneth a prolog on the epistlis of Cristen feith, and the epistlis of hem that ben seuene in ordre suynge. N. Here endeth the Dedis of Aposteles, and bygynneth the epistel of James the apostel. OQ. Here endith the Deedis of Apostlis, and bigynneth the prologe vpon the smale pistles, that is to seie, James, Petir, Joon, and Judas. V. Here eendith the Apostlis Deedis, and bigynneth the prologe of the epistle of Jamys. Y. No final rubric in MPSX.. JAMES. [Prologue on the Catholic EpistlesThis prologue is from S. No prologue in MPQX; a space left in G; of the later text in N and T..]

NOTThouȝ V. the same ordre is at Greekis, that holly sauourensauerith Y., and theOm. V. riȝte feithwey O. folewenfolewith Y., of the seuene epistolis that ben clepid canonysid, as in Latyn bokys. It is founden sothly, that Petir is theOm. OVY. firste in noumbrethe noumbre OVY. of apostolisthe aposteles OVY., also his epistolis shulden ben first in theOm. Y. ordre of othere; but as the euangelistis `sum tym to the lyne of treuthein the singne of treuthe sum tyme V. sumtyme to the lyf of treuthe Y. now we han correctid, so these epistolis to ther owne ordre, God helpende, we han ȝolden. The firste sothli of hem is of Jamys, twotweyne OVY. of Petir, thre of Jon, oen of Jude. The whiche, if as of hem theiOm. Y. weren madymaad OVY., so also ofas V. interpretouris, or vndoeris, inso in O. toOm. V. Latyn speche thei `were turnedturneden V. treuly, neither doute to men redende thei shulde make, neither diuersete of wordes shulde enpugne themself; in thatilke O. thilke V. thulke Y. place, namelioonly Y., where inof OVY. the onhed of the Trynyte, in the firste epistil of John wee redenredith O. redy Y. setysette OV., in whichethe whiche OVY. also wee findenfyndeth Y. myche thing to ben errid of vntrewe trans|latouris, potende hem `the names onlioonly the names V. of thre, of watir, of blod, and of theOm. V. spirit, in thilke her making, and leuende the witnesse of the Fadir, and of the Sone, and of the Holi Gost, in the whiche most bothe the feith of riȝt beleue is strengthid, and oen sub|staunce of the Godhed of the Fadir, and Soneof the Sone V. the Sone Y., andand of the V. and the Y. Holi Gost is proued. In othere epistolis sothly, hou myche fro oure otheris making discordith, I leue to the prudence of the redere. But thou, maidenmaide OVY. of Crist, EustacheEustochie VY., whil of me the treuthe of scrip|turescriptures O. the scripture V. bisili thou enquerist, myn eelde sum what thou potest to the teeth of enuyous men to `be gnawenby gnawe V.; the whiche pronouncenpronounceth OY. me to be a falsere, `and aor V. distroȝere, `or apeirereOm. O., of holi scripturis. But I in such werk neither drede the enuye of myn enemys, neitherno Y. I will denyen the treuthe of scripture to men askendeaxynge OV..

Here endith the prologe, and bygynneth the first epistel of PetirFrom O. No final rubric in SVY.. The epistle of JamesThe pistle of James. P. Jamys epistle. T. Now bigynneth the epistel of Jamys. Y. No initial rubric in AGNOQSVX..CAP. I.

James, the seruaunt of God, and of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to the twelue kyn|redis, that ben in scateringe abrood, helthe. My britheren, gesse ȝeOm. AQV., `or demeor deme ȝe ANQ. Om. OX. or demeth S. either deme ȝe A., al ioye, whan ȝe shulen falle in to diuerse tempta|ciouns , `or tribulaciounsOm. OX., witynge, that the prouyng of ȝoure feith werchith pa|cience ; sotheli pacience hathhath a OX. parfijt werk, that ȝe be parfijt and hool, inand faile in V. no thing faylingeOm. V.. Forsothe if ony of ȝou nedith wisdom, axeaske Q. he of God, `the whichwhiche V. that X. ȝiueth to alle men largeli, and vpbraydith not; and it shal be ȝouun to him. Sotheli axe heȝe V. in feith, noand doute no V. thing doutyngeOm. V.; forsothefor V. he that doutith, is lijk to a wawe of the se, theOm. V. which `of wijndOm. V. is moued and born abouteaboute of wynd V.. Therfore gesse not `the ilkethat X. man, that he shal take ony thing of the Lord. A man double of inwitwille V. is vnstable in alle his weyes. Forsothe a meke brother gloryehaue glorie V. in his enhaunsinge, sotheli a riche man in his mekenesselow|nesse V.; for as theOm. S. flour of hay, `or grasseOm. OX. either gras V., he shal passe. SotheliFor V. the sunne `is sprungun vproos V. with brennynge, `or heeteOm. OX. either hete V., and driede the hay, and the flour of it felfeldide V. doun, and the fayrnesse of his cheere perischide; `so andand so V. a riche man welewith in his weies. Bles|sid is the man, that suffrith temptacioun; for whan he shal be proued, he shal re|ceyue the crown of lijf, theOm. V. which God aȝen bihiȝte to men louynge him. No man whan he is temptid, seie, forthat V. he is temptid of God; sothelifor whi V. God is vn|tempternot a temptere V. of yuel thingis, forsothefor V. he temptith no man. Sotheli ech man is temptid of hishis owen O. coueitinge, drawunand is drawen V. fro re|soun, and snaaridis snarid V., `or deceyuedOm. OX.. ThanneAftirward V. coueityng, whan it hath conceyued, bring|ith forth synne; sotheli synne, whan it is fulfillidfillid V., gendrith deeth. `And soTherfore V., my moost derworth britherenOm. S., nyle ȝe erre. Ech best `thing ȝouunȝifte V., and al parfijt ȝift is fro aboue, comynge doun offro O. the fadir of liȝtis, anentis whom is not ouerchaung|ingeeny chaungyng S., nether schadewing of whileness, `or tymeOm. OX.. ForsotheFor V. wilfully he gendride vs withbi V. the word of treuthe, that we be sum bigynnyng of the creature of him. Wite ȝe, my britheren moost loued, be ech manOm. S. swift forOm. SX. to here, forsothe sloweslow, either slac V. forOm. SX. to speke, and slowe to wraththe; sothelifor V. the wrath of man werchith not the riȝt|wisnesse of God. For which thing `ȝe castingecaste ȝe V. awey al vnclennesse, and plente of malice, inand in V. myldenesse, `or homely|nesseOm. OQVX., `receyue ȝeresceyueth QX. the wordOm. O. insentin sette OSX. plauntid V., `or ioynedOm. OQVX., that mai saue ȝoure soules. For|sothe be ȝe doers of the word, and not herers onely, deceyuynge ȝouȝour GQTY sec. m. silf. For if ony man is herer `of the wordOm. X., and not doer, this shal be comparsound, `or liknedor licnessid N. Om. QX., to a man biholdinge the cheere of his birthe in a myrour; sotheliforsothe O. for V. he biheldbiholdyng T. him silf, and wentewente awey V., and anoon he forȝat `what manerwhat kynes O. what maner man QV. he was. Forsothe he that `shal parfijtlyOm. V. biholdebiholdith V. in the lawe of par|fijt fredomfreedom perfitly V., and `shal dwelledwellith V. in it, not maad aOm. S. forȝetful herer, but aOm. NOSVX. doer of werk, this shal be blessid in his dede. Forsothe if ony man gessithgesse QT. him silf forOm. SX. to be religious, `not refreynyngeand refreyneth not V. his tunge, but deceyuyngedisseyueth V. his herte, the religioun of him is veyn. This is a clene religioun, and vnwemmyd anentis God and the fadir, forOm. SX. to visite `pupilles, that isOm. O., fadirles or modirlesmodirles children Q., `or bothebothe N. Om. OQ., and widewes in her tribulacioun, and forOm. QSX. to kepe him silf vn|defoulid fro thisthe Q. world.

 CAP. II.

My britheren, nyle ȝe `in accepciounOm. V., `or takingeOm. OQVX., `of personysOm. V., haue the feith of oure Lord Jhesu Crist of glorieglorie in accepcioun, either taking, of persones V.. For|sotheFor V. if `ther shal entre in to ȝoure couentOm. V., `or gederingOm. QVX. `to gydereOm. OQVX., a man hauynge aOm. T. goldengold S. ryng, in whijt, `or fayrOm. OX., clothcloth, entrith in to ȝoure couent, eithir gadering togidere V., forsothe andOm. Q. and if V. a pore man `shal entreentrith V. ininto T. foula fowl AQ. habite, `or cloothOm. OX., andand if V. ȝe biholde in to him that is clothidclad SX. with fulOm. S. cleer clooth, and if ȝe shulenOm. V. seie to him, Thou sitte heere wel; sotheli to the pore man ȝethou S sup. ras. seie, Stonde thou there, orethir V. sitte vndir the stool of my feet; wher ȝe deme not anentis ȝouȝoure GQTY. silf, and ben maad domesmen of wickidwicke SX. thouȝtis? Here ȝe, my moost dereworthederworthest O. britheren, wher God chees not pore men in this world, richeand riche O. in feith, and eyris of the kyngdom, that God `bihiȝte aȝenaȝen byhiȝt O. to men louynge him? Forsothe ȝe han despisid the pore man. Wher riche men oppresen not ȝou bi power, andand thei ANOQSVX. drawen ȝou to domys? Wher thei blasfeme not theto T. good name, that is inclepid onof N. ȝou? Netheles if ȝe per|formen the kynges lawe, vpbi V. scripturesscripture V., Thou shalt loue thi neiȝebore as thi silf, ȝe don wel. Sotheli if ȝe taken persones, ȝe werchen synne, ȝeand V. benOm. ANOSX. reproued of the lawe, as trespassourestransgressoures O.. Forsothe who euer `shal kepekepith V. al the lawe, sotheliforsoth O. but V. of|fendeoffende he N. in oon, he is maad gylty of alle. For he that seide, Thou shalt not do leccherie, seide andOm. T., Thou shalt not sle; that if thou `shalt not dodost not V. leccherie, but thouOm. S. sleest, thou art maad trespassoura trespassour Q. of the lawe. Thus speke ȝe, and thus do ȝe, as bigynnynge forOm. SX. to be demyd bi lawethe lawe S. of parfijtOm. V. fredom. SotheliFor whi V. doom with outen mersy tois to NV. him that doith notnoo V. mersy; forsothe mersy aboue reisith doom. Mi britheren, what shal it profite, ifOm. S. ony man seieOm. S. him forOm. SX. to haue feith, werkesOm. V. forsothebut V. heOm. V. hauehath OV. notnot werkis V.? wher feith shal mowe saue him? Forsothe if aOm. O. brother or systir be nakid, and han nede of eche daydaies NQX. lijflode, forsothe onyif eny V. of ȝou seie to hem, Go ȝeOm. N. in pees, be ȝe maad hoot, and be ȝe fulfillidfillid V.; sotheli if ȝe `shulen not ȝiueȝeuen not V. to hem whattho V. thinges benthat ben V. necessarie ofto V. body, what shal it profite `to ȝouOm. V. to hem X.? So and feith, if it hauehath V. not werkes, is deed in it silf. But sum man shal seie, Thou hast feith, and I haue werkes; shewe thou toOm. V. me thi feith with outen werkes, and I shal shewe to thee my feith of werkis. Thou bileuest, forthat OV. oo God is; thou doist wel; and deuels bileuen, and togydere tremblen. ForsotheBut V. wolt thou wite, thou veynidil N. man, forthat V. feith with outen werkes is ydel? AbrahamWher Abraham V., oure fadir, wherOm. V. he was not iustified of werkis, of|fringe Ysaac, his sone, on the auter? TherforeForsothe O. thou seest, forthat V. feith wrouȝte with hisOm. T. werkis, and his feith iswas V. fulfillidfillid V. of werkis. And the scripture iswas V. fulfillidfillid V., seiynge, Abraham bileuede to God, and it iswas V. rettidyrettid Q. arettid V. to him to riȝtwisnesse, and he iswas V. clepid the frend of God. Ȝe seen forthat V. a man is iustified of werkis, and not of feith onely. AlsoIn lyk maner V. forsothe andwher and V. Raab, hoore, `wher sheOm. V. was not iustifyed of werkis, receyuyngeshe resseyuyng ANQ. and resseyuede V. the messageres, andand sent out V. bi an other weie `doynge outOm. V. sendende out X., `or sendinge outOm. OX. or sendende S.? ForsotheFor V. as athe NOQSX. body with oute spirit is deed, so and feith with oute werkis is deed.

 CAP. III.

My britheren, nyle ȝeOm. V. be maad many maystirs, witynge forthat V. ȝe taken theOm. X. more doom. SotheliFor V. alleand T. we offenden in many thingis. If ony man offendith not in word, this is a parfijt man; forsothefor also V. he mai `with a bridelOm. V. lede aboute al the bodybody with a brydel V.. Forsothe if we putten to horsishors SX. bridles inOm. X. to mouthis, forOm. SX. to consente to vs, and we berenleden V. `ther withOm. ANOQSVX. aboute al the body of hem. AndOm. N. loso Q.! shippes, whan thei ben greete, and ben dryuen of stronge wijndis, sotheli thei ben born aboute of a litel gouernayle, where the birebirth A. bire, or meuyng N. of aOm. X. man dressinge shalOm. OV. wole. `So andAnd so V. the tunge sotheliOm. V. is a litel membre, and reysith greete thinges. Lo! hou miche fijr kyndlithkyndlith, or brenneth N. hou greete aOm. ANOQSVX. wode. And oure tunge is fijr, the vniuersitevniuersite, or al gederinge togidere G sec. m. of wickid|nesse. The tunge is ordeyned in oure membris, theOm. V. which defoulith al the body; and itit is V. enflaumed, `or set afijreOm. X., of helle, enflaumethand enflawmeth V. the wheelfyre O. of oure birthe. Sotheli al theOm. S. kynde of beestis, andor G pr. m. MPT. and of V. foulis, andand of V. serpentis, andOm. T. of othere, `ben ouercomeis chastisid V., `or vndirȝokidOm. OQVX., and bentho ben V. maad taame, of mannusman S. kynde; forsothebut V. noon of men mai dauntechastise OV., `or chastiseOm. OVX., the tunge, sothelifor V. it is an vnquyet, `or vn|pesible, yuelOm. O. yuel QX. thingOm. V., and ful of deedly venym. In it we blessen God, the fadir, and in it we cursen men, that ben maad to the licnesse of God. Of the same mouth cometh forth blessyng andor N. cursyng. My britheren, it bihoueth not thes thinges forOm. SX. to be maad so. WherWhether GNS. a welle of the saame hole bringebringith QSV. forth swete and salt watir? My britheren, wherWhether GNS. a fijge tree mai make grapes, or a vijne fyges? So nether salt watir mai make swete watir. Who is wijse, and disciplinedtauȝt V., `or chas|tisydOm. OQX., among ȝou? shewe he of good lyuynge his werkworching V., in myldenesse of wis|domhis wisdom V.. That if ȝe han bittir zeelenuy O., `or enuyOm. OX., and striuyngesstriues S. strengthis T. ben in ȝoure hertis, nyle ȝe gloryehaue glorie V., and be liȝers aȝens theOm. NOS. treuthe. ForsotheFor V. this wisdom isit is T. not froOm. N. aboue comynge doun, but ertheli, beestlyand beestly V., fendliand feendly V.. For wher is enuye and strijf, therethere is OV. vnstedefastnesse and alOm. Q. shrewid werk. Forsothe wisdom that is fro aboue, first sotheli it is chaast, aftir|ward pesible, mylde, suadible, that is, esy forOm. SX. to treete, `and toand ANSV. and for to GT. or O. Om. Q. `be treetidOm. Q., consent|ynge to goode thingis, ful of mersy and goode fruytis, demynge with oute feyn|ynge. Sotheli the fruytes of riȝtwisnesse benis V. sowun in pees, to men makinge pees.

 CAP. IV.

`WherofTherof O. Wherof ben V. bateyles and `cheestes, orOm. OX. chidinges, among ȝou? WherWhether G et S pass. X. not of ȝoure coueytisiscoueitise TY., that fiȝten in ȝoure mem|bris? Ȝe coueyten, and ȝe han not; ȝeand ȝe V. sleen, andand ȝe alii. han enuye, and ȝe mowen not gete. Ȝe chijden, and maken bateyl; and ȝe han not, for `which thing ȝe han not axidȝe axen not worthily V.. Ȝe axenasken Q., and ȝe receyuen not; for that ȝe axenasken Q. yuel, asthat ȝe take fully V. in ȝoure coueyt|isecoueitisis ANOQSVX. `ȝe shewenOm. V.. AuoutrerersAuouteeris SVX., witen not ȝe, forthat V. the frendschip of this world is enemyenme T. to God? Therfore who euer shalOm. V. wole forOm. SVX. toOm. V. be freend of this world, is ordeyned theOm. NO. enemy ofto O. God. Wher `weenen ȝeȝe gessen V., that veynlyOm. V. the scripture seithseith veynly V., The spirit that dwellith in ȝou, coueytith to enuye? Forsothe he ȝiueth more grace; for which thing he seith, God withstondithwith stant SX. proude men, forsothebut V. to meke men he ȝiueth grace. Therfore be ȝe suget to God; forsothebut V. withstonde ȝe the deuel, and he shal flee fro ȝou. Neiȝe ȝe to God, and he shal neiȝe to ȝou. Ȝe synners, clenseclense ȝe OV. clenseth QSX. theOm. O. hondeshondis, that is, werkis V. hertis X., and ȝe dou|ble of inwitwille V., `or willeOm. OQVX., purgepurgeth QSX. the herteshondis X.. Be ȝe wreccheswrecchide Q. `in ȝoure owne iȝenOm. AQVX. in ȝoure eiȝen G., and `weyle ȝeweileith S., `and wepe ȝeOm. ANOSVX.; ȝoure leiȝing be itOm. ANOQSVX. turned in to wepyng, and ȝoureOm. ANOQSVX. ioye in to sorewe of herte. Be ȝe mekid in the siȝt of the Lord, and he shal enhaunse ȝou. Mi britheren, nyle ȝe bakbite ech other. He that bakbitith his brothir, oreither V. thatOm. OV. demeth his brother, bakbitith the lawe, andor NQ. demeth the lawe. Forsothe if thou demest the lawe, thou art not doer of the lawe, but domesman. Sotheli oon is spekermakere V., `or makerOm. OQVX., of the lawe, and iuge, that mai leese, and delyuere. Forsothe who art thou, that demest thi neiȝebore? Lo! now ȝe that seien, To day or to morumorewe VXY. we shulen go in to `the ilkethat X. citee, and there sotheli we shulen makemake, or dwelle N. make, either dwelle V. a ȝeer, and we shulen make marchaundise, and we shulen make wynnyng; `the whichewhiche V. that X. witen not, what is to ȝou in the morewe. ForsotheFor|whi V. what is ȝoure lijf? A vapoursmoke V., `or smokeOm. VX., toappering at V. a litel semyngeOm. V., and after|ward it shal be waastid. Therfore that ȝe seie, If the Lord shalOm. V. wole, and if we shulen lyue, we shulen do this thingOm. S. or that thingOm. X.. Now forsothe ȝe gladenmaken ful out ioie V. in ȝoure pridis; euery sich ioying is wickidwicke SX.. Therfore toit is synne to V. `a manhim V. kunnyngekun O. that can V. forOm. SVX. toOm. SVX. do good, and `not doyngedoth not V., `synne is to himOm. V..

 CAP. V.

DoDoth S. now, ȝeOm. S. riche men, `wepe ȝeweepith SX., ȝoul|yngeȝelling NV. in ȝoureOm. S. wrecchidnessiswrechednesse O. that shulen come to ȝou. Ȝoure richesses ben maad roten, and ȝoure clothes ben eten of mouȝtismoththis V. moȝhis X.. Ȝoure gold andand ȝoure QS. siluer hath rustid, and rust of hem shal be to ȝou inOm. O. to witnessing, and shal ete ȝoure fleschesflesh SX., as fijr. Ȝe han tressourid to ȝou wrath in the laste dayes. Lo! the hijre of ȝoure werkmen, that repiden ȝoure cuntrees, thatwhich V. is fraudidfraudis N. defraudid X. of ȝou, crieth; and the cry of hem entride in to the erys of the Lord of hoostis. Ȝe han ete on the erthe, and in ȝoureOm. O. leccheries ȝe han nurchid ȝoure hertes. InAnd in S. the day of sleynge ȝe `ledden tobrouȝten V., and slewen the iust man, and he `aȝenstode not ȝouwithstod ȝou not S.. Therfore, bri|theren, be ȝe pacient, til to the comyng of the Lord. Lo! an erthe tilyer abijdithabit S. preciousthe precious S. fruyt of the erthe, paciently suf|fringe, til he receyue tymeful and latefullateful fruit V.. And be ȝe pacient, and confermeconfermeth S. ȝeOm. A pr. m. OS. ȝoure hertes, for the comyng of the Lord shal neiȝe. Britheren, nyle ȝeOm. T. be sorewefulscornful N. ech inOm. V. to other, that ȝe be not demed. Lo! the iustiseiuge V. stondithstant SX. nyȝ bifore the ȝat. Britheren, take ȝe ensaumpleexsaumple SX. of yuel goynge out, and of long abijdinge of trauele, and pacience, theof the X. prophetes, that spaken to ȝou in namethe naame ANOSX. of the Lord. Lo! we blessen hem that suffreden. Ȝe herden the suffringpacience O., `or pacienceOm. OQX., of Job, and ȝe siȝen the ende of the Lord, for the Lord is merciful, and doynge mercy. Bifore alle thingis, my britheren, nyle ȝe swere, ne|ther bi heuene, nenethir ANOQSVX. bi erthe, nether bi `what euere otherother what euere AOX. ooth. ForsotheBut V. be ȝoure wordwordes O., `Is, isȜis, ȝis G. Ȝhe, ȝhe QV., Nay, nay, that ȝe falle not vndir doom. SotheliForsoth O. onyȜif ony QT sec. m. V. of ȝou is soruful, `or heuyOm. QX., preye he with `euene inwitpacient soule V., and seie he psalme. OnyIf eny OV. of ȝou isOm. S. sijke, lede he in prestis of the chirche, and preye thei onfor V. him, anoyntingeand anoynte V. oyntende X. with oyle in namethe name G sec. m. et alii. of the Lord; and the preier of feith shal saue the sijkesyk man V., and the Lord shal dischargemake him liȝt O. discharge him VX., `or make him liȝtor make liȝt N. Om. OQX.; and if he be in synnes, thei shulen be forȝiue to him. Therfore knowleche ȝe oonech V. to an other ȝoure synnes, and preye ȝe `for echeeche for O. other, that ȝe be saued. For|sotheFor V. the contynuel preyer of a iust man is miche worth. Helye was a man lijk toOm. V. us passibleable for to suffre O. hee was passible V., `or able for to suffreOm. OQX. or able to suffre S., and in preyer he preyede, that it shulde not reyne on theOm. X. erthe, and it reynede not thre ȝeeresȝer X. and sixe monethes. And eftsoone he preyede, and heuen ȝaf reyn, and the erthe ȝaf his fruyt. Britheren, forsothe if ony of ȝou `shal erreerrith V. fro theOm. ANOVX. treuthe, and ony `shal conuerteconuertith V. him, he owith forOm. SX. to wite, forthat V. he `that shalOm. V. makemakith V. a synner forOm. SX. to be turned fro the errour of his weie, shal saue the soule of him fro deeth, and couerith the multitude of synnyssynnes. Amen. N..

 Here endith the pistlis of James, and now bigynneth the fyrst pistle of seynt Petre apostleHere endith the epistil of James, and bigynneth the first epistil of Petre. N. Here endith the epistil of James, and bygynneth the prologe into the epistil of Petir. O. Here endeth the pistil of James, and bigynneth the pistel of Petre. Q. Here endith the pistle of James, and here bigynneth the firste pistle of Petir. V. Heere eendith the epistlis of Jamys, and bigynneth the prologe of Petre. Y. Then is added as follows, Also heere bygynneth the forseyde prologe of Petre, anoon aftir the eendynge of Jamys epistlis; for in treuthe and iust settynge as it parteyneth, Petris epistlis stoondith heere next, as ordre askith; and heere bygynneth the first epistle of Petre, and is rad on the first seynt Petris day. Y. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. I. PETER. The first pistle of PetreThe firste epistle of Petre. T. No initial rubric in AGOQSV..CAP. I.

PETRE, apostle of Jhesu Crist, to theOm. V. chosen gestiscomelingis OX. men V., `or comelingisOm. OV., of disper|siounscateringe abrood O., `or scateringe abroodOm. OQ., of Ponte, ofand T. Galathie, of Capodosie, of Asye, and of Bi|tynye , upbi V. the presciencebifore knowinge O., `or bifore know|ingeOm. OX., of God, the fadir, `in toin V. halewinge of theOm. OVX. spirit, `in tobi V. obediencethe obedience S., and sprengynge of theOm. OSX. blood of Jhesu Crist, grace and pees `to ȝou be multipliedbe multiplied to ȝou V.. Blessid be God, andOm. V. the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, theOm. V. which upbi V. his greet mercy aȝen gendridegendringe GT. us in to quik hope, bi the aȝen rijsyng of Jhesu Crist fro deede menOm. QX., in to heritage vncoruptible, and vndefoulid, and vnwelewable, `that shal not fadeOm. OQX. that is, that shal not fade V., kept in heuenes infor V. ȝou, that in the vertu of God ben kept bi the feith in to helthe, maad redy forOm. SX. to be shewid ininto G. the laste tyme. In which ȝe shulen ioyemake ful out ioye V., ifthouȝ V. it bihouethbihoue SX. now a litel forOm. OSX. to be sory in diuerse temptaciouns; that the prouyng of ȝoure feith be miche preciouser than gold, that is proued bi fijr; beand be V. itOm. GNOQSTVXY sec. m. founde in toto the S. heriyng, and glory, and honour, `in toin V. the reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist. Whom whan ȝe han not seyn, ȝe louen; in to whom also now ȝe not seynge, bileuen; forsothe ȝe bileuynge shulen haue ioye with oute forth inand Y. gladnesse vnenar|rableOm. O. vnable to be told out X., `that mai not be told outOm. QX. that is, that may not be told out V., and glorified, bringyngebringe V. aȝen the ende of ȝoureoure N. feith, the helthe of ȝoure soulis. Of whiche helthe prophetes souȝten out, and enserchiden, that prophecieden of the grace to comyngecomen S. inin to OSX. ȝou, sekingeand souȝten V. which or what maner tymeof tyme T. the spirit of Crist signyfiede in hem, `bifore tellingeand bifore telde V. theOm. S. thoo VX. passiouns, that ben in Crist, and latter glories. To whomwhiche V. it iswas V. shewid, for not to hem silf, sotheliforsothe O. but V. to ȝou thei mynistriden tho thingis, that now ben told to ȝou bi hem that euangelizedeneuangelisen X. to ȝou thebi the V. Holy Goost sent fro heuene, in to whom aungels desijren forOm. SX. to biholde. For whiche thing ȝebe ȝe V. gyrd the leendes of ȝoure soule, sobre, parfijt, hopehopeth SX. and hope ȝe V. in toOm. O. `the ilkethat X. grace that is offrid to ȝou `in tobi V. theOm. T. reuelaciounshewinge O., `or shewingeOm. OQX., of Jhesu Crist, as sones of obedience, not `to gydere liknydmaad lijk V. to the former desijris of ȝoure ignoraunse, but upbi V. himhim holy V. that clepide ȝou holyOm. V.; that and `ȝoure silfȝee S. ȝe silf QV. ȝou silf X. be holy in al lyuynge; for it is write, Ȝe shulen be holy, for I am holy. And if ȝe inclepeninwardly clepin V. him fadir, `the whichewhich demeth V. that X. with oute accepcioun of personys demethOm. V. upbi V. the werk of eche man, lyue ȝe in drede inthe X. tyme of ȝoure pilgrimage, `or litel dwellingeOm. OQX. `in ertheOm. QX.; witinge that not bi corruptible gold, or siluer, ȝe ben bouȝt aȝen of ȝoure veyn lyuynge of fadirs tra|dicioun, but bi the precious blood ofas of AG sec. m. NOSVX. the lomb vndefoulidvnfoulid X. and vnspottidvnwemmed O., Crist Jhesu, bifore knowun sotheli bifore theOm. S. making of thethis O. world, forsothebut V. shewid in the laste tymestyme N., for ȝou that bi him ben feithful in God; that reiside him fro deede men, and ȝaf to him euerelastinge glory, that ȝoure feith and hope were in God. `Ȝe makingeAnd make ȝe V. chaast ȝoure soules in obe|dience of charite, in loue of britherhed; of symple herte loue ȝe to gydere bisilokerbisier ANOSX. bisily Q. besyliere V.; born aȝen not of coruptible seed, but ofOm. ANQSVX. vncoruptible, bi the word of quike God, and dwellinge in to with outen ende. For eche flesch hayis hey V., and al the glorie of it as floura floure Q. the flour SX. of hay; the hay driethdriede ANOQSVX. up, and histhe O. flour fel doun; forsothe the word of the Lord dwellith in to with outen ende. Sotheli this is the word, that is euangelized to ȝou.

 CAP. II.

Therfore puttingeputte ȝe V. awey al malice, and al gyle, and symulaciounsfeynynges O., `or feynyngesOm. OQX., `and enuyesOm. O., and `al detracciounal detracciouns G pr. m. N. oold tradicions O. alle detracciouns V.; as now gendrid ȝonge childrenchildre S., resonable, with oute gyle, coueyte ȝe mylkmylk of ful teching V., that in it ȝe wexe in to helthe; if netheles ȝe taastiden, forthat NV. the Lord is swete. `To whom ȝe go|ynge nyȝeAnd neiȝe ȝe to him V., a quyk stoon, reproued sotheli of men, forsothebut V. chosen of God, and ho|nourid, and ȝoureȝe ANV. ȝou OSX. ȝe ȝoure Q. silf as quike stoones bebeth QSX. aboue bildidbildid in to V. spiritual housis, holy prest|hod, forOm. SX. to offre spiritual hoostessacrifices V., `or offringesOm. OVX., acceptable to God bi Jhesu Crist. For which thing the scripture holdith, Lo! I shal putte in Syon `the hiȝest stoona stoon heiȝest ANOQSVX., cornera corner TY. stoon, chosen, pre|cious; and he that shal bileue in to him, shal not be confoundid. Therfore honour to ȝou bileuynge; forsothe to men not bileuynge, the stoon whom `thei bildyngethe bylderis V. reproueden, this is maad in to the heedheued O. of theOm. OV. corner; and the stoon of offenciounhirtynge O., `or hirtyngeOm. OQX., and stoonthe stoon N. of sclaundre, to hem that offendenoffendeden Q. bi word, nether bileuen, in which andOm. V. thei ben put. Forsothe ȝe ben a `kynde chosunchosen kyn V., kynglykyndely O. presthod, holy folk, puple of purchasinge, that ȝe telle the vertues of him, that clepide ȝou fro derknesses in to hisOm. S. wondirful liȝt. TheOm. V. whiche sum tyme notwere not V. theOm. V. puple of God, `now sothelibut now ȝe ben V. the puple of God; theOm. V. which `not hauynghaden not V. mersy, `now forsothe hauyngbut now ȝe han V. mersy. Moost dere, I beseche ȝou as comelinges, `or gestesOm. OQVX., and pilgrimes, forOm. SX. to abstene ȝou fro fleschly desijris, thatthe whiche O. fiȝten aȝens the soule; hauyngeand haue ȝe V. ȝoure conuersacioun, `or lijfOm. OQX., good among hethen men, that in that thing that thei bacbiten, `or yuele treetenOm. OX., of ȝou, as of mysdoers, thei biholdinge ȝou of goode werkis, glo|rifie God in the day of visitacioun. Be ȝe suget to eche creature ofwhich is V. man, for God; otherether OVX. to theOm. O. kyng, as precellentmore worthi O., `or more worthiOm. OX. `in staatof astate O., otherether OVX. to dukis, as sent of him to the veniaunce of mysdedismysdoeris VX., `or mysdoerisOm. OVX., forsothe to the preysinge of goode dedismen V. Om. X., `or goode menOm. OVX.. For so is the wille of God, that ȝe doyngedo V. wel, makeand make V. the vnkunnyngnesse of vnprudentvnwise X. men forOm. SX. to be doumbe. As fre men, and not as hauynge fredom the couering of malice, but as the seruauntes of God. Honoure ȝe alle men, loue ȝe britherhed, drede ȝe God, makeonoure V. ȝe theOm. QT. kyng honourableOm. V.. Seruauntes, be ȝe sugetsogetis S. in al drede to lordis, not onely to goode and myldetrewe Q., but alsoOm. Q. to tirauntestryuauntis GMP. tryuauntis, either tyrauntis V.. ForsotheFor V. this is grace, if for conscience of God ony manOm. V pr. m. suffrith sorewes, `or heuynessesOm. OQX., suffringeand suffrith V. vniustly. SotheliFor whi V. what grace is it, if ȝe synnyngesynnen V. andand ben V. buffatid suffrenand suffren V.? But if ȝe `wel doyngedon wel and V. suffrensuffren paciently V., this is graceOm. V. anentis God. ForsotheFor V. into V. this thing ȝe ben clepid. ForFor also V. Crist suffride for vs, leeuyngeand lefte V. to ȝou ensaumpleexsaumple SX., that ȝe folewe the steppes of him. TheOm. VX. which dide not synne, nether gyle iswas V. foundenot founden O. in his mouth. WhichThe whiche X. whan he was cursid, curside not; whan he suffride, heOm. OS. manaside not; sotheli he bitoke himhimself V. to `a manthe X. demynge him vniustly. Whicheand V. he him silf suffridebar X., `or barOm. X., oure synnes in his body on thea NOQSVX. tree, that wewe be V. deede to synnes, lyueand lyue V. to riȝtwisnesse, bi whois woundewan wounde V. `ȝe benbe ȝe O. wee ben X. heelid. ForsotheFor V. ȝe weren as sheep er|ringe, but ȝe ben conuertid now to the sheperde, and bischop of ȝoureoure X. soulis.

 CAP. III.

Also andOm. V. wymmen be suget to her husbondis; that if onyeny man V. bileuen not to the word, bi the conuersacioun of wymmen `be theithei ben V. wonnen with outen word, biholdinge in drede ȝoure holy conuersacioun. Of theOm. VX. whiche be not with outeforth curious ournyng of heer, orOm. G pr. m. either V. doyng aboute of gold, orOm. G pr. m. either V. ournyng of clothingecloothis N. of vestymentisclothis V.; but `the ilkethat X. that is theOm. S. hid man of herte, in vncoruptibilitevncorruptible NO. vndefoulingnesse V. ofor N. and O. quyetepesible O., `or pesibleOm. OQX., and mylde spirit, theOm. SV. which is riche in the siȝt of God. SotheliFor V. so andsum tyme and VX. holy wymmen hopinge in God, `not in ourne|ment of clothingeOm. VX. ourneden, `or maden cleneOm. OQVX., hem silf, sugetand weren soget V. to her owne hus|bondes. As Sare obeschideobeyede ANOQTVY. to Abraham, clepingeand clepide V. him lord; of whom ȝe ben douȝ|tres wel doynge, and not dredinge ony perturbacioun. Also men `to gydere dwel|lingedwelle togidere V., upand bi V. sciencekunnynge O., `or kunnyngeOm. OQX., ȝeuyngeȝeue V. honour to the wommans vessel, `or bodyOm. X., as to the more sijk, as andOm. T. to theOm. ANOQSTVX. euene eyris of grace of lijf, that ȝoure preyers ben not lettid. Forsothe in feith alle of oon vndirstondinge, `or willeOm. OX., in preyer be ȝe compacientsuffiryng togider O. pacient Q., `or ech suffring with otherOm. OQSX., louers of fraternytebrother|hode OV., merciful, mylde, meke; not ȝeldinge yuel for yuel, nether cursyng for cursyng, but aȝenward blessyng; for in this thing ȝe ben clepid, that ȝe welde blessyng bi heritage. For|sotheFor V. he that woldewole V. wile X. loue lijf, and see goode dayes, constreyne his tunge fro yuel, and his lijppis, that thei speke notno Q. gyle. Sotheli bowe he fro yuel, and do good; seke heOm. V. pees, and parfijtly sue ithe it T.. For the iȝen of the Lord onben on V. iust men, and the eres of him in to the preyers of hem; for|sothe the cheerface O. of the Lord onis on V. men doynge `yuele thingesyuels V.. AndOm. V pr. m. who is it that shal `noye toanoie V. ȝou, if ȝe shulen be `goode suerssueris and loueris of goodnesse V.? ButBut and AG sec. m. NS V sec. m. if ȝe suffren ony thing for riȝtwisnesse, ȝe ben blessid; sothelibut V. but and X. drede ȝe not the drede of hem, that ȝe be not disturbliddisturbid SX. distroublid V.. Forsothe halewe ȝe the Lord Crist in ȝoure hertis, euermoreand euermore be ȝe V. redy to doOm. NOQSVX. satisfaccioun to eche man axinge ȝou resounOm. Q. of that feith and hope that is in ȝou, but with myldenesse and drede, hauynge good conscience; that in `that thingOm. T. that thei bacbiten ofOm. V. ȝou, thei be confoundid, theOm. V. whiche chalengen falseli ȝoureof ȝoure S. good conuersacioun in Crist. Sothe|liFor V. it is betere, `if the wille of God woleOm. V., ȝethat ȝe do V. wel doyngeOm. V. `for toOm. G pr. m. O. to SX. and V. suffresuffre, if the wille of God wole V., than `yuele doyngedoinge yuele V.. For andOm. G pr. m. also V. Crist oonys dyede for oure synnes, he iust for vniuste, that he shulde offre `us to Godto God VS VX., maad deede sothe|liOm. V. in flesch, forsothebut V. maad quike in spirit. InFor V. which thingthing he cam in spirit V. andand also V. to hem that weren closid to gydere in prisoun `he comynge in spiritOm. V. prechide; theOm. V. whiche weren sum|tyme vnbileueful, whan thei abidenabideden V. the pacience of God in the dayes of Noe, whan the arkship O., `or schipOm. OQX., was maad, in which a fewe, that is `to seiewith N., eiȝte soules, benweren V. maad saaf bi water. TheOm. VX. which thing and baptym ofin O. lijklichi ANQ. such S. foorme makith us saaf; not theOm. NOQSX. puttinge awey of `flesch of filthisfilthes of flessche O., but the axingaskynge Q. of good conscience in to God, bi the aȝenrisynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is in the riȝthalf of God, heOm. N. and V. `swolewinge deeth, or destriyngedied O. swolwyng deeth QX. swolewith deth, either dis|troieth V., that we shulde be maad eyres of euerlastinge lijf; he gonȝede V. in to heuen, aungelsand aungels V., andOm. O. powers, and vertues, maadben maad V. sugettes to him.

 CAP. IV.

Therfore Cristfor Crist V. suffringesuffride V. in flesch, and be ȝe armed biin O. the same thenking; for he that suffridesoffrith NOX. in flesch ceesithceeside V. fro synnes, that he lyue not now to the desijris of men, but to the wille of God, thatthat that V sec. m. is more ofOm. T. tyme in flesch. SotheliFor V. the tyme passid is ynowȝ to the wille of hethen men to be endid, theOm. V. whiche walkiden in leccheries, in desijris, in miche drinkinge of wijn, oftein ofte V. etyngis, drinkingisand drynkynges NSVX. Om. P., and vn|leeueful worschepingisworschipes Q. worschiping V. of ydolis. InOf O. which now thei ben `a feerdastonyed V. `on ech sijdeOm. QV., in which thing thei wondrenwondriden T., ȝoufor ȝe V. `to gydere not rennyngerennen not togidere V. in to the same con|fusioun of leccherie, blasfemyngeand blasfemen V.. TheOm. V. whiche shulen ȝiue resoun to him, that is redy tofor to ANOQV. deme the quike and deedethe deede ANQSTX. the deede men V.. Sothe|liFor whi V. for this thing andOm. V. to deede men it is euangelizideuangelizid also V., that thei be demyd sotheli upbi V. men inand N. flesch, sotheliso sothely O. but V. that thei lyue upbi V. in X. God inand N. spirit. Forsothe theOm. O. ende of alle thingis shal neiȝe. `And soTherefore V. be ȝe prudent, and `wake ȝewaketh S. in preyers; bifore alle thingis forsothe hauyngehaue ȝe V. charite ech to other in ȝouȝour GT. silf algatis lastinge; for charite couerith the multitude of synnes, holdingeholde ȝe V. hospitalite to gydere with outen grucchinge; ech man as he receyuede grace, mynistringe `it in to echeche to O. other, as goode dispenderes of the manyfolde grace of God. If ony man spekith, speke he as the wordesword X. of God; if ony man mynistrith, as of the vertu whichthe whiche S. God mynistrith; that God be honourid in alle thingis bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord, to whom is glory and lordship in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen. Moost deredere britheren V., nyle ȝe go in pil|grimage in feruour, that is maad to ȝou tointo O. temptacioun, asas if V. ony ofOm. S. newe thing bi|fallefalle Q. to ȝou; but ȝeOm. S. comunyngecomynge ANQT. comune ȝe V. towith V. the passiounspassioun O. of Crist, hauehauyng N. haueth QS. and haue ȝe V. ioye, that andOm. V. ȝe gladingebe glad V. with oute forth, haueand haue V. ioye in the reuelacioun of his glory. If ȝe ben despisid infor V. the name of Crist, ȝe shulen be blessid; for that that is of theOm. T. the onour and V. `glory and vertuvertu and glorie X. of God, and the spirit that is his, restithschal reste V. onin Q. ȝou. ForsotheBut V. no man of ȝou suffre as a mansleer, oreither V. theefa theef S., oreither V. curser, oreither V. desijrer of othere mennus thingis; for|sothe if ashe be O pr. m. a cristen men, shame he not, sothelibut V. glorifie he God in this name. ForForwhi V. tyme is, that doom bigynne ofat V. Goddis hous; sotheli if first ofat V. us, what endeende schal be V. of hem, that bileuen not to the gospel? And sotheli if aOm. T. iust man vnnethe shal be saued, where shal theOm. N. vnpitousvnfeithful V. manmen N. and synnersynners N. the synners X. apeere? `And soTherfore V. and thei that suffren upbi V. the wille of God, bitaken her soulis inand her N. to O. goode deedis to the feithful maker of nouȝt.

 CAP. V.

Therfore I, euene eldreeldre and a witnesse of Cristis passiouns V., biseche the eldre men that ben in ȝou, `and I witnesse of Cristis passiounOm. V. and I witnessere of Cristus passioun X., which andam N sup. ras. also am V. comunera comuner V. of that glorye that `is toschal V. be shewid in tyme to comyngecomen SX.. Fede ȝe the flok of God, that is in ȝou, purueiyngeand purueye ȝe V. not con|streynyngli, but wilfulli, upbi V. God; not for grace, `or loueOm. QX., of foul wynnynge, but wil|fully , nether as hauynge lordshipe in the clergie, but maad foorme, `or ensaumpleor exsaumple S. Om. X., of the flokfolke O., and of inwitentent, either wille V.. And whan the prince of shiperdis shal apeere, ȝe shulen receyue the vnwelewable crowne of glory, `or that shal neuere faadeOm. OQX.. Also, ȝe ȝongeȝonger O. men, `be ȝebe ANVX. beth QS. suget to eldre men, forsothe `schewe ȝe allealle schewe ȝe VX. to gydere meke|nesse; forforsoth O. the Lord withstondithwithstant SX. proude men, forsothebut V. he ȝiueth grace to meke men. Therfore be ȝe mekidmeke X. vndir the miȝty hond of God, that he reise ȝou in the daytyme V. of visitacioun, `ȝe castingeand caste ȝe V. castende X. `in to him al ȝoure bisinesseal ȝoure bisinesse into hym V., for to him is curecharge O. of ȝou. Be ȝe sobre, and `wake ȝewakith SX., for ȝoure aduersarie, the deuel, as a roryng lyoun goith aboute, sekinge whom he shal deuoure. ToOm. V. whom aȝenstonde ȝe, stronge in feiththe feith ANOSV., wityngewitinge that V. the same passioun forOm. SVX. toOm. V. bebe don SX. is V. to `the ilkethat X. `ȝoure britherhedbritherhed of ȝou V., that is in the world. Forsothe God of alle grace, that clepidecleeped ȝou O. in to his euerelastinge glorye, ȝouOm. O. suffringe a litellitil in Crist Jhesu X., he shal par|forme, confermeshal conferme ANOVX. and shal confermen S., and makeshal make ANSVX. sal make O. sadsaaf T.. To him glorybe glorie V. and lordschip in to worldlis of world|lis. Amen. Bi Siluane, aOm. ANOQSVX. feithful brother to ȝou as I deme, I wroot shortly; bisech|inge, and witnessinge thisthat this V. forOm. SVX. `to beis V. the verrey grace of God, in whiche ȝe stonden. The chirche that is gederid inat O. Babyloyne `gretith ȝou welOm. V., and Markus, my sonesone greetith ȝou wel V.. `Grete ȝeGreteth ȝee S. wel to gydere in holy cosse. Grace tobe to V. ȝou alle that ben in Crist. Amen.

 Here endeth the fyrst pistle of Petre, and here bigynneth the secoundeFrom AQ. Here endith the firste epistle of Petre, and bigynneth the secunde of him. N. Here endith the first pistel of Petir, and bygynneth the secound epistel. OVY. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. II. PETER. The secounde epistle of PetreThe secunde pistil of Petre. GP. No initial rubric in AOQSVXY..CAP. I.

SYMOUNT PETRE, seruant and apostle ofof our Lord O. Jhesu Crist, to hem that han take with us theOm. T. euene micheOm. V. feith, inin the V. riȝtwisnesse of oure God and sauyour Jhesu Crist, gracegrace and pees be fillid V. to ȝou `and pees be fulfillidOm. V., inbi V. the knowinge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Hou alle thinges of his godliche vertu, that ben toin to V. lijf and pitee, ben ȝouun to us, bi the knowing of him, that clepide us for his owne glory and vertu. Bi whomwhom and V. he ȝaf to us moost and preciouse biheestes; that bi thes thingis ȝe shulden be maad felawes of Goddis kynde, fleyngeand flee V. the corupcioun of thatOm. T. coueytise, that is in the world. For|sothe `ȝe vndir beringebringe ȝe in V., `or ȝeuyngeOm. QVX., al curecure, either bisynesse V., mynistreand mynystre ȝe V. mynystrith X. in ȝoure feith vertu, so|theli in vertu sciencekunnynge O., `or kunnyngeOm. OQSVX.; in sciencekunyng O. sotheli abstinence, in abstinence forsothe pacience, in pacience sotheli pi|tee ; in pitee sotheli loue of britherhede, forsothe in loue of britherhede charite. ForsotheFor V. if thes ben with ȝou, and ouer|comen, `or ben plenteuousOm. QVX., thei shulen not ordeyne ȝou voyde, neneither V. with outen fruyt, in the knowinge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Forsothe to whom thes ben not redy, he is blynd, and bi hond temptynge, `or assayingeOm. QX. or saiende S., receyuynge forȝetingnesforȝeuenes Q. of theOm. O. purgyngepurgingnesse X. of his olde trespassis. Wherfore, britheren, morebe more V. bisye ȝeOm. V., that bi goode werkis ȝe make ȝoure clepynge `and chesyngemore S. certeyn; sothelifor V. ȝe doynge thes thinges, shulen not synnedo synne V. ony tyme. ForsotheFor V. thus theOm. X. entringe `in tointo the O. euere|lastinge kyngdom of oure LordLord and sauyour V. `Jhesu CristCrist Jhesu P. `and sauyourOm. V., shal be mynistrid to ȝou plenteuouslypleynly S.. For which thing I shal bigynne forOm. SX. to moneste ȝou euermore of thes thingis; and sotheli I wole ȝouthat ȝe be V. wityngkunnynge V. and confermid in present treuthe. Forsothe I deme iust, `hou longeas long as V. I am in this tabernacle, forOm. SX. to reyse ȝou in mon|estinge ; IOm. SX. and I am V. certeyn forthat V. the puttyngof putting G sec. m. putting awey V. off ofOm. GNSX. my tabernacle is swiftwist O., upbi this V. thatthat at O. oure Lord Jhesu Crist hath signyfiedsingnefied, either schewid V. to me. Forsothe I shal ȝiue werkbesynesse V., `or bisynesseOm. OQVX., and ofteeft O. forOm. SVX. tothat V. `haue ȝouȝe haue V. aftir my deethdeth, mynde of my monestingis V., that ȝe do the mynde of hem. SotheliFor V. we not suynge vnwijse taales, han maad knowun to ȝou the vertu and presciencebifore knowing O., `or bifore knowingOm. OQX., of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; but maadwe weren maad V. biholders of his greet|nesse. SotheliFor V. he takingetook V. of God the fadir honour and glory, sichbi such V. maner voys sliden doun to him fro the greet glory, This is my `loued sonesone loued X., in whom I haue plesid to me; `here ȝehereth S. him. And we herden this voys brouȝt toOm. V. fro heuene, whan we weren with him in thehis T. holy hyl. And we han a sadder word of the prophet, to which ȝewe M. ȝeuynge tententent X. don wel, as to a lantern ȝeuynge liȝt in a derkmysty O., `or mystyOm. NOQVX., place, tiltil to N. the day bi|gynne forOm. SX. to ȝiue liȝt, and the day sterre springe in ȝoureoure V. hertis. FirstAnd firste V. vndirstond|ingevndirstonde ȝe V. this thing, that ech prophecie of scripture is not maad bi propre, `or owneOm. OQVX., interpretaciouninterpretacioun of man V.. ForsotheFor whi V. prophecie iswas V. not brouȝt toOm. S. eny tyme V. bi mannus wille, but the holy men of God inspirid withbi SX. the Holy Goost spaken.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe therOm. V. werenOm. V. andOm. O. also V. false pro|phetesprofetis weren V. of thein V. puple, as andOm. V. in ȝou shulen be maystirsmaistir SX. liȝers, thatwhiche X. shulen bringe in sectes of perdicioun; and thei denyendeneyinge G. sec. m. `the ilkethat X. Lord that bouȝte hem, `aboue ledynge toand bringen on V. hem silf hasty perdi|cioundampnacioun O., `or dampnaciounOm. OQX.. And many shulen sue her leccheries, bi whiche the weye of treuthe shal be blasfemyd; and thei shulen marchaundisemake marchaundise V. of ȝou in coueitise bi feynyd wordis. To whomwhiche V. `now doomdom now PVX. `sum tymea while agoo V. ceesith not, and the per|dicioun of hemhem now O. nappith not. ForsotheFor if V. if God sparide not toOm. V. aungelsaungels synnynge VX., but bitoke hem `to beOm. O. turmentid, drawendrawen doun V. with boondis of helle in to helle, forOm. SX. to be kept in toOm. O. doom; and sparidehe sparide T. not toOm. V. the first world, but kepte Noe, the eiȝttheeiȝthe man, the V., bifore goer of riȝtwisnesse, bringyngebrouȝt in V. in the `diluuye, orOm. O. greet flood, to the world of vnpitousevnfeithful V. men; and heOm. X. driuyngedroof V. in to poudre the citees of men of Sodom and of men of Gomor, dampnideand dampnide V. bibi the S. turnynge upsedoun, puttingeand puttinge V. ensaumpleexsaumple SX. of hem that weren to doyngedon S. do X. yuel, `or vnpitouslyOm. OQVX.; andand he G sec. m. deliueride iust Loth, oppressid froof V. the wrong `of curside menOm. V., and leccherous conuersaciounconuersacioun of curside men V.; sothelifor V. in siȝt and heringe he was iust, dwellinge anentis hem that fro day in to day turmentiden with wick|idewicke SX. werkis a iust soule. TheFor the V. Lord knewcan V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. delyuere pitouse men offro V. tempta|cioun, sotheli forOm. SVX. toOm. V. kepe wickidewicke SX. men in to the day of dome forOm. SX. to be turmentid; forsothe more hem that walken aftir flesch, in coueitinge of vnclennesse, and despijsen lordscheping, boldeand ben boold, pleesinge hemself, and V., dreden not tofor to AG sec. m. OQV. bringe in sectes `plesinge to hemOm. V., blasfemynge; wher aungels, whan thei ben more in strengthe and vertu beren not aȝens hem the execrablecursid O., `or cursidOm. OX. either abomynable V., doom. `Thes sotheliBut thes V. as vnresounable beestes, kyndeli in to capciountakinge OVX., `or takingeOm. OVX., and in to deeth, blasfemynge in thes thingis that thei knowen not, shulenand schulen V. perische in her co|rupcioun, receyuyngeand resceyue V. the hijre of vnriȝt|wisnesse, gessyngeand thei gessen V. `the voluptees ofOm. V. theOm. ANOQSVX. dayOm. V. delijces of defoulinge and of wemmewemme to be lykingis of day V. wommen Y., `with delijcisOm. V. flowinge, in her feestisfeestis with delicis V. doynge leccherie with ȝou, hauyngeand han V. iȝen ful of auoutrie, and vncesynge trespasse, deceyuynge vnstedefast soules, hauynge the herte excercisidhaunted O. in coueitise, the sones of cursynge, forsakinge theOm. ANQSV. riȝt weie, erreden, suyngesueden T. the weie of Balaam of Bosor, theOm. V. which louede hijrethe hire ANOQSVX. of wickidnesse. So|theli he hadde correpciounreprouynge OV., `or reprouyngOm. OQVX., of his woodnesse; a doumbe beest vndir ȝok, spekinge with voys of mana man Y., forbede the vnwisdom of the prophet. Thes ben welles with oute watir, and cloudismystis O., `or mijstisOm. OQX., driuun with `whirlinge wijndiswhirle windis SV., to whomwhiche V. theOm. O. thickethilke Q. ilke T. mijst of derknessis is reserued. Sotheli thei spekinge in pride ofand X. vanyte, deceyuenand disseyuen V. in desijris of flesch of leccherie hem, that `a litel scapena litil ascapen T. scapin a litil V.. TheOm. V. whiche lyuyngelyuen V. in errour, bihotingeand biheeten V. libertefre|dom O., `or fredomOm. OQX., to hem, whan thei ben seruauntes of corupcioun. SotheliFor V. of whom ony man is ouercome, `of himOm. N. andOm. NO. also V. `he ishis N. seruauntseruaunt he is N.. ForsotheSotheli N. For V. if men for|sakingefleynge N. forsaken V. the defoulingesvnclennessis NO., `or vnclennessesOm. NOQX. or vnclennes T., of the world, inin to N. bi V. theOm. Q. knowinge of oure `Lord and sauyourSauyour and oure Lord N. Jhesu Crist, eftsooneand eft N. and eftsoone V. inwlappidOm. N. ben wlappid V. in thesthe same N., benand ben V. ouercome, the latter thingis ben maad to hemhim M. worse than the former. SotheliFor V. it waswere G sup. ras. betere `to hemOm. O. forOm. SX. to not knowe the weie of riȝtwisnesse, than forOm. SX. to turne aȝen aftir the knowinge, fro that holy maunde|ment that was bitakun to hem. SotheliFor V. `the ilkethat X. thing of verrey prouerbe bifel to hem, AnAs an O. And an S. hound turnedturnynge O. aȝen to his woomwomyt A. vome GT. castyng up OX. voom P. vomyt QS. spuyng V., `or castyng vpOm. OX., and aOm. T. sowe waschun in thea O. Om. S. walewingeslowȝ O. vomyng S., `or sloweOm. OVX., of cleyfen V., `or fenOm. OVX..

 CAP. III.

LoLoo, ȝe most dereworthe britheren V.! I wrijte to ȝouȝou, moost dere N. thisthe A. secounde epi|stlepistle PQ., in which I stire ȝoure cleerclene T. soule inand AQX. bi V. monestinge to gydere, that ȝe be myndeful of thetho ASVX. wordis, that I bifore seide of holythe hooly V. prophetis, and of the maundementis of holy apostlis ofand of O. the Lord sauyourand Sauyour V.; first wityngewite ȝee V. this thing, that in the laste dayes illusoursdeceyuours O. scorneris V., `or scorners, or deceyuoursOm. O. or scorners Q. either disseyuouris V. or disseyueris X., shulen comebicome T. in deceyt, goynge aftir hir owne coueitinges, seiynge, Where is bihestethe beheste X., or theOm. Q. comyng, of him? forsothefor forsothe S. For V. sith fadirs sleptenslepten, either dijeden V., so alle thinges lasten fro the bigynnynge of creature. Sotheli it daarithis hid fro V. hem willinge this thing, that heuenes weren biforefirst O., and theOm. O. erthe of watir and bi watir beynge, `or stondingeOm. Q., to gydere bi Goddis word; bi whiche thingis `that ilkethat thilk G. thilke S. that X. world clensid thanne perischide. Forsothe theOm. S. heuenes that now ben, and the ertheerthe ben put aȝen V., bi the same word `put aȝenand V., ben kept to fijrthe fier N. in to the day of dome and perdiciounlesyng O. of vnpitouse men. Forsothe, ȝemy O. moost dere, oo thing `daare ȝou notbe not hid to ȝou V., `or be not unknowunOm. OVX., forthat V. oo day anentis God asis as V. aOm. N. thousynd ȝeeresȝer X., and a thousynd ȝeerȝeeris ANOQV. asben as V. oo day. The Lord tarieth not his biheestbihestis X., as `sum mensummen AGT. summe NQS. gessenwenen N., but he doith paciently for ȝou, `not willingeand wole not V. onythat eny men V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. perische, butbut that V. alle forOm. SVX. toOm. V. turne aȝen to penaunce. Forsothe the day of theoure O. Lord shal come as a theef, in which heuenes with greet bire, `or feers|nesseOm. OQX. or feerdenesse T., shulen passebipasse T., sotheli elementes shulen be dissolued bi heete, forsothesothely O. the erthe, and alle werkes that ben in it, shulen be brent. Therefore whan alle thes thinges shulen be `to beOm. QVX. dissolueddis|solued, either departid V., what maner men bihouethit byhoueth ANOQSX. bihoueth it V. ȝou forOm. SX. to be in holy lyuyngis and pitees, abidyngebydynge O. and hiȝinge in to the comynge of the day of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whomwhich V. heuenes bren|nynge shulen be dissolued, andOm. O. elementeselementis schulen faile V. bi brennyngeheete O., `or heeteOm. OQX., of fijrthe fyer O. `shulen fayleOm. V.. Sotheli we abijden upbi V. his biheestesbiheest N. newe heuenes and newe erthe, in whiche riȝtwisnesse dwellith. For which thing, ȝe moost dere, abijdinge thesOm. O. thinges, bisyebisieth ANX. be besy V. forOm. SX. to be founde to him in pees vnspottid and vnfoulidvndefoulid STV.. And deme ȝe the longe abijdinge of oure Lord ȝoure helthe, as andOm. O. oure moost deredere|worthe Q. brotherOm. OQ. Poul wroot to ȝou, upbi V. wisdom ȝouun to him. As and in alle epistlis spekingehe spekinge G. `in hemOm. O. of thes thingis; in whiche ben summe harde thinges in vndirstondinge, theOm. V. whiche vnwijsevntauȝt O., `or vntauȝtOm. NOQVX., and vnstable men deprauen, as andOm. O. othere scripturesscripture S., to her owne perdiciounperdicioun, either dampnacioun V.. Therfore ȝeOm. S., britheren, bifore witynge kepekepith QSX. ȝouȝoure GQT. silf, lest ȝe ouerled, `or deceyuedOm. X., bi errour of vnwijse men, falleȝee falle S. awey fro ȝoure owne sadnesse. ForsotheBut V. wexe ȝe in gracethe grace AGNOSTVXY. and knowinge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist and oure Sauyour; to himhim be V. glory andbothe V. now and in toOm. S. the day of euerelastingenesse. Amen.

 Heere endeth the secounde pistle of seynt Petre, and now bigynneth the first pistle of seynt JoonFrom A. Here endith the secunde epistil of Petre, and bigynneth the firste of John. N. Here endith the secound pistel of Petir, and bygynneth the epistil of Joon. O. Here endith the secounde pistil of Petre, and here bigynneth the firste pistel of Jon apostle. Q. Here endith the secunde pistel of Petre, and here bigynneth the firste pistel of Joon. VY. No final rubric in GMPSTX.. I. JOHN. The first epistle of JoonThe firste epistle of Joon is this. G. The first pistle of Joon. P. No prologue in any of the Mss.; but in G a space left for it, with this rubric, The prolog of Joon. No initial rubric in AOQSVXY..CAP. I.

WHICHEWhat V. thing was froat V. theOm. AN. bigyn|nynge, which we herden, which we siȝen with oure iȝen, whiche we bihelden, and oure hondes tretiden to gydere, `or touch|idenOm. QX., of the word of lijf; and the lijf is shewid. And we siȝen, and we witnessen, and tellen to ȝou euerelastinge lijf, that was anentis the fadir, and apperide to us. TherforeTherfore wee tellen to ȝou V. that thing, that we siȝen, and herdenhan herd X., we tellen to ȝouOm. V., that andOm. V. ȝe haue felaushippe with us, and oure felau|schip be with the fadir, and his sone Jhesu Crist. And `this thing we writenwe writen this thing V. to ȝou, that ȝe haue ioye, and ȝoure ioye be ful. And this is the tellyng, that we herden of him, and tellen to ȝou, forthat V. God is liȝt, and ony derknesses ben not in him. If we `shulen seieseien V., forthat V. we han felau|schip with him, and we wandren in derk|nessis, we liȝen, and weOm. VX. don not treuthe. Sotheli if we walken in liȝt, as andOm. O. he is inOm. V. liȝt, we han felauschip to gydere; and the blood of JhesuOm. O., his sone, clensith us fro al synne. If we `shulen seieseien V., forthat V. we han not synne, we `oure silfsilf ANQSX. Om. OV. deceyuen usvs silf OV., and treuthe is not in us. If we know|lechen oure synnes, he is feithful and iust, that he forȝiue to us oure synnes, and clense us fro al wickidnesse. If we `shulen seieseien V., forthat OV. we han not synned, we maken him a liȝer, and his word is not in us.

 CAP. II.

My litel sones, I wrijte to ȝou thes thinges, that `ȝe synne notdo noo synne V.. But andOm. OQT. if ony man `shal synnesynneth V., we han auoket anentis the fadir, Jhesu Crist iust, and he is help|yng for oure synnes; sotheliOm. O. not onely for oureourn T. oure synnes V., but also forOm. T. ofOm. QX sec. m. the synnes of V. al the world. And in this thing we witen, forthat V. we hanOm. V. knowun him, if we kepen his commaunde|mentes. HeAnd he O. that seith himthat he V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. `haue knoweknowith V. God, and kepith not his com|maundementes, is a liȝer, and treuthe is not in him. Forsothe whothe charite of God is perfit verily in him that kepith V. kepith histhis S. word, `verily in him is parfijt chariteOm. V.. In this thing we witen, forthat V. we ben in him, if we shulenOm. V. be parfijt in him. He that seith himthat he V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. dwelledwellith V. in him, and hehim O. owith forOm. SX. to walke, as he walkide. Moost deredere britheren V., I wrijte to ȝou, not a newe maundement, but the olde maundement, that ȝe hadden froat V. theOm. VX. bigynnyng. The olde maundement is the word, that ȝe herden. Eftsoone I wrijte to ȝou a newe maundement, that is trewetreuthe T. andthat O. bothe V. ininto T. him and in ȝou; for derknessesderkenesse O. passeden, and verreyvereyly V. liȝt `now shijnethshyneth now V.. He that seith himthat he V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. beis V. in liȝt, and haatith his brother, is in derknessederknesses PST. til to ȝit. He that loueth his brothir, dwellith in liȝt, and sclaundre is not in him. Sotheli he that haatith his brother, is in derknessis, and `in derknessis wandrithwandrith in derknessis V., and woot not whidir he goith; for derknesses han blyndid his iȝen. Litel sones, I wrijte to ȝou, forthat V. ȝoure synnes ben forȝouun to ȝou for his name. Fadirs, I wrijte to ȝou, forthat V. ȝe han knowun him, that is froat V. theOm. OQVX. bigynnynge. Ȝonge men, I wrijte to ȝou, forthat V. ȝe han ouercome the wickidwicke SX.. I wrijte to ȝou, infauntisȝonge children O., `or ȝonge childrenOm. OQX., forthat V. ȝe han knowe the fadir. I wrijte to ȝouOm. O. ȝonge men, `or of mydle ageOm. X., forthat V. ȝe ben stronge, and the word of God dwellith in ȝou, and ȝe ouercamen the wickidwicke SX.. Nyle ȝe loue the world, netherne V. tho thinges that ben in the world. If ony man loueth the world, the charite of the fadir is not in him. Forwhi al thing that is in the world, is coueytise of flesch, and coueytise of iȝen, and pride of lijf, whiche is not of the fadir, but it is of the world. And the world shal passe, and the coueytise of it; sotheli he that doith the wille of God, dwellith `in toOm. V. with outen ende. Mi litel sones, the last hour is; and as ȝe han herd forthat V. antecrist cometh, now many antecristes ben made; `wher ofwherfore V. we witen, forthat V. it is the last hour. Thei wenten forthout X. fro us, but thei weren not of us; forwhi if thei hadden be of us, sotheli thei hadden dwelt with us; but that thei be knowun, forthat V. thei ben not of us. But ȝe han vncciounanoyntyng V. of the Holy GoostOm. X., and hanOm. V. knowe alle thinges. I wroot not to ȝou as to men vnknowingenot knowinge V. treuthe, but as tomen knowing in V. knowinge itOm. T., and forthat V. ech lesyng `is not of treutheOm. O.. Who is a liȝer, noOm. X. but this that denyeth forthat OV. Jhesus is not Crist? This is antecrist, that deny|eth the fadir and the sone. SotheliSo V. ech that denyeth the sone, `nether hathhath not V. the fadir; forsothe he that knowlechith the sone, hath andalso V. the fadir. That thing that ȝe herden froat V. the begynnynge, dwelledwelleth O. in ȝou; for if itthat thing V. `shal dwelledwellith V. in ȝou, theOm. V. which ȝe herden at the bigynnynge, and ȝe shulen dwelle in the sone and thein the OQV. fadir. And this is the aȝen biheest, that he bihiȝte to us, euerelastyng lijf. I wrootwrite T. thes thinges to ȝou, of hem that deceyuen ȝou; and theOm. S. anoyntyngoynting X., `the whichwhich SV. that X. ȝe re|ceyueden of him, dwelle in ȝou. And ȝe han not nede, that ony man teche ȝou, but as his anoyntyngoynting X. techith ȝou of alle thingis, and it is trewe, and it is not lesyng; and as he tauȝte ȝou, dwelle ȝe in him. And now, ȝe litel sones, dwellithdwelle AV. dwell ȝe NOS. in him, that whan he shal appere, we hanhaue OV. trist, and be not confoundid of him in his comynge. If ȝewee X. witen, forthat OV. he is iust, `wite ȝewiteth X. forthat V. andOm. N. ech that doith riȝtwisnesse, is born of him.

 CAP. III.

See ȝe what maner charite the fadir ȝaf to us, that we be named the sones of God, and be. For this thing the world knewknowith V. not us, for it knewknowith V. not him. Moost deredere bri|theren V., now weȝe T. ben the sones of God, and ȝit itOm. X. apperide not, what we shulen be. We witen, forthat V. whan he shal appere, we shulen be lijklichy Q. toOm. V. him, for we shulen see him as he is. And ech man that hath this hope in him, makith him silf holy, as andOm. V. he is holy. Ech man that doith synne, doith andOm. O. also V. in Y. wickidnesse, and synne is wickidnesse. And ȝe witen, forthat OV. he apperide that he shulde do awey synnes, and synne is not in him. Ech man that dwellith in him, synneth not; and ech that synneth, seeth not him, nenether ANOSVX. knewknowith A. him. Litel sones, no man deceyue ȝou; he that doith riȝtwis|nesse, is iust, as andOm. O. he is iust. He that `doith synnesynne o pr. m. synneth O sec. m., is of the deuel; for the deuel synneth atfro V. the bigynnynge. In this thing the sone of God apperide, that he vndo the werkes of the deuel. Ech man that is born of God, doith not synne; for the seed of God dwellith in him, and he mai not synnedo synne V., for he is born of God. In this thing the sones of God ben know|un, and the sones of the fend. Ech man that is not iust, is not of God, and he that loueth not his brotherbrother, is not of God V.. For this is the tell|yng, that ȝe herden at theOm. OTY. bigynnyng, that ȝe loue ech other; notbe ȝe not V. as Caym, that was of the yueldeuel T., and slow his brother. And for what thing slew heOm. X. him? for his werkes weren yuele, sotheli his brotheris iustwerkis weren iust V.. Britheren, nyle ȝe wondre, if the world haatithhate QS. ȝou. We witen, forthat V. we ben translatid fro deeth to lijf, for we loue britheren. He that loueth not, dwellith in deeth. Ech man that haatith his brother, is a manqueller; and ȝe witen, forthat V. ech manquellermansleer A sup. ras. NOQSVX. hath not euerlasting lijf dwell|inge in him. In this thing we han knowe the charite of God, for he puttideputte SX. his soulelijf OV., `or lijfOm. OVX. that is, lijf Q., for vs, and we owen forOm. SX. to putte oureOm. ANOQSVX. souleslyues V. for britheren. He that `shal hauehath V. theOm. S. substaunsecatel V. of this world, and `shal seeseeth V. histhat his V. brother forOm. SVX. toOm. VX. hauehath V. nede, and `shal closeclosith V. his entraylesmynde O. fro him, hou dwellith the charite of God in him? Mi litel sones, loue we notnether O. in word, nether in tunge, but in werk and treuthe. In this thing we knowen, forthat V. we ben of treuthe, and in his siȝt we monestenmonesten, either maken tristi V. oure hertes. For if oure herte shalOm. V. reprouerepreueth V. us, `or vndernymeor vndurnym vs O. or vndirnemeth V., God is more than oure herte, and knewknowith V. alle thinges. Moost deredere britheren V., if oure herte `shal notOm. V. reprouevndurnym O. repreueth not V. us, we han trist to God; and what euer we shulen axeaske Q., we shulen re|ceyue of him, for we kepen his comaunde|mentes, and we don tho thinges, that ben plesaunt bifore him. And this is the comaundement of himGod V., that we bileue in the name of his sone Jhesu Crist, andand that we V. loue ech other, as he ȝaf heest to vs. And he that kepith his maundementescomaundementis Q., dwellith in him, and he in him. And inOm. ANOQSX. this thing we witen, forthat V. he dwellith in us, ofbi V. the spirit, whomthat O. he ȝaf to us.

 CAP. IV.

Moost deredere britheren V., nyle ȝe bileue to eche spirit, but proue ȝe spiritis, if thei ben of God; for many false prophetes wenten out in to the world. In this thing the spirit of God is knowun; ech spirit that know|lechith CristJhesu Crist ANQSX. that Jhesu Crist V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. hauehath V. comen in flesch, is of God; and ech spirit that dissoluethfordoith O., `or fordoithOm. OX. or vndoith T., Jhesu, is not of God. And this is antecrist, of whom ȝe herden, forthat V. he cometh; and riȝt now he is in the world. Ȝe, litel sones, ben of God, and ȝe han ouercome himhim, that is, antecrist V.; for he that is in ȝou is more, than he that inis in AG sec. m. TV. the world. Thei ben of the world, therfore thei speken of the world, and the world herith hem. We ben of God; he that knewknowth O. knowith V. God, herith us; heand he O. that is not of God, herith not us. In this thing we knowen the spirit of treuthe, and theOm. ANOSVX. spirit of errour. Moost deredere britheren V., loue we to gydere, for charite is of God; and ech man that loueth his brother, is born of God, and knowith God. He that loueth not, hathOm. V. notno O. Om. V. chariteOm. V., `nether knewknoweth not V. God; for God is charite. In this thing the charite of God apperide in us, for God sente his oon bigeten sone in to the world, that we lyue bi him. In this thing is charite, not as we hadden loued God, `but for he first louede usOm. O., and sente his sone helpinge for oure synnes. Ȝe moost deredere britheren V., iffor V. God louede us, and we owen forOm. SX. to loue ech other. No man siȝe euere God; if we louen to gydere, God dwellith in us, and the charite of him is parfijt in us. InAnd N. this thing we knowen, forif O. that V. we dwellen in him, and he in us; for of his spirit he ȝaf to us. And we siȝen, and witnessen, `for the fadirhe O. that the fadir V. sente his sone sauyour of the world. Who euere `shal knowlecheknowlechith V., forthat V. Jhesus is the sone of God, God dwell|ith in him, and he in God. And we han knowen, and bileuen to the charite, that God hath in us. God is charite, and he that dwellith in charite, dwellith in God, and God in him. In this thing is the parfijt charite of God within NO. us, that we haueOm. T. trist in the day of dome; for asas and O. he is, and we ben in this world. Drede is not in charite, but parfijt charite sendith out drede; forfor whi V. drede hath peyne. For|sothe he that dredith, is not parfijt in charite. Therfore loue we God, for he formerbifore N. Om. V. louede usvs bifore V.. If ony man `shal seieseith V., forthat V. I loue God, and `shal haatehateth OV. his brother, he is a liȝer. SotheliFor V. he that loueth not his brother, whichewhom X sec. m. he seeth, hou mai heOm. O. loue God, whom he seeth not? And we han this preceptcomaundement V. of God, that he that loueth God, loueloue he T. andOm. O. also V. his brother.

 CAP. V.

Eche man that bileueth, that Jhesus is Crist, is born of God; and eche man that loueth him that gendrith, loueth him that is born of him. In this thing we knowen, forthat V. we louen the children of God, whan we louen God, and don his maundementescomaundementis Q.. SotheliForwhi V. this is charitethe charite V. of God, that we kepe his maundementescomaundementis Q.; and his maunde|mentes ben not greuouse. For al thing that is born of God, ouercometh the world; and this is the victorie that ouercometh the world, oure feith. `Forsothe who is itWho is sotheli N. that ouercometh the world, no but he that bileueth forthat V. Jhesus is the sone of God? This is Jhesu Crist, that cam bi watir and blood; not in watir onely, but in watir and blood. And the spirit is he that witnessith, forthat V. Crist is treuthethe treuthe T.. For thre ben, that ȝiuenbaaren O. witnessingwittenesse O. in heuen, the Fadir, the Word, `or Soneor the Sone G sec. m. QT. Om. X., and the Hooly Goost; and thes thre ben oon. And thre ben, that ȝiuen witnessing in erthe, the spirit, watir, and blood; and thes thre ben oon. If we receyuen witnessingthe wittenesynge NOV X. of men, the witnessing of God is more; for this is the witnessing of God, that is more, for he witnesside of his sone. He that bileueth in to the sone of God, hath theOm. O. witnessing of God in him. He that bileu|eth not to the sone, makith him a liȝer; for he bileueth not into O. into Q. theOm. Q. witnessinge, that God witnesside `of his soneOm. O.. ThisAnd this V. is the witnessing, for God ȝaf to us euerelasting lijf, and this lijf is in his sone. He that hath the sonesone of God V., hath andOm. O. and the S. also V. lijf; he that hath not the sone of God, hath not lijf. I wrijte to ȝou thes thinges, that ȝe wite, forthat V. ȝe han euerelastyng lijf, theOm. SV. whiche bileuen in the name of Goddis sone. And this is the trist thatwhich V. we han toin O. God, forthat V. what euere thing wethat we O. shulen axeaske Q. upbi V. his wille, he shal here us. And we witen, forthat V. he herith us, what euer thing we shulenOm. V. axeaske Q.; we witen, forthat V. we han the axyngesaskinges Q., whiche we axenasken Q. of him. He that woot histhat his V. brother forOm. SVX. toOm. V. synnesynneth V. aand Q. synne not to theOm. OVX. deeth, axeaske Q. heOm. V., and lijf shal be ȝouun to him, `synnynge notnot synnende X. to theOm. OQVX. deeth. Ther is a synne to deeththe deth V.; not for it I seie, that ony man preye. Eche wickidnesse is synne, and there is synnea synne Y pr. m. to deeth. We witen, forthat V. ech man that is born of God, synneth not; but the generacioun of God kepith him, and the wickidwicke SX. touchith him not. We witen, forthat V. we ben of God, andOm. O. al the world is putputtid T. set V. in wickidwicke S.. And we witen, forthat V. the sone of God cam, `and clothide flesch for cause of us, and suffride, and roos aȝen fro deede menOm. X., and toke us toOmitted in V., and ȝaf to us wit, that we knowe verrey GodOm. V., and be in the verrey sonesone Jhesu S pr. m. of him. This isOm. V. verrey God, and euerelastyng lijf. Litel sones, kepe ȝe ȝou fro simu|lacris, `or coueytiseor couetise. Amen. NQSV. Om. X..

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THE eldre man to the `chosen ladylady Electa V., and to hir children, theOm. SVX. whiche I loue in treuthe; and not I aloone, but and alle men that knewenknowen NOQX. treuthe; for the treuthe that dwellith in ȝou, and with ȝou shal ben `in toOm. VX. with outen ende. Grace be with ȝou, mercy, and pees of God the fadir, and of Jhesu Crist, the sone of theOm. S. fadir, in treuthe and charite. I ioyede ful miche, for I foond of thi sones goynge in treuthe, as we receyueden maundement of the fadir. And now I preye thee, lady, not as writ|inge a newe maundement to thee, but that that we hadden at the bigynnynge, that we loue eche other. And this is charite, that we walke upbi V. his maundementes. SotheliFor whi V. this is theOm. ANOQSVX. comaundement, that as ȝe herden atin S. theOm. ANOV. bigynnynge, `in him walke ȝewalke ȝe in him V.. For many deceyuours wenten out in to the world, whiche knowlechenknoulecheden O. not Jhesuthat Jhesu V. Crist forOm. SVX. toOm. V. hauehath V. come in flesch; this is deceyuour and antecrist. See ȝe ȝoureȝou ANOQSVX. silf, lest ȝe leese the thinges that ȝe han wrought, butbut contynue ȝee so in good V. that ȝe receyue ful meede; witynge that ech man that goith aweybifore V., and dwellith not in the tech|inge of Crist, hath not God. He that dwell|ith in the techingetechyng of Crist O., hath andboth OV. the sone and the fadir. If ony manOm. V pr. m. cometh to ȝou, and bringeth `not toto not Q. not to not TY. not V. this teching, nyle ȝe receyue him in to hous, nether `ȝe shulen seieseie ȝe V. to him, Heyl. SotheliFor V. he that seith to him, Heyl, comuneth with his yuele werkis. Lo! I bifore seide to ȝou, that ȝe be not confoundid in the day of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. I hauyngehaue NV. mo thinges forOm. OSX. to wrijte to ȝou, woldenolde O. and wolde V. not bi parchemynparchemyn, or book ANS. parchemyn, either book V. and ynke; sothelifor V. I hope `me tothat I schal V. comyngecome SVX. to ȝou, and spekeY speke Q. mouth to mouth, that ȝoure ioye be ful. The sonesdouȝtris QSX., `or douȝtresOm. QSVX., of thi systirsistir sone QSX. chosenElecta V. greten thee wel. The grace of God withbe with TV. thee. Amen.

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THE eldre man to GayusAgayus X., moost deredere brother V., whom I loue in treuthe. `Moost dereOm. N. dere brother V., of alle thingis I make preyer, theethat thou V. forOm. SVX. toOm. V. entre, andOm. O. fare welsumly, as thi soule dothfareth O. welsumlywille|fulli N.. I ioyede fulOm. O. greetly, britherenfor britheren V. comyngecamen V., andand baren V. witnessyngwittenesse O. beringeOm. VX sec. m. toof O. thithe N. treuthe, as thou walkist in treuthe. I haue not more grace of thes thingis, than that I here my sones forOm. STVX. toOm. V. walke in treuthe. Moost deredere brother V., thou doist feithfully, what euer thou werchist in to britheren, and this thing in to pilgrimys, whiche ȝelden witnessing to thi charite in siȝtthe siȝt ANOQSVX. of thethi AN. chirche; whomwhich V. thou `wel doyng ledist forthleddist forth and dost wel V. worthily to God. So|theliFor V. forthei wenten forth for V. his name `thei wenten forthOm. V., `nothing takingeand tooken noo thing V. of hethen men. Ther|fore we owen forOm. QSVX. to receyue siche manere menof men T., that we be euene werchers of treuthe. I `shulde hauehadde V. write perauenture to the chirche, but this Diotropis, that loueth forOm. SX. to bere primacyeprimacye, or cheef places O. in hem, receyueth not us. For this thing, if I shal come, I shal moneste his werkes, whiche he doith, `garringe, or chidingechatirynge O. chydinge V. garrende, or chidende X., `in toaȝens V. us with yuele wordis. And asas if V. thes thinges suffisen not to himhem NO., nether he receyueth britheren, and forbedith hem that receyuen, and castith out of the chirche. Moost deredere brother V., nyle thou sue yuel thing, but `that thatthat at O. is good thing. He that doith wel, is of God; he that doith yuel, seeth `him notnot God N. him God V.. Witnessing is ȝolde to Demetrie of alle men, and of treuthe it silf; but and we beren witnessing, and thou `hast knowunknowist V., forthat V. oure witnessing is trewetreuthe T.. I hadde many thinges forOm. SX. to wrijte to thee, but Y wolde not wrijte to thee bi ynke and penne. Forsothe I hope anoon forOm. SX. to see thee, and we shulen speke mouth to mouth. Pees tobe to V. thee. Frendes greten thee wel. Grete thou wel frendes bibi my V. name.

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JUDAS, theOm. ANOQ V sec. m. seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, brother forsothe of Jamys, to thes loued, that ben in God the fadir, and `of Jhesu Crist kept and clepidto hem that ben clepid and kept of Jhesu Crist V. of Jhesu Crist clepid and kept X., mercy `to ȝouOm. V., andOm. N. pees, and charite be fulfillidfillid to ȝou V.. Moost deredere britheren V., I makinge al bisynesse `of writingeto write V. to ȝou of ȝoure comoun helthe, haddehan hade O. neede forOm. SX. to wrijte to ȝou, preyingepreye V. forOm. SX. to stryuestryue strongly V. vponon SX. for V. the feith oonys bitakuntaken O. ofto V. seyntis. SotheliForsothe O. Forwhi V. summensum men AN. summe men S. summe vnfeithful men V. priuyli entriden, that sumtyme weren bifore write in to this doom, `vnpitous menOm. V., ouerturnyngeand ouerturnen V. the grace of oureOm. Q. GodLord O. in to leccherie, and denyingedenyen V. the aloone lordschiper and oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Forsothe I wole `to gydereOm. V. moneste ȝou, wityngewritende X. oonys alle thinges, forthat V. Jhesus sauyngesauede V. his puple offro SX. the lond of Egipt, theand the V. secounde tyme loste hem that bileueden not. Sotheli aungelshe reseruede vndir derknesse aungels V. that keptenkepen O. not hisher V. princehed, but for|soken hisher V. hous, heOm. V. reseruederesseyuede ANT. Om. V. in to theOm. QX. doom of greet God, into V. euerelastinge boondishondes QT. `vndir derknesseOm. V.. As Sodom, and Gomor, and nyȝ coostidcoostis SV. citees, onin V. lichelichy Q. manere doynge fornycacioun, and goynge awey aftir other flesch, ben maadOm. X. en|saumpleexsaumple SX., sustenyngesuffringe V. peyne of euerlastinge fijrlijf N.. AlsoIn lijc maner V. and thes that defoulen sotheliOm. G pr. m. NV. the flesch, forsotheand V. despijsendispisynge A. lordschip|ing, forsotheand V. blasfemenblasphemyng N. magestemaieste disseruen to be dampned V.. Whan Mychael, `the archaungelarchaungel ANQSVX. Om. O., disputingedisputide V. with the deuel, stroofand stroof V. of Moyses body, heOm. N. was not hardy forOm. SX. to ȝiue doom of blas|femyeblasfemynge Q., but seide, The Lord comaundecomaund|ide ANOQT. to thee. Forsothe thesthese men V. blasfemen, what euere thinges thei `sotheli vnknowenknowen not V.. SotheliForsothe AOQSV. what euere thinges thei `han knoweknowen V. kyndely as doumbe beestis, in thes thei ben corupt.

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Wo to hem that wenten the weye of Caym, andand woo to hem that ben sched out V. bi errour of Balaam for meede `ben shed outOm. V., andand woo to hem that V. perschiden in the aȝen seiynge of Chore. Thes ben in her metys filthes, `or defoulingesOm. OQX. or defoulynge T., feestingefestend O. to gydere, with outen dreede fedynge hem silf; cloudesthese ben clowdis NV. with outen watir, that ben born aboute of wijndisthe wyndes ANSV.; heruestthese ben her|uest V. trees with outen fruyt, twies deede, drawun up bi the roote; wawesthese ben wawis V. of the wijlde, `or woodeOm. OQX., se, frothingefrothing, either formyng V. outwith O. her confusiouns; erringethese ben erringe V. sterres, `or fallinge dounOm. QX., to whomwhiche ANOQSVX. the tempest of derknessis is kept `in toOm. V. with outen ende. Forsothe EnosEnoch V., the seuenthe fro Adam, propheciede of thes, seiyngeand seide V., Lo! the Lord cometh inwith V. his holy thousyndis, forOm. SX. to do doom aȝens alle menOm. V., and forOm. SX. to reproue alle vn|pitousvnfeithful V. men of alle the werkis of the vnpitee of hem, bi whiche thei diden vn|pitously, and of alle harde thingiswordis V., that `vnpitous synnerssynners vnpitouse VX. han spoke aȝens God. Thes ben grucchers pleynynge, `or ful of pleyntisOm. OQX., wandringe upbi V. her desijres; and the mouth of hem spekith pride, won|dringe, `or worschipingeOm. X., persones, bi cause of wynnynge. Forsothe, ȝe moost deredere britheren V., `be ȝebe ANOV. beth QSX. myndeful of the wordis, whichethat X. ben bifore seid of apostlisthe apostolis S. of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; theOm. V. whiche seiden to ȝou, forthat V. in the laste tymes ther shulen come scorners, wandringe upbi V. her desijres, not in pitee. Thes ben, `the whichewhiche QSV. that X. de|parten hem silf, beestlybeestly men V., not hauynge spirit. Forsothe ȝe, moost deredere britheren V., aboue byldingebijlde V. ȝouȝour GQT. ȝe N. silf toon V. ȝoure moost hooly feith, inand preye ȝe in V. the Hooly Goost preyingeOm. V., kepekepeth QX. and kepe V. ȝouȝour GT. silf in the loue of God, abijdingeand abijde ȝe V. the mersy of oure Lord Jhesu Crist in to lijf euerelastinge. And sotheli reproue ȝe thes men demyd, forsothe `saue ȝesaueth S sec. m. hem, rauyschingeraueshende them S sec. m. and rauesche V. offro V. the fijr. Sotheli do ȝe mersy to othereothere men V. inthat in S. dredethe dreed AG sec. m. OQVX. of God, `hat|ynge andand hate ȝe also V. `the ilkewhiche V. that X. defoulid coote, `the whichthat X. is fleschlyflesh X.. Forsothe to him that is myȝty forOm. SX. to kepe to gydere ȝou with oute synne, and forOm. S. to ordeyne bifore the siȝt of his glorye ȝou vnwemmyd in glad|ingeful out ioie V. gladinge withoute forth X., `or ioyinge with oute forthOm. OX., in the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to God aloone oure sauyourfader sauyour O., bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord, glorye and magnyfiyng, empire, `or greet lordschipOm. OX., and power bifore alle worldis, and now, andOm. NV. in to alle worldlis of worldlis. Amen.

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JON, the apostil and euangelist of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, chosenychose OVY. and loued, in so gret loue of dileccioun is had, that in the cenesoper O. onvpon OVY. his brest he shulde lynlygge OVY., and at the cros he hadde bitaken his owne modir to hym stondende alone, thatOm. O. whom will|ende toOm. Y. be weddid to the cleping of maidenhed he hadde clepidycleeped O., to hym also he shulde han bitaketake OV. a maidenmayde OVY. to be kept. ThisThese VY. also, whan for the word of God and theOm. V. witnesse of Jhesu Crist with outlaweri shulde be born in to the ile of Pathmos, there of the same theOm. N. Apocalips forthaffore O. for VY. shewid was writen, that as in the bigynnyng of canon, that is, of the bok of Genesis, anOm. O. vncoruptible principle is fornotid, so an vncoruptible ende bi a maidenmayde OVY. in the Apocalips shulde be ȝoueȝolden OV. of Crist, seiende, I am alfa and oo, bygynnyng and endingeende O.. This is Jon, the whiche knowende the dai of passing fro bodi to han becomenbe i come VY. to hym, his disciplis in Effesy clepidyclepid Y. togidere, wente doun in to a delfdelued O. dewȝ VY. place of his birielis, and, preȝeereprayeres O. fullfildifulfillid VY pr. m., he ȝeldȝelded O. the gost, as wel fro theOm. OVY. sorewe of deth madeimaad VY. straunge, as fro corupcioun of flesh he is knowen alyen. Of whose scripture nethelesneuertheles VY. the `disposing, or theOm. OV. disposynge other Y. ordynaunce, of the boc `therfore oftherof to O. vs biOm. O. alle thingis is not expowned, that to men notof Y sec. m. knowende desyr of seching be set, and to men sechende frut of trauaile, and to God theOm. O. doctrine of maisterhed be kept.

Here endith the prologe, and bygynneth the ApocalipsFrom O. Heere eendith the prologe of Joon. Y. No final rubric in SV.. Heere bigynneth the ApocalipsNo initial rubric in AGNOQSTVXY..CAP. I.

APOCALIPSApocalipsis A., oreither V. or the Y. reuelacioun, of Jhesu Crist, theOm. V. whiche God ȝaf to him forOm. SX. to make opyn to his seruauntis, whiche thinges it bihoueth forOm. SX. to be maaddone O. soone. And he signyfiede, sendinge biOm. N. his aungel to his seruaunt Joon, theOm. V. which bar wit|nessing to the word of God, and witnessing of Jhesu Crist, into O. thes thingis, what euere thinges he siȝe. Blessid hebe he OT. is he SV. that redithrat X., and he that herith the wordesword O. of this pro|phecie, and kepithkeepen Y. tho thinges that ben writen in it; forsothefor V. the tyme is nyȝ. Joon to seuen chirchis that ben in Asye, grace `to ȝouOm. V., and peespees to ȝou V., of him that is, and that was, and that is to comyngecomen SX.; and of the seuen spiritis, that ben in the siȝt of his trone; and of Jhesu Crist, that is a feithful witnesse, the first begeten of deede menOm. X., and prince of kingis ofin N. erthe; theOm. V. which louede us, and waschidewesh SX. us fro oure synnes in his blood, and made us aOm. ANOQSVXY. kingdom, and prestes to God and toOm. X. his fadir; to himhim be V. glory and empire in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen. Lo! he cometh with cloudis, and ech iȝe shal see him, and thei thatOm. O. pungedenprickeden V., `or pricke|denOm. OX. either crucifyeden V., him; and alle theOm. O. kynredeslinagis X., `or ly|nagesOm. OQTX., of erthe shulen weilebiweile V. hem silf on him. Ȝhe, Amen. I am alpha and oo, the bigynnyng and endyngende X., seith the Lord God, that is, and thatOm. G pr. m. V. was, and that is to comyngecomen SX., almiȝty. I Joon, ȝoure brother, and parcener in tribulacioun, and kingdom, andin O. pacience in Crist Jhesu, was in an yle, that is clepid Pathmos, for the word of God, andand for V. witnessing of Jhesu. I was in spirit in the sundayLordis day V., and I herde aftirbihynde V. me a greet voys, as of a trumpe, seiyngeseyinge to me V., ThatWrite in book that V. thing that thou seest, `wrijte inOm. V. aOm. AOQSVXY. bookOm. V., and sende to theOm. ANOQSVXY. seuene chirchis that ben in Asye; to EphesoEphesus ANVY. Ephesyes O. Effesi SX., andto ANOSVXY. Smyr|ma, andOm. O. and to V. PergamoPargamus ANSVY. Pargamies O., andand to V. Tyatira, andand to V sup. ras. SardoSardis ANOSVXY., andand to V. Loadicia G. Philadelfia, and Laodiciaaa. And II am Q. turnede, that I shulde see the voys that spake with me; and I turned siȝeand I say V. seuene candilstickes of gold, and in the mydle of theOm. ANOQSVY. seuene golden candel|stickis `a lichea lichi ANQ. liche G. I saw a liche O. oon liche T. oon lijk V. to the sone of man, clothidclad SX. with a long prestly cloothcloth, or an aube T., and bifore gyrd at the teetis with a golden gyrdel. Sotheli the heedheued T. of him and heeres weren white, as whijt wulle, andor O. asOm. X. snow; and the iȝen of him as flaume of fijr; and his feet lijkelichi ANQ. to `drosse of goldlatoun T., `or latounor [either V] latoun, or [either V] metal wellid of many thingis [thing O] ANOSV marg. Om. QTV. or metal wellid of manye thingis X., as in a brennynge chymeney; and the voys of him as the voys of many watris. And he hadde in his riȝthond seuen sterres, and a swerd sharp onof NY. botheeuer eithir V. sijdisthe sydis T. side V. wente out of his mouth; and his face shijnethOm. ANQSVXY. as the sunnesunne shyneth ANQSVXY. sunne moost briȝt O. in his vertuvertue, or myddai T.. And whan I hadde seyn him, I fel doun at his feet, as deed. And he puttideputte SX. his riȝthondriȝt half ANOQSX. onvpon T. me, seiyngeand seyde V., Nyle thou drede; I am the first and the last; and I am alyue, and I was deed; and lo! I am lyuynge in to worldlis of worldlis, and I haue theOm. ANOQSVXY pr. m. keyes of deeth and helle. Therefore wrijte thou whiche thinges thou hast seyn, and whiche benben now T., and whiche itOm. Q. bihoueth forOm. SX. to be don aftir thes thinges. The mysteriepriuytee O. sacrament V., `or priuyteeOm. OQX., of seuene sterris, whomwhiche ANOQSXY. thou siȝesaiest ANOQVY. hast seen X. in my riȝthalfriȝthond TV., and theOm. ANOQSVXY. seuen golden candelstickes; the seuen sterres ben aungelsthe aungelis, or prelatis sent into messagis T. ofof the T. seuene chirchis, and theOm. ANOQSVXY. seuene candelstickes ben seuenethe seuen T. chirches.

 CAP. II.

And to the aungel of the chirche of EphesusEffecie NX. wrijte thou, Thes thinges seith he, that holdithhalt X. seuenthe seuen T. sterres inon SY. histhe O. riȝthalfriȝt hond TV., theOm. VX. whichthat X. walkith in the mydle of seuen golden candelstickis. I woot thi werkes, andand thi G sec. m. T. trauel, and thi pacyence, and forthat V. thou mayst not suffresusteyne ANOQSXY. yuel men; and thou hast temptidasayed OV., `or asayedOm. OVX. or sayed S., hem that seien hem silf forOm. SX. to be apostles, andand thei N. ben not, and thou hast founden hem liȝers; and thou hast pacience, and thou hast sustenydsuffrid TV. for my name, and fayledist not. But I haue aȝen thee fewe thinges, thatOm. N. thou hast left thithe Q. first charite. `And soTherfore V. be thou myndeful offro AGNOQSTVXY. whennus thou hast falle, and do penaunce, and do the firste werkes; `if notellis sothely G sec. m. or ellis N. ȝif not thou do penaunce T. either ellis V., I come soone to thee, and shalY schal AGOPQSTVX. moue thi candelsticke offro NV. his place, `no butbut if OX. thou shalt do penaunce. But thou hast this good thing, forthat V. thou hatedisthatist V. `the dedes ofOm. N. Nycholaytis, `or folewers of Nycholthat saiden men schulden haue her wijues in comoun T. Om. X., theOm. QS. whichewhom T. and I hatedehate V.. He that hath eres, here, what the spirit `shal seieseith V. to theOm. ANQSVXY. chirchis. To `the ouercomyngehim that ouercometh V. I shal ȝiue forOm. OSX. to ete of the tree of lijf, that is in paradisethe paradise AG sec. m. NOV. of my God. And to the aungel of the chirche of Smyrma, wrijte thou, Thes thinges seith the first and the last, that was deed, and lyueth. I woot thi tribulacioun, and thi pouert, but thou art richeriche in grace T.; and thou art blasfemyd of hem, that seien hem silf forOm. SX. to be Jewes, and ben not, but theiOm. ANOQSVXY. ben the synagoge of Sathanas. Drede thou no thing of thesthes perelis T. whiche thou `art toschalt V. suffringesuffrin SX. suffre V.. Lo! the deuel `is toschal V. send|ingesenden SX. sende V. summe of ȝou in to prisoun, that ȝe be temptidtaasted O. proued T.; and ȝe shulen haue tribula|cioun in ten dayes. Be thou feithful vntotil into A pr. m. til to A sec. m. G pr. m. NOQSVXY. the deeth, and I shal ȝiue to thee a coroun of lijf. He that hath eres, here, what theOm. O. spirit `shal seieseith V. to theOm. ANQSVY. chirchis. He that shal ouercome, shal not be hirt of the secounde deeth. And to the aungel of the chirche of PergamePergamus ANSVXY. wrijte thou, Thes thinges seith he, that hath the swerd sharp onin SY. `either sijdeeche part ANOSVX sec. m. Y. eche side Q.. I woot where thou dwellist, where theOm. Q. seete of Sathanas is; and thou holdist my name, and denyestdenyedest NOSVXY. not my feith. And in tho dayesdaies was V. Anti|phas, myin O. feithful witnesse, that was sleyn at ȝou, where Sathanas dwellith. But I haue aȝens thee fewea fewe QXY. the fewe T. thinges; for thou hastholdest O. there menmen techynge Q. holdinge the teching of Balaam, `the whichwhich V. that X. tauȝte Balac forOm. SX. to sende sclaundre bifore theOm. N. soneschildren O. of Yrael, that is to seie, forOm. SX. to ete of sacri|ficis of ydolis, and forOm. SX. to do fornycacioun; so and thou hast men holdinge the teching of Nycholaytis. Also do thou penaunce; if noteny thing lesse V., I shal `soone comecome soone VY. to thee, and I shal fiȝte with hem inwith Q. in the V. swerd of my mouth. He that hath eres, here, what the spirit `shal seieseith V. to theOm. ANOQSVXY pr. m. chirchis. To `the ouer|comyngethe ouercomere S. hym that ouercometh V. I shal ȝiueȝyue to hym AG sec. m. NOQSXY pr. m. `manna hid, or aun|gel meteaungels met hid ANOQS. aungel mete hid VXY pr. m.; and I shal ȝiue to him a whijt stoon, and in the stoon a newe name writ|un, theOm. V. which no man wootknowith V., no but he that takithtakith it T.. And to the aungel of the chirche of Tyatira wrijte thou, Thes thinges seith the sone of God, that hath iȝen as flaume of fijr, and his feet lijk tothe V. `drosse of goldlatoun T. gold, either latoun V.. I haueOm. V. knowe thi werkes, and feith, and charite, and `my|nisterie, orOm. O. the mynysterie, either V. mynysterie X. seruicethi seruice T. Om. X., and thiOm. O. pacience, and thi laste werkes momore V. than thethi T. for|mer. But I haue aȝens thee a fewe thinges; for thou suffristhast suffrid SY. the womman Jezabel, theOm. VX. whichthat X. seith hirhir self T. forOm. SX. to be a prophetesse, forOm. SX. to teche and deceyue my seruauntes, forOm. SX. to do leccherie, and forOm. SX. to ete of thingisthing QS. offrid to ydolis. And I ȝaf to hir tyme, `that she shuldefor to T. do penaunce, and she wole not do penaunce of hir fornicacioun. LoAnd lo! V.! I sende hir in to a bed, and thei that don leccherie with hir shulen be in moost tribulacioun, noOm. TX. but ifOm. ANOQSY. thei do penaunce offor T. her werkis. And IOm. T. shal slee hir sones ininto V. deeth, and alle chirches shulen wite, forthat V. I am sekinge reynes and hertes; and I shal ȝiue to ech man of ȝou aftirvp AOQSXY. bi V. hisOm. G pr. m. werkes. Forsothe I seie to ȝou, andand to V. othere that ben at Tyatire, who euere hanhath Y. not this teching, and that knewenknowen NQ. not the hiȝnesse of Sa|thanas, hou thei seien, I shal not sende onvpon T. to X. ȝou an other charge; netheles thathold that ANOQVY. holdeth that S. thatOm. O. ȝe han, holdithOm. ANOQSVY. tiltil that T. I come. And to him that shal ouercome, andand that VXY. shal kepe til in to the ende my werkes, I shal ȝiue `to himOm. V. power onvpon T. folkes, and he shal gouerne hem in an yren ȝerd; and thei shulen be broke to gydere, asas the SY. as a G sec. m. V. vesselvessels Q. of a potter, `as andand as Y. I receyuede of my fadir; and I shal ȝiue to him a morewemorn P. sterre. He that hath eres, here, what the spirit `shal seieseith V. to theOm. ANQSVY pr. m. chirchis.

 CAP. III.

And to the `aungel of theOm. O. chirche of Sardis write thouOm. T., Thes thinges seith he, that hath theOm. O. seuen spirites of God, `and seuen sterresOm. S.. I woot thi werkes, for thou hast name, that thou lyuest, and thou art deed. Be thou wakinge, and confirme othere thinges, that weren to diyngedoyng O. dien SX.; forsothefor V. I fynde not thimy N. werkes ful bi|fore my God. Therfore haue thou in myndemynde, or sowle ANSY., hou thou receyuedist, and herdist; and kepe, and do penaunce. Therefore if thou shalt not wake, I shal come to thee as a nyȝt theef, and thou shalt not wite in what hour I shal come to thee. But thou hast a fewe names in Sardis, theOm. V. whiche defouledendefoulen N. not her clothes; and thei shulen walke with me in whijte thingis, for thei ben worthi. He that shal ouercome, shal be clothidclad SX. thusOm. G pr. m. N. with whijte clothisthingis ANOQSY.; and I shal not do awey his name offro V. the boke of lijf, and Ihe N. shal knowleche his name bifore my fadir, and bifore his aun|gels. He that hath eres, here, what the spirit `shal seieseith V. to chirchisthe chirchis GT.. And to the aungel of the chirche of Philadelphe wrijte thou, Thes thinges seith the holy and trewe, that hath the keye of Dauid; theOm. VX. whichthat X. openith, and no man closith, heOm. S. closith, and no man openith. I woot thi that the confusiounconfusioun, or schame T. of thi nakidnesse appere not; and anoynte thin iȝen withwith a ANQSVXY. coliriecoluryo G., that is, medicynalmedicine ANOSY. a medicine QX. for yȝen, maadgederid ANOSVXY. gederide togidir Q. of diuerse erbis, that thou see. IAnd I O. `whom I loueOm. V., reproueblame O. Y repreue X., and chastisechastise whom I loue V. I chastise X.; `therfore sueloue thou therfore T. therfore sue thou good men V. therfore sue thou X., `or loueOm. OTV. and loue X., and do penaunce. Lo! I stonde at the dore, and knocke; if ony man `shal hereherith V. my voys, and openeopeneth OV. theOm. QSY. ȝatȝate to me V., I shal entre to him, and soupe with him, and he with me. I shal ȝiue to him that shal ouercome, forOm. SX. to sitte with me in my troone, as and I ouercam, and sat with my fadir in his troone. He that hath eres, here, what the spirit shal seie to chirchis.

 CAP. IV.

Aftir thes thinges I siȝe, and lo! a dore openydwas opened V. in heuene. And the first voys that I herde, aswas as V. of a trumpe spekinge with me, seiyngeand seyinge O. and seide V., Stiȝe up hidir, and I shal shewe to thee whichewhat O. thingesthing N. itOm. GMPT. bihoueth forOm. SX. to be don soone aftir thes thinges. Anoon I was in spirit, and lo! a seete was put in heuen, and on the seete oon sittinge. And he that sat, was lijk to `the siȝt ofOm. N. aOm. Q. stoone iaspis, and to sardynsardis X.; and the reynbowe was in the cumpas of the seete, lijk toOm. V. theOm. G pr. m. siȝt of smaragdyn. And in cumpasthe compas O. of the seete foureweren foure TV. and twenty smale seetes; and vponaboue ANOQSVX. abouen Y. the troonestrone O. foureweren foure T. I siȝ foure V. and twenty eldreeelder men OTV. elderes S. sittynge, gyrdand girde O. aboute with white clothis, and in the heedisheuedes GOT. of hem golden crownes. And leytinges, and voyces, and thundringesthondres OS. camen out of the troone; and seuen laumpes brennynge bifore the troone, theOm. V. whiche ben seuenOm. N. the seuen OX. spirites of God. And in the siȝt of the seete, aswas T. a sesete Q. of glas, lijk toOm. V. cristal; and werkes, and loo! I ȝafhaue O. bifore thee a dore openid, `the whichwhom T. which V. that X. no man mai close; for thou hast a litel vertu, and hast keptykepte Q. my word, and denyestdenyedest NOQSTVY. not my name. Lo! I shal ȝiue to thee of thethi N. synagogue of Sa|thanas, theOm. VX. whichethat X. seien hem forOm. SX. to be Jewes, and ben not, but liȝenaliene O.. Lo! I shal make hem, that thei come, and wor|schipe bifore thi feet; and thei shulen wite, forthat V. I louede thee, for thou keptistkepest Q. the wordwordis N. of my pacience. And I shal kepe thee froin T. the hour of temptacioun, that is to comyngecomen SX. in to al thethis N. world, forOm. SX. to tempte men dwellinge in erthe. Lo! I come soone; holdeholde thou V. that that thou hast, that no man take thi coroun. And him that shal ouercome, I shal make a piler in the temple of my God, and he shal no more go out; and I shal write onvpon T. him the name of my God, and the name of the citee of my God, of newe Jerusalem, that cometh doun fro heuene of my God, and my newe name. He that hath eres, here, what the spirit `shal seieseith T. to chirchisthe chirchis T.. And to the aungel of the chirche of Lao|diceLoadice V pr. m. Y. wrijte thou, Thes thinges seith Amen, `that is, verreyliOm. QT., `the feithful wit|nesse and treweOm. Q., theOm. VX. whichthat X. is theOm. V. bi|gynnyng of Goddis creature. I woot thi werkes, for nether thou art cooldhot XY., netherne T. hootthou art hoot AG sec. m. NOQSV. thou art cold XY.; I wolde thouthat thou V. were cooldhoot G., oreither V. hootcolde A.; but forOm. Q. thou art lewlew, either bitwixe hoot and coold V., and nether coold, netherne T. hoot, I shal bigynne forOm. SX. to `caste thee outvome thee T. take thee out X. of my mouth. For thou seistseist of thi silf T., ThatOm. O. I am riche, and ful of goodis, and I haue nede ofto O. no manthing V.; and thou woostwoot V. not, forthat V. thou artart not V. a wrecche, and wrech|fulwreched O., and pore, and blynd, and nakid. IAnd I O. counseile thee, forOm. SX. to bye of me `gold fijridbrent gold V., and proued, that thou be maad riche, and beOm. O. clothidclad SX. with whijte clothiscloothinge O., in theOm. G pr. m. PT. mydle of the seete, and in cumpasthe compas AG sec. m. NO. of the seete, foureweren foure T. beestes ful of iȝen bifore and bihynde. And the first beest lijk toOm. V. a lyon; and the secounde beest lijk toOm. V. a calf; and the thridde beest hauynge a face asOm. T. ofOm. SY pr. m. aOm. NV. man; and the fourthe beest lijk toOm. V. an egle fleynge. And the foure beestes hadden echeuery AGPQTV. eueryche NO. of hem sixe wynges; and in cumpas and with inne thei benweren V. ful of iȝen; and thei hadden not reste day and nyȝt, seiynge, Holy, holy, holy, theOm. S. Lord God almiȝty, that was, and that is, and that is to comyngecomen SX.. And whan thothe OQT. foure beestes ȝauen glory, and honour, and blessing to the sittinge onvpon T. the troone, toOm. T. theOm. G pr. m. MPT. lyuynge in to worldlisworld T. the worldis Y. of worldlis, the foure and twenty eldreelder men OQSTXY pr. m. fellen doun bifore the sittyng in troonethe troone O., and worschipeden the lyuynge in to worldlisworld T. of worldlis. And thei senten her crownes bifore the troone, seiyngeand seiden V., Thou, Lord oure God, art worthi forOm. SX. to take glory, and honour, and vertu; for thou madist of nouȝt alle thinges, andOm. O. for thi wille theitho V. weren, and ben maad of nouȝt.

 CAP. V.

And I siȝe in the riȝthalfriȝthond TV. of the sittingesittere V. vponon ANOQSVXY. the troone, a book writun with inne and with oute, and seelid with seuen seelis. And IOm. X. siȝe a strong aungel, preching with greet voysvoys, and seyinge O., Who is worthi forOm. SX. to opene the boke, and forOm. SX. to vnbynde the signetessignes O. singnetis, either seelis V. of it? And `no man miȝtenoon V. in heuene, nether in erthe, nether vndir erthe openemyȝte opene V. the book, neneither NV. biholdehold T. it. And I wepte miche, for `no man isnoon was V. no man worthi is Y. founden worthiOm. Y. forOm. SX. to opene the book, nether forOm. SX. to see it. And oon of the eldreeldre men TX. seide to me, Wepe thou not; lo! a lyoun of the lynage of Juda, the rote of Dauid, hath ouercomen forOm. SX. to opene the book, and forOm. SX. to vnbynde theOm. O. seuen signetessignetis, or smale sealis ANOSY. singnetis, either smale seelis V. of it. And I siȝe, and lo! in theOm. T. mydle of the troone, and `in the mydlein mydle T. Om. V. of fourethe foure T. beestes, and in theOm. T. mydle of eldrethe eldrys AOSVY. eldris NQ. eldre men T., a lomb stondinge as sleyn, hauynge seuene hornes, and seuen iȝen, theOm. VX. whiche ben seuenthe seuene X. spirites of God, sent into ech lond. And he cam, and toke of the riȝthondriȝthalf ANOQSX. of the sittingesittere V. in troonethe trone V. the book. And whan he hadde openyd the book, fourethe foure T. beestes and foure and twenty eldreelder men OST. fellen doun bifore the lomb; hauynge ech of hem harpes, and golden fioles ful of saueringissaueringis, ether swete odouris V., whiche ben theOm. X. preyers of seyntis. And thei sungen a newe song, seiynge, LordLord oure God V., thou art worthi forOm. SX. to take the boke, andOm. N. forOm. SX. to opene the signetes of it; for thou were slayn, and aȝen bouȝtist us to God in thi blood, of alech V. lynage, andor Q. tungetunge, or langagis AN. tunge, or langage S. tunge, either langage V., andin A. pu|plepuplis N., and nacioun; and madist usOm. G pr. m. `to oure GodOm. V. kingdoma kyngdom TV., and prestisprestis to oure God V.; and we shulen regne vponon SVX. erthe. And I siȝe, and herde the voysvoyces O. of many aungels in cumpasthe compas AG sec. m. NOQSVXY. of theOm. AOQV. trone, and of beestes, and ofOm. ANQSVXY. eldreeelder men OT. eldris V.. And the nombre of hem `was aOm. V. thousyndthousindis V. of thousyndis, seiynge with greet voys, The lomb that iswas V. slayn, is worthi forOm. SX. to take vertu, and `diuynite, or godheddignite O. dyuynyte QX. diuynite, ether godhed V. dignyte, or godhede Y., and wisdom, and strengthe, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And ech creature that is in heuen, and that onis on the G sec. m. is vpon T. is on V. erthe, and vnderthat vnder X. erthe, and the se, and whiche thinges benthat ben N. in it, I herde alle seiynge, To the sittynge in troone, and to the lomb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, in to world|listhe worldlis G sec. m. of worldlis. And theOm. Q. foure beestes seiden, Amen. And the foure and twenty `eldre mensenyours, or eldere men ANQSY. senyouris, either eldre men V. elderes X. felden doun `in toon V. her facis, and worschipeden the lyuynge in to world|lis of worldlis.

 CAP. VI.

And I siȝe, that the lomb haddeOm. SY. openid oon of the seuenOm. O. signetes. And Y herde oon of the foure beestis seiynge, as athe S. voys of thundre, Come, and see. And I siȝe, `and loas O.! a whijt hors; and he that sat onvpon T. him hadde a bowe, and aOm. O. coroun iswas V. ȝouun to him. And he wente out ouercomynge, that he shulde ouercome. And whan he hadde openyd the secounde seel, I herde the secounde beest seiynge, Come thou, and see. And an other reed hors wente out; and it iswas V. ȝouun to him `that sat onvpon T. himhim power T., that he shulde take pees fro erthethe erthe AG sec. m. NOSVXY., and that thei sleeschulden slea T. to gydere hemhim SVY. silf; and a greet swerd is ȝouun to him. And whan he hadde openyd the thridde seel, I herde the thridde beest seiynge, Come thouOm. X., and see. And loo! aOm. O. blak hors; and he that sat vponon ANOQSVX. him hadde a balaunce in his hond. And I herde asOm. A pr. m. O. a voys in the mydle of fourethe foure A pr. m. beestis, seiynge, A bilibre of whete, `that is, a weyȝt of two poundOm. V in text., for oo peny, and thre bilibres of barly for ooa VX. peny; and hirte thou not wijn, and oyle. And whan he hadde openyd the fourthe seel, I herde a voys of the fourthe beest, seiyng, Come thou, and see. And loo! a paal hors; and theOm. G pr. m. name Deethof Deeth O. was Deth V. to him that sat onvpon T. him, and helledeth S. suede him. And power iswas V. ȝouun to him onvpon T. foure partispartyes ANOPQST. of theOm. SX. erthe, forOm. SX. to sle with swerd, and hungre, and deeth, and withOm. ANOQSVXY. beestis `of ertheOm. N. of the eerthe O.. And whan he hadde openyd the fyuethe seel, I siȝe vndir anthe V. auter the soules of men sleyn for the word of God, and for witnessing that thei had-theOm. V. den. And thei crieden with greet voys, seiynge, Hou longe, Lordthou, Lorde AG sec. m. NOSVXY., holythat art hooly V. and trewe, demyst thouOm. ANQSVXY. not, and vengistvengist not V. our blood of thes that dwellen in erthe? `And whijte stoolesand to hem ben ȝouen synguler whijt stoolis T., `for ech soule a stooleOm. T. to ech soule a stole X., benweren V. ȝouun to hem; and it iswas V. seid to hem, that thei shulden reste ȝit a litel tyme, til thethe noumbre of the N. euen seruauntes of hem be fulfillidfillid V., and the britheren of hem, that ben to be slayn, as and theithei weren T.. And I siȝe, whan he hadde openyd the sixte seel, and lo! aOm. ANOQSVY. greet erthe mouyng iswas V. maad; and the sunne iswas V. maad blak, as aOm. Q. sack of heyre, and al the moone iswas V. maad as blood. And sterres of heuen fellen doun vponon ANQSVXY. theOm. Q. erthe, as a fijge tree sendith his vnripe fyges, whan it is mouyd of a greet wijnd. And heuen wente awey, as a book infoldidwlappid yn ANOQSVXY.; and all mounteyns and ijleshillis X. benweren V. moued fro her places. And kinges of erthe, and princes, and tribunes, and riche, and stronge, and ech seruauntboond man V., and fre man, hidden hem in dennes and stoones of hillis. And thei seien to hillis and stoonys, Falle ȝe onvpon T. us, and hijde ȝe us fro the face ofon N. theOm. NX. sittynge onvpon T. troonethe trone X., and fro wraththe wraththe OX. of the lomb; for the greet day of her wrath cometh, and who shal mowemai NY. Om. T. stonde?

 CAP. VII.

Aftir thes thinges I siȝe foure aungels stondinge vponon ANOQSVXY. theOm. NQT. foure corners of theOm. ANVX. erthe, holdinge fourethe foure S. wijndis of the erthe, that thei blewenblowen NO. not onvpon T. erthethe erthe ANOQSVXY., nethir onvpon T. theOm. ANOSXY. se, nethir `in toin V. ony tree. And Y siȝe an other aungel stiȝingsittyng O. fro theOm. T. risyng of the sunne, hauynge a signe of quike God. And he criede with aOm. O. greet voys to the foure aungels, to whichethe whiche O. whom T. itOm. A pr. m. iswas V. ȝouun forOm. SX. to noiȝe toOm. OQV. the erthe, and sethe see T., seiyngeand seide V., Nyle ȝe noiȝe theto the G sec. m. T. erthe, andand the STXY. se, nether toOm. ANOQSVXY. trees, tilto T. we `signe, or markemarke OT. signen QX. signen, either marken V., the seruauntes of oure God in the forhedisforeheuedis GO. of hem. And I herde the noumbre `of markidof men signed, or markid AG sec. m. SY. of men singnyd N. of men markid O. of hem signed, or markid Q. of men marken T. of men singned, either markid V. signed, or markid X., an hun|dridhundryd thousind V. and foure and fourty thousyndthousendis O. markidsigned ANQSVXY., of eueryeche X. lynage of the sones of Yrael; of the lynage of Juda, twelue thou|syndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. signedmarked OT.; of the lynage of Ruben, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsigned ANQSVXY.; of the lynage of Gad, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsigned ANQSVXY.; of the lynage of Aser, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsigned ANQSVXY.; of the lynage of Neptalym, twelue thou|syndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsigned ANQSVXY.; of the lynage of Manasse, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsigned ANQSVXY.; of the lynage of Symeon, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsigned ANQSVXY.; of the lynage of Leuy, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsignid ANSVY.; of the lynage of Ysacar, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsignid ANSVY.; of the lynage of Za|bulon, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsignid ANSVY.; of the lynage of Joseph, twelue thousyndthousendis OS. mark|idsignid ANSVY.; of the lynage of Beniamyn, twelue thousyndthousondis O passim in hoc cap. markidsignid ANSVY.. Aftir thes thinges I siȝe a greet company, whom no man miȝte noumbre, of alle `folkis, and lynagislynagis folkis X., and puplis, and tungislangagis V., stondinge bifore the trone, in theOm. T. siȝt of the lomb, coueridclad O. and thei weren clothid V., `or clothidOm. OQVX. or clad S., with whijte stoolis, and palmespsalmys N. palmes weren V. in the hondis of hem. And thei crieden with greet voys, seiynge, Helthe to oure God, that sittith onvpon T. tronethe trone ANOT., and to the lomb. And alle aungels stoden in cumpas of the trone, and ofof the A pr. m. T. `senyouris, or eldresenyourys, or eldris AY. senyours NQ. elder men OT. senyouris, or eldere men S. senyouris, either eldris V. elderes X., andand of V. foure beestis. And thei fellenfellen doun V. in the siȝt of theOm. Q. trone, `in toon V. her facis, and worschipiden God, seiyngeand seiden V., Amen! blessyng, and cleernes, and wisdom, and doyng of thankingis, and honour, and vertu, and strengthe tobe to T. be ȝouen to V. oure God, in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen. And oon of the `eldre mensenyours ANQSVXY. answeride, and seide to me, Who ben thes, that ben coueridclothid O., `or cloth|idOm. NOQVX. or clad S., with whijte stoolisclothis V sec. m.? and ofOm. QX. fro V. whennus camen thei? And I seide to him, My lord, thou woost. And he seide to me, Thes ben thei, that camen fro greet tribu|lacioun, and waschidenweshen SX. her stooles, and maden hemOm. S. whijte in bloodthe blood O. of the lomb. Therfore thei ben bifore the trone of God, and seruen toOm. O. him day and niȝt, in his temple. And he that sittith in tronethe trone T., dwell|ith onvpon T. hem. Thei shulen no more hungre, andne ANOQSY. nether VX. thirste, nether sunnethe sunne T. shal falle onvpon T. hem, nether ony heete. For the lomb, that is in theOm. T. mydle of theOm. AQSVY. trone, shal gouerne hem, and shal leede `hem forthforth hem V. to the wellis of watristhe wateres O. of lijf; and God shal wijpe awey ech teer fro `the iȝenyȝe O. of hem.

 CAP. VIII.

And whan he hadde openid the seuenthe seel, silence iswas V. maad in heuen, as `half an houran half our V.. And I siȝe seuen aungels stondinge in the siȝt of God, and seuen trumpes beweren V. ȝouun to hem. And another aungel cam, and stode bifore the auter, hauyngeand hadde V. a golden censer; and many encenses benweren V. ȝouen to him, that he shulde ȝiue of the preyers of alle seyntis vponvp O. on SVX. the golden auter, that is bifore the tronetrone of God V.. And the smoke of encensiscenser O. of the preyers of ha|lewishooly men V. stiȝede up offro V. the aungelis hond bifore God. And the aungel toke the censer, and fillide it of theOm. T. fijr of the auter, and sentesende Y. itOm. ANOQSVY. in to erthe. And thundres, and voyces, and leytinges benweren V. maad, and greeta gret T. `erthe mouyngerth mouynges O.. And the seuene aungelis, that hadden seuen trumpes, maden hem redy, that thei shulden synge in trumpetrumpis GNSY.. `And the first aungel song in trumpeOm. QT.; and hayl iswas V. maad, and fijrfire and blood N. mengidmeyned OQV. meynt Y. to gydere `in bloodOm. N.; and it iswas V. sent in to erthe. And the thridde paart of erthe iswas V. brent, and the thridde paart of trees iswas V. brent, and al greene `hay, or grasgras O. hei X. greene trees, hey, or gras Y., iswas V. brent. And the secounde aungel song in trumpea trumpe T.; and as a greet hil brennyng with fijr iswas V. sent in to the se; and the thridde paart of the se iswas V. maad blood, and the thridde paart of creaturescreature GOPQSTVXY. the creature N. isof hem was V. deed, that hadden souleslyues V., `or lijfesOm. NVX., in the se, and the thridde paart of shippisthe schippes Q. perschide. And the thridde aungel song in trumpe; and a great sterre brennynge as a litelOm. O. bronde, fel frodoun fro O. heuen; and itOm. QSX. fel in to the thridde part of floodis, and in to wellis of watris. And the name of the sterre is seid Wermod. And the thridde part of watris iswas V. maad in to wermod; and many men benweren V. deede of the watris, for `thei bentho weren V. made bitter. And the fourthe aungel song in trumpe; and the thridde paart of sunnethe sunne NOSTVX. iswas V. smytun, and the thridde paart of theOm. ANOQSX. moone, and the thridde paart of sterristhe sterris G., so that the thridde paart of hem was derkid, and the thridde paart of daythe day T. shooneschynyde V. not, and also of niȝt. AndAnd also V. I siȝe, and herde thea O. voys of anoon ANSVY. oen X. egle fle|ynge bi mydlethe myddil of S. myddil of V. heuen, seiynge with greet voys, Wo! wo! wo! to `the dwellinge menmen dwellinge VX. in erthe, of otherethe othere Q. thre T. voycis of threthe NQSY. Om. X. aungels, that weren to syngyngesingen SX. in trumpe.

 CAP. IX.

And the fyuethe aungel song in trumpea trumpe T.; and I siȝe athat a V. sterre `for to haueto haue STX. hadde V. fallen doun fro heuen in to erthe; and the keye of the pitt of depnesse iswas V. ȝouun to himit ANOQSVXY.. And heit ANOQSVXY. openydeopeneth Q. the pitt of depnesse, and smoke `of the pittOm. O. stiȝede up, as the smoke of a greet fourneys; and the sunne iswas V. derkid, and theOm. ANSX. eyr, of theOm. T. smoke of the pitt. And `of smokethe smoke ANOQSVXY. of theOm. NVY. pitt locustes wenten outlocustes wenten out of the smoke of pit V. in `to theOm. G. to V. ertheaier O.; and power iswas V. ȝouun to hem, as scorpiouns of erthe han power. And it iswas V. comaundid to hem, that thei shulden not hirte hay `of the ertheof erthe AG sec. m. NQSVXY. Om. O., nether aleny OV. grene thing, ne|ther echeny V. tree, no but onely men, that han not the marksigne ANOQSVXY. of God in her forhedisforeheuedes OT.. And it iswas V. ȝouun to hemhem in maundement T., that thei shul|den not sle hem, but that thei shulden be tourmentidturment V. fyue monethes; and the tour|menting of hem, as the tourmentyng of aOm. T. scorpioun, whan he smytith a man. And in tho dayes men shulen seke deeth, and thei shulen not fynde it; and theiOm. T. shulen desijre forOm. SX. to dye, and deeth shal flee fro hem. And the lijknesseslicnesse QSTXY. of locustis lijkben lijc TV. toOm. V. horsishors X. made redy inOm. ST. to bateyle; and onvpon T. the heedisheuedes OT. of hem as crownes lijk toOm. V. gold, and theOm. G pr. m. faces of hem as facesthe faces NSX. of men. And thei hadden heeres, `as heeresOm. V. of wymmen; and the teeth of hem were as theOm. AOSVY. teeth of lyouns. And thei hadden haberiouns, as yren haberiouns, and the voysvoices O. of `the ilketho X. wyngis as the voys of chaaris of many horsishors SX. rennynge in to bateyl. And thei hadden tayles lijk ofOm. NV. to T. scorpiouns, and prickes weren in the tayles of hem; and the miȝt of hem forOm. SX. was for TV. to noyȝe men biOm. ANOQSVXY. fyue monethis. And thei hadden vponon ANOQSVXY. hem a kyng, thean Q. aungel of depnesse, to whom the name bi Ebru, LabadonAbbadon N. is Laabadan V., forsothe bi Greke, Appolion, and bi Latyn `hauynge thehath AOQSVX. his N. name De|strier. Oo woo passidis passid T., and lo! ȝit comencommeth NO. twotweye ANQVY. wos. Aftir thes thingis andalso V. the sixt aungel song in trumpe; and I herde ooa OQ. voys offro V. fourethe foure T. corners of the golden auter, that is bifore the iȝen of God, sei|yngeand seide V. to the sixte aungel that hadde athe X. trumpe, VnbyndeVnbynde thou V. fourethe foure TX. aungels, that ben boundefounden V. in the greet flood Eufrates. And the foure aungels benweren V. vnbounde, theOm. V. whiche weren redy into hour, andOm. O. day, and monethe, and ȝeer, `that thei shulden sleeto slee V. the thridde paartparti O. of men. And the noumbre of the hoost of horsmen twentywas twenty V. thousynd sithis ten thousyndisthousend SVX.. IAnd I TV pr. m. herde the noumbre of hem. And so I siȝesay V. horseshors SX. in visiounvisiouns N.; and thei that saten onvpon T. hem hadden fijry haberiouns, andand of V. iacynctinesiacynctis NX. iacinct V., and brunstonybrymstoon NQ. of brimston V.. And the heedisheuedes OT. of theOm. ANOQSVXY. horsishors SX. weren as heedisheuedes OT. the hedis SX. of lyouns; and `of the mouth of hem fijr comethcam O. cometh out S. forth, and smoke and brunstonfijer and smoke and brymston cometh forth of the mouth of hem V.. Of thes thre plagiswoundis O., `or woundisOm. OQSX. or veniaunce T. either woundis V., the thridde paart of men iswas V. slayn, of fijrthe fyer AG sec. m. NOSVXY., andOm. A pr. m. ofOm. X. smokethe smoke Q., and ofOm. X. brunstonthe brunston Q., that camen out of the mouth of hem. SotheliFor V. the power of horsishors SX. is in the mouth of hem, and in the taylis of hem; forwhi the tailis of hem lijkben lijk TV. to serpentesthe serpentis Q., hauynge heedesheuedes OT., and in hem thei noyen. And thethat Q. tothirothere QS. menOm. O., that benweren V. not slayn in thes plagisveniaunces T. plaagis, weren slayn bi bodily deth and euerelastinge V., nether diden penaunce of the werkis of her hondis, that thei worschip|iden not deuels, and simulacres goldenof gold V., siluerenand siluerene S. and siluer V., andOm. N. and of V. brasenbrasse V., and stoonenof stoon V., and treenentreen AST. of tree V., theOm. VX. whichethat X. nether mowen see, nether heere, nether wandregon X.; and didenthei diden T. not penaunce of her mansleyngis, nether of herOm. MP. venemyngis, nether of her forny|cacioun, nether of herOm. N. theftisȝiftis M..

 CAP. X.

And I siȝe an other strong aungel com|ynge doun fro heuen, coueridclothid V., `or cloth|idOm. OTVX. or clad S., withOm. Q. a cloude, and the raynbowe in his heedheued OT.; and the face of him was as sunnethe sunne TV., and the feet of him as a pyler of fijr. And he hadde in his hond a litel book openyd; and he putteputtide ANV. putt in T. his riȝt foot onvpon T. the se, forsothe histhe ANOQSVX. liftlift foot VX. onvpon T. theOm. T. erthe. And he criede with greet voys, as a lyoun whan he rorith; and whan he hadde cried, seuene thundres spaken her voices. And whan theOm. ANOSVX. seuen thundres hadden spoke her voyces, I was to writyngewriten SX.. And IOm. Q. herde a voys fro heuen, seiyngeseiyng to me N., `Signe thouMarke thou O. Marke thou, hauyng in mynde T., `or markeOm. OQTX. ether marke V., what thingesOm. OX. the seuen thundres spaken, and nyle thou write hem. And the aungel whom I siȝe stond|inge aboue the se, and aboue the erthe, liftidelifte ANOSV. up his hond tointo N. heuen, and swoor by the lyuynge in to worldlis of worldlis, that made of nouȝt heuen, and tho thinges thatwhiche ANQV. ben in it, and theOm. O. erthe, and tho thinges thatwhiche N. ben in it, and the se, and tho thinges that ben in it, forthat V. tyme shal no more be. But in the dayes of the voyce of the seuenthe aungel, whan he shal bi|gynne forOm. SVX. to synge in trumpe, the mys|teriemisterie, or priuyte T. of God shal be endidfulfilde O., as he euan|gelizide bi his seruauntis prophetis. And I herde a voys fro heuen eftsoone spek|inge with me, andOm. O. seiynge, Go thou, and take the book openyd, offro V. the hond of the aungel stondinge aboue the se, and onaboue T. the lond. And I wente to theOm. A. aungel, seiyngeand seide V. to him, that he shulde ȝiue to me the book. And he seide to me, Take the book, and deuoure it; and it shal make thi wombe forOm. SX. to be bittir, but in thi mouth it shal be swete `as honyOm. O.. And I toke the book of the aungels hond, and deuour|ide it, and it was in my mouth as swete honeyas hony QT.; and whan I hadde deuourid it, my wombe was bittir. And he seide to me, It bihoueth thee eftsoone forOm. SX. to pro|phecie to hethen men, and to puplis, and toOm. ANOQSVX. langagistungis X., and to many kingis.

 CAP. XI.

And a `mesure lijk toreeid, either mesure, lijk V. a ȝerd iswas V. ȝouun to me, and it iswas V. seid to me, Rise thou, and mete the temple of God, and the auter, and men worschipinge in it. For|sothe castecaste thou V. out the porcheforȝerd V., that is with out forthOm. V. the temple, and mete it not; for it is ȝouun to hethen men, and thei shulen defoule the holy citee bi fourty monethis and twotwenti A. tweyne NOQV.. And I shal ȝiue to my twotweye NOQV. witnesses, and thei shulen prophecie a thousynd dayes two hundrid and sixty, theiOm. TX. and thei schulen be V. clothidclad SX. with sackis. Thes ben twotweyne ANOQV. olyues, and twotwey ANOQV. candelstickes, `ȝeuynge liȝtOm. V., theiOm. QTX. and thei V. stondingestonden V. in theOm. T. siȝt of the Lord of erthe. And if ony man `shal wolenwole V. forOm. SVX. to anoiȝenoȝen S. hem, fijr shal go out of the mouth of hem, and shal de|uoure her enemyes. And if onyeny man T. `shal wolenwole V. forOm. SVX. to hirte hem, thus it bihoueth himhem N. forOm. SX. to be slayn. Thes han power `of shittingefor to schitte O. to schitte V. heuen, that it rayne not in thetho T. dayesdai X. of her prophecieprophecies X.; and thei han power onof N. vpon T. watirs, `of turnynge hemto turne V. in to blood; and forOm. SX. to smyte the erthe with `al plagea wonde O. al wounde T. al plage, either veniaunce V., and hou ofte euer thei `shulen wolewolen V.. And whan thei shulen ende her witnessing, the beest that stiȝethstiede O. up offro V. theOm. V. depnessedepthe S., shal make bateylbatals A. aȝens hem, andand he S. shal ouercome hem, and shalOm. X. slee hem. And the bodies of hem shulen liggelyn SX. in the streetis of the grete citee, that is clepid goostlyOm. T. Sodom, and Egipt, where the Lord of hem was crucified. And `thei shulen seesumme V. of lynagis, and of puplis, and tungistungis, or langagis ANS. of tungis T. of langagis V., andand of TV. hethen men, theschulen see the V. bodies of hem bi thre dayes and an half; and `the bodies of hem shulen not be suf|fridthei schulen not suffre the bodies of hem V. forOm. SX. to be put in biriels. And men enhabitinge the erthe shulen haue ioye vponon ANQSVX. vp G pr. m. of O. hem; and thei shulen make myryioye T., andand thei AQS. sendeschulen seend AG sec. m. OQSVX. ȝiftes to gydere, for thes twotwey ANOQSV. prophetes tourmentiden hem that dwellen onvpon OT. in P. erthe. And aftir thre dayes and an half, the spirit of `lijf ofOm. O. God entride in to hem; and thei stoden onvpon T. her feet, and greet drede fel onvpon T. hem that siȝen hem. And thei herden a greet voys fro heuen, seiynge to hem, StiȝeStie ȝe ANOT. Steȝith SX. up hidir. And thei stiȝedenstiȝeden vp T. in to heuen in a cloude, and the enemyes of hem siȝen hem. And in that hour a greet erthe mouyng iswas V. maad, and the tenthe paart of the citee felfel doun V.; and `ther benthe names of men seuene thousind weren V. slayn in the erthe mouyng theOm. OV. `names of men seuen thousyndOm. V.; and `the totherthat other Q. benweren V. sentsent, or putte T. inin to A pr. m. VX. drede, and ȝauen glory to God of heuen. The secounde woo wentewente, or is gon ANS. is goon V., and lo! the thridde woo shal come soone. And the seuenthe aungel song in trumpe, and greete voices benweren V. maad in heuen, seiyngeand seiden V., The reume of this world is maad `oure Lordisof oure Lord G sec. m. of oure God T., and ofOm. ANOQSVX. CristisCrist G sec. m., his sone; and thei shulen regne in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen. And the foure and twenty senyoureselder men OT., `or elder menOm. ANOQSTVX., that sitten in her seetes in the siȝt of the Lord, fellen `in toon V. her facis, and worschipiden Godthe Lord NO., seiyngeand seiden V., We don thankinges to theethee, Lord O., LordOm. V. God almiȝty, whichthe whiche S. that X. art, and whichthat X. waswere SVX., and whichthat SX. art to comyngecomen STX.; whichthat X. hast takun thiOm. T. greet vertu, and hast regnyd. And folkes ben wrothe, and thi wrath cam, and tyme of deede men forOm. SX. to be demyd, and forOm. SX. to ȝelde hijre to thi seruauntis, andOm. S. prophe|tis, and halewis, and dredinge thi name, to smale and litlegreete VX., and `of destriyngeOm. O. destriynge P. of destruyng, or outlawyng T. to distroie V. hem that corrumpeden the erthe.

 CAP. XII.

And the temple of God in heuen iswas V. openyd, and the ark of his testament iswas V. seyn in his temple; and leytinges benweren V. maad, and voyces, and erthe mouyng, and greet hayl. And aOm. NT. greet tokensigne ANOQSVX. apperide in heuene; a womman `couerid, orOm. OV. kouerid X. cloth|idclad S. Om. X., with theOm. ANQS. sunne, and theOm. Q. moone vndir hir feet, and in thehir T. heedheued OT. of hirOm. T. a coroun of twelue sterris. And she hau|yngehadde chijld V. in wombewombe, or beinge with childe T. the wombe V.; and she `criede, ber|ingecrieth, traueilinge of V. chijld, and is tourmentid, that she bere chijld. And an other toknesigne ANOQSVX. iswas V. seyn in heuen; and lo! a greet reed dragoun, hauynge seuen heedesheuedes OT., and ten hornes, and in the heedisheuedes OT. of him seuen diademes. And the tayl of him drewȝ the thridde paart of sterresthe sterris Q. of heuene, andand he T. sente hem in to erthe. And the dragoun stood bi|fore the womman, that was to beringebern SX. chijld, that whan she hadde born chijld, he shulde deuoure hir sone. And she chijldide a `sone malemale son, either knaue chijld V., that was to reul|ingereulen SX. alle folkes in an yrenyrenen O. ȝerd; and hir sone iswas V. rauyschid to God, and to his trone. And the womman fleiȝ in to wil|dirnesse, where sche hath a place redymaad redy V. of God, that she feedefedde V. hir there a thou|synd dayes two hundrid and sixty. And aOm. T. greet bateyl iswas V. maad in heuen, and Mychael and his aungels fauȝten with the dragoun. And the dragoun fauȝt, and his aungels; and thei hadden not miȝtmyȝt more Q., ne|ther theOm. AV. place of hem iswas V. founden more in heuen. And `the ilkethat X. dragoun iswas V. cast doun, the greet oldeelder V. serpent, that is clepid the Deuel; and Sathanas, that deceyuethdisceyued Q. al the world, ishe was V. cast outdoun V. in to erthethe erthe Q., and his aungels benweren V. sent with him. And I herde a greet voys in heuen, seiynge, Now is maad helthe, and vertu, and kingdom of oure God, and the power of his Crist; for the accuser of oure britheren is cast dounout S., whichethat X. accusede hem bifore the siȝt of oure God day and niȝt. And thei ouercamen him for the blood of the lomb, and for the word of his witnessinge; and thei loueden not her souleslyues V., `or lijfesOm. QSVX., vntotil to ANQSVX. til to the O. vnto the T. deeth. Therfore `glade ȝe, heuensȝe heuenes, be glad V., and ȝe that dwellen in hem. Wo to the erthe, and se; for the fend cam doun `to ȝouOm. T., hauyngeand hath V. greet wraththe, witinge forthat V. he hath litel tyme. And aftir that the dragoun siȝesaye O., forthat V. he was cast doun in to erthe, he pursuede the womman, that chijldide a male sone. And twotweyne A. twei NOQV. wynges of a greet egle benweren V. ȝouun to `the wommanhir O., that she shulde flee in to de|sert, in to hir place, where she is fedOm. S. bi tyme, and tymes, and the half of tymea tyme O., fro theOm. VX. face of the serpent. And the ser|pent sente of his mouth aftir the womman watir asof P. flooda flod X., that he shulde make hir forOm. SX. to be drawen of the flood. And the erthe helpidehelp S. halp X. the womman, and the erthe openyde his mouth, and soupidesoop vp ANOQSV. soupide vp G sec. m. soupide P. sop vp X. the flood, that the dragoun sentesente oute Q. of his mouth. And the dragoun iswas V. wroth toin to ANOQSX. aȝens V. the womman, and he wentesente Q. forOm. SX. to make bateyl with othere of hir seed, that kepen the maundementes of God, and han the witnessing of Jhesuour Lord Jhesu O. Crist. And he stood onvpon T. the grauel ofon N. the se.

 CAP. XIII.

And I siȝesaye O passim. a beest stiȝinge up of the se, hauynge seuen heedesheuedis O et T passim., and ten hornes; and onvpon T. his hornes ten dyademes, and onvpon T. his heedes the namesname Q. of blasfemye. And the beest, whom I siȝe, was lijk toOm. QV. a pardeliberde O., `or a lipardor liparde ANQS. Om. TX. or a lybard V., and his feet as the feet of a bere, and his mouth as the mouth of a lyoun; and the dragoun ȝafȝaf his vertu and greet power V. to `the ilkethe ilke best T. that beeste V. `his vertu, and greet powerOm. V.. And I siȝe oon of his heedis, as slayn in to deeth; and the wounde of his deeth iswas V. curidcurid, or helid T.. And al erthe wondride aftir the beest. AndOm. V. thei worschipiden the drag|oun, that ȝaf power to the beest; and thei worschipiden the beest, seiyngeand seiden V., WhoWho is TV. lijk toOm. V. the beest, and who shal mowe fiȝte with ithim T.? And a mouth spekinge greet thinges, and blasfemyes, iswas V. ȝouun to ithym T.; and power iswas V. ȝouun to itOm. M. him T., forOm. SX. to do in two and fourty monethis. And ithe T. open|yde his mouth in toOm. Q. blasfemyes toin to O. God, forOm. SX. to blasfeme his name, and his taber|nacle, and hem that dwellen in heuen. And it iswas V. ȝouun to him forOm. SX. to make bateyl with seyntis, and forOm. SX. to ouercome hem; and power iswas V. ȝouun to him, in to aleche SV. lynagelynagis N., and puple, and tungetunge, or lan|gage AS. langage V., and folk. And alle men worschipiden it, that dwellendwelliden T. in erthe, whois names ben notno O. writen in the book of lijf of the lomb, that iswas V. slayn fro the bigynnynge of the world. If ony man hathhaue X. eres `of her|ingeOm. V., here he. He that `shal ledeleedith V. in to caytifte, shal go in to caytifte; heand he S. that `shal slee insleeth with V. swerd, it bihoueth him forOm. SX. to be slayn inwith V. swerd. This is theOm. V. pacience and feith of seyntis. And I siȝe an other beest stiȝing up fro the erthe, and haddeit hadde TV. two hornes, lijk theto the AG sec. m. OST. lomb; and heit V. spake asof V. the dragoun, and dideit dide T. al the power of the former beest, in his siȝt. And it made the erthe, and men dwellinge in it, forOm. SX. to worschipe the first beest, whois plagewounde OTV. of deeth iswas V. curidnot helid T.. And it dide grete signes, thatand T. also it made fijr forOm. SX. to come doun fro heuen inOm. Q. to erthe, in the siȝt of alle men; andand he T. and it V. deceyueth men dwellinge in erthe, for signes `the whichewhich OTV. that X. ben ȝouun to ithym T. forOm. SX. to do in the siȝt of the beest; seiynge to men dwellinge in erthe, that thei make an ymage of the beest, that hath the woundeplage, or wounde ANS. plage QX. of swerda swerd A. the swerd G pr. m., and lyuede. And it iswas V. ȝouun to him, that he shulde ȝiue aOm. ANOQSVX. spirit to the ymage of the beest, and thethat the V. ymage of the beest speke. And he shal make, that whowhiche ANOSVX. euer `shal not honoureonouren not V. the ymage of the beest, be slayn. And heOm. S. shal make alle, smale and greete, andOm. QX. riche and pore, andOm. Q. fre menOm. X. and seruauntesboonde men V., forOm. SX. to haue a caractercaractre, or α token T. carecter, either prente V. in the riȝt hond, oreither V passim. in her forhedisforeheuedis O.; that no man mai bye, oreither V passim. sille, no but theihe T. that hanhath T. the caracter, `or lettreOm. OTX., or theOm. Q. his T. namename of the beest V., or theOm. V. noumbre of his name. Heere is wisdom; he that hath vndirstonding, acounte the noumbre of the beest; sothelifor it is V. theOm. ST. noumbre of man isOm. V., and his noumbre is sixe hundrid sixty and sixe.

 CAP. XIV.

And I siȝe, and lo! thea QVX. lomb stood onvpon ANOQT. the mount Syonof Syon A pr. m. GQSTX., and with him an hun|dridhundrid thousind V. andOm. AGNQS. foure and fourty thousyndthousondis O., hauynge his name, and the name of his fadir writun in her forhedisforeheuedis O.. And I herde a voys fro heuen, as the voys of many watirs, and as the voys of greet thundre; and the voys whichthat X. I herde, `as ofwas as T. was as of V. harpers harpinge in her harpis. And thei sungen asOm. Q. a newe song bifore the seete of God, and bifore theOm. ANOQSVX. foure beestes, and theOm. ANOQSVX. `eldre mensenyours ANQSVX.. And no man miȝte seie the song, noOm. O. but thei an hundridhundrid thousind V. and foure and fourty thousynd, that ben bouȝt offro V. the erthe. Thes it ben, that ben not defoulid with wymmenmen V.; sothelifor V. theithees O. ben virgynes. Thes suen the lomb, whidir euer he shal go; thes ben bouȝt of allealle the AG sec. m. NPQSTVX., primyciespricis N., `or firste fruytisOm. OSX., to God, and to the lomb; and in the mouth of hem lesyng is not found; sothelifor V. thei ben with outen wem bifore the troone of God. And I siȝe an other aungel, fle|ynge bibi the SX. mydle heuenof heuen SVX., hauynge theOm. ANOQSV. euer|lasting gospel, that he shulde euangelize to men sittynge onvpon OT. erthe, and onvpon T. alOm. G pr. m. ech V. folk, and lynagelyuynge N., andOm. G pr. m. langage, and puple; seiynge with greet voys, Drede ȝe the Lord, and ȝiue ȝe to him honour, for the hour of his doom cometh; and worschipe ȝe him, that made heuen and erthe, the se, and alle thinges that ben in hem, and the welleswelle N. of watirs. And an other aun|gel suede, seiynge, `The ilkeThat X. greet citeeOm. V. Babilonof Babilon O. `felde, feldefell doun, fell doun O. felde QV. fel doun T., `the whichwhich V. that X. ȝaf drinke to alle folkis of theOm. X. wijn ofof the NX. wraththe of hir fornicacioun. And the thridde aungel suede hem, seiyngeand seide V. with greet voys, If ony man `shal worschipeworschipide ANOSVX. worschipe Q. the beest, and theOm. ANOQVX. ymage of it, and taketook ANOQSVX. schal take T. `the toknecarect ANQV. the carectir O. the carect SX. in his forhedforeheued OT., or `in hisOm. N. riȝt S. hond, andOm. V. thishe this T. shal drinke ofOm. Q. theOm. X. wijn of Goddis wrath, that is meyndmengid TX. with cleerother T. wijn in theOm. Q. cuppe of his wraththe, and shalhe schal T. be tourmentid with fijr and brunston, in the siȝt ofof the N. holy aungelis, and bifore theOm. T. siȝt of the lomb. And the smoke of her tourmentis shal stiȝe up in to worldlis of worldlis; nether thei han reste day and niȝt, `the whichewhich V. that X. worschip|idenwirschipen T. the beest, and his ymage, and ifOm. V. ony man toke the carecte of his name. ThisHere V. is the pacience of seyntis, and whiche kepen the maundementis of himGod TV., andin N. theOm. X. feith of Jhesu. And I herde a voys fro heuen, seiynge to me, Wrijte thou, Blessid theben the ANOSTV. be the G sec. m. deede menOm. X., that diendiden O. in the Lord; fro hennus forth now the spirit seith, that thei reste of her trauelis; forsothefor V. the werkes of hem suen hem. And I siȝe, and lo! a whijt cloude, and aboue the cloude aOm. M. on OT. sittingesittere V., lijk toOm. V. the sone of man, hauynge in his heedhond N. heued OT. a golden coroun, and in his hond a sharp sikel. And an other aungel wente out of the temple, criyngeand criede V. with greet voys to `the sittyngesittere V. vponon ANOQSX. in V. the cloude, Sende thi sikel, and repe, forfor the N. hour cometh, that it be ropen; for the rijpe corn of erthethe erthe NO. driededrieth T.. And he that sat vponon ANOQSVX. the cloude, sente his sikel in to erthethe erthe T., and repiderap ANQSVX. raap GO. `in tothe TV. erthe. And an other aungel wente out of the temple, that is in heuen, `hau|ynge and heand he also hadde V. a sharp sikel. And an other aungel wente out offro V. the auter, that hadde power onvpon T. fijr; and he criede with greet voys to him that hadde a sharp sikel, seiyngeand seide V., Sende thi sharp sikel, and kutte ofawey V. the clustres of the vijneȝerd of erthe, for theOm. P pr. m. QS. grapes of it ben rijpe. And the aungel sente his sikel in to erthethe erthe NT., and kuttekittide ANOQ. gaderide grapis V. of the vijneȝerd of erthe, and sente in to the greet lake of Goddis wraththe. And the lake iswas V. defoulid with oute the citee, and bloodthe blode Q. wente out of the lake `vn totil to ANOQSVX. theOm. A pr. m. brijdels of horsishors SX., bi furlonges a thousynd and twotweyne AN. twenty O. twey Q. sixe V. vj X sec. m. hundrid.

 CAP. XV.

And I siȝe an other toknesigne ANOQSVX. in heuen, greetthat was greet V. and wondirful; seuen aungels hau|ynge seuen theOm. T. laste plageswondes O. veniauncis TV., for the wrath of God is endid in hem. And I siȝe as aOm. T. glasen se mengidmeyned OQV. with fijr, and hem that ouercamen the beest, and his ymage, and theOm. P. noumbre of his name, stondinge aboue the glasen se, hauynge the harpes of God; and syngynge the song of Moyses, seruauntthe seruant O. of God, and the song of the lomb, seiyngeand seiden V., Greet and wondirful ben thi werkes, Lord God almiȝty; thi weies ben iust and trewe, Lord kyng of worldlis. Lord, who shal not drede thee, and magnifie thi name? for thou aloone art piteousmerciful OV., `or mercifulOm. OQTVX.; for alle folkes shulen come, and shulen worschipe in thi siȝt, for thi domes ben opunopened X.. And aftir thes thingis I siȝe, and lo! the temple of theOm. ANOQV. tabernacle of witnessinge inof S. heuen iswas V. openyd; and seuene aungels hauynge theOm. ANOQSVX. seuen plageswoundis O., wenten out of the tem|ple, clothidclad SX. and weren clothid V. with a stoon cleene and whijt, andand weren V. bifore gyrd with golden gyrdlis aboute the brestis. And oon of the foure beestis ȝaf to the seuen aungels seuen golden violes, ful of theOm. X. wraththe of God lyuynge in to worldlis of worldlis. And the temple `is fulfillidwas fillid V. with smoke of the mageste of God, and of the vertu of him; and no man miȝte entre in to the temple, til the seuene plages of theOm. ANOSVX. seuene aungels weren endid.

 CAP. XVI.

And I herde a greet voys fro heuen, seiynge to theOm. OQ. seuen aungelis, `Go ȝeGoth X., and `schede ȝeschede OV. shedeth SX. out the seuen violes of Goddis wrath in toto the A pr. m. T. erthe. And the first aungel wente, and shedde out his viole in toto the N. erthe; and aoo O. wounde feers and worst iswas V. maad `in toon V. alle that hadden the ca|recte, `or markeOm. ANOQSVX., of theOm. G pr. m. beest, and `in toon V. hem that worschipiden the beest, and his ymage. And the secounde aungel shedde out his viole in to the se, and blood iswas V. maad, as ofof a AGNPQSV. deed thing; and ech `soule, or lijflijf O. man V. soule X., lyuynge iswas V. deed in the se. And the thridde shedde out his viole onvpon T. the floodes, and onvpon T. on the V. welles of watirs, and blood is maad. And I herde thethe ferth T. aungel `of watirsOm. T. seiynge, Just art thou, Lord, that art, and thatOm. T. waswast ANOQ. were SVX. holy, that demystdemedist ANQX. thes thinges; for thei shedden out theOm. O. blood of halewisthe halowes ANO. thin halewis QSX. and prophetis, and thou hast ȝouun hemto hem V. blood forOm. SX. to drinke; for|sothefor V. thei ben worthi. And I herde an otherOm. M. aungelOm. V. seiynge, Ȝhe! Lord God al|miȝty, treweforwhi true N. and iust thiben thi V. domes. And the fourthe aungel shedde out his viole in to the sunne, and it is ȝouun to him forOm. SX. to tourmente men with heeteheetis N. and fijr. And men swayleden with greet heete, and blasfemeden the name of God hauynge power onvpon T. thes plageswoundus O., nether thei diden penaunce, that thei shulden ȝiue glory to him. And the fyuethe aungel shedde outOm. V. his viole onvpon T. the seeteseed Q. of the beest, and his kyngdom iswas V. maad derk; and thei eeten to gydere her tunges for sorowe, and thei blasfemeden God of heuen, for sorowis and herfor her T. woundis; and thei diden not penaunce of her werkis. And the sixte aungel shedde out his viole in to `the ilkethe O. that VX. greet flood Eufrates, and driede theOm. T. watirwatires O. of it, thatthat the N. weie were rediederedy O. maad redy V. to kyngis fro the sunne risynge. And I siȝe thre vncleene spirites `in tobi the V. manere of froggis forOm. SVX. toOm. VX. go out of the mouth of the dragoun, and of the mouth of the beest, and of the mouth of the false pro|phet. SotheliFor V. `thei benOm. T. spirites of deuelis, makingeben makyng T. signessignes, or wondres T., and thei gon forth toto alle T. kyngis of al erthe, forOm. SX. to gedere hem inOm. O. toto a Q. bateyle, toin to O. the greet day of almiȝti God. Lo! I come, as a niȝt theef. Blessid heis he TV. that wakith, and kepith his clothes, that he wandre not nakid, and thei seensee not V. his filthhed. And heOm. Q. he schal TV. gederidegedere P. gedre TV. hem in to a place, that is clepid in Ebru Herma|gedonHermagedon, in Latyn, togidre rysynge T.. And the seuenthe aungel shedde out his viole in toOm. NS. the eyr, and a greet voys wente out of heuen fro the trone, seiyngeand seide V., It is don. And leytingesgreet leytynges O. benweren V. maad, and voycesvois Q., and thundres; and greet erthe mouyngmouyngis X. iswas V. maad, which manere neuere was, sith men weren vponon ANOQVX. in S. erthe, sich erthe mouyng so greet. And the greet citee `is brokunwas maad V. in toto the N. Om. S. thre parties, and the citees of hethen men fellen doun; and greet Babilon cam in to myndethe mynde N. bi|fore God, forOm. STX. to ȝiue to it the cuppe of wijn of indignacioun of his wrath. And ech ijle fley awey, and hilles ben not founde. And greet hayl as a talent cam doun fro heuen in toOm. Q. men; and men blasfemeden God for the plagewounde O. of hayl, for it iswas V. maad wondirlywondurful O. ful V. greet.

 CAP. XVII.

And oon of the seuen aungels cam, that hadden seuen violes, and spake with me, seiyngeseyyng to me O. and seide V., Come thou, Iand I O. shal shewe to thee the dampnacioun of the greet hoore, that sittith on many watirs, with whichethe whiche NOQ. kynges of erthe diden fornyca|cioun; and thei that dwellendwelliden O. inon Q. erthe ben ful drunkun of theOm. X. wijn of hir leccherie. And he toke `me aweyawey me V. in to desert in spirit. And I siȝe a womman sittynge on a reed beest, ful of namys of blasfemye, hauyngeand hafyng O. seuen heedesheuedes O., and ten hornes. And the womman was enuyround with purpur, and coccyn, `that isor ANOQS. either V. Om. X., reedOm. X., and engoldidouer gilt V. with gold, and withOm. ANOQSVX. precious stoon, and peerlis, hauynge a golden cuppe in hir hond, ful of abhomynaciouns and vnclennessevnclennesses X. of hir fornycacioun. And in the forhedforeheued O. of hir a name writun, Mysterie, Babilon the greet, modir of fornycaciounsfornycacioun N., and ofOm. ANOQS. not of G. abhomynaciouns of erthe. And I siȝe a womman drunken of the blood of seyntis, and of theOm. ANQSV. blood of martirs of Jhesu. And whan I siȝe hir, I wondride with greet wondringe. And the aungel seide to me, Whi won|drist thou? I shal seie to thee theOm. N. sacra|ment of thethis NS. womman, and of the beest that berith hir, that hath seuenthe seuen Q. heedesheuedis O. and ten hornes. The beest whomwhiche ANOQSV. that X. thou siȝesaiest ANOQ. siȝest V., was, and is not; and she `is toschal V. stiȝ|ingsteȝen SX. stiȝe V. vpOm. V. frofro the S. depnesse, and she shal go in to perisching. And men dwellinge in erthe shulen wondre, whois names ben not write in the book of lijf fro makynge of the world, seeynge the beest, that was, and is not. And this is wittthe wit V., that hath wisdom. The seuen heedesheuedes O. ben seuen hilles, on whomwhiche ANQSVX. the which O. the womman sittithsitt X., and `ben seuenseuene ben ANQSV. kinges. Fyue han fallenfeld ANQV. doun, oon is, and an other comethto cometh Q. not ȝit. And whan he shal come, it bihoueth him forOm. SX. to dwelle a short tyme. And the beest that was, and is not, and she is the eiȝtthe, and is of theOm. QX. seuen, and shal go in to persching. And the ten hornes whomwhiche ANOQSVX. thou hast seyn, ben ten kynges, that ȝit han not takun kingdom; but thei shulen take power as kinges, oon hour aftir the beest. Thes han oo counseyl, and shulen bitake her vertu and power to the beest. Thes shulen fiȝte with the lomb, and the lomb shal ouercome hem; for he is Lord of lordis, and kyng of kyngis; and thei that ben with him clepidben clepid V., andOm. V. chosen, and feithful. And he seyde to me, The watirs thatwhiche V. thou hast seynyseien Q., where the hoore sittith, ben puples, folkesor folkis N. and folkis V., and tungestungis, or lan|gagis ANS. langages OV.. And the ten hornes that thou hast seyn in the beest, thes shulen haate the fornicarie wommanor hoore ANQS. Om. OX. either hoore V., and shulen make hir desolat, `or discoumfort|idOm. OQX., and nakid, and shulen ete the flesch of hir, and shulen brenne `hir to gydereto gidere hir V. with fijr. SotheliFor V. God ȝaf `in toto Q. in X. the hertis of hem, that thei do that that is plesaunt tobiforn S. him, that thei ȝiue hir kyng|dom to the beest, til the wordis of God be endid. And the womman whom thou hast seyn, is the greet citee, that hath kyngdom vponon OQV. kinges ofon ANOSX. erthe.

 CAP. XVIII.

And aftir thes thinges I siȝe an other aungel comyng doun fro heuen, hauynge greet power; and the erthe iswas V. liȝtnedliȝtid SX. of his glorie; and criyngehe criede V. with strong voyce, seiyngeand seide V., GreetThe greet cite O pr. m. Babilon fel doun, `fel dounOm. GNOQX pr. m., and is maad the habitacioundesolacioun A sup. ras. of deuelis, and the keping of eche vnclene spirit, and the keping of ech vnclene foul, and haatful. For alle folkis drunken of the wraththe of theOm. V. fornicacioun of hir, and kinges of erthe, and marchauntes of erthe, diden fornycacioun with hir; and thei ben maad riche of the vertu of theOm. AGNOQSVX. delicis of hir. And Y herde an other voys offro X. heuen, seiyng, My puple, go ȝe out `of itOm. S., and be ȝeOm. Q. not parceners of the tres|passistrespas NQ. of it, and ȝe shulen not receyue of the plagiswoundis O. wordis V. of it. For the synnessignes O. of it camen `vn totil to ANOQSVX. in to P. heuen, and the Lord hadde mynde of the wickidnessiswickednesse V. of it. Ȝelde ȝe to it, as and she ȝeldideȝelde ANOQSX. to ȝou; and double ȝe double thinges, aftirvp ANOQSX. hir werkis; inand G. the drinke that she medlidemedlith N. to ȝou, menge ȝe double to hir. Hou michemikel O. she glorifiedegloriede N. hir silf, and was in delijcis, so miche tourment ȝiueOm. N. ȝeOm. QV. to hir, and wep|yngwepynge, or mournyng ANS. weyling V.; for `in hir herteOm. O. she seith, I sittesaat O. a queen, and I am not aOm. S. widewe, andthat N. I shal not see wepyngwepyng, or mournyng ANQS. weyling V.. And ther|fore in oo day hir plageswoundis OV. shulen come, deeth, andOm. Q. moornyng, and hunger; and she shal be brent in fijr, for God is strong, that shal deme hir. And the kinges of erthe shulen wepebiwepe V., and weylebiweyle V. hemhem self V. on hir, theOm. VX. whichethat X. diden forny|cacioun with hir, and lyueden in delicis, whan thei shulenOm. S. see the smoke of bren|nynge of hirit AOQSV.; stondinge fer for drede of tourmentis of hirit ANOQSVX., seiynge, Wo! wo! wo! `the ilkethat X. greet citee Babilon, and `the ilkethat X. stronge citee; for in oon hour thi doom cometh. And marchauntes of erthe shu|len wepe `vpon hiron it ANQSVX. Om. O., and moorneand mourne on it O., for no man shal bye more the marchaundisemarchaun|dises OX. of hem; the marchaundisesmarchaundies V. of gold, andand of V. siluer, andand of V. precious stoonstoones O., andand of V. marga|ritemargaritis N., `or peerlOm. OX., andand of V. bijce, andand of V. purpurpurpul N., andand of V. silk, and coccyncoctyn, or reed ANQS. coctyn, eithir red scarlet V., and ech tre thymeclepid thymus V., and alle vessels of yuer, and alle vessels of precious stoon, and of bras, andand of QSV. yren, andand of V. marble, and canel, and amome, `that is, a swete saueringe treeOm. OX., and of odoramentisswete smelling thingis V., and oynementis, and en|censecens S., and of wijn, andand of V. oyle, andand of V. floure, andand of V. wheete, and of iumentiswerk beestis O., `or werk beestesOm. OX., andand of V. sheep, andand of V. horseshors SX., andand of V. cartes, andOm. G. of seruauntisseruauntis, or caitifis ANOQS. seruauntis, either presoneris V., and of soulis, `or lijfisOm. X., of men. AndAnd of Q. thin ap|ples, theOm. ANOQSX. desijres of thithe V. lijf, wenten awey fro thee, and alle fatte thingesthinge N., and ful cleere perschiden froawey fro O. thee. And mar|chauntes of thes menthingis V. shulen nonot N. moremore now V. fynde `tho thingesthese godis N.. Thei that ben maad riche of hirit ANOQSV., shulen stonde ferafer N., for drede of tourmentis of hirit ANOQSV., wepinge, and moorn|ynge , and seiynge, Wo! wo! `the ilkethat X. greet citee, that was clothidclad SX. with bijce, and purpur, and cockecoctyn, or reed A. cocke, or reed NQS. coccyn O. red scarlet V., and was goldidclothid G. ouer gilt V. with gold, and precious stoon, and margaritis, for in oon hour so many richessisOm. N. ben destitute. And ech gouernour, and alle that shippensailen bi schip V. in to place, and mariners, and that werchen in the se, stoden fer, and crieden, seeynge the place of bren|nynge of hirit ANOSVX., seiynge, WhatWhat citee is V. lijklichi AN. toOm. V. this greet citee? And thei senten poudir vp|onon ANOQSVX. her heedes, and crieden, wepinge, and moornynge, andOm. S. seiynge, Wo! wo! `the ilkethat X. grete citee, in whomwhiche ANOQSVX. alle that han shippes in the se ben maad riche of prisispris X. of it; for in oon hour itOm. AGM et alii. is desolate. Heuen, and holy apostles, `and prophetesOm. O., `glade ȝemake ȝe ful out ioie V. on it, for God hath demyd ȝoure doom of it. And oo strong aungel toke up a stoon, as aof a O. greet mylne stoon, and sente in to the se, seiyngeand seide V., In this birebire, or feersnesse AG sec. m. NS. bire, either feersnes V. `the ilkethat X. greet citee Babilon shal be sent, and now `ouer shal notit schal noo more V. be founde. And the voys of harpersharpis G., and of men of musike, and syngynge with pijpe and trumpe, shal no more be herd in it. And ech `crafty mancraftis man OQSXY., and eche craft, shal notnoo more V. be founden in it. And the voys of mylne stoon shal nonot N. moreOm. N. be herd in thee, and the liȝt of lanternethe lanterne Y. shal no more shijneliȝten X. toin G. thee, and the voys of theOm. NOX. husbonde and of wijfthe wijf G sec. m. shal `not ȝit morenoo more ȝit V. no more X. be herd in thee; for thi marchauntes weren princes of erthe. For in thithe GV. venemous dedis alle folkes erreden. And the blood of pro|phetis and seyntis is founden in it, and ofOm. Q. alle men that ben slayn in erthe.

 CAP. XIX.

Aftir thes thinges I herde asOm. O. a greet voys of manyOm. N. trumpis in heuen, seiynge, AlleluyaAlleluya, that is, herye [praise O] ȝe the Lord ANOSY.; heriyngpraysyng O., and glory, and vertu is toto the Lord N. oure God; for trewe and iust ben the domes of him, theOm. ANOQSVXY. whiche demedenhe demede GSY. of the greet hoore, that corrumpidecorrumpide, or destryede, or defowlide ANY. defouled O. corumpede, or defoulede S. corumpide, either distroiede, either defoulide V. the erthe inof N. hir leccherie, and demydevengide V., `or vengideOm. OVX., the blood of his seruauntis, of the hondis of hir. And eft thei seiden, Alleluya, `that is, Herie ȝe the LordOm. ANOQSVXY.. And theOm. O. smoke of it stiȝithstide O. stiede Q. up, in to worldlis of worldlis. And the foure and twenty `elder mensenyours ANQSVXY. and theOm. ANOQSVXY. foure beestis fellen doun, and worschipiden God sittynge vponon ANOQSVXY. trone, seiyngeand seiden V., Amen, Alleluya. And a voys wente out of the trone, sei|yngeand seide V., ToAlle the seruauntis of oure God, seie ȝe heryingis to V. oure God `seie ȝe, alle the ser|uauntisOm. V. ofto Q. Om. V. himOm. V., heriyngpreysyng O. Om. V., and ȝe that dreden God, smale and greete. And Y herde a voys asOm. GV. of a greet trumpe, and as the voys ofmany watris, and as the vois of V. greete thundris, seiynge, Alleluya; for oureoure Lord OV. God almiȝty hath regnyd. `Enioye weIoye we within forth O., and `glade wemake we ioie V. with oute forth, and ȝiue weOm. V. glory to him; for the weddinges of the lombe camen, and the wijf of him made redy hir silf. And it is ȝouun to hir, that she couere hirhirself X. with whijte bijcebissyn ANOQSVXY. shijnynge; for|sothefor whi V. bijcenbissyn ANOQSVXY. benis V. theOm. QV. iustifiynge Y. iustifiyngesbb of seyntis. And he seide to me, Wrijte thou, Blessid theiben thei M sec. m. QV., that ben clepid to the soper of weddingisthe weddyngis O. of the lomb. And he seide to me, ThesThe X. wordis of God ben trewe. And I fel doun bifore his feet, `that I shuldefor to V. worschipe him. And he seide to me, SeeLoke O., that thou do not; I am thin euen seruaunt, and of thi britheren, hau|ynge theOm. Q. witnessingwittenesse O. of JhesuJhesu Crist N.; wor|schipe thou God. Forsothe the witnessing of Jhesu ishath the O. spirit of prophecie. And I siȝe heuen openyd, and lo! a whijt hors, and he that sat vponon ANOQSVXY. him was clepid Feithful and sothfast; and with riȝtwis|nesse he demith, and fiȝtith. Forsothe the iȝen of him asweren as V. flaume of fijr, and in his heedheued O. many diademes; hauyngeand he hadde V. a name writun, whiche no man knew, noOm. SY. but he. And he was clothidclad X. in a cloothclothing X. spreyndsprengd X. with blood; and the name of him was clepid The wordword, or sone AG sec. m. QSY. word, or loue N. kyndely sone V. of God. And the hoostescom|panyes O., `or companyesOm. OX., that ben in he|uenheuenes X., sueden him in whijte horsishors SX., cloth|idclad SX. with bissyn, whijt and cleene. And a swerd sharp on ech sijde cam forth of his mouth, that inwith O. it he smyte folkes; and he shal reule hem ininto Q. an yren ȝerd. And he tredith, `or defoulithOm. OX., the pressourpres|sure GM. of wijn of woodnessestrong veniaunce V. ofand of N. wraththe of almiȝty God. And heOm. S. hath writen in his clooth, and hemmein his hemme T sec. m., King of kyngis and Lord of lordis. And I siȝe anoon AOSY. aungel stond|inge in the sunne; and he criede with greet voys, seiynge to alle briddis, that flewen biin Q. theOm. O. mydle ofOm. Y. heuen, `Come ȝeCometh S., and `be ȝebeth X. gederid `to gydereOm. AGNOQSTVXY. to the greet soper of God, that ȝe ete the fleschesflesh SX. of kingis, and theOm. ANOQSVXY. fleschesflesh SX. of tribunys, and theOm. AGNOPQSTVXY. fleschesflesh SX. of strongestronge men V., and fleschesflesh SX. of horsishors SX., and of the sittinge onin AGNOPSTVXY. hem, and the fleschesflesh QSX. of alle fre men and ser|uauntisboonde men V., and ofOm. V. smale and ofOm. SX. greete. And I siȝe the beest, and kingis of erthe, and the hoostescompanyes O. of hem gederid, to make bateyle with him, that sat inon O. the hors, and with his hoostcompanye O.. And the beest iswas V. cauȝt, and with hir the falslaste Y. prophet, that made signes bifore hir; in whiche he de|ceyuede hem that token the carectmark T. of the beest, and that worshipedenworshipen SY. `the ymage ofOm. Q. itthe beste S.. Thes twotweyne ANOVY. benweren V. sent quyke in to theOm. AOSXY. pool of fijr, brennynge inwith V. brunston. And the otheretother T. benweren V. slayn inwith V. swerdthe swerd ANQVXY. of thehim O. sittynge onvpon T. the hors, that cometh `forth offro V. the mouth of him; and alle briddis `ben fulfillidweren fillid V. withof O. theOm. T. fleschisflesch NOSX. of hem.

 CAP. XX.

And I siȝe an aungel comynge doun fro heuene, hauynge the keyekeies N. of depnesse, and a greet cheyne in his hond. And he cauȝte the dragoun, the olde serpent, that is the deuel and Sathanas; and he boonde him bi a thousynd ȝeerisȝer SX.. And he sente him in to depnesse, and closide, and sign|edeselide O., `or selideOm. OX., onvpon T. him, that he deceyuedesceyuede QSXY. no more folkes, til a thousynd ȝeerisȝer SX. be fulfillidfillid OV.. After thes thinges it bihoueth him forOm. SX. to be vnbounde a litel tyme. And I siȝe seetes, and thei satenthat seten ST. on hem, and doom iswas V. ȝouun to hem. And the soules of `bihedid menmen biheedid ANSVY. byheuedid men O. men hedid X. for theOm. QSY. witnessing of JhesuJhesu Crist N., and forOm. N. the word of God, and hem that worschepiden not the beest, ne|ther theOm. ANQSVXY. ymage of it, nether token theOm. ANOQSVXY. carectcarectis Q. of it in forhedisforeheuedis O., orneither V. in herOm. G. hondis. And thei lyueden, and regneden `with CristOm. N. a thousynd ȝeerȝeeris NOQVY.. TheOm. V. othereOm. V. of deede menOm. X. lyueden not, til a thousynd ȝeeresȝer SX. be endid. ThisThis is ANOQSVXY. the first aȝen ris|yng. Blessid and holy heis he TV., that hath paart in the first aȝen risyng. In thesthese men V. the se|counde deeth hath notnoo N. power; but thei shulen be prestis of God, and of Crist, and thei shulen regne with himhem O. a thousynd ȝeerisȝer S et X passim.. And whan a thousynd ȝeeres shulen be endid, Sathanas shal be vn|bounde of his prisoun; and he shal go out, and heOm. ANOQSVX. shal deceyue folkes, that ben onin O. vpon T. foure corners of theOm. AOQSVXY. erthe, Gog and Magog. And he shal gedere hemhem to gedir Q. in to bateyl, whois noumbre is as the grauel of the se. And thei stiȝeden vp, onof N. the broodnesse of erthethe eerth OQS., and enuyrounden the castels of seyntis, and the loued citee. And fijr cam doun offro TX. God fro heuen, and deuourede hem. And the deuel, that deceyuede hemOm. T., iswas V. sent in to theOm. SX. pool of fijr and brunston, where andOm. T. bothe V. the beest and false prophetes shulen be tourmentid day and niȝt, in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen. And I siȝe a greet white trone, and the sittynge onvpon T. it, fro whois siȝt erthethe erthe N. fleiȝfleiȝ awey SX. and heuen; and placethe place O. is not founden of hem. And I siȝe deede men, greete and smale, stondinge in the siȝt of theOm. QVXY. trone; and bookes benweren V. openyd; and an othir book iswas V. openyd, that is the book of lijf; and deede men benweren V. demyd of thes thingis that weren write in the bookis, aftirvp ANOQSXY. bi V. the werkeswritingis V. of hem. And the se ȝaf his deede men, that weren in it; and deeth and helle ȝauen her deede menOm. X., that weren in hem. And it iswas V. demyd of alleech V., vpaftur T. bi V. the werkes of hem. And `helle and deethdeth and helle S. benweren V. sent in to theOm. NOQSVXY. pool of fijr. This is the secounde deeth. And he that iswas V. not founde writun in the book of lijf, iswas V. sent in to the pool of fijr.

 CAP. XXI.

And I siȝe newe heuen and newe erthe; forsothefor V. the first heuen and theOm. Y. first erthe wenten awey, and `now is not the sethe se is not now VXY.. And I Joon siȝe the holy citee Jerusalem, newe, comynge doun fro heuen `of God, maad redymaad redy of God V. as a wijf ournedanournyd T. to hir hus|bonde. And I herde a greet voys offro V. q is the trone, seiynge, Lo! the tabernacle of God withwith V. men, and heOm. X. shal dwelle with hem; and thei shulen be his puple, and he God with hem shal be her God. And God shal wijpe aweyOm. Y. ech teer fro iȝenthe iȝen QTX. of seyntishem V.; and deeth shal no more be, nether moorn|yng, nether criyng, nether sorowe shal be ouer; theOm. V. whiche firste thinges wenten awey. And he seide, that sat in the trone, Lo! I make alle thinges newe. And he seide to me, Wrijte thou, for thes wordes ben moost feithful and trewe. And he seide to me, It is don; I am alpha and oo, theOm. Q. bigynnyng and endeending NO.. IAnd Y S. shal ȝiue frely `to the thirstingeOm. V. to thirstinge P. of the welle of quyk watirwatir to him that thurstith V.. He that shal ouercome, shal weelde thes thinges; and I shal be God to him, and he shal be sone to me. Forsothe toOm. O. proudefeerdful V. men, and vnbileueful, and curs|idcursid, either abomynable V., and manquellers, and fornicatours, and to men doynge venym, or sleynge menother ANOSY. othere men V. by venymGloss om. in QX., andand to O. worschipers of ydolis, and toof A sec. m. alle liȝersleesyng mongeres ANOQSXY., the paart of hem shal be in the pool brennynge with fijr and brun|ston, that is the secounde deeth. And one cam of the seuen aungels, hauynge violes ful of seuenthe seuene Q. theof the A pr. m. laste plagiswooundis O. veniaunces V.. And he spake with me, seiyngeand seide V., Come thou, Iand I SVY. shal shewe to thee the spousespousesse V., wijfthe wijf V. of the lomb. And he toke me upOm. N. in spirit in to a greet hil and hiȝ; and he shewide to me the holy citee Jerusalem, comynge doun fro heuen of God, hauynge the cleerte of God; and the liȝt of it lijk toOm. V. a precious stoon, as toOm. OV. the stoon iaspis, asand as T. cristal. And it hadde a wal greet and hiȝ, hauynge twelue ȝates, and in theOm. ASVXY. twelue N. ȝatisȝate G. of it twelue aungelscorneres S. Om. Y., and names writun in, that ben theOm. X. names of theOm. ANOQSTVXY. twelue lynagis ofand of G. theOm. SY. sones of Yrael; fro the eest thre ȝates, and fro the north thre ȝates, and fro the south thre ȝates, and fro the west thre ȝates. And the wal of the citee hauyngewas hau|yng T. hadde V. twelue founde|mentes, and in hem the namestwelue names V. of theOm. ANOQSVXY. twelue apostlis, and of the lomb. And he that spake with me, hadde a golden me|sure of a reed, that he shulde mete the citee, and the ȝates of it, and the wal. And the citee is `put inOm. N. set in V. square; and the lengthe `of itOm. S. isOm. N. so miche, hou miche andis N. is and V. the breede. And he mat the citee ofwith V. the reed, bi furlongis twelue thou|syndesthousend SX.. And the hiȝthe, and lengthethe lengthe TVY., and breede of it, ben euen. And he mat the walles `of itOm. S., of an hundrid andOm. Q. foure and fourty cubytis, bi mesure of man, thatwhiche T. is, ofof an ANOQSVXY. aungel. And the bildyngbilding, or makyng ANQSY. bilding, either making V. of theOm. N. wal was of stoon iaspis. Sotheli the citee itof it Y. silf was ofOm. V. cleene gold, lijk toOm. V. cleene glas. And the foundementes of theOm. NQ. wal of the citee ournedwas ourned T. weren ourned V. with ala N. precious stoon. The first foundement, ias|piswas iaspis T.; the secounde, saphirus; the thridde, calcedonyus; theOm. NQY. fourthe, smaragdus; theOm. ANOQY. fyuethe, sardonix; theOm. ANOQSY. sixte, sar|dius; theOm. ANOQSY. seuenthe, crisolitus; theOm. ANOQSY. eiȝthe, berillus; theOm. ANOQSY. nynthe, topasius; theOm. ANOSY. tenthe, crisopassus; theOm. ANOQSY. eleuenthe, ia|cinctus; theOm. ANOQYS. tweluthe, ametistus. And twelue ȝatesȝatis ben QTVX. ben ȝatis SY. twelue margarites benOm. QSTVXY., by ech; and eche `ȝates werenȝate was V. ȝatis ben X. of eche mar|garitismargarite V.. And the stretes of the citee cleneof cleene N. weren clene V. gold, asas of V. glas ful shijnynge. And I siȝe no temple in it, forsothefor V. Lordthe Lord AOQTXY. GodOm. Q. al|miȝty isand the lomb, is V. templethe tempel OTVX. of it, `and the lombOm. V.. And the citee hath no nede of sunne, ne|therne Q. nether of Y. moone, that thei shijne in it; forwhi the cleerte of God shal liȝten it, and the lomb is the lantern of it. And folkes shu|len walke in liȝtthe liȝt N. of it; and the kinges of erthe shulen bringe toOm. TV. her glory and honour in to it. And the ȝates of it shulen not be closid bi daye; sotheli niȝt shal not be there. And thei shulen bringe toOm. V. theto the T. glory and honour of folkis in to it. Nethir ony thing defouliddefoulid and doinge abomynacioun and lesing V. shal entre in to it, `and doynge abhomynacioun and lesyngOm. V.; no but theithoo N. Om. T. that ben writun in the book of lijf and of the lomb.

 CAP. XXII.

And he shewide to me a flood of quyk watir, shinynge as cristal, comynge forth of the seete of God, and of the lombe. In the mydle of the street of it, and on ech sijde of the flood, the tree of lijf, bringyng toforth V. twelue fruytes, `bi eche monethes ȝeld|inge his fruytȝeeldinge his fruit bi ech monthe V.; and the leefes of the tree toben to V. helthe of folkis. And ech cursid thing shal no more be; but the seetes of God and of the lomb shulen be in it. And the seruauntes of him shulen serue to him. And thei shulen see his face, and his namename schal be T. in her forhedis. And niȝt shal no more be, and thei shulen not haue nede to theOm. NOQS. liȝt of lantern, nethir to liȝt of theOm. AOQVXY. sunne; for the Lord God shal liȝtneliȝte S. hemto hem O., and thei shulen regne in to worldlis of worldlis. And he seide to me, Thes wordis ben moost feithful and truewe. And the Lord God of spiritis prophetisof prophetis OS pr. m. TV. sente his aungelaungels N., forOm. SX. to shewe to his ser|uauntis, what thinges it bihoueth forOm. SX. to be don soone. And, lo! I come swiftlysone O.. Blessid hebe he ANO. is he TV., that kepith the wordis of pro|phecie of this book. And II am NV. Joon, that herde and siȝe thes thinges. And aftiraftirward ANOQSVX. that I hadde herd and seyn, I fel doun, `that I shuldefor to V. worschipe bifore the feet of the aungel, that schewide to me thes thinges. And he seide to me, See that thou do not; forsothefor V. I am thin euen seruaunt, and of thi britheren, prophetis, and of hem that kepen theOm. N. wordes of pro|phecie ofand of O. this book; worschipe thou God. And he seide to me, SigneSeele O., `or seeleOm. OX., thou not the wordes ofof this book of Q. prophecie `of this bookOm. Q.; forsothefor V. theOm. X. tyme is niȝ. He that noyeth, noye ȝit; and he that is in filthis, wexewexe he AG sec. m. NOQSXY. foul ȝit; and `he that is iusta iust man V., be heOm. plures. ȝit iustified; and the holy, be heOm. ANOQSVXY. halewid ȝit. Lo! I come soone, and my mede with me, forOm. SX. to ȝelde to ech man aftirvp AOQSXY. his werkes. I am alpha and oo, the first and the last, bigynnyng and ende. Blessid theiben thei ANTV., that waschen her stooles `in blood of the lombin the blood of the lomb AG sec. m. NOQSXY. Om. V., that the power of hem be in the booktree V. of lijf, and bi ȝatisthe ȝatis ANOQSVXY. entre in to the citee. Forsothe with oute forth, houndesschulen be schit houndis T., andor Q. `venym doerspoyseneris O., `or poysenersOm. OX. either poyseneris V., and vnchaast men, and manquellers, andOm. O. seruynge `to ydolesOm. OX., and ech that loueth and doithmakith V. lesyng. I Jhesus sente myn aungel, forOm. S. to witnesse to ȝou thes thinges `in chirchisOm. O.. I am theOm. G pr. m. roote and kyndekyn V. of Dauid, aand a T. shyn|ynge moruand morowe ANQSVXY. and a morowe O. sterre. And the husbondespirit V. and theOm. Q. spousespousesse V., `or wijfOm. OX. either wijf V., seyn, Come thou. And he that herith, seithseie ANOQSV., Come thou; and he that thirstith, come; and he that wole, take freely the watir of lijf. Forsothe Y witnesse to ech man heringe the wordes of prophecie of this book, if ony man shal put to toOm. NQVX. thesthes thinges TV., God shal putteput to AG sec. m. OPQSVX. vponon AG sec. m. NOQSVX. him the plageswoundis O. veniauncis TV. writun in this book. And if ony man shal do awey of the wordis of theOm. ANOQS. book of this pro|phecie, God shal take aweyOm. T. thefro him the N. paart `of him froof N. the book of lijf, and fro the holy citee, and fro thes thinges that ben writun in thisthe O. book. He seith, that berith wit|nessyng of thes thingis, Ȝhe, amen. ILo! Y S pr. m. come soone. Amen. Come thou, Lord Jhe|su. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist withbe with TV. ȝou alle. Amen.

 Heere endith the Apocalips, or Reue|lacioun of Seynt Joon the euangelist, and so the Newe Testament. Blessid be the Holy Trinite. AmenHere endith Apocalips. A. Here endith the Apocalips of John, the ende of the New Testament. N. Here endith the Apocalips of Jhesu Crist. OV. Heere eendith the Apocalips; blessid be the holy Trinite. Amen. P. Here endeth the Apocalips of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Amen. Q. No final rubric in GSTXY..

[Earlier version: table of lessons]

 TABLE OF LESSONS, EPISTLES AND GOSPELS, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.This table of lessons is printed from AY, and applies, in its readings, to the earlier text; such insertions in it as are included within brackets, are taken from MERXkM, and apply to the later text.Here bigynneth a rule, that tellith in whiche chapitris of the bible ȝe mai fynde the lessouns, pistlis, and gospels, that ben rad in the chirche `al the ȝeerat masse M. Om. k., after the vss of Salisbire, markid with lettris of the a b c, at the bigynnynge of the chapitris, toward the myddil, or ende, after the ordre as the lettris stonden `in the a b cOm. R.; first ben sett sondaies and ferials togider, and after thatOm. Mk. the sanctorum, botheOm. Mk. comyn and propre togider, of al the ȝeer; first isOm. Mk. writun a clause of the bigynnyngebigynnyng therof Mk. bigynnyng of the pistle and gospel R., and a clauseclausal R. of the ending theroftherof also MRk., `for it bigynneth at the lettris of the a b c, and endith at ij. strikis in the margynOm. MRk..This rubric is taken from MRkM. Here biginnith a table with a rule, that teechith in what book and chapitre of the bible me shal finde eueri lessoun at masse, and pistil, and gospel, that ben rad in the chirche, biginninge at the firste Sondai in Aduent. E. Here bigynneth a rule that tellith in what bookis and chapitris of the bible men mai fynde alle the lessouns, pistlis, and gospels, that ben rad in Sundaies and feries bi al the ȝeer after Salisbery vss at masse; pistlis and gospels of seyntis ben to fore in her ordre. X. No rubric in AY.

Firste Sonday of Aduente.Romaynsepistil. Romayns E. epistola. Romayns R.xiij.fWe wytynge this tyme for hourendethe Lord Jhesu Crist.Matheugospel. Matheu E. evangelium. Matheu R.xxj.aWhanne Jhesus cam nyȝ to Jerusalemendein the name of the Lord.The Wednesday.Jamesepistola. James R, and so prefixed throughout the table to each portion read as the epistle.v.cBe ȝe pacient til to the comyngendein the name of the Lord.Marki.aThe bigynnynge of the gospelendebaptiside ȝou in the Hooli Goost.The Fryday.Ysayelj.aHere ȝe me that folewen that isendein to generacioun of generaciouns.Matheuiij.aIn thilk days cam Joon baptistendeknowlechynge her synnes.The secounde SondaySonday in aduente. MRk..Romaynsxv.aWhat euer thingis ben writenendeand vertu of the Hooli Goost.Lukxxj.eToknes shulen be in sunne and moneendemi wordis shulen not passe.The Wednesday.Zacharieviij.aI am turned aȝen to Syon, and Yendein trewthe and riȝtwisnes.Matheuxj.cTrewli I seie to ȝou, there roosendehath eeris of herynge, here he.The Fryday.Ysayelxij.dVpon thi wallis, Jerusalem, Y setteendecyte and not forsaken.Jooni.bJoon berith witnessynge of hymendehe hath toolde out.The thridde SondaySonday in aduent MRk..i. Corynth.iiij.aSo a man gesse vs as mynystrisendeshal be to euery man of God.Matheuxj.aWhanne Joon in boondis haddeendemake redi the weie before thee.The Wednysday andYsayeij.aThere shal be in the laste dayesendein the liȝt of the Lord oure God.Ymber day.Ysayelesson. Ysaye R.vij.dTo speke to Achas, seiynge,endereprouen yuel and chosen good.Lukj.cThe aungel Gabriel is sent froendebe it don to me aftir thi word.The Fryday.Ysayexj.aThere shal goon out a ȝerdeendeand feith, the girdil of his reynes.Lukj.dMarye rysynge vp in tho daiesendein God myn helthe.The Satirday.Ysayej. lessoun. Ysaye MRkM.xix.fThei shulen crye to the Lordendeplesid to hem and hele hem.Isayeij. lessoun. Isaye MRkM.xxxv.aGladen shal deseertendein to wellis of watris.Isayeiij. lessoun. Isaye MRkM.xl.bVpon an heiȝ hille steiȝ vpendein his bosum shal rere hem vp.Isayeiiij. lessoun. Isaye MRkM.xlv.aTo my Crist Cyro, whos riȝthondendeY the Lord shope him.Danielv. lessoun Daniel MRkM.iij.eAn aungel of the Lord cam dounendereyse ȝe hym in to worldis.ij.The pistil. ij. MRkM. Tessalon.ij.aBretheren, we preye ȝou bi theendeof his comynge.LukThe gospel. Luk. MRkM.iij.aThe fiftenthe ȝeer of the empireendeshal see the helthe of God.The firthe SondaySonday in aduente R..Philipensisiiij.bIoye ȝe in the Lord euer moreendein Crist Jhesu oure Lord.Jooni.cJewis senten fro Jerusalem prestisendewhere Joon was baptisynge.The Wednesday.Joelij.fIoye ȝe, sones of Syonendeand the Lord shal dwelle in Syon.Lukvij.cThis word wente outendeis more than he.The Fryday.Zacharieij.fDouȝter of Syon, here thouendehooli dwellynge place.Markviij.cSe ȝe, and be war of sourdowȝendeseye to no man.Cristmasse eueneuen. lessoun R..Isayelxij.aFor Syon I shal not be stilleendeplesid to the Lord in thee.Romaynsi.aPaul, seruaunt of Jhesu Cristendeand ȝe ben clepid of Jhesu Crist.Matheui.eWhanne Marie his moderendehis puple saaf fro her synnes.[In the nyȝt at laudis.Matheui.aThe book of the generaciounendethat is clepid CristFrom MERXkM..]Cristmas daynyȝt MERXkM., the firsteIsayeix.aThe puple that wente in derknesendefro now and vn to withouten ende.massemasse. lessoun. R..Titeij.eThe grace of God oure saueourendespek thou thes thingis and moneste.Lukij.aA maundement wente outendepees to men of good wille.The secounde massemasse. lessoun. R..Isayelxj.aThe spirit of oure Lordendeholi puple and aȝen bouȝt of the Lord.Titeiij.cThe benygnyte and humanyteendeJhesu Crist oure saueour.Lukij.cSheepherdis spaken to gidreendeas it is seid to hem.The heiȝe massemassc. lessoun. R..Isayelij.cFor that wite shal my pupleendethe helthe ȝyuer of oure God.Hebrewisi.aManyfolde and many manerisendeand thi ȝeeris shulen not fayl.Jooni.aIn the bigynnynge was the wordendeful of grace and trewthe.Seynt Steuens dayApost. Dedisvj.dSteuen ful of grace and strengtheendehe slepte in the Lord.martir.Matheuxxiij.fLoo! I sende to ȝou prophetis andendethat cometh in the name of the Lord.Seynt Joons day.Ecclesiast.xv.aWho dredith God shal do goodendeit shall heritage hym.Joonxxj.fHe seide to hym, Sue thou meendehis witnessynge is trewe.Childirmasse day.Apocalipsxiiij.aI sawȝ, and lo! a lomb stode vponendebefore the trone of God.Matheuij.dThe aungel of the Lord aperide inendecoumfortid, for thei ben not.Seynt Thomas day.Hebrewsv.aEche bishope takyn of men isendethe ordre of Melchisedek.Lukxix.bSum noble man wente in toendebefore stiynge to Jerusalem.The sixte dayday on Cristmas E..Galatasiiij.aHow myche tyme the eyre isendethanne and eyre bi God.Lukij.eHis fadir and his modir wereendethe grace of God was in hym.Seynt Siluestre day.Ecclesiast.l.xliiij. EMk.dSe a preestendein swete sauoure.Matheuxxv.bSum man wente a pilgrimageendeentre in to the ioye of thi Lord.Newȝeris day.Titeij.cThe grace of God oure saueourendespek thou thes thingis and moneste.Lukij.cAftir the eyȝte dayes weren endidendebifore he was conseyued in wombe.The twelfthe euen.Titeiij.cThe benygnyte and humanyteendeJhesu Crist oure saueour.Matheuij.fHeroude deed, loo! the aungel ofendehe shal be clepid of Nazareth.`The xij. day at matynsIn niȝt at laudis E. The xij. nyȝt Mk..Lukiij.eIt is don, whanne al the pupleendeturnede aȝen fro Jordan.`The xij. day at massOn xij. day EMk..Isayelx.aRyse, be thou liȝtned Jerusalem, forendeto the Lord tellynge.Matheuij.aWhanne Jhesus was born in Bethleemendebi anothir weye in to her cuntree.The Sonday `in Octaviswithinne Vtas EMkM..Isaielx.aRise, be thou liȝtenedendethe Lord tellinge.Jooni.dJoon sawȝ Jhesu comynge toendefor this is the sone of God.`The Octavis of the xij.Isaiexxv.aLord my God thou art, I shalendethes thingis in al the erthe.dayVtas on xij. day EMk..Matheuiij.fJhesus cam fro Galilee toendein the which I haue plesid to me.The firste Sondai aftirRomaynsxij.aBretheren, I biseche ȝou bi theendethe tothir of anothir.OctauesVtas EkM..Lukij.fWhanne Jhesus was maad ofendeand grace anentis God and man.The Wednysday.Romaynsx.aThe wil of myn herte and myendeto eche man bileuynge.Matheuiiij.cWhanne Jhesus hadde herde thatendeshal come neiȝ.The Friday.Rom.xiij.aEuery soule be sugetendefor this same thinge seruynge.Luc.iiij.bJhesus turnede aȝein in vertuendethat came forthe of his mouthe.The ij. Sonday.Romaynsxij.cHauynge ȝiftis dyuersynge vp graceendebut consentynge to meke thinges.Joonij.aWeddyngis ben maad in the Caneendebileueden in to hym.The Wednesday.i. Tymothei.cA trewe word and worthi alendein to worldis of worldis.Matheuxiij.gJhesus gon out thenns wenteendefor the vnbileue of hem.The Fryday.Romaynsxiiij.eI wote and trust in the Lord Jhesuendenot of feith is synne.Lukiiij.eAnd he cam doun to Capharnaumendein to ech place of the cuntree.The thridde Sonday.Romaynsxij.fNil ȝe be prudent anentisendeyuel thing in good thing.Matheuviij.aWhanne Jhesus hadde come dounendefro that our.The Wednesday.Romaynsxv.gBretheren, I biseche ȝou bi oureendeGod of pees be with ȝou alle. amen.Markiij.aHe entride eftsoone in to theendethe hoond is restorid to hym.The Friday.i. Corynth.iij.eWite ȝe not, that ȝe ben the templeendeCrist sotheli of God.Matheuiiij.fJhesus enuyrounnynge al Galileeendehym many companyes.The ferthe Sonday.Romaynsxiij.dTo no man owe ȝe ony thingendethe plente of lawe.Matheuviij.eJhesus stiynge vp in to a litil shipendeand the se obeishen to hym.The Wednesday.i. Corynth.vij.aIt is good to no man for to toucheendefor ȝoure incontynence.Lukix.gIt is don, hem walkynge in theendeis able to the rewme of God.The Fryday.i. Corynth.vij.dEche man in what clepyngeendedwelle ȝe anentis God.Markx.bThei offriden to hym litil childrenendevpon hem blesside hem.The fifthe Sonday.Colocensesiij.cClothe ȝe ȝou as the chosen ofendethankingis to God the fadir by him.Matheuxiij.cThe kyngdam of heuene isendewhete in to my bern.The Wednesday.i. Tymothyij.aI biseche firste of alle thingisendein feith and trewthe.Matheuxxj.eSum man hadde two sonesendethat ȝe bileueden to hym.The Sonday in Septuages.i. Corynth.ix.gWite ȝe not, that thei that rennenendeforsothe the stoon was Crist.MatheuxxaThe kyngdom of heuene is lykendebut fewe ben chosyn.The Wednesday.ij. Corynth.iiij.bFor if also oure gospel isendelyf sotheli in ȝou.Markix.eThei gon fro thennes wentenendebut hym that sente me.The Frydai.ij. Corynth.iiij.eHauynge the same spiryt ofendeben euerlastynge.Matheuxij.dHe that is not with me isendethou shalt be dampned.The Sonday in Sexages.ij. Corynth.xj.dȜe suffren gladly vnwise menendevirtue of Crist dwelle in me.Lukviij.aWhanne fulmyche companyeendefruyt in pacience.The Wednesday.ij. Corynth.i.gI clepe God witnesseendewe vnknowen not his thouȝtis.Markiiij.aJhesus began for to teche atendehe that hath eeris of herynge.The Fryday.ij. Corynth.v.dWytynge the drede of the Lordendeand roos aȝen.Lukxvij.dHe axid of phariseesendetogidre and the eglis.The Sonday in Quinquag.i. Corynth.xiij.aIf I speke with tungis of menendethe more of thes is charyte.Lukxviij.fJhesus took his twelue deciplisendeȝaf heriynge to God.Ashe Wednesday.Joelij.cBe ȝe conuertid to me inendeshenship in hethen men.Matheuvj.cWhanne ȝe fasten, nyl ȝeendethere and thin herte is.The Thursday.Isayexxxviij.aIn tho dayes siknede Ezechieendeand I shal defende it.Matheuviij.aWhanne he hadde entrideendewas helid fro that hour.The Fryday.Isayelviij.aCrye, ne ceesse thou, as a trumpeendefor merciful I am Lord thi God.Matheuv.dȜe han herde that it is seidendeshal ȝeelde to thee.The Satirday.Isayelviij.eIf thou shalt take aweieendethe mouth forsothe of the Lord spak.Markvj.fWhanne euenynge wasendeweren maad saaf.The i. Sonday of Lentynclene Lent. k.ij. Corynth.vj.aWe monesten, that ȝee resceyuenendeand weeldynge alle thingis.Matheuiiij.aJhesus was led in to desertendeand serueden to hym.The Monday.Ezechielxxxiiij.cLoo! I my silf shal aȝen sekeendeand I shal fede hem in doom.Matheuxxv.cWhanne mannes sone shal comeendein to euerlastynge lyf.The Tewisday.IsayelvdSechith the Lord, while ȝe mayendein tho dais to whiche I sende it.Matheuxxj.bWhanne he hadde entrydeendetauȝte hem of the kyndam of God.The WednesdayYmber Wednesday. lessoun. R..Exodixxiiij.fThe Lord seide to Moyses, Stie vpendefourti dayes and fourti nyȝtis.iij. of Kyngisxix.aCam in Bersabe Juda, andendevn to the hil of God Oreb.Matheuxij.fThe scribis and pharisees answerdenendebrothir, sistir and moder.The Thursday.Ezechielxviij.aAnd the word of the Lord isendelyf he shal lyue, seith the Lord.Joonviij.dJhesus seide to hem Jewis thatendeherith the word of God.The Fryday.Ezechielxviij.cThe soule that shal synneendehe shal lyue in lyf, and shal not die.Joonv.aThere was a feeste day ofendeJhesu that made hym hool.The Satirday YmberYmber. i. lessoun. MRXM..Deuteron.xxvj.fBiholde fro thi seyntuarieendeas he hath spokyn.Deuteron.The ij. lessoun. Deuteron. MRXM.xj.eIf forsothe ȝe kepe the heestisendehe hath spokyn to ȝou.ij. Machabe.The iij. lessoun. ij. Mach. MRXM.i.aPrestis made preyer, while theendenethir forsake ȝou in yuel tyme.Ecclesiast.The iiij. lessoun. Eccl. MRXM.xxxvj.aHaue mercy of us, God of alleendethei tellen out thi grete worthi dedes.DanyelThe v. lessoun. Dan. MRXM.iij.eAn aungel of the Lord cam dounendeand heriful and glorious in to worldis.i. Tessalon.The pistil. i. Tess. MRXM.v.eWe preye ȝou, reproue ȝe vnquieteendethe comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.MatheuThe gospel. Math. MRXM.xvij.aJhesus took Petre, James and Joonendemannes sone ryse fro deeth.The secounde SondaySonday in Lenten. M. Sonday of Lente RM..i. Tessalon.iiij.aBrethiren, we preyen ȝou and bisecheendebut in to hoolynes.Matheuxv.dJhesu goon out fro thennesendewas heelid fro that hour.The Monday.Danyelix.dAnd now, Lord oure God, thatendeon thi citee and on thi puple.Joonviij.cI go, and ȝe shulen seche meendethat ben plesaunt to hym.The Tewisday.iij. of Kingisxvij.bThe word of the Lord is donendein the hoond of Helye.Matheuxxiij.aJhesus spak to the cumpanyesendeshulen ben enhaunsid.The Wednesday.Hesterxiij.eLord kyng almyȝti, in thiendeof men preysynge thee.Matheuxx.dJhesus stiynge vp to Jerusalemenderedempcioun for many.The Thursday.Jeremyexvij.bCursid the man that trustith inendeand aftir the fruyt of his fyndynges.Joonv.eI may not of my silf doendebileue to my wordis.The Fryday.Genesisxxxvij.bJoseph seide to his brethirenendeand ȝeelde to his fader.Matheuxxj.fThere was an husbond manendethei hadde hym as a prophet.The Satirday.Genesisxxvij.aShe seide to hir sone Jacobendeshal be thi blessynge.Lukxv.cA man hadde two sonesendehe perishide, and is foundyn aȝen.The thridde SondaySonday in Lenten. M. Sonday of Lente. RM..Ephesiesv.aBe ȝe folewers of God asendeand riȝtwisnes and trewthe.Lukxj.bJhesus was castynge out a deuelendethe word of God, and kepen it.The Monday.iiij. of Kingisv.aNaaman, the prynce of chyualriendebut oonli the God of Israel.Lukiiij.dHow grete thingis haue herdendewente bi the mydel of hem.The Tewisday.iiij. of Kingisiiij.aA womman of the wyuesendelyueth of the remenaunt.Matheuxviij.dForsothe if thi brothir shal synneendeseuenti sithes seuen sithes.The Wednesday.Exodixx.dHonour thi fadir and thi modirendebe mynde of my name.Matheuxv.aThanne scribis and phariseesendedefoulith not a man.The Thursday.Jeremyevij.aThe word of the Lord is maadendeto ȝour fadris fro the world in to world.Joonvj.cWorche ȝe not mete thatendeshal neuer thriste.The Friday.Numbersxx.bThei camen aȝens Moises, andendeand he is halewid in hem.Jooniiij.aJhesus cam bi a citee of Samariendevereyli the sauyour of the world.The Saturday.Danielxiij.aA man was in Babiloyn, andendethe giltles blood is saued in that dai.Joonviij.aForsothe Jhesus wente in to theendenil thou do synne.The Midlentyn SondayFourthe Sondai. EMk. 4 Sondai of Lente. M..Galathasiiij.eIt is wrytyn, that AbrahamendeCrist hath made vs free.Joonvj.aJhesus wente ouer the see ofendeto come in to this world.The Monday.iij. of Kingisiij.eCamen two wymmen strumpetsendeto do doom.Joonij.dThe paske of Jewis was neiȝendehe wiste what was in man.The Tewisday.Exodixxxij.bGo, descende, thi puple hathendethat he hadde spokyn aȝens his puple.Joonvij.bNow the feeste day medlyngeendemanye bileueden in hym.The WednisdayWednesday. lessoun. R..Ezechielxxxvj.eWhanne Y shal be halewid inendeand I shal be to ȝou in to God.IsayeidBe ȝe washen, and beth cleneendethe godis of the erthe ȝe shulen ete.Joonix.aJhesus passynge sawȝ a man blyndeendeand he fallinge doun worshipide hym.The Thursday.iiij. of Kingisiiij.dThere cam a womanendeturnede aȝen in to Galgala.Joonv.cMi fadir worchith til nowendein to rysynge aȝen of doom.The Fryday.iij. of Kingisxvij.eThe sone of an huswyf wommanendein thi mouth is sothe.Joonxj.aThere was a syk man, Lazarusendewhat thingis he dide, bileueden in him.The Satirday.Isayexlix.eIn plesaunt tyme I ful outendeI neuerthelatir shal forȝete thee.Joonviij.bI am liȝt of the worldendehis our cam not ȝit.Passioun Sonday.Hebrewsix.cCrist beynge a bishop ofendeof euerlastynge erytage.Joonviij.fWho of ȝou shal repreue meendewente out of the temple.The Monday.Jonasiij.aAnd the word of the Lord isendedo to hem, and dide not.Joonvij.ePryncis and pharisees sentenendebileuynge into him weren to take.The Tewisday.Danielxiiij.eȜif to vs Danyel, that distruyedeendedelyuere Danyel of the lake of liouns.Joonvij.aJhesus walkide in to Galilee froendefor drede of Jewis.The Wednesday.Leviticixix.bȜe shulen not do theftendekepe ȝe my lawis.Joonx.dFeestis of halewynge of theendeand I in the fader.The Thursday.Danyeliij.dDistruye not the testamentendevpon the roundenes of erthis.Joonvij.fWhanne thei hadden herde thesendeeche in to his owne hows.The Fryday.Jeremyexvij.dAlle that thee forsaken shulenendewith dowble tredynge to-trede hem.Joonxj.fThe bishopis and the phariseesendehe dwellide with his disciplis.The Satirday.Jeremyexviij.eCometh, and thenke we aȝenendein tyme of thi woodnes.Joonvj.fBut ȝe shulen ete the fleshendewhanne he was oon of the twelue.Palme SondaySonday. lessoun. MRXkM..Exodixvj.gThe sones of Israel forsothe camenendeof the Lord aperide in a clowde.JoonThe gospel. Joon MRXkM.xij.bA myche cumpanye that camendeloo! al the world wente aftir hym.Philipensispistil. Philip. MRXk.ij.bFele ȝe this thing in ȝowendein the glorie of the fader.passioun.Matheuxxvj.aWite ȝe that aftir two dayesendemarkynge the stoon with keepers.The Monday.Isayel.dThe Lord God openyde to meendeand lene vpon his God.Joonxij.aJhesus bifore sixe dayes of paskendewente and hidde him fro hem.The Tewisday.Jeremyepistil. Jerem. MRXk.xj.fThou forsothe, Lord, hast shewidendeto thee forsothe I shewide my cause.passioun.Markxiiij.aForsothe paske and the feeste ofendeat the dore of the sepulcre.The Wednesday.Isayelessoun. Isaye MRXkM.lxij.gSeith to the douȝtir of Syonendethat he hath ȝolden to vs the Lord.Isayepistil. Isaye MRXkM.liij.aWho leuede to oure heryngeendeand for trespassours preyede.passioun.From MRXkM.Lukxxij.aThe hooli day of therf loouesendeȝit eny was put in.The ThursdayScher Thursdai. MkM..i. Corinth.xj.dȜou comynge togidere in to oonendedampned with this world.Joonxiij.aBifore the feeste day of paskeendeso and ȝe doon.Good Fryday.Oseei. lessoun. Osee Mk.vj.aIn her tribulacioun eerlyendemore than brent sacrifice.Exodiij. lessoun. Exodi Mk.xij.aThe Lord seide to Moyses andendethe passynge forth of the Lord.passioun.From Mk.Joonxviij.aHe wente out with his disciplisendethei puttiden Jhesu.Estre euen.GenesisThe i. lessoun. Genesis MRkM.i.aIn the firste made God of noȝtendefro alle werkis that he hadde maade.ExodiThe ij. lessoun. Exodi MRkM.xiiij.fAnd now was comyn theendeto the Lord and seiden.IsayeThe iij. lessoun. Isaie MRkM.iiij.aAnd seuen wymmen shulenendefro whirlwynd and fro reyne.Deuteron.The iiij. lessoun. Deut. MRkM.xxxj.fThanne wroot a songe, and tauȝteendeand to the ende fulfillide.ColoscensThe pistel. Colos. MRkM.iij.aIf ȝe ben rysen togidereendewith hym in glorie.MatheuThe gospel. Math. MRkM.xxviij.aForsothe in the euenynge ofendeI haue bifore seide to ȝou.Estir day.i. Corynth.v.dClense ȝe out the oold sourdowȝendeof clensynge and treuth.Markxvj.aMarie Mawdeleyn and Marieendeas he seide to ȝou.The Monday.Apost. Dedisx.fȝe witen the word that is maadenderemyssioun of synnes bi his name.Lukxxiiij.bTwo of hem wenten in that dayendein brekynge of breed.The Tewisday.Apost. Dedisxiij.dMen bretheren, sones of theendeaȝen reysynge Jhesus.Lukxxiiij.fJhesus stood in the mydilendein his name to alle folkis.The Wednisday.Apost. Dedisiij.dGod of Abraham and Godendeȝour synnes be don awey.Joonxxj.aJhesus eftsoones shewide hymendewhanne he roos aȝen fro deeth.The Thursday.Apost. Dedisviij.eAn aungel of the Lord spakendetil he cam to Cesar.Joonxx.cMarie stood at the graueendeand thes thingis he seide to me.The Fryday.i. of Petiriij.fCrist onys deed for oure synendein the riȝt half of God.Matheuxxviij.fEleuen disciplis wentenendetil the endynge of the world.The Satirday.i. of Petirij.aTherfor puttynge aweyendenow forsothe hauynge mercy.Joonxx.aIn oo sabothendehim for to ryse aȝen fro deeth.The firste SondaySonday after Ester. EMkM..i. of Joonv.bAl thing that is bornendewitnesse of God in hym.Joonxx.eWhanne euen was, in that dayendehaue lyf in his name.The Wednesday.i. Corynth.xv.bIf Crist is prechid, that heendeeche man in his ordre.Markxvj.dJhesus risynge eerli in theendethei goynge toolden to othir.The Fryday.Hebrewsxiij.eObey ȝe to ȝour prouostisendein to worldis of worldis amen.Matheuxxviij.cMarie Maudeleyne and anothirendeat the Jewis til this day.The secounde SondaySonday after Easter. M..i. Petirij.fCrist suffride for vsendebishop of oure soulis.Joonx.bI am a good sheepherdeendeo foold and o sheepherde.The Wednesday.i. Peter.i.eWitynge that not biendein to with outen ende.Lukxxiiij.aIn one of the weke ful eerliendewondrynge that was don.The Fryday.Romaynsv.fȝif in the gilt of oon in toendeeuerlastinge lyfbi Jhesu Cristoure Lord.Matheuix.cThanne the disciplis of Joonendeand bothe ben kept.The thridde SundaySonday after Eastir. Mk..i. Petirij.cI biseche ȝou as comelyngisendebut also to tyrauntis.Joonxvj.cA litil and now ȝe shulenendeshal take fro ȝou ȝoure ioye.The Wednesday.i. Joonij.eMi litil sones, Y write toendeverey liȝt now shyneth.Jooniij.fA questioun is maadendethe wraththe of God dwellith on him.The Fryday.i. Tessalon.v.bSotheli alle ȝe ben sonesendeand edifie ȝe eche other.Joonxij.gA liȝt cam in to this worldendeseide to me, so Y speke.The ferthe Sunday.Jamesi.dEche beste thing ȝouenendethat may saue ȝoure soulis.Joonxvj.bI go to him that sente meendeshal take and telle to ȝou.The Wednesday.Jamesij.aNil ȝe in acceptacioun of personendeaboue reisith doom.Joonxvij.cHooli fadir, kepe hem in thinendebut kepe hem fro yuel.The Fryday.Jamesij.gȝe seen for a man is iustifiedendewith outen werkis is deed.Joonxiij.fLitil sones, ȝit a litilendethou shalt sue me aftirward.The fifthe Sonday.Jamesi.fBe ȝe doers of the wordendevndefoulid fro this world.Joonxvj.eTreuly, treuli, Y seie to ȝouendethou wentist out fro God.Monday in RogaciounProcessioun Monedai. EM. Presessioun Mondai. kM. The Monday in the rogacioun dayes. M..Jamesv.fKnowleche ȝe oon to anothirendethe multitude of synnes.Lukxj.aWho of ȝou shal haueendeto men askynge hym.The WednesdayAssencioun euen. EMRkM..Apost. Dedisiiij.gOf the multitude of menendeto eche as it was need.Joonxvij.aThese thingis Jhesus spakendeand I cam to thee.The Assencioun day.Apost. Dedisi.aForsothe thou Teofile, firsteendehym goynge in to heuene.Markxvj.eElleuene disciplis restynge, Jhesusendewith signes folewynge.The Sonday in Octauisvj. Sondai. E. Sondai withinne Vtas. MRkM..i. Petiriiij.cBe ȝe prudent, and wakeendebi Jhesu Crist oure Lord.Joonxv.gWhanne the coumforter shal comeendeȝe haue mynde that I seide to ȝou.The viij. day fro OctauisVtas on Assencioun. EMRkM. The viij. day fro the Assencioun. Y..i. Petiri.bThat and ȝoure silf be hoolyendeof quyke God.Lukxxiiij.hAnd I shal sende the bihiȝtendeheriynge and blessynge God.Witson eue.GenesisThe j. lessoun. Gen. MkM.xxij.aGod temptide Abrahamendeand he dwelte there.[ij. lesson.Deutron.From EMRXkM.xxxj.fMoyses wrootendefulfillide it.iij. lessoun.Isaieiv.aAnd seuen wymmenendesikirnes and hidingFrom EMRXkM..]iiij. lessoun.From MkM.Baruciij.cHere thou, Israel, the maundementendeand lyuede with me in erthe.Apost. DedisThe pistel. Actus MkM.xix.aIt is don, whanne Apolloendeof the kyngdom of God.JoonThe gospel. Joon MkM.xiiij.eIf ȝe loue me, kepe ȝee myendeshew to hym my silf.Witsonday.Apost. Dedisij.aWhanne the daies of pentecostendethe grete thingis of God.Joonxiiij.dIf eny man loueth meendecomaundement to me, so I do.The MondayWit Monday. k..Apost. Dedisxj.gHe comaundide vs to precheendein the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.Jooniij.eGod louede so the worldendefor thei ben don in God.The Tewisday.Apost. Dedisviij.cWhanne apostlis, that werenenderesceyueden the Hooli Goost.Joonx.aTrewly, trewly, Y seie to ȝouendeI haue more plenteuously.The WednesdayYmber Wednesday. lesson. R..Sapiensi.aLoue ȝe riȝtwisnes, thatendeconnynge hath of voys.Apost. Dedisij.bPetre stondynge with elleuenendeof the Lord shal be saaf.Joonvj.eNo man may come to meendefor lyf of the world.The Thursday.Apost. Dedisviij.aPhilip comynge doun in toendeis maad in that cytee.Lukix.aTwelue apostles clepidendeand helynge euery where.The Fryday.Apost. Dedisij.dMen of Israel, here ȝe thesendemirth with thi face.Lukv.dIt is don in oon of dayesendemeruelous thingis to day.The Satirday.JoelThe j. lessoun. Joel MRXkM.iij.gI shal helde out my spiritendethe name of the Lord, shal be saaf.LeuiticiThe ij. lessoun. Leuit. MRXkM.xxiij.bThe Lord spak to Moysesendegeneraciouns and ȝour dwellynge places.Deuteron.The iij. lessoun. Deut. MRXkM.xxvj.aWhanne thou comest in to theendethat thi Lord God hath ȝyue to thee.LeuiticiThe iiij. lessoun. Leuit. MRXkM.xxvj.aIf ȝe gon in myn heestisendebe to me a puple.DanyelThe v. lessoun. Danyel. MRXkM.iij.cThe aungel of the Lordendeand aboue reyse ȝe hym in to worldes.Apost. DedisThe pistil. Actus MRXkM.xiij.fAll the citee cam togidreendewith ioye and the Hooli Goost.LukThe gospel. Luk. MRXkM.iiij.fJhesus rysynge of the synagogeendeeuangelise the kyngdom of God.The Trinyte Sonday.ApocalipsiiijaI sawȝ a dore open in heueneendelyuynge in to worldis of worldis.Jooniij.aThere was a man of the phariseesendebut haue euer lastynge lyf.Corpus Christi day.i. Corynth.xj.eI haue taken of the Lord thatendenot wysly demynge the bodi of the Lord.Joonvj.eMi flesh is verey meteendeshal lyue with outen ende.The firste Sonday aftiri. Jooniiij.cFor God is charitee in thisendeloue and his brothir.the Trinyte.Lukxvj.eA man was riche, and was clothidendethei shulen bileue to hym.The Wednesday.ij. Petiri.fWe han maad knowenendesprynge in ȝoure hertis.Matheuv.cNil ȝe gesse, that I camendegreet in the kyngdam of heuen.The secounde Sonday.i. Jooniij.dNil ȝe wondre if the worldendebut in werk and trewthe.Lukxiiij.dA man made a greet soperendeshal taast my soper.The Wednesday.Ephesiesiiij.dThis thing I seie, and witnesse itendeand hoolynes of trewthe.Markxj.fWhanne he walkide in to theendein what power I do thes thingis.The thridde Sonday.i. Peterv.dBe ȝe mekid vndir the myȝtiendeand shal make sad.Lukxv.aPupplicans and synful menendesynful man doynge penaunce.The Wednesday.ij. Tymotheiiij.fThe Lord stood nyȝ to meendein to worldis of worldis. amen.Matheuv.dBe thou consentynge to thinendeal thi bodi go in to helle.The ferthe Sonday.Romaynsviij.dTrewly I deme that theendeaȝen brynge of oure body.Lukvj.eBe ȝe merciful, for ȝoure fadirendeof thi brothirs eye.The Wednesday.i. Joonij.aIn this thing we wytenendewalke as he walkide.Matheuxvij.cThat the disciplis axedenendethe child was helid fro that our.The fifthe Sonday.i. Petiriij.cAlle of o wille in preyerendeCrist in ȝoure hertis.Lukv.aWhanne companyes ofendethei sueden hym.The Wednesday.i. Tymotheij.aI biseche, firste of alle thingesendein feith and in treuthe.Lukviij.cForsothe it is don in oon ofendeand thei obeyen to hym.The sixte Sonday.Romaynsvj.aWhiche euer we ben baptisidendeforsothe lyuynge to God.Matheuv.cBut ȝour riȝtwisnesseendeshalt offre thi ȝifte.The Wednesday.i. Joonij.eI wroot not to ȝow as toendeeuerlastynge lyf.Markx.cWhanne Jhesus was gon outendenot anentis God.The seuenthe Sonday.Romaynsvj.fI seye mannes thing for inendein Crist Jhesu oure Lord.Markviij.aWhanne myche companyeendeand he lefte hem.The Wednesday.Romaynsviij.gNo thing of dampnaciounendeof spirit lyf and pees.Matheuxij.aJhesus wente bi cornes on theendeneuer dampned innocentis.The eiȝtithe Sonday.Romaynsviij.bTherfor, bretheren, we ben dettoursendeeuen eyris of Crist.Matheuvij.dPerseyue ȝe, and fle ȝe fro falsendein to the kyngdom of heuens.The Wednesday.Romaynsv.bGod comendith his chariteendebi oure Lord Jhesu Crist.Markix.fMaystir, we sawȝen sum menendethe fier is not quenchid.The nynthe Sonday.i. Corynth.x.bBe we not coueyteris of yuelsendethat ȝe mowe susteyne.Lukxvj.aThere was a riche man thatendeeuerlastynge tabirnaclis.The Wednesday.Romaynsvj.eWite ȝe not for to whomendeseruauntis of riȝtwisnes.Lukxvj.cHe that is trewe in the lesteendeabomynacioun to fore God.The tenthe Sonday.ij. Corynth.xij.aȝe witen that whanne ȝeendebi hym silf as he wole.Lukxix.fWhanne Jhesus neiȝede Jerusalemendeeche day in the temple.The Wednesday.i. Corynth.xv.cNot eche flesh the sameendeaftirward that is spiritual.Lukxxj.gPerseyue ȝe to ȝour selfendebifore mannes sone.The elleuenthe Sonday.i. Corynth.xv.aBretheren, I make the gospelendewas not void or ydel.Lukxviij.bJhesus seide to sum men thatendeshal be enhaunsid.The Wednesday.i. Corynth.vj.fWite ȝe not that ȝour bodiesendebere ȝe God in ȝour bodi.Lukxviij.aHe seide to his disciplisendeof his chosyn criynge to him.The tweluethe Sonday.ij. Corynth.iij.bForsothe we han suche trustendeis plenteuous in glorie.Markvij.gJhesus goynge out of the coostesendeand doumbe to speken.The Wednesday.ij. Corynth.iiij.cWe prechen not vs silf, butendebe shewide in oure bodies.Matheuxj.eJhesus began for to reproueendeat domesday than to ȝou.The threttenthe Sonday.Galathasiij.dBihestis ben seid to Abrahamendeto cristen men bileuynge.Lukx.dBlessid ben eyen that seenendedo thou on liche maner.The Wednesday.i. Tessalon.ij.aBretheren, ȝe ben myndful ofendeworchith in ȝou that hath bileued.Matheuxij.bThe pharisees goynge outendeshulen hoope in his name.The xiiij. Sonday.Galathasv.cWandre ȝe in spirit and ȝeendewith vicis and concupiscens.Lukxvij.cWhanne Jhesus wente to Jerusalemendethi feith hath maad thee saaf.The Wednesday.ij. Corynth.vj.eNil ȝe lede ȝok withendein the dreed of the Lord.Lukxij.bSum man of the companyeendeand God fedith hem.The fiftenthe Sonday.Galatasv.aIf we lyuen bi a spiritendeto housholde meyne of the feith.Matheuvj.eNo man may serue to twoendeshulen be cast to ȝou.The Wednesday.i. Tymothei.cWe witen that the lawe isendethat is in Jhesu Crist.Lukxx.aIt is don in oon of daiesendein what power I do thes thingis.The sixtenthe Sonday.Ephesiesiij.eFayle ȝe not in my tribulaciounendegeneracioun of the world of worldis.Lukvij.bJhesus wente in to a cyte thatendehath visitid his puple.The Wednesday.Colosensisij.cSe ȝe, that no man disseyueendeforȝyuynge to ȝou alle giltis.Markviij.dHe cam to Bethsayda andendeseie to no man.The seuententhe Sonday.Ephesiesiiij.aI bounden in the Lord bisecheendebi alle thingis in vs alle.Lukxiiij.aWhanne he hadde entrideendemekith hym, shal be heiȝed.`The Wednysday YmberYmber Wednisday. EkM..AmosLesson. Amos. R.ix.fLo! dayes comen, seith the LordendeI ȝaf to hem, seith the Lord thi God.ij. Esdreviij.aAll the puple is gadryd asendeioye of the Lord is your strengthe.Markix.eAnd oon of the cumpanyeendebut in preyer and fastynge.The Frydai.Oseexiiij.aIsrael, be thou conuertid toendeand iuste men shulen walk in hem.Lukvij.fOon of the pharisees preiedeendego thou in pees.Satirday YmberThe Saterday. YEkM..LeuiticiThe i. lessoun. Leuit. MRXkM.xxiij.eThe Lord spak to Moysesendeȝe shulen halewe ȝour holi day.LeuiticiThe ij. lessoun. Leuit. MRXkM.xxiij.gThe fiftenthe day of the seuentheendelond of Egipt, I the Lord ȝour God.MicheThe iij. lessoun. Miche. MRXkM.vij.fFede thou thi puple in thi ȝerdeendeto oure fadris fro oolde dayes.ZacharieThe iiij. lessoun. Zaca. MRXkM.viij.eThes thingis seith the Lordendeseith the Lord of oostis.DanyelThe v. lessoun. Danyel MRXkM.iij.eThe aungel of the Lord camendereyse ȝe hym in to worldis.HebrewsThe pistil. Ebr. MRXkM.ix.aThe tabernacle wasendeeuerlastynge redempcioun foundyn.LukThe gospel. Luk MRXkM.xiij.bSum man had a figeendegloriously don of hym.The xviij. Sonday.i. Corynth.i.bI do thankyngis to my Godendecomynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.Matheuxxij.fOon of hem a techer ofendeto axe hym more.The Wednesday.Romaynsxv.gI biseche ȝou bi oure LordendeGod of pees be with ȝou alle, amen.Matheuxiij.dThe kyngdom of heuenesendemakynge of the world.The nyntenthe Sondai.Ephesiesiiij.fBe ȝe maad newe aȝenendeto a man suffrynge nede.Matheuix.aJhesus goynge in to a bootendesuche power to men.The Wednesday.ij. Tessalon.ij.gBretheren, stonde ȝee and hooldeendeand pacience of Crist.Matheuxiij.eExpowne to vs the parableendeof herynge, here he.The twentithe Sonday.Ephesiesv.dSe ȝe how warli ȝe goendein the drede of Crist.Matheuxxij.aJhesus answerynge seide eftendebut fewe chosyn.The Wednesday.ij. Tymotheij.aBe ȝe coumfortid in graceendein alle thingis vndirstondinge.Lukxiiij.cWhanne thou makist a feesteendein the rewme of God.The xxj. Sonday.Ephesiesvj.eBretheren, be ȝe coumfortid inendethat is the word of God.Jooniiij.fThere was a litil kyngendeand alle his hows.The Wednesday.i. Tessalon.i.bWe witynge ȝe moost louedendefro deede men Jhesu.Lukvj.aIt is doon in anothir sabothendeshulde don of Jhesu.The xxij. Sonday.Philipensisi.bTristynge this thinge forendeto heriynge and glorie of God.Matheuxviij.eThe kyngdom of heuenes isendeto his brothir of ȝour hertis.The Wednesday.Romaynsiij.dWe witen for what euerendethe feith of Jhesu Crist.Markxj.eTreweli I seie to ȝou thatendeforȝyue ȝou ȝour synnes.The xxiij. Sonday.Philipensisiij.fBe ȝe foleweris andendealle thingis suget to hym.Matheuxxij.cThanne pharisees goyngeendetho thingis that ben don of God.The Wednesday.Romaynsv.fIf in the gilt of oonendein Crist Jhesu oure Lord God.Matheuxvij.fWhanne he cam to CapharnaumendeȜyue to hem for me and for thee.The xxiiij. Sonday.Colosensesi.cWe ceessen not for ȝouendein remyssioun of synnes bi oure Lord.Matheuix.dJhesus spekynge thes thingisendesaaf fro that hour.The Wednesday.i. Corynth.x.eI wole not to be maad felewisendein to the glorie of God.Matheuxxj.eSum man hadde two sonesendethat ȝe bileueden in him.The xxv. Sonday.Jeremyexxiij.aLo! dayes comen, seith the Lordendeand thei shulen dwelle in her own loond.Joonvj.aWhanne Jhesus hadde lift vp hisendeto comen in to this world.[Wednesdai.Jamesiiij.cBe ȝe suget to Godendeleese and delyuere.Lucxij.gTo whom myche is ȝouenendeȝilde the laste ferthing.In the feste of relikis.Ecclesiast.xliiij.cTho ben men of merciendethe preising of hem.Matheuv.aJhesus seinge the pupleendeplenteuous in heuenesInserted from EMRkM..]The dedicaciounDedicacioun Dai. EMM. In dedicacion of the chirche. R..ApocalipsThe pistle of alle these daies. Apoc. R.xxj.aI Joon sawȝ the hooli citeeendelo! I make alle thingis newe.Lukxix.aJhesus goynge in walkideendething that perishide.The Sondai in octauisSondai withinne vtas. EMRXkM..Lukvj.gEche that cometh to meendeis maad greet.In octauisviij. dai of dedicacioun. E. Vtas of dedicacioun. MRXkM..Joonx.dNew feestis of halewyngeendeand I in the fadir.In recounseilynge of a Churche.ApocalipsThe pistil of dedicacioun dai is rad on these thre feestis. E. The pistle to alle these daies. kM.xxj.aI sawȝ the hooli citee JerusalemendeI make alle thingis newe.Lukvj.It is not a good tree thatendeon a sadde stoon.
Here endith the Temperal, and here bigynneth the Propre SanctorumHere endith the Temperal, and biginnith the Commemoraciouns. First biginnith the Commemoracioun of oure Lady Seint Marie in Aduent. E. Here enden dominicals and ferials, and bigynnen Commemoraciouns in this ordre. MXkM. Here endith the dominicals and ferials togidere of al the ȝeer. Now bigynneth the reule of the Sanctorum, bothe of the Propre Sanctorum, and of the Comune Sanctorum togidere. R. No rubric in Y. In EMXkM the lessons for the Commemorations immediately follow, instead of being placed at the end of the Commune Sanctorum, as in AYR. In E the lessons of the Propre Sanctorum commence with Seint Felice..NouembreThe months are inserted from M and k..Seynt Andrew euenS. Saturnine vigile. E..Parab. x. Eccl.xliiij.aThe blessynge of God vponendehe clothide him with stole of glorieJooni.eAnothir day Joon stoodeendevpon mannes sone.Seynt Andrew dayapostle. E..Romaynsx.dBi herte men bileuen toendeof the erthe her wordis.Matheuiiij.eJhesus walkynge besidis theendethei sueden him.Seynt NicholasNycolas dai. MkM. Nicholas bishop. R..`Ecclesiast.xliiij.Om. AYE. From MRXkM.d`Biholdith, this is the greetLo! the greete preest EMRXkM.ende`in to the smel of softnesof swetnesse EMRXkM..Matheuxxv.bA man goynge far in pilgrimageendein to the ioye of thi Lord.December.Octauis of Seint AndrewVtas of Andrew. EMkM..Romaynsx.dBi herte men bileuen toendeof the erthe her wordis.Marki.cAftir that Joon was takenendethei sueden hym.[Concepcioun of our Ladie.Ecclesiast.xxiiij.bI as a vyne maad fruytendehaue euerlastinge lijf.Matheui.aThe book of the generaciounendethat is clepid Crist.S. Lucie virgynvirgin and martir. E..Ecclesiast.lj.cMi Lord God, thou hastendethou art my God.Matheuxiij.bThe kingdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and olde.Vigile of Tomas, apostle.Ecclesiast.xliiij.gThe blessing of the Lordendethe coroun of glorie.Jonxv.aI am a verrei vyne, and my fadirendeschal be don to ȝouInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Thomas, apostleThomas dai. Mk..Ephesiesij.gNow ȝe ben not herberwidendeof God in the Hooli Goost.Joonxx.fThomas oon of the twelueendeand han bileuede.Januer.[Seynt FeliceFelice, martir and bishop. E..ij. Tymothyiiij.aI witnesse bifor Godendethat louen his comyng.Matheuxiij.hThe kyngdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and olde.Seynt Maury, abbot.Ecclesiast.xxxix.cThe riȝtwis man schal ȝeueendein to generacioun.Lucexj.fNo man tendith a lanterneendeȝiue liȝt to thee.Seynt Marcellus, pope and martir.Ebreusv.aEch bisschop takun of menendeordre of Melchisedech.Markxiij.fSe ȝe, wake ȝe, and preie ȝeendeseie to alle, wake ȝe.Seynt Sulfice, bischop and confessourconfessour, and S. Anton, confessour. E..Sapiensx.dThe Lord ledde forthendeeuerlastinge cleernes.Matheuxxv.bA man that goth in pilgrimageendeinto the ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Prisce, virgin and martir.Ecclesiast.lj.cMi Lord God, thou enhaunsidistendethou art my God.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and olde.Seynt Wulston, bischop and confessour.Ecclesiast.xliv.dLo! the grete preestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth in pilgrimageendeinto the ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Fabian and Sebas|tianSebastian, martirs. E..Ebreusxj.fWhich bi feith ouercamenendebi witnessing of feith.Lucevj.eJhesus cam doun fro the hilendeis myche in heuene.Seynt Anneys, virgin and martir.Ecclesiast.lj.aLord king, I schal knoulecheendethe Lord my God.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and olde.Seynt Vincent, martir.Ecclesiast.xiiij.fBlessid is the man thatendethe Lord oure God.Jonxij.dBut a corn of wheteendeschal worschipe himInserted from EMRXkM..]Conuersioun of Seynt Poul.Apost. Dedisix.aSaul ȝit brether or blower ofendeaffermynge that is Crist.Matheuxix.gLoo! we han forsakyn alle thingesendewelde euerlastynge lijf.[Seynt Julian, bisschop and confessour.Ecclus.xlvij. c xxiiij.aThe Lord hath ȝoue knowlechingendehe schal be blessid.Markxiij.fSe ȝe, wake ȝe, and preie ȝeendeseie to alle, wake ȝe.Seynt Anneis ij.ij. tyme. R.ij. Corinth.x.gHe that glorieth, haue glorieendechaast virgyne to Crist.Matheuxxv.aThe rewme of heuenesendenot the dai ne the our.Seynt Batild, qween.Sapiensvij.gWisdom ouercometh maliceendeof hise werkis.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and olde.Feuerer.Seynt BrideBrigid E. which adds, S. Ignacius, b. and m. Bride virgyn. R..ij. Corinth.x.gHe that glorieth, haue glorieendechaast virgyne to Crist.Matheuxxv.aThe kingdom of heuenesendenot the dai ne the ourInserted from EMRXkM..]Candilmasse dayPurifiing of oure ladi. E..Malachieiij.aLoo! I shal sende myn angelendeas oolde ȝeeris.Lukij.cAftir that the dayes ofendeof thi puple Israel.[Seynt Blase, bishop and martir.Ebreusv.aEch bisschop takun of menendeordre of Melchisedech.Matheux.eNo thing is hid that schalendethat is in heuene.Seynt Agas, virgin.Ecclesiast.lj.aLord king, I schal knoulecheendethe Lord my GodMatheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and olde.Seynt Vedast and Amand, confessourS. Viti and Modesti conf. E..Ebreusvij.fThe othere weren maadendein offring himself.Lucexij.fBe ȝoure lendis girdendemannis sone schal come.Seynt Scolast, virgin `and martirFrom E..Sapiensvij.gWisdom ouercometh maliceendeof hise werkis.Matheuxxv.aThe kingdom of heuenesendenot the dai ne the our.Seynt Valentyn, martir.Ecclesiast.xxxj.bBlessid is the manendehise almesdedis.Matheuxvj.fIf ony man wil comeendecomynge in his kingdom.Seynt Julian, virgin and martir.Ecclesiast.lj.cMy Lord God, thou enhaunsidistendethou art my God.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and oldeInserted from EMRXkM..]Petre in the ChayereChayering of S. Peter. EMRkM..i. Petiri.aPetre apostle of Jhesu Cristendereuelacioun of Jhesu Crist.Matheuxvj.dJhesu cam in to the partiesendevnbounden and in heuene.Seynt Mathie `apostilFrom EMRXkM..Apost. Dedisi.cIn tho daies Petre rysynge vpendewith elleuen apostles.Matheuxj.fI knoweleche to thee, faderendeand my charge liȝt.Marche.[Seynt Perpetue, `and Fe|liceFrom ERX., virgin and martir.i. Corinth.vij.eOf virgins I haue noendehooli in bodi and spirit.Matheuxxv.aThe kingdom of heuenesendenot the dai ne the our.Seynt Gregori, pope.Jamesi.bBrethren, deme ȝe al ioieendemen that louen him.Markxiij.fSe ȝe, wake ȝe, and preieendeseie to alle, wake ȝe.Seynt Edward, king and martir.Ecclesiast.xxxj.bBlessid is the manendehise almesdedis.Lucexiiij.fIf ony man cometh to meendenot be my disciple.Seynt Cuthbert, bisschop and confessourmartir. M..Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the greet preestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bA man that gooth in pilgrimageendeinto the ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Benet, abbot `and confessourFrom E..Ecclesiast.xxxix.cThe riȝtwis man schalendein to generacioun.Lucexj.fNo man tendith a lanterneendeȝyue liȝt to theeInserted from EMRXkM..]Oure Ladi day in LentynGretinge of oure lady. EX. Annunciacioun of oure ladie. MRkM..Isayevij.dTo speke to Achas, seyyngeenderepreuen yuel and chese good.Luki.cThe aungel Gabriel was sentendeto me aftir thi word.April.[Seynt Richard, bisschop and confessour.Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete preestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bA man that goth in pilgrimageendeinto the ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Ambrose, bisschop and confessour.Ecclus.xlvij. c xxiiij.aThe Lord hath ȝoue knowlechingendehe schal be blessid.Matheuv.bȜe ben salt of the ertheendethat is in heuenes.Seynt Tiburs & ValerianValerian, martirs. E..Parablesxv.aThe tunge of wise menendebe loued of the Lord.Jonxv.bI am a vyne, ȝe the braunchisendeschal be don to ȝou.Seynt Alfei, bisschop and martyr.Ebreusxiij.cNile ȝe be led aweiendeGod is disserued.Jonxv.aI am a vyne, ȝe the braunchisendeschal be don to ȝouInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt George, `martirFrom EMRXkM..Jamesi.aBretheren, gesse or deme ȝeendeto men louynge hym.Joonxv.aI am a verey vyne, and my fadirendeand it schal be don to ȝou.Seynt Mark, `euangelistFrom EMRXkM..Ephesiesiiij.bTo eche of vs is gife graceendeof plente of Crist.Joonxv.aI am a verey vyne, and my fadirende`ȝour ioye be fulfilledshal be don to ȝou EMRXkM..S. Philip and Jacob.Sapiensv.aThanne shulen stoond riȝtfulendeamong seyntis the lot of hem is.Joonxiiij.aBe not ȝour hertis trublidendeI shal do it.Hooli Rode dayFynding of the cros. EMRXkM..Galatasv.cI truste of ȝou in the Lordendecrucified to me, and I to the world.Jooniij.There was a man of the phariseesendeeuerlastynge lyf.[Seynt Jon Port Latyn.Ecclesiast.xv.aWho dredith GodendeLord oure God.Jonxxj.fHe seith to him, Sue thou meendewitnessing is trewe.Seynt Gordian and Epy|mache.Sapiensiij.aThe soulis of iust menenderegne withouten ende.Jonxv.bI am a vyne, ȝe the braunchisendeschal be don to ȝou.Seynt Nerei, and Achillei, and Pancras.Sapiensv.dJust men schulen lyueendeinto a certeyn place.Jonxv.bI am a vyne, ȝe the braunchisendeschal be don to ȝou.Seynt Dunston, bisschop and confessour.Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete preestendethe smel of swetnes.Jonxv.aI am a verei vyneendeschal be don to ȝou.Seynt Vrban and Aldelm.Sapiensx.dThe Lord ledde forthendeLord is oure God.Jonxv.aI am a verei vyneendeschal be don to ȝou.S. Austyn, `of Yngelonderchibishop E..Ecclus.xlvij. c xxiiij.aThe Lord hath ȝoue knowlechingendehe schal be blessid.Jonxv.aI am a verei vyne, and my fadirendeschal be don to ȝou.Seynt German, bisschop and confessour.Ecclesiast.xliij.dLo! the grete preestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth in pilgrimageendeinto the ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Pernel, virgyne.ij. Corinth.x.gHe that glorieth, haue glorieendechaast virgyn to Crist.Matheuxxv.aThe rewme of heuenesendenot the dai ne the our.Juyn.Seynt Nicomede, martir.Ecclesiast.xiiij.fBlessid is the manendethe Lord oure God.Matheuxvj.fIf ony man wil comeendecomynge in his kingdom.Seynt MarcellynMarcel. kM. `and PetreFrom EMRXkM..Apocalipsvij.dOon of the senyourisendefro the eiȝen of hem.Lucexxj.cWhan ȝe schal heereendeto ȝou into witnessing.Seynt Bonefas, bisschop and martirconfessour. M..i. Corinth.iiij.dWe ben maad a spectacleendemoost derewurthe sones.Matheux.dWhanne thei pursuen ȝouendedrede ȝe not hem.Seynt Medard & GildardGildard, bishop. X..Hebreusvij.fThe othere weren maadendein offringe him self.Lucexij.fBe ȝoure leendis girdendemannis sone schal come.Translacioun of S. EdmoundEdmound, bishop. X. Prime, and Felician.Ecclesiast.l.aBiholde, this is the grete preestendebi daies euerlastinge.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth in pilgrimage,endeinto the ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Barnabe, apostle.Effes.ij.fNow ȝe ben not gestisendein the Holi Goost.Jonxv.dThis is my comaundementendename he ȝyueth to ȝou.Seynt Basilides, and Cyryn, `and NaborFrom ERXk..Sapiensiij.aThe soulis of iust menenderegne withouten ende.Matheux.cLo! Y sende ȝou as scheependethe ende schal be saaf.Seynt Basile, confessourbischop and conf. R. bishop. X..Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete prestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth in pilgrimageendeinto the ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Vite and ModesteModeste, martirs. EX..Sapiensv.dJust men schulen lyueendeinto a certeyn place.Lucexj.hWo to ȝou that bildenendeto accuse him.Seynt Botulf, abbot.Ecclesiast.xxxix.cThe riȝtwis man schalendein to generacioun.Lucexj.fNo man tendith a lanterneendeȝyue liȝt to thee.Seynt Mark and Marcellian.Parablesxv.aThe tunge of wise menendebe loued of the Lord.Markxiij.bLoke ȝe that no manendeende schal be saaf.Seynt Geruais and Protais.Romansviij.fWe witen that to men thatendein Crist Jhesu oure Lord.Matheuxxiiij.aJhesu wente out of the templeendeende schal be saaf.Translacioun of Seynt Ed|ward, king.Ecclesiast.xxxj.bBlessid is a man thatendehise almesdedis.Lucexiiij.fIf ony man cometh to meendenot be my disciple.Seynt Albon, martir of Ynglond.Sapiensiiij.cA iust man, thouȝ he beendeon hise chosen men.Matheuxvj.fIf ony man wil comeendecomynge in his kingdomInserted from EMRXkM..]Midsomer euenS. Etheldride vigile. E. Vigile of Baptist. MXkM. Vigile of Jon Baptist. R..Jeremyei.bBefore that I fourmede thee inendewaste and bilde vp and plaunte.Luki.aThere was sum preest Zacharieendea perfite puple to the Lord.Midsomer dayNatiuite of S. Jon Baptist. EMRXkM..Isayexlix.aHerith, ȝe ilys, and takith hedeendethe holi of Israel that chees thee.Luki.fThe tyme of childberyngeenderedempcioun of his puple.[Jon and Poul, martris.Ecclesiast.xliiij.cTho ben men of merciendethe preising of hem.Lucxij.aBe ȝe war of the sourdouȝendeaungels of GodInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Petre euenS. Leo Pape vigile. E. Vigile of Peter and Poul. MRXkM..Apost. Dedisiij.aPetre and Joon stieden in to theendein that that bifelle to hem.Joonxxj.dJhesus seide to Petre, Symountendeto glorifie God.Seynt Petre dayS. Petre and Poul. E. Seint Petris dai and Poul. M. Feste of Petre and Poul. RkM..Apost. Dedisxij.aHeroude the kyng sente hondesendeof the puple of Jewis.Matheuxvj.dJhesus cam in to the partiesendevnboundyn and in heuenes.Commemoracioun of Seynt Poul.Galathasij.dI make the gospel knowenendethei clarifieden God.Matheuxix.gLoo! we han forsakyn alleendeeuerlastynge lyf.Juyl.OctauisVtas EMRXkMY. of Seynt Joon Baptist.Isayexlix.aHerith, ȝe ylis, and takithendethe hooli of Israel that cheese thee.Luki.bForsothe the aungel seith toendeamong men.[Seynt Swithyn, `Processe, and MartinianOm. M..Hebreusxj.fWhich bi feith ouercamenendebi witnessing of feith.Jonxv.eThese thingis I spekeendehate withouten causeInserted from EMRXkM..]Translacioun of Seynt Martyn.Ecclesiast.xliiij.Loo! a greet prest thatendein to the smel of softnes.Lukxij.dNil ȝe, litil folk, dredeendemanns sone shal come.In the octauisvtas EMRXkM. of Petir and Poul.Ecclesiast.xliiij.These ben men of mercieendethe preisynge of hem.Matheuxiiij.eJhesus comaundide his disciplisendevereli thou art Goddis sone.[Translacioun of Seint To|mas.Ebreusv.aEch bisschop taken of menendeordre of Melchisedech.Lucexix.bA wurthi man wente intoendeȝede vp to JerusalemInserted from EMRXkM..]`Feeste ofFrom EX. Seuen Bretheren.Hebrewsx.fHaue ȝe in mynde ofendeiust man lyueth of feith.Matheuxij.gȝit hym spekynge toendehe is my brothir, sistir and modir.Translacioun of Seynt Be|net abbotFrom RX..Ecclesiast.xxxix.cThe riȝtwis schal ȝeueendein to generacioun.Lucexj.fNo man teendith a lanterneendeȝeueth liȝt to thee.Translacioun of Seynt Swi|thyn bishopFrom E..Ebreusvij.fThe othere weren maadendein offringe him self.Lucexij.fBe ȝoure lendis girdendemannis sone schal come.Seynt Kenelm, king and martir.Ecclesiast.xxxj.bBlessid is a man thatendehise almesdedis.Lucexiiij.fIf ony man comethendebe my disciple.Seynt ArnulfArnulf bischop R., king `and martirOm. E..Ecclesiast.xiiij.fBlessid is the manendethe Lord oure God.Matheuxvj.fIf ony man wole comeendecomynge in his kingdom.Seynt Margrete, virgyn `and martirFrom E..Ecclesiast.lj.cMy Lord God, thou enhaunsidistendethou art my God.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenes is likendenewe thingis and olde.Seynt Praxede, virgyne `and martirFrom E..Sapiensvij.gWisdom ouercometh maliceendetecheresse of hise werkis.Matheuxxv.aThe rewme of heuenesendenot the dai, ne the ourInserted from EMRXkM..]`Marye MawdeleynMarie day Magdeleyn. Y..Proverbior.xxxj.bA stronge womman who schalendeand preisen hir in the ȝatis her werkes.Lukvij.fOon of the pharisees preiedeendego thou in pees.[Seynt Appolinar, martir.ij. Tymothyiiij.aI witnesse bifore Godendethat louen his comyng.Lucexxij.dA strijf was maadendekynredis of IsraelInserted from EMRXkM..]`Seynt Jame euenSeynt Cristin, virgin. EX. Vigil of James RkM..Ecclesiast.xliiij.gThe blessing of the Lordendewith the coroun of glorie.Joonxv.aI am a verrey vyne, and myendeand ȝour ioye be fulfillid.Seynt Jame dayapostle day EM. day, apostle k..Ephesiesij.gNow ȝe ben not gestisendewhiche weren helid alle.Matheuxx.dThe modir of the sones ofendeis maad redi of my fadir.[Seynt Anne, `oure Ladi modirmodir of Marie E..Prouerbsxxxj.cWho schal fynde a strongeendepreise hir in the ȝatis.Matheui.aThe book of the generaciounendethat is clepid Crist.FeesteFrom EX. of Seuene Slepers.Sapiensiij.aThe soules of iust menenderegne withouten ende.Lucexxj.cWhanne ȝe schal heereendeto ȝou in to witnessing.Seynt Sampson, bisschop and confessour.Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete prestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth inendethe ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Felice and Simplice, and Faustin.Parablesxv.aThe tunge of wise menendebeloued of the Lord.Lucexij.aBe ȝe war of the sour douȝendethe aungels of GodInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Abdon `and SennesFrom EMRXk..ij. Corynth.i.aBlessid be God and fadir of ourendebe and of coumfort.Markxiij.bSe ȝe, that noon disseyue ȝouendethis shal be saaf.[Seynt German, bisschop `and confessourFrom EMkM..Sapiensx.dThe Lord ledde forth a iustendethe Lord is oure God.Markxiij.fSee ȝe, wake ȝe, and preieendeseie to alle, wake ȝeInserted from EMRXkM..]August.Lammasse day.Apost. Dedisxij.dCam to the hows of Marieendewente in to anothir place.Matheuxvj.dJhesus cam in to the parties ofendevnboundyn and in heuens.[Seynt Steuen, pope and martir.Hebreusv.aEch bisschop taken of menendeordre of Melchisedech.Lucexix.bA wurthi man wente intoendevp to Jerusalem.Fynding of S. Steuen `martirFrom kM..Actusvj.dSteuen ful of graceendehe deiede.Matheuxxiij.fLo! Y sende to ȝouendein the name of the Lord.Seynt Oswold, king and martir.Ecclesiast.xxxj.bBlessid is a man thatendehise almesdedis.Lucexiiij.fIf ony man cometh to meendenot be my disciple.Seynt Sixte and `Felicisime, and Agapite, martrishis felowis k..ij. Corinth.i.bBlessid be God andendebe also of coumfort.Lucexxj.cWhanne ȝe schal heereendeto ȝou in to witnessing.Seynt Donat, bisschop and martir.ij. Timothyij.bNo man holding kniȝthodeendewith heuenli glorie.Markxiij.fSe ȝe, wake ȝe, and preieendeseie to alle, wake ȝeInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Cyryace `martirFrom MXk., and his felawis.Ecclesiast.ij.cȝe dredynge the Lord, abideendefor piteuous and merciful is oure Lord.Markxvj.gȝe goynge in to al the worldendeshulen han hem wel.`Seynt Laurence euenVigil of S. Laurence RkM. S. Romain martir, vigil E..Ecclesiast.lj.aI knoweleche to thee, Lordendemen susteynynge thee.Matheuxvj.fHe that wole come aftir meendeGoddis sone comynge in his kyngdom.Seynt Laurence day.ij. Corynth.ix.bHe that sowith scarseliendeof ȝour riȝtwisnes.Joonxij.dBut the corne of whete falendemi fadir shal worship him.[Seynt Tiburs, martir.Ebreusxiij.cNile ȝe be lad aweiendeGod is disserued.Matheuxvj.fIf ony man wole comeendecomynge in his kingdom.Seynt Ypolite, martir `with his felawisFrom ERX..Sapiensiiij.cA iust man thouȝ he beendehise chosen men.Lucexij.aBe ȝe war of the sourdouȝendethe aungels of GodInserted from EMRXkM..]`The Assumpcioun euenVigil of Assumpcioun ERkM. Eusebi confessour X..Ecclesiast.xxiiij.cFro the bigynnynge and biforeendeof halewis my withholding.Lukxj.dSum womman of the cumpanyeendeand kepen it.The Assumpcioun day.Ecclesiast.xxiiij.bIn alle thingis reste I souȝteendeand ȝaf swetnesse of smelle.Cant. Cantic.iij.gGoth out, and seeth, ȝe douȝtirsendeand thi tetis to clustris.Lukx.aJhesus entride in to sum castelendebe takyn awei fro hir.The octauisvtas EMRXkMY. of Seynt Laurence.ij. Corynth.ix.bHe that scarseli sowithendeof ȝour riȝtwisnesse.Matheux.gHe that loueth fader or moderendenot lesse his mede.[Vtas of `Assumpciounoure ladi X..Cant.iij.gȝe douȝtris of Sionendeclustris of grapis.Lukx.gHe entride into a castilendeawei from her.Vigile of BartilmewS. Thimothe EX..Prouerbsiij.cBlessid is the man thatendewaxen togidre by deew.Jonxv.aI am a verei vyne, and my fadirendeschal be don to ȝouInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Bartilmew day.Ephesiesij.gNow ȝe ben not gestisendeof God in the Holy Goost.Lukxxij.cA stryf is maad amongeendekynredis of Israel.[Seynt Rufe, martir.Ecclesiast.xiiij.fBlessid is the man thatendethe Lord oure God.Matheux.eNo thing is hid thatendethat is in heuenes.Seynt Austyn, doctorbishop EX..Eccles.xlvij. c xxiiij.aThe Lord hath ȝoue knowlechingendeschal be blessid.Matheuv.bȝe ben salt of the ertheendethat is in heuenesInserted from EMRXkM..]The decollaciounbiheding EMRXkM. of Seynt Joon Baptist.Parablisx.gThe abidynge of riȝtwismenendeshal be enhaunsid the citee.Markvj.cHeroude sente and helde Joonendeand putte in a biriel.[Seynt Felice and Adacte.Sapiensiij.aThe soulis of iust menenderegne withouten ende.Lucexij.aBe ȝe war of the sour douȝendethe aungels of God.Seynt Cutburge, virgyne.ij. Corinth.x.gHe that glorieth, haue glorieendechaast virgyne to Crist.Matheuxxv.aThe rewme of heuenesendenot the dai, ne the ourInserted from EMRXkM..][Seynt Gyle, abbot.Ecclesiast.xxxix.The riȝtwise man shalendeinto generacioun.Lukxj.fNo man teendith a lanterneendeȝiue liȝt to theeInserted from E..]September.[Translacioun of S. Cutberd.Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete prestendethe smel swetnes.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth inendethe ioie of thi Lord.Vigile of Natiuite.Ecclesiast.xliiij.cFro the bigynnyngendemyn withholding.Lucexj.eIt was don whanneendeof God and kepen itInserted from EMRXkM..]The Natiuite of oure Lady.Ecclesiast.xxiiij.dI as a vyne fruytide swetirendelastynge lyf shulen haue.Sapiensiiij.aO how feyre is a chasteendein refresshynge shulen ben.Matheui.aThe boke of generacioun of Jhesuendethat is clepid Crist.`Hooli rode dayRering of the cros EMXkM. Exaltacion of the cros R..Galatasv.dI truste of ȝou in the Lordendeforsothe I seye in Crist.Joonxij.eNow is doom of the worldendethat ȝe ben sones of liȝt.[Vtas of `the Natiuiteoure ladi E..Sapiensiiij.aHow feir is a chaastendeschal be in refreisching.Lucexj.eIt was don whanneendeof God, and kepen it.Seynt Edith `and Eufemie, virginsvirgin E..ij. Corinth.x.gHe that glorieth, haue glorieendechaast virgyn to Crist.Matheuxxv.aThe rewme of heuenesendedai, ne the our.Seynt Lambert, martir.Ebreusv.aEch bisschop taken of menendeordre of Melchisedech.Matheuix.gJhesus wente abouteendein to his ripe cornInserted from EMRXkM..]`Seynt Matheu euenVigil E. Vigil of S. Matheu R. Vigil of Matheu apostle kM..Prouerbior.iij.eBlessid be the man that fyndithendeclowdis bi dew togidere wexen.Lukv.fJhesus sawȝ a pupplican, Leuyendesynful men to penaunce.Seynt Matheu dayday, apostil. EMRXkM..Ezechieli.cThe likenesse of the cheerendethe likenes of leyt shynynge.Matheuix.bJhesus passynge sawȝ a manendebut synful men.[Seynt MauriceMauri kM., with hise felawis.Ebreusxj.fWhich bi feith ouercamenendebi witnessing of feith.Lucevj.eJhesus cam doun fro the hilendeis myche in heuene.Seynt Tecle, virgyn.ij. Corinth.x.gHe that glorieth, haue glorieendechaast virgyn to Crist.Matheuxxv.aThe reume of heuenesendenot the dai, ne the our.Seynt Firmyn, bisschopmartir EX..Ebreusv.aEch bisschop taken of menendeordre of Melchisedech.Matheuix.gJhesus wente abouteendeinto his ripe corn.Seynt CiprianCiprian bishop ERX. and Justine, martirs.Sapiensv.dJust men schulen lyueendehem to a certeyn place.Matheux.dWhanne thei pursuen ȝouendedrede ȝe not hem.Seynt Cosme and Damian, martirs.ij. Corinth.i.bBlessid be God andendeplenteuous in vs.Lucevj.fWhanne hise iȝen werenendeis myche in heuenInserted from EMRXkM..]`Miȝelmas dayS. Myȝhel archaungel EMRXkM..Apocalipsi.a`God maad opyn thingis thatHe signifiede sendinge EMRXkM.endefro oure synnes in his blood.Matheuxviij.aDisciplis camen neȝe to Jhesuendeof my fadir that is in heuene.[Seynt Jerom, doctorpreest EX..Eccles.xlvij. c xxiiij.aThe Lord hath ȝoue knowlechingendehe schal be blessid.Matheuv.bȝe ben salt of the ertheendethat is in heuenes.Octobre.Seynt Remyge and Ger|uaseGerman EX..Ebreusvij.fThe othere weren maadendein offringe him self.Lucexij.fBe ȝoure lendes girdendemannis sone schal come.Seynt Leodegar, bisschopbishop and confessour E. martir M..ii. Tymotheij. c iij.dBe thou myndefulendesufferd persecucioun.Lucex.dHe that herith ȝouendewriten in heuenes.Seynt Feith, virginvirgin and martir E..Ecclesiast.lj.cMi Lord God, thou enhaunsidistendethou art my God.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenesendenewe thingis and olde.Seynt Marci, Marcelli, `and ApuleiOm. E., martirs.Ebreusxj.fWhich bi feith ouercamenendebi witnessing of feith.Lucexxj.cWhanne ȝe schal heereendeto ȝou in to witnessingInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Denyes daywith felawis EMRXkM..Apost. Dedisxvij.dWhanne Poule abood hem atendeand Denys Ariopage.Lukvj.cJhesus comynge doun of the hilendeis mychil in heuene.[Seynt GerodionGereon ERX. Geredion kM., with fe|lawis.Ebreusxj.fWhich bi feith ouercamenendebi witnessing of feith.Lucexxj.cWhanne ȝe schal heereendeto ȝou in to witnessing.Seynt NicasNycolas M., with felowis.Ebreusx.fHaue ȝe mynde on the formerendeman lyueth of feith.Matheux.dWhanne thei pursuen ȝouendedrede ȝe not hem.Translacioun of Seynt Ed|ward, king.Ecclesiast.xxxix.cThe riȝtwis man schalendein to generacioun.Lucexj.fNo man tendeth a lanternendeȝeue liȝt to thee.Seynt Kalixt, pope and martir.Ebreusxiij.cNile ȝe be led aweiendeGod is disserued.Markxiij.fSe ȝe, wake ȝe, andendeseie to alle, wake ȝe.Seynt Wulfram, bisschop and confessour.Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete prestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bA man that goth inendethe ioie of thi LordInserted from EMRXkM..]S. Miȝel in the mount.Apocalipsxij.cThere is maad a greet bateilendeand ȝe that dwellen in hem.Matheuxviij.aDisciplis camen neiȝ to Jhesuendeof my fadir that is in heuen.Seynt Luk dayeuangelist EMRXkM..Ezechieli.cThe likenes of the cheerendethe likenes of leyt shynynge.Lukx.aThe Lord Jhesu ordeynede and othirendeis worthi his hire.[`Feeste ofFrom EX. xj. thousynd virginsmaydens R..Sapiensiiij.aHow feir is a chaastendebe in refreischinge.Matheuxxv.aThe rewme of heuenesendethe dai, ne the our.Seynt Romayn, confessourbishop and confessour E. bishop R..Sapiensx.dThe Lord ledde forthendeeuerlastinge cleernes.Markxiij.fSee ȝe, wake ȝe, andendeseie to alle, wake ȝe.Seynt Crispin and Crispi|nian, martirs.i. Corynth.iiij.dWe ben maad a spectacleendederewurthe sones.Matheux.cLo! Y sende ȝou asendeschal be saaf.Vigil of Symound and Jude, apostlis.Sapiensiij.aThe soules of iust menenderegne withouten ende.Jonxv.bI am a vyne, ȝe the braunchesendeschal be don to ȝouInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Symount day and Jude.Romaynsviij.aWe witen that to men louyngeendein Jhesu Crist oure Lord.Joonxv.dThis is my comaundemauntendeand it shal be don to ȝou.`Alle Halewe euenS. Quintin E. Vigil of al Halewis R. Vigil of alle Halewen kM..Apocalipsv.cI sawȝ, and loo! in the mydel ofendein to worldis of worldis.Joonxvij.cHooli fader, kepe hem in thiendeand I in hem.Nouembre.Alle Halewe day.Apocalipsvij.bI sawȝ another aungel stiyngeendein to worldis of worldis.Matheuv.aJhesus seynge companyesendeplenteuous in heuene.[`Alle Soulen dayCommemora|cioun of Soulis EX..i. Tessalon.iiij.fWe wolen not that ȝeendein these wordis.Jonxj.cMartha seide to himendein to this world.Seynt Leyenard, abbotconfessour and abbot E..Ecclesiast.xxxix.cThe riȝtwis man schalendein to generacioun.Lucexj.fNo man tendith a lanterneendeȝeue liȝt to thee.`Feest ofFrom EX. iiij. crowned martirs.Sapiensiij.aThe soulis of iust menenderegne withouten ende.Lucexxj.cWhanne ȝe schal heereendeto ȝou into witnessing.Seynt Teodore, martir.Ecclesiast.xiiij. f xv.bBlessid is the man thatendethe Lord oure God.Matheuxvj.fIf ony man wole comeendecomynge in his kingdom.Seynt Martyn, bisschop and confessour.Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete prestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth inendethe ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Brice, bisschop and confessour.Sapiensx.dThe Lord ledde forthendeeuerlastinge cleernes.Lucexix.bA wurthi man wenteendevp to Jerusalem.Seynt Macute, bisschop `and confessourOm. kM..Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete prestendethe smel of swetnes.Lucexix.bA wurthi man wenteendevp to Jerusalem.Seynt Edmound, bisschoperchibishop EX..Ecclesiast.l.aBiholde, this is the greteendebi daies euerlastinge.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth inendethe ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Huwe, bisschop.Ecclesiast.xlv.aLoued of God and of menendelijf and of teching.Markxiij.fSe ȝe, wake ȝe, andendeseie to alle, wake ȝe.Vtas of S. Martyn.Ecclesiast.xliiij.dLo! the grete prestendethe smel of swetnes.Matheuxxv.bAs a man that goth inendethe ioie of thi Lord.Seynt Edmound, kingking and martir EXk..Ecclesiast.xxxj.bBlessid is a man thatendehise almesdedis.Lucexiiij.fIf ony man cometh to meendenot be my disciple.Seynt Cecile, virgynvirgin and martir EX..Ecclesiast.lj.cMi Lord God, thou enhaunsidistendethou art my God.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenesendenewe thingis and oldeInserted from EMRXkM..]Seynt Clement, martirpope and martir MRk. pope M..Philipensisiiij.aMy moost dere and moostendeben in the boke of lyf.Lukxix.bA noble man wente in toendestiynge in to Jerusalem.[Seynt Grisogon, martir.Prouerbsiij.cBlessid is the man thatendewaxen togidre bi dew.Lucex.dHe that herith ȝouendewriten in heuenes.Seynt Kateryne, virgin and martir.Ecclesiast.lj.aLord king, I schal knowlecheendethe Lord my God.Matheuxiij.hThe kingdom of heuenesendenewe thingis and olde.Seynt Lyne, pope and martir.Ebreusv.aEch bisschop taken of menendeordre of Melchisedech.Lucexix.bA wurthi man wente intoendevp to JerusalemInserted from EMRXkM..]
Here endith the Propre Sanctorum, and nowOm. Y.bigynneth the Commoun SanctorumThe Table in EMk ends with the Proper Sanctorum; X ends with the Commemorations, and has the Proper Sanctorum inserted in a Ka|lendar prefixed; the following portion, here intitled the Common Sanctorum, is omitted in EMRXkM. There is no final rubric in M. The rubric in E is, The vigile of the Natiuite of oure Lord, with alle the twelue daies and the utacis of hem as thei stonden bi ordre, so thou shalt fynde hem stonde togidre in the Temporal. And euere thenke we oure Lord eendeles in Trinite. In R, Heere endith the reule of the Sanctorum, both Propre and Comyn togidere. And now folewith heere the Commemoraciouns of al the ȝeer, and first the Commemoracioun of oure lady in Aduent. In X, It is to vndirstonde, that not ech lessoun of the oolde lawe is writun in the bible word bi word as it is rad in Chirche, but sum is takun a resoun of o chapitre and the remenaunt of another, and summe ben takun of mo chapitris, and that in diuerse placis, and ȝit not acoordinge fulli to the text of the bible, as this pistle, In that tyme ȝifte shal be born, bigynneth in Isa. xix co. toward the ende, and the remenaunt is in diuerse placis of the chapitre suynge, and also in many lessouns the Chirche hath set to bothe bigynnyngis and endingis, that ben not in the bible. In k, Thus eendith the Kalender of lessouns, pistils and gospels of al the ȝeer. In M, Here endith this Kalender of lessouns, pistlis and gospels of al the ȝeer, aftir the vss of Salisbire..In Estre tyme.Ecclesiast.xliiij.gendeProuerbior.iij.eBlessid be the man that fyndethendeclowdis be dewe to gidere wexen.Joonxv.aI am a verey vyne, and my fadirendeand it shal be don to ȝou.Joonxv.bI am a vyne, and ȝe the braunchisendebe don to ȝou.Of oon Apostle.Apost. Dedisv.cBi the hondis of apostlesendewhiche weren heelid alle.Ephesiesij.gNow ȝe ben not herberwidendeof God in the Hooli Goost.Joonxv.dThis is my maundement thatendeand it shal be don to ȝou.JoonxvcThes thingis Y comaunde to ȝouendefor thei hadden me in haate.Matheux.cLo! I sende ȝou as schepeendethis schal be saf.Lukxxij.dA stryf is maad amonge hemendekynredis of Israel.Of the Euangeliste.Ezechieli.cThe likenes of the semlaunteendein to the liknes of leyt shynynge.Lukx.aJhesus ordeyned other seuenti, andendea werk man is worthi his hire.Of a Martir.Ecclesiast.xiiij.fBlessid is the man that shalendeit shal heritage hym.Sapiensiiij.cThe riȝtwis forsothe if heendein to the chosyn of hym.ij. Corynth.i.aBlessid be God and the fadirendebe and of coumforte.Ecclesiast.xxxj.bBlessid is the ryche man thatendeout telle the chirche of halewis.ij. Corynth.ij.bBe thou myndeful, Lordendeshulen suffre persecucioun.ij. Tymotheiiij.aI witnesse to fore God andendethat loueth his comynge.ij. Tymotheij.aNo man holdynge knyȝthodendein Crist Jhesu with heuenli glorie.Epheseesi.aBlessid be God and the fader ofendethat aboundide greetli in vs.Joonxij.dBut the corne of whete fallingeendeworshipe hym whiche is in heuenes.Lukx.cHe that herith ȝou, herith meendeȝoure names ben wrytyn in heuenes.Matheuxvj.fIf ony man wole come aftirendecomynge in his kyngdom.Lukxiiij.fIf ony man cometh to me andendemay not be my disciple.Matheux.eNo thing is couered that shal notendebefore my fadir that is in heuene.Joonxv.aI am a verey vyne, and my fadirendeand it shal be don to ȝou.Of a Martir and Bishop.Hebrewsv.aEche bishop takyn of menendethe ordre of Melchisedech.Hebrewsxiij.cNil ȝe be led awey withendebi siche oostis God is disseyued.Matheuix.gJhesus compasside citees and castelsendeand symple as dowfes.Of a Bishop exilid.Lukxix.bA noble man wente in to a ferendestiynge in to Jerusalem.Of many Martirs.Sapiensiij.aThe soulis of riȝtwis menendeshal regne in to with outen ende.Sapiensv.eRiȝtwis men forsothe in to withendeplace thei shulen lepe in.i. Corynth.iiij.dWe be maad as spectacleendemoost derworth sones.Hebrewsx.fHaue ȝe mynde of formerendemi iust man lyueth of feith.Ecclesiast.ij.cȝe dredynge the Lord sustendefor piteuous and merciful is our God.Sapiensx.fBut ȝeelde to riȝtwis men theendeouercome thei presseden togidere.Apocalipsvij.fOon of the seyntes answerdeendeeche teere fro the eyen of hem.Parablisxv.aThe tunge of wise men enournethendeshal be loued of oure Lord.Ecclesiast.xliiij.cMen of mercy ben, of whomendethe chirche shal shewen.Lukvj.cHis eyen cast vp in his disciplisendeȝour mede is myche in heuen.Matheuv.aJhesus seynge companyesendemede is plenteuous in heuens.Lukxxj.cWhanne ȝe shulen here bataileendeȝe shulen welde ȝour soulis.Lukvj.cJhesus comynge doun fro the hilleendeis myche in heuene.Matheux.dLoo! I sende ȝou as sheependethis shal be saaf.Markxiij.bSe ȝe, that no man disceyueendethis shal be saaf.Lukxij.aBe ȝe war, and flee ȝe fro theendebefore the aungel of God.Matheuxxiiij.aJhesus sittynge on the hil ofendethis shal be saaf.Matheux.fNil ȝe deme, that Y cam to sendeendehe shal not lese his mede.Matheuxxiiij.aJhesus goynge out of the templeendehe this shal be saaf.Lukxj.gWoo to ȝou that bilden birielisendethat thei shulden accuse hym.Markxiij.aAnd whanne he wente outendehe this shal be saaf.Joonxv.aI am a verey vyn, and my faderendeand it shal be don to ȝou.Of Confessours and Bishops.Ecclesiast.xliiij. d l.aThe greet prest that in his lyfendeSapiensx.dRiȝtwise fro the wraththe ofendeȝaf to hym euerlastynge clerenes.Ecclesiast.xlv.aLoued of God and menendeand to lawe of lyf.Matheuxxiiij.fTherfor wake ȝe, for ȝe witen notendehe shal ordeyne hym.Matheuxxv.bA man goynge fer in pilgrimageendein to the ioye of thi Lord.Markxiij.gSe ȝe, wake ȝe, and preye ȝeeendeI seye to alle, wake ȝe.Of Confessours and Doctours.Ecclesiast.xlvij.cHe ȝaf knowlechynge to holiendeSapiensvij.bI desirede, and there is ȝouen to meendemaad of frendship of God.Matheuv.bȜe ben salt of the ertheendein the kyngdom of heuenes.Of Confessours and Abbots.Ecclesiast.xxxix.aHis herte he shal take toendefro generacioun in to generacioun.Lukxj.eNo man tendith a lantern, andendeȝyue liȝt to thee.Many Confessours.Hebrewsvij.fMo ben maad prestis aftir theendeoons offrynge hym silf.Ecclesiast.ij.eWho dreden the Lord shalendethe maundements of hym.Lukxij.aBe ȝour leendis gyrt beforeendemanns sone shal come.Matheux.Jhesus sente thes twelue, comaundyngeendefrely ȝyue ȝe.Virgyn and Martir.Ecclesiast.lj.cThou hast enhaunsid vpon theendeseye to the name of the Lord.Ecclesiast.lj.aI shal knoweleche to the Lordendetakist out men susteyninge thee.Ecclesiast.xxiiij.dWisdam shal preyse his souleendebraunchis of worship and of grace.Matheuxiij.fThe kyngdam of heuenes isendenewe thingis and oolde.Virgyn, not Martir.ij. Corynth.x.gHe that glorieth, glorie in theendea chast virgyne to o man Crist.Sapiensviij.aForsothe malice ouercometh notendeand the chesers of the werkis of him.Isayelxj.fJoiynge I shal ioye in the Lordendeand ioyen vpon thee shal thi God.Matheuxxv.aThe kyngdom of heuens isendethe day, ne the hour.Many Virgynes.i. Corynth.vij.eOf virgyns I haue not preceptendehooli in bodi and spirit.Sapiensiiij.aHow is chast generacioun withendein refresshynge shal be.Matheuxxv.The kyngdam of heuenes isendethe day, ne the hour.
Here endith the Comoun Sanctorum, and bigynneth the Comemoracioun of the Trinite.Comemoracioun of the Trynite.ij. Corynth.xiij.gThe grace of oure Lord Jhesu Cristendebe with ȝou alle. Amen.Romaynsxi.gO! the heiȝnes of ritchessisendeglorie in to the worldis.Joonxv.gWhanne the Hooli Goost shalendefor I seide to ȝou.Of the Hooli Goost.Apost. Dedisviij.gWhanne apostles that werenenderesceyueden the Hooli Goost.Joonxiiij.cWho that loueth me, kepithendeto me, so Y do.Of the Crosse.Philipensisij.bHe mekyde hym silf maadendein glorye of God the fader.Matheuxx.bJhesus stiynge vp to Jerusalemendethe thridde day he shal rise.In EMRXkM the Commemorations of the Virgin precede the Commemoration of the Trinity.The Commemoracioun of oure Ladi in Aduent.Isayevij.dThe Lord spak to Achazenderepreue yuel and chees good.Luki.dThe aungel of the Lord is sentendebe it don to me aftir thi word.The Commemoracioun fro Cris|tenmasse to Candilmas.Titusiij.cThe benygnyte of oure saviourendeaftir hope of euerlastynge lyf.Lukij.cThe shepherdis spaken toendeas it is seid to hem.The Commemoracioun fro Can|dilmasse to `PaskEester tyme R..Ecclesiast.xxiiij.cFro begynnynge and biforeendebefore hym Y seruede.Lukxj.dJhesu spekynge to the companyeendethe word of God and kepen it.The Commemoracioun fro Pask to the Trinite.Ecclesiast.xxiiij.aFro the bigynnynge and biforeendebefore hym I seruede.Joonxix.eBesidis the cros of Jhesuendetook hir in to his.[Commemoracioun of our Lady in alle othere tymes of the ȝeer is as on the Vigile of AssumpciounInserted from EMRXkM..]For Bretheren `and Sisterssistren MY., and `good doerssalus populi EMXk. heelthe of the peple M. for sauacion of the peple R..Isayexix.fIn that day shal be the autirsendeforsothe myn heritage Israel.MatheuMark EMRXkM.xij.g`Ȝit hym spekynge to companyeJhesus settinge EMRXkM.ende`brother, sister and modiral her lijflode EMRXkM..For the Pees.ij. Machabeor.i.ePreestis maden preyer whileendenethir forsake ȝou in ydel tyme.Joonxvj.gLo! the hour cometh, and nowendeI haue ouercome the world.For Clere Wedre.Jeremyeix.Threnorum ij. iij. EMRXk. Jeremy ij. Y.fRijs, prey thou in the nyȝtendethou aȝenbier of my lijf.Lukviij.cIt is doon in oon of dayesendeand thei obeien to hym.For Reyne.Jeremyexiiij.fWhethir throwynge of fer thouendeforsothe thou didist alle thes thinges.Matheuvj.gNil ȝe be bisie, sechynge whatendeshulen be cast to ȝou.For Bateil and PestilenceFor Batels E. In tyme of Bateils MRXkM..Hestirxiij.eLord king, almyȝti in thiendeand thin heritage don awei.Markxj.eWho euer seith to this hilendeto ȝou ȝour synnes.This lesson comes in after the one Of the Cros, in EMRXkM.Of Aungels.Apocalipsxix.cHe seide to me, wryte thouendeworship thou God.Joonv.aThere was a feeste day of Jewesendehe was holden withA PreestMan EMRXkM. for hym silf.Romaynsvij.fI delite togidere to the laweendebi Jhesu Crist oure Lord.Joonxv.bIf ȝe shulen dwelle in meendeȝoure ioye be fulfillid.For Pestilence of Beestis.Jeremyexiiij.cIf oure wickidnessis schulenendene forsake thou vs.Matheuvij.bAske ȝe, and it shal be ȝouenendeto men askynge hym.For `Weie ferynge MenPilgrimes EMRXkM..Genesisxxiiij.aLord God of heuene, that tookendehe sende his aungel to fore me.Matheux.bȜe goynge, preche ȝe, seiyngeendethanne to that citee.For `oure SynnesSinnis E. Synners MRXM..Romaynsv.cWhanne we weren ȝet in synnesendein the lijf of hymLukv.fJhesus wente out, and sawȝ aendesynful men to penaunce.For Sijk `MenOm. EMRXkM..Jamesv.eIf onye of ȝou is sorewful, preieendethat ȝe be saaf.Lukiiij.fJhesus rysynge of the synagogeendeby him silf helide hem.For Weddynges.i. Corynth.vj.fWite ȝe not that ȝoureendebere ȝe God in ȝour bodi.Matheuxix.aPharisees camen nyȝ to hymendeenioyned or knyt togidre.Lesson omitted in EMRXkM.For Pilgrymes.Genesisxxiiij.aLord God of heuene thatendehis aungel tofore me.Matheux.bȜe goynge, preche ȝeeendefrely ȝyue ȝe.`Masse of RequiemOf Requiem for the Deed E. For the Deed RXk. Om. M..i. Tessalon.iiij.eWe wolen not ȝou for toendeto gidre in these wordis.PistlisFrom MRXkM..ij. Machabe.xij.gCollacioun maad, he senteendevnboundyn fro synnes.Apocalipsxiiij.eI herde a vois fro heueneendethe werkis of hem suen hem.GospelsFrom M.. SundaiFrom EMRXkM..i.Om. AY. Inserted from EMRXkM. Corynth.xv.Om. AY. Inserted from EMRXkM.cOm. AY. Inserted from EMRXkM.`Crist roos fro deedIf Crist is prechid EMRXkM.ende`man in his ordreOm. AY. Inserted from EMRXkM..MonedaiFrom EMRXkM..Joonxj.cMartha seide to Jhesu, LordendeCrist, the sone of quyke God.TewisdaiFrom EMRXkM..Joonvj.dAl thing that my faderendereyse hym in the last day.WednesdaiFrom EMRXkM..Joonv.d`As the fader reyside dedeTreuli, treuli, I seye EMRXkM.endein to rysynge aȝen of doom.ThursdaiFrom EMRXkM..Joonv.d`He that herith my wordFor as the fadir EMRXkM.ende`in to rysynge aȝen of doomdeeth into lijf EMRXkM..FridaiFrom EMRXkM..Joonvj.fI am quyke breed thatendereise hym in the laste day.SaterdaiFrom EMRXkM..Joonvj.f`But ȝe shulen ete myTreuli, treuli, I seye EMRXkM.endereyse hym in the laste dayNo final rubric in AY. Here endith the Commemoraciouns, and biginnith the Sauntorum, Comin and Propre, alle undir oon, as thei fallin in the ȝeer bi ordre, biginnynge next aftir the vtas of the twelfthe day. E. Here endith the reule of the Temperal, and bigynneth [the Sanctorum k] both the Propre and the Comyn. Mk. Here endith the reule of the Temperal, and bigynneth the reule of the Sanctorum, both of the Propre and the Comyn. M..

[Later version: general prologue]

 PROLOGUE.Here bygynneth a prolog for alle the bokis of the Bible of the oolde testamentFrom ζ. Prolog. γεθ. Prologe on the Bible. η. Here bigynneth a reule that tellith of the bookis of the oolde testament, which ben of very feith, and whiche ben not of feith. But alle the bookis of the newe testament ben of feith and of bileeue. δ. No title in αβι.. CAP. I.

FYUE and twenty bookis of the olde testament ben bookis of feith, and fulli bookis of holy writ; the first is Genesis, the ij. isOmitted in δει. ExodiExodus γ., the iij. isOmitted in δει. LeuiticiLeuiticus γ., the iiij. isOmitted in δει. Numeri, andOm. δει. the v. isOmitted in δει. Deutronomye; and these fyue ben the bookis of Moises, whichethe whiche βδει. ben clepid propurly the lawe; the vj. bookOm. ι. isOm. δει. Josue, the vij. bookOm. ζ. is Judicum, that enclosith the story of Ruth; the viij. bookOm. ζ., ix.and ix. δ. and the ix. γθ. x.and the x. γθ. andOm. βδεζι. xj.the xj. γθ. andOm. βδεζι. xij.the xij. γθ. and xiij.the xiij. γθ. ben the foure bookis of Kyngis and tweythe twey βγδεηθι. the bookis ζ. bookis of Paralipominon; the xiiij. book is Esdre, that com|prehendeth Neemye, and al is o bok anentis Ebreyes, as Jerom seith, but anentis Grekis and Latyns these ben twey bookis; andOm. δει. the xv. is Hester, the xvj. is Joob, the xvij. is the Sauter; the xviij. bookOm. ζ., xix.the xix. θ. andOm. ζ. xx.the xx. γθ. ben theOm. ζ. iij.Om. β. bookis of Salamon; the first is Prouerbis, either Parablis, the ij. isOm. δει. Eclesiastes, and the iij. isOm. δι. SongisSong γθ. of Songis; the xxi. bookOm. δι., xxij. xxiij. andOm. δ. xxiiij. ben the foure grete prophetis; Isaie is the first, Jeremye is the ij. Ezechiel is the iij. and Daniel is the fourth; theOm. η. xxv. book is oa δει. book of xij. smale prophetis; Osee `is the firstOm. δει., Joel `is the ij.Om. δει. Amos `is the iij.Om. δει. the iij. ζ. AbdieAbdias γθ. `is the iiij.Om. δει. Jonas `is the fyuetheOm. δι., andOm. δει. Michee `is the vj.Om. δει. Naum `is the vij.Om. δει. Abacuk `is the viij.Om. δει. Sofonye `is the ix.Om. δει. Aggeye `is the x.Om. δει. Sacharie `is the xi.Om. δει. andOm. ζ. Malachie `is the xij.; and alle these xij. smale prophetis ben o book, and in this ordre. And what euer book in the olde testament is `out ofwith|owte δει. out β. these fyue and twenty byforefore δει. seid, shal be set among apocrifa, that is, with outen autorite of bileue; therfore the book of Wisdom and Ecle|siasticiEcclesiasticus γ. and Judith and Tobie beben γδεζθι. not of bileue. The first book of Machabeies was founden writewriten βγδεθι. writen first ζ. in Ebreu, and the ij. book of Machabeyes was writen first in Grek. Jerom seith al this sentence in the prologe on the first book of Kyngis. AlsoAnd so ζ. the book of Baruc and the pistle of Jeremye ben not of theOm. γζ. autorite of the bible anentis Ebreyes, nener β. nether γθ. the preyer of Manasses, asOm. δ. Jerom witnessith, and `how mich ofȝit netheles ζ super ras. the book of Hester and ofOm. δει. also ζ sup. ras. Daniel is of autorite anentis Ebreyes, and in Ebreu lettre, it is told in the same bookis byof θ. Jerom hym self; netheles Jerom, in suynge Ebreyes, comprehendith alle thesethis β. bookis in xxij.; for Ebreies maken oo book of the first and ij.the ij. βγεζη. book of Kyngis, and clepen it Samuel, and thei maken oo book of the iij. and iiij.the iiij. θ. book of Kyngis, and clepen it Malachym, and thei comprehenden in oo book the ij. bookis of Paralipominon. But certis, litel charge is of this rikenyng, whether thetho β. bookis of Kyngis ben noumbred foure, as Latyns doen, either tweyn, as Ebreies doen. Also litel charge is, whether Paralipominon be departid in ij. bookis, as Latyns vsenOm. δ., eitheror δει. be oo book aloone, as Ebreis doenvsen ει.; and so of the first book of Esdras and ofOm. δει. Neemye, litel charge is, whether thei ben tweyne, as Latyns andOm. δει. is xij. β. Grekis vsen, `other ooneither oon εθι. either be oo book ζ. aloone, as Ebreyes vsen. Netheles it semeth, that Latyns and Grekis han more reson in this rikenyng than Ebreies han, but hou euer these bookis ben noumbrid, alle these ben of autorite of bileue, either of cristen feith. Thanne if the first book of Esdre and the book of Neemye ben noumbrid for tweyne, as Grekis and Latyns vsen, and if men taken Judith for a book of holy Scripture, as the general congregacioun of clergie dide at theOm. γ. Seyne of Nicene, as Jerom witnessith in the prologe onof βγδζθ. Judith, thanne in the olde testament ben xxvij. bookis of bileue. Also EclesiasticiEcclesiasticus γ. was writen in Ebreu, and the book of Wisdom is not anentis Ebreies, but sownethit sowneth ζ. Grek eloquence, and summe olde writers affermen, that the Jew Filo made it. Therfore as holy chirche redith Judith and Tobie and the bookis of Machabeies, but resceyueththei resseyuen ζ. not tho among holy ScripturisScripture β., so the chirche redithrede α. these ij.Om. ζ. bookis EclesiasticiEcclesiasticus γ. and Sapience to edifying of the peple, notOm. ζ. and δ. to conferme the autorite of techingis of holythe holy δ. chirche; Jerom seith this pleynly in the prologe onof β. ProuerbisProuerbis in Latyn γ.. Also Jerom translatide the first book of Esdre and Neemye, and biddith that no man delite in theOm. β. dremis of the iij. and iiijthe iiij. γεζηι.. book of Esdre that ben apocrifa, that is, not of autorite of bileue; for anentis Ebreies the wordis of Esdre and ofOm. δει. Neemye ben driuen in to o book; `and the bookisOm. γθ. of the olde testament, that ben not anentis Ebreies, and ben not of the noumbre of holy writchurche β., owen to be cast fer awey; Jerom seith this in the prolog ofon γ. Esdre. And therfore Y translatide not the thridde neitherne ει. the fourthe book of Esdre, that ben apocrifa; but onely the first, and of Neemye, that ben rikened for twey bookis anentis Grekis and Latyns, and ben of autorite of bileue. Netheles apocrifa `ben seid inis seid on ζ. ben seid on ι. twey maners, as Catholicon seith on this word apocrifa; a book is seid apocrifumapocrifa η. apocrifi ζ., either for thethat the θ. autor istherof is ζ. vnknowen, and the treuthe therof is opynnot opyn δ.; and hooly chirche resseyueth sich a book not to preuyng of feith, but to lernyng of vertues; and siche ben the bookis of Judith and other, whiche Seynt Jerom noumbrith in the prologe onof βζ. Regumthe book of Kyngis in Latyn γ.; either a book is seid apocrifumapocrifi ζ., for me doutith ofOm. θ. for γ. the treuthe therof; and holy chirche resceyueth not siche bookis; and siche benis ζ. the book of `the ȝongOm. β. childhed of theoure ζ. Sauyour, and the book of the takyng up of the body of Seynt Marye to heuen; Catholicon seith this on that word apocrifa. But sothely alle the bookis of the newe testament, that is, foure gospelleris, Matheu, Mark, Luk, and Jon; xij. pistelis of Poul, vij. smale pistils, the Dedis of Apostlis, and the Apocalips ben fulli of autorite of bileue; therfore cristen men and wymmen, olde and ȝonge, shuldenshul ζ. studie fast in the newe testament, for it is of ful autorite, and opyn to vndirstonding of simple men, as to the poyntis that beben γδεζηθι. moost nedeful to saluacioun; and the same sentence is in the derkiste placisplace δζ. of holy writ, whiche sentenceOm. ζ. is in theOm. ζ. opyn placis; and ech place of holy writ, bothe opyn and derk, techith mekenes and charite; and therfore he that kepith mekenes and charite hath the trewe vndirstondyng and perfectioun of al holi writ, as Austyn preuith in his sermoun of the preysing of charite. Therfore no simple man of wit be aferd vnmesurabli to studie in the text of holy writ, for whi tho ben wordis of euerlastyng lif, as Petir seide to Crist in the vj. chapitre of Jon; and the Holy Gost stirede hooly men to speke and writeto write δεηι. the wordis of hooly writ for the coumfort and saluacioun of meke cristen men, as Petir in the ij. pistle in the ende, and Poul in xv.the xv. γδεηθι. chapitre to Romayns witnessen. And no clerk be proude of the verrey vndirstondyng of holy writ, for whi verrey vndirstonding of hooly writ with outen charite, that kepithand kepynge of ζ. that kepith not δ. Goddis heestis, makith a man depper dampned, as James and Jhesu Crist witnessen; and pride and couetise of clerkis is cause of her blindenes andof ζ. eresie, and priueth hem fro verrey vndir|stondyng of holy writ, and makenmaketh βζθ. hem goto go δει. quyk in to helle, as Austyn seith on the Sauter, on that word, Descendant in infernum viventes.Heere endith the pro|log on the book of Genesis. γ.

 CAP. II.

THE old testament is departid in to thre parties, in to moral comaundementis, iudicials, and cerimonyals. Moral comaundementis techen to holde and preise and cherishe vertues, and to fle and repreue vicis, and these comaundementis bynden euer, and han strengthe, for tho ben groundid in charite and reson,in reson δει. and in lawethe lawe ζ. of kynde. ¶ Judicials techen domes and peynes for orrible synnes, and the iudicials of Moises lawe weren ful iust and profitable for men, for tho weren ordeinedendid η. of God, that may not erre in his domes, and lawis, and workis. Netheles sithen Crist was maad man, and ordeyned lawe of mercy and of charite, and wole not the deth of aOm. δ. sinful man, but repentaunce and saluacioun, cristen men ben not bounden to kepe theOm. β. iudicials of Moyses lawe, that wasweren δει. endid in the tyme of Cristis passioun. But ȝit cristen lordis that han the swerd, and ben Goddis vikers, in xiij.the xiij. δεζι. co. to Romayns, moun punishe men, that trespassen openly, in catel and bodyly prisoun, and sumtyme bi bodily deth, whanne the synne may not ellis be distried, neither the comyntecomynalte δει. may ellisnot ellis ζ. be stablishid in pees, as theOm. β. foure doctours and other latter preuen opynly by holy writ and resoun; but looke that this be don for charite and comyn profit, with mercy and compassioun of bretheren, not for couetise, nether pride, neither for veniaunce of a mannes owne wrong. ¶ Cerymonials techen figuris and sacramentis of the olde lawe, that figuredenfiguren β. Crist and his deth, and the misteries of holy chirche in the lawe of grace; and these cerimonials ceessiden outirly, as to obligacioun, in the tyme of Cristis deth, and ben noyful and dampnable to men that kepen tho, and for that the gospel is prechid and knowen generally; for if tho cerymonyes ben kept now, the kepers of tho knowlechen, that Crist is not ȝit comen, neither suffrid deth for mankynde; and this knowleching is opyn heresieerrour ether heresie βζ. ether heresie a pr. m.; for whi the treuthe and fredom of the gospel suffisith to saluacioun with out keping of cerymonyes maad of God in the old lawe, and mych more with out cerimonyes of sinful men and vnkunnynge, that ben made in theOm. η. tyme of Antecrist, and of vnbyndyng of Sathanas, in xx.the xx. δεζηι. co. of Apocalips. Therfore as it is opyn eresie to seie, that the gospel with his treuthe and fredom suffisith not to cristen mennes saluacioun with outen kepyng of cerimonyes of Goddis lawe ȝouen to Moyses, so it semith opyn heresie to seie, that the gospel with his treuthe and fredom suffisith not to saluacioun of cristen men with out kepyng of ceremonyes and statutis of sinful men and vnkunnynge, that ben maad in the tyme of Sathanas and of Antecrist.

 CAP. III.

This is the prolog of Genesis. δ.SYMPLE men of wit moun be edified mycheither holpen myche ζ. to heuenly lyuyng bi redyng and knowyng of the olde testament, for in the bigynnyng of Genesis they moun knowe, hou God made heuen and erthe and alle creaturis of nouȝt, and made man to his owne ymage and licnesse, and to haue blisse in body and soule with outen endeony ende δει.. Also `men mounme may δ. men may ι. knowe, hou sore God punishide Adam and Eue for brekyng of his comaundement; and hou Abel plesid God by feith, mekenesse and charite; and hou Caym displeside hym by synnes, and specialli by enuye, hatredeand hatrede ι. and manquellyngmansleyng ζ.. Also hou Noe was loued of God, and al the world, outaken viij. persones, was distriedstryed β. for synne; and hou for pride and other synnes God departid many langagis, that no man vndirstood other in the tour of Babel; and hou feith|ful and obedient to God Abraham was, that he ȝede out of his lond in to a straunge cuntre, and was redy to sle his owne sone Isaac at the wille of God, and gat therfore mich reward of God; and hou God distried Sodom and Gommor, and other thre cytees, for leccherye and other synnes, that tho weren sunkun doun; and the dede see is now where thothe ζ. grete cytees weren. Also hou trewe and obedient to God weren Isaac and Jacob and Joseph, and hou God keptekepe ζ. hem in alle perels. Al this proces of Genesis shulde stirestire meche β. stire mechel ζ. sec.m. cristen men to be feithful, and for to drede and loue God, and in alle thingis doto do β. his willeHere endith the prolog of Gene|sis. δ.. ¶ Here . . . . . bigynneth the prolog of Exody. δ.Also in Exodi men mounmay δι. knowe, hou God kept his simple peple in Egipt, and encresside hem gretly in that lond, vndir the persecucioun and tirauntrie of Faraokyng Farao βι., and deliueride hem by many miraclis, and punishid Farao and his peple with tenOm. ζ. stronge veniauncis, and feddethane brouȝte his owne peple thoruthe the reede see, and fedde ζ. hem meruelously in desert xl. ȝeris, where no duelling of men was bifore, and made hem toOm. β. ouercome the strong peple of Amalech. Aftir this God tauȝte hem wyis gouernayle, and bitook toOm. ζ. hem theOm. βζ. ten comaundementis and other iudicials, to punishe gretly opyn grete synnes. AlsoAnd δι. theythis ζ. weren ful bisy to make a costlew tabernacle to the onour of God, by his bidding and techyng, that figuride holi chirche and vertues in mennes soulis. At the laste God took gret veniaunce onof ζ. hem for idolatrie, whanne thei forsoken the feith and worshipyngthe worshipyng β. of God, and onoureden ȝoten calues bi stiryngstrengthe ζ. of the deuel. And thanne Moyses was a trewe mediatour bitwix God and theOm. ζ. sinful peple, and seide thus to God, for gret trist of his mercy and riȝtfulnesfor riȝtfulness δεηι., and forOm. δι. gret charite to the peple, "eitherOm. δ. forȝiue thou this trespas to hem, either do me out of thi book in which thou hast writen me;" and for this deuout preier and greet charite of Moyses God sparede the synful pepil, and distryede not sodeynly al the pepil, but took hem to mercy and grace. And this proces of Exodi shulde make men trystyto triste ζ. in Goddis help, and to be trewe in his loue, and eschewe his offence with al her myȝtis. ¶ Heere . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on Leuitici and this it is. δ.The iij. book clepidOm. β. Leuitici techith men sacrificis due to God, and for synnes of the peple, in theOm. ζ. tyme of the olde testament, and thatOm. ζ. no man vnworthi shulde neyȝe to the seruise and sacrifice of God. These sacrificis owen not to be kept now, for tho figureden the passioun and deththe deth βδει. of Crist, and remissioun of synnes bi the blood and merit of Crist, in the lawe of grace. Also this book techith men to absteyne fro wedlok of nyȝ kyn and affynyte, with ynne the ij. degregree β., and ordeyneth peyne of deeth for ydolatrie, and weddyng with ynne the ij. degre of consanguynyte and affynite. At the last this book techith menOm. β. to kepe Goddis heestis, and for to loue her neiȝboris and toOm. βη. do equyte to hem, and werkis of mercy to nedy men; and comaundith iust weyȝtis and mesures, and domes; and forbedith strongly ydolatrye and wicche craftiswicche craft δει. and false coniouryngis; and tellith prosperite that shal come to hem that kepen Goddis heestis, and veniaunce and peyne to hem that breken Goddis heestis. And this proces of Leuitici shulde make cristen men aferd to breke Goddis heestis, and ioyful to kepe tho to lyf and deth, forto haue ζ. reward of God in euerlastyng blisse. ¶ Prolog. [on Numeri] δ.The iiij. book clepid Numeri tellith the noumbre of peple led out of Egipt, bothe of lewid men and of prestis and of dekenys; and how God kept hem longe in the orrible desert, and punisshide hem alle bi deeth, out taken Caleph and Josue, for grucchyng and mystriste to Goddis word, and punisshide Marie, Moyses sistyr, with lepre, for bacbytyng of Moyses, the mylde seruaunt of God. Alsoand ζ. whanne God wolde haue distryed the peple for grucchyng aȝens hym, Moyses preyede with al his herte for the peple that wolde stoonehaue stonned ζ. sup. ras. hym to deeth. Also God techith there, that he that doth ony synne by pride shal be deed, and that he that brak the sabot, ȝhe by gaderyng of stickis, shulde be stooned ofȝea of ε. alle the peple. Also God punisshide soore Chore, Dathan, and Abyron, that weren rebel aȝens Moyses and Aaron, and made discencioun in the peple, so that the erthe openyde, and deuouride hem with here tabernaclis, and al her catelcatels β., and thei ȝeden doun quyke in to helle. Ȝit whanne the peple grucchide aȝeyns Moyses and Aaron, and wolde sle hem vniustly, and God killide mony thousendis of theOm. β. peple herfore, Moyses bad Aaron preye, and offre encense for the peple; and so he ceesside the veniaunce. Also God techith there, that prestis shulen haue the firste fruytis and theOm. ι. firstOm. β. boren thingis, and part of sacrificis and avowis and offringis; and dekenys shulen haue tithis of the peple, and ȝiue her tithis, that is, the tenthe part of tithis whiche thei token of the peple, to the hiȝest prest, and prestis and dekenys shulen holde hem apayed with her spiritual part of tithis and offryngis, and take no possessioun `in the londOm. δ. of her britheren, for God hymself shal be the part and eritagethe eri|tage β. of prestis, in the myddys of the sones of Israel. Also for Moyses and Aaron bileueden not fully to Goddis word, but doutiden of his byheest at the water of aȝenseying, God suffride not hem forOm. δι. to entre in to the lond of byheest, but bothe weren deed in desert. Also in this book ben told the duellyngis of the children of Israel in desert, and the batels whiche thei hadden aȝeyns hethen men; and of Balaam hou he was huyrid to cursecnowe β. Goddis peple, and hou God com|pellyd hym to blesse his peple, and toOm. ζ. seye profesie of Crist. And for the peple of Israel dide fornicacioun and idolatrie, God bad Moyses hange alle the princis aȝens the sunne, that the strong veniaunce of God were turned awey fro the peple of Israel. And for as myche as Fynees the prest killide a duke of Israel, that dide fornicacioun with an hethen womman, and didehe dide ζ. this for feruent loue to God, he gat of God euerlastyng presthod for hym and hisfor his δζ. seed, and turned awey Goddis wraththe fro the children of Israel. Also there is tauȝt, who shal be eyr of a man; and of halydayes, and sacrificis, and offryngis maade in tho; and whiche avowis shulen be holden, and whiche not; and of batels; and hou the preyes shulden be departid among the peple, and what shulde falle to the prest; and hou the lond of byheest shulde be departid to xij. lynagis; and dekenys shulden haue citees to enhabite in tho, and the subarbees to here sheep and beestys; and citees of refuyt shulden be ordeyned for hem that shedden blood vnwilfully, not of purpos, neithir hatrede byfore goynge; and he that is gilty of mannis deeth shal be slayn with outen onyOm. ζ. redempcioun. This proces of Numeri shulde stire cristen men for to loue here enemyes, and do good tofor ζ. hem, as Moyses and Aaron diden, and to kepe Goddis heestis, and shedeto schede ζ. not mannis blood vniustly. ¶ Heere . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on Deutronomy. δ.The fyfthe book clepid Deutronomye is a rehersyng and confermyng of al the lawe biforegoyngafore goynge δει., and styrithteechith δ. men gretly to kepe and teche Goddis heestis, and adde no thing to tho, neither drawe awey ony thing fro tho; and first it techith, that wise men and myȝty shulenshulden ι. be maad iugis, and deme iustlyriȝtly δει. the pore and the riche; aftirward hou the Jewis ouercamen Seon, theOm. δ. kyng of Hesebon, and token his lond and alle the goodis therynne in to her owne possessioun, and dedyn in lyk maner to Og theOm. ζ. kyng of Basan, and to his lond and goodis. Ferthermore God comaundith men to kepe hise heestis, and adde no thing therto, neitherne ζ. drawe onyno ει. thing ther fro, and that they drede and loue God ofwith ζ. al her herte, and alof al ει. her soule, and al her strengthe, and eschewe ydolatrie, and serue and worshipe hym aloone; and that thei teche Goddis heestis to here sones, and thenke on tho heestis in hous and weye, slepynge and wakynge. Alsoand ζ. God comaundith his peple to eschewe weddyngis of hethen men and wymmen to her children, lest they ben drawen to idolatrye, and bihetith many blessyngis to hem and miche encresyng of goodis, if thei kepen treuly hise comaundementis, and that strong veniaunce and distryyng shal come on the Jewis, if thei doendiden ζ. ydolatrie, and benveren ζ. vnobedient to God. Also God biddithbad ζ. hem haueto have ζ. mynde, that they weldiden the lond of byheest, not for her owne riȝtfulnesse and strengthe, but for the synnes of men that duelliden therynne, and for the ooth of God whichthe which ζ. he made to Abraham and to other hooly men. AndOm. δει. thanne God remembrith to hem many grete synnis, to make hem war that thei trespase no more, but that thei drede God and loue hym in alle her hert and soule, kepeand kepe βη sec. m. ι. sec. m. hise comaundementis, and swere by his name, and loue pilgrymes either comelyngis. Eft God biddith hem haue hise wordis in her hertis and wittis, and haue tho for a singne in the hondis, and bytwyxe her yȝen, and that they teche her sones to bithenkethenke ζ. on the wordisword ι. of God euere, and that they write thetho δ. wordis of God on the postis and ȝatis of her hous; and tellith and ȝiueth his blessyng to hem, if thei kepen hise heestis, and ȝiueth his curs to hem, if they breken hise heestis, and worshipen aliene goddis. Also they shulen distrye the placis wherynne hethen men diden ydolatrie, and distrye her auters, ymagis, woodis and ydols; and thei shulen make her sacrifices, and offre her tithis, and the firste fruytis, and ȝiftis and avowis in the place which the Lord hath chose to his name, and this was the temple of Jerusalem. Also a prophete, either a feynere of dremys, that `wole styresterith δει. men to doOm. ζ. ydolatrye shal be slayn, and so shal a frend either citee that doth idolatrye, eithir styrith other men therto. Also thou shalt paye tithis of alle fruytis that growen inon β. erthe, of whete, ofand ζ. wyn, andOm. δει. of oyle, and theof the ζ. first boren thingis of neet and sheep; and in the thridde ȝere thou shalt departe anof ζ. othir tithe of alle thingis that growen to thee, and kepe it with ynne thine ȝatis, to susteyne the dekene, pylgrym outher comelyng, fadirles child eitheror ζ. modirles, and wydue, that ben with ynne thy ȝatis. Also in the vij. ȝeer shal be remissioun of dette to citeseynes and kynnesmen, netheles not to a pylgrym and comelyng, for he may be compellid to paye. Outirly a nedy man and begger shal not be amongamong ȝou δ. Goddis peple; but pore men shulen not fayle in the lond, therfore ryche men shulen helpe hem with loue, and helpe hem wilfully in here nede. Thanne God techith of thre grete solempnetees, of pask, of the feeste of woukis either pentecost, and of the feeste of tabernaclisthe tabernacle β.; and that maystris and iugis shulen be ordeyned in alle ȝatisthe ȝatis ζ. either citees by ech lynage, to deme the peple by iust doom, and take not ȝiftis nether persones. Ferthermore God techith, that who euer is conuyct by tweyne eithir thre witnessiswit|nes β., that he hath do idolatrie, he shal be stoonyd, first by theOm. βζ. witnessiswit|nes β., and thanne by al the pepil. He that is proud and wole not obeye to the comaundement of the hiȝe prest, and to the doom of the iugisiuge βζ., in that thatOm. βδει. thei techen Goddis lawe, shal be deed. Thanne God techith, what maner kyng the pepil shal make, and what shal be his office. Aftirward God techith, that prestis and dekenys, and alle that ben of the same lynage, shulen `not hauehaue no ι. part and eritage with the residue pepil of Israel, for they shulen ete the sacrifices of the Lord, and the offringis of hym, and thei shulen take noon othir thing of the possessioun of her bretheren; for whi God hym self is her eritage. Ferthermore God forbedith idolatrie, and to enquere con|iourers, and to kepe dremys and chiteryng of briddis; and comaundith that no wicche neithirne ζ. enchaunter be, and that men take notno ζ. councel at hem that han spiritis in cloos, neithir at false dyuynours, neithir axe of deede men the trouthe. Also God shal reise a profete of herOm. ζ. brethirbrithren δεζι., that is Crist the Sauyour, and he that hathheerith δει. not hise wordis shal be punishid. A profete that wole speke by pride in the name of God that thing that God bad not hym, eithir bi the namenames ζ. of othir goddis, shal be slayn. Also vj. citees of refuyt eithiror ζ. of fraunchise shulen be, that heoon β. that sleeth a man, not by hatrede but aȝens his wille, beschal be ζ. saued, and he that sleeth a man bi hatrede and bifore castyng, shal be slayn with oute mercy, eithir raunsoun. He that is conuict to have seid fals witnessyng aȝens his brothir, shal haue the same peyne to which his brothir shulde be put, if he hadde be gilty. Also prestis shulen coumforte hem that gon to iust batel, to haue trist in God, and drede not her enemyes, and that ferdful men, and thei that han newly byldyd an hous, eithiror ζ. newly plauntid a vyne, eithiror δεζι. newly weddid a wyf, and not vsid hir, go not to batel; and first werryours shulen profre pees to a citee, and if the citee ȝelde it self, men ther ynne shulen lyue vndir tribute, ellis alle men ther ynne shulen be slayn; and this is vndir|stonden of tho citees that be not ȝouen in to possessioun to the pepil of Israel. And there is teld the departyng of preyes, and what treestree ζ. shulenschal ζ. be kit doun in bisegyngethe bisegyng δει. bysekynge α.. Also God techith what shal be doon, whanne a man is founden slayn, and the sleer is vnknowun. A child rebel to the fadir and modir, and thatOm. ζ. ȝiueth hym silf to glotenye, leccherye and drunkennesse, shal be stoonyd of al the citee. A man shal kepe the oxe and sheep of his brothir, that is strayed awey, and bringe it aȝen to his brothir, and so of other beestis and of ech thing; and if thou knowist not, whose thothei ζ. ben, thou shalt kepe tho stille, tylto β. thi brothir seke and resseyue tho. Who euer doth avoutrie, shal be deed; ifand if δεηι. a man defoulithdefoule ζ. a virgyne, he shal wedde hir, and ȝiue l. siclis of siluer to her fadir. Thou shalt not take a seruaunt to his lord, which seruaunt fledde to thee, but he shal duelle with thee in a place that plesith hym. Noon hoore shal be of the douȝtris of Israel, neithir a lechour of the soones of Israel. Thou shalt not leene to thi brothir for vsure. If a man hatith his wife, he shal write and ȝiue to hir a libel of forsakyng; but this is forbedun of Crist in the gospel of Mt. vto.the fyuethe ζ. cao. and `xix cao.the nynthe chapiter ζ. Whanne a man hath take late a wyf, he shal not go to batel, neithir ony comyn office shal be put onvnto ζ. hym, but oon ȝeer he shal be glad with his wif, and take heede to his hous. He that proloyneth his brothir, which is a fre man, and sillith hym, shalhe shal δει. be slayn. Thou shalt ȝelde `at nyȝt toa nyȝt ι. athe β. pore man his weed, and in the same day thou shalt paye to a nedy traueylour his huyre. Fadris shulen not be slayn for the sones, neithir sonesthe sones ζ. for the fadrisfadir ζ.. Whanne thou repist corn in the feeld, and forȝetist an handful, thou shalt not turne aȝen to take it, but thou shalt suffre that a comelyng, fadirlesand fadirles ζ. child and wydewe take it awey; and so of gaderyng of olyues and of gaderyng of grapis. Whanne twey men ben at debatyng, and the wif of oon wole delyuere hir housbond fro the hond of the strenger, and take hym by the preuy membris, sche shall leese her hond withouten eny mercy. And there God forbedith false weiȝtis and mesures, aOm. β. more and aOm. β. lesse. Also dekenes schulen pronunce and seie with hiȝ vois to alle the men of Israel, he is cursid that doth ydolatrie, eithiror δεζι. brekith eny comaundement of God eithiror δεζι. doth aȝens eny part of the lawe of God; and al the peple schal seie, Amen. Also God biheetith greet prosperite to his peple, if thei kepe his heestis, and thei schulen be blessid in citee and inblessid in δει. feeld, and the fruit of her wombe and the fruyt of her lond shal be blessid, and alle thingis that perteynen to hem schulen be blessid, and thei schulen haue victorie of hire enemyes, and manye prosperitesprosperite β. of soule and ofOm. ζ. bodi schulen bifalle to hem; and if thei kepen not Goddis heestis, thei schulen be cursid in cite and feeldin feeld β., the fruitfruytes ζ. of her wombe, and alle thingis that perteynen to hem schul be cursidacursid ι.; God schal sende hem hungir, thirst, pestilence, feuer and coold, brennyngeand brennynge δει. and heete, and corupt eir, til thei perischen; enemyes schulen haue victorie, and conquere hem, and take hem pre|soners; and ȝit God schal punysche hem with huge veniaunce, that alle that heeren ben astonyed. Natheles if whanne alle these veniances ben fallen on hem, theiand thei ζ. repenten verily in theOm. ζ. herte, and turne aȝen to God, and obeyen to hise heestis in al her herte and al her soule, the Lord shal haue mercy on hem, and bringe hem aȝen to hire lond fro alle folkis, among whiche thei weren scaterid, and God schal blesse hem, and make hem to be of more noumbre than her fadris weren, and schal turne alle thethes βη sec. m. cursis on her enemyesenemye α.; and God schal ȝeue to hem aboundaunce in alle werkis of her hondis, and in alle thingis that perteynen to hem. Moises spac alle these wordis to al the puple of Israel, and bad hem drede not her enemyes, for God schal go biforeto fore β. his peple, and ouercome her enemyes. And Moises ordeyned Josue to be ledere of the peple bifore al the multitude of the sones of Israel. Moises wroot this lawe and ȝaf it toOm. α. prestis, the sones of Leuy, and to theOm. β. eldre men of Israel, and bad hem rede the wordis of this lawe bifore al Israel, in the heeringe of alle men and wymmen, litel children, and comelingis, eithir conuersis to the feith of Jewis, that thei heere and lerne and dreede oure Lord God, and kepe and fillefulle β. alle the wordis of this lawe. Moises bi Goddis comaundement wroot a greet song, and tauȝte it the children of Israel, that it schulde be into witnessing aȝens hem; and Moises clepide togidere alle the eldre men and techeris, and clepide heuene and erthe into witnessing aȝens hem; and whanne Moises hadde fillid alle the wordis of this greet song, he styede into an hil, and was deed there, and God biryede him, and mana man ζ. knew not his sepulcre tilOm. ζ. into this day. Cristen men schulde myche reede and heere `and kunneOm. δ. this book of Deutro|nomye thatand kunne it, that δ. conprehendith al the lawe of Moises, and disposith men for to bileeue in Crist, and heere and kepe his wordis.

 CAP. IV.

Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on Josue. δ.The vj. book, which is clepid Josue, tellith in general, that Josue brouȝte the peple into the lond of biheeste, and departide it bi lott to hem; and first how God bihiȝte to Josue that noon schulde mowenow αζη. aȝenstonde him and his peple in alle the daies of his lijf; and God bihiȝte that Josue schulde departe bi lot to his peple the lond of biheest; and God comaundide him to kepe al the lawe, and bowe not fro it, but thenke therinne bibothe ζ. daies and nyȝtis, that he kepe and do tho thingis that ben writen therinne. Aftir this Josue sente aspies to bihoolde the lond and the citee of Jerico; and thei entriden in to the hous of a comun womman Raab, and weren sauid there bi counceil and helpe of the womman. Thanne Josue bad the prestis take the arke of boondthe boond εζι. of pees of the Lord, and goo bifore the peple, and thei diden so. And whanne theOm. ει. prestis camen withand brouȝten δε. the arke to the brinke of Jurdan, the greet watir of Jurdan wente awey to the deed se, and the hiȝere wateris stooden stille as a wal, so that the peple passide bi the drie botme, and the prestis stoodin on the drie erthe in the myddis of Jurdan. Also Josue bad xij. men of xij.the xij. ζ. lynagis of Israel take xij. greete stoonis fro the botme of Jordan, and sette tho in Galgalis, where the peple settidesett ζ. tentis in the nyȝtnexte nyȝt ι. aftir the passagepassynge δει. of Jurdan, and take xij. stoonis of the lond, and putte in the myddis of Jordan, where the arke hadde stoonde; and bad that fadris schuldenschulen ζ. teche hire children, hou thei passiden bi the drie botme of Jurdan, for God driede theOm. β. watris theroffe, as he hadde do before in the reed se, and the prestis and princis and al the peple obeyede to Josue. ThanneAnd δ. Josue circumcidecircumsiside β. circumcidede δεζι. the peple that was vncircumcidid xl. ȝeer in desert, and the peple made paask in the xiiij. day of the monthe at euentid; and Josue siȝ an aungel of the Lord, which aungel was prince of Goddis oost. Also the stronge wallis of Jerico felden doun at Goddis ordynaunce, whanne theOm. ει. prestis brayeden with vij. trumpis, and alle the peple criede an hiȝ in the vij. day of cumpassing of the citee. And the peple of Israel distroiede and brente the citee and alle thingis ther|inne, outaken Raab and tho that weren in her hous, and outtaken gold and syluer, and vessels of bras and yrounof iren ζ., whiche thei haleweden in to the tresorie of the Lord. Also for Achar dide aȝens Goddis bidding, and took to himself a thing reserued to Goddis vs, he was stoonid and brent, and alle hise goodis weren brent with hym; and tilal αεηι. om. δ. this punysching was doon on hym, `the peplefor afore this the puple δει. of Israel myȝte not stoonde, but was ouercomen of hire enemyes. After this punysching of Achar Josue took the citee of Hay, and killede the king and al the peple, and distroiede and brente the citee, and hangide the king therof inon ι. a iebat. Thanne Josue bildide an auter to God in the hill of Hebal, and offride theronne brent sacrificesacrifisis δει. and peesible sacrificissacrifice βζ., and wroot the Deutronomye of Moyses lawe on stoonis. And first he blesside the peple of Israel, and aftir these thingis he redde alleOm. δε. the wordis of blessing and of cursing, and alle thingis that weren writen in the book of laweGoddis lawe ζ.; he lefte noo thing vntouchid of these thingis whiche Moises hadde comaundid, but he de|claride alle thingis bifore al the multitude of Israel, to wymmen and litelto litel δεηι. children, and to comelyngis that dwellidendwellen ζη pr.m. among hem. Also men of Gabaon feyneden hem to be of fer cuntre, and bi this fraude thei `gaten of Josue and other princis pees and lijfgaten of Josue pees and lijf, and other princis αη. gatyn of Josue pees and lyf, of Josue and othere pryncis δει.; and for this fraude thei and alle hire successouris weren maad boonde, to bringe woode and watir to the seruise of the auter and ofto ζ sup. ras. al the multitude of Israel for euereeuer|more ζ.. Also Josue by Goddis help ouercam v. greete kingis in oo day, and made hise princis tredeto trede ι. on the neckis of these kingis, and aftirwardthanne he δει. hangide these kingis in v. iebatis, and he ouercam alle thetho ει. kingis and her peplis that dwelliden in thethat β. lond of biheest, that weren xxxj. kingis, and departide the lond of biheest to xij. lynagis of Israel bi lot, and citees of refuyt, and citees to prestis and dekenes to dwelle innetherinne ζ., as God comaundide. This processe of Josue schulde stire cristene men to haue greet trist in God, and dreede noo man neitherne ζ. peple, as longe as thei seruenserueden αβδεηι. treuly Almyȝty God. ¶ Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on Judicum. δ.The vij. book clepidis clepid ζ. Judicum tellithand tellith ζ. that the puple of Israel was reulid with iugis, either domysmen, aftir the deeth of Josue, and sum|tyme bi a womman Delbora. Whanne the peple felde to greete synnes, and specialy to ydolatrie, God sente aduersaries on hem that turmentiden the Jewis ful sore, and killide many thousendis of hem, and heeld othere vndir tribute and greet thraldam. And whanne the peple repentide vereily, and criede to God with al her herte, he sente help to hem, and reiside a iuge that ouercam her enemyes, and reulide hem wel in pees and in Goddis lawe. This prosces of Judicum schulde stire cristene men for to flee synne, and loue God that doith so greet mercy to hem that repentynrepenten hem ζ. verili. ¶ Heere . . . . . bigynneth a prologe on Ruth. δ.This book comprehendith the storie ofOm. δ. Ruth, that was an hethene womman, and lefte her nacoun, and ydolatrie, and bileeuede in God, and kepte his lawe. Therfore sche was weddid to a noble man of the Jewis, and is set in the genelogie eitherof ζ. kynrede of oure Sauyour. This story schulde stire alle mencristen men ζ. to forsake her synne, and serue God treuly in al hire lijf, for reward of heuenly blisse. ¶ Here . . . . . bigynneth a prologe on the firste book of Kyngis. δ.The first book of Kingis tellith, how the prest Ely and his sones weren repreued and slayn, for thei gouerneden yuele Goddis peple, and for her synne and necligence the peple dide myche synne, and was ouercomen of hethene men, and the arke of God was taken of hethene men, and thei killeden manye thousindisthousend δει. of theOm. δει. pr. m. Jewis; and how the trewe chijld Samuel was a feithful prophete of the Lord, and gouernede wel the peple in Goddis seruise and riȝtfulnesse, and dide noon extorcioun, neitherne ζ. took ȝiftis of eny man, neither coueitide eny mannis good, but dide alle thingis in his offis iustly bifore God and man. And whanne Samuel was eeld, he settidesett ζ. his sones iuges ofon ι. Israel; and for thei bowide aftir auarice, and tooken ȝiftis, and peruertiden doom, the peple axiden a king onup on δει. hem, to greet indignacoun of God and harm ofto δεζι. hemself. Thanne Saul thatwhil he δει. was pore and meke, and souȝte the assis of his fadir, was maad king, and dide wel a lytel while, and aftirward for his pride and coueitise he was repreued of God, and pryued fro the reume, bothe he and his kyn; and pore Dauith was chosen king bi Goddis ordynaunce for his meeknesse, mersy, and charite. Dauith sparyde Saul his enemye, that pursuede him to deeth vniustly, and was a traitour and blasfemerea blasfemere β. ofto ζ. God, and not oonly sparide him twyes bitaken in to his hoondis, whanne he myȝte haue slayn him, and ȝit ascapidehaue scapid δει. harmles, but also lettide hise men to smyte hym, whanne thei myȝten haue slayn him, and scapidȝit haue scapid ι. harmles. And ȝit the wickid tyraunt Saul pursuede him for enuye, and souȝte his deth in manye maners, and euere God kepte Dauith in alle perrels, and ȝeldide peyneperele β. to Saul for his tyrauntrie and wickidnesse, and made him to be slayn of hethene men. This processe of the firste book of Kingis schulde stire prestis to be not necligent in her offis, neither to be coueytous, and styre seculer lordis to be meke and iust to God and men. ¶ Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the ij. book [of Kyngis]. δ.The ij. book of Kingis tellith first, hou Dauith biweylide greetly the deth of Saul and ofOm. ι. Jonatas, and of Goddis peple; and Dauith killede the man of Amalech that killedeseyde that he had killide ζ sec.m. Saul outirly, aftir the deeth wounde of Saul, and brouȝte to Dauith the coroune `and byeOm. η. of Saul. Aftir thisthis thing ζ. the lynage of Juda corounnede either anoyntide Dauith in Ebron, that he schulde reyne on the hous of Juda; and thanne was longe werre bytwixxebytwene βζ. Hisboseth, sonethe sone ζ. of Saul, and bitwixebytwene β. the hous of Dauith; Dauith encreside euere, and waxe strongere `and strongereOm. δ., and the hous of Saul dicreeside ech day; and Dauith rengnide vij. ȝeer in Ebron, and gat vj. sones. Also Dauith made mychelmyche βδεζι. sorewe for theOm. β. deth of Abner, whanne Joab hadde killid him bi treesoun. Also Dauith killide Baana and Rechab, that killeden bi treesoun Hisboseth his enemye. Thanne al Israel cam in to Ebron, and anoyntide Dauith in to king ofon δει. Israel, and Dauith regnede on Juda in Ebron vij. ȝeer and an half, and regnedehe regnide δει. in Jerusalem xxxiij. ȝeer on al Israel and Juda, and washe was ζ. xxx. ȝer eeld whanne he began to rengne, and rengnede xl. ȝeer. Aftir this the noble king Dauith hadde twyestwey δει. victorievictories δεηι. of Filisteis. Thanne Dauith took xxx. thousind chosenof chosen ζ. men of Israel to bringe to his place the arke of God, for reuerence and deuocioun. Dauith made greet mynstrelsye, and mekide himself bifore the arke, and suffride rebukinge of Mycol, the douȝtir of Saul; therfore Dauith thouȝte toOm. β. bylde an hous to the ark of God. Thanne God telde to Dauith that his sone schulde bylde this hous, and the trone of the reume of Dauith schal be stablestablischid ζ. withouten ende; and this is fillid in Crist. Thanne Dauith hadde victorie ofon ζ. many londis, and made tho tributarie to Israel, and God kepte Dauith in alle thingis, to whiche he ȝed forth. And Dauith dide dom and riȝtfulnesse to al his peple, and he dide mercy and curtesie to Myfyboseth, sonethe sone ζ. of Jonatas. Aftir these thingis Dauith dwellide at home, whanne Joab and the oost wente to bateile, andOm. ζ. `in this tyme DauithOm. δει. dide auoutrie with Bersabee, the wijf of Vrie, and procuride the deth of Vrie bi tresoun. Thanne God sente Nathan the prophete to repreue Dauith of this synne, and he took meekly histhis ζ. repreuyng, and knoulechide that he synnede aȝens God; and God forȝaf the synne, but swerd and persecusioun ȝedewente δει. neuere awey fro his hous, for God killede the sone of Bersabee, and oo sone of Dauith killede another, and Absolon his sone roos aȝens him, and droof him out of Jerusalem, and souȝte with stronge oost to slee him. Thanne Dauith ȝede out of Jerusalem on his feet, and stiȝide with bare feet into the hiȝnesse of the hille of Olyuete, and wepte, and al his peple wepte bittirly. And Dauith mekede him to God, and seide, "Ȝif God seithseie ζ. to me, thou pleesist not me, I am redy, do he that thatOm. δει. is good bifore himself." Thanne Semey, that was of the kyn of Saul, dispiside Dauith, and clepide him a manquellere, and a man of Belial, and a rauenour of the rewme, and he curside Dauith, and castide stoonis and erthe aȝens Dauith, and aȝens alle the seruauntis of king Dauith; and whanne Abisay wolde slee this cursere, Dauith bad him suffre Semey to curse him, and seide, God comaundidecomaundith β. hym `that he curseto curse δει. Dauith. AndOm. δει. the kyng seide to Abysay and to alle his seruauntis, "Loo! my sone that ȝede out of my wombe seekith my lijf, that is, to slee me, how myche more now this sone of Gemyny; suffre ȝe him to curse bi comaundement of the Lord; if in caas the Lord bihoolde my turment, and ȝelde good to me for thisOm. ζ. cursing to day." Aftirward Absolon defoulide opynly his fadris wijfes bifore al Ysrael. Thanne Achitofel ȝaf a fel counceyl, to pursue Dauith in thatthe ζ. nyȝt with xij. thousandisthousande ζ. of men, and sle him bifore that he were war; but this counceil was distroied bi Goddis wille, and bi a wijs counceil of Chusy, the frend of Dauith. Thanne Absolon gaderide al the power of Israel to make opyn werre aȝens his fadir; natheles Dauith for pite and charite comaundidecounseilide δ. thre princis of his oost to kepe Absolon alyue, that he myȝte repente, and be sauid. And whanne Dauith knew that Absolon was slayn, he made soa δ. gret sorewe, that almest he was deed, and al thehis β. Om. ζ. peple wasOm. β. in poynt to forsake Dauith. Thanne for this perel Dauith lefte his moornyng, and sat opinly in the ȝate, to conforte al his oost. After this the counceil of alOm. ζ. Israel cam to Dauith, that thei woldeshulden δει. brynge him in to his rewme worschipfully; and Dauith forȝaf the opyn tresoun to hem that thei hadden do biforeafore ι., and stiride swetlyswittly ζ. pr. m. wittly sec. m. men of Juda, that weren specialy his tray|touris, to come and bringe hym in to his rewme, and forȝaf her tresoun, and he forȝaf the souereyn tresoun to Amasa, that was of his owne kyn, and was prince of the oost of Absalon to slee Dauith; and Dauith swor to make this Amasa prince next Joab, and forȝaf the synne and cursing and tresounthe tresoun δ. to Semey, and swor that he shulde not dyȝe. Ȝit bifore that Dauith cam to Jerusalem, aand δ. new debate roos bitwixe theOm. δει. men of Israel and the men of Juda, for this bringing aȝen of the king was not teld first to menthe men β. of Israel; and bi stiring of Syba, a man of Belial, that was of kynthe kyn βδζ. of Saul, al Israel was departid fro Dauith, and suede this Syba; and in this tyme Joab killyde bi tresoun the noble knyȝt Amasa. Thanne this Syba passide bi alle the lynagislynage ζ. of Israel til into Habela, and intoOm. δει. Bethmaka, and alle chosen men weren gaderid to him. And Joab and his oost bysegeden these citees, and wolde distroie the greet citee Habela, and a wijs woman of the citee sauid it bi hire counceil, and made Syba to be slayn, and al the peple to be sauid onin β. bothe sydis. Also vij. men of the kyn of Saul weren slayn of Gabaonytis, bi suffring of Dauith, and bi coun|ceil of God, for Saul killede wickidly the men of Gabaon; and for this synne of Saul hungir was maad thre ȝeer in the daies of Dauith; and aftir this veniaunce don on the hous of Saul, God dide mersy to the lond. Thanne is set a greet song of Dauith, whichthe which βδ. he spac to God, whanne he hadde delyuered him fro the hond of alle his enemyes; thanne sueth the noumbre of stronge men of Dauith. At the laste Dauith for pride and aȝens the lawe noumbride the peple of Israel, andOm. δεηι. therfore lxx. thousind ofOm. β. men weren deed bi pestilence. Thanne Dauith repentide himOm. βζ. sore, and mekide him to God, and seide thus, "I it am, that synnede, and IOm. δει. dide wickidly; whatand what β. han these men don that ben scheep, that is, symple and innocent inof ζ. comparisoun of me; I biseche thatthee that δει. thin hond be turnid aȝens me, and aȝens the hous of my fadir." Thanne God sente his profete Gad to hym, and bad him make an auter, and offre brent sacrifices and peesible sacrifices; and God dide mercy to the lond, and the veniaunce ceeside of Israel. TheThis δεζι. prosces of this ij. book ouȝte to stire kingis and lordis to mersydo merci ζ. and riȝtfulnesse, and euere to be war of ydilnesse, that brouȝte Dauith to auoutrie and othere myscheues, and euere to be meeke to God and hise prestis, and soresoone ζη sec. m. repenteto repente β. ofOm. δει. hire mysdeedis, and make amendis to God and men, and wilfully forȝeue wroongis don to hem, and euere be war of pride and extorcouns, leest God take veniaunce on al the peple, as he dide on Dauith and his peple, and euere to be pacient and mersiful, as Dauith was, to gete remissioun of synnes bifore don, andOm. δει. to gete pees, and prosperite, and heuenly blisse withouten ende.

 CAP. V.

Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the iij. book of Kyngis. δ.The thridde book of Kingis tellith first, how Adonyas, sonethe sone ζ. of Dauith, wolde haue regned, and Dauith in his lijf ordeynede Salomon to be king, and he regnede bifore the deeth of Dauith. Thanne Adonyas fledde for dreede to the tabernacle of God, and heeld the corneer of the auter, tyl Salamon seide, that if he were a good man, he schulde not dye; ellis, if yuel were founden in him, he schulde diȝe. Thanne Dauith, in the tyme of his dyȝinge, chargide Salamon to kepe wel Goddis lawe, and to quyte to the sones of Ber|sellay the trewthe and kyndnesse of her fadir, and to punysche Joab for his trecherouse manquelling of Abner and of Amasa in the tyme of pees, and todo ζ. punysche wisely Semey for his wrste cursing, which he dide to Dauith. Aftir these thingis Salamon made Adonyas to be slayn, for he purposide gilefullygylously β. to be king. And Salamon castide awey Abiathar, that he was not the prest of the Lord, and exylide him also, for he assentide to Adonyas, and was traytour to the king. AlsoAnd δει. Salamon comaundide Joab to be slayn in the taber|nacle at the auter, for he hadde slayn gilefully twey princis in pees, withoute wyting of Dauith; and the king ordeynede Sadoch prest for Abiathar. Thanne the king comaundide Semey, that he schulde not go out of Jerusalem, and if he passide the stronde of Cedron, he schulde be deed; and Semey acceptide this; and for he passide these boundis, the king comaundide him to be slayn, and so he was slayn by comaundement of the king. Aftir these thingis the rewme was confermed in to the hondis of Salamon, and he weddide the douȝter of Faroo, king of Egipt. Thanne God bad Salamon axe of him, what hym lykide, and heOm. α. axide that God schulde ȝeue to him wijsa wijs βζηι. herte, that he myȝte deme his peple, and make discrescyoun eithir departyng bitwixe good and yuel. And this axing pleeside God ful myche, therfore God ȝaf to him a wijs herte and vndirstondinge, in so myche that noon bifore hym was lyk hymto hym ζ., neithir schal rise aftir hym. Also God ȝaf to him richesse and glorie, that noon among kingis was lyk himto hym ζ. in alle daies bifore. Thanne for Salamon ȝaf a wijs sentense of dom bitwixebitwene ζ. twey comen wymmen, that passide the wit of comun men, thei dredden the king, and seyin thatOm. δεηι. Goddis wisdom was in him to make dom. Thanne is toold the worschipeful meyne and houshoold of Salamon. Aftir these thingis Salamon bildide a noble hous to himself, and a famouse temple to God in Jerusalem. And aftir thatthis β. the temple was fully maad, alle the eldre men and princis of lynagis and dukisthe dukis βζη sec. m. ofand of αδεη pr. m. ι. meynes of the children of Israel weren gaderid to king Salamon in Jerusalem, to bringe the arke of God fro Syon in to his owne place inin to ζ. the temple. Thanne the king axide of GodOm. αη. manye preieris, and profitisprophetis α. prophecies? η. for hem that preieden deuoutly in the temple, and God grauntide tho. Aftir these thingis God halewide the temple, and certyfiede to Salamon, that if he kepte alle his comaundementis, he shulde sette the trone of Salamons rewme onOm. δ. in ζ. IsraelOm. δ. withouten ende; and if the pepel of Israel and her children kepen not Goddis heestis, but worschipen alyen goddis, he schal do awey Israel fro the face of londthe lond δε sec. m. ζ. which he ȝaf to hem, and God schal caste awey fro his siȝt the temple whichthe which β. he halewide to his name, and Israel schal be into a prouerbe andeither δει. and a ζ. fable either tale to alle peplis, and this hous schal be into ensaumple. Aftir this the qwene of Saba cam to Salamon, and hadde greet aray of men and ofOm. βζ. jewelis, and ȝaf manye jewelis to Salamon, and he aȝeen to hire. Also Salamon tauȝte hire alle thingis that sche hadde in hire herte, and sche blessid God and Salamon and his seruauntis, and ȝede into hire lond. Thanne Salamon made manye scheeldis and bokelers of gold, and made a greet trone of yuer, and clothide it with fyn gold. Thanne king Salamon was magnified ouer alle kyngis of erthe in richessisrichesse βεζι. and wisedom, and al erthe desyride to see his face, and to heere his wisdom, which his God hadde ȝoue in his herte. Aftir alle these thingis Salamon, whanne he was eeld, louede gretly manye hethene wymmen, and hadde a thousind wijues, principalprincipals δεζι. and secundaries, and thanne his herte was bischrewid and peruertid bi tho wymmen, that he suede alyen goddis, and wor|schipide hem. Therfore God reiside an aduersarie to Salamon in his lijf, and departide his rewme in the tyme of Roboam his sone, and ȝaf ten lynagis to Joroboam his seruaunt, and kepte oo lynage to his sone for the merit of Dauith his fadir. And this departyng bifelde myche, for Roboam forsook the counceil of eelde and wijse men, and suede the coun|ceil of ȝunge menOm. ζ., and spac harde wordis to the peple. Thanne Roboam gaderide proudly al the hous of Juda, and the lynage of Beniamyn, an c. thousind and iiij. score thousind of chosen men and werrouris, that thei schulden fiȝte aȝens the hous of Israel, and bringe aȝen the rewme to Roboam, theOm. βει. sone of Salamon; but God forbed this werre to Roboam and al his peple, for whi this word of departyng of the rewme was don of God. Thanne Jeroboam made ij. golden caluys, and bad Israel worschipe tho, and stiȝe no more to Jerusalem, and seide, "Israel, lo! these ben thi goddis, that ledden thee out of the lond of Egipt;" and he made vnworthi prestis of the laste men of the peple, that were not of the sones of Leuy, and he made templis in hiȝe placis. Also whanne Jeroboam stood on the auter and castide encense, a man of God cam fro Juda bi the word of God, and seide, "A sone, Josias bi name, schal be born to the hous of Dauith, and he schal sle on this auter the prestis of hiȝe placis, that brenne now encense in this autir, and he schal brenne boonys of men on this auter;" and the prophete ȝaf this singnetokene δει., that the auter schal be cleft, and the ascheaischis δεζι. therinne schal be sched out. Thanne Jeroboam heeld forth his hond, and bad take that prophete, and his hond was drie, and hee myȝte not drawe it aȝen, and bi preier of the prophete the hond was heelid. Andthe ζ. singnethe tokene δει. bifelde on the auter, as the prophete seide; and for that prophete eet breed in that place aȝens Goddis bidding, ȝhe bi disseit of a fals prophete, the trewe prophete of God was slayn of a lyoun inbi δει. the wey homward. Aftir these wordis Jeroboam turnede not aȝen fro his worste weie, but aȝenward of the laste peples he made prestis of hiȝe placis, who euere wolde, fylledefullede β. fille δεζι. his hondhondis η., andOm. δεζηι. was maad prest of hiȝe placis; and for this cause the hous of Jeroboam synnede, and was distroied, and doon awey fro the face of erthethe erthe δει.. Aftir this the prophete Ahia, that was blynd for eeldeage ζ., knew the wijf of Joroboam, that feynede hire to be anothir womman, and he bifore seide to hire, that hire syk sone schulde diȝe in hirthe ζ. entryng in to hir hous, and that the hous of Jeroboam schulde be distroied outtirly for his synnes; and Israel schal be dryuen out of his good lond for the synnes of Joroboam, that synnede, and made Israel to do synne. Also the peple of Juda dide ydolatrie; therfore the king of Egipt took awey the tresouris of Goddis hous, and of the kingis hous, and the golden scheeldis of Salamon, for whiche Roboam made scheeldis of bras. And batail was bitwixebitwen ι. Roboam and Jeroboam in alle daies. Thanne Abia regnede thre ȝeer onin βδει. Juda, and ȝede in alle the synnes of his fadir. AftirAnd aftir η. himOm. ζ. roos king Asa in Juda, and he dide riȝtfulnesse bifore God, and dide awey idolatrie and sodomytis fro the lond, and his herte was perfit with God in alle daies. And schortly amonge alle the kingis of Israel was noon feithful to God; summe weren goode amonge the kingis of Juda; and this figurith, that among men of hooly chirche be summe goode, but among eretikis is noon good outtirly, as Jerom seith. Aftir manye yuele kingis of Israel roos Acab, the worste of alle bifore hymOm. ζ., and he weddide Jesabel, an hethene womman, the douȝtir of Mechaal, king of Sydonyes, and Achab dide manyfoold idolatrie. Thanne roos Elie the prophete, and seide to Acab, that in thre ȝeer and an half neither reyn neither dew schal be. Aftir this the prophete Elye hidde himself in the stronde of Carith, aȝens Jordan, and drank watir, and was fed of rauenys there, whiche brouȝten to him breed and flesch in the euentid and morewtid, and aftir that the stronde was dried up, God bad Elye go into Sarepta of Sydoneyes, and there he was fed of a widewe, and the pot of mele and `the potOm. ζ. of oile failede not to the widewe, til God ȝaf reyn on theOm. ζ. erthe. Thanne Elie reiside to lijf the deed chijld of a womman, at whom he was myche susteyned. And aftir manye daies God bad Elyehym β. schewe himOm. β. to Acab, that God schulde ȝeue reyn on the lond; and Elie dide so; and greet hungir was in Samarie. Thanne Elie apperide first to Abdie, that dredde God, and fedde an c. prophetis of God, whanne Jesabel killide the prophetis of God; and Elie swor to Abdie bi the Lord of oostis, that he wolde appere in that day to Achab. Thanne Acab axide Elye, "Wher thou art he, that distrowblistdistorbelethe β. disturblist δεζι. Israel?" And Elie seide, "Not I distrowblidedisturble βδει. disturbled ζ. Israel, but thou and the hous of thi fadir, that han forsaken Goddis heestis, and han sued Baalym, hanand han αη. distroubliddistorblid βδεζι. Israel." Aftir this the prophete Elie conuyctid bi an opyn myracle viij. c. and l. prophetis of Baal of opin ydolatrie, and killede hem alle with helpe of the peple, that bileeuede to God for the greet myracle. AndOm. ζ. aftir this God sente greet rayn, and Elye ran bifore Acab toin to η. the citee Jesraelof Jezrael δεζ.. Aftir these thingis Elye fledde for dreede of Jesabel, that manaside to slee hym, and whanne he hadde fled into disert bi the jurney of ooa δει. day, he axide of God to diȝe; and whanne he slepte, an aungel bad hym rise, and eete breed baken vndir aischis, and drinke watir; and he ȝede in the strengthe of that mete xl. daies and xl. nyȝtis, til to Oreb the hil of God; and whanne he was hid there in a denne, and seide, that he was left aloone a prophete of the Lord, and thei souȝten to slei him, Godand God ζη. bad him go to Damask, and anoynte Asahel king onof βζ. Sirie, and anoynte Hieu king onof βζ. Israel, and anoynte Elisee aOm. δει. prophete for him, and these thre schulden do veniaunce on trespasouris, and slee hem; and God lefte toOm. β. himself vij. thousind of men in Israel, whois knees were not bowid biforetofore β. Baal. Thanne it sueth how Elisee suede Elie. Aftir these thingis king Acab hadde twey greete and merueilous victories aȝens Benadab, king of Sirie, for he blas|femede God of Israel. And for king Acab dide false mersy and killide not this blasfemereblasfeme αβζη. Benadab, whom God bitook into hise hondis, God sente a prophete to Acab, and telde thus, "For thou suffredist a man wrthi the deth to go fro thin hond, thi lijf schal be for his lijf, and thi peple schal be for his peple." Aftirward Jesabel the qwene made Nabath to be stonyd to deththe dethe βι. bi false witnesse, and assent of Acab, for he noolde chaunge neitherne ζ. sille his vynervyneȝerde ζ. to the king; and whanne Acab ȝedewent β. doun to take possessioun of this vyner, God bad Elye meete him, and seie thus, "Thou hast slayn and hast take possessioun; the Lord seith these thingis, in this place wherinne doggis lickidenkilleden α. the blood of Nabath, thei schulen licke also thi blood." And Acab seide to Elye, "Wher thou hast founden me thin enemy?" And Elye seide, "I haue founde, for thou art seeld to do yuel in Goddis siȝt, therfore God schal distroie and slee ech man of the house of Acab, and ȝeue his hous as the hous of Jeroboam, and as the hous of Baasa, for Acab terride God to wraththe, and made Ysrael to do synne. Also doggis scholen ete Jesabel in the feeld of Jesrael; if Acab diȝethdye δεζι. in the citee, doggis scholen ete him, if he diethdye δεζι. in the feeld, briddis of the eir schulen ete him." Noon othir was such as Acabwas Achab δει., that was seeld to do yuel bifore God; forwhi Jesabel his wijf excitide him, and he dide abomynable ydolatrie. Thanne Acab dide ful greet penaunce, and was mekid biforetofore β. God; therfore God brouȝte not yn this yuel in his daies, but in the daies of his sone. In the thridde ȝeer aftir these thingis, aboute iiij. c. prophetis of Baal counceiled Acab to make werre aȝens the king of Syrie for a citee clepid Ramoth of Galaad, and bihiȝten victorie and prosperite to Acab. But Mychee, oo prophete of God, telde to Acab in Goddis name, that the spirit of leesingis disceyuede him bi his false prophetis, and that Acab schulde be slayn in that bateil; and so it bifelde in deede, but Mychee was dispisid and beten of the false prophetis, and was prisonyd, pur|posidand purposide ζ. to be slayn of the king, whanne he cam aȝeen in pees; and king Josophat, a good man, was in this bateile with cursid Acab, but Acab was slayn, and doggis lickeden his blood, and Josophat was sauid bi Goddis help. Thanne roosaroos ζη. Ocosias, king of Israel, for Acab his fadir, and Ocosias worschipide Baal, and terride God to ire bi alle thingis which his fadir hadde do. This prosces of the iij. book of Kingis schulde stire kingis and lordis, to be mersyful and pytouse on her sugetis that trespasen aȝens hem, and in alle thingis eschewe ydilnesse, leccherie, tresoun, ydolatrie, and false counceilouriscounceilis ι. and vnwyse, and euere distroie synne, and take counceil at hooly scripture and trewe prophetis, and triste not to false prophetis, be thei neuer so manye, and crie faste aȝens oon eitheror ζ. fewea fewe ζ. trewe men.

 CAP. VI.

Here . . . . . bigynnith a prolog on the iiij. book [of Kyngis] δ.The iiij. book of Kingis tellith in general, how the rewme of Israel and the rewme of Juda weren conquerid of hethene men, for manye synnes which thei diden aȝens God and men, and weren obstynat, and dide not fruytfullfruytfulli η. penance in due tyme. First it tellith in special, hou the wickid king Ocosyas sente to take counceil at Belsabub, wher he myȝte lyue, and rekyuere of his syknesse; therfore God sente Elye, the prophete, to telle to him that he schulde die, and go not doun of his bed. Thanne this king sent to Elye a prince onof β. l. men, and l. men with hym, to clepe Elye to the king; and fijer cam doun fro heuene, and deuouride this prince, and l. men that weren with him, for in scorn thei clepiden ElyeOm. δ. the man of God; and in lyk manere fijer deuouride another prince, and l. men with him; the thridde prince and hise l.l. men βδζ. that mekeden hem to God and to the prophete, weren sauid on lyue. And God bad Elie go doun with hem to the king, and repreue him of his synne, and telle to the king himself, that he schal die and go not doun of his bed. Aftir this the prophete Elie schulde be rauyschid awey fro erthe, and Elisee knew this, and suede him in ech place til to rauyschingthe rauysching βδεζι.; and Elie smoot with his mantel the watris of Jordon, and tho weren departid therbi, and Elie and Elysee ȝeden ouere bi the drie botme therof. Thanne Elie was rauyschid in a char of fijer fro Elisee, and stiȝede bi a whirlwynd in to heuene; and the double spirit of Elye restide on Elisee, and with the mantel of Elye Elyseehe δει. smoot twies the watris of Jordon, and in the secunde tyme tho weren departid, and Elysee passide ouere. AftirwardAftir this β. Elisee dwellide in Jerico, and heelide the watris fro bit|tirnesse and bareynesse, bi putting of salt in the watir. Thanne Elysee stiȝede into Betel, and as he stiȝede bi the weye, litle children ȝeden out of the citee, and seiden to him in scorn, "Thou ballard, stiȝ up!" and he curside hem in the name of God, and twey beeris ȝeden outOm. δ. of the forest, and to-renten of hem xlij. children. After these thingis Joram, the king of Israel, and Josophat, the king of Juda, and also the thridde king, that was king of Edom, weren in desert, and hadden no watir, and weren in poynt of perisching. These thre kingis camen to Elisee for helpe, and bi spiritthe spirit ζ. of prophecie he bad hem make dychis, and thei siȝen neither wynd neitherne βζ. reyn, and the botme of dychis was fillidfullid β. ofwith εζ. watris; and he bifore seide that God schulde bitake Moab in to the hondis of these kingis, and thei schulden distroie citees, and feeldis, and trees; and thus it was don in dede. Also Elysee multypliede a litil oile, and made a pore widewe filleto multiplie δ. to fille εζι. manye vessels therof, and bad hir paie her dettis biwith δει. sum therof, `and that sche and her sones schulden lyue bi the residue therofOm. ζ.. Aftirward Elysee biforeseide to a good womman, that herbouride him freely and largely, that sche schulde consceyue a sone; and whanne Elisee knew, that this sone was deed, heand β. sente his seruaunt Giesi with his staaf to reise him, and neither vois neitherne εζι. feeling was in the chijld. Thanne Elysee entride in to a closet, where the chijld lay deed, and preiede to God, and lay on the chijld, and leide his mouth to the mouth of the chijld, and hise hondis on the chijldis hondis, and the chijld ȝoxideȝonede β. vij. sithes, and openede his iȝen; and Elisee bitook the chijld qwyk to his modir. AlsoAnd ει. Elysee, whanne hungir was in Galgala, heelyde the pot of noyful mete, bi sendinge in of mele, that no more bitternesse was in the mete. Thanne Elisee made a litil breed to suffice to an c. men, and thei leften relijfs. Whanne the king of Sirie sente lettris to the king of Israel, that he schulde cure Naaman of his lepre, and the king of Israel to-rente his clothis for sorewe, Elysee bad, that Naaman schulde be waischen vij. sithes in the water of Jordan, and so heOm. ζ. schulde be curid; and thus it was don in deede. ThanneAnd β. And than ζ. Naaman knoulechide, that noon other God is in al theOm. εζι. erthe noOm. ζ. but oonly the God of Israel; and Elisee took noo ȝifte, ȝheȝit it was ζ sec. m. freely profrede and preeside of Naaman. Thanne Giesy ran aftir Naaman, vnwytinge eitherOm. ζ. not consentinge his maistir, and made a lesing, that Elisee sente to him, that he schulde ȝeue a talent of syluer and double chaunging clothis to twey ȝunge men of the sones of profetis. And Naaman constreynede him to take the double thatof that δ. he axide, and or|deynede twey children to bere biforetofore ε. him. But herfore Elisee seide, that the lepre of Naaman schulde cleue to Giesi and toOm. ι. his seede withouten ende; and Giesi ȝede out fro Elisee, and was a mesel as snow. Whanne the sonis of prophetis ȝeden to theOm. β. wode, to hewe doun wode to bylde placis to hem to dwellin inne, the irun of an axe felde doun in to watirthe watir δεζι.; and Elisee castidecaste ζ. doun the tree, eitheror ζ. heluethe helue ζ., and the irun houedewoned β., and was taken up therbi. Whanne the king of Sirie sette buschementis preuyly aȝens the king of Israel, Elisee warned the king of Israel therof; and whanne it was certified to the king of Sirie that Elisee telde his preuytes to the king of Israel, the king of Sirie sente a greet multitude of thehis ι. oost to take Elysee, and whanne the oost cumpaside the citee Dotaym, wherinne Elysee was, God made thisthe ζ. oost blynd at the preier of Elisee, and so he ledde hem into the myddis of Samarie, and whanne the king of Israel wolde slee hem, Elisee seide nay, but badlet β. make redy a feeste to hem, and late hem go in pees to her lord. And whanne ful strong hungre was in Samarie, that wymmen eetyn her owne children, oo womman axide doom of the king aȝens another womman, that wolde not bi couenaunt bringe forth hir chijld to be etyn, whanne thei hadden eten the chijld of the first womman. Thanne the king, that weeride the heire nexte his body, to-rente his clothis for sorwe, and swoor strongly, that in that day he wolde girde of the heed of Elisee. Elisee biforeknew the comynge of this messanger to do this deede, and bad men close the dore, and suffre not him for to entre, for his lord comith anoon aftir him to reuoke his ooth and sentence. Thanne Elise seide in Goddis name, that to morewe in this tyme a buschel of wheete flour schal be forsold for ζ. oo stater, that is, aoo δ. litel quantite of moneye, as it were a peny, and twey buschellis of barly for oo stater, in the ȝateȝates β. of Samarie. And Elisee seide to a gret duk, that bileeuedeleuyde δ. not thisto this ζ. word, "Thou schalt see it with thin iȝen, and schal not ete therof;" and thus it was in dede, for whanne the oost of Sirie fledde by nyȝt, for drede that God made among hem, thei leften alle her goodis, and fledden nakid, and coueitiden oonly to saue her lyues; and whannethanne ζ. a buschel of wheete flour was seeld on the morewe for ooa ζ. stater, the king made that noble duk kepere at the ȝate, and the cumpanye trade him to deeth, as Elisee bifore seide. Also Elisee spac to the womman whos sone he made to lyue, and bad hir and hir hous gooto go ζ. a pilgrimage eitherinto a ζ. straunge lond, where euere sche fond couenable, for God schal bringe strong hungir on the lond vij. ȝeer and at the vij. ȝeeris ende the king restoride to hire alle hir thingis, and alle the rentis of fieldis in the tyme of hir absence. Benadab, king of Sirie, sent Asael to Elisee to enqueere whetherwhere βδεζι. this king myȝte rekeuere of his syknesse; and God schewide to Elysee, that Benadab schulde diȝe; and Elisee wepte fulrighte β. sore, whanne he siȝ Asael, for God schewide to him that Asael schulde be king of Sirie, and do manye yuelis to the children of Israel, brenne ofOm. βζ. her strong citees, and slee bi swerd the ȝunge men of hem, and `hurle dounhurliden αβ. hurle δει. the litel children of hem, and kerue wymmen with chijlde. Joram, the sone of Josophat, dide yuel in Goddis siȝt, as the hous of Acab dide; for the douȝtir of Acab was his wijf; but God nolde distroie Juda, for Dauith his seruaunt, as he bihiȝte to him, to ȝeue a lanterne to him and to hise sones in alle daies. Aftir these thingis Elisee bad oon of the sones of prophetis anoynte Hyeu in to king onof εηι. Israel, and sey to him; "Thou schalt distroie the hous of Acab, and God schal make it as the hous of Jeroboam, and doggis schulen ete Jesabel in the feeld of Jesrael, and noon shall berie hir." And Hieu killide Joram, king of Israel, and Ocosias, king of Juda, and Jesabel the cursid quene; and doggis etyn the flesch of Jesabel; andOm. δει. hir flesch was aas a βζ. tord on the face of erthe. Thanne Hieu made lxx. sones of Acab to be slayn of hir keperis, and nurschers; and he killide xlij. men britheren of Ocosias; and aftir this doinge Hieu feynede hym to worschipe Baal more than Acab dide, and bi this feyning he gaderid to gidere alle theOm. δει. prophetis, and prestis, and seruauntis of Baal `in the temple of BaalOm. β., and killide hem alle, and castidecaste ζ. out of the temple of Baal his ymage, and brent it, and drof it al to dust; and distroiede the hous of Baal, and made gongis for it; and so Hieu dide awey Baal `fro IsraelOm. δ.. Natheles Hieu ȝede not awey fro the synnes of Joroboam, netherne ζ. forsok golden caluis that weren in Betel and Dan; but for Hieu dide this veniaunce aȝens the hous of Acab, God seide, that his sones til theto the βζ. iiij. generacoun schulen sitte on the trone of Israel. Thanne Atalia, the modir of Ocosias, whanne hir sone was deed, killede al the blood of the king, and regnide vi. ȝeer. But Joas, theOm. δ. sone of Ocosias king, was kept preuyly vj. ȝeer in the temple of God, and in the vij. ȝeer he was maad king bi helpthe help ζ. of Joiada, the gret prest, and Atalia was slayn. Therfore Joiada made a boond of pees bitwixe God, and the king, and the peple, that hitOm. αη. schulde be theOm. δ. peple of God, `and bitwixe the king and the pepleOm. δει.; and the peple distroiede the auteris of Baal, and al to-braken his ymagis, and killeden Mathan, the prest of Baal, bifore the auter. This Joas bigan to regne whanne he was vij. ȝeer eld, and regnederegne α. he regneyde δει. xl. ȝeer in Jerusalem, and dide riȝtfulnesse biforetofore β. God in alle theOm. δ. daies in whiche Joiada the prest tauȝte him. And Joas bad prestis take al the money that was offrid for priys of soulis, and bi free wille, to make reperacoun of the temple; and for prestis weren neclygent in this reparacoun, Joas the king bad theOm. δεηι. prestis ȝeelde thethis δει. money to reparacoun, and take it no more. And the chaunceler of the king and the bischop Joiada heeldenheeldiden δι. out of the arke theOm. δι. moneye, and ȝauen it in to hondthe hond δεζηι. of maistristhe maistris δ. of werkmen, and thei spendeden it wel in this offis and necessarie reparacoun; and made noo rekenyng to souereyns, but treeteden this moneye in feith, eithiror ζ. good conscience. For as myche as Asael, king of Sirie, cam with his oost to werre aȝens Jerusalem, Joas, king of Juda, took alle thingis which fadrishis fadris β. his fadir ζ. hadden halewid, and whiche he hadde offrid and al the syluer that myȝte be founden in the tresouris of the temple of God, and in theOm. β. paleys of the king, and sente al to Asael, king of Sirie; and he ȝede awey fro Jerusalem. The seruauntis of Joas sworen togidere, and killeden him, and Amasias his sone regnede for hym. Joachas the sone ofOm. α. Hieu regnede on Israel, and dide yuelyuelis ζ., as Joroboam dide. Therfore God bitook Israel in to the hondis of Asael, king of Sirie, and of Benadab his sone in alle daies, that there weren not left to Joachas of al the peple of Israel no but v. hundrid hors|men, and x. charis, and x. thousind of footmen. Thanne Joachas bisouȝte God, and he ȝaf a sauyour to Israel, and Israel was delyuered fro the hond of the king of Sirie. Thanne Elisee felde in to greta greet ζ. siknesse, bi which he was deed; and whanne JoasJoachas ζ., king `of IsraelOm. η., cam to him, andhe ζ. wepte, Elisee bad hym bringe a bowe and arewis, and bad him sette his hond on the bowe; and Elisee settidesette βδι. his hondis on the kingis hondis, and bad him scheete out at the eest wyndow opened; and Elisee seide, "This is the arewe of Goddis helthehelp δει. aȝens Sirie, `and thou schalt smyte SirieOm. δει., in Affech, til thou waaste it." Efte Elisee bad JoasJoaches ζ. smyte the erthe with a darte; and whanne he had smyteOm. β. thries, and styntide, andOm. βδεζι. Elisee was wrooth aȝens him, and seide, "If thou haddist smyte v. sithes, eitherOr δεζι. vj. sithes, eitherOr δεζι. vij. sithes, thou schuldust haue smyte Sirie til to the ending, but now thou schalt smyte it thries. Elisee diȝede, and was beried, and whanne a deed bodi was beried in the sepulcre of Elisee, `and hadde touchid the boonys of ElyseOm. δει., the man lyuede aȝen, and stood on his feet. Amasias, king of Juda, regnede ix. ȝeer, and dide riȝtfulnesse in party, but not as Dauith. He killide x. thousind men of Edom, and for pride therof he terride the king of Israel to werre; and Amasias was ouercomen in this bateile, and the king of Israel took him presoner, and brak the wal of Jerusalem bi iiij. c. cubitis; and the king of Israel took awey al the gold and syluer, and alle the ves|selis that were founden in Goddis hous, and in the tresouris of the king, and took pleggis, and turnede aȝeen in to Samarie. At the laste the men of Amasias conspireden aȝens him, and he fledde in to Lachis, and thei sentyn thidir, and killede hym there, and birieden him in Jerusalem with his fadris; and Asarie his sone regnede for hym in Jeruselem l. ȝeer He dide riȝtfulnesse in party, as Amasias his fadir dide; and God smoot hym with leepre til into the day of his deeth; and Joathas his sone gouernede the paleys, and deemyde the peple of the lond, and euere the kingis of Israel diden yuele, and ȝeden in the synnes of Jeroboam. And in the dayes of Manahen, king of Israel, Ful, the king of Assiriens, took greet tribute of him, to make Manahen stronge in the rewme. And in the daies of Facee king of Israel, that dide yuel in Goddis siȝt, cam Teglath Falasar, king of Assur, and took manye placis in the lond of Israel, and he took Galaad, and Galilee, and al the lond of Neptalym, and translatide hem into Assiriens. Aftir wardAftir that δει. Acas regnede on Juda xvj. ȝeer in Jerusalem, and ȝede in the weies of kingisthe kyngis ζ. of Israel, and dide foul ydolatrie. And aftir these thingis Osee, the king of Israel, rengnede ix. ȝeer, and dide yuel, but not as the kingis of Israel that weren bifore hym. And this Osee was maad tributarie to Salmanasar, king of Assiriens, and whanne this Osee wolde be rebel, and paie not tribute to Salmanasar, he biseegide Osee, and presonyde hym, and bisegide Samarie three ȝeer, and took it in the nynthe ȝeer of Osee, and translatide Israel into Assyriens. Thanne the scripture rehersith many grete synnes of the peple of Israel, for whiche thei weren conquerid, and dryuen out of her lond. Thanne the king of Assiriens brouȝte peple fro Babiloyne, and fro manye othere hethene cuntreis, and settidesette ζ. hem in the citees of Samarie, for the children of Israel; and for this peple dredde not God, he sente in to hem lyouns, that killeden hem; therfore the king of Assiriens sente thidir ooa ζ. prest of Israel, to teche hem the lawe of God of Israel, and so thei worschipiden God of Israel, and hire hethene goddis togidere.

 CAP. VII.

Ezechie, king of Juda, rengnide xxix. ȝeer, and dide good bifore God bi alle thingisthis thynges β. whiche his fadir DauithOm. ζη. hadde do; heand β. distroiede hiȝe placis, and al to-brak ymagis, and hewyde doun wodis, and brak the serpent of brasse; for the children of Israel brente ensense to it; and he hopide in God. Therfore of alle theOm. β. kingis of Juda was noon lyk him aftir him, but neither among these kingis that weren bifore him. And in the xiiij. ȝeer of Ezechie, Senagerib, king of Assiriens, stiȝede to alle wallide citees of Juda, and took tho. Thanne Ezechie ȝaf to hym al the syluer that was founden in Goddis hous, and in the tresouris of the king, for he schulde goo awey, and distrie not Jerusalem neitherne ζ. Judee; and for Senagerib kepte not couenaunt, Ezechie rebellide aȝens him, in trist of Goddis help. Thanne Senagerib sente Rapsaces with strong oosthond β. to Jerusalem, tofor δ. blasfeme God, and make the peple ȝeldeto ȝelde βζ. hem to him for dreede. Thanne Ezechie to-rente his clothis for sorwe, and was hilid with a sak, and entride into Goddis hous, and sente `the hiȝe prestthe prestis β. and othere eelde men clothid with sakkis to the prophete Isaie, that he schulde preie to God aȝens the blasfemye of Assyriens. And Isaie seide, in Goddis name, that thei schulde not drede of thes wordis of Assiriens, for God schal sende a spirit toin to ζ. Senacharib, and he schal here a messanger, and he schal turne aȝen into his lond; and God schal caste hym doun bi swerd in his lond; and whanne Senacherib ȝedewente δει. hoom to defende his lond aȝens the king of Ethiopie, he sente blasfeme lettris to Ezechie, and seide, that his God myȝte not delyuere hym fro his hondishond δεηι.. Therfore God counfortide Ezechie bi thehis ζ. prophete Isaie, that he schulde not dreede Senacherib, for Senacherib schal not entre into Jerusalem, neitherne ζ. sende arwe into it, neither ocupie it, neitherne ζ. biseege it; but God schal defende and saue Jerusalem, for himself, and for Dauith his seruaunt. And in that nyȝt the aungel of God killede in the tentis of Assiriens an c. thousind and lxxxv. thousind; andOm. δ. in the morewe tyde Senacherib ȝede into his lond, and his owne sones killiden hym in the temple of his God Nestrach, while he worschipide Nestrachhis god Nestarath δει.. Aftir thisthis thing δ. whanne Ezechie was syik to the deeth, Isaie seide `to hymOm. β. in Goddis name, "Dispose thin hous, for thou schalt diȝe and not lyue." And for Ezechie wepte greetly, God curide him, and made him go into the temple on the thridde day, and encreeside xv. ȝeer to his lijf; and in singne herof God made the sunne go bacward bi ten greesdegrees δει.. Aftir this doinge the king of Babiloyne sente lettris, messengerisby mes|sengeris δει. and messangeris η., and ȝiftis to Ezechie, and bi pride he schewide alle hise tre|souris and iewelis to the messengeris. Therfor God seide bi Isaie to him, that daies schulen come, and alle thingis in thinthis β. hous schulen be taken awey into Babiloyne. And Ezechie seide, "The word of God is good; oonly pees and treuthe be in my daies." Aftir Ezechie Manasses his sone regnede lv. ȝeer in Jerusalem, and dide gret yuel in Goddis siȝt, and mychelmyche δει. ydolatrie; and the peple of Juda was disceyued of Manasses, that thei diden more yuel than hethene men, whiche God distroiede fro the face of the sones of Israel. And for Manasses dide these worste abomynacouns ouer alle thingis whiche the men of Amereys diden, and he sched ful myche innocent blood, til Jerusalem was fillid til to the mouth, God seide, thatOm. δ. he wolde bringe in yuelis onvp on δει. Jerusalem and Juda, that, who euere heerith, bothe hise eeris tyngle; and he schal do awey Jerusalem, as tablis on boord ben wont to be don awey, but GodOm. β. schal leue remenauntis of his eritage, and bitake hemOm. δι. in the hond of her enemyes. Manasses diede, and was buried in the orcherd of his hous; and Amon his sone regnede for hym ij. ȝeer, and dide yuelyuelis ζ. as his fadir dide, and forsook God, and seruede vnclennessesvnclennesse δεζι. and ydolis, as his fadir dide, and worschipide thoo. And his seruauntis settiden tresoun to him, and killeden hym in his hous; and the peple of the lond killiden alle men, that hadden conspyrid aȝens the kyng Amon; and for hym thei ordeyneden Josie his sone king to hem. Josie bygan to rengne whanne he was viij.of eiȝte ζ. ȝeer eeld, and rengnede xxxj. ȝer in Jerusalem; and he dide that that was pleesaunt bifore God, and ȝede bi alle the weies of Dauith his fadir. In the xviij. ȝeer of Josie he hadde besynesse that the temple of God were reparailid; and whanne the book of lawe was red biforeto fore β. the king, he to-rente hise clothis, and sente solempne messengeris to take counceil atof β. God for himself and hisfor his ι. reume; for he seide, thatOm. δζ. greet veniaunce of God iswas ζ. kynlid aȝens vs, for oure fadris herden not the wordis of this book, to do al that is writen to vs. And God seide bi the prophetesse Olda, the wijf of Sellum, "I schal bringe yuelis on this place, and on the dwelleris thereoftheron β., alle the wordis of the lawe whiche Josie redde, for they for|sooken me, and maden sacrifice to alyen goddis; and for thou, Josiee, herdist the wordis of the book, and thin herte was afeerd, and thou were meekid biforetofore β. afore δει. me, and to-rentist thi clothis, and weptist bifore me, therfore thou schalt diȝe in pees, that thin iȝen se not alle these yuelis, whiche I schal bringe in on this place." Thanne Josie gaderide to hym alle the olde men of Juda and of Jerusalem, and the king stiȝede intoin α. the temple of God, and alle men of Juda and alle men that dwelliden in Jerusalem, prophetis and prestis, and al the peple styede with hym, and he redde to alle men heeringe alle the wordis of the book of couenauntcouaunt ζ. of the Lord, that was founden in the hous of the Lord. And the king stood on the grees, and smoot couenauntcouaunt ζ. bifore the Lord, that thei schulden go aftir the Lord, and kepe alle hise heestis, and witnessingiswyttenessyng β., and cerymonies, in al the herte and in al the soule, and the peple assentide to the couenauntcouaunt ζ.. And the king bad the bischopbishopis δ. and prestis and porters caste out of Goddis temple alle vesselsthe vessels β. that weren maad to Baal, and to other ydols; and he brent tho out of Jerusalem, in the valey of Cedron, and bar the dust of tho into Bethel. And he distroide ydolatrours, and the houshousis δει. of lecchourslecherours η. that weren in the hous of God; and he distroide auteris and hiȝe placis of ydols, and ymagis, and took out boonys froof δει. sepulcris, and brente tho on the autir in Bethel, that seruide to ydolatrie. Also Josie dide awey alle templis of hiȝe placis, that weren in the citee of Samarie, whiche the kingis of Israel hadden maad to terre the Lord to wraththe; and he dide to tho as he hadde do in Bethel, and he killide the prestis of hiȝe placis, whiche prestis weren there ouer the auters, and he brente mennis boonys `on thoof tho αη. of the β. of tho on the δει. auters. AlsoAnd δει. Josie made the puple to make a solempne pask, and such pask was not maad fro the daies of iugis, and alle kingis of Israel and Juda, as was this pask maad, in the xviij. ȝeer of Josie. And hee dide awey spiritis spekinge in mennis wombis, and false dyuynouris, andOm. β. figuris of ydols, and vnclennessis, and abomynacyouns, that weren in the lond of Juda and of Jerusalem. No king bifore himOm. ι. neither aftir him was lyk him, that turned aȝen to God in al his herte, and in al his soule, and in al his vertu, bi al the lawe of Moises. Natheles for the orrible synnes of Juda God turnede not awey fro his strong veniaunce, but seide, that he wolde take awey Juda fro his face, as he dide awey Israel, and that he wolde caste awey the citee Jerusalemof Jerusalem δεζι. whiche he chees. Therfor Farao Nechao, king of Egipt, killide Josye in Magedo, and Joachas his sone was maad kyng for his fadir; and he rengnede thre monethis in Jerusalem, and dide yuel bifore God bi alle thingis whiche his fadris hadden do; and this Farao prisonyde him in Reblatha, and took tribute of the londLord α., an c. talentis of syluer, and oo talent of gold; and this Farao made king Elyachym, the sone of Josie, and turnede his name Joachym; and this Farao ledde Joachas in to Egipt; and Joachym dide yuele bifore God bi alle thingis whiche his fadris hadden do. And this Joachym was maad seruaunt thre ȝeer to Nabugodnosor, king of Babilonie, and eft he rebellyde aȝens Nabugodnosor, and God sente theuis of Caldeys, and theuis of Sirie, and theuis of Moab, and theuis of the sones of Amon into Juda, that he schulde distroie it, as he spac bi his prophetis, and specialy for the synnes of Manasses. This Joachym diȝede, and his sone Joakyn rengnide iij. monethis in Jerusalem, and didehe dide ζ. yuel bifore God, as hise fadris hadden do. In that tyme the seruauntisseruaunt αη. of Nabugodnosor stiȝede toin to β. Jerusalem, and biseegeden it. Thanne Nabugodnosor came to Jerusalem to ouercome it, and Joakyn, and his modir, and his seruauntis, and princis, and chaumbirleyns ȝeden out to Nabugodnosor, and he translatide Joakyn and his oost, x. thousind, and many crafty men in to Babiloyne; and took alle the tresouris of Goddis hous, and of the kingis hous, and bet togidere alle theOm. β. golden vessels, whichethe weche β. king Salamon hadde maad in the temple. And Nabugodnosorkyng Nabugodonosor δει. ordeynede Mathanye, the brother of Josie, to be kinge, and clepide hym Sedechie, and he rengnede xj. ȝeer in Jerusalem, and dide yuel bifore God bi alle thingis that Joachym hadde do; for God was wrooth aȝens Jerusalem and Juda, til he castide hem awey fro his face. And Sedechie ȝede awey fro the king of Babilonye, and in the ix. ȝeer of Sadechie Nabugodonosor cam with al his oost, and bisegide Jerusalem til to theOm. β. xi. ȝeer of Sedechie, and thanne the citee was broken, and Sedechie and his warriouris fledden bi nyȝt, and the oost of Caldeys pursuede and took him, and brouȝte him to Nabugodonosor in Reblatha. And Nabugodonosor spac dom with Sedechie, and killide hise sones bifore him, and puttide out his iȝen, and boond him with chaynes, and brouȝte hym in to Babiloyne. Thanne Nabusardan, the prince of the oost, brente Goddis hous, and the kingis hous, and the housis of Jerusalem, and distroiede the walliswal δ. of Jerusalem in cumpas; and he translatide into Babiloine the residue puple of Juda, outaken a fewe pore men, vyntilieris and erthetilieris; and he brak alle the brasen vessels and of metal in the temple, and bare the metal into Babilone. Thanne Nabugodonosor made Godolye to be souereyn of the peple left in theOm. β. lond of Juda, and thanneOm. β. alle the dukis of knyȝtis camen to Godolie ininto ζ. Maspha, and he made an ooth to hem, that it schulde be wel to hem, if thei wolden serue the king of Babilone. And Ismael, that was of the kingis blood, killide Godolye, and Jewis and Caldeis that weren with him, and al the peple of Juda and the princis of kniȝtis fleddenand fledden δεη pr. m. ι. into Egipte, forfro αη. drede of Caldeys. At the laste, Euylmeradach, king of Babilone, reiside Joachyn fro presoun, and settide his trone aboue the tronestroone δε. of othir kingis that weren with hym in Babilone; and Joachyn eet euere breed in the kingis siȝt of Babilone, in alle the daies of his lijf. This prosces of Godolie and that sueth is teld largelierelargiere β. more largely ζ. in the ende of Jeremye than heere in theOm. η. ende of Kingis. This prosces of the iiij. book of Kingis schulde stire alle men, and namely kingis and lordis, for to hate synne, asand β. ydolatrie and coueitise, and brekinge of Goddis heestis, for whiche the peple of Israel and the peple of Juda was thus punschid, and conquerid of hethene men, and for to loue vertues and kepinge of Goddis heestis, and distroyinge of opyn sinnes, for whiche manye goode kingis, as Esechie, Josie, and many othere, hadden grete thank and socour of God in manyeOm. ζ. greete perelspe|rel ζ., and blisse of heuene withouten ende. God for his mercy graunte this blisse to vs! Amen.

 CAP. VIII.

Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the firste bok of Parlipomenon. δ.The bookis of Paralypomynon ben ful nescessarie to vndirstondevnderstondyng β. the stories of the elde testament, in so myche, as Jerom seith, that if enya δει. man withouten these bookis wole presume to haue theOm. β. kunnynge of hooly scripturis, he scornescornnythe ζ. himself, that is, disseyuedisseyueth ζ. eithirand δει. or ζ. makemaketh βζ. himselfhim δ. worthi to be scorned; for whi the stories left out in the bookis of Kingis be touchid in these bookis, and vnnumberable questiouns of the gospel ben declarid by these bookis. The firste book of Paralypomynon tellith in the bigynnynge the genera|cyounsgeneracioun ζ. fro Adam til to Jacob, and so forth til to Dauith, and touchith schortly manye stories of Saul, and of Dauith, and of Salomon, in the ende therof; and how Dauith or|deynede prestis and dekyns in her offis, and how and biin ζ. what seruise thei schulden serue God. Here . . . . . biginnith a prolog. δ.The bigynnyng of the ij. book of Paralipomynon tellith hou Salomon axide of God wisedom to deme his peple, and God ȝaf to him wisdom, and kunnyng, and richesse, and glorie, so that noon among kingis neither bifore neitherne ζ. aftir him was lyk himto him δει.. Thanne is toold how Salomon byldide the temple of Jerusalem, and an hous to himself. Aftir this the queene of Saba cam to Salomon, and brouȝte many precious iewelis to him, and preuede his kunnynge and wisdom in many thingis. And alle the kingis of theOm. ζ. erthe desyreden to see the face of Salomonkyng Salomon δ., forand for ζ. to here the wisdom of God, whichthe weche β. he hadde ȝoue in his herte. Aftir this it sueth hou Roboam departide the x. lynagis fro the hous of Dauith bi his pride and harde wordis, and bi suyngethe suynge δει. of the counceil of ȝunge men; and whanne the rewme of Juda was confermyd to him, he forsook the lawe of God, and al Israel dide the same with him. TherforeAnd therfore ζ. God sente the king of Egipt with vnnoumbrable peple on hem, and took awey the tresours of Goddis hous and of the kingis hous, and thei serueden the king of Egipt, tofor to δ. knowe the dyuersite of Goddis seruise, and of the seruise of the rewme of theOm. δεζι. londis. AftirAnd aftir δει. him regnede Abia, his sone, and he tretide wijsely with the peple of Israel, that thei schulde forsake her synne, and werreywerre βδεζι. not aȝens Goddis puple andin ζ. the rewme of Juda; and for thei wolde proudly werreyewerre βδεζι. aȝens the rewme of Juda, and aȝens this goodOm. δει. counceil of Abia, he killyde of hem bi Goddis help v. hundrid thou|synd of stronge men. Aftir this counceil Abia diȝede, and Asa his sone rengnede for him; and in the daies of Asa the lond was in reste x. ȝeer; and Asa dide that that was good and plesaunt in the siȝt of God, and he distroiede auteris of ydolatrie, and hiȝe placis, and he brak ymagis, and hewyde doun wodis, and comaundide the peple of Juda to seeke the Lord God of her fadris, and do his lawe, and kepe alle hise heestis. He rengnide in pees, and byldide stronge citees with wallis, and touris, and ȝatis, and lockis, and he hadde in his oost thre hundrid thousind of Juda, ofOm. δει. men beringe scheeldis and speris, and of Beniamyn ij. hundrid thousind and lxx. thousind of men of armes, and of archeris. And he ouercam the king of Ethiopie, that cam with x. c. thousind menof men β. and iij. c. charris; and Asa hadde the victorie, for in trist of Goddis help he cam aȝens this gret multitude. Thanne the prophete of God seide to Asa and al his peple, "The Lord is with ȝow, for ȝe weren with hym; if ȝe seeken hym ȝee schulen fyndefynde him δει.; and if ȝe forsaken him he schal forsake ȝou; many daies schulen passe in Israel withoute veri God, and without prest, and techere, and lawe; and whanne thei turnen aȝen in her angwische, and crien to God, and seekyn him, thei schulen fynde him. Be ȝe confortid, and ȝoure hondis be not maad vnstedfast, for whi mede schal be to ȝoure werk." And whanne Asa hadde herd these wordis, and pro|fecie, he was coumfortid, and dide awey alle ydols fro al the lond of Juda and ofOm. ι. Benia|myn, and fro the citees whiche he hadde take offro δ. Effraym. And heOm. δει. gaderide to gidere al the puple vndir him, and he entride into Jerusalem, to make stronge the boond of pees, that thei schulden seeke the Lord God of her fadris in al her hertehertis ζ. and alin al βδεηι. her soule, and he seide, "If eny manOm. β. seekithseke ζ. not the Lord God of Israel, diȝe he, fro the leeste til toin to β. the meeste, froand fro ι. man til to womman." And thei sworen with al hire herte and with al hire wille, thei souȝten God and founden hym, and God ȝaf reste to hem bi cumpas. And whanne the king of Israel werride aȝens Aza, Asa sente mychilmiche δεζι. gold and syluer to the king of Syrie, tofor to δει. helpe him, andOm. δει. to werreyewerre δεζι. aȝens the king of Israel, and he dide so. Thanne God blamyde Asa greetly, for he tristetristide βδεζι. in the king of Sirie, and not in God. "And therfor the oost of the king of Sirie ascapide fro thin hond," seide God, "and also bateiles schulen rise aȝens thee in present tyme." And Asa was wrooth aȝens the prophete, that telde this to hym, and puttide him in theOm. β. stockis; and God hadde ful gret indingnacoun on this thing, and killide full manye men of the puple in that tyme. And in the ende of his lijf Asa hadde ful greet syknesse of his feetfoot β., and in his syknesse he souȝte not the Lord, but tristetristide βδεζι. more in the craft of lechis. And Asa diȝede, and Josophat his sone regnede `for hymOm. β., and washe was ζ. strong aȝens Israel. And king Josophat ordeynede noumbrisnoumbre ζ. of kniȝtis in alle wallid citees of Juda, and ordeynede strong hooldis in the lond of Juda, and in the citees of Effrahym, whiche Asa his fadir hadde take. And the Lord was with Josophat, and he ȝede in the firste weies of Dauith his fadir, and he hopide not in Baalym, but in God Almyȝty, and ȝede in his comaundementis, and not bi the synnes of Israel. And God confermyde the rewme in the hondhondis ζ. of Josophat, and he hadde ful many richessis and myche glorie; and whanne his herte hadde take trist for the weies of the Lord, he dide aweye also hiȝe placis and woodis fro Judea, where the puple made offring `out of Jerusa|lemOm. δει. aȝens the lawe. And Josophat in the iij. ȝeer of his rewme sente fyue of his princis, that thei schulde teche in the citees of Juda; and heOm. ι. sente ix. deknes with hem, and ij. prestis with hem, and thei hadden the book of Goddis lawe, and tauȝten the peple in Juda; and thei cumpassiden alle the citees of Juda, and tauȝten al the peple. TherforeAnd therefore δεηι. the drede of the Lord was maad onin β. alle rewmysthe rewmis δει. the rewme ζ. of londis that weren bi theOm. β. cumpas of Juda, and dursten not werreyewerre δεζι. aȝens Josophat. And he hadde redymad redy β. at his hond xj. c. thousind and lx. c. thousind of kniȝtis, and men of armys, and archers, outaken othere whiche he `hadde setlefte δει. in wallid citees, and in all Juda. And Filisteyis and Arabeyes brouȝten to Josophat ȝiftis and tributis, and many thousindisthousand ζ. of scheep and buckis of geet. And aftir this doinge Josophat was alyed to Acab, and ȝede with hym to bateile into Ramoth of Galaad, and iiij. c. prophetis, that weren disseyued bi a spirit of lesing, excitide Acab to this werre, and bihiȝte prosperite and victorie to him; but Mycheas, oothe ζ. trewe prophete of God, telde to Acab that he schulde diȝe in this bataile, and so it was indeede; and Josophat, that was in moost perel of thisthe ζ. bateile, was sauid bi Goddis help. Aftir this bateil Josophat turnede aȝeenOm. β. in pees to Jerusalem, and a prophete of God mette himwith him δεηι., and seide, "Thou helpist the wickid man, and art ioyned in frenschip to hemhym ζ. that hatenhatith ζ. God, and therfor thou disseruedistdese|ruist δει. the wraththe of God, but goode werkis ben founden in thee, for thou didest awey wodis fro the lond of Juda, and madist redy thin herte to seeke the Lord God of thi fadris." Therfore Josophat dwellide in Jerusalem, and eft he ȝide out to the peple fro Bersabe til to the hil of Effraym, and clepide hem aȝen to the Lord God of her fadris; and he ordeynede iugis of the lond in alle stronge citees of Juda bi ech place; and he comaundide thus to the iugis, "See ȝe, what ȝe owen to do, for ȝe vsen the dom not of man but of the Lord, and what euer thing thatOm. βδ. ȝehe β. schalshulen δι. deme, schal turne into ȝou; the dreede of the Lord be with ȝou, and do ȝe alle thingis with diligence; for whi neither wickidnesse, neitherne ζ. taking of persoones, neither coueitise of ȝiftis, is anentis ȝoure Lord God." And in Jerusalem Josophat ordeynede dekenes andOm. β. prestis, and princis of meynes of Israel, that thei schulde deme to the dwelleris therof the doom and causethe cause ζ. of God; and he comaundide to hem and seide, "Thus ȝe schulen do in the drede of the Lord feithfully, and inOm. β. a perfit herte; ech cause that cometh to ȝou of ȝoure britheren that dwellen in her citees, bitwixe kinrede and kynrede, wherethat is wher ζ. euere is questioun eitheror βζ. doute of the lawe of comaundement of cerymonies of iustifijngis, schewe ȝee to hem, that thei do notno β. synne aȝens the Lord, and wraththe eitheror ζ. veniaunce come not on ȝow, and on ȝoure britheren; therfore do ȝe thus and ȝe schule `not dodo no β. synne; andOm. ζ. Amarie, ȝoure prest andeither δει. bischop, schal be souereyn in these thingis that perteynyn to God." Aftir these thingis the sones of Amon, and the sones of Moab, and with men of Ydume, weren gaderid togidere to werryewerre δεζι. aȝens Josophat. Thanne Josophat ȝaf him al to beseche God, and prechide fasting to al Juda, and al Juda was gaderid to biseeche the Lord; and Josophat knoulechide, that he hadde notno βζ. power to aȝenstonde so greet aOm. β. multitude of enemyes. Thanne God coumfortide him and his peple bi a prophete, that thei schulde not dreede this greet multitude of enemyes, for God himself schulde fiȝte and ouercome her enemyes, without strook of his peple; and so it was in dede. At the laste, Josophat made frenschipe with Ocosie, king of Israel, whois werkis weren ful yuele, and thei weren felowis to make schippis, that schulden go into Tarsis. Therfor God bi his prophete seide to Josophat, "For thou haddist boond of pees with Ocosie, God hath smyte thi werkis," and thethyn β. schippis ben al to-broken and myȝten not go into Tarsis. Thanne diȝede Josophat, and Joram his sone rengnyde for hym. This Joram weddide the douȝtir of Acab, and killidelx.c. αε pr. m. η. pr.m. sixti hundrid ζ. hise owne britheren, and ȝede ininto ζ. the weies of the kingisking ζ. of Israel, as the hous of Acab hadde do; andOm. δεηι. he dide ydolatrie, and made the dwelleris of Jerusalem and alsoof βζ. also deth ζ. Juda to breke Goddis lawe. Therfor Edom and Lobna ȝeden awey fro his lordschipe, for he hadde forsake the Lord God of his fadris; and therfore God reiside aȝens him Filisteys and Arabeys, that coosteyen with Ethiopiens, and thei distroieden the lond of Juda, and token awey al the catel that was founden in the hous of the king, and tooken awey his wijf and sones, outaken Joachas the ȝungeste. And God smoot Joram with vncurable sorewe of wombe twey ȝer, so that he rotid on erthe, and castidecaste ζ. out hise entrailis, and diȝede in worst syknesse. And his sone Ocosias rengnyde for him, and dide yuele as the hous of Acab, for whi his modir excitide him to do wickidly; and thei of the hous of Acab weren his councelers into his deth, and he ȝede in theOm. β. counceil of hem. And therfore Hieu, whanne he distroyede the hous of Acab, killide Ocosie, and the prince of Juda, and the sones of the britheren of Ocosie. After these thingis Joas waas maad king, bi the helpe of Joiada the prest, and the curside womman Atalia was slayn. The prestis and gretethe grete βζ. men of the peple brouȝten out of Goddis hous the sone of the king, and settiden a coroun on his heed, and ȝauen in his hond the lawe to be kept, and maden him king. And Joiada made couenaunt bitwixen him and al the peple and the king, that thei schulden be the peple of God, that is, forsake ydolatrie, and kepe treuly Goddis lawe. Therfore al the peple ȝede intoto ζ. the hous of Baal, and distroyeden it, and braken the auters and symylacris, either ymagis of him, and thei killeden bifore the auteer Mathan, the prest of Baal. This Joas dide wel in the tyme of Joiada, and reparilide the temple of Jerusalem, that was distroyed bi Atalia andthe queen and δει. hir sones; but aftir the deeth of Joiada he was flaterid bi the princisprince ζ. of Juda, and thei felden to idolatrie, and forsoken the temple of God. And the wraththe of God was maad aȝens Juda and Jerusalem for his synne, and he sente prophetis to hem, that thei schulden turne aȝen to God, and thei nolde heere these profetis. And Sacarie, the prest and sonethe sone ζ. of Joiada, repreuede hem for this synne, and thei stonyden hym to deththe in the purseynt of Goddis hous, by comaundement of the king. And whanne the ȝeer was endid the oost of Syrie stiȝede aȝens hym, and cam in to Juda and Jerusalem, and killide alle the princis of the peple, and senten al the prey in to Damask to the king. And certis whanne aOm. δει. ful litil noumbre of men of Sirie was comen, God bitook into βζ. her hondis a multitude withouten ende, for thei hadden forsake the Lord God of her fadris, and thei vsiden schameful domes in Joas, and ȝeden forth, and leftyn him in greet sorewis; and his ser|uaunts risen aȝens him for veniaunce of the blood of the sone of Joiada the prest, and kil|liden him in his bed; and Joas was deed, and Amasie his sone rengnide for him.

 CAP. IX.

Amasie dide good in party, but not in aOm. βζ. parfit herte, and he killide hem that hadden slayn the king his fadir, but he killide not her sones, as God bad in the lawe. This Amasie foond in al Juda and Beniamyn fro xx. ȝeerOm. α. of δεηι. and aboue, xxx. thousind of ȝunge men that ȝeden out to bateile, and heelden spere and scheeld; and he hyride of Israel an c. thousind of ful stronge men for an c. talentis of syluer, to fiȝte aȝens the sones of Edom. And a man of God seide to Amasie, "A! thou king, the oost of Israel go not out with thee, for the Lord is not with Ysrael, and with alle the sones of Effraym; that if thou gessist that bateilis stonden in the strengthe of oostthe oost β., the Lord schal make thee to be ouercomen of thin enemyes; for it is propir to God for to helpe, and `for toOm. ζ. turne into fliȝt." Therfore Amasie departyde awey the oost of Israel, and tristily ledde forth his puple to bataile; and he hadde the victorie, and killide xl. thousind of his enemyes in thishis ζ. bataile. And aftir this victorie Amasie worschipide the goddis of Edom, and brente encense to hem; wherfor God was wrooth aȝensto β. Amasie, and sente to him a prophete, that schulde seie to him, "Whi hast thou worschipid goddis that delyueridendelyueren ζ. not her puple fro thin hond?" Whanne the prophete spac these thingis to him, he answeride to the prophete, "Wher thou art a counceler of the king? ceese thou, lest perauenture I slee thee." Therfore the prophete ȝede awey, and seide, "I woot that the Lord thouȝte tofor to ι. slee thee, for thou hast doo this yuel, and ferthermorefor ζ. thou assentidist not to my counceil:" and so it bifelde in deede, for biOm. β. pride he terride the king of Israel to werre, and nolde ceese for heleful coun|ceil of the king of Israel. Therfore the king of Israel ouercam the puple of Juda, and took Amasie, and distroiede the wal of Jerusalem bi iiij. c. cubitis, and took aweyOm. ζ. al the tresour and vessels whiche he foond in Goddis hous, and in the kingis hous. AndOm. δεηι. aftir this doing Amasie fledde out of Jerusalem into Lachis, for tresoun doon to him of his men; and thei sentensmiten δ., and killiden him in Lachis. And Osias his sone regnede for him lij. ȝeer in Jerusalem, and souȝtehe souȝte ζ. God in the daies of Sacarie, vndirstondinge and seeinge God, and whanne he souȝte God, heand δ. louydebileuede to ζ. him in alle thingis; and God helpide him aȝens Filisteys, and aȝensOm. δει. Arabeys, and aȝens Ammonytis. AndOm. ζ. Ammonitis payeden ȝiftis to Osias, and his name was puplischid til to the entringentre δε. of Egipt, for ofte victories. Heand he ζ. bildide manye touris in Jerusalem, and also in wildirnesse, for he hadde many beestis, and vynes, and vyntilieris, for he was a man ȝouen to erthe tilthe. Heand he ζ. hadde in his oost ij. thousynd and vj. c. princes of stronge men, and iij. c. thousind `and vij. thousindOm. βδει. and v. c. that weren able to bateil, and fouȝten for the king aȝens aduersaries; and his name ȝede out fer, for God `helpide himclepid ζ., and made him stronge. But whanne he was maad stronge, his herte was reisid into his deth, and he dispiside his Lord God, for he ȝede into the temple of God, and wolde brenne encense on the auter of encense, aȝens the lawe. And whanne the bischop and many nobleothere ι. prestis aȝenstodyn him, and teldyn the lawe that was aȝens him, heeand he ζ. was wrooth, and helde the censer, and manaside hem; and anoon lepre roos in his forheed bifore the prestis in Goddis hous. Thanne theOm. ζ. prestis puttiden him out, and he hastide to go out, for drede, and for he feelide anon the veniaunce of God. Therfore kingthe kyng δεηι. Osias was leprouse til to the day of his deth, and dwellidehe dwellid ζ. in an hous de|partid. And Joathan histhe kynges β. sone gouernede the kingis hous, and deemyde the puple of the lond. And Joathan rengnyde xvj. ȝeerOm. α. in Jerusalem, and dide riȝtfulnesse bifore God, bi alle thingis whiche Osias his fadir hadde do, outaken this, that he entride not into the temple of God; and ȝit the puple trespasside. Heand he ζ. byldide manye thingis, and fauȝt aȝens the king of the sones of Amon, and ouercam him; and the sones of Amon ȝauen to hym an c. talentis of syluer, and x. thousind corus of barly, and as manye of whete; and aOm. βδεζη pr. m. ι. corus conteyneth xxx. buschellis. And Joathan was maad strong, for he hadde dressid his weyes bifore his Lord God, and he was deed, and Achas his sone regnede for hym xvj. ȝeer in Jerusalem. This Acas dide not riȝtfulnesse in Goddis siȝt, but ȝede in the weiesweie ζη pr. m. of the kingis of Israel, and made ymagis to Baal, and dide manyfold ydolatrie; and God bitook him in to the hond of the king of Sirie, which king smoot Acas, and took a gret prey of his rewme intoand broute into βζη sec. m. Damask; and Acas was bitaken toin to ζ. the hondis of the king of Israel, and was smyten with a greet wounde. And Facee, the sone of Romelye, killide of Juda vj. score thousind in oo day, alle the werriouris; for thei hadden forsake the Lord God of her fadris; and the sones of Israel tooken of hire britheren of Juda ij. c. thousind of wymmen, and of childrenlitle childeren βζ., and of damyselis, and prey withouten ende, and baren it in to Samarie. And Obed, the prophete of God, seide to the men of Israel, that thei hadden do greet cruelte, and synned aȝens God, and bad hemOm. β. lede aȝen the prisoneris of Juda, "for whi greet veniaunce of the Lord neiȝeth to ȝou." Therfore the princes of Israel maden the werriouris to forsake the prey, and alle thingis whiche thei hadden take; and the princis clothiden hem that weren nakid, and refreschiden hem with mete, and drinke, and anoyntyng of oile, for traueile, and senten hem hoom benyngly. Thanne king Acas sente to the king of Assiriens, and axide help; and Ydumeys camen, and killiden manye men of Juda, and tooken greet prey; and Filisteys tooken many citees of Juda, and dwelliden in tho. And God made low the puple of Juda for Acas the king of Israel, for he hadde maad `him nakid of helpnaked the help of hym β., and for he hadde dispisid God. And God brouȝte aȝens himOm. α. Teglath Falasar, the king of Assiriens, that turmentidetur|mende β. him, and distroiede, for noon aȝenstood. Therfore Acas spoilide Goddis hous, and the hous of kingisthe kingis ζ. and ofOm. ι. princis, and ȝaf ȝiftis to the king of Assiriens; and natheles it profitideprofite ι. no thing to him; and Acas, in the tyme of his anguysch, encreside dispising aȝens God, and offride sacrificessacrifice ζ. to theOm. ι. goddis of Damask, and he seide, "The goddis of Sirie `helpen hemhelp me ζ., whiche goddis I schal pleseworshipe δ. with sacri|fices, and thei schulen helpe me," whanne aȝenward thei weren fallynginto fallyng δει. to him, and to al Israel. Therfor Acas rauyschide and brak alle the vessels of Goddis hous, and closide the ȝatis of Goddis temple, and made to him auteris in alle cornersthe corneris βδεζι. of Jerusalem, and in alle the citees of Juda, to brenne encense, and terride God to wraththe. And he diȝede, and Esechiee his sone rengnide for him xxix. ȝeer in Jerusalem; heand he ζ. dide that thatOm. β. was ple|saunt into ζ. Goddis siȝt, bi alle thingis whichthat β. Dauith his fadir hadde do. And he opynede the ȝatis of Goddis hous, inOm. ζ. the firste ȝeer of his rewme, and made prestis and dekenes to clense and halewe thehis ζ. temple and auterthe auteer δεζι. of God, with al the vessels and purtenaunsis of the temple; and he gaderide togidere alle the princis of the citee, and stiȝide intoin α. Goddis hous; and thei offriden vij. boolis andOm. ι. vij. rammes, vij. lambren, andOm. β. vij. buckis of geet, for synne, for the rewme, for theOm. βζ. sentuarie, and for Juda. And he seide to the prestis, theof the β. sones of Aaron, that thei schulden offre on the auter of God, and thei diden so. And he ordeynede dekenys in the hous of God, with symbals and sautrees and harpis, biand bi ζ. the ordynaunce of Dauith, and of Gad, the prophete of the king, and of Nathan the prophete; for it was the comaundement of God bi the hond of hise prophetis. And dekenysthe dekenes ζ. stooden and heelden the orgenys of Dauith, and prestis heldyn trumpis. And Esechie comaundide that thei schulden offre brent sacrificesa sacrifice ζ. on the auter, and whanne brentthe brent η. sacrifices weren offrid, thei bigunnen `to singeOm. β. heryingisheriyng ζ. to God, and toso ζ. sounne with trumpis and diuerse orgenys, whiche Dauith the king of Israel hadde maad redy for to sounne. And Esechie and the princis comaundiden to the dekenys that thei schulden herie God with the wordis of Dauith, and of Asaph the prophete. And Esechie sente to al Israel and Juda, and wroot epistlis to Effraym and Manasses, that thei schulden come to Goddis hous in Jeru|salem, and make pask to the Lord God of Israel. And it pleside theto the β. king and al the multitude, and thei demeden to sende messangeris into al Israel, froand fro ζ. Bersabee til to Dan, that thei schulden come and make pask to the Lord God `of IsraelOm. ι. in Jerusalem. And cur|rowris ȝeden out with epistlis, bi comaundementco|maundementis ζ. of the king and of hise princes, `in toto ε pr. m. al Israel and Juda, as the king hadde comaundid, and precheden, "Sones of Israel, turne ȝeOm. δει. aȝeen to the Lord God of Abraham, of Isaac, and ofOm. βζ. Israel, and he schal turne aȝen to the remenauntis that ascapiden the hondis of the king of Assiriens; serue ȝe toOm. βζ. theyoure β. Lord God of youre fadris, and the wraththe of his strong veniaunce schal be turned aweyaȝen δει. fro ȝou; for if ȝe turnen aȝen to the Lord, ȝoure britheren and ȝoure sones schulen haue mersy bifore hire lordis, that ledden hem prisoners, and thei schulen turne aȝen into this lond." Therfore currouris ȝeden swiftlyswitly α. fro citee `in toto δει. citee, by the lond of Effraym and of Manasses `til toand of δει. Sabulon, and thei scorneden and bymowiden the messengeris; natheles summe of Aser and ofOm. δεζι. Manasses and ofOm. ζ. Sabulon assentiden to the counceil, and camen in to Jerusalem. Goddis hond was maad in Juda, that he ȝaf to hem oon herte, and thei diden the word of God bi comaundement of the king and of princis, and many puplis weren gaderid in Jerusalem, to make theOm. δεζι. solempnite of pask in the ij. monthe; and thei distroieden the auteris that weren inmaad in ζ. Jerusalem, and thei distroieden alle thingis in which encense was offrid to ydolis, and castiden forthhem forth ζ. in to the stronde of Cedron. Whanne these thingis weren halewid riȝtly, al Israel ȝede out, that was founden in the citees of Juda, and thei braken symylacris, eitheror ζ. ymagis, and hewidenheew ζ. dounOm. β. wodis, and distroieden hiȝe placis and auteris, andOm. βζ. not oonly of al Juda and Beniamyn, but also of Effraym and Manasses, til thei distroieden thoo outtirly. And Esechie ordeynede cumpanyes of prestis and of dekenis, bi her departingis, ech man in his owne offis, as wel of prestis as of dekenis, to brent sacrificessacrifice ζ. and peesibleto peesible δει. sacrifices, that thei schulden mynystre and knouleche and singe in the ȝatis of the castels, eithiror ζ. oostis, of the Lord. And Esechie comaundide to the puple to ȝeue to prestis and deknes her partys, that is, the firste fruytis and tithis, that thei myȝten ȝeue tent to the lawe of God. And there is teld myche of the paying and deel|ing of tithis and otherOm. ζ. hooly thingis. Thanne it sueth hou Sennagerib blasfemede God of Israel, and hou Esechie counfortide the puple aȝens his blasfemye and pride. AndOm. δεηι. Esechie and Ysaie the prophete preieden aȝens the blasfemye, and crieden tilOm. β. in to heuene; and God sente his aungel, and heOm. β. killide ech strong man, and werriour, and prince of the oost of `the king ofOm. ζ. Assiriens, and hethe king ζ. turnide aȝen with schenschipe into his lond, and hise owne sones killiden him bi swerd. And God sauide Esechie and the dwelleris of Jerusa|lem fro the hond of Senacherib, king of Assiriens, and fro the hond of alle men, and ȝaf to hem reste bi cumpas. Aftir these thingis Esechie was syk to the deeth, and he preiede to God, and God herde him. And the herte of Esechie was reisid to pride, and wraththe was maad aȝens him, and aȝens Juda, and aȝens Jerusalem. And aftir he was meekid, for his herte was reysid, bothe he and the dwelleris of Jerusalem weren mekid, and therfore the veniaunce of God cam not in the daies of Esechie. And Esechie was ful riche and noble, and in alle hise werkis he dide welsumly, what euer thing he wolde. Natheles in the message of princesthe princis ζ. of Babilone, that weren sente to him to axe of the grete wondir that bifel on erthe, God forsook him, that he was temptid, and alle thingis weren knowen that weren in his herte. ThanneAnd β. diȝede Esechie, and Manasses his sone rengnide in Jerusalem lv. ȝeer. And Manasses dide yuele bifore God, bi abomynacioun of hethen men, which God distroiede bifore the sones of Israel, and he byldide hiȝe placis, and made auteris toon ζ. Baalym, and dide manyfold ydolatrie, and seruede to wicche craftis, and settesettide δεζι. ydolis in the temple of God; and he disseyuede the puple of Juda and the dwelleris of Jerusalem, that thei diden yuel more than hethene men, which the Lord hadde distroied fro the face of the sones of Israel. And God spac to him and to his puple, and thei nolden take heede; therfore he brouȝte on hem the princisprynce δει. of the oost of the king of Assiriens; and thei tooken Manasses, and bounden him with chaynes and gyues, and ledde him into Babilone; and aftir that he was angwischid, he preiede his Lord God, and he dide penaunce gretly bifore the GodLord God ζ. of his fadris, and he preiede hertily, and bisouȝte God, and God herde his preier, and brouȝteGod brouȝte ζ. him aȝen in to Jerusalem, into his rewme. And Manasses knew that the Lord himself is God, and he dide awey alien goddis, and symylacris, eitheror ζ. idolis fro Goddis hous, and distroiede auteris whiche he hadde maad in the hil of Goddis housOm. δει. and in Jerusalem, and castide alle out of the citee, and he restoride the auteer of God, and offride on it sacrificissacrifice ζ. and heryingheriyngis ι., and comaundidecomandynge β. the puple of Juda to serue the Lord God of Israel; and natheles the puple offride ȝitOm. δει. in hiȝe placis to her Lord God. Manasses diȝede, and Amon his sone regnide for him ij. ȝer in Jerusalem, and he dide yuel in Goddis siȝt, as Manasses his fadir hadde do, and offride and seruede to alle idolis, which Manasses hadde maad; and he reuerenside not the face of God, as Manasses reuerenside, and he dide many greetere trespasis; and whanne his seruauntis hadden conspirid aȝens him, thei kil|liden him; and the puple killide hem that hadden slayn Amon, and made Josie his sone king for him, and he regnide xxxj. ȝeer in Jerusalem. JosieAnd Josie ζ. dide that that was riȝtful in Goddis siȝt, and ȝede in the weies of Dauith, his fadir, andhe δ. bowide neither to the riȝt side neither to the lift side. In the viij. ȝeer of his rewme, whanne he was ȝit a chijld, he bigan to seke the God of Dauith, his fadir, and in the xij. ȝeer, aftir that he bigan, he clenside Juda and Jerusalem fro hiȝe placis, and ymagis and ydolis. Thei distroieden bifore him the auters of Baalym, and the symylacris that weren put aboue; he kittide doun, and alto|brak wodis and grauen ymagis, and scateride the relijfis on the biriels of hem that weren wont to offre. Ferthermore he brente the boonys of prestis in the auteris of idolis, and heOm. β. clenside Juda and Jerusalem, and distroiede alle ydolisthe ydolis δ. in the citees of Manasses and ofOm. ι. Effrahym and ofOm. ι. Symeon til to Neptalym. In the xviij. ȝeer of his rewme, whanne the lond and the temple of God was clensid, he sente worthi men to reparaile Goddis hous, and so thei diden in deede. And Elchie, the gret prest, ȝaf to Saphan, the scriueyn and solempne messengermessangers ζ., the book of Goddis lawe, and he bar it to the king; and whanne the king hadde herd the wordis of the lawe, he to-rente hise clothis, and he comaundede Elchie and othere greteOm. ζ. men to goo, and preie the Lord for the king, and for the resydues of Israel and of Juda, on alle the words of the book of Goddis lawe; "for whi greet veniaunce of God hath droppid on vs, for oure fadris kepten not the wordis of God, that thei diden alle thingis that ben writen in this book." Therfore Elchie, and thei that weren sent togidere of the king, ȝeden to Olda, a profetesse, theOm. β. wijf of Sellum; and God seide bi hir that he schal bringe in on this place and dwelleristhe dwellers ζ. therof yuelis, and alle cursinges that ben writen in this book of Goddis lawe; for thei forsoken God and sacrificidensacrifieden δει. to alyenother β. goddis, to terre him to wrathfulnesse, in alle the werkis of her hondis; "but for thou, king of Juda, herdist the wordis of the book, and were meekid in Goddis siȝt, and weptist and to-rentistrentist δεηι. thi clothis, I haue herd thee," seith God, "and thou schalt be born in to thi sepulcre in pees, and thin iȝen schulenschal ζ. not see al the yuel which Y schal bringe in on this place, and on the dwelleris therof." And whanne Josie hadde herd these wordis, he clepide togidere alle the eldre men of Juda and of Jerusalem, and he stiȝide in to Goddis hous, and alle menthe men ι. of Juda and the dwelleris of Jerusalem stiȝiden togidere, prestis and deknis, and al the puple fro the leeste `til toin to β. the moste, and in audiense of hem the king redde in Goddis hous alle the wordis of the book; and he stood in his trone, eithiror ζ. seete of doom, and smoot boond of pees bifore God, that he schulde go aftir God, and kepe hise heestis, and witnessingiswytnessyng β., and iustifyingis, in al his herte and alin al ι. his soule, and do tho thingis that ben writen in thatthe β. this δει. book whiche he hadde red. And he chargide gretly on this thing alle men that weren founden in Jerusalem and Beniamyn; and the dwelleris of Jerusalem diden bi theOm. δει. couenaunt of thehere δει. Lord God of her fadris. Therfore Josie dide awey alle abomynaciouns fro alle the cuntreys of the sones of Israel, and made alle men, that weren residue in IsraelJerusalem δ., to serue her Lord God; in alle the daies of his lijf thei ȝeden not awey fro the Lord God of her fadris. AftirwardAfter β. And afterward ζ. Josie made pask in Jerusalem, and ordeynede prestis in hire officisoffice δζ., and bad hem mynystre in Goddis hous, and bad dekenis serue God and his puple Israelof Israel ζ., and make hem redy bi hire housis and kinredis in the de|parting of ech, as Dauith, king of Israel, comaundide, and bad hem serue in the seyntuarie, bi the meynes and cumpanyes andof βζ. dekenis, and that thei be halewid, and offre pask, and make redy her britheren therto. And Josie made such a pask, that noon was lyk init in ζ. Is|rael, fro the daies of Samuel the prophete, neithir eny of the kingis of Israel made pask, as Josie dide, to prestis, and dekenes, and to al Juda and Israel, and to the dwelleris of Jerusa|lem; for he ȝaf to al the puple that was founden in Jerusalem in the solempnite of pask, xxx. thousinde lambrin `and kidisOm. β. and othere scheep, and iij. thousind of oxun. Aftir that Josie hadde reparelid the temple, Necao, king of Egipt, stiȝide to fiȝte in Cartamys, and Josie ȝede forth aȝens him, and the king of Egipt seide to Josie, "I come not to day aȝens thee, but I fiȝte aȝens another hous, to whiche God bad andOm. αη. madeOm. η. me go in haste; ther|fore ceese, thou king of Juda, to day aȝens God, which is with me, lest heI ζ. sle thee." Josie nolde turne aȝen, but made himself redy to bataile aȝens the king of Egipt, and assentide not to the wordis of the king of Egipt, spoken bi Goddis mouth. Therfore Josie was slayn of the king of Egipt, and the peple of the lond made Joacas his sone king in Jerusalem. HeAnd he ζ. regnide iij. moonthis in Jerusalem, and the king of Egipt puttideputte β. him doun, and condempnide the lond of Juda in an c. talentis of syluer, and in aoo δει. o ζ. talent of gold, and made Eliachym his brothir kyngOm. αη. for him on Juda and Jerusalem, and turnide his name Joachym. He regnide xj. ȝeer in Jerusalem, and dide yuel bifore God. Therfore Nabu|godonosor took him, and ledde him boundyn with chaynes into Babilone, and baar thidir the vessels of Goddis temple; and Joakin his sone rengnide for him iij. moonthis and x. daies in Jerusalem, and dide yuel in Goddis siȝt. Thanne Nabugodonosor sente men that ledden hym into Babilone and barebaren βζ. out thenot αη. preciousestepreciouse ζ. vessels of Goddis hous; and Na|bugodonosor made Sedechie king on Juda and Jerusalemon Jerusalem δ.. HeAnd ragraph to the beginning of cap. xi. omitted in δι. rengnide xj. ȝeer in Jeru|salem, and dide yuel in Goddis siȝt, neithir washe was ζ. aschamyd of the face of Jeremye, the pro|phete, that spac to him of Goddis mouth. He brak the ooth maad too Nabugodnosor; therfore Nabugodnosor cam and took hym, and ledde him and alle the vessels and theOm. ζ. tre|souris of Goddis hous and of the kingkingis ζ. and princis into Babilone, and killide the puple, and distroiede and brente Jerusalem; and the puple that was left alyue was led into Babilone, and seruede the king and his sones, til the king of Perseys rengnide, and til l.seuenti ζ. ȝer weren fillidfulled β., bi Goddis word seidOm. ι. bi the mouth of Jeremye. And Cirus, kingthe king β. of Perseys, co|maundide to be prechid, ȝhe bi writinge in al his rewme, that Jewis schulden turne aȝen into Judee.

 CAP. X.

This proces of Paralypomynon in the j. and ij.in the secounde β. book schulde stire `cristene kingis and lordiskyngis and cristene lordis δεηι. to distroie synne, and loue vertu, and make Goddis lawe toOm. β. be knowe and kept of her puple, for heere thei mown se, hou sore God punschide yuele kingis, that lyueden yuele, and drowen the puple to idolatrie, eitheror ζ. other gret synnes, and hou greetlyOm. δ. God preyside, rewardide, and cherischide good kinges, that lyueden wel, and gouernede wel the puple in Goddis lawe, and opin resoun, and goodOm. β. conscience. And thouȝ kingis and lordis knewen neuere more of hooly scripturewrit δει. than iij.the thre ζ. stories of the ij. bookbookis ζ. of Paralypomynon and of Regum, that is, the storie of king Josophat, the storie of king Ezechie, and the storie of king Josie, thei myȝte lerne sufficiently to lyue wel and gouerne wel hire puple bi Goddis lawe, and eschewe al pride, andOm. ζ. ydolatrie, andOm. β. coueitise, and other synnesFrom this pa|ragraph to the beginning of cap. xi. omitted in δι.. But alas! alas! alas! where king Jozophat sente hise princis, andOm. βζ. dekenes, and prestis, to ech citee of his rewme with the book of Goddis lawe, to techen opinly Goddis lawe to the puple, summe cristene lordis senden general lettris to alle her mynistris, and leegemen eithir tenauntis, that the pardouns of the bisschopis of Rome, that ben opin leesingis, for thei graunten many c. ȝeeris of pardoun aftir domes day, be prechidby prechyng β. generaly in her rewmes and lord|schipis, and if eny wijse man aȝenseithaȝens seye β. aȝens seith ζ. the opin errouris of anticrist, and techetechith η. to teche ζ. men to do her almes to pore nedy men, to ascape the peynes of helle, and to winne the blisse of heuene, he beschal be εζ. prisoned, as a man out of cristen bileue, and traytour of God, and ofOm. ε. cristen kingis and lordis. AndOm. η. where king Ezechie made him ful bisy to clense Goddis hous, and do awey al vnclennesse fro the sentuarie, and comaundide prestis to offre brent sacrifice on Goddis auteer, and ordeynede dekenis in Goddis hous to herie God, as Dauith and other prophetis ordeyneden, summe cristene lordis in name, and hethene in condiscouns defoulen the sentuarie of God, and bringin in symonient clerkis, ful of coueitise, eresie, and ypocrisie, and malice, to stoppe Goddis lawe, that it be not knowen and kept, and frely prechid; and ȝit summe cristene lordis holden many prelatis and curatis in her courtis and in seculer offis aȝens Goddis lawe and mannis opinly, and withholden hem fro her goostly offis and helping of cristen soulis; and where king Josie prechide opinly Goddis lawe in the temple to al the puple, and castide awey idolis, and brente the boonis of prestis, that diden idola|trie, summe cristen lordis in name notand not ε. in dede, preisen and magnifien freris lettris, ful of disceit and leesingis, and make hire tenauntis and meynemeynees ε. many other ζ. to swere bi hertethe herte βζ., boonis, naylesand nailis ζη., and sydes, and other membris of Crist, and pursuen ful cruely hem that wolden teche treuly and freely the lawe of God, and preisen, mayntenen, and cherischen hem, that prechen fablis, lesingis, and synful mennis tradiciouns, eitheror ζ. statutis, and letten greetly the gospel to be prechid, and holy writ to be knowen and kept. But wite these vnwyse lordis, that Elye the prophete, oon aloone hadde the treuthe of God, and king Acab with viij.his eyȝte β. c. and l. prestis and prophetis of Baal hadde the false part; and eft Mycheas, oon aloone prophete of God, hadde the treuthe aȝens iiij. c. prophetis of Baal, that counceileden Acab goOm. ε. to go β. toOm. βη. werre to his owne schenschipe and deth; so now a fewe pore men and idiotis, in compari|soun of clerkis of scole, mown haue the treuthe of holy scripture aȝens many thousinde pre|latis and religiouse, that ben ȝouen to worldly pride and coueitise, symonie, ypocrisie and other fleschly synnes, moostand most β. sithen these pore men desiren oonly the treuthe and fredom of theOm. β. hooly gospel, and of hooly scripture, and accepten manis lawislawe εη. and ordynauncisordenaunce ζ., oonly in as myche as thei ben groundid in holy scripture, eithir good resoun, and comyn prophit of cristen puple; and worldly prelatis and feyned relygious grounden hem on synful mennis statutis, that sounnensowen β. pride and coueitise, and letten the treuthe and fredom of Goddis lawe to be knowen and kept, and bringen cristen puple in nedelesendeles εη. tharldam and greet cost. But it is forOm. βε. to drede ful sore lest kingis and lordis ben now in the formere synnes of Manasses; God graunte that thei repenten verily and make amendis to God and men, as he dide, in the ende; for thei setten idolis in Goddis hous, and exciten men to idolatrie, and scheden innocent blood in many maners, as Manasses dide. First thei setten in her hertehertis ζ., that schulde be the temple and specialyspecial ε. the special ζ. chaumbre of God, the idole of coueitise, eitheror ζ. of glo|tonie, eitheror ζ. of pride, eitheror ζ. of other greet synnes, for seint Poul seith, that oure bodies ben the templetemplis ε. of the Hooly Goost, `and eft he seith, that auarice is the seruise of idolisOm. ε., and eft he seith, that glotouns maken her belybelies ε. her God; and God seith bi Job, that the deuil is king ouer alle the soneschil|dren ε. of pride, and Jhesu Crist seith, that the deuil is prince of this world, that is, as Austin seith, of false men that dwellen in this world. Thanne thei that setten pride, eitheror ζ. coueitise, eitheror ζ. glotonie, eitheror ζ. rauyn, in her herte, settyn idolis of Baal, eitherOr ζ. of the deuil, in the temple of God. Specialy lordis setten idolis in Goddis hous, whanne thei maken vnworthi prelatis eitherOr ζ. curatis in the chirche; for whi such vnable prelatis eitherOr ζ. curatis ben idolis, as God seith in xj.the xi. βεζ. c. of Zacarie to an vnable pre|lat, "A! thou schepherde, and idole, forsakinge the floc;" wherfor Erchedekene in Rosariehis rosarie ε., which is oon of the famousestefamous ζ. doctouris, andOm. εζ. of the popis lawe, writith thus, "an yuel prelat is seid a rorynge lyoun, and a wolf rauysching prey;" and in theOm. βε. xxxiiij. c. of Esechiel, he is seid to feede himto hym β. self and not thehis β. scheep; also he is seid to seke his owne profitis temporal, therfore he isnys β. not of Goddis children, as Austyn seith inOm. ε. viij.the viij. ζη. cause, j. questioun, co. sunt quidam, and for this thing power schal be taken awey fro him, as God seith in theOm. βζ. xxxiiij. c. of Ezechiel. Also an yuel prelat is seid a wolf, as the lawe witnessith in lxxxiij.the lxxxiij. ε. distincioun co. nichil; also for defaute of gouernaile he is seid a vnchaast dogge, as Austyn witnessith in ij.the ij. βζη. cause vij.the vij. εζ. questioun, co. qui nec; also he is aseid a ζε. crowe, eitheror βζ. a rauen, for the blacknesse of synnes, as the lawe witnessith there, in co. non omnis; also he is seid fonned salt, not prophitable to eny thing, as the lawe witnessith there, in co. non omnis; also he is seid an hog, as the lawe witnessith in xliij.the lxiij. ε. the xliij. ζ. distinctioun, inOm. ε. co. in mandatis; also he is seid a cherl of cherlyscheda cherlisched εη. of yuel lijf, as the lawe witness|ith in xlvij.the xlvij. εζ. distinctioun, in the bigynnyng; also he is seid a capoun, for he hath the manere of an hen, for as aOm. β. capoun crowith not, so an yuel prelat crowith not in preching; also an yuel prelat gendrith not bi preching of Goddis word, neithir he fiȝtith for hise sogetis; also as thea ζ. capoun clepith not hennis, so an yuel prelat clepith not pore men to mete; also as a capoun makith fat himself, so an yuel prelat makith fat himself. Therfore sithen he seekith plenteuousnesseplenteuous βζ., metisof meetis ε., and richessis, he schal be put into theOm. ε. fijer of helle, as Jerom witnessith on Mychee, andOm. ε. in theOm. β. xxxv. distinctioun, co. ecclesie principes. Erchedekene writithwit|nessith η. al this in xliij.the xliij. εζ. distinctioun, in co. sit rector, on thethis βεζ. word muti. Also a doumb prelat is an ydol, andOm. ζ. not a very prelat; a doumb prelat is not a very prelat, sithen he vsith not the offis of aOm. β. prelat, but he hath oonly the licnesse of a prelat, as an ydol that vsith not the offis of a man is oonly lijk a man, but it is noo man; therforewherfore βζη. suche doumbe prelatis moun riȝtfully be seidclepid ζ. symylacris, eitheror ζ. ydolis, of whichethe whiche ζ. it is seid in the vi. co. of Baruk, "the trees of hem ben maad fair of a carpenter, and tho ben araied with gold and syluer, and moun not speke," and thei that maken suche prelatis ben lijk hem, whiche makeris schulen be dampned with suche prelatis, bi that word of Dauith, "thei that maken tho ben maad lijk tho." But marke wel, that hethene men hadden symylacris of vj. kyndis, that is, of cley, of tree, of bras, of stoon, of syluer, and of gold; we moun fynd these vj. kyndis in yuel prelatis; for whi symylacris of cley ben fleschly prelatis, of whiche God seith in the sautir, "I schal do hem awey as the cley of streetis;" symylacris of tree ben vnwise prelatis and boistousbystowse β. boostours ζ. and without wit, of which it is seid in holy scripture, "a tree is wlappid in siluer;" and these ben seid to be maad of nouȝt in to prelatis, thes ben beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not no but oonly in opynyoun, either speche, and not in dede, neither in kynde; symylacris of bras ben thei, that han oonly worldly eloquence, for whi brasse ȝeueth greeta grete ζ. soun, in i.Om. ε. the i. βζ. pistle to Corinth.the Corinth. η., xiij. c. "if I speke in the langagis of men and of aungels, and I have notno β. charite, I am maad as bras sounnynge;" symylacris of stoon ben thei, that ben broken fro riȝtfulnesse and vertu, for temporal strengthe, these prelatis ben not the stoon whichthe weche β. is set into the heed of the corner, but these ben the stoonstoones ζ. of hirtyng and of sclaundre; symylacris of syluer ben thei that ben maad bi moneye, eithiror ζ. richessisrichesse ε., whiche prelatis seyn, what wolen ȝeOm. β. ȝeue to vs, and we schulenschal ζ. bitraie Crist to ȝou; golden symylacris ben theitho ε. that ben maad oonly for worldly nobleie, for whiOm. ζ. gold singnefieth nobley, and therfore the heed of the ymage of Nabugodonosor was of gold in ij.the ij. εζ. c. of Daniel. Erchedekene tellith al this in xliij.the xliij. ζ. distinctioun, co. sit rector, on thethis ε. word mutus. Thouȝ this doctour of the popis lawe be pleyn and scharp, he seith treuthe sesonableand resonable β. resonable η., for the chirche now acordithand acordith ζ. with hooly writ, and resoun, and comun doctouris of holy scripture; for in xi.the xj. εζη. c. of Sacariee, God clepith an yuel prelat an ydol, and in Ezechiel and other prophetis he licneth tyrauntis and raueynouris to lyouns, woluis, beeris, and othere vnresonable beestis, to dispise her synne. Here lordis and other prelatis moun see in party, hou perilous it is to ordeyne yuele prelatis eithiror ζ. curatis in the chirche, for as seint Gregory seith, in i.the i. εζη. part of Pasto|ralis, ij.the secunde ζ. co. noo man harmeth more in the chirche, than he that doth weiwardly, and hold|ith the name of ordrethe ordre β., eithiror ζ. ofOm. ζ. holynesse; and the lawe seith de electionibus, co. nichil, that no thing harmeth more thein the εζ. chirche of God, than that vnworthi men be taken to the gouernaile of soulis; and Grostede seith in his sermoun Premonitus a venerabili patre, that to make vnable prelatis eithiror ζ. curatis in the chirche of God, is to haue come to the hiȝest degree of trespasistrespas ζ.; also in his sermoun Dominus noster Jhesus Cristus, he writeth thus to the pope, "he that bitakith the cure of soulis to a man vnmyȝti, vnkunnynge, eitheror ζ. not wilful to kepehelpe εη. duly the soulis, is gilty of alle the soulis, thouȝ eny ascapithascape ζ., andeither ε. is sauid bi Goddis grace, and he that bitakith the cure of soulis to him that is opinly vnable therto, techith to sette more pris bi vnresonable beestis than by men, and for to loue more erthly thingis, that passyn schortly, than everlastinge thingis, andȝhe and β. more than the deeth and blood of Goddis sone; and he that ȝeueth thus the cure of soulis to `vnable mena vnable man β., is werse than Eroude, that pursuede Crist, and worse thanne Jewis and hethene men, that crucifieden Crist." Grostede seith this pleynly, and preueth it opinly bifore the pope and al his clergie; and thei that procuren beneficis andeither ε. richessis to mensich men ζ., haten hem to whichewhom ε. thei procuren thus, as if thei procured hem to be set in the cop of the chirche, in whirlwijndis and greet tempestis. Grostede seith thisalle these ζ. in his sermoun Scriptum est de leuitis; and he that is necligent to drawe soulis out of the pit of synne, as myche as he may, bi the ordre of lawe, and he that lettith him of his werk, sleeth the soulis; and he that settith more prijs bi a fleschly scheep than a goostly scheep, that is, mannis soule, set|tith more pris bi athe β. peny than bi the lijf of Goddis sone, which is worth al this world. A recheles curat, andOm. ε. that sleeth sogettisthe sogetis ζ. bivndir hym by ζ. yuel ensaumple, and withdrawing of Goddis word, is worse than vnresonable beestis, and he is wrse than the crucifieris of CristJhesu Crist ζ., for he crucifieth him in hise membris. Goode counceilouris thei ben aloone, that ben wijse men, and drede God, for whi alle coueitouse men ben foolis, and vnwijse men, and to be led bi the counceil of hem is to disposedispise η pr. m. ofOm. β. henne cotis bi the counceil of foxis, and toOm. ζ. dispose of foldis of scheep bi the counceil of woluis. Grostede seith this in a sermoun Premonitus a venerabili patre. See, ȝe lordis and prelatis, that maken vnable curatis, for fleschly affec|cioun and ȝiftislustes β., and specialy for pleyinge at the bere, and othere vnleeful iapis, what tre|soun ȝe doon to God, and what harm to Cristis chirche and ȝoure auaunseeis; ȝe maken orrible abomynacoun of discoumfort stoonde in the hooly place, for ȝe make anticrist to stonde at the hiȝe auter, in the stede of Crist, and trete the holy sacrament of Cristis flesch and hisOm. εζη pr. m. blood ful vnworthily, and as Parisience seith, whanne ȝe maken a coueitouse prest to stonde at the auter, ȝe maken a maldworp stondeto stonde ζ. there, in the stede of Crist; and whanne ȝe maken a fonned bischop, that can not andne ζ. loueth not Goddis lawe, stonde my|trid at the auter, ȝe make an horned asse stonde at the auter, in theOm. ζ. stede of Crist; and so of othere vnresonable beestis, as lyouns, wluis, beeris, apis, dragouns, hoggis, horsis, doggis; and othere viciouse prestis, proude, coueitouse, raueynouris, wrathful, ypocritis, trecherouse, glotenouse, lecherouse, enuyouse, and bacbiteris; andOm. ε. ȝe transfiguren Satanas into anOm. ζ. aungel of liȝt, whanneand whanne ζ. ȝe maken curatis eitheror ζ. prelatis, that ben contrarie to Crist, to ocupie the offis of bischop, abbot, eitheror ζ. ofOm. βεη. prest. Lordis and prelatis, that han sett suche idolis in Goddis hous, as Manasses dide, sue ȝe Manasses in very repentaunce, and making ofOm. ζ. amendis to God and men. Also lordis and prelatis exciten strongly men toto do βε. ydolatrie, for thei sweren custumably nedelesly, and ofte vnavisily and fals, bi the membris of God, ofand of ζ. bi ε. Crist, and bi seintis, in so myche that ech lord and greetOm. ε. prelat comynly makith toOm. ζ. him an ydole of sum seint, whom he worschipith more than God; for comunly thei sweren bi oure Lady of Walsingham, seint Joon Baptistof Baptist α., seint Edward, seint Thomas of Caunterbury, and such othere seintis, and chargen more this ooth than thouȝ thei sweren by the Hooly Trinite; and in al this thei onoren more these seintis than thei onouren the Hooly Trinite. Thouȝ it were leeueful to swere bi seintis, this is ydolatrie, to charge more an ooth maad bi suche seintis than bi God Almyȝty, eitheror ζ. bi the Hooly Trinite; natheles Crisostom witnessith on the v. co. of Matheu, that to swere bi eny creature, is to do idola|trie; for as Jerom thereseith there ζ., and Decreesin the Decrees ζ., in xxij. cause, jto do βε.. questione, co. si quis per capil|lum, and co.the chapiter ζ. next bifore, and Decretals de jure jurando, co. etOm. ζ. si Christus, witnessen pleynly, to swere bi a creature is aȝens Goddis comaundement; and therfore Crist in the v. co. of Math., comaundith to swerenot swere η., not bi heuene, neitherOm. ζ. bi erthethe erthe ζ., and vndirstond|ith bi heuene and erthe creaturis of heuene and creaturis of erthe; and in al the old lawe it is not founden, where God grauntith to swere bi eny creature, but oonly bi his owne name, eitheror εζ. bi himself; and therfore the wise man seith in theOm. βεη. xxiij. co. ofOm. εη. Ecclesiastici "a man that swerith mychilmyche εζ, schal be fillid with wickidnesse, and veniaunce schal not go awey fro his hous;" and eft he seith, "thi mouth be not customable to swering, for whi myche fallyng is in it; the nemyng of God be not customable in thi mouth," that is, to swere bi his name in veyn, eitheror ζ. fals, eitherOm. ζ. for an yuel ende; "and be thou not medlid with the names of seintis," that is, to swere bi seintis, "for thou schalt not be giltlees of hem." Here lordis and prelatis moun see how thei don opin ydolatrie, whanneand blasfemye whanne ζ. thei gessen to onoure seintis, and hire opin deedis of ydolatrie and blasfemye ben opin bookis of ydolatrie `and blasfemyeOm. ζ. to hire sugetis; therfore, as Gregory seith in ij.the ij. βεζη. bok of Pastrals v.the fyuethe ζ. co., prelatis ben worthi so many dethis, hou manye ensaumplissaumples βζ. of perdiscoun thei senden to sogettis, and in xxv.the xxv. εζ. co. ofOm. η. Numery, God bad Moises hange alle the princis in iebatis aȝens the sunne, for the peple of Israel dide leccherie and idolatrietherto idolatrie ζ. bi ensaumpleyuel ensaumple ζ. and suf|fraunce of hem. Now in Engelond itOm. ζ. is a comyn proteccioun aȝens persecusciounper|secuciouns η. of pre|latis and ofOm. ε. summe lordis, if a man is customable to swere nedeles, andOm. ε. fals, and vnauisid, bi the boonys, nailes, and sidis, and other membris of Crist, andOm. ζ. to be proud and leccher|ous, and speketo speke β. not of Goddis lawe, and repreue not synne aboute him; and tofor to β. absteyne fro oothis nedeles and vnleeueful, and to eschewe pride, and speketo speke ζ. onour of God and of his lawe, and repreue synne bi weie of charite, isthis is ζ. matir and cause now whi prelatis and summe lordis sclaundren men, and clepen hem lollardis, eretikiseretikitis α., andOm. ε. riseris of debate and of tresoun aȝens the king; now Manasses settith idolis opinly in the temple of God, and sterith men gretly to do idolatrie, and cherischen hem that breken opinly Goddis heestis, and punysche hem soore, as hethene men eitheror ζ. eretikis, that bisien hem to lerne, kepe, and teche Goddis heestis; the iij. tyme lordis and prelatis bothe schedden innocent blood, as Manasses dide, for thei waastyn folily hire goodis in wakingis and pleyingispleies βζ. bi niȝtniȝtis ε., and in rere-soperis and otherein othere ε. vanites, and taken grete and vnmesurable taxis of the comyns; and lesselete β. lordis and prelatis doon greet extorciouns to pore men, and taken pore mennis goodis, and paien litil either nouȝt and out of tyme for tho. Therfore, asOm. ζ. Mychee the prophete seith in iij.the thridde ζη. c., thei hyilden pore men, and eten her flesch; and Grostede declarith wel thisOm. ζ. in his dicte `that bygynneth thusOm. β., sint lumbi vestri precinti, and in theOm. β. xiij.iij. ε. dicte; and God seith in thehis β. Sautir of suche tirauntis, "thei deuouren my puple as the mete of breed." How myche blood lordis scheden in werris, for pride and coueitise, by counceil of false prelatis, confessouris, and prechouris, it passith mannis wit to telle fully in this lijf; but of scheding of blood and sleeing of pore men, bi withdrawing of almes, and in ȝeuynge it toof ζ. dede stockis, eitheror ζ. stoonis, eitheror ζ. to riche clerkis and feyned religiouse, were to speke now, if a man hadde the spirit of goostly strengthe. Now men knelyn, and preien, and offren faste to dede ymagis, that han neither hungir neitherno ζ. coold; and dispisen, beten, and sleen Cristen men, maad to the ymage and lycnesse of the Holy Trynite. What onour of God is this to knele and offre to an ymage, maad of synful mannis hondis, and to dispise and robbe the ymagequyk ymage ζ. maad of Goddis hondis, that is, a cristen man, eitheror ζ. a cristen wom|man. Whanne men ȝeue not almes to pore nedy men, but to dede ymagis, eitheror ζ. riche clerkis, thei robbyn pore men of her dueOm. β. porcoun, and needful sustenauncesubstaunce or susteynaunce ζ. assingned to hem of God himself; and whanne suche offereris to dede ymagis robben pore men, thei robben Jhesu Crist, as he seith in xxv.the xxv. εζη. co. of Math., "that, that ȝe diden to oon of thesethe ζ. leeste of myne, ȝe diden to me," and if thei schulen be dampned that ȝeuen not mete and drinke, and othere nescessaries to pore men, as Crist seith, where schulen thei become that robben pore men, and so Jhesu Crist himself; and if these tweyne, that ȝeuen not lyflode, and that robben pore men, schulen be dampned so depe in helle, where schulen false techeris, stirerisOm. ζ., and confessouris bicome, that stiren lordis and riche men to robbe thus pore men, and toOm. ζ. do thisthus ζ. vndir theOm. ζ. colour of excellent almes and holynesse? ButOm. ζ. morne we sore for this cursidnesse, and preie we to God with al oure herte, that sithen lordis and prelatis suen Manasses in these opyn synnes, God stire hem to sue Manasses in very penaunce, and make amendis to God and men, lest oure reume be conquerid of aliens, eithereither of ε. and of ζ. hethen men, for these opyn synnes and many moo.

 CAP. XI.

Here . . . . . bigynnith a prolog on Esdras the j. δ.The firste book of Esdras tellith, how Cirus, king of Perseys, ȝaf lycence to Jewis to turne aȝen inOm. δει. to Jerusalem and Judeein Judee β. in to Ju|dee ζ., and byldebyldede β. the temple of God in Jerusalem, and bad that other men in his rewme schulden helpe to this bylding; and he ȝaf thethes β. these a pr. m. vessels hertother to βζ. whiche Nabugodnosor hadde take awey fro Jerusalem. Thanne is teld the noumbre of hem that turnede aȝen into Judee, vndir Josue the prest, the sone of Josedech, and vndir Sorobabel, the duyk; and hou thei bygunnen to bylde the auter and templethe temple ι.; and what letting thei hadden of enemyes, and what coumfort of God, and of hise prophetis. Thanne it is teld, what sorwe Esdras made, for the princis and prestis and comyns token hethene wommen to wyues aȝens the lawe; and how the princis and the puple repentiden mekely and verily, and maden amendis to God and men. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the ij. book. δ.In the book of Neemye, which is clepid the ij. book of Esdras, is teld, how Neemye gat graunt of the king to bylde the wallis of Jerusalem, and how he and othere men, bothe prestis and othere, princis and comyns, bildiden the wallis, and ȝatis, and lockis, and touris aboue, for defense aȝens enemyes; and how the enemyes of Jewis purposidenpursuodon β. with strong hond to slee Jewis preuely, and distroieto distrie β. hire werk. Thanne half the part of ȝunge men made the werk, and half the part was redy to bateyle; with oon hond thei maden the werk, and with the othertother βδζ. thei helden the swerd; and eche of hem that bildide was gird with his swerd. Thanne it sueth how Neemye, duk of the puple, dide freely his offis, and took noo costis assingned to the duk, and he dide thus for theOm. δει. pouert of the puple. Aftir this doinge Esdras redde in the book of Goddis lawe, fro the morewitide til to noon bifore theOm. β. multitude of men and wymmen, and dekenes made silence in the puple to here the lawe; and Esdras redde in the book of Goddis lawe fro the firste day `til toin to β. the laste. Thanne the children of Israel camyn togidere in fasting and in sackis, eitheror ζ. heiris, and erthe was on hem, and the seed of the sones of Israel was departid fro ech alyen sone, and thei stoden bifore the Lord, and knoulechiden her synnes, and the wickidnessiswick|idnesse ι. of hire fadris, and thei risidenrisen ζ. togidere to stonde, and thei redden in the book of lawethe lawe ζ. of hire God fouresithis in the day, and foure|sithis in the nyȝt theiand thei ζ. knoulechiden and heryeden hire Lord God; and dekenes cryeden with gret vois to hire Lord God, and baddin the puple rise and blesse God. ThanneAnd β. sueth the solempne confessioun of Esdras, how he knoulechide first the glorious werkis of God, and aftirward the orrible synnes of alOm. ζ. the puple, and of hire fadris; and thanne al the peple made couenaunt, and swor to kepe Goddis lawe, and toOm. ζ. bie not in the sabat and hali|day of hem that brouȝten viteilis to selle; andOm. δ. thei bihiȝten to paie the firste fruitis to prestis, and tithis to theOm. δι. dekenes, and to bringe al this to the temple of God. At the laste Neemye suffride neither Jewis neitherne ζ. straungeris sille neitherne ζ. bie in the sabotis, not oonly in Jerusalem, but neither in placis nyȝ the wallis; and he rebuykede, and curside, and beet men, and made hem ballid, that token alien wommen to beOm. δεζι. hire wyues, as of Asotus, of Amon, and of Moab; and chargidechargiden α. hem greetly in the Lord, that thei schuldenschulen ζ. not ȝeue hire douȝtris to the sones of hethen men, and take nouȝtnot ζε. of the douȝtris of hethen men to hire owne sones, and to hem self. This proces of Esdras and of Neemye schulde styre vs to be bisy to biylde vertues in oure soulesoulis δ., aftir turnyng aȝen fro caitifte of synneoure synne ζ., and to fiȝte aȝens temptaciouns, and byilde faste vertues, as thei fouȝten with oonthe toon δει. hond aȝens enemyes, and biyldeden with the tothirother β. hond; and we schulden be ful bisy to kepe the gostely sabot in goode werkis and herying of God, sithen thei were so besy to kepe the figuratif sabot. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the book of Thobie. δ.ThouȝOm. δ. the book of Tobie isbe ζη. `not of bileeue, it isOm. δι. fula ful ζ. deuout storie, and profitable to the symple puple, to maken hem toOm. ζ. kepe patience and Goddis heestis, to do werkisthe werkis ζ. of mercy, and techeto teeche δει. wel hire children, and to take wyues in the drede of God, for loue of chil|dren, and not al for foul lust off body, neitherne ζ. for coueitisethe coueityse δι. of `goodis ofOm. ι. thisthe δει. world; and also children moun lerne heereOm. β. bi ȝunge Tobie to be meke and obedient, and redy to serue fadir and modir in her nede. Therfore amonge alle the bookis of the elde testament symple men of wit schulden rede and here ofte this book of Tobie, to be trewe to God in prosperite and aduersite, and eschewe idolatrie, glotenyeand glotonye β. and coueitise, and to be pacient in tribula|coun, and go neuere awey fro theOm. ζ. dreede and loue of God. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on Judith.Thouȝ theOm. η. seene of clerkis, eitheror ζ. general gadering of clergie, hath take the book of Judith among the noumbre of hooly scripturis, natheles it is not of the canoun eithir feith of the biblebileue ζ. anentis Ebreis, for thei resseyuen not the autoritie of this book; matheles it was writen in Caldee langage, and isit is εζι. noumbrid among stories, as Jerom witnessith on the prolog. But natheles this book comendithIn δ. the preceding words from Thouȝ the seene are omitted, and it reads instead The book of Judith comendith. chastite andOm. β. abstinence, penaunceand pe|naunce βζ. and wideuhood of Judith, and her loue which sche hadde to deliuerediluere α. Goddis puple fro her enemyes, and to kepe the feith andin β. worschiping of God among his peple. Also this book comendith the feith and treuthe of Achior, that was conuertid to Goddis lawe bi myracle ofand δεηι. sleeing ofOm. α. Olofernes, bi the hondis of the widewe Judith. Thanne Judith repreuede prestis for thei temtide God, and consentiden to deliuerediluere α. the citee to enemyes, if God sente not helpe to hem withinne v. daies, and goode prestis tooken meekly this repreuyng of a womman; and sche tauȝte hem hou thei schulden do penaunce for this trespas, and coumfortecoum|fortid δεζηι. the puple tofor to δει. triste in God, and abyde his mercy and help, at his owne wille. Vs nedith not to excuse Judith fro lesingis and tresoun to Olofernes, but we moun fauorably excuse hire fro deedly synne in this doinge, for the greet loue that sche hadde to Goddis peple, and to slee Olofernes, a blasfemyere of God, and distroierea distroier ζ. of his lawe and peple; and iustly God took thisOm. β. veniaunce on Olofernes, for his synnes and harmes don to Goddis peple, and whiche he purposide tofor to δι. do, if he myȝte lyue longe. Of this proces proude werriouris schulden drede God, that made proud Olofernes to be slayn of a womman, and al his greet oost `to beOm. βδει. scaterid and distroied; and cristen men schulden be coumfortid greetly, for to haue ful trist into δει. God, and in his helpe, that so myȝtily delyuerede his puple fro so greet an enemy and strong oost, withouten perisching of his peple. And sithen Judith hadde so greetmeche β. preising for hire doinge, that was medelid with manye synnes, myche more preising schulen thei haue in heuene, withouten ende, that putten forth hem silf to be martirid for Goddis cause, with trewe meenes of pacience and of charite. Here . . . bigynnith the prolog of Hester. δ.The book of Ester tellith firstOm. ι., how theOm. ζ. qwene Vasti was forsaken for hire pride, and was departid fro mariagethe mariage ζ. of king Assuerus, and hou Ester, for hire meekenesse, bewte, and Goddis grace was maad qwene in the stide of Vasty. Also the trewe Mardoche, the fadir in lawe of adopcioun of this womman Ester, tauȝte hire to loue God, and kepe his lawe, and sche was full meke and obedient to Mar|dochee, ȝhe, whanne sche was qwene, as to hire fadir in lawe. Thanne Aaman, of the kin|rede of Agag, conspyride bi sotil malice to distroie al the peple of Jewis, in the lond of AssuerusAssiriens ζ., and hadde graunt of the king, at his owne wille, and the day of distroiyng and of sleeing of theOm. ζ. Jewis was pupplischid thourȝ al the rewme. Thanne Mardochee and the Jewis diden greet penaunce, and maden gret sorwe, and preieden God toof δει. helpe in that gret nede. And Mardochee sente to Ester, that sche schulde do the same, and goo to the king, in perel of hire lijf, to axe grace of him, and reuoking ofthe ζ. lettris and power grauntid to Aman, the enemy of Jewis. And aftir myche fasting, penaunce, and preier, Estir bitook hirself to Goddis disposicioun, and to perel of her deth, and entride to the king, ȝhe, aȝens the lawe of the lond, whanne sche was not clepid, to axe mercy and help of the king, for hirsilf and al hire puple. And God turnede the feersnesse and crueltethe cruelte δεηι. of the king to mekenesse, mersy, and benyngnite aȝens Ester, and the peple of Jewis. And thanne he reuokide the power grauntid to Aaman, and leet hange him, as he purposidehadde pur|posid δει. to haue hangid the trewe Mardochee, and ȝaf general power to Jewis to slee alle hire enemyes in his empire. Aftir these thingis the king enhaunside Mardochee, and made him grettist next the king, and ȝaf greet fraunchise and onour to the Jewis. This story of Ester schulde stire men to be trewe to God and histo his δει. lawe, and putte awey pride and enuye, and euere triste in God in alle perrels; and tirauntis schulden be aferd to conspire aȝens Goddis seruauntis, leest God take veniaunce on hem, as he dide on this manOm. βζ. Aaman, that con|spiridehadde con|spirid δει. the deeth and general distroiyng of Jewis. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the book of Job. δ.The book of Job is ful sotil in vndir|stonding, for Job argueth aȝens hiseOm. ζ. enemyes, that wolden bringe hym out of cristen feith, and concludith many errouris that suen ofon ζ. hire false bileeue and opynyon; and Job afferm|ith not that al is soth that he spekith aȝens hise aduersaries, but concludith hem in hire fals bileeue, that many errouris suen therof; and for I haue declarid in party in the glos hou the harde sentensissentence ζ. of Job schulen be vndirstonden, therfore I passe ouer liȝtly now. First this book tellith the kyn of Job, and hiseof his ζ. richessis, and holy lijf of him and hiseof hise δζι. chil|dren; andOm. ζ. aftirward it tellith what tribulacoun bifelde to Joob in his catel, in hise chil|dren, and in his owne bodi, and hou paciently he suffride this, and thankide God in alle hise dissesisdisese δ.. Thanne his wijf, whom the deuel reseruede as a special instrument to him, to disseyue Joob by his wijf, as he disseyuede Adam bi Eue, counceld him to blasfeme God, and therbi diȝe; and Joob repreuede hire foly, and seide, if we han resseyued goodis of Goddis hond, whi suffre we not yuels, that is, peynes. Inand in δει. alle these thingis Joob synnede not in hise lippis. Thanne sueth the disputing bitwixe Joob and hise freendis, almest til to the ende of the book. Job heeld strongly the treuthe of cristenCristes β. feith, and specialy of the rising aȝen of bodies at domis day; and hise freendis seiden many treuthis, and med|leden falsnesse, and euere purposiden an yuel ende and falsed, for thei helden that meede is ȝouen oonly in this lijf for goode werkis, and that no man is punyschid here, no but for synnes passid, and as aoo δζ. man is punyschid more than an other in this lijf, so he hath synned more than another man lesse punschid; but al this is fals, as Joob preuith, and God confermith in the ende. For whi reward of goode deedis is myche more in the lijf to comynge, thanne in present lijf, and a vertuose man is punyschid here for to haue mede in heuene; and comunly a iust man hath more tribulacoun in this lijf thanne a wickid man, as it is opin of Crist, that suffride heere mycheOm. β. dissese, andOm. ζ. of tyrauntis that han prosperitemyche prosperite δει. in this lijf. And therfore Joob teldetelleth β. opinly hise goode dedis to coumforte himhim|silf δει. aȝens dispeir, to whiche hise frendis wolden bringe him; but Joob dide this ouer myche, and with sum pride, and iustifiede himself ouer myche, that hise freendis conseyueden that he blasfemyde God, and preuede God vnriȝtful; and of thes twey poyntis Joob repentide in the ende. Thanne God forȝaf to him this litil synne, and appreued his trewe sentense, and dampnede the errour of hise aduersaries. Thanne Job preiede, and made sacrifice for hise aduersaries, and God herde him, and dide mercy to hem; and God addide alle thingis double, that Joob hadde; and he hadde xiiij. thousind ofOm. ι. scheep, andOm. β. vj. thousind of camelis, and a thousind ȝockis of oxen, and a thousind femalof femal ι. assis, and vij. sones, and iij. douȝtris; and Joob lyuede `vij. scorecxl. β. ȝeer aftir his turment, and siȝ hise sones and the sones of his sones til toOm. ι. the fourthe generacoun. This proces of Job schulde stire men to be iust of lyuyng, and to be pacient in aduersitees, as Joob was, and to be stedfast in cristen feith, and answere wijsely and meekly to eretikis and aduersaries of oure feith, as Petir and Poul techen, and euere be meke and ful of charite, and preie for oure enemyes, and looketo looke β. aftir meede in heuene, and not in erthe, for oure good deedisThis portion of the Pro|logue relative to the Psalter is wanting in δ. from a deficiency in the MS.. The Sautir

Whanne it is knowen alle the profetis to haue spoken bi reuelacioun of the Hooli Goost, it is knowen Dauith, moost of profetis, to haue spoken sumwise in worthier and ouerpassynge maner thanne other profetis, as the trumpe of the Hooli Goost. Forsothe other profetis proficieden bi sum maner ymagis of thingis and withinne coueryngis of wordis, that is, bi sweuenis, and visiouns, and sawis, and dedis; for|sothe Dauith made out his profecie thoruȝ stirynge of the Holi Goost aloone withouten vttermore help. Wherfore couenabli this book is seid the book of solitarie spechis; it is also seid a sauter, the whiche it tooke of a musik instrument that Ebreuli is clepid noblun; Greekly a sauter of this Greek word psallym, that is, touchynge; Latynly it is seid an orgoun that is of ten coordis, and fro the ouer part ȝeueth soun bi the touch of hondis. Forsothe of that instrument at the lettre therfore it is nemned this book, for at the vois of that instrument Dauith songe psalmes bifore the arke in the tabernacle of the Lord, and as alle the swete songis of that instrument weren clepid psalmes, so and alle the particlis or clausis of this book. Also aftir the spiritual vndirstondynge it takith wel name of that instrument; for as that instrument is of ten coordis, so this book techith thee al aboute the kepinge of the ten heestis; and as that instrument ȝeueth soun fro the ouer part bi the touche of hondis, so this book techith welle to worche, not for erthely thingis, but for heuenly thingis that ben abouen. This book stoondith in an hundrid and fifti psalmes, not biside the resoun of hiȝere signyfiynge. Forsothe this noumbre is notid to moost solempne mysteries; it stondith forsothe of eiȝti and seuenti; and eiȝte aloone signyfieth the same that eiȝti dooth, and seuenti the same that seuene dooth. Eiȝte forsothe signyfieth the eiȝtithe age of aȝenrisynge; for sithen ther ben sixe agis of men lyuynge, and the seuenthe of men diynge, the eiȝte age schal be of men aȝen risynge. Bi seuene forsothe is bitokened the tyme of this lif, that is passid bi the ofte sithes comynge of seuen daies. Riȝtly thanne this book is maad in siche a noumbre of psalmes, whos parties signyfien the biforseid mysteries; for it techith so vs in the seuenthe age of this lif to worche and to lyue, that in the eiȝthe age of aȝenrisynge we ben not clothid with the double foold cloth of confucioun, but with the stoole of double glorifiynge. Or therfor it is maad in that noumbre of psalmes, for, as we han seid, this noumbre stoondith of eiȝti and seuenti, that aloone bitokenen the same that eiȝte and seuene doth. Forsothe eiȝti bitokeneth the newe testament; forsothe the fadris of the newe testament toke to o day, that is, disseruen to eiȝti; thei kepen forsothe the eiȝte day of the resurreccioun of Crist, that is, the sunday, and the vtas of seintis, and abiden the eiȝte of aȝenrisynge. Bi seuene is bito|kened the olde testament therfore, for the fadris of the olde testament serueden to ebroady, that is, to seuene; forsothe thei kepten the seuenthe day, and the seuenthe woke, the seuenthe moonthe, the seuenthe ȝeer, and the seuenthe ȝeer of the seuenthe, that is, the fiftithe, that is seid iubile. Wherfor Salamon seith, ȝeue parties seuene and also eiȝte. And as myche as we schulen rere vp to hym seuene scheepherdis and eiȝte primatis, therfor this book is wel maad in that noumbre of psalmes, whos parties bitokenen the doc|tryne of euer either testament, that bi that he schewide the heestis of either testament to be con|teened in this book. This book forsothe is dyuydid bi thre fifties, bi which the thre staatis of cristen religioun ben bitokened; of which the firste is in penaunce, the secunde in riȝtfulnes, the thridde in preisynge of euer lastynge lif. Wherfore the firste fifty is endid in penaunce, that is, the salm that bigin|neth thus, "Haue merci of me, God;" the secunde in riȝtfulnes, that is, this salm, "Merci and doom I schal syng to thee;" the thridde in preisyng of euer lastynge lif, that is, the word, "Ech spirit preise the Lord." And for Dauith techith these thre thingis in this book, this threfoold distinccioun of salmes is maad. Also it is to be notid this scripture to be ofte vsid in the chirche seruyse more than other; that therfore is doon, for in this book is the ful endynge of the hooli book of Goddis word. Forsothe here ben discryued the meedis of good men, the tourmentis of yuel men, the playn techinge of biginnynge men, the forth goynge of profitynge men, the persecucioun of ful kunnynge men, the lif of actijf men, and the spiritual biholdynge of contemplatijf men; here also is tauȝt, what doht awei synne, what penaunce restorith, what the gilti of synne forthenkynge seith, that is, "Lord, in thi woodnes vndernyme thou not me," and in another place, "Haue merci of me, God, aftir thi mychil merci;" and what ben purchasid bi penaunce, whanne he vndirioyneth, "I schal teche wickide men thi weies, and vnpitous men schulen be conuerted to thee," bi which is schewid, that no man taken to the mekenesse of forthinkynge mystriste of forȝeuenes and of merci of God, hou myche euere be his trespas. Whanne forsothe we biholden Dauith a mansleer and avouterer, maad bi penaunce a doctour and a profete, place of wanhope is left to no man doynge penaunce; as [bi] the conuertinge of Poul and his auaunsynge in to apostle we ben plenly certified of the merci of God. Wherefore the chirche vsith in office, as the profecie of Dauith, the pistle of him more thanne other. And therfore this profecie is hadde ofter in vsse, for amonge othere profecies it passith in openyng of sawis. Forsothe tho thingis that other profetis seiden derkly, and as bi figure, of the passioun and the resurreccioun of Crist, and of euerlastynge getynge, and of other mysteries, Dauith, moost excellent of profetis, openyde so euydently, that he be seen more to euangelisen thanne to profecien.

Dauith, the sone of Gesse, whanne he was in his rewme, he chees foure, that schulden make salmes, that is, Asaph, Eman, Ethan, and Edithym. Forsothe the eiȝti and eiȝte seiden the salmes, and ij. hundrid the vndirsyngynge; and AbyuthDauith? smoot the harpe. Whanne Dauith, smoot the harpe, hadde brouȝt aȝen the arke aȝen clepid fro Azotis in to Jerusalem, aftir twenti ȝeer andthat it? abood in the hous of Amynadab, this he putte on in a new ȝockid carte, and brouȝten in to Jerusalem men chosen of alle the kynrede of the sones of Israel seuenti thousand, of the lynage of Leuy forsothe two hundrid `seuenti and eiȝte thou|sandeiȝti and eiȝte? men; of which he ordeynede foure princis to be biforn to the songis, Asaph, Eman, Ethan and Edithym, dyuydynge to ech of hem two and seuenti men vndercriynge preisynge of the songis to the Lord. And oon forsothe of hem smoot the symbal, another the harpe, another enhaunsing the hornen trumpe; forsothe Dauith him silf stood in the myddil of hem holdynge a sautre. And sotheli thei wenten bifore the arke in seuene queeris, and the sacrifice was a calf; forsothe al the peple folowide aftir the arke. Thanne alle the psalmes of Dauith ben in noumbre an hundrid and fifti, of the which al forsothe Dauith him silf maad nyne; two and thritti han not superscripcioun; fifti and two and twenti in to Dauith; twelue in to Asaph; twelue in to Ydithim; nyne to the sones of Chore; oon to Moises; two in to Salamon; two in to Aggie and Zacharie; and so alle the psalmes of Dauith ben maad in noumbre of an hundrid and fifti. The dyuysiouns of psalmes that ben clepid deapsalmes ben in the noumbre of seuenti and fyue; the canticlis of grece ben in noumbre of fiftene. The firste psalme to no man is asigned, for it is of alle, therfore what other man is vndirstonden in the firste but the firste geten, that inscrip|cioun worthili schuld not be necessarie. Ferthermore for that psalme makith mencioun of Crist, as aȝen Crist expownynge the persoone transcriued, vttirli thei han not withinne chaungid the ordre of storie. We reden in the titlis of psalmes, but the psalmes not aftir the storie but ben rede aftir the profecie, so the ordre of titlis may not disturble the ordre of psalmes. And alle the psalmes that ben inscryued to him Dauith, perteynen to the sacrament of Crist, for Dauith is seid Crist.

This book comprehendith al the eeld and newe testament, and techith pleynli the mysteries of the Tri|nite, and of Cristis incarnacioun, passioun, risynge aȝen, and stiynge in to heuene, and sendynge doone of the Holi Goost, and prechinge of the gospel, and the comynge of Antecrist, and the general doom of Crist, and the glorie of chosen men to blisse, and the peynes of hem that schulen be dampned in helle; and ofte rehersith the stories of the olde testament, and bringgith in the kepinge of Goddis heestis, and loue of enemyes.

Greet aboundaunce of goostli comfort and ioie in God cometh in the hertis of hem, that seien or syngen deuoutly these psalmes in preisynge of Jhesus Crist; thei droppen swetnes in mannes soule, and holden delite in her thouȝtis, and tenden her willis with the fier of loue, makynge hem hoot in charite, and brennynge withinne of loue, and faire and semeli to Cristis yȝen. And these that lasten in deuocioun, thoru the psalmes thei may be reisid in to contemplatif lif, and myrthe of heuene. The songe of psalmes putteth awei feendis, excitith aungels to oure help, it doth awei synne, it quemeth God, it enformeth partfitnesse, it doth awei and distrieth alle noies and angris of the soule, it bringith to man desiris of heuene, and dispit of ertheli thingis. Sotheli this schynynge book, seid of hem deuoutly that ben in clene lijf, is a chosun songe bifore God, as a laumpe liȝtnynge oure lif, hele of a sik herte that coueitith to be helid, hony to a bittir soule that langwischith in verey penaunce, dignyte of goostli persoones, tunge of pryuy vertues, the which ledith the proud to mekenes, and kingis to pore men it makith vndir|loutynge; it ledith the enuious to partfiȝt loue, the wrathful to pacience and suffraunce, the coueitous and the avarous to largenes for heuenli reward, the slouthful to deuocioun and bisi traueile for desijr of heuenli ioie, the glotoun to abstynence and mesure of mete and drink, the lecherous to chastite and clene leuynge, nurischinge children with holynes. In these psalmes is myche fairnes of vndirstondinge of medycynal wordis, that this book is clepid gardyne enclosid, wel enceeled, paradis ful of alle good applis. Now it is with holsum lore and techinge of vertues thoru out ful sett, troublid and stonied soulis it bryngith to cleer and peesful lif; now amonestynge to fordo synnes with teeris of iȝen wepinge, and sorewe of hert of forthenkynge; now bihotinge to riȝtwise men ioie; now manassinge helle peyne to wickid men. The song is this that delitith the eeris of Goddis loueris, techinge her soulis to haue delite in God; for it kyndelith therinne deuout deuocioun of aungels song, whom we may not here slepinge in synne; and he that hath not delite in seiynge of these psalmes may suppose that he is an alien fro verrey lif. O wondirful swetnes! the which wexith not sour thoruȝ the corrupcioun of this wrecchid world, but euermore lastinge and wexynge in grace. Alle gladnes and delite of this erthely vanyte vanyschith, and at the last worthith to nouȝt, but the lenger tyme this swetnes lastith, the more it wexith, and althir moost aȝenst good mennes diynge, whanne loue of Crist is moost parfiȝt. This book is clepid the sauter, the which name it hath of an instrument of mysik, that in Ebreu is clepid noblum, in Greek sautrie, of psalme, that in Englisch is of tungeof two touche, MS. Reg.; and it is of ten coordis, and ȝeueth the soun fro ouere throuȝ touchinge of hond. Also this book techith to kepe the x. comaundementis, and to worche, not for ertheli thingis, but oneli for heuenli ioie that is aboue, and so ȝeuen soun fro heuene where oure loue schuld be, at the touchinge of oure hond, that is, in trewe worchinge aftir Cristis biddynge, whanne alle that we don, we do it for Cristis loue. Also this book is departid in thries fifti psalmes, in the which the thre statis of cristen mennes religioun ben signyfied; the firste in verey penaunce, that other in riȝt|fulnes, the thridde in preisinge of endeles lif. The firste fifti ben endid in Miserere mei, Deus; the tother in Misericordiam et iudicium; the thridde in Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum. This book of alle holy writt is moost vsid in hooli chirche seruice, for cause that in it is perfectioun of dyuyne pagyne, for it conteyneth schortly that that other bookis drawen longly, that is to seie, of the old testament and of the newe. Therinne ben discryued the meedis of good men, the peynes of yuel men, the techinge of verey penaunce, the wexinge in riȝtwise lif of actif trewe men, the which passen to heuene, the perfec|tioun of holi men, the meditacioun of hem that ben contemplatif, and the greet ioie of contemplacioun, the hiȝest that may be in man leuynge in bodi and felynge. Also this book schewith what synne takith fro a mannes soule, and what penaunce restorith, it is no need to telle echoon here, for thorou Goddis grace thei schulen be open inow withinne in the book. This scripture is clepid book of ympnes of Crist; ympne is preisinge of God with devowte preiynge. To an ympne fallen thre thingis, preisinge of God, ioiynge of hertly thouȝt, enteerli thenkynge of Goddis loue. Deuoute preier is a greet gladnes of mannes thouȝt of lastinge thing in endeles ioie, berstynge out in vois of preisinge. It is wel clepid book of ympnes, for it techith vs to loue God with glade chere, and makynge myrthe, thorou softynge oure soule thoru hope, not oonli in hert but also with vois plesynge Crist, and techinge hem that ben vnkunnynge. The mater of this book is Crist and his spouse, that is, holi chirche, or ech riȝtwise mannes soule; the entent is to conferme men, that ben defoulid with synne of old Adam, to cristen mennes lif thoruȝ grace of newe Adam, that is, Jhesus Crist. The mater of this boke or this lore is sich, that sumtyme it spekith of Crist in his godheed, sumtyme in his manheed, in that that he vsith the vois of his seruauntis. Also of hooly chirche he spekith in thre maneris, sumtyme in the persoone of cristen men, sumtyme of yuel men, sumtyme of cursid men, the which ben in holi chirche bi bodi not bi clene thouȝt, bi name not bi good dede, in noumbre not bi merite. In this werk I seke no straunge Englische, but that that is esiest and moost comyn, and sich that is moost like to the Latyn, so that thei that knowen not the Latyn, bi the Englisch may come to many Latyn wordis. In the translacioun I folowe the lettre as myche as I may, and ther I fynd no propre Englisch, I folowe the witt of the wordis, so that thei that schulen rede it, dar not drede errynge. MS. Trin. Coll. Dubl. A. 1. 10. at the end of the General Prologue. The last portion of these remarks on the Psalter, is borrowed, with some variations, from Hampole's Preface to his Commentary on the Psalms.

com|prehendith al the elde and newe testament, and techith pleynly the mysteries of the Trinite, and of Cristis incarnacoun, passioun, rising aȝen, styingand styȝynge βζη. in to heuene, and sending doun of the Holy Gost, and preching of the gospel, and theOm. ζ. coming of Antecrist, and the general dom of Crist, and the glorie of chosenthe chosen ζ. men to blisse, and the peynes of hem that schulen be dampned in helle; and ofte rehersith the stories of the elde testament, and bringith in the keping of Goddis heestis, and loue of enemyes. Noo book in the eld testament is hardere to vndirstondingvndirstond ζ. to vs Latyns, for oure lettre discordith myche fro the Ebreu, and many doctouris taken litel heede to the lettre, but al to theOm. ζ. goostly vndirstonding. Wel were him that koude wel vndirstonde the Sautir, and kepe it in his lyuyng, and seie it deuoutly, and conuicte Jewis therbi; for manye menOm. β. that seyn it vndeuoutly, and lyuen out of charite, lyen foule on hemself to God, and blasfemen hym, whanne thei crien it ful loude to mennis eeris in the chirche. Therfore God ȝeue grace to vs to lyue wel in charite, and sey it deuoutly, and vndirstonde it treuly, and to teche it opinly to Cristen men and Jewis, and bringe hem therby to oure Cristen feith, and brennynge chariteFrom this passage to the words Prouerbis speken is omitted in δ.. The Prouerbis eitheror ζ. Parablis of Salamon teche men to lyue iustly to God and man. Ecclesiastes techith men to forsake and sette at nouȝt alle goodisthe goodis ζ. in theof this ζ. world, and to drede God, and kepe hise heestis. The Songissong ζ. of Songis techentechith ζ. menmyche men ζ. to sette al hireOm. β. herte in the loue of God, and of hire neiȝeboris, and to do al hire besynesse to bringe men to charite and salva|coun, bi good ensample, and trewe preching, and wilful suffring of peyne and deth, if nede be. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on Prouerbis δ.Prouerbis speken myche of wijsedom and keping of Goddis heestis, in comendinge trewe teching, and in repreuyng fals teching, and Prouerbis tretentechen δει. mychelmyche βδεζι. ofOm. δ. riȝtfulnesse, and iustof iust δ. domes and gouernaunce, and of punysching of auoutrie and othere falsenessisfalsenes β.; and comendencomendith ζ. myche iust lordis and sogetis, andthat ben goode, and ζ. repreuenre|preueth β. strongly wrongful lordis and rebel sogettis. Also Prouerbis techen derkly the mysteriesmysterie ζ. of Crist, and of hooly chirche, and techentechith ζ. myche wijsdom and prudence, for the soule and theOm. ζ. body. Therfore lordis, andOm. ζ. `iugis, andOm. δει. comuneris also, and namely prestis, schulden stodie wel this book, and rule hemself therbi, to saluacoun of body and ofOm. ζι. soule. Here . . . . . bigyn|neth a prolog on Ecclesiastes. δ.Ecclesiastes is a ful sotil book, for Salamon spekith in many persones, and concludith her entent and sentence, not in ap|preuyng the sentence of fleschly men, that preisen more bodily goodis and lustis of the body than heuenly goodis and lyking of vertues, and dampneth many errours of worldly men, and schewith that al is vanite, til me come to the drede of God, and keeping of hise heestis. Therfore men `moten bee welmust be ful ζ. war hou thei vndirstonden Salamon in thishis β. book, that thei appreue noon errour, and dampne noo treuthe, for mysconseyuing of Salamonys wordis, and the Hooly Goostis wordis in this book. Here . . . . . bygynneth the prolog on Song of Songis. δ.The SongisSong ζ. of Songis touchentouchithe ζ. derkly the staat of the synagoge, fro the gooing out of Egipt til to Cristis incarnacoun and passioun; and thanne thothe βδ. Songis touchen the staat of Cristis chirche, and `of theOm. δ. synagoge in the ende of the world, and treetyn hiȝly of louethe loue βζ. toof βζ. God and neiȝebore also; and this book is so sotil to vndirstonde, that Jewis ordeyneden, that no man schulde stodie it, no but he were of xxx. ȝeer, and hadde able wit to vndirstonde the goostly preuytees of this book; for sum of thethis βζ. book seemith to fleschly men to sounneshewe β. vnclene loue of leccherie, where it tellith hiȝ goostly loue, and greet preuytees of Crist and of his chirche. Therfore men moten be fulOm. δ. wel war to conseyue welOm. ζ. the wordis of the Holy Goost in this book, and knowe whanne Crist spekith to the chirche, eitheror ζ. to the synagoge, and whanne the syna|goge spekith to God, and whanne the chirche spekith to Crist, and whanne God spekith to aungels, patriarkis, and prophetis, and apostlis, and whanne these persones speken to the synagoge eitheror ζ. to the chirche, eitheror ζ. aȝenward. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the book of Wysdom. δ.The book of Wijsedom, `thouȝ it be not a book of bileeueOm. δ., techithit techith ζ. myche riȝtfulnesse, and preisith wysdom, and repreuith fleschly men for hire false bileeue and yuel lyuynge, and comendith myche iust men, sadand sadde ι. in bileeue and vertuouse lyuynge, and touchithit touch|ith βδει. myche of Cristis incarnacoun, his manheed and god|heed togidere, and dampneth gretly idolatrie, and fals worschiping of idolis, and false goddis. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on Eccle|siastici. δ.`Thouȝ Ecclesiastici be nonot ζ. book of bileeue, itThe book of Ecclesiastici δ. techith myche wisdom and pru|dence `for soule and body, and hath myche the sentenceOm. δ. of Prouerbis, and comaundith men to thenke and speke of Goddis heestiscomandementis ζ., and forOm. β. to dreede God, and loue him, and euere haue mynde of deth, and ofon β. the greet dom, to kepe men out of synne, and in parfit loue to God and man. Also it preisith myche almes and good preier, and repreuith gretly extor|couns, and wrongwrongis ζ., and false oothis, and false mesuris, and false weyȝtis, and al fraude, preuy and apert; at the laste it comendith goode men, and herieth God, that delyuereth fro alle perrelis. If this book be wel vndirstonden, it is profitable bothe to goostly gouern|ours and bodily lordis, and iustisisto iustisis δ. and comyns also. From this place to The first book of Macabeis omitted in δ.The Prophetis han a general pro|loge for alle, and for I declaride sumdel the grete profetis, and in party the litilsmale ει. prophetis, andI ζ. thenke soone to make an ende, with Goddis help, of the glos onof ει, the smale prophetis, I thenke now to passe ouer withouten eny tarying. Here . . . . . bigynneth a prolog on the firste book of Machabeis. δ.The firste book of Macabeis tellith hou gret distruccioun and cruelte Antioke the noblewykked ζ sup. ras. dide aȝens the Jewis, and hou many thousindis he killide of hem, that wolden holde Goddis lawe, and brente the bookis of Goddis lawe, and defoulide the temple of Jerusalem, and compellide men, for drede of deth, to do idolatrie, and forsake God and his lawe; and he took vessels and tresouris in the temple, and bar into his lond, and he brente the citee of Jerusalem, and distroiede the housis therof and the wallis therof in cumpas; and he took the hiȝe tour of Dauith, and sette men of armes therinne to lette men cometo come βδζ. to Jerusalem. And thei diden mychelmyche βδεζι. harm to the puple of Israel, and who euere heeld the bookis of Goddis testament and kepte his lawe, was slayn bi comaundement of Antiok the king, and wymmen that circumcidedencircumciden β. her children weren slayn, bi comaundement of Antioke the king, and thei hangiden children bi the neckis, bi alle the housis of men of Israel, and killiden hem that circumcidedencircumciden β. chil|drenher children ζη.. Thanne roosaroos δεηι. Matatyas, the prest, and fledde fro Jerusalem into Modyn, and biweylide gretly this distroying of the puple, ofand of ζ sec. m. ι. the temple and citee, and of al the lond; and he aȝenstood the king and hise mynistris, and killide the kingis mynistris, that com|pellide men to do idolatrie, and he killide a man, that dide ydolatrie, andon the auteer, and δει. distroiede the auter wheronne idolatriethe idolatrie ζ. was don. ThanneAnd thanne ζ. Matatias and hise sones fledden into hillis, and leften alle thingis whiche thei hadden in the citee, and manye menOm. βζ. that souȝten doom and riȝtfulnesse, and wolden kepe Goddis lawe, camen to hem inin to βδει. desert. AndOm. ει. hethen men maden werre on hem inOm. α. sabatis, and manye diȝeden in her sympilnesse, for thei nolden make bateil in sabatis. Thanne manye Jewis were gaderid to him, andOm. ι. maden a greet oost, and weren redy to fiȝte in sabotis, and thei killeden synners in greet wraththe. And Matatias and hise freendis cumpassiden and distroieden auteris, and circumcididencircumciden β. alleOm. βδει. children, whiche thei founden in thealle the βδει. coostis of Israel, and thei pursueden the children of pride; and the werk hadde prosperite in her hondis, and thei gaten the lawe fro the hondis of hethen men and of kingisthe kingis ζ., and ȝaue notno ζ. strengthe to the synful man. And whanne Matatias was in point of deeth, he coumfortide hise sones to putte hire lyues for the lawe of God, bi ensaumple of Abraham and othere hooly men bifore goyng; and he or|deynede Judas Macabeus to be duk of bateil, and ordeynedehe ordeyned ζ. Symount his sone to be fadir and prest toof β. hem, for he was a man of counceil. Thanne ben teld many batels of Judas Macabeus aȝens hethene men, and of grete victories bi Goddis help. Thanne Judas Maca|beus made frenschipe with Romayns, for hire prudence, riȝtfulnesse and power. And whanne Judas was deed in bateile, the peple ordeynede Jonathas, his brother, prince and duyk, for to holde werre aȝens hethen men. Thanne ben teld many bateiles of Jonathas, and victories whiche he hadde aȝens hethen men. Thanne Jonatas, aftir manye victories, sentehe sente ζ. to renule frenschipfrenschipis δ. with Romayns, and withOm. δει. Sparciatis, that weren of the kyn of Jewis; and Jonathas and hise sones weren slayn at the laste, bi tresoun of Trifon, that was an hethene man, and myȝtya myȝty ζ. duyk. Thanne Symount was maad duyk of the peple, and in theOm. ζ. stede of Judas Macabeus and of Jonatas; and he dide manye bateiles and stronge, and haddehe hadde ζ. greet victories aȝens hethene men; and Jewis hadden myche reste vndir hym; and he made stronge hooldis and citees in Juda; and he renulide frenschipe with Romayns and Sparciatis, and hadde myche glorie of his folc, and of hethene kingis. At the laste Symount and his tweyOm. δει. sones weren slayn bi tresoun, and Jon, his sone, was prince of prestis, aftir his fadir day, and dide many bateiles aȝens hethene men. Here . . . . . bi|gyneth a prolog on the seconde book of Machabeis. δ.The ij. book of Macabeis tellith myche the same sentence of the first book, and hath a fewe special poyntis, of Elyodorus, ofand of δει. Eleasarus, and of the noble wydue and hire vij. sones. Eliodorus was sent of the hethen king to take awey the tresouris of the temple of Jerusalem, and bere tho to the king, and thouȝ the tresouris weren kept for the lijflode of widewis and fadirles children, and summe weren anotherother ζ. mannismennus ζ. goodis, Elyodorus wolde algatealgatis ζ. bere al to the king; but God made hym and his felowis soore aferd, and Eliodorus was beten almest to the deth, of a ferdful oon sittinge on a hors, that hadde twey ȝunge men aboute him; and Eliodorus was cast doun to the grounde, and was born out on a bere, and lay domb. And whanne the hiȝest prest offride sacrifice, and preiede for the helthe of Eliodo|rus, God grauntide lijf to him, and he thankide God, and the hiȝest prest, andOm. αη. ȝede to the king and tolde toOm. βδεζι. himOm. β. hou it stood; and he witnesside to alle men the grete werkis of God, whiche he hadde seyn with hise iȝen. Thanne is toold ofOm. ζ. the curside deedis of Jason the prest, that cam in by symonye, and wolde bringe Jewisthe Jewis δει. to idolatrie and sodomye, and to forsake God and his lawe. Thanne is teld of greetthe greet ζη sec. m. cruelte of Antioke, whiche he dide aȝens the Jewis and the hooly place of Jerusalem; and God suffride this for the synnes of the peple, for whi God chees not theOm. δει. folc for the place, but the place for the folc. ThanneAnd thanne ζ. Eleasarus ches to diȝe a scharp deeth, rathere than he wolde breke Goddis lawe in a litil poynt, to ete pork, ȝhe, to feyne to ete pork. Aftir this it sueth hou the blissid widewe and hire vij. sones were martiride, for thei nolden breke Goddis lawe, and hou gloriously the blessid modir coumfortid hem to take deeth with ioie for the lawe of God. This storie and proces of Macabeis schulde stire cristen men to holde Goddis lawe to lijf and dethto deth βδε., and if kniȝtis schulden vse the swerd aȝens eny curside men, thei schulden vse it aȝens lordis and prestis principaly, that wolen compelle men, for drede of prisoun and deth, to forsake the treuthe and fredom ofand δει. Cristis gospel; but God for his greet mercy ȝeue very repentance to hem, that thus pursuen trewe men, and graunte pacience, meeke|nesse, `and chariteOm. δ. to hem `that ben thus pursued! AmenOm. β..

 CAP. XII.

But it is to wite, that holy scripture hath iiij. vndirstondingis; literal, allegorik, moral, and anagogik. The literal vndirstonding techith the thing don in deede; and literal vndir|stonding is ground and foundament of threthe thre ζ. goostly vndirstondingis, inand β. so myche as Austyn, in his pistle to Vincent, and othere doctouris seyn, oonly bi the literal vndirstond|ing a man may argue aȝens an aduersarie. Allegorik is a goostly vndirstonding, that techith what thingOm. β. men owen forOm. βεζι. to bileeue of Crist eitherand ζ. of hooly chirche. Moral is a goostly vndirstonding, that techith men, what vertues thei owen to sue, and what vices thei owen to flee. Anagogik is a goostly vndirstonding, that techith men, what blisse theimen η. schalschulen βεζι. haue in heuene. And these foure vndirstondingis moun be taken in this word Jeru|salem; for whi to theOm. ζ. literal vndirstonding it singnefieth an erthly citee, as Loundoun, eitheror εζι. such another; to allegorie it singnefieth hooly chirche in erthe, that fiȝtith aȝens synnes and fendis; toand to ζ. moral vndirstondinge it singnefieth a cristen soule; to anagogik it singnefieth hooly chirche regnynge in blisse eitheror ζ. inOm. β. heuene, and tho that ben therinne. And these thre goostly vndirstondingis ben not autentik eitheror ζ. of beleeue, `no butbut if ζ. tho ben groundid opynly in the text of holy scripture, in oo place otheror ζ. otherin other εζι., either in opin resoun that may not be distroied, eitheror ζ. whanne the gospelris eitheror ζ. other apostlis taken allegorie of the eelde testament, and confeermyn it, as Poul in the pistle to Galat. inOm. ει. iiij.the fourth ζη. co. preueth, that Sara, the free wijf and principal of Abraham, with Isaac hir sone, singne|fieth bi allegorie the newe testament and the sones of biheeste; and Agar, the hand mayde, with hir sone Ismael, signefieth bi allegorie the elde testament, and fleschly men that schulen not be resseyued in to the eritage of God with the sones of biheeste, that holden theOm. ζ. treuthe and freedom of Cristis gospel with endeles charite. Also holy scripture hath many figuratif spechis, and as Austynseint Austyn ζη sec. m. seith in the iij. book of Cristen Teching, that autouris of hooly scripture vsiden moo figuris, that is, mo fyguratif spechis, than gramariens moun gesse, that reden not thothe β. figuris in holy scripture. It is to be war in the bigynnyng, that we take not to the lettre a figuratif speche, for thanne, as Poul seith, the lettre sleeth, but the spirit, that is, goostly vndirstonding, qwykeneth; for whanne a thing which is seid figuratifly is taken so as if it beis ζ. seid propirly, `me vndirstondithmen vndirstonden ζ. fleschly; and noon is clepid more couenably the deth of soule, thanthat αβζι. whanne vndirstonding, that passith beestis, is maad soget to the fleisch in suynge the lettre. What euer thing in Goddis word may not be referrid propirly to oneste of vertues neitherne ζ. to the treuthe of feith, itthat ζ. is figuratyf speche. Onestee of vertues perteyneth to louethe loue ζ. Godof God εζηι. and theOm. εηι. neiȝebore; treuthe of feith perteyneth to knowe God and thethi ει. neiȝebore. Hooly scripturewrytte β. comaundith no thing noOm. εζι. but charite, itand ζ. blamith no thing noOm. ζ. but coueitise; and in that manere it enfoormeth the vertues eitheror ζ. goodethe goode ει. condiscouns of men. Holy scripture affermith no thing noOm. ζ. but cristen feith bi thingis passid, present, and to comynge, andOm. ει. alle these thingis perteynen to nursche charite, and make it strong, and to ouercome and quenche coueitise. Also it is figuratijf speche, wherewhether β. the wordis maken allegorie, etheror ζ. a derk lycnesse, eitheror ζ. parablea parable εζι., and it is fyguratyfa figuratyf β. speche in i.the first εζι. c. of Jeremye, "to day I have ordeyned thee on folkisalle folkis ζ. and rewmys, that thou draw up bi the roote, and distroie, and bylde, and plaunte;" that is, that thou drawe out elde synnes, and distroie circumstauncesthe circumstauncis ζ. eitheror ζ. causis of thoo, and bylde vertues, and plaunte goode werkis and customys. Alle thingis in holy scripture, that seemyn to vnwijse men to be ful of wickidnesse aȝens a man himself, eitheror ζ. aȝens his neiȝebore, ben figuratyf spechis, and the preuytees, eitheror ζ. goostly vndirstondinges, schulden be souȝt out of vs, to the feeding eitheror ζ. keping of charite. SuchAnd sich ζ. a reule schal be kept in figuratif spechis, that so longe it be turned in mynde bi diligent consideracoun, til the expownyng eitheror ζ. vndirstondingthe vndirstonding ει. be brouȝt to the rewme of charite; ifand if ει. eny speche of scripture sounneth propirly charite, it owith not to be gessid a figuratijf speche; and for|beedithif it forbedith ζ. wickidnesse, eitheror ζ. comaundith profyt eitheror ζ. good doynge, it is no figuratyf speche; if it seemithseme ζ. to comaunde cruelte, eitheror ζ. wickidnesse, eitheror ζ. to forbede prophit, eitheror ζ. good doinge, it is a figuratijf speche. Crist seith, "if ȝe eten not the flesch of mannis sone and drinke not his blood, ȝe schulen not have lijf in ȝou." This speche semith to comaunde wickidnesse eitheror ζ. cruelte, therfore it is a figuratif speche, and comaundith men to comune with Cristis passioun, and to kepe in mynde sweetly and pro|fitably, that Cristis flesch was woundid and crucified for vs. Also whanne hooly scripture seith, "if thin enemy hungrith, feede thou hym, if he thurstith, ȝeue thou drinke to hym," it comaundith benefice, eitheror ζ. good doinge; whanne it seith, "thou schalt gadere togidere coolis on his heed," it seemith that wickidnesse of yuel wille is comaundid. This is seid bi figuratijf speche, that thou vndirstonde, that the coolys of fijer ben brennynge weylyngis, eitheror ζ. moornyngis of penaunce, bi whiche the pride of hym is mad hool, which sorwith, that he was enemy of aOm. ει. man that helpith and releuithrekenith α. his wrecchidnessewickidnes ζ.. Also the same word eitheror ζ. the same thing in scripture is taken sumtyme in good, and sumtyme in yuel, as a lyoun singnefieth sumtyme Crist, and in another place it singnefieth the deuyl. Also sour douȝ is set sumtyme in yuel, where Crist seith, "be ȝe war of theOm. β. sour douȝ of Fari|sees, which is ypocrisie;" sour douȝ is sett also in good, whanne Crist seith, "the rewme of heuenes is lyk sour douȝ," etc. And whanne not oo thing aloone but tweyne, eitheror ζ. mo, ben feelid, eitheror ζ. vndirstonden, bi the same wordis of scripture, thouȝ that itOm. βζ. isbe εηι. hid, that he vndirstondvndurstode ε. thatnot that ζ. wroot, it isthat is ζ. no perel, if it may be preuyd bi other placisplace β. of hooly scripturewritte ζ., that ech of tho thingis acordith with treuthe. And in hap the autour of scripture seith thilkthat βζ. sentense in the same wordis which weOm. α. wolen vndirstonde; and certys the Spirit of God, that wrouȝte these thingis bi the autour of scripture, bifore siȝ withoute doute, that thilkeilke β. sentense schulde come to the redere, eitheror ζ. to the herere, ȝhe, the Holy Goost purueyde, that thilke sentence, for it is groundid on trewthe, schulde come to the redere, eitheror ζ. to the herere, for whiOm. ει. what myȝte be purueyed of God largiliere and plentyuousliere in Goddis spechis, than that the same wordis be vndirstonden in manye maners, whiche maners, eitherare ζ. wordis of God, that ben not of lesse autorite, makenmade ζ sup. ras. to be preued. Austin in iij.the iij. εζι. book of Cristen Teching seith al this and myche more, in the bigynnyng therof. Also he whos herte is ful of charite conprehendith, withouten eny errour, the manyfoold abundaunce and largest teching of Goddis scripturisscripture ει., for whi Poul seith, "the fulnesse of lawe is charite," and in another place, "the ende of lawethe lawe ζ.," that is, theOm. βει. perfeccioun, eitheror ζ. fillingfullyng β., of theOm. βζ. lawe, "is charite of clene herte, and of good conscience, and of feith not feyned," and Jhesu Crist seith, "thou schalt loue thi Lord God of al thin herte, and of al thi soule, and of al thi mynde, and thi neiȝebore as thi self, for in these twey comaunde|mentis hangith al the lawe and prophetisthe profetis ει.." And as the roote of alle yuels is coueitise, so the roote of alle goodis is charitee. Charite, bi which we louen God and the neiȝebore, holdith sykirly al the greetnesse and largnesselarge|nessis ζ. of Goddis spechis. Therefore if it is not leisir to seeke alle holy scriptures, to expounne alle the wlappingiswlappinge ζ. of wordis, to perse alle, the preuytes of scripturis, holde thou charite, wherewheron ζ. alle thingis hangen, so thou schalt holde that that thouOm. α. lernydistlernest β. there; also thou schalt holde that that thou lernedist not, for if thou knowistknewist β. charite, thou knowist sum thing wheronne also that hangith that in hap thou knowist not; and in that that thou vndirstondist in scripturisscripture ει., charite is opin, and in that that thou vndirstondist not, charite is hid, therfore he that hooldith charite in vertues, eitheror ζ. in goode condiscouns, hooldith bothe that that is opyn and that thatOm. α. is hid in Goddis wordis. Austyn seith al this and myche more in a sermoun of the preysing of charite. Also vij. reulis of Tyconye and of Austyn declaren many derkeOm. ει. thingis of hooly scripturis. The first reule is of Jhesu Crist, and of his holy spiritspouse β. bodi or spousesse ζ.; oo persoone of the heed andOm. ει. of the body, that is, of Crist and ofOm. β. holy chirche, is schewid to vs in this reule, for it is not seid in veyn to feithful men, "ȝee ben the seed of Abraham," whanne ther is oo seed of Abraham, which seedOm. ζ. is Cristseid Crist ζ.. Doute we not, whanne scripture goith fro theOm. ε. hed to the body, eitheror ζ. fro the body to the heed, and natheles it goith not awey fro oon and the same persone, for whi oo persone spekith in Isaie, "hethe profete he ζ. settide a myter to me as toOm. ζ. a spouse, and he onourideournede ζ. me as a spousesse with anOm. η. ournement." And natheles it is to vndirstonde what of these tweyne acoordithacorden ζ. to the heed, that is, Crist, and what acordith to the body, that is, hooly chirche, for whi a myter acordith to Crist, which is the spouse, and anOm. β. ournement acordith to hooly chirche, which is the spousespousesse ζ. of Crist. The secunde reule, as Ticonye seith, is of the bodi of Crist, which bodi is departid into tweyne, but ceertis this bodi of Crist ouȝte not beto be a pr.m. εζι. clepid so, for treuly it is not the bodi of Crist, which shal not be with him withouten ende, but it schal be seid of the veri bodi and of the medlid body of Crist, eitheror ζ. of the veri bodi and feynedof the feynid ει. body of Crist; for whi ypocritis schulen be seid to be not with Crist, not oonly withouten ende, but also now, thouȝ thei seemyn to be in the chirche of Crist. Wherfor this reule myȝt be clepid thus, that it were seid of the medlid chirche, thator bodi that ζ. is, that conprehendith chosen men to blisse, and also ipocritis, that schulen be dampned. And this reule axith a waking eitheror ζ. diligentor diligent ι. redere; whanne it spekith of other men, it semith to speke now as to the same men toOm. ει. whiche it spac bifore, eitheror ζ. it seemith to speke ofnow as to β. the same men, whanne it spekith of othere men; as if oo body be of euer either, for temporal medlyng, and for comynyng of sacramentis. To this reule itOm. ζ. perteyneth, that the chirche seith in Songis, "I am blac and fair as the tabernaclis of Cedar, asand as ζ. the skynnes of Salomon;" the chirche seide that sche is euer either, for temporal vnite withinne oo net of goode fischis and of yuel fischisOm. β.; for whi the tabernaclis of Cedar parteynen to Ismael, that schal not be eir with the sone of the free wijf. The thridde reule is of byheestis and ofOm. ει. lawe; this reule may be seid also of the spirit and lettre; itand ει. may be seid also of grace and of comaundement; and Tyconie erride in seyinge, that werkis ben ȝouen of God to vs for meryt of feith, but feith it silf is so of vs, that it is not of God to vs. The iiij. reule is of al and of party, whanne summ of a thing is set for al, eithiror ζ. aȝenward al is set for a party. The v. reule is of tymes, and this is bi a figure clepid synodoches, whanne ao ζ. part is set for al, eitheror ζ. al is set for ooa εζι. part. Oon euangelist seith, that it was don aftir viij.vj. αη pr. m. daies, whanne the face of Crist schynede as the sunne, and another gospeler seidesieth εζι., that it was don aftir vj. daies; euer either myȝte not be soth, that is seid of the noumbre of daies, no but he that seide aftir viij. daies be vndirstonden to haue sett for the hool day the last part of the day, sithen Crist bifore seide it to come, and to haue set for the hool day the first part of the day, in whichethe which ει. he schewith, that the appering of Cristis face was fully don; andOm. ζ. that he that seide aftir vj. daies, rekynederekenynge ι. alle the hool daies and the myddil daies, and noon other. Bi this kynde of speche, bi which kinde al is singnefied by a part, thilk questioun of Cristis rising aȝen is asoiled; the laste part of the day, wherinne Crist suffride deth, is taken for al the day with the nyȝt passid bifore, and the first part of Sundaythe sun|day ζ., in whos morewitide he roos aȝen, is taken for al Sundaythe sun|day ζ. and the nyȝt bifore goynge; and the Sabot with thealle the ζ. hool nyȝt bifore goynge is al hoolan hool ει. the hool ζ. day and nyȝt. If these nyȝtis and daies be not taken thus, ther moun not be iij. daies and iij. nyȝtis, in whiche he bifore seide, that he schulde be in the herte of erthethe erthe βεζι.. Also this reule of tymes is taken for lawful noumbris, as ben vij. x. andOm. ει. xij. and suche moo, for ofte suche noumbris ben sett for al tyme, as this that Dauith seith, "seuen sithis in the day I seide preysing, eitheror ζ. herying, to thee," is noonno ζ. othir thing than this, "his herying be euere in my mouth." Also bi an c. and xliii.xliiij. ζ. in Apoc. is singne|fied the vniuersite, eitheror ζ. al the multitude, of seintis. The vi. reule is of recapitulacoun, eitheror ζ. rehersing a thing don bifore, not in ordre, as it is sett; for whi summe thingis ben seid so, as if `tho suenthei sueden ζ. in the ordre of tyme, eitheror ζ. ben teld bi contynuyng of thingis, that is, that ben ioyned next togidere, whanne theOm. ζ. telling is clepid aȝen preuyly to the formere thingis, that weren left out; and if men vndirstonden not such seying bi this reule, thei erren; as in Genesis it is seid, "God plauntide paradys in Eden, at the eest, and settide there the man that he foormyde, and God brouȝte forthOm. ζ. ȝit of erthethe erthe εηι. ech fair tre," etc.; this is seid bi recapitulacoun. In lyk maner there "the lond was of oo lippe," that is, speche, it is seid bi recapitulacoun. The vij. reule is of the deuel and of his bodi, for he is heed of alle wickide men, that ben his body in a manere, and schulen go with him in to theOm. ει. turment of euerlasting fijer, as Crist is theOm. ζ. heed of hooly chirche, whichthe weche β. is his body, and schal be with hym in rewmethe rewme ζ. and gloriein glorie β. euerlastinge. Also thei that hauehan ζ. lykinge forOm. εζι. to studie in holy writ, schulenschulde ζ. be chargid, that thei kunne the kyndis and manersthe maners ζ. of spe|kingis in holy scriptures; and thei that perseyue diligently and holde wel in mynde, hou a thing is wont to be seid in holy scripturis. Also that is souereyn helphelthe ι. and moost nedful, preieand prei ζ. thei, that God ȝeue to hem the veri vndirstondingwisdom and vndirstondynge ζ. of holy scripture, for thei reden in tho scripturis, aboute whiche thei ben studiouse, that God ȝeuethȝeue εηι. wisdom, and kunnyng, and vndirstonding of his face, that is, ȝifte and grace. Also if her stodie is don with meek|nesse, and loue of cristen lore, it is of God. Austyn writith al this in the iij. book of Cristen Teching, aboute the myddil, and in the ende. Isidre, in the j. book of Souereyn Good, touchith these reulis schortliere, but I haue hym not now, and Lyre, in the bigyn|nyng of the bible, touchith more opinly these reulis, but I haue him not now, and Ardma|can, in the bigynnyng of his book de Questionibus Armenorum, ȝeueth many goode groundis to vndirstonde holy scripture to the lettre, and goostly vndirstonding also, but I haue him not now. Also no thing may seme toto me to βζη sec. m. be wijsere, no thing of more eloquence, than is hoolyhooly writt or hooly ζ. scripture, and the autours therof, that weren enspijrid of God. And thei ouȝten not toOm. β. speke in other manere than thei diden, and the prophetis, and moost Amos, weren ful eloquent, and seintOm. ζ. Poul waas ful eloquent in his pistlis. AlsoAnd ζ. the autouris of hooly scrip|ture spaken derklyful derkli ει., that the preuyteis therof ben hid froto ει. vnfeithful men, and goode men ben exercisid, eitheror ζ. ocupied, and that in expounnynge hoolyof holy ζ. scripture thei haue a newe grace, diuerse fro the first autouris. Austin, in the bigynnyng of the iiij. book of Cristen Teching. Also, as the litle richessis of Jewis, whiche thei baren awey fro Egipt, weren inlitil in ζ. comparisoun of richessisriches ε. which thei hadden aftirward in Jerusalem, in the tyme of Salomon, so greet is the prophitable kunnynge of filosoferis bookis, if it is comparisouned to the kunnynge of hooly scripturisscripture β.; for whi what euer thing a man lernith withouten hooly writ, if the thing lernedlerid β. is veyn, it is dampned in holy writ, if it is prophitable, it is foundid there. And whanne a man fyndith theere alle thingis whiche he lernyde pro|fitably in other placeplacis ι., he schal fynde myche more plenteuously tho thingis in hooly scrip|ture, whiche he lernede neuere in other place, but benthei ben ζ. lerned oonly in the wondirful hiȝnesse and in the wondirful meeknesse of hooly scripturis. Austin seith this in the ende of ijthe ij. εζι.. book of Cristen Teching. Also hooly scripturewrit ζ. conteyneth al prophitable treuthe, and alle othere sciencis preuyly in the vertu of wittis, eitheror ζ. vndirstondingis, as wynesvynes ζ. ben conteyned in grapis, as ripe corn is conteyned in the seedeeris ζ., as bowis ben conteyned in the rootis, and as trees ben conteyned in the kernels. Grostede, in a sermoun Premonitus a venerabili patre. Also hooly scripture wlatith sofymys, and seith, he that spekith sofistic|aly, eitheror ζ. bi sofymys, schal be hatful, and he schal be defraudid in echeuery β. thing, as the wijse man seith in xxxvij.xxvij. β. the xxxvij. εζι. c. of Ecclesiastici. If filosoferis, and moost the disciplis of Plato, seiden eny treuthis, and prophitable to oure feith, notand not ζ. oonly tho treuthis owen not to be dred, but also tho schulen be calengid intoto ζ. oure vs, eithiror ζ. profijt, fro hem, as fro vniust possessouris. And as Jewis token, bi autorite of God, the gold, `and syluerOm. ει., and clothis of Egipcyans, so cristene men owen to take the trewe seyingis of filosoueris, for to worschippe oo God, and of techingis of vertues, whiche treuthis the filosoueris founden not, but diggeden out of the metals of Goddis puruyaunce, which is sched euery where. So dide Ciprian, the swettest doctour and moost blessid martir, so diden Lactancius, Victori|nus, and Illarie, and Greekis withoute noumbre. Austin in ij.the secunde ζ. book of Cristen Teching. Bi these reulis of Austin and bi iiij.the iiij. ζ. vndirstondingis ofin ζ. hooly scripture, and bi wijs know|ing of figuratijf spechis, with good lyuynge and meeknesse, and stodyinge of the bible, symple men moun sumdel vndirstonde the text of holy writ, and edefie myche hemself and other men; but for Goddis loue, ȝe symple men, bebe ȝe β. beth ει. war of pride, and veyn iangling and chyding in wordis aȝens proude clerkis of scole and veyn religious, and answere ȝee mekely and prudently to enemyes of Goddis lawe, and preie ȝe hertly for hem, that God of his greet mercy ȝeue to hem very knowing of scripturis, and meekenesse, and charite, and euere be ȝe redy, what euerOm. eζι. man techith eny treuthe of God, to take that meekely, and with greet thankingis to God; and if eny man in erthe, eitheror ζ. aungel of heuene, techithteche ζ. ȝou the contrarie of holy writ, eitheror ζ. eny thing aȝens resoun and charite, flefleeth ζ. fro him in that, as fro the foul deuelfend ει. of helle, and holde ȝe stedfastly to lijf and deeth the treuthe and freedom of the hoolyOm. ζ. gospel of Jhesu Crist, and take ȝe mekely mennis seyingis and lawis, onelyOm. ζ. in as myche as thei acorden with holy writ and good conscience, and noo ferther, for lijf neitherne ζ. for deth.

 `Here bigynneth a prolog upon the gospel of MathewOm. λ..

Seynt Austyn seith, in the secunde book of Cristen Doctrine, in the ende, what euer thing eny man fyndith in eny science out of holy writ, if the thing founden is veyn, it is dampned in holi writ; and whanne the thing founden is profitable, it is founden in holi writ. And whanne eny man schal fynde alle thingis in holi writ, whiche he leerned profitabli in eny other sciencis, miche plenteuouslier he schal fynde there tho thingis profitable, that ben not lerned in eny maner othere sciencis, not but oonli in the wondirful hiȝnes and wondirful mekenesse of holi scriptures. Also in the thridde book of Cristen Doc|trine Austyn seith thus, "Be thou ware, that thou take not figuratyf speche to the lettre, for herto per|teyneth the Apostlis word, seiyng, 'the lettre sleeth, truli the Spirit,' that is, goostli vndirstondyng, 'makith itOm. λ. to lyue;' for whanne thing seid bi figure is taken as seid propirli to the lettre, it is vndir|stonden fleischli; no deth of soule is seid more couenabli, than whanne vndirstondyng, that is excellent in the soule thanne beestis, is suget to the fleisch in suyng the lettre, that is, turnyng to fleischli lustis." Also a propir speche in holi writ schal not be taken as figuratijf; what euer thing in Goddis word, that is, holi writ, may not be referrid propirli to honest thingis or vertues, neither to the truthe of feith, knowe thou that houOm. λ. it is figuratijf speche. Honest of thewis parteyneth tofor to λ. loue God and thi neiȝbore; truthe of feith parteyneth to knowe God and thi neiȝbore. Truli to ech man is his hope, and his owne con|science, as he feelith him silf to profite to the knowyng and louyng of God, and of thi neiȝbore. Holi writ comaundith no thing but charite, neither blameth eny thing no but coueitise; and bi this maner holi writ enformeth the condicions of men. Holi writ affermeth not no but general feith bi thingis passid, present, and to comyng; bifore tellyng of thingis to comyng, schewyng is of thingis present; but alle these thingis parteynen for to norische the same charite, and to strenkthe it, and to ouercome and quenche coueitise. Also figuratijf speche is, where euer the wordis maken allegorie, that is goostli vndir|stondyng parteynyng to feith, or whanne wordis maken derkenes or parable. In al figuratijf speche such a rule schal be kept, that so long that that is red be ofte turned bi diligent consideracioun or studie, til interpreting or expownyng be brouȝt to the rewme of charite, truli if it now sowneth propirli charite, it is no figuratijf speche. If the speche is comaunding, forbeding either corrupcion of soule or resoun, either forbeding trespas aȝens neiȝbore, either comaundyng profiȝt, either good doyng, it is not figuratijf speche, but propre to the lettre; forsothe if the speche of holi writ seme to comaunde peruersion of soule, or trespas aȝens neiȝbore, either to forbede profiȝt, either good doyng, it is figuratijf speche. Crist seith, "no but ȝe schullen ete the fleisch of mannes sone, and schulen drinke his blood, ȝe schulen not have lijf in ȝou;" it semeth to comaunde trespastrespasses λ. or noiyng of neiȝbore, either peruertyng of soule; therfore it is figuratijf speche, comaunding us for to comyne to Cristis passion, and swetli and profitable to haue in mynde, that his fleisch was woundid and crucified for us. For whanne manye sentencis ben vndirstonden of the same wordis of holi writ, thouȝ thilk sentence be hid, which he that wroot vndirstood, no perel is, if ech of sentencis may be preued bi the othere placis of holi scripturis for to acorde to treuthe; for withouten doute the Spirit of God, that spak bi writ of that scripture, bifore siȝ and purueiede, that this trewe sentence schulde come to mynde of the redere or herere. For what myȝte be proued of God largelier or plenteuouslier in Goddis spechis, than that the same wordis ben vndirstonden in manye maners, whiche othere scripturis of God, of as greet auctorite, preuenof prouen λ.? Austyn there in the thridde book. Auctouris of holi writ vsen mo figuris thanne gramariens moun gesse, whiche reden not the figuris of holi writ. Seuene rulis ben sett to vnderstonde holi writt aȝens aduersaries; is firstthe first is? of oure Lord Jesus Crist and of his bodi, that is, veri cristen man. Bi this rule oo persoone of the heed and bodi, that is, of Crist and of holi chirche, is schewid to vs; for it is not seid veynli for feithful men, "ȝe ben the seed of Abraham," sithen oon holi seed is of Abraham, that is, Crist. Doute we not, whanne speche of scripture passith fro the heed to the bodi, or fro the body to the heed, and netheles it passith not from oon toof λ. the same persoones, for oo persoone spekith, seiyng, "God sette on me, as on a spouse, and he ournede me as a spouse with ournement;" And netheles it is to vndirstonde, whiche of these accordith to the heed, that is, Crist, and whiche to the bodi, that is, holi chirche. The secunde rule is of Cristis bodi, partide in tweye parties, as Tyconye seith, which truli ouȝt not be clepid so, for truli the ilke is not the bodi of the Lord, whiche schal not be in to withouten eende in blis, but it is to be seid of the veri bodi of the Lord and of the medlid bodi, or veri bodi and feyned; for not oonli withouten eende, but now also ypocritis schulen not be seid to be with the Lord withouten ende, thouȝ thei seme to be in his chirche. Therfore this rule myȝt be seid of the medlid chirche. This rule askith a wakyng redere, whanne holi writt spekith to othere men as to the same to which it spekith bifore, or whanne it semeth to speke of the same men, and netheles spekith of othere, as oo bodi be of hem boothe for temporal medling and comunyng of sacramentis. The thridde rule is of biheestis and lawe, which may be of spiritis and of lettre, or of grace and of maundementis. The fourthe rule is of spice and of kynde, that is of part and of al the hool thing, of the whichfleisch κ. the part is. The fifthe reule is of tymes, that is bi figure synadochie, whanne al is vndirstonden bi part, or part vndirstonden bi al. In this maner Crist is seide to haue leie deed in the sepulcre thre daies and thre nyȝtis; the laste part of Good Friday is set for al thethat λ. day, and the firste part of Sunday, and the Satirday al ful. Or this reule of tymes is vndirstonden of noumbris, as vij. x. or xij. and suche othere, whiche noumbris ben sett sumtyme for al tyme, as "seuene sithis in the day Lord I seide preisyng to thee," is no thing ellis than this, "Goddis preisyng is euereuer more λ. in my mouth;" also in the Apocalipis, bi an hundrid fourty and foure is signifiede al the vniuersite of seyntis. The sixte reule is of recapitulacion; summe thingis doon bifore ben seide, as if thei suen in ordre of tyme, or ben teld in next suyng of thingis, whanne the tellyng is pryuyli clepid aȝen to the formere thingis that weren left. If scripture be not vndirstonden bi this reule, errour is gendrid, as in Genesis, "God plauntid paradise in Eden at the eest, and sette there man whom he foormede; and ȝit God brouȝt forth ech faire tre of the erthe;" that is seid bi recapitulacion or rehersing of thing doon bifore. Also there, "in the lond was oo langage," is recapitulacion. The seuenthe reule is this, of the deuel and his bodi, for he is heed of al vnpitous, that ben his bodi in sum maner, that schulen go with him in to turment of euerlastyng fire; as Crist is heed of holy chirche, that is his bodi, that schal be with him in the rewme and glorie euerlastyng. Also in the eende of that book Austyn seith, "studiers of holi scrip|ture schulden kunne the kynde of spekyngis in holi scripturis, and take heed, and holde in mynde in what maner a thing is wont to be seide in hem, and also, that is souereyn and moost nedeful, preie thei that thei vndirstonde, for the Lord ȝeueth wisdomȝeueth vs λ., and vndirstondyng and kunnyng is of him." Al this seith Austyn in the thridde book of Cristen Doctryne. Auctouris of holi scripture speken derkli, that prudentli mysteries ben hid fro vnpiteuous men, and good men ben excercisid, and in expounnyng it haue grace vnlijk to the firste auctouris of holi writt. Austyn in the firste book of Cristen Doctryne. Therfore seynt Gregori seith in the xxix. book of Morals, the vij. chapiter, that wordisGoddes wordes λ. ben as piement and precious spiceries; hou myche spicerie is more powned, bi so myche vertu is encreesid in piement, so hou myche we pownen more Goddis spechis in expownyng, bi that we heeryng, as drinkyng, ben more holpen. MS. Harl. 6333. Prefixed to the New Testament.

 CAP. XIII.

Also holy scripture is betere knowen bi licnesseslicnes βζ. and bi derknessisderknes β.; it doth awey anoyes, and we owe toOm. βη sec. m. thenke and bileeue, that the thing that is writen in holy scripture, ȝhe, thouȝ it be hid, eitheror ζ. not knowen, is betere and trewere than thatthat that β. we moun vndir|stonde bi vsselfouresilf ζ.; and worschipfully and heelfully the Holy Goost mesuride so holy scrip|turis, that in opyn placis he settide remedie to oure hungir, and in derk placis he wipte awey anoies; for almest no thing is seyn in tho derknessis, whichthe weche β. thing is not founden seidOm. ζ. ful pleynly in other placis. Therfore biforebi ζ. alle thingis it is nedeful, that a man be conuertid bi Goddis drede, and be mylde bi pite, eitherof ζ. cristen religioun; and that he aȝensie not hooly scripture, wher it be vnderstonden, thouȝ it smyte eny synnes of oure, whether it be not vndirstonden, as if we moun vndirstonde betereOm. ζ., eitheror ζ. comaunde, eitheror ζ. teche betere. Be the ȝifte of drede and of pitee, me comith to degrethe degre βεζι. of kunnyng, for whi ech fructuous man of hooly scripturis exercisith himself in this thing, and to fynde noonno ζ. other thing in tho, than for to loue God for God himself, and for to loue his neiȝebore for God. Thanne thilke drede, bi which he thenkith on Goddis dom, and thilke pite, bi which he must nedis bileeue and ȝeue stide to autorite of holy bookis, conpellith hym to beweyle hymself, for whi this kunnyng of good hope makith a man not toOm. ζ. auaunceauaunte εηι. himself, but biweile himself; and bi this affeccioun, eitheror ζ. good wille, he geetith with besy preieris the coumfort of Goddis help, that he be not broken bi dispeir; andOm. ει. he bigynneth to be in the fourthe degre of goostly strengthe, in whiche he hungrith and thirstith riȝtfulnesse; thanne in the v. degree, that is, in the counceyl of mercy, he purgith the soule, that makith noise and vnrestfulnesse of coueitise of erthly thingis; and thanne he dispisith filthis of soule, and louith God and neiȝeboris, ȝhe enemyes; bi this he stiȝith toin to ζ. the vj. degre, where he purgithpurgid ζ. the iȝe of soulethe soule ζ., bi which iȝe God may be seyn, as myche as he may be seyn of hem that diȝen to this world, as myche as thei mowen; for in so myche thei seen God in her soule, thourȝ feith and loue, hou myche thei diȝen to this world; `and inOm. β. as myche as thei leuyn toin βει. this world, thei seen not God; and in this degre, wherinne a man diȝith to the world, he neither preferrith, neither makith euene himself, neitherne ζ. his neiȝebore, with the treuthe of hooly writ; therfore this hooly man schal be so symple and clene of herte, that neither for plesaunce of men he be drawe a wey fro treuthe, netherne ζ. bi cause to eschewe eny harmys ofto ει. himself, that ben contrarie to this lijfOm. ζ., such a chiild stiȝith to verey wis|dom, which is the laste and the vij., which he vsith in pees and inOm. ι. reste. Seint Austyn seith al this in the bygynnyng of the ij. book of Cristen Teching. Heere is a blissid entring bi these vij. vertues to the kunnyng of holy scripture in this lijf, to haue hereOm. ζ. reste of soule, and aftirward ful reste of bodi and soule in heuene, withouten ende. Alas! what don proude and coueitouse wrecchis at hooly scripture, that seeken the world and fleschly eese, and wolen not conuerten hem fro `these cursidnessisthis cursednes β.; thei disseyuen hemself, and the puple that gessen hem wijse men, whanne thei ben opyn foolis; and maken hem|self deppere dampned, and other men also that suen her folye, and blasfemyn God. Thes worldly foolis schulden wite, that hooly lijf is aas a β. launterne to bringe a man to very kun|nynge, as Crisostom seith, and the drede and loue of God is theOm. β. bigynning and perfeccioun of kunnyng and wijsdom; and whanne these fleschly apis and worldly moldewerpis han neither the bigynnyng of wijsdom, neitherne ζ. desyren it, what doon thei at hooly scripture, to schenschipe of hemself and of othere men? As longe as pride and `coueitise ofOm. ζ. worldly goodis andand coueitise and ζ. onourisonour ει. is rootid in her herte, thei maken omage to Satanas, and offren to him bothe bodi and soule, and al her witt and fynding. Such foolis schulden thenke, that wijsedom schal not entre into an yuel willid soule, neither schal dwelle in a body soget to synnes; and Jhesu Crist seith, that the fadir of heuene hijdith the preuytees of hooly scripture fro wijse men and prudent, `that is wijse men and prudentOm. βει. to the world, andOm. βζ. in her owne siȝt, and schewith tho to meke men; therfore worldly foolis, do ȝe first penaunce for ȝoure synnes, and forsakeforsaketh ζ. pride and coueitise, and be ȝe meke, and drede ȝe God in alle thingis, and loueloue ȝe β. loueth ζ. him ouer alle other thingis, and ȝoure neiȝeborisneiȝbore ζ. as `ȝoure selfȝou self ει.; and thanne ȝe schulen profite in stodie of hooly writ. But alas! `alas! alasOm. β.! the moost abo|mynacoun that euer was herd among cristen clerkis is now purposid in Yngelond, bi worldly clerkis and feyned religiouse, and in the cheef vniuersitee of ourethis β. reume, as manye trewe men tellen with greet weylyng. This orrible and deuelis cursednesse is purposid of Cristis enemyes and traytouris of alle cristen puple, that no man schal lerne dyuynite, nei|therne ζ. hooly writ, no but he that hath doon his fourme in art, that is, that hathhe hath ζ. comensid in art, and hath ben regent tweyne ȝeer aftir; this wolde be ix. ȝeer eitherȝee ethir β. or εζι. ten bifore that he lerne hooly writ, aftir that he can comunly wel his gramer, thouȝ he haue a good witt, and traueile ful soore, and haue good fynding ix. eitheror ζη sec. m. x. ȝeer aftir his gramer. This semith vttirly the deuelis purpos, that fewe men eitheror ζη sec. m. noon schulenschuldon β. schuld ζ. lerne and kunne Goddis lawe; but God seith bi Amos, on thre greete trespasis of Damask andbut ζ. on the iiij., "I schal not conuerte him;" where Jerom seith, the firste synne is to thenke yuelis, the ij. synne is to consenteasente ζ. to weyward thouȝtis, the iij. synne is to fille in werk, the iiij. synne is to do not penaunce aftir the synne, and to plese himself in his synne; but Damask is interpretid drinkynge bloodOm. ει., eitheror ζ. birling blood. Lord! whetherwhere εζηι. Oxunford drinkedrinkith εζ. blood and birlithbirle βι. blood, bi sleeinge of quyke men, and bi doinge of sodomye, in leesinge a part of mannis blood, wherbi a chijld myte be fourmed, deme thei that knowen; and wher Oxunforde drinke blood of synne, and stirith othere men of the lond to do synne, bi boold|nesse off clerkis, deme thei iustly, that seen it at iȝethe iȝe ζ., and knowen bi experiens. Loke nowthou β. wherwether β. Oxunford is in thre orrible synnes and in the fourthe, on which God restith not til he punsche it. Sumtyme children and ȝunge men arsistrisarsitris β. artitars ε. arsetris ζη sec. m. weren deuout and clene as aungels, in comparisoun of othere, now men seyn thei ben ful of pride and leccherie, with dispitouse oothis, needles and false, and dispising of Goddis heestis; sumtyme cyuylians and canonistriscanonisteis βε. weren deuout, and so bisy on her lernyng, that they tooken ful litil reste ofon ε. in ι. bed, now men seyn that thei ben ful of pride and nyce aray, enuye, and coueitise, with leccherie, glotonieand glotonye ι. and ydilnesse; sumtyme dyuynysdiuinours βζ. weren ful hooly and deuout, and dispisiden outtirly the world, and lyueden as aungels in meeknesse, clennesseand clennesse ι., souereynand souereyn ι. chastite, and charite, and tauȝten treuly Goddis lawe in werk and word; now men seyn, thei ben as deligat of hir mouthmouthis ζ. and wombe, and as coueitouse as othere worldly men, andOm. ζ. flateren, and maaken leesingis in preching, to eschewe bodyly persecuscoun, and to gete benefices. The firste grete synne is generaly in the vniuersite, as men dreden and seen at iȝe; the ij. orrible synne is sodomye and strong mayntenaunce thereof, as it is knowen to many persones of the reume, and at the laste parlement. Alas! dyuynysthat dyuynis ι., that schulden passe othere men in clennesse and hoolynesse, as aungels of heuene passen freel men in `vertues, benwerkis and in vertues thei ben ζ. moost sclaundrid of this cursid synne aȝens kynde. The iij. orrible synne is symonie, and forswering in the semble hous, that schulde be an hous of riȝtfulnesse and hoolynesseof holynes β., where yuelis schuldeshulen ει. be redressid; this symonie with portenauncisthe purtenaunce β. the purtenauncis ζ. thereof is myche worse and more abomynable than bodily sodomye. Ȝit on these thre abomynacouns God wolde graciously conuerte clerkis, if thei wolden do very penaunce, and ȝeue hem hooliche to vertues; but on the iiij. mostOm. ει. and moost ζη sec. m. abomynacoun purposid now to letten Cristen men, ȝhe prestis and curatis, to lerne freely Goddis lawe, til thei hanhaue β. spendid ix. ȝeer eitheror εζι. x. atȝer at βη. art, that conprehendith many strongOm. β. errouris of hethene men aȝens Cristen bileeue, it seemith wel that God wole notno ζ. ceese of veniaunce, til it and othere ben punschid soore; for it seemith that worldly clerkis and feyned relygiouse don this, that symple men of wit and of fynding knowe not Goddis lawe, to preche it generaly aȝens synnes in the reume. But wite ȝe, worldly clerkis and feyned relygiouse, that God bothe can and may, if it lykith hym, speede symple men out of the vniuersitee, as myche to kunne hooly writ, as maistris in the vniuersite; and therfore no gret charge, thouȝ neuer man of good wille be poisend with hethen mennis errouris ix. ȝeer eitheror ζι. ten, but euere lyue wel and stodie hooly writ, bi elde doctouris and newe, and preche treuly and freely aȝens opin synnes, to his deth. See therfore what Jerom seith on Amos, God bifore seithbi|fore seeth αε. yuels toin β. comynge, that men heere, andOm. ζ. amende hemself, and be delyuered fro the perel neiȝinge, eitheror ζ. if that thei dispisen, thei ben punschid iustiliere; and God, that bifore seith peynes, wole not punsche men that synnen, but that thei be amendid. Jerom seith this in the `ende of theOm. ι. j. book of Amos. God, for his gret mercy, graunte, that clerkis here the greet veniaunce manasid of God, and amende hemself treuly, that God punsche not hem; for if thei amenden not hemself, thei ben eretikis maad hard in her synnes; but see what Jerom seith aȝens ere|tikis, and in comendinge of hooly scripture; he seith thus on Amos, "Eretikis that seruen the wombe and glotonye, ben clepid riȝtfully fattest kyin, eitheror εζι. kyin ful of schenschipe." "We owen toOm. β. take hooly scripture onof β. thre maneris; first, we owen vndirstondeto vndirstonde βζη. it bi the lettre, and do alle thingis that ben comaundid to vs therinne; the ij. tyme bi allegorie, that is, goostly vndirstonding; and in the iij. tyme bi blisseanagogik, of blis ζ. `of thingisOm. ζ. toOm. β. comynge." Jerom seith this in the ij. book on Amos, and in iiij.in the iiij. ει. on the fourthe ζ. c. of Amos. Natheles for Lyre cam late to me, see what he seith ofon ει. the vndirstonding of holy scripture; he writith thus onin a pr. m. ει. the ij. prologe on the bible, "Joon seith in v.the v. εζι. c. `of Apoc.on the Apocalips ζ. 'I syȝ a book written withinne and withouteforth in the hond of the sittere on the trone;' this book is holy scripture, which is seid writen without forth, asOm. ζ. to the literal vndirstonding, and withinne, as to theOm. ζ. preuy and goostly vndirstonding;" and in the j. prologe he declarith iiij. vndirstond|ingis of hooly writscripture ζ. in this manere, "Holy writ hath this specialte, that vndir oo lettre it conteyneth many vndirstondingis, for the principal autour of hooly writ is God himself, in whos power it is, not oonly to vse wordis to singnifie a thing as men don, but also he vsith thingis singnefied bi wordis to singnefie other thingis; therfore bi the singnyfying bi wordis is taken the literal vndirstonding, eitheror ζ. historial, of holy scripture, and bi the singnefying which is maad bi thingis is taken the preuy, eitheror ζ. goostly vndirstonding, which is thre maneresmanere βζ., allegorik, moral, eitheror ζ. tropologik, and anogogik. If thingis singnefied bi wordis ben referrid to singnefie tho thingis that owen to be bileeued in the newe testament, so it is taken the sense ofOm. ζη sec. m. allegorik; if thingis ben referrid to singnefie tho thingis whiche we owen to do, so it is moral sense, eitheror ζ. tropologik; if thingis ben referrid to singnefie tho thingis that scholen be hopid in blisse to comynge, so it is ana|gogik sense. The lettre techith what is doon; allegorieallegorik ζι. techith what thou owist forOm. ει. to bileeue; moral techith what thou owist forOm. ει. to do; anagogic techith whedir thou owist to go; and of these iiij. sensis, eitheror ζ. vndirstondingis, may be set ensaumplein ensample β. in this word Jerusalem; forOm. ζ. bi the literal vndirstonding Jerusalem singnefieth a cyte, that was sumtyme the cheef citee in the rewme of Jude, and Jerusalem was foundid first of Mel|chisedech, and aftirward it was alargid, and maad strong bi Salomon; bi moral sense it singnefieth a feithful soule, bi which sense it isOm. α. seid in lij.the lij. ι. c. of Isaie, 'rise thou, rise thou, sette thou Jerusalem;' bi sense allegorik it singnefieth the chirche fiȝtinge aȝens synnes and feendis, bi which sense it is seid in xxj.the xxj. ει. c. of Apoc., 'I siȝ the hooly citee newe Jerusalem comynge doun fro heuene, as a spouse ourned to hire housbonde;' bi sence anagogik `it singnefiethis sygni|fied β. the chirche rengninge in blisse, bi this sence it is seid in iiij.the fourth ζι. c. toOm. η. Galat. 'thilke Jerusalem which is aboue, which is oure modir, is free; and as en|saumplean ensaumple ζ. is set in oo word, so it might be set in oo resoun, and as in oon, so andOm. β. in othereanother ζ.." Lire seith al this in the firste prologe on the bible.

 CAP. XIV.

Natheles alle goostly vndirstondinges setten bifore, eithiror ζ. requyren, the literal vndir|stonding, as the foundement; wherforefor whi ει. as a bylding bowing awey fro the foundement is disposid to falling, so a goostly expociscoun, that discordith fro the literal sense, owith to be arettid vnseemely and vncouenable, eitheror ζ. lesse seemely, and lesse couenable; and ther|fore it is nedful to hem, that wolen profite in the stodie of holy scripture, to bigynne at the vndirstonding of literal sence, moost sithenOm. ζ. bi the literal sense aloone, and not bi goostly sencissense βει. may be maad an argument, eitheror ζ. preef, to theOm. ει. preuyng, eitheror ζ. declaring, of a doute, as Austin seith in his Pistle to Vincent Donatiste. Seint Isidre, in the firste book of Souereyn Good xx.the xx. ζ. c. settith vij. reulis to expounne hooly scripture, and summe clepen these reulis the keies of scripturescripturis ι., for bi these rulis the vndirstonding of scripture is openid in many thingismaneres ζ.. The firste reule is of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and of his goostly body, which is holy chirche, for whi forOm. β. theOm. ει. knytting togidere of the heed to the body hooly scripture spekith sumtyme of euer either vndir oo resoun, as vndir oo persone, and passith fro oon to anothir, in ensaumple in lxj.the lxj. ζ. co. of Isaie it is seid, "He clothide me with clothis of helthe, and he compasside me with clothingclothinges ει. of riȝtfulnesse, as a spouse maad fair with a coroune, and as a spousesse ourned with hire brochis;" for whi this that is seid "as aof ε. spouse," etc.Om. ει. is vndirstonden of Crist, and this that sueth "as aOm. βει. spousesse" etc.Om. βει. is vndir|stonden of holy chirche. Also in the j. c. of Songis it is seid, "Kisse he me with the cosse of his mouth, for thi tetis ben betere than wyn;" for whanne it is seid, "kisse he me" etc., it is the word of the spousesse desiringe to haue the spouse; and this that sueth, "for thi tetis," etc. is the word of the spouse, preising the spousesse; wherfore in such thingis, knyt so togidere bi resoun biforeseid, a prudent redere owith to perseyue what accordith to the heed, and what to the body. The ij. reule is of the very body and of the feyned body of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, for whi hooly chirche, whichthe weche β. is the goostly body of Crist, is a nett which is not drawen ȝit to the brinke; therforand therfore βζη. it hath yuele men meddlid with goode men tilOm. ζ. to the doom, in whiche these schulen be departid fro hem, and ther|fore in holy scripture yuele men ben preisid sumtyme with goode men, with whichethe whiche ει. thei ben medlid; as in theOm. β. xj. c. of Osee God seith thus, "Israel is a chijld, and I louede him;" and aȝenward sumtyme goode men ben blamed with yuel men, as in j.the j. εζι. co. of Isaie, "An oxe knew his lord and an asse knew the cracche of his lord, but Israel knew not me and my puple vndirstood notnot me β.;" and sumtyme in the same resoun it is expressid what perteyneth to goode men and what to yuele men, as in j.the j. εζι. co. of Songis it is seid, "I am blac but fair, ȝe douȝtris of Jerusalem, as the tabernaclis of Cedar, as the skynnes of Salamon;" these ben the wordis of the spousesse, which for resoun of yuel men conteyned in the chirche, seith, "I am blac," but for resoun of goode men it addith, "but fair;" and this that sueth, as for ensaumple, "as the tabernaclistabernacle β. of Cedar," is referrid to yuele men; for whi Cedar was the sone of Ysmael, as it is seid in xxv.the xxv. εζι. co. of Genesis, of whom Sara|cenusthe Seracenes ζ. camen forth, and this that is addid, "as the skynnes of Salamon," is referrid to goode men. Therfore bi Salamon here is vndirstonden God himself, bi cristen expocitouris and Ebreies; and therfore the skynnes of Salamon ben seid tho with which the tabernacletabernaclis ζ. was heelid, in which tabernacle goode men worschipiden God. The iij. reule is of the spirit and of the lettre; this reule is expounned thus comunly, that the historial, eitheror ζ. literal sense, and the mystik, eitheror ζ. goostly sense, is taken vndir the same lettre, for whi the treuthe of the storie schal be holden, and natheles it schal be referrid to the goostly vndirstonding. This reule may be expounnedvndirstonden or expowned ζ. also in anotherother βζ. manere, that it be referrid oonlyalso ι. to the literal sense, as othere reulis ben; aboute which thing it is to see, that the same lettere hath sum tyme double literal sense, in ensaumplethe ensample β. in j.the firste εζι. book of Paralypomy|non, xvij.the xvij. ζ. co., God seith toof βζ. Salamon, "I schal be `to him in tointo hym β. a fadir, and he schal be to me into a sone;" and this tointo β. the lettere is vndirstonden of Salomon, in as myche as he was the sone of God, bi grace in ȝungthe, wherforetherfore βει. herfore η. Nathan the prophete clepide hym, "amyable to the Lord" in ij.the ij. εζι. book of Kingis, xij. c. Also the forseid autorite, "I schal be to hym in to a fadir," etc. is brouȝt in of Poul in j.the j. εζι. co. to Ebreis, asand ζ. seid to the lettre of Crist himself, and this is opyn bi this, that Poul bringith itOm. ηι. in to preue, that Crist is more than aungels; but such preuynge may not be maad bi goostly sense, as Austin seith aȝens Vincent Donatiste; forsothe the forseid autorite was fillid to the lettre in Salomon, natheles lesse parfitly, for he was the sone of God oonly bi grace, but it was fillid parfitlier in Crist, that was the sone of God bi kinde; but natheles euer either expocisscioun is literal outtirly. Natheles the ij. expociscoun, which is of Crist, is goostly and preuypreue αβζ. in sum maner, in as myche as Salamon was the figure of Crist. The iiij. reule is of al and of part, for whi scripture passith fro oon to the totherean|other ει., and aȝenward, as in xiij.the xiij. εζηι. co. of Isaie, the scripture spekith first aȝens Babilone specialy, whanne it is seid, "the birthen of Babi|lone," and thanne the scripture passith to vndirstonde the word generaly of al the worldword αει., bi this that sueth, "the Lord cometh fro the hyȝnesse of heuene, and the vessels of his stronge veniaunce comen, that he distroie all erthe;" aftirward the scripture turneth aȝen to speke aȝens Babilone specialy, whanne it is seid, "Lo! I schal rise on ȝou Medeys, that schul not seeke syluer;" for whi Darius Medey, with Cirus, his cosyn, took Babilone, and killide Baltasar, the king of Babilone, as it is seid in theOm. η. v. co. of Daniel. The v. reule is of tymes, which reule bifallithbi|saweth αβ. in iiij. maners; in oo manere bi a figure clepid synodoches, whanne a part of tyme is set for al the tyme, as it is seid in the gospel, that Crist lay thre daies in the sepulcre, and natheles the firste day and the thridde weren not hool daies. In another maner this reule bifallith for smale partys of tyme, that ben noumbrid sumtyme in scripture, and sumtyme ben left out, and bi this the scripture that spekith of sum noumbre of ȝeris, in manye placis, settith sumtyme moo ȝeris, rekenynge the foreseid smale partys, in another place it settith fewere ȝeeris, in leuyng out the smale partys. In iij.the thridde εζι. manermaneres β. this reule bifallithfallith ζ., for that the rekenyng of ȝeeris bigynneth in oo place at the formere terme, andOm. β. in another place at the latter teerme, as in xv.the xv. εζηι. co. of Genesis, it was said to Abraham, that his seed schal be a pilgrym bi iiij. c. ȝeer, and in xij.the xij. εζι. co. of Exodi it is seid of thisthe ζ. pilgrimage, that the dwelling of the sones of Israel in the lond of Egipt was ofOm. βζ. iiij. c. ȝeer and xxx., for the rekenyng of this more noumbre bigynneth at the tyme, in which it was seid to Abraham in xij.the xij. εζι. co. of Genesis, "go out of thi lond," etc., and the rekenyng of the lesse noumbre bigynneth at the natyuite of Isaac, that was xxx. ȝeer aftir the goinge out of Abraham fro Aran. The iiij. tyme this reule bifallith, for that hooly scripture spekith of thingthingis ζ. to comynge bi the maner of thing passid, as in the ix. co. of Isaie, "a litil child was born to vs," etc.; and this is to singnefie the certeynte of profecie, whos bifalling of tyme to comynge is so certeyn, as if it were passid now; and this is for certeynte of Goddis bifore knowing, bi whiche the reuelacoun is maad to the prophete. Natheles such maner of speche hath noo place, no but in profecie of predestynacoun, eitheror ζ. ful determynyng of God; which prophecie is, whanne a thing to comynge in noun certeyn to mannis knowing, is schewid to the prophete in that maner, bi which it is in the bifore knowing of God, which bifore knowing ofas ει. God bihooldith so without fayling thingis to comynge, as thingis present and passid. But in profeciethe profecie ζ. of manaasinge, such maner ofOm. ζ. speech hath noo place, which profecie of manaas is, whanne enyOm. ι. peyne worthi to be brouȝt in on aony ει. puple, eitheror εζι. on a persoone, is schewid to the prophete, not bi that that itOm. βζ. is in the bifore knowing of God, but bi the ordre of secunde causis, as bi the yuel disseruyngis of men; as is thilkethat ει. prophecie of Jonas iij.the iij. ζη. co., "Ȝit xl. daies, and Nynyue schal be distroied;" for whi the synnes of that citee hadden disseruyd this distroying; natheles for such a cause is chaung|able, therfore sumtyme the effect, that is, peyne manaasid, sueth not, as heere, for `Nyny|uytis didenNynyue dide ζ. penaunce, and so the Lord brouȝte not in the peyne manassid. The vj. reule is of recapitulacoun, that is, rehersingof re|hersing βει. of thingthingis βεζι. don bifore, and of anticipacoun, eitheror ζ. bifore takinge, that is, setting in of thing bifore that itOm. ζ. is don; for in hooly scripture not euere stories and deedis ben writen in the same ordre in whiche thoo ben don, and therfore whanne latterethe lattere ι. thingis ben sett bifore, it is seid anticipacioun, eitheror ζ. byfore taking, and whanne the formere thingis ben set byhynde, itthat ζ. is seid recapitulacoun, eitheror ζ. rehersing of thingthingis ζ. doon bifore, as in x.the x. εζι. co. of Genesis it is seid of the sones of Noe, "the ilis of hethene folkis in her cuntrees weren departid of these sones of Noe, ech man bi his langagelynage ι.;" and withinne inOm. βει. thethis ζ. same x. co. it is seid, "these ben the sones of Cham, in kynredis and langagis," and aftirward it is seid in xj.the xj. εζι. co., "the lond was of oo langage and of the same wordis;" wherof it is opin, that this that is bifore seid of the departyng of langagis, is seid bi anticipacoun; in lyk maner in ij.the secunde ζι. co. of Genesis, aftir that Moises in j.the firste ζι. co. hadde discriued the creacoun, eitheror ζ. making of nouȝt of heuene and of erthe, and the departing and ournynghonournynge ζ. of the world, he seide, "these ben the generacouns of heuene and of erthe, in the day in whichethe whiche ζ. tho weren mad;" wherof it is opin that thisit ι. is seid bi recapitulacoun, eitheror ζ. rehersing of thingthingis ζ. don bifore. The vij. reule is of the deuil and of his body, for as Gregori seith in the x. Omelie, "Certys the deuil is heed of alle wickid men, and alle wickide men ben membris of this heed," and therfore for the knytting togidere of the heed to the membris, the scripture that spekith of oon, passith in the same knytting to|gidere of resoun to speke of the tother, as in xiiij.the xiiij. εζι. co. of Isaie, where the scripture spekith of the king of Babilone, that was a membre of the deuil, it passith to speke of the prince of fendis, whanne it isOm. α. seid there, "Lucifer, that rysidist eerly, hou feldist thou doun fro heuene;" and in theOm. βεη. xxviij. c. of Ezechiel, where the scripture spekith of the prince of Tire, it passith to speke of the deuil, whanne it is addid, "thou, aas ζ. singnet, eitheror ζ. a prente, of the licnesse of God, were ful of wisdom, and parfit in fairnesse, in theOm. ζ. delices of paradys of God." Lyre seith alOm. β. this in the ij. prologe ofon ζ. Genesis. Heerewhere ι. Lire re|hersith the sentence of seint Austyn, and of Isidre in these reulis, and declarith hem opinly bi holy scripturewrit ζ. and resoun, and countrith not Austin, but declareth him ful mychelmych εζι. to symple mennis wittwittis ζ.; and addith more bi scripture and resoun, that Austin touchith not. Thouȝ these reulis eitherand ει. or ζ. keies of scripture bringen men to greet vndirstonding therof, ȝit men moten taken heede, what is seid of Crist bi his godheed, and what bi his manheed, for Crist bi his manheed, is seid lesse than thehis β. fadir, and bi the godheed he is seid euene with the fadir; and for as myche as Crist is bothe God and man, we graunten that God iswas ει. deedly, and diȝede on the crosse, not bi his godheed, but bi the manheed of Crist, that was ioyned in oonhed of persone with the godheed, and we graunte, as the gospel doith, that manmannes sone ζ., while he was deedly onupon ει. erthe, was in heuene, for his godheed was there, and he also bi resoun therof. Also we moun graunte wel, that a man made heuene and erthe, for Crist bi his godheed, which Crist is and was man, dideand εη. pr. m. ι. thus. Alsoand ζ. hooly scripture tellith ofte the thouȝtis of men, and ofte the wordis and deedis; and whanne the thouȝtis, and wordis, and deedis of men ben contrarie, oo gospellergoespelle β. tellith the thouȝtis, andOm. ει. another tellith the wrdis; and bi this equiuocacoun, eitheror ζ. diuerse speking, thei ben acordid, ȝhe, whanne thei seemen contrarie in wordis; also ofte in storial mateer scripture rehersith the comune opynyoun of men, and affirmeth not, that it was so in dede. In this maner the gospel seith, that Joseph was the fadir of Crist, thouȝ he neuere gendride Crist; for Marie, Cristis modir, was euere clene virgyne. Thus the gospel seith, that at the biheeding of Joon Baptist, Eroude was soory, and ȝit, as doctouris seyn, he was ful glad therof; but he feynede him sory for the puple, and the puple gessid him sory. Also thouȝ scripturehooli scripture ζ. re|hersith, hou hooly men lyueden, and comendith hem greetly, it appreueth not alle hire deedis, for many greete seyntis erriden foule in manye poyntis; and thouȝ scripture tellith the stories of yuel men and dampned, it repreuith not herfore alle thingis whiche thei diden, for thouȝ thei weren hemsilf ful cursid, thei diden many goode deedis of kynde, and sumtyme perauenture goodemanie good ει. dedis of vertu, if thei weren in grace for a tyme. At the laste take ȝeOm. βζ. good heede, whanne scripture spekith bi comaundement to all men, and whanne it ȝeueth comaundement to certeyn persones of diuerse statis. In the first poynt, alle men motenmusten ζ. do, as it seith; in theOm. η. ij. tyme, the persoones of staatis specified motenmusten ζ. nedis obeye; whanneand whanne ζ. scripture speketh oonly bi counceil, men moun be sauid, thouȝ thei do not the counceil, as ful many men and wymmen moun be sauid, thouȝ thei take not virginite, neitherne ζ. contynence, neitherne ζ. ȝeuen alle her goodis to pore men, and ȝit these ben heereȝit heere α. hiȝe βζ. counceils of Jhesu Crist in the gospel.

 CAP. XV.

For as myche as Crist seith that the gospel shal be prechid in al the world, and Dauith seith of the postlis and her preching, "the soun of hem ȝede out into ech lond, and the wordis of hem ȝeden out into the endis of the world," and eft Dauith seith, "the Lord schal telle in the scripturis of puplis, and of these princis that weren in it," that is, in holi chirche, and as Jerom seith on that vers, "hooly writ is the scripture of puplis, for it is maad, that alle puples schuldenshullon β. knowe it," and the princis of the chirche, that weren therinne, ben the postlis, that hadden autorite to writen hooly writ, for bi that same that the postlis writiden her scripturis bi autorite, and confermynge of the Hooly Goost, it is hooly scripture, and feith of cristen men, and this dignite hath noo man aftir hem, be he neuere so hooly, neuerne neuer ζ. so kunnynge, as Jerom witnessith on that vers. Also Crist seithseid ζ. of the Jewis that crieden Osanna to him in the temple, that thouȝ thei weren stille stoonis schulenshul β. shulden ε. crie, and bi stoonis he vndirstondith hethen men, that worshipiden stoonis for her goddis. And we Englische men ben comen of hethen men, therfore we ben vndir|stonden bi thes stonis, that schuldenshullone β. crie hooly writ, and as Jewis, interpretidthat is interpretid ζ. knowlech|inge, singnefiensig|nyfiyng β. clerkis, that schuldenshulon β. knouleche to God, bi repentaunce of synnes, and bi vois of Goddis heriyngheeringe α., so oure lewide men, suynge the corner ston Crist, mowen be singnefied bi stonis, that ben harde and abydinge in the foundement; for thouȝ couetouse clerkis ben woode by simonie, eresie, and manye othere synnes, andMS. α is defective from this place to the end of the Prologue. dispisen and stoppen holi writ, as myche as thei moun, ȝit the lewid puple crieth aftir holi writ, to kunne it, and kepe it, with greet cost and peril of here lif. For these resons and othereother mo ζ., with comune charite to saue alle men in oure rewme, whiche God wole haue sauid, a symple creature hath trans|latid the bible out of Latyn into English. First, this symple creature hadde myche trauaile, with diuerse felawis and helperishelpes βζ., to gedere manie elde biblis, and othere doctouris, and comune glosis, and to make ooa ζ. Latyn bible sumdel trewe; and thanne to studie it of the newe, the text with the glose, and othere doctouris, as he miȝte gete, and speciali Lire on the elde testament, that helpide ful myche in this werk; the thridde tyme to counseile with elde gramariens, and elde dyuynis, of harde wordis, and harde sentencis, hou thothey βζ. miȝten best be vndurstonden and translatid; the iiij. tyme to translate as cleerliclerkli ι. as he coude to the sentence, and to haue manie gode felawis and kunnynge at the correcting of the translacioun. First it is toOm. ζη. knowe, that the best translatingtransla|cioun ζ. is out of Latyn into English, to translate aftir the sentence, and not oneli aftir the wordis, so that the sentence be as opin, eitheror ζ. openere, in English as in Latyn, and go not fer fro the lettre; and if the lettre mai not be suid in the translating, let the sentence euere be hool and open, for the wordis owen to serue to the entent and sentence, and ellis the wordis ben superflu eitherand ζ. false. In translating into English, manie resolucions moun make the sentence open, as anOm. βζ. ablatif case absolute may be resoluid into these thre wordis, with couenablethe cove|nable βζ. verbe, the while, for, if, as gramariens seyn; as thus, the maistir redinge, I stonde, mai be re|soluid thus, while the maistir redith, I stonde, eitheror ζ. if the maistir redithOm. βζη., etc. eitheror ζ. for the maistir, etc.; and sumtyme it wolde acorde wel with thethis βη. sentence to be resoluid into whanne, eitheror ζ. into aftirward, thus, whanne the maistir red, I stood, `eitheror ζ. aftir the maistir red, I stoodOm. β.; and sumtyme it mai wel be resoluid into a verbe of the same tens, as othere ben in the same resoun, and into this word et, that is, and in English, as thus, arescentibus hominibus præ timore, that is, and men shulen wexe drie for drede. Also a participle of aOm. βζη. present tens, eitheror ζ. preterit, of actif vois, eithiror ζ. passif, mai be resoluid into a verbe of the same tens, and a coniunccioun copulatifOm. ι., as thus, dicens, that is, seiynge, mai be resoluid thus, and seith, eithiror ζ. that seith; and this wole, in manie placis, make the sentence open, where tofor to ζ. Englisshe itOm. β. aftir the word, woldeit wolde βζ. be derk and douteful. Also a relatif, which mai be resoluid into his antecedent with a coniunccioun copulatif, as thus, which renneth, and he renneth. Also whanne oo word is oonis set in a reesoun, it mai be set forth as ofte as it is vndurstonden, eitheror ζ. as ofte as reesoun and nede axen; and this word autem, eitheror ζ. vero, mai stonde for forsothe, eitheror ζ. for but, and thus I vse comounli; aud sumtyme it mai stonde for and, as elde gramariens seyn. Also whanne riȝtful con|struccioun is lettid bi relacion, I resolue itOm. ει. openli, thus, where this reesoun, Dominum for|midabunt adversarij ejus, shulde be Englisshid thus bi theOm. β. lettre, the Lord hise aduer|saries shulenschulden ζ. drede, I EnglisheEnglischid ζ. it thus bi resolucioun, the aduersaries of the Lord shulen drede him; and so of othere resons that ben like. At the bigynnyng I purposide, with Goddis helpe, to make the sentence as trewe and openas open ζ. in English as it is in Latyn, eitheror ζ. more trewe and more open than it is in Latyn; and I preie, for charite and for comoun profyt of cristene soulis, that if ony wiys man fynde ony defaute of the truthe ofin β. translacioun, let him sette in the trewe sentence and opin of holi writ, but loke that he examyne truli his Latyn bible, for no doute he shal fynde fulOm. βζη. manye `biblis in LatynLatyn bybles β. fulOm. ζ. false, if he loke manie, nameliand nameli ζ. newe; and the comune Latyn biblis han more nede to be correctid, as manie as I haue seen in my lif, than hath the English bible late translatid; and where the Ebru, bi witnesse of Jerom, ofand βζι. Lire, and othere expositouris discordith fro oureothere β. Latyn biblis, I haue set in the margyn, bi manerthe maner βζη. of a glose, what theOm. ζ. Ebru hath, and hou it is vndurstondun in sum place; and I dide this most in the Sauter, that of alle oureother β. bokis discordith most fro Ebruthe Ebreu ζ.; for the chirche redith not the Sauter bi the laste translacioun of Jerom out of Ebru into Latyn, but another translacioun of othere men, that hadden myche lasse kunnyng and holynesselesse holynes ζ. than Jerom hadde; and in ful fewe bokis the chirche redith the translacioun of Jerom, as it mai be preuid bi the propre origynals of Jerom, whiche he gloside. And where I haue translatid as opinli orether βη. opinliere in English as init is in βζ. Latyn, late wise men deme, that knowen wel bothe langagisthe langagis ζ., and knowen wel the sentence of holi scripture. And wherwhe|ther β. I haue do thus, orether βη. nay, neno ζ. doute, thei that kunne wel the sentence of holi writ and English togidere, and wolenwel ζ. trauaile, with Goddis grace, theraboute, moun make the bible as trewe and as opin, ȝeaOm. ι., and opinliereopi|nere βζ. in English than it is in Latyn. And no doute toOm. βζη. sec. m. a symple man, with Goddis grace and greet trauail, menOm. βζη. miȝtenmiȝte βζη. expoune myche openliere and shortliere the bible in English, than the elde greeteOm. β. doctouris han expounid itOm. ζ. in Latyn, and myche sharpliere and groundliere than manie late postillatouris, eithiror ζ. expositouris, han don. But God, of his grete merci, ȝeue to vs grace to lyue wel, and to seie the truthe in couenable manere, and acceptable to God and his puple, and to spille not oure tyme, be it short be it long at Goddis ordyn|aunce. But summe, that semen wise and holi, seyn thus, if men now weren as holi as Jerom was, thei miȝten translate out of Latyn into English, as he dide out of Ebru and out of Greek into Latyn, and ellis thei shulden not translatehaue translatid ζ. now, as hem thinkith, for defaute of holynesse and of kunnyng. Thouȝ this replicacioun seme colourable, itȝit it ζ. hath no good ground, neitherne ζ. resoun, neithirne ζ. charite, for whi this replicacioun is more aȝens seynt Jerom, and aȝens the firste lxx. translatouris, and aȝens holial holy βζη. chirche, than aȝens symple men, that translaten now into English; for seynt Jerom was not so holi as the apostlis and euangelistis, whos bokis he translatide into Latyn, neither he hadde so hiȝe ȝiftis of the Holi Gost as thei hadden; and myche more the lxx. translatouris weren not so holi as Moises and theOm. ζ. profetis, and speciali Dauith, neither thei hadden so greete ȝiftis of God, as Moises and the prophetis hadden. Ferthermore holi chirche appreueth, not oneli the trewe translacioun of meene cristene men, stidefast in cristene feith, but also of open eretikis, that diden awei manie mysteries of Jhesu Crist bi gileful translacioun, as Jerom witnessith in oothe firste ζ. prolog on Job, and in the prologfirste prologe ζ. ofon ι. Daniel. Myche more late the chirche of Engelond appreue the trewe and hool translacioun of symple men, that wolden for no good in erthe, bi here witing and power, putte awei the leste truthe, ȝea, the leste lettre, eitheror ζ. title, of holi writ, that berith substaunce, eitheror ζ. charge. And dispute thei not of the holy|nesse of men now lyuynge in this deadli lif, for thei kunnen not theron, and it is reseruid oneli toin to β. Goddis doom. If thei knowen ony notable defaute bi the translatouris, eitheror ζ. helpis of hem, lete hem blame the defaute bi charite and merci, and lete hem neuere dampne a thing that mai be don lefulli bi Goddis lawe, as weeryng of aOm. ζ. good cloth for a tyme, eitheror ζ. riding onOm. β. an hors for a greet iourney, whanne thei witen not wherfore it is don; for suche thingis moun be don of symple menfolk β., with as greet charite and vertu, as summe, that holden hemhemsilf ζ. greete and wise, kunnen ride inon β. a giltgolden ζη. sadil, eitheror ζ. vse cuyssyns and beddis and clothis of gold and of silk, with othere vanitees of the world. God graunte pite, merciand merci ζ., and charite, and loue of comoun profyt, and putte awei such foli domis, that ben aȝens resoun and charite. Ȝit worldli clerkis axen gretli what spiryt makith idiotis hardi to translate now the bible into English, sithen the foure greete doctouris dursten neuere do this? This replicacioun is so lewid, that it nedith noon answer, noOm. ζ. but `still|nesse, eithir curteysa stille or a curteis ζ. scorn; for these greete doctouris weren noon English men, neitherne ζ. theiOm. βζη. weren conuersaunt among English men, neithirne ζ. in caas thei kouden thenot the ζ. langage of English, but thei ceessiden neuere til thei hadden holi writ in herethe βζη. modir tunge, of here owne puple. For Jerom, that was a Latyn man of birthe, translatide the bible, bothe out of Ebru and out of Greek, into Latyn, and expounide ful myche therto; and Austyn, and manie mo Latyns expouniden the bible, for manie partis, ininto αει. Latyn, to Latyn men, among whiche thei dwellidenweren ζ., and Latyn was a comoun langage to here puple aboute Rome, and biȝondis, and on this half, as Englishe is comouna comyn ζ. langage to oure puple, and ȝit this day the comoun puple in Italie spekith Latyn corruptcorript ε., as trewe men seyn, that han ben in Italie; and the noumbre of translatouris out of Greek into Latyn passith mannis knowing, as Austyn witnessith in the ij. book of Cristene Teching, and seith thus, "the translatouris out of Ebru into Greek moun be noumbrid, but Latyn translatouris, eitheror ζ. thei that translatiden into Latyn, moun not be noumbrid in ony manere." For in the firste tymestyme β. of feith, ech man, as a Greek book came to him, and he semyde toOm. ζ. him silf to haue sum kunnyng of Greek and of Latyn, was hardi to translate; and this thing helpide more than lettide vndurstonding, if rederis ben not necligent, forwhi the biholding of manie bokis hath shewid ofte, eithiror ζ. declarid, summe `derkere sentencisderk sentence β.. This seith Austyn there. Therfore Grosted seith, that it was Goddis wille, that diuerse men translatiden, and that diuerse translacionstranslatours ζ. be in the chirche, for where oon seide derkli, oon eitheror ζ. mo seiden openli. Lord God! sithen at the bigynnyng of feith so manie men translatiden into Latyn, and to greet profyt of Latyn men, lat oo symple creature of God translate into English, for profytthe profit βζη. of English men; for if worldli clerkis loken wel here croniclis and bokis, thei shulden fynde, that Bede translatide the bible, and expounide myche ininto βη. Saxon, that was English, eitheror ζ. comoun langage of this lond, in his tyme; and not oneli Bede, but also king Alured, that foundide Oxenford, translatide in hise laste daies the bigynning of the Sauter into Saxon, and wolde more, if he hadde lyued lengere. Also Frenshe men, Beemers, and Britons han the bible, and othere bokis of deuocioundeuo|ciouns ζ. and of exposiciounexposiciouns ζ., translatid in here modir langage; whi shulden not English men haue the same in here modir langage, I can not wite, noOm. βζ. but for falsnesse and necgligence of clerkis, eitheror ζ. for oure puple is not worthi to haue so greet grace and ȝifte of God, in peyne of here olde synnes. God for his merci amende these euele causis, and make oure puple to haue, and kunne, and kepe truli holi writ, to lijf and deth! But in translatingthe translatyng β. of wordis equiuok, that is, that hathhan βζ. manie significacions vndur oo lettre, mai liȝtli be pereil, for Austyn seith in theOm. η. ij. book of Cristene Teching, that if equiuok wordis be not translatid intoto βζ. the sense, eitheror ζ. vndur|stonding, of the autour, it is errour; as in that place of thethat β. Salme, the feet of hem ben swifte to shede out blood, the Greek word is equiuok to sharp and swift, and he that trans|latidefor snift translatid ζ. sharpe feet, `erride, and a book that hath sharpe feetOm. βι., is fals, and mut benedis be ζ. amendid; as that sentence vnkynde ȝonge trees shulen not ȝeue depe rootis, owith to be thus, plauntingis of auoutrie shulen not ȝeue depe rootis. Austyn seith this there. Ther|fore a translatour hath greet nede to studie wel the sentence, both bifore and aftir, and loke that suche equiuok wordis acorde withwel with βζη. the sentence, and he hath nedegret nede βζ. to lyue a clene lif, and be ful deuout in preiers, and haue not his wit ocupied about worldli thingis, that the Holi Spiryt, autour of wisdom, and kunnyng, and truthe, dresse him in his werk, and suffre him not for to erre. Also this word ex signifieth sumtyme of, and sumtyme it signifieth bi, as Jerom seith; and this word enim signifieth comynli forsothe, andOm. ι., as Jerom seith, it signifieth cause thus, forwhi; and this word secundum is taken for aftir, as manie menOm. β. seyn, andOm. ζη. comynli, but it signifieth wel bi, eithiror ζ. vp, thus bi ȝoure word, eitheror ζ. vp ȝoure word. Manie such aduerbis, coniuncciouns, and preposiciouns ben set ofte oon for another, and at fre chois of autouris sumtyme; and now tho shulen be taken as it acordith best to the sentence. Bi this maner, with good lyuyng and greet trauel, men moun come to trewetruthe ει. and cleer translating, and trewe vndurstonding of holi writ, seme it neuere so hard at the bigynnyng. God graunte to us alle graceOm. ει. to kunne wel, and kepe wel holi writ, and suffreto suffre βζ. ioiefulli sum peyne for it at the lastelaste, to the plesaunce and wille of God. ζ.!

 Amen.

[Later version: Jerome's prefatory epistles]

 PREFATORY EPISTLES OF ST. JEROME. Jerom in his Prolog on the BybleOm. F. Prolog. X.. CAP. I.

BROTHIR Ambrose, bryngynge fully thi litil ȝiftis to me, brouȝte al so riȝt sweete lettris, the whiche han shewid the sothfastnesse of feith that is now preued, and al so newe tidyngis of olde frenschip. For certeyn that is veri frenschip, and couplid with the glew of Crist, which not onely the profijt of homely thing, neither onely presensethe presence F. of bodies, neither graspyng or trecherouse flateryng, ioyneth; but that dredethe drede F. of God and the studies of hooly scriptures councelen to gideres. We han red in olde stories, that sum men han go aboute pro|uynces, and that they han go to newe puplis, and that thei han passid the see, that thei myȝte se openly present hem thatwhom F. they knewen bi redyng of bookis. SoOon O. Pictagoras, the filosofere, ȝede to the filosoferes of Memphies; so Plato wente to Egipt, and to Archite Tarentyne, and passide ful trauelously thilke same coostis of Italie, theOm. F. which sum tyme was seid Grete Grece; that he that was maistira maister F. and myȝty in Athenes, and whos doctryne the scoles of Achademye perfitly sowneden, wolde be maad a pilgrym and a discyple, rather wilnynge to lerne shamefastly othere mennus studies, than to prece forth his owne vnshamefullyvnscham|fastli FX.. Aftirward while he pursueth lettris fleynge inas in FX. al the world, whanne he was take of theues of the see and seld, he ap|peryde alsoOm. F. to a ful cruel tiraunt, and was lad prisoner, and bound, and thral. Netheles for he was a filosofere, he was more than his biere. Also we han red, that sum noble men han comen fro the vttemeste coostis of Spayne and of Fraunce to Tite Lyuye, wallynge with the mylke welle of fair speche; and whom Rome hadde not drawe to the biholdyng of him, the fame of o man brouȝte fully to his siȝt. Thilke age hadde ao F. merueyle vnherd, and to be ofte worshipid of alle worldis, that aftir tyme thei weren entrid in to so greet a citee, thei wolden seche othere kunnyng with out the citee. Appolonye, eithir thilke dyuynour as the comynte spekith, eithir a filosofore as Pictagoras disciplis tellen, entride in to Persis, and passide ouer to the cuntre of Caucasun, and Albanes, and Scitas, and Massagetas, and ȝede thourȝ the moost plenteuouse kyngdomes of Ynde; and at the last whanne he hadde passid ouer the ful brood flood of Phison, he cam to Bragmanas, that he shuldemiȝte FX. heere Hi|arche sittynge in a golden troone, and drynkedrinkinge F. of the welle of Tantaly, techynge, among a fewe dis|ciplis, of nature, of vertuousvertues FO. maneris, and of the cours of dayes and of sterrys; and fro thennes he ȝede by Elamytes, bi folk of Babyloyne, and of Caldeis, and men of Meede, and of Assirie, and of Parthie, and Sireof Syre F., and bi folk of Fenyce, and ofOm. F. Arabie, and biOm. X. Palestynes, and whanne he was turned aȝen to Alysaundire, he wente to Ethiopie, that he myȝte se theOm. F. maistris of studies, and the moost famouse boord of the sunne in grauelsoond o sup. ras.. Thilke man foond ouer al that he myȝte lerne, that he euere profitynge myȝte be maade bettere than he him silf was to fore. Vpon this Philostra|tus wroot ful pleynlich in viij. volyms.

 CAP. II.

What shal I speke of men of the world? sith Poul the apostle, the vessel of eleccioun, and mays|tir of Gentiles, theOm. F. whiche, of conscience of so greet a gestgift F. in him silf, spak, seiynge thus, "whether sechen ȝe open preef of him, that is Jhesu Crist, that spekith in me," aftirward whanne he haade envyrownd Damask and Arabie, he ȝede up to Je|rusalem, for he wolde se Petre, and dwelte with him xv. dayes; for by this mysterie of seuene and eiȝte daies he was to be enformed to be aftirward a prechour to comynge of the Gentileshethene men F., to conuerte hem to the bileue; and eftsoones aftir fourtenexij. O. ȝeer, whanne he hadde take to him Barnabas and Tite, he expownede the gospel with the apostlis, lest perauenture he hadde runne and shulde haue runne in veyn. The dede of the quyk vois of Goddis word hath I noot what of hid inward spede|ful worchyng, and whanne theOm. X. voys is spred abrood in to the eeris of thehis F. disciple from the mouth of the auctor, it sowneth the more strongly. Wherfor whanne Eschines was exilid in to Rody, and thilke orisoun of Demostenes was red, that he hadde anentis him, alle men wondrynge and preis|ynge, he seide sore siȝȝyng, "what if ȝe hadden herd thilke beest tellynge his owne wordis!"

 CAP. III.

I seie not this, as thouȝ ther were ony sich good|nesse in me, that thou myȝtist either here of me, either woldist lerne; but wher with thi feruent loue and studie of lernyng also shulde be proued bi him silf withouten us; for a wit able to be tauȝt and without a techere is presable. We taken not heede what thou shuldist fynde, but what thou shuldist seche. Neische wax and liȝt to fourmen, ȝheOm. F., thouȝ the hondis of the crafti man and of the fourmere ceessen, netheles withinne forth in the wax thourȝ vertu is al maner shap, that may be maad therof. Poul the apostle ioieth that he him silf hadde lerned the lawe of Moyses and the profetis at the feet of Gamaliel, that he, armed with spirytual dartis, myȝte aftirward speke tristily, "for armersarmes F. of oure knyȝthod ben not fleishly, but the power of God to the distruccioun of synful wardis, that we be distriynge yuele thouȝtis, and alle hiȝnesse enhaunsynge him silf aȝenaȝe F. the kunnyng of God, and holdynge lowe al vndirstondyng to obeie to Crist, and redy to vndurȝoke al vnbuxumnessevnobeisaunce F.." He writith to Tymothe wel lerned in hooly lettris fro childhod, and he amonestith him to the studie of redyng, lest he dispise the grace, `the whichthat F. was ȝoue to him by the puttyng to of the hondis of a prest. He comaundide also to Tite, among othere vertues of a bishop, theOm. F. which he declaride in a short word, that also he leselefe F. not the kunnyng of scriptures, "holdynge," he seith, "thilke word, `the whichthat F. aftir Goddis lore is aOm. X. trewe word, that he be myȝty, to monesteministre FX. in holsum doc|tryne, and to withstonde aȝenseyeristhe aȝenseyeres F.."

 CAP. IV.

Forsothe hooly homelynesse in byleeue profitith to him silf aloone; and as myche as he edifieth ofthorouȝ F. disseruyng of good lijf the chirche of Crist, so myche he noieth if he withstonde not the distrieres ther of. Malechie the profete, and also the Lord bi Malechie, askith the prestis the lawe; in so myche that the office of the prest is, whanne he is askid, to answere of the lawe of God. And in Deutronomye we reden, "aske thi fadir, and he shal tell thee; and aske thi prestis, and thei shulen seie to thee." Also in the hundryd and xviij.the eiȝtenthe F. salm Dauith seith, "thi iustifyngis weren ioyful toeithir chauntable to X marg. sec.m. me in the place of my pilgrymage." And in the discriuynge of the riȝtwise man, whanne Dauith liknede him to the tre of lijf that is in paradijs, among othere vertues thus he seide, "the wil of him is in the lawe of the Lord, and he shal thenke in his lawe day and nyȝt." Danyel in the ende of a ful hooly vysioun seith, that "riȝtwise men shulen shyne as sterris, and wise lerned men as the firmament." Thou seest how moche riȝt wise homelynesse and wyse riȝtwisnes dyuersen `bitwene hem silfOm. FX.. The first of hem ben likned to sterris, and theOm. F. othere to heuene; al be it that, aftir theOm. F. treuthe of Ebrew tunge, eithir of hem moun be vndurstonde of lerned men. For thus we reden anentis hem, "forsothe thilke that ben wise lerned men shulen shyne as the bryȝtnesse of the firmament, and thilke that techen many men to riȝtwisnesse shulen shyne as sterrus in perpetuel euerlastyngnessis." Whi is Poul the apostle seid the vessel of eleccioun? sothely for he was the vessel of lawe, and the almarie of hooly scriptures. The Farissees benweren FX. astonyed, `or merveilenOm. FX., in the doctrine of the Lord, and wondryden in Petir and Joon, hou they kouden the lawe, sithen thei lern|eden nonot X. lettris. For the Hooly Goost telde hem al, that euer excercise in studie, and euery dayes thenkyng in the lawe of God, was wont to ȝyue to othere men, as it is writun, "andOm. FX. thei weren dis|ciplis of God able to be tauȝttauȝt as it is writun O.." OureWhenne oure FX. Sauyour hadde fulfillid xij. ȝeer of his age, andOm. FX. thanne he, sittynge in the temple, andOm. O sec.m. askynge of questiouns of the lawe, he techith myche theOm. O sec. m. more while he askith wisely questiouns. But perauenture we seien Petre to be lewide, and Joon to be lewide, of whiche euere eithir myȝte seie, "thouȝ I be vnwiys in word, netheles not in kunnyng." Joon was a lewde fishere, andOm. O sec. m. vntauȝt in scolys; and fro whennus, I preie, cam that vois, "In the bygynnyng was theOm. FX. word, and this word was anentis God, and God was this same word?" This word logos in Grew bitokeneth many thingis, for it is word, and re|soun, and noumbre, and cause of euery thing, by the which alle thingis ben, that han beyng; theOm. F. which ech oon we vndirstonden riȝtfuli inof FX. Crist.

 CAP. V.

Wise Plato knew not thes thingis; nether De|mostenes the faire spekere knew these thingis; for God seith, "I shal spille the wisdom of wise clerkismen F., and I shal repreue the prudence of pru|dent men of the world." Verry wisdom shal spille false wisdom, and al be it that the foly of prechyng be holdeOm O sec. m. in the cros, netheles Poul spekith wisdom among parfit men; not wisdom of this world, which is distryed, ne of princes of this world; but he spekith wisdom of God hid in mys|terie, that God ordeynede bifore worldisthe worldes F.. Crist is the wisdom of God, for "Crist is the vertu of God and the wisdom of God." This wisdom is in mysterie hid, of which the title of the nynthe salm is biforetofore F. notid, "for the hid thingis of the sone of God," in whom ben alle the tresours of wisdom and of kunnyng of God hid; and he that was in mysterie hid, is bifore ordeyned tofore the worldis; also bifore ordeyned and byfore fygurid in the lawe and profetis. Wherfor the profetis weren clepid seeris, for they saien him, whom othere men saien not. "Abraham say the day of him, and heOm. F. was gladful glad F.." Heuenes weren opened to Ezechiel, theOm. F. whiche weren closid to the synful peple. Dauyth seith, "Lord, opene thou myn yȝen, and I shal biholde the meruels of thi lawe." For the lawe is spirituelspecial O., and therfor it hath nede ofto F. open reuelacioun, that it be vndirstonde, that with open face we mounmay F. se the glorie of God. The book in the Apocalips is schewid seelyd with seuene seelis, which thouȝ thou ȝyue to a man knowynge lettris, `for he shuldethat he O sec. m. rede, he shal answere theeto thee F., I may not rede it, for it is aselid. Hou many men weenen this day that thei han knowen lettris, and holden the book seelid, and moun not opene, but ifOm. F. he vnlouke that hath the keie of Dauith, "which openeth and no man closith, and closith and no man openeth." In the Dedis of Apostlis the hooly geldyngchast chaumberleyn F., ȝhe, the hooly man, for so hooly writ clepith him, whanne he redde Ysaye, the profete, he was askid of Filip, "trowist thou that thou vndirstondest thilke wordis that thou redist?" and he answeride, "hou maymiȝte F. I vndirstonde, but sum who hadde tauȝt me." I that IOm. FX. speke among othereOm. FX. of my silf, am not hoolyere than this geldyngchast chaumber|leyn F., neithir more studiouse, theOm. F. which from Ethiopie, that is, from the vttemeste coostis of the world, cam to the temple, and forsook the kyngus halle, and was so greet a louere of knowyngthe science F. of God and his lawe, that he wolde rede hooly lettris in his chare; and ȝit whanne he helde the book, and con|ceyuede the wordis of the Lord in his thenkyng, and redde hem with tunge, and spak with lippishis lippes F., he knew not him whom he worshipede vnwitynge in the bookbookes FX.. Thanne Filip cam, and shewyde to him Jhesu, `the whichthat F. restide pryuely closid in the lettre. O the meruelouse vertu of the doctour! the same our the geldyngchast man F. byleuede in God, and was baptysid, feithful and hooly, and of a disciple was maad a maistir; he foond more fruyt in the desert welle of hooly chirche, than in the golden temple of the synagoge of Jewis.

 CAP. VI.

These thingis ben shortly and fully writun of me, for `the pistlis streytnessethe schertnesse or streitnesse of the epistle F. suffride not me lengere to passe ouerlargely in this mater; for thou shuldist vndirstonde, that thou maistmyȝt F. not entre inin to F. hooly scripturis withoute a forgoere and shewynge the weie therof. I holde my pees of gramariens, and of medeleris of retorik, of filoso|feris, of gemetreres, of logiciens, of musiciens, of astronomeris andof F. astrologeris, and of fysiciens, whos science is sufficient, or ful profitable, to dedly men, and it is deuydid inin to F. iij. parties as in doc|tryne, and in resoun, and `vse, eithirin vse of F. practik. I shal come to theOm. F. lesse craftis, whicheand whiche F. ben not mynystrid onely with tunge, but with hond; as erthtilyeris, masouns, smythisforgeres F. of metals, and car|penteris, andalso F. makeris of wollen cloth, and fulleris, and othere that `forgen, eitherOm. F. maken, dyuerse purtenauncespurtinaunce F. to houseshorses O., and smale werkis and foule, moun not be, without a techere, that thatthing that F. they desyren. Lechis bihoten thatOm. F. that is of lechisleche F. crafte, smythus treten ofOm. F. suche thingis that ben forgeable; but the craftekunnynge F. of hooly scrip|tures is that science aloone, that alle men calengen ouer al. "We writen poetis sawis largely, bothe of the lerned man and vnlerned." This science of scriptures the olde chaterynge damme calengith, and the olde dotid man, and the sofistre ful of wordis, and alle folk presumen to knowe this, and to-teren it, and techento techen F. it, or they lernen it. Othere folk, with lowrynge browe of pryde, ianglynge greete wordis, talken as filosoferes of hooly lettris among ȝonge wymmen; othere men lernen of wymmen that is shame that thei techen men; and lest this be litil perel to semynge, thei expownen to othere with a maner liȝtnesse of wordis, and also with hardynesse, thatOm. F. that they vndurstondenvndur|stoden X. not. I holde my pees of sicheclerkes F. that ben liyk toOm. F. me, the whiche perauenture whanne thei ben come to hooly scriptures aftirfro F. seculer lettris, and with a fair sermoun delyten the eeris of the puple, what|euere thei seien, they weenen it be the lawe of God, neither thei dedeynen to knowe what the profetis, whatand what F. the postlis feeliden; but to her owne wit thei schapen vncouenable witnessis, as thouȝ it were myche worth, and not a vyciouse maner of seiyng, to depraue sentenses, and to drawe at her willeowne wil F. hooly scriptures repungnynge. As thouȝ we hedde not red the bokis drawen out of Omere and of Virgile, and also we moun not seie Maronem to be cristen with out Crist, for he wroot sich verse, "`Now maide turneth aȝe, Saturnus turneth his rewmes; now newe kyn cometh fre, from an hiȝ, fro heuenli lewmesNow (the inter lin. sec. m.) maide turneth aȝen, Saturnes turneth his rewmes, Now newe kinrede is sent fer from hyȝ heuene (sup. ras. sec. m.) lewmus. (Om. sec. m.) O.;" and the fadir, spekynge to the sone, seith, "`mi sone, mi miȝtes, gret power alone bi riȝtessone, my myȝtis, my greet power aloone `by riȝtis. (Om. sec. m.) O.;" and aftir the wordis of our Sauyour in the cros, he writith this verse, "`such word he felte, thenkinge ficchid ther he dweltesich word he grauntide, thenkynge and ficchid there (Om. sec. m.) he dwelte O.." These thingis ben childishchildlich F., and liyk to the pley of children pleiynge at theOm. F. sercle, to teche that thou knowist not; ȝhe, soOm. F. that I speke with hertestomak F., it is foly to feyne thee to knowe that thou knowist not.

 CAP. VII.

It is to wite, that the storie of Genesis is ful open, in the which it is writen of the makyng of the world, and of the bigynnyng of mankynde, and of dyuysioun of the lond, and of the confu|sioun of tungis, and of theOm. F. goyng doun of the folk of Ebrew vnto Egipt. The book of Exodi is open with the ten plages, with the ten heestis, with mystik and goodlich comaundementis. The book of Leuytes is opun, in the which alle sacryfices, ȝhe, and al most alle silablis, and the clothis of Aaron, and the hool ordre of Leuy, shewen heuenly sacramentis. The book of Noumbre, that is next, wherwhether F. he conteyne not the mysteries of al the hool crafte of noumbre, and of the profecie of Balaam, and of the xlij. dwellyngisperpetuel dwellyngis o pr. m. in wildirnesse? Deu|tronomye forsothe, the secounde lawe and the pre|figuracioun of the lawe of the gospel, wherwhethir FX. he conteyne not so thilke thingis that ben bifore, that netheles alle thingis ben newe spryngynge of the olde? Thus fer lasten the fyue bookis of Moyses, that me clepith Pentateuchon, with theOm. F. whiche fyue wordis the apostle ioyeth him silf, that he hath wille to speke hem in the chirche. Job, that is ensaumple of pacience, wherwhether FX. he knyttith not misteries with his word? He bigynneth prosewith prose FX., he procedith in vers, and with lowlich word he makith an ende; and he determyneth alle the lawis of the science of art, in proposicioun, in euydence takynge, in confermynge by argument, and in open shewyng biof FX. conclusioun. Alle the wordis ofin FX. it ben ful of wittis; and, that I holde my pees of othere thingis, he profecieth the risyng aȝen of bodies, that no man myȝte write more openly, eithir more slily, of that mater, for he seith thus, "I woot that myn aȝenbiere lyueth, and I shal rise fro theOm. X. erthe in the laste day; and I shal be kyuerid with my skyn, eftsones and in my fleish I shal se God, my Sauyour, whom I my silf am to se, and myn yȝen ben to biholde, andOm. F. I beynge noon othere in persoone thanne, than I am now. This is myn hope put vp in my bosum." I shal come to the book of Jhesu of Naue, theOm. F. whiche berith figurethe figure F. of the Lord, not onely in worthi dedis, but also in name. He passith Jordan, he turneth upsodoun the rewmesrewme o pr. m. X. of enemyes, he departith the erthe to the puple that hadde victorie, and bi alle citees, vilages, hillis, floodis, rennynge watris, and nyȝ coostis, he discryuedediscryueth F. the spiritual rewmes of hooly chirche and of heuenly Jerusalem. In the book of Juges as many princes as ther ben of the puple, so fele figures ther ben. Ruth Moabitis fulfillith the pro|phesie of Ysaye, seiynge, "Lord, sende out the lomb, the lordly gouernour of erthe, fro the stoon of desert to the mounte of the douȝtir of Syon." Samuel shewith thatOm. o sec. m. the olde lawe shuldeto o sec. m. be doon awey in `Ely deedthe deth of Heli F., and in slauȝtrethe slauȝtre F. of Saul the kyng. Forsothe in Sadoch and inOm. FO sec. m. Dauyth the sacramentis of the newe presthod, and of the newe empire, ben witnessid fully. Mala|chym, that is, the thridde and the fourthe book of Kyngis, discryueth the rewme of Juda, and the rewme of Israel, fro Salamon to Jechonye, and fro Jeroboam, sonethe sone F. of Nabath, vnto Osee, whichthat F. was lad into Assiryens. If thou biholdist the storie, the wordis ben symple; and if thou biholdistbiholde F. the pryuy wit ther of in the lettris, the fewnesse of hooly chirche, and the bateile of eretikis aȝenus the chirche ben toold. The twelue profetis, set to gi|deres in the streytnesse of o volym, byfore figurenfigureth F. myche othir thing than sowneth openly in the lettre. Osee nempneth ofte Effraym, Samarie, Jo|seph, Jesrael, and the wijf of fornycacioun, `and the sones of fornycaciounOm. F., and the auoutresse closid in the bed of the hosebonde, to sitte myche tyme widewe, and vndur the morenyng cloth of the hosebonde to aboide his comyng aȝen to hir. Joel, the sone of Fatuel, discryueth the lond of the xij. lynagis, that was wastid thorou the wort worm, and the bruykebreese F., and the locuste, and thorouȝ cancryngethe cancre F. rust; and aftir the ouerturn|yngouer comynge F. of the formere puple, he proficiede that the Hooly Goost shulde be held out upon the ser|uauntis of God, and upon his hondmaydens, that is to seie, upon c. xx. names of newe feithful men, and the sunne schynynge liyk a reyn bowe held out in the comyn eting place of Syon; the whiche hundryd and twenty arysynge by encrees fro oon to fiftene arewe, maken fully the numbre of xv. de|grees, which ben conteyned mystily in the Sauter. Amos the profete, that was bothe schepparde and aOm. F. feeld man, and wel knowynge the beries of the busches, may not be opened in fewe wordis; for who may worthily shewe the thre and theOm. F. foure wickidnesses of Damask, of Gaze, ofand of F. Tire, and Ydumeof Ydumee FX., and of the sones of Amon, and of Moab, andOm. F. in the seuenthe and eiȝtthe degree of Juda and Irael? `He this spekethThes spekith F. These speken X. to the fatte kiyn that ben in the mounte of Samarie, and witnesseth that the more hows and the lesse of Samarye shulde falle doun. He byholdith the feynour of the lokuste, and the Lord stondynge upon the teride wal and the adamauntyne, and the appil crook drawynge turmentis to synful men, and hun|gur in erthe, not hungere of breed, neither thirst of watir, but of heeryng of the word of God. Ab|dias, that is as myche to seie as the seruaunt of the Lord, thundryth and sowneth aȝens Edom, and aȝen the bloodi man, and theaȝen the F. aȝens the X. erthely brothir; also he smytith with a goostly dart the contynuel enemye of oure brothir Jacob. Jonas, that is, the moost fair culuer, and in his schipbreche byfore fygurynge the passioun of Crist, clepith aȝen the world to penaunce, and, vndir the name of Ny|nyue, he shewith saluacioun to come to hethene men. Michee of Morasty, that was eir of heuene to gideres with Crist, shewith the wastyng of the douȝtir of a pryuy theef, and he sittith bisegyng aȝens hir, for she smot the cheek boon of the iuge of Israel. Naum, comfortour of the world, blameth the citee of bloodis, and aftir the ouerturnyng therof he spekuth thus, "Lo! upon the hillis of vertu ben the feet of him that prechith the gos|pel, and shewith pees to the puple." Abacuk, the strong wrastelere and myȝty, stondith stifly upon his warde, and he settith faste his stepsteppes F. vpon a sikir strengthe, that he myȝte biholde Crist in the cros, and seie thus, "The glorie of hym ky|ueryde heuens, and the erthe is ful of his preis|yng; the schynyng of him shal be as liȝt, and hornes shulen be in his hondis, and ther on is his strenthe hid." Sophonye the profete, the biholdere and the knowere of the priuytees of the Lord, herith a cry from the ȝate of fischis, and weilyng fro the secounde ȝate, and contricioun fro litil hillis; he bryngith yn also theOm. F. weylyng to the dwelleris of Pile, for al the puple of Canaan held his pees to gideres, and ech oon ben disparplid that benweren F. wlappid with siluer. Aggeus the pro|fete, that was solempne and glad, theOm. F. whiche sew his seed in teeris that he myȝte repe in ioye, bildith the temple that was distrued, and bryngith yn God the fadir spekynge thus, "Ȝet hereaftir ther shal be a litil while, and I shal meue to gidere heuene and erthe, the see and the drie lond, and I shal meue alle folk, and JhesusOm. F., the Sauyour that is desirid ofto F. alle folkis, shal come among hem." Zacharie the profete, beynge myndeful of his Lord, and many fold in profecie, biholdith Jhesus clothid with foule clothis, and the stoon of seuene iȝen, and the golden candilstik with as fele lanternes as yȝen, and two olyues fro the liftside of the laumpe and fro the riȝt side, that aftir the reed horsishors F., and the spekkid, and the white, and aftir scateridthe scateride FX. charietes of Effraym, and the hors of Jerusalem, he myȝte shewe the pore kyng by profesie, and preche the kyng sittynge onupon F. a colt, that was the sone of a she asse vndir ȝok. Malechie the profete, and in the ende of alle pro|fetis, tellith of the castyng out of Israel, and of clepyng of hethene men to the bileeue, "The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, my wille is not in ȝou, and I shal not take a ȝifte of ȝoure hond, for my name is greet among folk, fro the risyng of the sunne vnto the goyng doun, and in euery place cleene offryng is sacryficedhalowid F. and offrid to my name." Ferthermore who mai vndurstonde, ethir expowne Ysaie, and Jeremye, and Ezechiel, and Daniel? Of theOm. F. whiche profetis it semeth me, that the firste tellith not derk profesie, but veri gospel. The secounde by profecie schewidscheweth FX. of the haselne ȝerd, and of a pot set afire fro the face of the north, and of the libard ispoilid of his colours, and he knyttith the iiij. maner abece in dyuerse metris. The thridde hath bygynnyngbiginnyngis F. and ende wlappid with so many derknessis that, as anentis Ebrewsthe Ebrewes F., thilke parties with the bigynnyng of Genesis shulde not be rad biforeto fore F. thritty wyntir. The fourth forsothe, which is the laste among the foure profetis, and a knowere of tymes, and a louere of stories of the world, schewith withwith a F. cleer word, that ther shulde be a stoon korue out of an hil without mannis hondis, turnynge upsedoun alle the rewmes of the world; and that stoon is Crist, born of a mayde without medlyng of man, that turnede botheOm. X. hethen men and Jewis to the bileeue. Dauith, the sownere of symphonie, `Pyn|darie, and Alcheus, Flaccus, and Catullus, and Serenussemlich, and wys, and cleer of lynage F., prechith Crist with anthe F. harpe, and in a sautre of ten cordis he reisith him up fro hellishillis O., that roos fro deth to liyf. Salamon, the pesible and the amyable child of the Lord, amendith ma|neris, and techith kynde, and ioyneth Crist and hooly chirche to gideres, and syngith the sweete bryddis song of hooly brydalis. Hester, in figure of hooly chirche, delyuerith the puple fro perel, and whanne Aman, that is as myche to seie as wickidnesse, was slayn, she sendith partis of the feeste aboute, and ordeyneth a solempne day to hem that shulden be bore aftirward. Paralipo|menon, that is, the book of the olde instrumentenformacoun F., rehersour of chapitres bifore seid, and breggere of wordusword FX sec. m., is sich and so myche worth, that whoso euere `withouten itwithoute this F. wole proudly take to him kun|nyng of scripturis, he may worthily scorne him silf; for sikirly this book berith greet misterie bi alle the names therof and ioynyngis of wordis, and the stories that ben lefte vnwriten in the bookis of Kyngis, ben touchid in this, and also questiouns of the gospel ben openedtouchid X. in it with|outen noumbre. Esdras, and Neemye his helpere, that is to seie, a comfortour sent fro the Lord, ben conteyned in o volym; thei restoren the temple, and maken up the wallis of the citee, and also al the congregacioun of the puple that turnede aȝen in to her cuntre, and the discryuyng of prestis and kundekenes of Israel and of men newe turned fro hethenesse to the rite of Jewis, and the dyuerse werkis of wallis and of toures bi alle the meynees, beren o thing in the rynde bitokened bi the lettre, and an othere thing they conteynen withinne in the mary of gostly vndurstondyng. ThouThanne thou X sup. ras. seest wel that I haue passid the maner of epistil, for I am rauyshid with louethe loue F. of scriptures, and ȝit I haue not fulfillid that I wolde; netheles we han herd what we moun knowe and desire, that we moun seie also, "my soule hath coueytid to desire thy iustyfyingis in al tyme," and al so thilke prouerbe of Socrates is fulfillid in us, that seith thus, "I knowe oneliche this thing, that I knowe no thing fully."

 CAP. VIII.

I shal touche the newe testament, `and thatOm. F. shortly; as Matheu, Mark, Luyk, and Joon, that ben the foure whelid cart of the Lord, and the veri cherubyn, that is to seie, plentee of kunnyng; they ben ful of iȝen thorouȝ al the body, sparcles shynen out fro hem, leitis rennen hidur and thidur, thei han euene streiȝt feet and strecchyng an hiȝ, and backes fetherid, and holden hem togideres ouer al fleynge, and they ben faste plettid ech to othere, and they ben turned as o wheele with ynne an othere wheele, and goon whidur euere the Hooly Goost ledith hem. Poul theOm. X. apostle writith to seuene chirches, for the viij. epistle that he wroot to Ebreus is put of sum men out of the noumbre. Also he enformeth Tymothe and Tite; and he preieth Filomone for the seruaunt that fley awey, upon the whiche I weene it is betere to be stille than to write a fewe thingis. Also the Actus of Apostles semen to sowne nakid storie, and to con|teyne the childhood of the wexyng chirche; but for we knowen that the writere of hem was Luyk, that was a ficisien, whoseand a leche whas F. preisyng is in the gos|pel, we taken heede therfor that alle his wordis ben medycyn of the morenyng soule. James, Petre, Joon, and Judee, maden seuene epistlis, as wel goostly and mystik as compendiouse; they ben bothe schorte inand longe, schorte in FX. wordes and longe in sentences, so that selden it is, that sum man ne waxith blynde in the redyng of hem. The Apocalyps of Joon hath as feele sacramentis, as he hath wordis. Litil I haue seyd, and for the worthynesse of the volym al the preisyng is the lowere; in alle the wordis many manere vndirstondyngis ben hid. I preie thee, dere brother, that thou lyue among these thingis, and to thenke on these thingis, and noon othere science to knowe, ne noon othir scienceOm. FX. to seche. Semeth it not nowOm. F. to thee, whyle thou art here `in ertheson erthe F., to be a dwellynge place in heuenly kyngdom? I wolewil F. not that thou be of|fendid in hooly scriptures thorouȝ symplenesse, and as thorouȝ foulnesse of wordis, theOm. F. whiche thorouȝ the vice of expowneristhe expowneris X., either of verry purpos, ben sothus F. spoken, that thei myȝten the liȝtlyere enforme the lewid puple, and that the lerned man myȝte feele in o wise in the same sentence, and the vn|lerned in an other maner. I am neither so lusty, ne so dul, that I shulde bihote me to knowe these thingis, toand to F. gadere the fruytis of hem on erthe, whose rootis ben fastned in heuene; but I know|lech tome to F. wilne, and enforse meOm. F., and profre me as a disciple to him that sittith in chayre; forsakynge me to be a mastir, I bihote me to be a felowe in lernyng; for "to the askere me ȝyueth, and to the knockere me openeth, and he that sekith fynd|ith;" lerne we on erthe siche thingis, whose kunnyng dwellithdwelle X. to us in heuene. I shal atakeoftake F. thee with hondis metynge togideres, and that I helde out sum what vncouenably that beI be o pr. m. X. of the bolnyng of Ermagore, I shal enforse tome to F. kunne al that thou shuldist seke.

 CAP. IX.

Thou hast here Eusebie oure wel biloued bro|thir, that doublide to me the grace of thi lettris, tellynge the oneste of thi maneris, and the dispis|yng of the world, the feyth of frendship, and the loue of Crist; for thilke epistle without him telde openly thy prudence and fairnesse of speche. Hiȝe thou thee, I biseche thee, and rather kit of the coorde of the boot that abydith in the see, than thou shuldist tarie to vnbynde it; for no man that wole forsake the world, may wel sille siche thingis that he hath dispisid to sille. What euere thing that thou takist of thin owne in to costagesthi costages F., rykene it for wynnyng; for it is an old sothsawe, to the auarouse man as wel lackith thethat F. good that he hath, as that he hath not; and to him that bi|leueth as he shulde, al the world is of his rycheserichesses F., but the vnfeythful man hath euere nede, ȝhe, to an halpeny. Therfor lyue we in siche maner, as hauynge no thing and weldyng alle thinges; liflode and clothing ben richessis ofto F. cristen men. If thou hast thin owne good in thi power, selle it; if thou hast not, cast awey and lett it go; for Crist seith, thithe FO sec. m. mantil is to be lefte to him that berith awey thithe O sec. m. coote. But if it be so that thou puttynge ouer euermore fro morewe to mo|rewe, and tariynge fro day to day, sliȝlich and foot by foot thou selle thi litil possessiouns, hath not Crist, trowist thou, wher of he may feede his pore folk? He that hath offrid him silf, hath ȝoue al his good to God. The apostlis forsoken onely the boot and the nettis; the widowe putte two minutis in to the treserie of God, and it is put in worship bifore the richesse of gold. Liȝtly he dis|pisith alle worldly goodis, that thenkith euere more in him silf that he shal die.

 `Preface of Seint JeromPrologus F. Prologis X..

I haue take theOm. F. epistlis myche desirid of my man Desiderye, the whiche, with a maner profecie of thingis to come, vside the name of an hooly bi|secherebiddere F. with Danyel the profete, preiynge, that I wolde take to the eeris of ȝoure frendis the fyue bookis of Moyses translatid fro Ebrew speche into Latyn tunge. Certenly this is a perelouse werk, and opene to the berkyngisberkynge F. of bacbiteris, that seyn, that I forge new thingis for olde in to the hindryng of the seuenty interpretours, and they ben preuyng wit as wyn; sithen I ful ofte haue witnessid meto me O pr. m. X. to offre in the tabernacle of God for my symple porcioun siche thingis as I may, not wilnynge the richesse of o man to be defoulid with the pouert of othere men. The which thing for I shulde be hardy to do, the studie of Orygen stiryde me therto, the which medlide the translacioun of Theodosyon to the olde translacioun, merkynge al his werk with the signe of a sterre and with the signe of an arowe; whanne he made ony scripturis more clereli toOm. F. shyne that weren bifore lesse cleer, there he made the sygne of a sterre; and whanne he scrapide or raside awey ony waast writyng, he made the sygne of an arowe; and moost in thoothilke F. thingis `the whiche auctorytethat the auctorite F. of the euangelistis and of the apostlis openyden; in theOm. F. which we reden many thingis of the olde testament, that ben not hadOm. F. in oure bookis; as is that auctorite, "from Egipt I clepide my sone;" and, "for he shal be clepid a Nazarey;" and, "men shulen se, in whom they han thorouȝ persid;" and, "floodis of water of liyf shulen flowe of his wombe;" and, "thingis that neithire iȝe saw, nether eere herde, neither styede in toOm. F. the herte of man, that God hath ordeyned redy for hem that louen him;" and many othere thingis thatther F. ben, that desyren her propur ordire. Axe we thanne hem, where these thingis ben writun; and sithen they moun not seie hem, of the bookis of Ebrew brynge we hem forth. The firste witnesse is in Oose, the secounde in Ysaie, the thrydde in Zacharye, the fourthe in Prouerbis, the fyuethe also in Ysaye; the which thing many men vnknowynge folowen the errours of siche scripturis that ben with out auctorite, and theyOm. F. setten her `veyn taalisSpaynyssche songes upon deede men, or of norices songes ouer here childrene F. in more worship than autentik bookis. It is not in my power to ex|powne the causis of errour. Jewis seyn, that it was doon withbi F. wise counsel, leste Ptolome, worshipere of oo God, shulde haue vndurstonde double Godhed anentisas anentes F. Ebrews; which thing thei dide moost for this cause, for he was knowe to falle to the lore of Plato. Wherfor where euere hooly writ witnessith ony hooly thing of the Fadir, and the Sone, and ofOm. F. the Hooly Goost, or ellis they expowneden it in othere maner, or algatis helde her pees, that they myȝte aquyte hem to the kyng, and that they openyden not the priuyte of the byleeue. And the firste auctour her of, I woot neuere who, thorouȝ his lesyng made seuenty sellis at Alysaundre, in theOm. F. whiche they, departidwhanne thei were departid F. at twynne, shulden write; sith Aristeus, that was cheef councelour of the same Ptolome and kepere of his bookis, and myche tyme aftir Josophus, tellentolden F. nonot X. sich thing, but they writen, whanne thei weren gaderid to gideris in toOm. F. a chirche, hem to haue talkid to gideres, and not to haue profecied. For it is oon to be a profete, and an othire to be a translatour of langagelangages F.; for in profecie the spirit seith bifore siche thingis that ben to come, but in translacioun, enformacioun and plentee of wordis, translatith siche thingis as he vndirstondith. But parauenture Tullius is to be trowid to be blowen with the spirit of retorik, and to haue translatid the book that is seyd Yconomyk of Zenofontes, and the book that is seyd Pictagore of Plato, and the book that is seid Prothesifontis of Demostenes; or ellis the Hooly Goost shewide witnessis of the same bookis in o wise by the seuenty interpretours of langagis, and in an othere manere by the postlis, that thatsuch F. thing that they han holde stille, othere men `han lied to be writen. What thanne? dampne we the olde? nay, but aftir the studies of othere men that weren biforetofore F. us, what thatOm. F. we may, we traueylen in the hous of the Lord. Thei han translatid scriptures bifore the comyng of Crist; theyand thei FX. han spoken with doutefuldouteuous F. sentences, that they knewen notOm. F.; but we, aftir the passioun and the resurrec|coun of him, not onely writen profecie, but open storie. For thingis seyn ben telde in o maner, and thingis herd ben teld in an other maner; for the bettere that we vndurstonden a thing, the bettere we tellen it. Therfor here, thou enemye, and herkene, thou bacbitere; I dampne not thene I repreue not the FX. seuenty interpretours, but tristylich I putte thealle the F. apostlys toforebifore X. alle hem in autorite; for bi the mouth of thes apostlis Crist sownedesowneth FX. openli to me; theOm. F. whiche apostlis I rede to be set bifore the profetis among goostly ȝyftis, among whom the interpret|ours ofor draweres of F. langagis holden fully the laste degree. Wher to art thou turmentid with enuye? what stirist thou vnwise mennus willes aȝens me? if I be seyn in ony place to erre in translatynge of hooly writ, aske the Ebrews, counceil maistris of dyuerse citees; that theithing that thei F. han of Crist, thi bookes han not. It is an othere, if the witnessis vsurpid of the apostlis preuyd aftirward aȝenus hem silf, and the Latyn ensaumpleris ben more amendid than Grekis, and Grekis ensaumpleris ben more amendid than Ebrewis. And forsothe these thingis ben aȝenus theOm. F. enuyouse men. Now, my ful dereworthederewarde F. frend Desiderie, for cause that thou hast maad me to vndurtake so greet a werk and to take the by|gynnyng at the book of Genesis, I preie thee, helpe thou me, thatwith thi preieres that F. I may translate hooly writ in to the langage of Latyn, thorouȝin F. the same Spirit that the bookis ben writen.

`Jerom in his prolog and preface seith al thisOm. FX..

[Later version: Old Testament]

 Old Testament GENESIS. Here bigynneth GenesisHere bigynneth the bible playnly the text, and where that ony maner clause is set in the text and is not therof, Lire certifieth it plainly. ¶ Here bigynneth Genesis. Bd. Here bigynneth the book of Ge|nesis. DIO. Genesis GPS. Now bigynneth Genesis. K. Here bigynneth playnly the text of the byble in English: Genesis. N. Here bigynneth Genesis, the firste booc of the bible. X. No title in EFQRTW..CAP. I.

IN the bigynnyng God made of nouȝt heuene and erthe. Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris. And God seide, Liȝt be maad, and liȝtthe liȝt I. was maad. And God seiȝ the liȝt, that it was good, and he departide theOm. I. liȝt fro derknessis; and he clepide the liȝt, dai, and the derk|nessis, nyȝt. And the euentid and morwe|tidthe morwetid EFKLS. was maad, o daie. And God seide, The firmament be maad in the myddis of watris, and departedepartide GO pr. m. X pr. m. watris fro watris. And God made the firmament, and departideGod departide GQ. the watris that weren vndur the firmament fro thesethe S. watris that weren on the fir|mament; and it was don so. And God clepide the firmament, heuene. And the euentid and morwetidthe morwetid KLS. was maad, the se|counde dai. Forsothe God seide, The wa|tris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so. And God clepide the drie place, erthe; and he clepide the gadryngis togidere of watris, the sees. And God seiȝ that it was good; and seide, The erthe brynge forth greene eerbe and makynge seed, and appilan appil BDFGINP pr. m. QORSTWXd. tre makynge fruyt bi his kynde, whos seed be in it silf on erthe; and it was doon so. And the erthe brouȝte forth greene erbe and makynge seed bi his kynde, and aExpuncted P. tre makynge fruyt, and ech hauynge seed by his kynde. And God seiȝ that it was good. And the euentid and morwetidthe morwetid EKL. was maad, the thridde dai. Forsothe God seide, Liȝtis be maad in the firmament of heuene, and departe thoOm. L. they OX. the dai and niȝtthe niȝt K.; and be thoOm. F. they OX. in to signes, and tymes, and daies, and ȝeeris; andOm. G. shyne tho in the firmament of heuene, and liȝtne thoOm. A. thei N. theOm. EGLPQd. erthe; and it was doon so. And God made twei grete liȝtis, the gretter liȝt that it schulde be bifore to the dai, and the lesse liȝt that it schulde be bifore to the niȝt; and God made sterris; and set|tidesette S. thohem N. in the firmament of heuene, that thothei NOX. schulden schyne on erthe, and that thothei N. schulden be bifore to the dai and nyȝt, and schulden departe liȝt and derk|nesse. And God seiȝ thatOm. D. it was good. And the euentid and theOm. BDGNPQRTWd. morwetid was maad, the fourthe dai. Also God seide, The watris brynge forth aOm. EILP sec. m. `crepynge beestereptile ether a crepinge beeste BNd. reptile or cr. b. I. of lyuynge soule, and aOm. EILP sec. m. brid fleyngevo|latijl ether a brid fleinge BNd. volatile or br. fle. I. aboue erthethe erthe M. vndur the firmament of heuene. And God made of nouȝt grete whallis, and ech lyuynge soule and mouable, whiche the watris han brouȝt forth in toOm. EFLP. her kyndis; and God made of nouȝt ech vola|tile bi his kynde. And God seiȝ that it was good; and blesside hem, and seide, Wexe ȝe, and be ȝeOm. D. multiplied, and fille ȝe theOm. D. watris of the see, and briddis be mul|tiplied on erthe. And the euentid and theOm. BDE GILMNPQRTWd. morwetid was maad, the fyuethe dai. And God seide, The erthe brynge forth aOm. LP sec. m. lyuynge soul in his kynde, werk beestis, and `crepynge beestisreptils ether crepinge beestis BNd., and vnresonable beestis of erthe, biin G. her kyndis; and it was don so. And God made vnresonable beestis of erthethe erthe ELN. bi her kyndes, and werk beestis, `andOm. N. echor the S sup. ras. crepynge beeste of erthethe erthe E. in his kynde. And God seiȝ that it was good; and seide, Make we man to oure ymage and liknesse, and be he souereyn to the fischis of the see, and to the volatilis of heuene, and to vnresonable beestis of erthe, and to ech creature, and to ech `crepynge beestreptile BNd., which is moued in erthe. AndOm. S. God made of nouȝt a man to his ymage and liknesse; God made of nouȝt a man, to the ymage of God; God made of nouȝt hem, male and female. And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ȝe, and be ȝe multiplied, and fillefulfille E. ȝe the erthe, and make ȝe it suget, and be ȝe lordis toof the G. to the MKS. fischis of the see, and toOm. EG. volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe. And God seide, Lo! Y haue ȝoue to ȝou ech eerbe berynge seed on erthe, and alle treesthe trees BN. that han in hem silf the seed of her kynde, that thothei N. be in to mete to ȝou; and to alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, and to ech brid of heuene, and to alle thingis that ben moued in erthe, and in whiche is a lyuynge soule, that thothei N. haue to ete; and it was doon so. And God seiȝ alle thingis whiche he made, and thothei N. weren ful goode. And the euentid and morwetidthe morwetid KL. was maad, the sixte day.

 CAP. II.

Therfor heuenes and erthe ben maad perfit, and al the ournement of tho. And God fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad; and he blesside the seuenthe dai, and halewide it; for in that dai God ceesside of al his werk which he made of nouȝt, thatwhiche S. he schulde makemake in werk BGNOQX.. These ben the generaciouns of heuene and of erthe, in the day wherynne the Lord God made heuene and erthe, and ech litil tre of erthe bifore that it sprong out in erthe; and he made ech erbe of the feeld bifore that it buriownede. For the Lord God had not reyned onupon S. erthethe erthe E., and no man wasther was I. that wrouȝte erthethe erthe DIRST sec. m.; but a welle stiedeȝede I. out of theOm. BDEFGILMNOPQRTWX. erthe, and moistide al the hiȝere part of erthethe erthe S.. Therfor the Lord God formede man of the sliym of erthe, and brethide in to his face theOm. MSW. brething of lijf; and man was maad in to a lyuynge soule. Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settidesette S. man whom he hadde formed. And the Lord God brouȝte forth of the erthe ech tre fair in siȝt, and swete to ete; also he brouȝte forth the tre of lijf in the middis of paradis, and the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel. And a ryuer ȝede out fro the place of likyng to moyste paradis, whichthe which I. ryuer is departid fro thennus in to foure heedis. The name ofto BDEFGILMNOPQRTWX. theOm. EIMNOPQRSTWXd. o ryuer is Fyson, thilke itOm. S. is that cumpassith al the lond of Eui|lath, where gold cometh forth, and the gold of that lond is the beste, and there is foundun delium, that is, a tree of spicerie, and the stoon onychynof onychyn ELP.; and the name toof BDGILR. the secounde ryuerflood BN. is Gyon, thilke it is that cumpassith al the loond of Ethi|opie; forsothe the name of the thridde ryuer isOm. A. Tigris, thilke goith aȝens Assi|riens; sotheli the fourthe ryuer is thilke Eufrates. Therfor the Lord God took man, and settidesette S. hym in paradis of lik|yng, that he schulde worche and kepe it. And God comaundide to hym and seide, Ete thou of ech tre of paradis; forsothe ete thou not of the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel; for in what euere dai thou schalt ete therof, thou schalt die bi deeth. And the Lord God seide, It is not good thatOm. B. aOm. S. man be aloone, make we to hym an helphelper ox sup. ras. lijk toOm. MSS. ceteri omnes. hym silf. Therforand therfor S. whanne alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, and alle the volatils of heuene weren formed of erthe, the Lord God brouȝte tho to Adam, that he schulde se what he schulde clepe tho; for al thing that Adam clepide of lyuynge soule, thilkethat K. is the name therof. And Adam clepide bi her names alle ly|uynge thingis, and alle volatils, and alle vnresonable beestis of erthe. Forsothe to Adam was not foundun an helpere lijk hym. Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it. And the Lord God bildide the rib which he hadde take fro Adam in to a womman, and brouȝte hir to Adam. And Adam seide, This is now a boon of my boonys, and fleischa fleisch BN. of my fleisch; thissche this IT sec. m. schal be clepid viragovirago, that is, takun of man BFKNOX., `for shethis W. is takun of manOm. F.. Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schalhe schal S. cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. Forsothe euer eithir was nakid, that is, Adam and hisEue his ELP. wijf, and thei weren not aschamed.

 CAP. III.

But andOm. GO pr. m. QRT. the serpent was feller than alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, whiche the Lord God haddehath I. maad. WhichThe whiche I. serpent seide to the womman, Why comaundide God to ȝou, that ȝe schulden not ete of ech tre of paradis? To whom the womman answerde, We eten of the fruyt of trees that ben in paradis; sothely God comaundide to vs, that we schulden not ete of the fruyt of the tre, which is in the myddis of para|dijs, and that we schulden not touche it, lest perauenture we dien. Forsothe the serpent seide to the womman, Ȝe schulen not die bi deeth; for whi God woot thatfor S. in what euere dai ȝe schulen ete therof, ȝoure iȝen schulen be opened, and ȝe schulen be as Goddis, knowynge good and yuel. Therfor the womman seiȝ that the tre was good, and swete to ete, and fair to the iȝen, and delitable in biholdyng; and sche took of the fruyt therof, and eet, and ȝaf to hir hosebonde, and he eet. And the iȝen of bothe weren openid; and whanne thei knewen that thei weren nakid, thei sewiden the leeues of a fige tre, and maden brechis to hem silf. And whanne thei herden the vois of the Lord God goynge in paradijs at the wynd after myddai, Adamand Adam FG. and his wijf hidden hem fro the face of the Lord God in theOm. S. middis of the tretrees S. of paradijs. And the Lord God clepide Adam, and seide to hym, Where art thou? And Adam seide, Y herde thi vois in paradijs, and Y drede, for Y was nakid, and Y hidde me. To whom the Lord seide, Who forsotheOm. GQT pr. m. schewide to thee that thou were nakid, no but for thou hast ete of the tre of whichthe which I. Y co|maundide to thee that thou schuldist not ete? And Adam seide, The womman which thou ȝauest felowe to me, ȝaf meto me MSS. cet. omnes. of the tre, and Y eet. And the Lord seide to the womman, Whi didist thou this thing? Whichthe which I. answerde, The serpent disseyued me, and Y eet. And the Lord God seide to the serpent, For thou didist this, thou schalt be cursid among alle lyuynge thingis and vnresonable beestis of erthe; thou schalt go on thi brest, and thou schalt ete erthe inOm. G. alle daiesthe dayes X sec. m. of thi liif; Y schal sette enemytees bitwixe thee and the wom|man, and bitwixe thi seed and hir seed; scheand sche BN. schal breke thin heed, and thou schalt sette aspiesspies DGQRT. to hir heele. Also God seide to the womman, Y schal multiplie thi wretchidnessis and thi conseyuyngis; in sorewe thou schalt bere thi children; and thou schalt be vndur powerthe power BEFL MNOPWXd. of thethin DLRT. hose|bonde, and he schal be lord of thee. Sothely God seyde to Adam, For thou herdist the voys of thi wijf, and hast ete of the tree, of which Y comaundide to thee that thou schuldist not ete, the erthe schal be cursid in thi werkwerk, that is, for thi synne BGKNOQ.; in traueylis thou schalt ete therof inand in G. alle daiesthe daies KX sec. m. of thi lijf; it schal brynge forth thornes and breris to thee, and thou schalt ete eerbis of the erthe; in swoot of thi cheercheer ether bodi BGNOQ. ch. or b. K. thou schalt ete thi breed, til thou turne aȝen in to theOm. S. erthe of whichthe which A pr. m. BEFGKN. thou art takun; for thou art dust, and thou schalt turne aȝen in to dust. And Adam clepide the name of his wijf Eue, for sche was the moder of alle men lyuynge. And the Lord God made cootis of skynnys to Adam and Eue his wijf, and clothide hem; and seide, Lo! Adam is maad as oon of vs, and knowith good and yuel; now therfore se ȝe, lest per|auenture he putte his hond, and take of the tre of lijf, and ete, and lyue with outen endeende, that is, by long tyme. BGKNOQX.. AndOm. BN. the Lord God senteputte M. hym out of paradijs of likyng, that he schulde worche the erthe, of which he was takun. And God castidekeste S. out Adam, and settidesette S. bifore paradis of lykyng cheru|byncherubyn, that is, keping of aungels BKNOQ., and a swerd of flawme andOm. N. turn|yngeof turnynge K. abouteturnynge aboute ethir pleaunt X. to kepe the weie of the tre of lijf.

 CAP. IV.

Forsothe Adam knewe Eue his wijf, which conseyuede, and childide Cayn, and seide, Y haue gete a man bi God. And efte sche childide his brother Abel. For|sothe Abel was a kepere of scheep, and Cayn was an erthe tilyere. Sotheli it was don after many daies, that Cayn offride ȝiftis to the Lord of the fruytis of erthethe erthe F.; and Abel offride of the first gendridfirst gendrid or of the cheef S. of his floc, and of the fatnessefatnessis BKN. of tho. And the Lord bihelde toOm. GQ. Abel and to the ȝiftis of hym; sotheli he bihelde not to Cayn and to hise ȝiftis. And Cayn was wrooth greetli, and his cheer felde dounfelde doun, that is, he was heuy S.. And the Lord seide to hym, Whi art thou wrooth, and whi felde doun thi face? Whetherwher MSS. cet. omnes. not if thou schalt do wel, thou schalt resseyueresseyue wel S.; but if thou doist yuele, thi synne schal be present anoon in the ȝatis? but the desir theroftherof, that is, of synne S. schal be vndur thee, and thou schalt be lord therof. And Cayn seide to Abel his brother, Go we out. And whanne thei weren in the feeld, Cayn roos aȝens his brother Abel, and killide him. And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Whichthe which I. an|swerde, Y woot not; whetherwher MSS. cet. omnes. Y am the kepere of my brothir? And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe. Now therfor thou schalt be cursidacursid E. on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir. Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not ȝyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle theOm. ELP. daies of thi lijf. And Cayn seide to the Lord, My wickidnesse is more than that Y disserue forȝyuenesse; lo! to dai thou castist me out fro theOm. S. face of theOm. G. erthe; and Y schal be hid fro thi face, and Y schal be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute in erthe; therfore ech man that schal fynde me schal slee me. And the Lord seide to hym, It schal not be don so, but ech man that schal slee Cayn shal be punyschid seuenfold. And the Lord set|tidesette S passim. a signe in Cayn, that ech man that schulde fynde hym schulde not slee hym. And Cayn ȝede out fro the face of the Lord, and dwellide fleynge aboute in erthe, at the eest coost of EdenEden, that is, of ertheli paradys GKNQ. Ed. that is, in e. p. OX.. Forsothe Cayn knewe his wiif, which conseyuede, and childide Enoth; and Cayn bildide a citee, and clepide the name therofOm. DGOQRTX. of the name of hise sone Enoth. Forsothe Enoth gen|dridegaat I throughout this and two following chapters. Irad, and Irad gendride Manyael, and Manyael gendride Matusael, and Ma|tusael gendride Lameth; that took twei wyues, the name to othe OA pr. m. G. wijf was Ada, and the name to the totheroother I. was Sella. And Ada gendride Jabel, that was the fadir of dwellers in tentis and of shepherdis; and the name of his brother was Tubal, he was the fadir of syngeristhe singers E. in harpe and orgun. And Sella gendride Tubalcayn, that was an hamerbetere, and smyȝt on alle werkis of bras and of yrun; forsothe the sistir of Tubalcayn was Neoma. And Lameth seide to his wyues Ada and Sella, Ȝe wyues of Lameth, herehere ȝe DGOQRTX pr. m. hereth F. my vois, and herkneherkne ȝe IX sec. m. my word; for Y haue slayn a man bi my wounde, andOm. S. a ȝong wexynge man biin B. my `violent betyngsorowe B. violent betyng ether my sorewe G. v. b. ether in m.s. KOQX. sorowe ether bi my v. b. N.; veniaunce schal be ȝouun seuenfold of Cayn, forsothe ofOm. S. Lameth seuentisithis seuensithis. Also ȝit Adam knewe his wijf, and sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Seth, and seide, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cayn killide. But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this EnosOm. K. bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.

 CAP. V.

This is the book of generaciounthe generacioun GOXd. of Adam, in the dai wher ynne God made man of nouȝt. God made man to theOm. D. ymage and licnesse of God; God formede hem male and female, and blesside hem, and clepide the name of hem Adam, in the day in which thei weren formed. Forsothe Adam lyuede an hundrid ȝeer and thretti, and gendride a sone to his ymage and liknesse, and clepide his name Seth. And the daies of Adam after that he gendride Seth weren maad eiȝte hun|drid ȝeerȝeris I., and he gendride sones and douȝtris. And al the tyme in which Adam lyuede was maad nyne hundrid ȝeer and thretti, and he was deed. AlsoAnd EKM. Seth lyuede an hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and gen|dride Enos. And Seth lyuede aftir that he gendride Enos eiȝte hundrid and seuen ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. And alle theOm. ELP. daies of Seth weren maad nyne hundrid and twelue ȝeer, and he was deed. Forsothe Enos lyuede nynti ȝeernynti ȝeer, that is, foure score ȝeer and ten KN., and gendride Caynan; aftir whos birthe Enos lyuede eiȝte hundrid and fiftene ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. And alle the daies of Enos weren maad nyne hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and he was deed. Also Caynan lyuyde seuenti ȝeer, and gendride Malalehel. And Caynan lyuede after that he gendride Malalehel eiȝte hundrid and fourti ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝ|tris. And alle the dayes of Caynan weren maad nyn hundrid and ten ȝeer, and he was deed. Forsothe Malalehel lyuede sixti ȝeer and fyue, and gendride Jared. And Malalehel lyuede aftir that he gendride Jared eiȝte hundrid and thretti ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. And alle the daies of Malalehel weren maad eiȝte hun|drid nynti and fyue ȝeer, and he was deed. And Jared lyuede an hundrid and two and sixti ȝeer, and gendride Enoth. And Jared lyuede aftir that he gendride Enoth eiȝte hundrid ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. And alle the dayes of Jared weren maad nyn hundrid and twei and sexti ȝeer, and he was deed. Forsothe Enoth lyuede fyue and sixti ȝeer, and gen|dride Matusalem. And Enoth ȝede with God; and Enoth lyuede after that he gen|dride Matusalem thre hundrid ȝeer, and gendridehe gendride N pr. m. sones and douȝtris. And alle the daies of Enoth weren maadOm. ELP. thre hun|dride and fyue and sexti ȝeer. And Enoth ȝeed with God, and apperide not afterward, for God took hym awei. Also Matusalem lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor ȝeer and seueneseuene and eiȝti ȝeer BEKLMNOPWX., and gendride Lameth. And Ma|tusalem lyuede after that he gendride La|meth seuene hundrid and `fourscoor ȝeer and tweitwo and eiȝti ȝeer BE GKLMNOPWX., and gendride sones and douȝtris. And alle the daies of Matusale weren maad nyn hundrid and nyn and sixti ȝeer, and he was deed. Forsothe Lameth lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor ȝeer and twotwo and eiȝti ȝeer BE GKLMNOPWX., and gendride a sone; and clepide his name Noe, and seide, This man schal comforte vs of the werkis and traueilis of oure hondis, in the loond which the Lord curside. And Lameth lyuede after that he gendride Noe fyue hundrid `nynti and fyueiiij. score and xv. RT. ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝ|tris. And alle the daies of Lameth weren maad seuene hundrid `thre scoor and se|uenteneseuenti and seuen BEGKLMNOPQW. ȝeer, and he was deed.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe Noe whanne he was of fyue hundrid ȝeer gendride Sem, Cham, and Ja|feth. And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douȝtris, the sones of God seiȝen the douȝ|tris of men that thei weren faire, and token wyues to hem of alle whiche thei hadden chose. And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti ȝeer. Sotheli giauntis weren on erthethe erthe E. in tho daies, forsothe aftir that the sones of God entriden to the douȝtris of men, and tho douȝtris gendriden; these weren myȝti of the world and famouse menfamouse men, that is, of yuel fame, (name K) for thei weren rauenouris and lec|chouris. BFGKNQX. fam. men or of yuel faam. S.. Sotheli God seiȝ that myche malice of men was in erthe, and that al the thouȝt of herteher herte S. was ententifententif ethir ȝouun BDIN. to yuel in al tyme, and repentidehe re|pentide K sec. m. it rep. S. himrepentide hym. Pe|naunce, so|rowe, and othere pas|syouns, ethir disesis, ben not in ony maner in God by truthe, but by liknesse; and therfore it is seid that he repentide, for he hadde hym silf at the ma|ner of a man repentinge, and wolde distrye that that he made bifore. BFGKQUX. that he haddeOm. ELP. maad man in erthe; and God was war bifore aȝens tyme to comyng, and was touchid with sorewe of hertesorowe of herte. For he hadde him silf at the maner of a man sorow|inge, in doynge awey man, whom he hadde formed to his ymage. Lyre here. BFGKQUX. Penaunce, either sorewe of herte, fallith not in God, to whom the sentence of alle thingis is as stidefast as the biforeknow|ynge is certeyn, sith hooly scripture vsith comoun wordis, and confermeth it to oure litil|nesse, either freelte, that bi thingis knowen we knowe vn|knowe thingis, for whi the ire of God is not disturblynge of wil, but doom whiche is ȝouen to the synnere; forsothe the thouȝt of his herte is vn|chaungeable re|soun of thingis, that shulen be chaungid; God semeth to re|pente, while he chaungith the werk. The glose here. Ne|theles his wil and ordinaunce dwellith vn|chaungeable. The glose en|tirlinarie here. GFKQUX. with ynne; and seide, Y schal do awei man, whom Y made of nouȝt, fro the face of theOm. EN pr. m. erthe, fro man til to lyuynge thingis, fro crepynge beeste til to the briddis of heuene; for it repentithforthenkith G. me that Y made hem. / Forsothe Noe foond grace bifore the Lord. These ben the ge|neraciouns of Noe. Noe was a iust man and perfita perfit S. in hise generaciouns; Noe ȝede with God, and gendride thre sones, Sem, Cam, and Jafeth. Forsothe theOm. S. erthe was corrupt bifore God, and was fillid with wickidnes. And whanne God seiȝ, that the erthe was corrupt, for ech fleisch etheror ELP. man hadde corruptcorrupted KOX. his weie on erthe, he seide to Noe, The ende of al fleischthe fleisch EL. is comen bifore me; the erthe is fillid with wickidnesse of the face of hem, and Y schal distrye hem with the erthe. Make thou to thee a schip of trees hewun and planed; thou schalt make dwellynge placis in the schip, and thou schalt anoynte it with pitche with ynne and with out|forth. And so thou schalt make it. The lengthe of the schip schal be of thre hun|drid cubitis, theand the ELP pr. m. brede schal be of fifti cubitis, and the hiȝnesse therof schal be ofin E. Om. GLQRT. thretti cubitis. Thou schalt make a wyndow in the schip, and thou schalt ende the hiȝnesse therof in aoo S. cubite; so|theli thou schalt sette the dore of the schip in the side binethe; thou shalt make soleris and placis of thre chaumbris in the schip. Lo! Y schal brynge `watris of di|luuye etherOm. S. diluuye or ELP. greetof the greet BN. of greet DFGKMOQRTWXd. flood on erthevpon the erthe S., and Y schal sle ech fleisch in which is the spi|rit of lijf vndir heuene, and alle thingis that ben in erthe, schulen be wastid. And Y schal sette my couenaunt of pees with thee; and thou schalt entre in to the schip, and thy sones, and thi wijf, and the wiues of thi sones schulen entre with thee. And of alle lyuynge beestis of al fleisch thou schalt brynge in to the schip tweyne and tweyne, of male kynde and female, that thei lyue with thee; of briddis bi her kynde, and of werk beestis in her kynde, and of ech crepynge beeste of erthe, by her kynde; tweyne and tweyne of alle schulen entre with thee, that thei moun lyue. Therfore thou schalt take with thee of alle metis that moun be etun, and thou schalt bere to gidre at thee, and tho schulen be as well to thee as to thetho BN. Om. S. beestis in to mete. Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche God comaundide to hym.

 CAP. VII.

Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to thethi I. schip, for Y seiȝ thee iust bifore me in this genera|cioun. Of alle clene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi seuene and bi seuene, male and female; forsothe of vnclene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female; butand S. also of vo|latils of heuene thou schalt take, bi seuene and bi seuene, male and female, thatand I. her seed be saued on the face of al erthe. For ȝit and aftir seuene daies Y schal reyne on erthe fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis, and Y schal do awey al substaunce which Y made, fro the face of erthe. Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to hym. And he was ofOm. E. sixe hundrid ȝeer, whanne theOm. S. watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe. And Noe entride in to the schip, and hise sones, and hise wijf, and the wyues of his sones, entriden with him for the watris of the greet flood. And of lyuynge beestis clene and vnclene, and of briddis of heuene, and of ech beeste which is moued on erthe, bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female entriden to Noe in to the schip, as the Lord co|maundide to Noe. And whanne seuene daies hadden passid, theOm. S. watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe. In the sixe hundrid ȝeer of the lijf of Noe, inOm. S. the secunde moneth, in the seuententhe dai of the moneth, alle the wellis of the greet see weren brokun, and the wyndowis of he|uene weren opened, and reyn was maad on erthe fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis. In the ende of that dai Noe entride, and Sem, Chamand Cham DGLQRT., and Japheth, hise sones, hisand his E. wijf, and the wyues of hise sones, entriden with hem into the schip. Thei entriden, and ech beeste bi his kynde, andOm. E. alle werk beestis in her kynde, and ech beeste which is moued on erthe in his kynde, and ech volatil bi his kynde; alle briddis and alle volatils entridenbi her kynde, alle briddis and alle volatils entriden I. to Noe in to the schip, bi tweyne and bi tweyne of ech fleisch in whiche the spirit of lijf was. And tho that entriden, entriden male and female of ech fleisch, as God comaundide to hym. And the Lord encloside hym fro with out|forth. And the greet flood was maad fourti daies and fourti niȝtis on erthe, and theOm. S. watris weren multiplied, and reiseden the schip onan BDE et plures. hiȝ fro erthethe erthe ILS.. The watris flowiden greetli, and filliden alle thingis in the face of erthethe erthe S.. Forsothe the schip was borun on the watris. And the watris hadden maistriethe maistrie BN. greetli on erthe, and alle hiȝe hillis vndur alle heuene weren hilid; the watyr was hiȝere bi fiftene cubitis ouer the hilis whiche it hilide. And ech fleisch was wastid that was moued on erthe, of briddis, of lyuynge beestis, of vnresonable beestis, and of alle `reptilis that crepencrepinge beestis S. on erthe. Alle men, and alle thingis in whiche the brething of lijf was in erthe, weren deed. And God dide awei al substauncethe substaunce S. that was on erthe, fro man til to beeste, as wel a crepynge beeste as the briddis of heuene; and tho weren doon awei fro erthe. Forsothe Noe dwellide aloone, and thei that weren with hym in the schip. And the watris of the greetOm. G. flood ouere|ȝeden the erthe an hundrid and fifti daies.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe the Lord hadde mynde ofon I. Noe, and of alle lyuynge beestis, and of alle werk beestis, that weren with hym in the schip; and brouȝte a wynd on the erthe. And watris weren decreessiddecreessid or swagid S., and the wellis of the see weren closid, and theOm. E. wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid. And wa|trys turneden aȝen fro erthethe erthe S., and ȝeden aȝen, and bigunnen to be decreessiddecreessid or swagid S. aftir an hundrid and fifti daies. And the schip restide in the seuenthe monthe, in the se|uene and twentithe dai of the monthe, on the hillis of Armenye. And sotheli the watrys ȝeden and decresiden til to the tenthe monethe, for in the tenthe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the coppis of hillis apperiden. And whanne fourti daies werenhadden BDEGIKLMNP SXd. passid, Noe openyde the wyn|dow of the schip which he hadde maad, and sente out a crowe, which ȝede out, andOm. G. turnede not aȝen til the watris weren dried on erthe. Also Noe sente out a cul|uer aftir hym, to se if the watris hadden ceessid thanne on of A. the face of erthethe erthe L.; and whanne the culuer foond not where hir foot schulde reste, sche turnede aȝen to hym in to the schip, for theOm. S. watris weren on al erthe; and Noe helde forth his hoond, and brouȝte the culuer takun in to the schip. Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leetsente ELP. out a culuer fro the schip; and sche cam to hym at euentid, and bare in hir mouth a braunche of olyue tre with greene leeuys. Therfor Noe vndirstood that the watris hadden ceessid on erthe; and neuerthe|lesseneuerthelattere K. netheles IOSTX. he abood seuene othere daies, and sente out a culuer, which turnede `no morenot G. aȝen to hym. Therfor in the sixe hundrid and o ȝeer of the lijf of Noe, in the firstetenthe M. Om. EFKLPS. monethe, in the firste day of the monethe, watris weren decreessid on erthe; and Noe openede the roof of the schip, and bihelde and seiȝ that the face of the erthe was dried. In the secunde monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, the erthe was maad drie. Sotheli the Lord spak to Noe; and seide, Go out of the schip, thou, and thi wijf, thiand thi S. sones, and the wyues of thi sones with thee; and lede out with thee alle lyuynge beestis that ben atwith S. thee of ech fleisch, as wel in volatilis as inOm. E. vnresonable beestis, and alle `reptils that crepencrepinge beestis S. on erthe; and entre ȝe on theOm. F. erthe, encreesse ȝe, and be ȝe multiplied on erthe. Therfor Noe ȝede out, and hise sones, and his wijf, and the wyues of hise sones with hym; but also alle lyuynge beestis, and werk beestis, and `reptils that crepencrepinge beestis S. on erthe, bi her kynde, ȝeden out of the schip. Forsothe Noe bildide an auter to the Lord, and he took of alle clene beestis and briddis, and offride brent sacrifices on the auter. And the Lord sauerede the odour of swetnesse, and seide to hym, Y schal no more curse the erthe for men, for the wit and thouȝt of mannus herte ben rediredi ether proone FK. prome ether redi BN. in to yuel fro ȝong wexynge age; therfor Y schal no more smyte ech lyuynge soule as Y dide; in alle theOm. BEGIN. daies of erthe, seed and ripe corn, coold and heete, somer and wyntir, nyȝt and dai, shulen not reste.

 CAP. IX.

And God blisside Noe and hise sones, and seide to hem, Encreesse ȝe, and be ȝe multiplied, and fille ȝe the erthe; and ȝoure drede and tremblyng be on alle vn|resonable beestis ofon S. erthe, and on alle briddis of heuene, with alle thingis that ben moued in erthe; alle fischis of the see ben ȝouun to ȝoure hond. And al thing which is moued and lyueth schal be to ȝou in to mete; Y have ȝoue to ȝou alle thingis as greene wortis, outakun that ȝe schulen not ete fleisch with bloodthe blood S., for Y schal seke the blood of ȝoure lyues of the hoond of alle vnresonable beestis and of the hoond of man, of the hoond of man and of hys brother Y schal seke the lijf of man. Who euere schedith out mannus blood, his blood schal be sched; for man is maad to the ymage of God. For|sothe encreesse ȝe, and be ȝeOm. S. multiplied, and entre ȝe on erthe, and fille ȝe it, Also the Lord seide thes thingis to Noe, and to his sones with him, Lo! Y schal make my couenaunt with ȝou, and with ȝour seed after ȝou, and to ech lyuynge soule which is with ȝou, as wel in briddis as in werk beestis and smale beestis of erthe, and to alle thingis that ȝeden out of thethi S. schip, and to alle vnre|sonable beestis of erthe. Y schal make my couenaunt with ȝou, and ech fleisch schal no more be slayn of theOm. S. watris of the greet flood, nethir the greet flood dis|triynge al erthe schal be more. And God seide, This is the signe of boond of pees, which Y ȝyue bitwixebitwene FOQX. me and you, and to ech lyuynge soule which is with you, in to euerlastynge generaciounsgeneracioun I.. Y schal sette my bowe in the cloudis, and it schal be a signe of boond of pees bitwixebitwene L. me and erthe; and whanne Y schal hile heuene with cloudis, my bowe schal ap|pere in the cloudis, and Y schal haue mynde of my boond of pees which Y made with ȝou, and with ech soule lyuynge, that nurschith fleisch; and the watris of the greet flood schulen no more be to do awey al fleish. And my bowe schal be in the cloudis, and Y schal se it, and Y schal haue mynde of euerlastyngethe euerlastynge S. boond of pees, which is maad bitwixebitwene LW. God and man, and ech soul lyuynge of al fleisch which is on erthe. And God seide to Noe, This schal be a signe of boond of pees, which Y made bitwixebitwene W. me and ech fleisch on erthe. Therfore thei that ȝeden out of the schip weren Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth; forsothe Cham, thilke is the fadir of Chanaan. These thre weren the sones of Noe, and al the kynde of men was sowun of hem on al erthe. And Noe, an erthe tiliere, bigan to tile the erthe, and he plauntide a viner, and he drank wyn, and washe was G. drunkun; and he was nakid, and lay in his tabernacle. And whanne Cham, the fadir of Chanaan, hadde seien this thing, that is, that the schameful membris of his fadir weren maad nakid, he telde toOm. S. hise tweye britheren with out forth. And sotheliOm. I. Sem and Jafeth put|tiden a mentil on her schuldris, and thei ȝeden bacward, and hileden the schameful membris of her fadir, and her faces weren turned awei, and thei sien not the priuy membris of her fadir. And forsotheOm. DG. Noe wakidewas wakide X sec. m. of the wyn, and whanne he hadde lerned what thingis his lesselesse or ȝunger S. sone hadde do to hym, he seide, Cursid be the child Canaan, he schal be seruaunt of seruauntis to hise britheren. And Noe seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan be the seruaunt toof omnes. Sem; God alarge Jafeth, and dwelledwelle he KS. in the tabernaclis of Sem, and Chanaan be seruauntthe seruaunt cet. omnes. of hym. Forsothe Noe lyuede aftir the greet flood thre hun|drid and fifti ȝeer; and alle the daies of hym weren fillid nyn hundrid and fifty ȝeer, and he was deed.

 CAP. X.

These ben the generaciouns of the sones of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And sones weren borun toof S. hem aftir the greet flood. The sones of Jafeth weren Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, andOm. cet. omnes. Jauan, and Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras. For|sothe the sones of Gomer weren Asseneth, and Rifath, and Thogorma. Forsothe the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodanym; of these sones the ylis of hethenthe hethen G. men weren departid in her cuntrees, ech bi hisher G. langage and mey|nees, in hise naciouns. Sotheli the sones of Cham weren Thus, and Mesraym, and Futh, and Chanaan. Forsothe the sones of Thus weren Saba, and Euila, and Saba|tha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan. Forsothe Thus gendridebigaat I. Nemroth; he bigan to be myȝti in erthe, and he was aOm. W. strong hunterehuntere, that is, oppressere BCN. or opp. ELP. either opp. GKQSWX. of men bifore the Lord; of hym a prouerbe ȝedewent D. out, as Nemroth, a strong huntere bifore the Lord. Sotheli the bigynnyng of his rewme was Babi|loyne, and Arach, and Archad, and Tha|lamye, in the lond of Sennaar. Assur ȝede out of that lond, and bildide Nynyue, `and stretis of thethat K. citeeOm. W., and Chale, and Resen bitwixe Nynyue and Chale; thisthat G. is a greet citee. And sotheli Mesraym gendridegaat I. Ludym, and Anamym, and Laa|bym, Neptuymand Neptuym GNX., and Ferrusym, and Ces|luym; of which the Filisteis and Captu|rym camen forth. Forsothe Chanaan gen|dride Sidon, his firste gendride sone, Ethei, andOm. E. Jebusei, and Amorrei, Gergesei, Euei, and Arathei, Ceney, andOm. I. Aradie, Sama|rites, and Amathei; and puplis of Cha|naneis weren sowun abrood bi these men. And the termes of Chanaan weren maad to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to Lesa. These weren the sones of Cham, in her kynredis, and langagis, and genera|ciouns, and londis, and folkis. Also of Sem weren borun the fadris of alle the sones of Heber, and Japhet was the moremore or eldir S. brother. The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arfaxath, and Lud, and Aram. The sones of Aram weren Vs, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes. And sotheli Arfaxath gendride Sale, of whom Heber was borun. And twei sones weren borun to Heber, the name to othe o FGK. sone was Faleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brothir was Jectan. And thilke Jectan gendridebigaat I. Elmodad, and Salech, and Asamoth, Jare, and Adhuram, and Vsal, and Deda, and Ebal, and Aby|mahel, Saba, and Ofir, and Euila, and Jo|bab; alle these weren the sones of Jectan. And the habitacioun of hem was maad fro Messa, as `me goithmen goinge BN. til to Sefar, an hil of the eest. These ben the sones of Sem, bi kynredis, and langagis, and cuntrees, in her folkis. These benweren C. the meynees of Noe, bi her puplis and naciouns; folkis in erthe weren departid of these aftir the greet flood.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe the lond was of o langagelange LP., and of the same speche. And whanne thei ȝeden forth fro the eest, thei fonden a feeld in the lond of Sennaar, and dwell|identhei dwelliden S. ther ynne. And oonanother C. seide to his neiȝbore, Come ȝeOm. S., and make we tiel stonys, and bakebake or eelde S. we tho with fier; and thei hadden tiel for stonus, and pitchepicche ether strong glu CQ. for morter; and seidenthei seiden S., Come ȝe, and make we to vs a citee and toura toure S., whos hiȝnesse stretche `til tovnto I. heuene; and make we solempne oure name bifor that we be de|partid in to alle londis. Forsothe the Lord cam down to seOm. E. the citee and tourthe tour KS., which the sones of Adam bildidenbilden K.. And he seide, Lo! the puple is oon, and o lan|gage is to alle, and thei han bigunne to make this, nethir thei schulen ceesse of her thouȝtis, til thei fillen tho in werk; therfor come ȝe, go we doun, and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiȝbore. And so the Lord departide hem fro that place in to alle londis; and thei cessiden to bielde athe KS. cytee. And therfor the name therof was clepid Babel, for the langage of al erthe was confoundide there; and fro thennus the Lord scaterede hem on the face of alle cuntrees. These ben the ge|neraciouns of Sem. Sem was of an hun|drid ȝeer whanne he gendridegaat I, and so throughout the chapter. Arfaxath, twey ȝeer aftir the greet flood. And Sem lyuede aftir that he gendride Arfaxath fyue hundrid ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. Forsothe Arfaxath lyuede fyue and thretti ȝeer, and gendride Sale; and Arfaxath lyuede aftir that he gendride Sale thre hundride and thre ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. AlsoAnd IK. Sale lyuede thretti ȝeer, and gendride Heber; and Sale lyuede after that he gendride Heber foure hundrid and thre ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. Sotheli He|ber lyuede foure and thretti ȝeer, and gen|dride Falech; and Heber lyuede aftir that he gendride Falech foure hundrid and thretti ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝ|tris. Also Falech lyuede thretti ȝeer, and gendride Reu; and Falech lyuede aftir that he gendride Reu two hundrid and nyne ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝ|tris. AndForsothe cet. omnes. Reu lyuede two and thretti ȝeer, and gendride Saruch; and Reu lyuede aftir that he gendride Saruch two hundrid and seuene ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝtris. Sotheli Saruch lyuede thretti ȝeer, and gendride Nachor; and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gendridehade gendride S. Nacor two hundrid ȝeer, and gendride sones and douȝ|tris. Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti ȝeer, and gendride Thare; and Na|chor lyuede after that he gendride Thare an hundrid and nynetene ȝeer, and gen|dride sones and douȝtris. And Thare lyuede seuentithre score and X. D. ȝeer, and gendride Abram, andOm. D. Nachor, and Aran. Sotheli these ben the generaciouns of Thare. Thare gen|dride Abram, Nachor, and Aran. For|sothe Aran gendride Loth; and Aran diede bifore Thare, his fadir, in the lond of his natiuite, in Vr of Caldeis. Forsothe Abram and Nachor weddiden wyues; the name of the wijf of Abram was Saray, and the name of the wiif of Nachor was Melcha, the douȝter of Aran, fadir of Melcha and fadir of Jescha. Sotheli Saray was ba|reyn, and hadde no children. And so Thare took Abram, his sone, and Loth, the sone of Aran his sone, and Saray, his douȝter in lawe, the wijf of Abram, his sone, and ledde hem out of Vr of Caldeis, that thei schulen go in to the lond of Cha|naan; and thei camen `til tovnto I. Aran, and dwellidenthei dwelliden F pr. m. there. And the daies of Thare weren maad two hundrid ȝeer and fyue, and he was deed in Aran.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe the Lord seide to Abram, Go thou out of thi lond, and of thi kynrede, and of the hous of thi fadir, and come thou in to the lond which Y schal schewe to thee; and Y schal make thee in to a greet folk, and Y schal blisse thee, and Y schal magnyfie thi name, and thou schalt be blessid; Y schal blesse hem that blessen thee, and Y schal curse hem that cursen thee; and alle kynredis of erthe schulen be blessid in thee. And so Abram ȝede out, as the Lord comaundide hym, and Loth ȝede with hym. Abram was ofOm. D et plures. `thre scoor ȝeer and fiftenefyue and seuenty ȝeer BGKMNOQW. whanne he ȝede out of Aran. And he took Saray, his wijf, and Loth, the sone of his brother, and al the substaunce which thei hadden in possessioun, and the men whiche thei hadden bigete in Aran; and thei ȝeden out that thei `schulen goȝeden G. in to the loond of Chanaan. And whanne they camen in to it, Abram passide thorou the lond til to the place of Sichem, and til to the noble valey. Forsothe Chananei was thanne in the lond. Sotheli the Lord apperide to Abram, and seide to hym, Y schal ȝyue this lond to thi seed. And Abram bildidebilte K. there an auter to the Lord, that apperide to hym. And fro thennus he passide forth totil to DGQRT. the hil Bethel, that was aȝens the eest, and settidehe sette S. there his tabernacle, hauynge Bethel fro the west, and Hay fro the eest. AndOm. A sec. m. he bildide also there an auter to the Lord, and inwardli clepide his name. And Abram ȝede goynge and goynge forth ouer to the south. Sotheli hungur was maad in the lond; and Abram ȝede doun in to Egipt, to be a pilgrime ther, for hun|gur hadde maistriethe maistrie EG. in the lond. And whanne he was nyȝ to entre in toOm. S. Egipt, he seide to Saray, his wijf, Y knowe that thou art a fair womman, and that whanne Egipcians schulen se thee, thei schulen seie, it is his wijf, and thei schulen sle me, and `schulen reserue theekepe thee S.. Therfor, Y bi|seche thee, seie thouOm. IX., that thou art my sistir, that it be wel to me for thee, and that my lijf lyue for louethe loue BN. of thee. And so whanne Abram haddeOm. G. entrid in to Egipt, Egipcians sien the womman that sche was ful fair; and the prynces telden to Farao, and preiseden hir anentis him; and the womman was takun vp in to the hous of Farao. Forsothe thei vsiden wel Abram for hir; and scheep, and oxun, and assis, and seruauntis, and seruauntessis, and sche assis, and camels weren to hym. Forsothe the Lord beet Farao and his hous with moste veniaunces, for Saray, the wijf of Abram. And Farao clepide Abram, and seide to hym, What is it that thou hast do to me? whi schewidist thou not to me, that sche was thi wijf? for what cause seidist thou, that sche was thi sister, that Y schulde take hir inOm. K. to wife to me? Now therfor lo! thi wiif; take thou hir, and go. And Farao comaundide to men on Abram, and theithat thei EPL. ledden forth hym, and his wijf, and alle thingis that he hadde.

 CAP. XIII.

Therfore Abram stiede fro Egipt, he, and his wijf, and alle thingis that he hadde; and Loth stiede with hym, to the south coost. Forsothe he was ful riche in pos|sessyoun of siluer and of gold. And he turnede aȝen bi the weye in which he cam fro the south in to Bethel, `til tovnto I. the place, in which bifore he hadde sett taber|nacle,a tabernacle S. bitwixe Bethel and Hay, in the place of the auter which he made bifore, and inwardli clepideclepe N. thereOm. G. the name of theoure L. Lord. But also flockis of scheep, and droues of oxun, and tabernaclis weren to Loth, that was with Abram; and the lond miȝte not take hem, that thei schulden dwelle togidre, for the catel of hem was myche, and thei miȝten not dwelle in comyn. Wherfor also strijf was maad bi|twixe the keperis of flockis of Abram and ofOm. E. Loth. Forsothe Chananei and Feresei dwelliden in that lond in that tyme. Ther|for Abram seide to Loth, Y bisechebiseche thee S., that no strijf be bitwixe me and thee, and bi|twixe my scheepherdis and thi scheep|herdis; for we ben britheren. Lo! al the lond is bifore thee, Y biseche, departe thou fro me; if thou gogoist I. to the left side, Y schal holde the riȝt side; if thou chesechesist I. the riȝt side, Y schal go to the left side. And so Loth reiside hise iȝen, and seiȝ aboute al the cuntrei of Jordan, which was al moistid, bifor that the Lord distriede So|dom and Gomorre, as paradis of the Lord, and as Egipt, as men comen in to Segor. And Loth chees to him the cuntre aboute Jordan, and departide fro the eest; and thei weren departid ech fro his brother. Abram dwellide in the lond of Chanaan; sotheli Loth dwellide in townes aboute Jordan, and wonide in Sodom. Forsothe men of Sodom weren ful wickid, and syn|neris greetly bifore the Lord. And the Lord seide to Abram, aftir that Loth was departid fro him, Reise thin iȝen forth riȝt, and se fro the place in which thou art now, to the north and south, to the eest and west; Y schal ȝyue al the lond which thou seest to thee and to thi seed, til in to with outen ende. And Y schal make thi seed as theOm. S. dust of erthethe erthe K.; if ony man may noumbre the dust of erthethe erthe S., also he schal mowe noumbre thi seed. Therfor rise thou, and passe thorou thethis A pr.m. et plures. lond in his lengthe and breede, for Y schal ȝyue it to thee. TherforAnd therfor E. Abram, mouynge his tabernacle, cam and dwellide bisidis the valei of Mambre, which is in Ebron; and he bildide there an auter to the Lord.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe it was don in that tyme, that Amrafel, kyng of Sennaar, and Ariok, kyng of Ponte, and Chodorlaomor, kyng of Elemytis, and Tadal, kyng of folkis, bigun|nen batel aȝens Bara, kyng of Sodom, and aȝens Bersa, kyng of Gomorre, and aȝens Sennaar, kyng of Adama, and aȝens Se|meber, kyng of Seboym, and aȝens the kyng of Bale; thilke Bale is Segor. Alle these camen togidre in to the valey of wode, which is now the see of salt. For in twelue ȝeer thei seruyden Chodorlaomor, and in the threttenthe ȝeer thei departiden fro hym. Therfor Chodorlaomor cam in the fourtenthe ȝeer, and kyngis that weren with him, and thei `han smytesmyten K. Rafaym in Astaroth Carnaym, and Susym with hem, and Emym in Sabe Cariathaym, and Cho|reis in the hillis of Seir, til to theOm. E. feldi placis of Faran, which is in wildirnesse. And thei turneden aȝen, and camen til to the welle Mesphathof Mesphath GK.; thilke is Cades. And thei `han smytesmyten K. al the cuntre of men of Amalec, and Amorrei, that dwellide in Asa|son Thamar. And the kyng of Sodom, and the king of Gomorre, and the kyng of Adama, and the kyng of Seboym, also and the kyng of Bale, which is Segor, ȝeden out, and dressiden scheltrun aȝens hem in the valei of wode, that is, aȝens Chodorla|omor, kyng of Elamytis, and Thadal, kyng of folkis, and Amrafel, kyng of Sennaar, and Ariok, kyng of Ponte; foure kyngis aȝens fyue. Forsothe the valey of theOm. EILMPS. wode hadde many pittis of pitchepicche ether strong glu C. pr.m. GQX.; and so the kyng of Sodom and the kyng of Gomorre turneden the backis, and felden doun there; and thei that leften fledden to the hil. Sotheli thei token awei al the catel of Sodom and Gomorreof Gomorre KLS., and alle thingisthe thingis E. that perteynen to mete, and ȝeden awei; also and thei token awey Loth and his catel, the sone of the brother of Abram, which Loth dwellide in Sodom. And, lo! oon that ascapide, telde to Abram Ebrewthe Ebrew EPL., that dwellide in the valei of Mambre of Amorrei, brother of Escol, and brother of Aner; for these maden coue|naunt of pees with Abram. And whanne Abram hadde herd this thing, that is, Loth his brothir takun, he noumbride his borun seruauntis maad redy threthere thre G. hundrid and eiȝtene, and pursuede hem `til tovnto I. Dan. And whanne his felowis weren departid, he felde on hem inon G. the niȝt, and heOm. ELP. smoot hem, and pursuede hemOm. R. `til tovnto I. Hoba, and Fenyce, which is at the left side of Da|mask. And he brouȝte aȝen al the catel, and Loth his brother with his catel, also wymmen and theOm. C. puple. Sotheli the kyng of Sodom ȝede out in to the metyng of him, after that he turnede aȝen fro sleyngbatel C. of Chodorlaomor, and of kyngisthe kingus S. that weren with him, in the valei of Sabe, which is the valey of the kyng. And sotheli Mel|chisedech, kyng of Salem, brouȝte forth breed and wyn, for he was theOm. BNSW. preest of hiȝestethe hiȝeste KN. God; and he blesside Abram, and seide, Blessid be Abram of hiȝ God, that made heuene and erthe of nouȝt, and blessid be hiȝ God, bi whom defendynge, enemyes ben bitakuntaken EGLP. ininto IS. thin hondis. And Abram ȝaf tithis of alle thingis to hym. For|sothe the kyng of Sodom seide to Abram, Ȝyue thou the men to me; take thou othir thingis to thee. And Abram answerde to hym, Y reyse myn hondishond BC. pr.m. N. to the hiȝ Lord God, LordOm. D. of heuene and of erthe, that fro the threde of oofoof werk C. til to the layner of the hose I schal not take of alle thingis that ben thine, lest thou seie, I made AbramAbraham A. riche; out takun these thingis whiche the ȝonge men eeten, and the partis of men that camen with me, Aner, Escol, and Mambre; these men schulen take her partis.

 CAP. XV.

And so whanne these thingis weren don, the word of the Lord was maad to Abram bi a visiounvisioun ether reuelacioun BCN., and seide, Abram, nyle thou drede, Y am thi defender, and thi meede is ful greetmoche BGQRT.. And Abram seide, Lord God, what schalt thou ȝyue to me? Y schal go with oute fre children, and this Damask, sone of Elieser, the procuratour of myn hous, schal be myn eir. And Abram addideaddide to IKS., Sotheli thou hast not ȝoue seed to me, and, lo! my borun seruaunt schal be myn eir. And anoon the word of the Lord was maad to hym, and seide, Thishe this I. schal not be thin eir, but thou schalt haue hym eir, that schal go out of thi wombe. And the Lord ledde out Abram, and seide to hym, Biholde thou heuene, and noum|bre thouOm. S. sterristhe sterris SX., if thou maist. And the Lord seide to Abram, So thi seed schal be. Abram bileuede to God, and it was arettidrettid I. toOm. G. hym to riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse EILNPS.. And God seide to hym, Y am the Lord, that ladde thee out of Vr of Caldeis, that Y schulde ȝyue this lond to thee, and thou schuldist haue it in possessioun. And Abram seide, Lord GodOm. S., wherbi mayshal G. I wite that Y schal welde it? And the Lord answerde, and seide, Take thou to me a cow of thre ȝeer, and a geet of thre ȝeer, and a ram of thre ȝeer, aand a CX. turtle also, and a culuer. Whichthe which I. took alle these thingis, and departide tho bi the myddis, and settidesette ELPS. euer eithir partispart W. ech aȝens other; but he departide not the briddis. And foulis camen doun on the careyns, and Abram drof hem awey. And whanne the sunne was gon doun, drede felde on Abram, and aOm. S. greet hidousenesse and derk asaylideassayede S. him. And it was seid to hym, Wite thou bifore know|inge, that thi seed schal be pilgrim foure hundrid ȝeer in a lond not his owne, and thei schulen make hem suget to seruage, and thei schulen turment hem; netheles Y schal deme the folk to whom thei schulen serue; and aftir these thingis thei schulen go out with greet catel. Forsothe thou schalt go to thi fadris in pees, and schalt be biried in good age. Sotheli in the fourthefoure D. generacioun thei schulen turne aȝen hidir, for the wickidnesseswickid|nesse IL. of Amo|reis ben not ȝit fillid, `til tovnto I. present tyme. Therfor whanne the sunne was gon doun, a derk myst was maad, and a furneis smokynge apperide, and a laumpe of fier, and passide thorou thothe ILOSWX. departingis. In that dai the Lord made a couenaunt of pees with Abram, and seide, Y schal ȝyue to thi seed this lond, fro the ryuer of Egipt til to the greet ryuer Eufrates;

Cyneis, and Cyneseis, andOm. C. Cethmoneis, and Etheis, and Fereseis, and Raphaym, and Amorreis, and Cananeis, and Gerge|seis, and Jebuseis.

 CAP. XVI.

Therfor Sarai, wijfthe wijf DEGILNPQRST. of Abram, hadde not gendrid fre children; but sche hadde a seruauntesse of Egipt, Agar bi name, and seideshe seide K. Sara seide S. to hir hosebonde, Lo! the LordLord God K. hath closid me, that Y schulde not bere child; entre thou to my seruauntesse, if in hap Y schal take children, nameli of hir. And whanne he assentide to hir preiynge, sche took Agar Egipcian, hir seruauntesse, after ten ȝeer aftir thatOm. S. thei begunne to enhabite inOm. G pr. m. S. the lond of Chanaan, and sche ȝaf Agar wiif to hir hosebonde. And Abram entride to Agar; and Agar seiȝ that sche hadde conseyued, and sche di|spiside hir ladi. And Saray seide to Abram, Thou doist wickidli aȝens me; I ȝaf my seruauntesse in toOm. DS. thi bosum, which seeth, that sche conseyuede, and dispisith me; the Lord deme betwixe me and thee. And Abram answerde and seide to hir, Lo! thi seruauntesse is in thin hond; vse thou hir as `it likiththe likith D sec.m. O sec.m. SX. likith to thee GR. likith, ether as it is leue|ful X.. Therfor forOm. CO. Sarai turmentide hir, sche fledde awei. And whanne the aungel of the Lord hadde founde hir bi|sidis a welle of watir in wildernesse, which welle is in the weie of Sur in deseert, he seide to hir, Fro whennus comest thou Agar, the seruauntesse of Sarai, and whi|dur goist thou? Which answerde, Y fle fro the face of Sarai my ladi. And the aun|gel of the Lord seide to hir, Turne thou aȝen to thi ladi, and be thou mekid vndur hir hondis. And eft he seide, Y multi|pliynge schal multiplie thi seed, and it schal not be noumbrid for multitude. And aftirward he seide, Lo! thou hasthath A. con|seyued, and thou schalt bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Ismael, for the Lord hath herd thi turment; thishe this I. schal be a wielde man; his hond schal be aȝens alle men, and the hondis of alle men schulen be aȝens him; and he schal sette tabernaclis euene aȝens alle his britheren. Forsothe Agar clepide the name of the Lord that spak to hir, Thou God that seiȝest me; for sche seide, Forsothe here Y seiȝ the hyndererehyndere CGF pr. m. KQRd. thingis of him that siȝ me. Therfor sche clepide thilke pit, the pit of hym that lyueth and seeth me; thilk pit is bitwixe Cades and Barad. And Agar childide a sone to Abram, which clepide his name Ismael. Abram was ofOm. ELP. `eiȝti ȝeere and sixefourescore and sixe ȝeer DIT. f. ȝeer and S. ȝeer R., whanne Agar childide Ysmael to hym.

 CAP. XVII.

Forsothe aftir that Abram bigan to be of nynti ȝeer and nyne, the Lord apperide to hym, and seide to him, Y am Almyȝti God; go thou bifore me, and be thou per|fit; and Y schal sette my couenaunt of pees bitwixe me and thee; and Y schal mul|tiplie thee ful greetli. And Abram felde doun lowe onin to S. his face. And God seide to hym, Y am, and my couenaunt of pees is with thee, and thou schalt be theOm. I. fadir of many folkis; and thi name schal no more be clepid Abram, but thou schalt be clepid Abraham, for Y haue maad thee fadir of many folkis; and Y schal make thee to wexe ful greetli, and Y schal sette thee inOm. LP. folkis, and kyngis schulen go out of thee; andOm. G. Y schal make my couenaunt bitwixebitwene I. me and thee, and bitwixebitwene I. thi seed after thee, in her generaciouns, bi euerlastynge bond of pees, that Y be thi God, and ofGod of S. thi seed after thee; and Y schal ȝyue to thee and to thi seed after thee the lond of thi pilgrymagepilgrymaging S., al the lond of Chanaan, in to euerlastynge possessioun, and Y schal be the God of hem. God seide eft to Abraham, And therfor thou schalt kepe my couenaunt, and thi seed after thee, in her generaciouns. This is my couenaunt, which ȝe schulen kepe bitwixe me and ȝou, and thi seed after thee; ech male kynde of ȝou schal be circumcidid, and ȝe schulen circumside the fleisch of ȝoure mannes ȝeerd, that it be in to a signe of boond of pees bytwixe me and ȝou. A ȝong child of eiȝte daies schal be circumsidid in ȝou, al male kynde in ȝoure generaciouns, as wel a borun seruaunt as a seruaunt bouȝt schal be circumsidid, and who euere is of ȝoure kynrede he schal be circum|sidid; and my couenaunt schal be in ȝoure fleisch in to euerlastynge boond of pees. A man whos fleisch of his ȝerde schal not be circumsidid, thilke man schal be doon a wei fro his puple; for he made voide my couenaunt. Also God seide to Abraham, Thou schalt not clepe Saray, thi wijf, Sa|rai, but Sara; and Y schal blesse hir, and of hir I schal ȝyue to thee a sone, whom I schal blesse, and he schal be in to naciouns, and kyngis of puplis schulen be borun of hym. Abraham felde doun on his face, and leiȝede in his hert, and seide, Gessist thou, whethir a sonechild RT. schal be borun to a man of an hundrid ȝeer, and Sara of nynti ȝeer schal bere childa child EFLPR.? And he seide to the Lord, Y wolde that Ismael lyueliuede ELP. myȝte lyue S. bifore thee. And the Lord seide to Abraham, Sara, thi wijf, schal bere a sone to thee, and thou schalt clepe his name Ysaac, and Y schal make my couenaunt towith S. hym in to euerlastynge boond of pees, and to his seed aftir hym; also on Ysmael Y haue herd thee, lo! Y schal blesse him, and Y schal encreesse, and Y schal multiplie him greetli; he schal gendre twelue dukis, and Y schal make hym in to a greet folk. Forsothe Y schal make my couenaunt towith S. Ysaac, whom Sare schal childe to thee in this tyme inin to L. the totheroothir I. ȝeer. And whanne the word of the spekere with hym was endid, God stiede fro Abraham. Forsothe Abraham took Ismael, his sone, and alle the borun seruauntis of his hous, and alle which he hadde bouȝte, alle the malis of alle men of his hous, and circumsidide the fleisch of her ȝerde, anoon in that dai, as the Lord comaundide himto him. S.. Abraham was of nynti ȝeer and nyne whanne he circumsidide the fleisch of his ȝeerd, and Ismael, his sone, hadde fillid threttene ȝeer in the tyme of his circumsicioun. Abraham was circumsidid in the same day, and Ismael his sone, and alle menthe men D. of his hows, as wel borun seruauntis as bouȝt and aliens, weren circumcidid togidre.

 CAP. XVIII.

Forsothe in the valei of Mambre the Lord apperide to Abraham, sittynge in the dore of his tabernacle, in thilke heete of the dai. And whanne heAbraham S. hadde reisidreisid vp. S. his iȝen, thre men apperiden to hym, and stoden nyȝ hymOm. BN.. And whanne heAbraham E. hadde seyn hem, he ran fro the dore of his taber|nacle in to the meting of hem, and he worschipide on erthe, and seide, Lord, if Y haue founde grace in thin iȝen, passe thou not thi seruaunt, but I schal bryngebrynge the E. a litil watir, and ȝoure feet be waischid, and reste ȝe vndur the tre; and Y schal sette a mussel of breed, and ȝoure herte be coumfortid; aftirward ȝe schulen passe; for herfor ȝe bowiden to ȝoure seruaunt. Whiche seiden, Do thou as thou hast spoke. Abraham hastide in to the taber|nacle, to Sare, and seide to hir, Hast thou, meddle thouOm. D. thre half buschelis of clene flour; and make thou looues bakun vndur aischis. Forsothe he ran to the droue of beestis, and took therof a calf moost tendre and best, and ȝaf to a child, which hastide, and sethede the calfe; and he took botere, and mylk, and the calf which he hadde sode, and settidesette S. bifore hem; forsothe Abraham stood bisidis hem vndur the tre. And whanne thei hadden ete, thei seiden to hym, Where is Sare thi wijf? He an|swerde, Lo! sche is in the tabernacle. To whom the Lord seide, Y schal turne aȝen, and Y schal come to thee in this tyme, if Y lyue; and Sare, thi wijf, schal haue a sone. Whanne this was herd, Sare leiȝede bihynde the dore of the tabernacle. For|sothe bothe weren olde, and of greet age, and wommans termes ceessiden to be maad to Sare. And she leiȝede, seiynge pryueli, after that Y wexede eld, and my lord is eld, schal Y ȝyue diligence to lust? For|sothe the Lord seide to Abraham, Whi leiȝethleiȝide plures. Sare, thi wijf, seiynge, whether Y an eld womman schal bere childa child LX sec. m. verili? whether ony thing is hard to God? Bi the biheeste Y schal turne aȝen to thee in thisthe ELP. same tyme, if Y lyue; and Sara schal haue a sone. Sare was aferd for drede, and denyede, seiynge, Y leiȝede not. Forsothe the Lord seide, It is not so, but thou leiȝedist. Therfor whanne the men hadden risenbe risen L. fro thennus, thei dressiden the iȝen aȝens Sodom; and Abraham ȝede to gidre, ledynge hem forth. And the Lord seide, Wher Y mowe hele fro Abra|ham what thingis Y schal do, sithen he schal be in to a greet folk and moost strong, and alle naciouns of erthe schulen be blessid in hym? For Y woot that Abra|ham schal comaunde hise children, and his hows after hym, that thei kepe the weie of the Lord, and that thei do riȝtfulnesse and dom, that the Lord bringe for Abraham alle thingis whiche he spak to Abraham. And so the Lord seide, The cry of men of Sodom and of men of Gomorre is mul|tiplied, and her synne is agreggid greetli; Y schal come doun, and schalOm. KM sec. m. S pr. m. I shal X. se whether thei han fillid in werk the cry that cam to me, that Y wite whetherwher DGQRTD. it is not so. And thei turneden han fro thennus, and ȝeden to Sodom. Abraham sotheliOm. F. stood ȝit bi|fore the Lord, and neiȝede, and seide, Whether thou schalt leese a iust man with thea K. wickid manOm. S.? if fifti iust men ben in the citee, schulen thei perische to gidereOm. S sec. m., and schalt thou not spare that place for fifti iust men, if thei ben ther ynne? Fer be it fro thee that thou do this thing, and sle athe S. iust manOm. S. with athe S. wickid manOm. S., and that a iust man be maad as a wickid man; this is not thin that demest al erthe; thou schalt not make this doom. And the Lord seide to him, If Y schal fynde in Sodom fifti iust men in theOm. S. myddis of the citee, Y schal forȝyue to al the place for hem. Abraham answerde and seide, For Y bigan onys, Y schal speke to my Lord, sithen Y am dust and aischeasshen ELP.; what if lesse than fifti iust men bi fyue ben, schalt thou do awey al the cite for fyue and fourti? And the Lord seide, Y schal not do awei, if I schal fynde fyue and fourti there. AndOm. C. eft Abraham seide to hym, But if fourti ben there, what schalt thou do? The Lord seide, Y schal not smyteOm. ELP. for fourti. Abraham seide, Lord, Y biseche, take thou not to in to S.indignacioundignacioun G., if Y speke; what if thretti be foundun there? The Lord an|swerde, Y schal not do, if Y schal fynde thretti there. Abraham seide, For Y bigan onys, Y schal speke to my Lord; what if twenti be foundun there? The Lord seide, Y schal not sle for twenti. Abraham seide, Lord, Y biseche, be thou not wrooth, if Y speke ȝit onys; what if ten be founden there? The Lord seide, Y schal not do awey for ten. The Lord ȝede forth, after that he ceesside to speke to Abraham, and Abraham turnede aȝen in to his place.

 CAP. XIX.

And tweyne aungels camen to Sodom in the euentide, while Loth sat in the ȝatis of the citee. And whanne he hadde seyn hem, he roos, and ȝede aȝens hem, and worschipide lowe toin to W. erthethe erthe GIKLMS., and seide, My lordis, Y biseche, bowe ȝe in to the hous of ȝoure child, and dwelle ȝe there; waische ȝe ȝoure feet, and in the morewtid ȝe schulen go in to ȝoure weie. Whichethe whiche KS. seiden, Nay, but we schulen dwelle in the street. He constreynede hem greetli, that thei schulden turne to hym. And whanne thei werenOm. C. entrid in to his hous, he made a feeste, heand I. bakide therf breed, and thei eten. Forsothe biforeOm. G. that thei ȝeden to sleepe, men of the citee compassiden his hows, fro a child `til toto DGS. vnto I. an eld man, al the puple togidre; and thei clepiden Loth, and seiden to him, Where ben the men that entriden to thee to nyȝt? brynge hem out hidur, that we `knowe hemknowe hem, that is, bi leccherye aȝenus kynde BCINOPX.. And Loth ȝede out to hem `bihynde the bakon the bachalf KS., and closide the dore, and seide, Y biseche, nyle ȝe, my britheren, nyle ȝe do this yuel. Y haue twey douȝtris, thatwhiche S. knewenknowen S. not ȝit man; Y schal lede out hem to ȝou, and mys vse ȝe hem as it plesith ȝouto ȝou KS., so that ȝe doon noon yuel to these men, for thei entriden vndur the schadewe of my roof. And thei seiden, Go thou fro hennus. And eft thei seiden, Thou entridisten|tridist hithers. as a come|lyng; wherwhether S. that thou demeshalt deme us S.? therfor we schulen turment thee more than these. And thei diden violentliviolence cet. omnes. to Loth ful greetli. Thanne it was nyȝ that thei wolden brekebreke vp S. the doris; and lo! the men put|tidenputten C. puttiden to S. hoond, and ledden in Loth to hem, and thei closiden the dore. And thei smytensmytiden IN. smote S. with blyndenesse hem that weren withoutforth, fro the leest til to the moost; so that thei myȝten not fynde the dore. Forsothe thei seiden to Loth, Hast thou here ony man of thine, hosebonde of thi douȝter, ethiror ELP. sones, ethiror ELP. other F. douȝtris; lede thouOm. D. out of this citee alle men that ben thinetherinne K sec.m., for we schulen do awey this placeyuel place B pr.m., for the cry of hem encreesside bifor the Lord, which sente vs that we leese hem. And soOm. E. Loth ȝede out, and spak to the hosebondys of his douȝtris, that schuldenthei schulden A pr.m. take hise douȝtris, and seide, Rise ȝe, and go ȝe out of this place; for the Lord schal do awey this citee. And he was seyn to hem to speke as pleiynge. And whanne the morewtid was, the aungels constreyn|eden hymLoth S., and seiden, Rise thou, and take thi wijf, and thi twey douȝtris whiche thou hast, lest also thou perische to gidere in theOm. S. synne of thethis I. citee. Whilethe while KS. he dissymelidefeynede S., thei token his hond, and the hond of his wijf, and of his twey doutris; for the Lord sparide hymhem S.. And thei ledden out hym, and settidensette him S. with out the citee. There thei spaken to him, and seiden, Saue thouOm. G. thi lijf; nyle thou bi|holde bihynde thi bac, nether stond thou in al the cuntre aboute, but make thee saaf in the hil; lest also thou perische to|gidere. And Loth seide to hem, My lord, Y biseche, for thi seruaunt hath founde grace bifore thee, and thou hast magny|fiedmade grete S. thi grace and mercy, which thou hast do withto S. me, that thou schuldist saue my lijf; Y may not be saued in the hil, lest perauenture yuel take me, and Y die; a litil citeehil L. is here bisidis, to whichthe which I. Y may fle, and Y schal be sauedsaaf S. ther ynne; where it is not a litil citee? and my soule schal lyuebe saued G. ther ynne. And he seide to Loth, Lo! also in this Y haue resseyued thi preierispreier G., that Y distrye not the citee, for which thou hast spoke; haste thouthee ELP., and be thou saued there, for Y may not do ony thing til thou entre thidur. Therfor the name of that citee wasis I. clepid Segor. The sunne roos on erthe, and Loth entride in to Segor. Therfor the Lord reynede on Sodom and Gomorre brynston and fier, fro the Lord froof K. heuene, and distriede these citees, andOm. E. al the cuntrey aboute; he destriede alle enhabitersthe duellers S. of citeestho citees KSX., and all grene thingis of erthe. And hisLothis S. wijf lokide abac, and wasshe was S. turned in to an ymage of salt. Forsothe Abraham risynge eerly, where he stood bifore with the Lord, bihelde Sodom and Gomorre, and al the lond of that cuntrey; and he seiȝ a deed sparcle stiyngestiynge vp S. fro erthethe erthe S., as the smoke of a furneis. For whanne God distriede the citees of that cuntrey, he hadde mynde of Abraham, and delyueredehe delyuerede S. Loth fro de|striynge of the citees in whiche he dwell|ide. And Loth stiedestiede vp I. fro Segor, and dwellideduelte S. in the hil, and hise twey douȝ|tris with him, for he dredde to dwelle in Segor; and he dwellide in a denne, he and his tweyOm. G. douȝtris with hym. And the more douȝtre seide to the lasse, Oure fadre is eld, and nonoon of BN. man is left inon KL. erthe, that may entre to vs, bi theOm. K. custom of al erthe; come thou, make we him drunkun of wyn, and slepe weOm. E. with him, that we moun kepe seedthe seed S. of oure fadir. And so thei ȝauen to her fadir to drynke wyn in that nyȝt, and the moremore or the eldre S. douȝter entrede, and slepte withwith him E. hir fadir; and he feelide not, nethir whanne the douȝtir lay doun, nether whanne sche roos. And inOm. S. the tothiroothir I. dai the more douȝtir seide to the lasselasse or the ȝunger S., Lo! Y slepte ȝistirdai with my fa|dir, ȝyue we to hym to drynk wyn also in this nyȝt; and thou schaltOm. D. slepe with hym, that we saue seedthe seed EKS. of oure fadir. And thei ȝauen to her fadir also in that nyȝt to drynke wyn, and theso the I. lesse douȝtir entride, and slepte with him; and sotheli he feelide not thanne whanne sche lay doun, nether whanne sche roos. Therfor the twei douȝtris of Loth conseyuede of hir fadir. And the more douȝtre childide a sone, and clepide his name Moab; he is the fadir of men of Moab `til in tovnto this I. til in to this S. present dai. And the lesse douȝter childide a sone, and clepide his name Amon, that is, the sone of my puple; he is theOm. I. fadir of men of Amon til to day.

 CAP. XX.

Abraham ȝedewente DGQRTd. forth fro thennus in to the lond of the south, and dwellide bitwixe Cades and Sur, and washe was S. a pilgrym in Geraris; and he seide of Sare, his wijf, Sche is my sistir. Therfor Abymalec, kyng of Gerare, sente, and took hir. Sotheli God cam to Abymalec bi a sweuene in the nyȝt, and seide to hym, Lo! thou schalt die, for the wooman which thou hast take, for sche hath an hosebond. For|sothe Abymalech touchide not hir; and he seide, Lord, whether thou schalt sle folc vnkunnyngevnknowynge I. and iust? Whether he seide not to me, Sche is my sistir, and sche seide, He is my brother? In theOm. I. sym|plenesse of myn herte, and in theOm. I. clen|nesse of myn hondis Y dide this. And the Lord seide to hym, AndOm. S. Y woot that thou didist bi symple herte, and therfor Y keptekeepe G. thee, lest thou didist synne aȝens me, and I suffride not that thou touchidisttouchide S. hir; now therfor ȝelde thou the wijf to hir hosebonde, for he is a profete; and heOm. I. schal preye for thee, and thou schalt lyue; sotheli if thou nyltewilt not I. ȝeldeȝelde hir S., wite thou that thou schalt die bi deeth, thou and alle thingis that ben thine. And anoon Aby|nalech roos bi nyȝt, and clepide alle his seruauntis, and spak alle these wordis in the eeris of hem; and alle men dredden greetli. Sotheli Abymalec clepide also Abraham, and seide to hym, What hast thou do to vs? what synneden we aȝens thee, forfor that W. that ceteri. thou hast brouȝt in on me and on my rewme a greuousegreet I. synne? thou hast do to vs whiche thingis thou ouȝtist not doto do KLS.. And eft Abimalech axide, and seide, What thingthingis X. seiȝistsawe S. thou, that thou woldist do this? Abraham answerde, Y thouȝte withwithinne G. memy self S., and seide, in hap theOm. E. drede of God is not in this place; and thei schulen sle me for my wijf; in other ma|ner forsothe and sche is my sister verili, the douȝter of my fadir, and not the douȝ|ter of my moder; and Y weddide hir inOm. N. toOm. BC sec. m. wijf; sotheli aftir that God ladde me out of the hous of my fadir, Y seide to hir, Thou schalt do this mercy with me in ech place to which we schulen entre; thou schalt seie, that Y am thi brother. Ther|fore Abymelech took scheep, and oxun, and seruauntis, and handmaydeneshandmaydes D., and ȝaf to Abraham; and he ȝeldide to him Sara, `his wijfOm. A., and seide, The lond is bifor ȝou; dwelle thou, where euere it plesithplese S. theeto thee KS.. Forsothe Abymelech seide to Sare, Lo! Y ȝaf a thousand platis of siluer to thi bro|ther; this schal be to thee in to hiling of iȝen to al men that ben with thee; and whider euere thou goist, haue thou mynde that thou art takun. Sotheli for Abraham preiede, God curide Abymelech, and his wijf, and handmaydenshandmaides COQX., and thei child|iden; for God hadde closid ech wombe of the hows of Abymelech, for Sare, the wijf of Abraham.

 CAP. XXI.

Forsothe God visitide Sare, as he bi|hiȝte, and fillide tho thingis, that the spak. And sche conseyuede, and childide a sone in hir eeld, in the tyme wherynne God biforseide to hir. And Abraham clepide the name of his sone, whom Sare childidegen|dride C pr. m. to him, Ysaac. And Abraham circumcididecircumcide AC. hym in the eiȝte dai, as God comaundide to him, whanne he was of an hundrid ȝeer; for Ysaac was borun in this age of the fadir. And Sare seide, The Lord madehath made S. leiȝynge to me, and who euer schal here schal leiȝe with me. And eft sche seide, Who schulde here, and bileue to Abraham, that Sare schulde ȝyue soukyng to a sone, whom sche childide to him now an eld man? Therfor the child encreesside, and was wenyd; and Abraham made a greet feeste in the dai of his wenyng. And whanne Sare seiȝ the sone of Agar Egipcian pleiyngepleiynge ether doynge ydolatrie BCGIOQX. pleiynge or d. y. N. with Ysaac hir sone, sche seide to Abraham, Cast thouOm. KMSWd. out thethis plures. handmayde and hir sone; for the sone of the handmayde schal not be eir with my sone Ysaac. Abraham took this heuyli for his sone; and God seide to hym, Be it not seyn scharp to thee on thethi DGQRS pr. m. T. child, and on thin handmaydehandmaidin E.; alle thingis whiche Sare seith to thee, here thou hir vois, for in Isaac seed schal be clepid to thee; but also I schal make the sone of the hand|maid in to a greet folk, for he is thi seed. And so Abraham roos eerli, and took breed, and a botel of watir, and puttideputte it S. on hirhis K. Agar S. schuldre, and bitookhe bitook hir S. the child, and lefte hir; and whanne sche hadde go, sche ȝede out of the weie in theOm. KLP. wildir|nesse of Bersabee. And whanne the watir in the botel was endid, sche castidecaste S passim. awei the child vndur ao CDRX. tre that was there; and sche ȝede awei, and sche sat euene aȝens as fer as a bowe may caste; for sche seide, Y schal not se the child diynge; and sche sat aȝens, and reiside hir vois, and wepte. Forsothe the Lord herde the vois of the child, and the aungel of the Lord clepide Agar fro heuene, and seide, What doist thouOm. ELP., Agar? nyle thou drede, for God hath herd the vois of the child fro the place where ynne he is. Rise thou, and take the child, and holde his hoond; for Y schal make hym in to a greet folc. And God openyde hir iȝen, and sche seiȝ a pit of watir, and sche ȝede, and fillide the botel, and sche ȝaf drynk to the child; and was with him, and he encresside, and dwellide in wildernesse, and he was maad a ȝong man an archer, and dwellide in the deseert of Faran; and his modir took toOm. S him a wijf of the lond of Egipt. In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whichethat DGQRT. thou doist; therfore swere thou bi God that thou noye not me, and myn eiris, and my kynrede; but bi the mersi whych Y dide to thee, do thou to me, and to the lond in which thou lyuedistlyuest S. a comelyng. And Abraham seide, Y schal swere. And he blamyde Abyme|lech for the pit of watir, which hise ser|uauntis token awey bi violence. And Abymelech answerde, I wiste not who dide this thing, but alsoOm. G. thou schewidist not to me, and Y herde not outakun to dai. And so Abraham took scheep and oxun, and ȝaf to Abymalech, and bothe smytensmytiden BIN. han smyte C. smoten OX. smetin P. smoten to gidre S. a boond of pees. And Abraham settidesette S. seuene ewe lambren of the flok asidis half. And Abymelech seide to hym, What wolen these seuene ewe lambren to hem silf, whiche thou madist stonde asidis half? And he seide, Thou schalt take of myn hond seuene ewe lambren, that tho be in to witnessyng to me, for Y diggide this pit. Therfor thilke place was clepid Ber|sabee, for euere eithir swore there; and thei maden boond of pees for the pit of anOm. DKMS sec. m. X. ooth. Forsothe Abymelech roos, and Ficol, princethe prince ELPS. of his chyualrie, and thei turneden aȝen in to the lond of Palestyns. Sotheli Abraham plauntide a wodewode ether a gardyn C pr. m. in Bersabee, and inwardli clepide thereOm. S sec. m. the name of euerlastinge God; and he was an erthetiliere etheror ELP. other F. a comelynge of the lond of Palestynes in many dayes.

 CAP. XXII.

And aftir that these thingis weren don, God assaiede Abraham, and seide to hym, Abraham! Abraham! He answerde, Y am present. God seide to him, Take thi `sone oon gendridoon bigotun sone I., whom thou louest, Ysaac; and go into the lond of visioun, and offre thou hym there in to brent sacrifice, on oon of the hillis whiche Y schal schewe to thee. Therfor Abraham roos bi niȝt, and sadlide his asse, and ledde with hym twey ȝonge men, and Ysaac his sone; and whanne he hadde hewe trees in to brent sacrifice, he ȝede to the place which God hadde co|maundid to him. Forsothe in the thridde dai he reiside hise iȝen, and seiȝ a place afer; and he seide to hise children, Abide ȝe here with the asse, Y and the child schulen go thidurtogidre S.; and aftir that we han worschipid, we schulen turne aȝen to ȝou. And he took the trees of brent sacrifice, and puttidelaide S. on Ysaac his sone; forsothe he bar fier, and a swerd in hise hondis. And whanne theiOm. A pr. m. et plures. tweyne ȝeden togidere, Isaac seide to his fadir, My fadir! And he answerde, What wolt thou, sone? He seide, Lo! fier and treeswoode S., where is the beeste of brent sacrifice? Abraham seide, My sone, God schal puruey to hym the beeste of brent sacrifice. Therfor thei ȝeden to gidere, and camen to the place whiche God hadde schewid to hym, in which place Abraham bildide an auter, and dresside treeswoode S. aboue; and whanne he hadde bounde to gidere Ysaac, his sone, he puttidelaide S. Ysaac inon S. the auter, onvpon S. the heep of treeswoode S.. And heOm. E. helde forth his hond, and took the swerd to sacrifice his sonesone ether to sle his sone into sacrifice X sec. m.. And lo! anthe FM. aungel of the Lord criede fro heuene, and seide, Abraham! Abraham! Which answerde, I am present. And the aungel seide to hym, Holde thou not forth thin honde on the child, nether do thou ony thing to him; now Y haueOm. F. knowe thatfor S. thou dredist God, and sparidist not thin oon gendridbigetun I. sone for me. Abraham reiside hise iȝen, and he seiȝ `bihynde hishim K. bakOm. S. a ram cleuynge bi hornesthe hornes KS. among breris, whichwhom S. he took, and offride brent sacrifice for thehis S. sone. And he clepide the name of that place, The Lord seeth; wherfore it is seyd, til to daithis dai K., The Lord schal see in the hil. Forsothe the aungel of the Lord clepide Abraham the secounde tyme fro heuene, and seide, The Lord seith, Y haue swore bi my silf, for thou hast do this thing, and hast not sparid thin oon gendridbigotun sone I. geten S. for me, Y schal blesse thee, and YOm. D. schal multiplie thi seed as theOm. S. sterris of heuene, and as grauelthe grauel EP. grauel ether soond C. which is in theOm. S. brynk of the see; thi seed schal getewelde S. the ȝatis of hise enemyes; and alle the folkis of erthe schulen be blessid in thi seed, for thou obeiedist to my vois. Abra|ham turnede aȝen to hise children, and thei ȝeden to Bersabee togidere, and he dwellide there. And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Abraham that also Melcha hadde bore sones to Na|chor his brother; Hus the firste gendridbigotun I., and Buz his brothir, and Chamuhel the fadir of SireisSireis ether of men of Sirie BCFGKNQX sec. m. Sireis or of m. of S. ELP., and Cased, and Asan, and Feldas, and Jedlaf, and Batuhel, of whom Rebecca was borun; Melcha childide these eiȝte to Nachor brotherthe brothir S. of Abraham. For|sothe hisNachor S. concubynsecundary wyf S. concubyne ether secondarie wiyf BCFGIKNQX. c. or sec. wyf ELP., Roma bi name, child|ide Thabee, and Gaon, and Thaas, and Maacha.

 CAP. XXIII.

Forsothe Sare lyuede an hundrid and seuene and twenti ȝeer, and diede in the citee ofOm. plures. Arbee, whichthe which G. is Ebron, in the lond of Chanaan; and Abraham cam to biweyle and biwepe hir. And whanne he hadde rise fro theOm. S. office of the deed bodi, he spak to the sones of Heth, and seide, Y am a comelyng and a pilgrym anentis ȝou; ȝyue ȝe to me riȝt of sepulcresepulture ELPd. with ȝou, that Y birie my deed body. And the sones of Heth answeriden, and seiden, Lord, here thou vs; thouthat D. art the prince of God anentis vs; birie thou thi deed bodi in oure chosun sepulcris, and no man schal mow forbede thee, that ne thou birie thi deed bodi in the sepulcre of him. And Abraham roos, and worschipide the puple of the lond, that is, the sones of Heth. And he seide to hem, If it plesith ȝoure soule that Y birie my deed bodi, here ȝe me, and preie ȝe for me to Efron, the sone of Seor, that he ȝyue to me the double caue, whiche he hath in the vttirmoste part of his feeld; for sufficiaunt money ȝyue he it to me bifore ȝou into posses|sioun of sepulcre. Forsothe Efron dwellide in the myddis of the sones of Heth. And Efron answerde to Abraham, while alle men herden that entriden bi the ȝate of that citee, and seide, My lord, it schal not be doon so, but more herkne thou that thatOm. E. Y seie; Y ȝyue to thee the feeld, and theOm. E. dennecaue S. which is therine, while the sones of my puple ben present; birie thou thithe EL. deed bodi. Abraham worschipide bi|for the Lord, and bifor the puple of the lond, andOm. ELP. he spak to Efron, while his puple stood aboute, Y biseche, that thou here me; Y schal ȝyue money for the feeld, resseyue thou it, and so Y schal birie my deed bodi in the feeld. And Efron an|swerde, My lord, here thou me, the lond which thou axistaskist K. is worth foure hundrid siclis of siluer, thatthis plures. is the prijs bitwixe me and thee, but hou myche is this? birie thou thi deed bodi. And whanne Abra|ham hadde herd this, he noumbride the monei which Efron axide, while the sones of Heth herden, foure hundrid siclis of siluer, and of preuyd comyn monei. And the feeld that was sumtyme of Efron, in which feeld was a double denne, biholdinge to Mambre, as wel thilke feeld as the denne and alleOm. C. theOm. I. trees therof, in alle termesthe termes S. therof bi cumpas, was confermed to Abraham in to possessioun, while the sones of Heth seiȝen and alle men that entriden bi the ȝate of that citee. And so Abraham biriede Sare, his wijf, in the double denne of the feeld, that bihelde to Mambre; this is Ebron in the lond of Chanaan. And the feeld, and the denne that was therynne, was confermyd of the sones of Heth to Abraham, in to posses|sioun of sepulcresepulture DX..

 CAP. XXIV.

Forsothe Abraham was eld, and of many daies, and the Lord hadde blessid hym in alle thingis. And he seide to the eldere seruaunt of his hows, that was souereyn on alle thingis that he hadde, Put thou thin hond vndur myn hipe, that Y coniure thee bi the Lord God of heuene and of erthe, that thou take not a wijf to my sone of the douȝtris of Chanaan, among whiche Y dwelle; but that thou go to my lond and kynrede, and therof take a wijf to my sone Ysaac. The seruaunt aunswerde, If the womman nylewile not I. come with me in to thisthe L. lond, whether Y owe ledeto lede A sec. m. EILPS. aȝen thi sone to the place, fro which thou ȝedist out? Abraham seide, Be war, lest ony tyme thou lede aȝen thidur my sone; the LordLord God A sec. m. BCIN. of heuene that took me fro the hows of my fadir, and fro the lond of my birthe, which spak to me, and swoor, and seide, Y schal ȝyue this lond to thi seed, he schal sende his aungel bifore thee, and thou schalt take fro thennus a wijf to my sone; forsothe if the womman nylewile not I. sue thee, thou schalt not be holdun bito GOQRTX. the ooth; netheles lede not aȝen my sone thidur. Therfore the seruaunt puttide his hond vndur the hipe of Abraham, his lord, and swoor to him on this word. And he took ten camels of the floc of his lord, and ȝede forth, and bar with him of alle the goodis of his lord; and he ȝede forth, and cam to Mesopotanye, to the citee of Nachor. And whanne he hadde maad the camels to reste with out the citee, bisidis thea KS. pit of watir, in the euentid, in that tyme in which wymmen ben wont to go out toand EOQRTW. and to GXd. drawe watir, he seide, Lordmy Lord S. God of my lord Abraham, Y biseche, meeteto meete G. to meete thou KSW. with methee GW. to dai, and do mersi with my lord Abra|ham. Lo! Y stonde nyȝ thean K. a WSd. to the X. welle of watir, and the douȝtris of enhabitersthe enhabiters FLP. dwelleris W. the dwelleris S. of this citee schulen go out to drawe watir; therfor the damysel to which Y schal seie, Bowe doun thi watir pot that Y drynke, and schal answere, Drynke thou, but also Y schal ȝyue drynke to thi camels, thilke it is which thou hast maad redi to thi ser|uaunt Ysaac; and bi this Y schal vndir|stonde that thou hast do mersi withto K. my lord Abraham. And he hadde not ȝit fillid the wordis withOm. I. ynne hym silf, and lo! Rebecca, the douȝtir of Batuel, sone of Melcha, wijf of Nachor, brothir of Abraham, ȝede out, hauynge a watir pot in hir schuldre; a damysel ful comelischaply C., and faireste virgyn, and vnknowun of man. Sotheli sche cam doun to the welle, and fillide the watir pot, and turnide aȝen. And the seruaunt mette hir, and seide, Ȝyue thou toOm. S. me a litil of the watir of thi pot to drynke. Whichthe which I. answerde, Drynke thou, my lord. AndOm. S. anoon sche dide doun the watir pot onof S. hir schuldre, and ȝaf drynk to hym. And whanne he hadde drunke, sche addideaddide to I. seide KLSWd., But also Y schal drawe watir to thithe M. camelis, tilto thei S. til thei KMd. alle drynkenhan drunken G.. And sche heldehelte M. heldede DORT. out the watir pot in trouȝis, and ran aȝen to the pit, tothat sche schulde C pr. m. drawe watir, and sche ȝaf watir drawun to alle the camels. Sotheli he bihelde hir priueli, and wolde wite whether the Lord hadde sped his wei, ethiror ELP. nay. Therfor after that the camels drunkenhadden drunken DIKMRSWd., the man brouȝte forth goldun eere ryngis, weiynge twei siclis, and as many bies of the arm, in the weiȝte of ten siclis. And he seide to hir, Whos douȝter art thou? schewe thou to me, is ony place in the hows of thi fadir to dwelledwelle inne KS.? Whichthe which I. answerde, Y am the douȝter of Batuel, sone of Nachor, whom Melcha childide to him. And sche addideadde L. addide to KSd. echide W., seiynge, Also ful myche of pro|uendre and of hey is at vs, and a large place to dwelledwelle inne KS.. The man bowide hym silf, and worschipide the Lord, and seide, Blessid be the Lord God of my lord Abra|ham, which GodOm. S. took not aweie his mersy and treuthe fro my lord, and ledde me bi riȝtthe riȝt GS. weie in to the hous of the brother of my lord. And so the damesel ran, and telde in the hous of hir modir alle thingis whiche sche hadde herd. Sotheli Rebecca hadde a brothir, Laban bi name, whiche ȝede out hastili to the man, where he was with out forth. And whanne he hadde seyn the eere ryngis and byes of the arm in the hondis of his sister, and hadde herd alle the wordis of hir tellynge, the man spak to me these thingis, he cam to the man that stood bisidis the camels, and nyȝ the welle of watir, and seide to him, Entre thou, the blessid of the Lord; whi stondist thou with outforth? I haue maadmakid F. redi thean KMS. hows, and a place to thi camels. And he brouȝte hym in to the ynne, and unsadlide the camels, and ȝafhe ȝaf S. prouendre, and hey, and watir to waische the feet of camelsthe camels K., and of mencamels feet and the mennes S. that camen with hym. And breed was set forthOm. plures. in his siȝt, whichthe which I. seide, Y schal not ete til Y speke my wordis. He answerde to the man, Speke thouOm. KS pr. m.. And the man seide, Y am the ser|uaunt of Abraham, and the Lord hath blessid my lord greetli, and he is maad greet; and God ȝaf to hym scheep, and oxun, siluerand siluur BN., and gold, seruauntismen seruauntis KSW., and handmaideshandmaidenes plures., camelsand camels I., and assis. And Sare, `the wijf of my lordmy lordis wyf S., childide a sone to my lord in hisher K. eelde, and heAbraham my lord S. ȝafhath ȝeuen S. alle thingis that he hadde to that sone. And my lord chargide me greetli, and seide, Thou schalt not take to my sone a wijf of the douȝtris of Canaan, in whos lond Y dwelle, but thou schalt go to the hous of my fadir, and of myn kynrede thou schalt take a wijf to my sone. Forsothe Y answerde to my lord, What if the wom|man nylewile not I. come with me? He seide, The Lord in whose siȝt Y go, schal sende his aungel with thee, and heOm. B. schal dresse thi weie; and thou schalt take a wijf to my sone of my kynrede, and of my fadris hows. Thou schalt be innocent fro my curs, whanne thou comest to my kynes|men, and thei ȝyuen not `the wommanhir I. to thee. Therfor Y cam to day to the welle of watir, and YOm. G. seide, Lord God of my lord Abraham, if thou hast dressid my weie in which Y go now, lo! Y stonde bi|sidis thea S. welle of watir, and the maide that schal go out to drawe watir herithheere S. me, ȝyueand ȝyue I. thou to me a litil of water to drynke of thi pot, and seithsei E. she seie S. to me, And thou drynke, and Y schal drawe watir to thi camels, thilke is the womman which the Lord hath maad redi to the sone of my lord. While Y turnede inand G. thouȝte these thingis withwith inne G. me, Rebecca apperide, comynge with a potpot to the welle E. which sche bare in thehir CELPS. schuldre; and sche ȝede doun to the welle, and drowe watir. And Y seide to hir, Ȝyue thouOm. E. a litil to me to drynke; and sche hastide, and dide doun the pot of the schuldre, and seide to me, And thou drynke, and Y schal ȝyue drynke to thi camels; Y drank, and watrideshe watride KS. the camels. And Y axide hir, and seide, Whos douȝtir art thou? Whichthe which I. answerde, Y am the douȝtir of Batuel, sonethe sone S. of Nachor, whom Melcha childide to him. And so Y hangide eere ryngis to ourne hir face, and Y put|tide putte S. bies ofon K. the arm in hir hondis, and lowliche Y worschipide the Lord, and Y blessid the Lord God of my lord Abraham, whichthe which I. God ledde me bi riȝtthe riȝt G. weie, that Y schulde take the douȝtir of the brothir of my lord to his sone. Wherfor if ȝe don mercy and treutheturne L. with `my lordme F sup. ras., schewe ȝe to me; ellis if othir thing plesith, also seie ȝe this, that Y go to the riȝt side ethiror ELP. to the left side. Laban and Batuel an|sweriden, The word is gon out of the Lord; we moun not speke ony other thing with thee without histhi G. plesaunce. Lo! Re|becca is bifore thee; take thou hir, and go forth, and be sche wijf of the sone of thi lord, as thethi GQ. Lord spak. AndOm. S. whanne the child of Abraham hadde herd this, he felde doun, and worschipide the Lord in erthe. And whanne vessels of siluer, and of gold, and clothis weren brouȝt forth, he ȝaf tho to Rebecca for ȝifte, and he ȝaf ȝiftis to hir britheren, and modir. And whanne a feeste was maad, thei eeten and drunken to gider, and dwelliden there. For|sothe the child roos eerli, and spakseide S., De|lyuere ȝe me, that Y go to my lord. Hir britheren and modir answerden, The dame|sele dwelle nameli ten daies at vs, and aftirward sche schal go forth. The child seide, Nyle ȝe holde me, for the Lord hath dressid my weie; delyuere ȝe me, that I go to my lord. And thei seiden, Clepe weOm. E. the damysele, and axe we hir wille. Andȝe and E. whanne sche was clepid, and cam, thei axidenaxeden hir S., Wolt thou go with this man? And sche seide, Y schal go. Therfor they delyueriden hir, and hir nurse, and the seruaunt of Abraham, and hise felowis, and wischiden prosperitees to her sister, and seiden, Thou art oure sister, encreesse thou in to a thousand thousandis, and thi seed getewelde KSd. the ȝatis of hiseOm. S. enemyes. Therfor Rebecca and hir damesels stieden on the camels, and sueden the man, which turnede aȝen hasteli to his lord. In that tyme Ysaac walkide bi the weie that ledith to the pit, whos name is of hym that lyueth and seeth; for he dwellide in the south lond. And he ȝede out to thenke in the feeld, for the dai was `bowid thannethan nyȝ goon S.; and whanne he hadde reisidlift up S. thehise BNS. iȝen, he seiȝ camels comynge afer. And whanne Ysaac was seyn, Rebecca liȝte doun of the camel, and seide to the child, Who is that man that cometh bi the feeld in to the metyng of vs? And the child seide to hir, Heit I. is my lord. And sche took soone a mentil, and hilide hir. Forsothe the ser|uaunt tolde to his lord Ysaac alle thingis whiche he hadde do; whichOm. KS. the which I. Ysaac ledde hir in to the tabernacle of SareOm. S., his mo|dir, and took hir to wijf; and so myche he louede hir, that he temperideswagide S. the so|rewe which bifeldebifelle to him S. of the deeth of thehis S. modir.

 CAP. XXV.

Forsothe Abraham weddide another wijf, Ceture bi name, whichthe which I. childide to him Samram, and Jexan, andOm. E. Madan, and Ma|dian, and Jesboth, and Sue. Also Jexan gendridegaat I. Saba and Dadan. Forsothe the sones of Dadan weren Asurym, and Lathu|sym, and Laomym. And sotheli of Ma|dian was borun Efa, and Ofer, and Enoth, and Abida, and Heldaa; alle these weren the sones of Cethure. And Abraham ȝaf alle thingis whiche he hadde in possessioun to Isaac; sotheli he ȝaf ȝiftis to the sones of concubynshis secoundary wyues S. concubyns ether secoundarie wyues BCGIQ. conc. that is, sec. w. N.; and Abraham, while he lyuede ȝit, departide hem fro Ysaac, his sone, to the eest coost. Forsothe the daies of lijfthe lijf S. of Abraham weren an hundrid and fyue and seuentithrescore and XV. DI. ȝeer; and he failide, and diede in good eelde, and of greet age, and ful of daies, and he was gaderid to his puple. And Ysaac and Ismael, his sones, birieden him in the double denne, which is setmaad S. in the feeld of Efron, sone of Seor Ethei, euene aȝensanentis S. Mambre, which denne he bouȝte of the sones of Heth; and he was biried there, and Sare his wijf. And aftir the deeth of Abraham God blesside Isaac his sone, which dwellide bisidis the pit bi name of hym that lyueth and seeth. These ben the generaciouns of Ismael, sonethe sone ES. of Abraham, whom Agar Egipcian, ser|uauntessehande maide S. of Sare, childide to Abraham; and these ben the names of the sones of Ismael, in her names and generaciouns. The firste gendridebigotun I. of Ismael was Na|baioth, aftirward Cedar, and Abdeel, and Mabsan, and Masma, and Duma, and Massa, and Adad, and Thema, andOm. I. Ithur, and Nafir, and Cedma. These weren the sones of Ismael, and these weren namesthe names S. by castels and townes of hem, twelueand twelue S. princes of her lynagis. And theOm. S. ȝeeris of lijfthe lif S. of Ismael weren maad an hundrid and seuene and thretti, and he failide, and diede, and was put to his puple. For|sothe he enhabitide fro Euila til to Sur, that biholdith Egipt, as memen DE. entrith in to Assiriens; he diede bifore alle his britheren. Also these ben the generaciouns of Ysaac sonethe sone IS. of Abraham. Abraham gendridebigaat I. Isaac, and whanne Isaac was of fourti ȝeer, he weddide a wijf, Rebecca, douȝterthe douȝtir IS. of Ba|tuel, of Sirie of Mesopotanye, the sistir of Laban. And Isaac bisouȝte the Lord for his wijf, for sche was bareyn; and the Lord herde him, and ȝaf conseiuyng to Rebecca. But the litle children weren hurtlid togidre in hir wombe; and sche seide, If it was so to comynge to me, what nede was it to conseyue? And sche ȝede `and axideto axe plures. counsel of the Lord, whichthe which I. an|swerde, and seide, Twei folkis ben in thi wombe, and twei puplis schulen be de|partid fro thi wombe, and aoo S. puple schal ouercomeouerturne S sec. m. a puple, and the more schal serue the lesse. Thanne the tyme of child|beryngchildinge S. cam, and lo! twei children weren foundun in hir wombe. He that ȝede out first was reed, and al rouȝ in theOm. C. manere of aOm. N. skynswin L.; and his name was clepid Esau. Anoon the tothiroothir I. ȝede out, and helde with thehis S. hond the heele of thehis S. brother; and therforeherfore I. he clepide himhis name GQ. Jacob. Isaac was sixti ȝeer eeld, whanne the litle children weren borun. And whanne thei weren woxun, Esau was maad a man kunnynge of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; for|sothesothly S. Jacob was a symple mansymple man, that is, without gile BCEGKLNOPQd. s. m. that is, a man withouten gile. S., and dwellidehe duelte S. in tabernaclis. Isaac louyde E|sau, for he eet of theOm. N. huntynghuntingis BCIN. of Esau; and Rebecca louyde Jacob. Sotheli Jacob sethideseide E. potage; and whanne Esau cam weri fro the feld, he seide to Jacob, Ȝyue thou to me of this reed sething, for Y am ful weri; for which cause hisEsau S. name was clepid Edom. And Jacob seide to him, Sille to me the riȝt of the first gendridbigotun I. childe. HeEsau S. answerde, Lo! Y die, what schulen the firste gendridgotun I. thingis profitean erthe tilier DRSTW. erthe tilier KMd. to me? Jacob seide, therfor swere thou to me. Therfor Esau swoor, and selde the firste gendrid thingis. And so whanne he hadde take breed and potage, Esauhe S. eet and drank, and ȝede forth, and chargide litil that he hadde seld the riȝt of the firste gendridgotun I. child.

 CAP. XXVI.

Forsothe for hungur roos on the lond, aftir thilke bareynesse that bifelde in the daies of Abraham, Isaac ȝede forth to Abymelech, kyng of Palestyns, in Gerara. And the Lord apperide to hym, and seideseide to him E., Gogo thou S. not doun in to Egipt, but reste thou in the lond which Y schal seieshewe GW. to thee, and be thou a pilgrym ther ynne; and Y schal be with thee, and Y schal blesse thee; for Y schal ȝyue alle these cuntrees to thee and to thi seed, and Y schal fillefulfille S. the ooth whichthe whiche I. that S. Y bihiȝte to Abraham, thi fadir. And Y schal multiplie thi seed as the sterris of heuene, and Y schal ȝyue alle these thingiscuntreys plures. to thin eyris, and alle folkis of erthethe erthe L. schulen be blessid in thi seed, for Abraham obeide to my vois, and kepte `my preceptismyn heestis S. and comaundementismy comaundementis S., and keptemy S. cerymonyes and lawismy lawes S.. And so Ysaac dwellide in Geraris. And whanne he was axid of men of that place of his wijf, he answarde, Sche is my sistir; for he dredde to knowleche that sche was felouschipid to hym in matrymonye, and gessidehe gesside S. lest peraduenture thei wolden sle him for the fairnesse of hir. And whanne ful many daies weren passid, and he dwellide there, Abymelech, kyng of Pa|lestyns, biheldebiheud K. bi a wyndow, and seiȝ hym pleiynge with Rebecca, his wijf. And whanne Isaac was clepid, the kyng seide, It is opyn, that sche is thi wijf; whi liedistseidest E. thou, that sche wasis K. thi sistir? Isaac answerdeanswere E., Yfor I ELP pr. m. dredde, lest Y schulde die for hir. And Abymelech seide, Whi hast thou disseyued vs? Sum man of the puple myȝte do letcherie with thi wijf, and thou haddist brouȝt in greuousa greuouse S. synne onvpon S. vs. And the kyng comaundide to al the puple, and seide, He that touchith the wijf of this man schal die bi deeth. For|sothe Isaac sowidesewe S. in that lond, and he foond an hundrid foldfold encrese S. in that ȝeer; and the Lord blesside hym. And the man was maad riche, and he ȝede profitynge and encreessynge til he was maad ful greet. Also he hadde possessiounpossessiouns plures. of scheep and greteof grete plures. beestis, and ful myche of meyne. For this thing Palestyns hadden enuye to hym, and thei stoppiden in that tyme and filliden with erthe alle the pittis whiche the seruauntis of Abraham his fadir had|den diggid, in so myche that Abymelech him silf seide to Ysaac, Go thou awei fro vs, for thou art maad greetly myȝtier than we. And he ȝede awei, that he schulde come to the stronde of Gerare, and dwelledwellide I pr. m. he duellide S. there. And he diggide eft other pittis, whiche the seruauntis of Abraham his fadir hadden diggid, and whiche the Fi|listeis hadden stoppid sumtyme, whanne Abraham was deed; and heYsaac S. clepide thothe LS. pittis biOm. E. the same names, bi whiche his fadir hadde clepid bifore. Thei diggiden in the stronde, and thei founden wellyngewellynge vp K. quyk or wellinge vp S. watir. But also strijf of scheepherdis of Gerare was there aȝens theOm. K. scheepherdis of Isaac, and thei seiden, The watir is oureoures S.; wherfor of thatthat stryf S. that bifelde heYsaac S. clepide the name of thethat KS. pit fals chaleng. And thei diggiden anothir, and thei stryueden also for that, and Ysaac clepide that pit enemytes. And he ȝede forth fro thennus, and diggide another pit, for whichthe which I. thei stryueden not, therfor he clepid the name of that pit largenessebreede ether largenesse BC.; and seide, Now God hath alargid vs, and hath maadmaad vs S. to encreesse on erthe. For|sotheY saac S. he stiedestiede vp S. fro that place in to Ber|sabee, where the Lord GodOm. D. apperide to him in that nyȝt; and seide, Y am God of Abraham, thi fadir; nyle thou drede, for Y am with thee, and Y schal blesse thee, and Y schal multiplie thi seed for my ser|uaunt Abraham. And so Ysaac bildide ther an auter to the Lord; and whanne the name of the Lord was inwardli clepid, he stretchidestrauȝte S. forth a tabernacle; and he co|maundide hise seruauntis that thei schulden diggedigge there S. pittis. And whanne Abymelech, and Ochosat, hise frendis, and Ficol, duk of knyȝtis, hadden come fro Geraris to that place, Isaac spak to hem, What camen ȝe to me, a man whom ȝe hatidenhan hated S., and put|tiden awei fro ȝou? Whichethe whiche I. answeriden, We seiȝen that God is with thee, and therfor we seiden now, An ooth beOm. S. bi|twixe vs, and make we a couenaunt of pees, that thou do not ony yuel to vs, as we touchiden `not ony thingno thing plures. of thine, nethir diden thatthat thing S. that hirtidehurtlid S. thee, but with pees we leften thee encressid bi the blessyng of the Lord. Therfor Isaac made a feeste to hem; and after mete and drynk thei risenrisiden BIN. han rise C pr. m. eerli, and sworen ech to other; and Isaac lefte hem peisibli in to her place. Lo! forsothe in that dai the seruauntis of Ysaac camen, tellynge to him of the pit which thei hadden diggid, and seiden, We han foundun watir. Wherfor Ysaac clepide that pit abundaunce; and the name of thethat EP. citee was set Bersabee til inOm. G. to pre|sentthis present IS. dai. Esau forsothe fourti ȝeer eld weddide twei wyues, Judith, the douȝtir of Beeri Ethei, and Bethsamath, the douȝter of Elon, of the same place; whiche bothe offendidenof|fenden FGQRT. offendiden to O. the soule of Isaac and of Re|becca.

 CAP. XXVII.

Forsothe Isaac wexewexide IKRT. eld, and hise iȝen dasewiden, and he miȝte not se. And he clepide Esau, his more sone, and seidehe seide S. to hym, My sone! Which answerde, Y am present. To whom the fadir seide, Thou seest that Y haueam K. woxun eld, and Y knowe not the dai of my deeth. Take thinthou MN. armeresarmes D pr. m. EK arewis FMd., `arewe caasand arewe caas FMW. an arewe caas S. arwes caas L., and aOm. BCILN. bowe, and go out; and whanne thou hast take ony thing bi huntyng, make toOm. G. me a seew therof, as thou knowist that Y wolewole eete S., and bryngebrynge it to me S. that Y ete, andthat S. my soule blesse thee bifore that Y die. And whanne Re|becca hadde herd this thing, and he hadde gogo forth S. in to the feeld tothat he schulde C pr. m. that he S. fillefulfille S. the comaund|mentheest S. of thehis S. fadir, sche seide to hir sone Jacob, Y herde thi fadir spekynge with Esau, thi brothir, and seiynge to him, Brynge thou meto me BCKMNQSWd. Om. M. of thin huntyng, and make thow metis, that Y ete, and that Y blesse thee bifor the Lord bifor that Y die. Now therfor, my sone, assent to my counsels, and go to the floc, and brynge to me tweyne the beste kidis, that Y make metis of tho to thi fadir, whiche he etithshal ete K. gladli; and that whanne thow hast brouȝt in tho metis, and he hath ete, he blesse thee bifore that he die. To whom Jacob answerde, Thou knowist that Esau my bro|ther is an heeri man, and Y amOm. D. smethesmethe ether playn C.; if my fadir `touchith and feelith meshal touche or drawe me to him and fele me S., Y drede lest he gesse that Y wolde scorne him, and lestOm. KS. he brynge in cursyng on me for blessyng. To whom thehis S. modir seide, My sone, this cursyng be in me; oonly here thou my vois, and go, and brynge that that Y seide. He ȝede, and brouȝtebrouȝte it S., and ȝafȝaf it S. to his modir. Sche made redi metis, as sche knewe that his fadir woldewolde haue S., and sche clothide Jacob in ful goode clothis of Esau, whiche sche hadde at home anentis hir silf. And sche `compasside thewlappide his S. hondishondis aboute S. with litle skynnys of kiddis, and kyuerede the `nakide thingisnakidnes S. ofhis S. the necke; and sche ȝaf seewto him the seew S., and bitook thehim S. loouys whiche sche hadde bake. And whanne thesethese metis S. weren brouȝt in, heJacob S. seide, My fadir! And he answerde, Y here; who art thou, my sone? And Jacob seide, Y am Esau, thi first gendridbigotun I. sone. Y haue do to thee as thou comaundistcommaundidist GIKMNOPSWd. toOm. QRT. me; rise thouthou vp and S., sitte, and ete of myn huntyngmy verry sone S., that thi soule blesse me. Eftand eft G. Ysaac seide to his sone, My sone, hou miȝtist thou fyndefynde vensone S. so soone? Which answerde, It was Goddis wille, that thisthis thing S. that Y wolde schulde come soone to me. And Isaac seide, My sone, come thou hidir, that Y touche thee, and that Y preue wherwhether EIO sec. m. S. thou artbe K. my sone Esau, ethiror EILPS. nay. Heand he K. Jacob S. neiȝede to thehis S. fadir; and whanne heYsaac S. hadde feelid hym, Isaache S. seide, Sotheli the vois is the vois of Jacob, but the hondis ben the hondis of Esau. And Isaac knew not Jacob, for the heery hondis expressidenshewide S. the licnesse of the moreeldre S. sone. Therfor Isaac blesside himJacob S., and seide, Art thou my sone Esau? Jacob answerde, Y am. And Isaac seide, My sone, brynge thou to me metis of thin huntyng, that my soule blesse thee. AndOm. S. whanne Isaac hadde ete these metis brouȝtbrouȝt to him S., Jacob brouȝte also wyn to IsaacIsaac the wyn E., and whanne this was drunkun, Isaac seide to him, My sone, come thou hidir, and ȝyueȝyue thou I. to me a cos. Jacob neiȝedeneiȝede to S., and kisside hym; and anoon as Isaac feelide the odourgood sauour S. of hise clothis, he blesside him, and seide, Lo! the odour of my sone as the odour of a `feeld fulfeeld ful of flouris E pr. m. plentyuouse feeld S. which the Lord hath blessid. God ȝyue to thee of the dewe of heuene, and of the fatnesse of erthe, aboundaunce of whete, and of wyn, and of oile; and puplis serue thee, and lynagis worschipe thee; be thou lord of thi britherenbrother W., and the sones of thi modir be bowid bifor thee; be he cursidacursid GOQRT. that cursithcurse E, thee, and he that blessith thee, be fillidhe fillid S. with blessyngis. Vnnethis Isaac hadde fillid the word, and whanne Jacob was gon out, Esau cam, and brouȝtehe brouȝte S. in metis sodunas he was beden S. of thehis S. huntyng to thehis S. fadirfadris E., and seide, My fadir, rise thouthou vp S., and ete of the huntyng of thi sone, thatthat that G. thi soule blesse meOm. G.. And Isaac seide, Who forsotheOm. DG. art thou? Which answerde, Y am Esau, thi firste gendridbigotun I. sone. Isaac dredde biwith K. a greet astonyingstonying S.; and he wondride more, than itOm. S. mai be bileued, and seide, Who therfor is he which a while ago brouȝte to me huntyngvenyson S. takun, and Y eet of alle thingis bifor that thou camestcome E. came LP.; and Y blesside him? and he schal be blessid. Whanne the wordis of the fadir weren herd, Esau rorid with a greet cry, and washe was S. astonyed, and seide, My fadir, blesse thou also me. Which seide, Thy brother cam prudentli, and took thi blessyng. And Esau addideaddide to IS., Justli his name is clepid Jacob, for loOm. K.! he supplauntide me another tyme; bifor he took awei `my firste gen|dride thingismy firste gotun thingis I. myn eritage S., and now the secounde tyme he rauyschidehath rauischide S. priueli my blessyng. And eft heEsau S. seide to thehis S. fadir, Wher thou hast not reseruedkepte S. aoo S. blessyng also to me? Ysaac answeride, Y haue maad himJacob S. thi lord, and Y haue maad suget alle hise britheren to his seruage; Y haue stablischid him in whete, andOm. ELP. wyn, and oile; and, my sone, what schal Y do to thee aftir these thingis? To whom Esau saide, Fadir, wher thou hast oneli o blessyng? Y bisechebiseeche thee S. that also thou blesse meto me K sec. man.. And whanne Esau wepte with greet ȝellyng, Isaac was stirid, and seide to hym, Thi blessyng schal be in theOm. IK. fatnesse of erthe, and in theOm. I. dew of heuene froOm. S. aboue; thou schalt lyue bi swerd, and thou schalt serue thi brothir, and tyme schal come whanne thou schalt shake awei, and vnbynde his ȝok fro thi nollis. Therfor Esau hatide euereuir more G. Jacob for the blessyng bi which the fadir hadde blessid hym; and Esau seide in his herte, The daies of morenyng of my fadir schulen come, and Y schal sle Jacob, my brothir. These thingis weren teld to Rebecca, and sche sente, and clepide hir sone Jacob, and seide to hym, Lo! Esau, thi brothir, ma|naasith to sle thee; now therfor, my sone, here thou my vois, and rise thouthou vp S., and fle to Laban, my brother, inin to S. Aran; and thou schalt dwelle with hym a fewe daies, til the woodnesse of thi brother reste, and his indignacioun ceesse, and til he forȝite tho thingis whiche thou hast don aȝens hym. Aftirward Y schal sende, and Y schal brynge thee fro thennus hidir. Whi schal Y be maad soneles of euer eithir sone in o dai? And Rebecca seide to Isaac, It anoieth me of my lijf for the douȝtris of Heth; if Ja|cob takithtake CELPRS. a wijf of the kynredekynredis G. of this lond, Y nylewile not I. lyue.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And so Isaac clepide Jacob, and blesside hym, and comaundide to hym, and seide, Nyle thou take a wijf of the kyn of Ca|naan; but go thou, and walke forth in to Mesopotanye of Sirie, to the hows of Ba|tuel, fadir of thi modir, and take to thee offro I. thennus a wijf of the douȝtris of La|ban, thin vncle. SotheliOm. DG. Almyȝti God blesseblessede E. thee, and make thee to encreesse, and multiplie thee, that thou be in to cum|panyesa cumpanye G. of puplis; and God ȝyue to thee the blessyngisblessinge S. of Abraham, and to thi seed aftir thee, that thou welde the lond of thiOm. E. pilgrymage, which he bihiȝte to thi graunt|sir. And whanne Ysaac hadde left hymJacob S., heJacob S. ȝedewente S. forth, and cam in to Mesopo|tanye of Sirie, to Laban, the sone of Ba|tuel of Sirie, the brother of Rebecca, his modir. Forsothe Esau seiȝ that his fadir hadde blessid Jacob, and hadde sent him in to Mesopotanye of Sirie, that he schulde wedde a wijf of thennus, and that aftir the blessyng he comaundide to Jacob, and seide, Thou schalt not take a wijf of the douȝtris of Canaan; and that Jacob obeiede to his fadir `and modirOm. G., and ȝede in to Sirie; also Esau preuydepreuyde therbi S. that his fadir bihelde not gladli the douȝtris of Canaan. And heEsau S. ȝede to Ismael, and weddide a wijf, with out these whiche he hadde bi|fore, Melech, the douȝter of Ismael, sone of Abraham, the sistir of Nabaioth. Ther|for Jacob ȝede out of Bersabee, and ȝede toin to S. Aran. And whanne he hadde come toin to S. sum place, and wolde reste ther inne aftir the goynge doun of the sunne, he took of the stoonus that laien ther, and he put|tideputte S. vndur his heed, and slepte in the same place. And he seiȝe in sleepslepis A pr. m. et plures. his slepis S. a lad|dir stondynge on the erthe, and the cop ther of touchinge heuene; and he seiȝ Goddis aungels stiynge vpOm. plures. and goynge doun ther bi, and the Lord fastnedfastede G. neiȝide S. to the laddir, seiynge to hym, Y am the Lord God of Abraham, thi fadir, and God of Isaac; Y schal ȝyue to thee and to thi seed the lond in which thou slepist. And thi seed schal be as the dust of erthe, thou schalt be alargid to the eest, and west, andOm. G. northto the north S., and south; and alle lynagisthe lynagis S. of erthe schulen be blessid in thee and in thi seed. And Y schal be thi kepere, whidur euer thou schalt go; and Y schal lede thee aȝen in to this lond, and Y schal not leeueleeue thee K. noOm. ELP. but Y schal filfulfille S. alle thingis whiche Y seidehaue seide S.. And whanne Jacob hadde wakyd of sleep, he seide, Verili the Lord is in this place, and Y wiste not. AndOm. S. he seide dredynge, Hou worschipfulworschipful, that is, ferdful CGKQX. ferdful M. f. that is n. BIN. f. or n. S. is this place! Here isnys F. noon other thing no but the hows of God, and the ȝate of heuene. Therfor Jacob roos eerli, and took the stoon which he hadde put vndur his heed, and reisidereiside it S. in to a titletitle ether signe BGIKNXd. t. either a s. Q. t. or s. LP. t. either a mark M. signe ether title C. S. or t. E. S. or tokne S., and heldehelde out S. oile aboue. And he clepide the name of that citee Bethel, which was clepid Lusa bifore. Also heJacob S. auowide a vow, and seide, If God is with me, and kepith me in the weie in which Y go, and ȝyueth to me looues to ete, and clothis to be clothidclothid with KSX., and Y turne aȝen inin to GX pr. m. prosperite toin to S. the hows of my fadir, the Lord schal be in to God to me. And this stoon, which Y reiside in to a titletokne S., schal be clepid the hows of God, and Y schal offre tithis to theethe Lord S. of alle thingis whiche thou schalt ȝyue to me.

 CAP. XXIX.

Therfor Jacob passide forth, and cam in to the eest lond; and seiȝhe seiȝ S. a pit in the feeld, and thre flockis of scheep restynge bisidis itOm. G., for whi scheep weren watrid therof, and the mouth therof was closid with a greet stoon. And the custom was thatOm. G. whanne alle scheepthe scheep S. weren gaderid togidere, thei schulden turne awei the stoon, and whanne the flockis weren fillidwatrid S. thei schulden put itOm. G. eft onin G. the mouth of the pit. And Jacob seide to the scheepherdis, Brithren, of whennus ben ȝe? Whiche answeriden, Of Aran. And he axide hem and seide, Wher ȝe knowen Laban, the sone of Nachor? Thei seiden, We knowenknowen him S.. Jacob seide, Is he hool? Thei seiden, He is in good staat; and lo! Rachel, his douȝ|tir, cometh with his flok. And Jacob seide, Ȝit myche of the dai is to come, and it is not tyme that the flockis be led aȝen to the fooldis; sotheli ȝyue ȝe drynk to the scheep, and so lede ȝe hem aȝen to mete. WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden, We moun not til alle scheepthe scheep S. be gederid to gidere, and til we re|mouen the stoon fro the mouth of the pit to watir the flockis. Ȝit thei spaken, and lo! Rachel cam with theOm. plures. scheep of hir fadir. And whanne Jacob seiȝ hir, and knewe the douȝtir of his modris brothir, and the scheep of Laban his vncle, he re|meuyde the stoon with which the pit was closid; and whanne the flok was watrid, heJacob S. kisside hirRachel S., and heshe S. wepte with `vois reisidhie vois S.. And heOm. F. Jacob S. schewide to hir that he was the brothir of hir fadir, and the sone of Rebecca; and sche hastide, and telde to hir fadir. And whanne he hadde herd, that Jacob, the sone of his sistir, cam, he ran aȝens hym, and heLaban S. biclippide Jacob and kisside hym, and leddeledde him S. in to his hows. Forsothe whanne the causis of the iurney weren herd, Laban answeride, Thou art my boon and my fleisch. And aftir that the daies of oa DG. moneth weren fillidfulfillid S., Laban seide to himJacob S., `Whethir forwherefore EG. thou art my brothir, thou schalt serue me frely? seie thou what mede thou schalt take. For|sothe Laban hadde twei douȝtris, the name of the moreeldre S. was Lya, sotheli the lesseȝunger S. was clepid Rachel; but Lya was blere iȝed, Racheland Rachel G. was of fair face, and semelilouely ELP. in siȝt. And Jacob louede Rachel, and seide, Y schal serue thee seuene ȝeer for Rachel thi lesseȝunger S. douȝtir. Laban an|sweride, It is betere that Y ȝyue hir to thee than to anothir man; dwelle thou atwith S. me. Therfor Jacob seruyde seuene ȝeer for Rachel; and the daies semyden fewe to hym for the greetnesse of loue. And he seide to Laban, Ȝyue thou my wijf to me, for the tyme is fillidfulfillid S. that Y entre to hir. And whanne many cumpenyes of freendis weren clepid to the feeste, he made wed|dyngis, and in the euentid Laban brouȝte inOm. BN. to hymJacob S. Lya his douȝtir, and ȝaf an handmaide, Selfa bi name, to thehis S. douȝter. And whanne Jacob hadde entrid to hir bi custom, whanne the morewtid was maad, he seiȝ Lya, and seidehe seide S. to his wyues fadir, What is it that thou woldist do? wher Y seruede not thee for Rachel? whi hast thou disseyued medisseyuede me, this is the veri lettre, as Lire seith here, but comyn La|tyn bokis han thus, Whi hast thou priuyly put Lya to me, but this is fals lettre, as Lire selth here.CGQX.? Laban answerde, It is not custom in oure place that we ȝyue first the `lesse douȝtrisȝunger douȝter S. to weddyngis; fillefulfille S. thou the wouke of daies of thisthi GQ. couplyngwedding S., and Y schal ȝyue to thee also this Rachel, forand S. the werk in which thou schalt serue me biOm. GQ. othere seuene ȝeer. Jacob assentideanswerde S. to the couenaunt, and whanne the wouke was passid, heJacob S. weddide Rachel, to whom thehir S. fadir hadde ȝoue Bala seruauntessean hondmayde S.. And at the laste heJacob S. vside the weddyngis desirid, and settidesette S. the louesone K. of the `wijf suyngelater wijf S. bifore the formerfirst S.; and heJacob S. seruede atOm. S. Laban seuene othere ȝeer. Forsothe the Lord seiȝ that heJacob. S. dispiside Lyathat is, louede hir lesse than Rachel. S., and openydehe openyde S. hir wombehir pryuy wombe C pr. m. Lya wombe S. while theher S. sistir dwellide bareyn. And Lia childide a sone conseyued, and clepideshe clepide S. his name Ruben, and seide, The Lord seiȝhath seen S. my mekenesse; now myn hosebonde schal loue me. And eft sche conseyuede, `and childideOm. G. a sone, and seide, For the Lord seiȝ that Y was dispisid, he ȝaf also this sone to me; and sche clepide his name Symeon. And sche conseyuede the thridde tyme, and childide anothir sone, and she seide also, Now myn hosebonde schal be couplid to me, for Y childidehaue childid S. thre sones to him; and therforOm. G. sche clepide his name Leuy. The fourthe tyme sche conseyuede, and childide a sone, and seide, Now I schal knouleche to the Lord; and herfor she clepide his name Judas; and ceessideshe ceesside KS. to childe.

 CAP. XXX.

Forsothe Rachel seiȝ, that schehir self S. was vnfruytful, and haddeshe hadde S. enuyeenuye, that is, sorewide of hir owne de|faute in com|parisoun of hir sister, that hadde no sich defaute. Lire here. BCN. to thehire KS. sis|ter, and seide to hir hosebonde, Ȝyue thou fre children to me, ellis Y schal die. To whom Jacob was wrooth, and answerde, Wher Y am for God, which haue priued thee fro the fruyt of thi wombe? And sche seide, Y haue `a seruauntessean handmaide S. Bala, entre thou to hir that she childe on my knees, and that Y haue sones of hir. And sche ȝaf to hym Bala in to matrimony; and whanne thehir S. hosebonde haddeOm. plures. entrid to hir, sche conseyuede, and childide a sone. And Rachel seide, the Lord demedehath demede S. to me, and herdehath herde S. my preier, and ȝaf a sone to me; and therfor sche clepide his name Dan. And eft Bala conseyuede, and childide anothir sone, for whom Rachel seide, The Lord hath maadcom|paride C pr. m. makid F. me lijk toOm. plures. my sistir, and Y wexide strong; and sche clepide hym Neptalym. Lya feelide that sche ceesside to bere child, and sche ȝaf Selfa, hirthe G. handmayde, to thehir S. hosebonde. And whanne Selfa aftir conseyuyngthe conceyuynge S. chil|dide a sone, Lya seide, Blessidly; and therfor sche clepide his name Gad. Also Selfa childide anothir sone, and Lia seide, This is for my blis, for alle wymmen schulen seie me blessid; therfor sche clepide hym Aser. Forsothe Ruben ȝede out in to the feeld in the tyme of wheete heruest, and foondhe foond S. mandragis, whiche he brouȝte to Lya, his modir. And Rachel seide, Ȝyue thou to me aOm. I. part of thethi S. mandragis of thi sone. Lya answeride, Whether it semethseme N. litil to thee, that thou hast rauyschid themy S. hosebonde fro me, no but thouthat thou I. take also the mandragis of my sone? Rachel seide, The hosebonde sleepe with thee inOm. G. this nyȝt for the mandragis of thi sone. And whanne Jacob cam aȝen fro theOm. G. feeld at euentidthe euentid S., Lya ȝede out in to his comyngmetynge S., and seide, Thou shalt entre to me, for Y haue hired thee with hire for the mandragis of my sone. HeJacob S. slepte with hirLya S. in that nyȝt; and God herde hir preiers, and sche conseyuede, and childide the fyuethe sone; and seide, God ȝafhath ȝouen S. meede to me, for Y ȝaf myn hand|mayde to myn hosebond; and sche cle|pide his name Isacar. EftOm. E. Lia con|seyuede, and childide the sixte sone, and seide, The Lord hath maad me riche with a good dower, also in this tyme myn hose|bonde schal be with me, for Y childidegen|dride plures. haue gendrid S. sixe sones to hym; and therfore scheLya S. clepide his name Sabulon. Aftir whom sche childide a douȝter, Dyna bi name. Also the Lord hadde mynde on Rachel, and herdehe herde S. hir, and openyde hir wombe.pryuy wombe C pr. m. And sche conseyuede, and childide a sone, and seide, God hath take awey my schen|schipe; and sche clepid his name Joseph, and seide, The Lord ȝyue to me another sone. Sotheli whanne Joseph was borun, Jacob seide to his wyues fadir, Delyuere thou me, that Y turne aȝen in to my cun|trey and to my lond. ȜyueAnd ȝyue S. thou to me my wyues and fremy fre S. children for whiche Y seruedehaue seruede S. thee, that Y go; forsothe thou knowist the seruyce bi which Y seruedehaue seruede S. thee. Laban seide to hymJacob S., Fynde Y grace in thi siȝt, Y haue lerned bi expe|rience that God blessidehath blessid S. me for thee; ordeyne thou thethi ELP. meede whichwhat S. Y schal ȝyue to thee. And heJacob S. answeride, Thou woost hou Y seruedehaue serued S. thee, and hou greet thi possessioun was in myn hondis; thou haddist litil bifore that Y cam to thee, and now thou art maad riche, and the Lord blesside thee at myn entryng; therfor it is iust that Y purueye sum tyme also tofor S. myn hows. And Laban seide, What schal Y ȝyue to thee? And Jacob seide, Y wole no thingno thyng, that is, of thi ȝifte. BC. but if thouthat thou K. doistdoo L. that that Y axe, eft Y schal fede and kepe thi scheep. Cumpasse thougo aboute S. alle thi flockis, and de|parte thou alle diuersedyuerse colourd S. scheep and of spottidthe spottid I. fleesfleeces S., and what euer thing schal be dunof dunn hew S., and spottid, and dyuersedyuerse of colour S., as wel in scheep as in geetgeet that schal come forth of scheep and geet of o coloure C pr. m., itOm. EKLPd. that MSW. schal be my medemede and al that schal be of o colour schal be thyn C pr. m.. And my riȝtfulnesse schal answere to me to morewe, whanne the tyme of couenaunt schal come bifor thee; and alle thatthingis that C pr. m. F. ben not dyuerse and spottid and dunnedunned S., as well in sheep as in geet, schulenbe foundun at me thou schalt C. pr. m. thou shalt plures. thei schulen F sup. ras. K. repreue me of theftethefte that is, ȝif eny siche be with me founden. S.. And Laban seide, Y haue acceptable that that thou axist. And heLaban S. departide in that dai theOm. S. geet, and scheep, geet buckis, and rammes, dy|uerse and spottidspot|tid; and puttide in the hondis C pr. m.. Sothely he bitook al the flok of o coloure, that is, of white and of blak flees inin to S. the hond of hise sones; and he settidesette S. the space of weie of thre daies bitwixe hise sones and the hose|bonde of hise douȝtris, that fedde otherehis other S. flockis `of hymOm. S.. Therfor Jacob took greene ȝerdis of popeleris, and ofOm. EM. almoundis, and of planes, and in parti didehe dide S. awei the rynderindes G. of thohem NS., and whanne the ryndis weren `drawun a weidrawun awei ether shauede K., whitnesse apperide in these that weren maad bare; sothely tho that weren hoole dwelliden grene, and bi this maner the colourecoloure of sheep and geet S. was maad dy|uerse. And Jacob puttideputte S. thothe B. ȝerdis in the trowis, where the watir was held out, that whanne the flockis schulden come to drynke, thei schulden haue the ȝerdis bi|for theher S. iȝen, and schuldenthei schulden S. conseyue in theOm. plures. siȝt of the ȝerdis. And it was doon that in thilke heete of ridingthe riding K. riding or gendringe S. the sheep schulde biholde thetho SW. ȝerdis, and that thei schulden brynge forth spottispottid S. beestis, and dyuerse, and bispreynt with dyuerse co|lour. And Jacob departidethe floc, that is, departide the rammes fro the ewes til to the tyme of wateryng. BCG NQX. the floc, and puttideputte MS. the ȝerdis in the trowis bifor the iȝen of the rammys. Sotheli alle the white and blake weren Labans; sotheli thealle the S. othere weren Jacobis; for the flockis weren de|partid bytwixe hem silf. Therfor whanne the scheep weren ridun in the firste tyme, Jacob puttideputte MS. the ȝerdis in the `trouȝis of watirwater trouȝis S. trouȝis of watris plures. bifor the iȝen of rammys and of scheepewe scheep S., that thei schulden conseyue in the siȝt of thothe IX. ȝerdis. Forsothe whanne the late medlyngmed|lynge or gendringe S. and the laste consey|uyngconceyuyngus S. weren, Jacob puttideputte S. not tho ȝerdis; and tho that weren latelate gendrid S., weren maad La|bans, and tho that weren of theOm. G. firste tymetyme gendrid S. weren Jacobis. And heJacob S. was maad fulOm. DGN. riche, and hadde many flockis, hand|maydishondmaydens plures., and seruauntismani seruauntis L. men seru. S., camels, and assis.

 CAP. XXXI.

Aftir that Jacob herde the wordis of the sones of Laban, that seiden, Jacob hath take awei alle thingis that weren oure fadris, and of his catel Jacob is maad riche, and noble. Also Jacob perseyuede the face of Laban, that it was not aȝens hym as ȝistirdai, and the thridde dai agoon, moost for the Lord seide to hymJacob S., Turne aȝen into the lond of thi fadris, and to thi generacioun, and Y shal be with thee. HeJacob S. sente, and clepide Rachel, and Lya, in to the feeld, where he kepte flockis, and he seide to hem, Y se the facecheer S. of ȝoure fadir, that ithe A. is not aȝens me as `ȝisterdai and the thridde dai agoonit was wonte S.; but God of my fadir was with me. And ȝe witen that with alle my strengthis Y ser|uedehaue seruede S. ȝoure fadir; but and ȝoure fadir dis|seyuydehath disceyued S. me, and chaungide my meede ten sithis; and netheles God suffridesuf|frith DGNQRT. not hym to anoye me. If he seide ony tyme, Dy|uerse colourid sheep schulen be thi medismeed S., alle sheepthe sheep IS. brouȝten forth dyuerse co|louridOm. BC pr. m. lambren; forsothe whanne hethat he S. seide aȝenward, Thou shalte take alle whitethe white IS. for medethi mede GIS., alle theOm. EL. flockis brouȝten forth white beestis; and God took a wey the substaunce of ȝoure fadir, and ȝafȝaf it S. to me. For aftir that the tyme of conseyuyng of sheep cam, Y reiside myn iȝen, and seiȝI siȝ S. in sleep malis dyuerse, and spotti, and of dyuerse co|louris, stiynge onvp on S. femalis. And the aun|gel of the Lord seide to me in sleep, Jacob! and Y answeride, Y am redyredy to heere S.. WhichThe which I. seide, Reise thin iȝen, and se alle malis dyuerse, byspreynt, andor S. spotti, stiynge onvp on S. femalis; for Y seiȝhaue sien S. alle thingis whiche Laban didehath do S. to thee; Y am God of Bethel, where thou anoyntidist a stoon, and madist auow to me. Now therefor rise thou, and go out of this lond, and turne aȝen in to the lond of thi birthe. And Rachel and Lya answeriden, Wher we han ony thing residueresidue or left IS. in the catels, and eritage of oure fadir? Wher he `arettide notarettide not or helde S. vs asOm. S. aliens, and selde, and eet oure prijs? But God took awei the richessis of oure fadir, and ȝaf thoOm. ELP. to vs, and to oure sones; wherfor do thou alle thingis whiche God hath co|maundide to thee. Forsothe Jacob roos, and puttideputte S. hise fre children and wyues on camels, and ȝede forth; and he took al his catel, flockis, and what euer thing he hadde gete in Mesopotanye, and ȝede to Isaac, his fadir, into the lond of Canaan. In that tyme Laban ȝedewente S. to schereclippe C. scheep, and Rachel stal the idols of hir fadir. And Jacob noldewolde not I. knouleche to the fadir of his wijfwyues S., that he wolde flego thennes S.; and whanne heJacob S. hadde gogo forth S., as wel he as alle thingis that weren of his riȝt, and whanne he hadde passid the water, and he ȝede aȝens the hil of Galaad, it was teld to Laban, in the thridde dai, that Jacob fleddeȝede thennes S.. And La|ban took his britheren, and pursuede hymJacob S. seuene daies, and tookouertoke S. hym in the hil of Galaad. And Laban seiȝ in sleepthe sleep G. the Lord seiynge to him, Be war that thou speke not ony thing sharpli aȝens Jacob. And thanne Jacob hadde stretchidstrauȝt S. forth thea S. tabernacle in the hil; and whanne heLaban S. hadde sued Jacob with his britheren, `he settideLaban sette a S. tente in the same hil of Ga|laad; and he seide to Jacob, Whi hast thou do so, that the while I wiste not thou woldistwoldist not L. dryue awey my douȝtris as caitifscaitifs ether takun prisoneris BCGIQX. by swerd? Whi woldist thou fle the while Y wiste not, nether woldist shewe to me, that Y shulde sue thee with ioie, and songis, and tympans, and harpis? Thou suffridist not that Y schulde kisse my sones and douȝtris; thou hast wrouȝt folili. And now sotheli myn hond mai ȝelde yuel to thee, but the God of thi fadir seide to me ȝisterdai, Be war that thou speke not ony harderhard KMS. thing with Jacob. Suppose, if thou coueitedist to go to thi kynesmen, and the hows of thi fadir was in desir to thee, whi hast thou stole my goddis? Jacob answeride, That Y ȝede forth while thou wistist not, Y dredde lest thou woldist take awey thi douȝtrisdouȝtris fro me S. vio|lentli; sotheli that thou repreuestrepreued|ist I. me of thefte, at whom euer thou fyndist thi goddis, be he slayn bifor oure britheren; seke thou, what euer thing of thine thou fyndist at me, and taketake it S. awei. Jacob seide these thingis, and wiste not that Rachel stalhade stolne S. the idols. And so Laban entride into the tabernacle of Jacob, and of Lya, and of euer eithir meyne, and foondhe foond DGS. not; and whanne Laban hadde entrid in to the tente of Rachel, sche hastide, and hidde the idols vndur the strewyngis of thea S. camelcamelis K., and satshe sat S. aboue. And sche seide to Laban, sekynge al the tente and fynd|ynge no thing, My lord, be not wrooth that Y may not rise bifore thee, for it bifelde now to me bi the custom of wym|men; solo DGKMNQRTX. the bisynesse of the sekere was scorned. And Jacob bolnyde, and seide with strijf, For what cause of me, andor S. for what synne of me, hast thou come so fersly aftir me, and hast souȝt al `the por|tenaunce ofthing that longith to S. myn hous? What `hast thouhastow F. foundefounden here S. of al the catel of thin hows? Putteshewe S. thou here bifore my britheren and thi britheren, and deme thei betwixe me and thee. Was I with thee herfore twenti ȝeer? Thi sheep and geet weren not ba|reyn, Y eet not the rammes of thi flok, nether Y schewide to thee ony thing takun of a beeste; Y ȝeldide al harm; what euer thing perischide bibifore G. thefte, thou axidist of me; Y was angwischidaguishid S. in dai and nyȝt with heete and frost, and sleep fledde fro myn iȝen; solo EFKLMPSWd. Y seruede thee bi twenti ȝeer in thin hows, fourteneand fourtene S. ȝeer for thi douȝtris, and sixe ȝeer for thi flockis; and thou chaungidist my mede ten sithis. Ifbut DGNQT. but if ELPRX. God of my fadir Abraham, and the drede of Isaac hadde not helpidholpen K. me, perauenture now thou haddist left me nakid; the Lord biheldehath biholde S. my turmentyng and the traueyl of myn hondis, and repreuyde thee ȝistir|dai. Laban answeride hymJacob S. to him X., Themi ELP sup. ras. X. douȝ|tris, and thiOm. FN. the S. sones, and flockisthi flockis GN. the fl. S., and alle thingis whiche thou seest, ben myne, what mai Y do to my sones, and to theOm. E. sones of sonesmy sones S.? Therfortherfor Jacob S. come thou, and make we boond of pees, that it be witnessynga witnessing S. bitwixe me, and thee. And solo G. Jacob took a stoon, and reiside itit vp S. in to a signesigne ether title N. t. ether signe BCK sup. ras. t. ether a signe X., and seide to hise britheren, Brynge ȝe stoonusthe stonus E.; whiche gadriden, and maden an heep, and eten on it. And Laban clepide it the heep of wittnessewitnessing NX., and Jacob clepide it the heep of witnessyng; euer eithir clepideclepide it IS. bi theOm. S. proprete of hisher S. langage. And Laban seide, This heep schal be wit|nesse bytwixe me and thee to day, and herfor the name therof was clepid Galaad, that is, theclepid E. heep of witnesse. And Laban addideaddide to IS., The Lord biholde, and deme bi|twixe vs, whanne we schulen go awei fro ȝow; if thou schalt turmente my douȝtris, and if thou schalshalt S. brynge yn othere wyues on hem, noon is witnesse of oure word, outakun God, whiche is present, and bi|holdith. And eft heLaban S. seide to Jacob, Lo! this heep, and stoonthe stoon S., whiche Y reisidehaue reiside S. bitwixe me and thee, schal be witnesse; sotheli this heep, and stoonthe stoon S. be in to wit|nessyng, forsothe if Y schal passe it, and go to thee, ether thou shalt passepasse it S., and thenke yuel to me. God of Abraham, and God of Nachor, God of the fadir of hem, deme bitwixe vs. Therfor Jacob swoor by the drede of his fadir Ysaac; and whanne slayn sacrifices weren offrid in the hil, heJacob S. clepyde his britheren tothat thei schulden C pr. m. ete breed, and whanne thei hadden ete, thei dwelliden there. Forsothe Laban roos bi nyȝt, and kisside his sones, and douȝtris, and blesside hem, and turnede aȝenOm. DGNX. in to his place.

 CAP. XXXII.

Forsothe Jacob wente forth in the weie in which he began, and the aungels of the Lord metten him. And whanne he hadde seyn hem, he seide, These ben the castels of God; and he clepide the name of that place Manaym, that is, castels. Sotheli Jacob sente bifore him also messangeris to Esau, his brother, in to the lond of Seir, in the cuntrey of Edom; and comaundidehe comaundid IS. to hem, and seide, Thus speke ȝe to my lord Esau, Thi brothir Jacob seith these thingis, Y washaue ben IS pr. m. but I was sec. m. aOm. C. pilgrym at Laban, `and Y wasand there I was K. Om. S. `tilOm. N. in to presenttil to this present K pr. m. til into this pr. I. til this pr. S. dai; Y haue oxun, and assis, and scheep, and ser|uauntismen seruauntis S., and hand maydismaydens plures., and Y sende now a message to my lord, that Y fynde grace in thi siȝt. And the messageris turneden aȝen to Jacob, and seiden, We camen to Esau, thi brother, and lo! he hastithhastith hym IS. in to thithe L. comyng, with foure hundrid men. Jacob dredde greetli, and he was aferd, and departidehe departide GS. the puple that was with hym, and he departide the flockis, and scheep, and oxun, and camels, in to twei cumpenyes; and seidehe seide S., If Esau schal come to o cumpeny, and schal smyte it, the tothiroothir I. cumpeny which is residueleft vnsmyten IS. schal be saued. And Jacob seide, AO IS.! God of my fadir Abraham, and God of my fa|dir Isaac, AO IS.! Lord, that seidist to me, Turne thou aȝen in to thi lond, and in toto C. thethi E. place of thi birthe, and Y schal do wel to thee, Y am lesse than alle thi mercifulmercy S. doyngis, and thanlesse than IS. thi treuthe which thou hast fillidfulfillid IS. towith S. thi seruaunt; with my staf Y passide this Jordan, and now Y go aȝen with twei cumpanyes; delyuere thou me fro the hond of my brothir Esau, for Y drede him greetli, lest he come and slesmyte C. the modris with the sones. Thou spakist that thou schuldist do wel to me, and shuldistwoldist I. alarge my seed as theOm. IS. grauel of the see, that mai not be noumbrid for mychilnesse. And whanne Jacob hadde slept there in that nyȝt, he departide of tho thingis whiche he hadde ȝiftis to Esau, his brothir, two hundrid geet, and twenti buckis of geet, two hundrid scheepof scheep I., and twenti rammys, camels fulle with herOm. IKS. foolis thretti, fourti kyen, and twenti boolis, twenti sche assis, and ten foolis of hem. And heJacob IS. sente bi the hondis of his seruauntis alle flockisthe flockis IS. bi hem silf; and he seide to hise children, Go ȝe bifore me, and a space beOm. EKLNPR. betwixe flok and flok. And he comaundide to the formere, and seide, If thou schalt mete mywith my C. brothir Esau, and he schal axe thee, whos man thou art, etheror ELP. whidir thou goist, etheror ELP. whos ben these thingis whichethe whiche G. thou suest, thou schalt answere, Of thi seruaunt Jacob, he hath sent ȝiftis to his lord Esau, and he cometh aftir vs. In lijk maner, he ȝaf comaunde|mentiscomaundement GNQRT. to the secounde, and to the thridde, and to alle that sueden flockisthe flockis IS.; and seide, Speke ȝe bi the same wordis to Esau, whanne ȝe fynden hym, and ȝe schulen addeadde to IS., Also Jacob hym silf thi ser|uaunt sueth oure weie. For Jacob seide, Y schal plese Esau with ȝiftis that goon bifore, and aftirward Y schal se hym; in hap he schal be mercyful to me. And so theOm. ELP. ȝiftis ȝeden bifore hymJacob IS.; sotheli he dwellide in that nyȝt in theOm. IS. tentis. And whanne Jacob hadde ariserise plures. auysselihastili A marg. IMOWd. hastiliche S., he took hise twei wyues, and so many ser|uauntessishand|maides IS. with enleuen sones, and passidehe passide IS. the fortheforde GINQRT. of Jaboth. And whanne alle thingis that perteyneden to hym weren led ouer, heJacob IS. dwellide aloone, and, lo! a man wrastlide with him til to the morwetid. And whanne the man seiȝ that he miȝte not ouercome Jacob, he touchide the se|newe of Jacobis hipe, and it driede anoon. And he seide to Jacob, Leeueleef thou ether delyuere thou BCN. thou me, for the morewtid stiethstieth vp I. sueth S. now. Jacob an|sweride, Y schal not leeue thee, no but thou blesse me. Therfore hethe man IS. seide, What name is to thee? He answeride, Jacob. And theOm. G. man seide, Thi name schal no more be clepid Jacob, but Israel; for if thou were strong aȝens God, hou miche more schalt thou haue power aȝens men. Jacob axide him, Seie thou to me bi what name thou art clepid? He answerde, Whi axist thou my name, whiche is wondirful? And he blesside Jacob in the same place. And Jacob clepide the name of that place Fanuel, and seide, Y siȝ the Lord face to face, and my lijf is maad saaf. And anoon the sunne roos to hym, aftir that he passidehadde passid IS. Fanuel; forsothe heJacob IS. haltide in the foot. For which cause the sones of Israel eten not `til in tovnto this I. into this S. til to DGNQRT. present day the senewe, that driede in the hipe of Jacob; for the man touchide the senewe of Ja|cobs hipe, and it driede.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Forsothe Jacob reisidereiside vp I. hise iȝen, and seiȝhe seiȝ IS. Esau comynge, and foure hundrid men with hym; and he departide the sones of Lia, and of Rachel, and of bothe seruauntessisthe seruauntessis S.. And he puttideputte S. euer either handmaide, and the fre children of hem, in the bigynnyng; sotheli he puttideputte GIMS. Lia, and her sones, in the secounde place; for|sothe he puttideputte GIMS. Rachel and Joseph the laste. And Jacob ȝede bifore, and wor|schipide lowli tointo C pr. m. KM. to the BGIN pr. m. SX sec. m. erthe seuensithis, til his brothir neiȝede. And solo EFLMPS. Esau ran aȝens his brothir, and collide hym, and Esau helde his necke, and kissidecosside hym L. kisside hym IS., and wepte. And whanne the iȝenthe iȝen of Esau I. Esau iȝen S. weren reisidreisid vp IS., he seiȝ the wymmen, and the litle children of hem, and seide, What wolen these to hem silf? and wher thei pertenen to thee? Jacob answeride, Thei ben the litle chil|dren, whiche God hath ȝoue to me, thi seruaunt. And thethin L. handmaydishandmaidenes DGMRTd. and her sones neiȝeden, and weren bowid. Also Lya neiȝede with hir fre children; and whanne thei hadden worschipid in lijk maner, Joseph and Rachel theOm. IK sec. m. MS. laste wor|schipeden. And Esau seide, What ben these cumpanyes, whiche Y mette? Jacoband Jacob IK. answerde, That Y schulde fynde grace bi|fore my lord. And he seide, My brother, Y haue ful many thingis, thi thingis be to thee. And Jacob seide, Y bisechebiseche thee DG., nyle thou so, but if Y foondhaue founde S. grace in thin iȝen, take thou a litil ȝifte of myn hondis; for Y seiȝhaue sein S. solo F. thi face as I seiȝhadde seen I. the cheer of God; be thou merciful to me, and res|seyue the blessyng which Y brouȝtehaue brouȝt IS. to thee, and whichthe which I. blessyng God ȝyuynge alle thingis ȝaf to me. Vnnethisvnnethe I., while the brothir compellide, he resseyuede, and seide, Go we to gidere, and Y schal be felowe of thi weie. And Jacob seide, My lord, thou knowist that Y haue litle chil|dren tendre, and scheep, and kien with calue with me, and if Y schal make hem for to trauele more in goynge, alle the flockis schulen die in o dai; my lord go bifore his seruaunt, and Y schal sue litil and litil hise steppis, as I shalOm. I. seso and S. that my litle children mown, til Y come to my lord, in to Seir. Esau answeride, Y preie thee, that of the puple which is with me, namelidwelle thei nameli IS. felowis of thi weie dwelleOm. IS.. Jacob seide, It is no nede; Y haue nede to this o thing oneli, that Y fynde grace in thi siȝt, my lord. And solo GNQ. Esau turnede aȝen in that dai in the weie bi whichthe whiche S. he cam, in to Seir. And Jacob cam in to Sochot, where whanne he hadde bildid an hows, and hadde set tentis, he clepide the name of that place Sochot, that is, tabernaclis. And Jacobhe I. passide in to Salem, a citee of Sichimis, whiche is in the lond of Ca|naan, aftir that he turnede aȝen fro Meso|potanye of Sirie, and he dwellide besidis the citee. And he bouȝte for an hundrid lambren athe IS. part of the feeld, in which he settidesette FGILQS. tabernaclis, of the sones of Emor, fadir of Sichem. And whanne he hadde reisid an auter there, he inwardly clepide on it the strongesteful strong I. God of Israel.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Forsothe Dyna, the douȝtir of Lya, ȝede out tothat sche schulde c pr. m. se theOm. RTW. wymmen of thatthe G. cuntrey. And whanne Sichem, the sone of Emor Euey, the prince of that lond, hadde seyn hir, he louede hir, and rauyschidehe rauyschid IS., andhir and FGIKS. sclepte with hir, and oppresside the vir|gyn bi violence. And his soule was boundunknyt I. faste with hir, and he pleside hir soryOm. CDEGKLMNPSX pr. m. d. withby B pr. m. flateringis. And he ȝede to Emor, his fadir, and seide, Take to me this damysel a wijf. And whanne Jacob hadde herd this thing, while thehise IS. sones weren absent, and ocupied in the fedyngpasturyng I. of scheep, he was stille, til thei camen aȝen. Sotheli whanne Emor, the fadir of Sichem, was gon out, `that he schuldethat he wolde I. to BC sec. m. speke to Ja|cob, lo! hise sones camen fro the feeld. And whanne this thing that bifeldehadde bifalle I. was herd, thei weren wroothe greetli; for he wrouȝtehadde wrouȝte IS. a foul thing in Israel, andand for F. heof Jacob was defoulid, he A pr. m. ELO pr. m. P. the doȝter of Jacob defoulid, he X. the douȝtir of Jacob was defoulid, he DFGNQRT. hadde doOm. ELP. a thing vnleueful in the de|foulyng of the douȝter of Jacob. And sothus I. Emor spak to hem, The soule of my sone Sichem cleuydehath cleuyd IS. to ȝoure douȝtir, ȝeue ȝe hir a wijf to hym, and ioyne we wed|dyngis to gidere; ȝyue ȝeOm. S. ȝoure douȝtris to vs, and take ȝe oure douȝtris, and dwelle ȝe with vs; the lond is in ȝoure power, tiletilthe S. ȝeȝe it IS., makemaketh IS. and make K. ȝeOm. EFIS. marchaundise, and welde ȝe it. But also Sichem seide to the fadir and britheren of hir, Fynde Y grace bifor ȝou, and what euer thingis ȝe ordeynen Y schal ȝyue; encreesse ȝe the dower, and axe ȝe ȝiftis, Yand Y G. schal ȝyue wilfuli that that ȝe axen; oonli ȝyue ȝe this damysele a wijf to me. The sones of Jacob answeriden in gile to Sichem and his fadir, and werenthei weren IS. feerse for the defoulyng of maidenhodthe maidenhod IKS. of theher IS. sistir, We moun not do this that ȝe axen, nether we moun ȝyue oure sistir to a man vncircumcidid, whichthe which I. thing is vn|leueful and abhomynable anentis vs. But in this we schulen mowe be boundun in pees, if ȝe wole be lijk vs, and echech man IS. of male kynde be circumcidid in ȝou, thanne we schulen ȝyue and take togidre oure douȝtris and ȝoure; and we schulen dwelle with ȝou, and we schulen be o puple. Forsothe if ȝe nylenwolen not I. be circumcidid, we schulen take oure douȝtirsistre S., and schulenwe schulen IS. go a wei. The profryng of hem plesidemar|chaundye plures. Emor and Sichem, his sone, and the ȝong wexynge manman Sichem S. dilaiede not, that ne he fillidefulfillide IS. anoon that that was axid, for he louede the damysele greetli, and he was noble in al `the hous of his fadirhis fadir hous IS.. And thei entriden in to the ȝate of the citee, and spaken to the puple, These men ben pesible, and wolen dwelle with vs; make thei marchaundie in the loond, and tiletilie S. thei it, which is large and brood, and hath nede to tileris; we schulen take her douȝ|trisdouȝtren G. to wyues, and we schulen ȝyue oure douȝtrisdouȝtren G. to hem. O thing is, for which so greet good is dilaied; if we circumciden oure malis, and suen the custom of the folc, bothe her substaunce, and scheep, and alle thingis which thei welden, schulen be oure; oneli assente we in this, that we dwelle to gidere, and make o puple. And alle men assentiden, andwhanne plures. alle malis weren circumcidid. And lo! in the thridde day, whanne theOm. S. sorewe of woundiswounde FG. was moost greuous, twei sones of acob, Symeon and Leuy, britheren of Dyna, token swerdis, and entriden in to the citee booldeli; andOm. G. whanne alle malis weren slaynslayn of hem S., thei killiden Emor and Sichem togidere, and token Dyna, her sistir, fro the hous of Sichem. And whanne thei weren goon out, othere sones of Jacob felden in on the slayn men, and rifeliden the citee for the veniaunce of defoulyngfouling L. of athe I. virgyn. And thei wastiden the scheep of tho men, and droues of oxun, and assis, and alle thingis that weren in howsisthe housis G. and feeldis, and leddenledden awey IS. prisoneris the litle children, and wyues of tho men. And whanne these thingis weren don hardili, Jacob seide to Symeon and Leuy, Ȝe han troblid me, and hanOm. IS. maad me hateful to Cananeis and Fereseis, dwellers of this lond; we ben fewe, thei schulen be gaderid to gidere and schulen sle me, and Y schal be don a wey andin G. myn hous. Symeon and Leuy answeriden, Whether thei ouȝten mysuseto mysuse CIN sec. m. S. oure sistir as an hoorea strumpett IS.?

 CAP. XXXV.

Yn the mene tyme the Lord spak to Jacob, Ryse thou, and stiego vp I. stie thou vp S. to Bethel, and dwelle thou there, and make thou an au|ter to the Lord, that apperide to thee whanne thou fleddist Esau, thi brother. ForsotheSothli G. Jacob seide, whanne al his hous was clepid to gidere, Caste ȝe a wei alien goddis, that ben `in the myddisamyddis I. in the myddil S. of ȝou, and be ȝe clensid, andOm. S. chaunge ȝe ȝoure clothis; rise ȝe, and stiego I. wewe vp IS. into Bethel, that we make there an auter to the Lord, whichthe which I. herde me in the dai of my tribu|lacioun, and was felowe of my weie. Ther|for thei ȝauen toOm. ELP. hymJacob IS. alle alienthe alien IS. goddis which thei hadden, and eere ryngis, that weren in `the eeris of hemher eris IS.; and heJacob IS. del|uyde thohem IS. vndur a `tre, clepid therubyntetherebynte tree IS., which is bihynde the citee of Sichem. And whanne thei ȝeden, drede assailide alle men by cumpas of the citee, and thei weren not hardi to pursue hem goynge a wei. Therfor Jacob cam to Lusa, whichthat IS. is in the lond of Canaan, bi `sire namethe sire name I. the name S. Bethelof Fyre Bethel S., he and al his puple with hym. And heJacob IS. bildide there an auter to the Lord, and clepidehe clepide IS. the name of that place The hows of God, for God apperide there to hym, whanne he fledde his brothir. Delbora, the nurische of Rebecca, diede in the same tyme, and sche was biried at the roote of Bethel, vndir an ook, and the name of the place was clepid The ook of wepyngthe wepyng G.. Forsothe God apperide eft to Jacob, aftir that he turnede aȝen fro Meso|potanye of Sirie, and cam into Bethel, and blessidehe blesside IS. hym, and seide, Thou schalt no more be clepid Jacob, but Israel schal be thi name. And God clepide hym Is|rael, and seide to hym, Y am God Almyȝti, encreesse thou, and be thou multiplied, folkis andof G. puplis ofand N. naciouns schulen be of thee, kyngis schulen go out of thi leendis; and Y shal ȝyue to thee, and to thi seed after thee, the lond which Y ȝaf to Abraham, and Ysaac. And God de|partide fro hymfro him, that is, ȝede out of his siȝt. BCGNQX.. Forsothe Jacob reiside a title etheror EILPS. Om. plures. memoriala memorial IMS. Om. plures. of stoonys, in the place where ynne God spak to hym, and he sacrifiede ther onnevpon IS. fletynge sacri|fices, and schedde out oile, and clepidehe clepide IS. the name of that place Bethel. Forsothesothely IS. Jacob ȝede out fro thennus, and camhe cam IS. in theto L. bigynnynge of somer toin to F. the lond that ledith to Effrata; in which lond whanne Rachel trauelide in child beryng, sche bigan to be in perel for theOm. S. hard|nesse of childberyng; and the medewijf seide to hir, Nyle thou drede, for thou schalt haueOm. I. also thisnow haue a I. sone. Forsothe while the soule ȝede outpasside fro hir I. for sorew, and deeth neiȝede thanne, she clepide the name of hir sone Bennony, that is, the sone of my sorewe; forsothe thehis IS. fadir clepide hym Beniamyn, that is theOm. S. sone of the riȝt side. Therfor Rachel diede, and was biriede in the weie that ledith to Effrata, thisthat I. is Bethleem. And Jacob bildide a titlememorial S. onvpon IS. the sepulcre of hir; this is the titlememorial IS. of birielthe biriel IS. of Rachel `til intovnto this I. til in to this K pr. m. S. present dai. Jacob ȝede fro thennus, and settidehe sette IS. taber|naclea tabernacle KX sec. m. taber|naclis S. ouer the tour of the flok. And while he dwellide in that cuntrei, Ruben ȝede, and slepte with Bala, the secundarie wijf of his fadir, whichthe which I. thing was not hid fro hym. Forsothe the sones of Jacob weren twelue; the sones of Lia weren, the firste gendridbigotun I. Ruben, andOm. K. Symeon, and Leuy, and Judas, and Isachar, and Zabulon; the sones of Rachel weren, Jo|seph and Beniamyn; the sones of Bala, handmaydethe handmayde IS. of Rachel, weren Dan, and Neptalym; theand the IS. sones of Zelfa, hand|mayde of Lya, weren Gad, and Aser. These weren the sones of Jacob, that weren borun to hym in Mesopotanye of Sirie. Also Jacob came to Isaac, his fadir, in to Manbre, athe KMOWd. citee ArabeeArbee plures. of Arbee IKMORSWd., this is Ebron, in which Manbre Abraham `and IsaacOm. I. was a pylgrympylgrym and Isaac I.. And the daies of Isaac weren fillidful|fillid IS. an hundrid and foure scoore of ȝeris; and he was wastid in age, and diede, and he was put to his puple, and was eeld, and ful of daies; and Esau and Jacob his sones birieden hym.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Forsothe these ben the generaciouns of Esau; he isis clepid IS. Edom. Esau took wyues of the douȝtris of Canaan, Ada, the douȝ|tir of Elom Ethey, and Oolibama, the douȝter of Ana, sonethe sone IS. of Sebeon Euey; alsoalso he took to wijf IS. Bathsemath, the douȝtir of Ismael, the sistir of Nabioth. ForsotheAnd IS. Ada childide Elifath; Batsemath childide Ra|huel; Oolibama childide Hieus, and Hie|lon, and Chore. These weren the sones of Esau, that weren borun to hym in the lond of Canaan. SotheliAnd sotheli G. Esau took hise wyues, and soneshise sones IS., and douȝtris, and ech soulelijf IS. of his hows, andOm. DGNQRT. and his S. catel, and scheep, and alle thingis whiche he `myȝte hauehadde IS. in the lond of Canaan, and ȝedehe ȝede IS. into anothir cuntrey, and departide fro his brother Ja|cob; for thei weren ful riche, and thei miȝten not dwelle togidere, and the erthelonde IS. of her pilgrymage susteynede not hem, for the multitude of flockis. And Esau dwellide in the hil of Seir; he isis clepid IS. Edom. Forsothe these weren the generaciouns of Esau, fa|der of Edom, in the hil of Seir, and these weren theOm. B. names of hise sones. ElifathAnd Elifath G., sonethe sone IS. of Ada, `wijf of EsauEsau wif S.; also Rahuel sonethe sone IS. of Bathsemath, `wijf of hymwijf of Esau I. Esau wif S.. And the sones of Elifath weren, Theman, E|math, Sephu, and Gathan, and Ceneth, and Chore. Forsothe Tanna was the se|cundarie wijf of Elifath, `sone of Esauthe sone of Esau I. Esau sone S., whiche Tanna childide to hym Amalech. These weren the sones of Ada, `wijf of EsauEsaus wijf I. Esau wyf S.. Forsothe the sones of Rahuel weren, Naath, and Zara, andOm. K. Semna, and Meza. These weren the sones of Bathse|math, `wijf of EsauEsaus wijf I. Esau wif S.. And these weren the sones of Oolibama, douȝterthe douȝter IS. of Ana, sone of Sebeon, `wijf of EsauEsaus wijf I. Esau wif S., whiche sche childide to hym; Hieus, and Hielon, and Chore. These weren theOm. IS. dukis of the sones of Esau; the sonessone I. of Elifath firstthe first IS. gendridbigotun I. of Esau, duk Theman, duyk Omar, duk Sephua, duyk Ceneth, duyk Chore, duyk Dathan, duykand duyk S. Amalech. These weren the sones of Eliphat, in the lond ofOm. D. Edom, and these weren the sones of Ada. Also these weren the sones of Rahuel, `sone of EsauEsaus sone I. Esau sone S., duyk Naath, duyk Zara, duyk Senna, duyk Meza; forsothe these duykis weren of Rahuel in the lond of Edom. These weren the sones of Bath|samath, `wijf of EsauEsaus wijf I. Esau wif S.. Forsothe these weren theOm. G. sones of Oolibama, `wijf of EsauEsaus wijf I. Esau wif S.; duyk Hieus, duyk Hielon, duyk Chore; these weren duykis of Oolibama, douȝtirthe douȝtir IS. of Ana, `wijf of EsauEsaus wijf I. Esau wif S.. These weren the sones of Esau, and theithese IS. weren duykis of hem; he is Edom. These weren the sones of Seir Horrei, enhabiteris of the lond; Jothan, and So|bal, and Sebeon, and Anam, and Dison, and Eser, and Disan; these duikis weren of Horrey, sonethe sone IS. of Seir, in the lond of Edom. Forsothe the sones of Jothan weren maadOm. K., Horrey, and Theman; so|theli the sistir of Jothan was Tanna. AndOm. IS. these weren the sones of Sobal; Aluan, and Maneeth, and Ebal, Sephi, and Onam. And these weren the sones of Sebeon; Achaia, and Ana; this is Ana that foonde hoote watris in wildirnessethe wildirnesse S., whanne he kepte the assis of Sebeon, his fadir; and heOm. C. hadde a sone Disanthat hiȝte Disan S., andOm. FG. a douȝtir Oolibama. And these weren the sones of Disan; Amadan, and Jesban, and Jethran, and Charan. Also these weren the sones of Heser; Baalan, and Zeuan, and Acham. And Disan hadde sones, Hus, and Haran. These weren the duykis of Horreis; duyk Jothan, duyk Sobal, duyk Sebeon, duyk Ana, duyk Dison, duyk Heser, duik Di|san; these weren theOm. K. duykis ofOm. A. Horreis, that weren lordis in the lond of Seir. For|sothe kyngis that regneden in the lond of Edom, bifore that the sones of Israel had|den a kyng, weren these; Balach, the sone of Beor, and the name of his citee was Deneba. Forsothe Balach diede, and Jo|bab, sonethe sone IS. of Sara of Bosra, regnede for hym. And whanne Jobab was deed, Hu|sam of the lond of Themayns regnede for hym. And whanne he was deed, Adad, the sone of Badadi, that smoot Madian in the lond of Moab, and the name of his citee was Abyuth, `regnede for himOm. B sec. m.. And whanne Adad was deed, Semla of Mase|racha regnede for hym. And whanne he was deed, Saul of the flood Robooth ragnede for hym. And whanne he was deed, Balanam, the sone of Achobor, was successour in to the rewme. And whannewhanne he I. thisthis king S. was deed, Adad regnede for hym, and the name of the citee of Adad was Phau, and the name of his wijf was clepidOm. KS. Mee|zabel, the douȝter of Mathrect, douȝterthe douȝter I. of Mesaab. Therfor these weren the names of duykisthe duykis IS. of Esau, in her kynredis, and places, and names; duyk Thanna, duyk Alua, duyk Jetech, duyk Oolibama, duyk Ela, duyk Phinon, duyk Ceneth, duik Theman, duyk Mabsar, duyk Madiel, duyk Iram; these weren the duykis of Edom, dwellerisdwellynge IS. in the lond of hys lordschip; hehe this IS. was Esau, theOm. IS. fadir of Ydumeis. For|sothe Jacob dwellide in the lond of Ca|naan, in whichwhich lond IS. his fadir was a pilgrym; and these weren the generaciouns of hym.

 CAP. XXXVII.

Joseph whanne he was of sixtene ȝeer, ȝit a child, kepte a flok with hise bri|theren, and washe was S. with the sones of Bala and Zelfa, wyuesthe wyues IS. of his fadir; and he ac|cuside his britheren at theher IS. fadir of `the worsteful wickid I. synne. Forsothe Israel louyde Jo|seph oueraboue I. alle hise sones, for he hadde gendridgetun I. hym in eeldehis eelde IS.; and he made to Joseph a cote of manydyuerse I. colours. For|sothe hise britheren sien that he was loued of the fader more than allealle hise sones I. alle thei S., andOm. I. thei hatiden hym, and myȝtenthei myȝten IS. not speke ony thing pesibli to hym. And it bifelde that he telde to hise britheren a sweuenemetels I. seynthat he sauȝ I. seyn of him S., whichthe which I. cause was `the seeda sowyng I. seed or enchesoun S. of more hatrede. And Joseph seide to his britheren, Here ȝe the sweuene which Y seiȝ, Y gesside that we bounden to gidere handfulsscheues or handfuls I., and that as myn handful roosroos vp I., and stood, and that ȝoure handfuls stoden aboute and worschipiden myn handful. Hise britheren answerden, Whether thou shalt be oure kyng, ethir we shulen be maad suget to thi lordschip? Therfor this cause of sweuenysdremes I. and wordis mynystride the nurschyng of enuye, and of hatrede. Also Joseph seiȝ another sweuene, which he telde to thehis DGIS. britheren, and seide, Y seiȝ biOm. IS. a sweuenedreem I. that as the sunne, and moonethe moone EIKS., and enleuenthe enleuen S. sterris worschipiden me. And whanne he hadde teld this sweuenedreem I. to his fadir, and britherenhise britheren IS., his fadir blamyde him, and seide, What wole this sweuenedreme mene I. to it silfitself mene S. whichthat IS. thou hast seyn? Whether Y and thi modir, and thiOm. G. britheren, schulen worschipe thee on erthe? Therfor hise britheren hadden enuye to hym. Forsothe the fadir bihelde pryuely the thing, and whanne his britheren dwell|iden in Sichem, aboute flockiskepyng flockis I. keeping of fl. S. of theher IS. fadir `to be keptOm. IS., Israel seide to Joseph, Thi britheren kepen scheep in Sichymys; come thou, Y schal sende thee to hem. And whanne Joseph answerde, Y am redi, Israel seide, Go thou, and se whether alle thingis ben esiwelsum IS. anentis thi britheren, and scheepthe scheep IS.; and telle thou to me what is doon. He was sent froto G. the valey of E|bron, and cam into Sichem; and a man foond hym erryngegoynge amys I. in the feeld, and `the manhe K. axideaxide hym GIKS., what he souȝte. And he an|swerde, Y seke my britheren, schewe thou to me where thei keptenkepen BCGISWX. flockisher flockis.. And the man seide to hymJoseph IS., Thei ȝeden awei fro this place; forsothe Y herde hem seiynge, Go we into Dothaym. And Jo|seph ȝedewente IS. aftir his britheren, and foond hem in Dothaym. And whanne thei had|den seyn hym afer, bifor thatOm. K pr. m. he neiȝede to hem, thei thouȝten to sle hym, and spakenthei spaken IS. togidere, Lo! the dremere cometh, come ȝe, sle we hym, and sendeputte IS. wewe him IKS. into an eld sisterne, and we schulen seie, A wielde beeste ful wickid hath deuourid hym; and thanne it schal appere what hise dremes profiten to hym. Sotheli Ruben herde this, and enforsideenforside him IS. to delyuere hymJo|seph IS. fro her hondis, and seide, Sle we not the lijf of hym, nether schede we out his blood, but caste ȝewe I. hym intoin IS. an eeld cisterne, whichthat I. is in theOm. CE. wildirnesse, and kepe ȝe ȝoure hondis gilteles. Forsothe he seide this, willyngewilnyng S. to delyuere hym fro her hondis, and to ȝeldeȝelde him IS. to his fadir. Therfor anoon as Joseph cam to hise bri|theren, thei dispuyliden hym of thehis EKLP. cootecoote sijd IS., doun to the heele, and of many colours, and sentensenten him K. thei puttiden him IS. putten M. intoin IS. thean IS. eeld cisterne, that hadde no water. And thei saten `to eteand eeten B. that thei schulden ete C pr. m. breed; and thei sien that Ismaelitis wei|goers camen fro Galaad, and that her ca|mels baren swete smellynge spiceries, and `rosyn, andOm. B. stacten, into Egipt. Therfor Judas seide to hise britheren, What schal it profite to vs, if we schulen sle oure bro|ther, and schulen hide his blood? It is betere that he be seeld to Ismalitis, and oure hondis be not defoulid, for he is oure brother and fleischoure fleisch IS.. TheHis IS. britheren as|sentiden to these wordis; and whanne marchauntis of Madian passiden forthther forth IS., thei drowen hymJoseph IS. out of the cisterne, and seelden hym to Ismaelitis, for thriȝttitwenty A pr. m. platis of siluer; whiche ledden hym in to Egipt. And Ruben turnede aȝen to the cisterne, and foond not the child; and he to-rente his clothis, and he ȝede to hise britheren, and seide, The child apperith not, and whidir schal Y go? Forsothe thei token his coote, and dippidendippiden it IKS. in the blood of a kide, whichthat IS. thei hadden slayn; and sententhei senten IS. men that barenbaren it IS. to theher IS. fadir, and seiden, We han founde this coote, sese thou I., whether it is the coote of thi sone, etheror ELP. nai. And whanne the fader hadde knowe it, heand he G. seide, It is the coote of my sone, a wielde beeste ful wickid hath ete hym, a beeste hath deuouriddeuourid him E. Joseph. And he to-rente his clothis, and he was clothid with an heire, and biweilide his sone in myche tyme. Sothely whanne hise fre children weren gaderid to gidere, that thei schulden peeseprese L. the sorewe of theher IS. fadir, he nolde take counfort, but seide, Y schal go doun in to helle, and schalY schal A pr. m. et plures. biweile my sone. And theOm. I. while Jacob contynude in wepyng, Madianytis seelden Joseph intoin plures. Egipt to Putifar, chasta chaast IS. `and onestOm. IS. ser|uaunt of Farao, maistirthe mayster IS. of thehis IS. chy|ualrie.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

Yn the same tyme Judas ȝede doun fro his britheren, and turnedehe turnede IS. to a man of Odolla, Hiram bi name; and he siȝ ther a douȝtir of a man of Canaan, Sue bi name. And whanne he hadde takun hir to wijf, he entride to hir, and sche con|seyuede, and childide a sone, and clepide his name Her. And eft whanne aan othir IS. child was conseyued, sche nemydenempned GMW. the child borun Onam. And sche childide the thridde sone, whom sche clepide Cela, and whanne he was borun, sche ceesside to bere child more. ForsotheSotheli IS. Judas ȝaf a wijf, `Thamar bi namethat hiȝte Thamar IS., to his firste gen|dridbigetun I. sone Her. And Her, the firste gen|dridbigetun I. sone of Judas, was weiward in the siȝt of the Lord, and therfor he was slayn of the Lord. Therfor Judas seide to Onam, his sone, Entre thou to the wijf of thi brothir, and be thou felouschipid to hir, that thou reise seed to thi brothir. Andand for S. he wisteknowynge I. that sones schulden not be borun to him, `and heOm. I. entride to the wijf of his brother, and schedde seedhis seed IS. in to the erthe, lest theOm. EP. fre children schulden be borun bi the name of the brotherdeed brothir IS.; and therfor the Lord smoot hym, for he dide abhomynable thing. Wherfor Judas seide to Thamar, `wijf of his sonehis sones wijf I. his sone wyf S., Be thou widewea widewe IS. in the hous of thi fadir, til Sela my sone wexe, for he dredde lest also he schulde die as hise britheren. And sche ȝede, and dwellide in the hous of hirhise L. fadir. Forsothe whannewhile G. many ȝeeris weren passid, the douȝter of Sue, `the wijf of Ju|daJudas wijf IS., diede, and whanne coumfort was takun aftir morenyng, heJudas IS. stiedestiede vp IS. to the schereris of hise scheep, he and Iras ofand B. Odolla, that was kepere of the floc, stiedenwenten vp I. in to Thampnas. And it was teld to Thamar, that `the fadir of hir hosebonde stiedehir hosbondis fader went up in I. her husbonde fadir stiede in S. to Thampnas, to schere scheep. And sche dide awei the clothis of widewehod, and sche took a roketroket cloth with many wrynclis C pr. m. roket vp on hir IS., and whanne the cloth|inge was chaungid, sche sat in the weilot that ledith to Tampna; for Sela hadde woxe, and sche hadde not take hym toin to IS. hosebonde. And whanne Judas hadde seyn hir, he supposide hir to be an hoore, for sche hadde hilid hir face, lest sche were knowun. And Judas entride to hir, and seide, Suffre me that Y ligge with thee; for he wiste not that sche was the wijf of his sone. And whanne sche answeride, What schalt thou ȝyue to me, that thou ligge biwith K. me? he seide, Y schal sende to thee a kide of the flockis. And eft whanne sche seide, Y schal suffre that that thou wolt, if thou schalt ȝyue to me a wed, til thou sendistsende EILPS. that that thou bihetistbe|hiȝte ELP.. Ju|das seide, What wolt thou that be ȝouun to thee for a wed? She answeride, Thi ryng, and thi bie of the arm, and the staaf which thou holdist in thethin IS. hond. Therfor the womman conseyuide at o liggyng bi, and sche roos, and ȝede; and whanne the clooth was `put aweidon off IS. which sche hadde takedon on IS., sche was clothid in the clothis of widewhod. Forsothe Judas sente a kide bi his scheepherde ofOm. A sec. m. IS. Odolla, that he schulde resseyue the wed whichthat IS. he hadde ȝoue to the womman; and whanne heOdolla IS. hadde not founde hirthe womman IS., he axide men of that place, Where is the womman that sat in the weie lot? And whanne alle men an|sweriden, An hoore was not in this place; he turnede aȝen to Judas, and seide to hym, Y foond not hir, but also menthe men IS. of that place seidentolden L. to me, that an hoore sat neuere there. Judas seide, Haue sche to hir silfhirsilf, that we be not dispisid BC. hirsilf that thing IS., certis sche may not repreue vs of a leesyng; Y sente thea E. kyde which Y bihiȝte, and thou foundist not hir. Lo! sotheli aftir thre monethis thei telden to Judas, and seiden, Thamar, `wijf of thi sonethi sonis wijf IS., hath do fornycacioun, and hir womb semeth to wexe greet. Judas seide, Brynge ȝeOm. I. hir forth, that sche be brent. And whanne sche was led to peynehir peyne IS., sche sente to `the fadir of hir hosebondehir husbondes fadir I. hir husbonde f. S., and seide, Y haue conseyued of the man, whose these thingis ben; knowe thou whose is the ryng, and biethe bie IKS. of the arm, and stafthe staf IKS.? And whanne the ȝiftis weren knowun, heJudas IS. seide, Sche is more iust than Y, for Y ȝaf not hir to Sela, my sone; netheles Judas knewe hir no more fleischli. Sotheli whanne the childberyng neiȝede, twei chyldren ap|periden in the wombe, and in that birthe of childrenthe children IS., oon brouȝteput IS. forth the hond, in whichwhiche hond IS. the mydwijf boond a reed threed, and seide, This schal go out `the formerebifore IS.. Sotheli while he withdrowe the hond, the tother ȝede out, and the womman seide, Whi was the skyn in which the child lay in the wombe departid forfro EPLNSX. thee? And for this cause sche clepide his name Fares. Afterward his brothir ȝedewente I. out, in whos hond was the reed threed, whom sche clepide Zaram.

 CAP. XXXIX.

Therfor Joseph was led in to Egipt, and Putifar, `chast and onest seruaunta geldyng I. a geldinge, the chaast honest seruaunt S. of Farao, prince of the oost, a man of Egipt, bouȝte hym of the hondishond IS. of Ismaelitis, of which he was brouȝtbrouȝt thidir IS.. And the Lord was with hym, and he was a man doynge with prosperite in alle thingis. And Jo|seph dwellide in `the hows of his lordhis lordis hous IS., which knew bestful wel I. that the Lord was with Joseph, and that alle thingis whiche he dide, weren dressid of the Lord in `the hond of hymhis hond IS.. And Joseph foond grace bifor his lord, and `mynystride tohe seruyde IS. hym, of whom Joseph was maad souereyn of alle thingis, and gouernedehe gouernyde IS. the hows bi|taken to hym, and alle thingisothere thingis I. that weren bitakun to hym. And the Lord blesside the `hows of Egipcianthe hows of the Egipcian M. Egipcianis hous I. Egipcian hous S. for Joseph, and multipliede al his catel, as wel in howsis as in feeldis; nether hehis lord IS. knew ony other thing noOm. GQ. but `breedBi breed in holi scripture is vndirstonden al manere of mete, and bi watir al manere of drynk. GQ. whichthe breed that IS. he eet. For|sothe Joseph was fairful fair D. in face, and schapli in siȝt. And so aftir many daies the ladi castidekeste IS. hir iȝen in to Joseph, and seide, Slepe thou with me; which assentide not to the vnleueful werk, and seide to hir, Lo! while alle thingis ben bitakun to me, my lord woot not what he hath in his hows, nether ony thing is, which is not in my power, ether which `he hathis E. not bitake to me, outakun thee, which art his wijf; how therforOm. E. may Y do this yuel, and do synne aȝens my lord? Thei spaken siche wordis `bi alle daieslonge tyme IS., and the womman was diseseful to the ȝong waxyngeOm. IS. man, and he forsook auoutriethe auoutrie IKS.. Forsothe it bi|felde in a dai, that Joseph entride in to the hows, and dide sum werkpreuei werk fallinge to his office IS. with out witnessiswitnesse S.. And schethe ladi IS. took `the hem of his cloothhim bi the cloth IS., and scheOm. IS. seide, Slepe thou with me; and he lefte the mentil in hir hoond, and he fledde, and ȝede outout fro hir S.. And whanne the womman hadde seynsawe IS. the clooth inleft in IS. hir hondis, and that sche was dispisiddispisid of Joseph IS., sche clepide to hir the men of hir hows, and seide to hem, Lo! my lord hath brouȝt in an Ebrew man, that he schulde scorn vs; he entride to me tothat he schuld C. pr. m. do leccherie with me, and whanne Y criede, and he herde my vois, he lefte the mentil whichthat IS. Y helde, and he fledde out. Ther|for in to theOm. FGIKSW. preuyng of trouthethe treuthe IS. trouȝe E., sche schewide the mantil, holdunthat sche heelde I. to thehir S. hose|bonde turnynge aȝen hoom. And she seide, The Ebrew seruaunt, whom thou brouȝtistbrouȝtist in S., entride to me tothat he schuld C pr. m. scorne me; and whanne he siȝ me crye, he lefte the mentil whichthat IS. Y helde, and he fledde out. And whanne these thingis weren herd, the lord bileuyde ouer myche to the wordis of the wijf, and washe was IS. ful wrooth; and he bitook Joseph in to prisoun, where theOm. IS. bounden menOm. plures. of the kyng weren kept, and he was closid there. Forsothe the Lord was with Joseph, and hadde mercy on hym, and ȝafhe ȝaf IS. grace to hym in the siȝt of the prince of the prisoun, which bitook in the hond of Joseph alle prisoneristhe prisoneris IS. that weren holdun in kepyng, and what euer thing was doon, it waswas don IS. vndur Joseph, nethir the prince knewe ony thing, for alle thingis weren bitakun to Joseph; for the Lord was with hym, and dresside alle his werkis.

 CAP. XL.

Whanne these thingis weren doon soOm. plures., it bifelde that twei geldyngischaaste men of the kingis of Egipt IS., the boteler and the baker `of the kyng of EgiptOm. IS., syn|neden to her lord. And Farao was wrooth aȝens hem, for the toontother plures. was `souereyn to botelerismaistir boteler IS., theand the IS. tother wasOm. I. `souereyn to bakerismaistir baker IS.. And he sente hem in to theOm. CEGILPS. pri|soun of theOm. I. prince of knyȝtis, in whichthe which I. also Joseph was boundun. And the keper of the prisoun bitook hem to Joseph, which also `mynystride to hemseruede or keepte hem S.. Sumdelsum whatt I. of tyme passide, and thei weren hooldun in kep|yng, and bothe sienthei sawȝe IS. aoo IS. dreem in o nyȝt, bi couenable expownyng to hem. And whanne Joseph hadde entrid to hem eerli, and hadde seyn hem sori, he axide hem, and seide, Whi is ȝoure `face sorierecheer heuyer S. to dai than it yswas EKS. wont? Whiche answeriden, We seiȝen a dreem, and `noon isther is no man I. no man is S. that ex|pownethexpowneth it IS. to vs. And Joseph seide to hem, Whetherwher ceteri omnes, ut plerumque. expownyngthe expownynge I. is not of God? Telle ȝe to me what ȝe han seyn. The `souereyn of botelerismaistir boteler IS. telde first his dreem; Y seiȝsiȝ bifore me IS. that a vyne bifore meOm. IS., in which weren thre siouns, wexidewexe S. litil and litil in to buriounnyngisburiounyng ELP., and that aftir flouristhe flowris IS. grapysthe grapys S. wexiden ripe, and the cuppe of Farao was in myn hond; therfor Y took the grapis, and pressidepresside hem IS. out in to the cuppe whichthat IS. Yhe L. helde, and Y ȝaf drynk to Farao. Joseph answerde, This is theOm. IS. expownyngdeclaryng IS. of the dreem; thre siouns ben ȝit thre daies, aftir whiche Farao schal haue mynde of thi seruyce, and he schal restore thee in to the firste degree, and thou schal ȝyue to hym the cuppe, bi thin office, as thou were wont to do bifore. Oneli haue thou mynde onof K. me, whanne it is wel to thee, and thou schalt do merci with me, that thou make suggestioun to Farao, that he lede me out of this pri|soun; for theefli Y am takun a wei fro the lond of EbrewsEbrewe S., and here Y am sent innocentwithoute gilt I. in to prisoun. The `maister of bakerismaister baker IS. seiȝe that Joseph hadde expown|eddeclarid IS. prudentli the dreem, andalso I. he seide, AndOm. G. Y seiȝ a dreem, that Y hadde thre panyerisbasketis IS. of mele on myn heed, and Y gesside that Y bar in o panyerebaskett IS., that was heiȝereheiȝest F., alle metis that ben maad bi craftthe craft IS. of bakers, and that briddis eeten therof. Joseph answerde, This is the ex|pownyngdeclaryng IS. of the dreem; thre panyerisbasketis IS. ben ȝit thre daies, aftir whichethe whiche I. Farao schal take awei thin heed, and he schal hange thee in a cros, and briddis schulen to|drawe thi fleischisflesch FILS.. Fro thennus the thridde dai was the dai of birthethe birthe IS. of Fa|rao, which made a greet feeste to hise childrenchil|dren ether sugetis BCGKOQX. ch. or sogets ELP., andand he EI. hadde mynde among metisthe meetis IS. onof DIS. the maistir `of botelerisboteler IS., and onof D. the prince of bakeris; and he restoride thethat B. oontoon INS. in to his placeoffice IS., that he schulde dressebryng IS. cuppecuppes E. the cuppe ether drinke X sec. m. drinke IS. to `the kynghim IS., and he hangide `the tothirthat oother L. in a gebat, that the treuthe of `the expownereJoseph declarynge the dremes IS. schulde be preued. And netheles whanne prosperitees bifelden, theto the IS. `souereyn of botelerismaistir bote|ler IS. forȝathe forȝat IS. `his ex|pownereJoseph that declaride his dreem IS..

 CAP. XLI.

Aftir twei ȝeer Farao seiȝ a dreem; he gesside that he stood on a floodriuer M., fro which seuene faireful faire GN. kiyn and ful fatte stiedenwenten vp I. ȝeden vp S., and weren fed in the places of mareis; and othere seuene, foule and leene, camen out of the floodriuer M., and weren fed in thilk brenke of the watir, in grenethe grene E. places; and thotho kyen IS. deuoureden thilke kien of whiche the fairnesse and comelynesse of bodies wasweren IS. wondurful. Farao wakide, and slepte eft, and seiȝhe seiȝ IS. another dreem; seuen eeris of corncorn eeris IS. ful and faire camen forth in o stalke, and othere as many eeris of corncorn eeris IS., thinne andOm. S. smytun with corrupcioun of brennynge wynd, camen forth, deuourynge al the fairenesse of the firste. Farao wakide aftir restethis reste IS., and whanne morewtidthe morewtide IS. was maad, he was aferd bi inward drede, and he sente to alle theOm. GK. expowneris of Egipt, and to alle wisethe wise IS. men; and whanne thei weren clepid, he telde the dreem, and noonnoon of hem S. was that expownedeex|pownede it IS.. Thanne at the laste the maistir `of botelerisboteler IS. bi|thouȝtebithouȝte him IS., and seide, Y knowleche my synne; the kyng was wrooth to hise ser|uauntis, and comaundidehe comaundide IS. me and theOm. IS. maister `of bakerisbaker IS. to be cast doun in to theOm. IS. prisoun of the prince of knyȝtis, where we bothe saien a dreem in o nyȝt, bifore|schewynge of thingis to comyngecome F.. An Ebrew child, seruaunt of the same duk of knyȝtis was there, to whom wehe A. teldentellinge IS. the dremes, andOm. IS. herdenherden of him IS. what euer thing the bifallyng of thingthe thing I. preuede afterward; for Y am restorid to myn office, and hethe baker IS. was hangid in a cros. Anoon at the co|maundementheest IS. of the kyng thei polliden Joseph led out of prisounthe pri|soun IS., and whanne `the cloothhis clothing I. Joseph clothinge S. was chaungid, thei brouȝtenbrouȝten yn B. JosephOm. EFLP. him IS. to the kyng. To whom the kyng seide, Y seiȝe dremes, and noon is thatOm. I. expowneth tho thingis that Y seiȝ, I haue herd that thou expownestex|pownest siche thingis IS. moostful I. pru|dentli. Joseph answerde, With out me, God schal answere prosperitees to Farao. Therfor Farao telde that that he seiȝ; Y gesside that Y stood on the brenke of thea IS. flood, and seuene kiyn, ful faire andOm. IS. with fleischisfleishe IS. able to etyng, stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S. fro the watir, whiche kiyn gaderidengadren S. grene seggis in thetho D. pasturepasturis L. of theOm. N. marreis; and lo! seuene othere kiyn, so foule and leene, sueden these, that Y seiȝ neuere siche in the lond of Egipt; and whanne the for|mere kien weren deuourid and wastidwastid of the leene keyn I. w. of tho lene kyen S, thothe plures. secoundeleene keyn IS. ȝauen no steppesteppe or tokne IS. of ful|nesse, but weren sloweslowe or feble IS. bi lijk leenesse and palenesse. I wakide, and eft Y was oppressid bi sleep, and Y seiȝ a dreem; seuene eeris of corn, ful and fairestemoost faire I., camen forth inon I. o stalke, and othere seuene, thinne and smytun with `corrupcioun ofOm. IS. brennynge wynd, camen forth of the stobil, whiche deuouriden the fairenesse of the formere; Y telde thethis IS. dreem to expowneris, and no man isthere is IS. that expownethexpowneth it IS.. Joseph answerde, The dreem of the king is oonal oon IS.; God schewidehath shewid IS. to Farao what thingis he schal do. Seuene faire kiyn, and seuene ful eeris of corn, ben seuene ȝeeris of plentee, and thothe same thingis I. tho same thingis S. comprehenden the sameOm. IS. strengthe of dreemthe dreem IS.; and seuene kiyn thinne and leene, that stiedenstieden vp IS. aftir thothe faire keyn IS., and seuenethe seuene IS. thinne eeris of corn and smytun with brennynge wynd, ben seuene ȝeerȝeeres G. of hungur to comynge, whiche schulen be fillidfulfillid IS. bi this ordre. Lo! seuene ȝeer of greet plentee inin to IS. al the lond of Egipt schulenschal IS. come, and seuene othre ȝeerOm. EILPS. of so greet bareynesse schulen sue tho, that al the abundaunce bifore beschal be IS. ȝouun to forȝet|yng; for theOm. D. that IS. hungur schal waste al the lond, and the greetnesse of pouertnedynesse IS. schal leesewaste IS. the greetnesse of plentee. Forsothe this that thou siȝest the secunde tyme a dreem, perteynynge to the same thing, is aOm. IS. `schewyng of sadnessesch. of sadn. that is, confermyng of the firste I., for the word of God schal be doon, andand it I. schal be fillid ful swiftli. Now therfor puruey the kyng a wijs man and a redi, and make the kyng hym souereyn to the lond of Egipt, which man ordeyneordeyne hym B pr. m. gouernouris bi alle cuntreis, and gadere he in to bernys the fyuethe part of fruytis bi seuene ȝeerȝeeris IS. of plentee, that schulenshal ELP. come now; and al the wheete be kept vndur the power of Faraothat is, not bi violence nether bi fre ȝifte, but bi biyng and paiyng of priys. BCX., and be it kept in citees, and be it maad redi to the hungur to comynge of seuenethe seuene IS. ȝeer that schal oppresse Egipt, and the lond be not wastid biwith IS. pouert. The counselcounsel of Joseph IS. pleside Farao, and alle his mynystrisseruauntis IS., and he spak to hem, Wher we moun fynde sichOm. IS. a manman liche Joseph IS. which is ful of Goddis spirit? Therfor Farao seide to Joseph, For God hath schewid to thee alle thingis whiche thou hast spoke, wher Y mai fynde a wisere manman than thou IS. and lijklijk to DIS. thee? Therfor thou schalt be ouer myn hous, and al the puple schal obeie to the comaundementheest IS. of thi mouth; Y schal passe thee onely by o trone of the rewme. And eft Farao seide to Joseph, Lo! Y haue ordeyned thee onvpon IS. al the lond of Egipt. And Farao took the ryng fro his hond, and ȝaf it in the hond of Joseph, and he clothide Joseph with a stoole of bijsbiys ether of whit selk BCGQX. b. or of w. s. ELP. b. ether red silk K., and puttidehe putte IS. a goldun wrethe aboute thehis IS. necke; and Farao made Joseph to `stie ongon vpon I. stie vp vpon S. histhe E. secounde chare, while a bidele criede, that alle men schulden knelebowe C pr. m. bifore hymJoseph IS., and schulden knowe that he was souereyn of al the lond of Egipt. And the kyng seide to Joseph, Y am Farao, without thi comaundementheest IS. no man shal stire hond ethernether BIS. or ELP. footether foot, that is, do ony notable thing BCGNQX. in al the lond of Egipt. And hePharao IS. turnede the name of Jo|seph, and clepidehe clepide IS. him bi Egipcianthe Egipcian D. lan|gage, the sauyourIn Ebrew it is schewinge priuitees, as Je|rom and Lire here seyen. C GQ. of the world; and he ȝaf to Joseph a wijf, Asenech, the douȝ|ter of Potifar, preesta preest IS. of HeliopoleosHeliopoleos, that is, the cite of the sunne BCGKNQX.. And so Joseph ȝede outforth IS. to the lond of Egipt. Forsothe Joseph was of thretti ȝeer, whanne he stood in the siȝt of kyngthe kyng F. his kyng S. Farao, and cumpasside alle the cuntreis of Egipt. And the plente of seuene ȝeer cam, and ripe corncornes ceteri omnes. weren bounden into handfulsschefes I., and weren gaderid into theOm. IL. bernys of Egipt, also alOm. L. the aboundaunce of cornesripe cornes C pr. m. werenwas plures. kept in alle citeiscuntreis A pr. m., and so greet abound|aunce was of wheete, that it was maadmaad or aymed IS. euene towith IS. the grauel of the see, andOm. L. the plente passide mesure. Sotheli twei sones were born to Joseph bifor that the hungur came, whichethe whiche I. Asenech, douȝtirthe douȝtir IS. of Putifar, preesta preest IS. of Heliopoleos, childide to hym. And heJoseph IS. clepide the name of the firste gendridbigeten I. sone, Manasses, and seide, God hath maad me to forȝete alle my traueilis, and the hous of my fadir; and he clepide the name of the secunde sone Effraym, and seide, God hath maad me to encreesse in the lond of my pouert. Therfor whanne seuene ȝeer of plentee that weren in Egipt weren passid, seuene ȝeer of pouert bi|gunnen to come, whichethe whiche I. Joseph bifore seide, and hungur hadde theOm. DIS. maistri in al the world; also hungur was in al the lond of Egipt; and whanne that lond hungride, the puple criede to Farao, and axide metis; to whichewhom IS. he answeride, Go ȝe to Joseph, and do ȝe what euer thing he seith to ȝou. Forsothe hungur encreesside ech dai in al the lond, and Joseph openyde alle the bernys, and seeldesolde cornes I. solde corn S. toto the IS. Egipcians, for alsowhi I. whi and S. hungur oppressidehad oppressid I. hem; and alle pro|uynces camen in to Egipt to bie metiscornes IS., and to abate the yuel of nedynesse.

 CAP. XLII.

Forsothe Jacob herde that foodis weren seeld in Egipt, and he seide to hise sones, Whi ben ȝe necgligent? Y herde that wheete is seeld in Egipt, go ȝe doun, and bie ȝe necessaries to vs, that we moun lyue, and be not wastid biwith K. nedynesse. Therfor ten britheren of Joseph ȝeden doun tothat thei schul C pr. man. bie wheete in Egipt, and Beniamyn was withholdunbiholdun D. of Jacob at hoome, thatthe whiche Jacob I. whiche Jacob S. seide to hisethe I. Beniamyns S. britherenbritheren of Beniamyn I., Lest perauenture in the weie he suffre ony yuelyuel, be he at hoom I.. Sotheli thei entriden in to the lond of Egipt, with othere men that ȝedenȝeden thidir IS. to biebie corn IS.; forsothe hungur was in the lond of Canaan. And Joseph was princethe prince IS. of Egipt, and at his wille whetis weren seeld to puplis. And whanne hise britheren hadden worschipid hym, and he hadde knowe hem, he spak harderehardere to hem I. h. thingis to hem S. as to aliens, and axide hem, Fro whennus camen ȝe? Whiche answeriden, Fro the lond of Canaan, that we bie ne|cessaries to lyiflodeoure lyiflode IS.. And netheles he knewe thehis IS. britheren, and he was not knowun of hem, and he bithouȝte on the dremys whichethat IS. he seiȝ sumtyme.the whiche G. And he seide to hem, Ȝe ben aspierisa spies IS., ȝe camen tothat ȝe schul C pr. man. se the feblere thingis of the lond. WhicheThe whiche I. seiden, Lord, it is not so, but thi seruauntis camen to bie metis; alle we ben theOm. I. sones of o man, we comencamen hidir I. comen hidir S. pesible, and thi seruauntis ymaginenymagen DFG. not ony yuel. To `whiche hewhom Joseph IS. answeride, It is in other maner, ȝe camencomen. to se the feble thingis of the lond. And thei seiden, `We twelue britheren, thi seruauntis, benWe thi seruauntis ben twelue bretheren S. sonesthe sones IS. of o man in the lond of Canaan; the leesteȝungest IS. is with oure fadir, an other is not `on erthealyue IS.. This it is, he seide, that Y spak to ȝou, ȝethat ȝe F sec. m. ben aspierisOm. IS., riȝt now Y schal take experienceverrey knowyng IS. of ȝouȝou, ȝe ben aspieris I. ȝou, ȝe ben aspies S., bi the helthe of Farao ȝe schulen not goOm. S. froOm. FM. hennus, til ȝoure leestelaste L. brother comecome hidir S.; sende ȝe oon of ȝou, that he brynge hym, forsothe ȝe schulen be in boondis, til tho thingis that ȝe seidenhan seid IS. ben preued, whe|therwher BFG. thoȝe IS. ben false etherother G. or LP. trewe; ellis, bi the helthe of Farao, ȝe ben aspierisa spies IS.. Ther|for heJoseph IS. bitook hem tointo IS. kepyngkeperis G. thre daies; sotheli in the thridde dai, whanne thei weren led out of prisounthe prisoun D., heJo|seph IS. seide, Do ȝe that that Y seide, and ȝe schulen lyue, for Y drede God; if ȝe ben pesible, o bro|ther of ȝou be boundun in prisoun; for|sothe go ȝe, and berebere ȝe BS. wheetisthe whete IS., whiche ȝe bouȝtenhan bouȝt IS., in to ȝoure housis, and brynge ȝe ȝoure leesteȝoungiste IS. brother to me, that Y may preue ȝoure wordis, and ȝe die not. Thei diden as he seide, and thei spaken to gidere, Skilfuliworthily I. we suffren these thingis, for we synneden aȝensaȝeyn I. oure brother, and we seiȝen the anguysch of his soule, while he preiede vs, and we herdenherden him IS. not; herforewherfore S. this tri|bulacioun cometh on vs. Of which oon, Ruben, seide, Whetherwher ceteri omnes. Y seide not to ȝow, Nyle ȝe doOm. IS. synne aȝens the child, and ȝe herden not me? lo! his blood is souȝtnow out souȝt IS.. Sotheli thei wisten not that Joseph vndir|stoodvndirstood hem IS., for he spak to hem by interpretourinterpretour ether expownere BCGKNQX. an expowner IS.. And he turnede a wei hym silf a litil and wepte; and he turnede aȝen, and spak to hem. And he took Symeon, and boondhe boonde IS. hym, while thei weren present; and he comaundide the mynystrisseruauntis IS., that thei schulden fille her sackis with wheete, and that thei schulden putte theal her IS. money `of alleOm. IS. in her baggis, and ouer this ȝyueȝyue to hem IS. metismete L. in the weieweie ȝouun aboue C pr. m.; whiche diden so. And thei `baren wetisledden forth whete IS. onvpon IS. her assis, and ȝeden forth, and whanne the sak of oonoon of hem IS. was opened that he schulde ȝyue meete to the werk beeste in the yn, he bihelde the money in the mouth of the bagge, and seidehe seide IS. to his britheren, My monei is ȝoldun to me, lo! it is had in the bagge; and thei weren astonyed, and troblid, and seiden to|gidere, What thing is this that God hath doon to us. And thei camen to Jacob, her fadir, in the loond of Canaan, and telden to hym alle thingis that bifelden to hem, and seidenthei seiden IS., The lord of the lond spak harde to vs, and gesside that we weren aspierisa spies IS. of thethat IS. prouynce; to whom we answer|iden, We ben pesible, nether we purposen ony tresounstresoun G.; we ben twelue britheren, gendrid of o fadir, oon is not `on erthealyue IS., the leesteȝungest IS. dwellith with the fadir in the lond of Canaan. And he seide to vs, Thus Y schal preue that ȝe ben pesible; leeffe ȝe o brother of ȝou withat plures. me, and take ȝe metis nedeful to ȝoure housis, and go ȝe, and brynge ȝe to me ȝoure leesteȝoungeste IS. brother, that Y wite that ȝe ben not aspierisa spies IS., and that ȝe moun resseyue this brother which is holdunbounde IS. in boondis, and that fro thennushennus G. forth ȝe haue licenceleeue IS. to bie what thingis ȝe wolen. While these thingis weren seide, whanne allethei alle IS. scheddenhelden I. out wheetisthe wheetis I., thei founden moneythe money IS. boundun in `the mouth of sackisthe mouthis of her sackis I. her sakis mouthis S.. And whanne allethei alle IS. togidere weren a ferd, theher IS. fadir Jacob seide, Ȝe han maad me to be with out childrenfre chil|dren GIS.; Joseph is not alyue, Symeon is holdun in bondis, ȝe schulen take awey fro me Beniamyn; allealso B. these yuels feldenhan falle IS. in me. To whom Ru|ben answeride, Sle thou my twei sones, if Y shal not brynge hymBeniamyn IS. aȝen to thee; take thou hym in myn hond, and Y schal re|store hym to thee. And Jacob seide, My sone schal not go doun with ȝou; his bro|ther is deed, he aloone is left; if ony ad|uersite schal bifalle `to hymOm. S. in the lond to which ȝe schulen go, ȝe schulen lede forth myn hoore heeris with sorewe to hellishelle I..

 CAP. XLIII.

In the meene tyme hungur oppresside greetli al the lond; and whanne the meetis weren wastid, whiche thei brouȝten fro Egipt, Jacob seide to hise sones, Turne ȝe aȝen, and bie ȝe a litil of meetis to vs. Judas answeride, The ilke man de|nounsideschewide IS. to vs vndir witnessyng of anOm. plures. oothface D., and seide, Ȝe schulen not se my face, if ȝe schulen not brynge with ȝou ȝoure leeste brother; therfor if thou woltwilt IL. sende hym with vs, we schulen go to gidere, and we schulen bie necessaries to thee; ellis if thou woltwilt IL. not, we schulen not go; for as we seidenhan seid I. ofte, the man denounsidedenounside or schewide IS. to vs, and seide, Ȝe schulen not se my face with out ȝoure leeste brother. Forsothe Israel seide to hem, Ȝe diden this in to my wretchidnesse, that ȝe schewidensuereden L. to hym, that ȝe hadden also another brother. And thei answeriden, The man axide vs bi or|dre oure generacioun, if theoure IS. fadir lyuede, if we haddenanothir G. a brother; and we answeriden suyngli to hym, bi that that he axide; whether we myȝten wite that he wolde seie, Brynge ȝe ȝoure brothir with you? And Judas seide to his fadir, Sendesende ȝe FM. the child with me, that we go, and moun lyue, lest we dien, and oure litle childrenLo, prestis oblishyng. IS.; Y take the child, require thou hym of myn hoond; if Y schal not bryngebrynge him I. aȝen, and bitake hym to thee, Y schal be gilti of synne aȝens thee in al tyme; if delaithis delaiyng I. this delay or taryng S. hadde not be, we hadden comecome thenns IS. now an|othir tyme. Therfor Israel, `the fadir of hemher fadir IS., seide to hem, If it is nede soso to be IS., do ȝe that that ȝe wolen; `take ȝetaketh I. take S. ofOm. G. the beste fruytis of thethis IS. lond in ȝoure vesselis, and `bere ȝeberith IS. ȝiftisthe ȝiftis FGK pr. man. to the man, a litil of gumme, and of hony, and of storaxstorax ether precious gumme BC. st. that is, pr. g. K., and of mirremirre, that is, a bitter gumme K., and of therebyntetherebynte, that is, beste resyns K., and of alemaundis; and `bere ȝebere DG. berith IS. with ȝou double money, and `bere ȝeberith IS. aȝen that money whichthat IS. ȝe founden in baggisthe baggis IS., lest perauenture it be doon bi errourerrour or vnwiting I. errour or necgligence S.; but also take ȝe ȝoure brother, and go ȝe to the man; forsothe my God Al|myȝti mak him pesibleplesable plures. plesable ether quemeful BCK. to ȝou, and sende he aȝen ȝoure brother, whom he holdith in boondis, andand also IS. this Beniamyn; forsothe Y schal bebe now IS. as maad bare without sones. Therfor the men token ȝiftis, and double monei, and Beniamyn; and thei ȝeden doun in to Egipt, and stoden bifore Jo|seph. And whanne he hadde seyn `hem andOm. S. Beniamyn togidere, he comaundide the dispendere of his hows, and seide, Lede these men in to the hous, and sle beestis, and make a feeste; for thei schulen ete with me to dai. He dide as it was comaundidbeden him I. boden to him S., and leddehe ledde I. the men in to the hows; and there thei weren aferd, and seidenthei seiden IS. togidere, We ben brouȝt in for theOm. D. monei which we baren aȝen biforeOm. B. in oure sackis, that he putte chalenge `in toaȝen IS. vs, and make suget bi violence to ser|uage bothe vs and oure assis. Wherfor thei neiȝeden in the `ȝatis, and spaken to the dispendereȝatis to the disp. and spaken to him IS., Lord, we preienpreien thee IS. that thou here vs; we camen doun now bifore thatthis tyme that IS. we schulden bie metis; whanne tho weren bouȝt, whanneand I. and whenne S. we camen to the ynne, we openeden oure baggis, and we founden moneythe money IS. in the mouth of sackisthe sackis IS. oure S. L., whichthe which I. moneyOm. plures. we han brouȝt aȝen now in the same weiȝte; but also we han brouȝt other siluer, that we bie tho thingis that ben nedeful to vs; it is not in oure con|scienceknowyng I., who puttideputte IS. the money in oure pursis. And he answerde, Pees be to ȝou, nyle ȝe drede; ȝoure God and God of ȝoure fadir ȝaf to ȝou tresouris in ȝoure baggis; for I haue the monei preued, whichthat IS. ȝe ȝauen to me. And he ledde out Symeon to hem; and whanne thei werenOm. D. brouȝt in to the hows, he brouȝte watir, and thei waischiden her feet, and he ȝaf `meetis to her assisher assis mete IS.. Sotheli thei maden redi ȝiftisthe ȝiftis IS. til Joseph entride at myd day, for thei hadden herd that thei schulden ete breed there. Therfor Joseph entride in to his hows, and thei offridenprofriden BC pr. m. ȝiftis to hym, and heldenhelden hem IS. in theher IS. hondis, and worschipiden lowe to erthethe erthe IKLSX sec. m.. And he grette hem aȝen mekeli; and he axide hem, and seide, Whether ȝoure fadir, the elde man, is saaf, of whom ȝe seiden to me? lyueth he ȝit? Whiche answeriden, He is hool, thi ser|uaunt oure fadir lyueth ȝit; and thei weren bowid, and worschipiden hym. For|sothe Joseph reyside hise iȝen, and siȝ Beniamyn his brother of the same wombe, and seidehe seide IS., Is this ȝoure litilȝoung IS. brother, of whom ȝe seiden to me? And eft Joseph seide, My sone, God haue merci ofon DGS. thee. And Joseph hastidehastide him IS. in to thean IS. hous, for his entrailis weren moued on his brother, and teeris brastenbarsten plures. out, and he entride into a closet, and wepte. And eft whanne thehis IS. face was waischun, he ȝede out, and re|freynede hym silfhymsilf fro weping IS., and seide, Sette ȝeȝe forth IS. looues. And whanneOm. IS. thothei F. whiche IS. weren setset forth IS. to Joseph by hym silf, and to thehis I. britheren bi hem silf, and to Egipcyansthe Egipcyans IKSX. that eeten to gidre by hem silf; for it is vnleueful to Egipcians to ete with Ebrewis, and thei gessengessiden G. sich a feeste vnhooli. Therfor theithe britheren of Joseph IS. saten bifore hym, the firste gendridbigeten I. bi theOm. IKMS. rite of histhe IS. firste gendryngbigetun I., and the leesteȝoungest IS. bi his age; and thei wondriden greetli, whanne the partis weren takun whiche thei hadden resseyued of him, and the more part cam to Beniamyn, so that it passide in fyue partis; and thei drunken, and weren fillid with him.

 CAP. XLIV.

Forsothe Joseph comaundid the dispen|dere of his hous, and seide, Fille thou her sackis with wheete, as myche as thothei IKS. moun take, and putte thou the money of ech in the hiȝnesseheiȝthe IS. of the sak; forsothe put thou in the mouth of the sakmouth DG. sackis mouth I. sak mouth S. of the ȝongereȝoungest IS. my siluerensiluer DIS. cuppe, and the prijs of wheetethe wheete I. which he ȝaf; and it was doon so. And whanne the morewtid roos, thei weren de|lyuered with her assis. And now thei had|den go out of the citee, and hadden go forth a litil; thanne Joseph seide, whanne the dispendere of his hous was clepid, Rise thou, pursueand pursue DIS. the men, and seye thou whanne thei ben takun, Whi han ȝe ȝolde yuel for good? The cuppe, which ȝe han stole, is thilk in which my lord drynkith, and in which he is wont to dyuyne; ȝe han do a fulOm. K. wickid thing. He dide as Joseph comaundid, and whanne thei weren takun, he spak bi ordre. Whichethese thingis; the whiche I. thees thingis; whiche S. answer|iden, Whi spekith oure lord so, that thi seruauntis han do so greet trespasa trespas DGQRT. trespassis K.? We brouȝten aȝen to thee fro the lond of Cha|naan the monei whichthat IS. we founden in the hiȝnesseheiȝte IS. of sackisoure sackis IS., and hou is it suynge that we han stole fro `the hows of thi lordthi lordis hous IS. gold etheror ILPS. siluer? At whom euere of thi seruauntis this that thou sekist is foundun, die he, and we schulen be ser|uauntis of my lord. Which seide to hem, Be it doon bi ȝoure sentence; at whom it is foundun, be he my seruaunt; forsothe ȝe schulen be gilteles. And so thei diden doun hastili theher S. sackis on erthethe erthe IS., and alle openydenthei openyden IS. thohem IS. whichethe whiche I. he souȝte; and biganhe bigan IS. at the moremooste IS. til to the leeste, and foondhe foond IS. the cuppe in `the sak of Benia|mynBeniamyns sak I. Beniamyn sak S.. And whanne thei hadden `to-rent her clothisto-rent h. c. for scerowe I. for sorew to-rent h. c. s., and hadden chargid eft thehere I. assis, thei turneden aȝen in toOm. S. the citee. And Judas entride `the firstefirste G. Om. S. with bri|threnhis britheren IKS. to Joseph; for heJoseph IS. hadde not go ȝit fro the place; and alle feldenthei fellen IS. togidere on erthethe erthe IS. bifore hym. To whichewhom IS. he seide, Whi wolden ȝe do so? whetherwhat D. wher plures, ut passim. ȝe witen not, that noon is lijk meto me IS. in the kunnyng of dyuinyngdyuynowring I.? To whom Judas seide, What schulen we answere to my lord, etheror LP. what schulen we speke, etheror LP. mounwhat moun we IS. iustli aȝenseie? God hath founde the wickid|nessewickidnessis DGQRT. of thi seruauntis; lo! alle we ben the seruauntis of my lord, bothe we and he at whom the cuppe is foundun. Joseph answeride, Fer be it fro me, that Y do so; he be my seruaunt that stal the cuppe; forsothe go ȝe fre to ȝoure fadir. Sotheli Judas neiȝede neer, and seide tristili, My lord, Y preyepraye thee IS., thi seruaunt speke a word in thin eeris, and be thou not wrooth to thi seruaunt; for aftir Farao thou art my lord. Thou axidist first thi seruauntis, Han ȝe a fadir, etherLP. a brother? And we answeriden to theeOm. K., my lord, An eld fadir is to vs, and a litil child that was borun in his eelde, whos brother of the same wombe is deed, and his modir hath hym aloone; forsothe his fadir loueth hym ten|dirli. And thou seidist to thi seruauntis, Brynge ȝe hym to me, and Y schalOm. G. sette myn iȝen on hym. We maden suggestioun to thee, my lord, the child may not forsake his fadir; for if he schal leeue thehis I. fadir, hehis fadir IS. schal die. And thou seidist to thi seruauntis, If ȝoure leesteȝoungist IS. brother schal not come with ȝou, ȝe schulen no more se my face. Therfor whanne we hadden stiedgon vp I. stied vp S. to thi seruaunt, oure fadir, we telden to hym alle thingis whiche my lord spakspak to vs IS.; and oure fadir seide, Turne ȝe aȝen, and bie ȝe to ȝou a litil of wheete; to whom we seiden, We moun not go; if oure leeste brother schal go doun with vs, we schulen go forth togidere; ellis, if he is absent, we dorendar I. not se the `face of the lordlordis face IS.. To whiche thingis theoure IS. fadir answeride, Ȝe witen that my wiif childide twei sones to me; oon ȝede out, and `ȝe seidenthei seiden plures., a beeste deuouride hym, and hidir to he apperithapperide GL. not; if ȝe taken also this sone, and ony thing bifallithbifalle S. to hym in the weye, ȝe schulen lede forth myn hoor heeris with morenyng to hellis. Therfor if Y entre toaȝen to IS. thi seruaunt, oure fadir, and thehis S. child faile, sithen his lijf hangith of the lijf of thethis plures. child, and he se that thethis I. child is not with vs, he schal die, and thi seruauntis schulen lede forth hise hoor heeris with sorewe to hellis. Be Y propirli thi ser|uaunt, which resseyuede this child on my feith, and bihiȝteI bihiȝte I., and seide, If Y schal not brynge aȝenOm. S. hym, Y schal be gilti of synne aȝens my fadir in al tyme; and so Y schal dwelle thi seruaunt for the child in to the seruyce of my lord, and the child stiego vp I. stie vp S. with hise britheren; for Y may not go aȝen to my fadir, if the child isbe IMS. absent, lestlo DRT. Y stonde aOm. G. witnesse of the wretchid|nesse that schal oppresse my fadir.

 CAP. XLV.

Joseph myȝte no lengere absteyne hym silf, while many men stoden biforebifore him I. there bifore him S.; wherfor he comaundide that alle men schulden go out, and that noon alien were present in the knowyng of Joseph and hise britheren. And Joseph reiside thereiside vp his IS. vois with wepyng, which Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. herden, and al the hows of Farao. And he seide to hise britheren, Y am Joseph; lyueth my fadir ȝit? TheHis IS. brithren myȝten not an|swere, and weren agast biwith I. ful myche drede. To whiche hewhom Joseph IS. seide mekeli, Neiȝe ȝecometh niȝ IS. to me. And whanne thei hadden neiȝed nyȝ, he seide, Y am Joseph ȝoure brother, whom ȝe selden in to Egipt; nyle ȝe drede, nether seme it to be hard to ȝou, that ȝe seelden me in to these cuntreis; for God hath sent me bifore ȝou in to Egipt for ȝoure helthe. For it is twei ȝeer thatsith that IS. hungur bigan `to beOm. IS. in thethis IS. lond, ȝit fyue ȝeer suen, in whiche memen M. schal notneither IS. mowOm. DEGLNP. ereeren erthe ELP., netherne ELPS. repe; and God bifor sente me, that ȝe be reseruedkept IS. on erthe, and moun haue metis to lyue. Y was sent hidur not bi ȝoure counsel, but bi Goddis willecouncel and wille E., which madehath made IS. me as the fadir of Farao, and theOm. I. lord of al his hows, and prince in al the lond of Egipt. Haste ȝe, and `stie ȝestieth I. stieth vp S. to my fadir, and ȝe schulen seie to hym, Thi sone Joseph sendith these thingisthingis to thee IS.; God hath maad me lord of al the lond of Egipt; come dounthou doun IS. to me, and tarie not, and dwelle in the lond of Ges|sen; and thou schalt be bisidis me, thou, and thi sones, and the sones of thi sones, thi scheep, and thi grete beestis, and alle thingis whiche thou weldist, and there Y schal fede thee; for ȝit fyue ȝeer of hun|gur ben residueleft IS., lest bothe thou perische, and thin hows, and alle thingis whiche thou weldist. Lo! ȝoure iȝen, and the iȝen of my brother Beniamyn seensawȝen I., that my mouth spekith to ȝou; telle ȝe to my fadir al my glorie, and alle thingis whiche ȝe sien in Egipt; haste ȝe, and brynge ȝebringeth IS. hymmy fadir S. to me. And whanne heJoseph IS. hadde bi|clippid, and haddeOm. IKOS. feldfalle EFLMPWS. fallen I. in to the necke of Beniamyn, his brother, he wepte, the while also Benjamin wepte in lijk manerOm. I. on thehis I. necke of JosephOm. I.. And Joseph kisside alle hise britheren, and wepte on allehem alle IS.; aftir whichethe whiche I. thingis thei weren hardi to speke to hym. And it was herd, and pupplischid bi famouse word in the halle of the kyngkyngis halle IS., The britheren of Jo|seph ben comun. And Farao ioiede, and al his meynee; and Farao seide to Joseph, that he schulde comaunde hise britheren, and `seie, Chargeseie to hem charge ȝe IS. ȝoure beestis, and go ȝe in to the lond of Canaan, and take ȝe fro thennus ȝoure fadir, and kynredeȝoure kynrede IS., and come ȝe to me; and Y schal ȝyue toOm. IS. ȝou alle the goodis of Egipt, that ȝe ete the merow of the lond. Comaunde thouthi britheren IS. also, that thei take waynes of the lond of Egipt to the cariage of her litle children, and wyuesher wyues IS., and seie thouthou to hem., `Take ȝetakith IS. ȝoure fadir, and haste ȝe comynge soone, nether leeue ȝe ony thing of the purtenaunce of ȝoure hows, for alle the richessis of Egipt schulen be ȝoureȝours IS.. The sones of Israel diden, as it was comaundid to hem; to whichethe whiche I. Jo|seph ȝaf waynes, bi the comaundementheest IS. of Farao, and metis in the weie; and heJoseph IS. comaundide twei stoolislonge clothis I. marg. stoolis or garmentis S. to be brouȝt forth to echech brother IS.; forsothe he ȝaf to Beniamyn thre hundrid platis of siluer, with fyue the beste stoolis; and sentehe sente IS. to his fadir so myche of siluer, and of cloothis, and he addide to hem ten male assis, that schulden bere of allethe GQ. alle the IS. richessis of Egipt, and so many femalof femal I. assis, berynge wheete and looues in the weie. Therfor heJoseph IS. lefte hise britheren, and seide to hem goynge forth, Be ȝe not wrooth in the weie. Whichethe whiche I. stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S. fro Egipt, and camen in to the lond of Canaan, to her fadir Jacob; and teldenthei tolden IS. to hym, and seiden, Joseph, thi sone, lyueth, and he is lord in al the lond of Egipt. AndOm. B. whanne this was herd, Jacob wakide as of a greuouse sleep; netheles he bileuyde not to hem. Thei telden aȝenward alto hem al I. to him al S. the ordre of the thing; and whanne Jacob hadde seyn the waynes, and alle thingis whichethat IS. Joseph hadde sent, his spirit lyuedequykide I. aȝen, and he seide, It suf|fisith to me, if Joseph my sone lyuethlyue S. ȝit, Y schal go and `YOm. RT. schalOm. D. se hym biforeor K. that Y die.

 CAP. XLVI.

And Israel ȝedewent IS. forth with alle thingis that he hadde, and he cam to the pit of ooth; and whanne sacrifices weren slayn there to God of his fadir Isaac, he herde God bi a visioun in that nyȝt clepynge hymto hym D. Om. K., `and seiynge to hymOm. L., Jacob! Ja|cob! To whom he answeride, Lo! Y am present. God seide to hym, Y am the strongesteful strong I. God of thi fadir; nyle thou drede, go doun in to Egipt, for Y schal make thee there in to a greet folk; Y schal go doun thidir with thee, and Y schal brynge thee turnynge aȝen fro thennus, and Joseph schal sette his hond onvp on IS. thin iȝen. Jacob roos fro the pit of ooth, and thehis IS. sones token him, with her litle chil|dren, and wyues, in the waynes whiche Farao hadde sent to bere the eld man, and alle thingis whichethat IS. he weldide in the lond of Canaan; and he cam in to Egipt with his seed, hisewith his IS. sones, and her sones, and douȝtris, and al the generacioun to|gidere. Forsothe thes ben the names of the sones of Israel, that entriden in to Egipte; heJacob IS. with hise fre children. The firste gendridbigeten I. Rubenis Ruben IS.; the sones of Ru|ben, Enoch, and Fallu, and Esrom, and Carmi. The sones of Symeon, Jemuhel, and Jamyn, and Ahoth, and Jachyn, andOm. F. Sab, and Saber, and Saul, the sone of a womman of Canaan. The sones of Leuy, Gerson, Caath, and Merarie. The sones of Juda, Her and Onam, and Sela, and Fares, and Zara. Forsothe Her and Onam dieden in the lond of Canaan; and the sones of Fares weren borun, Esrom, and Amul. The sones of Isacar, Thola, and Fua, and Jobab, and Semron. The sones of Zabulon, Sared, and Thelom, and Jahel. These ben the sones of Lia, whiche sche childide in Mesopotanye of Sirie, with Dyna, hir douȝter; alle the soules of hise sones and douȝtris, thre and thretti. The sones of Gad, Sefion, and Aggi, Suny, and Hesebon, Heri, and Arodi, and Areli. The sones of Aser, Jamne, and Jesua, and Je|sui, and Beria; and Sara, the sister of hem. The sones of Beria, Heber and Melchiel. These weren the sones of Zel|fa, whom Laban ȝaf to Lia, his douȝter, and Jacob gendrydebigaate I. these sixtene per|sones. The sones of Rachel, `wijf of Ja|cobJacob's wijf IS., weren Joseph and Beniamyn. And sonestwo sones IS. weren borun to Joseph in the loond of Egipt, Manasses and Effraym, whichethe whiche I. Asenech, `douȝtir of PutifarPutiphar douȝtir IS., preestthe prest IS. of Heliopoleos, childide to hym. The sones of Beniamin weren Bela, and Becor, and As|bel, Gera, and Naaman, and Jechi, `Ros, and Mofymand Jesemouphyn DGQRTX. and Ros, and Mofym I. and Ros, and Jesemouphyn S., and OfymSophin DGQRSTX., and Ared. These weren the sones of Rachel, whichethe whiche I. Jacob gendridebigaat I.; alle thethese G. persones weren foure|tene. The sonesones DEGN sup. ras. OQRSTd. of Dan, Vsym. The sones of Neptalym, Jasiel, and Guny, and Jeser, and Salem. These weren `the sones of BalaBala sones S., whom Laban ȝaf to Rachel his douȝ|tir. And Jacob gendridebigaate I. these; alle the soulessones S. weren seuene. And alle the men that entriden with Jacob in to Egipt, and ȝeden out of his thiȝ, with out `the wyues of his soneshis sones wifes IS., weren sixti and sixe. For|sothe the sones of Joseph, that weren borun to hym in `the loond of EgiptEgipt lond IS., weren two men. Alle the soulis of `the hows of Ja|cobJacobs hous IS., that entriden in to Egipt, weren seuenti. Forsothe Jacob sente Judas bi|fore hym to Joseph, that he schulde telle to hym, and he schuldeOm. DIKMN sec.m. OQRSTWd. `comeOm. QT. in tomeete with him in I. Ges|sen. And whanne Jacob hadde come thi|dir, Joseph stiedewente vp in to I. stiede vp in S. in his chare to mete his fadir at the same place. And he siȝ Jacob, and felde on `his neckethe nek of him IS., and wepte bitwixe collyngisbiclip|pingis I. C. or biclippingis S.. And the fadir seide to Joseph, Now Y schal die ioiful, forOm. S. Y siȝhaue seen I. haue siȝ S. thi face, and Y leeue thee lyuynge. And Joseph spak to hise brithren, and to al `the hows of his fadirhis fadir hous IS., I schal stiego vp I. stie vp S., and `Y schalOm. DGIKN sec.m. OQRSTX sec.m. d. telle to Farao, and Y schal seie to hym, My britheren, and the hows of my fadir, that weren in the lond of Canaan, ben comun to me, and thei ben men kepers of scheep, and han bisynesse of flockis to be fed; thei brouȝten with hem her scheep and grete beestis, and alle thingis whiche thei miȝten haue. And whanne Farao schal clepe ȝou, and schal seie, What is ȝoure werk? ȝe schulen answere, We ben thi ser|uauntis, men scheepherdis, fro oure child|hed til in to presentthis present IS. tyme, bothe we and oure fadris. Sotheli ȝe schulen seye these thingis, that ȝe moun dwelle in the lond of Gessen, for Egipcians wlaten alle keperis of scheep.

 CAP. XLVII.

Therfor Joseph entride, and telde to Farao, and seide, My fadir and brethren, theOm. IKMN sec. m. swd. scheep and gretethe grete ELP. beestis of hem, and alle thingis whichethat IS. thei welden, camenhan come I. fro the lond of Canaan; and lo! thei stonden in the lond of Gessen. And heJoseph IS. ordeynede fyue, the lastelaste or mekeste IS. men of hise bri|theren, biforeto come bifore IS. the kyng, whichewhom I. he axideaxide hem EP., What werk han ȝe? Thei answeriden, We thi seruauntis ben kepers of scheep, bothe we and oure faderis; we camen in to thi lond to be pilgrymyspilgryms, that is, to dwelle for a tyme BCGKNQd., for noo gras is to theOm. D. flockis of thi seruauntis; hungurfor hungur B. wexith greuouse in the lond of Canaan, and we axen that thou comaunde vs thi seruauntis to be in the lond of Gessen. And solo ELP. the kyng seide to Joseph, Thi fadir and thi britheren camenhan come I. to thee; the lond of Egipt is in thi siȝt, make thou hem to dwelle in the beste place, and ȝyue thou to hem the lond of Gessen; that if thou woost that witti men ben in hem, ordeyne thouOm. IKS. hem maystris of my beestis. After these thingis Joseph brouȝte in his fader to the king, and settidesette EGILM PQWS. him bifor the king, whichand he IS. blesside the king; and he was axid of the king, Hou many ben the daies of the ȝeeris of thi lijf? And he answeride, The daies of pilgrymage of my lijf, ben feewe and yuele, of an hundrid andȝer and E. thretti ȝeer, and tho `camen nothan not come I. tilOm. IS. to the daies of my fadris, in whiche thei weren pilgryms. And whanne heJacob IS. hadde blessid the kyng, he ȝede out. Forsothe Joseph ȝaf to hise fadir and britheren pos|sessioun in Egipt, in Ramasses, the beste soile of erthe, as Farao comaundide; and he fedde hem, and al the hows of his fadir, and ȝaf metis to allehem alle IS.. For breed failide in al the world, and hungur oppresside the lond, moost of Egipt and ofOm. G. Canaan; of whiche londis heJoseph IS. gaderide al the money for theOm. plures. this N pr. m. sillyng of wheete, and brouȝte it in to the `tresorie of the kyngkingis tresorie IS.. And whanne prijsthe prijs CKO. failide to theOm. D. bieris, al E|gipt cam to Joseph, and seide, Ȝyue thou `looues to vsvs looues IS.; whi shulen we die biforefor E. thee, while monei failith? To whichewhom IS. he answeride, Brynge ȝe ȝoure beestis, and Y schal ȝyue toOm. IS. ȝou metis for tho, if ȝe han not prijs. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt tho, he ȝaf toOm. IS. hem metis for horsishors F., and scheep, and oxunoxis S., and assis; and he sus|teynede hem in that ȝeer for the chaung|yngchaunge S. of beestis. And thei camen in the secunde ȝeer, and seiden to hym, We helenwolen G. not fro oure lord, that the while monei failith, also beestis failiden togidere, nether it is hid fro thee, that with out bodies and lond we han no thing; whi therfor schulen we die, whilewhilis S. thou seestseest this IS.? bothe we and oure lond schulen be thine, bie thou vs in to the kyngis seruage, and ȝyue thou seedisvs seedis to sowe IS., lest theOm. IKS. while the tiliere perischith, the lond be turned in to wil|dirnesse. Therfor Joseph bouȝte al the lond of Egipt, while all men seelden her possessiouns, for the greetnesse of hungur; and he made it and alle puplisthe puplis IS. therof suget to Farao, fro the laste termes of Egipt til to the laste endis therof, outakun the lond of preestis, that was ȝouun of the kyng to hem, to whichethe whiche I. preestis also metis weren ȝouun of theOm. IS. comun bernys, andOm. G. therfor thei weren not compellid to sille her possessiouns. Therfor Joseph seide to the puplis, Lo! as ȝe seen, Farao weldith bothe ȝou and ȝoure lond; take ȝe seedis, and `sowe ȝesoweth IS. feeldis, that ȝe moun haue fruytis; ȝethei G. schulen ȝyue the fifthe part to the kyng; Y suffre to ȝou the fourefourthe A pr. m. K. re|sidue partis in to seedthe seed E. and in to meetis, to ȝou, and to ȝoure fre children. WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden, Oure helthe is in thin hond; oneli oure God biholde vsthou vs S., and we schulen ioifuli serue the kyng. Fro that tyme til inOm. IS. to presentthis present IS. dai, in al the lond of Egipt, the fyuethe part is paied to theOm. CIKN sec. m. SW. kyngis, and it is maad as in to aOm. S. lawe, with out the lond of preestis, that was fre fro this condicioun. Therfor Israel dwellide in E|gipt, that is, in the lond of Jessen, and weldide it; and he was encreessid and multiplied ful mych. And he lyuede ther|ynne sixtene ȝeer; and alle the daies of his lijf weren maad ofOm. FGIQRST. an hundrid and seuene and fourti ȝeerȝeeris G.. And whanne he seiȝ the daidaies D. of deethhis deeth S. nyȝe, he clepide his sone Joseph, and seide to hym, If Y haue founde grace in thi siȝt; putte thin hond vndur myn hipe, and thou schal do merci and treuthe to me, that thou birie not me in Egipt; but `Y schal slepeslepe Y C pr. m. with my fa|dris, and take thou awey me fro this lond, and birie inme in IKS. the sepulcre of my gretteregrettere fadris IS.. To whom Joseph answeride, Y schal do that that thou comaundist. And Israel seide, Therfor swere thou to me; and whanne Joseph swoor, Israel turnede to the heed of the bedbeddis heed I. bed heed S., andOm. I. worschipide God.

 CAP. XLVIII.

And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Joseph, that his fadir was sijk. And he took hise twei sones, Ma|nasses and Effraym, and he disposide tohim to IS. go. And it was seid to the elde man, Lo! thi sone Joseph cometh to thee; whichthe which G. was coumfortid, and satsat vp IS. in the bed. And whanne Joseph entride to hym, he seide, Almyȝti God apperide to me in Luza, whichthat IS. is in the lond of Canaan, and blesside me, and seide, Y schal encreesse andthee and B. multiplie thee, and Y schal make thee in to cumpanyes of puplis, and Y schal ȝyue to thee this lond, and to thi seed aftir thee, in to euerlastinge possessioun. Ther|for thi twei sones, that ben borun to thee in the lond of Egipt bifore that Y cam hidir to thee, schulen be myne, Effraym and Manasses as Ruben and Symeon schulen be arettid to me; forsothe the otheretothere K. whiche thou schalt gendregete I. aftir hem schulen be thine; and thei schulen be clepid bi the name of her britheren in her possessiounspossessioun E.. Forsothe whanne Y cam fro Mesopotamye, Rachel was deed to me in the lond of Canaan, in thilke weie; and it was theOm. E. in the G. bigynnyng of somerthe somer DN pr. m. QRTX sec. m.; and Y entride in to Effrata, and beriedebriede A. I beriede IS. hir bi|sidis the weie of Effrata, whichthe which I. bi an|othir name is clepid Bethleem. Forsothe Jacob seiȝ the sones of Joseph, and seidehe seide IS. to him, Who ben these? He answeride, Thei ben my sones, whichethat IS. God ȝaf toOm. IS. me in this place. Jacob seideseide to him E., Bryngebrynge ȝe F. hem to me that Y blesse hem. For `the iȝen of IsraelIsrael iȝen S., dasewiden for greet eelde, and he myȝte not se clereli; and he kisside and collide tho children ioyned to hym, and seidehe seide FIS. to his sone, Y am not defraudid of thi siȝt; ferthermore God schewidehath schewide I. to me thi seed. And whanne Joseph hadde take hem fro `the fadrishis fadir I. his fadris S. lappe, he wor|schipide lowe toin to C pr. m. erthethe erthe BEGIKSX sec. m.. And he settesettide FGKMNS. Effraym on his riȝt side, that is, on the lift side of Israel; forsothe he settidesette EILPS. Ma|nasses inon IS. his lift side, that is, on the riȝt side of thehis IS. fadir; and he ioynede bothe to hym. WhichThe which I. helde forth the riȝt hond, and settidesette ELMP. leide it IS. on `the heed of EffraymEffraym heed S., the lesselest E. ȝoungere IS. brothir; sotheli he settidesette LMP. leide IS. thehis IS. left hond on `the heed of ManassesManasses heed IS., that was the more thurȝ birthe. Jacob chaungide `the hondeshis hond I. his hondis S., and blesside his sone Joseph, and seide, God, in whos siȝt my fadris Abraham and Isaac ȝeden; God, that fedith me fro my ȝong wexynge age til in to presentthis present IS. day; the aungel that delyuerede me fro alle yuelis, blesse thesthe E. children, and my name be clepid on hem, and the names of my fadris Abraham and Ysaac; and wexe thei in multitude on erthe. For|sothe Joseph seiȝ that his fadir hadde set thehis IS. riȝt hond on the heed of Effraym, andand to bere ouer on the heed of Effraym, and E. tookhe took that IS. heuyli, and he enforside tohim to IS. reise thehis FIS. fadrisfadir IS. hond takunand take it I. fro the heed of Ef|fraym, and to bere `ouer onit ouer vp on IS. `the heed ofOm. S. Manasses. And heJoseph IS. seide to thehis IS. fadir, Fadir, it acordith not so; for this is the firste gendridbigeten I.; sette thi riȝt hond on thehis IS. heed `of hymOm. IS.. WhichThe which I. forsook andto do so and IS. seide, Y woot, my sone, Y woot; and sotheli this child schal be in to puplismany puplis IS., and he schal be multiplied; but his ȝonger brother schal be more than he, and `his seedthe seed of him IS. schal en|creesse in to folkis. And heJacob IS. blesside hem in that tyme, and seide, Israel schal be blessid in thee, JosephEffraym I., and it schal be seidseid in pro|uerbe, I marg., God do to thee as tohe dide to I. he shal to S. Effraym and as to Manasses. And he settidesette EGILPS. Effraym bifore Manasses; and seide to Joseph, his sone, Lo! Y die, and God schal be with ȝou, and schalhe schal IS. lede ȝou aȝen to the lond of ȝoure fadris; Y ȝyue to thee o part ouer thi britheren which Y took fro the hand of Amorei, in my swerd and bowe.

 CAP. XLIX.

Forsothe Jacob clepide hise sones, and seide to hem, Be ȝe gaderid thatto gidre that I. Y telle what thingis schulen come to ȝou in the laste daiesdai F.; be ȝe gaderid, `and here, ȝethere the F. sonesthe sones I. of Jacob, here ȝe Israel ȝoure fadir. Ruben, my firste gendridbigetun I. sone, thou art my strengthe and the bigynnyng of my sorewe; thou ouȝtist to be the former in ȝiftis, the more in lordschip; thou art sched out as watirW. into foul leccherie I marg.; wexe thou not, for thou stiedistwentist vp I. on the bedcouche I. of thi fader, and defoulidistde|foulist QRT. his bedbed, that is, his wiyf BCDGKNQKSTX. b. his wiff I marg.. Symeon and Leuy, britheren, fiȝtynge vessils of wickidnesse; my soule come not in to the councel of hem, and my glorie be not in the congre|gacioun of hem; for in her woodnesse thei killiden a man, and in her wille thei mynedenvndirmyneden I. meueden S. the walthe wal, ether hoxiden a bole, as it is in Ebrew CGNQX.; curside be the wood|nesse of hem, for it is obstynat, and the indignacioun of hem forbe cursid for BC. it is hard; Y schal departe hemOm. G. in Jacob, andOm. IS. I schal scatere hem in Israel. Judas, thi britheren schulen preise thee, thin hondis schulen be in the nollis of thin enemyes; theand the C. sones of thi fadir schulen worschipe thee. `A whelp of liounJudas the whelp of a lioun I. a lyoun whelp S. `is JudasOm. I.; my sone thou stiedisthast gon vp I. to preythe prey I.; thou restidist, and hast leynleie I. as a lioun, and as a lionesse who schal reise hym? The septreseptre, that is, dignite of kyng BCGKQX. schal not be takun awey fro Juda, and a duyk of his hipe, tilschal not be takun awey til BC. he come that schal be sent, and he schal be abidingthe abiding IS. of hethene men; and he schal tye his colt at the vyner, and his femalschee IS. asse at the vyne; AO! IS.! my sone, he schal waische his stoole inal in C. wyn, and his mentil in theOm. plures. blood of grapegrace EGKLMNPRTWXd. the grape IS.; hise iȝen ben fairere than wyn, and hise teeth ben whittere than mylk. Zabulon schal dwelle in the brenk of the see, and in the stondyng of schipis; and schalhe schal IS. stretcheareche E. til to Sydon. Isachar, aas S. strong asse, liggynge bitwixe termes, seiȝ reste, that it was good and seiȝhe sawȝe IS. the lond that it was best, and he vndirsettidevndirsette GIQS. his schuldre to bere, and he was maad seru|ynge to tributistributis, ether to rente, as it is in Ebreu BCGQX. t. ether to rente N.. Dan schal deme his puple, as also another lynage in Israel. Dan be maad a serpent in the weie, and cerastescerastes, that is, an horned eddre BCDEGKLPQRS. an horned addre IX. in the path, and bitebite he IS. the feet of an hors, that the `stiere therofrider of him I. falle bac|ward; Lord, Y schal abide thin helthehelthe ȝiuere DGIKMN sup. ras. QRSX. heelthe euere W.. Gad schal be gird, and schalhe schal IS. fiȝte bifor hym, andOm. K. he schal be gird bihynde. Aser his breed schal be plenteuousefat DEFILPRSTWd. fat ether plenteuouse BCGNOQ. f. or plenteous K. f. that is, plenteuous X., and he schal ȝyue delicis to kyngis. Neptalym schal be an hert sent out, and ȝyuynge spechis of fairenesse. Joseph, a sone en|creessynge, `a sone encresingeOm. GKM., and fair in biholdyng; douȝtris runnen aboute on the wal, but hise brithren wraththeden hym, and chiddenchidden him E., and thei hadden dartis, and haddenthei hadden I. enuye to hym. His bowe sat in the strongethe Lord I marg., and the boondis of his armes, and hondishis hondis IS. weren vnboundun bi the hond of the myȝti of Jacob; of hym a scheep|herd ȝede out, the stoon of Israel. God of thi fadir schal beal be G. thin helpere, and Al|myȝti God schal blesse thee with blessyngis of heuenethe heuene E. fro aboue, and with blessyngisthe blessyngis L. of the see liggynge binethe, with bless|yngis blesing E. of tetiscitees DG. tete F., and of wombepryuy wombe C pr. m. the wombe IS.; the bless|yngis of thi fadir ben coumfortidconfortid, that is, ben betere than BC., theof the A pr. m. with the I. to K sup. ras. blessyngis of his fadris, til the desire of euerlastynge hillis cam; blessyngis ben maad inon C. the heed of Joseph, and in the nol of NazareiNazarei, that is, hooly BCDEGKLNPQRSTX. among his britheren. Ben|iamyn, a rauyschynge wolf, schal ete preythe prey I. eerly, and in the euentid he schal departe spuylis. Alle these weren in twelue kyn|redis of Israel; her fadir spak thesealle these C. thingys to hem, and blessidehe blesside IS. hem alle by propre blessyngis, and comaundidehe comaundide IS. hemto him cet. omnes., and seide, Y am gaderid to my puple, birie ȝe me with my fadris in the double denne, whichthat IS. is in the lond of Efron Ethei, aȝens Manbre, in the lond of Canaan, whichthe which I. denne Abraham bouȝte with the feeld of Efron Ethei, in to possessioun of sepulcrea sepulcre IS.. There thei birieden hym, and Sare his wijf, also Ysaac was biried there with Rebecca his wijf; there also Lia liggithlyth ELP. biried. And whanne the comaunde|mentisheestis IS. weren endid, bi whichethe whiche I. he tauȝte thehis IS. sones, he gaderidegaderide to gidre IS. hise feet on the bed, and diede, and he was putput|tide B pr. m. to his puple.

 CAP. L.

Which thing Joseph seiȝ, and feldehe fel IS. on `the face of the faderthe face of his fadir C. his fadris face I. his fadir face S., and wepte, and kiste hym; and he comaundide hise seruauntis, lechis, that thei schulden anoynte thehis IS. fadir with swete smellynge spiceries. While thei `filliden the comaundementisful|filliden his heestis IS., fourti daies passiden, for this was the custom of deed bodies anoyntid; and Egipt biwepte hymJacob IS. seuenti daies. And whanne the tyme of weilingweping K. was fillidfulfillid IS., Joseph spak to the meyne of Farao, If Y haue founde grace in ȝoure siȝt, speke ȝe in the eeris of Farao; for my fadir chargide me, and seide, Lo! Y die, thou schalt birie me in my sepulcre whichthat IS. Y diggide to me in the lond of Canaan; therfor Y schal stiegon vp I. stie vp S. that Y birie my fadir, and Y schal turne aȝen. And Farao seide to hym, Stiego vp I. stie vp S., and birie thi fader, as thou arthast G. chargidconiurid DEFGIKLMNPQRSTWXd.. And whanne `he stiedeJoseph wente vp I. Joseph stiede vp S., alle the eldeelder W. eldre d. men of `the hous of FaraoFarow hous S. ȝeden with him, and alle the grettere men in birthe ofin S. the lond of E|gipt; the hous of Joseph with her bri|theren, without litle children, and flockis, and grete beestis, whiche thei leften in the lond of Gessen, ȝeden with him. And he hadde charis, and horsmen, and felouschip, and cumpanythe cumpany cet. omnes. was maad not litil. And thei camen to the cornfloor of Adad, whichthe which I. is set ouer Jordan, where thei maden theOm. IS. seruiceseruyces plures. offor IS. theOm. plures. deed bodi, with greet weilyng and strong, and fillidefulfilliden IS. seuenthere seuen I. daies. And whanne the dwellers of the lond of Canaan hadden seyn this, thei seiden, This is a greet weiling to Egip|ciansthe Egipcians IS.; andOm. A. therfor thei clepiden the name of that place the weilyng of Egipt. Therfor the sones of Jacob diden, as he haddeOm. S. co|maundid to hem; and thei baren hym in to the lond of Canaan, and thei birieden hym in the double denne, whichthe which I. denne with the feeld Abraham hadde bouȝt of Effron Ethei, aȝens the face of Mambre, into possessioun of sepulcrea se|pulcre IS.. And Jo|seph turnede aȝen in to Egipt with hise britheren and al the felouschipe, whanne thehis IS. fadir was biried. And whanne theher IS. fadir was deed, the britheren of Joseph dredden, and spaken togidere, lest per|auenture he be myndeful of the wrong whichthat IS. he suffride, and ȝelde to vs al the yuel, that we diden. And thei senten to hym, and seiden, Thi fadir comaundide to vs, bifore that he diede, that we schulden seie to thee these thingis bi hise wordis; Y beseche, thatthee, that IS. thou forȝete the wickid|nesse of thi britheren, and the synne, and malice whichthat IS. thei hauntiden aȝens thee; also we preien, thatthee, that IS. thou forȝyue this wickidnesse to thi fadir, the seruaunt of God. Whanne these thingis weren herd, Joseph wepte. And hise britheren camen to hym, and worschipiden lowe toin to C pr. m. erthethe erthe BEGIKSX sec. m., and seiden, We ben thi seruauntis. To whiche he answeride, Nyle ȝe drede; whe|ther we moun aȝenstonde Goddis wille? Ȝe thouȝten yuel of me, and God turnede it in to good, that heȝe G. schuldewolde I. enhaunse me, as ȝe seen in presentthis present IKS. tyme, and that he schuldewolde I. make saaf manybi me many IS. puplis; nyle ȝe drede, Y schal fede ȝou and ȝoure litle children. And he coumfortide hem, and spak swetli, and liȝtlyliȝtly to hem I. l. or mytili to hem S.; and heJoseph IS. dwellide in Egipt, with al the hows of his fadir. And he lyuyde an hundrid ȝeer, and he seiȝ the sones of Effraym til to the thridde generacioun; also the sones of Machir, sonthe son IS. of Manasses, weren borun in the knees of Joseph. Whanne these thingis weren don, Joseph spak to hise brithren, Aftir my deeth God schal visite ȝou, and he schal makemake ȝou IS. to stiego vp I. stie vp S. fro this lond to the loond whichthe which I. he swoor to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob. And whanne heJoseph IS. hadde chargid hem, and hadde seid, God schal visite ȝou, bere ȝe out with ȝou my boonus fro this place, he diede, whanne an hundrid and ten yeerisȝeer IS. of his lijf weren fillidful|fillid IS.; and he was anoyntid with swete smellynge spice|ries, and washe was IS. kept in a beere in Egipt.

 Here endith Genesis, and here bigynneth ExodiHere eendith Genesis and bigynneth the book of Exody. D. Here eendith G. and bigynneth the prologThe Prologue here referred to is included in the General Prologue, pp. 4, 5. of Exody. G. Here endith G. and bigynnith Exodus IQRS. Here endeth G. se now Exodus. K. Here endith the book of Genesis, and here bigynneth a prologe on the book of Exodi M. Here endith the book of G. and bigynneth the book of Exodus. N. Here endith the book of G. and here biginnith Exodi. W. No final rubric in AEFLOPTXd.. EXODUS. [Prologue on the book of Exodus.]

THIS book of Exodi, that is to seie, of going out, makith mencioun, that whanne Joseph was deed, and alle hise brethren, and the sones of Israel encresseden, and weren multiplied as buriownyng, a newe king, that knewȝ not Joseph, and Egipcians togidere, oppresseden the peple of Israel with grete werkis, and hateden hem, and turmenteden, and scorneden hem. Also how God bifore ordeynde Moises and Aaron, of the kynrede of Leuy, to lede the peple of Israel out of the lond of Egipt, by strengthe and vertu doon of God; in so myche that thei weren constreyned to lete hem go, lest thei scholden alle haue perischid. And how Moises smoot the rede see with the ȝerde of God, and the see stood vp as a wal, while the peple of God passide thoruȝ; and that Farao and al his oost, pursuwinge hem, were drenchid in the see comynge vp on hem. Also how the peple goinge forth bi desert gruccheden aȝens the Lord, and Moises and Aaron, her leders, for hungur and thurst, trauaile and werynesse; and how God spak to the peple, and thei herden his vois, and dredden greetli, and ȝaf to hem the ten comaundementis writen in tablis of stoon. Also Moises wroot to hem the lawe, to iustifie alle wrongis doon bitwixe man and man. Also how Moises was comaundid to make a tabernacle, to wurschipe therinne the Lord, and offre sacri[fi]se, and how he scholde make the prestis clothis, and hise mynystris, and al her aray in the seruyse of God, and the auters, and propiciatorie, candilstike and liȝtis, lanternes and encens, and alle othere ournementis of the tabernacle. Here endith the prologe, and here biginneth the book of ExodiFrom D. Exodus. B. No rubric in AEFH but only running title..

 Here bigynneth the book of ExodiHere biginnyth Exodi. LOP. Incipit liber Exodi. E. No title in FTXd..CAP. I.

THESE ben the names of theOm. F. sones of Israel, that entriden into Egipt with Ja|cob; allealle these IS. entriden with her housismeynee IS.; Ru|ben, Symeon, Leuy, Judas, Isachar, Zabu|lon, and Benjamin, Dan, and Neptalim, Gad, and Aser. Therfor alle the soulessones S. of hem that ȝeden out of `the hipe of Ja|cobJacobs hipe IS. weren seuenti and fyue. Forsothe Joseph was in Egipt; and whanne he was deed, and alle hise brithren, and al his kynrede, the sones of Israel encreessiden, and weren multiplied as buriounnyng, and thei weren maad strong greetli, and fillidenfulfilliden IS. the lond. A newe kyng, that knewe not Joseph, roos in the meene tyme on Egipt, and seide to his puple, Lo! the puple of the sones of Israel is myche, and strongere than we; come ȝe, wiseli oppresse weȝe G. it, lest perauenture it be multiplied; and lest, if batel risithrise EP. aȝens vsOm. ELP., it be addid to oure enemyes, and go out of the lond, whanne we ben ouercomun. And so hethe kyng IS. made maistris of werkis souereyns to hemthe children of Israel IS., that thei schulden turmente hem with chargis. And thei maden citees ofof the IS. tabernaclistabernaclis, ether tresours, as it is in Ebrew BCG. t. ether of t. as it is in Eb. QX. t. ether of t. N. toof S. Farao, Fiton, and Ramesses. And bi hou myche thei oppressiden hem, bi so myche thei weren multiplied, and encreessiden morethe more B.. And Egipciansthe Egipcians I. hat|iden the sones of Israel, and turmentidenturmentiden hem IS., and scorneden hem; and brouȝtenthei brouȝten IS. her lijf to bitternesse bi hard werkis of cley and of tijl stoon, and bi ala D. seruage, bi which thei weren oppressid in the werkis of erthe. Forsothe the kyng of Egipt seide to the mydwyues of Ebrews, of whiche oon was clepid Sefora, the tother Fua; and he com|maundide to hem, Whanne ȝe schulen do the office of medewyues toin CEG. Ebrew wym|men, and the tyme of childberyng schal come, if it is a knaue child, sle ȝe him; if it is a womman, kepe ȝeȝe it IS.. ForsotheBut IS. the medewyues dredden God, and didenthei diden IS. not bi the comaundementheest IS. of the kyng of E|gipt, but keptenthei kepten IS. knauethe knaue E. children. Tothe IS. whiche clepid to hym the kyng seide, What is this thing whichthat IS. ȝe wolden do, that ȝe wolden kepe the childrenknaue children S.? Whichethe whiche I. answeriden, Ebrew wymmen ben not as theOm. G. wymmen of Egipt, for thei han kun|nyng of the craft of medewijfthe medewyf L. mydewyues G. mydwifyng IS., and chil|denchild eden K. thei childen IS. bifore that we comen to hem. Ther|for God dide wel to medewyuesthe medewyues plures.; and the puple encreesside, and was coumfortid greetli. And for the mydewyues dredden God, heGod IS. bildide `housis to hemhem housis IS.. Therfor Farao comaundide al his puple, and seide, What euer thing of male kynde is borun to Ebrewisthe Ebrewis IS., `caste ȝecasteth it IS. in to the flood; what euer thing of wymmen kynde, kepe ȝeȝe it IS..

 CAP. II.

Aftir these thingis a man of `the hows of LeuyLeuy hous IS. ȝede out, and took a wijftook a wiyf into fleisly cou|pling: for sche was his wiyf bi|fore, and hadde childid Aaron and Marie his sister. Lire here. BCGKQ. of his kyn, whichthe which I. conseyuede, and childidechilde EP. a sone. And schethe modir IS. seiȝ hym wel farynge, and hidde himOm. BCDEGLMNOPX biOm. IKS. thre monethis. And whanne sche myȝte not helehele him lengre IS., thanne sche took a `leep of seggeleep of seggis ELP. segge leep IS., and bawmedeclemede IMW. it with tarcoode I. andOm. ELP. pitch, and puttideputte FMW. sche putte IS. the ȝong child with ynne, and puttideputte FIMS. hym forth in a `place of spierflaggy place IS. of the brenke of the flood, the while his sistir stood afer, and bihelde the bifallingauenture I. fallinge S. of thethis I. thing. Lo! forsothe the douȝtir of Farao cam doun to be waischun in the flood, and hir damysels walkiden bi the brenke of the flood. And whanne sche hadde seyn a leep in the `place of spierflaggy place IS., sche sente oon of hir ser|uauntessisdamesels IS., and sche openyde the leep brouȝt to hir, and seiȝsche sawȝe IS. a litil child wep|ynge ther ynne. And sche hadde mercy on the child, and seide, It is of the ȝonge children of Ebrews. To whom the `sister of the childchildis sistir IS. seide, Wolt thou that Y go, and clepe to thee an Ebrew womman, that may nurische the yong child? She an|sweride, Go thou. The damysel ȝede, and clepide the `modir of the childchildis modir IS.. To whom `the douȝtir of FaraoPharao douȝtir IS. spak, and seide, Take thou thisthe ELP. child, andOm. S. nurischenurische it IS. to me; Yand Y GKN pr. m. schal ȝyue to thee thi mede. The womman took, and nurischide the child, and bitooksche bitook IS. hym woxun to `the douȝtir of FaraoFarow douȝtre S., whom sche purchasidepurchaside or took IS. `in toOm. DGKMNO sec. m. QRT. the place ofin stede of a IS. sonea sone A pr. m.; and sche clepide his name Moises, and seide, For Y took hym fro the watir. In tho daies, aftir that Moises en|creesside, he ȝede out to hise britheren, and seiȝhe seiȝ S. the turment of hem, and a man Egipcian smytynge `oon of Ebrewsan Ebrew man oon of S., hise britheren. And whanne heMoises S. hadde bi|holdun hidur and thidir, and hadde seyn, that no man was present, he killide the Egipcian, and hiddehidde him CKS. in soondthe soond S.. And heOm. E. ȝede out in another dai, and seiȝ tweyne EbrewsEbrew men S. chidynge, and heMoises S. seide to hym that dide wrong, Whi smytist thou thi brother? Whichthe which I. answeride, Who or|deynede thee prince, etheror ELP passim. iuge on vs? Whetherwher plures. thou wolt sle me, as thou kill|idistslowȝ IS. ȝisterdai the Egipcian? Moises dredde, and seide, Hou is this word maad opun? And Farao herde this word, and souȝte to sle Moyses, whichthe which I. fledde fro his siȝtface W., and dwellide in the lond of Madian, and sathe sat IS. bisidis a pit. Forsothe seuene douȝtris weren to thea IS. preest of Madian, that camen to drawe watir; and whanne the trouȝis weren fillid, thei coueitiden to watere `theOm. GX. flockis of her fadirher fadres flockis I. h. fadir f. S.. Scheep|herdis camen abouevpon hem M. vpon W., and dreuen hem awei; and Moises roos, and defendide the dameselis; and he watride `the scheep of hemher scheep I.. And whanne thei hadden turned aȝen to Jetro, her fadir, he seide to hem, Whi camen ȝenow IS. swiftliereswiftili E. swiftir L. than ȝe weren wont? Thei answeriden, A man of Egipt delyuerede vs fro theOm. S. hondhondis E. of scheep|herdisthe scheepherdis I.; ferthermore and he drow watir with vs, and ȝafhe ȝaf IS. drynk toOm. IS. thevs E. scheep. And heJethro IS. seide, Where is that man? whi leften ȝe thethat ELP. man? clepe ȝe hymthat man E., that he ete breed. Therfor Moises swoor, that he wolde dwelle with Jetro; and he took a wijf, Sefora, `the douȝter of JetroJethro douȝtre S.. And sche childide a sone to hym, whom he clepide Gersan, and seide, Y was a comel|yng in anOm. G. alyen lond. Forsothe sche childide an othir sone, whom heshe G. clepide Eliezer, and seide, For God of my fadir is myn helpere, and delyueredehe delyuered IS. me fro the hond of Farao. Forsothe aftir myche tyme the kyng of Egipt diede, and the sones of Israel inwardli weiliden for werkisnoyous werkis IS., and criedenthei crieden IS., and the cry of hem for werkisher werkis IS. stiedestei vp I. stiede vp S. to God. And he herde the weilyng of hem, and he hadde mynde of the boond of pees, whichthat IS. he hadde maad with Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob; and he bihelde the sones of Israel, and kneweknewe hem, that is, schewide loue to hem BCGKNQX. hem.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe Moises kepte the scheep of Jetro, `his wyues fadir, preestthe fadir of his wijf, a prest IS. of Madian; and whanne he hadde dryue the floc to the ynnere partis of deseertthe deseert IS., he cam to Oreb, the hil of God. Forsothe the Lord apperide to hymhym there IS. in thea IS. flawme of fier fro the myddismyddil IS. of thea IS. buysch, and heMoises IS. seiȝ that the buysch brente, and washe E. it IS. not for|brentnot forbrent ether not wastid CGKQ. f. ether wastid BX.. Therfor Moyses seide, Y schal go and schalI shal D. Om. IKMOS. se this greet siȝt, whi the buysch is not forbrentwastid IS. brent W.. Sotheli the Lord seiȝ that Moises ȝede to se, and he clepide Moiseshim I. fro theOm. S. myddis of the buysch, and seide, Moyses! Moises! Which answeride, Y am present. And the Lord seide, Neiȝe thou not hidur, but vnbynde thou the schoschoon IS. of thi feet, for the place in which thou stondist isit is E. hooli lond. And the Lord seide, Y am God of thi fadir, God of Abra|ham, andOm. ELP. God of Isaac, andOm. E. God of Ja|cob. Moises hidde his face, for he durste not biholdeloke G. aȝens God. To whom the Lord seide, Yand I D. seiȝ the affliccion of my puple in Egipt, and Y herde theOm. DGN pr. m. QRT. cry therof, for the hardnesse of hem that ben souereyns of werkisthe werkis IS.. And Y knew the sorewe of the puple, and Y cam down tothat Y plures. delyuere ithem E. fro the hondis of Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., and ledelede it S. out of that lond in to a good lond and brood, into a lond that flowith withOm. E. milkmik A. and hony, to the placeslonde IS. of Cananey, and of Ethei, of Amorrey, and ofOm. C. Feresei, ofand of IKS. Euey, and of Jebusei. Therfor the cry of the sones of Israel camfro cam I. to me, and Y seiȝ the turment of hem, bi whichthe which I. thei ben oppressid of Egipciansthe Egipcians IS.. But come thou, I schal sende thee to Fa|rao, that thou lede out my puple, the sones of Israel, fro Egipt. And Moises seide to hym, Who am Y, that Y go to Farao, and lede out the sones of Israel fro Egipt? And the Lord seide to Moises, Y schal be with thee, and thou schalt haue this signe, that Y haue sent thee, whanne thou hast led out my puple fro Egipt, thou schalt offre to God on this hil. Moises seide to God, Lo! Y schal go to the sones of Is|rael, and Y schal seie to hem, God of ȝoure fadris sente me to ȝou; if thei schulen seie to me, what is his name, what schal Y seie to hem? The Lord seide to Moises, Y am that amY am BEI.. The Lord seide, Thus thou schalt seie to the sones of Israel, He that is sente me to ȝou. And eft God seide to Moises, Thou schalt seie these thingis to the sones of Israel, The Lord God of ȝoure fadris, God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, andOm. E. God of Jacob, sente me to ȝou; this name is to me with outen endefor thes thre witnessis lyuen withouten eende. I., and this is my memorial in generacioun and in toOm. N. generacioun. Go thou, gadere thou the eldere men, that is, iugis, of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God of ȝoure fadris apperide to me, God of Abra|ham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob, and seidehe seide IS., Y visitynge haue visitid ȝou, and Y seiȝhaue seen I. alle thingis that bifelden to ȝou in Egipt; and Y seide, that Y ledeschulde lede IS. out ȝou fro the affliccioun of Egipt in to the lond of Cananey, and of Ethei, and of Amorrei, and of Ferezei, and of Euei, and of Jebusei, to the lond flowynge with mylk and hony. And thei schulen here thi vois; and thou schalt entre, and the eldere men of Israel to the kyng of Egipt, and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord God of Ebrews clepidehath clepid IS. vs; we schulen go the weie of thre daies in to wildirnesse, that we offre to oure Lord God. But Y woot, that the kyng of Egipt schal not delyuere ȝou that ȝe gogo thennes IS., butno but plures. bi strong hond; forforsothe IS. Y schal holde forthe myn hond, and I schal smyte Egipt in alle my marueils, whichethe which I. Y schal do in the myddis of hem; aftir these thingis he schal delyuere ȝou. And YOm. E. schal ȝyue grace to thishis E. puple bi|fore Egipcians, andOm. I. whanne ȝe schulen go out, ȝe schulen not go out voide; but a womman schal axe of hir neiȝboresse and ofOm. X. herOm. DGQRTX. hoosteessehoostresse plures. that sche is herborid with IS. siluerne vesselisvessel DELP., and goldun, andOm. EOG. clothisOm. G., and ȝe schulen putte tho onvp on IS. ȝoure sones and douȝtris, and ȝe schulen make nakid Egipt.

 CAP. IV.

Moyses answeride, and seide, The comyns schulen not bileue to me, nether thei schu|len here my vois; but thei schulen seie, The Lord apperide not to thee. Therfor the Lord seide to hym, What is thisthat IS. that thou holdist in thin hond? Moises an|sweride, A ȝerdeȝerde, that is, a scheperdis staff I.. And the Lord seide, Caste it forth into erthethe erthe DGIKNP RSTX.; and he castidecastide it EKLP. keste it I. caste it S. forth, and it was turned in to a serpent, so that Moises fledde. And the Lord seide, Holde forth thin hond, and take the tail therof; he stretchide forthforth his honde IS., and heldehelde it IS., and it was turnedturned aȝen IS. into a ȝerde. And the Lord seideseide this schal be into witnes to hem IS., That thei bileue, that the Lord God of thi fadris apperide to thee, God of Abraham, andOm. ELP. God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. And the Lord seide efteft to Moises IS., Putte thin hond in to thithe F. bosum; and whanne he hadde put itOm. S. in toOm. ELP. thehis GISX. bosum, he brouȝte forth it leprouse, at the licnesse of snow. The Lord seide, Withdraweaȝen drawe IS. thin hond in to thi bosum; he withdrowMoises aȝen drewe his hond IS., and brouȝte forthit forth IS. eft, and it was lijc theto the IS. tother fleisch. The Lord seide, If thei schulen not bileue to thee, nether schulen here the word of the formere signesigne ether my|racle BCGKQX., thei schulen bileue to the word of the signesigne ether myracle N. suynge; thatOm. plures. if thei bileuen not sotheliOm. IS. toof C. these twei signes, nether heren thi vois, take thou watir of the flood, and schedde out it on the drie lond, and what euer thing thou schalt drawe vp of the flood, it schal be turned into blood. Moises seide, Lord, Y bisechebiseche thee IS., Y am `not eloquentnot a fair spekere C sup. ras. no fair speker IS. not el. ether f. sp. BGNKQX. not el. that is, a f. sp. M. fro ȝistirdai and the thridde dai ago; and sithen thou hast spokun to thi seruaunt, Y am of more lettid and slowereof slowere IS. tunge. The Lord seide to hym, Who made the mouth of manmannes mouth IS., etheror ELP passim. who made a doumb man and `deef, seynge and blynda deef man a seynge man and a blynd IS.? whe|ther not Y? Therfor go thou, and Y schal be in thi mouth, and Y schal teche thee what thou schalt speke. AndOm. S. heMoyses IS. seide, Lord, Y bisechebiseche thee IS., sende thouOm. IKS. whom thou schalt sendeOm. IS.. And the Lord was wrooth aȝens Moises, and seide, Y woot, that Aa|ron, thi brother, of the lynage of Leuy, is eloquenta fair speker IS.; lo! he schal go out in to thi comyng, and he schal se thee, and schalhe schal IS. be glad in herte. Speke thou to hym, and putte thou my wordis in his mouth, and Y schal be in thi mouth, and in the mouth of hymhis mouth IS.; and Y schal schewe to ȝou what ȝe owen to do. He schal speke for thee to theOm. N. puple, and he schal be thi mouth; forsothe thou schalt be to him in these thingis, that perteynen to God. Also take thou this ȝerde in thin hond, in which thou schalt do myraclis. Moises ȝede, and turnede aȝen to Jetro, his wyues fadir, and seide to hym, Y schal go, and turneI schal turn IS. aȝen to my britheren in to Egipt, that Y se, whether thei lyuen ȝit. To whom Jetro seide, Go thou in pees. Therfor the Lord seide to Moyses in Madian, Go thou, and turne aȝen into Egipt; for alle thei ben deed that souȝten thi lijf. Moises took his wijf, and hise sones, and puttideputte FM. sette IS. hem on an asse, and he turnede aȝen in to Egipt, and barhe bar IS. the ȝerde of God in his hond. And the Lord seide to hym turnynge aȝen in to Egipt, SeLoke I., that thou do alle won|dristhe wondris IS., whiche Y haue put in thin hond, bifore Farao; Y schal make hardI shal make harde, that is, I shal suffre that his herte be maad hard. The glose here. God is not cause of the hardynge of herte in as miche as it is synne, for so it is of fre wille; but God is cause of hardynge of the herte in as miche as it is peyne, for in peyne of synne don bifore he withdrawith grace, to whiche grace it per|teyneth to maken neisshe the herte; and therefor whan grace is with|drawe, mannis herte is maad hard in his euyl. Lyre here. GK QX. his herte, and he schal not delyuere thehis ES. pu|ple;puple, that is, no but he be compellid therto BC. and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, My firste gendridbigetun I. sone is Israel; Y seide to thee, delyuere thou my sone, that he serue me, and thou noldist delyuere hym; lo! Y schal sle thithe K. firste gendridbigetun I. sone. And whanne Moises was in the weie, in an yn, the Lord cam to him, and wolde slehan sleyn IS. hym. Sefora took anoon a moost scharp stoonstoon ether rasour BC., and circum|cidide the ȝerde of hir sone; and sche towchide `the feet of MoisesMoises feet IS., and seide, Thou art an hosebonde of bloodis to me. And hesche BCILS. lefte hym, aftir that sche hadde seid, Thou art an hosebonde of bloodis to me for circumcisioun. Forsothe the Lord seide to Aaron, Go thou in to the comyng of Moises in toOm. I. deseert; whichthe which I. ȝede aȝens Moises in to the hil of God, and kissidehe kisside IS. him. And Moises telde to Aaron alle the wordis of the Lord, for whiche he hadde sent Moises; and `he teldeMoises tolde S. the myraclistookenes I., whiche the Lord hadde comaundid. And thei camen togidere, and gaderidenthei gaderiden I. thei gad. togedere S. alle the eldere men of the sones of Israel. And Aaron spak alle thethese W. wordis, whiche the Lord hadde seid to Moises, and he dide the signes bifore the puple; and the puple bileuede; and thei herden, that the Lord hadde visitid the sones of Israel, and that he hadde biholde the turment of hem; and thei worschipiden lowelowe or mekely the Lord IS..

 CAP. V.

Aftir these thingis Moises and Aaron entriden, and seiden to Farao, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me in deseert. And hePharao IS. answeride, Who is the Lord, that Y here his vois, and de|lyuere Israel? I knowe not the Lord, andOm. ELP. Y schal not delyuere Israel. Thei seiden, God of Ebrews clepide vs, that we go the weie of thre daies in to wildirnesse, andOm. F. that we make sacrifice to oure Lord God, lest perauenture pestilence, etheror ELP. swerd, bifalle to vs. The kyng of Egipt seide to hem, Moises and Aaron, whi stiren ȝe the puple fro her werkis? Go ȝe to ȝoure chargis. And Farao seide, The puple of the loond is myche; ȝe seen that theOm. DFG. cum|pany hath encreessid; hou myche more schal it encreesse, if ȝe schulen ȝyue to hemit IS. reste fro werkis. Therfor Farao co|maundide in that dai to the maistris of werkis, and toOm. C. rentethe rente EIKS. gadereris of the puple, and seide, Ȝe schulen no more ȝyue strecheff I. to the puple, to make tijl stoonys as biforeȝe han do bifore IS.; but go thei, and gedere stobil; and ȝe schulen sette on hem the mesure of tijl stoonys, which thei maden bifore, ne|ther ȝe schulen abate ony thing; for thei ben idil, andOm. G. therfor thei crien, and seien, Go we, and make we sacrifice to oure GodLord D.; be thei oppressid bi werkis, and fillefulfulle IS. thei tho, that thei assente not to theOm. plures. false wordis. Therfor the maistris of the workis and the rente gadereris ȝeden out to the puple, and seiden, Thus seith Fa|rao, Y ȝyue not to ȝou strecheff I.; go ȝe, and gaderegadre ȝe BIKS., if ȝe moun fynde ony where; ne|ther ony thing schal be decreessidmaad lesse IS. of ȝoure werkwerkis IS.. And the puple was scaterid bi al the lond of Egipt to gadre stre. And the maystris of werkisthe werkis IS. weren bisi, and seiden, FilleFulfille IS. ȝe ȝoure werk ech dai, as ȝe weren wont to do, whanne thethat IS. stre was ȝouun to ȝou. And thei, that weren maistris of the werkis of the sones of Israel, weren betun of the rent gadereris of Farao, that seiden, Whi fillidenfulfillede IS. ȝe not the mesure of tijl stoonus, as biforeȝe diden bifore IS., nether ȝistirdai ne|thir to dai? And thetho S. souereyns of the sonyschildren IS. of Israel camen, and crieden to Fa|rao, and seiden, Whi doist thou so aȝens thi seruauntis? Stre is not ȝouun to vs, and tijl stoonus ben comaundidnot comaundid I. into vs as in IS. lijkthilk E. maneremaner bifore IS.. Lo! we thi seruauntis ben betun with scourgis, and it is doon vniustli aȝens thi puple. Farao seide, Ȝe ȝyuen tent to idilnesse, and therfor ȝe seien, Go we, and make we sacrifice to the Lord; therfor go ȝe, and worche; stre schal not be ȝouun to ȝou, and ȝe schulen ȝelde the customable noumbre of tijl stoonus. And the soue|reyns of the children of Israel sien hem silf in yuelyuel manere tretid IS., for it was seid to hem, No thing schal be decreessidmaad lesse of the noumbre IS. of tijl stoonus bi alle daies. And thei `camen tocomynge out fro Pharao, metten I. Moises and Aaron, that stoden euene aȝensther aȝens IS., and thei `ȝeden out fro Farao, andOm. I. seiden to `Moises and Aaronhem I., The Lord se, and deme, for ȝe han maad oure odourodour or faame IS. toOm. IS. stynke bifore Faraoto stynke bifore Farao, that is, ȝe han maad vs abhomynable and hateful BCGQ. and hise seruauntisseruauntis, that is, abho|mynable and hateful N.; and ȝe han ȝoue to hym a swerdswerd, that is, occasioun N., that he schulde sle vsand ȝe han ȝoue to him a swerd etc. that is, ȝe han ȝoue occasioun to turmente vs with trauels til to the deth BCGKQ. that is, turm. with t. til to the d. N.. And Moises turnede aȝen to the Lord, and seide, Lord, whi hast thou turmentid thisthi DO sec. m. puple? why sentist thou me? For sithen Y entride to Farao, that Y schulde speke in thi name, thou hast turmentid thi puple, and hast not de|lyuered hem.

 CAP. VI.

And the Lord seide to Moises, Now thou schalt se, what thingis Y schal do to Farao; for bi strong hond he schal dely|uere hemdelyuere hem, that is, the sones of Israel C., and in myȝti hond he schal caste hem out of his lond. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Y am the Lord, that apperide to Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob inY am M. Om. W. Almyȝti Godthat is, I am almyȝti God I marg.; and Y schewide not to hem my greet name AdonaiAdonay, that is, tetragrama|ton, that signe|fieth Goddis beyng nakidly, without consi|deracioun to creature. BCG KQX.; andOm. K. Y made couenaunt with hem, that Y schulde ȝyue to hem the lond of Canaan, the lond of her pilgrymage, in which thei weren comelyngis. Y herde the weilyng of the sones of Israel, in which the Egipcians oppresseden hem, and Y hadde mynde of my couenaunt. Therfor seie thou to the sones of Israel, Y am the Lord, that schal lede out ȝou of the prisounprisouns C. of Egipciansthe Egipcians INS.; andOm. G. Y schal delyuere froȝou fro IKS. seruage; and Y schal aȝen bie inȝou in IKS. `an hiȝ arman arm streiȝt out I., and in grete domes; and Y schal take ȝou to me in to a puple, and Y schal be ȝoure God; and ȝe schulen wite, for Y am ȝoure Lord God, `which hauethat hath IS. led ȝou out of theOm. O. prisoun of Egipcians, and haue led ȝou in to the lond, on which Y reiside myn hond, that Y schulde ȝyue it to Abraham, and to Ysaac, and to Jacob; and YOm. L. schal ȝyue to ȝou that lond to be weldidhad in possessioun I.; I the Lord. Therfor Moises telde alle thingis to the sones of Irael, whichethe whiche I. assentide not to hym for the angwisch of spirit, and forOm. I. the hardestful hard I. werkwerk by whiche thei weren troublid S.. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Entre thou, and speke to Farao, kyng of Egipt, that he delyuere the children of Israel fro his londhond A pr. m. EGLPW.. Moises answeride bifore the Lord, Lo! the children of Israel here not me, and hou schal Farao here, moost sithen Y am vn|circumcididvncircumcidid, that is, defautiyf BCKX. vnc. that is vnredy IS. inin my IS. lippislippis or spechis I. l. that is, in my sp. S.? And the Lord spak to Moises and toOm. ISX. Aaron, and ȝafhe ȝaf IS. comaundementisheestis IS. to the sones of Israel, and to Farao, kyng of Egipt, that thei schulden lede out the sones of Israel fro the lond of Egipt. These ben the princis of housisthe housis IS. bi her meynees. The sones of Ruben, the firste gendridbigetun I. of Israel, E|noch, and Fallu, Esrom, and Charmy; these ben the kynredis of Ruben. The sones of Symeon, Jamuel, and Jamyn, and Aod, and Jachym, and Soer, and Saul, the sone of a womman of Canaan; these ben the kynretis of Symeon. And these ben the names of the sones of Leuy by her kynredis, Gerson, and Caath, and Merary. Forsothe the ȝeeris of lijfthe lijf DIS. of Leuy weren an hundrid and seuene and thretti. The sones of Gerson, Lobny and Semei, bi her kynredis. The sones of Caath, Amram, and Isuar, and Hebron, and Oziel; and the ȝeeris of lijfthe lijf EIOS. of Caath weren an hun|drid and thre and thretti. The sones of Merari weren Mooli and Musi. These weren the kynredis of Leuy biin IS. her mey|nees. Forsothe Amram took a wijf, Jo|cabed, douȝtirthe douȝtir IS. of his fadrisfadir IS. brother, and sche childide to hym Aaron, and Moises, and Marie; and the ȝeeris of lijfthe lijf IS. of Am|ram weren an hundred and seuene and threttitwenti K.. Also the sones of Isuar weren Chore, and Nafeg, and Zechry. Also the sones of Oziel weren Misael, and Elisa|phan, and Sechery. Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth, the douȝtir of Amynadab, the sistir of Naason, and sche childide to hym Nadab, and Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ythamar. Also the sones of Chore weren Aser, and Elcana, and Abiasab; thes weren the kinredis of Chore. AndOm. D. sotheli Elea|zar, sone of Aaron, took a wijf of theOm. S. douȝtris of Phatiel, and sche childide Fy|nees to hym. These ben the princis of theOm. W. meynees of Leuy bi her kynredis. This is Aaron and Moises, to whichethe whiche I. the Lord comaundide, that thei schulden lede out of the lond of Egipt the sones of Is|rael by her cumpanyes; these it ben, that speken to Pharao king of Egipt, that thei lede the sones of Israel out of Egipt; this isOm. A. Moises and Aaron, in the dai in which the Lord spak to Moises in the lond of Egipt. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Y am theOm. DGIKMN sec. m. P sec. m. QRSTX sec. m. Lord; spek thou to Farao, kyng of Egipt, alle thingis whiche Y speke to thee. And Moises seide bi|fore the Lord, Lo! Y am vncircumcidid in lippis; hou schal Farao here me?

 CAP. VII.

And the Lord seide to Moises, Lo! Y haue maad thee the god of Faraogod of Farao, that is, myȝty ouer [on BGKX] him, to bringe in veniaunces bi Goddis vertu and doom CQ. ven. and doom B. ven. on him bi Goddis v. and d. G. bi Goddis wraththe and d. K.; and Aaron, thi brother, schal be thi propheteprofete, that is, inter|pretour ether biforspekere BCGKQX. p. that is, forspekere N.. Thou schalt speke to Aaron alle thingis whiche Y comaunde to thee, and he schal speke to Farao, that he delyuere the sones of Israel fro his hondlond BC sup. ras. DIS.. But Y schal make hard his herte, and Y schal multiplie my signes and merueils in the lond of Egipt, and he schal not here ȝou; and Y schal sende myn hond on Egipt, and Y schal lede out myn oost, and my puple, the sones of Israel, fro the lond of Egipt bi mooste domes; and Egipcians schulen wite, that Y am theOm. DGIKN sec. m. P sec. m. QRST. Lord, whichthe which I. haue holde forth myn hond on Egipt, and haue led out of the myddis of hem the sones of Israel. And so Moises dide and Aaron; as the Lord co|maundide, so thei diden. Forsothe Moyses was of fourescoor ȝeer, and Aaron wasOm. I. of fourescoor ȝeer and thre, whanne thei spaken to Farao. And the Lord seide to Moises and to Aaron, Whanne Farao schal seie to ȝou, Schewe ȝe signes to vs, thou schalt seie to Aaron, Take thi ȝerde, and caste forth it before Farao, and be it turned into a serpent. And so Moises and Aaron entriden to Farao, and diden as the Lord comaundide; and Aaron took the ȝeerde, and castidekeste IMS. forth biforeit bifore ISW. Farao and hise seruauntis, whichthe which I. ȝerde was turned in to a serpent. Forsothe Farao clepideclepide forth ELP. wise men, and witchiswitti L., and thei also diden bi enchauntementis of Egipt, and bi summe priuy thingis in lijkthilke E. maner; and alle castiden forth her ȝerdis, whichethe whiche I. weren turned in to dragouns; but the ȝerde of Aaron deuouride `the ȝerdis of hemher ȝerdis IS.. And the herte of Farao was maad hard, and heOm. S. herde not hem, as the Lord comaundide. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moyses, The herte of Farao is maad greuouse, he nylewil not I. delyuere the puple; go thou to hym eerli; lo! he schal go out to the watris, and thou schalt stonde in the comyng of hym on the brynke of the flood; and thou schalt take in thin honde the ȝerde, that was turned into a dragoun, and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord God of Ebrews sente me to thee, and seide, Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me in desert; tiland til plures. to presentthis present IS. time thou noldist here. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, In thisthese E. thou schalt wite, that Y am theOm. IKS. Lord; lo! Y schal smyte with theOm. S. ȝerde, whichthat IS. is in myn hond, the watir of the flood, andOm. F. it schal be turned in to blood; and the fischis that ben in the flood schulen die; and the watris schulen wexe rotun, and Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. drynkynge theOm. S. watir of the flood schulen be turmentid. Also the Lord seide to Moises, Seie thou to Aaron, Take thithou thi G. ȝerde, and holde forth thin hond on the watris of Egipt, and on the flodis of hem, and on the stremys `of hemOm. ISX pr. m., and on the mareis, and alleon alle IS. lakisthe lakis IS. of watris, that tho be turned in to blood; and blood be in al the lond of Egipt, as wel in ves|sils of tree as of stoon. And Moises and Aaron diden so, as the Lord comaundide; and Aaron reiside the ȝerde, and smoot the watir of the floodlond I. bifore Farao and hise seruauntis, whichthe which I. watir was turned in to blood; and fischis, that weren in the flood, dieden; and the flood was rotun, and Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. myȝten not drynke theOm. IKS. water of the flood; and blood was in al the lond of Egipt. And theOm. G. witchisJannes and Mambres I marg. of Egipcians diden in lijk maner by her enchaunte|mentis; and the herte of Farao was maad hard, and heOm. D. herde not hem, as the Lord comaundide. And he turnede awei hym silf, and entride in toOm. C. his hows, nethir he took itOm. plures. to hertethe herte BC., ȝhealso I., in this tymetyme the Lordis heest IS.. For|sothe alle Egipcians diggiden watir `bi the cumpas ofaboute I. theOm. S. flood, to drinke; for thei myȝten not drynke of theOm. DIKM. `watir ofOm. M. the flood. And seuene daies weren fillidfulfillid IS., aftir that the Lord smoot the flood.

 CAP. VIII.

Also the Lord seide to Moises, Entre thou to Farao, and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me; sotheli if thou nyltwilt not I. delyuere, lo! Y schal smyte alle thi termystermys or coostis I. with paddoks; and the flood schal buyle out paddokis, that schulen stiego vp I. stie vp S., and schulenOm. IS. entre in to thin hows, and in to thethi L. closet of thi bed, and on thi bed, andOm. O. in to `the hous of thi seruauntisthe housis of thi S. plures. thi S. housis I. thi S. hous S., and in to thi puple, and in to thin ouenes, and in to the relyues of thi metis; and the paddoks schulen entre to thee, and to thi puple, and to alle thi ser|uauntis. And the Lord seide to Moises, Seie thou to Aaron, Hold forth thin hond on the floodis, and on theOm. K. streemes, and mareison the mareis S.; and brynglede plures. out paddoks on the lond of Egipt. And Aaron helde forth the hond on the watris of Egipt; and paddoks stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S., and hileden the lond of Egipt. Forsothe andalso I. Om. E. the witchis diden in lijk maner bi her enchauntementis; and thei brouȝten forth paddoks on the lond of Egipt. Forsothe Farao clepide Moises and Aaron, and seide to hem, Preie ȝe the Lord, that he do a wei the paddoksfrogges I. fro me, and fro my puple; and Y schal delyuere the puple, that it make sacrifice to the Lord. And Moises seide to Farao, Ordeyne thou a tyme to me, whanne Y schal preie for thee, and for thi seruauntis, and for thi puple, that the paddokispaddis A. frogges I. be dryuun awei fro thee, and fro thin hows, and fro thi seruauntis, and fro thi puple; and dwelle oneli in the flood. And hePharao IS. answeride, To morewe. And Moises seide, Y schal do bi thi word, that thou wite, that noon is as oure Lord God; and the paddoksfrogges I. schulen go awei fro thee, and fro thin hous, and fro thi children, and fro thi seruauntis, and fro thi puple; and thothei I. schulen dwelle oneli in the flood. And Moises and Aaron ȝedenwenten I. out fro Fa|rao. And Moises criede to the Lord, for the biheest of paddoksfrogges I., which he hadde seid to Farao. AndOm. E. the Lord dide bi the word of Moises; and the paddoksfrogges I. weren deed fro housis, and fro townes, and fro feeldis; and thei gaderiden thohem I. in to grete heepis, and the lond was rotunrotun or corupt with stink IS.. Sotheli Farao seiȝ that reste was ȝouun, and he made greuous his herte, and herdehe herde E. not hem, as the Lord comaundide. And the Lord seide to Moises, Spek thou to Aaron, Holde forth thithe F. ȝerde, and smyte the dust of erthethe erthe IS., and litle flies, etheror passim ELP. Om. DIMRT. gnattis, be in al the lond of Egipt. And thei diden so; and Aaron helde forth the hond, and helde the ȝerde, and smoothe smoot IS. theOm. G. duste of erthethe erthe IS.; and gnattis weren maad in men, and in werk beestis; al the dust of erthethe erthe I. was turned in to gnattis bi al the lond of Egipt. And witchisthe witchis IS. diden in lijka lyk F. maner bi her enchauntementis, that thei schuldenwolden I. brynge forth gnattis, and thei miȝten not; and gnattis weren as wel in men as in werk beestis. And the witchis seiden to Farao, This is the fyngurfyngur, that is, power BCEGKLPQ. f. ether p. N. f. or the p. S. of God. And the herte of Farao was maad hard, and he herde not hem, as the Lord comaundide. And the Lord seide to Moises, Rise thou eerli, and stonde bifore Farao, for he schal go out to the watris; and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, De|lyuere thou my puple, that it make sacri|fice to me; that if thou schaltwilt I. not dely|uere themi E. puple, lo! Y schal sende in to thee, and in to thi seruauntis, and in to thithe E. puple, and in to thin housishous DGMN., al the kyndekindis E. of fliesIn Ebru that is a medlynge, and signifyeth diuerse beestis. GQX.; and the housis of Egip|ciansthe Egipcians IS. schulen be fillidfulfillid IS. with flies of dyuerse kyndis, and al the lond in which thei schulen be. And in that daiOm. I. Y schal make wondurful the lond of Gessen, in which my puple is, that flies be not there; and that thou wite thatfor CEFL. for that P. Y am the Lord in theOm. IS. myddis of erthe; and Y schal sette departyngpart|yng D. bitwixe my puple and thi pu|ple; this signe schal be to morewe. And the Lord dide so. And a moostful I. greuouse fliekinde of flies I. flie, that is, multitude of flies BGQX. cam in to the howshousis plures. of Farao, and ofin to the housis of S. hise seruauntis, and in to al the lond of Egipt; and the lond was corrupt of siche flies. And Farao clepide Moises and Aaron, and seide to hem, Go ȝe, make ȝe sacrifice to `ȝoure Lord Godthe L. ȝoure G. IS. in this lond. And Moises seide, It may not be so, for `we schulenwhi schulen we IS. offre to ourethe Lord oure IS. God the abhomyna|ciouns of Egipcians; that if we schulen sle bifore Egipciansthe Egipcians EIS. tho thingis whiche thei worschipen, thei schulen `ouerleie vsthrowe vs doun I. ouerleie or throwe vs doun S. with stoonus. We schulen go the weie of thre daies in to wildirnesse, and we schulen make sacrifice to oure Lord God, as he co|maundide vsto vs S.. And Farao seide, Y schal delyuere ȝou, that ȝe make sacrifice to `ȝoure Lord Godthe L. ȝoure God IS. in deseert; netheles go ȝe not ferthere; preie ȝe for me. And Moises seide, Y schal go out fro thee, and Y schal preie the Lord; and the fliflie, that is the multitude of flies IS. schal go awei fro Farao, and fro hise seruauntis, and puplehis puple K. to morewe; netheles nyle thou more dis|seyue me, that thou delyuere not the puple to make sacrifice to the Lord. And Moises ȝede out fro Farao, and preiede the Lord, whichethe whiche I. dide bi the word of Moyses, and took awei fliesthe flies I. fro Farao, and fro hise seruauntis, and puplefro his puple IS. his puple K.; noon lefte, `sotheli nether oonnoon left sotheli not oon ELP. ther lefte not oon sotheli I. noon lefte there neither oon S.. And the herte of Farao was maad hard, so that he delyueride not the puple, sothli nethir in this tyme.

 CAP. IX.

Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, En|tre thou to Farao, and speke thou to hym, The Lord God of Ebrews seith these thingis, Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me; that if thou for|sakist ȝit, and withholdist hem, lo! myn hond schal be on thi feeldis, on horsisthe horsis IS., andon GK. assis, and camels, and oxun, and scheep, a pestilence ful greuous; and the Lord schal make a merueilous thing bi|twixe the possessiouns of Israel and the possessiouns of Egipciansthe Egipcians I., that outirli no thing perische of thesetho B. thingis that per|teynen to the sones of Israel. And the Lord ordeinede a tyme, and seide, To morewe the Lord schal do this word in thethis IS. lond. Therfor the Lord made this word in the tother dai, and alle theOm. ELP. lyu|ynge beestis of Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. weren deed; forsothesotheli I. outirli no thing perischide of the beestis of the sones of Israel. And Farao sente to se, nether ony thing was deed of these thingis whichethe whiche I. Israel weldide; and the herte of Farao was maad greuouseful greuouse I., and he delyuerede not the puple. And the Lord seide to Moises and Aaron, Take ȝe theȝoure IS. hondis ful of askis of thea S. thou IS. chym|eney, and Moises spryngespringynge B. spryngede G. spreyn N. it in to heuene bifore Farao; and be there dust onvp on IS. al the lond of Egipt; for whi botchis schulen be in men and in werk beestis, and bolnynge bladdris schulen be in al the lond of E|gipt. And thei token askisaskis of the chemeney, in Ebreu it is of the brennynge chymeney, that is, brennynge aische. C. of thea IS. chym|ney, and stodenthei stoden IS. bifore Farao; and Moises spreyntspringide RT. itOm. S. into heuene; and woundis of bolnynge bladdris weren maad in men, and in werk beestis; and the witchis myȝten not stonde bifor Moises, for woundisthe woundis or soores IS. that weren in hem, and inOm. S. al the lond ofOm. S. E|gipt. And the Lord made hard the herte of Farao, and he herde not hem, as the Lord spak to Moises. Also the Lord seide to Moises, Rise thou eerli, and stonde bi|fore Farao, and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord God of Ebrews seth these thingis, Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me; for in this tyme Y schal sende alle my veniauncis on thin herte, and on thi seruauntis, and on thi puple, that thou wite, that noon is lijk me in al erthe. For now Y schal holde forth themyn I. hond, and Y schal smyte thee and thi puple with pestilence, and thou schalt perische fro erthethe erthe IS.; forsothe herfor Y haue set thee, that Y schewe my strengthe in thee, and that my name be teld in ech lond. Ȝitȝif C sec. m. D sec. m. OR. thou withholdist my puple, and nyltwilt not I. delyuere it? Lo! to morewe in this same our Y schal reyne ful myche hail, whichwhat I. maner hail was not in Egipt, fro the dai in which it was foundid, til in to presentthis present IS. tyme. Therfor sende thou `riȝt nowanoon riȝt I., and gadere thi werk beestis, and alle thingis whichethat I. thou hast in the feeld; for men and werk beestis and alle thingis that ben in feeldis with outforth, and ben not gaderid fro the feeldis, and haile falle on tho, schulenthei schulen IS. die. He that dredde `the Lordis wordthe wordis of the Lord S., of the seruauntis of Farao, made his seruauntis and werk beestis fle in to housis; sotheli he that dispisidewas necligent of I. the `Lordis wordLordis wordis E. word of the Lord IS., lefte his seruauntis and werkhis werk IS. beestis in the feeldis. And the Lord seide to Moises, Holde forth thin hond in to heuene, that hail be maad in al the lond of Egipt, on men, and on werk beestis, and on ech eerbe of the feeld in the lond of Egipt. And Moises held forth the ȝerde in to heuene; and the Lord ȝaf thundris, and hail, and leitis rennynge aboute on the lond; and the Lord reynede hail on the lond of Egipt; and hail and fier meddlid togidere weren borun forth; and it was of so myche greetnesse, how greet apperide neuere bifore in al the lond of Egipt, sithen thilke puple was maad. AndOm. G. the hail smoot in theal the D. lond of Egipt alle thingisOm. G. that weren in theOm. L. feeldis, fro man til to werk beeste; and the hail smoot al the eerbe of the feeld, and brakit brak S. al the flex of the cuntrey; oonli theOm. IKS. hail felde not in the lond of Gessen, where the sones of Is|rael weren. And Farao sente, and clepide Moises and Aaron, and seide to hem, Y haue synned also now; the Lord is iust, Yand Y S. and my puple ben wickid; preye ȝe the Lord, that the thundris and hail of God ceesse, and Y schal delyuere ȝou, and dwelle ȝe no more here. Moyses seide, Whanne Y schal go out of the citee, Y schal holde forth myn hondis to the Lord, and leitis and thundris schulen ceesse, and hail schal not be, that thou wite, that the londerthe BC. is the Lordis; forsothe Y knowe, that thou and thi seruauntis dreden not ȝit the Lord. Therfor the flex and barli was hirt, for the barli was greene, and the flex hadde buriounned thanneOm. S. knoppis; forsothe wheete and beenys weren not hirt, for tho weren latelate sowen IS.. And Moyses ȝede out fro Farao, and fro the citee, and heldestreiȝte I. forth thehis IS. hondishond S. to the Lord, and thundris and hail ceessiden, and reyn drop|pide no more on the erthe. Sotheli Farao siȝ that the reyn hadde ceessid, and the hail, and thundris, and he encreesside synne; and the herte of hym and of hise seruauntis was maadOm. F. greuouse, and his herte was maad hard greetli; nethir he lefte the sones of Israel, as the Lord co|maundide bi `the hond of MoisesMoises honde IS..

 CAP. X.

And the Lord seide to Moises, Entre thou to Farao, for Y haue maad hard the herte of hym, and of hise seruauntis, that Y do these signesmy signes A pr. m. et plures. `of meOm. ISW. in hym; andOm. IS. that thou telle in the eeris of thi sone and of `thi sones sonesthe sones of thi sone I., how ofte Y al to-brak Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., and dide signes in hem; and that ȝe wyte that Y am theOm. DIKMN sec. m. P pr. m. ST sec. m. Lord. Ther|fore Moises and Aaron entriden to Farao, and seiden to hym, The Lord God of E|brews seith these thingis, How long `nylt thouwilt thou nat I. be maad suget to me? Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me; ellis sotheli if thou aȝenstondist, and nyltwilt not I. nyle S. delyuere it, lo! Y schal brynge inOm. K. to mo|rewe a locustelocuste, that is, a multitude of locustis BCGIKQSX. in to thithe E. coostis, whichthat IS. schal hile the hiȝereouer I. part of erthethe erthe S., nether ony thing therof schal appere, but that, that was `residue toleft of I. re|sidue, either lefte vndistruyed to S. the hail schal be etunetun of locustes IS.; forforsothe I. ithe I. the locust S. schal gnawe alle the trees that buriounnen in feeldis; and thothei I. schu|len fillefulfille IS. thin howsis, and the howsis of thi seruauntis, and of alle Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., hou greet thi fadris and grauntsiristhi grauntsires EIS. sien not, sithen thei weren borun on erthe, til in to presentthis present IS. dai. And Moises turnede awei hym silf, and ȝedewent I. out fro Farao. For|sothe the seruauntis of Farao seiden to hym, Hou longe schulen we suffre this sclaundre? Delyueredelyuer thou IS. the men, that thei make sacrifice to `her Lord Godthe Lord her God IS.; seest thou not that Egipt perischidehath perischid IS.? And thei aȝen clepiden Moises and Aaron to Farao, and he seide to hem, Go ȝe, and makemaketh IS. ȝethe O. sacrifice to `ȝoure Lord Godthe L. ȝoure G. IS.; whiche ben thei, that schulen go? Moises seide, We schulen go with oure litle children and eldre, and with sones, and douȝtris, with scheep, and gretewith grete IS. beestis; for it is the solempnyte of `oure Lord Godthe L. oure G. IS.. And Fa|rao answeride, So the Lord be with ȝouSo the Lord be with ȝou. He seide this in scorn, vndur|stondinge the contrarie. BCG KQX.; hou therfor schal Y delyuere ȝou and ȝoure litle children? to whom is it doute, that ȝe thenken worstful wickide thinges I. worst thingis S.? It schal `not be soben done SO E.; but go ȝe men oneli, and make ȝe sacrifice to the Lord; for also ȝe axiden this. And anoon thei weren cast out fro the siȝt of Farao. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Holde forth thi hond on the lond of Egipt, to athe I. locustlocust, that is, multitude of locustis BCN., that it stie onvp on IS. the lond, and deuoure al the eerbeeerbis E. whichthat IS. is residuelefte EILP sec. m. residue or laft S. toof I. the hail. And Moises helde forthe the ȝerde on the lond of Egipt, and the Lord brouȝte in a brennynge wynd al that dai and niȝt; and whanne the morewtid was maad, the brennynge wynd reiside locustis, whichethe whiche I. stieden onvp on IS. al the lond of Egipt, and saten in alle the coostis of Egipcians; `and the locustisthei I. weren vnnoumbrable, and suche weren not bifore that tyme, nether schulen come aftirward. And thothei I. hiliden al the faceouer part I. of the erthe, and wast|iden alle thingis; therfor the eerbe of the erthe was deuourid, and what euere ofOm. C. ap|plis was in trees, whiche the hail hadde left, `it was deuouridOm. I.; and outirli no green thing was left in trees and in eerbis of erthethe erthe IS., in al Egipt. Wherfor Farao hastide, and clepide Moises and Aaron, and seide to hem, Y haue synned aȝens ȝoure Lord GodOm. B., and aȝens ȝow; but now forȝyue ȝe the synne to me; also in this tyme preie ȝe ȝoure Lord God, that he take awey fro me this deeth. And Moises ȝede out of the siȝt of Farao, and preiede the Lord; whichthe which I. which Lord S. made a moostful I. strong wynd to blowe fro the west, and tookit took I. he t. S., and castidecaste GI. the locust in to the reed see; `noon dwell|ide, sotheli nether oonsotheli ther lefte not oon I., in alle the coostis of Egipt. And the Lord made hard the herte of Farao, and he lefte not the sones of Israel. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Holde forth thin hond in to he|uene, and derknessisderknesse CL. be on the lond of Egipt, so thicke that thothei I. moun be gropid. And Moises helde forth thehis IS. hond in to heuene, and orrible derknessis weren maad in al the lond of Egipt; inand in IS. thre daies no man seiȝ his brother, nether mouede himhem A. silf fro that place in which he was. Where|euer the sones of Israel dwelliden, liȝt was. And Farao clepide Moises and Aaron, and seide to hem, Go ȝe, make ȝe sacrifice to the Lord; oneli ȝoure scheep and greteȝoure grete G. beestis dwelle stille; ȝoure litle children go with ȝou. MoisesAnd Moises K. seide, Also thou schalt ȝyuealso thou schalt ȝyue, &c. that is, thou schalt suffre that we lede beestis to sa|crifices. Lire here. BCGKQX. to vs offryngis and brent sa|crifices, whichethe whiche I. we schulen offre to `oure Lord Godthe L. oure G. IS.; alle the flockis schulen go with vs, for `a cleoo clawe I. oo cle S. schal not dwelle of tho thingis, that ben nedeful in to theOm. BGOX. wor|schipyng of `oure Lord Godthe L. oure G. IS., moost sithen we witen not what owith to be offrid, til we comen to that place. Forsothe the Lord made hard the herte of Farao, and he noldewolde not I. delyuere hem. And Farao seide to Moises, Go awei fro me, and be war that thou se no more my face; in what|euer dai thou schalt appere to me, thou schalt die. Moyses answeride, Be it doon so, as thou hast spokun; I schal no more se thi face.

 CAP. XI.

And the Lord seide to Moises, Ȝit Y schal touche Farao and Egipt with o ve|niaunce, and after these thingis he schal delyuere ȝou, and schalI schal D. he schal IS. constreyne ȝouOm. BC. to go out. Therfor thou schalt seie to al the puple, that a man axe of his freend, and a womman of hir neiȝboresse, siluerensiluer ELP. ves|selsvessel ELP. and goldun, andOm. EG. clothis; forsothe the Lord schal ȝyue grace to his puple bifor Egipciansthe Egipcians IS.. And Moises was a ful greet manman of good fame S. in the lond of Egipt, bifore the ser|uauntis of Farao and al the puple; and he seide, The Lord seith these thingis, At mydnyȝt Y schal entre in to Egipt; and ech firste gendridbigeten I. thing in the lond of Egipcians schal die, fro the firste gendridbigeten I. of Farao, that sittith in the trone of hym, til to the firste gendridbigeten I. of the handmayde, which is at theOm. I. querne; and alle the firste gendrid of beestis schulen die; and greet cry schal be in al the lond of Egipt, whichwhat I. maner cry was not bifore, nether schal be aftirward. Forsothe at alle the children of Israel a dogge schal not make priuy noise, fro man til to beeste; that ȝe wite bi how greet myracle the Lord departith Egipcians and Israel. Andand Pharao, IS. alle these thi seruauntis schulen come doun to me, and thei schulen preye me, and schulen seie, Go out thou, and al the puple whichthe which I. is suget to thee; aftir these thingis we schu|len go out. And Moyses wasOm. I. ful wrooth, andOm. I. ȝedewente I. out fro Farao. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Farao schal not here ȝou, that many signes be maad in the lond of Egipt. Sotheli Moises and Aaron maden alle signesthe signes IS. and wondris, that ben writunhere writun IS., bifor Farao; and the Lord made hard the herte of Farao, nether he delyuerede the sones of Israel fro his londhond A pr. m. EGKLP..

 CAP. XII.

Also the Lord seide to Moises and Aa|ron in the lond of Egipt, This monethe, theOm. F. bigynnyng of monethis to ȝou, schal be the firstefirste or the cheef S. in theOm. G. monethis of the ȝeer. Speke ȝe to alOm. S. the cumpanye of the sones of Israel, and seie ȝe to hem, In the tenthe dai of thisthe ELOP. monethe ech man take a lomb by hise meynees and housis; but if the noumbre is lesse, that it may not suffice to ete thethis ELP. lomb, he schal take his neiȝbore, whichthe which I. is ioyned to his hows, bi the noumbre of soulislyfes I., that moun suffice to theOm. IKMORST sec. m. W. etyng of the lomb. Forsothe the lomb schal be a male of o ȝeer, without wem; bi whichthe which I. custom ȝe schulen take also a kidea kide, if a lomb may not be had in good maner. Lire here. CGQX.; and ȝe schulen kepe hym til to the fouretenthe dai of this monethe; and al the multitude of the sones of Israel schal offre hym at euentidthat is, ech hows of the multitude schal offre oon, if fewnesse of persoones let|tith not. Lire here. BCGKQX.. And thei schulen take of his blood, and schulenthei schulen IS. putput it IS. on euer either post, and in lyntelsOm. c. the lyntels I., `etherOm. C. hiȝer threschfoldisOm. DIRT. or hiȝer threschfoldis S. or h. threshols E. or h. thressholdis LP. either h. thresscholdis GK. either ouercheckis W., of the housis, in whiche thei schulen ete hym; and in that niȝt thei schulen ete fleischisflesh DGIS., roostid with fier, and therf looueslooue S., with letusiswith letusis, in Ebrew it is with bitter|nessis. BC.the erbe letuse I. bittir locustis S. of the feeld. Ȝe schulen not ete therof ony raw thing, nether sodun in watir, but roostid oneli by fier; ȝe schulen deuoure the heed with feetthe feet EGIKS. and entrailiswith the entrailis IS. therof; nether ony thing therof schal abide til theto the IX. Om. L. morewtid; if ony thingOm. plures. thing therof IS. is residueleft EILP. resid or lefte S., ȝe schulen brennebrenne it IS. in the fier. Forsothe thus ȝe schulen ete hym; ȝeand ȝe K. schulen girde ȝoureȝou the F. reynes, and ȝe schulen haue schoon in theȝoure IS. feet, and ȝe schulen holde stauys in hondisȝoure hondis IS., and ȝe schulen eteete it IS. hastili; for it is fase, that is, theOm. K. passyng of the Lord. And YY the Lord IS. schal passe thorou the londmyddil D. of Egipt in that niȝt, and Y schal smyte alOm. IS. the firste gendridbigeten I. thing in the lond of Egipt, fro man til to beeste; and Y the Lord schal make domes in alle the goddis of Egipt. Forsothe blood schal be to ȝou in to signe, in the housis in whiche ȝe schulen be; and Y schal se the blood, and Y schal passe ȝou; nether a wounde distriynge schal be in ȝou, whanne Y schal smyte the lond of Egipt. Forsothe ȝe schulen haue this dai in to mynde, and `ȝe schulenOm. F. make it so|lempne to the Lord in ȝoure generaciouns bi euerlastynge worschipyng. InOm. A sec. m. BC pr. m. seuene daies ȝe schulen ete therf breed; in the firste dai no thing diȝt with sour douȝ schal be in ȝoure housis; who euer schal ete ony thing diȝt with sour douȝ, fro the firste dai tiltil to plures. the seuenthe dai, that soule schal perische fro Israel. The firste day schal be hooli and solempne, and the se|uenthe dai schal be worschipful bi the same halewyng; ȝe schulen not do ony werk inOm. G. tho daies, outakun these thingis that perteynen to mete; and ȝe schulen kepe therf breed. For in that same dai Y schal lede out of the lond of Egipt ȝoure oost; and ȝe schulen kepe this dai in ȝoure generaciouns bi euerlastynge custom. In the first monethe, in the fouretenthe dai of the monethe, at euentid, ȝe schulen ete therf breed, til to the oon and twentithetwenti BM. dai of the same monethe at euentid. In seuene dayes no thing `diȝt with sour douȝmaad sour I. schal be foundun in ȝoure housis; if ony etithete I. onyOm. IL. thing diȝt with sour dow, his soule schal perische fro the cumpeny of Israel, as wel of comelyngiscomelingis, that is, hethen men conuertid to the feith of Jewis BCGKNQX. comelyngis, that ben h. m. conuertid to the bileeue I. comel., that is, h. m. etc. S., as of hem that ben borun in the lond. Ȝe schulen not ete ony thing diȝtmad I. with sour dow, and ȝe schulen ete therf breed in alle ȝoure dwellyng placis. Forsothe Moises clepide alle the eldre men of the sones of Israel, and seidehe seide IS. to hem, Go ȝe, and taketake ȝe G. taketh IS. a beeste by ȝoure meynees, and offre ȝe fase; and dippe ȝe a bundel of isope, in the blood which `is in theOm. N. threisfoldin the threshold EGLPQ. in the threisfold, that is, a vessel bisidis the threisfold BC. thresh. either a v. b. the thresh. G. threisf. either in a v. etc. KNQX., and sprynge ȝe therof theon the G. in the K. lyntel, and euer either post; noon of ȝou schal go out at the dore of his hows til the morewtid. For the Lord schal passe smytynge Egipciansthe Egipcians IS.; and whanne he schal se the blood in the lyntellintels E., and in euer either post, he schal passe the dore of thethat IS. hows; and he schal not suffre the smytere to entre in to ȝoureOm. G. housis, and to hirtehirte ȝou IS.. Kepe thou this word; it schal be aOm. GN. lawful thing to thee and to thi sones til in to with outen ende. And whanne ȝe schulen entre in to the lond whichthat I. the Lord schal ȝyue to ȝou, as he bihiȝte, ȝe schulen kepe these cerymonyes; and whanne ȝoure sones schulen seie to ȝou, What is this religioun? ȝe schulen seie to hem, It is theOm. IS. sacrifice of the passyng of the LordLord God E., whanne he passide ouervp on I. the housis of the sones of Israel in Egipt, and smoot Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., and delyueride oure housis. And the puple was bowid, and worschipide. And the sones of Israel ȝeden out, and diden as the Lord comaundide to Moises and toOm. EG. Aaron. Forsothe it was doon in the myddis of the nyȝt, the Lord smoot al the firste gendridbigeten I. thingOm. G. in the lond of Egipt, fro the firste gendridbigoten I. of Farao, that sat in the trone of hym, til to the first gendridbigoten I. of theOm. F. a IS. caitif womman, that was in theOm. IS. prisoun, andand he smoot BC. alle the first gendrid of beestis. And Farao roos in the nyȝt, and alle hise seruauntis, and al E|gipt; and aOm. I. greetOm. O. cry was maad in Egipt, for noon hows was, in which a deed man lay not. And whanne Moises and Aaron weren clepid in the nyȝt, Farao seide, Rise ȝe, goand go IS. ȝe out fro my puple, bothe ȝe and the sones of Israel; go ȝe, offre ȝe to the Lord, as ȝe seien; take ȝe ȝoure scheep and greete beestis, as ȝe axiden; and go ȝe, and blesse ȝe me. And Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. constreyneden the puplepuple of Israel IS. to go out of the lond swiftli, and seiden, All we schulen die! Therfor the puplepuple of Israel IS. took meele spreynd to gidere, bifor that it was diȝt with sour douȝ; and boondthei boond it IS. in mentils, and puttideputte FW. putte it IS. on her schuldris. And the sones of Israel diden as the Lord comaundide to Moises; and thei axiden of Egipcians siluernesiluer ELP. ves|selis and goldun, and ful myche cloothclothinge IS.. Forsothe the Lord ȝaf grace to the puplepuple of Israel IS. bifor Egipciansthe Egipcians ISX., that the Egipcians lenten to hem; and thei maden bare Egipciansthe Egipcians BEIS.. And the soneschil|dren IS. of Israel ȝeden forth fro Ramasses in to Socoth, almest sixe hun|drid thousind of foot men, with out litle children and wymmen; but also comynthe comyn IS. puple of malis and femalisof femalis BCEGMNIKQRSTX. vnnoumbrableand vnnoumbrable DEFGLOPX. stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S. with hem; scheep, and oxun, and ful many beestis of diuerse kyndekynde also I., stiedenstieden vp S. with hemOm. I.. And thei bakiden meele, whichthe which I. spreynd to gidere `a while agonot ȝore ago I. thei token fro Egipt, and madenmakiden I. therftherof L. ther S. looues bakunybake I. vnder theOm. CIKMOSW. aischis; for the looues miȝten not be diȝtmad I. with sour dow, for Egipciansthe Egipcians ILS. compellidencompelliden hem IKS. to go out, and suffridenthei suffriden IS. notnot hem IKS. to make ony tariyng, nether it was leiserleiser to hem IS. to make ony seewpotage I.. Forsothe the dwell|yng of the sones of Israel, bi which thei dwelliden in Egipt, was of foure hundrid and thretti ȝeeriiij. hundrid and xxx. ȝeer, rekenynge tho ȝeris in whiche they dwelliden as pilgryms in the loond of Canaan, and of Egipt, and of Filisteys. Lire here. CGQX.; and whanne thotho ȝeris IS. weren fillidfulfillid IS., al the oost of the Lord ȝede out of the lond of Egipt in the same dai. This nyȝt is worthi to be kept in theOm. IS. worschip|yng of the Lord, whanne he ladde hemhis peple S. out of the lond of Egipt; alle the sones of Israel owen to kepe thisthis nyȝt I. this solempnytee S. in her genera|ciouns. Also the Lord seide to Moises and Aaron, This is the religioun of fasefase, that is, pask K.; ech alien schal not ete therof; sotheli ech seruaunt bouȝt schal be circumcidid, and so he schal ete; a comelyng and hirida hirid I. an h. S. manhirid man, that is, an he|then man out of the feith and obseruaunce of the Jewis, thouȝ he dwelle with hem for hire. BCGQKX. schulen not ete therof; it schal be etun in oon hows; nether ȝe schulen bere out of the fleischisfleishe IS. therof; nether ȝe schulen breke a boon therof. Ech company of the sones of Israel schal make that fase; that if ony pilgrym wole passe into ȝoure feith and worschipyngin to ȝoure worschipyng IS., and make fasesolempnitee IS. of the Lord, ech male kynde of hym schal be circumcididcircumsid B. biforebifore the solempnyte S., and thanne he schal makemake it IS. lawfulilaweful S., andand thanne D. he schal be to gidereto gidere with hem IS. as a man borun of the lond; for|sothe if ony man is not circumcidid, he schal not ete therof. The same lawe schal be to a man borun of the lond, and to a comelyng, that takith ȝoure feith, whichthe which I. is a pilgrym anentis ȝou. And alle the sones of Israel diden as the Lord co|maundide to Moises and Aaron. And inOm. I. the same dai the Lord ladde out of `the lond ofOm. S. Egipt the sones of Israel, bi her cumpanies.

 CAP. XIII.

AlsoAlso and D. And E. the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Halewe thou to me ech firste gen|dridbigeten I. thing that openeth the wombe among the sones of Israel, as wel of men as of beestis, for whi alle ben myn. And Moises seide to the puple, Haue ȝe mynde of this dai, in which ȝe ȝedenwenten I. out of Egipt, and of the hows of seruage, for in strong hond the Lord ledde ȝou out of this place, that ȝe ete notno F. breed diȝt with sour dow. To dai ȝe gon out, in the monethe of new fruytis; and whanne the Lord hath led thee in to the lond of Cananey, and of Ethei, and of Amorrei, and of Euei, and of Jebusei, whichfor which I. lond he swoor to thi fadris, that he schulde ȝyue to thee, a lond flowynge with mylk and hony, thou schalt halowe this custom of holy thingis in this monethe. InOm. B. And G. seuene daies thou schalt ete therf looues, and the solempnete of the Lord schal be in the seuenthe dai; ȝe schulen ete therf looues seuenein seuene B. daies, no thing diȝt with sour dow schal appere at thee, nether in alle thi coostis. And thou schalt telle to thi sonesones IS. in that dai, and schalt seie, This it is that the Lord dide to me, whanne Y ȝede out of Egipt. And it schal be as a signe in thin hond, and as a memorial before thin iȝen, and that the lawe of the Lord be euere in thi mouth; for in a strong hond the Lord ledde thee out of Egipt, and of the hows of seruage. Thou schalt kepe siche a worschipyng in tyme ordeined, `fro daies in to daiesdaies, that is, fro ȝeer in to ȝeer. BQX. d. that is, fro ȝeeris into ȝeeris. G.. And whanne the Lord hath brouȝt thee in to the lond of Cananey, as he swoor to thee, and to thi fadris, and hath ȝoue it to thee, thou schalt departe to the Lord al theOm. IKOSX. thing that openeth thethi BCFGNQRTW. wombe, and that that is theOm. S. firstefirste fruyt I. firste or cheef S. in thithe L. beestis; what euer thing thou hast of male kynde, thou schalt halewehalewe it IS. to the Lord. Thou schalt chaunge the firste gendrid of an asse for a scheep, that if thou aȝen biestaȝenbiest it IS. not, thou schalt slesle it IS.; forsothe thou schalt aȝen bie with prijs al thethi G. firste gendridbigeten I. of mana man IS. of thi sones. And whanne thi sone schal axe thee to morewe, and seie, What is this? thou schalt answere to hym, In a strong hond the Lord ladde vs out of the lond of Egipt, of the hows of seruage; for whanne Farao was maad hardhard in herte IS., and noldewolde not I. delyuere vs, the Lord killideslouȝe I. alle the firste gendridbigeten I. thingthingus EM sec. m. LP. Om. O. in the lond of Egipt, fro the firste gendridbigeten I. of man til to the firste gendrid of beestis; therfor Y offre to the Lord al thing of male kynde that openeth the wombe, and YOm. K. aȝen bie alle the firste gendridbigeten I. thingis of my sones. Therfor it schal be as a signe in thin hond, and as aOm. C. thing hangid for mynde bifore thin iȝen, for in a strong hond the Lord ledde vs out of Egiptthe londe of Egipt IS.. Therfor whanne Farao hadde sent out the puple, God ledde not hemhim plures. it I. hem, that is, that peple S. out bi the weie of `the lond ofOm. IS. lond of W. Filisteis, whichthe which I. is niȝ; and arettidbifore thinkynge IS. arettinge K. lest per|auentureOm. G. it wolde repente the puple, if heit IS. had seyn batelis rise aȝens hymit IS., and `the puplethanne thei IS. wolde turnhan turned IS. aȝenOm. E. in to Egipt; but God leddeledde it I. ledde the peple S. aboute by the weie of deseert, whichthe which I. weie is bisidis the reed see. And the sones of Israel weren armed, and stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S. fro the lond of Egipte. And Moises took the boonus of Joseph with hym, for he hadde chargid the sones of Is|rael, and hadde seidseid to hem IS., God schal visite ȝou, and bere ȝe out `fro hennusthanne hennus I. fro hennus thanne S. my boonus with ȝou. And thei ȝeden forth froto GL. So|coth, and settiden tentis in Etham, in the laste endiscoostes I. of wildirnessethe wildernesse IS.. Forsothe the Lord ȝede bifore hem to scheweschewe hem S. the weie, bi dai in a piler of clowdea clowde IS., andOm. G. bi nyȝt in a piler of fier, that he schulde be ledere of the weie in euer either time; the piler of clowde failide neuere bi dai, nether the piler of fier bi niȝt, bifor the puple.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel; turne thei aȝen, and sette thei tentis euene aȝens Fiayroth, whichthe which I. is bitwixe Magda|lum and the see, aȝens Beelsefon; inand in S. the siȝt therof ȝe schulen sette tentis oueron I. the see. And Farao schal seie on the sones of Israel, Thei ben maad streit in the lond, the deseert hath closid hem togidere. And Y schal make hard his herte, and he schal pursue ȝou, and Y schal be glorified in Fa|rao, and in al his oost; and Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. schulen wite that Y am theOm. IKOS. Lord; and thei diden so. And it was teld to the kyng of Egipcians, that the puple hadde fled; and the herte of Farao and of hise seruauntis was chaungid on the puple, and thei seiden, What wolden we do, that we leftenschulden leeue I. Israel, that it schulde notOm. G. serue us? Therfor Farao ioynede the chare, and took with him al his puple; and he took sixe hundrid chosyn charis, and what euer thing of charis was in Egipt, and duykis of al the oost. And the Lord made hard `the herte of FaraoFarao herte S., kyng of Egipt, and hePharao IS. pursuede the sones of Israel; and thei weren go out in an hiȝ hond. And whanne Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. pursueden the steppis of the sones of Israel bifor goynge, thei founden hem in tentis on the see; al the chyualrye and charis of Farao, and al the oost weren in Fiayroth, aȝens Beelsefon. And whanne Farao hadde neiȝedneiȝed niȝ IS. the sones of Israel, reisiden her iȝen, and thei sien Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. bihynde hem, and dreddenthei dredden IS. greetli; and thei criedencrieden gretli E. to the Lord, and seiden to Moises, In hap sepulcris werenthere weren I. not in Egipt, therfor thou hast take vs aweiawei thennes IS., that we schulen die in wildirnesse? whatin what E. woldist thou do this, that thou leddist vs out of Egipt? Whether this is not the word whichthat S. we spaken to thee in Egipt, `and seidenseyinge K., Go awei fro vs, that we serue Egipciansthe Egipcians.? for it is myche betere to serue hem, than to die in wildirnesse. And Moises seide to the puple, Nyle ȝe drede, stonde ȝe, and `se ȝeseeth I. se KLOS. the grete werkys of God, whiche he schal do to dai; for ȝe schulen no more se Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., whichethe whiche I. ȝe seen now, til in to with outen ende; the Lord schal fiȝte for ȝou, and ȝe schulen be stille. And the Lord seide to Moises, What criest thou to me? Speke thou to the sones of Israel, that thei go forth; forsothe reise thou thi ȝerde, and stretche forth thin hond on the see, and departe thou it, that the sones of Israel go in theOm. IKS. myddis of the see, by drie place. For|sothe Y schal make hard the herte of Egipcians, that thei pursue ȝou, and Y schal be glorified in Farao, and in al the oost of hymhem plures., and in the charischaris of him IS., and in the knyȝtis of hym; and Egipcians schulen wite that Y am theOm. DM. Lord God, whanne Y schal be glorified in Farao, and in theOm. IKS. charis, and in the knyȝtis of hym. And the aungel of the LordLord God E., that ȝede bifore the castelliscastellis, that is, tentis I. cast. or tentis S. of Israel, tooktook, or ordeynede IS. hym silf, and ȝede bihynde hem; and the piler of cloudethe cloude IS. ȝedemouyde IS. to gidir with hym, and leftehe lefte IS. the formere thingis aftir the bak, and stoodhe stood IS. bitwixe the `castels of EgipciansEgipcians castels IS. and cas|telsthe castels EINS. of Israel; and the cloude was derk toward Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., and liȝtnyngeit was liȝtnynge I. the nyȝt was l. S. `the nyȝtOm. S. toward `the children ofOm. I. Israel, so that in al theOm. plures. tyme of the niȝt thei miȝten not neiȝ togidere to hem silf. And whanne Moises hadde stretchid forth thehis IS. hond on the see, the Lord tooktook or withdrowe the see S. itOm. IS. aweiawei the see I., the while a greet wynde andand a I. a S. brennynge blew in al the niȝt, and turnedeturnede it I. turnede the see S. in to dryenessederknesse A pr. m.; and the watir was departid. And the sones of Israel entriden by the myddis of the drye see; for the watir was as a wal at the riȝt side and leftthe left EIMNPS. side of hem. AndThe IS. Egipcians pursueden, and entriden aftir hemIsrael IS., aland alle IS. the ridyngridinge men I. of Farao, hise cha|ris, and knyȝtis, bi theOm. IS. myddis of the see. And the wakyng of theOm. I. morewtid cam thanne, and lo! the Lord biheldebihelde wrathfuly IS. on the castels of Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., bi a piler of fier, and of cloudea cloude IS., and killidehe killide IS. the oost of hem; and he destriedeouerturnede I. the wheelis of charisthe charis IS., and tho weren borun in to the depthedepthe of the see I.. Therfor Egipciansthe Egipcians I. seiden, Fle we Israel; forforsothe I. the Lord fiȝtith for hem aȝenus vs. And the Lord seide to Moises, Holde forth thin hond on the see, that the wa|tris turne aȝen to Egipcians, on the charis, and knyȝtison the knyȝtis IS. of hem. And whanne Moises hadde hold forth thehis IS. hoond aȝens the see, it turnede aȝen first in the morewtid to the formere place; and whanne Egipciansthe Egipcians EIS. fledden, the watris camen aȝenaȝens hem IS., and the Lord wlappide hem in theOm. S. myddis of theOm. K. floodisflood IS.. And the watris turneden aȝen, and hiliden the charis, and knyȝtis of al the oost of Farao, whichthe which I. sueden, and entriden in to the see; sotheli not oon of hem was alyueon lyue B. left I. not alyue Q.. Forsothe the sones of Israel ȝeden thorouȝ the myddis of the drye see, and the watris weren to hem as for a wal, on the riȝt side and lefton the left B. side. And in that dai the Lord delyuerede Israel fro the hond of Egipcians, and thei sien Egipciansthe Egipcians C. deed on the brynke of the see, and thei seiȝen the greet hondhond or power I. hond or myȝt S. which the Lord hadde vsid aȝens hemthe Egipcians IS.; and the puplepuple of Israel IS. dredde the Lord, and thei bileueden to the Lord, and to Moises his seruaunt.

 CAP. XV.

Thanne Moises song, and the sones of Israel, this song to the LordLord God E.; and thei seiden, Synge we to the Lord, for he is magnefiedmagnefied or maad grete S. gloriousli; he castidehath cast I. doun the hors and the stierehorsman I. stiere vp K. in to the see. My strengthe and my preisyng is the Lord; andOm. EP. he is maad to me in to heelthe. This is my God, and Y schal glorifie hym; the GodLord S. of my fadirfadris S., and Y schal enhaunse hym. The Lord is asOm. IS. a man fiȝter, his name is Almiȝti; he castide doun in to the see the charis of Farao, and his oost. Hise chosun princis weren drenchid in the reed see; the depe watris hiliden hem; thei ȝeden doun in to the depthe as a stoon. Lord, thi riȝthond is magnyfied in strengthe; Lord, thi riȝthond smoot the enemye. And in theOm. I. thi LP. mychilnessemultitude A sec. m. I. of thithe E. glorie thou hast put doun alle mynIn Ebru it is thin aduersa|ries. GQX. ad|uersaries; thou sentist thin ire, that de|uouride hem as stobilthe stobil I. a stob. S.. And watris weren gaderid in the spirit of thi woodnessewoodnesse, that is, of thi gret veniaunce BCQX. W. that is, of thi veniaunce G. W. that is, gret v. K. W. that is, thi g. v. N.; flowinge watir stood, depe watris weren gaderid in theOm. IS. middis of the see. The enemy seide, Y schal pursue, and Y schal take; Yand Y O. schal departe spuylisspoile E., my soulesoule, that is, wille BCEGIKNPQX. S. that is, my wille S. schal be fillidful|fillid IS.. I schal drawe out my swerde; myn hond schal sle hem. Thi spiritthe spirit of God IS. blew, and the see hilide hem; thei weren drenchid as leed in grete wa|tris. Lord, who is lijk thee in stronge men, who is lijk thee? thou art greeta greet IS. doere in hoolynesse; ferdfulfeerful IS., and preisa|ble, and doynge myraclis. Thou heldist forth thin hond, and the erthe deuouride hem; thou were ledere in thi merci to thy puple, whichthe which I. thou aȝen bouȝtist; and thou hast borebifor ELP. hym in thithe E. strengthe to thin holi dwellyng place. Puplis stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S., and weren wroothe; sorewis heldenheleden F. hiliden S. the dwelleris of Filistiym. Thanne the pryncis of Edom weren disturbliddistrublid IS.; tremblyng held the stronge men of Moab. Alle the dwell|eris of Canaan `weren starkedredden, or were acumbred IS.; inward drede falle on hem, and outward drede in the greetnesse of thin arm. Be thei maad vnmouable as a stoon, til thi puple passe, Lord; til thisOm. LPX. thiOm. EM. puple passe, whom thou weldidistweldist GLS. hast in possessioun I.. Thou schalt brynge hem in, and thou schalt plaunteplaunte hem IKS. in thethin E. hil of thin eritage; in the moost stidefast dwellyng place whichthat IS. thou hast wrouȝt, Lord; Lord, thi seyntuarie, whichthe which I. thin hondis mademakiden K. stidefast. The Lord schal `regne in to the world and fertherer. in to t. w. a. f. that is, withouten ende BCGKNOQX. regne withouten ende and ouer al thing IS.. Forsothe Farao, `a ri|dereon horse I. Om. S., entride with his charis and knyȝtishorsmen IS. in to the see, and the Lord brouȝte the watris of the se on hem; sotheli the sones of Israel ȝeden bi the drie place, in theOm. IOSX sec. m. myddis of the see. Therfore Marie, pro|fetessethe profetesse ILS., theOm. IS. `sistir of AaronAaron sister S., took a tym|pan in hir hond, and alle the wymmen ȝeden out aftir hyrOm. L. with tympans and cumpanyes; tothe I. bifore S. whiche sche song biforeOm. S., and seide, Synge we to the Lord, for he is magnyfiedmaad greet IS. gloriousli; he castidehath cast IS. doun in to the see the hors and theOm. EMN sec. m. OPX. stiererider IS. of hym. Forsothe Moises took Israel fro the reed see, and thei ȝeden out in to theOm. EX. de|seert of Sur, and thei ȝeden thre daies bi the wildirnesse, and thei founden not wa|tirwatris E sup. ras.. And thei camen in to Marath, and thei miȝten not drynk the watris of Ma|rath, for thothei IS. weren bittere; wherfor andOm. GO. heMoises IS. puttideputte IMS. a couenable name to thethat IS. place, and clepidehe clepide IS. it Mara, that is, bitternesse. And the puple grutchide aȝens Moises, and seide, What schulen we drynke? And Moises criede to the Lord, whichthe which I. schewide to hym a tre; and whanne heMoises IS. hadde put that tre in toOm. S. watristhe watris plures., tho weren turned in to swetnesse. There the Lord ordeyn|ede comaundementis and domes to the pu|ple, and there he asayede the puple, and seide, If thou schalt here the vois of thi Lord God, and schalt do that that is riȝt|ful byfore hym, and schalt obeie to his comaundementisheestes IS., and schalt kepe alle hise heestisbiddyngis IS., Y schal not brynge yn on thee al the syknesse, which Y puttidehaue putt IS. in E|gipt, for Y am thi Lord Sauyour.

 CAP. XVI.

Forsothe the sones of Israel camen in to Helym, where weren twelue wellis of watriswatir IS., and seuenti palm trees, and thei settiden tentis bisidis the watris. And thei ȝeden forth fro Helym, and al the multitude of the sones of Israel cam in to deseertthe deseert FIS. of Syn, whichthe which I. is bitwixe Helym and Synai, in the fiftenethe dai of the secunde monethe aftir that thei ȝeden out of the lond of Egipt. And al the congre|gacioun of the sones of Israel grutchide aȝens Moises, and aȝens Aaron, in theOm. W. wildirnesse. And the sones of Israel seiden to hem, We wolden that we hadden be deed bi the `hoond of the LordLordes hond IS. in the lond of Egipt, whanne we saten on the `pottis of fleischpottis of fleischis plures. fleshe pottis S., and eeten looues in plentee; whi leden ȝe vs in to thisOm. E. deseert, thatthus that E. ȝe schulden sle al the multitude with hun|gur? Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Lo! Y schal reyne to ȝou looues fro he|uene; the puple go out, that itthei S. gadere tho thingismetes IS. that sufficen bi ech day; that Y asaie the puple, whethir it goithgo I. in my lawe, etheror EILPS. nainat I.. Sotheli in the sixte dai make theiȝe G. redi that that thei schulen bere yn, and be it double ouer that thei weren wont to gadere bi ech dai. And Moises and Aaron seiden to alle the sones of Is|rael, At euentidthe euentid IS. ȝe schulen wite that the Lord ledde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt; and in the morewetid ȝe schulen se the glorie of the Lord; for Y herde ȝoure grutchyng aȝens the Lord; sotheli what ben we, for ȝe grutchen aȝens us? And Moises seide, The Lord schal ȝyue to ȝou at euentid fleischisfleish IS. to ete, and looues in the morewetid in plentee, for he herde ȝoure grutchyngis, bi which ȝe grutchiden aȝens hym; for whi, what ben we? ȝoure grutchyng is not aȝensanentis EN. vs but aȝens the Lord. And Moises seide to Aaron, Seie thou to al the congregacioun of the sones of Israel, Neiȝe ȝe bifore the Lord, for he herde ȝoure grutchyng. And whanne Aa|ron spak to al the cumpeny of the sones of Israel, thei bihelden to the wildirnesse, and lo! the glorie of the Lord apperide in a cloude. Forsothe the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Y herde the grutch|yngis of the sones of Israel; spek thou to hem, At euentid ȝe schulen ete fleischisfleishe IS., and in the morewtid ȝe schulen be fillidfulfillid IS. with looues, and ȝe schulen wite that Y am `ȝoure Lord Godȝoure Lord G. the L. ȝoure God IS.. Therfor euentid was maad, and `curlewes stiedena corolu, that is, a multitude of corolues stiede BCGNQX. c. that is, the m. of c. stiede K. corlu stiede T. andvp and IS. hiliden the castels; and in the morewtid deew cam bibifore IS. the face of the castels. And whanne it hadde hilid the ertheouer part of the erthe X sec. m., a litil thingOm. C sec. m. DGIKMN sec. m. SX sec. m., and as powned with a pestel, in the licnesse of an hoorfrost on erthethe erthe IS., ap|perideit ap|peride IS. in theOm. DIKSW. wildirnesse. And whanne the sones of Israel hadden seyn that, thei seiden to gidere, Man hu? whichthe which I. signyfieth, what is this? for thei wisten not what it was. To whichewhom IS. Moises seide, This is theOm. IS. breed, whichthe which F. that IS. the Lord hath ȝoue toOm. I. ȝou to ete. This is the word whichthat IS. the Lord comaundide, Ech man gaderegadride E. therof as myche as suffisithit suffisith IS. to be etun, gomorgomor, that is, conteynynge a qwart and half. Ly. he. B. g. conteyneth a quart and an half DGQRS marg. TX. g. that contenith a quarte and half ELNO. a goomor, that is, other half quart IS. g. the whiche counleth a qwart and half K. bi ech heedpole, text, heed marg. I., bi the noumbre of ȝoure soulis that dwellendwelliden DL. in the tabernacle, so ȝe schulen take. And the sones of Israel diden so, and thei gaderiden oon more, an|other and another C. and another oon D. lesse; and thei metiden at the me|suremesurus L. gomorof gomor WX.; nethir he that gaderide more had more, nethir he that made redi lesse fond lesse, but alle gaderiden bi that that thei myȝten ete. And Moises seide to hem, Noonno man IS. leeue therof in to the morewtid; whichethe whiche I. herden not him, but summe of hem leftenleften therof IS. til to theOm. X. morewtid, and it bigan to buyle with wormes, and it was rotun; and Moises was wrooth aȝens hem. Forsothe allealle thei IS. gaderiden in the morewtid as myche as `miȝte sufficesuffiside IS. to be eten; and whanne the sunne was hoot, it was mol|tun. Sotheli in the sixte dai thei gader|iden double metis, that is, `twei gomortwo gomors IS. byOm. IS. ech man. Forsothe alle the princis of the multitude camen, and telden to Moises, which seide to hem, This it is that the Lord spak, The reste of the sabot is ha|lewid to the Lord, do ȝe what euer thing schal be wrouȝt to morewe, and sethe ȝe tho thingis that schulenben to I. be sodun; so|theli what euer thing is residueleft ELP. left ouer I. residue, or lefte ouer S., kepe ȝeȝe it IS. til inOm. L. to the morewe. And thei diden so as Moises comaundide, and it was not rotun, nether a worm was foundun ther ynne. And Moises seide, Ete ȝe that in this dai, for it is the sabat of the Lord, it schal not be foundun to dai in the feeld; gadere ȝeȝe it IS. in sixethe sixt L. daies, forsothe the sa|bat of the Lord is in the seuenthe dai, therfor itin that day it IS. schal not be foundun. The se|uenthe dai cam, and summe of the puple ȝeden out `to gadireOm. I. to gadere it S., and thei foundenfounden it IS. not. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Hou long `nylen ȝewil ȝe not I. kepe my comaunde|mentisheestis IS., and my lawe? Se ȝeOm. G. that the Lord ȝaf to ȝou theOm. G. sabat, and for thisthat I. this thing S. he ȝafhath ȝouen IS. to ȝou in the sixteseuenthe W sup. ras. dai double meetis; ech man dwelle at him silf, noonno man IS. go out of his place in the seuenthe dai. And the puple kepte sabatthe sabat DGIS. in the se|uenthe dai. And the housmeynee IS. of Israel clepide the name therofof that mete IS. man, whichthe which I. was whijt as the seed of coriandrecoliaundre BC., and the taast therofOm. G. was as of flour with hony. For|sothe Moises seide, This is the word whichthat IS. the Lord comaundide, Fille thou a gomorgomor or a mesure S. therof, and be it kept in to generaciouns to comynge aftirward, that thei knowe the breed biwith I. which Y fedde ȝou in theOm. IS. wil|dirnesse, whanne ȝe weren led out of the lond of Egipt. And Moises seide to Aa|ron, Take thou oa EIMS. vessel, and putte ther|inne man, as myche as gomora gomor IS. mai take, and putteputte it IS. bifore the Lord, to be kept in toOm. B. ȝoure generaciouns, as the Lord co|maundide to Moises; and Aaron puttideputte FMS. that to be kept inin to I. the tabernacle. For|sothe the sones of Israel eeten mannaman plures. inOm. BC. bi IS. fourti ȝeer, til thei camen in toOm. I. the lond abitableabitable, that is, able to be enhabited BCGKNQ. able to be enh. I. abitable, that is, a lond able to be enh. S.; thei weren fed with this mete til thei touchiden the endiscoostis IS. of the lond of Canaan. Forsothe gomor is the tenthe part of efy.

 CAP. XVII.

Therfor al the multitude of the sones of Israel ȝede forth fro the deseert of Syn, bi her dwellyngis, bi the word of the Lord, and settidenthei set|tiden IS. tentis in RafidymOfym W., where was notno IS. watir to the puple to drynke. Whichethe whiche I. pupleOm. I. chidde aȝens Moises, and seide, Ȝyue thouOm. DIKRST sec. m. W. water to vs, that we drynke. To whichewhom IS. Moises answeride, What chiden ȝe aȝens me, and whi tempten ȝe the Lord? Therfor the puple thristide there for the scarsnesse of watir, and grutchidenthei grutchiden IS. aȝens Moises, and seide, Whi madist thou vs to go out of Egipt, to sle vs, and oure fre children, and beestisoure beestis IS., for thrist? Forsothe Moises criede to the Lord, and seide, What schal Y do to this puple? ȝit a litil, alsoand I. it schal stone me. The Lord seide to Moises, Go thou bifore the puple, and take with thee of the eldre men of Israel, and take in thin hond the ȝerde, `bi whichwith the which I. thou hast smyte the flood, and go; lo! Y schal stonde there before thee, aboue the stoon of Oreb, and thou schalt smyte the stoon, and water schal go out therof, that the puple drynkedrynke therof E.. Moises dide so byfore the eldere men of Israel; and he clepide the name of that place Temptacioun, for the chidyngchidyngs G. of the sones of Israel, and for thei temptiden the Lord, and seiden, WhetherWher plures. the Lord is in vs, etheror ELP. naynat I.? Forsothe Amalech cam, and fauȝt aȝens Israel in Rafidym. And Moises seide to Josue, Chese thou men, and go out, and fiȝte to morewe aȝens menthe men IS. of Amalech; lo! Y schal stonde in the cop of the hil, and Y schal haue `the ȝerde of GodGoddis ȝerde I. in myn hond. Josue dide as Moises spak, and fauȝthe fauȝt I. aȝens Amalech. Forsothe Moises, and Aaron, and Hur stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S. on the cop of the hil; and whanne Moises reiside thehis IS. hondis, Israel ouercam; forsothe if he letlet hem IS. down a litil, Amalech ouercam. Sotheli `the hondis of MoisesMoises hondes IS. weren heuyheuy, or wery S., ther|for thei token a stoon, and puttideputten M. vndir hym, inon IS. which stoon he sat. Forsothe Aaron and Hur susteyneden hise hondis, on euer eithir side; and it was don, that hise hondis weren not maad weri, til to the goyng down of the sunne. And JosueJosue drof awey, in Ebreu it is, made fe|ble, for as Ebreus seien, he killide alle the stronge men of Ama|lech in that batel. Lyre here. CGQX. droof a wey Amalech and his puple, in `the mouth of swerd, that is, bi the scharpnesse of theOm. BDEILMPRTW. swerdscharpnesse of the swerd, that is, bi scharpnesse of swerd Josue killide the stronge men of Amelech IS.. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Wryte thou this in a book, for mynde, and taketake it IS. inin to S. the eerisherynge IS. of Josue; for Y schal do awei the mynde of Ama|lech fro vndur heuene. And Moises bildide an auter, and clepidehe clepide IS. the name therof The LordLord is S. myn enhaunsere, and seidehe seide IS., For the hond of the Lord aloone, and the bateil of God schal be aȝens Amalech, fro genera|cioun in to generacioun.

 CAP. XVIII.

And whanne Jetro, the prest of Madian, `the alye ofcosyn to I. the alye ether fadir of the wijf of N. Moisesthe alie of Moises, in E|breu it is, fadir of the wiyf of Moises. Lire here. BCGQX., hadde herd alle thingis whichthe which I. God hadde do to Moises, and to Israel his puple, for the Lord hadde led Israel out of the lond of Egipt, heJetro IS. took Sefora, `the wijf of MoisesMoises wijf IS., whom heMoises IS. hadde sent aȝen, and hise twei sones, of which oon was clepid Gersan, for the fadir seideat his birthe seide IS., Y was a comelyng in alienan alien DMNIRSTX. lond, forsothe the tother wassone was IS. clepid Eli|ezer, for Moises seideat his birthe seide IS., God of my fadirfadris I. is myn helpere, and he delyuerede me fro the swerd of Farao. Therfor Jetro, `alie of MoisesMoises alije I. alie to M. S., cam, and the sones of Moises and his wijf camen to Moiseshim IS., in to deseert, where Jetro settidesette FIS. tentis bisidis the hil of God; and sentehe sente IS. to Moises, and seide, Y Jetro, thin alie, come to thee, and thi wijf, and thi twei sones with hir. And Moises ȝede out into the comyng of his aliecosyn I., and worschipide, and kiste hym, and thei gretten hem silf to gidere with pesi|bleplesible GQ. wordis. And whanne heJetro IS. hadde en|trid in to the tabernacle, Moises tolde to `his aliehim IS. alle thingis whiche God hadde do to Farao, and to Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., for Israel, and he toldetolde to him IS. al the trauel whichthat IS. bifelle to hem in the weie, of which the Lord delyueredehad delyuered IS. hem. And Jetro was glad onof I. alle the goodis whiche the Lord hadde do to Israel, for he delyuerede Israel fro the hond of Egipcians. And Jetro seide, Blessid be `the LordLord God A., that delyuerede ȝou fro the hondhondis E. of Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., and fro `the hond of FaraoFarao hond S., whichthe which I. Lord delyuered his puple fro the hondlond DGX. of Egipt; now Y knowehaue know D. that the Lord is greet aboue alle goddis, for `thei didenthe Egipcians han do I. the Egipcians diden S. proudli aȝens hemIsrael IS.. Therfor Jetro, `alie of MoisesMoises cosyn I. Moises alie S., offride brent sacrifices and offryngis to God; and Aa|ron, and alle theOm. S. eldere men of Israel, camen to ete breed with hymJetro IS. bifore God. Forsothe in the tother dai Moises sat that he schulde deme the puple, thatthe whiche I. whiche S. stood niȝ Moisesto Moises IS., fro the morewtid til to euentidthe euentid IS.. And whanne `his alieJetro IS. hadde seyn this, that is, alle thingis `whiche hethat Moises IS. dide in the puple, he seide, What is this that thou doist in the puple? whi sittist thou aloone, and al the puple abidithabidith thee D. fro the morewtid til to euentidthe euentid BEFIS.? To whom Moises answer|ide, The puple cometh to me, and axith the sentence of God; and whanne ony strijf bifallith to hem, thei comen to me, that Y deme bitwixe hem, and schewe `the comaundementis of GodGoddes heestis IS., and hise lawislawe to hem IS.. And Jetro seide, Thou doist aOm. B. thing notthat is not IS. good, thou art wastid with a fonned tra|uel, bothe thou and this puple whichthat IS. is with thee; the werk is a boue thi strengthis, thou aloone maist not suffre it. But here thou my wordis and counseilsmy counseils IS., and the Lord schal be with thee; be thou to the puple in these thingis that perteynen to God, that thou telle theOm. S. thingis that ben seid to the puple; and schewe to the puple thetho S. cerymonyes, and custom of worschip|yng, and the weie bi whichthe which I. `thei owenhem oweth I. hem owen S. to go, and the werk whichthat IS. `thei owenhem oweth I. hem owen S. to do. ForsotheAnd IS. puruey thouȝou D. of al the puple myȝti men Another translacioun hath wise men, wher we han miȝti men. GO QX.myȝti men, ether wyse men N., and dredynge God, in whiche is treuthe, and whichethe whiche I. haten aua|rice; and ordeyne thou of hem tribunesa tribune is he that is soue|reyn of a thou|sinde men, cen|turioun of an hundrid, quin|quagenarie of fifty, a deen of ten. Lire here BCGKOQX., and centuriouns, and quinquagenaries, and deenys, whichethe whiche I. schulen deme the puple in al tyme; sotheli what ever thing is grettere, telle thei toOm. D. thee, and deme thei ooneli lesse thingis, and be it esiere to thee, whanne the burthun is departid in to othere men. If thou schalt do this, thou schalt filleful|fille IS. the comaundementcomaundementis D. heest S. of God, and thou schalt mowe berehere G. susteyne I. hise comaundementisheestis IS.; and al this puple schal turne aȝen with pees to her places. And whanne these thingis weren herd, Moises dide alle thingis whichethe whiche I. Jetro counselidecoun|selide him IS.. And whanne noble men of alOm. plures. Israel weren chosun, Moises ordeynede hem princis of the pu|ple, tribunes, and centuriouns, and quin|quagenaries, and denes, whiche demeden the puple in al tyme; forsothe, whateuer thing was hardere, thei telden to Moises, and thei demeden esiere thingis oneli. And Moises lefte `his alieJetro the I. Jetro S., which turnede aȝen, and ȝede in to his lond.

 CAP. XIX.

In the thridde monethe of the goyng `of IsraelOm. EFGIKLNPQST pr. m. X. out of the lond of Egipt, in thisthe firste IS. daidai of that monethe IS.in this day, that is, the firste daye of the thridde monethe. Lire here. BCGOQX. thei camen in to theOm. X. wildirnesse of Synai; for thei ȝeden forth fro Rafidym, and camen til inOm. DR. to deseertthe deseert IS. of Synai, and settidenthei settiden IS. tentis in the same place; and there Israel settide tentis, euen aȝens the hil. Forsothe Moises stiedewent vp I. stiede vp S. in to the hil toof GQ. God; and the Lord clepide hym fro the mount, and seide, Thou schalt seie these thingis to the hows of Jacob, and thou schalt telle to the sones of Israel, Ȝeȝou W. silfȝour self LS. Om. I. han seyn what thingis Y haue do to Egipciansthe Egipcians GI., how Y barhaue bore IS. ȝou on the wengis of eglis, and took toȝou to IS. me. Therfor if ȝe schulen here my vois, and schulen kepe my couenaunt, ȝe schulen be to me in to a specialteIn Ebru it is, ȝe shulen be a frendshipe, that is, a thing louyd excel|lently. GQX. of alle puplis; for al the londeerthe IS. is myn; and ȝe schulen be to me in to a rewme of preesthod, and `ȝe schulen beOm. I. an hooli folk; these ben the wordis whiche thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel. Moyses cam, and whanne the gretter men in birthe of the puple weren clepidgedered IS. to gidere, he expownede alle the wordis whiche the Lord comaundidecomaundide him IS.. And alle the puple answeride to gidere, We schulen do alle thingis whiche the Lord spakhath spoken IS.. And whanne Moises hadde teld the wordiswordis, or the answers S. of the puple to the Lord, the Lord seide to hym, Riȝt nowanoon I. Y schal come to thee in aOm. IS. the O. derknesse of aOm. plures. cloude, that the puple here me spekynge to thee, and bileuethat it bileue I. to thee withouten ende. Ther|for Moises telde the wordis of the puple to the Lord, whichthe which I. seide to Moises, Go thou to the puple, and make hem holiholi bi ensaumple of thi self S. to dai and to moreweHere halow|yng was, to waische hem self and here clothis, and neiȝe not her wifes. I., and waische thei her clothis, and be thei redi in toOm. G. the thridde dai; for in the thridde dai the Lord schal come doun bifore al the puple onin GX. the hil of Synai. And thou schalt sette termes to the puple, bi cumpas; and thou schalt seie to hem, Be ȝe war, that ȝe `stie notgon nat vp I. stien not vp S. in to the hil, nether touche ȝe the endis therof; ech man that schal touche the hil, schal die bi deeth. Hondis schulen not touche hym, but he schal be oppressid with stoonus, ethiror ELP. he shall be persidpartid GQ. with dartis; whether it schal be a beest, ethiror ELP. aOm. A pr. m. KS. man, it schal not lyue; whanneand whanne C. a clarioun schal bigynne to sowne, thanne `stie theigo thei vp I. stie thei vp S. in to the hil. And Moises cam doun fro the hil to the puple, and halewide it; and whanne thei hadden waischun her clothis, he seide to hem, Be ȝe redi in to the thridde dai, neiȝe ȝe not to ȝoure wyues. And now the thridde day was comun, and the morewetid was cleer; and, lo! thundris bigunnen to be herd, and lei|tis to schyne, and a moostful I. thicke cloude to hile the mounteyn; and `the sownyng of a clariounclarioun sownyng IS. the S. of cl. O. made noise ful greetligreet DRT sec. m., and the puple dredde, that was in the castelstentis IS.. And whanne Moises hadde led hem out in to the comyng of God, fro the place of castelsthe tentis I. her tentis S., thei stodenstieden W. at the rootis of the hil. Forsothe al the hil of Synai smokide, for the Lord hadde come doun theronne in fier; and smokethe smoke therof S. stiedestiede vp IS. therof as of a furneis, and al the hil was ferdfulfeerful IS.; and the `sown of a clariounclari|ouns soun I. clarioun soun S. encreesside litil and litil, and wasit was IS. holdun forth lengere. Moises spak, and the Lord answeride toOm. DIKS. hym, and the Lord cam doun on the hil of Synay, in thilke cop of the hil, and clepidehe clepide IS. Moises toin to plures. the cop therof. And whanne he hadde stiedgon vp I. stied vp S. thidur, the Lord seide to hym, Go thou doun, and witnesse thou to the puple, lest perauenture it wole passe the termes to se the Lord, and ful greet multitude therof perische; alsoand D. preestis, that neiȝen to the Lord, bebe thei IS. ha|lewid, lest Y smyte hem. And Moises seide to the Lord, The comyn puple may not stiestie vp IS. in to the hil of Synai; for thou hast witnessid, and hast comaundid, seiy|inge, Sette thou termes aboute the hil, and halewe it. To whom the Lord seide, Go thou doun, and thou schalt stiestie vp IKS., and Aa|ron with thee; forsothe the preestis and the puple passe not the termes, nethir stie thei tovp to S. the Lord, lest perauenture he sle hem. Moises ȝede doun to the puple, and teldeseide L. alle thingis to hem.

 CAP. XX.

And the Lord spak alle these wordis, Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of ser|uage. Thou schalt not haue alien goddis bifore me. Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nethir ony licnesse of thing whichthat IS. is in heuene aboue, and whichthat IS. is in erthe bynethe, nether of tho thingis, that ben in watris vndurbynethe the I. vndir the S. erthe; thou schalt not `herie tholoute hem I., nether `thou schaltthou schalt not E. Om. I. worschipeworschipe tho BC. worsch. hem IS.; for Y am thi Lord God, a stronge gelouse louyere; andOm. A sec. m. IK. Y visite the wickidnesse of fadrisfadris in sones A sec. m. CDGKMNOQRTWX sec. m. fadris in children I. in to the thridde and theOm. A sec. m. et plures. fourthe generacioun of hem that hatenhatiden I. me, and Y do mercy in to `a thousyndethousendes IS., to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis. Thou schalt not take in veyn the name of thi Lord God, for the Lord schal not haue hym giltles, that takith in veyn the name of his Lord God. Haue thou mynde, that thou ha|lowe the `dai of the sabatsabot day IS. dai of sabat W.; in sixe daies thou schalt worche and schaltOm. DKOS. do alle thi werkis; forsothe in the seuenthe day isof BCDEKLMNOQRSTX. theOm. W. sabat of thi Lord God; thou schalt not dodo in it I. ony werkser|uyle werk I. syche seruyl werk S., thou, and thi sone, and thi douȝtir, and thi seruauntman seruaunt S., and thin handmaide, thi werk beeste, and the come|lyng whichthat IS. is withynne thi ȝatis; for in sixe dayes God made heuene and erthe, theand the BS. see, and alle thingis that ben in tho, and restidehe restide S. in the seuenthe dai; herforther|fore S. the Lord blesside the `dai of the sabatsabot day S., and halewide it. Onoure thi fadir and thiOm. D. moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond, whichthat S. thithe G. Lord God schal ȝyue to thee. Thou schalt not sle. Thou schalt `do nonot do BCEILP. letcherie. Thou schalt `do nonot do BCDEGQRT pr. m. theft. Thou schalt not speke fals witness|yng aȝens thi neiȝbore. ThouNeither thou IS. schalt notOm. IS. coueyte `the hous of thi neiȝborethi neiȝboris hous IS., nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, notne A sec. m. ne his IKS. seruauntman S., notne A sec. m. ne his IKS. handmaide, notne A sec. m. ne his K. oxe, notne A sec. m. ne his K. asse, nether alle thingisthingis, that is, ony thing of alle thinges IS. that ben hise. Forsothe al the puple herde voices, and siȝ laumpislaumpis, that is, schynyng leitis BCGKNQSX., and the sowne of a clarioun, and the hil smokynge; and thei werenbeinge I. afeerd, and schakun with inward drede, andOm. I. stodenthei stoden S. afer, and seiden to Moises, Speke thou to vs, and we schulen herehere thee IS.; the Lord speke not to vs, lest perauenture we dien. And Moises seide to the puple, Nyle ȝe drede, for God cam to proue ȝou, and that his drede schulde be in ȝou, and that ȝe schulden not do synne. And the puple stood afer; forsotheand IS. Moises neiȝede to the derknesse, wherynne God was. And the Lord seide ferthermore to Moises, Thou schalt seie these thingis to the soneshouse S. of Israel, Ȝe seiȝen that fro heuene Y spakhaue spoke I. to ȝou; ȝe schulen not make goddis of sil|ver, nethir ȝe schulen make to ȝou goddis of gold. Ȝe schulen make an auter of erthe to me, and ȝe schulen offre theronne ȝoure brent sacrifices, and pesible sacrifices, ȝoure scheep, and oxun, in ech placeplacis D. in which the mynde of my name schal be; Y schal come to thee, and Y schal blesse thee. That if thou schalt make an auter of stoon to me, thou schalt not bilde it of stoonys hewun; for if thou schalt reise thi knyifknyif, or other instrement wher with blood may be shed out S. theronnether vp on IS., itthat auter S. schal be `polluted, etherpollutid or ELP. Om. IS. de|foulid. Thou schalt not styegon vp I. stie vp S. bi greesgresis K. to myn auter, lest thi filthe be schewid.

 CAP. XXI.

These ben the domes, whiche thou schalt sette forth to hemthe puple IS.. If thou biest an brew seruaunt, he schal serue thee sixein sixe A pr. m. et plures. ȝeer; in the seuenthesixte K. ȝeer he schal go out fre, with out prijs; with what maner clooth he entride, with siche cloothOm. IS. go he out; if he entride hauynge a wijf, andalso I. the wijf schal go out to gidereto gidere with him IS.. But if the lord of thea IS. servaunt ȝaf a wijfa wiyf, his owne seruaunt|esse, which is an hethen wom|man, and his seruauntesse for euere, for if sche were an Ebrew wom|man and thral, sche schulde go out fre with hir children in the seuenthe ȝeer. Lire here. CGKOQX. to hym, and sche childide sones and douȝtris, the womman and hir children schulen be hir lordis; sotheli the seruaunt schal go out with his owne clooth. ThatAnd IS. if the seruaunt seith, Y loue my lord, and wijfmy wijf IS., and children, Y schalwil I. schal, or wole S. not go out fre; thehis IS. lord bryngeshal brynge S. hym to goddis, that is, iugis;to preestis I. to iugis S. and he schal be set to the dore, and postisto the postis IS.; and thehis I. lord schal perse his eere with a nalan al IMNW., and he schal be seruaunt to hym tilOm. IS. in to the worldworld, that is, til to iubile ethere fiftithe ȝeer BCGNQX. world, that is, to the fiftithe ȝeer IKS.. If ony man sillith his douȝter in to seruauntessea seruauntesse IS. to be a concubyne I marg., sche schal not go out as handmaidishandmaidens KX. weren wont to go out; if sche displesith in the iȝen of hir lord, to whom sche was bitakun, he schal delyuere hir; sotheli he schal not haue power to sille hir to an alien puple, ifthouȝ I. he forsakithforsake I. forsakith, or leeuith S. hir. Forsothe if he weddithlat wedde I. hir to his sonne, he schal do to hir `bi the customaftir the maner I. by custom LS. ofof his IL. as he doth to his S. douȝtris; thatand IS. if heIn Ebru it is thus, that if he take to him another wom|man, he shal not decreese exspencis and hilynge and hir our, that is, if he takith to him, that is, to his sone, an|other wyf with the handmayde takun bifore into wyf, he shal decreese spensis, that is, sufficient ly|flode in hir hylynge, that is, couenable clothinge, and hir our, that is, tyme to ȝelde dette, he shal not de|creesse this in withdrawynge fro hir for the tother wyf wed|did aboue, for thanne thei miȝten haue manye wyues togidere. Lyre here. GQX. takithtake G. take with this hondmaide S. another wommanwom|man, or wyf S. to hymhis sone IS., he schal puruey to the damyseledamysele, or handmaide S. weddingis, and clothis, and he schal not denyedenye hir IS. the prijs of chastitehere chastite I. that sche hath lost bi him I marg. ch. that is, the houre of ȝeelding dett S.. If he doith notnot to hir IS. these thre, sche schal go out freli without money money. He that smytith a man, and wole slesle him IKS., diedie he IKS. bi deeth; forsothe if a man settidesettith GLW. haue sett IS. not aspiesspies R., but God `bitook hymbitook, or suffride him to be take IS. in to hise hondis, Y schal ordeyne a place to thee, whidur hehim IS. owith to fle. If ony man sleeth his neiȝbore biOm. DGOQRT. biforecastyng, and biOm. GQ. aspies, drawe thou hym awey fro myn auter, that he die. He that smytith his fadir, etheror ELPS. modirhis modir E., diedie he EKS. by deeth. He that cursith hisOm. S. fadir, etheror BEPS. modir, diedie he EKS. bi deeth. He that stelith a man, andor E. sillith hym, if he is conuytquyit C. of theOm. MW. gilt, diedie he EKS. bi deeth. If men chiden, and the totheroothir I. smytesmyteth plures. his neiȝbore with a stoon, etheror EPS. with theOm. S. fist, and he is not deed, but liggithlith ELP. liggith sijk S. in the bed, if he risith, and goith forth on his staf, he that smoot schal be innocent; so netheles that he re|store hise trauelis, and costishis costis IS. in lechis. He that smytith his seruaunt, etheror ELP. hand|mayde, with a ȝerde, and thei ben deed in hise hondis, schalhe schal IS. be gilti of crymethe cryme, or hidous trespas IS.. Sotheli if the seruaunt ouerlyuethlyueth ouer this beeting IS. oin O A pr. m. et plures. dai, etheror EIPS. other L. tweynein tweyne A pr. m. et plures., hethe smyter IS. schal not be suget to peynethe peyne IRS., `that isOm. IS. of deeth, for the seruaunt is his catelmaistris catel I. maister catel S.. If men chiden, and a man smytith a womman with childe, and so|theli makithhe makith IS. the child deed borun, but the womman ouerlyuethlyueth ouer that smiting IS., he schal be su|get to the harmharm, that is, to peyne for the harm BCGKOQX. harm, or peyne N., as myche as the `hose|bonde of the wommanwommans hosbonde I. womman h. S. axith, and theas the IS. iugis demen. Butsotheli plures. if thethe Om. cet. omnes. deeth of hir sueth, he schal ȝelde lijf for lijf, iȝe for iȝe, tooth for tooth, hond for hond, foot for foot, brennyng for brennyng, wounde `with schedyng of bloodOm. I. for wounde `with sched|yng of bloodOm. I., `a wan wounde for a wan woundesoor for soor I. a wan w. that is, a bloo stroke, for a wan W. S.. If a man smytith the iȝe of his seruaunt, ethiror ELP. ofof his IS. handmaide, and makith hem oon iȝed, he schal delyuere hem fre for `the iȝe which he puttideputte FM. smytide G. out. Alsothat that he smot out, either IS. if he smytithsmite L. out a tooth froof F. his seruaunt, ethiror ELP. handmaide, in lijk maner he schal delyuere hem fre. If an oxe smytith with hornhis horn IS. aeither IS. man, etheror EILPS. aa Om. A pr. m. et plures. womman, and thei ben deed, the oxe schal be oppressidthrowe doun I. with stoonus, and hise fleischisfleish IS. schulenschal I. not be etun, and the lord of the oxe schal be in|nocentgiltlees I.. That if the oxe was `a pultere with horna pilter w. h. B. a piltere w. h. F. a puttere w. h. DEGKLMNPQRTX. an horn puttere IS. fro ȝisterdai and the thridde dai ago, and men warnedenwarneden to A pr. m. DEFGLNPQRTX. `the lord of hymhis lord IS., nether the lord closide hym, and he sleeth a man, ethirOr ELP. wommana womman EILS., bothe the oxe schal be oppressidthrowe adoun I. with stoonus, and thei schulen sle `the lord of hymhis lord IS.; that if prijsthe prijs I. isbe IS. put to the lord, he schal ȝyue for his lijf what euer he is axide. And if he smytith with horn a sonmannis son IS., and ahis IS. douȝtir, hehis lord IS. schal be suget to lijkthe same IS. sentence. If the oxe asailith a seruauntman seruaunt S., and hand|maidean handmaide IS., the lord of the oxe schal ȝyue thretti siclisA sicle is XX. halpens. IS. of siluer to `his lordthe lord of that seruaunt IS.; for|sothe the oxe schal be oppressid with stoonus. If ony man openeth a cisternecisterne or a putt IS., and diggithdiggith it IS., and hilith it not, and an oxe etheror ELP. other F. assean asse IS. fallith in to it, the lord of the cisternecisterne, that is, maker therof S. schal ȝelde theOm. A pr. m. et plures. prijs of the werkOm. IS. beestis; forsothe that that isshal be G. deed schal be hishis that paieth therfore IS.. If anotheroo L. mannus oxe woundithwounde IS. the oxe of another man, and he is deed, thei schulen sille the quyke oxe, and thei schulen departe the prijs; forsothesothli I. thei schulen departe bitwixe hem the karkeis of the deed oxe. Forsothe if histhe IS. lord wiste, that thehis IS. oxe was a putterepulter BCFOW. fro ȝis|tirdai and the thridde dai ago, and kepte not him, he schal ȝelde oxe for oxe, and he schal take the hool carkeysdeed carkeys IS..

 CAP. XXII.

If ony manOm. D. stelith a scheep, etheror ELP. other F. oxean oxe GIS., and sleethsleeth it IS., etheror ELP. other F. sillithsillith it IS., he schal restore fiue oxenoxis BCDFGKO QRTX. for oonan O. oxe, andand he schal restore BC. foure scheep for o scheep. AndOm. BC. if a nyȝt theef brek|yngebreke I. an hows, etheror ELP. vndurmynynge, is foundun, andand he taken IS. is deed bi a woundewounde, or hirt IS. takunOm. IS., the smytere schal not be gilti ofof the C. of his IS. of that L. bloodblood, or deeth IS.; that if he dide thisthis slauȝter IS. whanne the sunne was rysun, he dide man sleyng, and he schal die. If a theef hathhaue G. not thatthat good IS., that he schal ȝelde for thefte, he schal be seeld; if that thing that he staal, is foundun quyk at hym, ether oxe, ether asse, ether scheep, he schal restore the double. If a man harmeth a feeld, ethiror ELP. vynera vyner ILS., and suffrith his beeste, that it waaste othere mennus thingis, he schal re|store for theOm. IS. valu of harmthe harm IS., what euer beste thingthe beste thing whateuer IS. he hath in his feeld, ethiror ELP. vynerin his vyner IS.. If fier goith out, and fyndithfindith, or brenneth I. findith, or brenneth the S. eeris of corn, and catchith heepis of corn, ethiror ELP. cornes stondynge in feeldis, he that kyndlidekyndelith IS. the fier schal ȝeelde the harm. If a man bitakith in to kepyng monei to a freend, etheror ILPS. a vessel `in to kepingOm. C sec. m. DIKMN sec. m. ORSTW., and it is takun awey bi thefte fro hym that resseyuederesseyuede it IKS., if the theef is foundun, he schal restore the double. If the theef is hidhid, or vnknowe IS., the lord of thethat K. howshows that resseyuede that good IS. schal be brouȝt toto the I. goddis, `that is, iugisOm. DEFGILPQRTW. that is, to iuges OS., and he schal swere, that he helde not forth thehis IS. hond in to `the thing of his neiȝborethe thingis of his n. G. his neiȝboris thing I. his neiȝbore thing S., to `do fraudedo fraude therto S. defraude W.; as wel in oxe, as in asse, and in scheep, and in clooth; andand in I. and neither in S. what euer thing may brynge in harm, the cause of euer eithir schal come to goddisthe iuges I. iugis S., and if thei demendemen him gilty IS., he schal restore the double to his neiȝbore. If ony man bitakith to his neiȝbore oxe, asse, scheep, and aleche I. werk beestebeestis O. to kepyng, and it is deed, etheror ELP. isOm. DGLQS. it is K. maad feble, ethirOr ELP. is takun of enemyes, and no man seeth this, an ooth schal be in theOm. DIS. myddisthat is, he schal purge him openli bi ooth. IS., that he helde not forth thehis IS. hond to the `thing of his neiȝboreenpeiring of his neiȝbores thing I. enpeir. of his neiȝbore thing S.; and the lordlord that ouȝte that good IS. schal resseyue thehis IS. ooth, and hehe to whom it was taken S. schal not be compellid to ȝeldeȝelde it I. ȝelde, or restore it S.. That if it isbe IS. takun awei bi theftethefte in his defaute IS., he schal restore the harm to the lord; if it is etun of a beeste, he schal brynge to the lord that that is slayn, and he schal not restorerestore it other wise IS.. He that axith of his neiȝbore ony thing of thesethese forseid I. these forseid thingis S. bi borewyng, and it is feblidenfeblid IS., etheror ELP. deed, while the lordlord theroff IS. is not present, he schal be constreyned to ȝeldeȝelde it IS.; that if the lord is in presence, he schal not restorerestore it IS., moost if it cam hiridhirid, that is, ȝif to hyre he toke it S., for theOm. S. meede of his werk. If a man dis|seyuethdisceyued S. a virgyn not ȝit weddid, and slepith with hir, he schal ȝyue dower to hir, and schalhe schal IKS. haue hir wijfto wyf GISX sec. m.. If the fadir of the virgyn nylewil not I. ȝyueȝyue hir to him IS., he schal ȝeldeȝyue W. money, bi the maner of dower, whichthe which I. vir|gyns weren wont to take. Thou schalt not suffre witchis to lyue. He that doith letcherie withby GQ. aOm. LO. beeste, diedieth DGOTR. die he IKS. by deeth. He that offrith to goddis, out takun toOm. FGQT. pr. m. the Lord aloone, be heOm. BC. slayn. Thou schalt not make soryserowful I. sory, or heuy S. a comelyng, nether thou schalt turmente hym; for also ȝe weren comelyngis in the lond of Egipt. Ȝe schulen not anoyenoye B. a widewe, and a fadirles ethiror EILP and S. modirlesa modirles GI. child. If ȝe hirten hem, thei schulen crye to me, and Y schal here the cry of hem, and my greet veni|aunce schal haue indignaciounindignacioun on ȝou F. sup. ras. indign. of ȝou IS., and Y schal smyte ȝou with swerd, and ȝoure wyues schulen be widewis, and ȝoure sones schulen be fadirles. If thou ȝyuest money to loone to my pore puple, that dwellith with thee, thou schalt not constreyne hym, as anOm. DEFGKLMNOPQRT. extorsioner doith, nether thou schalt oppresse hymOm. BC. hem M. by vsuris. If thou takist of thi neiȝbore `a wed a clootha cloth to wed IS., thou schalt ȝeldeȝelde it IS. to hym bifore the goyng doun of the sunne; for that aloone is the clooth|ing of his fleisch, with whichthe which I. he is hilid, nether he hath another, in which he slep|ithschal slepe IS.; if he crieth to meme for neede IS., Y schal here hym; for Y am mercyful. Thou schalt not bac|byte goddisthat is, the prestis (marg.) I. g. that is, prestis or iugis S. g. that is, iugis X., and thou schalt not curse the princeprincis I. of thi puple. Thou schalt not tarye to offre to the Lord thi tithis, and firstethi firste S. fruytis. Thou schalt ȝyue to me the firste gendridbigotun I. of thi sones; also of oxen, and of scheep thou schalt do in lijk maner; seuene daies be heit (text) the first bigeten thing I (marg.) the fruyt of a beest S. with histhe IS. modir, in the eiȝtithe dai thou schalt ȝelde hymit IS. to me. Ȝe schulen be holi men to me; ȝe schulen not ete fleischthe fleisch IS. whichthe which K. that IS. is bifore taastid of beestis, but ȝe schulen castecaste it IK. forth to houndis.

 CAP. XXIII.

Thou schalt not resseyue athe IS. vois of leesyng, netherne IS. thou schalt ioyneioyne, in E|breu it is, thou schalt not reise thyn hond. CGX. thin hondthyn hond, that is, make couenaunt ether biheete. BCGKX.bi couenaunt I (marg.) hond bi couenaunt S., that thou seie fals witnessyngwitnesse IS. for a wickid man. Thou schalt not sue thea IS. cumpanye to do yuel, nether thou schaltschalt not G. ascente to the sentence of ful many men in doom, that thou go awey fro treuthe. Also thou schalt notOm. G. haue mercy of a pore man in aOm. A pr. m. et plures. `cause, ethir doomcause or doom ELP. doom IS.for iust doom accepteth no person. IS.. If thou meetist `the oxe of thin enemyethin enemyes oxe IS., ethiror ELP. theOm. BSX. his I. asse erryngestraiynge I., lede thouit IS. aȝen to hym. If thou seest that the asse of hym that hatith thee liggythlijth IX. vndir a burthun, thou schalt not passepasse awey S., but thou schalt reisereise vp it I. reise vp S. with hymhym the beest S.. Thou schalt not bowebowe fro treuth S. in the doom of a pore man. Thou schalt fle aOm. IS. lesyng. Thou schalt not sle an in|nocent man, and iusta iust IS.; for Y am aduer|sarie to a wickid man. Take thou not ȝiftis, that blynden alsoȝhe I. prudent men, and destryen the wordys of iust men. Thou schalt not be disesefuldisesy IS. to a pilgrym, for ȝe knowen the soulislyues IS. of comelyngis, for also ȝe weren pilgryms in the lond of Egipt. Sixe ȝeer thou schalt sowe thi lond, and thou schalt gadre fruytis therof; forsothe in the seuenthe ȝeer thou schalt leeue it, and schaltOm. DIMOQRST sec. m. W. thou schalt K. makemake it KS. to reste, that the pore men of thi puple ete, and what euer is residueleft vngederid I. left L. residue, either left vngedrid S., the beestis of the feeld eteete it IS.; so thou schalt do in thi vyner, and in placethe place ILS. of olyuethin olyue B. trees. Sixe dayes thou schalt worche, inand in BIKS. the seuenthe dai thou schalt ceesse, that thin oxe and assethin asse DGIQRST. reste, and the sone of thin handmaide, and the comelyng be refreischid. Kepe ȝe alle thingis, whiche Y seidesay IS. to ȝou; and ȝe schulen not swere bi the name of alien goddis, nether it schal be herd of ȝoure mouth. In thre tymes bi alle ȝeeris ȝe schulen halewe feestis to me. Thou schalt kepe theOm. L. solempnyte of therf looues; se|uenein seuene KO pr. m. daies thou schalt ete therf breed, as Y comaundidehaue comaundid I. to thee, in theOm. IS. tyme of monethethe monethe IS. of newe thingis, whanne thou ȝedist out of Egipt; thou schalt not ap|pere voide in my siȝt. And thou schalt kepe the solempnete of the monethe of the firste thingis of thi werkwerkis S., what euer thingis thou hast sowe in thethi DGQRT. feeld. Also thou schalt kepe the solempnyte in theOm. C. goyng out of the ȝeer, whanne thou hast gaderid all thi fruytis of thethi S. feeld. Thries in the ȝeer al thithe plures. male kynde schal ap|pere bifore thi Lord God. Thou schalt not offre the blood of thi slaynbrent W. sacrifice on sour douȝsour douȝ, that is, while sour dowe is in thin hous BCGQSX.; nether the fatnessefatnesse, or plentee S. of my solempnete schal dwelle til to the morew|tid. Thou schalt bere the firste thingis of the fruytis of thi lond in to the hows of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not sethe a kide in the mylke of his modir. Lo! Y schalOm. G. sende myn aungel, that schal go bifore thee, and schalhe schal IS. kepekepe thee FIKS. in the weie, and schalhe schal IS. ledelede thee IKS. to the place whichthat I. Y haue maad redi to thee. Take thou hede to hymtake thou heede to him, that is, per|seyue thou bisily, that thou obeie to him. BC., and here thou his vois, nether gesse thou hym to be dispisidthat I.; for he schal not forȝyue, whanne thou synnestsynnest, til thou forthinke thy synne S., and my name is in him. For if thou herestdispisid, or dispisable S. his vois, and doist alle thingis whiche Y speke, Y schal be enemy to thin enemyes, and Y schal turment hem, that turmenten thee; and myn aungel schal go bifore thee, and he schal lede yn thee to Amorrei, and Ethei, and Ferezei, and Cananey, and E|uey, and Jebusei, whiche Y schal brekebreke, or destrie IS.. Thou schalt not onoureonoure as to outward reuerence BCGQX. `the goddis of hemhere goddes with outward reue|rence IS., nether thou schalt worschipe hemhem as to innere reuerence BCGQ. hem as with innere reuerence X. hem with ynward affec|cioun IS.; thou schalt not do the werkis of hem, but thou schalt destrie thetho BC. her IS. goddisgoddis of hem K., and thou schalt breke the ymagis of hem. And ȝe schulen serue to ȝoure Lord God, that Y blesse thi looues, and watristhi watris IS., and do awei sikenessesiknessis G. fro the myddis of thee; neithir a womman vnfruytful, neither bareyna bareyn IS., schal be in thi lond; Y schal filleful|fille IS. the noumbre of thi daies. Y schal sende my drede in to thi biforgoyng, and Y schal sle al the puple, to whichthe which I. thou schalt entre, and Y schal turne the backis of alle thin enemyes bifore thee; and Y schal sende out biforebifore thee ISW. scrabrounsscrabrouns, a kynde of flies I. scrabrouns, or stinginge flies LP.scrabrouns, that is, flies with venemouse prickis, that ben bred of deed careyns. ABCGKNOQSX., that schulen dryue awei Euey, and Cananey, and Ethei, bifore that thou entre. Y schal not caste hem out fro thi face in o ȝeer, lest the lond be turned in to wildirnesse, and beestis en|creesse aȝens thee; litil and litil I schal caste hem out fro thi siȝt, til thou be en|creessid, and welde the loond. Forsothe Yand Y K. schal sette thi termys fro the reed see til to the see of Palestyns, and fro desertthe desert GIS. til to the flood. Y schal ȝyue to ȝoure hondis the dwelleris of the lond, and Y schal caste hem out fro ȝoure siȝt; thou schalt not make boond of pees with hem, nethir with `the goddis of hemher goddes IS.. Dwelle thei not in thi lond, lest perauenture thei make thee to do synne aȝens me, yf thou seruest her goddis, whichthe which I. thingthinges IS. certis schalshullen IS. be to thee in to sclaundir.

 CAP. XXIV.

Also hehe, that is, the aungel BCKLP. the aungel IS. he, the aungel N. seide to Moises, `Stie thougo thou vp I. stie thou vp S. to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, and Nadab, and Abyu, and seuenti eldere men of Is|rael; and ȝe schulen worschipe afer, and Moises aloone stiego vp I. stie he vp S. to the Lord, and thei schulen not neiȝe, nether the puple schal stiego vp I. stie vp S. with hym. Therfore Moises cam, and telde to the puple alle the wordis and domesthe domes S. of the Lord; and al the puple an|sweride with o vois, We schulen do alle the wordis of the Lord, whiche he spakhath spoke IS.. Forsothe Moises wroot alle the wordis of the Lord; and he roos eerli, and bildide an auter to the Lord at the rootis of the hil, and he bildidebildide or leide S. twelue titlistitlis ether stonys BCEGKNPQX. titlis or stones IS. bi twelue lynagis of Israel. And he sente ȝonge men of the sones of Israel, and thei of|friden brent sacrifices, and `thei offridenOm. DIKMN sec. m. ORST sec. m. W. pesible sacrifices `to the LordOm. F., tweluetwelue is not in Ebreu, and therfor it semeth that ij. caluys onely weren there. Lire here. CGQX. calues. And so Moises took half the part of theOm. IS. blood, and senteputte it IS. putte MW. in to gretethe grete LP. cuppis; forsothe he schedde the residue part onvpon IS. the auter. And he took the book of theOm. DGQRST. boond of pees, and reddehe redde IS., whilethe while F pr. m. the puple herde; whichethe whiche I. seiden, We schu|len do alle thingis whichthat IS. the Lord spak, and we schulen be obedient. Forsothe heMoises IS. tooktook the blood IS., and sprengidespreinte L. sprengide it IS. `the bloodOm. IOS. blood M pr. m. W. on the puple, and seide, This is theOm. IS. blood of the boond of pees, which the Lord coue|nauntide with ȝow on alle these wordis. And Moises, and Aaron, and Nadab, and Abyu, and seuenti of the eldere men of Israel stiedenwenten up I. stieden vp S., and seiȝen Godand sien God, not in his be|yng, but in mannus lic|nesse repre|sentinge him. Lire here. CGK QX. of Israel, vndur hise feet, assawȝen as I. thei sien as S. the werk of safirea safir ILS. stoonstoones K., and as heuene whanne it is cleer. And he sente not his hond on hemEbrus seyn, that this is the very text, and he sente not his hond on the lordis of the sones of Israel. GQX. that is, on lordis, the gloos seith. S. of the sones of Israel, thatthe whiche I. hadden go fer awei; and thei sien GodGod, that camen niȝ to him IS., and eeten and drunkun. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, `Stie thoucome thou vp I. stie thou vp S. to me in to the hil, and be thou there, and Y schal ȝyue to thee tablis of stoon, and the lawe, and comaundementisheestis IS., whiche Y haue write, that thou techeteche hem FIS. theOm. O. children of Israel. Moises and Josue his mynystreseruaunt IS. mynys|tris O. risenrisiden B., and Moises stiedeȝede vp I. stiede vp S. in to the hil of God, and seide to the eldere men, Abide ȝe here, tilto S. we turnen aȝen to ȝou; ȝe han Aaron and Hur with ȝou, if ony thing of questioun isbe IS. maad, ȝe schulen telle to hem. And whanne Moises hadde stiedgon vp I. stied vp S., a cloude hilide the hil, and the glorie of the Lord dwellide onvpon W. Synai, and kyueride it with a cloude sixe daies; forsothe in the seuenthe dai the Lord cle|pide hym fro the myddis of the cloude; forsothe the licnesse of gloriethe glorie ISX. of the Lord was as fier brennynge on the cop of the hil in the siȝt of the sones of Israel. And Moises entride into the myddis of the cloude, and stiedeȝede up I. stiede vp S. in to the hil, and he was there fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis.

 CAP. XXV.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, that thei take to me the firste fruytis; of ech man that offrith wilfuli, ȝe schulen take tho. Forsothe these thingis it ben, whiche ȝe schulen take, gold, and siluer, and bras, iacyntand iacynt K., and purpurpurpul L., and reed silk twies died, and bijsbijs ether whit selk BCGLNOQX. bijs or w. s. ELP. bijs, that is, white silk K., heeris of geet, and `skynnes of wetheriswetheris skynnes IS. maad reed, and skynnes of iacynt, and trees of Sechym, and oilethe oile O. toof G. liȝtis to be ordeyned, swete smellynge spiceries in to oynement, and encensisencense IS. of good odour, onochym stoonys, and gemmes to ourne ephodwith ephod, that is, a chesiple IS., and the racionalthat is, an ouche hang|inge on the prestis breest, in whiche was writen dome and treuth. S.. And thei schulen make a seyntuarietabernacle I marg. to me, and Y schal dwelle in the myddis of hem, bi al the licnesse of the tabernacle, whichthat I. Y schal schewe to thee, and of alle theOm. plures. vessels of ournyng therof. And thus ȝe schulen make it; ioyne ȝeOm. S. to gidere an arkearke ether cofere BCGKNQX. arke or cofere ELP. arke or a cofer S. of theOm. DIT sec. m. trees of Sechym, whos lengthe haueshal haue I. twey cubitis and an half, the broodnessebreede I. haueschal haue I. ao KSW. cubit and halfa half G. an half IKS., the hiȝnessehiȝnesse therof C. hiȝte EILP. haueOm. CI. `in lijk maneralso ELP. ao IK. cubit and halfan half IKS.. And thou schalt ouergilde it with clennesteful clene I. gold with ynne and with out forthOm. IS.; and thou schalt make a goldun crowne aboue `bi cumpasal aboute I., and foure goldun cerclisrynges I. cerclis or renges S., whichethe whiche I. thou schalt sette bi foure corneris of the arkecoffre IS.; tweiand twei G. ceerclisryngis IW. be inbi I. othe too K. syde, and twei cerclisryngis IW. in the totherother IS. side. Also thou schalt make barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt hile thohem I. with gold, and thou schalt brynge ynyn hem I. yn tho S. bi the cerclisryngis W. that ben in the sidis of the arke, that it be borun in thohem I., whichethe whiche barres I. whiche barres S. schulen euere be in the ceerclisringes I. cerclis or ringis S., nethernethir thei IS. schulen ony tyme be drawun out of thoohem I.. And thou schalt putte in to the arke thetho the arke of W. witnessingwitnessing, that is, lawe BCEGKLNPQX. witnessing of lawe I pr.m. witnessing or lawe S.It was seid the arke of witnessing, for there yn was put a golden pott ful of manna, to wit|nesse that God fedde hem with bred fro he|uene, and ta|bles, to witnesse that the lawe of kynde flowyed in herte, he reiside the lawe writen, the ȝerde of Aaron, to witnesse that eche power is of the Lord God, and Deu|tronomye, to witnesse the couenaunt that he had seid. I., whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to thee. And thou schalt make a propiciatorieIn the dai of merci the glorie of God de|scendide alwey there. I. of clennesteful clene I. gold; `that is, a table hilinge the arkeOm. C.; the lengthe therof schal holde twei cubitis and an half, the broodnessebreed IS. schal holde ao IKS. cubit and halfan half GIKS.. Also thou schalt make on euer eithir side of `Goddis answeryng placethe oracle I.that is the place that God answeride fro to men prei|ynge. I. twei cherubynscherubyns, that is ij. liknesse IS. of gold, and betunforged I. out with hamerhameris G. an hamer S.; o cherubcherubin ELP. be inon X. othe too K. syde of `Goddis answeryng placethe oracle I., and the totherother IS. in the totherother IS. sideOm. plures.; hele thei euerouer G. either side of the propiciatorietable IS., and holde thei forth wyngisthe wyngis I., and hile thei `Goddis answeryng placethe oracle I.; and biholde thei hem silf togidere, while theher IS. faces ben turned in to the propiciatorie, with which the arke of the Lord schal be hilid, in whichthe which K. arke thou schalt putte the `wit|nessyng, whichlawe that IS. Y schal ȝyue to thee. Fro thennus Y schal comaunde, and schalY schal A pr. m. et plures. speke to thee aboue the propiciatorie, that is, fro the myddismyddil I. of tweiOm. GQ. the two I. cherubyns, that schu|len be on the arke of witnessyng, alle thingis whiche Y schal comaunde `bi theeOm. I. to the sones of Israel. Also thou schalt make a boord of theOm. IS. trees of Sechym, hauinge twei cubitis of lengthe, and aoo IKS. cu|bit inof I. broodnesse, and ao K. cubit and halfan half IKS. in hiȝenesseheiȝt IS.. And thou schalt ouergilde the bord with purestmost pure I. gold, and thou schalt make to it a goldun brynkebrynke or a riban S. `bi cumpasaboute I.; and `thou schalt makeOm. I. to that brynke a coroun rasid bitwixe foure fyn|gris hiȝ, and `thou schalt makeOm. I. on that an|other lytil goldun coroun. And thou schalt make redi foure goldun cerclisryngis ISW., and thou schalt putput to L. thoohem I. in foure corners of the same boord, bi alle feetthe feet theroff IS.. Vndur the coroun schulen be goldun cerclisrynges ISW., that the barris be putsent DEFGKLOPQRTX. thorou thohem I., and thatso I. the boordtable IS. may be borun. Thou schalt make thothe B pr. m. CO. barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt cumpascumpas hem IS. with gold to bere the boord. And thou schalt make redi vessels of vy|negre, and viols, cencerisand cenceris K., and cuppis of purestemost pure I. gold, in whiche fletynge sacrifices schulen be offrid. And thou schalt sette on the boord looues of proposiciounproposicioun ether of settyng forth BCKN. prop. or sett. forth LP. prop. or of sett. forth IS. setting forth or proposicioun E., inwhiche shulen euer ben in S. my siȝt euereOm. S.. And thou schalt make a candilstike `betun forthforged I. beten out S. with hameran hamer S., of clenneste gold, andOm. BCIS. thou schalt make the schaftstaff I. therof, and ȝerdis, cuppisand cuppis B., and litle rundelis, and lilies comynge forth therof. Sixevij. O. ȝerdis schulen go out of the sidis, thre of othe o I. the to K. side, and thre of the tothertother syde BD. other IS.. Thre cuppis as in the maner of a note bi ech ȝerde, and litle rundelis to gidere, and a lilie, and in lijk maner thre cuppis at the licnesse of a note in the tothertother ȝerde BCO. tother side IS., and litle rundelis togidere, and a lilie; this schal be the werk of sixevij. O. ȝerdis, that schulen be brouȝt forth of the schaftcandilstik schaft IS.. Forsothe in thilke candilstik e schulen be fourethre W. cuppis in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies by ech cuppe; and litlethe litle IS. rundelis schulen be vndir twey ȝerdis bi thre places, whichethe whiche I. ȝerdis to gidereall togidere IS. ben maad sixe, comynge forth of o schaft; and therfor the litle rundelis and ȝerdisthe ȝerdis IS. therof schulen be alle betunforgid I. out with hameran hamer S., of clennestemost clene I. gold. And thou schalt make seuene lanternes, and thou schalt sette thohem I. on the candilstike, that thothei I. schyne euene aȝensaȝens ech other I. aȝens, or eche aȝens other S.. Also tongis to `do outsnoffe I. the snottiscandels I. candil snuffis S., and where tho thingissnoffis I., that ben snottidsnuffid S. out, ben quenchid, bebe thei IS. maad of clennestemost clene I. gold. Al the weiȝt of the candilstike with alle hise vesselis schal hauehaue or weiȝ S. a talent of clennest gold. Biholde thou, and makemake al thing IS. bi the saumpler, whichthat IS. ys schewide to thee in the hil.

 CAP. XXVI.

Forsothe the tabernacle schal be maad thus; thou schalt make ten curtyns of bijs foldyd aȝen, and of iacynt, ofand of ISW. purpurpurpul ELP., and of reed silk twies died, dyuersidmad dyuers IS. bi broi|dery werk. The lengthe of oa IS. the to K. curteyn schal haue eiȝte and twenti cubitis, the broodnessebreede I. schal be of foure cubitiscubities A.; alle tentisthe tentis IS. schulen be maad of o mesure. Fyue curtyns schulen be ioyned to hem silf to gidereOm. GQX., and othere fiue cleueschulen cleue plures. to gidere bi lijk boond. Thou schalt make handelssmale ryngis I. smale ringis or oylettis S. of iacynt in the sidis, and hiȝnessisin the heiȝtis IS. of cur|tynsthe curtyns IS., that thothei I. moun be couplid to gidere. AO IS. curteyn schal haue fyfti handlisoyletis IS. in euer eithir part, so set yn, that `an handleoon oilet IS. come aȝen an handlehandle R. an other oylett I. an oylete S., and thethat the IS. toontothir plures. toon curteyn IS. may be schappidschappid or mesurid S. to the tothir. And thou schalt make fifti goldun ryngis, bi whichethe whiche K. the `veilis of curteynscurtyn veiles IS. schulen be ioyned, that o tabernacle be maadtabernacle be maad, that is, oon hiling of the taber|nacle. BCGKQX.. Also thou schalt make enleuene saies to kyuere thewith the IS. hilyng of the tabernacle; the lengthe of othe too K. say schal haue thretti cubitis, and the breed schal haue foure cubitis; euene me|sure schal be of alle saiesthe saies IS.. Of which thou schalt ioyne fyue by hem silf, and thou schalt couple sixe tobi MW. hem silf to gidere, so that thou double the sixte say in theOm. IS. frount of the roof. And thou schalt make fifti handlesoyletis IS. in the hemme of othe too K. say, that it may be ioynedioyned togidere W. withto IS. the tother; and `thou schalt makeOm. I. fifti handlesoyletis IS. in the hemme of the tothir say, that it be cou|plid with the tothir; thouand thou IK. schalt make fifti fastnyngisbokelis I. festnyng botouns S. of bras, biwith I. whiche the handlescurtyn ryngis IS. schulen be ioyned to gidere, thatand so I. and S. oon hylyng be maad of alle. Sotheli thatOm. W. that is residueleft EILPS. in the saies, that ben maad redi to the hilyng, that isis to sey I., o sai whychthat IS. is moreleft more I., of the myddismyddil W. therof thou schalt hile the hyndrerehyndere GIKS. part of the tabernacle; and a cubit schal hange on o part, and the tother cubit on the tother part, whichthe which I. cubit is more in theOm. IS. lengthe of saiesthe saies IS., and schalit schal IS. hile euer either syde of the taber|nacle. And thou schalt make another hil|yng to the roof, of `skynnes of wetheresthe wetheris skynnys I. wetheris skynnys S. maad reed, and ouer this thou schalt make eft anothir hilyng of `skynnes of iacyntiacynct skinnys IS.. Also thou schalt make stondynge tablis of the tabernacle, of theOm. K. trees of Sechym, whichethe whiche I. tablis schulen haue ech bi hemhit I. him L. silf ten cubitis in lengthe, and in brede aoo IS. cubit and halfan half IKS.. Forsothe twei dentyngis schulen be in the sidis of athe GQ. table, bi which aoo IKS. table schal be ioyned to another table; and in this maner alle the tablis schulen be maad redi. Of whichethe whiche K. tablis twenti schulen be in the myddai side, that goith to the south; to whichethe whiche I. tablis thou schalt ȝetesette I. fourti siluerensiluer ELP. foundementisbaasis I. or foundement I marg., that twei foundementisbaasis I. be set vndir ech table, bi twei corneris. InAnd in K. the secounde side of the tabernacle, that goith to the north, schulen be twenti tablis, hauynge fourti siluerensil|uer ELP. foundementisbaasis I. foundementis or trestlis S.; tweithat twei G. foundemen|tisbaasis I. trestlis S. schulenOm. G. be set vndir ech tabletable bi twei corners G.. So|theli at the west coost of the tabernacle thou schalt make sixe tablis; and eft thou schalt make tweine othere tablis, that schulen be reisidreisid or sett vp S. in the corneris `bihynde the bakon the bachalff IS. of the tabernacle; and the tablis schulen be ioyned to hem silf fro bynethe til to aboue, and o ioynyng schal with|holdebiholde B. alle the tablis. And lijk ioynyng schal be kept to the twei tablis, that schu|len be set in the corneris, and thothei I. schulen be eiȝte tablis to gidere; the siluernesiluer ELP. foun|dementisbaasis I. trestlis S. of thohem I. schulen be sixtene, while twei foundementisbaasis I. trestlis S. ben rikenyd bi o table. Thou schalt make also fyue barris of `trees of SechymSechim trees IS., to holde to gidere the tablis in o side of the tabernacle, and fyue othere barris in the totherother I. side, and of the same noumbre at the west coost; whichethe whiche I. barris schulen be putsent plures. thorou the myddil tablis fro the toonoon plures. ende til to the tothirother I.. And thou schalt ouergilde tho tablis, and thou schalt ȝetesette I. goldun ryngis in thohem I. tho tablis S., bi whichethe whiche I. ryngis, the barris schulen holde to gidere the werk of tablisthe tablis IKS., whychethe whyche I. barris thou schalt hile with goldun platis. And thou schalt reisereise vp I. vp reise S. the tabernacle, bi the saumpler that was schewid to thee in the hil. Thou schalt make also a veil of iacynt, andof DRT. purpurpurpul ELP., and of reed silk twies died, and of bijs foldidfolden I. aȝen bi broideri werk, and wouun to gidere bi fair dy|uersite; whichthe which I. veil thou schalt hange bi|for foure pileris of `the trees of SechymSechim trees IS.; and sotheli thothilke I. pileris schulen be ouer|gildidouer gilt IS.; and thothei I. schulen haue goldun heedis, but foundementisthe baasis I. the foundementis S. f. ether feet B. ofschul be IS. siluer. For|sothe the veil schal be set in biwith M. the cer|cliscerclis ether ryngis BC. ryngis W., with ynne whichthe which I. veil thou schalt sette the arke of witnessyng, wherbi the seyntuarye and theOm. G. seyntuariesseyntuarie F. of seyn|tuarieseyntuaries C. the seyntuarie GIQ. schulen be departid. And thou schalt sette thethi K. propiciatoriethat is, a golden table hiling the arke of God. K. on the arke of witnessyng, in to the hooli of hooli thingis; andthat GQ. thou schalt sette a boord with out the veil, and aȝens the boord `thou schaltOm. I. sette the candilstike in the south side of the tabernacle; for the bord schal stonde in the north side. Thou schalt make also a tente in the entryng of the tabernacle, of iacynt, and purpurpurpul ELP., and of reed selk twies died, and of bijs foldid aȝen bi broidery werk. And thou schalt ouergilde fyuethe fyue IS. pileris of `trees of SechymSechim trees IS., bifor whiche pileris the tente schal be led, of whiche pileris the heedis schulen be of gold, and the foundementisbaasis I. of bras.

 CAP. XXVII.

Also thou schalt make an auter of the trees of Sechym, which schal haue fyue cubitis in lengthe, and so many in brede, that is, sqware, and thre cubitis in heiȝthe. Forsothe hornes schulen be bi foure cor|neris therofof the auter IS.; and thou schalt hile it with bras. And thou schalt make in to the vsis of the auter pannes, to resseyue aischisasche S., and tongis, and fleisch hookis, and resettis of fyrisfijr pannes IS.; thouand thou K. schalt make alle vessilisthes vesselis IS. of bras. And thou schalt make a brasun gridele in the maner of a net, and bi fourthe four S. corneris therof schulen be foure brasun ryngis, whichethe which gridel I. which gridel S. thou schalt putte vndur the yrunfijr IS. panne of the auter; and the gridele schal bebe of heiȝt IS. til to the myddis of the auter. And thou schalt make tweythe twey IS. barris of the auter, of the trees of Sechym, whichethe whiche I. barris thou schalt hile with platis of bras; and thou schalt ledelede hem I. yn `the barrisOm. I. bi the cerclisryngis IWS., and thothei I. schulen be on euer eithir side of the auter, to bere. Thou schalt make thatthe IL. auter not massifmassy IS., but voide, and holowe with ynne, as it was schewid to thee in the hil. Also thou schalt make a large streetpoorche IS. of thethi L. tabernacle, `in the maner of a chirche ȝeerdOm. IS., in whos myd|day coost aȝens the south schulen be tentis of bijs foldidfolden I. aȝen; o side schal holde an hundrid cubitis in lengthe, and twenti pileris, with so many brasun foundementisbaasis I., whiche pileris schulen haue siluerensil|uer ELP. heedis with her grauyngis. In lijk maner in the north side, bi the lengthe, schulen be tentis of an hundrid cubitis, twenti pileris, and brasun foundementisfeet IS. of the same noum|bre; and the heedis of thothe GIQS. pileris with her grauyngis schulen be of siluer. For|sothe in the breede of the large streetporche IS., that biholdith to the west, schulen be tentis bi fifti cubitis, and ten pileris schu|len bebere GQ pr. m., and soas IS. many foundementisbaasis I.. In that breede of the large streetporche IS., that bi|holdith to the eest, schulen be fifti cu|bitis, in whichethe whiche K. the tentis of fiftene cu|bitis schulen be assigned to o side, and thre pileris, and so many foundementisbaasis I.; and in the totherother S. side schulen be tentis holdynge fiftene cubitis, and thre pileris, and so many foundementisbaasis I.. Forsothe in the entrynglarge entree IS. of the `greet streteporche IS. schal be maad a tente of twenti cubitis, of iacynt, and purpurpurpul ELP passim., and of reed selkcocto, that is, reed silk S. twies died, andOm. A pr. m. et plures. of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen bi broideri werk; it schal haue four pileris, with so many foundementisbaasis I.. Alle the pileris of the grete streetepoorche IS. bi cumpas schulen be clothid with platis of siluer, with hedis of siluer, and with foundementisbaasis I. of bras. The greet streetpoorche IS. schal ocupie an hundrid cubitis in lengthe, fifti in breede; the hiȝenesseheiȝt IS. of the tente schal be of fiue cubitis; and it schal be maad of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen; and it schal haue brasun foundementisbaasis I.. Thou schalt make of bras alle the vesselisvesselis, that is, instru|mentis BCEGLPX. of the tabernacle, in to alle vsis and cery|monyes, as wel stakisthe stakis IS. therof, as of the greet streetentre IS.. Comaunde thouthou also K. to the sones of Israel, that thei brynge to thee theOm. GO. clenneste oile of `the trees of olyuesolyue trees IS., and powned with a pestel, that a lanterne brenne euere in the tabernacle of witness|yng with out the veil, whichthat IS. the which K. is hangid in the tabernacle of witnessyng; and Aa|ron and hise sones schulen sette it, that it schyne bifore the Lord til the morewtid; it schal be euerlastynge worschiping bi her successiounssuccessiouns, or after comyngis I. of the sones of Israel.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Also applie thou to theethee, or brynge to thi presence S. Aaron, thi brother, with hise sones, fro the myddis of the sones of Israel, that Aaron, Nadab, and Abyu, Eleazarand Eleazar IS., and Ythamar, be set in preesthod to me. And thou schalt make an hooli clooth to Aaron, thi brother, in to glorie and fairenesse. And thou schalt speke to alle wise men in herte, whichethe whiche I. Y haue fillidfulfillid IS. with the spirit of prudence, that thei make clothis to Aaron, in whiche he schal be halewid, and schal mynystre to me. Forsothe these schulen be the clothis, whiche thei schulen make; `thei schulen makeOm. OW. racionala racional IX sec. m. a racional, that is, a nowche vpon the breest, in whiche dome and treuthe shal be writen S., and a clooth on the schuldris, a coote, and a streyt lyn|nun cloothrochet IS., a mytre, and aOm. plures. girdil; hooli cloothis toshulen these be to S. Aaron, thi brother, and to hise sones, that thei be set in preesthod to me. And thei schulen take gold, and iacynt, and purpur, and `reed selk twies diedcocco IS., and bijs; forsothe thei schulen make the clooth on the schuldris of gold, and of iacynt, andof DGOQRT. and of WX sec. m. purpur, and of `reed selk twies diedcocco IS., and of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen, bi broyderi werk of dyuerse colours. It schal haue twey hemmes ioyned into IS. on X. euer either side of hiȝnessishiȝnesse IOS., that thothei CI. go aȝenOm. plures. in to oon. Thilke weuyng, and al dyuersite of the werk schal be of gold, and iacyntof iacynt IKS., andof RT. purpur, and of `reed selkcocco IS. twies died, and bijsof bijs IS. foldidfolden IS. aȝen. And thou schalt take twei stoonys of onychym, and thou schalt graue in thohem I. the names of the sones of Israel, sixe names in othe O G. stoon, and sixe othere in the tother stoon, bi the ordre of her birthe; bi the werk of a grauere, and bi the peyntyng of a man that ourneth with gemmes thou schalt graue thothilke I. the LO. stoonys, with the names of the sones of Israel; and thou schalt encloseenclose hem IS. and cum|passecumpasse hem IS. inwith B pr. m. E. and in L. gold. And thou schalt sette thothilke I. the LO. stoonus in euer either side of the cloth on the schuldris, a memorial toeuere to K. the sones of Israel; and Aaron schal bere the names of hem bifor the Lord on euer either schuldre, for remembryng. And thou schalt make hookis of gold, and twey litil chaynes of clenneste gold, cleuynge to hem silf to|gidere, whichethe whiche I. litil chaynes thou schalt sette in the hookis. Also thou schalt make the racional of doom by werk of dyuerse colours, biaftir I. theOm. KOSW. weuyng of the cloth onof S. the schuldre, of gold, iacynt, and purpur, of `reed silkcocto S. twies died, and of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen. ItThe brest broche, it S. schal be foure cornerid, and dou|ble; it schal haue the mesure of a pawmespanne O pr. m. QT pr. m. X. of thean IS. hond, as wel in lengthethe lengthe O., as in breede. And thou schalt sette ther ynne foure ordris of stoonystho stoonys K.; in the firste or|dre schal be the stoon sardiusthat is clepid sardius S., andOm. S. to|pazyus, and smaragdus; in the secunde ordre schal be charbunclethe charbuncle stoon IS., safirthe safir IS., and ias|pis; in the thridde ordre schal be liguriethe stoon ligurie IS., achates, and ametiste; inand in IS. the ston IS. the fourthe or|dre schal be crisolitusthe ston crisolitus IS., onochyn, and be|rille; thothes IS. schulen be closid in gold, bi her ordris, and schulenthei schulen IS. haue theher IS. names of the sones of Israel: thothes IS. schulen be graven with twelue names; al stonusthe stoonys IKS. bi hem silf, with the names of thealle plures. alle the KS. sones `of IsraelOm. plures. bi hem silf, bi twelue lynagis. Thou schalt make in the racionalbreste broche IS. chaynes cleuynge to hem silf togidere of pureste gold, and thou schalt make twei goldun ryngis, whichethe whiche I. thou schalt sette inon K. euer either hiȝnessecreeste S. of racionalthe racional IKX. the breest broche S.. AndAnd also K. thou schalt ioyne the goldun chaynes with the ryngis that ben in the brynkisbrynke MN. margyns IS. therof, andOm. S. thou schalt couple the `last thingiseendis IS. of thothe EGINOQRWX. Om. S. chaynes to tweythe twey IS. hookis in euer either side of the `cloth on the schuldurcoop S., that biholdithhooldith G. is forn aȝen S. the racionalbrest broche IS.. And thou schalt make twei goldun ryngis, whichethe whiche I. thou schalt sette in the hiȝnesseshiȝnesse CE. crestis IS. of the racionalbreest broche S., and in the hemmes of the cloth on the schuldur, that ben euene aȝensther aȝens IS., and biholden the lattere thingis therof. Also andOm. I. thou schalt make tweyne othere goldun ryngis, that schulen be set in euer either side of the cloothcoope IS. on the schuldur bynethe, that bi|holdith aȝens the face of the lowere ioyn|yng, that it may be set couenabli with the `cloth on the schuldrecoope IS.. And the racionalbreest broche S. be boundun bi hise ryngis with the ryngis of the `cloth on the schuldrecoope IS., with a lace of iacynt, that the ioyning maad craftili dwelle, andand also I. that the racionalbreest broche S. andand the K. `cloth on the schuldrethe coope IS. cloth on the shuldres L. moun not be departid ech fro other. And Aaron schal bere the names of the sones of Israel in the racionalbroche S. of doom onvpon S. his brest, whanne he entrith in to the seyntuarie, a memorialmyndefulnesse S. bifor the Lord with outen ende. Forsothe thou schalt sette in the racionalbreest broche S. of doom, tech|yng, and treuthe, whiche schulen be in the brest of Aaron, whanne he entrith bifor the Lord, and he schal berebere euer IS. the doom of the sones of Israel in his brest in theOm. S. siȝt of the Lord euereOm. IS.. AndAnd also K. thou schalt make the coote of the `cloth on the schuldrecoope IS. cloth of the schuldre W. al of iacynt, in whos myddil aboue schal be an hoodhood, that is, an hoole for the heed BCGKOQX., andOm. S. a wouun hemme `bi cum|pas therofaboute it I., as it is wont to be donmaad IS. in the hemmes of clothis, lest it be brokun liȝtli. Forsothe bynethe at the feet of the same coote, bi cumpas, thou schalt make as `piyn applispowme garnetis IS., of iacynt, and purpur, ofand IX. and of S. `reed selkcocco S. twies died, and ofOm. IS. biis foldidfolden IS. aȝen; while smale bellis ben medlid in the myd|dis, so that a litil `belle of goldgold belle IS. be and a `piyn appilpowme garnet IS., and eft another litel belle of gold and a `pyn appilpowme garnet IS.. And Aaron schal be clothid with that cootecoote, or aube S. in theOm. S. office of seruycehis seruyce IS., that sownthe sown I. be herd, whanne he entrith in to the seyntuarie, and goith out, in theOm. IS. siȝt of the Lord; and that he die not. And thou schalt make a plate of pureste gold, in whichthe which I. thou schalt graue bi the werk of a grauere, the holiholi name IS.the hooli of the Lord, that is, the name of the Lord, Te|tragramaton. BCGKNOQX. toof I. the Lordthetragra|maton. IS.. And thou schalt bynde that plate with a lace of iacynt, and it schal be on the mytre, and schalit schal IS. neiȝe the forheed of the bischop. And Aaron schal bere the wickidnessis of hemhem, that is, offryngis for synnes BCGKOQX. tho thingis IS. whichethat IS. the sones of Israel `offeriden, and halewidenshul offre and halowe IS. in alle her ȝiftisȝiftes to God IS. andand in her IS. fre ȝiftisȝiftis to men IS.; forsotheand IS. the plate schal euere be in `his forhedthe forhed of Aaron I. Aaron foreheed S., that the Lord be plesid toof I. him. And thou schalt bynde the coot of biisbiys, that is, maad of biys BCGQ., and the myter of bijs, andOm. cet. omnes. thou schalt make also a girdil, `bi werk of broideryewith broudery werk I. bi brouderi werk S.. Forsothe thou schalt make redi to `the sones of Aa|ronAaron sones S. linnun cootis, and girdlis, and mytris, in to glorie andof C. fairnesse. And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, withby B. alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of allehem alle IS.; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me. Also thou schalt makemake to hem S. lynnun brechis, that thei hile the fleisch of her filthe fro the reynes `til tovnto IS. theher IS. hipis. And Aaron and hise sones schulen vse thotho breches S., whanne thei schulen en|tre in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, etheror ELP passim. whanne thei neiȝenentren EP. to the auter, that thei mynystren in the seyntuarie, lest thei ben gilti of wickidnesse, and dien; it schal be a lawful thing euerlastynge to Aaron, and to his seed after hym.

 CAP. XXIX.

But also thou schalt do this, that thei be sacrid to me in preesthod; take thou a calf of the droue, and twei rammes with out wem, and therf looues, and aOm. C. cake with out sour dow, whichethe whiche I. be spreynt to gidere with oile, and therf paast sodun in watir, `bawmed, etherOm. I. fried, with oile; thou schalt make alle thingisthes thingis IS. of whetepure whete IS. flour, and thou schalt offre thohem I. these S. put in a panyerebaskett IS.. Forsothe thou schal presente the calfe, and twey rammes, and Aaron and his sones, at the dore of tabernaclethe tabernacle FGIKSX. of wit|nessyng; and whanne thou hast waische the fadir and thehis IS. Om. X. sones in watir, thou schalt clothe Aaron with hise clothis, that is, thewith the IS. lynnen clothcloth or rochet S., `and cooteOm. I. and the coote K. and with the coope S., and the clothcoope I. breest broche S. on the schuldris, `and the racionalOm. S., which thou schalt bynde with a girdil. And thou schalt sette the mytre on his heed, and the hooli plate onvpon IS. the mytre, and thou schalt schede the oile of anoynt|yng on his heed; and bi thisOm. D. custom he schal be sacrid. Also thou schalt presente hise sones, and thou schalt clotheclothe hem IKS. with lynnun cootisclothis IS., and thou schalt girde Aa|ron and hise sones with a girdil; and thou schalt sette mytris on hemher heedis IS.; and thei schulen be my preestis bi euerlastynge re|ligioun. After that thou hast halewid `the hondis of hemher hondis IS., also thou schalt presente the calf bifore the tabernacle of witness|yng; and Aaron and hise sones schulen setteputte IS. hondisher hondis IS. `on the heed therofvp on the calfes heed IS.; and thou schalt sle it in theOm. S. siȝt of the Lord, bisidis the dore of the tabernacle of wit|nessyng. And thou schalt take the blood of the calf, and schaltOm. B. thou schalt IS. putteputte it IS. with thi fyn|gur onvp on IS. the corneris of the auter. For|sothe thou schalt schede the `tothir bloodother blood that is left I. other left blood S. bisidis the foundementfoundementis G. therofof the auter IS.. And thou schalt take al the fatnesse that hilith the entrailiscalfes entrailis S., and the calle of the mawe, and tweythe twey IS. kidneriskideneiren ELP., and the fatnesse whichthat IS. is on hem; and thou schalt offereoffere hem IS. en|cense onvp on IS. the auter. Forsothe thou schalt brenne with out the castelstentis IS. the `fleischis of the calffleishe I. caluis fleshe S., and theOm. IS. skyn, and the dung, for it is forsleyn for IS. synne. Also thou schalt take ao plures. ram, on whos heed Aaron and hise sones schulen sette hondis; and whanne thou hast slayn that ramram into smale gobetis S., thou schalt take of `his bloodthe blood of it I., and schaltthou schalt S. schedeschede it IS. aboute the auter. Forsothe thou schalt kitte thilk ram in to smale gobetis, and thou schalt putte hise entrailis waischunyweischen I. waischid S., and feethis feet IS. onvp on IS. thehis IS. fleischisfleishe IS. koruun, and onvp on IS. his heed; and thou schalt offreoffre thus IS. al the ram in to encence onvp on IS. the auter; it is an offryng to the Lord, the swettest odour of theOm. IKS. slayn sacrifice of the Lord. And thou schalt take the tothir ram, onvpon K. whoshis plures. heed Aaron and hise sones schulen sette hondisher hondis IS.; and whanne thou hast offrid that ram, thou schalt take of his blood, and schaltthou schalt IS. `putte onputte it vp on IS. the last part of the riȝt eere of Aaron, and of hise sones, and onvp on IS. the thombis of her hondhondis FKM.; and ofon K. vpon S. herthe plures. riȝt foot; and thou schalt schede the blood on the auter, `bi cumpasaboute I.. And whanne thou hast take of the blood, whichthat IS. is on the auter, and of oilethe oile EILPS. of anoynting, thou schalt sprenge Aaron and hise clothis, theand the F. sec. m. his IS. sones and her clothis. And whanne thei and theher IS. clothis ben sacrid, thou schalt take the ynnere fatnesse of the ram, and the tayl, and the fatnesse that hilith the entrailis, and the calle of the mawe, and tweythe twey IS. kideneriskideneiren ELP., and the fatnesse that is on thohem IS.; and thou schalt take the riȝt schuldur, for it is the ram of consecra|ciounhalewyng IS.; and thou schalt take a tendur cake of oa IS. loof, spreynd with oile, paastthe paast IS. sodun inand A. watir, and after fried in oile, ofthis shalt thou take of IS. the panyerbaskett IS. of therf looues, whichthat IS. is set in `the siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt IS.. And thou schalt putte alle `thingis onthes thingis vp on IS. the hondis of Aaron and of hise sones, and schaltthou schalt IS. halewe hem, and reisereise hem IS. bifor the Lord. And thou schalt take alle thingisthes thingis IS. fro `the hondis of hemher hondis IS., and schaltOm. G. thou schalt IS. brennebrenne hem IS. on the autir, in to brent sacrifice, `swettist odour in the siȝt of the Lordthe most swete smel in the Lordis siȝt IS., for it is the offryng of the Lord. Also thou schalt take the brest of the ramwether IS., bi which Aaron was halewid, and thou schalt halewe it reisidarerid IS. bifor the Lord; and it schal turne in to thi part. And thoualso thou DGQRT. schalt halewe also the brest sacrid, and the schuldur whichalso which IS. thou de|partidistdepartist F. fro the ram, bi which Aaron was halewid, and hise sones; and thothei I. schulen turne in to the part of Aaron, and of hise sones, bi euerlastinge riȝt, of the sones of Israel; for thothei IS. ben the firste thingis, and the bigynnyngisbigynnynge GQ. of theOm. C. pe|sible sacrificessleyn sacrifices IS. of hem, whiche thei offren to the Lord. Forsothe the sones of Aaron schulen haue aftir hym the hooli cloth, whichthat IS. Aaron schal vse, that thei be anoyntid ther ynnein it IS., and herthat her IS. hondishond S. be sacrid. `Thilke, that of hise sonesthilke that hise sones A pr. m. thilke of hise sones that sec. m. schal be maad bischop for hym, schal vse that cloth seuene daies, and whichthe which I. sonesone of him IS. schal entre in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, that he mynystre in the seyntuarieseyntuarie, shal vse that cloth S.. So|theliAnd sotheli IS. thou schalt take the ramwether IS. of con|secraciounhalewyng IS., and thou schalt sethe hise fleischisfleishe IS. in the hooli place, whiche fleischisOm. IS. Aaron and his sones schulen ete, and thei schulen ete the looues, that ben in the panyerebaskett IS., in the porche of the tabernacle of witnessyng, that it be aOm. O. pleasauntplesyng IS. sa|crificesacr. to the Lord S., and thatOm. G. the hondis of the offreris be halewid. An alien schal not ete of thothes thingis IS., for thothei IS. ben hooli. That if ony thing leeueth of the fleischisfleishe IS. halewid, ether of the looues, tiltil to BCIKMSW. the morewtid, thou schalt brenne the relifs bywith I. fier, thothei IS. schulen not be etunkept to be eten after S., for thothei S. ben halewid. Thou schalt do on Aaron, and hiseon hise IS. sones, alle thingis whichethat IS. I comaundecomaundide EGLQT. to thee. Se|uene daies thou schalt sacre `the hondis of hemher hondis IS., and thou schalt offre a calf for synne bi ech day to clense; and thou schalt clense the auter, whanne thou hast offrid the sacrifice of clensyng, and thou schalt anoynte the auter in to halewyng. Seuene daies thou shalt clense and halewehalewe it IS. the auter, and it schal be theOm. FX. hooli of hooli thingis; ech man that schal touche it schal be halewid. Thisbifore this IS. it is, that thou schalt do in the auter, twei lambren of o ȝeer contynueli bi ech dai, o lomb in the morew|tid, and the tothir in the euentid; `thou schalt doso I. in o lomb the tenthe part of flour spreynt with oyle, powned, that schal haue a mesure, the fourthe part of hynhyn, that is, a mesure of two pound EILPS. h. that is, of twey pound X., and wyn ofshal be of S. the same mesure, to make sacrifice. Sotheli thou schalt offre the tother lomb at euentid, bi the custom of the offryng atof BC. theOm. FIS. morewtid, and bi tho thingis, whiche we seiden, in to the odour of swetnesse; it is a sacrifice to the Lord bi euerlastynge offryng in to ȝoure genera|ciouns, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng bifor the Lord, where Y schal ordeyne that Y spekeshal speke GS. to thee; and there Y schal comaunde to the sones of Israel; and the auter schal be halewid in my glorie. YAnd Y G. schal halewe also the taber|nacle of witnessyng with the auter, and Aaron withand IS. hise sones, that thei be set in presthod to me. And Y schal dwelle in theOm. IS. myddis of the sones of Israel, and Y schal be God to hem; and thei schulen wite, thatfor IS. Y am her Lord God, whichthe which I. ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, that Y schulde dwelle among hem; for Y am her Lord God.

 CAP. XXX.

Also thou schalt make an auter of the trees of Sechym, tofor to IS. brenne encensevpon the maad encense S.; and the auter schal haue ao IS. cubit of lengthe, and another cubitOm. I. of brede, that is foure cornerid, and twei cubitis in heiȝthe; cor|neris schulen come forth of the auter. And thou schalt clothe it with clennest gold, as wel the gridilthe gridil therof, in E|breu it is, the roof therof, that is, the hiȝere part. B C GQX. therofgridil therof or the ouer part I marg., as the wallis and corneris bi cumpas therof; and thou schalt make to the auter a litil goldun coroun, `bi cumpasaboute I., and twei goldun ser|clis vndur the coroun by alle sidis, that barris be putsent plures. in to thetho CS. thilke I. serclisringis IS., and theso the I. auter be borun. Also thou schalt make thothe plures. barris of the trees of Sechym, and thou schalt ouergildeouergilde hem IKS.; and thou schalt sette the auter aȝens the veil, whichthat IS. veilOm. IKS. hangith bifor the ark of witnessyng bifor the propiciatorie, biwith I. which the witness|yngwitnessing, that is, the tablis of the lawe BCGKLNOPQX. is hilid, where Y schal speke to thee. And Aaron schal brenne theronnevpon that auter IS. encense smellynge swetly eerli; whanne he schal araye the lanternes, he schal brenne it; and whanne he settith the lanternes at euentid, he schal brenne euerlastyngethe euerlastynge maad IS. en|cense bifor the Lord, in to ȝoure genera|ciouns. Ȝe schulen not offre theronnether vpon IS. encense of other makyng, nethir offryng, andne IS. slayn sacrifice, nether ȝe schulen offre fletynge offryngis thereonnether vpon S.. And Aaron schal preie on the cornereshornys A pr. m. et plures. therofof it IS. onis bi the ȝeer, in the bloodblood of beeste BC. whichthat IS. is offrid for synne, and he schal plese theronnether vpon IS. in ȝoure generaciouns; it schal be the hooli of hooli thingis toof GQ. the Lord. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Whanne thou schalt take thea IOS. summe of the sones of Israel, alle bi hem silf schulen ȝyue `bi theaftir her IS. noumbre prijs for her soulislijfes I. to the Lord, and veniaunce schal not be in hem, whanne thei benschul be IS. noumbrid. Sotheli ech that passith to the namethat is, of xx. ȝeer A marg. et plures., schal ȝyue thisthis prijs IS., half a sicle bi the mesure of the temple; a siclesicle, that is, a nounse S. hath twenti halpens; the myddilhalf IS. part of a cicle schal be offrid to the Lord. He that isOm. A. hadde in noumbrethe noumbre X., fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, schal ȝyue prijsthis prijs IS.; a riche man schal not adde to the myddilhalf IMS. half deel W. of ciclea cicle CIKSX sec. m., and a pore man schal no thing abate. And thou schalt bitake in to vsisthe vsis S. of the tabernacle of witnessyng the money takun, whichthat IS. is gaderid of the sones of Israel, that it be thea I. mynde of hem bifor the Lord, and he schal be merciful to `the soulis of hemher lijfes I. her soulis S.. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Also thou schalt make a greet vessil of bras with his founde|mentor seete I marg.In Ebru it is with his feete. GQX. to waischewaische ynne IS., and thou schalt sette it bitwixe the tabernacle of witnessyng and the auter `of brent sacrificesOm. I.; and whanne watir is put therynne, Aaron and hise sones schulen waische therynne her hondis and feether feet IS., whanne thei schulen en|tre in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, and whanne thei schulen neiȝe to the auter that thei offre therynne encense to the Lord, lest perauenture thei dien; it schal be a lawful thing euerlastinge to hymAaron IS. and to his seed bi successiouns. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Take to thee swete smellynge spiceries, ofand of IS. the firste andOm. IS. chosun myrre, fyue hundrid siclissiclis in valu S.; and of canel the half, that is, twei hundrid and fifti siclissiclis in pris S.; in lijk manerOm. K. oftake thou of S. calamythat is, a swete smell|ynge tre, smal and ful of knottis. BCGKNOQX. twei hundrid and fifti siclis; alsotake also IS. of casia fyue hundrid siclis, in the weiȝte of seyn|tuariethe seyntuarie IS.; oilethe oile IKS. of olyue trees, thetake the IS. mesure hynof hyn ISX sec.m.that is, ij pound.; and thou schalt make the hooly oile of anoyntyng, an oynement maad bi the werkcrafte IS. of aOm. IK. `makere of oynementoynement maker ISW.. And thou schal anoynte therof the taber|nacle of witnessyng, and the ark of testa|mentthe testament IKS., and the boord with hise vessels, the candilstike, and the purtenaunces therof, the auteris of encense, and of brent sacri|fice, and al the purtenaunce, that per|teyneth to the ournyng of thotho thingis IS.. And thou schalt halewe alle thingis, and thothei IS. schulen be theOm. A pr.m. et plures. hooli of holi thingis; he that schal touche tho, schal be halewidhalewid bifore I. halewid bifore hond S.. Thou schalt anoynte Aaron, and hise sones, and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in presthod to me. And thou schalt seie to the sones of Israel, This oile of anoyntyng schal be hooli to meme, the Lord S. in to ȝoure genera|ciouns. The fleisch of man schal not be anoyntid therof, and bi the makyng ther|of ȝethei W. schulen not make anotheranother sich oile I. another holy S., for it is halewid, and it schal be hooli to ȝou. What euer man makith sich oile, and ȝyueth therof to an alien, he schal be `de|stried froputt out of IS. his puple. Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Take to thee swete smell|ynge spyceries, stactenthat is, the beste mirre. GNKQX., and onycathat is, a litil oystre smell|ynge sweetely. GKQX., galban of good odoursmell IS., and purestemoost pure IS. encense, allealle these IS. schulen be of euene weiȝte. And thou schal make encence, maad by werkthe craft IS. of oynementan oynement plures. makere, meddlidensence meddlid BC. diligentlitogedre diligentli S., and pure, and moost worthi ofbi IS. halewyng. And whanne thou hast powned allealle thes IS. thingis in to smalleste poudre, thou schalt putte ther|of bifor the tabernacle of witnessyng, in which place Y schal appere to thee; en|censethe maad encense IS. schal be to ȝou theOm. plures. hooli of hooli thingis. Ȝe schulen not make siche a mak|yng in to ȝoure vsis, for it is hooli to the Lord. What euer man makithmake G. aOm. IS. lijk thingthing to it IS., that he vse the odour therof, he schal perische fro his puplepuplis plures..

 CAP. XXXI.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, `and seideseiynge IS., Lo! Y haue clepid Beseleel bi name, the sone of Hury, sone of Hur, of the lynage of Juda; and Y haue fillidfulfillid IS. hym with the spirit of God, with wisdom, and vndirstondyng, and kunnyng in al werk, to fynde outfynde out, or caste IS. what euer thing may be maadOm. IS. suteli, of gold, and siluer, and bras, and marbil, and gemmes, and dyuersiteof dyuersite IS. dy|uersitees F. of trees. And Y haue ȝoue to hym a fe|lowe, Ooliab, the sone of Achisameth, of the kynrede of Dan; and Y haue put in `the herte of hemher hertis IS. the wisdom of ech lerned man, that thei make alle thingis, whiche Y comaundidehaue comaundid IS. to thee; the taber|nacle of boond of pees, and the arke of witnessyng, and the propiciatorie, etheror EILP. or the S. table, whichthat I. is theronne, and alle the vessels of the tabernacle; also the bord, and vesselsthe vessels GIS. therof, the clenneste candil|stike with hise vessels, and the auteris of encence, and of brent sacrifice, and alle the vessels of hem; the greet `waischyng vessellauatorie IS. with his foundementbaas I.; hooli clothis in seruyce to Aaron prestthe prest IKS., and to hise sones, that thei be set in her office in hooli thingis; the oile of anoyntyng, and en|cencethe ensence IS. of swete smellynge spiceryes in the seyntuarie; thei schulen make alle thingisthese thingis S. whichethe whiche I. that S. Y comaundidecomaunde GQRT. haue comaundid S. to thee. And the Lord spak to Moises, `and seideseiynge IS., Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Se ȝe that ȝe kepe my sabat, for it is a signe bytwixe me and ȝou into I. ȝoure generaciouns; that ȝe wite, that Y am the Lord, whichthat IS. halewehalewide ILS. ȝou. Kepe ȝe my sabat, for it is hooli to ȝou; he that defoulith it, schal die bi deeth, the soulelijf I. of hym, that doith werkwerk forboden S. in the sabat, schal perische fro the myddismiddil G. of his puplepeplis L.. SixeAnd sixe C. daies ȝe schulen do werk; in the seuenthe dai is sabat, hoolithe hooli IS. reste to the Lord; ech man that doith werk in this dai schal die. The sones of Israel kepe sabatthei the holy day IS. thei sabat K., and halewehalewe thei IS. it in her genera|ciouns; it is a couenaunt euerlastinge bi|twixe me and the sones of Israel, and it is `a signe euerlastyngean euerlastinge tokene IS.; for in sixe daies God made heuene and erthe, andOm. F. in theOm. E. seuenthe day heGod IS. ceessid of werk. And whanne siche wordisIn Ebru it is not, siclie wordis, but oonly, whan he hadde fillid to speke to Moyses. GQX. weren fillidfulfillid IS., the Lord ȝaf to Moises, in the hil of Synay, twei stonun tablis of witnessyng, writun with the fyngurfyngris W. of Godthat is, bi werk of God, not of man. BCGINQX.

 CAP. XXXII.

Forsothe the puple siȝ, that Moises made tariyng to come doun fro the hil, and it was gaderidgaderid togidere IS. aȝens Aaron, and seide, Rise thou, and make goddis to vs, that schulen go bifore vs, for we witen not what bi|feldeis bifalle IS. bifel L. to this Moisesman Moises S., that laddehath ladde IS. vs out of the lond of Egipt. And Aaron seide to hem, Take ȝe the goldun eere ryngis fro the eeris of ȝoure wyues, andOm. I. ofOm. S. sonesȝoure sones IS. andOm. E. douȝtrisof douȝtris plures. ȝoure douȝtris I. of ȝoure douȝtris S., and brynge ȝeȝe hem IS. to me. The puple dide tho thingis, thatthe whiche I. he comaundide, and brouȝte eerethe eere IS. ryngis to Aaron; and whanne he hadde take tho, he formedeformede hem S. bi `werk of ȝetyngȝetinge werk I., and madehe made IS. ofOm. S. thohem IN. a ȝotun calf. And theithe puple I marg. seiden, Is|rael, these ben thi goddis, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt. And whanne Aaronhe Aaron D. had seyn this thing, he bildide an auter bifore hymthe calff IS., and he criede bi the vois of aOm. S. criere, and seide, To morewe is the solempnete of the Lord. And thei rysenrisiden BCD sec. m. O. eerli, and offeridenthei offeriden IS. brent sacri|fyces, and pesible sacrifices; and the pu|ple sat to ete and drynketo drynke IS., and thei risenrisiden BCOW. risen vp IS. to pleypley, or to scorne I. pl. or to scorne God S.In Ebreu it is to scorne, for idolatrie is scornyng of God. Lire here. BCGNOQX. ForsotheAnd IS. the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Go thou, goOm. K. doun, thi puple hath synned, `whom thou leddistthe whiche thou hast led I. whom thou hast ledde S. out of the lond of Egipt. Thei ȝedenhan go IS. awei soone fro the weie whichthat IS. thou schewidst toOm. S. hem, and thei madenhan maad IS. to hem a ȝotun calf, and worschipydenhan wor|schippid IS. itOm. plures., and thei offeridenhan offrid IS. sacrifices to it, and seiden, Israel, these ben thi goddis, that ledden thee out of the lond of Egipt. And eft the Lord seide to Moises, Y se, that this puple is of hard nol; suffre thou mesuffre thou me, etc. God spekith bi mannus maner; whanne the sone offendith his fadir, and the fadir hold|ith a swerd as to sle him, the fadir seith to a man beynge besidis him, holde me not fro smyting, and he meeneth contrarie bi this, that is, that he wole also be with|heldun; and herbi Moises took hardy|nesse to preye for the puple to withholde the veniaunce of God. Lire here. Also hooly men let|ten the ire of God, whanne thei taken of him that they sette forth hem silf; ellis no thing aȝen|stondith Goddis ire. The glos enterlynarie here and Greg. bi many auto|rites of hooly writ. CGKQX., that my woodnessewoodnesse, that is, stronge veniaunce BCGIKOQX. wood|nesse, or veniaunce S. be wrooth aȝens hem, and that Y do awey hem; and Y schal make thee in to a greetgrettere IS. folk. Forsothe Moises preiede `his Lord Godthe Lord his God IS., and seide, Lord, whi is thi veniaunce wrooth aȝens thi puple, whom thou leddisthast led IS. out of the lond of Egipt in greet strengthe and inOm. DGQRT. strongea stronge IOS. hond? Y bisechebiseche thee, Lord S., that Egip|ciansthe Egipcians I. the Egipmen S. seie not, he leddehath led IS. hem out felli, `that he schulde sleto sle C. inhem in IKS. the hillis, and to dodo hem IKS. awei fro erthethe erthe IS., thin ireire, Lord S. ceesse, and be thou quemeful on the wickidnesse of thithe I. puple. Haue thou mynde of Abraham, of Ysaac, and of Israel, thi seruauntis, toand to B. whichethe whiche I. thou hastOm. IS. swore bi thi silf, and seidist, Y schal multiplie ȝoure seed as theOm. IKS. sterris of heuene, and Y schal ȝyue to ȝoure seed al this lond of which Y spak, and ȝe schulen welde it euere. And the Lord was plesid, that he dide not the yuel whichthat IS. he spak aȝens his puple. And Moises turnede aȝen fro the hil, and barhe bar IS. in his hond twei tablis of witnessyng, writun in euerOm. G. either side, and maad bi the werk of God; and the writyng of God was grauun in tablisthe tablis IS.. Forsothe Josue herde the noise of the puple criynge, and seidehe seide IS. to Moyses, Ȝellyng of fiȝtyng is herd in the castelstentis IS.. To whom Moises an|sweride, It is notno E. crya cry IS. of men exitynge to batel, nether the cry of menOm. IS. compell|ynge to fleyng, but Y here the vois of syngeris. And whanne heMoises IS. hadde neiȝidneiȝid or comen nyȝ S. to the castelstentis IS., he siȝ the calf, and daunciscumpanyes, ether queeris X marg.; and he was wrooth greetli, and `castide forth the tablis fro the hondhe threwe out of his honde the tablis IS., and brakhe brak IS. thohem ISW. at the rootis of theOm. D. hil. And heOm. G. took thea E. calf, whichthat IS. thei hadden maad, and brentehe brente it IS., and brakbrak it IKS. til tovnto I. to O. poudur, whichthe whiche powdre I. whiche poudre S. he spreynte in to watirthe watir IK., and ȝaf therof drynke to the sones of Israelinto con|fusioun of her ydolatrie S marg.. And Moises seide to Aaron, What dide this puple to thee, that thou brouȝtisthast brouȝt IS. inOm. ELP. on hymhem plures. the gretteste synne? To whom he answeride, My lord, be nothe not I. not thou K. wrooth, for thou knowist this puple, that itOm. IKS. is en|clynauntenclynaunt, ether redi BC. enclynynge IS. to yuel; thei seiden to me, Make thou goddis to vs, that schulen go bifore vs, for we witen not, what bifeldehath bifalle IOS. to thisOm. GQ. Moises, that ladde vs out of the lond of Egipt. To whichewhom I. Y seide, Who of ȝou hath gold? Theiand thei IS. tokentoken her gold S., and ȝauen to me, and Y castidethrewe IS. it forthOm. IS. in to the fier, and this calfcalf therof S. ȝede out. Therfor Moyses siȝ the puple, that itOm. S. was maad barebare of gold S.; for Aaron hadde spuylid it for the schenschip ofof the IS. filthefilthe, that is, for the makyng of an idol BCGNOQX. filthe of makynge of the ydol S., and haddehe hadde IS. maad the puple nakid among enemyes. And Moises stood in the ȝate of the castelstentis IS., and seide, If ony man is of the Lord, be he ioyned to me; and alle the sones of Leuy weren gaderid to hym. To whichethe whiche I. he seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, A man putte swerdhis swerd IS. onvpon IS. his hipe, go ȝe, and `go ȝeturneth I. turne ȝe S. aȝen fro ȝatethe ȝate B. `til toto DO. vnto IS. ȝate bi the myd|dilmyddis F. of the castelstentis IS., and ech man sle his brother, freendhis freend IS., and neiȝboreneiȝbore, whiche consentide to this ydolatrie S.. TheAnd the IS. sones of Leuy diden bi the word of Moises, and asas it were I. thre and twenti thousyndIn Ebru it is had thre thou|send oonly, sume men acorden thus that is diuer|site, and seyn, in Ebreu ben noumbrid oonly thei that weren prynci|pals in the trespas, that is, indusinge othere men, but with these were slayn so mani of othere that the noum|bre stie to xxiij. thou|sende; either thus, thre thou|sende felden bi the swerdis of Leuytis, and xx. thousende felden bi othere punchynges. Lire here GQX. of men fel|den doundoun slayn S. in that day. And Moises seide, Ȝe han halewid ȝoure hondis to dai to the Lord, ech man in his sone, and brother, that blessyng be ȝouun to ȝou. Sotheli whanne `the totheran other IS. day was maadbigunnen IS., Moises spak to the puple, Ȝe han synned the moost synne; Y schal stiego vp I. stie vp S. to the Lord, if in ony maner Y schal mowe biseche hym for ȝoure felony. And he turnede aȝen to the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y bisechebiseche thee S., this puple hath synned a greet synne, and thei han maad goldun goddis to hem; ethir forȝyue thou this gilt to hem, ether if thou doist not, dodo thou IS. awey me fro thithe S. book, whichthat IS. thou hast write. To whom the Lord answeride, Y schal do awey fro mythe S. book hym that synneth aȝens me; forsothe go thou, and lede this puple, whydur Y spak to thee; myn aungel schal go bifore thee; forsothe in the day of veniaunce Y schal visite also this synne of hem. Therfor the Lord smoot the puple for theOm. DIST sec. m. gilt of the calf, whichthat IS. calfOm. IKS. Aaron made.

 CAP. XXXIII.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide, Go and stiewende vp I. stye vp S. fro this place, thou, and thethi IS. puple, whomthat IS. thou leddisthast led IS. out of the lond of Egipt, in to the lond, whichof the which I. Y haue swore to Abraham, and to Ysaac, and to Jacob, `and Y seideand seide D. seiynge IS., Y schal ȝyue it to thi seed. And Y schal sende thi bifore goere an aungel, that Y caste out Cananey, and Amorei, and Ethei, and Ferezei, and Euey, and Jebusey; and that thou entre in to the lond flowynge with mylk and hony; forforsothe plures. Y schalwil I. not styestye vp IS. with thee, for `thou artit is A sec. m. EILP sec. m. a puple of hard nol, lest perauenture Y leesespille I. thee in the weie. The puple herdeherynge IS. this worste word, andOm. IS. morenyde, and noon was clothid with his ournyngournyng, that is, preciouse clothis BGNQX. O. or attyr I. text. O. that is, preciouse clothing. marg. bi customas he was wont I. as bi custom he was wont S.. And the Lord seide to Moises, Spek thou to the sones of Israel, Thou art a puple of hard nol; onys Y schal stiestie vp IS. in the myddis of thee, and Y schal do awey thee; riȝt nowanoon I. putteputte thou IS. awei thin ournyngournyng, that is, co|rounes whiche thei maden in resseyuinge of the lawe. BCGQX., that Y wite, what Y schal do to thee. Therfor the sones of Is|rael puttiden awey her ournyng fro the hil of Oreb. And Moises took the taber|nacle, and settidesette it IS. fer with out the castelstentis IS., and he clepide the name therof the taber|nacle of boond of pees. And al the puple that hadde ony questioun, ȝede out to the tabernacle of boondthe boonde IS. of pees, with out the castelstentis IS.. And whanne Moises ȝede out to the tabernacle, al the puple roos, and ech man stoodroos and stood GQ. in the dore of his tente, and thei bihelden `the bak ofaftir IS. Moises, tilto S. hethe tyme he IS. entride in to thehis IS. tente. Sotheli whanne he entride in to the tabernacle of boondthe boond I. of pees, athe IS. piler of cloudea cloude IS. cam doun, and stood at the doredore of the tabernacle EI. tabernacle dore S.; andOm. E. the Lord spak with Moises, while alle men sien that the piler of cloudethe cloude I. stood at the `dore of taber|nacledore of the tabernacle DFGI KMQRTW. tabernacle dore S.; and thei stoden, and worschipiden biat IS. the dores of her tabernaclis. Forsothe the Lord spak to Moises face to facethat is openly I marg., as a man is wont to speke towith I. his freend; and whanne heMoises IS. turnede aȝen in to `the castelshis taber|nacle IS., Josue, his mynystreseruaunt IS., the sone of Nun, a child, ȝede notout A pr. m. EF pr. m. GLNO sec. m. PQT sec. m. X. aweyout F sec. m. IS. froof IS. the ta|bernacle. Forsothe Moises seide to the Lord, Thou comaundist, that Y lede out this puple, and thou `schewist nothast not schewid IS. to me, whom thou schalt sende with me, `most sithennamely sith IS. thou seidist, Y knewe thee bi name, and thou hast founde grace bifore me. Therfore if Y haue founde grace in thi siȝt, schewe thi face to me, that Y knowe thee, and fynde grace bifor thin iȝen; bi|holde thithis G. puple, and thisthe L. folk. And God seide, My face schal go bifor thee, and Y schal ȝyue reste to thee. And Moises seide, If thithou thi I. silf schalt not go biforebifore vs IS., `lede notlede thou not I. ne lede thou S. vs out of this place; for in what thing moun we wite, Y and thi puple, that we han founde grace in thi siȝt, if thou schalt not go with vs, that we be glorified of alle puplis that dwellen on erthe? Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Y schal do also this word, whichthat IS. thou hast spoke; for thou hast founde grace bifor me, and Y kneweknow plures. thi silf bi name. And Moises seide, ScheweLord, schewe S. thou thi glorie to me. God answeride, Y schal schewe al good to thee, and Y schal clepe in the `name of the LordLordis name. bifor thee, and Y schal do merci to whom Y wole, and Y schal be mercifulether goodli X marg. onto IS. whom it plesith toOm. plures. me. And eft God seide, Thou maist not se my face, for a man schal not se me, and schalOm. IS. lyue. And eft God seide, A place is anentis me, and thou schalt stonde onvpon IS. a stoon; and whanne my glorie schal passe, Y schal sette thee in the hoole of the stoon, and Y schal kyuerekyuere thee I. hile or defende thee S. with my riȝt hond, tiltil that IS. Y passe; andand thanne I. Y schal take awey myn hond, and thou schalt se mynthe S. hyndrerehyndere GIKRQX. partis, for|sothe thou mayst not se my face.

 CAP. XXXIV.

And aftirward God seide, Hewe to thee twey tablis of stoon at the licnesse of the formere, and Y schal write on thothilke IS. tablis thilketho IS. wordis, whiche the tablis, that thou `hast brokebrakist IS., hadden. Be thou redi in the morewtid, that thou stiego vp I. stie vp S. anoon in to the hil of Synai; and thou schalt stonde with me onvpon IS. the cop of the hil; no man stiego vp I. stie vp S. with thee, nether ony man be seyn bi al the hil, and oxun and scheep be not fedthei pastured I. aȝens `the hilit I.. Therfor Moises hewidehewide out I. twey tablis of stoon, whichethe whiche I. manere tablisthe tablis IS. weren bifore, and he roos bi nyȝt, and stiedeȝide vp I. in to the hil of Synay, as the Lord comaundide to hym; and he bar with hym the tablis. And whanne the Lord hadde come doun bi a cloude, Moises stood with hym, and clepide inwardli `the name of the LordLordis name S.; and whanne the Lord passidepasside or shewide him S. bi|fore hymMoises S., he seide, Lordschipere, Lord God, mercyful, and pitouseplentyuouse S., pacient, and of myche mersifulmerci A. doyng, and sothefast, which kepist couenaunt and mercy in to `a thousandethousandes A sec. m. IS., whichthe which I. doist awey wickidnesse, and trespassis, and synnes, and noonno man IS. bi hym silf is innocent anentis thee, which ȝeldist the wickidnesse of fadris toin to S. sonesher sones IS. and to sonesthe sones IS. of sonesher sones IS., into the thridde and fourthethe fourthe CIS. generacioun. And hastili Moises was bowid low `in toto BC. in O. erthethe erthe IKS., and worschipidehe worschipide IS., and seide, Lord, if Y haue founde grace in thi siȝt, Y bisechebiseche thee IS. that thou go with vs, for the puple is of hard nol, and that thou do awey oure wickid|nesses and synnes, and welde vs. The Lord answeride, Y schal make couenaunt, and in siȝt of alle men Y schal make signes, that weren neuer seyn onvpon IS. erthe, nether inon G. ony folkis, that this puple, in whos myddis thou art, se the ferdful werk of the Lord, which Y schal make. Kepe thou alle thingis, whichethat IS. Y comaundidehaue comaundid IS. shal comaunde L. comaunde NP. to thee to dai; Iand A pr. m. sed expunct. m. sec. my silf schal caste out bifor thi face Amorrey, and Cananey, and Ethei, and Ferezei, and Euey, and Jebusei. Be war, lest ony tyme thou ioyne frendschipis with the dwelleris of that lond, whichethe whiche I. frenschipis be in to fallyngmyscheef I. to thee. But also distrie thou `the auteris of hemher autris IS., breke the ymagis, and kittehewe thou I. kitte thou SW. doun theher ISW. woodis; `nyl thou wor|schipeworschipe thou nat I. an alien God; `the LordOm. S. a gelous louyere is histhe Lordis S. name, God is a feruent louyere; make thou not couenaunt with the men of thothe C. cuntreis, lest whanne thei han do fornycaciounfornycacioun, that is, idolatrie BCEGK LPQX. f. ether ydolatrie N. f. or ydolatrie IS. with her goddis, and han worschipid the symylacris of hem, ony man clepe thee, that thou ete of thingisthe thingis IS. offrid to an ydol. Nether thou schalt take a wyif of her douȝtris to thi sones, lest aftir thatOm. IOS. thothilke I. douȝtris han do fornyca|ciounfornycacioun, that is, idolatrie, BC., thei make also thi sones to do for|nicacioun in to her goddis. Thou schalt not make to thee ȝotun goddis. Thou schalt kepe the solempnyte of therf looues; seuene daies thou schalt ete therf looues, as Y comaundide to thee, in theOm. IS. time of theOm. F. monethe of newe fruytis; for in the monethe of veer tyme thou ȝedist out of Egipt. Al thing of male kynde that openeth the wombe schal be myn, of alle lyuynge beestis, as wel of oxun, as of scheep, it schal be myn. Thou schalt aȝen|bie with a scheep the firste gendrid of an asse, ellis if thou ȝyuest not prijs therfor, it schal be slayn. Thou schalt aȝenbie the firste gendridgoten I. of thi sones; nether thou schalt appere voide in my siȝt. Sixe daies thou schalt worche, thein the D. seuenthe day thou schalt ceesse to ere and repeto repe IS.. Thou schalt make to thee the solempnyte of woukis in the firste thingis of fruytis of thi ripe corn of wheete, andand also S. the solempnyte, whanne alle thingisOm. plures. fruytis IS. ben gadrid in to bernes, whanne theOm. IS. tyme `of ȝeerof the ȝeer BCIS. Om. L. cometh aȝen. Ech male kynde of thee schal appere in thre tymes of the ȝeer in the siȝt of the Lord Almyȝti, thiOm. DMO sec. m. RT sec. m. W. God ofOm. F. Israel. For whanne Y schal take awei folkis fro thi face, and Y schal alarge thi termes, noon schal sette tresouns to thi lond, while thou stieststiest vp IS. and apperist in the siȝt of thi Lord God, thries in the ȝeer. Thou schalt not offre on sour dow the blood of my sacri|fice, nethir ony thing of the slayn sacrifice of the solempnyte of fasefase, that is, pask BCGKNX. paske I. schal abide invnto DIKOMRST sec. m. W. the morewtid. Thou schalt offre in the hows of thi Lord God the firstefirste, or cheef S. of theOm. IS. fruytis of thi lond. Thou schalt not sethe a kide in the mylk of his modir. And the Lord seide to Moises, Write thou these wordis, biwith the I. whiche Y smoot a boond of pees, bothe with thee and with Israel. Therfor Moises was there with the Lord bi fourti daies and biOm. GI. fourti nyȝtis, heand he K. eet not breed, andne IS. drank notOm. I. watir; and he wroot in tablys tenthe ten IS. wordis of the boond of pees. And whanne Moises cam doun fro the hil of Synai, he heldehelde in his honde IS. twei tablis of witnessyng, and he wiste not that his face was hornedthat is, beemes of gloriouse schynyng B marg. h. in the beemys of wondirful shynyng IN. h. with wondirful shynynge beemes S.was horned, beemes of won|durful schyn|yng ȝeden `forth an hiȝ [from him K] at the maner of hornes, whiche the postle in ij. pistle to Cor. iij. co. clepith the glo|rie of Moises face, wherfor in Ebreu it is thus, `and he [Israel K] knew not that the `liȝt [skyn K] of his face was horned. Lire here. CG KQ. of the felou|schipe of Goddis word. Forsothe Aaron and the sones of Israel sien Moises face horned, and thei dredden to neiȝe niȝ, and thei werenOm. I. clepid of hym, `and thei turn|edenweren turned I. aȝen, as wel Aaron as the princis of the synagoge; and after that Moises spak, thei camen to hym, ȝhe alle the sones of Israel; to whichethe whiche I. Moiseshe O sec. m. comaundide alle thingis, whiche he hadde herd of the Lord in the hil of Synai. And whanne the wordis weren fillidfulfillid IS., he puttideputte IK. a veil onvpon IS. his face; and he entride to the Lord, and spak with hym, and didehe dide ILS. awey that veil, tiltil that IS. he ȝede out; and thanne he spak to the sones of Israel alle thingis, that weren comaundid to hym; whichethe whiche I. sien that the face of Moyses goynge out was horned, but eft he hilidehidde I. his face, if ony tyme he spak to hem.

 CAP. XXXV.

TherforWherfor A. whanne al the cumpanye of the sones of Israel was gaderid, Moises seide to hem, These thingis it ben, whiche the Lord comaundide to be doon. Sixe daies ȝe schulen do werk, the seuenthe dai schal be hooli to ȝou, the sabat and restethe reste IS. of the Lord; he that doith werkseruyle werk I. forboden werk S. in the sabat schal be slayn. Ȝe schulen not kyndle fier in alle ȝoure dwellyng places bi the `dai of sabatdai of the S. A pr. m. sabot day IS.. And Moises seide to al the cum|peny of the sones of Israel, This is the word whichthat I. Om. S. the Lord comaundide, and seide, Departe ȝe at ȝou the firste fruytis toof GQ. the Lord; ech wilful man and of redi wille offre thoOm. FGQRT. thes thinges IS. hem N. to the Lord, gold, and sil|uer, and bras, and iacynct, and purpurpurpul passim ELP., and reed selk twies died, and bijs, heerisand heeris G. of geet, and skynnys of rammes maad reed, and of iacynt, treesof oile S. of Sechym, and oileand trees A pr. m. to liȝtisthe liȝtis I. to be ordeyned, and that the oynement be maad, and encensethe encense IS. moost swete, stoonus of onochyn and gemmes, to the ournyng of the `cloth on the schuldriscoope IS., and of the racionalbreste broche IS text. racional I marg.. Who euer of ȝou is wijs, come he, and makedo he IS. that, thatOm. F. the Lord comaundide, that is, themake he the IS. tabernacle, and the roof therofOm. I., and the hilyng; ryngis, and bildyngisthe bildyngis IS. of tablis, with barris, stakis, and foundementis; the arke, and barris; the propiciatorie, and the veil, whichthat IS. is hangid byfore it; the bord with barris, and vesselis, and with looues of set|tyng forth; the candilstikecandelstyckis GI. to susteyne liȝtis, the vesselis, and lanternes therof, and oile tointo GQ. the nurschyngisnurschyng R. of fyris; the auter of encense, and the barrisberynge staaues IS.; the oile of anoyntyng, and encense of swete smellynge spiceries; the tente at the dore of the tabernacle; the auter of brent sa|crifice, and his brasun gridele, with hise barrisberynge staaues IS., and vessels; the `greet waischyng vessellauatorie IS., and `his foundementthe feet theroff IS.; the curteyns of the large streetentree IS., with pileristhe pileris IS. and foun|dementisher baasis I. her feet S.; the tente inand A. the doris of the porchevestiarie IS.; the stakis of the tabernacle and of the large streetentree IS., with her coordis; the clothis, whose vss is in `theOm. I. seruyce ofOm. S. seyntuariethe seyntuarie DIRTX.; the clothis of Aaron bi|schopthe bischop IS., and of hise sones, that thei be set in preesthod to me. And al the multitude of the sones of Israel ȝede out of `the siȝt of MoisesMoises siȝt IS., and offride with moost redi soulemynde IS. and deuout the firstecheef IS. thingis to the Lord, to make the werk of the tabernacle of witnessyng, what euer was nedeful to theOm. G. ournyngournement F., and to hoolithe hooli IS. clothis. Men and wymmen ȝauen bies of theher S. armes, and eeryngis, ryngisOm. F. and othere ryngis IS., and ournementis of `the armher armes IS. niȝ the hond; ech goldun vessel was departid in to theOm. IS. ȝiftis of the Lord. If ony man hadde iacynt, and purpur, and `reed selkcocco IS. twies died, bijs, and the heeris of geet, skynnes of rammeswetheris IS. maad reed, and ofOm. X. iacyntether blew X marg., metals of siluer, and of bras, thei offeryden to the Lord, and trees of Sechym in to dyuerse vsis. But also wymmen tauȝt ȝauen tho thingis, whiche thei hadden spunne, iacynt, purpurand purpur A m. pr., and vermyloun, and bijs, and thereed IS. heeris of geet; and ȝauenthei ȝauen IS. alle thingis by her owne fre wille. Forsothe princes offeriden stoonys of onychyn and iemmes, to the `cloth on the schuldriscoope IS., and to the ra|cionalbreest broche S., and swete smellynge spiceries, and oyle to theOm. DKS. liȝtis tothat schul I. be ordeyned, andOm. IS. to make redi oynementthe oynement BC., and to make theOm. BE. encense of swettistthe swettist C. most swete IS. odour. Alle men and wymmen offeriden ȝiftis with deuout soulemynde IS., that the werkis schulden be maad, whiche the Lord comaundide bi the hond of Moyses; alle the sones of Israel ha|lewiden wilfulwilfulli K. thingis to the Lord. And Moises seide to the sones of Israel, Lo! the Lord hath clepid Beseleel bi name, the sone of Hury, sonethe sone IS. of Hur, of the lynage of Juda; and the Lord hath fillidfulfillid IS. hym with the spirit of God, of wisdom, and of vndurstondyng, and of kunnyng, and with al doctryn, to fynde out and toOm. S. make werk in gold, and siluer, and bras, and in stoonys to be grauun, and in werk of carpentrie; what euer thing may be foundun craftili, the Lord ȝafhath ȝouun IS. in his herte; and the Lord clepidehath clepide IS. Ooliab, the sone of Achymasech, of the lynage of Dan; the Lord tauȝtehath tauȝte IS. bothebothe thes IS. `with wisdomOm. O., that thei make the werkiswerk G. ofof a R. carpentercarpentrie AEILPS., ofand G. steynour, and ofOm. I. broidererebroiderie EFILOPRSTXW., of iacynt, and purpurof purpur ISX., andOm. IS. of `reed selkcocco twies died IS., and of bijs, andOm. O. that thei makeweeuen IS. alle thingis, and fyndeapareile I. alle newe thingis.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Therfor Beseleel, and Ooliab, and ech wijs man, to whichewhom EIS. the Lord ȝaf wis|dom and vndurstondyng, that thei kouden worche crafteli, maden thingis that weren nedeful in to vsisthe vsis I. of the seyntuarie, and whiche the Lord comaundide to be maad. And whanne Moises hadde clepid hem, and ech lernedtauȝt IS. manOm. EF KLNPQT sec. m., to whom the Lord hadde ȝoue wisdom and kunnyng, and whichethe whiche I. profridenoffriden K. hemhemsilff IS. bi herher owen IS. wille to make werkthe werk I., heMoises IS. bitook to hem alle the ȝiftis of the sones of Israel. And whanne thei weren bisi in theher S. werk ech dai, the puple offride auowisher auowis S. eerli. Wherfor the werkmen weren compellid to come, and thei seiden to Moises, The puple offrith more than is nedeful. Therfor Moises comaundide to be cried biwith GQT pr. m. X. the vois of a criere, Netherthat nethir I. man netherne IL. womman offre more ony thing in the werk of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS.; and so it was ceessid fro ȝiftis to be offrid, for the thingis offrid sufficiden, and weren ouer abundant. And alle wisethe wise IS. men in herte to fillefulfille IS. the werk of the tabernacle maden ten curteyns of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen, and of iacynct, and purpur, and of reed selk twies died, bi dyuerse werk, and bi theOm. plures. craft of many colouris. Of whichethe whiche I. curteyns oon hadde in lengthe eiȝte and twenti cu|bitis, and foure cubitis in breede; o me|sure was of alle curteynsthe curteyns IS.. And he ioynede fyue curteyns oon towith IS. anothir, and he cou|plide othere fyue to hem silf to gidere; and he made handlisoyletis IS. of iacynt in the hemme of othe o I. curteyn on euer either side, and in lijk maner in the hemme of the tother cur|teyn, that the handlisoyletis IS. schulen comen to gidere aȝens hem silf, and schulenthei schulen IS. be ioyned togider; wherfor he ȝettide also fifti goldun serclisryngis IWS., that schulen `bite the handlisholde the oiletis IS. of curteynsthe curteyns IS.; andthat L. oso o I. tabernacle was maad. `He madeOm. L. also enleuene saies of the heerisheer IS. of geet, to hile the roof of the tabernacle; o saie hadde thretti cu|bitis in lengthe, foure cubitis in breede; alle the saies weren of o mesure; of whichethe whiche I. saies he ioynede fyue bito IS. hem silf, and sixe othere bi hem silf. And he made fifti handlisryngis I. oyletis O sup. ras. S. in the hemme of o say, and fifti in the hemme of the totheroother I. say, that tho schulden be ioyned to hem silf to gidere; and he made fifti bokelis of bras biwith the I. whiche the roof was fastned to gidere, that oon hilyng werebe A. maad of alle the saies. He made also an hilyng of the tabernacle of the skynnes of rammeswetheris IS. maad reed, and another veil aboue of skynnesthe skynnes LW. of iacynt. He made also stondynge tablis of the ta|bernacle of the trees of Sechym; the lengthe of o table was of ten cubitis, and the breede helde o cubit and anOm. L. half. Twey dentyngis weren bi ech table, that the oonton EKLP. schulde be ioyned to theOm. B. totherother B.; so he made in al the tablis of the taber|nacle. Of whiche tablis twenti weren at the mydday coost aȝens the south, with fourti foundementisbaasis I. of siluer; twey foun|dementisbaasis I. foundementis or trestlis S. weren set vndur o table on euer either side of the corneris, where the den|tyngisdentyngis or rabitingis S. of the sidis weren endid in the cor|neris. And at the coost of the tabernacle that biholdith to the north heand he G. made twenti tablis, with fourti foundementisbaasis I. trestlis S. of siluer, twei foundementisbaasis I. trestlis S. bi ech table. Forsothe aȝens the westThis that sneth, that is, al that part of the tabernacle that biholdith the see, is not in Ebru. QX. he made sixe tablis, and tweyne othere tablis bi ech corner of the tabernacle bihinde, whichethe whiche I. weren ioyned fro bynethe til to aboue, and werenthei weren IS. borun in to o ioynyng to gidere; so he made on euer either part bi the corneris, that thothei I. weren eiȝte tablis to gidere, and haddenthei hadden IS. sixtene foundementisbaasis I. trestlis S. of siluer, that is, twei foundementisbaasis I. trestlis S. vndur ech table. He made also barrisberynge staaues IS. of theOm. S. trees of Sechym, fyue barrisberynge staaues IS. to holde to gidere the tablis of othe to K. side of the tabernacle, and fyue othere barrisberynge staaues IS. to schappemake IS. to gidere the ta|blis of the tother side; and without these, he made fyue othere barrisbarris of the trees of Sechym G. berynge staaues IS. at the west coost of the tabernacle aȝens the see. He made also another barreberinge staff IS., that schulde come bi the myddilmyddis of the W. tables fro corner til to corner. Forsothe he ouergildideouergilde F. thothe GIKOQ pr. m. S. wallis of tablisthe tablis IS., and ȝetidehe ȝetide IS. theher IS. siluernesiluer passim ELP. foundementisbaasis I. foot stakis S. `of thoOm. IS. of hem N., and he made theher IS. goldun serclisryngis ISW. `of thoOm. IS. of hem N., bi whichethe whiche I. the barris myȝten be brouȝt in, and be hilide thetho DFGKMNOW. same barris with goldun platis. He made also a veil dyuerse and departid, of iacynt, and purpur, andof plures. Om. MX sec. m. reed selk, and bijsof bijs S. foldidfolden IS. aȝen bi werkthe werk X sec. m. of broiderie. He made also foure pileris of `the trees of SechymSechim trees IS., whyche pileris with the heedis he ouergildideouergilte F., and ȝetidehe ȝetide IS. theher IS. siluerne foundementisbaasis I. foot stakis S. `of thoOm. IS. of hem N.. He made also in the entryng of the tabernacle a tent of iacynt, and purpur, andOm. plures. reedof reed IS. selk `and bijsOm. S. foldidfolden I. aȝen bi the werk of aOm. IKSWX. broy|dreiebroudrere CEGLP.. And he made fyue pileris with her heedis, whichethe whiche I. he hilide with gold, and he ȝetide theher IS. brasun foundementisbaasis I. foot stakis S. `of thoOm. IS. of hem N., whichethe whiche I. he hilide with gold.

 CAP. XXXVII.

Forsothe Beseleel made also an arke of the trees of Sechym, hauynge twey cu|bitis and an half in lengthe, and a cubit and anOm. L. half in breede; forsothe the hiȝ|nesseheiȝte IS. licnesse O. was of o cubit and anOm. C. half; and he clothidehilide IS. the arke with purest gold, with ynne and without forth. And he made to it a goldun coroun `bi cumpasaboute I., and ȝetidehe ȝetide IS. foure goldun ryngis, bi fourethe foure I. cor|neris therof, twey ryngis in o side, and twei ryngis in the totherother IS. side. And he made barris of theOm. O. trees of Sechym, whichethe whiche I. barrisOm. IKO sec. m. S. he clothidehilide IS. with gold, and whichethe whiche I. barris he puttesente BC. puttede ELP. into the ryngis that weren in the sidis of the arke, to bere it. He made also a propiciatorie, that is, Goddis answeryng place, of pureste gold, of twei cubitis and anOm. L. half in lengthe, and ofOm. CM. oa plures. cubit and anOm. plures. half in breede. Also he made twei cherubyns of gold, betun out with hameran hamer S., whichethe whiche I. he set|tidesette GEILPS. onin GQ. euer eithir side of the propi|ciatorie, o cherub in theheiȝte IS. hiȝnesse of othe to K. part, and the tother cherub in the hiȝ|nesseheiȝt IS. of the tothir part; twei cherubyns, oon in ech hiȝnesse of the propiciatorie, stretchynge out the wengis, and hilynge the propiciatorie, and biholdynge hem silf togidere and thatand that propiciatorie IS. Om. K. sec. m.. HeAnd he IS. made alsoOm. I. a boordmete boord S. of `the trees of SechymSechym trees S., inand O. theOm. IS. lengthe of twey cubitis, and in theOm. IS. breede of o cubit, whichethe whiche I. boordtable IS. hadde `a cubit and an halfa cubit and half plures. other half cubit S. in heiȝthe. And he cum|paside the boordtable IS. with clenneste gold, and madehe made IS. to it a goldun brynkebrerde IS. bi cumpas; and he madeOm. I. to that brynkebrerde IS. a goldun coroun, rasidgrauen IS. bitwixe of foure fyngrisfyngre breede IS.; and on the same coroun he made anothir goldun coroun. Also he ȝetide foure goldun serclisryngis ISW. whichethe whiche I. he settidesette ELP. putte IS. inin to the IS. foure cor|neris, bi alle the feet of the boordtable IS. aȝens the corouncoroun, that is, next vndir the coroun BCGNQX., and he puttideputte IMS. barrisberinge staues IS. in toOm. O. thetho BCKMNS. Om. F. serclisringis IS., that the `boord maytable miȝt IS. be borun. And he made thothe G. thilke I. barrisberinge staues IS. of the trees of Sechym, and cumpasside thohem IS. with gold. And he made vesselis to dyuerse vsis of the boord, vessels of vynegre, violis, and litle cuppis, and censeris of pure gold, in whiche theOm. DIKSO sec. m. fletynge sacrifices schulen be offrid. And he made a candilstike, betun out with hameran hamer S., of clenneste gold, of whos barrebarre ether stok BCGQ. stok IS. ȝerdisȝerdis ether schaftis BCGQ., cuppis, and litle run|delis and lilies camen forth; sixe in euer eithir side, thre ȝerdisȝerdis ether schaftis CGNTQ. on o side, and thre on the totherother IS. side; thre cuppis in the maner of a note bi ech ȝerde, and litle rundels to gidere, and lilies; and thre cuppis at the licnesse of a note in the totherother IS. ȝerde, and litle rundels togidere, and lilies; forsothe the werk of sixe schaftis, that camen forth of the `stok of the candilstikecandilstik stok S., was euene. Sotheli in thatthe X. barrestok S. weren foure cuppis, in theOm. IKO. maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies weren bi alle cuppisthe cuppis IS.; and litle run|dels vndurweren vndur IS. tweithe two IS. schaftis, bi thre placis, whichethe whiche I. togidre be maad sixe schaftis comynge forth ofon G. o barrestok S.; therfor andOm. S. the litle rundelsrundels or ballis IS., and schaftisthe schaftis IS. therof, weren alle betun out with hamer, of pureste gold. He made also seuene lan|ternes, with her `snytyng tongiscandil quenchers IS., and the vessels where `tho thingis, that ben snytid outthe snoffis IS., ben quenchid, of clennest gold. The candilstike with alleOm. plures. his vesselsvessels ether instrumentis BCNQX. weiȝede a talent of gold. He made also the auter of encense, of treesthe trees I. of Sechym, hauynge a cubit bi squaresquare, that is, on ech side o cubit BCGNQ., and twei cubitis in heiȝthe, of whos corneris camen forth hornes. And heOm. G. clothidehilide IS. it with clen|neste gold, and the gridele, andwith L. wallis, and hornesthe hornes IS.; and he made to it a litil goldun coroun bi cumpas, and twei goldun ryngis vndur the coroun, bi ech syde, that barrisberinge staues IS. be putsent plures. in to thohem I., and the auter mow beso be I. borun. Forsothe he made thothilke I. the W. barrisberinge trees I. beringe staues S. of theOm. S. trees of Sechym, and hilidehilide hem IKS. with goldun platis. He made also oile to the oynement of halewyng, and encense of swete smellynge spiceries, moost clene, bi theOm. S. werk of `a makere of oynementapotecarie IS..

 CAP. XXXVIII.

He made also the auter of brent sacri|fice of the trees of Sechym, of fyue cu|bitis bi square, and of thre cubitis in heiȝthe; whose hornes camen forth of the corneris, and he hilide it with platis of bras. And in toOm. O. vsisthe vsis IS. therof he made redi of bras dyuerse vessels, caudruns, tongis, fleischhokis, hokisOm. DGQ., and `resseittis of firisfijr pannis IS.. He made also the brasun gridile therof, `bi thein IS. maner of a net, and a `panne for colisfijr panne IS. vndur it, inOm. IS. theOm. D. myddis of the au|ter. And he ȝetide foure ryngis, by so many endis of the gridile, to puttesende BC. in the barris to berebere it IS.; and he made thothe EFILOPSW. same barris of theOm. IS. trees of Sechym, and hilidehilide hem IKS. with platis of bras. And leddehe ledde hem IS. he ledde X. in to the serclisrynges W. that stondenstodun plures. forth in the sidis of the auter. Forsothe thilke auter was not sadmassy IS., but holowe of theOm. IS. bildyngisbildynge EF. of ta|blisthe tablis E., and voide with ynne. He made also a `greet waischyng vessel of brasbrasen lauatorie IS., with his foundementbaas I. foot S., of the myrours of wym|menthe wymmen S. that wakiden in the `greet streetpoorche IS. of the tabernacle. And he made the greet streetpoorche or greet entree I. poorche S., in whose south coost weren tentis of bijs foldidfolden I. aȝen, of an hundrid cubitis, twenti brasun pilers with her foundemen|tisbaasis I., the heedisIn Ebru it is, the hookis of peleris, and the holdyngis of tho, weren of siluer, and in the same manere where lijk wordis ben set. GQX. of pilersthe pilers IS., and al the grau|yng of the werk, weren of siluer; euenli at the north coost the tentis, pilers, and foundementis and heedis of pilersthe pilers I., weren of the same mesure, and werk, and metal. Forsothe in that coost that biholdith the west weren tentis of fyfty cubitis, ten brasun pilers with her foundementisbaasis I., andOm. PR. theOm. GMQ. `heedis of pilerspilers heedis IS., and al the grauyng of werk, weren of siluer. Sotheli aȝens the eest he made redi tentis of fifti cu|bitis, of whichethe whiche I. tentis o side heldehadde IS. fiftene cubitis of thre pilers with her founde|mentisbaasis I.; and in the totherother IS. side, for he made the entryng of the tabernacle bi|twixe euer either, weren tentis euenli of fiftene cubitis, thre pilers, and so manyfele S. foundementisbaasis I.. Bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen hilide alle the tentis of the greet streetentree IS.. The foundementisbaasis I. feet S. of pilersthe pilers IS. weren of bras; forsothe the heedis of tho pilers, with alle her grauyngis, weren of siluer; but also he clothidehilide IS. with siluer thothe IKS. pilersIn Ebreu it it is, he hilide with siluer the hedis of the pileris. CGQX. of the greet streetentree IS.. And in the entryng therof he made a tente, bi `werk of broideriebrouderie werk IS., of iacynt, purpurof purpur K., vermylounvermyloun ether rede cloth BCGNQX., and of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen, whichthe which I. tente hadde twenti cubitis in lengthe, and the heiȝthe was of fyue cubitis, bi theOm. I. mesure whichthat IO sec. m. S. alle the tentis of the greet streetentree IO sup. ras. S. hadden. For|sothe the pylers in the entryng weren foure, with brasun foundementis, and the heedis of tho pilers and grauyngisthe grauyngis IS. weren of siluer; and he made brasun stakis of the tabernacle, and of the greet streetentree IS., bi cumpas. These ben the instrumentisIn Ebru it is, these ben the noumbres. GQX. of the tabernacle of witnessyng, that ben noumbrid, bi the comaundementheest IS. of Moises, in the cerymonyescerymonyes, that is, seruycis BC. of Leuytis, bi the hond of Ithamar, sonethe sone IS. of Aaron, preest. Whichethe whiche I. instrumentis Beseleel, sonethe sone IS. of Huri, sone of Hur, of the lynage of Juda, fillidefulfillide IS.; for the Lord comaundide bi Moises, while Ooliab, sonethe sone IS. of Achysameth, of the lynage of Dan, was ioyned felowe to hym, and he hym silf was a noble crafti man of trees, and aOm. W. tapeseretapesere, that is, weuyng of diuerse colours BC. tapserere DGKNQT. tapserie ELP. that is, a peyntour K marg. andor W. a broderere of ia|cynt, purpur, vermyloun and bijs. Al the gold that was spendid in theOm. IS. werk of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IKS., and that was offrid in ȝiftis, was ofof the sum of S. `nyne and twentixxxix IS. talentisIn Ebreu it is, of xxix. hun|dridis, and an hundrid con|teynede an hundrid and xx. besauntis. CGQX., and of seuene hundrid and threttififti W. siclis, at theOm. IS. mesure of seyntuariethe seyn|tuarie IKS.. Forsothe itthis sum IS. was offrid of hemIn Ebru it is thus, forsothe the siluer of noumbrynge of the puple was an hun|drid hundridis, and a thou|seude and vij. hundrid and lxx. siclis at the weiȝte of seyntuarie, half a sicle bi ech heed of alle that passen to noumbre fro xx. ȝeer and aboue, of vj. hundrid and iij. thousende and fifti men. GQX. that passiden to noum|brethe noumbre IO sup. ras. S. froof IS. twenti ȝeer and aboue, of sixe hundridhundrid thousinde BCI. and thre thousand, and fyue hun|drid and fifty of armed men. Ferther|moreFerther|more ther weren IO sup. ras. S., an hundrid talentis of siluer werenOm. IS., of whiche the foundementis of the seyn|tuarie weren ȝotun to gidere, and of the entryng, where the veil hangith; an hun|drid foundementis weren maad of an hun|drid talentis, andOm. plures. for echto ech IS. foundement was ordeyned oa IS. talent. Forsothe of a thousynde seuene hundrid and `thre scoor and fiftenefyue and seuenti BKMNWX. siclis he made the heedis of pilersthe pilers IS.In Ebru it is thus, of a thou|sende vij. hun|drid and lxxv. siclis he made the hokis of pe|leris, and hilide the heedis of the pelers with siluer; and this semeth the trewe lettre. Lire here. GQ, and he `clothide thohilide thilke I. clothide the L. hilide tho S. same pilers with siluer. Also of bras weren offrid `thre scoor and tweluetwo and seuenti BKMNWX. thousynde talentis, and foure hundrid siclis ouerouer that S.. Of whichethe whiche I. theOm. IS. foundementis in the entryng of the tabernacle of witnessyng weren ȝotun, and the brasun auter, with his gridele, and al the vessels that perteynen to the vss ther|of, and the foundementis of the greet streetentree IS., as wel in the cumpas, as in the en|tryng therof, and the stakis of the taber|nacle, and of the greet streetentree IS. bi cumpas.

 CAP. XXXIX.

Forsothe of iacynt, and purpurof purpur IS., ver|myloun, and bijsof bijs IS., he made clothis, in whiche Aaron was clothid, whanne he mynystride in hooli thingis, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. Therfor he made the `cloth on the schuldriscoope IS. of gold, ia|cyntof iacynt IS., and purpurof purpur S., and of reed selk twies died, and of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen, bi werkthe werk IS. of broiderie; also he kittidekitte L. thinnetherynne I. goldun platis, and madehe made hem IS. thinne in to threedisthe threedis DGQRT., that thothei IS. mounmyȝten IS. be foldidfolden IS. aȝen, with the warpwarp vndir hilynge either in the warp GNQX. of the formere colouris; and he made tweyne hemmes couplid to hem silf to gidere, in euer either side of the endis; and `he madeOm. I. a girdil of the same co|louris, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. And he made redi twei `stonys of onychynonychyne stones IS., boundun and closid in gold, and grauungraued FW. bi the craft of worcherea worchere plures. in iemmys, with the names of the sones of Israel; sixe names in othe too K. stoon, and sixe in the tother stoon, bi the ordre of her birthe. And he settidesette EI. thothe GNQ. stoonus in theOm. F. sidisside IS. of the `clooth on the schuldriscoope IS., inand in C. to a memo|rial of the sones of Israel, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. HeAnd he IS. made also the racionalbrest broche S., `by werk of broideriewith browdery werk I. bi brow|derie werk and S., biafter I. theOm. S. werk of the `cloth on the schuldriscoope IS., of gold, iacynt, purpurand purpur FGQ., and reed selk twies died, and of biis foldidfolden IS. aȝen; he made the racionalbreest broche S. foure cornerid, double, of the mesure of foure fyngris. And settidehe sette IS. thereynne foure ordris of iemmes; in the firste ordre was sardius, topazius, smarag|dus; in the secoundesecounde ordre plures. was carbunclea carbuncle L., sa|fir, iaspisand iaspis B.; in the thridde ordre was ligu|rie, achates, ametiste; in the fourthe ordre was crisolite, onochyn, and berille, cum|passid and enclosid with gold, bi her or|dris. And tho twelue stonys weren grauyn with twelue names, of theOm. C. lynagelynagis plures. of Is|rael, alle stonysthe stonys OS. bi hem silf, bi the names of alle lynagisthe lynagis OS. bi hem silf. Thei maden also in the racionalbrest broche O sup. ras. S. ether racional O marg. sec. m. litle chaynes, cleuynge to hem silf to gidre, of pureste gold, and tweyne hokys, and so many ryngis of gold. Forsothe thei settidensetten I. the ryngis onin cet. omnes. euer either side of the racionalbreest broche S., ofon A sec. m. IS. whiche ryngis twei goldun chaynes hang|iden, whiche thei settidensetten I. in the hokis, that stondenstoden BCO. forth in the corneris of the `cloth on the schuldriscoope IS.. TheseSo these thingis IS. acordidenacorden G. soOm. IS. to hem silf, botheOm. IS. bifore and bihynde, that the `cloth on the schuldriscoope IS., and the racionalbreest broche S., weren knytknyttide IS. togidere, fastnedand fastned IS. to theOm. E. girdil, and couplid ful strongli with ryngisthe ryngis S., whichethe whiche I. ryngis a lace of iacynt ioynede togidere, lest thothei S. weren looselousid S., and `fletiden dounslakid S., and weren moued ech from other, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. Thei maden also `a coote on the schuldristhe coop coot or aube S., al of iacynt; and the hoodhood or the amyt S. in the hiȝere part, aboute the myddis, and a wouun hemme, bi the cumpas of the hood; forsothe bynethe at the feet piynthei maden piyn BCW. weren piyn IS. applis of iacynt, andOm. plures. purpur, and vermyloun, and biys foldidfolden IS. aȝen; and litlethei maden litle BC. bellis of pureste gold, whiche thei settiden bitwixe pum garnadisthe pum garnadis IS., in the `lowest parthemme IS. of the cooteaube S., bi cumpas; a goldun litle belle, and a piyn apple; with whiche the bischop ȝede ourned, whanne he `was set in seruycevside his office IS., as the Lord comaundide to Moises. Thei maden also cootis of bijs, bi wouun werk, to Aaron and to hise sones, and mytres with smale corouns of biys, and lynnun clothis of bijs; forsothe athei maden a BCISW. girdil of bijs foldidfolden IS. aȝen, of iacynt, purpur, and vermy|loun, departid bi craft of broyderie, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. Thei maden also a plate of hooli worschipyng, of pureste gold, and thei writedenwriten C sec. m. EILPS. therynne bi werkthe werk W. craft IS. of a worcheregrauere IS. in iemmes, The hooli of the Lord. And thei bounden it with the my|tre bi a lace of iacynt, as the Lord co|maundide to Moises. Therforwherfor D. al the werk of the tabernacle, and the hilyng of the witnessyng, was parformed; and the sones of Israel diden alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to Moises. And thei offeriden the tabernacle, and the roof, and al the purtenaunce, ryngis, tablis, barris, pilerisand pileris M. platis W., andOm. G. foundementisthe foundementis S. the baasis I.; the hilyng ofof the I. `skynnes of rammesramme skynnes S., maad reed, and an|other hilyng of skynnys of iacynt; the veil, theand the IS. arke, barrisberynge staaues IS. the barris K., propiciatorieand the propiciatorie I. the prop. K. and prop. S.; the boord with vessels, and with theOm. CIS. looues of settyng forth; the candilstike, lanternes, and the purtenauncis of tho, with oile; the goldun auter, and oynementthe oynement IS., and encense of swete smellynge spiceries; and the tente in the entryng of the tabernacle; the bra|sun auter, gridilegirdel E., barris, and alle vesselsthe vessels GIS. therof; the `greet waischyng vessellauatorie IS., with his foundementbaas I. foot S.; the tentis of the greet streeten|tree IS., and the pilers with herthe G. founde|mentis;baasis I. foundement S. the tente in the entring of the greet streetporche IS., and the coordis, and stakisthe stakis IS. therof. No thing of the vessels failide, that werenwas IS. comaundid to be maad in to theOm. IS. seruyce of the tabernacle, and in to the roof of theOm. FGMQST pr. m. boond of pees. Also the sones of Israel offriden the clothis whiche the prestis, that is, Aaron and hise sones, vsen in the seyntuarie, as the Lord co|maundide. And aftir that Moises siȝ alle tho thingisfulfillid IS. fillid, he blesside hem.

 CAP. XL.

And the Lord spak to Moises, `and seideseiynge S., In the firste monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, thou schalt reiseareere IS. the tabernacle of witnessyng. And thou schalt sette the arke therynnewith ynne it IS., and thou schalt leeue a veil bifore it. And whanne the bordmete bord S. is borunbrouȝt S. yn, thou schalt sette ther onnethervpon S. tho thingis, that ben comaundid iustliiustli ether bi the lane BC. iustli either bi resonable custum GKNQX.. The candilstike schal stonde with hise lanternes, and the goldun auter, where ynne encensethe encense IS. is brent bifor the arke of witnessyng. Thou schalt sette a tente in the entryng of the tabernacle; and bi|for it thethou schalt sette the BC. shal be the S. auter of brent sacrifice, thethou schalt sette the BC. `waischyng vessellauatorie IS. bitwixeshal be bitwixe S. the auter and the tabernacle, whichthe which I. `waischyng vessellauatorie IS. thou schalt fille with water. And thou schalt cumpas the greet streetporche IS., and the entryng therof with tentis. And whanne thou hast take oylethe oyle K. of anoyntyng, thou schalt anoynte the tabernacle, with hise vessels, that tho be halewid; the auter of brent sacrifice, and alle vesselsthe vessels IS. ther of; the `waischyng vessellauatorie IS., with his founde|mentbaas I.. Thou schalt anoynte alle thingis with the oile of anoyntyng, that thothei N. be hooli of hooli thingis. And thou schalt present Aaron and hise sones to the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and, whanne thei ben `waischid inweishe with I. waiȝshen in K. water, thou schalt clothe hem within IS. hooli clothis, that thei mynystre to me, and that the anoynt|yng of hem profite in to euerlastynge preesthod. And Moises dide alle thingis whichethat IS. the Lord comaundide. Therfor in the firste monethe of the secunde ȝeer, in the firste dai of the monethe, the ta|bernacle was setset forth S.. And Moises reisideareeride IS. it, and settidehe sette IS. the tablis, and foundementisbaasis I., and barris, and he ordeynede pilers; and `spredde abroodhe streiȝte out IS. the roof onvpon IS. the taber|nacle, and puttidehe putte IS. an hilyng aboue, as the Lord comaundide. He puttideputte IS. also the witnessyngwitnessyng, that is, the tablis of the lawe BCKNSX. in the arke, and he settidesette the I. sette S. barris with ynne, and Goddishe settide Goddis BC. answeryng place aboue. And whanne he hadde brouȝt the arke in to the tabernacle, he hangide a veil bifor it, that he schulde fillefulfille ISMW. the comaundementheest IS. of the Lord. Heand he S. settidesette I. putte S. alsoOm. S. the boordmete table S. in the tabernacle of wit|nessyng, at the north coost, without the veil, and he ordeynede the looues of set|tyng forth bifore, as the Lord comaundide to Moiseshim IS.. He settidesette IS. also the candil|stike in the tabernacle of witnessyng, euene aȝens the boordmete table S., in the south side, and settidehe sette IS. lanternesthe lanternes S. bi ordre, bi the co|maundementmaundement I. heest S. of the Lord. He puttideputte IS. also the goldun auter vndur the roof of witnessyngwitnessyng, that is, of the tabernacle BC., aȝens the veil, and he brente theronnether vpon IS. encense ofand S. swete smellynge spiceries, as the Lord comaundide to Moiseshim IS.. He settidesette IS. also a tente in the entryng of the tabernacle, and thehe settide the BC. auter of brent sa|crifice in the porcheporche, that is, in the grete street BC. of theOm. GIQST pr. m. witnessyng, and he offride therynnethere B. brent sacrifice, and sacrifices, as the Lord comaundide. Also he ordeynede the `waischyng vessellauatorie IO sup. ras. S., bitwixe the tabernacle of witnessyng and the auter, and fillidehe fillide IO sup. ras. S. it with watir. And Moises, and Aaron, and his sones, waisch|iden her hondis and feether feet therynne IO sup. ras. her feet S., whanne thei entriden into the rooftabernacle A pr. m. of boondthe boond IS. of pees, and neiȝeden to the auter, as the Lord co|maundide to Moises. He reisideareeride IS. also the greet streetstreet, that is, pileris and curtyns closynge the grete street BCKX. poorche IS., bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the taber|nacle and of the auter, and settydehe sette IS. a tente in the entryng therof. Aftir that alle thingis weren perfitli maad, a cloude hilide the tabernacle of witnessyng, and the glorie of the Lord fillidefulfillide IS. it; nether Moyses myȝte entre in to the tabernacle of theOm. GISX. boond of pees, while the cloude hilide alle thingisthe thingis F., and the maieste of the Lordclothing O. schynede, for the cloudecloth O. hilide alle thingis. If ony tyme the cloude lefte the tabernacle, the sones of Israel ȝeden forth bi her cumpanyes; if the cloude hangide abouether aboue IS., thei dwelliden in the same place; for the cloude of the Lord restide on the tabernacle bi dai, and fier in the nyȝt, in the siȝt of the puplispeple S. of Israel, bi alle her dwellyngis.

 Here endith ExodiHere eendith the book of Exodi and bigynneth Leuitici. BX. Here endith E. and here bigynneth Leuyticy. CFOW. Here eendith E. and bigynneth the book of Leuyticy. DR. Heere eendith E. and bigynneth a prologThe Prologue referred to is included in the General Pro|logue, p. 4. on Leuitici, and this it is. G. Heere endith E. and biginnith Leuyticus. IS. Here endeth E. se now Leuyticus. K. Here endith the book of E. and here biginneth a Prologe on the book of Leuitici. M. Here endith the book of E. and bigynneth the book of Leuitici. N. No final rubric in ELPT.. LEVITICUS. [Prologue on the book of Leviticus.]

THIS book of Leuitici makith mencioun, how God tauȝte the sones of Israel, by Moyses, to offre sacrifises to the Lord of oxen, and of scheep, of lambren, and of geet; and for which synne what sacrifise owith to be doon to the Lord; and the manere of brennyng, and of offring; and that the prest preie for the offrer; and if the man is pore, and is not of power to offre beestis for his synne, he shal offre whete flour, or therf loues, or briddis. Also it is contened therinne the ordre of halewing of the bisschop, and of prestis, and of alle holi vessels of the tabernacle; and how the Lord slowȝ Nadab and Abyu, prestis, the sones of Aaron, for necligence doon in the auter. Also the Lord techith the children of Israel discrecioun bitwixe clene beestis and vnclene, and of fisschis, and of foulis, that thei vse the clene to mete, and leue the vnclene; and the verrei knowing of lepre, and he that is preued lepre to be put out of the comynycacioun of men, till he be maad clene, and to do sacrifise for his clensing. Also the Lord techith hem to fle abhomynaciouns, whiche the peple of Canaan vseden, for whiche thei weren cast out of her lond; and to kepe hise comaundementis and lawis; and to vse trewe mesure, and trewe weiȝte, in biyng and silling, for the drede of God. Here endith the prologe, and here bigynneth the book of LeuiticiThis Prologue is from M..

 Here bigynneth LeuyticiHere biginnith the book of Leuitici. ELP. Here biginneth the iij. book, that is Leuiticus. G. No initial rubric in QT, but only running title..CAP. I.

FORSOTHE the Lord clepide Moyses, and spak to him fro the tabernacle of wit|nessyng, `and seideseiyng S., Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, A man of ȝou, that offrith to the Lord a sacrifice of beestis, that is, of oxun and of scheep, and offrith slayn sacrifices, if his offryng is brent sacrifice, and of the droue of oxun, he schal offre a male beeste with out wem at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, to make the Lord plesid to hym. And he schal sette hondishis hondis IS. on the heed of the sacrifice, and it schal be ac|ceptable, and profityng in to clensyngthe clensyng IS. of hym. And he schal offre a calf bifor the Lord, and the sones of Aaron, preestis, schulen offre the blood ther of, and thei schulen schedeschede it IS. bi theOm. S. cumpas of the au|ter, whichthat IS. is bifor the dore of the taber|nacle. And whanne the skyn of the sa|crifice is drawun awei, thei schulen kitte thealle the S. membris in to gobetis; and thei schu|len putput to IS. vndur inOm. ELMPQ. the auter fierthe fier IKLNSW.fier, that is, trees to the nurschyng and continuaunce of fier ȝonun fro heuene. BC GQX., and thei schulen make an heep of wode bi|fore;redi bifore IS. and thei schulen ordeyne aboue `the treesthat wode IS. tho thingis that ben kit, that is, the heed, and alle thingis that cleuen to the mawe, whanne the entrailis and feetthe feet IS. ben waischidweishe I. with watir; and the preest schal brenne tho onin I. the auter, in to brent sacrifice, and sweteto swete K. odour to the Lord. That if the offryng is of litle beestis, a brent sacrifice of scheep, ethir of geet, he schal offre a male beeste with out wem, and he schal offreoffre that IS. at the side of the auter that biholdith to the north, bifore the Lord. Sotheli the sones of Aaron schulen schedeheelde I. the blood therof on the auter `bi cumpasaboute I., and thei schulen de|parte the membris, the heed, and alle thingis that cleuen to the mawe, and thei schulen putteputte hem I. putte tho S. on the treeswode IS., vndur whiche the fier schal be set; sotheli thei schulen waische in watir the entrailis and feet; and the preest schal brenne alle thingis offrid on the auter, in to brent sacrifice, and swettest odour to the Lord. Forsothe if the offryng ofis W. brent sacrifice to the Lord isif O. if it is W. of briddis, of turtlis, andor K. of cul|uer briddis, the preest schal offre it at the auter; and whanne the heed is writhuncrokid aȝen IS. to the necke, and the place of theOm. plures. a IS. wounde is brokun, hethe prest IS. schal make the blood renne doun on the brenke of the auter. Sotheli he schal caste forth the litil bladdir of the throtethrote or the cropp S., and fetheristhe fetheris IS. bisidis the auter, at the eest coost, in the place inthe which I. which theOm. S. aischis ben wont to be schedcast I. out; and hethe prest IS. schal breke the wyngis therof, and he schal not keruekerue it IS., nether heOm. C sec. m. DGIKMOQRSTWX. schalOm. C sec. m. DGIKMQRSTWX. departe it with yrun; and he schal brenne itOm. A sec. m. BCKMO. on the auter, whanne fier is setput IS. vndur the treeswode IS.; it is a brent sacrifice, and an of|fryng of sweteswetiste plures. odoursmell IS. to the Lord.

 CAP. II.

Whanne a soulesoule, that is, a pore man BCEGIKLNOPQX. lijf, that is, a pore man IS. offrith an offryng of sacrifice to the Lord, flour of wheete schal be his offring. And he schal schedeheelde IS. oile ther onne, and he schal putte encense, and he schal berebere it IS. to the sones of Aaron, preest, of whichethe whiche I. sones oonoon of hem IS. schal take an hand|ful of `flour of whetetried whete flour IS., and of oile, and alle the encense; and he schal putteputte thees IS. a memo|rial on the auter, in to swettestswete A pr. m. the swettest BC. odoursmell IS. to the Lord. Forsothe that that `is residueis left IL. leuith S. of the sacrifice schal be Aarons and hise sones, the hooli of hooli thingis of offryngis to the Lord. Forsothe whanne thou of|first a sacrifice bakun in an ouene of whetetried whete IS. flour, that is, loouys without sour dow, spreynd with oile, and therf breed sodun in watir, bawmed within W. oile; if thin of|fryng isbe L. `of a friyng panneOm. IS., of wheetetried whete IS. flour spreynd with oile and without sour dowdow, taken of the friyng panne IS., thou schalt departe itOm. IS. ininto I. smale partis, and thou schalt schedeheelde IS. oile ther onne. Ellis if the sacrifice isis taken S. of athe IS. gridele, euenli the whete flour schal be spreyndspeynd A. with oile; whichthe which I. whete flour thou schalt offre to the Lord, and schaltthou schalt IS. bitakebitake it IS. in the hondis of the preest. And whanne he hath offrid it, he schal take a memorial of the sacrifice, and he schal brenne it on the auter, in to `odour of swetnesseswete smelling IS. to the Lord. Sotheli what euer thing `is residueis left IL. leeuith S., it schal be Aarons and hise sones, the hooly of hooli thingis of theOm. S. offryngis to the Lord. Ech offryng whichthat IS. is offrid to the Lord, schal be without sour dow, nether ony thing of sour dow, and of hony, schal be brent in the sacrifice of the Lord. Ȝe schulen offre oneli the firstecheef IS. fruytis of thohem IS., and ȝiftis; sotheli thothei IS. schulen not be put on the auter, in to odoursmel IS. of swet|nesse. Whateuer thing of sacrifice thou schalt offre, thou schalt make it sauery with salt, nethereither S. thou schalt take a wey the salt of theOm. IS. boond of pees of thi God fro thi sacrifice; in ech offryng thou schalt offre salt. Forsothe if thou offrist a ȝifte of the firstecheef IS. thingis of thi fruytis to the Lord, of `eeris of corncorn eeris IS. ȝit grene, thou schalt seengescorche I text. or seenge I marg. seenge or parche S. thohem I. in fierthe fier X., and thou schalt brekebreke hem IS. in the maner of seedisbruysid corn IS.; and so thou schalt offre thi firstecheef IS. fruytis to the Lord, and thou schalt schedeheelde I. oyle theronnether vp on IS., and schaltthou schalt IS. putte encense, for it is the offryng of the Lord. Of which the preest schal brenne, in to mynde of the ȝifte, a part of the `seedis brokunbrisid corn IS., and of oylethe oyle IS., and al the encense.

 CAP. III.

That if his offryng is a sacrifice of pesi|ble thingis, and he wole offre of oxun, he schal offre bifore the Lord a male, ether a female, without wem. And he schal sette hondhis hond IS. onvpon IS. the heed of his sacrificesleyn sacrifice IS., thatthe whiche I. whiche S. schal be offrid in the entryng of the tabernacle; and the sones of Aaron preestthe preest IS. schulen schedeheelde I. the blood bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the auter. And thei schulen offre of the sacrifice of pesible thingis in to offryng to the Lord, the fatnesse that hilith the entrailis, and what euer thing of fatnesse is with ynne; thei schulen offre twey kyde|neriskideneiren L., with the fatnesse bi which the gut|tis clepid ylyonylyon, that is, the kidneris guttis IS. ben hilid, and the calle of the lyuermawe A marg. sec. m. IS. with the litle reynes. And theipreestis IS. schulen brenne tho onvpon IS. the auter, in to brent sacrifice, whanne fier is put vndur the treeswode IS., in to offryng of swettestthe swettist C. odoursmell IS. to the Lord. Sotheli if his offryng is of scheep, and a sacrifice of pesible thingis, whether he offrith a male etheror EILPS. a female, thothei IS. schulen be without wem. If he of|frithoffre IS. a lombe bifor the Lord, he schal sette his hond onvpon IS. the heed of his sacrifice, that schal be offrid in the porcheporche, that is, in the grete street BCEGKLNPQX. of the taber|nacle of witnessyng; and the sones of Aaron schulen schedeheelde I. the blood therof bi `the cumpasenuyroun IS. of the auter. And theithe preestis IS. schulen offre of the sacrifice of pesible thingis a sacrifice to the Lord, the innere fatnesse, and al the tail with thesmale W. reynesreynes, ether the entrailes, that cleuen to the reynes BCEGLNPQX., and the fatnesse that hilith the wombe, and alle the entrailis, and euer eithir litil reyne, with the fatnesse whichthat IS. is bisidis the `guttis clepid ylionylion, that is, reyne guttis IS., and the calle of the mawe, with the litle reynes. And the preest schal brenne thohem I. onvpon IS. the auter, in to the fedyngnurishyng IS. of fier, and of the offryng to the Lord. If his offryng is a geet, and he offrith it to the Lord, he schal sette his hond on the heed therof, and he schal offre it in toOm. BCIKMRW. theOm. GQS. entryngentree IS. of the taber|nacle of witnessyng; and the sones of Aaron schulen schedeheelde I. the blood therof bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the auter. And thei schu|len take therof, in to `the fedyngnurisching IS. of the Lordis fier, the fatnesse that hilith the wombe, and that hilith alle the entrailis, and tweithe two IS. litle reynes with the calle whichthat IS. is on tho bisidissidis S. ilionthe ilion IS., and the fatnesse of the mawe, with the entrails that cleuen to the litle reynes. And the preest schal brenne tho on the auter, in to theOm. FIMS. fedyngnurish|yng IS. of fierthe fier IS., andOm. IS. of swettest odoursmellyng IS.; al the fatnesse schal be the Lordis, by euerlast|ynge riȝt in generaciouns, and in alle ȝoure dwellyng placis, nether in ony maner ȝe schulen ete blood, nethir fatnesse.

 CAP. IV.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, Whanne a soulesoule, that is, a man BCEGKLNPQ. man IS. hath do synnea synne O. bi ignoraunceignoraunce or vnkunnyngnesse S., and hathOm. I. do ony thing of alle comaunde|mentisthe comaundementis CIKS. of the LordOm. IS., whiche hethe Lord hath IS. co|maundide that thothei IS. schulen not be don; if a preestthat is, the hiȝeste preest BCGNQX. whichthat IS. is anoyntidthe prest anoyntid is the hiȝest prest S. marg., hath doOm. S. synne, makyngemakynge so I. the puple toto do IS. trespasse, he schal offre for his synne a calf without wem to the Lord. And he schal brynge it to the dore of the tabernacle of witness|yng, bifor the Lord, and he schal setteputte his IS. hond on the heed therof, andOm. I. he schal offre it to the Lord. And he schal take vp of theOm. S. blood `of the calfther off IS., and schalschal he IS. brynge it in to the tabernacle of witness|yng. AndOm. W. whanne he hath dippid thehis IS. fyngir in to the blood, he schal sprenge it seuen sithis bifor the Lord, aȝens the veil of theOm. plures. seyntuarie. And he schal putte of the same blood onvpon IS. in O. the corners of the au|ter of encense moost acceptable to the Lord, which auter is in the tabernacle of witnessyng; sotheli he schal schedeheelde I. al the `tother bloodblood that is left I. left blood S. in to the foundementground IS. of the auter of brent sacrifice in the entryngentree IS. of the tabernacle. And he schal offre for synnehis synne IS. the ynnere fatnesse of the calf, as well it that hilith the entrails, as alle thingis that ben with ynneynne forth IS., twei litle reynes, and the calle, whichthe which F sec. m. that IS. is onaboue IS. thohem INS. bisidis ilionthe reyne guttis IS., and the fatnessetalouȝ IS. of theOm. S. mawe, with the litle reines, as it is offrid of the calf of the sacrifice of pesible thingis; and hethe prest IS. schal brenne tho onthingis vpon IS. the auter of brent sacrifice. Sotheli hethe prest IS. schal bere out of the castelstentis IS. the skynskynnes S., and alle the fleischisfleishe IS., with the heed, and feetthe feet IS., and entrails, and dungthe dung IS., and the `residue bodibodi that is left I. left bodi S. in to a clene place, where aischis ben wont to be schedhelde IS. out; and he schal brenne thotho thingis S. onvpon IS. the heep of treeswode IS., whichethe whiche IS. schulen be brent in the place of aischis schedcast I. helde S. out. That if al the cumpeny of the sones of Israel knowith not, and doith by vnkun|nyng that that is aȝens the comaunde|mentheest IS. of the Lord, and aftirward vndir|stondith his synne, ithe IS. schal offre a calf for synnethat synne IS., and ithe IS. schal brynge the calf to the dore of the tabernacle. And the eldere men of the puple schulen sette hondis on the heed therof bifor the Lord; and whanne the calf is offrid in theOm. IS. siȝt of the Lord, the preest whichthat IS. is anoyntid schal bere ynne of his blood in to the tabernacle of witnessyng; and whanne thehe hath dippid his IS. fyngur `is dippidOm. IS., he schal sprengesprenge it I. sprenge the blood S. seuen sithis aȝens the veil. And he schal putte of the same blood in the hornes of the auter, which is bifor the Lord in the tabernacle of witnessyng; sotheli he schal schedeheelde I. the `residue bloodblood that leeueth IS. bisidis the foundement of the auter of brent sacrifice, which is in the dore of tabernaclethe tabernacle plures. of witnessyng. And hethe prest S. schal take al the fatnesse therofof the calff I. of calf S., and schalhe schal IS. brenne it on the auter; and soOm. IS. he schal do also of this calf, as he dide alsoOm. DIKMN sec. m. OQRSTWX. biforbifor of the tother IS.; and whanne the prest schal preye for hem, the Lord schal be merciful. For|sothe hethe preest IS. schal bere out thilke calf, and schalhe schal IS. brenne itOm. plures., asas he dide IS. also the formere calf, for it is for theOm. IS. synne of the multitude. If thea IS. prince synneth, and doith bi igno|raunce o thingsynne S. of many, which is forbodun in the lawe of the Lord, and aftirward vn|dirstondith his synne, he schal offre to the Lord a sacrifice, a `buk of geetkeet bukke I. geet bukke S., `that hath nowithoute IS. wem; and he schal sette his hond onvpon IS. the heed therof. And whanne he hath of|frid it in the place, where brent sacrifice is wont to be slayn, bifor the Lord, for it is for synne; the preest schal dippe thehis IS. fyngur in the blood of sacrifice for synne, and he schal touchetouche with his bloodi finger S. the corneris of the auter of brent sacrifice, and he schal schedeheelde I. the `residue bloodblood that leeueth IS. at the foundement ther|of. Sotheli the preest schal brenne the in|nere fatnesse aboue the auter, as it is wont to be doon in the sacrificesacrifices plures. of pesible thingis, and the preest schal preye for hym, and for his synne, and it schal be for|ȝouun to hym. That if a soulesoule, that is, a synguler man BCGINQSX. of the puple of thea S. lond synneth bi ignoraunce, that he do ony thing of these that ben forbodun in the lawe of the Lord, and trespassith, and knowith his synne, he schal offre a geetschee geet IS. with out wem; and he schal setteputte K text. ether sette marg. hondhis hond IS. onvpon S. the heed of theOm. BFGQ. sacrifice whichthat S. is for synne, and he schal offre it in the place of brent sacrifice. And the preest schal take of the bloodblood theroff IS. onin BC. vpon IS. his fyngur, and he schal touchetouche with that fingre S. the hornescorners I. of the auter of brent sacryfice, and he schal schedeheelde I. the residueblood that is left I. blood that leeuith S. at the founde|ment therofof the auter IS.. Sotheli hethe preest IS. schal take a wei al the ynnere fatnesse, as it is wont to be don a wei of the sacrifices of pesible thingis, and he schal brenne itOm. plures. that S. on the auter, in to odoursmellyng IS. of swetnesse to the Lord; and the preest schal preye for hym, and it schal be forȝouun to hym. SotheliForsothe plures. if hesiche a man S. of|frith of litle beestis a sacrifice for synne, that is, a scheep without wem, he schal putte thehis IS. hond on the heed therof, and he schal offre it in the place where the beestbeestis IKORSTW. of brent sacrifices ben wont to be slayn. And the preest schal take of the blood therof in his fyngur, and he schal touchetouche ther with IS. the hornes of the autir of brent sacrifice, and he schal schedeheelde I. the residueblood that is left I. bl. that leeuith S. at the foundement therofof the auter IS.. And hethe prest S. schal do a wey al the ynnere fatnesse as the in|nere fatnesse of the ram whichthat IS. is offrid for pesible thingis, is wont to be don a wei, and hethe preest IS. schal brenne it onvpon IS. the auter of encense of the Lord; and the preest schal preye for hym, and for his synne, and it schal be forȝouun to hym.

 CAP. V.

If a soulesoule, that is, man BCGKNQ. man IS. synneth, andand that is N.This word and is seet for that is. Lire, and the glos here. CGQX. hereth the vois of aOm. E. swerereIn Ebreu it is of an ooth, and this lettre is vndurstondun of him, that is requirid to bere witnessyng of a thing that he knowith, and wole not, but hidith the truth. Lire here. CGQX., and is witnessewitnesse theroff IS., `for ether he siȝeither herith it S., etheror I. ethir he W. `is wityngeknowith it IS., if he schewithshewe S. notit not IS., he schal bere his synne. A persone that touchith ony vnclene thing, etheror passim ELP. othir O. eny S. whichthat thing that IS. is slayn of a beeste, ether is deed bi it silf, ether touchith ony other crepynge beeste, and forȝetith his vnclen|nesse, he is gilti, and trespassith. And if he touchith ony thing of the vnclennesse of mana man D., bi al the vnclennesse bi which he is wont to be defoulid, and he forȝetithforȝetith it IOS., and knowithknowith this S. afterward, heOm. B. schal be suget to trespasthat trespas IS.. A souleman IS. that swerith, and bryngith forth with hise lippis, that ithe I. schulde do ether yuel, etheror EKLP. wel, and doith notit not S., and confermeth the same thing with an ooth, ethir with a word, and forȝetithforȝetith what he swore or seide S., and aftirward vndirstondith his trespas, do ithe IS. penaunce for synnethe synne I. his synne S., and offre ithe. of the flockis a femal lomb, ethir a goet; and the preest schal preie for hym, and for his synne. But if he may not offre asich a IS. beeste, offre he twei turtlis, ethirethir twey K sec. m. `briddis of cul|uersculuere briddis IS. to the Lord, oon for synnehis synne S., and the tother in to brent sacrifice. And he schal ȝyue tho to the preest, whichthe which I. schal offre the firste for synne, and schalhe schal IS. folde aȝen the heed therof to the wengis, so that itthe heed S. cleue to the necke, and be not `brokyn outirlifully broken awey S.. And the preest schal sprynge the wal of the auter, of the blood therof; sotheli what euer `is residueblood leeuith S., hethe preest IS. schal make toOm. S. droppe doun at the `foundement of the auterauteris foot I. auter foot S., for it isis offrid S. for synne. SotheliForsothe IS. hethe prest S. schal brenne the tother brid in to brent sacrifice, as it is wont to be doon; and the preest schal preie for hym, and for his synne, and it schal be forȝouun to hym. That if his hondhond for pouerty S. mai not offre twei tur|tlis, ethir twei `briddis of culuerisculuere briddis IS., he schal offre for his synne the tenthe part of ephithat is, the tenthe part of iij. buschelis. IS. of wheetetried whete IS. flour; he schal not putte oile `in to ittherto I. in to that floure S., nether he schal putteputte to I. putte therto S. ony thing of encense, for it is for synne. And he schal ȝyue itOm. K. to the preest, whichthe which I. preestOm. I. schal take vp an handful therof, and schalhe schal IS. brennebrenne it A pr. m. IS. on the auter, in to mynde of hym that offerideofferide it S., and the preest schal preie for hym, and schalOm. IS. clenseclense him IS.; forsothe hethe preest IS. schal have the tother part inin to IS. ȝifte. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, If a souleman IS. that is, a man K marg. brekith cerymonyesthe cery|monyes I. my cer. S. bi errour, and synnethsynne K. in thesetho A pr. m. thingis that ben hale|wid to the Lord, ithe IS. schal offre for his tres|pas a ram without wem of the flockis, that may be bouȝt for twey siclis, biat IS. the weiȝte of theOm. K. seyntuarie. And he schal restore that harm that he dide, and he schal putte the fyuethe partpart therof S. aboue, and schalhe schal S. ȝyueȝyue it S. to the preest, which preest schal preye for hym, and offre the ram, and it schal be forȝouun to hym. A souleman IS. that is, a man K marg. that syn|neth bi ignoraunce, and doith oon of these thingis that ben forbodun in the lawe of the Lord, and is gilti of synne, and vndir|stondith his wickidnesse, itOm. A sec. m. B. he IS. schal offre to the preest a ram without wem of the flockis, bi the mesure ofand BDFGIMNOSWX. estymaciounestymacioun ether valu BCKNQX. estym. or valu ELPS. of synnethe synne IS.; and the preest schal preye for hym, for he didedide yuel S. vnwytynge, and it schal be forȝouun to him, for by errour he tres|passide aȝens the Lord. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, A souleman IS. that is, a man K marg. that synneth, and dispisith the Lord, and de|nyeth to his neiȝbore a thing bitakun to kepynghis kepyng IS., that was bitakun to his feithfeithfulnesse BC., ethir takithbitakith W. maisterfuli a thing bi vio|lence, ether makith fals chaleng, ether fyndith a thing lost, and denyethdenyeth it S. fer|thermore and forswerith, and doth ony other thing of manyemanye forboden S. in whiche thingis men ben wont to do synne, `if it is con|uict of the giltOm. plures., ithe S. schal ȝelde hool alle thingis whiche ithe IS. wolde gete bi fraude, and ferthermore the fyuethe part to the lord, to whom ithe IS. dide harm. Sotheli for his synne ithe IS. schal offre a ram vnwemmed of the floc, and ithe IS. schal ȝyue that ram to the preest, bi the valu andor S. mesurethe me|sure I. of the trespas; and the preest schal preie for hym bifor the Lord, and it schal be for|ȝouun to hym, for alle thingis whichethe whiche I. he synnede in doyng.

 CAP. VI.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to Aaron, and to hise sones, This is the lawe of brent sacri|fice; it schal be brent in the auter al nyȝt til the morewe; fier that is ȝouun fro he|uene schal be of the same auter. The preest schal be clothid with a coote, andand the K. `pryuy lynnun clothiswith lynnen brechis IS.; and he schal take a wei the aischis, whichwhile DFGKMNOQRTWX. the fier deuour|ynge brentehath brente out IS., and he schal putteputte tho IS. bisidis the auter; and he schal be spuylid of the formere clothis, and he schal be clothid with other, and schalhe schal I. the prest schal S. berebere tho IS. aischis out of the castelstentis IS., and in a moost clene place he schal make thohem IS. to be wastidwastid or quenchid S. til to a deed sparcle. Forsothe fier schal brenne euere in the auter, whichthe which I. fier the preest schal nurische, puttynge treeswode IS. vndur, in the morewtid bi ech dai; and whanne brent sacrifice is put aboue, the preest schal brenne the ynnere fatnessisfatnesse S. of pesible thingisoffrid thingis S.. This is euerlastynge fier, that schal neuer faile in the auter. This is the lawe of sacrifice, and of fletyngethe fletynge O. offryngis, whichethe which I. `the sones of AaronAaronus sones I. Aaron sones S. schulen offre bifore the Lord, and bifor the auter. The preest schal take an handful of wheetetried wheete IS. flour, which is spreynd with oile, and al the encense whichthat I. is put on the wheeteOm. I. flour, and he schal brenne it inon K. the auter, in to myndethe mynde K. of swettistswete A pr. m. odoursmell IS. to the Lord. Forsothe Aaron with hise sones schal ete the tother part of wheetetried wheete IS. the wheete K. flour, without sour dow; and he schal eteete this S. in the hooli place of the greet streetporche IS. of the tabernacle. Sotheli herforOm. I. itthe tried flour S. schal not be `diȝt with sour dowmaad sour I., for a part therof is offrid in to encense of the Lord; it schal be hooli `of the noumbreOm. I. of holi thingisthing K., asas offringe S. for synne and forOm. IKS. trespas. MalisMen IS. oonli of the kynredekynde F. of Aaron schulen ete it; it is a lawful thing and euerlastynge in ȝoure generaciouns, ofto prestis for to vse of S. the sacrificesacrifices B. of the Lord; ech man that touchith thotho thingis IS. hem N. schal be halewydhalewyd bifore IS.. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, This is the offryng of Aaron, and of hise sones, which thei owen offreto offre IS. to the Lord in the day of herhis A pr. m. et plures. anoyntyngIn Ebru it is, in the day in whiche he an|oyntide him. GQX.; thei schulen of|fre the tenthe part of ephi of wheetetried IS. flour, inin to K. euerlastynge sacrifice, the myd|dishalff IO sec. m. S. therof in the morewtid, and the myd|dis halff IO sec. m. S. therof in the euentid; whichthe which I. schal be spreynt with oile in thea IO sup. ras. S. friyng panne, and schalit schal IO sup. ras. S. be fried. Sotheli the preest whichthe which I. is successour to thehis IS. fadir `bi riȝtOm. IS. schal offre it hoot, in to sweteste odoursmell IS. to the Lord; and al it schal be brent in the auter. For al the sacrifice of preestis schal be wastidbrent I text. S. waastid I. marg. with fier, nether ony man schal ete therof. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Spek thou to Aaron and to hise sones, This is the lawe of sacrifice for synne; it schal be offrid bifor the Lord, in the place where brent sacrifice is of|frid; it is hooli `of the noumbreOm. IKORT sec. m. W. of hooli thingis. The preest that offrith it, schal ete it in the hooli place, in the greet streetporche IS. of the tabernacle. What euer thing schal touche the fleischisfleish IS. therof, itOm. S. schal be halewid; if a cloth is bispreyntbe spreint LS. ofwith IS. the blood therof, it schal be waischun in the hooli place. Sotheli the erthun vessel, in which it is sodun, schal be brokun; that if the vessel is of bras, it schal be scourid, and `schal beOm. IS. waischun within L. wa|tir. Ech male of preestisthe preestis I. kyn schal ete of the fleischisfleishe IS. therof; for it is hooli `of the noumbreOm. I. of hooli thingis. Sotheli the sacrifice which is slayn for synne, whos blood is borun in to the tabernacle of wit|nessyng to clense in the seyntuarie, schal not be etun, but it schal be brent in fier. And this is the lawe of sacrifice for tres|pas; it is hooli `of the noumbreOm. I. of hooli thingis. Therfor where brent sacrifice is offrid, also the sacrifice for trespas schal be slayn; the blood therof schal be sched bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the auter. Thei schulen offre the tail therof, and the fatnesse that hilith the entrailis, the twei litle reynes, and the fatnesse whichthat IS. is bisidis iliounthe ilioun IS., and the calle of the mawe, with the litle reynes. And the preest schal brenne tho onin IS. the auter; it is encense of the Lord, for trespas. Ech male of theOm. K. preestis kynkynde S. schal ete these fleischis in the hooli place, for it is hooli `of the noumbreOm. I. of hooli thingis. AsOm. A pr. m. DEFGKLMNOPWX. aOm. BCQRT. sacrifice isthat is K. offrid for synnewilful synne S., so and for trespasignoraunt trespas S., o lawe schal be of euer eithir sacrifice; it schal perteyne to the preest, that offrith it. The preest that offrith the beeste of brent sa|crifice, schal haue the skyn therof. And ech sacrifice of wheetetried IS. flour, whichthat IS. is bakun in an ouene, and what euer is maad redi in a gridile, ethir in a friyng panne, it schal be thatthat IS. preestis, of whom it is offrid, whether it is spreynt with oile, ethirother L. isOm. IS. dryedried N.. To alle theOm. B. sones of Aa|ron euene mesure schal be departyd, `to echbi alle EFLNPX. bi ech oon IS. bi eche K. Om. GQ. `bi hem silfto hem silf K. Om. S. hem silf X sec. m.the S..

 CAP. VII.

This is the lawe of `the sacrifice ofOm. EFGNPQST pr. m. X. the oost of I. pe|siblethe pesible G. thingis, whichthe which I. is offrid to the Lord. If the offryng is for doyngthe doyng plures. of thankyngisthanking S., thei schulen offre looues without sour dow spreynt with oile, andan A. `therf looues sodun in watirthinne therff kakis IS., that ben anoyntid with oile; and thei schulen offre wheetetried IS. flour bakun, and thinnelitle rounde IS. looueslooues ether cakis BCGKNQ. spreynt togidere with theOm. IS. medlyng of oile. Also thei schulen offre `looues diȝt with sour dowsoure looues I., with the sacrifice of thankyngisthanking S. whichthe which I. is offrid for pesible thingis; of whichethe whiche I.In Ebru it is, of alle. GQX. o loof schal be offrid to the Lord for the firstecheef IS. fruytis, and it schal be theOm. S. preestis that schal schedeheelde I. the blood of the sacrifice, whose fleischisfleishe I. schulen be etun in the same dai, nether ony thing of tho schal dwelle tiltil to W. to IS. the morewtid. If a man offrith a sacrifice bi a vow, ethir bi fre wille, it schal be etun inbi I. lijk maner in the same dai; but also if ony thing dwellith `in tovnto M. theOm. CL. mo|rew, it is leueful to ete it; sotheli fier schal waaste, whateuer thing the thridde day schal fynde. If ony man etith in the thridde dai of the fleischisfleishe IO sup. ras. S. of sacrifice of pesible thingis, his offryng schal be maad voide, nethir it schal profite to the offerere; but rather whateuer soulesoule, that is, man BCGKNQ. man IS. defoulith hym silf with suche mete, he schal be gilti of `brekyng of the lawethe lawe brekyng IS.. FleischFleisch, that is, onely the fleish of pesyble sacrifice CGNQX. The fleisch I. Tho fleisch S. that touchith ony vnclene thing, schalthat schal I pr. m. S. not be etun, but it schal be brent biwith I. fier; he that is clene, schal ete it. A pollutidpollutid, ether foulid B. p. eithir defoulid CNQX. p. that is, def. P. defoulid IS. soulesoule, that is, man BCK. man IS., that etith of the fleischisfleishe IS. of the sa|crifice of pesible thingis, which is offrid to the Lord, schal perische fro hise puplis. And he that touchith vnclennessethe vnclennesse IS. of man, ether of beeste, ether of alle thing that may defouledefoule man S., and etithhe that etith IS. of suche fleischisfleishe IS., schal perische fro hise puplis. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, Ȝe schulen not ete the ynnere fatnesse of a scheep, of an oxe, and of a geet; ȝe schulen haue in to dyuerse vsis the ynnere fatnesse of a car|keis deed by it silf, and of that beeste whichthat IS. is takuntakun or slayn S. of a rauenus beeste. If ony man etith the ynnere fatnesse, that owith to be offrid in to encense ofto IS. the Lord, he schal perische fro his puple. Also ȝe schulen not take in mete the blood of ony beeste, as wel of briddis as of beestis; ech man that etith blood schal perische fro his puplis. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, He that offrith a sacrifice of pe|sible thingis to the Lord, offreoffre he IS. to gidere also a sacrifice, that is, fletyngethe fletynge IS. offryngis therof. He schal holde in thehis IS. hondis the ynnere fatnesse of the sacrifice, and the brest; and whanne he hath halewid bothebothe thees I. offrid to the Lord, he schal ȝyuetake hem IS. to the preest, whichthe which I. the which prest S. schal brenne the ynnere fatnesse onvpon S. the auter; sotheli the brest schal be Aarons and hise sones; and the riȝt schuldur of the sacrifices of pesible thingis schal turnefalle IS. in to the firstecheef IS. fruytis of the preest. He that of Aarons sones offrith the blood, and the ynnere fatnessefatnesses C., schal haue also the riȝt schuldur in his porcioun. For Y haue take fro the sones of Israel the brest of reisyng, and the schuldur of departyng, of theher IS. pesible sa|crifices `of hemOm. IS., and Y haue ȝoue totho to I. these to S. Aa|ron the preest and to hise sones, bi euer|lastynge lawe, of al the puple of Israel. This is the anoyntyngoyntyng plures. anoyntyng of offryng S.the oynting, that is, the offring in the day of her oynting. Lire here. CQX. of Aaron, and ofOm. plures. hise sones, in the cerymonyes of the Lord, in the dai where ynne Moises of|fride hem that thei schulden be set in preesthod, and whichethe whiche I. thingis the Lord comaundide to be ȝouun to hem of the sones of Israel, bi euerlastynge religioun in her generaciouns. This is the lawe of brent sacrifice, and of sacrifice for synne, and for trespas, and for halewynghalewyng ether sacring BQ., and for the sacrificessacrifice F. of pesible thingis; which lawe the Lord ordeynede to Moises in the hil of Synay, whanne he comaundide to the sones of Israel that thei schulden offre her offryngis to the Lord, in the deseert of Synay.

 CAP. VIII.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Take thou Aaron with hise sones, `the clothes of hemher clothis IS., and the oile of anoynt|yng, a calf for synne, tweiand twei IS. rammes, a panyerebaskett IS. with therflooues; and thou schalt gederegedere togidre IS. al the cumpanye to the dore of the tabernacle. Moises dide as the Lord co|maundide; and whanne al the company was gaderid bifor the ȝatis of the taber|nacle, heMoises IS. seide, This is the word whichthat I. the Lord comaundid to be don. And anoon Moiseshe I. offrideoffride or presentide to prestis office S. Aaron and hise sones; and whanne he hadde waischun hem, he clothideclothide Aaron IS. the bischop with a lynnun schirteschirte or an aube S., `and girdideand girde X. girdinge S. `the bischophim IS. with a girdil, and clothidehe clothide IS. withhim with IKS. a coote of iacynt, and `puttide the cloth on the schuldris aboue, which cloth on the schuldrishe putte aboue a coope that I. he putte aboue a coop whiche coop S. he boond with a girdillace IS., and `dresside toioynede ther to IS. the ra|cionalbreest broche S., wherynne doctryn and truthe was. And Moises hilide theAaron S. heed with a my|tre, and `settide theronne, aȝens the forhedvp on the mytre about the frount he putte IS. settide aȝens the for|heed O., the goldun plate halewidsacrid IS. in halewyngthe halewyng IS., as the Lord comaundide to hym. HeAnd he K. Moises S. took also the oile of anoyntyng, with whichthe which I. he anoyntide the tabernacle with al his pur|tenaunce; and whanne he hadde halewid and haddeOm. I. spreynt the auter seuen sithes, he anoyntide it, and halewidehe hale|wide IS. with oile alle the vessels therof, and the `greet waisch|yng vessellauatorie IS. with his foundementfoot IS.. WhichThe which I. oile he schedde onvpon IS. `the heed of AaronAarons heed IS., and anoyntideoyntide plures. hym, and halewide. And heMoyses I. his sones offrid or presentid Moises S. clothideclothide him K. with lynnun cootis, andand he IS. girdidegirde hem I. girdide him S. with girdilsa girdel K. `his sones offridhis sones that weren offrid I. Om. K sec. m. S., and settidehe sette IS. onher heedis S. mytris, as the Lord comaundide. He offeride also a calf for synne; and whanne Aaron and hise sones hadden put her hondis on `that calfthe heed of that calf A sec. m. I. that calf heed S., hetakynge the blood he I. takynge the bl. therof he S. offride it, and drow up blood; andOm. IS. whanne the fyngur was dippiddippid in the blood ther off I. dippid in bl. therof S., he touchide the corneris of the auter bi cumpas; whanne the auter was clensid and halewid, heMoises IS. scheddehelde I. the `residue bloodblood that was left I. lafte blood S. at the `foundement therofauteris foot I. auter foot S.. Sotheli he brent on the auter the ynnere fatnesse that was on the entrails, and the calle of the mawe, and the twei litle reynes with her litle fatnessis; and he brente without the castelstentis IS. the calf, with the skyn, fleischisand fleischis A pr. m. the fleishe IS., and dungthe dung IS., as the Lord co|maundide. HeAnd he IS. offride alsoOm. I. a ram in toOm. S. brent sacrifice; and whanne Aaron and hise sones hadden set her hondis onvpon IS. the heed therof, he offride it, and scheddehe helde I. he shedde S. the blood therof bi theOm. IL. cumpas of the auter. And he kittide thilkethat K. ram in to gobetis, and brentehe brente IS. with fier the heed therof, and membristhe membris IS., and ynnerethe ynnere IS. fatnesse, whanne the entrails and feetthe feet IS. weren waischun bi|fore; and he brente al the ram to gidere onvpon S. the auter, for it was the brent sacri|fice of swettiste odoursmell IS. to the Lord, as the Lord comaundide to hym. HeMoyses IS. offride also the secounde ram, in to the halewyng of preestis; and Aaron and hise sones put|tiden her hondis onvpon IS. the heed therof. And whanne Moises hadde offrid thethat cet. omn. ram, he took of theOm. S. blood, and touchidetouchide therwith IS. the laste part of the riȝt eere of Aaron, and the thombe of his riȝt hond, inand in IS. lijk maner andOm. IS. of thehis IS. foot. HeMoises S. offride also `the sones of Aaron. And whanne he hadde touchidAaron sones S. of the bloodblood that was offrid I. offrid blood S. of the ram offridOm. IS. the laste parteende IS. of `the riȝt eeris of allealle her riȝt eeris IS. the riȝt eere of alle B sec. m., and `the thombis of the riȝtthe thombe of the riȝt BC. her riȝt thumbis of IS. hond and foot, heand he A pr. m. scheddehelde I. the `tothir bloodblood that was left I. laft blood S. onvpon IS. the auter bi cumpas. Sotheli he departide the ynnere fatnesse, and the taile, and al the fatnesse that hilith the entrails, and the calle of the mawe, and the twey reynes with her fat|nessis and with the riȝt schuldur. For|sothe heMoyses IS. took of the panyerebasket IS. ofwith IS. therf looues, that was bifor the Lord, looues without sour dow, and a cake spreynt with oile, and he puttide looues first sodun in watir and aftirwardaftir S. fried in oile onvpon IS. the ynnere fatnessefatnessis B., and theOm. plures. on the S. riȝt schuldur; and bitookhe bitook IS. alle thingisthees thingis IS. to gidere to Aa|ron, and to hise sones. And aftir that thei `reisiden thohad arerid thees thingis IS. bifore the Lord, efteft sone I. `he brente tho takun of her hondis, onhe took hem of her hondis and brente hem vpon I. these thinges taken of her hondis Moises brent hem vpon S. the au|ter of brent sacrifice, for it was the offryng of halewyng, in to the odoursmell IS. of swetnesse of sacrifice `into his partOm. A sec. m. to the Lord. HeMoyses IS. took also the brest of the ram of consecra|ciounhalewyng IS. in to his part, and reisidehe rerid IS. it bifor the Lord, as the Lord comaundide to hym. And he took the oynement, and bloodthe blood IS. that was inon L. the auter, and `spreynte onhe spreynte hem vpon IS. Aaron, and hiseon hise S. clothis, and onvpon IS. `the sones of hymhis sones IS., and on her clothis. And whanne heMoises S. hadde halewid hem in her clothing, he comaundide to hem, and seide, Sethe ȝe fleischisthe fleishe I. fleshe S. bifor the `ȝatis of the tabernacletabernacle ȝatis IS., and there ete ȝe thoit I.; also ete ȝe the looues of halewyng, that ben put in the panyerebaskett IS., as God comaundide to me, `and seideseiyng K., Aa|ron and hise sones schulen ete thothilke I. looues; sotheli whateuer thing is residueleft ILS. of the fleisch and loouesof the looues IS., fier schal wastewaste it IS.. Also ȝe schulen not go out of the dore of the tabernacle in seuene daies, til to the day in which the tyme of ȝoure halewyng schal be fillidfulfillid IS.; for the halewyng is endid in seuene dayes, as it is doondoon now I. in presentthis present IS. tyme, that the riȝtfulnesseriȝtfulnesse, ether du ordre BNQX. of sacrificethe sacrifice IS. were fillidfulfillid IS.. Ȝe schulen dwelle dai and nyȝt in the tabernacle, and ȝeOm. F. schulen kepe the kepyngis of the Lord, that ȝe die not; for so it is comaundid to me. And Aaron and hise sones diden alle thingis, whiche the Lord spak bi the hond of Moises.

 CAP. IX.

Forsothe whanne the eiȝtitheeiȝte E. viij. S. dai was maadfulfillid S., Moises clepide Aaron, and hise sones, and the grettere men in birthe of Israel; and he seide to Aaron, Takethat is, pur|ueie of thi coostis a calf to be offrid for thi synne. Lire here. KX. that is, purueie of thin owe costis. S. thou of the droue a calf for synne, and a ram `in tofor IS. brent sacrifice, euer either with oute wem, and offre thothou hem I. thou tho S. bifor the Lord. And thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel, Take ȝe a buk of geet for synne, and a calf, and a lomb of o ȝeer and with out wem, in to brent sacrifice, an oxe and a ram for pesible thingis; and offre ȝe thohem I. bifor the Lord, and offre ȝe whetetried IS. flour spreynt with oile in the sacrifice of echech of hem IS.; for to dai the Lord schal appere to ȝou. Therfor thei token alle thingis, whiche Moises comaundide, toat IS. the dore of the tabernacle, where, whanne al the multi|tude stood, Moises seide, This is the word, whichthat I. the Lord comaundide, do ȝeȝe it IS., and his glorie schal appere to ȝou. And Moises seide to Aaron, Neiȝe thou to the auter, and offre thou for thi synne; offre thou brent sacrifice, and preye for thee, and for the puple; and whanne thou hast slayn the sacrifice of the puple, preye thou for hem, as the Lord comaundide. And anoon Aa|ron neiȝede to the auter, and offridehe offride IS. a calf for his synne; whos blood hise sones offridenoffriden or brouȝten S to him, in whichthe which I. blood heAaron IS. dip|pide thehis IS. fyngur, and touchidehe touchide IS. the hornes of the auterthe auter, that is, of brent sacrifice. Lire here. CNQX., and scheddehe helde I. he shedde S. the residueblood that was left I. lefte blood S. at the foundementfoundementis CG. therofof the auter IS.; and he brente onvpon IS. the auter the ynnere fatnesse, and litlethe litle IS. reynes, and the calle of the mawe, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. Forsothe heAaron IS. brente biwith I. fier without the castelstentis IS. the fleischisfleishe I. and skynthe skyn ISW. therof. And he of|fride the beeste of brent sacrifice, and hise sones offridenbrouȝten IKLOQRSTX. to hym the blood therof, which he schedde bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the auter; thei offriden also thilkethat K. sacrifice kit in to gobetis, with the heed, and alle membristhe membris CIS.; and he brente bi fier alle these thingis onvpon IS. the auter, whanne the entrailis and feetthe feet S. weren waischunwasched L. bifor with wa|tir. And he offride and killide a buk of geet, for the synne of the puple; and whanne the auter was clensid, he made brent sacrifice, and addidehe addide IS. in to the sacri|fice fletynge offryngis that ben offrid to|gidere; and he brente tho on the auter, without cerymonyesthe cerymonyes IS. of brent sacrificesacrifices K. of the morewtid. He offride also an oxe, and a ram, pesible sacrificessacrifice C. of the puple; and hise sones offriden to hym the blood, whichthe which I. he scheddehelde I. bi theOm. I. cumpas of the auter. Forsothe thei puttiden onvpon IS. the brestisbrestis of these beestis S. the ynnere fatnesse of the oxe, and the tail of the ram, and the litle reynes with her fat|nessis, and the calle of the mawe. And whanne the ynnere fatnessis weren brent invp on IS. the auter, Aaron departide the brestis, and the riȝt schuldris of thohem I., and reisidereiside hem IS. bifor the Lord, as Moises comaundide. And he streiȝte forth hondishis hondis IKS. to the puple, and blesside it; and so whanne the sacri|ficessacrifice B. for synne, and brent sacrificessacrifice C., and pesible sacrifices, weren fillidfulfillid IS., heAaron IS. cam doundoun fro the place of sacrifying S.. Sotheli Moyses and Aaron entriden in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, andand they IS. ȝeden outdoun W. aftirward, and blessiden the pu|ple; and the glorie of the Lord apperide to al the multitude. And loso S.! fier ȝede out fro the Lord, and deuouride the brent sacrifice, and the ynnere fatnesses that weren onvpon IS. the auter; and whanne the cum|panyes hadden seyn this thing, thei preis|eden the Lord, `and felden onfallinge doun vpon IS. her faces.

 CAP. X.

And whanne Nadab and Abyu, the sones of Aaron, hadden take censeristhe censeris IS., theiand W. put|tidenputtiden yn I. puttiden into hem S. fier and encense aboue, and offridenthei offriden IS. biforto IS. the Lord alien fier, whichthe which IK. thingfier K. was not comaundid to hem. And fier ȝede out fro the Lord, and deuouridedeuouride, that is, killide hem S.deuouride hem, that is, killide hem, for nether her bo|dies, nether her clothis weren wastid, and so it semeth that thei weren sauyd. Lire here. CGOQX. hem, and thei weren deed bifor the Lord. And Moises seide to Aaron, This thing it is whichthat IS. the Lord spak, Y schal be halewid in hem that neiȝen to meme vnwarly S., and Y schal be glorified in theOm. S. siȝt of al the puple; whichthe which I. thing Aaron herde, and was stille. So|theli whanne Moises hadde clepid Mysael and Elisaphan, the sones of Oziel, brotherthe brothir IS. of Aaron's fadir, heclepid he B. seide to hem, Go ȝe, and taketaketh IS. awey ȝoure britheren fro theOm. IS. siȝt of seyntuariethe seyntuarie I., and bere ȝeȝe hem IS. out of the castelstentis IS.. And anoon thei ȝeden, and token hem, as thei laien clothid with lynnun cootis, and castidenthei threwen hem IS. outhem out K., as it was co|maundid to hem. And Moises spak to Aaron, and to Eliasar and Ithamar, the sones of Aaron, Nyle ȝe make nakidmake nakid, etc. in Ebreu it it, ȝe schulen not encreesse ȝoure heedis, that is, suffringe the heeris wexe ouer comyn maner, as he|then diden in deth of frendis. Lire here. BC GQX. ȝoure heedisheedis, teeringe off ȝoure heer IS., and nyle ȝe reendeto rente IS. clothisȝoure clothes IKS., lest perauenture ȝe diendien bi veniaunce S., and indigna|ciounindignacioun of God IS. rise onvpon IS. al the cumpany; ȝoure britheren and all the hows of Israel by|weilebiweile thei S. the brennyng whichthat IS. the Lord reisidehath reiside vp IS.. But ȝe schulen not go out of the ȝatis of the tabernacle, ellis ȝe schulen perische; for the oile of hoolithe hooli C. anoyntyng is on ȝou. Whichethe whiche I. diden alle thingis bi the comaundementheest IS. of Moises. Also the Lord seide to Aaron, Thou and thi sones schulen not drynke wyn, and al thing that may make drunkun, whanne ȝe schulen entre in to the tabernacle of witnessing, lest ȝe dien; for it is euerlastynge co|maundementheest IS. in to ȝoure generaciouns, that ȝe haue kunnyng to make doom by|twixe hooli thing and vnhooli, bitwixe pollutiddefoulid IS. thing and cleene; and that ȝe teche the sones of Israel alle my lawful thingis, whiche the Lord spak to hem bi the hond of Moyses. And Moises spak to Aaron, and to Eliazar and Ythamar, hise sones, that weren residueleft alyue IS. left L., Take ȝe the sacrifice that lefte of the offryng of the Lord, and ete ȝe it with out sour dow, bi|sidis the auter, for it is hooli `of the noum|breOm. IRT sec. m. of hooli thingis. Sotheli ȝe schulen ete in the hooli place that that is ȝouun to thee and to thi sones, of the offryngis of the Lord, as itOm. S. is comaundid to me Also thou, and thi sones, and thi douȝtris with thee, schulen ete in the clenneste place the brest whichthat IS. is offrid, and the schuldur which is departid; for tho ben kept to thee and to thi fre sones, of the heelful sacrifices of the sones of Israel; for thei reiseden bifor the Lord the schuldur and brestthe brest IS., and the ynnere fatnessis that ben brent in the auter; and perteynen thothei N. to thee, and to thi sones, bi euer|lastynge lawe, as the Lord comaundide. Among these thingis whanne Moises souȝte the `buk of geetgeet bucke IS. buk W. that was offrid for synne, he foond it brent, and he was wrooth aȝens Eliazar and Ythamar, `the sones of AaronAarons sones IS. that weren leftleft alyue IS.. And he seide, Whi eten not ȝe the sacrifice for synne in the hooli place, whichthe which I. sacrifice is hooli `of the noum|breOm. I. of hooli thingis, and isit is IS. ȝouun to ȝou, that ȝe bere the wickydnesse of the multi|tude, and preye for it in the siȝt of the Lord; moost sithen of the blood therof is not borun yn with ynne hooli thingis, and ȝe ouȝten eteto ete ISW. it in the seyntuarie, as it is comaundid to me? And Aaron answeride, Sacrifice for synne, and brent sacrifice is offrid to dai bifor the Lord; sotheli thisthis thing IS. that thou seest, bifelde to me; how myȝte Y ete itOm. IS., ether plese God in cerymonyes with soreuful soule? And whanne Moises hadde herd this, he resseyuede satisfac|ciounsatisfaccioun or couenable answere S..

 CAP. XI.

And the Lord spak to Moises and Aa|ron, and seide, Seie ȝe to the sones of Is|rael, Kepe ȝe alle thingis whiche Y wroothaue write I. to ȝou, that Y be ȝoure God. These ben the beestis, whiche ȝe schulen ete, of alle lyuyngethe lyuynge FS. beestis of erthe; ȝe schulen ete `al thingalle thingis S. among beestis that hathhan I. athe IS. clee departid, and chewith codethe code IS. quede L.; sotheli what euer thingbeest IS. chewith code, and hath a clee, but departithit departith IS. not it, as a camel and othere beestis doonOm. I., ȝe schulen not ete it, and ȝe schulen aretteacounte it IS. arette it K. among vnclene thingis. A cirogrillecirogrille, ether a conyng N. C. or a cony S.A cirogrille, that is, a beeste ful of thornes, and more than an irchoun. BC KQX. In Ebru it is a cony. GQX., whichthat IS. chewith code, and departith not the clee, is vn|clene; and an hare, for also heit IS. chewith codethe code S., butand F. departithit de|partith IS. not the clee; and a swiyn, that chewith not codethe code IS., thouȝ heit IS. departith the clee. Ȝe schulen not ete the fleischisfleishe I. of thesethese beestis IS., nether ȝe schulen touche theher IS. deed bodies, for tho ben vnclene to ȝou. Also these thingis benit ben I. that ben gendrid in watris, and is leueful to ete; ȝe schulen ete al thingthingis IS. that hathhan S. fynnes and scalis, as wel in the see, as in floodisfreshe floodis S. and stondynge watris; sotheli what euer thingthingis S. of thohem I. that ben moued and lyuenlyueth W. in watris, hath not fynnes and scalis, schal be abhominable, and wlatsumas acursid IS. to ȝou; ȝeand ȝe IS. schulen not ete the fleischisfleishe I. of tho, and ȝe schulen eschewe theher IS. bodies deed bi hem silf. Alle thingis inbeyng in IS. watris that han not fynnes and scalis, schulen be pollutid, These thingis ben of foulis whichethe whiche I. ȝe schulen not ete, and schulen be eschewid of ȝou; an egle, and aOm. plures. grippe, alietealiete, that is, a kynde of egle. BCGKNQX.an aliete IS., and a kyte, and a vultur by his kynde; and al ofthe GIQS. `rauyns kynderauenous kynde BDFKLMNOWX. kynde of rauens IS. bi his licnesse; a strucioun, anda C. and a IS. nyȝt crowe, a larelare or a coot S., andOm. F. an hauke bi his kinde; an owle, and dip|perea dippere IS., and ibisibis, that is, a ciconye, that etith paddokis and serpentis. BCGKNQX. ibis, that is, an vn|clene watir foule, that with his bille put|tynge water into his ers, purgith him|silf. S.; a swan and cormoraunta cormoraunt DGIS., and a pellican; a fawcun, a iay bi his kynde; a leepwynke, and a reremowsreremous ether a backe BGKNQX. r. or a backe S.. Al thing of foulis that goith on foure feet, schal be abhomynable to ȝou; sotheli what euer thing goith on foure feet, but hathit hath IS. lengere hipisthies IS. bihynde, bi whiche it skippith onvpon IS. the erthe, ȝe schulen ete; as is a brukea bruke is the fruyt of locuste, bifor that it hath wyngis. BCGKQSX. in his kynde, and acatusacatus, that is, fruyt of lo|cust, whanne it bigynneth to haue wyngis. BCGKQSX., and opymacusopymacus, that is, a beeste that fiȝtith with serpentis. BCGK QX. opymacus, that is, a foule that is enemye to serpentis. S., andOm. C. a locuste, allealle locustus S. bi her kynde. Forsothe what euer thingthingis C. of briddis haththat hath S. foure feet oneli, it schal be abhomy|nableas cursid IS. to ȝou; and who euer touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be defoulidpollutid B., and `schal beOm. IS. vnclene `til tovnto IS. euentidthe euentid KS.; and if it is nede, that he bere ony deed thing of these, he schal waische his clothis, and he schal be vnclene til to the goyng doun of the sunne. Sotheli ech beeste that hath a clee, but departithhe departith I. not it, nether chew|ith code, schal be vnclene; and what euer thing touchith it, schal be defoulid. That that goith onvpon IS. hondis, of alle beestis that gon onvpon IS. foure feet, schal be vnclene; he, that touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be defoulid `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid; and he, that berith siche deed bodies, schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be vnclene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid; for alle these thingis ben vn|clene to ȝou. Also these thingis schulen be arettidacountid IS. among defoulidfoule DGQRT. thingis, of thesethese thingis I. that ben moued onin plures. erthe; a we|sele, andand a IKLSW. Om. L. mows, and a cocodrillea cocodrille, that is, a beeste of iiij. feet, that hath nailes and teeth, and [hau|ynge the nether cheke vnmou|able, and he s.] restith on the lond bi day, and in water bi nyȝt BCGKQSX. In Ebru it is an urchun. GQX., `alle bi hereche aftir his IS. kyndekyndes W.; mygala mygal I. an amygal S.mygal, ether a glotenouse mows. BCGKQX. an amygal, that is, a tre|cherous born beest, and a gileful and most gloterouse mous. S., cameliona camelion S.camelion, that is, a beeste dyuersid in dy|uerse colours. BCGKQX. a ca|melion, that is, a beest diuersid in to dyuerse colours after dyuerse lok|yngis. S., and stelliostellio, that is, a worm that hath many briȝt iemmes in the bak. BCGKQX. stellio, that is, a worme peyntid as with sterris. S., and lacertaa lacerta S.lacerta, that is, a serpent that hath many schuldris as hondis. BCGQ SX., andOm. G. a maldewerp. Alle these ben vnclene; he that touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be vn|clene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid; and that thing schal be defoulid, onvpon IS. which ony thing of her bodies deed bi hem silf fallith, as wel a vessel of tree, and a cloth, asof F. skynnes `and heirisor pilchis either heeren schertis IS. and of heiris W.; and in what euer thing werk is maad, it schal be dippid in watir, and thoOm. I. thingis schulen be defoulid `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid, and so aftirward thothei I. schulen be clensid. Sotheli aof RT sup. ras. of a o pr. m. W. vessel ofin EILNOPQRTWX. erthe, in which ony thing of these fallith with ynne, schal be defoulid, and therfor it schal be brokun. Ech mete, whichthat I. ȝe schulen ete, schal be vnclene, if waterwatir of sich a vessel I. W. of an vnclene vessel. S.watir, that is, vnclene watir. B. watir, that is, conteyned in a vessel, wherynne vn|clene thing bi|forseid felde. CGKQX. is schedhelde out IS. thereonthervpon S.; and ech fletynge thing, whichthat IS. is drunkun of echsich a I. siche vnclene S. vessel, `where ynne vnclene thingisOm. IS. bifeldenfelden BCW sec. m. Om. IS., schal be vnclene; and what euer thing of siche deed bodies bi hem silf felde theronneschal falle vpon IS., it schal be vnclene, whether furneisisfurneys FG., ethiror EILPS. ves|selschetelis S. ofstondynge vpon IS. thre feet, thothei IS. schulen be destried, and schulentho schulen F. be vnclene. Sotheli wellis and cisternes, and al theOm. B. congregacioungederingis togidre IS. of watris, schal be clenevnclene A pr. m.. He that touch|ith her bodi deed bi ithem K. silf, schal be de|foulid. If it fallith onvpon IS. seed, it schal not defoule the seed; sotheli if ony man schedithscheddith out IS. seed with watir, and aftirward the watir is touchid with deed bodies biof S. hem silf, it schal be defoulid anoon. If a beeste is deed, whichbi it selff the which I. bi it self which S. it is leueful to ȝou tofor to I. ete, he that touchith the deed bodi therof schal be vnclene `til tovnto the I. til to the S. euentid; and he that etith therof ony thing, ethir berithberith it I. berith therof S., schalhe schal S. waische his clothis, and schalhe schal S. be vnclene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. Al thing that crepith onvpon IS. erthe, schal be abhomy|nable, nether schalit schal I. be takunOm. I. takun of ȝou S. in to mete. `What euerand whateuer W. thing goith onvpon IS. the brest and foureon foure IS. feet, and hath many feet, ethir drawunis drawun IS. bi the erthe, ȝe schulen not eteete it I., for it is abhomynableabhom. to ete S.. Nyle ȝe defoule ȝoure soulis, nether touche ȝe ony thing of thohem I., lest ȝe ben vnclene; for Y am ȝoure Lord God; be ȝe hooli, for Y am hooli. Defoule ȝe not ȝoure soulis in ech crep|ynge `beeste whichthing that IS. is mouedOm. S. onvpon IS. erthe; for Y am the Lord, that ladde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt, that Y schulde be to ȝou in to God; ȝe schulen be hooli, for Y am hooli. This is the lawe of lyuynge beestes, and of foulis, and of ech lyuynge soulething plures. whichthat IS. is moued in watir, and crepith in erthe; that ȝe knowe differencesthe differences IS. of clene thing and vnclene, and that ȝe wite what ȝe schulen ete, and what ȝe owen forsaketo forsake IS..

 CAP. XII.

And the Lord spak to Moises, `and seideseiynge S., Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, IfOm. S. a womman, whanne sche hath resseyued seed, childithand childith S. a knaue child, sche schal be vnclene bi seuene daies bi the daies ofof hir S. departyngdepartyng awey I. of corruptco|ruptible IS. blood, that rennethrenneth fro hir S. bi monethisthe monethis C.; and the ȝong child schal be circumsidid in the eiȝtithe daiOm. CF pr. m. ELNP.. Sotheli sche schal dwelle thre and thretti daies invnclene in S. the blood of hir purifiyng; sche schal not touchein that tyme touche IS. ony hooli thing, nethir sche schal entre in to the seyntuarie, tilvnto I. to S. the daies of herOm. L. clensing be fillidfulfillid IS.. Sotheli if sche childith a fe|male, sche schal be vnclene twei woukis, bi theOm. IS. custom of flowynghir flowyng IS. of vnclenethe vn|clene IS. blood, and `thre scoor and sixesixe ten A pr. m. sixe and fourti B. sixe and sixti IKMNWX. daies scheOm. S. schal dwelle in the blood of her clensyng. And whanne the daies of hir clensyng, for a sone, etheror BELP. for a douȝtir, ben fillidfulfillid IS., sche schal brynge a lomb of o ȝeer in toto be slayn in to S. brent sacrifice, and a `bryd of a culuerculuer brid IS., ethir a turtle, for synnehir synne IS., to the dore of the taber|nacle of witnessyng; and sche schal ȝyueȝyue this IS. to the preest, whichthe which I. schal offre tho bifor the Lord, and schalhe schal IKS. preye for hir, and soOm. IS. sche schal be clensid fro the flowyng of hir blood. This is the lawe of a wom|man childyngethat childith IS. aOm. IS. maleknaue child K., ethiror EILPS. aOm. IS. female. That if hir hond fyndithfynde IS. notnot, that is, hir power is not S., nethir maysche may IS. offre a lomb, sche schal take twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culueresculuer briddis IS., oon in to brent sacrifice, and the tothertothir to the prestis part for to preie S. for synnehir synne S.; and the preest schal preye for hir, and so sche schal be clensid.

 CAP. XIII.

The Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, and seide, A man in whos skyn and fleisch rysith dyuerse colour, ether whelke, ethir as `sum schynynge thingony thing schynynge I. eny shynynge soor thing S., that is, a wounde of lepre, he schal be brouȝt to Aaron preestthe prest IS., ether to oon `who euerof ony IS. of hise sones; and whanne he seeth leprethe lepre IKS. inor meselrie in S. the skyn, and the heerisheer IS. chaungide in to whijte colour, and that spicethe spice IS. of lepre lowereis lowere IS. than the totherother IS. skyn and fleischthe fleisch IS., it is athanne a S. wounde of lepre, and he schal be departid at the `doom of the preestpreestis doom IS.. So|theli if schynyngthe schynyng IS. whijtnesse isthat is IS. in the skyn, nethir is lower than the tother fleisch, and the heeris ben of the formere colour, the preest schal close hym seuene daiesdaies fro other men S.; and schalthe preest schal IS. biholde hym in the seuenthe dai, and sotheli if the lepre wexithwexe IS. not ferther, nethir passith the formere termes in the fleisch, eft the preest schalOm. I. close hym aȝen seuenebi seuene B. other daies; and schalhe schal IKS. biholdebiholde him IKS. inOm. K. the seuenthe day, if the lepre isis thanne I. derkerederk IS., and wexith not in the fleisch, the preest schal clense hymthe prest schal clense him, that is, schal deme him [to be IS.] cleene. BCGIKL PQSX., for it is a scabbe; and the man schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be clene. That if the lepre wexith eft, aftir that he is seynthus seyn S. of the preest, and isbi the prestis dome is S. ȝoldun to clennesse, he schal be brouȝtbrouȝt aȝen IS. to the preest, and schalhe schal IKS. be demed ofto be of S. vnclennesse. If the wounde of lepre is in mana man IS., he schal be brouȝt to the preest, and he schal se the man; and whanne whijt colour is in the fleisch, and chaungithit chaungith IS. the siȝtsiȝt or former colour S. of heerischaungith the siȝt of heeris, that is, the formere kyndly colour. BCGKQX., and thilkethat K. fleisch apperith quykquyk or wexinge S., it schal be demid eldestthe eldest IS. lepre, and growun to the skyn; therfor the preest schal defoule hymdefoule him, that is, deme him [to be IS] foul. BCGIKLNPQSX., and hethe preest IS. schal not closeclose him S. eft, for it is of opyn vnclennesse. But if leprethe lepre IS. rennynge about in the skyn `flourith outfl. either wexith IS., and hilith al the fleisch, fro the heed til to the feet, what euer thing fallithfallith to be knowen IS. vndur theOm. S. siȝt of iȝen; the preest schal biholde hym, and schalhe schal IS. deme `that he ishim to be IS. holdun with clennestethe clenneste IS. lepre, for all the skyn is turned in to whijt|nesse, and therfor the man schal be cleene. Sotheli whanne quyk fleisch apperith in hym, thanneOm. S. he schal be defoulid bi theOm. I. doom of the preest, and he schal be arettidacountid IS. among vncleene men; for quyk fleisch is vnclene, if it is spreynt with lepre. That if the fleisch is turned eft in to whijtnesse, and hilith al the man, the preest schal bi|holde hym, and schal deme, that he is cleene. Fleischthe fleisch IS. and skynthe skyn IS., in which a botche is bred, and is heelid, and `a step of woundethe place of the bocche or a fell sore I. the p. of the b. felle sore S. apperith whijt, ethir `sum deelOm. IKS. reed, `in the place of the botcheOm. IS., the man schal be brouȝt to the preest; and whanne the preest seeth the place of leprethe lepre S. lowere than the totherother IS. fleisch, and the heeris turned in to whijtnesse, the preest schal defoule hymhym bi dome S.that is, aeme him foul. K.; for the wounde of lepre is bred in the botche. That if the heer is of the former colour, and the signe of woundethe wounde IS. is sumdeel derk, and is not lowere than the `nyȝ fleischtother fleisch F pr. m. G. fleisch bisidis IS., the preest schal close the man seuene daies; and so|theli, if ithis sore S. wexith, the preest schal deme the man ofto be IS. lepre; forsothe if it stondith in histhe IS. place, it is aOm. IS. signe of botchea botche IS., and the man schal be cleene. Fleischthe fleisch IS. and skynthe skyn IS., which theOm. IKOS. fier hath brent, and is heelid, and hath a whijt ethir reed `signe of woundetokene of sorenesse IS., the preest schal biholde it, and lo! if it is turned in to whijtnesse, and the place therof is lowere than the tothir skyn, the preest schal defoule the man, for a wounde of lepre is bred in the `signe of woundetokene of the soor IS.. That if theOm. S. colour of heeris is not chaungid, nether the woundesorenesse IS. is lowere than the totherother IS. fleisch, and thilkethe ilke I. that K. spice of lepre is sumdeel derk, the preest schal close the man biOm. plures. seuene daies; and in the seuenthe dai he schal biholdebiholde him IS.; if the lepre wexith in the fleisch, the preest schal defoule the man; ellis if the whijtnesse stondith in his place, and is not cleer ynow, it is a woundesoornesse IS. of bren|nyng, and therfor the man schal be clensid, for it is a signe of brennyng. A man ethiror EILP. wommana womman plures., in whos heed etheror EILP. beerd leprethe lepre I. buriounneth, the preest schal se hem; and if the place is lowere than the tothir fleisch, and the heer is whijt, `and isOm. IS. sotilereOm. IS. smallere KO., `ether smallereOm. KO., than itOm. L. is wont, the preest schal defoule hem, for it is lepre of the heed, and of the beerd. Ellis if heOm. O. seeth the place of wemthe wem F. the soor IS. euene with the nyȝtother IS. fleisch, andand he IS. seethOm. F. theOm. L. here blak, the preest schal close hem biOm. IS. seuene daies, and schalhe schal IS. sese hem IS. in the seuenthe dai; if the wem waxith not, and the heer is of his colour, and the place of woundethe soor IS. is euene with the tother fleisch, the man schal be schauun, without the place of wemthe wem I., and he schal be closid eft biOm. plures. seuene othere daies. If in the seuenthe day the woundesoor|nesse IS. is seyn to haueOm. IS. stonde in his place, nether isit is I. lowere than the tother fleisch, the preest schal clense the man; and whanne his clothis ben waischun, he schal be cleene. EllisOm. K. if aftir the clensyng a spotte wexith eft in the skyn, the preest schal no more enquere, whether the heer is chaungid in to whijt colour, for apeertli he is vncleene. Sotheli if the spotte stondithstondith stille IS., and the heeris ben blake, knoweknowe thanne S. the preest that the man is heelid, andOm. S. tristili `pronounce heschewe he opynly IS. the man cleeneto be clene IS.. A man ethiror ELP ut passim. aOm. L. womman, in whos skyn whijtnesse apper|ith, the preest schal biholde hem; if he perseyueth, that whijtnesse `sum deel derk schynethappeerith IS. is O. in the skynskyn sumdele derk S., wite he, that it is no lepre, but a spotte of whijt colour, and that the man is cleene. A man of whos heed heeristhe heeris IS. fleten awei, ishe is IS. caluballid IS., and clene; and if heeristhe heeris I. fallen fro the forheed, he is ballid, and isOm. IS. cleene; ellis if in the ballidnesse bifore, ether in the ballidnesse bihynde, whijt ether reed colour is bredsprungun vp IS., and the preest seeth this, he schal con|dempne the man without doute of lepre, whichthat IS. is bred in the ballidnesse. Ther|for whoeuer is defoulid with lepre, and is departiddepartid fro other men S. at the doom of the preest, he schal haue hise clothis vnsewid, bareheedand his heed baar IS. bareheeded X., theand his IS. mouth hilid with a cloth, he schal crye hym silf defoulid, and viyl; in al tymethe tyme IS. inOm. GIS. whichthat IS. he is lepreleprouse B. and vnclene, he schal dwelle aloone without the castelstentis IS.. A wollun cloth, ethir lynnun, that hath lepre in the warp, ethir oofin the oof IS., ethir certis a skynpilche IS., ether what euer thing is maadmakid F. of skiyn, if it is corrupt with a whijt spotte, ethir reed, it schal be arettidholde IS. lepre, and it schal be schewid to the preest; whichthe which I. schalschal biholde and A sec. m. BC sec. m. whanne he hath biholden schal I. W. he hath b. he schal S. close itit vp I. biholdenOm. A sec. m. C sec. m. IS. biOm. I. seuene daies. And eft he schal biholdebiholde it IS. in the seuenthe dai, and if he perseyueth, that itthe lepre therinne S. wexidehath woxen IS., it schal bebe demed IS. contynuelcontinuel ether abydinge BX. lepre; he schal deme thethat IS. cloth defoulid, and al thing in which it is foundun; and therfor the cloth schal be brent inwith IS. flawmesflawmes of fijr IS.. Thatand IS. if hethe preest IS. seeth that the spotte wexidehath woxen IS. not, he schal comaundecomaunde to hem that open the cloth S., and thei schulen waische that thing wherynnein whiche IS. the lepre is, and hethe preest IS. schal close it aȝen biOm. IS. seuene othere daies; and whanne he seeth the formere facelickenesse IS. not turnedchaungid IS. aȝen, netheles that nether the le|pre wexedehath woxen IS., he schal deme that thing vn|clene, and he schal brenne itOm. plures. in fier, for leprethe lepre I. is sched in the ouer part of thethat IS. cloth, ether thorouȝthorouȝ it IS. al. Ellis if the `place of leprelepre place S. is derkere, aftir that the cloth is waischun, he schal breke awey that placederk place S., and schalhe schal IS. departedeparte it IS. fro the hool. That if fleynge lepre and vnstidefast apperith fer|thermore in these places, that weren vn|wemmed bifore, it owith beto be IS. brent in fier; if it ceessith, he schal waische the secounde tyme tho thingis that ben cleene, and thothei IS. schulen be cleene. This is the lawe of le|pre of clotha cloth S., wollun and lynnun, of warp and ofOm. W. oof, and of al purtenauncethe purtenaunce IO pr. m. S. of skiynthe skyn I., hou it owith to be clensyd, ethir `to beOm. IS. defoulid.

 CAP. XIV.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, This is the custom of a leprouse man, whanne he schal be clensid. He schal be brouȝt to the preest, whichthe which I. preest schal go out of the castelstentis IS., and whanne he schal fynde that the lepre is clensid, he schal comaunde to the man whichthat IS. is clensid, that he offre for hym silf twei quyke spa|rewis, whiche itOm. IS. is leueful to ete, and a `tree of cedre cedre tree I. cedre wood S., and vermylyounvermyloun, that is, a reed threed. BCEGL NOPQX., and isope. And the preest schal comaundecomaunde him S. that oon of the sparewes be offrid in `a vessel of erthe, onan eerthen vessel vpon IS. quyke watris; sotheli hethe preest IS. schal dippe the tother sparewe quyk with the `tre of cedrecedre tree I. cedre wode S., and with athe IS. reed threed and ysope, in the blood of the spa|rewe offrid, with which hethe preest IS. schal sprenge seuensithis hym that schal be clensid, that he be purgid riȝtfuli; and hethe preest IS. schal de|lyuere the quyk sparewe, that ithe I. fle in to the feeld. And whanne the man hath waische hise clothis, he schal schaue alle the heeris of thehis IS. bodi, and he schal be waischun in watir, and he schal be clensid, and he schal entre in to the castelstentis aȝen IS.; so oneli that he dwelle without his tabernacle bi seuene daies; and that in the seuenthe dai he schaue the heeris of the heed, and thehis IS. beerd, and brewishis browis IS., and the heeris of al thehis S. bodi. And whanne thehis IS. clothis and bodihis bodi IS. ben waischun, eft in the eiȝetithe dai he schal take twei lambren without wem, and a scheep of o ȝeer without wem, and thre dymesdymes ether thre tenthe partis BCGQ. d. ether tenthe partis NO. d. or thre tenthe partis LP. d. either ten partis S. ten partis I. thre ten partis X. of wheetetried IS. flour, in to sacri|fice, whichthe which I. that shal S. behe ABDEGQRT. spreyntespreyng N. with oile, and bi it silf a sextariesextarie ether a pynte BGIQSX. sext. that is, a pynte C. sext. or a pynte LP. of oyle. And whanne the preest, that purgith the man, hath set hymthe man IS. and alle hisethese CDEGIKLMN OPSWX. thingis bifor the Lord, in the dore of the tabernacle of witness|yng, hethe man IS. schal take athe IS. lomb, and schalhe schal IS. offre it for trespashis trespas IS., and schalhe schal IKS. offre the sextariepynt IS. of oyle; and whanne alle thingisthees thingis IS. ben offrid bifor the Lord, he schal offre the lomb, where the sacrifice for synne and the brent sacrifice is wont to be of|frid, that is, in the hooli place; for as for synne so and for trespas the offryng per|teyneth to the preest; it is hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis. And the preest schal take of the blood of sacrificethe sacrifice IS. whichthat IS. is offrid for trespas, and schalhe schal IS. putteputte that blood vp IS. on the laste part of thehis IS. riȝt eere `of hymOm. IS. whichthat IS. is clensid, and onvpon IS. the thumbis of thehis IS. riȝt hond and foot. And he schal putte of the sextariepynt IS. of oyle in to his left hond, and hethe preest IS. schal dippe thehis IS. riȝt fyngur therynne, and schalhe schal IS. spryngesprynge it IS. seuensithis bifor the Lord. Sotheli hethe preest IS. schal schedeheelde I. that that is residueleft ILS. of the oile in the left hond, onvpon IS. the lastelefte IS. part of thehis IS. riȝt eere `of hymOm. IS. whichthat IS. is clensid, and onvpon IS. theOm. A. thombis of thehis IS. riȝt hond and foot, and onvpon IS. the blood whichthat IS. is sched for trespas, and on thehis IS. heed `of hymOm. IS.. And the preest schal preye for hym bifor the Lord, and schalthe preest shal IS. makesle the IS. sacrifice for synne; thanne hethe preest IS. schal offre brentthe brent IS. sacrifice, and schalhe schal IS. putte it in the auter with hise flet|ynge sacrifices, and the man schal be clensid riȝtfuli. That if he is pore, and his hoond may not fyndefor povert fynde S. tho thingis that ben seid, he schal take for trespashis trespas IS. a lomb to offryng, that the preest preie for him, and the tenthe part of wheetetried IS. flour spreynt togidire with oile in to sacrifice, andOm. S. a sextariepiynt IS. of oile, and twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culuerisculuer briddis IS., of whiche oon beshal be S. for synne, and the tothir in to brent sacrifice; and he schal offre tho in the eiȝtthe dai of his clensyng to the preest, at the dore of tabernaclethe taber|nacle CDEFGIKORSWX. of witnessyng bifor the Lord. And the preest schal take the lomb foroffrid for IS. trespas, and the sextariepynte IS. of oile, and schalhe schal IS. reiserere hem vp IS. togidere; and whanne the lomb is offrid, hethe preest IS. schal putte of the blood therof onvpon IS. the laste part of thehis IS. riȝt eere `of hymOm. IS. that is clensid, and onvpon IS. the thumbis of his riȝt hond and foot. Sotheli the preest putte the part of oile in to hishis owne IS. left hond, in which he schal dippe the fyn|gur of thehis IS. riȝt hond, and schalhe schal IS. sprynge seuensithesit sevensithes IS. aȝens the Lord; and the preest schal touche the laste part of thehis IS. riȝt eere `of hymOm. IS. that is clensid, and the thombethombes BC sec. m. of thehis IS. riȝt hond and foot, in the place of blood whichthat IS. is sched out for trespas. So|theli hethe preest IS. schal putte the tother part of oile, whichthat IS. is in thehis I. Om. S. left hond, onvpon IS. the `heed of the man clensidheed of the man that is clensid I. clensid mannes heed S., that he plese the Lord for hym. And he schal offre a turtle, ethiror EILPS. aOm. B. culuer brid, oon for trespas, and the tothir in to brent sacrifice, with her fletynge offryngis. This is the sacrifice of a leprouse man, that may not haue alle thingisthees thingis IS. in to theOm. I. clensyng of hym silf. And the Lord spak to Moises and Aaron, and seide, Whanne ȝe han entrid in to the lond of Canaan, which londOm. IS. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou in to possessioun, if the wounde of lepre is in theOm. plures. housis, he schal go, whos the hous is, `and schal telleOm. IS. to the preest, and schalhe schal IS. seie, It semeth to me, that asas it were S. aOm. I. wound of lepre is in myn hous. And the preest schal comaundecomaunde hem S., `that theito IS. bere out of the hous alle thingis bifore that he entre in to it, `and me sethat he mai see ELP. to be seen I. and be sien S. wherewhether IS. it be le|pre, lest alle thingis that ben in the hows, be maad vnclene; and the preest schal en|tre aftirward, that he se the lepre of the hows. And whanne he seeth in the wallis therof as litle valeiscreueysis S. `foule bidefoulid with IS. palenesse, ethir biwith IS. reednesse, and lowere than the tother hiȝereouer BC sec. m. part, he schal go out at the dore of thethat S. hows, and anoon he schal close itOm. I. bi seuene daies. And he schal turne aȝen in the seuenthe day, and schalhe schal IS. se it; if he fyndith that the lepre en|creessidehath encreesid IS., he schal comaunde that the stoonys be cast out, in whyche the lepre is, and that tho stonys be cast out of the citee inin to IS. an vncleene place. Sotheli he schal comaunde that thilkethat K. hows be rasid with ynne bi cumpas, and that the dust of the rasyng be spreynt without the citee, in an vnclene place, and that othere stoonys be put aȝen for these, that ben takun awey, and that the hows be daubid with othir morter. But if aftir that the stoonus ben takun awey, and the dust is borun out, and othere erthe isOm. S. daubid, the preest entrith, and seeth the lepre turned aȝen, and the wallis spreynt with spottis, the lepre isis thanne IS. stidfastly dwellynge, and the hows is vnclene; whichthe which I. hows thei schu|len destrye anoon, and thei schulen caste out of the citee, ininto o sup. ras. S. an vnclene place, the stoonys therof, and the trees, and al the dust. HeOm. F. that entrith in to thethat IS. hous, whanne it is schit, schal be vnclene `til tovnto IS. euentidthe euentid IKS., and he that slepith and etith ony thing therynne, schalhe schal S. waische hise clothis. That if the preest entrith, and seeth that the lepre encreesside not in the hows, aftir that it was daubid the secounde tyme, hethe preest IS. schal clense it; for heelthe is ȝoldunȝoldun therto IS.. And into IS. the clensyng therof hethe preest IS. schal take twey sparewis, and `a tre of cedrecedre tre I. wood of cedre CS., and `a reed threedvermiloun IS., and isope. And whanne o sparewe is offrid in a ves|sel of erthe, on quyk watris, hethe preest IS. schal take the `tre of cedrecedre tre I. cedrewood S., and ysope, and reedthe reed IS. threed, and the quyk sparewe, and he schal dippedippe or weete S. allealle thees IS. thingis in the blood of the sparewe offridoffrid or slayn S., and in lyuyngethe quyk IS. wa|tris; and he schal sprynge the hows seuen sithis; and he schal clense it as wel in theOm. IS. blood of the sparewe as in lyuyngethe lyuynge S. watris, and in the quyk sparewe, and in the `tre of cedrecedre tre I. cedre wood S., and inOm. EPW. ysopethe ysope IS., and `reed threedthe reed silk I. the fyer reed silk S.. And whanne he hath leftlate IO sup. ras. S. the sparewe toOm. IO sup. ras. S. flefle awey IO sup. ras. S. in to the feeld frely, hethe preest IO sup. ras. S. schal preye for the hows, and it schal be clensid riȝtfuli. This is theOm. Q. lawe of ala BDEGQRT. lepre, and of smytyng, of lepre of clothis, and of housis, of syngnethe sygne IS. of wounde, and of litle whelkis brekynge out, of spotte schynynge, and in colours chaungid in to dyuerse spicesspices or kyndes S. spottis X., that it may be wist, what is cleene, etheror EILP. uncleene.

 CAP. XV.

And the Lord spak to Moises and Aa|ron, `and seideseiynge S., Speke ȝe to the sones of Israel, and seie ȝe to hem, A man that suffrith the rennyng out of seed, schal be vncleene; and thanne heOm. S. schal be demed to be suget to this vice, whanne bi alle momentis foul vmour `ethir moystureOm. plures. cleueth to his fleisch, and growith togidere. Ech bed in which he slepith schalthat schal IS. be vn|cleene, and where euer he sittith. If ony manof men A pr. m. ELPQRTW. touchith his bed, he schal waische his clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. euen|tidthe euentid K.. If a man sittith where he satt, also thilkethat I. man schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IO sup. ras. S. be vnclene `til tovnto the IO sup. ras. S. til to the K. euentid. He that touch|ith hise fleischisfleishe I., schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. If sich a man castith out spetyngspotil IS. onvpon IS. hym that is cleene, he schal waische his clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. The sadil onOm. IS. whichthat I. he sittithsittith vpon IS., schal be vncleene; and ech man that touchith what euer thing is vndur hym that suffrith the fletyng out of seed, schal be defoulid `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. He that berith ony of these thingis, schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. Ech man, whom he that is such touchith with hondis not waischun bifore, schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. `A vessel of erthean eerthen vessel IS. the vessel of erthe K. whichthat IS. he touchith, schal be brokun; but a `vessel of tretreen vessel IS. schal be waischun in wa|tir. If he that suffrith sich a passioun, is heelid, he schal noumbre seuene daies aftir his clensyng, and whanne thehis I. clothis and al `the bodithei G. his bodi IS. ben waischun in lyuyngerennynge BCDKMORT sup. ras. W. watris, he schal be clene. Forsothe in the eiȝtthe dai he schal take twei turtlis, ethiror EILPS. twei `briddis of a culuercul|uer briddis IS., and he schal come ininto IS. the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt IS. at the dore of tabernaclethe tabernacle BEFGIKMOS. of witnessyng, and schalhe schal IS. ȝyue tho to the preest; and the preest schal makemake or offre S. oonoon of hem S. for synnethe mannes synne S., and the tother in to brent sacrifice; and the preest schal preye for hym bifor the Lord, that he be clensid fro the fletyng out of his seed. A man fro whom the seed of letcherie, `ethir of fleischliOm. M. couplyngknowyng IS. Om. M., goith out, schalhe schal IS. waische in watir al his bodi, and he schal be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. He schal waische in watir the cloth `and skynskyn or pilche S. whichthat IS. he hathhath vside that tyme S., and it schal be unclene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euen|tid. Thea IS. womman with which he `is cou|plidgoth togedre S. fleischli, schal be waischun in watir, and schalsche schal IKS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. A womman that suffrith the fletyngflowyng IS. out of blood, whanne the moneth cometh aȝen, schalsche schal IS. be departid bi seuene daies; ech man that touchith hir schal be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid, and the place in which sche slepith ether sittith in the daies of hir departyng, schalit schal I. be defoulid. He that touchith her bed, schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. Who euer touchith ony vesselvessel or thing S. onvpon S. whichthat I. sche sittith, he schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IKSW. be defoulidvncleene B pr. m. DGIS. `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. If a man is couplid fleischli with hir in the tyme of blood that rennethcometh IS. bifro hir bi S. monethis, he schal be vncleene bi seuene daies, and ech bed in which he slepith schal be de|foulidvnclene IS.. A womman that suffrith in many daies the `fletyng outflowyng IS. of blood, notnot onely IS. in the tyme of monethis, ethir whichthat IS. womman ceessiththat ceessith IS. not to fleteshede S. out blood aftir the bloodflowyng out of blood IS. ofbi IS. monethis, schalsche shal IS. be vncleene as longe as sche `schal beis IS. suget to this pas|sioun, as ifOm. IS. sche is inȝif sche be in IS. theOm. IS. tyme of monethisthe monethis IS.. Ech bed in which sche slep|ith, and `vessel in whichwhat euer thing IS. sche sittithsittith vpon IS., schal be defoulidvnclene IS.. Who euer touchith hir schal waische his clothis, and he schal be waischun in watir, and schalhe schal IKS. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. If thehir IS. blood stondith, and ceessith to fleteflowe IS. out, sche schal noumbre seuene daies of hir clensyng, and in the eiȝtthe dai sche schal offre for hir silf to the preest twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culuerisculuer briddis IS., at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and the preest schal makeoffre IS. oon for synnehir synne IS., and the tothir in to brent sacrifice; and the preest schal preye for hir bifor the Lord, and for the fletyngflowyng IS. out of hir vnclennesse. Therfor ȝe schulen teche the sones of Israel, that thei eschewe vnclennessis, and that thei die not for her filthis, whanne thei defoulen my tabernacle whichthat IS. is among hem. This is the lawe of hym that suffrith fletyngthe fletyng plures. the flowyng IS. out of seed, and whichthat IS. is defoulid with fleischly cou|plyng, andand also IS. of athe IS. womman whichthat IS. is de|partid in the tymestyme IS. of monethis, ethir whichthat IS. flowith out in contynuel blood, and of the man that slepith with hir.

 CAP. XVI.

And the Lord spak to Moises, aftir the deeth of the twei sones of Aaron, whanne thei offriden alien fier, and weren slayn, and comaundidethe Lord comaundide IS. to hymMoyses IS., and seide, Speke thou to Aaron, thi brother, that he entre not inOm. IS. al tyme in to the seyntuarie, whichthat IS. is with ynne the veil bifor the propicia|toriepropiciatorie or Goddis answerynge place S., biwith IS. which the arke is hilid, that he die not; for Y schal appere in a cloude onvpon IS. Goddisthe heuenly S. answeryng place; `no butbut if K. he do these thingis biforethat ben seid bifore IS.. He schal offer a calf for synne, and a ram in to brent sa|crifice; he schal be clothid within L. a lynnun cootecloth IS., he schal hide thehis S. schamefast mem|bris with pryuyOm. S. lynnun clothisbrechis IS.; he schal be gird with a lynnun girdil, he schal putte a lynnun mytre on his heed; for these clothis ben hooli, with whichehem IS. alle he schal be clothid, whanne he is waischun. And he schal take of al the multitude of the sones of Israel twei kidis for synne, and oa IS. ram in to brent sacrifice; and whanne he offrithhe offrith, that is, disposith to offre BCGNQ. a calf, and preiethether purueieth G.and preieth, in Ebreu it is, and clensith, that is, ordeyn|eth to clense. CGQ. for hymhym|self plures., and for his hows, he schal make twei `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS. to stonde bifor the Lord, in the dore of the tabernacle of wit|nessyng; and heAaron IS. schal sendeputte W. caste plures. `onlot vpon IS. euer eithireither side D., o lota lot on euer eithir A. oo lot on euer either MT sec. m. too lott to IS. the Lorddore GQ., and another lotOm. IS. to the goot that schal be sent out. Whos lot goith out to the Lord, hehe that owith that geet S. schal offreoffre or sle S. it for synne; sotheli whos lot goith out in to gootthe goot IKMSWX. that schal be sent out, hehe that owith him S. schal setteoffre S. hym quyk bifor the Lord, that he sende preyers `on hymvp on his offryng IS., and sende hymthat goot IS. out in to wildirnesse. Whanne these thingisOm. Q. ben doon riȝtfuli, he schal offre the calf, and `he schal preyepreiynge IS. for hym silf, and for his hows, andhe I. and he KSW. schal offre thethat IS. calf. And whanne he hath take thea Q. cen|seer, whichthat IS. he hath fillid ofwith IS. theOm. IS. coolis of the auter, and `he hath take intakynge with his IS. hond the `swete smellynge spicery maadmaad encense with dyuers spices IS. into encenseencensyng IS., he schal entre oueraboue IS. the veil in to theOm. plures. hooli thingisplace IS.; that whanne swete smellynge spiceries ben put onvpon IS. the fier, the cloudecloude of hem IS. and `vapour of thoher breeth IS. hile Goddis answeryng placeanswering place, that is, the propiciatorie BCQN., whichthat IS. is onvpon IS. the wit|nessyngwhich is on the witnessing, that is, on the ark with the tablis of lawe. BCGNQ., and heAaron IS. die not. Also heAaron IS. schal take of the `blood of the calfcalues blood IS., and he schal sprenge seuensithis with thehis IS. fyngur aȝens `the propiciatorieGoddis answeringe place IS., `to the eesteestwarde I. to eestwarde S.. And whanne heAaron IS. hath slayn the `buk of geetgoot bucke IS., foroffrid for S. synne of the puple, he schal brynge in the blood therof with ynne the veil, as it is comaundid of the `blood of the calfcalues blood IS., that he spryngesprynge it IS. euene aȝens Goddis an|sweryng place, and he schal clense the seyntuarie fro vnclennessisvnclennes S. of the sones of Israel, and fro her trespassyngis, and allealle her IS. synnes. Bi this custom heAaron IS. schal do in the tabernacle of witnessyng, whichthat IS. is set among hem, in theOm. IS. myddis of partisthe partis IS.of partis, in Ebreu it is, of filthis. CGQ. of theher IS. abitacioun `of hemOm. IS.. No man be in the tabernacle, whanne the bischop schal entre in to the seyntuarie, that he preye for hym silf, and for his hows, and for al the cumpeny of Israel, tiltil that IS. he go out of the tabernacle. Sotheli whanne he hath go out to the auter whichthat IS. is bifor the Lord, preye hehe thanne IS. for hym silf, and schedeheelde I. he on the hornescorners I. h. or corners S. therof, bi cumpas, the blood `that isOm. BC. takun of the calf, and of the `buk of geetgoot bukke IS.; and sprynge heOm. L. he it IS. seuensithis with thehis IS. fyngur, and clense he, and ha|lewehalowe he BF pr. m. the autir fro vnclennessis of the sones of Israel. Aftir that he hath clensid the seyntuarie, and tabernaclethe tabernacle IS., and auterthe auter IS., thanne offre he the lyuynge `buc of geetgoot bucke IS.; and whanne euerhis euer IS. eithir hond is setput IS. onvpon S. the heed therof, knowleche the preest alle the wickidnessis of the sones of Israel, and alle theher IS. trespassis and synnes `of hemOm. IS., whichewhiche synnus IS. the preest schal wischewaiȝsshe KLO sup. ras. waishe X. wische or wolne S. to the heedgoot heed S. therofOm. S., and schalhe schal IS. sende hymthe goot IS. out in to deseert bi a man maad rediredi therto S.. And whanne the `buc of geetgoot bucke IS. hath bore alle theher IS. wickidnessis `of hemOm. IS. in to aOm. IS. deseert lond, and ishe is IS. left `in deseertthere IS., Aaron schal turn aȝen in to the tabernacle of witness|yng; and whanne the clothis ben put offro him S., in whiche he was clothid bifore, whanne he entrid in to the seyntuarie of God, and bentho clothis ben S. left there, he schal waische his fleisch in the hooli place, and he schal be clothid in his owen clothis, and aftir that he hath go out, and hath offrid the brent sacrifice of hym silf, and of the puple, he schal preye as wel for hym silf, as for the puple; and heAaron IS. schal brenne onvpon IS. the auter the in|nere fatnesse whichthat IS. is offrid for synne. Sotheli he that leet go the `buk of geetgoot bucke IS. able to be sent out, schal waische hise clothis and bodihis bodi IS. with water, and so he schal entre in to the castelstentis IS.. Forsothe thei schulen bere out of the castelstentis IS. the calf and `buk of geetthe goot bucke IS., that weren offrid for synne, and whos blood was brouȝt in to the seyntuarie, that the clensyng were fillidfulfillid IS.; and thei schulen brenne biin I. fier as well the skynnys, as the fleischisfleishe I. and dung of thotho beestis IS.. And who euer brennethschal brenne IS. tho, schalhe schal I. waische hise clothis and fleisch in watir, and so he schal entre in to the castelstentis IS.. And this schal be to ȝou a lawful thing euerlastynge; in the seuenthe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, ȝe schu|len turment ȝoure soulis, and ȝe schulen not do ony werk, nethir aOm. B. man borun in the lond, nether a comelyng whichthat IS. is a pilgrym among ȝou. The delyueryng fro synne, and the clensyng of ȝou schal be in this dai, ȝe schulen be clensid bifore the Lord fro alle ȝoure synnes; for it is sabatthe sabat IO sup. ras. S. of restyng, and ȝe schulen turment ȝoure soulis bi euerlastynge religiounreligioun in this saboth IS.. Sotheli the preest schal clenseout clense S., whichthe which I. first himself that S. is anoyntid, and whos hondis ben halewid, that he be set in preesthod for his fadir; and hethat prest S. schal be clothid in a lynnun stoole, and in hooli clothis, and he schal clense the seyn|tuarie, and the tabernacle of witnessyng, and the auter, and the preestis, and al the puple. And this schal be to ȝou a lawful thing euerlastynge, that ȝe preye for the sones of Israel, and for alle theher IS. synnes `of hemOm. IS., onys in the ȝeer. Therfor heAaron IS. dide, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

 CAP. XVII.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron, and to hise sones, and to alle the sones of Israel, and seie thou to hem, This is the word whichthat IS. the Lord comaundide, and seide, Ech man of the hows of Israel schal be gilti of bloodblood or gret synne I. grete synne S., if he sleethslee IS. an oxeif he sleeth, etc. bi the ma|ner of sacrifice. Lire here. CG NQ., etheror EILPS. a scheep, ethir a geet in the castelstentis IS., ethir out of the cas|telstentis IS., and offrith not an offryng to the Lord at the dore of the tabernacletabernacle of witness|ing W.; asas if plures. he schedde mannus blood, so he schal perische fro the myddis of his puple. Therfor the sones of Israel owen to offre her sacrifices to the preest, whiche thei sleen in the feeld, that tho be halewid to the Lord, bifor the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, and that thei offre thothilke I. pesible sacrifices to the Lord. And the preest schal schedeheelde out IS. schede out S. the blood onvpon IS. the auter of the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and hethe preest IS. schal brenne the ynnere fatnesse in to odoursmellyng IS. of swetnesse to the Lord. And theifolkis IS. schulen no more offre her sacrifices to fendis, with whiche thei diden fornyca|ciounfornycacioun, that is, idolatrie BCGINQS.; it schal be a lawful thing euer|lastynge to hem, and to theher IS. aftircomerisaftercummer S. `of hemOm. IS.. And thou schalt seie to hem, A man of the hows of Israel, and of the comelyngiscome|lyngis, that is, conuertid to the lawe of Jewis BCGOQ. that ben pilgryms among ȝou, that offrith a brent sacrifice, ethir a slayn sacrifice, and bryngith it not to the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, that it be offrid to the Lord, schalhe schal IS. perische fro his puple. If ony man of the sones of Is|rael, and of comelyngisthe comelyngis IS. that ben pilgryms among ȝou, etith bloodIn Ebreu it is, eny blood. X., Y schal sette fastefirst DEFGI KLMNOPQRTWX. my face aȝens `the soule of hymhis soule IS., and Y schal leese hym fro his puple; for the lijf of fleisch is in bloodthe blood I., and Y ȝaf that blood to ȝouȝou for ȝoure soulis S., that ȝe clense onther with vpon I. hem therwith vpon S. myn auter `for ȝoure soulisOm. S., and that the blood bebe sprengid IS. for theOm. IS. synne of soulethe soule IS.. Therfor Y seide to the sones of Israel, Ech lyuynge man of ȝou schal not ete blood, nethir of theony of the IS. comelyngis that ben pilgryms amonganentis B. ȝou. What euer man of the sones of Israel, andor I. of the comelyngis that ben pilgryms anentis ȝou, takith a wielde beeste, ethir a brid, whiche it is leueful to ete, whetherwher G. bi huntyng, whetheror G. bi haukyng, schedeheelde he I. schede he plures. theout the IS. blood therof, and hilehile he IS. it with erthe; for the lijf of echOm. L. fleisch is in bloodthe blood I.. Wherfor Y seide to the sones of Israel, Ȝe schulen not ete the blood of ony fleisch, for the lijf of fleisch is in bloodthe blood IL., and who euer etith blood, schal perische. A man that etith a thing deeddeed, this is vndirstondun of beestis grauntid to mete. Lire here. CGQX. bi it silf, ethir takun of aOm. L. beeste, as wel of men borun inof S. the lond, as of comelyngis, he schal waische hise clothis and hym silf in watir, and he schal be `defoulid til tovnclene vnto IS. euentidthe euentid K.; and by this ordre he schal be maad cleene; that if he waischithweishe IS. not his clothis, etherneither IS. or ELP ut pass. his bodi, he schal bere his wickidnesse.

 CAP. XVIII.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Y am ȝoure Lord God; ȝe schulen not do by the custom of the lond of Egipt, in which ȝe dwelliden; ȝe schulen not do bi the custom of the cun|treilonde IS. of Canaan, `to whichinto the which I. Y schal brynge ȝou ynOm. I. in to S., nethir ȝe schulen go in the law|ful thingis of hemhem that is, in the custum of worschyping BGNQX.. Ȝe schulen do my domes, and ȝe schulen kepe myn heestis, and ȝe schulen go in thothem I.; Y am ȝoure Lord God. Kepe ȝe my lawis and domes, whichethe whiche I. a man `schal do, andthat doith I. schalhe schal S. lyue in tho; Y am ȝoure Lord God. Echa I. man schal not neiȝ to thea I. nyȝnyȝ, onely de|grees of con|sanguinyte ex|pressid in this co. ben forbe|dun in mariage. Lire here. CGK PQX. womman of his blood, that he schewe `the filthe of hirhir filthheed IS.; Y am the Lord. Thou schalt not disky|uere the filthefilthheed IS. of thi fadir and the filthefilthhood IS. of thi modir; sche is thi modir, thou schalt not schewe hir filthefilthheed IS.. Thou schalt not vnhile the filthefilthheed IS. of the wijf of thi fadir, for it is the filthefilthheed IS. of thi fadir. Thou schalt not schewe the filthefilthheed IS. of thi sistir, of fadir `ether ofand W. modir, whichthe which I. sister is gen|dridbigeten I. either gendrid S. at hoomehome, that is, in wedlok GQ. h. in wedlok S. ether without forthforth, that is, out of wedlok GQ. f. out of wedlok IS.at hoome ether withoute, that is, in wedloc, ether out ther|of. BCKLNPX.. Thou schalt not schewe the filthefilthheed IS. of the douȝter of thi sone, ether of neecethi neece IS.neece, that is, the douȝtir of thi douȝtir. BCG IKQS. `of thi douȝterOm. S., for it is thi filthefilthheed IS.. Thou schalt not schewe the filthefilthheed IS. of the douȝter of the wijf of thi fadir, whichthe which I. sche childide to thi fadir, and isit is F. sche is IS. thi sistir. Thou schalt not opene the filthefilthheed IS. of the `sister of thi fadirfadris sistir IS., for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir. Thou schalt not schewe the filthefilthheed IS. of the sistir of thi mo|dir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir. Thou schalt not shewe the filthefilthheed IS. of the brothir of thi fadir, nethir thou schalt neiȝe to his wijf, whichthat I. the which S. is ioyned to thee bi affinyte. Thou schalt not schewe the filthefilth|heed IS. of thi sones wijf, for sche is the wijf of thi sone, nether thou schalt dis|kiuere hir schenschip; and no man take his brotherisbrother IS. wijf. Thou schalt not schewe the filthefilthheed IS. of `the wijf of thi brotherthi brother S. thi brothers wijf W., for it is the filthefiltheheed IS. of thi brothir. Thou schalt not schewe the filthefiltheheed IS. of thi wijfof thi wijf, etc., in Ebrew it is, the filthe of a womman, and of hir douȝ|tir. CQX., and of hir douȝter; thou schalt not take the douȝ|tir of hir sone, and the douȝtir of hir douȝ|ter, that thou schewe hir schenschip; thei ben the fleisch of hir, and siche letcherie is incestincest, that is, leccherie of kynesmen and wymmen BCGKLNPQ. that is, lecherie of hem that ben kynny I marg. incest, of kinsmen or wymmen S.. Thou schalt not take `the sister of thi wijfthi wyues sistre S., in to concubynageleccherie IS.In Ebru it is, to anguish of hire. GQX. of hir, nethir thou schalt schewe `the filthe of hirhir filthheed IS., while thi wijf lyueth ȝit. Thou schalt not neiȝe to a womman that suffrith rennyngthe ren|nyng IS. of blood ofbi cours of I. monethethe monethe I., nethir thou schalt schewe hir filthefiltheheed IS.. Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiȝborethi neiȝboris wijf IS., nether thou schalt be defoulid with med|lyng of seedvnclene seed S.. Thou schalt not ȝyue of thi seed, that it be offrid to the idol Moloch, nether thou schalt defoule the name of thi GodLord God K.; Y am the Lord. Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcheriethe letcherie IS. of wom|mana womman ISW., for it is abhomynacioun. Thou schalt not do letcherie with onya S. beeste, nethir thou schalt be defouliddefoulid in conscience S. with it. A womman schal not ligge vnder a beeste, nether schalit schal I. be medlidmedle I. therwithwith hir I.nether schal be medlid therwith, that is, defoulid bi fleisly knowing therof. BCGQX., for it is greet synne. Be ȝe not defoulid in alle these thingis, in whiche alle `folkis, ether hethen menfolkis of kynde either hethene I. folkis of k. e. h. men S., ben defoulid, whichethe whiche I. folkis Y schal caste out bifor ȝoure siȝt, of whichewhom I. the lond is defoulid, of whichthe which I. lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewevoome or throwe I. vome S. out hise dwellers. Kepe ȝe my lawful thingis and domesmy domes S., that ȝe do notnoon I. not eny S. of alle these abhomynaciouns, as wel a man borun in the lond as a comelyng whichthat IS. is a pilgrym atanentis I. ȝou. For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor ȝou, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defoulidenthei defouliden IS. that lond. Therfor bebeth IS. ȝeOm. plures. war, lest it caste out viliche alsoOm. I. ȝou in lijkthe same I. manere, whanne ȝe hanschul I. do lijksiche I. synnes, as it castidehath cast I. out vileche the folkhethen folk I., that was bifor ȝou. Ech man that doithschal do I. ony thing of these abho|mynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple. Kepe ȝe myn heestis; nyle ȝe do tho thingis, whiche thei that weren bifor ȝou diden, and be ȝe not defoulid in tho; Y am ȝoure Lord God.

 CAP. XIX.

The Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to al the cumpenye of the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Be ȝe hooli, for Y am hooli, ȝoure Lord God. Ech man drede his fadir and his modir. Kepe ȝe my sabatis; Y am ȝoure Lord God. Nyle ȝe be turned to ydols, nether ȝe schulen make to ȝou ȝotun goddis; Y am ȝoure Lord God. If ȝe of|fren a sacrifice of pesible thingis to the Lord, that it be quemefulto him quemeful S., ȝe schulen ete it in that day, in which it is offrid, and in the tother dai; sotheli what euer thing is residueleft EILPS. in toOm. L. the thridde dai, ȝe schulen brennebrenne it IS. in fier. If ony man etith therof aftir twei daes, he schal be vnhooli, and gilti of vnfeithfulnes `ether wickidnesseether of wickidnesse C. Om. DIKN sec. m. RST sec. m.; and he schal bere his wickidnesse, for he defoulide the hooli thing of the Lord, and his soule schal perische fro his puple. Whanne thou schalt repe the fruytis of thi lond, thou schalt not kitte `til tovnto IS. the ground the corncornes ELP. of the lond, nether thou schalt gadere the eeris of cornthe corn BIS. that ben left; nethir in thi vynervyneȝerd IS. thou schalt ga|dere reysynsthe reysyns IS. and greynesthe greynes IS. fallynge doun, but thou schalt leeueleeue hem IS. to be gaderid of pore men and pilgrymsof pilgryms IS.; Y am ȝoure Lord God. Ȝe schulen not do thefte. Ȝe schu|len not lye, and no man disseyue his neiȝ|bour. Thou schalt not forswereforswere thee IS. in my name, nethir thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am theOm. IS. Lord. Thou schalt not make fals chalenge to thi neiȝbore, ne|thir thou schalt oppresse hymOm. S. bi violence. The werkhyre I. of thin hiridwerk I. manman, that is, the hire of his werk BCGNQX. schal not dwelle atwith IS. thee tilvnto IS. til to K. the morewtid. Thou schalt not curse a deef man, nether thou schalt sette an hurtynghurtling W. bifor a blynd man; but thou schalt drede thi Lord God, for Y am theOm. IKO sec. m. S. Lord. Thou schalt not do that, that is wickid, nether thou schalt deme vn|iustli; biholde thou not the persoone of a pore manman, that is, aȝens riȝtfulnesse BCGNQ., nethir onoure thou the face of a myȝti manman, that is, aȝens riȝtfulnesse BCGQX. man, that is, aȝens riȝtwiȝnesse IN. man, aȝens riȝtwisnesse S.; deme thou iustli toof I. thi neiȝbore. Thou schalt not be a sclaun|dereresclaunderere, ether [that is N] a false accuser BCGNQX., nether a priuey bacbitere in the puplispeple S.; thou schalt not stonde aȝens the blood of thi neiȝboreneiȝbore, consentinge to eny wronge S.Thou schalt not stonde a|ȝenus the blood of thi neiȝbore, ioynyng thee with hem that ymagynen the deth of the in|nocent. Lire here. CGQX.; Y am thethi F. Om. KMO sec. m. S. Lord. Thou schalt not hate thi brothir in thin herte, but repreuerepreue thou plures. hym opynlyopynly, that is, by vois schewid out BCNQX., lest thou haue synne on hym. Thou schalt not seke veniaunce, nether thou schalt be myndefulmercyful O. of the wrong of thi cyteseyns; thou schalt loue thi freend as thi silf; Y am theOm. IOS. Lord. Kepe ȝe my lawis. Thou schalt not make thi beestis to gendre with the lyuyngeOm. S. beestis of another kynde. Thou schalt not sowe thea IS. feeld with dyuerse sede. Thou schalt not be clothid in a cloth, whichthat IS. is wouun of twei thingis. If a man slepith with a womman by fleischly knowyng of seed, whichthe which I. womman is an `hand maidehandmaide or boond S., ȝe, a noble womman of kyn, and netheles issche is IS. not aȝenbouȝt biwith I. prijs, nethir re|wardid with fredom, bothebothe thei IS.bothe etc. in Ebrue it is, sche schal be betun. CGQX. schulen be betun, and thei schulen not die, for sche was not fre. Sotheli the man for his tres|pas schal offre a ram to the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng; and the preest schal preye for hym, and for his trespas, bifor the Lord; and the Lord schal be merciful to hym, and the synne schal be forȝouun. Whanne ȝe han entrid in to the lond of biheest, and han plauntid therynne appil trees, ȝe schulen do awei the firste flourisfruytis I.; the applis whiche thothe S. trees bryngen forth, schulen be vncleene to ȝou, nethir ȝe schulen ete of thohem I.. For|sothe in the fourthe ȝeer al the fruyt of tho trees schal be `halewid preisefulhalewid and preisable I. hal. and be preisable S.preiseful, in Ebreu it is, to hem that preysen the Lord. CGQX. to the Lord; forsothe in the fifthe ȝeer ȝe schulen ete fruytisthe fruytis IS., and schulenȝe schulen IS. gadere applis, whiche tho trees bryngen forth; Y am ȝoure Lord God. Ȝe schulen not ete fleisch with blood. Ȝe schulen not make veyn diuynyng, nether ȝe schulen kepe dremes; nether ȝe schulen clippe the heer inOm. IS. round, nether ȝe schulen schaue the beerd; and on deed men ȝe schulen not kittekitte or reise S. ȝoure fleischisfleishe I., nether ȝe schulen make to ȝou ony fyguris, ether markis in ȝoure fleisch; Y am theOm. IS. Lord. Sette thou not thi douȝtir to do leccherie for hire, and the lond betherbi be IS. defoulid, and beOm. IS. fillidfulfillid IS. with synne. Kepe ȝe my sabatislawes S., and drede ȝe my seyntuarie; Y `am theam I. Om. S. Lord. Bowe ȝe not to astronomyers, nether axe ȝe ony thing of fals dyuynours, that ȝe be defoulid bi hem; Y am ȝoure Lord God. Rise thou bifor an hoor heed, and onoure thou the persoone of an eld manan eeld man vndurstonde of him that is eeld in vertues and wisdom. Lire here. CGLNPQX., and drede thou thi Lord GodOm. S.; Y am theOm. S. Lord. If a comelyng enhabitithdwellith IS. in ȝoure lond, and dwellithabidith IS. among ȝou, dispise ȝe not hym, but be he among ȝou as a man borun in the lond; and ȝe schulen loue hym as ȝouȝoure S. silf, for also ȝe weren come|lyngis in the lond of Egipt; Y am ȝoure Lord God. Nyle ȝe do ony wickid thing in doom, in reule, in weiȝte, and in me|sure; the balance be iust, and the weiȝtis be euene, the buschel be iust, and the sex|tariepynt S. be euene; Y am ȝoure Lord God, that ladde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt. Kepe ȝe alle myn heestis, and alle domesmy domes IS., and do ȝe thohem I.; Y am theOm. IS. Lord.

 CAP. XX.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou these thingis to the sones of Israel, If eny man of the sones of Israel, and of the comelyngis that dwellen in Is|rael, ȝyueth of his seed to the ydol Mo|loch, die he bi deeth; the puple of the lond schal stone him. And Y schal sette faste my face aȝens hym, and Y schal kitte awei him fro the myddis of my puple, for he ȝaf of his seed to MolochMoloch, that king or prince of idolis S., and defoul|idehe defoulide I. my seyntuarie, and defoulidemade vnclene IS. myn hooli name. That if the puple of the lond is necgligent, and asOm. IS. litil chargyngechargith I. myn heeste, and suffrith the man that ȝaf of his seed to Moloch, nether woleit wole I. sle hym, Y schal sette my face on that man, and hison his IS. kynrede, and Y schal kitte doun hym, and alle that consentiden to him, that thei schulden do fornycaciounfounycacioun, that is, ydolatrye BCNX. forn. or idolatrie S. withto C. Moloch, fro the myddis of her puple. If a man bowithbowe IS. to astronomyersastronomyens W., and falseto false IS. dy|uynours, and doith fornycacioun with hem, Y schal sette my face aȝens hym, and Y schal sle hym fro the mydis of hys puple. Be ȝe halewid, and be ȝe hooli, for Y am hooli, ȝoure Lord God. Kepe ȝe myn heestis, and do ȝe tho, for Y am the Lord that halewehalewith IS. ȝou. Hetherfore he S. that cursith his fadir, ether modir, diedie he IKS. bi deeth; if a man cursith fadirhis fadir CELP. and modir, his bloodthat is, synne I. marg. blood or synne S. be on hym. If a man doithdo I. leccherie with `the wijf of another mananother mannus wijf IS., and doith auowtrie with `the wijf of his neiȝborehis neiȝbor wif S., bothe auow|terthe auouter SX sec. m. and auowtressethe auou|tresse IS. diedie thei IS. bi deeth. If a man slepithslepe IS. with hys stepdamme, and schewith `the schenschip of his fadirhis faders schenschip IS., botheboth thei IS. die bi deeth; her blood be on hem. If ony man slepith with `his sones wijfthe wijf of his sone I., euer either die, for thei han wrouȝt greet synne; her blood be on hem. If a man slepith with a man, bi letcherie of a wom|man, euer either hath wrouȝt vnleueful thing, die thei bi deeth; her blood be on hem. He that weddith ouer his wijf hir moder, hathhe hath S. wrouȝt greet synne; he schal be brent quyk with hem, and so greet vn|leueful doynge schal not dwelle in the myddis of ȝou. He that doith letcherie with a greet beeste, ethiror with IS. a litil beesteOm. FIMS. diedie he IKS. bi deeth, also sle ȝe the beeste. A womman that liggithlijth EILP. vndur ony beeste, bebe sche IKS. slayn togidere with it; theher IS. blood `of hemOm. IS. be on hem. He that takith his sis|tir `the douȝtir of his fadir, ether the douȝ|ter of his modirhis fadir douȝter or his modir douȝter IS., and seeth hir filthe, and sche seeth the schenschip of thehir IS. brothir, thei han wrouȝt an vnleueful thing, bothe schulen be slayn in the siȝt of her puple; for thei schewiden togidere her filthe, and thei schulen berebere togidere W. her wickidnesse. If a man doith fleischly knowyng with a wom|manIf a man doith fleisli knowing with a womman, etc. that is vndur|stonden of that man that wit|ingly knowith sich a womman, and is conuyct therof in doom, ellis he schal be vnclene in vij. dayes, as in xv. co, bifore. Lire here. CQX. in the fluxflowynge IS. ofof blood in the I. of bl. of the S. monethethat is, while the blood durith that renneth by monethes. BCGQX., and schewithschewith thanne S. hir filthe, and sche openeth the welle of hir blood, bothebothe thei IS. schulen be slayn fro the myddis of her puple. Thou schalt not diskyuere the filthe of thi modris sistir, and of thi fadris sistir; he, that doith this, schal `make nakidopene IS. the schenschip of his fleisch, and bothe schulenthei schulen IS. bere her wickid|nesse. He that doith fleischli knowyng with the wijf of `his fadris brotherthe brother of his fadir., ether of his modris brother, and schewith the filthe of his kyn, bothebothe thei IS. schulen bere her synne, thei schulen die without fre chil|drenwith out fre children, that is, if children be borun of sich wedloc, thei schulen be vnlawful and schulen not be eiris. Austyn and Lire here. CGQX.. He that weddith `the wijf of his brotherhis brotheris wif S., doith an vnleueful thing; he schewide `the filthe of his brotherhis brotheres filth S., he schal be without fre children. Kepe ȝe my lawis and my domes, and do ȝe tho, lest the lond, in to whichthe which I. ȝe schulen entre and dwelledwelle ynne IS., caste out viliche also ȝou. Nyle ȝe go in the lawful thingisthingis, that is, worshipful or manerly thingis S.nyle ȝe go in the lawful thingis of na|ciouns, that is, in worschiping and in the ma|ner of lyuyng of hem. Lire here. CGQX. of naciounsthe naciouns S., whichethe whiche I. Y schal caste out bifor ȝou, for thei diden alle these thingis, and Y hadde abhomyna|cioun of hem. Forsothe Y speke to ȝou, Welde ȝe `the lond of hemher lond IS., whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou in to eritage, thethat IS. lond flow|ynge with mylk and hony; Y am ȝoure Lord God, that departide ȝou fro othere puplis. Therfor also ȝe departe a cleene beeste fro vnclenean vnclene IS., and a cleene brid fro vncleenean vnclene IS., lest ȝe defoule ȝoure soulis in aOm. EIKLPS. beestebeestis S., and in briddis, and in alle thingis that ben moued in erthe, and whichethe whiche I. thingis Y schewide to ȝou to be defoulid. Ȝe schulen be hooli to me, for `Y am the hooli LordY the Lord am holi IS. Y am the Lord X., and Y departide ȝou fro othere puplis, that ȝe schulen be myne. A man ethir aOm. C. womman, in which is an vncleene spirit spekynge in the `wombe, ethirwombe of wicche crafte or IS.`a spi|ritOm. IS. of fals dyuynyngThis is not vndurstondun of wode men in which the wickid spirit spekith with out her procuryng, but of hem that procuren that the deuel speke in hem. Lire here. CGXQ, die theihe I. bi deeth; men schulen oppresse hem biwith I. stoonus; her blood be on hem.

 CAP. XXI.

AndAlso A sec. m. BC. the Lord seide to Moyses, Speke thou to preestis, the sones of Aaron, and thou schalt seie to hem, A preest be not defoulid in the deed men of hise citeseyns, no but oneli in kynesmenhis kynesmen S. and niȝ of blood, that is, on fadir and modir, andOm. S. sone and douȝter, and brother and sister, virgyna virgyn IS., whichthat S. is not weddid to man; but nether he schal be defoulid in the prince of his puple. Preestis schulen not schaue theher IOS. heed, nether beerd, nether thei schulen make keruyngis in her fleischis; thei schulen be hooli to her God, and thei schulen not defoule his name; for thei offren encense of the Lord, and the looues of her God, and therfore thei schulen be hooli. A preest schal not wedde ato IS. wijf a corrupt womman, and a `foul hoorestrumpett IS., nether he schal wedde `hir that isa wom|man IS. for|sakun of thehir IS. hosebonde, for hethe preest IS. is hale|wid to his God, and offrithhe offrith IS. the looues of settyng forthforth to be offrid S.; therfor be hethe preest IS. hooly, for `Y am the hooli LordY the Lord am holi I. Y the L. holi S. that halewithhalewe BCIW. ȝou. If the `doutir of a preestdoutir of the preest I. prestis douȝter S. is takun in de|foulyng of virgynite, and defoulith the name of hir fadir, sche schal be brent in flawmesfijr IS.. The bischop, that is the moost preest among hise britheren, onvpon IS. whose heed the oile of anoyntyng is schedheld I., and whose hondis ben sacrid in preesthod, and he is clothid in hooli clothisthingis A pr. m., schalhe schal IS. not diskyuere his heed, he schal not tere hise clothis, and outirli he schal not entre to ony deed man; and he schal not be de|foulid on his fadir and modir, nether he schal gonot go L. out of hooli thingisplacis IS., lest he defoule the seyntuarie of the Lord, for the oile of hooli anoyntyng of his God is on hym; Y am theOm. IS. Lord. Hea preest IS. schal wedde ato IS. wijf virgyna virgyn IS.; he schal not takewedde W. a widewe, and forsakuna forsakun womman IS., andOm. G. aOm. BC. foul wom|man, and hoorede|foulid strumpett IS., but a dameselevirgyne IS. of his puple; medle he not the generacioun of his kyn to the comyn puple of his folk, for Y am the Lord, that `halewe hymhalewith it I. halewith him S.. And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron; a man of thi seed, bi meynes, that hath a wemwem, that is, a notable foulnesse BCGNQX., schal not offre breed to his God, nethir schalhe schal I. neiȝ to his seruyce; if he is blind; if he is crokid; if he is ether of litila litil IS., ether of greeta greet IS., andor ILS. wronga crokid IS. nose; if he is `of brokun footbroke footid IS., ethir hond; if he hath a botchebotche ether vnmesurable risyng in the brest ether in the bak BCGNQX. botche or a bouge on his bak S.; ether if he is blereiȝed; if he hath whijt colourcolour or a peerle IS. in thehis IS. iȝe, that lettith thehis IS. siȝt; if he hath contynuel scabbe; if he hath a drye scabbe in thehis IS. bodi; ethir `is brokunif he be borsten IS. `in the pryuy membrisin priuy membris I. Om. S.. Ech man of the seed of Aaron preestthe preest IS., whichthat IS. manOm. BIS. hath a wem, schal not neiȝe to offre sacrifices to the Lord, nether `to offreOm. I. looues to his God; netheles he schal ete the looues that ben offrid in the seyntuarie, so oneli that he entre not with ynne the veil; he schal not neiȝe to the auter, for he hath a wem, and he schal not defoule my seyntuarie; Y am theOm. IS. Lord that halewe hem. Therfor Moises spak to Aaron, and to hise sones, and to al Israel, alle thingis that weren comaundid to hym.

 CAP. XXII.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron and to hise sones, that thei be war of these thingis of the sones of Israel, whiche thingisOm. IS. ben ha|lewidhal. that is, offrid BCELNPQX. hal. or offrid S.; and that they defoule not the name of thingisthe thingis IS. halewid to me, whiche thingisOm. IKO sec. m. S. thei offren; Y am theOm. S. Lord. Seie thou to hem, and to the aftir comeris of hem, Ech man of ȝoure kynrede, `which manthat IS. neiȝeth to tho thingis that ben ha|lewid, and whiche thingis the sones of Is|rael offreden to the Lord, in `which manwhom I. is vnclennesse, schalhe schal IS. perische bifor the Lord; Y am theOm. IS. Lord. A man of the seed of Aaron, `which manthat IS. is leprouse, ethir suffrith `fletyng outflowyng IS. of seed, schal not ete of these thingis, that ben halewid to meme or offrid S., til he be heelid. He that touchith an vncleene thing onvpon IS. a deed bodi, and fro whom theOm. IS. seed as of leccherie goith out, and whichthat IS. touchith a crepynge beeste, and what euer vncleene thing, whos touch|yng is foul, schalhe schal I. be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euen|tid, and he schal not ete these thingis, that ben halewid to me; but whanne he hath waische his fleisch in watir, and the sunne hath go doun, thanne he schal be clensid, and schalhe schal IS. ete halewid thingis, for it is his mete. He schal not ete a thing deed bi it silf, and takun of aOm. C. beeste, nethir he schal be defoulid in thotho thingis IS.; Y am theOm. IS. Lord. Thei schulen kepe myn heestis, that thei be not suget to synne, and die in the seyn|tuarye, whanne thei han defoulid it; Y am theOm. IS. Lord that halewehalewith S. ȝou. Ech alien schal not ete of thingis halewid; the hyne whichthat IS. is a straunger, and the hirid man of the preest, schulen not ete of thotho thingis IS.. So|theli thesethilke I. seruauntis, whomthat I. which W. the preest hath bouȝt, and whichhe that I. is aOm. G. borun ser|uaunt of his hows, schulen ete of thotho thingis IS.. If the `douȝter of the preestpreestis douȝter IS. is weddid to onyony man IS. of the puple, sche schal not ete of these thingis that ben halewid, and of the firstecheef IS. fruytis; sotheli if sche is a widewe, ether forsakun, and turneth aȝen with out fre children to `the hows of hir fadirhir fadris hous IS., sche schal be susteyned bi the metis of hir fa|dir, as a damysel was wont; ech alien hath not power to ete of thotho thingis IS.. He that etith bi ignoraunce of halewid thingis, schalhe schal IS. addeadde to IS. the fyuethe part with that that he eet, and `schal ȝyuehe schal ȝyue it IS. to the preest inin the IS. seyntuarie, and thei schulen not de|foule the halewid thingis of the sones of Israel, whichethe whiche I. thei offren to the Lord, lest perauenture thei suffren the wickid|nesse of her trespas, whanne thei han ete halewidthe halewid IS. thingis; Y am theOm. IS. Lord that `halewe hemhalewith ȝou S.. The Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron and toOm. plures. hise sones, and to alle the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, A man of the hous of Israel and ofof the ILO pr. m. S. comelyngiscomelingis, that is, con|uertid to the lawe of Jewis. Lire here. CQ. that dwellen atanentis I. hem, whichthat IS. offrith his offryng to the Lord, and ethir paieth avowis, ethir offrith bi his fre wille, what euer thing he offrith in to brent sacrifice of the Lord, that it be offrid bi ȝou, it schal be a male without wem, of oxen, and of scheepa scheep A., and of geet; if it hath a wem, ȝe schulen not offreoffre it IKS., nether it schal be acceptable. A man that offrith a sacrifice of pesyble thingis to the Lord, and ethir paieth auowis, ethir offrith bi fre wille, as wel of oxun as of scheep, he schal offre a beeste without wem, that it be acceptable; echno IS. wem schal notOm. IS. be ther ynne. If it is blynd, if it is brokun, if it hath a scarscar, that is a notable foulenesse dwellinge after the helinge of a wounde BCGQX. wounde or a scar I. wounde or an arre, that is, a foulnesse after the heelynge S., if it hath whelkis, ether scabbe, ethir drie scabbe, ȝe schulen not offre tho beestisOm. I. to the Lord, nether ȝe schulen brenne of thothilke I. beestis onvpon IS. the auter of the Lord. A man may offre wilfuli an oxe and scheepa scheep IS.an oxe and scheep, in E|breu it is, a scheep and an oxe superflu and dymynute, that is, hau|ynge a membre superflu ether failinge a mem|bre. Lire here. CGQX., whanne the eere and tailthe tail IKS. ben kit of; but avow may not be paied of these beestis. Ȝe schulen not offre to the Lord ony beeste, whose priuy membris ben brokun, ethir brisid, ether kit, and takun awey, and outerli ȝe schulen not do these thingis in ȝoure lond. Of `the hond of an alienthe lond of an alien EKMNPWX. an alien lond S.that is, ne|ther Jew, ne|ther conuertid to the lawe of Jewis. BCGQX. ȝe schulen not offre looues to ȝoure God, and what euer other thing he wole ȝyueȝyue that is not con|uertid I. ȝyue that is not c. to bileue S., for alle thingisher thingis IS. ben corrupt and defoulid; ȝe schulen not resseyue tho. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Whanne an oxe, scheepa scheep IS. and goeta goet IS. ben brouȝt forthOm. IS. `of the mo|dris wombeOm. FMW., inOm. IS. seuene daies tho schu|len be vnder `the tete of her modirher modir teet IS.; so|theli in the eiȝte dai, and fro thennus forth, tho moun be offrid to the Lord, whether thilke is a cow, whether `thilke isOm. IS. a scheep; tho schulen not be offrid in o dai with her fruytis. If ȝe offren to the Lord a sacri|fice for the doyng of thankyngis, that it mai be plesaunt, ȝe schulen ete it in the same dai in which it is offrid; ony thingthing theroff IS. schal not leeue inin to IS. the morewtid of the tother dai; Y am theOm. IS. Lord. Kepe ȝe myn heestis, and do ȝe tho; Y am theOm. IO sec. m. RST sec. m. Lord. Defoule ȝe not myn hooli name, that Y be halewid in the myddis of the sones of Is|rael; Y am theOm. S. Lord, that halewehalewith S. ȝou, and ledde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt, that Y schulde be to ȝou in to God; Y am theOm. IS. Lord.

 CAP. XXIII.

And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seye to hem, These ben the feriesferies, that is, halidaies CEGIKLNOPQX. f. or haly daies S. of the Lord, whichethe whiche I. ȝe schulen clepekepe S. hooliholi, for it is the restinge dai of the wook S.. Sixe daies ȝe schulen doOm. IS. werk, the seuenthe dai schal be clepid hooli, for it is the resterestynge day IS. of sabatthe sabat C. the woke IS.; ȝe schulen not dodo in it IS. ony werkthat is, seruyle werk I marg. werk forboden of God S. ther ynneOm. IS.; it is the sabatreste IS. of the Lord in alle ȝoure abitaciounsdwellinge placis IS.. These ben the hooli feriesferies ether solempnytees BC. daies IS. of the Lord, whichethe whiche I. ȝe owen to halewe in her tymes. In the firste monethe, in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe, at euentid, is pask of the Lord; and in the fiftenthe dai of this monethe is the solempnyte of therf looues of the Lord; seueneand seuene B. daies ȝe schulen ete therf looues; the firste dai schal be moost solempne and hooli to ȝou; ȝe schulen not do ony `seruyle werk ther ynnewerk forboden to ȝou in that day S., but ȝe schulen offre sacrifice in fier to the Lord seuene daies; sotheli the seuenthe dai schal be more solempne and hooliere, `that isOm. IS., `than the formere daies goynge bitwixeOm. I., and ȝe schulen not do ony seruyle werk ther ynne. And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Is|rael, and thou schalt seye to hem, Whanne ȝe han entrid in to the lond whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou, and han roperepen IS. repe KL. corn, ȝe schulen bere handfuls of eeris of corn, the firstecheef IS. fruytisfruyt S. of ȝoure rype corn, to the preest; and the preest schal reisereise vp IS. a bundela bundel, in Ebreu it is go|mor, for the eeris of corn weren sengid in fier, and the cornes, that filliden a go|mor, weren schakun out, and weren of|frid so. Lire here. CQX. bifor the Lord, that it be acceptable for ȝou, in the tother dai of sabatthe sabat IS., that is, ofOm. C. pask; and the preest schal halewe that bundel; andOm. C. in the same dai, wher ynne the hand|ful is halewid, a lomb of o ȝeer without wem schal be slayn in to brent sacrifice of the Lord; and fletynge offryngis schulen be offrid ther with, twei tenthe partis of wheetetried IS. flour spreynt to gidere with oile, in to encense of the Lord, and swettist odoursmell IS., and fletynge offryngis of wyn, the fourthe part of hyn. Ȝe schulen not ete aOm. A pr. m. et plures. loof, nether aOm. ELP. cake, netherne L. podagispotage LS. of the corn, `til totil B. vnto IS. til into K. the dai in which ȝe schu|len offre therof to ȝoure God; it is a co|maundementheest IS. euerlastynge in ȝoure gene|raciouns, and allealle ȝoure IS. dwellyng placis. Ther|for ȝe schulen noumbre fro the tother dai ofof the IKS sec. m. sabatsabat, that is, of pask BCGNQ. sabat or pask IS., in which ȝe offriden handfullis ofsacrifisis of W. firstethe firste W. the cheef I. ȝoure cheef S. fruytis, seuene fullehoole IS. woukis, til to the tothir day of fillyng of the seuenthe wouk, that is, fifti dayes; and so ȝeȝe thanne S. schu|len offre newe sacrifice to the Lord of alle ȝoure dwelling placis, twei looues of the firstecheef IS. fruytis, of twei tenthe partis of flourtried flour IS., `diȝt with soure dowmaad sour I., whichethe whiche I. looues ȝe schulen bake in to the firste fruytis to the Lord. And ȝe schulen offre with thetho S. Om. plures. looues seuene lambren of o ȝeer with out wem, and o calf of the droue, and twey rammes, and these schulen be in brent sa|crifice, withof S. her fletynge offryngis, in to swettestthe swettest C. odoursmell IS. to the Lord. Ȝe schulen make also a buk of geetgoot bucke IS. for synne, and twey lambren of o ȝeer, sacrificis of pesible thingisthingis bifore the Lord S.. And whanne the preest hath reisid tho, with theOm. S. looues of firstethe first EISW. fruytys bifor the Lord, tho schulen falle in to histhe preestis IS. VSS. And ȝe schulen clepe this dai most solempnesolempne day IS., and moost hooli; ȝe schulen not do ther ynne ony seruyle werk; it schal be a lawful thing euerlastynge in alle ȝoure dwellyngis, and generaciouns. Forsothe aftir that ȝe han roperipe I. repe LS. the corn of ȝoure lond, ȝe schulen not kitte it `til tovnto S. to o sec. m. the ground, nether ȝe schulen gadere the `eeris of corncorn eeris S. abidyngethat abiden I., but ȝe schulen leeue tho to pore men and pilgrymys; Y am `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝ. G. IS.. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, In the seuenthe monethe, in the firste day of the monethe, schal bebe the myndeful IS. sabathooly day S. memorialOm. IS. to ȝow, sownynge with trumpis, and it schal be clepid hooli; ȝe schulen not do ony seruyle werk ther ynne, and ȝe schulen offrethanne offre S. brent sacrificesacrifices K. to the Lord. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, In the tenthe day of this seuenthe monethe, the day of clensyngis schal be moost so|lempne, and it schal be clepid hooli; andand in it S. ȝe schulen turmente ȝoure soulis to God, and ȝe schulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord; ȝe schulen not do ony werkforboden werk S. in the tyme of this day, for it is the day of theOm. plures. clensyng, that ȝoure Lord God be merciful to ȝou. Ech `man whichlijf that I. man that S. is not tourmentid in this day, schal perische fro his puplis, and Y schal do a way fro his puple that man that doith eny thingthing forboden S. of werk in that dai; therfor ȝe schulen not do ony thing of werkfor|boden werk S. in that dai; it schal be a lawful thing euerlastynge to ȝou in alle ȝoure ge|neraciouns and abitaciounsdwellyngis IS.; it is the sa|bat of restyng. Ȝe schulenschulen ther ynne IS. turmente ȝoure soulis fro the nynthe day of the monethe; fro euentidthe euentid W. `til tovnto IS. to O. euentid ȝe schulen ha|lewe ȝoure sabatis. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, Fro the fiftenthe day of this seuenthe monethe schulen be theOm. O. fe|riesferies or daies S. of tabernaclisthe tabernaclis IS., in seuene daies to the Lord; the firste dai schal be clepid moostthe moost S. solempnesolempne day IS. and moost hooli, ȝe schulen not do ony seruyle werk ther ynne; and inOm. BC. seuene daies ȝe schulen offre brent sacri|fices to the Lord, and the eiȝthe dai schal be moost solempne and moost hooli; and ȝe schulen offrethanne offre S. brent sacrifice to the Lord, for it is the day of cumpany, and of gader|yng; ȝe schulen not do ony seruyle werk ther ynne. These ben the feriesdaies IS. of the Lord, whiche ȝe schulen clepe moost so|lempne and moost hooli; and in thohem I. tho daies S. ȝe schulen offre offryngis to the Lord, brent sacrifices, and fletynge offeryngis, bi the custom of ech day, outakun the sabatis of the Lord, and ȝoure ȝiftys, and whichethat that IS. ȝe offren bi avowavowes ELP., ether whichethat that IS. ȝe ȝyuen bi fre wille to the Lord. Therfor fro theOm. S. fiftenthe day of the seuenthe monethe, whanne ȝe han gaderid alle the fruytis of ȝoure lond, ȝe schulen halewe the feriesdaies S. of the Lord seuene daies; in the firste day and thein the IS. eiȝteeiȝti day B. schal be sabat, that is, reste. And ȝe schulen take to ȝou in the firste day fruytis of the faireste tree, and braunchis of palm trees, and braunchisthe branchis IS. of a `tree of thicke boowisthicke bowid tree S., and salewis of the rennynge streem, and ȝe schulen be glad bifor ȝoure Lord God; and ȝe schulen halewe his solempnyte seuene daies biin IS. the ȝeer; it schal be a lawful thing euerlast|ynge in ȝoure generaciouns. In the se|uenthe monethe ȝe schulen halewe feestisthe feest daies IS., and ȝe schulen dwelle in schadewynge placis seuene daies; ech man that is of the kyn of IsraelIrael A., schal dwelle in taber|naclis, that ȝoure aftercomers lerne, that Y made the sones of Israel to dwelle in ta|bernaculis, whanne Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt; Y am ȝoure Lord God. And Moises spak of the solempnytees of the Lord to the sones of Israel.

 CAP. XXIV.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei brynge to thee oile of olyues, purestemoost pure IS. oile, and briȝt, to theOm. IKS. lanternes to be or|deyned contynueli with out the veil of wit|nessyng, in the tabernacle of boond of pees; and Aaron schal araye tho lanternes fro euentid `til tovnto the I. vnto S. euentid bifor the Lord, bi religioun and custom euerlastynge in ȝoure generaciouns; thothei I. tho lanternes S. schulen be set euere onvpon IS. a clennesteful clene I. candilstike in the siȝt of the Lord. Also thou schalt take wheetetried IS. flour, and thou schalt bake therof twelue looues, whichthe which I. schulen haue ech bi hem silf twei tenthe partis, of whichethe whiche I. thou schalt sette sexe on euer eithir side, on a clennesteful clene I. boord bifor the Lord; and thou schalt sette clerestemoost cleer I. encense onvpon S. thothilke I. the O. looues, that the looues be in to mynde of offryng of the Lord; bi ech sabat tho schulen be chaungid bifor the Lord, and schulenthei schulen IS. be takun of the sones of Israel bi euerlastynge boond of pees; and thothei I. tho looues S. schulen be AaronsAaron S. and hise sones, that thei ete tho in the hooli place, for it is hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis, of the sacrifices of the Lord, bi euerlastynge lawe. Lo! forsothe the sone of a womman of Israel, whomwhan L. sche childide of a manOm. S. Egipcian, ȝede out among the sones of Israel, and chiddechildide A pr. m. he chidde I. she childide S. in the castelstentis IS. with a man of Israel, andOm. C. whanne he hadde blasfemyd the name of the Lord, and hadde cursid the Lord, he was brouȝt to Moises; forsothesothely IS. his modir was clepid Salumyth, the douȝtir of Dabry, of the lynage of Dan; and thei sentenputtiden W. hym tointo CDEGIKLMNOPQRSTWX. prisoun, til thei wisten what the Lord comaundide. And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, Lede out the blasfemere with|out the castelstentis IS., and alle men that herdenherden him IS., setteshulen sette K. sette thei IS. her hondis onvpon IS. his heed, and al the puple stone hym. And thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel, A man that cursith his God, schal bere his synne, and he that blasfemeth the name of the Lord, diedie he IKS. bi deeth; al the multitude of the puple schal oppresse hym with stoonus, whether he that blasfemede the name of the Lord is a citeseyn, whetheror I. a pilgrym, die heOm. L. bi deeth. He that smytith and sleeth a man, diedie he IKS. bi deeth; he that smytith a beeste, ȝeldeȝelde he IKS. oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijfliyf for liyf, that is, a beeste of the same kynde and valu, ether the priys bi the doom of ingis. Lire here. BCGNQX.. If a man ȝyueth a wemwem or a weym IS.that is, meymyng ether orrible hirting. BCGQX. to ony of hise citeseyns, as he dide, so be it don to him; he schal restore brekyng for brek|yng, iȝe for iȝe, tooth for tooth; what man|er wemof wem F. he ȝaf, he schal be compellid to suffre sich a wemoon IS.. He that smytithsleeth IS. a werk beeste, ȝeeldeȝeelde he IKS. another; he that smyt|ith a man, schal be punyschidbe punyschid, in Ebreu it is, die. CGQX.. Euene doom be among ȝou, whether aOm. IS. pilgrym ethir aOm. IS. citeseyn synneth, for Y am ȝoure Lord God. And Moyses spak to the sones of Israel, and thei brouȝten forth out of the castelstentis IS. hym that blasfemede, and op|pressidenthei killide I. killiden S. withhym with A pr. m. stoonus. And the sones of Israel diden, as the Lord comaundidebad IS. to Moyses.

 CAP. XXV.

And the Lord spak to Moises in the hil of Synai, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seye to hem, Whanne ȝe han entrid in to the lond whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou, `the ertheOm. A sec. m. kepe the sabathalewe ȝe the haly day IS. ofto DK. the Lord; sixein sixe A pr. m. et plures. ȝeerisȝeer ILRS. thou schalt sowe thithe L. feeld, andand in ELMOPW pr. m. S in Q. sixe ȝeerisȝeer IL. thou schalt kitte thi vynervyne ȝerd IS., and thou schalt gadere the fruytis ther of; forsothe inOm. S. the seuenthe ȝeer schal be sabatthe sabat S. of the erthe of theOm. IS. restyng of the Lord; thou schalt not sowe the feeld, andOm. S. thou schalt not kitte the vyner, thou schalt notOm. I. repe tho thingis whiche the erthe bryngith forth `bi fre willefrely IS., andOm. F. thou schalt not gadere the grapis of thi firste fruytis, as vyndagevyndage in the vij. ȝeer S.; for it is the ȝeer of restyng of the lond; but thotho fruytis IS. schulen be to ȝou in to mete, to thee, and to thi seruaunt, toand to S. thin hand|maide, and to thin hirid man, and to the comelyng whichthe which I. that S. is a pilgrym atanentis I. thee; alle thingis that `comen forthgrowen S., schulen ȝyue metemetis A. to thi werkhouse S. beestis and smalefeeld S. beestis. Also thou schalt noumbre to thee seuene woukis of ȝeeris, that is, seuene sithes seuene, whiche togidere maken nyn and fourti ȝeer; and thou schalt sowne with a clarioun in the seuenthe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, in the tyme of propiciacioundoyng mercy IS., `that is, merciOm. IS., in al ȝoure lond. And thou schalt halewe the fiftithe ȝeer, and thou schalt clepeclepe it IS. remis|siounforȝeuenesse S. to alle the dwellers of thi lond; for thilkein that IS. ȝeer is iubileeiubilee, that is, the ioiful ȝeer IS.; a man schalthat schal K. turne aȝen to hys possessioun, and ech man schal go aȝenaȝen in that ȝeer S. to thehis IS. firste meynee, for it is iu|bileethe iubilee IS., and the fiftithe ȝeer. Ȝe schulen not sowe, nether ȝe schulen repe thingistho thingis IS., that comen forth freli in the feeld, and ȝe schulen not gadere the firste fruytis of vyndage, for theOm. IS. halewyng of iubilee; but anoon ȝe schulen ete thingis takun awey; in the ȝeer of iubilee alle men go aȝen toin to S. her possessiouns. Whanne thou schalt sille ony thing toof S. thi citeseyn, ether schalt bie of hym, make thou not soryheuy IS. thi brother, but bi the noumbre of `ȝeeris of iubilethe ȝeeris of iubilee I. the iubilee ȝeeris S. thou schalt bie of him, and bi the reken|yng of fruytis he schal sille to thee. Bi as myche as mo ȝeeris dwellen after the iubilee, by so myche also the prijs schal encreesse, and bi as myche as thou noumbrist lesse of tyme, bi so myche and the biyng schal cost lesse; for he schal sille to thee the time of fruytis. Nyle ȝe turment men of ȝoure lynagis, but ech man drede his God; for Y am ȝoure Lord God. Do ȝe my co|maundementisheestis IS., and kepe ȝe my domes, and fillefulfille IS. ȝe tho, that ȝe moun dwelle in his lond without ony drede, and that the erthe brynge forth hise fruytis to ȝou, whiche ȝe schulen ete `til tovnto IS. to o pr. m. fulnesse, and drededrede ȝe I. dredith S. not the assailyng of ony man. That if ȝe seien, what schulen we ete in the se|uenthe ȝeer, if we sowen not, nether ga|deren oure fruytis? Y schal ȝyue my bless|yng to ȝouȝou, seith the Lord, S. in the sixte ȝeer, and it schal make fruytis of threethe thridde K. ȝeer; and ȝe schu|len sowe in the eiȝte ȝeer, and ȝe schulen ete elde fruytis `til tovnto IS. the nynthe ȝeer; til newe thingis comen forth ȝe schulen ete the elde thingis. Also the lond schal not be seeld `in totil into ELPX sec. m. with outen ende, for it is myn, and ȝe ben my comelyngis and te|nauntismyn eerthe tilieris IS.; wherfor al the cuntre of ȝoure possessioun schal be seeld vndur the con|dicioun of aȝenbiyng. If thi brother is maad pore, and sillithhe sillith I. his litil possessioun, and his nyȝ kynesman wole, he may aȝen|bie that that he seelde; sotheli if he hath no nyȝ kynesman, and he may fynde prijs to aȝenbie, the fruytis schulen be rekynyd fro that tyme in which he seeldeseelde it I. seelde his possessioun S., and he schal ȝelde `that that isthe F. residueleft EILPS. to the biere, and he schal resseyue so his posses|siounpossessioun aȝen IS.. That if his hond fyndefyndith plures. not, that he ȝelde the prijs, the biere schal haue that that he bouȝte, `til tovnto IS. the ȝeer of iubilee; for in that ȝeer ech sillyng schal go aȝen to the lord, and toOm. S. the firste wel|dere. He that sillith his hows, with ynne the wallis of a citee, schalhe schal IFS. haue licence to aȝenbie til o ȝeer be fillidfulfillid IS.; ifand if W. he aȝen|bieth not, andOm. C. the serclecours IS. of the ȝeer is passid, the biere schal welde it, and his eiris `in to with outen endeeuer more IS., and it schal not mowOm I. be aȝenbouȝt, ȝe, in the iubilee. ForsotheSothely IS. if the hows is in a town `that hath not wallisnot wallid IS., it schal be seeld bi the lawe of feeldis; sotheli if it is not aȝen|bouȝt in the iubilee, it schal turne aȝen to `his lordthe lord ther off IS.. The howsis of dekenes, that ben in citees, moun euer be aȝenbouȝt; if tho ben not aȝenbouȝt, tho schulen turne aȝen in the iubilee `to the lordisOm. o. to the Lord S.; for the `howsis of the citees of dekenesdekens housis of citees IS. ben for possessiouns among the sones of Israel; forsothesothely IS. the suburbabissuburbanys F. of hemcitees S. schulen not be seeld, for it is euerlastynge possessioun. If thi brother is maad pore, and feble in power, and thou resseyuest hym as a comelyng and pilgryma pilgrym IS., and he lyueth with thee, take thou not vsuris of hym, nether more than thou hast ȝoue; drede thou thi God, that thi brothir mai lyue anentis thee. Thou schalt not ȝyue to hym thi money to vsure, and thou schalt not axe ouer `aboundaunce, ether en|crees ouer of fruytisthat that thou lenyst, encrees of fruytis IS.; Y am ȝoure Lord God, that ladde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt, that Y schulde ȝyue to ȝou the lond of Canaan, and that Y schulde be ȝoure God. If thi brother compellid bi pouert sillith hym silf to thee, thou schalt not oppresse hym bi seruage of seruauntis, but he schal be as anOm. F. hirid man and tenaunta tenaunt I.; `til tovnto IS. to O. the ȝeer of iubilee he schal worche atanentis I. thee, and aftirward he schal go out with his fre children, and he schal turne aȝen to thehis IS. kynrede, and to `the posses|sioun of his fadrishis fadris possessioun IS.. For thei ben my ser|uauntisseruauntis, seith the Lord, S., and Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt; theiand thei IS. schulen not be seeld bi the condicioun of seruauntis; turmente thou not hem bi thiOm. A. power, but drede thou thi Lord. A seruaunt and handmaide be to ȝou of naciounsothere na|ciouns IS. that ben in ȝoure cumpas, and of comelyngis thatthe whiche I. ben pilgrimys atanentis I. ȝou, ether thei that ben borun of hemcumlyngis IS. in ȝoure lond; ȝe schulen haue these ser|uauntis, and bi riȝt of eritage ȝe schulen `sende ouerleeue hem I. ouer leeue hem S. toto ȝoure IS. aftir comeris, and ȝe schu|len weldewelde hem IS. with outen ende; sothely op|presse ȝe not bi power ȝoure britheren, the sones of Israel. If the hond of a comelyng andor S. of a pilgrim wexith strong at ȝou, and thi brother is maad pore, and sillith hym silf to hymthat cumlinge S., ether to ony of his kyn, he may be aȝenbouȝt aftir thethat S. sillyng; he that wole of hise britheren, aȝenbiebie he IS. hym; bothe `the brother of fadirthe br. of the fad. C. the br. of his fad. I. his fadir brother S., and the sone of `the fadrishis fadir IS. brother, and kynesmanhis kynesman IS., and alyehis alye IS.. Ellis if also he schal mow, he schal aȝenbie hym silf, while the ȝeeris ben ry|kenid oneli fro the tyme of his sillyng `til in to the ȝeer of iubyleevn to the iubilee ȝeer IS.; and while the money, for which he was seeld, is rikenyd bi the noumbre of ȝeeris, and while the hire of an hirid man is rikenyd. If mo ȝeeris ben that dwellen `til tovnto IS. the iubilee, bi these ȝeeris he schal ȝelde also the prijs; if fewe ȝeeris ben, he schal sette rikenyng with hym bi the noumbre of ȝeeristhe ȝeeris IS.; and he schal ȝeelde to the biere that that is re|sidueleft EILPS. of ȝeeris, while tho ȝeeris, biin I. whiche he seruyde bifore, ben rikenyd for hiris; hea straunger S. schal not turmente `that Ebreuan hoom born man S. vio|lentli in thi siȝt. That if he may not be aȝenbouȝt bi thisthis maner IS., he schal go out with his free children in the `ȝeer of iubileeȝeer of the iubilee I. iubilee ȝeer S.; forOm. ELMOPSW. the sones of Israel ben myn ser|uauntis, whichethe whiche I. Y ledde out of the lond of Egipt.

 CAP. XXVI.

Y am ȝoure Lord God; ȝe schulen not make to ȝou an ydol, and a grauun ymage, nether ȝe schulen reisereise vp IS. titlistitlis, that is, auteris for ydolatrye BCEGIKNPQX. titlis, that is, ydol auters S., nether ȝe schulen sette a noble stoon in ȝoure lond, that ȝe worschipe it; for Y am ȝoure Lord God. Kepe ȝe my sabatis, and drede ȝe at my seyntuarie; Y am theOm. IS. Lord. If ȝe gon in myn heestis, and kepen my comaunde|mentisbiddingis IS., and doon tho, Y schal ȝyue to ȝou reynesreyne S. in her tymes, and the erthe schal brynge forth his fruyt, and trees schulen be fillid with applis; the threschyng of ripe cornes schal take vyndagethe vyndage I. vyndage or en crese S., and vynd|agethe vyndage S. schal occupie seedthe seed tyme IS., and ȝe schulen ete ȝoure breed in fulnesse, and ȝe schulen dwelle in ȝoure lond without drede. Y schal ȝyue pees into IS. ȝoure coostis; ȝe schu|len slepe, and noon schal be that schal make ȝou aferd; Y schal do awei yuel beestis fro ȝou, and a swerd schal not passe bi ȝoure termes. Ȝe schulen pursue ȝoure enemyes, and thei schulen falle bifor ȝou; fyue of ȝoure men schulen pursue an hun|drid aliens, and an hundrid of ȝou schu|len pursue ten thousande; ȝoure enemyes schulen falle bi swerd in ȝoure siȝt. Y schal biholde ȝou, and Y schal make ȝouOm. plures. to encreesse; ȝe schulen be multiplied; and Y schal make stedfast my couenaunt with ȝou; ȝe schulen ete the eldesteldest thingis S. of elde thingis, and ȝe schulen caste forthawey the IS. elde thingis, whanne newe thingis schulen come aboue; Y schal sette my tabernacle in the myddis of ȝou, and my soulesoule, that is, wille BCEGILPQ. soule on wille S. schal not caste ȝou awey; Y schal go among ȝou, and Y schal be ȝoure God, and ȝe schulen be a puple to me. Y am ȝoure Lord God, that ledde ȝou out of the lond of Egip|cians, that ȝe schulden not serue hem, and whichI IS. haue broke the chaynes of ȝoure nollis, that ȝe schulde go vpriȝt. That if ȝe heren not me, nether doon alle myn heestis, and if ȝe forsaken my lawis, and despisen my domes, that ȝe doon not tho thingis that ben ordeyned of me, and thatOm. A. ȝe brengenbrenge folily S. my couenaunt to auoydyngnouȝt S., alsoOm. S. Y schal dodo thanne S. these thingis to ȝou; Y schal visyte ȝou swiftly in nedynesse and brennyngin bren|nyng IS., whichthe which I. schal turment ȝoure iȝen, and schalOm. IS. waste ȝoure lyues; in veyn ȝe schulen sowe seed, that schal be deuourid of enemyes; Y schal sette my facecheer S. aȝens ȝou, and ȝe schulen falle bifor ȝoure ene|myes, and ȝe schulen be sugetis to hem that haten ȝou; ȝe schulen fle, while no man pursuethpursueth ȝou S.. ButOm. K. if nether so ȝe obeyen to me, Y schal addeencreece IS. ȝoure chastisyngischas|tinge S. seuenfold for ȝoure synnes; and Y schal al tobreke the pride of ȝoure hardnesse, and Y schal ȝyue toOm. S. ȝou heuene aboue as ofOm. IS. yrun, and the erthe asof plures. bras; ȝoure trauel schal be wastid in veyn, nether the erthe schal brynge forth fruyt, nethir trees schulen ȝyue applis. If ȝe goon contrarie to me, nether wolen here me, Y schal addeencreece IS. ȝoure woundiswoundis ether veniaunces BCGWQX. vengeaunces IS. tilOm. O. in to seuenfold for ȝoure synnes; Yfreli Y W. schal sende out in to ȝou cruel beestis of the feeld, that schulen waste ȝou and ȝoure beestis, and schulenthees schulen I. these beestis schulen S. brynge alle thingis to fewnesse, and ȝoure weies schu|len be forsakun. That if nether so ȝe wolen resseyue doctryndoctryn ether chastisyng BCGINQX. chastinge S., but goon contrarie to me, also Y schal go aduersarie aȝens ȝou, andOm. S. Y schal smyte ȝou seuen sithis for ȝoure synnes; and Y schal brynge ynOm. C. on ȝou the swerd, vengere of mythe M. boond of peesthat is, for the brekyng of my bond of pees. BCGNQX.; and whanne ȝe fleen in to citees, Y schal sende pestilence in the myddis of ȝou, and ȝe schulen be bitakuntakun CG. in the hondis of enemyes, aftir that Y haue broke the stafstaf, that is, susteynyng BCGINQX. staf or susteynynge S. of ȝoure breed, so thatthat for grete nedynesse S. ten wymmen bakeschul bake IS. loouesher looues IS. in oon ouene, and ȝeldeȝelde or delyuere S. tho looues at weiȝte; and ȝe schulen ete, and ȝe schulen not be fillidfulfillid IS.. But if nethir bi these thingis ȝe herenwoln heren IS. me, but goon aȝens me, and Y schal go aȝens ȝou inbi IS. contrarie woodnessewoodnesse, that is, in strong veniaunce BCGNQ. vengeaunce IS., and Y schal chas|tise ȝou bi seuene veniaunces for ȝoure synnes, so that ȝe eteete or waaste S. the fleischisfleishe I. of ȝoure sones, and of ȝoure douȝtrisdouȝtis A.; Y schal destrie ȝoure hiȝe thingisthingis of pride S., and Y schal breke ȝoure symylacris; ȝe schulen falle bitwixe the fallyngis of ȝour ydols, and my soule schal haue ȝou abhomynable, in so myche that Y turneschal turne IS. ȝoure citees in to wildirnesse, and makeI schal make IS. ȝoure seyntuaries forsakun, nether Y schal resseyue moremore for ȝoure synne S. the swettest odour; and Y schal destrye ȝoure lond, and ȝoure enemyes schulen be astonyed theronneon ȝoure distruccioun S., whanne thei schulenOm. S. be enhabitersdwellers IS. therof; forsothe Y schal scatere ȝou in to folkis, etherof w. or into S. hethen men, and Y schal drawe out of the schethe the swerd aftir ȝou, and ȝoure lond schal be forsakun, and ȝoure citees schulen be cast doun. Thanne `hise sabatisher hali daies IS. my sabatis K sec. m. schulen plese the erthe, in alle the daies of hisher IS. wildir|nesse;wildirnesse, for the erthe schal reste, whanne God schal make it bareyne IS. whanne ȝe ben in the lond of ene|myes, itthat lond S. schal `kepe sabathalewe S., andand it I. schalOm. S. reste in the sabatisseuenthe tymes, that is, the sabot daies S. of his wildirnessewildirnesse or bareynnesse S., forforthi that the erthe S. it restide not in ȝoure sabatis, whanne ȝe dwelliden therynne. And Y schal ȝyue drede in `the hertis of hemher hertis IS., whichethat IS. schu|len abide of ȝou, in the cuntreis of ene|myesȝoure enemyes B pr. m. heuenes DGNQRT.; the sown of a leef fleynge schal make hem aferd, and so thei schulen fle it as aOm. IO sec. m. S. swerd; thei schulen falle, while noonno man O sup. ras. pursueth, and allealle thei IS. schulen falle onvpon IS. her britheren, asas men I. as alle men S. fleynge bateilsbateils for fere S.; no man of ȝou schal be hardi to aȝenstonde enemyes; ȝe schulen perische among he|then men, and the lond of enemyes schal waaste ȝou. That if summe of these Jewesrebels S. dwellendwellen ȝit stille S., thei schulen failestynke S. in her wickid|nessis, in the lond of her enemyes, and thei schulen be turmentid for the synnesynnes plures. of her fadris, and for her owne synnes, tilvn to S. thei knoulechen her wickidnesses, andand til thei I. and to thei S. han mynde of her yuels, bi whiche thei tres|passidenhan trespasside IS. aȝens me, and ȝeden contrarie to me. Therfor and Y schal go aȝens hem, and Y schal brynge hem in to the lond of enemyesher enemyes B pr. m., tilto tyme S. the vncircumcidid soulewill IS. of hem be aschamed; thanne thei schulen preie for her wickidnesseswickidnesse plures., and Y schal haue mynde of my boond of pees, whichthat IS. Y couenauntide with Jacob, Ysaac, and Abrahamwith Abraham IS.; also Y schal be myndeful of the lond, whichthe which I., whanne it is left of hemhem as bareyne S., schalit schal IS. plese to it silf in `his sabatis, and schal suffre wildirnessethe restinge daies ther off, suffrynge deseertnesse IS. for hemhem that rebelden aȝens God S.; forsothe thei schulen preye for her synnes, for thei castiden awey my domes, and despyseden my lawis; netheles, ȝhealso IS., whanne thei weren in `the lond of enemyesher enmyes lond IS., Y castidethrewe IS. not hem awey outirli, nether Y dispiside hem, so that thei weren wastid, and that Y made voide my couenaunt with hem; for Y am the Lord God of hem. And Y schal haue mynde of my formere boond of pees, whanne Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, in the siȝt of hethene men, that Y schulde be her God; Y am the Lord God. These ben the comaundementisheestis IS., and domes, and lawis, whiche the Lord ȝaf bi|twixe hym silf and bitwixeOm. IKOS. the sones of Israel, in the hil of Synay, bi the hond of Moises.

 CAP. XXVII.

And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seye to hem, A man that makith avow, and bihetith his soule to God, schalhe schal IS. ȝyue theOm. F. priys vndur valuthe valu FW., ether preis|yngpreisyng ther off IS.. If it is a maleman S., frothat auoweth fro IS. the twentithe ȝeer `til tovnto IS. the sixtithe ȝeer, he schal ȝyue fifti siclis of siluer, at theOm. SW. mesure of seyn|tuariethe seyntuarie IKS., if it is a womman, sche schal ȝyue thretti siclis; forsothe fro the fifthe ȝeer `til tovnto IS. the twentithe ȝeer, a maleman S. schal ȝyue twenti cyclis, a womman schal ȝyue ten ciclis; fro oa IS. monethe `til tovnto IS. the fifthe ȝeer, fyue ciclis schulen be ȝouun for a maleman S., thre ciclis for a womman; a maleman IS. of sixti ȝeer and ouer schal ȝyue fiftene ciclis, a womman schal ȝyue ten cyclis. If it is a pore man, and may not ȝelde the valu, he schal stonde bifor the preest, and as myche as the preest preisith, and seeth that the pore man may ȝelde, so myche he schal ȝyue. ForsotheSothly IS. if ony man avowith a beeste, that may be offrid to the Lord, it schal be hooli, and schalit schal IS. not mow be chaungid, that is, nethir a betere for `an yuela wors I., nether `a worsean yuel IS. for a good; and if hea man IS. chaungith ithis VOW IS., bothe that, that is chaung|id, and thatthat thing IS., for which it is chaungid, schal be halewid to the Lord. Sotheli if ony man avowith an vncleene beeste, that may not be offrid to the Lord, it schal be brouȝt bifor the preest, and the preest schal deme whether it is good ether yuel, and schalhe schal IS. sette the prijs; which prijs if he that offrithauowith S. wolewole not A. sec. m. ȝyue, he schal addeadde to IS. the fifthe part ouer the valu. If a man avowith his hows, and halewith it to the Lord, the preest schal biholde, `whether it iswher that hous be IS. good ether yuel, and bi the prijs, whichthat IS. is ordeyned of hymthe preest IS., it schal be seld; so|theli if he that avowide wole aȝen-bie it, he schal ȝyue the fifthe part of the valu aboue, and he schal haue the hows. That if hea man IS. avowith the feeld of his possessioun, and halewithhalewith it S. to the Lord, the prijs schal be demed bi the mesure of seed; if the feeld is sowun with thritti buyschels of barli, it schal be seeld for fifti siclys of siluer. If he auowith the feeld anoon forfro ILS. the ȝeer ofof bigynnyng of IS. theOm. B. iubilee bigynnyngeOm. IS., as myche as it may be worth, bi so myche it schal be preisidpreisid ether set a [at GN] valu BCGKNQ.; but if it be after `sum part ofa litil IS. tyme, the preest schal rykenerykene ether determyne BCGKNQ. noumbre IS. the money biaftir IS. the noumbre of ȝeeristhe ȝeeris W. that ben residueleft ILS. `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. the iubilee, and it schal be withdrawun offro IS. the prijs. That if he that avowide wole aȝenbie the feeld, he schal adde the fyuethe part of theOm. W. money preisidthat is preisid I., and he schal welde it; but if he nylewil not I. aȝenbieaȝenbie it IS., but it is seeld to ony othir man, hehe thanne S. that avowideauowide it IS. schal `no moreneuer IS. mowe aȝenbie it; for whanne the dai of iubilee cometh, itthat feeld S. schal be halewid to the Lord, and the possessioun halewid perteyneth to the riȝt of preestis. If the feeld is bouȝt, and is not of the possessioun of grettere menmen, that is, of auncetries BCGKNQX. men of auncetry S., and isit is IS. halewid to the Lord, the preest schal determynenoumbre IS. the prijs biaftir IS. the noumbre of ȝeeris `til tovnto IS. the iubilee, and he that avowide the feeld schal ȝyue the prijsprijs therof S. to the Lord; forsothe in the iubilee it schal turne aȝen to the formere lord that seelde it, and `haue hehe schal haue it I. haue it S. in to the eritage of his possessioun. `Ech preisyngech preisyng, that is, setting of valu BCKNQ. al the preisyng or valu I. ech preisyng or thing noumbrid S. schal be peisidpreisid S. bi the sicle of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS.; a sicle hath twenti halpens. No man may ha|lewe and avowe the firste gendrid thingis that perteynen to the Lord, whether it is oxe, whetheror I. scheep, thothei IS. ben the Lordis partpart withouten avow S.. That if the beeste is vncleenevncleene that is avowid S., he that offrideoffrith it I. offride it S. schal aȝenbie byOm. A. it aftir IS. histhe IS. valuvalu that it is preisid to S., and he schal addeadde to IS. the fyuethe part of prijsthe prijs IS.; if he nylewil not I. aȝenbieaȝenbie it IS., it schal be seeld to another man, asfor as IS. myche euerOm. IS. as it is `set at valupreisid IS.. Al thing whichthat IS. is ha|lewid to the Lord, whether it is man, whe|theror IS. beeste, whetheror IS. feeldIn Ebreu it is, feeld of his eritage. CKQ., it schal not be seeld, nether it schal mow be aȝenbouȝt; whateuer thing is halewid onys, ithe S. schal be hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis to the Lord, and ech halewyng whichthat IS. is offrid of mana man B., schal not be aȝenbouȝt, but it schal die bi deethdeeth and be offrid S.. Alle the tithis of erthe, whether of fruytisfruytis of corn S., whether of ap|plis of trees, ben the Lordis part, and ben halewid to hym; sotheli if ony man wole aȝenbie hise tithis, he schal addeadde to IS. the fyuethe part of tho; of alle tithisthe tithis I., of scheep, and ofOm. ELP. oxen, and of geet, that passen vndur the `ȝerde of scheepherdescheperdis ȝerde IS., whateuer thing cometh to the tenthe part, it schal be halewid to the Lord; it schal not be chosun, nether good, nether yuel; nethir it schal be chaungid for another; if ony man chaungithchaungith it IS., bothe that, that is chaungid, and thatthat thing S., for which it is chaungid, schal be halewid to the Lord, and it schal not be aȝenbouȝt. These ben the co|maundementisheestis IS. whiche the Lord comaund|ide to Moises, and to the sones of Israel, in the hil of Synay.

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THIS book clepid Numeri, that is to seie, the book of Noumbre, makith mencioun, how the Lord comaundide Moises and Aaron to noumbre the sones of Israel bi her names writen, alle men that weren fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, of stronge men and able to batel. Sothli the Leuytis weren not noumbrid with hem, bi the comaundement of the Lord, but bi hem self in to the seruyse of the tabernacle. And the Lord comaundide to Moises to sende aspiers to biholde the lond of Canaan, of ech lynage o man; whiche whanne thei hadden biholde, and weren comen aȝen, discomforteden al the peple, out taken Josue and Caleph, whiche aȝenseiden the othere aspiers. And al the peple mournede and wepte, wherfore the Lord turnede hem aȝen in to desert, and seide, that noon of tho that weren noumbrid scholde come in the lond of Canaan, but Josue and Caleph; but walke aboute in wildernesse fourti ȝeer, and deie therinne; and after fourti ȝeer the sones of hem, that weren not noumbrid, scholden entre, and welde the lond. Also of alle dissenciouns that bifellen in the desert, and veniaunces of the peple, and how thei wunnen al the londe biȝende Jordan; and of the deeth of Aaron; and how the peple was noumbrid eftsone by Moises and Eleasar prest; and the Lord bad Moises to take veniaunce of the peple of Madian, and thanne he scholde be gaderid to his peple. Here endith the prologe and here bigynneth the book of NumeriThis Prologue is from M..

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AND the Lord spak to Moises in the deseert of Synay, in the tabernacle of theOm. plures. boond of pees, in the firste day of the se|counde monethe, in the tother ȝeer of her goyng out of Egipt, and seidehe seide IS., Take ȝe `the summenoumbre S. of al the congregacioun of the sones of Israel, bi her kynredis, and howsismeynees IS., and `the names of allealle her names ech IS. bi hem silf, what euer thing isOm. IS. of male kynde fro theOm. IS. twentithe ȝeere and aboue, ofand A pr. m. alle the stronge men of Israel; and thou and Aa|ron schulen noumbre hem bi her cumpa|nies. And the princes of lynagisthe lynagis IS. and of housisthe meynees IS., in her kynredis, schulen be with ȝou, of whichethe whiche I. princes these ben the names; of Ruben, Elisur, the sone of Sede|ur; of Symeon, Salamyel, the sone of Suri Sadday; of Juda, Naason, the sone of Amy|nadab; of Ysacar, Nathanael, the sone of Suar; of Zabulon, Eliab, the sone of Elon; sotheli of the sones of Joseph, of Effraym, Elisama, the sone of Amyud; of Manasses, Gamaliel the sone of Phadussur; of Ben|iamyn, Abidan, the sone of Gedeon; of Dan, Aiezer, the sone of Amysadday; of Aser, Fegiel, the sone of Ochran; of Gad, Elisaphan, the sone of Duel; of Neptalym, Hayra, the sone of Henam. These weren the noblestful noble I. princes of the multitude, biof S. her lynagis, and kynredis, and the heedisheedis men S. of the oost of Israel, whichethe whiche I. pryncis Moises and Aaron token, with al the mul|titude of the comyn puple. And thei ga|deriden in the firste dai of the secounde monethe, and teldenthei telden IS. hem bi kynredis, and housis, and meynees, and heedis, and names of alleech IS. by hem silf, fro theOm. IS. twentithe ȝeer and aboue, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. And of Ruben the firste gendridbigoten I. of Israel weren noumbrid, in theOm. BL. deseert of Synai, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis, and bi the names of alle heedisthe heedis IS., al thing that is of male kynde, fro `the twentithe ȝeerXX. S. and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel, sixe and fourti thousynd and fyue hundrid. Of the sones of Sy|meon, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kyneredis, weren noum|brid, bi the names and heedis of alleech oon IS., al that is of male kynde, fro `the twentitheXX. S. ȝeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel, nyn and fifty thousand and thre hundrid. Of the sones of Gad, by genera|ciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro twentithe twentithe I. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that ȝeden forth to batelsbatel I., fyue and fourti thousand sixe hundrid and fifti. Of the sones of Juda, bi generaciouns, and mey|nees, and housis of her kynredis, by the names of alle, fro `the twentitheXX. IS. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that miȝten go to batels, weren noumbrid foure and seuenti thou|sandthousyndis W. and sixe hundrid. Of the sones of Ysacar, bi generaciounsher generaciouns I., and meynees, and housis ofand S. her kynredis, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentitheXX. S. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that ȝeden forth to batels, weren noumbrid foure and fifti thousande and foure hundrid. Of the sones of Zabulon, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentitheXX. S. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that myȝten go forth to batels, seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid. Of the sones of Joseph, of the sones of Effraym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithetwenti B. XX. S. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that myȝten go forth to batels, fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid. Forsothe ofOm. I. the sones of Manasses, bi generaciounsher generaciouns I., and mey|nees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the namesmeynees o sup. ras. of alle, fro the twentithetwenti plures. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that myȝten go forth to batels, two and thretti thousynd and two hundrid. Of the sones of Beniamyn, bi generaciouns, and mey|nees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alleOm. S., fro twentithe twentithe plures. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that miȝten go forth to batels, fyue and thretti thousinde and foure hundrid. Of the sones of Dan, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentitheXX. FILS. ȝere and aboue, alle men that myȝten go forth to batels, two and sixti thousynde and se|uene hundrid. Of the sones of Aser, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentitheXX. ILQRST. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that myȝten go forth to batels, fourti thousynde and a thousynde and fyue hundrid. Of the sones of Nep|talym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentitheXX. IS. twenti X. ȝeer and aboue, alle men that myȝten go forth to batels, thre and fifty thousynde and foure hundrid. These men it ben, whichethe whiche I. Moises and Aaron and the twelue princes of Israel noumbriden, alleech IS. bi theher IS. housis `of herand IS. kynredis. And alle men of the sones of Israel bi her housis, and meynees, fro `the twentithetwenti B. XX. ILS. ȝeer and aboue, that myȝten go forth to batels, weren to|giderealle togidere IS. sixe hundrid thousyndethousynde of men W. and thre thousynde ofOm. IS. men, fyueand fyue S. hundred and fifti. Sotheli the dekenes in the lynage of her meynes weren not noumbrid with hem.

 CAP. II.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, `Nyle thou noumbreNoumbre thou not I. the lynage of Leuy, nether sette thou the summenoumbre IS. of hem with the sones of Israel; but thou schalt ordeyne hem onvpon IS. the tabernacle of witnessing, and onvpon IS. alle the vessels therof, and whatvpon what IS. euer thing perteyneth toOm. E. cerymonyesthe cerymonyes EWX sec. m. ether sa|crifices. Thei schulen bere the taberna|cle, and alle purtenauncesthe pur|tenaunces IS. therof, and thei schulen be inin the S. seruyceseruyce of it IS., and schulenthei schulen IS. sette tentis bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the tabernacle. Whanne memen IS. schal gogo forth or be removed IS., the dekenes schu|len dotake IS. putte K sec. m. doun the tabernacle; whanne the tentis schulen be sette, thei schulen `reise the tabernaclesette it vp I. sette vp the tab. S.. Who euer of straungerisstraungeris, that is, another lynage BCGKQX. straungeris, that is, of other lynage S. neiȝeth, he schal be slayn. Sotheli the sones of Israel schulen sette tentis, ech man bi cumpenyeshis cumpenyes IS., and gaderyngishis felouschipes IS., and his oost; forsothe the dekenes schulen sette tentisher tentis IS. bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the tabernacle, lest indignacioun be maad on the multi|tude of the sones of Israel; and theithe dekens IS. schu|len wake in the kepyngiswaardis IS. of the `taberna|cle of witnessyngtabernaclis of witnessinges S.. Therfor the sones of Israel diden bi alle thingis whicheaftir that IS. the Lord comaundide to Moises. And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide, Alle men of the sones of Israel schu|len sette tentis bi theher IS. cumpenyes, signesand signes FKLO. and bi her tokenes IS., andOm. IS. banerisbi her baneris IS., and housismeynees IS. of her kynredis, bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the tabernacle of boond of pees. At the est Judas schal sette tentis, bi the cumpenyes of his oost; and Naason, the sone of Amynadab, schal be prince of the sones of Juda; and al the summenoum|bre IS. of fiȝteris of his kynrede, foure and seuenty thousynde and sixe hundrid. MenOm. S. of the lynage of Ysachar settiden tentis bysydis hym, of whiche theOm. IS. prince was Nathanael, the sone of Suar; and al the noumbre of hise fiȝteris, foure and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid. Eliab, the sone of Elon, was prince ofin plures. the lynage of Zabulon; al the oost of fiȝteris of his kynrede, seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid. Alle that weren noumbrid in the castelstentis IS. castel L. of Judas, weren an hundrid thousyndethousynde and IS. `foure scoore thousynde and sixesixe and eiȝti thousinde BNX. eiȝti and sixe thousinde M. lxxxvj plures. and foure hundrid; and thei schulen go out theOm. IS. firste bi her cumpanyes. In the castelstentis IS. of the sones of Ruben, at the south coost, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur, schal be prince; and al the oost of hise fiȝteris, thatOm. S. weren noumbrid, sixe and fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid. Men of the lynage of Sy|meon settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Salamyhel, the sone of Su|risaddai; and al the oost of hise fiȝteris, that weren noumbrid, nyne and fifty thou|synde and thre hundrid. Eliasaph, sonethe sone IS. of Duel, was prince in the lynage of Gad; and al the oost of his fiȝteris, that weren noumbrid, fyue and fourti thousynde sixeand sixe A pr. m. IS. hundrid and fifti. Alle that weren noum|brid inof IS. the castelstentis IS. of Ruben, an hundrid thousynde fiftyand fifty IS. thousinde and aj S. thou|sinde foureand foure S. hundrid and fifty; thei schu|len go forth in the secounde place bi her cumpenyes. Sotheli the tabernacle of wit|nessyng schal be reisidreisid vp IS. bi the offices of dekenes, and bi theher IS. cumpenyes `of hemOm. IS.; asalle as K. it schal be reisidreisid vp bi hem IS., so andOm. IS. it schal be takun doundoun bi hem S.; allealle thei IS. schulen go forth bi her places and ordris. The castelstentis IS. of the sones of Effraym schulen be at the west coost, of whiche the prince was Elisama, the sone of Amyud; and al the oost of his fiȝteris, that weren noumbrid, fourti thou|synde and fyue hundrid. And with hem was the lynage of `the sones of ManassesManasse sones S., of whiche the prince was Gamaliel, the sone of Fadassur; al the oost of hise fiȝt|eris, that weren noumbrid, twoweren two IS. and thretti thousande and two hundrid. In the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn the prince was Abidan, the sone of Gedeon; and al the oost of hise fiȝteris, that weren noumbrid, fyueweren fyue IS. and thretti thousynde and foure hun|drid. Allealle men IS. that weren noumbrid in the castelstentis IS. of Effraym weren an hundrid thousynde and eiȝte thousynde and oon hundrid; thei schulen go forth `the thriddein the thridde place IS. bi her cumpenyes. At the `part of the northnorth coost IS. the sones of Dan settiden tentis, of whiche the prince was Abiezer, the sone of Amysaddai; al the oost of hise fiȝteris, that weren noumbrid, twoweren two IS. and sixtifourti K. thou|synde and seuene hundrid. MenAnd men KX. of the lynage of Aser settiden tentis bisidis hymhem W., of whiche the prince was Fegiel, the sone of Ochran; and al the oost of hise fiȝteris, that weren noumbrid, fourtiweren oon and fourti I. weren fourti S. thousynde `and a thousyndeOm. I. and j thousynde S. and fyue hundrid. Of the lynage of the sones of Neptalym the prince was Ahira, the sone of Henam; and al the oost of hise fiȝteris, threweren thre IS. and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid. Alle that weren noumbrid in the castelstentis IS. of Dan weren an hundrid thousynde seueneand seuene BIS. and fifti thousynde and sixe hundrid; thei schulen go forth the lastelaste tyme IS.. This is the noumbre of the sones of Israel, bi the housis of her kynredis, and bi cumpenyes of the oost departid, sixe hundrid thou|synde threand thre plures. thousynde fyuefoure W. hundrid and fifti. Sotheli the dekenes weren not noum|brid among the sones of Israel; for God comaundide so to Moises. And the sones of Israel diden biOm. IS. alle thingis whicheaftir that IS. the Lord comaundide; thei settiden tentis bi her cumpenyes, and ȝedenthei ȝeden IS. forth bi the meynees, and housis of her fadris.

 CAP. III.

These ben the generaciouns of Aaron and of Moises, in the dai in which the Lord spak to Moises, in the hil of Synay. And these ben the names of `the sones of AaronAaronus sonus IS.; his first gendridbigetun sone was I. gendrid was S., Nadab; aftir|wardaftir him he gaat I. aftir him he gendride S., Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ythamar; these ben the names of `Aarons sonesthe sones of Aaron IS., preestis, that weren anoyntid, and whos hondis weren fillidfulfillid with blessyngis IS. and halewidsacrid IS., that thei schulden `be set invse IS. preesthod. Nadab and Abyu, whanne thei offeriden alien fier in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt S., in the deseerthil B pr. m. of Synay, weren deed without fre children; and Eleazar and Ythamar `weren set invsiden IS. preesthod bifor Aaron hir fadir. And the Lord spak to Moises, `and seideseiynge S., `Presente thoupresente thou, ether departe thou fro other BCEKNPQX. departe thou fro other lynagis S. the lynage of Leuy, and makemake it IS. to stonde in the siȝt of Aaron, preestthe preest IS., that thei mynystre to hym; and wakewake in the tabernacle waardis IS., and that thei kepe what euer thing perteyneth to theOm. IS. religioun of multitudethe multitude ISW., bifor the tabernacle of witnessyng; and that thei kepe the vessels of the tabernacle, and serue in the seruyce therofof it I.. And thou schalt ȝyue bi fre ȝifte the Leuytisthat is, the sones of the ly|nage of Leuy. BCGKNQX. to Aaron and hiseto hise IS. sones, to whichewhom I. thei ben ȝouun of the sones of Israel. Sotheli thou schalt ordeyne Aaron and hise sones onvpon IS. the religioun of preesthod; a straungerestraungere of another lynage IS.a straunger, that is, which is not of the lynage of Leuy. BCGKNQX., that neiȝeth for to mynystreserue in the tabernacle IS., schal die. And the Lord spak to Moyses, `and seideseiynge S., Y haue take the Leuytisdekens IS. offor I. the sones of Israel for ech firste gendridbigetun I. thing that openeth the womb inamong I. the sones of Israel; and the Leuytisdekenes I. schulen be myne, for ech firste gendridgoten I. thing is myn; sithensith the tyme S. Y smoot the firste gendridgendrid thing IS. in the lond of Egipt, Y halewidehaue halewide IS. to me what euer thing is borun first in Israel; fro man `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. beest thei ben myne; Y am theOm. S. Lord. And the Lord spak to Moises in the de|seert of Synay, and seide, Noumbre thou the sones of Leuy bi `the housis of her fa|drisher fadris housis IS., and bi meyneesher meynees IS., ech male fro o monethe and aboue. Moises noumbridenoumbride hem IS., as the Lord comaundide. And the sones of Leuy weren foundun, bi her names, Gerson, and Caath, and Merary; the sones of Gerson weren Lebny, and Semey; the sones of Caath werenOm. I. Amram, and Jes|saar, Hebron, and Oziel; andOm. plures. the sones of Merari weren Mooly, and Musi. OfAnd of IS. Gerson weren twei meynees, of Lebny, and of Semei; of whiche the puple of male kynde was noumbrid, fro o monethe and aboue, seuene thousynde and fyue hundrid. These schulen sette tentis aftirbihynde IS. the taber|nacle at the westwest part IS., vndur the prince Elia|saph, the sone of Jahel. And thei schu|len haue kepyngisthe kep|yngis IS. in the tabernacle of boond of pees, the tabernacle it silf, and the hilyng theroftherof thei shulen kepe S., the tentetentis S.In Ebru it is, the veyl of the dore of the grete strete, whiche is on the tabernacle and auteer bi cumpas. GKQX. whichthat IS. is drawun bifor the ȝatis of the hilyng of theOm. S. witnessyng of boondthe boond IS. of pees; and the curteyns of the greet streetentree IS., also the tente whichthat IS. is hangid in the entryng of the greet streetentree IS. of the tabernacle, and what euer thing perteyneth to theOm. S. customvus IS. of the auter, the cordis of the tabernacle, and al theOm. C. purtenauncepurtenauncis C. therofIn Ebreu it is, to al the ser|uice therof. KX.. The kynrede of Caath schal hauehaue in waard S. the puplis of Am|ram, andOm. W. of Jessaar, and of Ebron, and of Oziel; these ben the meynees of Caathitis, noumbrid bi her names, alle of male kynde, fro o monethe and aboue, eiȝte thousynde and sixe hundrid. Theithees IS. schulen haue kepyngisthe kepyngis C. bisy waardis IS. kepynge W. ofin P. the seyntuarie, and schulenthei schulen IS. sette tentisher tentis IS. at the south coostcoost therof S.; and `the prince of hemher prince IS. schal be Elisaphan, the sone of Oziel. And thei schulen kepe the arke, and the boordtable IS., and the candilstike, the auters, and vesselisthe vesselis IS. of the seyntuarie in whichethe whiche I. it is mynystridserued IS., and the veil, and al sichsich manere IS. purtenaunce. Sotheli theOm. IS. prince of princispreestis A pr. m. I. of Leuytis schal be Elea|zar, the sone of Aaron, preestthe preest I.; and he schal be onvpon IS. the keperis of the kepyng of the seyntuarie. And sotheli of Merary schulen be the puplis of Mooli, and ofOm. ISX. Musi, noumbrid bi her names, alle ofthe IS. male kynde fro o monethe and aboue, sixe thou|synde and two hundrid; `the prince of hemher prince IS. schal be Suriel, the sone of Abiahiel; thei schulen sette tentisher tentis IS. in the north coost. And vndur `the kepyng of hemher keping IS. schulen be the tablis of the tabernacle, and the barrisberinge staues IS., and the pileris, and `the founde|mentis of thoher foundementis IS., andOm. S. alle thingis that per|teynen to sich ournyng, and theOm. W. pileris of the greet streetentree IS. bi cumpas, with her foun|dementisbaasis I., and the stakis with coordisher coordis IS.. Forsothe Moises and Aaron with hise sones schulen sette tentisher tentis IS. bifor the tabernacle of boond of pees, that is, at the eest coost, and schulenthei schulen IS. haue the kepingcheef keping S. of the seyn|tuarie, in theOm. IS. myddis of the sones of Is|rael; what euer alien neiȝethneiȝith ther to I. neiȝith therto without leeue S.neiȝith, that is, without licence. Lire here. CGKNQX., he schal die. Alle the Leuytis, whiche Moises and Aaron noumbriden, bi comaundementthe heest I. heest S. of the Lord, bi her meynees, in male kynde, fro o monethe and aboue, were two and twentixij S. thousynd. And the Lord seidespak S. to Moises, Noumbre thou the firste gen|dridbigetun I. childrenOm. I. of male kynde of the sones of Israel, fro o monethe and aboue; and thou schalt haue the summenoumbre IS. of hem; and thou schalt take Leuytisthe Leuytis IS. to me for alle the firste gendridbigetun I. of the sones of Israel; Y am theOm. S. Lord; and thou schalt take `the beestis of hemher beestis IS. for alle the firste gen|dridbigetun I. of the sones of Israel. And as the Lord comaundide, Moises noumbride the firste gendridbigetun I. children of the sones of Is|rael; and the males weren bi her names, fro o monethe and aboue, two and twenti thousynde twoand two A pr. m. IS. hundrid and seuenti and thre. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide. Take thou Leuytisthe Leuytis IS. for the firste gendridbigetun I. childrenOm. IMOS. of the sones of Israel, and thetake the I. beestis of Leuytisthe Leuytis IS. fortake thou for S. the beestis of hem, and the Leuytis schulen be myne; Y am theOm. S. Lord. Forsothe in the prijs of two hundrid seuentiand seuenti CIS. andOm. DGLOS. threthre persoonus IS., that passen the noumbre of `Leuytis, ofOm. S. the Leuytis of W. the firste gen|dridbigetun I. childrenOm. DIMORT sec. m. W. of the sones of Israel, thou schalt take fyue ciclis bi ech heed, at the mesure of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS.; a sicle hath xx. halpens; and thou schalt ȝyue thethat IS. money to Aaron and to hise sones, the prijs of hem that benben noumbrid IS. aboue. Therfor Moises took the money of hem that weren abouenoumbrid aboue IS., and whichethe whiche I. thei hadden aȝenbouȝt of theOm. B. Leuytis, for the firste gendridbigeten I. of theOm. C. sones of Israel, a thousand threand thre S. hundrid sixtiand sixti KLMOWX. and fyue of siclis, bi the weiȝte of seyn|tuariethe seyntuarie IS.; and he ȝaf that money to Aaron and to hise sones, bi the word whichthat IS. the Lord comaundide to hym.

 CAP. IV.

And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seidehe seide IS., Take thou the summenoumbre IS. of the sones of Caath, fro the myddis of Leuytis, bi her housis and meyneesher meynees I. bi her meynees S., fro the threttithe ȝeer and aboue `til tovnto IS. the fiftithe ȝeer, of alle that entren, that thei stonde and mynystre in the tabernacle of boondthe boond IS. of pees. This is the religioun of the sones of Caath; Aaron and his sones schulen entren in to theOm. S. tabernacle of boondthe boond I. of pees, and in to the hooli of hooli thingis, whanne the tentis schulen be moued; and thei schulen do doun the veil that hangith bifore the ȝatis, and thei schu|len wlappe in it the arke of witnessyng; and thei schulen hilehile it IS. eft with a veil of `skynnys of iacyntthe skyn of iacinctyne I. iacinctyne skynnys S., and thei schulen stretche forth aboue a mentil alOm. MS. of ia|cynt, and thei schulen putteleede plures. lede or bere S. inOm. IS. al in L. barrisberinge staues I. the beringe staues S. `onof L. the schuldris of the bererisOm. plures.. Also thei schulen wlappe the boordtable IS. of proposi|ciounproposicioun ether of setting forth BCGNQX. that is, setting forth K. in a mentil of iacynt, and thei schu|len putte therwith cenceristhe cenceris IS., and morteris of gold, litil cuppis, and grete cuppis toto schede with IS. fletyng sacrifices `to be schedOm. IS.; looues schu|len euere be in the boordtable IS.. And thei schu|len strecche forth abouether aboue IS. a reed mentil, whichthe which I. thei schulen hile eft with an hilyng of `skynnes of iacyntiacinctyn skynnus IS., and thei schulen putteleede plures. lede or bere S. yn barristhe berynge staues IS.. Thei schulen take also a mentil of iacynt with whichwhich also IS. thei schulen hile the candilstike, with hise lanternes, and tongis, and snytels, and alle the `ves|sels of oileoile vessels IS. that ben nedeful to the lan|ternes to be ordeyned; and onvpon IS. alle thingisthees thingis IS. thei schulen putte an hilyng of `skynnys of iacyntiacinctyn skynnus IS., and thei schulen putteleede plures. bring IS. in barristhe berynge staues IS.. Also andOm. IS. thei schulen wlappe the goldun auter in a clooth of iacynt; and thei schulen stretche forth aboueaboue it IS. an hilyng of `skynnys of iacyntiacinctyn skynnus IS., and thei schulen putteleede plures. in barrisberynge staues IS.. TheiAlso thei IS. schulen wlappe in a mentil of iacynt alle the vessels in whiche it is mynystridserued IS. in the seyntuarie, and thei schulen strecche forth aboueaboue it IS. an hil|yng of `skynnys of iacyntiacinctyn skinnes IS., and thei schu|len putteleede plures. yn barristhe berynge staues IS.. But also thei schu|len clense the auterclense the auter, etc. of brent sacrifices. Lire here. CKN QX. fro aischeaisshis G., and thei schulen wlappe it in a clooth of purpur. And thei schulen putte with it alle vesselsthe vessels A pr. m. IST pr. m. X sec. m. whiche thei vsen in the seruyce therof, that is, ressettisthe resettis IS. of firisfier IS., tongisthe tongis S., and fleischokis, hokisand othere hokis IS., and censeristhe cenceris IS., etheror the IS. pannys of coolis; thei schulen hile alle the vessels of the auter togidere in a veil of `skynnes of iacyntiacinctyn skynnus IS., and thei schulen putteleede plures. in barristhe beringe staues IS.. And whanne Aaron and hise sones han wlappid the seyntuarie, and alle vesselsthe vessels I. therof, in the mouyngremouyng IS. of tentisthe tentis IS., thanne the sones of Caath schulenOm. S. entre, that thei bere the thingis wlappidwlappid to gidre IS., and touchetouche thei IS. not theOm. B. vessels of the seyn|tuarie, lest thei dien. Thes ben the bir|thunschargis IS. of the sones of Caath, in the taber|nacle of boondthe boond IS. of pees, onvpon IS. whiche Elea|zar, the sone of Aaron, preestthe preest I., schal be; to whois cure `the oileOm. S. perteyneth to ordeyne lanternesof the lanternes I. the oile of the lanternes S., and the encense whichthat IS. is maad bi craft, and the sacrifice whichthat IS. is offrid euereeuere, that is, yn ech day BC. euere more IS., and the oile of anoyntyng, and what euere thing perteyneth to the ournyng of the tabernacle, and of alle vesselsthe vessels IS. that ben in thethi KO. seyntuarie. And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide, Nyle ȝe leeseleese or distrie S. the puple of Caath fro the myddis of Leuytisthe Leuytis S.; but do ȝe this thing to hem, that thei lyue, and die not, if thei touchen the hooli of hooli thingis. Aaron and hise sones schulen entre, and thei schulen dispose the werkis of alle menthe sones of Caath I. Caaths sones S., and thei schulen departedeparte to ech IS. `what whothat that hem IS. ow|ith toOm. plures. bere. Othere men se notOm. IS. bi onyno IS. curioustecuriouste or sleiȝt IS. tho thingis that ben in the seyn|tuarie, bifore that thotho thingis IS. ben wlappidwlappid togidre IS.; ellis thei schulen die. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Take thou the summenoumbre IS. also of the sones of Gerson, bi her housis, and meynees, and kynredis; noumbre thouthou hem IS. fro thretti ȝeer and aboue `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. fiftithe fiftithe B. fiftith D. thrittithe I. ȝeer alle that entren and mynystrenseruen IS. in the ta|bernacle of boondthe boond IS. of pees. This is the office of the sones of Gersonytis, that thei bere the curteyns of the tabernacle, and the roofhil|yng IS. of the boond of pees, an other hilyng, and athe IS. veil of iacynt abouebe aboue I. that shal be aboue S. alle thingis, and the tente whichthat IS. hangith in the entryngentree IS. of the tabernacle of theOm. plures. boond of pees; and the curteyns of the greet streetentree IS., and the veil in the entryngentree IS.and the veil in the entryng, in Ebreu it is thus, the veil of the dore of the grete street, which is bifor the tabernacle bi cumpas. CK QX., `which veilthat IS. is bifor the tabernacle. Whanne Aaron comaundith and hise sones, the sones of Gerson schulen bere alle thingis that perteynen to the auter, the coordis, and vesselsthe vessels IS. of seruyceof seruyce, in Ebrew it is, of her seruyce, and vessels here ben takun for instrumentis. Lire here. CK QX.; and alle schulenthei schulen IS. wite, to what charge thei owen to be boundun. This is the office of the meyneemeynees CIS. of Gersonytis, in the tabernacle of boond of pees; and thei schulen be vndur the hondhondis C. hond or warde S. of Ythamar, the sone of Aaron, preest. Also thou schalt noumbre the sones of Merary, bi the meynees and housis of her fadris, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue `til tovnto IS. fifti ȝeer, alle that entren to the office of her seruice, and to the ournyng of the boond of pees of witnessyng. These ben `the chargis of hemher chargis IS.; thei schulen bere the tablis of the tabernacle, and the barrisberinge staues IS. therof, the pilers and her foundementis; also the pilers of the greet streetentree IS. bi cum|pas, with her foundementis, and herwith her IS. stakis, and coordisher coordis IS.; theiAnd thei IS. schulen take alle in|strumentisthe instrumentis IS. and purtenauncethe purtenaunce IS. atof the tabernacle bi IS. noumbre, and so thei schulen berebere hem IS.. This is the office of `the meynee ofOm. S. Meraritis, and the seruyce in the tabernacle of boondthe boond IS. of pees; and thei schulen be vndur the hond of Ythamar, the sone of Aaron, preesthe preest I.. Therfor Moises and Aaron and the princes of the synagoge noumbriden the sones of Caath, bi the kynredis and housis of her fadris, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. the fiftithe ȝeer, alle that entren to the seruyce of the tabernacle of boond of pees; and thei weren foundun two thousynde seuene hundrid and fifti. This is the noumbre of the puple of Caath, whichthat IS. entrith in to the tabernacle of boond of pees; Moises and Aaron noumbriden these, bi the word of the Lord, bi the hond of Moises. And the sones of Gerson weren noumbrid, bi the kyneredis and housis of her fadris, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. `the fiftithel. S. ȝeer, alle that entren that thei mynystreserue IS. in the tabernacle of boond of pees; and thei weren foundun two thou|synde sixe hundrid and thretti. This is the puple ofOm. S. Gersonytis, whichthat IS. Moises and Aaron noumbridennoumbriden bi the kyndredis and housis I., bi the `word of the LordLordis wordis S.. And the sones of Merary weren noumbrid, bi the kynredis and housis of her fadris, fro threttithethritti BIKMNW. XXX. plures. ȝeer and aboue `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. `the fiftithefiftithe C. l. ILOS. ȝere, alle that entren to fillefulfille IS. the customs, etheror the S. seruices, of the tabernacle of boondthe boond S. of pees; `and theiOm. ISW. and RT sec. m. weren foundun thre thou|synde and two hundrid. This is the noumbre of the sones of Merari, whichethe whiche I. Moyses and Aaron noumbriden, bi `the co|maundementheest IS. of the Lord, bi the hoond of Moises. Alle that weren noumbrid of Le|uytisthe Leuytis IS. Leuytis, that is, of the lynage of Leuy BCGKQ., and whichethe whiche I. Moyses and Aaron and the princes of Israel maden to be noum|brid, bi the kynredis and housis of her fa|dris, fro thretti ȝeer and aboue `til tovnto IS. `the fiftithel. S. ȝeer, and entriden to the seruyce of the tabernacle, and to bere chargisthe chargis ther off IS., weren togidere eiȝte thousynde fyue hun|drid and foure scoor. By the `word of the LordLordis word IS. Moises noumbride hem, ech man bi his office and hise chargis, as the Lord co|maundide to hym.

 CAP. V.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei caste out of the castelstentis IS. ech leprouse man, and that fletithfloweth IS. out seedthe seed IS., andand that IS. is defoulid onvpon IS. a deed bodi; caste ȝe out of the castelstentis IS., as wel a male as a female, lest thei defoulen tho, whanne thei dwellen with ȝou. And the sones of Israel diden so; and thei castidenputtiden IS. hem out of the cas|telstentis IS., as the Lord spak to Moises. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, Whanne a man ethir a womman hanhath S. dodo ony IS. of alle synnesthe synnes IS. that ben wont to falle to men, and han broke bi necgligence the `comaundement of the Lordheest of the Lord I. Lordis heest S., and han trespassid, thei schu|len knowleche her synne, and thei schulen ȝelde thilke heedheed, that is, dette BCEGLNPQX. heed or dett IS., and the fyuethe part aboue, to hym aȝens whom thei synneden. But if noon isther is IS. that schal resseyue theithat thei I. that of hem thei S. schulen ȝyueȝuye it IS. to the Lordthat is of Lordis K marg., and it schal be the preestis part, outakun the ram whichthat is. is offrid for clensyng, that it be a queme|ful sacrifice. Also alle the firstecheef IS. fruytis, whichethat IS. the sones of Israel offren, per|teynen to the preest; and what euer thingthing that is offrid, this is soth of the firste fruytis, not of othere sacrifices. Lire here. CGKQ. is offrid of ech man in the seyntuarie, and is ȝouun to the `hondis of the preestprestis hondis IS.and is ȝouun to the hondis of the prest, in Ebreu it is, whiche a man halewid, and ȝaf to the hondis of the prest. Lire here. CKQ., it schal be the preestis partOm. IORST sec. m. W.. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, If `the wijf of a mana mannes wif S. hath errid, and hath dispisid thehir IS. hosebonde, and hath slept with another man, and the hosebonde may not take ether preue this, but the auowtrye is hid, and may not be preuyd bi witnessis, for sche is not foundun in leccherie; if the spirit of gelousiethe gelousie C. geloustee IS. stirith the housebonde aȝens his wijf, whichthe which I. is ether defoulid, ethir issche is IS. apechid bi fals sus|pecioun, the manhous|bonde IS. schal brynge hir to the preest, and he schal offre an offryng for hir `theand the C. tenthe part ofOm. S. a mesure clepidthat is clepid IS. satumsatum, that conteyneth a buschel and half BCEGKLNPQX. satum, that is, the x. part of a buschel S. of barli meele; he schal not schedeheelde I. oyle ther onnevponne IS., nethir he schal putte en|censeencense therto IS., for it is the sacrifice of gelousiegeloustee IS., and an offryng enquerynge auowtrye. Therfor the preest schal offre hirit I., and schalhe schal IS. settesette it I. sette hire KS. bifore the Lord; and he schal take holihali A. watir in `a vessel of erthean erthen vessel IS., and he schal putte inOm. I. to itthat L. a litil ofOm. IS. theOm. CEISX. erthe of the pawment of the tabernacle. And whanne the womman stondith in the siȝt of the Lord, hethe preest IS. schal diskyuerevnkeuere IS. hir heed, and he schal putte `on the hondis of hirvpon hir hondis IS. the sacrifice of remembryng, and the offryng of gelousie. Sotheli he schal holde moostthe moost IS. bittir watris, in whiche he gader|idehath gaderid IS. togidere cursis with cursyng. And he schal conioure hirOm. I., and schalOm. S. seie, If an alien manman, other than their hosbonde S. slepte not with thee, and if thou art not defoulid in theOm. IS. forsakyng the bed of thethin IS. hosebonde, these bitterestebittir IS. wa|tris schulen not anoye thee, in to whiche Y haue gaderid togidere cursis; ellis if thou bowidst awei fro thin hosebonde, and art defoulid, and hast leyn with another man, thou schalt be suget to these curs|yngys; the Lord ȝyue thee in to cursyng, and in to ensaumple of alle men in his puple; `the Lordhe I. make thin hipe to wexe rotun, and thi wombe swelle, and bebe it IS. brokun; cursidthees cursid IS. watris entre in toOm. O. thi wombe, and while thethi IS. wombe swellith, thin hipe wexe rotun. And the womman schal answere, Amen! amen! And the preest schal write thesOm. I. cursis in a litil book, and he schal do awey tho cursis with bitterestethe ful bittir I. the bittereste S. watris, in to whichethe whiche I. he gaderide cursis, and he schal ȝyue to hir tothe watris to IS. drynke. And whanne sche hath drunke thothilke I. watris, the preest schal take of hir hond the sacrifice of gelousiegeloustee IS., and he schal reiseareere IS. it bifor the Lord, and he schal putteputte it IKS. on the auter; so oneli that he take bifore an handful of sacrificethat sacrifice IS. `of thatOm. IS. that is offrid, and brenne onit vpon IS. it on K. the auter, and so ȝyuethanne ȝyue S. drynke to the womman the moost bittere watris. And whanne sche hath drunke tho watris, if sche is defoulid, and is gilti of auowtrie, for thehir IS. hosebonde is dispisiddispisid of hir IS., the watris of cursyng schulen passe thorouȝ hir, and while thehir IS. wombe is bolnydswolle IS., thehir IS. hipe schal wexe rotun, and thehir S. wommanwombe FKS. schal be in to cursyng and in to ensaumple to al the puple. That if sche is not pollutiddefoulid IS., sche schal be harme|les, and schalsche schal IS. brynge forth fre children. This is the lawe of gelousiegeloustee I. geloustee or of suspicioun S. gelousie, ether of yuel suspicioun of the husbonde aȝens the wijf BCGKQX., if a womman bowith awei fro hir hosebonde, and is de|foulid, and the hosebonde is stirid with the spirit of gelousyegeloustee IS., and bryngith hir in toOm. plures. the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt IS., and the preest doith to hir bi alle thingis that ben writun, the hosebonde schal be with out synne, and sche schal resseyue hir wickidnesse.

 CAP. VI.

And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne a man ether a womman makith a uow, that thei be ha|lewid, and thei wolen halewe hem silf to the Lord, thei schulen absteyneabsteyne hem IS. fro wyn and fro al thing that may make drunkun; thei schulen not drynke vynegrethe vynegre IS. of wyn, andne IS. of ony other drynkyngin lijk manere maad drynke IS.In Ebreu it is, of ony thing able to make drunkun. BGK QX., and what euer thing is pressid out of theOm. O. grape; thei schulen not ete freischnewe IS. grapis and driedried IS., allein alle FIKS. dayes in whiche thei ben ha|lewid bi a vow to the Lord; thei schulen not ete what euer thing may be of the vyner, fro aoo L. grape dried `til tovnto IS. the drafdraf ether casting out after the pressing BCKQX.In Ebreu it is, fro the rynde til to the litil greynes that ben in the myddis of the grape. KQX.. InOm. S. al tymethe tyme EILOPSX. of his departyngdepartyng or of his auowe holding IS. a rasour schal not passe onvpon IS. his heed, `til tovnto IS. the day fillidbe fulfillid IS. be fillid L. in which he is halewid to the Lord; he schal be hooli whileand plures. Om. I. thewexynge the I. heer of his heed `schal wexeOm. I.. In al the tyme of his halewing he schal not entre onvpon IS. a deed bodithat is, he shal not con|sente to hem that ben deed by sinne. S., and sotheli he schal not be defoulid onvpon IS. the deed bodi of fadirhis fadir IS. and ofOm. I. moderhis modir IS., of brothir and of sistir, for the halewyng of his God is onvpon IS. his heed; ech dai of his departyngdepartyng or auowyng IS. schal be hooli to the Lord. But if ony man is deed sudeynly bifore hym, the heed of his halewyng schal be defoulid, whichthe which I. he schal schaue anoon in the same dai of his clensyng, and eft in the seuenthe dai; forsothe in the eiȝte dai he schal offre twei turtlis, ether twei `briddis of a culuerculuer briddis IS., to the preest, in the entryng of theOm. L. boond of pees of wit|nessyng. And the preest schal makemake or offre S. oon for synne, and the tothir in to brent sacri|fice; and the preest schal preie for hym, for he synnede onvpon IS. a deed bodi, and he schal halewe his heed in that daidai, that is, schal dispose to fille the vow BCEGKLPX. dai, that is, dispose him to fulfille his auowe S.. And he schal halewe to the Lord the daies of his departyng, and he schal offre a lomb of o ȝeer for synnehis synne IS., so netheles that the formere daies be maad voide, for his ha|lewyng is defoulid. This is the lawe of consecraciounhalewyng IS.. Whanne the daies schulen be fillidfulfillid IS., whiche he determynededemyde to fulfille IS. by a vow, the preest schal brynge hym to the dore of the tabernacle of boond of pees, and schalhe schal IS. offre his offryng to the Lord, a lomb of o ȝeer with out wem, in to brent sacrifice, and a scheep of o ȝeer with outen wem, for synne, and a ram with out wem, a pesible sacrifice; also a panyerebaskett IS. of theerf looues, that ben spreynt togidere with oile, and cakis sodun in watir, and aftir an|oyntidoyntid plures. with oile, with out sourdow, and fletyng sacrifices of allealle these S. bi hem silf; whiche the preest schal offre bifor the Lord, and schalhe schal IS. makemake or offre these S. as wel for synne as in to brent sacrifice. Sotheli he schal offre the ram a pesible sacrifice to the Lord, and he schal offre togideretherwith IS. a panyerebaskett IS. of therf looues and fletyng sacryfices, that ben due bi custom. Thanne the NazareiNazarei, that is, halwed EP. Naz. or he that is halewid S. schal be schauun fro the heer of his consecraciounhale|wyng IS., bifor the doore of the tabernacle of boond of pees; and the preest schal take hise heeris, and schalhe schal IS. putte onhem vpon IS. the fier, which is put vndur the sacrifice of pesible thingis. And he schal take the schuldur sodun of the ram, and o `cake of breed with out sourdowtherf cake S. fro the panyerebasket S., and oa S. theerf caak first sodun in watir and aftirward fried in oile, and he schal bitakebitake hem IS. ininto IS. the hondis of theOm. L. Nazarei, aftir that his heed is schauun. And the preest schal reisearere hem IS. in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt S. thetho IS. thingis takun eft of hym. And thethilke I. tho S. thingis halewid schulen be the preestis part, as the brest whichthe which I. is comaundid to be departid, and the hipe. Aftir these thingis the Nasarey may drynke wyn. This is the lawe of the Nasarei, whanne he hath avowyd his of|fryng to the Lord in the tyme of his con|secraciounhalewyng IS., outakun these thingis whiche his hond fyndithor his power mai strecche to. IS.. By this that he avowide in soulesoule or in will IS., soOm. S. he schal do, toOm. S. the perfec|cioun of his halewyng. And the Lord spak to Moyses and seide, Speke thou to Aaron and to hise sones, Thus ȝe schulen blesse the sones of Israel, and ȝe schulen seie to hem, The Lord blesse thee, and kepe thee; the Lord schewe his face to thee, and haue mercy onvpon IS. thee; the Lord turne his cheer to thee, and ȝyue pees to thee. TheiPrestis IS. schulen clepe inwardli my name onvpon IS. the sones of Israel, and Y schal blesse hem.

 CAP. VII.

ForsotheAnd S. it was don in the dai in which Moises fillideeendide I. fulfillede or eendide S. the tabernacle, and reisideareride IS. it, and anoyntideanoyntide it IS. and halewidehalewide it IS. with alle `hise vesselsthe vessels ther off I. the vessels or instrumentis therof S., theand the IS. auter inhe halewide in S. lijk maner and the vessels therof. And the princes of Is|rael, and the heedischeef men I. heedis men S. of meynees that weren bi alle lynagis, `the souereyns of hemher souereyns IS. that weren noumbrid, offeriden ȝiftis bifor the Lord, sixe waynes hylid with twelue oxun; twei duykis offeriden o wayn, and ech offeride oon oxe. And theiOm. C. offeriden thothilke I. waynes `in the siȝt ofbifore IS. the tabernacle. ForsotheSothely IS. the Lord seide to Moises, Take thou of hemthees thingis IS., that thothei S. serue in the ser|uice of the tabernacle, and bitake thou thotho thingis IS. to dekenesthe dekenes CIS. bi the ordre of her seruice. And so whanne Moises hadde take the waynes, and the oxun, he bitook thohem N. to the dekenes. He ȝaf twei waynes and foure oxun to the sones of Gerson, biaftir IS. that thatOm. IS. thei hadden nedefulneede IS.. He ȝaf four other waynes and eiȝte oxun to the sones of Merari, bi her officesoffice C. and religioun, vn|der the hond of Ythamar, the sone of Aa|ron, preestthe preest I.. Forsothe he ȝaf not waynes and oxun to the sones of Caath, for thei seruen in the seyntuarye, and beren chargisthe chargis IS. with her owne schuldris. Therfor the duykis offeriden, inin to K. the halewyng of the auter, in the dai in which it was anoyntid, her offryng to the Lord, bifore the auter. And the Lord seide to Moises, Alle dukisthe dukis IS. bi hemsilf offreoffre thei IS. ȝiftis, bi alle daies bi hem silf, in to the halewyng of the auter. Naa|son, the sone of Amynadab, of the lynage of Juda, offeride his offryng in the firste day; andand ther weren in that offryng IS. a siluerneseluer L. vesseleysel vessel S. `to preue en|sense and siche thingisfor eisel I., in the weiȝte of anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a viol of siluereIn Ebru it is, a basyn of sil|uer. GKQX., hauyngeweiynge IS. seuenti siclis bi the weiȝt of the seyntuarie, `weren ther ynnethees weren IS. Om. K sec. m., euer eithir ful of flour spreynt togidere with oile, in to sacrificethe sacrifice IS.; a morterIn Ebru it is, a spoon of x. goldene siclis. GKQX., of ten gol|dun siclis, ful of encence. He offride an oxe of the droue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `buk of geetgeet buk IS., for synne. And he offeride in the sacrifice of pesible thingis, tweyne oxun, fyue rammys, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This is the offryng of Naason, the sone of Amynadab. In the secounde dai Nathanael, the sone of Suar, duyk of the lynage of Isachar, offeride a siluerneseluer L. vesseleisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. I., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluerneseluer L. violeviole ether basyn BCGKNQ., hauynge se|uenti syclis biat L. the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie C pr. m. IS., euer either ful of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oile, in to sacrifice; a goldun morter, hauyngepeising L. ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `buc of geetgeet buk IS., for synne. And in theOm. L. sacrifice of pesi|ble thingis he offride tweyne oxun, andOm. L. fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Nathanael the sone of Suar. In the thridde dai Eliab, the sone of Elon, princethe prince IS. of the sones of Zabulon, offeride a siluerneseluer L. vesseleisel vessel IS. to `preue encence and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluerne viol, hauynge seuenti siclis at the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer eithir ful of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oile, in to sa|crifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sa|crifice; and a buc of geet, for synne. And inin the IX sec. m. sacrifice of pesible thingis he offride tweyne oxen, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This is the offryng of Eliab, the sone of Helon. In the fourthe dai Helisur, the sone of Se|deur, the prince of the sones of Ruben, offride a siluerneseluer L. vesselviol A. eisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluerneseluer L. viol, hauynge seuenti syclis at the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer eithir ful of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oile, in to sacrifice; a goldun morter peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer in to brent sacrifice, and a `buc of geetbuk o. geet buk IS., for synne. And in to sacrifice of pesible thingis he offride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet bukis IS., fyue lambrenlombis IS. of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Elisur, the sone of Sedeur. In the fyuethe dai Salamyhel, the sone of Suri|saddai, the prince of the sones of Symeon, offeride a siluernesiluer EP. vessel `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peysynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluerneseluer ELP. viol, hauynge seuenti siclis at the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer either ful of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oile, in to sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, andOm. S. a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `bucke of geetgeet buk IS., for synne. And in to sacrifice of pesible thingis he offeride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offring of Salamyhel, the sone of Surisaddai. In the sixte day Elisaphat, the sone of Duel, the prince of the sones of Gad, offride a siluernesiluer ELP. vesseleisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and sich thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluernesiluer ELP. viol, hauynge seuenti si|clis at the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer eithir ful of flourtried flour IS. spreynt to gidere with oile in to sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the droue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `buc of geetgeet buk IS., for synne. And in to sacrificesacrifices BCX sec. m. of pesible thingis he offride twei oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Elisaphat, the sone of Duel. In the seuenthe dai Elisama, the sone of Amyud, the prince of the sones of Effraym, offride a siluernesiluer ELP. vesseleisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluerneseluer ELP. viol, hauynge seuenti siclis at theOm. IS. weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer either ful of flour spreynt togidere with oyle, in to sa|crifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten si|clis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `buc of geetgeet buk IS., for synne. And in to sacrificessacrifice G. of pesible thingis he offride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Elisama, the sone of Amyud. In the eiȝtthe dai Gamaliel, the sone of Fadussur, the prince of the sones of Manasses, offride a siluernesil|uer ELP. ves|seleisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti syclis, a siluerneseluer ELP. viole, hauyngepeisynge IS. seuenti siclis at the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer eithir ful of flour spreynt to gidere with oile, in to sa|crifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `buc of geetgeet buk IS., for synne. And in to sacrificis offor I. pesible thingis he offride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Gamaliel, the sone of Fadussur. In the nynthe dai Abidan, the sone of Gedeon, the prince of the sones of Beniamyn, offeride a siluernesiluer ELP. vesseleisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluernesiluer ELP. viol, hauynge seuenti siclis at the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer eithir ful of flour sprent togidere with oile, in to sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer in to brent sacrifice; and a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS., for synne. And in to sacri|ficesacrifices plures. the sacrifice I. of pesible thingis he offride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the of|fryng of Abidan, the sone of Gedeon. In the tenthe dai Abiezer, the sone of Amy|saddai, the prince of the sones of Dan, offride a siluernesiluer ELP. vesseleisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge an hundrid and thretti siclis, aand a A pr. m. OS. siluernesiluer ELP. viol, hauynge seuenti siclis at the weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer ethir ful of flour spreynt to gidere with oile in to sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS., for synne. And in to sacrifices of pesible thingis he offride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Abiezer, the sone of Amysaddai. In the enleuenthe dai Phegiel, the sone of Ocran, the prince of the sones of Aser, of|fride a siluernesiluer ELP. vesseleisil vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis, a siluernesiluer ELP. viol, hauynge seuenti siclis at theOm. S. weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer either ful of flour spreynt to gidere with oile, in to sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten ciclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; andOm. S. a `bucke of geetgeet buk IS., for synne. And in to sacrificessacrifice GIW. of pesyble thingis he offride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Phegiel, the sone of Ochran. In the tweluethe dai Ahira, the sone of Enan, the prince of the sones of Neptalym, of|fride a siluernesiluer ELP. vesseleisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS., peisynge anj. S. hundrid and thetti siclis, a siluernesiluer ELP. viol, hauynge seuenti siclis at theOm. S. weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., euer eithir ful of flour spreynt to gidere with oile, in to sacrifice; a goldun morter, peisynge ten siclis, ful of encense; an oxe of the drooue, and a ram, and a lomb of o ȝeer, in to brent sacrifice; and a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS., for synne. And in to sacrificessacrifise F. of pesible thingis he offride tweyne oxun, fyue rammes, fyue `buckis of geetgeet buckus IS., fyue lambren of o ȝeer. This was the offryng of Haira, the sone of Henan. These thingis weren offrid of the sones of Israel, in the halewyng of the auter, in the dai in which it was halewid; siluernesiluer ELP. vesselseisel vessels IS. `to preue, encense and siche thingisOm. IS. twelue, siluernesiluer ELP. viols twelue, goldun morteris twelue; so that o vesselsilueren eisel vessel IS. `to preue encense and siche thingisOm. IS. haddehadden A. weiȝide IS. anj. S. hundrid and thretti siclis `of siluerOm. IS., and oa EFILPS. viol haddeweiȝide IS. seuenti siclis, that is, in comyn, two thousynde and foure hundrid siclis of alle the `vessels of siluersilueren vessels IS., bi theOm. IOS. weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS.; gol|dun morteris twelue, ful of encense, peis|ynge ten siclis bi theOm. IS. weiȝte of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., that is to gidere anj. S. hundrid and twenti siclis of gold; oxun of the drooue in to brent sacrifice twelue, twelue rammes, twelueand twelue IS. lambren of o ȝeer, and theher IS. flet|ynge sacryfices `of thoOm. IS., twelue `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS. for synne; the sacrifices of pesi|ble thingis, foure and twenti oxun, sexty rammes, sexti `buckis of geetgeet buckis IS., sixti lam|bren of o ȝeer. These thingis weren of|frid in theOm. IS. halewyng of the auter, whanne it was anoyntid. And whanne Moyses entride in to the tabernacle of boondthe boond I. of pees, `to axethat he IS. counsel `of Goddis answeryng placethe answere of God IS., he herde the vois of God spekynge to hym fro `the propiciatorie, whichGoddis answeringe place, the whiche place I. Goddis answ. pl. whiche place S. was onouer IS. the arke of witnessyng, bitwixe tweithe twei IS. cherubyns, froand fro IS. whennus alsoOm. IS. God spak to Moises.

 CAP. VIII.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron, and thou schalt seie to hym, Whanne thou hast sett seuenethe seuene I. launternes, the candilstike bebe thanne IS. reisidarerid IS. in the south part; therfor comaundecomaundide D. thou this, that the lanternes biholde euene aȝens the north tofore IS. the boordtable IS. of loouesthe looues IS. of `set|tyng forthproposicioun K . ether setting forth K (marg.), thotho lanternes S. schulen schyne aȝenus that part whichthat IS. the candilstike biholdithbiholdith to IS.. And Aaron didedide so IS., and puttidehe puttide IS. lanternesthe lanternes IS. onvpon IS. the candilstike, as the Lord comaund|ide to Moises. Sotheli this was the mak|yng of the candilstike; it was of gold betun out with hameris, as wel the myd|dil stok as alle thingisthe thingis IS. that camen forth ofon S. euer eithir side of the ȝeerdis; bi the saumpleensaumple IS. `whych the Lordthat God IS. schewide to Moises, so he wrouȝte the candilstike. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Take thou Leuytisthe dekens I. dekens S. fro the myddis of the sones of Israel; and thou schalt clense hem bi this custom. Be thei spreynt with wa|tir of clensyng, and schaue thei alle the heeris of her fleisch. And whanne thei han waische her clothis and ben clensid, take thei an oxe of droouesthe drooues IS., and the flet|yng sacrifice therof, flour spreynt to gidere with oile; forsothe thou schalt take an|other oxe of the drooue for synne; and thou schalt present the Leuytisdekenes IS. bifor the tabernacle of boondthe boond I. of pees, whanne al the multitude of the sones of Israel is clepid togidere. And whanne the Leuytisdikens IS. benben presentid S. bifor the Lord, the sones of Israel schulen sette her hondis onvpon IS. hem; and Aaron schal offreoffre or presente S. the Leuytisdekenes IS. in the siȝt of the Lord, aas a S. ȝifte of the sones of Israel, that thei serue in the seruice `of hymOm. S.. Also the Leuytis schulen sette her hondis onvpon IS. the heedis of the oxun, of whiche oxun thou schalt makemake or ordeyne S. oon for synne, and the to|ther in to brent sacrifice of the Lord, that thou preye for hem. And thou schalt or|deyne the Leuytisdekenes IS. in the siȝt of Aaron, and of hise sones, and thou schalt sacre hem offrid to the Lord; and thou schalt departe hem fro the myddis of the sones of Israel, that thei be myne. And aftir|ward entre thei in to the tabernacle of boond of pees, that thei serue me; and so thou schalt clense and schaltOm. IS. halewe hem, in to an offryng of the Lord, for bi fre ȝifte thei ben ȝouun to me of the sones of Israel. Y haue take hem for the firste gendridgoten I. thingis that openen ech wombepriuy wombe C pr. m. in Israel; for alle the firste gendridgoten I. thingis of the sones of Israel ben myne, as wel of men as of beestis, fro the dai in which Y smoot ech firste gendrid thing in the loond of Egipt, Y halewide hemhem, that is, the firste gendrid sones BCGKNQX. to me. And Y took the Leuytis for alle the firste gen|drid bigoten I. childrenOm. I. of the sones of Israel; and Y ȝaf hem bi fre ȝifte to Aaron and hiseto hise IS. sones, fro the myddis of the puple, that thei serue me for Israel, in the tabernacle of boondthe boond I. of pees, and that thei preie for hem, lest veniaunce be in the puple, if thei ben hardi to neiȝe to the seyntuarye. And Moises and Aaron, and al the multitude of the sones of Israel, diden onvpon IS. the Le|uitis tho thingis that the Lord comaundide to Moyses. And theithe Leuytis IS. weren clensid, and thei waischiden her clothis; and Aaron reisidereiside, that is, presentide BCEGKLNPQX. reiside or presentid S. hem in the siȝt of the Lord, and preiedehe preiede IS. for hem, that thei schulen be clensid, and schulden entre to her offices in to the tabernacle of boond of pees, bifor Aaron and hise sones; as the Lord co|maundide to Moises of the Leuytis, so it was don. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, This is lawethe lawe plures. of Leuytis; fro fyue and twentithetwenti plures. ȝeerfro xxv. ȝeer, for thanne thei entriden to lerne the of|fices, but in the xxx. ȝeer, they weren ordeyn|ed mynystris, if they weren able. Lire here. CKQX. and aboue thei schulen entre, for to mynystre in the ta|bernacle of boond of pees; and whanne thei han fillidfulfillid IS. the fiftithe ȝeer of ageher age IS., thei schulen ceesse to serueserue, that is, to bere burthuns BCGKQSX.. And thei schulen be the mynystrisseruauntis IS. of her bretheren in the tabernacle of boond of pees, that thei kepe tho thingis that ben bitakun to hem; so|thely thei schulen not do tho werkiswerkis, as thei diden bifore S.; thus thou schalt dispose Leuytis in her kepyngis.

 CAP. IX.

And the Lord spak to Moises, in the de|seert of Synay, in the secounde ȝeer aftir thatOm. IS. thei ȝeden out of the lond of Egipt, in the firste moneth, and seide, The sones of Israel makemake thei I. pask in his tyme, inthat is, in IS. the fourtenthe day of this monethe, at theOm. plures. euentid, bi alle the cerymonyes and iusti|fiyngis therofof that solempnytee IS.. And Moises comaundide to the sones of Israel, that thei schulden make pask; whichethe whiche I. madenmaden it I. maden paske S. in his tyme, in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe, at euentid, in the hil of Synai; bi alle thingis whichethat IS. the Lord comaundide to Moises, the sones of Israel diden. LoOm. L.! forsothe summensumme DGQRT. vncleene onin c. pr. m. vp IS. the soule of man, that myȝten notnot for vnclennesse S. make pask in that dai, neiȝiden to Moises and Aaronto Aaron I., and seiden to hem, We ben vncleene `on the soule of manvpon mannus soule IS.; whi ben we defraudidbigilid IS., that we moun not offre an offryng to the Lord in his tyme, among the sones of Israel? To whichethe whiche I. Moises answeride, Stonde ȝeȝe aside, or abidith S., that Y take counseil, what the Lord comaundith of ȝou. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, A man of ȝoure folk whichthat IS. is vncleene `on thevpon a IS. soule, etherethir is IS. in the weie ferfer, in La|tyn bokis it is addid, in ȝoure folk, but this is not in Ebreu. Lire here. CK QX., make he pask to the Lord in the secounde monethe, in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe, at euentid; with therf looues and letusis of the feeld he schal ete it. Thei schulen not leeue ony thing therof tiltil to KQRTX. the morewtid, and thei schulen not breke a boon therof; thei schulen kepe al the custom of pask. Forsothe if ony man is botheOm. plures. cleene, and ishe is IS. not in the weie, and netheles madehe made IS. not pask, thilke man schal be distried fro hise puplis, for he offeride not sacrifice to the Lord in his tymetyme sett or couenable S.; he schal bere his synne. Also if a pilgrym and comelynga comelyng BDIKLS.that is, a man conuertid to the lawe of Jewis. BCGKQ. is anentis ȝou, make he pask to the Lord, bi the cery|monyes and iustifiyngisthe iustifiyngis IS. therof; the same comaundementheest IS. schal be anentis ȝou, as wel to a comelyng as to a man borun in the loond. Therfore in the dai in which the tabernacle was reisid, a cloude hilide it; sotheli as the licnesselicnesses O. of fier was onvpon IS. theOm. D. tentetente, that is, tabernacle BC. tente, ether tab. GKQ. fro euentidthe euentid IS. tilvnto IS. til to ELP. theOm. EP. morewtid. Thus it was don continueli, a cloude hilide itthe tabernacle IS. bi dai, and as the licnesse of fier bi nyȝt. And whanne the cloude that hilide the tabernacle was takun awei, thanne the sones of Israel ȝeden forth, and in the place where the cloude stood, there thei settiden tentis. At the comaundementheeste IS. of the Lord thei ȝeden forth, and at his co|maundementheeste IS. thei settiden the tabernacle. In alle daiesthe daies IS. in whiche the cloude stood onvpon IS. the tabernacle, thei dwelliden in the same place. And if it bifelde that it dwellide inOm. S. myche tyme onvpon IS. the taber|nacle, the sones of Israel weren in the watchis of the Lord, and thei ȝeden not forth, in hou many euer daies the cloude was onvpon IS. the tabernacle. At the comaunde|mentheeste IS. of the Lord thei reisiden tentisthe tentis IS., and at his comaundementheeste IS. thei didendiden hem A pr. m. IS. doun. If the cloude waswas stonding vpon the tabernacle S. fro euentidthe euentid IS. `til tovnto IS. the morewtid, and anoon in the morewtid hadde leftleft or gon thennus IS., thei ȝeden forth; and if aftir a dai and nyȝta nyȝt IS. itthe cloude I. hadde go awei, thei scateriden, `ether diden dounOm. I., tentisthe tentis IS.. Whether in twothe tweye B. monethis, etherwhe|ther W. in o monethe, ether in lengere tyme, `the cloudeit I. hadde be onvpon IS. the tabernacle, the sones of Israel dwelliden in the same place, and ȝeden not forth; butand plures. anoon as itthe cloude IS. hadde go awey, thei moueden tentisthe tentis IS.. Bi the word of the Lord thei settiden tentisher tentis IS., and bi his word thei wenten forth; and thei weren in the watchis of the Lord, bi his comaundementheeste IS., bi the hondhond or ordynaunce IS. of Moyses.

 CAP. X.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Make to thee twei siluernesiluer ELP. trumpis betun out with hameris, biwith the I. whiche thou maist clepe togidere the multitude, whanne the tentis schulen be moued. And whanne thou schalt sownesowne or blowe S. with trumpis, al the cum|peny schal be gaderid to thee at the dore of the tabernacle of theOm. IS. boond of pees. IfAnd G. thou schalt sownetrumpe I. trumpe with o trump S. onysonys, that is, with oo trumpe GKNQX.In Ebreu it is, in oon, that is, trumpe. KQX., the princes and the heedischeef men I. heedis men S. of the multitude of Israel schulen come to thee; but if a lengere andand a IS. departid trumpyngtrump|yng of ij. trumpis S. schal sownesowne, that is, ij. trumpis CGQ. sowne, that is, in twey trumpis KNX., thei that ben at the eest coost schulen moue tentisher tentis IS. first. Forsothe in the se|counde sown and lijkin lijk IS. noise of the trumpe thei that dwellen at the southsouth coost IS. schulen reise tentisher tentis IS.; and bi this maner othere men schulen do, whanne the trumpis schu|len sowne in to goyng forth. Forsothe whanne the puple schal be gederid to gi|dere, symplesymple or a litle S. cry of trumpis schal be, and thothe trumpis I. tho trumpis S. schulen not sowne departynglior dyuersely S.. The sones of Aaron preestthe preest IS. schulen sownetrumpe IS. with trumpis, and this schal be a lawful thing euerlastynge in ȝoure generaciouns. If ȝe schulen go out of ȝoure lond to batel aȝens enemyesthe enemyes IS. that fiȝten aȝens ȝou, ȝe schulen cryetrumpe IS. with trumpis sownyngetrump|ynge IS., and the bithenkyng of ȝou schal be bifor ȝoure Lord God, that ȝe be delyuered fro the hondis of ȝoure enemyes. If ony tyme ȝe schulen haue a feeste, and halidaies, and calendisthat is, the firste day of the monethe. IS., ȝe schulen synge in trumpis onvp on the IS. brent sacrifices and pesible sacrifices, that tho be to ȝou in to remembryng of ȝoure God; Y am ȝoure Lord God. In the se|counde ȝeer, in the secounde monethe, in the twentithe dai of the monethe, the cloude was reisid fro the tabernacle of boond of pees. And the sones of Israel ȝeden forth bi her cumpenyes fro deseertthe deseert ISX sec. m. of Synay; and the cloude restide in the wildirnesse of Faran. And the sones of Juda bi her cumpenyes, of whiche the prince was Naason, the sone of Amyna|dab, moueden first tentisher tentis IS., bi the Lordis comaundementheest IS. maadmaad or ordeyned S. inbi IS. the hond of Moises. In the lynage of the sones of Ysacar the prince was Nathanael, the sone of Suar. In the lynage of Sabulon the prince was Heliab, the sone of Helon. And the tabernacle was takundoon KS. doun, whichthat IS. the sones of Gerson and of Merary baren, and `ȝeden outthei ȝeden forth IS.. And the sones of Ruben ȝeden forth bi her cumpenyes and ordre, of whiche the prince was Helisur, the sone of Sedeur. Forsothe in the lynage of the sones of Symeon the prince was Sala|myel, the sone of Surisaddai. Sotheli in the lynage of Gad the prince was Helisa|phath, the sone of Duel. And the sones of Caath ȝeden forth, and barenthei baren IS. the seyn|tuarie; so longe the tabernacle was borun, til thei camen to the place of reisyngrestinge S.In Ebreu it is thus; and thei reisiden the tabernacle til to the com|yng of hem. GKQX. therof. Also the sones of Effraym, bi her cumpanyes, moueden tentisher tentis IS., in whos oost the prince was Elisama, the sone of A|myud. Forsothe in the lynage of the sones of Manasses the prince was Gama|liel, the sone of Phadussur. And in the lynage of Beniamyn the duk was Abidan, the sone of Gedeon. The sones of Dan, bi her cumpenyes, ȝeden forth the laste of alle tentisthe tentis IS.In Ebreu it is thus; the baner of the oost of Dan cam, and ga|deride to alle casteles either coostis. KQX., in whos oost the prince was Aizer, the sone of Amysaddai. Sotheli in the lynage of the sones of Aser the prince was Phegiel, the sone of Ochran. And in the lynage of the sones of Nepta|lym the prince was Haira, the sone of Henan. These ben the castelstentis IS. and the goingesgoynge A. forth of the sones of Israel, bi her cumpenyes, whanne thei ȝeden outforth IS.. And Moises seide to Heliab, the sone of Ra|guel, of Madian, his aliecosyn IS. `ethir fadir of his wijfOm. CDIMORST sec. m. W., We goon forth to the place whichthat IS. the Lord schal ȝyue to vs; come thou with vs, that we do wel to thee, for the Lord bihiȝte goode thingis to Israel. To whom he answeride, Y schal not go with thee, but Y schal turne aȝen in to my lond, in which Y was borun. And Moises seide, Nyle thou forsake vs, for thou knowist in whiche places we owen to sette tentis, and thou schalt be oure ledere; and whanne thou schalt come with vs, what euer thing schal be theOm. IKQRSTX. beste of theOm. X. richessis whichethat IS. the Lord schal ȝyue to vs, we schulen ȝyue to thee. And ther|for thei ȝeden forth fro the hil of the Lord the weie of thre daies; and the arke of boondthe boond B. of pees of the Lord ȝede bifor hem, biOm. K. thretho thre IS. daies, and purueyde the place of tentisher tentis IS.. And the cloude of the Lord was onvpon I. vpon or ouer S. hem bi day, whanne thei ȝedenȝeden forth IS.. And whanne the arke was reisid, Moises seide, Ryse thou, Lord, and thin enemyes be scaterid, and thei that haten thee, fle fro thi face; forsothe whanne the arke was putsett IS. doun, heMoyses IS. seide, Lord, turne aȝen to the multitude of the oost of Israel.

 CAP. XI.

Yn the meene tyme theOm. IS. grutchyng of the puple, as of men sorewynge for trauel, roos aȝens the Lord. And whanne Moises hadde herd this thing, he was wrooth; and the fierfier or wrath S. of the Lord was kyndelid onvpon IS. hem, and deuourideit deuouride IS. the laste part of theher IS. tentis. And whanne the puple hadde cried to Moises, Moises preiede the Lord, and the fier was quenchid. And heMoises IS. clepid the name of that place Brennyng, for the fier of the Lord was kyndlid aȝens hem. And the comyn puple of `malis and femalismen and wymmen IS., that hadde stiedstied vp IS. with hem, brent with desirethe desire C.or coueitide lusty metis. S. marg. of fleischisfleishe IS.This word of fleischis is not in Ebreu, nether in bokis amendid, for thei desiriden fleischis and fischis and othere thingis; as it is seid with ynne. Lire here. CGQX., and satthei satten IS., and wepte with the sones of Israel ioyned togidere towith S. hem, and seide, Who schal ȝyue toOm. IOSX. vs fleischisfleishe IS. to ete? We thenken onvpon IS. the fischisfishe IS. whichethat IS. we eten in Egipt frelifreli, that is, for litil prijs BCGKQX. freli or plentith of metis for litil pris S.; gourdis, and melouns, and lekis, and oyn|iouns, and garlekisgarlik I. comen in to myndeoure mynde IS. `to vsOm. IS.; oure soule is drieor oure mynde is wery. S.; oure iȝen by|holden noon other thing `no butthan IS. manna. ForsotheSothely IS. manna was as the seedseed or flour S. of cori|aundre, of the colour of bdellyum, whichthat BIS. is whijt and briȝt as cristal. And the puple ȝede aboute, and gaderide it, and brakbrak it IKS. with a queerne stoon, ether pownedepownede it IKS. in a morter, andand thei IS. sethideseetheden it IKS. in a pot; and madethei maden IS. therof litle cakis of the sauour, as of breed maad with oile. And whanne dew cam doun in the niȝt onvpon IS. the tentis, also manna cam doun togideretogidere therwith IS.. TherforThanne IS. Moises herde the puple wepynge bi mey|nees, and `alle biech of IS. hem silfOm. IS. bi the doris of her tentistente BC. tentis grucchide S.; and the woodnessewood|nesse, that is, strong veniaunce BCEGKLPQ. of the Lord was wrooth greetli, but also the thinggrucchynge IS. was seyn vnsuffrable to Moises. And he seide to the Lord, Whi hast thou turmentid thi seruauntseruauntis S.? whi fynde Y not grace bifor thee? and whi hast thou put onvpon IS. me the burthun of al this puple? whe|thir Y conseyuedehaue con|seyuede IS. al this multitude, ethir gendridehaue goten I. it, that thou seie to me, Bere thou hem in thi bosum as a nurise is wont to bere a litil ȝong child, and bere thouthou this puple IS. in to the lond forOm. F. for the I. which thou hastOm. IS. sworeswore to ȝeue it S. to theher IS. fadris `of hemOm. IS.. wherof ben fleischismetis IS. to me, that Y `ȝyue tofede IS. so greet multitudea multitude IS.? Thei wepen bifore me, and seyn, `Ȝyue thou fleischis to vsȜyue vs fleishe IS. that we ete; I mai not aloone suffresusteyne I. suf|fre or reul S. al this puple, for it is greuouse to me. If in other maner it semeth to theethee that thou releue not this peple and reule it, S marg., Y bisechebiseche thee IS. that thou sle me, andOm. S. that Y fynde grace in thin iȝen, that Y be not punyschidpunyschid or traueilid S. biwith IS. so grete yuelis. And the Lord seide to Moises, Gadere thou to me seuenti menOm. KOSX. of theOm. E. eldre men of Israel, whichewhom IS. thou knowist, `that thei ben the eldeto be oolde IS. menmilde men FLP. and maistris of the puple; and thou schalt lede hem to the dore of the tabernacle of boond of pees, and thou schalt makemake hem IS. to stonde there with thee, that Y come doun, and speke towith IS. thee; and Y schal take a wey of thi spiritand Y schal take a wey of thi spirit, that is, of the spirit of grace ȝouun to thee, not that Moises hadde the lesse, but they weren liȝtned with out decreessing of the grace of Moises, as many candils ben liȝtned of the liȝt of oon, with out de|creessing of his liȝt. Lire here. BCEKLPQX. As ȝif many can|dlis weren liȝtid by o candil and ȝit that candil hath neuer the lesse liȝt. S., and Y schal ȝyueȝyue therof S. to hem, that thei susteynebere IS. with thee the birthuncharge IS. of thethi K. puple, and not thou aloone be greuydtraueilid IS.. And thou schalt seie to the puple, Be ȝe halewid; to morew ȝe schulen ete fleischisfleishe I.; for Y herde ȝou seie, Who schal ȝyue toOm. plures. vsvs to ete S. theOm. MOWS. metismete N. Om. S. ofOm. S. fleischisfleishe CI.? it was wel to vs in Egipt; that the Lord ȝyue `fleischis to ȝouȝyue ȝou fleishe IS., andOm. C pr. m. thatOm. IS. ȝe ete notnot oonly IS. o dai, ethir tweyne, ethir fyue, ethir ten, sotheli nether twentitwenti daies., but `til tovnto IS. a monethe of daies, til itthe mete IS. go out bi ȝoure nosethirlis, and turne in to wlatyng; forfor bi ȝour grucching S. ȝe han put awei the Lord, whichthat I. is in the myddis of ȝou, and ȝe wepten bifor hym, andand ȝe S. seiden, Whi ȝeden we out of Egipt? And Moises seide to the Lord, Sixe hundrid thousynde of foot men ben of this puple, and thou seist, Y schal ȝyue toOm. IS. hem `mete ofto ete IS. fleischisfleishe IS. an hool monethe. Whether the multitude of scheep and of oxun schalschal mone S. be slayn, that it may sufficesuffice this peple S. to mete, ethirethir wher IS. alle the fischis of the see schulen be gaderid to gi|dere, that tho fille hem? To whom the Lord answeride, Whether the `hond of the LordLordis hond S. is vnmyȝti? riȝt now thou schalt se, wherwhether ELP. wher ther S. my word schal be fillidfulfillid IS. in werk. Therfor Moises cam, and teldeseide ELP. toOm. IS. the puple the wordis of the Lord; and he ga|deride seuenti menOm. IS. of the eldereeldere men BIS. of Is|rael, whichethe whiche I. he made stonde aboute the tabernacle. And the Lord cam doun bi a cloude, and spak to Moises, and tookhe took IS. a weye of the spirit that was in Moises, and ȝafhe ȝaf IS. totherof to S. the seuenti men; and whanne the spirit hadde restid in hem, thei profe|sieden, andand more ouer thei IS. ceessiden not `aftirwardOm. IS. forthere plures.. For|sothe twei menmen vpon whom the Spirit of the Lord restide S marg. dwelliden stille in the tentistwey men dwelliden stille in the tentis, not bi dispit, but by meke|nesse, aretting hem silf vn|worthi to so greet auauns|ing; and therfor they resseyu|eden the ȝifte of God, as and othere men. Lire here. CEK LPQX., of whiche men oon was clepid Hel|dad, and the tothir Medad, onvpon the I. vpon S. whiche the spiritspirit of Moises S. restide; for also thei weren des|cryueddescryued or ordeyned I. ordeyned or chosen S., and thei ȝeden not out to the ta|bernacletabernacle to profecie S.. And whanne thei profesieden in the tentis, a child ranran out ELP., and teld to Moises, and seide, Heldad and Medad pro|fecien in the tentis. Anoon Josue, the sone of Nun, the `mynystre of Moisesseruaunt of Moises I. Moises seruaunt S., and chosun of manyemanye for a wise man and a redi S marg., seide, My lord Moises, forbede thou hem. And heMoyses IS. seide, What hast thou enuye for me? who ȝyuethwher not God S marg. that al the puple profesie, and that God ȝyue his spirit to hem? And Moises turnede aȝen, and the eldre menmen also IS. in birthe of Is|rael in to the tentis. Forsothe a wynde ȝede forth fro the Lord, and tookit took IS. curlewis, and barbrouȝte hem IS. ouer the see, and leftehe lefte hem I. he lefte hem or made hem to abide S. in toOm. IOWS. the tentis, in theOm. IS. iurney, asand bare as RT sec. m. myche as mai be parformed in o day, bi ech part of the tentis bi cumpas; and thothei I. tho curlewis S. flowen in the eir bi twei cubitis in `hiȝnesse ouerheiȝt aboue IS. the erthe. Therfor the puple roos in al that dai and nyȝtthat nyȝt IS. and in toOm. plures. the tothir dai, and gaderide thea IS. multitude of curlewis; he that gaderide litil, gaderide ten `mesuris clepidOm. IS. chorus; `and o choruschore is a mesure that S. conteyneth tenthritti B pr. m. buschelsOm. I.; and thei drieden tho cur|lewis bi theOm. IS. cumpas of the tentis. Ȝit `fleischis werenfleishe was IS. in theher IS. teeth `of hemOm. IS., and siche mete failidefailide hem IS. not; and lo! the woodnessewraththe IS. of the Lord was reisid aȝens the puple, and smoothe smoot IS. it with a ful greet veniaunce. And thilkethat I. place was clepid TheOm. L. sepulcrisbiriels IS. of coueitiseThis is not in Ebreu. KQX., for there thei birieden the puple that desiride fleischisfleishe I. fleishe, on whom God toke veniaunce and slowe hem for her grucchinge S.. Sotheli thei ȝeden `out offorth fro IS. the sepulcris of coueitiselust IS. Om. E., and camen in to Asseroth, and dwelliden there.

 CAP. XII.

And Marie spak and Aaron aȝens Moises, for his wijf a womman of Ethiope, and seidenthei seiden IS., Whethir God spakspak his will I. spak or shewede his wille S. oneli by Moises? whethir he spak not also to vs in lijk maner? And whanne the Lord hadde herd this, he was wrooth greetli; for Moises was the myldest man, ouer alle men that dwelliden in erthe. And anoonIn Ebru it is, sodeynly. Lire here. GKQX. the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron and to Ma|rye, GoGoth I. out ȝe thre aloone to the taber|nacle of boondthe boond B. of pees. And whanne thei weren gon ynyn thidir S., the Lord cam doun in athe IS. piler of cloudea cloude IS., and he stood in the entryngentree IS. of the tabernacle, and clepidehe clepide IS. Aaron and Marie. And whanne thei had|den gogon forth I. go forth to him S., he seide to hem, Here ȝe my wordis; if ony among ȝou is a profete of the Lord, Y schal appere to hym in reue|lacioun, ethir Y schal speke to hym bi `a dreemsweuen IS.. And he seide, And my seruaunt Moises is not sicheor so straunge to me. IS., whichthe whiche I. is moost feith|ful in al myn hows; for Y speke to hym mouth to mouth, and he seeth God opynlior clerli pass|inge other. S., and not bi derke spechisspechis ether derk liknessis BCGKQX. and figuris. Why therfor dredden ȝe not to bacbitedepraue F. `ether depraueOm. DIMORST sec. m. W. my seruaunt Moises? And the Lord was wrooth aȝens hem, and heOm. A sec. m. BCD. wente a wei. And the cloude ȝedewente ILS. a wei, that was onvpon IS. the tabernacle and lo! Marie apperide whijtschynynge IS. Om. L. with lepre aswhijt as IS. snow. And whanne Aaron biheelde hir, and siȝ hir bispreyndbispreynd ether bisched B. bispred LP. with lepre, he seide to Moises, My lord, Y besechebeseche thee IS., putte thou not this synne onvpon IS. vs, which we diden folili, that this wom|man be not maad as deed, and as a deed borun thing whichthat IS. is cast out of the `wombe of his modirmodir wombe IS.; lo! now the half of hir fleisch is deuouriddeuourid or ouerhilid S. with lepre. And Moises criede to the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y bisechebiseche thee IS., heele thou hir. To whom the Lord answerid, If hir fadir hadde spet in to hir face, where sche ouȝte not to be fillidfulfillid IS. with schame, nameli inOm. S. seuene daies? Therfor be sche departid out of the tentis bi seuen daies, and aftirward sche schal be clepid aȝen. And so Marie was excludidput IS. out of the tentis bi seuene daies; and the puple was not mouyd fro that place, til Marie was clepid aȝen.

 CAP. XIII.

And the puple ȝede forth fro Asseroth, whanne the tentis weren set in theOm. KQRTX. de|seert of Pharan. AndOm. S. there the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Sende thou men that schulen biholde the lond of Canaan, whichthe which I. Y schal ȝyue to the sones of Israel, of ech lynagelynage sende I. lynage sende thou S. oO S. man of the princes. Moises dide that that the Lord comaund|ideIn Ebru it is, seid, for it was not propirly a comaundement but a suf|fraunce. GKQX., and sentehe sente IS. fro the deseert of Pharan princes, men of whichethe whiche I. these ben the names. Of the lynage of Ruben, Semmya, the sone of Zectur. Of the lynage of Sy|meon, Saphat, the sone of Hury. Of the lynage of Juda, Caleph, the sone of Je|phone. Of the lynage of Isachar, Igal, the sone of Joseph. Of the lynage of Ef|fraym, Osee, the sone of Nun. Of the lynage of Beniamyn, Phalti, the sone of Raphu. Of the lynage of Zabulon, Ge|diel, the sone of Sodi. Of the lynage of Joseph, of the gouernauncegeneracioun A pr. m. ceptre sec. m. sceptre or gouernaunce IS. of Manasses, Gaddi, the sone of Susy. Of the lynage of Dan, Amyel, the sone of Gemalli. Of the lynage of Aser, Sur, the sone of My|chael. Of the lynage of Neptalym, Nabdi, the sone of Napsi. Of the lynage of Gad, Guel, the sone of Machi. These ben theOm. IS. names of menthe men IS., whichthe which I. Moises sente to bi|holde the lond of Canaan; and heMoises IS. clepide Osee, the sone of Nun, Josue. Therfor Moises sente hem to biholde the lond of Canaan, and seidehe seide IS. to hem, `Stie ȝeGo ȝe vp I. Stie ȝe vp S. bi the south coost; and whanne ȝe comen to the hillis, biholde ȝe the lond, what maner lond it is; and biholde ȝe the puple whichthat IS. is the dwelleredwelleris CELP pr. m. therof, whether it is strong, ethir feble, `whether thei benOm. I. fewe in noumbre, ether manye; whether that lond is good, ethir yuel; what maner citees benben there S., wallid, ether without wallis; whether the lond is fat, ether bareyn, `whether it isOm. I. ful of woodis, ethir without trees. Be ȝe coumfortid, and `brynge ȝebringith S. to vs of the fruytis of that lond. Sotheli thethanne the IS. tyme was, whanne grapis first ripe myȝten be etun thanneOm. IS.. And whanne thei hadden stiedstied vp IS., thei aspieden the lond, fro the de|seert of Syn `til tovnto IS. Rohob, as menme BCEFLP. en|trythentren plures. entring ELP. to Emath. And thei stiedenwenten vp I. stieden up S. to the southsouth coost IS., and camenthei camen IS. in to EbronIn Ebru it is, and he cam in to Ebron, for Caleph aloone ȝede thidir, as Rabi Salomon seith. GKQX., where Achyman, and Sisai, and Tholmai, the sones of Enach, weren; for Hebron was maad biOm. plures. seuen ȝeer bifor Thamnys, the citee of Egipt. And thei ȝeden tilOm. IOS. to the stronde of clustre, and kittidenthei kittiden IS. doun a sioun with his grapegrapis IKOS., which twei men baren inwith IS. a barreberynge staff IS.; also thei token of pumgarnadis, and of the figis of that place whichthe which I. is clepid NehelescolNehelesool A., that is, the stronde of grapeclustre IS., for the sones of Israel baren a clustre fro thennus. And the aspierisspiers IS. of the lond, whanne thei hadden cumpassid al the cuntrey, after fourti daies camenthei camen IS. to Moises and Aaron, and to al the cumpany of the sones of Israel, in to the deseert of Pharan whichthat IS. is in Cades. And `the aspieristhei I. spaken to hem, and schew|identhei schewiden IS. the fruytis of the lond to al the mul|titude, and teldenthei telden IS., and seiden, We camen to the lond, to which thou sentest vs, whichthe which I. lond treuli flowith withOm. C. mylk and honywith hony DQRT., as it may be knowun bi these fruytis; but it hath strongestemoost stronge IS. inhabi|terisdwellers IS., and grete cytees, and wallid; we sien there the kynrede of AnachymAnachym, that is, gyauntis BCEGKLNPQX. giauntis S marg.; Amalech dwellithdwellith there IS. in the south; Ethei, and Jebusei, and Amorey dwellen in the hilli placis; forsothe Cananey dwellithdwellen I. bisidis the see, and bisidis the floodis of Jordan. Among thes thingisthingis or seiynges S. Caleph peeside the grutchyng of the puple, that was maad aȝens Moises, and seide, `Stie wego we vp I. stie we vp S., and welde we the lond, for we moun gete it. Forsothesothely the IS. other aspieris, that weren with hym, seiden, We moun not stiegon vp I. stie vp S. to this puple, for it is strongere than we. And thei deprauydenspaken yuel of I. for fere spaken yuel of S. the lond which thei had|den biholde, anentisto IS. the sones of Israel, and seiden, The lond whichthat IS. we cumpass|iden deuourithde|uourith or waastith S. hise dwellerisdwelleris duelling among hem S marg.; the puple whichthat IS. we bihelden is of large stature; there we syen summe wondris aȝens kynde, of the sones of Enach, of the kynde of ge|auntis, to whichethe whiche I. we weren comparisoundlickned I. comp. or lickened S., and weren seien as locustislocustis or flies S..

 CAP. XIV.

Therfor al the cumpeny criede, and wepte in that nyȝt, and alle theOm. A. sones of Israel grutchiden aȝens Moises and Aaron, and seiden, We wolden that we hadden be deed in Egipt, and not in this waast wildirnesse In Ebreu it is, ether that we weren dede in this wildir|uesse KX.; we wolden that we pe|rischenschulden perische IS. or dien S marg., andOm. IS. that the Lord lede vs not in to this londferful lond that oure bretheren spaken of S., lest we fallenfallen there S. bi swerd, and oure wyues and freoure fre EILPS. children ben ledled or taken S. prisoneris; whether it is not beterebetere to VS IS. to turne aȝen in to Egipt? And thei seiden oon to another, Ordeyne we a duykor a leder S marg. to vs, and turne we aȝen in to Egipt. And whanne thisthis seiynge S. was herd, Moises and Aa|ron feldenfellen doun IS. lowe tointo CW. erthethe erthe BIKSW., bifor al the multitude of the sones of Israel. And sotheli Josue, the sone of Nun, and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, whichethe whiche I. also cum|passiden the lond, torenten her clothis, and spakenthei spaken IS. tothus to S. al the multitude of the sones of Israel, The lond whichthat IS. we cum|passiden is ful goodof good A pr. m.; iffor S. the Lord is mer|ciful to vs, he schal lede vs in to it, and schalhe schal IS. ȝyue `to vsOm. plures. VS IS. the lond flowynge with mylk and hony. Nyle ȝe be rebel aȝens the Lord, nether drede ȝe the puple of this lond, for we moun deuoure hem so as breed; al herOm. plures. help passidehath passide IS. awei fro hem, the Lord is with vs, nyle ȝe drede. And whanne al the multitude criede, and wolde oppressehaue oppressid IS. hem with stonys, the glorie of the Lord apperide onvpon IS. the roof of theOm. S. boond of pees, while alle the sones of Israel sien. And the Lord seide to Moises, Hou long schal this puple bacbite meether mysdeme of me BCGKQX. or mysdeme me S.? Hou longe schulen thei not bileue to me in alle `signes, whichethe signes whiche A pr. m. the wondris that IS. Y haue do bifor hem? Therfor Y schal smyte hem with pesti|lence, and Y schal wasteand Y schal waste; thouȝ God dide not this, netheles he seide soth, for he spak bi the yuele dis|seruyngis of hem, as if he seide, they dis|serueden, that Y schulde do this to hem. Lire here. BCG KQX. hemOm. plures.; forsothesothely IS. Y schal makemake the prince etc. this is vndirstondun in a condicioun. Lire here. CK QX. theethe A. prince onvpon IS. a greetgrettere I. folk, and strongere than is this. And Moises seide to the Lord, Egipciansthe men of Egipt IS. `here notOm. IS., fro whos myddil thou leddist out this puple, and the dwelleris of this loond, whichethe whiche I. herdenhan herd IS. that thou, Lord, art in this puple, and art seynseyn of hem S. face to face, and thatOm. I. thi cloude defendith hem, and that thou goist bifore hem in athe IS. pilere of cloudea cloude IS. bi dai, and in a piler of fier bi nyȝt, thatheere thei not that IS. thou hast slayn so greet a multitude as o man, and seie theiOm. IS., He myȝte not brynge this puple in to the lond for whiche he swoorto ȝeue to hem S marg., therfor he killide hem in wildir|nesse; therfor the strengthe of the Lord be magnifiedmaad grete S marg., as thou hast sworetreuli bihiȝt S marg.. And Moises seide, Lord pacient, and of myche mercy, doynge awei wickidnesse and tres|passis, and leeuyngeforsakynge IS. no man vngilti, which visitist the synnes of fadris in to sones in to the thridde and fourtheinto the fourthe IS. gene|racioun, Y bisechebiseche thee IS., forȝyue thou the synne of this thi puple, aftir the greetnesse of thi merci, as thou were merciful to menhem IS. go|ynge out of Egipt `til tovnto IS. this place. And the Lord seide, Y haue forȝouun to hem, bi thi word. Y lyueand as sothly S marg.; and the glorie of the Lord schal be fillidfulfillid IS.the riȝtwis dome and power of the Lord shal be shewid. S. in al erthe; ne|theles alle menthe men IS. that sienhan seen IS. my magestemageste or my grete wondirful doynge S., and my signestokenessis I. tokenes S., whichethe whiche I. Y dide in Egipt and in the wildirnesse, and temptidenhan temptid IS. me now bi ten sithis, and obeieden not to my vois, schulen not se the lond for which Y swore to her fadris, nethir ony of hem that bacbitide me, schal se it. Y schal lede my seruaunt Caleph, that was ful of anothir spiritof trew bileue S marg., and suede me, in to this lond, whichthat IS. he cumpasside, and his seed schal welde it. For Amalech and Cana|nei dwellen in the valeis, to morewe moueremoue IS. ȝeȝe ȝoure IS. tentis, and turne ȝe aȝen in to wildir|nessethe wildirnesse A pr. m. bi the weie of the reed see. And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide, Hou long grutchith this werste multitude aȝens me? Y haue herd the pleyntisgrucchinge pleyntis S. of the sones of Israel. Therfor seie thou to hem, Y lyue, seith the Lord; as ȝe spakengrucchingli S marg. while Y herde, so Y schal do to ȝou; ȝoure careynscareyns or deed bodies S. schulen ligge in this wildirnesse. Alle ȝe that ben noum|brid, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, and grutch|idenhan grucchid IS. aȝens me, schulen not entre in to the lond, onvpon IS. which Y reisidehaue reiside IS. myn hond, that Y schulde make ȝou to dwelledwelle there IS. outakun Caleph, the sone of Jephone, and Josue, the sone of Nun. Forsothe Y schal lede inin thidir IS. ȝoure litle children, of whiche ȝe seiden that thei schulden be preyes `ethir ra|ueynsOm. I. to enemyes, that thei se the lond whichthat I. displeside ȝouto ȝou S.. Forsothesothely IS. ȝoure careyns schulen ligge in theOm. EIO sec. m. LPS. wildirnesse; ȝoure sones schulen be walkerisand vnstable S marg. aboute in the deseert bi fourti ȝeer, and thei schulen bere ȝoure fornycacioun, til the careyns of theher IS. fadris ben wastid in theOm. IS. deseert, by the noumbre of fourti daies, in whiche ȝe bihelden the loond; a ȝeer schal be aret|tidrettid DKQT. reckened IS. for a dai, and bi fourti ȝeer ȝe schulen resseyue ȝoure wickidnesseor be punischid for ȝour grucching S marg., and ȝe schulen knowe my veniaunce. For as Y spak, so Y schal do to al this werste multitude, that roos to gidere aȝens me; it schal faile, and schalOm. IS. die in this wildirnesse. Therfor alle the men whyche Moises hadde sent to see the lond, and whichethe whiche I. turniden aȝen, and maden al the multitude to grutche aȝens hym, and depraueden the lond, that it was yuel, weren deed, and smytundeed and smytun etc. that is, sudeyn|ly and orribly, bi the sentence of the Lord, to the drede of othere men. Lire here. CGKQX. in the siȝt of the Lord. Sotheli Josue, the sone of Nun, and Caleph, the sone of Je|phone, lyueden, of alle menthe men IS. that ȝeden to se the lond. And Moises spak alle these wordis to alle the sones of Israel, and the puple mourenyde gretli. And, lo! thei risedenrisyn IS. in the morewtid first, and `stieden inthei wenten vp I. thei stieden vp in S. to the cop of the hil, and seiden, We ben redi to stiegon vp I. stie vp S. to the place, of whichthe which I. the Lord spak, for we synnedenhan synned IS. misbileuing and grucching aȝens thee S marg.. To whichewhom I. Moises seide, Whi passenouerpasse IS. ȝe the word of the Lord, that schal not bifalle to ȝou in toOm. S. prosperite? Nyle ȝe stiego vp I. stie vp S., for the Lord is not with ȝou, lest ȝe fallen bifor ȝoure enemyes. Amalech and Cananei ben bifor ȝou, bi the swerd of whiche ȝe schulen fallefalle or be distruyed S., for ȝe noldenwolden not I. assente to the Lord, nether the Lord schal be with ȝou. And thei weren maad derkderke, that is blindid in her synne BCEGKLNPQX. togidre blynde IS., and stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vps. in to the cop of the hil; forsothe the ark of the testament of the Lord and Moises ȝeden not aweyforth IS. fro the tentis. And Amalech cam doun, and Chananei, that dwelliden in the hil, and he smoot hemthe children of Israel IS., and kittidehe kittide hem IS. doun, and pursuede hem tiltil to BELP. to IS. vnto K. Horma.

 CAP. XV.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne ȝe han entrid in to the lond of ȝoure abitacioundwelling IS. whichthat I. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou, and ȝe makeschul make IS. an offryng to the Lord in to brent sacri|fice, ether a pesible sacrifice, and ȝeȝif ȝe IS. payenschul paie ȝoure I. shulen paie or do ȝoure S. auowis, ethir offren ȝiftis bibi ȝoure S. fre wille, ethirethir ȝif IS. in ȝoure solempnytees ȝe brennenshul brenne IS. odoursmelling IS. ofOm. S. swetnesse to the Lord, of oxun, ether of scheep; who euer offrith theOm. IOR sec.m. ST sec.m. slayn sacrifice, schal offre aOm. A. sacrifice of flour, the tenthe part of ephi, spreynt togidere with oile, whichthe which I. oil schal haue a mesure the fourthe part of hyn; and he schal ȝyue wyn to fletynge sacrifices to be schedheld I., of the same mesure, in to brent sacrifice, and slayn sacrifice. Bi ech loomb and ram schal be the sacrifice of flour, of twey tenthe partis, whichthe which I. schal be spreynt to|gidere with oile, of the thridde part of hyn; and he schal offre wyn to the flet|ynge sacrifice, of the thridde part of the same mesure, in to odoursmellyng IS. of swetnesse to the Lord. Forsothesothely IS. whanne thou makist a brent sacrifice, ethir an offryng of oxun, that thou fillefulfil IS. avow, ethir pesible sacri|fice, thou schalt ȝyue, bi ech oxe, thre tenthe partis of flourtried flour IS., spreynt togidere with oile, whichthe which I. schal haue the half ofOm. IS. mesure of hyn; and thou schalt ȝyue wyn to fletynge sacrificessacrifice C. to be schedheld I., of the same mesure, in to offryng of the swettest odoursmell IS. to the Lord. So ȝe schulen do bi ech oxe, and ram, and lomb, and kide; as wel men borun in the lond, as pilgrymysthat is, men conuerted to the lawe of Jewis. BCKQX., schulen offre sacrifices bi the same custom; o co|maundement and doom schal be, as wel to ȝou as to comelyngis of the lond. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne ȝe comen in to the lond whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou, and `ȝe etenwhanne ȝe schul ete IS. of the looues of thatOm. S. cuntrey, ȝe schulen departe the firste fruytisthe firste fruytis: in Ebreu it is a litil cake of ȝoure pastis. C GKQX. of ȝoure metis to the Lord; as ȝe schulen departe the firste fruytis of cornȝoure corn IS. flooris, so ȝe schulen ȝyue the firste fruytis alsoalso and K. of sewisȝoure sowuels I. ȝoure sewis or sowlis S. to the Lord. That if bi ignoraunce ȝe passen ony of tho thingis whiche the Lord spak to Moyses, and comaundide bi hym to ȝou, fro the dai in which he bigan to comaunde, and ouerfro now forth S marg., and the multitude hath forȝete to dodo this I. do his heest S., it schal offre a calf of the drooue, brent sacrifice in to swettistful swete smellyng I. swettist smelling S. odour to the Lord, and the sacrificis ther|of, and fletynge offryngisoffryngis that the peple shal offre S., as the cerymo|nyes therof axen; and it schal offre a `buc of geetgoot bucke IS. for synne. And the preest schal preie for al the multitude of the sones of Israel, and it schal be forȝouun to hem, for thei synneden not wilfuli. And ne|uerthelesse thei schulen offre encense to the Lord for hemsilf, and for her synne and errourher errour IS.; and it schal be forȝouun to al the puple of the sones of Israel, and to comelyngisthe comelyngis IS. that ben pilgryms among hem, for it is the synne of al the multitude bi ignoraunce. That if ao plures. soulelijf I. synneth vn|witynglivnwityng G., it schal offre a geet of o ȝeer for his synne; and the preest schal preye for that soule, for it synnede vnwityngli bifor the Lord; and the preest schal gete for|ȝyuenesse to it, and synnethe synne IKX. schal be for|ȝouun to ithim QX.. As wel to mena man K. borun in the lond as to comelyngis, o lawe schal be of alle that synnen vnwityngli. Forsothesothely IS. a man that doith ony synne bi pride, schal perische fro his puple, whether he be a citeseyn, ethir a pilgrym, for he was rebel aȝens the Lord; for he dispiside the word of the Lord, and made voide his co|maundementheest IS.; therfor he schal be doon awei, and schalhe schal I. bere his owneOm. ISX. wickid|nes. Forsothesothely I. it was doon, whanne the sones of Israel weren in wildirnesse, and haddeOm. CKM. thei hadden IS. founde a man gaderynge woode in the `day of sabatsabot day IS., thei brouȝten hym to Moises, and to Aaron, and to al the mul|titude; whichethe whiche I. closidenclosiden or put S. hym in toOm. I. pri|soun, and wistenthei wisten IS.and wisten not, etc. they wisten not bi what deth he schulde die, ether wher he dide this synne witingly, til God certifiede to hem. Lire here. CGKQX. not what thei schulden do ofto IS. hym. And the Lord seide to Moises, This man die bi deeth; al the cum|peny oppresse hym with stoonus with out the tentis. And whanne thei hadden led hym with out forth, thei oppressidenkilliden IS. him with stoonus, and he was deed, as the Lord comaundide. Also the Lord seide to Moises, Speke thou to the sones of Is|rael, and thou schalt seye to hem, that thei make to hem hemmes bi foure cor|neris of mentilsher mentils IS., and settefestne thei in hem I. feste thei in tho S. laces of ia|cynct `in thoOm. IS.; and whanne thei seen thoo, haue thei mynde of alle comaundementisheestis I. the heestis S. the comaundementis X. of the Lord, lest thei suen her thouȝtis and iȝenher iȝen IS., doynge fornycacioun bi dyuerse thingis; but more be thei myndeful of the `Lordis heestisheestis of the Lord I., and do thei tho, and be thei hooli to her God. Y am ȝoure Lord God, whichthat S. ledde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt, that Y schulde be ȝoure God.

 CAP. XVI.

LoOm. I.! forsothe Chore, the sone of Isuar, sonethe sone IS. of Caath, sonethe sone IS. of Leuy, and Dathan and Abiron, the sones of Heliab, and Hon, the sone of Pheleph, of the sones of Ru|ben, rysenriseden C. han rise plures. aȝens Moises, and othereothere also S. of the sones of Israel, two hundryd men and fifti, prynces of the synagoge, and whiche weren clepid bi namesher names IS. in the tyme of counsel. And whanne `thei hadden stondethees stoden IS. aȝens Moises and Aaron, thei seiden, Suf|fice it to ȝouȝour owne comyng or doing S marg., for al the multitude isof this peple is comen S. of hooly men, and the Lord is in hem; whi ben ȝe reisidreisid vp IS. presumptuously S marg. on the puple of the Lord? And whanne Moises hadde herd this, he feldefel doun IS. lowe onvpon IS. thehis IS. face. And he spak to Chore, and to al the multitude; he seide, Eerli the Lord schal make knowun whichewhiche men S. perteynen to hym, and he schal applieapplie or drawe S. to hym hooli men; and thei whiche he hath chose, schulen neiȝe to hym. Therfor do ȝe this thing; ech man take his cencere, thou Chore, and al thi coun|sel; and to morewe whanne fier is takun vp, putte ȝe encense aboue bifor the Lord, and whom euer the Lord chesith, he schal be hoolibe holi, that is, assigned to Goddis offices and presthod. BCEGKLPQX.. Ȝe sones of Leuy ben myche reisidreisid in to pride S text.. And eft Moises seide to Chore, Ȝe sones of Leuy, herehereth I. heerith me S.. Whether it is litil to ȝou, that God of Israel departidede|parte L. ȝou fro al the puple, and ioynedehath ioyned IS. anointide ELP. ȝouOm. plures. to hym silf, that ȝe schulden serue hym in theOm. IS. seruyce of tabernaclethe tabernacle EIKLPQST pr. m., and that ȝe schulden stonde bifor the multitude of pu|plethe puple EIS., and schuldenOm. C sec. m. IORST sec. m. W. serue hym? Made hethe Lord IS. therfor thee and alle thi bretheren the sones of Leuy to neiȝ to hym silf, that ȝe chalenge to ȝou also preesthod, and althat al IS. thi gaderyngglubbe or heep I. glub or ȝoure gedrynge togedre S. togidere stonde aȝens the Lord? For whi what is Aaron, that ȝe grutchen aȝens hym? Therfor Moises sente to clepe Dathan and Abiron, the sones of Heliab; whichethe whiche I. answeriden, We comen not. Whe|thir is it litil to thee, that thouOm. DEFKLMNOPWX. leddist vs out of the lond that flowide with mylk and honywith hony IS., to sle vs in theOm. plures. deseert, nonot A. but also thou be lord of vs? VeriliThei seiden this in scorn, to signefie that Moises dissey|uede the puple bi false bihestis. Lire here. BCG KQX. This thei seiden in scorn to Moises, hold|ing him fals. S. thou hast brouȝt vs in to the lond that flowith with streemys of mylk and honyof hony IS., and hastthow hast IS. ȝoue to vs possessiounpossessiouns CG. of feeldis, and of vynerisvyne ȝerdis I.; whethir also thou wolt putte out oure iȝen? We comen notnot to thee I. not to thee at thin heest S.. And Moises was wrooth greetli, and seide to the Lord, Biholde thou not the sacrifices of hem; thou wost that Y took neuere of hem, ȝheOm. CIS., a litil asse, nethir Y turmentide ony of hem. And Moises seide to Chore, Thou and alOm. A. thi congregaciouncongregacioun, that is, gaderyng to gidere BCKQX. stondestondeth IS. asidis half bifor the Lord, and Aaron to morewe bischal stonde bi IS. hym silf. TakeOm. IS. ȝe alle bi ȝouȝoure S. silf ȝouretakith ȝoure IS. censeris, and putte ȝe encense inon plures. vpon IS. tho, and offre ȝe to the Lord, tweyn hundrid and fifti censeris; and Aaron holdeholde he I. his censer. And whanne thei had|den do this, while Moises and Aaron stodenstoden there S., and thei hadden gaderid al the multitude to the `dore of the tabernacletabernacles dore I. tabernacle dore S. aȝens hemhem, that is, aȝens Moyses and Aaron BCG KNQX. Moises and Aaron IS., the glorieglorie or riȝtwisnesse S marg. of the Lord ap|peride to allehem alle IS.. And the Lord spak to Moises and Aaronto Aaron IS., and seide, Be ȝe de|partid fro the myddis of this congrega|cioun, that Y leesespille I. hem sodeynli. WhicheThe whiche I. feldenfellen doun IS. lowe onvpon IS. theher IS. face, and seiden, StrongesteMoost strong I. God of the spiritis of al fleisch, whethir `thin yrethi wrath IS. schal be fers aȝens alle men, for o man synneth? And the Lord seide to Moises, Comaunde thou to al the puple, that it be departid fro the taber|naclis of Chore, and of Dathan, and ofOm. IS. Abiron. And Moises roos, and ȝede to Dathan and Abiron; and while the eldre men of Israel sueden hym, he seide to the cumpeny, Go ȝe awey fro the tabernaclis of wickidthe wickid I. men, and nyle ȝe touche tho thingis that parteynen to hem, lest ȝe ben wlappid in the synnes of hem. And whanne thei hadden gon awei fro theOm. S. tentisher tentis I. `of hemOm. IS. bi theOm. ISX. cumpas, Dathan and Abiron ȝeden out, and stoden in the entryngentree IS. of her tentis, with wyuesher wyues IS., and freher fre IS. children, and alwithal IS. the multitudeholding with hem S marg.. And Moises seide, In this ȝe schulen wite that the Lord sente me, that Y schulde do alle thingis whichethe whiche I. ȝe seen, and Ythat Y IS. brouȝtebrouȝte hem IS. not forth thoOm. IS. of myn owne herte. If thei perischen bi cus|tomable deeth of men, and woundewounde ether pestilence BCGKNQX. wounde, a vengeaunce IS. visite hem, bi which also othere men ben wont to be visitid, the Lord sente not me; but if the Lord doith a newe thing, that the erthe opene his mouth, and swolewe hem, and alle thingis that perteynen to hem, and thei goen doun quyke in to helle, ȝe schu|len wite that thei blasfemeden the Lord. Therfor anoon as heMoyses IS. cesside to speke, the erthe was brokun vndur her feet, and the erthe openyde histhe IS. mouth, and deuowride hem, with her tabernaclis, and al theher IS. catel `of hemOm. IS.; and thei ȝeden doun quike in to helle, and weren hilid with erthe, and perischidenthei perischiden IS. fro theOm. S. myddis of the multitude. And sotheli al Israel that stood biOm. I. theOm. C. cumpasaboute I., fledde fro the cry of men perischinge, and seide, Lest perauenture the erthe swolewe also vsVS, hie we hennes. S.. But also fier ȝede outdoun S. fro the Lord, and killideit killide IS. tweyn hundrid and fifti men that offriden en|censecense L. ence EP.. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to Eleasar, sonethe sone IS. of Aaron, preest, that he takeor gedre vp S marg. the cen|seris that liggen in the brennyng, and that he schatere the fier hidur and thidur; for thotho censers IS. ben halewid in the dethis of syn|neris; and thatOm. A. he bringe forth thotho censers I. in to platis, and nailenaile hem I. naile he hem S. tocenseris maad to S. the auter, for en|cense is offrid in tho to the Lord, and tho ben halewid, that the sonis of Israel se thothem I. for a signesigne to holde in mynde S. and memoriala memorial IS.. Therfor Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., took the brasun senseris, in whiche censerisOm. IS. theithat is, Chore and his felawis. S marg. whiche the bren|nyng deuouridehad deuourid IS. hadden offrid, and he `brouȝt forth thobett out tho censers IS. in to platis, and nailidenailide hem IS. to the auter; that the sones of Israel schulden haue thingistho I. tho censeris anentis hem S. aftirward, bi whiche thei schulden remembretake mynde I. this grete veniaunce of God S. marg., lest ony alienof other kynde I., and whichthat I. is not of the seed of Aaron, neiȝ to offre encense to the Lord, lest he suffre, as Chore sufferide, and al his multi|tude, while the Lord spak to Moises. For|sotheSothly IS. al the multitude of the sones of Is|rael grutchide in the dai suynge aȝens Moises and Aaron, and seide, Ȝe han slayn the puple of the Lord. And whannewhanne this S. dis|censioun ether strijf K marg. roos, and noisethe noise IS. encresside, Moi|ses and Aaron fledden to the tabernacle of the boond of pees; and aftir that thei en|triden in to it, a cloude hilide the taber|nacle, and the glorie of the Lord apperide. And the Lord seide to Moises and toOm. plures. Aaron, Go ȝe awey fro the myddis of this multitude, also now Y schal do awey hem. And whanne theiMoises and Aaron IS. laien in the ertheto preie the Lord for the puple I marg. S marg., Moises seide to Aaron, Take thethi EFIKLOPQRSTW. censer, and whanne fyerthe fyer IS. is takun vp offro S. the au|ter, castecaste thou IS. encense aboue, and gogo thou forth IS. soone to the puple, that thou preye for hem; for now irewrathth IS. is gon out fro the Lord, and the woundewounde ether veniaunce BC. vengeaunce IS. is feers. And whanne Aaron hadde do this, and hadde runne to the myddis of the multitude, which the bren|nynge wastid thanne, he offeride encense; and he stood bytwixe the deedslayn deed S. men and lyuyngethe lyuynge IS., and bisouȝtehe preide I. he bisouȝte S. for the puple, and the woundevengeaunce IS. ceesside. Sotheli thei that weren smytunsleyn IS. weren fourtene thousynde of men and seuene hundrid, with outen hem that perischiden in the discencioun of Chore. And Aaron turnyde aȝen to Moyses, to the dore of the tabernacle of boondthe boond A pr. m. BI. of pees, aftir that the perischyngperischyng of men ceesside IS. restide.

 CAP. XVII.

And the Lord spak to Moises, `and seideseiynge IS., Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and take thou ȝerdis, bi her kynredis, bi ech kyn|rede oa IS. ȝeerde, take thou of alle the princes of the lynagis twelue ȝerdis; and thou schalt write the name of each lynage abouevpon IS. his ȝerde; forsothesothely IS. the name of Aaron schal bebe writen IS. in the lynage of Leuy, and o ȝerde schal conteyne alle the meynees of hemhem, that is, of the meynees of the lynage of Leuy BCGKQX. Leuy IS.. And thou schalt putte tho ȝerdis in the tabernacle of boond of pees, bifor the witnessyng, where Y schal speke towith K. thee; the ȝerde of hym schal buriowne, whom Y schal chese of hemhem to the office of presthoode S.; and Y schalschal herbi S. refreynerefreyne or quenche S. fro me the playnyngispleynyngis or grucchingis S. of the sones of Israel, bi whiche thei grutchen aȝens ȝou. And Moyses spak to the sones of Israel; and alle princesthe princes BGIKS. ȝauen to hym ȝerdis, bi allealle her IS. lynagis; and the ȝerdis weren twelue, without the ȝerde of Aaron. And whanne Moises hadde put tho ȝerdis bifor the Lord, in the tabernacle of witnessyng, he ȝede aȝenaȝens to biholde the ȝerdis S. in the dayday next IS. suynge, andand he IS. foundefounde in the house or lynage of Leuy S. that the ȝerde of Aaron, `in the hows of LeuyOm. S., buriounnedehadde buriouned BC sec. m.; and whanne knoppisthe knoppis I. the knoppis or buriounynges S. weren greetwoxen greet S., the blossoms `had|den brokebraken IS. out, whichethe whiche I. weren alargid in leeuys, and werenthei weren IS. fourmed in to ale|maundis. Therfor Moyses brouȝte forth alle the ȝerdis fro the siȝt of the Lord to al the sones of Israel; and thei sien, and res|seyueden ech his ȝerde. And the Lord seide to Moises, BereBere thou IS. aȝen the ȝerde of Aaron in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, that it be kept there in to `the signea tokene IS. of the rebel sones of Israel, and that her `playntis resteplaynyngis ceesse I. pleynynges or grucchinges ceese S. fro me, lest thei dien. And Moises dide, as the Lord comaundide. For|sothesothely IS. the sones of Israel seiden to Moises, Lo! we ben wastid, alle we perischidenhan perishede IS.; who euer neiȝeth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth; whethirwher, etc. thei seiden this, not in grucch|inge aȝenus God, but in ax|inge remedy, and therfor thei weren not pu|nischid. Lire here. CGKQX. This was her sorwful con|fessioun, de|siring merci. S. we schulen bealle be IS. doon awei alleOm. S. `til tovnto I. to O sec. m. vnto the S. deeth?

 CAP. XVIII.

And the Lord seide to Aaron, Thou, and thi sones, and the hows of thi fadir with thee, schulenschulen bere the wickidnesse of the seyn|tuarie, that is, ȝe schulen haue bere the wickidnesse of the seyntuariefor ȝe shulen han tho thingis that ben offrid in the seintuarie for synne of peple. S marg.; and thou and thi sones togidere schulen suffre the synnes of ȝoure preesthodthat is, ȝif eny man presume himself bi ȝour necligence, not oonli he shal be punished for his fool hardynes, but also ȝe for ȝour necligence; therfore it perteynith to ȝour charge to dryue siche awei, and to ethchewe siche diligently, lest eny man niȝe to ȝour office vnduli. S marg.. But also take thou with thee thi britheren of the lynage of Leuy, andtho thingis that schulen be of|frid in the seyntuarie for the synnes of the puple, as Austin and the glos here ex|pownen. It semeth betere thus; thou and thi sones schu|len suffre the synnes of ȝoure presthod, that is, if ony me pressen forth hem silf bi ȝoure necli|gence, not one|ly thei schulen be punyschid for her fool|hardynesse, but also ȝe schulen be punyschid for ȝoure nec|gligence, and therfor charge perteyneth to ȝou to dryue awey hem, and to bifore es|chewe [schewe BC.] diligently, lest ony man neiȝe unduly. Lire here. BC GKQX. the powerseptre or power IS. of thi fadir, and be thei redi, that thei mynystre to thee. Forsothe thou and thi sones schulen mynystre in the ta|bernacle of witnessyng; and the dekenes schulen wake at thi comaundementisheestis IS., and at alle werkisthe werkis ISX. of the tabernacle; so oneli that thei neiȝe not to the vessels of seyn|tuariethe seyntuarie IS., and to the autir, lest bothe thei dien, and ȝe perischenand perischen IS. togidere. For|sotheSothely IS. be thei with thee, and wake thei in theOm. IORST sec. m. kepyngis of the tabernacle, and in alle the cerymonyes therof. An alien schal not be meddlid with ȝou. Wake ȝe in theOm. IOST sec. m. W. kepyngkepingis E. of the seyntuarie, and in theOm. IS. ser|uyce of the auter, lest indignacioun rise onvpon IS. the sones of Israel. Lo! Y haue ȝouun `to ȝouOm. C.Lo! Y haue ȝoue to ȝou, etc. not to do ȝoure werkis in ȝoure housis, but to serue in the seruyces of the tabernacle. Lire here. CGK QX. ȝoure britheren, dekenesthe dekenes IS., fro the myddis of the sones of Israel, and Y haue ȝoueȝoue ȝou I. ȝoue ȝou hem S. a fre ȝifte toof S. the Lord, that thei serue in the seruyces of histhe LS. taber|nacle. ForsotheSothely IS. thou and thi sones, kepe ȝoure preesthod; and alle thingis that per|teynen to the ournyng of the auter, and ben with ynne the veil, schulen be mynys|trid bi preestis; if ony straunger neiȝethneiȝe I. neiȝe therto S., he schal be slayn. The Lord spak to Aa|ron, Lo! Y haue ȝoue to thee the kepyng of my firste fruytis; Y haue ȝoue to thee and to thi sones alle thingis, that ben halewid of the sones of Israelthat is, that ben bihiȝt to the Lord by a vow. BCGKQX., for preestis office euerlastynge lawful thingis. Ther|for thou schalt take these thingis of tho thingis that ben halewid, and ben offrid to the Lord; ech offryng, and sacrifice, and what euer thing is ȝoldun to me for synne and forfro A. trespas, and cometh in to hoolithe hooli noumbre I. of hooli thingis, schal be thin and thi sones. Thou schalt ete it in the seyntuarie; malismen I. sothly men S. oneliOm. S. schulen ete therof, for it is halewid to the Lord. ForsotheSotheli IS. Y haue ȝoue to thee, and toOm. O sec. m. thi sones and douȝ|tristhi douȝtris I. to thi douȝtris S., bi euerlastynge riȝt, the firste fruytis whiche the sones of Israel a vowen and of|fren; he that is clene in thin hous, schal ete thotho thingis IS.. Y ȝafhaue ȝoue IS. to thee al the merowemerowe or the beste IS. of oile, and of wyn, and of wheete, what euer thing of theOm. A sec. m. MORSW. firste fruytis thei schulen offre to the Lord. Alle the bigynnyngis of fruytis whiche the erthe bryngith forth, and ben brouȝt to the Lord, schulen falle in to thin vsis; he that is cleene in thin hous, schal ete of tho. Al thingthingis S. whichthat IS. the sones of Israel ȝelden bi avow, schal be thin. What euer thing `schal breke outcomith IS. first offorth of IS. the wombe of al fleisch, whichthat I. fleischOm. ORST sec. m. W. thei offren to the Lord, whether it is of men, ethir of beestis, it schal be of thi riȝt; so oneli that thou take prijs for the firste gendridbigeten I. child of man, and that thou make ech beeste whichthat IS. is vncleenevnclene, and hath nede to aȝenbyynge. Lire here. CK QX. to be bouȝt aȝen; whos aȝen|biyng schal be aftir o monethe, for fyue siclis of siluer, bi theOm. IS. weiȝte of seyntua|riethe seyntuarie IS.; a sicle hath xx. halpens. Forsothe thou schalt not make the firste gendrid of oxean oxe IS., and of scheep, and of goet, to be aȝen bouȝt, for tho ben halewid to the Lord; oneli thou schalt schedeheelde I. the blood of tho onvpon IS. the auter, and thou schalt brenne the ynnere fatnesse in to swettist odoursmelling IS. to the Lord. ForsotheSothely IS. the fleischisfleishe I. schulen falle in to thin vss, as the brest halewid and the riȝt schuldur, schulen be thine. Y ȝafhaue ȝouen IS. to the and to thi sones and douȝtristhi douȝtris I. to thi douȝtris S., bi euerlastynge riȝt, alle the firste fruytis of seyntuariethe seyntuarie IS., whichethe whiche I. the sones of Israel offren to the Lord; it is euerlastynge couenant of saltsalt, that is, of stidfastnesse BCEGKLNOPQX. of salt, or durable IS. bifor the Lord, to thee, and to thi sones. And the Lord seide to Aaron, Ȝe schulen not welde ony thingthing of heritage IS. in the lond of hemIsrael IS., nether ȝe schulen haue part among hem; Y am thi part and erytagethin erytage IS., in theOm. IS. myddis of the sones of Israel. ForsotheSothely IS. Y ȝaf to the sones of Leuy alle the tithis of Israel in to possessioun, for the seruyce biOm. S. whyche thei seruen meto me IS. in the tabernacle of boond of pees; thatand S. the sones of Israel neiȝe no more to the `tabernacle ofOm. S. boond of pees, nether dodo thei S. dedli synneOm. S.. To the sones aloone of Leuy, seruynge me in the taber|nacle, and berynge the `synnes of the pu|plepuples synnes IS., itOm. IS. schal be a lawful thing euerlast|ynge in ȝoure generaciounsto entre in to the tabernacle and to lyue vpon tithis. S.. Thei schulen welde noon other thing, and thei schulen be apeied with the offryng of tithis, whichethe whiche I. Y departide in to vsis and necessaries of hem. And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, Comaunde thou, and denounseschewe IS. to the dekenes, Whanne ȝe han take tithis of the sones of Israel, whiche Y ȝaf to ȝou, offre ȝeOm. D. the firste fruytis of tho to the Lord, that is, the tenthe part of the dymetenthe IS., that it be arettidput IS. to ȝou in to offryng of the firste fruytis, as wel of cornthe corn IS. flooris as of pressisthe pressis IS.; and of alle thingis of whiche ȝe taken tithis, offre ȝe the firste fruytis to the Lord, and ȝyue ȝeOm. S. totho to IS. Aaron, preestthe preest IKS.. Alle thingis whiche ȝe schulen offre of tithis, and schulenthe whiche ȝe schulen I. whiche ȝe schulen S. departe in to the ȝiftis of the Lord, schulen be the beste, and alle chosunthe chois I. chois S. thingis. And thou schalt seye to hem, If ȝe offren to the Lord alle the clereclene IS. and betere thingis of tithis, it schal be arettidput IS. to ȝou, as if ȝe ȝauen the firste fruitis of the corn floor and presseof the presse IS.. And ȝeȝe dekenes I. the dekenis S. schulen ete tho tithis in alle ȝoure placis, as wel ȝe as ȝoure meyneesmeynee S., for it is theOm. IS. prijs forof S. the seruyce, infor IKST sec. m. RW. whiche ȝe seruen in the tabernacle of witnessyng. And ȝe schulen not do synne onvpon S. this thing, `and resseruereseruynge IS. noble thingis and fat to ȝou, lest ȝe defoulen the offryngis of the sones of Israelthat is, the tithis offrid of hem to ȝou. BCG KQX., and ȝe diendien, if ȝe doon this BC..

 CAP. XIX.

And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide, This is the religioun of sacrifice, whichthat IS. the Lord ordeynede. Co|maunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei brynge to thee a reed cow of hool ageIn Ebru it is, not of age, but reed hoollich, that is, with|oute diuersite of ony colour. Lire here. GK QX., in whichwhom IS. is no wem, nether scheit I. Om. RST sec. m. hath bore ȝok. And ȝe schulen bitake hir to Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., whichthat IS. schal offre `the cowhir I. that cow S., led out of theOm. O sec. m. tentis, in the siȝt of alle men. And he schal dippe his fyngur in the blood therof, and schalhe schal IS. sprynge seuene sithis aȝens the ȝatis of the taber|nacle. And he schal brenne that cow, while alle men sien; and he schal ȝyue as wel the skyn and fleischisthe fleishe IS. therof as the blood and dungthe dung IS. to flawmebrennyng IS.. Also the preest schal `sende a tre of cedreputte wode of cedre I. putte cedre wood S., and ysope, and reed threed died twies, into theOm. O. flawmefijr IS. that deuourithbrenneth IS. the cow. And thanne at the laste, whanne hisethe preestis IS. clothis `and bodiOm. O. and his bodi IS. ben waischun, he schal entre in to the tentis, and he schal be defoulidvnclene IS. `til tovnto the IS. to O sec. m. til to the K. euentid. But also he that brente the cowhe for whom the cow was brent [offrid S] IS. marg., schal waische hise clothis, and bodihis bodi IS., and he schal be vncleene `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. euentidthe euentid IKS.. Forsothesothely IS. a cleene man schal gadere the aischis of the cowbrent cow S., and schalhe schal IS. schedeheelde hem I. shede hem S. out thoOm. IS. with out the tentis, in a place moost cleene, that thotho aishes IS. be tointo B. theOm. B. multitude of the sones of Israel in to keping, and in to watir of spryngyng; for thethat IS. cow is brent for synne. And whanne he that barbar out IS. the aischis of the cow, hath waische hise clothis, he schal be vncleene `til tovnto the IS. til to the K. euentid. And the sones of Israel, and comelyngisthe comelyngis IS. that dwellen among hem, schulen hauehan or holde S. thisthis doyng IS. hooli bi euerlastynge lawe. He that touchith a deed bodi of mana man I., and is vncleene for thisthis touchinge S. bi seuene daies, schalhe schal IST pr. m. be spreynt of this watir in the thridde, and in the seuenthe dai; and so he schal be clensid. If he is not spreynt in the thridde dai, he schal not mow be clensid in theOm. D. seuenthe dai. Echech man CE. that touchith thea IS. deed bodi bi it silf ofon C. man|nus soulekynde IS., and is not spreynt with thishis S. medlyngof water and aschis S marg., defoulith the `tabernacle of the LordLordis tabernacle IS., and he schal perische fro Israel; for he is not spreynt with the wateriswatir plures. of clensyng, he schal be vncleene, and his filthe schal dwelle onvpon IS. hym. This is the lawe of a man that dieth in the taber|nacle; allealle men IS. that entren in to his tente, and alle vesselsthe vessels IS. that ben there, schulen be defoulid bi seuene daies. A vessel that hath not an hilyng, nethir a byndyngbidinge S. aboue, schal be vncleene. If ony man touchith the deed bodi of mana man BIS. slayn in theOm. ELP. feeld, ether deed bi hym silf, ether a boonboon of him IS., etherof S. theOm. C. his IS. sepulcre `of hymOm. IS., he schal be vncleene bi seuene daies. And thei schulen take `of theOm. IRST pr. m. W. aischis of the brennyng, and of the synnesynne, that is, of the cow offrid for synne BCEGIKLNPQSX., and thei schulen sendeputte IS. quykthe quyk T pr. m. watris in to a ves|sel onvpon IS. thothilke I. aischis; in whiche whanne `a cleeneOm. S. man hath dippid ysope, he schalOm. Q. spreynge therofther with IS. theal the K sec. m. tente, and al the purtenaunce of howsholdthe howshold IS., and menthe men also IS. de|foulid biwith S. sich defoulyng. And in this maner a cleene man schal clense an vn|cleenevncleene thing IS., in the thridde and inOm. BCFKX. theOm. BF. se|uenthe dai; and he schalschal thanne S. be clensid in the seuenthe dai. AndOm. S. he schal waische hym silf, and hise clothis, and he schal be vncleene `til tovnto IS. to O. euentidthe euentid IKS.. If ony manOm. A. is not clensid bi this custom, the soule of hym schal perische fro theOm. S. myddis of the chirche; for he defoulith the `seyntuarie of the LordLordis seyntuarie IS., and ishe is IS. not spreynt with the watir of clensyng. This comaundementheest IS. schal be a lawful thing euerlastynge. Also he that schal sprenge the watris schal waische his clothis; ech man that touchith the watris of clensyng, schal be vncleene `til tovnto IS. euentidthe euentid IKS.. What euer thing an vn|cleene man touchith, he schal make itOm. plures. vn|cleene; and a soulelijf IS. that touchith ony of these thingis `defoulid soOm. I. thus defoulid S., schal be vn|cleene `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. euentidthe euentid IKS..

 CAP. XX.

And the sones of Israel and al the mul|titude camen in to theOm. plures. deseert of SynSynae S., in the firste monetheof the fourtithe ȝeer S marg.in the firste monethe of the xl. ȝeer fro the going out of Egipt. Lire here. CGKQX.. And the puple dwellide in Cades; and MarieMoises sister S marg. was deed there, and biried in the same place. And whanne the puple hadde nede to watir, thei ȝeden togideregrucchinge S marg. aȝens Moises and Aa|ron; and thei weren turned in to dissen|siounrebelnesse IS.in to dissen|cioun, that is, rebelte and stryuyng. Lire here. CGKQX., and seiden, We wolden that we hadden perischid among oure britheren bifor the Lord. Whi han ȝe led out the chirche of the Lord in to wildirnesse, that bothe we and oure beestisbretheren S. die? Whi han ȝe maad vs to stiego vp I. stie vp S. from Egipt, and han brouȝt vsOm. A sec. m. BC. in to this werste place, whichthe which I. may not be sowun, which nether bryngith forthOm. S. fige tre, netherne IS. vinerisvynes IS., nether pum|granatis, ferthermore and hathit hath IS. not watir to drynke? And whanne the multitude was left, Moises and Aaron entriden in to the tabernacle of boond of pees, and feldenthei fellen doun IS. lowe tovpon IS. into K. erthethe erthe EIKLPS., and criedenthei crieden IS. to God, and seiden, Lord God, here the cry of this pu|ple, and opene to hem thi tresour, a welle of quyk watir, that whanne thei ben fillid, the grutchyng of hem ceesse. And the glorie of the Lord apperide onvpon IS. hem; and the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Take the ȝerdeȝerde of Aaron B. with whiche thou smot the reed see, S marg.the ȝerde, this was the ȝerde of Aaron. Lire here. C., and gaderegadre togidre IS. the puple, thou, and Aaron thi brother; and speke ȝe to the stoon bifore hem, and it schal ȝyueȝyue out IS. watris. And whanne thou hast led watir out of the stoon, al the multitude schal drynke, and theher IS. beestis therof `schulden drynkeOm. I.. Therforthanne I. Moises took the ȝerde that was in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt IS., as the Lord comaundide to hym, whanne the multitude was gaderid bifor the stoon; and heMoyses IS. seide to hem, Hereheereth IS. ȝe, rebelrebel men S. and vn|bileueful; whether we mounmoun not IS. brynge out of this stoonOm. S. watir to ȝou? And whanne Moises hadde reisid thehis IS. hond, and hadde smyte the flynt twies with the ȝerde, largestemoost large IS. watris ȝeden out, so that the pu|ple drank, and theher IS. beestis drunkenOm. IRST sec. m.. And the Lord seide to Moises and to Aaron, For ȝe bileueden not to me, that ȝe schul|den halewe meme or shewe me hooly S.that ȝe schul|den halewe me, that is, in bi|leuynge with out doute myn hoolynesse thorou filling of my biheest, and in pro|nounsinge ȝoure feith with out doute bifor the puple, but ȝe diden the contrarie, therfor ȝe schu|len not lede, and so forth. Lire here. C. bifor the sones of Israel, ȝe schulen not lede thesethis A. puples in to the lond whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to hem. This is the watir of aȝenseiyng; there the sones of Israel stryueden aȝens the Lord, and he was halewid in hemmakinge hem to knowe his holines. S marg.. In the meene tyme Moises sente messangeres fro Cades to the kyng of Edom, whichethe whiche I. seidenseiden to him S., Israel thi brother sendith these thingesthingis to thee I. tithingis to thee S.. Thou know|ist al the trauel that tookhath taken IS. vs, hou oure fadris ȝeden doun in to Egiptout of Canaan S marg., and we dwelliden there myche tyme, and Egip|ciansthe men of Egipt IS. turmentiden vs and oure fadris; and hou we crieden to the Lord, and he herde vs, and sentehe sente IS. an aungel that ledde vs out of Egiptthe lond of Egipt ELP.. And lo! we ben set in the citee of Cades, whichthat IS. is in thi lastevttermest IS. coostis, and we bisechenbisechen thee IS. that it be leue|ful to vs to passe thorou thi lond; we schulen not goharming thee S marg. bi feeldisthi feeldis IS. thi IS., nether bi vyne|risthi vyneris I. thi vynes S., nether we schulen drynke watris of thi pittis; but we schulen go in the comyn weie, and we schulen not bowe toneither to IS. the riȝt side, netherne IS. to the left side, til we passen thi termescoostis IS.. To whom Edom answeride, Ȝe schulen not passe bi me, ellisbut thou here me S marg. Y schal be armed, and come aȝens thee. And the sones of Israel seiden, We schulen go bi the weie comynli vsid, and if we and oure beestis drynken thi watris, we schulen ȝyueȝyue therfore IS. that that is iust; noonno IS. hardnesse schal be in prijsthe prijs IS., onelypaiynge, onely S. passe we swiftliin haaste I. swiftli bi thee S.. And he answeride, Ȝe schulen not passepasse bi me S.. And anoon he ȝede out aȝens Israel, with a multitude without noumbre, and `strong hondwith strong power IS., nether he wolde assente to Israel bisechynge, that he schulde graunte pas|sagepassyng IS. bi hise coostis. Wherfor Israel turn|ede awey fro hym. And whanneOm. I. theiIsrael IS. hadden moued tentisher tentis IS. fro Cades, thei camen in to the hil of Hor, whichthe which I. is in the endis of the lond of Edom; where the Lord spak to Moyses and seide, Aaron go to his pu|plespuple A pr. m. puplis, that is, dye he IS.; for he schal not entre in to the lond whichthat IS. Y ȝaf to the sones of Israel, for he was vnbileueful to my mouthword S., at the wa|tris of aȝenseiyng. Take thou Aaron, and his sone with hym, and thou schalt lede hem in to the hil of Hor; and whanne thou hast maad nakid the fadir of his clothcloth, that is, the bischops coote. Lire here. BC., thou schalt clothe `with ittherwith IS. Eleazar, his sone, and Aaron schal be gederid, and schalOm. IS. die there. MoisesAnd Moises IS. dide as the Lord comaundide; and thei stieden in to the hil of Hor, bifor al the multitude. And whanne heMoises IS. hadde maad nakid Aaron of hise clothis, he clothideclothith I. with tho Eleazar, his sone. Sotheli whanne Aaron was deed in the `cop of the hilhil cop S., Moises cam doun with Eleazar. Sotheli al the multitude siȝ that Aaron was deed, and wepteit wepte I. onvpon IS. of O. hym thretti daies, bi alle her meynees.

 CAP. XXI.

And whanneOm. S. Chananei, the kyng of Arad, that dwellide at the south, hadde herd this, that is, that Israel cam bi the weye of aspieris, he fauȝt aȝens hem; and Chananei was ouercomerethe ouercomere IS. and leddehe ledde awey IS. praythe prey I. of Israelthe men of Israel S.. And Israel bounde hym sylf bi avow to the Lord, and seide, If thou schalt bitake this puple in myn hond, Y schal do awei `the citees therofher citees IS.. And the Lord herde the preieris of Israel, andAnd he I. bitookbitook to hem IS. bitook to P. theOm. plures. Chananey; and Israel killid hym, and distruyede hise citees; andand Israel IS. clepidecallide I. the name of that place Horma, that is, curs|yng, `ethir hangyng upOm. I.. `Forsothe theisothely, Israel IS. ȝeden forth alsoOm. IS. fro the hil of Hor, bi the weie that ledith to the reed see, that thei schuldenwolden I. cumpasse the lond of Edom; and it bigan to anoye the puple, of the weie and trauel. And the puple spak aȝens the Lord and Moises, and seide, Whi leddist thou vs out of Egipt, that we schulden die in wildirnesse? breed failith, watris ben not; oure soulesoulis ELP. wlatithwlate plures. wlaten ELP. now onvpon IS. this `meete moost liȝtliȝtist meete IS. manna S marg.. Wherfor the Lord sente `firid serpentisfiry eddris IS. in to the pu|ple; at the woundisstyngyngis IS. of whichethe whiche I. serpentiseddris IS., and thefor the IS. dethis of ful many men, thei camen to Moyses, and seiden, We synned|enhan synned IS., for we spaken aȝens the Lord and thee; preie thou, that he take awey fro vs the serpentis. And Moises preiede for the puple; and the Lord seidespak plures. to hym, Make thou a serpent of brasof bras is not here in Ebreu, but aftirward. C., and sette thouOm. IS. itit vp IS. for a signetokene IS. bifore the peple S marg.a signe, in Ebreu it is, in a perche. BC.; he that is smytun and biholdith it, schal lyue. Therfor Moyses made a serpent of bras, and settidesette it vp IS. settide it K. for a signe; and men smytunhurt IS. and biholdynge it, weren heelid. And the sones of Israel ȝeden forth, and settiden tentis in Oboth; fro whennus thei ȝeden forth, and settiden tentis in Neabarymthat is, in the wildirnessis of Abarym. BCGKQX., in the wildirnesse, that biholdith Moab, aȝens the eest coost. And thei moueden fro thennus, and camen to the stronde of Zareth; which thei leften, and settiden tentis aȝens Arnon, whichthat IS. is in theOm. S. deseert, and apperithit apperith IS. in the coostis of Amorrei. Forsothesothely IS. Arnon is the termecoost IS. of Moab, and departithit departith IS. Moabitis and Am|moreis. Wherfor it is seid in the bookbook, ether in the telling, as Ebrews seyen, for the Ebreu word here sig|nefieth bothe book and tell|ing. C. of batels of the Lord, As he dide in the reed see, so he schal do in the strondis of Arnon; the harde rochis of the strondis weren bowidbowid doun I. bowid or broken doun S., that thothei IS. schulen reste in ArnonArnon, or abide there S., and schulden ligge in the coostis of Moabitis. Fro that placefro that place, in Ebreu it is thus, fro this place to the pit, and they camen to the place, where the pit was ȝouun. Lire here. C. the pit ap|peride, of which the Lord spak to Moyses, Gadere thouthou togidre I. the puple, and Y schal ȝyue watir to it. Thanneand thanne A pr. m. Israel soong this song, The pitthat is, wa|ter of the pit. BCGKNQSX. stiestie vp IS.; thei sungen togidere, The pit whichthat IS. the princes diggiden, and the duykis of the multitude maden rediher hertis to troste her reulers vpberinge hem S marg., in the ȝyuere of the lawe, andOm. ELP. in her stauys. And thei ȝeden forth fro thethat IS. wildirnesse to Mathana, fro Mathana to Naaliel, fro Naaliel in to Bamoth; Bamoth is a valey in the cuntrey of Moab, in the copheiȝt IS. of Phasga, that biholdith aȝens the deseert. Forsothesothely IS. Israel sente messan|geris to Seon, kyngthe kyng I. of Ammorreis, and seide, Y bisechebiseche thee IS. that it be leueful to me to passe thorou thi loond; we schulen not bowe in to theOm. plures. thi IS. feeldis and vynerisvynes IS.; we schulen not drynke watris of pittisthi pittis IS.; we schulen go in the kyngis weie, til we passen thi termescoostis S.. Whichthe which I. noldewolde not I. graunte that Israel schulde passe thurȝ hise coostis, but rather, whanne thehis IS. oost was gaderid, he ȝede out aȝens Israelit I., in to deseert. And he cam in to Yasa, and fauȝt aȝens Israel; of whom he was smytun in the scharpnesse of swerd, and his lond was weldidweldid of Israel IS. fro Arnon `til tovnto IS. Jeboth and `the sones of AmonAmons sonus IS. or his oost S marg.; for the termescoostis IS. of A|monytis weren holdun biwith IS. strong helpor power S marg.. Therfor Israel took alle `the citees of hymhis citees IS., and dwellidendwellide BFIMO sec. m. S. in the citees of Amorrei, that is, in Esebon, and hisein hise IS townes. The citee of Esebon was SeonsSeon S., kyngthe kyng I. of Am|morei, whichthe which I. Seon fauȝt aȝens the kyng of Moab, and tookhe took IS. al the lond that was of hisMoabs IS. lordschip, `til tovnto IS. Arnon. Therfor it is seid in prouerbethat is, in a comown song maad of the victorye of Seon. BCGKQX., Come ȝe in to Ese|bon, be it bildid, and maad the citee of Seon; fier ȝede out of Esebon, flawme ȝede out of the citeestrong citee IS. `ethir greet castelOm. EILPS. ofOm. S. Seon, and deuourydeit brente IS. ArArnon S text. a cheef place marg. of Moabitis, and the dwelleris of the `hiȝe placesheiȝtis I text. or hiȝ placis marg. of Arnon. Moab, wo to thee! thou, puple of Cha|mos, perischidisthast perischid I.; it ȝaf the sones therof in to fliȝt, and the douȝtris in to caitifte to Seon, kyngthe kyng K. of Ammoreis; the ȝokȝok or lordship S. of hemAmmon|ytis S marg.that is, the lordschip of Moabitis. BCGKNQX. perischide, fro Esebon `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. Di|bon; the wery men camen in to Jophe, and `til tovnto I. to O sec. m. in to S. Medaba. And so Israel dwell|ide in the lond of Ammorrey. And Moises sente men that schulden aspie Jaser, whos `townes theirewmes Israel IS. token, and weldiden the dwelleris. And thei turniden hem silf, and stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S. bi the weie of Basan. And Og, the kyng of Basan, with al his puple cam aȝens hem, to fiȝte in Edray. And the Lord seide to Moises, Drede thou not hym, for Y haue bitake hymOg IS., and al his loond, and pupleal his puple I. his puple S., in thin hoond; and thou schalt do to hym as thou didist to Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, theand to the IS. dwellereduellers S. of Esebon. Therfor theiIsrael S. smytidensmeten EIP. smiten L. smote S. `bothe hymOg I. bothe Og S. with hise sones and al his puple, `til tovn to IS. deeth; and theiIsrael S. weldidendwelliden in F sec. m. dwelliden pr. m. `the lond of hymhis lond IS..

 CAP. XXII.

And theithe sonus of Israel IS. ȝeden forth, and settiden tentis in the feeldi places of Moab, where Jerico is set ouer Jordan. Forsothesotheli IS. Balach, the sone of Sephor, siȝ alle thingis whichethat IS. Israel hadde do to Ammorrei, and that men of Moab `hadden dreddred|den IS. Israel, and miȝtenthei miȝten IS. notand myȝten not, in Ebreu it is, and Moab wlatide the sones of Is|rael, and this semeth the ve|riere lettre. Lire here. c. berebere or suffre S. the assailing of himIsrael IS.. And heBalac IS. seide to the grettere men in birthe of Madian, So this puple schal do awei alle men that dwellen in oure coostis, as an oxe is wont to do awei an eerbe `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. the rootis. ForsotheSothely IS. heBalac I., `that is, Ba|laacOm. IS., was kyng in that tyme in Moab. Therfor he sente messangeris to Balaam, the sone of Beor, a fals diuynour, that dwellide onon or nyȝ S. the flood of the lond of the sones of Amon, that thei schulden clepe hym, and schulden seie, Lo! a puple ȝede out of Egipt, `which puplethat I. which S. hilidehath hilid IS. the face of erthethe erthe CIS., and sittithwith ful purpose S marg. aȝens me. Ther|for come thou, and curse this puple, whichthat IS. is strongere than Y, if in ony maner Y may smyte and dryue hymOm. S. out of my lond; for Y knowe, that he is blissid whom thou blissist, and he is cursid whom thou hast cursid. The eldere men of Moab and the grettereeldre I. men in birthe of Madian ȝeden forth, hauynge in hondisher hondis IS. the prijs of fals dyuynyng; and whanne thei hadden come to Balaam, and hadden teld to hym alle thetho S. wordis of Balaach, heBalam IS. answeride, Dwelle ȝe here to nyȝt, and Y schal answereto Balac S marg. what euer thing the Lord schal seie to me. Sotheli whilethe while S. thei dwell|identhei dwell|iden. In Ebreu it is, and the princes of Moab dwelliden at Balaam. c. atwith IS. Balaam, God cam, and seide to hym, What wolen these men atwith IS. thee `to hem silfOm. I.? Balaam answeride, Balaach, the sone of Sephor, kyng of Moabitis, sente to me, and seide, Lo! a puple whichthat IS. is gon out of Egipt hilidehath hilid IS. the face of erthethe erthe CIS.; come thou, and curse hem, if in ony maner Y may fiȝtefiȝte with hem S., and dryue hymhem IS. awey. And God seide to Balaam, Nyle thou go with hem, nether curse thou the puple, for it is blessid. WhichAnd IS. Balaam roos eerli, and seide to the princes, Go ȝe in to ȝoure lond, for God forbeedhath forbode IS. me to come with ȝou. The princes turneden aȝen, and seiden to Balaach, Balaam noldewolde not I. come with vs. Eft Balaach sente many mo and noblere men, than he haddeOm. IRST sec. m. W. sent bifore; whichethe whiche I. seiden, whanne thei had|den come to Balaam, Balaach, the sone of Sephor, seith thus, Tarye thou not to come to me, redi to onoure thee; andOm. S. what euer thing thouthat thou L. wolt, Y schal ȝyue to thee; come thou, and curse this puple. Balaam answeride, ThouȝȜif IS. Balaach schal ȝyue to me his howsful of siluer and of gold, Y schal not mowe chaunge the word of my God, that Y speke ethir more ethiror IS. lesse. Y bisechebiseche ȝou S., that ȝeI GQ. dwelledwelle with me S. here also inOm. C. this nyȝt, that Y may wite what the Lord schal answere eft to me. Ther|for the Lord cam to Balaam in thethat IS. nyȝt, and seide to hym, If these men comen to clepe thee, rise thou, and go with hem, so oneli that thou do that that Y schal co|maunde to thee. Balaam roos eerli, and whanne his femalsche IS. asse was sadelid, he ȝede forth with hem. And God was wroothwith Balaam S marg.. And the `aungel of the LordLordis aungel IS. stood in the weie aȝens Balam, that sat onvpon IS. the femalsche IS. asse, and haddeBalaam hadde IS. twei chil|dren with hym. The femalOm. IOS. asse siȝ the aungel stondynge in the weie, with swerda swerd IS. drawun, and `turnede a weithe asse turnide IS. hir silf fro the weie, and ȝede bi the feeld. And whanne Balaam beet hir, and wolde ledelede hir IKS. aȝen to the path, the aungel stood in the streitnessisstreitnesse plures. of twei wallis, with whichethe whiche I. theOm. IS. vynerisvynes IS. weren cumpassid. And the femal asse siȝ the aungel, and ioynedesche ȝede IS. hir silf toniȝ to IS. the wal, and hurtlidesche hurtlide IS. the foot of the sitteresittere vpon hir S.; and he beet eft `the assehir IKS. Om. plures.. And neuer the lessenethelesse IRST. the aungel ȝedewente L. to thea IS. streit placeplace and stode aȝens Balaam S., where memen B pr. m. Om. IS. myȝte not gowas no goyng IS. out of the weie, nether to the riȝt side netherne EILPS. to the left sideOm. IRST sec. m., and stood aȝens hymBalaam I.. And whanne the femalOm. IS. asse siȝ the aungel stondynge, sche felde doun vn|dir the feet of the sitteresittere vpon hir S., whichthe which I. was wrooth ful greetli, and beethe beet IS. hir sidis with a staaf. And the Lord openyde the `mouth of the femal assemouth of the asse I. asse mouth S., and sche spak, What have Y doon to theesiche, she seide S marg.? whi smytist thou me, lo! now the thridde tyme? Balaam answeride, For thou hast disserued, and hastOm. IS. scornyd me; Y wolde that Y hadde a swerd to sle thee. And the femalOm. IS. asse seide, Whether Y am notOm. plures. thi beeste onvpon IS. which thou were wont to sitteride IS. euere til in to thisOm. plures. present dai? seie thou, what lijk thingthing to this IS. Y dide euere to thee? And heBalaam IS. seide, Neuerethus thou seruedist me S marg.. Anoon the Lord openyde `the iȝen of BalaamBalams iȝen I. Balam iȝen S., and he siȝ thean S. aun|gel stondynge in the weie, holdynge a drawun swerd in thehis IS. hoond; and Ba|laam worschipide hym lowli in to erthethe erthe IKSX pr. m.. To whom the aungel seide, Whi `betist thouhast thou thries beten IS. thi femalOm. IS. asse `the thridde tymeOm. IS.? Y cam to be aduersarie to thee, for thi weie is weiward, and contrarye to me; and if the femalOm. IS. asse hadde not bowid awey fro the weie, and ȝoue place tome S marg. aȝenstonderethe aȝenstondere IS., Y hadde slayn thee, and schethe asse IS. schulde lyuehaue lyued IS.. Balaam seide, Y syn|nedehaue synned IS., not witynge that thou stodist aȝens me; and now, if it displesithdisplese to IS. thee that Y go, Y schal turne aȝen. The aungel seide, Go thou with these men, but bebe thou IS. war that thou speke not other thing than Y schal comaunde to thee. Therfor Ba|laam ȝedeȝede forth IS. with the princes. And whanne Balaach haddeOm. S. herde thisthat Balaam was niȝ S marg., he ȝede out in to the comyng of hym, in the citee of Moabitis, whichethe whiche I. is set in the laste coostiscoost S. of Arnon. And heBalac IS. seide to Balaam, Y sente messangeris to clepe thee; whi camest thou not anoon to me? whethir for Y may not ȝelde meede to thi comyng? To whom Balaam answeride, Lo! Y am present, whethir Y schalschal not M. mow speke other thing than that, that God schal putte in my mouth? Therfor thei ȝeden forth to gidere, and camenthei camen IS. in to a citee, whichthat IS. was in the laste coost of `his rewmethe rewme of Balach I. Balaakis rewme S.. And whanne Balaach hadde slayn scheep and oxun, he sente ȝiftis to Balaam and theto the IS. princes that weren with hym. ForsotheSothely IS. whanne the morewtid was maad, Balaach ledde Balaam to the hiȝe placis of Baal, and heBalaam IS. biheldeouer al the oost S marg. the laste part of theOm. I. puple, `that is, al the oost til toOm. BEFLMOPW. the laste partOm. IS..

 CAP. XXIII.

And Balaam seide to Balaach, Bilde thou here to me seuene auteris, and makemake thou IS. redi so many caluys, and rammes of the same noumbre. And whanne heBalach IS. hadde do bi the word of Balaam, thei puttiden a calf and a ram togidere onvpon IS. the auter. And Balaam seide to Balaach, Stond thou a litil while bisidisbiside L. thi brent sacrifice, while Y goto counseile with the Lord S marg., if in hap the Lord meete meto me A pr. m. EFKLOPQRTWX.; and Y schal `speke totelle I. speke or telle S. thee what euer thing he schal comaundecomaunde to be don S.. And whanne heBalaam IS. hadde gogo forth IS. swiftli, God cam to hym; and Balaam spak to hym, and seide, Y reisidehaue reisid vp IS. seuene auteris, and YOm. L. puttidehaue putt IS. a calf and a ram aboueeche of hem S marg.. ForsotheSotheli IS. the Lord `puttide aputte the IS. wordof his wille S marg. in hisBalaams I. Balaam S. mouth, and seide, Turne aȝen to Balaach, and thou schalt speke these thingisthingis to him IS. that I haue shewid to thee S marg.. He turnede aȝen, and fond Balach stondynge bisidis his brent sacrifice, and alle the princes of Moabitis. And whanne his parable `was takunhe had take IS., he seide, Balaach, theOm. IRST sec. m. W. kyng of Moabitis, brouȝte me fro Aran, fro the `hillis of the eesteest hillis IS.; andOm. plures. he seide, Come thou and curse Jacob; haaste thouthee ELP., and greetliOm. IRST sec. m. curse thouOm. ISX. Israel. How schal Y curse whom God cursidhath cursid IS. not? bi what resoun schal Y `haue abhomynablewlatith I. warie S. whom God `hath not abhomynablewlatith not I. werith not S.? Fro the hiȝeste flyntis Y schal se hym, and fro litlethe litle IS. hillis Y schal biholde hym; the pu|plepuple of God S. schal dwelle aloone, and it schal not be arettidrikened IS. among hethene men. Who may noumbrenoumbre for mychenes S. the dust, that is, kynredethe kynrede IS., of Jacob, and knowewho may knowe IS. the noumbre of the generacioun of Israel? My lijf diedie or ende S. in the deeth of iust men, and my laste thingis be maad lijk hem! And Balaach seide to Ba|laam, What is this that thou doist? Y clepide thee, that thou schuldist curse myn enemyes, and aȝenward thou blessist hem. To whom Balaam answeride, Whether Y may speke othir thing no but that thatOm. GNQ. the Lord comaundith? Therfor Balaach seide to Balaam, Come with me in to an|othir place, fro whennus thou semaist se IS. a part of Israel, and maystthou maist IS. not se al; fro thennus curse thou hym. And whanne he hadde led Balaam in to an hiȝ place, onvpon IS. the cop of the hil of Phasga, he bildidebildide there IS. seuene auteris to Balaam, and whanne calues and rammes weren put aboueaboue hem S., heBalaam IS. seide to Balaach, Stonde here bisidis thithe K. brent sacrifice, while Y goto meete God C. to meete with the Lord IS.. And whanne the Lord hadde `come to himmett with Balaam I. come to Balaam S., and hadde put `a wordthe wordis I. the word S. in his mouth, he seideseide to Balaam S., Turne aȝen to Balach, and thou schalt seie these thingis to hym. He turnyde aȝen, and foond Balach stondynge bisidis his brent sacrifice, and the princis of Moabitis with hym. To whom Balach seide, What spakhath spoken IS. the Lord? And whanne his parable `was takunhe had taken IS., he seide, StondeStonde thou IS., Balach, and herkene; here, thou sone of Sephor. God is not `as aa A pr. m. as sec. m. man, that he lye, nethir he is as the sone of aOm. plures. man, that he be chaungid; therfor he seidehath seide IS., and schal he not dodo it I. that that he seide S marg.? he spakhath spoken IS., and schal he not fulfillefille BC. fulfille it I. fulfille that S.? Y am brouȝtbrouȝt hider bi the Lord S. to blesse, Y may not forbedeforbede or lette S. bless|yngthe blessyng I.. Noon idol is in Jacoblynage S marg., nethir sy|mylacre is seyn in Israel; his Lord God is with hym, and the sown of victoriethe victorie IS. of kynga kyng IS. is in hym. The Lord God ledde hym out of Egipt, whos strengthe is lijk anOm. S. vnicorn; fals tellyngdiuynyng IS. bi chiteryng of bryddis, `ethir idolatrieOm. DIRST sec. m. W., is not in Jacob, nethir fals dyuynyng is in Israel. In his tymesnhenne, nhere and hou God nole S marg. it schal be seide to Jacob and Is|raelto Israel IS., What the Lord hath wrought! Lo! the puple schal rise to gidere as a lionesse, and schalit schal IS. be reisid as a lioun; the lioun schal not reste, til he deuoure prey, and drynke theOm. I. blood of hem that ben slayn. And Balach seide to Balaam, Nether curse thou, nether blesse thouOm. IS. hymIsrael IS.. And heBalaam IS. seide, Whether Y seide not to thee, that what euer thing thatOm. A sec. m. BCIS. God comaundide to me, Y wolde do thisthat IS.? And Balach seide to hym, Come, and Y schal lede thee to an other place, if in hap it plesithplese IS. God that fro thennus thou curse hymIsrael IS.. And whanne Balaach hadde led hym outforth vp IS. on the `cop of the hilhil cop S. of Phegor, that bi|holdith the wildirnesse, Balaam seide to hymBalac IS., Bilde here seuene auteris to me, and makemake thou IS. redi so many caluys, and ram|mes of the same noumbre. Balaach dide as Balaam seide, and he puttideputte the IS. caluys and rammesthe rammes IS., bi alle auteristhe auteris IS..

 CAP. XXIV.

And whanneOm. S. Balaam siȝ that it pleside theto the IKS. Lord that he schulde blesse Israel, he ȝede notnot forth IS. as he `hadde godide IS. bifore, `that he schuldefor to I. sekespeke B. fals dyuynyng `bi chiteryng of briddisOm. I., but he dresside his face aȝens the desert, and reisidehe reiside vp his IS. iȝen, and siȝhe sawȝ I. Israel dwellynge in tentis bi hise lynagis. And whanne the Spirit of God feldefel vp IS. on hym, and whanne athe IS. parable was takun, he seide, Balaam, the sone of Beor, seide, a man whois iȝeof affeccioun S marg. is stoppid seide, the herere of Goddis wordis seide, whichthat IS. bihelde the reuelaciounpriuytee IS. of almyȝti God, whichthe which I. fall|ith dounbi mekenesse S marg., and hise iȝen ben openyd so, Hou faire ben thi tabernaclis, Jacob, and thi tentis, Israel! as valeys ful of woodistrees IS., and moiste gardyns bisidis floodis, as ta|bernaclis whiche the Lord hath set, as ce|driscedre trees IS. bisidis watris; watirof doctreyne S marg. schal flowe of histhe I. bokatbokat of Israel IS., and his seed schal be in to many watris, `that is, puplisor puplis I marg.. The kyng of hym schal be takun awei forfro I. Agagblasfemyng him S marg., and the rewme of hym schal be doon awai. God ledde hymhem L. out of Egipt, whos strengthe is lijk an vnicorn; theithe sones of Israel S. schulen deuourewaaste IS.thei schulen deuoure etc. In Ebreu it is thus, Israel schal deuoure hethen men hise enemyes, and schal gnawe the bonys of hem, that is, schal distrie the strengthe of hem. Lire here. C. hethene men, enemyeshis enemyes IS. `of hym, that is, of IsraelOm. IS.; and thei schulen brekeberste IS. the boonusstrengthis IS. of hem, andand thei K. schulenOm. IORST sec. m. W. perse withhem with IS. arowis. HeIsrael IS. restide and slepte as a lyoun, and as a lionesse, whom no man schal dore reise. He that blessith theethee, Israel S., schal be blessid; heand he K. that cursithcursith thee IS., schal be arettidputt IS. in to cursyng And Balaach was wrooth aȝens Balaam, and seidehe seide IS., whannewhanne for sorne S. thehis IS. hondis weren wrungun to gidere, I clepide thee to curse myn ene|myes, whichewhom IS. aȝenward thou hast blessid thries. Turne aȝen to thi place; forsothesothely IS. Y demedepurposide IS. to onourehaue honourid IS. thee greetli, but the Lord priuydehath take IS. thee fro onourthe onour IS. disposidordeyned to thee I. disposid to thee S.. Balaam answeride to Balaach, Whethir Y seide not to thi messangeris, whiche thou sentist to me, Thouȝ Balaach schal ȝyue to me his hows ful of siluer and of gold, Y schal not mow passe the word of my Lord God, that Y brynge forth of myn herte ony thing, ethir of good ethiror IS. of yuel, but what euer thing the Lord schal seie, Y schal speke thisthat I.? Netheles Y schal goaȝen fro thee S marg. to my puple, and Y schal ȝyue counsel to thee, what thi puple schal do in the laste tyme to thisIsrael, Goddis S. puple. Therfor whanne athe IS. parable was takun, he seide efteft to Balach IS., Balaam, the sone of Beor seide, a man whos iȝeof good entent S marg. iswas I. stoppid, seide, the herere of Goddis wordis seide, which knowith the doctrine of the hiȝeste, and seeth the reue|laciounpriuytee IS. of almiȝti God, which fallith dounfro grace S marg. and hath opynto yuel S marg. iȝenhir iȝen IS., Y schal se hym, but not now; Y schal biholde hymafer S marg., but not nyȝ; a sterre schal be borun of Jacob, and a ȝerdeof chastising S marg. schal rise of Israel; and he schal smyte the duykis of Moab, and he schal waste alle the sones of Seth; and Ydumye schal be hys possessioun, the eritage of Seir schal bifalle to his ene|myes; forsothesothely IS. Israel schal do strongli, of Jacob schalOm. S. be he that schal be lord, and schalhe schal IS. leese the relikisrelifs BC. aftir leeuyngis IS. of the citeecontrarie to him S marg.. And whanne heBalaam IS. hadde seyn Amalechmen of Amalech IS., he took a parable, and seide, Amalech is the bigynningAmalech is the bigynnyng, that is, he roos first aȝenus Israel aftir the goyng out of Egipt. Lire here. BC. of hethene men, whos laste thingis schulen be lost. Also `he siȝBalaam sawȝ IS. Cy|neyEuey EFLOX pr. m. P., and whanne a parable was takun, he seide, ForsotheSothely IS. thithe O. dwellyng place is strong, but if thou schalt sette thi nest in a stoon, and schalt be chosun of the gene|racioun of CynCham X marg., hou longe schalt thou mow dwelle? forsothesothely IS. Assur schal take thee. And whanne a parable was takunor shewid to him S marg., he spakseide IS. eft, Alas! who schal lyue, whanne the Lord schal makedo IS. thes thingis? TheiMen IS. schulen come in grete schippis fro Ytalie, thei schulen ouercome AssiriesAssiriens plures., and thei schulen distrie Ebrews, and at the last alsoOm. S. thei hem silf schulen perische. And Balaam roos, and turnide aȝen in to his place; and Balaach ȝede aȝen bi the weyeof shrewid pur|pos S marg. in which he cam.

 CAP. XXV.

ForsotheSothely IS. in that tyme Israel dwellide in Sechym; and the puplepuple of Israel IS. dide fornyca|cioun with the douȝtris of Moab; whichethe whiche I. douȝtris clepiden hemIsrael IS. to her sacrifices, and theiIsrael IS. eteneete I. eete S text. lustily marg., and worschipiden the goddis of tho douȝtriswymmen IS.; and Israel made sacrifice to Belphegor. And the Lord was wrooth, and seide to Moises, Take thou alle the princesthat han cure S marg. of the puple, and hange hem aȝens the sunne in iebatisthat thei be known S marg., that my wodnessewoundis A pr. m. ven|geaunce IS., `that is stronge veniaunceOm. IS., be turned awai fro Israel. And Moises seide to the iugis of Israel, Ech man sle his neiȝboris, that maden sacrifice to Belpha|gor. And, lo! oon of the sones of Israel entrideentride boldely S. bifor his britheren to `an hoorea strumpett IS. of Madian, in the siȝt of Moises, and alof al CS. the cumpeny of the sones of Israel, whichethe whiche I. weptenfor hidoustee of the vile synne S marg. bifor the ȝatis of the tabernacle. And whanne Phynees, the sone of Elea|zar, sonethe sone IS. of Aaron, preestthe preest I., hadde seyn thisvnshamfast doing S marg., he roos fro the myddis of the mul|titude; and whanne he hadde take aOm. B. swerd, he entride aftir the man of Israel in toOm. IS. the `hoore howsbordelrie IS., and stikidehe stikide hem IS. tho|rou both togidere, that is, the man and the womman, in the places of gendryng. And the veniaunce ceesside fro the sones of Israel, and foure and twenti thousand of men weren slayn. And the Lord seide to Moises, Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, sonethe sone BN. of Aaron, preest, turnedehath turnede IS. away myn yrewrath IS. fro the sones of Israel; for he was stiridmoued IS. aȝens hem bi my feruent loue, that Y my silf schuldeOm. S. not do awai the sones of Israel in my greet heteferuentnesse I. feruentnesse of veniaunce S., `ether strong veniaunceOm. IS.. Therfor speke thou to hym, Lo! Y ȝyue to hymhauing this feruent loue S marg. the pees of my couenauntcouenaunt, that is, the dig|nete of prest|hod aftir his fadir. Lire here. BC., and it schal be an euer|lastynge couenaunt of preesthod, as wel to hym silf as to his seed; for he louyde feruentlichastitee S marg. for his God, and he clensidehath clenside IS. the greet trespas of the sones of Israel. For|sothesothly IS. the name of the man of Israel, that was slayn with the womman of Madian, was Zambri, the sone of Salu, duykthe whiche Zambri was duyk I. whiche Zambri was duyk S. of the kynrede and lynageof the lynage IS. of Symeon. For|sothesothely IS. the womman of Madian that was slayn togiderewith the hoorling S marg., was clepid Cobri, the douȝter of Sur, the nobleste prince of Ma|dianytis. And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, `Madianytis feelefeele the Madianytis IS. ȝou enemyesto be her enemyes IS., and smytede|strie IS. ȝe hem; for also thei didenhan do IS. enemyliche aȝens ȝou, and disseyuedendisseyueden ȝou IKS. thorowbi IS. tresouns, bi the idol of Phegor, and bi `the douȝter of CorbriCobri C pr. m. F sec. m. O., duyk of Ma|dian, her sisterher sistir Corbri, douȝtir of the duyk of Madian IS., which douȝter was sleyn in the dai of veniaunce, for the sacrilegesacrifice I. or bi hidous gilt S marg. of Phegor.

 CAP. XXVI.

Aftir that the blood of gilti men was sched outbi veni|aunce for lecherie S marg., the Lord seide to Moises and to Eleasar, preestthe preest IS., sone of Aaron, Noum|brerikene IS. ȝe alOm. L. the summenoumbre IS. of the sones of Israel, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, bi her housis, and kynredisher kynredis IS., alle men that mowen go forth to batels. And so Moises and Eleasar, preestthe preest IS., spaken in the feeldi places of Moab, ouer Jordan, aȝens Jerico, to hem that weren offro plures. twenti ȝeer and aboue, as the Lord comaundide; of whichewhiche men IS. this is the noumbre. Ruben, the firste gendridbigoten I. of Israel; the sone of hym was Enoch, of whom wascame IS. the meynee of Enochitis; and Phallu, of whomwhom came IS. the meynee of Phallu|ytis; and Esrom, of whomwhom came IS. the meyneemeynees AF. of Esromytis; and Charmy, of whomwhom came IS. the meynee of Charmytis. Thes weren the meynees of the generacioun of Ruben, of whiche meynees the noumbre was foundun thre and fourti thousand seuene hundrid and threttithretti men S.. The sone of Phallu wasOm. I. Heliab; the sones of hymthis I. werenOm. I. Na|muel, and Dathan and Abiron. `These weren Dathan and AbironOm. S., prynces of the puple, that risedenrisen FILS. resin EP. aȝens Moises and Aa|ron, in the rebelte of Chore, whanne thei rebelliden aȝens the Lord; and the erthe openyde histhe IS. mouth, and deuourideit deuouride IS. Chore, whileand DIMORST sup. ras. W. ful many menOm. plures. dieden, whanne the fier brente two hundrid men and fifti; and a greet myracle was maaddon IS., that whanne Chore perischide, hise sones perischiden not. The sones of Symeon bi her kyn|redisweren these S marg.; Namuel, of hym was the meynee of Namuelitis; Jamyn, of hym wasOm. plures. the meynee of Jamynytis; Jachin, of hym wasOm. plures. came IS. the meynee of Jachynytis; Zare, of hymhym came IS. the meynee of Zarenytis; Saul, of hymhym came IS. the meynee of Saulitis. These weren the meynees of Symeon, of whiche all the noumbre was two and twenti thousynde andOm. BCDEFLOPX pr. m. two hundrid. The sones of Gad bi her kynrediskynredis weren thees IS.; Sephon, of hymhym came IS. the meynee of Sephonytis; Aggi, of hymhym came IS. the meynee of Aggitis; Sumy, of hymhym came S. the meynee of Sumytis; Ozny, of hymhym came IS. the meynee of Oznytis; Heri, of hymhym came IS. the meyneemeynees DKQRT. of Hereytis; Arod, of hymhym came IS. the meynee of Aroditis; Ariel, of hymhym came IS. the meynee of Arielitis. These weren the meynees of Gad, of whiche al the noumbre was fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid. The sones of Juda werenweren thees IS. Her and Onan, whiche bothe weren deed in the lond ofOm. S. Canaan. And the sones of Juda werenweren thees IS. bi her kyn|redis; Sela, of whomwhom came IS. the meynee of Se|laitis; Phares, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Pharesitis; Zare, of whomhim S. the meynee ofOm. S. Zareitis. Sotheli the sones of Phares weren Esrom, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Esromytis; and Amul, of whomhim IS. the meyneemeynees G. ofOm. A. Amulitis. These weren the meynees of Juda, of whiche al the noum|bre was seuenty thousynde and fyue hun|drid. The sones of Isachar bi her kyn|redis; Tholaweren Thola IS., of whomhim IS. the meynee of Tholaitis; Phua, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Phuitis; Jasub, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Jasubitis; Semran, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Semranytis. These weren the kynredis of Isachar, of whiche the noumbre was foure and sixti thousynd and three hun|drid. The sones of Zabulon bi her kin|redis; Saradweren Sarad IS., of whomhim IS. the meyneemeynees IS. of Sareditis; Helon, of whomhim IS. the meyneemeynees IS. of Helonytis; Jalel, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Jalelitis. These weren the kynredis of Zabulon, of whiche the noumbre was sixti thousynde and fyue hundrid. The sones of Joseph bi her kynredis weren Manasses and Effraym. Of Manasses wascam IS. borun Machir, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Machir|itis. Machir gendridebigaat I. Galaad, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Galaditis. Galaad hadde sonesthees sones IS.; Hizezer, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Hizezeritis; and Helech, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Helechitis; and Ariel, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Arielitis; and Sechem, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Sechemytis; and Semyda, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Semy|daitis; and Epher, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Epheritis. Forsothesothely IS. Epher was the fadir of Salphath, that hadde not sones, but oneli douȝtris; of whichethe whiche S. these weren the names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. These weren the meyneesmeynee S. of Manasse, and the noum|bre of hem was two and fifty thousynde and seuene hundrid. Forsothesothely IS. the sones of Effraym bi her kynredis weren these; Suthala, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Sutha|laitis; Bether, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Betherytis; Tehen, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Thehenytis. Forsothesothely IS. the sone of Su|thala was Heram, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Heramytis. These weren the kynredis `of the sonesOm. S. of Effraym, of whichewhom IS. the noumbre was two and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid. These weren the sones of Joseph, bi her meynees. The sones of Beniamyn in her kynredis; Baleweren Bale IS., of whomhim IS. the meynee of Baleytis; Azbel, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Azbelitis; Ahiram, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Ahiramitis; Su|phan, of whom the meynee of Suphanitis; Huphan, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Hu|phanitis. The sones of Bale, Hered and Noeman; of Hered, thecame the S. meyne of Here|ditis; of Noeman, the meyneemeynees I. of Noe|manitis. Thes weren the sones of Benia|myn bi her kynredis, of whiche the noum|bre was fyue and fourti thousynde and sixe hundrid. The sones of Dan bi her kynredis; Suphanweren Suphan IS., of whomhim IS. the meynee of Suphanytis. These weren the kynredis of Dan bi her meynees; alle weren Su|phanytis, of whiche the noumbre was foure and sixtifourti K. thousynde and foure hundrid. The sones of Aser bi her kynredis; Jem|maweren Jemma IS., of whomhim IS. the meynee of Jemmaytis; Jesuy, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Jesuytis; Brie, of whomhim IS. the meyneename I. of Brieitis. The sones of Brie; Haberweren Haber IS., of whomhim IS. the meynee of Haberitis; and Melchiel, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Melchielitis. Sotheli the name of `the douȝtir of AzerAzer douȝter S. was Zara. These weren the kynredis of the sones of Aser, and the noumbre of hem was foure and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid. The sones of Neptalym bi her kynredis; Jesehelweren Jesehel IS., of whomhim IS. the meyneemeynees I. of Jeselitis; Guny, of whomhim IS. the meyneemeynees I. ofOm. AS. Gunytis; Jeser, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Jeserytis; Sellem, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Sellemytis. Thes weren the kynredis of the sones of Neptalym bi her meynees, of whichewhom B. the noumbre wasOm. S. fyue and fourti thousynde and foure hundrid. This is the summenoumbre IS. of the sones of Israel, that weren noumbridrikened IS., sixe hundrid thousynde and a thousynde seuene hundrid and thretti. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, The lond schal be departid to these, bi the noumbre of names in to her possessiouns; thou schalt ȝyue the gret|tere part to mo men, and the lesse part to fewere men; possessioun schal be ȝouun to alle bi hem silf, as thei ben noumbrid now; so oneli that lot departe the lond to lynagis and meyneesto meynees IS.. What euer thing bifallithfallith A. bi lot, ethir mo ether fewere men take thisthat IS.. Also this is the noumbre of the sones of Leuy bi her meynees; Ger|son, of whom theis the IS. meynee of Gersonytis; Caath, of whomOm. A. him I. him is S. the meynee of Caathitis; Merary, of whomhim IS. the meynee of Mera|ritis. These weren the meynees of Leuy; the meynee of Lobny, the meynee of E|bron, the meynee of Mooli, the meynee of Musi, the meynee of Chori. And sotheli Caath gendridebigat I. Amram, whichthe which I. hadde a wijf, Jocabeth, douȝterthe douȝter IS. of Leuy, which douȝter was borun to hym in Egipt. This Jocabeth gendridegaat I. to hir hosebonde `Am|ram sonessones of Amram I., Aaron, and Moyses, and Ma|rieOm. S., `the sister of hemhis sistir I. hir sistir S.. Nadab, and Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar weren bigetungoten I. of Aaron; of whiche Nadab and Abyu weren deed, whanne thei hadden offrid alien fier bifor the Lord. And alle that weren noumbridof this lynage S marg. weren thre and twenti thousynde of male kynde, fro oa S. monethe and aboue, whiche weren not noumbridnoumbrid fro o monethe and aboue I. among theother S. sones of Israel, nether posses|sioun was ȝouun to hem with othir men. This is the noumbre of the sones of Israel, that weren discryuedre|kened IS. of Moises and E|leasarof Eleasar IS., preestthe preest IS., in the feeldi places of Moab, ouer Jordan, aȝen Jerico; among whiche noon of hem was that weren noumbrid bifor of Moises and Aaron, in the deseert ofOm. S. Synay; for the Lord bifore seide, that allealle tho IS. schulden die in `the wil|dirnessedeseert IS. for her grucch|ing S marg.; and noon of hem dwellidedwellide alyue IS., noOm. I. but Caleph, `the sone of JephoneJephonus sone IS., and Josue, the sone of Nun.

 CAP. XXVII.

ForsotheSothely IS. the douȝtris of Salphaat, sonethe sone S. of Epher, sone of Galaad, sone of Machir, sone of Manasses, that was `the sone of JosephJoseph sone S., neiȝeden; of whiche douȝtris these ben the names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. And thei stoden bifore Moises, and Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., and allebifore alle S. the princes of the puple, at the dore of tabernaclethe tabernacle IS. of boond of pees; and seidenthei seiden IS., Oure fadir was deed in theOm. IORST sec. m. W. deseert, nether he was in the rebelte, that was reisid aȝens the Lord, vndur Chore, but he was deed in his synne; he hadde no male sones. Whi is `the name of hymhis name IS. takun awei fro his meynee, for he hath no sone? Ȝif ȝe possessioun to vs among `the kynesmen of oure fadiroure fadir kynnusmen IS.. And Moises telde `the cause of hemher cause IS. to the doom of the Lord; whichthe which I. seide to Moyses, The douȝtris of Salphaath axen a iust thing; ȝyue thou possessioun to hem among `the kynnysmen of her fadirher fadris kynnus|men I. her fadir k. S., and be thei suc|cessouris to hym in to eritage. ForsotheSotheli IS. thou schalt speke these thingis to the sons of Israel, Whanne a man is deed with out sone, the eritage schal go to his douȝter; if he hath notno IS. aOm. I. douȝter, he schal haue eirishis eiris IS. his britheren; thatOm. IS. and if britherenther britheren I. benthat ben S. notnot to him S., ȝe schulen ȝyue the eritage to `the britheren of his fadirhis fadir bretheren S.; for|sothesothely IS. if he hathhaue I. nonot plures. britheren of his fa|dir, the eritage schal be ȝouun to hem that ben next to hym. And thisthis doyng IS. schal be hooli, `that is, stidefastOm. I., bi euerlastynge lawe to the sones of Israel, as the Lord comaundidehath comaundid IS. to Moises. Also the Lord seide to Moises, Stiego vp I. stie vp S. thouOm. I. in to thisthe ELP. hil of Aberym, and biholde thou fro thennus the lond, whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to the sones of Israel. And whanne thou hast seyn it, also thou schalt go to thi puple, as thi brother Aaron ȝede; for thou offenddidistoffendist A. me in theOm. I. deseert of SynSynay S., in the aȝen seiyng of theOm. plures. multitude, nether woldistthou woldist IS. haleweschewe AC sec. m. DEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTWX. me bifor itthe puple IS., onvpon IS. the watris. These ben the watris of aȝen seiyng, inthat I ȝaue hem flowing out of the stoon in S. Cades, ofin S. the deseert of SynSynay S.. To whom Moi|ses answeryde, The Lord God of spiritisthe spiritis IS. of al fleisch puruey a man, that behe be IS. onvpon S. this multitude, and maythat may IS. go out, and en|treentre yn IS. bifor hem, and lede hem out, and lede hem yn, lest the `puple of the LordLordis puple IS. be as scheep with out schepherde. And the Lord seide to hymMoises I., Take thou Josue, the sone of Nun, a man in whom the spyrit of God is, and setputte IS. thin hond onvpon S. hym; and he schal stonde bifore Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., and bifore al the multitude. And thou schalt ȝyue to hym comaundementisheestis I. my heestis S., in the siȝt of alle men, and a part of thi glorie, that al the synagogelynage S. of the sones of Israel here hym. If ony thing schal be worthi to be do for this manJosue I. man Josue S., Elea|sar, preestthe preest A pr. m., schal counseil the Lord; heJosue IS. schal go out, and schalhe schal S. go yn, at the word of Eleazar; he, and alle the sones of Israel with him, and the totherthat other IS. mul|titude. Moises dide as the Lord comaund|ide, and whanne he hadde take Josue, he settidesette IS. hym bifore Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., and bifore al the multitude of the puple; and whanne he hadde setputt his IS. hondis onvpon IS. his heed, he reherside alle thingis whichethat IS. the Lord comaundide.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Also the Lord seide to Moises, Co|maunde thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Offre ȝe bi her tymesas resoun techith S marg. myn offryng, and looues, and en|cense of swettist odoursmell IS.. These ben the sacrificis whiche ȝe owen to offre; twey lambrenlombes IS. of o ȝeer, with out wem, ech dai in to euerlastynge brent sacrifice. Ȝe schulen offre oonO lombe S. eerli, and thethat L. tother at euentid. `Ȝe schulen offreOm. I. thetried flour the S. tenthe part of ephi `of floureof tried floure I. Om. S., `which bethat schal be IS. spreynt with pureste oile, and hauehaue it I. holde it S. the fourthe part of hyn. It is continuellastinge IS. brent sacri|fice, whichthat I. ȝe offriden in the hil of Synai, in to `odour of swettistemoost swete smellynge I. swettist smellinge S. encense to the Lord. And ȝe schulen offre the fourthe part of hyn of wyn, bi ech lomb, in the seyntuarie of the Lord. And ȝe schulen offre in lijk maner the tother lomb at euen|tid, bi al the custom of the morewe sacri|fice, and of moistthe moist IS. sacrifices therof, an of|fryng of swettist odoursmell IS. to the Lord. ForsotheSotheli IS. in the `dai of sabatsabot day IS. ȝe schulen offre twey lambrenlombes IS. of o ȝeer, without wem, and tweithe twei KQT pr. m. X. tenthe partis of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oile, inin to T. sacrifice, `and ȝe schulen offreOm. I. moistethe moiste I. sacrificis that ben schedheld I. bi custom, bi alle sabatis, in to euerlastyngeinto euer|lastynge etc. In Ebreu it is, ouer the con|tynuel brent sacrifice. C. brent sacrifice. For|sotheSothely IS. in calendisthe calendis IS., that is, in the bigyn|nyngis of monethis, ȝe schulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord, tweyne calues of the droue, o ram, seuene lambren of o ȝeer, without wem, and thretwey A. tenthe partis of flour spreynt to gidere with oile, ininto A sec. m. sacri|ficethe sacrifice S., bi ech calf, and twey tenthe partis of flour spreynt to gidere with oile, bi ech ram; and the tenthe part of `a dymethe tenthe IS. of flourtried flour S. ofspreynt togidre with I. oile in sacrificethe sacrifice IS., bi ech lomb; it is brentthe brent IS. sacrifice of `swetist odourmoost sweet smell I. swettist smelle S., and of encense to the Lord. ForsotheSothely IS. the moiste sacrifices of wyn, that schulen be schedheld I. sched out S. bi alle slaynthe slayn IS. sacrificis, schulen be these; the half part of hyn bi ech calf, the thridde part bi a ram, the fourthe part bi a lomb; this schal be brentthe brent IS. sacri|ficessacrifice CM. bi ech monethe, that comen oon aftir anothir while the ȝeer turnethturneth aboute IS. bi his course S marg.. Also a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS. schal be offrid to the Lord for synnesfor synnes. Ebreus seyen, for clensing. C., in to euerlastynge brent sacri|ficeinto euer|lasting etc. In Ebreu it is, ouer continuel brent sacrifice. C., with his moiste offryngis. ForsotheSotheli IS. in the firste monethe, in the fouretenthe dai of the monethe, schal be phasepaske IS., `that is, paskOm. IS. `ethir passyngOm. I., of the Lord; and in the fiftenthe day schal be the so|lempnyte of theOm. plures. therf looues. Bi seuene daies ȝe schulen ete therf looues; of whichewhiche daies IS. the firste daiOm. IS. schal be worschip|ful and hooli; ȝe schulen not do ony ser|uyleforboden IS. werk therynnein that day IS.. And ȝe schulen offre brent sacrifice to the LordOm. S., twey calues, o ram, seuene lambren of o ȝeer, without wem; and the sacrificessacrifice IS. of echshal be S marg. bi itsilf of flourtried flour IS., whichthat schal IS. be spreynt to gidere with oile, thre tenthe partis bi ech calf, and twey tenthe partis bi ao IS. ram, and the tenthe part of `a dymethe tenthe IS. bi ech lomb, that is, bi seuene lambrenlombis IS.. `And ȝe schu|len offreOm. I. o `buc of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, that clensyng be maad for ȝou, outakun the brent sacrifice of the morewtid, which ȝe schulen offre euere. So ȝe schulen do bi ech dai of seuene daies, into theOm. C. nursch|yng of fier, and in to swettistthe swettist M. odoursmell IS. to the Lord, that schal rise of the brent sa|crifice, and of moistethe moiste IS. sacrifices of echech offring IS.. Also the seuenthe day schal be moost so|lempne and hooli to ȝou; ȝe schulen not do ony seruyleforboden S marg. werk ther ynne. Also the dai of the firste fruytis, whanne ȝe schulen offre newe fruitis to the Lord, whanne the wokis schulen be fillydfulfillid I. fulfillid that dai S., schal be worschip|ful and hooli; ȝe schulen not do ony ser|uyle werk ther ynne. And ȝe schulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord, in to `swettiste odourmoost swete smel I. swettist smelle S.; twey calues of the droue, o ram, and seuene lambrenlombus IS. of o ȝeer, with out wem; and in the sacrifices of tho ȝe schulen offre thre tenthe partis of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oile, bi ech calf, twei tenthe partis bi rammesthe rammes IS., the tenthe parte of `a dymethe tenthe IS. bi the lambrenlombis IS., whichethe whiche I. ben to gidereal togidere IS., seuene lambrenlombus IS.. `And ȝe schulen offreOm. I. aalso a I. `buc of geetgeet bucke IS., whichthat IS. is offrid for clensyng, outakun brent sacri|fice euerlastynge, and the moiste sacrifices therof; ȝe schulen offre alle thingis with out wem, with her moyste sacrifices.

 CAP. XXIX.

ForsotheSothely IS. the firste dai of the seuenthe monethe schal be hooli, and worschipful to ȝou; ȝe schulen not do ony seruyleforboden S. werk ther ynne, for it is the day of sown|yng, and of trumpis. And ȝe schulen offre brent sacrifice, in to swettestmoost swete I. odour to the Lord, o calf of the droue, o ram, and se|uene lambrenlombus IS. of o ȝeer, with out wem; and in the sacrificissacrifice CIS. of tho `ȝe schulen offreOm. I. thre tenthe partis of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oile, bi ech calfe, twey tenthe partis bi ao IS. ram, o tenthe part bi aoo I. lomb, whichethe whiche I. togidere ben seuene lambrenlombis IS.. And `ȝe schulen offreOm. I. a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS., whichthat IS. is offrid for synne, in to theOm. IS. clens|yng of the puple, with out theOm. IS. brent sa|crifice of kalendisthe bigynnyng of monethis IS., with hise sacrifices, and without euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, withwithout S. customable fletynge offryngis; and bi the same cerymonyescerymonyes or customs S. ȝe schulen offre encense in to swettiste odoursmell IS. to the Lord. Also the tenthe dai of this seuenthe monethe schal be hooli and worschipful to ȝou, and ȝe schulenschulen therinne S. turmente ȝoure soulissoulis in it I.; ȝe schulen not do ony seruyle werk ther ynne. And ȝe schulen offrethanne offre S. brent sacrifice to the Lord, in to swettiste odour; oa I. calf of the droue, oa I. ram, se|uene lambrenlombis S. of o ȝeer with out wem. And in the sacrificessacrifice C. of tho `ȝe schulen offreOm. I. thre tenthe partis of flourtried flour IS. spreynt togidere with oyle, bi ech calf, twey tenthe partis bi ao IS. ram, the tenthe part ofOm. S. a dymethe tenthe I. Om. S. bi each lomb, that ben togidere se|uene lambrenlombis IS.. And ȝe schulen offre a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out these thingis that ben wont to be offrid for synne in to clensyng, and `ȝe schulen offreOm. I. euerlastinge brent sacrifice in sacrificethe sacrifice IS., and fletinge offryngis of thotho thingis IS.. ForsotheSothely IS. in the fiftenthe dai of thisthe C. seuentheOm. N. monethe, that schal be hooli and wor|schipful to ȝou, ȝe schulen not do ony seruyle werk, but ȝe schulen halewe so|lempnytethe solempnyte IS. to the Lord inbi IKORSTW. seuene daies; and ȝe schulen offre brent sacrifice, in to swetiste odour to the Lord, threttene calues of the droue, twey rammes, foure|tene lambren of o ȝeer, with out wem. And in the moiste sacrifices of tho `ȝe schulen offreOm. I. thre tenthe partis of flourtried flour IS. spreynt to gidere with oile bi ech calf, that ben to|gidere threttene calues, and ȝe schulen offre twei tenthe partis to twei rammes to gidere, that is, o tenthe part to o ram, and `ȝe schulen offreOm. I. the tenthe part of `a dymethe tenthe IS. toby B. to bi DRT. ech lomb, whiche ben to gidere fourteene lambren. And ȝe schulen offre a `buc of geetgeetbucke IS. for synne, with out euer|lastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, and `with outOm. C. theOm. AF. sacrifice and moistethe fletinge IS. offryng therof. In the tother dai ȝe schulen offre twelue calues of the droue, twei rammes, foure|tene lambrenlombes IS. of o ȝeer without wem. And ȝe schulen halewe riȝtfuli sacrificesthe sacrifices IS., and moiste offryngis of alle, bi caluesthe calves I. tho calues S., and rammes, and lambrenlombis IS.. And ȝe schu|len offre a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, and `with outOm. I. theOm. K. sacrifice andof L. moistthe moist IS. offryng therof. In the thridde dai ȝe schulen offre euleuen calues, twei rammes, fourteneand fourtene IS. lambren of o ȝeer, without wem. And ȝe schulen halewe riȝtfuli the sacrifices, and moistethe moiste S. offryngis of allealle thees IS., bi theOm. K. caluys, and rammes, and lambren. And ȝe schu|len offre a `buk of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, and with out theOm. K. sacrifice and moistethe euerlastynge IS. offryng ther|of. In the fourthe day ȝe schulen offre ten calues, tweyand twey S. rammes, fourtene lam|brenlombis IS. of o ȝeer with oute wem. And ȝe schulen halewe riȝtfuli the sacrifices, and moistethe moiste IS. offryngis of alle, bi the calues, and rammes, and lambren. And ȝe schulen offre a `buk of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, and `with outOm. I. the sacrifice and moistethe moist IS. offryngoffryngis A pr. m. therof. In the fyuethe dai ȝe schulen offre nyne calues, tweiand twei K. rammes, fourtene lambren of o ȝeer, with oute wem. And ȝe schulen halewe riȝtfuli the sacrifices, and moistealle the moiste IS. offryngis `of alleOm. IS., bi the calues, and rammes, and lambren. And `ȝe schulen offreOm. C. a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, and `with outOm. C. the sacrifice andand the IS. of O. moiste offryng therof. In the sixte dai ȝe schulen offre eiȝt calues, andOm. KS. twei rammes, fourtene lambrenlombis IS. of o ȝeer with out wem. And ȝe schulen halewe riȝtfuli the sacrifices, and moistealle the moiste IS. offryngis `of alleOm. IS., bi the calues, and rammes, and lambrenlombis IS.. And `ȝe schu|len offreOm. C. a `buk of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brentOm. I. sacrifice, and `with outOm. C. the sacrifice and moistethe moiste IS. offryng therof. In the seuenthe dai ȝe schulen offre seuene caluescalueren K., twei rammes, four|tene lambrenlombis IS. `of o ȝeerOm. I. with out wem. And ȝe schulen halewe riȝtfuli the sacri|fices, and moistealle moiste I. alle the moiste S. offryngis `of alleOm. IS., bi the calues, and rammes, and lambrenlombis IS.. And `ȝe schulen offreOm. C. a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, and `with outOm. IC. theOm. K. sacrifice andand the IS. of O. moiste of|fryng therof. In the eiȝthe dai, whichthat IS. is moost solempne `ether hooliOm. CINS., ȝe schulen not do ony seruyle werk, and ȝe schulen offreoffre thanne S. brent sacrifice in to swettest odour to the Lord, oa I. calf, oa I. ram, seuene lam|brenlombis IS. of o ȝeer with out wem. And ȝe schulen halewe riȝtfuli the sacrifices and moistealle the moiste IS. offryngis `of alleOm. IS., bi the calues, and rammes, and lambrenlombis IS.. `And ȝe schu|lenOm. C. offre a `buc of geetgeet bucke IS. for synne, with out euerlastyngethe euerlastynge IS. brent sacrifice, and `with outOm. C. the sacrifice, and moistethe moiste IS. offryng therof. Ȝe schulen offre these thingis to the Lord, in ȝoure solempnytees, with out avowisȝoure auowis S., and wilfulȝour wilful IS. offryngis, in brentthe brent IS. sacrifice, in sacrifice, inand ELP. moistthe moist IS. offryng, and in peesible sacrifices.

 CAP. XXX.

And Moises telde to the sones of Israel alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to hym. And he spak to the princes of the lynagis of the sones of Israel, This is the word, whichthat IS. the Lord comaundide, If ony of men makith a vowe to the Lord, ethir byndith hym silf bi an ooth, he schal not make voidevoide or fals S. his word, but he schal fillefulfille IS. al thing whichthat IS. he bihiȝte. If a womman whichthat IS. is in the hows of hir fa|dir, and is ȝit in the age of a damyselȝoung damysel IS., `that is, not ȝit weddidOm. IS., avowith ony thing, ethir byndith hir silf bi an ooth, `if thehir I. fadir knowith the avow, whichthat I. sche bihiȝte, and the oothOm. S. bi which sche boond hir soule, and he is stilleafter that he knoweth it S marg., sche schal be gilti of thethat IS. oothooth or vow ȝif sche breke it S. ȝif sche breke it I., that is, boundun bi the oothOm. IS.; what euer thing sche bihiȝte and swoor, sche schall fillefulfille IS. in werk. For|sotheSotheli IS. if thehir IS. fadir aȝenseideaȝenseide hir avowis S. anoon as he herdeherde hem S., bothe theOm. I. vowis and `oothis of hirhir oothis IS. schulen be voide, and sche schal not be holdun boundun to the biheeste, for thehir IS. fadir aȝenseideaȝenseide it I. aȝenseide hir avow S.. If sche hath an hosebonde, and avowithsche avowith IS. ony thing, and a word goynge out of hir mouth onys byndith hir soule with an ooth, in what dai thehir IS. hosebonde herithherith this IS., and aȝenseithaȝenseith it IS. not, sche schal be giltigilti, or bounden S. `of avowto that vowe I. to that avow S.; sche schal ȝelde, what euer thing sche bihiȝte. But if the hosebonde herithherith it I. herith hir S., and anoon aȝenseithaȝenseith hir S., and makith void alle hir bi|heestis, and wordis bi whiche sche boond hir soule, the Lord schal be merciful to hir. A widewe, and a womman forsakun of hir hosebonde, schulen ȝelde, what euer thingOm. ELP. thei avowen. Whanne a wijf in `the hous of hir hosebondehir housboundus hous I. hir husbond house S. byndith hir silf bi a vow and an ooth, if thehir IS. hose|bonde herithherith it I. hir avow and hir ooth S marg., and is stille and aȝenseith not thehir IS. biheest, sche schal ȝelde, what euer thing sche bihiȝte. Sotheli if the hosebonde aȝenseideaȝenseide hir IS. anoon, sche schal not be holdun gilti of biheestthe biheest BCIKW. hir biheest S., for thehir IS. hose|bonde aȝenseideaȝenseide it anoon IS. aȝenseide anoon EF sec. m. KLOPQTW., and the Lord schal be merciful to hir. If sche avowith, and byndith hir silf bi an ooth, that sche tur|mente hir soule bi fastyng, ethir bi ab|stynence of othere thingis, it schal be in the doom of thehir IS. hosebonde, that sche dodo that IS., ether dodo it IS. not. That if thehir IS. hosebonde herithherith it I. herith hir avow S., and ishe is S. stille, and delaiethtarieth IS. the sentence inin to CIKMOW. the tother dai, sche schal ȝelde what euer thing sche avowide and bihiȝte, for hehir housbonde IS. was stillestille and aȝenseide hir not S., anoon as he herdeherde hir avowe or swere S.. ForsotheSotheli IS. if thehir IS. hosebonde aȝenseideaȝenseide hir avow and hir ooth S. af|tir that he wistewiste therof S.aftir that he wiste; that is, not anoon, whanne he wiste first, but aftirward. Lire here. C., he schal bere his wickidnesseas gilti of a vowe breking I marg. S marg.. These ben the lawis, which the Lord ordeynede to Moyses bitwixe the hosebonde and the wijf, bitwixe the fadir and the douȝtir, which is ȝit in the age of aOm. L. damyselȝoung damysel IS., `that is, not ȝit mariedOm. CIS., `ether whichor that IS. dwellithȝit dwellith IS. in `the hows of theher L. fadirhir fadris [fadir S] hous vnmaried IS..

 CAP. XXXI.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide, Venge thou firste the sones of Israel of Madianytisthe men of Madian IS., and so thou schalt be ga|derid to thi puple. And anoon Moises seide, Arme ȝe men of ȝou to batel, that moun take of Madianytisthe Madianytis IS. the veniaunce of the Lord. Ofand of IS. ech lynage be chosunther chosun I. a thousynde men of Israel, that schulen be sent to batel. And of ech lynage thei ȝauen a thousynde, that is twelue thou|synde of menOm. IS., redi to batel; whiche Moises sentesente forth IS. with Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, preestthe preest I.. And heMoises IS. bitook to hem hooli vesselis, and trumpis to make sown. And whanne thei hadden fouȝt aȝens Madian|ytis, and hadden ouercomeouercomen hem S., theiIsrael IS. killidenthei killiden, etc. In Ebreu it is, and thei killiden the kyngis of hem on slayn men, that is, on men cast doun bi Goddis vertu, as Ebrews ex|pownen. Lire here. C. alle theher IS. malis, and `the kyngis of hemher kyngis IS., Euy, and Reem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, fyue princes of `the folc of hemher folke IS.. Also theiIsrael IS. killiden biwith I. swerd Balaam, the sone of Beor. And theiIsrael IS. token theOm. C. wym|men of hem, and theher IS. litle children, and alle beestisher beestis IS., and al purtenauncethe pur|tenaunce IS. of hows|holdher howshold IS.; what euer thei myȝten haue, thei spuyledendestrieden IS.; flawmethe flawme IS. brente as wel citeesthe citees B., as litle townes and castels. And they token pray, and alle thingis whiche thei hadden take, as wel of men as of beestis, and thei brouȝten totho to IS. Moyses, and to Ele|azar, preestthe preest IS., and to al the multitude of the sones of Israel. ForsotheSotheli IS. thei baren othere `thingis perteynynge to vssvsable thingis IS., to theher IS. castelstentis IS. instondynge in IS. the feldi places of Moab bisidis Jordan, aȝens Jericho. Moises and Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., and alle the princes of the synagoge, ȝeden out in to the comyng of hem, with out theOm. O. castelstentis IS., `that is, of the tabernacleOm. IS.. And Moises was wrooth to the princes of the oost, toand A. tribunesthe tribunes N., and centuriounsthe centuriouns I. to the centuriouns S., that camen fro batelthe batel INS. batels B pr. m.; and he seideseide to hem I., Whi reseruedenkepte IS. ȝe wym|men? whether it be not thesethese wymmen S. thatwhiche S. dis|seyueden the sones of Israel, at the sug|gestioun of Balaam, and maden ȝou to do trespas aȝens the Lord, onvpon IS. the synne of Phegor, wherfor also the puple was slayn? And therfor sle ȝe alle menthe men IS., what euer thingOm. I. is of male kynde, and litlethe litle IS. chil|dren; and strangle ȝe the wymmen that knewhan knowe IS. men fleischli; forsothesotheli IS. reseruekepe IS. ȝe to ȝou dameselsthe ȝounge damesels IS., and alle wymmen vir|gyns, and dwelle ȝe with out the castelstentis IS. inOm. IS. seuene daies. He that sleeth a man, etheror ELP passim. touchith a slayn man, schal be clensid in the thridde and theOm. plures. seuenthe daiOm. N.; and ofthe thing of I. Om. S. alal thing S. the pray, whether it is clooth, etheror EILPS. vessel, and ony thing maad redi inOm. IORSTW. to thingis perteynynge to vss, of the skynnys and heeris of geet, and `of trewode IS., it schal be clensid. And Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., spak thus to theOm. IOS. men of the oost that fouȝten, This is the comaundementheest IS. of the lawe, whichthat IS. the Lord comaundide to Moises, The gold, and siluer, and bras, and yrun, and tiyn, and leed, and al thing that may passepasse vn|waastid S marg. by flawme, schal be purgid bi fier; sotheli what euer thing may not suffre fier, schal be halewidhalewid or purgid S. biwith I. the watir of clensyng. And ȝe schulen waische ȝoure clothis in the seuenthe dai, and ȝe schulen be clensid; and aftirward ȝe schulen entre in to theOm. plures. castelstentis IS. `of the tabernacleOm. I.. And the Lord seide to Moises, Take ȝe the summenoumbre IS. of tho thingis that ben takun, fro man `til tovnto IS. to O sup. ras. beeste, thou, and Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., and alle the princes of the comyn puple. And thou schalt departe euenli the prey bytwixe hem that fouȝten and ȝeden out to batel, and bitwixe al the multitudeother multitude IS.. And thou schalt departe ao I. part to the Lord, of hem that fouȝtenhan fouȝten IS., and weren in batelbatel take thou S., `o souleOO lijf I. of fiue hundrid, as wel of men, as of oxun, and of assis, and of scheep. And thouthat that thou I. schalt ȝyue `that partOm. I. to Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., for tho ben the firste fruytis of the Lord. Also of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, thou schalt take the fiftithe heedheed or moost cheef S marg. of men, and of oxun, and ofOm. IS. assis, and ofOm. IS. scheep, and of alle lyuynge beestis; and thou schalt ȝyue tho to the dekenes, that waken in the kepyngis of the tabernacle of the Lord. And Moyses and Eleazar diden, as the Lord comaundide. ForsotheSothely IS. the prey whichthat IS. the oost hadde take, was sixe hundrid fyueand fyue A pr. m. and seuenti thousynde of scheep, of oxun two and seuenti thou|synde, of assis sixti thousynde and a thou|synde; the soules of personesthe persones S. of femalwymmen IS. kynde, that knewen not fleischliOm. S. men, twoweren two IS. and thretti thousynde. And the myd|dil part was ȝouun to hem that weren in theOm. plures. batel, of scheep threher part was thre S. hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid; of whiche sixe hundrid fyue and seuenti scheep weren noumbrid in to the part of the Lord; and of sixe and thretti thou|synde oxun, two and seuenti oxunoxun fellen to her part S., andOm. A sec. m. of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hun|dryd, oon and sixti assis; offellen to the Lord as part of I. fellen to his part of S. sixtene thousynde persoonesof persones S. of men, twei and thretti persoones bifelden inOm. IS. to the `part of the LordLordus part IS.. And Moises bitook the noumbre of the firste fruytis of the Lord to EleazarElezar A., preestthe preest IS., as it was comaundid to hym, of the myddil part of the sones of Israel, whichthe which I. he departide to hem that weren in batel. And of the myddil part that bifelde to the tother multitude, that is, of thre hundrid seuene and thretti thousynde scheep and fyue hundrid, and ofOm. S. sixe and thretti thousynde oxun, and of thretti thousynde assis and fyue hun|drid, and of sixtene thousynde wymmen, Moyses took the fyftithefirst L. heedheed or pool I. heed or polle S., and ȝafhe ȝaf hem IS. to the dekenes, that wakidenwaken X. in the taber|nacle of the Lord, as the Lord comaundide. And whanne the princes of the oost, and the tribunes and centuriounsthe centuriouns IS. hadden neiȝed to Moises, thei seiden, We thi ser|uauntis han teld the noumbre of fiȝters, whiche we hadden vndur oure hoondhoond or power S., and sotheli not oon failide; for whichthe which I. cause we offrenoffren or brengen to thee S. `in theOm. S. fre ȝiftis of the Lord, alle bi vsoure EILPS. silf, that that we myȝten fynde of gold in the pray, girdelis for `the myd|dil of wymmenwymmens myddlis I. wymmen myddlis S., and bies of the armes, and ryngis, and ournementis of the arm nyȝ the hond, and bies of the neckis of wymmen, that thou preye the Lord for vs. And Moises and Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., token al the gold in dyuerse spiceskyndis IS., `ether kyndisOm. IS., bi the weiȝte of the seyntuarye, sixteneand sixtene I. thousynde seuene hundrid and fifti siclis, of the tribunes, and centuriounsthe centuriouns IS.. For that that ech man rauyschide in the prey, was his owne; and thei baren the gold taken in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, in to theOm. IS. mynde of the sones of Israel, bifor the Lord.

 CAP. XXXII.

ForsotheSothely IS. the sones of Ruben and of Gad hadden many beestis, and catel with out noumbre was to hem, in werk beestis. And whanne thei hadden seyn Jazer and Galaad, couenableto be couenable IS. londis to beestis to be fed, thei camen to Moyses and Eleazarto Eleazar IS., preestthe preest IS., and to theOm. IS. princes of the multi|tude, and seiden, Astaroth, and Dibon, and Jacer, and Nemra, Esebon, and Eleale, and Sabam, and Nebo, and Beon, the lond whichthat IS. the Lord smootdestriede IS. in the siȝt of the sones of Israel, is of moostthe moost IS. plenteuousplenteuost L. cuntrey to theOm. IS. pasture of beestis; and we thi seruauntis han ful many beestis; and we preyenpreyen thee S., if we han founde grace bifor thee, that thou ȝyue to vs thi seruauntis that cuntrey in to possessioun, and make not vs to passe Jordan. To whichewhom IS. Moises answeride, Whether ȝoure britheren schu|len go to batel, and ȝe schulen sitte here? Whi peruertenmysturne IS. ȝe the soulisthouȝtis of the sonus IS. of Israel, that thei doren not passe in to the place, whichthat IS. the Lord schal ȝyue to hem? Whether ȝoure fadris diden not so, whanne Y sentesente hem IS. fro Cades Barne to aspie the lond, and whanne thei camen to the valey of Clustre, whanne al the cuntrey was cumpassid, thei peruertidenturneden in to fere S. the herte of the sones of Israel, that thei entriden not in to the coostis, whiche the Lord ȝafhad ȝeue S. to hem. And the Lord washerfore was S. wrooth, and swoorhe swoor S., seiynge, Thes men that stiedenwenten vp I. stieden vp S. fro Egipt, fro twenti ȝeerȝeer of age S marg. and aboue, schulen not se the lond whichthat IS. Y bihiȝte vndur an ooth to Abraham, Isaac, and Ja|cob, and noldenwolden not I. sue me, outakun Caleph, Cenezei, the sone of Jephone, and Josue, the sone of Nun; these tweyne fillidenfulfilliden IS. my wille. And the Lord was wrooth aȝens Israel, and ledde hym aboute the deseert bi fourti ȝeer, til al the generacioun was wastid, that hadde do yuel in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt IS.. And Moyses seide, Lo! ȝe encressyngisthe encressyngis IS., and nurreisnorished chil|dren IS., `ether nurschid childrenOm. IS., of synful men, han ryse forfro ELP. ȝoure fadris, that ȝe schulden en|creesse the strong veniaunce of the Lord aȝens Israel. That if ȝe nylenwil not I. sue the Lord, in `the wildirnessedesert IS. he schal forsake the puple, and ȝe schulen be cause of theOm. S. deeth of alle men. And thei neiȝidenȝeden I. nyȝ, and seiden, We schulen make foldis of scheepsheep foldis S., and theOm. IS. stablis of beestis, and we schulen make strengthid citees to oure litle children. ForsotheSotheli IS. we vsour ELPS. silf schu|len be armed `to defenceOm. IS., and schulen beOm. IS. gird `with armeris to asailyngOm. I. with defensable wepnes S., and schu|lenwe schulen IS. go to batel bifor the sones of Israel, til we bryngen hem in to her places; oure litle children and what euer thing we moun haue, schulen be in strengthid cytees, for the tresounstresoun IS. of theOm. plures. dwellerisdweller aboute I. dwelleris aboute S.. We schulen not turne aȝen in to oure housis, til the sones of Israel weldenweldiden S. her eritage; and we schulen not axe ony thing ouerbiȝonde IS. Jordan, for we han now oure posses|sioun in the eest coost therof. To whichewhom IS. Moises seide, If ȝe doen that, that ȝe bi|heten, be ȝe maad redi, and go ȝe to batel bifor the Lord; and ech man fiȝterefiȝting man IS. be armed, and passepasse he IS. Jordan, til the Lord distrye hise enemyes, and altil al I. to al S. theOm. S. lond be maad suget to hym; thanne ȝe schulen be giltles anentis God, and anentis Israel, and ȝe schulen holdeweelde IS. the cuntreys, whiche ȝe wolen, bifor the Lord. But if ȝe doon not that, that ye seien, it is notno I. doute to ony man, that ne ȝe synnen aȝens God; and wite ȝe, that ȝoure synne schal take ȝou. Therfor bilde ȝe citees to ȝoure litle chil|dren, and foldis and stablis to scheepȝoure scheep IS., and to beestis; and fillefulfille IS. ȝe that, that ȝe bi|hiȝtenhan bihiȝte IS.. And the sones of Gad and of Ruben seiden to Moises, We ben thi ser|uauntis; we schulen do that, that oure lord comaundith. We schulen leeue oure litle children, and wymmen, and scheepoure scheep S., and beestis in the citees of Galaad; for|sothesothely IS. alle we thi seruauntis schulen go redi to batel, as thou, lord, spekistspekist to vs S.. Ther|for Moyses comaundide to Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., and to Josue, the sone of Nun, and to theOm. IS. princes of meyneesthe meynees I., bi the lynagis of Is|rael, and seidehe seide IS. to hem, If the sones of Gad, and the sones of Ruben goen alle armed with ȝou, to batel bifor the Lord, and the lond be maad suget to ȝou, ȝyue ȝe to hem Galaad in to possessioun; but if thei nylenwil not I. passe with ȝou in to the lond of Chanaan, take theithei thanne S. places to dwelle among ȝou. AndOm. IS. the sones of Gad and the sones of Ruben answeriden, As the Lord spakhath spoken IS. to hise seruauntis, so we schulen do; we schulen go armed bifor the Lord, in to the lond of Chanaan, and we knowlechen, that we han take now possessioun ouer Jordan. And so Moises ȝaf to the sones of Gad and of Ruben, and to half the lynage of Manasses, sonethe sone IS. of Joseph, the rewme of Seon, kyng of Am|morey, and the rewme of Og, kyng of Basan, and `the lond of hemher lond IS., with her citees, bi cumpas. Therfor the sones of Gad bildiden Dibon, and Astaroth, and Aroer, and Roth-Sophan, and Jazer, and Jebaa, and Beeth-Nemra, and Betharan, strengidand thei strengthiden thees IS. citees; and foldismaden foldis IS. to her beestis. ForsotheSotheli IS. the sones of Ruben bildiden Esebon, and Eleale, and Cariathiarym, and Nabo, and Balmeon, whanne the names weren turned, and thei bildiden Sabama; and puttidenthei puttiden IS. names to the citees, whiche thei hadden bildid. ForsotheSotheli IS. the sones of Machir, sonethe sone IS. of Manasses, ȝeden in to Galaad, and distrieden it, and kill|identhei killiden IS. Ammorei, enhabiterethe dweller IS. therof. Ther|for Moises ȝaf the lond of Galaad to Ma|chir, sonethe sone IS. of Manasses, whichthe which I. Machir dwellidedwellide aftir I. dwellide after that S. ther ynne. ForsotheSothely IS. Jair, the sone of Manasses, ȝede, and occupiede the townes therof, whichethe whiche I. he clepide Anochi|air, that is, the townes of Jair. Also Nobe ȝede, and took Canath, with hise townes, and clepidehe clepide IS. it, bi his name, Nobe.

 CAP. XXXIII.

These ben the dwellyngis of the sones of Israel, that ȝeden out of the lond of Egipt, bi her cumpenyes, in the hond of Moises and ofOm. S. Aaron; whichethe whiche I. dwell|yngis Moises discriuederikenede IS. bi theOm. IS. places of tentisthe tentis IS., that weren chaungid bi comaunde|mentheeste IS. of the Lord. Therfor the sones of Israel ȝeden forth in `an hiȝ honda strong power IS. fro Ramesses, in the firste monethe, in the fiftenthe dai of the firste monethe, in the tother dai of paskin the tothir day of pask, that is, in the morewe of the offring of the lomb of pask. Lire here. C., whilewhanne IS. alle Egipciansthe Egipcians IS. sien, and biriedenthe Egipciens birieden S. theher IS. firste gendridbigotun I. chil|dren, whiche the Lord hadde slayn; for the Lord hadde taketook IS. veniaunce also onvpon IS. theher IS. goddis `of hemOm. IS.. `The sones of Is|raelAnd thei I. settiden tentis in Socoth, and fro Sochoth thei camen into Etham, whichthat IS. is in the laste coostis of `the wildirnessedesert IS.; fro thennus thei ȝeden outforth IS., and camenthei camen IS. aȝens Phiayroth, whichethat IS. biholdith Beel|sephon, and settidenthei settiden IS. tentis bifor Magda|lun. And thei ȝeden forth fro Phiairoth, and passidenthei passiden IS. bithorouȝ IS. the myddilmyddis S. seeof the see IS. in to theOm. IRST sec. m. W. wildirnesse, and thei ȝeden thre daies bi the deseert of Ethan, and settidenthei settiden IS. tentis in Mara. And thei ȝeden forth fro Mara, and camen in to Helym, where weren twelue wellis of watir, and seuenti palm trees; and there thei settiden tentisher tentis IS.. But also thei ȝeden outforth IS. fro thennus, and settiden tentisher tentis IS. onvpon IS. the Reed See. And thei ȝeden forth fro the Reed See, and set|tiden thei settiden IS. setten M. tentis in the deseert of SynSynay A pr. m. CILNOSW., fro whennus thei ȝeden outforth IS., and camen in to Depheca. And thei ȝeden forth fro De|pheca, and settiden tentis in Haluys. And thei ȝeden forth fro Haluys, and settidenthei setten I. thei settiden S. tentis in Raphidyn, where watir failide toOm. IS. `the pupleOm. S. to drinke. And thei ȝeden forthOm. S. fro Raphidyn, and settiden tentis in the deseert of Synai. But also thei ȝeden out of the wildirnessedesert S. of Synay, and camenthei camen IS. to theOm. S. Sepulcris of Couei|tiseLust IS.. And thei ȝeden forthOm. ELP. fro the Se|pulcris of CoueytiseLust IS., and settidenthei settiden IS. tentisher tentis IS. in Asseroth. And fro Asseroth thei camen in to Rethma. And thei ȝeden forth fro Rethma, and settidenthei settiden IS. tentis in Remon Phares; fro whennus thei ȝeden forth, and camen in to Lemphna. And fro Lemphna thei settiden tentis in Ressa. And thei ȝeden out froforth IS. Ressa, and camenthei camen IS. into Celatha; fro whennus thei ȝeden forth, and settidenthei settiden IS. tentis in the hil of Sepher. TheiAnd thei IS. ȝeden outforth IS. fro the hil of Sepher, and camenthei camen IS. in to Arada; fro thennus thei ȝeden forth, and settiden tentisher tentis IS. in Maceloth. And theiOm. C. ȝeden forth fro Maceloth, and camenthei camen IS. inOm. C. to Caath. Fro Caath thei settiden tentisher tentis IS. in Thare; fro whennus thei ȝeden outforth IS., and settiden tentis in Methcha. And fro Methcha thei settiden tentis in Esmona. And thei ȝeden forth fro Asmona, and camenthei camen IS. in to Moseroth; and fro Moseroth thei settiden tentis in Benalachan. And thei ȝeden forth fro Benalachan, and camenthei camen IS. in to the hil of GalgadGalgal C.; fro whennus thei ȝeden forth, and settiden tentis in Jethebacha. And fro Jethebacha thei camen in to Ebrona. And thei ȝeden outforth IS. Om. KX. fro Ebrona, and settiden tentis in Asiongaber; fro thennus thei ȝeden forth, and camen in to deseertthe desert IS. of Syn; this is Cades. And thei ȝeden froforth fro BC. Cades, and thei settiden tentis in the hil of Hor, in the laste coostis of the lond of Edom. And Aaron, the preest, stiedeȝede I. in to the hil of Hor, for the Lord comaundide, and there he was deed, in the fourtifourtithe FIK. ȝeer of the goyng out of the sones of Israel fro Egipt, in the fyuethe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe; whanne he was of an hundrid and thre and twenti ȝeerȝeer oold I. ȝeer of age S.. And Chanaan, kyngthe kyng CIS. of Arad, that dwell|ide at the south, in the lond of Canaan, herde that the sones of Israel camencamen thider S.. And theiIsrael I. the sones of Israel S. ȝeden forth fro the hil of Hor, and settidenthei settiden IS. tentis in Salmona; fro thennus thei ȝeden forth, and camen in to Phynon. And thei ȝeden forth fro Phy|non, and settiden tentis in Oboth. And fro Oboth thei camen in to Neabarym, `that is, into theOm. C. wildirnesse of Abarymthat is, a desert I marg. S text., whichthat IS. is in the endis of Moabitis. And thei ȝeden forth fro Neabarym, and thei settiden tentis in Dibon of Gad; fro whennus thei ȝeden forth, and settiden tentis in Helmon of Deblathaym. And thei ȝeden outforth IS. fro Helmon of Deblathaym, and camenthei camen IS. tointo S. the hillis of Abarym, aȝens Nabo. And theiOm. S. ȝeden forth fro the hillis of Abarym, and passidenthei passiden S pr. m. to the feeldi places of Moab, ouer Jordan, aȝens Jericho. And there thei settiden tentisher tentis IS., fro Bethsymon `til tovnto IS. Belsathym, in the pleynere places of Moabitis, where the Lord spak to Moises,

 CAP. XXXIV.

Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, and seie thou to hem, Whanne ȝe han passid Jordan, and han entrid in to the lond of Canaan, distrie ȝe alle the dwell|eris of that cuntrey; breke ȝe the titlisher titlis IS., `that isor IS., auteris, and dryue ȝeOm. IS. tointo IS. poudrepoudre, waaste ȝe I. theher IS. ymagis, and distrie ȝe alle heiȝhise C. her heiȝ IS. thingisthingis of pride IS., and clense ȝe the lond, and alle menthe men IS. dwellynge thereynne. For Y ȝafhaue ȝoue IS. to ȝou that lond into possessioun whichethe whiche I. ȝe schulen departe to ȝou bi lot; to mo menin noumbre S marg. ȝe schulen ȝyue largere lond, and to fewere menin noumbre S marg. streyterestreytere or lesse IS. lond, as lotthe lot IS. fallith to alle men, so eritage schal be ȝouun; posses|siounthe possessioun I. eche of hem possessioun S. schal be departid bito IS. lynagis and meynees. But if ȝe nylenwil nat I. sle the dwelleris of thethat I. londlond of Chanaan S., thei, that abidenof hem alyue S marg., schulen be to ȝou as nailes in the iȝen, and sperisas speris IS. in the sidis, `that is, deedli aduersariesOm. I. that is, deedli enemyes S marg.; and thei schulen be aduersariescontrarie enemyes IS. dedli aduersaries I. to ȝou in the lond of ȝoure abitacioundwelling IS.; and what euer thing Y thouȝteseith the Lord S marg. to do `to hemto him FK. a [of S] vengeaunce to that puple IS., Y schal do to ȝou. And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne ȝe han entrid in to the lond of Canaan, and it bifeldehath falle IS. bifalle ELP. in to possessioun `to ȝouOm. I. bi lot, it schal be endid bi these endiscoostu I. coostis or termese S.. The south part schal bigynne at the wildirnesse of Syn, whichthat IS. is bisidis Edom, and it schal haue termesthe termes IS. aȝens the eest, the saltistemost salt I. see, whichethe whiche I. termes schulen cumpasse the south coost bi the `stiynge ofgoyng vp of the hil I. stiynge vp of the hil S. Scorpioun, `that is, ofOm. EFKLPW sec. m. an hil clepid ScorpiounOm. IS., so that thotho termes IS. passe in to Senna, and come to the south, `til tovnto IS. Cades Barne; fro whennus the coostistermes IS. schulen go outforth IS. to the town, Abdar bi name, and schulen thei schulen IS. strecche forth `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. Asemona; and the terme schal go bi cum|pas fro Assemona `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. the stronde of Egipt, and it schal be endid bi the brynke of the grete see. ForsotheSothely IS. the west coost schal bigynne at the greet see, and schalit schal IS. be closid bi that ende. Sotheli at the north coost, the termes schulen bigynne at the greet see, and schulenthei schul IS. come `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. the hiȝeste hilthe hiȝeste hil. In Ebreu it is, til to the hil of hil. C., fro whichwhich hil S. thotho termes S. schulen come in to Emath, `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. the termes of Sedada; and the coostis schulen gogo or last S. `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. Ephrona, and theto the IS. town of Enan. TheseThese termes S. schulen be theOm. plures. termesOm. S. in the north part. Fro thennus thei schulen mete coostisthe coostis IS. aȝens the eest coost, fro the town Henan `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. Sephama; and fro SephamaOm. I. termesthe termes IS. schulen go doun in to Reblatha, aȝens the welle `of DaphnynOm. BEFGLNPQX. Daphnyn A sec. m.; fro thennus thotho termes IS. schulen come aȝens the eest to the se of Cenereth; and thotho termes S. schu|len strecche forth `til tovnto IS. to O sec. m. Jordan, and at the laste tho schulen be closid with the salteste see. Ȝe schulen haue this lond bi hise coostis `in cumpasaboute I.. And Moises comaundide to the sones of Israel, and seide, This schal be theOm. S. lond whichthat I. ȝe schulen welde bi lot, and whichthat IS. the Lord comaundide to be ȝouun to nynethe nyne B. lynagis and to the half lynage; for the lynage of the sones of Ruben, bi her meynees, and the lynage of the sones of Gad, bi kyn|redeher kynrede IS. and noumbre, and half the lynage of Manasses, that is, twey lynagis and an half, han take her part ouer Jordan, aȝens Jerico, at the eest coost. And the Lord seide to Moises, These ben the `names of menmennus names IS. that schulen departe the lond to ȝou, Eleazar, preestthe preest IS., and Josue, the sone of Nun, andOm. A. of each lynage, o prynce; of whiche these ben the names, of the lynage of Juda, Caleph, theOm. BG. sone of Jephone; of the lynage of Symeon, Samuhel, theOm. B. sone of Amyud; of the lynage of Beniamyn, Heliad, sonethe sone CEILMPRS. of Casselon; of the lynage of the sones of Dan, Bochi, sonethe sone CGIS. of Jogli; of the sones of Joseph, of the lynage of Manasses, Hamyel, sonethe sone IS. of Ephoth; of the lynage of Effraym, Camuhel, sonethe sone IS. of Septhan; of the lynage of Zabulon, Eli|saphan, sonethe sone IS. of Pharnat; of the lynage of Isacar, duyk Phaltiel, the sone of Ozan; of the lynage of Azer, Abyud, the sone of Salomy; of the lynage of Neptalym, Fe|dahel, the sone of Amyud. These men it ben, to whiche the Lord comaundide, that thei schulden departe to the sones of Is|rael the lond of Chanaan.

 CAP. XXXV.

And the Lord spak these thingis to Moises, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan, aȝens Jericho, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, that thei ȝyue to de|kenes the dekenes IS. of her possessiouns, citees to dwelledwelle ynne IS.citees to dwelle, he seith not to be lord, ether to res|seyue rentis there, for the citees in whiche the dekenes dwelliden, weren so the kyngis, ether of othere lordis; wherfor and Ebron was oon of tho ci|tees, as it is ha in xx. co. of Josue; and ne theles Caleph was lord therof for it was ȝouun to him in to possessioun, as it is had in XV. co. of Josue. Lire here. C., and the suburbabis of tho bi cumpas, that thei dwelle in `the citeeswallid townes IS., and the suburbabis be to beestisher feeld beestis IS., and `werk beestisto her hous beestis IS.; whichethe whiche I. suburbabisOm. C. schu|len be strecchid forth fro the wallis of citeesthe citees BINS pr. m. with outforth `bi cumpasaboute I., in the space of a thousynde paacispaas I. spaacis S.; aȝens the eesteest coost S. schulen be two thousynde cubitis, and aȝens the south in lijk manere schulen be two thousynde cubitisOm. plures., and at the see that biholdith to the west schal be the same mesure, and the north coost schal be endid bi euene termelijk terme IS.. And the citees schulen be in the myddisof tho termes S marg., and the subur|babis with outforth. ForsotheSothly IS. of thothe I. citees whiche ȝe schulen ȝyue to dekenes, sixe schulen be departid in to helpisthe helpis IS. of fugityuesfleynge men IS., `ether of fleynge menOm. IS., thatOm. B. he that schedde blood, fle to thotho citees IS.; and outakunwithoute I. these sixesixe citees S., ȝe schulen ȝyue to dekeneshem I. the dekenes S. othere two and fourti citees, that is, to gidereal togidere IS. eiȝte and fourti, with her sur|burbabis. And tho citees that schulen be ȝouun of the possessiounspossessioun S. of sonesthe sones BCISWX pr. m. M sec. m. of Is|rael, schulenmo citees schulen IS. be takun awey, moOm. IS. fro hem that han moreof possessioun S marg., and fewere `schulen be takun aweyOm. I. fro hem that han lesselesse of possessioun S., allealle the sonus of Israel IS. bi hem silf schulen ȝyue bi theOm. L. mesure of herOm. KX. eritage, citees to dekenesthe dekenes IS.. The Lord seide to Moises, Spek thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne ȝe han passid Jordan, in the lond of Canaan, deme ȝe whiche citees owen to be in to the helpis of fugityuesfleynge men IS., whiche not wilfuli hanhan not L. schedsched out IS. blood. In whichewhiche citees IS. whanne the fleere hath fled, the kynesman of hym that is slayn, schal not mow sle hym, tiltil that IS. hehe that takith grith S. stonde in theOm. IS. siȝt of the multitude, and the cause of hym be demed. ForsotheSothly IS. of tho citees that ben departid tointo B. the helpis of fugityuesfleynge men IS., thre schulen be ouerbiȝonde IS. Jordan, and thre in the lond of Canaan; as wel to the sones of Israel as to comelyngis and pilgryms; that he fle to tho citees, that schedde blood not wil|fuli. If ony man smytith a man with yrun, and he that is smytun is deed, `the smyterhe I. schal be gilti of mansleyng, and he schal die. If he castith a stoon, and a man is deed bi the strookstrook therof S., hethe caster S. schal be punyschid in lijk maner. If a man smytun with a staf dieth, he schal be vengid bi `the blooddeth IS. of the smytere. The niȝ kynesman of hym that is slayn schal sle the mansleerebi dome of the lawe S marg.; anoon as he takithcitees S. hymthe man sleer IS., `that is, the manquellereOm. IS., he schal sle hym. If bi haterede a man hurtlithhirtith I., `ethir schoufithOm. I., `a manan other IS., ethir castith ony thing in to hym bi aspiyngisaspiyngis disceyuably S., ether whanne he was enemyenemy to him S., smootsmyte S. withhym with his IS. hond, and he is deed, the smytere schal be gilti of mansleyng. TheHis IS. kynesman `of himOm. IS. that is slayn, anoon as he findith himthe sleer IS., `that is, the sleereOm. CIS., schal sle hym. That if bi sudeyn caas, and without hatrede andand withoute S. enemytees, hea man IS. doith ony thing of these; and this isOm. L. preued in heryngthe pesible heryng I. the peple heryng S. `of the pupleOm. IS., and the questioun ofof the S. bloodblood or of deeth I. blood or deeth S. is discussid bitwixe the smytere and the kynesmankynesman of him that is slayn S., the innocentgiltlees I. innocent that slow not wilfully that man S. schal be delyuered fro the hond of theOm. plures. vengere, and bi sentence of iugisthe iugis IS. he schal be led aȝen in to the citee, to whichthe which I. he fledde, and he schal dwelle there, til the gretegrettiste IS. preest die, whichthat IS. is anoyntid with oile. If the sleereman sleere IS. is foundun with out the coostiscitee coostis IS. `of the citeesOm. IS. that ben asigned to exilid men, and ishe is IS. slayn of him that is vengere, he that sleeth him, `that is, the exilid manOm. I. that is foundun withoute the coostis S., schal be with out gilt; for thean IS. exilid man ouȝte sitteto sitte or abide IS. in the citee `til tovnto IS. to o sec. m. the `deth of the bischopbishopis deth I. bishop deth S.; forsotheSothely IS. aftir that thilke bischop is deed, the mansleere schal turne aȝen in to his lond. These schulen be euerlastynge and lawful thingis in alle ȝoure dwellyngis. A mansleere schal be punyschid vndur witnessis; no man schal `be dampneddampne another to deeth S. at the witnessyng of o man. Ȝe schulen not take prijs of him whichthat IS. is gilti of bloodblood or deth S., anoon and he schal die. Men exilid, and fugityuesfleynge IS., schulen not mow turne aȝen in ony maner in to her citees, bifore the deeth of theOm. S. bischop, lest ȝe defoulen the lond of ȝoure abita|cioundwellyng IS., which is defoulid biin I. the bloodblood sheed ELP. blood shedinge S. of innocentgiltlees I. men; and it may not be clensid in other maner, noOm. I. but bi the bloodblood shedinge S. of hym, that schedde the blood of anothir man. And so ȝoure possessioun schal be clensid, for Y schal dwelle with ȝou; for Y am the Lord, that dwelle among the sones of Israel.

 CAP. XXXVI.

ForsotheSothely IS. and the princes of the meynees of Galaad sonethe sone IS. of Machir, sone of Ma|nasses, of the generacioun of the sones of Joseph, neiȝiden, and spaken to Moises bifor the princes of Israel, and seiden, The Lord comaundide to thee oure lord, that thou schuldist departe the lond bi lot to the sones of Israel, and that thou schuldist ȝyueleeue I. to the douȝtris of Salphaat, oure brothir, possessiounthe posses|sioun IS. due to theher IS. fadir. And if men of anothir lynage schulen take to wyues these douȝtrisOm. I., her possessioun schal suesue hem IS., and it schal be translatid tothanne to S. anothir lynage, and schalso it schal IS. be decreessid fro oure eritage; and so it schal be doon, that whanne the iubilee, that is, the fiftithe ȝeer of remyssioun, cometh, the departyng of lottis be schentconfoundid or faile IS., and that the posses|sioun of othere menmen due to hem S. passe to othere menmen vnduly S.. Moises answeride to the sones of Israel, and seide, for the Lord comaundide, The lynage of the sones of Joseph spakhath spoken IS. riȝt|fuli, and this lawe is denounsidschewid IS. of the Lord onvpon IS. the douȝtris of Salphaat; be thei weddid to whiche men thei wolen, oneli to theOm. IS. men of her lynage; lest the possessioun of the sones of Joseph be meddlid fro lynage in to lynage. For alle men schulen wedde wyues of her lynage and kynrede; and alle wymmenand alle wym|men, etc. In Ebreu it is thus, each douȝter that schal haue the eritage, schal be wiyf to o man of the kynrede of hir fadir. C. schulen take hosebondis of the same lynagelynage that thei came of S., that the erytage dwelledwelle stille S. in meyneesthe meynees theroff IS., and lynagis be notthei not IS. meddlidmeddlid togidre IS. to hem silf, but dwelledwelle thei IS. so, as thothei IS. ben departid of the Lord. And the douȝtris of Salphaat diden, as it was comaundid to hem. And Maala, and Thersa, and Egla, and Melcha, and Noha, weren weddid to the sones of her fadris brother, of the meynee of Ma|naasses, that was `the sone of JosephJosepus sone I., and the possessioun that was ȝouun to hem, dwellide in the lynage and meyneein the meynee IS. of her fadir. These ben the comaunde|mentisheestis IS. and domesthe domes IS., whiche the Lord comaundide, bi the hond of Moyses, to the sones of Israel, in the feeldi places of Moab, aboue Jordan, aȝens Jericho.

 Here eendith the book of Numery, and bigynneth the book of DeutronomyFrom BDR. Here endith N. and here bigynneth Deutronomij CFW. Heere endith N. and bigynneth a Prolog on Deutronomy G. Heere endith N. and bigynnith Deutronomye I. Heere endeth the book of Noumbre and the lawe, se now Deutro|nomy K. Here endith the book of N. and here bigynneth the prologe on Deutronomye MN. Here endith N. and bigynneth the book of Deutronomy OX. Here eendith N. and Deutronomij sueth S. No final rubric in AELPQT.. DEUTERONOMY. [Prologue on the book of Deuteronomy.]

IN this book of Deutronomye ben contened the wordis whiche Moises spak to al Israel, in the wildernesse ouer Jordan, and declaride to hem the lawe; and schewide to hem, what goodis scholden bifalle to hem, if thei kepten the lawe, and also what yuels scholden bifalle to hem, if thei forsoken the lawe, and wurschipiden alien goddis, and the blessingis with whiche thei scholden be blessid, that kepten the lawe, and also alle the cursis bi whiche thei scholden be cursid, that breken the lawe. He delyuerede also Josue, the sone of Non, to hem, to be her leder, as he hadde be, and to departe to hem the lond of Canaan, and to counseile the Lord for hem, by Eleasar, prest. And Moises blesside the peple, and wente in to the hil of Nebo, in to the cop of Phasga, and the Lord schewide to him the lond, which he hadde bihote to Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, her fadris; but Moises passide not Jordan, for he hadde wraththid the Lord in desert, and Moises diede there in the hil, and the Lord biriede him, and no man knewȝ his sepulcreThis Prologue is from M..

 Here bigynneth DeutronomyFrom LP. Deutronomii E. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THESE ben the wordis whichethat I. Moyses spak to al Israel ouerbiȝonde IS. Jordan, in the wil|dirnessedeseert IS. of the feeld, aȝens the reed see, bitwix Pharan and Tophel and Laban and Asseroth, where is ful myche gold, by enleuene daiesdaies iurney IS. fro Oreb bi the weie of the hil of Seir, til to Cades Barne. In the fortithe ȝeer, in the enleuenth monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, Moises spak to the sones of Israel alle thingis whiche the Lord commandide to hym that he schulde seie to hem, after that he smoothad smyte I. or killid I marg. or killid S. Seon, kyngthe kyng IS. of Ammorreis, that dwellide in Esebon, and Og, the kyng of Basan, that dwelide in Asseroth and in Edray, ouerbiȝonde IS. Jordan, in the lond of Moab. And Moyses bigan to declareopene IS. the lawe, and to seie, Oure Lord God spak to vs in Oreb, and seide, It suffisith to ȝou that ȝe han dwellid in this hil; turne ȝe aȝen, and come ȝe to the hil of Amorreis, and to othere placis that ben next itto it IS.; toand to I. placesthe places I. of feeldis, and of hillis, and to lowere places aȝens the south, and bisidis the brenke of the see, to the lond of Ca|naneys, and of Liban, `til to the greet floodvnto IS. Eufrates. Lo, `he seithseith the Lord S., Y haue ȝoue to ȝouȝou that lond I. this lond S.; entre ȝe, and `welde ȝehaue it in possessioun I. welde ȝe it S. `that londOm. IS.that is, he bihiȝt stide|fastli IS. onvpon S. which the Lord swoor to ȝoure fadrys, Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, that he schulde ȝyue itthat lond IS. to hem, and to her seed after hem. And Y seide to ȝou in that time, Y may not aloone susteynesusteyne or gouerne S. ȝou, for ȝoure Lord God hath multiplied ȝou, and ȝe ben ful many to dai, as the sterris of heuene; the Lord God of ȝoure fadris addeadde he S. to this noumbre many thousyndis, and blesseblesse he IS. ȝou, as he spakhath seid IS.. Y may not aloone susteynesusteyne or bere S. ȝoure causis, and birthunȝoure chargis I. ȝoure birthens S., and stryues; ȝyue ȝe of ȝou men wise `in dyuyn thingisin dyuininges ELP. Om. IOSW., and witti `in mennus thingis worthi to be donOm. IMOSW., whose conuersacioun is preued in ȝoure lynagis, that Y sette hem princes to ȝou. Thanne ȝe answeriden to me, The thing is good whichthat IS. thou wolt do. And Y took ofin S. ȝoure lynagis men wisewise in vertues S. and noblenoble in kyn S. in vertues I marg., `in vertues and kynOm. IS.; and Y or|deynede hemhem to be ȝoure S. princis, tribunesȝoure tri|bunes S., and cen|turyouns, andOm. I. quynquagenaries, and denys, whiche schulden teche ȝou all thingis. And Y comaundide to hem, and seide, Here ȝe hemthe puple IS., and deme ȝe that that is iust, whether hehe that ȝe deme S. be a citeseyn, whetheror I. a pilgrym. No difference schal bebe in dome S. of per|sones; ȝe schulen here so a litil man, `that is, poreOm. I., as a greet man, nether ȝe schu|len taketake hede to S. the persoone of ony man, for it is the doom of God. ThatThat that ȝe deme S. ifif that S. ony thing semeth hard to ȝou, telle ȝeȝe that IS. to me, and Y schal herehere it IS.. Andand answere to ȝou and IS. Y comaundidecomaundide to ȝou S. alle thingis whiche ȝe ouȝten to do. ForsotheSothely IS. weȝe I. ȝeden forth fro Oreb, and passiden bi a feerdfulfeereful IS. deseert, and grettistebi the grettiste IS. wildir|nesse, whichthat IS. ȝe sienhan sien IS., bi the weye of the hil of AmmorreyAmmorrey we passiden S., as oure Lord GodOm. I. co|maundide to vs. And whanne we hadden come in to Cades Barne, Y seide to ȝou, Ȝe ben comen to the hil of Ammorrey, which ȝoure Lord God schal ȝyue to ȝou; se thouthou, Israel IS. the lond whichthat IS. thithe IS. Lord God schal ȝyue to thee; `stie thougo thou vp I. stie thou vp., and welde it, as oure Lord God spak to thi fadris; `nyle thou drededrede thou not I., nether `drede thouOm. IS. in hertethin herte IS. onybe thou ony IS. thingthing agast IS.. And alle ȝeheringe this S marg. neiȝiden to me, and ȝe seiden, Sende we men, that schulen biholde the lond, and telleschul telle IS. toOm. S. vs bi what weye we owenowen to BC pr. m. IKS. stiewende vp I. stie vp thider S., and to whiche citees we owen to go. And whanne the wordword of ȝou S. pleside to mepleside to me, that is, Y con|sentide for ȝoure vnrestefulnesse. Lire here. C., Y sente of ȝou twelue men, of ech lynage oon. And whanne thei hadden gogon forth I., and hadden stiedstied vp IS. in to the hilli places, thei camen `til tovnto IS. the valei of Clustre; and whanne thei hadden biholde the lond, thei token of the fruytis therof, to schewe the plenteeplentee of it IS., and brouȝtenthei brouȝten tho fruytees IS. `to vsOm. I., and seiden, The lond is good whichthat IS. oure Lord God schal ȝyue to vs. And ȝe `nolden stiewolden not weende vp I. nolden stie vp thider S., but ȝe weren vnbileueful to the word of oure Lord God. And ȝe grutchiden in ȝoure tabernaclis, and ȝe seiden, The Lord hatith vs, and herfor he ledde vs out of the lond of E|gipt, that he schulde bitake vs ininto S. the hond of Ammorey, and schuldeOm. I. do awei vsOm. plures.. Whidurso whidur I. schulen we stieweende vp I. stie vp S.? the mes|sangeris madenhan maad IS. aferd oure herte, and seiden, Athe S. grettisteful greet I. multitudemultitude of puple ther IS. is, and largerelengre IS. in stature than we; the citees ben greete, and wallid `til tovnto IS. to o sec. m. theOm. plures. heuene; we siensien thei seiden S. there the sones of Enachym, that is, giauntis. And Y seide to ȝou, `Nyle ȝehaue ȝe no I. dredeherof haue drede S. `with ynneOm. I. with ynne ȝou S., netherne I. `drede with|outforth;be ȝe agast IS. drede ȝe without forth x sec. m. the Lord God hym silf, whichthat IS. is ȝoure ledere, schal fiȝte for ȝou, as he dide in Egipt, while alle men sien. And ȝeȝe also I. siensien the same goodnesse of the Lord. in theOm. IS. wildirnesse, thi Lord God barIsrael bar S. thee, as a man is wont to bere his litil sone, in al the weie bi which ȝe ȝeden til ȝe camen to this place. And sotheli nether soso God doinge to ȝou S. ȝe bileueden to ȝoure Lord God, that ȝede bifor ȝou in the weie, and me|suride the place in which ȝethei GQ. ouȝten toOm. BC. sette tentisthe tentis I. ȝoure tentis S., and schewidehe schewide IS. in nyȝtthe nyȝt IS. theOm. S. weie to ȝou bi fier, and in daithe dai IS. bi athe IS. piler of cloudea clowde IS.. And whanne the Lord hadde herd the vois of ȝoure wordiswordis, misbileuynge to him and grucchinge S., he was wrooth, and swoorhe swoor IS., and seide, Noon of the men of this werste generacioun schal se the good lond, whichthat IS. Y bihiȝte vndur anOm. IS. ooth to ȝoure fadris, outakun Calephoutakun Ca|leph and ou|takun Josue and Leuytis and children not of xx. ȝeer. Lire here. C., the sone of Jephone; forforsothe IS. he schal se it, and Y schal ȝyue to hym the lond onvpon IS. which he tradhath troden IS., and to hise sones, for he suede the Lord. Nether the indignaciounLordis indignacioun IS. aȝens the puple is wondirfulto be merueilid IS., sithen the Lord was wrooth also to me for ȝou, and seide, Nether thou schalt entre thidur, but Josue, the sone of Nun, thi mynystreseruaunt IS., he schal entreentre into that lond S. for thee; excyteenforme thou Josue IS. in my drede S marg. and strengthein my loue S marg. thouOm. I. himOm. S., and he schal de|parte the lond bi lot to Israel. Ȝoure litle children, of whiche ȝe seiden, that thei schulden be led prisoneris, and the sones that kunnenknowen IS. not to dai the diuersite of good and of yuel, thei schulen entreentre thidre I. entre into that lond S.; and Y schal ȝyue to hem the lond, and thei schulen welde it. Sotheli turne ȝe aȝen, and go ȝe in to theOm. plures. wildirnesse, bi the weie of the Reed See. And ȝe answeriden to me, We synnedenhan synned IS. to the Lord; we schulen stiewende vp I. stie vp S., and we schulen fiȝte, as oureȝoure X. Lord GodOm. K. comaundide. And whanne ȝewe G. weren arayed with armeris, and ȝeden `intoto A. the hil, the Lord seide to me, Seie thou to hem, `Nyle ȝe styeweende ȝe not vp I. nyle ȝe stye vp S., nether fiȝte ȝe, for Y am not with ȝou, lest ȝe fallen bifor ȝoure enemyes. Y spakthis to ȝou S marg., and ȝe herdenherden me IS. not; but ȝe `weren aduersaries to the co|maundement of the Lordcontrariynge the Lordis heestis IS., and bolndenbolnynge IS. with prijde, andOm. IS. stiedenȝeden vp I. stieden vp S. in to the hil. Therfor Ammorrey ȝedewenten I. out, that dwell|ide in the hillis, and he cam aȝens ȝou, and pursuede ȝou, as bees ben wont to pursuehem that anoie hem S marg., and killidehe killide I. Am|morrei killide S. froȝou doun fro IS. Seir tiltil to BEGLP. vnto IS. HormaHorma pursuynge ȝou S.. And whanne ȝe turnedenturneden hoom S. aȝen, and wepten bifor the Lord, he herde not ȝou, nether woldehe wolde I. asenteansente A. to ȝoure vois; therfor ȝe satenIn Ebreu it is thus, and ȝe saten in Cades bi many daies, bi the daies in whiche ȝe saten in othere dwell|ingis. C. in Cades Barne bi myche tyme.

 CAP. II.

And weȝe S. ȝeden forth fro thennus, and camen in to the wildirnessedesert S. that ledith to the Reed See, as the Lord seide to me; and we cumpassidenȝeden aboute IS. the hil of Seir in long tyme. And the Lord seide to me, It sufficith to ȝou to cumpassego aboute IS. this hil; go ȝe aȝens the north. And comaunde thou to the puple, and seieseie to hem IS., Ȝe schulen passe bi the termesbi the termes, that is, nyȝ the termes. Lire here. C. of ȝoure britheren, the sones of Esau, that dwellen in Seir, and thei schu|len drede ȝou. Therfor se ȝe diligentlibisily IS., that ȝe be not moued aȝens hem; for Y schal not ȝyue to ȝou of theher IS. land `of hemOm. IS. as myche as the steppe of o foot may trede, for Y ȝafhaue ȝouen IS. the hil of Seir in to the possessioun of Esau. Ȝe schulden bie of hem metis for money, and ȝe schulenOm. IKOQRSTWX. ete; ȝeand ȝe K. schulden drawe, and drynke watir bouȝt. Thi Lord God blessidehath blesside IS. schal blesse M. thee in al the werkwerkis M. of thin hondis; he knewehath knowe IS. thi weye, hou thou passidisthast passid IS. this moste wil|dirnesse, bi fourti ȝeer; and thi Lord God dwellide with thee, and no thing failide to thee. And whanne we hadden passid bi oure britheren, the sones of Esau, that dwelliden in Seir, bi the weie of the feeld of Elath, and of Asiongaber, we camen to the weie that ledith in to deseertthe deseert IS. of Moab. And the Lord seide to me, Fiȝte thou not aȝens Moabitis, nether bigyn thou batel aȝens hem, for Y schal not ȝyue to thee ony thing of theher IS. lond `of hemOm. I., for Y ȝafhaue ȝouen IS. Ar in to possessioun to `the sones of LothLoth sones S.. Emyn, `that is, griseful menOm. DIORT sec. m. W., weren firstthe first I. dwelleris therof, a greet pu|ple, and stronga strong IS., and so hiȝ, that thei weren bileued asto be as IS. giantis, of the generacioun of Enachym, and thei weren lijkin griselynesse S marg. the sones of Enachym; forsothesothely IS. Moabitismen of Moab IS. clepen hem Emyn. Forsothesothely IS. Horreis dwelliden bifore in Seir, and whanne thei weren put out, and werenOm. IS. doon awey, `the sones of EsauEsau sones S. dwelliden there, as Israel dide in the lond of his possessioun, whichthat IS. the Lord ȝaf to hym. Therfor we risedenrisen vp IS., that we schulden passe the stronde of Za|red, and camenwe camen IS. to it. Sotheli the tyme in whiche we ȝeden fro Cades Barne `til tovnto IS. the passynge of the stronde of Zared, was of eiȝte and thretti ȝeer, til al the generacioun of `men fiȝterisfiȝt|inge men IS. was wastid fro `the castelsher tentis IS., as the Lord haddehath I. swore; whos hond was aȝens hem, that thei schul|den perische fro the myddis of `the castels. Forsotheher tentis. Sothely IS. after that alle the fiȝteris feldenhadden falle IS. doun, the Lord spak to me, and seide, Thou schalt passe to dai the termescoostus IS. of Moab, the cytee, Ar bi name, and thou schaltschalt not ELPX sec. m. neiȝ ininto IS. the nyȝOm. IS. coostcoostus IS. of the sones of Amon; be thou war that thou fiȝte not aȝens hem, netherne I. be mouedthou mouid S. to batel; forforsothe IS. Y schal not ȝyue to thee of the lond of the sones of Amon, for Y ȝafhaue ȝouen IS. it to the `sones of LothLoth sones S. in to possessioun. It is arettidholde IS. the lond of giauntis, and giauntis enhabit|idendwelliden IS. therynne sumtyme, whichethe whiche I. giauntisOm. I. Amonytismen of Amon IS. clepen Zonym; a myche puple and greeta greet IS., and of noblefaire IS. lengthe, as Ena|chym, whiche the Lord dide awey fro theher S. face of hemAmonytis IS., and made hem to dwelledwelle there IS. for `tho giauntishem I., as he dide toof R. the sones of Esau, that dwellendwelliden CIS. in Seire, `and didedoynge IS. awaiawei fro hem IS. Horreis, and ȝaftakinge I. he ȝaue S. to hem theher I. lond `of HorreisOm. I., whichthat I. which hond S. `the sones of EsauEsaus sonus I. welden `til in to presentvnto this I. vnto the S. tymetyme that is now S.. Also men of Capadocie puttiden out Eueys, that dwelliden in Asseryn, `til tovnto IS. Gaza; whichthe which I. ȝeden out fro Capadocie, and didenthei diden IS. awey Eueis, andand thei I. dwellidendwelliden there IS. for hem. Rise ȝe, and `passe ȝepasseth I. seith the Lord S marg. the stronde of Ar|non; lo! Y haue bitake in `thin hondthi power IS. Seon, kingthe king IS. of Esebon, of Amorreis; and his lond bigynne thou `to welde, and smyte thou bateland take possessioun ther ynne, and make batail IS. aȝens himthe king of Esebon S.. To dai Y schal bigynneseith the Lord S marg. to sende thi drededrede Israel S. and strengthethi feere IS. in to puplisthe puplis IS. that dwellen vndir al heuene, that whanne thi name is herd, thei drede, and tremble bi the maner of wymmen trauelynge of child, and `be holdunthei ben holdun I. the shulen beholden S. with sorewe. Therforseith Moises S marg. Y sente messangeris fro the wildirnesse of Cade|moch to Seon, kyng of Esebon; and YOm. S. seideseide to him S. with pesible wordis, Wewe Israel S. schulen passe thorou thi lond, we schulen go in the comyn weie; we schulen not bowe nether to the riȝt side, netherne S. to the left side. Sille thowthou vs S. metismete I. `to vsOm. S. for prijs, that we ete; ȝif thowthou vs IS. watir for money, and so we schulen drynke. Oneli it isthat we axen of thee S marg. that thou graunte passage to vs, as the sones of Esau didendiden graunte to vs S., that dwellendwelleden L. in Seir, and asOm. plures. Moabitisthe Moabitis IS. didenOm. I., that dwellen in Ar, til we comen to Jordan, and passen to the lond whichthat IS. oure Lord God schal ȝyue to vsWe axen to passe bi thi coostis S marg.. And Seon, kyngthe kyng IS. of Esebon, noldewolde not I. ȝyue passagevs passyng I. passinge S. `to vsOm. I.; forfor the Lord IKOQRTWX. thi LordOm. IKOQRTWX. Godthi God, Israel S. made hardhath ynly hardid I. hath inwardli hardide S. his spirit, and made sadsad his herte IS. in yuel `the herte of hymOm. IS., that he schulde be bitakun in to thin hondis, as thou seest nownow that he is S.. And the Lord seide to me, Lo, Y biganhaue bigunne IS. toOm. X. bitaketake A. to thee Seon, and his lond; bigynne thou to welde it. And Seon ȝede out aȝens vs with al his puple to batel in Jasa. And oure Lord God bi|took hym to vs, and we han smyte hym with hise sones, and al his puple. And we token in that tyme alle theher IS. citees, whanne the dwelleris of tho citees, men, and wymmen, and children weren slayn; we leften not in hem ony thing, outakun beestis that camenfellen IS. in to the part of men takynge prey, and outakun spuylis of the cytees whiche we tokun. Fro Aroer, whichthat IS. is onvpon IS. the brenke of the stronde of Arnon, fro the toun whichthat IS. is set in the valey, `til tovnto IS. Galaad, no town was etherne IS. citee, that ascapide oure hondis. Oure Lord GodOm. IS. bitook alle to vs; outakun the lond of the sones of Amon, to whichthe which I. lond we neiȝiden not, and outakunOm. I. alle thingis that liggen to the stronde of Je|both, and outakun the citees of the mun|teyns, and alle placesthe places IS. fro whiche oure Lord God forbeed vs.

 CAP. III.

And so we turneden, and stiedenȝeden vp I. stieden vp S. bi the weie of Basan; and Og, the kyng of Ba|san, ȝede out aȝens vs with his puple, to fiȝte in Edrai. And the Lord seide to me, Drede thou not hym, for he is bitakun inin to IS. thin hond, with al his puple, and his lond; and thou schalt do to hym, as thou didist to Seon, kyng of Ammoreis, that dwellide in Esebon. Therfor oure Lord God bitook in oure hondis also Og, kyngthe kyng BIS. of Basan, and al his puple; and we han smyte hym `til tovnto S. deeth, and wastidenwe wastiden IS. alle thehis IS. citees `of himOm. IS. in o tyme; no towntown ther I. waswas of his IS. that ascapide vs; `we destri|eden Om. I. sixti citees, al the cuntrei of Argob, of the rewme of Og in Basan. Alle the citees weren strengthid with hiȝestmost hiȝe I. wallis, and with ȝatis and barris; with out townes vnnoumbrable, that hadden notno IS. wallis. And we diden awey thilke men, as we diden to Seon, kyngthe kyng I. of Esebon; and we lostendestrieden IS. ech citeecitee of that lond S., and menthe men IS., and wymmenthe wymmen I., and litle children; forsotheand IS we token bi prey beestis, and theOm. IS. spuylis of citeesthe citees IS.. And we token in that tyme the lond fro the hond of tweythe two I. kyngis of Ammorreis, that weren biȝonde Jordan, fro the stronde of Arnon `til tovnto IS. the hil of Hermon, `which hilthat I. Sidonyesmen of Sydone IS. clepen Sarion, and Ammor|reis clepenclepen it IS. Sanyr. WeAnd we I. tooken alle the citees that weren set in the pleyn, and al the lond of Galaad, and of Basan, `til tovnto IS. Selcha and Edray, citees of the rewme of Og, in Basan. For Og aloone, kyngthe kyng IS. of Basan, was left of the generacioun of gi|auntis; and his yrun bedof cruel tourment S marg. is schewid, whichthe which I. is in Rabathcitee S marg., of the sones of A|mon, and hathit hath IS. nyne cubitis of lengthe, and foure cubitis of breede, at the me|sure of a cubit of mannusa mannus BIMNSWX. hond. And we weldidenhadden in possessioun I. in that tyme the lond, fro Aroer, whichthat IS. is onvpon IS. the `brynke of the strondestrondis brinke I. of Arnon, `til tovnto IS. the myddil paart of the hil of Galaad; and Y ȝaf thehis IS. citees `of hymOm. IS. to Ruben and Gadto Gad I.. ForsotheAnd IS. Y ȝaf the tother part of Galaad, and alof IS. Basan, of the rewme of Og, to the half lynage of Manasses, and al the cuntrei of Argob. Al Basan was clepid the lond of giauntis. Jair, `sone of Manassesthe sone of Manasses I. Manasses sone S., weld|ide al the cuntrey of Argob, `til tovnto IS. the lond of Gesuri and of Machati; and he clepide bi his name Basan Anothiair, that is, the townes of Jair, til in to presentthis present IS. dai. Also Y ȝaf Galaad to Machir; and to the lynagislynage A. of Ruben and of Gad Y ȝaf the lond of Galaad, `til tovnto IS. the strond of Arnon, theand the IS. myddil of the stronde, and ofOm. IS. the endiscoostus IS. `til tovnto IS. the stronde of Je|both, whichthat IS. is the terme of `the sones of AmonAmon sones S.. And Y ȝaf theto hem the IS. pleyn of theOm. I. wildernesse `til tovnto IS. Jordan, and the termes of Cenereth `til tovnto IS. the see of deseert, whichthe which I. seeOm. I. is moostthe moost IS. saltsalt see IS., at the rotis of the hil of Phasga, aȝens the eest. And Y comaundide to ȝou in that tyme, and seide, Ȝoure Lord God ȝyueth to ȝou this lond in to erytage; alle ȝe stronge men, with|out wyues and litle children and beestis, bebe ȝe IS. maad redi, and `go ȝegoth IS. bifor ȝoure bri|thren, the sones of Israel. For Y knowe that ȝe han many beestis, and tho schulen dwelle in citeesthe citees IS. whichethat IS. Y ȝafhaue ȝoue IS. to ȝou, til the Lord ȝyue reste to ȝoure brithren, as he ȝafhath ȝouen IS. torest to S. ȝou, and til thei also welden the lond `which the Lordthat he I. that the Lord S. schal ȝyue to hem biȝonde Jordan; thanne ech manman of ȝou S. schal turne aȝen in to his possessioun whichthat IS. Y ȝafhaue ȝoue IS. to ȝou. Also Y comaundid to Josue in that tyme, and seide, Thin iȝen sienhan sien IS. what thingis ȝoure Lord God dide to these twei kyngisSeon and Og S marg.; so he schal do to alle rewmesthe rewmes IS., to whiche thou schalt go; drede thou not hem. And Y preiede the Lord in that tyme, and seide, Lord God, thou hast bigunne to schewe toto me IS. thi ser|uaunt thi greetnesse, and strongestethi ful strong I. hond, for noon other God isther is IS. ether in heuene, ether in erthe, that mai do thi werkis, and may be comparisound to thi strengthe. Therfor Y schal passe, and schalI schal IS. se this beeste lond biȝende Jordan, and this noble hil and Liban. And the Lord was wrooth to me for ȝou, nethir he herde me, but seidehe seide IS. to me, It suffisith to thee; speke thou no more of this thing to meto passe ouer Jordan S marg.. `Stye thouWende thou vp I. Stye thou vp S. in to the hiȝnesse of Phasga, and caste aboute thin iȝen to the west, and north, and south, and eestto the eest IS., and biholde, for thou schalt not passe this Jordan. Comaunde thou to Josue, and strengthe thouthou him IS. and coumfortecoumfourte thou B. hym; for he schal go bifore this puple, and he schal departe to hem the lond, whichthat I. thou schalt se. And we dwelliden in the valey aȝens the temple of Phegor.

 CAP. IV.

And now, thou Israel, here the co|maundementisheestis IS. and domes whiche Y teche thee, that thou do tho, and lyue, and that thow entre and welde the lond whichthat IS. the Lord GodOm. S. of ȝoure fadris schal ȝyue to ȝou. Ȝe schulen not adde to the word whichthat IS. Y speke to ȝoufals vndirstonding S marg.ȝe schulen not adde to the word etc. Here that adding is forbedun, that depraueth, ether peruertith the vndurstonding of the lawe; that adding, that declarith, ether makith cleer, is not for|bedun, bi this that is writun in xxiiij. co. of Ecci. in the name of wis|dom, ether of hooly scripture; Thei that de|claren me, schu|len haue euer|lastynge liyf. Lire here. BC., nether ȝe schulen take awei `fro itther fro I. treu vndirstondinge S marg.; kepe ȝe the comaunde|mentisheestis IS. of ȝoure Lord God, whichthe which I. Y comaundecomaundid CDF. to ȝou. Ȝoure iȝen sienhan sien IS. alle thingis whiche the Lord dide aȝens Bel|phegor; how he alto brak alle thehis IS. wor|schiperis `of hymOm. IS. fro the myddis of ȝou. ForsotheFor IS. ȝe that cleuenfeithfully S marg. to ȝoure Lord God lyuen alle `til in to present dayvnto the day that is now IS.. Ȝe witen that Y tauȝte ȝou the comaunde|mentisheestis IS. and riȝtfulnessisthe riȝtwisnessis I. the witnessis S., as my Lord God comaundide to me; so ȝe schulen do thohem I. in the lond whichethat IS. ȝe schulen welde, and ȝe schulen kepekepe tho S., and schulenOm. IS. fillefulfille hem IS. in werk. For thisdoinge S marg. is ȝoure wisdomwisdom, that is, saueri kun|nyng, that bringith in to the loue of God. BC. Sothely the wisdom of filosoforis brouȝten more to hiȝnesse and pride. Lire here. C. and vndurstondyng bifor puplisthe puple I. peple S., that alle men here these comaundementisheestis IS., and seie, Lo! a wise pupleOm. I. and vnderstondyngean vnderstondynge IS.! a greet folkfolk in grace S.! Noon other nacioun is so greetgreet in dignyte S., `not in noumbre ether in bodili quantite, but in digniteOm. IS., that hath Goddis neiȝynge to it silf, as oure God is redi to alle oure bisechyngis. For whiOm. IKQRST. what other folk is so noble, that it hath cery|monyes and iust domes, and al the lawe whichthat IS. Y schal `sette forthpurpose to schewe IS. to dai bifor ȝoure iȝen? TherforTherfor, Israel S. kepe thi silf, and thi soule bisili; forȝete thou not the wordis whiche thin iȝen sienhan seen IS., and falle thothei IS. not doun fro thin herte, in alle the daies of thi lijf. Thou schalt teche tho thi sones and thi sones sones. Telle thouthou to hem IS. the day in which thou stodist bifor thi Lord God in Oreb, whanne the Lord spak to me, and seide, Gadere thou the puple to me, that it here my wordis, and lernethat it lerne IS. for to drede me in al tyme in which it lyueth in erthe, and teche hise sonesthis drede S marg.. And ȝe neiȝidencamen niȝ I. neiȝiden niȝ S. to the `roote of the hillehillus roote I. hil root S., that brente `til tovnto IS. heuene; and derknessis, and cloudea cloude S., and myist weren therynnein that hill IS.. And the Lord spak to ȝou fro theOm. IS. myddis of fierthe fier IS.; ȝe herden the vois of hise wordis, and outirli ȝe sien no fourmefourme or schapp IS. text. of eny creaturus S marg.. And hethe Lord IS. schewide to ȝou his couenaunt, whichthe which I. he comaundide, that ȝe schulden do, and `he schewideOm. I. he schewide to ȝou S. ten wordis, whiche he wroot in two tablis of stoon. And he comaundide to me in that tyme, that Y schulde teche ȝou cerymonyeshis cerymonyes S. and domes, whiche ȝe owen to do in the lond whichethat I. ȝe schulen welde. Therfor kepe ȝe bisili ȝoure soulismyndis IS.; ȝe sien not ony licnesse in the dai in which the Lord spak to ȝou in Oreb, fro theOm. IS. myddis of the fier; lest perauenture ȝe beOm. I. hadden therbi ben S. disseyued and therbi I. makehadden maad IS. to ȝou a grauun licnesse, ether an ymage of maleman IS., ether ofOm. KX. femalewomman IS.; aor a IKS. licnesse of alle beestisthe beestis S. that ben onvpon IS. erthe, ether of bridis fleynge vndur heuene, andeither I. of crepynge beestis that ben moued in erthethe erthe IS., ether of fischis that dwellen vndur the erthe in watris; lest perauenture, whanne thin iȝen ben reisid tovp to I. vp in OS. heuene, thou se the sonne, and moonethe moone CIS., and alle the sterris of heuene, and bethou be IS. disseyued bi errour, and worschipe thothilke thingis I. tho creaturis S., `bi outermer reuerenceOm. I. bi outward reuerence S., and onouronour hem IS., `bi ynner reuerenceOm. I. bi inward affeccioun S., `tho thingis whichewhiche thingis DMNORSTWX. thingis which GKQ. the whiche thingus I. thithe C. Lord God made of nouȝt, in to ser|uycethe seruyce IS text. and not in to souereintee S marg. toof IS. alle folkis that ben vndur he|uene. ForsotheFor IS. the Lord took ȝou, and ledde outȝou out IKS. of the yrun furneysor strong tribulacioun IS. of Egipt, that he schulde haue a puple ofbi IKSX. eritagea puple of eritage, that is, cleuynge to him vnmouably; as eritage is pos|sessioun vn|mouable. Lire here. BC., as it isshewid S marg. in `present daithe dai that now is IS.. And the Lord was wrooth aȝens me for ȝoure wordis, and swoorhe swoor IS. that Y schulde not passe Jor|dan, and schuldethat I schulde IS. not entre in to the beeste lond, whichthat I. he schal ȝyue to ȝou. Lo! Y die in this erthelond IS.; Yand A pr. m. schal not passe Jor|dan; ȝe schulen passepasse it IS., and schulenȝe schulen IS. welde the noble lond. Be thouȝe I. thou Israel S. war, lest ony tyme thou forȝete the couenaunt of thi Lord God, whichthat IS. he made with thee, and lest thou make to thee a grauun licness of tho thingis whiche the Lord forbeedhath forboden thee IS. to make. For thi Lord God is fiera fier IS. wast|yngefier wastinge, that is, pu|nyschinge scharply, as fier among othere ele|mentis worch|ith more. Lire here. C.; `God, a feruent louyerea gelous God IS text. louyng feruently S marg.. If ȝe gendrengeten I. sones, and sones of sones, and ȝe dwellen in the lond, and ȝeOm. I. ȝif ȝe S. be disceyued, and make to ȝou ony licnesselicnesse or ymage S., and doen yuel bifor ȝoure Lord God, that ȝe terren hym to greet wrathe, Y clepe witnesseswitnesse A pr. m. CIS. to dai heuene and erthe, `that is, ech re|sonablevnre|sonable DGQR pr. m. TX pr. m. creature beyngeOm. N. in heuene and in ertheOm. I., that ȝe schulen perische soone fro the lond, whichthat I. ȝe schulen welde, whanne ȝe han passid Jordan; ȝe schulen not dwelleleeue FKOQTWX. liue ELPR. ether dwelle K marg. long tyme therynne, but the Lord schal do awey ȝou, and schalhe schal IS. scaterescatre ȝou abrood I. scatre ȝou XS. `in toamong I. alle hethen men, and ȝe schulen leeuedwelle IS. fewe among naciounsthe naciouns S., to whichethe whiche I. the Lord schal lede ȝou. And there ȝe schulen serue to goddis, that ben maad bi `the hond of menmennus hondis IS., to aOm. I. tre and ato I. to a S. stoon, that `seen notneither seen I., nether heren, nether eten, nether smellen. And whanne thou hast souȝt therein the heestis, domes, and in cerymonies, pa|ciently abidinge the Lord. S. thi Lord God, thou schalt fynde hym; if netheles thou sekistsekist him S. with al thethi IS. herte, and with al the tribula|cioun of thi soule. Aftir that alle thingis han founde thee, that ben biforseidthat is, after alle these forseid thinges ben bi|fallen to thee. S., for|sotheso|thely IS. in the laste tyme, thou schalt turne aȝen to thi Lord God, and thou schalt here his vois. For thi Lord God isis a IS. merci|ful God; he schal not forsake thee, nethir he schal dodo thee IS. awey outirli, nethir he schal forȝete the couenaunt, in which he swoor to thi fadris. Axe thou of elde daiesdaies or tymes IS. that weren bifor thee, fro the day in which thi Lord God made of nouȝt man onvpon IS. erthe, axe thou fro thatthe plures. oon ende of he|uene `til tovnto IS. the tother ende therofthat is, take hede to alle thinges that euer weren do. S., if sich a thing was doon ony tyme, ether if it was euere knowun, that athe A. puple herde the vois of God spekynge fro theOm. IS. myddis of theOm. BDFGQRT. fier, as thou herdisthast herd IS., and siestseen IS.; ifeither ȝif that I. either ȝif eny tyme it were knowe that S. God `dide, that he entrideȝede yn IS., and took to him silf a folc fro theOm. B. middismyddil IS. of na|ciouns, bi temptaciouns, myraclis, and grete wondris, bi batel, and strong hond, and arm holdunstreiȝt I. forth, and orrible siȝtis, bi alle thingis whiche ȝoure Lord God dide for ȝou in Egipt, `while thin iȝen sienin siȝt of thin iȝen IS.; that thou schuldist wite, that the Lord hym silf is God, and noon other isOm. IS., outakunoutakun him I. outakun he S. oon. Fro heuene he made thee to here his vois, that he schulde teche thee; and in erthe he schewide to thee his grettisteful greet I. fier, and thou herdistherdis A. thehis IS. wordis `of hymOm. IS. fro theOm. IS. myddis of the fier; for he louyde thi fadris, and chees her seed aftir hem. And he ledde thee out of Egipt, and ȝede biforebifore thee S. in his greet vertu, that he schulde do awei grettistethe grettist IS. naciouns, and strongere than thou, in thin entryngentree IS., and that he schulde lede thee ynne, and schulde ȝyue toOm. S. thee theher IS. lond `of hemOm. IS. in to pos|sessioun, as thou seest in `present daythe tyme that is nowe IS.. Therfor wite thou to dai, and thenke in thin herte, that thethi IS. Lord him silfe is God in heuene aboue, and in erthe by|nethe, and noon other isbut he is. I. is God but he. S.. Kepe thou hise heestis, and comaundementishis maundementis IS.preueili and appertli, in pro|speritee and in aduersitee. S., whiche Y comaundecomaundide CDFGNOQX. to thee, that it be wel to thee, and to thi sones after thee, and that thou dwelle mych tyme onvpon IS. the lond, whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee. Thanne Moises departide thre citees biȝende Jor|dan at the eest coost, that he fle to thothilke I., that sleeth his neighbore not wilfuli, and was not enemyenemy to him IS. bifore oonoon day IS. and `the to|ther daian other IS., and that he mai fleascape IS. to summe of these citees; Bosoro citee of the thre S marg. in theOm. IS. wildirnesse, which is set in the feeldi lond, of the lynage of Ruben; and RamothRamoth the tother citee S. the other citee I marg. inis in IS. Ga|laad, whichthe which I. is in the lynage of Gad; andOm. B. GolanGolan the thrid citee S. the thrid citee I marg. inis in IS. Basan, whichthe which I. is in the lynage of Manasses. ThisAnd this I. is the lawe whichthat IS. Moises `settide forthhath ordeyned IS. bifor the sones of Israel, and these ben the witnessyngis, and cerymonyes, and domesthe domes IS., whiche he spak to the sones of Israel, whanne thei ȝeden out of Egipt, biȝendeouer B. Jordan, in the valey aȝens the templemawmett temple IS. of Phegor, in the lond of Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, that dwellide in Esebon, whom Moises killidedestriede IS.. And the sones of Israel ȝeden out of E|gipt, and weldiden `the lond of himhis lond IS., and the lond of Og, kyng of Basan, twei kyngis of Ammoreis, that weren biȝende Jordan, at the rysyng of the sunne; fro Aroer whichthat I. is set onvpon IS. the brenke of the stronde of Arnon, `til tovnto IS. the hil of Seon, which isclepid S marg. Hermon; theiand thei I. weldiden al the pleyn biȝende Jordan, at the eest coost, `til tovnto IS. the see of wildirnesse, and `til tovnto IS. the rootis of the hil of Phasga.

 CAP. V.

And Moises clepide al Israel, and seide to hym, Here, thou Israel, the cerymonyes and domes, whiche Y speke to dai in ȝoure eerisheryng IS.; lerne ȝe thohem IS., and `fillefulfillith IS. ȝe in werkdeede IS.. Oure Lord God made a boond of pees with vs in Oreb; he made not couenaunt, `that is, of lawe writunOm. IS., with oure fadrisfadris bi lawe writen S., but with vs that ben present, and lyuen. Face to face he spak to vs in the hil, fro theOm. IS. myddis of the fier. Y was recouncelere andand a S. mediatour bitwixe God and ȝou in that tyme, that Y schulde telle to ȝou thehis IS. wordis `of hymOm. IS., for ȝe dredden the fier, and `stieden notȝe ȝeden not vp I. ȝe stieden not S. in to the hil. And `the Lordhe I. seide, Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hows of seruage. Thou schalt not haue alien Goddis in my siȝt. Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nether a licnesse of alle thingisthat is, of nothing of eny of alle tho thingis. S. that ben in he|uene aboue, and that ben in erthe by|nethe, and that lyuenben A. in watris vndur erthethe erthe DIQRST.; thou schalt not herie thohem IS., `and thou schalt notOm. I. worschipene worschipe IS. thohem IS.; for Y am thi Lord God, `God a feruent louyera gelous God I. a gelous God or feruently louynge S. or a feruent louere I marg.; and Y ȝelde the wickidnesse of fadris, in to sonesthe sones K. in to the thridde and theOm. ELP. in to the IS. fourthe generacioun to hem that haten me, and Y do mersy in to many thousyndis to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis. Thou schalt not mystake the name of thi Lord GodOm. A. in veyn, for he schal not be vnpunyschid, that takith the name of God onin L. vpon IS. aOm. I. veyn thing. Kepe thou the `day of sabatday of the sabat KOQRTWX. sabot day IS. that thou halewe it, as thi Lord God comaundide to thee. In sixe daies thou schalt worche, and thouOm. BIS. schaltOm. IS. do alle thi werkis; the seventhe day is `of sabatthe day of sabot IS., that is theof B. reste of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not do therynne ony thing of werkforbooden of God to the. S.; thou, and thi sone, and douȝ|terthi douȝter F sec. m. IKOQRSTWX., seruauntthi seruaunt IS., and handmaidethi handmaide IS., and oxethin oxe IS., and assethin asse IS., and `al thi werkthin ech helpinge I. beestebeestis W., and the pilgrym whichthat IS. is with ynne thi ȝatis; thatthat as thou I. that also as thou S. thi seruaunt resteOm. IS. and thin hand|maide, asOm. IS. alsoalso reste I. resten S. thou. Bithenke thouHaue mynde IS., that also thouthi silff IS. seruedist in Egipt, and thi Lord God ledde thee out fro thennus, in a strong hond, and armin an arm IS. holdunstreiȝt IS. forth; therfor he comaundide to thee, that thou schuldist kepe the `dai of sabatsabot day IS.. Onoure thi fadir and thi modir, as thi Lord God comaundide to thee, that thou lyue in long tyme, and that it be wel to thee, in the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee. Thou schalt not sle. Thou schalt not do letcherie. AndOm. IKS. thou schalt not do thefte. Thou schalt not speke fals wit|nessyng aȝens thi neiȝbore. Thou schalt not coueitein yuel S marg. `the wijf of thi neiȝborethi neiȝboris wijf IS., notne his IS. hows, notne his IS. feeld, notne his IS. seruaunt, notne his IS. hand|mayde, notne his IS. oxe, notne IS. asse, and alle thingisthat is, no thing of alle the thinges. S. that ben hise. The Lord spak these wordis to al ȝoure multitude, in the hil, fro theOm. IS. myddis of fierthe fier IS. and of cloudethe cloude IS. and of myistthe myist IS., with greet vois, and addidehe addide to IS. no thing morethan that that sueth of these heestis S marg.; and he wroot tho wordisOm. I. in two tablis of stoon, whiche he ȝaf to me. ForsotheAnd IS. after that ȝe herdenhad herd I. the vois fro the myddis of theOm. plures. derknessis, and sienȝe sawȝen IS. the hil brennebrennynge D., alle ȝe princis of lynagisthe lynagis IS., and the gretteregretteste N. men in birthe, neiȝiden to me, and seidenȝe seiden S., Lo! oure Lord God schewidehath schewid IS. to vs his maieste and greet|nesse; we herden his vois fro theOm. IS. myddis of fierthe fier IS., and we preuedenhan preued IS. to day that a man lyuedelyueth IS., `while God spakGod spekinge IS. with man. Whi therfor schulen we die, and schal this gretteste fier deuoure vs? For if we heren more the vois of oure Lord God, we schulen die. What is ech man, that he here the vois of God lyuynge, that spekith fro theOm. IS. myddis of fierthe fier IS., as we herdenhan herd IS., and that he may lyue? Rathere neiȝe thouthou to him I. thou to the Lord S., and here thou alle thingis whiche oure Lord God schal seie to thee; and thou schalt speke to vs, and we schu|len herehere thee S., and schulenOm. ILS. do tho wordiswordis that thou spekist to vs S.. And whanne the Lord hadde herd this, he seide to me, Y herdehaue herde IS. the vois of the wordis of this puple, whiche thei spakenhan spoke IS. to thee; thei spakenhan spoke IS. wel alle thingis. Who schalOm. IS. ȝyueȝiueth to hem IS. `that thei haueOm. I. siche soulethouȝt I. thouȝt or mynde S., that thei drede me, and kepe alle my comaundementisheestis IS. in al tyme, that it be wel to hem and to theher IS. sones `of hemOm. IS., with outen ende? Go thou, and seye to hem, Turne ȝe aȝen in to ȝoure tentis. Sotheliand IS. stonde thou here with me, and Y schal speke to thee alle comaundementisthe heestis IS., andOm. IS. cerymonyes, and domes, whiche thou schalt teche hem, that thei do tho in the lond whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue toOm. IS. hem in to possessioun. Therfor kepe ȝe, and `do ȝedoth IS. tho thingis, whiche the Lord God co|maundidehath comaundid IS. to ȝou; ȝe schulen not bowe awey, nether to the riȝt sideriȝt side, etc. that is, nether for ony pro|sperite to be getun, nether aduersite to be eschewid. Lire here. C. netherne IS. to the left side, but ȝe schulen go bi the weie whichethat IS. ȝoure Lord God comaundidehath co|maundide IS., that ȝe lyue, and that it be wel to ȝou, andOm. S. that ȝoure daies be lengthid in the lond of ȝoure possessioun.

 CAP. VI.

These ben the comaundementisheestis I. Om. S., andOm. IS. cerymonyes, and domes, whiche ȝoure Lord God comaundidehath comaundid IS. that Y schulde teche ȝou, and that ȝe do thohem IS. in the lond to which ȝe passen ouer to welde; that thouthou, Israel S. drede thi Lord God, and kepe alle hise comaundementis, and heestis, whiche Y comaundecomaundede DFGIOQRT. to thee, and to thi sones, and sonesto the sones IS. of sonesthi sones A pr. m. IS., in alle theOm. B. daies of thi lijf, that thi daies be lengthid. ThouOm. I. Israel, herehere thou S., and kepe, that thou do tho thingis whichethat IS. the Lord comaundidehath comaundid IS. to thee, and that it be wel to thee, and thou be multiplied more, as the Lord God of thiȝoure S. fadris bihiȝtehath bihiȝte IS., to ȝyue to thee a lond flowynge with mylk and hony. Thou Is|rael, here, thi Lord God is o God. Thou schalt loue thi Lord God of al thin herte, and of al thi soulesoule, and of al thi mynde I pr. m. SX., and of al thi strengthe. And these wordis whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai, schulen be in thin herte; and thou schalt telle tho to thi sones, and thou schalt thenke onvpon IS. thohem IS., sittynge in thin hows, and goynge in the weie, slepynge, and rysingeslepynge and risynge. In E|breu it is thus, ligginge doun and risinge. BC. for in the en|tring of the bed to slepe, and in the go|yng out to wake, a man owith reduce his herte bi his loue in to God; also slepinge may be ex|powued thus, for fantasies ben wont to come to a man in sleep of these thingis, aboute whiche he is bisied in wak|ing; and so if men in waking ben bisi aboute the loue of God, liyk fantasies ben wont to come in sleep. Lire here. C. he that spendith wel al his wak|inge. S.. And thou schalt bynde thohem IS. as a signetokene IS. in thin hond; and thothei IS. schulen bebe in thi mynde IS., and schulen be moued bifor thin iȝen; and thou schalt write thohem IS. in the lyntel, and inOm. IS. the doris of thin hows. And whanne thi Lord God hath brouȝt thee in to the lond, for which he swoor to thi fa|dris, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobto Jacob IS., and hathhe hath IS. ȝoue to thee grete citees, and beestethe beeste IS., whiche thou bildidist not, housis fulle of alle richessis, whiche thou madist not, and cisternes, which thou diggedist not, `places of vynesvyne ȝerdis I., and `places of olyuesolyue placis I., whiche thou plauntidist not, and thouwhanne thou I. hast ete, and art fillidfulfillid IS., be war diligentli, lest thou forȝete the Lord, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hows of seruage. Thou schalt drede thi Lord God, and thou schalt serue hym aloone, `bi seruyce due to God onelyOm. DIMORST sec. m. W., and thou schalt swerenot swere M. bi his namespeking treuth and fulfilling it. S.. Ȝe schulen not go aftir alien goddis, of alle hethen men that ben `in ȝoure cumpasaboute ȝou I.; for God is a feruent louyere, thi Lord God is in theOm. IS. myddis of thee, lest ony tyme the `strong ven|iauncefeersnesse IS. of thi Lord God be wrooth aȝens thee, and do awei thee fro `the face of the erthethe face of erthe BCDEFGKLMNPQRTWX. above erthe IS.. Thou schalt not tempte thi Lord God, as thou temptidisttemptidist him IKS. in the place of temptyng. Kepe thou the comaunde|mentisheestis I. of thi Lord God, and the wit|nessyngiswit|nessing K., and cerymonyes, whiche he co|maundide hath comaundid IS. to thee; and do thou that that is plesauntplesynge IS. and good in theOm. I. siȝt of the Lord, that it be wel to thee, and that thou entre, and welde the beste lond, of which the Lord swoor to thi fadris, that he schulde do awey alle thin enemyes bifor thee, as he spakhath spoke or bihiȝt I. spak or hiȝte S.. And whanne thi sone schal axe thee to morewe, that is, in tyme comyngafter comyng I. to comyng S., and schal seie, What wolen these witnessyngis, andOm. IS. cerymonyes, and domes to hem silf, whiche oure Lord God co|maundidehath comaundid IS. to vs? thou schalt seie to hym, We weren `seruauntis of FaraoPharaois seruauntis IS. in Egipt, and the Lord ledde vs out of E|gipt, in stronga strong IS. hond; and he dide myra|clis, and grete wondris, and werste, `that is, moost peynefulOm. DIMORST sec. m. W. veniauncesOm. IR., in Egipt, aȝens Farao and al his hows, in oure siȝt. And he ledde vs out therof, that he schulde ȝyue to vs led yn, the lond of which he swoorspak S. to oure fadris. And the Lord co|maundide to vs, that we do alle these law|ful thingis, and drede oure Lord God, that it be wel to vs in alle the daies of oure lijf, as it is to dai. And he schal be mer|ciful toof plures. vs, if we schulen do and kepe alle hise heestis, bifor oure Lord God, as he comaundide toOm. C. vs.

 CAP. VII.

Whanne thi Lord God hath lad thee in to the lond, in to which thou schalt entre to weldewelde it I., and hathwhenne he hath S marg. do awey many folkis bifor thee, Ethei, and Gergesei, and Am|morrey, Canenei, and Pherezei, Euey, and Jebusei; seuene folkis, of myche gretter noumbre than thou art, and strengere than thou; andwhenne S marg. thi Lord God hath bitake hem to thee, thou schalt smyte hem `til tovnto IS. deeth, thou schalt not make `with hemOm. S. a boond of pees, nether thou schalt haue merci onvpon IS. hem, nether thou schalt felow|schipe mariagis with him; thou schalt not ȝyue thi douȝter to thehis IS. sone `of hymOm. IS.that duellith in eny of these londis. S., nether thou schalt take his douȝtir to thi sone; for sche schal disceyue thi sone, that he sue not me, andOm. S. that he serue more alien goddis; andand thanne IS. the strongfeers IS. veniaunce of the Lord schal be wrooth, and schalhe schal IS. do awei thee soone. But rather thou schalt do these thingis to hem; destrie ȝe theher IS. auteris `of hemOm. IS., and breke ȝe ymagisher ȝoten ymagis I. the ymagis ȝoten KR. ymagis ȝoten OT sec. m. W. the ymagis QT pr. m. her forgid ymagis ȝoten S. `of metalOm. ORT sec. m. W., andOm. W. kitte ȝe doun wodisher wodis IS., and brenne ȝe grauunher grauun IS. ymagis. For thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God; thi Lord God chees thee, that thou be a spe|cial puple to hym, of alle puplisthe puplis I. thi peple S. that ben onvpon IS. erthe. Not for ȝethat ȝe IS. ouercamen in noumbre alle folkisothere folkis I., the Lord is ioyned to ȝou, and cheeshe chees I. ȝow, sithen ȝe ben fewere than alle puplis; but for the Lord louede ȝou, and keptehe kepte IS. the ooth whichthat IS. he swoortrewli bihotinge S marg. to ȝoure fadris; and he ledde ȝou out in strong hond, and aȝenhe aȝen S. bouȝte ȝouOm. plures. fro the hows of seruage, froand fro I. `the hows of FaraoPharaois hous I. Farow house S., kyng of Egipt. And thou schalt wite, that thi Lord God hym silf is a strong God, and feithfula feithful IS., and kepithhe kepith IS. couenaunt and mersi to hem that louen hym, and to hem that kepen hise comaundementisheestis IS., in to aOm. S. thousynde ge|neraciouns; andand he IS. ȝeldithher while S marg. anoon to hem that haten hym, so that he destrie hem, and differrtarie IS. no lengere; restoryngerestorynge or ȝeldinge IS. anoon to hem that that thei disseruen. Therfor kepe thou the comaundementisheestis IS., and cery|monyes, and domes, whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai, that thou dodo hem A pr. m.. If aftir that thou herist these domes, thou kepist, and doist thohem IS., thi Lord God schal kepe to thee couenaunt, and mersi, which he swoorswoor or bihiȝte IS. to thi fadris. And he schal loue thee, and schalOm. IO sec. m. S. multiplie theeOm. plures., andOm. ELMP. he schal blesse the fruyt of thi wombe, and the fruyt of thi lond, thi wheete, and vin|dagethi vindage IS., oilethin oile IS., and drouesthi droues IS. of beestis, and the flockis of thi scheep, onvpon IS. the lond for which he swoor to thi fadris, that he schulde ȝyue it to thee. Thou schalt be blessid among alle puplis; noon bareyn of euer eithir kynde schal be atanentis I. thee, as well in men, as in thi flockisflockis shal be Goddis S.. The Lord schal do awei fro thee all ache, `ether soreweOm. I.; and he schal not brynge to thee the worsteful yuel I. siknessis of Egipt, whichethat IS. thou knewisthast knowe IS., but to alle thin enemyesthese sikenessis shulen come S marg.. And thou schalt `deuoure, that isOm. CI., distrie, alle puplis, whiche thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee; thin iȝeiȝen ELP. schal not spare hem, nethir thou schalt serue theher IS. goddis `of hemOm. I., lest thei ben in to the fallyng of thee. If thou seist in thin herte, These folkisOm. K. ben mo than Y, hou may Y do awei hem? `nyle thou drededrede thou not I., but haue thou mynde, what thingis thi Lord God dide to Farao, and alle Egipciansthe Egipcians IS.; `he dideOm. I. he dide to hem S. the grettesteful grete I. veniaunces, whiche thin iȝen sienhan seen IS., and miraclis and grete wondris, and thea I. bi a S. strong hondmyȝt IS., and arman arm IS. `holdun forthstraiȝt out IS., that thi Lord God schulde lede thee outout thennus IS.; so he schal do to alle puplis whiche thou dredist. Ferthermore and thi Lord God schal sende venemouse flies in to hem, til he do awei, and destrye alle men, that fleddenthat wolden anoye thee and mowen not S marg. thee, and thei schulen not mowe be hid. Thou schalt not drede hem, for thi LordLord God BC pr. m. DG. is in theOm. I. myddis of thee, gretea grete IS. God, and ferd|fulfeerful IS.. He hym silf schal waste these na|ciouns in thi siȝt, litil and litil, and bi partis; thou schalt not mow do awey `tho naciounshem IS. togidere, lest peraventure beestis of erthethe erthe IS. be multiplied aȝens thee; and thi Lord God schal ȝyue hemto hem S text. to thee marg. in thi siȝt, and he schal sle hem, til thei be doon awey outerly. And he schal bitake theher IS. kyngis `of hemOm. IS. in to thin hondis, and thou schalt destrie theher IS. names `of hemOm. IS. vndur heuene; noon schal mow aȝenstonde thee, til thou al to-breke hem. Thou schalt brenne in fier theher IS. grauunOm. S. ymagis `of hemOm. IS.; thou schalt not coueite the siluer and gold, of whiche tho ymagisOm. I. ben maad, nether thou schalt take of thothi ymagis S. ony thing to thee, lest thou offendeoffende God S. therfor, for it is abhominaciounthe abhominacioun S. of thi Lord God. Nether thou schalt brynge ony thing of the idol in to thin hous, lest thou be maad cursid, as also that idol is; thou schalt wlate itOm. plures. asal LP. filthe, and thou schalt haue itOm. plures. aslooth as IS. de|foulyng, and filthisas filthis S. of abhomynaciounabhomynaciouns I., for it is cursidacursid IS..

 CAP. VIII.

Be thou war diligentlibisily IS., that thou do ech comaundementheest IS. whichthat GIS. Y comaundecomaundide CD. to thee to dai, that ȝe moun lyue, and be multiplied, and that ȝe entre, and welde the lond, for which the Lord swoor to ȝoure fadris. And thou schalt haue mynde of al the weie, bi whichthe which I. thi Lord God leddehath ledde I. thee byin BCDFGNQRX. Om. MOW. fourti ȝeerwyn|ter IS., biin EIKLPS. deseert, that he schulde turmenteturmente thee plures., and schuldeschude A. Om. NO. tempteOm. N. assaye IS.that he schulde tur|mente thee, and schulde tempte, that thi pa|cience were knowun to othere men, to ensaumple of hem, and to merit to thee; and the Scrip|ture spekith here, as to the goode men of that puple, for bi the rule of Isidore, ofte a thing is arettid to al the puple, which thyng acordith to it bi resoun of o part. Lire here. C. theeOm. plures.; and that tho thingis that weren tretidbisily ymagyned IS. in `thi soulethin ynwitt IS. schulden be knowun, whether thou woldist kepe hise comaundementis, ethir nayheestis or no I. heestis or nay S.. And he tur|mentideturmentitide A. hath turmentid IS. thee with nedynesse, and he ȝafhath ȝouen IS. to thee meete, mannamanna to ete S. whichthat I. thou knew|istknewes I. not, andand neither I. thi fadris `knewen notknewen it not S., that he schuldewolde I. schewe to thee, that a man lyueth not in breedmete I. aloone, but in ech wordword is not in Ebreu. C. that cometh `out offorth fro IS. the Lordis mouth, `that is, bi manna, that cam downOm. IM. for manna cam doun S marg. `at the heest of the LordOm. BIM. at the Lordis hest S marg.. Thi cloth, biwith I. which thou were hilid, failide not for eld|nesse, and thi foot was not brokunbrusid IS. under|nethe, lo! the fourtith ȝeer is; thatnow that I. now comen S marg. thou thenke in thin herte, for as a man techith his sone, so thi Lord God tauȝtehath tauȝt IS. thee, that thou kepe the comaundementisheestis IS. of thi Lord God, and go in hise weies, and drede hym. For thi Lord God schal lede thee in to a good lond, in to the lond of ryueris, and of `stondynge watrispoondis IS., and of wellis, in whos feeldis and mounteyns the depthisgedringis IS. of floodis breken out; in to the lond of wheete, of barli, and of vynerisvynes IS., in which lond fige trees, and pumgranadis, and `olyue treesolyues IS. comen forth; in to the lond of oile, and ofOm. IS. hony; where thow schalt ete thi breed with out nedynesse, and schaltthou schalt IS. vsevse there S. the aboundaunceplentee IS. of alle thingis; of which lond the stonys ben yrun, and metals of tyn ben diggid of the hillis therof; thatand I. whanne thou hast ete, and art fillidfulfillid IS., thou blesseblesse to F sec. m. thi Lord God for the beste lond whichthat I. he ȝafhath ȝoue IS. to thee. Therfor kepe thou, and be war, lest ony tyme thou forȝete thi Lord God, and dispise hise comaundementisheestis IS., and domes, and cerymonyes, whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai; lest aftir that thou hast ete, and art fillidfulfillid IS., hast bildid faire housis, and hast dwellid in thohem IS., and hast droues of oxun, and flockis of scheep, and plente of siluer, and of gold, and of alle thingis, thine herte bebe thanne I. reisidin to pride S marg., and thenkethou thenke IS. not onvpon IS. thi Lord God, that ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt, and fro theOm. BEF pr. m. LNPQRT sec. m. WX pr. m. hous of ser|uage, and washe was IS. thi ledere in the greet wil|dirnesse and ferdfulfeerful IS., in whichwhich wildirnesse IS. was a serpentin which was a serpent and so forth, fro the hirting of whiche the Lord defendide thee; and the synguler is takun here for the plurel, a serpent, that is, serpentis, and so of scorpioun and dipsas, as in viij co. of Exodi, a gre|uouseste flie cam, that is, the multitude of flies; also the glos seith, that dipsas is a kynde of the leeste serpent, so that it is unnethis per|seyued, and he perischith soone, whom euere dipsas bitith. Lire here. C. brenninge with blast, and scor|piouna scorpioun IS.that is, an eddre that feyneth swet|nesse with the heed, but vene|meth with the tayl. K., and dipsasthat is, an eddre. K. dipsas is an ed|dre, that makith hem whom he stinggith to die for thirst. S., and outirli no `wa|tris; whichwatris weren in the desert, the which IS. Lordthe Lord C. leddebrouȝte I. out stremes of the hardesteful hard I. stoon, and feddehe fedde IS. thee with manna in theOm. I. wildirnesse, whichthe which I. manna thi fadris knewen not. And after that the Lord turmentidhade turmentid S. thee, and preuedepreuede thee S., at the last he hadd mersi onof IS. thee, lest thou woldist seie in thin herte, Mymyn own S. strengthe, and the myȝt of myn hond ȝafȝauen BCDEFKLMNOPX. han ȝoue IS. alle these thingis to me. But thenke thou onvpon IS. thi Lord God, that he ȝafhath ȝoue IS. strengthis to thee, that he schulde fillefulfille IS. his couenaunt, of whiche he swoor to thi fadris, as presentthis present IS. dai schewith. ForsotheFor IS. if thou forȝetist thi Lord God, and suest aliene goddis, and worschipist hem `in herteynwardly I. withinne forth in thin affeccioun S., and onourist `with outforthhem outward I. hem withoute forth S., lo! now Y biforseie to thee, that thou schalt perische outerli; asas diden I. hethen men perischidenOm. I., whichethe whiche I. thethi EFIKLOPQSTWX pr. m. LordLord God W. dide awei in thinOm. S. myn W. entryng, so andalso I. ȝe schulen perische, if ȝe schulen be vn|obedient to the vois of ȝoureoure I. Lord God.

 CAP. IX.

Here thou, Israel; thou schalt passe Jordan to dai, that thou welde moostethe mooste IS. naciouns, and strengere than thou; grete citees, and wallid `til tovnto IS. heuene; a greet puple, and hiȝ; the sones of Enachym, whiche thi silf `siest, and herdisthast seen and herd IS., whiche no man may aȝenstonde in the contrarie part. Therfor thou schalt wite to dai, that thithe S. Lord GodOm. I. hym silf schal passe bifor thee; he is a fier deuourynge and wastyngehis enemyes S marg., that schal al to breke hemhem that wolen not obeie to him S., andand he S. schalOm. I. dodo hem IS. awei, and destriedistrie hem IS. bifor thi face swiftli, as he spak to thee. Seie thou not in thin herte, whanne thi Lord God hath do hem awey in thi siȝt, For my riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse IS. the Lord brouȝtehath brouȝte IS. me ynyn hidre S., that Y schulde welde this lond; sithen these naciouns ben doon awey for her wickidnessis. For not for thi riȝtful|nessisriȝtwisnesse IS., and equytefor the equyte IS. of thin herte thou schalt entre that thou welde theher IS. lond `of hemOm. IS.; but for thei diden wickidli, thei weren doon awey, whanne thou entridist, and that the Lord schulde fillefulfille IS. his word whichthat IS. he bihiȝte vndur an ooth to thi fadris, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Therfor wite thou that not for thi riȝt|fulnessesriȝtwisnesses IS. thi Lord God ȝafhath ȝouen IS. to thee this beste lond in to possessioun, sithen thou art a puple of hardestemoost hard I. nol. Haue thouOm. IS. mynde, and forȝeteforȝete thou IS. not, hou in theOm. IS. wil|dirnesse thou terridist thi Lord God to greet wraththe; fro that dai in which thou ȝedist out of Egipt `til tovnto IS. this place, thou striuedisthast stryuen IS. euere aȝens the Lord. For whi also in Oreb thou terridist hym, and he was wrooth, and wolde dohaue do IS. thee awei, whanneand whanne IS. Y stiedewente vp I. stiede vp S. in to the hil, that Y schulde take two tablis of stoon, the tablis of couenaunt whichthat IS. the Lord made with ȝou, and Y continuedeaboode IS. in the hil fourti daies andand Xl. ISX pr. m. nyȝtis, and Y eet notnot there S. breed, and Y drank not watir. And the Lord ȝaf to meme there S., twey tablis of stoon, euer either wrytun with Goddis fyngur, and conteyn|ynge alle the wordis whiche he spakhath spoken IS. to ȝou in the hil, fro theOm. IS. myddis of the fier, whanne the cumpany of puple was ga|derid togidere. And whanne fourti daies and so manyfeel S. nyȝtis hadden passid, the Lord ȝaf to me twei tablis of stoon, tablis of boondthe boond IS. of pees; and he seide to me, Rise thou, and go doun fro hennys soone, for thi puple, whichthat I. thou leddisthast led I. out of Egipt, han forsake swiftli the weie whichthat IS. thou schewidist to hem, and thei han maad to hem a ȝotun calf. And eft the Lord seide to me, `Y seI se, I se B. that this puple is of hardan hard S. nol; suffre thou me, that I alto breke hym, and do awey thehis IS. name `of hymOm. IS. fro vndur heuene; and Y schal or|deyne thee onvpon IS. a folk whichthat IS. is grettere and strongere than this folk. And whanne Y cam doun fro the hil brennynge, and heldeI heelde IS. with euerOm. I. either hond tweithe twei IS. tablis of boondthe boond IS. of pees, and Y seiȝ, that ȝe hadde synned to ȝoure Lord God, and hadden maad to ȝou a ȝotun calf, and haddenthat ȝe hadden S. for|sake swiftli the weie of God whichthat IS. he schewidehad schewide IS. to ȝou, Ythanne I S. castidethrew IS. doun the ta|blis froof I. myn hondis, and brakI brak IS. tho tablis in ȝoure siȝt. And Y felde doun bifor the Lord as `biforto, inbifore hond bi IS. fourti daies and fourtibi fourti IS. nyȝtis, and Y eet notnot in that tyme IS. breed, `and drank notne I dronk IS. watir, for alle ȝoure synnes whiche ȝe diden aȝens the Lord, and terriden hym to `greet wraththewrathfulnesse FIKLOS.; for Y dredde the in|dignacioun and yrethe wraththe IS. of hymthe Lord S., by which he was stirid aȝens ȝou, and wolde dohaue do IS. ȝou awey. And the Lord herde me also in this tymepreinge for ȝou S marg.. Also the Lord was wrooth greteliOm. S. aȝens Aaron, and woldewolde haue IS. alto brekebroken IS. hym, and Y preiede in lijk maner for hym. `Forsothe Y took ȝoureAnd the IS. synne whichthat IS. ȝe madendiden IS., that is, the calfcalf that ȝe maden, I took IS., and brente itOm. plures. in fier, andOm. G. Y alto brakbrak it IS. ininto plures. gobetis, and droofI made it IS. outerli in to dust, and castidecaste G. I keste it IS. forth in to thea K. Om. plures. stronde, that cam doun fro the hil. Also in the brennyng, and in the temptacioun at the watris of aȝenseiyng, and in the SepulcrisSepulcre Q. ofbi K. CoueytiseLust IS., ȝe terriden the Lord; and whanne Y sente ȝou fro Cades Barne, and seide, `Stye ȝeWende ȝe vp I. Stie ȝe vp S., and weldewelde ȝe IS. the lond whichthat I. Y ȝafhaue ȝouen IS. to ȝou, and ȝe dispisiden the comaundementheest IS. of ȝoure Lord God, and ȝe bileueden not to him, nether ȝe wolden here his vois; but euere ȝe weren rebel, fro the day in which Y bigan to knowe ȝou. And Y lay byfore the Lord fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis, inin the I. whichewhiche tyme I. whiche tymes S. Y bisouȝte hym mekeli, that he schulde not `do aweyfordo I. ȝou, as he manaas|side. And Y preiedepreiede him IS., and seide, Lord God, distrye not thi puple, and thin eri|tage, whichthat I. thouthou hast IS. `aȝen bouȝtistaȝenbouȝt I. in thi greetnesseof mercy S marg., which thou leddisthast led IS. out of Egipt in stronga strong IS. hond. Haue thou mynde of thi seruauntis, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobof Jacob IS.; biholde thou not the hardnesse of this puple, and the wickidnesse, and the synne therof, lest perauenture the dwell|eris of the lond, out of which thou leddisthast led IS. vs, seien, The Lord myȝte not bryng hem in to the lond whichthat I. he bihiȝte to hem, and he hatide hem; therfor he ledde hem out that he schuldewolde I. sle hem in wildir|nesse; andand, Lord IS. thei ben thi puple and thin eritage, whichthat I. thou leddist out in thi greet strengthe, and in thin arm holdunstreiȝt IS. forth.

 CAP. X.

In that tyme the Lord seide to me, Hewe thou twei tablis of stoon to thee, as the formere weren; and stie thouthou vp IS. to me `in toin C. the hil. And thou schalt make an arke, `ether a cofereOm. I., of tree, and Y schal write in thetho KS. thes X pr. m. tablis, the wordis that weren in these tablis whiche thou brakist bifore; and thou schalt putte tho tablis in to the arke. Therfor Y made an ark of the trees of Sechim, and whanne Y hadde hewe tweithe twei IS. tablis of stoon, at the licnesse of the formere tablis, Y stiedeȝede vp I. stiede vp S. in to the hil, and haddeI hadde IS. thetho A sec. m. tablis in themyn IS. hondis. And hethe Lord S. wroot in the tablis, bi thatthat maner IS. that he `hadde writunwroot IS. bifore, tenthe ten IS. wordis, whiche the Lord spak to ȝou in the hil, fro theOm. IS. myddis of the fyer, whanne the puple was gaderid, and hethe Lord IS. ȝaf thetho A sec. m. C sec. m. tablis to me. And Y turnide aȝen fro the hil, and cam doun, and puttideI putte IS. the tablis in to the arke whichthat IS. Y hadde maad, `whiche tablisthe whiche I. ben there hidur to, as the Lord comaundide to me. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Israel moueden tentisher tentis IS. fro Berotha place S marg. of the sones of Jachan in to Mosera, where Aaron was deed, and biried, for whom his sone Eleazar was set in preesthod. Fro thennus theiIsrael S. camen in to GalgadGalaad S.; fro which place thei ȝeden forth, and settiden tentis in Jehabatha, in the lond of watris and of strondis. In that tyme Y departide the lynage of Leuy, that it schulde bere the arke of boondthe boond IS. of pees of the Lord, andthat S. schuldeit schulde IS. stonde bifor hym inin his S. seruyce, and schulde blesse in his name tilOm. IS. in to presentthis present IS. dai. For which thing Leuy hadde notno IS. part, nether possession with hise bri|thren, for the Lord hym silf is his posses|sioun, as thi Lord God bihiȝte to hym. ForsotheAnd IS. Y stood in the hil asas I dide IS. bifore, fourti daies and fourti niȝtis, and the Lord herde me also in this tyme, and noldehe wolde not I. leese thee. And he seide to me, Go thou, and go bifor this puple, that it entre, and welde the lond whichthat I. Y swoorswoor of I. to her fadris, that Y schulde ȝeueȝeue it IS. to hem. And nowthou K., IsraelOm. I., what axith thi Lord God of thee, noOm. I. but that thou drede thi Lord, and go in hise weies, and that thou loue hym, and serue thi Lord God in al thin herte, and in al thi soule; and that thou kepe the comaundementisheestis IS. of thi Lord God, and the cerymonyes of hym, whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai, that it be wel to thee. Lo! heuene is of thi Lord God, and heuene of heuene; the erthe and alle thingis that ben ther ynne ben hise; and netheles the Lord was gluedioyned I. bi feruent affeccioun S marg.the Lord was glued, that is, was ioyned to hem with the glu of charite bi his pure li|beralte, for he hadde no nede to hem, as ne|ther to thee. Lire here. C. to thi fadris, and louedehe louede IKS. hem, and he chees her seed after hem, and ȝou of alle folkis, as it is preued to dai. Therfor cir|cumcidecircumciden ACFX pr. m. ȝe the prepucie, `ethirthat is, the S. vnclen|nesseOm. I., of ȝoure herteof ȝoure herte, that is, in do|inge awey al yuel thouȝt and wille. Lire here. C., and no more make ȝe harde ȝoure nol. For ȝoure Lord God hym silf is God of goddis, and Lord of lordis, `God greeta gret God IS., and miȝti, and feerd|fulfereful IS., whichthat I. takith not persoonea persoone IS., nether ȝiftisbut iustli he demith riche and pore S marg.. He makith doomiust doom S. to the fadirles, and modirles, and to the widewe; he loueth a pilgrym, and ȝyuethhe ȝyueth IS. to hym lyif|lode and clothing. And therfor `loue ȝeloueth I. pilgryms, for alsoalle IS. ȝe weren comelyngis in the lond of Egipt. Thou schalt drede thi Lord God, and thou schalt serue hym aloone, and thou schalt cleue to hym, and thou schalt swere in his nametrewly speking and fulfilling S marg.. He is thi preisyng, and thi God, that made to thee these grete dediswerkis IS., and ferdfulfereful IS., whiche thin iȝen siȝenhan seen IS.. In seuenti menlyues I. thi fadris ȝeden doun in to Egipt, and lo! now thi Lord God hath multiplied thee as the sterris of heuene.

 CAP. XI.

TherforHerfor A. loue thi Lord God, and kepe thou hise comaundementis and cerymo|nyes, domesand domes BEGILPSX pr. m. and heestishis heestis IS., in al tyme. Knowe ȝe to day tho thingis whiche ȝoure sones knowenkunnen B. knewen M. not, `whiche sones sien notthat han not seen I. which sones han not seen S. the doctryn of ȝoure Lord God, hisene hise IS. grete dediswerkis IS., and stronghis strong IS. hond, and `arm holdun forthhis streȝt arm IS., myraclishis myraclis IS. and werkishis werkis IS., whiche he dide `in the myddis ofa myddus I. Egipt to Farao, kyng, and to al `the lond of hymhis lond IS., and to al the oost of Egipciansthe Egipcians IS., and to horsisthe horsis I. her horsis S., and carris; hou theOm. IS. watris of the reed see hiliden hem, whanne thei pur|sueden ȝou, and the Lord `dide aweifordide I. hem `til in tovnto this I. vnto the S. `present daiday that is now S.; and whichethe whiche I. thingis the Lord didehath do IS. to ȝou in wilder|nesse, til ȝe camen to this place; and to Dathan and Abiron, `the sones of HeliabHeliab sones S., that was `the sone of RubenRuben sone S., whichethe whiche I text. Daton and Abiron marg. the erthe swolewide, whanne his mouth was openyd, with `the housisher housis I. his housis S. and tabernaclis, and alwith al S. the catel `of hemOm. IS. whichthat I. thei hadden, in the myddis of Israel. Ȝoure iȝen sienhan seen IS. alle the grete werkis of the Lord, whiche he didehath do IS., that ȝe kepe alle hise heestis whiche Y comaundecomaundide BDO. to dai to ȝou, and that ȝe moun entre, and welde the lond, to which ȝe schulen entre, and ȝe lyue therynne inOm. I. myche time; whichthe which I. lond, flowynge with mylk and hony, the Lord bihiȝte vndur an oothstidfastly S marg. to ȝoure fa|drisfadres, and her fadres S. and toOm. IS. `the seed of hemher seed IS.. For the lond, to which thou schalt entre to welde, is not as theOm. A. lond of Egipt, `out of whichthat I. thou ȝedistȝedist out off I., where whanne the seed is castsowe IS. in the maner of gardyns, moist wa|ters ben ledled therto I. led to moiste it S.; but itthe lond that Israel shal welde S. is hilli, and feldi, and abidithit abidith IS. reynes fro heuene, which lond thi Lord God biholdith, and hise iȝen ben therynne, fro the bigynnyng of the ȝeer `til tovnto IS. the ende therof. Ther|for if ȝe schulen obeie to myn heestis whiche Y comaunde to dai to ȝou, that ȝe loue ȝoure Lord God, and serue hym in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure soule; he schal ȝyue to ȝoure lond reyn tymefultymely I. and late, that ȝe gadere wheete, and wyn, and oile, hey of the feeldisfeeld S. to feedefeed with I. beestis, that ȝeand ȝour beestes S marg. bothe ete and be fillidfulfillid IS.. Be ȝe war, lest perauenture ȝoure herte be disseyued, and ȝe go awei fro the Lord, and serue alien goddis, and worschipe hem; and the Lord betherfore be I. wroothwrooth herfore S., and close heueneor the firmament I marg., and reynesreyn I. come not doun, ne|ther the erthe ȝyue his fruyt, and ȝe pe|rische swiftli fro the besteful good I. lond whichthat I. the Lord schal ȝyue to ȝou. Putte ȝe thes wordismy wordis S. in ȝoure hertes and soulesin ȝoure soulis IS., and honge ȝe `tho wordishem vp IS. for a signetokene IS. in theȝoure IS. hondis, and sette ȝeȝe hem IS. ȝe tho K. bitwixe ȝoure iȝen. TecheTeche ȝe IS. ȝoure sones, that thei thenke onvpon IS. tho wordis, whanne thou sittist in thin hows, and goist in the weie, and lyggist doun, and risistrisist vp IS.. Thou schalt write tho wordis onvpon IS. the postis, and ȝatisthe ȝatis IS. of thin hous, that the daies of thee and of thi sones be multiplied in the lond whichthat I. the Lord swoorstidefastly bihiȝt IS. to thi fadris, that he schulde ȝyueȝyue it IS. to hem, as long as heuene is a boue erthe. For if ȝe kepen the heestis whiche Y comaunde to ȝou, and ȝeOm. I. do tho, that ȝe loue ȝoure Lord God, and go in alle hise weies, and cleue to hymbi trewe bileue S marg., the Lord schal destrie alle these hethen men bifor ȝoure face, and ȝe schulen welde tho folkis that ben grettere and strongere than ȝe. Ech place whichthat IS. ȝoure foot schalOm. I. trede, schal be ȝoure; fro theOm. IS. deseert, and fro theOm. IS. Liban, and fro the greet flood Eu|frates `til tovnto IS. the west see, schulen be ȝoure termes. Noon schal stonde aȝens ȝou; ȝoure Lord God schal ȝiue ȝoureȝou plures. out|ward drede and inwardȝoure inward IS. drede onvpon IS. ech lond whichthat I. ȝe schulen trede, as he spak to ȝou. Lo! Y sette forth in ȝoure siȝt to day blissyng and cursyng; blessyng, if ȝe obeien to the heestis of ȝoure Lord God, whichethat I. Y comaundecomaundide B. to ȝouthee S. to dai; curs|yng, if ȝe heren not the heestis of ȝoure Lord GodOm. B., but goen awei fro the weie whichthat IS. Y scheweshal schewe G. nowOm. G. to ȝou, and goen after alien goddis whiche ȝe knowen not. Sotheli whanne thi Lord God hath brouȝt thee in to the lond, to which to enhabitedwelle ynne IS. thou goist, thou schalt sette blessyng onvpon IS. the hil Garisymof Garisym C. that hiȝt Garisym S., cursyngand cursyng S. onvpon IS. the hil Hebalthat hiȝt Hebal S., whiche hillisOm. I. ben biȝende Jordan, aftir the weie that goith to the goyng doun of the sunne, in the lond of Cananeythe men of Chananey IS., that dwellithdwellen IS. in the feeldi places aȝens Gal|gala, whichthat IS. is bisidis the valey goynge and entrynge fer. For ȝe schulen passe Jordan, that ȝe welde the lond whichof which GQ. that IS. ȝoure Lord GodOm. plures. schal ȝyue to ȝou, and that ȝe haue and welde that lond. Ther|for se ȝe, `that ȝeOm. I. fillefulfille IS. the cerymonyes and domes, whiche I schal sette to dai in ȝoure siȝt.

 CAP. XII.

These ben the heestis and domes, whiche ȝe owen to do, in the lond whichthat I. the Lord God of thi fadrys schal ȝyue to thee, that thou welde it, in alle daies in whiche thou schalt go onvpon IS. erthe. Distrie ȝe alle theOm. BG. places wherynne hethen men whiche ȝe schulen welde, worschipidenwirschipen IS. her goddis, onvpon IS. hiȝ mounteyns, and litle hillis, and vndur ech tre ful of bowis. Distrie ȝe `the auteris of hemher autris IS., and `breke ȝe thebreketh her I. breke her S. ymagis; brenneand brenne IS. ȝe the wodis with fier, and al to breke ȝe the idolis; destrie ȝe `the names of hemher names IS. fro the places. Ȝe schulen not do so to ȝoure Lord Godȝe schulen not do so to ȝoure Lord God; that is, in offringe sacrifices in dy|uerse places, as idolatrouris diden to her idols. Lire here. BC. as mysbileuing men don, sech|ing her Goddis hither and thi|der S.; but ȝe schulen come to the place whichthat IS. ȝoure Lord God cheescheseth K. cheesith OSX. of alle ȝoure lynagis, that he putte his name there, and dwelle therynne; and ȝe schulen comecome thidre S., and schulenOm. ILSX. offre in that place ȝoure brent sacrifices, and slayn sacrifices, the dymestithes IS., and firste fruytis of ȝoure hondis, and a vowis and ȝiftis, the firste gendrid thingis of oxunȝoure oxun S., and of scheep. And ȝe and ȝoure housismeynees IS. schulen ete there in the siȝt of ȝoure Lord God; and ȝe schulen be glad in alle thingis to whiche ȝe putten hondthe hond I., in whiche ȝoure Lord God blessidehath blessid IS. ȝou. Ȝe schulen not do therein the lond that ȝe ben to cumme S marg. tho thingis whiche weȝe IOS. don here to dai, echbut ech I. man thatthat that BI. semeth riȝtful to `hym silfhym I. hym silf that now he doth S.. For `til in to present tymevnto the tyme that is now IS. ȝe camen not to reste and possessiounto possessioun IS., whichthat I. the Lord God schal ȝyue to ȝou. Ȝe schulen passe Jordan, and ȝe schulen dwelle in the lond whichthat IS. ȝourethe IS. Lord God schal ȝyue to ȝou, that ȝe reste fro alle enemyes `bi cumpasaboute I., and dwellethat ȝe dwelle S. without ony drede. In the place whichthat IS. ȝoure Lord God cheeschesith IS. that his namethat his fame S marg. be therynne. Thidur ȝe schulen bere alle thingis, whiche Y comaundecomaunde to ȝou S., brent sacri|ficessacrifice Q., and sacrificesOm. plures., and the dymestithes IS., and firstethe firste A pr. m. fruytis of ȝoure hondis, and what euere is the bestebeste thing IS. in ȝiftis, whichethat I. ȝe auowidenauowen IS. to the Lord. Ther ȝe schulen ete bifor ȝoure Lord Godthese offringis S marg., ȝe, and ȝoure sones, and douȝtris, ȝoureOm. I. seruauntismen seruauntis IS., and seruauntessiswymmen seruauntis IS., and the dekenes, that dwellen in ȝoure citees; for theidekenes S. han notnoon I. other part and possessioun among ȝou. Be thou war lest thou offre thi brent sacri|fices in ech place whichthat IS. thou seest, but in that place whichthat IS. the Lord chees in oon of thi lynagis thou schalt offre sacrifices, and schaltthou schalt IS. do what euer thingis Y co|maunde to thee. ForsotheFor IS. if thou wolt ete, and the etyng of fleischisfleishe IS. delitith thee, sle thou, and ete, bi the blessyng of thi Lord God, whichthat IS. he ȝafhath ȝouen IS. to thee in thi citees, whether it is vnclene, `that is, spottid ether wemmedOm. I. and feble, ether clene, `that is, hool in membrisOm. IS. and with out wemwem, that is, hool in eche membre S., which is leueful to be offrid, thou schalt eteete tho I. asof S. a capret andand an IS. herthert ben ete I.; oneli without etyng of bloodher blood IS., whichthat I. thou schalt schede outOm. I. as watir onvpon IS. the erthe. Thou schalt not mowe ete in thi citees the tithis of thi wheete, wynthi wyn IS., and oileof thin oile I. thin oile S., thene the IS. firste gendrid thingis of drouesthi droues IS., and ofthi IS. scheep, and alle thingis whiche thou hast avowid and wolt offre bi fre wille, and the firste fruytis of thin hondis; but thou schalt ete thotho thingis IS. bifor thi Lord God, in the place whichthat I. thi Lord God chees, thou, and thi sone, and douȝterthi douȝter IS., seruauntthi man seruaunt IS., and seruauntessethi womman seruaunt IS., and the dekene that dwellith in thi citees; and thou schalt be glad, and schaltthou schalt IS. be fillidfulfillid IS. bifor thi Lord God in alle thingis to whichethe whiche I. thou holdist forth thin hond. Be thou war lest thou forsake the dekene in al tyme, `in whichthat I. thou lyuest in erthe. Whanne thi Lord GodOm. K. hath alargid thi termes, as he spak to thee, and thou wolt ete fleischisfleishe IS., whichethat I. thi soule desirith, forsotheThat IS. if the place isbe IS. fer, whichthat IS. thi Lord God cheeshath chosen IS., that his name be there, thou schalt sle of thin oxun, and scheepof thi scheep IS., whiche thou hast, as `the Lordhe I. comaundide to thee; and thou schalt eteete thees IS. in thi citees as it plesith thee. As a capret and hertan hert IS. isOm. B. etun, so thou schalt ete tho; bothe a cleene man and vncleenean vnclene IS. schulen ete therof in comyn. Oneli eschewe thou this, that thou ete not blood; for the blood `of tho beestisOm. I. of beestis KO sec. m. QRSTWX. is for theher IS. lijf, and therfor thou owist not eteto ete IS. the lijfblood I. blood of a beest S. with fleischisthe fleishe I. the fleishe therof S., but thou schalt schedeheelde it out I. schede out S. as watir `the bloodOm. I. onvpon IS. the erthe, that it be wel to thee, and to thi sones after thee, whanne thou hast do that, that plesith in the siȝt of the Lord. Sotheli thou schalt take that that thou `auowidist, and halewidisthast auowid and halewid IS. to the Lord, and thou schalt come to the place whichthat IS. the Lord chees; and thou schalt offreoffre there IS. thin offryngis, fleischisand fleischis A pr. m. EFLOPQRTWX. and fleishe IS., and blood, onvpon IS. the auter of thi Lord God; thou schalt schedeheelde I. in the auter the blood of sacrificesthe sacrifices IS.; forsothebut IS. thou schalt ete the fleischisfleishe I. fleishe of hem S.. Kepe thou and herehere thou IS. alle thingis whiche Y comaunde to thee, that it be wel to thee, and to thi sones after thee, with outen ende, whanne thou hast do that, that is good and plesauntplesinge IS. in the siȝt of thi Lord God. Whanne thi Lord God hath distryed bifor thi face folkis, to whiche thou schalt entre toand IS. weldewelde hem S., and thouwhanne thou IS. hast weldid tho folkis, and hast dwellid in `the lond of hemher lond IS., be thou war lest thou sue hem, aftir that thei ben distried, whanne thou entrist, and thou seke `the cerymonyes of hemher cerymonyes IS., and seie, As these folkis worschipyden her goddis, so and Y schal worschipeworschipe hem S.. Thou schalt not do in lijk manere to thi Lord God; for thei diden to her goddis alle abhomyna|ciounsthe abhomynaciouns IS. whiche the Lord wlatith, and of|fridenthei offriden IS. her sones and douȝtrisher douȝ|tris IS., and bren|tenthei brenten hem IS. with fier. Do thou to the Lord this thing oneli whichthat IS. Y comaunde to thee, nethir adde thouthou to S. ony thing, nether abatelasse I..

 CAP. XIII.

If a prophete risith in the myddis of thee, ethir he that seith hym silf to haue seyn a dreem, and he biforseith a signetokne S. and a wondur to comyngecome IS. aftirlong aftir A pr. m. BCEFM pr. m. P., and thisthis thing IS. that he spakseide IS. bifallith, andherfore S marg. he seith to thee, Go we, and suesue we IS. alien goddis, whiche thou knowist not, and serue we hem, thou schalt not here the wordis of that prophete, ether of dremerea dre|mere A pr. m. FX. that dremere K sec. m. S.; for ȝoure Lord God assaieth ȝouasaieth ȝou, that is, suffrith siche thingis to be doon, that ȝe be preued. C., that he witethat he wite, that is, that he make to be knowun of othere men, for he takith not of newe the knowing of ony thing, but he knewe alle thingis fro with out bigynnyng, and in this maner God spekith in xxij. co. of Genesis, Now Y haue knowe that thou dredist the Lord, that is, Y haue made knowun, for bi the offring of Isaac the obe|dience of A|braham was knowun to men, and was put to hem in|to ensaumple. Lire here. C. opynli whether ȝe louen hym ether naynot I., in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure soule. Sue ȝe ȝoure LordLord God K., and `drede ȝedredith I. hym; kepe ȝe his comaundementisheestis IS., and here ȝe `the vois of hymhis vois IS.; ȝe schulen serue hym, and ȝe schulen cleuein trewe loue S marg. to hym. For|sotheAnd IS. thilke prophete, ether theOm. IS. feynere of dremes, schal be slaynschal be slayn without mersy, while he is con|uyct bi wit|nessis ether knoulechith. Lire here. C.; for he spak that he schuldewolde I. turne ȝou awei fro ȝoure Lord God, that ladde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt, and aȝenbouȝte ȝou fro the hous of seruage, that `thilke prophete schuldehe IS. make thee to erre fro the weie whichthat IS. thi Lord God comaundide to thee; andand in killinge of him IS. thou schalt do awey yuel fro the myddis of thee. If thi brothir, the sone of thi mo|dir, ether thithe IS. sone, ethirOm. I. thiof thi IS. douȝter, ether the wijf whichthat IS. is in thi bosum, ethir thi freend whom thou louest as thi soulelijf I., wole counsele thee, and seithsei I. sei to thee S. pri|ueli, Go we and serue alien goddis, whiche thou knowist not, and thi fadrisknowen not S marg., of alle the folkis `in cumpasaboute I., that ben niȝ ether fer, fro the bigynnyng `til tovnto IS. the ende of the londknowen these goddis S marg., assente thou not to hymhym that thus coun|seilith thee S., nether here thouthou him IS., nether thin iȝeniȝe BCS sec. m. DIMORTW. spare hym, that thou haue mercymercy of him S., and hide hym, but anoon thou schalt sle hymanoon thou schalt sle him, whanne he is demed bi iugis. Lire here. C. Thin hond be fyrst onvpon IS. him and aftir thee al the puple putte to hond. He schal be oppressidthrowen doun IS. with stoonus, and `schal beOm. IS. slayn; for he wolde drawe thee awei fro thi Lord God, that ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage, that al Israel herehere this S. and drede, and do no more ony thing lijk this thing. If thou herist ony men seiynge in oon of thi citees, whichethat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue toOm. I. thee to enhabitedwelle ynne IS., The sones of Belial ȝeden out fro the myddis of thee, and turneden awei the dwelleris of the citee, and seidenthei seiden IS., Go we, and serueserue we A pr. m. IS. alien goddis whiche ȝe knowenknewen CM. not, enquere thou bisili, and whanne the treuthe of the thing is biholdun diligentli, if thou fyndist that this thing is certeyn, whichthat IS. is seid, andOm. S. that this abhomina|cioun is doon in werkdeede IS., anoon thou schalt smyte the dwelleris of that citee biwith I. the scharpnesse of swerd, and thou schalt `do it aweyfordo that citee I. do that citee awey S., and alle thingis that ben ther ynne, `til tovnto the IS. beestis. Also what euer thing of purtenaunce of houshold isIS founden there IS., thou schalt gaderegadere it togidre IS. in theOm. IS. myddis of theOm. B. stretis therof, and thou schalt brennebrenne it IS. with that citee, so that thou waste alle thingis tobifore I. bi ORSTWX. thi Lord Godbi bidding of thi Lord God S marg., and itOm. IO sec. m. QRST. bebe there DIKOQRSTX. a biriel euer|lastynge; itthat citee S. schal no more be bildid. And no thing of that cursyng schal cleuedwelle IS. in thin hond, that the Lord be turned awei fro the yrewraththe IS. of his strong veniaunce, and haue mercy onvpon IS. thee, and multiplie thee, as he swoortrewli bihotynge S marg. to thi fadris. Whanne thou hast herd the vois of thi Lord God, thou schalt kepe alle hiseOm. plures. the GIS. heestis whiche Y comaunde toOm. GIQT pr. m. thee to day, that thou do thatthat thing IS. that is plesauntplesinge IS. in the siȝt of thi Lord God.

 CAP. XIV.

Be ȝe the sones of ȝoure Lord God; ȝe schulen not kitte ȝoukitte ȝou, in Ebren it is, ȝe schulen not to-reende ȝou. C., nether ȝe schulen make ballidnesse, onvpon IS. a deed man, forfor, Israel S. thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkisthe folkis IS. that ben onvpon IS. erthe. Ete ȝe not tho thingis that ben vncleene. This is a beeste whichthat IS. ȝe schu|len ete; an oxe, and a scheep, and a goet, anand an G. hert, a capret, aand a CKOSX. `wielde oxebugle IS., trege|lafun, `that is, a beeste in parti lijk `a buk of geeta geet buk S., and in parti liik an hertThe whole gloss omitted in I., a figarde, an ostrich, a camelioun, `that is, a beeste lijk in the heed to a camel, and hathit hath S. white spottis in the bodi as a parde, and `is lijk an hors in the neckeit hath a necke lijk a hors S., and inOm. S. the feet isben S. lijcOm. O. a `wilde oxebugle S., and a pardeThe whole of this gloss and three words following omitted in I.. Ȝe schulen ete ech beeste that departith the clee `in toin S. twei partis, and chewith codethe code IS. quide ELP passim.. Sotheliand IS. ȝe schulen not ete these beestis, of thesehem IS. that chewen codethe code I., and departendepartith B. not theOm. KX. clee; a camel, an hare, andOm. IS. a cirogrille, `that is, a beeste ful of prickis, andand it S. is more than anOm. ELP. irchounThe whole gloss om. in I.; for thothees IS. chewen codethe code I., andand thei S. de|parten not the clee, thothei IS. schulen be vn|cleene to ȝou; also a swyn, for it de|partith the clee, and chewith not codethe code IS., schal be vncleene; ȝe schulen not ete the fleischisfleishe IS. of thohem IS., and ȝe schulen not touche thehere IS. deed bodiesbodies of the ELP.. Ȝe schulen ete these thingis, of alle that dwellen in watris; ete ȝe tho thingis that han fynnes and scalis; ete ȝe not tho thingisOm. I. that ben with out fynnes and scalis, for tho ben vncleene. Ete ȝe alle clene briddis; ete ȝe not vn|cleene briddis, that is, an egle, and a gripe, and anOm. CO. aliete, ixonan ixon IS., `that is, a whijt brid lesse than a vulturgrip S., and isit is S. of the `kynde of vultrisgryp kynde S. The whole gloss omitted in I., andOm. IS. a vulturgryp S., and a kite bi his kynde, and al thing of rauenys kynde, and a strucioun, and a nyȝt crowe, and a lare, and an hauk bi his kynde, aand a KO pr. m. X. fawcun, andOm. F. a swan, and a siconye, and a dippere, a pursirioun, and a reremous, a cormeraunt, and a caladrie, allealle these S. in her kynde; also a lapwynke and a backe. And al thing that crepith, and hath fynnes, schal be vncleene, and schal not be etun. Ete ȝe al thing that is cleene; sothelibut IS. what euer thing is deed bi it silf, ete ȝe not therof. Ȝyue thouthou mete IS. to the pilgrym whichthat IS. is with ynne thi ȝatis, that he ete, ether sille thouthou mete IS. to hym, for thou art thean IS. hooli puple of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not sethe a kyde in `the mylk of his mo|dirhis modir mylke IS.. Thou schalt departe the tenthe part of alle thi fruytis that comen forth in the lond bi ech ȝeer; andOm. S. thou schal ete in the siȝt of thi Lord God, in the place whichthat I. he chees, that his name be clepid therynne; thou schalt offre the tithe of thi wheete, wynof wyn IS., and oile, and the firste gendryd thingis of thi droues, and scheepof thi scheep IS., that thou lerne to drede thi Lord God in al tyme. SotheliBut IS. whanne the wei is len|gere, and the place whichthat IS. thi Lord God chees is fer, and he hath blessidblessid or encreesid S. or encresid I marg. thee, and thou maist not berebrynge IS. alle these thingis to that place, thou schalt sille alle thingisthees thingis IS., and schaltthou schalt IS. turneturne tho I. turne hem KS. in to prijs, and thou schalt berebere hem IS. in thin hond, and thou schalt go to the place whichthat IS. thi Lord God chees; and thou schalt bie of the same money what euer thing plesith to thee, ethir of droues, ether of scheep; also thou schalt bie wyn, and sidur, and al thingthingis S. that thi soulelijf I. desirith; and thou schalt eteete thees IS. bifor thi Lord God, and thou schalt make feestea feeste IS., thou, and thin howsmeynee IS., and the dekene whichthat IS. is with ynne thi ȝatis; be thou war lest thou forsake hymthe dekenes IS., for he hath not other part in possessiounthi posses|sioun EFIKLOPSX.. In the thridde ȝeer thou schalt departe another dymetithe IS. of alle thingis that growen to thee in that ȝeer, and thou schalt kepekepe it IS. with ynne thi ȝatis. And the dekene schal come, whychthat IS. hath noon other part ne|therne IS. possessioun with thee, and the pil|grym, and theOm. plures. fadirles, etherand DG. modirles child, and widuethe widue BIS., that ben with ynne thi ȝatis, `schulen comeOm. plures., and schulenthei schulen IS. ete, and be fillidfulfillid IKS., that thi Lord God blesse thee, inand S. alle werkisthe werkis ISX sec. m. of thin hondis whichethat I. thou schalt do.

 CAP. XV.

In the seuenthe ȝeer thou schalt make remyssiounrelesyng I. a relesinge or forȝeuenesse S., that schal be fillidfulfillid IS. bi this ordre. To whom ony thing is `dettid, ethir owidowid IS. of his freend, ether neiȝbore, and brother, he schal not mowe axeaxe it I. axe that S., for it is the ȝeer of remyssiounforȝiuenesse IS. of the Lord. Thou schalt axeaxe it I. axe dette S. of a pilgrymof a pilgrym, in Ebreu it is, of a straungere; a straungere is he, that is not of the feith of Jewis. Lire here. C. and comelyngof a comelyng IS.; thou hast notno IS. power to axeaxe it IS. of a citeseyn and neiȝboreof a neiȝ|bore IS.; and outerli a nedi man and beggera begger IS. schal not be among ȝou, that thi Lord God blesse thee, in thethi I. lond whichthat IS. he schal ȝyue to thee in to theOm. FIKLS. posses|sioun. If netheles thou schaltwilt I. here the vois of thi Lord God, and schalt kepe alle thingis whiche he comaundidehath comaundid IS., and whichethe whiche I. Y comaundecomaundide A pr. m. F. to dai to thee, he schal blesse thee, as he bihiȝtehath bihiȝt IS.. Thou schalt leene to many folkisleene to many folkis, in Ebreu it is, thou schalt take weddis of many folkis. Lire here. C., and thou schalt not take borewyng of ony man; thou schalt be lord of ful many naciouns, and no man schal be lord of thee. If oon of thi britheren that dwellendwellith IS. with ynne the ȝatis of thi citee, in the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, cometh to pouert, thou schalt not make hard thin herte, nether thou schalt `drawe to gyderewithdrawe IS. thethin IS. hond, but thou schalt opene it to the pore man, and thou schalt `ȝyue loone to whichleene him what so IS. thou siest hym haue nedenede to IS.. Be thou war lest perauenture wickida wickid IS. thouȝt crepevnder crepe IS. priueli to thee, and thou seie in thin herte, The seuenthe ȝeer of remys|siounforȝiuenesse IS. neiȝeth; and thou turne awey thethin IS. iȝen fro thi pore brotherlest in the l. ȝeer he axe forȝeuenesse of the dette S marg., and thou nylewilt not I. nylte S. ȝyue to hym the loone that he axith; lest he crie aȝens thee to the Lord, and it be maad to thee in to synnethat thou lente him not that that him nedid S marg.. But thou schalt ȝyue to hym, and thou schalt `not do ony thing falslyno thing do disceyuably I. do not eny thing disceyuably S. in releuynge `hise nedisof hise nedynessis IS., that thi Lord God blesse thee in al tyme, andOm. S. inOm. O. alle thingisnedis and in alle thingis B pr. m. to whiche thou schalt setteputte IS. to hondthin hond I.. Pore men schulen not faile in the lond of `thin habitaciounthi dwelling IS.; therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou opene thethi IS. hond to thi brother nedi andOm. IS. pore, that lyuenliueth IK. with thee in the lond. Whanne thi brothir an Ebrew man, ethir an Ebrew womman, is seeld to thee, and hath serued thee sixebi sixe A sec. m. BC. ȝeer, in the seuenthe ȝeer thou schalt delyuere hym fre. And thou schalt not suffre hym go aweyawey fro thee S. voide, to whom thou hast ȝyue fredom; but thou schalt ȝyueȝyue him I. ȝyue him or hir S. lijflode in the weye, of flockisthi flockis IS., and of cornfloorthi cornfloor IS., and of thi pressour, in whiche thi Lord God hath blessid thee. Haue thou mynde that also thou seruedist in the lond of Egipt, and thithe A. Lord God delyurede thee, `ether made thee freeOm. CI., and therfor Y comaunde now toOm. IS. theeto thinke her on S marg.. For|sothebut IS. if `the seruaunthe I. seithsey IS., Y nylewil not I. go out, for he loueth thee, and thin hows, and feelithhe feelith IS. that it is wel to hym atanentis IS. thee, thou schalt take `a nalan all K. an al OX., and thou schalt peersepeerche I. his eere in the ȝatedore IS. of thin hous, and he schal serue thee til in to the worldword A., `that is til to the iubilee, ethir fiftithe ȝeerOm. I. that is, iubilee ethir fiftithe ȝeer M. that is, to the l. ȝeer S. ; also thou schalt do in lijk maner to thean IS. handmayde. Thou schalt not turne awei fro hem thin iȝenof merci, good wille, and help S marg., whanne thou schalt delyure hem fre, for bi the hire of an hirid man thei serueden thee bi sixe ȝeer; that thi Lord God blesse thee, in alle the werkis whiche thou doist. Of the first gendrid thingis that ben borun in thi droues, and scheepin thi scheep IS., what euer is of male kynde, thou schalt halewehalewe it IS. to thi Lord God. Thou schalt not worche inwith I. the firste gendrid thing `of oxeOm. S., and thou schalt not clippeschere I. thein the ELP. firste gendrid thinges of scheep. Thou schalt ete thothoo thingis IS. bi alle ȝeeris in the siȝt of thi Lord God, thouthat thou I., and thin howsmeynee IS., in the place `which thethat thi IS. Lord chees. SotheliAnd IS. if it hathhaue IS. a wem, ethir is crokid, ethir isOm. IS. blynd, ethir is foul, ethir feble in ony part, it schal not be offrid to thi Lord God; but thou schalt ete it with ynne the ȝatis of thi citee, bothe a cleene man and vncleenean vncleene IS. schulen ete thoof tho IS. in lijk maner, as aof a IS. capret and anof an IS. hert. Onely thou schalt kepe thisthis thing IS., that thou ete not the blood of tho, but schedeschede it IS. out as watir in to erthethe erthe IKS..

 CAP. XVI.

Kepe thou the monethe of newe fruytis, and of the bigynnyng of somer, that thou make pask to thi Lord God; for in this monethe thi Lord God ledde thee out of Egipt in the nyȝt. And thou schalt offre pask to thi Lord God, of scheep and of oxun, in the place whichthat IS. thi Lord God chees, that his name dwelle there. Thou schalt not ete `ther ynnein that place S. breed `diȝt with sourdouȝmaad sour I.; in seuene daies thou schalt ete breed of affliccioun, with out sourdouȝ, for in drede thou ȝedist outin drede thou ȝedist out; in Ebreu it is, sudeynly, ether hastily thou ȝedist out. C. of Egipt, that thou haue mynde of the dai of thi goyng out of Egipt, in alle the daies of thi lijf. No thing `diȝt with sourdouȝmaad sour I. schal appere in alle thi termescoostis IS. by seuene daies, and of the fleischisfleishe IS. of thatof the fleischis of that, that is, of the lomb of pask. Lire here. C. that is offrid in the euentid, schal not dwelle in the firste dai in the morewtid. Thou schalt not mow offre pask in ech of thi citees whiche thi Lord GodOm. K. schal ȝyue to thee, but in the place whichthat IS. thi Lord God chees, that his name dwelle there; thou schalt offre pask in the euentid, at the goyng doun of the sunne, whanne thou ȝedist out of Egipt. And thou schalt sethesethe thi offryng IS., and eteete it IS., in the place whichthat IS. thithe KX. Lord God hath chose, and thou schalt rise in the morewtid of the secundeseuenthe A. dai, and thou schalt go in to thi tabernaclis. Bi sixe daies thou schalt ete therf breed; and in the seuenthe dai, for it is the gaderyng of thi Lord Godthe gadering of thy Lord God; in Ebreu it is, the with|holding of thi Lord God. C., thou schalt not do werk. Thou schalt noumbre to thee seuene woukis, fro that dai in which thou settidist a sikil in to the corn; and thou schalt halewe the feestefirste IS. dai of woukisthe woukis IS. to thi Lord God, a wilful offryng of thyn hond, whichthat I. thou schalt offre by the blessing of thi Lord God. And thou schalt ete bifore thi Lord God, thou, and thi sonesones S., and thi douȝtir, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmayde, and the dekene whichthat IS. is with ynne thi ȝatis, and thethi GQ. comelynge, and theOm. plures. fadir|lesfadirles chyld A. ethir modirles child, and the widue, that dwellen with ȝou, in the place `which thithat the IS. Lord God chees that his name dwelle there. And thou schalt haue mynde for thou were seruaunt in Egipt, and thou schalt kepe and do tho thingis that ben comaundid. And thou schalt halewe the solempnytee of tabernaclis bi seuene daies, whanne thou hast gaderid thi fruytis of thethi IK. cornfloor, and pressourof the pressour IS.. And thou schalt ete in thi feeste daiOm. plures., thou, and thi sone, and douȝtirthi douȝtir ISX pr. m., and thi seruauntman seruaunt IS., and handmaydethin handmayde IS., also the dekene, and come|lyngthe comelyng IS., and the fadirles ether modirles child, and the widewe, that ben with ynne thi ȝatis, `schulen eteOm. DIKO RST sec. m. WX.. Bi seuene daies thou schalt halewe feestis to thi Lord God, in the place whichthat IS. the Lord cheeshath chose I.; and thi Lord God schal blesse thee, in alle thi fruytis, and in al the werk of thin hondis, and thou schalt be in gladnesse. In thre tymes bi the ȝeer al thi male kynde schal appere in the siȝt of thi Lord, in the place whichthat IS. he cheeshath chose I., in the solempnyte of therf looues, and in the solempnyte of woukis, and in the solempnyte of tabernaclis. A man schal not appere voide bifor the Lord; but ech man schal offre vpeafter S. thisthat I. that he hath, bi the blessyng of his Lord God, whichthat IS. he ȝaf to `that manhim IS.. Thou schalt ordeyne `iugis, and maystrisjugis and maistris; this word and is set for this word that is, for iugis owen to be lernyd in the lawis; in Ebreu it is, iugis and exactours; ex|actours ben thei that enqueren the truthe bi mesurable be|tingis and tur|mentis; and performen the sentence of iugis. C., in alle thi ȝatisin alle thi ȝatis, that is, in the ȝatis of each citee, netheles not in each ȝate therof. Lire here. C. whiche thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, bi ech of thi lynagis, that thei deme the puple bi iust doom, and bowebowe thei I. not in `to theOm. AB. totheroother I. tother wronge S. part for fa|uourdrede S., ethirne S. ȝiftefor ȝifte FKSX. `aȝens equeteOm. IS.. Thou schalt not take persoonea persoone IX sec. m. eny persoone S. nether ȝiftisȝiftis aȝens trewth S., for whi ȝiftis blynden the iȝen of wise men, `and chaungen the wordis of iust menOm. S.. Thou schalt pursue iustli thatthat thing S. that is iust, that thou lyue and welde the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee. Thou schalt not plaunte a wode, and ech tre bi the auter of thi Lord God; nether thou schalt make to thee, and ordeyne an ymage; whichethe whiche I. thingis thi Lord God hatith. Thou schalt not offre to thi Lord God an oxe and a scheep in which is a wem, ether ony thing of vicerepreef IS., for it is abhominacioun to thi Lord God.

 CAP. XVII.

And whanne a man ether a womman, that doon yuel in the siȝte of thi Lord God, ben foundun atanentis I. thee, with ynne oon of thi ȝatis whiche thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, and thei breken the coue|naunt of God, that thei go and serue alien goddis, and worschipe hem, the sunne, and moonethe moone IS., and al the knyȝthod of heuene, whichethe whiche I. thingisthis thing IS. Y comaundide not; and this is teld to thee, and thou heristherist it IS., and `enquerist diligentlisechist bisili IS., and fyndistthou fyndist IS. that it is soth, and abhomynaciounthat abhomynacioun IS. is doon in Israel; thou schalt lede out the man and theOm. B. womman, that diden athat IS. moost cursid thing, to the ȝatis of thythe KX. citee, and thei schulen be oppressid with stoonus. He that schal be slayn, schal perische in the mouth of tweyne, ethir of thre witnessis; no man be slayn, for o man seith wit|nessyng aȝens hym. The hond of wit|nessisthe witnessis CIOS. schal first sle hym, and theat the IS. last hondthe hond IS. of the tothirother IS. puple schal be sentput to IS text. for to throwe him doun with stones S marg., that thou do a wei yuel fro the myddis of thee. If thou perseyuest, that hard and douteful doom is atanentis IS. thee, bitwixe blood and blood, cause and cause, lepre and not lepre, and thou seest that the wordis of iugis with ynne thi ȝatis ben dyuersein her deming S marg.; rise thou, and stiego vp I. stie vp S. to the place whichthat IS. thi Lord God hath choose; and thou schalt come to the preestis of the kyn of Leuy, and to the iuge whichthat IS. is in that tyme, and thou schalt axe ofOm. S. hem, whichethe whiche I. schulen schewe to thee the treuthe of doom. And thou schalt do, what euer thing thei seienbi trewe dome S marg., that ben souereyns in the place whichthat IS. the Lord chees, and techen thee bi the lawe of the Lord; thou schalt sue the sentence of hem; thou schalt not bowebowe ther fro IS. to the riȝt side, ether to the lefte. ForsotheFor IS. that man schal die, whichthat IS. is proud, and nylewil not I. obeie to the comaunde|mentheeste IS. of the preest, `that mynystrith in that tyme to thi Lord GodOm. IS., and toOm. O. the sentence ofof the ISX sec. m. iugeiuge that serueth in that tyme to thi Lord God IS., andOm. I. thou schalt do awei yuel fro the myddis of Israel; and al the puple schal herehere this I. here this thing S., and drededrede the Lord S., that no man fro thennus forth bolne with pride. Whanne thou hast entrid in to the lond, whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, and weldistthou weldist IS. it, and dwellist therynne, and seist, Y schal ordeyne a kyng onvpon IS. me, as alle naciouns `bi cumpasaboute I. han; thou schalt ordeyne hymthou schalt ordeyne him, that is, in to the king; this is not a co|maundement, but a simple graunt, which is of yuel; if this were an heest, the puple hadde not syn|ned in axinge a king, but the puple synnede in this axing, as it is seid in j. book of Kingis xij. co. Lire here. C., whomwhanne S. thi Lord God ches|ith of the noumbre of thi brethren. Thou schalt not mow make kingthe king IS. a man of an|othir folk, whichthat IS. manOm. plures. is not thi brother. And whanne the king is ordeyned, he schal not multiplie horsis to hym, nethir he schal lede aȝen the puple in to Egipt, nethir he schal be reisidin to pride or tiraunterie S marg. bi the noumbre of knyȝtis, moostnamely IS. sithen the Lord co|maundide to ȝou, that ȝe turne no more aȝen bi the same weie. The kyng schal not haue fulOm. DE pr. m. GIKMORSTWX. many wyues, that drawen his soulemynde IS. `to ouer myche fleischlynesseto lustus IS., nether `he schal haueOm. I. grete burthunsweiȝtus IS. of siluer and of gold. ForsotheFor IS. after that heOm. S. hath setesiten S. in the tronetrone or sete S. of his rewme, he schal writeschal write, that is, schal make to be writun. C. to himsilf theOm. DIS. deuterono|mydeuteronomy, that is, declaracioun IS. of this lawe in a `volym ether bookbooke IS. volym ether a book DGQRT., and he schal take `a saumplerensaumple A pr. m. saumpler I. the saumpler of it S. atof plures. preestisthe prestis I. of `the kyn of LeuyLeuy kyn IS.; and he schal haue itthis saumplere S. with hymand schal haue with him; Ebrews seyen that he schulde have ij. bokis, oon to bere with him, that he myȝte ofte rede there, and another book to be kept in the hows of his tre|sour, as a most preciouse thing: the king schal not haue grete chargis of sil|uer and of gold, that is to su|perfluyte, but onely to the nede of his staat, and to defence of his rewme: the king schal not multiplie horsis to him silf to pride, but onely to the oneste of his staat, and to defence of his rewme. Lire here. C., and he schal rede it in alle the daies of his lijf, that he lerne to drede his Lord God, and to kepe hise wordis and cerymonyeshis cerymonyes IS., that ben comaundid in the lawe; nether his herte be reisid in to pride onvpon IS. hise brithren, nether bowe he in to theOm. FX. riȝt side, ether left side, that he regne long tyme, he and hise sones onvpon IS. Israel.

 CAP. XVIII.

Preestis and dekenes, and alle men that ben of the same lynage, schulen `not hauehaue no IS. part and eritage with the tother puple of Israel, for thei schulen ete the sacrifices of the Lord, and the offryngis of hym; and thei schulen not take ony othir thing of theOm. IS. possessioun of her britheren; for the Lord hym silf is theOm. CS. `eritage of hemher eritage S., as he spak to hem. This schal be the doomthat is, the thing iustly ȝouun ether grauntid. Lyre here. B marg. of preestis of the pupletemple I., and of hem that offren sacrifices; whether `thei offrenOm. M. an oxe, ether a scheep, thei schulen ȝyue to the preest the schuldre, and the paunche, theand the IS. firste fruytis of wheete, andOm. plures. of wyn, and of oile, and a part of wollis of theOm. I. scheryng of scheep. For thi Lord God cheeshath chosun IS. hymthi prest S. of alle thi lynagis, that he stonde and mynystreserue IS. to `the name of the Lordthi Lordis name IS., he and hise sones, with outen ende. If a dekene goith out of oon of thi citees of al Israel, in which he dwellith, `and wole comeOm. IS. and desirithhe desirith IS. the place whichthat IS. the Lord cheeschees and wole come thidir I. chees and wole come S., he schal mynystreserue IS. in the name of his Lord God as alle hise bri|theren dekenesthe dekenes I. and dekenes KX., thatdon that IS. schulen stonde in that tyme byfore the Lord. HeAnd he S. schal take the same part of meetis, `which andthat also I. that and S. othere dekenes schulen take; outakun that that is due to hym in his citee, bi `succes|sioun ethir eritagethe suyng IS. `of fadirof his fadris successioun I. of his fadir eritage S.. Whanne thou hast entrid in to the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, be thou war lest thou wole sue abhomynaciounsthe abhominaciouns IS. of tho folkis; noonno man IS. be foundun in theeof thi lynage IS marg. that clensith his sone, ether his douȝtir, `and ledith bithat ledith bi ELP. ledynge hem aboute I. and ledith hem aboute bi S. theOm. KSX. fier, ethir that axith ques|tiounsdemaundis IS. ofand ELP. dyuynourisfals dyuynouris IS. `that dyuynendyuynynge IS. aboute the auteris, andand of hem S. that takethtaken IS. hede to dremesdremeres L. and chiteryngto chiterynge BIS. of bryddis; ne|thir ony wicchewicches R sec. m. witche amonge ȝou S. bether be IS. to be R sec. m., nethir anony IMS. enchaun|tereenchauntere or tregitour S. in ȝou I., `that is, thatOm. C. disseyueth mennus iȝen that a thing semesemeth R. thatthat it DFNTRX. that that it K. is not`Om. IS.; ne|ther a man take counsel atof IS. hem that han a feend spekynge `in the wombewith ynne hem IS., nether taketakith B. Om. IS. counselOm. IS. atof BIS. false dyuynouris nethir sekeseke a man IS. of deed men theOm. IS. treuthe. For the Lord hath abhomynacioun of alle these thingis, and for siche wickidnessis he schal do awei hem in thin entryngthat vsen or triste in eny siche thingis S marg.. Thou schalt be perfit and without filthefilthed S., with thi Lord God. These hethen men, `the lond of whichewhos lond IS. thou schalt welde, heren hem that worchen bi chiteryng of briddis, and false dyuynouris; forsothebut IS. thou art tauȝt in other maner of thi Lord God. Thi Lord God schal reise a prophete of thi folk and of thi britheren as meme to thee S., thou schalt here hym; as thou axidist of thi Lord God in Oreb, whanne the cumpany was gaderidgaderid togidre IS., and thou seidist, Y schal no more here the vois of my Lord God, andOm. K. Y schal no more se `this grettistehis ful greet I. his grettist S. fier, lest Y die. And the Lord seide to me, Thei spakenhan spoke I. wel alle thingis. Y schal reiserere IS. to hem a prophete, lijk thee, of the myddis of her britheren, and Y schal putte my wordis in his mouth, and he schal speke to hem alle thingis, whiche I schal co|maunde to him. ForsotheAnd IS. Y schal be vengeretaking veniaunce S marg. of `that manhim IS., that nylewil not I. here thehis IS. wordis `of hymOm. IS., whiche he schal speke in my name. `Sotheli aAnd thilke schrewid I. And that S. prophete `schal be slayn, whichthat S. is bischrewid with pride, and wolethorouȝ pride, that schal I. speke in my name tho thingis, whiche Y comaundide not to hym, that he schulde seie, ethirethir prophecieth or prechith S. biof I. the name of alien goddisgoddis, he schal be slayn I.. That if thou answerist bi pryuy thouȝt, Hou may Y vndirstonde the word, whichthat IS. the Lord spak not? thou schalt haue thisthat S. signetokene, ȝif that that I. tokene S text. herto marg.to knowe a false prophete fro a trewe pro|phete. S marg., `The Lord spak not this thingOm. I. whichOm. I. that S. thilke pro|phete biforseidseith bifore I. in the name of the Lord, `and it bifallithcometh I. notnot, the Lord spake it not I., but `the prophetehe I. feynedefeynede it I. his pro|phecie S marg. bithorouȝ I. theOm. IS. pride of his soule, and therfor thou schalt not drede hym.

 CAP. XIX.

Whanne thi Lord God hath distried the folkis, whose lond he schal ȝyue to thee, and thou hast weldid it, and hast dwellid in the citees and housisin housis IS. therof; thouand thou C. schalt departe thre citees to thee `in thein I. Om. S. myddis of the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee into possessioun. Thou schalt make redi diligentlibisily IS. the weye, and thou schalt departe euenly in to thre partis al the prouynce of thi lond, that he that is exilid for mansleyngmansleyng vnwilfully S., haue `of nyȝnyȝ hoonde I. of nyȝ a grith place S. whidur he may ascape. This schal be the lawe of a mansleere fleynge, whos lijf schal be kept. If a man smytith vn|wityngli his neiȝbore, and which is preuyd to haue not had ony hatered aȝens hym ȝis|tirdai and the thridde dai agoonhennus IS., but to haue go sympliwith out malice S marg. with hym in to the wode to hewe doun trees, and in theOm. I. fellyngfallinge BIM. doun of trees the axe fleeth fro thehis IS. hond, and the yrun slidith fro the helue, and smytith, and sleeth his freend; this man schal flee to oon of the forseid citees, and schalhe schal IS. lyue; lest perauenture the next kynesman of hym, whos blood is sched out, be prickid with sorewe, and `pursue, andOm. S. take hym, if the weie iswere IS. lengerefro the grith toun IS marg., and smytesleeth I. sle S. `the lijf of hym whichhis lijf that IS. is not gilti of deeth; for it is schewid that he hadde not ony hatered bifore aȝens hym that is slayn. Therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou departe thre citees of euene space bitwixe hem silf. ForsotheFor IS. whanneOm. IS. thithe I. Lord God hath alargid thi termescoostus IS., as he swoortreuli bihiȝte IS. to thi fadris, and hathhe hath IS. ȝoue to thee al the lond whichthat IS. he bihiȝte to hem; if netheles thou kepistkepe IS. hise comaunde|mentisheestis IS., and doist tho thingis whiche Y comaundecomaundide X. toOm. IS. thee to day, that thou loue thi Lord God, and go in hise weies in al tyme, thou schalt adde to thee thre othere citees, and thou schalt double the noumbre of the forseid citees, that gilteles blood be not sched out in theOm. IS. myddis of the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee to haue ininto BG. possessioun, lest thou be gilti of bloodshed|inge S marg.. ForsotheFor IS. if ony man hatith his neiȝbore, and settith aspies, `ether tre|sounsOm. IS., to his lijf, and risithrisith vp IS text. aȝens him preuely S marg., and smytith him, and he is deed, and hethe man sleer S. fleeth to oon of the forseid citees, the eldere men of that citee schulen sende, and `thei schulenOm. IKOSX. take hym fro the place of refuyt; and thei schu|len bitaketake L. hymOm. plures. in to the hond of theOm. D. nexte kynesman of hym, whos blood is sched out, and he schal die, and thou schalt not haue mercy onvpon IS. hym; and thou schalt do awey gilti blood fro Israel, that it be wel to thee. Thou schalt not take, and turne ouerouer passe IS text. bi pride ne malice ne coueitise S marg. the termes of thi neiȝbore, whichthe which I. iustly S. theOm. IS. formere men settidensetten M. han sett IS. in thi possessioun, which thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee in the lond, `which londthat IS. thou schalt take `to be weldidin to possessioun I. to welde S.. O witnesse schal not stonde aȝens ony man, what euer thing it is of synne and of wickidnesse; but ech word schal stonde in the mouth of tweyne ethir ofOm. MX. thre witnessis. If a fals witnesse stondith aȝens a man, and accusith hym of brekyng of the lawe, bothebothe thei IS., of whichewhom IS. the cause is, schulen stonde bifor the Lord, in theOm. IS. siȝt of preestisthe prestis IS., and of iugis, that ben in tho daies. And whanne thei sekyngesekynge the cause IS. moost diligentli han founde that the fals witnesse seide a leesyng aȝens his brothir, thei schulen ȝelde to hym, as he thouȝte to dohaue do IS. to his brother; and thou schalt do awey yuel fro the myddis of thee, that othere men here, and haue drede, and be no more hardi to do siche thingis. Thou schalt not haue mercy on hym, but thou schalt axe lijf for lijf, iȝe for iȝe, tooth for tooth, hond for hond, foot for foot.

 CAP. XX.

If thou goist out to batel aȝens thin enemyes, and seestthou seest IS. multitudea multitude IS. of knyȝtis, and charisof charis IS., and gretterea gretter IS. multitude of the aduersarie oost than thou hast, thou schalt not drede hem; for thi Lord God is with thee, that ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt. SotheliBut IS. whannenow whanne S. the batel neiȝ|ethneiȝeth niȝ IS. now, the preest schal stonde bifor the scheltrun, and thus he schal speke to the puple, Thou, Israel, here to dai, ȝe han batel aȝens ȝoure enemyes; ȝoure herte drede not, `nyle ȝe dredebe ȝe not afeerd I.; nyle ȝe ȝyue stedeto ȝour enemyes to entre S marg., drede ȝe not hem; for ȝoure Lord God is in the myddis of ȝou, and he schal fiȝte for ȝou aȝens aduersariesȝoure aduersaries IS., that he delyuere ȝou fro perel. `Also the duykisbut the leders IS. schulenof thi oost schulen S. crie bi alle cumpanyesthe cumpanyes IS., `while the oost schal hereheringe the oost I., Whoand thei shulen seie S marg. is athe IS. man that bildidehath bildid IS. a newe hows, and halewidehath halewid IS. not itand halewide not it, that is, made not a solempne feeste of enhabiting therof. Lire here. C.? go he and turne aȝen into his hows, lest perauenture he die in batel, and an|other man halewe it. Who is athe IS. man that plauntide a vyner, and nothath not IS. ȝit made it to be comyn, and of which it is leeueful to alle men to ete? go he, and turne aȝen in to his hows, lest perauenture he die in batel, and anothir man be set in his office. Who is athe IS. man that spowsidehath spowsid IS. a wijf, and `took nothath not take IS. hir `bi fleischli knowyngOm. I.? go he, and turne aȝen in to his hows, lest perauenture he die in batel, and anothir man take hir. Whanne these thingis ben seid, theithe duykis I. the lederis of the oost S. schulen addeadde to IS. othere thingis, and schulenthei schulen IS. speke to the peplepeple thus I. peple and seie S., Who is a ferdfulfeerful IS. man, and of gastfuldredeful IS. herte? go he, and turne aȝen in to his hows, lest he make `the hertis of his britherenhis bretheren hertis IS. forOm. IS. to drede, as he is agast bi drede. And whanne the duykis of the oost ben stille, and han maad endean ende I. of speking, ech `of the princis and cheuenteyns of the oostOm. I. chefteyne of thi oost S. schal make redie his cumpeneyes to batel. If ony tyme thou schalt go to a citee to ouercome it, first thou schalt profire pees to itprofre pees to it, that is vndurstondun of citees with|out the lond of biheest. Lire here. BC.. If the citee resseyuethresseyueth it I. resseyueth thi pees S., and openeth to thee the ȝatis, al the puple that is ther ynne schal be saued, and schalit schal IS. serue thee vndur tribut. SotheliBut IS. if they nylenwil not I. make boond of peespees with thee IS., and bigynnenthei bygynnen I. batel aȝens thee, thou schalt fiȝte aȝens it. And whanne thi Lord God hath bitake itOm. I. inin to A pr. m. thin hondhondis W., thou schalt smyte bi the scharpnesse of swerd al thing of male kynde whichthat IS. is ther ynne, with out wymmen, and ȝonge children, beestis and othere thingis that ben in the citee. Thou schalt departe al the prey to the oost, and thou schalt ete of the spuylis of thin enemyes, whiche spuylis thi Lord God ȝafhath ȝouen IS. to thee. Thus thou schalt do to alle the citees, that ben ful fer fro thee, and ben not of these citees which thou schalt take in to possessioun. SotheliBot IS. of these citees that schulen be ȝouun to thee, thou schalt not suffre eny to lyue, but thou schalt sle bi the scharp|nesse of swerd; that is to seie, Ethei, and Ammorrey, and Cananei, Ferezeiand Ferezei KX., Euey, and Jebusei, as `thi Lord Godthe Lord ELP. thi Lord C. comaund|ide to thee; lest perauenture thei techen ȝou to do alle abhomynaciounsthe abhomynaciouns IS., whiche thei wrouȝtenhan wrouȝt IS. to her goddis, and ȝe doon synne aȝens ȝoure Lord GodOm. I.. Whanne thou hast bisegid a citee `in mychebi longe IS. tyme, and hastthou hast IS. cumpassidcumpassid it IS. with strengthingisstrong thingis A. strengthis EILPS. that thou ouercome it, thou schalt notOm. LP pr. m. kitte doun treesthe trees I., of whiche `me mayfruyt may be IS. ete, nether thou schalt waste the cuntrey `bi cumpasaboute I. with axis; for it is `a treewode IS., and notno IOS. not a KX. man, nether it may encresse the noumbre of fiȝteris aȝens thee. ForsotheAnd IS. if onyeonye of hem IS. ben not appil trees, but `of the feeldben wijlde IS., and benOm. IS. able in to othere vsis, kittekitte hem IS. doun, and makemake of hem IS. thou engynes, til thou take the citee that fiȝtith aȝens thee.

 CAP. XXI.

Whanne theOm. S. careyn of a man slayn is foundun in the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, and `the gilti of sleynghe that is gilty of his deth IS. is vnknowun, the grettere men in birthe and thi iugis schulen go out, and schulenthei schulen IS. mete fro the place of the careyn the spaces of alle citeesthe citees ILS. `bi cumpasaboute I.; andand whiche citee thei seen to be neer that careyn, than an oother IS. the eldre men of that citee, `which thei seen to be neer than othereOm. IS., schulen take of theOm. I. a S. droue a cow calf, that `drow nothath not drawe I. ȝok, ne|ther kittidehath kitte I. kitte S. the erthe with aOm. I. schar; and thei schulen lede that cow calf to athe plures. scharp `valey, and ful of stoonysstony valey IS., that was neuere erid, netherne S. resseyuede seed; and in that valey theithe eldre men S. schulen kitte the heed of the cow calfcalf or sle hir S.. And the preestis, the sones of Leuy, schulen neiȝeneiȝe niȝ IS., whiche thithe FIKLOPQRSTWX. Lord God chees, that thei mynystre to hym, and blesse in his name, and al the cause hangeshal hange S. at `the word of hemher word IS.; and what euer thing is cleene ethir vncleene, be demedit demed bi hem IS.. And the grettere men in birthe of that citee schulen come to the slayn man, and thei schulen waische her hondis onvpon IS. the cow calf, that was slayn in the valei; and thei schulen seieseye with an ooth. Lire here. C., Oure hondis schedden not out this blood, netherOm. C. oure iȝen sienhan seen IS text. who shedde it S marg.. Lord, be mercyful to thi pu|ple Israel, whom thou `aȝen brouȝtisthast aȝen bouȝt IS., and arette thou not innocent blood in the myddis of thi puple Israel. And the giltgilti KX. ofof that I. bloodblood of this deed man S. schalschal thus I. schal bi this ordre S. be don awey fro hemIsrael IS. Forsothefor IS. thou schalt be alienalien or vngilty IS. fro theOm. IS. blood of the innocent whichthat IS. is sched, whanne thou hast do that that the Lord comaundide. If thou goist out to batel aȝens thinOm. I. enemyes, that thi Lord God bitakithbitake IS. hem in thin hond, and thou ledistledist with thee I. ledist hem with thee S. prisoneris, and thou seest in the noumbre of prisounneristhoo prisounneris IS. a fair womman, and thou louest hir, and wole haue hir to wijf, thou schalt brynge hir in to thin hows; `which wommanthe which I. schal schaue thehir IS. heer, and schalsche schal IS. kitte thehir IS. nailes aboute, and sche schal putte awei the clooth, wher ynne sche was takun, and sche schal sittesitte or abide S. in thin hows, and schalsche schal IS. biwepe hir fadir and modirhir modir IS. obi a I. bi o S. monethe; and aftirward thou schalt entre to hir, and schaltthou schalt IS. sleepe with hir, and sche schal be thi wijf. ButOm. BC. if aftirward sche sittith not in thi soulemynde IS., `that is, plesith not thi willeplesinge to thi wil I marg. S text., thou schalt delyuere hir fre, nethir thou schaltOm. D. mowenot mowe B. sille hirOm. plures. for money, nether oppresse bihir bi IS. power, for thou `madist hir lowehast mekid hir IS. sit thi wille S marg.. If a man hath twey wyues, oon louedof him S marg., and `the tothiran oother IS. that other L. hatefulhateful to him S., and he gendrithgettith I. of hirthe hateful I marg. hir the hateful wyf S. fre children, and the sone of theOm. B. hatefulodious I. wijf is thehis S. firste gendridbigotun I. gendrid sone S., and the manfadir I. wolewole aftirward S. departe thehis IS. catel bitwixe hise sones, he schal not mowe make the sone of the loued wijf thehis IS. firste gendridgoten sone I. gendrid sone S., and settesette him IS. bifor the sone of the hateful wijf, but he schal knowe the sone of the hateful wijf theto be his IS. firste gendridgoten sone I. gendrid sone S., and he schal ȝyue to that sone alle thingis double of tho thingis that he hath; for this sone is the begynnyng of his fre children, and the firste gendrid thingis ben due to hym. If a man gendrithgete IS. a sone rebel, and ouerthewerta froward I. an ouerthwert S., whichthat IS. herith not the co|maundementheest IS. of fadirhis fadir IS. and modir, and he is chastisidor vndirnomen S marg., and dispisith to obeiobeie to hem S., thei schulen take hym, and schulenOm. IS. ledelede him IKS. to the eldre men of that citee, and to the ȝate of doom; and thei schulen seie to hem, This oure sone is ouerthewert and rebel; he dispisith to here oure monestyngisheestis IS., `ethir heestisOm. IS., he ȝyueth tent to glotonyes, and letcherieto letcherie IS., and feestisto feestis IS.. The puple of thethat KX. citee schal oppresse hym with stoonus, and he schal die, that ȝe do awei yuel fro the myddismyddil S. of ȝou, and that al Israel herehere it I. here this S., and drededrede the Lord S.. Whanne a man doith a synne whichthat IS. is worthi to be punyschid bi deeth, and he is demed to deeththe deeth K., and is hangid in a iebat, his careyn schal not dwelleabide IS. in the tre, but it schal be biried in the same dai; for he that hangith in the crostre IS. is cursid of Godthat is, curs is takun here for peyne of hangyng, ȝouun of the iugis that holdun the place of God. Lyre here. B. is cursid of God: In Ebreu it is thus, the iustifiyng of God is hanging bi oure trans|lacioun; curs is takun here for the peyne of hanging, ȝouun of the iugis that holden the place of God; that this be the vndurstonding, for he that hangith in the tre, is cursid of God, that is, for sich peyne set of hem that holden the place of God, owith to suffise, and therfor ouer this he owith not to be priued fro biriyng. Lire here. C., and thou schalt not defoule thi lond whichthat I. thi Lord GodOm. IS. ȝafhath ȝouen IS. theeto thee BG. in to possessioun.

 CAP. XXII.

Thou schalt not se `thi brotheris oxethe oxe of thi brothir I. thi brother oxe S., ethir scheep, errynge, and schalt passepasse therbi S., but thou schalt brynge aȝenit aȝen IS. to thi bro|therbrother his beest S.. And if thi brotherneiȝbore S. is not nyȝdwellinge there S marg., nether thou knowist hym, thou schalt lede tho beestis in to thin hows, and tho schulen be atanentis IS. thee, as long as thi brother sekith thohem IS., and til he resseyue hemOm. plures.. In lijk maner thou schalt do of `the assethe asse of thi brother I. thi brother asse S., and cloothof clooth I. of his clooth S., and of ech thing of thi bro|ther, that was lost; if thou fyndist it, be thou not necgligent as ofOm. S. an alien thingOm. X. but kepe it feithfulli and ȝelde it aȝen trewly S marg.. If thou seest thatOm. M. the asse, ethir oxethe oxe A pr. m. an oxe IS. of thi brothir feldehath falle IS. in the weye, thou schalt not dispise, but thou schalt `reise with hymhelpe to reise it [the beest S] vp with thi brothir IS.. A womman schal not be clothid in a mannys cloothclothing I.in a mannes clooth: In Ebreu it is thus, the vessel, that is, armer of a man schal not be on a womman. G., nether a man schal vse a wommannys clothclothing I. Om. S.; for he that doithvsith I. thes thingis is abhomynable bifor God. If thou goist inby BCDFGIKLMNOS. the weie, and fyndist a `nest of a bridbriddus nest I. brid nest S. in a tree, ethir in theOm. plures. erthe, and fyndistOm. I. thou fyndist S. the modirdammes IS. sittynge onvpon IS. thehere I. hir S. briddis ethiror vpon IS. eyrun, thou schalt not holde the modirdamme IS. with `the childrenhir briddus IS., but thou schalt suffre `the modirhir to I. the daam S. go, and schaltthou schalt IS. holde the sonesbriddus IS. takun, that it be wel to thee, and thouthat thow IS. lyue in long tyme. Whanne thou bildist a newe hows, thou schalt make a wal of the roof bi cumpas, lest blood be sched out in thin hows, and thou be giltigilti ther off IS. for thin vnsuf|ficient bilding IS marg., if another man slidith, and fallefallith BIS. in to a dich. Thou schalt not sowe thi vynerthou schalt not sowe thi vyner: In E|breu it is thus, thou schalt not sowe meddlid thing, lest the fulnesse of the seed, which thou hast sowe, be defoulid, and the fruyt of the vyner; the cause of sich dyuersite is this, for the Ebreu word here signefieth bothe halewing, and defouling; fruyt of the vyner, plauntid of the newe, is vncleene bi iij. ȝeer, and the corn touchinge the fruyt vn|cleene schulde also be vnclene, and so offringis, as the firste fruytis and tithis, myȝten not be maad therof to the Lord. Lire here. C. `of anotherwith other I. with another S. seed, lest bothe the seed whichthat IS. thou hast sowe, and tho thingis that `comen forthgrowen IS. of the vynervyne IS., ben halewidhalewid or hangid S. togidere. Thou schalt not ere with an oxe and assean asse plures. with an asse KX. togidere. Thou schalt not be clothid in a cloth, whichthat S. is wouun togidir of wolle and `of flexflexen S.. Thou schalt make litle cordis bi foure corneris in the hemmys of thi mentil, `with whichthat I. thou art hilidhilid with I.. If a man weddith a wijf, and aftirward hatith hir, and sekith occa|siouns bi which he `schal forsakemai leue I. hir, and puttithhe puttith IS. aȝens hir `the werstea ful wickid I. name, and seith, Y haue take this wijf, and Y en|tridehaue entride IS. to hir, and Y foond not hir virgyna virgyn IS.; the fadir and modir of hir schulen take hir, and thei schulen bere with hem the signestokens IS. of her virgynyte to the eldre men of the citee, that ben iniugis sittinge in S. the ȝate; and thehir S. fadir schal seie, Y ȝaf my douȝtir wijf to this man, and for he hatith hir, he puttith to hir `the werstea ful yuel I. name, that he seyeseith IS., Y foond not thi douȝtir virgyna virgyn IS.; and lo! these ben the signestokens IS. of virgynytethe virgynyte S. of my douȝtir; thei schulen sprede forth a clothsprede forth clooth; that is, as Ebrews seyen, thei schulen declare the virgynete of her douȝter bi the wordis of witnessis. Lire here. C. bifor the eldre men of the citee. And thetho S. eldereelde A. men of thatthe S. citee schulen take the manthat hadde weddid hir S marg., and schulenthei schulen IS. bete hym, and ferthermore thei schulen condempne hym in an hundrid siclis of siluer, whiche he schal ȝyue to the `fadir of the damyseldamesels fadir I. damesel fadir S., for he diffamidediffamide hir bi the IS. the werste namethat mai be S marg. onvpon IS. a virgyn of Israel; and he schal haue hir wijfto wijf C sec. m. IS., and he schal not mowe forsake hir, in al `the tyme of his lijfhis lijf tyme IS.. That if it isis founden S. soth, that he puttith aȝens hir, and vir|gynyte is not foundun in the damyselwomman IS., thei schulen caste hir `out ofat Q. `the ȝatis of the hous of hir fadirthe ȝatis of hir fadir BCFGLMNPQT pr. m. hir fadir ȝatis IS.; and men of that citee schulen oppresse hir with stoonys, and sche schal die, for sche dide vnleue|ful thing in Israel, that sche dide forny|caciounleccherie IS.that sche dide fornycacioun, aftir feith ȝouun to the hose|bonde, ellis sche schulde not die for sich synne, as it is had in the ende of this co. and in xxij. co. of Exodi. Lire here. C. in `the hows of hir fadirhir fadris hous I. hir fadir hous S.; andand so I. doing thus S marg. thou schalt do awey yuel fro the myddis of thee. If a man slepith with `the wijf of another manan other mannus wijf IS., euer eithir schal die, that is, auowterthe auowter IS. and auowtressethe auowtresse IS.; and thouthus thou IS. schalt do awey yuel fro Israel. If a man spousith a damysel virgyn, and aan oother IS. man fyndith hirhir or takith S. in the citee, and doith letcherie with hir, thou schalt lede euer eithir to the ȝate of that citee, and thei schulen bebothe be S. oppressidkillid I. with stoonus; the damy|selwomman IS. schalOm. S. be stonyd, for sche criede not, whanne sche was in the citeeand miȝte haue hade help S marg.; theand the S. man schal `be stonyddye IS., for he `made low the wijf of his neiȝborede|foulide his neiȝboris wijf IS.; andand thus IS. thou schalt do awei yuel fro the myddis of thee. For|sotheBut IS. if a man fyndith in the feeld a `damysel, whichwomman that IS. is spousid, and he tak|ithtakith hir I. takith hir there S., and doith letcherie with hir, he aloone schal die; the damyselwomman IS. schal suffre no thing of yuel, nethir issche is IS. gilti of deeth; for as a theef risithrisith vnwar I. risith vnwarned S. aȝens his brothir, and sleeth `his lijfhim IS., so and the damyselwomman IS. suf|fride;bi fals . . . . . ping S marg. sche was aloone in the feeld, sche criede, and noon was present, that schulde delyuer hir. If a man fyndithfynde IS. a damysel virgyn that hath no spowse, and takithhe takith IS., and doith letcherie with hir, and thethis IS. thing cometh to the doom, he that slepte with hirthat damesel IS. schal ȝyue to `the fadir of the damy|selhir fadir IS. fifti siclis of siluer, and he schal haue hir wijfto wijf C sec. m., for he `made hir lowmekide hir IS.; he schal not mow forsake hir, in alle the daies of his lijf. A man schal not take `the wijf of his fadirhis fadris wijf I. his fadir wijf S., nethir he schal schewe `the hilyng of hirhir priuetee IS..

 CAP. XXIII.

A geldyng whanne hise stoonys ben brokun, ethirOm. M. kit awey, and hisȝif his S. ȝerde isOm. plures. kit aweikitt off, he IS. bite awey K., schal not entre in to the chirche of the Lord. AAnd a B. The S. child borun of hordom schal not entrea child born of hordum schal not entre etc. that is, to the hiȝ gouernaunce of the peple, but ech man that wolde, was res|seyued to feith, and vertuouse liyf nedeful to salnacioun. Lire here. BC. in to the chirche of the Lord, `til tovnto IS. the tenthe generacioun. Am|monytis and Moabitis, ȝhe aftir the tenthe generacioun, schulen not entre into the `chirche of the LordLordis chirche IS. with outen ende; for thei noldenwolden not I. come torefresche S marg. ȝou with breed and watir in the weie, whanne ȝe ȝeden out of Egipt; andOm. C. and also S. for thei hireden aȝens theeOm. S. Balaamthe fals prophete S marg., the sone of Beor, froof S. Me|sopotanye of Sirye, that he schulde curse thee; and thi Lord God noldewolde not I. here Ba|laamhim IS., and God turnede `the cursyng of Balaamhis curs IS. the curse of Balaam K. in to thi blessyng, for he louyde thee. Thou schalt not make pees with hem, nethir thou schalt seke goodisgoode thingis IS. to hem, in alle the daies of thi lijf in to with outen ende. Thou schalt not `haue abho|mynacioun ofwlate IS. a man of Ydumye, for he is thi brothir, nethir of a man of Egipt, for thou were a comelyng in the lond of hymEgipt IS.. Thei that ben borun of hem, schu|len entre in the thridde generacioun in to the `chirche of the LordLordis chirche IS.. Whanne thou schalt go out `in toto IS. batela batel I. aȝens thin ene|myes, thou schalt kepe thee fro al yuel thingOm. S.. If a man is among ȝou, whichthat IS. is defoulid in `sleep of nyȝthis niȝt sleep IS., he schal go out of `the castelsȝoure tentis IS.he schal go out of the castels of the Godhed and of Leuytis, not out of the castels of the comyn peeple. Lire here. BC.; and he schal not turne aȝen bifore that he be waischun in watir at euentidthe euentid IS., and aftir theOm. S. goyng doun of the sunne he schal goturne IS. aȝen in to theOm. B. ȝoure S. castelstentis IS.. Thou schalt haue a place with|out the castelstentis IS., to whichthe which I. thou schalt go out to nedeful thingis of kynde; and thou schalt berebere with thee S. a litilOm. C. stake in thethi I. girdil; and whanne thou hast setesete that staak in the erthe and maad an hool S., thou schalt diggedigge erthe S. `bi cumpasaboute I. aboute the staak S., and `thou schaltOm. I. hilehile it S. with erthethe erthe I. thingisthe thingis S. `defied outthat ben defied IS., where thou art releuydor dischargid of thi kindeli birthen S marg.. For thi Lord God goeth in theOm. IS. myddis of castelsthe tentis IS., that he dili|uere thee, and bitake thin enemyes to thee, that thi castelstentis IS. be hooli, and no thing of filthe appere in thohem IS., lestlest for vnclennesse S. he forsake thee. Thou schalt not bitaketake G. a seruaunt to his lordthou schalt not bitake a ser|uaunt to his lord, that is, whanne the seruaunt is souȝt of his lord to be slayn, ether to be meymed, ether to be turmentid in other maner vnduly: he schal dwelle with thee, and so forth; til the ire of his lord ceese, and thanne he schal be ȝoldun to his lord, sithen he is the thing ether catel of his lord, as also other thingis schulen be re|storid. Lire here. C., whichthat IS. seruauntOm. IRST sec. m. fleeth to theeiustly for help S marg.; he schal dwelle with thee in the place that plesith hym, and he schal resteabide IS. in oon of thi citees; and make thou not hym sorisori or heuy S.. NoonNo IS. hoorestrum|pett IS. schal be of the douȝtris of Israel, nether a letchour of the sones of Israel. Thou schalt not offreoffre or accept S. the hire of `an hoore howsa strumpetis hous IS., nether the prijs of a doggeturninge aȝen to vome, or berkinge aȝen treuthe S marg., in the hows of thi Lord God, what euer thing it is that thou hast avowid; for euer eithirthat is, siche offring, and siche auowe IS marg. is abhomynacioun bifor thi Lord God. Thou schalt not leene to thi brothir to vsure money, neither fruytis, nethir ony othir thing, but to an alienbut to an alien, this is graunting of a thing not leue|ful, but of a thing lesse yuel to eschewe a more yuel, that is, lest they wolden greue her britheren Iewis with vsuris. Lire here. C.. ForsotheFor IS. thou schalt leene to thi brothir without vsure that that hehim IS. nedith, that thi Lord God blesse thee in al thi werk, in the lond to which thou schalt entre to welde. Whanne thou makistiustly S marg. a|uow to thi Lord God, thou schalt not tarie to ȝeldeȝelde it IS., for thi Lord God schal `requyre, ether axeaxe IS., thatthat of thee IS.; and if thou tariest, itthat tariynge S. schal be arretidrekened IS. to thee in to synne. If thou `nylt bihetewilt not bihoote I., thou schalt be with out synne. ForsotheForthi kepe the heestis for that thou hast auowid, in com|parisoun of him that hootith, and fulfillith it not. S.For IS. thou schalt kepekepe that I. kepe that word S., and `do thatfulfille it IS. that ȝede out onys of thi lippis, as thou bihiȝtist to thi Lord God, and hast spoke with thin owne wille and thi mouth. If thou entrist in to the vynerevyne ȝerd IS. of thi neiȝbore, ete thou grapis, as myche as plesith thee; but bere thouOm. C. notnone IS. out with thee. If thou entrist in to `the corn of thi freendthi frendis corn IS., thou schalt brekebreke off the I. `eeris of corneeris of the corn I. the corn eeris S., and frotefrote hem IS. togidere with `the hondthin hondis IS.; but thou schalt not reperepe hem IS. with a sikil.

 CAP. XXIV.

If a man takith a wijf, and hathhaue S. hir, and sche fyndith not grace bifor hise iȝen for sum viliteor vnclennesse F marg. filtheheede IS., he schal write a `libel, ethir litil booklibel CI. litle booke S text. or a char|ter marg., of forsakyng, and he schal ȝyueȝyue it IS. in `the hond of hirhir honde IS., and he schal delyuere hir fro his hows. And whanne sche goith outout fro him S., and weddith an|othir hosebonde, and hehe the secounde husbonde S. also hatith hir, and ȝyuethhe ȝyueth IS. toOm. IS. hir a `litil bookechartre IS. of for|sakyng, and delyuereth hirOm. plures. fro his hows, ethir certis he is deed, the formere hose|bonde schal not mow resseyue hirhir aȝen IS. inOm. BN. to wijf, for sche is defoulid, and maad abho|mynable bifore the Lord; lest thou make thi londthi lond, that is, men dwell|inge in thi lond. Lire here. BC. to do synnebi ensaumple of thee S marg., which londOm. IS. thi Lord God ȝafhath ȝouen IS. toOm. IS. thee to welde. Whanne a man hath take late a wijf, he schal not go forth to batel, nethir ony thingnether ony thing etc. In Ebreu it is, ne|ther ony thing schal be en|ioyned to him, that is, of thingis perteynynge to batel. Lire here. C. of comynthe comyn IS. nedeneedis S. schal be enioyned to hym, but he schal ȝyue tent with out blame to his hows, that he be glad inOm. DIKORST sec. m. WX. o ȝeer with his wijfin settinge hir and his meynee in good reule S marg.. Thou schalt not take in theOm. IS. stide of weda wed IKS. the lowere and the hiȝere queerne stoon of thi brothir, for he put|tidehath put I. hath thanne put S. his lijflijf or his lyflode S. to thee. If a man is takun, `that is, conuyct in doomOm. I. or conuict iustly S., bisili aspiynge to stele his brothir of the sones of Israel, and whanne he hath seeld hym, takithhe takith for him IS. priys, he schal be slayn; and thouthus thou IS. schalt do awey yuel fro the myddis of thee. Kepe thouthee I. thou thee S. diligentli, lest thou renne in to the sijknesse of leprethis goostly and vnshamefast synne S marg., but thou schalt do what euer thingis the preestis of the kyn of Leuy techen thee, bi that that Y comaundideco|maunde IS. to hem, and `fille thoufulfille thou it IS. dili|gentli. Haue ȝe mynde what thingis ȝoure Lord God dide to Marie, in the weie, whanne ȝe ȝede `out ofto N. Egipt. Whanne thou schalt axe of thi neiȝebore ony thing whichthat IS. he owith to thee, thou schalt not entre in to his hows, that thou taketake fro him IS. aweiOm. S. a wed; but thou schalt stonde with out forth, and he schal brynge forthforth to thee S. that that he hath. SotheliAnd IS. if he is pore, thehis IS. wed schal not dwelleabide I. bi nyȝt atanentis I. thee, but anoon thou schalt ȝeldeȝelde it I. ȝelde his wed S. to hym bifor the goyng doun of the sunne, that he slepe in his cloth, and blesse thee, and thou haue riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse IS text. that is, meed for thi riȝtwisnesse S marg. bifor thi Lord God. Thou schalt not denye the hire of thi brother nedi and pore, ethir of the comelyng that dwellith with thee in thi lond, and is with ynne thi ȝatis; but in the same dai thou schalt ȝelde to hym the prijs of his trauel, bifor theOm. IS. goyng doun of the sunne, for he is pore, and susteynethhe susteyneth IS. therofof the hire of traueil S. his lijf; lest he crye aȝens thee to the Lord, and it be arettidrikened IS. to thee into synnethe with holding of werkmennes hire S marg.. TheOm. IS. fa|dris schulen not be slayn for theher IS. sones, nether theOm. IS. sones forof D. theher CIS. fadris, but ech man schal die for hys owne synne. Thou schalt not `peruerte, ethirOm. IS. waiwardli turneturne or messedeme S., the doom of the comelyng, andor IS. of fadirlesthe fadirles IS. ethir modirlesmodirles child IS.; nethir thou schalt take awei in theOm. IS. stide of weda wed KS. the cloth of a widewe. Haue thou mynde, thatOm. S. thou seruedist in Egipt, and thi Lord God delyuerede thee fro thennus; therfor Y comaunde to thee that thou do this thing. Whanne thou repist cornthi corn S. in thethi BC. feeld, and forȝetistthou forȝetist IS., and leeuest a repe, thou schalt not turne aȝen to take it, but thou schalt suffre that a comelyng, and fadirlesa fadirles DIS., ethir modirlesa modirles D. modirles child IS., and aOm. plures. wi|dewe taketake it A pr. m. S. awei, that thi Lord God blesse thee in al the werk of thin hondis. If thou gaderist fruytisthe fruytis IS. of olyues, what euer thing leeueth in treesthe trees I. the olyue trees S., thou schalt not turne aȝen to gaderega|dere it IS., but thou schalt leeueleeue it IS. to a comelyng, fadirlesa fadirles B. to the fadirles IS., etherand IS. mo|dirlesmodirles child IS., and to athe IS. widewe. If thou ga|derist grapis of thethi BIS. vynervyne IS., thou schalt not gadere raisynsthe raisyns IS. that leeuen, but tho schulen falle in to theOm. S. vsis of the comel|yng, of the fadirles, ethirand IS. modirlesmodirles child IS., and of the wydewe. Haue thou mynde that also thou seruedist in Egipt, and therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou do this thing.

 CAP. XXV.

If causea cause IS. is bitwixe ony men, and thei axen iugisthinges K sec. m., thei schulen ȝyue the victorie of riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse IS. to him, whom thei per|seyuen to be iust, theiand thei IS. schulen condempne hym of wickidnesse, whom thei perseyuen to be wickid. SotheliAnd IS. if thei seen hym that synnedehath synnede IS., worthi of betyngis, thei schulen caste himOm. plures. doun, andand schulen BCDFGKMNO. and thei schul IS. makemake him IS. to be betun bifor hem; alsoand DIKORST sec. m. also and WX. the maner of bet|yngisthe betyngis S. schal be for theOm. I. mesure of synnethe synne S., so oneli that thothou A pr. m. C. thei IS. passe not the noumbre of fourtifourti strokis S., lest thi brother be to-rent vilichebi violent betinge S marg. bifore thin iȝen, and gogo thanne I. go so S. awei. Thou schalt not byndetye S. the `mouth of the oxeoxe mouth IS. tredyngethreshynge IS. tretynge O. thi fruytis in the corn floor. Whanne britheren dwellen to gidere, and oon of hem is deed with out fre children, the wijf of the deed brother schal not be weddid to anothir man, but his brothirbrothir that is deed S. schal take hir, and schalhe schal IS. reise seedthe seed I. of his brotherdeed brothir S.. And he schal clepe thehir IS. firste gendridbigetun I. sone `of hirOm. IS. bi thehis IS. name `of hymOm. IS., `that is, of the deed brothirOm. I. that is deed S., that his name be not don awei fro Israel. For|sotheAnd IS. if he nylewil not I. take the wijf of his bro|ther, whichthat I. is due to hym bi lawethe lawe IS., the womman schal go to the ȝate of the citee; and sche schal axe the grettere men in birthe, and sche schal seieseie to hem IS., `The brother of myn hosebonde nyleMi husbondus brother wil not I. My husbond brother nyle S. reise seedthe seed IS. of his brother in Israel, nethir wolehe wil I. he wole S. take me in to mariage. And anoon thei schulen make hym to be clepid, and thei schulen axeaxe him IS.. If he answerithanswere and seie S., Y nylewil nat I. take hir to wijf; the womman schal go to hym bifor the eldre men of Israel, and sche schal take aweiOm. IS. thehis IS. schooschoo off fro his foot IS., and sche schal spete in to his face, and schalsche schal IS. seie, SoThus IS. it schal be doon to the man, that bildith not `the hows of his brotherhis brotheris hous IS.; and `the name of hymhis name IS. schal be clepid in Israel, The hows of the man vnschood. If twei men han strijf bitwixe hem silf, and oon bigynneth to stryue aȝens another, and the wijf of `the totherthat oo ILP. the to OST sec. m. W. the R. man wole delyuere hir hose|bonde fro the hond of the strongere man, and puttithsche puttith forth IS. hondthe hond C. hir hond IS., and `takith the schame|fastholdith him bi his priuee IS. membris `of hymOm. IS., thou schalt kitte aweioff IS. `the hondhir hond IS. the hondis K. of hirOm. IS., nether thou schalt be bowid on hir biwith IS. ony mercy. Thou schalt not haue in thethi IS. bagge dyuerse weiȝtis, a gretteregretter to bigge with IS. and a lesselesse to sille with IS., nether a buyschel more and lessea esse IS. schal be in thin hows. Thou schalt haue a iust weiȝte and trewea trewe IS., and an euene buyschel `and treweOm. I. and a trewe S. schal be to thee, that thou lyue in myche tyme onvpon IS. the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee. For the Lord schal haue hym abhomynable that doith these thingis, and he wlatithis aduersarie to IS., `ethir cursithOm. IS., al vnriȝtfulnessevnriȝtwisnesse IS.. Haue thouOm. I. mynde what thingis Amalech dide to thee in the weie, whanne thou ȝedist out of Egipt; hou he cam to thee, and killide the laste men of thin oost, thatthe whiche I. satensaten bihinde S. wery, whanne thou werewas S. disesid with hungur and trauel, and he dredde not God. Therfor whanne thi Lord God hath ȝoue reste to thee, and hath maad sugetsuget to thee IS. alle naciouns `bi cum|pasaboute I. bi thi cumpas S., in the lond whichthat IS. he bihiȝte to thee, thou schalt do awei `the name of hymAmalechus name fro IS. vndur heuene; be thou war lest thou for|ȝeteforȝete this IS..

 CAP. XXVI.

And whanne thou hast entrid in to the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee to welde, and thou hast gete it, and hast dwellid therynne, thou schalt take the firste fruytis of alle thi fruytis, and thou schalt putteputte him IS. in a panyerebasket IS.; and thou schalt go to the place whichthat IS. thi Lord God cheeshath chosen IS., that his name be inwardly clepid there. And thou schalt go to the preest, that schal be in tho daies, and thou schalt seie to hym, Y knowleche to dai bi|for thi Lord God, that Y entridehaue entrid IS. in to the lond, forOm. S. which he swoor to oure fa|dris, that he schulde ȝyue it to vs. And the preest schal take the panyerebasket IS. of thin hond, and schalhe schal IS. settesette it IS. bifor the auter of thi Lord God. And thou schalt spekesey IS. in the siȝt of thi Lord God, Sirus pursuede my fadir, `which fadirthat IS. ȝedewente K. doun in to Egipt, and was a pilgrym there in fewestea ful litle I. thi leste S. noumbre; and hemy fadir S. encreesside in to a greet folk, and stronga strong IS., and of multitude with|out noumbre. And Egipciansmen of Egipt IS. turment|iden vs, and pursuedenpursueden vs IS., andand thei S. puttidenputtiden vpon vs S. greuousestemoost greuous IS. birthunsburthuns on vs I.. And we crieden to the Lord God of oure fadris, whichthe whiche I. herdehere D. vs, and biheldehe bihelde IS. oure mekenesse, and traueloure trauel IS., and angwischisoure angwischis I. oure anguische S.; and he ledde vs out of Egipt in myȝtia myȝti IS. hond, andand in IS. arman arm S. holdunstreȝt IS. forthout IS., in grete drede, inand in IS. myraclis, and gretein grete IS. wondris, and leddehe ledde I. vsOm. plures. hem M. in to this place; and ȝafhe hath ȝouen IS. to vs a lond flowynge with mylk and hony. And therfor Y offre now to theethee, prest IS. the fyrste fruytis of the fruitis of the lond whichthat IS. the Lord ȝaf to me. And thou schalt leeue thohem I. tho fruytis S. in the siȝt of thi Lord God. And whanne thi Lord GodOm. B. is worchipid, thou schalt ete in alle the goodis whiche thi Lord God ȝaf to thee and toOm. S. thin hows, thou, and the dekene, and the comelyng whichthat IS. is with theethee, shulen ete these S.. Whanne thou hast fillidfulfillid IS. thebi this maner the S. tithe of alle thi fruytis, in the thridde ȝeer of tithisthi tithis IS., thou schalt ȝyue to the dekene, and to the comelyng, and to the fadirles, ether modirlesthe moderles S. child, and to widewethe widewe BCGIKLPSX sec. m., that thei ete with ynne thi ȝatis, and be fillidfulfillid IS.. And thou schalt speke in the siȝt of thi Lord GodGod, and sey, IS., Y haue take awaiOm. A.Y haue take awey, that is, Y haue departid fro othere thingis that perteynen to myn hows. Lire here. C. that that is halewid of myn hows, and Y ȝaf it to the dekene, and to the comelyng, toand to A pr. m. C pr. m. DEFIKLOPQRSTW. the fadirles, ethir modirles child, and to the widewe, as thou comaundidist to me; Y passide not thi comaundementisheestis IS., Y for|ȝat not thin heestbidding IS.. Y ete not of tho thingis in my morenyngY eet not of tho thingis in my morenyng; that is, in the tyme of my nede; Y wast|ide not siche thingis in myn vsis. Lire here. C., nether Y de|partide thohem IS. in ony vnclennesse, nethir Y spendide of tho ony thing in biriyng of deeda deed IS. body, `that is, inOm. BL. makynge feestis therofOm. S. in biryyngebiryyngis CDFMNOPQRTWX. the biryynge S. of deed menthe gloss omitted in I.. Y obeiede to the vois of my Lord God, and Y dide alle thingis as thou comaundidist to me. Bihold thou fro thi seyntuarie, fro the hiȝ dwellyng place of heuene, and blesse thou thi puple Israel, and the lond whichthat IS. thou hast ȝoue to vs, as thou `hast swoorestidefastly bihiȝt IS. to oure fadris; the lond flowynge with mylk and hony. To daidai Israel IS. thi Lord God comaundide to thee, that thou do these comaundementisheestis IS. and domes, that thou kepe and fillefulfille IS. ofhem of IKS. al thin herte, and of al thi soule. Thou hast chose the Lord to day, that he be God to thee, and thouthat thou IS. go in hise weies, and thouthat thou IS. kepe hise cerymonyes, andOm. I. heestishis heestis IS., and domeshis domes IS., and obeie to his comaundementbiddyng IS.. Lo! the Lord cheeshath chosen IS. thee to day, that thou be a special puplea special pu|ple; that is, loued singu|lerly. Lire here. C. to hym, as he spakhath spoken IS. to thee, and that thou kepe alle hise co|maundementis;heestis IS. and he schal make thee hiȝerein grace S marg. than alle folkis, whiche he madehath made IS. in to his preisyng, and namehis name IS., and gloriehis glorie IS.; that thou be an holi puple ofto IS. thi Lord God, as he spakhath spoken IS. to thee.

 CAP. XXVII.

ForsotheAnd IS. Moyses comaundide, and the eldre men, toof IS. the puple of Israel, and seidenthei seiden IS., Kepe ȝe ech `comaundement whichheest, that IS. Y comaunde to ȝou to dai. And whanne ȝe han passid Jordan, in to the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, thou schalt reyserere vp IS. grete stoonus, and thou schalt make thohem IS. pleyn with chalk, that thou mowmay I. write in thohem IS. alle the wordis of this lawe, whanne Jordan is passid, that thou entre in to the lond whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, the lond flowynge with mylke and hony, as he swoorbihiȝte IS. to thi fa|dris. Therfor whanne thou hast passid Jordan, reise thouthou vp IS. the stonus whiche Y comaunde to dai to thee, in the hil of He|bal; and thou schalt make thohem IS. pleyn with chalk. And there thou schalt bilde an auter to thi Lord God, of stoonys whichethe whiche I. yrun touchide not, and of stonys vnform|ed and vnpolischid; and thou schalt offre theronther vpon IS. brent sacrifices to thi Lord God; and thou schalt offreoffre there S. pesible sacrifices, and thou schalt ete there, and thou schalt make feeste bifor thi Lord God. And thou schalt write pleynli and clereli onvpon IS. thetho IKS. stoonys alle the wordis of this lawe. And Moises and theOm. Q. preestis of the kyndekynrede DFGIKMNOQRSTWX. of Leuy seiden to al Israel, Israelthou, Israel S., per|seyuetak heede I. take S. thouOm. S., and here; to day thou art maad the puple of thi Lord God; thou schalt here his vois, and thou schalt do `the comaundementishis heestus IS., and riȝtfulnessishis riȝtwisnessis IS., whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai. And Moises comaundide to the puple in that day, and seide, These men schulen stonde onvpon IS. the hil of Garizym to blesse the Lordthat is to shewe him blesful S marg., whanne Jordan `is passidthei had ouer passed I. thei han ouer passed S.; Symeon, Leuy, Judas, Isachar, Joseph, and Benjamyn. And euene aȝens these men schulen stonde in theOm. ELP. hil of Hebal to curse, Ruben, Gad, and Aser, Zabulon, Dan, and Neptalym. And the dekenes schulen pronounceschewe thoo with hie voice I. schewe these thingis with hie voice S., and schulenthei schulen I. seie `with hiȝ voisOm. IS. to alle the men of Israel, Cursid is the man that makith a grauun ymage and ȝotuna ȝotun BIS. togi|dereOm. DIKMO sec. m. RST sec. m. WX., abhomynacioun of the Lord, theis the S. werk ofof the CI. `hondis of crafti mencrafty men hondis S., and schalhe schal IS. sette it in priueya priuey IKS. place; and al the puple schal answere, and schalOm. IS. seie, Amen! He is cursid that onoureth not his fadir and modirthat onourith not his fadir, etc. In Ebreu it is, that dis|pisith his fa|dir. C.; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that `berith ouerouerberith or fordoith IS. the termes of his neiȝborehe fordoth his neiȝbour termes, that doth other wise to his neiȝbore, than he wolde he dide to him S.; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that makith a blynde man to erre in the weie; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! He is cursid that peruertithturneth vniustly IS. the doom of a comelyng, of aOm. CGO. fadirles, ethir modirles child, and of a widewe; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is heOm. OS. that slepith with `the wijf of his fadirhis fadir wyf S., and schewith the hilingpreuytee IS. of his bed; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is hethe man IS. that slepithgendrith IS. with onya IS. beeste; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that slepith with his sistir, the douȝtir of his fadir, ethir of his modir; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that slepith with his wyues modir; and al the puple schal seye, Amen! Cursid is he that sleeth pryueli his neiȝbore; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that slepith with `the wijf of his neiȝborehis neiȝboris wijf IS.; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that takith ȝiftis, that he smyte the lijf of innocentthe innocent IS. blood; and al the puple schal seie, Amen! Cursid is he that dwellithabidith I. not in the wordis of thisthe KX. lawelawe of God K., nethir `parfourmeth thofulfillith hem IS. in werk; and al the puple schal seie, Amen!

 CAP. XXVIII.

ForsotheSothely IS. if thou herist the vois of thi Lord God, that thou do and kepe alle hise comaundementisheestis IS., whiche Y comaundecomaundide A pr. m. EFKLOPWX. to thee to dai, thi Lord God schal make the hiȝerein grace S marg. than alle folkis that lyuen in erthe. And alle these blessyngis schulen come onvpon IS. thee, andand thei IS. schulen take thee; if netheles thou herist hise comaundementisheestus IS.. Thou schalt be blessid in citee, and blessidthou schalt be blessid IS. in feeldthe feeld IKSX.; blessid schal be the fruyt of thi wombe, and the fruyt of thi lond, and the fruit of thi beestis; `blessid schulen beOm. I. the flockis of thi grete beestis, and the fooldis of thi scheep; blessid schulen be thi bernes, and `blessid schulen beOm. I. `thi relifsthin othere thingis IS.; thou schalt be blessid entryngeentrynge yn IKS., and goynge out. The Lord schal ȝyue thin enemyes fallyngeto falle IS. in thi siȝt, thatthe whiche I. schulen rise aȝens thee; bi o weie thei schulen come aȝens thee, and by seuene weies thei schulen fle fro thi face. The Lord schal sende out blessyng onvpon IS. thi cele|ris, and onvpon IS. alle the werkis of thin hondis; and he schal blesse thee in the lond whichthat IS. thou hastschalt A sec. m. IS. take. The Lord schal reise theethee vp IS. to hym silf in to an hooli puple, as he swoorbihiȝte IS. to thee, if thou kepist the heestis of thi Lord God, and goist in his weies. And alle the puplespuple A pr. m. ofof oothere I. londislondis aboute S. schulen se, that the name of the Lord is inwardliynly I. clepid onvpon IS. thee, and thei schulen drede thee. The Lord schal make thee to be plenteuouse in alle goodis, in fruytthe fruyt IS. of thi wombe, and in fruytthe fruyt CI. of thi beestis, in the fruyt of thi lond, whichthat IS. the Lord swoor to thi fadris, that he schuldewolde I. ȝyue to thee. The Lord schal opene his beste tresour, heuene, that he ȝyue reyn to thi lond in his tyme; and he schal blesse alle the werkis of thin hondis; and thou schalt leene to many folkis, and of no man thou schalt take borewyng. TheThi BC. Lord GodOm. A sec. m. schal sette thee in to the heedheed an hiȝ S., and not in to the tailtail bihynde S., and euere thou schalt be aboue, and notneuer IS. bynethe; if netheles thou herist the comaundementisheestis IS. of thi Lord God, whiche Y comaunde to thee to day, and kepist, and doistdoist hem IS., and bowist not awey fro thohem IS., nether to the riȝt side netherne S. to the lefte sideOm. IS., nether suest alien goddis, nethirne K. worschipist hem. That if thou nyltwilt not I. here the vois of thi Lord God, that thou kepe and do alle hise heestis, and cerymonyes, whiche Y comaunde to thee to day, alle these cursyngis schulen come onvpon IS. thee, and schulenthei schulen I. take theeas a prisoner is taken and led aȝen his wille S marg.. Thou schalt be cursid in citee, cursidand cursid IS. in feeld. Cursid `schal beOm. I. thi berne, and cursid schulen be thi relifsoother goodis IS.. Cursid schal be the fruit of thi wombe, and the fruyt of thi lond; `cursid schulen beOm. I. cursid L. the drooues of thin oxun, and the flockis of thi scheep. Thou schalt be cursid goynge in, and `thou schalt beOm. I. cursid goynge out. The Lord schal sende onvpon IS. thee hungur, and thurst, and blamynghe shall putte blamynge S. in to alle thithe B. werkis whiche thou schalt do, til he al to-breke thee, and leeseleese thee EILPS. swiftli, for thi wersteful wickid I. fyndyngisthi worste fyndingis, that is, synnes that ben of vs, but goodis ben of God. Lire here. C., in whiche thou hast forsake me. The Lord ioyneshal ioyne S. pestilence to thee, til he waaste thee fro the lond, to which thou schalt entre to welde. The Lord smyteshal smyte S. thee with nedynesseand sith mul|titude of chil|dren makith many men ofte nedi, it is ful lickely that in to greate ven|iaunce many wedlokis ben now suffrid of God. S., feuyrwith feuyr IS., and coold, bren|nyngewith brennynge IS., and heete, and with corrupt eir, and rustmyldew KX. ether rust K marg.; and pursuehe schal pursue IS. theeOm. plures. til thou pe|rische. Heuene whichthat IS. is aboue thee bebe it IS. brasun; and the erthe whichthat IS. thou tredisttredist on IS. bebe it IS. yrunof yrun BCDFGLMNOPQRTW.. The Lord ȝyue dust for reyn to thi lond, and aysche come doun fro he|uene onto DMX. vpon IS. thee, til thou be al to-brokun. The Lord ȝyue thee fallynge bifor thin enemyes; bi o weie go thou aȝensbifore IS. hem, and bi seuene weies fle thouthou fro hem IS., and be thouOm. D. scaterid bi alle theOm. X. rewmes of erthe; and thi deed bodi bebe it IS. in to mete to alle vola|tilsthe briddus IS. of heuene, and to beestis of erthethe erthe IS., and noon be that dryuemowe dryue S. hemOm. plures. awai. The Lord smyte thee with the botchebotche or vengeaunce IS. of Egiptthat is induracioun S marg., and `the Lord smyteOm. I. the parthyndir part IS. of bodithi bodi IS. wherbiwherby thi IS. `ordures ben voydedtoordis ben difyed out A pr. m. BCDFGKLMNOPQRWX. filthheed is defied out IS.; also `the Lord smyte theeOm. I. with scabbe, and ȝicch|yngichynge DIL. iȝcching K., so that thou mayst not be curid. The Lord smyte thee with madnesse, and blyndnesse, and woodnessewith woodnesse IS. of thouȝt; and grope thou in mydday, as a blynd man is wont to grope in derknessis; and dresse he not thi weies; in al tyme suffre thou falsblameful IS. chaleng, and be thou oppressid biwith S. vio|lence, nethir haue thou ony that schal de|lyuere thee. Take thou a wijf, and an|othir man sleepe with hir; bilde thou an hows, and dwelle thou not ther ynne; plaunte thou a vyner, and gadere thou not grapis therof. Thin oxe be offrid bifor thee, and ete thou not therof; thin asse bebe it S. rauyschid in thi siȝt, and bebe it IS. not ȝoldunȝoldun aȝen IS. to thee; thi scheep be ȝouun to thin enemyes, and noon bebe ther I. that helpe theeto rekeuere hem S marg.. Thi sones and thi douȝtris be ȝouuntaken IS. to anothera ELP. puplestraunge puple S., `while thin iȝen seenin seynge of thin iȝen IS., and failenfailen thin iȝen IS. for sorewe S marg. at the siȝt of hemthi caitif children S. al day; and no strengthe be in thin hondhond to helpe hem IS.. A puple whomthat IS. thou knowist not ete the fruytis of thi lond, and alle thi trauelstrauels waaste it S.; and euere be thou suffrynge falsblamful IS. calengischalenge IS., and be thou oppressid in alle daiestyme IS., andand be thou S. won|dryngewithout coumfort S marg. at the ferdfulnessefeerfulnesse IS. of tho thingis whiche thin iȝen schulen se. The Lord smyte thee with theOm. S. worste botche in the kneesthat thei be stijf to obeie to his wille, and souple to ydola|trie. S., and in the hyndere partes of the leg; and thou mow not be heelid fro the sole of thethi W. foot `til tovnto IS. thethi CDGMOQTW. topnoll IS.. And the Lord schal lede thee, and thi kyng, whom thou schalt ordeyne onvpon IS. thee, in to a folc whichwhom I. that S. thou knowist not, thouOm. S., and thi fadris; andneither and I. thou schalt serue there to alien goddis, to aOm. I. tre, and stoonto stoon I. to a stoon S.. And thou schalt be lostlost or forȝete I text. S marg. in to prouerbea prouerbe IS., and fablein to a fable IS. to alle puplis, to whichewhom IS. the Lord schal brynge thee yn. Thou schalt caste myche seed in to the erthe, and thou schalt gaderegadere aȝen IS. litil; for locustis schulen deuourewaaste S. alle thingisthi fruytis S.. Thou schalt plaunte, and schaltOm. IOS. digge a vynervyne I., and thou schalt not drynke wynthe wyn I. the wyn of it S., nether thou schalt ga|dere therof ony thing; for it schal be wastid with wormes. Thou schalt haue olyue trees in alle thi termescoostis IS., and thou schalt not be anoyntid with oileoile of hem I. oile therof S.; for thothei IS. schulen falle doun, and schulenOm. DGIMN sec. m. OS. perische. Thou schalt gendregete I. sones and douȝtris, and thou schalt not vse hem; for thei schulen be led in to caitifte. Rustmyldew KX. ether rust K marg. schal waaste alle thi trees and fruytisthe fruytis IS. of thi lond. A comelyng, that dwellith with thee in the lond, schal stie onvp vpon IS. thee, and he schal be thethin I. Om. S. hiȝerehiȝere than thou S.; forsothefor IS. thou schalt go doun, and schaltthou schalt IS. be theOm. IOS. lowerelowere than he IS.. He schal leene to thee, and thou schalt not leene to hym; he schal be in to the heed, and thou schalt be in to the tail. And alle these cursyngis schulen come onvpon IS. thee, and schulenthei schulen IS. pursuepursue thee IS., and schulenOm. IMN sec. m. OS. take theeOm. IS., til thou perischeperischist BCDEFGLMOPSX.; for thou herdist not the vois of thi Lord GodOm. D., nether kepistkeptist BEILPSX sec. m. hise comaundementisheestus IS. and cerymonyeshis cerymonyes IS., whiche heI IS. comaundide to thee. And signestokenes IS., and grete wondris schulen be in thee, and in thi seed, til in to withouten ende; for thou seruedist not thi Lord God in theOm. plures. ioye and gladnesse of herte, for the abundaunce of alle thingisthat God sente thee S marg.. Thou schalt serue thin enemye, whom God schal sende to thee in hungur, and thirst, and nakidnessein nakidnesse IS., and in pouert of alle thingis; and hethe Lord IS. schal putte an yrun ȝok onvpon IS. thi nol, til he al to|breke thee. The Lord schal brynge onvpon IS. thee a folk fro fer place, and fro the laste endis of erthe, in to the licnesse of an egle fleynge with bire, of whichthe whiche I. folc thou maist not vnderstonde thehere IS. langage; a folk moost greedi axereaxere this shal be S., thatit IS. schal not ȝyue reuerence to an elde man, nethir haue mercy onvpon IS. a litil child. And schalit schal IS. deuoure the fruytfruytis C. of thi beestis, and the fruytis of thi lond, til thou perischistperishe I., and schalthis puple schal I. this folk schal S. not leeue to thee wheete, wyn, and oile, drouesne droues S. of oxun, and flockis of scheep, tiltil that I. he leese thee, and al to-breketo-breke thee IS. in alleOm. IS. thi citees, and tiltil that IS. thi sadde and hiȝe wallis be distried, in whiche thou haddist trust in al thi lond. Thou schalt be bisegid withynne thi ȝatis in al thi lond, whichthat IS. thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee. And thou schalt ete the fruyt of thi wombe, and the fleischisfleishe IS. of thi sones, and of thi douȝtris, whiche thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee, in the angwisch and dis|triyngin the distriyng IS., bi which thin enemyeenemyes IS. schal op|presse thee. Aalle these yuelis shulen come to the S marg. man delicat of lijf, and `ful letcherousea letcheroure IS., schal haue enuye togretli to IS. his brother, and wijfto his wijf IS. that liggithlijth I. in his bo|sum, lest he ȝyue to hem of the fleischisfleshe IS. of hise sones whiche he schal ete; for he hath noon other thingto be releeued bi I marg. S text. in biseginghis bi|seging IS. and pouerthis pouert IS., bi which thin enemyes schulen waaste thee with ynne alle thi ȝatis. A tendur womman and delicata delicat IS., that myȝte not go onvpon IS. the erthe, nether set a step of foot, for mosthir most IS. softnesse and tendirnesse, schal haue enuye to hir hosebonde that liggithlijth I. in hir bosum, on the fleischisfleish I. fleshe departing S. of sonehir sone IS. and douȝter, and on the filthefilthi IS. ofOm. IS. skynnes, wherynne the child is wlappid in the wombemodir wombe IS., that gon out of the myddis of hir `scharis, ethir hipe bonyshipe bonys C. leendis I. werie hipis S., and onvpon IS. frethe fre IS. children that ben borun inOm. IS. the same our. Thei schulen ete `tho childrenhem I. pri|ueli, for the scarsetescarsenesse IS. of alle thingisthingis that shal be to hem S. in bisegyngher bisegyng IS. and distriyng, bi which thin enemyenemyes IS. schal oppresse thee with ynne thi ȝatis. NoOm. IS. butbut ȝif IS. thou schaltwilt I. kepe and do alle the wordis of this lawe, that ben writun in this volym, `ether bookOm. I., and schaltbut thou schalt IS. drede his gloriouse name and ferd|ful,feerful IS. that is thi Lord God, theellis the S. Lord schal encreese thi woundiswoundis or tourmentis IS., and the woundis of thi seed; grete woundis and contynuel, sikenessissikenesse C. worste and euerlestinge. And hethe Lord IS. schal turne in to thee alle thetho C. tur|mentyngistour|mentis IMNS. of Egipt, whiche thou dred|dist, and tho schulen cleue to thee. Fer|thermore the Lord schal brynge onvpon IS. thee also alle the sorewis and woundis, that ben not writun in the volymbook IS. of this lawefor the grete orribilite of hem S marg., til he al to-breke thee. And ȝe schulen dwelle fewe in noumbre, that weren bifore as the sterris of heuene for multitude, for thou herdist not the vois of thi Lord God. And as the Lord was glad bifore onvpon IS. ȝou, and dide wel to ȝou, and multipliede ȝou; so he schal be glad, `and schalto IS. leeseleese ȝou IS., and distrieto distrie S. ȝou, that ȝe be takun awei fro the lond, to which thou schalt entre to weldewelde it IS.. The Lord schal leesescatere I. thee in to alle puplis, fro theOm. IS. hiȝ|nesse of erthethe erthe IS. `til tovnto IS. the termescoostus IS. therof; and thou schalt serue there to alien goddis, whiche thou knowist not, andne S. thi fadrisfadris neither and I. `knowenknewen CM. Om. I. notOm. I., to trees and stoonys. Also thou schalt not reste in tho folkis, nether rest schal be to the step of thi foot. For the Lord schal ȝyue to thee there a ferd|fulfeerful IS. herte, and iȝen failyngefro weping and heuynesse S marg., and lijfa soule I. thi lijf S. waastydhe shal waaste S. with morenyngpriuey serowe I.. And thi lijf schal be as hangynge bifore theeshameful and noyouse to lyue eny while S marg.; thou schalt drede inOm. IS. nyȝt and dai, and thou schal not bileuetrowe IS. to thi lijf. In the mo|rewtid thou schalt seie, Who schal ȝyue the euentid to meme to abide S.? and in the euentid `thou schalt seieOm. I., Who schal ȝyue the morewtid to me? for the drede of thin herte, bi which thou schalt be maad aferd, and for tho thingis whichethat I. thou schalt see with thin iȝenthou shalt werie with thi lif S marg.. The Lord schal lede thee aȝen bi schipis in to Egipt, by the weie of which he seide to thee, thatOm. I. thou schuldist no more se itȝif feithfulli thou haddist bileuid to him and kept his hestis S marg.. Therethere now S. thou schalt be seeld to thin enemyes, in to seruauntismen seruauntis IS. and `hand maidiswymmen seruauntis IS. hand maidens K.; and noon schal be that schal delyuere theeOm. plures. thee, or bigge you from thraldom S..

 CAP. XXIX.

These ben the wordis of boondthe boond IKS. of pees, which the Lord comaundide to Moyses, that he schulde smytemake IS. with the sones of Israel in the lond of Moab, outakun thatthe ELP. bond of pees, whichthat IS. he couenauntide with hem in Oreb. And Moises clepid al Is|rael, and seidehe seide IS. to hem, Ȝe sienhan seen IS. alle thingis whiche the Lord didehath do IS. bifor ȝou in the lond of Egipt, to Farao and alleto alle IS. hise seruauntis, and to al his lond; the greet temptaciouns whiche thin iȝen sienhan seen IS., `tho signesthe tokenes IS., and gretethe grete IS. wondris. And the Lord ȝaf not toOm. IS. ȝou an herte vndur|stondynge, and iȝen seynge, and eeris thatwhiche S. moun here, til in to presentthis present IS. daidai for ȝoure vnfeithfulnesse IS.. He leddehath ledde S. ȝou biOm. I. fourti ȝeer thoruȝbi IS. deseert; ȝoure clothis weren not brokunto rent IS., nether the schoon of ȝoure feet weren waastid bi eldnesse; ȝe eetun not breedof ȝoure owne traueile S., ȝeneither ȝe I. ne ȝe S. drunken notOm. IS. wyn and sidur, that ȝe schulden wite that he is ȝoure Lord God. And ȝe camen to this place; and Seon, the kyng of Ese|bon ȝede out, and Og, the kyng of Basan, and camenthei camen IS. to us to batel. And we hanOm. I. smytesmoten I. hem, and we token awey theher IS. lond `of hemOm. I. fro hem S., and we ȝauen `the londit IS. to pos|sessioun, to Ruben, and to Gad, and to the half lynage of Manasses. Therfor kepe ȝe the wordis of this couenaunt, and fillefulfille IS. ȝe thohem S., that ȝe vndirstonde all thingis whiche ȝe schulen do. Alle ȝe stonden to day bifor ȝoure Lord God, ȝoure princes, and lynagis, and the gret|tere men in birthe, and techerisȝoure doctours IS., al the puple of Israel, freȝoure fre IS. children, and ȝoure wyues, and comelyngisthe comelyngis IS. that dwellen with thee in castelsthe tentis I. tentis S., outakun the heweris of stonustrees A sec. m., and outakun hemthei IS. that beren wa|tris;watir I. that thou go ininto S. the boond of pees of thi Lord God, and in the ooth whichthat IS. thi Lord GodOm. I pr. m. S. smytith with thee, that he reise thee invp in IS. to a puple to hym silf, and that he be thi Lord God, as he spak to thee, and as he swoorhath swoor I. stidfastly bihiȝte S. to thi fadris, toOm. I. Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacobto Jacob S.. And not to ȝou aloone Y smytemake IS. this loond of pees, and conferme these othisbiheestis IS., but to alle men, present and absent. For ȝe witen hou we dwelliden in the lond of Egipt, and how we passiden bi the myddis of naciouns; whiche ȝe passiden, and siȝen abhomyna|ciouns and filthis, that is, idolsthe idols I. her idols S. `of hemOm. S., treand tre S. and stoon, siluer and gold, whiche thei worschipiden. Lest perauenture a|mong ȝou be man ether womman, meyne ether lynage, whos herte is turned away to dai fro ȝoure Lord God, that he go, and serue the goddis of tho folkis; and a rootea roote, etc. that is, ony man corrupt bi idolatrie that corrumpe othere men bi his wickid tising. BC. buriounnynge galle and bitternesse be among ȝou; and whanne he hath herd thetho I. wordis of this ooth, he blesse hym silfhym silf stabli purposinge S.he blesse him silf; that is, biheete for|ȝyuenesse to him silf, and so breke more tristily Goddis lawe. Lire here. C. in his herte, and seie, Pees schal be to me, and Y schal go in the schrewid|nesse of myn herte; and lest the drunkun take the thirsti, and the Lord forgyue not to hym, but thanne ful greetli his strong veniaunce be feers, and thehis IS. feruourferuour berst out S. aȝens that man, and alle the cursis that ben writun in this book `sitte onreste vpon IS. hym; and `the Lordhe I. do away his name vndurfro vndur S. he|uene, and waaste hym in to perdiciounlosinge S. fro alle the lynagis of Israel, bi the cursis that ben conteyned in the book of this lawe and of boondthe boond IS. of pees. And the ge|neracioun suyngeOm. S. schal seie, and the sones that schulen be borun aftirward, and pil|grimys that schulen come fro fer, seynge the veniauncis of that lond, and the sike|nessis bi whiche the Lord turmentide that lond, brennynge `that londit IS. with brym|ston and heete of the sunne, so that it be no more sowun, nether bringe forth ony grene thing, in to ensaumple of destriyng of Sodom and ofOm. ILS. Gommorre, of Adama and of Seboym, whiche the Lord destriede in his irewraththe IS. and stronge veniaunce. And alle folkis schulen seie, Whi dide the Lord so to this lond? WhatWhat or hou grete S. is the greet irewraththe IS. of histhis I. stronge veniaunce? and thei schulen answere, For thei forsoken the couenaunt of the Lord, whichethat IS. he couenauntide with her fadris, whanne he ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, and thei serueden alien goddis, and worschipiden hem, whiche thei knewen not, and to whiche thei weren not ȝouuntaken to IS.; therfor the strong veniaunce of the Lord was wrooth aȝens this lond, that he brouȝte yn onvpon IS. it alle the cursis that ben writun in this book; and he castidehath cast IS. hem out of her lond, in irewrath IS. and strong veniaunce, and in grettesteful gret I. indignacioun; and he castidehath throwen hem IS. forth in to an alien lond, as it is preued to dai. ThingisDyuers thingis S. ben hidhid or preuy S.thingis ben hid, etc. Ebrews expown|en thus, synnes hid fro God ben reserued to dampnacioun; whiche ben schewid to vs, that is, ben punyschid by mannus doom. Lire here. C. of oure Lord God, `that is, in his bifor|knowingOm. IS., whichethe whiche I. thingisOm. IS. ben schewid to us, and toshulen ben to S. oure sones with outen ende, that we dofulfille IS. alle the wordis of this lawe.

 CAP. XXX.

TherforWherfor L. whanne alle these wordisOm. I. comen onvpon IS. thee, blessyng ether cursing, which Y settidehaue sett IS. forth in thi siȝt, and thouȝif thou S. art ledOm. S. bi repentaunce of thin herte among alle folkis, in to whiche thi Lord God hath scaterid thee, and turnestthou turnest I. ȝif thou turnest S. aȝen to hym, and obeiest to hise comaunde|mentisheestis IS., as Y comaundidehaue comaundid IS. to thee to dai, with thi sones, in al thin herte and in al thi soule, thi Lord God schal lede thee aȝen fro thi caitifte, and schalhe schal IS. haue mercy on thee, and eft he schal gadre thee from alle puplis, in to whiche he scateridehath scaterid IS. the bifore. If thou art scaterid to the endisthe endis etc. that is, to the ferthereste partis of erthe. Lire here. C. of heuene, fro thennus thi Lord God schal withdrawedrawe IS. thee; and he schal taketake thee IS. and schalOm. IS. bringe thee in to the lond whichthat I. thi fadris weldiden; and thou schalt holde itit welsumli IS., and he schal blesse thee, and schalhe schal IS. make thee to be of more noumbre than thi fadris weren. Thi Lord God schal circumcide thin herte, and the herte of thi seed, that thou loue thi Lord God inof S. al thin herte and in al thi soule, and maistthou maist IS. liueLoue therfore ȝour enemyes hertily and preieth for hem. s. marg.. ForsotheFor thanne IS. the Lord schal turne alle these cursyngis onvpon IS. thin ene|myes, and on hem that hatenhaten thee IS. and pur|suen thee. Sotheli thou schalt turne aȝenOm. IS., and schaltthou schalt IS. here the vois of thi Lord God, and schaltthou schalt IS. do alle the heestis whichethat IS. Y comaunde to thee to dai; and thi Lord God schal make thee to be plenteuouse, in alle the workis of thin hondis, in the chil|dren of thi wombe, andOm. S. in the fruyt of thi beestis, inand in IK. abundaunce of thi lond, and in largenesse of alle thingis. For the Lord schal turne aȝen, that he haue ioye onvpon IS. thee in alle goodis, as he ioyede in thi fadris; if netheles thou herist the voys of thi Lord God, and kepist hise heestis and cerymonyshis cerymonys IS., that ben writun in thisthe I. lawe, and thouȝif thou IS. turne aȝen to thi Lord God in al thin herte, and in al thi soule. This comaundementheeste IS. whichethat IS. Y comaunde to thee to day, is not aboue thee, nethir isit is IS. set ferfer fro thee IS., nethir isit is IS. set in heuene, that thou maistOm. IKOQRSTWX. seie, Who of vs may stievp to IS. tointo KX. he|uene, that he brynge itthennes Goddis heest S. to vs, and we herehere it IS., and fillefulfille it IS. in werk? nether itthis heest S. is set biȝende the see, `that thou pleynepleyne thee IS., and seye, Who of vs may passe ouer the seeOm. A pr. m. CEFGLNPQT pr. m. X., and brynge it tilOm. A. hidir IS. to vs, that we moun here and do that that is comaundidcomaundid to vs S.? But the word is ful nyȝ thee, in thi mouth and in thin herte, that thou do it. Biholde thou, that to day Y haue set forth in thi siȝt lijf and good, and aȝenward deeth and yuel; that thou loue thi Lord God, and go in hise weies, and kepethat thou kepe I. thou kepe S. hise heestis, andOm. S. cerymonyeshis cerymonyes IS., and domeshis domes IS.; and that thou lyue, and he multiplie thee, and blesse thee in the lond to which thou schalt entre to welde. But if thin herte is turned awey, and thou nyltwilt not I. herehere him I. here thi Lord S., and thou art disseyued bi errour, and worschipist alien goddis, and seruest hem, Y biforseie to thee to dai, that thou schalt perische, and schaltthou schalt IS. dwelle litil tyme in the lond to which thou schalt entre to welde, whanne thou schalt passe Jordan. Y clepe to day heuene and erthe witnessesto witnesse A pr. m. IS., that is, aun|gels and men, that Y haue set forth to ȝou lijf and deeth, good and yuel, blessyng and cursyng; therfor chese thou lijf, that bothe thou lyue and thi seed, and that thou loue thi Lord God, and obeie to his vois, and cleue to hym, for he is thi lijf, and the lengthe of thi daies; that thou dwelle in the lond, for which the Lord swoor to thi fadris, toOm. O. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobto Jacob S., thatOm. I. he schuldewolde I. ȝyue it to hem.

 CAP. XXXI.

And so Moises ȝede, and spak alle these wordis to al Israel, and seide to hem, Y am to dai of an hundrid and twenti ȝeer, Y may no ferthere go out and go yn, moostnamely IS. sithen also the Lord seide to me, Thou schalt not passe this Jordan. Ther|fortherfor Israel S. thi Lord God schal passe bifore thee; he schal do awei these folkis in thi siȝt, and thou schalt welde hem; and this Josue schal go bifor thee, as the Lord spak. And the Lord schal do to hem as he dide to Seon, and Ogto Og IS. kyngthe kyngis BI. kyngis CFS sec. m. of Ammorreis, and to `the lond of hemher londis IS.; and he schal do hem awey. Therfor whanne the Lord hath bi|take to ȝou also hem, ȝe schulen do in lijk maner to hem, as Y comaundidehaue comaundid IS. to ȝou. Do ȝe manli, and be ȝe coumfortid; nyle ȝe drede in herte, nethir drede ȝe at the siȝt of hem, for thi Lord God hym silf is thi ledere, and he schal not leeueleeve thee IS., nether schalOm. I. forsake thee. And Moyses clepid Josue, and seidehe seide IS. to hym bifor al the mul|titude of the sones of Israel, Be thou coum|fortid, and be thou strong; for thou schalt lede this puple in to the lond whichthat IS. the Lord swoor that he schalshulde K. ȝyue to `the fadris of hemher fadris IS.; and thou schalt departe it bi lot. And the Lord hym silf whichethat IS. is ȝoure ledere, schal be with thee, he schal not leeue, nether schalOm. IS. forsake thee; nyle thou drededrede outwaard IS., nether drede thou in herte. Therfor Moyses wroot this lawe, and bi|took it toOm. IS. the preestis, sonesthe sones IS. of Leuy, that baren the arke of theOm. I. bond of pees of the Lord, and to alle the eldere men of Israel. And Moyses comaundide to hem, and seide, Aftir seuen ȝeer, in the ȝeer of remyssioun, in theOm. IS. solempnete of tabernaclisthe tabernaclis IS., whanne alle men of Israel schulen come togidere, that thei appere in the siȝt of her Lord God, in the place `which thethat her IS. Lord chees, thou schalt rede the wordis of this lawe bifor al Israel, while thei heren, and while al the puple is gaderid togidere, as wel to men, as to wymmen, to litle children, and comelyngisto comelyngis IS. that ben with ynne thi ȝatis; that thei here, and lerne, andto G. drede ȝoure Lord God, and kepethat thei kepe IS. and fillefulfille IS. alleOm. C sec. m. the wordis of this lawe; also that the sones of hem, that now knowen not, moun herehere the lawe S., and that thei drede her Lord God in alle daies in whiche thei lyuen in the lond to whiche ȝethei A. schulen go to gete, whanne Jordan is passid. And the Lord seide to Moises, Lo! the daies of thi deeth benbuth L. nyȝ; clepe thou Josue, and stonde ȝe in the tabernacle of witnessyng, that Y co|maunde to hym. Therfor Moises and Josue ȝedenȝeden forth IS., and stoodenthei stooden IS. in the taber|nacle of witnessyng; and the Lord ap|peride there in athe IS. pilere of cloudea cloude IS., that stood in the entryng of the tabernacle. And the Lord seide to Moises, Lo! thou schalt slepe with thi fadris, and thisthe A pr. m. pu|ple schal riserise vp IS., and schalit schal IS. do fornycaciounfornycacioun or ydolatrie, goynge S. aftir alien goddis in the lond, tointo IS. which londOm. IS. it schal entre, that it dwelle ther ynne; there it schal forsake me, and schalit schal IS. make void the boond of pees, whichthat IS. Y couenauntide with it. And my strong veniaunce schal be wrooth aȝens that pu|ple in that dai, and Y schal forsake it, and Y schal hide my face fro it, and it schal be in to deuouryng; alle yuels and turmentyngis schulen fynde it, so that it seie in that dai, VeriliForsothe I. for the Lord is not with me, these yuelis han founde me. ForsotheSotheli IS. Y schal hidehide my face IS., and schalOm. I. hile `my faceit IS. in that dai, for alle the yuels `whiche it didethat this puple hath don I. whiche this peple hath do S., for it suedehath suede IS. alien goddis. Now therfor write ȝe to ȝou this song, and `teche ȝetecheth I. the sones of Israel, that thei holde itOm. plures. in mynde, and synge biit in IS. mouth; and that this song be to me for aOm. IS. wit|nessyng among the sones of Israel. For Y schal lede hym in to the lond, for which Y swoor to hise fadris, flowynge with mylk and hony; and whanne thei han ete, and ben fillidfullfillid IS., and ben maad fat, thei schulen turneturne hem S. to alien goddis, and thei schulenOm. I. serue hem; and thei schulen bac|bite me, and schulenthei schulen IS. make voide my co|uenaunt. Aftir that many yuels and tur|mentyngistourmentus I. han foundetaken IS. hymhem C. it I. Israel S., this song schal answere hymto hym IS. for witnessing, whichthe which I. song no forȝetyng schal do awey fro the mouth of thi seed. For Y knowe the thouȝtis therof to day, what thingis it schal do, bifore that Y bringe it in to the lond whichthat IS. Y bihiȝte to it. Therfor Moises wroot the song, and tauȝtehe tauȝte it to IS. the sones of Israel. And the Lord comaundide to Josue, the sone of Nun, and seide, Be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong; for thou schalt lede the sones of Israel in to the lond whichthat IS. Y bihiȝtebihiȝte hem IS., and Y schal be with thee. Therfor aftir that Moises wroothad writen IS. the wordis of this lawe in a book, and fillidefulfillide hem I. fulfillide the Lordis heest S., he comaundide to Leuytisthe Leuytis IS.to Leuytis, that is, to prestis of the lynage of Leuy. Lire here. C. that baren the ark of boondthe boond I. of pees of the Lord, and seide, Take ȝe this book, and putte ȝe it in the side of the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of ȝoure Lord God, that it be there aȝens thee in to witnessyng. For Y knowe thi stryuyng, and thin hardestmoost hard I. nol; ȝit while Y lyuede and entride with ȝou, ȝe diden euere stryuyngli aȝens the Lord; hou myche morewole ȝe striue S marg. whanne Y schal be deed. Gadere ȝe to me all the grettere men in birthe, and techeris, bi ȝoure lynagis, and Y schal speke to hem, herynge these wordis, and Y schal clepe aȝens hem he|uene and erthe. For Y knowe, that aftir my deeth ȝe schulen do wickidli, and schu|lenȝe schulen IS. bowe awei soone fro the weie whichthat IS. Y comaundide to ȝou; and yuels schulen come to ȝou in the laste tyme, whanne ȝe `han dohadden don G. yuel in theOm. I. siȝt of the Lord, that ȝe terre hym to irewrath S. bi the werkis of ȝoure hondis. Therfor while al the cumpeny of the sones of Israel herde, Moises spak the wordis of this song, and fillidehe fulfillide it IS. `til tovnto IS. the ende.

 CAP. XXXII.

Ȝe heuenes, here what thingis Y schal speke; the erthe here the wordis of my mouth. My techyng wexe togidere as reyn; my speche fleteflowe IS. out as dewon erthe K marg., as lytilsofte IS. reyn onvpon IS. eerbe, and as dropisor buriownyngis K marg. onvpon IS. gras. For Y schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord; ȝyue ȝe glorie to oure God. The werkis of God ben perfit, and alle hise weies ben domes; God is feithful, and without ony wickidnesse; Godhe IS. is iust and riȝtful. TheiThei that mysbileeueden IS. synneden aȝens hym, and not hise sones in filthisthe filthis IS., `that isOm. IS., ofOm. DGKN pr. m. QRTX. idolatrie; schrewid and waiward generacioun. Whether thou ȝeldist these thingisthat thou doist to ydolis S marg. to the Lord, thou fonned puple and vnwijs? Whether he is not thi fadir, that weldidehath weldide IS. thee, and madehath fourmed I pr. m. hath made S., `and madeOm. DFGIKMNOQRSTW. and fourmyd X marg. thee of nouȝt? Haue thou minde of elde daies, thenke thou alle generaciounsknowe what mercy God hath do to thee S marg.; axe thi fadir, and he schal telle to theeOm. I., axeOm. I. thithe IS. grettere men, and thei schulen seie to thee. Whanne the hiȝestehiȝeste God IS. departide folkis, whanne he departideseueryde I. sundride S. the sones of Adamin the proud making of the tour of Babiloyne S marg., he ordeynede the termestermes or posses|siouns S. of puplisor sones K marg. biafter IS. the noumbre of the sones of Israelof the sones of Israel, the translacioun of lxx. hath, of the sones of God. C.. For|sotheand IS. the part of the Lord is his puple; Jacob is the litil part of his eritage. The Lord foond hym in a deseert lond, `that is, priuedout S. of Goddis religiounOm. I., in thea IS. place of orrourhidoustee IS. `ethir hidousnesseOm. IS., and of wast wildirnesse; the Lord ledde hym aboute, and tauȝte hymOm. plures. hym vertue S., and keptehe kepte him IS. as the apple of his iȝeas a louinge nurische berith hir child, or a shepherd a lomb S marg.. As an egle stirynge his briddis to fle, and fleynge onaboue IS. hem, he spredde forth his wyngiswyngis of mercy S., and took hemhem into his proteccioun IS., and barhe bar hem IS. in hise schuldrisfor thi that he oonly shulde be dred and loued S marg.. The Lord aloone was his ledere, and noon alien god was with hym. The Lord ordeynede hym onIsrael vpon IS. an hiȝ lond, that he schulde ete the fruytis of feeldis, that he schulde souke honyhony or swet deuo|cioun and loue IS. of athe IS. stoonstoon, that is, his lawe IS., and oileoile of mercy IS. of the hard|esteharderste A. ful hard I. rocheroche, Crist IS.; boterebutre geten bi traueil is pa|cience in aduer|site, sweet milk is loue that nurschith vertu, fatnesse is good ensaumple flow|inge charitabli to other. S. of the droue, and mylke of scheepthe scheep B., with the fatnesse of lambren andOm. IMS. of rammes, of the sones of Basan; and thatthat Israel S. he schulde ete kydis with theOm. IS. merowemerowe or tried flour IS. of wheete, and schuldehe schulde IS. drynke the cleereste bloodblood or wyne IS. of grapethe grape S.. The louedederelinge S. puple was `maad fatfattid I., and kikidespurnede G. aȝenit wynside, it was maad fatt, ful gretid and out largid I. fat, and it wyn|sede aȝen God bi grucchinge and vnfeithful|nesse; it was maad fat with oute forth, it was maad fat with inne forth, and alargid bi good fame. S.; maadand maad M. and is unmaad G. fat withoutforthwithinne G. bi aboundaunce of temporal goodis S marg., maad fat with ynne, and alargidlargid N.; he for|sook God his makere, and ȝedehe ȝede IS. awei fro `God hisGodis C. helthesauyour D. help ȝiuere I. helthe ȝeuer S.. Thei terriden hymGod IS. to irewraththe IS. in alien goddisgoddis that thei herieden S., andOm. IS. thei excitidenstiriden him IS. to wrathfulnesse inin her IS. abhomynaciounsthat is her owne findingis IS marg.. Thei offriden to feendisdeuelis IS., and not to God, to goddis whiche thei knewen not, newe goddis, and freische camencamen vp bi her fyndyngis IS., whiche `the fadris of hemher fadris IS. worschipiden not. Thou hast forsake God that gendridebigaat I. thee, and thou hast forȝeteforȝete of S. `thi Lord creatourthe Lord thi maker IS.. The Lord siȝsawȝ that I. sawȝ thin vnkinde|nesse S., and washe was IS. stirid to wrathfulnesse; for hise sones and douȝtris terriden hymhym to veniaunce S.. And the Lord seide, Y schal hydehile A. my face fro hemwithdrawing fro hem my help S marg., and Y schal biholde `the laste thingis of hemher laste thingis IS.; for itthis S. is a waiward generacioun, and vnfeithful sonessones thei ben S.. Thei terridenhan terrid IS. meme to wrath IS. in hymworshipinge hym S. that was not God, and thei `terriden to irehan moued me to vengiaunce IS. in her vanyteesveyn ydolis IS.; and YOm. IS. schal terreterre or wraththe S. hem inin takinge IS. hymhym that is alien folk to me S., that is not aȝitt a chosin IS. puple, andOm. S. Y schal terrewraththe I. hemIsrael IS. `to yreOm. IS. in a fonnedfonnend I. folkfolk to hir demynge S.. Fier, that is, peyne maad redi to hemydolatouris S. gloss om. in I., is kyndlid in my stronge veniaunce, and it schal brenne `til tovnto IS. the laste thingis of helle; and it schal deuouredeuoure or waaste S. the lond with his fruytfruyt, that is, vnfeithful men and her werkis S., and it schal brenne the foundementis of hillishellis G. that is hem of whom othere taken yuel en|saumple I marg. S text.. Y schal gadere `yuels on hemtogidre hir yuels IS., and Y schal fille myn arewis in hem. Thei schulen be waastid with hungur, and briddis schulen deuoure hem with bitteristemoost bittir IS. bityng; Y schal sende in to hem the teeth of beestisbeestis, that is, tirauntis oppressing hem S., with the woodnesse of wormesOm. I. drawynge onvpon IS. erthe, and of serpentis. Swerd with outforth and drede with ynneynne forth IS. schal waaste hem; a ȝong man and a virgyn togidre, aand G. soukynge child with an elde man. And Y seide, Where ben theithei now IS.? Y schal make the mynde of hem toOm. G. ceesse of menalle men I.. But Y delayedetariede I. delayede or tariede S. for the yrewrath S. of enemyes, lest perauenture `the enemyes of hemher enemyes IS. shulden be proude, and seie, Oure hiȝ hond, and not the Lord, dide alle these thingis. ItIsrael IS. is a folk with out counsel, and with out prudencewarnesse IS.; YOm. I. woldewolde God IS. thatOm. S. thei saueriden, and `vnderstoden, andOm. LS. purueiden thefor the DGRT. laste thingis. How pursuede oonoo man IS. of enemyes a thousynde of Jewis, and tweynetwo men IS. dryuendrouen I. dreuen S. awey ten thousynde? Whether not ther|foreherfore B. for her God seldehad sold IS. hemhem, forsakinge hem IS., and the Lord closidehad closid IS. hem togideretogidere in here enemyes hondis IS.? For oure God is notnot vniust IS. as the goddis of hemhem ben S., and oure enemyesenmy S. ben iugis. The vyner of hem isOm. S. ofOm. GIS. the vyner of Sodom, and of the subarbis of Gomorre; the grape of hem is thea IS. grape of galle, and the clustre is most bittir. The galle of dragouns is the wyn of hem, and the venym of eddris, that may not be heelid. Whether these thingis ben not hid atanentis IS. me, and benthei ben IS. seelid in myn tresouristresories A.? Veniaunce is myn, and Y schal ȝelde to hem in tyme, that the foot of hem slide; the dai of perdicioun is nyȝ, and tymesthe tymes IS. hasten to be present. The Lord schal deme his puple, and he schal do merci in hise seruauntis; the puple schal se that the hond of fiȝteres is sijksijk or feble IS., and also men closid failiden, and theOm. S. re|siduesremnaunt puple or left I. or the remenaunt peple S. ben waastid. And theihere enmyes I marg. thei, that is, her enmyes S.and they, that is, good men among the Jewis. BC. schulen seie, Where ben `the goddis of hemher goddis IS., in whiche thei hadden trust? Of whos sacri|fices thei eeten fatnessisthe fatnessis B., and drunkunthei drunkun IS. the wyn of fletynge sacrifices, rise thei and helpe ȝou, and defende thei ȝouOm. F sec. m. in nede. SeSe or vndir|stonde S. ȝe that Y am alooneGod aloone S., and noon other God is outakun me; Y schal sle, and YOm. RT. schal make to lyue; Yand Y DGKNQRTX. schal smyte, and Y schal make hool; and noon is that may delyuere fro myn hond. AndOm. BC. Y schal reisereise vp IS. myn hond totil to W. heuene, and Y schal seie, Y lyue with outen ende. If Y schal whette my swerd as leit, and myn hond schal take doom, Y schal ȝelde ven|iaunce to myn enemyes, and Y schal quyteaquyte IS. to hem that hatenhan hatid I. hatiden S. me. Y schal fillefulfille IS. myn arewis with blood, and my swerd schal deuoure fleischisthat is, hem that lyuen after the fleshe. S. of the blood of hem that ben slayn, and of the caitifte of the heed of enemyes maad nakidof the blood of hem that ben slain here thurȝ deedly synne, and of the caitiftee of auntecrist her heed, maad nakid of Goddis help, Crist shal take veniaunce, and distrie hem alle with his word. S.. Folkis, preise ȝeOm. D. thetho S. Om. GQRT. puplispuple BCDFGKLMNOPQRSTWX. of hymGod IS., for he schal venie the blood of hise seruauntis, and he schal ȝelde veniaunce inOm. M. to theOm. B. enemyes of hem; and he schal be merciful to the lond of his puple. Therfor Moises cam, and spak alle the wordis of this song in the eerisheerynge IS. of the puple; bothe he and Josue, the sone of Nun. And `he fillideMoyses fulfillide IS. alle these wordis, and spak to alle Israel, and seide to hem, Putte ȝe ȝoure hertis in to alle the wordis whiche Y witnesse to ȝou to day, that ȝe comaundecomaunde thees IS. to ȝoure sones, toand AEFGLPQX. Om. O. kepekepe hem S., and doto do I. thohem S., and to ful|fillefille plures. alle thingis that ben writun in the book of this lawe; for not in veyn thothese thingis S. ben comaundid to ȝou, but that alle men schulden lyue inin doynge IS. thotho thingis IS.; whichethe whiche S. wordisOm. I. ȝeȝif ȝe IS. schulen dodo thanne ȝe schul abide I. and ȝe shulen abide S., and schulen contynue inOm. IMNOQST sec. m. long tyme in the lond, to which ȝe schulen entre to welde, whanne Jordan isȝe han S. passidouerpassid IS.. And the Lord spak to Moises in the same day, and seideseide to him S., Stie thouthou vp IS. in to this hil Abirym, that is, passyng, in to the hil of Nebo, whichthat IS. is in the lond of Moab, aȝens Jerico; and se thou the lond of Ca|naan, whichthat IS. Y schal ȝyue to the sones of Israel to holde, and die thouthou here S. in thethis S. hil. In to which hilOm. I. thou schalt stieweende vp I. stie vp S., and schaltthou schalt IS. be ioyned to thi puplis, as Aaron, thi brother, was deed in the hil of Hor, andOm. I. was put to his puplis. For ȝethou Moises and Aaron S. tres|passidenhan trespassid I. aȝens me, in theOm. IS. myddis of the sones of Israel, at the Watris of Aȝen|seiyng, in Cades of deseertthe desert IS. of Syn; and ȝe halewiden not me amongin shewynge my hoolynesse among S. the sones of Israel. Aȝenward thou schalt se the lond, and schaltthou schalt IK. not entre in to it, whichthat I. Y schal ȝyue to the sones of Israel.

 CAP. XXXIII.

This is the blessing, biwith I. which Moises, the man of God, blesside the sones of Is|rael bifor his deeth; and seide, The Lord cam fro Syna, and he roos to us fro Seir; he apperide fro the hil of Pharan, and thousandisa thousend G. ofOm. G. seyntis with hym; athe IS. lawe of fier inwas and is in S. his riȝthond. He louede puplis; alle seyntis ben in his hond, and thei that neiȝen to hise feet schulen take of his doc|tryn. Moisis comaundide lawethe lawe I. to vs to kepe the lawe S. `to vsOm. S., eri|tagethe eritage IS.eritage, for eritage is a thing vnmou|able. So the lawe was ȝouun to Jewis, that it schulde be kept of hem vnmou|ably. Lire here. C. of the multitude of Jacobhe comaundide to be departid euenly S marg.. And the king schal be at the moost riȝtful, whanne princes of the puple schulenOm. IL. be gaderid togidere with the lynagis of Israel. Ru|ben lyue, andhe S. die not, and be he litil in noumbre. This is the blessyng of Juda; Lord, here thou the vois of Juda, and brynge in hym to his puple; hise hondis schulen fiȝte for hym, and the helpere of hym schal be aȝens hise aduersaries. Also heMoyses IS. seide to Leuy, Thi perfeccioun and thi techyng is of an hooly man, whom thou preuedisthast preued IS. in temptacioun, and demedisthast demed IS. demedist it F sec. m. at the Watris of Aȝenseiynge; whichthe which I. Leuy seide to his fadir and to his modir, Y knowe not ȝou, and to hise britherenbritheren, he seide IS., Y knowe not hem; and knewenthei knewen IKS. thei, that is, her after comers, knewen S. not herhis L. sones. These kepten thi speche, and these keptenhan holde IS. thi couenaunt; A!O IS. Jacob, thei kepten thi domes, andOm. G. `thou, Israel, thei keptenOm. IS. thi lawelawe, O! Israel IS.; thei schulen putte en|censeencense, or hooly preier S. in thi strong veniaunceputte encense in thi strong veniaunce, that is, to turn awey thi strong ven|iaunce fro thi peple. Lire here. C., and brent sacrifice onthei schul putte vpon IS. thin auter. Lord, blesse thou the strengthe of hymhem G. Leuy IS., and resseyue thou the werkis of his hondis; smyte thou the backis of hise enemyes, and thei that haten hym, riserise thei IS. not. And heMoyses IS. seide to Benja|myn, The moost loued of the Lord schal dwelle tristili in hym, `that is, in the LordOm. IMS.; he schal dwelle al day as in a chaumbur, and he schal reste bitwixe the schuldris of hymthe Lord IS.. Also heMoises IS. seide to Jo|seph, `His londthe lond of Joseph I. Joseph lond S. is of the Lordis blessyng; of the applis of heuene, and of theOm. BIS. dewe, andOm. GMW. of watir liggynge bynethe; of the applis of fruytisthe fruytis GIS. of the sunne and moone; of the coppe of elde munteyns, and of the applis of euerlastynge litle hillis; and of theOm. IS. fruytis of the lond, and of the ful|nesse therof. The blessyng of hym that apperide in the busch come onvpon IS. the heed of Joseph, and onvpon IS. the copfortopp I. cop or heiȝth S. ofof the I. Nazareythe Nazarey S., `that is, hooliOm. I., among hise britheren. As the first gendrid of a bole is the feirnesse of hymJoseph IS.; the hornes of an vnicorn benOm. I. the horneshornes, that is, the strengthis S. of hymJoseph IS.; in thotho strengthis IS. heJo|seph S. schal wyndewewynwe IKL. wyndewe or clense S. folkis, `til tovnto IS. the termescoostis IS. of erthe. TheseVnclene seedis that shulen be wynwid S marg. ben the multitudis of Ef|fraym, and these ben the thousyndis of Manasses. And heMoyses IS. seide to Zabulon, Zabulon, beOm. S. thou glad in thi goyng out, and, Ysacar, inglade thou in S. thi tabernaclis. Theithei, that is, Zabulon and Ysachar S. schulen clepe puplis to the hil, there thei schulen offre sacrifices of riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse IS.; whiche schulen souke the flowing of the see as mylk, and hid tresours ofas of B. grauelgrauelis A sec. m.. And heMoises S. seide to Gad, Gad is blessidplesid G. in broodnesse; he restide as a lioun, and he tooktook fro his aduersarie IS. the arm and the nol. And he siȝ his prinshed, that `the techerehe IS. was keptkept or ordeyned S. ina techer in IS. his partpart or peple S.; whichthe which I. GadOm. I. was with theOm. IS. princes of the puple, and didehe dide IS. the riȝtfulnessesriȝtfulnesse CS. of the Lord, and histhe Lordis S. doom with Israel. Also heMoises S. seide to Dan, Dan, athe IL. that is, a S. whelp of a lioun, schal flowe largeli fro Basan. And he seide to Neptalym, Nep|talym schal vse abundaunce, and he schal be fulfulfillid S. with blessyngis of the Lord; and he schal welde the seehe schal welde the see, etc.; for the see of Gali|lee, as to the south part ther|of, felde in the lot of Nepta|lym. Lire here. C. and the south. Also he seide to Aser, Aser, be blessid in sones, and plese he hise britheren; dippe he his foot in oile. Yrun and bras the scho of hym; as the dai of thi ȝouthe so and thin eeldeeelde, Azer S.. Noon other god is as the God of the moost riȝtful, that is, `as theOm. S. God `of the pupleOm. S. of Israel, gouern|edthat is, governed S. bibi the S. moost riȝtful lawegloss omitted in I.; the stierestiere vp IS. of heuene isOm. I. thin helperehelpere, Azer S.; cloudiscloudis. In Ebrew it is, heuenes and armes of the world. C. ren|nen aboute bi the glorie of hym. His dwellynge place is aboue, and armeshis armes IS. euer|lastynge ben bynethe; he schal caste out fro thi face the enemy, and he schal seieseie to him IS., Be thou al to-brokun. Israel schal dwelle trustili and aloone; the iȝe of Jacob inis S. the lond of whete, and of wyn; and he|uenes schulen be derk with dew. Blessed art thou, Israel; thou puple that art saued in the Lord, who is lijk theeto thee IS.? The scheld of thin help and the swerd of thi glorie is thi God; thin enemyes schulen denye thee, and thou schalt trede her neckis.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Therfor Moyses stiedestiede vp IS. fro the feeldi places of Moab onvpon IS. the hil of Nebo, in to the cop of Fasga, aȝens Gerico. And the Lord schewide to hym al the lond of Ga|laad `til tovnto IS. Dan, and al Neptalym, and the lond of Effraym and of Manasses, and al the lond of Juda, `til tovnto IS. the lastelaste or ferrest I. laste or fertherest S. see; and the south part, and the breede of the feeld of Jerico, of the citee of Palmes `til tointo IS. Segor. And the Lord seide to hymMoyses IS., This is the lond for which Y swoor to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobto Jacob S.; and Y seideseide to Moises S., Y schal ȝyue it to thi seed; thou hast seyn it with thin iȝen, and thou schalt not passe `to ittherto I.. And Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, was deed there, in the lond of Moab, `for the Lord comaundideat the Lordis maundement I. at the Lordis comaundement S.. And the Lord biriede hymbiriede him, by the seruyce of aungels. Lire here. C. in a valey of the lond of Moab, aȝens Fegor, and no man knewe his sepulcre `til in to present dayvnto this day I. vnto the day that is now S.. Moises was of an hundrid and twenti ȝeer whanne he diede; his iȝe dasewide not, nethir hise teeth weren stiridmoued IS.. And the sones of Israel biwepten hym thretti daies in the feeldi places of Moab; and the daies of weilyng of men `bymorenyngebiweilinge I. Moises weren fillidfulfillid IS.. ForsotheSothely IS. Josue, the sone of Nun, was fillidfulfillid IS. with `the spyrit ofOm. I. wis|dom, for Moises settidehad put IS. hise hondis onvpon IS. hym; and the sones of Israel obeieden to Josue, and didenthei diden IS. as the Lord comaundide to Moises. And `a profeteprofit A pr. m. sich a profete as Moyses was IS. roos no more in Israel `as MoisesOm. IS.as Moyses, that is, euene to him. Lire here. C., whom the Lord knewe face to face, in alle myraclisthe myraclis IS., and grete wondris, whiche the Lord sentesente or dide S. bi hym, that he schulde do in the lond of Egipt to Farao, and alleto alle IS. hise seruauntis, and to al thehis IS. lond `of hymOm. IS., andGod was with him and S. al strongthe strong A sec. m. hondhond or power S., and theOm. QRT. `grete merueylis, whichemyraclis, that I. meruels, that S. Moyses dide bifor althe al S. IsraelIsrael, the Lord knewe hem, and dide hem S..

 Here endith Deutronomy, and here bi|gynneth the book of JosueHere eendith the book of Deutronomij, and here bigynneth the book of Josue. B. Here endith Deutronomye, and here bigynneth Josue. CW. Here endith Deutronomye, and bigynneth a prolog on Josue. G. Heere endith the book of Deutronomie, and bigynnith the book of Josue. IN. Heere eendeth Pentateucon, se now the prolog of Josue. K. Here endith the book of Deutronomye, and here biginneth a prologe on the book of Josue. Amen. M. Here enden the fyue bookis of Moyses, and bigynneth the prolog on the book of Josue. O. Here endith Deutro. and biginneth Josue. QS. Here enden the bookis of Moises, and bigynneth the booc of Josue. X. No final rubric in DEFLPRT.. JOSHUA. [Prologue on the book of JoshuaThis Prologue is from M..]

THIS book of Josue makith mynde, how the Lord spak to Josue aftir the deeth of Moises, and seide, Ech step which ȝoure foot schal trede, Y schal ȝyue to ȝou. Be thou comfortid, and be thou strong, for thou schalt lede yn the sones of Israel in to the lond, for which Y swoor to her fadris Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob. And whanne the prestis that baren the arke of God hadden set her feet on the ryuer of Jordan, the watir departide and ȝaf weie, til al the peple of Israel were passid ouer; and the wallis of Jerico fellen doun, withouten mannes hondis. Also Josue fauȝt with alle the kingis of that lond, and ouercam hem, and made the princes of the oost to trede on the neckis of hem, and hangide hem in iebatis, as the Lord comaundide. And whanne enemyes fledden, the children of Israel pursuweden; and the Lord sente hail fro heuene, and killide mo with stones of hail thanne the sones of Israel myȝten take with swerd. And at the preier of Josue the sunne and mone stoden in the firmament, ouer his cours in the space of a dai, til the peple of God vengide it self of hise enemyes. And Josue departide the lond to the sones of Israel bi lot, by her lynages and meynees, with coordis; and Israel seruede the Lord in alle the daies of Josue.

 [Prologue to JoshuaThis Prologue is from O..]

AT the laste whanne the fyue bookes of Moyses weren endid, we, deliuerid as of a gret boond, putten to the hond to Josue, the sone of Naue, whom Ebrewe clepen Josue Ben Nun, that is, Josue, the sone of Nun; and also we setten hond to the booke of Juges, which thei clepen Sophyn; and to the book of Ruth, and the booke of Hester, whiche thei tellen out with the same names. And we amonesten the re|dere, and the bisie writere awaite wel the silablis of names of Ebrews, and dis|tyncciouns departid bi membris, lest bothe oure traueyle and the studie of him pe|rische; and that he knowe in the bygyn|nynge, as I ofte haue witnessid, that I haue not forged newe thingis in repreef of olde translatours, as my frendis putten blame on me; but for my foule parte I knowleche me to offre to men of my lan|gage, the whiche oure ensaumpleris de|liten, that thei haue oure makynge for the sixe saumpleris of Grekes, which han nede to cost and ful greet traueile. And if thei douten euere owther in the redynge of olde volyms, if thei bringen these to gider to thilke, thei moun fynden that that thei sechen; moost sithen anentis Latin men ther ben as many sampleris as bookes, and ech man aftir his owne dom he addide to, or with drowe that that semede to be do; and forsothe it may not be sooth that dis|cordith. Wherfor now the scorpioun ceesse to ryse aȝens vs with his crokide wounde, and stynte he to repreue an hooly werk with his venemouse tunge, ethir accept|ynge oure writyng if it plese, ethir dis|pisynge if it displese; and haue he mynde of these versis, Thi mouth aboundide with malice, and thi tunge wrouȝte tri|cheries; sittynge aȝens thi brothir thou speeke, and aȝens the sone of thi modir thou puttidist sclaundir; these thingis thou didist, and I held my pees; thou gessydist wickidly, that I schal be lijk thee; I schal vndirnyme thee, and make ordy|naunce aȝens thi face. For what profit is it of the herere, or of the redere, vs to sweete in trauelynge, and to othere men to trauaile in bacbytynge? ethir Jewis to be sory, that occasioun be don awey of chalengyng of hem, or of scornynge Cris|tene men, and men of Cristen chirche to dispise it, and also to tere with wordes, wherebi aduersaries ben turmentid? And if oonly the olde translacioun plese to hem, which displesith not me, and thei wenen that no thing schulde be acceptid with out that; whi thanne dispisen thei suche thingis that thei reden, to be addid to, ethir to be koruen awey vndur the signe of a sterre, ethir vndir the signe of an arowe? And whi han chirchis resseyued Danyel aftir the translacioun of Theodocion? Whi mer|ueylen thei Origen, and also Eusebie of Pamphilie, expouninge alle translaciouns? Or what folie was that, that aftir tyme thei hadden seid trewe thingis, to brynge forth thoo that ben false? And wher of mowe thei preue witnessyngis that ben resseyued in the Newe Testament, the which ben not had in olde bookes? We seyn these thingis, lest we be seen vtterly to be still to wrongful calengers. Ferther|more aftir the deth of the hooly womman Paula, whos lijf is ensaumple of vertu, and aftir makynge of these bookis, whiche I miȝte not denye to Eustochie, the maiden of Crist, we han purposid vs to sitte to expownynge of the prophetis, al the while the spirit schal gouerne these lymes, and aftir to turne aȝen to that werk that longe hath be left bi hinde, as by a maner of turnynge aȝen aftir outlawynge; namely sithOm. O pr. m. Pawmachie, the hooly man and mer|uelouse, askith this same thing bi lettris, and we, heiȝynge to the cuntre of heuen, owen to passe ouer with a deeff eere the dedliche songis of meremaydens, and of othir that bacbiten ethir counselen othir weies than thei schulden.

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the book. Here bigynneth the book of JosueFrom MP. Josue L. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

AND it was doon aftir the deeth of Moyses, seruauntthe seruaunt IKX. of the Lord, that the Lord spak to Josue, sonethe sone I. of Nun, the mynystreseruaunt I. of Moyses, and seide to hym, Moises, my seruaunt, is deed; rise thou, and passe this Jordan, thou, and al the puple with thee, in to the lond whichthat I. Y schal ȝyue to the sones of Israel. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou ech place which the step of ȝoure foot schal trede, as Y spak to Moyses, fro the deseert and Libanfro Liban I. til to the greet flood Eufrates; al the lond of Etheis, `til tovnto I. the greet see aȝens the goyng doun of the sunne, schal be ȝoure terme. Noon schal mow aȝenstonde ȝou in alle the daies of thi lijf; as Y was with Moises, so Y schal be with thee; Y schal not leeue, nether Y schal forsake thee. Be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong; for thou schalt departe bi lot to this puple the lond, for which Y swoor to thi fadris, that Y schulde ȝyue it to hem. Therfor be thou coumfortid, and be thou ful strong, that thou kepe and do al the lawe, whichthat I. Moyses, my seruaunt, comaundide to thee; bowe thou not fro it to the riȝt side, ether to the left side, that thou vndirstonde alle thingis whiche thou doist. The book of this lawe departe not fro thi mouth, but thou schalt thenke therynne in daies and nyȝtisin nyȝtis I., that thou kepe and do alle thingis that ben writun therynne; thanne thou schalt dresse thi weie, and schaltthou schalt I. vndir|stonde it. Lo! Y comaunde to thee; be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong; nyle thou drede `withoutforth, and nyle thou drede withynnene be thou afeerd I.; for thi Lord God is with thee in alle thingis, to whiche thou goost. And Josue comaundide to theOm. I. princis of the puple, and seide, Passe ȝe thoruȝ theOm. I. myddis of the castels; and comaunde `ȝe to the pupleOm. I., and seie ȝeȝe to the peple I., Make ȝe redi metis to ȝou, for after the thridde dai ȝe schulen passe Jordan, and ȝe schulen entre to welde the lond, whichthat I. ȝoure Lord God schal ȝyue to ȝou. Also heJosue I. seide to men of Ruben, and `to menOm. I. of Gad, and to the half lynage of Manasses, Haue ȝe mynde of the word whichthat I. Moises, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., comaundide to ȝou, and seide, Ȝoure Lord God hath ȝoue to ȝou reste and al the lond; ȝoure wyues and ȝoure sones and beestisȝoure beestis I. schulen dwelle in the lond whichthat I. Moises ȝaf to ȝou bi|ȝende Jordan; but passealle ȝe stronge men in hond, passe I. ȝe armed, `alle strong in hondOm. I., bifor ȝoure britheren; and fiȝte ȝe for hem, til thetyme that the I. Lord ȝyue reste to ȝoure britheren, as `he ȝafOm. I. also tohe hath ȝouen to I. ȝou, and `til alsoalso til the tyme that I. thei welden the lond whichthat I. ȝoure Lord God schal ȝyue to hem; and so turnethanne turne I. ȝe aȝen in to the lond of ȝoure possessioun, and ȝe schulen dwelle in that lond whichthat I. Moises, `seruaunt of the Lordthe Lordis seruaunt I., ȝaf toOm. I. ȝou ouerbiȝonde I. Jordan, aȝens the `rysyng of the sunnesunne rising I.. And thei an|sweriden to Josue, and seiden, We schulen do alle thingis whiche thou comaundidistcomaundist DKQSW. hast comaundid I. to vs, and we schulen go, whidir euer thou sendist vs; as we obeieden in alle thingis to Moises, so we schulen obeie also to thee; oneli thi Lord God be with thee, as he was with Moyses. Die he that aȝen|seith thi mouthword I., and obeieth not to alle thi wordisbiddingis I., whiche thou comaundist to hym; oneli be thou coumfortid, and do thou manli.

 CAP. II.

Therfor Josue, the sone of Nun, sente fro Sethym twei men, aspieris in hiddlis, and seide to hem, Go ȝe, and biholde ȝe the lond, and the citee of Jerico. WhicheThe whiche I. ȝeden, and entriden into the hous of a womman hoorestrumpett I., `Raab bi namethat hiȝt Raab I., and restidenthei restiden I. atwith I. hir. And it was teld, `and seidOm. I. to the kyng of Jerico, Lo! men of the sones of Israel entridenhan entrid I. hidir bi nyȝt, to aspie the lond. Therfor the kyng of Jerico sente to Raab the hoorestrumpett I., and seide, Brynge out the men, that camen to thee, and entridenthat entriden I. in to thin hous; for thei ben aspieris, and thei camen to biholde al the lond. AndAnd Raab I. the womman took the men, and hidde hemOm. plures., and seide, Y know|leche, theithat thei I. camen to me, but Y wiste not of whenus thei weren; and whanne the ȝate was closid in derknessis, and thei ȝeden out togidire, Y nootne wot IS. not DOK. whidur thei ȝeden; pursue ȝeȝe hem I. soone, and ȝe schulen takeouertake I. hem. ForsotheAnd I. sche made the men to stiego up I. in to the soler of hir hows, and hilidesche hilide I. hem with stobilstobil or schyueres I. of flex, that was there. SotheliAnd I. thei, that weren sent, sueden hem bi the weie that ledith to the fordis of Jordan; and whanne thei weren goon out, anoon the ȝate was closid. Thei that weren hid, slepten not ȝit, and lo! the womman stiedewente up I. to hem, and seide, Y knowe that the Lord hath bitake to ȝou thisthe S. lond; for ȝoure feerdfulnesse feldeis fallen I. in to vs, and alle the dwelleris of the lond `weren sikeben abaishid I.. We herdenhan herd i., that the Lord driedehath dried up I. the watris of the Reed See at ȝoure entryng, whanne ȝe ȝeden out of Egipt; and what thingis ȝe diden to tweithe twei I. kyngis of Ammorreis, that weren biȝende Jordan, to Seon and Og, whichethe whiche I. ȝe killiden; and we herden these thingis, and we dredden, and oure herte `was sikebaishide I., andne the I. and the K. spiritspirit of coumfort I. dwellide notOm. I. in vs at ȝoure entryng; for ȝoure Lord God hym silf is God in heuene aboue, and in erthe bynethe. Now ther|for swere ȝe to me bi the Lord God, that as Y dide merci with ȝou, so and ȝe do with the hows of my fadir; and ȝyue ȝe to me a veri signetokene I., that ȝe saue my fadir and modirmy modir I., and my britheren and sistris, and alle thingis that ben herne, and dily|uere oureȝe ȝoure I. lyues fro deeth. WhicheThe whiche I. an|sweriden to hir, Oure lijf be for ȝou in to deeth, if netheles thou bitraiest not vs; and whanne the Lord hath bitake to vs the lond, we schulen do mercy and treuthe inwith I. thee. TherforThanne I. sche let hem doun fro the wyndow bi a corde; for hir hows cle|uyde was ioyned I. to the waltoun wal I.. And sche seide to hem, Stie ȝeȝe up I. to the hilli places, lest perauenture menthe men I. turnynge aȝen meete ȝou; and be ȝe hidde there three daies, til thei comen aȝen; and so ȝe schulen gogo sureli I. bi ȝoure weie. WhicheThe whiche I. seiden to hir, We schulen be giltles of this ooth, bi which thou hast chargid vs, if, whanne we entren in to the lond, this reed corde is notnot schewid out I. a signetokene I., and thou byndist it not in the wyndow, bi which thou lettisthast lete I. vs doun; and thouif thou I. gaderist not in to thi hows thi fadir and modir, and britheren, and al thi kynrede; the blood of hym schal be onupon I. his heed, that goith out at the dore of thin hows, and we schulen be alienOm. CX., that isOm. COX., giltlesOm. O.; forsothesotheli I. the blood of alle men that ben in the hows with thee, schal turne in to oureȝoure CEFLPU pr. m. heed, if ony man touchith hem. `That ifBut if that I. thou wolt betraie vs, and brynge forth in to theOm. S. myddis this word, we schulen be cleene of this ooth, bi which thou hast chargid vs. And scheRaab I. answer|ide, As ȝe han spoke, so be it doon. And sche lefte hem, that thei schulden gogo forth I., and sche hangide athe I. reed corde in her wyndow. SotheliAnd I. thei ȝedenȝeden forth I., and camen tointo I. the hilli places, and dwellidenthei dwelliden I. there three daies, til thei turneden aȝen that pursuedenpursueden hem I.; for thei souȝtensouȝten hem I. bi ech weie, and founden not hem. And whanne the sekeris entriden in to the citeecitee aȝen I., the spieris turneden aȝen, and camen doun fro the hille; and whanne thei hadde passid JordanOm. A pr. m., thei camen to Josue, the sone of Nun; and thei telden to hym alle thingis that bifeldenhadden bifalle I. to hem, and seiden, The Lord hath bitake al the lond in to oure hondis, and alle theOm. I. dwell|eris thereof ben casten doun bi drede.

 CAP. III.

Therfor Josue roos bi nyȝt, and mouede tentisthens the tentis I.; and thei ȝeden out of Sechym, and camen to Jordan, he and alle the sones of Israel, and dwellidenthei dwelliden I. there thre daies. And whanne tho daies weren passid, crierisbedelis I. ȝeden thorouȝ theOm. I. myddis of tentisthe tentis I., and bigunnen to crie, Whanne ȝe seen the arke of boond of pees of ȝoure Lord God, and the preestis of the genera|cioun of Leuy berynge it, alsoalso thanne I. rise ȝeȝe togidre A sec. m., and suesue ȝe DFIQ. the biforgoeris; and a space of twey thousynde cubitis be bitwixe ȝou and the arke, that ȝe moun se fer, and knowe bi whatwhich I. weie ȝe schulen entre, for ȝe `ȝeden nothan not gon I. bifore bi it; and be ȝe war, that ȝe neiȝe not to the arke. And Josue seide to the puple, Be ȝe halewid, for to morew the Lord schal make merueilis among ȝou. And Josue seide to the preestis, Take ȝe the arke of theOm. plures. boond of pees `of the LordOm. S., and go ȝe bifor the puplepuple of the Lord S.. Whichethe whiche I. fillidenfulfilliden I. the heestisheestis of Josue I., and tookenthei tooken I. the arke, and ȝedenȝeden forth A. bifor hemthe peple I.. And the Lord seide to Josue, To dai Y schal bigynne to enhaunse thee bifor al Israel, that thei wite, that as Y was with Moises, so Y am also with thee. ForsotheBut I. co|maunde thou to preestisthe preestis I., that beren the arke of bond of pees, and seie thou to hem, Whanne ȝe han entrid in to a part of the watir of Jordan, stonde ȝe ther|ynne. And Josue seide to the sones of Israel, Neiȝe ȝe hidur, and here ȝe the word of ȝoure Lord God. And eft he seide, In this ȝe schulen wite that the Lord God lyuynge is in the myddis of ȝou; and he schal distrye in ȝoure siȝt Cananey, Ethei, Euey, and Feresei, and Gergesei, and Jebusei, and Amorrei. Lo! the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of the Lord of al erthe schal go bifor ȝou thorouȝ Jordan. Make ȝe redi twelue men of the twelue lynagis of Israel, bi ech lynage oa I. man. And whanne the preestis, that beren the arke of boond of pees of the Lord God of al erthe, han set the steppis of her feet in the watris of Jordan, the watris that ben lowere schulen renne doun, and schulen faile; forsothesothli I. the watris that comen fro aboue schulen stonde togidere in o gobetgaderyng or a certeyn place I.. Therfor the puple ȝede out of her taber|naclis tofor to I. passepasse ouer I. Jordan; and the preestis that baren the arke of boond of pees ȝeden bifor the puple. And whanne the preestis entriden inOm. I. to Jordan, and her feet weren dippid in thea I. part of watirJordan I.; forsothethanne I. Jordan `hadde fillidfulfillide I. the brynkis of his trowholouȝnesse I. in theOm. I. tyme of `ripe corncorn heruest I.; the watris ȝeden doun, and stoden in o place, and wexidenthei wexiden I. grete at the licnesse of an hil, and apperidenthei apperiden I. fer fro the citee that was clepid Edom, `til tovnto I. the place of Sar|than; sothelibut I. the watris that weren low|ere ȝeden doun in to the see of wildir|nesse, whichthat I. is now clepid the deed see, `til thevnto I. watris failiden outirli. ForsotheBut I. the puplepuple of Israel I. ȝede thorouȝ Jordan; and the preestis, that baren the arke of the boond of pees of the Lord, stoden gird onvpon I. theOm. IS. drie erthe in the myddis of Jordan, and al the puple passide thorouȝ the drie trowholownesse I..

 CAP. IV.

And whanne theithe sones of Israel I. weren passid ouerouer Jordan I., the Lord seide to Josue, Chese thou twelue men, by ech lynage o man, and comaunde thou toOm. I. hem, that thei take fro the myddis of the trowholownesse I. of Jordan, where the `feet of preestispreestis feet I. stoden, twelue hardiste stoonys; whichethe whiche I. thou schalt sette in theOm. I. place of castelsthe tentis I., where ȝe schulen sette tentis in this nyȝt. And Josue clepide twelue men, whiche he hadde chose of the sones of Israel, of ech lynage o man; and he seide to hem, Go ȝe bifore the arke of ȝoure Lord God to the myddis of Jordan, and bere ȝe fro thennus in ȝoure schuldris ech man o stoon, bi the noumbre of the sones of Israel, that it be a signetokene I. bitwixe ȝou. And whanne ȝoure sones schulen axe ȝou to morewe, that is, in tyme `toOm. IOW. comyngeaftir I., and schulen seie, What wolen these stonusilke stonys I. `to hem silfby mene I.? ȝe schulen answere to hem, The watris of Jordan failiden bifor the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, whanne the arke passide Jordanouer Jordan I.; therfor these stoonus ben set in to mynde of the sones of Israel, til in to withouten endewith outen ende, that is, in long tyme and vndeter|mynd. Lire here. C.. Ther|for the sones of Israel diden as Josue co|maundide to hem, and barenthei baren I. fro the myddis of the trowholouȝnesse I. of Jordan twelue stoonys, as the Lord comaundide to hem, bi the noumbre of the sones of Israel, `til tovnto I. the place in which thei settiden tentis; and there thei puttiden tho stonys. Also Josue puttide othire twelue stoonys in theOm. I. myddis of the trowholouȝnesse I. of Jordan, where the preestis stoden, that baren the arke of boond of pees of the Lord; and tho stoonys ben there `til in tovnto this I. present dai. ForsotheAnd I. the preestis, that baren the arke, stoden in theOm. I. myddis of Jordan, til alle thingis weren fillidfulfillid I., whiche the Lord comaund|ide, that Josue schulde speke to the puple, as Moises hadde seide to hym. And the puple hastide, and passidepasside ouer Jordan I.. And whanne alle men hadden passid, also the arke of the Lord passide, and the preestis ȝeden bifor the puple. Also the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and half theOm. S. lynage of Ma|nasse, ȝeden armed bifor the sones of Is|rael, as Moyses comaundide to hem. And fourti thousynde of fiȝters ȝeden bi her cumpanyes and gaderyngisbi her gaderyngis I. on the pleyn and feeldi places of the citee of Jerico. In that day the Lord magnyfiedemade gret I. Josue bifor al Israel, that thei schulden drede hym, as thei dreden Moises, while he lyuede ȝit. And the Lord seide to Josue, Comaunde thou to the preestis that beren the arke of boond of pees, that thei stiestie vp I. fro Jordan. And Josuewhan Josue S. comaundide to hem, and seide, Stie ȝeȝe vp I. fro Jordan. And whanne thei hadden stiedgon vp I., berynge the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, and hadde bigunne to trede onvpon I. the drie erthe, the watris turneden aȝen in to her trowedepnesse I., and flowidenflowiden aȝen C pr. m., as thothei IK. weren wont before. ForsotheAnd I. the puple stiedestiede vp I. fro Jordan in the tenthe dai of the firste monethe, and thei settiden tentis in Galgalis, aȝens the eest coost of the citee of Jerico. Also Josue puttide in Galgalis the twelue stonys, whiche thei hadden take fro the trowdepnesse I. of Jordan. And he seide to the sones of Israel, Whanne ȝoure sones schu|len axe to morewe her fadris, and schulen seie to hem, What wolen these stoonys `to hem silfby mene I.? ȝe schulen teche hem, and ȝeOm. plures. schulenOm. I. seie, We passiden this Jordan bi the drie botme, for oure LordOm. I. God driede the watris therof in oure siȝt, tiltil that I. we passidenouer passiden it I., as he dide bifore in the Reed See, which he driede while we passiden, that alle the puplis of londiserthe I. lurnelurne or knowe I. the strongesteful strong I. hondmyȝt I. of the Lord, thatand that I. alsoOm. I. ȝe drede ȝoure Lord God in al tyme.

 CAP. V.

Therfor aftir that alle kyngisthe kyngis I. of Am|morreys herden, that dwelliden ouer Jor|dan at the west coost, and alle theOm. S. kyngis of Canaan, that weldiden nyȝthe nyȝ I. places of the greet see, that the Lord hadden dried the flowyngisflowynge flodis I. of Jordan bifor the sones of Israel, til thei passidenpassiden ouer I., the herte of hem wasOm. GIKMNSX. failid, and spiritthe spirit of trist I. the spirit K. dwellide not in hem, dredynge the entring of the sones of Israel. In that tyme the Lord seide to Josue, Make to thee knyuesknyues; in Ebreu it is, rasours. C. of stoon, and circumside thou the sones of Israel, inOm. I. the secunde tyme. Josue dide tho thingis whiche the Lord comaundide, and he cir|cumsidecircumcidide plures. the sones of Israel in the `hil of prepuciesouer part of her ȝerdis I.. SotheliAnd I. this is the cause of the secunde circumcisioun; al the puple of male kynde, that ȝede out of Egipt, allethe men IS. men fiȝteris, werenof hem weren I. deed in deseert bi the lengesteful longe I. cumpassis of weieweies K., whichethe whiche I. alle weren circumsidid. SotheliBut I. the pu|pleother puple I. that was borun in deseert bi fourti ȝeer, in the weie of broddestethe ful brod I. wildirnesse, was vncircumsididvncircumside C. tiltil the tyme I. thei weren waastid, that herden not the `vois of the LordLordis vois I., and to whiche he swoor bifore, that he schulde schewe to hem the lond flowynge with mylk and hony. The sones of hem camen aftirward in to the placeplacis I. of fadrisher fadris I., and thei weren circumsidid of Josue; whiche, as thei weren borun, weren in prepuciehoolnesse of her ȝerdis I., nether ony man hadde circumsidid hem in the weie. ForsotheAnd I. aftir that allethei alle I. weren circumsidid, thei dwelliden in the same place of tentisher tentis I., til thei weren heelid. And the Lord seide to Josue, To dai Y haue take awei fro ȝou the schenschip of Egipt. And the name of thatthe S. place was clepid Galgala, `til in to presentvnto this I. dai. And the sones of Israel dwelliden in Galgalis, and madenthei maden I. pask in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe at euentide, in the feeldi places of Jerico; and `thei eten of thein the tother day thei eeten therff looues, and potage of the I. fruytis of the lond `in the tothir day, therf looues, and potageOm. I. of the same ȝeer, `ether cornys seengid and frotid in the hondOm. IX.. And manna failide aftir that thei eten of the fruytis of the lond; and the sones of Is|rael vsiden no more that mete, but thei eten of the fruytis of presentthat present IK. ȝeer of the lond of Canaan. SothelyAnd I. whanne Josue was in the feeld of the cite of Jerico, he reiside theup his I. iȝen, and siȝhe siȝ I. a mana man, that is, an aungel in the licnesse of a man. Lire here. BCK. stond|ynge aȝens hym, and holdynge a drawun swerd; and Josue ȝede outOm. A sec. m. to hym, and seide, Art thou ourewith us I., ethir `ofoure EILP. Om. F pr. m. aduersa|riesaduersarie EFIKLOP pr. m. S. pr. m.? To whom he answeride, Nay, but Y am prince of the `hoost of the LordLordis hoost I., and now Y comecame I.. Josue feldefelde doun I. lowe tovnto the I. to the DKO pr. m. into W. erthe, and worschipide, and seide, What spekith my Lord to his seruaunt? He seide, VnlaceLouse I. thi schooschoyng I. fro thi feet, for the place, in which thou stondist, is hooli. And Josue dide, as it was comaundid to hym.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe Jerico was closid and wardid, for the drede of the sones of Israel, and no man durste entrego yn I., ethir go outout therof I.. And the Lord seide to Josue, Lo! Y ȝafhaue ȝouen I. in to thin hondis Jerico, and the king therof, and alle strongthe strong I. menmen of it I.. Alle ȝe fiȝteris, cumpassecumpasseth I. the citee onys bi the day; so ȝe schulen do inbi I. sixe daies. ForsotheAnd I. in the seuenthe dai the preestis schulen take seuene clariouns, ofOm. I. whiche `the vss isben vsid I. in iubilethe iubilee I.; and thei schulen go bifor the arke of boond of pees; and seuen sithes ȝe schulen cumpassego aboute I. the citee, and the preestis schulen trumpe with clariounsthe clariouns I.. And whanne the vois of the trumpe schal sowne lengerelonge tyme I., and moreOm. I. bi whiles, andOm. I. schalthe voice schal I. sownesowne thicke I. in ȝoure eeris, al the puple schal crie togidere with grettestemoost gret I. cry; and thealle the I. wallis of the citee schulen falle alle doun, and alle men schulen entreentre yn I. bi the place, aȝens which thei stonden. Ther|for Josue, the sone of Nun, clepide preestisthe preestis I., and seide to hem, Take ȝe the ark of boondthe boond I. of pees, and seuene othere preestis take seuenethei seuene I. clariouns of iubilethe iubile I. ȝeeris, and go thei bifor the arke of the Lord. Also Josue seide to the puple, Go ȝe, and cumpasse ȝe the citee, and go ȝe armed bifor the arke of the Lord. And whanne Josue hadde endid thethese I. wordis, and se|uenethe seuene I. preestis trumpiden with seuen cla|riounstrumpis I. bifor the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of the Lord, and al the puple armed ȝede bi|fore, theand the I. tothir comyn puplecomyn peple; in Ebreu it is, the tother ga|dering to gi|dere. C. of fiȝteris suede the arke, and alle thingis sowneden with clariounsthe trumpis I.. SotheliAnd I. Josue comaund|ide to the puple, and seide, Ȝe schulen not crye, nethir ȝoure vois schal be herd, ne|thir ony word schal go out of ȝoure mouth, til the dai come, in which Y schal seie to ȝou, Crye ȝeOm. S., and make ȝe noyse. Ther|forThanne I. the arke of the Lord cumpasside the citee onys bi daythe day IK., and turnedeit turnede I. aȝen in to the castelstentis I., and dwellide there. TherforThanne I. whilewhiles that I. Josue roos bi nyȝtbi nyȝte; in Ebreu it is, eerly, for he roos in the morewtid, bi|twixe the niȝt and day, and therfor it may be nemyd of euer either. Lire here. C., preestisthe preestis I. tooken the arke of the Lord; and seuene of the preestis token seuen clariouns, ofOm. I. whiche `the vss isweren vsid I. in iubileethe jubilee I., and ȝedenthe prestis ȝeden I. bifor the arke of the Lord, `and ȝedenOm. IS., and trumpiden; and the puple ȝede armed bi|for hem. SotheliAnd I. the tother comyn puple suede the arke, and sownede with clari|ounstrumpis I.. And thei cumpassiden the citee in the secunde dai onys, and turneden aȝen in to the castelstentis I.; so thei dyden inOm. I. sixe daies. SotheliAnd I. in the seuenthe dai thei risidenrisen I. eerli, and cumpassiden the citee, as it was disposidor|deyned I., seuen sithis. And whanne in the seuenthe cumpasgoyng aboute I. preestisthe preestis I. sowneden with clariouns, Josue seide to al Israel, Crie ȝe, for the Lord hath bitake the citee to vs; and this citee be cursidbe cursid; the Ebreu word herem signe|fieth bothe dis|triyng and ha|lewing, the citee and the dwelleris weren distried, gold and siluer, bras and irun found|un therynne weren halewid to the Lord. Lire here. C., ethir distried, and alle thingis that ben therynne be halewid to the Lord. Raab the hoorstrumpet I. aloone lyue, with alle menthe men I. that ben with hir in the hows; for sche hidde the messangeris whiche we senten. For|sotheAnd I. be ȝe war, lest ȝe touchen ony thing of these that ben comaundidforboden I. to ȝou, and ȝeOm. K. ben gilti of trespassyng; and alle the castelstentis I. of Israel bebe therfore I. vndur synne, and be troblid. SotheliFor I. Om. S. what euer thing is of gold, and of siluer, and of brasun vessels, and of yrun, bebe it I. halewid to the Lord, and bebe it I. kept in hise tresoris. TherforThanne I. while al the puple criede, and the trumpis sown|eden, aftir that the sowne sownede in the eeris of the multitude, the walles felden doun anoon; and ech man stiedestiede up I. bi the place that was aȝens hym. And thei token the citee, and killidenthei killiden I. alle thingis that weren therynne, fro man `til tovnto I. womman, fro ȝonga ȝong I. child `til tovnto an I. eld man; also thei smytidenkilliden I. bi theOm. I. scharpnesse of swerd, oxun, andOm. I. scheep, and assis. ForsotheAnd I. Josue seide to tweithe two I. men, that weren sentsent to be I. aspieris, Entre ȝe in to the hows of the womman hoorestrumpet I., and brynge ȝe forth hir, and alle thingis that ben hernehirs I., as ȝe madenbihiȝt I. stedfaststidefastly I. to hir bi anOm. I. ooth. And the ȝonge men entridenentriden yn I., and leddenthei ledden I. out Raab, and her fadir, and modir, and bri|therenalle here britheren I., and al theOm. C. purtenaunce of hous|holdhir houshold O sec. m. hir I., andand al KX pr. m. theOm. I. kynrede `of hirOm. I.; and madenthei maden hem I. to dwelle without the castelstentis I. of Israel. SotheliAnd I. theithe men of Israel I. brenten the citee, and alle thingis that weren foundun ther|ynne, withoutouttake I. gold, and siluer, and bra|sun vesselis, and yrun, which thei halew|iden in to the `treserie of the LordLordis treserie I.. So|theli Josue made Raab the hoorestrumpet I. to lyue, and `the hows of hir fadirhir faders hows I., and alle thingis that sche hadde; and thei dwelliden in the myddis of Israel, `til in tovnto this I. present dai; for sche hidde the messangeris, whiche heJosue I. sente to asspie Jerico. In that tyme Josue preiede hertli, and seide, Cursid bifor the Lord be the man, that reisithreisith vp I. and bildith the citee of Jerico! Leie he the founde|mentis therof in his firste gendrid sone, and putte he the ȝatis therof in the laste of frehis fre I. children. TherforThanne I. the Lord was with Josue, and his name was pupplischid in ech lond.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe the sones of Israel braken `the comaundementGoddis heste I., and mystokenthei mystoken I. of the halewid thing; forfor thi I. Achar, the son of Charmy, sonethe sone I. of Zabdi, sone of Zare, of the lynage of Juda, toketoken A pr. m. sum thing of the halewidcursid A sec. m. marg. I marg. thing; and the Lord was wroothwrooth herfore I. aȝens the sones of Israel. And whanne Josue sente men fro Jerico aȝensto fiȝte aȝens I. Hai, whichthat I. is bisidis Bethauen, at the eest coost of the citee Bethelof Bethel IS., he seide to hem, Stie ȝeȝe up I., and aspie ȝeOm. plures. the lond. Whichethe whiche I. fillidenfulfillinge I. `the comaundementishis hestis I., andOm. I. aspieden Hay; and thei turneden aȝen, and seiden to hym, `Not al the pu|plestie up I. stieal the puple stie not vp thidere I., but twey ether thre thousynde of men go, and do awei the citee; whi schal al the puple be trauelid in veyn aȝens fewesteful fewe I. enemyes? TherforThanne I. thre thousynde of fiȝterisfiȝtynge men I. stiedenstieden vp I., whichethe whiche I. turneden thehere I. backis anoon, and weren smytun of the men of Hay; and sixe and thretti men of hem `felden dounweren slayn I.; and aduersariesthe aduersaries I. pursueden hem fro the ȝate til tovnto I. Saberym; and thei felden doun fleynge bi lowe places. And the herte of the puple dreddedrede myche I., and wasit was I. maad vnstide|fast at the licnesse of watir. Sotheliand I. Josue torente hise clothis, and feldehe fel doun I. lowe to theOm. GMSX. erthe bifor the arke of the Lord, `til tovnto the I. euentid, as wel he, as alle the eldeeldre I. men of Israel; and thei castiden powdir onupon I. her heedis. And Josue seide, Alas! alas! Lord God, what woldist thou lede this puple ouer the flood Jordan, that thou schuldist bitake vs in the hond of Am|morrey, and schuldeschuldist BCFIMNW. leese vsOm. plures. ? Y wolde, thatOm. I. as we bygunnen, wethat we I. hadden dwellid biȝondis Jordan. My Lord God, what schal Y seie, seynge Israel turnynge the backis to hise enemyes? Cananeys, and alle dwelleristhe dwelleris I. of the lond schulen herehere this I., and thei schulen be gaderid togidere, and schulenthei schulen I. cumpasenuyroune I. vs, and schulenthei schulen I. do awei oure name fro erthe; and what schalt thou do to thi grete name? And the Lord seide to Josue, Rise thouthou up I.; whi liggistlijst I. thou low in the erthe? Israel synnedehath synnede I., and brakhath brak I. my couenaunt; andOm. I. thei tokenhan take I. of the halewidcursid I. thing, and thei han stolestole of it I., and lieden, and hidden among her vessels. Andand therfore I. Israel may not stonde bifore hise enemyes, and Israelhe I. schal fle hem, for it is defoulid with cursyng; Y schal no more be with ȝou, til ȝethat ȝe I. al to brekedestrie I. hym whichthat I. is gilti of this trespas. Rise thou, halewehalewe thow I. the puple, and seie thou to hem, Be ȝe ha|lewid aȝens to morewe; for the Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, AO thou I.! Israel! cursyng is in the myddis of thee; thou schalt not mowe stonde bifor thin enemyes, til he that is defoulyd bi this trespas, be doon awei fro thee. And ȝe schulen come eerli, alle men bi ȝoure lynagis; and what|euer lynage the lot schal fynde, it schal come bi hise meyneeskynredes I.; and thethat I. meyneekynrede I. schal come bi housismeynees I., and thethat I. houshousis A pr. m. meynee I. schal come bi men. And whoeuer schal be takun with this trespas, he schal be brent biwith I. fier with al his catel, for he brak the coue|naunt of the Lord, and dide vnleueful thing in Israel. Therfor Josue roos eerly, and settidehe sette I. in ordre Israel, bi hise ly|nagis; and the lynage of Juda was foundunfoundun gilti I.; and whanne that lynage was brouȝt forth bi hise meynees, the meyne of Zare was foundun. And Josue brouȝte forth itthat meynee I. bi men, ethir housis, andOm. I. foond Zabdihe foond Zabdi gilti I.; whos howshousholde meynee I. heJosue I. departide in to alledyuerse I. men bi hemsilf; and he foondfoond gilti I. Achar, the sone of Charmy, sone of Zabdi, sone of Zare, of the lynage of Juda. And heJosue I. seide to Achar, My sone, ȝyue thou glorie to the Lord God of Israel, and knowleche thou, and schew to me what thou hast do; hide thou notit not I.. And Achar answeryde to Josue, and seide to hym, Verily, Y syn|nedehaue synnede I. bifor the Lord God of Israel, and Y didehaue do I. `so and sothus and thus I.; for among the spuylis Y siȝ a reed mentil ful good, and two hun|drid siclis of siluer, and a goldun reule of fifti siclis; and Y coueytidecoueytide tho I., and took awei, and hiddeI hidde tho. in the erthe, aȝens the myddis of my tabernacle; and Y hilide the siluer with erthethe erthe IC. doluun. TherforThanne I. Josue sente mynystrisseruauntis I., whychethe whyche I. runnen to his tabernacle, and foundun alle thingisthese thingis I. hid in the same place, and the siluer to|gidere; and thei tokentoken these thingis I. awei fro the tente, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten I. `tho thingishem I. to Josue, and to alle the sones of Israel; and thei cast|idencastiden hem I. forth bifor the Lord. TherforThanne I. Jo|sue took Achar, the sone of Zare, and the siluer, and the mentil, and the goldun reule, and hise sones, and douȝtris, oxunhis oxun I., assis, and scheep, and thehis self I. tabernacle `it silfOm. I., and al the purtenaunce of householdhis household I., and al Israel with Josue; and theiOm. I. ledden hemhim A pr. m. et plures. to the valei of Achar; where Josue seideseide to him I., For thou disturblidisthast distourblid I. vs, the Lord schal disturbleful out distourble I. thee in this dai. And al Israel stonyde hymand al Israel stonyde him. Achar synnede in double ma|ner, that is, in the synne of sacrilegie, in stelinge an ha|lewid thing, and he synnede in defouling of the sabat, for he dide that thefte in the day of sabat, and therfor he was punysched bi double peyne; that is, of ston|yng for the breking of sa|bat, and this peyne is or|deyned for breking of the sabat in XV co. of Numery; the ij. tyme he was punysched bi the peyne of brennyng with hise purte|naunces, as God comaundide in this co. Lire here. C.; and alle thingis that weren hise, weren wastid bi fier. And thei gaderiden onupon I. hym a greet heep of stoonys, whichethe whiche I. dwellenabiden there I. tilstille I. Om. K. in to presentthis I. day. And the strong veniaunce of the Lord was turned awei fro hemIsrael I.; and the name of that place wasis I. clepid the valey of Achar `til tovnto I. daythis day I..

 CAP. VIII.

ForsotheAnd I. the Lord seide to Josue, Ne|ther drede thou `withoutforthOm. I., `nether drede thou withynnene be thou not aferd I.; take with thee al the mul|titude of fiȝterisfiȝtynge men I., and rise thou, and stiestie up I. in to the citee of Hay; lo, Y haue bitake ininto I. thin hond the king therof, and the puple, and the citee, and the lond. And thou schalt do to the citee of Hay, and to the king therof, as thou didist to Gerico, and to the king therofof it I.; sothelibut I. ȝe schu|len take to ȝou the prey, and alle lyuyngethe luyynge I. beestis; sette thou `aspies, ethir buysche|mentisaspies I. buyschementis C., to the citee bihynde it. And Jo|sue roos, and al the oost of fiȝterisfiȝtynge men I. with hym, tofor to I. stiestie up I. in to Hay; and bi nyȝte he sente thretti chosen thousynde of stronge men; and comaundidehe comaundide I. to hem, and seide, Sette ȝe buyschementis bihynde the citee, and go ȝe not ferthere; and alle ȝe schulen be redi; forsothefor I. Y, and the tothir mul|titude whichthat I. is with me, schulen come onupon I. the contrarie side aȝens the citee; and whanne thei schulen go out aȝens vs, as we diden bifore, wethanne while we I. schulen fle, and turne theoure I. backis, til thei pursuenpursuen us I., and ben drawun away ferthir fro the citee; for thei schulen gesse, that we schulen flefle hem I. as biforewe diden bifore I.. TherforThanne I. while we schulen fle, and theiwhile thei I. pursue, ȝe schulen rysearise I. fro the buysch|ementis, and schulenȜe schulen I. waste theher I. citee; and ȝoure Lord GodOm. I. schal bitake it in to ȝoure hondis. And whanne ȝe han take itOm. plures., `brenne ȝebrenneth I. it; `so ȝe schulen dodo ȝe I. alle thingis, as Y comaundidehaue comaundid to ȝou I.. And Josue lefte hem, and thei ȝeden to the place of buyschementis, and satenthei saten I. bitwixe Bethel and Hay, at the west coost of the citee of Hay. ForsotheAnd that niȝt I. Josue dwellide `in that nyȝtOm. I. in theOm. I. myddis of the puple. And he roos eerli, and noumbride felowishis felowis I., and stiedehe stiede vp I. with the eldereeldere men IK. in the frount of the oost, and washe was I. cumpassid with theOm. I. helpe of fiȝterisfiȝtynge men I.. And whanne thei had|den come, and hadden stiedstied up I. aȝens the citee, thei stoden at the north coost of the citee, bitwixe whichthe whiche I. citee and hem thea I. valei was in the myddis. `Sotheli heAnd Josue I. hadde chose fyue thousynde men, and haddehe hadde I. settesette hem I. in buyschementis bitwixe Bethauen and Hay, in the west part of the same citee. SotheliAnd I. al the tothir oost dresside scheltrounthe scheltroun I. to the north, so thatOm. I. the laste men of the multitude touchidenrechiden to I. the west coost of the citee. TherforThanne I. Josue ȝede in that nyȝt, and stood in theOm. I. that S. myddis of the valei; and whanne the kyng of Hai had seyn thatthis I., he hastide eerli, and ȝede out with al the oost of thehis I. citee, and he dresside scheltrunhis scheltrun I. aȝens the deseert; and wistehe wiste I. not that buyschementis weren hid bihinde thehis I. bak. ForsotheFor I. Josue and al the multitude `of IsraelOm. I. ȝauen place, feyn|ynge drede, and fleynge bi the weie of wil|dirnesse; and theithe men I. crieden to gidere, and excitidenwith gladnesse stireden I. hem silf to gidere, andand thei I. pursu|eden hemthe men of Israel I.. And whanne thei hadden go awey fro the citee, and sothely not oonoo man I. hadde left in the citee of Hai and Beth|auenin Bethauen I., that `pursuede notne he pursuede I. Israel, and thei leften the citees opyn, as thei hadden broke out, the Lord seide to Josue, `Reise thouReise up I. the scheeld whichthat I. is in thin hond, aȝens the citee of Hay; for Y schal ȝyue it to thee. And whanne heJosue I. hadde reisidreisid up I. the scheldhis baner I. aȝens the citee, buyschementisof Hai the buyschementis I., that weren hid, risedenrisen up I. anoon; and thei ȝeden to the citee, and token, and brenten it. ForsotheAnd I. the men of the citee, that pursueden Josue, bihelden, and siȝen the smoke of the citee stie `til tovp unto I. heuene; and thei myȝten no more fle hidur andne I. thi|dur; mostnamely I. sithen theithat thei A. that hadden feyned fliȝthem to fle I., and ȝeden to wildirnesse, withstoden strongliestemoost strongli I. `aȝens theher I. pursueris. And Josue siȝ, and al Israel, that the citee was takun, and thethat the I. smoke of the citee stiedestiede up I.; and he turnede aȝen, and smootkillide I. the men of Hay. SotheliAnd I. also theitho men I. that hadden take and brent the citee, ȝeden out of the cytee aȝens her menenmyes I., and bigunnenthei bigunnen I. to smyte the myddil men of enemyesher enmyes I.; and whanne aduersariesher aduersaries I. weren slayn `on euer ethir partbihynde and bifore I., so that no man of so greet multitude was sauyd, thei tokun also the kyng of Hay lyuynge, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten I. tohim to IK. Josue. Therfor, whanne alle menthe men I. weren slayn, that pursueden Israel goyngefleynge I. to deseert, and feldenhadden falle I. bi swerd in the same place, the sones of Israel turneden aȝen, and smytidendestrieden I. the citeecitee of Hai I.. ForsotheAnd I. thei that `felden dounweren sleyn I. in the same dai, fro man `til tounto I. womman, werenweren alle I. twelue thousynde of men, alleOm. I. menOm. IS. of the citee of Hay. SotheliFor I. Josue withdrow not thehis I. hond, which he hadde dressid an hiȝ holdynge `the scheld, tilup his baner til that I. alle the dwelleris of Hay weren slayn. Forsotheand I. the sones of Israel departiden to hem silf the werk beestis, and the preye of the citee, as the Lord comaundide to Josue; whichand Josue I. brente thethat I. citee, and made it an euerlastynge biriel. And he hangide the king therof in a iebat, `til to thevnto I. euentid and theto the I. goynge doun of the sunne. And Josue comaundide, and thei puttidenputten I. doun his deed bodi fro the cros; and thei `castiden forth himthrewen it out I. in thilkethe I. entryng of thethilke I. citee, and gaderidenthei gaderiden I. onupon I. hym a greet heep of stoonus, whichthe which I. heep dwellithabijdith there I. `til in tovnto I. presentthis I. dai. Thanne Josue bildide an auter to the Lord God of Israel in the hil of Hebal, as Moises, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., comaundide to the sones of Israel, and it is writun in the book of Moises lawe, an auter of stoonys vnpolischidvnpulshed L., whichethat I. yrun touchidehath touchid I. not. And heJosue I. offride therontherupon I. brent sacri|ficesacrifices K. to the Lord, and he offrideoffride also I. pesible sacrifices; and he wroot onupon I. the stoonys the Deutronomyedeclaratioun I.Deutronomye, not al the book, but the ten heestis onely. Lire here. C. of Moises lawe, `which he hadde declaridthat Moises hadde dyuersely told I. bifor the sones of Is|rael. SotheliAnd I. Forsothe plures. al the puple, and the gret|tere men in birthe, and theOm. I. duykis, and iugisthe iugis S. stoden onupon I. `euer eithereuery A. eithir C. side of the arke, in the siȝt of preestis and dekenesof dekenes I., that baren the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of the Lord; as a comeling, so and a man borun in the lond; the mydil part of hem stood bisidis the hil Garasymof Garisym K., and the myddil partpart of hem I. stood bisidis the hil Hebalof Hebal C pr. m. K., as Moises, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., co|maundide. And firstJosue first I. `sotheli heOm. I. blesside the puple of Israel. AftirAnd aftir DGIKMNOSQX. these thingis he redde alle the wordis of blessyng and of cursyng, and alle thingis that weren writun in the book of lawe. HeJosue I. lefte no thing vntouchid of these thingis that Moises comaundide; but he declaride alle thingis bifor al the multitude of Israel, to wymmen, and litleto litle IO. children, and to comelyngis that dwelliden among hem.

 CAP. IX.

And whanne these thingis weren herd, alle the kyngis biȝende Jordan, that lyued|endwelten I. in theOm. I. hilly places, and in `the feeldiplayn I. places, in theOm. I. coostis of the see, and in the brynke of the greet see, and thei that dwellendwelten I. bisidis Liban, Ethei, and Ammor|rei, Cananei, and Feresey, Euey, and Je|busey, weren gaderid togidere to fiȝte aȝens Josue and Israel, with o wille, and thewith the I. same sentenceacoord I.. And thei that dweltendwellen AEFLNP. in Gabaon, herden alle thingisthe thingis I. whichethat I. Josue hadde do to Jerico, and to Hay; and thei thouȝten felli, and tokenthei token I. to hem silfOm. I. metis, and puttydenthei puttiden I. elde sackis on assis, and wyn botels brokun and sewidpacchid I., and ful elde schoon, whichethe whiche I. weren sewid togidere with patchisoolde patchis K., to `the schewyng of eldenesseschewe her oldenesse I.; and theithese men I. weren clothid with eldeful olde I. clothis; also loouesthe looues I., whiche thei baren for lijflode in the weie, weren harde and brokun in toOm. C. gobetis. And thei ȝeden to Josue, that dwellide thanne in tentis in Galgala; and thei seiden to hym, and to al Israel togidere, We comencamen I. fro a fer lond, and coueytenwe coueyten I. to make pees with ȝou. And the men of Israel answeriden to hem, and seidenseiden to hem C., Lest perauenture ȝe dwellen in the lond, whichthat I. is due to vs bi eritage, and we moun not make bond of pees with ȝou. And thei seiden to Josue, We ben thi seruauntis. To whichewhom I. Josue seide, What men ben ȝe, and fro whennus camen ȝe? Thei answeriden, Thi ser|uauntis camen fro a ful fer lond in the name of thi Lord God, for we herdenhan herd I. the fame of his power, alleand alle IS. thingis whiche he dide in Egipt, and to tweithe two I. kyngis of Ammorreis biȝendis Jordan; to Seon kingthe king I. of Esebon, and to Og kyngthe kyng I. of Basan, that weren in Astroth. And the eldere men and alle the dwelleris of oure lond seiden to vs, Take ȝe metis in ȝoure hondis, for lengestethe ful long I. weie; and go ȝe to hem, and seie ȝe, We ben ȝoure seruauntis; make ȝe boond of pees with vs. And we token hoote looues, whanne we ȝeden out of oure housis to come to ȝou; now thothei I. ben maad drye and brokun, for greet eldenesseeelde I.; we filliden newe botels of wyn; now thothei I. ben brokun and vndoonvnsewid I.; the clothis and schoon, with whiche we ben clothid, and whiche we han `in theon oure I. feet, ben brokunto broke I. and almostwel nyȝ I. wastid, fro the lengthe of lengerelong I. weie. TherforThanne I. `the sones of Is|raelthei I. token of theOm. CI. metis of hemthese men I., and thei axiden not `the mouthcounseil I. of the Lord. And Josue made pees with hem. And whanne the boond of pees was maad, heJosue I. bihiȝte, that thei schulden not be slayn; and the princes of the multitude sworen to hem. ForsotheAnd I. aftir thre daies of the boond of pees maad, theithe men of Israel I. herden, that theitho men I. dwell|iden in nyȝ place, and that thei schulden bebe soon I. among hemtho men I.. And the sones of Israel mouyden tentisher tentis I., and camenthei camen I. in the thridde dai in to the citees of hemtho men I., of whiche citees these ben the names; Gabaon, and Caphira, andOm. I. Beroth, and Cariathiarym. And theiIsrael I. smytidendestriede I. not hem, for the princis of the multitude hadden swore to hem in the name of the Lord God of Is|rael. Therfor al the comyn puple grutch|ide aȝens the princispuple EFGMNOPUX. of Israel; whicheand the princis I. answeriden to hem, We sworen to hem in the name of the Lord God of Israel, and therfor we moun not touche hem; but we schulen do this thing to hem, sotheliOm. I. be thei reseruedkept I. that thei lyue, lest the ire of the Lord be stirid aȝens vs, if we for|swerenforsweren us DGIKMNOQSX. to hem; but so lyue thei, that thei hewe trees, and bere watris, in to the vsis of al the multitude. And while thei spaken these thingis, Josue clepide Ga|bonytisthe men of Gabaon., and seide to hem, Whi wolden ȝe disseyue vs bi fraude, `that ȝe seidenfor to sey I., We dwellen ful fer fro ȝou, sithen ȝe benben dwellinge I. in the myddis of vs? Therfor ȝe schulen be `vndur cursyngin thraldom I., and noon schal faile of ȝoure generaciounlynage I., hewynge trees and berynge watris, in to the hows of my God. WhicheThe whiche I. answeryden, It was told to vs thi seruauntis, that thi Lord God bihiȝte to Moises, his seruaunt, that he schulde bi|take to ȝou al the lond, and schuldethat he schulde I. leese alle the dwelleris therof; therfor we dred|den greetli, and purueiden to oure lyues, and werenwe weren I. compellid bi ȝoure drede, and we token this counsel. `Now forsotheAnd now I. we ben in `thin hondthi power I.; do thou to vs that, that semeth riȝtful and good to thee. TherforThanne I. Josue dide, as he seidebihiȝte hem I., and de|lyueredehe delyuerede I. hem fro the hondis of the sones of Israel, that thei schulden not be slayn. And in that dai Josue demyde hem to be in to theOm. S. seruyce of al the puplepuple of Israel I., and of the auter of the Lord, and to hewe trees, and to bere watris, `til in to present tymevn to the tyme that is now I., in thethat I. place which the Lord haddehath I. chose.

 CAP. X.

And whanne Adonysedech, kyng of Je|rusalem, hadde herde these thingis, that is, that Josue hadde take Hai, and hadde de|stried it; for as Josue hadde do to Jerico and to the kyng therof, so he dide to Hay, and to the kyng therof; and that Gabaon|ytismen of Gabaon I. hadden fled to Israel, and weren boundun in pees with hem, Adonysedech dredde greetli; for Gabaon was a greet citee, and oon of the kyngis citees, and grettereit was more I. than the citee of Hai, and alle the fiȝteris therof weren mostful I. strongestronge men I.. Ther|for Adonysedech, kyng of Jerusalem, sente to Ocham, kyng of Ebron, and to Pharam, kyng of Herymoth, and to Japhie, kyng of Lachis, and to Dabir, kyng of Eglon, and seide, Stie ȝe to me, and helpe ȝeme I., that we fiȝte aȝens Gabaon, for it wasis I. ȝoldun to Josue, and to the sones of Israel. Ther|forThanne I. fyue kyngis of Ammorreis, the kyng of Jerusalem, the kyng of Ebron, the kyng of Herymoth, the kyng of Lachis, theand the I. kyng of Eglon, weren gaderidgaderid togidre I., and sti|edenthei stieden I. togidere with her oostis; and set|tidenthei settiden I. tentis aȝens Gabaon, and fouȝtenthei fouȝten I. aȝens it. SotheliAnd whanne I. the dwelleris of theOm. L. citee of Gabaon, `that werenOm. plures. bisegidOm. RS., sententhei senten I. to Josue, that dwellide than in tentis at Galgala, and seidethei seiden I. to hym, With|drawe not thin hondis fro the help of thi seruauntis; `stie thoustie up I. soone, and delyuere vs, and helpe thouOm. S.; for alle the kyngis of Amorreis, that dwelliden in the hilli places, camen togidere aȝens vs. And Josue sti|edestiede up I. fro Galgala, and al the oost of fiȝtersfiȝters with him I., `the strengestemoost stronge I. men, `with hymOm. I.. And the Lord seide to Josue, Drede thou not hem, for Y ȝafhaue ȝouen I. hem in to thin hondis; noonand noon I. of hem schal mow aȝenstonde thee. TherforAnd so I. Josue felde sodenli onupon I. hem, and stiedewente up I. inOm. I. al thethat I. nyȝt fro Galgala; andand he I. the Lord `disturblide hemmade hem agast I. fro the face of Israelmen of Israel I., and al to-brakbrak hem I. with greet veni|aunce inhe in I. Gabaon. And Josue pursuede hem bi the weie of the stiyng ofup of I. Bethe|ron, and smoothe smoot hem I. `til tovnto he cam to I. Azecha and Ma|ceda. And whanne thei fledden the sones of Israel, and weren in the goyng doun of Betheron, theand the A. Lord sente grete stoonus onupon I. hem fro heuene, tiltil thei camen I. to Azecha; and many mo weren deed bi the `stoonys of hailhail stoonys I., than thei whiche the sones of Israel `smytiden bikilliden with I. swerd. Thanne Josue spak to the Lord, in the dai in which he bitook Amorreythe men of Amorrey I. in the siȝt of the sones of Is|rael; and Josue seide bifore hemthe peple I., Sunne, be thou not mouyd aȝens Gabaon, and the moone aȝensbe it not moued aȝens I. the valei of Hailon. And the sunne and the moone stoden, tilvnto the tyme I. theto the R. folc of God vengidehad vengid I. ithem I. silf of hiseher I. enemyes. Whether this is not writun in the book of iust men? And so the sunne stood in the myddis of heuene, and hast|ideit hastide I. not to go doun in the space of oa CGIKQX. dai; so long a dai was not bifore and aftir|ward; for the Lord obeiede to the vois of mana man I., and fauȝthe fauȝt I. for Israel. And Josue turnede aȝenJosue turn|ede aȝen; this is seid bifor|taking, for Josue turnede not aȝen til he hadde perfit victorie, as to tho thingis that ben tretid in this Co. Lire here. C., with al Israel, in to the tentis of Galgala. ForsotheFor the I. fyuethe fyue I. kyngis fledden, and hidden hem silf in the denne of the citee of Maceda. And it was teld to Josue, that fyue kyngis weren foundun hid in the denne of the citee of Maceda. Whichand I. Josue comaundide to felowis, and seide, Walewe ȝe grete stoonus to the `mouth of the dennedennys mouth I., and putteor|deyne I. ȝe witti men, that schulen kepe the closid kyngis; sotheliand I. nyle ȝe stondeabide I., but pursue ȝe the enemyes, and slee ȝe alle the lastelaste men I. of fleeristhe fleeris I.; and suffre ȝe not hem entreto entre I. in to the strengthis of her citees, whichethe whiche I. ene|myes ȝoure Lord God bitookhath bitake I. in toOm. I. ȝoure hondis. TherforThanne I. whanne the aduersaries weren betun with greet veniaunce, and weren almost wastid `til tovnto the I. deeth, thei that myȝten fle Israel, entriden in to theOm. A sec. m. strengthid citees. And al the oostoost of Israel I. turn|ede aȝen hoole, and in hoole noumbre to Josue, in to Maceda, where the tentistentis of Israel I. weren thanne; and no man was hardi to grutche, `ether to make priuy noiseOm. IMX., aȝens the sones of Israelto grucche aȝenus the sones of Israel, thanne, but aftirward thei diden. Lire here. C. And Josue comaund|idecomaunde I., and seide, Opene ȝe the `mouth of the dennedennys mouth I., and bryngebryngith I. forth to me the fyue kyngis that ben hid therynne. And the mynystrisseruauntis I. diden, as it was comaundid to hem; and thei brouȝten forth to Josue fyuethe fyue I. kyngis fro the denne; the kyng of Jerusalem, theand the I. kyng of Ebron, the kyng of Herymoth, the kyng of Lachis, theand the I. kyng of Eglon. And whanne thei weren led out to Josue, he clepide alle the men of Israel, and seidehe seide I. to theOm. I. princes of the oost, that weren with hym, Go ȝe, and sette ȝoure feet onupon I. the neckis of these kyngis. And whanne thei hadden go, and tredidentroden FI. traden ELP. treden G. thewith her feet the I. neckis of `the kyngishem I. sugetsuget made I. `to her feetOm. I., eft Josue seide to hemIsrael I., Nyle ȝe drede, nethir `drede ȝe with ynnebe ȝe aferd I., be ȝe coumfortid, and be ȝe stronge; forfor so I. the Lord schal do soOm. I. to alle ȝoure enemyes, aȝens whiche ȝe schulen fiȝte. And Josue smootsmoot tho kingis I., and killide hem, and hangidehe hangide GIKMNOSX. onhem on K. hem up on I. fyue trees; and thei weren hangid `til tovnto I. euentidthe euentid IK.. And whanne the sunne ȝede doun, he comaundide toOm. I. felowis, that thei schulden put hem doun fro the iebatis; and whanne thei weren put doun, thei `castiden forththrewen I. hemhem out I. in to the denne, in which thei weren hid; and thei puttiden grete stoonus onupon I. the mouth therof, whichethe whiche I. stoonus dwellenabijden there stille I. `til tointo plures, vnto I. presentthis I. tyme. InAlso in I. the same dai Josue took alsoOm. I. Maceda, and smoothe smoot I. bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and killidehe killide I. the kyng therof, and alle the dwelleris therofof it I.; heJosue I. lefte not therynnein it I., nameliȝhe I., litlesmale I. relikisrelyues plures. or ouȝt of valu I.; and he dide to the kyng of Maceda as he hadde dodide I. to the kyng of Jerico. ForsotheAnd I. Josue passide with al Israel fro Maceda in to Lempna, and fauȝthe fauȝt I. aȝens it, whichwhich citee I. the Lord bi|took, with the kyng therof, in the hond of Israel; and theimen of Israel I. smytidensmoten I. thethat I. citee bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and alle the dwelleris therof, and leftenthei leften I. not onyoonli D. Om. I. re|likisrelyues B. relifs D. Om. I. therynnetherynne ony thing of valu I text; or relikis I marg.; and thei diden to the kyng of Lempna as thei hadden do to the kyng of Jerico. Fro Lempna heJosue I. passide with al Israel in to Lachis; and whanne the oost was disposidordeyned I. bi cumpas, he fauȝt aȝens it. And the Lord bitook Lachis in the hond of the sones of Israel; and heJosue I. took itLachis I. in the tothirsecounde I. dai, and smoothe smoot it I. bi the scharpnesse of swerd, andhe slowȝ I. ech manlijf I., that was therynne, as he hadde do to Lempna. In that time Yram, kyngthe kyng I. of Gazar, stiede toup to I. helpe Lachis; whom Josue smootOm. I., with al his puple, tilsmote I. to deeth. And heJosue I. passide fro Lachis in to Eglon, and cumpassidecum|passide it I., and ouercam it in the same dai; and he smoot bi theOm. I. scharpnesse of swerd alle men that weren therynne, bi alle thingis whichethat I. he hadde do to Lachis. Also heJosue I. stiedestiede up I. with al Is|rael fro Eglon in to Ebron, and fauȝthe fauȝt I. aȝens itEbron I., and tookhe took I., and smootsmoot it I. bi the scharpnessescharnesse A. of swerd; and the kyng therof, and alle citeesthe citees I. of that cuntrey, and alle men that dwelliden therynne; he lefte not ony relikisthingis of value I. relijke S. therynne; as he hadde do to Eglon so he dide also to Ebron, and wastide bi swerd alle thingis that weren therynne. Fro thennus heJosue I. turnyde in to Dabir, and took itOm. I., and wastidewastide it I.; and he smoot bi theOm. I. scharpnesse of swerd the kyng therof, and alle tounnesthe townes CI. `bi cumpasaboute it I.; heand he I. lefte not ony relikisthingis of valu I. therynne; as he hadde do to Ebron, and to Lempna, and to `the kyngis of thoher kyngis I., so he dide to Dabir, and to the kyng therof. And so Josue smootsmoot and destriede I. al the `lond of the hillismounteyn lond I., and ofOm. I. the south, and `of the feeldthe playn lond I., and Asedoch with her kyngis; he lefte not therynne ony relikisrelifs BDO. thingis aftir him I text. or relikis, marg., but he killide al thing that myȝte brethehe killide al thing that myȝte brethe; this is vndurstondun of al mankynde therynne, for the vnresonable beestis camen in to the prey of fiȝteris. Lire here. C., as the Lord God of Israel comaundide toOm. I. hym; fro Cades Barne `til tovnto I. Gazan, and al the lond of Jesson, `til tovnto I. Gabaon Josuehe I. took, and wastide with o fersnessewith o fers|nesse, as to the firste batel, for Josue fauȝte in myche tyme, as in xi. co. Lire here. C. alle theher I. kyngis, and `cuntreis of hemher cuntreis I.; for the Lord God of Israel fauȝt for hym. And heJosue I. turnede aȝen with al Israel to the place of tentis in Galgala.

 CAP. XI.

And whanne Jabyn, kyngthe kyng I. of Asor, hadde herd these thingis, he sente to Jo|bab, kyngthe kyng I. of Madian, and to the kyng of Semeron, and to the kyng of Acsaph; forsotheand I. to the kyngis of the north, that dwelliden in the hillimounteyns I. placesplace S., and in the pleyn aȝens the south of Seneroth, and in the feeldi places, and cuntreisin the cuntreis I. of Dor, bi|sidis the see, andand he sente I. `to CananeiOm. I. fro the eest andto the I. westwest, to Cananey I., and to Ammorrey, and Etheito Ethei I., and Fereseito Feresei CI., and Jebuseito Jebusei I., in the `hilli placesmounteines I., and to Euey, that dwellide at the rootisof the hil I marg. of Hermon, in the lond of Maspha. And allethei I. ȝeden out with her cumpanyes, a ful myche puple, as the grauel whichthat I. is in the `brynk of the seesee brynk I., and horsisther ȝeden out horsis I., and charis, of greet multitude. And alle these kyngis camen togidere at the watris of Meron, to fiȝte aȝens Israel. And the Lord seyde to Josue, Drede thou not hem, for to morewe, in this same our, Y schal bitake alle these men to be woundid in the siȝt of Israel; thou schalt hoxe `the horsis of hemher horsis I., and thouher charis thou I. schalt brenne `the charisOm. I. biwith I. fier. And Josue cam, and al his oost with hym, aȝens hem sodenli, atand he fel upon hem at I. the watris of Meron, `and felden on hemOm. I.. And the Lord bitook hem in to the hondis of Israel; whicheand Josue and his oost I. smytidensmyten I. hem, `that is, the hethen kyngis and her oostesOm. S., and pursuedenthei pursueden hem I. `til tovnto I. grete Sidon, and thevnto the I. watris of Maserophoth, and tovnto I. the feeld of Maspha, whichthat I. is at the eest part therof. JosueAnd Josue I. smoot so alle menhem I., that he lefte no relikisthingis I. of hem; and he dide as the Lord comaundide to hym; he hox|ide `the horsis of hemher horsis I., and brente theher I. charis. And he turnede aȝen anoon, and took Asor, and `smoot bihe killide with I. swerd the kyng therofof it I.; for Asor helde bi eld tyme the prinsehed among alle these rewmes. And `he smootJosue killide I. alle persoonesthe persoones I. that dwelliden there, he lefte not ony relikysthingis I. therynne, but he wastide alle thingis `til tovnto the I. deeth; also he distriede thilke citee bi brennyng. And he took alle `citees bi cumpasthe citees aboute I., and `the kyngis of hemher kyngis I., and smoothe killide hem I., and dide aweihem awei I., as Moises, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., comaundide toOm. I. hym, without ci|teesthe citees I. that weren set in theOm. A sec. m. ELP. grete hillismounteyns I., and in litle hillis; and Israel brente the otheretothere K. citees; flawme wastidebrente up I. oneli o citee, Asor, the strongeste. And the sones of Israel departiden to hem silf al the prei, and werkthe werk I. beestis of these citees, whanne alle menthe men of hem I. weren slayn. As the Lord co|maundide to his seruaunt Moises, so Moises comaundide to Josue, and `he fillideJosue fulfilide I. alle thingis; heneither sotheli he I. passide notO word I. of alle comaunde|mentisthe hestis I., `nether o word sotheliOm. I., whichthat I. the Lord comaundide to Moises. And so Josue took al the `lond of the hillismounteyn lond I., and ofthe lond of I. the south, theand the I. lond of Gosen, and the pleynpleyn lond I., and the west coost, and thehe toke the I. hil of Israel, and the feeldi places therof; and theOm. I. part of the hil that stiethstrecchith up I. to Seir `til tovnto I. Baalgath, bi the pleyn of Liban vndur the hil of Hermon; Josue took, and smoot, and killide alle the kyngis of thethese I. places. Josue fauȝt myche tyme aȝens these kyngis; `no citee wasther was no citee I., which bitook not it silf to the sones of Israel, out takun Euey that dwellide in Gabaon; he took allealle men I. bi batel. For it was the sentence of the Lord, that `the hertis of hemher hertis I. schulde be maad hard, and that thei schulden fiȝte aȝens Israel, and schuldenthat thei schulden I. falle, and schuldenthei schulden I. not disserue ony mercy, and schuldenthat thei schulden I. perische, as the Lord comaundide to Moises. Josue cam in that tyme, and killidehe killide I. Enachym, that is, giauntis, fro the `hilli placismountaynes I. of Ebron, and of Dabir, and of Anab, and fro alOm. K sec. m. the hil of Juda, and of Israel, and didehe dide I. awei `the citees of hemher citees S.. He lefte not ony man of the gene|racioun of Enachimgeauntis I. in the lond of the sones of Israel, withoutoutake I. thein the I. citees of Gasa, and Geth, and Azotus, in whiche aloone theigeauntis I. weren left. TherforThanne I. Josue took al the lond, as the Lord spak to Moyses, and he ȝaf it in to possessioun to the sones of Israel, bi her partis and lynagis; and the lond restide fro batels.

 CAP. XII.

These ben the kyngis whiche the sones of Israel han smyte, and weldiden `the lond of hemher londis I., biȝende Jordan, at the `ris|yng of the sunneeest I., fro the stronde of Ar|non `til tovnto I. the hil of Hermon, and al the eest coost that biholdith the wildirnesse. Seon, the kyng of Amorreis, that dwellide in Esebon, was lord fro Aroer, whichthat I. is set on the brenke of the stronde of Arnon, and of the myddil part in the valey, and of half Galaad, tiland I. to the stronde of Ja|both, which is the terme of the sones of Amon, and fro the wildirnesse `til tovnto I. the see of Ceneroth, aȝens the eest, and `til tovnto I. the see of deseert, whichthat I. is the saltist see at the eest coost, biin I. the weie that ledith to Bethessymoth, and frohe was lord fro I. the south part that liggithlijth I. vndur Assedoch, `til tovnto I. Phasga. The terme of Og, kyng of Basan, of the relikisrelikis or of the left partis I. of Raphaym, `that is, giauntisOm. IS. in whiche weren stronge geauntis I marg., thatthe whiche I. dwelliden in Astoroth and in E|draym, and heOg I. was lord in the hilmount I. of Hermon, and in Salacha, and in al Basan, `til tovnto I. the termescoostis I. of Gessuri and Machati, and of the half part of Galaad, and to the termecoost I. of Seon, kyng of Esebon. Moyses, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., and the sones of Israel `smytiden hemkilliden these kyngis I.; and Moises ȝaf `the lond of hemher londis I. in to possessioun to Ru|benytisthe men of the lynage of Ruben I. and `to Gadditisof the lynage of Gad I. and to half the lynage of Manaasses. These ben theOm. I. kyngis of the lond, whichewhom I. Josue and the sones of Israel smytidenhan smyten I. biȝende Jordan, at the west coost, fro Algad in the feeld of Liban, `til tovnto I. the hilmount I. whos part stiethstrecchith up I. in to Seir; and Josue ȝaf itthat lond I. in to possessioun to the lynagis of Israel, to echech lynage I. his owne part, as wel in `hilli placisthe hilli places plures. the mounteyns I. as in pleyn and feeldi placis; in Asseroth, and in wil|dirnesse, and in the south was Ethei, and Ammorrei, Cananei, and Pheresei, Euey, and Jebusei. The kyng of Jerico oonwas oon, oon.; the kyng of Hai, whichthe which Hay I. is at the side of Bethel, oon; the kyng of Jerusalem, oonoon was I.; theOm. I. kyng of Ebron, oon; the kyng of He|rymoth, oon; the kyng of Lachis, oonoon was I.; theOm. I. kyng of Eglon, oon; the kyng of Gazer, oon; the kyng of Dabir, oonoon was I.; the kyng of Gader, oon; the kyng of Herma, oon; the kyng of Hedreth, oon; the kyng of Lempna, oon; the kyng of Odollam, oonoon was I.; the kyng of MacedaMasceda A., oon; theOm. I. kyng of Bethel, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Thaphua, oonoon was I.; theOm. I. kyng of Affer, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Affeth, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Saron, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Madon, oonoon was I.; theOm. I. king of Asor, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Semeron, oon; the kyng of Axaph, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Thenach, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Magedo, oonoon was I.; theOm. I. kyng of Cetes, oon; theOm. I. kyng of Ja|chanaem of Carmele, oon; the kyng of Dor and of the prouince of Dor, oon; the kyng of folkis of Galgal, oon; the kyng of Thersa, oon; alle the kyngis, oon and thretti.

 CAP. XIII.

Josue was eld and of greet age; and the Lord seide to him, Thou hast woxe eld, and artthou art I. of long tyme; and largestethe moost large I. lond is left, whichthat I. is not ȝit departid bi lot; that is, al Galileal Galile; in Ebreu it is, alle the termes of Filistiym. C., Filistiym, and al Gessuri, fro the troblid flood that moistith Egipt, `til tovnto I. the termesterme I. of Acaron aȝenus the north; the lond ofalso of I. Chanaan, whichthat I. is departid `in toamong I. fyue litle kyngis of Filis|tym, ofthat is the king of I. Gaza, and ofthe king of I. Azotus, of Asco|lon, of Geth, and ofthe king of I. Accaron. Forsotheand I. at the south ben Eueis, al the londlond also I. of Ca|naan, and Maaraof Maara I. ofand CD. and of I. SidonyesSydony I., `til tovnto I. Affetha, and to the termescostis I. of Amorrei, and theto the I. coostistermes I. of hymit I.; and the cuntrei of Liban aȝens the eest, fro Baalgath, vn|dur the hil of Hermon, tiltil that I. thou entrist into Emath, ofthat is the cuntrey of I. alle men that dwellidendwellen I. in the hilmount I., fro theOm. DGIKMOQSUX. Liban `til tovnto I. the wa|tris of Masserephoth, and allealle the I. men of SidonSidonye I.; Y amit am I., that schal do awei hem fro the facesiȝt I. of the sones of Israel; therforthanne I. come itthis possessioun I. in to theOm. I. part of eritagethe eritage I. of Is|rael, as YY haue I. comaundide to thee. And thou now departe the lond in to possessioun to the nyne lynagis, and to the half lynage of Manasses, with which lynage Ruben and Gad weldiden the lond, whichthe which I. lond Moises, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., ȝaf to hem bi|ȝende the flowyngis of Jordan, at the eest coost; fro Aroer, whichthat I. is set in the brynke of the stronde of Arnon, in theOm. I. middis of the valei, and alle the feeldi places of Medaba, `til tovnto I. Dibon, and alle the citees of Seon, kyngthe kyng I. of Amorreis, that regnyde in Esebon, `til tovnto I. the termescoostis I. of the sones of Amon, and of Galaad, and to the termescoostis I. of Gessuri, and of Machati, and al the hilmounteyne I. of Hermon, and al Basan, `til tovnto I. Salecha; al the rewme of Og in Basan, that regnede in Astoroth, and in Edraym; `he wasthis was I. of the relikispeple left I. of Ra|faym, `that is, of giauntisthat be geauntis I marg. Om. S.; and Moises smootkillide I. hem and didedide hem IK. awey hemOm. plures.. And the sones of Israel noldenwolden not I. destrye Gessurri and Machati; and thei dwellidenhan dwellid I. in the myddis of Israel, `til in to present daivnto the day that is now I.. SotheliAnd I. he ȝaf not possessioun to the ly|nage of Leuy, butbut to hem he ȝaf I. sacrificeswilful offringis I., and slayn sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel; thatthe which lynage I. is `his eritagethe eritage of the Lord I., as Godthe Lord I. spakseide I. to hymMoises I.. TherforOm. I. Moises ȝafȝaf thanne I. possessioun to the lynage of the sones of Ruben, bi her kyn|redis; and `the term of hemher term I. was fro Aroer, whichthat I. is setOm. I. in the brenke of the stronde of Arnon, and in the myddil valei of the same stronde, al the pleyn thatalso that I. ledith to Medaba, and Esebonto Esebon I., and alle the townes of thohem I., that ben in theOm. I. feeldi places; and Dibon, and Baal Bamoth, and the citee of Baal Meon, and Gesa, and Se|dymoth, and Mephe, and Cariathaym, and Sabana, and Sarathaphar, inand K. the hil of the valey of Betheroeth, and of Asedoch, Phasca, and Bethaissymoth; alle theOm. I. feeldi citees, and alle the rewmes of Seon, kyngthe kyng I. of Amorrey, that regnede in Esebon, whom Moyses smoot, with hise princes, Madian, Eueyalso Euey I. and Recten, and SurAssur C., and Hur, and Rebee, duykisthe duykis I. and duykis K. of Seon, enhabitersdwellers I. of the lond. And the sones of Israel kill|iden bi swerd Balaam, theOm. plures. fals diuynour, the sone of Beor, with othere men slaynslayn there I.. And the termetermes A pr. m. of the sones of Ruben was maad the flood of Jordan; this is the pos|sessioun of Rubenytismen of Ruben I. bi her kynredis of citees and ofOm. I. townes. And Moises ȝafȝaf a possessioun I. to the lynage of Gad, and to thehis I. sones ther|ofOm. I., bi herhise A pr. m. et plures. kynredis, possessiounOm. I., of whichthe which possessioun I. this is departyngthe departyng I.; he ȝaf the termes of Jazer, and alle the citees of Ga|laad, and the half part of the lond of the sones of Amon, `til tovnto I. Aroer whichthat I. is aȝens Tabba; and fro Esebon `til tovnto I. Ra|moth of Masphe, and Bethamyn, and Ma|nayn, `til tovnto I. the termes of Dabir; and in the valei he ȝafȝaf to hem I. Betharan, and Bethneuar, and Socoth, and Saphan, thethat was the I. tother part of the rewme of Seon, kyngthe kyng I. of Esebon; and the ende of thisthat terme I. is Jordan, `til tovnto I. the laste part of the see of Cenereth ouer Jor|dan, at the eest coost. This is the pos|sessioun of the sones of Gad, bi her meynees, the citees and townesthe townes I. of thohem I.. HeMoises I. ȝaf also possessioun to the half ly|nage of Manasses, and to hise sones, bi her kynredis, of which possessioun this is the bigynnyng; heMoises I. ȝaf Ammaym, and al Ba|san, and alle the rewmes of Og, kyngthe kyng I. of Basan, and alle the townes of Jair, that ben in Basan, sixtithe whiche ben sixti I. citees; andalso I. half the part of Galaad, and Astoroth, and Edrayof Edray I., the citees of the rewme of Og, kyng ofin BCFKMNLOQRSUX. Basan; tohe ȝaf to I. the sones of Machir, sonesthe sones I. of Manasses, and to half the part of the sones of Machir, bi her kynredis. Moises departide this possessioun in the feeldi placis of Moab ouer Jordan, aȝens Jericho, at the eest coost. Forsothe heMoises I. ȝaf notno I. possessioun to the lynage of Leuy; for the Lord God himself of Israel is the posses|sioun of Leuythe kynrede of Leuy I., as the Lord spakseide I. to hym.

 CAP. XIV.

This `thing itOm. I. is, whichthe possessioun that I. the sones of Israel weldiden in the lond of Canaan, whichthe which I. lond Eleazar the preest, and Jo|sue, the sone of Nun, and the princes of meyneesthe meynees I. biof I. thetho plures. lynagis of Israel ȝauen to hem, and departidenthese departiden I. alle thingis bi lot, as the Lord comaundide in the hond of Moises, to nynethe nyne N. lynagis and theto an I. to the DEFGKLMNOPQRSUWX. half lynage. For Moisesbiȝonde Jordan Moises I. hadde ȝoueȝoue possessioun I. to `the tweytwo I. ij LO. lynagis and to thean I. half lynage `possessioun ouer JordanOm. I.; without the Leuytisdekens I., that token no thing of the lond among her britheren; but the sones of Joseph weren departid in to twei lynagis, of Manasses and of Effraym, and `weren eiristhese by successioun camen I. in to the place of hemLeuytis, and weren eiris I.. And `the Leuytisthei I. token noon other part in the lond, no but citees to dwelledwelle ynne I., and the subarbis of tho to werkeher werke I. beestis and her scheep to be fedfed ynne I.. As the Lord comaundide to Moises, so the sones of Israel diden, and departidenthei departiden I. the lond. And so the sones of Juda neiȝidenwenten I. to Josue in Galgalis; and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, of Ce|neth, spak to himJosue I., Thou knowist, what the Lord spak to Moises, the man of God, of me and of thee in Cades Barne. YCaleph I marg. was of fourti ȝeer, whanne Moises, `seruaunt of the Lordthe seruaunt of the Lord BCFLNP pr. m. the Lordis seruaunt I. the man of God G., sente me fro Cades Barne, that Y schulde biholde the lond, and Y teelde to hym that, that semyde soth to me. Forsotheand I. my britheren, thats tiedenȝeden up I. with me, discoumfortiden the herte of the puple, and neuerthelesnertheles I. Y suede my Lord God. And Moises swoor in that dai, and seide, The lond, whichthat I. thi foot tradhath troden I., schal be thi possessioun, and of thi sones with|outen ende; for thou suedist thi Lord God. SotheliAnd I. the Lord grauntide lijf to me, as he bihiȝte, `til in to present daiinto the day that is nowe I.. Fourti ȝeer and fyue ben, sithen the Lord spak this word to Moises, whanne Israel ȝedewente I. bithorouȝ I. theOm. I. wildirnesse. To dai YY Caleph I. am of `foure scoor ȝeer and fyuefyue and eiȝti ȝeer K., and Y am as myȝti, as Y was myȝtiOm. I. in that time, whanne Y was sent to aspiebiholde the lond I.; the strengthe `of that tymeOm. I. dwellith stabli in me `til tovnto this I. dai, as wel to fiȝte, as to go. Therfor ȝyueJosue, ȝyue I. thou to me this hil, whichthat I. the Lord bi|hiȝte to me, while also thou herdistherdist it I., in whichthe which I. hil ben Enachym, and grete `citees, and strengthidstrengthid citees I.; if in hap the Lord isbe I. with me, and Y maischal mowe I. do hem awei, as hethe Lord I. bihiȝte to me. And Josue blesside hymCaleph I., and ȝafhe ȝaf I. to hym Ebron in to possessioun. And fro that tyme Ebron was toof I. Caleph, sonethe sone I. of Jephone, of Cenez, `til in tovnto this I. pre|sent dai; for he suede the Lord God of Israel. The name of Ebron was clepid bifore Cariatharbe. AdamOm. I., the grettestemoost I., wasAdam was I. set there in the lond of Enachym; and thethat I. lond ceesside fro batels.

 CAP. XV.

TherforThanne I. this was the part of the sones of Juda, bi her kynredis; frothe whiche part lastide fro I. the termecoost I.kynredis, that is, meynees. Lire here. C. of Edom `til tovnto I. deseertthe deseert IS. of Syn aȝens the south, and `til toit duride unto I. the laste part of the south coost, the bigynnyng therof fro the hiȝnesseheiȝte I. of the saltist see, and fro the arm therof, that biholdithbihodith A. to the south. And it goith out aȝens the stiyng of Scorpiounthe scorpioun IK., and passithit passith forth I. in to Syna; and it stiethstieth up I. in to Cades Barne, and comethit cometh I. in to Ephron, and it stiethstieth up I. to Daran, and cumpassithit cumpassith I. Cariacaa; and fro thennus it passithpassith forth I. in to Asemona, and comethit cometh I. to the stronde of Egipt; and the termes therof schulen be the greet see; this schal be the ende of the south coost. SotheliAnd I. fro the eest the bigynnyng schal be the saltiste see, `til tovnto I. the laste partis of Jor|dan, and tho partis, that biholden the north, fro the arm of the see `til tovnto I. the same flood of Jordan. And the termeterme of it I. stiethstieth up I. in to Bethaegla, and passithit passith I. fro the north in to Betharaba; and it stiethstieth up I. to the stoon of Boen, sonethat is, of the sone I. of Ruben, and goithit goith I. til tovnto I. the termes of Debera, fro the valei of Achar aȝens the north; and it biholdith Galgala, whichthat I. is `on the con|trarie part offorn aȝens I. the stiyng of Adomyn, fro the south part of the stronde; and it passith the watris, that ben clepid the welle of the sunne; and the outgoyngis therof schulen be tolastynge to I. the welle of Rogel. And it stiethstieth up I. bi the valei of the sone of Ennon, bi the side of Jebusei, at the south; this is Jerusalem; and fro thennus it reisithup reisith I. it silf to the cop of the hil, whichthat I. is aȝens Jehennon at the west, in the hiȝnesseheiȝte I. of the valei of Raphaym, aȝens the north; and it passith froforth fro I. the `cop of the hilOm. G. tilOm. plures. to the wel of the watir Nepthoa, and comethit cometh I. `til tovnto I. til S. the tounes of the hil of Ephron; and it is bowid in to Baala, whichthat I. is Cariathiarym, that is, the citee of woodis; and it cumpassith fro Baala aȝens the west, `til tovnto I. the hil of Seir, and it passith bi the side of the hil Jarym to the north in Selbon, and goithit goith I. doun in to Bethsamys; and it passithpassith forth I. in to Thanna, and comethit cometh I. aȝens the partis of the north bi the side of Accaron; and it is bowid to Secrona, and passithit passith I. the hil of Baala; and it cometh in to Gebneel, and it is closid with the ende of the grete see, aȝens the west. These ben the termes of the sones of Juda, bi cumpas in her mey|nees. SotheliAnd I. Josue ȝaf to Caleph, sonethe sone I. of Jephone, part in the myddis of the sones of Judathe sones of Jude I., as the Lord comaundide to hym, Cariatharbethis part hiȝt Cariatharbe I., of the fadir of Enach; thilke is Ebron. And Caleph dide awei fro itthennus I. thre sones of Enach, Sisai, and Achyman, and Tholmai, of the genera|cioun of Enach. And Caleph stiedestiede up I. fro thennus, and camhe cam I. to the dwelleris of Da|bir, that was clepid bifore Cariathsepher, that is, theOm. I. citee of lettris. And Caleph seide, Y schal ȝyue Axa, my douȝter, wijf to hym that schal smytedestrie I. Cariathsepher, and schalhe schal I. take it. And Othynyel, sonethe sone I. of Ceneth, the ȝongere brother of Caleph, took thatthe I. citee; and Caleph ȝaf Axa, his douȝtir, wijf to hym. And whanne `sche ȝede togiderethei ȝeden IKX sup. ras., hir hosebonde counseilide hir, that sche schulde axe of hir fadir a feeld; and sche siȝȝide, as sche sat onupon I. the asse; `to whomand I. Caleph seideseide to her I., What hast thouthou in thi mynde I.? And scheAxa I. answeride, Ȝyue thou blessynga blessyng I. to me; thou hast ȝoue to me the south lond and dryea drye I.; ioyne thou also thetherto a I. moist lond. And Caleph ȝaf to hir thea I. moist lond, aboue and bynethe. This is the possessioun of the lynage of the sones of Juda, bi her meynees. And the citees werenOm. I. fro the laste partis of the sones of Juda, bisidis the termes of Edom, fro the southsouth weren these citees I.; Capsahel, and Edel, and Jagur, Ectyna, and Dymona, Edada, and Cades, and Alor, and Jethnan, and Ipheth, and Thelon, and Balaoth, and Asor, Nobua, and Cariath, Effron; this is Asseromam; Same, and Molida, and Aser, Gabdaand Gabda BD., and Assemoth, Bethfelech, and Asertual, and Bersabee, and Baiohia, and Baala, and Hymesen, and Betholad, and Exul, and Herma, and Sichelech, and Meacdemana, and Sensena, Lebeoth, and Selymetem Remmothand Remmoth DGIKMNOQSX.; alle `the citeesthese ben I., nyn and threttithretti citees I.alle the citees xxxix. In E|breu it is xxix.; for so manye and no mo leften to the sones of Juda bi truthe, othere that ben ouer this noumbre weren assigned after|ward to the lynage of Sy|meon. C., and theher I. townes `of thoOm. I.. So|theliAnd I. in the feeldi places, Escoal, and Sama, and Asena, and Azanoe, and En|gannem, and Taphua, and Enaym, and Jecemoth, Adulam, Socco, and Azecha, and Sarym, Adytaym, and Gedam, and Giderothaym; fourtene citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.; Sanam, and Aseba, and Magdalgad, Delen, and Melcha, Bethel, Lachis, and Baschat, and Esglon, Esbon, and Leemas, and Cethlis, and Gideroth, and Bethdagon, and Neuma, and Maceda; sixteneand sixtene I. citees, and `the townes of thoher townes, bi name I.; `Jambane, and Ether, and Asam, Jepta, and Jesua, and Nesib, and Ceila, and Azib, and MarezaOm. I., nynand nyn I. citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.; `Accaron with hise townes and vilagis; fro Accaron til to the see, alle thingis that gon to Azotus, and the townes therof; Azotus with hise townes and vi|lagis; Gaza with hise townes and villagis, til to the stronde of Egipt; and the grete see is the terme therof; and in the hil, Samyrof Samyr K., and Jeccher, and Socco, and Ede|ma, Cariath Senna; this is Dabir; Anab, and Ischemo, and Ammygosen, and Olom, and GiloOm. I., enleueneand ther weren enleuene I. `citees, and the townes of thocitees, with townes and vilagis therof I.; `Arab, and Roma, and Esaam, and Amum, and Bethfasua, and Afecha, Am|macha, and Cariatharbe; this is Ebron; and SiorOm. I., nynand nyn I. citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.; `Maon, and Hermen, and Ziph, and Jothae, Zerahel, and Zocadamer, and Anoe, and Chaym, Gabaa, andOm. plures. KannaOm. I., tenand ten I. ci|tees, and `the citees of thoher townes I.; `Alul, and Bethsur, and Jodor, Mareth, and Betha|noth, and Bethecen, sixe citees, and the townes of thoOm. I.; Cariathbaal; this is Ca|riathiarym, the citee of woodis; and Reb|da, twei citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.; in deseertthe deseert I., `Betharaba, Medyn, and Siriacha, Nepsan, and the citee of salt, and Engad|diOm. I., sixeweren sixe I. citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.; `the citeesthese I. weren togidere an hundrid and fiftene. Sotheli the sones of Juda myȝten not do awei Jebusei, the dwellere of Je|rusalem; and Jebusei dwellide with the sones of Juda in Jerusalem `til in tovnto this I. pre|sent day.

 CAP. XVI.

And the lotlond Q., `ethir partOm. CISX., of the sones of Joseph felde fro Jordan aȝens Jerico, and atto I. the watris therof, fro the eest; is the wildirnesse, that stiethstieth up I. fro Jerico to the hil of Bethel, and it goith outforth I. fro Bethel `in tovnto I. Luzan, and passithit passith I. the terme of Architaroth, and it goith doun to the west, bisidis the terme of Jefleti, `til tovnto I. the termes of the lowere Bethoron, and of Gazer; and the cuntrees therof ben endid with the greet see, whichethe whiche I. cuntreis Manasses and Effraym, the sones of Joseph, weldiden. And the terme of the sones of Effraym, bi her meynees, and `the possessioun of hemher possessioun I. was maad aȝens the eesteest the whiche terme was I., AccarothaddarAccaroth and Addar DKOX. `til tovnto I. the hiȝere Bethoron. And the coostis goon out in to the see; sothelifor I. Mathmetath biholdith the north, and cumpassithit cumpassith I. the termes aȝens the eest in Tharnarselo, and passithit passith I. fro the stronde of Janee; and it goith doun fro Janee in to Atharoth and Noatharainto Noathara I., and comethit cometh I. in to Jerico; and it goith out to Jordan fro Taphua, and passith aȝens the see in toOm. K. the valey of `the place ofOm. G. rehedis; and the goyngis out therof ben tovnto I. the salteste see. This is the posses|sioun of the sones of Effraym, bi her meynees; and citeesthe citees I. and the townes of thotho coostus I. ben departid to the sones of Effraym, in the myddis of thehis I. possessioun of the sones of Manasses. And the sones of Ef|fraym killidenslowen I. not Cananey, that dwellide in Gazer; and Cananey dwellide tributarie in the myddis of Effraym til inOm. I. to this day.

 CAP. XVII.

ForsotheAnd the I. lot felde inOm. BC. to the lynage of Manasse, for he is the firste gendridbigoten I. sone of Joseph; lotit I. felde to Machir, the firste gendridbigoten I. sone of Manasses, to the fadir of Galaad, that was a werriour, and he hadde possessiounto possessioun I. Galaad and Basan. And lot felde to the otheretother IK. ofOm. I. the sones of Manasses, bi her meynees; to the sones of Abiezer, and to the sones of Heleth, and to the sones of Hesriel, and to the sones of Sichen, and to the sones of Epher, and to the sones of Semyda; these ben the sones of Manasse, sonethe sone I. of Joseph, the male children, bi her meynees. SotheliBut I. to Salphaat, the sone of Epher, sone of Galaad, sone of Machir, sone of Manasses, werenther weren I. not sones, but douȝtris aloone; of whichethe whiche I. these ben the names, Maala, and Noa, and Eegla, and Melcha, and Thersa. And theithese I. camen in the siȝt of Eleazar, preestthe preest I., and of Josue, sonethe sone I. of Nun, and of the princes, and seidenthei seiden I., The Lord co|maundide bi the hond of Moises, that possessioun should be ȝouun to vs in the myddis of oure britheren. AndAnd bi heeste of the Lord I. Josue ȝaf to hem possessioun, bi comaundementthe comaundement C. of the Lord, in the myddis of the britheren of her fadir. And ten cordis, `that is, londis mesurid bi ten cordisthat ben londis ymeete bi cordis I. Om. SX., felden to Manasses, without the lond of Galaad and of Basan biȝende Jordan; for the douȝ|tris of Manassesof Manasses, that is of Sal|phaath, that weren of the lynage of Ma|nasses. Lire here. C. weldiden eritage in the myddis of the sones of hym. SotheliFor I. the lond of Galaad felde in to the part of the sones of Manasses, that weren residueleft alyue I.. And the terme of Manasses was fro Azer Machynathath, that biholdeth Sichem, and goithit goith I. outforth I. toof K. the riȝt side, bisidis the dwelleris of the welle Taphue; for the lond of Thaphue, whichthat I. is bisidis the termetermes DEFGIKLMOPQRSUWX. of Manasses, and of the sones of Effraym, felde in the lot of Manasses. And the terme of the valey of placethe place I. of rehedis goith doun in the south of the stronde of the citees of Effraym, that ben in the myddis of the citees ofOm. A. Manasses. The terme of Manasses is fro the north of the stronde, and the goyng out therof goith to the see; so that the possessioun of Effraym is fro the south, and the pos|sessioun of Manasses frois fro I. the north, and the see closith euer either; and thotho possessiouns I. ben ioyned to hem silf in the linage of Aser fro the north, and in the lynage of Isa|char fro the eest. And the eritage of Manasses was in Isachar and in Aser, Bersan, and the townes therof, and Jeb|laan, with hise townes, and the dwellers of Dor, with her citees; and the dwelleris of Endor, with her townes, and also the dwelleris of Thanath, with her townes, and the dwelleris of Maiedo, with her townes, and the thridde part of the citee Nophet. And the sones of Manasses miȝten not distrie these citees, but Cananei bigan to dwelle in this lond. SotheliAnd I. aftir that the sones of Israel werenhadden wexe I. stronge, thei maden suget Cananeis, and madenthei maden hem I. tribu|taries to hem silf, and killidenthei killiden hem I. not Cana|neisOm. I.. And the sones of Joseph spaken to Josue, and seiden, Whi hast thou ȝoue to me lond in to possessioun of o lotof o lot; that is, lytil in com|parisoun of my multitude. Lire here. C. and partof o litil mesure I., sithen Y am of so greet multitudea multitude I., and the Lord hath blesside me, `that is, hath alargid me in childrenthat is, in encresing of children I. Om. SX. ? To whichewhom I. Josue seide, If thou art mychea myche I. puple, stie thouthou up I. into the wode, and kittekitte thou I. doun to thee spaces in the lond of Feresei, and of RaphaymRaphym A., for the possessioun of the hil of Effraym is streiȝt toout to I. thee. To whom the sones of Joseph answerden, We moun not stiewende up I. to the hilli places, sithen Cananeis, that dwellen in the `lond of the feeldfeldy lond I., vsen ironne charis; in whichthe which I. lond Ber|san, with hise townes, and Jesrael, weld|ynge the myddil valey, ben set. And Josue seide to the howsmeynee I. of Joseph, and of Effraym, and of Manasses, Thou art myche puple, and of greet strengthe; thou schalt not haue o lotthou schalt not haue o lot; it is not to vn|durstonde that ony lynage hadde many lottis, but this that is seid here, thou schalt not haue o lot, schal be vndir|stondun thus, thou schalt not be apayed with the lond getun in thi lot, but thou schalt gete the residue in ouercomynge with Goddis help thyn ad|uersaries; and whanne thei ben ouercomun, thou maist kitte doun wodis, and make large spacis to dwelle. Lire here. C., but thou schalt passe to the hil, and thou schalt kitte doun to theethee trees I.; and thou schalt clense spaces to dwelledwelle ynne I.. And thou schalt mow go forth ferthere, whanne thou hast distried Ca|nanei, whom thou seist to haue irone charis, and to be moost strongstrong men I..

 CAP. XVIII.

And alle the sones of Israel weren ga|derid in Silo, and there thei `settiden fastepiȝten I. the tabernacle of witnessing; and the lond was suget to hem. SotheliAnd I. seuene linagis of the sones of Israel dwellidendwelten there I., that had|den not ȝit takun her possessiouns. To whichethe whiche I. Josue seide, Hou longe faden ȝe `bi cowardiseor welowen I. Om. SX., `ethir slouthethorouȝ slouthe I. Om. SX., and entren not to welde the lond, which the Lord God of ȝoure fadris ȝafhath ȝouen I. to ȝou? Chese ȝe of ech lynage thre men, that Y sende hem, and thei go, and cumpasse the lond; and that thei discryue `the londwhat the lond is I. bi the noum|bre of ech multitude, and bryngebrynge ȝe I. to me that, that ȝe han discriued. Departe ȝe the lond to ȝou in to seuene partis; Ju|das be in hise termes at the south coost, and `the howsbe the meynee I. of Joseph at the north; discryue ȝe `the myddilhalf the I. lond bitwixe hem in to seuene partis; and thanne ȝe schulen come to me, that Y sende lot to ȝou here bifor ȝoure Lord God; for the part of Le|uytisdekens I. is not among ȝou, but theof the I. preesthod of the Lord, this is theher I. eritage `of hemOm. I.. ForsotheFor I. Gad, and Ruben, and the half lynage of Manasses haddenhan I. take now her possessiounspossessioun I. ouerbiȝonde I. Jordan, at the eest coost, whichethe whiche I. possessiounsOm. GIKMSX. Moises, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., ȝaf to hem. And whanne the men hadden riserise up I. to go, to discryue the lond, Josue comaundide to hem, and seide, Cumpasse ȝe the lond, and discryue itȝe it I., and turneturneth I. aȝen to me, that Y sende lot to ȝou here in Silo, bifore ȝoure Lord God. And so thei ȝedenȝeden forth I., and cumpassiden that lond, and departidenthei departiden I. `in toit into IK. seuene partis, writyngewritynge it I. in a book; and thei turneden aȝen to Josue, in to the castelstentis I. in Silo. WhichAnd I. Josue sente lottis bifor the Lord God in Silo, and departidehe departide I. the lond to the sones of Israel, in to seuene partis. And the firste lot of the sones of Beniamyn, bi her meynees, stiedestiede up I., that thei schulden welde the lond bitwixe the sones of Juda and the sones of Joseph. And the terme of hemthe sones of Beniamin I. was aȝens the north fro Jordan, and passideit passide I. bi the side of Je|rico ofat I. the north coost; and it stiedelastide I. fro thennus aȝens the west to theOm. S. hilli places, and it cam to theOm. A. wildirnesse of Bethauen; and it passide bisidis Luza to the south; thilkethat I. is Bethel; and it goith doun in to Astoroth Adar, in to the hil whichthat I. is at the south of lowerethe lowere I. Beth|eron; and isit is I. bowid, and cumpassithit cumpassith I. aȝens the see, at the south of the hil that bi|holdith Betheron aȝens the north; and the outgoyngis therof ben in to Cariathbaal, whichthat I. is clepid also Cariathiarym, the citee of the sones of Juda; this is the greet coost aȝens the see, at the west. SotheliAnd I. fro the south, bi the part of Ca|riathiarym, the terme goith out aȝens the see, and comethit cometh I. til to the wel of watristhe watris I. of Nepthoa; and it goith doun in to the part of the hil that biholdith the valei of the sones of Ennon, and isit is I. aȝens the north coost, in the laste part of the valey of Ra|phaym; and Jehennon, that is, the valei of Ennon, goith doun bi the side of Jebu|sei, at the south, and comethit cometh I. to the welle of Rogel, and passithit passith I. to the north, and goithit goith I. out to Emsemes, that is, the welle of the sunne, and passithit passith I. tovnto I. til to DEFGKLMNOPQRUWX. the litle hillis that ben aȝens the stiyngstiyng up I. of Ado|myn; and it goith doun to Taben Boen, that is, the stoon of Boen, sonethe sone I. of Ruben, and passideit passide forth I. bi the side of the north to the feeldi places; and it goith doun in to the pleyn, and passithit passith I. forth aȝens the north to Bethagala; and the outgoyngis therof ben aȝens the arm of the salteste see, fro the north, inand I. the ende of Jordan atis at I. the south coost, whichthat I. is the terme therof fro the eest. This is the possessioun of the sones of Beniamyn, bi her termes in cumpas, and bi her meynees; and the citees therof weren Jerico, and Bethagla, and the valei of Casis, Betharacha, and Samaraym, and Bethel, and Anym, and Affara, and Offira, the toun of Hesmona, and Offym, and Gabee, tweluethese ben the twelue I. citeescitees theroff I., and `the townes of thoher townes I.; Gabaon, and Rama, and Beroth, and Mesphe, andOm. plures. Ca|phera, and Ammosa, and Recem, Jarephel, and Tharela, and Sela, Heleph, and Jebus, whichthat I. is Jerusalem, Gabaath, and Cariath, fouretenethese ben fouretene I. citeescitees therof I. and `the townes of thoher townes I.; this is the possessioun of the sones of Ben|iamyn, bi her meynees.

 CAP. XIX.

And the secounde lot of the sones of Symeon ȝede out, bi her meynees; and the eritage of hem, in the myddis of posses|siounthe possessioun I. of the sones of Juda, was Bersa|bee, and Sabee, and Melada, and Asersua, Balaand Bala I., and Asem, and Beltholaad, Bethu|larmaand Bethularma I., and Siceleth, and Bethmarchaboth, and Asersua, and Bethelebaoth, and Saro|em, threttene citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.; Aym, and Remmon, and Athar, and Asam, foure citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.; alle the townes bi cumpas of these citees, `til tovnto I. Balath Brameth, aȝens the south coost, weren seuentene citees. This is the eritage of the sones of Symeon, bi her meynees, in the possessioun and partin the part I. of the sones of Juda, for it was more; and therfor the sones of Symeon hadden pos|sessiounher possessioun I. in theOm. I. myddis of the eritage therofof Juda I.. And the thridde lot of the sones of Zabulon felde, bi her meynees; and the terme of possessioun of the sones of Zabu|lon was maad `til tovnto I. Sarith; and it stiethstieth up I. fro the see, and Medalafro Medala I.; and it cometh in to Debbaseth, `til tovnto I. the stronde whichthat I. is aȝens Jecenam; and it turneth aȝen fro Sarith, aȝens the eest, in to the coostis of Sechelech Tabor; and goithit goith I. out to Da|berth; and it stiethstieth up I. aȝens Jasie; and fro thennus it passithpassith forth I. to the eest coost to Gethefer, and Thacasymto Thacasym I.; and it goith out in to Remmon, Ampharinto Amphar I., and Noa; and cumpassithit cumpassith I. to the north, and Na|chonto Nachon I.; and the goyngis out therof ben the valei of Jeptael, and Cathel, and Neamai, and Semrom, and Jedaba, and Bethleem, twelue citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.. This is the eritage of the lynage of the sones of Zabulon, bi her meynees, andand these ben I. the citees and `townes of thoher townes and vilagis I.. The fourthe lot ȝede out to Isacar, bi hise meynees; and the eritage therof was Jezrael, and Casseloth, and Symen, and Affraym, and Seon, and Anaarath, and Cabith, and Ce|sion, Hames, and Ramech, and Enganym, and Enadda, and Bethfeses. And the terme therof cometh `til tovnto I. Tabor, and Seesymato Seesyma I., and Hethsemesto Hethsemes I.; and the outgoyngis ther|of weren Jordan, sixtene citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.. This is the possessioun of the sones of Ysachar, bi her meynees, theand these ben the I. citees and the townes of tho. And the fiuethe lot felde to the lynage of the sones of Aser, by her meynees; and the terme of hem was Alchat, and Adi, and Bethen, and Mesaph, and Elmelech, and Amaad, and Messal; and it cometh `til tovnto I. Carmel ofthat is a mount of I. the see, andOm. I. Sior, and Laba|nath;to Labanath I. and it turneth aȝen, aȝens the eest, to Bethdagan; and passithit passith I. `til tovnto I. Zabu|lon, and to the valei of Jeptael, aȝens the north, in Bethemeth, and Neyel; and it goith out to the left side to Gabul, and Acranto Acran I., and Roob, and Omynonto Omynon I., and Chane, `til tovnto I. grete Sidon; and it turneth aȝen in to Horma, `til tovnto I. the strongeste citee Tire, and `til tovnto I. Ossam; and the outgoyngis therof schulen be in to the see, fro the part of Aczyma, and Affethof Affeth I., and Roobof Roob I.; two and twenti citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.. This is the possessioun of the sones of Aser, bi her meynees, `theand her I. citees, and `townes of thoher townes I. the townes of tho Kb.. The sixte lot of the sones of Neptalym felde, bi her meynees; and theher I. terme bigan offro A sup. ras. He|leth, and Helon, and Sannaira, and Adarny, `which isthat is clepid I. Neceb, and Jebnael, `til tovnto I. Le|tum; and the outgoyng of hem tillastith I. to Jordan; and the terme turneth aȝen, aȝens the west, in to Arnoth of Thabor; and fro thennus it goith out in to Hucota, and passithit passith I. in to Zabulon, aȝens the south, and in to Asor, aȝens the west, and in to Juda, at Jordan, aȝens the risyng of the sunne; of the strongeste citee Assydym, Ser, and Amraath, and Rechath, Cenereth, and Edema, and Arama, Asor, and Cedes, and Edrai, Nason, and Jeron, and Magdael, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethsemes; nyntene citees, and `the townes of thoher townes I.. This is the possessioun of the lynage of the sones of Neptalym, bi her meynees, theand her I. citees, and the townes of thotho citees I.. The seuenthe lot ȝede out to the lynage of the sones of Dan, bi her meynees; and the terme of the possessioun therofof this lynage I. was Sa|raa, and Ascahol, and Darsemes, that is, the citee of the sunne, Selenym, and Hai|lon, and Jethala, Helom, and Thenna, and Acrom, Helthecem, Jebtom, and Baalath, Lud, and Benebarach, and `JethremmonJeth, Remmon A. Jeth and Remmon I., and Ihercon, and Arecon, with the terme that biholdith Joppen, and is closid with that ende. And the sones of Dan stiedenwenten up I., and fouȝten aȝens Lesem; and thei token itLesem I., and smytidenthei smoten I. it bi the scharpnes of swerd, and haddenthei hadden it I. in possessioun, and dwelliden therynne; and thei clepiden the name therof Lesan DanLesan Dan; in Ebreu it is Lesem Dan, that is, that that was clepid Le|sem bifore, thei clepeden Dan. Lire here. C., by the name of Dan, her fadir. This is the possessioun of the lynage of Dan, bi her meynees, theand her I. citees, and townesthe townes Ib. of tho. And whanne thei hadden fillidfulfillid I. to departe the lond bi lot to alle men bi her lynagis, thethanne the I. sones of Israel ȝauen possessioun to Josue, sonethe sone I. of Nun, in the myddis of hem, bi the comaundementheest I. of the Lord, the citee whichthe which I. he axide, Thannath Sara, in the hil of Effraym; and heJosue I. bildide thethat I. citee, and dwellide therynne. These ben the possessiouns whiche Eleazar, preestthe preest I., and Josue, sonethe sone I. of Nun, and the princis of meyneesthe meynees I., and of the lynagis of the sones of Israel, departiden bi lot in Silo, bifor the Lord, at the dore of tabernaclethe tabernacle GIKO. of witnessing, and departidenthei departiden I. the lond.

 CAP. XX.

And the Lord spak to Josue, and seide, Spek thou to the sones of Israel, and seie thou to hem, Departe ȝe the citees of fu|gytyuesexiled men I., ether of men exilid for vnwil|ful schedyng of bloodOm. ISX., of whichethe whiche I. citees Y spak to ȝou bi the hond of Moises, thatOm. K. whoeuer sleeth vnwytyngli a man, flefle he I. to thothe S. citees; thatand I. whanne he hath fled to oon of these citees, he may ascape the irewrath I. of the neiȝbore, whichthat I. is veniere of bloodthe deth I.. And he schal stonde bifor the ȝatis of the citee, and hethat slewe the man unwit|tingly. I marg. schal speke to the eldre men of that citee tho thingis that schulen preue hym innocentgiltlees therof I.; and so thei schulen res|seyue hym, and schulenthei schulen I. ȝyue to hym placea place I. to dwelledwelle ynne I.. And whanne the ven|gere of bloodthe blood I. pursueth hym, theithei of that citee I. schulen not bitake hym in to the hondispower I. of the vengere; for vnwityngli he killide his neiȝbore, and ishe is I. not preued his enemy bifor the secounde daiOm. KX. ethir the thridde dai. And he schal dwelle in that citee, til he stonde bifor the doom, and ȝeldeȝelde or schewe I. causethe cause plures. of his dede. And he that killide athe I. man, dwelle `in that citeethere I., tiltil that I. the grete preest die, whichthe which I. is in that tyme; thanne the mansleere schal turne aȝen, and he schal entre in to his citee and howsinto his hows I., `fro whichthat I. he fleddefledde fro I.. And thei ordeyneden Cedescitees C. ina citee in I. Galilee, of the hil of Neptalym, and Si|chem in the hil of Effraym, and Cariath|arbe, thilke is Ebron, in the hil of Juda. And biȝende Jordan, aȝens the eest coost of Jerico, thei ordeyneden Bosor, whichthat I. is set in the feeldi wildirnesse of the ly|nage of Ruben, and Ramoth inof I. Galaad, of the lynage of Gad, and Gaulon in Ba|san, of the lynage of Manasses. These citees weren ordeyned to alle the sones of Israel, and to comelyngisthe comelyngis I. that dwellen among hem, that he that killide vnwit|yngli a man, schulde fle to tho citees; and he schulde not die in the hond of neiȝborethe neiȝbore I., coueitynge to venge the blood sched out, tiltil that I. he stood bifor the puple, to declare his cause.

 CAP. XXI.

And the princes of meyneesthe meynees I. of Leuy neiȝiden to Eleazar, preestthe preest I., and to Josue, sonethe sone I. of Nun, and to theOm. GKMSXb. duykis of kyn|redisthe kynredis I., bi alle the lynagis of the sones of Israel; and the Leuytisthei I. spaken to hem in SyloSylo, a citee I., of the lond of Canaan, and seid|enthei seiden I., The Lord comaundide bi the honde of Moises, that citees schulden be ȝouun toOm. S. vs to dwelle ynne, and the subarbis of tho tofor oure I. werk beestis to be fedfed ynne I.. And the sones of Israel ȝauen `of her possessiounsOm. I., bi comaundementthe comaundement I. of the Lord, citees and the subarbis of thotho to the possessiouns of dekens I.. And the lot ȝede out in to the meynee of Caath, of the sones of Aaron, preestthe preest I., of the lynageslynage A pr. m. EILMP. of Juda, and of Symeon, and of Beniamyn, thret|tene citees; and to the otheretothere K. of the sones of Caath, that is, to dekenesthe dekenes I. that weren left, of the lynagis of Effraym, and of Dan, and of the half lynage of Manasse, tenweren ȝouen ten I. citees. SotheliAnd I. lot ȝede out to the sones of Gerson, that thei schulden taketake in the cuntre of Basan I. of the lynagislynage I. of Isachar, and of Aser, and of Neptalym, and of the half lynage of Manasses `in BasanOm. I., threttene citees in noumbre; and to the sones of Merari, bi her meynees, of the lynagis of Ruben, and of Gad, and of Zabulon, tweluewere ȝouen twelue I. citees. And the sones of Israel ȝauen to dekenesthe dekenes I. cytees, and theher I. Om. K. subarbis `of thoOm. I. of hem N., as the Lord comaundide bi the hond of Moises; and allealle the sones of Israel I. ȝauen bito the dekens bi I. lot. Ofpossessiouns of I. the lynagis of the sones of Juda, and of Symeon, Josue ȝaf citees; to the sones of Aaron, bi the meynees of Caath, of the kyn of Leuy, of whichethe whiche I. citees these ben the names; forand I. the firste lot ȝedethat ȝede I. out to hem; Ca|riatharbewas Cariatharbe, a citee I., of the fadir of Enach, whichthat I. is clepid Ebron, in the hil of Juda, and theof the I. subarbis therof bi cumpas; sotheliOm. I. he hadde ȝouehe ȝaf GKNOS sec. m. X. he ȝaf to the dekens I. theand he ȝaf the I. feeldis and townesthe townes I. therof to Caleph, sonethe sone I. of Jephone, to haue in possessioun. Therfor Josue ȝaf to the sones of Aaron, preestthe preest I., Ebron, ato be a I. citee of refuyt, and the subarbis `of ittherof I., and Leb|namhe ȝaf Lebnam I. with hisethe I. subarbissubarbis of it I., and Jether, and Yschymon, and Elon, and Dabir, and Ayn, and Lethan, and Bethsames, with herhise A pr. m. et plures. sub|arbis; nyne citees, of twei lynagis, as it is seid. SotheliAnd I. of the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn, he ȝafȝaf to the dekens foure citees I. Gabaon, and Gabee, and Anatoth, and Almon, with her sub|arbis; `foure citeesOm. I.. Alle the citees to|gidere of the sones of Aaron, preestthe preest I., weren threttene, with her subarbis. Forsothebut I. to `the otherethe tother plures., bi theOm. DGINRSXb. meynees of the sones of Caath, of the kyn of Leuy, this pos|sessioun was ȝouun; of the lynage of Effraym, the citee of refuyt, Sichenwas Sichen I., with hise subarbis, in the hil of Effraym, andand foure othere citees I. Gazer, and Sebsam, and Bethoron, with herhise A pr. m. et plures. subarbis; `foure citeesOm. I.; also of the lynage of DanDan he ȝaf hem foure citees I., Helthece, and Gebethon, and Haialon, and Gethremmon, with her subarbis; `foure citeesOm. I.; sotheliAnd I. of the halfOm. IS. lynage of Manasses, Thanachhe ȝaf to hem two citees Thanach I., and Gethremon, with her subarbis; `twei citeesOm. I.. Alle the citees tenweren ten I., and theher I. subarbis `of thothat I. weren ȝouun to the sones of Caath, of the lowere degree. Also toOm. S. the sones of Gerson, of the kyn of Leuy, Josue ȝaf of the half lynage of Manasses, citeestwo citees I. of refuyt, Gaulon in Basan, and Bosra, with her subarbis, `twei citeesOm. I.. ForsotheAnd I. of the lynage of Isachar, he ȝafȝaf to hem foure citees I. Cesion, and Daberath, and Jerimoth, and Engan|nym, with her subarbis; `foure citeesOm. I.. Of the lynage of Aser, he ȝafȝaf to hem foure citees I. Masal, and Abdon, and Elecath, and Roob, with her subarbis; `foure citeesOm. I.. Also of the ly|nage of Neptalym, `he ȝafOm. I. the citeethree citees I. of refuyt, Cedes in Galile, and Amodor, and Carthan, with her subarbis; `thre citeesOm. I.. Alle the citees of the meynees of Gerson weren threttene, with her subarbis. So|theliAnd I. to thethe dekens of the I. sones of Merary, dekenesOm. I. of the lowere degree, bi her meynees, wasweren I. ȝouunȝouun foure citees I. Getheran, of the linage of Zabulon, and Charcha, and Demna, and Nalol; `foure citeesOm. I., with her subarbis. AndOm. I. of the lynage of Gad, heJosue I. ȝafȝaf to hem I. the citeefoure citees I. of re|fuyt, Ramoth in Galaad, and Manaym, and Esebon, and Jaser; `foure citeesOm. I., with her subarbis. And of the lynage of Ru|ben, biȝende Jordan, aȝens Jerico, he ȝaf `the citeeto hem four citees I. of refuyt, Bosor inthat is in I. the wildir|nesse of Mysor, and Jazer, and Jecson, and Maspha; `foure citeesOm. I., with her sub|arbis. Alle the citees ofȝouen to the sones of I. Merary, bi her meynees and kynredis, weren twelue. And so alle the citees of Leuytisthe dekens I., in theOm. I. myddis of possessiounthe possessioun I. of the sones of Is|rael, weren eiȝte and fourti, with her sub|arbis; and alle citeestho I. weren departid by meynees. And the Lord ȝaf to Israel al the londal the lond, that is, as myche lond as thei myȝten thanne fille with puple and enhabite. Lire here. C. whichthat I. he swoor hym silf to ȝyue to theher I. fadris `of hemOm. I., and thei had|den it in possessioun, and dwelliden ther|ynne. And pees was ȝouun of hymthe Lord I. in to alle naciouns `by cumpasaboute I.; and noon of enemyes wasweren I. hardi to withstonde hemthe sones of Israel I., but allealle men I. weren dryuen in to theher I. lord|schip `of hemOm. I.. Forsothe nether o word, whichthat I. he bihiȝte him silf to ȝyue to hemIsrael I., was voide, but alle wordishis wordis I. weren fillidfulfillid I. in werkis.

 CAP. XXII.

In the same tyme Josue clepide menthe men I. of Ruben, and menthe men I. of Gad, and half the lynage of Manasses, and seidehe seide I. to hem, Ȝe han do alle thingis whiche Moises, `ser|uaunt of the Lordthe Lordis seruaunt I. the seruaunt of the Lord GK., comaundide to ȝou, also ȝe obeieden to me in alle thingis; nether ȝe han lefte ȝoure britheren in mych tyme til in to presentthis present I. dai, and ȝe keptenhan kept I. the comaundementheest I. of ȝoure Lord God. Therfor for ȝoure Lord God ȝafhath ȝoue I. reste and pees to ȝoure britheren, as he bihiȝte, turne ȝe aȝen, and go ȝe in to ȝoure taber|naclis, and in to the loond of ȝoure pos|sessioun, whichthe which I. lond Moyses, the `ser|uaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., ȝaf to ȝou biȝende Jordan; so onely that ȝe kepe bisili, and fillefulfille I. in werk the comaundement andof the IK. of DEFLMNOPQRSUXb. lawe, `which lawethat I. Moises, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., comaundide to ȝou; that ȝe loue ȝoure Lord God, and go in alle hise weies, and kepe hise heestis, and cleue to hym and serue himOm. plures. in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure soule. And Josue blesside hem, and lefte hem, whichethe whiche I. turneden aȝen in to her tabernaclis. SotheliFor I. Moyses hadde ȝoue possessioun in Basan to the half lynage of Manasses; and therfor to the half lynage that lefte Josue ȝaf part among her othere britheren biȝendis Jordan, at the west coost therof. And whanne Josue leet hem go in to her tabernaclis, and hadde blessid hem, he seyde to hem, With myche catel and richessis turne ȝe aȝen to ȝoure seetis; with siluer and gold, and bras, and yrun, and mychewith myche I. clothing; departe ȝe the prey of enemyes with ȝoure britheren. And the sones of Ruben, and the sones of Gad, and `half thethe half I. lynage of Manasses turneden aȝen, and ȝeden fro the sones of Israel fro Silo, whichthat I. is set in the lond of Canaan, that thei schulden entre in to Galaad, the lond of her possessioun, whichthat I. thei gaten bi `comaundement of the Lordthe Lordis heest I. in the hond of Moises. And whanne thei hadden come to the litle hillisto the litle hillis; in Ebreu it is, to the termes of Jor|dan. C. of Jordan, in to the lond of Canaan, thei bildiden bisidis Jordan an auter of greetnessean auter of greetnesse; in Ebreu it is, an auter of gret|teste siȝt. C. ouer comyn mesure. And whanne the sones of Israel hadden herd this, and certeyn messangeris hadden teld to hem, that the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half lynage of Manasses hadden bildid an auter in the lond of Ca|naan, onupon I. the heepis of Jordan, aȝens the sones of Israel, allealle thei I. camen togidir in Silo, thatand S. thei schulden stiestie up I., and fiȝte aȝens hem. And in the meene tyme thei senten to hem in to the lond of Galaad, Fynees, preestthe preest I., the sone of Eleazar, and ten princesprestis I. with hym; of ech lynage o prince. Whichethe whiche I. camen to the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and ofto GIKMNOXb. theOm. CF. half lynage of Ma|nasses, in to the lond of Galaad, and seidenthei seiden I. to hem, Al the puple of the Lord sendithsendith to ȝou I. these thingis; What is thisOm. S. tres|passyng? Whi han ȝe forsake the Lord God of Israel, and hanOm. I. bildid a cursid auter, and han go awei fro theOm. I. worschip|ing of hym? WhetherWher plures. it is litil to ȝou that ȝe synnedenWher it is litil to ȝou, that ȝe synneden, &c.; in Ebreu it is thus, Wher the synne of Fegor is lytil to ȝou, of which we ben not cleene til to this day. C. in Belfegor, and the wem of this trespas dwellith in ȝou til in to presentthis present I. dai, and many of the puple felden doundoun bi ven|iaunce for her mawmetrie I.? And to dayday that is nowe I. ȝe han forsake the Lord, and to morewe, that is, in tyme toOm. IQ. comyngeGloss omitted in SX., the ire of hymthe Lord I. schal be feers aȝensaȝens to A pr. m. BCRUW. al Israel. That if ȝe gessen, that the lond of ȝoure possessioun is vncleene, passepasse ȝe plures. to the lond, `in whichthat I. the taber|nacle of the Lord isis ynne I., and dwelle ȝe among vs, oneli that ȝe go not awei fro the Lord, and fro oure felouschipe, bi an auter bildidto ȝou for ȝoure fantasie I marg. outakun the auter of oure Lord God. WhetherWher plures. not Achar, the sone of Zare, passide the comaundementheest I. of the Lord, and histhe Lordis I. ire felde onupon I. al the puple of Israel? And he was o man; and we wolden that he aloone hadde perischid in his trespas. And the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of half the lynage of Ma|nasses, answeriden to the princes of the message of Israel, The strongeste Lord God hym silf of Israel knowith, and Israel schal vndirstonde togidere; if we bildiden this auter for entent of trespassyng, `that is, ofOm. KS. ydolatryeGloss omitted in I., hethe Lord I. kepe not vs, but punysche inhe us in this I. present time; and if we diden bi that mynde, that we schulden putte theronnetherupon I. brent sacrifice, and sacrificesacrifice of ȝifte or of preier I., and pesible sacrifices, he seke, and deme; and not more `bi that thouȝtrather we diden it with this thinkyng I. and tretyng that we seidenschulden sey thus I., Ȝoure sonessones herafter I. schulen seie `to morewOm. I. to oure sonesto oure sones, that is, whanne thei schulen passe Jordan to offre to God in the place of his tabernacle, What is to ȝou and so forth, that is, ȝe han no part in God. Lire here. C., What is to ȝou and to the Lord God of Israelor What clayme ȝe to be of his puple I marg.? ȜeO ȝe DGIKMNQSX. sones of Ruben, and ȝe sones of Gad, the Lord hath set a terme, the flood Jordanof Jordan I., bitwixe vs and ȝou; andOm. S. therfor ȝe han notno DEFGIKLMNOPQRSWXb. part in the Lord; andand ȝe, Israel I. bi this occa|sioun ȝoure sones schulen turne awei oure sones fro theOm. IKS. drede of the Lord. Therfor we gessiden betere, and seidenwe seiden I., Bilde we an auter to vs, not in to brent sacrifices, nethir to sacrificesslayn sacrifices I. to be offrid, but in to witnessyng bitwixe vs and ȝou, and bi|twixe oure children and ȝoure genera|cioun, that we serue the Lord, and that it be of oure riȝt to offre brent sacri|ficessacrifice I., and sacrificessleyn offryngis I., and pesible sacri|fices; and that ȝoure sones seie not to morewe to oure sones, No part in the Lord is to ȝou. AndThat I. if `ȝoure sonesthei I. wolen seie this, `oure sonesme I. schulen answere hem, Lo! the auter of the Lord, whichthat I. oure fadris madenmaden it I., not in to brent sacri|fices, netherne I. in to sacrificesleyn sacrifices I., but in to oure and ȝour witnessing euerlastingein to oure and ȝoure wit|nessing, that we han riȝt to come and offre in the place of Goddis tabernacle, and in to ȝoure wit|nessing, that ȝe han not power to putte us awey. Lire here. C.. Fer be this trespas fro vs, that we go awei fro the Lord, and forsake hise steppis, bi an auter bildid to brent sacrifices, and sa|crificesslayn sacrifices I., and sacrifices of preisyng to be offridoffrid theron I., outakun the auter of oureOm. I. `Lord Godthe Lord oure God I., whichthat I. is bildid bifore his taber|nacle. And whanne these thingis weren herd, Fynees, preest, and theOm. I. princes of messagethe message I. of Israel, that weren with hym, weren plesyd; and thei resseyueden gladli the wordis of the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynage of Manasses. And Finees, preestthe preest I., the sone of Eleazar, seide to hem, Now we wyten, that the Lord is with ȝou; for ȝe ben alienalien or giltlees I. fro this trespassyng, and ȝe han delyuered the sones of Israel fro the hond, `that is, punyschyngor punyschyng I. Om. S., of the Lord. And Fynees turnede aȝen with the princes fro the sones of Ruben and of Gad, fro the lond of Galaad to the coost of Canaan, to the sones of Israel; and he teldetolde these thingis I. to hem. And the word pleside to alle men her|yngeherynge it I.; and the sones of Israel preisiden God, and seiden, that nothei wolden no I. more `thei schuldenOm. I. stie aȝens hem, and fiȝte, and do awei the lond of her possessioun. And the sones of Ruben and the sones of Gad clepiden the auter, whichthat I. thei hadden bildid, Oure Witnessyng, that the Lord hym silf is Godthat the Lord him silf is God; that is, that the Lord is oure God, as and of the Ebrews that dwellen in the lond of Canaan, ether of biheest. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XXIII.

ForsotheAnd I. whanne myche tyme was passid after that the Lord had ȝoue pees to Israel, forand whanne I. alle naciouns `in cumpasaboute I. weren sugetsugectid I. sugetide GKMO.; and whanne Josue was thannenow I. of long lijf, and `of fulful of plures. eld age, Josue clepide al Israel, and the grettere men in birthe, and the princes, and dukis, and maistris, and seidehe seide I. to hem, Y `wexide eldehaue eldid I., and Y am of gretteregreet DN. ful gret I. age; and ȝe seenbiholden I. alle thingis whiche ȝoure Lord God hath do to alle naciouns `bi cumpasaboute I., hou he fauȝthath fouȝten I. for ȝou. And now for he de|partidehath departid I. to ȝou bi lot al the lond, fro the eest part of Jordan `til tovnto I. the grete see, and many naciouns ben left ȝit, ȝoure Lord God `schal distrie hemschal distrie hem if ȝe wor|schipen him feithfuly and deuoutly. Lire here. C., and schalhe schal I. taketake hem I. awei fro ȝoure face; and ȝe schulen welde theher I. lond, as he bihiȝte to ȝou. Oneli be ȝe coumfortid, and be ȝe bisy, that ȝe kepe alle thingis that ben writun in the book of Moises lawe, and bowebowe ȝe I. not awei fro thotho thingis I., nether to the riȝt side nether to the left side, lest aftir that ȝe han entrid to theOm. GIKMNSOXb. hethene men, that schulen be among ȝou, ȝe swere in the name of `the goddis of hemher goddis I., and ȝeOm. I. serue tho goddis, and wor|schipe hem. But cleue ȝe to ȝoure Lord God, whichthe which I. thing ȝe han do `til in tovnto I. this dai; and thanneOm. S. the Lord God schal do awei in ȝoure siȝt grete folkis, andOm. I. strongestemoost stronge I.; and noon schal mow aȝen|stonde ȝou. Oon of ȝou schal pursue a thousynde menOm. GQW. of enemyesȝour enemyes K., for ȝoure Lord God schal fiȝte for ȝou, as he bihiȝtehath bihiȝt I.. Be ȝe war bifore moost diligentli of this thing oneli, that ȝe loue ȝoure Lord God. That if ȝe wolen cleue to the errouris of these folkisvnfeithful folkis I. that dwellen among ȝou, and wolen medle mariagis with hem, and cou|ple frenschipis, wite ȝe riȝt now, that `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God I. schal not do awei hem bifor ȝoure face, but thei schulen be to ȝou in to a dich, and ainto a I. snare, and in to hirtyng of ȝoure sidein to hirting of ȝoure side; in Ebreu it is, in to seking of ȝoure sidis, that is, thei schulen seke ȝoure pruyutes to distrie ȝou and caste out of the lond. Lire here. C., and in to stakis in ȝoure iȝen, til ȝoure Lord God take awei ȝou, and dis|triedistrie ȝou I. fro this beste loond, whichthat I. he ȝaf to ȝou. Lo! Y entre to dai in toOm. S. the weye of al erthefor soone I schal die, as ech man shal I marg.; and ȝe schulen knowe `with al souleof al ȝoure ynwitte I., that of al wordisthe wordis I. whiche the Lord bihiȝte hym silf toto be I. ȝyuedo GKMNOSXb. to ȝou, not oon passide in veyn. Therfor as he fillidehath fulfillid I. in werk that, that he bihiȝtehath bihiȝt I., and alle thingis bifeldenhan bifalle I. `bi prosperitewelsumly to ȝou I., so he schal brynge onupon I. ȝou whateuer thing of yuelis he manaassidehath manaassid I., til he take awei ȝou, and distriedistrie ȝou I. fro this beste lond, whichthat I. he ȝaf toOm. I. ȝou. For ȝe brakenhan broken I. the couenaunt of `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God I., whichthat I. he made with ȝou, and seruedenȝe han serued I. alien goddis, and wor|schipedenhan worschipid I. hem, sonetherfore sone I. and swiftlihastily I. the strong veniaunce of the Lord schal rise `on toaȝens I. ȝou; and ȝe schulen be takun awei fro this beste lond, whichthat I. he ȝaf to ȝou.

 CAP. XXIV.

And Josue gaderide alle the lynagis of Israel in to Sechem; and he clepide the grettere men in birthe, and the princes, and iugis, and maistris; and thei stoden in the siȝt of the Lord. And heJosue I. spak thus to the puple, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Ȝoure fadris dwelliden at the bigynnyng biȝende the flood Eu|frates, Thare, the fadir of Abraham, and Nachor, and thei serueden alien goddis. Therfor Y took ȝoure fadir Abraham fro the coostis of Mesopotanye, and Y brouȝte hym in to the lond of Canaan; and Y multipliede `the seed of hymhis seede I., and Y ȝaf Isaac to hym; and eft Y ȝaf to Isaac, Jacob, and Esau, of whichethe whiche sones I. Y ȝaf to Esau the hil of Seir, to `haue in posses|siounwelde I.; forsotheand I. Jacob and hise sones ȝeden doun in to Egipt. And Y sente Moises and Aaron, and Y smoot Egipt with many signestokens I. and wondris, and Y ledde ȝou and ȝoure fadris out of Egipt. And ȝe camen to the see, and Egipciansmen of Egipt I. pursueden ȝoure fadris with charis, and multitude of knyȝtis, `til tovnto I. the Reed See. ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Israel crieden to the Lord, and he settideputte I. derknessis bi|twixe ȝou and Egipcians; and he brouȝte the see onupon I. hemthe Egipcians I., and hilide hem. Ȝoure iȝen sienhan seen I. alle thingis, whiche Y dide in Egipt. And ȝe dwelliden in wildirnesse inOm. I. myche tyme. And Y brouȝte ȝou in to the lond of Ammorrei, that dwellide biȝende Jordan; and whanne theimen of Ammorey I. fouȝten aȝens ȝou, Y bitook hem in to ȝoure hondis, and ȝe haddenhadden her lond I. in possessioun `the lond of hemOm. I., and ȝe killiden hem. SotheliAnd I. Balach, the sone of Sephor, the king of Moab, roos, and fauȝt aȝens Israel; and heBalach I. sente, and clepide Balaam, the sone of Beor, that he schulde curse ȝou. And Y noldewolde not I. here hym, but aȝenward bi hymBalaam I. Y blesside ȝou, and delyueredeI delyuerede I. ȝou fro hisethe I. hondishondis of Balaach I.. And ȝe passiden Jordan, and camen to Jerico; and men of that citee fouȝten aȝens ȝou, Ammorrei, and Feresei, and Cananei, Ethei, and Gergesei, andOm. I. Euei, and Jebusei; and Y bitook hem in toOm. IS. ȝoure hondis. And Y sente flies with venemouse tongisthat ben bredde of dede careyns K sec. m. marg. bifor ȝou, and Y castidethrewe I. hem out of her places; Y kyllide twei kyngis of Ammorreis, not in thiOm. K sec. m. swerd andne in thi I. bowe. And Y ȝaf to ȝou the lond in which ȝe traueiliden not, and citees whichethe whiche I. ȝe bildiden not, that ȝe schulden dwelle in tho, and vyneris, and places of olyue trees, whichethe whiche I. ȝe plauntiden not. Now therfor drede ȝe the Lord, and serue ȝe hym with perfite herte and moost trewe; and do ȝe awei the goddis, to whichethe whiche I. ȝoure fadris seruydenhan serued I. in Meso|potanye, and in Egipt; and serue ȝe the Lord. But if it semeth yuelyuel or greuous I. to ȝou, `that ȝeto I. serue the Lord, chesyngchois I. is ȝouun to ȝou; chese ȝe to ȝou to dai that, that plesithplesith to ȝou I., whom ȝe owen most to serue; whether to goddistho goddis I., whicheto whom I. ȝoure fadris serueden in Mesopotanye, whethereither I. to the goddis of Ammorreis, in whose lond ȝe dwellen; forsothe Y, and myn howsmeynee I. schu|len serue theto the I. Lord. And al the puple answeride and seide, Fer be itthat I. fro vs that we forsake the Lord, and serue alien goddis. `Oure Lord GodThe Lord oure God I. hym silf ledde vs and oure fadris out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hows of seruage, and didehe dide I. grete signeswondris I. in oure siȝt; and he kepte vs in al the weie, bi which we ȝeden, and in alle puplis, bi whichethe whiche I. we passiden; and he castidethrewe I. out alle folkis, Ammorreithe men of Ammorey I., the dwelleredwellers I. of the lond, in to which we entridenentren I.. Therfor we schulen serue theto the I. Lord, for he is `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God I.. And Josue seide to the puple, Ȝe moun not serue the LordLord but in holynesse I.ȝe moun not serue the Lord; that is, of hard ȝe moun, for vertu aboute good thing and hard. Lire here. C.; for God is hooli, and aOm. I. strong feruentand a feruent I. louyere, and heOm. I. forȝyueth not ȝoure trespassis and synnesȝoure synnes I.. If ȝe for|saken the Lord, and seruen alien goddis, the Lord schal turne `hym silfhymsilf fro ȝou I., and schalhe schal I. turment ȝouOm. I., and schalOm. I. distriedistrie ȝou I., after that he hath ȝoue goodisgode thingis I. to ȝou. And the puple seide to Josue, It schal not be so, as thou spekist, but we schulen serue the Lord. And Josue seide to the puple, Ȝe ben witnessiswitnessis to ȝoure silf I., thatfor IS. ȝe han chose the Lord to ȝou, that ȝe serue him. And thei an|sweriden, We ben witnessiswitnessis of this sentence I.. Therfor, heJosue I. seide, Now do ȝe awei alien goddis fro the myddis of ȝou, and bowe ȝe ȝoure hertis to the Lord God of Israel. And the puple seide to Josue, We schulen serue `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God I., and we schulen be obedient to hise heestis. Therfor Josue smoot a boond of pees in that dai, and settidehe puttide I. forth to the puple comaundementishestis I. and domesdome A. in Sichen. And he wroot alle these wordis in the book of Goddis lawe. And he took a greet stoon, and puttidehe puttide I. it vndur an ookvndur an ook; Ebrews seien vndur a lyntel, for the Ebrew word here sig|nefieth bothe ook and lyn|tel, and no tre owith to be bi|sidis the auter of the Lord, as Moyses lawe seith; netheles the seyntuarie may be seid here a syna|goge, not the tabernacle, for Josue dide these thingis in Sichen; and therfor it may wel be seid vn|dur an ook, bi oure transla|cioun, for a tre myȝte be bisidis the synagoge, whidur Jewis camen to preye, and to here Goddis word. Lire here. C., that was in the seyn|tuarie of the Lord. And he seide to al the puple, Lo! this stoon schal be to ȝou in to witnessing, that ȝe herdenhan herd I. alle the wordis of the Lord, whichethe whiche I. he spakhath spoken I. to ȝou, lest perauenture ȝe wolden denyedenye it I. aftirward, and lye to ȝoure Lord God. And heJosue I. lefte the puple, ech man in to his possessioun. And after these thingis Josue, the sone of Nun, the `seruaunt of the LordLordis seruaunt I., diede, anof an GIKMNSXb. hundride ȝeer eld and ten. And thei birieden hym in the costis of his possessioun, in Thannath of Sare, whichthe which I. is set in the hil of Effraym, fro the north part of the hil Gaas. And Israel seruede the Lord in alle the daies of Josue, and of the eldre men, that lyueden inOm. GIKMNOSXb. long tyme aftir Josue, and whichethe whiche I. eldre men knewen alle the werkis of the Lord, whiche he hadde do in Israel. Also `the sones of Israel biriedenOm. I. the boonys of Joseph, whichethe whiche I. theithe sones of Israel I. baren fro Egipt inthei birieden in I. Sichen, in thea I. part of the feeld, whichthe which I. feeld Jacob bouȝte of the sones of Emor, fadirthe fadir I. of Sichen, for an hundrid ȝongeof ȝonge I. scheep; and itthat feeld I. was in to possessioun of the sones of Joseph. Also Eliazar, sonethe sone I. of Aaron, preestthe preest I., diede; and Fynees and hise sones biryden hym in Gabaa, whichthat I. was ȝouun to hymEleazar I. in the hil of Ef|raym.

 Here eendith Josue, and here bigyn|neth the book of JudicumFrom B. Here endith Josue, and here bigynneth Judicum. CDFOQUW. Here endith Josue, and here bigynneth a prolog on Judicum. G. Heere endith the book of Josue. I. Heere endeth Josue, se now the book of doomes. K. Here endith the book of Josue, and here biginneth a prologe on the book of Judicum. M. Heere eendith the book of Josue, and heere bigynneth the book of Judicum. NRX. Here eendith Josue, and bigynneth Judicum. S. Here endith Josue, and bigynneth the book of Judicum. b. No final rubric in AELP.. JUDGES. [Prologue on the book of Judges.]

THIS book of Judicum makith mencioun, how the sones of Israel braken the boond of the Lord, and serueden aliene goddis, after the deeth of Josue, and of elder men that lyueden long tyme after the deeth of Josue, whiche hadden seyn the merueilis and grete dedis of the Lord, and othere men risen aftirward, whiche herden the comaundementis and domes of the Lord and diden alle thingis contrarie. Wherfore the Lord bitook hem in to the hondis of her enemyes, and weren maad tributaries to hem, and serueden hem; and whanne thei weren turmentid and angwischid greetli, thei crieden to the Lord; and he herde hem, and sente iugis, that is, domesmen, whiche delyuereden hem for a tyme, til thei eftsone hadden forȝete the Lord. And therfore the Lord lefte enemyes to hem, whiche thei myȝten not distrie, to punsche hem, whanne thei wenten awei fro the Lord, and fro hise comaundementisThis Prologue is from M..

 Here bigynneth JudicumFrom AELP. Here bigynneth the book of Judicum. IM. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

AFTIR the deeth of Josue the sones of Israel counselidencounseliden with I. the Lord, and seidenthei seiden I., Who schal stiestie up I. bifor vs aȝens Cananeithe men of Cananei I., and schal be duik of the batel? And the Lord seide, Judas schal stiestie up I.; lo! Y haue ȝoue the lond in to hise hondis. And Ju|das seide to Symeon, his brother, Stie thouthou up I. with me in my lot, and fiȝte thou aȝens Cananei, that Y go with thee in thi lot. And Symeon ȝede with hym; and Judas stiedestiede up I.. And the Lord bitook Ca|naney and Feresei in to `the hondis of hemher hondis I., and theithe A. killiden in Besech ten thousynde ofOm. I. men. And thei founden Adonybozech in Besech, and thei fouȝten aȝens hym, and smytidenthei ouercamen I. Cananei, and Feresey. ForsotheAnd I. Adonybozech fledde, whom thei pursueden, and token, and kit|tidenthei kitten off I. the endis of hise hondis and feetof his feet I.. And Adonybozech seide, Seuenti kyngis, whanne the endis of hondisher hondis I. and feetof her feet I. weren kit awey, gaderiden relifs of metis vndur my bord; as Y didehaue do I., so God hath ȝolde to me. And thei brouȝten hym in to Jerusalem, and there he diede. Ther|forThanne I. the sones of Juda fouȝten aȝens Jeru|salem, and tokenthei token I. it, and smytidenthei smoten it I. bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and bitokenthei bitoken I. al the cytee to brennyng. And aftirward thei ȝeden doun, and fouȝten aȝens Cananey, that dwellide in the hilli places, and at the south, in `feeldi placeswijlde feeldis S.. And Judas ȝede aȝens Cananei, that dwellide in Ebron, whos name was bi eld tyme Cariatharbe; and Judas killide Sisay, and Achyman, and Tholmai. And fro thennus he ȝede forth, and ȝedehe came I. to theOm. S. dwelleris of Dabir, whos eld name was Cariathsepher, that is, the citee of lettris. And Caleph seide, Y schal ȝyue Axa, my douȝter, wijf to hym that schal smyte Cariathsepher, and schal waste it. And whanne Othonyel, sonethe sone I. of Seneth, the lesseȝonger I. brother of Caleph, hadde take itthat cytee I., Caleph ȝaf Axa, his douȝter, wijf to hym. And hir hosebonde stiride hir, goynge in the weie, that sche schulde axe of hir fadir a feeld; and whanne sche hadde siȝid, sittynge onupon I. theher I. asse, Caleph seide to hir, What hast thou? And sche answeride, ȜiueFadir, ȝiue I. thou blessynga blessyng I. to me, for thou hast ȝoue aOm. I. drye lond to me; ȝyue thou alsoto me also I. a moyst lond with watris. And Calephher fadir I. ȝaf to hir the moist lond aboue, and thea I. moistmoisti S. lond bynethe. ForsotheAnd whanne I. the sones of Cyney, `alye of MoysesMoyses alije I.alie of Moi|ses; in Ebreu it is, the fadir of Moises wiyf. C., stiedenstieden up I. fro the citee of palmes with the sones of Juda, in to the desert of his lot, whichthe which I. desert is at the south of Arath; and dwellidenthei dwelliden I. with hymJudas IO marg.. SotheliAnd I. Judas ȝede with Symeon, his brother; and thei smytidensmoten I. togidere Cananei, that dwellide in Sephar, and killidenthei killiden I. hym; and the name of that citee was clepid Horma, that is, cursyng, `ether perfitOm. KW. distriyng, for thilke citee was distried outerlythat is, cursinge either destriynge GMNQb. gloss omitted in ISX.. And Judas took Gaza with hise coostis, and Ascolon, and Accaron with hise termes. And the Lord was with Judas, and he `hadde inOm. A pr. m. EFKLOPSb. possessiounweeldide I. the hilli places; and heJudas I. myȝte not do awey the dwelleris of the valei, for thei weren plenteuouse in `yrun charischaris ful of wepnes I., scharpe as sithis. And `the sones ofOm. I. Israel ȝauen Ebron to Caleph, as Moises hadde seidboden I., whichand I. Caleph dide awei fro it thre sones of Enach. For|sotheBut I. theOm. C. sones of Beniamyn diden not awei Jebusei, the dwellere of Jerusalem; and Jebusei dwellide with the sones of Beniamyn in Jerusalem `til in tovnto I. presentthis present I. dai. Also the howsmeynee I. of Joseph stiedestiede up I. in to Bethel, and the Lord was with hem. For whanne thei bisegiden the citee, that was clepid Lusa bifore, thei sien a man goynge out of the citee, and thei seiden to hym, Schewe thou to vs the entrynge of the cyteeschewe thou to us the en|tring of the citee; it had a priuy entring and goyng out vndur the erthe, vnknow|un to stran|geris. Lire here. C., and we schulen do mercy with thee. And whanne he hadde schewid to hem, thei smytidensmoten I. the citee bi scharpnes of swerd; sotheliand I. thei delyueriden that man and al his kynrede. And hewhanne he GIKMNSXb. was delyuerede, andand he O. he GIKMSXb. Om. N. ȝede in to the lond of Sethym, and bildidehe bildide I. there a citee, and clepid it Luzam; which is clepid so til in to presentthis present I. dai. Also Manasses dide not awei Bethsan and Thanael with her townes, and the dwelleris of Endor, and Geblaam and Magedo with her townes; and Cananei bigan to dwelle with hem. Sotheli after that Israel was coumfortid, he made hem tributaries, `ethir to paye tributeOm. ISX., and noldewolde not I. do awey hemOm. plures.. Sotheli Effraym killide not Cananei that dwellyde in Gaser, but dwellide with hym. Zabu|lon dide not awey the dwelleris of Cethron, and of Naalon; but Cananei dwellide in the myddis of hym, and was maad tributarie to him. Also Aser dide not awey the dwelleris of Acho, and of Sidon, of Alab, and of Azazib, and of Alba, and Aphechof Aphech I., and of Aloa, and of Pha, and of Roob; and heAzer I. dwellide in the myddis of Ca|naney, dwellerethe dwellere I. of that lond, and killideAzer killide I. not hym. Neptalym dide not awei the dwelleris of Bethsames, and of Bethanach; and heNeptalim I. dwellide among Cananey, dwellerethe dwellere I. of thethat K. lond; and Bethsamytis and Beth|anytis weren tributarie to hymNeptalym I.. And Ammorrey helde streit the sones of Dan in the hil, and ȝafhe ȝaf I. not place to hem to go doun to pleynere places; and heDan I. dwellide in the hil of Hares, `which is interpretidthat is to sey I., Witnessyng, in Hailon, and in Salabym. And the hond of the howsmeynee I. of Joseph was maad heuyheuy or dul I., and heJoseph I. was maad tributarie to hymAmorey I.. And the terme of Ammorrei was fro the stiyng ofup of the I. Scorpioun, and thefro the I. stoon, and hiȝere places.

 CAP. II.

And the aungel of the Lord stiedestiede up I. fro Galgala to the place of weperis, and seidehe seide I., Y ledde ȝou out of Egipt, and Y brouȝte ȝouOm. plures. in to the lond, `for whichthat I. Y swoorswoor fore I. to ȝoure fadris, and bihiȝte, that Y schulde not make void my couenaunt with ȝou in to with outen ende; so oneli that ȝe schulde not smyte boond of pees with the dwelleris of this lond, and schuldenthat ȝe I. distrie `the auteris of hemher auteris I.; and ȝe noldenwolden not i. here my vois. Whi diden ȝe these thingis? Wher|foreFor the whiche thing I. Y noldewolde not I. do hem awei fro ȝoure face, that ȝe hauehaue hem I. enemyes, and that `the goddis of hemher goddis I. be to ȝou in to fallyng. And whanne the `aungel of the LordLordis aungel I. spakhad spoke I. these wordis to alle the sonespeple I. of Israel, thei reisiden her vois, and wepten; and the name of thatthe I. place was clepid, ofthe place of I. weperis, ether of teeris; and thei of|friden there sacrifices to the Lord. Ther|forThanne I. Josue lefte the puple; and the sones of Israel wenten forth, ech man in to his possessioun, that thei schulden gete it. And thei serueden the Lord in alle the daies of Josue, and of elderethe eldere GIQ. men that lyueden aftir hym inOm. DGIKMNOQSXb. long tyme, and knewen alle the grete werkis of the Lord, whiche he hadde do with Israel. For|sotheAnd I. Josue, sonethe sone I. of Nun, `seruaunt of the Lordthe Lordis seruaunt I., `was deedOm. I. of an hundrid ȝeer and tenten, diede I.; and thei birieden hym in the endis of his possessioun, in Thannath of Sare, in the hil of Effraym, at the north coost of the hil Gaas. And al that gene|racioungeneracioun of Israel I. was gaderid to her fadris; and othere menmen of Israel I. risedenresen up I., that knewen not the Lord, and the werkis whiche he `hadde dodide I. with Israel. And the sones of Israel diden yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and thei serueden Baalym and Astaroth; and forsokenthei forsoken I. the Lord God of her fadris, that ledden hem out of the lond of Egipt; and thei sueden alien goddis, the goddis of puplistho puplis I., that dwelliden in `the cumpasse of hemher cumpasse I., and worschipedenthei worschipiden I. thothilke I. goddis, and excitidenthei stiriden I. the Lord to greet wraththe, and forsokenthei forsoken I. hym, and serueden Baalto Baal I. and Astorothto Astoroth I.. And the Lord was wrooth aȝens Israel, and bitookhe bitook I. hem in to the hondis of rauyscheris, whichethe whiche I. rauyscherisOm. I. token hem, and seeldensolden hem I. to enemyes, that dwelliden `bi cumpasaboute I.; and theiIsrael I. myȝten not aȝenstonde her aduersaries; but whi|dir euer theiIsrael I. wolden go, the hondwrath I. of the Lord was onupon I. hemwas on hem; that is, to tur|mente hem, as bifor the tres|passing it was on hem, to helpe hem. C., as he spak and swoor to hem; and thei weren turmentid greetli. And the Lord reisidereiside up I iugisAnd the Lord reiside iugis; whanne the sones of Israel weren set in turment, thei runnen to the Lord, for disese ȝyueth vndur|stonding, and thanne God ȝaf remedi to hem bi iugis, whiche he reiside; but aftirwarde thei turneden aȝen to her spewing, and therfor punysching turnede aȝen, and eft reising in maner bifor|seid, as it is opyn in chapi|tris suynge. Lire here. C., that `dely|ueridenand delyueride I. hem fro the hondis of destrieristhe destrieris I., but theiIsrael I. noldenwolde not I. here hemher iugis I., and thei diden fornycacioun, `that is, idolatrieOm. SX., with alienstraunge I. goddis, and worschipidenthei worschipiden I. hem. Soone thei forsoken the weie, bi which `the fa|dris of hemher fadris I. entriden; and thei herden the `comaundementis of the LordLordis hestis I., and didenthei diden I. alle thingis contrarie. And whanne the Lord reisidereiside up I. iugis in `the daies of hemher daies I., he was bowid bi mercy, and he herde the weilyngis of hem turmentidthat weren turmentid I., and he delyuerede hem fro the sleyng of wasterisher destrieris I.. SotheliBut I. aftir that thehere I. iuge was deed, thei turneden aȝen, and diden many thingis grettere `in yuelOm. I. than her fadris diden; and thei sueden alien goddis, and serueden hem, and worschipiden hem; thei leften not her owne fyndyngis, and the hardesteful hard I. weie `bi whichthat I. thei weren wontwoned I. to gogo bi I.. And the strong veniaunce of the Lord was wrooth aȝens Israel, and he seide, For this puple hath maad voide my couenaunt whichthat I. Y couenauntide with her fadris, and dispisidehan dispisid I. to here my vois; alsoand GIMNSXb. Y schal not do awey folkisthe folkis I., whichethe whiche I. Josue `lefte, and was deedthat is deed, lefte I.; that in hem Y asaiethat in hem Yasaye; asayng is maad, that a thing vnknow|un be knowun, and therfor God asayeth not a thing herto that it be knowun to him, sithen no thing is hid fro him; but he is seid to asaye a thing, that herbi summe thingis be knowun to othere men, that weren vn|knowun to hem. And in this maner God asayede the sones of Israel in the forseid hethen men, for as longe as they serueden the Lord, they hadden maistri ouer hethen men; sotheli whanne thei forsoken the Lord, thei weren maad suget to hethen men; and herbi the obedience and vnobedi|ence of the sones of Israel was knowen of men. Lire here. C. Israel, whether thei kepenkepten O. the weie of the Lord, and goen ther ynne, as her fadris keptenkepten it I., ether nayno I.. Therfor the Lord leftelefte alijue I. alle these naciouns, and noldehe wolde not I. destrie soonehem soone I., nethir bitookhe bitook hem I. in to the hondishond I. of Josue.

 CAP. III.

These ben the folkis whiche the Lord leftelefte alyue I., that in hem he schulde teche Israel, and alle men that knewen not the batels of Cananeis; and that aftirward `the sones of hemher sones I. schulden lerne to fiȝte with ene|myes, and to haue customthe vse I. of batelfiȝting I.. He lefte fyue princes of Filisteesthe Filistees I., and al Ca|nanei, and the puple of Sidon, and Euey that dwelliden in the hil Libanthat hiȝte Liban I. of Liban S., fro the hil Baalof Baal I. Hermonof Hermon I. `til tovnto I. the entryng of Emath. And hethe Lord I. lefte hem, that in hem he schulde asaie Israelal Israel I., whethir thei wolden here the `heestis of the LordLordis heestis I., whiche he comaundide to her fadris bi the hondwitnesse I text. or hond marg. of Moises, ethir nai. And so the sones of Israel dwelliden in the myddis of Cananei, of Ethei, and of Ammorrei, and of Feresei, and of Euey, and of Jebusey, and wed|didenthei weddiden I. wyues, the douȝtris of hem; and the sones of Israel ȝauen herther K. douȝtris to `the sones of hemher sones I., and seruedenthei serueden to I. `the goddis of hemher goddis I.. And the sones of Israel diden yuel in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I., and forȝatenthei forȝaten I. herther K. Lord God, and serueden Baalym, and Astaroth. And the Lord was wrooth aȝens Israel, and bitookhe bitook I. hem in to the hondis of Cusanrasathaym, kyng of Mesopotanye, and thei serueden hym eiȝte ȝeer. And thei crieden to the Lord, and he reiside to hem a sauyour, and de|lyuerede hem, that is, Othonyel, sonethe sone I. of Ceneth, `the lesseand the ȝounger I. brothir of Caleph. And the spirit of the Lord was in hym, and he demyde Israel. And he ȝede out to batel, and the Lord bitook in to hise hondishond I pr. m. Cusanrathaym, kyng of Sirie; and Otho|nyel oppresside hym. And the lond restiderestide in pes I. fourti ȝeer; and Othonyel, sonethe sone I. of Ceneth, diede. ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Israel ad|diden to do yuel in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I.; and he coumfortide aȝens hem Eglon, the kyng of Moab, for `thei didenIsrael dide I. yuel in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I.. And the Lord couplide to hymEglon I. the sones of Amon and Ama|lechof Amalech I.; and heEglon I. ȝede, and smoot Israel, and haddehe hadde I. in possessioun the citee of Palmes. And the sones of Israel serueden Eglon, kyngthe kyng K. of Moab, eiȝtene ȝeer. And aftir|ward thei crieden to the Lord; and he reiside to hem a sauyour, Aioth bi name, the sone of Gera, sone of Gemyny, whichthe which I. Aioth vside euer either hond for the riȝt hond. And the sones of Israel sentensenden I. bi him ȝiftis, `that is, tributeOm. SX., to Eglon, kyng of Moab; whichthe which I. Aioth made to hym a swerd keruynge on euer either side, hau|ynge in the myddis a pomelthis that sueth, hauynge in the myddis a pomel, is not in Ebreu. C. of the lengthe of thea I. pawm of an hond; and he was gird therwith vndiron the riȝt hipe undir I. `the saia coote armure I., `that is, a knyȝtis mentilOm. SX pr. m., `in the riȝt hipeOm. I.. And he brouȝte ȝiftis to Eglon, theOm. BCEGIMPQRX. kyng of Moab; forsotheand I. Eglon was ful fat. And whanne he hadde ȝoue ȝiftis to the kyng, he pursuedesuede forth aftir his I. felowis that camen with hym; and he turnede aȝen fro GalgalisGalgalis, whanne he siȝ the idols whiche Eglon hadde set in Galgalis, whiche place Jewis helden hooly; and Eglon dide this in dispit of the hooly place, herbi Aioth was stirid to turne aȝen to sle Eglon. Lire here. C., where idolis weren, and he seide to the kyng, AO I. kyng, Y haue a priuei word to thee. And hethe king I. comaundide silence. And whanne alle men weren goon out, that weren aboute hymthe kyng I., Aioth entride to hym; forsotheand I. hethe kyng I. sat aloone in a somer parlour. And Aioth seide, Y haue the word of God to thee. WhichThe which I. roos anoon fro thehis I. trone. And Aioth helde forth thehis I. left hond, and took thehis I. swerd fro his riȝt hype; and he fastnedeputte it I. in to the `wombe of the kyngkyngis womb I. so strongli, that the pomel, `ether hilteOm. CDGIKMNOQSXb., suede the yrun in the wounde, and wasit was I. holdun streite `in the thickestewith moost I. fatnesse with ynneynne the wombe I.; and heAioth I. drow not out the swerd, but so as he hadde smytesmyte Eglon I., he leftelefte it I. in thehis I. bodi; and anoon bi the priuetees of kynde the tordisorduris I. of the wombe braste out. ForsotheAnd I. whanne the doris of the parlour weren closid moost diligentlibisily I., and fastned with lok, Aioth ȝede out bi a posternebi a posterne, in Ebreu it is, a porche. C.. And the `seruauntis of the kingkyngis seruauntis I. entriden, not ininto plures. the parlour, but ininto plures. the porche, and thei sien the doris of the parlour closid, and seidenthei seiden I., In hap hethe kyng I. purgith the wombe in the somer parlour. And thei abididenaboden so I. longe, til thei weren aschamed; and thei sien that no man openedeopenede the dore I., and thei token the keie, and thei openyden, and foundenthei founden I. her lord lig|gynge deed inon I. the erthe. SotheliAnd I. while thei weren disturblid, Aioth fledde out, and passidehe passide I. the place of idols, fro whennus he turnede aȝen; and he cam inin A. to Seirath. And anoon he sownede with a clarioun in the hil of Effraym; and the sones of Israel camen doun with hym, and he ȝede in the frount. WhichThe which I. seide to hem, Sue ȝe me, for the Lord hath bitake oure enemyes, Moabitis, in to oure hondis. And thei camen doun after hym, andand thei I. ocupi|eden the forthisfoordis IKR. of Jordan, that ledde ouer in to Moab. And thei suffriden not ony man to passe, but thei smytidensmeten I. Moab|itisOm. I. in that tyme aboute ten thousandethousande Moabitis I., alle myȝti men and stronge; no man of hem myȝte ascape. And Moab was maad low in that dai vndur the hond of Israel, and the lond restiderestide in pes I. fourescooreiȝti KMNSX. seuenti W. ȝeer. Aftir hymOm. I. was Samgar, the sone of Anath, thatiuge the whiche I. smoot of Filisteis sixe hun|drid men with a scharwith a schar, in Ebrew it is, with a goode of oxe. C.; and he also de|fendidedefende A. Israel.

 CAP. IV.

And the sones of Israel addiden to do yuel in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I., aftir the deethlijf I. of Aioth. And the Lord bitook hem in to the hondis of Jabyn, kyng of Canaan, that regnede in Asor; and heJabyn I. hadde a duyk of his oost, Sisara bi name; and heJabyn I. dwellide in Aroseth ofa citee of I. hethene men. And the sones of Israel crieden to the Lord; for heJabyn I. hadde nyn hundrid yrone charis, keruyngeful of wepnessis scharpe I. as sithis, and twenti ȝeer he oppresside hemIsrael I. greetli. ForsotheAnd I. Del|bora was a prophetesse, the wijfthe wiyf, in Ebreu it is, a womman chaundeler. C. of Lapi|doth, whichthe which I. Delbora demyde the puplepuple of Israel I. in that tyme; and sche sat vndur a palm tree, that was clepid bi her name, bitwixe Rama and Bethel, in the hil of Effraym; and the sones of Israel stiedenstieden up I. to hir at ech dom. And sche sente, and clepide Barach, the sone of Abynoen, of Cedes of Neptalym, and sche seide to hym, The Lord God of Israel comaundide to thee, Go thou, and lede an oost in to the hil of Thabor, and thou schalt take with thee ten thousande `of fiȝterisfiȝtinge men I. of the sones of Neptalym and of the sones of Zabulon. SotheliAnd I. Y schal brynge to thee, in the place of the stronde of Cison, Sisara, princethe prince I. of `the oost of JabynJabyns oost I., and his charis, and al the multitude; and Y schal bitake hem in thin hond. And Barach seide to hir, If thou comest with me, Y schal go; if thou nyltwilt not I. come with me, Y schal not go. And sche seyde to hym, SotheliAnd I. Y schal go with thee; but in this tyme the victorie schal not be arettide to thee; for Sisara schal be bitakun inin to I. the hond of a womman. TherforAnd so I. Delbora roos, and ȝede with Barach in toOm. I. Cedes. And whanne Zabulon and Neptalym weren clepid, heBarach I. stiede with ten thousynde of fiȝteris, and hadde Delbora in his felou|schipe. ForsotheAnd I. Sotheli KLO. Aber of Cyneth hadde departid sum tyme fro othere Cyneysmen of Cyney I. hise britheren, sonesthe sones I. of Obab, `alie of MoisesMoyses alie I.alie of Moises, in Ebreu it is, the fadir of Moises wiyf. C.; and he hadde set forth tabernaclis `til tovnto I. the valei, whichthat I. is clepid Sennym, and washe was I. bisidis Cedes. And it was teld to Sisara, that Barach, sonethe sone I. of Abynoen, hadde stiedestiede up I. in to the hil of Thabor. And heSisara I. gaderide nyn hundrid yronne charischaris ful of wepnes I., keruynge as sithis, and al the oost froof KS. Aroseth of hethene men to the stronde of Cison. And Delbora seide to Barach, Rise thouthou up I., for this is the day, in which the Lord bitookhath bitake I. Sisara in to thin hondis; lo! the Lord is thi ledere. And so Barach cam doun fro the hil of Thabor, and ten thousynde of fyȝteris with hym. And the Lord made aferd Sisara, and alle `the charis of hymhis charis I., and al the multitude, bi the scharpnesse of swerd, at the siȝt of Ba|rach, in so myche that Sisara lippide doun of the chare, and fledde `a footeon foote DEIKL sec. m. MNP.. And Barach pursuede the charis fleynge and the oost `til tovnto I. Aroseth of hethene men; and al the multitude of enemyes felde doun `til tovnto I. deeth. SotheliAnd I. Sisara fledde, and cam to the tente of Jahel, the wijf of Aber Cyney; forsothefor I. pees waas bitwixe Jabyn, kyng of Asor, and bitwixe the hows of Aber Cyney. Therfor Jahel ȝedewente DGIKMNOQSXb. out in to the comyng of Sisara, and seidesche seide I. to hym, My lord, entre thou to me, entre thou to me; drede thou not. And he entride in to `the tabernacle of hirher tabernacle I., and washe was I. hilid of hir with a mentil. And he seide to hir, Y bisechebiseche thee I., ȝyue `thou tothou F. Om. X. me a litil ofOm. GIKNSX. watir, for Y thirste greetli. And sche openyde a `botel of mylkmylke botel I., and ȝaf toOm. I. hym to drynke, and hilidesche hilide I. hym. And Sisara seide to hir, Stonde thou bifor the dore of the tabernacle, and whanne ony man cometh, and axith thee, and seith, Whe|ther ony man is here? thou schalt an|swere, No man is here. And so Jahel, the wijf of Aber, took a nayl of the taber|nacle, and sche took also an hamer; and sche entride pryueli, and puttidepiȝchide K. picchide OSX. put MF. Om. I. with silence thesche putte the I. nail onupon I. the temple of his heed, and sche fastnede the nail smytun with theOm. CG. hamer in to thehis I. brayn, `til tovnto I. the erthe; and he slepte, and diede to gidere, and failidehe failide lijf I., and was deed. And lo! Barach suedecame and suede I. Sisara, `and camOm. I.; and Jahel ȝede out in to his comyng, and seide to hym, Come, and Y schal schewe to thee the man, whomthat I. thou sekist. And whanne he hadde entrid to hir, he siȝ Sisara lig|gynge deed, and a nail fastnede in to hise templis. Therfor in that day God `made lowlowide I. Jabyn, the kyng of Canaan, bifor the sones of Israel; whichethe whiche I. encresiden ech dai, and with strong hond oppressidenthei oppressiden I. Jabyn, the kyng of Canaan, til thei diden hym awey.

 CAP. V.

And Delbora and Barach, sonethe sone I. of Aby|noen, sungen in that dai, and seiden, Ȝe men of Israel, that `offriden wilfulihan wilfuli offrid I. ȝoure lyues to perel, blesseblesse ȝe I. the Lord. Ȝe kingis, here, ȝeOm. I. princes, perceyuethperceyue plures. perceyue ȝe I. with eeris; Y am, Y am the womman, that schal synge to the Lord; Y schal synge to the Lord God of Israel. Lord, whanne thou ȝedist out fro SeirLord, whanne thou ȝedist out fro Seir, in for|sakinge that puple in her errours, bi thi just dom. Lire here. C., and passidist bi the cuntrees of Edom, the erthe was moued, and he|uenes and cloudis droppiden with watris; hillis flowiden fro the `face of the LordLordis face I., and Synaifro Synai I.and Synay; and here is set for that is, for this word and, is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. fro the face of the Lord God of Israel. In the daies of Sangar, sonethe sone I. of Anach, in the daies of Jahel, paththis restiden, and thei that entriden bi tho ȝedenthei ȝeden I. bi paththis out of the weie. Stronge men in Israel cessiden, and restiden, til Delbora roos, a modir in Israel. TheAnd the I. Lord chees newe batels, and he destriede the ȝatis of enemyes; scheeld and spere ap|periden not in fourti thousynde ofmen of I. Israelof Israel; in Ebreu it is in Israel, so that this word xl. thousinde is not ioyned with Israel, for in iiij co. it is seid, that Barach ȝede with x. thousinde onely, therfor it is to fille, whanne the oost of aduer|saries was in xl. thousinde, that is, in the noumbre of xl. thousinde of armed men; also it may be seid bi oure translacioun in xl. thousinde of Israel, for thouȝ first weren x. thou|sinde with Ba|rach, in the ende weren xl. thousinde with him. Lire here.. Myn herte loueth the princes of Israel; ȝe that offriden ȝou to perel bi ȝoure owyn wille, blesse ȝe the Lord; spekeOm. I. ȝe, that stien on schynynge assis, and sitten aboue in doomin doom, that is, for doom. C., and goen in the weywey, speke ȝe I.. Where the charis weren hurtlidhurlid I. doun to gidere, and the oost of enemyes was straunglid, there the `riȝtfulnessis of the LordLordis riȝtwisnesse I. be teldteld out I., and mercyhis mercy I. among the strongestronge men I. of Israel; thanne the `puple of the LordLordis puple I. cam doun to the ȝatis, and gat prinsehodthe prinsehod I.. Rise, rise thou, Delbora, rise thou, and speke a song; rise thou, Barach, and thou, sone of Abynoen, take thi prisoneris. The relikisrelifis I. of the puple ben sauyd; the Lord fauȝt aȝens stronge men offro I. Effraym. He dide awei hem inin to GIKMNOXb. Amalech, and aftir hym offro I. Beniamyn in to thi puplis, thou Ama|lech. Princes of Machir and offro I. Zabulon ȝeden doun, that ledden oostthe oost IK. to fiȝte. The duykis of Isachar weren with Delbora, and sueden the steppis of Barach, whichthat I. ȝaf hym silf to perel, as in to a dichdich hedly I., and in to helle. While Ruben was departid aȝens hym silf; the strijf of greet hertyd men was foundunfoundun or perceyued I.. Whi dwellist thou bitwixe `tweyne endistwo termes I., that thou here the hiss|yngispriuey noyse I. of flockis? While Ruben was de|partid aȝens hym silf, the strijf of greet hertid men was foundun. Gad restide bi|ȝendis Jordan, and Dan ȝaf tent to schippis. Aser dwellide in the `brenke of the seesee brenke I., and dwellidehe dwellide I. in hauenes. ForsotheAnd I. Za|bulon and Neptalym offriden her lyues to deeththe deeth I., in the cuntre of MoremaRoma plures. Morome I., `that is interpretid, hiȝOm. ISX pr. m.. Kyngis camen, and fouȝten; kyngis of Canaan fouȝten in Thanath, bisidis the watris of Magedon; and netheles thei token no thing bi prey. Fro heuene `me fauȝtit was fouȝten I. aȝens hem; sterris dwelliden in her ordre and coursin her cours I., and fouȝtenthei fouȝten I. aȝens Sisara. The stronde of Cyson drow `the deed bodies of hemher deed bodies I., the stronde of Cadymyn, theand the GIKMN sec. m. o sec. m. QSXb. stronde of Cy|son. My soule, to-trede thou stronge menstronge men, that is, Sisara, and hise fiȝt|eris, that trist|iden in her strengthe, and wolden do awey the puple of the Lord. Lire here. C.. TheOm. I. hors howis feldenfellen awey I., while the strongeste of enemyes fledden with bire, and felden heedli. Curse ȝe the lond of Meroth, seide the `aungel of the LordLordis aungel I., curse ȝe `the dwelleris of hymhis dwelleris I., for thei camen not to theOm. I. help of the Lord, `in tone into I. the help of the strongestemoost stronge I. of hym. Blessyd among wymmen be Jahel, the wijf of Aber Cyney; blessid be sche in hir tabernacle. To Sisarathe, that is, Sisara I. axynge watir sche ȝaf mylk, and in a violin a viol, Ebrews seyen in a basyn. of princes sche ȝafȝaf him I. botere. Sche puttideputte IM. the left hond to athe I. nail, and theher I. riȝt hond to theOm. B. `hameris of smyȝthissmythes hameris I. hamer of smyȝthis N.; and sche smoot Si|sara, and souȝte in thehis I. heed a place of wounde, and persidesche perside I. strongli thehis I. temple. He felde bitwixe `the feet of hirher feet I., he failide, and diede; he was waltryd bifor hir feet, and he lay with out soulelijf I., and wretchidful. His modir bihelde bi a wyn|dow, and ȝellide; and sche spak fro the soler, Whi tarieth his chaar tofor to I. come aȝen? Whi tariedentarien I. the feet of his foure horsid cartis? Oon wisere than `othere wyues of hyman other of his wyues I. answeride these wordis to the modir of hir hosebonde, In hap now he departith spuylis, and the faireste of wymmen is chosun to hym; clothis of dyuerse colouris ben ȝouun to Sisara in to prey, and dy|uerse aray of houshold is gaderid to ourneourne with I. neckis. Lord, alle thin enemyes perische so; sotheliand I., thei that louen thee, schyneschyne thei I. so, as the sunne schyneth in his risyngin his rising, in Ebreu it is, in his strengthe C.. And the lond restiderestide fro batel I. fourti ȝeer.

 CAP. VI.

ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Israel diden yuel in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I., and he bitook hem in theto the I. hond of Madian seuene ȝeer. And theiIsrael I. werenwas I. oppressid of hem greetly; and `thei madenIsrael made I. dichis, and dennes to hem silf in hillis, and strongestemoost stronge I. places to fiȝte aȝenaȝen Madian I.. And whanne Israel hadde sowe, Madian stiedestiede up I., and Amalech, and othere of the `naciouns of the eesteest naciouns I.; and thei set|tiden tentisher tentis I. atbisidis I. the sones of Israel, and wastidenthei wastiden I. alle thingis `as tho werenthat weren K. as thei weren X. in eerbis, ethirother SU. grene corn, `til tovnto I. the en|tryng of Gaza, and outirli thei leften not in Israel ony thing perteynynge to lijf, notne I. scheep, not oxun, not assis. For thei and alle her flockis camen with her taber|naclis, and at the licnesse of locustus thei fillidenfulfilliden I. alle thingis, and a multitude of men and of camels was with out noumbre, and wastidenthei wastiden I. what euer thing thei touch|iden. And Israel was `maad lowlowed I. greetli in the siȝt of Madian. And Israelhe I. criede to the Lord, `and axydeaxynge I. help aȝens Ma|dianytis; and he sente to hem a man, a profete, and he spakspak to hem I., The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y made ȝou to stie froup fro I. Egipt, and Y ledde ȝou out of the hows of seruage, and Y delyueride ȝouOm. plures. fro the hond of Egipcians, and of alle ene|myesthe enemyes I. that turmentiden ȝou; and Y cast|idethrewe I. hem out at ȝoure entryngentree I., and Y ȝaf to ȝou `the lond of hemher lond I.; and Y seide, Y am `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God I.; drede ȝe not the goddis of Ammorreis, in whose lond ȝe dwellen; and ȝe noldenwolden not I. here my vois. ForsotheAnd I. an aungel of the Lord cam, and sat undur an ook, that was in Effra, and perteynedeit perteynede I. to Joas, fadirthe fadir I.and perteyn|ede to Joas fa|dir, not bi re|soun of gen|dryng, but for he was myȝty, and more prin|cipal in that meynee. Lire here. C. of the meinee of Ezri. And whanne Gedeon, `his sonethe sone of Joas I., threischide outOm. I., and purgide wheetiswhete I. in a pressour, that he schulde fle Madian, an aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and seide, The Lord be with thee, thou strong|este of men. And Gedeon seide to hym, My lord, Y biseche, if the Lord is with vs, whi therforthanne I. han alle these yuels take vs? Where ben the merueils of hymthe Lord I., whiche oure fadris telden, and seiden, The Lord leddehath ledde I. vs out of Egipt? `Now for|sotheFor now I. he hath forsake vs, and hath bitake vsOm. plures. inin to K. the hond of Madian. And the Lord bihelde to hym, and seide, Go thou in this strengthe of thee, and thou schalt delyuere Israel fro the hond of Madian; wite thou, that Y sentehaue sente I. thee. WhichAnd I. Gedeon answeride, and seide, My lord, Y biseche, in what thing schal Y delyuere Israel? Lo! my meynee is the loweste in Manassesthe lynage of Manasses I., and Y am the leeste in the hows of my fadir. And the Lord seide to hym, Y schal be with thee, and thou schalt smytesmyte or skunfite I. Madian as o man. And Gedeon seide, If Y haue foundun grace bifor thee, ȝyue to me a signetokene I., that thou, that spekist to me, art sente of Goddis part; goand go I. thou not `awei froOm. DGIK pr. m. NOQSX. hennus, til Y turne aȝen to thee, and brynge sacrifice, and offre to theebrynge sacrifice and offre to thee; not that Gedeon wolde that the sacri|fice be offrid to him that ap|peride to him, for it is to offre to God aloone, sithen Gedeon wiste not ȝit, wher he were a man ether an aungel sent of God; but Ge|deon wolde asaye bi a signe ȝouun of God in accepting of the sacrifice bi him that ap|peride to him to offre, wher he were verily sent of God; and Gedeon synnede not in this. Lire here. C.. WhicheThe Lord I. answeride, Y schal abide thi comyng. And so Gedeon entrideȝede yn I., and sethideseethe I. a kide, and took therf looues of a buyschel of mell, and fleischisfleish I. in a panyere; and he senteputte I. the broth of fleischisthe fleshe I. ininto plures. a pot, and barhe bar I. alle thingisthese thingis I. vndur anthe I. ook, and offrideoffride tho I. to hymoffride to hym, not as makinge sacrifice to him, but that the sacrifice schulde be offrid to God bi him. Lire here. C.. To whom the aungel of the Lord seide, Take thou the fleischisfleshe I., and therfthe therf I. looues, and putteputte hem I. on that stoon, and schedehelde I. theOm. S. broth aboue. And whanne heGedeon I. hadde do so, the aungel of the Lord helde forth the `ende of the ȝerdeȝerdus ende I. whichthat I. he helde in thehis I. hond, and he touchide the fleischisfleshe I., and the therf looues; and fier stiedestied up I. fro the stoon, and wastidedeuowride I. the fleischisfleshe I., and therfthe therf I. looues. ForsotheAnd I. the aungel of the Lord vanyschide fro hise iȝen. And Gedeon siȝ that he was `an aungel of the Lordthe Lordis aungel I., and seidehe seide I., Lord God, alas to me, for Y siȝ the aungel of the Lord face to face. And the Lord seide to hym, Pees be with thee; drede thou not, thou schalt not die. TherforThanne I. Gedeon bildideGedeon bild|ide, &c. This is seid bi anti|cipacioun, for he bildide not the auter, no but aftir Goddis reuelacioun which is had in the part suynge. Lire here. C. there an auter to the Lord, and he clepide it the Pees of the Lord, `til in tovnto this I. present dai. And whanne heGedeon I. was ȝit in Effra, whichthe which I. is of the meynee of Ezri, the Lord seide to hym in that nyȝt, Take thou `the bole of thy fadirthi fadris bole I. bole of thi fadir S., and anothir bole of seuene ȝeer, and thou schalt distrie the auter of Baal, whichthat I. is thi fadris, and kitte thou doun the wode, which is aboute the auter; and thou schalt bilde an auter to thi Lord God in the hiȝnesse of this stoon, onupon the I. which thou puttidist sacrifice bifore; and thou schalt take the secounde bole, and thou schalt offre brent sacrifice onupon I. the heep of trees, whichethe whiche I. thou kittidist doun of the wode. Therfore Gedeon took ten men of hise seruauntis, and didehe dide I. as the Lord comaundide to hym. SotheliAnd I. Gedeon dredde the hows of his fadir, and the men of that citee, and noldehe wolde not I. do bi dai, but fillidehe fulfillide I. alle thingis bi nyȝt. And whanne men of that citee hadde rise eerly, thei sien the auter of Baal distried, and the wode kit doun, and the tothir bole put onupon I. the auter, that was bildid thanne. And thei seiden to gidere, Who hath do this? And whanne thei enqueriden the doer of the deed, it was seid, Gedeon, the sone of Joas, dide alle these thingis. And thei seiden to Joas, Brynge forth thi sone hidur, that he die, for he distriedehath distried I. the auter of Baal, and kittidehath kit I. doun the wodewode aboute it I.. To whichewhom I. heJoas I. answeride, Whether ȝe ben the venieris of Baal, that ȝe fiȝte for hym? he that is aduersarie of hym, diedie he I., bifor thatOm. I. the `liȝt of the morew daimorowe liȝt I. come; if he is God, venge he hym silf of hym that castidehath cast I. doun his auter. Fro that dai Gedeon was clepid GerobaalGerobaal, that is, strong aȝenus Baal, ether strongere than Baal. Lire here. C., forfor thi GIKNX sup. ras. b. Joasthat Joas GIKNSXb. hadde seid, Baal take veniaunce of hym that castidehath cast I. doun his auter. Therfor al Madian, and Amalech, and the puplis of the eest weren gadirid to gidere, and pass|identhei passiden ouer I. Jordan, and settidenthei settiden I. tentis in the valey of Jezrael. Forsothe the spirit of the Lord clothideor fulfillide I marg. Gedeon; `and hethe whiche I. sownedesownynge I. with a clariountrumpe I., andOm. I. clepide to gidere the howsmeynee I. of Abiezer, that it schulde sue hym. And he sente messangeris in to al Ma|nasses, and he suede Gedeon; and he sente othereOm. G. messangeris in to Aser, and Zabu|lonto Zabulon DGIKMNOQSXb., and Neptalymto Neptalym O., whicheand thei I. camen to hym. And Gedeon seide to the Lord, If thou makist saaf Israel bi myn hond, as thou hast spoke, Y schal putte this flees of wolle in the corndrie I. floor; if dewthe dew I. is in the flees aloone, and drynesse is in al the erthe, Y schal wite, that thou schalt dely|uere Israel bi myn hond, as thou hast spoke. And it was don so. And heGedeon I. roos bi nyȝt, and whanne the flees was wrongun out, he fillide a pota pot, in Ebreu it is, a bacyn. C. with deew; and he seide eft to the Lord, Thi strong veniaunce be not wrooth aȝens me, if Y asaie, `that is, axe a signeOm. IX., ȝit onys, and seke a signetokene I. in the flees; Y preye, that the flees aloone be drie, and althat al I. the erthe be moist with deew. And the Lord dide in that nyȝt, as Gedeon axide; and drynesse was in the flees aloone, and deew was in al the erthedrie flore I..

 CAP. VII.

TherforThanne I. Jerobaal, which alsoalso is C sec. m. also was I. Gedeon, roos bi nyȝt, and al the puple with hym, and camhe cam I. to the welle whichthat I. is clepid Arad. SotheliAnd I. the tentis of Madian weren in the valey, at the north coost of the hiȝ hil. And the Lord seide to Gedeon, Myche puple is with thee, and Madian schal not be bitakun in to the hondis `ther ofof it I., lest Israel haueOm. I. glorie aȝens me, and seie, Y am delyuerid bi my strengthis. Speke thou to the puple, and preche thou, while alle men heren, He that is ferdful `in herteOm. I., and dredeful `with outforthOm. I., turne aȝen. And theithe sones of Israel I. ȝeden awei fro the hil of Galaad, and two and twenti thousynde of men turniden aȝen fro thethat GIKMNO sec. m. QXb. puple; and oneli ten thousynde dwellidenabiden I.. And the Lord seide to Gedeon, Ȝet the puple is myche; lede thou hem to the watris, and there Y schal preue hem, and he gogo with thee I., of whom Y schal seye, that he go; turneand turne I. he aȝen, whom Y schal forbede to go. And whanne the puple hadde go doun to watristhe watris I., the Lord seide to Gedeon, Thou schalt departe hem bi hem silf, that lapen watris with hond and tunge, as doggishoundis I. ben wont to lape; sotheliand I. theitho I., that drynken with kneesthe knees I. bowidfoolden I., schulen be in the tothir part. And so the noumbre of hem, that lapiden watris bi hondthe hond CDIK pr. m. castynge to the mouth, was thre hundrid men; forsotheand I. al the tothir multitude drank knelynge. And the Lord seide to Gedeon, In thre hundrid men, that lapiden watris, Y schal delyuere ȝou, and Y schal bitake Madian in thin hond; butand I. al the tothir multi|tude turne aȝen in to her place. And soOm. I. whanne thei hadden take meetis and trumpis for the noumbrenoumbre of hem I., he comaundide al the tothir multitude to go to her taber|naclis; and heGedeon I., with thre hundrid men, ȝaf hym silf to batel. SothelyAnd I. the tentis of Madian weren bynethe in the valey. In the same nyȝt the Lord seyde to hymGedeon I., Ryse thou, and go doun in to `the castels of Madianher tentis I., for Y haue bitake hem in thin hond; sotheliAnd I. if thou dredist to go aloon, Phara, thi child, go doun with thee. And whanne thou schalt here what theithe Madianytis I. spekenschul speke I., thanne thin hondis schulen be coumfortid, and thou schalt do down si|kerere to the tentis of enemyesthe enemyes I.. TherforThanne I. heGedeon I. ȝede doun, and Phara, his child, in to thea I. part of tentisthe tentis I., where the watchis of armed men weren. ForsotheAnd I. Madian, and Amalech, and alle the puplis of the eest layen spredspred abrod I. in the valey, as the multitude of locustis; sotheliand I. the camelis weren vn|noumbrable, as grauel that liggithlijth I. in the `brenke of the seesee brenke I.. And whanne Gedeon hadde comecome doun I., a man tolde a dreem to his neiȝbore, and teldehe telde I. bi this maner that, that he hadde seyn, I siȝ a dreem, and it semyde to me, that as `o loof of barlya barly loof I. bakun vndur theOm. GINSXb. aischis was walewid, and camit cam I. doun in to the tentis of Madian; and whanne it hadde come to a tabernacle, it smootsmoot it I. and distriede `that tabernaclethe tabernacle C. it I., and mademade it I. euene outirly to the erthe. ThatAnd that I. man answeride, to whom he spak, This is noon other thing, noOm. I. but the swerd of Gedeon, `sone of JoasJoas sone I., a man of Israel; forforsothe I. the LordLord God K. hath bitake Madian and alle `tentis therofher tentis I. in to the hondis of Gedeon. And whanne Gedeon had herd the dreem, and `the interpretyngremeenyng I. therofof it I., he worschypide the Lord, and turnede aȝen to the tentis of Israel, and seide, Ryse ȝe; for the Lord hath bitake in to oure hondis the tentis of Madian. And he departide threthe thre I. hundrid men in to thre partis, and heOm. S. ȝafȝaf hem I. trumpis in her hondis, and voydeempty I. pottis, and laumpislaumpis brennynge I.and laumpis; that is, bren|nynge brondis, ether torchis, that myȝten not liȝtly be quenchid. Lire here. C. in the myddis of the pottis. And he seide to hem, Do ȝe this thing whichthat I. ȝe seen me do; Y schal entre in to a part of the tentis, and sue ȝe that, that Y do. Whanne the trumpe in myn hond schal sowne, sowne ȝe also `bi the cumpas ofal aboute the I. tentis, and crye ȝe togidere, To the Lord and to Gedeon. AndAnd whanne the mydnyȝt wacchis bigunnen I. Gedeon entrideentride into a part of her tentis I., and threthe thre I. hundrid men that weren with hym, `in to a part of the tentis, whanne the watchis of myd|nyȝt bigunnenOm. I.; and whanne the keperiskeperis of her wacchis I. weren reysid, theiGideon and hise I. bigunnen to sowne with trumpis, and to bete togidere the pottis among hem silf. And whanne thei sowneden in thre places bi cumpas, and hadden brokebroke togidre I. the pottis, thei helden laumpis in theher I. left hondis, and sownynge trumpis in theher I. riȝt hondis; and thei cri|eden, The swerd of the Lord and of Ge|deon; and stodenthei stoden I. alle in her place, `bi the cumpas ofaboute I. the tentis of enemyesher enemyes I.. And so alle `the tentisthei I. weren troblidtroblid in her tentis I.; and thei criedencrieden out I., and ȝelliden, and fled|den;fledden awey I. and neuerthelesnetheles I. the thre hundrid men contynueden, sownynge with trumpis. And the Lord sente swerd in alle the castelstentis I., and thei killiden hem silf bi deeth ech other; and thei fledden `til tointo I. Beth|secha, and bi thea priuei I. side, frothei wenten fro I. Elmonla in to Thebbath. SotheliAnd I. men of Israel crieden togidere, of Neptalym, and of Aser, and of alle Manasses, and pursuedenthei pursueden I. Madian; and the Lord ȝaf victorie to the puple of Israel in that day. And Gedeon sente messangeris in to al the hil of Effraym, and seidehe seide I., Come ȝe doun aȝens the com|yng of Madian, and ocupie ȝe theOm. I. watris `til tovnto I. Bethbera and Jordan. And al Effraym criede, andand thei I. bifore ocupide the watris andof K. Jordan `til tovnto I. Bethbera. And Effraym killide twei mencheef I marg. of Madian, Oreb and Zeb; he killide Oreb in the ston of Oreb, forsotheand I. `he killideOm. I. Zeb in the pres|sour of Zeb; and `thei pursuedenEffraym pursuede I. Madian, and barenthei baren I. the heedis of Oreb and of Zeb to Gedeon, ouer the flodis of Jordan.

 CAP. VIII.

And the men of Effraym seiden to hymGedeon I., What is this thing, whichthat I. thou woldist do, that thou clepidist not vs, whanne thou ȝedist to batel aȝens Ma|dian? And thei chiddenchidden with him I. strongli, and almestwel nyȝ I. didenthei diden to him I. violence. To whichewhom I. he answeride, `What sotheliAnd what I. siche thing myȝte Y dohaue do I., what maner thing ȝe didenhan do I.? Whe|thir a reisyn of Effraym is not betere than the vindagis of Abiezer? And the Lord bitookhath bitake I. in to ȝoure hondis the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb. What sich thing myȝte Y dohaue do I., what maner thing ȝe didenhan do I.? And whanne heGedeon I. hadde spoke this thing, the spirit of hemEffraym I. restide, bi which thei bolneden aȝens hym. And whanne Gedeon hadde come to Jordan, he passide it with thre hundrid men, that weren with hym; and for weerynesse thei myȝten not pursue hem that fledden. And heGedeon I. seide to the men of Socoth, Y biseche, ȝyue ȝe loouesbred I. to the puple, whichthat I. is with me; for thei failiden greetli, that we moun pursuethanne pursue I. Zebee and Salmana, kyngis of Madian. TheAnd the I. princes of Socoth an|sweriden in scorne, In hap the pawmes of the hondis of Zebee and of Salmana ben in thin hondhondis I., and therfor thou axist, that we ȝyue looues to thin oost. To whichewhom I. heGedeon I. seide, Therfor, whanne the Lord schal bitake Zebee and Salmana in to myn hondis, and whanne Y schal turne aȝen ouercomere in pees, Y schal to-reende ȝoure fleischisfleshe I. with theOm. I. thornes and breris of deseertthe deseert I.. And heGedeon I. stiedestiede up I. fro thennus, and camȝede S. in to Phanuel; and he spak lijk thingis to men of that place, to whom also thei answeriden, as the men of Socoth hadden answerid. And soOm. plures. heGedeon I. seide to hem, Whanne Y schal turne aȝen ouer|comere in pees, Y schal distrie this tour. ForsotheAnd I. Zebee and Salmana restiden with al her oost; forand I. fiftene thousynde men leften of alle the cumpenyes of the `puplis of the eesteest puplis I., whanne an hundrid and twenti thousynde of `fiȝteris and of menfiȝtynge men I. drawyngeledinge S. out swerd weren slayn. And Gedeon stiedestiede up I. bi the weye of hem that dwelliden in tabernaclis at the eest coost of Nobe and of Lethoa, and smoothe smoot I. the `tentis of enemyesenemyes tentis I., that weren sikur, and supposiden not ony thing of aduersite. And Zebee and Salmana fledden, whichewhom I. Gedeon pursuede and took, whanne al `the oost of hemher oost I. was disturblid. And heGedeon I. turnede aȝen fro batel bifor the `risyng of the sunnebifor the rising of the sunne. In E|breu it is, fro the hiȝnesse of the sunne, that is, bifor the goyng doun of the sunne, while the sunne was ȝit an hiȝ, as Ebrews ex|pownen. Lire here. C.sunne risyng I., and tookhe took I. a child of the men of Socoth; and he axide hym the names of the princes and eldereof the eldere I. men of Socoth; and heGedeon I. descryuede seuene and seuenti men in noumbre. And he cam to Socoth, and seide to hem, Lo Zebee and SalmanaSalmana ben taken I.! of whiche ȝe vpbreideden me, and seiden, In hap the hondis of Zebee and of Salmana ben in thin hondis, and therfor thou axist, that we ȝyue looues to men, that ben weeri and failiden. Therfor Gedeon took the eldere men of the citee, and thornesalso thornes I. and breris of deseert, and heOm. S. to-rente with tho, and al to-brak the men of Socoth; also heGedeon I. destriede the tour of Phanuel, whanne the dwelleris of the citee weren slayn. And he seide to Zebee and Salma|nato Salmana I., What maner men weren thei, whichethat I. ȝe killiden in Thabor? WhicheThe whiche I. answer|iden, Thei weren lijk thee, and oon of hem was as the sone of a kyng. To whichewhom I. heGedeon I. seide, Thei weren my bri|theren, the sones of my modir; the Lord lyueth, if ȝe hadden saued hem, Y `nolde slewolde not haue slawe I. ȝou. And heGedeon I. seide to Jepther, his firste gendridgoten I. sone, Rise thou, and sle hem. WhichAnd Jepther I. drow not swerdhis swerd I.; for he dredde, for he was ȝit a child. And Zebee and Salmana seidenseiden to Gedeon I., Ryse thou, and falle oninto I. vs; for thou art bi the age and strengthe of man. Gedeon roos, and killide Zebee and Salmana, and tookhe took I. the ournementis, and bellisthe bellis I., withbi I. whiche the neckis of kyngisthe kyngis I. camels ben wont to be maad fair. And alle theOm. plures. men of Israel seiden to Ge|deon, Be thou lord of vs, thou, and thi sone, and the sone of thi sone; for thou deliueridisthast delyuered I. vs fro the hondpower I. of Madian. To whichewhom I. he seide, Y schal not be lord of ȝou, nethir my sone schal be lord on ȝou, but the Lord schal be lordlord on ȝou I.. And heGedeon I. seide to hem, Y axe oon axyng of ȝou, ȝyue ȝe to me the eere ryngis of ȝoure prey; for Ismaelitis weren wont to haue goldun eere ryngis. WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden, We schulen ȝyue moostthee these ful I. gladli. And thei spredden forthfor A. a mentil onupon I. the erthe, and castidentherupon thei castiden I. forth therynneOm. I. `eere ryngisthe eere ryngis I. of the prey; and the weiȝte of `eere ryngisthe eere ryngis I. axidthat he axid I. was a thousynde and seuene hun|drid siclis of gold, with out ournementis and brochis and cloth of purpur, whiche the kyngis of Madian weren wont to vse, and outakun goldun bies of camels. And Gedeon made therof ephota prestis coope I., that is, a preestis cloth, `and propirpurpur N. clothOm. W. of the hiȝeste preestbiȝsshop K. gloss omitted in BIX., and he puttideputte I. it in his citee Ephra; and al Israel diden forny|cacioun, `that is ydolatryeOm. BIX., ther ynne; and it was maad to Gedeon and to al his howsmeynee I. in to fallyngin to falling, for he synnede therynne, and therfor his hows was al|mest doon awey aftir his deth, as in ix co. Lire here. C. ForsotheBut I. Madian was maad low bifor the sones of Israel, and thei myȝten no more reise nollisup her nollis I.; butand I. the lond restide fourti ȝeer, in whiche Gedeon was souereyn. And so Jerobaal, sonethe sone I. of Joas, ȝedewente I., and dwellide in his hows; and he hadde seuenti sones, that ȝeden out of his thiȝ, forfor thi that I. he hadde many wyues. ForsotheAnd I. a concubyn, `that is, secoundarie wijfOm. B., of hym, whom he hadde in Sichem, gendride to hym a sone, Abymelech bi name. And Gedeon, sonethe sone I. of Joas, diede in good elde, and was biried in the sepulcre of Joas, his fadir, in Ephra, of the meynee of Ezri. ForsotheAnd I. aftir that Gedeon was deed, the sones of Israel turneden awey `fro Goddis religiounOm. I., and didenthei diden I. fornycacioun, `that is, idolatrieOm. BI., with Baalym; and thei smytidensmoten I. boond of pees with Baal, that he schulde be to hem in to God, nether theiIsrael I. hadden mynde of her Lord God, that delyueredehadde delyuered I. hem fro the hond of alle her enemyes `bi cum|pas aboute I.; nether thei diden merci withto I. the housmeynee I. of Gerobaal Gedeonthat is, Gedeon I., biaftir I. alle the goodisgode thingis I. whichethat I. he `hadde dodide I. to Israel.

 CAP. IX.

Forsothe Abymelech, the sone of Gero|baal, ȝede in to Sichem to the britheren of his modir; and he spak to hem, and to al the kynrede of `the hows of his modirhis modir hous I., and seide, Speke ȝe to alle theOm. IKMOQSb. men of Sichem, What is betere to ȝou, that seuenti men, alle the sones of Gerobaal, be lordis of ȝou, whether that o man be lord to ȝou? and also biholdebihold ȝe plures., forthat KX. Y am ȝoure boon, and ȝoure fleisch. And the britheren of hisAbymalechus I. modir spaken of hym alle these wordis to alle the men of Sichem; and bowidenthei bowiden I. her hertis aftir Abymelech, and seiden, He is oure brother. And thei ȝauen to hym seuenti weiȝtis of siluerlxx. weiȝtis of silver. In Ebreu it is, lxx. platis of silver. C. of the tem|ple of Baal Berith; and he hiride to hym therof men pore and hauyngeand hauynge. In Ebreu it is, and vnbolde, ether cowardis. C. no certeyn dwellynge, and thei sueden hym. And he cam in to `the hows of his fadirhis fadir hous I. in Ephra, and killideupon a stoon he killide I. hiseseuenti men, hise I. britheren the sones of Gerobaal, `seuenti men, on o stoonOm. I.. And Joathan, the lesteȝungist I. sone of Gerobaal, leftewas lefte I text. vnslayn marg., and wasOm. I. hid. ForsotheAnd I. alle the men of Sichem, and alle the meynees of the citee of Mello, weren gadirid to gydere, and thei ȝeden, and madenthei maden I. Abymelech kyng, bysidis the ook that stood in Sichem. And whanne this thing was teld to Joathan, he ȝede, and stood in the cop of the hil Garisym, and criedhe cried I. with `vois reisidhiȝe vois I., and seide, Ȝe men of Sichem, herehereth I. me, so that God here ȝou. Trees ȝeden to anoynte a kyng onupon I. hem; and thothei I. seiden to the olyue tre, Comaunde thou to vs. Whichethe whiche I. answeride, Whether Y may forsake my fatnesse, whichthe whiche I. bothe Goddis and men vsen, and come, that Y be auaunsid among trees? And the trees seiden to the fige tree, Come thou, and take the rewme onupon I. vs. Whichthe which I. answeride to hem, Whether Y may forsake my swet|nesse and swettestemy ful swete I. fruytis, and go that Y be auaunsid among othere trees? Also `the treesthei I. spaken to the vyne, Come thou, and comaunde to vs. Whichthe which I. answeride, Whether Y may forsake my wyn, that gladith God and men, and be auaunsid among othere trees? And alle treesthe trees I. seiden to the ramne, etheror ELP. or the I. theue thorn, Come thou, and be lord onupon I. vs. Whichethe whiche I. an|sweride to hem, If ȝe maken me verili kyng to ȝou, come ȝeOm. ELP., and restereste ȝe K. resteth I. vndur my schadewe; sotheliand I., if ȝe nylenwole not I., fier go out of the ramne, and deuoure the ce|dris of theOm. DGIKMNOQSXb. Liban. Now therfor if riȝt|fuliȝe han riȝtfuli I. and without synne `ȝe hanOm. I. maad Abymelech kyng onupon I. ȝou, and ȝeif ȝe DGIKMNOQXb. han do wel with Jerobaal, and with his hows, and ȝeȝif ȝe DGIKMNOQXb. han ȝolde while to the beneficesmanifold wel doyngis I. of hym, that fauȝt for ȝou, and ȝaf his lijf tofor DKLMNOPQRSXb. perelis, that he schuldewolde I. delyuere ȝou fro the hond of Madian; and ȝeif ȝe DGKMNOQSXb. hanhaue I. rise now aȝens the hows of my fadir, and hanȝe han I. slayn hyse sones, seuenti men, onupon I. o stoon, and `han maadOm. I. Abymelech, sonethe sone I. of his handmaydeconcubyne DIKMOQSXb., kyngȝe han maad kyng I. onupon I. the dwelleris of Sichem, for he is ȝoure brother; therforAnd therfor K. if ȝe han do riȝtfuli, and with out synne with Gerobaal and his hows, to dai be ȝe glad in Abymelech, and be he glad in ȝou; but if ȝe han do weiwardli, fier go out `of hymfro Abymalech I. fro him MOXb. from him KS., and waste the dwelleris of Sichem, and the citee of Mello; and fier go out offro DIMOQSXb. from K. the men of Sichem, and offro I. the citee of Mello, and deuoure Abymelech. And whanne heJoathan I. hadde seide these thingis, he fledde, and ȝede in to Berara, and dwellidehe dwellide I. there, for drede of Abymelech, his brother. And Abymelech regnede onupon I. Israel thre ȝeer. And the Lord sentethe Lord sente, that, is suffride, the worste spi|rit, that is, dis|sencione ethir discord to be rasid bi the wickid spirit bitwixe Aby. and so forth, that bi her wickidnessis disseruinge thei schulden be distried to gidere. Lire here. C. the worste spirit bitwixe Abymelech and the dwell|eris of Sichem, whiche bigynnen to holde hymthe king I. abomynable, and to arette the felony of sleyng of seuentithe seuenti I. sones of Gerobaal, and the schedyng out of her blood, in to Abymelech her brother, and tointo DIKOQSb. othere princes of Sichem, that hadden helpidholpen IKXb. helpen Q. helpin S. hym. And theimen of Sichem I. settidensetten I. buyschementis aȝens hymthe king I. in the hiȝnesse of hillis; and theOm. I. while thei abidedenaboden I. abiden M. `the comyng of hymhis comyng I., thei hauntiden theftis, and token preies of men passynge forththerforth I.; and it wasthe fier b. teld to Abymelech. ForsotheAnd I. Gaal, `the sone of ObedObed sone I., camhe cam I. with his britheren, and passide in to Siccima; at whos en|tryng the dwelleris of Sichem weren reisid, and ȝeden out `in totogidre with Gaal into the I. feeldis, and wastiden vyneris, and `to-tradenal to-traden I. grapis; and with cumpeneys of syngeris maadymaad I. thei entriden in to `the temple of her Godher goddis temple I., and among metisetyngis I. and drynkisdrynkyngis I. thei cursiden Abyma|lech her kyng I., whilewhile that I. Gaal, theOm. plures. sone of Obed, criede, Who is thishe this I. Abymelech? And what is Sichem, that we serue hym? Whether he is not the sone of Jerobaal, and madehe hath maad I. Zebul his seruaunt prince onupon I. the men of Emor, fadirthe fadir I. of Sichem? Whi therfor schulen we serue hym? `Y woldeWolde God I., thatOm. I. sum man ȝafwolde ȝiue I. this puple vndur myn hond, thatand DIKOQS. Y schulde takedo I. awei Abime|lech fro the myddismyddis of Sichem I.. And it was seid to Abymelech, Gadere thou the multitude of oostan oost I., and come thouthou aȝens Gaal I.. For whanne the wordis of Gaal, sonethe sone I. of Obed, weren herd, Zebul, the prynce of the citee, was ful wrooth; and he sente priueli messangeris to Abymelech, and seidehe seide I., Lo! Gaal, sonethe sone I. of Obed, camis come I. in to Siccymam, with hise britheren, and he excitith the citee to fiȝte aȝens thee; therfor rise thou bi niȝt with the puple, whichthat I. is with thee, and be thou hid in the feeld; and firstthe first C. ininto O. the morewtid, whanne the sunne rysith, falle onthou upon I. the citee; forsotheand I. whanne heGaal I. goth out with his puple aȝens thee, do thou to hym that that thou maist. TherforAnd so I. Abyme|lech roos with al his oost bi nyȝt, and set|tidesette IM. buyschementis bisidis Siccimam, in foure placis. And Gaal, the sone of Obed, ȝede out, and stood in the entryng of `the ȝate of the citeecitee gate I.. ForsotheAnd I. Abymelech and al the oost with hym roos fro the place of buyschementis. And whanne Gaal hadde seyn the puple, he seide to Zebulhis priuee enmy I marg., Lo! a multitude cometh doun fro the hillis. To whom heZebul I. answeride, Thou seest the schadewis of hillis as the `heedis of menmennus heedis I., and thou art disseyued bi this errour. And eft Gaal seide, Lo! a puplemultitude G. cometh doun fro the myddis of erthethe erthe CIU., `that is, fro the hiȝnesse of hillisOm. I., and o cumpeny cometh bi the weie that biholdith the ook. To whom Zebul seide, Where is now thithe X. mouthmouth of boost I., bi which thou spekist, Who is Abymelechhe this Abymelech I., that we serue hym? Whether this is not the puple, whom thou dis|pisidist? Go thou out, and fiȝte aȝens hym. TherforThanne I. Gaal ȝedeȝede out I., while the puple of Sichen aboodabood in the citee I.; and he fauȝt aȝens Aby|melechAbymelech that ouercame Gaal I.. Whichand I. pursuede Gaalhim I. fleynge, and constreynedeconstreynede him IKM. to gofle I. in to the citee; and ful many of histhe I. partpartie of Gaal I. felde doun `til tovnto I. the ȝate of the citee. And Abymelech sat in Ranna; sotheliand I. Zebul puttideputte IM. Gaal and hise felowis out of the citeecitee of Sichem I., and suf|fridehe suffride hem I. not to dwelle ther ynne. Therfor in the dai suynge the puple ȝede out in to the feeld; and whanne this thing was teld to Abymelech, he took his oost, and de|partide `in toit in I. thre cumpenyes, and settidehe sette I. buyschementis in the feeldis; and he siȝ that the puplepuple of Gaal I. ȝede out of the citee, and he roos, and felde onupon I. hem with his cum|peny, and enpugnydeensegide hem I. and bisegidefauȝte aȝens I. the citee. SothelyAnd I. twei cumpenyes ȝeden aboute opynli bi the feeld, and pursueden aduersariesher aduersaries I.. CertisAnd I. Abymelech fauȝt aȝens thethat I. citee inOm. I. al that dai, whichthe which I. he took, whanne the dwellerisdwelleris therof I. weren slayn, and that citee was destried, so that heAbymalech I. spreyntesprengid KX. abrood salt ther ynne. And whanne thei, that dwelliden in the tour of Sichem, hadde herd this, thei entriden in to the temple of her god Berith, where theibi avowis makyng thei I. hadden maad boond of pees with hym; and of thatthat ydole I. theOm. C. place took namethe name I., whichthe which K. place was ful strong. And Aby|melech herde thethat I. men of the tour of Si|chem gaderidweren gaderid I. to gidere, and he stiedestiede up I. in to the hil Selmonof Selmon GIKMNOSX. with al his puple; and with an axe takun he kittidekitte I. dounadoun KX. a boow of a tre, and he bar it, put onupon I. thehis I. schuldur, and seidehe seide I. to felowishis felowis I., Do ȝeȝe anoon I. this thing, whichthat I. ȝe seen me do. Ther|forThanne I. witha I. strijf thei kittiden dounadoun I. bowis of theOm. I. trees, and sueden the duyk; whichethe whiche I. cumpassidencumpassiden the tour I. and brenten `the tourit up I.; and so it was doon, that with smooke and fier a thousynde ofOm. I. men weren slayn, men togidereOm. I. and wymmenwymmen togidre I., of the dwelleris of the tour of Sichem. ForsotheAnd I. Aby|melech wente forth fro thennus, and cam to the citeecitees MOX. of Thebes, whichthe which I. he cum|passide, and bisegide with an oost. For|sotheAnd I. the tour was hiȝ in the myddis of the citee, to whichwhom I. men togidereOm. I. and wymmen fleddenfledden togidre I., and alle the princes of the citee, while the ȝate was closid strong|liesteful strongly I.; and theimen I. stoden onupon I. the roof of the tour bi toretis. And Abymelech cam bi|sidis the tour, and fauȝt stronglistrongli aȝens it I., and he neiȝede tonyȝ I. the dore, and enforsideenforside him I. to putte fier vndurvndur it I.; and lo! oa plures. womman castidethrewe doun I. fro aboue a gobet of a mylnestoonmylle stoon I., and hurtlideshe hurlide it I. to `the heed of AbymelechAbyme|lech heed I., and brakit brak I. his braynhis brayn; in Ebreu it is his nol, for if sche hadde broke the brayn, he hadde be deed anoon. Lire here. C.. And he clepide sooneanoon I. his squyer, and seide to hym, Drawe out thi swerdswerd anoon I., and sle me, lest perauenture it be seid, that Y am slan of a womman. WhichThe which I. performedefulfillide I. `the comaundementishis hestis I., and `killide Abymelechslewȝ him I.; and whanne heAbymalech I. was deed, alle men of Israel that weren with hym turneden aȝen to her seetisplacis I.. And God ȝeldide to Abymelech the yuel that he dide aȝens his fadir, for he killide hise seuenti britheren. Also that thingyuel I. was ȝoldun to men of Sichem, whichthat I. thei wrouȝten, and the curs of Joathan, sonethe sone I. of Jerobaal, cam onupon I. hem.

 CAP. X.

Aftir Abymelech roos a duyk in Israel, Thola, the sone of PhuaPhua; where oure transla|cioun hath of Phua, brother of the fadir of Abymelech, in Ebreu it is of Phua, sone of Dodo. Dodo here bi E|brews is the name of the fadir of Phua. Lire here. C., brotherthe brother I. of `the fadir of AbymelechAbymalechus fadir I.; Thola was a man of Ysachar, that dwelliden in Sanyr, of the hil of Effraym; and he demyde Israel thre and twenti ȝeer, and he `was deeddiede I., and biriedewas biried I. in Sanyr. His successour was Jair, a man of Galaad, that demyde Israel biOm. CIKNRX. two and twentithre and twenti KMNX. xxiij. BCGLOPQRSU sec. m. ȝeer; and he hadde thretti sones, sittynge aboueupon I. thretti coltisColtis, that is on mulis, bi oure transla|cioun; in Ebreu it is coltis onely, and by coltis thei vndur. stonden ȝonge horsis and chosun. Lire here. C. of femalsche I. assis, and threttithei weren I. princes of citeesthritti citees I., whichethe whiche I. ben clepid bi `his nameher fadir name I., Anoth Jair, that is, the citees of Jair, `til in tovnto I. presentthis present I. day, in the lond of Galaad. And Jair `was deeddiede I., and biriedewas biried I. in a place `to which the name isthat hiȝte I. Camon. For|sotheCertis I. the sones of Israel ioyneden newe synnes to elde synnes, and diden yuelsyuel C. in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I., and seruedenthei serueden I. to theOm. I. idols of Baalym, and ofto I. Astoroth, and to the goddis of Sirie, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of the sones of Amon, and of Filistiym; and thei leften the Lord, and worschipiden not hym. And the Lord was wrooth aȝens hem, and heOm. plures. bitook hem in to the hondis of Filistiym, and of the sones of Amon. And alle thatthe sones of Israel that I. dwelliden ouerbiȝonde I. Jordan in the lond of Ammorrey, whichthat I. is in Galaad, weren turmentid and op|pressid greetli bi eiȝtene ȝeer, in so myche that the sones of Amon, whanne thei had|den passid JordanOm. A pr. m. et plures., wastiden Juda and Benjamyn and Effraym; and Israel was turmentid greetli. And thei crieden to the Lord, and seiden, We han synned to thee, for we forsoken oure God, and ser|nyden Baalym. To whichewhom I. the Lord spakseide I., Whether not Egipciansthe Egipcians I., and Ammorreis, and the sones of Amon, and ofOm. I. Filistiym, and Sidonyes, and Amalech, and Canaan, oppressidenhan oppressid I. ȝou, and ȝe crieden to me, and Y delyuerede ȝou fro `the hondis of hemher hondis I.? And netheles ȝe forsokenhan forsake I. me, and worschipidenhan worschipid I. alien goddis; therfor Y schal not addeadde to I.therfor Y schal not adde; siche deuyn|yngis of Goddis help schulen be vndurstondun vndur a condi|cioun, if thei that ben set in tribulacioun doen not pe|naunce verily, as it is opyn bi thingis su|ynge. Lire here. C., that Y delyuere ȝou more. Go ȝe, and clepeclepe tho I. goddis whichethat I. ȝe han chosechose to ȝou I.; delyuere thei ȝou in theOm. I. tyme of angwisch. And the sones of Israel seiden to the Lord, We han synned; ȝelde thou to vs what euer thing plesith theeto thee I.; oneli delyuere vs now. And thei seidenseiynge I. these thingis, andOm. I. castiden forth fro her coostis alle the idols of alien goddis, and serueden the Lord; whichthe which I. hadde `rewthe, ether compassiouncompassion B text, ether ruthe marg. rewthe I., onupon I. theher I. `wretchidnessis of hemwrecchidnesse of hem G. wrecchidnesse I.. And so the sones of Amon crieden togidere, that is, clepyden hem silf togidereOm. C. to batel, and excitiden aȝens IsraelGloss. om. in I text. ech mouynge oother to batel aȝens Israel I marg., and settidenthei settiden I. tentis in Galaad, `aȝens whicheand I. the sones of Israel weren gaderidgaderid aȝens hem I., and settiden tentis in Masphat. And the princes of Galaad seiden ech to hise neiȝ|boris, He, that bigynneth first of vs to fiȝte aȝens the sones of Amon, schal be duyk of the puple of Galaad.

 CAP. XI.

And so in that tyme Jepte, a man of GalaadGalaad is name of a lond, and name of a cite therynne, and name of a man, and in all these thre manerys Jepte was of Galaad. Lire here. C., was a ful strong man, and fiȝterea fiȝtere I., the sone of a womman hoorestrompet I., whichthe which I. Jepte was borun of Galaad. ForsotheAnd I. Galaad hadde a wijf, of whichwhom I. he hadde sones, whichethe whiche I. aftir thatOm. I. thei encressidenweren woxe I., castiden out Jepte, and seiden, Thou maist notOm. S. be eir in the hows of oure fadir, for thou art born of a modir auoutresseof a modir auoutresse; in Ebreu and in bokis correctid it is had of an|othir modir. Lire here. C.. `Whiche britherenAnd I. he fleddefledde his britheren I., and eschew|ideethchewide hem I., and dwellidehe dwellide I. in the lond of Tob; and pore men and `doynge theftetheues I.This word and doinge thefte is not in Ebreu, for it is bileue|ful that thei diden prey onely of aduer|saries of the sones of Israel, as Dauyd and hise men diden, as it is had in i. book of Kyngis. xxvij. co. Lire here. C. weren gaderid to hym, and suedensueden him I. as a prince. In tho daies the sones of Amon fouȝten aȝens Israel; and whanne thei contynu|eden scharpliher enmytees I marg., the grettere men in birthe of Galaad, ȝeden to take in to `the help of hem silfher owne help I. Jepte fro the lond of Tob; and thei seiden to hym, Come thou, and be oure prince, and fiȝtefiȝte thou I. aȝens the sones of Amon. To whichethe whiche I. he answeride, Whe|thir not ȝe it ben, that hatenhatiden I. me, and castidenthrewen I. me out of the hows of mi fadir, and now ȝe camenhan come I. to me, and weren com|pellid bi nede? And the princes of Galaad seiden to Jepte, TherforOm. I. for this cause wethanne we I. camen now to thee, that thou go with vs, and fiȝt aȝens the sones of Amon; and that thou be the duyk of alle men that dwellen in Galaad. And Jepte seide to hem, Whether ȝe camen veriliwithoute fraude I marg. to me, that Y fiȝte for ȝou aȝens the sones of Amon, and if the Lord schal bitake hemAmon I. in to myn hondis, schal Y be ȝoure prince? WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden to hym, The Lord hym silf, that herith these thingis, is me|diatour and witnesse, that we schulen dofulfille I. oure biheestisbiheestis to thee I.. And sothanne I. Jepte wentewente forth I. with the princes of Galaad, and al the puple made hym her prince; and Jepte spak alle hiseher I. wordis bifor the Lord in Maspha. And he sente messangeris to the kyng of the sones of Amon, whichethe whiche I. messangeris schulden seie `of his persooneto the kyngis owne persoone I., What is to me and to thee, for thou hast come `aȝens meOm. I. to waaste my lond? To whichethe whiche messangeris I. the kyng answeride, For Israel whanne he stiede fro Egipt took awei my lond, fro the coostis of Arnon `til tovnto I. Ja|boch and to Jordan, now therfor ȝeelde it to meme aȝen I. with pees. Bi whichethe whiche I. massangeris Jepte sente efteft aȝen I., and comaundide to hem, that thei schuldenschuden A. seie to the kyng of Amon, Jepte seith these thingis, Israel took not the lond of Moab, nether the lond of the sones of Amon; but whanne thei stiedenȝeden up I. fro Egipt, `he ȝedeIsrael wente I. bi the wildirnesse `til tovnto I. the Reed See, and cam in to Cades; and he sente messangeris to the kyng of Edom, and seide, Suffre thou me, that Y go thoruȝ thi lond; whichthe which I. kyng noldewolde not I. assente to histhe I. preyerespreyeris of Israel I.. Also Israel sente to the kyng of Moab, and he dispiside to ȝyueȝyue Israel I. passage; and so Israel dwellyde in Cades, and cumpassidehe cumpasside I. bi the side the lond of Edom, and the lond of Moab; and heIsrael I. cam to the eest coost of the lond of Moab, and settidehe settide I. tentis biȝende Arnon, nether he wolde entre in to the termes of Moab; for Arnon is the ende of the lond of Moab. And so Israel sente messangeris to Seon, kyngthe kyng I. of Am|morreis, that dwellide in Esebon; and theithe messangers I. seiden to hym, Suffre thou, that Y passe thorouȝ thi lond `til tovnto I. the ryuer. And he dispiside the wordis of Israel, and suffride not hym passe bi hise termes, but with a multitude with out noumbre ga|derid to gidere heEsebon I. ȝede out aȝens Israel, and aȝenstoodaȝenstood him I. strongli. And the Lord bitook hymEsebon I. with al his oost in to the hondis of Israel; and Israelhe I. smoot hym, and hadde in possessioun al the lond of Ammorrey, dwellerethe dwellere I. of that cuntrey, and al the coostis therof fro Arnon `til tovnto I. Ja|boch, and fro the wildirnesse `til tovnto I. Jordan. TherforAnd thanne I. the Lord God of Israel distriede Ammorrey, fiȝtynge aȝens hym for his puple Israel. And wolt thou now hauehaue this lond I. in possessioun `his londOm. I.? Whether not tho thingis whichethe whiche I. Chamos, thi god, hadde in possessioun, ben due to thee bi riȝt? ForsotheSothely I. tho thingis whiche `oure Lord Godthe Lord our God I. ouercomere gathath goten I., schulen falle in to oure possessioun; noOm. IMSX. but in hap thou art betere than Balach, the sone of Sephor, kyng of Moabthat made no chalenge of the lond that God toke fro him I marg., ether thou maist preuesey I., that heBalach I. stryuede aȝens Israel, and fauȝt aȝens hym, whanne heIsrael I. dwellide in Esebon, and in townes therof, and in Aroer, and in townes therof, and in alle citees biȝende Jordan, bi thre hundrid ȝeer. Whi in so myche time assaieden ȝe no thing on this axyng aȝen? Therfor not Y do synne aȝens thee, but thou doist yuel aȝens me, and bryngist in batels not iust to me; the Lord, iugeiust iuge I. of this dai, deme bitwixe the sones of Israel and bitwixe the sones of Amon. And the kyng of the sones of Amon noldewolde not I. assente to thetho C. wordis of Jepte, whiche he sente bi mes|sangeristhe messangeris I.. Therfor the spiritthe spirit, that wille and hardynesse to fiȝte for the puple, in the trist of Goddis help. Lire here. C. of the Lord was maad onupon I. Jepte, and he cumpasside Galaad and Manasses, Maspha and Ga|laad; and he passide fro thennus to the sones of Amon, and madehe made I. a vow to the Lord, and seide, If thou schalt bitake the sones of Amon in to myn hondis, who euer goith out first of the dores of myn hows, and cometh aȝens me turnynge aȝen with pees fro the sones of Amon, Y schal offre hym brent sacrificesacri|fices ACDEFKLMNOPQSUX. to the Lord. And Jepte ȝede to the sones of Amon, to fiȝte aȝens hem, whiche the Lord bitook in to hise hondis; and he smootsmoot or ouercame I. fro Aroer `til to thou comesttil to that he came DFIKLMNOPRSX. vnto that he com E. til that he came GO. in to Mennyth, twenti citees, and `til tovnto I. Abel, whichthat I. is set aboute with vyneris, with ful greet veniaunce; and the sones of Amon weren maad low of the sones of Israel. For|sotheAnd I. whanne Jepte turnede aȝen in to Maspha, his hows, his oon gendridbigotun I. douȝ|ter cam to hymmeete hym I. with tympanys and croudiscroudis daunsynge I.; for he hadde not othere fre chil|dren. And whanne `sche was seynhe sawȝe hir I., he to-rente his clothis, and seide, Allas! my douȝtir, thou hast disseyued methou hast disseyued me; in Ebreu it is, thou hast dis|turblid me, and thou art dis|turblid. C., and thou art disseyued; forcertis I. Y openyde my mouth to the LordLord, vowynge a vowȝ I., and Y may do noon other thing. To whom sche answeride, My fa|dir, if thou openydist thi mouth toso to I. the Lord, do to me what euer thing thou bi|hiȝtist, while veniaunce and victorie of thin enemyes is grauntid to thee. And sche seide to thehir I. fadir, Ȝyue thou to me oneli this thing, whichthat I. Y biseche; suffre thou me that in two monethis Y cumpasse hillis, and biweile my maidynhed with my felowis. To whom hehir fadir I. answeride, Go thou. And he sufferide hir inbi I. two monethis. And whanne sche hadde gogo forth I. with hir felowis and pleiferisher pleiferis I., sche biwepte hir maydyn|hed in theOm. IMSXb sec. m. hillis. And whanne twey monethis weren fillidfulfillid I., sche turnede aȝen to hir fadir, and he dide to hir as he avowide; and sche knew notno man I. fleischli aOm. IKXb. manOm. I.. Fro thennusthat tyme I. athe S. custom cam in Israel, and thethat I. custom is kept, that aftir the `ende of the ȝeerȝeris ende I. theOm. I. douȝtris of Is|rael come togidere, and biweilebi foure daies thei biweilen I. `the douȝ|tir of JepteJepteus dauȝter I. of Galaad `foure daiesOm. I..

 CAP. XII.

`Lo! forsotheAnd, lo I. discencioun roos in Ef|fraym; for whiOm. plures. thei, thatOm. F. passiden aȝenstoward I. the north, seidenand seiden BCEFLPRUW. to Jepte, Whi ȝedist thou to batel aȝens the sones of Amon, and noldistwoldist not I. clepe vs, that we schulden go with thee? Therfor we schulen brenne thin hows. To whiche he answeride, Greet strijf was to me and to my puple aȝens the sones of Amon, and Y clepide ȝou, that ȝe schulden `ȝyue help tohaue holpen I. me, and ȝe noldenwolden not I. dodo so I.. `Which thingAnd I. Y siȝseynge that I., andOm. I. puttide my lijf in myn hondisand puttide my lyif; that is, bi nede oft thinynge Y puttide my liyf to perel in fiȝt|inge with fewe men aȝen the sones of Amon. Lire here. C.; and Y passidepasside forth I. to the sones of Amon, and `the LordGod I. bitook hem in to myn hondis; what haue Y disseruyd, that ȝe ryse togidere aȝens me in to batel? Therfor whanne alle the men of Galaad weren clepid to hymJepte I., he fauȝt aȝens Effraym; and theOm. I. men of Galaad smytidensmoten I. Effraym; for he seide, Galaad is `fugitif etherOm. I. exilid fro Effraym, and dwellithdwellith; this word dwellith is not in Ebreu. C.ȝit he dwellith I. in the myddismyddil I. of Effraym and of Manasses. And the men of Galaad ocupieden the forthisfoordis IK. of Jor|dan, bi whichethe whiche I. Effraym schulden turne aȝen. And whanne a man fleynge of the noumbre of Effraym hadde come to thothe FIKMXb. Om. L. forthisfordis K., and haddeOm. I. seid, Y bisechebiseche ȝou I., that thouȝe IKMOX sec. m. b. suffre me passe; menthe men I. of Galaad seiden to hym, Whether thou art a man of Effraym? And whanne he seidehadde seid C., Y am not, thei axiden hym, Seie thou ther|for Sebolech, `whiche is interpretidthat is to sey I., `an eeran eer; this word, which is interpretid an eer, is not in Ebreu; Ebrews seyen that Se|bolech here is set for ren|nyng, ethir fersnesse of watre. Lire here. C. of corna corn eer I.. WhichThe which I. answerideansweride and seide I., Thebo|lech, and myȝtehe myȝte I. not brynge forth an eer of corn bi the same lettre. And anoon thei strangelidentoken and strangeliden I. hym takunOm. I. in thilke passyng of Jordan; and two and fourti thousyndethousynde men I. of Effraym felden doun in that tyme. And so Jepte, `a manOm. I. of Galaad, demyde Israel sixe ȝeer; and he `was deeddiede I., and biriedwas biried I. in his citee Galaad. Abethsan of Bethleem, that hadde thretti sones, and so many douȝtris, demyde Israel aftir Jepte; whichethe whiche I. douȝtris he sente out, and ȝaf tohem to I. hosebondis, and he took wyues to hise sones of the same noumbre, and brouȝtehe brouȝte hem I. in to hys hows; whichand Abechsan I. demyde Israel seuene ȝeer; and he `was deeddiede I., and biriedwas biried I. in Bethleem. Whos successour was Hailon of Zabulon; and he demyde Israel ten ȝeer; and he was deed, and biried in Zabulon. Aftir hym Abdon, the sone of Ellel, of Pharaton, demyde Israel; whichthe which I. Abdon hadde fourti sones, and of hem threttiweren thretti I. sones, stiynge onupon I. seuenti coltis of femalsche I. assisfemal assis is not in Ebreu, and bi coltis ben vndur|stodun ȝonge horsis, stronge and chosun. Lire here. C., `that is, mulisOm. IKMOQSXb., and heAbdon I. demyde Israel eiȝte ȝeer; and he `was deeddiede I., and biriedwas biried I. in Pharaton, in the loond of Effraym, inand in I. the hil of Amalech.

 CAP. XIII.

And eft the sones of Israel diden yuel in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I., whichand he I. bitook hem in toOm. I. the hondis of Filisteis fourti ȝeer. ForsotheAnd I. a man was of Saraa, andOm. CDW. of the kynrede of Dan, `Manue bi namethat hiȝte Manue I., and he hadde a bareyn wijf. To `which wijfhir I. anthe I. aungel of the Lord apperide, and seide to hir, Thou art bareyn, and with out fre children; but thou schalt conseyue, and schaltOm. I. bere a sone. Ther|for be thou war, lest thou drynke wyn, and sydur, nethir ete thou ony vnclene thing; for thou schalt conceyue and schaltOm. I. bere a sone, whos heed a rasour schal not towche; for he schal be a Nazareithat is, holi K marg. P text. of Godthe Lord P. fro his ȝong age, and fro the modris wombe; and he schal bigynne to dely|uere Israel fro the hond of Filisteis. And whanne sche hadde come to hir hosebonde, sche seide to hym, TheA I. man of God cam to me, and haddehe hadde I. anOm. S. aungelangelis plures. cheer, and he was ful ferdful, `that is, worschipfulOm. BGINX. `and reuerentOm. BGIKMNOQSXb.; and whanne Y hadde axide hym, who he was, and fro whannus he cam, and bi what name he was clepid, he noldewolde not I. seie to me; but he answeride thisthus DGIKLMNOPQSXb., Lo! thou schalt conseyue, and schaltOm. I. bere a sone; be thou war, that thou drynke notno E. wyn nenether BDEFIMNPRSUWXb. sidur, nether eteete thou I. ony vn|cleene thing; for the child schal be a Na|zarey, `that is, hooliOm. I. of the Lord, fro his ȝonge ageOm. S. and fro the modrismodir I. wombe `til tovnto I. the dai of his deeth. Therfor Manue preide the Lord, and seide, LordOm. I., Y biseche, that the man of God, whom thou sentist, come eft, and teche vs, what we owenowy S. to do of the child, that schal be borun. And the Lord herde Manue preiynge; and the aungel of the Lord ap|peride eft to his wijf sittynge in the feeld; forsotheand I. Manue, hir hosebonde, was not with hir. And whanne sche hadde seyn the aungel, sche hastide, and ran to hir hosebonde, and telde to hym, and seide, Lo! the man whom Y siȝ bifore, apperide to me. WhichThe which I. roos, and suede his wijf; and he cam to the man, and seide to hym, Art thou he, that hastOm. I. spoke to thethis I. womman? And he answeride, Y amam he I.. To whom Manue seide, Whanne thi word schal be fillidfulfillid I., what wolt thou, that the child do, ethir fro what thing schal he kepe hym silf? And the `aungel of the LordLordis aungel I. seide to Manue, Absteyne he hym silf fro alle thingis which Y spak to thi wijf. And ete he not what euer thing cometh forth of the vyner, drynke he not wyn, and sidur, ete he not ony vncleene thing and fillefulfille B. he; and kepe that, that Y comaundidehaue comaundid I. toOm. KX. hym. Therfor Manue seide to the `aungel of the LordLordis aungel I., Y bi|sechebiseche thee I., that thou assente to my preieris, and we arayaraye, that is, make redy to mete. Lire here. C. to thee a `kide of the geetgeet kide I.. To whom the aungelaunge A. of the Lord an|sweride, Thouȝ thou constreynest meconstreyne I., Y schal not ete thi loouesbreed I.; forsothebut I. if thou wolt make brent sacrifice, offre thou itthat I. to the Lord. And Manue wiste not, that it was `an aungel of the Lordthe Lordis aungel I.. And Manue seide to hym, What name is to thee, that if thi word be fillidfulfillid I., we onourehonoure I. thee? To whom he answeride, Whi axist thou my name, whichthat I. the which K. is wondurfulwondurful. In Ebreu it is, which is hid ethir unknow|un. C.merueilous I.? Therfor Manue took a `kide of the geetgeet kide I., and fletynge sacrifices, and puttidehe putte I. putte M. onupon I. thea I. stoon, and offrydehe offride hem I. to the Lord that doith wondirful thingisthat doith wondurful thingis. In E|breu it is, and he offride to the Lord, and to the wondur|ful ethir hid to do; for Manue was not of the kyn of preistis, and therfor it perteynede not to him to offre sacrifice; but he offride mater of sacrifice to him that spak in the name of the Lord; which seide, that his name was woundur|ful ethir priuy, that of that mater he schulde make sacrifice to God; for profetis spekinge in the name of the Lord, myȝten offre bi autorite of him, as and preistis, as it is opyn of Elie in iii. book of Kingis xviii. co. forsothe Manue bileuyde that he that ap|peride, was a profete of the Lord; sothely he was more than a profete, for he was an aungel. Lire here. C.. ForsotheAnd I. he and his wijf bihelden. And whanne the flawme of the auter stiede in to heuene, the aun|gel of the Lord stiedestiede up I. togidere in the flawme. And whanne Manue and his wijf hadden seyn this, thei felden lowe to erthethe erthe I.. And the aungel of the Lord apperide no more to hem. And anoon Manue vndur|stood, that he was anthe I. aungel of the Lord. And he seide to his wijf, We schulen die bi deeth, for we sienhan seen I. the Lord. To whom the womman answeride, If the Lord wolde sle vs, he schuldewolde I. not haue take of oure hondis brent sacrifices, and moiste sacrifices, but nether he schuldewolde I. haue schewid alle thingisthese thingis I. to vs, nether `he schuldeOm. I. haue seidseid to us I. tho thingis, that schu|len comeben to comynge I.. TherforAnd so I. sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Sampson; and the child encreessidewexide I., and the Lord blesside hym. And the spirit of the Lord bigan to be with hym in the castelstentus I. of Dan, bitwixe Saraa and Escahol.

 CAP. XIV.

TherforThanne I. Sampson ȝede doun in to Than|natha, and he siȝ there a womman of `the douȝtris of FilisteisPhilistees douȝtris I.; and he stiedestiede up I., and teldetolde this I. to his fadir and `to hisOm. I. modir, and seide, Y siȝ a womman in Thannatha of the `douȝtris of FilisteesFilistees douȝtris I., and Y biseche, that ȝe take hir aOm. I. wijf to me. To whom his fadir and modir seiden, Whether nother is no I. womman isOm. I. among the douȝtris of thi britheren and in al my puple, for thou wolt take a wijf of Filisteisthe Filisteis I., that ben vncircumcidid? And Sampson seide to his fadir, Take thou this wijf to me, for sche plesidehath plesid I. myn iȝen. ForsotheBut I. his fadir and modir wisten not, that thethis I. thing was don of the Lord; and that heSampson I. souȝte occa|siouns aȝens Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; for in that tyme Filisteis weren lordis of Israel. Therfor Sampson ȝede doun with his fadir and modir in to Thannatha; and whanne thei hadden come to the vyneris of the citee, a fers and roryngea rorynge CDGINb. `whelp of a liounliouns whelp I. ap|peride, and ran to Sampson. ForsotheAnd I. the spiritthe spirit; that is, the spi|rit of strengthe, that was ȝouun frely of the Lord to him. Lire here. C. of the Lord felde in to Samp|son, and he to-rente the liounlioun into gobetis I., as if he `to-rendidetorentide DNPXb. torente GMW. hadde torente I. a kide `in to gobetisOm. I., and outerli he hadde no thing in thehis I. hondhondis C.; and he noldewolde not I. schewe this to thehis I. fadir and modir. And he ȝede doun, and spak to the womman, that pleside hise iȝen. And aftir summe daies he turnede aȝenOm. I sec. m. to take hir `in to matrimonyeOm. I.; and he `bowide aweywente aside I. to se the `careyn of the liounliouns careyn I.; and lo! a gaderyngswarm I. of bees was in the `mouth of the liounliouns mouth I., and `a coomb of honyan honycombe I.. And whanne heSampson I. hadde take itthe combe I. in hondishis hondis I., he eeteet it I. in the weie; and he cam to his fadir and modir, and ȝafȝaf hem I. part `to hemtherof I., and thei eeten; netheles he noldewolde not I. schewe to hem, that he hadde take honythat hony I. of the `mouth of the liounliouns mouth I.. And so his fadir ȝede doun to the womman, and made a feestea feeste, for the solempnyte of weddingis. Lire here. C. to his sone Sampson; forfor so I. ȝonge men weren wont to do soOm. I.. Therfor whanne the citeseyns of that place had|den seyn hymSampson I., thei ȝauen to hym thretti felowis, whichethe which I. schulen be with hym. To whichewhom I. Sampson spak, Y schal putte forth to you a probleme, `that is, a douȝte|ful word and priuyor a priuy douteful word I., and if ȝe `asoilen ittellen I. to meme the vndirstonding therof I. with ynne seuen daies of thethis I. feeste, Y schal ȝyue to ȝou thretti lynnun clothis, and cootisas many cootis I. `of the same noumbreOm. I.; sotheliand I. if ȝe mouncunnen I. not soyleassoile it I., ȝe schulen ȝyue toOm. I. me thretti lynnun clothis, and cootis `of the same noumbreas many cootis I.. WhicheThe which I. answeriden to hym, SettePut I. forth the pro|blemethi sotil axyng I., that we here itOm. plures.. And he seide to hem, Mete ȝede out of the etere, and swet|nesse ȝede out of the stronge. And bi thre daies thei myȝten not assoile the `propo|sicioun, that is, theOm. I. resoun setput I. forthforth of Sampson I.. And whanne the seuenthe dai camthe seuenthe day cam, not of the feeste, but the sabat that bifelde in the iiij. day of the feeste. Lire here. C., theithese men I. seiden to `the wijf of SampsonSampsons wijf I., GloseFage I. thin hosebonde, and counseilemoue I. hym, that he schewe to thee what the problemesutel axyng I. signy|fiethmeneth I.. That if thou nyltwilt not I. dodo it I., we schulen brenne thee and `the hous of thi fadirthi fadris hous I.. Whether herfortherfore I. ȝe clepiden vs to wed|dyngis, that ȝe schulden robbe vs? And sche scheddeschedde out I. teerys at Sampson, and pleynedecomplaynede I., and seide, Thou hatist me, and louest notme not I., therfor thou nyltwolt not I. expownevndo I. to me the problemesutel axyng I., whichthat I. thou settidisthast put I. forth to the sones of my puple. And heSampson I. answeride, Y noldewolde not I. seieseie this thing I. to my fadir and modir, and schal Y mow scheweschewe it I. to thee? Therfor bi seuene dayes of the feest sche wepte atupon I. hym; atand at I. the laste `he ex|pownedeOm. I. in the seuenthe daidai he tolde it to hir clerly I., whanne sche was diseseful to hym. And anoon sche teldetolde it I. to hir citeseyns. And thei seiden to hymSampson I. in the seuenthe dai bifor the goyng doun of the sunne, What is swettere than hony, and what is strengere than a lioun? And heSampson I. seide to hem, If ȝe hadden not eridor bisied ȝou I marg. in my cow calf, `that is, my wijfor wijf I., ȝe hadden not founde my pro|posicioun. Therfor the spirit of the Lord felde in to hymSampson I.; and he ȝede doun toin to K. Ascalon, and killyde there thretti menof Goddis enmyes I marg., whose clothis he took awey, and heOm. plures. ȝaf to hem that soilidenassoiliden I. the problemehis resoun I.; and heSampson I. was ful wrooth, and stiedestiede up I. in to `the hows of his fadirhis fadris hous I.. ForsotheAnd I. his wijf took an hosebonde, oon of thehir I. frendisfrendis of hir O. and keperisof hir priuey keperis DGIKNQSXb. priuei keperis MO. `of hirOm. DIKOQSXb..

 CAP. XV.

`Forsothe aftir sum del of tymeBut a litil tyme aftir I., whanne the daies of wheete heruest neiȝiden, Samp|son cam, and wolde visite his wijf, and he brouȝte to hir a `kide of geetgeet kide I.; and when he wolde entre in to hir bed bi cus|tom, `the fadir of hirhir fadir I. forbeed hym, and seide, Y gesside that thou haddist hatid hir, and therfor Y ȝaf hirhir wijf I. to thi freend; but sche hath a sistir, whichthat I. is ȝongere and fairere than sche, be sche `wijf to theethe wijf I. for hir. To whom Sampson an|sweride, Fro this dayday forth I. no blame schal be in me aȝens Filistees, for Y schal do yuels to ȝou. And he ȝede, and took thre hun|drid foxis, and ioynedehe ioynede togidere I. `the tailis of hemher tailis I. to tailis, and boondhe boond I. brondisfiry brondis I. in theOm. I. myddismyddil of the tailes I., whichethe which brondis I. he kyndlid with fier, and leetmade the foxes to I. hemOm. plures., that thei schulden renne abouteaboue N et alibi. hidur and thidur; `which ȝedenthe which runnen I. anoon in to the cornescorn I. of Filisteisthe Filisteis I., biwith the I. whichewhich brondis I. kyndlid, bothe cornesthe cornes plures. `borun nowthat weren now borun I. to gidere, and ȝitthat weren ȝit I. stondynge in the stobil, weren brent, in so myche that the flawme wastide vynerisher vyneris I., and `places ofthe placis of her I. olyue trees. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. seiden, Who dide this thing? To whichewhom I. it was seid, Samp|son, hosebondethe hosebonde I. of the `douȝtir of Than|natheiThannatheis douȝtir I., for he took awey Sampsoneshis I. wijf, and ȝafȝaf hir I. to another man, `wrouȝte this thingOm. I.. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. stiedenstieden up I., and brenten bothe the womman and hir fadir. To whichethe whiche Philisteis I. Sampson seide, Thouȝ ȝe han do thisthis thing I., netheles ȝit Y schal axeaxe and take I. ven|iaunce of ȝou, and than Y schal reste. And heSampson I. smoot hemthe Philistees I. with greeta greet I. woundeveniaunce I., so that thei wondriden, and `puttiden the hyndrerehindere KX. part of the hipe on the thiȝthei smoten the thiȝe with the calf of the leg I.; andso faste thei fledden and I. heSampson I. ȝede doun, and dwellide in the denne of the stoon of Ethan. TherforThanne I. Filisteisthe Philisteis I. stiedenstieden up I. in to the lond of Juda, and settidenthei settiden I. tentis in the place, that was clepid aftirward Lethi, that is, a cheke, wher `the oost of hemher oost I. was spred a brood. And men of the lynage of Juda seiden to hem, Whi `stieden ȝehan ȝe stied up I. aȝens vs? WhicheThe which I. answeriden, We comen that we bynde Sampson, and ȝelde to hym tho thingis whichethe which I. he wrouȝte inaȝens I. vs. Therfor thre thousynde of men of Juda ȝeden doun to the denne of the flynt of Ethan; and thei seiden to Sampson, Woost thou not, that Filisteis comaunden to vsthei han lordschip on us I marg.? Why woldist thou do this thingthing to hem I.? To whichewhom I. he seide, As thei diden to me, Yso Y I. dide to hem. Thei seien, We comen to bynde thee, and toOm. G. bitaketake I. theeOm. plures. in to the `hondis of FilisteisPhilistees hondis I.. To whichewhom I. Sampson answeride, Swere ȝe, and `biheete ȝebihoteth I. to me, that ȝe sle not me. And thei seiden, We schulen not sle thee, but we schulen bitake thee boundunboundun to hem I.. And thei bounden him with tweitwo I. newe cordis, and tokenthei token I. frohim fro plures. the stoon of E|than. And whanne thei hadden come to the place ofthat is clepid I. cheke, and Filisteisthe Philisteis I. cri|yngecriynge hiȝe I. comynge b. hadden runne to hym, the spirit of the Lord felde in to hym, and as stikis ben wont to be wastid at the odourhoot tastyng I. of fier, so and the bondis, with whiche heSampson I. was boundun, weren scaterid and vn|boundunlowsid I.. AndAnd whanne I. he tookhad foundun I. a cheke found|unOm. I., that is, the lowerenether I. cheke boon of an asse, that laythere lay I., `and hehe toke it, and I. killyde `with ittherwith I. a thousinde men; and seidehe seide I., With the cheke of an asse, that is, with the lowerenether I. cheke of a colt of femalsche I. assis, Y didehaue don I. hemOm. I. aweyawey Philistees I., and Y killidehaue killide therwith I. a thousynde men. And whanne he songehad hiȝe cried I. these wordis, and `hadde fillidfully eendid hem I., he castidethrewe I. forthawey I. fro thehis I. hond the lowerenether I. chekecheke bon I.; and heOm. S. clepide the name of that place Ramath Lethi, `which is interpretidthat is to sey I., the reisyng of a chekecheke bon I.. And heSampson I. thristide greetly, and criedehe criede I. to the Lord, and seide, ThouThou Lord I. hast ȝoue inin to I. the hond of thi seruaunt this grettest helthe and victory; and lo! Y die for thyrstthyst A., and Y schal falle in to the hondis of vncircumcidid men. Therfor the Lord openyde a wang tooth in the cheke boon of the asse, and watris ȝeden out therof, `bi whicheand whanne he hadde I. drunkun he refreischide thehis I. spirit, and resseuede strengthis; ther|for the name of that place was clepid the Welle of theOm. D. clepereynwardly clepere I. of the chekecheke boon I. `til totil in to plures. vnto this I. present dai. And heSampson I. demyde Israel in the daies of Filistiym twenti ȝeer.

 CAP. XVI.

Also Sampson ȝede in to Gazam, and he siȝ there a womman hoorestrompet I., and he en|tride to hir. And whanne Filisteisthe Filisteis I. had|den seyn this, and it was pupplischid atamong I. hem, that Sampson entridehad entride I. in to the citee, thei cumpassiden hym, whannethe I. keperis werenOm. I. set in the ȝateȝatis I. of the citee; and theithe Philistees I. abididenabidinge I. there al nyȝtthat nyȝt I. `with silencepriuely I., that in the morewtid thei schulen kille Sampson goynge out. For|sotheAnd I. Sampson slepte til to `the myddis of the nyȝtmyd nyȝt I.; and `fro thennusOm. I. he roosroos up to go thenns I., and tookhe took I. bothe theOm. A. sec. m. closyngis, ethiror the I. other U. leeuesthe leeues D., of the ȝate, with hisethe I. postis and lokthe lok I.; and he bar tho leeuesȝatis I., putOm. I. onup on I. thehis I. schul|dris, to the cop of the hil that biholdith Ebron. After these thingis Sampson louyde a womman that dwellide in the valey of Soreth, and sche was clepid Dalida. And the princes of Filisteisthe Philisteis I. camen to hir, and seiden, Disseyue thou hymSampson I., and lerne thou of hym, in what thing he hath so greet strengthe, and how we mowen ouer|come hym, and turmente hym boundunwhanne he is boundun I.; thatthe whiche thing I. if thou doist, we schulen ȝyue to thee ech man a thousynde and an hundrid platis of siluer. TherforThanne I. Dalida spak to Sampson, Y bisechebiseche thee I., seie thou to me, wher ynne is thi grettestemoost I. strengthe, and what is that thing, with which thouif thou were I. boundun maistthou maist I. not breke? To whom Sampson an|sweride, If Y be boundun with seuene coordis of senewismoist senewis I. not ȝit drye `and ȝit moisteOm. I., Y schal be feblelethi I. as othere men. And the princis of Filisteis brouȝten `to hirOm. I. seuene coordis, asto Dalida, as I. he hadde seide; with whichethe whiche I. sche boond him, while buyschementisthe buyschementis of Philistees I. weren hid atanentis I. hir, and abididenthei abooden I. in a closetpriuy place I. the ende of thethis I. thing. And sche criede to hym, Sampson, Filisteisthe Filisteis I. ben onup on I. thee! WhichAnd he I. brak thetho I. boondis, as ifOm. DGKMOQSXb. a man brekith a threed of herdis, writhunthrowen I. wouen W. with spotle, whanne it hath taketouchid I. the odourheete I. of fier; and it was notnot ȝit I. knowun wher ynne his strengthe was. And Dalida seide to hymSampson I., Lo! thou hast scorned me, and thou hast spok fals; namelinetheles I. now schewe thou to me, with what thing thou schuldist be bound|un. To whom he answeride, If Y be boundun with newe coordis, that weren not ȝit in werk, I schal be feblelethi I., and lijk othere men. With whichethe whiche I. Dalida boond him eft, and criedesche criede I., Sampson, Filisteesthe Filisteis I. ben onup on I. thee! theOm. I. while buyschementis weren maad redi in a closetpriuy place I.. WhichAnd Sampson I. brak `so thehis I. boondis as thredis of webbis. And Dalida seide eft to hym, Hou long schalt thou disseyue me, and schaltOm. I. speke fals? Schew thou to me, with what thing thou schalt be boundun. To whom Sampson answeryde, he seide, If thou plattistplattist togidre I. seuene heerisvii. heeris. In Ebreu it is, vii. gobetis of heer, for the heer of his heed was departid bi vii. gobetis. Lire here. C. of myn heed with a strong boond, and fastnest to the erthe a naile boundun a boute with thesethese heeris I., Y schal be feblelethi I.. And whanne Dalida hadde do this, sche seide to hym, Sampson, Filisteisthe Philisteis I. ben onupon I. thee! And he roos fro sleep, and drowhe drow I. out the nail, with the heeris and stronga strong I. boondboond tied therto I.. And Dalida seide to hym, Hou seist thou, that thou louest me, sithen thi souleinward affeccioun I. is not with me? Bi thre tymes thou liedisthast lied I. to me, and noldistwoldist not I. seie to me, wher ynne is thi moost strengthe. And whanne sche was diseseful to hym, and cleuyde to hym contynueli bi many daies, and ȝafto him ȝaf I. notno I. space to reste, his lijf failide, and was maad wery `til tounto I. deeththe deeth I.. Thanne he openyde the treuthe of the thing, and seide to hir, Yrun stiedecame I. ne|uereneuere ȝit I. onupon I. myn heed, for Y am a Nazarei, that is, halewid to the Lord, fro `the wombe of my modirmy modir wombe I.; if myn heed be schauun, my strengthe schal go awei fro me, and Y schal failefaile strengthe I., and Y schal be as othere men. And scheDalida I. siȝ that heSampson I. knowlechidehad knowlechid I. to hir al his wille, `ether herteOm. I.; andOm. I. scheOm. W. sente to the princes of Filisteis, and co|maundidecomaundid hem I., Stie ȝeȝe up I. ȝit onys, for now he openydehath openyd I. his herte to me. WhicheThe which I. sti|edenwenten up I., withOm. I. the money takuntakun with hem I. whichthat I. thei bihiȝten. And sche made hym slepeto slepe I. onupon I. hir knees, and `bowe theto leie his I. bowide the b. heed in hir bosum; and sche clepide a barbour, and schauedehe schaued I. seuene heerisvii. heeris. In Ebreu it is, vii. gobetis, for he schauyde al the heer, de|partid bi vii. gobetis. Lire here. C. of hym; and sche bigan to casteschyue I. hym awei, and to putput him I. fro hir; for anoon the strengthe ȝede awei fro him. And sche seide, Sampson, Fi|listeisthe Philistees I. ben onupon I. thee! And he roos fro sleep, and seide toin plures. his souleynwitt I., Y schal go out, as andOm. EIK pr. m. LPRb. Y dide bifore, and Y schal schake me fro boondis;these boondis I. and he wiste not, that the Lord hadde goon awei fro hym. And whanne Filisteisthe Philistees I. hadden take hym, anoon thei didenputten I. out hise iȝen, and led|denthei ledden I. hym boundun with chaynes to Gaza, and `maden hym closidthei closiden him I. in prisoun toand maden him to I. grynde. And nowthanne I. hise heeris bigunnen to growe aȝen; and theOm. I. princes of Filis|teis camen togidere to offre grete sacrifices to Dagon, her god, and `to etethei maden festis and eten I., seiynge, Oure god hath bitake oureSampson, oure I. enemy Samp|sonOm. I. in to oure hondis. And the puple seynge also this thing preiside her god, and seide the same thingis, Our god hath bitake oure aduersarie in to oure hondis, whichthat I. dide awey oure lond, and killide ful many men. And thei weren glad bi feestismaking of feestis I., forand thanne whanne I. thei hadden ete thanne; andOm. I. thei comaundiden, that Sampson schulde be clepid, and schuldeOm. IKMOQSXb. pleiebepleie D. bifor hem; whichthe which I. was led out of prisoun, and pleiede bifor hem; and thei maden hym stonde bitwixe twei pileris. And heSampson I. seide to the `child gouernyngechild that gouernyde I. hise steppis, Suffre thou me, that Y touche the pilers on whichethe whiche I. al the hows stondithstondith upon I., that Y be bowid onupon I. tho, and reste a litil. SotheliAnd I. the hows was ful of men and of wymmen, and the princes of theOm. plures. Filisteis weren there, andOm. KX. aboute thre thousynde of `euer either kyndemen and of wymmen I., biholdynge fro the roof and thefro the I. soler Sampson pleynge. And whannehe clepide ynwardly I. the Lord `was inwardli clepid, heOm. I. seideand seide I., My Lord God, haue mynde onupon I. me, and, my God, ȝelde thou now to me the formere strengthe, that Y venge me of myn ene|myes, and that Y resseyuetake I. o veniaunce for the los of tweynemy two I. iȝen. And he took bothe pilersthe pilers I., onupon the I. whiche the hows stood, and he helde the oontoon K. of tho in thehis I. riȝt|hond, and the tother in thehis I. left hond; and seidehe seide I., My lijf die with Filesteisthe Philistees I.! And whanne the pileris weren schakun togidere strongli, the hows felde onupon I. alle the princes, and onupon I. the totherOm. I. multitude, that was there; and heSampson I. diynge killide many moo, than he quykalyue I. hadde slayn bifore. ForsotheAnd I. hise britheren and al thehis I. kinrede camen doun, and token his bodi, and biriedenthei birieden it I. bitwixe Saraa and Es|cahol, in the sepulcre ofof Manue I. his fadir Ma|nueOm. I.; and heSampson I. demydehad demyd I. Israel twenti ȝeer.

 CAP. XVII.

In that tymein that tyme; that is, in the bigynnyng of iugis. Lire here. C. was a man, `Mycas bi namethat hiȝt Mycas I., of the hil of Effraym. And he seide to his modir, Lo! Y haue a thou|synde `and anOm. GIKNQX. hundrid platis of siluer, whiche thou departidist to thee, and onupon the I. whiche thou sworistthou sworist; that is, bihiȝtist bi auow and ooth, bi oure expositours. In Ebreu it is, thou cursidist; that is, him that took awey the money. Lire here. C., whilewhile that I. Y herde, and tho ben atanentis I. me. To whom sche answeride, Blessid be my sone of the Lord. ThereforThanne I. he ȝeldidebitoke I. tho to his modir; and sche seide to hym, Y halewidehaue halewid I. and avowide this siluer to the Lord, that my sone res|seyuetake it I. of myn hond, and makemake therof I. a grauun ymageOm. I. and a ȝotun ymage; and now I `ȝyue ittake this I. to thee. TherforAnd I. he ȝeldidetoke it I.he ȝeldide; that is, bihiȝte to ȝelde; for of ȝeldding in dede, it is seid aftirward. Lire here. C. to his modirmodir aȝen I.; and sche took twei hundryd platis of siluer, and ȝaf tho to a werk man of siluer, that he schulde make of tho a grauun `ymage and ȝotunand a ȝoten ymage I., that was in `the hows of MycasMycheas hous I.. WhichAnd Myche also I. departide alsoOm. I. a litil housor an oratorie I marg. ther ynne to God; and madehe made in that I. ephodan ephod I., and theraphyma theraphym I., that is, a preestis clothThis word, a preestis cloth and ydols, is not in Ebreu, but it is addid of oure transla|tour. Lire here. C., and ydols; and he fillidefulfillide with richesse I. the hond of oon of his sones, and hethat sone I. was maad a preest to hym. In tho daies was no kyng in Israel, but ech man dide thisthat I., that semyde riȝtful to hym silf. Also another ȝonge wexynge man was of Beth|leem of Juda, ofand of I. the kynrede therofthe kynrede therof; in E|breu it is, of the kynrede of Juda. Lire here. C.of it I., `that is, of JudaOm. IW., and he was a dekene, and dwellide therein Bethleem I.. And he ȝede out of the citee of Bethleem, and wolde be a pilgrim, where euere he foond profitable to hym silf. And whanne he madehad made I. iourney, and `hadde comecame I. in to the hil of Effraym, and hadde bowid a litillitil aside I. in to `the hows of MychaMycheas hous I., `he wasMychee I. axid ofOm. I. hym, Fro whennus comest thou? WhichThe which I. answeride, Y am a dekene of Bethleem of Juda, and Y go, that Y dwelle where Y may, and sewhere I se I. that it is profitable to me. MichaAnd Myche I. seide, Dwelle thou atwith I. me, and be thouthou to me a I. fadir and preest `to meOm. I.; and Y schal ȝyue to thee bi ech ȝeer ten platis of siluer, and doublea double I. clothclothing I., and tho thingis thatOm. A. ben nedefulnecessari I. to lijflode. He assentide, and dwellide `at thewith that I. man; and he was to thethat I. man as oon of soneshis sones I.. And Mycha fillidefulfillide I. his hondhond with goodis I., and haddehe hadde I. the child preest atwith I. hym, and seidehe seide I., Now Y woot, that God schal do wel to me, hauynge a preest of the kyn of Leuy.

 CAP. XVIII.

In tho daies was no kyng in Israel; and the lynage of Dan souȝte possessioun to it silf, tofor to I. dwelle ther ynne; for `til tounto I. that dai itDan I. hadde not take eritage among other lynagis. TherforThanne I. the sones of Dan senten fyue the strongestemooste stronge I. men of her generaciounlynage I. and meyneeof her meynee I. fro Saraa and Escahol, that thei schulden aspie the lond, and biholdebiholde it I. diligentlibisily I.. And theiDan I. seiden to hem, Go ȝe, and biholde the lond. And whanne thei goyngegoynge forth I. hadden come in to the hil of Effraym, and hadden entrid in to the hows of Mycha, thei restiden there. And thei knewen the voys of the ȝong wexynge dekene; and thei restiden in `the yn of hymhis place I., and seiden to hym, Who brouȝte thee hidur? What doist thou here? For what cause woldist thou come hidur? WhichThe which I. answeride `to hemOm. I., Mychas ȝafhath ȝoue I. to me thesethese thinges I. and these thingisOm. I., and hiridehe hath hirid I. me for meede, that Y be preest to hym. ForsotheAnd I. thei preieden hym, that he schulde counselecounsele with I. the Lord, and theithat thei I. myȝten wite, whether thei ȝeden in weiethe weie CIRWX. of prosperite, and thethat the I. thingthing of her purpos I. schulde haue effect. WhichThe which dekene I. answeride to hem, Go ȝe with pees, the Lord biholdith ȝoure weie, and the iourney whidur ȝe goon. TherforThanne I. thetho I. fyue men ȝedenȝeden forth I., and camen to La|chysLays A pr. m. EGNPUX. Lais FQRW.; and thei siȝen the puple dwellynge ther ynne with outen ony drede, bi the custom of Sidonyis, sikur and resteful, for no man outirli aȝenstood hem, and `of grete richessisthei weren ful riche I., and ferdwelliden fer I. fro Sidon, and departidweren departid I. fro alle men. And theithese fyue I. turn|eden aȝen to her britheren in Saraa and Escahol; and thei answeriden to `britheren axyngehem enqueringe I. what thei hadden dodo, and seiden I., Rise ȝe, and stie wewe up I. to hemhem of Lachis I., for we siȝenhan seen I. the lond ful riche and plenteuous; nyle ȝe be necgligent, nil ȝe ceesse, go wewe forth I., and hauehaue we I. it inin to I. possessioun; no trauel schal bebe to us I.; we schulen entre to sikir menplacis S., in to a largesteful large I. cuntrey; and the Lord schal bitake to vs a place, wher ynne is not pouert of ony thing of thotho thingis I. that ben brouȝt forth in erthe. TherforThanne I. sixeof the kynrede of Dan sixe I. hundrid men gird with armeris of batel ȝeden forth `of the kynrede of DanOm. I., that is, fro Saraa and Escahol. And thei stiedenstieden up I., and dwell|iden in Cariathiarym of Juda, whichthe which I. place took fro that tyme the name of CastelsTentis I. of Dan, and isit is I. bihyndis the bak of Cariathiarym. Fro thennus theiDan I. pass|idenpassiden forth I. in to the hil of Effraym; and whanne thei hadden come tointo C. the hows of Mychas, the fyue men, that weren sent bifore to biholde the lond of LachisLais A pr. m. EFPSX. Lays W., seiden to her other britheren, `Ȝe knowenKnowe ȝe IK.ȝe knowen; that is, ȝe owen to knowe. Lire here. C., that ephoda coope I., and theraphyna prestis cloth I., and a grauun ymageydol I. and ȝotuna ȝotun ymage I. is in these housis; se ȝe what plesith ȝouto ȝou I.. And whanne thei hadden bowid a litillitil aside I., thei entriden in to the hows of the ȝong dekene, that was in the hows of Mychas, and thei gretten hym with pesible wordis. ForsotheAnd I. sixe hundrid men stoden bifore the dore, so as thei weren armed. And thei, that entriden in to the `hows of the ȝong manȝounge mannes hows I., enforsidenenforsiden hem I. to take awey the grauun ymageydol I., and thea I. ephodcope I., and theraphinthe prestis cloth I., and the ȝotun ymagemawmet I.; and the preest stood bifore the dore, while sixe hundrid strongesteful stronge I. men abidedenaboden I. not ferfer thenns I.. TherforThanne I. thei that entriden token the grauun ymage, ephodthe cope I., and idols, and the ȝotun ymage; to whichewhom I. the preest seide, What doen ȝe? To whom thei answeriden, Be thou stille, and putte thethi EIKRX. fyngur on thi mouth, and come with vs, that we haue thee fadir and preest. What is betere to thee, that thou be preest in the hows of o man, whetherother I. in oa I. lynage and meynee inof I. Israel? And whanne he hadde herd this, he assentide to `the wordis of hemher wordis I., and he took the ephodcope I., and ydols, and the grauun ymage, and ȝede forth with hem. And whanne thei ȝedenȝeden forth I., and hadden maad theher I. litle children, and werkher werk I. beestis, and al thing that was preciouse, to go bifor hem; and whanne thei weren now fer fro `the hows of MychasMycheis hows I., men that dwelliden in the housishous IK. of Mychas, crieden togidere, and sueden, and bigunnun to crye `aftir the bakbihinde her I.. WhicheWhom I. whanne thei hadden bi|holde, seidenthei seiden I. to Mychas, What wolt thou tobe do to I. thee? whi criest thou? WhichThe which I. an|sweride, Ȝe han take awey my goddis whiche Y made to me, and themy I. preest, and alle thingis whichethat I. Y haueand alle thingis whiche Y haue. In Ebreu it is, and what dwell|ith ouer; as if he seide, tho thingis which ȝe token awey, weren so pre|ciouse to me, that Y sette litil priys ethir riȝt nouȝt bi the residue, for they token awey noon othir good of his, outakun tho that per|teyneden to religioun of idols, and they demyden this no thefte. Lire here. C.; andand ȝit I. ȝe seien, What is to thee? And the sones of Dan seiden to hym, Be war, lest thou spekespeke thus I. more to vs, and men styrid in soulecorage I. come to thee, and thou perische with al thin hows. And so theiDan I. ȝedenwente I. forth in the iourney bigunnun. ForsotheAnd I. Mychas siȝ, that thei weren strongere than he, and turnede aȝen in to his hows. For|sotheAnd I. sixethe sixe I. hundrid men token the preest, and the thingis whiche we biforseiden, and camenthei camen I. in to LachisLais A pr. m. EPSXb. to the puple restyngethat restiden here I. and sikurweren sikur I.; and thei smytidenslewen I. hem biin I. the scharpnesse of swerd, and bi|tokenthei bitoken I. theher I. citee to brennyng, while no man outirli ȝaf helphelp to hem I., for thei dwelliden fer fro Sydon, and haddenthei hadden I. not onydo ony I. thing of felouschipe and causeof nede I. with ony ofmanere I. Om. KN. sec. m. OSXb. men. ForsotheAnd I. thethat I. citee was set in the cuntrei of Roob; whichthe which I. citee theiDan I. bild|iden eft, and dwelliden ther ynne; whileand DGIKNQSXb. Om. MO. the name of thethat I. citee was clepid Dan, bi the name of her fadir, whom Israel hadde gendridbigatte I., whichthe which I. citee was seidclepid I. LachisLais A pr. m. EMPSXb. bifore. And `thei settidenDan settide I. there the grauun ymage, and Jonathas, sonethe sone I. of Jerson, sone of Moises, and `Jonathas sonesthe sones of Jonathas to be I., preestisthe preestis I., in the lynage of Dan, til in to the dai of her caitifte. And the idol of Mychas dwellide atwith I. hem, in al theOm. I. tyme `in whichthat I. the hows of God was in Silo. In tho daies was no kyng in Israel.

 CAP. XIX.

A man was a dekene dwellinge in the side of the hil of Effraym, whichthe which I. dekeneOm. I. took a wijf of Bethleem of Juda. And sche lefte hymand sche lefte him. In Ebreu it is, sche dide fornycacioun on him. C., and turnede aȝen in to the hows of hir fadir in Bethleem, and sche dwellide at hymhir fadir I. foure monethis. And hir hosebonde suede hir, and woldehe wolde I. be recounselid to hir, and speketo speke I. fairefaire with hir I., and ledeto lede I. hirOm. plures. aȝen with him; and he hadde in cumpanyhis cumpany I. a child, and tweyne assis. And sche resseyuede hym, and brouȝte him in to `the hows of hir fadirhir fadir hous I.; and whanne hise wyues fadir hadde herd this, and `hadde seynsawȝe I. hym, he ran gladli to hym, and kissidebiclippide I. the man. And the hosebonde of the douȝtir dwellide in `the hows of his wyues fadirhis wyues fadris hous I. inOm. DGIKMNOPQSXb. three daies, and eethe eet I. and drank hoomli with hym. SotheliAnd I. inOm. I. the fourthe dai hethe deken I. roos bi nyȝt, and wolde gohaue gon I. forth; whom `the fadir of his wijfhis wijfs fadir I. helde, and seide to hym, Taaste thou first a litil ofOm. GIKQb. breed, and coumforte thi stomak, and so thou schalt go forth. And thei saten togidere, and eeten, and drunkun. And the fadir of the damysele seide to `the hosebonde of his douȝterhis douȝtris hosebonde I., Y beseche thee, that thou dwelle here to dai, and that we be glad togidere. And he roos, and bigan to wilne to go; and neuerthelesnetheles IK. nertheles ELP. `the fadir of his wijfwyues fadir I. helde hymhym aȝen I. mekeli, and made tohim to I. dwelle atwith I. hym. ForsotheAnd I. whanne theOm. C. morewtid was maad, the dekene mademade him I. redi weieto go his weie I.; to whom `the fadir of his wijfhis wyues fadir I. seide eft, Y bisechebiseche thee I., that thow take a litil ofOm. I. mete, and make thee strong tilvnto I. the dai encreesse, and aftirward go forththou forth K.. TherforThanne I. thei eten togidere. And the ȝong man roos to gogo forth I. with his wijf and childwith the child I.; to whom the fadir of his wijf spak eft, Biholde thou, that the dai is `lowere tofer forth gon toward I. the goynge doun, and it neiȝeth to euentidthe euentid I.; dwelle thou atwith I. me also to dai, and ledelede thou with me I. a glad dai, and to morewe thou schalt go forth, that thou go in to thin hows. The `hosebonde of the douȝtirdouȝtris hosebonde I. noldewolde not I. assente to hise wordis; but he ȝede forth anoon, and camhe cam I. aȝens Jebus, whichthat I. bi another name is clepid Jerusa|lem; and he ledde with hym twei assis chargid, and thehis I. wijf. And now thei weren bisidis Jebus, and the day was chaungid in to nyȝt. And the child seide to his lord, Come thou, Y bisechebiseche thee I., bowe we to the citee of Jebus, and dwelle we therynne. To whom thehis I. lord answeride, Y schal not entre in to the citee of an alien folc, whichthe which I. is not of the sones of Israel, but Y schal passe `til toforth in to I. to S. Gabaa; and whanne Y schal come thidur, we schulen dwelle therynne, `ether certisor ellis I. in the citee of Rama. Ther|forThanne I. thei passiden Jebus, and token the weie bigunnunthat thei bigunnen I.. And the sunne ȝede doun to hem bisidis Gabaa, whichthat I. is in the lynage of Beniamynthe sones of Beniamyn I.; and thei turneden to itGabaa I., that thei schuldenwolden I. dwelle there. Whidur whanne thei hadden entrid, thei saten in the street of the citee, and no man wolde resseyue hem to herboreherborouȝ IX. herburghe b.. And lo! an eld man turnede aȝen fro the feeld, and fro his werk in the euentid, and ap|peridehe apperide I. to hem, whichthe which I. also hym silf was of the hil of Effraym, and he dwellide a pilgrym in Gabaa. TherforForsothe plures. And I. men of that cuntrey weren theof the I. sones of Gemyny. And whanne the eld man reisidereiside up I. his iȝen, he siȝ a man sittynge with hise fardels in the street of the citee; and he seide to `that manhim I., Fro whennus comest thou? and whidur goist thouOm. I.? WhichThe which I. answeride to hym, We ȝeden forth fro Bethleem of Juda, and we gon to oure place, whichthat I. is in the side of the hil of Effraym, fro whennus we ȝeden to Bethleem; and now we gon to the hows of God, and no man wole resseyue vs vndur his roof, and we han prouendre and hey in to metethe mete CDEFGKLMNOPQSUWXb. of assisoure assis I., and breed and wyn in to myn vsis, and of thin handmayde, and of the child whichthat I. is with me; we han no nede to ony thing, noOm. I. but to herboreherborw X. herburghe b.. To whom the eld man answeride, Pees be with thee; Y schal ȝyueȝyue to thee I. alle `thingis, that ben nede|fulnedeful thingis I.; oneli, Y bisechebiseche thee I., dwelle thou not in the street. And he brouȝte hym in to his hows, and ȝaf `mete to the assishis assis mete I.; and after that thei waischidenhad weishen I. her feet, he ressey|uedetoke I. hem `in to feesteto mete I.. While thei eeten, and refreischiden theher I. bodies with mete and drynk after the trauel of weieher weie I., men of that citee camen, the sones of Belial, that is, with out ȝok, and thei cumpassiden the `hows of the elde manolde mannes hows I., and bigunnun to knocke theon the I. doris; and thei crieden to the lord of the hows, and seiden, Lede out the man that entride in to thin hows, that we mysuse him. And the elde man ȝede out to hem, and seide, Nyle ȝe, britheren, nyle ȝe do this yuel; for the man entridehath entrid I. in to myn herbore; and ceesse ȝe of this foli. Y haue a douȝter virgyn, and this man hath a wijf; Yand Y I. schal ledebrynge I. out hem to ȝou, that ȝe make lowe hem, and fillefulfille I. ȝoure lust; oneli, Y bisechebiseche ȝou I., that ȝe worche not this cursidnesse aȝens kynde `aȝens theanentis this I. man. Thei noldenwolden not I. assente to hise wordis; whichthe which I. thing the man siȝseynge I., andhe I. ledde out his wijf to hem, and bitookhe bitook I. to hem hir to be defoulid. And whanne thei hadden misusid hir al niȝt, thei leften hir in the morewtid. And whanne the derknessisderknessis of niȝt I. departiden, the womman cam to the dore of the hows, where hir lord dwellide, and there sche felde doun. WhanneAnd whanne I. the mo|rewtid was maad, the man roos, and openyde the dore, `that he schulde fille the weie bigunnunfor to go forth his journey I.; and lo! his wijf lay biforat I. the dore, withhir I. hondis spredspred abrod I. inon X. the threischfold. AndTo whom I. he gessidespake gessynge I. `hir to restethat sche had restid hir I., `and spak to hirOm. I., Rise thouOm. I., and go we. `And whanne sche answeride no thingThe whiche nothing answeringe I., he vndirstode that sche was deed; and he took hirOm. I., and puttideputte hir I. putte M. on thean I. asse, and turnedehe turnede I. aȝen in to his hows. And whanne he entridewas entrid I. in `to that howsOm. I., he tookcauȝte I. a swerd, and departidehe hewide I. in to twelue partis and gobetis the deed bodycareyn I. of thehis I. wijfwijf with hir boones I., and sentehe sente these I. in to alle the termescoostis I. of Israel. AndThe whiche thing I. whanne allethei alle I. `men hadden herde thisvndirstoden I., thei criedenseiden togidre with hiȝe voice I., NeuereWas neuere I. siche aOm. I. thing wasOm. I. don in Israel, fro that dai `in whichthat I. oure fadris stiedenstieden up I. fro Egipt `til in tovnto I. `present tymethe tyme that is now I.; seieȝiue I. ȝe sentence, and deme ȝeȝe herof I. in comyn, what is nede to be doondoon for this dede I..

 CAP. XX.

TherforAnd I. alle the sones of Israel ȝedenȝeden out plures. wenten I., and werenOm. I. gaderid togiderehem togidere I. as o man, fro Dan `til tovnto I. Bersabee, and fro the lond of Galaad to the Lord in Maspha; and allethe peplis in alle I. theOm. I. corneris of pupliscorneris of the lond I.; and alle the lynagis of Israel camen to gidere in to the chirche of `the puple of GodGoddis peple I., foure hun|drid thousynde of `foot men fiȝtersfiȝtinge footmen I.. And it was not `hid frovnknowen to I. the sones of Benia|myn, that the sones of Israel hadden stiedstied up I. in to Maspha. And thewhanne the I. dekene, hosebonde of the `wijf that waswoman plures. slayn, was axid, `how so greet felonye was doonin what manere wise so myche an hidous gilt were don I.; andOm. DIKMOQXb. he answeride, Y cam with my wijf in to Ga|baa of Beniamyn, and YOm. I. turnede thidur. And lo! men of that citee cumpassiden in nyȝtthe nyȝt I. thethat K. hows, inOm. plures. whichthat I. Y dwellidedwellide ynne IK., and thei wolden slehaue slawe I. meand they wolden sle me, no but Y wolde bitake my wiyf to hem, as Jo|sefus seith, ethir they wol|den sle me, in turmentinge me bi fleisly knowing and unleueful, as other men seyen. Lire here. C., and thei bitra|uelidentraueliden plures. han traueilid I. my wijf with vnbileuefulvncredible I. wood|nesse of letcherie; atand at I. the lastat the last; the dekene preuyde his seiyng bi witnessis, bi his seruaunte, and bi the elde man and his meynee, for thei schul|den not go to batel aȝenes men of Gabaa, for his word aloone. Lire here. C. sche was deed. And Y took, and YOm. IX. kittidekitte I. hir in to gobetis, and Y sente partistho partis of hir I. in to alle the termes of ȝoure possessioun; for so greet felonye and so greuousegret I. synne was neuere doon in Israel. AlleNow alle I. ȝe sones of Israel ben present; deme ȝe, what ȝe owen doto do IKMO.. And al the puple stood, and answer|ide as bi wordthe word I. of o man, `that is acord|yngli, with out aȝenseiyng and with out delayOm. I., We schulen not go aweihenns I. in to oure tabernaclis, nethir ony manof us I. schal entre in to his hows; but we schulen do thisthis thing I. in comyn aȝens Gabaa. `Ten men beBe there ten men I. chosun of an hundrid, of alle the ly|nagis of Israel, and an hundridhundrid men I. of a thou|synde, and a thousyndethousynde men I. of ten thousynde, that thei bere metis to the oost, and thatOm. I. we, fiȝtynge aȝens Gabaa of Beniamyn, moun ȝelde to it `for the trespasOm. I. thatthat thing I. that it deseruethhath disserued for this trespass I.. And al the puple, `as o manOm. I., cam togidere to the citee bi the same thouȝt andand bi I. oOm. CDM. counsel. And `thei sentenIsrael sente I. messangeris to al the lynage of Beniamyn, `whiche messangerisand thei I. seiden, Whi so greet felony is foundun in ȝou? Bitake ȝe the men of Gabaa, that didenhan do I. this wickidnesse, that thei die, and yuelthe yuel I. be doon awey fro Israel. `Whiche noldenBut Beniamin wolde not I. here the comaundementheest I. of her britheren, the sones of Israel, but ofmen of I. alle the citees, that weren of `her part, theithe part of Benjamin I. camen togi|dere in to Gabaa, to helpe hem, and to fiȝte aȝens al the puple of Israel. And fyue and twenti thousyndeIn Ebreu it is, twenti six thousinde. C. weren foundun ofof the lynage of I. Beniamyn, of men drawynge out swerd, outakunwithoute I. the dwellerismen dwellinge I. ofin I. Gabaa, whichethe whiche I. weren seuenvj. COQb. sixe EFGKLPRSUX. hundrid strongesteful stronge I. men, fiȝtynge so with the lefthond as with the riȝthond, and castynge soof K sec. m. stoonus with slyngis at a certeyn thing, that thei myȝten smyte also an heer, and the strook of the stoon schulde not be borunborun awei I. in to `the tothernoon other I. partpartie or asijde I.. Also of the men of Israel, with out the sones of Beniamin, weren foundun foure hundrid thousynd `of menOm. I. drawyngedrawynge out I. swerd and redi to batel. Whichethe whiche I. risedenarisen up I. risen M. resin P. and camen in to the hows of God, that is in Silo; and thei counceliden Godwith God I., and seiden, Who schal be prince in oure oost of the batel aȝens the sones of Beniamyn? To whichewhom I. the Lord an|sweride, Judas be ȝoure duyk. And anoon the sones of Israel risidenarisen up I. risen M. resin P. eerli, and set|tidenthei settiden I. tentis aȝens Gabaa. And fro thennus thei ȝeden forthout I. to batel aȝens Beniamyn, and bigunnenIsrael biganne I. to fiȝte aȝens `the citeeGabaa I.. And the sones of Beniamyn ȝeden out of Gabaa, and killidenthei killiden I. of the sones of Israel in that dai two and twenti thousynde ofOm. I. mentwenti two thousynde of men. Thouȝ the sones of Israel hadden iust batel, ne|theles they tristiden ouer myche in her multitude and strengthe; therfor the Lord suffride hem to be ouer|comun twyes in the bigyn|nyng, that thei schulden be maad meke and rene to the Lord, and triste more of Goddis virtue than of her owne. E|brews seyen, that this bifelde to hem, for they weren negligent to punysche ido|latre in the hows of Mycas and in the ly|nage of the sones of Dan, which dede bi|felde nextbifor this, as Ebrews seyen; and that idolatre was opyn and as greuouse and greuousere than this; ther|for it may be seid resonably, that ech of these thingis bifor seid, was cause of the ouercomyng of the peple of Israel bi the sones of Benia|myn in the bi|gynnyng, and so the firste synne schulde be punyschid bifor the se|counde. Lire here. C.. And eft the sones ofIsrael tristiden in strengthethe strengthe BC. her owne strengthe I. andof N. noumbrein noumbre of peple I., and dress|identhei dressiden I. schiltrun, in the same place in which thei fouȝten bifore; so netheles that thei stiedenstieden up I. biforeto the hous I marg., and weptenthei wepten I. biforto fore I. the Lord `til tovn to I. nyȝt, and counselidenthei counseliden I. hymwith him I., and seiden, OweSchal I. Y go forth more to fiȝte aȝens the sones of Beniamyn, my britheren, ether nay? To whichewhom I. he answeride, Stie ȝe to hem, and bigynne ȝe batelthe batel I.. And whanne the sones of Israel hadden go forth to batel in the tother dai aȝens Beniamyn, the sones of Beniamyn braken out offro I. the ȝates of Gabaa, and camen to hemIsrael I.; and the sones of Beniamyn weren wood aȝens hemIsrael I. bi so greet sleyngfers sleyng I., that thei castidenthrewen I. doun eiȝtene thousynde ofOm. I. menmen of Israel I. drawyngedrawynge out I. swerd. Wherfor alle the sones of Israel camen in to the hows of God, and satenthei saten I., and wepten bifore the Lord, and thei fastiden in that dai `til tovnto I. euentidthe euentid K.; and thei offeriden to the Lord brent sacrifices and pesible sacrifices, and axidenthei axiden the Lord I. of her staat. In that tyme the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of Godthe Lord I. was there in SiloThis word in Silo, is not in Ebreu, but it is vndur|stondun in Silo, if the arke was not brouȝt ouer to the oost. Lire here. C.; and Fynees, the sone of Elea|zar, sonethe sone I. of Aaron, was souereyn of the howsLordis hows I.. TherforThanne I. thei counseliden the Lord, and seiden, OwenSchul I. we go out more to batel aȝens the sones of Beniamyn, oure britheren, ethir resteschul we reste I.? To whichewhom I. the Lord seide, Stie ȝeȝe up aȝens hem I., for to morewe Y schal bytake hemBeniamin I. in to ȝoure hondis. And the sones of Israel settiden buyschementis bi theOm. I. cumpas of the citee of Gabaa; and the thridde tyme as onys and tweistweis bifore I. thei brouȝten forth oostthe oost I. aȝens Beniamyn. But also thethanne the I. sones of Beniamyn braken out offro I. the citee booldli, and pursuedenthei pursueden I. fer|there the aduersaryes fleynge, so that thei woundiden of hemIsrael I., as inthei diden in I. the firste dai and the secounde, and killidenthei killiden I. bi twey paththis `the aduersariesIsrael I. turnynge backis; of whichethe whiche I. paththis oon was borunstreiȝt out I. in to Bethel, theand the I. tother in to Gabaa. And theiBeniamin I. castidenthrewe I. doun aboute thretti menmen of Israel I.; for thei gessiden to sledestrie I. hemIsrael I. `bi customable maneras thei diden bifore I.; whicheand I. `feyneden fliȝtOm. I. bi craft, andIsrael I. token counselcounsel, feyninge hem to fle I., that thei schulden drawe hemBeniamin I. fro the citee, and that thei as fleynge schulden bryngebrynge forth Beniamin I. to the for|seid paththis. TherforThanne I. alle the sones of Israel risidenrisynge up I. resin P. offro IX. her seetis, andOm. I. settiden schiltrun in the place whichthat I. is clepid Baalthamar. And the buschementis, that weren aboute the citee, bigunnen to opene hem silf litila litil I. and litila litil I., and to go forth fro the west part of the citee. But also othere ten thousynde ofOm. I. men of al Israel excitidenstiriden Beniamin. the dwelleris of thethat I. cite to batels; and the batel was maad greuous aȝens the sones of Beniamyn, and thei vndurstoden not, that perisching neiȝede to hem on eche part. And the Lord smoot hemBeniamin I. in the siȝt of the sones of Israel, and `thei killidenIsrael killide I. of hem in that dai fyue and twenti thousynde and an hundrid menof men C., alleand alle I. thethese weren I. werryours and drawyngemen drawynge out I. swerd. SotheliAnd whanne I. the sones of Beniamyn bigunnenhadden seen hem silf to be the lower part, thei bigunnen I. to fle, `whanne thei sien, that thei weren the lowereOm. I.. And the sones of Israel sien this, and `ȝauen tothei ȝauen I. hem place to fle, that thei schulden come to the buyschementis maad redi, whichethe whiche I. theiIsrael I. hadden set bi|sidis the citee. And whanne theithese bushementis I. hadden riserise up I. sudenli fro hid places, and Beniamyn ȝaf backis to the sleeris, thei entriden in to the citee, and smytidenthei smoten I. it by theOm. I. scharpnesse of swerd. SotheliAnd I. the sones of Israel hadden ȝoue a signetokene I. to hem whichethat I. thei hadden set in buyschementisthe buyschementis I., that aftir thatOm. I. thei hadden take the citee, thei schulden kyndle fiertherynne fier I., and that bi smook stiyngestiynge up I. an hiȝ, thei schulden schewe the citee takunto be takun I.. And whannethat I. the sones of Israel set in thilkethat I. batel sienschulden se I. thisthat I.; for the sones of Beniamyn gessiden hemIsrael I. to fle, and thei suedenpursueden hem I. bi|silierebisiloker I., whanne thretti men of herIsrael I. oost weren slayn; and `the sones of Israelthei I. sien as a piler of smoke stiestie up I. fro the citee; alsoAnd also I. Beniamyn biheldebiholdinge I. bihynde, whanne he siȝ thehis I. citee takun, and flawmesthe flawmes I. borunbe borun I. an hiȝe, thei that feyn|eden fliȝtto fle I. bifore, `aȝenstoden strongliere with face turnedturneden her face to Beniamyn, and withstoden him more strongly I. aȝenstoden strongli with face turnide b.. AndOm. C. whanne the sones of Beniamyn hadden seyn thisthis thing I., thei weren turned in to fliȝt, and thei bigunnen to go toOm. I. the weie of deseert; while also aduer|saries pursueden hem there, but also thei, that hadden brent theher I. citee, camen aȝens hem. And so it was doon, that theiBeniamyn I. werenwas I. slayn of enemyes on ech part, ne|ther onyther was ony I. reste of men diynge wasOm. I.; and thei felden, and weren cast doun at the eest coost of the citee of Gabaa. For|sotheAnd I. thei, that weren slayn in the same place, werenwas C. eiȝtene thousynde of `men, alle strongeste fiȝterisful stronge fiȝtinge men I.. And whanne thei that leftenleften alijue I. of Beniamyn hadden seyn this, thei fledden in to wildirnesse, and thei ȝeden to the stoon, whos name is Remmon. And in that fliȝt the sones of Israel ȝeden opynliopynli aftir I., `and ȝedenOm. I. in to dyuerse places, and killidenthei killiden of hem I. fyue thou|synde men; and whanne theiBeniamyn I. ȝedenfledde I. fer|therforth there CFGKMNOQUSXb., thei pursueden hem, and killiden alsoalso of hem I. othere twei thousyndethousynde men I.. And so it was doon, that allealle the men I. that felden doundoun slayn I. of Ben|iamyn in diuerse places, weren fyue and twenti thousynde,weren xxv. thousynde; bi the treuthe of Ebreu, of the sones of Beniamyn weren twenti six thousynde, and with this, vii. hundrid of Gabaa, and so a thousinde men and an hundrid failen. Ebrews seyen that these fled|den in to othere citees of Benia|myn, and weren slayn aftirward in the citees, with wymmen and othere beestis. Lire here. C. `fiȝterys moostmen ful I. redi to batels. And so sixe hundrid men leften of al the noumbre of Beniamyn, that myȝten ascape, and fle in to wildirnesse; and theithese I. saten in the stoon of Remmon foure monethis. ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Israel ȝeden out, and smytidenthei smoten I. smetin P. with swerd alle the remenauntis of the citee, fro men `til tovnto I. werk beestis; and de|uouryngebrennynge I. flawme wastide alle the citees and townesthe litle townes I. of Beniamyn.

 CAP. XXI.

AlsoCertes I. the sones of Israel sworen in Mas|pha, and seiden, Noon of vs schal ȝyue to the sones of Beniamyn a wijf of his douȝ|tris. And `alle camenal Israel came I. to the hows of God in Silo, and thei saten in the `siȝt of hymLordis siȝt I. `til tovnto I. euentidthe euentid I., and thei reisidenreriden up I. theher I. vois, and bigunnenthei bigunnen I. to wepe with greet ȝellyng, and seiden, Lord God of Israel, whi is this yuel don in thi puple, that to dai o lynage be takun awey offro C. vs? Sotheli in the totheroother I. day thei risiden eerli, and bildyden an auter, and offriden there brent sacrifices and pesible sacri|fices, and seiden, Who of alle the lynagis of Israel stiede notnot up I. inOm. CS. toOm. BDEFG sec. m. KLNOPQRUX. the oost of the Lord? For whanne thei weren in Mas|pha, thei `hadden boundebounden KX. hem silf with a greuouseful gret I. ooth, that thei that failidenfailiden thenns I. schulden be slayndeed I.. And the sones of Israel weren led bi penaunce onupon I. her brother Ben|iamyn, and bigunnenthe bigunnen I. to seie, O lynage of Israel is takun awey; wherof schulen thei take wyues? forcertes I. alle we sworenhan sworn I. in comyn, that we schulen not ȝyue oure douȝtris to hem. TherforThanne I. thei seiden, Who isis it I. of alle the lynagis of Israel, that stiede notnot up I. to the Lord in Maspha? And lo! the dwell|eris of Jabes of Galaad weren foundun, that thei weren not in thethat BCEFGKLMNOPQRSUWX. oostLordis oost I.. Also in that tyme, whanne theiIsrael I. werenwas I. in Silo, noon of hemJabes meynee I. was foundun there. Ther|forThanne I. theithe sones of Israel I. senten ten thousynde strong|esteful stronge I. men, andand thei I. comaundiden to hem, Go ȝe, and smytesmyte ȝe I. the dwelleris of Jabes ofand of I. Galaad bi theOm. I. scharpnesse of swerd, as wel theher I. wyues as `the litle children of hemher ȝounge children I.. And this thing schal bebe to ȝou I., whichthat I. ȝe `owen toschul I. kepe, sle ȝe alle of male kynde, and the wymmen, that knewenhan knowe I. men fleischli; reseruebut kepe I. ȝe the virgynsmaidens I.. And foure hundrid virgyns, that knewen not the bed of man, weren foundun of Jabes ofand of I. Galaad; and thei brouȝten hem to the castelstentis I. in Silo, in to the lond of Chanaan. And `thei sentenIsrael sente I. messangeris to the sones of Beniamyn, that weren in the stoon of Remmon; and thei comaund|iden to hem, that thei schulden resseyue tho wymmen in peesIn Ebreu it is, Thei co|maundiden, that thei schul|den resseyue tho men in pees; and euer either was soth, for it was co|maundid to the sones of Benia|myn, that they schulden res|seyue tho vir|gyns in to wyuys, and it was comaundid to the virgyns that they schul|den consente in this. Lire here. C.. And the sones of Beniamyn camen inOm. I. that tymetyme to Israel I., and the douȝtris of Jabes ofand of I. Galaad weren ȝouun to hem to wyues; forsothefor I. thei founden notnone I. othere wymmen, whiche thei schulden ȝyueȝyue to hem I. in lijk maner. And al Israel sorewide greetly, and dide penaunce onof I. the sleyng of othat o I. lynage of Israel. And the gretteregettere A. men in birthe seiden, What schulen we do to the othere men, that han not take wyues? Alle the wymmen in Beniamynthe lynage of Beniamyn I. feldenhan falle I. fellen L. doun, and itwith gret charge it I. `is tofallith I. vs to purueystudie I. `with greet cure and greet studieOm. I., that o lynage be not don awey fro Israel. We moun not ȝyue oure douȝtris to hemBeniamyn I., for we ben boundun with an ooth and curs|yngwith cursyng I., bi whichthe which I. we seiden, Be he cursid that ȝyueth of hise douȝtris a wijf to Ben|iamyn. And thei token aOm. IKX. counsel, and seiden, Lo! annyuersariethe I. solempnyte of the Lord is in Silo, whychthe ȝeris turnyng aboute, that I. is set at the northnorth coost I. of the citee of Bethel, and at the eest coost of the weie that goith from Bethel to Siccyma, and at the south of the citeeether burgh toun X marg. ofOm. M. Lebona. And theiIsrael I. co|maundidencomaundide I. to the sones of Beniamyn, and seidenseide I., Go ȝe, beand be I. ȝe hid in theOm. I. vyneris; and whanne ȝe seen douȝtristhe douȝtris I. of Silo goto go I. forth bi custom to lede daunsis, go ȝe outout thanne I. of the vyneris sudeynli, and rauysche ȝe hem, eche man oa I. wijf, and go ȝe in to the lond of Beniamyn. And whanne the fa|dris and britheren of hemtho wymmen I. schulen come, and bigynneschul bigynne I. to pleyne and pleteto plete I. aȝens ȝou, we schulen seie to hem, Haue ȝeOm. I. mercy of hemIn Ebreu it is thus, Haue ȝe mersy of hem, for we token not fro a man his wiyf in batel, nether ȝe ȝauen to hem, whi ȝe schulen be blamed in tyme. Ebrews expownen thus this lettre, haue ȝe mersi of hem, that thei moun reparele the lynage bi gene|racioun; for we token not fro a man his wiyf, that is, to ech man a wiyf to be couplid to him; in batel aȝenus the men of Jabes, but ii. hundrid men failen of wyues; nether ȝe ȝauen to hem, whi ȝe schulen be blamed in tyme, that is, blame of brek|ing of ȝoure ooth may not be put to ȝou, for ȝe ȝauen not to hem, and ȝe sworen no more, no but that ȝe schul|den not ȝyue, aȝenus which ooth ȝe diden not, for they resseyueden not hem of ȝoure wille. Lire here. C.; for thei rauyschidenhan not rauyshed I. not hemtho wymmen I. bi riȝt of fiȝteris and ouercomeris, butfor thi that ȝe I. ȝe `ȝauen nothan not ȝouen ȝoure douȝtris I. to hem preiynge that thei schulden taketake hem to wyues I.; and the synne is of ȝoure partthe synne is of ȝoure part, for ȝe kepten not diligently ȝoure douȝtris. Lire here. C.. And the sones of Beniamyn diden as it was comaundid to hem, and bi her noumbre thei rauyschiden wyues to hem, ech man o wijf, of hem that ledden daunsis. And thei ȝeden in to her posses|sioun, and bildidenthei bildiden I. citees, and dwelliden in tho. And the sones of Israel turneden aȝen, bi lynagisher lynagis I. and meynees, in to her tabernaclis. In tho dayes was no kyng in Israel, but ech man dide thisthat thing I., that semyde ryȝtful to hym silf.

 Here endith Judicum, and here bigyn|neth RuthFrom ACFOSUW. Here eendith the book of Judicum, and bigynneth the book of Ruth. BINX. Here endith Judicum, and bygynneth Ruth. DQb. Heere eendith Judicum, and bigynneth a prologe on Ruth. G. Here endeth the book of Doomes, se now the booc of Ruth. K. Here endith the book of Judicum, and here bigynneth a prologe on the book of Ruth. M. Here eendith the book of Judicum, and next suyng bigynneth the book of Ruth. R. No final rubric in ELP.. RUTH. [Prologue on the book of Ruth.]

THIS book of Ruth schewith the feithfulnesse and stidefast loue of this wumman Ruth to the moder of her hosebonde, after the deeth of her hosebonde and sones, turnynge aȝen fro the lond of Moab in to Bethleem of Juda; wherfor God dide merci to Ruth, and sche was weddid to Booz, a wurthi man of Bethleem, and is rekened in the genologie of Dauith and of CristThis prologue is from M..

 Here bigynneth RuthFrom G. Here bigynneth the book of Ruth. LMP. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

IN the daies of o iugeoo iuge, the Maistre of Sto|ries and summe othere seyen, that this iuge was Eli, but this is not soth, therfor Ebrews seien betere, that this iuge was Abessan. Lire here. C., whanne iugis weren souereynessouereynes in Israel I., hungur was maad in the lond; and a man of Bethleem of Juda ȝede to be a pylgrym in the cuntrei of Moab, with his wijf and tweywith his two I. fre sones. He was clepid Elymelech, and his wijf Noemy, and thehis I. twey sones, `the oonthe toon IK. oon ELP. was clepid Maalon, and the tother Che|lion, Effrateis of Bethleem of Juda; and thei entriden in to the cuntrey of Moab, and dwellidenthei dwelliden I. there. And Elymelech, the hosebonde of Noemy, diede, and sche lefte with thehir I. sones; and thei token wyues of Moabthe cuntrey of Moab I., of whichethe whiche I. wyues oonthe toon K. was clepid Orpha, the tother Ruth. And thethilke I. sones dwelliden there ten ȝeer, and bothebothe thei I. dieden, that is, Maalon and Che|lion; and thethis I. womman lefteNeomy was lefte I., and was maad bare of tweyhir two I. fre sones, and hose|bondehir hosebonde I.. And sche roos to go with euer eithir wijf of hir sones in to hir cuntrey fro the cuntrey of Moab; for sche hadde herd, that the Lord hadde biholde his pu|ple, and haddethat he hadde I. ȝoue `metis to hemhem metis I.. Ther|forAnd so I. sche ȝede out offro I. the place of hir pilgrymage with euer either wijf of hir sones; and now schewhanne sche I. was set in the weie of turnyng aȝen in to the lond of Juda, andOm. I. sche seide to hem, Go ȝeȝe aȝen I. in to `the hows of ȝoure modirȝoure modir hous I.; the Lord do mercy with ȝou, as ȝehe C. didenhan do I. with the deed menhusbondis I., and with me; the Lord ȝyuegraunte I. to ȝou to fynde reste in the howsis of hose|bondishows of hosebondis A pr. m. husbandis housis I., whichethe whiche I. ȝe schulen take. And sche kistekisside I. hem. WhicheAnd thei I. bigunnen to wepe with `vois reisidhiȝe vois I., and to seie, We schulen go with thee to thi puple. To whichewhom I. sche answeride, My douȝtrisdouȝ|tren I. douȝtir S., turne ȝe aȝen, whi comen ȝe with me? Y haue no moremo CG. sones in my wombe, that ȝe moun hope hosebondis of me; my douȝtris of Moab, turne ȝe aȝen, and gogoeth I.; for now Y am maad eeld, and Y am not able to boondthe boond I. of mariage; ȝhe, thouȝ Y myȝte conseyue in this nyȝt, and bere sones, ifthouȝ EGIMNPQRSXb. ȝe wolen abide tilvnto I. thei wexen, and fillenful|fillen I. the ȝeris of mariage, `ȝe schulen sunner be eld wymmen than ȝe schulen be wed|didȝit bifore that ȝe weren wedded, ȝe schullen be olde wymmen I.; I biseche, `nyle ȝeOm. I., my douȝtrisdouȝtris, mourne ȝe not I., for ȝoure angwische oppressith me morethe more I., and the hond of the Lord ȝedeis go I. out aȝens me. Therfor, whanne the vois was reisidrerid I., eft thei bigunnen to wepe. OrphaAnd Orpha I. kisside `the modir of hir hosebondehir modir in lawe I., and turnede aȝen, and Ruth `cleuyde toabode with I. `the modir of hir hosebondehir modir in lawe I.. To whom Noemythat is, stidefast K marg. seide, Lo! thi kyneswommancosyn I. turnedeis turned I. aȝen to hir puple, and to hir goddis; go thou with hir. And scheRuth I. answeride, Be thou not `aduersarye toaȝens I. me, that Y forsake thee, and go awei; whidur euer thou schalt go, Y schal go, and where thou schalt dwelle, andOm. I. Y schal dwelle togidere; thi puple is my puple, and thi God is my God; what lond schal resseyue thee di|ynge, Y schal die ther ynneynne also I., and there Y schal take place of biriyng; God do to me these thingis, and addeadde he I. these thingisthingis to I., if deeth aloone schal not departe me and thee. TherforThanne I. Noemy siȝ, that Ruth hadde demydepurposid I. with stidefast soulewill I. to go with hir, and sche noldewolde not I. be aȝens hir, nether counseilemoue I. ferthereferthermore to hir the I. turnynge aȝen `to her cuntrei menOm. I.. And thei ȝeden forth togidere, and camen in to Bethleem; and whanne thei entriden in to the citee, swiftan hasty I. fame roosarose I. anentis alle men, and wymmen seiden, This is thilke Noemythat is, stidefast K marg.. To whichewhom I. sche seide, Clepe ȝe not me Noemy, that is, fair, but `clepe ȝeclepeth I. me Mara, that is, bittere; for Almyȝti God hath fillid me greetli with bitternesse. Y ȝede out ful, and the Lord leddehath led I. me aȝen voide; whi therfor clepen ȝe me Noemy, whom the Lord hath `maad lowlowid I., and Almyȝtiwhom the Almyȝti I. God hath turmentid? Ther|forThanne I. Noemy cam with Ruth of Moab, `the wijf of hir sonehir sones wijf I., fro the lond of hir pil|grimage, and turnedesche turnide I. aȝen in to Beth|leem, whanne barli was ropun first.

 CAP. II.

ForsotheTher was I. a myȝti manman, the cosyn of Elymelech I. and athis I. man `of grete richessiswas myȝti and riche I., `Booz bi nameand his name was Booz I., `was kynys|man of ElymelechOm. I.. And Ruth of Moab seide to hir modir in lawe, If thou co|maundistbiddist I., Y schal go in to the feeld, and YOm. I. schal gadere eeris of corn that fleen thefro the I. hondis of reperis, where euer Y schal fynde grace of an hosebonde man merci|ful in me. To whom sche answeride, Go, my douȝter. TherforThanne I. `sche ȝedeȝede Ruth I., and ga|deride eeris of corn after the backis of reperis. ForsotheAnd I. it bifelde, that `thilke feeld hadde a lord, Booz bi nameBooz was lord of that feeld I., that was of the kynrede of Elymelech. And lo! heBooz I. cam fro Bethleem. And he seide to thehis I. reperis, The Lord be with ȝou. WhicheAnd thei I. answeriden to hym, The Lord blesse thee. And Booz seide to the ȝong man that was souereyncheef I. toouer I. the reperis, WhoWhos A sec. m. is this damysel? WhicheAnd he I. answer|ide, This is the womman of Moab, that cam with Noemy fro the cuntrey of Moab; and sche preiede, that sche schulde gedere eeristhe eeris I. of corn leeuyngethat leuen I. bihynde, and suethat sche schulde sue I. the `steppis of reperisreperis steppis I.; and fro the mo|rewtid til now sche stondithhath abiden I. in the feeld, and sothelicertes I. nethir at a momentOm. I. sche turnede aȝennot aȝen o while to go I. hoom. And Booz seide to Ruth, Douȝtir, here thou; go thou not in to anothir feeldemanns feelde I. to gaderegadere eeris I., nether gogo thou I. awei fro this place, but be thou ioyned to my dameselis, and sue thou where thei repen; for Y comaundidehaue comaundid I. to my chil|dren, that `no mannoon of hem I. be disesefuldisesy I. to thee; but also if thou thirstist, gogo thou I. to the far|delsfadirles O., and drynke `watris, of whichethou of the watris that I. my children drynken. And sche felde onupon I. hir face, and worschipide onhim lowe upon I. the erthe; and seidesche seide I. to hym, Wherof is this to me, that Y schulde fynde grace bifor thin iȝen, that thou woldist knowe me a straunge womman? To whom heBooz I. answeride, Alle thingis ben teld to me, whichethat I. thou didisthast do I. to thi modir in lawe after the deeth of thin hosebonde, and that thou hast forsake thi fadir and modirthe modir I., and the lond `in whichthat I. thou were borunborun ynne I., and hastthou art I. come to a puple, whomthat I. thou `know|ist nothast not knowen I. bifore. The Lord ȝelde to thee for thi werk, and resseyue thou ful mede of the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou camestcomest CI., and vndir whose wengis thou fleddist. And sche seide, My lord, Y haue founde grace bifor thin iȝen, whichand thou I. hast coumfortid me, and hastthou hast I. spoke to the herte of thin handmaide, whichthe which I. am not lijk oon of thi dameselswhich am not like oon of thi damesels; in Ebreu it is, of thyn hand|maides, as if sche seide, Y am not of so greet valu, as thi leeste hand|maide, and therfor sche foond more grace anentis him. Lire here. C. And Booz seide to hir, Whanne the our of etyng is, come thou hidur, and ete breed, and wete thi musselmorsel IK. in vynegre. Therforand I. sche sat atbi I. the `side of reperisreperis side I.; and heBooz I. dresside toOm. I. hir pot|age, and scheRuth I. eet, and was fillid; and sche tooktook up I. the relifs. And sche roos fro thennus to gadere eeristhe eeris I. of corn bi cus|tom. ForsotheAnd I. Booz comaundide to hise children, and seide, Also if sche wole repe with ȝou, forbede ȝe not hir, and also `of ȝoure handfulsOm. I. caste ȝe forthforth to hir handfuls I. of purpos, and suffre ȝeȝe tho I. to abide, that sche gaderegadere tho I. with out schame; and no man repreue hir gaderyngegaderynge hem I.. TherforThanne I. sche gaderide in the feeld `til tovnto the I. euentid; and sche beetthreshide I. with a ȝerde, and schook out tho thingiscornes I. that sche hadde gaderid; and sche foond of barly as thea I. mesure of ephi, that is, thre buschelsThis word, that is, thre buyschels, is not in Ebreu, but in the stide therof it is had thus, and of buyschels sche foond ephi of barly in this that sche hadde gaderid. Lire here. C. Whichthe which I. sche bar, and turnede aȝen in to the citee, and schewide to hir modir in lawe; ferthermore scheand sche I. brouȝtetoke I. forth, `and ȝaf to hirOm. I. the relifsleuyngis I. of hir mete, with which meteOm. I. sche was fillidfillid, and sche ȝaue tho to hir modir I.. And thehir I. modir in lawe seide to hir, Where `gaderidist thouhast thou gedrid this I. to dai, and where `didist thouhast thou don this I. werk? Blessid be he, that hadde mercy on thee. And scheRuth I. telde toOm. S. hirhir modir I., atanentis I. whom sche wrouȝte; and sche seide thethat the mannes I. name `of the man, that heOm. I. was clepid Booz. To whom Noemythat is stidefast K marg. answer|ide, Blessid be he of the Lord, for he keptehath kept I. also to deed men the same grace, whichthat I. he ȝaf to theOm. I. quikequike men I.. And eft scheNeomy I. seide, He is oure kynysmancosyn I.. And Ruth seide, Also he comaundide thisthis thing I. to me, that so longe Y schulde be ioyned to hise reperis, til alle thehis I. cornes weren repidrepe I.. To whom hir modir in lawe seide, My douȝter, it is betere that thou go `out toforth and I. repe with hise damysels, lest in an|other feeld ony man aȝenstonde thee. `Therfor scheAnd so Ruth I. was ioyned to the damesels of Booz; and so longe sche raprepide I. with hem, til botheto K. barlithe IK. and wheetethe wheete I. weren closid in the bernys.

 CAP. III.

ForsotheAnd I. aftir that Ruth turnedehad turned I. aȝenOm. I. to hir modir in lawe, Ruthsche I. herde of hir, My douȝtir, Y schal seke reste to theereste to thee, that is, a good mariage, so that it bihoue not thee single for liyf lode. Lire here. C., and Y schal purueye that it be wel to thee. This Booz, to whose damesels thou were ioyned in the feeld, is oure kynes|man, and inOm. I. this niȝt he wyndewithclensith I. thehis I. corn floor of barli. Therfor be thou waischun, and anoyntid, and be thou clothid with onesteremore honeste I. clothis, and gogo thou I. doun in to the corn floor; the man, `that is, BoozOm. I., se not thee, til he haue endid theto ete I. mete and drynketo drynke I.. ForsotheAnd I. whanne he goth to slepe, marke thou the place `in whichthat I. he slepithslepith ynne I.; and thou schalt come and vnhilethou schalt vnhile I. the cloth, `with whichthat I. he is hilid, fro the part of the feet, and thou schalt castebowe I. thee doun, and thou schalt ly there. ForsotheAnd I. he schalwil I. seie to thee, what thou `owist toschalt I. do. WhichAnd Ruth I. an|sweride, What euer thing thou comaund|istcomaundist to me I., Y schal do. And scheRuth I. ȝede doun in to the corn floor, and didesche dide I. alle thingis whichethat I. hir modir in lawe comaundide to hir. And whanne Booz hadde ete and drunke, and was maad gladeremore glad I., and hadde go to slepe bisidis the `heep of handfulsmowe of scheues I., scheRuth I. cam, and hidde hir silf; and whanne the cloth was vnhilid fro `hise feetthe feet of Booz I., sche castidelay I. doun hir silf. And lo! nowthanne I. at mydnyȝt `the manBooz I. dredde, and washe was I. troblid; and he siȝ a wommanhe siȝ a wom|man, that is, knew bi touch|ing, for in nyȝt, he myȝte not knowe bi siȝt. Lire here. C. lyggynge at hise feet; and he seide to hir, Who art thou? Sche answeride, Y am Ruth, thin handmayde; stretche forth thi cloth onupon I. thi seruauntesse, for thou art nyȝ of kynto Elimelech I marg.. And heBooz I. seide, Douȝtir, thou art blessid of the Lord, and thou hast ouercome the formere mercy with the lattere; for thou `suedist nothast not sued to take I. ȝonge men, pore ethir riche. Therfor `nyle thou drededrede thou not I., but what euer thing thou schalt seie to me, Yand Y K. schal dodo it I. to thee; for al the puple that dwellith with ynne the ȝatis of my cytee woot, that thou art a womman of vertu. And Y forsake not, that Y am of nyȝ kyn, but another man is neerneer kyn I. than Y; reste thou inhere I. this nyȝt, and whanne the morewtid is maad, if hethe man I. wole holde theethee to wijf I. bi riȝt of nyȝ kyn, the thing is wel doon; forsotheand I. if he nylewil not I., Y schal take thee with outen ony doute, the Lord lyueth, `that is, bi the Lord lyuyngeOm. I.; slepe thou til the morewtid. TherforeThanne I. scheRuth I. slepte at `hise feetthe feet of Booz I. tilvntil I. to the goyng awey of nyȝtthe nyȝt I., and sothanne I. sche roos bifor that men knewenschulden knowe I. `hem silf togidereeche othere I.. And Booz seide to hir, Be thou war lest ony man knowe, that thou camestcame I. hidir. And eft he seide, StretcheSprede I. forth thi mentil `with whichthat I. thou `art hilidhast on I., and holde thouit forth I. with euer either hond. And while sche stretchide forthforth the mantel I. and heldehelde it I., he metemette MO. maat LP. metide IK. sixe buyschelssixe buysch|elis; in Ebreu it is sixe me|suris, and it semeth that tho weren litle me|suris, for sche bar al in hir mentel, and on hir heed, to the citee and to the hows of Noemy. Lire here. C. of barly, and `puttide onhe leide upon I. hir; and sche barbar it forth I., and entride in to the citee, and camshe cam I. to hir modir in lawe. WhichThe which I. seide to Ruthhir I., What hast thou do, douȝter? AndOm. A. Ruth telde to hirhir also R. alle thingis, whychethat I. `the manBooz I. hadde do to hir. And RuthOm. I. seide, Lo! he ȝafhath ȝoue I. to me sixe buyschels of barly; and heOm. I. seide, Y nylewole not I. that thou turne aȝen voide to thi modir in lawe. And Noemy seide, Abide, douȝtir, til we sienseen I. what issu the thing schal haue; for the man schal not ceesse, noOm. I. but he filleschal fulfile I. tho thingis whichethat I. he spakhath spoken I..

 CAP. IV.

TherforThanne I. Booz stiedestiede up I. to the ȝate, and sathe sat I. there; and whanne he hadde seyn the kynesman passe forthther forth I., of whom the word was had, Booz seide to hym, Bowe thouthou hidre I. a litil, and sitte here; and heOm. I. clepide hym bi his name. And hethe man I. turnedeturnede him I., and satsate doun I.. ForsotheAnd I. Booz took ten `men of theOm. I. eldere men of the citee, and seidehe seide I. to hem, Sitte ȝeȝe doun I. here. And while thei saten, Booz spak to the kynesman, Noemythat is, stide|fast K marg., that turnede aȝen fro the cuntrey of Moab, seeldeseelde, that is, is in purpos to sille, for it was not ȝit seeld. Lire here. C.hath sold I. solde EKLP. the part of thea I. feeld of oure bro|ther Elymelech, whichthe which I. thing Y wolde that thouthou woldist I. here; and Y wolde seieseie this thing I. to thee bi|for alle `men syttynge andOm. I. gretterethe grettere men I. in birthe of my puplepuple here sittinge I.. If thou wolt haue in possessioun the feeld bi riȝt of nyȝnexte I. kyn, bye thouthou it I., and `haue thouOm. plures. inwelde it I. posses|sioun; sotheliand I. if itthis thing I. displesithdisplese I. thee, schewe thou this same thing to me, that Y wyte what Y `owe toschal I. do; for noonno man I. is niȝ in kynfor noon is nyȝ in kyn, not that noone othre men weren of the kynrede, for noon was neer than these tweyne. Lire here. C., outakun thee whichthat I. art the formerefirst I., and outakun me whichthat I. am theOm. AP. secunde. And hethe man I. answeride, Y schal biebiȝgge K. the feeld. To whom Booz seide, Whanne thou hast bouȝte the feeld of the `hond of the wommanwommans hond I., thou owist `to take alsoalso to take to wijf I. Ruth of Moab, that was the wijf of the deed man, that thou reise the name of thi kynesman into I. his eritage. WhichAnd he I. answeride, Y forsake the ryȝt of nyȝ kyn; for Y owe not to do awei the eritage of mymyn owne I. meynee; vse thou my pri|uelegie, whichthe which I. priuelegieOm. IM pr. m. S. Y knowleche me to wante gladli. ForsotheFor I. this was the custom bi eld tyme in Israel among kynesmen, that if a man ȝaf his riȝt to anothir man, that the grauntyng were stidefast, the man vnlaasevnlaasede A sec. m. schulde vnlase I. his scho, and ȝafȝiue it I. to his kynesman; thisthis thing I. was theOm. I. wit|nessyng of thea I. ȝift in Israel. TherforThanne I. Booz seide to his kynesman, TakeTake off I. thethi I. scho fro thee; `which schoand I. he vnlasidevnlaside it I. anoon fro his foot. And Booz seide to the grettere men in birthe and to al the puple, Ȝe ben witnessis to dai, that Y haue take in possessioun alle thingis that weren of Elymelech, and of Chelion, and of Maa|lon, bi the ȝifte of Noemy; and that Y haue take in to wedlok Ruth of Moab, the wijf of Maalon, that Y reisereise up I. the name of the deed man in his erytage; lest his name be doon awey fro his meynee and britherenfro his britheren I. and puplehis puple I.. Ȝe, he seide, ben witnessis of this thing. Al the puple, that was in the ȝate, answeride, and the gret|tere men in birthe answeridenOm. I., We ben witnessis; the Lord make this womman, that entrith in to thin hows, as Rachel and Lia, that bildiden the hows of Israel, that sche be ensaumple of vertu in Ef|frata, and haue a solempne name in Beth|leem; and thin hows be maad as the hows of Fares, whom Thamar childide to Judas, of the seed which the Lord schal ȝyue to thee of this damesel. TherforThanne I. Booz tookcoueitide K sup. ras. Ruth, andand he I. took hir to wijf; and he en|tride to hir, and the Lord ȝaf to hir, that sche conseyuede, `and childideOm. I. a sone. And wymmen seiden to Noemy, Blessid be the Lord, whichthat I. `suffride nothath not suffrid I., that an eir failide to thi meynee, andand that I. his name wereschulde be I. clepid in Israel; and that thou haue `a manOm. I., that schal coumforte thi soule, and nursche eldethin elde I. age. For a child is borun of thi douȝtir in lawe, `which childthat I. schal loue thee, and he is mycheOm. I. betere to thee, than if thou haddist seuene sones. And Noemy puttide the child resseyuedwhom sche resseyued I. in hir bosum; and sche dide the office of a nurischenorse KM., and of a berereberere aboute I.. ForsotheAnd I. wymmen neiȝboris thankiden hiror ioieden togidere with hir I marg., and seiden, A sone is borun to Noemy, and clepidethei clepiden IK. his name Obeth. This is the fadir of Ysay, fadirthe fadir I. of Dauid. These ben the generaciouns of Fares; Fares gendridebigate I. Esrom; Esrom gendridegate I. Aram; Aram gendridegate I. Amynadab; Amynadab gen|dridegate I. Naason; Naason gendridegate I. Salmon; Salmon gendridegate I. Booz; Booz gendridegate I. Obeth; Obeth gendridegate I. Isay; Isay gen|dridegate I. Dauid the kyng.

 Here endith Ruth, and here bigynneth the firste book of KyngisHere eendith the book of Ruth, and here bigynneth the first book of Kyngis. BX. Here endith Ruth, and bigynneth a prologe on the firste book of Kyngis. G. Heere endith the book of Ruth, and bigynneth the firste book of Kyngis. IN. Here endeth the booc of Ruth, se now the prolog of the foure bokis of Kyngis. K. Here endith Ruth, and here bigynneth a prologe vpon the firste book of Kyngis. M. No final rubric in AELP.. I. KINGS. [Prologue on the First book of KingsThis prologue is from M..]

IN this book of Kingis the first is contened, how Anna, the wijf of Helchana, that was longe tyme bareyn, axide of God to haue a sone, and God ȝaf to her axing; which sone Anna ȝaf in to the seruyse of the Lord, in the tabernacle of boond of pees, vndur Heli the heiȝeste prest. And God chees Samuel, and spak to him alle thingis, and forsook Heli and hise sones, for wickidnesse that the sones diden, wherfore thei perischiden alle in o dai. And Samuel anoyntide Saul in to king on Israel; and whanne Saul fulfillide not the hestis of God, God forsook him; and Samuel anoyntide Dauith in to king, whanne he kepte hise fadris scheep; wherfor Saul hatide Dauith, and pursuwide him, til to the dai of veniaunce of the Lord cam; and Saul perischide, and hise sones, and al his hous.

 [Prologue to the four books of KingsThis prologue is from O..]

THE langage of men Sirus, and of Cal|deis also, witnessith that there ben two an twenty lettris, the which of a greet partie is acordynge to Ebrew; for also thei han two and twenti elementis in the same sown, and in dyuerse pryntis. Also Samaritans writen the fyue bookis of Moyses with so many lettris, oonly dyuersynge in the figuris and prentis; and it is certeyn, that Esdras, the scribe and a doctour of the lawe, foond other lettris, which we vsen now, aftir that Jerusalem was taken, and aftir restorynge of the temple vndur Zoro|babel; for vnto that tyme weren the same lettris and fyguris of Samarytans and of Ebrews vsid. Also in book of Numeri the same noumbrynge is mistily schewid vndir the noumbre of dekenes and prestis; and we han founden the hie name of the Lord Tetragramaton in summe bookes of Grew expressid with olde lettris vnto this day. But also the salmes of the Sauter, as the xxxvj. salm, and the hundrid and x. salm, and the hundrid and aleuene salm, and the hundrid and xviij. salm, and the hundrid and xliiij. salm, al be it that thei ben writen with dyuerse metre, netheles thei ben writen and wouen to gideris with the abece of the same noumbre; and the Lamentaciouns of Jeremye, and the Preier of him, and also the Prouerbis of Sala|mon, in the ende, fro that place in which he seith, Who shal fynde a strong wom|man, be noumbryd with the same abeces of merkyngis. Forsothe the fyue double lettris anentis the Ebrews ben thes, Caph, Men, Num, Phe, Sade; for bi these lettris thei writen other while the bygynnyngis and the myddes of wordes, and in an|othir maner the endis. Wherfor these fyue bookes, Samuel, Malachim, Dabre Jamyn, Esdras, and Jeremye with Cynnoth, that is, his Lamentaciouns, ben gissid of sum men to be dowble bookes. Therfor as there ben xxij. lettris, by which we writen in manere of Ebrews alle thingis that we speken, and mannes vois taken with the bigynnynges of hem, so xxij. volyms ben noumbrid, by the whiche as by lettris and byginnynges the ȝonge tendre and ȝit soukynge childhod of the riȝtwise man is enformed in the doctryne of God. The first book anentis hem is clepid Bresith, whiche we clepen Genesis; the secounde, Elesmoch, which is clepid Exodi; the thridde, Vagetra, that is, the book of Leuyticy; the fourthe, Vagetaber, which we clepen Noumbre; the fyfte, Adda|barim, the which is bifore notid Deutro|nomye. These ben the fyue bookes of Moyses, the whiche thei clepen propurly Thorath, what is to seie, the lawe. Thanne thei maken the secunde ordre of profetis, and bygynnen at Jhesu, the sone of Naue, that anentis hem is seid Josue Benum. Fro thennus thei ioyneden yn Sophim, that is, the book of Juges; and in to the same thei putten in Ruth, for in the dayes of Juges her storie is teeld to be fulfillid. The thridde book folewith, that is clepid Samuel, which we seyn the Firste and the Secounde book of Kynges. The fourthe is Malachim, that is, of Kyngis, which is conteyned in the thridde and the iiij. volym of Rewmes; and myche betere it is to seie Malachym, that is, of Kynges, than Maletoch, that is, of rewmes; for he discryueth not the rewmes of many folkis, but the rewme of o puple of Israel, that is conteyned in xij. lynagis. The fifte is Isaie; the sixte Jeromye; the seuenthe Ezechiel; the eiȝte in the book of xij. profetis, that anentis hem is clepid Thari|asrai. The thridde ordre weldith Agio|grafa, that ben hooly writen ensaumplis; and the firste book bygynneth fro Job; the secounde fro Dauith, which men holden in fyue dyuysiouns, and in o volym of Salmes; the thridde is of Salomon, hau|ynge iij. bookes, as Prouerbis or Parablis, that is clepid Maloth; the iiij. Ecclesi|asten, that is clepid Coelech; the fyfethe is the Song of Songis, whom thei biforen seien bi title Sirassirym; the sixte is Da|niel; the seuenthe Debraiamyn, that is to seie, the wordis of daies, the which more kouthly may be clepid the Cronycle of Goddis stories; the which book anentis vs is writen Paralipomenon the Firste and the Secounde; the eiȝtithe book is Esdras, the which also in lijk maner, bothe anentis Grekis and Latynes, is departid in to twey bookis; the nynthe is the book of Ester. And that is to seie, fyue booke of Moyses, and eiȝte bookes of the profitis, and neyne of Agiogrofis, that is to seie, of expresse ensaumplis of holynesse; al be it that sum men writun Ruth and Synoth among the Agiografis, and thei weenen that thes bookes shulden be rekened in her noum|bre, and be that to ben xxiiij. bookes of olde lawe; which the Apocalips of Joon bryngeth yn, vndur the noumbre of xxiiij. eldris onourynge the lomb, and offrynge her crownes, with her cheris cast doun, and stondynge bifor the foure beestis that weren iȝed bifore and bihynde, that is to seie, biholdynge in to the tyme that is passid, and in to the tyme that is to come, and criynge with contynuel vois, without feyntise, Hooly, Holi, Holy, Lord God Almyȝti, that was, and that is, and that is to comen! This prologe of Scripturis as an helmed princeple mai acorde to alle the bookes which we han turned fro Ebrew in to Latyn, that we moun knowun that what euere writynge is out of these, is to be put amonge the Apocrifas, that is, amonge thilke wrytynges whos auctours ben vnknowe of alle hooly chirche. Ther|fore the book of Sapience, that comynly is writen to be the book of Salomon, and the book of Jhesu, the sone of Sirak, and the book of Judith, and Thobie, and Pastor, be not in the canoun. I found the Firste book of Makabeus of Ebrews langage; the Secounde book is Grew, that may be preued of the sittinge and of the speche. The which thingis, siththe thei han in sich manere, thou reder, I byseche thee, deeme thou not my trauayle to be maad in re|preuynge of old men. For ech man offrith in to the tabernacle of God that he mai, aftir his power; sum men offren gold, and siluer, and precious stoonys; othere men offren biys, and purpur, and scarled, and iacynt. With vs it is weel, if we offren skynnes, and the heeris of geet; and ne|theles the Postle schewith opynly, that oure foule thingis and contemptible ben more needful than sum faire thingis. Wherfore al the fairnesse of the taber|nacle, that was distinccioun and figure of hooly chirche that is now, and that is aftir to comynge, by alle her semelynesses is kyuerid with skynnes, and with heeris; and tho thingis that ben foulere letten the brennynge of the sunne, and the dis|pitousnesse of reynes and stormes. Thanne rede thou first Samuel, and my book Ma|lachim, ȝhe, myn forsothe, myn; fore what euere we han lerned in ofte turnynge of bookes, and in more bisily amendynge, if we holden it in oure hertis, it is ouris, it is ouris. And whanne thou vndurstondist that biforn hond thou knewe not, thanne or deme thou me to be a trewe drawere out of hooly writ, if thou art kynde, or ellis a false spekere, if thou art vnkynde; al be it that I haue no conscience to my silf, me to haue chaungid ony thing fro Ebrews treuthe. Certis, if thou art hard of byleeue, rede the bookis of Grew and of Latyn, and leie hem to gideris with these litil werkes, whiche we han teld aboue; and where euer thou seest hem dis|corde bitwixe hem silf, axe thou ony mon of the Ebrewis, to whom thou shuldist ȝyue more feith to, and if he confermeth oure writyngis, I trowe thou shalt not deeme him a coniecture of lesyngis, that he hath dyuyned in the same place in lijk manere with me. But also I preye ȝou, Paula and Eustochie, seruauntis of Crist, which anoynten the heed of the Lord, sittinge doun with the moost preciouse myrre of bileeue, the whiche seken not oure Sauyour in the sepulcre, to whos bileeue Crist hath stied vp to his fadir, I preie ȝou, that ȝe putte the scheeldis of ȝoure good preieris aȝens the berkynge houndis that wexen cruel aȝens me with wood mouth, and gon aboute the citee, and in that demen hem to be wise, whanne thei bacbiten othir men. Therfor I, know|ynge my lownesse, shal euermore haue mynde of that sentence, [I] seid, I shal kepe my weies that I trespasse not [in] my tonge; I haue ordeyned a warde to my mouth, whan the synful trespasour stood aȝenus me; I bicame doumbe, and was lawid, and held my pees fro good thingis.

 Here biginnith the firste book of KingisFrom MP. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

`A man wasTher was a man I. of `Ramathym ofRamatha in DGIKMNOQXb. So|phym, of the hil of Effraym, and his name was Elchana, the sone of Jeroboam, sone of Elyud, sone of Thau, sone of Suph, of EffraymEffraym; for he dwellide in the hil of Ef|fraym, not for he was of the lynage of Ef|fraym, for he was a dekene of the sones of Chore, as it is had in thre book of Paral. vi. co. Lire here. C.. And Helchana hadde twei wyues; the name `to oonof that oon I. to the toon K. was Anna, and theOm. DKM. `name of thename to the plures. Om. I. secounde washiȝte I. Fenenna; and sones weren to Feuenna; forsothebut Anna hadde none I. fre children `weren not to AnnaOm. I.. And thilkethat I. man styedestiede up I. fro his citee in daiesthe daies that weren I. ordeyned, to worschipe and offreto offre I. sacrifice to the Lord of oostis in Silo. ForsotheAnd I. twei sones of Heli weren there, OphymOfny I. Ophny Db. and Fynees, preestis of the Lord. Ther|forThanne I. the dai cam, and Helcana offride, and ȝafhe ȝaf I. partis to Fenenna, his wijf, and to alle hise sones and douȝtris; forsotheand I. he ȝaf soreufulyhe ȝaf soreu|fuly; Helcana was not soreu|ful of the ȝyu. yng, but for he hadde not fre children of Anna, to whiche chil|dren partis schulden be ȝouun. In E|breu it is had o part ethir double, of which the resoun sueth, for he louyde Anna; and in this he wolde onoure hir. Lire here. C. o part to Anna, for he louyde Anna; forsotheand I. the Lord hadde closid hir wombe. And hirFenenna hir I. enemy tur|mentide `hir, and angwischideand noiede hir I. greetly, in so myche that sche vpbreididevpbreidide hir I., that the Lord hadde closid hir wombe. And so scheFenenna I. dide `bi alle ȝeeriseche ȝeer I., whanne `in tyme comynge aȝenthe tyme came that I., thei stiedenstieden up I. in to the hows of the Lord; and so sche terride Anna. ForsotheAnd I. Annathanne sche I. wepte, and took notno I. metemete, that is, took litil of mete. Lire here. C.. Therfor Helcana, hir hose|bonde, seide to hir, Anna, whi wepist thou, and whi etist thouOm. I. not, and whi is thin herte turmentid? WhetherWher ceteri passim. Y am not betere to thee than ben ten sones? `Sotheli AnnaAnna forsothe I. roos, aftir that sche hadde ete and drunke in Silo. `And the while Hely was on his greet seete, biforHely sittinge upon his sete I. the postis of the `hows of the LordLordis hows I., whanneand whanne I. Annasche I. was in bittere souleserowe of soule I., sche preyede the Lord, and wepte largeli; and madesche made I. a vowvow to the Lord I., and seide, Lord God of oostis, if thou biholdist, and seest the turment of thi seruauntesse, and hastif thou hast I. mynde of me, and forȝetist not thin handmayde, and ȝyuestȝyue C. toa sone to I. thi seruauntesse `a male kyndeOm. I., Y schal ȝyue hym to the Lord inOm. I. alle daiesthe daies I. of his lijf, and a rasour schal not stiecome up I. on his heed. ForsotheAnd I. itwhanne it C. was doon, whanne sche multipliede preierishir preieris I. bifor the Lord, that ElyEly the prest I. aspiede hir mouth. ForsotheSotheli I. Anna spak in hir herte, and oneli hir lippis weren mouyd, and outerly hir vois was not herd. Therfor HelyHely the prest I. gesside hir drunkun, and he seide to hyr, Hou longe schalt thou be drunkun? Difye thou a litil theand a lijtil the I. wyn, `bi whichthat I. thou art moistmaad moist with I.. Anna answeride, and seide, NayNay; that is, Y am not drunkun. C., my lord, for Y am `a wretchidan vnhappy I. womman greetliOm. I.; Y `drank nothaue not drunken I. wyn `and al thingnether ony thing I. that may make drunkun, but Y scheddehaue helde I. out my soule in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I.; gesse thou not thin handmaide as oon of the douȝtris of Belyal, for of the multi|tude of my sorewe and morenyngof my morenyng. Y spakhaue spoken I. `til in tovnto this I. present tyme. Thanne Hely seide to hir, Go thou in pees, and God of Israel ȝyueȝyue; in E|breu it is, schal ȝyue. C. to thee the axyng whichthat I. thou preiedisthast preied I. hym. And scheAnna I. seide, `Y woldeWolde God I. that thin hondmayde fynde grace in thin iȝen. And the womman ȝedeȝede forth I. in to hir weie, and eet; and hir cheris weren no more chaungid dyuersly. And `thei rysedenHelcana and his meyne arisen up I. eerly, andand thei I. worschipiden bi|fore the Lord; and thei turneden aȝen, and camen in to hir hows in Ramatha. ForsotheAnd I. Helchana knew fleischliOm. IKO. Anna, his wijf; and the Lord thouȝte on hir. And it was doon after the cumpas of daies, Anna conseyuede, and childide a sone, and scheOm. S. clepide his name SamuelSamuel is in|terpretid axid of God. Lire here. C.; for sche hadde axid hym of the Lord. ForsotheAnd I. hir hosebonde Helcana stiedestiede up I., and al his howsmeynee I., to offre a solempne sacrifice, and his avow to the Lord. And Anna stiede notnot up to that solempnytee I., for sche hadde seid to hir hosebonde, Y schal not go, til the ȝonge child be wenyd, and til Y lede hymhym thidere I., and he appere bifor the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I., and dwelle there contynuelicontynuely; in Ebreu it is, til in to the world, that is, til to the fiftithe ȝeer. Lire here. C.. And Helcana, hir hosebonde, seide to hir, Do thou that that semeth good to thee, and dwelle thouthou stille I. til thou wenehaue wened I. hym; and Y biseche, that the Lord fillefulfille I. his word. Therfor the womman dwellideabode I., and ȝaf mylk to hir sone, tiltil the tyme I. sche remouyde hym frofro the I. mylk. And scheAnna I. brouȝte hym with hir, aftir that sche hadde wened hym, with thre caluys, and thre buyschelis of mele, and amforea mesure I. an amfore K., `ether a potOm. I., of wyn; and sche brouȝte hym to the hows of the Lord in Silo. ForsotheAnd I. the child was ȝit ful ȝonge. And thei sacrifiedensacrifisiden plures. a calf, and thei offriden the child to Hely. And Anna seide, My lord, Y bisechebiseche thee I., that isOm. EGKLMO., that thisthi FGMNPQSb. child be thiOm. C. `disciple andOm. DGMNPQXb. seruauntthe whole gloss omitted in I., thi soule lyueth; Y am thatthe I. womman, that stood bifor thee here, and preiede the Lord; for this child Yand Y A. preiede, and the Lord ȝaf to me myn axyng whichthat I. Y axide hym; therfortherfor and BCEFGKLMNPQRSUWXb. Y haue ȝoue hym to the Lord `in allealle the I. daies, in whiche he is ȝouun to the Lord. And thei worschypiden there the Lord.

 CAP. II.

And Anna worschipide, and seide, Myn herte fulli ioiede in the Lord, and myn horn is reisid in my God; my mouth is alargid onupon I. myn enemyes, for Y wasam I. glad in thin helthehelthe ȝiuer I.. Noon is hooli as the Lord is; `for noon other is, outakunneither certis ther is an other withoute I. thee, and noon is strong asas is I. oure God. Nyle ȝe multiplie to speke hiȝe thingis, and haue glorieglorie theryn I.; elde thingis go awey fro ȝoure mouth; for God is Lord of kunnyngis, and thouȝtis ben maad redi to hym. The bouwe of strong men is ouercomun, and sijkfeble I. men ben gird with strengthe. Men fillidfulfillid I. bifore settiden hem silf to hire for looues, and hungri men ben fillid; whiletil BCDFGLMNOPQRSUWXb. vnto I. to EL. the bareyn womman childidechilde GQR. ful manye, and sche that hadde many sones, was sijkemaad sijk I.. The Lord sleeth, and quikeneth; heand A. ledith forth to hellishillis A., and bryngith aȝen. The Lord makith pore, andand he I. makith riche; he makith low, andand he I. reisithreisith up I.. He reisithupreisith I. a nedi man fro poudur, and `he reisithupreisith I. a pore man fro dryt, that he sitte with princes, and holde the seete of glorie; for the endis of erthethe erthe I. ben of the Lord, and he hath set the world onupon I. tho. He schal kepe `the feet of hise seyntishise seyntis feet I., and wickid men schulen be stille to gidere in derknessis; for a man schal not be maad strong in his owne strengthe. Aduersa|ries of the Lord schulen drede hym, and infro I. heuenes he schal thundre onupon I. hem; the Lord schal deme the endis of erthe, and he schal ȝyue lordschip to his kyng, and he schal enhaunse the horn, `that is, powerOm. X pr. m., of his Crist. And Helcana ȝede in to Ramatha, in to his hows; forsotheand I. the child was seruant in the siȝt of the Lord bifor the face of Ely the preest. Forsothe the sones of Hely weren sonesthe sones I. of Belial, and knewenthei knewen I. not the Lord, ne|ther the office of preestis to the puple; but who euer hadde offrid sacrifice, the child of the preest cam, while the fleischis weren in sething, and he hadde a fleischhook with thre teeth in his hond; and he senteputte C sec. m. M. puttide I. it in to the `grete vessel of stoonstonen vessel I., ethir in to the caudrun, ethir in to the pot, ethiror I. in to theOm. CNO. a K. panne; and what euer thingflesh I. the fleischhookhook I. reisidecauȝte I., the preest tooktook that I. to hym silfOm. I.; so theithe prestis I. diden to al Israel of men comynge in to Silo. Ȝhe bifor that `the sones of Helythei I. brenten the ynnere fatnesse, the `child of the preestprestis child I. cam, and seyde to the offerere, Ȝyue `thou fleisch to meto me the fleisch I., that Y setheseke it I. to the preest; for Y schal not take of thee sodun fleisch, but raw. And `the offrerehe that offride I. seide to hym, TheBe first the I. ynnere fatnesse beOm. I. brent firstOm. I. to day biaftir I. the custom, and take thou tothanne to I. thee hou myche euer thi soule desirith. Whichethe whiche I. answeride, and seide to hym, Nay, forbut I. thou schalt ȝyueȝyue it I. now; ellisfor ellis I. Y schal taketake it I. bi violence. Therfor the synne of the chil|drensones of Hely prestis I. was ful greuouse bifor the Lord; for thei withdrowen men fro the `sacrifice of the LordLordis sacrifice I.. `Forsothe Samuel, a childCertis the child Samuel I. gird with a lynnun clooth, mynystrideseruyde I. bifor the face of the Lord. And his moder made to hym a litil coote, whichthe which I. schehe I. brouȝte into him in the I. daies ordeynedordeyned to offre I., and stiedesche stiede up I. with hir hosebonde, that he schuldewolde I. offre a solempne offryng, and his auow. And Heli blesside Helcana and his wijf; and HeliOm. I. seide `to hymOm. I., The Lord ȝelde to thee seed of this womman, for the ȝifte whichthat I. thou hast ȝoue to the Lord. And thei ȝeden in to her placeplace aȝen I.. Therfor the Lord visitide Anna, and sche conseyuede, and childide thre sones and twei douȝtris. And the child Samuel was `magnyfied atmaad wondirful gret anentis I. the Lord. ForsotheAnd I. Hely was ful eld, and he herde alle `thingis whichethe thingis that I. hise sones diden in al Israel, and hou thei slepten with wymmen, that awaitidenwaitiden I. at the dore of the tabernacle. And heHely I. seide to hemhis sones I., Whi doen ȝe siche thingis, the worste thingis whichethat I. Y here of al the puplepuple of Israel I.? Nyle ȝe, my sonessones, do so I.; it is not gooda good I. fame, whichthat I. Y here, that ȝe make the `puple of the LordLordis puple I. to do trespas. If a man synneth aȝens a man, God may be plesid to himbe plesid to him, bi prayeris and sacrifices. C.; forsothebut I. if a man syn|neth aȝens the Lord, who schal preye for hymwho schal praie for him; that is, it schal not be forȝouun to him bi siche thingis, nethe|les it may be forȝouun. Lire here. C.? And theihis sones I. herden not the vois of her fadir, for God wolde sle hem. For|sothe the child Samuel profitide, and en|creessyde, and pleside bothe God and men. SotheliCertis I. a man of God cam to Hely, and seide to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Whether Y was not schewid apertli to the hows of thi fadir, whanne he was in E|gipt, in the hows of Farao? And Y chees hym of alle lynagisthe lynagis I. of Israel `in toto be a I. preest to me, that he schulde stiestie up I. to myn auter, and schulde brenne encense to me, and that he schulde bere bifor me preestisa preestis I. cloth; and Y ȝaf to `the hows of thi fadirthi fadris hous I. alle thingisalle thingis perteynynge to hem, for sum part was brent to God, and sum part per|teynede to the offereris. Lire here. C. of theOm. I. sacrifices of the sones of Israel. Whi hast thou cast awey with thethin I. heele my sacrificesacrifices I., and my ȝiftis, whichethe whiche I. Y comaundide to be offrid in the temple; and thou onouridsthast honourid I. more thi sones than me, that ȝe eeten the principal partis of ech sacrifice of `Israel, my puplemy puple of Israel I.? Therfor the Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y spekynge spak, that thin hows and `the hows of thi fadirthi fadris hous I. schulde my|nystrehaue mynystrid I. in my siȝt til in to with outen ende; `now forsothecertis now I. the Lord seith, Fer be this fro me; but who euere onourith me, Y schal glorifie hym; forsothecertis I. thei that dispisen me, schulen be vnnoble. Lo! daies comen, and Y schal kitte awei thin armarm or thi power I., and the arm of the hows of thi fadir, that an eld manprest or wijse. be not in thin hows. And thou schalt se thin enemyenemyes K. in the temple, in alle prosperiteesthe prosperitees I. of Israel; and an eld man schal not be in thin hows in alle daies. Netheles Y schal not outerli take awei of thee a man fro myn auter, but that thin iȝen faile, and thi soulelijf I text. or soule marg. failelangwishe I.; and greeta greet I. part of thin hows schal die, whanne it schal come to mannus age. ForsotheCertis I. this schal be signethe tokene I., that schal come to thi twei sones OphymOfni EIP. and Fy|nees, bothebothe thei I. schulen die in o dai. And Y schal reise to me a feithful preest, that schal do biaftir I. myn herte and my soule; andOm. K. Y schal bilde to hym a feithful hows, and he schal go bifore my Crist in alle daies. ForsotheSothly I. it schal come, that who euer dwellithschal dwelle I. in thin hows, he comehe come. In Ebreu it is, tho he come to bow for him silf, in an halpeny of siluer; Ebrews expownen tho, that preestis dwellinge of the genera|cioun of Hely, ouȝten to meke hem silf bifor the hiȝeste preest, and to praye, that they myȝten serue in the temple for the priys of an halpeny of siluer, and of a cake of breed in the day, and the lettre that sueth, semeth acorde, whanne it sueth, and he seye, and so forth. Lire here. C. that `me preiemen preie DGMNOPQRSUX. it be preied I. for him, and that he offre a peny of siluer, and a cake of breed, and seie, Y biseche, suffre thou me to o `part of the preestprestis part I., that Y ete a musselmorsel I. of breed.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe the child Samuel `mynystride toseruyde I. the Lord bifor Heli, and the word of the Lord was preciousewas preciouse. In Ebreu it is, was forbedun ethir maad derk. C.; in tho daies was noon opyn reuelacioun. TherforThanne I. it was doon in a dai, Heli lay in his bed, and hise iȝen dasewiden, and he myȝte not se the lanterne of Godthe lanterne of God. Comyn Latyn biblis han thus, and hise iȝen dase|widen, and he myȝte not se the lanterne of God, bifor that it was quenchid, but certis this lettre is cor|rupt, as the Maistre of Stories and Lire here witnessen, and the book of Ebreu ques|tiouns; therfor in Ebreu it is had thus, and hise iȝen dase|widen, and he myȝte not se; the lanterne of the Lord was not ȝit quench|id. He myȝte not se the lan|terne of God, bifor that it was quenchid. C., bifor that it was quenchid. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel slepte in the templeslepte in the temple; that is, in a chaumbir bisidis the temple, where dekenes weren that kepten the temple. Lire here. C. of the Lord, where the ark of God was. And the Lord clepide Samuel; and he answeride and seide, Lo! YY am redi I.. And he ran to Hely, and seide to hym, Lo! Y; for thou clepidist me. WhichAnd I. Hely seide, Y clepide not thee; turne thouOm. DGIKMNOW sec. m. aȝen and slepe. And heSamuel I. ȝede and slepte. And the Lord addide eft to clepe Samuel; and Sa|muel roos, and ȝede to Hely, and seide, Lo! YY here I.; for thou clepidist me. And Heli answeride, Y clepide not thee, my sone; turne thou aȝen and slepe. ForsotheSothly I. Samuel knew not ȝit the Lordknewe not ȝit the Lord; that is, the maner of spek|ing of the Lord with profetis. Lire here. C., nether the `word of the LordLordis word I. was shewid to hym. And the Lord addide, and clepidehe clepide I. ȝit Samuel the thridde tyme; `which Sa|muelthe which I. roosroos up I. and ȝedewente I. to Heli, and seide, Lo! Y; for thou clepidist me. TherforThanne I. Heli vndirstood, that the Lord clepidehad clepid I. the child; and Helihe I. seide to Samuel, GoGo thou I. and slepe; and if he clepith thee aftir|ward, thou schalt seie, Speke thou, Lord, for thi seruaunt herith. TherforThanne I. Samuel ȝede and slepte in his place. And the Lord cam, and stood, and clepide as he hadde clepid the secunde tyme, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel seide, Speke thou, Lord, for thi seruaunt herith. And the Lord seide to Samuel, Lo! Y make a worda word; that is, a thing sig|nefied bi a word. C. into be knowen in I. Israel, whichthe which I. word who euer schal here, bothe hise eeris schulen ryngetyncle I.rynge; that is, he schal be astonyed for wundir and drede. Lire here. C. In that dai Y schal reisereise up I. aȝens Heli alle thingis, whichethat I. Y spakhaue spoken up I. on his hows; Y schal bigynne, and Y schal ende. For Y biforseide to hym, that Y schulde deme his hows with outen ende for wickid|nessethe wickidnesse theroff I.; for heHely I. knew, that hise sones diden vnworthili, and he chastiside not hem. Therfor Y swoorhaue swore I. to the hows of Heli, that the wickidnesse of his howsmeynee or hows I. schal not be clensidschal not be clensid, as to peyne ordeyn|ed, thouȝ it were clensid as to synne and euerlastinge peyne, in hem that repent|iden verily. Lire here. C. biwith I. sacrifices and ȝiftis til in to with outen ende. ForsotheAnd thanne I. Samuel slepte til the morewtid, and he openyde the doris of the hows of the Lord; and Samuel dredde to schewe the reuelacioun to Heli. Therfor Heli clepide Samuel, and seide, Samuel, my sone. And he an|sweride and seide, Y am redi. And Heli axide hym, What is the word whichthat I. the Lord spakhath spoke I. to thee? Y preye thee, hide thouit I. not fro me; God do to thee `these thingisalle these yuelis I., and encreesseencresse he I. these thingis, if thou hidist fro me a word of alle wordisthe wordis I. that ben seid to thee. And Samuel schew|ide to hymHely I. alle the wordis, and `hidde nothe hidde noon I. fro hym. And Heli answeride, He is theOm. I. Lord; do he thatOm. C., that is good in hise iȝen. ForsotheCertis I. Samuel encreeside, and the Lord was with hym, and noon of alle hisethe I. wordis feldefelle voide I. in to erthein to erthe; that is, in veyn, for al was fillid. Lire here. C. And al Israel fro Dan to Bersabee knew, that feithful Samuel was a profete of the Lord. And the Lord addide `that he schuldeto I. appere ineft in I. Silo, for the Lord was schewid to Sa|muel in Silo bi the `word of the LordLordis word I.; and the word of Samuel cam to al Israel.

 CAP. IV.

And it was doon in tho daies Filisteis camen to gidere in to batel; forforsothe I. Israel ȝede out aȝens Filisteisthe Filisteis I. in to batel, and settidenIsrael sette I. tentis bisidis the stoon of help. ForsotheAnd the I. Filisteis camen in to Aphet, and maden redi scheltrun aȝens Israel. SotheliAnd I. whanne the batel was bigunnun, Israel turned backisthe backis I. to Filisteis; and asas a I. foure thousynde ofOm. I. menmen of Israel I. weren slayn in that batel `euery whereouer al I. bi feeldisthe feeldis I.; and the puple of Israel turnede aȝen to tentisher tentis I.. And the grettere men in birthe of Israel seiden, Whi hath the Lord smyte vs to dai bifore Filisteisthe Filisteis I.? Brynge we to vs fro Silo the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of the Lord, and come it in to the myddis of vs, that it saue vs fro the hond of oure enemyes. Therfor the puple sente in to Silo, and thei token fro thennus the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of the Lord of oostis, `that sat onsittinge upon I. cherubyn. And OphymOphny DIX sec. m. PE. and Fynees, tweithe two I. sones of Heli, weren with the arke of boondthe boond I. of pees of the Lord. And whanne the arke of boond of pees of the Lord hadde come in to the castelstentis I., al Israel criedefor joie criede I. with grete cry, and the erthe sownede. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. herden the vois of cryher cry I., and seidenthei seiden I., WhatAnd what I. is this vois of greet cry in the castelstentis I. of Ebrews? And thei knewen, that the arke of boond of pees of the Lord hadde come in to cas|telsthe castels CDELPQSUWX. the tentis of Israel I.. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. dredden, and seiden, God is come in to `the castelsher tentis I.; and theithe Philistees I. weiliden, and seiden, Wo to vs! for so greet fulout I. ioiyng was notnot there I. ȝistirdai, and the thridde day passid; wo to vs! who schal kepe vs fro the hondhondis K. of `these hiȝethe L. goddis? these ben the goddis, that smyt|idensmyten I. Egipt with al veniauncewith al ven|iaunce; as if they seyde, these goddis dide thenne al her myȝt, and therfor they moun not now anoye vs. Lire here. C. in deseert. Filisteisand it was seid, Filisteis I., be ȝe coumfortid, and be ȝe men, serue ȝe notnot to the I. Ebrews, as thei seruedenhan serued I. vsto ȝou I.; be ȝe coumfortid, and fiȝte ȝeȝe aȝens Israel I.. Ther|forThanne I. Filisteisthe Filisteis I. fouȝten, and Israel was slaynouer|comen I., and ech man fleifledde I. in to his taber|nacle; and a ful greet veniaunce was maad, and thretti thousynde of foot men of Israel felden doun. And the arke of God was takun; and, tweithe two I. sones of Heli, OphymOphny EIPX sec. m. and Fynees, weren deed. SotheliAnd I. a man of Beniamyn ran fro the scheltrun, and cam in to Silo in that dai, with his cloth torent and hiswith his I. heed bispreynt with dust; and whanne he was comen, Heli sat `on anon his C. upon a I. hiȝeOm. I. seete, `and biheldeabidynge I. aȝens theOm. QR sec. m. weie; for his herte was dredyng for the arke of the Lord. SotheliAnd I. aftir that thilke man entridehadde entrid I., he telde to themen of the I. citee, and al the citee ȝellide. And Heli herde the soun of crythe cry I., and seidehe seide I., What is thisthe I. sown of this noise? And hethe man I. hastide, and cam, and telde to Heli. ForsotheAnd I. Heli was of foure score ȝeer and eiȝtene, and hise iȝen dasi|widenderkeden I., and he myȝte not se. And hethe man I. seide to Heli, Y amam he I. that cam fro batelthe batel I., and Y amam he I. that fleifledde I. to dai fro the schel|trun. To whom Ely seide, My sone, what is doonther don I.? ForsotheAnd I. he that telde an|sweride, and seide, Israel fleihath fled I. bifor Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I., and a greet falfallyng I. is maad in the puplepuple of Israel I.; ferthermore and thi twey sones, OphymOphny EIPX sec. m. and Fynees, ben deed, and the arke of God is takun. And whanne he haddeOm. I. nemydnempned CEILMPUW. namid R. the arke of God, Hely felde fro `the hiȝehis I. seete bacward bisidis the dore, and `was deed; for the nollisfor the nollis. In Ebreu it is, for his necke was brokun. C.his skulles I. weren brokunbroke and he was deed I.. For he was an eld man, and of greet age; and he demyde Israel biOm. I. fourti ȝeer. ForsotheAnd I. his douȝter in lawe, `the wijf of FineesFinees wijf I., was with childe, and niȝ the child bering; and whanne `the message was herdsche herde bi the messangere I. that the arke of God was takun, and that hir fadir in lawe was deed, and hir hosebonde, sche bowide hir silfsilf doun I., and childide; for sodeyn sorewis felden in to hir. SotheliAnd I. in that moment of hir deeth, wymmenthei I. that stoden aboute hir, seiden to hir, Drede thou not, for thou hast childid a sone. And sche answeride not to hem, forOm. I. nether `sche perseyuedetoke heede I.. And sche clepide the child IchabothIcaboth; that is, without glorie. Lire here. C., and seide, The glorie of the Lord is translatid fro Israel, for the arke of God is takuntaken awei I.; and for hir fadir in lawe and for hir hose|bonde sche seide, The glorie of God is translatidtaken awei I. fro Israel, for the arke of God iswas plures. takun.

 CAP. V.

ForsotheAnd the I. Filisteis token the arke of God, and barenbaren it I. awey it fro the stoon of help in to Azotus. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. tokun the arke of God, and brouȝten it tointo DEFGIKLMNOPX. the temple of Dagon, and settiden it bisidis Dagon. And whanne men of Azotus had|den rise eerli ininto O. the todir dai, lo! Dagon lay low in the erthe bifor the arke of the Lord. And thei token Dagon, and re|storiden hym ininto I. his place. And eft thei risidenrisen I. eerli in the tothir day, and found|enthei founden I. Dagon liggynge on his face onupon I. the erthe bifor the arke of the Lord. For|sotheAnd I. the heed of Dagon, and tweithe two I. pawmes of his hondis weren kitbroken I. kutte K. ofoff I. onupon I. the threisfold; certisand I. the stok aloone of Dagon lefte in his place. For this cause the preestis of Dagon, and alle that entren in to his temple, treden not onupon I. the threis|foldthrexhold L. of Dagon in Azotus tilOm. I. in tovnto I. this dai. Forsothe the hond of the Lord was maad greuouse onupon I. men of Azotus, and hethe Lord I. distriede hem, and he smoot Azotushe smoot Azotus, that is, men dwelling there. C. and the coostis therof in the priuyeremore priuee I. part of buttokisher tail eendis I.; and townesthe townes I.and townes; al this vers is not in Ebrew, til thidur, Sothely men of Azotus. Lire here. C. and feeldis in theOm. I. myddis of that cuntrey buyliden outout myis I., and myis camen forth; and greet confusioun of deth was maad in the citee. SotheliAnd I. men of Azotus sien siche a ven|iaunce, and seidenthei seiden I., The arke of God of Israel dwelle not atanentis I. vs; for histhe I. hondhond of God I. is hard onupon I. vs, and on Dagon oure god. And thei senten, and gaderidengaderiden to hem I. alle the wise men, `ether princesOm. CDGIMNOSX pr. m., of Filisteis `to hemOm. I., and seiden, What schulen we do of the arke of God of Israel? And menthe men I. of Geth answeriden, The arke of God of Israel be led aboute; and thei ledden aboute the arke of God of Israel. ForsotheAnd I. while thei ledden it aboute, the hond of the Lord `of ful greet sleyngOm. I. was maad onupon I. alle citeesthe citees aboute of ful gret slauȝtere I.; and he smoot men of ech citee fro a litil manchild I. tilOm. I. to `the morea more man I., and the lowereher priuey nether I. entraylis `of hemOm. I. wexiden rotun, and camen forth; and men of Geth token counsel, and madenthei maden I. to hemhem self I. seetis of skynnes, ethir cuyschuns. Therfor thei senten the arke of the Lord in to Acco|ron. And whanne the arke of the Lord hadde come in to Accoron, men of Acco|ron crieden, and seiden, Thei han brought to vs the arke of God of Israel, that he sle vs and oure puple. TherforThanne I. thei senten, and gaderidengaderiden togidere I. alle the wise men, `ethir princesOm. DGIMNOQSX pr. m., of Filisteis; whichethe whiche I. seiden, De|lyuere ȝe the arke of God of Israel, and turne it aȝen in to his place, and sle notnot the Lord I. vs with oure puple. For dreed of deeth was maad in alle citees, and the hond of the Lord was `greuouse greetliful greuouse I.. AlsoAnd I. the men, that weren not deed, weren smytun in the priuypriuyer BCW. partparties I. of buttokisher but|tokis I., and the ȝelling of ech citee stiedestiede up I. in to heuene.

 CAP. VI.

Therfor the arke of the Lord was in the cuntrei of Filisteis biOm. I. seuene monethis; and aftir these thingis Filisteisthe Filisteis I. clepidenclepiden togidere I. preestis and false dyuynours, and seiden, What schulen we do of the arke of God? Shewe ȝe to vs, hou we schulen sende itit aȝen I. in to his placeplace of it I.. WhicheThe whiche I. seiden, If ȝe senden aȝen the arke of God of Israel, nyle ȝe delyuere it voide, but ȝelde ȝe to hym thatthat thing I., that ȝe owen for synne; and thanne ȝe schulen be heelid, andand so I. ȝe schu|len wite, whi `his hondthe hond of God I. goith not awei fro ȝou. And thei seiden, WhatWhat thing I. is it, that we owen to ȝelde to hymGod I. for trespasoure trespas I.? And thei answeriden to hem, Bi the noumbre of prouyncesthe provynces I. of Filisteis ȝe schulen make fyue goldun ersis, and fyue goldun myis; for o veniaunce was to alle ȝou and to ȝoure `wise men, ether princesprinces C. wise men DGMNOQX.. And ȝe schulen make the licnesse of ȝoure ersis, and the licnesse of myis that dis|triede ȝoure lond; and ȝe schulen ȝyue glorie to God of Israel, if in hap he with|drawe his hondwrath I. fro ȝou, and fro ȝoure goddis, and fro youre lond. Whi maken ȝe heuy ȝoure hertis, as Egipt, and Farao `made heuygreuyde I. hisher I. herte? Whether not after that he was smytun, thanne he delyuerede hemGoddis peple I., and thei ȝeden forth? Now ther|for take ȝe, and makemake ȝe A. maketh I. oa IR. newe wayn, and ioyne ȝeȝe theryn I. twei kien hauynge caluys, onupon the I. whiche kyen no ȝok was put; and close ȝe her calues at hoome. And ȝe schulen take the arke of the Lord, and ȝe schulen sette in the wayn; and ȝe schulen put in a panyerelitil coffre I. at the side therofof the ark I. the goldun vessels, whiche ȝethei ELPRU. payedenhan paied DGIKMNOQSXb. to hymthe Lord I. for trespasȝoure trespas I.; and delyuere ȝe the arke, that it gogo forth I.. And ȝe schulen biholdebiholde it I., and so|theli if it stiethgoth up I. aȝens BethsamesBethasames A. bi the weie of `hise coostistho I., `he didethe Lord hath thanne do I. to ȝou this greet yuel; but if nayit go not thider I., we schulen wite `for histhat the I. hondhond of the Lord I. touchide not vs, but `if it bifeldeif it fel L. it bifelde D. this thing hath fallen to us I. bi hap. TherforThanne I. thei diden in this manere; and thei token twei kien that ȝauen mylk to caluysher caluys I., and ioynedenthei ioyneden hem I. to the wayn; and thei closiden her caluys at hoome. And thei puttidenputten I. the arke of God onupon I. the wayn, and `thei puttidenOm. I. the panyerelitil coffre I., that hadde the goldun myis, and the licnesse of ersis `on the waynOm. I.. SotheliAnd I. the kien ȝeden streiȝtli bi the weie that ledith to Bethsames; and thothilke kijn I. ȝedenwenten I. in o weie goynge and lowynge, and bowidenthei bowiden I. not nether to the riȝt side netherne I. to the left side; but also the wise men of Filis|teis sueden `til tovnto I. the termescoostis I. of Beth|sames. ForsotheAnd I. men of Bethsames rep|iden whete in thea I. valey, and thei reisidenlifte up I. theher I. iȝen, and sien the arke, and thei weren ioyful, whanne thei hadden sien `the arkeit I.. And the wayn cam in to the feelde of Josue of Bethsames, and stoodit stood I. therethere stille I.. ForsotheAnd I. a greet stoon was there; and theimen of Bethsames I. kittidenhewiden I. `the trees ofOm. I. the wayn, and puttidenupon that wode thei puttiden I. thetho I. kien `on tho treesOm. I., a brent sacrifice to the Lord. SotheliAnd I. de|kenesthe dekenes I. token doun the arke of God, and the panyerelitil coffre I., that was bisidis it, where ynne the goldun vessels weren; and thei settidenputtiden tho I. onupon I. the greet stoon. ForsotheAnd I. the men of Bethsames offriden brent sacri|fices, and offridenOm. I. slayn sacrifices in that dai `to the LordOm. I.. And fyuethe fyue I. princessatrapis I. of Filisteis sien, and turnedenthei turneden I. aȝen in to Accoron in that dai. SotheliAnd I. these ben the goldunmennus goldun I. ersis, whiche the Filisteis ȝeldiden to the Lord for trespasher trespas I.; Azotus ȝeldide oon; Gaza ȝeldideOm. I. oon; Ascolon ȝeldideOm. I. oon; Geth ȝeldideOm. I. oon; Acca|ron ȝeldideOm. I. oon; and Filisteisthe Filisteis I. ȝeldiden golden myis biaftir I. the noumbre of `citees of Filisteisher citees I. of fyue prouynces, fro a wallid citee `til tovnto I. `a town that was with out walan vnwalled town I., and `til tovnto I. the greet Abelgreet Abel, that is, a stoon, and is inter|pretid mo|renyng. Lire here. C.ston that hiȝte Abel I. tabel K sec. m., `on whichupon whom I. thei puttiden the arke of the Lord, thatthe which ston I. was there `til invnto I. til into K pr. m. X sec. m. in to E. that dai in the feeld of Josue of Bethsames. Forsothe the Lord smoot of the men of Bethsames, for thei hadden seyn the arke of the Lord, and he smoot of the puple seuenti menand he smoot of the peple seuenti men; for foure causis the Lord smoot the peple; for vnresonable gladnesse, that cam of the liȝtnesse of heed, and not of du reue|rence; and for brent sacrifice offrid vnduly of kyn, for femalis schuld|en not be of|frid in to brent sacrifice to the Lord, as it is seid in i. co. of Leuyt.; and for they weren stirid bi curi|ouste to se the nakid arke, whiche thing is forbodun undur the peyne of deth in foure co. of Numeri; and for they suf|friden the arke to dwelle out of hows, and with out liȝt and du reli|gioun. Ebrews undurstonden thus the noum|bre of men slayn here; they seyen that onely seuenti men weren smytun, whiche weren of so greet reputa|cioun, that they weren comparisound to one thou|sinde of the comyn peple; for therfor the principal men of the peple weren smytun, for they ouȝten ordeyne the peple, and bi|fore be war of the forseid of|fensis. Lire here. C., and fifty thousynde of the porail. And the puple morenyde, for the Lord hadde smyte `the pupleit I. with greet veniaunce. And men of Bethsames seiden, Who schal now stonde in the siȝt of the Lord God of this hooli thing, and to whom schal it stiestie up I. fro vs? And thei senten messan|geris to the dwelleris of Cariathiarym, and seiden, Filisteisthe Filisteis I. han brouȝt aȝen the arke of the Lord; come ȝe doun, and ledeledeth I. it aȝen to ȝou.

 CAP. VII.

Therfor men of Cariathiarym camen, and ledden aȝen the arke of the Lord, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten I. it in to the hows of Amynadab in Gabaa. SotheliAnd I. thei halewiden Eleazar his sone, that he schulde kepe the ark of the Lord. And it was doon, fro whichthat I. dai `the arke of the Lordthat the Lordis arke I. dwellide in Caryathiarym, daiesthe daies I. weren multiplieddaies were multiplied, in whiche Samuel excitide the puple to good. Lire here. C.; forand I. the twentithe ȝeer wasOm. D. nowthanne I., after that Samuel bigan to teche the puple; and al Israel restiderestide in pes I. aftir the Lord. For|sotheAnd I. Samuel spak to al the hows of Is|rael, and seide, If in al ȝoure herte ȝe turnen aȝen to the Lord, do ȝe awei alien goddis, Balym and Astaroth, fro the myddis of ȝou; and make ȝe redi ȝoure hertis to the Lord, and serue ȝe hym aloone; and he schal delyuere ȝou fro the hond of Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I.. Therfor the sones of Israel diden awey Baalym and Astoroth, and seruedenthei serueden I. theto the I. Lord aloone. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel seide, Gadere ȝeȝe togidere I. al Israelthe peple of Israel I. in to Masphat, that Y preie the Lord for ȝou. And thei camen togidere in to Masphat, and theiOm. DK. drowen watir, and sheddenhelden it I. out in the `siȝt of the LordLordis siȝt I.; and thei fastiden in that day, and seiden, Lord, we synnedenhan synned I. to thee. And Samuel demyde the soneshous I. of Israel in Masphat. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. herden that the sones of Israel weren gaderidgaderid to gidere I. in Mas|phat; and the princes of Filisteis stiedenstieden up I. to Israel. And whanne the sones of Is|rael hadden herd this, thei dredden of the face of Filisteis. And `thei seidenIsrael criede I. to Sa|muel, Ceesse thou not to crye for vs to oure Lord God, that he saue vs fro the `hoond of FilisteisPhilistees hoond I.. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel took o soukynge lomb, and offride thatit I. hool in to brent sacrifice to the Lord. And Sa|muel criede to the Lord for Israel; and the Lord herde hym. ForsotheAnd I. it was doon, whanne Samuel offryde brentthe brent I. sacri|fice, thatOm. DGKMNOQSXb. Filisteisthe Filisteis I. bigunnen batel aȝens Israel. SotheliAnd I. the Lord thundride with greet thundurthundring KX. in that dai onupon the I. Filisteis, and madehe made I. hem aferd; and thei weren slayn of the sones of Israel. And the sones of Israel ȝedenwenten I. out offro I. Masphat, and pursueden Filisteisthe Filisteis I., and smytidensmoten I. hem `til tovnto I. the place that was vndur Bethachar. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel took o stoon, and puttideputte I. it bitwixe Masphat, and bi|twixeOm. I. Sen; and he clepide the name of that place The stoon of help. And he seide, Hidir to the Lord helpidehath helpid I. vs. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. weren maad low, and addidenthei addiden I. no more to come in to the termes of Is|rael. And so the `hond of the LordLordis hond I. was maad onupon the I. Filisteis in alle the daies of Sa|muel. And the citees whichethat I. the Filis|teis tokenhadden take I. fro Israel, weren ȝoldunȝoldun aȝen I. to Israel, fro Accaron `til tovnto I. Geth and `hise termesthe coostis of Geth I.; and the Lord delyuerede Israel fro the hond of Filisteis; and pees was bitwixe Israel and AmmorreyAmorey, for Ammoreis ser|ueden to Israel vndur tribut. Lire here. C.. AlsoAnd I. Samuel demyde Israel inOm. I. alle the daies of his lijfof his liyf; that is, til to the ordeynyng and conferm|yng of Saul. C., that is, `til toin to E. the ordeynyng `and confermyngOm. N. of Saulgloss omitted in GIQSX pr. m. b.; and he ȝedewente I.and he ȝede, etc. bi his owne trauel and costis to deme the peple in couen|able places, as it seid in xii. co. Lire here. C. bi `alle ȝeerisech ȝeer I., and cumpasside Bethel, and Galgal, and Masphat, and he demyde Is|rael in the forseid places. And he turnede aȝen in to Ramatha, for his hows was there; and he demyde Israel there, and he bildide there also an auter to the Lord.

 CAP. VIII.

ForsotheAnd I. it was don, whanne Samuel haddeOm. I. wexidewaxen EKL. eld, he settidesette I. hise sones iugisto be iugis I. onof DEIKLMOX. Israel. And the name of his firste gendridgoten I. sone was Johel, and the name of the secounde wasOm. I. Abia, iugisthat weren iugis I. in Bersabee. And hise sones ȝedenwenten I. not in `the weies of hymhis weies I., but thei bowiden after aueryce, and thei token ȝiftis, and per|uertidenmisturneden I. doom. Therfor alle the grettere men in birthe of Israel weren gaderidgaderid togidere I., and camen to Samuel in to Ramatha. And thei seiden to hymSamuel I., Lo! thou hast wexidwexe I. eld, and thi sones goen not in thi weies; ordeyne thou a kyng to vs, `that he deme vsOm. K., as also alle naciounsothere naciouns I. han. And the word displeside in the iȝensiȝt I. of Samuel, for thei hadden seid, Ȝyue thou to vs a kyng, that he deme vs. And Samuel preiede to the Lord. ForsotheAnd I. the Lord seide to Samuel, Here thou the vois of the puple in alle thingis whichethat I. thei speken to thee; forforsothe I. thei han not caste awey theethee fro hem I., but me, that Y regne not onupon I. hem. Bi alle herthe I. werkis whichethat I. thei didenhan do I., fro the day in whiche Y ledde hem out of Egipt `til tovnto I. this dai, as thei forsokenhan forsake I. me, and seruydenthei han serued I. alien goddis, so thei doon also to thee. Now therfor here thou her vois; nethelesand netheles b. witnessetake I. thou toOm. I. hemhem togidere and witnesse thou to hem I.; bifor|seieand biforseie IL. thou to hemhem and witnesse thou to hem KX. the riȝt ofon K. the kyng, that schal regne onupon I. hem. TherforThanne I. Sa|muel seide alle the wordis of the Lord to the puple, that hadde axid of him a king; and he seide, This schal be the `riȝt of the kyngkyngis riȝt I.This schal be the riȝt of the kyng. Alle thingis teld here of Samuel ben of the riȝt of rewme and kyng set in nede for comyn good of the rewme, for in sich a caas alle goodis of the rewme ben the kingis, netheles tho schulen be set forth and spendid for commyn profit and good. If the riȝt of the king is takun in an other maner out of nede, so ful many thingis ben expressid of Samuel, that perteynen not to the riȝt of a kyng, as alle tho thingis that maken the pu|ple suget ser|uyle ethir thral, and whiche thingis bihold|en not comyn good, but more the wille of a singuler man set in the rewme; and Samuel bifor seide siche thingis to hem, to withdrawe hem that they schulden not axe a kyng, for it was not spedeful to hem. And for gouernail is turned liȝtly in to tirauntrie, for greetnesse of power grauntid to kyngis, therfor it sueth and ȝe schulen be ser|uauntis to him, that is, if the gouernail is turned in to tirauntrie, whiche thing is doon liȝtly, nameli in parti for the greet power of the king. Therfor in xvij. co. of Deuto. a king is comaundid to kepe him silf fro pride, co|uetyse and ty|rauntrie. Lire here. C., that schal comaunde to ȝou; he schal take ȝoure sones, and schalhe schal I. settesette hem I. in hise charis; and he schal make hem `to hym silfOm. I. rideris, and biforegoeris of hise cartis; and he schal ordeyne to hym tribunes, `that is, souereyns of a thou|syndor souereyns on thousindis I. Om. X. pr. m., and centuriouns, `that is, soue|reyns of an hundridOm. IX pr. m., and eereristilieris I. of hise feeldis, and reperis of corneshis cornes I., and smythis of hise armeris, and charisof his charis I.. Also he schal make ȝoure douȝtris makeris of `oynementis to hym silfhis oyne|mentis I., and fuerishis fire makers I., and bakerishis makers of bred I.. And he schal take ȝoure feeldis and vynerisȝoure vyneris I. and the beste places of olyues, and schalhe schal I. ȝyueȝyue tho I. to hise ser|uauntis. But also he schal take the tenthe part of ȝoure cornes, and rentisthe rentis I. of vynerisȝoure vyneris I., that he ȝyueȝyue tho I. to his chaum|berleyns and seruauntis. Sotheliand I. he schal take awey ȝoure seruauntis andand ȝoure I. hand|maydeshandmaydens DEI., and besteȝoure beste I. ȝong men, and assisȝoure assis I., and schalhe schal I. settesette these I. in his werk. Also he schal take the tenthe part of ȝoure flockis, and ȝe schulen be `seruauntis to hymhis seruauntis.. And ȝe schulen crye in that dai fro the face of ȝoure kyng, whom ȝe han chose to ȝou; and the Lord schal not here ȝou in that dai; for ȝe axiden a kyng to ȝou. SotheliAnd I. the puple noldewolde not I. here the vois of Samuel, but thei seiden, NayNay; that is, the Lord schal not for|sake to here vs, if we han a king. Lire here. C., forcertis I. a kyng schal be onupon I. vs; and we alsoOm. I. schulen be as alle folkisfolkis ben I., and oure kyng schal deme vs, and he schal go outforth I. bifor vs, and he schal fiȝte oure batelbatels BCIW. for vs. And Samuel herde alle the wordis of the puple, and `spak thohe spak hem I. in the eeris of the Lord. For|sotheAnd I. the Lord seide to Samuel, Here thou `the vois of hemher voices I., and ordeyne thou a kyng onupon I. hem. And Samuel seide to the men of Israel, Ech man go in to his citee.

 CAP. IX.

And `a man wasther was a man I. of Beniamyn, `Cys bi namethat hiȝte Cys I., the sone of Abiel, sonethe sone I. of Seor, sonethe sone I. of Bethor, sonethe sone I. of Aphia, sonethe sone I. of thea I. Om. N. man Gemynyof Gemyny CX pr. m. that hiȝt Gemyny I., stronga strong man I. in bodili myȝt. And to hym was a sone, Saul bi name, chosun and goodchosun and good, with out notable wem of vices; good, bi resoun of goode maneris and of vertues. C.; and no manno man, and so forth, not onely he was good, but also of ex|cellent good|nesse. Lire here. C. of the sones of Israel was betere than he; fro the schuldur and aboueupward I. he apperide ouer alOm. I. the puple. SotheliAnd I. the femalsche I. assis of Cys, the fadir of Saul, perischydenweren lost I.perischiden, that is, stray|eden, for tho perischiden not outirly, that weren foundun aftirward. Lire here. C.. And Cys seide to Saul his sone, Take with thee oon of the children, and rise thou, and go, andOm. I. seke the femalsche I. assis. And whanne thei hadden gogon forth I. bi the hil of Effraym, and bi the lond of Salisa, and haddenthei hadden I. not foundunfoundun hem I., thei passidenpassiden forth I. also bi the lond of Salym, and thothei I. weren not there; but also `thei passidenOm. I. bi the lond of Gemyny, and foundenȝit thei founden I. not. SotheliForsothe plures. And I. whanne thei hadden come in to the lond of Suph, and haddenthei hadden I. not founde, Saul seide to his child that was with hym, Come thou, and turne we aȝen; lest perauenture my fadir hathhaue I. leftelefte to charge I. thethes E. his K. Om. L. femalOm. I. assis, and is bisybisy in herte or careful I. for vs. WhichAnd the I. child seide to hym, Lo! thea I. man of God is in this citee, a noble man; al thing that he spekith, cometh with out doute. Now therfor go we thidir, if perauenture he schewe to vsvs the cause I. of oure weie, for which we camen. And Saul seide to his child, Lo! we schulen go; what schulen we bere to the man of God? Breede failidehath failid I. in oure scrippis, and we han no presentpresent monei neither ony other thing I., that we ȝyue to the man of God, `nether ony othir thingOm. I.. Eft the child answeride to Saul, and seide, Lo! the fourthe part of `a stater, that is, a cicle, of siluera siluern sicle I. is foundun in myn hond; ȝyue wewe it I. to the man of God, that he schewe to vs oure weiewher we schul go ferther or no I marg.. Sumtyme in Israel ech man goynge to counsel Godwith God I. spak thus, Come ȝe, and go we to the seere; for he, that is seid `to dainow I. a profete, was clepid sum|tyme a seere. And Saul seide to his child, `Thi word is the besteFul good is thi word I.; come thou, go wewe to him I.. And thei ȝeden in to the citee, `in whichthat I. the man of God waswas ynne I.. And whanne thei stiedenstieden up I. in to the hiȝnesse of the citee, thei founden damesels goynge out to drawe watir, and thei seiden to the dameselis, Whether the seere is here? WhicheAnd the I. dame|selis answeriden, and seiden to hem, He is here; lo! he is bifor thee; `haste thouand haste C. haste thee D. haste ȝou E. hie thee I. nowOm. GQ. forsothe I., for to day he cam in to the citee; for to dai is sacrifice of the puple in the hiȝ place. Ȝe schulen entreentre forth I. in to the citee, and anoon ȝe schulen fynde hym, bifor that he stiewende up I. in to the hiȝ place to ete; for the puple schal not ete tiltil that I. he come, for he schal blesse the sacrifice, and afterward thei schulen ete that ben clepid. Now therfor stie ȝeȝe up I., for to day ȝe schulen fynde hym. And thei stiedenwenten up I. in to the citee. And whanne thei ȝeden inin to A pr. m. theOm. EIL. myddis of the citee, Samuel apperide goynge out aȝens hem, that he schulde stiestie up I. in to the hiȝ place. ForsotheAnd the dai before that Saul came I. the Lord `hadde maadmade I. reuelacioun in the eere of Samuel `bifor o dai, that Saul camOm. I., and seide, In this same our whichthat I. is now to morewe, Y schal sende to thee a man of the lond of Beniamyn, and thou schalt anoynte hym duyk onupon I. my puple Israel, and he schal saue my puple fro the hond of Filisteis; for Y haue biholde my pupleY haue bi|holde, etc.; that is, with iȝe of mersy. Lire here. C., forforsothe I. `the cry of hemher cry. camhath come I. to me. And whanne Samuel hadde biholde Saul, the Lord seide to Samuel, Lo! the man, whom Y seide to thee; this man schal be lord of my puple. ForsotheAnd I. Saul neiȝede to Sa|muel in the myddis of the ȝate, and seide, Y preyepreye thee I., schewe thou to me, where is the hows of the seere? And Samuel an|sweride to Saul, and seide, Y am the seere; stie thouthou up I. bifor me in to the hiȝ place, that thou ete with me to dai, and Y schal delyuere thee in the morewtid, and Y schal schewe to thee alle thingis that ben in thin herte. And be thou not bisy of the femalOm. I. assis, whichewhom I. thou lostist thein the I. thridde dai agoon, for thothei I. ben foundun; and whose schulen be alle the beste thingis of Israel, whether not to thee, and to al the hows of thi faderto the hous of thy fadir; for Saul was kyng, and alle the beste thinges of the peple ben the kingis in nede, and Abner, prince of the knyȝ[t]hod,and othere myȝty men of the hows of Saul, hadden the beste thingis of the rewme; and so schulden her eyris haue had, if Saul hadde stonde in his good|nesse. Lire here. C.? SotheliAnd I. Saul answeride, and seide, Whe|ther Y am not athe I. sone of Gemyny, of the leeste lynage of Israel, and my kynrede is the laste among alle the meynees of the lynage of Beniamyn? Whi therfor hast thou spoke to me this word? TherforAnd so I. Samuel took Saul, and his child, and leddehe ledde I. hem in to thea I. chaumbur of thre ordrisseetis I., and he ȝaf to hem a place in the bigyn|nyng of hem that weren clepidboden to the mete I.; forand I. thei weren as threttia thretti I. menmen at mete I.. And Samuel seide to the cook, Ȝyue thouthou him I. the part, whichthat I. Y ȝaf to thee, and comaundide, that thou schuldist kepe bi it silf anentis thee. SotheliAnd I. the cook reisidetoke up I. thea I. schuldir, and settidehe sette it I. bifor Saul. And Samuel seide, Lo! that, that leftehath left I., `sette thoutake I. bifor thee, and ete; for of purpos it was kept to thee, whanne Y clepide the puplepuple hidere I.. And Saul eet with Samuel inOm. I. that dai. And thei camen doun fro the hiȝ place in to the citee; and Samuel spak with Saul in thea I. soler, and Saul `araiede a bed in the solerbeddide him there I., and slepte. And whanne thei hadden rise eerli, and `now itthe day I. bigan to be cleer, Samuel clepide Saul in to thea I. soler, and seide, Rise thouthou up I., that Y delyuere thee. And Saul roosroos up I., and bothe ȝeden out, that is, he, and Sa|muel. And whanne thei ȝeden doun in the laste part of the citee, Samuel seide to Saul, Seie thou to thethi I. child, that he go bifor vs, and passepasse forth I.; forsotheand I. stonde thouthou stille I. a litil, that Y schewe to thee the word of the Lord.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe Samuel took `a vessel of oylean oile vessel I., and scheddehe helde it I. out on the heed of Saul, and kissidehe kisside I. hym, and seide, Lo!Fro this word lo til thi|dur in to prince is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. the Lord hath anoyntid thee in to princea prince I. on hys eritage; and thou schalt delyuere his pu|ple fro the hond of his enemyes, that ben `in his cumpasaboute hem I.. And thisbe this I. this is K. a tokene to thee, that the Lord hath anoyntid thee in to princea prince I.; whanne thou schalt go fro me to day, thou schalt fynde twei men bisidis `the sepulcre of RachelRachels biriel I., in `the endis of BeniamynBeniamyns coostis I., in myddaithe myddai I., clensynge grete dichisThis word clensyng grete dichis, is not in Ebreu, ne|ther in bokis amendid. Lire here. C.; and thei schulen seie to thee, The femelsche I. assis ben foundun, whichewhom I. thou ȝedist to seke; and whileOm. I. the assis benOm. I. lefte, thi fadir is bisy for ȝou, and seithhe seith I., What schal Y do of my sone? And whanne thou hast go fro thennus, and hast passid fertherefertheremore I., and hast come to the ook of Tabor, thre men, stiyngestiynge up I. to God in to Bethel, schulen fynde thee there, o manman of hem I. berynge thre kydis, and another man berynge thre kakis of breed, and an other man berynge a galoun of wyn. And whanne thei han gret thee, thei schulen ȝyue to thee twei loues, and thou schalt taketake tho I. take hem K. of `the hond of hemher hond I.. After these thingis thou schalt come in to the `hil of the LordLordis hil I., where is the stondyngstondyng place I., that is, forseletthe forselet WX sec. m. gloss omitted in IX pr. m., of Filisteis; and whanne thou schalt entre in to the citee, there thou schalt haue metynge thee thea I. flokflok or a cumpanye I. of prophetisprofetis; pro|fetis ben clepid here deuout men and reli|giouse, whiche Samuel gader|ide to preise God; and with this they had|den spirit of profesie, namely summe of hem. Lire here. C. comynge doun fro the hiȝ place, and a sautree, and tympanea tym|pane I., and pipea pipe I., and harpean harpe I. bifor hem, and hem prophesiynge. And the Spirit of the Lord schal skippeanoon falle I. in to thee, and thou schalt prophecie with hem, and thou schalt be chaungid in to another man. Therfor whanne alle thesse signesthingis I. bifallen to thee, do thou, what euer thingis thin hond fyndith, `that is, dispose thee to regne comelilicomeli G. and myȝtilygloss omitted in IX pr. m., for the Lord is with thee. And thou schalt go doun bifor me in to Galgala; for Y schal come doun to thee, that thou offrethat thou offre; in E|breu it is to offre an of|fring, that is, with me for thyn helthe; and thus oure translacioun is expowned of oure doctours, that thou offre and make sacri|fice, not bi thee but by me, as the peple of|fride bi the preestis. Lire here. C. an offryng, and offresacrifie I. pesible sacrifices; bi seuene daies thou schalt abide, til I come to thee, and shewe toOm. I. thee what thou schal do. Therfor whanne Saul hadde turnede awei his schuldre to go fro Sa|muel, God chaungide another herte to Saul, and alle these signestokens I. camen in that dai. And theiSaul and his child I. camen to the forseid hil, and lo! a cumpeny of prophetis metyngeweren metynge with I. hym; and the Spirit of the Lord `scippide on hymfelle anoon upon Saul I., and he propheciede in the myddis of hemthe prophetis I.. SotheliAnd I. alle men, that knewen hymSaul I. ȝisterdai and the thrid dai ago, sien that he was with the prophetis, and that he prophesiede, and thei seiden togidere, What thing bifeldehath bifalle I. to the sone of Cys? Whether also Saul is amongchosen among the I. prophetis? And o man answeride to another manOm. I., and seide, And who is `his fadirthe fadir of Saul I.who is his fa|dir; in Ebreu it is, who is the fadir of hem, that is, of the profetis; as if he seide, pro|fesie is not bi eritage of fa|dris, but God ȝyueth profesie bi his grace, to whom he wole. Lire here. C.? Ther|for it was turned in to a prouerbe, Whe|ther also Saul is among prophetisthe prophetis I.? For|sotheAnd I. Saul ceside to prophesie, and he cam to an hiȝ place. And the brothir of `the fadir of SaulSaulis fadir I. seide to hym, and to his child, Whidur ȝedenwenten I. ȝe? And thei answeriden, To seke theOm. I. femalsche I. assis; and whanne wethei A. founden `not thoohem not IN., we camen to Samuel. And the brother of hisSauls I. fadir seide to hym, Schewe thou to me what Samuel seide to thee. And Saul seide to `the brother of hys fadirhis uncle I., HeSamuel I. schewide to vs, that the femalsche I. assis weren foundun. SotheliBut I. Saulhe I. schewide not to hymhis uncle I. of the word of rewmethe rewme I., `which wordthat I. Samuel spak to hym. And Samuel cle|pide togidere the puple to the Lord in Masphat; and he seide to the sones of Is|rael, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y ledde Israel out of the lond of Egipt, and Y delyuerede ȝou fro the hond of Egipcians, and fro the hond of alle kyngisthe kyngis I. that turmentiden ȝou. ForsotheAnd I. to day ȝe han caste awei ȝoure Lord God, whichthe which I. aloone sauyde ȝou fro alle ȝoure yuelis and tribulaciouns; and ȝe seiden, Nay, but ordeyne thou a kyng onupon I. vs. Now therfor stonde ȝe bifor the Lord bi ȝoure lynagis, and biOm. I. meynees. And Sa|muel settidesette I. to gidere alle the lynageslynage A. of Israel, and lot felde onupon I. the lynage of Beniamyn. And he settidesette I. togidere the lynage of Beniamyn, and the meynees therof; and lot felde onupon I. the meyneesmeynee I. of MathriMathari, that is, of archeris schet|inge to a signe. Lire here. C., and it cam `til tovnto EIL. Saul, the son of Cys. TherforThanne I. thei souȝten hymSaul I., and he was not foundun there. And aftir these thingis thei counseliden thewith the I. Lord, whether Saul schulde come thidur. And the Lord answeride, Lo! heSaul I. is hid at hoomhe is id at hoome; not in Gabaa, but in the hows in which he was ynned. In Ebreu it is, he is hid among vessels, that is, armeris, ether what euer othere vessels thei puttiden in the yn, for keping. Lire here. C.. Therfor thei runnen, and token hym fro thennus; and heSaul I. stood in theOm. I. myddilmyddis I. of the puple, and washe was I. hiȝere than al the puple fro the schulder and `aboueupward I.. And Samuel seide to al the puple, Certis ȝe seenhan seen I. whom the Lord hath chose; for noon in al the puple is lijk hym. And al the puple cryede, and seide, Lyue the kyng! ForsotheAnd I. Samuel spak to the puple the lawe of rewmethe rewme EIKLX., and wroothe wroot it I. in a book, and puttideputte it I. vp bifor the Lord. And Sa|muelhe I. dilyuerede al the puple, ech man in to his hows; but also Saul ȝede in to hisOm. A. hous in toOm. I. Gabaath; and thea I. part of the oost ȝede with hym, whose hertis God hadde touchid. ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Belyal seiden, Whether this man may saue vs? And thei dispisiden hym, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten I. not ȝiftis, `that is, preisyngisthat is, presentis BNW. Om. CIX pr. m., to him; for|sotheand I. he `dissymelide hym to herelete as thouȝ he herde not I..

 CAP. XI.

And it was don asas it were I. aftir a monethe, Naas of Amon stiedestiede up I., and biganhe bigan I. to fiȝte aȝens Jabes of Galaad. And alle the men of Jabesthe citee Jabes I. seiden to Naas, Haue thou vs boundun in pees, and we schulen serue thee. And Naas of Amon answeride to hem, In thisthis thing I. Y schal smyte boond of pees with ȝou, that Y putte out the riȝt iȝen of alle ȝou, and that Y setteputte I. ȝou schenschipto be reproff I. in al Israel. And the eldere men of Jabes seiden to him, Graunte thou to vs seuene daies, that we senden messangeris to alle the termescoostis I. of Israel; and if noon be that defende vs, we schulen go out to thee. TherforThanne I. messangeris camen in to Gabaad of Saul, and spaken these wordis, `whilewhich C. the puple herdeheringe the puple I.; and al the puple reiside her vois, and wepte. And lo! Saul cam, `and suede oxisOm. I. fro the feeldfeild and he suede oxen I.; and he seide, What hath the puple, for it wepith? And thei telden to hym the wordis of menthe men I. of Jabes. And the Spirit of the Lordthe Spirit of the Lord, etc.; that is, the stiring of strengthe and of stide|fastnesse, to delyuere the peple bisegid. Lire here. C. skippidefel anoon I. in to Saul, whanne he hadde herd these wordis, and his wood|nessefeers wrath I. was `wrooth greetligreetli stirid I. And he took euer either oxe, and kittidehe kitte hem I. in to gobetis, and sentehe sente tho I. in to alle the termescoostis I. of Israel, bi the hondis of messangeris; and seidehe seide I., Who euer goith not out, and sueth not Saul and Samuel, so it schal be don to hise oxun. Therfor the drede of the Lord asailidewente into I. the puple, and thei ȝeden out as o man. And heSaul I. noumbride hem in Be|sech; and thre hundrid thousynd werenweren there I. of the sones of Israel; forsotheand I. of the men of Juda weren thretti thousynde. And thei seiden to the messangeris that camen, Thus ȝe schulen seie to the men that ben in Jabes of Galaad, To morewto morewe; that is, in tyme to comynge of next. Lire here. C. schal be helthe to ȝou, whanne the sunne is hoot. TherforThanne I. the messangeris camen, and telden to theOm. plures. men of Jabes; whichethe whiche I. whiche men K. weren glad, and seidenseiden to Amon I., Eerli we schulen go out to ȝou, and ȝe schulen do to vsand ȝe schulen do to vs, etc.; they seiden this in scorn, for thei wisten that help schal come to hem in the morewe. Lire here. C. al that plesith ȝouto ȝou I.. And it was don, whanne the morewe daitijd I. cam, Saul ordeynede the puple in to thre partis; and hein the morewe tijd wacche Saul I. entride in to the myddil tentistentis of Amon I. `in the wakyng of the morewtidOm. I., and he smoot Amon til the dai `was hootwexide I.; `forsothe the residuesand thei that weren left alijue I. weren scaterid, so that tweynetwo men I. togidere weren not left in hem. And the puple seide to Samuel, Who is this, that seide, Saul schal not regne onupon I. vs? Ȝyue ȝe thetho I. menmen hidere I., and we schulen sle hem. And Saul seide, No man schal be slayn in this dai, for to dai the Lord madehath maad I. helthe in Israel. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel seide to the puple, Come ȝe, and go we in to Galgala, and renulerenel EL. we therethere therinne L. the rewme. And alOm. C. the puple ȝede in to Galgala, and there thei maden Saul kyng bifor the Lord `in GalgalaOm. I.; and thei offridenoffriden there I. pesible sacrifices bifor the Lord. And Saul was glad there, and alle the men of Israel greetli.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe Samuel seide to al Israel, Lo! Y herde ȝoure vois bi alle thingis whiche ȝe spaken to me, and Y ordeynede a kyng onupon I. ȝou; and now the king goith bifor ȝou. SotheliAnd I. Y wexidehaue wexe I. eld and hoor; forsotheand I. my sones ben with ȝou; therforalso I. Y lyuydehaue lyued I. bifor ȝou fro my ȝong wexynge age `til tovnto I. this dai. And lo! Y am redi; speke ȝe to me bifor the Lord, and bifor `the crist of hymhis anoyntid or kyng I.; whether Y tookhaue take I. `the oxe of ony manony mans oxe I., ether thehis I. asse; if Y falslyhaue falsly I. chalengide ony mon; yf Y oppress|idehaue oppressid I. ony man; if Y tookhaue take I. ȝifteif Y took ȝifte, etc.; of this it is opin, that bi hise owne costis and trauels, he fillide the office of iuge, as it was seid in vii. co. Lire here. C. of `the hond of ony manony mans hond I.; andOm. plures. Y schal `dispise itbe despised L. to dai, and Y schal restore to ȝou. And thei seiden, Thou hast not falsly chalengid vs, nether hastthou hast EIL. oppressid vsOm. plures., nether hastthou hast EIL. take ony thing of `the hond of ony manony mans hond I.. And heSamuel I. seide to hem, The Lord is wit|nesse aȝens ȝou, and his cristcrist or king I. is witnesse in this day; for ȝe han not founde ony thing in myn hond. And thei seidenand thei seiden; in Ebreu it is, and he seide, Witnesse. E|brews expown|en thus, that aftir the wit|nessing of the puple declar|inge the inno|cence of Sa|muel, he axide herwith Goddis witnessing, and seide, the Lord is witnesse, that is, Y preye that he be wit|nesse; and thanne a voys cam sent fro the Lord, and seide, Witnesse, in witnessinge the innocence of Samuel. Lire here. C., WitnesseHe is witnesse I.. And Samuel seide to the puple, The Lord, that made Moises and Aaron, and leddethat ledde I. ȝoure fadris out of the lond of Egipt, is present; now therfor stonde ȝeȝe forth I., that Y stryue bi doom aȝens ȝou bifor the Lord, of alle the mercyes of the Lord, whichethat I. he didehath do I. with ȝou, and with ȝoure fadris. HouHou that I. Jacob entride in to Egipt, and ȝoure fadris crieden to the Lord; and the Lord sente Moises and Aaron, and ledde ȝoure fadris out of Egipt, and settidehath sett I. hem in this place. WhicheThe whiche I. forȝatenhan forȝete I. her Lord God; and he bitook hem inin to I. the hond of Sisara, mays|tirthe maystir I. of the chyualrie of Asor, and in the hond of Filisteis, and in the hond of theOm. DFKOXb. kyng of Moab; and theithese I. fouȝten aȝens hem. SotheliAnd I. afterwardaftir this I. theiȝoure faders I. crieden to the Lord, and seiden, We synnedenhan synned I., for we forsoken the Lord, and seruyden Baa|lym and Astroth; now therfor delyuere thou vs fro `the hond of oure enemyesour enemyes hond I., and we schulen serue thee. And the Lord sente GerobaalGerobaal, that is Gedeon B text. C marg., and `Bedan, that isOm. C., Sampson, and Barach, and Jepte, and Samuel, and delyueredehe delyuerede I. ȝou fro the hond of ȝoure enemyes bi cumpass; and ȝethanne ȝe I. dwelliden tristilisikirly I.. ForsotheAnd I. ȝe sien, that Naas, kyngthe kyng I. of the sones of Amon, cam aȝens ȝou; and ȝe seiden to me, counseil|yngecounseilinge ȝou I. to axe noon other kyng than God, Nay, but a kyng schal comaunde to vs; whanne `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God I. regnedeschulde regne I. in ȝou. Now therfor ȝoure kyng is redi, whom ȝe han chose and axid; lo! the Lord ȝafhath ȝoue I. to ȝou a kyng. If ȝe dreden the Lord, and seruen hym, and heren his vois, and wraththen not the `mouth of the LordLordis mouth I.that is, the trewe speker of his word. I.; ȝe and ȝoure kyng, that comaundith to ȝou, schulen sue ȝoure Lord God. For|sotheAnd I. if ȝe heren not the vois of `the Lordȝoure Lord God I., but wraththen his word, the hond of the Lord schal be on ȝouon ȝou; that is, it schal be on ȝou in tyme to comynge, as it was on ȝoure fadris in tyme passid. Lire here. C., and on ȝoure fadris. But also now stonde ȝe, and se this gret thing whichthat I. the Lord schal makedo I. in ȝoure siȝt. Whether heruestthe heruest I. of whete is not `to dainow I.? I schal inwardli clepe the Lord, and he schal ȝyue voices, `that is, thundrisor thundris IS. Om. X pr. m., and reynes; and ȝe schulen wite, and schulenOm. L. se, forthat NX. ȝe axynge a kyng onupon I. ȝou hanȝe han I. do greuouse yuel to ȝouȝou silf I. in the siȝt of the Lord. And Samuel criede to the Lord, and the Lord ȝaf voicesthundres I. and reynes in that dai. And al the puple dredde greetli the Lord and Samuel; and al the puple seide to Sa|muel, Preye thou for thi seruauntis to thi Lord God, that we die not; forforsothe I. we addidenhan eechid I. yuel to alle oure synnes, that we axiden a kyng to vs. ForsotheAnd I. Sa|muel seide to the puple, `Nyle ȝe dredeDrede ȝe not I.; ȝe han do al this yuel; netheles `nyle ȝe gogo ȝe not I. awey fro the bak of the Lord, but serue ȝe the Lord in al ȝoure herte; and nyle ȝe bowe aftir veyn thingisveyn thingis; that is, idols in worschipinge tho, for no myȝt is in tho to saue ȝou. Lire here. C., that schulen not profite toOm. I. ȝou, nether schulenthei schulen I. delyuere ȝou; for tho ben veyn thingis. AndAnd thanne I. the Lord schal not forsake his puple for his grete name; for the Lord swoorhath swore I. to make ȝou a puple to hym silf. For|sotheAnd I. this synne be fer fro me inaȝens I. the Lord, that Y ceesse to preye for ȝou; and Y schal teche ȝou a riȝtful weie and gooda good I.. Therfor drede ȝe the Lord, and `serue ȝeserueth I. hym in treuthe, and of al ȝoure herte; for ȝe sien tho grete thingis, whichethat I. he `dide inhath do to I. ȝou; that if ȝe contynuen in malice, bothe ȝe and ȝoure kyng schulen perische to gidere.

 CAP. XIII.

Saul was a childsone I. of o ȝeera child of o ȝeer; that is, so innocent and cleene of synne [as] a child of o ȝeer. C. whanne he bigan to regne; forsotheand I. he regnede onupon I. Israel twei ȝeerregnede on Israel by ii. ȝeer; that is, in his goodnesse and innocence, thouȝ he regn|ede in mo ȝeris while he was in malice; ether aftir ii. ȝeer of Saul, Dauyth was chosun of God in to kyng, and anoyntyd of Samuel, as it is had in xvi. co., and fro that tyme Saul regnede not bi riȝt, but onely bi tyrauntrie, and therfor the ȝeris suyng ben kit awey here fro his rewme. Lire here. C. And Saul chees to hym thre thousyndethousynde men K. of Israel, and twei thousyndethousynde of hem I. weren with Saul in Machynas, in the hil of Bethel; forsotheand I. a thou|synde weren with Jonathas in Gabaath of Beniamyn; sotheliand I. heSaul I. sente aȝen the tother puple ech man in toOm. D. `hise taber|naclishis tabernacle K sec. m. EL.. And Jonathas smoot the staciounstandart I.stacioun, that is, forselet, ether strong hold. C. of Filisteis, that was in Gabaa. And whanne Filisteisthe Filisteis I. hadden herd thisthat I., Saul sownede with a clarioun in al the lond, and seide, Ebreysȝe men of Ebrewe I. herehere ȝe I.. And al Israel herde siche a fame, Saul smoothath smyten I. the staciounstandart I. of Filisteis; and Israel reisidereiside up I. hym silf aȝens Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; therforthanne I. the puple criede after Saul in Galgala. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. weren gaderidgaderid to gidre I. to fiȝte aȝens Israel; `of Filisteis werenOm. I. thretti thousyndexxx. thousinde, that is, of men fiȝtinge in cha|ris. Lire here. C. of cha|rischaris, that is, of men fiȝtinge in charis B., and sixe thousyndehundrid thousynde I. of knyȝtishorsmen I., and the tother comyn puple, aswas as the I. grauelgrauel of the see I. `which is fulOm. I. myche in the brynke of the see; and thei stiedenstieden up I., and settiden tentisher tentis I. in Machynas, at the eesteest coost I. of Bethauen. And whanne men of Israel hadden seyn thisOm. I., that thei weren set in streiȝtnessethe streiȝtnesse C., forand that I. the puple was turmentid, thei hidden hem silf in dennes, and in priuey places, and in stonys, and in dychis, and in cisternes. SotheliAnd I. Ebreisthe men of Ebrew I. passidenpassiden ouer I. Jordan in to the lond of Gad and of Galaad. And whanne Saul was ȝit in Galgala, al the puple was aferd that suede hym. And seuene daies heSaul I. abood Samuel bi coue|naunt, and Samuel cam not in to Galgala; and the puple ȝede a wei fro Saul. Therfor Saul seide, Brynge ȝe to me brent sacri|fice, and pesible sacrificesoffringis I.; and he offride brent sacrifice. And whanne he hadde endid offrynge brentthe brent I. sacrifice, lo! Samuel cam; and Saul ȝede out aȝens hymSamuel I., to greete Samuelhim I.. And Samuel spakseide I. to hymSaul I., What hast thou do? Saul an|sweride, ForLo! for I. Y siȝ that the puple ȝede awei fro me, and thou camest not bi the daies of couenaunt; certisand the I. Filisteis weren gaderidgaderid to gidre I. in Machynas; Y seide, Now Fi|listeis schulen come doun to me in to Gal|gala, and Y haue not plesyd the face of the Lord; Y was compellid bi nede, and Y offryde brent sacrifice to the Lord. And Samuel seide to Saul, Thou hast do folili, and thou `keptist nothast not kept I. the heestis of thi Lord God, whiche he comaundide to thee; and if thou haddist not do this thing, riȝt now the Lord hadde maad redi thi rewme onupon I. Israel with outen endewith outen ende; that is, if thou haddist not do aȝenus Goddis heest, and haddist stonde in the goodnesse in which thou were, whanne thou biganst to regne, thou were disposid, that the rewme schulde be con|fermed to thee and to thi sones; netheles this conferm|yng schal be vndurstodun vndur a condi|cioun, if Saul and hise eiris stoden in good|nesse, which is chaungeable. Lire here. C.; but thi rewme schal not riserise to gidre I. ferthereferthermore with thee, for thou hast lost iust tijtle I.. The Lord hath souȝt a man to hym silf after his herte; and the Lord comaundidehath comaundid I. to hym, that he schulde be duyk on his puple, for thou keptist not tho thingis whiche the Lord comaundide. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel roos, and stiedestiede up I. fro Galgala in to Gabaa of Beniamyn; and the `residue puplispeple that lefte I. sti|edenwenten up I. after Saul aȝens the puple whichthat I. fouȝten aȝens hem; and thei camen fro Galgala in to Gabaa, in the hil of Benia|myn. And Saul noumbride the puple, that weren foundun with hym as sixea sixe I. hundrid men. And Saul, and Jonathas his sone, and the puple that was foundun with hem, was in Gabaa of Beniamyn; forsotheand I. Filisteisthe Filisteis I. saten togidere in Ma|chynas. And thre cumpanyes ȝeden out of the `castels of FilisteisFilisteis tentis I. to take prey; o cumpany ȝede aȝens the weie of Effraymof Effraym; in Ebreu it is, aȝenus the weye of Effrata to the lond of Saul. C. to the lond of Saul; sothelyand I. an other cumpeny entride bi the weie of Bethoron; forsotheand I. the thridde cumpenye turnede it silf to the weie of the terme in the lond of Sabaa; and thatthe ABC. terme neiȝethneiȝede I. noiyed L. to the valey of Seboym aȝens the deseert. For|sotheAnd I. `no smyȝth of yrunnoon yren smith I. was foundun in al the lond of Israel; for Filisteisthe Filisteis I. `weren war, etherOm. I. eschewiden, lest per|auenture Ebreisthe Ebreis I. maden aOm. DIKOXb. swerd ether aOm. DEIKLOPSX. spere. Therfor al Israel ȝede doun to Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I., that ech man schulde scharpe his schar, and picoisehis picoise I., and axhis ax I., `and sarpeOm. DGKMNOSXb. and his kuttinge hook I.; `and sofor I. alle egisthe egis of her scharris I. weren bluntidblunt I. `of scharrisOm. I., and of picoisisher picoises I., and of `forkis of thre teethher thre tothid forkis I., and of axis, `til tovnto I. a pricke to be amendid. And whanne the dai of batel cam, no swerd andne CEIO pr. m. spere was foundun in the hond of al the puple that was with Saul and Jonathas, outakun SaulSauls I., and Jonathas his sone. ForsotheAnd I. the staciounstandart I. of Filisteisthe Filisteis I. ȝede out, that it schulde passe in to Machynas.

 CAP. XIV.

And it bifelde in a day, that Jonathas, the sone of Saul, seide to his squyer, a ȝong man, Come thou, and passe wewe forth I. to the staciounsstandart I. of the Filisteis, whichthat I. is biȝende that place; `sotheli heand Jonathas I. schewide not this same thing to his fadir. SotheliAnd I. Saul dwellide in the laste part of Gabaa, vndur a pumgarnarde tre, that was in the feeld of Gabaa; and the puple as of sixea sixe I. hundrid men was withthere with I. hym. And Achias, sonethe sone I. of Achitob, brother of Icaboth, sonethe sone I. of Fynees, that was gendrid of Ely, preestthe preest I. of the Lord in Silo, bar ephodthe ephod I., `that isor I., theOm. M. preestis clothcope I. the whole gloss omitted in X.; but also the puple wiste not whidur Jonathas haddewas I. go. SotheliAnd I. bitwixe the stiyngisstiyngis up I., bi whichethe whiche I. Jonathas enforside to passe to the sta|cioun of Filisteis, weren stonys stond|ynge forth on euer either side, and scarris brokun bifore bi the maner of teeth on ech syde; name to oonthat oon I. the toon K. was Boses, and name to `the totherthat other I. was Sene; o scarre was stondynge forth to the north aȝens Machynas, and the tother scarre to the south aȝens Gabaa. ForsotheAnd I. Jonathas seide to his ȝong squyer, Come thou, passe we to the stacioun of thesethis C. vncircumcisid men, if in hap the Lord do for vs; for it is not hard to the Lord to saue, ethir in manye ethir in fewe. And his squyer seide to hym, Do thou alle thingis that plesenplesith A. thi soule; go whidur thou co|ueitist, Y schal be with thee, where euer thou wolt. And Jonathas seide, Lo! we passen to these men; and whanne we ap|peren to hem, if thei speken thus to vs, Dwelle ȝeȝe stille I., til we comen to ȝou; stonde we in oure place, and stie we not toup to I. hem. SotheliAnd I. if thei seien, Stye ȝeȝe up I. to vs; stie wewe up to hem I., for the Lord hath bitake hem inin to K. oure hondis; this schal be a signetoken I. to vs. `Therfor euerAnd so I. Therfor K. either apperide to the sta|ciounstandart I. of Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; and Filisteisthe Filisteis I. seiden, Lo! Ebreisthe Ebreis I. goen out of caues, in whiche thei weren hid. And men of the staciounstacioun of Philistees I. spaken to Jonathas and to his squyer, and seiden, Stie ȝeȝe up I. to vs, and we schulen schewe to ȝou a thing. And Jonathas seide to his squyer, `Stie weWende we up to hem I., sue thou me; for the Lord hath bitake hem in to the hondis of Israel. ForsotheAnd I. Jonathas stiedestiede up I. crepynge on hondis and feet, and his squyer after hym; and whanne theithe Philistees I. hadden seyn the face of Jonathas, summe felden doun bifor Jonathas, hisand his I. squier killed othere, and suedehe suede I. hym. And the firste woundeveniaunce I. was maaddon I., whichthe which I. Jonathas and his squyer smootkillide I., as of twentiOm. G. menthousynd men D pr. m. IKMNOQXb. Om. G., in `the myddil part of lond whichspace of the erthe that I. a peire of oxun was wont to ere in theo I. dai. And a myracle was don in the castelsPhilistees tentis I., and bi theher I. feeldis, but also al the puple of theOm. GQb. `stacioun of hemPhilistees stacioun I. that ȝeden out to take prey, dredde, and `the castelsher tentis I. weren dis|turblid; and it bifelde as a myracle of God. And aspyeristhe aspyeris I. of Saul biheldenbihelden this doyng I., that weren in Gabaa of Beniamyn, and lo! a multitude castof Philistees was cast I. doun, and fleynge awei hidur and thidur. And Saul seide to the puple that weren with hym, Seke ȝe, and se ȝe, who ȝede awei fro vs. And whanne thei hadden souȝt, it was foundun, that Jonathas and his squyer weren not present. And Saul seide to Achias, BryngeBryng hidere I. the arke of the Lord; for the arke of God was there in that daityme I. with the sones of Israel. And whanne Saul spak to the preest, a grete noise roos in the castelistentis I. of Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; and it encresside litil and litil, and sownedeit sownede I. cleerlieremore clerly I.. And Saul seide to the preest, Withdraw thin hond. TherforThanne I. Saul criede, and al the puplemultitude I. that was with hym; and thei camen `til tovnto I. into EL. the place of batel, and, lo! the swerd of ech manmannes I. was turned to his neiȝbore, and a ful grete sleyngeslauȝtere ther I. was. But also Ebreisthe Ebreis I. that weren with Filisteis ȝistirday and the thridde dai ago, and hadde stiedstied up I. with hem inin to K. castelsher tentis I., turn|eden aȝen to be with Israelthe men of Israel I., that weren with Saul and Jonathas. Also alle menthe men CI. of Israel, that hadden hid hem silf in the hil of Effraym, herden that Filisteisthe Filisteis I. had|den fled; and thei felouschipiden hem silf with her men in batel, and as tena ten I. twenti KXOQ. thou|synde of men weren with Saul. And the Lord sauyde Israel in that day. SotheliAnd I. the batel cam tilin EL. to Bethauen. And menthe men I. of Israel weren felouschipidsocied I. to hem silf in that dai; forsotheand I. Saul swoorSaul swoor. Saul synned in this ooth in double maner; for he swor yuele, and for he wolde fille worse; sothely he swoor here with out nede and du circum|staunces, and for he outook not the caas of nede, which is outakun in ech comaundement and lawe. Also hise ooth turn|ede to a worse issu, for the pu|ple, maad feynt for it, myȝte not pursue her enemyes, and ooth was occa|sioun of synne to al the puple. The ij. tyme Saul synnede, in fillinge wick|idly his ooth as myche as was in him, for he wol sle Jona|thas innocent, and reherside an other foly ooth on this. Jonathas syn|nede not in etinge hony, for he herde not the comaunde|ment of his fa|dir, and for he eet in nede. Jonathas was takun bi lot, that he schulde declare his in|nocence bifor alle men, and that, as inno|cent, he schulde be delyuerid bi the puple. Lire here. C. to the puple, and seide, Cursid be the man, that etith breed `til tovnto I. into EL. euentidthe euentid I. euetide E., tiltil the tyme that I. `Y venge meY be vengid I. of myn enemyes. And al the puple ete notno ELO pr. m. breedbreed til that tyme I.. And al the comyn puple of the lond cam in to a forest, in which was honyhony aboue I. on the `face ofOm. I. erthe. And so the puple entride in to the forest, and flowyngeOm. I. hony apperideapperide there flowynge I.; and no man puttideputte I. hondhis hond I. to his mouthmouth therof I., for the pu|ple dredde the ooth. ForsotheAnd I. Jonathas herde not, whanne his fadir swoorforbede this I. to the puple; and heJonathas I. helde forth the ende of a litil ȝerde, whichethat I. he haddeheelde I. in thehis I. hond, and dippidehe dippide it I. in to `a coomb of honyan honycombe I.; and he turnede his hond to his mouth, and hise iȝen weren liȝtned. And oon of the puple answeride, and seide, Thi fader boond the puple with an ooth, and seide, Cursid be the man that etith breed to dai. For|sotheAnd I. the puple was feynt. And Jonathas seide, My fadir hathbi this heest hath I. disturblid the lond; ȝe sien, that myn iȝen ben liȝtned, for Y tastide a litil of this hony; hou myche more if the puple hadde ete theof the DGIKMNOQSWXb. prey of hiseher I. enemyes, whichthat I. `prey itthei I. foond; whether not gretter veniaunce hadde be maad in Filisteis? Therfore thei smyt|idensmytyn C. smeten LP. smitten E. Filisteis in that dai fro Machynas `til in tovnto I. into L. Hailon. ForsotheAnd I. the puple was maad ful wery; and the puple turnede to preytake prey I., and tookit took I. scheep and oxun, and calues; and thei killiden inthese bestis upon I. the erthe; and the puple eeteet the fleishe I. with blood. And theimen I. telden to Saul, and seiden, that the puple etynge with blood hadde synned to the Lord. And Saul seide, Ȝe han trespassid; walewe ȝeȝe anoon I. to me `riȝt nowOm. I. a greet stoon. And Saul seyde, `Be ȝe spredGo ȝe forth I. abrood in to the comyn puple, and seie ȝe to hem, that ech man brynge to me his oxe and ramhis wether I.; and sle ȝe ontho upon I. this stoon, and ete ȝeȝe hem I., and ȝe schulen not do synne to the Lord, `and eteetynge hem I. with blood. TherforAnd so I. al the puple brouȝte ech man an oxe in his hond `til tovnto the I. into EL. nyȝt, and thei killidenkilliden hem I. there. SotheliAnd I. Saul bildidebildide there I. an auter to the Lord; and thanne firste he bigan to bilde an auter to the Lord. And Saul seide, Falle we onupon I. the Filisteis in the nyȝt, and wastedestrie I. we hem til the morewtid schyne; and leeue we not of hem a man. And the puple seide, Do thou al thing that semeth good to thee in thin iȝen. And the preest seide, Neiȝe we hidur to God. And Saul coun|selidecounselide with I. the Lord, and seide, Whether Y schal pursue Filisteisthe Filisteis I.? whether thou schalt bitake hem in to the hondis of Israel? And the Lord answeride not to him in that dai. And Saul seide, Brynge ȝe hidur alle the corneriscorneris, or the vttermeste parties I. of the puple, and wite ȝe, and sese ȝe DIKO., bi whom this synne bifeldehath fallen I. to dai. The Lord sauyourthe sauyour I. of Is|rael lyueth; for if `it isthis synne be I. don bi Jonathas my sone, he schal die with out aȝen draw|yng. At whichthe which I. ooth no man of al the puple aȝenseide hymSaul I.. And he seide to al Israel, Be ȝe departid in to o part, and Y with my sone Jonathas schal be in the tothir part. And the puple answeride to Saul, Do thou that, that semeth good in thin iȝen. And Saul seide to the Lord God of Israel, Lord God of Israel, ȝyue thou doom, what isis it I., that thou answerist not to dai to thi seruauntFro this word, to thi seruaunt, al that sueth til aftir this word, ȝyue thou hooly|nesse, is not in Ebreu, nether is of the text. Lire here. C.? If this wickid|ness is in me, etherother EL. in Jonathas my sone, ȝyuemake I. thou schewyngschewyng therof I.; ether if this wickidnesse is in thithe A. puple, ȝyue thou hoolynesse. And Jonathas was takun, and SaulSaul bi lott I.; forsotheand I. the puple ȝede out. And Saule seide, Sende ȝe lot bitwixe me and Jonathas my sone. And Jonathas was takun `bi lotOm. I.. ForsotheAnd I. Saul seide to Jonathas, Schewe thou to me, what thou didist. And Jonathas schewide to hym, and seide, Y tastynge tastide a litil ofOm. I. hony `in the ende of the ȝerdewith my ȝerdis eende I., that was in myn hond; and lo! Y dielo Y die; with out resonable cause. Lire here. C.. And Saul seide, God do to me these thingis, and adde `these thingisthis to I., forif I. thou, Jona|thas, schaltOm. I. diedie not I. bi deeth. And the puple seide to Saul, `Therfor whethirWher thanne I. Jonathas schal die, that dide this greet helthe in Israel? thisit I. is vnleuefulvnleueful that he dye I.; the Lord lyueth; noonfor no I. heer of his heed schal falleperishe I. in toOm. I. erthethe erthe KM.; for he wrouȝtehath wrouȝt I. with God to dai. TherforThanne I. the puple delyuerededeluyede A. Jonathas, that he diede not. And Saul ȝede a wey, and pursuedehe pursuede I. not Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; sotheliand I. Fi|listeysthe Filisteis I. ȝeden in to her places. And Saul, whanne thehis I. rewme was `confermyd onstablid upon I. Israel, fauȝthe fauȝt I. bi cumpas aȝens alle hise enemyes, aȝens Moab, and the sones of Amon, and Edom, and aȝens the kyngis of Soba, and aȝens Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; and whidur euer he turnede hym, he ouercamhe ouercam. In Ebreu it is thus, dide vn|feithfully, ether was vnfeithful; and the lettre suynge acord|ith, where he fauȝte aȝenus Amalech. Lire here. C.. And whanne thehis I. oost was gaderidgaderid togidere I., he smoot Amalech; and delyueredehe delyuerede I. Israel fro the hond of hise distrieris. ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Saul weren Jonathas, and Jesuy, and Melchisua; the names of hise twei douȝtrisdouȝtris ben these I., namethe name I. of thehis C. firste gendrid douȝter was Merob, and namethe name I. `of theto his C. lesseȝounger I. douȝterOm. I. was Mycol. And namethe name I. of `the wijf of SaulSauls wijf I. was Achynoem, the douȝtir of Achymaas; and the name of the prince of his chyualrye was Abner, sonethe sone I. of Ner, brotherthe brothir I. of the fadir of Saul. ForsotheAnd I. Cys was the fadir of Saul; and Ner, the sone of Abiel, was fadirthe fadir I. of Ab|ner. SotheliAnd I. myȝtistrong I. batel was aȝens Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I. in alle the daies of Saul; for whom euere Saul siȝ a strong man and schapli toin I. batel, Saulhe I. felouschipide to him silf that man.

 CAP. XV.

And Samuel seide to Saul, The Lord sente me, that Y schulde anoynte thee in to `kyng ona kyng upon I. his puple Israel; now therfor here thou the vois `of the LordOm. I.. The Lord of oostis seith thes thingis, Y haue rikenydbrouȝt to mynde I. what euer thingis Amalech didehath do I. to Israel; hou Amalech aȝenstood Israel in the weie, whanne heIsrael I. stiedestiede up I. from E|gipt. Now therfor go thou, and sle Ama|lech, and distruye thou alle `thingis of hymhis thingis I.; spare thou not hym, andne I. coueyte thou notOm. I. ony thing of hise thingis; but sle thou fro man `til tovnto EL. womman, and aOm. F sec. vice. EIPXb. litil child, and soukynge, anOm. F sec. vice. DEIPXb. oxe, and scheep, and camel, and asse. TherforAnd so I. Saul comaundide toOm. I. the puplepuple to be gadrid to gidre I., and he noumbride hem as lambren twei hundrid thousynde of foot men, and ten thousynde of men of Juda. And whanne Saul cam to the citee of Amalech, he made redi buyschementis in the stronde. And Saul seide to Cyneythe peple of Cyney I.Saul seide to Cyney, that is, to hem that camen of Jetro, and weren with the sones of Israel. Lire here. C., Go ȝeȝe henns I., departe ȝeȝe awey I., and go ȝe aweiforth I. fro Amalech, lest perauen|ture Y wlappe thee in with hem; for thou didist mercy with alle the sones of Israel, whanne thei stiedenstieden up I. fro Egipt. And Cyney departide fro the myddis of Amalech. And Saul smoot Amalech fro Euila, tilto E. tho L. thouhe A sec. m. X sec. m. EIPb. comecame I. cam P. to SurAssur F sec. m. EGKLNPQRbX sec. m., which is aȝenseuen aȝens I. Egipt. And heSaul I. took Agag quykealiyue I., the kyng of Amalech; sotheliand I. he killide bi theOm. I. scharpnesse of swerd alle the comyn puple. And Saul and thehis I. puple sparide Agag, and thehis I. beste flockis of scheep, and of grete beestis, and clothis, and rammes, and alle thingis that weren faire; and thei noldenwolden not I. destrie tho; sothelibut I. what euer thing was vijl, and repreuable, thei dis|trieden thisthat thing I. it EL.. ForsotheSothly I. the word of the Lord was maad to Samuel, and seide, It repentith meIt repentith me. Repent|ing, whanne it berith chaunge|ablete, may not be in God, netheles God is seid to re|pente, for he hath him at the maner of a man repent|inge, whanne he distrieth that that he made; so it is in this poynt, for he demyde Saul to be cast awey, whom he reiside bi|for; netheles thilke chaunge|ablete, is onely in creaturis, for God bi vn|chaungeable wille, makith chaungeable thingis. Lire here. C., that Y made Saul kynga kyng C pr. m.; for he forsookhath forsaken I. me, and fillidehath not fulfillid I. not my wordis in werk. And Samuel was sory, and he criede to the Lord in al thethat I. nyȝt. And whanne Samuel hadde riserise up I. bi nyȝt to go eerly to Saul, it was teld to Samuel, that Saul hadde come in to Carmel, and hadde reisidreisid up I. to hym a signe of victorye; and thatOm. C. he hadde turned aȝenaȝen fro Amalech I., and hadde passidpassid forth I., and hadde go doun in to Galgala. TherforThanne I. Samuel cam to Saul, and Saul offride brent sacrifice to the Lord of the cheef thingis of preies, whiche he hadde brouȝt fro Amalech. And the while Samuel cam to Saul, Saul seide to hym, Blessid be thou of the Lord, Y haue fillidfulfillid I. the `word of the LordLordis word I.. And Samuel seide, AndOm. DF pr. m. GMNQWX. what is thethis BCI. vois of flockis, that sowneth in myn eeris, and of grete beestis, whiche Y here? And Saul seide, TheiMen I. brouȝten tho fro Amalech, for the puple sparide the beterebeste I. scheep and grete beestis, that tho schulden be offrid to thithe A pr. m. I. Lord God; sotheliand I. we killiden the tothere beestis. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel seide to Saul, Suffre thou me, and Y schal schewe to thee what thingis the Lord spakhath spoke I. to me in thethis I. nyȝt. And heSaul I. seide to Samuel, Speke thou. And Samuel seide, Whether not, whanne thou were litil in thinthin owne I. iȝen, thou were maade heed in the lynages of Israel, and the Lord anoyntide thee in to kynga kyng I. onupon I. Israel; and the Lord sentesende I. thee in to the weie, and seide, Go thou, and sle the synneris of Amalech, and thou schalt fiȝte aȝens hem `til tovnto I. into EL. sleyngthe sleyng plures. of hem. Whi therfor herdist thou not the vois of the Lord, but thou were turned to preythe prey I., and didist yuel in the `iȝen of the LordLordis siȝt I.? And Saul seide to Samuel, ȜhisThis EIL., Y herdehaue herd I. the `vois of the LordLordis vois I., and Y ȝedehaue go I. in the weie, bi which the Lord sentesende I. me, and Y haue brouȝt Agag, the kyng of Amalech, and Y killidehaue killid I. Amalech. For|sotheAnd I. the puple tookhath take I. of the prey, scheep and oxun, the firstecheef I. fruytis of tho thingis, that ben slayn, that thei make sacrifice to her Lord God in Galgalis. And Samuel seide, Whether the Lord wole brent sacri|fices, ethir slayn sacrifices, and not moremore rather I. that me obeie to the vois of the Lord? Forforsothe I. obedienceobedience to him I. is betere than sacrifices, and to `herkene Goddistake heede to his I. word is more than to offre the ynnere fatnesse of rammes; for it is as the synne of mawmetrie to `fiȝte aȝens Goddis heestrepugne the word of God I. fiȝte aȝens Goddis heestis K.aȝenus Goddis heest, whanne a man defend|ith his owne synne. Lire here. C., and it is as the wickidnesse of ydolatrie to nylenat I. ascente to Goddis heestconsente to it I.. Therfor for thatthi I., that thou castidisthast throwen I. awey the word of the Lord, the Lord castidehath throwe I. thee awei, that thou be not kyng. And Saul seide to Samuel, Y synnedehaue synned I., for Y brakhaue broke I. the word of the Lord, and thi wordis; `and Y dreddedredinge I. Y dredde K. the puple, `and obeiedeobeiynge I. to `the vois of hemher vois I.; but now, Y bisechebiseche thee I., bere thou my synne, and turne thou aȝen with me, that Y wor|schipe the Lord. And Samuel seide to Saul, Y schal not turne aȝen with thee, for thou castidisthast throwen I. awey the word of the Lord, and the Lord castidehath cast I. awei thee, that thou be not king onupon I. Israel. And Samuel turnedeturnede him I. to go a wey; sotheliand I. Saul took the endehemme I. of the mentil of Sa|muel, whichthe which I. also was to-rent. And Sa|muel seide to hymSaul I., The Lord hath kit the rewme of Israel fro thee to dai, and ȝafhe hath ȝouen I. it to thi neiȝbore betere than thou; certis the ouercomere in Israel schal not sparespare hem that wil not obeie to him I., andfor C. he schalwil I. not be bowid bi re|pentaunce; for he is not mana man I., `that is, chaungeableOm. I., that he do repentaunce. And Saul seide, Y synnedehaue synned I.; but now onoure thou me bifor the eldere men of my puple, and bifor Israel, and turne thou aȝen with me, that Y worschipe thi Lord God. Therfor Samuel turnede aȝenSamuel turn|ede aȝen; he wolde do wor|schip to Saul, as long as he was suffrid of God in the rewme, and that he schulde sle Agag, that was kept ȝit quyk. Lire here. C., and suede Saul, and Saul worschipide the Lord. And Samuel seide, Brynge ȝe to me Agag, the kyng of Amalech. And Agag `moost fatthe moost fat man I. tremblynge was brouȝt to hym. And Agag seide, Whether thus departithdeparte E. departid L. bitter deeth? And Samuel seide, As thi swerd madehath made I. wymmen with out fre children, so thi modir schal be with out fre children among wymmen. And Samuel kittidehewide I. hymAgag I. in to gobetis bifor the Lord in Gal|galis. ForsotheAnd I. Samuel ȝede in to Ra|matha; sotheliand I. Saul stiedewente up I. in to his hows inin to plures. Gabaa. And Samuel siȝ no more SaulSamuel siȝ no more Saul, in the kingis cloth and comyn staat. Lire here. C. `til tovnto I. into L. the dai of his deeth; netheles Sa|muel biweilide SaulSamuel bi|weilide Saul, not that the sentence of the Lord schulde be chaungid aȝenus him, but Samuel hadde compassioun of his soule, lest it were dampned with|outen ende, and Samuel dredde, lest the puple of Israel schulde be punyschid for the synnes of Saul. Lire here. C., for it repentide the Lord, that he hadde ordeyned Saul kyng onupon I. Israel.

 CAP. XVI.

And the Lord seide to Samuel, Hou long biweilist thou Saul, sithensith I. Y castidehaue cast I. hym awey, that he regne not onupon I. Israel; fille thin horn with oile, and come, that Y sende thee to Ysay of Bethleem; for among hise sones Y haue purueide a king to me. And Samuel seide, Hou schal Y go? forcertis I. Saul schal herehere therof I., and he schal sle me. And the Lord seide, Thou schalt take a calf of the droue in thi hond, and thou schalt seye, Y cam to make sacrifice to the Lord. And thou schalt clepe Ysay to the sacrifice, and Y schal schewe to thee, what thou schalt do; and thou schalt anoynte, whom euere Y schal schewe to thee. TherforThanne I. Samuel dide, as the Lord spak to hym; and he cam in to Bethleem, and the eldere men of the citee wondriden, and camenther camen I. to hym, and seiden, Whether thin entryngentree I. isbe I. pesible? And he seide, It is pesible; Y cam to make sacrifice to the Lord; be ȝe halewid, and come ȝe with me, that Y make sacrifice. TherforThanne I. heSamuel I. halewide Ysai, and hise sones, and clepidehe clepide I. hem to the sacrifice. And whanne thei hadden entrid, heSamuel I. siȝ EliabEliab a sone of Ysai I., and seidehe seide I.and seide, in his herte. Lire here. C., Whether bifor the Lord is his cristcrist whom I anoynte I.? And the Lord seide to Samuel, Biholde thou not his cheer, nethir hiȝnessethe hiȝnesse FGIKLNOPQRSUW. of his sta|ture; for Y castidehaue cast I. hym aweifor Y castide him awey, that he regne not. Lire here. C., and Y demydedeme I. not bi `the siȝt of manmans siȝt I.; for aOm. I. man seeth tho thingis that ben opyn, but the Lord biholdith the herte. And Ysai clepide Amynadab, and brouȝte hym bifor Samuel; whichand he I. seide, Nether the Lord hath chose this. ForsotheAnd I. Isay brouȝtebrouȝte forth I. Samma; of whom Samuel seide, Also the Lord hath not chose this. TherforAnd so I. Isai brouȝtebrouȝte forth I. hise seuene sones bifor Samuel; and Samuel seide to Ysai, The Lord hath `not chosechose noon I. of these. And Samuel seide to Isai, Whether thi sones ben now fillidfulfillid I.?the Spirit of the Lord; that is, the spirit of strengthe and of stidefast|nesse, to dely|uere the puple; wherfor it is seid in xvii. co. that Dauid vn|armed ȝede stidefastly and wilfuly, to fiȝte aȝenus the Fi|listey. Sothely Jerom seith, that fro that day the spirit of profesie was in Dauyth, and fro that tyme he began to singe salmes, and this ac|cordith to the seiyng of hem, whiche seyen that he made that salm, Do|minus illumi|nacio mea, in his anoynting. Lire here. C. And Isai answeride, Ȝit `another is, ather is anothir I. litil child, and lisewithhe pasturith I. scheep. And Samuel seide to Isai, Sende thouȝe I., and brynge hymhym hidere I.; for we schulen not sitte to mete, bifor that he come hidur. TherforThanne I. Ysai sente, and brouȝte hym; sotheli he was rodi, and fair in siȝt, and of semely face. And the Lord seide, Rise thou, and anoynte hym; forforsothe I. it is he. Therfor Sa|muel took the horn of oyle, and anoyntid hym in the myddis of his britheren; and the Spirit of the Lordand seide, in his herte. Lire here. C. was dressid in to Dauid fro that day `and afterwardforth I.. And Samuel roosroos up I., and ȝedewente I. in to Ramatha. And so the Spirit of the Lord ȝedewente I. awei fro Saul, and athe I. wickid spirit of the Lord trauelide Saul. And the seruauntis of Saul seiden to hym, Lo! an yuel spiritfor Y castide him awey, that he regne not. Lire here. C. of theLo an yuel spirit; the fend is seid the spirit of the Lord, for the good kynde of hym is of God bi creacioun ether making of nouȝt, but he was maad yuel bi his owne pride. Lire here. C. Lord traueilith thee; oure lord the kyng comaunde, and thi seruauntis that ben bifore thee, schulen seke a man, that kan synge with an harpe, thatand C. whanne the yuel spirit of the Lord takith thee, hethe man I. harpe with his hond, and thou bere esi|liereit more esely I.. And Saul seide to hise seruauntis, Puruey ȝe to me sum man syngynge wel, and brynge ȝe hym to me. And oon of thehis I. children answeride and seide, Lo! Y siȝ thea I. sone of Ysai of Bethleem, kun|nynge to synge, and `strongeste in myȝtmoost strong man I., and `a man ablean able man I. to batel, and prudent in wordis, and a feir man; and the Lord is with hym. Therfor Saul sente messan|geris to Ysay, and seide, Sende thou to me Dauid thi sone, `which is in the le|sewisthat is kepinge thi bestes I.. TherforAnd so I. Isai took an asse `ful ofchargid with I. loouesan asse ful of looues, that is, chargid with looues. Lire here. C., and a galoun of wyn, and a `kyde of geetgeet kyde I.; and sentehe sente tho I. bi the hond of Dauid his sone to Saul. And Dauid cam to Saul, and stood bifor hym; and Saul louyde hym greetlimyche I., and heDauid I. was maad `his squyersquyer of Saul I.. And Saul sente to Isay, and seide, Dauid stonde in my siȝt, for he foondhath founde I. grace in myn iȝen. TherforThanne I. whanne euer the wickidyuel I. spirit of the Lord tooktraueilide I. Saul, Dauid took thehis I. harpe, and smootharpide I. with his hond, and Saul was coumfortid, and he hadde liȝtereliȝtiliere plures. it more liȝtly I.; for the wickidyuel I. spirit ȝedewente I. awey fro hym.

 CAP. XVII.

ForsotheSotheli the I. Filisteis gaderidengaderiden to gidere I. her cum|penyes in to batel, and camenthei camen I. to gidere inin to I. Socoth of Juda, and settidenthei settiden I. tentis bitwixe Socoth and Azecha, in the coostis of Domyn. SotheliAnd I. Saul and the men of Israel weren gaderidgaderid to gidre I., and camenthei camen I. in to the valey of Terebynte, and dressidenthei dressiden I. scheltrun to fiȝte aȝens Filisteis. And Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I. stoden aboue the hil on this part, and Israel stood on the hil on the tother part of the valey, that was bitwixe hem. And a manbastard man GIKNOb. man bastard MOQSWX., `sone of a wideweand a man sone of a widue. Ebrews seyen, a man in the myddis, that is a strong man, and hardy that goith bifor the oost, and is redy to fiȝte aȝenus oon of the enemyes in singuler batel. Lire here. C., whos fadir was vncerteynGloss omitted in DGIKOQSWXb., ȝedewente I. out of the `castels ofOm. I. FilisteisFilisteis tentis I., Goliath bi name of Geth, of sixe cubitis heiȝ and a spanne; and a brasun basynet onof A. his heed; and he was clothidclosid b. with `an haburioun hokida mailed haburioun I., ether mailidnailed b. gloss omitted in I.; forsotheand I. the weiȝte of his haburioun was fyue thousynde si|clissichis A. of bras; and he hadde `bootis of bras in the hipison his thies brasen bootis I., and a `scheld of brasbrasen scheld I. hilidehilide with C. hise schuldris. ForsotheAnd I. `the schaft of his sperehis spere schaft I. was as the beem of webbiswebsters I.; for|sotheand I. thilkethe I. yrun of his spere haddeweiede I. sixe hundrid siclis of yrun; and his squier ȝede bifor hym. And heGoliath I. stood, and cried aȝens the cumpenyescumpanye I. of armed men of Israel, and seidehe seide I. to hem, Why camen ȝe redi to batel? Whether Y am not a Fi|listei, and ȝe ben the seruauntis of Saul? Chese ȝe a man of ȝou, and come he doun to syngulerea syngulere I. batel; if he may fiȝte with me, and sleethsle EIL. me, we schulen be `ser|uauntis to ȝouȝoure seruauntis I.; forsotheand I. if Y haue the maystry, and sle hym, ȝe schulen be boonde, and `ȝe schulenOm. I. serue vs. And `the FilisterGoliath I. seide, Y haue `seyd schen|schipput repreef I. to dai to the cumpenyes of Israel; ȝyuesende I. ȝe a manman to me I., and bigynne he `synguler batelto fiȝte I. with meme aloone I.. Sotheli Saul and alle menthe men I. of Israel herdenherynge I. siche wordis of `the FilisteyGoliath I., andOm. I. thei weren astonyed, and dredden greetli. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid was `the sone of a mana mannes sone I. of Effrata, of whom it is `biforseidseid bifore I., of Bethleem of Juda, to `which manwhom I. the name was Isay, whichand he I. hadde eiȝte sones; and `the man was eld in the daies of Saulin the daies of Saul Ysay was an olde man I., and of greet age among men. SotheliAnd the I. Sotheli the K. thre grettereeldeste I. sones of Ysai ȝeden after Saul in to batel; and the names of hise thre sones, that ȝedenwenten I. to batel, Heliabweren Heliab I., thehis I. firste gendrydbigoten I., and the secoundesecounde hiȝte I., Amynadab, and the thridde, Samma. ForsotheTherfor A. And I. Dauid was the leesteȝoungist I.. TherforThanne I. while threthe thre IK. the O. grettereeldist sones I. sueden Saul, Dauid ȝede, and turnede aȝen fro Saul, that he schuldewolde I. kepe the floc of his fadir in Bethleem. ForsotheAnd bi fourti daies I. the Filistey camȝede I. forth in the morewtid, and euentid; and stood `bi fourti daiesinto repreef of Israel I.. SotheliAnd I. Ysai seide to Dauid his sone, Take thou to thi bri|theren meete maad of meele, theat the I. mesure of ephithre bushels I., and these ten looues, and renne thou in to the castelstentis I. to thi britheren; and thou schalt bere to the tribune these ten `litilten litle, etc. that is, x. litle chesis formed. Lire here. formes of chesesmale cheeses I.; and thou schalt visite thi britheren, whether thei doon riȝtliiustly I., and lurneknowe I. thou, with whichewhat I. men thei ben ordeyned. ForsotheCertis I. Saul, and thei, and alle the sones of Israel in the valei of Terebynte fouȝten aȝens Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I.. TherforAnd so I. And therfor K. Dauid roos eerli, and bitookhe bitook I. the floc to thea I. kepere, and he ȝedeȝede forth I. chargid, as Ysai `hadde comaundid tocomaundide I. hym; and he cam to the place Ma|galaof Magala I., and to the oost, whichthe which I. oost ȝede out to the batelfiȝt I., and criedeit criede I. in `the batelfiȝtyng I.. For Israel hadde dressidordeyned I. scheltrun; `but alsoand euen aȝens hem I. Filisteisthe Filisteis I. weren maadOm. DIb. redi `euen aȝensalso I.. TherforThanne I. Dauid lefte the vessels, whichethat I. he hadde brouȝt, vndur the hond of a kepere `at theatte EL. fardels, and he ran to the place of batel, and he axyde, if alle thingis weren `doon riȝtliiustly doon I. anentis hise britheren. And whanne he spak ȝit to hem, thilke bastard apperide, Goliath bi name, athe I. Filistei of Geth, and stiedehe wente up I. fro the castelstentis I. of Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; and `while he spakhim spekynge I. these same wordis, Dauid herde. And whanne alle menthe men IM. of Israel hadden seyn `the manGoliath I., thei fledden fro his facesiȝt I., and dredden hym greetli. And ech man of Israel seideseide to oother I., Whether thou hast seyn this man that stiedehath stied up I.? forforsothe I. he stiedeȝede up I. to seie schenshiprepreef I. to Israel; therfor the kyng schal makemake that man I. riche with greet richessis `the manOm. I. that sleeth thilke Filistei; and the kyng schal ȝyue his douȝter to that man, and schalin Israel he schal I. make the hows of his fader with out `tribut in Israelpaiyng of tribut I.. And Dauyd spak to the men that stoden with hym, and seide, What schal be ȝouun to the man that sleeth this Filistei, and doith awei schenschip fro Israel? forand I. who isis he I. this Filistei vncircumcidid, that dispisidedispisith I. the scheltruns of God lyuynge? ForsotheAnd I. the puple tolde to hymDauid I. the same word, and seide, These thingis schulen be ȝouun to the man that sleeth hymGoliath I.. And whanne Heliab, `his more brotherthe eldre brother of Dauid I., had herd this, while heDauid I. spak with othere men, he was wrooth aȝens Dauid, and seide, Whi camest thouthou hidere I., and whi `leftist thouhast thou lefte I. tho fewe scheep in deseert? Y knowe thi pride, and the wewardnesse of thin herte; for thou camest doun to se the batel. And Dauid seide, What haue Y domysdo I.? Whether it is not abut a I. word? And Dauid bowideȝede thenns I. a litil fro hym to another man; and Dauid seide the same word, and the puple an|sweride to hym althe I. word as biforethei diden bifore I.. For|sotheAnd I. thesethe I. wordis weren herd, whichethat I. Dauid spak, and werenthei weren I. teld `in the siȝt ofbifore I. Saul. And whanne Dauyd was brouȝt to Saul, Dauyd spak to hymhym thus I., The herte of ony man falle not doundown in him I. for `that Fi|listeiOm. I., Y thi seruaunt schal go, and `Y schalOm. I. fiȝte aȝens the Filistei. And Saul seide to Dauid, Thou maist not aȝenstonde this Filistei, nether fiȝte aȝens hym, for thou art a child; forsothebut I. this man is a werriour fro his ȝong wexynge age. And Dauid seide to Saul, Thi seruaunt kepte `the floc of his fadirhis fadirs floc I., and a lioun cam, etheralso I. other L. a bere, and tooktooken A. sec. m. I. aweiOm. EL. a ram fro the myddismyddil I. of the floc; Y pursuede, and killideI killide I. hem, and rauyschideI rauyschide it I. fro `the mouth of hemher mouth I.; and thei risidenrisen ELP. reriden hem up I. aȝens me, and I took theher I. Om. EL. nether chaule `of hemOm. I., and Y stranglide, and killide hem. ForCertis I. Y thi seruaunt killide bothe athe I. lioun and athe I. bere; therfor and this Filistei vn|circumcidid schal be as oon of hem. Now Y schal go, and Y schal do awey the schenschiprepreef I. of the puple; for who is this Filistei vncircumcidid, that was hardi to curse the oost of God lyuynge? AndAnd eft I. Dauid seide, The Lord that delyuerede me fro the `mouth of the liounliouns mouth I., and fro the `hond, that isOm. I., power, of the bere, he schal delyuere me fro the hond of this Filistei. ForsotheAnd I. Saul seide to Dauid, Go thou, and the Lord be with theethe Lord be with thee; bi this summe seyen, that Saul hadde reuela|cioun, that Dauith schulde ouercome the Filistey, for Goddis reuela|ciouns ben maad sumtyme ȝhe to yuele men, for comyn good. Lire here. C.. And Saul clothide Dauid with hise clothis, and put|tidehe sette I. a brasun basynet on his heed, and clothide hym with an haburioun. TherforThanne I. Dauid was gird with hisa I. swerd on his cloth, and biganhe bigan I. to asaie if he myȝte go armed; forforsothe I. he hadde not customthe custom theroff I.. And Dauid seide to Saul, Y may not go sothus I., for Y haue not vssthe uss of it I.. And Dauid puttideputte I. awei tho, and he took his staaf, whichthat I. he hadde euere in thehis I. hondis. And he chees to hym fyue cleresteful clere rounde I. stonys, that is, harde, pleyn, and rounde, of the stronde; and he senteputte IM. tho in to thehis I. a X. Om. E. schepherdis scrippe, whichthat I. he hadde with hym; and he took thea I. slynge in thehis I. hond, and ȝedehe ȝede I. forth aȝens the Filistei. SotheliAnd I. the Filistei ȝedeȝede forth I., `goynge and neiȝyng aȝens DauidOm. I.; and his squyer ȝedeOm. I. bifor hymhym, comynge niȝ aȝens Dauid I.. And whanne `the FilisteiGoliath I. hadde biholde Dauid, and haddeOm. I. seyn hym, he dispiside Dauid; forsotheand I. Dauid was a ȝong wexynge man, rodi, and feir in siȝt. And `the FilisteiGoliath I., seide to Dauid, Whether Y am a dogge, for thou comest to me with a staf? And `the FilisteiGoliath I. curside Dauid in hise goddis; and he seide to Dauid, Come thou to me, and Y schal ȝyue thi fleischisfleishe I. to the `vo|latilis of heuenefoulis of the eir I., and to theOm. I. beestis of erthethe erthe I.. SotheliAnd I. Dauid seide to `the Fi|listeiGoliath I., Thou comest to me with swerda swerd E., andOm. IK. spere, and scheeldand scheeld; that is, tristinge in thyn armeris and virtu. Lire here. C.; but Y come to thee in theOm. EILP. name of the Lord GodOm. I.of the Lord God, etc.; that is, trist|inge of Goddis virtu. Lire here. C. of oostis, ofOm. I. God of theOm. EL. cumpanyes of Is|rael, to whichewhom I. thou seidisthast seid I. schenschiprepreff I. to dai. And the Lord schal ȝyuethe Lord schal ȝyue, etc. Dauyth seid this bi Goddis reue|lacioun, for he bifor tellith cer|tenly thing to comynge, vn|certeyn to mannus know|ing. Lire here. C. thee in myn hond, and Y schal sle thee, and Y schal take aweyOm. DIMXb. thin heed fro thee; andand to dai I. I schal ȝyue the deed bodies of the castelstentis I. of Filisteis `to dayOm. I. to the volatilsfoulis I. of he|uene, and to the beestis of erthethe erthe b.; that al theOm. plures. erthe wite, that the Lord God is in Israel, and that al this chirche knowe, that the Lord saueth not in swerd nether in spere; forsothely I. the batel is his, and he schal bitake ȝou in to oure hondis. TherforThanne I. whanne the Filistei hadde riserisen up I., and cam, and neiȝede aȝens Dauid, Dauid hastide, and ran to batelfiȝte I. aȝens `the FilisteiGolie I.. And Dauid putteputtide EPb. his hond `in toin D. histhe plures. scrippe, and he tooktook out EIL. oa IL. stoon, and heDauid I. castidewhirlide I. castide it EL. withOm. I. thehis EL. slyngeslynge aboute I., `and ledde abouteand keste out therof a stoon I., and smoothe smoot I. `the FilisteiGolie I. in the forheed; and the stoon was fastned in histhe DL. Om. E. forheed, and heGolie I. felde doun in to his face onupon I. the ertheerthe, in a slynge and a stoon I.. And Dauid hadde the maistrie aȝens `the FilisteiGolie I. `in a slyng and stoonin a slyng and a stoon KL. Om. I., and he killide `the FilisteiGolie I. smytunwhanne he hadde smytun him doun I.. And whanne Dauid hadde no swerd in thehis I. hond, he ran, and stood onupon I. `the FilisteiGolie I., and took his swerd; and Dauid drow out thehis A. that I. swerd of histhe I. schethe, and `killide himhe killide therwith Golie I., and kit|tidekitte I. aweioff I. his heed. ForsotheAnd I. the Fi|listeis sien, that the strongestestrengeste man I. of hem was deed, and thei fledden. And the sones of Israel and of Juda risidenresen up I. risen ELP. to gidere, and criedenthei crieden I., and pursueden Filisteisthe Filisteis I., `til the whiletil the tyme I. vnto that EL. thei camen in to the valei, and `til tovnto I. into EL. the ȝate of Accaron. And woundidthe woundid I. men of Filisteisthe Filisteis I. feldenfellen doun I. fellen ELP. in the weye of Sarym, and `til tovnto I. into EL. Geth, and `til tovnto I. into EL. Acca|ron. And the sones of Israel turneden aȝen, aftir that thei hadden pursuede Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I., and thei assailiden `the tentis of hemher tentis I.. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid took the heed of `the FilisteiGolie I., and brouȝte it in to Jerusa|lem; sotheliand I. heDauid I. puttide hisethe I. armerisarmeris of Golie I. in the `tabernacle of the LordLordis tabernacle I.. ForsotheAnd I. in that tyme in which Saul siȝ Dauid goynge out aȝens `the FilisteiGolie I., he seide to Abner, princethe prince I. of his chiualriechiualrie, seiynge I., Abner, of what generacioun `cam forthis I. this ȝong wax|yngeOm. I. man? And Abner seide, Kyng, thi soule lyueth, I knowewot I. not. And the kyngthi soule lyueth; this is a maner of swering; and this is the sen|tence, as it is soth, that Y desire thi liyf, so it is soth, that Y knowe not him; and here this word if is takun for not ether nay. Lire here. C. seide, Axe thou, whos sone this child is. And whanne Dauid haddewas I. come aȝen, whanne `the FilisteiGolie I. was slayn, Abnerand Abner I. took Dauid, and brouȝtehe brouȝte I. hym inin bifore Saul I., hauynge in thehis I. hond the heed of `the FilisteiFilistei plures. Golie I., `bi|for SaulOm. I.. And Saul seide to hymDauid I., Of what generacioun art thou, ȝong waxyngeOm. I. man? And Dauid seide, Y am the sone of thi seruaunt, Isai of Bethleem.

 CAP. XVIII.

And it was doon, whanne Dauid `hadde endident EL. hadde end P. to speke to Saul, the soule of Jona|thasJonathanas A. was gluedJonathas was glued, etc.; that is, ioyned to gidere bi the glu of charite, that may not be brokun. Lire here. C. togidre to the soule of Dauid, and Jonathas louyde hymDauid I. as his owne soule. And Saul tooktook to him I. Dauid in that dai, and grauntidehe grauntide I. not `to hymleeue to Dauid I., `that he schuldeOm. I. turneto turne I. aȝen in to `the hows of his fadirhis faders hows I.. ForsotheAnd I. Jonathas and Dauid maden boonda boond I. of pees, `that isin that D., swerynge euerlastyngeof euerlastynge EL. frenschipThe whole gloss omitted in I.; for Jonathas louyde Dauid as his owne soulelijf I.; for whi Jonathas dispuylidevnclothide I. him silf fro the coote `in whichthat I. he was clothidclothid ynne I., and ȝafhe ȝaf I. it to Dauid, and hise othere clothis, `til tovnto I. into EL. his swerd and bouwehis bouwe I., and `til tovnto I. into EL. thehis I. girdil. AlsoAnd I. Dauid ȝede outforth I. to alle thingis, to what euer thingis Saul `hadde sentsente I. hym, and he gouernede hym silf prudentli; and Saul settidesette I. hym ouer the men of batelhis batel I., and `he wasOm. I. acceptidaccept plures. Om. I., `ether plesauntOm. CI., in the iȝensiȝt I. of alOm. E. the puplepuple Dauid was alowid I., and moost in the siȝt of `the seruauntis of SaulSauls seruauntis I.. ForsotheAnd I. whanne Dauid turnede aȝen, whanneand I. `the FilisteiGolie I. was slayn, and bar the heed of `the FilisteiGolie I. in to Jeru|salem, wymmen ȝeden out of alle the citees of Israel, and sungenwymmen sungen I., and ledden querisdaunces A sec. m. squeris L., aȝens the comyng of king Saul, in tympans ofand K sec. m. gladnesse, and inOm. I. trumpis. And the wymmen sungen, pleiyngepleynge A sec. m. fleyng DEGLMNOPQRSUWb., and seiynge, Saul smoothath sley I. a thousynde, and Dauid smootOm. I. ten thousynde. SaulAnd Saul I. was wrooth greetli, and this word displeside `in his iȝenbifore him I.; and he seide, Thei ȝauenhan ȝouen I. ten thousynde to Dauid, and `thei ȝauen abut o I. thousynde to me; what leeueth to hymDauith heroff I., no but the rewme aloone? TherforThanne fro that dai forth I. Saul bihelde Dauid not with `riȝtful iȝenblythe chere I., `fro that dai and afterwardOm. I.. SotheliAnd I. aftir the tother dai athe I. wickidyuel I. spirit of God asailide Saul, and he propheciedeprofesiede; not propirly, but he spak alien thingis, as a man tra|uelid of a fend. Lire here. C. in the myddis of his howsmeynee I.. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid harpide with his hond, as bi alle daiesdaies bifore I.; and Saul helde a spere, and castehe threwe I. castide M. sente DEKLOPXb. it, andfor he I gesside that he myȝte prenehaue perschid I. Dauid withthorouȝ to I. the wal, that is, perse with the spere, so that it schulde passeprene G. tilin E. to the walThe whole gloss omitted in CI.; and Dauid bowide `fro his faceaside fro Saul I. the secounde tyme. And Saul dredde Dauid, for the Lord was with hymDauid I., and hadde go awei fro him silfOm. DIb.. TherforThanne I. Saul remouide Dauid fro hym silf, and made hym tri|bunechefteyn I.and made him tribune, etc.; Saul dide this, not for the onour of Da|uyth, but that Dauyth schulde go out to batels, and schulde be slayn; but the Lord turnede this in to the good of Dauyth as it is opin of the lettre suynge. Lire here. C. onupon I. a thousynde men; and Dauid ȝedewente I. out and entridehe came I. in `the siȝt ofbifore I. the puple. And Dauid dide warliwisely I. in alle hise weies, and the Lord was with hym; and so Saul siȝ that Dauid was ful prudentwijs I., and he bigan to be war of Dauid. For|sotheAnd I. al Israel and Juda louyden Dauid; for he entrideȝede yn I. and ȝedeOm. I. out bifor hem. And Saul seide to Dauid, Lo! `my moremyn eldre I. douȝtir Merob, Y schal ȝiue her wijf to thee; oneli be thou a strong man, and fiȝte thou the `batels of the LordLordis batels I.. For|sotheAnd I. Saul `arettide, andOm. I. seideseide withynne him self I., Myn hond be not in hymDauid I., but the hond of Filisteis be on hym. SotheliAnd I. Dauid seide to Saul, Who am Y, ether what is my lijf, ether thewhat is the I. meyneekynrede I. of my fadir in Israel, that Y be maad the `sone in lawe of the kyngkyngis sone in lawe I.? ForsotheAnd whanne I. the tyme `was maadcame I. whannethat I. Merob, the douȝter of Saul, `ouȝte toschulde haue I. be ȝouunȝouun wijf I. to Dauid, sche was ȝouun wijf to Hadriel Molatite. ForsotheCertis I. Dauid louide Mychol, the douȝtir of Saul; and it was teld to Saul, and it pleside hym. And Saul seide, Y schal ȝyue hir to hym, that it be to hym in to sclaundir, and the hond of Filisteis be onupon I. hym. TherforThanne I. Saul seide to Dauid, In `twei douȝtristwo thingis I.douȝtris; in summe bokis it is addid thingis, but it is not in Ebreu, nether it is of the text. Lire here. C. thou schalt be my sone in lawe to dai. And Saul comaundide to hise seruauntis, Speke ȝeȝe priuely I. to Dauid, whileas if I. it `is hid fro mewere me vnwitinge I., and seie ȝeȝe to him I., Lo! thou plesist the king, and alle hise seruauntis louen thee; now ther|for be thou hosebonde of the `douȝtir of the kyngkingis douȝtir I.. And the seruauntis of Saul spaken alle these wordis in the eerisheringe I. of Da|uid. And Dauid seide, Whether it semethseme I. litil to ȝou `to be sone in lawe of the kyngme to be the kyngis sone in lawe I.? ForsotheSothli I. Y am a pore man, and a feble. And the seruauntis telden to Saul, and seiden, Dauid spak siche wordis. So|theliAnd I. Saul seide, Thus speke ȝe to Dauid, The kyng hath no nede to ȝiftis for spow|sailsspousails; that is, pre|ciouse ȝiftis of gold ether of siluer, that ben wont to be ȝouun to kingis, whanne thei ȝyuen her douȝtris to hosebondis. Lire here. C., noOm. I. but onely to an hundrid pre|puciesOm. I., `that is, mennus ȝerdis vncircum|cididOm. I., `of FilisteisFilisteis prepucies I., that veniaunce be maad of the kyngis enemyes. Certis Saul thouȝte to bitake Dauid in to the hondis of Filisteisthe Filisteis I.. And whanne the seruauntis of Saul hadden teld to Dauid the wordis, whichethat I. Saul hadde seid, the word pleside `in the iȝen ofbifore I. Dauid, that he schulde be maad the kyngis son in lawe. And aftir a fewe daies Dauid roosroos up I., and ȝede in to Acharon, with theOm. I. men that weren with hym, and he killide of Filisteis twei hun|drid men; and brouȝteDauith brouȝte I. `the prepucies of hemher prepucies I., and noumbridehe noumbride I. tho to the kyng, that he schulde be the kyngis sone in lawe. And so Saul ȝaf Mycol, his douȝter, wiif to hymDauid I.. And Saul siȝ, and vndir|stood, that the Lord was with Dauid. ForsotheCertis I. Mychol, `the douȝter of SaulSauls douȝtir I., louide Dauid, and Saul bigan more to drede Dauid; and Saul was maad enemye to Dauid in alle daies. And the princes of Filisteis ȝeden outout to fiȝte I.; forsothebut I. fro the bi|gynnyng of her goyng out Dauyd bar hym silf more warliwisely I. than alle theOm. M. men of Saul; and the name of Dauid was maad ful solempne.

 CAP. XIX.

ForsotheSotheli I. Saul spak to Jonathas, his sone, and to alle hise seruauntis, that thei schulden sle Dauid; certis Jonathas, the sone of Saul, louyde Dauid greetli. And Jonathas schewide to Dauid, and seide, Saul, my fadir, sekith to sle thee, wherfor, Y biseche, kepe `thou theethi self I. eerlito morowe eerly I.; and thou schalt dwelle priuelipriueli in the feeld I., and thou schalt be hid. SotheliAnd I. Y schal go out, and stonde bisidis my fadir in the feeld, where euer he schal be; and Y schal speke of thee to my fadir, and what euer thing Y shal sevndir|stonde of him I., Y schal telle toOm. I. thee. TherforThanne I. Jonathas spak good thingis of Dauid to Saul, his fadir, and seide to hym, Kyng, do thou not synne aȝens thi seruaunt Dauid, for he `synnede nothath not synned I. to thee, and hise werkis ben ful good to thee; and he puttidehath put I. his lijfhe puttide his liyf; that is, puttide forth his liyf to perel, as myche as it semyde to mannus doom; for he ȝede vnarmed to fiȝte aȝenus the Filistey, as it is seide in xvii. co. Lire here. C. in histhin I. hond, and he killide the Filistei. AndAnd so I. the Lord madehath maad I. greet heelthehelpe EL. to al Israel; thou siȝsauȝst this I., and werethou were I. glad; whi therfor synnest thou in giltles blood, and sleestwilt sle I. Dauid, whichthat I. is with out gilt? And whanne Saul hadde herd this, he was plesid with the voisspekyng I. of Jonathas, and swoorhe swoor I., `The Lord lyuethOm. I., `that isOm. CI., bi the Lord lyuyngeOm. C., for Dauid schal not be slayn. TherforAnd so I. Jonathas clepide Dauid, and schewide to hym alle these wordis. And Jonathas brouȝte in Dauid to Saul, and he was bifor hymSaul I. as `ȝistirdai and the thridde dai agohe was wont bifore I.. For|sotheCertis I. batel was moued eft; and Dauyd ȝede out, and fauȝt aȝens Filisteisthe Filisteis I., and he smoot hem with aOm. I. greet woundefeersnesse I., and thei fledden fro his face. And the yuel spirit of the Lord was maad onupon I. Saul; sotheliand I. he sat in his hows, and helde a spere; certis Dauid harpide inwith I. his hond. And Saul enforsideenforside hym I. to preneprenede U. that is, peerse K marg. with the sperespere to stike togidre I. Dauid in the wal; and Dauid bowidebowide awey I. fro `the face of SaulSauls siȝt I.; forsotheand I. the spere `with voide woundewith oute hurt of Dauid I. was borunficchid I. in to the wal; and Dauid fledde, andand so he I. was saued in that niȝt. TherforThanne I. Saul sente hise knyȝtiscruel seruauntis I. in thethat I. nyȝt in to the hows of Dauid, that thei schulden kepe hym, and that he `schulde bewere I. slayn in the morewtide. And whanneOm. I. Mychol, the wijf of Dauid, hadde teld this to Dauid, and seide, If thou sauest not thee in this nyȝt, thou schalt die to morew; scheand sche I. puttidelete I. hym doun bi a wyndow. For|sotheAnd I. heDauid I. ȝede, and fleddefledde thenns I., and washe was I. sauyd. SotheliAnd I. Mychol took an ymage, and puttideleide I. it on the bedbed of Dauid I., and puttidesche putte I. `an heeri skyn of geeta rouȝ geet skin I. at the heed therof, and hilide it with clothis. ForsotheAnd I. Saul sente sergeauntishis seruauntis I., `that schuldento I. rauysche DauidDauid thenns I., and it was answerideansweride to Saul I., that heDauid I. was sijk. And eft Saul sente messangeris, that thei schulden seslee K. Dauid, and heSaul I. seide, Brynge ȝe hymOm. I. to meme Dauid I. in thehis I. bed, that he be slayn. And whanne the messangeris hadden comecome to Dauid I., `a symylacrean ymage lijk to Dauid I. was foundun on thehis I. bed, and `skynnes of geetgeet skynnes I. aton I. the heed therof. And Saul seide to Mychol, Whi scornedistscornest I. thou me so, and `dely|ueredisthast delyuered I. myn enemy, that he fleddefle awey I.? And Mychol answeride to Saul, For heDauid I. spak to me, and seide, Delyuere thou me, ellis Y schal slee thee. ForsotheCertis I. Dauid fledde, and was sauyd; and he cam to Samuel in to Ramatha, and teldehe telde I. to hym alle thingis whichthat I. Saul hadde do to hym; and heDauid I. and Samuel ȝeden, and dwelliden in Naioth. ForsotheAnd I. it was teld to Saul of men, seiyngeseiynge to him I., Lo! Dauid is in Naioth in Ramatha. Therfor Saul sentesente men I. sleeris, that thei schulden rauyscherauysche thenns I. Dauid; and whanne thei hadden seyn thea I. cumpeny of profetisprofetis; that is, the felou|schipe of reli|giouse men preisinge God. Lire here. C. profeciynge, and Samuel stond|ynge ouer hem, the Spirit of the Lord, `that is, the spirit of deuociounOm. I., was maad in hem, and thei also bigunnen to prophecieto profesie; that is, to preise God, and ceessiden to pursue Dauith. Lire here. C.. And whanne this was teld to Saul, he sente also othere messangeris; `sotheli andand certis I. thei profesieden. And eft Saul sente the thridde messangeris, and thei prophecieden. AndAnd with wrathfulnesse I. Saul was wrooth `with irefulnesseOm. I.; and he also ȝede in to Ramatha, and he cam `til tointo I. vnto EL. thea I. greet cisterne, whichthat I. is in Socoth, and he axide, and seide, In what place ben Samuel and Dauid? And it was seid to hym, Lo! thei ben in Naioth in Ramatha. And heSaul I. ȝede in `to NaiothOm. R. inin to AEF. Ramatha; and the Spirit of the Lord was maad also on him; and heSaul I. `ȝede, andgoynge yn I. entridewente I., and prophe|ciede, `til the whileunto the while E. for to I. he cam `in toto A. Naioth inin to ADEF. Ramatha. And `he alsoSaul also I. dispuylidevnclothide I.dispuylide; not that he lefte nakid, but for he dide awey the ournementis of kyng, that he schulde take clothis liyk re|ligiouse men, preisinge God, as Dauyth dide bifor the arke. Lire here. C. him silfOm. I. of hise clothis, andand he I. propheciede with othere men bifor Samuel, and he profeciede nakid inOm. I. al that dai and nyȝt. Wherfor `a prouerbe, that isOm. I., a comyn wordseiynge I., ȝede out, Whether and SaulSaul be I. among prophetiswher and Saul among profetis; this is seide of him, in whom sum deuocioun ap|perith sudeynly at an our, as whanne a man of dissolute liyf schewith ony signe of deuocioun, it is seid of him, Bernard is maad a munk, so and thanne it was seid of siche men, wher and Saul among profetis, as if he seide thilke deuo|cioun is tran|sitorie and at an our, and is not stidefast. Lire here. C.?

 CAP. XX.

ForsotheCertis I. Dauid fledde fro Naioth, whichthat I. is in Ramatha, and camhe cam I. and spak bifor Jonathas, What haue Y do? what is my wickidnesse, and what is my synne aȝens thi fadir, for he sekithsekith to lese I. my lijf? And Jonathas seide to hymDauid I., Fer be it fro thee, thou schalt not die, for my fadir schal not do ony thing greet ether litil, `no butbut if I. he schewe firste to me; therfor my fadirfadir oonli I. keptehath kept I. preuy fro me this word oneliOm. I., forsothecertis I. it schal not be. And eft heJonathas I. swoor to Dauid. And Dauid seide, TreuliSotheli I. thi fadir woot, that Y haue founde grace `in thin iȝenbifore thee I., andand therfor I. he schalwil I. seie, Jonathas wite not this, lest perauenture he be sory; certis the Lord lyueth, `and thi soule lyuethOm. I., forforthi I., that Y seie so, Y and deeth ben departid oneli bi o degree. And Jonathas seide to Dauid, What euer thing thi soule schal seie to me, Y schal dodo it I. to thee. And Dauid seide to Jonathas, LoLo! calen|dis; that is, the feeste of newe moone. Lire here. C.! calendis ben to morewe, and bi cus|tom Y am wont to sitte bi the kyng to ete; therfor suffre thou me, `that Yto I. be hid in the feeld `til tovnto I. euentid of the thridde dai. Ifand if I. thi fadir biholdith, and axith meafter me I., thou schalt answere to hym, Dauid preiede me, that he schuldemyȝte I. go swiftlianoon I. into Bethleem, his citee, for so|lempne sacrifices benben nowe I. there to alle theOm. I. men of his lynage. If hethi fadir I. seithsey I., Wel, pees schal be to thi seruaunt; forsotheand I. if he is wrooth, wite thou, that his malice is fillid. Therfor do thou mercy in to thi seruaunt, for thou madisthast maad I. me thi seruaunt to make with thee theOm. I. boond of pees of the Lord; sothelibut I. if ony wickidnesse is in me, sle thou me, and brynge thou not in me to thi fadir. And Jonathas seide, Fer be this fro me, forcertis I. it mai not be doon, that Y telle not to thee, if Y knowe certeynli, that the malice of my fadir is fillid aȝens thee. And Dauid answeride to Jonathas, Who schal telle toOm. I. me, if in caas thi fadir answerithanswere I. harde ony thingthingis I. of me? And Jonathas seide to Dauid, Come thou, and go we forth in to the feeld. And whannewhanne thei I. bothe hadden go in to the feeld, Jonathas seide to Dauid, Lordthou, Lord I. God of Israel, if Y enquere the sentence of my fadir to morewe, ether in the nexte dai aftir, and ony `thing of goodgood thing I. isbe seid I. of Dauidthee I., and Y sende not anoon to thee, and makemake it I. knowun to thee, God dodo ellis I. these thingis to Jonathas, and `adde these thingisdo he mo yuel thingis to me I.. ForsotheAnd I. if the malice of my fadir contynuethcontynue I. aȝens thee, Y schal scheweschewe it I. to thin eere, and Y schal delyuere thee, that thou go in pees; and the Lord be with thee, as he was with my fadir. And if Y lyueschal lyue I., do thou the mercies of the Lord to me; forsotheand I. if Y ambe I. deed, `thou schalt not taketake thou not I. awei thi mercy fro myn hows `til in tovnto I. into E. with outen ende; `and ȝif Y do it notOm. A pr. m. EFPb. either if I schal not do to thee as I haue bihiȝt I. forsothe Dauid seide, if I do not K sup. ras. ether if I do not DOMSW. or if I do not X., whanne the Lord schal drawe out bi the roote the enemyes of Dauid, ech man fro the londerthe I., take he awei Jonathas fro his hows, and seke the Lord of the hond of the enemyes of Dauid. Therfor Jonathas made boond of pees with the hows of Dauid, and the Lord souȝtesouȝte out wreeche I. of the hond of enemyesthe enemyes I. of Dauid. And Jo|nathas addide to swere stedfastli to Dauid, for he louyde Dauidhim I.; for he louyde so Dauid, as his owne soulelijf I.. And Jonathas seide to hymDauid I., `Calendis benOm. I. to morewemorewe is the first day of the monthe, that is solempne I., and thou schalt be souȝt; forand I. thi sittyng schal be souȝtaxid I. til after tothe I. morewe. Ther|for thou schalt go doun hastili, and thou schalt come in to thea I. place, where thou schalt be hid in the day, whanne it is leueful to worche; and thou schalt sitte bisidis the stoon, `to which the name isthat hiȝt I. Ezelis Ezel; that is, of walking. Lire here. C.. And Y schal sendeschete I. threthee K. arowis bisidis that stoon, and Y schal castecaste tho I. as `excercisynge ether pleiynge me at a signeit were vsynge me to throwe at a marke I.. Y schal sende also and myOm. I. child, and Y schal seie to hym, Go thou, and brynge to me thetho I. arewis. If Y seieschal seie I. to the child, Lo! the arewis ben `with ynneon this side I. thee, take thou tho; comethanne come I. thou to me, for pees is to thee, and no thing is of yuel, the Lord lyueth. SotheliBut I. if Y speke thus to the child, Lo! the arowis ben biȝende thee; go thouthou thanne forth I. in pees, for the Lord de|liueredehath delyuered I. thee. Forsothecertis I. of the wordof the word, etc.; that is, of the boond of pees bitwixe vs and oure eiris. Lire here. C., whichthat I. thou and Y hanhaue I. spoke, the Lord bebe witnesse I. bitwixe me and thee tilOm. EL. in to with outen ende. Therfor Dauid was hid in the feeld; and the `calendis camensolempne feest came I., and the kyng sat to ete breed. And whanne the kyng hadde seetesett him I. onupon I. his chaier bi custom, `which chaierthat I. waswas stondynge I. bisidis the wal, Jonathas roos, and sat `aftir AbnerOm. I., and Abner sat at the side of Saul, and the place of Dauid apperide voide. And Saul spak not ony thing in that daidai of Dauid I.; for heSaul I. thouȝte, that `in happerauenture I. it bifeldehadde bifalle I. to hymDauid I., that he was not clene `netherne I. ether K. purifiedpurified as her custom was I.. And whanne the secounde dai aftir the calendisfirste solempne dai I. hadde schynedcomen I., eft the place of Dauid apperide voide. And Saul seide to Jonathas his sone, Whi comethcame I. not the sone of Isai, nether ȝisterdai, netherne I. to dai to ete? And Jonathas answeride to Saul, He preiede me mekeli, that he schulde go in to Bethleem; and he seide, Suffre thou me, for solempne sacrifice is in my citee; oon of my britheren clepide me; now therfortherfor he seide I. if Y foondhaue founde I. grace `in thin iȝenbifore thee I., Y schal go soonesoone thidere I., and `Y schalOm. I. se my britheren; for this cause heDauid I. cometh not to the `table of the kyngkyngis table I.. ForsotheAnd I. Saul was wrooth aȝens Jonathas, and seide to hym, Thou sone of athe I. womman `rauysch|ynge at her owne willewilfully rauyschynge I. a man, whether Y woot not, that thou louest the sone of Ysay in to thi confusioun, and in to the confusioun of thi schendful modir? For in alle the daies in whiche the sone of Isai lyueth on erthe, thou schalt not be stablischid, nether thi rewme; therfor `riȝt nowanoon I. sende thou, and brynge hym to me, for he is the sone of deeth. SotheliAnd I. Jona|thas answeride to Saul his fadir, and seide, Whi schal heDauid I. die? what hath he do? And Saul took thea I. spere, that he schulde smyte hym, and Jonathas vndirstood, that it was determyndpurposid fulli I. of his fadir, that Dauid schulde be slayn. TherforThanne I. Jonathas roos fro the table in `the ire of woodnesseful feers wraththe I., and he ete not breed in the secounde dai of calendisthat solempnytee I.; for he was sori onfor I. Dauid, for his fadir hadde schent him. And whanne the morewtid `hadde schynedwexe cler I., Jonathas cam in to the feeld, and a litil child with hym, bi the couenaunt ofmaad of I. Dauid. And Jonathas seide to his child, Go thou, and brynge to me the arowis whichethat I. Y castehaue schotte I.. And whanne the child hadde runnerunne forth I., he castideschotte I. another arowe biȝende the child. TherforAnd so whanne I. the child cam to the place of the arowe whichthat I. Jonathas hadde sentschott I.; and Jonathas criede bihynde the `bak of the childchildis bak I., and seide, Lo! the arowe is not there, certis it is biȝendebihynde I. thee. And Jo|nathas criede eft bihynde the bak of the child, `and seideOm. I., Haste thou swiftli, stonde thou not. TherforSothely I. the child gaderidegaderide up I. the arowis of Jonathas, and brouȝtebrouȝte hem I. to his lord, and outerli hethe child I. wiste not what was doon; for oonli Jonathas and Dauid knewen the thing. TherforThanne I. Jonathas ȝaf hise armerisbowe and arowis I. to the child, and seide to hym, Go thou, berebere these I. in to the citee. And whanne the child hadde gogo thenns I., Dauid roosroos up I. fro the place that `ȝede towas towardis I. the south; and he felde low `in toupon I. theOm. plures. erthe, and wor|schipidehe worschipide him I. the thridde tyme, and thei kiss|iden hem silf to gidere, and `wepten to gidereeuer either wepten I.; forsothebut I. Dauid wepte more. TherforThanne I. Jonathas seide to Dauid, Go thou in pees; what euer thingis we bothe han swoore inand seid in I. the `name of the LordLordis name I., `and seidenOm. I., `The Lord beBe the Lord witnesse theroff I. bitwixe me and thee, and bitwixe my seed and thi seed tilOm. EL. in to with outen ende, `be stidfastOm. I.. And Dauid roosroos up I., and ȝedeȝede forth I., but alsoand I. Jonathas entrideȝede I. in to the citee.

 CAP. XXI.

Forsothe Dauid cam in to Nobe to Achimelech preestthe preest I.; and Achymelech won|drid, for Dauid `hadde comecame thidere I.; andalso and M. he seide to Dauid, Whi art thou aloone, and no man is with theeand no man is with thee; sum men weren in his cumpeny, as it is seid with ynne, but few in comparisoun of hem that weren wont to go with him. Lire here. C.? And Dauid seide to Achymelech preestthe preest I., The kyng co|maundidehath comaundid I. to me a word, and seide, No man wite the thing, for which thou art sent fro me, and what maner comaunde|mentisheestis I. Y ȝafhaue ȝoue I. to thee; for Y seide also to childrenmy children I., that thei schulden go in to that `and thatOm. I. place; nowand that now I. therfor if thou hast ony thingthing to ete I. at hond, ether fyue looues, ȝyue thouthou it I. to me, ether what euer thing thou fyndistfyndist of mete I.. And the preest answeride to Dauid, and seide to hym, Y haue `not lewidnot redy lewid brede I., `that is, comyn, looues at hoondthat is, bred for lewid men I marg., but oneli hooli breed; whetherif I. the chil|dren ben clenewher the chil|dren ben clene; as if he seide, tho looues moun be ȝouun to hem in nede. Lire here. C., and moostnamely I. of wymmenwymmen, ete thei I.? And Dauid answeride to the preest, and seide to hym, And sotheli if it is doon of wymmen, we absteynedenhan absteyned I. vs fro ȝistirdai and the thridde dai ago, whanne we ȝeden out, andOm. I. the `vessels, that isOm. I., bodies, of the children weren cleenecleene therof I.; forsothecertis I. this weie is defoulydthis weye is defoulid; that is, we myȝten drawe vnclen|nesse in the weye; but also that schal be halewid in the vessels; that is, siche vnclen|nesse schal be excusid in vs for the con|tynence fro wymmen. Ether thus, this weye is de|foulid; that is, this proces is unleueful of comyn cours, that halewid breed be ȝouun to lewid men, but it schal be excusid for oure nede. Lire here. C., but alsoand I. thatit I. schal be halewid to dai in the vessels. TherforThanne I. the preest ȝaf to hymDauid I. halewid breed, for noon other breed was there, no butOm. I. oneli looues of settyng forth, that weren takun awey fro the face of the Lord, that hoote looues schulen be setset forth I.. ForsotheAnd I. suma I. man of the seruauntis of Saul was therethere that dai I. with ynne in the tabernaclein the taber|nacle; that is, in the cumpas of the taber|nacle, where lewid men weren res|seyued for offryng ether preyer. Lire here. C. of the Lord; and his name was Doech of Ydumeeand his name was Doech of Ydume; this that sueth in summe bokis, and he kepte the mulis of Saul, is not in Ebreu, nether is of the text. Lire here. C., the myȝtiestmyȝtiest man Ib. of the scheepherdisheerdes I., `that is, iugisOm. I., of SaulSaul, and he kepte the mulis of Saul IL. Saul, he fedde the mules of Saul E.. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid seide to Achymelech, If thou hast `here at hondredy here I. spere, ether swerd, ȝyueȝyue it I. to me; for Y took not with me my swerd andneither I. myn armeris; forfor why I. the `word of the kyngkyngis word I. con|streynede meme to go in haaste I.. And the preest seide, Lo! hereOm. I. the swerd of Goliath Filistei, whom thou killidst in the valey of Terebynte, is wlappidwrappid K. in a cloth aftirnext after I. ephoth; if thou wolt take this, take thouit I.; for here is noon other outakun that. And Dauid seide, Noon other is lijk this, ȝyue thou it to me. TherforAnd so I. Dauid roosroos up I., `and fleddeOm. I. in that dai fro the face of Saul, and camhe cam I. to Achis, the kyng of Geth. And the seruauntis of Achis seiden to hym, whanne thei hadden seyn Dauid, Whether this is not Dauid, kyng of the londlond of Israel I.? Whether theiwymmen I. sungen not to hym bi queeriscarouls DEF sec. m. GIKLMNOPQRSWXb., and seiden, Saul smoot a thou|synde, and Dauid smoot ten thousynde? SotheliAnd I. Dauid puttidetoke I. these wordis `in histo I. herte, and he dredde greetli of the face of Achis, kyng of Geth. And Dauid chaungide his mouth bifor Achis, and felde doun bitwixe her hondis, and he hurtlide aȝens the dorisand he hurt|lide aȝenus the doris; in Ebreu it is, and he peyntide on the doris, in mak|ing there summe figuris, as foolis ben wont to make. Lire here. C. of the ȝate, and his drauelis, `that is, spotelisOm. I., flowiden doun in to the beerd. And Achis seide to hise seruauntis, Seen ȝe the wood man? why brouȝten ȝe hym to me? whether wood men failen to vs? whi han ȝe brouȝt in hym, that he schulde be wood, while Y am present? Delyuere ȝe hym fro hennus, lest he entre in to myn hows.

 CAP. XXII.

Therfor Dauid ȝede fro thennus, and fleddehe fledde I. in to the denne of Odollam; and whanne hise britheren, and al the hows of his fadir hadden herd this, thei camen doun thidur to hym. And alle men that weren set in angwisch, and oppressid withwith the dett of I. othere mennusmen I. detteOm. I., and in bittir soulesorowe of herte I., camen togidere to hymDauid I.; and he was maad theher I. prince `of hemOm. I., and as fourea foure I. hundrid men weren with hym. And Dauid ȝede forth fro thennus in to Masphat, whichthat I. is ofin I. Moab; and he seide to the kyng of Moab, Y preye, dwelle my fadir and my modir with ȝou, til Y wite what thing God schal do to me. And he lefte hemhim there I. bifor the face of the kyng of Moab; and thei dwelliden at hym in alle daiesthe daies I., `in whichethat I. Dauid was in `the forselet, etherOm. I. stronghold. And Gad, the profete, seide to Dauid, Nyle thou dwelledwelle still I. in `the forseletoo strong hold I.; go thou forth, and gowende I. in to the lond of Juda. And Dauid ȝede forth, and camhe cam I. in to the forest of Areth. And Saul herde, that Dauid apperide, and the men that weren with hym. ForsotheAnd I. whanne Saul dwellide in Gabaa, and was in thea I. wode whichthat I. is in Rama, andand he I. `helde a spereled a preste E. helid a preste L. in thehis I. hond, and alle hise ser|uauntis stoden aboute hym, he seide to hise seruauntis that stoden nyȝ hym, TheȜe AI. sones of Gemynythat is, ȝe that be my britheren I marg., herehere ȝe I. me now; whether the sone of Ysai schal ȝyue to alle ȝou feeldis and vyneris, and schalhe schal I. make alle ȝou tribuneschefteyns upon thousyndis I. and centuriounsupon hundridis of men I.? For alle ȝe han sworeOm. I., etherOm. CI. conspiridOm. C., togidere aȝens me, and noon is that tellith to me; moost sithen also my sone hath ioyned boond of pees with the sone of Ysai; noon is of ȝou, that sorewith `for my stidemy while I., nether that tellith to me, for my sone hath reisid my seruaunt aȝens me, settynge tre|soun to me `til tovnto I. daithis dai I.. SotheliBut I. Doech of Ydumye answeride, that stood nyȝ, and was the firstecheef I. among `the seruauntis of SaulSauls seruauntis I., and seide, Y siȝ `the sone of YsaiYsais sone I. in Nobe, at Achymelech, preestthe preest I., the sone of Achitob; whichand Achimelech I. counseilidecounseilide with I. the Lord for Dauid, and ȝafȝaf him I. meetis `to hymOm. I., but also he ȝaf to Dauid the swerd of GoliathGolie I. Filistei. TherforThanne I. the kyng sente to clepe Achymelech, the preest, `the sone of Achi|tobAchitobs sone I., and al the howsmeynee I. of his fadir, of preestis that weren in Nobe; whichethe whiche I. alle camen to the kyng. And Saul seide to Achymelech, HereHere me I., thou sone of Achitob. WhichThe which I. answeride, Lord, Y am redi. And Saul seide to hym, Whi hast thou con|spirid aȝens me, thou, and the sone of Ysai, and ȝauesthast ȝoue I. looues and a swerd to hym, and councelidisthast counseilid with I. the Lord for hym, that he schulde rise aȝens me, and he dwellith a tretour `til tovnto this I. dai? And Achy|melech answeride to the kyng, and seide, AndOm. I. who among alle thi seruauntis isis so feithful I. as Dauid feithfulOm. I., and thehe is thi I. sone in lawe `of the kyngOm. I., and goynge at thiOm. EL. the K. thin I. comaunde|mentheest I., and gloriouse inin al I. thin hows? Whe|ther Y bigan to dai to counsele the Lord for hymDauid I.? Fer be this fro me; suppose not the kyngkyng sich thing I. aȝens his seruaunt `siche a thingor aȝens ony other I. in al `the hows of my fadirmy fadir hous I.; for thi seruaunt knew not ony thing, ether litil ethir greet, of this cause. And the kyng seide, Achymelech, thou schalt die bi deeth, thou, and alOm. C. the hows of thi fadir. And the kyng seide to men able to be sent out, that stoden aboute hym, Turne ȝe, and sle the preestis of the Lord, for the hond of hem is with Dauid; and thei wisten that he fledde, and thei schewiden not to me. Sotheli the seruauntis of the kyng noldenwolden not I. holde forth her hondthe ser|uauntis of the kyng nolden holde forth her hond; these men able to be sent out, weren Abner and Amasa, that weren sent out to the nedis of the rewme, they nolden sle the prestis of the Lord, for they wisten that it was not to obeye to the king, in tho thingis that ben aȝenus God; and they token this of that word in i. co. of Josue, as we obeyeden in alle thingis to Moyses, so we schulen obeie also to thee, onely thi Lord God be with thee; that is, in tho thingis in whiche is acordinge with Goddis wille, we schu|len obeye, and in noon othere. Lire here. C. in to the preestis of the Lord. And the kyng seide to Doech, Turne thou, and hurlehurtle X. in to the preestis of the Lord. And Doech of Ydumee turnede, and hurlidehurtlid DLX sec. m. in to the preestis, and stranglide in that dai foure score and fyue men, clothid with `ephothclothid with ephoth; for they camen to the king in the clothis in whiche they mynistriden bifor God, that thei schulden bowe more his wraththid soule to pitee. Lire here. C. of lynnun clothlynnun prestes copis I.. ForsotheCertis I. heDoech I. smootdestriede I. Nobe, the citee of preestisthe preestis I., by the scharp|nesse of swerd, men and wymmen, litle children and soukynge, and oxe, and asse, and sheep, bihe slewȝe bi I. the scharpnesse of swerd. ForsotheBut I. o sone of Achymelech, sonethe sone I. of Achitob, ascapide, of which sone the name was Abiathar; and he fledde to Dauid, and telde toOm. I. hym that Saul hadde slayn the preestis of the Lord. And Dauid seide to Abiathar, SotheliCertis I. Y wiste, `that is, Y coniectide, ether dreddeOm. CI., in that dai, that whanne Doech of Ydumee was there, he wolde telle with out doute to Saul; Y am gilti of alle the lyueslyues that be sleyn I. of thi fadirfadir hous I.. Dwelle thou with me, drede thou not; if ony man sekith thi lijf, he schal seke also my lijf, and thou schalt be kept with me.

 CAP. XXIII.

And theimen I. teldentelden, that is, men of Seila telden perel neiȝinge to hem. Lire here. C. to Dauid, and seiden, Lo! Filisteisthe Filisteis I. fiȝten aȝens Seila, and ra|uyschenstrien I. the corn floris. TherforThanne I. Dauid councelidecounselide with I. the Lord, and seide, Whether Y schal gogo out I., and smyte Filisteisthese Filisteis BC. the Filisteis I.? And the Lord seide to Dauid, Go thouforth I., and thou schalt smyte Filisteisthe Filisteis I., and thou schalt saue Seila. And men, that weren with Dauid, seiden to him, Lo! we ben heere in Judee, and dreddenhan dred I.; hou myche more, if we schulen go in to Seila aȝens the cumpanyes of Filisteis. Therfor eft Dauid councelidecouncelide with I. the Lord; whichthe which I. answeride, and seide to Dauid, Rise thouthou up I., and go `in toin A. Seila; for Y schal bitake Filisteisthe Filisteis I. inin to EL. thin hond. TherforThanne I. Dauid ȝedewente I., and hise men, in to Seila, and fauȝt aȝens Filisteisthe Filisteis I.; and heDauid I. droof awey her werk beestis, and smoot hem with greet wounde; and Dauid sauyde the dwelleris of Seila. ForsotheAnd I. in that tyme, `wher ynnein whiche I. Abiathar, sonethe sone I. of AchymelechAbimelech ELP., fledde to Dauid in to Seile, heAbiathar I. cam doundown thidere I., and haddehe hadde I. with hym `ephoth, that isOm. I., the clothcoope I. of the hiȝeste preestThe whole gloss omitted in X.prest; wher|ynne was the racional of doom, in whiche the an|swering of the Lord apperide. Lire here. C.. ForsotheAnd I. it was teld to Saul, that Dauid hadde come in to Seila; and Saul seide, The Lord hath take hym in to myn hondis, and he `is closid, andOm. I. entride in to athe I. citee, inis closid with ynne in I. whichthe which I. ben ȝatis and lockis. And Saul comaundide to al the puple, that it schulde go doun to batel in to Seila, and bisegebisege ȝe I. Dauid and hise men. And whanne Dauid perceyuede, that Saul made redi yuel priueli to hym, he seide to Abiathar, preestthe preest I., Brynge hidur ephoththe prestis coope I.ephoth; that is, clothe thee with ephoth, to councele the Lord. Lire here. C.. And Dauid seide, Lord God of Israel, thi ser|uaunt `herde famehath herd sey I., that Saul disposith to come to Seila, that he distrie the citee for me; if the men of Seila schulen bitake me in to hise hondis, and if Saul schal come doun, as thi seruaunt herdehath herd I., thou Lord God of Israel scheweschewe it I. to thi seruaunt? And the Lord seide, He schal come dounhe schal come doun; that is, if thou dwellist in the citee, he schal come doun. Lire here. C.. And Dauid seide eft, Whether the men of Seila schulen bitake me, and the men that ben with me, in to the hondis of Saul? And the Lord seide, Thei schulen bitake, `that is, if thou dwellist in the citee, and Saul comecomith C. thidurOm. X. thee to Saul, if thou abijdist him there I.. Therfor Dauid roos, and hise men, asas a I. sixe hundrid; and thei ȝeden out of Seila, and wandriden vncer|teyn hidur and thidur. And it was telde to Saul, that Dauid hadde fledde fro Seila, and was saued; wherfor Saul dissymylidefeynede I. to go out. ForsotheBut I. Dauid dwellide in theOm. EIKL. deseert, in strongesteful stronge I. places, and he dwellide in the hil of wildirnesse of Ziph, in a derk hilhil of wode I.; netheles Saul souȝte hym in alle daies, and the Lord bitook not hym in to the hondis of Saul. And Dauid siȝ, that Saul ȝede out, that he schuldewolde I. seke his lijf. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid was in theOm. EL. deseert of Ziph, in a wode. And Jonathas, the sone of Saul, roosroos up I., and ȝede to Dauid in to the wode, and coumfortidehe coumfortide I. hise hondis in God. And he seide to Dauid, Drede thou not; for the hond of Saul my fadir schal not fynde thee, and thou schalt regne on Israel, and Y schal be the secounde to thee; but also Saul my father woot this. Therfor euer eithir smoot boond of pees bifor the Lord. And Dauid dwellide in the wode; forsotheand I. Jonathas turnede aȝen in to his hows. ForsotheCertis I. men of Ziph stiedenstieden up I. to Saul in Gabaa, and seiden, Lo! whether notOm. D. now EL. Dauid is hid atin D. anentis I. vs in the sikiresteful siker I. places ofin I. the wodethicke wode I., in the hille of Achille, whichthat I. is at the riȝt syde of deseert? Now therfor come thou doun, as thi soule desiride, that thou schuldist come doun; forsothe it schal be oureoure doyng I., that we bitake hymDauid I. in to the hondis of the kyng. And Saul seide, Blessid be ȝe of the Lord, for ȝe sorewidenhan serewid I. `for my stidemy while I.. Therfor, Y preiepreie ȝou I., go ȝe, and makemakith I. redi more diligentli, and do ȝe more curiousli ether intentifli, and biholde ȝe swiftly, where his foot is, ethir who siȝ hym there, where ȝe seiden; for he thenkith on me, that felli Y aspie hym. Biholde ȝe, and sese ȝe I. alle his hidyng places, in whiche he is hid, andand thanne I. turne ȝe aȝen to me at a certeyn thing, that Y go with ȝou; that if he closithschal close I. hym silf ȝhe in tothe I. Om. DKMOSb. erthe, Y schal seke hym within I. alle the thousyndis of Juda. And thei risidenresen up I. risen ELP., and ȝeden in to Ziph bifor Saul. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid and hise men weren in the deseert of Maon, in theOm. IK. feldi places, at the riȝt half of Jesy|myth. Therfor Saul ȝede and hise felowis to seke Dauid, and it was teld to Dauid; and anoon heDauid I. ȝede doun to the stoon, and lyuyde in the deseert of Maon; and whanne Saul hadde herd this, he pursuede Dauid in the deseert of Maon. And Saul ȝede and hise men at the side of the hil `on othe too K. part; forsotheand I. Dauid and hise men werenwenten I. inat I. the side of the hil on the tother part; sotheliforsothe BC. Dauid dispeirideDauyth dis|peiride; Da|uyth dispeiride not to ascape in his owne persoone, for he was certeyn of the filling of Goddis biheest, that he schulde be kyng aftir Saul, but he despeiride to ascape with out batel with Saul, of which batel he hadde hi|dousnesse and dredde, for the deth of hise men, and of summen that weren with Saul, and su|eden him more aȝenus her wille, than wilfuly. Lire here. C., that he myȝte ascape fro the face of Saul. And so Saul and hise men cumpassiden bi the maner of a corouncoroun round aboute I. Dauid and hise men, that thei schulden take hem. And a messanger cam to Saul, and seide, Haste thou, and come, for Filisteisthe Filisteis I. han spred hem silf on the lond. Therfor Saul turnede aȝen, and ceesside to pursue Dauid; and ȝedehe ȝede I. aȝens the comyng of Filisteis. For this thingfor this thing; that is, for the oost of Saul was departid there, fro the pursuyng of Dauyth. Lire here. C. thei clepenclepiden DEFGIKLMNOPQRSUWXb. that place the Stoon De|partyngeof Departyng EIPX..

 CAP. XXIV.

Therfor Dauid stiedestiede up I. fro thennus, and dwellide in the sykirestemost sikir I. places of En|gaddi. And whannewhanne that I. Saul turnede aȝen, aftir that he pursuede Filisteisthe Filisteis I., theimen I. telden to hym, and seiden, Lo! Dauid is in theOm. EL. deseert of Engaddi. Therfor Saul took three thousinde ofOm. I. chosun men of al Israel, and ȝedehe ȝede I. to seke Dauid and hise men, ȝhe onupon the I. moost brokun rochis, thatthe whiche I. ben `able to weieweies DK sec. m. X sec. m. thorouȝ weies I. able weie MX pr. m. able to weies O. to wield geet aloone. And heSaul I. cam to the fooldis of scheep, thatthe whiche I. offridenprofreden I. hem silf to the wei goere. And there was a dennecaaue I., in to whichthe whiche I. denneOm. DIKMXb. Saul entride, that he schuldewolde I. purge thehis I. wombe; forsothecertis I. Dauid and hise men weren hid in the ynnere part of thethat I. denne. And the seruauntis of Dauid seiden to hym, Lo! the dai of which the Lord spak to the, Y schal bitake to thee thin enemy, that thou do to hym as it plesith in thin iȝen. Therfor Dauid roosroos up I., and kittide the hemme of the mentil of Saul priuely. Aftir these thingis Dauid smoot his herteherte, or repentide him I.smoot his herte; that is, his consience repreuyde him. Lire here. C., for he hadde kit awei the hemme of the mentil of Saul. And Dauid seide to hise men, The Lord be merciful to me, lest Y do this thing to my lord, the cristanoyntid I. crist, that is, anoyntid K. of the Lord, thatand that A pr. m. CEGKLMNOPQRSUWXb. or that I. Y sendeputte MW. myn hond `in toon I. hym, for he is the crist of the Lord. The Lord lyueth, for noOm. I. but the Lord smyte hymSaul I., ether his dai come, that he die, ether he go doun in to batel and perischeperische so I., the Lord be merciful to me, that Y sendeputte M. notOm. I. myn hond in to the cristanoyntid I. of the Lordcrist of the Lord; in summe bokis it sueth, and Dauyth brak his men bi siche wordis, and suffride not hem, that they risiden aȝenus Saul, but this lettre is not in Ebreu, nether in bokis amendid. Lire here. C.. For|sotheAnd I. Saul roos out of the denne, and ȝede in the weie bigunnun. SotheliAnd I. Dauid roosroos up I. aftir hym, and he ȝede out of the denne, and criede aftir the bak of Saul, and seide, My lord, theOm. I. kyng! And Saul bihelde bihinde him silfOm. I.; and Dauid bowide hym silf lowe to the erthe, and worschipideworschipide him I.. And heDauid I. seide to Saul, Whi herist thou the wordis of men spekynge, Dauid sekith yuel aȝens thee? Lo! to dai thin iȝen siȝen, that the Lord bitook thee in myn hond in the denne, and Y thouȝte that Y wolde slehaue slawe I. thee, but myn iȝeiȝen BC. sparide thee; for Y seide, Y schal not holde forth myn hond in to my lord, whichfor he I. iswhich is the crist; that is, anoyntid. C. the cristanoyntid I., `that is, anoyntidOm. INX., of the Lord. But rathere, my fadir, se thou, and knowe the hemme of thi mentil in myn hond, for whanne Y kittide aweie the hemme of thi mentil, Y noldewolde not I. holde forth myn hond inaȝens I. thee; perseyue thou, and see, for nether yuel nether wickidnesse is in myn hond, nether Y synnedehaue synned I. aȝens thee; but thou aspiest my lijf, that thou do it awei. The Lord deme bitwixe me and thee, and the Lord venge me of thee; but myn hond be not inaȝens I. thee, as it is seid alsoOm. I. in eld prouerbe, Wickidnesse schal go out of wickid men; therfor myn hond be not inaȝens I. thee. `Whom pursuestOm. I. thou, kyng of Israel, whom pur|suest thou? Thou pursuest a deed hound, and a quyk fle. The Lord be iuge, and the Lord deme bitwixe me and thee, and se, and deme my cause, and delyueredelyuere he I. me fro thin hond. SotheliAnd I. whanne Dauid hadde fillidfillid or endid I. spekynge sichesiche maner I. wordis to Saul, Saul seide, Whether this is thi vois, my sone Dauid? And Saul reisidereiside up I. his vois, and wepte. And he seide to Dauid, Thou art more iust than Y; for thou ȝauest goodisgode thingis I. to me; forsothebut I. Y ȝeldidehaue ȝolden I. yuelis to thee. And thou schewidisthast schewid I. to me to dai, what goodis thou hast do to me, how the Lord bitook me in thin hond, and thou killidist not me. For who, `whanne he fyndith his enemyOm. I., schal delyuere hymhis enmy I. inin to K. good weieweie, whanne he fyndith him I.? But the Lord ȝelde to thee this while, for that, thatOm. I. thou wrouȝtisthast wrouȝt I. to dai in me. And now, for Y woot, that thou schalt regne moostful I. certeynli, and schalt haue in thin hond the rewme of Israel, swere thou to me in the Lord, that thou do not a wei my seed aftir me, nether take a wey my name fro the hows of my fadir. And Dauid swoor to Saul. Therfor Saul ȝede in to his hows, and Dauid and hise men stiedenstieden up I. to sikiresikerer BCKO. placis.

 CAP. XXV.

Forsothe Samuel was deed; and al Israel was gaderid to gidere, and thei biweiliden hym greetly, and birieden hym in his hows in Ramatha. And Dauid roosroos up I., and ȝedewente I. doun in to deseertthe deseert I. of Faran. For|sotheAnd I. asum BCDEFGKLNOPQRSUXb. Om. I. `man wasOm. I. in Maonthe desert of Maon Ib marg.in Maon; in summe bokis is in the wildir|nesse of Maon, but this word wildirnesse, is not in Ebreu, nether is of the text; for bi the book of Ebreu questiouns he dwellide in a gretter citee, but hise beestis weren in Car|mele. Lire here. C., andther was a man, and I. his possessioun was in Carmele, and thilkethat I. man was ful greet, and threther weren to him thre I. thousynde scheep and a thousynde geetof geet I. `weren to hymOm. I.; and it bifelde that his flocke was clippidschore I. in Carmele. ForsotheAnd I. the name of that man was Nabal, and the name of his wijf was Abigail; and thilke womman was moost prudent and fair; forsothebut I. hir hosebond was hard and ful wickid and malicious; sotheliand I. he was of the kyn of Caleph. Therfor whanne Dauid hadde herde in deseert, that Nabal clippide his floc, he sente ten ȝonge men, and seide to hem, Stie ȝeȝe up I. in to Carmele, and ȝe schulen come to Nabal, and ȝe schulen grete hym of my name pesibli; and ȝe schulen seie thus, Pees be to my britheren and to thee, and pees be to thin hows, and pees be to alle thingis, `what euer thingis thou hastwhateuer thou hast DIKOQSXb. thingis whiche thou hast G. thingis whateuer thou hast N.. Ywhich manie ȝeres hath maad sauf thi seruauntes and alle thi godes, Y. A sec. m. Ib sec. m. herdehaue herd I. that thi scheepherdis, that weren with vs in deseert, clippidenhan schore I. thi flockis; we weren neuere diseseful to hem, nether ony tyme ony thing of the floc failide to hem, in al timethe time BCEFGIKLMNOPQRSUWXb. in which thei weren with vs in Carmele; axe thi children, and thei schulen schewe to thee. Now therfor thi children fyndewe fynde I. grace in thin iȝen; for in a good dai we camenben comen I. comen plures. to thee; what euer thing thin hond fyndithfyndith or plesith to thee I., ȝyueȝyue it I. to thi ser|uauntis, and to thi sone Dauid. And whanne the children of Dauid hadden comecome to Nabal I., thei spaken to Nabalhim I. alle these wordis in the name of Dauid, and helden pees. ForsothCertis I. Nabal answeride to the children of Dauid, and seide, Who is Dauith? and who is the sone of Isai? To dai seruauntis encreesidenhan encressid I. that fleenhan fled I. her lords. Therfor schal Y take my loouesschal Y take my looues; as if he seye, Y owe not to do. and my watris, that is, my drynkis, for ofte in scrip|ture, ech drynk is vndurstodun bi the name of water, as bi the name of breed is understond|un ech mete. Lire here. C. and my watris, and the fleischisfleishe I. of beestis, whichethe whiche I. Y haue slayn to my schereris, and schal Y ȝyue to men, whichethat I. Y knowe not of whennus thei ben? Therfor the children of Dauid ȝeden aȝen bi her weie; and thei turneden aȝen, and camen, and telden to hymDauid I. alle wordisthe wordis I. whichethat I. Nabal hadde seidseid to hem I.. Thanne Dauid seide to hise children, Ech man be gird with his swerd. And alle men weren gird with her swerdis, and Dauid also was gird with his swerd; and as fourea foure I. hundrid men sueden Dauid, forsothefor I. two hundrid leften at the fardels. ForsotheAnd I. oon of hisethe I. children telde to Abigail, wijfthe wijf I. of Nabal, and seide, Lo! Dauid sentehath sent I. messangeris fro deseert, that thei schulden blesse oure lordblesse oure lord, in gret|ynge hym cur|teysly, and in axinge mekly his benefice. Lire here. C.lord Nabal I., and he turnedehath turned I. hem a wey; these men weren good ynow, and not diseseful to vs, and no thingthing of oure I. perischide `in ony tymeOm. I. in al the tyme in which we lyuedenweren I. with hem in deseert; thei weren to vs for a wal, bothe in niȝt and inOm. plures. dai, inand L. alle daiesthe daies I. in whiche we lesewiden flockis atanentis I. hem. Wherfor biholde thou, and thenke, what thou schalt do; for malice is fillidfulfillid I. aȝens thin hosebonde, and aȝens `thin howsthi meynee I.; and heNabal I. is the sone of Belial, so that no man may speke to him. Therfor Abigail hast|ide, and took two hundrid looues, and two vessels of wyn, and fyue whetheris sodun, and seuene buyschelis and an half of flour, and an hundrid bundles of dried grapegrapes ELM. grapis or reisynns I., and two hundrid gobetispeis I. of dried figus; and puttidesche putte I. onal this upon I. assis, and seide to hir children, Go ȝe bifor me; lo! Y schal sue ȝou `aftir thebihynde ȝoure I. bak. ForsotheAnd I. sche schew|ide notnot this I. to hir hosebonde Nabal. Therfor whanne sche hadde stiedstied up I. on thean I. asse, and cam doun `at the rooteto the foot I. of the hil, andOm. I. Dauid and hise men camen doun in to thehir I. comyng `of hirOm. I.; whichethe whiche I. alsoOm. I. sche mette. And Dauid seide, Verili in veyn Y haue kept alle thingisthese thingis K. that weren of this Nabal in theOm. EILNPX. deseert, and no thing perischide of alle thingis that perteyneden to hym, and he hath ȝolde to me yuel for good. The Lord do these thingis, and addeadde he I. these thingis to the enemyes of Dauid, if Y schal leeueleeue vndestried I. of alle thingis that perteynen to him til theto I. morewe a pisser to thea I. wal. SotheliAnd I. whanne Abi|gail siȝ Dauid, sche hastide, and ȝede doun of the asse; and sche fel doun bifor Dauid on hir face, and worschipideworschipide him I. on the erthe. And sche felde doun to hise feet, and seide, My lord theOm. I. kyng, this wickydnesse be inat I. me; Y bisechebiseche thee I., speke thin handmaydenhandmaide I. in thin eeris, and here thou the wordis of thi seruauntesse; Y preie, my lord theOm. I. kyng, settethat he sette I. not his herte onupon I. this wickid man Nabal, for bi his name he is a fool, and foli is with hym; but, my lord, Y thin handmayde siȝ not thi children, whiche thou sentistsentist to him I.. Now therfor, my lord, the Lord lyueththe Lord lyueth; as if sche seide, as it is soth, that the Lord lyu|eth, and thou lyuest, so it is doon bi Goddis mersy, that Y cam aȝenus thee to lette. lest thou schuldist come in to blood, that is, to schede out blood. Lire here. C., and thi soule lyueth, whichthe which I. Lord forbeedhath forboden I. thee, lestthat I. thou schuldist come in to blood, and hethe Lord I. sauede thi soulelijf I. to theehe sauyde thi soule innocent. Lire here. C.; and now thin enemyes, and thei that seken yuel toto thee Ib sec. m. my lord, bebe thei I. maad as Nabal. Wherfor resseyue thou this bless|yng, whichthat I. thin handmaide brouȝtehath brouȝt I. to thee, my lord, and ȝyueȝyue it I. thouOm. I. to the chil|dren that suen thee, my lord. Do thou awey the wickidnessewickenesse E. of thi seruauntesse; for the Lord makynge schal make a feith|ful hows to thee, my lord, for thou, my lord, fiȝtist the batels of the Lord; therfor malice be not foundun in thee in alle daisthe daies I. of thi lijf. For if a man risith ony tyme, and pursueth thee, and sekith thi lijf, the lijf of my lord schal be keptschal be kepte, etc.; that is, schal be defendid aȝenus alle tre|souns of yuel men. Lire here. C. as in a bundel of lyuynge trees, at thi Lord God; forsothebut I. the soule of thin enemyes schal be hurlid round aboute as in feersnesse, and sercle of a slynge. Therfor whanne the Lord hath do to thee, my lord, alle these goode thingis, whiche he spakhath spoke I. of thee, and hath ordeyned thee duyk onupon I. Israel, this schal not be in to siȝyngin to siȝȝyng; that is, in to morenyng of soule and in to remors of con|sience. Lire here. C. and in to doute of herte to thee, my lord, that thou hast sched out giltles blood, ether that thou hast vengid theethi silff I.. And whanne the Lord hath do wel to thee, my lord, thou schalt haue mynde onof I. thin hand|maide, and thou schalt do wel to hir. And Dauid seide to Abigail, Blessid be theOm. C. Lord God of Israel, that sentehath sent I. thee to dai in to my comyng, and blessid be thi speche; and blessid be thou, that hast forbedeforbode L. me, lest Y ȝedeȝide to day I. to blood, and vengidehad vengid I. me with myn hond; ellis the Lord God of Israel lyueth, whichthat I. forbeedhath forboden I. me, `lest Y dideY schulde not do I. yuel to thee, if thou haddist not soone come in to `metyng to memy metyng I., a pissere to the wal schulde not haue left to Nabal til to theOm. I. morewe liȝt. Therfor Dauid resseyuede of hir hond alle thingis whiche sche hadde brouȝt to hymDauid I.; and he seide to hir, Go thou in pees in to thin hows; lo! Y herdehaue herd I. thi vois, and Y onouride thi face. Forsothe Abi|gail cam to Nabal; and, lo! a feeste was to him in his hows, as the feeste of a kyng; and the herte of Nabal was iocoundemerye I., forcertis I. he was `drunkun greetliful drunkun I.; and sche schewide not to hym a word litil etherne EL. or P. greet til the morewe. ForsotheBut I. in the morewtid, whanne Nabal hadde defied the wiyn, his wijf schewide to hym alle these wordis; and his herte was almest deed with ynne, and he was maad as a stoon. And whanne ten daies hadden passid, the Lord smoot Nabal, and he was deed. WhichThe which I. thing whanne Dauid hadde herd, Nabal deedto be deed I., he seide, Blessid be the Lord God, that vengidehath vengid I. the cause of my schenschip of the hond of Nabal, and keptehath kept I. his seruaunt fro yuel, and the Lord ȝeldidehath ȝoulde I. the malice of Nabal in to the heed of hym. Therfor Dauid sente, and spak to Abigail, that he wolde take hir wijf to hym. And the children of Dauid camen to Abigail in to Carmele, and spaken to hir, and seiden, Dauid sente vs to thee, that he take thee in to wijf to hym. And sche roosroos up I., and worschipide lowe to erthethe erthe I., and seide, Lo! thi ser|uauntesse bebe sche I. in to an handmayde, that sche waische the feet of the seruauntis of my lord. And Abigail hastidehastide hir I., and roosroos up I., and stiedesche stiede up I. on anthe CDEFGKLMNOPQRSUWXb. asse; and fyue damesels, sueris of hir feet, ȝedenȝeden forth I. with hir, and scheAbigail I. suede the messangeris of Dauid, and wassche was I. maad wijf to hym. But also Dauid took Achynoem of Jezrael, and euer eithir was wijf to hym; forsotheand I. Saul ȝaf Mycol his douȝtir, wijf of Dauid, to Phaltito Phalti; Ebreys seyen, that this Phalti was a doctour of the lawe, and therfor thouȝ he took Mychol, to obeye to Saul, and that he schulde be onourid as the hosebonde of the kingis douȝter, nethe|les he knew not hir fleisly, for he wiste that sche was the veri wiyf of Dauyth, for he hadde not forsake hir, and therfor Dauyth res|seyuede hir aftirward, and netheles he hadde not take hir aftirward, if sche hadde be knowun fleisly of Phalti, as he entride no more to hise wyues, whiche Absolon knew, as it is had in ii. book xx. co. Lire here. C., the sone of Lais, that was of Gallym.

 CAP. XXVI.

And Zipheismen of Zephei I. camen to Saul in to Ga|baa, and seiden, Lo! Dauid is hidde in the hille of Achille, whichthat I. is `euene aȝensanentis I. the wildirnesse. And Saul roosroos up I., and ȝede doun in to deseertthe deseert I. of Ziph, and with hym thre thousynde of men of the chosun of Israel, that he schulde seke Dauid in the desert of Ziph. And Saul settide tentishis tentis I. in Gabaa of Achille, that was euen aȝens the wildirnesse in the weie. SotheliAnd I. Dauid dwellide in deseertthe deseert CI.. Forsothe Da|uid siȝDauyth siȝ, that is, knew bi a messanger. Lire here. C. that Saul hadde come aftir hym in to deseert; and Dauidhe I. sente aspieris, and lernedehe lernede I. moost certeynli, that Saul hadde come thidur. And Dauid roosroos up I. priueli, and cam to the place where Saul was. And whanne Dauid hadde seyn the place, wher ynne Saul slepte, and Abner, the sone of Ner, the prince of his chyual|rye, and Saul slepynge in thehis I. tente, and the tother comyn puple bi his cumpas, Dauid seide to Achymelech, Ethey, and to Abisai, sonethe sone I. of Saruye, the brother of Joab, `and seideseijng K., Who schal go doun with me to Saul in to `the castelshis tentis I.? And Abisai seide, Y schal go doun with thee. Therfor Da|uid and Abisai camen to the puple in the nyȝt, and thei founden Saul lyggynge and slepynge in `the tentehis tentis I., and a spere sette faste in the erthe at his heed; `forsothe thei foundenand also I. Abner and the puple slep|ynge in his cumpas. And Abisay seide to Dauid, God hath closid to dai thin enemy in to thin hondis; now therfor Y schal peerse hym with athe I. spere onys in the erthe, and `no nedemouyd BC. schal be the secounde tyme. And Dauid seide to Aby|sai, Sle thou not hym, for who schal holde forth his hond into the crist of the Lord, and schal be innocent? And Dauid seide, The Lord lyueth, for noOm. I. but the Lord smyte hymSaul I., ether his dai come that he die, ether he go doun in to batel and perische; the Lord be merciful to me, that Y holde not forth myn hond in to the crist of the Lord; nowOm. I. therfor take thou the spere, whichthat I. is at his heed, and `take thouOm. I. the cuppe of watir, and go we a wei. DauidThanne Dauid I. took the spere, and the cuppe of watir, that was at the heed of Saul, and thei ȝeden forth, and no man was that siȝ, and vndirstood, and wakide, but alle men slepten; for the sleep of the Lordthe sleep of the Lord; that is, a greuouse sleep sent of God. hadde feld on hem, that so Dauyth schulde go awey with out perel, and that bi the spere takun, and the vessel of water, he schulde de|clare his inno|cence anentis Saul, and schulde con|uycte ether ateynte him of wickidnesse. Lire here. C. `hadde feldwas fallen I. hadde fallen L. hadde falle EMP. on hem. And whanne Dauid hadde passidpassid forth I. euene aȝensouer aȝens hem I., and hadde stonde onafer upon I. the cop of thean I. hil aferOm. I., and a greet space was bitwixe hem, Dauid criede to the puple, and to Abner, the sone of Ner, and seide, Abner, whether thou schaltwolt I. not answere? And Abner an|sweride, and seide, Who art thou, that criest, and disesist the kyng? And Dauith seide to Abner, Whether thou art not a man, and what other man is lijk thee in Israel? whi therfor `kepist thou nothast thou not kept I. thi lord the kyng? `For oCertis a I. man of the cum|panye entride, that he schulde sle thi lord the kyng; this that thou hast doon, is not good; the Lord lyueth, for ȝe ben sones of deeth, that kepten not ȝoure lord, the cristanoyntid I. of the Lord. Now therfor se thou, where is the spere of the kyng, and where is the cuppe of watir, that werenwas I. at his heed. Forsothe Saul knew the vois of Dauid, and seide, Whether this vois is thin, my sone Dauid? And Dauid seide, My lord theOm. I. kyng, it is my vois. And Dauid seideseide eft I., For what cause pursueth my lord his seruaunt? What haue Y do, ether what yuel is in myn hond? Now therfor, my lord theOm. I. kyng, Y preye, here the wordis of thi seruaunt; if the Lord stirith thee aȝens me, the sacrifice be smellidthe sacrifice be smellid; that is, my pacience in this pursu|yng be ac|ceptid bifor God, as if Y offrede brent sacrifice at his auter. if the sones of men, bringe thee herto, as Doech and hise fe|lowis doen. thei ben cursid, whiche han cast me out to day, that is, in pre|sent tyme. that Y dwelle not, etc.; that is, that Y dwelle not pesibly in the lond of biheste, where Goddis wor|chiping was quyk, that Y myȝte go thi|dur, and offre due sacrifices. and seyen, in dede. go thou, serue thou alien goddis, for thei that ben compellid for persecu|cioun, to entre in to a lond suget to idola|trie, be set forth to the synne of idola|trie, for liȝtly they ben en|clyned herto of idolatrours, and sum tyme they ben com|pellid bi vio|lence of peyne. Lire here. C.; forsotheand I. if sones of men stiren thee, thei ben cursid in the siȝt of the Lord, whiche han cast me out `to dainow I., that Y dwelle not in the erytage of the Lord, and seien, Go thou, serue thou alien goddis. And now my blood be not sched outouȝte L. in the erthe bifor the Lord; for the kyng of Israel ȝedehath gon I. out, that he seke a quike fle, as a partrich is pursuede in hillis. And Saul seide, Y synnedehaue synned I.; turneturne thou I. aȝen, my sone Dauid, forforsothe I. Y schal no more do yuel to thee, for my lijflord G. was precious to day in thin iȝen; forOm. I. it semethapperith BCDFGHKLMNOPQRSUWb., thatforsothe that I. Y didehaue don I. die N. do M. folili, and Y vnknewhaue unknowe I. ful many thingis. And Dauid answeride and seide, Lo! the spere of the kyng, oon of the `children of the kyngkyngis children I. passepasse ouer hidere I., and take it; forsothe the Lord schal ȝelde to ech man biaftir I. his riȝtfulnesse and feithhis feith I.; forcertis I. the Lord bitook thee to dai in to myn hond, and Y noldewolde not I. holde forth myn hond in to the crist of the Lord; and as thi lijf is magnified to dai in myn iȝen, so my lijf be magnyfied in the iȝen of the LordLord God I., and delyuere he me fro al angwisch. Therfor Saul seide to Dauid, Blessid be thou, my sone Dauid; and sotheli thou doynge schalt do, and thou myȝti schalt be myȝti. TherforThanne I. Dauid ȝedeȝede forth I. in to his weie, and Saul turnede aȝen in to his place.

 CAP. XXVII.

And Dauid seide in his herte, Sumtyme Y schal falle in o dai in the hond of Saul; whether it is notOm. C. betere, that Y fle, and be sauyd in the lond of Filisteis, that Saul dispeirethat Saul dispeire; that is, of my taking. Lire here. C., and cesse to seke me in alle the endis of Israel; therfor fle we hise hondis. And Dauid roosroos up I., and ȝedeȝede forth I., he and sixe hundrid men with hym, to Achis, the sone of Maoth, kyng of Geth. And Dauid dwellide with Achis in Geth, he, and hise men, and his hows; Dauidthat is, Dauid I., and hise twei wyues, Achynoem of Jezrael, and Abigail, the wijf of Nabal of Carmele. And it was teld to Saul, that Dauid fledde in to Geth; and heSaul I. addideaddide to I. no more `that he schuldefor to I. seke Dauid. Forsothe Dauid seide to Achis, If Y haue founden grace in thin iȝen, a place be ȝouun to me in oon of the citees of this cuntrey, that Y dwelle there; for whi dwellith thi seruaunt in the citee of the kyng with thee? Therfor Achis ȝaf toOm. I. hym Sichelech in that dai, for whichthe which I. cause Sichelech was maad in to theOm. I. possessioun of the kyngis of Juda `til in tovnto I. this dai. ForsotheAnd I. the noumbre of daies, in whiche Dauid dwellide in the cuntrei of Filisteis, was of foure monethiswas foure monethis; in Ebreu it is, dayes and foure monethis, a ȝeer ether ȝeeris moun be vndurstondun by dayes, and so it schal be takun here, as it semeth. Lire here. C.. And Dauid stiedestiede up I., and hise men, and tokenthei token I. preies of Gethsuri, and of Gethri, and of men of Amalech; for these townes weren enhabitid bi eld tyme in the lond, to men goynge to Sur, `til tovnto I. the lond of Egipt. And Dauid smoot al the lond of hem, and leftehe lefte I. not man `lyuynge and wommanne womman lyuynge I.; and he took scheep, and oxun, and assis, and camels, and clothis, and turnedeturneden A. he turnede I. aȝen, and cam to Achis. SotheliAnd I. Achis seide to hym, `In toAȝens I. whom `hurliden ȝehan ȝe hurlid I. to dai? DauidAnd Dauid C. answeride, Aȝens the south of Juda, and aȝens the south of Hiramel, and aȝens the south of Ceney. Dauid left notnot in these I. quik man andne I. womman, nether brouȝte `in toin A. GethGethony I., andbut he I. se ide, Lest perauenture thei speken aȝens vs. Dauid dide these thingis, and this was his doom, in alle daies in whiche he dwellide in the cuntrei of Filisteis. Therfor Achis bileuyde to Dauid, and seide, ForsotheCertis I. hewe A pr. m. C pr. m. EGKLMNOPQRSU pr. m. WXb. wrouȝtehath wrouȝt I. many yuelis aȝens his puple Israel, therfor he schal be euerlastyngea I. seruaunt to meme for euer|more I..

 CAP. XXVIII.

Forsothe it was doon in tho daies, Filisteisthe Filisteis I. gaderidengaderiden to gidre I. her cumpenyes, that thei schulden be maad redi aȝens Israel to batel. And Achis seide to Dauid, Thou witynge `wite nowschalt knowe I., for thou schalt go out with me inin to K. castelstentis I., thou and thi men. And Dauid seide to Achis, Now thou schalt wyte what thingis thi seruaunt schal do. And Achis seide to Dauid, And Y schal sette thee kepere of myn heed in alle dayes. ForsotheCertis I. Samuel was deed, and al Israel biweilide hym, and thei birieden hym in Ramatha, his citee. And Saul dide awey fro the lond witchis and fals dyuynoursfalse dy|vynours; this that sueth, and he killide hem that hadden fendis spekinge in the wombe, is not in Ebreu, nether is of the text. Lire here. C., `and he slouȝ hem that haddenOm. A pr. m. BCEFLNPRU. `charmers ofOm. A pr. m. BCDEFGIKLMNOPQRSUWX. charmers and b. deuelisOm. A pr. m. BCEFLNPRU. fendis spekinge DIKMOSWX. `in her wombein the wombe DGKMOQSWX. Om. A pr. m. BCEFLNPRU.. And Filisteis weren gaderid, and camen, and settiden tentis in Sunam; sotheli and Saul gaderide al Israel, and cam in to Gelboe. And Saul siȝ the cas|tels of Filisteis, and he dredde, and his herte dredde greetli. And he counselide the Lord; and the Lord answeride not to hym, nether bi preestis, netherne EILP. bi dremes, netherne EILP. bi profetis. And Saul seide to hise seruauntis, Seke ȝe to me a womman hau|ynge a feend spekynge in theOm. I. wombe; and Y schal go to hir, and Y schal axeenquere I. bi hir. And hise seruauntis seiden to hym, A womman hauynge a feend spekynge in the wombe is in Endor. Therfor Saul chaungide his clothing, and he was clothid with othere clothis; and he ȝedeȝede forth I., and twei men with hym; and thei camen to the womman in the nyȝt. And heSaul I. seyde, Dy|uyne thou to me inOm. C. a fend spekynge in the wombe, and reise thou toup to I. me whom Y schal seie to thee. And the womman seide to hym, Lo! thou woost hou grete thingis Saul hath do, and hou he didehath do I. awei fro the lond witchis, and fals dyuyn|ours; whi therfor settist thou tresoun to my lijf, that Y be slayn? And Saul swoor to hir in the Lord, and seide, The Lord lyueth; for no thing of yuel schal come to thee for this thing. And the womman seide to hym, Whom schal Y reisereise up I. to thee? And heSaul I. seide, Reise thou Samuel toup to I. me. Sotheli whanne the womman hadde seyn Samuel, sche criede with greet vois, and seide to Saul, Whi hast thou disseyued me? forcertis I. thou art Saul. And the kyng seide to hir, Nyl thou drede; what hast thou seyn? And the womman seide to Saul, Y siȝ goddis stiyngestiynge up I. fro erthethe erthe I.. And Saul seide to hir, What maner forme is of hym? And sche seide, An eld man stiethstieth up I., and he is clothid with a mentil. And Saul vndirstood that it was SamuelSaul vndur|stood that it was Samuel. Seynt Austin in his Pistle to Simplycian, rehersith tweyne opyny|ouns; oon seith, that Samuel ap|peride verili in soule bi Goddis ordenaunce, to telle to Saul his deth and the scateryng of the puple of Israel; the tother opyny|oun seith, that the deuel ap|peride in the licnesse of Samuel; and Austyn enclyn|eth more to this opynyoun, as it is teld in Decrees, in xxvi. cause, v. ques|tioun, co. nec myrum. For the deuel trans|figurith him|silf in to an aungel of liȝt, as Poul seith, and bi the maner of spek|ing of scrip|ture, a licnesse takith the name of a thing, whos licnesse it berith, and the euydensis for the con|trarie part moun liȝtly be asoilid. Lire here. C.; and Saul bowide hym silf on his face to the erthe, and worschipide. SotheliAnd I. Sa|muel seide to Saul, Whi hast thou disesid me, that Y schulde be reisid? And Saul seide, Y am constreyned greetli; for Fi|listeisthe Filisteis I. fiȝten aȝens me, and God ȝedehath gon I. awei fro me, and he noldewolde not I. here me, nether bi the hond of profetisprestys ELP. dyuynours I sed expunxit sec. m., netherne ELP. bi dremes; therfor Y clepide thee, that thou schuldist schewe toOm. I. me what Y schal do. And Samuel seide, What axist thou me, whanne God hath go awei fro theethe A., and passidehath passid I. to thin enemy? ForSothli I. the Lord schal do to thee as he spakhath spoke I. in myn hond, and he schal kitte awey thi rewme fro thin hond, and he schal ȝyue it to Dauid, thi neiȝ|bore; for thou obeiedist not toOm. I. the vois of the Lord, nether didistthou didist I. the `ire of hys strong veniauncefeers wraththe of the Lord I. in Amalech. Therfor the Lord hath do to thee to day that that thou suffrist; and the Lord schal ȝyue also Israel with thee in the hond of Fi|listeis. Forsothe to morewe thou and thi sones schulen be with me; but also the Lord schal bitake the castels of Israel in the hond of FilistiymPhilistees I.. And anoon Saul feldefelle doun I. stretchidand was stretchid I. forth toupon the I. erthe; for he dredde the wordis of Samuel, and strengthe was not in hym, for he hadde not ete breed in al that dai and alal that I. nyȝt. Therfor thilke womman entride to Saul, and seide; for he was disturblid greetli; and sche seide to hym, Lo! thin handmayde obeiedehath obeied I. to thi vois, and Y haue put my lijf in mynthin OKX sup. ras. hondin myn hond; that is, Y dide at thyn axyng a werk forbedun vndur the peyne of deth. Lire here. C., and Y herde thi wordis, whiche thou spakist to me. NowAnd now I. therfor andOm. I. thou here the vois of thin handmaide, and Y schal sette a musselmorsel I. of breed bifor thee, and thatOm. C. thou etynge wexe strong, and maist do thethi I. iourney. And he forsookforsook it I., and seide, Y schal not ete. SothelyBut I. hise seruauntis and the womman compelliden hymcompelliden him; that is, bi bisi preyeris; and so he was coumfortid in party, and assentide to hem. Lire here. C.; and at the laste, whanne the vois of hem was herd, he roosroos up I. fro the erthe, and sat on thea I. bed. SotheliAnd I. thilke wom|man hadde a fat calf in thehir I. hows, and `sche hastidehee hastide E. hee castid L., and killide hymit I.; and sche took mele, and meddlide itit togidre I., and made therf breed; and settidesche sette forth I. bifor Saul and bifor hise seruauntis, and whanne thei hadden ete, thei risidenresin EP. resen up I., and walkiden biin I. al thatthe I. nyȝt.

 CAP. XXIX.

Therfor alle the cumpenyes of Filisteisthe Filisteis I. weren gaderid inin to I. Aphec, but also Israel settide tentis aboue the welle that was in Jezrael. And sotheli the princis of Fi|listeisPhilistee I. ȝeden in cumpenyes of an hundrid, and in thousyndis; forsothebut I. Dauid and hise men weren in the laste cumpenye with Achis. And the princes of Filisteis seiden to Achis, What wolen these Ebreis to hem silf? And Achis seide to the princes of Filisteis, Whether ȝe knowen not Dauid, that was the seruaunt of Saul, kyng of Israel? and he was with me inOm. I. many daies, `ether ȝeerisOm. C., and Y foond not in hym ony thingony thing; of ymagynyng to yuel, which schulde be per|seyued in so long tyme, if it hadde be verily in him. Lire here. C., fro the dai, in which he fledde to me `til tovnto I. this dai. SotheliCertis I. the princes of Filisteis weren wrooth aȝens hymAchis I., and seidenthei seiden I. to hym, The man turne aȝen, and sitteabide he I. in his place, in which thou hast ordened hym, and come he not down with vs in to batel, lest he be maad aduer|sarie to vs, whanne we han bigunne to fiȝte; for hou mai he plese his lord in other maner, noOm. I. but in oure heedis? Whether this is not Dauid, to whom thei sungen in daunsis, and seiden, Saul smoot in thousyndis, and Dauid smoot in hise ten thousyndis? Therfor Achis clepide Dauid, and seide to hym, The Lord lyueth; for thou art riȝtful, and good in my siȝt, and thi goyng out and `thin entryngthi comyng yn I. is with me in castelstentis I., and Y `foond nothaue not founden I. in thee ony thing of yuel, fro the daytyme A. in which thou camest to me til to this dai; but thou plesist not the princisprincis or satrapis I.. Therfor turne thou aȝen, and go in pees, and offende thou not the iȝen of princisthe princis CEFL. the satrapis I. of Filisteisthe Filisteis I.. And Dauid seide to Achis, ForsotheAnd I. what `dide Yhaue I do I., and what hast thou founde in me thi seruaunt, fro the dai in which Y was in thi siȝt til in to this dai, that Y come not, and fiȝte aȝens the enemyes of my lord the kyng? ForsotheAnd I. Achis answeride, and spak to Dauid, Y woot that thou art good, and as the aungel of God in my iȝen; but the princes of Filisteis seyden, HeDauid I. schal not stiestie up I. with vs in to batel. Therfor rise thouthou up I. eerli, thou, and thi seruauntis that camen with thee; and whanne ȝe han ryse bi nyȝt, and it bigynneth to be cleercleer day I., go ȝeȝe forth I.. Therfor Dauid roosroos up I. bi nyȝt, he and hise men, that thei schulden go forth eerli, and turne aȝen to the lond of Fylisteis; sothelibut the I. Filisteis stiedenstieden up I. in to Jezrael.

 CAP. XXX.

And whanne Dauid and hise men hadden come `in toin A. Sichelech in the thridde dai, men of Amalech hadden maad asauȝt onfro I. the south part inof BC. aȝens I. Sichelech; and theiOm. EL. smytidensmoten I. smeten L. smetyn EP. Sichelech, and brententhei brenten I. it biwith I. fier. And thei ledden the wymmen pri|soneris fro thennus, fro the leeste `til totil A. vnto I. to o sec. m. the gretemoost I.; and thei hadden not slayn ony, but thei leddenledden hem forth I. with hem, and ȝedenthei ȝeden I. in her weie. Therfor whanne Dauid and hise men hadde come to the citee, and hadden founde it brent biwith I. fier, and that hermenns I. wyues, and her sones, and douȝtris weren ledled awey I. prisoneris, Dauidthanne Dauid I. and the puple that was with hym reisiden her voices, and weiliden, til teeristhe teeris I. failiden in hem. ForsotheAnd I. also tweithe two I. wyues of Dauid weren ledled awey I. prisoneris, Achynoem of Jez|rael, and Abigail, the wijf of Nabal of Carmele. And Dauid was ful sori; for|sothecertis I. al the puple wold stonehaue stoned I. hymDauid I., for the soule of ech man was bittir on her sones and douȝtris. Forsothe Dauid was coumfortid in his Lord God. And he seide to Abiathar, preestthe preest I., the sone of Achymelech, Bringe thouthou the prestis coope or I. ephothephoth, that is, the cloth of the hiȝest prest K. to me. And Abiathar brouȝte ephoththe ephoth S. to Dauid; and Dauid councelidecouncelide with I. the Lord, and seide, Schal Y pursuepursue these theues I., ether nayno I., `these theuesOm. I.? and schal Y take hem? And the Lord seide to hymDauid I., Pursue thou; for with out doute thou schalt take hem, and thou schalt take awey thefro hem her I. prey. Therfor Dauid ȝedeȝede forth I., he and sixe hundrid men that weren with hym, and thei camen `til tovnto I. the stronde of Besor; and sothelithere I. the wery menmen of the oost of Dauid I. abididenabiden CELPU. abiden bihynde I.. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid pur|suedepursuede forth I., he and foure hundrid men; for twei hundrid abididenabiden EI., that weren weeri, and myȝten not passe the stronde of Besor. And thei founden a man of Egipte in the feeld, and thei brouȝten hym to Dauid; and thei ȝauen `breed to hymhym bred I., that he schulde ete, and `schulde drynke watirwatir to drinke I.; but also thei ȝauen to hym a gobet of aOm. plures. bundel of dryedried I. figis, and twei byndyngisclustris I. of dried grapis. And whanne hethe man I. hadde ete tho, his spirit turnede aȝenaȝen to him I., and he was coumfortid; for he hadde not ete breed, nether haddehe hadde I. drunk watir in thre daies and thre nyȝtis. TherforThanne I. Dauid seide to hym, Whos man art thou, ethir fro whennus and whidur goist thou? And he seide, Y am a child of Egipt, the seruaunt of a man of Amalech; forsothebut I. my lord forsook me, for Y bigan to be sijk the thridde dai ago. SotheliFor I. we braken out toat I. the south coost of Cerethi, and aȝens Juda, and toat I. the south of Caleb, and we brenten Sichelech biwith I. fier. And Dauid seide to hym, Maist thou lede me to this cumpeny? WhichThe which I. seide, Swere thou to me bi God, that thou schalt not sle me, and schaltthat thou schalt I. not bitake me in to the hondis of my lord; and Y schal lede thee to this cumpeny. And Dauid swoor to hym. And whanne the child hadde ledde hymhym thidere I., lo! thei saten at the mete, onupon I. the face of al the erthe, etynge and drynkynge, and as halewynge a feestefeeste day plures., for al the prey and spuylis whiche thei hadden take of the lond of Filisteis, and of the lond of Juda. And Dauid smoot hem fro euentidthe euentid I. `til tovnto the I. euentid of the tothir dai, and not onyony thing L. of hem escapide, noOm. I. but foure hun|drid ȝongeof ȝonge I. men, that stieden onupon I. camels, and fledden. Forsothe Dauid delyuerede alle thingis whiche the men of Amalech token, and he delyuerede hise twei wyues; nether onyony man I. of hem failide fro litilthe litil I. `til tovnto I. greetthe greet I., as wel of sones as of douȝtris, and of spuylis; and what euer thingis thei hadden rauyschid, Dauid ledde aȝen alleOm. G. thingis; and he took alle flockisthe flockis I. and grete beestis, and droofdroof hem I. bifor his face. And theimen I. seiden, This is the prey of Dauid. For|sothe Dauid cam to tweihis two I. hundrid men, that weren weeri, and abididenabidin EP. abididen bihynde I., and myȝten not sue Dauid; and he haddeOm. I. comaundid hem to sitte inat I. the stronde of Besor; whichethe whiche I. ȝeden out aȝens Dauid, and theaȝens the I. puple that was with hym. For|sotheCertis I. Dauid neiȝede to the puple, and grettehe grett I. it pesibli. And o man, the werstewerste man I. and vniustwickid I. of the men that weren with Dauid, answeride, and seide, For thei camen not with vs, we schulen not ȝyue to hem ony thing of the prey, whichthat I. we rauyschidenhan rauischid I., butbut suffice it to eche man I. his wijf and childrenhis children I. `suffice to ech manOm. I.; and whanne thei han take hem, go thei awei. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid seide, My britheren, ȝe schulen not do soso as ȝe speken I. of these thingis, whiche the Lord ȝafhath ȝouen I. to vs, and keptehe hath kept I. vs, and ȝafhath ȝouen I. the theues, that braken out aȝens vs, in to oure hondis; nether ony manOm. I. schal here vs onstryue on I. this word. For euene part schal be of him that goith doun to batel, and of hym that dwellith at the fardelis; and in lijk maner thei schulen departedeparte the preie I.. And this was maad a constitucioun and dooma doom I. fro that dai and afterwardfro that day and aftirward; in Ebreu it is, in that day and fro bifore, that is, fro the tyme of Abraham; but this was ordeyned stide|fastliere bi Dauyth, and a doom of lawe bi the kyngis power, that it schulde be kept aftirward outirly. Lire here. C., and as a lawe in Israel til in to this dai. TherforThanne I. Dauid cam in to Sichelech, and sentehe sente I. ȝiftis of the prey to the eldere men of Juda, hise neiȝboris, and seide, Take ȝe blessyng of the prey of enemyes of the Lord; tohe sente to I. hem that weren in Bethel, and that weren in Ramoth, at the south, and that weren in Jether, and that weren in Aroer, and that weren in Sephamoth, and that weren in Escama, and that weren in Rethala, and that weren in the citees of Jeramel, and that weren in the citees of Ceny, and that werenweren to hem I. in Arama, and that weren in Lautuasam, and that weren in Athec, and that weren in Ebron, and to othere men, that weren in these places, in whiche Dauid dwellide and hise men.

 CAP. XXXI.

Forsothe Filisteisthe Filisteis I. fouȝten aȝens Israel, and the men of Israel fledden bifor the face of Filisteis, and feldenthei fellen doun I. slayn in the hil of Gelboe. And Filisteisthe Filisteis I. hurliden onfeersly into I. Saul, and oninto I. hise sones, and smytidenthei killiden I. smyten EFL. smetin P. Jonathas, and Amynadab, and Melchisua, sones of Saul. And al the weiȝtecharge I. of batelthe batel I. was turned `in toaȝens I. Saul; and men archeris pursueden hymSaul I., and he was woundid greetli of the archeris. And Saul seide to his squyer, Drawe out thi swerd, and sle me, lest perauenture these vncircumcidid men come, and sle me, and scorne me. And his squyer noldewolde not I., for he was aferd bi ful grete drede; therfor Saul took his swerd, and felde theronnetherupon I.. And whanne his squyer hadde seyn this, `that isOm. AO pr. m., that Saul was deed, also he felde onupon I. his swerd and was deed with hym. TherforAnd so I. Saul was deed, and hise thre sones, and his squyer, and alle his men in that dai to|gidere. ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Israel, that weren biȝendisbiȝonde I. the valei, and biȝendis Jordan, sien that theOm. I. men of Israel hadden fled, and that Saul was deed, and hise sones, and thei leften her citees and fledden; and Filisteisthe Filisteis I. camen, and dwelliden there. ForsotheAnd I. inOm. I. `the tother dai maadaftir the I., Filisteis camen, that thei schuldenwolden I. dispuyle the slayn men, and thei founden Saul, and hise thre sones, liggynge in the hil of Gelboe; and thei kittiden awei the heed of Saul, and dispuyliden hym of armerishis armeris I.; and sententhei senten I. in to the lond of Filisteis bi cum|pas, that it schulde be teld in the templetemplis C. of idols, and in the puplis. And thei put|tiden hise armeris in the temple of Asto|roth; sothelibut I. thei hangiden his bodi in the wal of Bethsan. And whanne the dwellers of Jabes ofOm. A. Galaad hadden herd this, whatand what I. euer thingisOm. A. thing M. Filisteisthe Filisteis I. hadden do to Saul, alleand alle I. the strongestemooste stronge I. men ri|sidenrisiden up I. risen EP., and ȝedenȝeden forth I. inOm. I. al that nyȝt, and tokenthei token I. the deed bodi of Saul, and the deed bodies of hise sones fro the wal of Bethsan; and theOm. K sec. m. men of Jabes of Galaad camen, and brenten tho deed bodies biwith I. fier. And thei token the boonus of hem, and biriedenbirieden hem I. in the wode of Jabes, and fast|identhei fastiden I. bi seuene daies.

 Here endith the firste book of Kyngis, and here bigynneth the secoundeHere endith the firste book of Kyngis, and here byginneth the secounde book. DOQUWb. Here endith the firste book, and here bygynneth the secounde book of Kyngis. F. Here endith the firste book of Kyngis, and bigynneth a prolog on the ij. book. G. Heere endith the firste book of Kyngis. I. Here endeth the firste book of Kinges; see now the seconde. K. Here endith the firste book of Kingis, and here bigynneth a prologe on the secounde. M. Heere eendith the firste of Kinges and bigynneth the ije. R. Here eendith the firste book of Kyngis, and bigynneth the secounde book of Kyngis. SXç. No final rubric in ELP.. II. KINGS. [Prologue on the Second book of KingsThis Prologue is from M..]

THIS secounde book of Kingis makith mencioun of the coronacioun of Dauith, first in Ebron bi the men of Juda, and aftirward in Jerusalem of al the peple of Israel; and of his werres; and how the Lord punischide Dauith with grete angwischis and disesis for the deeth of Vrie his seruaunt, and for the rauyschinge of Bersabee, the wijf of Vrie, and seide to him bi the profete, that werris scholden not ceese fro him in alle hise daies. Neuertheles the Lord louede Dauith, and ȝaf victorie to him of alle hise enemyes.

 Heere bigynnith the secunde book of KyngisFrom IM. The secounde of Kinges. LP. Here bigynneth the secunde book. O. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

ForsotheAnd I. it was doon, after that Saul was deed, that Dauid turnede aȝen fro the sleyng of Amalech, and dwellidehe dwellide I. twei daies in Sichelech. ForsotheAnd I. in the thridde dai a man apperide, comynge fro the castelstentis I. of Saul with thea I. cloth to-rent, and his heed spreynt with dust; and as he cam to Dauid, he felde onupon I. his face, and worschipideworschipide him I.. And Dauid seide to hym, Fro whennus comest thou? WhichAnd he I. seide to Dauid, Y fledde fro the castelstentis I. of Israel. And Dauid seide to hym, What is the word whichthat I. is doondoon there I.; schewe thouthou it I. to me. And he seide, The puplepuple of Israel I. fleddehath fled I. fro the batel, and many of the puple feldenfledden IOU., and ben deed; but also Saul, and Jonathas, his sonne, perischydenhan perischid I.. And Dauid seide to the ȝong man, that telde to hymhym this I., Wherof woost thou, that Saul is deed, and Jo|nathas, his sonne? And the ȝong man seide, that telde to hym, Bi hap Y cam in to the hil of Gelboe, and Saul lenyde onupon I. his spere; forsotheand I. charis and knyȝtishorse men I. neiȝiden to hym; and he turnedeyturned I. bihynde his bak, `and siȝ me, andand seynge me I. clepide. To whom whanne Y hadde answeride, Y am present; he seide to me, Who art thou? And Y seide to hym, Y am a man of Amalech. And he spak to me, Stonde thou onupon I. me, and sle me; for angwischis holden me, and ȝit al my lijf is in me. And Y stood onupon I. hym, and Y killideslowe I. hym; for Y wiste that he myȝte not lyue aftir the fallyng; and Y took the diademe, that was inon I. his heed, and the bye fro his arm, and Y brouȝtehaue brouȝt hem I. hidur to thee, my lord. ForsotheCertis I. Dauid took and to-rente hise clothis, andand eke I. the men that weren with hym; and thei weiliden, and wepten, and fastiden `til tovnto I. euentidthe euentid IK., on Saul, and Jonathas, his sone, and on the puple of the Lord, and on the hows of Israel, for thei hadden feldfalle doun I. falle ELM. bi swerd. And Dauid seide to the ȝong man, that telde to him, Of whennus art thou? And he answeride, Y am the sone of a man comelyng, of a man of Amalech. And Dauid seide to him, Whi dreddist thou not to sendeputte C sec. m. M. putte forth I. thine hond, that thou schuldist sle the crist of the Lord? And Dauid clepide oon of hise children, and seide, Go thou, and falle on hym. WhichAnd he I. smoot that ȝong man, and he was deed. And Dauid seide to hym, Thi blood be on thin heed; for thi mouth spak aȝens thee, and seide, Y killide the cristanoyntid I. of the Lord. For|sooth Dauid biweilide sych a weilyng on Saul, and on Jonathas, his sone; and comaundidehe comaundide I., that theimen I. schulden teche the sones of Juda weilyngweiling; in Ebreu it is, that thei schulden teche the sones of Juda the bouwe, that is, the craft of scheting; thus it is in Ebreu, and in bokis amendid. Lire here. C.the weilyng I., as it iswas A. writun in the Book of Just Men. And Dauid seyde, Israel, biholde thou, for these menOm. I. that ben deed, woundidben woundid I. on thin hiȝe placis; the noble men of Israel ben slayn onupon I. thin hillis. Hou feldenhan falle I. stronge menhou felden stronge men; as if he seide, it semeth not mannus victo|rie, but Goddis veniaunce, for the synnes of Saul and of his felowis; and therfor it is to eschewe souereynly fro siche synnes. nyle ȝe telle and so forth, that is, if this myȝte be that it were not teld, Y wolde that bi al the desir of soule. Lire here. C.? nyle ȝe telletelle this I. in Geth, nether telle ȝe in theOm. C. weilottis of Ascolon; lest perauenture the douȝtris of Filisteis be glad, lest the douȝtris of vncircumcidid men `be gladioyen I.. Hillis of Gelboe, neither dew nethir reyn come onupon I. you, nether thebe thei the I. feeldis of firste fruytis beOm. I.; for the scheeld of stronge men was cast awey there, the scheeld of Saul, as `if he were not anoyntidif he hadde not ben anoynted I. it were not anoynted X. with oilewith oile, that is, of con|secracioun of the king bi Samuel. Lire here. C.. Of the blood of slayn men, ofand of I. the fatnesse of strong men, the arewe of Jonathas ȝede neuer abak, and the swerd of Saul turnede not aȝen void. Saul and Jonathas amy|able, and fair in her lijf, weren not de|partid also in deethher deeth EIL.; thei weren swiftere than eglis, strongere than liouns. Douȝtris of Israel, wepe ȝe on Saul, that clothideclothide ȝou, etc.; that is, with colourid and preciouse clothis, takun of the prey of enemyes. Lire here. C. ȝou with fyn reed colouridOm. BC. colourid clothing I. inand in A pr. m. CEFLMPRSU. delicis, that ȝaf goldun ournementis to ȝoure atyre. Hou `felden doun stronge menhan stronge men falle doun I. in batel? Jonathas was slayn in theOm. I. hiȝe places. Y make sorewe onupon I. thee, my brother Jonathas, ful fair, `and amyable more than theouer the I. loue of wymmen; as a modir loueth oonhir I. alooneonly I. sone, so Y louyde thee. Hou therfor `felden doun stronge menhan stronge men falle doun I., and armeris of batel perischidehan perischid I.?

 CAP. II.

Therfor aftir these thingis Dauid coun|seilidecounseilide with I. the Lord, and seide, Whether Y schal stiestie up I. in to oon of the citees of Juda? And the Lord seide to hym, Stie thouthou up I.. And Dauid seide to the Lord, Whidur schal Y stiestie up I.? And the Lord answeride to hym, In to Ebron. Therfor Dauid stiede, and hise twei wyues, Achynoem of Jezrael, and Abigail, the wijf of Nabal of Carmele. But also Dauid ledde the men that weren with hym, ech man with his hows; and thei dwelliden in the townes of Ebron. And the men of Juda camen, and anoyntidenand anoynt|iden there Da|uyth; Dauyth was anoyntid thries; first in the hows, in the firste book of Kingis xvi. co.; the ii. tyme here of the hows of Juda; the thridde tyme on al Israel, in v. co.; in signe that a man owith to haue anoynt|ing of the Hooly Goost, in herte bi veri feith, in mouth bi knouleching therof, and in the hond bi good worching. Lire here. C. there Dauid, that he schulde regne onin A. upon I. the hows of Juda. And it was teld to Dauid, that men of Jabes of Ga|laad hadden biried Saul. Therfor Dauid sente messangeris to the men of Jabes of Galaad, and seide to hem, Blessid be ȝe of the Lord, that diden this mercy with ȝourȝou A. lord Saul, and birieden hym. And now sotheli the Lord schal ȝelde to ȝou merci and treuthe, but also Y schal ȝelde thank|yng, for ȝe diden this word. Ȝoure hondis be coumfortid, and be ȝe sonesthe sones I. of strengthe; for thouȝ ȝoure lord Saul isbe I. deed, netheles the hows of Juda anoyntidehath anoyntid I. me kyng to `hym silfhym I.. ForsotheCertis I. Abner, the sone of Ner, prince of the oost of Saul, took Isbosech, the sone of Saul, and leddehe ledde I. hym aboute bi theOm. I. castels, and madehe made I. himOm. plures. kyng on Galaad, and on Gethsury, and on Jezrael, and on Effraym, and on Ben|iamyn, and on al Israel. Isbosech, theOm. KX. sone of Saul, was of fourti ȝeer, whanne he began to regne onupon I. Israel; and he regnede twei ȝeer. SotheliAnd I. the hous aloone of Juda suede Dauid. And the noumbre of daies, bi whiche Dauid dwellide regnynge in Ebron on the hows of Juda, was of seuene ȝeer and sixe monethis. And Ab|ner, the sone of Ner, ȝede out, and the children of Isbosech, sonethe sone I. of Saul, fro the castels inof A. Om. D. Gabaon. ForsotheAnd I. Joab, the sone of Saruye, and the children of Dauid ȝeden out, and camenthei camen I. to hem bisidis the cisterne inof I. Gabaon. And whanne thei hadden come togidere in to o place euene aȝensaȝens either other I., these saten on o part of the cis|terne, and thei on thethat I. tother. And Abner seide to Joab, `The children riseRise these children up I., and pleiplei thei I. befor uspleye bifor vs; that is, schewe her strengthe and nobley; and here pleie is set for sle ethir fiȝte. Lire here. C.. And Joab answeride, Rise theithei up I.. TherforThanne I. thei risidenresen up I., and passidenpassiden forth I. twelue in noumbre of Beniamyn, of the part of Isbosech, sonethe sone I. of Saul; and twelue of the childrenseuauntis I. of Dauid. And ech man, whanne `the heed of his felowe was takunhe hadde take his felowe bi the heede I., fastnedeficchide I. thehis I. swerde in to the side of `the contraryehis aduersarie I.; and thei felden doun togidere. And the name of that place was clepid The Feeld of stronge menthe feeld of stronge men; in Ebreu it is, the feeld of men slayn togidere. Lire here. C. in Gabaon. And `batel hard ynowful harde batel I. roos in that dai; and AbnerAbner was dryuen awei I. and the sones of Israel `weren dryuunOm. I. of the childrenseuauntis I. of Dauid. For|sothe thre sones of Saruye weren there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asahel; forsotheand I. Asahel was a `rennere moost swiftful swifte rennere I., as oon of the capretis that dwellen in woodis. ForsotheSotheli plures. And I. Asahel pursuede Abner, and bowidehe bowide I. notOm. I., nether to the riȝt side netherne EL. to the left side, ceessynge to pursue Abner. Therfor Abner bihelde bihynde his bac, and seide, Whether thou art Asahel? WhichThe which I. answeride, Y am. And Abner seide to hym, GoGo thou I. to the riȝtside, ether to the lefte side; and take oon of the ȝonge men, and take to thee hise spuylis. SotheliBut I. Asahel noldewolde not I. ceesse, that ne heOm. A. pursuede hymAbner I.. And eft Abner spak to Asahel, Go thou awei; nyle thou pursue me, lest Y be compellid to peersestike I. thee in to erthethe erthe K., and Y schal not mowe reisereise thanne I. my face to Joab, thi brother. And Asahel dispiside to here, and noldehe wolde not I. bowe awey. Therfortherfor the spere of Azahel yturned awey I. Abner smoot him `with the spere turned aweiOm. I.turned awey; that is, turned aȝenus him. in the schar; in Ebreu it is, smoot him bi|hinde the mawe in the fyuethe rib, vndur which ben the mem|bris of liyf. Lire here. C. in the schar, and roofstikide him I. roof him X sec. m. thorouȝ, and he was deed in the same place; and alle men that passiden bi thethat I. place, in which placeOm. I. Asahel felde doun, and was deed, stodenabiden I. stille. ForsotheAnd I. while Joab and Abisai pursueden Abner fleynge, the sunne ȝede doun; and thei camen tilOm. EILX. in M. to the litil hil of thea I. water cundiyt, whichthat I. is euene aȝens the valey, and the weie of deseert in Ga|baon. And the sones of Beniamyn weren gaderidgaderid togidre I. to Abner, and thei weren gaderid togidere in to o cumpeny, and stodenthei stoden I. in the hiȝnessehiȝte I. of oonan I. heep of erthe. And Abner criede to Joab, and seide, Whether thi swerd schal be feers `til tovnto I. sleyng? Whether thou knowist not, that dispeirthat dispeir, etc., of fliȝt without batel for bi sich maner ech part settith al for al. Lire here. C. is perelouse? Hou longe seist thou not to the puple, that it ceesse to pursue hise britheren? And Joab seyde, The Lord lyueth, for if thou haddist spokespoke thus I. eerli, the puple pursuynge his brother hadde go awey. And Joab sownede with a cla|rioun, and al the oost stoodstood stille I.; and thei pursueden no ferthere Israel, nether bi|gunnen batel. ForsotheAnd I. Abner and hise men ȝedenȝeden thenns I. by the feeldi places of Moab in al that nyȝt, and passidenthei passiden I. Jordan; and whanne al Bethoron was compassid, thei camen to the castels. SotheliAnd I. whanne Abner was left, Joab turnede aȝen, and gaderide togidere al thehis I. puple; and ten men and nyne, outakunwithoute I. Asahel, failiden of the childrenseruauntis I. of Dauid. Forsothe the seruauntis of Dauid smytidensmeten EIL. of Benia|myn, and of the men that weren with Abner, thre hundrid men and sixti, whichethe which I. also weren deed. And thei token Asahel, and birieden hym in the sepulcre of his fadir in Bethleem. And Joab, and the men that weren with hym, ȝeden in al that nyȝt, and in thilke morewtid thei camen in to Ebron.

 CAP. III.

Therfor longa long I. strijf was maad bitwixe the hows of Dauid and `bitwixeOm. EL. the hows of Saul; and Dauid profitide and euere was strongere than hym silfthan him silf, in com|parisoun of tyme passid, for his power encreesside euere. Lire here. C., forsothebut I. the hows of Saul decreesside ech dai. And sones weren borne to Dauid in Ebron; and his firste gendridbigoten I. sone was Amon, of Achynoem of Jezrael; and aftir hym was Celeab, of Abigail, wijfthe wyf I. of Nabal of Car|mele; sotheliand I. forsothe K. the thrydde was Absolon, the sone of Maacha, douȝtirthe douȝter I. of Tholomay, kyng of Gessur; forsotheand I. the fourthe was Adonyas, the sone of Agith; and the fyuethe was Saphacias, the sone of Abi|tail; andOm. ELP. the sixte was Gethraam of Eglaof Egla, that was the douȝter of Saul, and sche was clepid speciali the wiyf of Da|uyth, for sche was first weddid. Lire here. C., the wijf of Dauid. These weren borne to Dauid in Ebron. Therfor whanne batel was bytwixe the hows of Saul and the hows of Dauid, Abner, the sone of Ner, gouernyde the hows of Saul. SotheliAnd I. ato Saul was a I. concubyn, that is, aOm. CF. secoundarie wijf, Respha bi name, the douȝtir of Achia, `was to SaulOm. I.; and Abner entride to hir. And Isbosech seide to Abner, Whi `entridist thouhast thou entrid I. to the concubyn of my fadir? WhichAnd Abner I. was wrooth greetli for the wordis of Isbosech, and seidehe seide I., Whether Y amam not C. be EL. the heed of a dogge aȝens Juda to dai, and Y have do merci on the hous of Saul, thi fadir, and on hise britheren, and neiȝ|boris, and Y bitook not thee in to the hondis of David, and thou hast souȝt in me that, that thou schuldist repreue meOm. plures. for a womman to dai? God do these thingis to Abner, and adde these thingis to hymand adde these thingis to him; that is, so many yuels and mo, than to ony wrecche, nobut Y fille the word of the Lord, that thi rewme be translatid to Dauyth. Lire here. C., noOm. I. but asif I do so wth Dauid, as I. the Lord swoor to Dauidhim I., `so Y do with hymOm. I., that the rewme be trans|latid fro the hous of Saul, and the trone of Dauid be reisid onupon I. Israel and on Juda, fro Dan `til totil AO sec. m. to EIL. Bersabee. And Isbosech myȝte not answere ony thing to Abner, for he dredde Abner. Therfor Abner sente messangeris to Dauid, and thei seiden `for hymto hym A pr. m. for Abner I., Whos is the lond? and that the messangeris schulden spekespeke thus I., Make thou frenschipis with me, and myn hond schal be with thee, and Y schal brynge al Israel to thee. And Dauid seide, BestOm. I. Y schal make frenschipisful gode frenschipis I. with thee, but Y axe of thee o thing, and seieI seie I., Thou schalt not se my face, bifore that thou bryngebrynge to me I. Mycol, the douȝter of Saul, and so thou schalt come, and schalt se me. Therfor Dauid sentetherfor Da|uyth sente, etc.; for Abner wroot aȝen to Dauyth, that he myȝte not bringe Mychol, no but of the wille of Isbo|sech hir bro|ther, and ther|for Dauyth axide hir of Isbosech. Lire here. C. messangeris to Isbosech, the sone of Saul, and seide, Ȝelde thou my wijf MycolMycol to me I., whom Y spouside to me for an hundryd prepucies of Filisteis. Therfor Isbosech sente, and took hir fro hir hose|bondetherfor Isbo|sech sente, and took hir fro hir hosebonde; he was not hir hosebonde in truthe, but in gessing of the peple, for in truthe, sche was the wiyf of Dauyth, and it was neuere leueful to a womman, to haue tweyne hosebondis to gidere. C., Faltiel, sonthe son I. of Lais; and hir hose|bonde suede hir and weptewente G.wepte; our doctouris seyen comynly that he wepte for ioye, for sche was brouȝt aȝen to hir hose|bonde, and he touchide not hir fleisly, but kepte hir as a sister; summe Ebrew doc|tours seyen that he wepte for sorewe, for excercise of greet perfec|cioun ȝede awey fro him, for he arettide excercise of greet perfec|cioun to kepe siche a ladi so fair and noble, as a sistir, with out fleisly cou|pling. Lire here. C. tiltil to EKLMPX. Bahu|rym. And Abner seide to hym, Go thou, and turne aȝen; and heLais I. turnede aȝen. Also Abner brouȝte in a word to the eldere men of Israel, and seide, Bothe ȝistirdai and the thridde dai ago ȝe souȝten Dauid, that he schulde regne onupon I. ȝou. Now therfor do ȝe; for the Lord spak to Dauid, and seide, In the hond of my seruaunt Dauid Y schal saue my puple Israel fro the hond of Filisteis, and of alle his enemyes. ForsotheAnd also I. Abner spak alsoOm. I. to Beniamyn, and he ȝede, that he schulde speke towith EL. Dauid, in Ebron, alle thingis that plesiden Israel and al Beniamin. And he cam to Dauid in Ebron with twenti men. And Dauid made a feeste to Abner, and to theOm. CK. men that camen with hym. And Abner seide to Dauid, Y schal riserise up I., that Y gadere al Israel to thee, my lord the kyng, and that Y make boond of pees with thee, and that thou regne on alle, as thi soule desirith. Therfor whanne Dauid hadde ledde forth Abner, and heAbner I. hadde go in pees, anoon the children of Dauid and Joab camen with a ful grete prey, whanne theuesthe theues I. weren slayn; sotheliand I. Ab|ner was notnot thanne I. with Dauid, in Ebron, for Dauid hadde left hym, and he ȝede forth in pees. And Joab, and the oostis that weren with hym, camen aftirward; ther|for it was teld to Joab of telleris, Abner, the sone of Ner, cam to the kyng, and the kyng lefte hym, and he ȝedeȝede forth I. in pees. And Joab entride to the kyng, and seide, What hast thou do? Lo! Abner cam to thee; whi leftistleetist I. thou hym, andthat I. he ȝede, and departidedepartide fro thee I.? Knowist thouOm. A. not Abner, the sone of Ner, for herto he cam to thee, that he schulde disseyue thee, and that he schulde knowe thi going out and thin entrynggoyng yn I., and schuldethat he schulde I. knowe alle thingis whichethat I. thou doist? Therfor Joab ȝede out fro Dauid, and sente messangeris aftir Abner; and `ledde hymJoab brouȝte Abner I. aȝen fro the cis|terne of Cyriefro the cis|terne of Cirie; that place was clepid so, for thilke cisterne was in sum weye that lay toward Sirie, as sum men seyen; in Ebreu it is, fro the sisterne of thorn, for a notable thorn and greet was there. Lire here. C., `while Dauid knew notvnwitinge Dauid I.. And whanne Abner hadde come aȝen in to Ebron, Joab ledde hym asidis half to `the myddilmyddis I. of the ȝate, that he schulde speke to hym in gile; and heJoab I. smoot Ab|ner there in the schar, and he was deed, in to theOm. I. veniaunce of the blood of his brother Asahel. That whanne Dauid hadde herd thethis I. thing doon, he seide, Y am clene and my rewme anentis God tilOm. I. in to with outen ende froof I. the blood of Abner, sonethe sone I. of Ner; and come it on the heed of Joab, and onupon I. al the hows of his fadir; aand faile ther not fro the hous of Joab a I. man suffrynge fluxflowyng I. of seed, and a leprouse man, holdynge spyndila spyndil IK., and fallyngea man fallinge I. bi swerd, and hauynge nede toof EL. breed, `that is, suffrynge hungurOm. BI., `faile not of the hows of JoabOm. I.. Therfor Joab, and Abisay, his brother, killiden Abner, for he hadde slayn Asahel, her brother, in Gabaon, in batel. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid seide to Joab, and to al the puple that was with hym, To rende ȝe ȝour clothis, and be ȝe gird with sackis, and biweileweile plures. ȝe bifor the heersis, `ether dirigeOm. I., of Abner. ForsotheCertis I. kyng Dauid suede the beere. And whanne thei hadden biried Abner in Ebron, kyng Dauid reiside his vois, and weptehe wepte I. on the biriel of Abner; `forsothe andand certis I. al the puple wepte. And the kyng biweilide, and bymoren|yde Abner, and seide, Abner, thou diedist not as dredeful men, `ethir cowardisOm. CI., ben wont to die. Thin hondis weren not boundun, and thi feet weren not greuyd with stockis, but thou feldisthast falle I. doun, as men ben wont to falle bifor the sones of wickidnesse. And al the puple doublide togidere, and wepte onupon I. hymAbner I.. And whanne al the multitude cam to take mete with Dauid, while the dai was ȝit cleer, Dauid swoor, and seide, God do to me these thingis, and adde these thingisthingis to I., if Y schal taast breed ethir ony othir thing bifor the going doun of the sune. And al the puple herdeherde this I.; and alle thingis which the kyng dide in the siȝt of al the puple plesiden hem; and al the comyn puple and al Israel knewe in that day, that it was not doon of the kyng, that Abner, the sone of Ner, was slayn. Also the kyng seide to hise seruauntis, Whether ȝe witen not, that the prince and grettestethe gretteste I. feldehath fallen I. doun to dai in Israel? ForsotheAnd I. Y am `delicatY am deli|cat; in Ebreu it is tendir. C., ether tendirOm. I., ȝitȝit tendre I. and anoyntid kyng; sotheliand I. these sones of Saruye ben hard to me; the Lord ȝelde to hym that doith yuel biafter I. his malice.

 CAP. IV.

ForsotheAnd I. Isbosech, the sone of Saul, herde that Abner hadde faldefalle I. doun in Ebron; and `hise hondisthe hondis of Isbosech I. weren discoum|fortid, and al Israel was disturblidtroublid I.. For|sotheAnd I. twei men, princes of theuesof theuys; in Ebreu it is of cumpenyes. C., weren towith I. the sonesones I. of Saul; namethe name I. to oonthe toon K. was Baana, and name to the tother was Rechab, the sones of Remmon Berothite, of the sones of Beniamyn; for also Beroth is arettidrikened I. inin the lynage of I. Beniamyn. And men of Be|roth fledden in to Gethaym; and thei weren comelyngis there `til tovnto I. that tyme. ForsotheAnd I. a sone feble in feethis feet I. was to Jonathas, the sone of Saul; forsotheand I. he was fyue ȝeer eld, whanne the messanger cam fro Saul and Jonathasfro Jonathas I., fro JezraelJezrael, tellinge that thei weren dede I.. Therfor his nurse took hym, and fledde; and whanne sche hastide to fle, sche felde doun, and the child was maad lame; and `he hadde a namethe name of the child was I. Myphibosech. Therfor Rechab and Baana, sonesthe sones I. of Remmon of Beroth, camen, and entriden in thea I. hoot dai in to the hows of Isbosech, that slepte onupon I. his bed inat I. myd daiin mydday; this that sueth, and the wom|man kepere of the dore of the hows purgide wheete and slepte, is not in Ebreu. For|sothe they en|triden; in E|breu it is, and thei camen til to the myddis of the hows, and token whete. C., `and the womman oischerseruaunt G. that kepte the doris I. of the hous clensyngemakynge cleene GQ. purgynge I. wheete, slepteThe whole passage is omitted in AEFLNPRUb pr. m. strongliOm. AEFGLNPQRUb pr. m. faste Ib sec. m.. ForsotheAnd I. thei entriden into the hows pryueli, and tokenthei token I. eeris of whete; and Rechab, and Baana, his bro|ther, smytidensmoten I. smeten ELP. smyten F. Isbosech in the schar, and fleddenthei fledden I.. SotheliBut I. whanne thei hadden entrid in to the hous, heIsbosech I. slepte onupon I. his bedde in a closet; and thei smytidensmoten I. smeten ELP. smyten F. and killiden hym; and whanne `his heed was takunthei hadden take his heed I., thei ȝeden bi the weie of deseert in al thethat EIKLM. nyȝt. And thei brouȝten the heed of Isbosech to Dauid, inin to I. Ebron, and thei seiden to the kyng, Lo! the heed of Is|bosech, sonethe sone I. of Saul, thin enemy, that souȝte thi lijf; and the Lord ȝafhath ȝoue I. to dai to oure lord theOm. I. kyng veniaunce of Saul and of his seed. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid an|sweride to Rechab, and Baana, his brother, the sones of Remmon of Beroth, and seidehe seide I. to hem, The Lord lyueth, that delyueridehath delyuered I. my lijf fro al angwisch; for Y helde hym that telde to me, and seide, Saul is deed, which man gesside hym silf to tellehaue told I. prosperiteesprosperitees to himselff I., andbut I. Y killide hym in Siche|lech, to whom it bihofteit bihofte, etc.; that is, bi gessing of the puple. Lire here. C. me ȝyueto haue ȝoue I. meede for messagehis message I.; hou myche more now, whanne wickid men han slayn a giltles man in his hows onupon I. his bed, schal I not seke his blood of ȝoure hond, and schalschal not I. Y do awey ȝou fro erthethe erthe I.? Therfor Dauid comaundide to his childrenseruauntis I., and thei kill|iden hem; and thei kittidenkitten I. aweioff I. theher I. hondis and `feet of hemher feet I., and hangidenthei hangiden I. hem ouer thea I. cisterne in Ebron. For|sotheAnd I. thei token the heed of Isbosech, and biriedenthei birieden it I. in the sepulcre of Abner, in Ebron.

 CAP. V.

AndForsothe I. alle the lynagis of Israel camen to Dauid, ininto I. Ebron, and seiden, Lo! we ben thi boon and thi fleisch. But also ȝistirdai and the thridde day ago, whanne Saul was kyng onupon I. vs, thou leddist out, and leddist aȝen Israel; forsothecertis I. the Lord seide to thee, Thou schalt fede my puple Israel, and thou schalt be duyk onupon I. Israel. Also and the eldere men of Israel camen to the kyng, ininto I. Ebron; and kyng Dauid smoot with hem boond of pees in Ebron, bifor the Lord; and thei anoynt|iden Dauid in to kyng onupon I. Israel. Dauid was a sone of thretti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde fourti ȝeer in Ebron; he regnede onupon I. Juda seuene ȝeer and sixe monethis; forsotheand I. in Jerusalem he regnede threttithretti ȝeer I. and thre ȝeer, onupon I. al Israel and Juda. And the kyng ȝede, and alle men that weren with hym, in to Jerusalem, to Jebusey, dwellerthe dweller I. of the lond. And it was seide of hem to Dauid, Thou schalt not entre hidur, noOm. I. but thou do awei blynde men and lame, seiyngethat seiden I., Dauid schal not entre hydur. ForsotheCertis I. Dauid took the tour of Syon; this is the citee of Dauid. For Dauid hadde `sette forth meedepurposid I. in that dai toto haue ȝoue mede to I. hym, that hadde smyte Jebusei, and haddethat hadde I. touchid the goteris of roouysthe hous roouys I., and haddethat hadde I. take awey lame men and blynde, hatynge the lijf of Dauid. Therfor it is seid in prouerbecomoun speche I., A blynde man and lamea lame IK. schulen not entre in to the temple. For|sotheAnd I. Dauid dwellide in the tour, and clepidehe clepide I. it the citee of Dauid; and he bildide bi cumpas fro MelloMello was a swolew that was bifor that tour. Lire here. C., and with ynne. And he entride profitynge and en|creessynge; and the Lord God of oostis was with hym. Also Hyram, kyngthe kyng I. of Tire, sent messangeris to Dauid, and cedre trees, and crafti men of trees, and crafti men of stoonus to wallis; and thei bildiden the hows of Dauid. And Dauid knew, that the Lord hadde confermed hym kyng onupon I. of K. Israel, and that he hadde enhaunsid his rewme onupon I. his puple Israel. Therfor Dauid took ȝit concubyns, and wyuesand wyues; this word and is set here for that is, for tho weren verily hise wyues, but thei ben seid here with concubyns, for they weren secundarie wyues, and not pryncipal. Lire here. C. of Jerusalem, after that he cam fro Ebron; and also othere sones and douȝ|tris weren borun to Dauid. And these ben the names of hem that weren borun to hym in Jerusalem; Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Salomon, and Jobaar, and Helisua, and Repheg, and Japhia, and Helysama, and Holida, and Heliphe|lech. TherforThanne I. Filisteisthe Philistees I. herden, that thei hadden anoyntid Dauid kyng onupon I. Israel, and alle Filisteisthe Philistees I. stiedenȝeden up I. to seke Dauid. And whanne Dauid hadde herd this, he ȝedewente I. doun into a strong hold. ForsotheAnd I. Filisteisthe Philistees I. camen, and werenthei weren I. spred abrood in the valei of Raphaym. And Dauid counseilidecounseilide with I. the Lord, and seide, Whether Y schal stiestie up I. to Filisties, and whether thou schalt ȝyue hem in myn hond? And the Lord seide to Dauid, Stie thouthou up I., for Y schal bitakebitake the Philistees I., and Y schal ȝyue Filisteishem I. in thin hond. Therfor Dauid cam in to Baal Farasym, and smoothe smoot I. hemthe Philistees I. there, and seide, The Lord departidehath departid I. myn enemyes bifor me, as watris ben departid. Therfor the name of that place was clepid Baal FarasymBaal Fara|sym; that is, the feeld ether pleyn of de|parting. Lire here. C.. And theithe Philistees I. leften there her sculptilsgrauen ymagis I., whiche Dauid tookDauyth took; in Ebreu it is brente. C., and hise men. And Filisteisthe Philistees I. addidenaddiden to I. ȝit, that thei schuldenwolden I. stiewende up I., and thei weren spred abrood in the valey of Raphaym. SotheliAnd I. Dauid councelidecoun|selide with I. the Lord, and seide, Whether Y schal stiestie up I. agens Filistiesthe Philistees I., and whether thou schalt bitake hem in to myn hondis? WhichAnd the Lord I. answeride, Thou schalt not stiestie up I. aȝens hem, but cumpasse thouthou hem I. bihynde her bak, and thou schalt come to hem on the contrarie side of the pere trees. And whanne thou schalt here the sown of crya crier I. goynge ininto I. the cop of `pere treesthe pere trees I.pere trees; this was a signe of aun|gels comynge in to the help of Dauyth to fiȝte aȝenes ad|uersaries. Lire here. C., thanne thou schalt biginne batel; for thanne the Lord schal go out befor thi face, that he smyte the castelstentis I. of Filisteis. Therfor Dauid dide as the Lord comaundide to hym; and he smoot Fi|listeysthe Philistees I. fro Gabaa til `the whileOm. I. thei camen to Jezer.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe Dauid gaderide eft alle the chosun men of Israel, thritti thousynde. And Dauid roosroos up I., and ȝede, and al the puple that was with hym of the men of Juda, to brynge the arke of God, onupon I. whichthe which I. the name of the Lord of oostis, sittynge in cherubyn onupon I. thatthe I. arke, was clepidinwardly clepid I.. And thei puttiden the arke of God on a newe wayn, and thei token it fro the hows of Amynadab, that was in Gabaa. ForsotheAnd I. Oza and Haio, the sons of Amynadab, dryuedendreuen I. drywen E. dreuin P. the newe wayn. And whanne thei hadden take it fro the hows of Amynadab, that was in Gabaa, andthat I. kepte the arke of Godthe Lord I., Haio ȝede bifor the arke. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid and al Israel pleiedenpleieden; not bi pley of dis|solucioun, but of deuocioun. Lire here. C. byfor the Lord, in alle `trees maad craftilitreen instrumentis of melodie I., and harpisin harpis I., and sitols, and tympans, and trumpis, and cymbalis. ForsotheBut I. after that thei camenhadden come I. to the corn floor of Nachor, Oza helde forth thehis I. hond to the arke of God, and helde it, for the oxun kikidenwynsiden I., and bow|iden itthe arke aside I.. And the Lord was wrooth bi indignacioun aȝens OzaOza was smytun, for he ordeynede the arke to be put on vnre|sonable beestis in the wayn, for it schulde be borun on the schuldris of dekenes, as it is seid in vii. co. of Numeri and in many mo places; and Oza knew this, ether ouȝte to knowe this; netheles he was smytun, whanne he touchide the arke bowid, for thanne it was opin, that it schulde not be borun so, but in the schuldris of resonable men. Lire here. C., and smoothe smoot I. hym onupon I. `the folihis fool hardynesse I.; and he was deed there bisidis the arke of Godthe Lord I.. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid was soriDauyth was sori; not of Goddis riȝtful|nesse, but more of the offence of Oza, for which he dis|seruede to be smytun; and of this dede Dauyth dredde, lest he were vnworthi to bringe the arke to his hows. C., for the Lord hadde smytesleyn I. Oza; and the name of that place was clepid the Smytyng of Oza `til in tovnto I. this dai. And Dauid dredde the Lord in thatal that EL. dai, and seidehe seide I., Hou schal the arke of the Lord entre to me? And he noldewolde not I. turne the arke of the Lord to hym silf in to the citee of Dauid, but he turnede it in to the hows of Obethedom of Geth. And the arke of the Lord dwellide in the hows of ObethedomObethedom was of the de|kenes, as it is seid in ȝ book of Paralipomenon, vi. co.; and he is seid of Geth, for he was in Geth, with Dauyth fleynge Saul. Lire here. C. of Geth thre monethis; and the Lord blessid Obethedom, and al his hows. And it was teld to kyng Dauid, that the Lord hadde blessid Obethedom, and alle `thingis of hymhis thingis I., for the arke of God. And Dauid seide, Y schal go, and brynge the arke with blessyng in to myn hows. Therfor Dauid ȝede, and brouȝte the arke of God fro the hows of Obeth|edom in to the citee of Dauid with ioye; and ther weren with Dauid seuen cum|panyesmesures b sec. m., and the slainoffrid b. sacrifice of a calffThis passage is omitted in AEFGLNPWb. pr. m.. And whanne thei, that baren the arke of the Lord, hadden stiedstied up I. six paacespaas I., thei offriden an oxe and a ram. And Dauid smoot in organs boundunfastned I. to thehis I. arm; and daunsidehe daunside I. with alle strengthishis strengthis I. bifor the Lord; sotheliand I. Dauid was clothid with a lynnun surplis. And Dauid, and al the hows of Israel, ledden forth the arke of testamentwitnessyng I. of the Lord in hertlihertily I. song, and in sown of trumpe. And whanne the arke of the Lord haddeOm. A. entride in to the citee of Dauid, Mychol, the douȝtir of Saul, bihelde biforth at I. a wyndow, and sche siȝ the kyng skippyngehoppinge I. and daunsynge bi|for the Lord; and sche dispiside hym in hir herte. And thei brouȝten in the arke of the Lord, and settiden it in histhe I. placeplace theroff I., in theOm. I. myddismyddil I. of tabernaclethe tabernacle EIX sec. m., whichthe which I. tabernacle Dauid hadde maad `redy ther|totherfore EL.; and Dauid offride brent sacrifices and pesible bifor the Lord. And whanne Dauid hadde endid tho, and hadde offrid brent sacrifices and pesible, he blesside the puple in the name of the Lord of oostis. And he ȝaf to al the multitude of Israel, as wel to man as to womman, to ech `o thinne loofa kake of bred I., and o part rostid of bugle fleisch, and flour of wheete fried with oile; and al the puple ȝedeȝede forth I., ech manOm. I. in to his hows. And Dauid turnede aȝen to blesse his hows, and Mychol, the douȝtir of Saul, ȝede out in to the comyng of Dauid, and seidesche seide I., Hou glorious washath I. the kyng of Israel tobe to I. day vnhilynge hym silf bifor the handmaidishandmaidyns I. of hise seruauntis, and he was maad nakid, as if oon of the harlotisknaues I. behad be I. maad nakid? And Dauid seide to My|chol, The Lord lyueth, for Y schal pley bifor the Lord, that cheeshath chose I. me rathere than thi fadir, and thanrather than I. al the hows of hym, and comaundidehe hath comaundid I. to me, that Y schulde be duyk onupon I. thehis I. puple `of the Lord ofOm. I. Israel; and Y schal pleie, and Y schal be maad `vilere moremore vile I. than Y amam ȝit I. maad, and Y schal be meke in myn iȝen, and Y schal appere gloriouseremore glorious I. with thetho I. handmaydyshandmaidens I., of whiche thou spak|isthast spoke I.. Therfor a sone was not borun to Mychol, the douȝtir of Saul, til in to the dai of hir deeth.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe it was doon, whannethat whanne I. theOm. IK sec. m. kyng Dauid hadde sete in his hows, and the Lord hadde ȝoue reste to hym on ech side fro alle hise enemyes, he seyde to Nathan the prophete, Seest thou not, that Y dwelle in an hows of cedre, and the arke of God is put in the myddis of skynnysor kyuered with lethir I marg.? And Nathan seideNathan seide; not bi spirit of pro|fesie, but bi spirit of man, as it is opin aftirward. Lire here. C. to the kyng, Go thou, and do al thing whichthat I. is in thin herte, for the Lord is with thee. ForsotheAnd I. it was don in that niȝt, and lo! the word of the Lord, seiyngewas maad I. to Nathan, Go thou, and speke to my servaunt Dauid, The Lord seith these thingis, Whether thou schalt bilde to me an hows to dwelle ynne? ForSothly I. Y `dwellide nothaue not dwellid I. in an hows fro the dai in which Y ledde the sones of Israel out of the lond of Egipt til in to this dai; but Y ȝedehaue go I. in tabernaclea tabernacle I. and inOm. C. tenta tent I., bi alle places, to whiche Y passyde with alle the sones of Israel? Whether Y spekynge spakhaue spoke I. to oon of the lynagis of Israel, to whom Y comaundyde, that he schulde feede my puple Israel, and seideI seide I., Whi `bildidist thou nothast thou not bildid I. an hows of cedre to me? And now thou schalt seie these thingis to my seruaunt Dauid, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Y tookhaue take I. thee fro lesewisthe lesewis I. suynge flockis, that thou schuldist be duyk onupon I. my puple Israel, and Y washaue be I. with thee in alle thingis, where euere thou ȝedisthast go I., and Y killidehaue killid I. alle thin enemyes fro thi face, and Y madehaue made I. to thee a greet name bi the name of grete men that ben in erthe; and Y schall sette a place to my puple Israel, and Y schal plaunte hym, and Y schal dwelle with hym, and he schal no more be troblid, and the sones of wickidnesse schulen not addeadde to I., that thei turmente hym as bifor, fro the dai in which Y or|denede iugis onupon I. my puple Israel; and Y schal ȝyue reste to thee fro alle thin enemyes. And the Lord biforseith to thee, that `the Lordhe I. schal mak an hows to thee; and whanne thi daies be fillidfulfillid I., and thou hast slept with thi fadris, Y schal reysereyse up I. thi seed aftir thee, whichthe which I. schal go out of thi wombe, and Y schal make `stidfast his rewmehis rewme stable I.. He schal bilde an hows to my name, and Y schal make stable the troone of his rewme til in to with outen endewith outen ende; that is, in to long tyme, as in Salomon, hillis ben seid euer|lastinge, for the rewme of Salomon fail|ide, in the caytifte of Ba|biloyne, ether nameli in the dayes of E|roude, that was an alien. Lire here. C.; Y schal be to hym in to fadira fadir IX sec. m., and he schal be to me in to a sone; and if he schal do ony thing wick|idli, Y schal chastise hym in theOm. I. ȝerde of men, and in the woundis of the sones of men. Forsothe Y schal not do awey my mercy fro hym, as Y didedide it I. awei fro Saul, whom Y remouedehaue remoued I. fro my face. And thin hows schal be feithful, and thi rewme schal be tilOm. A. in to with outen ende bifor my face, and thi trone schal be stidfast contynueli. By alle these wordys, and bi al this reuelacioun, sothus I. Nathan spak to Dauid. Forsothe Dauid the kyng entrideentride in to the tabernacle I., and satthe satt I. bifor the Lord, and seide, Who am Y, myOm. I. Lord God, and what is myn hows, that thou brouȝtisthast brouȝt I. me hidur to? But also this is seyn litil in thi siȝt, my Lord God; no but thou schuldist speke also of the hows of thi seruaunt in to long tyme. Forsothefor I. this is the lawe of Adamlawe of A|dam; that ech man be bisy and desiringe the prosperite of hise eiris. Lire here. C., Lord God; what therfor may Dauid addeadde to I. ȝit, that he speke to thee? ForTherfor FGIKLNOQRSUW. herfor P. thou, Lord God, knowist thi seruaunt; thou hast do alle these greteOm. I. thingis, for thi word, and biaftir I. thin herte, so that thou madistmadist tho I. knowun to thi ser|uaunt. Herfor, Lord God, thou art mag|nyfiedmaad greet I., for noon is lijk thee, ne there is no God outakun thee, in alle thingis whiche we herdenhan herd I. with oure eeris. Sotheli what folk in erthe is as the puple of Is|rael, for whichfor which, etc.; in Ebreu it is, for which Goddis ȝeden, that is, thre persoones in the Trinyte, that ben o God in substaunce, therfor it sueth in singuler noumbre, that he schulde aȝen bie it to him silf. Lire here. C. the Lord God ȝede, that he schulde aȝenbieaȝenbiȝgge K. it to him in to a puple, and schuldethat he schulde I. sette to hym silf a name, and schulde do to ithis puple I. grete thingis, and orible onupon I. erthe, inand b. castinge out therofOm. A sec. m. therfore EL. the folkfolkis E. folk of kynde I. andof E. `goddis therofher goddis I. fro the face of thi puple, whichthe which I. thou `aȝen bouȝtisthast aȝen bouȝt I. to thee fro Egipt? And thou confermidisthast con|fermyd I. to thee thi puple Israel in to a puple euerlastynge, and thou, Lord, art maad in to God to hem. Now ther|for, Lord God, reisereise up I. thouOm. I. withouten ende the word that thou hast spoke onupon I. thi seruaunt and onupon I. his hows, and do as thou hast spoke; and thy name be mag|nyfiedmaad greet I. tilOm. I. in to withouten ende, and be it seid, The Lord of oostis is God onupon I. Is|rael; and the hows of thi seruaunt Dauid schal be stablischid byfor the Lord; for thou, Lord of oostis, God of Israel, hast maad reuelacioun to the eere of thi ser|uaunt, and seidist, Y schal bilde an hows to thee; therfor thi seruaunt foondhath founden bi I. his herte, that he schulde preie thee bi this preier. Now therfor, Lord God, thou art veri God, and thi wordis schulen be trewe; for thou hast spoke these goodisgode thingis I. to thi seruaunt; therfor bigynne thou, and blesse the hows of thi seruaunt, that it bebe in to I. with|outen ende bifor thee; for thou, Lord God, hast spoke these thingis, and bithorouȝ I. thi bless|yng the hows of thi seruaunt schal be blessid withouten ende.

 CAP. VIII.

ForsotheAnd I. it was doon aftir these thingis, Dauid smoot Filisteisthe Filisteis I., and made low hem; and Dauid took awei the bridil of tribute fro the hond of Filisteisfro the hond of Filisteis; for first Filisteis token tribute of Ebreis, and weren lordis of hem, but aftir|ward Filisteys serueden Da|uyth vndur tribute. Lire here. C.. And Dauid smoot Moab, and mathe metide I. hem with a coordelitil coorde I., and madehe made hem I. euene to the erthe; forsothe `he matDauid metide hem bi I. tweytwo litil I. cordis, oon to sle, and oonanother I. to quikene. And Moab seruyde Dauid vndur tribute. And Dauid smoot Adadezer, sonethe sone I. of Roob, kyng of Soba, whanne he ȝede forth to be lord ouer the flood Eufrates. And whanne a thousynde and seuene hundrid kniȝtishorse men I. of his part weren takun, and twenti thou|synde of foot men, Dauid hoxidekitte the hoxes of I. alle `drawynge beestisthe beestis drawynge I. in charis; but Dauid lefte of tho an hundrid charis, that is, the horsis of an hundrid charis. Also Sirie of Damask cam, that ithe I. schulde bere help to Adadezer, kyng of Soba; and Dauid smoot of Sirie two and twenti thousynde of men. And Dauid settide strengthesettide strengthe; that is, werriours in a strong hold, that men of Sirie schul|den beholdun sikirliere vndur tribute. Lire here. C. in Sirie of Damask, and Sirie was maad seruynge Dauid vndur tribute. And the Lord kepte Dauid in alle thingis, to what euer thingis he ȝede forth. And Dauid took goldun armeris and bies, whiche the seruauntis of Adadezer hadden, and he brouȝte tho in to Jerusalem. And of Bethe, and of Beroth, citeesthe citees I. of Adadezer, Dauith theOm. I. kyng took ful myche metalbras I.; `of theOm. QSWbç. whiche Salomon made alle theOm. DMQSWXbç. brasen vessels in the temple, andOm. KX. the brasen see, and theOm. QXb. pilers, and the auterThe whole passage from the word of omitted in AELPRU.. ForsotheAnd I. Thou, kyngthe kyng I. of Emath, herde that Dauid hadde smyte al the strengthe of Adadezer. And Thou sente Joram, his sone, to `kyng DauidDauid the kyng I., that he schulde grete hym, and thanke, and do thank|yngis, for he hadde ouercome Adadezer, and hadde smytesleyn I. hym; for Thou was enemy toof I. Adadeser; and vessels of sil|ver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bras weren in his hond. And the same vessels kyng Dauid halewid `to the Lord, with the siluer and gold, whiche he haddeOm. A. halewidOm. AI. of alle hethene men, whiche `hethene menOm. I. he madehad maad I. suget of Sirye, and Moabof Moab I., and theof the I. sones of Amon, and Filisteisof Filisteis I., and Amalechof Amalech I., and of the spuylis of Adadezer, sonethe sone I. of Roob, kyng of Soba. Also Dauid made to hym a name, whanne he turnede aȝen, whanne Sirie was takun, for eiȝtene thou|syndethousynde men I. weren slayn in the valey, where salt iswas I. maad, and in Gebelem, to thre and twenti thousynde. And heDauid I. settidesette I. keperis in Ydumee, and ordeinede strong hold, and al Ydumee was maad seruynge to Dauid; and the Lord kepte Dauid in alle thingis, to whateuer thingis he ȝede forth. And Dauid regnede onupon I. al Israel, and Dauid dide doom, and riȝtfulnesseriȝt|wisnesse I. to al his puple. ForsotheAnd I. Joab, the sone of Saruy, was ouer the oostoost of Dauid I.; sotheliand I. Josa|phat, sonethe sone I. of Achilud, was chauncelerchaunceler; in Ebreu it is, recordour. C.; and Sadoch, sonethe sone I. of Achitob, and Achy|melech, sonethe sone I. of Abiathar, weren preestis; and Saraye was scryuyna scribe I.. ForsotheBut I. Ba|nanye, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, was ouer Cerethi and Pherethi, that is, ouer archeris and arblasterisarowblasters ELP.; sotheliand I. the sones of Dauid weren prestisthe sones of Dauyth weren prestis; that is, grettere men in dignete, ether the firste to onours; for it may not be seid that thei weren prestis propirly, mynystringe in the taber|nacle, for thei weren not of the kyn of Aaron. Lire here. C.

 CAP. IX.

And Dauid seide, Whether ony man is, that lefte of the hows of Saul, that Y do mercy with hym for Jonathas? ForsotheAnd ther was I. a seruaunt, Siba bi name, wasOm. I. of the hous of Saul; whom whanne the kyng hadde clepid to hym silf, `the kynghe I. seide to hym, Whethir thou art not Siba? And he an|sweride, Y am thi seruaunt. And the kyng seide, Whether ony man lyueth of the hows of Saul, that Y do with hym the mercy of God? And Siba seide to the kyng, A sone of Jonathas lyueth, feblethe whiche is sijk I. in the feet. TheAnd the I. kyng seide, Where is he? And Siba seide to the kyng, Lo! he is in the hows of Machir, sonethe sone I. of Amyel, in Lodabar. Therfor `Dauid the kyngkyng Dauid I. sente, and took hymJonathas sone I. fro the hows of Machir, sonethe sone I. of Amyel, fro Lodobar. ForsotheAnd I. whanne Myphibosech, the sone of Jonathas, sone of Saul, hadde come to Dauid, he felde in to his face, and wor|schipideworschipe A.. And Dauid seide, Myphibosech! WhichAnd he I. answeride, Y am present, thi ser|uaunt. And Dauid seide to hym, Drede thou not, for Y doynge schal do mersi to thee for Jonathas, thi fadir; and Y schal restore to thee alle theOm. I. feeldis of Saul, thi fadir, and thou schalt ete breed in my boordtable I. euere. WhichThe which I. worschipide him, and seide, Who am Y, thi seruaunt, for thou hast biholde onupon I. a deed doggehound I. lijk me? Therfor the kyng clepide Siba, the child of Saul; and seide to hym, Y haue ȝoue to the sone of thi lord alle thingis, which euer weren of Saul, and al the hows of hym; therfor worche thou the lond to hym, thou, and thi sones, and thi ser|uauntis, and thou schalt brynge in meetis to the soneto the sone, etc.; that is, to Myca, sone of Myphiboseth, who is now thi lord. Lire here. C. of thi lord, that he be fed; forsothebut I. Myphibosech, sonethe sone I. of thi lord, schal ete euer breed onof I. my bord. SotheliAnd I. fiftene sones and twenti seruauntis weren to Siba. And Siba seyde to the kyng, As thou, my lord kyng, hast comaundid to thi seruaunt, so thi seruaunt schal do; and Myphibosech, as oon of the sones of the kyng, schal ete onupon I. thi boord. For|sotheAnd I. Myphibosech hadde a litil sone, Mycha bi name; sotheliAnd I. al the meyne of the hows of Siba seruyde Myphibosech. ForsotheAnd I. Myphibosech dwellide in Jeru|salem; for he eet contynueli of the kingis boord, and washe was I. crokidhalt I. on either foot.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe it was doon aftir these thingis, that Naas, kyng of the sones of Amon, diede; and Anoon, his sone, regnede for hym. And Dauid seide, Y schal do mercy with Anon, the sone of Naas, as his fadir dide mercy with me. Therfor Dauid sente coumfort|ynge hym by hise seruauntis onupon I. the deeth of the fadir. SotheliAnd I. whanne the ser|uauntis of Dauid hadden come in to the lond of the sones of Amon, princesthe princis I. of the sones of Amon seiden to Anon, her lord, Gessist thou that for the onour of thi fadir Dauid sentehath sent I. coumfortouris to thee; and notnot rather I. herfor David sente hise seruauntis to thee, that he schulde aspie, and enserche the citee, and distrie it? Therfor Anoon took the seruauntis of Dauid, and scha|uydehe schauyde I. half the part of `the beerd of hemher beerd I., and he kittidekitte I. awey the myddil clothis of hem `til tovnto I. the buttokishipes I.; andand so I. lefte hem. And whanne this was teld to Dauid, he sente in to the comyng of hem, for the men weren schent ful vilensly. And Dauid co|maundide to hem, Dwelle ȝe in Jerico, til ȝoure beerd wexe, and thanne turne ȝe aȝen. SotheliAnd I. the sones of Amon sienthe sones of Amon sien; for thei knewen that not bi fraude, but of veri frenschip, Dauyth sente messangeris; and netheles thei knoulech|iden not gilt, nether axiden forȝyuenesse, but thei maden hem redi to defende her foli, in clepinge othere men into her help aȝenus Dauyth, and this doyng agreggide notably ether gretly her gilt. Lire here. C., that thei hadden do wrong to Dauid, and thei senten, and hiriden biwith I. meede Roobof Roob I. of Sirye, and Sobaof Soba I. of Sirie, twenti thou|synde of foot men, and of kyng Maacha, a thousynde men, and of Istob twelue thou|synde of men. And whanne Dauid hadde herd this, he sentsente forth I. Joab and al the oost of fiȝteris. Therfor the sones of Amon ȝeden out, and dressiden scheltrun bifor hem in the entryng of the ȝate. For|sotheand I. Soba, and Roob of Sirie, and Istob, and Maacha weren asidis half in the feeld. Therfor Joab siȝ, that batelthe batel I. was maad redi aȝens hym, bothe euene aȝensaȝens hym I. and bihynde thehis I. bak; and he chees to hym silf of alle the chosun men of Israel, and ordeynedehe ordeynede I. scheltrun aȝens SirusSirie I.. For|sotheAnd I. heJoab I. bitook to Abisai, his brothir, the tother part of the puple, whichthe which I. dres|side scheltrun aȝens the sones of Amon. And Joab seide, If men of Sirie han the maistrie aȝens me, thouthou, Abisay I. schalt be to me in to help; sotheliand I. if the sones of Amon han the maistrie aȝens thee, Y schal helpe thee; be thou a strong man, and fiȝte we for oure puple, and for the citee of oure God; forsothefor I. the Lord schal do that, that is good in his siȝt. Therfor Joab and histhe I. puple that was with hym, bigan batel aȝens men of Sirie, whichethe whiche I. fledden anoon fro his face. ForsotheAnd I. the sones of Amon sien, that men of Sirie hadden fled; and thei fledden also fro the face of Abisai, and entridenthei entriden I. in to the citee; and Joab turnede aȝen fro the sones of Amon, and cam in to Jerusalem. ForsotheAnd I. menthe men GQ. of Sirye sien that thei hadden feldfled FKOS sup. ras. W. falle EILMP. bifor Israel, and thei weren gaderid to gidere. And Adadezer sente, and ledde out men of Sirie that weren biȝende the flood, and he brouȝtebrouȝte forth I. the oost of hem; sotheliand I. Sobach, mayster of the chyualrie of Adadezer, was the prince of hem. And whanne this was teld to Dauid, he drow togidere al Israel, and passidehe passide ouer I. Jordan, and cam in to Helama. And men of Sirie dressiden scheltrun aȝens Dauid, and fouȝten aȝens hym. And Sireis fledden fro the face of Israel; and Dauid killide of Sireisthe Sireis I. seuene hundrid charis, and fourti thousynde of knyȝtishorsmen I.; and he smoot Sobach, the prince of chyualriethe chyualrie I., whichthe which I. was deed anoon. ForsotheAnd I. alle kyngisthe kyngis I., that weren in theOm. I. help of Adadezer, siȝen that thei weren ouercomun of Israel, and thei maden pees with Israel, and serueden hem; and Sireisthe Sireis I. dredden to ȝyue help to the sones of Amon.

 CAP. XI.

ForsotheAnd I. it was doon, whanne the ȝeer turnede aȝen in that tyme wherynnein whiche I. kyngis ben wont to go forth to batels, Dauid sentesente forth I. Joab, and with hym hise seruauntis, and al Israel; and thei dis|trieden the sones of Amon, and bisegiden Rabath; forsotheand I. Dauid dwellide in JerusalemDauyth dwell|ide in Jerusa|lem; whanne othere men ȝeden forth to batel, Dauyth dwell|ide as idil in Jerusalem, and therfor he was drawun to do auoutrie; wher|for the poete seith, If thou takist awey idilnessis, the craftis of couei|tise, that is, of leccherie, pe|rischiden; and in xxxiii. co. Ecci. ydilnesse tauȝte myche malice. C.. While these thingis weren doon, it befelde, that Dauid roos in a dai fro his bed after mydday, and walkidehe walkide I. in the soler of the kyngis hows; and he siȝ a wommanAnd he siȝ a womman; vnchast siȝt is ful perelouse, for Dauyth that was so hooly and good, was drawun herbi to auow|trie, and aftir|ward to procure mansleyng bi tresoun, and at the laste to par|forme it in werk. Lire here. C. waischynge hir silf euen aȝensaȝens him I. onupon I. hir soler; sotheliand I. the womman was ful fair. Therfor the kyng sente, and enqueride, what womman it was; and it was teld to hym, that sche was Bersabee, the douȝtir of Heliam, and wassche was I. the wijf of Vrye Ethei. TherforThanne I. bi messangeris sent Dauid took hir; and whanne sche entride to hym, he slepte with hir, and anoon sche was halewid fro hir vn|clenessebareyn wymmen weren seid vnclene I. marg.halewid fro hir vnclennesse; that is, fro flux of vncleene blood that schulde come til to the child bering, for sche conseyuede in that ligging bi, and vncleene blood renneth no more aftir conseyuyng of child, for thilke blood goith in to the formyng and mete of the child. Lire here. C.. And sche turnede aȝen in to hir hows, with childa child I. conseyued; and sche sente, and teldeschewide I. to Dauid, and seide, Y haue conseyued. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid sente to Joab, and seide, Sende thou Vrye Ethei to me; and Joab sente Vrye to Dauid. And Vrie cam to Dauid; and Dauid axide, hou riȝtfuli Joab dide and the puple, and houwhat maner wise I. the batel was mynystridserued I.. And Dauid seide to Vrye, Go in to thin hows, and waische thi feet. Vrye ȝede outforth I. fro the hows of the kyng, and the kyngis mete suede hym. SotheliAnd I. Vrye slepte bifor the ȝate of the kyngis hows with othere seruauntis of his lord, and ȝedehe ȝede I. not doun to his hows. And it was teld to Dauid of men, seiynge, Vrye `ȝede nothath not go I. to his hows. And Dauid seide to Vrye, WhetherFor EL. thou camest not fro the weye? whi ȝedist thou not doun in to thin hows? And Vrie seide to Dauid, The arke of God, Israelof Israel I pr. m. W sup. ras. and Juda dwellen in tentis, and my lord Joab, and the seruauntis of my lord dwellen onupon I. the face of erthethe erthe I., and schal Y go in to myn hows, to ete and drynke, and slepe with my wijf? Bi thin helthe, and bi the helthe of thi soule, Y schal not do this thing. Therfor Dauid seide to Vrye, Dwelle thou here also to dai, and to morewe Y schal delyuere thee. Vrie dwellide in Jerusalem in that day and the tothir. And Dauid clepide hym, that he schulde ete and drynke bifor hym, and Dauid made drunkun VryeDauyth made drunkun Vrie; that is, made to ȝyue to him pryuely wyn able to make drunkun, and bileuyde that he schulde herby forȝete the arke and the oost, and that so he schulde be maad hoot of wyn, and schulde slepe with his wiyf; and ȝit netheles Vrie was not dis|seyued. Lire here. C.; and he ȝede out in the euentid, and slepte in his bed with the seruauntes of his lord; and ȝedehe ȝede I. not doun in to his hows. TherforTherfor whanne A sec. m. Thanne I. the morewtid was maad, andOm. A sec. m. Dauid wroot epistle to Joab, and sentehe sente it I. bi the hond of Vrye, and wroothe wroot I. in the pistleepistle CE., SettePutte I. ȝe Vrye euene aȝens the batel, where the batel is strongeste, `that is, where the aduersaries ben strongeOm. BCIX., and forsakeleeue I. ȝe hym, that he be smitun and perische. Therfor whanne Joab bisegide the citee, he settidesette I. Vrie in thethat I. place where he wiste that strongeste menenmyes I. weren. And men ȝeden out of the citee, and fouȝten aȝens Joab, and thei killiden of the puple of seruauntisthe seruauntis BCIMUç. of Dauid, and also Vrye Ethei was deeddeed there I.. TherforAnd so I. Joab sente, and telde alle thethese I. wordis of the batel; and he comaundyde to the messanger, and seide, Whanne thou hast fillidfulfillid I. alle wordisthe wordis IX sec. m. ç. of the batel to the kyng, if thou seest, that he is wrooth, and seith, Whi neiȝiden ȝe to the wal to fiȝte? whether ȝe wisten not, that many dartis ben sentsent out I. `fro aboue fro the walfro the wal aboue I.? who smoot Abymelech, sonethe sone I. of Gerobaal? whether not a womman sentelete falle I. onupon I. hym a gobet of a mylnestoon fro thea I. walwal an hiȝe I., and killidesche killide I. hym in Thebes? whi neiȝiden ȝe bisidis the wal? thou schalt seieseie thanne I., Also thi seruaunt, Vrye Ethei, diedewas sleyn I.. TherforThanne I. the messanger ȝedeȝede forth I., and telde to Dauid alle thingis whiche Joab hadde comaundid to hym. And the messanger seide to Dauid, `Men haddenEnmyes han had I. the maistri aȝens us, and thei ȝeden out to vs in to the feeld; sotheliand I. biwith I. `fers|nesse maadgret fersnesse I. we pursueden hem `til tovnto I. the ȝate of the citee. And archerisscheters I. sentensenten out I. dartis to thi seruauntis fro the wal aboue, and summe of the `kyngis ser|uauntisseruauntis of the kyng I. ben deed; forsotheand I. also thi seruaunt, Vrye Ethei, is deed. And Dauid seide to the messanger, Thou schalt seie these thingis to Joab, This thing breke not thee; for the bifallynghappe I. of batel is dyuerse, and swerd wastithfordoith I. now this man, now that man; coumforte thi fiȝteris aȝens the citee, that thou distrye it, and excitestire I. thou hemhem therto I.. ForsotheAnd I. the wijf of Vrye herde, that Vrye hir hosebond was deed, and sche biweilide hymand sche biweilide him; oneli bi feyn|yng, and bi appering, for sche desiride his deth, that bi this sche schulde ascape stonyng, and be maad the wiyf of the kyng, and for this entent sche procuride Dauyth to hir hosebondis deth. Lire here. C.. And whanne the morenyng was passid, Dauid sente, and brouȝte hir in to his hows; and sche was maad wijf to hym, and sche childide a sone to hym. And this word whichthat I. Dauid hadde do displeside bifor the Lord.

 CAP. XII.

Therfor the Lord sente Nathan to Dauid; and whanne he hadde come to Dauid, he seide to Dauidhim I., Answere thou dooma doom I. to me; twei men weren in oa I. citee; othe oo I. the too K. man was riche, and the tother wasOm. I. pore. The riche manThe riche man; this riche man is vndur|stondun Dauyth, hauyng many wyues; the pore man is vndur|stondun Vrie, that hadde onely o wiyf, whom he hadde bouȝt, in ȝyuynge dower for hir, and whom he hadde nurschid, for he took hir a litil damesel. Sche eet of his breed, for sche comynede with hym in mete and bed. This pilgrym that cam to the riche man, is the deuel, which is alienyd fro the comynyng of heuenly cyte|seyns, for hardnesse in synne; to which pilgrym Da|uyth made a feeste bi consent in to auoutrie, and mansleyng brouȝt forth in to dede, for the deuel delitith in sychesynnes. Dauyth seide, he schal ȝelde the scheep in to the fourthe fold, and so it was doon to him, for hise iiii. sones weren deed, for the deeth of Vrie; the firste, the sone of Bersabee, the ii. Amon, the iii. Absolon, the iiii. Adonye. And Dauyth seide, bi herte and mouth, Y haue synned to the Lord; he defendide not his synne, but knoulechede mekely, wher|for it sueth, also the Lord hath turned awey thi synne, as to the gilt, in for|ȝyuynge it for thi penaunce, and as to the peyne, in tem|peringe it; for thouȝ thou art a manquellere and worthi the deth, netheles thou schalt not die in thi propir persoone, but in thi sone borun. Of whiche the cause sueth, for thou hast maad the enemyes to blasfeme the name of the Lord; for yuele men and vn|kunnynge blas|femeden bi this the priuy domes of God, and seiden, that he dide vniustly in repreuynge Saul, and in chesinge Da|uyth, that dide synnes more worse than Saul hadde do. Lire here. C. hadde ful many scheep, and oxun; sotheliand I. the pore man hadde vttirli no thing, outakun o litil scheep, whichthe which I. he hadde bouȝt, and nurschid, and whichthe which I. `hadde wexidwexide I. atanentis I. hym with hise sones, and eet togiderebothe I. of his breed, and drank of his cuppe, and slepte in his bosum; and it was as a douȝter to hym. ForsotheBut I. whanne a pilgrym `hadde comecame I. to thethis I. riche man, he sparide to take of hisehis owne I. scheep and oxun, that he schulde make a feeste to that pilgrym, that cam to hym; and he took the scheep of the pore man, and `made redigreithide I. metis to the man that cam to hym. ForsotheCertis I. Dauid was ful wrooth with indignacioun aȝens that man, and seidehe seide I. to Nathan, The Lord lyueth, for the man that dide thisthis thing I. is the sone of deethis the sone of deeth; that is, worthi of deth, for the hidous|nesse of the dede. Lire here. C.; he schal ȝelde the scheep in to foure folde, for he dide this word, and sparide not. For|sotheAnd I. Nathan seide to Dauid, Thou art thilkethat EL. man, that hast do this thing. The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y anoyntidehaue anoyntid I. thee `in toOm. I. kyng onupon I. Israel, and Y delyuerede thee fro the hond of Saul, and Y ȝaf to thee the hows of thi lord, and the wyues of thi lord in thi bosum, and Y ȝaf to thee the hows of Israel, and of Juda; and if these thingis ben litil, Y schalschulde I pr. m. addethanne do I. to thee myche grettere thingis. Whi therfor hast thou dispisid the word of the Lord, that thou didist yuels in my siȝt? Thou hast smytekillid I. by swerd Vrye Ethei, and thou hast take his wijf in to wijf to thee, and thou hast slayn hym with the swerd of the sones of Amon. Wherfor swerda swerd K. schal not go awey fro thin howsfro thin hows, etc.; for the brother killide the brother, as Absolon killide Amon, in xiii. co., and Salo|mon killide Adonye, in iii. book ii. co., and Absolon roos aȝenus Dauyth his fadir, in this book xv. co. C. til in to with outen ende; for thou dispysidisthast dispisid I. me, and tokisthast take I. the wijf of Vrye Ethei, that sche schulde be thi wijf. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal reise onupon I. thee yuelthe yuel I. of thin hows, and Y schal take thi wyues in `thin iȝenthi siȝt I., and Y schal ȝyueȝyue hem I. to thi neiȝbore, and he schal slepe with thi wyues in the iȝen of this sunne, `that is, opynli bifor alle men, as in xv. chapitreGloss omitted in I. chapitre bifore K.. For thou hasthaue I. do priueli; forsothecertis I. Y schal do this word in the siȝt of al Israel, and in the siȝt of this sunne. And Dauid seide to Nathan, Y haue synned to the Lord. And Nathan seide to Dauid, AlsoCertis I. the Lord hath turned awei thi synne; thou schalt not die. Netheles for thou madisthast made I. enemyes to blasfeme the name of the Lord, for this word the child whichthat I. is borun to thee schal die bi deeth. And Nathan turnede aȝen in to his hows. And the Lord smoot the litil child, whom the wijf of Vrye childide to Dauid, and heDauid I. dispeiridedispeiride of the lijf of it I.he dispei|ride; Dauyth dispeiride of the helthe of the child bi weye of kynde, not of myracle, and therfor he preyede, for he wiste not, wher God spak bi determyna|cioun, ether bi manassing. Lire here. C.. And Dauid preiedepreiede to C. the Lord for the litil child; and Dauid fastide bi fastyng, and entridehe ȝede I. asidis half, and laihe lai I. onupon I. the erthe. SotheliAnd I. the eldere men of his hows camen, and constreyneden hym `bi meke preierisOm. I., that he schulde riserise up I. fro the erthe; and he noldewolde not I., nethir he eet mete with hem. ForsotheAnd I. it bifelde in the seuenthe dai, that the ȝong child diede; and the seruauntis of Dauid dredde to telle to hym, that the litil child was deed; for thei seiden, Lo! whannewhile I. the litil child lyuede ȝit, we spaken to hym, and he herde not oure vois; hou myche more, if we seien the child is deed, he schal turment himsilf? Therfore whanne Dauid hadde herdseen I. his seruauntischildren I. spek|yngeto speke I. priueli, `ether moteryngeOm. A., he un|derstood that the ȝong child was deed; `and he seyde to his seruauntis, Whether the child is deedOm. EPRU.? WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden to hym, He is deed. Therfor Dauid roosroos up I. fro the erthe, and was waischidweischen I., and anoyntid; and whanne he hadde chaungid clothhis clothis I., he entride in to the hows of the Lord, and worschipide, and cam in to his hows; and he axide, that thei schulden sette breed to hym, and he eet. SothelyAnd I. his seruauntis seiden to hym, What is the word whichthat I. thou hast do? Thou fastidisthast fastid I., and weptistwept I. for the ȝong child, whannewhile I. he lyuede ȝit; sothelibut I. whanne the child was deed, thou risidisthast risen up I. and etist breed? And Dauid seide, Y fast|ide and wepte for the ȝong child, whanne he lyuyde ȝit; for Y seidefor I seide; that is, Y thouȝte in myn herte. Lire here. C., Who woot, if perauenture the Lord ȝyue hym to me, and the ȝong child lyue? `Now forsotheBut now I. for he is deed, whi `fast Yschal I faste for him I.? whether Y schal mow aȝen clepe hym more? Y schal `go more tomore rathir go to I. hym, but he schal not turnecome I. aȝen to me. And Dauid coumfortid Ber|sabee, his wijf; and he entride to hir, and sleptehe slepte I. with hir. And sche gendride a sone, and Dauid clepide his name Sa|lomonSalomon is interpretid pe|sible; and this was of Goddis ordenaunce, for it was schewid to Dauyth, that Salomon schulde regne aftir him, and that he schulde lyue in so greet pees, that he schulde bilde a temple to the Lord, as the Lord bihiȝte to Dauyth, in vii. co. bifore. Lire here. C.; and the Lord louyde hym. And he sente Salomonhim I. in the hond of Nathan, the prophete; and he clepide his name AmyableLouely I. to the Lord, for the Lord louyde hym. TherforThanne I. Joab fauȝt aȝens RabathRabath; that was the prin|cipal citee and the kingis citee, and ther|for the king and hise wer|riours put|tiden hem silf therinne. Lire here. C., ofthe kyng of I. the sones of Amon, and he fauȝt aȝens the `kyngis citeecitee of the kyng I.. And Joab sente mes|sangeris to Dauid, and seide, Y fauȝtehaue fouȝte I. aȝens Rabath, and the citee of watris schal be takun. Now therfor gadere thou the tother part of the puple, and bisege thou the citee, and take thou it, lest whanne the citee isbe I. wastid of me, the victorie be arettid to my name. Therfor Dauid gaderidegaderide to gidre I. al the puple, and he ȝede forth aȝens Rabath; and whanne he hadde fouȝtefouȝte aȝens that citee I., he took it. And heDauid I. took the dia|deme of the kyngdiademe of the king; that is, of the idol of hem, which is clepid Mel|chon, that is interpretid the king of hem. Lire here. C. of hemAmon I. fro his heed, bi weiȝtethe weiȝte of I. a talent of gold, hauynge pre|ciousestepreciouse ADb. peerlis; and it was put onupon I. the heed of Dauid, `that isOm. KX., aftir that it was weldidwellid CDEFGKLMNOPQRSUWXbç. and purgid bi fierGloss omitted in I. ; but also Dauid bar awey ful myche prey of thethat I. citee. AlsoAnd I. he ledde forth the puple ther|ofthe puple, etc.; that is, not al the pu|ple, but onely hem that ȝauen councel, that dispit schulde be doon to hise messangeris. Lire here. C., and sawidehe sawide it I., and `dide aboutecumpasside I. hem `yrun instrumentis of turmentwith iren bounde cartis I., and de|partidehe departide hem I. with knyues, and `ledde ouer bi the licnesse of tijl stoonusin the schapp of her sidis he stikide hem thorouȝ I.; sothus I. he dide to alle the citees of the sones of Amon. And Dauid turnede aȝen, and al his oost, in to Jerusalem.

 CAP. XIII.

ForsotheAnd I. it was doon aftir these thingis, that Amon, the sone of Dauid, louyde the fairesteful fair I. sistir, Thamar bi name, of Absolon, sonethe sone CDIKMOWXç. of Dauid. And Amon perischidepeiride I. greetli for hir, so that he was sijk for `the loue of hirhir loue I.. For whannesith I. she was a virgyn, it semyde hard to hym, that he schulde do ony thing vnonestli with hir. ForsotheBut ther was I. a freendfreend to Amon I., Jonadab bi name, sonethe sone I. of Semmaa, bro|therthe brothir I. of Dauid, `was to AmonOm. I.; Jonadaband Jonadab I. was a ful prudent man. WhichThe which I. seide to Amon, Sone of the kyng, whi art thou maad feble so bi leenesse bi alle daies? whi schewist thou not to meme thin herte I.? And Amon seide to him, Y loue Thamar, the sister of my brother Absolon. And Jona|dab answeride to hym, Li thou onupon I. thi bed, and feyne thou sikenesse; and whanne thi fadir cometh, that he visyte thee, seie thou to hym, Y preyebiseeche I., come Thamar, my sister, that sche ȝyue mete to me, and makemake sche I. a seew, that Y eteete it I. of hir hond. TherforThanne I. Amon lay doun, and `bigan asfeynede I. to be sijk. And whanne the kyng hadde come to visite him, Amon seide to the kyng, Y biseche, come Thamar, my sistir, that sche make tweitwo maner I. two L. soupyngis bifor my iȝen, and that Y take of hir hond meetethe meete I. maad redi. Therfor Dauid sente to the hows of Thamar, and seide, Come thou in to the hows of Amon, thi brother, and make thouOm. A. seewa seew I. to hym. And Thamar cam in to the hows of AmonOm. I., hir brother. SotheliAnd I. he lailai doun I.; and sche took mele, and medlidemedlide to gidre I., and madesche made it I. moist bifor hise iȝen, and sethidesche sethide I. soupyngissoupinge metis I.; and sche took that, that sche hadde sode, and heldeheelde it I. out, and settidesette it I. sette E. byfor hym, and he noldewolde not I. ete. And Amon seide, Putte ȝe out alle men fro me. And whanne thei hadden put out alle men, Amon seide to Thamar, Bere the mete in to the closet, that Y ete of thin hond. Therfor Thamar took the soup|ingissoupynge mete I. whichethat I. sche hadde maad, and brouȝte in to Amon, hir brother, in the closet. And whanne sche hadde proferid metethe mete I. to hym, he took hir, and seide, Come thou, my sistir, liand lie A pr. m. I. thou with me. And sche answeride to hym, My brother, nyle thou, nyle thou oppresse me, forcertis I. thisthis thing I. is not leueful in Israel; nyle thou do this foli. ForForsothe I. Y schal not mow bere my schen|schip, and thou schalt be as oon of the vnwise men in Israel; but rather speke thou to the kyng, and he schal not denyehe schal not denye, etc. Rabi Salomon seith, that sche was not the kyndly douȝter of Dauyth, for whanne Da|uyth took in batel hir modir, sche was with childe bi hir formere hose|bonde, and aftirward Da|uyth weddide hir, bi licence of the lawe, therfor Thamar myȝte be wed|did to Amon. Lire here. C. me to thee. SotheliBut I. he noldewolde not I. assente to hir preieris; but he was strengere in myȝtis, and oppressidehe oppresside I. hir, and lay with hir. And `Amon hadde hir hateful bi ful grete hateredethanne with ful grete hatred Amon hatide hir I., so that the hatrede was gretter, bi which he hatide hir, than the loue bi which he louyde hir bifor. And Amon seide to hir, Rise thou, and gogo henns I.. And sche answeride to hym, This yuel is more whichthat I. thou doist now aȝens me, and puttist me out, than that, that thou didist bifore. And he noldewolde not I. here hir; but whanne the child was clepide, that mynystrideseruide I. to hym, he seide, Putte thou out this womman fro me, and close thou the dore aftir hir. And sche was clothid with a coote doun to the heele; for the kyngis douȝtris virgyns vsiden siche clothis. TherforThanne I. the mynystreseruaunt I. of Amon puttideputte IX. hir outforth I., and closide the dore aftir hir. And sche spreynte aischeasken EL. aiȝsshis K. to hir heed, whanne the coote to `the heelehir long coote I. was to-rent, and whanneOm. I. thehir I. hondis werenOm. I. put on hir heed, andOm. I. sche ȝede entrynge and criynge. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon, hir brother, seide to hir, Whether Amon, thi brothir, hath leyn with thee? But `now, sister, be stillethou now stille, sistir I.; he is thi brother, and turmenteturmente thou I. not thin herte for this thing. Therfor Thamar dwellide moren|ynge in the hows of Absolon, hir brothir. ForsotheAnd I. whanne `kyng Dauidthe kyng Dauid I. hadde herd these wordis, he was ful sori, and he noldewolde not I. make sore the spyrit of Amonhe nolde make sori the spirit of Amon; for that tyme, for he was feble, siyk, and soreuful for the dede, but he repreuyde Amon aftir|ward in due tyme; and he killide not Amon for this violence, for it was not preued, and he compellide not Amon to wedde hir, for the hatrede, and for drede of deth. Lire here. C., his sone; for he louyde Amon, for he was thehis I. firste gendridbygoten sone I. `to hymOm. I.. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon spak not to Amon, nether yuel netherne EILP. good; for Absolon hatide Amon, for he hadde defoulid Thamar, his sistir. ForsotheAnd I. it was doon aftir the tyme of twei ȝeer, that the scheep of Absolon weren shorun in Baalasor, whichthat I. is bi|sidis Effraym. And Absolon clepide alle the sones of the kyng. And he cam to the kyng, and seide to hym, Lo! the scheep of thi seruaunt ben schorun; Y preye, come the king with hise seruauntis to his seruaunt. And the kyng seide to Absolon, Nyle thou, my sone, nyle thou preye, that alle we come, and greeuecharge I. thee. ForsotheAnd I. whanne he constreynedehe constreyn|ede, etc.; that is, mekely preyede his fadir. Lire here. C. Dauid, and he noldewolde not I. go, he blesside Absolon. And Absolon seide to Dauid, If thou nyltwilt not I. come, Y bysechebyseche thee I., come nameli Amon, my brother, with vs. And the kyng seide to hym, It is no nede, that he go with thee. Therfor Absolon constreynede hymDauid I.; and he delyuerede with him Amon, and alle the sones of the kyng. And Absolon hadde maad a feeste as the feeste of a kyng. SotheliAnd I. Absolon comaundide to hise children, and seide, Aspie ȝe, whanne Amon is drunkun of wyn, and Ywhanne Y I. seie to ȝou, Smyte ȝe, and slesleeth I. hym. Nyle ȝe drede, for Y am that comaundeY am that comaunde; as if he seide, Y take the dede on me, and Y schal de|fende ȝou. Lire here. C. to ȝou; be ȝe strengthid, and be ȝe stronge men. Ther|for the children of Absolon diden aȝens Amon, as Absolon hadde comaundide to hem; and alle the sones of the kyng risidenresen up I. resen E., and stieden ech onupon I. his mule, and fledden. And whanne thei ȝeden ȝit in the weie, fame camcam therof I. to the kyng, and seideit was seid I., Absolon hath kildsleyn I. alle the sones of the king, and `nameli not oon leftehe hath not left nameli oon I. of hem. Therfor the kyng roosroos up I., and to|rente hise clothis, and felde doun onupon I. the erthe; and alle hise seruauntis that stoden nyȝ to hym, to-renten her clothis. SotheliBut I. Jonadab, sonethe sone I. of Semmaa, brother of Da|uid, answeride and seide, My lord theOm. I. kyng, gessegesse thou I. not, that alle the children, and sones of the kyng, ben slayn; Amon aloone is deed, for he was set in hatrede to Ab|solon, fro the day in which he oppresside Thamar, his sistir. Now therfor, my lord theOm. I. kyng, setset he I. not this word onupon I. his herte, and seie, Alle the sones of the kyng ben slayn; for Amon aloone is deed. ForsotheCertis I. Absolon fledde. And a child aspierespiere A pr. m. DIMPX sec. m. bç. reisidereiside up I. hise iȝen, and bihelde, and lo! myche puple cam bi a weye out of the comyn weie bi the side of thean I. hil. And Jonadab seide to the kyng, Lo! the sones of the kyng comen; biaftir I. the word of thi seruaunt, so it is doon. And whanne he hadde ceessid to speke, also the sones of the kyng apperiden; and thei entriden, and reisidenreisiden up I. her vois, and wepten; but also the kyng and alle his seruauntis wepten biwith I. ful greet wepyng. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon fledde, and ȝedehe ȝede I. to Tholmai, sonethe sone I. of Amyur, the kyng of Gessur. Therfor Dauid biweilide his sone Amon in many daies. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon, whanne he hadde fled, and hadde come in toOm. I. Ges|sur, washe was I. there thre ȝeer. And Dauid ceesside to pursue Absolon, for he was coumfortid onupon I. the deeth of Amon.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, vndirstood, that the herte of the kyng was turned to Absolon; and he sente to Thecua, and tookhe took I. fro thennus a wise womman, and he seide to hir, Feyne thee to morene, and be thou clothid with clootha clooth I. of duyldeyl K. deol L. doel M. deel E., and be thou anoyntidnot anoyntid C sec. m. with oile, that thou bebe now I. as a womman by moren|yngemournynge I. `now inOm. I. ful myche tyme a deed man. And thou schalt entre to the kyng, and thou schalt speke to hym sichesiche manere I. wordis. SotheliAnd I. Joab puttideputte I. the wordis in hir mouth. Therfor whanne the wom|man of Thecua hadde entrid to the kyng, sche felde bifor hym on the erthe, and worschipide, and seide, AO I.! kyng, kepekepe thou I. me. And the kyng seide to hir, What hast thou ofOm. I. cause? And sche answeride, Alas! Y am a womman widewe, forCertis I. myn hosebonde is deed; and tweyne sones weren ofto I. thin handmayde, whichethe whiche I. de|batiden aȝens hem silf in the feeld, and `noon wasther was no man I. that myȝte forbede hem, and oonthe oon I. the toon K. smoot `the totherthat other I., and killide hym. And lo! al the kynrede risith aȝens thin handmayde, and seith, Ȝyue thou hymhym to us I. that killide his brothir, that we sle hym for the lijf of his brother whom he killide, and that we do awei the eir; and thei seken to quenche my sparcle whychthat I. is lefte, that namethe name I. dwelle not to myn hose|bonde, and relikisthat remenauntis I., `ethir remenauntisOm. I., be not to him on erthe. And the kyng seide to the womman, Go in to thin hows, and Y schal comaunde for thee. And the womman of Thecua seide to the kyng, My lord the kyng, this wickidnesse be on methis wickid|nesse be on me; Ebrews seyen thus, and wel as it semeth, My lord the king, for many causis and harde, thou mayst forȝete this cause, and thanne this wickidnesse schal be in me and in myn hows, and my sone schal be slayn of men sekinge his blood, and thou schalt be inno|cent, for this schal be doon with out thyn entent; as if she seide, Plese it more to thee to conferme this with an ooth, and to make sikur me and my sone, ther|for the kyng seide at the laste, the Lord lyueth, that is, Y swere to thee bi the Lord lyuynge for noon of the heeris, etc. Lire here C., and on the hows of my fadir; for|sothe the kyng and his trone be innocentthei giltlees I.. And the kyng seide, Brynge thou hym to me, that aȝenseith thee, and he schal no more addeadde to I. that he touche thee. And sche seide, The kyng haue mynde onof I. his Lord God, and the nexte men of blood to take veniaunce bebe thei I. not multiplied, and `thei schulen not slesle thei not I. my sone. And the kyng seide, The Lord lyueth, for noon of the heeris of thi sone schal falle onupon I. theOm. KX pr. m. erthe. Therfor the womman seide, Thin handmayde speke a word toto thee I. my lord theOm. I. kyng. And the kyng seide, Speke thou. And the womman seide, Whi `thouȝtist thouhast thou thouȝt I. sich a thing aȝens the puple of God? and thewhi hath the I. kyng spakspoke I. this word, that he do synne, and brynge not aȝen his sone castthrowen I. out? Alle we dyen, and as watris that schulen not turne aȝen, we sliden in to erthethe erthe I.; and God nylwil not I. that a soule perische, but he withdrawith, and thenkith lest he perische outirly, whichthat I. is cast awey. Now therfor come thou, that Y speke to my lord theOm. I. kyng this word, while the puple is presentwhile the pu|ple is present; that is, that the sentence ȝouun for me and for my sone, which is confermed bi thyn ooth, be pupplischid bi|for the puple, and that it haue the same effect, in thee and in thi sone. Lire here. C.; and thin handmaide seide, Y schal speke to the kyng, if in ony maner the kyng do the word of his handmayde. And the kyng herde the wordis, that he schulde delyuere his handmayde fro the hondis of alle men, that wolden do awei me, and my sone togiderebothe I., fro the eritage of the Lord. Therfor thin hand mayde seie, that the word of my lord the kyng be maad as sacrifice, `that is, that the sen|tence ȝouun of hym be plesaunt to God, as sacrifice plesithplesith to GQb. GodGloss omitted in I.; for as an aungel of the Lord, so is my lord the kyng, that he be not mouyd bi blessyng nether bi cursyng. Wherfor and thi Lord God is with thee. And the kyng answeride, and seide to the womman, Hide thou not fro me the word which Y axe thee. And the womman seide to hym, Speke thou, my lord theOm. I. kyng. And the kyng seide, Whether the hond of Joab is with thee in alle these thingis? The womman answeride, and seide, Bi the helthe of thi soule, my lord the kyng, nether to the left side nether to the riȝt side is ony thing of alle these thingis, whiche my lord the kyng spakhath spoke I.. For thi seruaunt Joab hym silf comaundide to me, and he puttidehath put to I. alle these wordis in to the mouth of thin handmaide, that Y schulde turne the figure of this word; for thi seruaunt Joab comaundide this thingthing to me I.. ForsotheCertis I. thou, my lord theOm. I. kyng, art wijs, as an aungel of God haththat hath I. wisdom, that thou vnderstonde alle thingis onupon I. erthe. And the kyng seide to Joab, Lo! Y am plesid, and Y haue do thi word; therfor go thou, and aȝen clepe thou the child Absolon. And Joab felde onupon I. his face to erthethe erthe I., and worschipidehe worschipide I., and blesside the kyng; and Joab seide, Thi seruaunt hath vndirstonde to dai, that Y foondhaue founden I. grace in thin iȝen, my lord theOm. I. kyng, for thou hast do the word of thi seruaunt. Therfor Joab roosroos up I., and ȝede in to Gessur, and brouȝte Absolon in to Jerusalem. ForsotheAnd I. the kyng seide, Turne he aȝen in to his hows, and se not he my face. Therfor Absolon turnede aȝen in to his hows, and siȝ not the face of the kyng. Sotheli no man in al Israel was so fair as Absolon, and ful comeli; fro the step of the foot `til tovnto I. the top, `no wem wasther was no wem I. in hym; and in as myche as `he clippidethei clippiden G. more thehis I. heeris, bi so mychemyche the more I. theitho BC. wexiden moreOm. I.; forsothebut I. he was clippid onys in the ȝeeronys in the ȝeer, in Ebreu it is, in tyme determynd. C., for thehis I. heer greuede him. And whanne he clippide the heerisheeris of his heed I., he weiȝide `the heeris of his heedhem I. biwith I. twei hundrid siclis withbi AX pr. m. comyn weiȝte. ForsotheAnd I. thre sones, and a douȝ|ter, Thamar bi name, of `excellent formesemely schap I. weren borun to Absolon. And Absolon dwellide in Jerusalem twei ȝeer, and he siȝ not the face of the kyng. Therfor he sente to Joab, that he schulde sende hym to the kyng; whichand I. Joab noldewolde not I. come to hym. And whanne heAbsolon I. hadde sent the secounde tyme, and Joab noldewolde not I. come, Absolon seide to hise seruauntis, Ȝe knowen the feeld of Joab bisidis my feeld hauynge ripe barli; therfor go ȝe, and brenne ȝe it with fier. Therfor the ser|uauntisand the seru|auntis, etc.; this vers til thidur and Joab roos, is not in Ebreu. C. of Absolon brenten the corn with fier. And the seruauntis of Joab camen with her clothis to-rent, and seiden, The ser|uauntis of Absolon han brent thea I. part of feeldthe feeld C. thi feeld I. biwith I. fier. And Joab roosroos up I., and cam to Absolon in to his hows, and seide, Whi han thi seruauntis brent my corn biwith I. fier? And Absolon answeride to Joab, Y sente to thee, and bisouȝte that thou schuldist come to me, and that Y schulde sende thee to the kyng, that thou schuldist seie to hym, Whi cam Y fro Gessur? It was betere to me to behaue be I. there; therfor Y biseche, that Y se the face of the kyng, that if he is myndeful of my wickidnesse, sle he me. Joab entride to the kyng, and telde to hym. And Absolon was clepid, and entrydehe entryde K. to the kyng, and worschipidehe worschipide I. on the face of erthethe erthe I. bifor hym, and the kyng kisside Absolon.

 CAP. XV.

Therfor aftir these thingis Absolon made a chaar to hym, and knyȝtis, and fifti men, that schulden go bifor hym. And Absolon roos eerli, and stood bisidis the entryng of the ȝate in the weie; and Absolon clepide to hym ech man, that hadde a cause that he schulde come to the doom of the kyng, and Absolon seide, Of whatwhich A. citee art thou? Which answer|ide, and seide, Of oa I. lynage of Israel Y am, thi seruaunt. And Absolon answer|ide to hym, Thi wordis semen to me good and iust, but noon is ordeyned of the kyng to here thee. And Absolon seide, Who schal ordeyne me iuge on the lond, that alle men that han cause come to me, and Y deme iustly? But whanne a man cam to Absolon to greete hym, he helde forth thehis I. hond, and took, and kisside that man; and Absolon dide this to al Israel, that cam to doom to be herd of the kyng; and Absolon drowto him I. aweidrow awei, etc.; in Ebreu it is, stal the hertis. C.Om. I. the hertis of men of Israel. ForsotheBut I. aftir foure ȝeerafter foure ȝeer; many Latyn bokis han here, after iiii. ȝeer, but the truthe of Ebreu, and oure bokis amendid, han aftir xl. ȝeer; and it is seid in the book of Ebreu ques|tiouns, that these xl. ȝeer bi|gunnen in that tyme, wherynne Saul killide the prestis of the Lord, and these xl. ȝeer ben endid in the conspiring of Absolon aȝenus his fadir. Lire here. C. Absolon seide to kyng Dauid, Y schal go, and YOm. BC. schal ȝelde my vowis, whiche Y vowide to the Lord in Ebronin Ebron, that is, to be offrid in Ebron. Lire here. C.; for thi seruaunt vowynge vowide, whanne he was in Gessur of Sirie, and seideI seide I., If the Lord bryngith aȝen me in to Jerusalem, Y schal make sacrifice to the Lord. And the kyng seide to hym, Go thou in pees. And Absolon roosroos up I., and ȝede in to Ebron. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon sente aspieris in to al the lynage of Israel, and seide, Anoon as ȝe heren the sown of clarioun, seye ȝe, Absolon schal regne in Ebron. ForsotheAnd I. twei hundrid men clepid of Jerusalem ȝeden ȝeden forth I. with Absolon, and ȝede with sym|ple herte, and outirli thei knewen not the cause. Also Absolon clepide Achitofel of Gilo, the councelour of Dauid, fro his citee Gilo. And whanne heAbsolon I. offridehad offrid I. sacri|ficessacrifice I. a strong swerynge togidere was maad, and the puple rennynge togidere was encreessid with Absolon. Therfor a messanger cam to Dauid, and seide, With al herte al Israel sueth Absolon. And Dauid seide to hise seruauntis that weren with hym in Jerusalem, Rise ȝeȝe up I., and flee werise ȝe and fle we; sithen Dauyth was asayed and most hardi in batels, and was in the strongeste place, and hadde with him manye and strongeste werriours, he departide not fro the citee for the drede of Absolon princi|paly, but for the drede of God, whom he wiste that he hadde offendid bifore, and for this bi the sentence of God, this yuel cam on him; as Nathan the pro|fete seide to him bifor in xii. co., The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal reise on thee yuel of thyn hows, and therfor to plese the ire of God, Dauyth wolde meke him silf bifor God, that herde the prey|eris of meke men; and thilke mekenesse ap|peride in the schameful going out of the citee, whanne it is seid fle we and so forth. Lire here. C.; for noon ascaping schal be to us fro the face of Absolonfro the face of Absolon; not for the vertu of him, but of God, whose scourge he was, to the punysching of Dauyth. Lire here. C.; therforsothely I. haste ȝe to go out, lest he come, and ocupie vs, and fillefulfille I. onOm. A. upon I. vs fallyngehis fallynge I., and smyte the citee biwith I. theOm. I. scharpnesse of swerd. And the seruauntis of the kyng seiden to hym, We thi seruauntis schulen performe gladli alle thingis, what euer thingisOm. I. oure lord theOm. I. kyng schal com|aunde. TherforThanne I. the kyng ȝede out, and al his hous, onupon I. her feet; and the king lefte tenhis ten I. wymmen concubynsOm. I., `that isOm. EIPX., secundarie wyuesOm. EPX., to kepe thehis I. hous. And the king ȝede out, and al Israel, onupon I. her feet, and the kyng stood fer fro thehis I. hous. And alle hise seruauntis ȝeden bisidis him, and the legiouns of Cerethiarchers I. and ofOm. CQXb. Ferethialblasters I., and alle menthe stronge fiȝtinge men I. of Geth `strong fiȝtersOm. I., sixe hundrid men, that sueden him fro Geth, ȝeden on foote bifor the kyngbifor the king; Dauyth made al his puple to go bifor him, that he schulde putte him silf in the gretter perel, if Abso|lon pursuede him; he dide this, for he was in synne, and othere men suffriden not, no but for him. Lire here. C.. ForsotheAnd I. the kyng seide to Ethai of Geth, Whi comest thou with vs? Turne thou aȝen, and dwelle with the kyng, for thou art a pilgrym, and thouOm. I. ȝedist out fro thi place. Thou camest ȝis|tirdai, and to dai thou art compellid to go out with vs. Sothelicertis I. Y schal go, whi|dur Y schal go; turne aȝen, and lede aȝen thi britheren with thee, and the Lord do mercy and treuthe with thee, for thou schewidisthast schewid to me I. grace and feith. And Ethai answeride to the kyng, and seide, The Lord lyueth, and my lord the kyng lyueth, for in what euer place thou schalt be, my lord theOm. I. kyng, ether in deeth ethir in lijf, there thi seruaunt schal be. And Dauid seide to Ethay, Come thou, and passepasse forth I.. And Ethai of Geth passidepasside forth I., and the kyng, and alle men that weren with hym, and the tother multitude. And alle men wepten with greet vois, and al the puple passidepasside forth I.; and the kyng ȝede ouer the strond of Cedron, and al the puple ȝede aȝens the weie of the olyue tree, that bi|holdith to deseertthe deseert I.. ForsotheCertis I. and Sadoch the preest camcam forth I., and alle the dekenes with hym, and thei barenbaren forth with hem I. the arke of boond of pees of God, and thei didensettiden I. doun the arke of God; and Abiathar stiedestiede up I., til al the puple was passidpassid forth I. that ȝede out of the citee. And the kyng seide to Sadoch, Bere aȝen the arke of God in to the citee; if Y schal fynde grace in the iȝen of the Lord, he schal lede me aȝen, and he schal schewe to me that arke and his taber|nacle. Sotheli if the Lord seithschal sey I., Thou plesist not meOm. D.; Y am rediY am redi; that is, to resseyue fleing, exiling and deth, that the good plesaunce of God be fillid. Lire here. C., do he that, that is good bifor hym silf. And the kyng seide to Sadoch, preestthe preest I., AO I.! thou seere, `that is, profeteOm. I. that is, a profete K., turne aȝen in to the citee, with pees; and Achymaas, thi sone, and Jonathas, the sone of Abiathar, ȝoure twei sones, be with ȝou. Lo! Y schal be hid in theOm. I. feeldi places of de|seertthe deseert I., til word come fro ȝou, and schewe to me. Therfor Sadoch and Abiathar baren aȝen the arke of God in to Jeru|salem, and dwellidenthei dwelliden I. there. Forsothe Dauid stiede onup upon I. the hil of olyue trees, stiyngegoynge up I. and wepynge, with thehis I. heed hilyd, and `goynge with nakid feetwith bare feet passynge forth I.; but alsoand I. al the puplepuple also I. that was with hym, stiedestiede up I. with theher I. heed hilid, and wepte. ForsotheAnd I. it was teld to Dauid, that Achitofel was in the sweryng togidere with Absolon; and Dauid seide, Lord, Y byseche, make thou fonned the counsel of Achitofel. And whanne Dauid stiedestiede up I. in to theOm. I. hiȝenesse of the hil, in which he schulde worschipe the Lord, lo! Cusi of Arath, with thehis I. cloth to-rent, and with thehis I. heed ful of erthe, cam to hymDauid I.. And Dauid seide to hym, If thou comest with me, thou schalt be to me toOm. I. charge; sotheli if thou turnest aȝen inOm. I. to the citee, and seist to Absolon, Y am thi seruaunt, kyngO kyng I., suffre thou me to lyue; as Y was the seruaunt of thi fadir, so Y schal be thi seruauntso Y schal be thi seruaunt; thouȝ it nedith not to excuse Chusi of a profitable lee|syng, netheles it may be seid that no leesing was there; for he serueth a man, that doith and purposith to do to the good of that man. Forsothe it was good to Absolon, that he were lettid of his worste entent, and were bitakun to his fadir; most for his fadir nolde sle him, but more kepe to the amending of him, as it is opyn of these thingis, that ben had in xix. co. Lire here. C.; thou schalt distrye the counsel of Achitofel. ForsotheAnd I. thou hast with thee Sadoch and Abiathar, preestisthe preestis I.; and `thou schalt schewe ech wordOm. I., what euer word thou schalt here in the hows of the kyngkyng, thou schalt schewe it to the prestis I., toOm. I. Sadoch and Abiathar, preestisOm. I.. SotheliAnd her I. twei sones `of hemOm. I. benbeeth L. with hem, Achymaas, sonethe sone I. of Sadoch, and Jonathan, sonethe sone I. of Abiathar; and ȝe schulen sende bi hem to me ech word whichthat I. ȝe schulen here. Therfor whanne Chusi, freend of Dauid, cam in to the citee, also Absolon entryde in to Jeru|salem.

 CAP. XVI.

And whanne Dauid hadde passid a litil the cop of thean I. hil, Siba, the child of Mysphobosech, apperide in to his comyng, with tweyne assis, that weren chargid with twei hundrid looues, and withOm. A. an hundrid bundels of dried grapis, and with an hundrid gobetispeisis I. of pressid figus, and with twei vessels of wyn. And the kyng seide to Siba, What wolen these thingis to hem silf? And Siba answeride, My lord the kyng, the assis ben to the mey|neals of the kyng, that thei sittesitte on hem I.; theand the I. looues and `figis pressidthe pressid figis I. ben to thi chil|dren to ete; forsothecertis I. the wyn is, that if ony man faile in deseert, he drynke. And the kyng seide, Where is the sone of thi lord? And Siba answeride to the kyng, He dwellidedwellide stille I. in Jerusalem, `and seideseyynge I., To dai the Lord of the hows of Israel schal restore to me the rewme of my fadir. And the kyng seide to Siba, Alle thingisalle thingis, etc.; this was seid yuele, vn|auysely and vniustly, for this Siba seide fals. Lire here. C. that weren of Mysphibosech ben thine. And Siba seide, Y preye, fynde Y grace bifor thee, my lord theOm. I. kyng. TherforThanne I. kyng Dauid cam `til tovnto I. to EL. Bahurym, and lo! a man of the meynee of the hows of Saul, Semey bi name, sone of Gera, ȝede out fro thennus; he ȝede forth goynge out, and curside. And he sente stoonys aȝens Da|uid, and aȝens alle seruauntisthe seruauntis I. of kyng Dauid; forsotheand I. al the puple, and alle fiȝteristhe fiȝtinge men I. ȝeden at the riȝtside and at the left side of the king. SotheliAnd I. Semey spak sothus I., whanne he curside the kyng, Go out, go out, thou man of bloodisman of bloodis; that is, schedere out of myche gilteles blood. Lire here. C., and man of Belial! The Lord hath ȝolde to thee al the blood of the hows of Saul, for thou rauyschedisthast rauischid I. the rewme frofor DEMPX sec. m. bc. hym; and the Lord ȝafhath ȝouen I. the rewme in to the hond of Absolon, thi sone; and lo! thin yuels oppressen thee, for thou art a man of blodis. ForsotheAnd I. Abisay, the sone of Saruye, seide to the kyng, Whi cursith this dogge, that schal die, my lord the kyng? Y schal go, and Y schal girde of his heed. And the kyng seide, Ȝe sones of Saruye, what is to me and to ȝou? Suffre ye hym, that he curse; forforsothe I. the Lord comaundidehath comaundid I. to hymfor the Lord comaundide to him; Semey synnede in this cursing, for he curside [bi wickid] wille. Dauyth siȝ that Semey, aloone and vnarmed, dide wrong to Dauyth stide|fastly and with out drede, and opinly bifor many wer|riours, most stronge and most hardy, and most redi to venge the wrong doon to the king; and Dauyth per|seyuede that this was not of thilke Semey onely, but of God doinge there specialy; and Dauyth clepide this the comaundement of God; nethe|less God is not autour nether cause of synne, in as myche as it is synne. God is autour of the power, bi which me synneth; this power is fre wille. Also God is autour of the stiring of fre wille in to consent to stire poweris of execucioun, but God is not au|tour of defor|myte ether de|faute, which is in vnriȝ[t]ful dede; and this defaute of riȝt|fulnesse mak|ith synne. So here the stide|fastnesse and hardynesse of Semey in asail|inge Dauyth, and the sub|staunce of the doyng, was of God, that Da|uyth were punyschid herby, and his pacience were preued, but the defaute, that is, that he dide this bi wickid wille, was not of God, but in the defaute ether errour of fre wille. Lire here. C., that he schulde curse Dauid; and who is he that dare seie, Whi dide he so? And the kyng seide to Abysay, and to alle hise ser|uauntis, Lo! my sone, that ȝede out of my wombe, sekith my lijf; hou myche more now this sone of Gemyny? Suffre ȝe hym, that he curse bi comaundement of the Lord; if in hap the Lord biholde my turmentyng, and ȝelde good to me for this `cursyng of this daidaies cursyng I.. Therfor Dauid ȝedeȝede forth I., and hise felowis, bi the weie with hym; forsothebut I. Semey ȝedeȝede aside I. bi the slade of the hil `bi the sideOm. I. aȝens hymDauid I.; and cursidecurside Dauid I., and sentethrewe I. stoonus aȝens him, and spreynte erthe. And so `Dauid the kingkyng Dauid I. cam, and al the puple weery with hym, and thei weren refreischid there. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon, and al the puple of Israel entriden in to Jerusalem, but also Achitofel with hymAbsolon I.. SotheliAnd I. whanne Chusi of Arath, the frend of Dauid, hadde come to Absolon, he spakseyde I. to Absolonhim I., Heil, kyng! heil, kyng! To whom Ab|solon seide, This is thi grace to thi freendfreend Dauid I.; whi ȝedist thou notnot forth I. with thi freend? And Chusi answeride to Abso|lon, Naynay; that is, Y ouȝte not go with Da|uyth. Lire here. C., for Y shal be seruauntthe seruaunt I. of hym, whom the Lord hath chose, and al this puple, and al Israel; and Y schal dwelle with him. But that Y seie also this, to whom schal Y serue? whethir not to the sone of the kyng? as Y obeiede to thi fadir, soso and I. Y schal obeie to thee. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon seide to Achitofel, Take ȝe counsel, what we owen to do. And Achytofel seide to Absolon, Entre thou to the concubynssecundarie wyues I. of thi fadir, whiche he leftehath left I. to kepe thehis I. hows; that whanne al Israel herith, that thou hast defoulid thi fadirfadir bed I., the hondis of hem be strengthid with thee. Therfor thei tildedenstreiȝten out I. Abso|lon a tabernacle in the soler, and he en|tride to the concubyns of his fadir bifor al Israel. SotheliAnd I. the counsel of Achito|fel, whichthat I. he ȝaf in tho daies, was as if a man counselidehad counseilid with I. God; soand so I. was al the counsel of Achitofel, bothe whanne he was with Dauid, and whanne he was with Absolon.

 CAP. XVII.

TherforThanne I. Achitofel seide to Absolon, Y schal chesechese to me I. twelue thousynde of men `to meOm. I., and Y schal riserise up I., and pursue Dauid in this nyȝt. And Y schal falle on hym, for he is wery, and with vnboundun hondis Y schal smyte hym. And whanne al the puple fleeth whichthat I. is with hym, Y schal smyte the kyng `desolat, etherOm. I. left aloone. And Y schal lede aȝen al the puple, as o man is wont to turnebe turned I. aȝen; forfor Absolon I. thou sekist o man, and al the puple schal be in pees. And the word of himAchitofel I. plesyde Ab|solon, and alle the gretegrettere BC. men in birthe of Israel. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon seide, Clepe ȝe also Chusy of Arath, and here we what also he seith. And whanne Chusi hadde come to Absolon, Absolon seide to hym, Achitofel spakhath spoke I. siche a word; owen we dodo theraftir I., ethir nay? what counsel ȝyuest thou? And Chusi seide to Absolon, This is not good counsel, whichthat I. Achitofel ȝafhath ȝoue I. in this tyme. And eft Chusi seide, Thou knowist, that thi fadir, and the men that ben with him, ben moostful I. stronge, and in bitter soulewill I., as if a femalschue I. bere is fers in thea I. forest, whanne thehir I. whelpis ben rauyschidrauyschid fro hir I.; but also thi fader is a man werriour, and he schal not dwelle with the puple. In hap now he is hidether lurketh X sec. m. marg. in theOm. plures. dichis, ethir in o place, in which he wolewole hide him I.; and whanne ony man fallith in the bigynnyng, who euer schal herehere it I., he schal here, and schalOm. I. seie, WoundeVeniaunce I. ether vengeaunce X sec. m. marg. is maaddon I. in the puple that suede Absolon. And ech strongesteful strong I. man, whos herte is as `the herteOm. I. of a lioun, schal be discoumfortid for drede; for al the puple of Israel knowith, that thi fadir is strong, and that alle menthe men I. ben stronge, that ben with him. But this semeth to me to be riȝtful counsel; al Israel be gaderid to thee, fro Dan `til tovnto I. til E. Bersabee, vnnoum|brable as theOm. I. soondsoont A. of the see; and thou schalt be in the myddis of hem. And we schulen falle onupon I. hym, in what euer place he is foundun, and we schulen hile hym, as dew is wont to falle onupon I. theOm. KX. erthe; andand sothely I. we schulen not leeue ofoon of I. the men that ben with hymDauid I., `sotheli not oonOm. I.. `That if heAnd if he that I. entrith in to ony citee, al Israel schal cumpasse that citeeal Israel schal cumpasse that citee; Chusi spekith bi figuratiyf speche, and this is the sentence; we schulen so distrie al that citee, that noon aȝen stonding schal be; wher|for in Ebreu it is had thus, al Israel schal ȝyue felou|schipis of armed men aboute that citee, to distrie al. Lire here. C. with roopis, and we schulen drawe it in to the stronde, thatȝhe that I. no thing be foundun, sotheliOm. I. not a litil stoon therofbe founden therof I.. And Absolon seide, and alle the men of Israel, The counsel of Chusi of Arath is betere than the counsel of Achitofel; sotheliand I. the profitable counselthe profitable councel; that is, spedeful for the entent of Ab|solon. C. of Achitofel was destried bi Goddis wille, that the Lord schulde brynge in yuel on Absolon. And Chusi seide to Sadoch and to Abiathar, preestisthe preestis I., Achitofel ȝaf coun|sel to Absolon, and to the eldere men of Israel in this and this maner, and Y ȝaf sich and sich counsel. Now therfor sende ȝe soone, and telle ȝe to Dauid, and seie ȝe, Dwelle thou not thisin this C. nyȝt in theOm. I. feeldi places of deseertthe deseert I., but passe thouthou forth I. with out delaytariyng I.; lest perauenture the kyng be destriedthe kyng be distried; `Da|uyth be sopun vp bi the coun|cel of Achitofel, parformed of Absalon in ab|sence of Chusi; and therfor in Ebreu it is, lest it be coun|celid to the king, that is, to Ab|solon, that he do the councel of Achitofel. Lire here. C, and al the puple whichthat I. is with hym. ForsotheAnd I. Jonathas and Achymaas stoden bisidis the welle of Rogel; anand an I. handmaide ȝedeȝede forth I., and telde to hem, and thei ȝeden forth to telle the message to kyng Dauid; forcertis I. thei myȝten not be seyn, nether entre in to the citee. ForsotheAnd I. a child siȝ hem, and he schew|ideschewide it I. to Absolon; sotheliand I. thei entriden with swift goyng in to the hows of `sum mana man IM. in Bahurym, that hadde a pitputt I. in his place, and thei ȝeden doun in to that pit. For|sotheAnd I. a womman took, and spred abrood an hilyng ofouer I. the mouth of the pit as driynge `barli with the pile takun a weypild barli I., and so the thing was hid. And whanne the seruauntis of Absolon hadde come in to the hows, thei seiden to the womman, Where is Achymaas and Jonathas? And the womman answeride to hem, TheiAnd thei K. passidenpassidin forth I. hastily, whanne `watirwhanne watir, etc., in Ebreu it is, they passiden the ryuer of watris, that is, Jordan, as Ebrews seyen. Lire here. C. was tastid a litilthei hadden taasted a litil watir I.. And whanne thei that souȝten hem hadden not foundefounde hem I., thei turneden aȝen in to Jerusalem. And whanne thei `that souȝtenOm. I. hadden gogo forth I., thei stiedenstieden up I. fro the pit; and thei ȝeden, and telden to kyng Dauid, and seiden, Rise `ȝe, passe ȝeȝe up and passeth I. soone the flood, for Achitofel ȝafhath ȝoue I. sich counsel aȝens ȝou. Therfor Dauid roosroos up I., and al the puple that was with hym, and thei passiden Jordan, til it was cleer dai, bifor that the word was pupplischid; and sotheli not oonoo man I. was left, that `passide notne he passide I. the flood. ForsotheAnd I. Achitofel siȝ, that his counsel was not doon, and he sadlide his asse, and roosroos up I., and ȝede in to his hows, and in to his citee; and whanne his hows was dis|posid, he perischide bi hangynghangyng him selff I.bi hangyng; by him silf he hangide him silf for indigna|cioun, that his councel was not doon, and for by the foly of Absalon and of his puple, he perseyuede and helde for cer|teyn, that Da|uyth schulde haue the mais|try, and turne aȝen in to the rewme; wher|for he dredde to be slayn of him bi foul deth and peyneful, and therfor he wolde haste his deth bi an other weye. Lire here. C., and he was biried in the sepulcre of his fadir. SotheliAnd I. Dauid cam in to theOm. I. castels, and Absolon passide Jordan, he and alle theOm. I. men of Israel with hym. ForsotheAnd I. Ab|solon ordeynede Amasan for Joab onupon I. thehis I. oost; forsotheand I. Amasan was the sone of a man that was clepid Jethra of Jeȝrael, whichthe which I. entride to Abigail, douȝ|terthe douȝtir I. of Naas, the sistir of Saruye, that was the modir of Joab. And Israel settide tentis with Absolon in the lond of Galaad. And whanne Dauid hadde come in to cas|telsthe castels I., Sobi, the sone of Naas of Rabath, of the sones of Amon, and Machir, the sone of Amyel, of Lodobar, and Berzellai, of Galaad, of Rogelym, brouȝten to hymDauid I. beddyngisbeddyng I., and tapitis, and erthun vessels, wheeteand wheete I., and barli, and mele, and flour, and benys, and lentefetchis I., and fried chichisthing that is clepid cycer I. fried chichis, that is, gadering of cornys that is clepid cicer X sec. m. marg., and hony, and botere, and scheep, and fatte calues. And thei ȝauenȝauen tho I. to Dauid, and to the puple that weren with hym, to ete; for thei supposiden the puple to be maad feynt for hungur and thirst in deseert.

 CAP. XVIII.

Therfor Dauid, whanne thehis A sec. m. he had biholde his I. puple `was biholdunOm. I., ordeynede tribuneschefteyns of thousyndis I. and centu|riounsof hundridus I. onupon I. hem. And he ȝaf the thridde part of the puple vndur the hond of Joab; and the thridde part vndur the hond of Abisai, sonethe sone I. of Saruye, brotherthe brothir I. of Joab; and the thridde part vndur the hond of Ethai, that was of Geth. And the kyng seide to the puple, Also Y schal go outY schal go out, etc., for he wolde be of the firste to trauel in perel. Lire here. C. with ȝou. And the puple answeride, Thou schalt not go out; for whether we fleen, it schal not perteyne to hem bi greet werkfoors I. of vs; whether half the part fallithfalle I. doun of vs, thei schulen not recke ynowmyche I., for thouthou oon I. art rekynyd for ten thousynde; therfor it is betere, that thou be to vs in the citee in stronge holdsocour I.. `To whicheAnd I. the kyng seideseide to hem I., Y schal do thisthat I., that semeth riȝtful to ȝou. Therfor the kyng stood bisidis the ȝate, and the puple ȝede out bi her cumpenyes, bi hundridis and bi thousyndis. And the king co|maundide to Joab, and to Abisai, and Ethaito Ethai I., and seyde, Kepe ȝe to me the child Absolon. And al the puple herde the kyng comaundinge to alle the princes for Ab|solon. Therfor the puple ȝede out in to the feeld aȝens Israel; and thea I. batel was maad in the forest of Effraym. And the puple of Israel was slayn there of the oost of Dauid, and a greet sleyngslauȝter I. of twenti thousynde was maad in that dai. For|sotheAnd I. theOm. C. batel was scateridsparpuylid I. there onupon I. the face of al erthethe loond I., and many mo weren of the puple whiche the forest wastide, than thei whiche the swerd deuourid in that dai. Sotheli it bifeld, that Absalon sittinge onupon I. a mule, cam aȝens the ser|uauntis of Dauid; and whanne the mule hadde entrid vndur a thicke ook, and greeta greet I., the heed of Absolon cleuyde to the ook; and whanne he was hangid bitwixe heuene and erthe, the mule, onupon I. whichwhom I. he sat, passidepasside forth I.. SotheliAnd I. `sum mana man IM. siȝ this, and teldetolde it I. to Joab, and seide, Y siȝ Ab|solon hange on an ook. And Joab seide to the man that `hadde teldetolde IKL. to hym, If thou siȝestsiȝe him I., whi persidistperschidist I. thou not hymhym thorouȝ I. to the erthe, and Y schulde haue ȝoue `to theeOm. G. ten siclis of siluer, and a girdil? And he seide to Joab, Thouȝ thou paiedist in myn hondis a thousynde platis of siluer, Y noldewolde not I. sende myn hond in to the sone of the king; for theOm. I. while we herden, the kyng comaundide to thee, and to Abisai, and to Ethai, and seide, Kepe ȝe to me the child Absolon. But and ifthouȝ I. Y hadde dodo fool hardily I. aȝens my lijf hardiliOm. I., this myȝte not behaue be I. hid fro the kyng, and thou woldist stonde on the contrarye side. And Joab seide, Not as thou woltwoldest EL., `Absolon schal be keptOm. I., but Y schal asaile hym bifor thee. Therfore Joab took thre speris in his hond, and fitchidehe fitchide I. tho in the herte of Absolon. And whanne he spraulide, ȝit cleuynge in the ook, ten ȝonge squieris of Joab runnen, and smytidensmoten I. smiten E., and killiden hym. SotheliAnd I. Joab sownedetrumpide I. with a clarioun, and withheldehelde with him I. the puple, lest it pursuede Israel fleynge, and he wolde spare the multitude. And theimen I. token Absolon, and castidenthrewen I. forth him in to a greet dich in the forest, and barenthei baren I. to|gidere a ful greet heep of stoonys onupon I. hym; forsotheand I. al Israel fledde in to hisher I. tabernaclis. ForsotheAnd I. Absolon, while he lyuyde ȝit, hadde reisid to hym a me|morial, whichthat I. is in the valey of the kyng; for he seide, Y haue no sone, and this schal be the mynde of my name; and he clepide `the memorialthat token of mynde I. bi his name, and it is clepid the Hond, `that is, werkOm. I., of Ab|solon `til tovnto I. this dai. ForsotheAnd I. Achy|maas, sonethe sone I. of Sadoch, seide, Y schal renne, and Y schal telle to the kyng, that the Lord hath maad doom to hym of the hond of hise enemyes. To whom Joab seide, Thou schalt not be messangera messanger A sec. m. in this dai, but thou schalt telletelle this I. in another dai; I nylewil not I. that thou telletelle this I. to dai, for the sone of the kyng is deed. And Joab seide to ChusiJoab seide to Chusi; this Chusy was a simple man of the puple, and was not that Chusi that was frend and councelour of Dauyth, of whom it is seid in xv. and xvii. co. Lire here. C., Go thou, and telle to the kyng tho thingis that thou hast seyn. Chusi worschypide Joab, and ran. Eftforth. And eft I. Achy|maas, sonethe sone I. of Sadoch, seide to Joab, What lettith, if also Y renne aftir Chusi? And Joab seide to hym, What wolt thou renne, my sone? Come thou hidur, thou schalt not be a berere of good message. WhichThe which I. answeride, `What sotheli ifBut what I. Y schal renne? And Joab seide to hym, Renn thou. Therfor Achymaas ran bi the weie of schortnesse, `and spedOm. I., and passidehe passide I. Chusi. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid sat bi|twixe twei ȝatis; sotheliand I. the spierewaiter I., that was in the hiȝnesse of the ȝate on the wal, reisidereiside up. thehis I. iȝen, and siȝhe sawȝe I. a man aloone rennynge; and the spierebiholder I. criede, and schewide to the kyng. And the kyng seide to hym, If he is aloone, good mes|sage is in his mouth. SotheliBut I. while he hastide, and neiȝede neer, the spierewaiter an hiȝe I. siȝ another man rennyngecome rennynge I.; and the spiere criede `in the hiȝnessean hiȝe I., and seide, Another man rennynge aloone apperith to me. And the kyng seide to hym, And this man is a good messanger. SotheliAnd I. the spierewaiter I. seide, Y biholde the rennyng of the for|mere, as the rennyng of Achymaas, sonethe sone I. of Sadoch. And the kyng seide, He is a good man, and he cometh bryngynge aOm. I. good message. ForsotheAnd I. Achymaas criede, and seide to the kyng, Heil kyng! And he worschipide the kyng lowli bifor hym to erthethe erthe I., and seide, Blessid be thithe A. Lord God, that closidehath closid I. togidere the men, that reisydenreisiden to gidre I. her hondis aȝens my lord theOm. I. kyng. And the kyng seide, Whe|ther pees is to the child Absolon? And Achymaas seide, Y siȝsiȝ a gret biriel A sec. m. marg. sawȝe a biriel I., `that is, Y herde, a great noiseOm. I., whanne Joab, thi seruaunt, thouoo I. kyng, sentesende I. me thi seruauntseruaunt to thee I.; Y kanknowe I. noon othir thing. To whom the kyng seide, Passe thououer I., and stonde here. And whanne he hadde passid, and stood, Chusi apperide; and he cam and seide, My lord theOm. I. kyng, Y brynge good mes|sage; forcertis I. the Lord hath demed to dai for thee of the hond of alle men that risidenrisen E. han risen I. aȝens thee. ForsotheAnd I. the kyng seide to Chusi, Whether pees is to the child Abso|lon? To whom Chusi answeride, and seide, The enemyes of my lord theOm. I. kyng, and alle men that risidenresen ILP. risen E. aȝens hym in to yuel, bebe thei I. maad as the child. Therfor the kyng was sory, and stiedestiede up I. in to the soler of the ȝate, and weptehe wepte I., and spak thus goyngeand wepte, and spak thus goyng; Dauith biwailide the goostly deth of Absalon, for he diede in dedly synne, in pursuynge in dede his fadir; and ther|for this word Absolon my sone, is set six sithis here, and in xix. co. for vi. condi|ciouns of the peyne of helle; for peyne of harm, that is, of wanting of blis, and the peyne of feel|ing is there, gnasting of teth and wep|ing, outermere derknessis, and during with outen ende, ben in helle. Lire here. C., My sone, Absolon! Absolon, my sone! who ȝyueth to me, that Y die for thee? AbsolonAbsolon; goostly: Abso|lon that pur|sueth Dauyth and hise men, signefieth a tiraunt op|pressere of sim|ple men; whos heed cleueth to an ook, in desiringe hiȝe thingis of the world; he is persid with iii. speris, in as|sentinge to thre maner coueitise; he is cast forth in to a dich, in goinge doun to helle. Lire here. C., my sone! my sone, Ab|solon!

 CAP. XIX.

Forsothe it was teld to Joab, that the kyng wepte, and biweilide his sone; and the victorie in that dai was turned in to morenyng to al the puple; for the puple herde, that it was seid in that dai, The kyng makith sorewe on his sone. And the puple eschewideethchewide I. to entre in to the citee in that dai, as the puple turned and fleynge fro batelthe batel A pr. m. is wont to bowe awey. SotheliAnd I. the kyng hilide his heed, and criede with greet vois, My sone, Absolon! Absolon, my sone! Therfor Joab entride to the kyng in to the hows, and seide, Thou hast schent to dai the cherischeer KX. cheere O. of alle thi seruauntis, that han maad saaf thi lijf, and the lijf of thi sones and of thi douȝ|tris, and the lijf of thi wyues, and the lijf of thithe ADM. secoundarie wyues. Thou louest hem that haten thee, and thou hatist hem that louen thee; and thou schewidisthast schewid I. to dai that thou reckist not of thi duykis and of thi seruauntis; and verily Y haue knowe now, thatfor plures. if Absolon lyuede, and alle we hadden be deed, thanne it schulde plese thee. Now therfor ryseryse up I. thouOm. I., and gogo thou I. forth, and speke thou, and make satis|faccioun to this eruauntis; for Y swere to thee bi the Lord, that if thou schalt not go outforth I., sotheliand I. not o man schal dwelle with thee in this nyȝt; and this schal be worse to thee, than alle yuelsthe yuels I. that camen on thee fro thi ȝong wexynge age til in to presentthis present IK. tyme. Therfor the kyng roosroos up I., and sat in the ȝate; and it was teld to al the puple, that the kyng sat in the ȝate, and al the multitude cam bifor the kyng. Forsothe Israelal Israel E. fledde in to hiseher IEL. taber|naclis. And al the puple stryuede in al the lynagis of Israel, and seide, The kyng delyueredehath delyuered I. vs fro the hond of alle oure enemyes, and he sauide vs fro the hond of Filisteis; and now `he fleethhath fled I. fro the londhe fleeth fro the lond; that is, fro the kingis citee, as if they seiden, it is vnworthi, that the king fle for Absolon. Lire here. C. for Absolon. ForsotheCertis I. Absolon, whom we anoyntiden onupon I. vs, is deed in batel; hou longe ben ȝe stille, `that isOm. DKMSXC., froin R. Om. KS. know|lechyng of synne, and fro axyng of forȝyuenesseGloss omitted in I., and bryngen not aȝen the kyng? And the counsel of al Israel cam to the kyng. ForsotheAnd I. kyng Dauid sente to Sadoch and toOm. C. Abiathar, preestisthe preestis I., and seide, Speke ȝe to the grettere men in birthe of Juda, and seie ȝe, Whi camen ȝe theOm. I. laste to brynge aȝen the kyng in to his hows? SotheliAnd I. the word of al Israel cam to the kyng, that thei wolden brynge hym aȝen in to his hows. For the kyng seide, Ȝe schulen seie these thingis to the puple, Ȝe ben my britherenȝe ben my britheren; Dauyth sente to the men of Juda, that weren with Absolon, that they schulden be of the firste to lede him aȝen, for of this that thei weren of Juda, they weren ascham|ed to appere in his siȝt, for they hadden forfetid aȝenus him more than straungeris; and therfor Dauyth per|seyuede this, and sente for hem, that they schulden come sikirly, for he was redy to forȝyue. Lire here. C., ȝe ben my boon and my fleisch; whi the laste bryngen ȝe aȝens the kyng? And seie ȝe to Amasa, Whether thou art not my boon and my fleisch? God do these thingis to me, and adde these thingisthingis to I.adde these thingis; that is, grettere yuels than Y suffride in the persecu|cioun of Abso|lon. Lire here. C., if thou schalt not be maistir of chyualrye bifore me in al tyme aftir Joabaftir Joab; summe bokis han aftir Joab; that is, vndur Joab, for the Ebreu word here, is set sum tyme for vndur, and sum tyme it signefieth for; and the same sentence is, for Dauyth pur|poside not to remoue Joab fro his office, but that Amasa schulde fille his while in tyme and places where it semyde spede|ful. Lire here. C.. And Dauid bowidebowide to him I. the herte of alle men of Juda as of o man; and thei senten to the kyng, and seiden, Turne thou aȝen, and alle thi seruauntis. And the kyng turnede aȝen, and cam `til tovnto I. Jordan; and al Juda cam til in to Galgala to mete the kyng, and ledeto lede I. hym ouer Jordan. ForsotheBut I. Semei, the sone of Gera, sonethe sone I. of Gemyny, of Bahurym, hast|ide, and cam doun with the men of Juda in to the metyng of kyng Dauid, with a thousynde men of Beniamyn; and Siba, athe I. child of the hows of Saul, and fiftene sones of hym, and twenti seruauntis weren with hym; and thei braken in to Jordan, bifor the kyng, and passidethei passide I. the forthisfoordis IKR. fordes L., that thei schulden lede ouer the hows of the kyng, and schuldenOm. DIKMXC. do bi the co|maundementheest I. of the kyng. SotheliCertis I. Se|mei, the sone of Gera, knelide bifor the king, whanne he hadde passid now Jor|dan, and seide to the kyng, My lord theOm. I. kyng, arette thou not wickidnesse to me, nether haue thou mynde of the wrongis of thi seruaunt in the dai, in which thou, my lord theOm. I. kyng, ȝedist out of Jerusalem, nether sette thou, kyng, intho wrongis in I. thin herte; for Y thi seruaunt knoleche my synne; and therfor to dai Y cam the firste of al the hows of Joseph, and Y cam doun in to the meetyng of my lord theOm. I. kyng. ForsotheAnd I. Abisai, the sone of Saruye, an|sweride and seide, Whether Semei, that curside the crist of the Lord, schal not be slayn for these wordis? And Dauid seide, What is to me and to ȝou, ȝethe I. sones of Saruye? Whi ben ȝe maad to me to dai in to Sathanin to Sathan; that is, aduer|sarie. C.? Therfor whether a man schal be slayn to dai in Israel? Whether Y knowe not me maad kyng to dai onin BC. upon I. Israel? And the kyng seide to Semey, Thou schalt not diethou schalt not die; for if Dauyth hadde suffrid Semey to be slayn anoon, othere men that weren with Absolon in pursuynge Dauyth, wolden haue dred to hem silf, and thei that had|den not come ȝit, wolden haue go abak, and in hap summen that hadden come thanne, wolden haue go awey priuely; and so the sleyng of Semey myȝte haue be occa|sioun of greet dissencioun, and of greet yuel aȝenus Dauyth. Lire here. C; and the kyng swoor to hym. Also Myphibosech, sonethe sone I. of Jo|nathas, sonethe sone I. of Saulsone of Saul; summe bokis han here, the sone of Jona|thas, sone of Saul, but the truthe of Ebreu and oure bokis amendid, han not so. Lire here. C., cam doun with vnwaischun feet, and with berdhis berd I. vnclip|pid, in to the comyng of the kyng. And Mysphibosech hadde not waische hise clothis, fro the dai in which the kyng ȝede out of Jerusalem til to the dai of his turnyngcomyng I. aȝen in pees. And whanne at Jerusalem he hadde come to the kyng, the kyng seide to him, Myphibosech, whi camest thou notnot forth I. with me? And he an|sweride and seide, My lord theOm. I. kyng, my seruaunt dispiside me; and Y thi seruaunt seide to hym, that he schulde sadlehaue sadlid I. thean I. asse to me, and Y schulde stiehaue stied up I., and Y schuldehaue I. go with the king; forOm. I. Y thi ser|uaunt am crokidhalt I.. More ouer and he accuside me, thi seruaunt, to thee, my lord theOm. I. kyng; forsothebut I. thou, my lord `the kyngOm. I., art as the aungel of God; do thou that, that is plesaunt to thee. ForCertis ne ther I. the hows of my fadir was notOm. I. no but gilti ofto I. deeth to my lord the kyng; so|theliand I. thou hast set me thi seruaunt among the gestis of thi boordtable I.; what therfor haue Y of iust pleynt, ether what may Y more crye to the kyng? SotheliAnd I. the kyng seide to hym, What spekist thou more? that that Y haue spoke is stide|fast; thou and Siba depart possessyounsthe possessyouns I.thou and Ciba, departe possessiouns; here Dauyth grauntide vniustly to the seruaunt of Myphibosech, the half of the eritage of My|phibosech, wherfor the rewme was departid aftir|ward, in the tyme of Ro|boam sone of his sone, as it was seide pleynliere in I. book xx. co. Here it is to perseyue, hou myche flater|eris and bac|biteris ben perelouse to princes, for Dauyth so hooly and iust, was takun and disseyued bi the wordis of Ciba, flaterere and bacbitere, that he graunt|ide to Siba the eritage of My|phibosech his lord, in the absence of My|phibosech, and while he herde not; and that is worse, aftir that he herde Myphibosech, verily excus|inge him silf, he withdrow not al his vniust seiyng, but he made the worste ser|uaunt euene with his lord, and netheles he ouȝte to haue hanged thilke ser|uaunt, for the fals accusing of his lord of tresoun aȝenus the kingis mageste. Lire here. C.. And Myphibosech answeride to the kyng, Ȝhe, take he alle thingis, aftir that my lord theOm. I. kyng turnedeis turned I. aȝen pesibli in to his hows. Also Berzellai of Galaad, a ful eld man, cam doun fro Rogelym, and ledde the kyng ouer Jordan, redi also to sue hym ouerbiȝonde I. the flood. ForsotheAnd I. Berzellai of Galaad was ful eld, that is, of foure score ȝeer, and he ȝaf metis to the kyng, whanne the kyng dwellyde in cas|tels; for Berzellai was a ful riche man. TherforAnd so I. the kyng seide to Berzellai, Come thou with me, that thou reste si|kirli with me in Jerusalem. And Ber|zellai seide to the kyng, Hou manye ben the daieshou many ben the dayes, etc.; as if he seyde, it is tyme that Y thenke of deth, not of onours ether of delices, and this is aȝenus elde now that preessen forth hem silf to the courtis of grete men. Lire here. C. of ȝeeres of my lijf, that Y stiestie up I. with the kyng in to Jerusalem? Y am of foure score ȝeer to dai; whether my wittis ben quike to deme swete thing ethir bittir, ether metewher mete I. and drynk may delite thi seruaunt, ether may Y here more the vois of syngeris ether of syng|sters? Whi is thi seruaunt to charge to my lord theOm. I. kyng? Y thi seruaunt schal go forth a litil fro Jordan with thee, Y haue no nede to this ȝeldyng; but Y bi|sechebiseche thee I., that Y thi seruaunt turne aȝen, and die in my citee, and be biried bisidis the sepulcre of my fadir and of my modir; forsothebut I. Chamaam isOm. I. thi seruaunt, my lord theOm. I. kyng, go he with thee, and do thou to hym that that semeth good to thee. Therfor the kyng seide to hymBar|zellay I., Chamaam passego forth I. with me; and Y schal do to hym what euer thing plesith thee, and thou schalt gete al thing, whichthat I. thou axist of me. And whanne al the puple and the kyng hadden passid Jordan, the kyng abood; and `the kyngOm. EL. kisside Ber|zellai, and blesside hym; and he turnede aȝen in to his place. TherforThanne I. the kyng passidepasside forth I. in to Galgala, and Chamaam with hym. SotheliAnd I. al the puple of Juda hadde ledde the kyng ouer, and the half part oneli of the puple of Israel was present. Therfor alle the men of Israel camen to|gidere to the king, and seiden to hym, Whi han oure britheren, the men of Juda, stole thee, and han ledled forth I. the kyng and his hows ouer Jordan, and alle the men of Dauid with hym? And ech man of Juda answeride to the men of Israel, For the kyng is neer to me; whi art thou wrooth onupon I. this thing? Whether we han ete ony thing of the kyng, ether ȝiftis ben ȝouun to vs? And a man of Israel answeride to the men of Juda, and seide, Y am grettere bi ten partis atto I. the kyng, and Dauith perteyneth more to me than to thee; whi hast thou do wrong to me, and `it waswhi was it I. not teldschewid I. to `me the formereme that I am formere I., that Y schulde brynge aȝen my kyng? ForsotheAnd I. the men of Juda answeryden hardere to the men of Israel.

 CAP. XX.

Also it bifelde, that a man of Belial was there, Siba bi name, the sone of Bothri, a man of the generacioun of Ge|myny; and he sownede with a clariountrumpe I., and seide, No part is to vs in Dauid, nether eritage in the sone of Ysai; thou, Israel, turne aȝen in to thi tabernaclis. And al Israel was departid fro Dauidand Israel was departid fro Dauyth; at a tyme that Dauyth were punyschid so; for tresoun aȝenus Urie, and that Siba schulde be slayn for his malice. Lire here. C., and suede Siba, the sone of Bothri; for|sotheand I. the men of Juda cleuyden to her kyng, fro Jordan `til tovnto I. Jerusalem. And whanne the kyng hadde come in to his hows in Jerusalem, he took ten wymmen, hise secundarie wyues, whiche he hadde left to kepe thehis I. hous, and he bitooktook A. hem in to keping, and ȝaf mete to hem; and heDauid I. entride not to hem; but thei weren closid `til tovnto I. the dai of her deeth, and lyueden in widewehed. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid seide to Amasa, Clepe thou to gidere to me alle the men of Juda in to the thridde dai, and be thou present. Therfor Amasa ȝedeȝede forth I., that he clepe to gidere the puple of Ju|da; and he dwellide ouer the couenauntcouenaunt tyme I., whichthat I. the kyng hadde set to hym. So|theliAnd I. Dauid seide to Abisai, Now Siba, the sone of Botri, schal turmente vs more than Absolon dideOm. I.; therfor taketake thou I. the ser|uauntis ofof Joab I. thi lord, and pursue hym, lest in hap he fynde strengthid citees, and ascape vs. Therfor the men of Joab ȝedenwenten I.men of Joab ȝeden, etc.; that is, that weren wont to go out with Joab, and obeye to him. Lire here. C. out with Abisai, and Cerethi and Ferethiarblasters and archers I marg., and alle strongethe stronge C. men ȝeden out of Jerusalem to pursue Siba, the sone of Bochry. And whanne thei weren bisidis the greet stoon, whichthat I. is in Gabaon, Amasa cam, and ran to hem; forsotheand I. Joab was clothid with a streit coote at the mesure of his abitschap I., and washe was I. gird aboue with a swerd, `ether daggerOm. IKX., hang|ynge doun `til tovnto I. thehis I. entrayls in a schethe, `which swerdand it was I. which swerd ether dagger K. maad `craftily myȝte go outto drawe out I.myȝte go out; in Ebren it is, and it ȝede out, and felde doun; Raby Salomon seith, that Joab disposide so of purpos, that it felde doun to the erthe fro the schethe, that Amasa schulde bileue so, that Joab reisede the swerd fro erthe to putte aȝen in the schethe, and not to smyte him; therfor it sueth, forsothe Amasa kepte not the swerd, that is, kepte not him silf, for smyt|ing of the swerd. Lire here. C. bi liȝt touchyng, and smyteto smyte I.. Ther|forAnd so I. Joab seide to Amasa, Heil, my bro|ther! And heJoab I. helde with thehis I. riȝt hond the chyn of Amasa, as kissinge him. For|sotheAnd I. Amasa took notno I. kepe ofto I. the swerdknyif I., `which swerdthat I. Joab hadde, and Joab smoot Amasa in the side, and schedde out his entrailis in to the erthe, and Ama|sa was deed; and Joab addide not `the se|coundeto an other I. wounde. ForsotheAnd I. Joab and Abi|sai, his brother, pursueden Siba, the sone of Bochri. In the meene tyme whanne `sum mensumme L. of the children of Dauid, of the felowis of Joab, haddenhadde stonde bisidis the deed bodi of Amasa, thei seiden, Lo! he that woldewolde haue I. be the felowe of Dauid for Joab. ForsotheAnd I. Amasa was bispreynt with blood, and lay in the myddil of the weie. SumA I. man siȝ this, that al the pu|ple abood to se Amasa, and he remouyde Amasa fro the weie in to the feeld, and he hilide Amasa with a cloth, lest men passynge schulden abide for hym. Therfor whanne he was remouyd frofor BC. the weie, ech man passidepasside forth I. suynge Joab to pursue Siba, the sone of Bochri. ForsotheCertis I. Siba hadde passide bi alle the lynagisbi alle the lynagis; and he excitide hem to make him silf king. Lire here. C. of Israel til in to Habela, and in to Bethmacha; and alle chosunthe chosun I. men weren gaderid to hym. Therfor theithe oost of Joab I marg. camen, and fouȝten aȝens hymSiba I. in Habela, and in Bethmacha, and cumpassiden the citee with strengthingis; and the citee was bisegid. SotheliAnd I. al the cumpany, that was with Joab, enforside to distrie the wallis. And a wijs wom|man of the citee criede anon K. a EL. hiȝ, Here ȝe! here ȝe! seie ȝe to Joab, Neiȝe thou hidur, and Y schal speke with thee. And whanne he hadde neiȝed to hir, sche seide to hym, Art thou Joab? And he answeride, Y am. To whom sche spak thus, Here thou the wordisword CE. of thin handmayde. WhichOm. I. Joab answeride, Y here. And eft sche seide, A word was seid in eld prouerbe, Thei that axen, axe in Habela; and so thei pro|fitiden. Whethir Y amwher Y am; the womman spekith in the persoone of the cytee, as if sche seide, This citee helde euere truthe and feith to the king; and ther|for in Ebreu it is thus, Y am oon of pe|sible and trewe, that is, oon of the noumbre of citees pesible and trewe to the kyng. Lire here. C. not, that answere treuthe to Israel? and sekist thou to dis|trie a citee, and to distriedo awey I. a modir citee in Israela modir citee in Israel; for ech citee is mo|dir of the pu|ple borun and nurschid there. In sum bokis it is set in, of citees, but it is not of the text; for nether it is in Ebreu, ne|ther in bokis amendid. Lire here. C.? whi castidistthrowist I. thou doun the eritage of the Lord? And Joab answeride, and seide, Fer bebe this fro me I., fer be this fro me; Y `caste not doundestrie not the citee I., nether Y distryewaste it I.. The thing hath not so it silf; but a man of the hil of Effraym, Siba, sonethe sone I. of Bochri, bi surname, reiside his hond aȝens kyng Dauid; bitake ȝe him aloonealoone to us I., and we schulen go awei fro the citee. And the womman seide to Joab, Lo! his heed schal be sent to thee bi the wal. TherforThanne I. the womman entridewente yn I. to al the puple, and sche spak to hem wiseli; whicheand thei I. `castiden forththrewen I. to Joab the heed of Siba, sonethe sone I. of Bochri, gird of. And Joab sownede with a trumpe, and thei departiden fro the citee, ech man in to hise tabernaclis; forsotheand I. Joab turnede aȝen to Jerusalem to the kyng. TherforAnd so I. Joab was onupon I. al the oost of Is|rael; forsotheand I. Benanye, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, was onupon I. Cerethischeeters I. and Ferethiup arblasters I.; forsotheand I. Adhuram was onupon I. tributisthe tributis I.; forsotheand I. Jo|saphat, sonethe sone I. of Achilud, was chaunceler; forsotheand I. Siba was scryueyn; forsothebut I. Sadoch and Abiathar weren preestisprestis of Dauyth; that is, a greet man among iugis and princes anentis Da|uyth. Lire here. C.; forsotheand I. Hira of Hiarith was preestthe preest I. of Dauid.

 CAP. XXI.

AlsoAnd C. hungur was maad in the lond of Israel in the daies of Dauidin the daies of Dauyth; for he was necligent to punysche the opyn synne of Saul, that kill|ide Gabaonytis for couetise of her eritage, aȝenus the ooth of Josue, and of the princes of Israel. Lire here. C., bi thre ȝeer contynueli. And Dauid counselide the an|swere of the Lordthat is, axide counsel of the Lord in the answering place K marg.; and the Lord seide, Forit is for I. Saul, and hisfor his I. hows, and bloodfor blood I., for he killide menthe men I. of Gabaon. Therfor whanne Gabaonytismen of Gabony I. weren clepid, the kyng seide to hem; sotheli Gabaonytismen of Gabony I. ben not of the sones of Israel, butOm. I. thei ben the relikysleeuyngis I. of AmmorreisAmmorey I.; and the sones of Israel hadden swore to hem, `that isOm. CI., that thei schulden not `be slaynsle hem I.that they schulden not be slayn; summe bokis han here, that they schulden not punysche ether not sle hem, but this is not in Ebreu, ne|ther in bokis amendid, ne|theles it is vndurstondun; wherfor sum man settide it first bi the maner of a glos, and aftir|ward it was set in the text bi the ignor|aunce of wri|teres. Lire here. C., and Saul wolde smyte hem for feruent loue, as for the sones of Israel and of Juda; therfor Da|uid seide to Gabaonytisthe men of Gabonye I., What schal Y do to ȝou, and what schal be ȝoure amendis, that ȝe blesse the eritage of the Lord? AndOm. C. Gabaonytis seiden to hym, No ques|tioun is to vs onupon I. gold and siluer, but aȝens Saul, and aȝens his hows; netherand nethir K. we wolen, that a man of Israel be slayn. To whichewhom I. the kyng seide, What therfor wolen ȝe, that Y do to ȝou? WhicheAnd thei I. seiden to the king, We owenowen so I. to do awei soOm. I. the man, that `al to brakOm. I. ethirOm. CI. de|foulideOm. C. VSOm. I., and oppressideoppresside us I. wickidli, that not oon sotheli be residueleft I. of his genera|cioun in alle the coostis of Israel. Seuene men of hise sones be ȝouun to vs, that we `crucifie hemdo hem on crosse I. to the Lordto the Lord; that is, to the declaring of Goddis riȝtful|nesse. Lire here. in Gabaa of Saul, sum tyme the chosun man of the Lord. And the kyng seide, Y schal ȝyueȝyue hem to ȝou I.. And the kyng sparide Myphibosech, sonethe sone I. of Jonathas, sonethe sone I. of Saul, for the ooth of the Lord, that was bitwixe Dauid and bi|twixeOm. I. Jonathas, sonethe sone I. of Saul. TherforAnd so I. the kyng took twei sones of Respha, douȝ|terthe douȝter CI. of Ahira, whiche sche childide to Saul, Armony, and Mysphibosech; and he took fyue sonesfyue sones; these weren the kyndly sones of Merob, sister of Mychol, but Mychol nurschide hem, and purchaside in to sones af|tirward, for sche hadde no kyndly sones; therfor thei ben seid hir sones, and by this, sche is seid to haue gendrid to Adriel, not for sche was his wiyf, but for Merob, hir sister, was his wiyf. Lire here. C. of Mychol, douȝterthe douȝter I. of Saul, whiche sche gendride to Adriel, sonethe sone I. of Berzellai, that was of Molaty. And heDauid I. ȝaf hem in to the hondis of Gabaonytisthe men of Gabonye I., whicheand thei I. crucifiedendiden I. tho sonesseuen sones I. inupon crosse in I. thean I. hil bifor the Lord; and these seuene feldenfellen doun I. slayn togidere in the daies of the firste repripp I., whanne the repyng of barli bigan. Forsothe Respha, douȝtirthe douȝtir I. of Ahia, tooktook to hir I. an heire, and `araiede to hir silf a place aboue theleide it vndir hir upon a I. stoon, fro the bigynnyng of heruest tiltil that I. watir droppide `on hemOm. I. fro heuene; and sche suffride not briddis to tere hem bi dai, nether beestis bi nyȝt. And tho thingis whiche Respha, secoundariethe secoundarie I. wijf of Saul, douȝtirthe douȝtir I. of Ahia, hadde do, weren teld to Dauid. And Dauid ȝede, and took the boonys of Saul, and the boonys of Jonathas, his sone, offro I. the men of Jabes of Galaad; thatwhiche I. hadden stole tho boonys fro the street of Bethsan, in which streetOm. I. theOm. EI. Filisteis hadden hangid hem, whanne thei hadden slaynslawe I. Saul in Gelboe. And Dauid bar out fro thennus the boonys of Saul, and the boonys of Jonathas, his sone; and thei gaderidengaderiden to gidre I. the boonys of hem that weren crucified, and biriedenthei birieden I. tho with the boonys of Saul and of Jonathas, his sone, in the lond of Beniamyn, in the side of the sepulcre of Cys, fadirthe fadir I. of Saul. And thei diden al thingis, what euer thingisOm. I. the kyng comaundidecomaundide hem I.; and the Lord dide mercy to the lond aftir these thingis. Forsothe batel of Filisteisthe Philistees I. was maad eft aȝens Israel; and Dauid ȝede doun, and hise seruauntis with hym, and fouȝten aȝen Filisteisthe Philistees I.. SotheliForsothe C. whanne Dauid failide, JesbydenobJesbedenov; this is al o word bi the Ebreu. Lire here. C., that was of the kyn of Arapha, that is, ofOm. C. giauntisthe giauntis EL., and the yrun of hiswhos I. spere peiside thre hundrid ouncis, and he was gird with a newe swerda newe swerd; this word swerd, is not in Ebreu, but thus it is in Ebreu; and he was gird of the newe, that is, as Ebreis sey|en, in that day he was knyȝt of the newe. Lire here. C., enforsideenforside him I. to smyte DauidDauid, whanne he feilide I.. And Abisai, sonethe sone I. of Saruye, was in help to Dauid; and he smoot and killide the Filistei. Than the men of Dauid sworen, and seiden, NowNow, Dauid I. thou schalt not go out with vs in to batel, lest thou quenche the lanterne of Israel. Also the secounde batel was in Gob aȝens Filisteis; thanne Sobo|thai of Osothai smoot Zephi, of the gene|racioun of Arapha, of the kyn of giauntis. Also the thridde batel was in Gob aȝens Filisteis; in which batel a man ȝouun of Goda man ȝouun of God; that is, Dauyth, that was chosun of God, and ȝouun to the gouer|nail of the pu|ple, as in I. book xvi. co. the sone of fo|rest; for he dwellide longe in wodis fle|ynge fro the face of Saul. a broidrerer; for he cam of the kyn of Beseleel, that was principal in the werk of broiderie of the tabernacle. The firste batel here teld, was the laste, and the iii. batel was the firste. Lire here. C., the sone of foresta forest I., aand a K. broiderer, a man of Bethleem, smoot Golyath of Geth, whos `schaft of sperespere schaft I. was as athe C. beem of webbis. The fourthe batel was in Geth; where ynne was an hiȝ man, that hadde sixe fyngris in thehis I. hondis and feetin his feet I., that is, foure and twenti; and he was of the kyn of Arapha; and he blasfemyde Is|rael; sotheliand I. Jonathan, sonethe sone I. of Samaa, brotherthe brother I. of Dauid, killide hym. These fourefoure geauntis I. weren borun of Arapha in Geth, and thei felden doun in the hond of Dauid, and of hise seruauntis.

 CAP. XXII.

ForsotheSothely I. Dauid spak to the Lord the wordis of this song, in the dai in which the Lord delyuerede hym fro theOm. C. hond of alle hise enemyes, and fro the hond of Saul. And Dauid seide, The Lord is my stoon, and my strengthe, and my sauyour; my God, my strongestronge helper I. strengthe ELb., I schal hope in to hym; my scheeld, and the horn of myn helthe, `my reiseremyn upreiser I., and my refuyt; my sauyour, thou schalt delyuere me fro wickidnessethou schalt delyuere me fro wickidnesse; that is, hast de|lyuerid. Wick|idnesse of Da|uyth is clepid here, in the doynge of Ber|sabee, fro whiche wickid|nesse he was delyuerid, as to gilt, bi veri contricioun and knowleching, and as to peyne, bi Goddis ven|iaunce. Lire here. C.. Y schal inwardly clepe the Lord worthi to be preisid; and Y schal be saaf fro myn enemyes. For the sorewis of deeth cumpassidehan cumpassed I. me; the strondis of Belialthe strondis of Belial; that is, the fersnessis of persecucioun of Saul, that was with out ȝok of chastis|ing, and of God|dis lawe. Lire here. C. madenhan maad I. me aferd. The coordis of hellethe cordis of helle; in Ebreu it is, the felou|schipis of helle, that is, fendis excitinge Saul to pursue me. Lire here. C. cumpassidenhan enuyround I. me; the snaris of deeth camenhan go I. bifor me. In tribulacioun Y schal clepeynwardly clepe I., `that is, Y clepidethat is, I haue clepid B marg. Om. I. theethe IK sec. m. b., Lord, and Y schal crie to my God; and he herdhath herd I. fro his holi temple my vois, and my crye schal come to hise eeris. The erthe was mouyd, and trem|blide; the foundementis of hillis weren smytun and schakun togidere, for the Lord was wrooth to hem. Smoke stiedestiede up I. fro hise nosethirlisnesethirles C., and fier of his mouthfyer of his mouth; that is, siche punysch|ing was maad of his wille and comaundement. Lire here. C. schal deuoure; colis weren kyndlid of it. And he bowide heuenes, and cam doun; and myist vndur hise feet. And he stiede onupon I. cherubyn, and fliȝ; and he slood on theOm. L sec. m. pennysfederys EL. of wyndthe wynd I.. He puttidehath put I. putte DE. derknessisderknesse E. hidyngan hidyng I. place in his cumpas, and riddlidehe hath wynewid I. watris fro the cloudis of heuenes; for briȝtnesse in his siȝt colis of fier weren kyndelid. The Lord schal thundur fro heuene; and hiȝ God schal ȝyue his vois. He sente hise arowis, and scateride hem; heand I. sente leitis, and wast|ide hem. And the schedyngis out of the see apperiden, and the foundementis of the world weren schewid; frofor C. the blamyng of the Lord, fro the brething of the spirit of his strong veniaunce. He sente fro heuene, and took me; and drow me out of manye watris. He delyuerede me fro my myȝtiestful myȝti I. enemy, and fro hem that hatid|en me; for thei weren strongere than Y. Thei camen bifore me in the dai of my turmentyng; and the Lord was maad my stidfastnesse. And he ledde me out in to largenesse, and he delyuerede me; for Y pleside hym. The Lord schal ȝelde to me vpvp ether aftir D. aftir EIL. my riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse E.; and he schal ȝelde to me vpaftir IKN., `ethir aftiror vp K. ether vpe N. Om. IRW., the clennesse of myn hondis. For Y kepte the weies of the Lord; and Y dide not wickidli fro my God. For alle hise domes weren in my siȝt; and Y dide not awei fro me hise heestis. And Y schal be perfit with hym; and Y schal kepe me fro my wickidnesse. And the Lord schal restore to me vpeaftir I. my riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse EL.; and vpaftir I. the clennesse of myn hondis in the siȝt of hise iȝen. With the hooli thou schalt be hooli, and with the stronge, `that is, to suffre aduersitees pacientliOm. I., thou schalt be perfitperfit; in ȝyuynge to him grace to suffre aduersi|tes, bothe paciently and ioyfuly, as mar|tris ioyeden in passiouns. Lire here. C.; and with a chosun man `to blisOm. I. thou schalt be chosun, and with a weiward man thou schalt be maad weiward, `that is, in ȝeld|ynge iustli peyne to hym vpein G. his wei|wardnessewickednesse E. The whole gloss omitted in I.weiward|nesse; ether thus, with a weiward man thou schalt be maad weiward, bi his errour; for whanne weyward men ben iustly punyschid of God, they seyen that God doith weiward|ly with hem. C.. And thou schalt make saaf a pore puple; and with thin iȝen thou schalt make lowe hem that ben hiȝe. For thou, Lord, art my lanterne, and thou, LordOm. C., schalt liȝtne my derknessisderknesse E.lyȝtne my derknesses; that is, meede|ful werkis quenchid bi dedly synne comynge aboue, that ben quyk|enyd and liȝt|nyd bi grace rekyuerid. Lire here. C.. For Y gird, `that is, maad redi to batelOm. I., schal renne into I. thee, `that is, in thi vertuOm. I.; and in my God Y schal `scippe ouerouerpasse I. the wal. `God his weieThe weie of God I. is `with out wemvndefoulid I.; the speche of the Lord is examynyd biwith I. fier, `that is, isOm. FG. pure and clene as metal preuydpurid EGb. in the furneysGloss omitted in CI.; he is a scheeld of alle men hopynge in hym. For who is God, outakun the Lord; and who is strong, outakun oure God? God, that hath gird me with strengthe, and hath maad pleyn my perfit weie; and he madehath maad I. euene my feet with hertis, and settidehath sett I. me onupon I. myn hiȝe thingis; and he tauȝtehath tauȝt I. myn hondis to batel, and madehe hath maad I. myn armesand made myn armes, etc.; in Ebreu it is, and a brasun bowe was gr[a] untid to myn arm; for as Raby Salomon seith, he bente liȝtly a brasun bowe. Lire here. C. as a brasun bouwe. Thou hast ȝoue to me the sheeld of thin heelthe; and my mylde|nesseand my myldenesse; in Ebreu it is, thi myldenesse multipliede me, that is, of God|dis good wille, and not of my merit, multi|pliyng in chil|dren, in tempo|ral goodis and goostly, cam to me. Lire here. C. multipliedehath multiplied I. me. Thou schalt alarge my steppis vndur me; and myn heelis schulen not faile. Y schal pursue myn enemyes, and Y schal al to-breke hem; and Y schal not turne aȝen, til Y waste hem. Y schal waste hem, and Y schal brekebreke hem I., that thei rise not; thei schulen falle vndur my feet. Thou hast gird me with strengthe to batel; thou hast bowid vnder me hem that aȝenstodenstoden aȝens K. me. Thou hast ȝoue myn enemyes abac to me, men hat|ynge me; and Y schal distrie hem. Thei schulen crye, `that is, to ydols ether to mennus helpOm. I., and noon schal be that schal sauesaue hem I.; `thei schulenOm. IL. crie to the Lord, and he schal not here hem. Y schal do awei hem as the dust of erthe; Y schal `powne hemdo hem to gidre I., and Y schal dodo hem I. awei as the cleifenne I. of stretis. Thou schalt saue me fro aȝenseiyngis of my puple; thou schalt kepe me in to the heed of folkis; the puple, whom Y knowe not, schal serue me. Alien sones schulen aȝenstonde me; bi heryng of eere thei schulen obeie to me. Alien sones fletiden awei; and thei schulen be drawun togidere in her angwischisin her an|gwischis; in Ebreu it is, in her closingis. C.. The Lord lyueth, and my God is blessid; and the stronge God of myn helthe schal be enhaunsid. God, that ȝyuest veniauncis to me; and hast cast doun puplis vndur me. Which ledist me out fro myn ene|myes, and reisist me fro men aȝenstond|inge me; thou schalt deliuere me fro the wickid man. Therfor, Lord, Y schal know|leche to thee in hethene men; and Y schal synge to thi name. AndThat I. he magnyfiethmaketh greet I. the helthis of his kyng; and doith mercyesmercy EI. to his crist Dauid, and to his seed til in to withouten endetil in to with outen ende; for the sones of Dauyth regned|en til to the caitifte of Baby|loyne; and aftir the turning aȝen fro Babi|loyne, Zoroba|bel, that cam doun of Da|uyth, hadde the duchee, ether leding, on the puple, and othere men suyngly of the lynage of Dauyth, til to Eroude, an ali|en, vndur whom Crist was borun of the seed of Dauyth, bi fleisch, of which Crist the rewme dwellith, in to worldis of worldis. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XXIII.

Forsothe these ben the laste wordis, whiche Dauid, the sone of Ysai, seide. The man seide, to whom it is ordeyned of Crist, of theOm. I. God of Jacob, the noble salm makere of Israel; The spiryt of the Lord spak bi me, and his word bi my tunge. DauidOm. I. seide, God of Israel spak to me, the strongestronge help I. of Israel, the `iust Lordlordschipere I. of men, `is Lordthe riȝtwise lordschiper I. in the drede of God. As the liȝt of the morewtid, whanne the sunne risith eerli, is briȝt with out cloudis; and as an erbe cometh forth of the erthe bi reynes. And myn hows is not so greet anentis God, that he schulde make with me euerlastynge couenaunt, stidefast and maad strong in alle thingis; for al myn helthe hangithis I. ofon EKL. him, and al themy I. wille `that is, al my desir, goith in to hymOm. I., and no thing is therof, that makith not fruytthat makith not fruyt; and this is doon, whanne al thing that cometh forth of the wille, ether of auysement, is doon yn to the glorie of God. Lire here. C.. Forsothe alle trespassouris schulen be drawun out as thornes, that ben not takun with hondis. And if ony man wole touche tho, he schal be armed with irun, and with trea tre I. formed in to sperea spere I.; and thetho I. thornes schulen be kyndlid, and schulen be brent `til tovnto I. nouȝt. These ben the names of the stronge men of Dauid. Dauid sittith in the chaier, the wiseste prince among thre; he is as a moost tendir worm of treea tree I.he is as a moost tendir worm of tre; for thouȝ this worm in him silf is most tendir, netheles he persith the harde tre; so Dauyth most benygne and most mylde, was most strong aȝenus enemyes rebellinge, ether as most tendir worm, that is, ful swete and amyable anen|tis hise men, and hard aȝenus aduersaries. Lire here. C., that killide eiȝte hundrid with o fersnesse. Aftir hym was Eleazar, the sone of his fadirsfadir I. brother Abohi; among thre stronge men, that weren with Dauid, whanne thei seiden schenschip to Filisteisthe Philistees I., and weren gaderid thidir in to batel. And whanne the men of Israel hadden stiedstied up I., heEleazar I. stoodhe stood, etc.; in batel, whanne hise felowis ȝeden abak. Lire here. C., and smoot Filistiesthe Philistees I., tiltil that I. his hond failide, and was starke with the swerd. And the Lord made greet helthe in that dai; and the puple that fledde turnede aȝen to drawe awei the spuylis of slayn men. And aftir hymEleazar I. was Semma, the sone of Age, of Arari. And Filisteis weren gaderid in the stacioun; forsotheand I. there was a feeld ful of lentelentes or fetchis I.; and whanne the puplepuple of Israel I. fledde fro the face of Filisteis, heSemma I. stood in the myddis of the feeld, and bihelde itand bihelde it; for he de|fendide the feeld. Lire here. C.; and he smoot Filisteisthe Philistees I., and the Lord made greetthere greet I. helthe. Also and thre men ȝeden doun bifore, thatwhiche I. weren princes among threttithretti men I., and camenthei camen I. to Dauid in the tyme of reepripp I. in to the denne of Odollam. For|sotheAnd I. the castelstentis I. of Filisteis weren set in the valei of giauntis. And Dauid was in a strong hold; sotheliAnd I. the stacioun of Filisteis was thanne in Bethleem. Ther|forThanne I. Dauid desiride water of the lake, and seide, If ony man wolde ȝyue to me drynkif ony man wolde ȝyue to me drynke, etc.; Dauyth seide this, not for coueitise of the watir, but for he wolde asaye the hardynesse of hem; and therfor it sueth, and he nolde drynke, but offride it to the Lord; he schew|ide bi this, that he that settith forth him silf to perels aȝenus vnfeithful men, makith most acceptable sa|crifice to God. Lire here. C. of watirthe watir I. of the cisterne, whichthat I. is in Bethleem, bisidis the ȝate. Therfor thre stronge men braken in to the castelstentis I. of Filisteis, and drowen watir of the cisterne of Bethleem, that wasis K. bisidis the ȝate, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten it I. to Dauid; and he noldewolde not I. drinke, but offride it to the Lord, and seide, The Lord be merciful to me, that Y do not this; whether Y schal drynke the blood of these men, that ȝeden forth, and the perel of soulisher lyues I.? Therfor he noldewolde not I. drynke. Thre strongesteful stronge I. men diden thes thingis. Also Abisay, brotherthe brother I. of Joab, the sone of Saruye, was prince of threthe thre men I.; he it is that reiside his schaftspere I. aȝens thre hundrid men, whichethe whiche I. he killide; `he wasOm. I. nemidnempnyd I. named K. nemmed L. among thretho thre I., and washe was I. the noblere among threhem thre I., and he was the prince of hem; but he cam not to the thre firste men. And Banaye, the sone of Joiada, strongestethe strongeste I. man of grete werkis, of Capseel, he smoot twei liouns of Moab, `that is, twei knyȝtis hardi as liounsthat is, two stronge hardi knyȝtis I marg.; and he ȝede doun, and smoot a lioun in the myddil cisterne in the daies of snow. Also heBanaye I. killide a man of Egipt, a man worthi of spectaclebiholdyng I., hauynge a spere in thehis I. hond; therforand so I. whanne he hadde come doun with a ȝerde to that man, bi miȝtstrengthe KMOX. riȝt strengthis S. ryȝt strong D. niȝt ELPb. he wroothwrong L. out the spere fro the hond of the man of Egipt, and killide hym with his owne spere. Banaye, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, dide these thingis; and he was nemyed among thre stronge men, that weren among the thretti noblere men; netheles he cam not tilOm. I. to the threfirste thre I.. And Dauid made hym a counselour of priuyteprince L. to hym silf. Asahel, the brother of Joab, was among threttithe thretti I. men; Eleanan, the sone of his fadris brother, of Bethleem; Semma, of Arari; Elcha, of Arodi; Helas, of Phelti; Hira, sonethe sone I. of Aches, of Thecua; Abiezer, of Amatoth; Mobannoy, of Co|sathi; Selmon, of Achotes; Macharai, of Nethophath; Heled, the sone of Baana, and he was of Netophath; Hiray, sonethe sone I. of Rabai, of Gebeeth, of the sones of Benia|myn; Banay, of Effrata; Hedday, of the stronde of Gaas; Abiabon, of Arbath; As|maneth, of Berromy; Eliaba, of Sabony; sonesthe sones I. of Assen, Jonathan, and Jasan; Semma, of Herodi; Hayam, sonethe sone I. of Sa|rai, of Zaroth; Eliphelech, sonethe sone I. of Saal|bai, the sone of Maachati; Heliam, sonethe sone I. of Achitofel, of Gilo; Esrai, of Carmele; Pharai, of Arbi; Ygaal, sonethe sone I. of Nathan, of Soba; Bonny, of Gaddi; Silech, of Am|mony; Naarai, of Beroth, the squyer of Joab, the sone of Saruye; Haray, of Jethri; Gareb, and he was of Gethri; Vrye, of E|thei; allealle these I. weren seuene and thretti men.

 CAP. XXIV.

And the strong veniaunce of the Lord addide to be wrooth aȝens Israeland the strong ven|iaunce of the Lord addide to be wrooth aȝenus Israel; of this that the Lord wolde punysche the puple, he suf|fride Dauyth to be reisid bi pride to the noumbring of the puple; wherfor the gloss of Gregre on this place seith thus, The dedis of go|uernours ben disposid for the maneris of su|getis, that ofte for the yuel of the floc, the liyf ȝhe of a good schep|parde tres|passith, for Dauyth was preisid bi God witnesse, and he was blowun with the bol|nyng of sudeyn pride, and synnede in noumbringe puple, and the puple resseyu|ede peyne; for the hertis of gouernours ben disposid, vp the meritis of the puplis. The synne of the puple for which it was punysch|id, is not ex|pressid in the text, but in the book of Ebreu questiouns it is seid, that this was herfor, for the puple aȝen stood not Da|uyth as it ouȝte, in the dede of Vrie, but for this dede was priuy til it was al doon; the puple myȝte not withstonde Da|uyth in the synne to be lettid, and aftir that this synne cam in to the knowing of the puple, the pu|ple ouȝte not to punysche it, for the peyne was determynd thanne of God, as it is opin in xii. co. bi the, and he stiride inaȝens I. hem Dauid, seiynge to Joab, Go thou, and noumbre thou Israel and Juda. And the kyng seide to Joab, the prince of his oost, Go thou bi alle lynagisthe lynagis I. of Israel fro Dan `til tovnto I. Bersabee, and noumbre thou the puple, that Y wite the noumbre therof. And Joab seide to the kyng, Thi Lord God encresse to thisthi I. pu|ple, `hou greetas myche as I. it is now, and eft multiplie heȝe A. he it I. an hundrid fold in the siȝt of my lord the kyng; but what wole my lord theOm. I. kyng to hym silf in sich a thing? SotheliBut I. the word of the kyng ouer cam the wordis of Joab, and of the princes of the oost; and Joab ȝede out, and the princes of theOm. plures.wordis of Na|than, therfor it is seid betere, that the synne of the puple, was the rebelte therof aȝenus Dauyth in suynge Siba, sone of Bothry, that was the worste man and ful of dis|sencioun, and Siba aloone was punyschid for this rebelte. Lire here. C. knyȝtis, fro the face of the kyng, that thei schulden noumbre the puple of Israel. And whanne thei hadden passid Jordan, thei camen in to Aroer, to the riȝt side of the citee whichthat I. is in the valei of Gad; and thei passidenpassiden forth I. bi Jazer in to Galaad, and in to the lowere lond of Odsi, and camenthei camen I. in to the wodi places of Dan; and thei cumpassidenȝeden aboute I. bisidis Sidon, and passiden nyȝ the wallis of Tire, and nyȝ al the lond of Euei, and of Chananei; and thei camen toin to K. the south of Juda, in Bersabee. And whanne al the lond was cumpassid, thei camen aftir nyne monethis and twenti daies in to Jerusalem. TherforAnd so I. Joab ȝaf the noumbre of discriuyng of the puple to the kyng. And of Israel weren foundun nyne hundryd thousyndix. hundrid thousynde, in I. book of Pa|ralip. xxi. co. is a thousinde thousinde, and an hundrid thousinde; here is set the lesse noumbre, and there the gret|ter noumbre, and of Juda is set there the lesse noumbre, and here the gretter. Lire here. C. of stronge men, that drewen out swerd; and of Juda fyue hundrid thousynde of fiȝteris. ForsotheAnd I. the herte of Dauid smoot hym, `that is, his concience repreuyde hymOm. I., aftir that the puple was noumbrid; and Dauid seide to the Lord, Y synnedehaue synned I. greetliY synnede greetly; in pride, and in breking of Goddis heest, for in xxxi. co. of Exody, whanne the sones of Israel weren noum|brid, ech man schulde [offre] to the Lord half a sicle, and this was not doon here. C. in this dede; but, Lord, Y preye that thou turne awei the wickidnesse of thi seruaunt, for Y didehaue do I. ful folili. Therfor Dauid roos eerli, and the word of the Lord was maad to Gad, the prophete and seere, and seide, Go thou, and speke to Dauid, The Lord seith these thingis, The chesyngchois I. of thre thingis is ȝouun to thee; chese thou oon, which thou wolt of these, that Y do to thee. And whanne Gad hadde come to Dauid, he telde to Dauidhim I., and seide, Ether hungur schal come to thee in thi lond se|uene ȝeer; ethir thre monethis thou schalt fle thin aduersaries, and thei schulen pur|sue thee; ether certis thre daies pestilence schal be in thi lond; now therfor de|lyuere thou, `ether auyse thouether examyne thou B marg. Om. I., and se, what word Y schal answere to hym that sente me. ForsotheAnd I. Dauid seide to Gad, Y am constreyned on ech side greetli; but it is betere that Y falle in to the hondis of the Lordin to the hondis of the Lord; if Da|uyth hadde chose huugur of vii. ȝeer, he and riche men wolden haue purueyed to hem silf of liyflode, and pore men schulden haue be turmentid gretly; and if he hadde chose fliȝt bifor ene|myes, he and myȝty men schulden haue be defendid and pore men slayn, therfor he chees pesti|lence, comyn peyne to alle, for he tristide in Goddis mersi. Lire here. C., for his emercies ben manye, than ininto IKb. theOm. K. hondis of men. And the Lord sente pestilence in to Israel fro the morewtid `til tovnto I. the tyme ordeynedto the tyme ordeyned; that is, til to the oure of sacrifice of euentid; the ii. laste dayes of pestilence, weren seid bi manassing, and weren releessid for the pe|naunce of Dauyth. Lire here. C.; and seuenti thousynde of men weren deed of the puple fro Dan `til tovnto I. Bersabee. And whanne the aungel of the Lord hadde holdehelde I. forth his hond ouer Jerusalem, that he schulde distrie it, the Lord hadde mercy on the turmentyng; and seidehe seide I. to the aun|gel smytynge the puple, It sufficith now; withholde thin hond. ForsotheAnd I. the aun|gel of the Lord was bisidis the corn floor of Areuna Jebusey. And Dauid seide to the Lord, whanne he hadde seyn the aun|gel sleynge the puple, Y amit am I. heOm. plures. that `haue synnedsynnede I., and Y didehaue do I. wickidli; what han these do, that ben scheep? Y biseche, thin hond be turned aȝens me, and aȝens the hows of my fadir. ForsotheCertis I. Gad, the pro|phete, cam to Dauid in that dai, and seide to hym, Stie thouthou up I., and ordeyne an auter to the Lord in the corn floor of Areuna Jebusei. And Dauid stiede, vpeup, aftir I. the word of Gad, which the Lord hadde comaundid to hym. And Areuna bihelde, and per|seyuedevndirstode I., that the kyng and hise seruauntis passidenpassiden ouer I. to hym; and he ȝede out, and worschipide the kyng biwith I. low cheer to the erthe; and seide, What `cause isis the cause I., that my lord theOm. I. kyng cometh to his seruaunt? To whom Dauid seide, That Y bie of thee the corn floor, and bilde an auter to the Lord, and the sleynge ceesse, whichthat I. is cruel in the puple. And Areuna seide to Dauid, My lord theOm. I. kyng take, and offre, as it plesith hymto hym I.; thou hast oxisoxen IG. in to brent sacrifice, and a wayn and ȝockis of oxisoxun AMb. in to vssthe vss I. of wode. Areuna ȝaf alle thingisAreuna ȝaf alle thingis, etc.; that is, wolde ȝyue. Lire here. C. to the king. And Areuna seide to the king, Thi Lord God reseyue thi vow. To whom the king answeride, and seide, Not as thou wolt, but Y schal biebie it I. of thee for prijs, and Y schal not offre to `my Lordthe Lord my I. God brent sacrifices ȝouun freli. Therfor Dauid bouȝte the corn floorbouȝte the corn floor; for vi. hundrid siclis of gold, in the firste book of Paralip. xxi. co. Lire here. C., and `he bouȝteOm. I. oxisthe oxen I. for fifti siclis of siluer. And Dauid bildide there an auter to the Lord, and offride brent sacrifices and pe|sible sacrifices; and the Lord dide merci to the lond, and the veniaunce was re|freyned fro Israel.

 Here endith the secounde book of Kyngis, and here bigynneth the thriddeHere endith the secounde book of Kyngis, and bigynneth a prolog on the iii. book of Kynges. G. Here endith the secounde book of Kyngis, and bigynneth the thridde. IQ. Here endith the secounde book of Kingis, se now the thridde. K. Here endith the secounde book of Kingis, and here bigynneth a prologe on the thridde. M. Here eendith the secunde book of Kyngis, and bygynneth the thridde book of Kyngis. NRSX. Here endith the secounde book of Kingis, and here bigynneth the thridde. O. Here endeth the secounde book, and bigynneth the thridde. b. Here endith the secunde book of Kyngis. ç. No final rubric in ELP.. III. KINGS. [Prologue on the Third book of KingsThis Prologue is from M..]

IN this thridde book of Kingis is contened the ending of Dauith, and the coro|nacioun of Salomon, ȝit lyuynge Dauith; and how the Lord magnyfied Salomon with wisdom, and richessis, and in al prosperite, for the loue of Dauith his fadir, aboue alle kingis that weren bifor him and after, and ȝaf to hym pees on ech side. Also how the rewme was departid in the daies of Roboam, sone of Salomon, in to tweie kyng|doms, but the Lord reseruede the kyngdom of Juda to the generacioun of Dauith, for the merit of Dauith; and of alle kingis that weren afterward on Juda and on Israel, in to the transmygracioun of Babiloyne.

 Here beginneth the thridde book of KyngisFrom AM. The thridde of Kynges L. The iii. of Kinges P. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

AND kyng Dauid waxwexide I. waxide EKLb. eldful old L., and hadde ful many daies of age; andOm. S. whanne he was hilid with clothis, he was not maad hoothe was not made hoot; for he was a wer|riour fro his ȝong age, and for he was hugely agast in the siȝt of the aungel. Lire here. C.. Therfor hise seruauntis seiden to hym, Seke we to oure lord theOm. I. kyng a ȝong wexynge virgyn; and stonde sche bifor the kyng, and nursche sche hym, and slepe in his bosum, and make hootsche hoot I. oure lord theOm. I. kyng. Therfor thei souȝten a ȝong wexyng virgyn, fair in alle the coostis of Israel; and thei founden Abisag of SunamSunamye S., and thei brouȝten hir to the kyng. ForsotheAnd I. the damysel was ful fair, and sche slepte with the kyngsche slepte with the king; Abisag was weddid to Dauyth. Lire here. C., and mynystride to hym; forsothe the king knew not hir fleischliOm I.. SotheliAnd I. Adonye, sonethe sone I. of Agith, was reisidreisid up I., and seide, Y schal regne. And he made to hym a chare, and knyȝtisordeynede kniȝtis I., and fifti men, that runnen bifor hym. NetherNethir Dauid I. his fadir re|preuyde hym ony tyme, andne I. seide, Whi `didist thouhast thou do I. this? ForsotheBut I. also he was ful fair, the secounde child aftir Absolon; and his word was with Joab, sonethe sone I. of Saruye, and with `Abiathar, preestthe preest Abiathar I., thatwhiche I. helpiden the partis of Adonye. SotheliBut I. Sadoch, the preest, and Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, and Nathan, the prophete, and Semey, and Cerethi, and Ferethi, and al the strengthe of the oost of Dauid, weren not with Adonye. Therfor whanne rammes weren offrid, and caluys, and alle fatte thingis, bisidis the stoon Zoelechbisidis the stoon Zoeleth; Ebreys seyen, the stoon drawun, for stronge men asayeden her strengthe at it; also Ebreys seyen, bisidis the welle of a fullere. Lire here. C., that was nyȝ the welle of Rogel, Adonye clepide alle hise britheren, sonesthe sones I. of the kyng, and alle theOm. I. men of Juda, ser|uauntis of the kyng. SotheliBut I. `he clepide notOm. I. Nathan, the profete, and Banaie, and alle stronge men, and Salomon, his bro|thirbrothir he clepide not I.. TherforAnd so I. Nathan seide to Bersa|bee, modirthe modir I. of Salomon, Whetherwher ceteri passim. thou herdisthast herd I., that Adonye, sonethe sone I. of Agith, regnedehath regnyd I., and oure lord Dauid knoweth not this? Now therfor come thou, take thou counsel of me, and saue thi lijf, and of Salomon thi sone. Go thou, and entre to kyng Dauid, and seie thou to hym, Whether not thou, my lord the kyng, hast swore to me, thin handmaide, and seidist, that Salomon thi sone schal regne aftir me, and he schal sitte in my trone? Whi therfor regneth Adonye? And ȝit while thou schalt speke there with the kyng, Y schal come aftir thee, and `Y schal fillefulfille I. thi wordis. Therfor Bersabee entride to the kyng in the closetbed place I.; for|sotheand I. the kyng was ful eeld, and Abisag of Sunam `mynystrideseruyde I. to hym. Ber|sabeeAnd Bersabee I. bowide hir silf, and worschipide the kyng; to whom the kyng seide, What wolt thou to thee? And sche answeride, and seide, My lord theOm. I. kyng, thou hast swore to thin handmaide bi thi Lord God, Salomon thythy A sec. m. sone schal regne aftir me, and he schal sitte in my trone; and lo! Adonye hath regnede now, `while thou, my lord the kyng, knowist notthee my lord kyng, vnwitynge I.; he hath slayn oxisoxen I., and alle fatte thingis, and ful many rammes; and he clepidehath clepid I. alle theOm. S. sones of the king, also `Abiathar preestthe preest Abiathar I., and Joab, the prince of chyualrithe chyualri I.; but he clepide not Salomon, thi seruaunt. Netheles, my lord theOm. I. kyng, the iȝen of al Israel biholden in to thee, that thou schewe to hem, who owith to sitte in thi trone, my lord theOm. I. kyng, aftir thee; and it schal be, whanne my lord theOm. I. kyng hath slepte with hise fadris, Y and my sone Salomon schulen be synnerisY and my sone Salomon schulen be synneris; that is, Adonye schal putte on vs crymes, to priue vs fro liyf. Lire here. CK.. `While sche spakBersabee spekynge I. ȝit with the king, Na|than, the prophete, cam. And thei telden to the kyng, and seiden, Nathan, the pro|phete, is present. And whanne he hadde entrid in the siȝt of the kyng, and hadde worschipide hym lowli toin to I. erthethe erthe EIKLP., Nathan seide, My lord the kyng, seidist thou, Adonye regneregne he I. aftir me, and sitte he on my trone? For he camhath come I. doun to dai, and offride oxisoxen I., and fatte thingis, and ful many wetheris; and he clepide alle the sones of the kyng, alsoand also I. Abiathar, preest; and whanne thei eten, and drunken bifor hym, and seiden, Kyng Adonye lyue; he clepide not me, thi seruaunt, and Sadoch, preestthe preest I., and Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, and Salomon, thi sone. Whether this word ȝede out fro my lord theOm. I. kyng, and thou schewidist not to me, thi seruaunt, who schulde sitte onupon I. in I. the trone of my lord theOm. I. king after hym? And kyng Dauid an|sweride, and seide, Clepe ȝe Bersabee to me. And whanne sche hadde entrid bifor the kyng, and hadde stonde bifor hym, the kyng swoor, and seide, The Lord lyueth, that delyuerydehath delyuered I. my lijf fro al an|gwisch; for as Y swore to thee bi the Lord God of Israel, and seide, Salomon, thi sone, schal regne after me, and he schal sitte on my trone for me, so Y schal do to dai. And Bersabee, with thehir I. cheer castbowid I. doun in to erthethe erthe I., worschipide the kyng, and seide, My lord theOm. CI. kyng Dauid lyue with outen endewith outen ende; that is, in blisful liyf, which is euer|lastinge. Lire here. C.. And kyng Dauid seide, Clepe ȝe Sadoch, the preest, to me, and Nathan, the prophete, and Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada. And whanne thei hadden entrid bifor the kyng, the kyng seide to hem, Take with ȝou the seruauntis of ȝoure lord, and putte ȝe my sone Salomon onupon I. my mule, and lede ȝe hym in to Gyon. And Sadoch, the preest, and Nathan, the profete, anoynteanoynte thei I. hym in to kyng onupon I. Israel and Juda; and ȝe schulen synge with a clariountrumpe I., and ȝe schulen seie, Lyue kyng Salomon! Ȝe schulen stiestie up I. aftir hym, and ȝe schulen come to Jerusalem; and he schal sitte onupon I. my trone, and he schal regne for me; and Y schal comaunde to hym, that he be duyk onupon I. Israel and onOm. I. Juda. And Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, answeride to the kyng, and seide, Amen, `that is, so be itit doon B., etherOm. GS. verili, ether feithfuliThe gloss omitted in CI.; so speke the Lord God of my lord the kyng. As the Lord was with my lord theOm. I. kyng, so be he with Salomon, and make he the trone of Salomon heiȝere than the trone of my lord theOm. I. kyng Dauid. Ther|forThanne I. Sadoch, the preest, ȝede doun, and Nathan, the prophete, and Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, and Cerethi, and Ferethi; and thei puttiden Salomon onupon I. the mule of Dauid, the kyng, and thei brouȝten hym in to Gion. And Sadoch, the preest, took an horn of oile of the tabernacle, and anoyntide Salomon; and thei sungen with a clarioun; and al the puple seide, Lyue kyng Salomon! And al the multitude stiedestiede up I. after hym, and the puple of men syngynge with pipis, and `of menOm. I. beynge glad with greet ioye, `stiede aftir hymOm. I.; and the erthe sownede of the cry of hem. ForsotheAnd I. Adonye herde, and alle that weren clepid of hym to feestethe feeste IKM.; and thanne the feeste was endid. But also Joab seide, whanne the vois of trumpethe trumpe K. was herd, What wole itOm. A sec. m. to it silf the cry of the citeeOm. S. makynge noise? Ȝit theOm. I. while he spak, Jonathan, sonethe sone I. of Abia|thar, the preest, cam; to whom Adonye seide, Entre thou, for thou art a strong man, and tellynge goode thingis. And JonathanJona|thas I. answeride to Adonye, Nay; for oure lord theOm. I. kyng Dauid hath or|deyned Salomon kyng; and Dauid sentehath sent I. with Salomon Sadoch, the preest, and Na|than, the prophete, and Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, and Cerethi, and Ferethi; and thei puttidenhan putt I. Salomon onupon I. the mule of the kyng. And Sadoch, the preest, and Nathan, the prophete, anoyntidenhan anoyntid I. hym kyng in Gion; and thei camen doun fro thennus beynge glad, and the citee sown|ede; this is the vois whichthat I. ȝe herden. But also Salomon sittith onupon I. the trone of rewmethe rewme I.; and the seruauntis of the kyng entridenhan entrid I., and blessidenhan blessid I. oure lord theOm. I. kyng Dauid, and seiden, God make large the name of Salomon aboue thi name, and magnyfyemake greet I. his trone aboue thi trone. And kyng Dauid worschipide in his bed; and ferthermore he spak these thingis, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, that ȝafhath ȝoue I. to dai a sittere in my trone, while myn iȝen seenseynge it I.. Therfor alle, that weren clepid of Adonye to feestethe feeste IKLP., weren aferd, and ris|idenrisen E. resen up I. resen P., and ech man ȝede in to his weie. SotheliAnd I. Adonye dredde Salomon, and roosroos up I., and ȝede in to the tabernacle of the Lord, and heldehe helde I. the hornhorn or corner I. of the auter. And thei telden to Salomon, and seiden, Lo! Adonye dredith the kyng Salomon, and holdithhe holdith I. the horncornere I. of the auter, and seith, Kyng Salomon swere to me to dai, that he schal not sle his seruaunt biwith I. swerd. And Salomon seide, If he is a good manif he is a good man; not sekinge aftir|ward ymagy|naciouns, to gete the rewme. Lire here. C., sotheli not oonan I. heer of hym schal falle in to erthethe erthe I.; but if yuel be foundun in hym, he schal die. Therfor kyng Salomon sente, and ledde `hym outout Adonye I. fro the auter; and he entride, and worschipide kyng Salo|mon; and Salomon seide to hym, Go in to thin hows.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe the daies of Dauid neiȝiden, that he schulde die; and he comaundide to Salomon, his sone, and seide, Lo! Y entre in to the weie of al ertheerthe, that is, to deth I.; be thou coumfortid, and be thou a strong man. And kepe thou the kepyngis and heestisthe heestis I. of thi Lord God, that thou go in hise weies, and kepe hise cerymonyes, and hise heestis, and hise domes, and witnessyngis, as it is writun in the lawe of Moises; that thou vndurstonde alle thingis whiche thou doist, and whidur euer thou schalt turne thee. That the Lord conferme hise wordis, whiche the Lord spak of me, and seide, If thi sones kepen my weies, and goen bifor me in treuthe, in al her herte, and in al her soule, a man schal not be takun awei of thee fro the trone of Israel. Also thou knowist what thingis Joab, the sone of Saruye, didehath do I. to medide to me; Rabi Salomon seith, that Joab schewide to othere men the priuy lettris of Dauyth to sle Vrie. Lire here. C.; what thingis he dide to twey princis of the oost of Israel, to Abner, sonethe sone I. of Ner, and to Amasa, sonethe sone I. of Jether, whiche he killide, and schedde the blood of batelthe blood of batel; that is, he schedde out in the tyme of pees mannus blood, that owith not to be sched out no but in batel. Lire here. C. in pees; and puttidehe hath putt I. the blood of batel in his girdil, that was aboute hise leendis, and inOm. I. his schoschoyng I., that was in hise feet. Therfor thou schalt do by thi wisdom, and thou schalt not lede forth his hoor|nesse pesibli to hellisto hellis; Ebreys seyen, to a dich, ether sepulcre, for Dauyth pur|poside not, that Joab schulde go doun to the helle of damp|ned men; ther|for that was o cause whi Da|uyth wolde, that he were pu|nyschid here, lest he were punyschid in helle, as Rabi Salomon seith; as it was seid of Achar in vii. co. of Josue. Lire here. C.. But also thou schalt ȝelde grace to the sones of Bersellai of Galaad, and thei schulen be eetynge in thi boord; for thei metten me, whanne Y fledde fro the face of Absolon, thi bro|ther. Also thou hast anentis thee Semey, sonethe sone I. of Gera, sonethe sone I. of Gemyny, of Bahu|rym, whichthe which I. Semei curside me bi the worste cursyng, whanne Y ȝede to `the castelsdefensable placis I.; but forfor thi I. he cam doun to me in to metyngmy metyng I., whanne Y passide Jordan, and Y swoor to him bi the Lord, and seide, Y schal not slee thee biwith I. swerd, nyle thou suffre hym to be vnpunyschid; forsothe thou art a wise man, and thou schalt wite what thou schalt do to hym, and thou schalt lede forth hise hoor heeris with blood to hellis. SotheliAnd I. Dauid slepte with hise fadris, and was biriede in the citee of Dauid. ForsotheAnd I. the daies, in whiche Dauid regnede onupon I. Israel, ben fourti ȝeer; in Ebron he regned seuene ȝeer, inand in CI. JerusalemIsrael N. thre and thretti ȝeer. Forsothe Salomon sat onupon I. the trone of Dauid, his fadir, and his rewme was maad stidfast greetli. And Adonye, sonethe sone I. of Agith, entride to Bersabee, modirthe modir I. of Salomon; and sche seide to hym, Whether thin entryng is pesible? And he answer|ide, It is pesible. And he addideaddide to I., A word of me is to thee. `To whomAnd I. sche seide, Speke thou. And he seide, Thou knowist thatfor BC. the rewme was myn, and al Israel purposide to make me in to king to hem; but the rewme is translatid, and is maad my brotheris; forfor whi I. of the Lord it is or|deyned to hym. Now therfor Y preye of the oon axyng; schendeconfounde I. thou not my face. And sche seide to hym, Speke thou. And he seide, Y preie, that thou seie to Salomon the king; for he may not denye ony thing to thee; that he ȝyue toOm. I. me Abisag of Sunam wijfto wijf I.. And Bersabee seide, Wel, Y schal speke for thee to the kyng. Therfor Bersabee cam to kyngthe kyng I. Salomon, to speke to hym for Adonye; and the kyng roos aȝens the comyng of hirhis modir I., and worschipide hir, and `sat onhe sat upon I. his trone; and a trone was set to the modir of the kyng, and sche sat at his riȝt side. And sche seide to hym, Y preie of thee o litil axyng; schendeconfounde I. thou not my face. And the kyng seide to hir, My modir, axe thou; forforsothe I. it is not leueful that Y turne awei thimy I. face. And sche seide, Abisag of SunamAbisag of Sunam; sche was wijf of Da|uyth, and therbi the queen; and so bi hir he hadde weye to come to the rewme, bi the help of Joab and of Abiathar, and of othere men fauoringe him. And Salomon, that was of scharpere wit than his modir, perseyuede this, and answeride, axe thou to him also the rewme, as [if] he seide, by this he pur|posith to come to the rewme. For Adonye spak this word aȝenus his liyf, for he ymagynede aȝenus thekyng, and for he axide the wiyf of his fadir aȝenus the lawe, in xviii. co. of Leuyticy. Lire here. C. be ȝouun wijf to Adonye, thi brother. And kyng Salomon answeride, and seide to his modir, Whi axist thou Abisag of Sunam to Adonye? Axe thou to hym also the rewme; forcertis I. he is `my grettermyn eldir I. brothir, and he hath Abiathar, preest, and Joab, sonethe sone I. of Saruye. Ther|for kyng Salomon swoor bi the Lord, and seide, God do to me these thingis, and adde these thingesthingis to I., for Adonie spakhath spoke I. this word aȝens his lijf. And now the Lord lyueth, that confermedehath confermed I. me, and hath set me onupon I. the trone of my fadir, and that hath maad to me an hows, as he spak, for Adonye schal be slayn to dai. And kyng Salomon sente bi the hond of Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada; whichand I. Banaie killideslewȝe I. Adonye, and he was deed. Also the kyng seide to Abiathar, preestthe preest I., Go thou in to Anatot, to thi feeldto thi feeld; that is, to the place of thi possessioun; for prestis hadden citees assigned for her dwelling in xxxv. co. of Numeri and xxi. co. of Josue. Lire here. C.; andOm. A. sotheli thou art a man of deeth, `that is, worthi theto EL. deeth, for conspiryng aȝens me, and the ordynaunce of God, and of my fadirthat is, worthi of deth, for conspiring aȝens me and Dauid my fadir I marg.; but to dai Y schal not sle thee, for thou baristhast bore I. the arke of the Lord God bifor Dauid, my fadir, and thou suffridist trauele in alle thingis, in whiche my fadir trauelide. Therfor Salomon puttide out Abiathar, that he schulde not be preestthe preest A sec. m. I. of the Lord, that the word of the Lord were fillidfulfillid I., whichthat I. he spak onupon I. the hows of Heli, in Siloin Silo; that he schulde be cast out fro presthod, as in I. book ii. co. Lire here. Aaron was maad hiȝeste prest bi Goddis chesing, in xxviii. co. of Exodi and in xvii. co. of Numeri. And he hadde ii. sones, Eliazar and Ythamar, that dwelliden, whanne ii. othere weren deed bifor the Lord, in x. co. of Leuitici; and thanne, bi God|dis wille, the presthod pass|ide to Eleazar and hise sones, in xx. co. of Numeri; of. ForsotheAnd I. a messager cam to Salomon, thatand seide that I. Joab hadde bowid aftir Adonye, and that he hadde not bowid after Salomon. Therfor Joab fledde in to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took the horn of the auter. And it was teld towhich Eleazar this Sadoch cam doun. So|theli Heli cam doun of Ytha|mar; and whanne Heli was iuge of the puple, he took to him the presthod, as it was seid in I. book of Kingis ii. co.; and of him cam doun this Abiathar, whom Salomon castide out, in puttinge Sa|doch in his stide. Lire here. C. kyng Salomon, that Joab hadde fledde in to the tabernacle of the Lord, and was bisidis the auter; and Salomon sente Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, and seide, Go thou, and sle hym. And Banaie cam to the tabernacle of the Lord, and seide to Joab, The kyng seith these thingis, Go thou out. And heJoab I. seide, Y schal not go out, but Y schal die here. Banaie telde the word to the kyng, and seide, Joab spak thes thingis, and an|sweride these thingis to me. And the kyng seide to Banaie, Do thou as he spakhath spoke I.Do thou as he spak; seiynge, Y schal die, for he was drawun awey violently fro the auter, and so was slayn, as it is bedun in xxi. co. of Exody. Lire here. C., and sle thou hym, and birie himOm. IS.; and thou schalt remoue the innocent blood, that wasis I. sched out of Joab, fro me, and fro the hows of my fadir. And the Lord ȝelde onupon I. hisJoabs I. heed his blood, for he killide twei iust men, andOm. I. betere than hym silf, and he killide hem biwith I. swerd, whileOm. I. Dauid, my fadir, `wiste notvnwiting it I., Abner, the sone of Ner, the prince of the chyualrie of Israel, and Amasa, sonethe sone I. of Jether, theOm. I. prince of the oost of Juda. And the blood of hem schal turne aȝen in to the heed of Joab, and in to the heed of his seed with outen ende; forsothebut I. pees be of the Lord til in to with outen ende to Dauid, and to his seed, and to the hous and trone of hym. Therfor Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, stiedestiede up I., and asailideasailide Joab I., and killide Joabhim I.; and Joab was biried in his hows in de|seertJoab was biried in his hows in desert; Rabi Salomon seith, that he made in desert a spitele for pore men; wherfore Ebreys seyen, that he is sauyd, and that temporal deth was ȝouun to him, in to clensing of hise synnes. Lire here. C.. And the kyng ordeynede Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, onupon I. the oost for hymJoab I.; and the kyng puttideputte I. Sadoch preestthe preest I. for Abiathar. Also the kyng sente, and cle|pide Semey, and seide to hym, Bilde to thee an hows in Jerusalem, and dwelle thou there, and thou schalt not go out fro thennusJerusalem I. hidur and thidur; sothelifor I. in what euer dai thou goist out, and passist the stronde of Cedron, wite thou thee worthi to be slayn; thi blood schal be on thin heed. And Semei seide to the kyng, The word of the kyng is good; as my lord theOm. I. kyng spak, so thi seruaunt schal do. TherforAnd so I. Semey dwellide in Jeru|salem inOm. I. many daies. ForsotheBut I. it was doon after thre ȝeer, that the seruauntis of Semei fledden to Achis, sonethe sone I. of Maa|cha, theOm. I. kyng of Geth; and it was teld to Semey, that hise seruauntis haddenweren I. go in to Geth. And Semey roosroos up I., and sadlide his asse, and ȝede to Achis, in to Geth, to seke hise seruauntis; and brouȝtehe brouȝte I. hem aȝen fro Geth. ForsotheAnd I. it was teld to kyng Salomon, that Semey hadde gogoon out I. to Geth fro Jerusalem, and hadde come aȝen. And Salomon sente, and clepide hym, and seide to hym, Whether Y witnessede not to thee bi the Lord, and bifor seide to thee, In what euer dai thou schalt go out hidur and thidur, wite thou that thou schalt die; and thou answeridist to me, The word is good, whichthat I. Y herdehaue herd of thee I.? Whi therfor keptist thou not the ooth of the Lord, and the comaundementheest I. whichthat I. Y comaundide to thee? And the kyng seide to Semei, Thou knowist al the yuel, of whichthe which I. thin herte is gilti to theethi selff I., which yuel thou didisthast do I. to my fadir; the Lord hath ȝolde thi malice in to thin heed. And kyng Salomon schal be blessid; and the trone of Dauid schal be stable bifor the Lord til in to with outen ende. Therfor the kyng comaundidecomaunde A. to Banaie, sonethe sone IS. of Joiada; and he assailideassailede Semey I., and smoot Semeyhim I., and he was deed.

 CAP. III.

Therfor the rewme was confermyd in to the hondis of Salomon; and bi affynyte, `ether aliaunceOm. CI., he was ioyned to Pharao, kyng of Egipt; for heSalomon I. tooktook to wijf I. the douȝter of Faraothe douȝter of Farao; Sa|lomon synnede not in this, for this womman forsook hethen|esse, and was conuertid to the feith of o veri God. Lire here. C., and brouȝtebrouȝte hir I. in to the citee of Dauid, tiltil that I. he `fillide bildyngebildynge hadde fulfillid I. his hows, and the hows of the Lord, and theOm. S. wal of Jerusalem bi cumpas. Netheles the puplepuple of the citee K. offrideoffride ȝit K. in hiȝe places; forforsothe I. the temple was not bildid toin I. the name of the Lord til in to that dai. ForsotheSothely I. Salo|mon louyde the Lord, and ȝede in the comaundementisheestis I. of Dauid, his fadir, out takun that Salomon offride in hiȝe placisoffride in hiȝe places; this was leueful thanne, nethe|les it was lesse good than to offre in the place, where the arke of God was. Bifor the bilding of the temple, whanne the arke hadde not stable abid|ing, it was leueful to offre in othere places than bifor the arke; but aftir the bilding of the temple, this was not leue|ful, no but [bi] special stiring of God, as Elie dide, in III. book of Kingis, xviii. co. Lire here. C., and brente encense `in hiȝe placesOm. I.. Ther|forAnd so I. Salomon ȝedewente I. in to Gabaon, to offre there; forcertis I. thilkethat EIL. was the moost hiȝ placehiȝe place; not in greet|nesse of erthe, but of reue|rence and onour; for the tabernacle and the auter of brent sacrifice, whiche Moyses made, weren there; in I. book of Paral. xxi. co. Lire here. C.. Salomon offride onupon I. that auter in Gabaon a thousynde offryngis in to brent sacrifice. Sotheli the Lord apperide to Salomon bi sleep in the nyȝt, and seide, Axe thou `that, thatwhat that E. that what L. thou wolt, that Y ȝyueȝyue it I. to thee. And Salomon seide, Thou hast do greet merci with thi seruaunt Da|uid, my fadir, as he ȝede in thi siȝt, in treuthe, and riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I., and riȝtfulin riȝtful I. herte with thee; thou hast kepte to hym thi greet merci, and hast ȝouun to hym a sone, sittynge onupon I. his trone, as it is to dai. And now, Lord God, thou hast maad thi seruaunt to regne for Dauid, my fadir; forsothe Y am a litil child, and not know|ynge myn outgoynge and entryngmyn yn comyng I.. And thi seruaunt is in the myddis of the pu|ple, which thou hast chose, of puple with outen noumbre, that may not be noumbrid and rikened, for multitude. Therfor thou schalt ȝyue to thi seruaunt an herte able to be tauȝt, `that is, liȝtned of theeOm. I., that he may deme thethi I. puple, and iugediscryue I. bitwixe good and yuel; for who may deme this puple, thi puple, thisthus I. miche puplethis myche puple; as if he seye, no man may, with out thi special liȝtnyng. Lire here. C.? Therfor the word pleside bifore the Lord, that Salomonhe I. hadde axid sich a thing. And the Lord seide to Salomon, For thou axidist this word, and axidist not to thee many daies, nether richessis, nether the lyues of thin enemyes, but thou axidist to thee wisdom to deme doom, lo! Y haue do to thee vpeaftir I. thi wordis, and Y haue ȝoue to thee a wyse herte and vndirstond|yngean vndirstondynge I., in so myche that no manthat no man; this is vndur|stondun, in comparisoun of kingis that weren bifor him and aftir, for bothe Adam maad in the fulnesse of kun|ning in iii. co. of Genesis, and Moises that spak to God, face to face, in xxxiii. co. of Exodi, weren wisere than Salomon, and the postlis weren more liȝtned, than ony othere in the elde testa|ment. in kingis; this schal be vndurstondun in these thre to gidere, that is, wisdom, glorie, and riches, for grete Alisaun|dre and em|perours of Rome, weren myȝtiere and gloriousere than Salomon, and summe weren richere, as Octouyan, netheles thei failiden in wis|dom, in which they weren not liyk Salomon. Lire here. C. bifor thee was lijk theeOm. C., nether schal rise aftir thee. But also Y haue ȝoue to thee these thingis, whiche thou axidist not, that is, richessis, and glorie, that no man be lijk thee in kyngis in alle tymes aftirward. Forsothe if thou goist in my weies, and kepist my biddyngis and comaundementismyn heestis I., as thi fadir ȝedeȝede in hem I., Y schal make thi daies long. Therfor Salomon wakide, and vn|dirstoodhe vndirstood I.vndurstood, etc.; therfor it was propirly a reuelacioun of God which is maad ofte in sleep. Lire here. C. what the sweuen was. And whanne he hadde come to Jerusalem, he stood bifor the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, and he offride brent sacrificessacrifice I., and madehe made I. pesible sacrifices, and a greet feeste to alle hise meynees. Thanne twei wymmen hoorisstrumpetis I. camen to the kyng, and stoden bifor hym; of whichethe whiche I. oon seide, My lord, Y biseche, Y and this womman dwelliden in oonan I. hows, and Y childide at hir in a couche. SotheliAnd I. in the thridde dai aftir that Y childidehad childid I., alsoalso and I. this wom|man childide; and we weren togidere in the hows, and noon other was with vs in thethat I. hows, outakun vs tweyne. ForsotheAnd I. the sone of this womman was deed in the nyȝt, for sche slepte, and oppressideouerlay I. hym; and sche roosroos up I. in the fourthe part of the nyȝt in silence, and tooksche took I. my sone fro the side of me, thin handmaide slep|ynge, and settidesche leide it I. sette EL. in hir bosum; forsotheand I. sche puttideputte L. in my bosum hir sone, that was deed. And whanne Y hadde ryse eerli, to ȝyue mylk to my sone, he ap|peride deed; whom Y bihelde diligentlierdiligentli A. more diligently I. bi cleer liȝt, and Y perseyuede, that he was not myn, whom Y hadde gendrid. The tother womman answeride, It is not so as thou seist, but thi sone is deed; for|sotheand I. `my sonemyn I. lyueth. Aȝenward sche seide, Thou liest; for my sone lyueth, and thi sone is deed. And bi this maner thei stryuedenstreuen EIL. streuyn P. bifore the kyng. Thanne the kyng seide, This womman seith, My sone lyueth, and thi sone is deed; and this womman answerith, Nay, but thi sone is deed; forsotheand I. my sone lyueth. Therfor the kyng seide, Brynge ȝe to me a swerd. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt a swerd bifor the kyng, he seide, Departe ȝe the quyk ȝong child in toOm. I. twei partis, and ȝyue ȝe the half part to oonthe toon I. the oon K., and theOm. I. half part to the tother. ForsotheAnd I. the womman, whos sone was quik, seide to the kyng; for her entrailis weren mouyd on hir sone; Lord, Y biseche, ȝyue ȝe to hir the quik child, and nyle ȝe sle hym. Aȝenward sche seide, Be hethe child I. nethir to me, netherOm. EILP. to thee, but be he departid. The kyng answeride, and seide, Ȝyue ȝe to this womman the ȝong child quyk, and be he not slayn; forsothefor I. this is `his modirthe modir of him I.. Therfor al Israel herde the doom, whichthat I. the kyng hadde demyd; and thei dredden the kyng, and sien, that the wisdom of Godwisdom of God; that is, ȝouun to him of God; was in him; aboue the maner of othere men, and ther|for they dred|den him, more than bifore. Lire here. C. was in hym, to make doom.

 CAP. IV.

`Forsothe kyng SalomonKyng Salomon sothly I. was regnynge onupon I. al Israel. And these weren the princes which he hadde; Azarie, sonethe sone I. of Sadoch, preestthe preest I.prest; in Ebreu it is, was vndur his fadir, that was the hiȝeste prest. Lire here. C.; Helioreb, and Haia, sonesthe sone I. of Sila, `weren scryueynsthe writer I.; Josophat, sonethe sone I. of Achilud, was chaunseler; Banaie, sonethe sone I. of Joiada, was onprince upon I. the oost; forsotheand I. Sa|doch and Abiatharand Abia|thar; Salomon clepide him aȝen in to the temple, that he schulde lyue of the auter, ne|theles not to the hiȝeste presthod. Lire here. C. weren preestis; Azarie, sonethe sone I. of Nathan, was onupon I. hem that stoden niȝ the kyng; Zabul, the sone of Nathan, was preest, `that is, greet and worschip|fulOm. I., a freend of the kyng; and Ahiasar was stiward of the hows; and Adonyram, sonethe sone I. of Adda, was onupon I. the tributis. For|sothe Salomon hadde twelue `prefectis, etherOm. I. cheef minystrysmaistris I., onupon I. al Israel, thatthe whiche I. ȝauen lijflode to the kyng, and to his hows; sotheli bi ech monethe bi it silf in the ȝeer, ech prefectcheef maister I. bi hym silf mynystride necessaries. And these ben the names of hem; Benhur, in the hil of Effraym; Bendechar, in Macces, and in Salebbym, and in Bethsames, and in He|lon, and in Bethanan; Beneseth, in Ara|both; forsotheand I. Socco, and al the lond of Epher was his; Benabidanab, whos was al Neptad, hadde Dortaphaed, `Solomons douȝterthe douȝter of Salomon I., to wijf. Bena, sonethe sone I. of Achilud, gouernyde Thaneth, and Mageddo, and al Bethsan, whichthat I. is bisidis Sarthana, vndur Jezrael, fro Bethsan `til tovnto I. Abelmeula, euene aȝens Zelmaan. Bengaber in Ra|moth of Galaad hadde Anothiair, of the sone of Manasses, in Galaad; he was souereyn in al the cuntrey of Argob, whichthat I. is in Basan, to sixti greet citees and wallid, thatthe whiche I. hadden brasun lockis. Achymadab, sonethe sone I. of Addo, was souereyn in Manaym; Achymaas was in Neptalym, but also he hadde Bachsemath, douȝterthe douȝtir I. of Salomon, in wedloc; Banaa, sonethe sone I. of Husy, wasOm. I. in Aser, and in Balod; Jose|phat, sonethe sone I. of Pharue, was in Ysachar; Semey, sonethe sone I. of Hela, wasOm. I. in Beniamyn; Gaber, sonethe sone of Sury, wasOm. I. in the lond of Galaad, and in the lond of Seon, kyng of Amorrey, and of Og, kyng of Basan, onand upon I. alle thingis, that weren in that lond. Juda and Israel weren vnnoumbrable, as the soond of the see in multitude, etynge, and drynkynge, and beynge glad. For|sothe Solomon was in his lordschip, and hadde alle rewmesthe rewmes I., as fro the flood of the lond of Filisteis `til tovnto I. the laste part of Egipt, of men offrynge ȝiftisȝiftis; that is, tributis. Lire here. C. to hym, and seruynge to hym, in alle the daies of his lijf. Forsothe the mete of Salomon was bi ech day, thritti chorusChorus coun|teyneth thretti buschelis. Lire here. C. et plures. of clene flour of whete, and sixti chorus of mele, ten fatte oxisoxen I., and twenti oxisoxen I. of lesewethe lesewe I., and an hundrid wetheris, ou|takun huntyng of hertys, of geet, and of buglis, and of briddis maad fat. For he helde al the cuntrei that was biȝende the flood, as fro Caphsa `til tovnto I. Gasa, and alle the kyngis of thothe A pr. m. CEGLMPQRSUbç. cuntreis; and he hadde pees bi ech part in cumpas. And Juda and Israel dwelliden withouten ony drede, ech man vndur his vyne, and vndur his fige tree, fro Dan `til tovnto I. Bersabe, in alle the daies of Salomon. And Salomon hadde fourty thousynd cratchisbi Ebreys a cracche is takun here for a place departid for ech hors bi him silf. Lire here. C. of horsis for charis, and twelue thousynde of rooderode D. rood P. reed R. reede Mb. reade Q. rede F pr. m. W. horsis; and the forseid prefectischeef maistris of the kyng I. nur|shiden tho horsis. But also with greet bisynesse thei ȝauen necessaries to the boord of kyng Salomon in her tyme; also thei brouȝten barli, and forage of horsis and werkof werk I. beestis, in to the place where the king was, `bi ordenaunceaftir that it was ordeyned I. to hem. Also God ȝaf to Salomon wisdom, and prudence ful myche, and largenesselargenesse of herte; to spende in greet worschip. Lire here. C. of herte, as the soond whichthat I. is in the brenke of the see. And the wisdom of Solomon passide the wisdom of alle eest men, and Egipcians; and he was wisere than alle men; heand he DKMX. was wisere than Ethan Esraite, and than Eman, and than Cacal, and than Dorda, the sones of Maol; and heSalomon I. was namedlosid I. among alle folkis bi cum|pas. And Salomon spak thre thousynde parablis, and hise songis weren fyue thou|syndefyue thou|synde; in Ebreu it is, a thousinde and V. C.; and he disputide of trees fro a cedre whichthat I. is in theOm. GKLNOSbç. Lyban, `til tovnto I. the ysope that goith out of the wal; he disputide of werk beestis, and briddis, and crepyngeof crepynge I. beestis, and fischisof fischis I.. And theimen I. camen fro alle puplis to here the wisdom of Salomon, and fro alle kyngisthe kyngis I. of erthe, that herden his wisdom.

 CAP. V.

Also Hiram, kyngthe kyng I. of Tire, sente hise seruauntis to Salomon; for he herde that theiIsrael I. hadden anoyntide hym kyng for his fadir; for Hiram was frend of Dauid in al time. SotheliAnd I. also Salomon sente to Hiram, and seide, Thou knowist the wille of Dauid, my fadir, and for he miȝte not bilde an hows to the name of his God, for batelshis batels I. neiȝynge bi cumpas, til the Lord ȝaf hem vndur the step of hise feet. NowBut now I. forsotheOm. I. my Lord God ȝafhath ȝouen I. reste to me bi cumpas, and noon aduersarie is, nethir yuel asailyng; wherfor Y thenke to buylde a temple to the name of my Lord God, as God spak to Dauid, my fadir, and seide, Thi sone, whom Y schal ȝyue to thee for thee onupon I. thi trone, he schal bilde an hows to my name. Therfor comaunde thou, that thi seruauntis hewe doun to me cedris of the Liban; and my seruauntis be with thi seruauntis; sotheliand I. Y schal ȝyue to thee the meede of thi seruauntis, what euere meedeOm. I. thou schalt axe; for thou woost, that in my puple is not a man that kan hewe trees, as Sidonyesmen of Sydonye I. kunnenOm. I.. Therfor whanne Hiram hadde herde the wordis of Salomon, he was ful glad, and seide, Blessid be the Lord God to dai, that ȝafhath ȝoue I. to Dauid athe I. sone moost wijs onupon I. this puple ful myche. And Hiram sente to Salomon, and seide, Y haue herde what euer thingisthing I. thou sentisthast sent I. to me; Y schal do al thi wille, in trees of cedres, and of beechisbeeche I.of beechis; Ebreys seyn, in trees of box, where oure translacioun hath, of beechis. C.. My seruauntis schulen putte doun thothe I. trees fro the Libanhil of Liban I. to the see, and Y schal araye tho trees in schippis in the see, `til tovnto I. the place whichthat I. where L. thou schalt signyfie to me; and Y schal dresse tho there, that thou take tho; and thou schalt ȝyue necessariesnecessarie S. to me, that mete be ȝouun to myn hows. TherforAnd so I. Hiram ȝaf to Salomon `trees of cedrescedre trees I., and `trees of beechisbeeche trees I., bi al his wille; forsotheand I. Salomon ȝaf to Hiram twenti thousynde chorus of wheete, in to meete tointo A pr. m. DEIMSbç. his hows, and twenti chorus of purestemoost pure I. oile; Salomon ȝaf these thingis to Hiram bi alle ȝeeris. Also the Lord ȝaf wisdom to Salomon, as he spak to hym; and pees was bitwixe Hiram and Salomon, and bothebothe thei I. smytidensmoten togidre I. smiten EL. boond of pees. And kyng Salomon chees werk men of al Israel; and the summe was thretti thou|synde of men. And `Salomon sente hem in to the Libaninto Liban Salamon sente I., ten thousyndethousynde men I. bi ech monethe bi whilis, so that in twei monethis bi whilis thei weren in her howsis; and Adonyram was onupon I. in K. sich a summe. Ther|forAnd so I. seuenti thousynde of hemhors A rec. m., that baren burthuns, weren to Salomon, and foure score thousynde of masouns in the hil, with out the souereyns, that weren mais|tris of alle werkisthe werkis I., bi the noumbre of thre thousynde and thre hundrid, comaundynge to the puple, and to hem that maden werk. And the kyng comaundide, that thei schulden take greete stonys, `and pre|ciouse stonysOm. K.precious stonys; Ebreys seyen heuye stonys, for siche stonys ben able for the founde|ment. Lire here. C., in toOm. X. the foundement of the temple, and that thei schulden make tho square; whiche stoonys the masouns of Salomon, and the masouns of Hyram, hewiden. ForsotheAnd I. Bibliesmen of Biblies I. maden redi trees and stonus, to the hows toOm. S. be bildid.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe it was doon in the fourthefoure I. hundrid and fourescore ȝeerMoises gouer|nede the puple bi xl. ȝeer, in xvi. co. of Exodi, Josue bi xl. ȝeer in iij. co. of Judicum, Othonyel bi xl. ȝeer, in iij. co. of Judicum, Aioth bi xl. ȝeer, in iij. co. of Judicum, Del|bora bi xl. ȝeer, in v. co. of Judi|cum, Gedeon bi xl. ȝeer, in viij. co. of Judicum, Abymelech bi iij. ȝeer, in ix. co. of Judicum, Thola bi xxiij. ȝeer, in x. co. of Judicum, Jair bi xxij. ȝeer, in x. co. of Judi|cum, with out domesman bi xviii., in x. co. of Judicum, Jepte bi sixe ȝeer, in xij. co. of Judicum, Abessan bi vij. ȝeer, in xij. co. of Judicum, Abilon bi x. ȝeer, in xii. co. of Judicum, Abdon bi viij. ȝeer, in xij. co. of Judicum, Sampson bi. xx. ȝeer, in xvi. co. of Judicum, Hely bi xl. ȝeer, in I. book of Kingis iiij. co., Samuel and Saul bi xl. ȝeer, in xiij. co. of Dedis, Dauyth bi xl. ȝeer, in III. book of Kingis ii. co., Salomon bi iij. ȝeer, here in this text; thus the noumbre teld here, is proued bi Scrip|ture. Lire here. C. of the goynge out of the sones of Israel fro the lond of Egipt, in the fourthe ȝeerin the fourthe ȝeer, of the rewme of Salo|mon. Lire here. C., in the monethe Zio; thilkethat I. is the secounde monethethilke is the secounde monethe, of the iiij. ȝeer of the rewme of Sa|lomon. Lire here. C. of the rewme of Salomon onupon I. Israel; he bigan to bilde an howsthe temple of Salamon K marg. to the Lord. For|sotheAnd I. the hows whichthat I. kyng Salomon bildide to the Lord, hadde sexti cubitis in `lengthe, and twenti cubitisOm. I. in breede, and thretti cubitis in heiȝthe. And a porche was bifor the temple of twenti cubitis of lengthe, by the mesure of the breed of the temple; and the porche hadde ten cubitis of breede, bifor the face of the temple. And Salomon made in the temple `wyndows streytenarowe wyndows I. without|forth, and large with ynne. And he bild|ide onupon I. the wal of the temple bildyngis of tablis bi cumpas, in the wallis of the hows, `bi cumpas ofaboute I. the temple, and ofOm. I. Goddis answeryng place; and he made sidis in the cumpas. The bildyng of tablis, that was vndur, hadde fyue cubitis of breede; and the myddil bildyng of tablis was of sixe cubits of breede; and the thridde bildyng of tablis was hauynge seuene cubitis of breede. SotheliAnd I. he puttideputte I. beemys in the hous bi cumpas with out|forth, that tho cleuiden nottho clyueden not, etc.; that is, the closingis in of the aleris. Lire here. C. to the wallis of the temple. ForsotheAnd I. whanne the hows was bildid, it was bildidbild I. of `stoonys hewid and perfitperfit hewyn stoonys I.; and anOm. I. hamer, and ax, and al thing maad of yrun, weren not herd in the hows, while it was in bildyng. The dore of the myddil side was in the wal of the riȝthalf howsof the hows I.; and bi a vijs theimen I. stiedenstieden up I. in to the myddil soler, and fro the myddil soler in to the thridde soler. And Salomon bildide the hows, and endide it. AlsoAnd DKX. Salomon hilide the hows with couplis of cedrecedre trees I., and bildidehe bildide I. a bildyng of tablis ouer al the hows, bi fyue cubitis of heiȝthe, and hilidehe hilide I. the hows with `trees of cedrecedre trees I.. And the word of the Lord was maad to Salomon, and seide, This is the hows, whichthat I. thou bildistbildidist K.; if thou gost in myn heestis, and dost my domes, and kepist alle my com|aundementis, and goist bi tho, Y schal make stidefast my word to thee, `which wordthat I. Y spak to Dauid, thi fadir; and Y schal dwelle in the myddis of the sones of Israel, and Y schal not forsake my puple Israel. Therfor Salomon bildide the hows, and endide it; and he bildide the wallis of the hows with ynne with tablis of cedre, fro the pawment of the hows `til tovnto I. the heiȝnesse of the wal, and `til tovnto I. the couplis; and hilidehe hilide hem I. with trees of cedre with ynne; and he hilide the paw|ment of the hows with tablis of beeche. And he bildide a wal of tablis of cedre of twenti cubitis at the hyndrerehyndir EILXç. hindere K. part of the temple, fro the pawment `til tovnto I. the hiȝere partis; and he made the ynnere hows of Goddis answeryng place, in to the hooli of hooli thingis. SotheliAnd I. Forsothe EL. thilkethat EL. temple bifor the doris of Goddis answering place was of fourti cubitis. And al the hows with ynne was clothid with cedre, and hadde hise smethenessis, and hise ioynyngis maad suteli, and grauyngis ap|peryngesemynge I. aboue; alle thingis weren clothid with tablisbordis I. of cedre, and outirli a stoon miȝte not appere in the wal. ForsotheAnd I. Salomon made Goddis answeryng place in the myddis of the hows, in the ynnere part, that he schulde sette there the arke of boond of pees of the Lord. SotheliAnd I. Goddis answeryng place hadde twenti cubitis of lengthe, and twenti cubitis of breede, and twenti cubitis of hiȝte; and he hilide, and clothide it with purestemoost pure I. gold; but also he clothide the auter with cedre. Also he hilidehilide it I. with pureste gold thean D. hows bifor `Goddis answeryng placeor the oracle I marg., and fastnydehe fastnyde the I. platis with goldun nailis. No thing was in the temple, `which thingthat I. was not hilid with gold; but also he hilid with gold al the auter of Goddis answeryng place. And he made in `Goddis answeryng placethe oracle I. twey cheru|byns of theOm. C. trees of olyues, of ten cubits of heiȝte; o wynge of cherub was of fyue cubitis, and the tother wynge of cherub was of fyue cubitis, that is, hauynge ten cubitis, fro the heiȝnesse of `the othat oon I. the too K. the DEMXb. Om. ç. wynge `til tovnto I. the hiȝnesse of the tother wynge. And the secunde cherub was of ten cubitis in euene mesure; and o werk was in the twey cherubyns, that is, o cherub hadde the hiȝthe of ten cubitis, and in lijk maner the tother cherub. And heSalomon I. settidesette EIL. che|rubynsthe cherubyns I. in the myddis of the ynnere tem|ple; forsotheand I. the cherubyns helden forth her wyngis, and o wenge touchide the waloon wal I., and the wynge of the secunde che|rub touchide the tother wal; forsotheand I. the otheretothere EKLç. wyngis in the middil part of the temple touchiden hem silf togidere. And he hilide the cherubyns with gold, and alle the wallis of the temple `bi cumpasaboute I.; and grauydehe grauyde hem I. with dyuerse grauyngis and smethenesse; and he made in tho wallys cherubyns, and palmes, and dyuerse peyn|turis, as stondinge forth and goynge out of the wal. But also he hilide with gold the pawment of the hows, withynnewith ynne forth I. and with outforthe. And in the entryng of `Goddis answering placethe oracle I. he made twei litil doris of theOm. I. trees of olyues; and he made postis of fyue corneris, and twei doris of the trees of olyues; and grauydehe grauyde I. in tho the peynture of cherubyns, and the licnessis of palmes, and grauyngis aboue stondynge forth gretli; and he hilide tho with gold; and he hilide as wel the che|rubyns, as palmes, and othere thingis with gold. And in the entring of the temple he made postis foure cornerid of theOm. I. trees of olyues; and he made twei doris of theOm. I. trees of beechof beech; Ebreys seyen of box. C., ech aȝens other; and euer either dore was double, and it was openyd holdynge it silf togidere. And he grauyde cherubyns, and palmes, and grauyngis ap|perynge greetli; and he hilide alle thingis with goldun platis, bi square werk at reule. And he bildide a large streetstreet, or an alure I. with ynne, bi thre ordris of stoonys maad fair, and bi oon ordre of trees of cedre. The hows of the Lord was foundid in the fourthe ȝeerin the fourthe ȝeer; of the rewme of Salo|mon. Lire here. C, in the monethe Zio; and the hows was maad perfitperfit or eendid I. in al his werk, and in allealle his I. vessels, ether `purtenauncispurtynaunce W., in the ele|uenthe ȝeer, in the monethe Zebul; thilkethat EL. is the eiȝthe monethe; and he bildide that hows in seuene ȝeer.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe Salomon bildide his owne hows in thrittenethe threttenethe K. ȝeer, and brouȝte itOm. DEGLMNPbç. til to perfecciounperfeccioun or perfit eend I.. He bildide an hows of the forest of Liban, of an hundrid cubitis of lengthe, and of fifti cubitis of breede, and of thretti cubitis of hiȝthe; and he bildide foure aleis bitwixe the pilers of cedre; for he hadde hewe doun trees of cedres in to pilers. And he clothide al the chaumbir with wallistablis A sec. m. b. of cedriscedre I.; whichthe which I. chaumbir was susteynedborn up I. with fyue and fourti pi|leris. SotheliAnd I. oon ordre hadde fiftene pi|leris, set aȝens hem silf togidere, and bi|holdynge hem silfsilf eche I. euene aȝens, biother bi I. euene space bitwixe the pilers; and onupon I. the pilers werenOm. I. foure square trees, euene in alle thingis. And he made a porche of pilers of fifti cubitis of lengthe, and of thritti cubitis of breede; and `he madeOm. I. an other porche in the face of the gretter porche; and he made pileris, and pomels on the pileris. Also heSalomon I. maad a porche of the kyngis seete, in whichwhiche porche was I. the seete of doom wasOm. I.; and heOm. K. hilidehilide it I. with trees of cedre, fro the pawment `til tovnto I. the hiȝ|nesse. And a litil hows, in which heSalomon I. sat to deme, was in the myddil porche, bi lijk werk. Also Salomon made an hows to the douȝter of Farao, whom he hadde weddid, bi sich werk, bi what maner werk he made and this porche. He made alle thingis of preciouse stoonys, that weren sawid at suma I. reule and mesure, bothe with ynne and with outforth, fro the foundement `til tovnto I. the hiȝnesse of wallis, and with ynne and `til tovnto I. the grettergrett K. street, ethir court. SotheliAnd I. the founde|mentis weren of preciouse stoonys, greteof grete I. stoonys of ten, ethir ofOm. I. eiȝte cubitis; and preciouse stoonys hewun of euene mesure weren aboue; in lijk maner and of cedre. And the gretter court, `ethir voide spaceOm. I., was round, of thre ordris of hewun stonus, and of oon ordre of hewun cedrecedre trees I.; also and in theOm. S. ynnere large strete of the hows of the Lord, and in the porche of the hows of the Lord. Also kyng Salo|mon sente, and brouȝte fro Tire Hiram, the sone of a womman widewe, of the lynage of Neptalym, of the fadir aof a I. man of Tyre, HiramOm. I., a crafty man of brasse, and ful of wisdom, and vndirstondyngeof vndirstondynge I., and doctrynof techyng I., to make al werk of bras. And whanne he hadde come to kyng Sa|lomon, he made al hys werkbrasen werk I.. And he made twey pilers of bras, o piler of eiȝtene cubitis of hiȝthe; and a lyne of twelue cubitis cumpasside euer either piler. Also heHiram I. made twei pomels, ȝotun of bras, thatwhiche I. weren set on the heedis of the pilers; o pomel of fyue cubitis of hiȝthe, and the tothir pomel of fyue cubitis of heiȝthe; and bi the maner of a net, and of chaynes knyt to gidere to hemhem self I., bi wonderful werk. Euer either pomel of the pilers was ȝotun; seuen werkis lijk nettis of orders weren in o pomel, and seuen werkis lijk nettis werenOm. I. in the tother pomel. And he made perfitli the pilers, and twei ordris `bi cum|pas ofaboute I. alle werkisthe werkis I. lijk nettis, that tho schulden hile the pomels, thatwhiche I. weren onupon I. the hiȝnesse of pumgarnadis; in the same maner he dide also to the secounde pomel. SotheliAnd I. the pomels, that weren onupon I. the heedis of the pilers in the porche, weren maad as bi theOm. I. werk of lilye, of foure cubitis; and eft othere pomels in the hiȝnesse of pilers aboue, bi the mesure of the piler, aȝenssett aȝens I. the werkis lijk nettis; forsotheand I. twey hundrid ordris of pumgar|nadis weren in the cumpas of the secounde pomel. And he settidesette I. the twey pilers in the porche of the temple; and whanne he hadde set the riȝthalf pilere, he clepide it bi name JachymJachym, that is, stidefastnesse C marg. K.; in lijk maner he reis|idereiside up I. the secounde pilere, and he clepide the name therof BoozBooz, that is, strengthe C marg. K.. And he settidesette I. onupon I. the heedis of the pilers athe C. werk bi theOm. EL. maner of a lilie; and the werk of the pilers was maad perfitup fully I.. Also heHiram I. made a ȝotun see, that is, a waisching vessel for preestis, round in cumpas, of ten cu|bitis fro brynke tilOm. IX. to theOm. KXç. brinke; the heiȝnesse therof was of fyue cubitis; and a corde of thretti cubitis ȝede aboute it bi cumpas. And grauyngthe grauyng I. vndir the brynke cumpasside it, and cumpassideit came aboute I. the see bi ten cubitis; tweyne ordris of grauyngis conteynynge summe stories weren ȝotun, and stoden onupon I. twelue oxisoxen I.; of whiche oxisoxen I. thre bihelden to the north, and thre to the west, and thre to the south, and three to the eest; and the see was aboue onupon I. tho oxisoxen I., of whichewhiche oxen I. alle the hynderehyndrere A sec. m. thingis weren hid `with ynnewithynne the see I.. SotheliAnd I. the thicknesse of the see was of thre ouncesthre ounces; in Ebreu it is here of iiij. fyngris; and bi Ebreys a pawm is as myche as iiij. fingris. Lire here. C., and the brynke therof was as the brynke of a cuppe, and as the leef of a lilie crokid aȝen; the see tookconteynede I. twei thou|synde bathusbathus is a mesure of thre buschelis, and metreta con|teineth two quartis and an halff. I., threand thre K.this word iij. thousynde metretis, is not in Ebrew, ne|ther in bokis amendid, but it was first a glos to schewe what is signe|fied bi bathus, and aftirward bi ignoraunce of writeris, it was set in the text. A metrete conteyneth ij. quartis and an half; and bi this the see conteynede xi. tunnes and an half, and iij. sextaries. Bi Isidore the see conteynede lxv. tunnes and x. sextaries. A sextarie is as a chopyn of Pariys, but for lengthe and variyng of me|suris in tymes and cuntreys, we han no cer teynte of E|brew mesuris. Lire here. C. thousynde metretisa metrete conteyneth twei quartis and an half. Lire here. C. et plures.. And he made ten brasun foundementes, ech foundement of foure cubites of lengthe, and of foure cubitis of brede, and of thre cubitis of hiȝnes. And thilkethat EL. werk of foundementisthe foundementis I. was rasidraasid I. bitwixe; and grauyngis weren bitwixebitwene I. the ioynturis. And bitwixebitwene I. the litil corouns and serclisthe serclis I. weren liouns, oxisoxen I., and cherubyns; and in the ioynturis in lijk maner aboue; and vndir the lyouns and oxisthe oxen I. weren as reynes of bridels of bras hangynge doun. And bi ech foundement weren foure wheelis, and brasun extrees; and bi foure partis weren as litle schuldryngis vndir the waischyng vessel, `the schuldryngisOm. I.schuldryngis; that is, schorte pileris to sus|teyne the waschyng ves|sel. Lire here. C. ȝotun, and biholdynge aȝens hemsilf to|gidere. And the mouth of the waischyng vessel with ynne was in the hiȝnesse of the heedof the heed; this word heed, is not in E|breu, but for al this lettre it is had thus in Ebreu, and the mouth ther|of was round aboue, bi o cu|bit; for on the hiȝnesse that was of o cubit, was a sercle that was clepid the mouth, hauynge half a cubit in heiȝthe. Lire here. C., and that, that apperide with outforth, was of o cubit, and it was al round, and hadde togidere o cubit and an half; sotheliand I. dyuerse grauyngis weren in the corneris of pilers, and the mydil piler bitwixebitwene I. was square, notand not S. round. And the foure wheelis, thatwhiche I. weren bi foure corneris of the foundement, cleuyden to|gidere to hem silf vndir the foundement; o wheele hadde o cubit and an half of hiȝthe. SotheliAnd I. the wheelis weren siche, whiche maner wheelis ben wont to be maad in a chare; and the extrees, and the `naue stockisnauelstockis L., and the spokis, andand the KOX. dowlisfelies I. of tho wheelis, alle thingis weren ȝotun. For also the foure litle schuldryngis, bi alle the corners of o foundement, weren ioyned to gidere, and ȝotunand ȝotun; that is, weren ȝotun to gidere with that foun|dement, and maden o body. Lire here. C. of that foundement. SotheliAnd I. in the hiȝnesse of the foundement was suma I. roundenesse, of o cubite and an half, so maad craftili, that the waischyng vessel myȝte be set aboue, hauynge his purtrei|yngis, and dyuerse grauyngis of it silf. Also heHiram I. grauyde in tho wallistablis C., that weren of bras, and in the corneris, cheru|byns, and liouns, and palmes, as bi the licnesse of a man stondynge, that tho semeden not grauun, but put to bi cum|pas. Bi this maner he made ten founde|mentis, bi o ȝetyng and mesureoo mesure I., and lijk grauyng. Also he made ten waischyng vessels of bras; o waischyng vessel took fourti bathus, and it was of foure cubitis; and he puttideputte I. ech waischyng vessel bi it silf bi ech foundement bi it silf, that is, ten. And he made ten foundementis, fyue at the riȝt half of the temple, and fyue at the left half; sotheliand I. he settidesette I. the see at the riȝt half of the temple, aȝens the eest, at the southsouth coost I.. Also Hiram made cawdrouns, and pannes, and wyn vessels; and he made perfitli al the werk of kyng Salomon in the temple of the Lord. He made twey pilers, and twei cordiscordis; that is, serclis cum|passinge the pomels, at the maner of cordis. Lire here. C. of pomelsthe pomels I. onupon I. the pomels of pilersthe pilers I., and twei werkis lijk nettis, that tho schulden hile tweythe two I. cordis, that weren onupon I. the heedis of pileristhe pileris I.. And `he madeOm. I. pum|garnadis foure hundrid in twey werkis lijk nettis; `he madeOm. I. tweyneand two I. ordris of pumgarnadis inon C. ech werka werk B. lijk a net, to hile the cordis of the pomels, that weren on the heedis of pilers. And he made ten foundementis, and ten waischyng vessels onupon I. the foundementis; and o se, `that is, a waischyng vessel for preestisOm. CI., and twelue oxisoxen I. vndur the see; and `he madeOm. I. cawdruns, and pannys, and wyn vessels. Alle vesselsthe vessels I., whiche Hiram made to kyng SalomonSalomon; for he made siche thingis to be maad; ether the kyng, that is, Hiram, that was seid king of crafty men, for the excellence of craft. Lire here. C. in the hows of the Lord, weren of latoun. And the kyng ȝetide tho ves|sels in the feeldi cuntrey of Jordan, in cleyi lond, bitwixe Sochot and Sarcham. And Salomon settidesette I. alle the vesselsvessels in a hous I.; forsothebut I. for greetthe greet I. multitude no weiȝte was of brasthe bras I., `that is, it passide al comyn weiȝteOm. I.. And Salomon made alle vesselsthe vessels I. in the hows of the Lord; sothelicertis I. he made the golden auter, `that is, the auter of encense, that was with ynne the templeOm. I., and the goldun boord, onupon I. whych the loouys of settynge forth weren set; and he mademade of moost pure golde I. goldun candilstikis, fyue at the riȝt half, and fyue at the left half, aȝens Goddis answerynge place, `of purest goldOm. I.; and he made as the flouris of a lilie, andOm. I. goldun lanterns aboue, and goldun tongis; and pottis, and hokis, and violis, and morteris, and censeris of pureste gold; and the herris, ether heengis, of the doris of the ynnere hows of the hooli of hooli thingis, and of the doris of the hows of the temple weren of gold. And Salomon performyde al the werk, whichthat I. he made in the hows of the Lord; and he brouȝte ynne the thingis, whiche Dauid, his fadir, hadde halewid; siluer, and gold, and vessels; and he keptekepte thoo I. in the tresours of the hows of the Lord.

 CAP. VIII.

ThanneWhanne A. alle the gretter men in birthe in Israel, with theOm. I. princes of lynagisthe lynagis I., and thewith I. duykis of meyneesthe meynees I. of the sones of Israel, weren gaderid to kyng Salomon, in to Jerusalem, that thei schulden bere the arke of boond of pees of the Lord fro the citee of Dauid, that is, fro Syon. And al Israel cam to gidere in the moneth Bethanymthat is, Sep|tembre. Lire here. C. et plures.of Bethanym C., in the solempne dai; thilkewhich EL. is the seuenthe moneth. And alle the elde men of Israel camen; and the preestis token the arke, and barenthei baren I. the arke of theOm. A. Lord, and the tabernacle of boond of pees, and alle vesselsthe vessels I. of the seyntuarye, that weren in the tabernacle; and the preestis and dekenes baren tho. SotheliAnd I. kyng Salomon, and al the multitude of Israel, that camen togidere to hym, ȝede with hym bifor the arke; and thei offriden scheep and oxisoxen I., with out gessyngwith out gess|ing; this is seid bi figuratif speche, clepid iperbole, to sig|nefie the multi|tude of sacri|fices. Lire here. C. and noumbre. And prestis brouȝten the arke of boond of pees of the Lord in to his place, in to Goddis answerynge place of the temple, in to the hooli of hooli thingis, vndur the wengis of cherubynsthe cherubyns I.. For|sotheAnd I. cherubynsthe cherubyns I. spredden forth wengisher wengis I. ouer the place of the arke; and hilidenthei hiliden I. the arke, and the barris therof aboue. And whanne the barris stoden forth, and the hiȝnessehiȝnesses KX. of tho apperiden with out the seyntuarye, bifor `Goddis answerynge placethe oracle I text. that is, Goddis answerynge place I marg., thotho barrus I. apperyden no ferther with out|forth; whichethe whiche I. barris also weren there `til in tovnto I. presentthis present I. day. ForsotheAnd I. in the arke iswas I. noon other thingin the arke is noon other thing; the con|trarie of this semeth in ix. co. to Ebreys, where Poul seith thus, that the ȝerde of Aaron, and a goldun vessel hauynge man|na, weren there with the tablis. This is soilid in double maner, first thus, that the tablis a|loone weren there princi|paly, for herfor the arke was maad. The ȝerde of Aaron was there bi occa|sioun, to putte awey rebellioun of presthod; and the goldun vessel with manna was there, to the mynde of meete ȝouun fro heu|ene. In the se|counde maner thus, that the ȝerde of Aaron and the goldun vessel weren not withynne the arke, but with|outforth in a cofere maad therto, and put in the side of the arke. Lire here. C., no but twei tablis of stoon, whiche tablisOm. I. Moyses in Oreb hadde put in the ark, whanne the Lord made boond of pees with the sones of Israel, whanne thei ȝeden out of the loond of Egipt. ForsotheAnd I. it was doon whanne the preestis hadden go out of the seyntuarie, a cloude fillide the hows of the Lord; and the preestis myȝten not stonde and mynystre, for the cloude; for whi the glorye of the Lord hadde fillid the hows of the Lord. Thanne Salomon seide, The Lord seide, that he wolde dwelle in a cloudein a cloude; in Ebreu it is in a myist, and so it is in II. book of Paralip. vi. co. Lire here. C.. Y bildynge haue bildid an hows in to thi dwelling place, in to thi moost stidefast trone with outen ende. And the kyng turnede his face, and blesside al the chirche in Israel; for al the chirche of Israel stoodstood there I.. And Sa|lomon seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, that spak with his mouth to Dauid, my fadir, and performyde in hise hondis, and seide, Fro the dai in which Y ledde my puple Israel out of Egipt, Y chees not a citee of alle the lynagis of Israel, that an hows schulde be bildid, and my name schulde be there; but Y chees Dauid, that he schulde be ouer my puple Israel. And Dauid, my fadir, wolde bildehaue bildid I. an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel. And the Lord seide to Dauid, my fadir, That thou thouȝtist in thin herte to bilde an hows to my name, thou didist wel, tretynge this same thing in soulethi soule I.; nethe|les thou schalt not bilde an hows to me, but thi sone, that schal go out of thi reynes, he schal bilde an hows to my name. The Lord hathhath now I. confermyd his word, whichthat I. he spak; and Y stood for Dauid, my fadir, and Y sat onupon I. the trone of Israel, as the Lord spak; and Y haue bildid an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel. And Y haue ordeyned there a place of the arke, in which arke the boond of pees of the Lord is, which he smoot with oure fadris, whanne thei ȝeden out of the lond of Egipt. ForsotheAnd I. Salomon stood bifoor the auterSalomon stood bifore the auter; of brent sacrifices, for prestis aloone entriden to the auter of en|cense. Lire here. C. of the Lord, in the siȝt of the chirch of Israel; and he helde forth hise hondis aȝens heuene, and seide, Lord God of Israel, no God in heuene aboue, netherne EL. onupon I. in EKLX. erthe bynethe, is lijk thee, which kepist coue|naunt and mercy to thi seruauntis, that goon bifor thee in al her herte; and thou kepist to Dauid, my fadir, thi seruaunt, tho thingis whiche thou hast spoke to him; bi mouth thou hast spoke, and bi hondis thou hast fillidfulfillid I., as this day preu|eth. Now therfor, Lord God of Israel, kepe thou to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fadir, tho thingis whiche thou spakist to hym, and seidist, A man of thee schal not be taken awei bifor me, which man schal sitte onupon I. the trone of Israel, so netheles if thi sones kepen thi weye, that thei go bifor me, as thou ȝedist in my siȝt. And now, Lord God of Israel, thi wordisthi wordis, etc. Not ony chaungeable|ness is signe|fied herbi in God, but in men, to whiche the benefices of God ben bihiȝt vndur condi|cioun, that they here wel hem silf; therfor this is the sentence, thi wordis ben maad stidefast, that is, ȝyue thou to me and to othere eiris of Dauyth, stidefastnesse of soule in good abiding, that they be not defraudid fro the biheest. Lire here. C. be maad stidfast, whiche thou spakist to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fadir. Therfor whe|ther it is to gesse, that God dwellith verily onupon I. erthethat God dwellith verily on erthe; bi this, he exclud|ith the errour of hem, that gessiden that God bi the Godhed hath manus forme. Lire here. C.; for if heuene, and heuene of heuenes moun not take thee, how myche more this hows, whichthat I. Y bildidhaue bildid I. to thee, `mai not take theeOm. I.. But, my Lord God, biholde thou to the preierebiholde thou to the preier, etc., as if he seide, this hows is not bildid, that thou dwelle there, as a man dwellith in his hows, but that prey|eris maad there be more able to be herd than in an other place, for the excercise of Goddis wor|schiping. Lire here. C. of thi ser|uaunt, and to the bisechyngis of hym; here thou the `ympne, etherOm. I. preysing, and preierethe preiere I., whichthat I. thi seruaunt preieth bifor thee to day; that thin iȝen be openyd onupon I. this hows bi niȝt and dai, onupon I. the hows, ofOm. C. which thou seidist, My name schal be there; that thou here the preier, whichthat I. thi seruaunt preieth to thee in this place; that thou here the bisechyng of thi ser|uaunt, and of thi puple Israel, what euer thing he preiethpreie KX. in this place, and here thouthou it I. in the place of thi dwellyng in heuene; and whanne thou hast herd, thou schalt be mercyful. If a man synneth aȝens a man, and hath ony ooth, bi which he is holdun boundun, and comethhe come I. for the ooth in to thin hows, bifor thin auter, thou schalt herehere him I. in heuene, and thou schalt dodo iustly I., and thou schalt deme thi ser|uauntis; and thou schalt condempne the wickid man, and schaltthou schalt I. ȝelde his weie onupon I. his heed, and thou schalt iustifie the iust man, and schaltthou schalt I. ȝelde to hym vpaftir I. his riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I.. If thi puple Israel fleeth hise enemyes, for he schal do synne to theedo synne to thee; that is, the synne to comynge, schal be cause of fliȝt suynge. Lire here. C., and thei doen penauncepenaunce, or forthinken her synne I., and knoulechen to thi greet name, and comen, and worschipen, and bisechen thee in this hows, here thou in heuene, and forȝyue thou the synne of thi puple; and thou schalt lede hem aȝen in to the lond, whichthat I. thou hast ȝoue to the fadris of hem. If heuene is closid, and reyneth not for the synnes of hemmen I., and thei preyen in this place, and doen penaunce to thi name, and ben conuertidaltogidre turned I. fro her synnes for her turment, here thou hem in heuene, and forȝyue thou the synnes of thi seruauntis, and of thi puple Israel, and schewe thou to hem gooda good I. weie, bi which thei schulen go, and ȝyue thou reyn to hem onupon I. the lond, whichthat I. thou hast ȝoue to hem in to possessioun. If hungur risith in the lond, ether pestilence is, ether corrupt eyr is, ether rust, ether locustea locuste A., ether myldew, and hisif his I. enemy turmentith hym, and bi|segith the ȝatisȝatis of him I., aland al I. woundeveniaunce I., al sike|nessesikenesse, al deuour|ing L., al cursyng, and wichyngal wischyng I. of yuel, that bifallith to ech man of thi puple Israel, ifand if I. ony man knowith the wounde of his herte, and holdith forth hise hondis in this hows, thou schalt herehere it I. in heuene, in the place of thi dwellyng, and thou schalt do mercy, and thou schalt do that thou ȝyue to ech man vpeaftir I. alle hise weies, as thou seest his herte; for thou aloone knowist the herte of alle the sones of men, that thei drede thee in alle daies in whiche thei lyuen onupon I. the face of the lond, whichthat I. thou hast ȝoue to oure fadrys. Ferthermore and whanne an alien, whichthat I. is not of thi puple Israel, cometh fro a fer lond for thi name; forforsothe I. thi grete name, and thi strong hond, and thin arm `holdun forthstreiȝt out I. schal be herd euery where; ther|for whanne he cometh, and preieth in this place, thou schalt here in heuene, inand in KX. the firmament of thi dwellyng place, and thou schalt do alle thingis, for whichethe whiche I. the alien clepith thee, that alle puplis of londis lerne to drede thi name, as thi puple Is|rael doith, and preuepreue thei I., that thi name is clepidinwardly clepid I. onupon I. this hows, whichthat I. Y bildidehaue bildid I.. If thi puple goith out to batel aȝens hise enemyes, bi the weie whidir euer thou sendist hem, thei schulen preye thee aȝens the weie of the citee which thou hast chose, and aȝensforn aȝens I. the hows whichthat I. Y bild|ide haue bildid I. to thi name, and thou schalt here in heuene the preyeris of hem, and the bi|sechyngis of hem, and thou schalt make the doom of hem. That if thei synnen to thee, for no man is that synneth not, and thou art wrooth, andtherfore and I. bitakist hem to her enemyes, and thei ben led prisoneris in to the londhond A. of enemyes, fer ether nyȝ, and thei doon penaunce in her herte in the place of prisonyngher prisonyng I., and ben conuertidal to gidre turned I., and bi|sechen in her prisonyng, and seien, We hanhaue I. synned, we hanhaue I. do wickidli, we hanhaue I. do vnfeithfuli; andand if S. thei turnen aȝen to thee in al her herte and alin al I. her soule, in the lond of her enemyes, to whichthe which I. thei ben led prisoneris, and thei preyen thee aȝensher prisonyng I. the weie of her lond whichthat I. thou hast ȝoue to her fadris, and ofaȝens I. the citee whichthat I. thou hast chose, and ofaȝens I. the temple whichthat I. Y bildidehaue bildid I. to thi name, thou schalt here in heuene, in the firma|ment of thi seete, the preiers of hem, and the bisechingis of hem, and thou shalt make the doom of hem; and thou schalt be merciful to thi puple, that synnedehath synned I. to thee, and to alle the wickidnessis, bi whiche thei trespassidenhan trespassid I. aȝens thee; andforn aȝens I. thou schalt do merci bifor tho men, that hadden hem prisoneris, that tho men do mercy to hem. For it is thi puple, and thin erytage, whiche thou leddist out of the lond of Egipt, fro the myddis of yronethe yrone I. furneisirone fur|neis; that is, hard at the maner of irun. Lire here. C.; that thin yȝen be opyn to the bisechyng of thi seruaunt, and of thi pu|ple Israel; and thou schalt here hem in alle thingis, for whichethe whiche I. thei clepenschulen clepe KX pr. m. thee. For thou hast departid hem to thee in to heritage fro alle the puplis of erthe, as thou spakist bi Moyses, thi seruaunt, whanne thou, Lord God, leddist oure fa|dris out of Egipt. Forsothe it was don, whanne Salomon, preiynge the Lord, hadde fillid al this preier and bisechyng, he roosroos up I. fro theOm. I. siȝt of the auter of the Lord; forsothely I. he hadde set fast euer either kne to the erthe, and haddehe hadde I. holde forth thehis I. hondis to heuene. Therfor he stood, and bless|ide al the chirche of Israel, and seide with greet vois, Blessid be the Lord God of Is|rael, that ȝafhath ȝoue I. reste to his puple Israel, bi alle thingis whiche he spak; a word felde not doun, sotheli netherOm. I. oonOm. CI., of alle goodisthe gode thingis I. whiche he spak bi Moises, his ser|uaunt. Oure Lord God be with vs, as he was with oure fadris, and forsake not vs, nether castecaste us I. awey; but bowe he oure hertis to hym silf, that we go in alle hise weies, and kepe hise comaundementishestis I., and cerymonyes, and domes, whiche euere he comaundidehath comaundid I. to oure fadris. And these wordis of me, bi whiche Y preiedehaue preied I. bifor the Lord, bebe thei I. neiȝyngebe neiȝynge, etc.; that is, worthi to be herd bifor God. Lire here. C. to oure Lord God bi dai and niȝt, that he make doom toto me I. his seruaunt, and to his puple Israel bi alle daies; and alle the puplis of erthe wite, that the Lord hym silf is God, and noonnoon other CF pr. m. GIMQ. `is ouerOm. CGM. `with outOm. I. hym. Also oure herte be perfit with oure Lord God, that we go in hise domes, and kepe hise co|maundementishestis I., as andalso I. to dai. Therfor the kyng, and al Israel with hym, offriden sacrifices bifor the Lord. And Salomon killideslewȝ I. pesible sacrifices, whiche he of|fride to the Lord; of oxisoxen I. twohe offride two I. and twenti thousynde, and of scheep sixe score thousynde; and the king and the sones of Israel halewiden the temple of the Lord. In that dai the kyng halewidethe king halewide; that is, made to be halewid, and to be maad redy, that sa|crifices shulden be brent there, that myȝten not be brent on the auter: this halewing was maad bi the bischop, to whos office this perteyn|ede, and for this was doon at the stiring of the king, the king is seid to haue do this. Lire here. C. the myddil of the greet street, that was bifor the hows of the Lord; for he made there brent sa|crifice, and sacrificeoffryng I., and the innere fat|nesse of pesible thingis; for the brasun auter that was bifor the Lord, was to litil, and myȝteit myȝt I. not take the brent sacri|fice, and the sacrificeoffryng I., and the ynnere fatnesse of pesible thingis. Therfor Salo|mon made in that tyme a solempne feeste, and al Israel with hym, a grete multi|tude, fro the entryng of Emath `til tovnto I. the stronde of Egipt, bifor oure Lord God, in seuene daies and seuene daies, that is, fourtene daies. And in the eiȝthe day heSalomon I. delyueryde the puplis, whichethe whiche I. blessiden the kyng, and ȝeden forth in to her taber|naclis, and werenthei weren CI. glade and of ioyful herte onof I. alle the goodis whichethat I. God hadde do to Dauid, his seruaunt, and to Israel, his puple.

 CAP. IX.

ForsotheAnd I. it was doon, whanne Salo|mon had perfourmed the bildyng of the hows of the Lord, and the bildyng of the kyng, and al thing that he coueitide, and wolde make, the Lord apperide to Salo|monhym A. the secunde tyme, as he apperide to hymSalomon A. in Gabaon. And the Lord seide to hym, Y haue herd thi preier, and thi bi|sechyng, whichthat I. thou bisouȝtisthast bisouȝt I. bifor me; Y haue halewid this hows, whichthat I. thou bildidisthast bildid I., that Y schulde sette there my name with outen ende; and myn iȝen and myn herte schulen be there in alle daies. Also if thou goist bifore me, as thi fadir ȝede, in simplenesse of herte, and in equite, and doist alle thingis whiche Y comaundidehaue comaundid I. to thee, and kepist my domes, and my lawful thingis, Y schal sette the trone of thi rewme onupon I. Israel with outen ende, as Y spak to Dauid, thi fadir, and seide, A man of thi kyn schal not be takun awei fro the trone of Israel. Forsothe if bi turnyng awei ȝe and ȝoure sones turnen awey, and suen not me, and kepen not myn hestis and cerymonyes, whiche Y set|tidehaue sett I. sette EL. forth to ȝou, but ȝe goen, and wor|schipen alien goddis, and onouren hem `bi outwardvttirward K. reuerenceOm. I., Y schal do awei Is|rael fro the face of the lond whichthat I. Y ȝaue to hem; and Y schal caste awei fro my siȝt the templethe temple; in distriynge it, as it was doon bi Nabugodo|nosor. Lire here. C., which Y halewid to my name; and Israel schal be in to a pro|uerbe and in to a fable, to alle puplis. And this hows schal be in to ensaumple of Goddis offence; ech man that schal passe bi it, schal wondre, and schal hisse, and schal seye, Whi hath the Lord do thus to this lond, and to this hows? And theimen I. schulen answere, For thei forsoken her Lord God, that ladde the fadris of hem out of Egipt; and thei sueden alien god|dis, and worschipiden hem, and onouriden hem; therfor the Lord brouȝtehath brouȝt I. in onupon I. hem al this yuel. Sotheli whanne twenti ȝeer weren fillidfulfillid I., aftir that Salomon hadde bildid tweyne housis, that is, the hows of the Lord, and the hows of the kyng, while Hiram, kyng of Tire, ȝaf to Salo|mon trees of cedre, and of beechfirr I., and gold, bi al thing that he hadde nedeful; thanne Salomon ȝaf to Hiram twenti citees in the lond of Galile. And Hiram ȝede out of Tyre that he schulde se the citees, whiche Salomon hadde ȝoue to hym, and tho plesiden not hym; and he seide, Whe|thir thes ben the citees, whiche thou, bro|ther, hast ȝoue to me? And heHiram I. clepide tho citees the lond of ChabulChabul, that is, displesing K.lond of Cha|bal; that is, of displesyng ethir of tow|nesse. Lire here. C., `til in tovnto I. this dai. Also Hiram sente to king Sa|lomon sixe score talentis of gold. This is the summe of `costisthis is the summe of costis; in E|breu it is, this is the rente, which Salomon reiside; and this is not re|ferrid to the lettre goynge next bifore, but to this that sueth aftirward of aliens, which Salomon made tributaries. Lire here. C., which summe Salo|mon the kyng ȝafthe expencis that kyng Salomon offride I. to bilde the hows of the Lord, and hishis owne I. house Mello, and the wal of Jerusalem, and Ezer, and Mag|geddo, and Gazer. FaraoAnd Farao I., kyng of Egipt, stiedestiede up I., and took Gazer, and brenteto-brente C. it bi fier; and he killide Chananei, that dwell|ide in the citee, and ȝafFarao ȝaf I. itthat citee I. in to dowerthe dower A pr. m. DEFILMOSbç. toof DEFIKLMOXbç. his douȝtir, the wijf of Salomon. Ther|for Salomon bildide Gazer, and the lower Bethoron, and Balaath, and Palmyra in the lond of wildirnesse; and he made strong alle the townes, thatwhiche I. perteyneden to hym, and weren with out wal, and the citees of chaaris, and the citees of knyȝtis, and what euer thing pleside hym to bilde in Jerusalem, and in theOm. I. Liban, and in al the lond of his power. Salomon made tri|butaries `til tovnto I. into S. this dai al the puple, that lefte of Ammorreis, Etheis, and Fereseis, and Eueys, and Jebuseys, thatwhiche I. ben not of the sones of Israel, theand the I. sones of these hethen men, thatwhiche I. the whiche sones I. dwelliden in the lond, that is, whicheOm. I. the sones of Israel myȝten not distrye. Sotheli kyng Salomon or|deynede not ony man of the sones of Israel to serueto serue; that is, in vile werkis, and of the feeldis. Lire here. C., but thei weren men werrioursof werre I., and mynystrisser|uauntis I. of him, and princes, and dukis, and prefectismaistris I. of his chares and horsis. SotheliAnd I. fyue hundrid and fifti `souereynes weren princesprinces weren souereyns I. ouer alle the werkis of Salomon, whichethe whiche I. princes had|den the puple sugetsuget to hem I., and comaundiden to werkis ordeyned. SotheliAnd I. the douȝter of Farao stiedestiede up I. fro the citee of Dauid in to hir hows, `which howsthat I. Salomon hadde bildidbildid it S. to hir; thanne he bildide Mello. Also Salomon offride in thre tymes bi alle ȝeeris brent sacrifices and pesible sa|crifices, onupon I. the auter whichthat I. he hadde bildid to the Lord; and he brente en|censehe brente encence; not bi him silf, but bi the bischops to whos office it perteynede. Lire here. C. bifor the Lord, and the temple was performed. Also king Salomon made `o schipa nauey ELP sup. ras. in Asiongaber, whichthat I. is bisidis Haila, in the brenke of the Reed sea, andOm. IS. in the lond of Idumee. And Iram sente in that schipnaueye ELP. hise seruauntis, schipmen, and kunnynge of the see, with the ser|uauntis of Salomon; and whanne thei hadden come in to Ophir, thei brouȝten fro thennus gold of foure hundrid and twenti talentis to kyng Salomon.

 CAP. X.

But also the queen of Saba, whanne the fame of Salomon was herd, cam in the name of the Lordcam in the name of the Lord; sche bileuyde in God and wor|schipide him, thouȝ sche kepte not Moyses lawe, for sche was not boundun therto. Lire here. C. to tempteassaye I. hym in derk and douti questiouns. And sche entride with myche felouschipe and richessis in to Jerusalem, and with camels berynge swete smellynge thingis, and gold greetli with out noumbre, and preciouse stoonys; and sche cam to king Salomon, and spak to hym alle thingis whiche sche hadde in hir herte. And Salomon tauȝte hir alle wordis whiche sche hadde put forth; no word was, that myȝte be hid fro the kyng, and which he answeryde not to hir. For|sotheAnd I. the queen of Saba siȝ al the wisdom of Salomon, and the hows whichthat I. he hadde bildid, and the metis of his table, and the dwellyng places of hise seruauntis, and the ordris of mynystristhe men seruynge him I., and the clothis of hem, and the boteleris, and the brent sacrifices whiche he offride in the hows of the Lord; and sche hadde no more spirite. And sche seide to the kyng, The word is trewe, whichthat I. Y herde in my lond, of thi wordis, and of thi wisdom; and Y bileuyde not to men tellynge to me, til YOm. M. my silf cam, and siȝY siȝ C. with myn iȝen, and preuede that the half part was not teld to me; thi wisdom is more and thi werkis, than the talefame I. whichthat I. Y herde. Thi men ben blessid, and thi seruauntis ben blessid, these that stonden bifor thee euere, and heren thi wisdom. Blessid be thi Lord God, whom thou plesedist, and hath set thee on the trone of Israel; for the Lord louyde Israel with outen ende, and hath ordeynyd thee kyng, that thou schuldist do doom and riȝtfulnesse. Therfor sche ȝaf to the kyng sixe score talentis of gold, and ful many swete smellynge thingis, and precious stoonus; so many swete smellynge thingis weren no more brouȝt, as tho which the queen of Saba ȝaf to kyng Salomon. But also the schip of Hi|ram, that brouȝte gold fro Ophir, brouȝte fro Ophir ful many trees of tyme, and preciouse stoonys. And kyng Salomon made of the trees of tyme vndir set|tyngisvndurset|tingis; Rabi Salomon seith, that he made therof grees, to stie fro the kingis hows in to the hows of the Lord, and in the sidis weren siche trees, that men schulden lene hem there. Lire here. C. of the hows of the Lord, and of the kyngis hows, and harpis, and sitols to syngeris; siche trees of tyme weren not brouȝt nether seyn, til in to presentthis present I. dai. Sotheli kyng Salomon ȝaf to the queen of Saba alle thingis whiche sche woldewolde haue I., and axide of hym, outakun these thingis whiche he hadde ȝoue to hir bi the kyngis ȝifte wilfuli; and sche turnede aȝen, and ȝede in to hir lond with hir seruauntis. ForsotheCertis I. the weȝte of gold, that was offrid to Salomon bi ech ȝeer, was of sixe hundrid and sixe and sixti talentis of gold, outakunwithoute I. that whichthat I. menthe men plures. thatwhiche I. weren onupon I. the talagis, `that is, rentis for thingis borun aboute in the londOm. I., and marchauntisthat marchauntis I., and alle men sillynge scheeldys, and allethat alle I. the kyngis of Arabie, and dukisthe dukis I. of erthethe lond I. ȝauen. And kyng Salomon made two hundrid scheeldis of purestemoost pure I. goldof pureste gold; without forth, but withynne tho weren of other mater. Lire here. C.; he ȝaf sixe hundrid siclis of gold in to theOm. I. platis of oo scheeld; and he made thre hundrid ofOm. DGIKNOXç. bokeleris of preued gold; thre hundrid talentis of gold clothidenhiliden I. o bokeler. And the kyng puttideputte I. thotho bokelers I. in the hows of the forest of Lyban. Also kyng Salomon made a greet trone of yuer, and clothidehe hilide I. it with ful fyn gold; whichand the I. trone hadde sixe grees; and the hiȝnesse of the trone was round in the hyndererehinder EKLX. hyndir I. part; and tweine hondis onweren on I. this side and on that side, holdynge the seete, and twei lyouns stoden bisidis ech hond; and twelue litil liouns stond|ynge onupon I. sixethe sixe I. grees on this side and on that side; siche a werk was not maad in alle rewmes. But also alle the vessels, of which kyng Salomon drank, weren of gold, and alle the purtenaunce of the hows of the forest of Liban was of pureste gold; siluer was not, nether it was arettid ofto A. ony prijsof ony priys; that is, of litil priys in com|parisoun. Lire here. C. in the daies of Salomon. For the schip of `the kyngSalomon I. wenteȝede I. onys biin I. thre ȝeer with the schip of Hiram in to Tharsis, and brouȝte fro thennus gold, and siluer, and teeth of olifauntis, and apis, and pokokispecokis I.. Therfor kyng Salo|mon was magnified aboue alle kyngis of erthe in richessis and wisdom. And al erthemen I. desiride to se the cheer of Salomon, toand to I. here the wisdom of him, which wis|dom God hadde ȝoue inin to I. his herte. And alle men brouȝten ȝiftis to hym, vessels of gold, and of siluer, clothis, and armeris of batel, and swete smellynge thingis, and horsis, and mulis, bi ech ȝeer. And Salo|mon gaderide togidere charis, and knyȝtishorsmen I.; and a thousinde and foure hundrid charis weren maad to hym, and twelue thou|synde `of knyȝtishorsmen I.; and he disposide hem bi strengthid citees, and with the kyng in Jerusalem. And heSalomon I. made, that so greet aboundaunce of siluer was in Jerusalem, how greet was also of stoonys; and he ȝaf the multitude of cedris as sicomorissicomoris trees I., thatthe whiche I. growen in feeldy places. And the horsis of Salomon weren led out of Egipt, and of Coa; for theOm. I. marchauntis of the kyng bouȝtenbouȝten hem I. of Coa, and brouȝten forhem to him for I. prijs ordeyned. ForsotheFor I. a charea chare; that is, iiij. horsis of a chare. C. ȝede out; that is, was bouȝt. Lire here. C. ȝede out of Egipt for sixe hundrid siclis of sil|uer, and an hors for an hundrid and fiftisixti K. siclissiclis of siluer KMX pr. m.; and bi this maner alle the kyngis of Etheis and of Sirye seelden horsis.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe kyng Salomon louyde bren|nyngliful myche I. many alien wymmen, andalso he louyde I. the douȝtir of Pharao, and wymmen of Moab, and Amonytisof Amon I., and Ydumeisof Ydumee I., and Sydo|neisof Sidonye I., and Etheisof Ethey I.; of the folkis of whiche the Lord seide to the sones of Israel, Ȝe schulen not entre to tho folkis, nether ony of hem schulen entre to ȝou; for most cer|teynli thei schulen turne awei ȝoure hertis, that ȝe sue the goddis of hem. TherforAnd so I. kyng Salomon was couplid to these wym|men, bi moost brennyng loue. And wyues as queenys weren seuene hundrid to hym, and thre hundrid secundarie wyues; and the wymmen turneden aweyturneden awey, etc., fro the loue of God, and fro keping of his heestis. Lire here. C. his herte. And whanne he was thanne eld, his herte was bischrewid bi wymmen, that he suede alien goddis; and his herte was not perfit with his Lord God, as the herte of Dauid, his fadir, `was perfitOm. I.. But Salomon wor|schipide AstartesSalomon worschipide Astartes, etc.; Salomon was not so fonned, that he bi|leuyde ony thing of God|hed to be in the idols, but he worschipide idols, for he nolde offende hise wyues. So Adam eet of the tre for|bedun at the tising of his wiyf, lest he schulde make her sory, as Austyn seith. For as Poul seith in I Pistle to Tymo. ii. co. Adam was not disseyued, that he bileuyde, that by eting of that tre he schulde haue kunnyng of good and of yuel, as the serpent bihiȝte. Lire here. C., the goddesse of Sido|neis, and Chamos, the god of Moabitis, and Moloch, the idol of Amonytis; and Salomon dide that, that pleside not bifor the Lord, and he fillidefulfillide I. not that he suede the Lord, as Dauid, his fadir, dideOm. I.. Thanne Salomon bildide a temple to Cha|mos, the idol of Moab, in thean I. hilin the hil; that is, of Olyuete. Lire here. C. whichthat I. is aȝensforn aȝens I. Jerusalem, and to Moloch, the idol of the sones of Amon. And bi this maner he dide to alle hise alien wyues, thatthe whiche I. brenten encencis, and offriden to her goddis. Therfor the Lord was wrooth to Salomon, for his soule was turned awei fro the Lord God of Israel; that apperide to Salomonhim I. the secounde tyme, and co|maundide of thishis I. word, that he schulde not sue alien goddis; and he kepte not tho thingis, whiche the Lord comaundide to hym. Therfor the Lord seide to Salo|mon, For thou haddist this thing anentis thee, and keptist not my couenaunt, and myn heestis, whiche Y comaundide to thee, Y schal breke, and Y schal departe thi rewme, and Y schal ȝyue it to thi ser|uaunt. Netheles Y schal not do inbi EL. thi daies, for Dauid, thi fadir; Y schal kitte it fro the hond of thi sone; nether Y schal do a wey al the rewme, but Y schal ȝyue o lynage to thi sone, for Dauid, my ser|uaunt, and for Jerusalem, whichwhom I. Y cheeshaue chosen I.. Forsothe the Lord reiside to Solomon an aduersarie, Adad Ydumey, of the kyngis seed, that was in Edom. For whanne Dauid was in Ydumee, and Joab, the prince of chyualriehis chyualrie I., hadde stiedstied up I. stie S. to birie hem that weren slayn, and he hadde slayn ech male kynde in Ydumee; for Joab, and al Israel dwelliden there bi sixesix|tene EL. monethis, til thei killidenhadden killid I. ech male kynde in Ydu|mee; Adad hym silf fledde, and men of Ydumee, ofand men of I. `the seruauntis of his fadirhis fadris seruauntis I., with hym, that he schulde entre in to Egipt; sotheliand I. Adad was a litil child. And whanne thei hadden rise fro Madian, thei camen in to Faran; and thei token with hem men of Faran, and entriden in to Egipt, to Pharao, kyng of Egipt; whichand I. Farao ȝaf an hows to hym, and ordeynedeordeynede to him I. metis, and assignedeassignede to him I. lond. And Adad foond grace bifor Farao greetli, in so myche that Farao ȝaf to hym a wijf, the sister of his wijf, sisterthe sistir KX. of thehis X. queen, of Taphnes. And the sistir of Taphnes gendrid to hymAdad I. a sone, Genebath; and Taphnes nurschide hym in the hows of Farao; and Genebath dwellide bifor Farao, with hisethe I. sonessones of Farao I.. And whanne Adad hadde herd in Egipt, that Dauid slepteslepte; for he diede bi kindly deth. Lire here. C. with hise fadris, and that Joab, the prince of chyualrieDauid chyualrie I., was deedwas deed; for he was slayn bi swerd. Lire here. C., he seide to Farao, Suffre thou me, that Y go in to my lond. And Farao seide to hym, ForAnd I. of what thing hast thou nede atanentis I. me, that thou sekist to go to thi lond? And he an|sweride, Of no thing; but Y biseche thee, that thou `delyuere melete me go I.. Also God reiside anan other I. aduersarie to Salomon, Rason, sonethe sone I. of Eliadam, that fledde Adadezer, kyng of Soba, his lord; and gaderide men aȝens hym, and was maad the prince of theuys, whanne Dauid killide hem; and thei ȝeden to Damask, and dwelliden there; and thei maden hymRazon I. kyng in Damask. And he was aduersariewas aduer|sarie; thouȝ he was aduersarie bi wille of anoying, he noyede not myche to Israel to lette the pees of the puple. Lire here. C. of Israel in alle the daies of Salomon; and this is the yuel of Adad, and thehis I. hatrede aȝens Israel; and he regnede in Sirie. Also Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, of Effraym of Saredera, the ser|uaunt of Salomon, of whichthe which I. Jeroboam, a womman widewe, Serua bi name, was modir, reisydehe reisyde I. hondhis hond IKMOSX sec. m. aȝens the kyng. And this was cause of rebelte aȝens the kyng; for Salomon bildide Mello, and made euene the swolowe of the citee of Dauid, his fadir. ForsotheAnd I. Jeroboam was a miȝti man and stronga strong I.; and Salo|mon siȝ the ȝong wexynge man of good kynrede, and witti in thingis to be doon, and Salomon made hymJeroboam I. `prefect, etherOm. I. souereyn, onupon I. in EL. the tributis of al the hows of Joseph. Therfor it was doon in that tyme, that Jeroboam ȝede out of Jerusa|lem; and Ahias of Sylo, a profete, hilid with a newe mentil, foond hymJeroboam I. in the weie; sotheliand I. thei tweyne weren onelialoone I. in the feeld. And Ahias took his newe mentil, with which he was hilid, and kit|tidehe kitte it I. in to twelue partis; and seide to Jeroboam, Take to thee ten kyttyngiskyttyngis of the mantel I.; for the Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal kytte the rewme fro the hond of Salomon, and Y schal ȝyue to thee ten lynagis; forsothebut I. o lynage schal dwelle to hym, for Dauid, my seruaunt, and for Jerusalem, the citee which Y chees of alle the lynagis of Israel; this kittyngkittyng of the rewme I. schal be; for Salomon forsook me, and worschipide Astartes, goddessethe goddesse I. of Sido|neisSydonye I., and Chamos, the god of Moab, and Moloch, the god of the sones of Amon; and ȝedefor he ȝede I. not in my weies, that he dide riȝtwisnesseriȝtful|nesse plures. bifor me, andin I. myn heestis, and my domes, as Dauid, his fadir, dideOm. I.. And Y schal not take awey al the rewme fro `his hondthe hond of Salomon I., but Y schal putte hym duyk in alle the daies of his lijf, for Dauid, my seruaunt, whom Y chees, which DauidOm. I. kepte myn heestis, and my co|maundementis. SotheliBut I. Y schal take awey the rewme fro the hond of `his sonethe sone of Salomon I., and Y schal ȝyue ten lynagis to theethee, Jeroboam I.; for|sotheand I. Y schal ȝyue o lynage to `his sonethe sone of Salomon I., that a lanterne dwelle to Dauid, my ser|uaunt, in alle daies bifor me in Jerusalem, the citee whichthat I. Y chees, that my name schulde be there. ForsotheAnd I. Y schal take theethee, Jeroboam I., and thou schalt regne onupon I. alle thingis whiche thi soule desirith, and thou schalt be kyng onupon I. Israel. Therfor if thou schalt here alle thingis whiche Y schal comaunde to thee, and if thou schalt go in my weies, and if thou schalt do that, that is riȝtful bifore me, and if thou schalt kepe my comaundementis, and myn heestis, as Da|uid, my seruaunt, dide, Y schal be with thee, and Y schal bilde a feithful hows to thee, as Y bildide an hows to Dauid, and Y schal ȝyue Israel to thee; and Y schal turmente the seed of Dauid on this thing, netheles not in alle daies. Therfor Salo|mon wolde slehaue sleie I. Jeroboam, whichthe which I. roos, and fledde in to Egipt, to Susach, kyng of Egipt; and he was in Egipt `til tovnto I. the deeth of Salomon. Forsothe the residue of the wordis of Salomon, and alle thingis whiche he dide, and his wisdom, lo! alle thingistho thingis I. ben writun in the book of wordis of daies of Salomon. SotheliAnd I. the daies biin I. whiche Salomon regnede in Jerusalem onupon I. al Israel, ben fourti ȝeer. And Salomon slepte with hise fadris, and was biriede in the citee of Dauid, his fadir; and Ro|boam, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XII.

ForsotheSothely I. Roboam cam in to Sichem; for al Israel was gaderid thidur to make hym kyng. `And sotheliBut and I. Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, whanne he was ȝit in Egipt, and fledde fro the face of kyng Salomon, turnede aȝen fro Egipt, for the deeth of Salomon was herd; and theimen of Israel I. senten, and clepiden hym. Therfor Jeroboam cam, and al the multitude of Israel, and thei spaken to Roboam, and seiden, Thi fadir puttide hardestethe most hard I. ȝok onupon I. vs, therfor abate thou a litil now of the hardest comaundement of thi fadir, and of the greuousistegreuouste DKObç. ful greuous I. ȝok whichthat I. he puttidehath put I. onupon I. vs, and we schulen serue to thee. WhichAnd I. Roboam seide to hem, Go ȝe `til tovnto I. the thridde dai, and turne ȝe aȝen to me. And whanne the puple hadde go, kyngthe kyng I. Roboam took counsel with the eldere men, thatthe whiche I. stoden bifor Salomon, his fadir, while he lyuyde ȝit; and Ro|boam seide, What counsel ȝyue ȝe to me, that Y answere to the puple? WhicheThe whiche I. seiden to hym, If thou obeiest to dai to this puple, and seruest this puple, and ȝyuest stide to her axyng, and spekist to hem liȝteesie I. wordis, thei schulen be ser|uauntis to thee in alle daies. WhichAnd I. Ro|boam forsook the counsel of elde men, whichthat I. thei ȝauen to hym, and tookhe took I. ȝongeȝonge; more ȝonge in ver|tues and kun|nyng, than in age. Lire here. C. men, that weren nurschid with hym, and stoden nyȝ him; and he seide to hem, What counsel ȝyue ȝe to me, that Y answere to this puple, that seiden to me, Make thou esyere the ȝok whichthat I. thi fadir puttidehath put up I. on vs? And the ȝonge men, that weren nurschid with hym, seiden to hym, Thus speke thou to this puple, that spaken to thee, and seiden, Thi fadir made greuouse oure ȝok, releeue thouthus A. vs; thus thou schalt speke to hem, My leest fyngur is grettereis grettere; that is, is myche myȝ|tiere. Lire here. C. than the bak of my fader; and now my fadir puttide onupon I. ȝou a gre|uouse ȝok, forsothe Y schal addeley to more I. onupon I. ȝoure ȝok; my fadir beetbetide I. beot K. ȝou with scourgis, forsothebut I. Y schal bete ȝou with scor|piounsa scorpioun here is seide a kynde of hard|este scourge, that hath knottis of lede ether of irun in the ende of cordis. Lire here. C et plures.. Therfor Jeroboam, and al the puple, cam to Roboam, in the thridde dai, as the kyng spak, seiynge, Turne ȝe aȝen to me in the thridde dai. And the kyng answeride harde thingis to the puple, while the counsel of eldere men was for|sakun, whichthat I. thei hadden ȝoue to hym; and he spak to hem bi the counsel of ȝonge men, and seide, My fadir made greuouse ȝoure ȝok, forsothebut I. Y schal addeleye to I. to ȝoure ȝok; my fadir beet ȝou with scourgis, forsothebut I. Y schal bete ȝou with scorpiouns. And the kyng assentide not to the puplepuplis I., for the Lord hadde turnedturned him I. awey, `ether hadde wlatidOm. BI. hymOm. I., that the Lord schulde reisereise up I. his word, whichthat I. he hadde spoke in the hond of Ahiasthe prophete Ahias I. of Silo to Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath. Ther|forThanne I. the puple siȝ, that the kyng noldewolde not I. here hem; and the puple answeride to the kyng, and seide, What part is to vs in Dauid, ether what eritage in the sone of Ysay? Israel, turne thou aȝen in to thi tabernaclis; now, Dauid, se thou thin hows. And Israel ȝede in to hise taber|naclis. Forsothe Roboam regnede onupon I. the sones of Israel, whichethe whiche I. euereOm. IS. dwelliden in the citees of Juda. Therfore kyng Ro|boam sente AdhuramRoboam sente Adhuram; that he schulde peese the pu|ple and seye, that thilke word of Ro|boam was liȝtly seid, and they ouȝten not go awey fro the kyng for this. And al the puple of Israel stonyde him; for dispit of his lord, for the puple hadde him suspect, lest he hadde be in the councel of the king in answer|inge so to hem, for they that ben on tributis, ben wonnt to councele of encreessing of tho. Lire here. C., that was on the tributis; and al the puple of Israel stonyde hym, and he was deed. Forsothe kyng Roboam stiedestiede up I. hastili onupon I. thehis I. chare, and fledde in to Jerusalem; and Israel depart|ide fro the hows of Dauid, til in to pre|sentthis present I. dai. Forsothe it was doon, whanne al Israel hadde herd that Jeroboam turn|ede aȝen, thei senten, and clepiden hym, whanne the cumpany was gaderid togi|dere, and thei maden hym kyng onupon I. al Israel; and no man suede the hows of Dauid, outakun the lynage aloone of Juda. ForsotheAnd I. Roboam cam to Jerusalem, and gaderidegaderide togidre I. al the hows of Juda, and the lynage of Beniamyn, an hundrid and fourescore thousynde of chosun men and weriours, that thei schulden fiȝte aȝens the hows of Israel, and schulden brynge aȝen the rewme to Roboam, sonethe sone I. of Solo|mon. Forsothe the word of God was made to Semeia, the man of God, and seide, Speke thou to Roboam, sonethe sone I. of Sa|lomon, theOm. I. kyng of Juda, and to al the hows of Juda and of Beniamyn, and to the residue of the puple, and seie thou, The Lord seith thes thingis, Ȝe schulen not stiestie up I., nether ȝe schulen fiȝte aȝens ȝoure britheren, the sones of Israel; `a manOm. I. turneturne eche man I. aȝen in to his hows, for this word is doon of me. Thei herden the word of the Lord, and thei turneden aȝen fro the iurney, as the Lord comaundide to hem. ForsotheAnd I. Jeroboam bildide Sichem, in the hil of Effraym, and dwellide there; and he ȝede out fro thennus, and bildide Phanuel. And Jeroboam seide in his herte, Now the rewme schal turne aȝen to the hows of Dauid, if this puple stiethschal stie up I. to Jerusalem, that it make sacrificessacrifice I. in the hows of the Lord in Jerusalem; and thethanne the I. herte of this puple schal turneturne aȝen I. to her lord, Roboam, kyng of Juda; and thei schulen sle me, and schulen turne aȝen to hym. And by counsel thouȝt out, heJeroboam I. made tweyne goldun caluys, and seidehe seide I. to hemthe peple I., Nyle ȝe stiewende up I. more in to Jerusalem; Israel, lo! thi goddis, thatwhiche I. ledden thee out of the lond of Egipt. And heJeroboam I. set|tidesette EIL. oonoo calff I. in Bethel, and the tother in Dan. And this word was maad to Israel in to synne; for the puple ȝede tilOm. I. in to Dan, to worschipe the calf. And Jero|boam made templis in hiȝe placis, and `he madeOm. I. preestis of the laste menof the laste men; that is, of ech lynage with out dif|ference, for the kynrede of Leuy nolde as|sente to him. Lire here. C. of the puple, thatthe whiche I. weren not of the sones of Leuy. And hethe kyng I. ordeynede a solempne dai in the eiȝthe monethe, in the fiftenthe dai of the monethe, bi theOm. I. licnesse of so|lempnytethe solempnyte I. whichthat I. was halewid in Juda. And hethe king I. stiedewente up I., and made in lijk maner an auter in Bethel, that he schulde offre to the calues, whiche he hadde maad; and he ordeynede in Bethel preestis of theOm. C. hiȝe places, whiche he hadde maad. And he styede onup upon I. the auter, whichthat I. he hadde bildid in Bethel, in the fiftenthe day of the eiȝthe monethe, which hethe kyng I. hadde feyn|ed of his herte; and he made solempnytea solempnyte I. to the sones of Israel, and he stiede onupon I. the auter, that he schulde brenne en|cencebrenne en|cence; so he mystook to him preesthod. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XIII.

And lo! a man of God cam fro Juda, bi the word of the Lord, in to Bethel, while Jeroboam stood onupon I. the auter, `and castidecastinge I. encence. And `the man of Godhe I. criede aȝens the auter, bi the word of the Lord, and seide, Auter! auter! the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! a sone, Josias by name, shal be borun toof K. the hows of Da|uid; and he schal offre onupon I. thee the preestisoffre on thee the prestis, etc.; for abho|mynacioun of idolatrie, and this was accept, ether plesaunt, to God, as sa|crifice. Lire here. C. of hiȝe thingis, thatthe whiche I. brennen now encensisencense I. yn thee, and he schal brenne the bonys of men onupon I. thee. And he ȝaf a signetoken I. in that dai, `and seideseiynge I., This schal be `the signea token to ȝou I. that the Lord spak, Lo! the auter schal be kit, and the aische whichthat I. is `there ynnein the auter I., schal be sched out. And whanne the kyng hadde herd the word of the man of God, which wordOm. I. he hadde cried aȝens the auter in Bethel, the kyng helde forth his hond fro the auter, and seide, Take ȝe hym. And his hond driede, whichthat I. he hadde holde forth, and he myȝte not drawe it aȝen to hym silf. Also the auter was kit, and the aische was sched out of the auter, bi the signetoken I. whichthat I. the man of God bifor seide, in the word of the Lord. And the kyng seide to the man of God, Biseche thou the face of thithe I. Lord Godthi God I., and preie thou for me, that myn hond be restorid to me. And the man of God preiede the face of Godthe Lord A sec. m.; and the hond of the king turnede aȝen to hym, and it was maad as it was bifore. SotheliAnd I. the kyng spak to the man of God, Come thou hoom with me, that thou ete, and Y schal ȝyue ȝiftis to thee. And the man of God seide to the kyng, Thouȝ thou schalt ȝyue to me the half part of thin hows, Y schal not come with thee, nether Y schal ete breed, nether Y schal drynke watir in this place; `for sofor|sothe I. it iswas K. comaundidboden I. to me bi the word of the Lord, comaundingebiddynge I., Thou schalt not ete breed, nether thou schalt drynke waterdrynke watir; with idola|trours in this place. C., nether thou schalt turne aȝen bi the weie bi which thou camest. Therfor he ȝede bi another weie, and turnede not aȝen bi the weie, bi which he cam in to Bethel. Forsothe suman I. elde profete dwellidedwellide thanne I. in Bethel, to whom hise sones camen, and telden to hym alle the werkis whiche the man of God hadde do in that dai in Beth|el; and thei telden to her fader the wordis whiche hethe man of God I. spak to the kyng. And the fadir of hem seide to hem, Bi what weie ȝede he? Hise sones schewiden to hym the weie, bi which the man of God ȝede, that cam fro Juda. And he seide to hise sones, Sadle ȝe an asse to me. And whanne thei hadden sadlidsadlid the asse I., he stiedestiede up I., and ȝede after the manaftir the man, etc.; that he schulde dis|seiue hym, and make to abide, that herbi he schulde preue his profesie voide. Lire here. C. of God, and foond hym sit|tyng vndur a terebynte. And he seide to the man of God, Whether thou art the man of God, that camest fro Juda? He answerideansweride to hym plures. answeride hym E., Y amit am I.. And he seide to hym, Come thou with me hoom, that thou ete breed. And he seide, Y may not turne aȝen, nether come with thee, nether Y schal ete breed, nether Y schal drynke water in this place; for the Lord spak to me in the word of the Lord, and seide, Thou schalt not ete breed, and thou schalt not drynke water there, nether thou schalt turne aȝen bi the weie bi whichthe whiche S. thou ȝedistȝedist thidre I.. WhichAnd he I. seide to hym, And Y am a profete lijk thee; and an aungel spak to me bi the word of the Lord, and seide, Lede aȝen hym in to thin hows, that he ete breed, and drynke watir. He disseyuede the man of God, and brouȝte himOm. plures. aȝen with hym. Therfor he ete breed in his hows, and drank watir. And whanne he sat at the table, the word of the Lord was maad to the propheteto the pro|fete; reuela|cioun of pro|fesie is ȝouun sum tyme to yuele men, as to Balaam, in xxii. co. of Nu|meri. Lire here. C. that brouȝte hym aȝen; and he criede to the man of God that cam fro Juda, and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, For thou obeidist not to the mouth of the Lord, and keptist not the comaunde|ment whichthat I. thithe R. Lord God comaundide to thee, and thou turnedist aȝen, and etist breed, and drankist watir in the place in which Y comaundide to thee, that thou schuldist not ete breed, nether schuldistthou schuldist I. drynke watir, thi deed bodi schal not be borun in to the sepulcre of thi fadris. And whanne he hadde ete and drunke, the pro|phete, whom he hadde brouȝt aȝen, sadlide his asse. And whanne he hadde gogo forth I., a lioun foond hym in the weye, and killideand killide; hou myche schal God pu|nysche the greuouse synnes of wick|id men, sithen he punyschith the litil synne of an hooly man by deth. Lire here. C. hymOm. plures.. And his deed bodi was cast forth in the weie; sotheli thehis I. asse stood bisydis hym, and the liounlioun also I. stood bisidis the deed bodi. And lo! men passynge sien the deed bodi cast forth in the weye, and the lyoun stondynge bisidis the deed bodi; and thei camen, and pupplischidenpupplischiden it I. in the citee, in which thilkethe I. that EL. eeld prophete dwell|ide. And whanne thilke prophete, that brouȝte hym aȝen fro the weye, hadde herd this, he seide, It is the man of God, that was vnobedient to the mouth of God; and the Lord bitookhath bitake I. hym to thea I. lioun, that brakhath broken I. hym, and killide hymOm. I., bi the word of the Lord whichthat I. he spak to hym. AndAnd thanne I. he seide to hise sones, Sadle ȝe an asse to me. And whanne thei hadden sadlid, and he hadde go, he foond his deed bodi cast forth in the weie, and the asse and thea I. lioun stondinge bisidis the deed bodi; and the lioun eet noteet not, etc.; bi this it ap|perith, that he was sauyd, for he acceptide Goddis sen|tence, and purgide the synne of vn|obedience by bodily deth. Lire here. C. the deed bodi, nether hirtide the asse. Therfor the profete took the deed bodi of the man of God, and put|tideputte EL. it onupon I. the asse; and he turnede aȝen, and brouȝte it in to the cyte of the eeld prophete, that he schulde biweile hym. And he puttideputte I. his deed bodi in his se|pulcre, and thei biweiliden him, Alas!and seiden, Alas I. alas! my brother! And whanne thei had|den biweilid hym, he seide to hise sones, Whanne Y schal be deed, birie ȝeOm. S. me in the sepulcre, in which the man of God is biried; putte ȝe my bonys bisidis hise bonys. For sotheli the word schal come, whichthat I. he bifor seide in the word of the Lord, aȝens the auter whichthat I. is in Bethel, and aȝens alle the templis of hiȝ placis, thatwhiche I. ben in the citees of Samarie. After these wordis Jeroboam turnede not aȝenawey IKLMOSX.Jeroboam turnede not aȝen, etc.; for thouȝ Jero|boam siȝ the forseid signes in the auter kit, and in his hond dried, netheles he ȝede not awey fro his malice. Josephus touchith the cause therof, and seith, that the false pro|fete tauȝte Jero|boam, that the forseid signes schewiden not Goddis vertu, for he that ȝaf the signe, was slayn of a lioun, a fals spekere; also he seide that the auter was brokun, for the birthun of sa|crifices put theronne, and that the kyngis hond was dry|ed, for the trauel of of|fring; and whanne he restide fro that trauel, his hond turnede aȝen to the formere staat, bi the vertu of kynde. Lire here. C. fro his wersteful wickid I. weie, but aȝenward of the laste puplisof the puple A sec. m. men DFG IKMNOQSWbç. he made preestis of hiȝe places; who euer wolde, fillidefille AELPb. fille ful D. he fillide I. fulfille KSç. fulfilide M. histhe kyngis I. hondfille his hond; in offringe a solempne sacri|fice, as Aaron dide, and bi this he was maad prest; ether this is referrid to Je|roboam, that selde presthod, and therfor he that ȝaf more prijs to Jero|boam, gat the presthod. Lire here. C., andOm. D. he was maad preest of hiȝ placis. And for this cause the hows of Jeroboam synnede, and it was distried, and doon awey fro the face of erthethe erthe IK..

 CAP. XIV.

In that tyme Abia, sone of Jeroboam, was sijk. And Jeroboam seide to his wijf, Rise thouthou up I., and chaunge clothingthe clothing DIKMOX sec. m. ç., that thou be not knowun, that thou art the wijf of Jeroboam; and go thou in to Silo, where Ahia, the prophete, is, whichthat I. spak to me, that Y schulde regne onupon I. this puple. Also take thou in thethin I. hond ten looues, and a cake, and a vessil of hony, and go thou to hym; for he schal schewe to thee, what schal bifalle to this child. The wijf of Jeroboam dide as he seide, and sche roosroos up I., and ȝede in to Silo, and cam in to the hows of Ahia; and heAhia I. miȝte not se, for hise iȝen dasewiden for eelde. For|sothe the Lord seide to Ahia, Lo! the wijf of Jeroboam entrith, that sche coun|sele theewith thee I. onof I. hir sone, whichthat I. is sijk; thou schalt speke these and these thingis to hir. Therfor whanne sche hadde en|trid, and hadde feyned hir silf to be that `womman whichOm. I. sche was not, Ahia herde the soune of the feet of hir entrynge bi the dore, and he seide, Entre thou, the wijf of Jeroboam; whi feynest thou thee to bee an other wommanOm. I.? Forsothe Y am sent an hard messangerhard messan|ger; that is, tellinge harde thingis. Lire here. C. to thee. Go thou, and seie to Jeroboam, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, For Y enhaunsidehaue enhaunsid I. thee fro the myddis of the puple, and Y ȝaf thee duyk onupon I. my puple Israel, and Y kittidehaue kitt I. the rewme of the hows of Dauid, and Y ȝaf it to thee, and thou were not as my seruaunt Dauid, that kepte myn heestis, and suede me in al his herte, and dide that that was plesaunt in my siȝt; but thou wrouȝtisthast wrouȝt I. yuelwrouȝtest yuel, etc.; in gouernail of the puple. Lire here. C., ouer alle men that weren bifore thee, and madist to thee alien goddis, and wellidwellid thoo I. to gidere, that thou schuldist excitestire I. me to wrathfulnesse, sotheli thou hast cast forth me bihyndis thithe CN. bak. Therfor lo! Y schal brynge in yuels onupon I. the hows of Jeroboam, and Y schal smyte ofthe hous of I. Jero|boam `til tovnto I. a pissereY schal smyte of Jeroboam til to a pissere, etc.; that is, if a dogge is smytun, ether a feble man, that ouȝte to be sparid, myche more othere men of the hous of Jero|boam schulen be distried. Lire here. C. to the wal, and prisonedvnto him that is prisoned I., and the laste in Israel; and Y schal clense the relikisrelikis or releffis I. of the hows of Jeroboam, as dungas dung; dung is not clensid in it silf, but the place in which the dung is, is clensid, whanne the dung is cast out; and bi this it is vndurstondun, that they of the hows of Jeroboam schulden not be clensid in hem silf, but the rewme of Israel schulde be clensid, bi the casting out and distri|yng of hem. Lire here. C. is wont to be clensid `til tovnto I. theOm. IR. purete, `ether clennesseOm. I.; so|theli doggis schulen ete hem, that schulen die of the hows of Jeroboam in citeethe citee CI.; forsotheand I. briddis of the eyr schulen de|uoure hem, that schulen die in the feeld; for the Lord spak. Therfor rise thou, and go in to thin hows; and in thilke en|tryng of thi feet in to the citee the child schal die. And al Israel schal biweile himOm. A., and schal biriebirie him A.; for this child aloone of Jeroboam schal be borun in to sepul|crea sepulcre I. the sepulcre KOb., for a good word is foundun onupon I. hym of the Lord God of Israel, in the hows of Jeroboam. Forsothe the Lord schal ordeyne to hym a kyng onupon I. Israel, that schal smyte the hows of Jeroboam, in this dai and in this tymein this tyme; that is, of nyȝ, Lire here. C.; and the Lord God of Israel schal smyte, as a reed in the water is wont to be mouyd; and he schal drawe out Israel fro this good lond, whichthat I. he ȝaf to her fadris, and he schal wyndewewinewe I. hem ouer the flood, for thei maden to hem woodismawmet woodis I.maden to hem wodis; that is, diden idolatrie and lecherie in wodis. Lire here. C., that thei schulden terre the Lord to ire. And the Lord God schal bitake Israel toOm. BCEP pr. m. hiseOm. BCEFOP pr. m. enemyesOm. BCEP pr. m., for the synnessynne Kb. of Jeroboam, that synnede, and made Israel to do synne. Therfor the wijf of Jeroboam roos, and ȝede, and cam in to Thersa; whanneand whanne IK. sche entride in to the thresch|fold of the hows, the child was deed. And theimen I. birieden hym; and al Israel biweilide hym, bi the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he spak in the hoond of his seruaunt, Ahia the prophet. Forsothe, lo! the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Jeroboam, how he fauȝt, and how he regnede, ben writun in the book of wordis of the daies of kyngis of Israel. Forsothe the daies, in whiche Jeroboam regnede, ben two and twenti ȝeer; and Jeroboam slepte with hise fadris, and Nadab, his sone, regnede for hym. For|sothe Roboam, the sone of Salomon, regnede in Juda; Roboam was of oon and fourti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede seuentene ȝeer inwhanne in S. Jerusalem, the citee whichthat I. the Lord chees of alle the lynagis of Israel, that he schulde sette his name there. SotheliAnd I. the name of his moder was Naama Amanyte. And Juda dide yuel bifor the Lord, and thei terriden hym to ire on alle thingis, whiche her fadris diden in her synnes, bi whiche thei synneden. For also thei bildiden to hem silf auters, and ymagisauteris and ymagis; for idolatrie. Lire here. C. and wodis, etc.; that is, thicke wodis aboute the places of idolis, to vse leccherie there. Lire here. C., and wodis, on eche hiȝ hil, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis. But also `men of wymmens con|diciounsmen of wymmen condiciouns A. wommanysche men I.men of wym|mens condi|ciouns; that is, men geldid ether maad feble, that weren ordeyn|ed in the wor|schiping of sum goddesse, as sum men seyen. Sothely the Ebreu word, which is set here, signe|fieth an hoore|ling; and here bi men of wym|mens condi|ciouns semen to be vndur|stondun faire ȝonge men set in hoore howsis, to haunte the synne of So|dom, as in II. book of Ma|chab. iiij. co. Jason settide ȝonge men in hoore housis, vndur the hiȝ tour. Lire here. C. weren in the lond, and thei diden alle abhominaciounsthe abhomynaciouns I. of hethene men, whiche the Lord al to-brak bifor the face of the sones of Israel. Forsothe in the fifthe ȝeer of the rewme of Roboam, Sesach, the kyng of Egipt, styedestyede up I. in to Jerusalem; and he took the tresouris of the hows of the Lord, and the kyngis tresouris, and he rauischiderauischide thenns I. alle thingis; also `he rauischideOm. I. the goldun scheeldis, whichealso the whiche I. Salomon made. For whichethe whiche I. kyng Roboam made brasun scheeldis, and ȝafhe ȝaf I. tho in the hondis of duykis of scheeld makeris, and of hem that wakidenwalkiden Kb. makeden L. bifor the dore of the hows of the Lord. And whanne the kyng entride in to the hows of the Lord, thei that hadden office to go bifore, baren tho, and barenthei baren thoo I. aȝen to the place of armer of scheeld makeris. For|sothe, lo! the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Ro|boam, and alle thingis whiche he dide, ben writun in the book of wordis of daies of kyngis of Juda. And batel was bitwixe Roboam and Jeroboam, in alle daies. And Roboam slepte with hise fadris, and was biried with hem in the citee of Dauid. ForsotheAnd I. the name of his modir was Naama Amanyte; and Abia, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XV.

Therfor in the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of the rewme of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, Abia regnede onupon I. Juda. Thre ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Maacha, douȝterthe douȝter I. of Abessalon. And he ȝede in alle the synnes of his fadir, which he dide bifor hym; and his herte was not perfit with his Lord God, as the herte of Dauid, his fadir, `was perfitOm. I.. But for Dauid his Lord God ȝaf to hym a lan|terne in Jerusalem, that he schulde reise his sone after hym, and that he schulde stonde in Jerusalem; for Dauid hadde do riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I. in the iȝen of the Lord, and hadde not bowid fro alle thingis whichethat I. the Lord hadde comaundid to him, in alle the daies of his lijf, outakun the word of Urie Etheithe word of Vrie Ethei; Dauyth syn|nede in the noumbring of the puple, and in sentence ȝouun aȝenus Myphiboseth, as it is teld in ij. book, but these synnes weren ful litle, in comparisoun of the synne in the dede of Vrie, and ther|for these ben not arettid; for a litil thing is arettid as no|thing, as the Filosofore seith in ij. book of Fisikis. Lire here. C.. Netheles batel was bitwix Abia and Jeroboam, in al the tyme of his lijf. Sotheli the residue ofOm. C. wordisthe wordis DI. of Abia, and alle thinges whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngys of Juda? And batel was bitwixe Abia and Jero|boam. And Abia slepte with his fadris; and thei birieden hym in the citee of Dauid; and Asa, his sone, regnede for hym. SotheliAnd I. Asa, king of Jude, regnede in the twentithe ȝeer of Jeroboam, kyng of Israel; and Asa regnede oon and fourti ȝeer in Jerusalem. TheOm. C. name of his modir was Maacha, douȝterthe douȝter I. of Abessalon. And Asa dide riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I. in the siȝt of the Lord, as Dauid, his fadir, dide; and he took awey fro the loond men of wymmens condiciouns, and he purgide alle the filthis of idols, whiche his fadris maden. Fer|thermore and he remouyde Maacha, his modir, that sche schulde not be princesse in the solempne thingis of Priapusthe ydol Priapus I.Priapus; that is, an idol liyk a man, with outra|giouse membre of man. C et plures., and in his wodemawmett wode I. whichthat I. sche hadde halewid; and he distriede the dennehe distriede the den; in which the wymmen hauntiden lec|cherie, for the worschipe of the idol. Lire here. C. of hym, and he brak the foulest symylacre, and brentebrente it I. in the stronde of Cedron; sotheli he dide not awei hiȝthe hiȝ I. thingishiȝe thingis; that is, hiȝe places, in whiche the sones of Israel maden sacrifice to God, bifor that the temple was bildid; and for that tyme it was leeueful, not aftirward. Lire here. C.; netheles the herte of Asa was perfit with hys Lord God, in alle hise daies. And he brouȝte in to the hous of the Lord tho thingis, whichethat I. his fadir hadde halewid and auowid, siluerand siluer I., and gold, and vesselvessels I.. Forsothe batel was bitwixe Asa and Baasa, kyng of Israel, in alle the daies of hem. And Baasa, kyng of Israel, stiedewente up I. in to Juda, and bildide Rama, thatand C. no man of the part of Aza, kyng of Juda, myȝte go out, ether goOm. I. yn. Therfor Asa took al the siluer and gold, that lefte in the tresouris of the hows of the Lord, and in the tresouris of the kyngis hows, and ȝaf it in to the hondis of hise seruauntis; and sentehe sente it I. to Benadab, sonethe sone I. of Tabrennon, sone of Ozi|on, the kyng of Sirie, that dwellide in Da|mask, and seide, BoondA boond I. of pees is bitwixe me and thee, and bitwixe my fadir and thi fadir, and therfor Y sente to thee ȝiftis, gold, and siluer; and Y axe, that thou come, and make voide the boond of pees, whichthat I. thou hast with Baasa, kyng of Is|rael, and that he go awey fro me. Bena|dab assentide to kyng Asa, and sente the princes of his oost in to the citees of Is|rael; and thei smytidensmeten EI. smiten L. Ahion, and Dan, and Abel, theand the I. hows of Maacha, and al Cenoroth, that is, al the lond of Neptalym. And whanne Baasa hadde herd this thing, he lefte to bilde Rama, and turnede aȝen in to Thersa. Forsothe kyng Asa sente message in to al Juda, and seide, No man be excusid. And thei token the stoonys of Rama, and the trees therof, bi whiche Baasa hadde bildid; and kyng Asa bildide of the same `stoonys and treesthingis I. Gabaa of Beniamyn, and Maspha. Sotheli the re|sidue of alle wordisthe wordis I. of Asa, and of al his strengthe, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, and the citees whiche he bildide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of kingis of Juda? Netheles Asa hadde ache in feethis feet I.Asa hadde ache in feet; for he co|maundide Ana|nye the pro|fete to be sent in to stockis, that repreuyde him, for he tristide more in men than in God, as it is seid in II. book of Paralip. xvi. co. Lire here. C., in the tyme of his eelde. And Asa slepte with hise fadris, and he was biried with hem in the citee of Dauid, his fader; and Joso|phat, his sone, regnede for him. Forsothe Nadab, the sone of Jeroboam, regnede onupon I. Israel, inOm. C. the secunde ȝeer of Asa, kingthe king I. of Juda; and he regnede on Israel two ȝeer. And he dide that, that was yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and he ȝede in the weies of his fadir, and in the synnes of hym, in whiche he made Israel to do synne. ForsotheAnd I. Baasa, the sone of Ahia, of the hows of Ysachar, settide tre|soun to hym, and smoothe smoot I. him in Gebe|thonin Gebethon; this was a citee in the lynage of Dan, but Filisteis occu|pieden it, aȝenus which citee Nadab ȝede to rekeuere it. Lire here. C., whichthat I. is a citee of Filisteis; sothelyand I. Nadab and al Israel bisegiden Gebethon. Therfor Baasa killide hymNadab I., in the thridde ȝeer of Asa, kingthe king I. of Juda, and regnede for hym. And whanne heBaasa I. hadde regnede, he smoot al the hows of Jeroboam; heand he KMWXç. and O. lefte notOm. DIKMOSXç. sotheliOm. OSWç. not o man of his seed, til he dide awei hym, bi the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he spak in the hond of his seruaunt, Ahia of Silo, a pro|fete, for the synnes of Jeroboam whichethe whiche I. he synnede, and in whiche he made Israel to doOm. I. synne, and for the trespas, bi which he wraththide the Lord God of Israel. Sotheli the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Nadab, and alle thingis whiche he wrouȝte, whe|ther these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? And batel was bitwixe Asa and Baasa, kyng of Israel, in al the daies of hem. In the thridde ȝeer of Asa, kyng of Juda, Baasa, sonethe sone CI. of Ahia, regnede onupon I. al Is|rael, in Thersa, foure and twenti ȝeer. And he dide yuel bifor the Lord, and he ȝede in the weies of Jeroboam, and in hise synnes, bi whiche he made Israel to do synne.

 CAP. XVI.

Forsothe the word of the Lord was maad to Hieu, sonethe sone I. of Anany, aȝens Baasa, and seide, For that that Y reisidehaue upreisid I. thee fro dust, and settidesette I. thee duyk onupon I. Israel, my puple; sotheli thou ȝedist in the weie of Jeroboam, and madistthou hast made I. my puple Israel to do synne, that thou schuldist terre me to ire, in the synnes of hem; lolo herfore I.! Y schal kitte awey the hyndrere thingis of Baasa, and the hyndrere thingis of `his howsthe hows of him I., and Y schal make thin hows as the hows of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath. Doggishoundis I. schulen ete that man of Baasa, that schal be deed in citeethe citee CKL. a citee I., and briddis of the eyr schulen ete that man of Baasa, that schal die in the feeld. Sotheli the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Baasa, and what euer thingis he dide, and hise batels, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kynges of Israel? TherforAnd so I. Baasa slepte with hise fadris, and he was biried in Thersa; and Hela, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe whanne the word of the Lord was maad in the hond of Hieu, sonethe sone I. of Anany, aȝens Baasa, and aȝens his hows, and aȝens al yuelthe yuel I. which he dide bifor the Lord, to terre hym to ire in the werkis of hise hondis, that he schulde be as the hows of Jero|boam, for this cause heBaasa I. killide hym, that is, Hieuthat is, Hieu, etc.; this sen|tence is not in Ebreu; it is a glos. In Ebreu it is, and for he killide Na|dab, his lord, bi tresoun, as Rabi Salomon seith. Lire here. C., the prophete, the sone of Anany. In the sixe and twentithe ȝeer of Aza, kyng of Juda, Hela, the sone of Baasa, regnyde onupon I. Israel, in Thersa, twei ȝeer. And Zamry, `his seruauntthe seruaunt of Hela I., duyk of the half part of knyȝtishis kniȝtis I., rebellide aȝens hym; sotheli Hela was in Thersa, and drank, and was drunkun in the hows of Arsa, prefecta cheef officer I. of Thersa. Therfor Zamri felde in, and smootsmoot Hela I., and killide hym, in the seuene and twentithe ȝeer of Asa, kyng of Juda; and regnede for hym. And whanne heZamry I. hadde regned, and haddeOm. I. setun onupon I. his trone, he smoot al the hows of Baasa, and heOm. C. lefte not therof a pissere to the wal, and hise kynnesmen, and frendis. AndAlso and I. Zamri dide awey al the hows of Baasa, bi the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he spak to Baasa, in the hond of Hieu, the pro|phete, for alle the synnes of Baasa, and for the synnes of Hela, his sone, whichethe whiche I. synneden, and maden Israel to doOm. I. synne, and wraththiden the Lord God of Israel in her vanytees. Sotheli the residue of the wordis of Hela, and alle thingis whiche he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? In the seuene and twentithe ȝeer of Aza, kyng of Juda, Zamri regnede seuene daies in Tharsa; forsothe the oostoost of Israel I. bisegide Gebethon, the citee of Philisteis. And whanne itthe Philistees I. hadde herd, that Zamri hadde rebellid, and hadde slayn the kyng, al Israel made Amry kyng to hemthe oost I., that was prince ofon A. the chyualrye, onupon I. Israel, in that dai, in `the castelsher tentis I.. Therfor Amry stiedestiede up I., and al Israel with hym, fro Gebe|thon, and bisegide Thersa. SothelyAnd I. Zamri siȝ, that the citee schulde be ouercomun, and he entride in to the palis, and brente hym silf with the kyngis hows; and he was deed in hise synnes whiche he syn|nede, doynge yuel bifor the Lord, and goyngein goynge I. in the weie of Jeroboam, and in hise synnes, bi whiche he made Israel to do synne. Sotheli the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Zamri, and of his tresouns, and tyraun|trie, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? Thanne the puple of Israel was departid in to twei partis; the half part of theOm. I. puple suede Thebny, sonethe sone I. of Ge|neth, to make hym kyng, and the halfoother half I. part suede Amry. SotheliAnd I. the puple that was with Amry, hadde maystrythe maystry I. ouer the puple that suede Thebny, the sone of Ge|neth; and Thebny was deed, and Amri regnede. In the oon and thrittithe ȝeer of Aza, kyng of Juda, Amri regnede onupon I. Israel, twelue ȝeer; in Thersa he regnede sixe ȝeer. And he bouȝte of Soomeer, for twei talentis of siluer, the hil of Samarie, and `bildide that hilhe bildide it I.; and he clepide the name of the citee, whichthat I. he hadde bildid, bi the name of Soomer, lord of the hil of Samarie. Forsothe Amry dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and wrouȝte wei|wardliwickidly I., ouerbifore I. alle men that weren bifor hym. And he ȝede in al the weie of Jero|boam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, and in hise synnes, bi whiche he made Israel to do synne, that he schulde terre to ire, in his vany|tees, the Lord God of Israel. Forsothe the residue of wordisthe wordis BCI. of Amry, and hise batels, which he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? And Amry slepte with hise fadris, and was biried in Sama|rie; and Achab, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe Achab, the sone of Amry, regn|ede onupon I. Israel, in the `eiȝte and thrittithe ȝeereiȝthe and thretti K. of Asa, kyng of Juda; and Achab, sonethe sone I. of Amry, regnede onupon I. Israel, in Sa|marie, two and twenti ȝeer. And Achab, sonethe sone I. of Amry, dide yuel in the siȝte of the Lord, ouer alle men that weren bifor hym; and it suffiside not to hym that he ȝede in the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, ferthermore and he weddide a wijf, Jezabel, the douȝter of Methaal, kyng of Sydoneis; and heAchab I. ȝede, and seruyde Baal, and worschipide hym. And he set|tidesette up I. an auter to Baal in the temple of Baal, whichthat I. he hadde bildid in Samarie, and he plauntide a wodemawmet wode I.; and Achab add|ideaddide to I. in his werk, and terride to ire the Lord God of Israel, moreouer I. thanne alle kyngisthe kyngis I. of Israel that weren bifor hym. Forsothe in hise daies Ahiel of Bethel bildide Jerico; inand A pr. m. DEFGLMNPQRSUWXbç. Abiram, histo his K sec. m. firste sonein Abiram his firste sone; that is, whanne he settide the foundementis, Abiram, his firste gendrid sone, diede, and whanne he ȝede forth in bildinge, hise sones dieden ech aftir other, til to the laste sone, that was deed in the filling of the werk. Lire here. C., he foundide it, inand CGIK. Segub, histo his K sec. m. laste sone, he settide ȝatisthe ȝatis I. therof, bi the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he hadde spoke in the hond of Josue, sonethe sone I. of Nun.

 CAP. XVII.

And Elie `of ThesbiThesbithes I., of the dwelleris of Galaad, seide to Achab, The Lord God of Israel lyueth, in whos siȝt Y stonde, deeu and reyn schal not be in these ȝeeris, no but bi the wordis of my mouth. And the word of the Lord was maad to hymHely I., and seide, Go thou awey fro hennusgo thou awei fro hennes; fro the face of Achab and of Jezabel; and herbi it is leue|ful to hooli men, to fle per|secucioun of her persoones. Lire here. C., and go aȝens the eest, and be thou hid in the stronde of Carith, whichthat I. is aȝens Jor|dan, and there thou schalt drynke of the stronde; and Y comaundidehaue comaundid I. to crowis, that thei feede thee there. Therfor heHely I. ȝede, and dide bi the word of the Lord; and whanne he hadde go, he sat in the stronde of Carith, whichthat I. is aȝens Jordan. And crowis baren to hym breed and fleisch eerli; inand in I. lijk maner in the euentid; and he drank of the stronde. ForsotheAnd I. after summe daies the stronde was dried; for it hadde not reynede on the erthe. Therfor the word of the Lord was maad to hymHely I., and seide, Rise thou, and go in to Serepta of Sydoneis, and thou schalt dwelle there; for Y comaundidehaue comaundid I. to a womman, widewe there, that sche feede thee. HeHely I. roos, and ȝede in to Sarepta of Sidoneis; and whanne he hadde come to the ȝate of the citee, a womman widewe gaderynge stickis apperide to hym; and he clepide hir, and seide to hir, Ȝyue thou to me a litil of water in a vessel, that Y drynke. And whanne sche ȝede to bringebringe it I. bringe him watir K., he criede bihynde hir bac, and seide, Y bi|seche, bringe thou to me also a mussel of breed in thin hond. And sche answeride, Thi Lord God lyueth, for Y haue no breed, no but as myche of mele in a pot, as a fist may take, and a litil of oile in a vessel; lo! Y gadere twei stickis, that Y entre, and make it to me, and to my sone, thatand I. we ete and die. And Elie seide to hir, Nyle thou drede, but go, and make as thou seidist; netheles make thou firste to me of that litil mele a litil loof, bakun vndur theOm. DGIKMNOQWbç. aischisaisshen G., and brynge thouthou it I. to me; sotheli thou schalt make afterward to thee and to thi sone. Forsothe the Lord God of Israel seith thes thingis, The pot of mele schal not faile, and the vessel of oile schal not be abatid, til to the dai in which the Lord schal ȝyue reyn on the face of erthethe erthe I.. And sche ȝede, and dide bi the word of Elie; and heHely I. eet, and sche, and hir hows. And fro that dai the pot of mele failide not, and the vessel of oile was not abatid, bi the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he hadde spoke in the hond of Elie. Forsothe it was doon aftir these wordis, the sone of a womman hosewijf was sijk, and the sijknesse was moostful I. strong, so that breeththe breeth I. dwellide not in hym. Therfor sche seide to Elie, What to me and to thee, thou man of God? EntridistHast thou entrid I. thou to me, that my wickid|nessiswickidnesse CL. schulden be remembrid, and that thou schuldist sle my sone? And Elie seide to hir, Ȝyue thi sone to me. And he took `that soneit I. fro hir bosum, and barbar it I. in to the soler, where he dwellide; and he puttideputte I. hym on his bed. And he criede to the Lord, and seide, My Lord God, whether thou hast turmentid also the wi|dewe, atanentis I. whom Y am susteyned in al maner, that thou killidist hir sone? HeHely I. sprad abrood hym silf, and matwas metid up I. maat L. on the child bi thre tymes; and he cryede to the Lord, and seide, My Lord God, Y biseche, the soule of this child turne aȝen in to the entrailis of hym. The Lord herde the vois of Elie, and the soule of the child turnede aȝen with ynne hym, and he lyuede aȝen. And Elie took the child, and puttideputte I. hym doun of the soler in to the lower hows, and bitook himOm. plures. to his modir; and he seide to hir, Lo! thi sone lyueth. And the womman seide to Elie, Now in this Y haue knowe, that thou art thea I. man of God, and the word of Godthe Lord A. is soth in thi mouth.

 CAP. XVIII.

Aftir many daies the word of the Lord was maad to Elie, in the thridde ȝeerin the thridde ȝeer; this tyme is rekenyd fro the goyng out of Elie fro the lond of Israel; and fro the forbeding of reyn, til to his goyng out, passiden vi. monethis and more; for he was hid longe in the stronde of Sarith, so that of the drienesse of tyme the stronde was dried, bifor that he ȝede awey, as it is seid in xvij. co. bifore. For James seith in v. co. that Elie preiede, and it reyn|ede not bi iii. ȝeer and vi. monethis. Lire here. C., and seide, Go, and schewe thee to Achab, that Y ȝyue reyn onupon I. the face of erthethe erthe I.. Therfor Elie ȝede to schewe hym silfOm. GIKMNosbç. to Achab; forsothecertis I. greeta greet K. hungur was in Samarie. And Achab clepide Abdie, dis|penderethe dispendere I. Om. C., etherOm. C. stiward, of his hows; for|sothe Abdie dredde greetli the Lord God of Israel. For whanne Jezabel killide the prophetis of the Lord, he took an hundrid prophetis, and hidde hem, bi fifties and fifties, in dennes, and fedde hem with breed and watir. TherforThanne I. Achab seide to Abdie, Go thou in to the lond, to alle wellisthe wellis I. of watris, and in to alle valeis, if in hap we moun fynde gras, and saue horsis and mulis; and werk beestis pe|rische not outirli. TherforAnd I. thei depart|iden the cuntreis to hem silf, that thei schulden cumpasse tho; Achab ȝede bi o weye, and Abdie ȝede bi another weie, `bi hym silfaside halff I.. And whanne Abdie was in the weie, Elie mette hym; and whanne he hadde knowe Elie, he felde on his face, and seide, Whethir thou art my lord Elie? To whom he answeride, Y am. And Elie seide, Go thou, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present. And Abdie seide, What `syn|nede Yhaue I synned I., for thou bitakist me in the hond of Achab, that he sle me? Thi Lord God lyueth, for no folk ethir rewme is, whidur my lord, sekynge thee, sente not; and whanne alle men answeriden, He is not here, hethe kyng I. chargidehath chargid I. greetli alle rewmesall rewmes; this is vndir|stondun of rewmes nyȝ him; and Achab chargide hem gretly, that if Elie were foundun in the lond, he schulde be takun, and sent to him. Lire here. C. and folkis, for thou were not foundun; and now thou seist to me, GoGo thou C., and seie to thi lord, Elie is presentnyȝ I.. And whanne Y schal departe fro thee, the Spirit of the Lord schal bere thee awey in to a place whichthat I. Y knowe not; and Y schal entre, and `Y schalOm. I. telle to Achab, and he schal not fynde thee, and he schal sle me; for|sothecertis I. thi seruaunt dredith the Lord fro his ȝong childhod. Whether it is not schewid to thee, my lord, what Y dide, whanne Jesabel killide the prophetis of the Lord, that Y hidde of thetho ç. prophetis of the Lord an hundrid men, bi fifty and biOm. IKORUX. fifti, in dennes, and Y fedde hem with breed and watir? And now thou seist, Go, and seie to thi lord, Elie is presentnyȝ I., that he sle me. And Elie seide, The Lord of oostis lyueth, bifor whos siȝt Y stonde, for to dai Y schal appere to hymAchab I.. Ther|for Abdie ȝede in to the metyng of Achab, and schewideschewide it I. to hym; and Achab cam in to the meetyng of Elie. And whanne he hadde seyn Elie, he seide, Whether thou art he, that disturblist Israel? And heHely I. seide, Not Y disturble Israel, but thou, and the hows of thi fadirthou and the hows of thi fa|dir; for the Lord sente this veniaunce, for thi malice. Lire here. C. whichethe whiche I. han forsake the comaundementis of the Lord, and suedensuen I. Baalym, `disturbliden IsraelOm. I.. Netheles now sende thou, and gadere to me al Israel, ininto I. the hil of Carmele, and fourethe foure I. hundrid and fifti prophetis of Baal, and foure hundrid prophetis of woodismawmet woodis I.profetis of woodis; that is, of idols in the woodis. Lire here. C., that eten of the table of Jezabel. Achab sente to alle the sones of Israel, and ga|deride prophetistogidre the prophetis I. in the hil of Carmele. Forsothe Elie neiȝede to al the puple of Israel, and seide, Hou long halten ȝe in to twey partis? If the Lord is Godif the Lord is God; that is, if it is preued to ȝou by a visible myracle, that God of Is|rael is veri God, and not Baal. Sue ȝe him; in wor|schipinge him, and noon other. Lire here. C., sue ȝe hym; forsotheand I. if Baal is God, sue ȝe hym. And the puple answeride not o word to hym. And Elie seide eft to the puple, Y dwellidehaue dwellid I. aloone a prophete of the Lord; sotheliand I. the prophetis of Baal ben foure hundrid and fifti, and the pro|phetis of woodisthe mawmet woodis I. ben foure hundrid men. Tweyne oxis be ȝouun to us; and chese thei oon oxe, and thei schulen kitte in to gobetis, and schulenOm. IL. putteputte it I. on treeswode I., but putte thei not fier vndur; and Y schal make the tother oxe in to sacrifice, and Y schal putteputte it I. onupon I. the treeswode I., and Y schal not putte fier vnder. Clepe ȝeȝe thanne I. the namenames I. of ȝoure goddis, and Y schal clepe the name of my God; and the God that herith bi fierfier fallinge doun I.bi fier; ȝouun fro heuene, the waste the sacri|fice, Lire here. C., be he God. And al the puple answeride, and seide, The resoun is best, `which resounthat I. Elie spakhath spoken I.. Therfor Elie seide to the prophetis of Baal, Chese ȝe oonan I. oxe to ȝou, and make ȝe firstfirst ȝoure sacrifice I., for ȝe ben the mo; and clepe ȝe the names of ȝoure goddis, and putte ȝe not fier vnder. And whanne theithe prophetis I. hadden take the oxeand whanne thei hadden take the oxe; the false pro|fetis token the setting forth of Elye, for thei weren compellid of the puple to do this, which ap|preueden the resoun set forth of Elie, and for they tristiden in the power of the feend, which may do siche thingis, whanne he is suffrid of God. Wherfor and in the tyme of auntecrist, he schal make fier to come doun fro heuene, as it is had in xiii. co. of Apoc., and in hap at the cleping of hem, the fend dide liyk thing in another tyme. Lire here. C., whomthat I. Elie ȝaf to hemwhom Elie ȝaf to hem; for the oxe chosun for the prestis of Baal, fledde fro hem, and hidde him vn|dur the mentel of Elie, for the wlating of idolatrie; and thanne Elie ȝaf to hem, to conuycting of falsenesse of idolatrie, and to schewing of truthe of Goddis wor|schiping. Lire here. C., thei maden sacri|fice, and clepidenynwardly clepiden I. the name of Baal, fro the morewtid `til tovnto I. myddaithe mydday I., and seiden, Baal, here vs! And no vois was, nether ony that answerdherde A pr. m. BCU.; and theithe prophetis I. skippiden ouer the auter, whichthat I. thei hadden maad. And whanne it was thanne myddai, Elie scornede hem, and seide, Crie ȝe with gretter vois, forforsothe I. Baal is ȝoure god, and in hap he spekith with an other, ethir he is in a herborgerie, ether in weiethe weie I., ether certis he slepith, that he be reisidreisid up I.. Ther|for thei crieden with greet vois, and thei keruedenkitten I. hem silf with knyues and laun|cetis, biafter I. her custom, til thei weren bisched with blood. SotheliBut I. after that mydday passide, and while thei prophesiedenprophesieden, or preieden I., the tyme cam, in which the sacrifice is wont to be offrid, nether vois was herd `of her goddisOm. I., nether ony answeride, nether per|ceyuede hem preiynge. Elie seide to al the puple, Come ȝe to me. And whanne the puple cam to him, he arrayede the auter of the Lord, that was distried. And he took twelue stonys, bi the noumbre ofand A. of the I. lynagis of sonesthe sones CEIKLMb. of JacobIsrael M., to whichthe which I. Jacob the word of the Lord was maad, and seide, Israel schal be thi name. And heHely I. bildide an auter of stonysthilke stonys I., in the name of the Lord, and he made a ledyng toOm. AEO pr. m. of watir, `ether a dichOm. I., as biOm. I. twei litle dichisforowis I. dikis S.twey litle dichis, etc.; in Ebreu it is thus, and he made a forow of iii. buyschelis of seed, that is, so myche seed myȝte be sowun withynne the cumpas of the forow, as Rabi Salomon seith. Lire here. C. in the cumpas of the auter. And he dresside treeswode I., and he departide the oxe bi membris, and puttideputte it I. onupon I. the treeswode I., and seide, Fille ȝe foure pottis with watir, and schedeheelde I. ȝeȝe it I. onupon I. the brent sacri|fice, and onupon I. the treeswode I.. And eft he seide, Also the secounde tyme do ȝe this. `And thei didenWhiche whanne thei hadden do I. the secounde tyme. AndOm. I. he seide, Do ȝe the same thingthing also I. the thridde tyme; and thei diden the thridde tyme. And the watris runnen aboute the auter, and the dichridde I. of ledyng toOm. AEL. `of watirOm. GIKQb. was fillid. And whanne the tyme was thanne, that the brent sacrifice schulde be offrid, Elye the prophete neiȝede, and seide, Lord God of AbrahamLord God of Abraham, etc.; me bileueth that Elie made this preyer an hiȝ, that the puple myȝte here, to the onour of God, and to the con|uersioun of the puple. Bi thi comaundement; in offringe in hiȝe placis with out Jerusalem, aftir the bild|ing of the temple; which thing was vn|leueful, no but of special dis|pensacioun of God, which thing Elie dide in this poynt, and the Lord schewide this, bi fier comynge doun on the brent sacrifice of him. Lire here. C., of Isaac, and of Israel, schewe thou to dai that thou art God of Israel, and that Y am thi seruaunt, and haue do alle these wordis bi thi comaunde|ment. Lord, here thou me; Lord, here thou me; that this puple lerne, that thou art the Lord God, and thatOm. AELP. thou hast conuertid eft the herte of hem. Sotheli fier of the Lord felde doundoun thanne I., and deuouride brentthe brent I. sacrifice, andOm. I. treesthe wode I., and stonusthe stonus I., and lickideit lickide I. vp also the poudre, and the water that was in the `leding of waterwatir ridde I.. And whanne al the puple hadde seyn this, itthe peple I marg. felde in to his face, and seide, The Lord he is God; the Lord he is God. And Elie seide to hem, Take ȝe the prophetis of Baaltake ȝe the profetis of Baal; Elie siȝ the puple fer|uent to the onour of God, for the reue|rence of my|racle seyn, therfor he wolde haste the deth of the prestis, that disseyueden the puple, lest Jezabel schulde induse the kyng, hir hose|bond, and the king the puple, to kepe the liyf of hem. Lire here. C.; not oon sotheli ascape of hem. And whanne thei hadden take hem, Elie ledde hem to the stronde of Cison, and killide hem there. And Elie seide to Achab, Stie thouthou up, and I., ete, and drynke, for the sown of myche reyn isis nyȝ I.. Achab stiedeȝede up I. to ete and drynke; forsothebut I. Elie stiedeȝede up I. in to the hil of Carmele, and he settidesette I. lowli his face to the erthe, bitwixe hise knees; and seide to his child, Stie thouthou up I., and biholdebiholde thou I. aȝens the see. And whanne he hadde stiedstied up I., and haddeOm. I. biholde, he seide, No thing is. And eft Elie seide to hym, Turne thou aȝen biOm. I. seuene tymes. SotheliAnd I. in the seuenthe tyme, lo! a litil cloude as the step of a man stiedestiede up I. fro the see. And Elie seide, Stie thouthou up I., and seie to Achab, Ioyne thi chare, and go doun, lest the reyn byfor ocupie thee. And whanne theimen I. turnedenhadden turned I. hemhemselff I. hidur and thidur, lo! heuenes weren maad derk, and clouda cloud I., and wynd, and greet reyn was maad. Therfor Achab stiedestiede up I., and ȝede in to Jezrael; and the hond of the Lord was maad onupon I. Elie, and whanne thehis I. leendis weren gird, he ran bifor Achab, til he cam in to Jezrael.

 CAP. XIX.

Forsothe Achab telde to Jezabel alle thingis whichethat I. Elie hadde do, and how he hadde slayn bywith I. swerd alle the pro|phetis of Baal. And Jezabel sente a mes|sanger to Elie, and seide, Goddis do these thingis to me, and adde these thingisthingis to I., no but to morewe in this our Y schal putte thi lijf as the lijf of oon of hem. Therfor Elie dreddeEli dredde; God suffride him for to drede, by mannus freelte, lest he were reisid ouer myche, of the stidefastnesse bifor goinge. Lire here. C., and roos, and ȝede whidur euer willehis wille I. bar hym; and he cam in to Bersabe of Juda, and he lefte there his child; and ȝede in to deseert, the weie of o dai. And whanne he cam, andhe I. sat vndir o iunypere tre, he axide to his soule, that he schulde die; and he seide, Lord, it suffisith to me, take my soule; forcertis I. Y am not betere than my fadris. And he castide forth hym silf, and slepte in the schadewe of the iunypere treethe iunypere tre, which is a tre wexynge in desert, whos schadewe ser|pentis fleen, as Plyneus seith. Lire here. C.. And lo! the aungel of the Lord touchide hym, and seide to hym, Rise thou, and ete. He bihelde, and, lo! at his heed was a loof bakun vndur aischisaskys L., and a vessel of watir. Therfor heHely I. ete, and drank, and slepte eft. And the aungel of the Lord turnede aȝen the secounde tyme, and touch|ide hym; and `the aungelhe I. seide to hym, Rise thou, and ete; for a greet weie is to thee. And whanne he hadde rise, he ete, and drank; and heHely I. ȝede in the strengthe of that mete biOm. DGIKMNOQSWbç. fourti dayes and fourti nyȝtis, `til tovnto I. Oreb, the hil of God. And whanne he hadde come thidur, he dwell|ide in a denne; and lo! the word of the Lord `was maadOm. plures. to him, and seide to hym, Elie, what doist thou here? And he answeride, Bi feruent loueferuent loue; that is, of al the herte. Lire here. C. Y louedehaue loued I. feruentli, for the Lord God of oostis; for the sones of Israel forsokenhan forsake I. the couenaunt of the Lord; thei destriedenhan destried I.feruent loue; that is, of al the herte. Lire here. C. thin auters, and killidenkillid I. biwith I. swerd thi prophetis; and Y am left aloone, and thei seken my lijf, that thei do it awei. And hethe Lord I. seide to Elie, Go thou out, and stonde in the hil, bifor the Lord. And lo! the Lord passith, and a greet wynde, and stronga strong I., turnynge vpsodoun hillis, and al to brekinge stonys biforblowith before I. the Lord; not in the wynde ys the Lord. And aftir the wynd is a stir|ynge; not in the stiryng is the Lord. AndOm. S. aftir the stiryng is fiera fier I.; not in the fier is the Lord. And aftir the fier is thean I. issyng of thinne wyndwynd, or brethinge softly I.; there is the Lord. And whanne Elie hadde herd this, he hilide his face with a mentil, and he ȝede out, and stood in the dore of the denne. And a vois spak to hym, and seide, Elie, what doist thou here? And he answeride, BiWith I. feruent loue Y louedehaue loued I. feruentli, for the Lord God of oostis; for the sones of Israel forsokenhan forsake I. thi couenaunt; thei dis|triedenhan destried I. thin auteris, and thei killidenhan killid I. biwith I. swerd thi prophetis; and Y am left aloone, and thei seken my lijf, that thei do it awey. And the Lord seide to hym, Go, and turne aȝen in to thi weie, bi the deseert, in to Damask; and whanne thou schalt come thidur, thou schalt anoynte Asahel kyng onupon I. Sirie; and thou schalt anoynte kyng onupon I. Israel Hieu, the sone of Namsi; sotheliand I. thou schalt anoynte pro|phetea prophete I. for thee, Elise, sonethe sone CI. of Saphat, whichthat I. is of Abelmeula. And it schal be, who euer schal fle the swerd of Asa|hel, Hieu schal sle hym; and who euer schal fle the swerd of Hieu, Elise schal sle hym. And Y schal leeue to me in Israel seuene thousynde of men, of whiche the knees ben not bowid bifor Baal, and ech mouth that worschipide not hym, and kisside hondnot his hond I.kisside hond; that is, of the ydol, to reue|rence therof, ether his owne hond, as Job seith, If Y kisside myn hond, which is the moste wickidnesse, that is idola|trie. Lire here. C.. Therfor Elie ȝede forth fro thennus, and foond Elise, sonethe sone I. of Sa|phat, erynge in twelue ȝockis of oxisoxen I.; and he was oon in the twelue ȝockis of oxysoxen I., erynge. And whanne Elie hadde come to hym, Elie castide his mentil onupon I. hym. WhichAnd he I. ran anoon after Elie, whanne the oxisoxen I. weren left, and seide, Y preie thee, kysse Y my fadir and my modir, and so Y schal sue thee. And Elie seide to hym, Go thou, and turne aȝen, forcertis I. Y haue do to thee that that was myn. `Sotheli heAnd Helisee I. turnede aȝen fro Elie, and took tweinethe two I. oxisoxen IK., and killide hemHelizee slewe hise oxen, and fedde pore men of that that he hadde, that he were not lett bi worldli hauing to sue the pro|phet. Ambrose. I.; and with the plow of oxisthe oxen I. oxen K. he sethide the fleischisfleish I., and ȝafȝaf hem I. to the puple, and thei eeten; and heHelisee I. roosroos up I., and ȝede, and suede Elie, and `my|nystride toseruyde I. hym.

 CAP. XX.

ForsotheCertis I. Benadab, kyng of Sirye, ga|deridegaderide togidere I. al his oost, and two and thritti kyngis with hym, and horsis, and charis; and he stiedestiede up I. aȝens Samarie, and fauȝt, and bisegide it. And he sente messan|gerismessangeris; for Achab sente first messan|geris to Bena|dab, to seke pees, and he answeride as it sueth. Lire here. C. to Achab, kyng of Israel, in to thehis I. citee, and seide, Benadab seith these thingis, Thi siluer and thi gold is myn, and thi wyues, and thi beste sones ben myn. And the kyng of Israel answeride, Bi thi word, my lord theOm. I. kyng, Y am thin, and alle my thingis `ben thineOm. I.. And the messangeris turneden aȝen, and seiden, Benadab, that sente vs to thee, seith these thingis, Thou schalt ȝyue to me thi siluer, and thi gold, and thi wyues, and thi sones. Therfor to morewe, in this same our, Y schal sende my seruauntis to thee, and thei schulen seke thin hows, and the hows of thi seruauntis; and thei schulen putte in her hondis, and take awey al thing that schal plese hem. Forsothe the kyng of Israel clepide alle the eldere men of thethat I. lond, and seide, Perseyue ȝe, and se, that he settith tresoun to vs; for he sente to me for my wyues, and sones, andOm. I. for siluer, and gold, and Y forsook not. And alle the gretter men in birthe, and al the puple seiden to hym, Here thou not, ne|ther assente thou to hym. And heAchab I. an|sweride to the messangeris of Benadab, Seie ȝe to my lord theOm. I. kyng, Y schal do alle thingis, for whiche thou sentist in the bigynnyng to me, thi seruaunt; forsothebut I. Y may not do this thing. And the mes|sangeris turneden aȝen, and telden alle thingis to hym. WhichThe which I. sente aȝen, and seide, Goddis do these thingis to me, and adde these thingisthingis to I., if the dust of Samarie schal suffice to the fistis of al the puple that sueth me. And the kyng of Israel answeride, and seide, Seie ȝe to hym, A gird man, `that is, he that goith to batelOm. I., haue not glorie euenli as a man vngirdvngird; that is, as he that hath the victo|rie, and hath put of hise armeris. Lire here. C.. ForsotheAnd I. it was doon, whanne Benadab hadde herd this word, he drank, andand also I. the kyngis, in schadewyng places; and he seide to hise seruauntis, Cumpasse ȝe the citee. And thei cumpassiden it. And lo! o pro|phete neiȝede to Acab, kyng of Israel, and seide to hym, The Lord God seith these thingis, Certis thou hast seyn al this mul|titude ful greet; lo! Y schal bitake it in to thin hond to dai, that thou wite that Y am theOm. DGIKMNOQSWX sec. m. b. Lordthe Lord, and that thou turne awey fro idolatrie. Lire here. C.. And Achab seide, Bi whom? And he seide to Achab, The Lord seith these thingis, Bi the squyerissquyeris, or the footmen I. of the princesbi the squy|eris of the princes; that is, bi the squy|eris of princes of the lond of Israel, as it is expowned comynly. Rabi Salomon seith, that herbi ben vndurstondun the children of noble men that weren not of the sones of Israel, but weren ȝouun ostachis to Achab; wherfor in Ebreu it is had thus, bi the children of princes of pro|uynces. Lire here. C. of prouynces. And Achab seide, Who schal bigynne to fiȝte? And the prophete seide, Thou. Therfor he noumbryde the children of the princes of prouynces, and he foond the noumbre of twei hundrid and two and thretti; and aftir hem heOm. S. noumbride the puple, alle the sones of Israel, seuene thousynde. And thei ȝeden out in myddai. Forsothe Be|nadab drank, and was drunkun in his schadewyng place, and two and thretti kyngis with hym, that camen to the help of hym. SotheliAnd I. the children of princesthe princes I. of prouynces ȝeden out in the firste frount. Therfor Benadab sente men, whicheto wite who these weren the whiche I. telden to hym, and seide, Men ȝeden out of Sa|marie. And he seide, Whether thei comen for pees, take ȝe hem quyke; whether to fiȝte, take ȝe hem quyke. Therfor the children of pryncesthe prynces I. of prouynces ȝeden out, and the residue oost suede; and ech smoot the man that cam aȝens hym. And men of Sirie fledden, and Israelal Israel K. pursuede hem; also Benadab, kyngthe kyng I. of Sirie, fledde on an hors with his kniȝtis. Also the king of Israel ȝede out, and smoot horsis and charis, and he smoot Sirie with a ful greet veniaunce. Forsothe a prophete neiȝedeneiȝede nyȝ I. to the kyng of Israel, and seide, Go thou, and bebe thou K. coumfortidbe coumfortid; in taking trist in God, to de|fende thee in batel to com|ynge. Lire here. C., and wyte, and se, what thou schalt do; for the kyng of Sirie schal stieweende up I. aȝens thee in the ȝeer suynge. Sotheli the seruauntis of the kyng of Sirie seiden to hym, The Goddis of hillis ben the Goddis of the sones of Israel, therfor thei ouercamen vs; but it is betere that we fiȝte aȝens hem in feeldi placis, and we schulen geet hemhem there I.. Ther|for do thou this wordword or counseil I.; remoue thou alle kyngis fro thin oost, and sette thou princis for hem; and restore thou the noumbre of knyȝtis, that feldenfelden or weren sleyn I. of thine, and horsisthe horsis C. biaftir I. be S. the formereforme DEGMNQSW. forme of O. horsis, and restore thouthe I. charis, bi the charis whichethat I. thou haddist bifore; and we schulen fiȝte aȝens hem in feeldy places, and thou schalt se, that we schulen gete hem. HeBenadab I. bileuyde to the counsel of hem, and dide so. Ther|for after that the ȝeer hadde passid, Be|nadab noumbride men of Sirie, and he stiedestiede up I. in to Affech, to fiȝte aȝens Israel. Forsothe the sones of Israel weren noum|brid; and whanne meetis weren takun, thei ȝedenwenten I. forth euene aȝens, and thei, as twey litle flockis of geet, settiden tentis aȝens men of Sirie. Forsothe men of Si|rie filliden the erthelond I.. And o prophete of God neiȝedeAnd o profete of God neiȝide; thouȝ this pro|fete is not nemyd here, doctours bothe Latyns and Ebreys seyen, that he was Mycheas, sone of Romula. God of hillis, etc.; men of Sirie weren ouercomun, for they blasfem|eden God, and the profete seide that Achab schulde not spare Ben|adab and his puple, but sle hem, for they blasfemeden God. Lire here. C., and seide to the kyng of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, For men of Sirie seiden, God of hillis is the Lord of hem, and he is not God of valeis, Y schal ȝyue al this greet multi|tude in thin hond, and ȝe schulen wite that Y am theOm. GIKMNbç. Lord. InAnd I. seuene daies these and thei dressiden scheltruns euene aȝensaȝens ech oother I.; forsotheand I. in the seuenthe dai the batel was joyned togidere, and the sones of Israel smytidensmoten I. smeten EL. of menthe men I. of Syrie an hundrid thousynde ofOm. A. foot men in o dai. ForsotheAnd I. thei that leften fledden in to the citee of Affech, and the wal felde doun onupon I. seuene and twenti thousynde of men that leften. Forsothe Benadab fledde, and en|tride in to the citee, in to a closet that was with ynne a closet; and hise seruauntis seiden to him, We herdenhan herd I. that the kyngis of the hows of Israel ben merciful, therfor putte we sackis in oure leendis, and cordis in oure heedis, and go we out to the kyng of Israel; in hap he schal saue oure lyues. TheiThanne thei I. girdidengirden C. her leendis with sackis, and puttidenputten L. puttend E. coordis in her heedis, and thei camen to the kyng of Israel, and seiden to hym, Thi seruaunt Benadab seith, Y preye thee, leteOm. plures. that EL. `my soule lyuelyue my lijf I.. And heAchab I. seide, If Benadab lyueth ȝit, he is my brotherhe is my bro|ther; that is, Y wole make pees with him. Lire here. C.. WhichThe which I. thingseiyng I. theOm. EI. men of Sirie token for a graciouse word, and rauyschidenthei rauyschiden I. hastily the word of his mouth, and seiden, Thi brother Benadab lyueth. And Achab seide to hem, Go ȝe, and brynge ȝe hym to me. Therfor Benadab ȝede out to hym, and he reisidereiside up I. Benadab in to his chare. `Which BenadabAnd he I. seide to hymAchab I., Y schal ȝelde the citees whiche my fadir took fro thi fadir, and make thou stretis to thee in Damask, as my fadir made in Samarie; and Y schal be boundun to pees, and Y schal departe fro thee. Therfor heAchab I. made boond of peespees with him I., and delyuerede hym. Thanne suma I. man of the sones of prophetis seide to his fe|lowe, in the word of the Lord, Smyte thou me. And he noldewolde not I. smyte. To `whiche felowewhom I. hethe prophet I. seide, For thou noldistwoldist not I. here the vois of the Lord, lo! thou schalt go fro me, and a lioun schal smyte thee. And whanne he hadde go a litil fro hymthe prophet I., a lioun foond hym, and slowȝ hymOm. plures.. But also the prophete foond another man, and he seide to that man, Smyte thou me. WhichAnd he I. smoot him, and woundide himOm. plures.. Therfor the prophete ȝedewente I., and mette theOm. I. kyngkyng Achab I. in the weie; and he chaungide his mouth and iȝenhis iȝen I., by spryngingsprengyng I. of dustbi sprynging of dust; in Ebreu it is, he chaungide with a cloth, that is, bi wlapping of a cloth. Lire here. C.. And whanne the kyng hadde passid, he criede to the kyng, and seide, Thi ser|uaunt ȝede out to fiȝte anoon, and whanne o man hadde fledde, suma I. man brouȝte hym to me, and seide, Kepe thou this man; and if he aschapithascapith awey I., thi lijf schal be for his lijfthi liyf schal be for his liyf, and Y resseyu|ede him in this condicioun. Lire here. C., ether thou schalt paye a talent of siluere. Sotheli while Y was tro|blid, and turnede me hidur and thidur, sodeynly he apperide not. And the kyng of Israel seide to hym, This is thi doom whichthat I. thou hast demed. And anoon he wipidewipte DEKLMSXbç. aweyand anoon he wipte awey, etc.; in Ebreu it is, remouyde the cloth, ether binding, fro his face. Lire here. C. the dust fro his face, and the kyng of Israel knew him, that he was of the prophetis. WhichThe which I. seide to the kyng, The Lord seith these thingis, For thou deliueridist fro thin hond a man worthi theOm. I. deeth, thi lijf schal be for his lijf, and thi puple `schal beO m. I. for his puple. Therfor the kyng of Israel turnede aȝen in to his hows, and dispiside to herehere Goddis word I., and camhe cam I. wod in to Samarieand cam wood in to Sa|marie; Jose|phus seith, that he killide the profete. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XXI.

Forsothe after these wordis, in that tyme, the vyner of Naboth of Jezrael, `that was in JezraelOm. I., was bisidis the pa|leis of Achab, kyng of Samarye. Therfor Achab spak to Naboth, and seide, Ȝyue thou to me thethi IK. vynervynȝeerd I. vyne D., that Y make to meme theroff I. a gardyn of wortis, for it is nyȝnyȝ to me I., and nyȝ myn hows; and Y schal ȝyue to thee a betere vyner for it; ethir if thou gessist it more profitable to thee, Y schall ȝyueȝyue thee I. the prijs of siluer, as myche as it is worth. To whom Naboth answeride, The Lord be merciful to me, that Y ȝyue not to thee the eritage of my fadristhe eritage of my fadris; for priys, ether for other eri|tage, for the lond of Israel was propirly Goddis himsilf, and it myȝte not be seeld for euere, but onely til to the iubile in xxv. co. of Leuitici; and therfor nether that was grauntid in the lawe, no but in nede, but Naboth was riche, and ther|for he was not compellid to sille his eritage; forsothe the king wolde haue it, for euerlastinge tyme. Lire here. C.. Ther|for Acab cam in to his hows, hauynge indignacioun, and gnastyng on the word whichthat I. Naboth of Jezrael hadde spoke to him, and seide, Y schal not ȝyue to thee the eritage of my fadirs. And Achab castide doun him silf in to his bedin to his bed; for indigna|cioun and vn|pacience, and bi this it is opin, that the kyng myȝte not take for his wille, the feeldis of hise sugetis. Lire here. C., and turnede awei his face to the wal, and ete not breed. ForsotheAnd I. Jezabel, his wijf, entride to hym, and seide to hym, What is this thing, wherof thi soule is maad sory? and whi etist thou not breed? WhichThe which I. answeride to hir, Y spak to Na|both of Jezrael, and Y seide to hym, Ȝyue thi vynervynȝerd I. to me for money takun, ethir if it plesith thee, Y schal ȝyue to thee a betere vyner for it. And he seide, Y schal not ȝyue to thee my vynervynȝerd I.. Therfor Je|zabel, his wijf, seide to hym, Thou art ofa L. greet auctorite, and thou gouernest wel Is|rael; rise thou, and ete breed, and be thou `pacient, ethir coumfortidcoumfortid ether pacient CFMW. pacient or of euen ynwitt I.; Y schal ȝyue to thee the vyner of Naboth of Jez|rael. Therfor scheJezabel I. wroot lettrissche wroot lettris, etc.; bi the wille and knowing of Achab. Lire here. C. in the name of Achab, and seelide tho with the ryng of hym; and sche sente to the gret|tere men in birthe, and to the beste men, that weren in the citee of hymNaboth I., and dwelliden with Nabothhim I.. SotheliAnd I. this was the sentence of the lettre; Preche ȝe fastyng, and make ȝe Naboth to sitte among the firste men of the puple; and sende ȝe priueli twei men, the sones of Belial, aȝens hym, and sey thei fals wit|nessyng, Naboth blessidehath blessid I. God and the kyngkyng, that is, hath cursid I.Naboth bless|ide God and the king; that is, curside, as in ii. co. of Job, Blesse thou God, and die thou; for the orrour of cursing, Jewis signefieden it bi the contrarie name. Lire here. C.; and lede ȝe out hym, andOm. C. stoon ȝe himOm. plures., and die he so. Therfor hise cite|seyns, the grettere men in birthe, and the beste men that dwelliden with hym in the citee, diden as Jezabel hadde comaundid, and as it was writun in the lettris, whichethat I. sche hadde sent to hem. Thei prechiden fastyng, and maden Naboth to sitte among the firste men of the puple; and whanne twey men, sones of the deuel, weren brouȝt, thei maden hem to sitte aȝens hymNaboth I., and thei, that isis to wite I., as men of the deuel, seiden witnessyng aȝens him bifor al the multi|tude, Naboth blesside God and the kyng; for which thing thei ledden hym with out the citee, and killiden himOm. plures. with stoonys. And thei senten to Jezabel, and seiden, Naboth is stoonyd, and is deed. Forsothe it was doon, whanne Jezabel hadde herd Naboth stonyd and deed, sche spak to Achab, Rise thou, take thouOm. I. in posses|sioun the vyner of Naboth of Jezrael, whichthat I. noldewolde not I. assente to thee, and ȝyue it for money takun; for Naboth lyueth not, but is deed. And whanne Achab hadde herd this, that is, Naboth deedto be deed I., he roos, and ȝede doun in to the vyner of Naboth of Jezrael, to haue itto haue it, etc.; for hise goodis weren forfetid bi mannus doom. Lire here. C. inin to CO pr. m. possessioun. Therfor the word of the Lord was maad to Elie of Thesbi, and seide, Rise thou, go doun in to the comyng of Achab, kyng of Israel, whichthat I. is in Samarie; lo! he goith doun to the vyner of Naboth, that he haue it in possessioun. And thou schalt speke to hym, and `thou schaltOm. I. seie, The Lord GodOm. CEL. seith these thingis, Thou hast slaynslayn Naboth I.thou hast slayn; for the lettris of the deth of Naboth weren maad and sent bi the knowing and will of Achab. Lire here. C., ferthermore and thou hast taketake his vynȝerd I. in possessioun; and aftir these thingis thou schalt addeadde to mo yuelis I., In this place, wherynne doggis lickiden the blood of Naboth, thei schulen licke also thi blood. And Achab seyde to Elie, Whether thou hast founde me thin enemy? WhichAnd I. ElieOm. C. seide, Y haue foundefounde thee so I., for thou art seeldsold to the deuel I.for thou art seeld; as a thing seeld passith in to the lordschip and possessioun of the biere, so Achab semyde al suget to idols, and seruynge to idols. madist Israel to do synne; not onely in the worschiping of caluys, as othere kyngis bifor goyng diden, but also in the worschiping of Baal. Lire here. C. that thou schuldist do yuel in the siȝt of the Lord. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal brynge ynOm. C. onupon I. thee yuel, and Y schal kitte awey thinthe D. hyn|drerehyndere IXC. thingis, and Y schal sle of Achab a pissere to the wal, and prisonedthe prisoned I., and the laste in Israel; and Y schal ȝyue thin hows asto be as I. the hows of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Naboth, and as the hows of Baasa, sonethe sone I. of Ahia; for thou didistdidist yuel I. to excite me to wrathfulnesse, and madist Israel to do synne. But also the Lord spak ofto I. Jeza|bel, and seide, Doggis schulen ete Jezabel in the feeld of Jesrael; if Achab schal die in the citee, doggis schulen ete hym; sotheli if he schal die in the feeld, briddis of the eyr schulen ete hym. Therfor noon other was sich as Achabwas sich as Achab; that is, in kingis bifor goynge him, for he brouȝte in to his rewme the worschip|ing of Baal, at exciting of his wiyf. Lire here. C., that was seeld to do yuel in the siȝt of the Lord; for Jezabel his wijf excitide hymhym therto I.; and he was maad abhomynable, in so myche that he suede the ydols that Ammorreismen of Ammorey I. maden, which Ammorreismen I. the Lord wastide fro the face of the sones of Israel. Therfor whanne Achab hadde herd these wordis, he to-rente his cloth, and hilide his fleisch with an hayre, and he fastide, and slepte in a sak, and ȝede with the heed cast doun. TheAnd the I. word of the Lord was maad to Elie of Thesbi, and seide, Whethir thou hast not seyn Achab maad low bifor me? Therfor for he is maad lowhe is maad low; this pe|naunce was for drede of deth, as it is seid comynly, and therfor it dis|seruede not grace and auoiding of euerlastinge peyne, thouȝ it disseruede di|laiyng of tem|peral peyne; othere men seyen, that this was veri pe|naunce onely at an our, for he turnede aȝen to yuele passid. Lire hire. C. for theOm. I. cause of me, Y schal not brynge yn yuel in hise daies, but in the daies of his sone Y schal bryng yn yuel to his hows.

 CAP. XXII.

Therfor thre ȝeerisȝeer I. ȝer EL. passiden with out batel bitwixe Sirie and Israel. ForsotheAnd I. in the thridde ȝeer Josephat, king of Juda, ȝede doun to the kyng of Israel. And the kyng of Israel seide to hise seruauntis, Witen ȝe not, that Ramoth of Galaad is oure, and we ben necgligent to take it fro the hoond of the kyng of Sirie? And heAchab I. seide to JosaphatJohasaphat, king of Juda I., Whether thou schalt come with me to fiȝte in to Ramoth of Galaad? And Josophat seide to the kyng of Israel, As Y am, so and thou; my puple and thi puple ben oon; and my knyȝtis and thy knyȝtis `ben oonOm. I.. And Josephat seide to the kyng of Israel, Y preie thee, axe thou to dai the word of the Lord. TherforAnd DKMç. the kyng of Israel gaderidegaderide to gidre I. prophetis aboute foure hundrid men, and he seide to hem, Owe Y to go in to Ramoth of Galaad to fiȝte, ethir toowe I to I. reste? WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden, Stie thouthou up I., and the Lord schal ȝyue it in the hond of the kyngkyng of Israel I.. Forsothe Jose|phat seide, IsIs ther I. not here ony profete of the Lord, that we axe bi hym? And the kyng of Israel seide to Josephat, O man, MycheeMychee bi name I., sonethe sone I. of Hiemla, is left, bi whom we moun axe the Lord; but Y hate hym, for he prophesieth not goodgood thing I. to me, but yuel. To whome Josephat seide, Kyng, spek thou not so. Therfor the kyng of Israel clepide summea I. chaumburleynchaumburleyn of his I., and seide to hym, Haste thouthou thee I. to brynge My|chee, sonethe sone I. of Hiemla. Forsothe the kyng of Israel, and Josephat, kyng of Juda, saten, ech in his trone, clothid with kyngis ournementourment A., in thea I. large hows bisidis the dorewikett I. of the ȝate of Samarie; and alle prophetisthe prophetis CGINO. prophecieden in the siȝt of hem. Also Sedechie, sonethe sone I. of Chanaan, made to hym silf hornes of yrun, and seide, The Lord God seith these thingis, With thesethese hornes I. thou schalt scaterescatere abrood I. Sirye, til thou do awei it. And alle prophetis prophecieden in lijk maner, and seiden, Stye thou in to Ramoth of Galaad, and go thou with prosperite; and the Lord schal bitake thin enemyes in the hond of the kyng. So|theli the messanger, that ȝede to clepe Mychee, spak to hym, and seide, Lo! the wordis of prophetisthe prophetis EL. with o mouth prechen goodis to the kyng; therfor thi word be lijk hem, and speke thou goodis. To whom Mychee seide, The Lord lyueth, for what euer thing the Lord schal seie to me, Y schal speke this. Therfor he cam to the kyng. And the kyng seide to hym, Mychee, owen we goto go ELbç. in to Ramoth of Galaad to fiȝte, ether ceesse? To which kyng he answeride, Stie thou, and go in prosperitego in pros|perite; he seide not this for certeyn, but more bi deny|ing, ether bi de|siring; and the kyng per|seyuede this by signes, ther|for he coniour|ide hym to speke truthe. Lire here. C.; and the Lord schal bitake it `in toin BC sec. m. the hond of the kyng. Forsothe the kyng seide to hym, Eft and eft Y coniure thee, that thou speke not to me, no but that that is soth in the name of the Lord. And he seide, Y siȝ al Israel scaterid in the hillis, as scheep not hauynge a scheep|herde; and the Lord seide, These han no lord, ech man turne aȝen in to his hows in pees. Therfor the kyng of Israel seide to Josaphat, Whethir Y seide not to thee, that he prophecieth not good to me, but euere yuel? Sotheli thilke Mychee addide, and seide, Therefore here thou the word of the Lord; Y siȝ the Lord sittynge on his trone, and Y siȝ al the oost of heuene stondynge nyȝ hym, on the riȝt side and on the left side. And the Lord seide, Who schal disseyue Achab, kyng of Is|rael, that he stye, and falle in Ramoth of Galaad? And oon seide siche wordis, and another in anothir maner. Sotheli a spi|rit ȝede out, and stood bifor the Lord, and seide, Y schal disseyue hym. To whom the Lord spak, In what thing? And he seide, Y schal go out, and Y schal be a spirit of leesyng in the mouth of alle hise prophetis. And the Lord seide, Thou schalt disseyuethou schalt disseyue; not that falsnesse is shewid of the Lord, ether of his co|maundemens, but God suf|frith bi iust doom, that yuele men be disseyuede of fendis, that han not power to do ony thing no but as he suffrith. Lire here. C., and schalt haue the may|stry; go thou out, and do so. Now ther|for, lo! the Lord ȝaf a spirit of leesyng in the mouth of alle prophetis that ben here; and the Lord spak yuel aȝens thee. For|sothe Sedechie, sone of Canaan, neiȝede, and smoot Mychee on the cheke, and seide, Whether the Spirit of the Lord forsook me, and spak to thee? And Mychee seide, Thou schalt se in that dai, whanne thou schalt go in to closeta closet CW. the closet K. with ynne closet, that thou be hid. And the kyng of Israel seide, Take ȝeOm. S. Mychee, and dwelle he at Amon, prince of the citee, and at Joas, theOm. S. sone of Amalech; and seie ȝe to hem, The kyng seith these thingis, Sende ȝe this man in to prisoun, and susteyne ȝe hym with breed of tribulacioun, and with watir of angwisch, til Y turne aȝen in pees. And Mychee seide, If thou schalt turne aȝen in pees, the Lord spak not in me. And he seide, Here ȝe, alle puplis. Therfor the kyng of Israel stiede, and Josaphat, kyng of Juda, in to Ramoth of Galaad. Therfor the kyng of Israel seide to Josephat, Take thou armeris, and entre thou in to batel, and be thou clothid in thi clothis, that is, noblein noble plures. signes of the kyng. Certis the kyng of Israel chaung|ide hise clothinghis clothing; that is, aray of king. Lire here. C., and entride in to batel. Sotheli the kyng of Sirie hadde comaundid to two and thritti princes of charis, and seide, Ȝe schulen not fiȝte aȝens ony man lesse, ethir more, noOm. C. but aȝens the kyng of Israel oonli. Therfor whanne the princes of charis hadden seyn Josephat, thei suposiden that he was king of Israel, and bi feersnesse maad thei fouȝten aȝens hym. And Josephat criedeJosephath criede; cleping Goddis help, and declaringe his baner. Lire here. C.; and the princis of charis vndurstoden, that it was not the king of Israel, and thei ceessiden fro hym. Sotheli sum man bente a bowe, and dresside an arowe in to vncerteyn, and bi hap he smoot the kyng of Israel bitwixe the lunge and the stomak. And the kyng seide to his charietere, Turne thin hond, and cast me out of the oostcast me out of the oost; not fully, but he was cast out of that scheltrun in to another. Lire here. C., for Y am woundid greuousli. Therfor batel was ioyned in that dai, and the kyng of Israel stood in his chare aȝens men of Sirie, and he was deed at euentid. Forsothe the blood of the wounde fletide doun in to the bothome of the chare. And a criere sownede in al the oost, before thatOm. A. the sunne ȝede doun, and seide, Ech man turne aȝen in to his citee, and in to his lond. Forsothe the kyng was deed, and was borun in to Samarie; and thei birieden the kyng in Samarie. And thei waisch|iden his chare in the cisterne of Samarie, and doggis lickiden his blood, and thei wayschiden the reynesand they waischiden the raynes; in Ebreu it is thus, and thei waischiden the armeris, fro the blood of Achab. Bi the word of the Lord, etc.; that is, bisidis the place, wher|ynne Naboth was stonyd, upe this that the Lord seide bi Elie, for Achab hadde the hows of his armer in Jezrael, and therfor hise armeris in whiche he was woundid, weren brouȝt thidur, and waschun there fro blood of Achab, and doggis lickiden it in that same place, where Naboth was slayn. Lire here. C., bi the word of the Lord whiche he hadde spoke. Sotheli the residue of wordis of Achab, and alle thingis whiche he dide, and the hows of yuer which he bildide, and of alle citees whiche he bildide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? Therfor Achab slepte with hise fadris, and Ocozie, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe Jose|phat, sone of Asa, bigan to regne on Juda in the fourthe ȝeer of Achab, kyng of Is|rael. Josephat was of fyue and thretti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede fyue and twenti ȝeer in Jerusa|lem; the name of his modir wasOm. S. Azuba, douȝter of Salai. And he ȝede in al the weye of Asa, his fadir, and bowide not fro it; and he dide that, that was riȝtful in the siȝt of the Lord. Netheles he dide not awey hiȝ thingis, for ȝit the puple made sacrifice, and brente encense in hiȝ places. And Josephat hadde pees with the king of Israel. Sotheli the residue of wordis of Josephat, and the werkis and batels, whiche he dide, whethir these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? But also he took awey fro the loond the relikis of men turned in to wymmens condiciouns, that leften in the daies of Aza, his fadir. Ne|thir a kyng was ordeyned thanne in Edom. ForsotheSotheli FGKLNOPQRSUWç. king Josephat made schippis in the see, that schulden seile in to Ophir for gold, and tho myȝten not go, for thei weren brokuntho weren brokun; bi Goddis doom, for he hadde homelynesse and felouschipe with Ocozie, king of Israel, in ij. book of Paral. XX. co. Lire here. C. in Asiongaber. Thanne Ocozie, sone of Achab, seide to Josephat, My seruauntis go with thine in schippis. And Josephat noldeand Josephat nolde; that is, be assossied with him the ij. tyme in nauey. Lire here. C.. And Josephat slepte with hise fadris, and was biried with hem in the citee of Dauid, his fadir; and Jo|ram, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe Ocozie, sone of Achab, bigan to regne on Israel, in Samarie, in the seuenetenthe ȝeer of Josephat, kyng of Juda; and Ocozie regnede on Israel twei ȝeer. And he dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, and ȝede in the wey of his fadir, and of his modir, and in the weie of Jeroboam, sone of Na|bath, that made Israel to do synne. And he seruyde Baal, and worschipide hym, and wraththide the Lord God of Israel, bi alle thingis whiche his fadir hadde do.

 Here endith the thridde book of Kyngis, and here bigynneth the fourtheHere endith the thridde book of Kyngis, and bigynneth the fourthe book. BNQ. Here endith the thridde book of Kyngis, and bygynnethe the fourthe book of Kyngis. CSX. Here endith the thridde book of Kyngis, and bigynnith a prolog on the iv. book. GM. Heere endeth the thridde book of Kinges, se now the fourthe. K. Heere eendith the iije. book, and bigynneth the iiije. book of Kynges. R. Here eendith the thrydde book of Kyngis. ç. No final rubric in ELP.. IV. KINGS. [Prologue on the Fourth book of KingsThis prologue is from M..]

THIS Fourthe book of Kingis makith mencioun of alle the kingis of Israel, and of Juda, from Ocozie, sone of Achab, in to Sedechie, king of Juda, that was in the secounde transmygracioun of the men of Juda and of Jerusalem, whanne the cite of Jerusalem was taken and brent, with the temple of the Lord, and maad desolat, either forlete, bi seuenti ȝeer, after the wordis of Jeremye, profete.

 Here biginneth the ferthe book of KingisFrom Mç. The iiij. of Kinges. P. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

FORSOTHE Moab trespasside aȝens Is|raelMoab tres|passide aȝenus Israel; for the king of Moab swoor for him and his rewme, to serue the king of Israel vndur tribute, and he rebell|ide, and brak this ooth. Lire here. C., after that Achab was deed. And Ocozie felde thorou the aleris of his soler, which he hadde in Samarie, and was sijk; and he sente messangeris, and seide to hem, Go ȝe, and councele Belzebub, god of Acharon, whether Y may lyue after this sijknesse of me. Forsothe the aungel of the Lord spak to Elye of Thesbi, and seide, Rise thou, and go doun into the metynge of the messangeris of the kyng of Samarie; and thou schalt seie to hem, Whether God is not in Israel, that ȝe go to counsel Belzebub, god of Acharon? For which thingfor which thing; that is, for vnfeithful|nesse. Lire here. C. the Lord seith these thingis, Thou schalt not go doun of the bed, on which thou stiedist. And Elie ȝede. And the messangeris turneden aȝen to Ocozie. And he seide to hem, Whi turneden ȝe aȝen? And thei answeriden to hym, A man mette vs, and seide to vs, Go ȝe, turne ȝe aȝen to the kyng, that sente ȝou; and ȝe schulen seie to him, The Lord seith these thingis, Whether for God was not in Israel, thou sendist, that Belzebub, god of Acharon, be counselid? Therfor thou schalt not go doun of the bed, on which thou stiedist, but thou schalt die bi deeth. Which Ocozie seide to hem, Of what figure and abite is that man, that mette ȝou, and spak to ȝou these wordis? And thei seiden, An heeri man, and gird with a girdil of skynof skyn; in Ebreu it is, of lether. C. in the reynes. Which seide to hem, It is Elie of Thesbi. And he sente to Elie a prince of fifti, and fifti men that weren vndur hym. Which prince stiede to hym, and seide to hym, sittynge in the cop of the hil, Man of God, the kyng comaundith, that thou come doun. And Elie answeride, and seide to the prince of fifti men, If Y am the man of Godif Y am the man of God; verily and not scornefuly. Fier come doun, etc. Elie knew bi reuelacioun, that this prince clepide him in scorn the man of God, and that he con|sentide to the king in the synne of idola|trie and in the punysching of Elie, and so diden thei that weren with the prince; and herfor by Goddis sen|tence, they weren worthi to be punysch|id; wherfor Elie pronouns|ide Goddis sen|tence, and seide, if Y am the man of God, etc.; and so it is of the ij. prince, and hise fifti men. Lire here. C., fier come doun fro heuene, and de|uoure thee and thi fifti men. Therfor fier cam doun fro heuene, and deuouride hym, and the fifti men that weren with hym. Eft he sente to Elie another prince of fifti, and fifti men with hym, which spak to Helye, Man of God, the kyng seith these thingis, Haste thou, come thou doun. Elie answeride, and seide, If Y am the man of God, fier come doun fro heuene, and de|uoure thee and thi fifti men. Therfor the fier of God cam doun fro heuene, and de|uouride hym and hise fifti men. Eft he sente the thridde princehe sente the thridde prince, etc.; this thridde prince. was Abdie, as Ebreis and Cristen doc|tours seyen comynly, and Abdie dredde God gretly, in III. book of Kingis, xviii. co., and therfor he mekide him silf bifor God, and Elie his seruaunt. Lire here. C. of fifti men, and fifti men that weren with hym. And whanne this prynce hadde come, he bow|ide the knees aȝens Elie, and preiede hym, and seide, Man of God, nyle thou dispise my lijf, and the lyues of thi seruauntis that ben with me. Lo! fier cam doun fro heuene, and deuouride tweyne, the firste princis of fifti men, and the fifti men that weren with hem; but now, Y biseche, that thou haue mercy on my lijf. ForsotheForsothe lo A. the aungel of the Lord spak to Helie of Thesbi, and seide, Go thou doun with hym; dredeand drede X. thou not. Therfor Elie roos, and cam doun with hym to the kyng; and he spak to the kyng, The Lord seith thes thingis, For thou sentist messangeris to counsele Belzebub, god of Acharon, as if no God were in Israel, of whom thow myȝtist axe a word; therfor thou schalt not go doun of the bed, on which thou stiedist, but thou schalt die bi deeth. Therfor he was deed bi the word of the Lord, which word Elie spak; and Joram, hys brothir, regnyde for hym, in the se|counde ȝeer of Joramthe ij. ȝeer of Joram; in which he regn|ede with his fadir, for he regnede viij. ȝeer with his fadir, for fro that tyme that Josophath was in perel of deth in Ramoth of Galaad, he or|deynede Joram, his sone, king, lest striyf weren among hise sones for the rewme, aftir his deth. Lire here. C., theOm. X. sone of Jose|phat, kyng of Juda; for Ocozie hadde no sone. Sotheli the residue of wordis of Ocozie, whiche he wrouȝte, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel?

 CAP. II.

Forsothe it was don, whanne the Lord wolde reise Elie bi a whirlewynd in to heuene, Elie and Elisee ȝeden fro Galgalis. And Elie seide to Elisee, Sitte thou here, for the Lord sente me til into Bethel. To whom Elisee seide, The Lord lyueth and thi soule lyueth, for Y schal not forsake thee. And whanne thei hadden come doun toin to CX. Bethel, the sones of prophetis, that weren in Bethel, ȝeden out to Elisee, and seiden to hym, Whether thou knowist, that the Lord schal take awey thi lord to dai fro thee? Which answeride, And I knoweknowede S.; be ȝe stille. Forsothe Elie seide to Elisee, Sitte thou here, for the Lord sente me into Jerico. And he seide, The Lord lyueth and thi soule lyueth, for Y schal not forsake thee. And whanne thei hadden come to Jerico, the sones of pro|phetis, that weren in Jerico, neiȝiden to Elisee, and seiden to hym, Whether thou knowist, that the Lord schal take awei thi lord to dai fro thee? And he seide, Y knowe; be ȝe stille. Forsothe Elie seide to Elisee, Sitte thou here, for the Lord sente me `til totil in to ELP. to X. Jordan. Which seide, The Lord lyueth and thi soule lyueth, for Y schal not forsake thee. Therfor bothe ȝeden togidere; and fifti men of the sones of prophetis sueden, which also stoden fer euen aȝens; sothely thei bothe stoden ouer Jordan. And Elie took his mentil, and wlappide itOm. S., and smoot the watrissmoot the watris; the watris weren departid, not bi ony vertu that was in the mentil, but bi Goddis vertu, bi which he wolde schewe the merit of Elie. Lire here. C.; whiche weren departid `intoin C. euer ethir part, and bothe ȝeden bi theOm. EL. drie. And whanne thei hadden passid, Elie seide to Elisee, Axe thou that, that thou wolt that Y do to thee, bifor that Y be takun awey fro thee. And Elisee seide, Y biseche, that thi double spiritthat thi dou|ble spirit; Elisee axide not the spirit in double pro|porcioun in comparisoun of Elie, that he schulde be set so bifor Elie, but he axide that the double grace that was in Elie, that is, the grace of myraclis, and the grace of profesie, schulde be in him, that so he schulde be maad liyk the maister. Lire here. C. be `maad inwith EL. me. Which Elie answeride, Thou axist an hard thing; netheles if thou schalt se me, whanne Y schal be takun awei fro thee, that that thou axidist schal be; sotheli, if thou schalt not se, it schal not be. And whanne thei ȝeden, and spaken goynge, lo! a chare of fier and horsys of fier departiden euer either; and Elie stiede bi a whirlewynd in to heuenein to heuene; not in to he|uene of sterris, nether of briȝt|nesse in blis, but in to he|uene of the eir; and bi the eir Elie was borun in to erthely para|diys, whidur Enok was translatid bi|fore; and aboute the ende of the world bothe schulen come forth from thennus, to preeche aȝenus the fals|nesse of Aunte|crist. Lire here. C.. Forsothe Elise siȝ, and criede, My fadir! my fadir! the chare of Israelthe chare of Israel; a chare berith up, and a charietere rulith, so Elie bar up the pu|ple of Israel, in fillinge ether amendinge de|fautis, as in III. book, xviii. co., in the getinge of wa|tir to the puple beinge in perel; also Elie rulide the puple, and brouȝte it aȝen to the veri feith of o God, by geting of fier fro heuene on his brent sacri|fice, to de|claringe of veri Godhed, wher|for the puple criede thanne, the Lord him silf is God. In Ebreu it is thus, the chare of Israel, and the chyualrie therof, that is, myȝtiere to de|fence of Israel, than chyualry with charis of batel, as Rabi Salomon ex|powneth. Lire here. C., and the charietere therof. And he siȝ no more Elie. And he took hise clothis, and to-rente tho in to twei partis. And he reiside the mentil of Elie, that felde doun to hym; and he turnede aȝen, and stood ouer the ryuer of Jordan. And with the mentil of Elie, that felde doun to hym, he smoot the watris, whiche weren not departidwhich weren not departid; this was doon of God, that Elisee schulde not be reisid ouer myche, of the geting of the spirit of Elie. Where is God of Elie? at this criying the watris weren departid, that it were schewid, that he gat grace and kunning to profesie and to do myraclis, not of hise owne meritis, but of Goddis fre ȝifte, and of the meritis of Elie. Lire here. C.. And he seide, Where is God of Elie also now? And he smoot the watris, and tho weren departid hidur and thidur; and Elisee passide. Sotheli the sones of prophetis, that weren in Jerico euene aȝens, siȝen, and seiden, The spirit of Elie restide on Elisee. And thei camen in to the meetyng of hym, and worschip|iden hym lowli to erthe. And thei seiden to hym, Lo! with thi seruauntis ben fifti stronge men, that moun go, and seke thi lord, lest perauenture the Spirit of the Lord hath take hym, and hath cast forth hym in oon of the hillis, ethir in oon of the valeys. WhichAnd Helizee I. seide, `Nyle ȝe sendeSende ȝe not I.. And thei constreyneden hym, til he as|sentide to hem, and seide, Sende ȝe. And thei senten fifti men; and whanne thei hadden souȝtsouȝt him I. bi thre daies, thei foundenfounden him I. not. And thei turneden aȝen to hymHelizee I.; and he dwelide in Jerico. And he seide to hem, Whether Y seide not to ȝou, Nyle ȝe sende? Therfor theOm. I. men of the citee seiden to Elisee, Lo! the dwellyngthe dwelling, etc.; that is, the setting of the citee was best for pro|fetis, for it was couenable to contempla|cioun; and the erthe was not bareyn, not but for malice of the watir. Lire here. C. of this cite is ful good, as thou thi silf, lord, seest; but the watris ben fulmoost I. yuele, and the lond is bareyn. And heHelizee I. seide, Brynge ȝe to me a newe vessel, and sendeputte I. ȝe salt in to it. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt itit to him I., he ȝede out to the welle of watris, and senteputte I. salt in to itthe welle I., and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, Y haue helid thesethe L. watris, and nethir deeth, netherne ELP. bareyn|esse, schal be more in thohem I.. Therfor the watris weren heelid tilOm. I. in to this dai, bi the word of Elisee, whichthat I. he spak. For|sothe Elisee stiedewente up I. fro thennus in to Bethel; and whanne he stiedewente up I. bi the weie, litle children ȝeden out of the citee, and scorneden hym, and seiden, StieStie up I., thou ballard! stieStie up I., thou ballard! And whanne he hadde biholde, he siȝ hem, and curside hemand curside hem; these children weren tauȝt and stirid of her fadris and modris, idolatrouris, to scorne the pro|fete of the Lord, and ther|for he curside hem, that her fadris and mo|dris schulden be punyschid, and that the children schul|den no more be stirid, to the malice of fadris and modris; for he wiste bi God schewinge, that her deth ouȝte to come sone aftir his cursing, which he brouȝte forth bi the sentence of Goddis riȝt|fulnesse. Lire here. C. in the name of the Lord. And twey beeris ȝedenwenten I. out of the forest, and to-rente fourti children of hem. SotheliCertis I. Elisee wente fro thennus in to the hil of Carmele, and fro thennus he turnede `aȝen toaȝen into DI. to ELP. Samarie.

 CAP. III.

ForsotheCertis I. Joram, sonethe sone I. of Achab, regn|ede onupon I. Israel, in Samarie, in the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of Josephat, kyng of Juda. And he regnede twelue ȝeer, and he dide yuel bi|for the Lord, but not as hisOm. DEMPC. fader and modirhis modir EL.not as his fadir and mo|dir; for they brouȝten in the worschipinge of the idol Baal, and this Joram re|mouyde it; but he dwellide in the worschip|ing of calues, whiche Jero|boam made. Lire here. C.; forforsothe I. he tookdide I. awei the ymagis of Baal, whiche his fadir hadde maad, netheles inhe cleuyde to I. the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne, `he cleuydeOm. I., and ȝedehe ȝede I. not awei fro thohem I.. Forsothe Mesa, kyng of Moab, nurschide many beestis, and paiedehe paiede I. to the kyng of Israel an hundrid thousynde of lambren, and an hundrid thousynde ofOm. I. wetheris, with her fleesisflees ELPb. flees for tribute I.. And whanne Achab was deed, heMesa I. brak the boond of pees, whichthat I. he hadde with the kyng of Israel. Therfor kyng Joram ȝede out of Samarie in that dai, and noumbridehe noumbride I. al Israel. And he sente to Josephat, kyng of Juda, and seide, The kyng of Moab ȝedehath gon I. awei fro me; come thou with me aȝens him to batel. WhichAnd I. Josephat answeride, Y schal stiestie up with thee I.; he that is myn, is thin; my puple is thi puple; and myn horsis ben thin horsis. And heJosophat I. seide, Bi what weie schulen we stiewende up I.? And heJoram I. answeride, Bi the deseert of Ydumee. Therfor the kyng of Israel, and the kyng of Juda, and the kyng of Edom, ȝeden forth, and cumpassiden bi the weie of seuene daies; and `watir was notther was not watir I. to the oost, and to the beestis, that sueden hem. And the kyng of Israel seide, Alas! alas! alas! the Lord hath gaderidegaderide to gidre I. vs thre kyngis to bitake vsOm. plures. in the hond of Moab. And Josephat seide, Whether ony prophete of the Lord is here, that we biseche the Lord bi hym? And oon of the seruauntis of the kyng of Israel answeride, Elisee, the sone of Sa|phat, is here, that scheddehelde I. watir onupon I. the hondis of Elie. And Josephat seide, Is the wordseruaunt I. of the Lord at hym? Whiche seiden, `It isȜhe I.. And the kyng of Israel, and Josephat, kyng of Juda, and the kyng of Edom, ȝeden doun to hym. ForsotheAnd I. Elise seide to the kyng of Israel. What is to me and to theethee, an ydolatour I.? Go thou to the pro|phetis of thi fadir and of thi modir. And the kyng of Israel seide to hym, Whi hath the Lord gaderidgaderid to gidre I. these thre kyngis, to bi|take hem into the hondis of Moab? And Elisee seide to hym, The Lord of oostis lyueth, in whos siȝt Y stonde, if Y were not aschamedaschamed; in denyinge his axing to him, sithen he is feithful and deuout. Lire here. C. of the cheer of Josephat, king of Juda, treuli Y hadde not per|seyued, nethir Y hadde biholde thee. Now forsothe brynge ȝe to me a sautrere. And whanne the sautrere song, the hond of the Lord was maad onupon I. hymHelizee I., and he seide, The Lord seith these thingis, Make ȝe theOm. ELP. wombe, ether depthethe depthe I., of this stronde dichis and dichis. For the Lord seith these thingis, Ȝe schulen not se wynd, nethir reyn, and this depthe schal be fillid with watris, and ȝe schulen drynke, and ȝoure meynees, and ȝoure beestis. And this is litillitil thing I. in the siȝt of the Lord. Fer|thermore also he schal bitake Moab in to ȝoure hondis; and ȝe schulen smyte ech strengthid citee, and ech chosun citee, and ȝe schulen kitte doun ech trekitte doun ech tre, etc.; this is specialy doon for the malice of the puple of Moab, ether this myȝte wel be doon out of the lond of biheest. Lire here. C. berynge fruyt, and ȝe schulen stoppe alle the wellis of watris, and ȝe schulen hile with stonys ech noble feeld. Therfor it was doon eerli, whanne sacrifice is wont to be offrid, and, lo! watris camen bi the weie of Edom, and the lond was fillid with watris. So|theli alle menthe men X sec. m. of Moab herden, that kyngisthese kyngis I. hadden stiedstied up I. to fiȝte aȝens hem; `and men of Moabsum men of Moab C. and thei I. clepiden togidereOm. DEFGKLMOPQRSWXbç. alle men, that weren gird with girdila knyȝtis girdil I. a girdil R. aboue, and thei stoden in theher I. termes. And men of Moab risidenresen I. risen ELP. ful eerli, and whanne the sunne was risun thanne euen aȝens the watris, thei sien the watris reed as blood euene aȝensaȝens hem I.. And thei seiden, It is theOm. EIL. blood of swerd, `that is, sched out bi swerdOm. CI.; kyngis fouȝtenhan fouȝten I. aȝens hem silf, and thei ben slayn togider; now go thou, Moab, to the prey. And thei ȝeden in to the castels of Israel; forsothe Israel roos, and smoot Moab, and thei fledden bifor menthe men I. of Israel. TherforThanne I. thei that hadden ouercome, camenOm. L., and smytidensmeten EILP. Moab, and destrieden cyteesher cytees I.; and alle men send|ynge stoonys filliden ech beste feeld, and stoppiden alle the wellis of watris, and kittidenkitten I. doun alle treesthe trees I. berynge fruyt, so that oneli `wallis maad of ertheeerthen wallis I. weren left; and the citee was cumpassid of men settinge engynes, and wasit was I. smytun bi greet partpart therof I.. And whanne the kyng of Moab hadde seyn this, that is, that thehis I. enemyes hadden the maistrie, he took with hym seuene hundrid men drawyngedrawynge out I. swerdis, that thei shulden breke in to the kyng of Edom; and thei myȝten not. And he took his firste gendrid sone, that schulde regne for hym, and offrideoffride him a I. brent sacrifice on the wal; and greet indignacioun wasof the Lord was I. maad in Israelgreet indig|nacioun was maad in Is|rael; in Ebren it is, greet ire was maad on Israel, that is, of God offendid aȝenus the sones of Israel, for thanne her wickidnesses weren remem|brid bifore God, bi the aungel that was prince of Moabitis; that is, that the sones of Israel hadden do as grete yuels ether worse, in of|fringe her sones and douȝtris to fendis, wher|for thanne for the veniaunce of this yuel, pestilence felde in the oost of Israel, and so thei weren compellid to go awey fro the sege, for her synnes passid. Lire here. C.; and anoon thei ȝeden awei fro hym, and turneden aȝen in to her lond.

 CAP. IV.

ForsotheSothely I. suma IM. wommansum wom|man; bi Ebreys and Latyn doc|tours, this womman was the wiyf of Abdie, that was in dette, for the feeding of profetis, in the tyme of persecucioun of Jezabel. Lire here. C. of the wyues of prophetys criede to Elisee, and seide, Thi seruaunt, myn hosebonde, is deed, and thou knowist that thi seruaunt dredde God; and lo! thea I. creaunser, `that is, he to whom theOm. CD FGKLMNOPSXbç. dette is owidGloss omitted in I., cometh to take my twoOm. Q. sones to serue hym. To whom Elisee seide, What wolt thou that Y do to thee? seie thou to me, what hast thou in thin hows? And she answeride, Y thin handmayde haue not ony thing in myn hows, no but a litil of oile, biwith I. which Y schal be anoyntidanoyntid; that is, schal be refreischid a litil to the sauering of potage. Lire here. C.. To whom he seide, Go thou, and axe bi borewyng of alle thi neiȝboris voide vessels not fewea fewe I.. And entre, and close thi dore, whanne thou art with ynne, thou and thi sones; and putte ȝe therof in to alle these vessels; and whanne tho schulen be ful, thou schalt take aweiawei thin hoond I.. Therfor the womman ȝede, and closide the dore onupon I. hir silf and onOm. I. hir sones, thei brouȝten vesselsthe vessels R., and sche `heldide inȝotte in BC. ȝettide in X. helde in DFGIKMNOQSWbç. helde in tho R. Om. ELPU.. And whanne the vessels weren fulle, sche seide to hir sone, Brynge thouOm. EL. ȝit a vessel to me. And he answeride, Y haue notnoon I.. AndAnd thanne I. the oyle stoodstood, encreesinge no more I.. For|sothe sche cam, and schewideschewide it I. to the man of God; and he seide, Go thou, sil thouOm. I. the oile, and ȝelde to thi creauncer; for|sotheand I. thou and thi children lyuelyue ȝe IS. of the residueremenaunt I.. Forsothe suma I. day was maad, and Elisee passide bi a citee, Sunamthat hiȝt Sunam I.; sotheliand I. a greet womman was there, which helde hymwhich helde him; that is, bisily preyede to mete. Lire here. C., that he schulde ete breed. And whanne he passide ofte therbi, `he turnede to hir, that he schulde ete breedthat he wolde ete breed with hir I.. `Which wommanAnd sche I. seide to hir hosebonde, Y perseyue that this is an hooli man of God, that passith ofte bi vs; therfor make we a litil soler to hym, and putte we ther|ynne a litil bed to hym, and a boord, and a chaier, and a candilstike; that whanne he cometh to vs, he dwelle there. Ther|for suma I. dai was maad, and heHelizee I. cam, and turnede in to the soler, and restide there. And he seide to Giezi, his child, Clepe thou this Sunamytewomman of Sunam I.. And whanne he hadde clepid hir, and sche hadde stondecome up I. bifor hym, he seide to his child, Speke thou to hir, Lo! thou hast mynystrideseruyd I. to vs bisili in alle thingis; what wolt thou that Y do to thee? Whether thou hast a cause, and wolt that Y speke to the kyng, ether to the prince of the chyualrye? And sche answeride, I dwelle in the myddis of my puple. And heHelizee I. seideseide to him I., What therforthanne I. wole sche that Y do to hir? Giezi seide to hym, Axe thou not, forfor whi I. she hath no sone, and hir hosebonde is eeld. Therfor Elisee comaundide, that heGiezy I. schulde clepe hir. And whanne sche was clepid, and stood bifor the dore, heHelizee I. seide to hir, In this tymein this tyme; in Ebreu it is thus, in this tyme as in tyme of liyf, thou schalt biclippe a sone, that is, in the ȝeer turned aboute thou schalt lyue hool as now, and thou schalt biclippe a sone borun thanne, as Rabi Salomon seith. Lire here. C. and in this same our, if lijf schalOm. I. be felowfelow, or if I lyue I., thou schalt haue a sone in thethi I. wombe. And sche answeride, Nyle thou, my lord, the man of God, Y biseche, nyle thou lyenyle thou lye; Ebreys seyen, nyle thou faile to thyn hand|maide, for the Ebrew word set here, signe|fieth bothe lye and faile; and this is the sen|tence, as Rabi Salomon seith; if thou axidist of God a sone to me, that schal die soone, it were not matir of ioye to me, but of morenyng, and therfor Y preye, that thi word faile not, so that the sone that schal be ȝouun to me, dye not. Lire here. C. to thin hondmaide. And the womman conseyuede, and childide a sone in the tyme, and in the same our, in which Elisee hadde seid. Sotheli the child encreeside; and whanne suma I. day was, and the child was goon out, and ȝede to his fadir, and to the repers, he seide to his fadir, Myn heed akith, myn heed akith. And hehis fadir I. seide to a childseruaunt I., Take, and lede hym to his modir. And whanne he hadde take, and hadde brouȝt hym to his modir, sche settidesette I. hym onupon I. hir knees `til tovnto I. myddai, and he was deeddeed thanne I.. SotheliCertis I. she stiedestiede up I., and leide hym onupon I. the litil bed of the man of God, and closide the dore. And sche ȝede out, and clepide hir hose|bonde, and seide, Y biseche, sende thou with me oon of the children, and an asse, and Y schal renne out `til tovnto I. the man of God, and Y schal turne aȝen. And he seide to hir, For what cause goist thou to hym? to dai benther ben I. not calendissolempnytees I., nether sabathaly day I.. And she answeride, Y schal go. And sche sadlidegreythide I. thean I. asse, and comaundide to the childchild or seruaunt I., Dryue thou, and haastehaaste thee I.; make thou notno I. tariyng to me in goyng, and do thou this thing whichthat I. Y comaunde to thee. TherforThanne I. sche ȝede forth, and cam to the man of God, in to the hil of Carmele. And whanne the man of God hadde seyn hir euene aȝenaȝens him I., he seide to Giezi, his child, Lo! thilke Sunamytewomman of Sunam I.; go thou therfor in to the metyng of hir, and seie thou to hir, Whether it is doon riȝtfuli aboute thee, and aboute thin hose|bonde, and aboute thi sone? And sche answeride, Riȝtfuliit is don riȝtfuli I.. And whanne sche hadde come to the man of God, in to the hil, sche took his feet; and Giezi neiȝede, that he schulde remoue hirhir awey I.. And the man of God seide, Suffre thou hir; for hir soule is in bitternesse, and the Lord heldehath holde it I. priuy fro me, and schewideschewide it I. not to me. And sche seide to hym, Whether I axide mywomman of Sunam I. sone of mythee my I. lord? Whether Y seide not to thee, Scorne thou not me? And he seide to Giezi, Girde thi leendis, and take my staf in thin hondhondis L., and go; ifand if EL. a man metithmete L. thee, grete thou not hymgreete thou not hym; that is, meddle thou not with hym, wordis lettinge thee fro the weye, and bi sich maner Crist spekith in X. co. of Luk to dissi|plis sent to preche, Grete ȝe no man bi the weye. Lire here. C.; and if ony man gretith thee, an|swere thou not hym; and putte thou my staf onupon I. the face of the child. ForsotheAnd I. the `modir of the childchilds modir I. seide, The Lord lyueth and thi soule lyueth, Y schal not leeue, `ether forsakeOm. CDGINOQSX sec. m. bç., thee. TherforThanne I. he roos, and suede hir. SotheliAnd I. Giezi ȝede bifor hem, and puttide the staaf onupon I. the face of the child; and `vois was notther was not vois in him I., ne|ther wit. And Giezi turnede aȝen toin to I. the meetyng of hym; and telde to him, and seyde, The child `roos nothath not risen I.. Therfor Elisee entride in to the hows, and, lo! the deed child lai in his bed. And heHelizee I. entride, and closide the doreupon I. on hym silf, and onupon I. the child; and preiede to the Lord. And heHelizee I. stiedestiede up I., and lay onupon I. the child; and he put|tide his mouth onupon I. the mouth of the child, and hise iȝen onupon I. the iȝen of the child, and hise hondis onupon I. the hondis of the child. And he bouwide hym silf onupon I. the child; and the fleisch of the child was maad hoot. And heHelizee I. turnede aȝen, and walkide in the hows onys hidur and thidur; andand eft I. Elisee stiedeȝede up I., and lai onup I. the child, and the child ȝoxide seuene sithis, and openyde the iȝen. And heHelizee I. clepide Giezi, and seide to hym, Clepe thou this Sunamytewomman of Sunam I.. And sche was clepid, and entride to hym. And he seide, Take thi sone. She cam, and felde doun to his feet, and worschipide on erthethe erthe I.; and sche took hir sone, and ȝede out. And Elisee turnede aȝen in to Galgala. For|sothe hungur was in the lond, and the sones of prophetis dwelliden bifor hym. And Elisee seide to oon of his children, Set thou a greet pot, and sethe thou pot|age to the sones of prophetisto the sones of profetis; that is, dissi|plis of hem, for they lyu|eden religi|ously. Lire here. C.. And oon ȝedewente I. out in to the feeld to gadere eerbis of the feeld; and he foond as ait were a I. wilde vyne, and he gaderide therof gourdis of the feeld. And he fillide his mentil, and he turnede aȝen, and schreddeschredde tho I. in to the pot of potage; forforsothe I. he wiste not what it was. Therfor thei helden ynyn theroff I. to felowis to ete; and whanne thei hadden taastid of the sething, thei crieden out, and seiden, DethDeth is I. in the pot! deethDeth is I. in the pot! thou man of God. And thei miȝten not eteete it I.. And heHelizee I. seide, Brynge ȝe meele. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt, he puttideputte it I. putte EL. puttide it K. in to the pot, and seide, Helde ȝeȝe out I. to the cumpany, that thei ete; and ony thing of bitternesse wasther was I. nomore in the pot. For|sotheCertis I. Therfor KLS. suma IMW. man cam fro the pleyn of SalisaBalsalisa A sec. m.Salisa; Baal Salisa, is twey wordis in E|breu, and Baal signefieth here pleyn, ether cuntrey, and Salisa is the propir name of a citee in that cuntrey. Lire here. C., and bar to the man of God looues of the firste fruytislooues of the firste fruytis ben not takun here siche, as weren offrid in the temple of the Lord, but tho ben seid looues of the firste fruytis, for tho weren of the firste fruytis of that ȝeer; summe bokis han, and xx. looues of barly, but this word and, is not in Ebreu, nether it is of the text, and newe wheete in Ebreu it is, thing maad of cornes, for the cornes of wheete weren not fully ripe, but tho myȝten be sengid and etun so. Lire here. C., ten looues of barli, and newe wheete, in his scrippe. And the man of God seide, Ȝyue thouthou of tho looues I. to the puple, that it ete. And his mynystreseruaunt I. answerideseide EL. to hym, `Hou mycheWhat I. is this, that Y sette bifor an hundrid men? Eft Elisee seide, Ȝyue thou to the puple, that it ete; forforsothe I. the Lord seith these thingis, Thei schulen ete, and itther I. shal leeue. Ther|forThanne I. he puttideputte I. bifor hem, whichethe whiche I. eeten; and itther I. leftelefte mete I., biaftir I. the word of the Lord.

 CAP. V.

Naaman, prince of the chyualrye of the kyng of Syrie, was a greet man, and wor|schipid anentis his lord; for bi hym the Lord ȝaf helthe to Sirie; sotheli he was a strong man and richea riche I., but leprousehe was leprouse I.. Forsothe theues ȝede out of Sirie, and led|den prisonereOm. I. fro the lond of Israel a litil damyseledamysele prisoner I., that was in theOm. I. seruyce of the wijf of Naaman. `Which damyseleAnd sche I. seide to hir ladi, `Y woldeWolde God I., that my lord hadde be at the prophete whichthat I. is in Samarie; sotheli the prophete schuldewolde I. haue curid hym of theOm. I. lepre whichthat I. he hath. Ther|for Naaman entride to his lord, and telde to hym, and seide, A damysel of the lond of Israel spakhaath spoke I. so and so. Therfor the kyng of Syrie seide to hym, Go thou, and Y schal sende lettris to the kyng of Israel. And whanne heNaaman I. hadde go forth, and hadde take with hym ten talentis of siluer, and sixe thousynde goldun platis, `ether flo|reynsOm. DGIK pr. m. MNOQSWbç., and ten chaungyngis of clothis, he brouȝte lettris to the kyng of Israel bi thesethese same I. wordis; Whanne thou hast take this pistle, wite thou, that Y haue sent to thee Naaman, my seruaunt, that thou cure hym of his lepre. And whanne the kyng of Israel hadde red thethese I. lettris, he to-rente his clothis, and seide, Whether Y am God, that mayY may Cç. sle and quykene, for this kyng sente to me, that Y cure a man of his lepre? Perseyue ȝe, and seseeth I., that he sekith occasiouns aȝens me. And whanne Elisee, the man of God, hadde herd this, that is, that the kyng of Israel hadde to-rente hise clothis, he sente to the kyng, and seide, Whi to-rentist thou thi clothis? come heNaaman I. to me, and wite he, that ather is a I. prophete isOm. I. in Israel. TherforThanne I. Naaman cam with horsis and charis, and stood at the dore of the hows of Elisee. And Elisee sente to hym a messanger, and seide, Go thouOm. I., and be thou waischunweische I. seuensithis in Jordan; and thi fleisch shal resseyue helthe, and thou schalt be clensidclensid so I.. Naaman was wrooth, and ȝede awei, and seide, Y gesside, that he schuldewolde I. gohaue gon IK. out to me, and that he schuldewolde I. stondehaue stonde I., and clepeynwardly haue clepid I. shulde clepe N. the name of `the LordOm. A pr. m. et plures. his God, and that he schulde touchehaue touchid I. with his hond the place of leprethe lepre EI., and schulde curehaue curid I. meme so I.. Whether Abana and Pharphar, floodisthe floodis I. of Damask, ben not betere than alle the watris of Israel, that Y be waischun in thohem I., and be clensid? Therfor whanne heNaaman I. hadde turned hym silf, and ȝedewente I. awei, hauynge indigna|cioun, hise seruauntis neiȝiden to hym, and spaken to hym, Fadir, thouȝ the pro|phete hadde seid to thee a greet thing, certis thou owistouȝtist BCDEFGIKLMNOPQRSUWXC. to dodo it EIL.; hou myche moremore rather I. for now he seide to thee, Be thou waischun, and thou schalt be clensid. HeThanne Naaman I. ȝedewente I. doun, and waischide hym seuensithis in Jordan, biaftir I. the word of the man of God; and his fleisch was restored as the fleisch of a litil child, and he was clensid. And he turnede aȝen with al his felouschipe to the man of God, and cam, and stood bifor hym; and seide, Verili Y knowe, that noon other God is in al erthe, no but oneli God of Israel; therfor, Y biseche, that thou take blessyngblessyng, that is, a ȝift I.blessing; that is, ȝiftis offrid wilfully and deuoutly. Lire here. C. of thi seruaunt. And heHelizee I. answeride, The Lord lyueth bifor whom Y stonde, for Y schal not taketake it of thee I.. And whanne he made `strengthe, that is, greet preiergreet foors therto I., Elisee assentide not outirli. Ther|forThanne I. Naaman seide, As thou wolt; but, I biseche, graunte thou to me, thi seruaunt, that Y take of `the londthis eerthe I.that Y take of the lond, etc.; this was of special dyuo|cioun of Naa|man, thouȝ he were not boundun ther|to, and myȝte lawfully make an auter to God with out Jerusalem and offre theronne to God, for he was not bound|un to Moises law. Lire here. C. the birthuncharge I. of twei burdonesburdones be bestis gendrid of an hors and femal asse, as a mule is gen|drid aȝenward of a mere and a male asse. Lire here. C.; forforsothe I. thi seruaunt schal no more make brent sacrifice, ether slayn sacrifice, to alien goddis, no but to the Lord. ForsotheSothely I. this thing isit is I. oneli, of which thou schalt preie the Lord for thi seruaunt, whanne my lord shal entre into the temple of Remmon, that he wor|schipeworschipe the ydole I., and whileOm. I. he `schal leneworschipinge lene I. onupon I. myn hond, if Y worschipe in the temple of Remmonif Y wor|schepe in the temple of Rem|mon; Elisee declaride, that this was leeue|ful to him, and to worschipe God, may as wel bee doon with out the temple of an ydol, as with ynne. Lire here. C., whileOm. I. he worschipithwurschipinge I. in the same place, that the Lord forȝyue toto me I. thi seruaunt for this thing. WhichAnd I. Elisee seide to hym, Go thou in pees. `Therfor heAnd so Naaman I. ȝede fro Elisee in a chosun tyme of the lond. And Giezi, the child of the man of God, seideseide in his herte I., My lord sparidehath sparid I. this Naamanman I. of Syrie, that he took not of hym that, that he brouȝte; the Lord lyueth, for Y schal renne aftir hym, and Y schal take of hym sum thing. And Giezi suede aftir the bak of Naaman; and whanne Naaman hadde seyn Giezi rennynge to hym, he skippide dounadoun I. of the chare in to the metyng of Giezi; and seide, Whether alle thingis ben riȝtfuliriȝt|ful I. doon riȝtfuli X sec. m.? AndOm. I. he seide, RiȝtfuliThei ben riȝt riȝtfuli I.; my lord sente me to thee, and seide, Twey ȝonge men of the hille of Effraym, of the sones of prophetis, camen now to me; ȝyue thou to hem a talent of siluer, and double chaungyng clothis. And Naaman seide, It is betere that thou take twei talentisit is betere that thou take twei talentis; in Ebreu it is thus, swere thou, and take thou twey ta|lentis, swere thou, that is, Elisee sente thee, and bi this he dide periurie. Lire here. C.. And Naa|man constreynede hym; and Naaman boond tweithe two I. talentis of siluer in twei sackisbaggis I., and doublethe double I. clothis, and puttidehe putte I. ontho upon I. his twey children, `that is, ser|uauntisOm. I., whichethe whiche I. also barenbaren it I. bifor Giezi. And whanne heGiezy I. hadde come thanne in the euentid, he tooktook it I. fro the hond of hem, and leideleide it I. vp in the hows; and he dely|uerede the men, and thei ȝedenȝeden forth I.. For|sotheAnd thanne I. Giezi entride, and stood bifor his lord. And Elise seide, Giezi, fro whennus comest thou? WhichThe which I. answeride, Thi ser|uaunt ȝede not to ony place. And Elise seide, Whether myn herte was not inOm. I. pre|sentpresent there I. presence ELP., whanne the man turnede aȝen fro his chare in to the metyng of thee? Now therfor thou hast take siluer, and thou hast take clothis, that thou biebie therwith I. places ofand I. olyues, and vyneris, and scheep, and oxisoxen I., and seruauntis, and handmaydishandmaydens I.; but also the lepre of Naaman schal cleue to thee, and to thi seed withouten ende. And Giezi ȝedeȝede out fro him I. leprouse as snow, `fro hymOm. I..

 CAP. VI.

ForsotheSothely I. the sones of prophetis seiden to Elisee, Lo! the place in which we dwellen bifor thee, is streiȝtnoyous I. to vs; go wewe therfore I. `til toto I. Jordan, and ech man taketake a porsion I. of theOm. I. wode `a materOm. I.a mater; that is, trees, that ben mater for housis to be bildid. Lire here. C. for hym silf, that we bild to vs here a place to dwelledwelle therin I.. WhichAnd I. Elisee seide, Go ȝe. And oon of hem seide, Therfor `and thou comecome thou also I. with thi seruauntis. He answeride, Y schal come. AndAnd thanne I. he ȝede with hem. And whanne thei `hadden comecamen I. to Jordan, thei hewiden trees. SotheliAnd I. it bifelde, that whanne `o mana man of hem I. hadde kit doun matermater or wode I., the yrun of the axe felde in to the watir; and he criede, and seide, Alas! alas! alas! my lordLord God GQ., and Y hadde take this same thing bi borewing. Sotheli the man of God seide, Where felde it? And he schewide to hym the place. Therfor heHelizee I. kittide doun a tree, and sentesente it I. thidurthidur where the iren was I.; and the yrun fletide. And heHelizee I. seide, Take thouthou it I.. WhichThe which I. helde forth the hond, and took it. Forsothe theOm. I. kyng of Syrie fauȝte aȝens Israel; and he took counseil with hise seruauntis, and seide, Sette we busche|mentis in this place and thatin that I.. TherforAnd therfor A. the man of God sente to the kyng of Israel, and seide, Be war, lest thou passe to that place, for men of Sirie ben there in buschementis. Therfor the kyng of Israel sente to the place, whichthat I. the man of God hadde seid to him, and biforthe king of Israel bifor I. ocu|piedebifor occupi|ede; in takinge tho buysche|mentis. Lire here. C. it, and kepte hym silf there not onys, nether twiestwies, but eft I.nether twies; vndurstonde thou onely but ofte. Lire here. C.. And the herte of the kyng of Sirie was disturblid for this thing; and whanne hise seruauntis weren clepide togidere, he seide, Whi schewen ȝe not to me, who is my tretour anentis the kyng of Israel? And oon of hise ser|uauntis seide, Nay, my lord theOm. I. kyng, but Elisee, the prophete, whichthat I. is in Israel, schewith to the kyng of Israel alle thingis, what euer thingis thou spekist in thi closet. And the kyng seide to hem, `Go ȝeGoth I., and sese ȝe I., where he is, that Y sende, and take hym. And thei telden to him, and seiden, Lo! he dwellith in Dothaym. And the kyng sente thidur horsis, and charis, and the strengthe of the oost; whichethe whiche I., whanne thei hadden come bi nyȝt, cumpassiden the citee. Sotheli the mynystre of the man of God roos eerli, and ȝede out, and he siȝ an oost in the cumpas of the citee, and horsis, and charis. And he telde to the man of God, and seide, Alas! alas! alas! my lord, what schulen we do? And heHelizee I. answeride, Nile thou drede; forforsothe I. mo ben with vs than with hem. And whanne Elisee hadde preied, he seide, Lord, opene thou the iȝenopene thou the iȝen, etc.; that is, ȝyue thou to hym vertu to se tho thingis, that moun not be seyn of him bi kynde. Lire here. C. of this child, that he se. And the Lord openyde the iȝen of thethis CDEMPb. child, andand thanne I. he siȝ. And, lo! the hilhil appeeride I. ful of horsis, and of charis of fier, in the cumpas of Elisee. SotheliAnd I. the enemyes camen doun to hym; forsothebut I. Elisee preiede to the Lord, and seide, Y bisechebiseche thee I., smyte thouOm. I. this folc with blyndenesseblyndnesse is takun here for siȝt with out discre|cioun, ether knowing; and Sodomytis that wolden breke the dore of Loth, weren smytun in this maner. Lire here. C.. AndAnd thanne I. the Lord smoot hem, that thei sien not, bi the word of Elisee. Forsothe Elisee seide to hem, This is not the weie, nether this isis not EL. the citeecitee where Helizee dwellith I.; sue ȝe me, and Y schal schewe toOm. I. ȝou the man, whom ȝe seken. And he ledde hem into Samarie. And whanne thei hadden entrid into Samarie, Elisee seide, Lord, opene thouOm. I. the iȝen of these men, that thei seesee now I.. And the Lord open|yde her iȝen, and thei siȝen, that thei weren in theOm. I. myddis of Samarie. And the kyng of Israel, whanne he hadde seyn hem, seide to Elisee, My fadir, whether Y schal smyte hem? And he seide, Thou schalt not smyte hem, for thou hast not take hem bi thiOm. I. the S. swerd and bouwe, that thou smyte hem; but sette thou breed and watir bifor hem, that thei ete and drynke, and go to her lordlord aȝen I.. And `greet makyng redimyche greything I. of metis was set forth to hem; and thei eten, and drunken. And the kyng lefte hem, and thei ȝeden to her lord; and theues of Sirie camen no more in to the lond of IsraelIsrael in the daies of Helizee I.. Forsothe it was don after these thingis, Benadab, king of Sirie, gaderide alle his oost, and stiedestiede up I., and bisegide Samarie. And greet hungur was maad in Samarie; and so long it was bisegid, til the heed of an asse were seeld for fourescore platis of siluer, and the fourthe part of a mesure clepid cabus of the crawecrawe; in Latyn it is seid of the drit of culuers; but drit is not takun here propirly, but vnpropirly for the throte, where cornes, etun of cul|ueris, ben ga|derid, and cokis of riche men selden these cornes to the peple, for hun|gur. Lire here. C. of culueris was seeld for fyue platis of siluer. And whanne the kyng of Israel passide bi the walwal of the citee I., suma IM. womman criede to hym, and seide, My lord theOm. I. kyng, saue thou me. WhichThe which I. seide, Nai, the Lord saue thee; wherof may Y saue thee? of cornfloor, ethir of pressour? AndAnd eft I. the kyng seide to hir, What wolt thou tothat I do to I. thee? And sche answeride, This womman seide to me, Ȝyue thi sone, that we ete hym to dai, and we schulen ete my sone to morewe. Therfor we setheden my sone, and eten himOm. plures.. And Y seide to hir inin to O. the tother day, Ȝyue thi sone, that we ete hym; and she hidde hir sone. And whanne the kyng hadde herd this, he to-rente hise clothis, and passidepasside forth thens I. bi the wal; and al the puple siȝ the heire, `with whichthat I. the kyng was clothidclothid with I. at thehis I. fleisch with ynne. And the kyng seide, God do to me these thingis, and adde these thingisthingis to I., if the heed of Eliseif the heed of Elisee; the kyng arettide this turment to Elisee, for he dide not awey it bi hise prey|eris, and the kyng hilde the preyeris of Eli|see spedeful, ether myȝtier anentis God, to gete this; ne|theles Elisee abood herto couenable tyme, bi the ordenaunce of Goddis wille, which he knew bi the Hooly Goost. Lire here. C., sonethe sone I. of Saphat, schal stonde on hym to dai. So|theli Elisee sat in his hows, and elde men saten with hym; `therfor hethanne the kyng I. biforsente a manman to Helizee I., and bifor that thilke messanger cam, Elisee seide to the elde men, Whe|ther ȝe witen, that theBenadab the I. sone of manquel|lereAchab a manquellere I. sentehath sent I. hidur, that myn heed be gird of? Therfor se ȝe, whanne the messanger cometh, closeschette I. ȝe the dore, and `suffre ȝesuffreth I. not hym to entre; for, lo! the sown of the feet of his lordthe feet of his lord; for aftir the going of the messan|ger, Joram re|pentide, and therfor he suede the mes|sanger to aȝen clepe the co|maundement. Lire here. C. is bihynde hymhym to lette that dede I.. And ȝit `while he spakwhanne he spak S. Helizee spekinge thus I. to hem, the mes|sanger that cam to hym apperide; and the kyng seide, Lo! so greet yuel is of the Lord; sotheli what more schal Y abide of the Lord?

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe Elisee seide, Here ȝe the word of the Lord; the Lord seith these thingis, In this tyme to morewe a buschel of flour schal bebe soold I.schal be; that is, schal be ȝouun. Lire here. C. for a staterstater, that is, v. pens I marg., and twei buschelsbuschel I. of barli for a stater, in the ȝate of Samarie. And oon of theOm. S. duykis, onupon I. whos hond the kyng lenyde, answeride to the man of God, and seide, Thouȝ `also the Lord makethe Lord make also DEIKLMPSXbç. the goteris of heuene to be openyd, whe|ther that, that thou spekist, mai bemay be; as if he seide, nay|Lire here. C.? WhichAnd I. Elisee seide, Thou schalt sese it I. with thin iȝen, and thou schalt not ete therof. Therfor foure leprouse men weren bisidis the entryng of the ȝatecitees gate I., whichethe whiche I. seiden togidere, What wolen we be here, til we dien? Whether wethat we I. wolen entre in to the citee, we schulen die for hungur; whether we dwellenabiden I. here, we schulen die. Ther|for come ȝe, and fle we ouer toOm. ELP. the cas|telstentis I. of Sirie; if thei schulen spare vs, we schulen lyue; sotheli if thei wolen slesle us I., nethelesneuerthelesse BCDGKMNOQRSUWXbç. nertheles ELP. we schulen diedie ellis for hungre I.. TherforThanne I. thei risidenresin ELP. resen up I. in the euentide to come to the castelstentis I. of Sirie; and whanne thei hadden come to the bigynnyng of the castelstentis I. of Sirie, thei founden not ony man there. Forsothe the Lord hadde maad a sown of charis, and of horsis, and of fula ful I. myche oost to be herd in the castelstentis I. of Sirie; and theimen of Sirie I. seiden togidere, Lo! the kyng of Israel hath hirid bi meede aȝens vs the kyngisking E. of Etheis and of Egipcians; and thei camencamen sodeynly I. onupon I. vs. Therfor thei risidenresin ELP. resen up I., and fleddenfledden awey I. in derknessisdernesse L., and leften her tentis, and horsisher horsis I., and mulis, and assis, in the castels; and thei fledden, couetynge to saue her lyues oonli. Ther|for whanne thilke leprouse men hadden come to the bigynnyng of the castelsor tentis I marg., thei entriden into oa I. tabernacle, and eetun, and drunken; and thei token fro thennus siluer, and gold, and clothis; and ȝedenwenten I., and hiddenhidden it I.; and eft thei turneden aȝen to anothir tabernacle, and in lijk maner thei token awei fro thennus, and hidden. And thei seiden togidere, We doen not riȝtfuli, forcertis I. this is a dai of good message; if we holdenholden it I. stille, and nylenwoln not I. telle tilin al I. the morewtid, we schulen be repreued of trespassyng; come ȝe, go we, and telletelle it I. in the `halle of the kyngkingis halle I.. And whanne thei hadden come to the ȝate of the citee, thei telden to hem, and seiden, We ȝeden to the castels of Sirie, and we founden not ony man there, noOm. I. but horsis and assis tied, and tentis fastned. TherforAnd so I. the por|teris ȝeden, and teldentelden these thingis I. in the paleis of the kyng with ynne. WhichAnd the I. king roosroos up I. bi niȝt, and seide to hise seruauntis, Y seie to ȝou, what the men of Sirie han do to vs; thei witen, that we trauelen with hungur, therfor thei ȝedenhan go I. out of theher I. castels, and ben hid in the feeldis, and seien, Whanne theimen of Israel I. schulen go out of the citee, we schulen take hem quyk, and thanne we schulen mowe entre in to the citee. ForsotheAnd I. oon of his seruauntis an|sweride, Take we fyue horsis, that leften in the citee; for tho benben left I. oonli in al the multitude of Israel, for othere horsisOm. I. ben wastid; and we sendyngethus sendynge I. moun aspie. Therfor thei brouȝten forth twei horsis; and the kyng sente in to the cas|telstentis I. of menthe men I. of Sirje, and seide, Go ȝe, and sese if thei ben go I.. WhicheThe whiche I. ȝeden after hem `til tovnto I. Jordan; lo! forsothe al the weie was ful of clothis, and of vessels, whiche the men of Sirie castiden forth, whanne thei weren disturblid. And the messangeris turneden aȝen, and schewidenschewiden it I. to the kyng. And the puple ȝede out, and rauyschide the castels of Sirie; and a buyschel of flourtried flour I. was maadmaad sold I. for oa I. staterether oon half ounce of money. X., and twei buyschels of barli for oa I. stater, biaftir I. the word of the Lord. ForsotheCertis I. the kyng ordeynede at the ȝateȝate of the citee I. that duyk, in whos hond the kyng lenyde; whom the cum|peny to-trad with herOm. BCDEFGIKLMNOPRSXbç. feet, and he was deed, bi the word, whichthat I. the man of God spak, whanne the kyng cam doun to hym. And it was doondoon so I. bi the word of the man of God, whichthat I. he seide to the kyng, whanne he seide, Twei buyschels of barli shulen bebe soold I. for ao plures. statir, and a buyschel of wheetetried wheete I. flour for ao plures. stater, in thisthe C. same tyme to morewe in the ȝate of Sa|marie; whanne thilke duyk answeride to the man of God, and seide, Ȝhe, thouȝ the Lord schal make the goteris in heuene to be openyd, whether this that thou spekist may be? and the man of God seide, Thou schalt sese it I. with thin iȝen, and thou schalt not ete therof. Therfore it bifelde to hym, as it was biforseid; and the puple to-trad hym with feether feet I. in the ȝate, and he was deed.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe Elisee spak to the womman, whose sone he made to lyue, and heOm. I. seide, Rise thou, and go, bothe thou and thin hows, and `go inmake I. pilgrimage, where euer thou schalt fyndefynde it best I.; for the Lord schal clepe hungur, and it schal come onupon I. the lond biOm. I. seuene ȝeer. And sche roos, and dide biaftir I. the word of the man of God; and sche ȝede with hir hows, and was in pil|grimagepilgrimage or fro hoome I. in the lond of PhilistymPhilistees I. many daies. And whanne seuene ȝeer weren endid, the womman turnede aȝen fro the lond of Philisteis; and sche ȝede out, to axe the kyng for her hows, and hirOm. S. sec. m. feeldis. SotheliAnd I. the kyng spak with Giezi, childthe child I. of the man of God, and seide, Telle thou to me alle the grete dedis whichethat I. Elisee dide. And whanne he telde to the kyng, hou Elisee hadde reiside a deed man, the womman apperide, whos sone he hadde maad to lyue, and sche criede to the kyng for hir hows, and for hir feeldis. And Giesi seide, My lord theOm. I. king, this is the womman, and this is hir sone, whom Elisee reiside. And the kyng axide the womman, and sche tolde to hym, that the thingis weren sothe. And the kyng ȝafȝaf or assignyde I. to hir oa I. chaumburleyn, and seide, Restore thou toOm. K. hir alle thingis that ben hernhers I., and alle fruytis of the feeldis, fro the dai in which shehe AMUX pr. m. left the lond `til tovnto this I. til into this K. present tyme. Also Elisee cam to Damask, and Benadab, kyngthe kyng I. of Sirie, was sijk; and theimen I. telden to hym, and seiden, The man of God cam hidur. And the kyng seide to Azael, Take with thee ȝiftis, and go thou in to the meetyng of the man of God, and `counsele thouaxe thou counsel ELP. bi hym theof the ELP. Lord, and seie thou, Whether Y may ascape fro this `sikenesse of memy sikenesse I.? Therfor Azael ȝedeȝede forth I. in to the meetyng of hymHelizee I., and hadde with hym silfOm. IS. ȝiftis, and alle the goodis of Damask, the burthuns of fourti camels. And whanne he hadde stonde bifor Elisee, he seide, Thi sone, Benadab, kyng of Sirie, sente me to thee, and seide, Whether Y may be helid of this `sikenesse of memy sikenesse I.? And Elisee seide, Go thou, and seye to hym, Thou schalt be heelid; forsothecertis I. the Lord schewide to me that he schal die bi deth. And heAzael I. stood with hymHelizee I., and he was disturblid, `til tovnto I. the castyng doun of cheerhis cheer I.; and the man of God wepte. `To whomAnd I. Azael seide, Whi wepith my lord? And he an|sweride, For Y woot what yuelis thou schalt do to the sones of Israel; thou schalt brenne bi fier the strengthid citees of hem, and thou schalt sle bi swerd the ȝonge men of hem, and thou schalt hurtle doun the litle children of hem, and thou schalt departe the women withgrete with A sec. m. childe. And Azael seide, What sotheli am Y, thi seruaunt, a dogge, that Y do this grete thing? And Elisee seide, The Lord schew|idehath schewid I. to me that thou schalt be kyng of Sirie. And whanne heAzahel I. hadde departid fro Elisee, he cam to his lord; whichthe which I. seide to Azael, What seide Elisee to thee? And he answeride, Elisee seide to me, Thou schalt resseyue helthe. And whanne `the totherthat oother I. day hadde come, Azael took the cloth onthat lay on I. the bedbed of Benedab I., and bischeddehe bischedde it. with watir, and spreddespredede E. he spredde it I. abrood onupon I. the face of hymBenedab. I.; and whanne he was deed, Azael regnede for hym. In the fyuethe ȝeer of Joram, sone of Achab, kyng of Israel, and of Josephat, kyng of Juda, Joram, sonethe sone I. of Josephat, kyng of Juda, regnede. HeThis Joram I. was of two and thretti ȝeer whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede eiȝte ȝeer in Jerusalem. And he ȝede in the weies of the kyngisking ELP. of Israel, as the hows of Achab hadde go; for the douȝter of Achab was his wijf; and he dide that, that iswas I. yuel in the siȝt of the Lord. Forsothe the Lord noldewolde not I. distrie Juda, for Dauid, his seruaunt, as he `hadde bihiȝtbihiȝte DIKSXb. hadde hiȝt EL. to Dauid, that he schulde ȝyue to hym a lanterne, and to hise sones in alle daiesdaies, kepinge his seed upon his trone I.. In tho daies Edom, `that is, Ydumeethat is, men of Ydumee I marg. Om. C., ȝede awei, that it schulde not be vndur Juda; and made a kyng to it silf. And Joram cam to Seira, and alle thehise I. charis withto EL. hym; and he roos bi nyȝt, and smoot Ydumeisthe men of Edom I., that cumpass|iden hym, and the princis of charisher charis I.; so|theliand I. the puple fledde in to her taber|naclis. Therfor Edom ȝede awei, that it was not vndurtributarie vnder I. Juda `til tovnto I. this day; thanne also Lobna ȝede awey in that tymetyme fro Juda I.. ForsotheCertis I. the residuesresidue I. of wordisthe wordis I. of Joram, and alle thingis whiche he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kingis of Juda? And Joram slepte with hise fadris, and was biried with hem in the citee of Dauid; and Ocozie, his sone, regnede for hym. In the tweluethe ȝeer of Joram, sonethe sone I. of Achab, kyng of Israel, Ocozie, sonethe sone I. of Joram, kyng of Juda, regnede. Ocozie, the sone of Joram, was of two and twenti ȝeer whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede o ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his moder was Athalia, the douȝter of Amry, kyng of Israel. And he ȝede in theOm. A. waies of the hows of Achab, and dide that, that is yuel, biforin siȝt of I. the Lord, as the hows of Achab dide; forforsothe I. he was hose|bonde of a douȝter of the hows of Achab. Also he ȝede with Joram, sonethe sone I. of Achab, to fiȝt aȝens Azael, kyng of Sirie, in Ra|moth of Galaad; and men of Sirie wound|iden Joram. WhichThe which I. turnede aȝen, to be heelid in Jezrael; for men of Sirie wound|iden hym in Ramoth, fiȝtynge aȝens Azael, kyng of Sirye. ForsotheAnd I. Ocozie, sonethe sone I. of Joram, the kyng of Juda, can doun to se Joram, sonethe sone I. of Achab, in to Jezrael, that was sijk there.

 CAP. IX.

Forsothe Elisee, the prophete, clepide oon of the sones of prophetis, and seide to hym, Girde thi leendis, and take this vessel of oile in thin hond, and go in to Ramoth of Galaad. And whanne thou schalt come thidur, thou schalt se Hieu, sonethe sone I. of Josephat, sonethe sone I. of Namsi; and thou schalt entre, and schaltthou schalt I. reise hym fro the myddis of hise britheren, and thou schalt lede hym in to thean I. ynnere closet. And thou schalt holde the vessel of oile, and schaltthou schalt I. schedehelde it I. on his heed, and schaltthou schalt I. seie, The Lord seith these thingis, I haue anoyntid thee in to kyng onupon I. Israel; andand thanne I. thou schalt opene the dore, and schalt fleeflee thenns I., and schaltthou schalt I. not abide there. Ther|for the ȝong wexynge man, the child of the prophete, ȝede in to Ramoth of Ga|laad, and entride thidur. Lo! sotheli the princes of the oost satensaten there I.; and he seide, AO! I.! prince, Y haue a word to thee. And Hieu seide, To whom of alle vs? And he seide, To thee, thou prince. And heHieu I. roos, and entride into thea I. closet. And thilk child scheddehelde I. oile onupon I. the heed of hym, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y haue anointid thee in to kyng onupon I. the puple of the Lord of Israel; and thou schalt smyte the hows of Achab, thi lord, that Y venge the blood of my seruauntis prophetis, and the blood of alle theOm. EL. seruauntis of the Lord, of the hond of Jezabel. And Y schal lese al the hows of Achab, and Y schal sle of the hows of Achab a pissere to the wal, and closidthe closid in prisoun I.closid; in prisoun. Lire here. C., and the laste in IsraelIsrael of his hous I.. And Y schal ȝyue the hows of AchabAchab in to repreff I. as the hows of Jero|boam, sonethe sone I. of Nabat, and as the hous of Baasa, sonethe sone I. of Ahia. Also doggis schu|len ete Jezabel in the feeld of Jezrael; and `noon schal bether schal be noon I. that schal birie hir. And `the childwhanne he hadde seid these thingis he I. openyde the dore, and fledde. ForsotheAnd I. Hieu ȝede out to the seruauntis of his lord, whiche seiden to hym, Whether alle thingis benben don I. riȝtfuliriȝtful EL.? What cam this wood manwood man; profetis weren arettid woode men, for thei dispisiden the goodis of this world, and for thei spaken ofte siche thingis, that semyden alien to othere men. Lire here. C. to thee? WhichThe which I. seide to hem, Ȝe knowen the man, and what he spak. And thei answeriden, It is fals; but moremore rather I. telle thou toOm. I. vsvs what he seide I.. WhichThe which I. seide to hem, He spak thesethese thingis I. and these thingisOm. I. to me, and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, Y haue anoyntid thee kyng onof I. Israel. Therfor thei hastiden, and ech man took hisa I. mentil, and puttide vndir hise feet bi the licnesse of a trone. And thei sungen with a trumpe, and seiden, Hieu schal regne. Therfor Hieu, sonethe sone I. of Josephat, sonethe sone I. of Namsi, swoorswoor with oothere I. to gidereswoore to gi|dere; with the prynces beynge with him, that thei schulden fille feithfully Goddis heeste, of the hows of Achab to be distried. Lire here. C. aȝens Joram. ForsotheCertis I. Joram hadde bisegid Ramoth of Galaad, he and al Israel, aȝens Azael, kyng of Sirie. And heJoram I. turnede aȝen to be heelid in Jezrael for woundiswoundis that he hadde I.; for men of Sirie hadden smyte hym fiȝtynge aȝens Azael, kyng of Sirie. And Hieu seide, If it plesithplese I. ȝou, no man go out fleynge fro the citee, lest he go, and telle in Jezrael. And heHieu I. stiedestiede up I., and ȝede forth in to Jezrael; for Joram was sijk there, and Ocozie, kyng of Juda, cam doun to visite Joram. Ther|for a spierewaitere I., that stood aboue a tour of Jezrael, siȝ the multitude of Hieu com|ynge, and he seide, Y se a multitude. And Joram seide, Take thou a chare, and sendesende it I. go L. in to the metyng of hem; and seie the goeregoere thus I., Whether alle thingis ben riȝtfuliriȝtful EL. don iustly I.? TherforThanne I. he, that stiedeȝede I. onupon I. the chare, ȝedewente I. in to the meetyng of hymHieu I., and seide, The kyng seith these thingis, Whether alle thingis ben peesid? And Hieu seide to hym, What to thee and to pees? Passe thouthou fro Joram I., and sue me. And the aspierewaitere I. teldetelde to Joram I., and seide, the messanger cam to hem, and heOm. C. turneth not aȝen. Also the kyng sente the secounde chare of horsis, and he cam to hem, and seide, The kyng seith these thingis, Whether pees isis with ȝou I.? And Hieu seide, What to thee and to pees? Passe thouthou forth I., and sue meOm. EL.. SotheliAnd I. the aspiere teldetelde to Joram I., and seide, He cam `til tovnto I. hem, and he turneth not aȝen; forsothe the goynggoyng of the duyk I. is as the goyng of Hieu, sone of Namsi; sothelycertis I. he goith faste. And Joram seide, Ioyn ȝe a chare. And thei ioyneden his chare. And Joram, kyng of Israel, ȝede out, and Ocozie, kyng of JudaJuda with him I., ȝede out, ech in his chare; and thei ȝeden outforth I. in to the meetyng of Hieu, and thei founden hym in the feeld of Naboth of Jezrael. And whanne Joram hadde seyn Hieu, he seide, HieuOm. I., `is peesIs ther pees with thee I.? And heHieu I. answer|ide, What pees? Ȝit the fornycaciounsfornyca|ciouns; that is, idolatries, whiche Jezabel, thi modir, brouȝte yn. and poison|yngis; for sche poysonyde goostli; and therfor good pees may not be in Israel, as longe as these ben in strengthe. Lire here. C. of Jezabel, thi modir, and many poisenyngisvenymyngis I. of hir ben in strengthe. ForsotheAnd I. Joram turnede his hond, and fledde, and seide to Ocozie, Tresouns! tresouns! Ocozie. For|sotheCertis I. Hieu bente a bouwe with thehis I. hond, and smoot Joram bitwixe the schuldris, and the arowe ȝede out thoruȝand thoruȝ ELP. bi I. histhe M. herte; and anoon he felde doun in his chare. And Hieu seide to Badacher duykthe duyk I., Take thou aweiawei Joram I., castand cast I. forth hym in the feeld of Na|both of Jezrael; forfor whi I. Y haue mynde, whanne Y and thou saten in the chare, and suede Achab, the fadir of hymthis Joram I., that the Lord reiside onbi Helie upon I. hymAchab I. this birthun, and seide, IfWher I. not for the blood of Naboth, and for the blood of hise sones, whichthe which I. Y siȝ ȝis|tirdaiȝistirdai sched out I., seith the Lord, Y schal ȝeeld to thee in this feeld, seith the Lord. Now therfor dodo thou I. awei himJoram I., and cast forth him in the feeld, bi the word of the Lord. For|sothe Ocozie, king of Juda, siȝ this, and fledde bi the weie of the hows of thea I. gardyn; and Hieu pursuede hym, and seide, Also smyte ȝe this man in his chare. And theimen I. smytidensmoten I. smiten EL. smetin P. hymOcozie I. in the stiyngstiyng up I. of Gaber, whichthat I. is bisidis Jeblaam; and heOcozie I. fledde into Mageddo, and was deed there. And hise seruauntis puttiden hym onupon I. his chare, and brouȝten hymOm. plures. in to Jerusalem; and thei birieden hym in a sepulcre with hise fadris, in the citee of Dauid. In the eleuenthe ȝeer of Joram, sonethe sone I. of Achab, kyng of Israel, Ocozie regnede onupon I. Juda. And Hieu cam in to Jezrael. Forsothe whanne his entryng was herd, Jezabel peyntide hir iȝen with oynement of wymmenlecherouse wymmen I., and ournede hir heed; and sche bihelde bi a wyndow Hieu entrynge bi the ȝate, and sche seide, Whe|ther pees may be to Zamriwher pees may be to Zamry; oure doctouris ex|pownen this comynly bi negacioun thus, as Zamry hadde not pees, so nether thou schalt haue pees; but this exposicioun acordith not to the lettre bifor goinge, therfor Ebreis ex|pownen thus, wher pees may be, that is, Y preye, that thou haue pees with me. Zamry killide his lord; as if sche seide, this is not newe, that thou killidist Joram thi lord, for Zamry dide in liyk maner, and netheles Achab, his sone, regnyde in pees aftir hym; so it may be to thee. Lire here. C., that kyllideslewe I. his lord? And Hieu reisidereiside up I. his face to the wyndow, and seide, What womman is this? And tweyne ether thre chaum|birleyns bowiden hem silf to hymHieu I., and seiden to hym, This is thilke Jezabel. And he seide to hem, Caste ȝe hir doundoun heedling I.. And thei `castiden doun hirputtiden hir doun heedling I.; and the wal was bispreynt withof hir I. blood, and the howues of horsis, that `to treddentrediden I. hir. And whanne heHieu I. hadde entrid to ete and drynke, he seide, Go ȝe, and sese ȝe I. thilke cursid womman, and birie ȝe hir, for sche iswas I. a kyngis douȝter. And whanne theimen I. hadden gogon forth I. to birie hir, thei founden notnot of hir I., no but the sculle, and the feet, and the endis of hondishir hondis I.; and thei turneden aȝen, and telden to hymHieu I.. And Hieu seide, ItThis I. is the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he spak bi his seruaunt, Elie `of ThesbiThesbiten I., and seide, Doggis schulen ete the fleisch of Jezabel in the feeld of Jezrael; and the fleischis of Jezabel schulen be as `a toorddunge I. onupon I. the face of erthethe erthe I. in the feeld of Jezrael, so that men passynge forthforth therby I. seie, Lo! this is thilke Jezabel.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe seuenti sones in Samarie weren to Achab. Therfor Hieu wroot lettris, and sente in to Samarie to the beste men of the citee, and to the gretter men in birthe, and to alle the nurschis of Achabnursis of Achab; that is, of the sones of Achab. Lire here. C., and seide, Anoon as ȝe han take these lettris, ȝe that han the sones of ȝoure lord, and the charis, and horsis, and stronge citees, and armeris, chesechese ȝe I. the beste, and hym that plesith to ȝou of the sones of ȝoure lordlord Achab I., and sette ȝeOm. C. him onupon I. the trone of his fadir, and fiȝte ȝe for the hows of ȝoure lord. And theithe men I. dredden greetli, and seiden, Lo! twei kyngis myȝten not stonde bifor hym, and how schulen we mowe aȝenstonde hym? Therfor the souereyns of the hows, and the prefectprovoustis or bailies I. of the citee, and the grettere men in birthe, and the nurschis senten to Hieu, and seiden, We ben thi seruauntis; what euer thingis thou comaundist, we schulen do, and we schulen not make a kyng to vs; do thou what euer thing plesith thee. Forsothe he wroot aȝen to hem lettris the secunde tyme, and seide, If ȝe ben myne, and obeien to me, take ȝe the heedis of the sones of ȝoure lord, and come ȝe to me in this same our to morewe in to Jezrael. SotheliAnd I. the sones of the kyng, seuenti men, weren nurschid at the beste men of the citee. And whanne the lettris hadden come to hem, thei token the sones of the kyng, and killiden seuentitho seuenti I. men, and put|tidenthei puttiden I. the heedis of hem in coffyns; and sentensenten tho I. to hymHieu I. in to Jezrael. ForsotheAnd I. a messanger cam to hym, and schewide to hym, and seide, TheiMen I. han brouȝt the heedis of the sones of the king. WhichThe which N. answeride, Putte ȝe thothe I. heedis to tweyne hepis, bisidis the entringentris A. of the ȝate, tilvnto I. til to N. theOm. N. morewtid. And whanne it was cleer dai, heHieu I. ȝede out, and stood, and seide to al the puplepuple of Samarie I., Ȝe ben iust men; if Y con|spiride aȝens my lord, and killide hym, who killide alle these? Therfor se ȝe nowtherfor se ȝe now; as if he seide, nether Y in comaund|inge, nether ȝe in parform|ynge, ben blameful, but more iust and preisable, for it is doon bi the wille and co|maundement of the Lord, as it was bifor|seid by Elie, and was en|ioyned to me bi his dissiple. Lire here. C., that noon of the wordis of the Lord feldehath falle I. doun in to the erthe, whiche the Lord spak on the hows of Achab; and the Lord hath do that, that he spak in the hond of his seruaunt, Elie. Therfor Hieu smoot alle that weren residueleft I. of the hows of Achab in Jezrael, and alle the beste menmen also I. of hymAchab I., and knowunhis knowun I. men, and preestishis preestis I., til no relikis of hym leften. And heHieu I. roosroos up I., and cam in to Sa|marie; and whanne he hadde come to the chaumbir of schepherdisthe schepherdis I. in the weie, he foondfoond there I. the britherenbritheren; that is, kynnes|men, for they weren hise cosyns; in II. book of Paralip. xxi. Co. Lire here. C. of Ocozie, kyng of Juda; and he seide to hem, Who ben ȝe? And thei answeriden, We ben the britheren of Ocozie, and we comen doun to grete the sones of the kyng and the sones of the queen. WhichAnd I. Hieu seide, Take ȝe hem quyke. And whanne thei hadden take hem quyke, thei strangliden hem in thea I. cisterne, bisidis the chaumbre, two and fourti men; and he lefte not ony of hem. And whanne heHieu I. hadde go fro thennus, he foond Jonadab, the sone of Rechab, in to meetyng ofto DEIKLMPXbç. hym; and heJonadab I. blesside hym. And Hieu seide to hym, Whether thin herte is riȝtful with myn herte, as myn herte is with thin herte? And Jonadab seide, It is. HieuAnd Hieu IS. seide, If `it isthin herte is riȝtful I., ȝyueȝyue me I. thin hond. WhichThe which I. ȝaf his hond to hym; and heHieu I. reiside hymhym up I. to hym silfOm. I. in to thehis I. chare. And heHieu I. seide to hym, Come thou with me, and se my feruent loue for the Lord. And he ledde hym, put in hys chare, in to Samarie. And heHieu I. killide alle men that weren residueleft I. of Achab in Sa|marie `til tovnto I. oon, bi the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he spak bi Elie. Therfor Hieu gaderide to gidere alle the puple, and seide to hem, Achab worschipide Baal a litil, but Y schalOm. C. worschipe hym more. Now therfor clepe ȝe to me alle the prophetis of Baal, and alle hise seruauntis, and alle hise preestis; `noon bebe ther noon I. that come not, forforsothe I. grete sacrifice is of me to Baal; who euer schal failefaile to come I., he schal not lyue. For|sothe Hieu dide this bi tresoun, that he schuldewolde I. distrie alle the worschipers of Baal. And he seideseide to hem I., Halewe ȝe a so|lempne day to Baal. And heHieu I. clepide, and sente in to alle the termes of Israel; and alle the seruauntis of Baal camencamen thidere I., `noon was residueand noon was left EL. ther was noon left thenns I. noon was left P., and sotheli `not oon wasther was not oon I. that cam not. And thei entriden in to the temple of Baal; and the hows of Baal was fillid, fro oonthat oon I. ende `til toto I. `the to|thirthat oother I.. And heHieu I. seide to hem that weren souereyns ouer the clothisprestis clothis I., Bringe ȝeOm. R. forth clothisthi clothis C. vestmentis I. to alle the seruauntis of Baal; and thei brouȝten forth clothisvestmentis I. to hem. And Hieu entride, and Jonadab, the sone of Rechab, in to the temple of Baal. And Hieu seide to the worschiperis of Baal, Enquere ȝe, and se, lest perauen|ture ony of the seruauntis of the Lord be with ȝou; but that the seruauntis be aloone of Baal. TherforThanne I. thei entriden, to make slayn sacrifices, and brent sacrifices. So|theliCertis I. Hieu hadde maad redi to hym with outforth foure scoore men, and hadde seid to hem, Who euer schal flefle awey I. of alle these, whiche Y schal brynge in to ȝoure hondis, the lijf of hym schal bethe liyf of him schal be, etc.; that suf|frith ony ascape. C. for the lijf of hym that ascapith. Forsothe it was don, whanne the brent sacrifice was fillidfulfillid I., Hieu comaundide to hise knyȝtis and duykis, Entre ȝe, and slesleeth I. hem, that noon ascape. And the knyȝtis and duykis smytidensmiten EL passim. smyten F passim. smeten I. smetin P passim. `hem bi thewith I. scharpnesse of swerd, and castidencasten FI. forth. And `thei ȝedenȝeid A sup. ras. into the citee of the temple of Baal, and thei brouȝten forth the ymageymage of Baal I. fro the temple of Baal, and brenten itOm. EIKLMPSXbç., and al to braken it. Also thei destrieden the hows of Baal, and maden priuyesmaden priuyes; for abho|mynacioun of idolatrie, and that thilke place schulde serue the co|mynte in this nede. Lire here. C. for it `til in tovnto I. this dai. TherforThanne I. Hieu dide awei Baal fro Israel; netheles he ȝede not awei fro the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne, nether he for|sook the goldun caluys, that weren in Bethel and in Dan. Forsothe the Lord seide to Hieu, For thou didist bisili that that was riȝtful, and plesideplesidest E. that pleside I. in myn yȝen, and hast do aȝens the hows of Achab alle thingis that weren in myn herte, thi sones `til totherfore vnto I. the fourthe generacioun schulen sitte onupon I. the trone of Israel. ForsotheFor A. Hieu kepte not, that he ȝede in the lawe of the Lord God of Israel in al his herte; for he ȝedewente I. not awei fro the synnes of Jeroboam, that made Israel to do synne. In tho daies the Lord bigan to be anoyedthe Lord bigan to be anoied; that is, to haue abhomynacioun of her dedis, for the wor|schiping of idols hadde durid longe thanne, and many othere yuels camen forth with tho, and therfor that rewme was suffrid to be turmentid bi Asael in many maneris. Lire here. C. onupon I. Israel; and Asahel smoot hemIsrael I. in alle the coostis of Israelhem I., fro Jordan aȝens the eest coost, al the lond of Galaad, and of Gad, and of Ruben, and of Manasses, fro Aroer whichthat I. is onupon I. the stronde of Arnon, and Galaad, and Baasan. ForsotheAnd I. the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Hieu, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, and his strengthe, whe|ther these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? And Hieu slepte with hise fadris; and thei birieden hym in Samarie; and Joa|chaz, his sone, regnyde for hym. For|sotheCertis I. the daies, in whiche Hieu regnede onupon I. Israel in Samarie, ben eiȝte and twenti ȝeer.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe Athalie, modirthe modir I. of Ocozie, siȝ hir sone deed, and sche roosroos up I., and killide al the seed of the kyngkyng of Juda I.. SotheliAnd I. Josaba, douȝterthe douȝter I. of kyng Joram, the sistir of Oco|zie, took Joas, sonethe sone I. of Ocozie, and stal him fro the myddis of the sones of the kyng, that weren slayn; and sche took the nursche of hym fro the hows of thre stagis; and sche hidde hym fro the face of Athalie, that he were not slayn. And he was with hir in the hows of the Lord priueli sixe ȝeer. Forsothe Athalia regn|ede onupon I. the lond sixe ȝeer. ForsotheBut I. in the seuenthe ȝeer JoiadaJoiada the prest I. sente, and took centuriounschefteyns upon hundridis I., and knyȝtis, and brouȝtehe brouȝte hem I. toOm. M. hym in to the temple of the Lord; and couenauntide with hem boonda boond I. of pees, and he made hem to swereswere; that thei schulden helpe him feithfuly, in the ordeynyng of the du king, which thing thei diden gladly in parti; for ech man kyndeli louyth his vere lord, in parti, for the lordschip of a whomman displeside him. Lire here. C. in the temple of the Lord, and schewide to hem the sone of the kyng. And heJoiada I. comaundide to hem, and seide, This is the word, whichthat I. ȝe owen to do; the thridde part of ȝou entre in the sabatsabat day I., and kepe thethe watchis I. wak|yngisȝe AI. of the `hows of the kyngkyngis hows I.; sothelyand I. theanother I. thridde part be at the ȝate of Seir; and the thridde part be at the ȝate whichthat I. is bihynde the dwellyng placeplacis S. of the makeris of scheeldis; and ȝe schulen kepe the wakyngis of the hows of Messa. For|sothe twei partis of ȝou alle goynge out in the sabat, kepe ȝethei I. Om. S. the wakyngis of the hows of the Lord aboute the kyng. And ȝe schulen cumpasse hymthe kyng I., and ȝe schulen haue armeris in ȝoure hondis; forsotheand I. if ony man entrithentre I. in to the closyng of the temple, be he slayn; and ȝe schulen be with the kyng goynge in and goynge out. And the centuriounschefteyns upon hundridis I. diden bi alle thingis whichethat I. Joiada, the preest, hadde comaundid to hem; and allethei alle I. takynge her men that entriden toin to A. the sabatsabat day I., with hem that ȝeden out fro the sabatsabat day I., camen to Joiada, the preest. WhichThe which I. ȝaf to hem speris, and armeris of kyng Dauid, that weren in the hows of the Lord. And alle stoden hauynge armeris in her hond, fro the riȝt side of the temple `til tovnto I. the left side of the auter and of the hows, aboute the kyng. And heJoiada I. brouȝte forth the sone of the kyng, and puttideputte I. onupon I. hymhis heed I. a dia|deme, and witnessyngthe witnessyng I.witnessing; that is, the lawe of God, in which the king ordeyned owith to stu|die, and bi|thenke, and kepe it, and make it to be kept of othere men. Lire here. C.; and thei maden hym kyng, and anoyntiden hymOm. plures.; and thei beetenclappiden I. with the hoond, and seiden, The kyng lyue! Forsothe Athalia herde the vois of the puple rennynge, and sche entride to the cumpenyes in to the temple of the Lord, and sche siȝ the kyng stond|ynge onupon I. the trone bi custom, and syng|eris, and cumpenyes nyȝ hym, and al the puple of the lond beynge glad, and syng|ynge with trumpis. And sche to-rente hir clothis, and criede, `Swerynge togidere! swerynge togidereConiuracioun, coniuracioun I.! ether tresoun. For|sotheCertis I. Joiada comaundide to the centu|riounschefteynes I., that weren onupon I. the oost, and seide to hem, Lede ȝe hir out of the closyngis of the temple; and who euer suethsueth; to fauere hir. Lire here. C. hir, bebe he I. smytun with swerd. ForsotheAnd I. the preest seide, Be sche not slayn in the temple of the Lord. And theimen I. puttiden hondis onupon I. hir, and hurlidenthei hurliden I. hir bi the weie of the entryng of horsis bisidis the paleis; and sche was slayn there. Ther|for Joiada made boond of pees bitwixe the Lord and the kyngthat he schulde kepe feithfuly the lawe of the Lord., and bitwixe the puple, that it schulde be the puple of the Lordthe Lord; verily and not feynyngly. Lire here. C.; and bitwixe the kyng and the puplepuple he made pees I.bitwixe the kyng and the puple; that the puple schulde be feithful to the kyng, and that the kyng schulde do feithfuly tho thingis, that weren for the comyn profit of the puple. Lire here. C.. Al the puple of the lond en|tride in to the temple of Baal; and thei distrieden the auteris of hym, and al to|braken strongli the ymagis; and thei kill|iden bifore the auter Mathan, the preest of Baal. Andand Joiada I. the preest settidesette I. kep|yngis in the hows of the Lord; and he took centuriounschefteyns upon hundredis I., and theOm. I. legiouns of Ce|rethiarchers I.Cerethi is interpretid dis|trieris, and Phelethi is in|terpretid woun|durful; these weren wisiste weryours, as Katholicon seith. C. and Pherethialblasters I., and al the puple of the lond. And thei ledden forth the kyng fro the hows of the Lord; and thei camen bi the weie of the ȝate of makeristhe makeris I. of scheldis in to the paleis; and heJoas I. sat onupon I. the trone of kyngis. And al the puple of the lond was glad, and the citee restide. ForsotheCertis I. Athalia was slayn bi swerd in the hows of the kyng. And Joas was of seuen ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne.

 CAP. XII.

Joas regnede in the seuenthe ȝeer of Hieu; Joashe I. regnede fourti ȝeer in Jeru|salem; the name of his modir was Sebia of Bersabee. And Joas dide riȝtfulnesse bifor the Lord in alle the daies, in whiche Joiada, the preest, tauȝte hym. Netheles he dide noȝt awey hiȝthe hiȝ I. thingis; for ȝit the puple made sacrifice, and brente encense in hiȝe thingis. And Joas seide to the preestis, `Preestis bi her ordre takeOm. I. al thatthe I. money of hooli thingis, whichthat I. is brouȝt of men passyng forth in to the temple of the Lord, `which moneyand that I. is offrid for the prijs of soulethe soule S., and `which money theithat men I. bryngen wilfuli, and bi theOm. I. fredom of her herte, in to the temple of the LordLord, prestis bi her oordre take it I.. And `the preestisOm. I. reparele the hilyngis of the hows, if thei seen ony thing nedeful in reparelyng. TherforSothly I. the preestis repareliden not the hilyngis of the temple, `til tovnto I. the thre and twentithe ȝeer of kyng Joas. And Joas, the kyng, clepide Joiada, the bischop, and the prestis, and seide to hem, Whi han ȝe not reparelid the hilyngis of the temple? Therfor nyle ȝe more take money bi ȝoure ordre, but ȝeldeȝelde ȝe A sec. m. it to the reparacioun of the temple. And the prestis weren forbodun to take more theOm. I. money of the puple, and to re|parele the hilyngis of the hows. And Joiada, the bischop, took aO plures. cofere ofof the EIL. tresorietresour R., and openyde an hole aboue, and settide it bisidis the auter, at the riȝtside of men entrynge in to the hows of the Lord; and preestis, that kepten the doris, sentensenten or putten I. inin to I. it al the money that was brouȝt to the temple of the Lord. And whanne thei sien that ful myche money was in the tresorie, the scryuen of the kyng and the bischop stiedenstieden up I., and scheddenhelden I. itOm. plures. out, and thei noumbriden the money that was founden in the hous of the Lord. And thei ȝauen it bi noumbre and mesure in the hond of hem, that weren souereyns to the masouns of the hows of the Lord, whichethe whiche DIKMXç. `spendiden that moneyȝauen it DKMSXç. in `crafti men of treescarpen|ters DKMSXç. crafti men and trees ELP., and in these masouns, that wrouȝten in the hous of the Lord, and maden the hilyngis, and in these men that hewiden stoonys; and that thei schulden bie trees and stoonys, that weren hewidhewen ELP. doun; so that the reparacioun of the hows of the Lord was fillid in alle thingis, that nedidenneden A. cost to make strong the hows. Netheles water pottis of the temple of the Lord weren not maad of the same money, and fleischokis, and censeris, and trumpis; ech vessel of gold and ofOm. EL. siluer weren not maad of the money, that was brouȝt in to the temple of the Lord. For it was ȝouun to hem that maden werkthe werk I., that the temple of the Lord schulde be reparelid. And rekenyng was not maad to these men that token moneithe monei I., that thei schulden deele it to crafti men; but thei tretidentretiden or spendiden I. it in feith. Sotheli thei brouȝten not in to the temple of the Lord the moneymoney offrid I. for tres|pas, and the money for synnes, for it was the preestis. ThanneThanne; that is, aftir that Joas took to him Goddis onour, and killide in the temple Zacarie, the hiȝ prest, for he re|preuyde the kyng of his synne. Lire here. C. Asael, kyng of Sirie, stiedewente up I., and fauȝte aȝen Geth; and he took it, and dresside his face, that he schuldewolde I. stiewende up I. in to Jerusalem. WherforTherfore I. Joas, kyng of Juda, took alle `thingis ha|lewidthe halewid thingis I., whichethat I. Josephat hadde halewid, and Joram, and Ocozie, fadristhe fadris I. of hym, kyngis of Juda, and whiche thingis he hadde offrid, and al the siluer, that myȝte be foundun in the tresours of the temple of the Lord, and in the paleis of the kyng. And heJoas I. sentesente these I. to Asael, kyngthe kyng M. of Sirie; andOm. I. heAzael I. ȝede awei fro Jerusalem. Sotheli the residueremenaunt I. of wordisthe wordis EIL. of Joas, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? ForsotheAnd I. hisethe I. seruauntisseruauntis of Joas I. risidenrisen EL. resen I. resin P., and sworen to|gidere bitwixe hem silf, and smytidensmeten I. smetyn ELP. Joas in the hows Melloof Mello IS., and in the goyng doun of Sela. ForForsothe I. Jozachat, sonethe sone I. of Se|math, and Joiadath, sonethe sone I. of Soomer, hise seruauntis, smytidensmoten I. smetin ELP. him, and he was deed; and thei birieden hym with hise fadris in the citee of Dauid; and Amasie, his sone, regnyde for hym.

 CAP. XIII.

In the thre and twentithe ȝeer of Joas, sonethe sone I. of Ocozie, kyng of Juda, Joachaz, sonethe sone I. of Hieu, regnede onupon I. Israel, in Sa|marie seuentene ȝeer. And he dide yuel bifor the Lord, and he suede the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne; and he bowide not awei fro thotho synnus I.. And the strongwoodnesse or strong I. veniaunceveniaunce; in Latyn it is seid, the wood|nesse of the Lord, that is, the rigour of Goddis riȝtful|nesse, to the punysching of synne. Lire here. C. of the Lord was wrooth aȝens Israel, and he bitook hem in to the hondishoond I. of Azael, kyng of Sirie, and into I. the hond of Bena|dab, sone of AsaelAsael, kyng of Sirie I., in alle daies. For|sothe Joachaz bisouȝte the face of the Lord, and the Lord herde hym; for hethi that the Lord I. siȝ the anguysch of Israel, for the kyng of Sirie hadde al to brokun hem. And the Lord ȝaf a sauyoursauyour; this sauyour was the aungel souereyn of the rewme of Is|rael, for aun|gels, souereyns of rewmys, procuren the good of rewme assigned to her kepinge, as it is had in X. co. of Danyel; wherfor this aungel lettide, bi Goddis or|denaunce, ba|tels to rise aȝenus Joachaz, fro that tyme; so that thouȝ he hadde not puple and vertu to aȝenstonde aduersaries, netheles aduer|saries of him weren refreyn|ed bi vertu of the aungel priuy to men, bi drede sent in to hem, ether by other maner, so that thei leften Joachaz and his puple in pees. Lire here. C. to Israel, and he was delyuered fro the hond of the kyng of Sirie; and the sones of Israel dwell|iden in her tabernaclis, as ȝistirdai and the thridde dai ago. Netheles thei de|partiden not fro the synnes of the hows of Jeroboam, that made Israel to do synne; theibut thei I. ȝeden in tho synnes; sotheli also the wodethicke wode I.the wode; this was of the reliks of the worschiping of Baal. Hieu dis|triede the tem|ple of Baal that was in Samarie, but the wode wher ynne lecherie was hauntid lefte stille, aȝenus the co|maundement of the lawe. Lire here. C. dwellideaboode stille I. dwellide ful S. in Samarie. And to JoachamJoacham, kyng of Israel I. weren not left of the puple, noOm. I. but fyue hundrid kniȝtis, and ten charis, and ten thousynde of foot men; for the kyng of Sirie hadde slayn hem, and hadde dryue hemOm. plures. as in to poudur in the threisch|yng of a cornfloor. Forsothe the residueremenaunt I. of wordisthe woordis I. of Joachaz, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, and the strength of hym, whether these ben not wrytun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? And Joachaz slepte with hise fadris, and theimen I. birieden hym in Samarie; and Joas, his sone, regnyde for hym. In the se|uentheseuen EILP. and threttithethretti L. ȝeer of Joas, king of Juda, Joas, sonethe sone I. of Joachaz, regnede onupon I. Israel in Samarie sixtene ȝeer. And he dide that, that is yuel in theOm. I. siȝt of the Lord; for he bowide not awei fro alle the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne; hebut he I. ȝede in tho synnes. Forsothe the residueremenaunt I. of wordisthe wordis I. of Joas, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, but also his strengthe, hou he fauȝt aȝens Amasie, kyng of Juda, whe|ther these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daiesthe daies I. of the kyngis of Israel? And Joas slepte with hise fadris; forsothe Jeroboam sat onupon I. his trone. SotheliAnd I. Joas was biried in Samarie with the kyngis of Israel. Forsothe Elisee was sijk in sike|nessea sikenesse I., biin I. which andOm. A. he was deed; and Joas, kyng of Israel, ȝede doun to hym, and wepte bifor hym, and seide, My fadir! my fadir! the chare of Israel, and the charietere therof! And Elisee seide to hym, Brynge thouthou hidir I. a bouwe and arowis. And whanne he hadde brouȝte to Elisee a bouwe and arowis, heHeliȝee I. seide to the kyng of Israel, Set thin hond on the bouwe. And whanne he hadde setset, that is, whanne he had take the bowe in I. his hond, Elisee settidesette I. his hondis onupon I. the hondis of the kyng, and seide, Opene thou the eest wyndow. And whanne he hadde openyd, Elisee seide, Schete thou an arewe; and he scheteschotte I.. And Elisee seide, ItThis I. is an arewe of helthe of the Lord, and an arowe of helthe aȝens Sirie; and thou schalt smyte Sirie in Affeth, til thou waste it. And Elisee seide, Take awei the arowis. And whanne he hadde take awei, Elisee seide eftOm. ELP. to him, Smyte thou the erthe with a dart. And whanne heJoas I. hadde smyte thre tymes, and hadde stondestonde stille I., the man of God was wrooththe man of God was wrooth; for it was schewid to Elisee, that if the kyng smytide the erthe ofte without cess|yng, he schulde caste doun Si|rie outirly; netheles Elisee hadde not li|cence to seye to the king the reuelacioun, sithis the Hooly Goost touchith the hertis of profetis in that maner bi which he wole. First it was schewid to Elisee, that if the king smoot ofte the erthe, he schulde do awey Sirie; netheles it was not schewid hou ofte he schulde smyte. But aftir that he smoot thries and ceesside, it was schewid to Elisee, that the king schulde smyte Sirie thre sithis, and in particuler batails. Lire here. C. aȝens hymthe kyng I., and seide, If thou haddist smyte fyue sithis, ether sixe sithis, ethir seuen sithis, thou schuldist haue smyte Sirie `til tovnto I. the endyng; now for|sothe thou schalt smyte it thre sithis. TherforThanne I. Elisee was deed, and theimen I. biri|eden hym. And theOm. IS. theuys of Moab camen in to the lond in that ȝeer. For|sothe sum men birieden a man, and thei siȝen theOm. I. theuestheues niȝ I., and thei castidencasten I. forth the deed bodi inin to I. the sepulcre of Elisee; and whanne it hadde touchid the bonys of Elisee, the man lyuede aȝen, and stood onupon I. his feet. TherforThanne I. Azael, kyng of Sirie, turmentide Israel in alle the daies of Joachaz. And the Lord hadde merci onupon I. hemthe sones of Israel I., and turnede aȝen to hem for histhe I. couenaunt, whichthat I. he haddehadde maad I. with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he noldewolde not I. distrie hem, nether castcaste hem I. awei outirli, tilOm. I. in to presentthis present I. tyme. ForsotheAnd I. Azael, kyng of Sirie, diede; and Benadad, his sone, regnede for hym. ForsotheCertis I. Joas, sonethe sone I. of Joachas, took awei citees fro the hond of BenadadBenadad; Jerom seith, that this sone of Azael schal be writun bi d in the ende, and so it is in Ebreu; but Benadab, that ȝede bifor Aza|el, is writun bi b in the ende. Lire here. C., sonethe sone I. of Asael, whichthat I. he hadde take bi the riȝt of batel fro the hoond of Joachaz, his fadir; Joas smoot hymBenadab I. thre tymes, and he ȝeldide thetho I. citees to Israel.

 CAP. XIV.

Yn the secounde ȝeer of Joas, sonethe sone I. of Joachas, kyng of Israel, Amasie, sonethe sone I. of Joas, kyng of Juda, regnyde. Amasie was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne; forsotheand I. he regnyde in Jerusalem nyne and twenti ȝeer; the name of his modir was Joade of Jerusalem. And he dide riȝtfulnesse bifor the Lord, nethe|les not as Dauid, his fadirfadir dide I.; he dide bi alle thingis whichethat I. Joas, his fadir, dide, no but this oonlithis onely; this may not be referrid to the lettre next bifore, but to this that is seid, he dide riȝtfulnesse bifor the Lord, no but this onely, etc. Lire here. C., that he dide not awei hiȝ thingis; for ȝit the puple made sacri|fice, and brent encence in hiȝ thingis. And whanne heAmasie I. hadde gete the rewme, he smoot hise seruauntis, that hadden killid the kyng, his fadir; but he killide not the sones of hem that hadden slayn `the kynghis fadir I., bi that that is writun in the book of the lawe of Moyses, as the Lord comaundide to Moises, and seide, Fadris schulen not die for theher I. sones, nethir theOm. I. sones for theher I. fadris, but eche man schal die in his owne synne. HeAmasie I. smoot Edom in the valey of makyngis of salt, `he smootOm. I. ten thousyndethousynde of men I., and took `the StoonOm. I. in batelbatel the noble Stoon, a citee of Arabie I.; and he clepide the name therof JethelJethel; that is, sourenesse of teeth, for thei that weren slayn there gnastiden with teeth, for the orrour and so|rewe of deth. Lire here. C., `til in tovnto this I. present dai. ThanneThanne; that is, aftir pride, for the victorie aȝenus Idumeys, and aftir idola|trie, and aftir manassing of Goddis profete, in II. book of Paralip. XXV. co. God suf|fride him falle in to so greet presumpcioun, that he terride Joas, king of Israel, to batel, that his pride were brouȝt doun so. And this it is that is seid here thanne, that is, after the for|seid wickid|nesses doon of him. Lire here. C. Amasie sente messangeris to Joas, sonethe sone I. of Joachaz, sonethe sone I. of Hieu, kyng of Israel, and seide, Come thou, and se we vs `in batelOm. I.. And Joas, kyng of Israel, sente aȝen to Amasie, kyng of Juda, and seideseide mystily I., The carduecardue or thistle I., `that is, a low eerbe, and ful of thornesOm. I., of the Liban sente to the cedre, whichthat I. is in theOm. I. Liban, and seide, Ȝyue thi douȝtir wijf to my sone; and the beestis of the forest, that ben in the Liban, passidenpassiden forth I., and treddentrooden I. doun the cardue. Thou hast smytesmyte Edom I., and haddist the maistri onupon I. Edomit I., and thin herte haththerfore hath I. reisid thee; be thou apaied with gloriethis glorie I., and sitte in thin hows; whi excitiststirist I. thou yuel, that thou falle, and Juda with thee? And Amasie assentide not `to be in peesOm. I.; and Joas, kyngthe kyng I. of Israel, stiedestiede up I., and he and Amasie, kyngthe kyng I. of Juda, sien hem silf inmeetinge in bateil in I. Bethsames, a citee of Juda. And Juda was smytun bifortofore I. Israel; and thei fledden ech man in to his tabernaclis. Sotheli Joas, kyngthe kyng I. of Israel, took in Bethsames Amasie, kyngthe kyng I. of Juda, the sone of Joas, sonethe sone I. of Ocozie, and brouȝte hym in to Jerusalem; and hethe kyng of Israel I. brak the wal of Jeru|salem, fro the ȝate of Effraym `til tovnto I. the ȝate of the corner, bi foure hundrid cu|bitis. And he took al the gold and sil|uer, and alle vesselsthe vessels I., that weren foundun in the hows of the Lord, and in the tre|sours of the kyng; and he took ostagisostagis, that is, ȝiftis of the biseegid I.ostagis; that is, the sones of noble men, that her fadris myȝten not rebelle aȝenus hem. Lire here. C., and turnede aȝen in to Samarie. SotheliCertis I. the resydue of wordisthe wordis I. of Joas, whichethat I. he dide, and his strengthe, bi which he fauȝt aȝens Amasie, kyng of Juda, whe|ther these ben not writun in the book of wordis of dayes of theOm. I. kyngis of Israel? And Joas slepte with hise fadris, and was biried in Samarie with the kyngis of Is|rael; and Jeroboam, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe Amasie, sonethe sone I. of Joas, kyngthe kyng A. of Juda, lyuede fyue and twenti ȝeer, after that Joas, sonethe sone I. of Joachaz, kyng of Israel, was deed. Forsothe the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Amasie, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? And `sweryngswering, etc.; that is, con|spirasie. Lire here. C. togidirconspiracioun I. in Jerusalem was maad aȝens hym, and he fledde in to Lachis; and thei sententhei senten, greet multitude of werriours. Lire here. C. aftir hym in to Lachis, and killiden hym there. And thei baren out hymOm. S. in horsis, and he was biried in Jerusalem with hise fadris, in the citee of Dauid. Forsothe al the puple of Juda took AzarieAzarie, his sone I., hauynge sixtene ȝeer; and maden hym king for his fadir Amasie. AndOm. plures. he bildide Ahila, and restoride it to Juda, afterand after I. that `the kyngAzarie I. slepte with hise fadris. In the fiftenethe ȝeer of Ama|sie, sonethe sone I. of Joas, kyng of Juda, Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Joas, kyng of Israel, regnyde in Samarie oon and fourti ȝeer; and dide that, that is yuel bifor the Lord; he ȝede not awei fro alle the synnes of Jeroboam, sone of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne. He restoride the termes of Israel, fro the entryng of Emath `til tovnto I. the see of wildirnesse, bi the word of the Lord God of Israel, whichthat I. he spak bi his ser|uaunt Jonas, sonethe sone I. of Amathi, bi Jonas, the prophete, that was of Jethof Geth; in the III. book, the laste co., it is seid, that he was of Sarepta, for he was the sone of a wom|man of Sa|repta. The soiling is this: here he is nemyd of Geth, which is a town in the rewme of Is|rael, and he was biried there, and the wrytere of this book nemyde him here of that place. Lire here. C., `which Jeththat I. is in Ophir. For the Lord siȝ the ful bittir turment of Israel, and that thei weren wastid `til tovnto I. the closid men of prisoun, and theto the I. laste men, and `noon wasther was noon I. that helpide Israel. And the Lord spak not, that he schulde do awei Israel fro vndur heuene, but he sauyde hem in the hond of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Joas. For|sothe the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Jeroboam, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, and the strengthe of hym, bi which he fauȝt, and hou he restoride Damask, and Emath of Juda, in Israel, whether these ben not wrytun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? And Jeroboam slepte with hise fadris, the kyngis of Is|rael; and AzarieZacharie S., his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XV.

In the seuentheseuen EL. and twentithetwenti EL. ȝeer of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azarie, sonethe sone I. of Amasie, kyng of Juda, regnede; he was of sixtene ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede two and fifti ȝeer in Jeru|salem; the name of his modir was Jecelia of Jerusalem. And he dide that, that was plesaunt bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis whichthat I. Amasie, his fadir, hadde do; ne|theles he distriede not hiȝ thingis; ȝitbut ȝit I. the puple made sacrifice, and brente en|cense in hiȝe thingis. Forsothe the Lord smoot the kyng, and he was leprousewas leprouse; for bi pride he wolde mystake to him the office of prest, and entride in to the temple, to offre en|cence; and whanne the prestis seiden, that this per|teynede not to his office, he manaasside hem, and helde the censere; wherfor he was smytun su|deynly and opinli with lepre. And therfor anoon the prestis puttiden him out of the temple, and he feelide the ven|iaunce of the Lord; and he ȝede out wil|fulie, dredinge lest it schulde bifalle worse to him, as it is had in II. book of Paralip. xxvi. co. Lire here. C. til in to the day of his deeth; and he dwell|ide in an hous freli bi hym silf. Sotheli Joathas, sone of the kyng, gouernde the palis, and demyde the puple of the lond. Forsothe the residue of theOm. BCFGKMNOPQRSUWbç. wordis of Azarie, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of theOm. EL. kyngis of Juda? And Azarie slepte with hise fadris; and thei birieden hym with hise eldre men in the citee of Dauid; and Joathas, his sone, regnede for hym. In the eiȝte and thret|tithe ȝeer of Azarie, kyng of Juda, Za|charie, sonethe sone I. of Jeroboam, regnede onupon I. Israel in Samarie sixe monethis. And he dide that, that was yuel bifor the Lord, as his fadris diden; he departide not fro the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne. ForsotheCertis I. Sellum, the sone of Jabes, conspiride aȝens hym in Samarie; and Sellum smoot hym opynliopynly; in Ebreu it is bi|for the peple, and bi this it is signefied, that he hadde myche part of the puple con|sentinge with him; for this Zacarie was ful yuel. Lire here. C., and killide hymOm. plures., and regnede for hym. SotheliAnd I. the residue ofOm. G. theOm. BCDEFGKLMNOPSXç. wordis of Zacharie, whethir these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? ThilkeThat I. This EL. is the word of the Lord, whichthe which I. he spak to Hieu, and seide, `Thi sonesSones of thee I. `til tovnto I. the fourthe gene|racioun schulen sitte `of thee on the troneon the trone of thee EL. of Israel; and it was doon so. SellumAnd Sellum I., sonethe sone I. of Jabes, regnede in the nynthenyne I. and thritty ȝeer of Azarie, kyng of Juda; sotheli he regnyde o monethe in Samarie. And Manaheu, the sone of Gaddi, styedestyede up I. fro Thersa, and cam in to Samarie; and he smoot Sellum, sonethe sone I. of Jabes, in Sa|marie, and killide hym, and regnede for hym. Sotheli the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Sellum, and his conspirasie, bi which he settide tresouns, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel. Thanne Manaheu smootsmoot the citee I. Capham, and alle menthe men I. that weren thereynne, and the termes therof fro Thersa, for thei noldenwolden not I. opynopyn her ȝatis I. to hymto him; that is, resseyue him in the citee as king. Lire here.; and he killide alle wymmen therof with child, and karfkeruyde I. hem. In the nynthenyne I. and thrittithe ȝeer of Azarie, kyng of Juda, Manaheu, sonethe sone I. of Gaddi, regnede onupon I. Israel ten ȝeer in Samarie. And he dide that, that was yuel bifor the Lord; he departide not fro the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne. In alleIn alle, etc.; whanne Mana|heu preiede him to conferme his rewme. Lire here. C. the daies of hym Phul, the kyng of Assiries, cam in to Thersa. And Manaheu ȝaf to Phul a thousynde talentis of siluer, that he schulde be to hym in to help, and schulde make stidefast his rewme; and Manaheu settide taliage of siluer onupon I. Is|rael to alle myȝti men and riche, that he schuldewolde I. ȝyue to the kyng of Assiries; he settidesette I. fifti siclis of siluer bi alle mentho men I.bi alle men; that is, riche men. In E|breu it is to o man; that is, to ech man, bi maner of spekinge of Ebreu; ther|for bokis that han here bi alle ȝeris, ben false, for the Ebreu bokis, and oure bokis amendid, han not ȝeris. Lire here. C.; and the king of Assiries turnede aȝen, and dwellide not in Thersa. Forsothe the re|sidue of wordisthe wordis I. of Manaheu, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not wrytun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? And Mana|heu slepte with hise fadris; and Phaceia, his sone, regnyde for hym. In the fiftithe ȝeer of Azarie, kyng of Juda, Phaceia, sonethe sone I. of Manaheu, regnede on Israel in Samarie twei ȝeer. And he dide that, that was yuel bifor the Lord; he departide not fro the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Na|bath, that made Israel to do synne. For|sothe Phacee, sonethe sone I. of Romelie, duyk of histhe I. oostoost of Phaceia I., conspiride aȝens hym, and smoot hym in Samarie, inwith fifty men of the sones of Galaditis in I. the tour of the kyngis hous, bisidis Argob, and bisidis AribArib; that is, the palis, as Rabi Salo|mon seith. Lire here. C. Arib; in Ebreu it is bi|sidis Aree, that signefieth a lioun; for a goldun lioun was there, to nobley and fairnesse, as Rabi Salomon seith. Lire here. C.; `and he smoot hym with fifti men of the sones of GaladitisOm. I.; and Phacee killide hymPhaceia I., and regnede for hym. Sotheli the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Phacee, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Israel? In the two and fiftithe ȝeer of Azarie, kyng of Juda, Phasee, sonethe sone I. of Romelie, regnyde in Sa|marie twenti ȝeer. And he dide that, that was yuel bifor the Lord; andOm. BCDF sec. m. GIMNOQRSUWXb. he departide not fro the synnes of Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne. In the daies of Phacee, kyng of Israel, Teglat Phalasar, kyng of Assur, cam, and took Aion, and Aibel, the hows of Maacha, and Janoe, and Cedes, and Asor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and al the lond of Neptalym; and translatide hem in to Assiriens. For|sothe Osee, sonethe sone I. of Hela, conspiride, and settidesette EL. tresouns aȝens Phasee, sonethe sone I. of Romelie, and smoot hym, and killide hymOm. BCFKLOQRSUWç.; and he regnyde for hym, in the twentithe ȝeer of Joathan, sonethe sone I. of Ozie. Forsothe the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Phacee, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of theOm. E. kyngis of Israel? In the secounde ȝeer of Phacee, sonethe sone I. of Romelie, kyng of Israel, Joathan, sonethe sone I. of Ozie, kyngthe kyng I. of Juda, regnyde; he was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede sixtene ȝeer in Je|rusalem; the name of his modir was Jerusa, the douȝter of Sadoch. And heJoathan I. dide that, that was plesaunt bifor the Lord; he wrouȝte bi alle thingisbi alle thingis; in suynge him in goode werkis, not in yuele werkis, as in II. book of Paralip. xxvii. co. Lire here. C., whichethat I. his fadir Ozie hadde do; netheles he dide not awey hiȝ thingis; ȝitbut ȝit I. the puple made sacrifice, and brente incense in hiȝ thingis; he bildide the hiȝeste ȝate of the hows of the Lord. Forsothe the residueremenaunt I. of wordisthe wordis I. of Joathan, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? In tho daies the Lord bigan to sende in to Juda RasynRasyn; to punysche the yuels that weren doon in the rewme of Juda; for of long tyme the puple made sacrifice in hiȝe thingis, that was vnleueful fro the making of the temple, and dide many othere yuels, for the malice of Achaz. Lire here. C., the kyng of Sirie, and Phacee, the sone of Romelie. And Joathan slepte with hise fadris, and was biried with hem in the citee of Dauid, his fadir; and Achaz, his sone, regnyde for hym.

 CAP. XVI.

In the seuententhe ȝeer of Phacee, sonethe sone I. of Romelie, Achaz, the sone of Joathan, kyng of Juda, regnyde. Achaz was of twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde sixtene ȝeer in Jerusalem; he dide not that, that was plesaunt in the siȝt of histhe I. Lord God, as Dauid, his fadir dide, but he ȝede in the weie of the kyngis of Israel. Ferthermore and he halewide his sone, and barbar or drewe him I. thorouȝ the fier, biaftir I. the idols of hethene men, whiche the Lord distriede bifore the sones of Israel. And he offride sacrificessacrifice ELP., and brente encense in hiȝ placis, and in hillis, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis. Thanne Rasyn, kyng of Sirye, and Phacee, sonethe sone I. of Romelie, kyng of Israel, stiedestieden up I. in to Jerusalem to fiȝtefiȝte with Achaz I.; and whanne thei bisegide Achaz, thei miȝten not ouercome hym. In that tyme Rasyn, kyng of Sirie, restoride Ahila to Sirie, and castide out Jewisthe Jewis I. fro Ahila; and Ydumeis and men of Sirie camen intoin A. Ahila, and dwelliden there til in to this dai. Forsothe Achaz sente messangeris to Teglat Phalasar, kyng of Assiriens, and seide, Y am thi seruaunt and thi sone; stie thouthou up I., and make me saaf fro the hond of the kyng of Sirie, and fro the hond of the kyng of Israel, that han rise togidere aȝens me. And whanne Achaz hadde ga|deride togidere siluer and gold, that myȝte be foundun in the hows of the Lord, and in the tresours of the kyng, he sente ȝiftis to the kyng of Assiriens; whicheand he I. as|sentide to his wille. Sotheli the kyng of Asseriens stiedeȝede up I. in to Damask, and wast|ide it, and translatide the dwelleris therof to Sirenen; sotheli he killide Rasyn. And kyng Achaz ȝede in to metyngthe metyng I. to Teglat Phalasaar, kyng of AssiriensAssiriens in to Damask I.; and whanne kyng Achaz hadde seyn the auter of Da|mask, he sentsent into Jerusalem I. to Vrie, the preest, the saumpler and licnesse therof, bi al the werkwerkis A. therof. And Vrie, the preest, bild|ide an auter bi alle thingis whichethat I. king Achaz hadde comaundid fro Damask, so dide the preest Vrie, til kyng Achaz cam fro Damask. And whanne the king cam fro Damask, he siȝ the auterauter fair and curious I., and wor|schipide it; and he stiedestiede up I., and offride brent sacrifices, and his sacrifice; and he offride moist sacrifices, and he scheddehelde I. the blood of pesible thingis, whichthe which I. he hadde offrid on the auter. Forsothe heAchaz I. dide awei the brasun auterauter that Moises made I., that was bifor the Lord, fro the face of the temple, and fro the placepropre place I. of the auter, and froOm. A. the place of the temple of the Lord; andand he I. set|tidesette I. itGoddis auter I. onat I. the sidenorth side I. of thehis I. auter `at the northOm. I.. Also kyng Achaz comaundide to Vrie, the preest, and seide, Offre thou onupon I. the more auterthe more auter; that is, on the newe auter, which he arettide more in hooly|nesse, thouȝ it was cursid. Lire here. C. theOm. GINQWXb. brent sacrifice of the morewtid, and the sacrificesacrifyses S. brent sacrifice X. of euentidthe euentid CEINUç., and the brent sacrifice of the king, and the sacrifice of hym, and the brent sacri|fice of al the puple of the lond, and the sacrifices of hem, and the moist sacrifices of hem; and thou schalt schedehelde I. out onupon I. thatthat newe auter I. al the blood of brent sacrifice, and al the blood of slayn sacrifice; sotheli the brasun auter schal be redi at my wille. Therfor Vrie, the preest, dide bi alle thingis whichethat I. kyng Achaz hadde co|maundid to hym. Forsothe kyng Achaz took the peyntid foundementisfoundementis of pileris I., and the waischyng vessel, that waswas sett I. aboue, and he puttideputte I. doun the see, that is, the waisch|ung vessel `for preestisOm. I., fro the brasun oxisoxen I., thatthe whiche I. susteyneden it, and he settidesette I. ontho on I. the pawment araied with stoon. Also heAchaz I. turnede the tresoriekyngis tresorie I. of sabatthe sabat I., whichthat I. he haddeOm. I. bildid in the temple, and `he turnedeOm. I. the entryng of the kyng with outforth, in to the temple of the Lord for theOm. A sec. m. kyngthe king; that the king of Assiriens if he cam thidir schulde se, hou he hadde do awey the wor|schiping of God, and that Achaz passide to the wor|schiping ether religioun of the king of Assi|riens. Lire here. C. of AssiriensAssirie I.. ForsotheCertis I. the re|sidue of wordisthe wordis I. of Achaz, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? And Achaz slepte with hise fadris, and was biried with hem in the citee of Dauid; and Ezechie, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XVII.

Yn the tweluethe ȝeerIn the xii. ȝeer; Osee bigan to regne in the fourthe ȝeer of Achaz, but he hadde not the rewme in pees, til to the xii. ȝeer of Achaz; therfor it is seid that he regnede in the xii. ȝeer of Achaz, that is, in pees, ether in viii. ȝeer he seruede vndur tribute to the king of Assiriens, and in the laste ȝeer that was the twelfthe ȝeer of Achaz he bigan to regne fre fro tribute. Lire here. C. of Achaz, kyng of Juda, Osee, sonethe sone I. of Hela, regnyde in Samarie onupon I. Israel nyne ȝeer. And he dide yuel bifor the Lord, but not as theOm. I. kyngis of Israel, that weren bifor hym. Salma|nasar, kyng of Assiriens, stiedewente up I. aȝens thisOm. IS. Osee, and Osee was maad seruaunt to hym, and ȝildide tributis to hym. And whanne the kyng of Assiriens hadde per|seyued, that Osee heOm. CGIKMNOSWç. hed L. enforsideenforside him selff I. to beOm. W. re|belle, and hadde sent messangeris to Sua, kyng of Egipt, that he schulde not ȝyue tributis to the kyng of Assiriens, as he was wont bi alle ȝeeris, `the kyng of Assirienshe I. bisegide hymking Ozee I., and sente himOm. plures. boundun in to prisoun. And heSalmanaser I. ȝede thoruȝ al the lond, and he stiedestiede up I. to Sa|marie, and bisegide it biOm. I. thre ȝeer. For|sothe in the nynthe ȝeer of Osee, the kyng of Assiriens took Samarie, and translatide Israel in to Assiriens; and he puttideputte I. hemOm. EL. in Hela, and in Thabor, bisidis the flood Gozam, in the citeecitees IS. of Medeis. For|sothe it was don, whanne the sones of Is|rael hadden synned bifor herthe I. Lord God, that ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hond of Farao, kyng of Egipt, thei worschipeden alien goddis; and ȝedenwenten forth I. bi the custom of hethene men, whiche the Lord hadde wastid in the siȝt of the sones of Israel, and of the kyngis of Israel, for thei hadden do in lijk maner. And the sones of Israel offendiden her Lord God bi wordis not riȝtful, and thei bildiden to hem silf hiȝ thingis in alle her citees, frofor AS. the tourfro the tour; that is, fro a forselet, in which fewe men dwelliden; this is the sen|tence, fro the leeste town til to the moste, idolatrie hadde strengthe in alle. Lire here. C. of keperis `til tovnto I. a strengthid citee. And thei maden to hem ymagis, and wodismawmett wodis I., in ech hiȝ hil, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis; and theithe sones of Israel I. brenten there encence onupon I. the auteris bi the custom of hethene men, whiche the Lord hadde translatid fro the face of hem. And thei didendiden or spaken I. wersteful wicked I. wordisthat is, worste werkis. Lire here. C., and thei wrath|thiden the Lord; and worschipiden vn|clenesses, of whiche the Lord comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not do this word. And the Lord witnesside in Israel and inOm. A. Juda, bi the hond of alle prophetis and seeris, and seide, Turne ȝe aȝen fro ȝoure wersteful yuel I. weies, and kepe ȝeOm. S. myOm. I. comaundementis, and ceremonyes, bi al the lawe whichethat I. Y comaundide to ȝoure fa|dris, and as Y sente to ȝou in the hond of my seruauntis prophetis. WhicheThe whiche I. herden not, but maden hard her nol biaftir I. the nolhard nol I. of her fadris, that noldenwolden not I. obeie to her Lord God. And thei castiden awei the lawful thingisthe lawful thingis; that is, cerymo|nyes; the co|uenaunt; that is, moral hestis; wit|nessingis; that is, iudicial co|maundementis, ether peynes manassid in the lawe to trespasseris. Lire here. C. of hymthe Lord I., and the couenaunt whichthat I. he couenauntide with her fadris, and the witnessyngis bi whiche he wit|nesside to hem; and thei sueden vanytees, `that is, idolsOm. I., and diden veynli; and sueden hethene men, that weren `bi the cumpas ofabout I. hem; of whiche vanyteesthingis I. the Lord comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not do asOm. EIL. also thoOm. ELP. thilke I. hethene menfolk I. diden. And theithe sones of Israel I. forsoken alle the co|maundementis of her Lord God, and thei maden to hem twei ȝotun calues, and wodismawmett wodis I., and worschipidenthei worschipiden I. al the knyȝt|hod of heueneheuene or of the firmament I.the knyȝhode of heuene; that is, sunne and moone, and othre planetis. Lire here. C.; and thei seruyden Baal, and halewiden to hym her sones, and her douȝtris thoruȝbi I. fier, and thei seruyden to fals dyuynyngdyuynyng or witchecraft I., and to dyuynyng bi chi|terynge of briddis; and thei ȝauen hemthei ȝauen hem; in as|sentinge to the wille of the deuel in alle thingis. Lire here. C. silf to do yuel bifor the Lord, and thei wraththiden hym. And the Lord was wrooth greetli to Israel; and he took awei hem fro his siȝt, and noonnoon of hem I. lefte, no but the lynage of Juda oneli. But nether Juda hym silf kepte the heestis of `his Lord Godthe Lord his God I., nethelesbut netheles I. he erride, and ȝede in the errour of Israel, whichethat I. it wrouȝte. And the Lord castide awei al the seed of Israel, and turmentide hem, and bitook hem in the hond of rauynouris; til he castidehad cast I. awei hem fro his face, fro that tymefro that tyme; for fro that tyme Is|rael bowede awey, fro the veri religioun of God bi thilke Jero|boam. Lire here. C. in which Israel was departid fro the hous of Dauid, and maden to hem a kyng, Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath. For Je|roboam departide Israel fro the Lord, and made hem to do aOm. I. greet synne. And the sones of Israel ȝeden in alle the synnes of Jeroboam, whichethat I. he hadde do; and thei departiden not fro tho synnes, til the Lord dide awei Israel fro his face, as he spak in the hond of alle hise seruauntis prophetis; and Israel was translatidbrouȝt ouer I. fro his lond in to Assiriens til in to this dai. Forsothe the kyng of Assiriens brouȝte puplethe puple I. fro Babiloyne, and fro Cutha, and fro Hailath, and fro Emath, and fro Se|pharuaym, and settidesette EIL. hem in the citeescitee I. of Samarie for the sones of Israel; whicheand these I. hadden in possessioun Samarie, and dwell|identhei dwelliden I. in the citees therof. And whanne thei bigunnen to dwelle there, thei dred|den not the Lord; and the Lord sente to hem liouns, thatthe whiche I. killiden hem. And it was teld to the kyng of Assiriens, and was seid, The folkisfolk I. whichethat I. thou trans|latidisthast translatid I., and madist to dwelle in the citees of Samarie, kunnen not the lawful thingis of God of thethat S. lond; and the Lord sentehath sent I. liouns in to hem, and lo! liounsthoo I. sleen hem; for thei kunnen not the custom of God of the lond. Sotheli the kyng of Assiriens comaundide, and seide, Lede ȝe thidur oon of the preestis, whichethat I. ȝe brouȝtenladden EL. prisoneris fro thennus, that he go, and dwelle with hem, and teche hem the lawful thingis of God of the lond. Therfor whanne oon of these preestis hadhadden A. comecome thidere I., that weren led prisoneris fro Sa|marie, he dwellide in Bethel, and tauȝte hemmen I., how thei schulden worschipe the Lordworschipe the Lord; not perfitly, for he was of the prestis of Sa|marie, and not of Jerusalem. Lire here. C.. And ech folkof tho v. folk I. made his god, and thei settiden tho goddis in theOm. EL. hiȝ tem|plis, whichethat I. theOm. IS. men of Samarie hadden maad, folkthat folk his god I. and folkthat folk his I. in herthe I. citees, in whiche thei dwellidendwelten I.. For men of Ba|biloyne madenmaden her god I. Socoth BenothSochot Benoth; that signefieth in Ebreu the tabernacle of sones. Lire here. C.; forsotheand I. men of Cutha maden VergelVergel her god I.; and men of Emath maden Asyma; forsotheand I. Eueis maden Nabaath and TharchaTharcha here goddis I.; sotheli thei that weren of Sepharuaym brenten her sones in fier to Adramelech and Aname|lech, goddisthe goddis I. of Sepharuaym. And ne|theles thei worschipiden the Lord; for|sothe of the laste menthe laste men; that is, of vile per|soones, that weren not of prestis kyn, bi the lawe of Moyses. Lire here. C. thei maden preestis of the hiȝe thingis, and settiden hem in hiȝe templis. And whanne thei worschip|iden God, thei serueden also her goddis, bi the custom of hethene men, fro whiche thei weren translatid to Samarie; `til in totil to this I. present dai thei suensueden I. theOm. I. eld cus|tom; thei dredden notdredden not; that is, per|fitly, as it is comaundid in the lawe. Lire here. C. the Lord, nethir thei kepen hise cerymonyes, and domes, and lawe, and comaundement, whichthe whiche I. the Lord comaundide to the sones of Jacob, whom he nemydeclepide I. Israel; and hethe Lord I. smoot a couenaunt with hem, and comaundide to hem, and seide, Nyle ȝe drede alien goddis, and onoure ȝe not outwardli hem, nethir worschipe ȝe inwardli hem, and make ȝe not sacrifice to hem; but ȝoure Lord God, that ledde ȝou out of the lond of Egipt in greet strengthe, and in arman arm I. holdunstreȝit I. forthout I., drede ȝe hym, and wor|schipe ȝe hym, and make ȝe sacrifice to hym. Also kepe ȝe the cerymonyes, and domes, and the lawe, and comaundementthe comaundment I., whichthat I. he wroot to ȝou, that ȝe dodo it I. in alle daies; and drede ȝe not alien goddis. And nyle ȝe forȝete the couenaunt, whichthat I. hethe Lord I. smoot with ȝou, nether worschipe ȝe alien goddis; but drede ȝe ȝoure Lord God, and he schal delyuere ȝou fro the hond of alle ȝoure enemyes. Forsothe thei herden notnot the Lord I., but diden bi her formere customcustomes ELP.. Ther|forTherfor sothly I. these hethene men dredden sotheliOm. I. God; but netheles thei serueden also her idols, for bothe her sones and the sones of sonesher sones I. doen so, til in to presentthis present I. dai, as her fadris diden.

 CAP. XVIII.

In the thridde ȝeer of Osee, sonethe sone I. of Hela, kyng of Israel, regnyde Ezechie, sone of Achaz, kyng of Juda. He was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde in Jerusalem nyne and twenti ȝeer; the name of his modir was Abisa, douȝterthe douȝter I. of Zacharie. And heEzechie I. dide that, that was good bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis, whichthat I. Dauid, his fadir, hadde do. And he distriede hiȝe placesplaces of mawmetrie I., and al to-brak ymagis, and kit|tidekitte I. doun wodis, and he brak the brasun serpent, whom Moyses hadde maad; for `til tovnto I. that tyme the sones of Israel brenten encense to it; and heEzechie I. clepide the name therofof it I. NoestamNoestam, that is, copir A et plures.Noestam; that is, copir, ether of copir; as if he seide, no thing of Godhed was in it, as symple men bileuyden, and weren dis|seyued bi errour, no but copir was there. C.. And heEzechie I. hopide in the Lord God of Israel; therfor aftir hymEzechie I. noon was lijk hymnoon was liyk him; not that he was hooliere than Dauyth, that was bifor him, ether than Josie, that was aftir him; as also the chirche singith of ech confessour, noon is found|un liyk him, and this for sum preroga|tif ether ex|celence, which is not foundun so in othere men, thouȝ he faile in many prerogatyues that thei han. So it is seid of Ezechie, noon was liyk him, etc. in parti, for he distriede hiȝe places, and the brasun serpent, in parti; for at the preyeris of him, an aungel of the Lord smoot the oost of Senacherib, and the sunne ȝede abak bi ten lynes, and these were ful special thingis. Lire here. C. of alle the kyngis of Juda, but `and nethernether also I. in thothe I. kyngis that weren bifor hym. And he cleuyde to the Lord, and ȝede not awei fro hise steppis, and he dide the comaunde|mentis of the Lord, whiche the Lord co|maundide to Moises; wherfor and the Lord was with hym, and he gouernede wiseli hym silf in alle thingis, to whichethe whiche I. he ȝede forth. Also heEzechie I. rebellidehe rebellide, etc.; that is, resseyuede not him as lord, as many kingis diden. Lire here. C. aȝens the kyng of Assiriens, and therfor he seruede not to `that kyng of Asserienshim I.; and heEzechie I. smoot Philisteisthe Philisteis I. `til tovnto I. Gazam, and alle the termes of hem, fro the tour of keperisthe keperis I. `til tovnto I. a citee maad strong. In the fourthe ȝeer of kyng Ezechie, that was the se|uenthe ȝeer of Osee, sonethe sone I. of Hela, kyng of Israel, Salmanazar, kyng of Assiriens, stiedestiede up I. to Samarie, and fauȝt aȝens it, and took itOm. plures.. For after thre ȝeer, in the sixte ȝeer of Ezechie, that is, in the nynthe ȝeer of Osee, kyng of Israel, Samarie was takun; and the kyng of Assiriens trans|latide Israel in to Assiriens, and settydehe sette I. hem in Haila, and in Habor, ryueris of Gozam, in the citeescitee I. of Medeis; for thei herden not the vois of her Lord God, but thei braken his couenaunt; thei herden not, nether diden alle thingis, whiche Moises, the seruaunt of the Lord, comaundide. In the fourtenthe ȝeer of kyng Ezechie, Sena|cherub, kyngthe kyng I. of Assiryens, stiedestiede up I. to alle the strengthide citees of Juda, and took thohem I.. Thanne Ezechie, kyng of Juda, sente messangeris to the kyng of Assi|riens in to Lachis, and seide, Y haue syn|nedY haue syn|ned; aȝenus the Lord, he aret|tide the synne of his fadir, and of the pu|ple, his synne in this. Lire here. C.; go awei fro me, and Y schal bere `al thingalle thingis I., whichthat I. thou schalt putte to me. Therfor the kyng of Asseriens puttide onupon I. Ezechie, kyng of Juda, thre hundrid ta|lentisof talentis S. of siluer, and thretti talentis of gold. And Ezechie ȝaf al the siluer, that was foundun in the hows of the Lord, and in the kyngis tresoriestresours EKLMX. tresories to the kyng of Assiriens I.. In that tyme Ezechie brak the ȝatisEsechie brak the ȝatis; Ese|chie wiste, the puple suget to him, and A|chaz, his fadir, hadden offend|id God in many maneris, and therfor he dredde skile|fuly, lest for veniaunce of the forseid yuels the king of Assiriens schulde be suffrid to come on his rewme; and therfor to kepe the citee of Jerusalem, where Goddis worschip was, in strengthe, and the puple as myche as he myȝte fro distriyng, he spendide the riches of the temple and of the king, as the text here seith. Brak the ȝatis of the temple; in whiche myche gold was fast|ned bi kingis biforgoinge and bi him, to fair|nesse in wor|schip; and bi nede he was compellid to do this, for he hadde noon other thing, wherof he myȝte paie so greet a summe. Of this is had an argument ether preef, that princes in nede moun take of the tresours of the chirche, for the sauyng of the comyn puple. Lire here. C. Ambrose and Decrees in XII. cause, ii. ques|tioun, co. au|rum, and Gre|gorie in his Registre, in VII. book, xiii. co. and xxxiiij. co., and IX. book, xvi. co. witnessen this pleynly. And king Richard dide this in dede, as Sis|trense seith, in VII. book, xxviii. co. C. of the temple of the Lord, and the platis of gold, whichethat I. he haddeOm. I. fastned, and he ȝaf tho to the kyng of Assiriens. Forsothe the kyng of Assiriens sente Thercha and Rabsaces fro Lachis to kyng Ezechie, with strong hondwith strong hond; for whanne he hadde maad couenaunt, and take gold, to suffre the rewme of Ese|chie in pees, he brak the couenaunt vnfeithfuly, and sente oost to take Jeru|salem, and lede the puple in to Assi|riens. Lire here. C. to Jerusalem; and whanne thei hadden stiedgon up I., thei camen to Jerusalem, and stoden bisidis the water cundijt of the hiȝere cisterne, whichthat I. is in the weie of theOm. L. fullere, `ethir toukereor of toukere ELP.. And thei clepiden theOm. I. kyngkyng Ezechie I.; sotheli Eliachym, sonethe sone I. of Elchie, the souereynsouereyn or bischop I. of the howshows of the Lord I., and Sobna, scryueynthe scryueyn I., and Joahe, chaunseler, the sone of Asaph, ȝeden out to hem. And Rabsaces seide to hem, Speke ȝe to Ezechie, The grete kyng, the kyng of Assiriens, seith these thingis, What is this trist, in which thou en|forsistenforsist thee I.? In hap thou hast take counsel, that thou woldist make thee redi to batel. In whom tristist thou, that thou be hardi to rebellerebelle aȝens Senacherib I.? Whethir thou hopist in a `staf of rehedreedy staf I. and brokun, EgiptO! Egypt I., onupon I. whichthe which staff I., if a man lenith, it schal be brokun, and schalthe splyndre or speel therof schal I. entre in to hys hond, and schal peerse it? So is Farao, kyng of Egipt, to alle men that tristen onin I. hym. That if thou seist to me, We han trist in `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God I.; whether this is not he, whos hiȝe thingisymagis S. and auterisauteris of offence I. Ezechie took awei, and comaundide to Juda and to Jerusalem, Ȝeseiyinge, Ȝe I. schulen worschipe bifor this auter in Jerusalem? Now therfor passe ȝeȝe forth I.passe ȝe; in Ebreu it is, ȝyue ȝe weddis, that is, for ij. thousynde of horsis. Lire here. C. to my lord, the kyng of Assiriens, and Y schal ȝyue toOm. I. ȝou twei thousyndethou|sendis S. of horsis, and se ȝe, whether ȝe moun haue rideris of `tho horsishem I.? And hou moun ȝe with|stonde bifor o prince of the leste ser|uauntis of my lord? Whether thou hast trist in Egipt, for charis and knyȝtisknyȝtis therof I.? Whether Y stiedestiede up I. with outen `Goddis willethe wille of my lord I. to this place, that Y schulde dis|trie it? `The LordMy lord I. seide to me, `Stie thouWende thou up I. to this lond, and distrie thou it. Forsothe Eliachym, sonethe sone I. of Elchie, and Sobna, and Joahe, seiden to Rabsaces, We preienpreien thee I., that thou speke bi the langage of Sirie to vs, thi seruauntis; for we vndirstondun this langage; and thatOm. IS. thou speke notand that thou speke not; lest the peple were aferd of the wordis of Rab|saces, and for he medlide wordis of blas|femye in his wordis. Of this place both Ebreys and Cristen doc|tours seyen, that this Rab|saces was a Jew of birthe, but he forsook the lawe, and was peruertid to hethennesse. Lire here. C. to vs bi the langage of Juwis, while the puple herith, which is onupon I. the wal. And Rab|saces answeride, `and seideseiynge I., Whethir my lord sente me to thi lord and to thee, that Y schulde speke these wordis, and not rather to the men `that sittensittinge I. onupon I. the wal, that thei ete her toordis, and drynke her pisse with ȝou? Therfor Rabsaces stood, and criede with greet vois bi lan|gage of Jewis, and seide, Here ȝe the wordis of the greet kyng, the kyng of Assiriens. The kyng seith these thingis, Ezechie disceyue not ȝou, for he may not delyuere ȝou fro myn hond; nether ȝyue heȝe I. trist to ȝou onupon I. the LordLord God I., and seie, The Lord delyuerynge schal delyuere vs, and this citee shal not be bitakuntakun CEIK pr. m. L. in the hond of the kyng of Assiriens; nyle ȝe here Ezechie. For the kyng of Assiriens seith these thingis, Do ȝe with me that, that is profitable to ȝou, and go ȝe out to me; and eche man schal ete of his vyner, and of his fige tree, and ȝe schulen drynke watris of ȝoure cisternes, tiltil that I. Y come, and translatebere I. ȝouȝou ouer I. in to a lond whichthat I. is lijk ȝoure lond, in to a fruytful lond, and plen|teuousea plenteuouse I. of wyn, a lond of breed, and of vineris, a lond of olyue trees, and ofOm. I. oile, and of hony; and ȝe schulen lyue, and ȝe schulen not die. Nyle ȝe here Ezechie, that disseyueth ȝou, and seith, The Lord schal delyuere ȝow. Whether the goddis of hethene men delyueriden her lond fro the hond of the kyng of Assiriens? Where is god of Emath, and of Arphat? Where is god of Sapharuaym, of Ana, and of Aua? Whether thei delyueriden Samarie fro myn hond? ForFor whi I. who ben thei in alle goddis of londis, that delyueriden her cun|trey fro myn hond, that the Lord may delyuere Jerusalem fro myn hoond? Therfor the puple was stille, and answer|ide notand answer|ide not; bi co|maundement of the king, lest Rabsaces were sterid ȝit to seie blas|femyes of God, if he were an|swerid. Lire here. C. ony thing to hym; for thei hadden take comaundement of the kyng, that thei schulden not answere to hym. And Elia|chym, sonethe sone I. of Elchie, the souereyn of the howsLordus hows I., and Sobna, scryuenthe scryuen I., and Joahe, chauncelerthe chaunceler I., the sone of Asaph, camen with to-rent clothis to Ezechie; and telden to hym the wordis of Rabsaces.

 CAP. XIX.

And whanne kyng Ezechie hadde herd these thingis, he to-rente his clothisto-rente his clothis; for wordis of blas|femye seid aȝenus God. Lire here. C., and was hilid with a sak; and he entride in to the hous of the Lord. And he sente Eliachym, souereyn of the housLordus hous I., and Sobna, scryueynthe scryueyn I., and elde men of the preestis, hilid with sackis, to Ysaie, the prophete, sonethe sone I. of Amos. WhicheThe whiche I. seidenseiden to him I., Ezechie seith these thingis, This dai is a dai of tribulacioun, and of blamyng, and of blasfemye; sones camen `til tovnto I. the childberyngbirthe I.childbering; that is, we ben set in so greet affliccioun as a womman that is set in afflic|cioun of child|bering, where strengthis to bere the child failen. Lire here. C., and the `traueler of childemodir trauailinge I. hath not strengthisstrengthe therto I.. If perauenture thi Lord God here alle the wordis of Rab|saces, whom the kyng of Assiryens, his lord sentehath sent I., that he schulde dispise the Lord lyuynge, and repreuerepreue him I. bi wordis, whichethat I. thi Lord God herde; and make thou preier for these relikisremenauntis of the peple I., that ben foundun. TherforHeere therfor I. the seruauntis of kyng Ezechie camen to Isaie; and Isaie seide to hem, Seie ȝe these thingis to ȝoure lord, The Lord seith these thingis, Nyle thou drede of the faceface or schewyng I.that is, for the wordis. Lire here. C. of wordisthe wordis I. whichethat I. thou herdist, bi whiche the children of the kyng of Assiriens blasfemeden me. Lo! Y schal sende to hym a spirit, and he schal here a messanger, and he schal turne aȝen in to his lond; and Y schal caste hym doun bi swerd in his owne lond. TherforThanne I. Rabsaces turnede aȝenaȝen fro Jerusalem I., and foond the kyng of Assiriens fiȝtynge aȝens Lobna; for heRabsaces I. hadde herd, that the kyng hadde go awei fro Lachis. And whanne hethe king of Assiriens I. hadde herd of Therachamen tellinge it of the comynge of Theracha I., kyng of Ethiope, `men seyyngeOm. I., Lo! heTheracha I. ȝedehath go I. out, that he fiȝte aȝens thee; that hethe king of Assiriens I. schulde go aȝens `that kyngTheracha I., he sente messangeris to Ezechie, and seide, Seie ȝeh these thingis to Ezechie, kyng of Juda, Thi Lord God, in whom thou hast trist, disseyue not thee, nether seie thou, Jeru|salem schal not be `bitakuntakun CEK pr. m. L. in to the hondis of the kyng of Assiriens; for thou thi silf herdisthast herd I. what thingis the kyngis of Assiriens didenhan do I. in alle londis, hou thei wastidenhan wastid I. thohem I.; whether therfor thou aloone maist be delyuered? Whether the goddis of hethene menfolk I. delyueridenhan delyuered I. alle menthe men I. whiche my fadris distrieden, that is, Gozamthe men of Gozam I., and Aranof Aran I., and Resephof Reseph I., and the sones of Eden, that weren in Thelassar? Where is the kyng of Emaththe citee of Emath I., and the kyng of Arphat? and the kyng of the cytee of Sepharuaym, of Ana, and of Aua? Therfor whanne Ezechie hadde take the lettris fro the hond of messan|geristhe messangeris BCEIL., and hadde red thohem I., he stiedestiede up I. in to the hows of the Lord, and spredde abrood thotho lettris I. bifor the Lord; and preiede in his siȝt, and seide, Lord God of Israel, that sittist onupon I. cherubymthat is, art souereyn of ech creature, ȝhe, of aungel. Lire here. C., thou art God aloone of alle kyngis of erthe; thou madist heuene and erthe. Bowe thin eere, and here; opyn thin iȝen, Lord, and se; and here alle the wordis of Senacherib, whichthe which I. sentehath sent to us I., that he schuldewolde I. dispise `to vsOm. I. `God lyuyngethe lyuynge God I.. VeriliTreuly I., Lord, the kyngeskyng A pr. m. of Assiriens distriedenhan destried I. hethene men, and the londis of alle men, and sententhei han sent I. the goddis of hem in to fier; forforsothe I. thei weren not goddis, but werkis of `hondis of menmennus hondis I., of tre and stoonof stoon I.; and thei lostenfordiden I. `tho goddishem I.not for zeel of God, but in her pride, enuye, and co|ueitise. I. Now therfor, oure Lord God, make vs saaf fro the hond of hem, that alle rewmesthe rewmes I. of erthe wite that thou art theOm. I. Lord God aloone. Forsothe Isaie, sonethe sone I. of Amos, sente to Ezechie, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y haue herd tho thingis, whichethat I. thou preidist me onupon I. Sennacherib, king of As|siriens. This is the word, whichthat I. the Lord spakhath spoke I. of hym, Thou virgyn douȝtirthe douȝtir I. of Syonvirgyn, the douȝtir of Sion; that is, Jeru|salem, which is seid a vir|gyn, for the hoolnesse of feith, that dwellide euere there in sum men. It is seid the douȝter of Sion, for that a douȝter is de|fendid of the modir, so the citee of Jeru|salem was de|fendid of the stronge hold, that was in the hil of Sion. Lire here. C., hethe king of Assirie I. dispisidehath dispisid I. thee, and scorn|yde thee; thou douȝter of Jerusalem, he mouyde his heed aftir thi bak. Senna|cheribO! Sennacherib I., whom `dispisidist thouhast thou dispisid I., and whom `blasfemedist thouhast thou blasfemed I.? Aȝens whom hast thou reisid thi vois, and hast reisid thin iȝen anon I. hiȝe? Aȝens the hooli of Israel. Bi the hond of thi seruauntis thou dispisidisthast dispisid I. the Lord, and seidist, In the multitude of my charys Y stiedewent up I. in to theOm. E. hiȝe thingis of hillis, in the hiȝnesse of Libanof Liban; that is, of the temple maad of the trees of Liban. Lire here. C., and kittideI kit|tide IK. doun the hiȝe cedris therofOm. I., and the chosyn beechis therof; and Y entride `til tovnto I. the termestermes or vttermost coostis I. therof, and Y kittide doun the forestor the sautre I. marg. of Carmele therof; and Y drank alien watris, and Y made drie withall the closid watris with I. theOm. GKL. steppis of `the feet of mynmy feet A sec. m. K sec. m. X sec. m. feet of mine seruauntis G sec. m. Q. the feet O. sec. m. the feet of men U.of myne; that is, of men of myn oost, and of beestis. Lire here. C. `alle watris closidOm. I.. Whether thou herdist not, what Y made at the bigynnyng? Fro elde daies Y made itthat thing I., and now Y haue brouȝtbrouȝt it I. forth; and strengthid citeesthe citees ELP. of fiȝterishillis A sec. m. I. schulen be in to fallyng of hillisfiȝteris A sec. m. I.. And thei that sitten meke ofin I. hond in thotho citees I., trembliden togidere, and ben schent; thei ben maad as the hei of thea E. feeld, and as grenea grene I. eerbe of roouysthe hous riggis I., whichthe which I. isOm. I. drieddried or welewide I., bifor that it cam to ripenesse. And Y biforOm. I. knew thi dwellyng, and thi goyng out, and thin entrynggoyng in I., and thi weie, and thi woodnesse aȝens me. Thou were wood aȝens me, and thi pride stidestiede up I. in to myn eeris; therfor Y schal putte a cercleryng IW. in thi nosethirlis, and a bernacle in thi lippis, and Y schal lede thee aȝen in toOm. I. the weie bi which thou camest. Forsothe, Ezechie, thisto thee this I. schal be a signetokne I. `to theeOm. I.; ete thou in this ȝeer that, that thou fyndist; for|sothe in the secounde ȝeer tho thingis, that growen bi her owne wille; sotheli in the thridde ȝeer sowe ȝe, and repe ȝe, plaunteand plaunte EL. ȝe vyneris, and eteete ȝe I. the fruytis of tho. And what euer thing schal be residueleft ouer I. of the hows of Juda, it schal sende rootthe root I. dounward, and schalit schal I. make fruytthe fruyt I. vpward. For relikisthe relikis or folk left I. schulen go out of Jerusalem, and that, that schal be sauyd, `schal go outOm. I. of the hil of Syon; the feruent loue of the Lord of oostis schal do thisthis thing I.. Wher|for the Lord seith these thingis of the kyng of Assiriens, He schal not entre in to this citeecitee Jerusalem I., nethir he schal sende an arowe in to it, nether scheeldscheeld of him I. shal occu|pie it, nether strengthing, ethir bisegyng, schal cumpasse it. He schal turne aȝen bi the weie `bi whichthat I. he camcam by I., and he schal not entre in to this citee, seith the Lord; and Y schal defende this citee, and Y schal saue it for memy selff I., and for Dauid, my seruaunt. Therfor it was don, in that niȝt the aungelin that nyȝt the aungel, etc.; not in the next nyȝt aftir that Y saie bifor seide these thingis, for twey ȝere weren bitwixe, but aftir ij. ȝeer Sennacherib cam toward Jerusalem, whanne his oost was in Nobe, which is not ful fer fro Jerusalem; and in that nyȝt the aungel took this ven|iaunce on his oost. Lire here. C. of the Lord cam, and smoot in the castels of Assiryens an hun|drid foureand foure I. score and fyue thousynde. And whanne Sennacherib hadde rise eerli, he siȝ alle bodiesthe bodies X sec. m. of deed men; and he departide, and ȝede aweiawei thenns I.. And Senna|cherib, theOm. I. kyng of Assiriens, turnede aȝen, and dwellide in Nynyue. And whanne he worschipide in the temple Nestrach his god, Adramelech and Sira|sar, his soneshise sones, etc.; for he wolde haue slayn hem in to sacrifice to his God. Lire here. C., killide hym with swerda swerd I.; and thei fledden in to the lond of Ar|menyes; and Asaradon, his sone, regnyde for hym.

 CAP. XX.

In tho daies Ezechie was sijk `til tovnto I. the deeth; and Isaie, the prophete, sonethe sone I. of Amos, cam to hym, and seide to hym, The Lord God seith these thingis, ComaundeDispose I.Comaunde; that is, make thi testament. Lire here. C. to thin hows, for thou schalt die, and thou schalt not lyueschalt not lyue; that is, thou maist not ascape by weye of kynde; and bi this maner it was schewid to the profete, netheles, bi Goddis grace aboue kynde, he myȝte be heelid, but this was schewid thanne to the profete. Lire here. C.. WhichAnd I. Ezechie turnyde his face to the wal, and worschipide the Lord, and seide, Y biseche, Lord, haue mynde, hou Y ȝedehaue go I. bifor thee in treuthe, and in aOm. A pr. m. parfit herte, and Y dide that, that was plesaunt bifor thee. TherforThanne I. Ezechie wepte biwith EIL. greeta greet I. wepyng. And bifor that Ysaie ȝede out half the part of the court, the word of the Lord was maad to Isaie, and seide, Turne thou aȝen, and seie to Ezechie, duykthe duyk I. of my puple, The Lord God of Dauid, thi fadir, seith thes thingis, Y herdehaue herd I. thi preiere, and Y siȝ thi teer, and, lo! Y heelidehaue heelid I. thee. In the thridde dai thou schalt stiestie up I. in to the temple of the Lord, and Y schal addeadde to I. fiftene ȝeer to thi daies; but also Y schal delyuere thee and this citee fro the hond of the kyng of Assiriens, and Y schal defende this citee for me, and for Dauid, my seruaunt. And Ysaie seide, Brynge ȝe to me a gobet of figis. And whanne thei hadden brouȝte it, and hadde putteputte it I. on `his botchethe bocche of Ezechie I., he was heelid. ForsotheAnd I. Ezechie seide to Isaie, What schal be the signetokne I.Ezechie axide not this bi vnfeithful|nesse, ether dispeir, but more bi Goddis trist, that his glorie schulde appere, bi the wondurful heel|ing. Lire here. C., that the Lord schal heele me, and thatalso that I. in the thridde dai Y schal stiestie up I. in to the temple of the Lord? To whom Ysaie seide, This schal be `a signethe tokne I. of the Lord, that the Lord schal do the word whichthat I. he spak; wolt thou, that the schadeweschadewe of the sunne I. stiestie up I.stie; that is, go ferthere; and so it is in Ebreu. Lire here. C. by ten lynes, ethir turne aȝen bi so many degrees? And Ezechie seide, It is esyliȝt or esy I. that the schadewe encreesse bi ten lyneslynes or houris I., nethir Y wole that this be doon, but that itthe sunne I. turne aȝen bac|ward bi ten degrees. TherforThanne I. Ysaie, the prophete, clepide inwardliynly I. the Lord, and brouȝte aȝen bacward bi ten degrees the schadewe bi lynesthe same lynes I., bi whiche it hadde go doun thanne in the orologie of Achaz. In that tyme Beradacbaladan, sonethe sone I. of Baladam, theOm. I. kyng of Babiloyne, sente lettris and ȝiftis to Ezechie; for he hadde herd that Ezechie washad be I. sijk, and hadde coueridrekouerid I.. ForsotheAnd I. Ezechie was gladglad; bi vn|resonable glad|nesse and pride, for so greet a kyng hadde sent to hym messangeris fro so fer a lond. Lire here. C. in the comyng of hem, and he schewide to hem the hows of spyceries, and gold, and siluer, and dyuerse pymentis, also oyne|mentis, and the hows of hise vessels, and alle thingis whichethat I. he myȝte haue in hise tresouris; `no word wasther was not ony word I text. or thing I marg., `which Eze|chie schewide not to hemOm. I. in his hows, and in al his powerpower, that Ezechie schewide not to hem I.. Sotheli Ysaie, the prophete, cam to theOm. I. kyng Ezechie, and seide to hym, What seiden these men, ether fro whennus camen thei to the? To whom Ezechie seide, Thei camen to me fro a fer lond, fro Babiloyne. And heYsaie I. answeride, What `sien theihan thei seen I. in thin hows? Ezechie seide, Thei sienhan seie I. alle thingis, what euer thingis ben in myn hows; no thing is in my tresouris, which Y schewide not to hem. Therfor Isaie seide to Ezechie, Here thou the word of the Lord. Lo! dayes comen, and alle thingis that ben in thin hows, and `whiche thingisthat I. thi fadris maden til in to this dai, schulen be takun awey into Babiloyne; `not ony thing schal dwellether schal not ony thing therof dwelle or abijde I., seith the Lord. But also of thi sones, that schulen go out of thee, whiche thou schalt genderebigete I., schulen be takun, and thei schulen be geldyngis in the paleis of the king of Babiloyne. EzechieAnd Ezechie IS. seide to Isaie, The word of the Lord, `which he spak, is goodis good, that he hath spoke I.The word of the Lord, which he spak, is good; Ezechie repentide, and so took the sentence of the Lord on him and his rewme, wherfor and this peyne was not brouȝt in in hise tymes, but it was dilayed, til to the tyme of Joachym and Sedechie; and whanne this was seid bi Isaye to him, he seide, onely pees, etc. Lire here. C.; ooneli pees and treuthe be in my daies. Forsothe the residueremenaunt I. of wordisthe wordis I. of Ezechie, and al his strengthe, and hou he made a cisterne, and a watir cundijt, and brouȝte watriswater I., `in toand to I. the citee, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of theOm. I. kyngis of Juda?

 CAP. XXI.

And Ezechie slepte with hise fadris, and Manasses, his sone, regnyde for hym. Manasses was of twelue ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde fyue and fifti ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Asiba. And he dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, biafter I. the idolsyuels I. of hethene men, `whiche hethenethe whiche I. men the Lord dide awei fro the face of the sones of Israel. And heManasses I. was turnedturned awei I., and bildide hiȝe thingis, whiche Ezechie, his fadir, distriede; and he reisidereiside up I. auteris of Baal, and he made woodismawmett wodis I., as Achab kyng of Israel hadde do; and he worschipide `with out forthOm. I. al the knyȝthod of heuenethe firmament I., and worschipideloutide I. it in herte. And he bildide auterisauteris; to do ydolatrie. C. in the hows of the Lord, of whichwhich hous I. the Lord seide, Y schal sette my name in Jerusalem. And he bildide auteris to al the knyȝthod of heueneheuene or firmament I. in theOm. DISXbç. twei large places of the temple of the Lord; and he `ledde ouerdrowȝe I. his sone thorouȝbi EL. the fier; and he vside false dyuynyngis in auteris, onupon I whichethe whiche I. sacrifice was maad to feendis, and he kepte false dyuynyngis bi chiteryng of bryddis; and he made men to haue yuele spiritis spekynge in theher I. wombewombis BCDFGIKLMNOPQRSUWXbç., and he multipliede false dyuynours in entraylisthe entraylis I. of beestis sacrifiedsacrifisid DKMBSXç. to feendis, that he schuldewolde I. do yuel bifor the Lord, and terre hym to ire. And he settidesette EI. an ydol of wode, whichthat I. he hadde maad, inupon I. the temple of the Lord, `of which templethat I. the Lord spakspak of I. to Dauid, and to Salomon, his sonesone, seiynge I., Y schal sette my name withouten ende in this temple, and in Jerusalem whichthe which citee I. Y chees of alle the lynagis of Israel. And Y schal nomore make the foot of Israel to be moued fro the lond whichthat I. Y ȝaf to the fadris of hem; so netheles if thei kepen in werk alle thingis whichethat I. Y comaundidehave comaundid I. to hem, and al the lawe whichethat I. Moises, my seruaunt, comaundide to hem. Sotheli theithe sones of Israel I. herden not, but weren disseyued of Manasses, that thei diden yuel ouer hethene men, whiche the Lord al to-brak fro the face of the sones of Israel. And the Lord spak in the hond of his seruauntis pro|phetis; and seide, For Manasses, kyng of Juda, dide these worste abhomynaciouns ouer alle thingis whichthat I. Ammorreishethen men of Ammorey I. diden bifor hym, and maden also the puple of Juda to do synne in hise vnclennessisvnclannesse LX.; therfor the Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal brynge in yuelis onupon I. Jerusalem and Juda, thatand I. who euer herithherith these yuelis I., bothe hise eeris tyngletyncle or ringe I.his eeris tyngle; for drede and won|dring of the greetnesse of yuel, that schal come on Jeru|salem. Lire here. C.; and Y schal holde forth onupon I. Jerusalem the corde of Samarie, and the birthun of the hows of Achabthe birthun of the hows of Achab; that is, in the same mesure and in the same weiȝte Y schal pun|ysche the rewme of Juda, in which Y punyschide the rewme of Israel. as ta|blis; in whiche no thing ap|perith of these thingis that weren writun, so Nabuzardon dide awey Je|rusalem, and brente alle the housis. Lire here. C., and Y schal do awei Jerusalem, as tablis ben wont to be doon awei; andOm. BCDEIKLMPXbç. Y schal do awey and turneouer turne I. itOm. KL., and Y schal lede ful ofte thea I. poyntel onupon I. the face therof. Forsothe Y schal leeue relikisremenauntis I. of myn eritage, and Y schal bitake hem in toOm. I. the hond of enemyes therof; and thei schulen be in distriynge, and in raueyn to alle her aduersaries; for thei diden yuel bifor me, and thei continueden terryngein terrynge I. me to ire, fro the dai in which her fadris ȝeden out of the lond of Egipt `til totil into EL. vnto I. to X. this day. Ferthermore also Manasses schedde ful myche ynnocentgiltlees I. blood, til he fillide Jerusalem `til tovnto I. the mouth, with outen hise synnes bi whiche he made Juda to do synne, toand to I. do yuel bifor the Lord. Forsothe the residueremenaunt I. of theOm. I. wordis of Manasses, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, and his synne whichethat I. he synnededede EL., whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? And Ma|nasses slepte with hise fadris, and was biried in the gardyn of his hows, in the gardyn of Azam; and Amon, his sone, regnyde for hym. HeAmon I. was of two and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne; and he regnede twei ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Mesalamech, the douȝter of Arus of Gethela. And heAmon I. dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, as Manasses, his fader, hadde do. And he ȝede in al the weie, bi which his fader hadde go, and he seruide to vnclennessisvnclennessis; that is, ydolis. Lire here. C., to whiche his fadir hadde seruyd, and he worschipide tho; and he forsook the Lord God of hise fadris, and he ȝede not in the weye of the Lord. And hise seruauntis settiden tresouns to hym, and killiden the kyng in hise hows. Sothely the puple of the Lord smoot alle menthe men I., that hadden conspirid aȝens kyng Amon, and thei ordeyneden to hem a kyng, Josias, `his sonethe sone of Amon I., for hym. ForsotheSothly I. the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Amon, whiche he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? And he slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden hym in his sepulcre in the gardyn of Azam; and Josias, his sone, regnede for him.

 CAP. XXII.

JosiasJosias, his sone DEL. was of eiȝte ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde oon and thritti ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Ydida, the douȝtir of Phadaia of Besechath. And heJozias I. dide that, that was plesaunt bifor the Lord, and he ȝede be alle the wayesin good, and not in yuel. Lire here. C. of Dauid, his fadir; he bowide not, nethir to the riȝtside, nethirne EILP. of the leftside. Forsothe in the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of kyng Josias, the kyngkyng Jozias I. sente Sa|phan, sonethe sone I. of Asua, the sone of Mesu|lam, scryueyn, ethir doctour, of the tem|ple of the Lord, and seide to him, Go thou to Elchie, the grete preest, that the money, whichthat I. is borun in to the temple of the Lord, be spendidmolten togidere I., whichthe which I. money the porteris of the temple han gaderidgaderid togidere I. of the puple; and that it be ȝouun to crafti men bi the souereyns of the hows of the Lord; whichthe which I. also departide that money to hem that worchen in the temple of the Lord, to reparele the rooueshilyngis I. of the tem|ple of the Lord, that ishis L., toOm. EL. carpenteris, and to masouns, and to hem that maken brokun thingis, and that trees and stoonus of quarieris be bouȝtbrouȝt A pr. m., to reparele the temple of the Lord; netheles siluerthe siluer I., whichthat I. theithe work men I. taken, be not rekynyd to hem, but haue theithei it I. in power, and in feith. ForsotheAnd I. Helchie, the bischop, seide to Saphan, the scryuen, Y haue founde thea I. book of the lawe in the hows of the Lord. And Elchie ȝaf thethat I. book to Saphan, the scryuen, whichthe which I. also redde it. Also Saphan, the scryuen, cam to the kyng, and telde to hym tho thingis, whiche Elchie hadde comaundid, and he seide, Thi seruauntis han spendid the monei, whichthat I. was foundun in the hows of the Lord, and ȝauenthei han ȝouen I., that it schulde be de|partid to crafti men of the souereyns of werkis of the temple of the Lord. Also Saphan, the scriueyn, telde to the kyng, and seide, Helchie, the preest of God, ȝafhath ȝoue I. to me a book; and whanne Saphan hadde red that book bifor the kyng, and the kyng hadde herd the wordis of thethat I. book of theOm. I. lawe of the Lord, he to-rente hise clothis. And he comaundide to Elchie, the preest, and to Aicham, sonethe sone I. of Sa|phan, and to Achabor, sonethe sone I. of Mycha, and to Saphan, the scryuen, and to Achia, seruaunt of the kyng, and seide, Go ȝe, and `counsele ȝeaxe ELP. the LordLord councel ELP. onupon I. me, and onupon I. the puplepuple of this citee I., and onupon I. al Juda, of theOm. EL. wordis of this book, whichthat I. is foundun; forforsothe I. greet ire of the Lord is kyndlid aȝens vs, for oure fadris herden not the wordis of this book, to do al thing whichthat I. is writun to vs. Therfor Helchie, the preest, and Aicham, and Achabor, and Saphan, and Asia, ȝeden to Olda, the prophetesse, the wijf of Sellum, sonethe sone I. of Thecue, sonethe sone I. of Aras, kepere of theOm. DEKLMPXsbç. clothis, whichthe which I. Olda dwellide in Jerusalem, in the se|counde dwellyngenuyronynge of the wall I.; and thei spaken to hir. And sche answeride to hem, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Seie ȝe to the man, that sente ȝou to me, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal brynge yuelis onupon I. this place, and onupon I. the dwelleris therof, alleand alle ELb. and I schal fulfille alle I. the wordis `of the laweOm. I., whiche the kyng of Juda redde; for thei forsoken me, and maden sacrifice to alien goddis, and ter|riden me to ire in alle the werkis of her hondis; and myn indignacioun schal be kyndlid in this place, and schalit schal I. not be quenchid. Sotheli to the kyng of Juda, that sente ȝou, that ȝe schulen `counsele the Lordaxe the Lord councel ELP., ȝe schulen seie thus, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, For thouthou, Josias I. herdist the wordis of the book, and thin herte was aferd, and thou were maad meke bifor the Lord, whanne thehis I. wordis weren herd aȝens this place and aȝens the dwelleris therof, that is, that thei schulden be maad in to wondryng, and in to cursyng, and thou to-rentist thi clothis, and weptist bifor me, and Y herde, seith the Lord; herfor Y schal gadere thee to thi fadris, and thou schalt be ga|derid to thi sepulcre in pees; that thin iȝen se not alle the yuelis, whiche Y schal brynge yn onupon I. this place.

 CAP. XXIII.

And thei telden to the kyng that, that sche seide; `which kyngand he I. sente, and alle the elde men of Juda, and of Jerusalem, weren gaderidgaderid togidere I. to hym. And the kyng stiedewente up I. in to the temple of the Lord, and alle theOm. I. men of Juda, and alle menthe men I. that dwelliden in Jerusalem with hym, the preestis, and the prophetis, and al the puple, fro litil `til tovnto I. greet; and hethe kyng I. redde, while alle men herden, alle the wordis of the book of boond of pees of the Lord, whichthe which I. bookOm. I. was foundun in the hows of the Lord. And the kyng stood onupon I. the grees; and heOm. I. smoot boonda boond I. of pees bifor the Lord, that thei schuldenwolden I. go aftir the Lord, and kepe hise comaundementis and witnessyngis and cerymonyes in al theher I. herte and in al theher I. soule, thatand that I. thei schulden reisereise up I. the wordis of this boond of pees, that weren writun in that book; and the puple assentide to thethat I. couenaunt. And the kyng comaundide to Helchie, the bischop, and to the preestis of the secounde ordre, and to the porteris, that thei schul|den caste out of the temple alle the ves|selis, that weren maad to Baal, and in the wodemawmet wode I., and to al the knyȝthod of heuene; and hethe king I. brente tho vessels with out Jeru|salem, in the euene valey of Cedron, and he bar the poudir of the `vesselsOm. C. in to Bethel. And hethe kyng I. dide awei false dy|uynours `that dyuynyden in the entrailis of beestis sacrifiedsacri|fisid DKMXbç. to idolsOm. I., whiche the kingis of Juda hadden sett to make sacri|fice in hiȝ thingis bi the citees of Juda, and in the cumpas of Jerusalem; and he dide awey hem that brenten encense to Baal, and to the sunne, and to the moone, and to twelue signes, and to al the knyȝt|hod of heueneheuene or of the firmament I.. And hethe kyng I. made the wodewode of mawmetrie I. to be borun out of the hows of the Lord without Jerusalem in the euene valey of Cedron, and he brente it there; and he droof it in to poudir, and castide itOm. plures. forth onupon I. the sepulcris of the comyn puple. Also he distriede the litle housis of `men turnyd into wommens condiciounswommannysche men I., whichethe whiche I. housis weren in the hows of the Lord; for whichethe whiche housis I. theOm. I. wymmen `madenweuyden or watleden I. as litil howsis of the wode. And hethe king I. gaderide alle the preestis froof I. the citees of Juda, and he defoulide the hiȝe thingis, where theOm. EL. preestis maden sacrifice, fro Gabaa `til tovnto I. Bersabee; and he distriede theOm. I. auters of ȝatisthe ȝatis EIL. in the entryng of the dore of Josie, princethe prince I. of a citee, whichthe which I. dore was at the lift half of the ȝate of the cytee. Netheles the preestis of hiȝe thingis stieden notnot up I. to the auter of the Lord in Jerusalem, but oneli thei eten therf looues in the myddis of her britheren. Also hethe kyng I. defoulide To|phetTophet; that is, idolatrie. The idol of Moloch that was clepid To|phet, signefieth tympan, ether sown of tym|pan, for the prestis of this idol, maden noyse with timpans, lest fadris and mo|dris schulden here the cry of her sones, diynge bi fier in the hondis of the idol; as it was seid in xvi. co. bifore, and in xviii. co. of Leuyt. Lire here. C., whichthat I. is in the euene valey of the sone of Ennon, that no man schulde ha|lewe his sone ether his douȝtir bi fier to Moloch. Also he dide awei horsis, whichethat I. the kyngis of Juda hadden ȝoue to the sunne, in the entryng of the temple of the Lord, bisidis the chaumbir of Nathanma|lech, geldyngthe geldyng I., that was in Pharurym; forsothe hethe king I. brente bi fier the charis of the sunne. Also the kyng distriede the au|teris, that weren onupon I. the roouysflatt roouys I. of the soler of Achaz, whiche auterisOm. I. the kyngis of Juda hadden maad; and the kyng dis|triede the auteris, whiche Manasses hadde maad in theOm. I. twei grete placis ofin I. the temple of the Lord; and hethe kyng I. ran fro thennus, and scateride the askis of thotho auters I. in to the strond of Cedron. Also the kyng defoulide the hiȝe thingis, that weren in Jerusalem at the riȝt parthalff I. of the hil of offenciounoffencioun; that is, the hil of Olyuete, for Salomon of|fendide God there, in bild|inge templis of idolis for his wyues. Lire here. C., whichethat I. Salomon, kyng of Is|rael, hadde bildid to Astroth, the ydol of Sidoneis, and to Chamos, the offencioun of Moab, and to Melchon, abhominaciounthe abhominacioun I. of the sones of Amon; and hethe king Jozias I. al to-brak ymagisthe ymagis I., and kittide dounadoun I. wodismawmett wodis I., and fillidehe fillide I. the places of tho with the boonys of deed men. Ferthermore also he dis|triede the auter that was in Bethel, and `he distriedeOm. I. the hiȝe thingsolempne thing I., which Jero|boam, sonethe sone Ib. of Nabath, hadde maad, that made Israel to do synne; and heJozias I. distri|ede that hiȝ autirautir in Bethel I., and brente itOm. plures., and al to brak itOm. plures. in to poudir, and kittidehe kittide I. doun alsoal A. theOm. I. wodemawmett wode of it I.. And Josiashe I. turnyde, and siȝ there sepulcris that werenweren bildid I. in the hil; and he sente, and took the boonys froof I. the sepulcris, and brentehe brente I. tho onupon I. the auterauter in Bethel I., and defoulidehe defoulide I. itthat auter I. biaftir I. the word of the Lord, whichthat I. wordOm. I. the man of God spak, that biforseide these wordis. And the kyng seide, What is this biriel, whichthat I. Y se? And the citeseyns of that citee answeriden to hym, It is the sepulcre of the man of God, that cam fro Juda, and biforseide these wordis, whiche thou hast doon onupon I. the auter of Bethel. And the kyng seide, Suffre ȝe hym; no man mouemoue awey I. hise boonys. AndAnd so I. hise boonys dwellidenleften stille I. vntouchid with the boones of the prophete, that cam fro Samarie. Ferthermore also Josias dide awei alle the templismawmett templis I. of hiȝe thingissolempne thingis I., that weren in the citees of Sa|marie, whichethat I. the kyngis of Israel hadden maad to terre the Lord to ire; and he dide to thothe EL. templis bi alle thingis whiche he hadde do in Bethel. And he killide alle the preestis of hiȝe thingis, that weren there onupon I. the auteris, and he brente mennus boonus onupon I. tho auterisOm. I.; and hethe king I. turnede aȝen to Jerusalem; and co|maundidehe comaundide I. to al the puple, and seide, Make ȝe pask to `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord youre God I., vpaftir I. that, that is writun in the book of this boond of pees. ForsotheCertis I. sich paska pask I. was not maad, fro the daies of iugis that demyden Israel, and of alle daiesthe daies I. of the kyngis of Israel and of Juda, as this pask was maad to the Lord in Jerusalem in the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of kyng Josias. But also Josias dide awei men hauynge fendis spekinge in herthe ELMP. wombiswombe M., andand wicchis and M. false di|uinouris in auteris, and `he dide aweiOm. I. the figuris ofin I. idols, and alleOm. plures. vnclennessis, and abhomynaciouns, that weren in the lond of Juda and inof I. Jerusalem, that he schulde do the wordis of the lawe, that weren writun in the book, `which bookthat I. Elchie, the preest, foond in the temple of the Lord. No kyng bifor himhim in Juda I. was lijk hymhymselff I., `that turnede aȝenOm. I. to the Lord in al his herte, and in al his soule, and in al his vertu, biaftir I. al the lawe of Moises; nether aftir hym roos ony lijklijk to I. hym. Netheles the Lord was not turned awei fro the ire of his greet veniaunce, bi which his strong veniauncewoodnesse I. was wrooth aȝens Juda, for the terryngis toof I. ire by whiche Manasses hadde terrid hym to irewraththe I.. Ther|for the Lord seideseith I., Y schal do awei also Juda fro my face, as Y dide awei Israel; and Y schal caste awei this citeecitee Jerusalem I., whichthat I. Y chees, JerusalemOm. I., and the hows `of whichthat I. Y seideseide off I., My name schal be there. Forsothe the residue of wordisthe wordis I. of Josias, and alle thingis whichethat I. he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? In the daies of hymJosias I. Farao Nechao, kyngthe kyng I. of Egipt, stiedeȝede up I. aȝens the kyng of Assiriens, to the flood Eufrates; and Josias, kyng of Juda, ȝede in to metyngthe metyng EIKLMPXb. of hymPharao, to forbede him to passe thorouȝ Juda I., and Josias was slayn in Magedo, whanne he hadde seyn hymPharao I.. And `hise seruauntisthe seruauntis of Jozias I. baren hym deed fro Magedo, and brouȝte him in to Jerusalem, and birieden hym in his sepulcre; and the puple of the lond took Joachaz, sonethe sone I. of Josias, and anoynt|iden hym, and maden hym kyng for his fadir. Joachaz was of thre and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede thre monethis in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Amychal, douȝterthe douȝtir I. of Jeremye of Lobna. And he dide yuel bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis which hise fadris hadden do. And Farao Nechao boond hymhym in prisoun I. in Reblatha, whichthat I. is in the lond of Emath, that he schulde not regne in Jerusalem; and hePharao I. settidesette I. `peynea peyne I., etherOm. C. raunsuma fijn I., to the londlond of Juda I., in an hundrid talentis of siluer, and in aoo I. talent of gold. And Farao Nechao made kyng Eliachim, sonethe sone I. of Josias, for Josias, his fadir; and hePharao I. turnede the name of hymHeliachym I. Joachymto Joachym I.; forsothe Farao took Joachaz, and ledde hymOm. plures. in to Egipt. Sotheli Joachym ȝaf siluer and gold to Farao, whanne he hadde comaundid to the lond bi alle ȝeeris, that it schulde be brouȝt, biaftir I. the comaundementheest I. of Farao; and heJoachim I. reiside of ech man biaftir I. hise myȝtispower I. bothe siluer and gold, of the puple of the londlond of Juda I., that heOm. EL. schulde ȝyueȝyue it I. to Pharao Nechao. Joachym was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede eleuene ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Zebida, douȝterthe douȝtir I. of Phadaia of Ruma. And he dide yuel bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis which hise fadris hadden do.

 CAP. XXIV.

In the daies of hymJoachim I. Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, stiedestiede up in to Juda I., and Joachym was maad seruaunt to hym by thre ȝeeris; and eft Joachymhe I. rebellide aȝens hym. And the LordLord God I. sente to hymJoachim I. theuys of Caldeis, and theuys of Sirie, and theuys of Moab, and theuys of the sones of Amon; and hethe Lord I. sente hem `in toto EL. Juda, that he schulde destrie it, bi the word of the Lord, whichthat I. he spak bito S. hise seruauntis pro|phetis. Forsothe this was doon bi the word of the Lord aȝens Juda, that hethe Lord I. schuldewolde I. do awei it bifor him silfOm. DEIKLXbç sec. m., for the synnes of Manasses, and allefor alle I. thingis whichethat I. he dide, and for the giltles blood whichthat I. he sched out; and he fillide Jeru|salem with the blood of innocentis; and for this thing the Lord noldewolde not I. do mercymercy to Juda I.. Forsothe the residueremenaunt I. of wordisthe wordis I. of Joa|chim, and alle thingis whiche he dide, whether these ben not writun in the book of wordis of daies of the kyngis of Juda? And Joachym slept with hise fadris, and Joakyn, his sone, regnyde for him. And the kyng of Egipt addideaddide to I. no more to go out of hys lond; for the kyng of Babiloyne hadde take alle thingis that weren the kyngis of Egipt, fro the strond of Egipt `til tovnto I. the flood Eufrates. Joakyn was of eiȝtene ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde thre monethis in Jeru|salem; the name of his modir was Nahesta, douȝtirthe douȝtir I. of Helnathan of Jerusalem. And heJoachim I. dide yuel bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis whichethat I. hise fadir hadde do. In that tyme the seruauntis of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, stiedenstiede A. wenten up I. `in toaȝens I. Jeru|salem, and the citee was cumpassid with bisegyngis. And Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, cam to the citee with hise ser|uauntis, that he schulde fiȝte aȝens it. And Joakyn, kyng of Juda, ȝede out to the king of Babiloyne, he, and his modir, and hise seruauntis, and hise princis, and hise chaumburleyns; and the king of Babiloyne resseyuede himJoachim I., in the eiȝthe ȝeer of `his rewmethe rewme of Nabugodonosor I.. And heNabugodonosor I. brouȝte forthOm. I. fro thensJerusalem I. alle the tresours of the `hous of the LordLordus hous I., and the tresours of the kingis hous; and he beetbetide I. togider alle theOm. EL. goldun vessels, whiche Salomon, kingthe king I. of Israel, hadde maad in the temple of the Lord, bi the `word of the LordLordis word I.. And heNabugodonosor I. translatide al JerusalemIsrael plures., and alle the princis, and alle the strong men of the oost, ten thousynde, in to caitiftee, and ech crafti man, and goldsmyȝtgoldsmyȝt, also I.; and no thing was leftleft vntranslatid I., outakun theOm. I. pore pu|plispeple I. of the lond. Also heNabugodonosor I. translatide Joakyn in to Babiloyne, and the moder of the king, `the wyuesand the wijf S. of the king, and the chaumburleynschildren S. of the king; and he ledde the iugisthingis EL. of the londlond of Juda I. in to caitifte fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne; and alle strongethe stronge I. men, seuene thousynde; and crafti men and goldsmyȝthis, a thou|synde; alle stronge men and werriouris; and the king of Babiloyne ledde hem pri|soners in to Babiloyne. And he ordeyn|ede Mathanye, the brother of hisJoachym I. fadir, for hym; and puttidehe puttide I. to hym the name SedechieSedechie, is interpretid the riȝtfulnesse of the Lord. C.. Sedechie hadde theOm. I. oon and twentithetwenti I. ȝeer of age, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde eleuene ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Amychal, douȝterthe douȝter I. of Jeremye of Lobna. And heSedechie I. dide yuel bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis whichthat I. Joachym haddehis fadir hadde I. do. ForForsothe I. the Lord was wrooth aȝens Jerusalem, and aȝens Juda, tiltil that I. he castecastide I. hem awey fro his face; and Sedechie ȝede awei fro the king of Babiloyne.

 CAP. XXV.

Forsothe it was don in the nynthe ȝeer of histhe I. rewmerewme of Sedechie I., in the tenthe moneth, in the tenthe dai of the moneth, Nabugodo|nosor, kyng of Babiloyne, cam, he, and al his oost, in to Jerusalem; and thei cum|passiden it, and bildiden `stronge thingisstrengthingis EIKLMPXb. in the cumpasscumpas aboute I. therof. And the citee was closid, and cumpassid, `til tovnto I. theOm. I. eleuenthe ȝeer of king SedechieEzechie I., in the nynthe day of the monethe; and hungur `hadde maistriewexide ouer myȝt I. in the citee, and `breed was notther was not bred I. to theOm. EL. puple of the lond. And the citee was brokun, and alle men wer|riours fledden in the niȝt bi the weie of theOm. EL. ȝate, whichthat I. is bitwixe the double wal, totowarde I. the gardyn of the kyng; sotheli Caldeisthe Caldeis I. bisegiden the citee `bi cumpasin cum|pas plures. aboute I.. Therfor Sedechie fleddefledde fro Jerusalem I. bi the weie that ledith to the feeldi placis of the wildir|nesse; and the oost of Caldeis pursuede the king, and itOm. A pr. m. I. tooktoken I. him in the pleyn of Jerico; and alle the werriours, that weren with himSedechie I., weren scateridscaterid abrood I., and leften him. Therfor thei ledden the king takun to the king of Babiloyne, in to Reb|latha, whichthe which I. spak dom with himSedechie I., `that is, with SedechieOm. I.. Sotheli he killide the sones of Sedechie bifor him, and puttidehe putte I. out his iȝen, and boondhe boond I. him with chaynes, and ledde himOm. plures. in to Babiloyne. In the fifthe monethe, in the seuenthe dai of the monethe, thilke is the nyntenthe ȝeer of the king of Babiloyne, Nabuzardan, prince of the oost, seruaunt of the king of Babi|loyne, cam in to Jerusalem; and he brente the hows of the Lord, and the hows of the king, and the housis of Jerusalem, and he brente bi fier ech howshows therof I.; and al the oost of Caldeis, that was with the prince of knyȝtis, distriede the wallis of Jerusalem `in cumpasaboute I.. Forsothe Nabuzardan, prince of the chyyualrie, translatide the tother part of the puple, that dwellide in the citeecitee of Jerusalem I., and the fleeris, that hadden fled ouer to the king of Babiloyne, and the residueremenaunt ELP. comyn puple; and he lefte of the pore men of the lond vyntilieris, and erthe Sotheli Caldeismen of Caldey I. braken the bra|sun pilers, that weren in the temple, and the foundementis, and the see of bras, that was in the hous of the Lord; and thei translatidenbaren ouer I. al the metal in to Babi|loyne. And thei token the pottis of bras, and trullis, and fleisch hokis, and cuppis, and morteris, and alle brasun vessels, in whiche theimen I. mynystridenmynystriden in the temple I.; alsoOm. I. and cen|seriscenseris also I., and violis. The prince of the chy|ualrie took thotho thingis I. that weren of gold, and tho that weren of siluer, that isis to wite I., twei pi|leris, o see, and the foundementisfoundementis or basis I., whiche king Salomon hadde maad `in toto A sec. m. b pr. m. the tem|ple of the Lord; andand ther was I. no weiȝtecerteyn weiȝte I. wasOm. I. of metal of alle the vessels. O piler hadde eiȝten cubitis of hiȝte, and a brasun pomel onupon I. it of the heiȝte of thre cubitis, and a werk lijk a net, and pomgarnadis onupon I. the pomel of the piler, alle thingis of bras; and the secounde piler haddehadde also I. lijk ourn|yng. Also the prince of theOm. S. chyualrie took Saraie, the firste preest, and Sophony, the secunde prest, and thre porteris, and oonan I. onest seruaunt of the citee, that was aOm. A pr. m. EL. souereyn ouer men werriours, and fyue men `of hemOm. R. that stoden bifor the king, whiche heNabuzardan I. foond in the citeecitee of Jerusalem I.; and he took Sopher, theOm. I. prince of the oostoost of Sedechie I., that preuide ȝonge knyȝtis, `ether men able to batelOm. I., of the puple of the lond, and sixe men of the comyns, that weren foundyn in the citee; whichethe whiche I. Nabuzardan, prince of the chyualrie, took, and ledde to the king of Babiloyne, in to Reblatha. And the kyng of Babiloyne smoot hem, and killide hem in Reblatha, in the lond of Emath; and Juda was translatid fro his lond. Sotheli heNabugodonosor I. made souereynOm. I. Godolie, sonethe sone I. of Aicham, sonethe sone I. of Saphan, tosouereyn to I. the puple that was left in the lond of Juda; whichthe which I. puple Nabugodonosor, king of Ba|biloyne, hadde leftleft in Juda I.. And whanne alle the duykis of knyȝtisknyȝtis of Sedechie I. hadde herd these thingis, theiOm. I., and the men that weren with hem, that isis to wite I., that the king of Babi|loyne hadde ordeyned GodolieGodolie to be souereyn in Juda I., thei camencamen togidere I. `to GodolieOm. I., ininto K. Maspha, Ismael, sonethe sone I. of Nathanye, and Johannan, sonethe sone I. of Charee, and Saraie, sonethe sone I. of Thenameth of Necho|phat, and Jeconye, sonethe sone I. of Machati, thei, and Machat, andOm. I. the felowis of hem. And Godolie swoor to hem, and to the felowis of hem, and seide, Nyle ȝe drede to serue theto EILP. Caldeis; dwelle ȝe in the lond, and serue ȝeȝe to IK. the king of Babiloyne, and it schal be wel to ȝou. Forsothe it was don in the seuenthe monethe, `that is, sithenthat G. Godolie was maad souereynafter the souereyntee of Godolie I,, His|mael, the sone of Nathanye, sonethe sone I. of Ely|sama, of the `kyngis seedseed of king Sedechie I., cam, and ten men with hym, and thei smytidensmoten I. smeten ELP. Godo|lie, whichthat I. diede; but also thei smytidensmyten I. smetin ELP. Jewis and Caldeis, that weren with hymGodolie I. in Maspha. And al the puple roos fro litilthe litil I. `til tovnto I. greetthe greet I., and the prynces of knyȝtis, and camenthei camen or fledden I. in to Egipt, and dredden Caldeisthe Caldeis I.. Therfor it was doon inOm. K. the seuentheseuen EIKLS. and threttithe ȝeer of transmigraciounthe transmigracioun I., `ether passyng ouerOm. I., of Joakyn, kyng of Juda, in the tweluethe monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, Euylmeradach, kyng of Babiloyne, in the ȝeer in which he bigan to regne, reisidene reiside I. the heed of Joakyn, kyng of Juda, fro prisoun, and spak to hym benygneli; and he settidesette I. the trone of Joakyn aboue the trone of kyngis, that weren with hym in Babilonye. And heEuylmeradach I. chaungide `hise clothisthe clothis of Joachin I., whichethat I. he hadde in prisoun; and he eet breed euer in the siȝt of Euylmeradach, in alle the daies of his lijf. Also Euylmeradach ordeynede sustenaunce `to hymfor Joachin I. with out ceessyng; whichthe which I. sustenaunce also was ȝouun of the kyng to hym bi alle daies, andOm. EL. in alle the daies of his lijf.

 Here endith the fourthe book of Kingis; and here bigynneth the firste book of Paralipomenon, that is, of wordis of daies.Here endith the fourthe book of Kingis, and here bigynneth the firste book of Paralipomynon. CN. Here endith the fourthe book of Kyngis, and begynneth a protog on the firste bok of Parlipominon. GM. Heere eendith the fourthe book of Kinges, se now the prolog bifore Paralipomenon. K. Here endith the fourthe book of Kyngis, and here bigynneth the prolog on the firste book of Paralipome|non. O. Heere eendith the fourthe book of Kynges, and bigynneth the firste of Parlipominon. R. Here eendith the iiii. book of Kingis, and biginneth the Paralipomynon. S. Here endith the fourthe booc of Kingis, and bigynneth the booc of the firste Paralipomynon. X. Here eendith the fourthe book of Kingis, and heere bigynneth the secunde book of Paralipomenon. ç. No final rubric in ELPQWb. I. PARALIPOMENON. [Prologue on the First book of ParalipomenonThis prologue is from M..]

THIS book of Paralipomenon, the firste, bigynneth at Adam, rehersynge the riȝt lyne of generacioun in to Abraham, and alle the sones of Abraham, and the sones of hem, touchinge schortli of Saul king, and afterward of Dauith; rehersinge many thingis whiche ben not writen in the book of Kingis before, til to the regne of kyng Salomon. Here endith the prologe, and here bigynneth the firste book of Paralipomenon.

 [Prologue on the first book of Para|lipomenonThis prologue is from O..]

IFF the makynge of the seuenti inter|pretours dwelle stille cleene, and as it is turned of hem in to Greek, than thi silf, my Cromat, hoolyeste and wysest of bis|schopis, shuldest in veyn bidde me, that I shulde translate to thee Ebrew volyms in to Latyn word. For it was riȝtwise, that sich thing that hath occupied ones the eeris of men, and hath strengthid the feith of the wexynge chirche, shulde be appreued with oure silence. Now for|sothe sith dyuerse saumpleris ben born aboute for diuersite of regiouns, and sith thilke old translacioun of german is cor|rupt and defoulid, thou trowist that it be of oure owne doom, ethir to schewe of many draweris of hooly writ which is verie and trewe, eithir to make a newe werk on the oolde werk, and thouȝ the Jewis scorne, and, as me semeth, hem to ficche to gideris the iȝen of kurlewis. Alisaundre and Egipt among her seuenti translatours preisen Eusichie, her auctour; Constantynoble vnto Antioche appreueth the sampleris of martir Lucian; the meene prouencis bytwene these reden Pa|lestinys bookes, whiche Eusebie and Pam|philie puplichiden, whanne thei hadden traueyld it out of Origene; and al the world stryuen to gideres withynne hem silf in thes thre manere of dyuersitees. And certis Origene not oonly made to gideres the ensamplis of foure drawyngis out of hooly writ, in to oon discriuynge alle the wordes of the cuntrey, so that oon discordynge be vndurnome anoon of the othir bookis acordynge to gyderes; but that is of more hardynesse, in the makynge of seuenty translatouris he med|lide the markynge of Theodocion, that is to wite, markynge with the signes of a sterre siche thingis that weren to litle, and siche thingis that weren addid to of superfluyte, he markyde with litil ȝerdis, eithir sygnes of an arowe. Therfor if it was leefful to othir not to holden that thei hadden onys toke, and aftir the seuenty selles, which of the selles, which of the comynte ben bostid to be, with out auctor thei openyde alle the selles, also that that seuenty interpretours knowen not is red in chirches; whi thanne my Latyn men accepten not me, sithen I haue maad the newe drawynge with the olde makyng vndefoulid, that I preue my trauel with the Ebrewis, and also with the Apostlis, auctoritees that ben more worthi than thei. I wroot a book not ful longe ago, mye beste manere of drawyng out of hooly writ, shewynge thes tixtis of the gospel folewynge to be in the bookes of Ebrewes; as this tixt, Fro Egipt I haue clepid my sone; and also this tixt, He shal be clepid Nazarey; and also the tixt, Thei shulen se into whom thei han thourȝ persed; also this tixt of the pistle; That iȝe hath not seen, ne eere herd, ne it hath not stied vp in to the herte of men, the whiche God hath maad redy byfore to hem that louen him. And othir textes that ben lijk these, ben fonden in the book of Ebrewis. Certis the apostlis and the euangelistis hadden knowe the seuenti interpretours, and fro whennus come that grace to hem to seie tho thingis that ben not had among the seuenti interpretours? Crist, our God, maker of euere eithir testament, in the gospel aftir Joones writynge seith thus, Who euere byleueth in me, as seith hooly scripturis, floodis of a quyk watir schulen folewe of his wombe. Forsothe that thing that oure Sauyour witnessith to be write, it is sikirliche writen; but the seuenti interpretours han no mencioun where it is writun; the chirche knowith not hid thingis. Therfor it is to turne aȝen to Ebrews, wher of oure Lord spekith, and the disciplis bifor takun ensaumplis. I speke thes thingis with the pees of olde men, and I answere oonly to my bacbiters, which gnawen me with a doggi tooth, bagbitynge me in open, red|ynge the same in corneris, and also ac|cusours and defenderis thei ben, sithen thei approuen in othir men that thei re|preuen in me; as thouȝ vertues and vyces ben not in thingis, but ben chaungid with the auctoure. Ferthermore I have remem|brid me, that I haue ȝoue to ȝoure scrip|turis the makynge of the seuenty transla|ture, that was sumtyme amendid fro Greek, and therfor I ouȝte not to be gessid an enemy of hem, which euere more I shal expowne to the couent of briththren. And that book that is now clepid Debra|yamyn, that is, the wordis of dayes, I haue translatid; therfor I haue doon it that I myȝte brynge to riȝt thilke betyngis, that ben ful hard to be opened, and to opene the wordis of names, the which thourȝ vice of writeris ben confoundid, and more opynly by dulnesse of wittis, and by destynciouns of uerse; to my silf and to my writynge aftir Hismenyum, thouȝ the eeris of other men be doumb.

 Another Prolog on the Firste book of Paralipomenon.

The book of Paralipomenon, that is, the bregging of the Olde Testament, is such and so moche, that withouten it who so wole bi pride seche to him the kunnyng of scripturis, scorne he him silf. Forsothe bi alle the namys of ioynturis of wordis, and the laste stories ben touchid in the bookis of Kingis, and vnnoumbrable ques|tiouns of the euangelies ben soylid.

Here enden the prologis, and begyn|neth the book. Here bigynneth the firste book of Paroli|pominon, that is, of words of daiesFrom E sec. m. LPb. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

Adam gendridebigaat I. Seth; Enosand Seth, Enos I., Chay|nanand Enos, Chaynan I., Malaleeland Caynan, Malaleel I., Jaredand Malaleel, Jared I., Enochand Jared bigaat Enoch I., Matus|saleand Enok Matusale I., Lamethand Matusale, Lameth I.; Noeand Lameth Noe, and Noe I. gendrideOm. I. Sem, Cham, and Japhet. The sones of Japhat weren Gomer, Magog, Magdai, andOm. I. Ja|uan, Tubal, Mosoch, and Tiras. Forsothe the sones of Gomer weren Asceneth, andOm. I. Riphat, and Thogorma. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Ce|thym, and Dodanym. The sones of Cham weren Chus, andOm. I. Mesraym, Phuth, and Chanaan. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Chus weren Saba, and Euila, Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathaca. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan. SotheliAnd IS. Chus gendridebigaat I. Nemroth; this Nemroth bigan to be myȝti in erthe. ForsotheAnd IS. Mes|raym gendridebigaat I. Ludym, and Ananyn, and Labaym, and Neptoym, and Phetrusym, and Casluym, of whichethe whiche sones I. the Philisteis and Capthureis ȝeden outout or camen I. out or weren gendride S.. SotheliAnd IS. Cha|naan gendridebigaat I. Sidon his first gendridgoten I. sone, and Ethei, and Jebusei, and Am|morrei, and Gergesei, and Euei, and Ara|chei, and Synei, and Aradye, and Sama|thei, and Emathei. The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxat, and Luth, and Aram. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Aram weren Hus, and Hul, and Go|thor, and Mosoch. ForsotheAnd IS. Arphaxat gendridebigaat I. Sale; which hym silf gendride Heber. SotheliAnd IS. to Heber weren borun twei sones; namethe name IO. ofto plures. to the G. oon was Phaleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brother was Jectan. For|sotheAnd IS. Jectan gendridegaat I. Elmodad, and Sa|lech, and Aselmod, and Jare, and Adoram, and Vzal, and Deda, Hebal, and Ameth, and Abymael, and Saba, also and Ophir, and Euila, and Jobab; alle these weren the sones of Jectan. SemAnd Sem gat Arphaxat I. and Sem gen|dride Arphaxat S., Arphaxatand Arphaxat, Sale IS., Saleand Sale, Heber IS., Heberand Heber, Phalech IS., Phalechand Phalech, Ragau IS., Ragauand Ragau, Seruth IS., Seruthand Seruth, Nachor IS., Nachorand Nachor, Thare IS., Thareand Thare IS., Abram; forsotheOm. IS. this is AbrahamAbraham, the greet patriark S.. The sones of Abraham weren Isaac and Ismael. And thesethese ben DGIRS. these weren X. theOm. C. generaciouns of hem; the firste gendridgoten I. of Ismael Nabiothwas Nabioth IS., andand thanne I. and after Nabioth he gendride Cedar S. Cedar, and Ab|dahel, and Mapsam, and Masma, and Duma, and Massa, Adadand Adad S., and Themar, Jahur, Naphis, Cedmaand Cedma IS.; these ben the sones of Ismael. ForsotheAnd IS. theOm. C. sones of Cethurethe sones of Cethure I., secoundariethe secoundarie IS. wijf of Abraham, whichethe whiche I. sche gendridegendride or conceyuyde I., weren Zamram, Jersan, Madan, Madian, Jelboe, Sueand Sue I.. So|theliand IS. the sones of Jersan weren Saba, and Dadan. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Dadan weren Assurym, and Latusym, and Lao|mym. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Madian weren Epha, Etheiand Ethei C., andOm. S. Enoch, and Abdia, and Heldaa. Alle these weren the sones of Cethure. Forsothe Abraham gendridegaat I. Isaac; whose sones weren Esau and Israel. The sones of Esau weren Eliphat, Rahuel, Semyaus, and Elam, and Chore. The sones of Eliphath weren Theman, Omer, Sephi, Gethem, Genez, Cenez, Thanna, Amalechand Amalech IS.. The sones of Rahuel weren Naab, Gazara, Samma, Masaand Masa IS.. The sones of Seir weren Lothan, Sobal, Sebeon, Ana, Dison, Eser, Disanand Disan IS.. The sones of Lo|than weren Horry, Humaand Huma IS.; sotheli the sistir of Lothan was Thanna. The sones of Sobal weren Alian, and Manaath, and Ebal, and Sephi, and Onam. The sones of Sebeon weren Ana, and Anna. TheAnd the S. sone of Ana was Dison. The sones of Dison weren Amaram, and Hesabam, and Lecram, and Caram. The sones of Eser weren Balaam, and Jaban, and Jesan. The sones of Di|san weren Hus and Aram. These ben the kyngis that regneden in the lond of Edom, bifor that a kyng was on the sones of Israel. Bale, the sone of Beor; and the name of his citee was Danaba. SotheliAnd whanne IS. Bale was deed; and Jobab, sonethe sone IS. of Zare of Basra, regnyde for hym. And whanne Jobab was deed, Husam of the lond of Themayns regnede for hym. And Hu|sam diede; and Adad, sonethe sone IS. of Badad, that smoot Madian in the lond of Moab, regnydeand regnede S. for hym; and the name of the citee of `hym, that is, ofOm. IS. Adad, was Abyud. And whanne Adad was deed, Semela of Maserecha, regnede for hym. But also Semela was deed, and Saul of Robooththe citee Robooth I. the citee of Ro|booth S., which is set bisidis thea IS. ryuer, regnyde for hym. Also whanne Saul was deed, Balanam, the sone of Achabor, regn|yde for him. But also he was deed, and Adad, the name of whos citee was Phou, regnede for hym; and his wijf was clepid Methesael, the douȝter of Mathred, douȝ|terthe douȝter IS. of Mezaab. ForsotheAnd IS. whanne Adad was deed, dukis bigunnen to be in Edom for kyngis; duyk Thanna, duyk Alia, duyk Jetheth, duyk Olibama, duyk Ela, duyk Phynon, duik Ceneth, duyk Theman, duyk Mabsar, duyk Magdiel, duykand duyk IS. Iram. These weren the duykis of Edom.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe the sones of Israel weren Ru|ben, Symeon, Leuy, Juda, Isachar, and Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Beniamynand Beniamyn S., Nep|talym, Gad, Aserand Aser IS.. The sones of Juda weren Her, Onam, Selaand Sela IS.; these thre weren borun to hym of Sue, athe IS. douȝter of Ca|naan. SotheliAnd IS. Her, the first gendridgoten I. sone of Juda, was yuel bifor the Lord, and hethe Lord IS. killide hym. ForsotheAnd IS. Thamar, wijfthe wijf IS. of the sone of Judas, childide to hymJudas IS. Phares, and Zaram; therforand IS. alle the sones of Judas weren fyue. SotheliAnd I. the sones of Phares weren Esrom, and Chamul. And the sones of Zare weren Zamry, and Ethen, and Eman, and Cal|chab, and Dardan; fyue togidere. The sone of Charmy was Achar, that distur|blide Israel, and synnede in theOm. S. theft of thing halewid to the Lord. The sone of Ethan was Azarie. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Esrom, that weren borun to hym, weren Jeramael, and Aram, and Calubi. For|sotheAnd IS. Aram gendrydegaat I. Amynadab. So|theliAnd IS. Amynadab gendridegaat I. Naason, theOm. IS. prince of the sones of Juda. And Naason gendridegaat I. Salmon; of whichwhom IS. SalmonOm. IS. Booz was borun. SotheliAnd IS. Booz gendridegaat I. O|beth; which hym silf gendridegaat I. Ysay. ForsotheAnd IS. Ysai gendridegaat I. thehis IS. firste gen|drideOm. IS. sone, Elyab, the secounde, Amyna|dab; the thridde, Samaa; the fourthe, Nathanael; the fyuethe, Sadai; the sixte, Asom; theand the IS. seuenthe, Dauyd; whose sis|tris weren Saruya, and Abigail. The sones of Saruye weren thre, Abisai, Joab, and Asahel. ForsotheAnd IS. Abigail childide Ama|sa, whos fadir was Gether Hismaelite. SotheliAnd IS. Caleph, sonethe sone IS. of Esrom, took a wijf, Azuba bi name, of whom he gen|dridegaat I. Jerioth; and hise sones weren Je|sar, and Sobab, and Ardon. And whanne Azuba was deed, Caleph took a wijf Ef|frata, whichethe whiche I. childide Hur to hym. For|sotheAnd IS. Hur gendridegaat I. Hury; Hury gen|dridegaat I. Beseleel. After these thingis Esrom entride to the douȝtir of Machir, fadirthe fadir IS. of Galaadof Galaad; that is, lord of Galaad. C., and he took hirhir to wijf IS., whanne he was of sixti ȝeer; and sche childide Segub to hym. But also Segub gendridegaat I. Jair; and he hadde in possessioun thre and twenti citees inof I. the lond of Galaad; and he took Gessur, and Aran, the citees of Jair, and Chanath, and the townes therof ofOm. CKM. seuenti citees. Alle these weren the sones of Ma|chir, fadirthe fadir IS. of Galaad. SotheliAnd IS. whanne Esrom was deed, Caleph entrideentride; as eir. Effrata; bi another name it is Bethleem. Lire here. C. in to Effrata. And Esrom hadde a wijf Abia, whichthe which I. childide to hym Assir, fadirthe fadir IS. of Thecue. ForsotheAnd IS. sones weren borun of Jezrameel, the firste gendridgoten I. of Esrom; RamRam was IS., the first gendridgoten sone I. gendrid sone S. of hym, andand thanne I. Aran, and Ason, and Achia. Also Jez|rameel weddide anothir wijf, Athara bi name, that was the modir of Onam. But and the sones of Ram, the firste gendridgoten I. of Jezrameel, weren Mohas, and Jamyn, and Achaz. ForsotheAnd IS. Onam gendridegaat I. sones, Semey, and Juda. Sotheliand IS. the sones of Semei weren Nadab, and Abisur; for|sotheand IS. the name of the wijf of Abisur was Abigail, thatand that S. childide to hym Haaobban, and Molid. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Nadab weren Saled and Apphaym; forsotheand IS. Sa|led diede without children. SotheliAnd IS. the sone of Apphaym was Jesi, whichthe which I. Jesi gendridegaat I. Sesan; sothelicertis BCDEFGIKLMNOPQRSUWXb. Sesan gendridegaat I. Oholi. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Jada, bro|therthe brother IS. of Semei, weren Jether and Jona|than; but Jether diede with out sones; treuliand IS. Jonathan gendridegaat I. Phalech, and Ziza. These benweren IS. the sones of Jerameel. ForsotheAnd IS. Sesan hadde not sones, but douȝtris, and a seruaunt of Egipt, Jeraa bi name; and he ȝaf his douȝter to wijf to Jeraa, whichethe whiche I. childide Ethei to hym. ForsotheAnd IS. Ethei gendridegaat I. Nathan, and Nathan gendridegaat I. Zadab. Also Zadab gendridegaat I. Ophial, and Ophial gendridegaat I. Obed. Obed gendridegaat I. Yeu, Yeu gendridegaat I. Azarie, Azarie gendridegaat I. Helles, Helles gendridegaat I. Elasa, Elasa gendridegaat I. Sesa|moy, SesamoyAnd Sesamoy I. gendridegaat I. Sellum, Sellum gendridegaat I. Jecamya, Jecamia gendridegaat I. Elisama. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Caleph, brothirthe brothir IS. of Jerameel, weren Mosa, the firste gendridbigoten I. sone of hym; thilke is the fadir of Ziph; andOm. S. the sones of Maresa, the fadir of Hebron. Certis the sones of Ebron weren Chore, and Raphu, Recem, and Samma. ForsotheAnd IS. Samma gendridegaat I. Raam, the fadir of Jerechaam; and Recem gendridegaat I. Elisama. ForsotheAnd IS. Semei. The sone of Semei was Maon; and Maon was the fadirsone I. of Beth|sur. SotheliAnd IS. Epha, the secundarie wijf of Caleph, childide Aram, and Musa, and Theser; forsotheand IS. Aram gendridegaat I. Jezen. The sones of Jadai werenOm. C. Regon, and Jethon, and Zesum, Phalezand Phalez BELPSW., and Epha, and Saaph. Matha, the secoundarie wijf of Caleph, childide Zaber, and Tharana. ForsotheAnd IS. Saaph, the fadir of Madmenas, gendridegaat I. Sue, the fadir of Magbena, and the fader of Gabaa; sotheliand IS. the douȝter of Caleph was Axa. These weren the sones of Caleph. The sones of Hur, the firste gendridgoten I. sone of Effrata, weren Sobal, the fader of Cariathiarim; Salma, the fader of Bethleem; Ariph, the fader of Beth|gader. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Sobal, faderthe fader IS. of Cariatiarim, that siȝ the myddil of restingis, and was of the kynrede of Cary|athiarym, weren Jethrey, and Aphutei, and Samathei, and Maserathei. Of these weren borun Sarytis, and Eschaolitis. The sones of Salma, fadirthe fadir IS. of Bethleem, and of Ne|tophati, weren the corouns of the hows of Joab, and theOm. IS. half of restyngthe restyng IS. of Sarai. And the kynredis of scryuens, dwellynge in Jabes, syngynge, and sownynge, and dwellynge in tabernaclis. These ben Cy|neis, that camen of the heeteheete; that is, of the fer|uent loue of religioun. Lire here. C. of the fadir of the hows of Rechab.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe Dauid hadde these sones, that weren borun to hym in Ebron; the firste gendridgoten I. sonesone of him was IS., Amon, of Achynoem of Jezrael; the secounde sone, Danyelhiȝt Danyel IS., ofborn of IS. Abigail of Carmele; the thridde, Absolon, the sone of Maacha, douȝterthe douȝtir IS. of Tolomei, kyng of Gessuri; the fourthe, Adonye, sonethe sone IS. of Agith; the fyuethe, Saphacie, of Abithal; the sixte, Jethraan, ofDauid hadde of S. Egla his wijf. Therfor sixe sones weren borun to hymDauid IS. in Ebron, where he regnede seuene ȝeer and sixe monethis; sotheliand IS. he regnyde thre and thritti ȝeer in Jerusalem. For|sothe foure sonessones; thre the firste weren the kyndeli sones of Vrie, and sones of Dauid bi pur|chas of lawe. Lire here. ACK LPQUX., Samathat ben, Sama I. that is, Sama S., and Sobab, and Nathan, and Salomon, weren borun of Bersabee, the douȝter of Amyhel, to hymDauid IS. in Jerusalem; also Jabaar, and Elisama, and Eliphalech, and Noge, and Napheth, and Japhie, also andOm. IS. Elisama, and Eli|ade, and Eliphalech, nynenyne sones IS.. Alle these weren the sones of David, with out the sones of secoundariethe secoundarie CM. his secoundarie IS. wyues; and thei hadden a sistir, Thamar. Sotheli the sone of Salomon was Roboam, whos sone Abia gendridegaat I. Asa; and Josephat, the fadir of Joram, was borun of this Asa; whichthe which I. Joram gendridegaat I. Ocozie, of whomwhich S. Joas was borunborun or goten I. born or gendride S.. And Amasie, the sone of this Joas, gendridegaat I. Azarie; sotheliforsothe BCDEFGKLNOPQRUW. and IS. Aza|rie, theOm. D. sone of Joathan, gendridegaat I. Achaz, the fadir of Ezechie; of whom Manasses was borun. But also Manasses gendridegaat I. Amon, the fadir of Josias. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Josias werenweren these IS., the firste gendridgoten I. sone, Johannanwas Johannan IS.; the secounde, Joachymwas Joachim S.; the thridde, Sedechie; theand the I. fourthe, Sellum. Of Joachym was borungoten I. gendrid S. Jechonye, and Sedechie. The sones of Jechonye weren Asir, Salatiel, Melchiram, Phadaie, Sen|naser, and Jech, Semma, Sama, and Na|dabia. Of Phadaie weren borun Zorobabel, and Semey. Zorobabel gendrydegaat I. Mosolla, Ananye, and Salomyth, the sister of hem; and Asaba, and Ochol, and Barachie, and Asadaie, and Josabesed, fyuefyue sones IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. the sone of Ananye was Falcias, the fadir of Jeseie, whose sone was Raphaie. And the sone of him was Arnan, of whom was borun Abdia, whos sone was Sechema. The sone of Sechema was Semeia, whose sones weren Archus, and Gegal, and Baa|ria, and Naaria, and Saphat, and Sela; sixesixe sones IS. in noumbre. The sones of Naaria weren thre, Helionai, and Ezechie, and Zichram. The sones of Helionai weren seuene, Odyna, and Eliasub, and Pheleia, and Accub, and Johannan, and Dalaia, and Anani.

 CAP. IV.

The sones of Juda weren Phares, and Esrom, and Carmy, and Hur, and Sobal. ForsotheAnd IS. Reaia, the sone of Sobal, gen|dridegaat I. Geth; of whom weren borun Achy|mai, and Laed. These weren the kynredis of Sarathi. And this is the generacioun of Ethan; Jesrael, Jezema, andOm. C. Jedebos; and the name of the sistir of hem was Asaelphumy. SotheliAnd IS. Phunyel was the fadirfadir; that is, fadir of sich a town, and so it is expownyd of Osa. Lire here. C. of Gedor, and Ezer was the fadir of Osa; these ben the sones of Hur, the firste gendridgoten I. sone of Effrata, the fadir of Beth|leem. SotheliAnd IS. Assur, the fadir of Thecue, hadde twei wyues, Haala, and Naara; for|sotheand IS. Naara childide to hym Oozam, and Epher, and Theman, and Aschari; these ben the sones of Naara. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Haala weren Sereth, Isaar, and Ethan. ForsotheAnd IS. Chus gendridegaat I. Anob, and Sobala, and the kynredis of Arab, sonethe sone I. of Arym. ForsotheSotheli BCDEFGKLMNOPQ RUWXb. And IS. Jabes was noble byfor alle hise britheren; and his modir clepide his name Jabes, and seide, For Y childide hym in sorewe. SotheliAnd IS. Jabes clepide inwardliynly I. God of Israel, and seide, Yf thouthou, Lord S. blessynge schalschalt IS. blesse me, and schalt alargeenlarge IS. my termes, and if thin hond schal be with me, and thou schalt make me to be not oppressid of malice. And God ȝaf to hym that thing, that he preiede. ForsotheAnd IS. Caleph, the brother of Sua, gen|dridegaat I. Machir, that was the fadir of Eston; sotheliand IS. Eston gendridegaat I. Beth, Rapha, and Phese, and Thena, the fadir of the citee Naas. These ben the sones of Recha. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Cenez weren Othonyel, and Saraia. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Othonyel weren Athiath, and Mao|naththa, that gendridegaat I. Opham. For|sotheAnd IS. Saraia gendridegaat I. Joab, the fadir of the valey of crafti men; for there weren crafti men. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Caleph, sonethe sone IS. of Jephone, weren Hyn, and Helam, and Nahemi. And the sones of Helam weren Cenez. Also the sones of Jaleel weren Zeph, and Zipha, Tiria, and Asrael. And the sones of Esra weren Chether, and Merid, and Epher, and Jalon; and he gendridegaat I. Marie, and Semmai, and Jesba, the fadir of Eschamo. Also Judaia, hys wijf, childide Jared, the fadir of Gedor; and Heber, the fadir of Zocho the fadir of Zocho; that is, the fadir of sich a toun, and so of Ja|non. Lire here. C.; and Hieutihel, the fadir of Janon. SotheliAnd IS. these weren the sones of Bethie, the douȝter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wijf. And the sones of the wijf of Odoie, sisterthe sister IS. of Nathan, fadir of Ceila, weren Garmy, and Escamo, that was of Machati. Also the sones of Symeon weren Amon and Rena; the sone of Anam was Chilon; and the sones of Gesi weren Zoeth, and Benzoeth. The sones of Cela, sonethe sone IS. of Juda, weren Her, the fadir of Lecha, and Laada, the fadir of Marasa; and these weren the kyn|redis of the hows of men worchynge biys in the hows of an ooth, and which made the sunne to stonde, and the men of leesyng, sikir, and goynge, that weren princes in Moab, and that turneden aȝen in to Bethleem; forsotheand IS. these ben elde wordis. These ben potteris dwellinge in plauntyngis, and in heggis, anentis kyngis in her werkis; and thei dwelliden there. The sones of Symeon weren Namyhel, and Jamyn, Jarib, Zara, Saul. Sellum was his sone; Mapsan was his sone; Masma was his sone. The sones of Masma; Amuelwas Amuel S., his sone; and Zaccur, his sone; Semeyand Semey S., his sone. The sones of Semey weren sixtene, and sixe douȝtris; sotheliand IS. hise britheren hadden not many sones, and al the kyn|rede myȝte not be eueneeeuened IS. to theOm. A. summesumme or noumbre S. of the sones of Juda. ForsotheAnd IS. thei dwelliden in Bersabee, and in Molada, and in Asarsual, and in Balaa, and in Aason, and in Tholat, and in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Sicheloch, and in Betmar|chaboth, and in Archasusym, and in Beth|baray, and in Saarym; these weren the citees of hem, `til tovnto I. vnto the time of S. theOm. IS. kyng Dauid. Also the townes of hem weren Ethan, and Aen, and Remmon, and Techen, and Asan; fyue citees. And alle the vilagis of hem bi theOm. I. cumpas of these citeescitees weren hers IS., `til tovnto IS. to X. Baalthe tyme of Baal IS.; this is the dwellyng of hem, andin S. the departyng of seetisher citees IS.. Also Mo|sobaly, and Jemlech, and Josa, the sone of Amasie, and Johel, and Jehu, the sone of Josabie, and the sones of Saraie, the sones of Asiel, and Helioneai, and Jacoba, and Sucua, and Asaia, and Adihel, and Hisemeel, and Banaia; and Ziza, theand the S. sone of Sephei, the sone of Allon, sonethe sone IS. of Ab|daia, sonethe sone IS. of Semry, sonethe sone IS. of Samaia. These ben princisthe princis CFK sec. m. MS. nemyd in her kyn|redis, and ben multiplied greetli in the howshows or meynee I. houce or in the meynee S. of her alies. And thei ȝeden forth to entre in to Gador, `til tovnto IS. to X. the eest of the valei, and to seke pasturis to her scheep. And thei fonden pasturis ful plenteuouse, and ful goode, and a ful large lond, and restfulful restful C., and plenteuouse, wher|ynne men of the generacioun of Cham hadden dwellid bifore. Therfor these men, whiche we discryuedenhan discryued I. haue discriued or toold S. bifore `bi nameOm. S., camen in the daies of Ezechie, kyng of Juda; and smytidensmitiden or distrueden S. smeten ELP. the tabernaclis of hem, and the dwelleris that weren foundun there; and thei `diden aweifordiden I. hem `til in tovnto I. til to X. presentthis present I. the present S. dai; and thei dwelliden for hem, for thei founden there ful plenteuouse pas|turis. Also fyue hundrid men of the sones of Symeon ȝeden in to the hil of Seir, and thei hadden princes Faltias, and Narias, and Raphaias, and Oziel, the sones of Jesi; and thei smytidensmeten EILP. the re|lifsremenauntis I. reliks b. of Amalechites, that myȝten ascape; and thei dwelliden there for hem `til tointo CELPU. vnto I. to X. this day.

 CAP. V.

Also the sones of Ruben, the firste gen|dridgoten I. sone of Israel; for he was the first gendridgoten I. sone of Israel, but whanne he hadde defoulid the bed of his fadir, the dignitye of his firste gendryngbigetynge I. was ȝouun to the sones of Joseph, the sone of Israel; and Ruben was not arettid in to the firste gendridgoten I. sone. Forsothe Judas, that was theOm. X. strongeste among hise britheren, prynces weren gaderid of his genera|cioun; forsothe the `riȝt ofOm. EL. firstehis firste CD pr. m. b. the firste KX. gen|drynggetyng I. was arettid to Joseph. Therfor the sones of Ruben, the firste gendridgoten I. sone of Israel, weren Enoch, and Phallu, Esrom, and Charmy. The sones of Johel werenOm. I. Samaie; his sone, Gog; his sone, Semey; his sone, Mycha; his sone, Rema; his sone, Baal; his sone, Bera; whom Theg|latphalassar, kyng of Assyriens, ledde pri|soner; and he was prince in the lynage of Ruben. Sotheli hise britheren, and al the kynrede, whanne thei weren noumbrid bi her meynees, hadden princes Jehiel, and Zacharie. Forsothe Bala, the sone of Achaz, sone of Sama, sone of Johel, he dwellide in Aroer til to Nebo and Beel|moon; andOm. X sec. m. he dwellide aȝens the eest coost, til to the endeentring BCW. of deseert, `and toin to L. the flood Eufrates. And he hadde in pos|sessioun myche noumbre of beestis in the lond of Galaad. Forsothe in the daies of Saul the sones of Ruben fouȝten aȝens Agarenus, and killide hem; and dwelliden for hem in the tabernaclis of hem, in al the coost that biholdith to the eest of Galaad. Sotheli the sones of Gad euene aȝens hem dwelliden in the lond of Basan til to Selca; Johel was in the bygynnyng, and Saphan was the secounde; also Janahi and Saphan weren in Basan. Also her bri|theren bi the housis of her kynredis, My|chael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jore, and Jachan, and Zie, and Heber, seuene. These weren the sones of Abiahel, the sone of Vry, sone of Jaro, sone of Galaad, sone of Mychael, sone of Esesi, sone of Jeddo, sone of Buz. Also the britheren of the sone of Abdiel, sone of Gumy, was princethe prince A. of the hows in hise meynees. And thei dwelliden in Galaad, and in Basan, and in the townes therof, in alle the sub|arbis of Arnon, til to the endis. Alle these weren noumbrid in the daies of Joathan, kyng of Juda, and in the daies of Jeroboam, kyng of Israel. The sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of half the lynage of Manasses, weren men werriours, berynge scheeldis and swerdis, and beend|ynge bouwe, and tauȝt toin I. batels, foure and fourti thousynde seuene hundrid and sixti, and thei ȝeden forth to batel, and fouȝten aȝens Agarenus. Forsothe Ethu|reis, and Napheis, and Nadab, ȝauen help to hem; and Agarenus, and alle men that weren with hem, weren bitakun in to the hondis of Ruben, and Gad, and Manasses; for thei clepiden inwardli the Lord, while thei fouȝten, and the Lord herde hem, for thei `hadden bileuydbileuyden C. in to him. And thei token alle thingis whiche Agarenus had|den in possessioun, fifti thousynde of ca|mels, and twei hundrid and fifty thou|synde of scheep, twei thousynde of assis, and an hundrid thousynde persoonesof persones I. of men; for many men weren woundid and felden doun; for it was the batel of the Lord. And thei dwelliden for Agarenus til to the conquest. Also the sones of the half lynage of Manasses hadden in posses|sioun the lond, fro the endis of Basan til to Baal Hermon, and Sanyr, and the hil of Hermon; for it was a greet noumbre. And these weren the princes of the hows of her kynrede; Epher, and Jesi, and He|liel, and Esryel, and Jeremye, and Odoie, and Jedihel, strongesteful stronge I. men and myȝti, and nemyd duykis in her meynees. For|sothe thei forsoken the God of her fadris, and diden fornycacioun after the goddis of puplis of the lond, whiche the Lord took awei bifor hem. And the Lord God of Israel reiside the spirit of Phul, kyng of Assiriens, and the spiritthe spirit; that is, wille to fiȝte aȝens the childryn of Israel. Lire here. C. of Theglat|phalasser, kyng of Assur; and he trans|latide Ruben, and Gad, and the half lynage of Manasses, and brouȝte hem in to Ale, and Abor, and Aram, and in to the ryuer of Gozam, til to this dai.

 CAP. VI.

The sones of Leuy weren Gerson, Caath, and Merary. The sones of Chaath weren Amram, Isaar, Ebron, and Oziel. The sones of Amram werenOm. I. Aaron, Moyses, and Marie. The sones of Aaron werenOm. I. Nadab, and Abyu, Eleazar, and Ythamar. Eleazar gendridegaat I. Phynees, and Phynees gendridegaat I. Abisue, Abisue gendridegaat I. Bocci, and Bocci gendridegaat I. Ozi, Ozi gendridegaat I. Zaraie, and Zaraie gendride Meraioth. Forsothe Meraioth gendridegaat I. Amarie, A|marie gendridegaat I. Achitob, Achitob gen|dridegaat I. Sadoch, Sadoch gendridegaat I. Achy|maas, Achymaas gendridegaat I. Azarie, Aza|rie gendridegaat I. Johannam, Johannam gen|dridegaat I. Azarie; he it is that was set in preesthod, in the hows whichthat I. Salomon bildide in Jerusalem. Forsothe Azarie gendridegaat I. Amarye, and Amarie gendridegaat I. Achitob, Achitob gendridegaat I. Sadoch, Sa|doch gendridegaat I. Sellum, Sellum gendridegaat I. Helchie, Helchie gendridegaat I. Azarie, Azarie gendridegaat I. Saraie, Saraie gendridegaat I. Jose|dech. Forsothe Josedech ȝede out, whanne the Lord translatide Juda and Jerusalem bi the hondis of Nabugodonosor kyngthe kyng I.. Therfor the sones of Leuy weren Gerson, Caath, and Merary. And these weren the names of the sones of Gerson; Lobeni, and Semei. The sones of Caath weren Am|ram, and Isaar, and Ebron, and Oziel. The sones of Merari weren Moli, and Musi. Sotheli these weren the kynredis of Leuy bi the meynees of hem; Gerson; Lobony, his sone; Jaath, his sone; Zama, his sone; Joaith, his sone; Addo, his sone; Zara, his sone; Jethrai, his sone. The sones of Caath; Amynadab, his sone; Chore, his sone; Azyra, his sone; Helcana, his sone; Abiasaph, his sone; Aser, his sone; Caath, his sone; Vriel, his sone; Azias, his sone; Saul, his sone. The sones of Helchana weren Amasay, and Achymoth, and Hel|cana. The sones of Helcana; Saphay, his sone; Naath, his sone; Heliab, his sone; Heroam, his sone; Helcana, his sone. The sones of Samuel; the firste gendridgoten I. Na|sen, and Abia. Sotheli the sones of Me|rari; Moli, his sone; Lobeny, his sone; Semey, his sone; Oza, his sone; Sama, his sone; Aggias, his sone; Azaya, his sone; These it ben whichethat I. Dauid ordeynede on the syngeris of the hows of the Lord, sithensith I. the arke of the Lord was set; and thei mynystriden bifor the tabernacle of witnessyng, and sungun, til Salomon bild|ide the hows of the Lord in Jerusalem; forsothe thei stoden bi her ordre in ser|uyce. SotheliAnd IS. thes it ben that stoden nyȝ with her sones. Of the sones of Caath; He|man the chauntor, the sone of Joel, sone of Samuel, sone of Helcana, sone of Jo|roam, sone of Heliel, sone of Thou, sone of Suph, sone of Helcana, sone of Mabath, sone of Amasi, sone of Helcana, sonethe sone I. of Joel, sone of Azarie, sonethe sone I. of Sophonye, sonethe sone I. of Caath, sone of Asyr, sonethe sone I. of Abiasaph, sone of Chore, sonethe sone I. of Isaar, sonethe sone I. of Caath, sone of Leuy, sonethe sone I. of Israel. And hise britheren; Asaph, that stood at the riȝthalf of hym, Asaph, the sone of Barachie, sonethe sone I. of Samaa, sonethe sone I. of Mychael, sonethe sone I. of Basye, sone of Mel|chie, sone of Atthay, sone of Zara, sone of Adala, sone of Edan, sonethe sone I. of Zama, sonethe sone I. of Semey, sonethe sone I. of Geth, sone of Gerson, sonethe sone I. of Leuy. Forsothe the sones of Merary, the britheren of hem, weren at the leftside; Ethan, the sone of Chusi, sonethe sone I. of Abdi, sonethe sone I. of Moloch, sone of Asabie, sone of Amasie, sonethe sone I. of Helchie, sonethe sone I. of Amasay, sonethe sone I. of Bonny, sone of Soomer, sone of Moli, sone of Musi, sonethe sone I. of Merarie, sone of Leuy. And dekenes, the britheren of hem, that weren ordeyned in to al the seruyce of the tabernacle of the hows of the Lord. Forsothe Aaron and hise sones brenten encense onupon I. the auter of brent sacrifices, and onupon I. the auter of encense, in to al the werk `of the hooliOm. I. of holi Israel S. ofbi S. hooli thingis; and that thei schulden preie for Israel, by alle thingis whichebi whiche I. Moises, the seruaunt of God, comaundide. SotheliAnd I. Om. S. these ben the sones of Aaron; Eleazar, his sone; Phy|nes, his sone; Abisue, his sone; Bocci, his sone; Ogzi, his sone; Zara, his sone; Meraioth, his sone; Amarias, his sone; Achitob, his sone; Sadoch, his sone; Achi|maas, his sone. And these weren the dwelling places, bi the townes and coostis of hem, that is, of the sones of Aaron, bi the kynredis of Caathitis; for tho bifelden to hem bi lot. Therfor the children of Israel ȝauen to hem Ebron in the lond of Juda, and the subarbis therof bi cum|pas; sotheliand IS. thei ȝauen the feeldis and townes of the citees to Caleph, sonethe sone IS. of Jephone. ForsotheAnd IS. thei ȝauen citees to the sones of Aaron, Ebron to refuyt; and thei ȝauen Lobna, with hise subarbis, and Jether, and Escamo, with her subarbis, but also Helon, and Dabir, with her sub|arbis; also thei ȝauen Asan, and Beth|sames, and the subarbis of tho. SotheliAnd IS. of the lynage of Beniamyn thei ȝauen Gabee, and the subarbis therof, and Ala|mach with hise subarbis, Anathot alsoOm. X. with hise subarbis; alle the citees weren threttene with her subarbis, bi the kyn|redis of hem. ForsotheAnd I. toOm. I. to his and S sec. m. the sones of Caath, residuesthe residues I. of her kynrede, thei ȝauen of the half lynage of Manasses ten citees `in to possessiounOm. X.. SotheliAnd IS. to the sones of Gerson bi her kynredis thei ȝauen four|tene citees in Basan, of the lynage of Ysa|car, and of the lynage of Aser, and of the lynage of Neptalym, and of the lynage of Manasses. ForsotheAnd IS. to the sones of Me|rary by her kynredis thei ȝauen bi lottis twelue citees, of the lynage of Ruben, of the lynage of Gad, and of the lynage of Zabulon. And the sones of Israel ȝauen to dekenes citees and subarbis of tho; and thei ȝauen bi lot, of the sones of the lynage of Juda, and of the lynage of the sones of Symeon, and of the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn, these citees, which the dekenes clepiden bi her names; and of hem that weren of the kynredekinredis S. of the sones of Caath, and in the termes of hem weren the citees of the lynage of Effraym. And the sones of Israel ȝauen to hem citees of refuyt; Sichem with hise subarbis in the hil of Effraym, and Gazer with hise sub|arbis, also Hicmaan with hise subarbis, and Betheron also. Also of the lynage of Dan thei ȝauen Ebethe, Gebethor, and Heialan, and Helon, with her subarbis, and Gethremon bi the same maner. For|sotheAnd IS. of the half lynage of Manasses thei ȝauen Aner, and the subarbis therof, Ba|laam, and the subarbis therof; that is, to hem that weren residueleft I. of the kynrede of the sones of Caath. SotheliAnd IS. to the sones of Gerson thei ȝauen of the kynrede of half the lynage of Manasses, Gaulon in Ba|san, and the subarbis therof, and Astoroth with hise subarbis. Of the lynage of Isa|char thei ȝauen Cedes, and the subarbis therof, and Daberith with hise subarbis; also Samoth, and his subarbis, `and Anem with hise subarbisOm. I.. Also of the linage of Aser thei ȝauen Masal with hise sub|arbis, and Abdon also, and Asach, and the subarbis therof, and Roob with hise subarbis. SotheliAnd I. Om. S. of the lynage of Nep|talym thei ȝauen Cedes in Galilee, and the subarbis therof, Amon with hise subarbis, and Cariathiarym, and subarbisthe subarbis IKX sec. m. S. therof. Sotheli toOm. I. the residueOm. I. sones of Merary thei ȝauen ofto IS. the lynage of Zabulon, Re|mon, and subarbisthe subarbis FKSX. therof, and Thabor with hise subarbis. Also biȝende Jordan, euene aȝens Jerico, aȝens the eest of Jor|dan, thei ȝauen of the lynage of Ruben, Bosor in theOm. IS. wildirnesse with hise sub|arbis, and Jasa with hise subarbis, also Cademoth, and hise subarbis, and My|phaat with hise subarbis. Also andOm. N. of the lynage of Gad thei ȝauen Ramoth in Galaath, and the subarbis therof, Manaym with hise subarbis, but also Esebon with hise subarbis, and Jezer with hise sub|arbis.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe the sones of Isachar weren foure; Thola, and Phua, Jasub, and Sa|meron. The sones of Thola weren Ozi, and Raphaia, andOm. S. Jerihel, and Jemay, and Jepsen, and Samuel, princis bi the housis of her kynredis. Of the gene|racioun of Thola, weren noumbrid strong|este men in the daies of Dauid, two and twenti thousynde and sixe hundrid. The sones of Ozi weren Jezraie; of whom weren borun Mychael, and Obadia, and Johel, and Jezray, fyue, alle princes. And with hem weren bi her meynees and puplis, sixe and thretti thousynde strong|estemoost strong I. men gird to batel; for thei hadden many wyues and sones. And her bri|theren by alle theOm. N. kynredis of Isachar `moost strongestrengist I. to fiȝte weren noumbrid foure scoore and seuene thousynde. The sones of Beniamyn weren Bale, and Bo|thor, and Adiel, thre. The sones of Bale weren Esbon, and Ozi, and Oziel, and Jerymoth, and Vray, fyue, princes of meynees, mooste stronge to fiȝte; for the noumbre of hem was two and twenti thousynde and foure and thretti. For|sotheAnd IS. the sones of Bochor weren Samara, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Zamri, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and Ana|thoth, and Almachan; alle these weren the sones of Bochor. SotheliAnd IS. the princes of kynredis weren noumbrid bi her meynees twenti thousynde and two hundrid moost stronge men to batels. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Ledihel weren Balan; sotheli the sones of Balan werenOm. I. Jheus, and Ben|iamyn, and Aoth, and Camana, and Jo|than, and Tharsis, and Thasaar. Alle these the sones of Ledihel weren princes of her meynees, seuentene thousynde and two hundrid, strongeste men goynge forth to batel. Also Saphan and Apham weren the sones of Hir; and Basym was the sone of Aser. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Neptalym weren Jasiel, and Guny, and Aser, and Sellum; the sones of Bale. SotheliAnd IS. the sone of Manasses was Esriel; and Sira his secundarie wijf childide Ma|chir, the fadir of Galaad. And Machir took wyues to hise sones Huphyn and Suphyn; and he hadde a sister Maacha bi name; and the name of the secounde sone was Salphaath, and douȝtris weren borun to Salphaath. AndOm. S. Maacha, the wijf of Machir, childide a sone, and clepide his name Phares; forsotheand IS. the name of his brothir was Sares; and hise sones weren Vlam and Recem. SotheliAnd IS. the sone of Vlam was Baldan. These weren the sones of Galaad, sone of Machir, sone of Manasses; forsotheand IS. Regma his sistir childide a feir man, Abiezer, and Mola. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Semyda weren Abym, and Sichem, and Liey, and Amany. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Effraym weren Su|chaba; Bareth, his sone; Caath, his sone; Elda, his sone; and Thaath, his sone; and Zadaba, his sone; and Suthala, his sone; and Ezer, and Elad, his sones. ForsotheAnd IS. men of Geth borun in the lond killiden hem, for thei ȝeden doun to assaile her posses|siouns. Therfor Effraym, the fadir of hem, weilide bi many daies; and hise bri|theren camen to coumforte hym. And he entride to his wijf, whichthe which I. conseyuede, and childide a sone; and he clepide his name Beria, for he was borun in the yuelis of his hows. SotheliAnd IS. his douȝtir waswas clepide S. Sara; that bildide Betheron, the lowere and the hiȝere, and Ozen, and Sara. ForsotheAnd IS. his sone washiȝt IS. Rapha, and Reseph, andReph, and A sec. m. Thale; of whom was borun Thaan, that gendride Laodon; and Amyud, the sone of hym, gendridegaat I. Elysama; of whom was borun Nun; that hadde a sone Josue. SotheliAnd IS. the possessioun and `dwellyng placethe dwell|ing placis S. of hem was Bethil with hise villagis, and aȝens the eest, Noram; at the west coost, Gazer, and hise villagis, also Sichem with hise villagis, and Aza with hise vil|lagis. Also bisidis the sones of Manasses, Bethsan, and hise townes, Thanach and hise townes, Maggeddo, and hise townes, Dor, and hise townes; theand the D. sones of Joseph soneOm. A et plures. of Israel dwelliden in these townes. The sones of Aser weren Sona, and Jesua, and Isuy, and Baria; and Sara was the sister of hem. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Baria weren Heber, and Melchiel; he is the fadir of Barsath. SotheliAnd IS. Heber gendride Ephiath, and Soomer, and Otham, and Sua, the sister of hem. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Jephiath weren Phosech, and Camaal, and Jasoph; these weren the sones of Jephiath. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Soomer weren Achi, and Roaga, and Jaba, and Aram. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Helem, his brother, weren Supha, and Jema, and Selles, and Amal. The sones of Supha weren Sue, Arnaphethand Arnapheth S., and Sual, and Bery, and Jamra, and Bosor, and Ador, and Sama, and Salusa, and Jethram, and Beram. The sones of Ether weren Je|phone, and Phaspha, and Ara. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Ollaa weren Areth, and Aniel, and Resia. Alle these weren the sones of Aser, princes of kynredis, chosun men and strongesteful stronge I. duykis of duykis; forsotheand IS. the noumbre, of the age of hem that werenwas AELS. abel toin A pr. m. batel, was sixe and twenti thou|synde.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe Beniamyn gendridegaat I. Bale his firste gendridgoten I. sone, Asbaal the secounde, Othora the thridde, Naua the fourthe, and Rapha the fyuethe. And the sones of Bale weren Addoar, and Jera, and Abyud, and Abisue, and Noemany, and Acte, but also Gera, and Sophupham, and Vram. These ben the sones of Haoth, princes of kynredis dwellynge in Gabaa, that weren translatid in to Manath. ForsotheAnd IS. Noa|man, and Achia, and Jera, `he translatidetrans|latiden A sec. m. hem, and gendridehe gaat I. he gendride S. Oza and Abyud; for|sotheand IS. `Saarym gendridehe gaat I. he gendride S. in the cuntrey of Moab, aftir that he lefte Vrym and Bara, hise wyues; sotheliand IS. he gendridegaat I. of Edes, his wijf, Jodab, and Sebia, and Mosa, and Molchon, also Jebus, and Sechia, and Ma|ryna; tho ben the sones of hym, prynces in her meynees. ForsotheAnd IS. Musyn gen|dridegaat I. Achitob, and Elphaal. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Elphaal weren Heber, and Mu|saam, and Samaath; he bildide Ono, and Lod, and hise villagis; forsotheAnd IS. Bara and Sama weren princes of kynredis dwell|ynge in Hailon; these dryuedendreuen I. awei the dwelleris of Geth; and Haio, and Sesath, and Jerymoth, and Zadabia, and Arod, and Heder, and Mychael, and JesphaJespha and Joha X sec. m. helpiden hem `aȝens men of Geth;Om. I. the sones of Abaria, and Zadabia, and Mo|sollam, and Ezethi, and Heber, and Jesa|mary, and Jezlia, and Jobab helpidenhelpiden also I. `in this iurney aȝens men of GethOm. I.. The sones of Elphaal weren Jachym, and Jechri, and Zabdi, and Helioenay, and Selettay, and Henelech, and Adaia, and Barasa, and Samarath; the sones of Semey weren Jesphan, and Heber, and Esiel, and Abdon, and Zechry, and Canaan, and Anany, and Jalam, and Anathotia, and Jephdaia, and Phanuel; the sones of Sesac weren Sampsaray, and Scoria, and Otholia, and Jersia, and Helia, and Zechri, the sones of Jeream. These weren patriarkis and princes of kynredis, that dwelliden in Jerusalem. ForsotheAnd I. in Gabaon dwelliden Abigabaon, and Maacha the name of his wijf; and his firste gendridgoten I. sone Abdon, and Sur, and Cys, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, and Geddo, and Haio, and Zacher, and Macelloth. ForsotheAnd IS. Marcelloth gen|dridegaat I. Samaa; and thei dwelliden euene aȝens her britheren in Jerusalem with her britheren. ForsotheAnd IS. Ner gendridegaat I. Cys, and Cys gendridegaat I. Saul; forsotheand AIS. Saul gendridegaat I. Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Abynadab, and Isbaal. SotheliAnd I. the sone of Jonathan was Myphibaal; and Myphi|baal gendridegaat I. Micha. The sones of Micha weren Phiton, and Melech, and Thara, and Ahaz. And Ahaz gendridegaat I. Joiada; and Joiada gendridegaat I. Almoth, and Azimoth, and Zamry. ForsotheAnd IS. Zamri gendridegaat I. Moosa, and Moosa gendridegaat I. Banaa, whos sone was Raphaia, of whom was gendridgoten I. Elesa, that gendridegaat I. Asel. SotheliOm. I. Asel hadde sixe sones bi these names, Esricham, Bochru, Ismael, Saria, Abadia, Amanand Aman S.; alle these weren the sones of Asel. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Asa, his brothir, weren Vlam, the firste gendridegoten I. sone, and Hus, the secounde, and Eliphales, the thridde. And the sones of Vlam weren strongesteful stronge I. men, and beendynge aOm. F sec. m. IKLMSXb. bouwe with greet strength, and hauynge many sones, and sones of sones, til to an hundrid and fifti. AlleAnd alle SX. these weren the sones of Beniamyn.

 CAP. IX.

Therfor al Israel was noumbrid, and the summe of hem was writun in the book of kyngis of Israel and of Juda; and thei weren translatid in to Babiloyne for her synne. SotheliAnd IS. thei that dwelliden first in her citees, and in the possessiouns of Israel, and the preestis, and the dekenes, and NatyneysNatynes A. Nathinuims, that is, a kind of peple IS.Natyneys; thes weren men of Gabaon, that weren con|uertid to the feith and reli|gioun of Jewes, and they weren ordeyned to bere wode and water to the place of Goddis worschiping, as it is had in ix. co. of Josue. Lire here. C., dwelliden in Jerusalem. Of the sones of Juda, and of the sones of Beniamyn, also of the sones of Effraym, and of Manasses; Othi, the sone of Amyud, sonethe sone IS. of Semry, sonethe sone IS. of Omroy, sonethe sone IS. of Bonny, of the sones of Phares, the sonesones A et plures. of Juda; and of Sylom, Asia, the firste gendridgoten I., and his sonessone A et plures.; sotheliand IS. ofOm. IS. the sones of Zaray, Heuel, and hise britheren; sixe hundrid fourescore and ten. For|sotheAnd IS. of the sones of Beniamyn; Salo, the sone of Mosollam, the sones of Odoia, the sones of Asana, and Jobanya, the sone of Jerobam, and Ela, the sone of Ozi, the sones of Mochozi, and Mosollam, the sone of Saphacie, sonethe sone I. of Rahuel, sone of Je|banye, and the britheren of hem, bi her meynees; nyne hundrid sixe and fifti. Alle these weren princes of her kynredis by the housis of her fadris. ForsotheAnd IS. of the preestis, Joiada, Jozarib, and Jachym; and Azarie, the sone of Helchie, sone of Mo|sollam, sonethe sone I. of Sadoch, sonethe sone I. of Maraioth, sone of Achitob, was bischop of the hows of the Lord. ForsotheOm. IS. Adaias, sone of Jeroam, sonethe sone I. of Phasor, sone of Melchia, and Masaia, sone of Adihel, sone of Jezra, sonethe sone I. of Mosollam, sone of Mosselamoth, sone of Emyner, also her britheren, prynces bi her meynees, weren a thousynde seuene hundrid and fourescoore, men strong|esteful stronge I. in bodili myȝt, to make the werk of seruyce in the hows of the Lord. For|sotheAnd IS. of dekenesthe dekenesse S., Semeya, the sone of Assub, sonethe sone IS. of Ezricam, sonethe sone IS. of Asebyn, of the sones of Merary; also Balthasar the carpentercarpenter; that is, ouer|seere of the car|penters, for dekenes weren bisy aboute the seruyce of God, of the temple. Lire here. C., and Galebeth, and Ma|chama, sonethe sone I. of Mycha, sone of Zechri, sone of Asaph, and Obdias, sonethe sone I. of Semey, sone of Calaal, sonethe sone I. of Idithum, and Ba|rachie, the sone of Asa, sonethe sone I. of Helcana, that dwellide in the porchis of Methophati. SotheliAnd IS. the porteris weren Sellum, and Achub, and Thelmon, and Achyman, and the britheren of hem; Sellum was the prince; til to that tyme thei kepten bi her whilis in the ȝate of the kyng at the eest, of the sones of Leuy. Sellum forsothe, the sone of Chore, sonethe sone I. of Abiasaph, sonethe sone I. of Chore, with hise britheren, and with the hows of his fadir; these ben the sones of Chore onupon I. the werkis of the seruyce, keperis of the porchis of the tabernacle, and the meynees of hem kepten bi whiliswhilis or tymes I. the entryng of the castelis of the Lord. ForsotheAnd IS. Phynees, the sone of Eleazar, was the duyk of hem bifor the Lord. SotheliAnd IS. Zacarie, the sone of Mosollam, was porter of the ȝate of the tabernacle of witnessyng. Alle these chosun in to porteris bi ȝatis weren twei hundrid and twelue, and werenthei weren IS. discryueddiscryued or presentid IS. in her owne townes, whichthe which I. dekenesdekenys or mynestris S. Dauid and Samuel, the prophete, ordeyneden in her feith, both hem and the sones of hem in the doris of the hows of the Lord, and in the tabernacle of witnessyng, bi her whiles. Porteris weren bi foure coostis, that is, at the eest, andOm. S. at the west, andOm. S. at the north, and at the south. ForsotheAnd IS. her britheren dwelliden in townes, and camen in her sabatis fro tyme til to tyme. Al the noumbre of porteris was bitakun to these foure dekenes, and thei kepten the chaumbris, and the tresours of the hows of the Lord. Also thei dwelliden in her kepyngis bi the cumpas of the temple of the Lord, that whanne tyme were, thei schulden opene the ȝatis eerli. Men of her kyn weren also on the vessels of ser|uyce; for the vessels weren borun in at noumbrethe noumbre I., and weren borun out of hem. And thei that hadden the vesselis of seyn|tuariethe seyntwarie S. bitakun to herOm. A. kepyng, weren souereyns onupon I. of S. flour, and wyn, and oile, and encense, andOm. S. swete smellinge spyce|ries. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of preestis maden oynementis of swete smellynge spiceries. And Mathatias dekene, the firste gendridgoten I. sone of Sellum of the kynrede of Chore, was the souereyn of alle thingis that weren fried in the friyng panne. SotheliAnd IS. menOm. I. of the sones of Caath, the britheren of hem, weren on the looues of settyng forth, that thei schulden make redi euere newe looues bi ech sabat. These ben the princis of chauntourissyngers I. bi the meynees of Leuytis, that dwelliden in chaumbris, sofor I. that thei schulden serue contynueli dai and nyȝt in her seruyce. The heedis of Leuitis bi her meynees, the princes, dwell|iden in Jerusalem. ForsotheAnd IS. there dwell|iden in Gabaon; Jaiel, the fadir of Gabaon, and the name of his wijf Maacha; Abdon, his firste gendridgoten I. sone, and Sur, and Cys, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, and Gedor, and Ahaio, and Zacharie, and Macelloth; forsotheand IS. Macelloth gendridegaat I. Semmaa; these dwelliden euene aȝens her britheren in Jerusalem, with her britheren. SotheliAnd IS. Ner gendridegaat I. Cys, and Cys gendridegaat I. Saul, and Saul gendridegaat I. Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Abynadab, and Hisbaal. ForsotheAnd I. the sone of Jonathan was Myri|baal, and Myribaal gendridegaat I. Mycha. SotheliAnd S. the sones of Micha weren Phiton, and Malech, and Thara; forsotheand IS. Aaz gendridegaat I. Jara, and Jara gendridegaat I. Ala|math, and Azmoth, and Zamri; and Zamri gendridegaat I. Moosa, sotheliand IS. Moosa gendridegaat I. Baana, whose sone Raphaia gendridegaat I. Eli|sa, of whom Esel was gendridgoten I.. ForsotheAnd S. Esel hadde sixe sones bi these names, Ezricam, Bochru, Hismael, Saria, Obdia, Anan; these weren the sones of Hesel.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe Filisteisthe Filisteis I. fouȝten aȝens Israel, and the sones of Israel fledden Palestynsthe Philistees I. Fylistyns S., and felden doun woundid in the hil of Gelboe. And whanne Filisteisthe Philistees I. hadde neiȝed pursuynge Saul and hise sones, thei killiden Jonathan, and Abynadab, and Melchisue, the sones of Saul. And the batel was agreggid aȝens Saul; and men archeris foundun hym, and woundiden hymOm. plures. with dartis. And Saul seide to his squiere, Drawe out thi swerd, and sle me, leste these vncircumcidid men come, and scorne me. SothliBut IS. his squyer was aferd bi drede, and noldewolde not I. do this; therfor SaulSaul him silf S. took a swerd, and felde onupon IS. itit, and slowe him silf S.. And whanne his squyer hadde seyn this, that is, that Saul was deed, he felde also on his swerd, and was deed. Therfor Saul perischide, and hise thre sones, and al his hows felde doun togidere. And whanne the men of Israel, that dwelliden in feeldi places, hadden seyn this, thei fledden; and whanne Saul and hise sones weren deed, thei forsoken her citees, and weren sca|terid hidur and thidur; and Filisteis camen, and dwelliden in tho. Therfor in the to|ther day Filisteisthe Philistees I. drowen awei the spuylis of slayn men, and founden Saul and hise sones liggynge in the hil of Gelboe. And whanne thei hadden spuylid hym, and hadden gird of the heed, and haddenOm. G. maad hymOm. plures. nakid ofthe IS. armeris, thei sentensenten the heed I. sente his heed S. in to her lond, that it schulde be borun aboute, and schuldeit shuld S. be schewid in the templis of idols and to puplis; forsotheand IS. thei halewiden his armeris in the temple of her god, and thei settiden the heed in the temple of Dagon. Whanne men of Jabes of Galad hadden herd this, that is, alle thingis whiche the Filisteis diden on Saul, alle stronge men risidenresen EIL. togidere, and tooktoken plures. the deed bodies of Saul and of hise sones, and brouȝten tho in to Jabes; and thei birieden the boonus of hem vndur an ook, that was in Jabes; and theiOm. S. fast|iden seuene daies. Therfor Saul was deed for hise wickidnessis, for he brak the co|maundementheest IS. of the Lord, whiche he comaundide, and kepte not it, but ferthir|more also he took counsel at a womman hauynge a feend spekynge in the wombe, and he hopide not in the Lord; for which thing both the Lord killide hym, and translatide his rewme to Dauid, soneOm. A. of Ysay.

 CAP. XI.

Therfor al Israel was gaderid to Dauid in Ebron, and seide, We ben thi boon and thi fleisch; also ȝisterdai and the thridde dai ago, whanne Saul regnede ȝit onupon IS. Is|rael, thou it werewas I. that leddist out and leddist in Israel; for `thi Lord Godthe Lord thi God I. seide to thee, Thou schalt fede my puple Israel, and thou schalt be prince onupon IS. it. Therfor alle the grettergretter men IS. in birthe of Israel camen to the kyng in Ebron; and Dauid maad with hem a boond of pees bifor the Lord, and thei anoyntiden hym kyng onupon IS. Israel, bi the word of the Lord, which he spak in the hond of Samuel. Therfor Dauid ȝede, and al Israel, in to Jerusalem; this Jerusalem is Jebus, where Jebuseis enha|biteris of the lond weren. And thei that dwelliden at Jebus seiden to Dauid, Thou schalt not entreentre in S. hidur. Forsothe Dauid took the hiȝ tour of Syon, which is thein the A. citee of Dauid; and he seide, Ech man that `sleeth firstfirst shal smyte S. Jebusei, schal be prince and duyk. Therfor Joab, sonethe sone IS. of Saruye, stiedestiede up IS. first, and was maad prince. So|theliAnd IS. Dauid dwellide in the hiȝ tour, and therfor it was clepid the cytee of Dauid; and he bildide the citee in cumpas fro Mello til to the cumpas; forsotheand IS. Joab bildide the tother part of the citee. And Dauid profitide goyngein going S. and wexynge, and the Lord of oostis was with hym. These ben theOm. I. princes of the stronge men of Dauid, thatwhiche IS. helpiden hym, that he schulde be kyng onupon IS. al Israel, bi the word of the Lord which he spak to Israel. And this is the noumbre of the stronge men of Dauid; Jesbaam, the sone of Achamony, was prince among thretti; this reisidereiside up IS. his schaft ethir spere onupon IS. thre hundrid woundid men in o tyme. And after hym was Eleazar, the sone of his fadris brothir, andthat IS. was `a manOm. I. of Ahoita cuntrey, or of citee that hiȝt Ahoit S., whichthe which I. Ele|azar was among thre miȝti men. This was with Dauid in Aphesdomyn, whanne Filisteis weren gaderid to o place in to batel; and a feeld of that cuntrey was ful of barli, and the puple fledde fro the face of Filisteis. ThisThanne this IS. Eleazar stood in the myddis of the feeld, and defendide it; and whanne he hadde slayn Filisteisthe Philistees I., the Lord ȝaf greet helthe to his puple. So|theli thre ofand A pr. m. CEILNSb. thritti princes ȝeden doun to the stoon, wher ynne Dauid was, to the denne of Odolla, whanne Filisteisthe Philistees I. settiden tentis in the valey of Raphaym. ForsotheAnd IS. Dauid was in a strong hold, and the sta|cioun, `that is, the oost gaderidOm. W., of Filis|teis was in Bethleem. Therfor Dauid de|siride watir, and seide, Y wolde, that sum man ȝaf to me water of the cisterne of Bethleem, which is in the ȝate. Therfor these thre ȝeden thoruȝ the myddil of the casteliscastels or of the oostis S. of Filisteis, and drowenthei drowen IS. watir of the cisterne of Bethleem, that was in the ȝate, and thei brouȝten to Dauid, that he schulde drynke; and Dauid noldewolde not I. `drynke itOm. I., but rather he offride it to the Lord, and seide, Fer be it, that Y do this thing in the siȝt of my God, and that Y drynke the blood of these men, for in the perel of her lyues thei brouȝtenhan brouȝt IS. watir to me; and for this cause he noldewolde not I. drynke. Thre strongestethe strongeste I. men diden these thingis. Also Abisai, the brother of Joab, he was theOm. BCDEFGIKLMNOSXb. prince of threthese thre IS. men, and he reisidereiside up IS. his schaftspere I. shaft or spere S. aȝens thre hundrid woundid men; and heOm. A. was moost named among thre, among the secounde thre he was noble, and the prince of hem; netheles he cam not tilOm. X. to theOm. S. firste thre. Banaye, the sone of Joiada, strongestthe strongest IS. man of Cap|sael, that dide many werkis; he killide two stronge men of Moab; and he ȝede doun, and killide a lioun in the myddilmiddis S. of a cis|terne, in the tyme of snow; and he killide a man of Egipt, whos stature was of fyue cubitis, and he hadde a spere as the beem of webbis; therfor Banaye ȝedewente I. doun to hym with a ȝerde, and rauyschiderauyschide fro him IS. the spere, whichthat IS. he heldhadde IS. in thehis C. hond, and killide hym with his owne spere. Banaye, the sone of Joiada, dide these thingis, that was moost named among thre stronge men, and washe was IS. the firste among thretti; netheles he cam not tilOm. X. to the thre; so|theliand IS. Dauid settidesette I. hym at his eereeere for a good counselour IS.. For|sotheCertis I. the strongeste men `in the oostOm. I. weren Asael, the brother of Joab, and Eleanan, the sone of his fadris brothir of Bethleem, Semynoth Arorites, Helles Phal|lonytes, Irasand Iras S., the sone of Acces of Thecue, Abieser of Anathot, Sobochay Sochites, Ylai Achoytes, Maray Nethophatithes, Heles, the sone of Banaa, Nethophatithes, Ethaa, the sone of Rabai, of Gabaath of the sones of Beniamyn; Banaye Phara|tonythes, men of the stronde Gaas, Abihel Arabatithes, Azmoth Baruanythes, Eliaba Salaonythes, the sones of Assem Gesony|thes, Jonathan, the sone of Saga, Ararithes, Achiam, the sone of Achar, Ararites, Eli|phal, the sone of Mapher, Mechoratithes, Ahya Phellonythes, Asrahi Carmelites, Neoray, the sone of Thasbi, Johel, the bro|ther of Nathan, Mabar, the sone of Ag|garay, Selech Ammonythes, Nooray Bero|thites, the squyer of Joab, sone of Saruye, Iras Jetreus, Gareb Jethreus, Vrie Ethei, Sabab, the sone of Ooli, Adyna, the sone of Segar Rubenytes, prince of Rubenytis, and thritti men with hym; Hanan, the sone of Macha, and Josaphath Mathany|thes, Ozias Astarothites, Semma and Ja|hel, the sones of Hotayn Aroerites, Ledi|hel, the sone of Zamri, and Joha, his bro|ther, Thosaythes, Hehiel Maanytes, Jery|bay and Josia, the sones of Helnaen, Jeth|ma Moabites, Heliel, and Obed, and Jasi|hel of Masobia.

 CAP. XII.

Also thesethese men S. camen to Dauid in Sichelech, whanne he fledde ȝit fro Saul, the sone of Cys; whichethe whiche I. weren strongesteful stronge I. men and noble fiȝterys, beendynge bouwe, and cast|ynge stoonys with slyngis with euer either hond, and dressynge arowis; of the bri|theren of Saul of Beniamyn, the prince Achieserof Thieser A pr. m., and Joas, the sones of Samaa ofand S. Gabaath, and Jazachel, and Phallech, the sones of Azmod, and Barachie, and Jehu of Anathot; also Samay of Gabaon was the strongeste among thretti and aboue thretti; Jeremy, and Jezihel, and Johan|nan, and Zebadga Zerothites, Elusay, and Jerymoth, and Baalia, and Samaria, and Saphia Araphites, Elchana, and Jesia, and Azrahel, and Jezer, and Jesbaam of Taremy, and Joelam, and Sabadia, the sones of Jeroam of Jedor. But also of GaddiGaddi; that is, of the lynage of Gad. Lire here. Plures. strongeste men, and beste fiȝteris, holdynge scheld and spere, fledden ouer to Dauid, whanne he was hid in deseert; the faces of hem as the face of a lioun, and thei weren swift as capretis in hillis. Ozer was the prince, Obdias the secounde, Eliab the thridde, Masmana the fourthe, Jeremye the fyuethe, Becchi the sixte, Heliel the seuenthe, Johannan the eiȝthe, Helzedad the nynthe, Jeremye the tenthe, Bachana the euleuenthe; these of the sones of Gad weren princes of the oostafter that Dauid hadde the rewme. Lire here. GKLOPSb.; theand the IS. lastethe last is he that leest power hadde. Lyre gloos. S. was souereyn ouer an hundrid knyȝtis, and the moost was souereynOm. I. ouer a thousynde. These it ben that pass|iden ouer Jordan in the firste monethe, whanne it was wont to flowe ouer hise brynkis; and thei dryuedendreuen I. awei alle menthat is, hethen men LP.men; thes weren hethen men, that ocu|pieden a part of the lond of the sones of Israel. Lire here. CG KOb. that dwelliden in the valeis at the eest coost and west coost. SotheliAnd IS. also men of Beniamyn and of Juda camen to the stronge hoold, whereyn Dauid dwellide. And Dauid ȝede out aȝens hem, and seide, If ȝe `ben comyncomen I. pesible to me, for to helpe me, myn herte be ioyned to ȝou; for|sotheand IS. if ȝe setten aspies to me for myn aduersaries, sithensith I. Y haue not wickid|nesse in the hondis, God of our fadris se and deme. ForsotheAnd I. the spiritspirit; that is, stedefast|nesse and hardynesse to speke. Lire here. C et plures. clothide AmasayIn Ebreu it is Amasay, and this was Ama|sa, as Ebreus seien. Lire here. KOb., the prynce among thritti, and he seide, AO IS.! Dauid, we ben thin, and thou, sone of Ysai, we schulen be with thee; pees, pees to thee, and pees to thin helperis, for thi Lord God helpith thee. Therfor Dauid resseyuede hem, and madehe made IS. princes of the cumpeny. ForsotheAnd IS. men of Ma|nasses fledden ouer to Dauid, whanne he cam with Filisteis to fiȝte aȝens Saul, and he fauȝte not with hem, for after that the princes of Filisteis hadden take counsel, thei senten hymDauid IS. aȝen, and seiden, With perel of oure heed he schal turne aȝenOm. X. to Saul his lord. Therfor whanneOm. A. Dauid turnede aȝen in to Sichelech, men of Ma|nasses fledden ouer to hym, Eduas, and Jozabad, Jedihel, and Mychael, and Naas, and Jozabath, and Helyu, and Salathi, princes of knyȝtis in ManassesManasses lynage IS.. These men ȝauen help to Dauid aȝens theues; for alle weren strongesteful stronge I. menOm. I., and theiOm. I. weren maad prynces in the oost. But also bi ech dai men camen to Dauid, for to helpe hym, til that the noumbre was maad greet as the oost of God. Also this is the noumbre of princes of the oost that camen to Dauid, whanne he was in Ebron, that thei schulden translate the rewme of Saul to hym, bi theOm. I. word of the Lord; the sones of Juda, berynge scheeld and spere, sixe thousynde and eiȝte hundrid, redi to batel; of the sones of Simeon, seuene thousinde and an hundrid, of strong|este men to fiȝte; of the sones of Leuy, foure thousynde and sixe hundrid; also Joiada, prince of the generacioun of Aaron, and thre thousynd and seuene hundrid with hym; also Sadoch, a child of noble wit, and the hows of his fadir, twei and twenti princes; forsotheand IS. of the sones of Beniamyn, britherenthe britheren S. of Saul, thre thou|synde; for a greet part of hem suede ȝit the hows of Saul; forsotheand IS. of the sones of Effraym, twenti thousynde and eiȝte hundrid, strongesteful stronge I. men in bodili myȝt, men named in her meynees; and of the half part of the lynage of Manasses, eiȝtene thousynde; alle camen bi her names, to make Dauid kyng; also of the sones of Ysacar, two hundrid princes, lernd men, that knewen ech tyme to comaunde what the puple of Israel ouȝt to do; sotheliand IS. al the residueremenaunt I. residue or remenaunt S. lynageof the lynage IS. suede the counseils of hem; forsotheand IS. of Zabulon camen fifti thousynde in to helpehis helpe I. helpe of Dauith S., not in double herte, whichthe which I. ȝedenwenten I. out to batel, and stoden in the scheltrun, and weren maad redi with armuris of batel; and of Neptalym a thousynde prynces, and with hem camenOm. I. seuenetwo I pr. m. eiȝte I sec. m. and thritti thousynde men,of men X. arayed with scheeld and speere; also of Dan, eiȝte and twenti thousynde and sixe hundrid men, maadmen maad I. redi to batel; and of Aser fourti thousynde men, goynge out to batel, and stiryngeof stirynge C. stirid D. to batel in the scheltrun. ForsotheAnd IS. biȝende Jordan, of the sones of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half part of the lynage of Manasses, sixe scoore thou|synde men, araied with armuris ofto S. batel. Alle these men werriouris and redi to batel camen with perfit herte in to Ebron, to make Dauid kyng onupon IS. al Israel; but also alle the residueremenaunt IS. of Israel weren of oon herte, that Dauid schulde be maad king onupon IS. al Israel. And thei weren ther at Dauid thre daies, and eten and drunken; for her britheren hadden maad redi to hem; but also thei that weren niȝ hem, til to Isacar and Zabulon and Neptalym, brouȝten looues on assis, and camelis, and mulis, and oxisoxen S., for to ete; mele, bundelis of pressid figis, driedand dried CK. grapis, wyn, oileand oile X., oxisoxen IS. and wetheres, to al plentee; forforsothe IS. ioy was in Israel.

 CAP. XIII.

ForsotheSothely IS. Dauid took counsel with tri|bunes, and centuriouns, and alle princes; and seidehe seide I. to alle the cumpeny of the sones of Israel, If it plesith ȝou, and if the word whichthat IS. Y speke goith out fro ourethe IS. ȝoure X. Lord Godoure God IS., sende we to `oure residuethe remenaunt of oure I. the remenaunt our S. bri|theren to alle the cuntrees of Israel, and to preestis and dekenesto dekenes plures. that dwellen in the subarbis of citees, that thei be gaderid to vs, andOm. S. that we brynge aȝen to vs the arke of oure God; forcertis IS. we souȝten not it in the daies of Saul. And al the multitude answeride, that it schulde be don so; for the word pleside al the puple. Therfor Dauid gaderide togidere al Israel, fro Sior of Egipt tiltil that IS. thou entre in to Emath, that he schulde brynge the arke of God fro Cariathiarim. And Dauid stiedestiede up IS., and alle the men of Israel, to the hil of Cariath|iarym, whichthat IS. is in Juda, that he schulde brynge fro thennus the arke of the Lord God sittynge on cherubyn, where his name was clepidynwardly clepid IS.. And thei puttiden the arke of the Lord Godupon IS. on a newe wayn fro the hous of Amynadab; forsotheand I. Om. S. Oza and hise britheren driuedendreuen EI. dreuyn LP. the wayn. For|sotheAnd IS. Sotheli KMXb. Dauid and al Israel pleiedenpleiden or gladedin S. bifor the Lord, with al miȝt, in songis, and in harpis, and sautries, and tympansin tympans S., and cymbalisin cymbalis S., and trumpis. ForsotheAnd IS. whanne thei hadden come to the cornfloor of Chi|don, Oza strechide forth his hond to sus|teynesus|teyne or stable S. the arke; forcertis IS. the oxeoxen IS. wexynge wieldewilide either pleying for nelinesse S. hadde bowidbowid asijde IS. itthe arke IS. a litil. Therfor the Lord was wrooth aȝens Oza, and smoot hym, for he haddeOm. IS. touchide the ark; and he was deed there bifor the Lord. And Dauid was sori, for the Lord hadde departiddepartid or sleyne S. Oza; and heDauith S. clepide that place The Departyng of Oza `til in tovnto I. into X. presentthis present IKS pr. m. dai. And Dauid dredde the Lord in that tyme, and seide, How may Y brynge in to me the arke of the Lord? And for this cause he brouȝte not it tointo IS. hym, that is, in to the citee of Dauid, but he turn|ede it in to the hows of Obededom of Geth. Therfor the arke of God dwellide in the hous of Obededom of Geth thre monethis; and the Lord blessid his hows, and `alle thingisal thing S. that he hadde.

 CAP. XIV.

And Iram, the kyng of Tyre, sente mes|sageris to Dauid, and `he senteOm. I. he sent to him S. trees of cedre, and werk men of wallis and of trees, that thei schulden bilde to hym an hows. And Dauid knewe that the Lord hadde confermyd hym in to kyng onupon IS. Israel; and that his rewme was reisid onupon IS. his puple Israel. And Dauid took othere wyues in Jerusalem, and gendridehe gaat I. he gendride S. sones and douȝtris. And these ben the names of hem that weren borun to hym in Jeru|salem; Sammu, and Sobab, Nathan, and Salomon, Jeber, and Elisu, and Heli, and Eliphalech, and Noga, and Napheg, and Japhie, and Elisama, and Baliada, and Eliphelech. ForsotheAnd IS. the Filisteis herden that Dauid was anoyntidanoynd A. `in toOm. G. kyng onupon IS. al Israel, and allealle thei IS. stiedenȝeden up I. stieden vp S. to seke DauidDauith to fiȝt with him. S.. And whanne Dauid hadde herd this thing, he ȝede out aȝens hem. ForsotheAnd IS. Filisteis camen, and weren spred abrood in the valey of Raphaym; and Dauid counselide the LordLord, that is, he took counsel of the Lord S., and seide, Whether Y schal stiestie up IS. to Filisteisthe Filisteis I.? and whether thou schalt bitake hem in to myn hondis? And the Lord seide to hymDauid IS., Stie thouthou up IS., and Y schal bitake hem ininto FKLXb. thin hond. And whanne theithe Philistees I. Filisteis S. hadden styedstyed up IS. in to Baal Pharasym, Dauid smoot hem there, and seide, God hath departid myn enemyes bi myn hond, as watris ben departid. And therfor the name of that place was clepid Baal Pharasym; and thei leften there her goddis, whichthe which I. Dauid comaundide to be brent. ForsotheAnd IS. another tyme Filisteisthe Filisteis IS. felden in, and weren spred abrood in the valei; and eft Dauid counseilidewas counselid be S. the Lord, and the Lord seide to hym, Thou schalt not stiestie up IS. aftir hem; go awei fro hem, and thou schalt come aȝens hem euen aȝens the pere trees. And whanne thou schalt here the sowun of a goere in the copcop or heiȝt S. of the pere trees, thanne thou schalt go out to batel; for the Lord is go out byforto fore S. thee, to smyte the castelspowers IS. of Filisteis. Therfor Dauid dide as God comaundide to hym, and he smoot the castelspowers IS. of Filisteis fro Gabaon `til toto X. Gazara. And the name of Dauid was puplischid inin to IS. alle cuntreis, and the Lord ȝaf his dredethe drede of Dauid IS. onupon I. alle folkis.

 CAP. XV.

And heDauid IS. made to hym housis in the citee of Dauid, and he bildide `a placean hous IS. to the arke of the Lord, and araiede a taber|nacle to it. Thanne Dauid seide, It is vnleueful, that the arke of God be borunborun aboute IS. of `ony thing nooother I. eny othere no S. but of the dekenes, whiche the Lord chees to bere it, and `for to mynystrefor the mynisterie K. forte ministre L. to hym `til in totil to IK pr. m. in to X. with outen ende. And heDauid IS. gaderide togidere al Israel in to Jerusalem, that the arke of God schulde be brouȝt in to `his placethe place of itIS, whichthe which I. he hadde maad redy to it; also and he gaderide togidere the sones of Aaron, and the dekenes; of the sones of Caath Vriel was prince, and hise britheren two hundrid and twentitwenti men S.; of the sones of Me|rari Asaya was prince, and hise britheren two hundrid and thritti; of the sones of Gerson the prince was Johel, and hise britheren an hundrid and thretti; of the sones of Elisaphan Semei was prynce, and hise britheren two hundrid; of the sones of Ebroun Heliel was prince, and hise britheren foure score; of the sones of Oziel Amynadab was prince, and hise britheren an hundrid and twelue. And Dauid clepide Sadoch and Abiathar preestis, and theOm. S. dekenes Vriel, Asaieand Asaie IS., Joheland Johel X., Semeieand Semeie S., Eliel, and Amynadab; and seidehe seide IS. to hem, Ȝe that ben princes of the meynees of Leuy, bebe ȝe IS. halewid with ȝoure britheren, and brynge ȝe the arke of the Lord God of Israel to the place, whichthat IS. is maad redi to it; lest, asOm. CDEFIKLMPQRSUWXb. at the bigyn|nyng, for ȝe weren not present, the Lord smoot vs, andso and IS. now it be don, if we don ony vnleueful thingGlose. It was a custum in Israel, whan eny greet thing shuld be do, that thei shul|den absteyne hem bifore that tyme fro al vnleful thing and lustis, and specialli fro lecherie. s. Therfor the preestis and dekenes weren halewid, that thei schulden bere the arke of the Lord God of Israel. And the sones of Leuy token the arke of God with barris onupon IS. her schuldris, as Moises comaundide bi theOm. I. word of the Lord. And Dauid seide to the princesprince S. of dekenes, that thei schulden ordeyne of her britheren syngeris in or|guns of musikis, that is, in giternes, and harpis, and symbalis; that the sown of gladnesse schulde sowne an hiȝ. And thei ordeyneden dekenes, Heman, the sone of Johel, and of hise britheren, Asaph, the sone of Barachie; sotheli of the sones of Merary, britheren of hem, thei ordeyneden Ethan, the sone of Casaye, and the bri|theren of hem with hem; in the secunde ordre `thei ordeynedenOm. I. Zacarie, and Ben, and Jazihel, and Semyramoth, and Jahiel, `and Am, Heliaband Am, and Heliab EFLMSXb. and Aheliab K sec. m., and Benaye, and Maa|sie, and Mathathie, and Eliphalu, and Mathenye, and Obededon, and Jehiel, por|teris; forsotheand IS. `thei ordeynedenOm. I. the syngeris Eman, Asaph, and Ethan, sown|ynge in brasun cymbalis; sotheliand IS. Zaca|rie, and Oziel, and Semyramoth, and Ja|hihel, and Ham, and Eliab, and Maasie, and Banaie, sungunthese sungun S. pryueteespryuyli D. in gi|ternes; forsotheand IS. Mathathie, and Eliphalu, and Mathenye, and Obededom, and Je|hiel, and Ozazym, sungen in harpis for the eiȝtithethat is, for Cristis risynge aȝen in the eiȝthe dai, that was figurid bi that song. Lire here. Plures., and epynychion, `that is, victorie `be toto be EFKLMNOXb. `u that is, thankingis that owen to be do to God, ouercomere and victour IS. God ouercomereouer mere AF MNO. euer more DGQb. ouer come L.; forsotheand IS. Chinonye, the prince of dekenes, and of profecie, was souereyn to biforsynge me|lodie, for he was ful wijs; and Barachie, and Elchana, weren porters of the arke; forsotheand I. Sebenye, and Josaphath, and Mathanael, and Amasaye, and Zacarie, and Banaye, and Eliezer, preestis, sown|eden with trumpis bifor the arke of the Lord; and Obededom, and Achymaas, werenweren also S. porteris of the arke. Therfor Dauid, andand alle BCW. theOm ELX. grettere men in birthe of Israel, and the tribunes, ȝeden to brynge the arke of boond of pees of the Lord fro the hows of Obededom with gladnesse. And whanne God hadde helpid the de|kenes that baren the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, seuene bolis and seuene rammes weren offrid. ForsotheAnd IS. Dauid was clothid with a white stoleA stole is an honest gar|ment. S., and alle the dekenes that baren the arke, and the syngeris, and Chononye, theOm. IS. prince of profeciethe profecie IS. among syngeris, weren clothid in white stolis; forsotheand I. Om. S. for X. also Dauid was clothid with a lynun surplijs. And al Israel ledden forth the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, and sownedenthei sowneden IS. in ioiful song, and in sown of clariouns, and in trumpis, and cymbalisin cym|balis IS., and giternisin giternis I., and harpis. And whanne the arke of boond of pees of the Lord hadde come toin to IS. the citee of Dauid, Mychol, the douȝtir of Saul, bihelde forth bi a wyndowe, and scheOm. A. siȝ king Dauyd daunsynge and plei|ynge; and sche dispiside hym in hir herte.

 CAP. XVI.

Therfor thei brouȝten the arke of God, and settiden it in theOm. I. myddis of the taber|nacle, that Dauid hadde araiedmaad IS. therto; and thei offriden brent sacrifices and pe|sible sacrifices bifor the Lord. And whanne Dauid offrynge brent sacrifices and pesible sacrifices hadde fillidfulfillid IS., he blesside the pu|ple in theOm. I. name of the Lord; and de|partidehe departide IS. to allealle men S. to echech man S. bi hym silf fro aOm. IS. man tilOm. ISX. to aOm. IS. womman oa IS. cake of breed, and a part of rostid fleisch of a bugle, and flour fried in oile. And he ordeynede bi|for the arke of the Lord, of the Leuytisdekenes IS.Leuytis; that is, de|kenes. C., that schulden mynystrethat is, serue K marg., and haue mynde of the werkis of the Lord, and glorifie and preyse the Lord God of Israel; `he or|deynedeOm. I. of these he ordeyned S. Asaph thehe ordeynede to be the I. to be S. prince, and Zacharie his secounde; forsothe `he ordeynedeOm. plures. Ja|hiel, and Semiramoth, and Jahel, and Ma|thathie, and Eliab, and Banaye, and Obed|edom, and Jehiel, on the orguns, onof BCW. the sautrie, and on the harpis; but he ordeyn|ede Asaph to sowne with cymbalis; so|theliand IS. he ordeynede Banaye and Aziel, preestis, bifor the arke of theOm. IS. boond of pees of the Lord, for to trumpe contynuelicontynuely; that is, whanne the contynuel sacrifice was offrid, in the morewtid and euentid. Lire here. C.. In that dai Dauid made Asaph prince, andof C. hise britheren, for to knowleche `to the Lordto the Lord, seiyinge I. preisyng to the Lord, and seying S.. Knowleche ȝe to the Lord, and inwardli clepe ȝe his name; make ȝe hise fyndyngisfyndingis; that is, hou by a wondirful maner and vnherd, he sauede the pe|ple of Israel fro Egipt. Lire here. C. knowun among puplis. Synge ȝe to hym, and seie ȝe salm to hym, and telle ȝe alle his merueylis. Preise ȝe his hooli name; the herte of men sekynge the Lord be gladit glad IS.. Seke ȝe the Lord andin A. his vertu; seke ȝe euere his face. Haue ȝe mynde of hise merueilis whichethat IS. he didehath do IS.; of his signes, and of the domes of his mouth. The seed of Israel, his seruaunt, preise thou God; the sones of Jacob, his chosun, preise ȝe God. He is `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS.; hise domes ben in ech lond. Haue ȝe mynde with outen ende of his coue|naunt; of the word whichethat IS. he coue|nauntide `in toOm. S. a thousynde generaciouns. WhichThe which I. word he couenauntide with Abra|ham; and of his ooth to Ysaac. And he ordeynede thatthat word IS. to Jacob in to aOm. CDELNPS. co|maundement; and to Israel in to euer|lastynge couenaunt. And seidehe seide IS., To thee Y schal ȝyue the lond of Canaan; the part of ȝoure erytage. Whanne thei weren fewe in noumbre; litle, and pilgrims ther|oftherof, he behiȝte hem this lond S.. And thei passiden fro folk in to theOm. BCEIKLPS. folk; and fro a rewme toin to X. another puple. HeGod IS. suffride not ony man falseliwrongfully IS. chalenge hem; but he blamyde kyngis for hemhem, and seide IS.. Nyle ȝe touche my cristiscristis; that is, patriarkis anoyntid with the anoynting of grace. Lire here. C.; and nyle ȝe do wickidli aȝens my prophetis. Al ertheal erthe; that is, alle men dwellinge in erthe. Lire here. C., singe ȝe to the Lord; telle ȝe fro dai into dai his helthehelthe ȝeue I. helthe ȝeuer S.. Telle ȝe among hethen men his glorie; hiseand his S. merueylis among alle puplis. For the Lord is greet, and worthi to be preisid ful myche; and he is orible, `ethir grisefulthat is, ferful IS., ouer alle goddis. For alle the goddis of puplis ben idols; but the Lord madehe made I. heuenes. Knoulech|yng and greet doyng ben bifor hym; strengthe and ioy ben in the place of hym. Ȝe meynees of puplis, `bringe ȝebringe plures. bringeth EP. to the Lord; brynge ȝe to the Lord glorie and empire. Ȝyue ȝe gloriethe glorie S. to his name, reise ȝeȝe up IS. sacrifice, and come ȝe in his siȝt; and worschipe ȝe the Lord in hooli fair|nesse. Al erthe be mouyd fro his face; for he foundidehath foundid IS. the world vnmouable. Heuenes bebe ȝe IS. glad, and the erthe `ioy fulliioy it fulli A sec. m. S. gladful EL. make ful out ioie K sec. m. ioyeful NP.; and seie thei among naciouns, The Lord schalOm. EL. regne. The see thundre, and his fulnesse; the feeldis fulli ioyeioye they IS., and alle thingis that ben in tho. Thanne the trees of the forest schulen preyse bifor the Lord; for he cometh to deme the erthe. Knouleche ȝeOm. IS. to the Lord, for he is good; for his mersi is withouten ende. And seie ȝe, Thou God oureof oure IS. sauyour, saue vs, and gadere vsvs togidere IS., and delyueredelyuere thou IS. vsOm. plures. fro hethen men; that we knowleche to thin hooli name, and be fulli glade in thi songis. Blessid be the Lord God of Israel fro with oute bigynnyng and tilOm. X. `in tovnto I. vnto into S. with outen ende; and al theOm. IS. puple seieschal seie X., Amen, and seie heriyng to God. Therfor Dauid lefte there, bifor the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, Asaph and hise britheren, for to mynystre in the siȝt of the arkearke, or bifore the arke IS. con|tynueli bi alle daies andand bi IS. her whiliswhilis, that is, now oon and eft anoother I. whilis, that is, oon of hem o nhile or sesun, and another another while or sesun S.. ForsotheAnd I. heDauid I. ordeynede porteris, Obed|edom and hise britheren, eiȝte and sixti, and Obededom, the sone of Idithum, and Oza. SotheliAnd IS. `he ordeynedeOm. I. Sadoch preest, and hise britheren, preestis bifor the tabernacle of the Lord, in the hiȝ place that was in Gabaon, for to offre brent sacrifices to the Lord onin IS. the auter of brent sacrifice contynueli, in the morwe|tid and euentid, bi alle thingis that ben writun in the lawe of the Lord, which he comaundide to Israel. And aftir hymSadoch IS. Dauyd ordeynede Eman, and Idithum, and other chosenechosene men IS., ech man bi his name, for to knowleche to the Lord; for his mercy is withouten ende. AlsoAnd X. he or|deynede Eman, and Idithum, trumpynge, and schakynge cymbalis, and alle orguns of musikis, for to synge to God; forsotheand IS. he made the sones of Idithum to be por|toursportours of thingis perteynynge to the tabernacle I. porters or berers of necessari thingis perteynyng to the tabernacle S., `ether bererisOm. DIS.. And al the puple turnede aȝen in to her hows, and Dauid turnede aȝen, to blesseblesse; that is, to do good to his meynee. Lire here. CGQ. also his hows.

 CAP. XVII.

Forsothe whanne Dauid dwellide in his hows, he seide to Nathan, the prophete, Lo! Y dwelle in an hows of cedriscedris, that is, ful perdurable S.; so|theliand IS. the arke of boond of pees of the Lord isis hilid IS. vndur skynnys. And Nathan seide to Dauid, Do thou alle thingis that ben in thin herte, for God is with thee. Therfor in that nyȝt the word of the Lord was maad to Nathan, and seide, Go thou, and speke to Dauid, my seruaunt, The Lord seith these thingis, Thou schalt not bilde to me an hows to dwelle inOm. plures.; forcertis IS. Y `dwellide nothaue not dwellid I. in an hows, fro that tyme in which Y ledde Israel out of the lond of Egipt tilOm. X. to this dai, but euere Y chaungidehaue chaungid IS. placesplace X. of tabernaclethe tabernacle IS., and dwellidehaue dwellid IS. in a tente with al Israel. Where I spakhaue spoke I. haue not spoke S. spac not X. nameli to oon of the iugis of Is|rael, to which I comaundidecomaunde A. that thei schulde fede my puple, and seide, Whi `bildidist thou nothast thou not bildid IS. to me an hous of cedre? Now therfor thou schalt speke thus to my seruaunt Dauid, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Y took thee, whanne thou suedist thea IS. floc in the le|sewis, that thou schuldist be duyk onupon I. my puple Israel; and Y was with thee whidur euere thou ȝedist, and Y killide alle thin enemyes bifor thee, and Y made to thee an name as of oon of the grete men that ben maad worschipful, etherand D. Om. CI. `famouse, in ertheOm. CI.. And Y ȝaf a place to my puple Is|rael; it schal be plauntid, and schalit schal I. Israel shal S. Y schal W. dwelle there ynne, and it schal no more be moued, and the sones of wickydnesse schulen not defoule hem, as fro the bigynnyng, fro the daies in whiche Y ȝaf iugis to my puple Israel; and Y made lowe alle thin ene|myes. Therfor Y telle to theethee, Dauith S., that the Lord schal bilde an hows to thee. And whanne thou hast fillidfulfillid IS. thi daies, that thou go to thi fadris, Y schal reisereise up IS. thi seed after thee, that schal be of thi sones, and Y schal stablische his rewme; he schal bilde to me an hows, and Y schal make stidefast his seete tilOm. X. in to with outen ende. YAnd I S. schal be to hym in to a fadir, and he schal be to me in to a sone; and Y schal not dodo awey BCW. myOm. N. mersi fro hym, as Y tooktook it IS. awei fro hymSaul IS. that was bifore thee; and Y schal ordeyne hymhim, that is, thi sone S. in myn hows and in my rewme tilOm. X. in to with outen ende; and his trone schal be moost stidefast with outen ende. Bi alle these wordis, and bi al this reuelacioun, so Na|than spak to Dauid. And whanne kyng Dauid hadde come, and hadde sete bifore the Lord, he seide, Lord God, who am Y, and what is myn hows, that thou schuldist ȝyue siche thingis to me? But also this is seyn litil in thi siȝt, and therfor thou spakesthast spoke IS. onof IS. the hows of thi seruaunt, ȝhe, in to tyme to comynge; and hastthou hast IS. maad me worthi to be biholdunholden S. ouer alle men. My Lord God, whatwhat thing IS. may Dauid addeadde to IS. more, sithen thou hast so glorified thi ser|uaunt, and hast knowe hym? Lord, for thi seruaunt thou hast do bi thin herte al this grete doyng, and woldistthou woldist IS. that alle grete thingis be knowun. Lord, noon is lijk thee, and noon other God is with oute thee, of alle whiche we herdenhan herd IS. with oure eeris. For who is anothirsich anothir I. another soche peple S. asas is IS. thithe S. puple Israel, o folc in erthe, to whom God ȝede, to delyuere and maketo make IS. a puple to hym silf, and to caste out bi his greetnesse and dredis naciouns fro the face therof, whichthe which puple I. which puple S. he delyuerede fro Egipt? And thouthou, Lord IS. hast set thi puple Israel in to a puple to thee tilOm. X. in to with outen ende, and thou, Lord, art maad the God therof. Now therfor, Lord, the word which thou hast spoke to thi seruaunt, and on his hows, bebe it IS. con|fermed with outen ende, and do, as thou spakehast spoke BCDFIKLMNOPQRSUWXb.; and thi name dwelledwelle worshepful S., and be magnefiedit maad greet IS. `with outenanentis thi seruaunt with|outen S. ende; and be it seid, The Lord of oostis is God of Israel, and the hous of Dauid, his seruaunt, dwell|ynge bifor hym. For thou, my Lord God, hast maad reuelacioun tointo I. in S. the eere of thi seruaunt, that thou woldist bilde to hym an hous; and therfortherfor, Lord I. herfor KMXb. herfor, Lord S. thi seruaunt foondhath founde IS. trist, that he preie bifor thee. Now ther|for, Lord, thou art God, and hast spoke to thi seruaunt so grete benefices; and thou hast bigunne to blesse the hous of thi seruaunt, that it be euer bifore thee; forcertis IS., Lord, for thou blessist, it schal be blessid with outen ende.

 CAP. XVIII.

ForsotheSothely IS. it was doon aftir these thingis, that Dauid smoot Filisteisthe Philistees IS., and made hem lowe, and tookhe took IS. awey Geth and vilagisthe vilagis IS. therof fro the hond of Filisteis; and thatOm. IS. he smoot Moab; and Moabitis weren maad seruauntisthe seruauntis IS. of Dauid, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten IS. ȝiftis to hym. In that tyme Dauid smoot also Adadezer, kyng of Soba, of the cuntrey of Emath, whanne he ȝede forOm. S. to alarge his empire til to the flood Eufrates. Ther|for Dauid took a thousynde foureof foure IS. horsid cartis of his, and seuene thousynde of horsmen, and twenti thousynde of foot men; and he hoxideoxide, that is, he kitte asonder the houȝ senues of S. alle the horsis of charisthe charis IS., outakun an hundrid foure horsid cartis, whichethe whiche I. he kepte to hym silf. For|sotheAnd IS. also Sirus ofprince of IS. Damask cam aboue, to ȝyue help to Adadezer, kyng of Soba, but Dauid smoot also of hiseSyrus IS. two and twenti thousynde of men; and heDauid IS. set|tidesette IS. kniȝtis in Damask, that Sirie also schulde serue hym, and bryngebryng to him S. ȝiftis. And the Lord helpide hymDauid IS. in alle thingis to whiche he ȝede. And Dauid took goldun arowe caasis, whiche the seruauntis of Adadezer hadden, and he brouȝtebrouȝt in S. tho in to Jerusalem; also andOm. S. of Thebath and of Chum, the citees of Adadezer, he took ful myche of bras, wherof Salomon made the brasun see, `that is, waischynge ves|selOm. I. that is, wasshing vesselis for use of the tabernacle S., and pileris, andand othere diuers S. brasun vessels. And whanne Thou, kyng of Emath, hadde herd this thing, `that isOm. S., that Dauid hadde smyte al the oost of Adadezer, kyng of Soba, he sente Aduram, his sone, to Dauid the kyng, for to axe of hym pees, and for to thanke hym, for he hadde ouercome and haddeOm. IS. smyte Adadezer; for whi king Adadezer was aduersarie of Thou. But also kyng Dauid halewide to the Lord alle the vessels of gold, and of siluer, and of bras; and the siluer, and the gold, which the kyng hadde take of alle folkis, as wel of Idumee and Moabof Moab C., and of thealle the IS. sones of Amon, as of Filisteis and Amalechof Amalech C.. ForsotheAnd IS. Abisai, the sone of Saruye, smoot Edom in the valei of salt pittis, `ten and eiȝteeiȝtene IX. thousynde. And heAbisay S. settidesette IS. strong hold in Edom, that Ydumei schulde serue Dauid. And the Lord sauide Dauid in alle thingis, to whiche he ȝede. Therfor Dauid regnede onupon IS. al Israel, and didehe dide S. doom andin D. riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse plures. to al his puple. ForsotheAnd S. Joab, the sone of Saruye, waswas duke S. `on thevpon Dauith S. oost; and Josaphat, the sone of Ayluth, was chauncelerDauith chaunseler S.; forsotheand S. Sa|doch, the sone of Achitob, and Achyma|lech, the sone of Abyathar, weren preestis; and Susa was scribe; and Banaye, the sone of Joiada, was onsouereyne vpon S. the legiouns Cerethi and PhelethiGlose. Cere|thie and Phele|thie weren moost tauȝt fiȝters, and thei werin kepers of Da|uith heed.; sotheli the sones of Dauid weren the firste at theOm. S. hond of the kyng.

 CAP. XIX.

Forsothe it bifelde, that Naas, kyng of the sones of Amon, diede, and his sone regnyde for him. And Dauid seide, Y schal do mercy with Anoon, the sone of Naas; for his fadir ȝaf merci to me. And Dauid sente messageris, to coumforte hym on the deeth of his fadir. And whanne thei weren comen inOm. IS. to the lond of the sones of Amon, for to coumforte Anon, the princes of the sones of Amon seiden to Anon, In hap thou gessist, that Dauid for cause of onour in to thi fadir sente men, that schulden coumforte thee; and thou perseyuest not, that hise seruauntis ben comen to thee to aspie, and enquere, and secheto seche IS. thi lond. Therfor Anoon made ballid and schauyde the children of Dauid, and kittidethei kittiden IS. the cootis of hem fro the but|tokis of hem til to the feet; and lefteso thei leften IS. hem. And whanne thei hadden gogo forth IS., and hadden sent thisand shewed this S. to Dauid, heDauid IS. sente in to the meting of hem; for thei hadden suffrid greet dispit; and he comaundide, that thei schulden dwelle in Gerico, til her berde wexide, and thanne thei schulden turne aȝen. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Amon sien, that thei hadden do wrong to Dauid, bothe Anoon and the totheroother IS. puple, and thei senten a thousynde talentis of siluer, for to hire to hem charis and horsmen of Mesopotanye and Sirieof Sirie IS., ofand of S. Maacha and ofOm. CN. Soba; and thei hiriden to hem two and thretti thousynde of charisof charis; that is, xxxii. thousind of men fiȝtinge in charis, and of footmen; in the secunde book of Kingis, x. co. Lire here. CK LPQb., and the kyng of Maacha with his puple. And whanne thei weren comen, thei settidensetten S. tentisher tentis IS. euene aȝens Medaba; and the sones of Amon weren gaderidgaderid togidere IS. fro her citees, and camen to batel. And whanne Dauid `hadde herdherde I. this, he sentesente forth IS. Joab, and al the oost of stronge men. And the sones of Amon ȝeden out, and dressidenthei dressiden I. schel|trunher scheltrun IS. bisidis the ȝate of the citee; but the kyngis, that weren comen to helpehelpe him I. helpe Anon S., stoden asidis half in the feeld. Therfor Joab vn|durstood, that batel was maad aȝens hym `euene aȝensOm. C. euene aȝens him S. and bihynde thehis IS. bak, and he cheeschese oute S. the strongeste men of al Israel, and ȝedehe ȝede S. aȝens Sirus; sotheliand IS. he ȝaf the residueremenaunt IS. part of the puple vnder the hond of Abisai, his brother; and thei ȝedenwenten forth I. ȝeden forth S. aȝens the sones of Amon. And Joab seideseide to Abisay IS., If Sirus schal ouercome me, thou schalt helpe me; sotheliand IS. if the sones of Amon schulen ouercome thee, Y schal helpe thee; be thou coumfortid, and do we manli for oure puple, and for the citeescitee S. of oure God; forsotheand IS. the Lord dodo hem I. do he S. that, that is good in his siȝt. Therfor Joab ȝedeȝede forth IS., and the puple that was with hym, aȝens Sirus to batel, and heJoab IS. droof hem awei. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Amon sien, that Sirus hadde fled, and thei fledden fro Abisay, his bro|ther, and entridenthei entriden IS. in toOm. S. theher S. citee; and Joab turnede aȝen in to Jerusalem. For|sotheAnd IS. Sirus siȝ, that he feldehad falle IS. doun bi|for Israel, and he sente messageris, and brouȝtebrouȝten to him IS. Sirus, that was biȝende the flood; sotheliand IS. Sophath, the prynce of chyualrie of Adadezer, was the duyk of hem. And whanne this was teld to Dauid, he gader|idegaderide togidere IS. al Israel, and passidehe passide IS. Jordan; and he felde in onupon IS. hem, and dressidehe dresside IS. scheltrun euene aȝens hem, fiȝtynge aȝenward. `For|sotheAnd IS. Sirus fledde fro Israel, and Dauid killide of menthe men S. of Sirie seuene thousynde of charisof charis; that is, vii. thousind men fiȝtinge in charis, for they weren vii. hun|drid of charis, in the secunde book of Kingis X. Co., and in ech chare weren X. men, and these maken vii. thousynd men fiȝtinge in charis. Lire here. CKLOb., and fourti thousynde of foot men, andalso S. Sophath, theOm. IS. prince of the oost. Sotheliand IS. the seruauntis of Adadezer siȝen, that thei weren ouercomun of Israel, and thei fledden ouer to Dauid, and seruidenstrengthed S. hym; and Sirie wolde no more ȝyue helpe to the sones of Amon.

 CAP. XX.

ForsotheSothely I. it was doon after the ende of aoo IS. ȝeer, in that tyme wherinne kyngis ben wont to go forth to batels, Joab gederidegederide togidere IS. the oost, and the strengthe of chyualrie, and he wastide the lond of the sones of Amon, and ȝedehe ȝede forth IS., and bisegide Rabath; forsotheand IS. Dauid dwellide in Jerusalem, whanne Joab smoot Rabath, and distriede it. ForsotheAnd IS. Dauid took the coroun of MelchonMelchon, and distriede it S. fro his heed, and foondhe foond IS. ther|ynne the weiȝt of gold a talent, and moost precious iemmes, and he made therof a diademe to hym silf; also he took ful many spuylis of the citee. SotheliAnd I. Om. S sec. m. he ledde out the puple that was therynne, and madehe made there IS. breris, `ethir instrumentis bi whiche cornes ben brokunthat ben instrumentis with whiche cornes ben broke and destried IS., and sleddishe made sleddus S., and irone charis, to passe onvpon IS. hemhem for to waaste I. hem for to waste hem S., so that alle men weren kitkit doun IS. in to dyuerse partis, and weren al to-brokun; Dauidand Dauid C. dide thus to alle the `cytees of theOm. A. sones of Amon, and turnedehe turnede IS. aȝen with al his puple in to Jerusalem. Aftir these thingis a batel was maad in Gazer aȝens Filisteis, wherynne Sobochai Vsachites slow Saphai of the kyn of RaphymRaphaym; that is, of the kynde of giauntis. Lire here. CNOSb., and mekidehe mekide IS. hem. Also another batel was don aȝens Filisteisthe Filisteis S., in which a man ȝouun of God, theOm. IS. sone of forestthe forest IS., a man of Bethleem, killide Go|liath of Geth, the brother of giauntis, of whos schaftshafte or spere S. the tre was as the beem of webbis. But also another batel bifelde in Geth, in which a ful long man wasthat was IS., hau|ynge sixe fyngris, that is, togidereal togidere IS. foure and twenti, and he was gendridgoten I. of the generacioun of Raphaym; heand he CELP. blasfemyde Israel, and Jonathan, the sone of Samaa, brother of Dauid, killide hym. These ben the sones of Raphaym in Geth, that felden doun in the hond of Dauid and of hise seruauntis.

 CAP. XXI.

Sotheli Sathan roos aȝens Israel, and stiride Dauid for to noumbre Israel. And Dauid seide to Joab, and to the princes of the puple, Go ȝe, and noumbre Israelal Israel A. fro Bersabe til to Dan, and brynge ȝe the noumbre to me, that Y witewite what it is I.. And Joab answeride, The Lord encresse his puple an hundrid fold more than thei ben; my lord theOm. S. kyng, whether alle ben not thi seruauntis? Whi sekith my lord this thing, thatwhiche IS. schal be arettid in to synne to Israel? But the word of the kyng hadde more the maistrie; and Joab ȝede outforth IS., and cum|passide al Israel, and turnedehe turnede IS. aȝen in to Jerusalem. And he ȝaf to Dauid the noumbre of hem, which he hadde cum|passid; and al the noumbre of Israel was foundun a thousynde thousande, and an hundrid thousynde of men, drawynge out swerd; forsothe of JudaJuda linage S. weren thre hun|drid thousynde, and seuenti thousynde ofOm. X. werriouris. Forbut IS. Joab noumbride not Leuy and Beniamyn, for aȝens his wille he dide the comaundement of the kyng. Forsothe thatthat thing IS. that was comaundid displeside the Lord, andtherfor S. he smoot Israel. And Dauid seide to God, Y synnedehaue synned IS. greetli that Y wolde do thisthis thing IS.; Y bisechebiseche the, Lord S., do thou awey the wickidnesse of thi seruaunt, for Y dide folili. And the Lord spak to Gad, the profete of Dauid, and seide, Go thou, and speke to Dauid, and seie to him, The Lord seith these thingis, Y ȝeue to thee theOm. IS. chesyng of thre thingis; chese thou oon which thou wolt, that Y do to thee. And whanne Gad was comen to Dauid, he seide to Dauid, The Lord seith these thingis, Chese thou that that thou woltwolt of these IS., ether pestilence thre ȝeerȝeer to be in thi rewme S., ether that thre monethis thou fle thin enemyes and mow not ascape her swerd, ether that the swerd of the Lord and deeth regne thre daies in the lond, and that the aungel of the Lord sleesle the peple S. in alle the coostis of Israel. Now therfor se thou, what Y schal answere to hym that sente meme to thee S.. And Dauid seide to Gad, Angwischis oppresse me on ech part, but it is betere to me, that Y falle in to the hondis of the Lord, for his merciful doynges ben manye, than in to the hondis of men. Therfor the Lord sente pestilence in to Israel, and seuenti thousynde of men felden doun of Israel. Also hethe Lord S. sente an aungel in to Jerusalem, that he schulde smyte it; and whanne it was smytun, the Lord siȝ, and hadde merci onupon IS. the greet|nesse of yuel; and comaundidehe comaundide IS. to the aungel that smootsmoot, seiynge I. smote and seide S., It suffisith, now thin hond ceesse. ForsotheAnd IS. the aungel of the Lord stood bisidis the cornfloor of Ornam Jebusey. And Dauid reisidereiside up IS. hise iȝen, and siȝhe siȝ IS. the aungel of the Lord stondynge bitwixe heuene and erthe, and aOm. S. drawun swerd in his hond, andOm. I. turnedehe was turned S. aȝens Jerusalem. And bothe hethe king I. king S. and the grettere men in birthe weren clothid with heiris, and feldenthei fellen IS. doun loweOm. IS. onupon IS. the erthe. And Dauid seide to the Lord, Whether Y am notnot he IS. that comaundide that the puple schulde be noumbrid? Y it am that synnede, Y it am that dide yuel; whatwhat of yuel S. disseruid this flochath this floc deserued I. hath this folk dis|seruid S.? My Lord God, Y bisechebiseche thee S., thin hond bebe it S. turned `in toaȝens IS. me, and `in toaȝens IS. the hows of my fadir; but thi puple bebe it S. not smytun. ForsotheAnd IS. anthe S. aungel of the Lord comaundidecomaundide to C. Gad, that he schulde seie to Dauid, `that he schuldeOm. S. stiestie up IS., andOm. S. bilde an auter to the Lord God in the cornfloor of Ornam Jebusei. Therfor Da|uid stiedewente up I. stiede vp S. bi the word of Gad, whichthe which IS. he spak to hym bi the word of the Lord. ForsotheAnd IS. whanne Ornam hadde `biholde, andOm. S. haddeOm. IS. seyn the aungel, and hiseOm. I. when Ornam S. foure sones `with hymOm. S. `hadde seynOm. I. had seien the aungel S., thei hid|den hem, for in that tyme heOrnam S. threischide whete in the cornfloor. Therfor whanne Dauid cam to Ornam, Ornam bihelde Da|uid, and ȝedehe ȝede IS. forth fro the cornfloor aȝens hym, and worschipide hym, lowli onupon IS. the ground. And Dauid seide to hym, Ȝyue the place ofOm. AELMb. thithe S. cornfloor to me, that Y bilde ther ynne an auter to the Lord; so that thou taketake therfore IS. as myche siluer as it is worth, and that the veniaunce ceesse fro the puple. ForsotheAnd IS. Ornam seide to Dauid, Take thouthou it IS., and my lord theOm. I. kyng dodo he IS. what euerOm. C. thing plesith hym; but also Y ȝyue oxisoxen IS. in to brent sacrifice, and instrumentis of tree, wherbi cornes ben throischun, inI ȝeue hem in S. to treesstikkis to be brent I. trees to be brent S., and wheete in to sacrificesacrifice to be maad S.; Y ȝyueȝyue gladly I. alle thingisthese thingis IS. wil|fullyOm. I.. And `Dauid the kyngkyng Dauid I. Dauith S. seide to hym, It schal not be don so, but Y schal ȝyueȝyue to thee IS. siluertherfor siluer S. as myche as it is worth; for Y owe not taketo take CEGILNQ. to take it S. awei fro thee, and offre so to the Lord brent sacrifices frelikyndely I. ȝouun. Therfor Dauid ȝaf to Ornam for thethat IS. place sixe hundrid siclis of gold of mostful I. iust weiȝte. And heDauid IS. bildide there anthe S. auter to the Lord, and heOm. I. offrideoffride theron I. offrid therupon S. brent sacri|ficesacrifices A sec. m. S. and pesible sacrifices, andand there S. he inwardli clepide God; and God herde hym in fier fro heuene onupon IS. the auter of brent sacrificesacrifices S.. And the Lord comaundide to the aungel, and he turnede his swerdswerd aȝen IS. in to the schethe. TherforThanne I. anoon Dauid siȝ, that the Lord hadde herd hym in the corn floor of Ornam Jebusey, and he offride there slayn sacrifices. ForsotheAnd IS. the taber|nacle of the Lord, that Moyses hadde maad in theOm. IS. deseert, and the auter of brent sacrifices, was in thatthe S. tempesttempest of veniaunce I. tempest of veniaunce takyng S. in the hiȝ place of Gabaon; and Dauid myȝte not go to the auter, to biseche God there, for he was aferd biwith IS. ful greet drede, seynge the swerd of the `aungel of the LordLordis aungel I..

 CAP. XXII.

And Dauid seide, This is the hows of God, and this auter is in to brent sacrificesacrifices A. of Israel. And heDauid IS. comaundide that alle conuersismen turned IS. fro hethenesse to the lawe of Israel `schulden beweren X. gaderidgaderid togidere ISX. `of the lond of IsraelOm. X.; and he ordeynede of hem ma|souns for to kyttekytte or hene IS. stoonys and forOm. I. to polischepolische hem IS., thatand that IS. the hows of the Lord schulde be bildid; also Dauid made redy ful myche yrun to theOm. IS. nailes of the ȝatis, and to the medlyngis andof S. ioyntouris, andand he made redy S. vnnoumbrable weiȝte of bras; also the trees of cedre myȝten not be gessid, whiche the men of Sidonye and the men of Tyre brouȝten to Dauid. And Dauid seide, Salomon, my sone, is a litil child and delicatGlos. Salo|mon is seide delicate for tendernesse of age, not hav|ing vse of ma|ners. S.; sotheliforsothe I. the hows, which Y wole be bildid to the Lord, owith to be sich, that it be named in alle cuntrees; therfor Y schal make redi necessaries to hym. And for this cause Dauid bifor his deeth made redi alle costisGlos. that is, sum of al coostis, for no doute Salemon addide to ouer danty purui|aunce many coostis. Lire. S.. And heDauid IS. cle|pide Salomon, his sone, and comaundidehe comaundide A pr. m. IS. to hym, that he schulde bilde an hows to the Lord God of Israel. And Dauid seide to Salomon, My sone, it was my wille to bilde an hows to the name of `my Lord Godthe Lord my God I.; but the word of the Lord was made to me, and seide, Thou hast sched out myche blood, and thou hast fouȝt ful many batels; thou mayst not bilde an hows to my name, for thou hast sched out so myche blood bifor me; the sone that schal be borun to thee, schal be a man most pesible, for Y schal make hym to haue reste of alle hise enemyes bi cumpas, and for this cause he schal be clepid pesible, and Y schal ȝyue pees and reste in Israel in alle hise daies. He schal bilde an hows to my name; he schal be to me in to a sone, and Y schal be to hym in to a fadir, and Y schal make stidefast the seete of his rewme onin S. Israel withouten ende. Now therfor, my sone, the Lord be with thee, and haue thou prosperite, and bilde thou an hows to `thi Lord Godthe Lord thi God I. thi Lord thi God S., as he spakhath spoke IS. ofto CDEFGKLMNoPQRSUXb. theeme N.. And the Lord ȝyue to thee prudence and wit, that thou mow gouerne Israel, and kepe the lawe of `thi Lord Godthe Lord thi God IS.. For thanne thou maist profite, if thou kepist the comaundementisheestis IS. and domes, whiche the Lord comaundide to Moises, that he schulde teche Israel; be thou coumfortid, and dodo thou S. manli, drede thou not `with outforthoutward I., nether drede thou `with ynnewith ynne forth IS.. Lo! in my pouert Y haue maad redi the costis of the hows of the Lord; an hundrid thousinde talentis of gold, and a thousynde thousynde talentisof talentis BCDF sec. m. MN pr. m. OUXb. of siluer; sotheliand IS. of bras and irun is no weiȝte, for the noumbre is ouercomunouer comun neiȝt IS. biwith L. greetnessegretenesse thereof S.; Y haue maad redi trees and stoonys toat I. alle costis. Also thou hast ful many crafti men, masouns, and leggeris of stonys, and crafti men of trees, and of alle craftis, most prudent to make werk, in gold, and siluer, and brasin brasse S., and in yrun, of which is no noumbre; therfor rise thouthou up IS., and makemake it I. make this houce S., and the Lord schal be with thee. Also Dauid comaundide to alle the princis of Israel, that thei schul|den helpe Salomon, his sone, and seidehe seide IS., Ȝe seen, that `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God S. is with ȝou, and hathhe hath IS. ȝoue to ȝou reste `by cumpasabowte I., and hathhe hath IS. bitake alle enemyes invndir X. ȝoure hoond, and the erthe is suget bifor the Lord, and bifor his puple. Therfor ȝyueȝyue ȝe IS. ȝoure hertis and ȝoure soulis, that ȝe seke `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God IS.; and rise ȝeȝe up IS. togidere, and bilde ȝe a seyntuarie to `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS., that the arke of boond of pees of the Lord be brouȝt inin theder S., and that vessels halewid to the Lord be brouȝt in toOm. S. the hows, whichthat IS. is bildid to the name of the Lord.

 CAP. XXIII.

TherforThanne I. Dauid was eld and ful of daies, and ordeynedehe ordeynede I. Salomon, his sone, kyng onupon IS. Israel. And heDauid IS. gaderide togidere alle theOm. S. princes of Israel, and theOm. IS. preestis, and dekenes; and the dekenes weren noum|brid fro twenti ȝeer andOm. S. aboue, and eiȝte and threttitwenti I pr. m. S. thousynde of men weren foundunfoundun of hem IS.. And foure and twenty thou|synde men weren chosun of hem, and werenthei weren IS. departid in to the seruyce of the hows of the Lord; sotheliand IS. of souereyns, and iugis, sixe thousyndethousynde neren ordeyned to be in the hous of the Lord IS.; forsotheand ther weren I. and S. foure thousynde `porteris werenporteris I. that weren porters of ȝatis and doris S., and so many syngeris, syngynge to the Lord in orguns, whichethat I. Dauid hadde maad for to syngesyng with S.. And Dauid departide hemthese syngers S. bi theOm. IS. whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and ofOm. S. Caath, and Merary. And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye. The sones of Leedan weren thre, the prince Jehiel, and Ethan, and Johel. The sones of Semei weren thre, Salamyth, and Oziel, and Aram; these weren theOm. S. princes of the meynees of Leedan. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Semeye weren Leeth, and Ziza, and Yaus, and Baria, these foure weren the sones of Semei. Sotheliand IS. Leeth was the formere, and Ziza the secounde; for|sotheand IS. Yaus and Baria hadden not ful many sones, and therfor thei weren rikenyd in o meynee and oonin o S. hows. The sones of Caath weren foure, Amram, and Ysaac, Ebron, and Oziel. The sones of Amram weren Aaron and Moyses; and Aaron was departiddepartid or ordeyned IS., that he schulde mynystre in the hooli thingOm. I. of hooli thingis, he and hise sones with outen ende, and to brenne encense to the Lord bi his custom, andOm. D. toOm. C. blesse his name with outen ende. Also the sones of Moyses, manthe man IS. of God, weren noumbrid in the lynage of Leuy. The sones of Moises weren Gerson and Eli|eser. The sones of Gerson; `Subuhel the firstethe firste was Subuhel IS.. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of Eliezer weren Roboya the firste, and othere sones weren not to Eliezer; forsotheand IS. the sones of Roboia weren multipliede ful miche. The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firstethe firste was Salumuth IS.. The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firstethe firste nas Jerian I. Jerian the first rerid S., Ama|rias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Je|thamaan the fourthe. The sones of Oziel; `Mycha the firstethe firste nas Mycha IS., Jesia the secounde. The sones of Merari weren Mooli and Musi. The sones of Mooli weren Eleazar, and Cys. SotheliAnd IS. Eleazar was deed, and haddehe hadde S. not sones, but douȝtris; and the sones of Cys, the britherenthat is, co|syns germayns. Lire. GKP. of hem, wed|diden hem. The sones of Musi weren thre, Mooli, and Heder, and Jerymuth. These weren the sones of Leuy in her kynredis and meynees, pryncesand thei neren prynces IS. bi whilis, and noumbrethe noumbre IS. of alle heedisthe heedis I., that diden the trauel of the seruyce of the hows of the Lord, fro twenti ȝeer andOm. S. aboue. For Dauid seide, The Lord God of Israel hath ȝoue reste to his puple, and a dwellyng in Jerusalem tilOm. X. in to with outen ende; and it schal not be the office of dekenes for to bere more the tabernacle, and alle vesselsthe vessels IS. therof for to mynystremynystre therynne IS.. Also bi the laste comaundementisheestis IS. of Dauid the noumbre of the sones of Leuy schulen be rikened fro twenti ȝeer and aboue; and thei schu|len be vndir the hond of the sones of Aaron in to theOm. S. worschipe of the hows of the Lord, in porchis, and in chaumbris, and in the place of clensyng, and in the seyntuarie, and in alle werkis of theOm. IS. ser|uyce of the temple of the Lord. ForsotheAnd IS. preestis schulen be ouer the looues of pro|posiciounproposicioun, that is, settynge forth KOQ. proposicioun, ether of settynge forth NS., and to the sacrifice of flour, and to theOm. FIKLMQSXb. pastis sodun in watir, and to theOm. FIKLMQSXb. therf looues, and friyngto the friyng IS. panne, and to hoot flour, and to seengeseynge S., and ouer al weiȝte and mesure. ForsotheAnd IS. the dekenes schulen be, that thei stonde eerli, for to knowleche and synge to the Lord, and lijkin lijk IQ. maner at euentide, as wel in theOm. ISX. offryng of brent sacrifices of the Lord, as in sabatis, and kalendis, and othere so|lempnytees, bi the noumbre andof S. cerymo|nyes of eche thing contynueli bifor the Lordthat is, to the prestis of Aa|rons kyn. Lire here. LOQ.; and that thei kepe the obser|uaunces of the tabernacle of theOm. IS. boond of pees of the Lord, and the custum of the seyntuarie, and the obseruaunce of the sones of Aaron, her britheren, that thei mynystre in the hows of the Lord.

 CAP. XXIV.

Forsothe to the sones of Aaron these porciouns schulen be; the sones of Aaron weren Nadab, and Abyud, Eleazar, and Ythamar; but Nadab and Abyud weren deed with out fre children bifor her fadirfadir diede IS., and Eleazar and Ythamar weren set in presthod. And Dauith departide hem, that is, Sadoch, ofand N. the sones of Eleazar, and Achymelech, of the sones of Ithamar, by her whiles and seruyceher seruyce IS.; and the sones of Eleazar weren founden many mo in the men princes, thanthan neren IS. the sones of Ytha|mar. ForsotheAnd IS. heDauid IS. departide to hem, that is, to the sones ofof Israel S. Eleazar, sixtene prynces bi meyneesher meynees IS.; and to the sones of Ythamar eiȝtehe departid eiȝte S. prynces bi her meynees and howsis. SotheliAnd IS. he departide euer eithir meynees among hem silf bi lottis; for there weren princes of the seyntuarye, and princes of the hows of God, as wel of the sones of Eleazar asand A. of the sones of Ithamar. And Semeye, the sone of Na|thanael, a scribe of the lynage of Leuy, discriuedediscryued, ordeyned or presentid S. hem bifore the king and pryncisof princes S., and bifor Sadoch, the preest, and Achymelechbifore Achimalech S., the sone of Abiathar, and to the prynces of meyneesthe meynees C. of theOm. IS. preestis and ofOm. S. the dekenes; he discriuyde oon hows of Eleazar, that was souereyn to othere, and `the totherthat other I. hows of Itha|mar, that hadde othereothere prestis and dekens IS. vndir hym. For|sotheCertis IS. the firste lot ȝede out to Joiarib, the secounde to Jedeie, the thridde to Aha|rym, the fourthe to Seorym, the fyuethe to Melchie, the sixte to Maynan, the se|uenthe to Accos, the eiȝthe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, the elleuenthe to Eliasib, the tweluethe to Jacyn, the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal, the fiftenthe to Abel|ga, the sixtenthe to Emmer, the seuen|tenthe to Ezir, the eiȝtenthe to Ahapses, the nyntenthe to Pheseye, the twentithe to Jezechel, the oon and twentithe to Ja|chym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, the thre and twentithe to Dalayam, theand the IS. foure and twentithe to Mazzian. These weren the whiliswhilis or tymes IS. of hem bi her myny|steriesseruyces IS., that thei entre in to the hows of God, and bi her customcustom do her office I. custom vse her office S. vndur the hond of Aaron, her fadir, as the Lord God of Israel comaundide. Forsothe Sebahel was prince of the sones of Leuy that weren resydueleft IS., of the sones of Amram; and the sone of Sebahel was Jedeie; also Jesie was prince of the sones of Roobie. SotheliAnd IS. Salomoth was prince of Isaaris; and the sone of Salamoth was Janadiath; and his firste sone was Jeriuans, `Amarie the se|coundethe secounde sone was Amarie IS., Azihel the thridde, `Jethmoan the fourtheand the fourthe Jethmoan I.. The sone of Ozihel was My|cha; the sone of Mycha was Samyr; the brother of Mycha was Jesia; andOm. IMSXb. the sone of Jesia was Zacharie. The sones of Merary weren Mooli and Musi; the sone of Josyan was Bennon; and the sone of Merarie was Ozian, and Soen, and Zac|cur, and Hebri. SotheliAnd IS. the sone of Mooli was Eleazar, thatthe whiche I. whiche S. hadde not fre sones; forsotheand IS. the sone of Cys was Jeremyhel; the sones of Musy weren Mooli, Eder, Jerymuthand Jerymuth IS.. These weren the sones of Leuy, bi the housis of her meynees. Also and thei senten lottis aȝens her britheren, the sones of Aaron, bifor Dauid theOm. S. kyng, and bifor Sadoch, and Achymelech, and thebifore the I. bifore S. princes of meyneesthe meynees S. of preestis and of dekenes; lot departide euenli allealle thingis IS., bothe theto IS. gretter and theto IS. lesse.

 CAP. XXV.

Therfor Dauid, and the magestratis of the oost, departiden inOm. IS. to the seruyce the sones of Asaph, and of Eman, and of Idithum, whichethe whiche I. schulden profecyethat is, seien profecies, either with this thei hadden the spiryt of pro|fecie, as Ebreus seien. Lire here. GKLPQS. in harpis, and sawtreesin sawtrees IS., and cymbalisin cymbalis IS., bi her noumbre, and serue the office halewidhalewid or enioyned IS. to hem. Of the sones of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela; so|theliand IS. the sones of Asaph vndir the hond of Asaph profesieden bisidis the kyng. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Idithum weren these; IdithumOm. S., Godolie, Sori, Jesie, and Sabaie, and Mathatie, sixe; vndur the hond of hir fadir Idithum, that profesiede in an harpe onupon IS. men knoulechynge and preysynge the Lord. Also the sones of Heman weren Heman, Boccia, Mathanya, Oziel, Subuhel, and Jerymoth, Ananye, Ananand Anan IS., Elyatha, Gaeldothi, and Romenthi, Ezer, and Jesbacasi, Melothy, Othir, Ma|zioth;and Mazioth I. alle these sonesthe sones X. of Heman weren profetisthes weren seide profetis, for thei sungen profecies, ether for thei hadden the spiritt of profecie; thei weren seide the profetes of the king, for thei preieden for the king and his rewme. KOQS. of the kyng in the wordisword S. of God, that he schulde enhaunse the hornhorn or strengthe IS.that he shulde enhaunce the horn; that is, herfore thei preiseden God, that he shulde enhaunce the strengthe and power of the rewme of Dauith. KOQS. that is, strengthe and power of the rewme of Da|uith. Lire here. LP.. And God ȝaf to Heman fourtene sones, and thre douȝtris. AlleAl these S. vndur the hond of her fadir weren `delid, ethirOm. C. asigned, to synge in the temple of the Lord, in cym|balis, and sawtrees, and harpisin harpis IS., in to theOm. CDEFGIKLMOPQRSUX. seruycesseruyse W. of the hows of the Lord nyȝ the kyng, that is to seie, Asaph, and Idithum, and Heman. SotheliAnd IS. the noumbre of hem with her britheren, that tauȝten the songe of the Lord, alle the techeris, wasweren IS. twey hundrid `foure scoor and eiȝteeiȝte and eiȝteti N. eiȝti and eiȝte MW.. And thei senten lottis bi her whiles euenli, as wel the gretter as the lesse, also a wijs man and vnwijsan vnwijs I. a vnwise man S.. And the firste lot ȝede out to Joseph, that was of Asaph; the se|coundesecounde lot S. to Godolie, to hym, and hiseto hise IS. sones and hiseto hise IS. britheren twelue; the thridde to Zaccur, to hise sones and hiseto his S. bretheren twelue; the fourthe to Isary, to hise sones and hiseOm. plures. to his S. britheren twelue; the fyuethe to Nathanye, to hise sones and hise britheren twelue; the sixte to Boccian, to hise sones and hise britheren twelue; the seuenthe to Israhela, to hise sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the eiȝthe to Isaie, to his sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the nynthe to Mathany, to his sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the tenthe to Semei, to his sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the elleuenthe to Ezrahel, to hise sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the tweluethe to Asabie, to his sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the thrittenthe to Subahel, to hise sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the fourtenthe to Mathathatie, to hise sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the fiftenthe to Jerymoth, to hise sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the sixtenthe to Ananye, to hise sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the seuententhe to Jesbocase, to hise sones and britherento his bretheren S. twelue; the eiȝtenthe to Annam, to hise sones and britherento his bretheren S. twelue; the nyntenthe to Mol|lothi, to hise sones and britherento his bretheren S. twelue; the twentithe to Eliatha, to hise sones and britherento his bretheren S. twelue; the oon and twentithe to Othir, to hise sones and britherento his bretheren S. twelue; the two and twentithe to Godo|liathi, to hise sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue; the thre and twentithe to Mazioth, to hise sones and britherento his bretheren S. twelue; the foure and twentithe to Romonathiezer, to his sones and britherento hise bretheren IS. twelue.

 CAP. XXVI.

Forsothe these weren the departingis of porteris; of the sones of Chore, Mel|lesemye was the sone of Chore, ofand he was souereyn of IS. the sones of Asaph. The sones of Mellesemie weren Zacharie the firste gendridgoten I., Jedi|hel thewas the IS. secounde, Zabadie the thridde, Yathanyel the fourthe, Aylam the fifthe, Johannan the sixte, Helioenayand Helioenay IS. the se|uenthe. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Ebed|edom weren these; Semey the firste gen|dridgoten I., Jozabab the secounde, Joaha the thridde, Seccar the fourthe, Nathanael the fyuethe, Amyhel the sixte, Isachar the seuenthe, Pollathiand Pollathi IS. the eiȝthe, for the Lord blesside hymhim, that is, encresid him S.. ForsotheAnd IS. to Semeye, his sone, weren borun sones, souereyns of her meynees; for thei weren ful stronge men. Therfor the sones of Semeye weren Othyn, and Raphael, and Obediel, and Zabad; and hise britheren, ful stronge men; also Helyu, and Samathie. Alle these weren of the sones of Obededom; thei and her sones and britherenher britheren ISX., ful stronge men for to serue, two and sixti ofweren of IS. Obed|edom. SotheliAnd IS. of MellesemeyeMellesemeye weren eiȝtene IS., theOm. IS. sones and britherenthe britheren C., ful strongestronge men IMS., `weren eiȝteneOm. IS. eiȝtene M.. ForsotheAnd IS. of Oza, that is, of the sones of Merarie, Sechri was prince; forand C. and for IS. he hadde nonot G. firste gendridgoten sone I. gendrid sone S.that was of eny valu either reputacioun; therfor he made Sechri to be prince. Lire here. GKQSb., andOm. IS. therfor his fadir settideordeynede IS. hym in to prince; and Elchias thewas the IS. secounde, Thebeliasand Thebelias IS. the thridde, Za|carieand Zacarie IS. the fourthe; alle these threttene weren the sones and britheren of Osa. These weren departid in to porteris, that euere theOm. I. princes of kepyngisthe kepyngis I., as also her britheren, schulden mynystre in the hows of the Lord. Therfor lottis weren sentsent or casten S. euenly, bothe to theOm. IS. litle and to theOm. IS. grete, bi her meyneeis, in to ech of the ȝatis. Therfor the lot of the eesteest coost IS. bifelde to Semelie; forsotheand IS. the north coost bi|felde bi lot to Zacarie, his sone, a ful pru|dent man and lerndwel lernd IS.; sotheliand I. to Obed|edom and hiseto hise IS. sones atlott fell at IS. the southesouthe coost IS., in which part of the hows thewas the IS. counsel of the eldre men wasOm. IS.; Sephyma and Thosa weren at the westwest coost IS., bisidis the ȝate that ledith to the weie of stiyngsteyng up IS., kepyng aȝens kepyng. SotheliAnd IS. at the eesteest part IS. weren sixe dekenes, and at the north weren foure bi dai; and at the south also weren foure at theOm. IS. myddai; and, wherewhere that IS. the counsel was, weren tweyne and tweyne. And in theOm. IS. sellisOm. C., ethirOm. I. of W. `litle housisOm. I., of porteris at the westwest side IS., weren foure in the weie, and tweyne bi the sellis. These weren theOm. IS. departyngis of porteristhe porteris IS., of the sones of Chore and of Merary. ForsotheAnd IS. Achias was ouer the tresours of the hows of the Lord, and ouer theOm. IS. vessels of hoolithe hooli IS. thingis. The sones of Leedan, the sone of Gerson; of Leedan weren theOm. IS. princis of meyneesthe meynees CIS. of Leedan, and of Gerson, and of Jehiel. The sones of Jehiel weren, Ze|than, and Johel, his brother, ouer theOm. IS. tre|sours of the hows of the Lord, Amram|ytis, and Isaaritis, and Ebronytis, and Ezielitis. ForsotheAnd IS. Subahel, the sone of Gerson, sone of Moises, was souereyn of the tresourtresouris S.; and his brother, Eliezer; whos sone wasOm. X. Raabia; and his sone was Asaye; hisand his IS. sone was Joram; and his sone was Zechry; but andOm. A. his sone was Selemith. Thilke Selemith, and his britheren, weren ouer the tresours of hoolithe holi S. thingis, whiche `Dauid the kyngking Dauid IS. halewide, and the princes of meynees, and the tribunes, and the cen|turiouns, and the duykis of the oost, of theOm. IS. batels, and of theOm. S. spuylis of batels, whiche thei halewiden to the reparacioun and purtenaunceto the purtenaunce IS. of the temple of the Lord. ForsotheAnd IS. Samuel, the prophete, halewideGlose: hal|wed; that is, presentid or offrid. S. alle these thingis, and Saul, the sone of Cys, and Abner, the sone of Ner, and Joab, the sone of Saruye; and allealle these IS. halewiden tho thingis bi the hond of Sale|myth, and of his britheren. SotheliAnd IS. Cho|nenye was souereyn and hise sones to Isaaritis, toand to IS. theOm. IS. werkis with outforth onin IS. Israel, to techeto teche; for summe of the dekenes, that kouden the lawe, weren ordeyned to teche the peple in places fer fro Jerusalem, and to deter|myne doutis, in whiche sim|ple men dout|iden. Lire here. CKQSb. and to deme hem. SotheliAnd IS. of Ebronytis, Asabie, and Sabie, and hise britheren, ful stronge men, a thousynde andOm. S. seuene hundrid, weren souereyns onupon IS. Israel biȝende Jordan aȝens the weste, in alle theOm. IS. werkis of the Lord, and in to theOm. IS. seruyce of the kyng. ForsotheAnd IS. Herie was prynce of Ebronytis, bi her meynees and kynredis. In the fourtithefourtenthe S. ȝeer of the rewme of Dauid there weren noum|bred and foundunwere foundun S. ful stronge men in Ja|zer Galaad; and hise britheren, of strongere age, twei thousynde and seuene hundrid, princes of meynees. SotheliAnd IS. `Dauid the kyngking Dauid IS. made hem souereyns of Rubenytis and Gaditisof Gaditis IS., and of theOm. I. half lynagethe lynage I. of Manasses, `in tovnto IS. al the seruyce of God and of the kyng.

 CAP. XXVII.

ForsotheSothely IS. the sones of Israel bi her noumbre, the princes of meynees, the tri|bunes, and centuriouns, and prefectis, that mynystriden tobifore to S. the kyng bi her cum|penyescumpenyes; that is, cum|penyes of knyȝtis. Lire here. C., entryngeentrynge in IS. and goynge out bi ech monethe in the ȝeer, weren souereyns, ech bi hym silf, onupon IS. foure and twenti thou|synde. Isiboam, the sone of Zabdihel, was souereyn of the firste cumpenye in the firste monethe, and vndur hym weren foure and twenti thousynde; of the soneshouce S. of Fares was the prince of alle princes in the oost, in the firste monethe. Dudi Achoites hadde the cumpany of the se|counde monethe, and aftir hym silf he hadde another man, Macelloth bi name, that gouernede a part of the oost of foure and twenti thousynde. And Bananye, the sone of Joiada, the preest, was duyk ofon X. the thridde cumpenye in the thridde monethe, and four and twenti thousynde inweren in IS. his departyng; thilke is Bananye, the strongeststrongest man IS. among thritti, and aboue thritti; forsotheand IS. Amyzadath, his sone, was souereyn of his cumpenye. In the fourthe monethe, the fourthe prince was Asahel, the brother of Joab, and Zabadie, his sone, aftir hym, and foure and twenti thousynde inweren in IS. his cumpeny. In the fifthe monethe, the fifthe prince was Samoth Jezarites, and foure and twenti thousynde inweren in IS. his cumpenye. In the sixte monethe, the sixte prince was Ira, the sone of Actes, Techuytes, and foure and twenti thou|synde inweren in IS. his cumpeny. In the seuenthe monethe, the seuenthe prince was Helles Phallonites, of the sones of Effraym, andOm. IFMS X sec. m. b. foure and twenti thousynde inweren in IS. his cum|peny. In the eiȝthe monethe, the eiȝthe prince was Sobothai Assothites, of the generacioun of Zarai, and foure and twenti thousynde inweren in IS. his cumpeny. In the nynthe monethe, the nynthe prince was Abiezer Anathotites, of the generacioun of Ge|myny, and foure and tweynti thousynde inweren in IS. his cumpeny. In the tenthe monethe, the tenthe prince was Maray, and he was Neophatites, of the generacioun of Zaray, and foure and twenti thousynde inweren in IS. his cumpany. In the elleuenthe monethe, the elleuenthe prince was Banaas Pharonytes, of the sones of Effraym, and foure and twenti thousynde inwerin in S. his cumpeny. In the tweluethe monethe, the tweluethe prince was Holdia Nethophatites, of the generacioun of Gothonyel, and foure and twenti thousynde inweren in I. his cumpeny. For|sothe these weren souereynsthe souereyns IS. of the ly|nages of Israel; duykthat is, duyk IS. Eliezer, sonethe sone CIS. of Zechri, was souereyn to Rubenytis; duyk Saphacie, sonethe sone IS. of Maacha, was souereyn to Symeonytis; Asabie, the sone of Cha|muel, was souereyn to Leuytisthe Leuites S.; Sadoch `was souereynOm. I. to Aaronytis; Elyu, the brothir of Dauid, `was souereynOm. I. to the lynage of Juda; Amry, the sone of My|chael, `was souereynOm. I. to Isacharitis; Jes|maye, the sone of Abdie, was souereyn to Zabulonytis; Jerymuth, the sone of Oziel, `was souereynOm. I. to Neptalitis; Ozee, the sone of Ozazym, `was souereynOm. I. to the sones of Effraym; Johel, the sone of Pha|tae, was souereyn to the half lynage of Manasses; and Jaddo, the sone of Zacarie, `was souereynOm. I. to the half lynage of Ma|nasses in Galaad; sotheliand IS. Jasihel, the sone of Abner, `was souereynOm. I. to Benia|myn; forsotheand S. Ezriel, the sone of Je|roam, was souereyn to Dan; these weren the princes of the sones of Israel. For|sotheAnd IS. Dauid noldewolde not I. noumbre hem withthat weren with IS. ynne twenti ȝeer, for the Lord seide, that he wolde multiplie Israel as the sterris of heuenethe firma|ment I.. Joab, the sone of Saruye, bigan for to noumbrenoumbre Israel IS., andbut IS. he fillidefulfillide IS. notnot the noumbryng S.; for ireire of God I. ire of the Lord S. fel onupon IS. Israel for this thing, and ther|for the noumbre of hem, that weren noum|brid, was not teldtolde or mootid S. in toOm. IKSX. the bookis of cronyclis of kyng Dauid. ForsotheAnd IS. Azy|moth, the sone of Adihel, was onsouereyn upon IS. theOm. S. tresourispriuey tresouris IS. of the kyng; but Jonathan, the sone of Ozie, was souereyn ofon BCDGKMNOQRWXb. to IS. ouer ELP. Om. FU. these tre|sours, that weren in cytees, and in townes, and in touris. SotheliAnd IS. Ezri, the sone of Chelub, was souereyn onupon IS. the werk of hosebondrie, and onupon IS. erthe tiliers, that til|iden the lond; and Semeye Ramathites was souereyn onupon IS. tilieris of vyneris; so|theliand IS. Zabdie Aphonytes was souereyn onupon IS. of X. theOm. X. wyn celeris; for Balanam Gadaritis wasOm. I. on the olyue placis, and figethe fige S. places, that weren in the feeldifeeld AS. places; sotheliand IS. Joas was onsouereyn upon IS. the schoppis, `ether celerisOm. I., of oile; forsotheand IS. Cethray Saronytis `was souereynOm. I. ofupon IS. on M. the droues, that weren le|sewid in Sarena; and Saphat, the sone of Abdi, was ouer the oxisoxen IS. in valeys; sotheliand IS. Vbil of Ismael was ouer the camelis; and Jadye Meronathites was ouer the assis; and Jazir Aggarene was ouer the scheep; alle these weren princes of theOm. S. catel of kyng Dauid. ForsotheAnd IS. Jonathas, brotherthe brother IS. of `Dauithis faderthe fadir of Dauid I., was a councelour, a myȝti man, and prudent, and lettridlettrid or vnderstondyng S.; he and Jahiel, the sone of Achamony, weren with the sones of the kyng. Also Achito|fel was a counselour of the kyng; and Chusi Arachites was a frend of the kyng. Aftir Achitofel was Joiada, the sone of Banaye, and Abyathar; but Joab was prince of the oost of the kyng.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Therfor Dauid clepide togidere alle the princes of Israel, the duykis of lynagis, and the souereyns of cumpenyes, that `mynystriden toserueden IS. the kyng, alsoalso Dauid clepide IS. the tri|bunes, and centuriouns, and hem that weren souereyns ouer the catel and pos|sessiounsthe possessiouns IS. of the kyng, andand he clepide I. and Dauith clepide S. hise sones, with `nurchisThe Latyn word here eunuchis, is propirly geld|ingis, but here it is takun for nurscheris and techeris, that ben seid geld|ingis, for they weren chast and onest. Lire here. CGQb., and techeristhe geldingis I. the gyldyngis, which were chast honest uishers and techers S., and alle the myȝtimyȝti men IS. and strongestestronge ISX. menOm. IS. in the oost of JerusalemJerusalem werin clepid S.. And whanne the kyng hadde rise, and `hadde stondestode up IS., he seide, My britheren and my puple, here ȝe me. Y thouȝte for to bilde an hows, wher|ynne the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, and the stool of the feet of oure God schulde reste; and Y madehaue maad IS. redi allealle; that is, summe of alle. Lire here. CK Qb. thingis to bildebilde it I. bilde with this houce S.. But God seide to me, Thou schalt not bilde an hows to my name, for thou art a man werriour, and hast schedsched out IS. blood. But the Lord God of Israel cheeshath chose IS. me of al the hows of my fadir, that Y schulde be kyng onupon IS. Israel with outen ende; for of Juda hethe Lord S. cheeshath chose IS. princes, sotheli of the hows of Juda he cheeshath chose IS. the hows of my fadir, andalso X. of the sones of my fadir it pleside hymthe Lord S. to chese me kyng onupon IS. alOm. I. Israel. But also of my sones, for the Lord ȝafhath ȝoue IS. to me many sones, he cheeshath chose IS. Salomon, my sone, that he schulde sitte in the troone of the rewme of the Lord onupon IS. Israel. And hethe Lord S. seide to me, Salomon, thi sone, schal bilde myn hows, and myn auters; for Y haue chose hym to me in to a sone, and Y schal be to hym in to a fadir; and Y schal make stidefast his rewme tilOm. X. in to with outen ende, if he schal contynue to do myn heestis and domes, as andalso I. to daidai I witnesse IS.. Now therfor bifor al the cumpeny of Israel, `Y seie these thingis that suen in theOm. O. heryng of GodGod heringe, I sey, I., kepe ȝe and seke ȝeOm. BCDEFGIKLNOPRUWb. alle theOm. GQ. comaundementisheestis IS. of `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God I., that ȝe haue in possessioun a good lond, and that ȝe leeue itit in maundement to be kept S. to ȝoure sones aftir ȝou tilOm. X. in to with outen ende. But thou, Salomon, my sone, knowe the God of thi fadir, and serue thou hym with perfit herte, and wilfulwith a wilful IS. soulesoule or mynde S.; forforsothe I. the Lord serchith alle hertis, and vndirstondithhe vndirstondith IS. alle thouȝtisthe thouȝtis IS. of soulis; if thou sekist hym, thou schalt fynde hymOm. plures.; forsothe if thou forsakist hym, he schal caste thee awei with outen ende. Now therfor, forOm. S. the Lord cheeshath chosun IS. thee, for to bilde the hows of seyntuarie, be thou coumfortid, and par|formeperforme it IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. Dauid ȝaf to Salomon, his sone, the discryuyng, `ether ensaum|pleOm. I. either the ensaumple S., of the porche, andOm. S. of the temple, and of celeris, and of the solersoler; that is, of thre dwellingis of the temple. Lire here. CG KQb., and of closetis in pryuy places, and of the hows of propiciaciounpropicia|cioun; that is, of the hooly of hooly thingis, where the pro|piciatorie was. Lire here. CG KQb., `that is, of mersiOm. B. or of merci doyng IS.; also andand he ȝaaf him ensaumple IS. of alle thingis whiche he thouȝte of the large places, and ofOm. S. chaumbris bi cumpas, in to the tresours of the hows of the Lord, and `in to theOm. I. tresours of holi thingis, and of the departyngis of preestis and ofOm. S. dekenes, in to alle the werkis of the hows of the Lord, and alle vessels of theOm. IS. seruyce of the temple of the Lord. Of gold in weiȝte bi ech vessel of theOm. IS. ser|uyce, and of siluer, for dyuersitee of ves|sels, and of werkis; but also to goldun candilstikis, and to her lanternes, he ȝaf gold, for the mesure of ech candilstike and lanternesof lanternes IS.; also andOm. S. in silueren can|dilstikis, and in her lanternes, he bitookbitook to hem S. the weiȝte of siluer, for the dyuersite of mesuremesure of tho S.. AlsoOm. IS. and he ȝaf gold in to the bord of settyng forth, for theOm. IS. dyuersite of mesure, also and he ȝaf siluer in to othere siluerne boordisboordis to be maade S.; alsoand C. to fleisch hookis, and violsto viols IS., and censeristo censeris IS. of pureste gold; and toin to S. litle goldun lyounswhere we han litle gold|oun lions, in Ebreu it is, goldun clensyng ves|sels; that is, goldun basyns, in which the blood was borun in to the hooly of hooli thingis, in day of clensing; also where we han in to siluerne liouns, in Ebreu it is, in to sil|uerne clensing vessels, that is, siluerne ba|syns. Lire here. CGKLPQb., for the maner of mesure, he departide a weiȝte in to a litil lyoun and a litil lioun; also andOm. S. in to siluerne liouns he departide dyuerse weiȝte of siluer. ForsotheAnd S. he ȝaf purestemost fyne S. gold to the auter, wherynnewherinne or whervpon S. encense was brent, that a lickenesse of thea S. cart of cherubyns, holdinge forth wyngishis wingis S., andOm. S. hilynge the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, schulde be maad therof. DauidAnd Dauid IS. seide, Alle thingis camen writun bi the hond of the Lord to me, that Y schulde vndirstonde alle theOm. plures. werkis of the saum|plerensaumpler IS.. And Dauid seide to Salomon, his sone, Do thou manli, and be thou coum|fortid, and makemake it I. make this thing S.; drede thou not `with outforthoutward I., nether drede thou `with ynnewithinne forthe S.; for `my Lord Godthe Lord my God IS. schal be with thee, and he schal not leeue thee, nether schalhe schal IS. Om. X. for|sake thee, til thou performe al the werk of the seruyce of the hows of the Lord, Lo! the departyngisdeparting S. of prestis and ofOm. S. de|kenes, in to al the werk of the seruyce of the hows of the Lord, schulen stonde niȝ thee; and thei ben rediredi to do her seruice S., and bothe the princes and the puple kunnen do alle thi comaundementishestis I..

 CAP. XXIX.

And kyng Dauid spak to al the chirche, God hath chose Salomon, my sone, ȝit a childa child; not of xii. ȝeer, but tendir in com|parisoun of so greet a werk. Lire here. CG KQb. and tendre; forsothe the werk is greetgrete, that he is ordeyned to do S., and a dwellyng is not maad rediredi therynne I. to manman only S. but to God. SotheliCertis IS. Y in alle my myȝtis haue maad redi the costis of the hows of my God; gold to goldun vessels, siluer inOm. ISX. to siluerne vessels, bras inOm. IS. to brasun vessels, irun in to irun ves|sels, treand trees I. inOm. S. to trenuntreen IMSX. vessels, onychynonychym; thei haue the licnesse of mannus nail. C. stonys, and stonys as of the colour of wymmens oynement, and ech precious stoon of dyuerse colouris, and marbil of dyuerse colouris, most plenteuously. And ouer these thingis Y ȝyue gold and siluer in to the temple of my God, whichethe whiche I. Y offridehaue offrid IS. of my propir catel in to the hows of my God, outakun these thingis whichewhiche he hadde take of the preyes of enemyes. Lire here. GKQS. Y madehaue maad IS. redi in to the hooli hows, thre thousynde talentis of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seuene thousynde of talentis of siluer most preuyd, to ouergilde the wallis of the temple; and werkis be maad bi the hondis of crafti men, where euere gold is nedeful, ofbe the werk maad of IS. gold, and where euere siluer is nedeful, ofbe it maad of S. siluer; and if ony man offrith bi his fre wille, fillefulfille IS. he his hond to daidai, that is, take he now his offring S., and offre he that that he wole to the Lord. Therfor the princes of meynees, and the duykis of the lynagis of Israel, and the tribunes, and the centuriouns, and the princes of the possessiouns of the kyng, bihiȝtenbihiȝten to ȝiue therto I. bihiȝten to ȝeue ȝiftis to the temple S.; and thei ȝauen in to the werkis of the hows of the Lord, fyue thousynde talentis of gold, and ten thou|synde schyllyngis; tenand ten CDPQR. thousynde talentis of siluer, and eiȝtene thousynde talentis of bras, and an hundrid thousynde ofOm. ISX. ta|lentis of irun. And at whom euere stoonyspresious stones S. were foundun, thei ȝauen in to theOm. I. tresourtresori S. of the hows of the Lord, bi the hond of Jehiel Gersonyte. And the puple was glad, whanne thei bihiȝten avowis bi her fre wille, for with al the herte thei offriden thoOm. I. to the Lord. But also kyng Dauid was glad with greet ioye, and blessidehe blesside IS. the Lord bifor al the multi|tude, and seide, Lord God of Israel, oure fadir, thou art blessid fro with outen bi|gynnyng in to with outen ende; Lord, worthi doyng is thinthin, that is, thi doyng is worthi and greet S., and power, and glorie, and victorie, and heriyng is to thee; for alle thingis that ben in heuene and in erthe ben thine; Lord, theOm. plures. rewme is thin, and thou art ouer alle princes; ritchessis ben thin, and glorie is thin; thou art Lord of alle; in thin hond is vertu, and power, and in thin hond is greetnesse, and lordschipe of alle. Now therfor, oure God, we knoulechen to thee, and we herienherien, that is, we preisyn S. thi noble name. Who am Y, and who is my puple, that we moun bihete alle these thingis to thee? Alle thingis ben thine, and we han ȝoue to thee tho thingis, whiche we tokenhan take IS. of thin hond. ForForsothe I. we ben pilgrimes and come|lyngis bifor thee, as alle oure fadrisfadris weren IS.; oure daies ben as schadewe onupon IS. theOm. I. erthe, and `no dwellyng isther is no tarying I.. Oure Lord God, al this plenteeplentee of diuers goodis S. whichthe which I. we han maad redi, that an hows schulde be byldid to thin hooli name, is of thin hond; and alle thingis ben thin. My God, Y woot, that thou preuest hertis, and louestthat thou louest IS. symple|nessesymplenesse, that is, lownesse or mekenesse S. of herte; wherfor andOm. S. YOm. IS., in theOm. sb. symplenesse of myn herte, haueI haue IS. offrid gladli alle these thingis; and Y siȝhaue seen I. with greet ioye thi puple, which is foundun here, offreto offre IS. ȝiftis to thee. Lord God of Abraham, and of Ysaac, and of Israel, oure fadris, kepe thou with outen ende this wille of her hertis; and this mynde dwelle euere in to the worschipyng of thee. AlsoAlso, Lord S. ȝyue thou to Salomon, my sone, a perfit herte, that he kepe thin heestis, and wit|nessyngisthi witnessyngis IS., and thi ceremonyes; and do alle thingisthese thingis IS., and that he bilde thethi b. hows, whose costis Y haue maad redi. ForsotheSothely IS. Dauid comaundide to al the chirchechirche, that is, al the peple gaderid togidre S., Blesse ȝe `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God I. ȝoure Lord God SX.. And al the chirchechirch, that is, the peple S. blesside the Lord GodOm. S. of her fadris, and thei bowiden hem silf, and worschipiden God, aftirwardand aftirward IS. thethei worshepiden the S. kyng. And thei offriden slayn sacrifices to the Lord, and thei offriden brent sacrifices in the dai suynge; a thousynde boolis, and a thousynde rammes, and a thousynde lam|bren, with her fletynge sacrifices, and alwith al I. the custom, most plenteuously, in toOm. b. al Israel. And thei eten and drunken bifor the Lord in that dai, with greet gladnesse. And thei anoyntiden the secounde tyme Salomon, the sone of Dauid; and thei anoyntiden hym in to prince to the Lord, and Sadoch inthei anoynteden in S. to bischop. And Salomon sat onupon IS. the trone of the Lord inchosun in IS. to kyng, for Dauid, his fadir; and it pleside alle men, and al Israel obeiede to hym. But also alle princes, and myȝti men, and allealso IS. the sones of kyng Dauid, ȝauen hondher hondis IS.hond; that is, bihiȝten feith, either sworen, that thei schulden be suget feith|fuly to Salo|mon. Lire here. CKQb. Glose. ȝeuing of hondis here shewith swer|ing or stidfast bihotyng to be feithful and soget to the king. Lire. S., and weren suget to `Salomon the kyngkyng Salomon IS.. Therfor the Lord magnefiedemagnefied or made greet S. Salomon onupon IS. al Israel, and ȝauehe ȝaue I. to hym glorie of the rewme, what maner glorie no kyng of Israel hadde bifor hym. TherforAnd I. Therfor and S. Dauid, the sone of Ysai, regnede onupon IS. al Israel; and the daies in whiche he regnede onupon IS. Israel weren fourti ȝeer; in Ebron he regnede seuene ȝeer, and in Jerusalem thre and thretti ȝeer. And he diede in good eelde, and was ful of daies, and richessisof richessis IS., and glorieof glorie S.; and Salomon, his sone, regnede for hym. Forsothe the formere and the laste dedisdaies S. of Dauidkyng Dauid BCW. ben writun in the book of Samuel, the prophete, and in the book of Nathan, prophetethe prophete IKSX., and in the book of Gad, theOm. b. prophete; and of al his rewme, and strengthestrengthis X., and tymes, thatwhiche IS. passiden vndur hym, ethir in Israel, ethir in alle rewmesoothere rewmes IS. of londis.

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THERFOR Salomon, the sone of Dauid, was coumfortid in his rewme, and the Lord was with hym, and magnefiede hym an hiȝ. And Salomon comaundide to al Israel, to tribunes, and centuriouns, and to duykis, and domesmento domis men S. of al Israel, and to the princes of meynees; and heSalomon INS. ȝede with al the multitude in to the hiȝ place of Gabaon, where the tabernacle of boond of pees of the Lord was, whichthe which I. tabernacleOm. I. Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, made in wildirnesse. ForsotheAnd INS. Dauid hadde brouȝt the arke of God fro Cariathiarym in to the place which he haddeOm. X. maad redyOm. A. to it, and where he hadde set a tabernacle to it, that is, in toOm. CEILNS. Jerusalem. And the brasun auter, which Beseleel, the sone of Vri, sonethe sone INS. of Vr, hadde maad, was there bifor the taber|nacle of the Lord; whichethe whiche brasen auter IN. whiche brasyn auter S. also Salomon and al the chirchechirche of Israel INS. souȝte. And Salomon stiedestiede up INS. to the brasun autir, bifor the taber|nacle of boondthe boond INS. of pees of the Lord, and offridehe offrede INS. in it a thousynde sacrifices. LoAnd lo! INS.! `forsothe in that nyȝtOm. INS. God apperide to hymhym in that niȝt IN., `and seidehym that niȝt S., Axe thatthat thing INS. that thou wolt, that Y ȝyueȝyue it INS. to thee. And Salomon seide to God, Thou hast do greet mersi with Dauid, my fadir, and hast ordeyned me kyng for hym. Now therfor, Lord God, thi word be fillidfulfillid INS., which thou bi|hiȝtist to Dauid, my fadir; for thou hast maad me kyng onupon IS. thi greet puple, whichthe which I. is so vnnoumbrable as the dust of erthe. Ȝiue thou to me wisdom and vndurstond|yng, that Y go in and go out bifor thi puple; for who may deme worthili this thi puple, which is so greet? SotheliAnd INS. God seide to Salomon, ForFor thi that IS. For that N. this thing pleside more thin herte, and thou axidist not richessis, and catel, and glorie, nether the lyues of them that hatidenhaten S. thee, but nether ful many daies of lijfthi lijf INS.; but thou axidisthast axid INS. wisdom and kunnyng, that thou maist deme my puple, onupon IS. which Y or|deynedehaue ordeyned INS. thee kyng, wisdom and kun|nyng bentherfore ben IS. ȝouun to thee; forsotheand ouer this INS. Y schal ȝyue to thee richessis, and catel, and glorie, so that noon among kyngis, nether bifor thee nethirne INS. aftir thee, be lijk thee. TherforThanne I. Salomon cam fro the hiȝ place of Gabaon in to Jerusalem, bifor the taber|nacle of boondthe boond IN. of pees, and heOm. C. regnede onupon IS. Israel. And heSalomon INS. gaderidegaderide togidere INS. to hym chaaris and knyȝtis, and a thousynde and foure hundrid charis weren maad to hym, and twelue thousynde ofOm. S. knyȝtis; and he made hem to be in theOm. C. citees of cartis, and with the kyng in Jerusalem. And the kyng ȝaf in Jerusalem gold and siluer as stoonysstones in plentith S., and cedrishe ȝaue cedre trees S. as sicomoris, that comen forth in feeldi places in greet mul|titude. ForsotheAnd INS. horsis weren brouȝt to hym fro Egipt, and fro Choa, bi the mar|chauntis of the kyng, whichthe whiche I. ȝeden, and bouȝtenbrouȝten EL. biaftir bi INS. prijs, `a foureaftir CDEFGLPQRUbç. a charre O. and foure S. horsid carteof horsis O. for sixe hundrid platis of siluer, and anthei bouȝten an NS. hors for an hundrid and fiftififti platis INS.. In lijk ma|ner biyng was maad of alle the rewmes of citees, and of the kingis of Sirie.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe Salomon demydedemede or purposide NS. to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf. And he noumbride seuenti thousynde of men beryngeberynge stones INS. in schuldrisher schuldris INS., and fourescore thousyndethousynde men INS. that schulden kittekitte or hewe IS. hewe N. stoonys in hillis; and the souereyns of hem threweren thre INS. thousynde and sixe hundrid. And heSalomon INS. sente to Iram, kyngthe kyng IN. of Tire, and seide, As thou didist withto IN. goodlich to S. my fadir Dauid, and sentist toOm. S. hym trees of cedre, that he schulde bilde to hym an hows, in which also he dwellide; so do thou withto X. me, that Y bilde an hows to the name of `my Lord Godthe Lord my God S., and that Y halewe it, to brennebrenne yne S. encenseincense therynne IN. bifor hym, and to makemake there I. make therynne S. odour of swete smellyngewelle smelling S. spiceries, and toto serue to S. euerlastynge settynge forth of looues, and toto make therynne IS. Om. N. brent sacrificessacrifice IN. in the morewtid and euentid, and in sabatis, and neomenyesin feestis in the bigynnyng of monthis EILNS. that is, feestis in the bigynnyngis of monethis GKOQb., and solempnyteesin solempnitees S. of `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God INS. in to with outen ende, thatthe whiche [whiche NS] obseruauncis and halewyngis INS. ben comaundid to Israel. ForCertis INS. the hows whichthat IS. Y coueytecoueytide A. to bilde is greet; forforsothe INS. `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God NS. is greet ouer alle goddis. Who therfor may haue myȝt to bilde a worthi hows to hym? For if heuene and theOm. INS. heuenes of heuenes moun not taketake or holde IN. hymhim, or holde the Lord our God S., hou greet am Y, that Y may bilde `an howsa couenable houce S. to hym, but to this thingthing or seruise S. oonli, that encense be brentbrent there I. brent therynne S. bifor hymhym, Y purpose to make an houce S.? Therfor sendeHiram, sende IS. thou to me a lernd man, that can worche in gold, and siluerin siluer IN., brasin bras IN. and in brasse S., and yrun, purpurin purpur INS., redeand in rede I. in rede NS. and rede V. silke, and ia|cynctin iacynct INS.; and that can graue in grauyng with these crafti men, which Y haue with me in Judee and Jerusalemin Jerusalem INS., whichethe whiche men I. which crafti werkmen S. Da|uid, my fadir, madebifore made INS. redi. But also sende thou to me cedre trees, and pyne trees, and thyne trees of the Libanhill of Liban I. mounteyn of Liban NS.; for Y woot, that thi seruauntis kunnen kittekitte or hewe S. trees of theOm. NS. Liban; and my seruauntis schulen be with thi seruauntis, thatand NS. ful many trees beOm. S. maad redi to me; forcertis NS. the hows whichthat NS. Y coueyte to bilde is ful greet and noble. Ferthermore to thi seruauntis, werk men that schulen kitte trees, Y schal ȝyue in toher N. meetis twenti thousynde choruschorus con|teyneth xxx. buyschels; bathus con|teyneth iii. buyschelis, that is, as myche as xxiiii. galouns; satum con|teyneth a buyschel and half. CGKLOPQ sb. of whete, and so many chorus of barliaftir barly it is set in Ebreu xx. thousynde mesuris of wyn, that is [ben GK] clepid bathus. Lire here. CGKQ., and twenti thousynde mesuris of oile, that ben clepid satasata, that is, xij. galouns N.. ForsotheAnd INS. Iram, king of Tire, seide bi lettris whiche he sente to Salomon, ForFor that N. Forthi that S. the Lord louyde his puple, therfor he madehath maad NS. thee to regne onupon IS. it. And heYram INS. addideaddide to INS., seiynge, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, thatwhich plures. made heuene and erthe, which ȝafhath ȝoue INS. to `Dauid the kyngkyng Dauid INS. a wijs sone, and lernd, and witti, and prudent, that he schulde bilde an hows to the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf. TherforTherfor Salomon IS pr. m. Y sentehaue sent INS. to thee a prudent man and moost kun|nynge, Iram, my fadir, the sone of a wom|man of the lynage of Dan, whos fadir was a man of Tire; whichethe whiche I. Iram can worche in gold, and siluer, brasin bras INS., and irunin irun IN., and marblein marble INS., and treesin trees INS., also in purpur, and iacynct, and bijs, and redein rede INS. silke; and whichthe which I. Iram can graue alin al S. grauyng, and fyndecan fynde S. prudentli, what euer thing is nede|ful in werk with thi crafti men, and with the crafti men of my lord Dauid, thi fadir. Therfor, my lord, sende thou to thi ser|uauntis the whete, and barli, and oyle, and wyn, whichethat I. thou bihiȝtisthast bihiȝt INS.. SotheliAnd INS. we schulen kitte trees of the Liban, how many euere thou hast nedefulneed of I.; and we schulen brynge thotho trees INS. in schippis bi the see in to Joppe; forsotheand INS. it schal be thinthin doyng INS. to lede tho ouer in to Jerusalem. Ther|forThanne I. Salomon noumbride alle men con|uertid fro hethenesse, that weren in the lond of Israel, aftir the noumbryng whichthat IS. of N. Dauid, his fadir, noumbridehad noumbrid INS.; and an hun|drid thousynde and thre and fifti thou|synde and sixe hundrid weren foundunfounden of hem IS.. And heSalomon INS. mademade or ordeyned IS. of hem seuenti thousynde, that schulden bere birthuns inon I. schuldrisher schuldris INS., and `foure scoreeiȝti BCELW. thousynde, that schulden kittehewe INS. stonys in hillis; sotheliand INS. he made thre thousynde and sixe hundrid soue|reyns of werkis of the puple.

 CAP. III.

And Salomon bigan to bilde the hows of the Lord in Jerusalem, in the hil of MoriaMoria; that is, of siȝt. Lire here. CGIKLNOPQSb., thatthe whiche hill I. which N. which hill S. was schewid to Dauid, his fadir, in the place whichthat INS. Dauid hadde maad redi in the corn floor of Ornam Je|buseiJebusei, where he bildide an auter to the Lord IS.. ForsotheAnd INS. heSalomon INS. bigan to bilde in the secounde monethemoneth; in Ebreu it is, in the ii. day of the moneth. Lire here. CGKOQb., in the fourthe ȝeer of his rewme. And these weren the foun|dementis, whiche Salomon settide, that he schulde bilde the hous of God; sixtisix N. cu|bitis of lengthe in the firste mesuremesure ȝouen to him of his fader Dauith S.mesure; that is, in the mesure ȝouun of Da|uith to hym. CKLOPQb., twentiand twenti INS. cubitis of breede. ForsotheAnd INS. he bildide a porche bifor the frount, that was stretchid forth along bisidis theor at the IS. mesure of the breede of the hows, of twenti cu|bitis, sotheliand INS. the hiȝnesse was of an hun|drid and twenti cubitis; and he ouer|gildeouergildide S. it with inne with clennest gold. Also he hilide the gretter hows with tablis of beech, and he fastnede platis of gold of bestethe beste I. colour al abouteaboute it S.; and he grauyde therynne palmtrees, and as smale chaynes biclipynge hem silf togidere. And he arayede the pawment of the temple with most preciouse marble, inand S. myche fairenesse. ForsotheAnd INS. the gold was moost preued, of whose platis he hilide the hows, and the beemys therof, and the postis, and the wallis, and the doris; and he grauyde cherubynscherubyns, that is, aungels S. in the wallis. Also he mademade ther S. an hows to the holi of holi thingis, in lengthe bi the breede of the hows, of twenti cubitis, and the breed alsoOm. I. of twenti cu|bitis; and he hilide it with goldun platis, as with sixe hundrid talentistalentis in valu S.. ButAnd INS. also he made goldun nailis, so that ech nail peiside fifti siclis; and he hilide the solers with gold. Also he made in the hows of the hooli of hooli thingis twei cherubyns bi the werk of an ymage makere, and hilidehe hilide IN. hem with gold. The wyngis of cherubyns weren holdun forth bi twenti cubitis, so that o wynge hadde fyue cu|bitis, and touchideit touchide INS. the wal of the hows; and the tother wynge hadde fyue cubitis, and touchideit touchide INS. the wynge of the totheroother IS. cherub. In lijk maner the wyngeoo wyng I. to wyng NS. of the totheroother IS. cherub hadde fyue cubitis, and touchideit touchide INS. the wal, and the totheroother I. wynge therof ofthat was of NS. fyue cubitis touchide the wynge of the tothiroother IS. cherub. Therfor the wyngis of euer eithir cherub weren spred abrood, and werenthei weren INS. holdun forth bi twenti cubitis; sotheliand INS. thilke cherubyns stoden onupon IS. theOm. INS. feet reisidreisid up IN. reised vp or enhancid fro the thing thei stoden vpon S., and her faces weren turned to the outermere howshousis N.. Also he made a veil of iacynct and purpurof purpur INS., ofand of INS. reed seelk and bijsof bijs INS.; and weuydehe weuyde INS. cherubynsaungels NS. ther|ynne. Also bifor the ȝateȝatis INS. of the temple he made twei pilers, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. hadden fyue and threttitwenti X. cubitis of heiȝthe; forsotheand INS. the heedis of thotho pilers IS. weren of fyue cubitiscubitis in heiȝthe NS.. Also he made andOm. IS. asas it were I. as and S. litle chaynes in Goddis answeryng placeanswering place; that is, in the porche of Salomon, as doctouris seien here. Lire here. C., and puttidehe puttide INS. thotho chaynes IS. hem N. onupon IS. the heedis of the pilers; also he made an hundrid pumgarnadis, whichethe whiche I. he set|tide bitwixe the litle chaynes. And he settide tho pilers in the porche of the temple, oon at the riȝtside, and the totheroother I. at the leftside; he clepide thatthat piler INS. that was at the riȝtside Jachymthat is, a bifore ordeynyng I marg. Jachym, that is, a bifore ordeyner or before ordeynyng S text., and that that was at the leftside heSalomon INS. clepide BoozBooz, that is, in whom is strengthe I. Booz, that is, in whom is strength of vertu S..

 CAP. IV.

AlsoAnd INS. heSalomon INS. made a brasun auter of twenti cubitis of lengthe, and of twenti cubitis of breede, and of ten cubitis of heiȝthe; he made also a ȝotun seesee, that is, a weischinge vessel INS.see; that is, a greet wasch|ing vessel for prestis. C. of ten cubitis fro brynke tilOm. I. to brynke, round bi cumpas; it hadde fyue cubitis of heiȝthe; and a coorde of thritti cubitis cumpasside the cumpas therof. And the licnesselicnessis X. of oxisoxen INS. was vndur it, and bi ten cubitis summe grauyngis with outforth cumpassiden the brynke of the see as with tweyne ordris; sotheliand INS. the oxisoxen INS. weren ȝotun. And thilke see was set onupon IS. twelue oxisoxen INS., of whichethe whiche I. oxisoxen INS. thre bihelden to the north, and othere thre to the west, sotheliand INS. thre othere biheldenOm. IN. theto the INS. south, and thre `that weren residuethe remenaunt INS. biheldenOm. I. theto the I. eest, and haddenthese hadden IN. the see set aboueaboue hem INS.; but the hyn|drerehyndere CSX. partis of the oxisoxen INS. weren with ynneynne forth INS. vndur the see. SotheliAnd INS. the thicknesse therofof the see INS. hadde the mesure of athe INS. pawm of thean INS. hond, and the brynke therof wasOm. A. as the brynke of a cuppe, ethirethir as IS. of aOm. C. lilie crokid aȝen, and itthe see INS. tookheeld N. tooke or heeld S. thre thousynde metretisthat is, mesuris of wijn K marg. of mesure. Also heSalomon INS. made ten holowe vessels, and settidehe sette INS. fyue at the riȝtside, and fyue at the leftsideleftside of the see IS., that theithe dekens INS. schulden waische in tho alle thingis, whiche thei schulden offre in to brent sacrifice; sotheliAnd INS. the preestis weren waischun in the seesee, or thei entreden in to the seintuarie IS.. SotheliAnd INS. he made ten goldun candilstikis bi the licknesse whichthat I. heDauid INS. hadde comaundid toOm. N. be maad, and he set|tide tho in the temple, fyue at the riȝtside and fyue at the leftsid. And he made also ten boordistablis NS., and settidesette EL. he settide NSX. tho in the temple, fyue at the riȝtside and fyue at the leftside. Also he made an hundrid goldun viols. `Also he madeand I. a large place of preestispreestis, or for preestis S., and a greet hows, and doris in the greet hows, which he hilide with bras. ForsotheAnd NS. he settide the see in the riȝtsyderiȝt syde of the porche INS. aȝens the eest at the southsouth coost IS.. Also Iram made cawdruns, and fleischokis, and violsviols; in Ebreu it is, bacyns. C., and he fillidefulfillide IN. al the werk of the kyng in the hows of God, that is, tweihe made twei NS. pilers, and pomelsher pomels IS., and heedis, andand he made S. as summe nettis, that hiliden the heedis aboue the pomels; also he made fourti pum|garnadis, and twei werkis lijk nettis, so that twotho two IN. the two S. ordris of pumgarnadis weren ioyned to ech werk like nettis, whichthe which I. hiliden the pomels, and heedisthe heedis X sec. m. of the pilers. He made also foundementis, and holow vessels, whichethe whiche I. he settidesette INS. onupon IS. thetho IS. foundementis; he made oa INS. see, and twelue oxisoxen INS. vndur the see, and caudruns, and fleischookis, and viols. Iram, the fadirfadir; that is, for resoun of age, ether of excelence of craft. Lire here. C. of Salomon, made to hym alle vesselsnecesarie vessels S. the vessels X sec. m. in the hows of the Lord of clennest bras. The kyng ȝetidedid ȝeete NS. thotho vessels INS. in the cuntrey of Jordan, in cleiycley I. lond bitwixebitwene I. Socoth and Saredata. ForsotheCertis INS. the multitude of ves|sels was vnnoumbrable, so that the weiȝte of bras was not knowun. And Salomon made alle the vessels of Goddis howshows, that is, to wite [seie S] IS., the goldun auter, `and bordisthe mete tablis INS., and loouysthe loouys INS. of settyng forth onupon INS. tho; and candilstikis of purest gold, with her lanternes, that tho schulden schyne bifor Goddis answering place bi theOm. INS. custom; and he made summe werkis lijk flouris, and lanternes, and goldun tongis; alle thingisthese thingis INS. weren maad of clennest gold; also he made pannes for colis to brennebrenne ynne INS. encense, and censeris, and viols, and morters, of pureste gold. AndOm. AX. he grauyde doristhe doris INS. of the ynnere temple, that is, in the hooli of hooli thingis, and the goldun doris of the temple with out forth; and so al the werk was fillidfulfillid INS. that Salomon made in the hows of the Lord.

 CAP. V.

Therfor Salomon brouȝte inforth NS. alle thingis, siluerthat is, siluer INS. and gold, whiche Dauid, his fadir, hadde avowid; and he puttide alle ves|selisthe vesselis INS. inin to NS. theOm. S. tresouris of the hows of the Lord. After whiche thingis he gaderide togidere alle the grettere men in birthe of Israel, and alle the princes of lynagis, and the heedis of meynees, of the soneshous N. of Is|rael, in to Jerusalem, that thei schulden brynge the arke of boond of pees of the Lord fro the citee of Dauid, whichthat INS. is Syon. Therfor alle men of Israel camen to the kyng, in the solempne dai of the seuenthe monethe. And whanne alle the eldre men of Israel `weren comencamen A., the de|kenes baren the arke, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten INS. it inOm. INS., and al the aray of the tabernacletabernacle in to the temple of Jerusalem IS. tabernacle in to the temple N.. For|sotheAnd INS. theOm. IN. preestis with the dekenes baren the vessels of seyntuariethe seyntuarie INS., that weren in the tabernacle. SotheliAnd INS. kyng Salomon, and alle the cumpenyes of Israel, and allealle men INS. that weren gaderid to gidere, offriden bifor the arke wetheris and oxisoxen INS. with outen onyOm. INS. noumbre; for the multitude of slayn sacrifices was `so greetso greet that it myȝte not be noumbrid INS.. And preestis brouȝten the arke of boond of pees of the Lord in to histhe INS. placeplace therof INS., that is, to Goddis answeryng place of the temple, in to the hooli of hooli thingis, vndur the wyngis of cherubynscherubis E.; so that cherubyns spreddenspredinge NS. forth her wyngis ouer the place, in which the arke was put, and hiliden thilke arke with hise barrisbarynge barris INS.. Sotheli the heedisheedis or pomels INS., bywith I. which the arke was borun, weren opynopyn or vnhelid IS. bifor Goddis answeryng place, for tho heedis weren a litil lengerelengere than the streiching of cherubus wyngis IS.; but if a man hadde be a litil with out forth, he myȝt not sehaue seen INS. tho barrisbarynge barris INS.. Therfor the arke was there til in to presentthe present I. dai; andand ther was I. noon other thing wasOm. I. in the arke, noOm. IS. but twei tablis, whichethat I. Moyses hadde putput therynne INS. in Oreb, whanne the Lord ȝaf the lawe to the sones of Israel goynge out of Egipt. ForsotheAnd aftir this IS. And N. theOm. I. prestis ȝeden out of the seyntuarie, for alle preestisthe preestis INS., that myȝten be foundun there, weren halewidhalwed, or put in office to mynistre there before the Lord S., and the whileswhilis, or certeyn tymes S., and the ordre of seruycesseruyce X. among hemprestis INS. was not departid ȝit in that tyme; botheand bothe IS. dekenes and syngeris, that is, bothe thei that weren vndur Asaph, and thei that weren vndur Eman, and thei that weren vndur Idithum, her sones and britheren, clothidwerin clothid S. with white lynun clothis, sownyden with cymbalis and sautrees and harpiswith harpis INS., and stodenthei stoden INS. at the west coostcoost or corner S. of the auter, and with hem weren sixe score preestis trumpynge. Therfor whanne allethei alle INS. sungen togidur both with trumpis, and voiswith vois INS., and cymbaliswith cymbalis INS., and orguns, and of dyuerse kyndekyndis NS. of musikis, and reisidenthei reisiden I. theher INS. vois an hiȝ, the sown was herd fer, so that whanne thei hadden bigunne to preyse the Lord, and to seie, Knouleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good, forand S. his mercy is in to the world, `ether, with outen endeOm. CIN. ether in to withouten ende X.; the hows of God waswas than S. fillidfulfillid INS. with a cloude, and the preestis miȝten not stonde andto A. serueserue in her office S. for theOm. N. derknesse; forforsothe INS. the glorie of the Lord hadde fillidfulfillid INS. the hows of the Lord.

 CAP. VI.

Thanne Salomon seide, The Lord bi|hiȝte, that he wolde dwelle in derknessederknesses C.; forsotheand INS. I haue bilde an hows to his name, that he schulde dwelle therethere ynne INS. with outen ende. And Salomon turnede his face, and blessidehe blesside INS. al the multitude of Is|rael; for al the cumpeny stood ententifententif, or takinge tent I. ententife, that is, taking heed bisili S.; and heSalomon INS. seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he fillidehath fulfillid INS. in werk that thing, that he spak to Dauid, my fadir, and seide, FroFor NS. the dai in which Y ledde my puple out of the lond of Egipt, Y chees not a citee of alle the lynagislinage S. of Israel, that an hows schulde be bildid therynne to my name, nether Y chees ony other man, that he schulde be duyk onupon IS. my pu|ple Israel; but Y chees Jerusalem, thatthat and S. my name be therynne, and Y chees Dauid, to ordeyne hym onupon IS. my puple Israel. And whanne it was of the wille of Dauid, my fadir, to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel, the Lord seide to hym, For this was thi wille, `that thou woldistto S. bildehaue bilde IN. an hows to my name, sotheli thou didist wel, hauynge suche a wil, butbut ȝit NS. thou schalt not bilde an hows to me; netheles the sone, that schal go out ofat S. thi leendis, he schal bilde an hows to my name. Ther|for the Lord hath fillidfulfillid INS. his word, whichthat INS. he spak; and Y roosroos up INS. for Dauid, my fader, and Y sat onupon IS. the trone of Israel, as the Lord spak, and Y bildidehaue bildid INS. an hous to the name of the Lord God of Israel; and I haue put therynne the arke, in which is the couenaunt of the Lord, which he `co|uenauntide withcomaundide to S. the sones of Israel. Ther|for Salomon stood bifor the auter of the Lord euene aȝens al the multitude of Is|rael, and stretchidehe stretchide INS. forth his hondis. ForAnd INS. Salomon hadde maad a brasun founde|ment, and haddehe hadde INS. set it in the myddis of the greet hows, and it hadde fyue cubitis of lengthe, and fyue of breede, and thre cubitis of heiȝthe, and he stood theronhere upon INS.; and fro that tyme he knelideknelide on S. aȝens al the multitude of Israel, and reisidehe reiside up INS. thehise INS. hondis in to heuene, and seide, Lord God of Is|rael, noon is lijk theethee in power, kunnyng, ne in goodnesse S.; `thou artOm. N. God in heuene and in erthe, whichthe which I. kepist coue|naunt and mercy with thi seruauntis, thatwhiche INS. goon bifor thee in al her herte; whichthou INS. hast ȝoue to Dauid thi seruaunt, my fadir, what euer thingisthing INS. thou hast spokespoke or bihiȝte S. to hym, andand Lord IS. thow hast fillidfulfillid INS. in werk tho thingis, whiche thou bihiȝtist bi mouth, as also presentthis present INS. tyme preueth. Now therfor, Lord God of Israel, fillefulfille INS. thou to thi ser|uaunt my fadir Dauid, what euer thingis thou hast spoke, seiynge, A man of thee schal not faile bifor me, that schal sitte onupon IS. the trone of Israel; so netheles ifthat INS. thi sones kepen my weies, and goon in my laweLo! how God spekith con|disciouns! Lire. S., as and thouthou, Dauith NS. hast go bifor me. And now, Lord God of Israel, thi word bebe it INS. maad stidefaststidfast, or fulfillid S., which thou spakist to thi seruaunt Dauid. Therfor whetherOm. IN. it is leuefulbileueful BCDEGIKLMNOPQUVWXç. bileeue|ful, that is, able or liȝt to bileue S., that the Lord dwelle with men onupon IS. erthe? If heuene and theOm. I. heuenes of heuenes `taken not theetaken ethir moun not holde thee, Lord NS., how myche more this hows, which Y haue bildid? But herto oneli it is maad, that thou, my Lord God, biholdebiholde there I. biholde there ine S. the preier of thi seruaunt, and the bisechyng of hym, and that thouthou Lord S. here the preieris, whiche thi seruaunt schedithheeldith I. shedith oute S. bifor thee; that thou opyne thinthe X. iȝen onupon IS. this hows bi dayes and nyȝtis, onupon IS. the place in which thou bihiȝtist, that thi name schulde be clepidinclepid IS., and that thou woldist here the preier, which thi seruaunt preieth therynne. Here thouthou, Lord INS. the preieris of thi seruaunt, and of thi puple Israel; who euer preieth in this place, here thouthou him INS. fro thi dwellyng place, that is, fro heuenesheuene NS., and do thou mercimerci to him INS.. If ony man synneth aȝens his neiȝbore, and cometh redi to swere aȝens him, and byndith hym silf with cursyng bifor the auter inof NS. this howshouse, that is, that his quarrel is iust S., thou schaltshalt, Lord S. herehere him INS. fro heuene, and schaltthou schalt INS. do the doom of thi seruauntisseruaunt N.; so that thou ȝelde to the wickid man his weie in to his owne heed, and that thou venge the iust man, and ȝelde to hym after his riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse INS.. If thi puple Israel is ouer|comen of enemyes, for theithat thi peple INS. schulen do synne aȝens thee, and if theithi peple INS. conuertidconuertid fro her synne IS. doen penaunce, and bisechen thi name, and preien in this place, thou schaltshalt, Lord S. herehere hem INS. fro heuene, and do thou mercy to the synne of thi puple Israel, and brynge hem aȝen `in toto INS. the lond, which thou hast ȝoue to hem, and to `the fadris of hemher fadris INS.. If whanne heuene is closid, reyn comecometh A sec. m. not doun for the synne of thi puple, and thei bisechen thee in this place, and know|lechen to thi name, and ben turnedturned al togidre INS. fro her synnes, whanne thou hast turmentid hem, here thouthou hem thanne IN., LordLord, hem S., fro heuene, and forȝyue thou synnesthe synnes INS. to thi seruauntis, and to thi puple Israel, and techeLord, teche NS. thou hem a good weie, bi which thei schulen entreentre to thee S., and ȝyue thou reyn to the lond, whichthat INS. thou hast ȝoue to thi puple to haue in possessioun. IfIf that NS. hungur risith in the lond, and pestilence, and rust, and wynd dis|triynge cornes, and aif that a INS. locuste, and brukea bruke C. comethcomen [comith S] fretynge cornes IS., and if enemyes bisegen the ȝatis of the citee, aftir that the cuntreis ben distried, andand if IN. and if al, that is S. alony maner I. al the N. if eny of al the S. veniaunceveniauncis biforseid S. and sikenesse oppressithop|pressith thi puple IS.; if ony of thi puple Israelof Israel INS. bisechith, and knowith his veniaunceveniaunce, that is, his synne wherfore he hath disserued veniaunce S. and sikenesse, and if he spredith abrood hise hondis in this hows, thouLord, thou IS. schalt herehere him INS. fro heuene, that is, fro thin hiȝe dwellyng place, andOm. S. do thou mercy, and ȝelde thou to ech man aftir hise weies, whiche thou knowist, that he hath in his herte; for thouLord, thou S. aloone knowist the hertis of the sones of men; thattherfore thei NS. thei drede thee, and go in thi weies in alle daies, in which thei lyuen onupon IS. the face of erthe, which thou hast ȝoue to oure fadris. AlsoAlso, Lord INS. thou schalt here fro heuene, thi moost stidfast dwellyng place, a straunger, whichthat INS. is not of thi puple Israel, if he cometh fro a fer lond forand preieth in this place for INS. thi greet name, and for thi stronge hond, and armthin arm INS. holdunstreiȝt I. holdinge NS. forth, `and preyepreieth BCDEFGKLMPQRUVWXbç. here thou him S. in this placeOm. IN.; andand, Lord S. thou schalt do alle thingis, for which thilke pilgrym `in|wardli clepithynclepith IN. inwardli clepide S. thee, thatand INS. alle theOm. NS. puplispeple X. of erthe knoweknowe thei INS. thi name, and drededrede thei NS. thee, as thi puple Israel doith; and that thei knowe, that thi name is clepidynwardly clepid INS. onupon IS. this hows, whichthe which I. Y haue bildid to thi name. If thi puple goith out to batel aȝens hise aduersariesaduersarie NS., bi the weie in which thou sendist hem, thei schulen worschipe thee aȝens the weie in which this citee isis sett NS., whichthat INS. thou hast chose, andaȝens S. the hows whichthat INS. Y bildidehaue bildid INS. to thi name, that thou here fro heuene her preieris and bisech|yngher bisechyng IN. her bisechingis S., and dodo thou INS. veniaunceveniaunce to her aduersaries S.. ForsotheAnd INS. if thei synnen aȝens thee, for no man isis alyue S. that synneth not, and if thou art wrooth towith S. hem, and bitakist hem to enemyesher enmyes NS.; and enemyesif enmyes NS. leden hem prisoneris in to a fer lond, ether certis whichthe which I. lond is nyȝ; and if thei ben conuertid in her herte in the lond, toin S. which thei ben led prisoneris, and thei don penaunceverei penaunce I., and bisechen thee in the lond of her caitifte, and seien, We han synned, we hanhaue IS. do wickidly, we diden vniustli; andand, Lord S. if thei turnen aȝenOm. I. to thee in al herOm. INS. herte, and in al herOm. N. soule, in the lond of herOm. S. caitifte, to which thei ben led, theiand if thei INS. schulen worschipe thee aȝens the weie of her lond, which thou hast ȝoue to the fadris of hem, andand aȝens the wey I. and if thei shuln worshepe thee aȝens the wei S. ofOm. N. the citee which thou hast chose, andOm. S. of the hows whichthat INS. Y bildide to thi name; that thou here fro heuene, that is, fro thi stidefast dwellyng place, the preieris of hem, and that thou make dom, and for|ȝyue to thi puple, thouȝ `it bethei ben EL. thei be P. it haue be INS. Om. BCDFMOQRUVWXbç. synful; forcertis INS. thou art my God; Y bisechebiseche thee I. biseche thee, Lord NS., be thin iȝen openyd, and thinbe thin INS. eeris beOm. INX. ententifententif or takinge tent [heed S.] IS. to the preier whichthat I. is maad in this place. Now therforOm. INS., Lord God, riserise up INS. in to thi reste, thou and the arke of thi strengthe; Lord God, thi preestis be clothid with helthe, and thi hooli men be glad in goodisgode thingis INS.. Lord GodOm. S., turne thou not a weie the face of thi cristthat is, thi mercy doyng I. marg. S. text.; haue thou mynde onof INSb. thethi S. mercyesmerci doyngis NS. of Dauid thi seruaunt.

 CAP. VII.

And whanne Salomon schedyngeschedynge out his IS. scheding out N. prey|eris hadde fillidful eendid hem I. fulfillid N., fier cam doun fro he|uene, and deuourideit deuouride INS. brentthe brent I. sacrifices, and slaynthe slayn IN. sacrifices; and the maiestemageste or shinyng S. of the Lord fillidefulfillide INS. the hows. And preestisthe preestis S. myȝten not entre in to the temple of the Lord; for the maiestemiȝty schynyng INS. of the Lord hadde fillidfulfillid INS. the temple of the Lord. But also alle the sones of Israel sien fier comynge doun, and the glorie of the Lord onupon I. seien vpon S. the hows, and thei felden down lowe tovpon S. the erthe onupon I. seien vpon S. the pawment araiedarayed or paued S. with stoon, and thei worschipiden, and preis|iden the Lord, For he is good, for his merci is in to alOm. plures. the world. ForsotheAnd INS. the kyng and al the puple offriden slayn sacrifices bifor the Lord. Therfor king Salomon killide sacrifices of oxisoxen INS. two and twenti thousynd, of wetheris sixe score thousynde; and the kyng and al the pu|ple halewiden the hows of God. ForsotheAnd INS. the preestis stoden in her offices, and de|kenes inwerin ocupied in S. orguns of songis of the Lord, whichethe whiche orgouns I. whiche orgons S. kyng Dauid made to preise the Lord, For his merci is in to the world; and thei sungen the ympnes of Dauid bi her hondishondis in orgons and othere instru|mentis S.; sotheliand INS. the prestis sungen with trumpis bifor hem, and al the puple of Israel stoodstood and herde hem IS.. Therfor Salomon halew|ide the myddil of the largegreet INS. place bifor the temple of the Lord; for he hadde offrid there brent sacrifices, and the ynnere fat|nessesfatnesse INS. of pesible sacrifices, for the brasun auter whichthat INS. he hadde maad myȝte not susteynesusteyne or hold S. the brent sacrifices, and sacri|ficessleyn sacrifices I. othere sacrifices NS., and the innere fatnessisfatnesse CINS. of pesible sacrifices. Therfor Salomon made a so|lempnyte in that tyme in seuene dayes, and alof N. Israel with hym, a ful greete chirchechirche or congregacioun I. chirche or ful miche gadering to gidre of peple S., fro the entryng of Emath `til tovnto INS. the stronde of Egipt. And in the eiȝthe dai he made a gaderyng of money, `that isOm. S., for necessaries of the templeOm. N., for he hadde halewid the auter in seuene daies, and `hadde maadhe made INS. solempnyteethe solempnytee INS. in seuene daiesdaies, that is, bi the spase of seuen daies S.. Therfor in the thre and twentithe dai of the seuenthe monethe he lete the puplis go to her tabernaclis, ioi|ynge and gladynge onupon IS. the goodgoodnesse S. that God hadde do to Dauid, and to Salomon, and to his puple Israel. And Salomon parformyde the hows of the Lord, and the hows of the kyng, and alle thingis which he hadde dis|posid in his herte for to do in the hows of the Lord and in his owne hows; and he hadde prosperite. Forsothe the Lord aper|ide to hym in the nyȝt, and seide, Y haue herd thi preiere, and Y haue chose this place to me inand I. to an hows of sacrifice. If Y close heuene, and reyn cometh not doun, and if Y sende, and comaunde to athe INS. lo|custe, that he deuoure the lond, and if Y send pestilence inOm. S. to my puple; for|sotheand INS. if my puple is conuertidconuertide, that is, al to gidre turned to me fro her vices S., onupon IS. whichethe whiche puple I. whiche peple S. my name is clepidynwardly clepid INS., and if it bisechith me, and sekith my face, and doith penaunce of hise wersteful yuel I. weies, Y schal herehere him IS. fro heuene, and Y schal be merciful to the synnes of hem, and Y schal heele the lond of hem. And myn iȝen schulen be openyd, and myn eereneeris INS. schulen be reisidreisid up INS. to the preierepreiers S. of hym, that preieth in this place; for Y haue chose, and halewid this place, thatand S. my name bebe preisid NS. there with outen ende, and thatOm. S. myn iȝen and myn herte dwelledwelle perfitely INS. there inbi IN. alle daies. Also if thou gost bifore me, as Dauid thi fadir ȝede, and doist bi alle thingistho thingis IN. whiche Y comaundidecomaunde I. to thee, and kepist my riȝtwisnessisriȝtfulnessis BCDEFGIKL MNOPQRSUVWXbç. and domesmy domes INS., Y schal reisereise up IS. the trone of thi rewme, as Y bihiȝte to Dauid thi fadir, and seide, A man of thi generacioun schal not be takun awei, that schal be prince inof A. Israel. But if ȝe turnen awey, and forsake my riȝtwisnessisriȝtfulnessis BCDEFGKLMOPQRUVWXbç. and my comaundementisheestis INS. whichethe whiche I. Y settidehaue sett INS. forth to ȝou, and ȝeif ȝe IS. goen, and seruen alien goddis, and wor|schipen hem, Y schal drawe ȝou awey fro my lond, whichthat I. Y ȝafbefor ȝaue S. to ȝou, and Y schal caste awey fro my face this hows whichthat INS. Y haue bildid to my name, and Y schal ȝyue it in to a parable, and in to ensaum|ple to alle puplis. And this hows schal be in to a prouerbe to alle men passynge forthforth therby IS.; and thei schulen seie, wondringewondringe in hem silf NS., Whi dide the Lord so to this lond, and to this hows? And thei schulen answere, For thei forsoken the Lord God of her fadris, that ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, and thei token alien goddis, and worschipiden, and herieden hem; therfor alle these yuelis camen onupon IS. hem.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe whanne twenti ȝeer weren fillidfulfillid INS., aftir that Salomon bildidehad bildid INS. the hows of the Lord, and his owne hows, he bildide the citeescitee NS., whichethat I. Iram hadde ȝoue to Salomon; and he made the sones of Israel to dwelle there. Also he ȝede in to Emath of Suba, and gat it. And he bildide Pal|myram in deseert, and he bildide othere `citees maad ful strongeful stronge citees INS. in Emath. And he bildide the hiȝere Betheron and the lowere Betheron, wallidand made hem stronge INS. citees, hauynge ȝatis and lockis and barris; also he bildide Balaath, and alle `citees ful strongethe stronge citees INS. that weren of Salomon; and alle the citees of cartis, and the citees of knyȝtis kyngand kyng X. Sa|lomon bildide, and disposide alle thingis whiche euere he wolde, in Jerusalem, and in theOm. INS. Liban, and in al the lond of his power. SalomonAnd Salomon INS. made suget in to tribu|taries til in to this dai al the puple that was left of Etheis, and Amorreis, and Phereseis, and Eueis, and ofOm. CD. Jebuseis, that weren not of the generacioungeneraciouns INS. of Is|rael, and of the sones of hem, and of the aftircomers of hem, whiche the sones of Israel hadden not slayn. SotheliFor INS. of the sones of Israel heSalomon INS. settidesette IN. sette or ordeined S. not, that thei schulden serue the werkiswerkis or nedis S. of the kyng; for theithe sones of Israel S. weren men werriours, and the firstefirste or cheef IN. firste of cheef S. duykis, and princes of charishise charis INS., and of hise knyȝtis; forsotheand INS. alle theOm. NS. princes of the oost of kyng Salomon weren two hundrid and fifti, that tauȝtentauȝten or ruleden NS. the puple. SotheliAnd INS. heSalomon INS. translatide thehis wife, the S. douȝter of Fa|rao fro the citee of Dauid in to thean INS. hows, whichthat INS. he hadde bildidbildide INS. to hir; for the kyng seide, My wijf schal not dwelle in the hows of Dauid, kyng of Israel, for it is halewid, for the arke of the Lord en|tride in to that hows. Thanne Salomon offride brent sacrificessacrifice IN. to the Lord onupon IS. the auter of the Lord, whichthat INS. he hadde bildid bifor the porche, that biin AS. alle daies memen BELMX. offryng INS. schulde offrebe offrid INS. into S. it, bi the comaunde|mentheest INS. of Moises, in sabatis, and in kalen|dis, and in feeste daies, thries bi the ȝeer, that is, in theOm. N. solempnyte of theOm. INS. therf|looues, and inOm. I. the solempnyte of woukis, and in the solempnytesolempnytees IX pr. m. of tabernaclis. And he ordeynede bi the ordynaunce of Dauid, his fadir, the officis of preestis in her ser|uyces, and the dekenes in her ordre, that thei schulden preisepreise the Lord IS. and mynystre bifor preestis bi the custom of ech dai; and he ordeynede porteris in her departyngis bi ȝate and ȝate. For Dauid, the man of God, hadde comaundid so; and bothe preestis and dekenes passiden not fro the co|maundementisheest INS. of the kyng of alle thingis whiche he hadde comaundid. And Salo|mon hadde alle costiscoostis or dis|pences S. maad redi in the kepingiskeping NS. of tresouris, fro that dai in whiche he foundide the hows of the Lord til in to the dai in which he perfourmyde it. Thanne Salomon ȝede in to Asion|gaber, and in to Hailath, at the brynke of the reed see, whichthat INS. is in the lond of Edom. Therfor Iram sente to hymSalomon S., by the hondis of his seruauntis, schippis, and schippe men kunnyng of the see, and thei ȝeden with the seruauntis of Salomon in to Ophir, and thei token fro thennus foure hundrid and fifti talentis of gold, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten it IN. thei brouȝten there S. to kyng Salomon.

 CAP. IX.

AlsoAnd b. the queen of Saba, whanne sche hadde herd the fame of Salomon, cam toin to Jerusalem for to INS. tempteassaie INS. hym in derk figurisfiguris or licknessis S.Figuratyf speche is to speke oon thing, and to vndirstonde another. NS. `in to Jeru|salemOm. INS., withshe cam with S. grete ritchessis, and camelswith camels INS., that baren swete smellynge spices, and ful myche of gold, and preciouseof preciouse N. iemmes, `ether peerlisOm. IN.. And whanne sche was comun to Salomon, sche spak to hym what euer thingis weren in hir herte. And Salomon expownede to hir alle thingis whiche sche hadde put forthforth to him IS., and no thing was, whichthat INS. he made not opynopyn or knowen IS. to hir. And aftir that sche siȝ these thingis, that is, the wisdom of Salomon, and the hows whichthat INS. he hadde bildid, also and the metis of his boordtablis INS., and the dwellyng places of seruauntishise seruauntis INS., and the offices of hiseOm. C. mynystris, and the clothis of hem, and the boteleris, andof CELPU. her clothis, and the sacrifices whiche he offride in the hows of the Lord, spiritther I. was no moremore spirit I. in hir for wondryngwondryng, for these thingis passeden hir vnder|stondyng S.. And sche seide to the kyng, The wordword or fame S. `is treweOm. I., whichthat INS. Yis N. herde in my londlond is trewe I., of thi vertues and wisdom; Y bileuyde not to telleris, til Y my silf hadde come, and myntil myn IN. yȝen hadden seynsein, that is, til Y had vndirstonde these thingis of thi self S., and Ytil that Y INS. hadde preuedpreued it I. that vnnethisvnnethe I. the half of thi wisdom was teld to me; thou hast ouercomeouer|come or passid INS. thethi INS. fame bi thi vertues. Blessid ben thi men, andOm. S. blessid ben thi ser|uauntis, these that stonden bifor thee in al tyme, and heren thi wisdom. Blessid be `thi Lord Godthe Lord thi God INS., that wolde ordeyne thee onupon IS. his trone kyng of the puple of `thi Lord Godthe Lord thi God INS.; treuliOm. IN. forcertis INS. Godthe Lord God N. loueth Is|rael, and wolehe wole INS. saue hym with outen ende, therfor he hath set thee kyng onupon IS. hymIsrael INS., that thou do domes and riȝtfulnesseriȝtwis|nesse INS.. For|sotheAnd INS. sche ȝaf to the kyng sixe scoore talentis of gold, and ful many swete smell|ynge spices, and moost preciouse iemmes; ther weren not siche swete smellynge spices, as these whiche the queen of Saba ȝaf `to kyngOm. NS. Salomon. But also the ser|uauntis of Iram with the seruauntis of Salomon brouȝten gold fro Ophir, and trees of thyne, and most preciouse iemmes; of whiche, that is, of the trees of thynethyn trees NS., the kyng made greesgreecis NS. in the hows of the Lord, and in the hows of the kyng, `harpis alsoand also he made harpis INS., and sautrees to syngeris; siche trees weren neuere seyn in the lond of Juda. ForsotheAnd INS. Salomon ȝaf to the queen of Saba alle thingis whiche sche wolde, and whiche sche axide, many moo than sche haddeOm. S. brouȝt to hym. And sche turnede aȝen, and ȝede in to hir lond with hir ser|uauntis. ForsotheAnd INS. the weiȝt of gold, that was brouȝt to Salomon bi ech ȝeer, was sixe hundrid and sixe and sixti talentis of gold, outakun that summe whichethat INS. theOm. INS. legatis of dyuerse folkis, and marchauntis weren wont to brynge, andand outaken that that I. and withouten the summe that S. alle the kyngis of Arabie, and theOm. INS. princes of londisothere londis I. diuers londis S., thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. brouȝten togidere gold and siluer to Salo|mon. TherforFor N. kyng Salomon made two hundrid goldun speris of the summe of sixe hundrid `floreyns, ether peesis of goldscutis or floryns [peesis N. floryns or pecis S.] of gold INS. Om. CD., thatwhiche INS. weren spendid in ech spere; and he made thre hundrid goldun scheeldis of thre hundrid floreynspeesis of gold INS., with whiche ech scheeldspere INS. was hilid; and the kyng puttide thotho speris IS. in the armure place, that was setordeyned N. set or ordeyned S. in thea INS. wode. Also the kyng made a greet seeteseete or a trone IS. seete or trone N. of yuer, and clothidehe hilide INS. it with clen|nest moost clene I. gold; and he made sixe greesgreecis NS., bi whiche memen ELS. stiedestiede up INS. tointo K. the seete, and ahe made therto a NS. goldun stool, and tweyne armes, oon aȝens `the totherthat oother I., and twei liouns stondynge bi|sidis the armes; but also he made twelue othereOm. A pr. m. et plures. litle liouns stondynge onupon INS. sixe greesgreecis NS. on euer either sideside of the trone INS.. Siche a seetetrone INS. was not in alle rewmesrewmes, that is, in noon of al the rewmes of the world S.. And alle the vessels of the feeste of the kyng weren of gold, and the vessels of the hows of the forest of theOm. INS. Liban weren of purestemoost pure INS. gold; for siluer in tho daies was arettid forat S. nouȝt. ForOm. INS. also the schippis of the kyng ȝeden in to Tharsis with the ser|uauntis of Iram onys in thre ȝeer, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten INS. fro thennus gold, and siluer, and yuerOm. S., andOm. IS. apis, and pokokispekokis INS.. TherforAnd INS. kyng Salomon was magnyfied ouer alle kyngis of erthethe erthe S. for richessishise richessis INS. and glorie. And alle the kyngis of londis desireden to se the face of Salomon, for to here the wis|dom whichthat INS. God hadde ȝoue in his herte; and thei brouȝten to hym ȝiftis, vessels of siluer and of gold, clothis and armuris, and swete smellynge spices, horsis and mulis, bi ech ȝeer. AlsoAnd INS. Salomon hadde fourti thousynde of horsis in stablishis stablis S., and twelue thousynde of charis and ofOm. S. knyȝtis; and `he ordeynedeordeyne N. hemhem to dwelle I. tho kniȝtis to dwelle S. in the citees of charis, and wherethere where I. the kyng was in Jerusalem. ForsotheAnd INS. heSalomon INS. vside power onupon IS. alle the kyngisknyȝtis V., fro the flood Eufratesof Eufrates INS. `til tovnto IN. the lond of Filisteis, and `til tovnto INS. the termestermes or coostis S. of Egipt. And he ȝaf so greet plente of siluer in Jerusalem, as of stoonys, and so greet multitude of cedriscedre trees IN. there was of cedre trees S., aswas as I. of sycomoris that growen in feeldi places. ForsotheAnd INS. horsis weren brouȝtbrouȝt to Salomon S. fro Egipt, and fro alle cuntreis. Sotheli the residueremenaunt INS. of the formere werkis and theof the INS. laste of Salomon ben writun in the wordis of Na|than, the prophete, and in the wordisword S. of Achie of Silo, and in the visioun, `ether prophesieOm. IN., of Addo, the propheteprophete propheciynge IS., aȝens Jeroboam, sonethe sone I. of Nabath. SotheliCertis INS. Sa|lomon regnede in Jerusalem onupon INS. al Israel fourti ȝeer, and he slepte with his fadris; and thei birieden hym in the citee of Da|uid, and Roboam, his sone, regnyde for hym.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe Roboam ȝede forth in to Si|chem; for al Israel came togidere thidur to make hym kyng. And whanne Jeroboam, theOm. NX. sone of Nabath, that was in EgiptEgipt, had herd this INS., `for hethe whiche I. whiche NS. fledde thidurin to Egipt INS. bifor Salomon, hadde herd thisthe deeth of Salamon I. Salamon diede N. Salomon deiyng S., he turnyde aȝen anoon. And thei clepiden hym, and he cam with al Israel, and thei spaken to Roboam, and seiden, Thi fadir oppresside vs with fula ful INS. hard ȝok; comaunde thou liȝtere thingisthingis on us I. thingis to be don to vs S. than thi faderfadir dide S., thatthe whiche I. which NS. settidesette I. hath sett NS. onvpon IS. vs a greuouse seruageseruage or charge S.; and releese thou a litil of `the birthunoure charge I. oure burthun NS., that we serue thee. And heRo|boam INS. seide, After thre daies turne ȝe aȝen to me. And whanne the puple was goon, he took counsel withof S. elde men, thatwhiche INS. stoden bifor his fadir Salomon, while he lyuyde ȝit, and seidehe seide INS., What counsel ȝyuen ȝe, that Y answere to the puple? And thei seiden to hym, If thou plesist this puple, and makist hem softesofte or esye I. softe or quietest hem S. bi meke wordis, thei schulen serue thee in al tyme. AndOm. S. heRoboam INS. forsook thethis S. counsel of eldethe elde BCEFLMORVWb. the eldere P. men, and biganhe bigan N. to tretetrete and councele N. trete a consel S. with ȝonge men, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. weren nurischid with hym, and weren in his cumpenye. And he seide to hem, What semeth to ȝou? ether whatwhat thing INS. owe Y answereto answere S. to this puple, that seide to me, Releese thou the ȝok, whichthat INS. thi fadir puttidehath putt INS. onupon IS. vs? And thei answeriden, as ȝonge menOm. S. and nurschyd with hym in delicis, and seidenthei seiden INS., Thus thou schalt speke to the puple that seide to thee, Thi fadir madehath maad IN. greuouse oure ȝok, releese thouthou it IN.; and thusOm. EFKLMNSXbç. thou schalt answere to hem, My leeste fyngur is gretter than the leendis of my fader; my fadir puttidehath put I. put S. onvpon S. ȝou a greuouse ȝok, and Y schal leie to a gretter birthun; my fadir beetbetide I. ȝou with scourgis, forsothebut INS. Y schal bete ȝou with `scor|piouns, that isOm. IN., hard knottid roopisroopis, that ben scorpiouns I.. TherforAnd INS. Jeroboam andwith INS. al the puple cam to Roboam in the thridde dai, as he hadde comaundid to hem. And `the kyng an|sweride harde thingisOm. INS., after that hethe kyng INS. hadde forsake the counsel of theOm. INSX. eldere men, andOm. S. he spak bi the wille of theOm. INS. ȝonge menmen, he answeride hard thingis to the peple INS., Myand seide, My NS. fadir puttidehath putt INS. onupon IS. ȝou a greuouse ȝok, which Y schal make greuousere; my fadir beetbetide I. ȝou with scourgispleyn scourgis S., sothelibut INS. Y schal bete ȝou with scorpiounsplumbid cordis INS.. And heRoboam INS. assentide not to theOm. NS. preieris of the puple; forcertis INS. it was the wille of God, that his word schulde be fillidfulfillid INS., whichthat INS. he hadde spoke bi the hond of Ahie ofand S. Silo to Jeroboam, sonethe sone IMNSbç. of Nabath. SotheliAnd INS. whanne the kyng seidehad seid INS. harderethese hardere IS. thingis, al the puple spak thus to hym, No part isOm. I. be NS. to vs in Dauidthe lynage of Dauid I. Dauith linage S., nether eritage in the sone of IsaiY say be among vs S.; Israel, turne thou aȝen in to thi tabernaclis, so|theliand INS. thou, Dauid, feede thinthin owen INS. howsmeynee INS.. And Israel ȝede in to hise tabernaclis. For|sotheAnd INS. Roboam regnede onupon IS. the sones of Israel, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. dwelliden in the citees of Juda. And kyngthe kyng I. Roboam sente Adhu|ram, that was souereyn ouerof S. the tributis; and the sones of Israel stonyden hym, and he was deed. CertisAnd INS. kyngthe kyng I. Roboam hastidehastide him IS. to stiestie up IS. in to thehis INS. chare, and fleddehe fledde INS. in to Jerusalem. And Israel ȝede awei fro the hows of Dauid `til tovnto INS. to X. this dai. ForsotheAnd INS.Forsothe; fro this place to the ende of this chapitre it is not of the text, for it is not in Ebreu, ne|ther in bokis amendid, but it is takun of the thridde book of Kyngis, xii. co. Lire here. C. it was doon, whanne al Israel hadde herd, that Jeroboam turnede aȝen, thei senten, and clepiden hym, whanne the cumpeny was gaderidgaderid togidre INS., and thei or|deyneden him king onupon IS. al Israel; and noeueri S. man, outakun the lynagelinagis S. of JudaJuda and of Benjamyn X sec. m. aloone, suede `the hows of Dauidhym S..

 CAP. XI.

ForsotheSothely INS. Roboam cam in to Jerusalem, and clepidehe clepide INS. togidere al the howsmeynee INS. of Juda and of Beniamyn, `til tovnto INS. to X. nyne scoore thousynde of chosen men andOm. S. werriouris, for to fiȝte aȝens Israel, and for to turneturne aȝen INS. his rewme to hym. And the word of the Lord was maad to Semeye, the man of God, and seide, Speke thou to Roboam, the sone of Salomon, kyng of Juda, and to al Israel, whichthat INS. is in Juda and Benia|myn; The Lord seith these thingis, Ȝe schulen not stiestie up INS., nethir ȝe schulenshuln not S. fiȝte aȝens ȝoure britheren; ech man turne aȝen inOm. S. to his hows, for this thing is doon bi my wille. And whanne thei hadden herd the word of the Lord, thei turneden aȝen, and ȝeden not aȝens kyngthe kyng I. Jeroboam. ForsotheAnd INS. Roboam dwellide in Jerusalem, and he bildide wallid citees in Juda; and bildidehe bildide INS. Bethleem, and Ethan, and Thecue, and Bethsur; and Sochot, and Odollam; also and Jeth, and Maresa, and Ziph; but also Huramhe bildide Huram INS., and Lachis, and Azecha; and Saraa, and Hailon, and Ebron, thatwhiche INS. weren in Juda and Beniamyn, ful strong citees. And whanne he hadde closid tho with wallis, he settidesette INS. `in tho citees princesprinces in hem I., andand he ordeyned in hem S. bernes of metis, that is, of oile, and of wyn. But also in ech citee he made placis of armuris of scheeldis, and speris, and he made tho strong with most dili|gence; and he regnyde on Juda and Ben|iamyn. SotheliAnd INS. the preestis and dekenesthe dekenes S., thatwhich S. weren in al Israel, camen to hymRoboam NS. fro alle her seetiscitees N., and forsokenthei forsoken INS. her sub|arbis and possessiounsher pos|sessiouns INS., and thei passiden toin to S. Juda and to Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and hise aftir comeris hadden cast hem awey, that thei schulden not be set in preesthodthe presthood S. of the Lord; whichthe which I. Jeroboam made to hym preestis of hiȝe places, and of feendis, and of caluys, which he hadde maad. But also of alle the linagis of Is|rael, whiche euer ȝauen her herte to seke the Lord God of Israel, thei camen to Je|rusalem for to offre her sacrifices bifor the Lord God of her fadris. And thei strength|iden the rewme of Juda, and strength|identhei strengthiden INS. Roboam, the sone of Salomon, bi thre ȝeer; for thei ȝeden in the weies of Dauid, and of Salomon, oneli bi thre ȝeer. For|sothe Roboam weddide a wijf Malaoth, the douȝtir of Jerymuth, sonethe sone I. of Dauid, andOm. N. Abiail, the douȝtir of Heliab, sonethe sone INS. of Ysaye; and sche childide to hym sones, Yeus, and Somorie, and Zerei. Also after this wijf he took Maacha, the douȝter of Abissalon, and sche childide to hym Abia, and Thai, and Ziza, and Salomyth. For|sotheAnd INS. Roboam louyde Maacha, the douȝtir of Abissalon, aboue alle hise wyues and secundariehise secoundarie INS. wyues. Forsotheand INS. he hadde weddid eiȝtene wyues, sotheliand he hadde INS. sixti secun|darie wyues; and he gendridegaat I. eiȝte and twenti sones, and sixti douȝtris. SotheliAnd INS. he ordeynede Abia, the sone of Maacha, inOm. S. the heed, duyk oueramong ouer S. alle hise britheren; forand INS. he thouȝte to make Abia kyng, for he was wisere and myȝtiere ouer alle hise sones, and in alle the coostis of Juda and of Beniamyn, and in alle wallidthe wallid S. citeescitees he sette his sones I. citees Roboam ordeined his sones S.; and he ȝaf to hem ful many metisOm. NS., and heOm. A. hadhadden I. took to hem NS. manyful many CEL. wyues.

 CAP. XII.

And whanne the rewme of Roboam was maad strong and coumfortid, he forsook the lawe of the Lord, and al Israel with hym. SotheliAnd INS. in the fyuethe ȝeer of the rewme of Roboam Sesach, theOm. INS. kyng of Egipt, stiedestiede up INS. in to Jerusalem, for theithei, that is, the men of Jerusalem S. synneden aȝens the Lord; and heSesach INS. stiedestiede up I. stiede up thidir NS. with a thousynde and two hundrid charys, and withOm. CDEFGKLMOPQRUXbç. sixti thousynde ofOm. W. horse men, and no noumbre was of the comyn puple, that cam with hym fro Egipt, that is, Libiens, and Trogoditis, and Ethiopiens. And heSesach INS. took ful stronge citees in Juda, and he cam `til tovnto IN. into S. to X. Jerusalem. ForsotheAnd INS. Semei, the prophete, entride to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, whichethe whiche I. fleynge fro Sesach weren gaderid togidere `in toin NS. Jerusalem. And he seide to hem, The Lord seith these thingis, Ȝe han forsake me, and Y haue forsake ȝou in the hond of Sesach. And the princes of Israel and the kyng weren astonyed, and seiden, The Lord is iust. And whanne the Lord hadde seyn that thei weren mekid, the word of the Lord was maad to Semey, and seide, For thei ben mekid, Y schal not distrie hem, and Y schal ȝyue to hem a litil help, and my stronge veniaunce schal not droppedistrie W. onin ELP, upon INS. Om, W. JerusalemIsrael A pr. m. bi the hond of Sesach. Netheles thei schulen serue hym, that thei knowe the dyuersitee of my seruyce and of the seruyce of the rewme of londis. Therfor Sesach, the kyng of Egipt, ȝede a wey fro Jerusalem, aftir that he hadde take awei the tresouris of the hows of the Lord, and of the kyngis hows; and he took alle thingis with hym, and the goldun scheeldis whiche Salomon hadde maad, for whichewhiche scheldis I. whiche goldun scheeldis NS. theOm. NS. kyngking Roboam NS. made brasun scheeldis, and tookhe bitoke INS. tho to the princes of scheeld makeris, that kepten the porche of the paleis. AndOm. S. whanne the kyng entride in to the hows of the Lord, the scheeld|makeris camen, and token thotho scheldus I. tho brasun sheeldis S., and eft brouȝtenthei brouȝten INS. thohem IN. toaȝen to INS. histhe kyngis NS. armure place. Ne|theles for thei weren mekid, the ire of the Lord was turned awei fro hem, and thei weren not don awei outirli; for good werkis weren foundyn also in Juda. Ther|for kyngthe kyng I. Roboam was coumfortid in Je|rusalem, and regnederegnede there INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. he was of oon and fourti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde seuentene ȝeer in Jerusalem, the citee whichthat INS. the Lord chees of alle the lynagis of Israel, that he schulde conferme his name there. For|sotheAnd INS. the name of his modir was Naama Amanytis. And heRoboam INS. dide yuel, and he made not redi his herte to seke God. So|theliAnd INS. the firste and the laste werkis of Roboam ben writun, and diligentli de|clarid in the bookis of Semei the profete, and of Abdo the profete. And Roboam and Jeroboam fouȝten in alle daies aȝens hem silf. And Roboam slepte with hise fadris, and washe was INS. biried in the citee of Dauid; and Abia, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XIII.

Yn the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of kyng Jeroboam Abia regnede onupon INS. Juda; heand he C. regnede thre ȝeer in Jerusalem; and the name of hise modir was Mychaie, the douȝter of Vriel of Gabaa. And batel was bitwixe Abia and Jeroboam. And whanne Abia hadde bigunne batel, and haddehadde with him INS. most chyual|rouse men, and four hundrid thousynde of chosun men, Jeroboam arayede aȝenward the scheltroun with eiȝte hundrid thou|synde of men, and thei weren chosun men and most strongestronge men INS. to batelsbatel S.. TherforAnd INS. Abia stood onupon INS. the hil Semeron, that was in Effraym, and seidehe seide INS., Here thou, Jero|boam and al Israel; whether ȝe knowen not, that the Lord God of Israel ȝaf to Dauid the rewme onof NS. Israel with outen ende, to hym and to hise sones in to theOm. INS. couenaunt of salt, `that is, stidefast and stablethat is, stidefast N.? AndAnd now S. Jeroboam, the sone of Na|bath, the seruaunt of Salomon, sonethe sone I. of Dauid, rooshath risen up INS., and rebellidehe rebellide I. hath rebellid S. aȝens his lord. And most veyn men andOm. INS. the sones of Belial weren gaderidgaderid togidre INS. to hym, and thei hadden myȝt aȝens Roboam, the sone of Salomon. Certis Roboam was buystuouse, `ether fonneOm. IN. ethir formed MW. or vntauȝt S., and of feerdful herte, and myȝtehe myȝte INS. not aȝenstonde hem. Now therfor ȝe seien, that ȝe moun aȝenstonde the rewme of the Lord, whichthat INS. he holdith in possessioun bi the sones of Dauid; and ȝe hanhaue IN. a greet multitude of puple, andand ȝe han S. goldun caluys, whichethe whiche I. Jeroboam madehath maad INS. in to goddis to ȝou. And ȝe han caste aweiawey fro ȝou NS. the preestis of the Lord, the sones of Aaron, and dekenesthe dekenes S., and ȝe han maad preestis to ȝou, as alle the puplisprestis EFKLMNSXbç. of londislondis, that is, after custum of other londis S. hanhan maad I. Om. NS. preestisOm. INS.; whoand who S. euer cometh and halewith histhe kyngis INS. hond in a bole, in oxisoxen INS., andor INS. in seuene wetheriswetheris, offringe hem to hym NS., anoon he is maad preest of hem thatwhiche NS. ben notOm. N. goddisof goddis S.. But oure Lord is God, whom we forsaken not; and preestis of the sones of Aaron mynys|trenmynystriden AELXbç. to the Lord, and dekenes ben in her ordre; and thei offrenoffriden I. brent sacrifices to the Lord biOm. I. ech dai in the morewtid and euentid, andand also I. and thei offriden N. and thei offren S. encense maad bi co|maundementis of the lawe; and loues benben there S. set forth in a moostful I. clene boord; and at vs is the goldun candilstik and histhe INS. lan|ternelanterne therof INS., thatand S. it be teendidtend N. euere at euen|tid; forsotheand INS. we kepen the comaunde|mentisheestis INS. of our God, whom ȝe han forsake. Therfor God is duyk in oure oost, and hisethei ben hise I. preestis, thatwhiche NS. trumpen and sownen aȝens ȝou; nyle ȝe, sones of Israel, fiȝte aȝens the Lord God of ȝoure fadris, for it spedith not to ȝou. While heAbia INS. spak these thingis, Jeroboam made redi tresouns bi|hyndebehynde forth INS.; and whanne heJeroboam INS. stood euene aȝens thehise NS. enemyes, he cumpasside with his oost Juda vnwitynge. And Juda bihelde, and siȝhe siȝ NS. batel neiȝ euene aȝensaȝens bifore IS., andhem and S. bihynde theher INS. bak; and he criede to the Lord, and preestis bigunnen forOm. N. to trumpe. And alle the men of Juda criedencrieden out I. crieden an hiȝ NS., and, lo! while thei criedencrieden an hiȝ I., God made aferd Jero|boam and al Israel, thatwhiche NS. stood euenOm. INS. aȝens Juda and Abia. And theOm. A. men of Israel fledden fro Juda, and God bitook hem in to the hondis of menthe men C. Om. S. ofOm. S. Juda. Therfor Abia and his puple smootsmeten I. hemIsrael INS. with a greet wounde, and there felden doun of hem fyue hundrid thousynde of stronge men woundid. And the sones of Israel weren maad lowe in that tyme, and the sones of Juda weren coumfortid ful greetli, forforthi that IN. thei hadden hopid in the Lord God of her fadris. ForsotheAnd INS. Abia pursuede Je|roboam fleynge, and tookhe took INS. hise cytees, Bethelthat is, Bethel INS. and hise vilagis, and Jesana with hise vilagis, andOm. CDEFGKLMOPQRUXbç. Ephron and hise vilagis; and Jeroboam miȝte no more aȝenstondewithstonde Juda IS. withstonde N. in the daies of Abia, whomthe whiche Jeroboam I. which N. which Jeroboam S. the Lord smootsmoot; for he dide idolatrie, in the thridde book of Kingis, XV. co. Lire here. C., and he was deed. Therfor Abia, whanne his empire was coumforted, took fourtene wyues, and he gendridegaat I. two and twenti sones, and sixtene douȝtris. The residuereme|naunt INS. of wordisthe wordis INS. of Abia and of his weyes and werkishise werkis INS., ben writun ful dili|gentli in the book of Abdo, the profete.

 CAP. XIV.

ForsotheAnd INS. Abia slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden hym in the citee of Da|uid; and Asa, his sone, regnede for hym. In whos daies the lond restiderestide in pees INS. ten ȝeer. And Asa dide thatthat thing INS., that was good and plesaunt in the siȝt of his God, and he destriede the auteris of straunge worschip|yngworschiping; that is, of idol|atrie; hiȝe placis where idolis weren wor|schepid. Lire here. C., and `he destriedeOm. I. hiȝthe hiȝ I. places, and brakbrake togidre the I. brake togidere NS. ymagis, and kittidehe hewide I. he kettide S. doun woodismawmet woodis INS.; and he comaundide Juda to seke the Lord God of her fadris, and to do the lawe and alle comaundementisthe heestis IN. the hestis thereof S.. And hethe kyng INS. took awei fro alle the citees of Juda auteristhe auteris INS. and templis of idols, and he regnede in pees. And he bildide stronge cytees in Juda; for he was in reste, and no batels risidenrisen IS. in his tymes, for the Lord ȝafȝaue him S. pees. For|sotheAnd INS. heAsa INS. seide to Juda, Bilde we these cytees, and cumpasse wewe hem IS. with wallis, and strengthe wewe hem IS. with touris and ȝatis and lockis, as longe as alle thingis ben restful frofor W. batelbatels BCKOW.; for we han souȝte the Lord God of oure fadris, and he hath ȝoue to vs peesrest S. bi cumpas. Therfor thei bildidenbildiden her citees NS., and nothere was no I. lettyng wasOm. I. in bildyngthe bildyng IN. the bijlding of hem S.. So|theliAnd INS. Asa hadde in his oost thre hundrid thousynde of men of Juda berynge scheldis and speris, sotheliand INS. of Beniamyn he hadde two hundrid thousynde and fourscoore thousynde of scheeld beeris and of arch|eris; alle these weren ful stronge men. Forsothe Zara of EthiopEthiope INS. ȝede out aȝens hem with his oost ten `sithis anOm. I. hundrid thousynde, and with thre hundrid charis, and camhe cam S. `til tovnto INS. Masera. Certis Aza ȝedeȝede forth INS. aȝens hem, and araiedehe araiede INS. scheltrunthe scheltrun I. his scheltrun NS. to batel in the valei Sephataof Sephata C pr. m. IMNS., whichthat INS. is bisidis Masera. And heAsa INS. inwardli clepide the Lord God, and seide, Lord, no dyuersitee is anentisaȝens S. thee, whether thou helpe in fewe, ethir in manye; oure Lord God, helpe thou vs, for we han trist in thee and in thi name, and camentherfore camen I. we camen N. forthi we camen S. aȝens this multi|tude; Lord, thou art oure God, a man haue not theOm. NS. maistrye aȝens thee. Ther|for the Lord made aferd Ethiopensthe men of Ethiope INS. bifor Asa and Juda, and Ethiopensthe men of Ethiopie INS. fledden; and Asa and his puple, that was with hym, pursuede hem `til tovnto INS. Gerare. And Ethiopensthe men of Ethiopie INS. felden doun `til tovnto INS. to X. deeth, for thei weren al to-brokun bi the Lord sle|ynge, and bi his oost fiȝtyngefyȝting aȝens hem S.. TherforThanne I. theimen of Juda NS. token many spuylis, andand thei INS. smitidensmeten I. smiteden or distreyeden S. alle the citees `bi the cumpas ofaboute I. bi cumpas NS. Gerare; for greet drede hadde assailid alle menmen aduersaries to Juda S.. And theimen of Juda S. riflidenspuyliden I. cyteesthe citees INS., and baren a weye myche prey; butand INS. also thei destrieden the fooldis of scheep, and tokenthei token INS. multi|tude without noumbre of scheep and of camels, and turnedenthei turneden INS. aȝen in to Jeru|salem.

 CAP. XV.

Forsothe Azarie, the sone of Obeth, whanne the spirit of the Lord was comyn in to hym, ȝedehe ȝede S. outOm. X. in to the metyng of Asa; and seidehe seide INS. to hym, Asa and al Juda and Beniamyn, here ȝe me; the Lord is with ȝou, for ȝe weren with hym; if ȝe seken hym, ȝe schulen fynde hymOm. plures.; so|theliand INS. if ȝe forsaken hym, he schal forsake ȝou. Forsothe many daies schulen passe in Israel with outen veri God, and with|out preest, and without techere, and with|out lawe. And whanne theithei, that is, there foreseid lawe . . . . . S. turnen aȝen in her angwisch, and crien to the Lord God of Israel, and seken hym, thei schulen fynde hym. In that tyme schal not be pees to go out and to go in, but dredisdredis schul be IS. dredis be N. on aleche I. side onin EIKLNO. and in S. alle the dwelleris of londis. For aOm. INS. folk schal fiȝte aȝens folka folk X sec. m., and aOm. N. citee aȝens a citee, for the Lord schal disturble hem in al anguyschanguishe, for her synne S.; but be ȝe coumfortidcoumfortid in ȝour soulis S., and ȝoure hondis bebe thei NS. not slakidslakid fro gode werkis IS.; for mede schal be to ȝoure werk. AndOm. S. whanne Asa hadde herd this thing, that is, the wordis and profesye of Asarie, the sone of Obed, the profete, he was coumfortid, and he dide a wei alle the idols fro alOm. CNS. the lond of Juda and of Ben|iamyn, and froof S. the citees whichethat I. he hadde take of the hil of Effraym. And he halewide the auter of the Lord, that was bifor the porche of the hows of the Lord. And hethe kyng INS. gaderide togidere al Juda and Beniamyn, and with hem the comelyngis of Effraym, and of Manasses, and of Sy|meon; for manyemanye men INS. of Israel, seynge that histhe NS. Lord God was with hymhym Asa S., fledden ouer to hym. And whanne theiAsa and his oost N. his oost S. hadden comuncomen aȝene S. in to Jerusalem, in the thridde monethe, in the fiftenthe ȝeer of the rewme of Asa, theihe and his peple S. offriden `to the LordOm. W. in that dai, bothe of the spuylis and of the prey, which thei hadden brouȝt, seuenethat is, seuene S. hundrid oxisoxen INS., and seuene thousynde wetheris. And Asa entrideentride among the peple S. bi custom toamong the peple, for to I. for to N. make strong the boond of pees, that theihis peple S. schulden seke the Lord God of her fadris in al her herte, and in al her soule. SotheliAnd INS. hethe kyng INS. seide, If ony man sekith not the Lord God of Is|rael, die he, fro the leeste `til tovnto IN. to SX pr. m. the mooste, fro man `til tovnto INS. wommanwoman, be noon spared S.. And allealle thei I. al men and wemen S. thatwhiche NS. weren in Juda sworenOm. INS. with cursyngcursynge, that is, bindinge hem with curs IS.cursing; that is, oblischinge hem silf to cursing and peyne of deth, if they diden aȝenus the ooth. Lire here. C. tosworen to INS. the LordLord God NS., with greet vois, inOm. N. hertli song, andOm. C. in sown of trumpe, and in sown of clariounsclariouns to obeie herto INS.; forcertis INS. thei sworen in al her herte, and in al theher INS. wille thei souȝten hymthe Lord NS., and founden hymOm. plures.; and the Lord ȝaf to hem reste bi cumpas. But also he puttideputte I. doun Maacha, the modir of `Asa the kyngthe kyng Asa I. king Asa NS., frothat is, his owen moder fro INS. the streit empire, for sche hadde made in a wode thea INS. symylacre, `ether licnesseor a licnesse I. Om. N., of a mannus ȝerde; and he al to-brak alOm. S. `that symylacreit I., and pown|ede itOm. plures. in to gobetis, andand he I. `brente itit brent N. brente S. inand threwe it into I. and he threw into NS. the stronde of Cedron. ButBut ȝit INS. hiȝ placesplaces of mawmetrie IS. weren left in Israel; netheles the herte of Asa was riȝtful in alle hise daies. And he brouȝte in to the hows of the Lord tho thingis thatwhiche INS. his fadir avowideavoued iustli S., siluer and gold, and dyuerse purtenaunce of ves|sels; sotheliand INS. batel was not `til tovnto INS. the threttithethrittithe; in Ebreu is is, til to the xxxv. ȝeere. Lire here. C. ȝeer of the rewme of Asa.

 CAP. XVI.

ForsotheSothely INS. in the sixe and thrittithe ȝeer of his rewme Baasa, theOm. INS. kyng of Israel, stiedestiede up INS. in to Juda, and cumpassidehe cum|passide INS. Rama with a wal, that no man of the rewme of Asa myȝte go out etherand A. entreentre yn INS. sikirli. So|theliAnd INS. Asa brouȝte forth gold and siluer fro the tresours of the hows of the Lord, and fro the kyngis tresouris; and sentehe sente tho INS. to Benadab, kyng of Sirie, that dwellide in Damask, and seideseide to him IS., Boond of pees isOm. S. bi|twixe me and thee, and my fadir and thi fadir hadden acordyngaccord togidre I. concoord togidre NS.; wherfor Y sentehaue sent INS. to thee siluer and gold, that whanne thou hast broke the boond of pees, whichthat INS. thou hast with Baasa, king of Israel, thou make hym to go awei fro me. And whanne thisthis thing BCDEFGIKLMNOPQRUWXbç. these thingis S. waswerin S. foundunfoundun sooth IS., Benadab sente princesthe princes INS. of hise oostis toin to S. the citees of Israel, whichethe whiche I. which oostes S. smytidensmetyn EIL. smiteden or distroyeden S. Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaym, and alle the wallid citees of Neptalym. And whanne Baasa hadde herd this, he ceesside to bilde Rama, and lefthe lefte IN. his werk. ForsotheAnd INS. kyng Asa took al Juda, and thei token fro Rama thealle the INS. stonys and trees, whichethe whiche I. Baasa hadde maad redi to bild|yng; and heAza S. bildide of tho Gabaa, and Maspha. In that tyme Anany, the pro|fete, cam to Asa, kyng of Juda, and seide to hym, ForForthi that INS. thou haddist trist in the kyng of Sirie, and not in `thi Lord Godthe Lord thi God INS., herfor the oost of `the kyng ofOm. NS. Sirie aschapideascapide, that is, [the oost of Sirie S] made the king of Israel to ascape NS. fro thin hond. Whether `Ethio|piens and Libiensthe men of [or the oost of S] Ethiope and [of N] Libie INS. weren not many momo than Israel IS. in charis, andin INS. knyȝtis, andOm. N. fulin ful INS. greet mul|titude; whichethe whiche I. whiche greet oost and multitude S. whanne thou haddist bi|leuyd to the Lord, he bitookbitook hem S. in to thin hondis? For the iȝeniȝe N. of the Lord biholden al theOm. INS. erthe, and ȝyuenȝyueth C. thei ȝyuen INS. strengthe to hem, that with perfit herte bileuen in to hym. Therfor thou hast do folili, andOm. S. for thisthis trist in men I. this thi mistrusting in the Lord S., ȝhe, in presentthis present INS. tyme batels schulen rise aȝens thee. And Asa was wrooth aȝens the prophete, and comaundide hymto him EL. to be sent in to stockisthe stockis CNOS.. Forsothe the LordLord God NS. hadde indignacioun greetli onupon INS. this thing, and killidehe killide INS. ful many of thehis I. Azais N. Aza S. puple in that tyme. Sotheli the firste and the laste werkis of Asa ben writun in the book of kyngis of Juda and of Israel. ForsotheAnd INS. Asa was sijk ful gretli in theOm. I. akynge of feethis feet INS., in the nyne and thrittithe ȝeer of his rewme; and nether in his sikenessesikenessis S. he souȝte the Lord, but tristidehe tristide INS. more in the craft of lechis. And Asa slepte with hise fadris, and heOm. INS. was deed in the oon and fourtithe ȝeer of his rewme. And thei birieden him in his sepulcre, whichthat INS. he hadde maad to hym silf in the cytee of Dauid; and thei puttidenputten I. hymhim, or leiden him S. onupon INS. his bed ful of swete smellynge spices and oynementisof oynementis IN. of hoorisstrumpetis INS., thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. weren `maad togidereal togidre maad INS. bi the craft of oynement makeris, and thei brenten onthese upon INS. hym with ful greet cost.

 CAP. XVII.

ForsotheCertis INS. Josaphat, his sone, regnyde for hym; and he hadde the maistrye aȝens Israel. And he settidesette I. noumbrisnoumbre N. in noumbre S. of knyȝtis inof S. alle the citees of Juda, thatwhiche INS. weren cumpassid with wallis, and he dis|poside strong holdis in the lond of Juda, and in the citees of Effraym, whichethat I. Asa, his fadir, hadde take. And the Lord was with Josaphat, whichethat INS. ȝede in the firstefirst or best S. weies of Dauid, his fadir; he hopide not in Baalym, but inhe hopide in IS. the Lord God of Dauid, his fadir, and he ȝede in the comaunde|mentisheestis INS. of God, and not biaftir I. the synnes of Israel. And the Lord confermyde the rewme in his hond; and al Juda ȝaf ȝiftis to Josaphat, and ritchessis with outen noumbre, and myche glorie werenwas EFGIKLMNSXbç. maad to hym. And whanne his herte hadde take hardynesse for the weiesweies which he kepte S. of the Lord, he tooktook thanne INS. awei also hiȝthe hiȝ I. placis and wodiswodis of mawmetrie INS. fro Juda. ForsotheAnd INS. in the thridde ȝeer of his rewme he sente of hise princes Benail, and Abdie, and Zacarie, and Nathanael, and Mychee, that thei schulden teche in the citees of JudaJuda Goddis lawe NS.; and with hem he sente dekenesnyne dekenes, that is S. Semeyethat is to wite, Semeye I., andOm. C. Nathanye, and Zabadie, and Azahel, and Semyramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonye, and Thobie, and Abadonye, dekenes; and with hem `he senteOm. N. sente S. Elisama and Joram, preestis; and thei tauȝten the puple in Juda, and haddenthei hadden INS. the book of the lawe of the Lord; and thei cumpassiden alle the citees of Juda, and tauȝtenthei tauȝten INS. al the puple. Therfor the drede of the Lord was maad onupon INS. al the rewmesrewme EKL. of londis, that weren `bi cumpas ofbi the cumpas of BCDEFGKLMNOPQRSUWXbç. aboute I. Juda; and tho dursten not fiȝte aȝens Josaphat. But also Filisteis brouȝten ȝiftis to Josaphat, and toltribute INS. of siluer; and men of Arabie brouȝtenbrouȝten to him S. scheep seuene thousynde, and seuene hundrid ofOm. INS. wetheris, and so many buckis of geet. TherforThanne I. Josaphat encreesside, and washe was IN. magnified `til in tovnto I. til to Nb. unto into S. anful INS. hiȝhiȝ wirschipe INS.; and he bildide in Juda housis at the licnesse of touris, and strongeful stronge S. citees; and he made redi many werkis in the citees of Juda. Also men werriouris and stronge men weren in Jerusalem; of whichewhiche men INS. this is the noumbre, `bi theof S. housis and meynees of allealle men IN. alle men that there werin S. in Judathë meynee of Juda INS.. Duyk Eduas was prince of the oost, and with hym weren thre hundrid thousynde ful stronge men. AftirAnd after S. hym was Johan|nan prince, and with hym weren two hundrid thousynde and foure scoore thou|syndethousand men NS.. After this also Amasye, the sone of Zechri, was halewid to the Lord, and with hym weren two hundrid thousynde of stronge men. Eliada myȝtia myȝti man INS. to batels suede this Amasie, and with hym weren two hundrid thousynde of men holdynge bouwe and scheeld. Aftir thisEliada INS. was also Josaphat, and with hym weren an hun|drid thousynde and foure scoore thou|synde of redi knyȝtis. Alle these weren at the hond of the kyng, outakun othere, whiche he hadde put in wallid cytees andOm. S. in al Juda.

 CAP. XVIII.

TherforForsothe INS. Josaphat was richeful riche INS. and fulOm. INS. noble, and bi affynyte, `ethir alieOm. IN., he was ioyned to Achab. And aftir ȝeeriscerteyn ȝeeris INS. heJosaphat INS. cam doun to hymAchab INS. in to Samarie; at whos comyng Achab killide ful many wetheris and oxisoxen INS., and to the puple that cam with hym; and heAchab NS. counseilide hymJosaphat INS. to stiewende up with him I. stie with him N. stie vp with him S. in to Ramoth of Galaad. AndOm. S. Achab, theOm. INS. kyng of Israel, seide to Josaphat, kyng of Juda, Come thou with me in to Ramoth of Galaad. To whom he answeride, As and Y amam ioyned to thee I. am bi affinyte ioyned to the in fren|shepe S., thouso and thou NS. artart also to me I. art to me S.; asand as IN. and as bi our affinyte S. thi puplepeple is my peple S., so andalso I. my puplepeple is thi peple S.; and we schulen be with thee in batel. AndAnd eft I. And ouer this S. Josaphat seide to the kyng of Israel, Y bisechebiseche thee IS., counsele thou in presentthis present IS. tyme the word of the Lord. TherforThanne I. the kyng of Israel gaderide togi|dere foure hundrid `men ofOm. C. prophetis, and seidehe seide INS. to hem, Owen we to go in to Ra|math of Galaad for to fiȝte, ethir `take restereste at hoom I. shuln we take reste and cum not there S.? And theithe prophetis INS. seiden, Stie ȝeȝe up thidere I. ȝe vp. N. up thidere S., and God schal bitakebitake it INS. inin to INS. the hond of the king. And Josaphat seide, Whether no profete of the Lord isbe IS. here, that we `axe alsomay also axe I. axe this also S. of hym? And the kyng of Israel seide to Josaphat, O man isther is I. is niȝ here S., of whom we `moun axemay wite I. moun wite NS. the wille of the Lord, but andOm. IS. Y hate hym, for he prophecieth not goodgood thing IN. good thing to my lykyng S., but yuelyuel thing IN. he profecieth yuel thing S. to me in al tyme; sothelyand INS. it is Mychee, the sone of Jebla. And Josaphat seide to hym, Kyng, speke thou not in this maner. TherforThanne I. the kyng of Israel cle|pide oon of thehise INS. geldyngisgeldingis or chast seruauntis I. chaast ser|uauntis NS., and seide to hym, Clepe thou sooneanoon IN. to me anoon S. Mychee, the sone of Jebla. ForsotheAnd INS. the kyng of Israel and Josaphat, theOm. INS. kyng of Juda, satensaten thanne I. saten this tyme S. euer eithir in his seete, and werenthei weren INS. clothid in kyngis aray; forsothesotheli BCDEFGKLMOPQRUWXbç. and INS. thei saten in the cornfloor, `ether large howsOm. IN. ether in a large house S., bisidis the ȝate of Samariethe seyntuarie IN.; and alle the prophetiskingis profetis S. profesieden bifor hem. ForsotheOon of hem I. And N. And oo greet profeet of hem S. Sede|chie, the sone of Cananee, made to hym yrone hornes, and seidehe seide to Achab I. he seide to king Achab S., The Lord seith these thingis, With thesethese hornes IS. thou schalt wyn|dewewyndewe or scatere abrood IS. Siriethe men of Sirie INS., til thou al to-brake itthat loond IS. hem N.. And alle prophetisthe prophetis IN. the kingis profeetis S. profesieden in lijk maner, and seidenthei seiden to Achab IS. thei seiden N., Stie thouthou up INS. in to Ramoth of Galaad, and thou schalt haue prosperite; and the Lord schal bitake hem in to the hondis of the kyng. ForsotheAnd INS. the mes|sanger, that ȝede to clepe Mychee, seide to hym, Lo! the wordis of alle prophetisthe prophetis IS. tellen with o mouth goodisgoode thingis INS. to the kyng; therfor, Y preye thee, that thi word di|sentediscorde I. dissent or discord S. not fro hem, and that thou speke prosperiteesprosperitees to him I. prosperite to the king S.. To whom Mychee answer|ide, The Lord lyueth, for what euer thingis my LordLord God INS. spekith to me, Y schal spekesey INS. thesetho I. thingis. TherforAnd INS. heMychee INS. cam to the kyng. To whom the kyng seide, Mychee, owen we go in to Ramoth of Galaad to fiȝte, ether taketo take INS. restereste, and not to go thidere INS.? To whom heMychee INS. answeride, Stie ȝeȝe up thider INS., for alle prosperitees schulen comecome to ȝou I. come there to ȝou NS., and enemyes schulen be bi|takuntakun NSX. in to ȝoure hondishondis, as ȝour profetis to whom ȝe bileuen, profecien to ȝou S.. And the kyng seideseide to him S., Eft and eft Y charge thee, that thou speke not to me no but thatthat thing INS. that is soth in the name of the Lord. And heMychee INS. seide, Y siȝ al Israel scateridscaterid abrood INS. in theOm. NS. hillis, as scheep with out scheepherdea scheepherde IS.. And the Lord seide, These men han not lordis; ech manman therfor IS. turne aȝen in to his hows in pees. The kyng of Israel seide to Josa|phat, Whether Y seide not toOm. S. thee, that he profesiede not ony goodgood thing NS. to me, but tho thingis that ben yuele? And therforthanne I. Mychee seide, Here ȝe the word of the Lord. Y siȝ the Lord sittynge in his trone, and al the oostoost or cumpany S. of heuene stond|ynge nyȝ him at the riȝtside andand at the INS. `left|sideleft NS.. And the Lord seide, Who schal disseyue Achab, theOm. INS. kyng of Israel, that he stiestie up INS., and falle doundoun bi deth S. in Ramoth of Galaad? And whanne oon seide inhe shuld disseiue him in S. this maner, and another seide inhe shuld disseiue him in S. another ma|ner, a spirit cam forth, and stood bifor the Lord, and seide, Y schal disseyue hymAchab INS.. To whom the Lord seide, `Wherynne, therforWherynne B. And wherynne INS. schalt thou disseyuedisseyue him INS.? And he answeride, Y schalshal, he seith S. go out, and Y schal be a `fals spiritlyȝinge spirit N. spirit leȝinge S. in the mouth of alle hise profetis. And the Lord seideseide to him NS., Thou schalt disseyuedisseyue him I. disseyue Achab NS., and thou schalt haue the may|stri; go thou out, and do so. NowOm. NS. ther|for, lo! the Lord hath ȝoue a spirit of leesyng in the mouth of alle thi prophetis, and the Lord spakhath spoken INS. yuelsyuel thingis INS. of theethee to come I. thee, that is, he hath seid yuel thingis to come to thee S.. For|sotheAnd IN. SedechieSedechie, the kingis propheet IS., the sone of Chananee, neiȝideneiȝede nyȝ NS., and smoothe smoot INS. `the cheke of MycheeMychee upon the cheeke INS., and seide, Bi what weye passidehath INS. the Spirit of the LordLord passid INS. fro me to speke towith I. thee? And MycheeMychee, the propheet I. Mychee, the prophete of God S. seideseide to him S., Thou thi silf schalt se in that dai, whanne thou schalt entre fro closet in to closet, that thou be hidhid for drede I. hid, that thou hast disseiued the king bi lesyng S.. SotheliAnd INS. the kyng of Israel comaundide, seiynge, Take ȝe Mychee, and lede ȝe hym to Amon, prince of the citee, and to Joas, the sone of Amalech; and ȝe schulen seieseie to hem NS., The kyng seith these thingis, Sende ȝeȝe or put ȝe S. this man in to prisoun, and ȝyue ȝe toOm. NS. hym a litil of breed, and a litil ofOm. K. watir, tiltil that IN. til the tyme that S. Y turne aȝen in pees. And Mychee seide, If thou turnest aȝen in pees, the Lord spak not into NSX. meme these thingis S.. AndAnd eft I. heMyche S. seide, Alle `puplis here ȝepeplis, that ben here present, here ȝe, that is, vnderstonde ȝe, these thingis that ben seid S.. TherforThanne I. the kyng of Israel, and Josaphat, the kyng of Juda, stiedenstieden up INS. in to Ramoth of Galaad. And the kyng of Israel seide to Josaphat, Y schal chaungechaunge or do of S. clothingmy clothing I. my kingis clothes S., and so Y schal go to fiȝte; but be thou clothid in thi clothisclothis, that is, in thi kingis aray NS.. TherforAnd INS. whanne the kyng of Israel hadde chaungid clothinghis clothing INS., he camcam forth INS. to batel. For|sotheAnd INS. the kyng of Sirie comaundide to the duykis of histhe NS. multitude of knyȝtishis knyȝtis NS., and seideseide to hem S., Fiȝte ȝe not aȝens the leeste, netherne S. aȝens the mooste; noOm. I. but aȝens the kyng aloone of Israel. Therfor whanne the princes of the multitude of knyȝtis hadden seyn JosaphatJosaphat, kyng of Juda IS., thei seiden, This is the kyng of Israel; and thei cumpassiden hym, and fouȝtenfouȝten aȝens him IS.. And heJosaphat INS. criede to the Lord; and the Lord helpide hym, and turnede hemhem that feersly assayled him S. awey fro hym. SotheliAnd INS. whanne the duykis of the multitude of knyȝtis hadden herdherd or vndirstonde IS., that it was not the kyng of Israel, thei leften hym. ForsotheAnd INS. it bifeldebifelle thanne I. bifille ther thanne S., that oona man I. OO man NS. of the puplepuple of Sirie IS. schette an arewe in to vncerteynvncerteyn or to gesse I. vncerteynte amonge the oost of Israel S., and smoothe smoot INS. theAchab the IS. kyng of Israel bitwixe the necke and the schuldris. And heAchab NS. seide to his charietere, Turne thin hond, and lede me out of the scheltrun; for Y am woundid. And the batel was endid in that dai. Certis theAchab the N. Achab S. kyng of Israel stood in his chare aȝensforn aȝens the oost of INS. men of Sirye `til tovnto INS. euentidthe euentid INS., and he diede, whanne the sunne ȝede doun.

 CAP. XIX.

Forsothe Josaphat, kyng of Juda, turn|ede aȝen pesibli in to his hows in to Jeru|salem. Whom the profete Hieu, the sone of Ananye, mette, and seidehe seide INS. to hym, Thou ȝyuest help to a wickid man, and thou art ioyned bi frendschip to hem that haten the Lord; and therfor sotheli thou de|seruedist hast disserued INS. the wraththe of the Lord; but good werkis ben foundyn in thee, for thou didisthast don INS. awey wodismawmet wodis INS. fro the lond of Juda, andand also IS. thou hast maad redi thin herte, for to seke the Lord God of thi fadris. Therfor Josaphat dwellide in Jerusalem; and eft he ȝede out to the puple fro Ber|sabee tilOm. INSX. to the hil of Effraym, and he clepide hem aȝen to the Lord God of her fadris. And he ordeynede iugis of the lond in alle the strengthid citees of Juda, bi ech placeplace or cuntrey therof IS. place or cuntre N.. And he comaundide to the iugis, and seideseide to hem INS., Se ȝeȝe, that is, be ȝe ware S., what ȝe doen; for ȝe vsen not the doom of man, butbut dome S. of the Lord; and what euere thing ȝe demendemen vniustly INS., schalit schal I. turne `in toaȝens I. aȝen NS. ȝou; the drede of the Lord be with ȝou, and do ȝeOm. S. alle thingis with diligencediligens, that is, with discrecioun S.; forforsothe INS. anentis `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God INS. is no wickidnesse, netherne S. takyngehe is a taker I. he is acceptinge N. he is taking or accepting S. of persoones, netherne INS. coueitise of ȝiftisȝiftis ouer cometh him INS.. AlsoAnd also S. in Jerusalem Josaphat ordeynede dekenes, and preestis, and the princes of meyneesthe meynees NS. of Israel, that thei schulden deme the doom and causethe cause INS. of the Lord to the dwellers of itJerusalem INS.. And he comaundide to hem, and seide, Thus ȝe schulen do in the drede of the Lord, feithfuli and in per|fite herte. Ech cause that cometh to ȝou offro A. ȝoure britheren, thatwhiche NS. dwellen in her citees, bitwixe kynrede and kynrede, where euere is questioun of the lawe, ofor of NS. `the co|maundementheest INS., ofor of INS. cerymonyes, `ether sacri|ficesOm. IN. or of sacrifices S., ofor of I. or NS. iustifyingis, schewe ȝe to hemhem the trewthe S., that thei do not synne aȝens the Lord, and that wraththewraththe of the Lord IS. his wraththe N. com not onupon INS. ȝou and onupon INS. ȝoure britheren. Therfor ȝe doyngedoynge or demynge NS. thusthus iustly INS. schulen not do synne. ForsotheAnd INS. Amarie, ȝoure preest and bischop, schal be souereyn in these thingis, that perteynen to God. SotheliAnd INS. Zabadie, the sone of Ismael, whichthat INS. is duyk in the hows of Juda, schal be onsouereyn upon IS. vpon N. thothe INOSXb. werkis that perteynen to the office of the kyng, and ȝe han maistrismaistir INS. dekenes bifor ȝou; be ȝe coumfortid, and do ȝe dili|gentlidiligentli, that is, studiousli or bisili S., and the Lord schal be with ȝou in goodisgode thingis INS..

 CAP. XX.

Aftir these thingis the sones of Moab, and the sones of Amon, and with hem ofOm. CIN. Idumeismen of Ydumee INS., weren gaderid togidere toand thei camen to INS. Josa|phat, for to fiȝte aȝens hym. And mes|sangeris camen, and schewidenschewiden this IS. to Josa|phat, and seiden, A greet multitude of tho placis thatwhiche NS. ben biȝondis the see, andOm. S. of Sirie, is comun aȝens thee; and, lo! thei stondenstonden togidre INS. in Asasonthamar, whichthat INS. is En|gaddiclepid Engaddi INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. Josaphat was aferd by drede, and `ȝaf hym silf al foral him selff he ȝaf INS. to preye `the Lordto the Lord of help S., and prechidehe prechide IN. he prechide, that is, he comaundid S. fastynge to al Juda. And Juda was gaderid togidereOm. INS. for to preye the Lord, butand INS. also alle men camen fro her citees for to biseche hymhym of help NS.. And whanne Josaphat hadde stonde in the myddis of the cumpeny of Juda and of Je|rusalem, inand in A. the hows of the Lord, bifor the newe large placeplace of the temple NS., he seide, Lord God of oure fadris, thou art God in heuene, and thou art lord of alle rewmes of folkis; strengthe and power ben in thin hond, `and noonne ony thing INS. may aȝenstonde thee. Whe|ther not thou, oure God, hast slayn alle the dwelleris of this lond bifor thi puple Israel, and hastthou hast INS. ȝoue it to the seed of Abraham, thi freend, withouten ende? And theithei, that is, the after comers of Abraham S. dwellidenhan dwellid INS. therynne, and bildidenthei bildiden INS. therinne a seyntuarie to thi name, and seiden, If yuelis comen onto INS. vs, theor the INS. swerd of doom, pestilence, andor INS. hungur, we schulen stonde bifor this hows withouten ende in thi siȝt, in which hows thi name is clepidynclepid IN., and weOm. A. schulen criecrie there IS. to thee in oure tribulaciouns; and thou schalt here vs, and schaltOm. INS. make vs saaf. Now ther|fortherfor Lord INS. lo! the sones of Amon and ofthe sones of S. Moab and the hil of Seir, bi whichewhom I. whiche peplis S. thou graunt|idist not to the sones of Israel for to passe, whanne thei ȝeden out of Egipt, but thei bowiden awei fro hem, and killidenthei killiden INS. not hem, theiOm. A. but thei I. Lord, thei S. doondoon yuel for good S. aȝenward, and enforsenthei enforsen hem I. thei enforsen NS. to caste vs out of the possessioun, whichthat I. thou, oure God, hast ȝoue to vs; therfor whether thouthou, Lord IS. schalt not deme hemhem gilti of greet trispace S.? Treuli in vs is not so greet strengthe, that we moun aȝenstonde this multitude, that feldefallith I. fallen N. yn onupon I. now vpon S. vs; but sithensith INS. we witen not whatthat what S. we owen to do, we `han oneli this residuethe peple that is left han cause I. the residue han this oonly N. the residue, or the remenauntis, of the peple han this trust oonli in the S., that we dresse oure iȝen to theebifor thee D.. SotheliAnd INS. al Juda stood bifor thethee I. Lord, with her litle children and wyuesher wyues INS. and frewith her fre INS. children. ForsotheAnd INS. Hiaziel, the sone of Zacarie, sonethe sone INS. of Ananye, sonethe sone INS. of Hieyel, sonethe sone INS. of Machanye, was a dekene, and ofhe was of IS. the sones of Asaph, onupon INS. whom the Spirit of the Lord was maad in theOm. IN. myddis of the cumpenycumpeny of Juda IS., and heOm. I. seide, Al Juda, and ȝe that dwellen in Jerusalem, and thou, king Josaphat, perseyue ȝeȝe or taketh heede IS., the Lord seith these thingis to ȝou, Nyle ȝe drede, nether be ȝe aferd of this multitude, for it is not ȝoure batel, but Goddis batel. To morewe ȝe schulen stiestiȝe vp NS. `aȝens hem; for thei schulenOm. I. stiestiȝe vp NS. Om. I. bi the side of the hil, `bi name Seysclepid Sey bi name INS., and ȝe schulen fynde hem in the hiȝnesseheiȝthe INS. of the stronde, whichthat INS. is aȝens the wildirnesse of Jheruhel. ForCertis INS. it schulenschal IN. not be ȝe, that schulen fiȝte; but oneli stonde ȝe trustili, and ȝe schulen se the help of the Lord onupon IS. ȝou. AO INS. al O.! Juda and Jerusalem, nyle ȝe drede, nether be ȝe aferd; to morewe ȝe schulen go out aȝens hem, and the Lord schal be with ȝou. Therfor Josaphat, and Juda, and alle the dwelleris of Jerusalem, feldenfellen I. felden doun NS. lowli onupon IS. the erthe bifor the Lord, and worschypiden hym. ForsotheAnd INS. the dekenes of the sones of Caath, and of the sones of Chore, heri|eden the Lord God of Israel with greet vois an hiȝ. And whannewhanne vpon the morewe S. thei hadden rise eerli, thei ȝeden not bi the deseert of Thecue; and whanne thei `hadden gonweren go INS. forth, Josaphatking Josaphat INS. stood in the myddis of hem, and seide, Juda and alle the dwell|eris of Jerusalem, here ȝe me; bileue ȝe in `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God INS., and ȝe schulen be sikur; bileue ȝe to hise prophetis, and alle pro|speritees schulen comecome to ȝou NS.. And hethe kyng INS. ȝaf coun|sel to the puple, and he ordeynede the syngeris of the Lord, that thei schulden herye hymthe Lord INS. in her cumpanyes, and thatOm. S. thei schulden go bifor the oost, and seie with acordynge vois, Knouleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good; for his merci is `in to the worldwithouten eend S.. And whanne thei bigun|nen to synge heriyngis, the Lord turnede the buyschementis of hem `in toaȝens INS. hem silf, that is, of the sones of Amon and of Moab and ofof men of I. of the men of S. the hil of Seir, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. ȝeden out to fiȝte aȝens Juda; and thei weren slaynslayn eche of oother INS.. For whi the sones of Amon and of Moab risidenrisen EFIL. togidere aȝens the dwelleris of the hil of Seir, toand to S. sle, and toOm. C. do awey hem; and whanne thei hadden do thisthis thing INS. in werk, thei weren `turned alsothanne also turned IS. `in toaȝen INS. hem silf, and feldenfellen I. thei fellen NS. doun togidere bi woundis ech ofsleiynge INS. othere. Certis whanne Juda was comun to the denne, that biholdithbiholdith or is forn aȝens IS. the wildir|nesse, he siȝ afer al the large cuntreiplace S. ful of deed bodies, and that noon was left, that miȝte ascape deeth. Therfor Josa|phat cam, and al the puple with hym, to drawe awey the spuylis of deed men, and thei founden among the deed bodies dy|uerse purtenaunce of houshold, and clothis, and fulful of S. preciouse vessels; and thei ra|uyischidenrauyschiden or toke tho thingis awey IS. in dyuerse maneres, so that thei myȝten not berethanne bere thens S. alle thingis, nether thei myȝtenmyȝten not C. take awei the spuylis bi thre daies, for theOm. INS. greetnesse of prey. SotheliAnd INS. in the fourthe dai theithe men of Juda INS. weren gaderid to|gidere in the valey of Blessyng; `forsothe forfor for thi that I. for therfore that N. for forthi S. thei blessiden the Lord there, thei clepiden that place the valei of Blessyng `til in tovnto I. in to N. vnto into S. presentthis present IS. dai. And ech man of Juda turnede aȝen, and the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and JosaphatJosa|phat ȝede INS. bifor hem, in to Jerusalem with greet gladnesse; for the Lord God hadde ȝoue to hem ioye of her enemyes. And thei entridenturneden aȝen INS. in to Jeru|salem with sawtrees, and harpis, and trum|pis, ingoynge in I. Om. NS. to the hows of the Lord. Forsothe theOm. IS. drede of the Lord felde onupon IS. alle the rewmes of londis, whanne thei hadden herd, thathow that S. the Lord hadde fouȝte aȝens the enemies of Israel. And the rewme of Josaphat restiderestide fro werre INS.; and the Lord ȝaf `pees to hymhim pees S. `bi cumpasal aboute I.. TherforAnd INS. Josaphat regnede onupon I. wilsumli vpon S. Juda; and he was of fyue and thritti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne; sotheliand INS. he regnede fyue and twenti ȝeer in Jerusalem; and the name of his modir was Azuba, theOm. C. douȝtir of Selathi. And heJosaphat IS. ȝede in the weie of Asa his fadir, and bowidehe bowide INS. not fro it, and he dide what euer thingis weren plesaunt bifor the Lord. Netheles he dide not awei hiȝthe hiȝ EIL. thingisplacis BCDEFGKLMNOPQRSUWXbç. mawmett placis I.hiȝe place; in the xvii. co. the Scripture spekith of hiȝe places, in whiche men offride to idolis and not to God; here the Scripture [spekith] of hiȝe placis, in whiche men offride to God; and this was suffrid of many kyngis, to eschewe more yuel. Lire here. C.; ȝitand ȝit INS. the puple hadde not dressid her herte to the Lord God of her fadris. ForsotheAnd INS. the residueremenaunt INS. of the formere and theof the INS. Om. BCDGKOQRUWXb. laste dedis of Josaphat ben writun in the book of Hieu, theOm. C. sone of Anany, whichthe whiche deedis I. whiche dedis NS. he ordeynedeordeynede to be writen INS. in the bookbookis X. of kyngisthe kyngis CIS. the king N. of Israel. After these thingis Josaphat, kyng of Juda, made frendschipis with Ocozie, kyng of Israel, whose werkis weren fulmoost INS. yuele; and heJosaphat S. was parcenerparcener with Ochozie I. parcener to him N. parcener in wille and werke S. thatand N. so that S. theiOcozie and he bi oon assent S. maden schippis, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. schuldenthei schulden C. gowende I. in to Tharsis; and thei maden o schipschip to go I. shippe go S. in to Asiongaber. SotheliAnd INS. Eliezer, sonethe sone INS. of Dodan, of Maresa, profesiede to Josaphat, and seide, For thou haddisthast had INS. boond of pees with Ocozie, the Lord smoothath smyte or destried IS. hath distried N. thi werkis; and the schippisschippis whiche he consentide to make INS. ben brokunal to-brokun INS., and myȝtenthei myȝten INS. not go in to Tharsis.

 CAP. XXI.

ForsotheAnd INS. Josaphat slepte with hise fa|dris, and washe was NS. biried with hem in the citee of Dauid; and Joram, his sone, regnede for hym. And heJoram INS. hadde britheren, the sones of Josaphat, Azariethat is to wite, Azarie I. that is, Azarie S., Jahiel, and Za|carie, Ananyand Ananie S., and Mychael, and Saphatie; alle these weren the sones of Josaphat, kyng of Juda. And her fadir ȝaf to hem many ȝiftis of gold and ofOm. N. siluer, andand he ȝaf hem penciouns INS. rentisor rentis IS. Om. N., with strongesteful stronge I. citees in Juda; but he ȝaf the rewme to Joram, for he was thehis INS. firste gendridgoten sone I.. ForsotheAnd INS. Joram roosroos and wexide [wexe S] myȝti NS. onupon IS. the rewme of his fadir; and whanne he hadde confermyd hym silfsilf in the [his S] rewme IS., he killideslewȝ INS. alle hise britheren bi swerd, and summealso summe I. of the princes of Juda. Joram was of two and thritti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne; and he regnede eiȝte ȝeer in Jerusalem. And he ȝede in the weiesyuel weies S. of the kyngis of Israel, as the hows of Achab hadde do, forcertis INS. the douȝter of Achab was his wijf; and he dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord. But the Lord noldewolde not I. distrie the hows of Dauid, for the couenauntcouenaunt of pees S. whichthat INS. he `hadde maadmade INS. with Dauid, and forthat N. forthi that S. he `hadde bi|hiȝtehiȝte INS. to ȝyue to hymDauid INS. a lanterne, and to hise sonesOm. N. sones after him S. in al tyme. In tho daies Edom rebellide, thatso that S. it was not suget to Juda, and it ordeynede a kyng to it silf. And whanne Joram hadde passidepassid forth aȝens Edom INS. with hise princes, and alwith al INS. the multitude of knyȝtis, that was with hym, he roosroos up INS. bi niȝt, and smoot EdomEdom; that is, he killide sudeynly Ydu|meys that weren in his oost, lest they wolden go to helpe Ydumeys, that rebelliden aȝens him. Lire here. C., that cumpasside him, andand Joram vencushide NS. alle hisethe INS. duykis of his multitude of knyȝtis. Netheles Edom rebelliderebellid so aȝens Juda S., that it was not vndir the lordschip of Juda `til tovnto INS. to X. this dai. In that tyme also Lobnathe cuntrey of Lobna INS. ȝede aweiawei fro Joram IS., thatso that IS. it was not vndur the hondpower INS. of hym; forcertis INS. heJoram INS. hadde forsake the Lord God of hise fadris. Ferthermore he made hiȝe placesplacis of ydolatrie IS. in the citees of Juda, and madehe made INS. the dwelleris of Jerusalem to do fornyca|cioun, `that is, idolatrieOm. I., and Judahe made Juda NS. to breke the lawelawe of God NS.. ForsotheAnd INS. lettris weren brouȝt to hym fro Elie, the prophete, in whiche it was writun, The Lord God of Dauid, thi fadir, seith these thingis, ForFor that IN. Forthi that S. thou `ȝedist nothast not go INS. in the weies of Josaphat, thi fadir, and in the weie of Asa, kyng of Juda, but thou ȝedisthast go INS. bi the weie of the kyngis of Israel, and madistthou hast maad INS. Juda and the dwelleris of Jerusalem to do fornicacioun, and suedistthou hast sued INS. the fornicaciounleccherie NS. of the hows of Achab; ferthermore and thou hast slayn thi britheren andin S. the hows of thi fadirfader, that is, princis of the house of thi fader S., `that werenOm. N. which werin S. betere than thou; lolo! that is, wite thou for thi S.! the Lord schal smyte thee with a greet veniaunce, and thi puple, and thi sones, and wyuesthi wyues INS., and al thi catel; sotheliand INS. thou schalt be sijk `with theOm. S. worste sorewe of wombethi wombe IS., tiltil that INS. thin entrailis go out litilbi litil INS. and litil biOm. INS. ech dai. Therfor the Lord reisidereiside up INS. aȝens Joram the spirit of Filisteis and Arabeisof Arabeis CINS., thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. marchen with Ethiopiens; and theithese INS. stiedenstieden up INS. in to the lond of Juda, and wastidenthei wasteden INS. it, and thei token awei al the catelsubstaunce INS., that was foundun in the hows of the kyng, ferthermore and hise sones, and wyueshise wyues thei token awey INS.; and no sone was left to hym, noOm. I. but Joachaz, that was thehis INS. leesteleeste sone IS. inor ȝoungest sone in S. birthe. And ouer alle these thingis the Lord smoot hymJoram INS. with vncurable sorewe of thehis INS. wombe. And whanne dai cam aftir aOm. BCDIM pr. m. NOSX. dai, and the spaces of tymes weren turned aboute, theand the IS. cours of twey ȝeer was fillidfulfillid INS.; and soOm. INS. hethe kyng I. king Joram S. was wastid `bi longof vile S. rotlangwschyng IN., so that he castidedefiede or delyuerde out I. defiede N. defied or voyded out S. out also hishis owne P. en|trailis, and soOm. INS. he wantide sorewesorwe or peyne S. and liyfhis liyf INS. togidere, and he was deed in the werste sikenesse. And the puple dide not to hym seruyce of deed men bi the custom of brennyng, as ithe X. hadde do to hise gret|tere, `ether auncetrisOm. IN.. HeJoram INS. was of two and thritti ȝeer whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede eiȝte ȝeer in Jerusalem, and he ȝede not riȝtfuliriȝtfuli in the [Goddis S] lawe IS.; and thei birieden hym in the citee of Dauid, netheles not in the sepulcre of kingis.

 CAP. XXII.

Forsothe the dwelleris of Jerusalem or|deyneden Ocozie, `his leeste sonethe ȝoungist sone of Joram INS., kyngto be kyng INS. for hym; for theuesthe theues INS. of ArabeisArabie NS., thatwhiche NS. feldenfillen feersly S. in to the castelscastels of Juda INS., haddenand hadden N. slayn alle thehise INS. gretteregrettere or eldre bretheren IS. `in birtheOm. I., thatwhiche INS. werenweren goten I. werin gendrid S. bifor hym. And Ocozie, the sone of Jo|ram, kyng of Juda, regnederegned king S.. Ocozie was of two and fourti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede o ȝeer in Jeru|salem; the name of his modir was Atha|lia, the douȝter of Amry. ButAnd INS. he en|trideentride and ȝede S. bi the weie of the howsmeynee INS. of Achab; for his modir compellide hym to do yuele. TherforCertis INS. he dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, asas dide INS. the hows of Achab; for theihis meynees I. the meynee of Achab S. weren counselouris to hymOchozie IS. in to his perischyngspillyng I., aftir the deth of his fadir; andOm. S. he ȝede in the counsele of hem. And heOchozie INS. ȝede with Joram, the sone of Achab, kyng of Israel, in to batel aȝens Azahel, kyng of Sirye, in to Ramoth of Galaad. And men of Sirie woundiden Jo|ram; whichthe which I. turnede aȝen for to be heelid in Jezrahel; for he hadde take many woundis in the forseid batel. Therfor Ocozie, kyng of Juda, the sone of Joram, ȝede dounout X. to visite Joram, theOm. X. sone of Achab, sijkthat was sijk IS. in Jezrahel; forforsothe INS. it was Goddis wille aȝens Ocozie, that he cam to Joram. And whanne he was comuncomun to Joram INS., he ȝede out with hym aȝens Hieu, the sone of Namsi, whom God anoyntideanoyntide king upon Israel IS., that he schulde do awey the hows of Achab. Therfor whanne Hieu destriede the hows of Achab, he foondfoond there INS. theOm. C. princis of Juda, and the sones of the britheren of Ocozie, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. `mynystriden to hymseruyden Ochozie INS.; and heHieu INS. killide hem. And he souȝte thilke Ocozie, and cauȝtehe cauȝte INS. him hid in Samarie, and after that he was brouȝt to Hieu, Hieu killide hym; and thei birieden hym, for he was the sone of Josaphat, that hadde souȝt God in al his herte. And noon hope was more, that ony of the generacioun of Ocozie schulde regne. ForAnd INS. Athalia, histhe INS. modirmodir of Ochozie INS., siȝ, that hir sone was deed, and sche roosroos vp NS., and killide alle the kyngis generacioun of the hows of Joram. ForsotheAnd INS. Josabeth, the douȝter of theOm. INS. kyngkyng Joram INS., took Joas, the sone of Ocozie, and stalsche stal INS. hym fro the myddis of the sones of the kyng, whanne thei weren slayn; and sche hidde hym with his nurse in thea NS. closet of beddis. ForsotheAnd NS. For X. Josabeth, that `hadde hidhidde AS. hym, was theOm. INS. douȝtir of kyng Joram, and wijf of Joiada, the bischop, and the sister of Ocozie; and therfor Athalia killide not hir. TherforAnd INS. heJoas INS. was hid with hem in the hows of God sixe ȝeer, in whichewhich ȝeris IS. Athalia regnede onupon INS. the londlond of Juda IS..

 CAP. XXIII.

Forsothe in the seuenthe ȝeer JoiadaJoiada the bischop INS. was coumfortid, and tookhe took to him INS. centuriouns, that isis to wite I., Azarie, sonethe sone INS. of Jeroboam, and Ismael, the sone of Johannam, and Aza|rie, the sone of Obeth, and Maasie, the sone of Adaie, and Elisaphat, the sone of Zechri; and he made with hem aOm. INS. counsel and a boond of pees. WhichThe which I. cumpassiden Juda, and gaderidenthei gaderiden INS. togidere dekenes of alle the citees of Juda, andand thei gaderiden togidere IS. the princes of the meynees of Israel, and camenthei camen INS. in to Jerusalem. TherforAnd INS. al the multitude mademaade togidre S. couenaunt in the hows of the Lord with the kyng. And JoiadaJoiada the bishope S. seide to hem, LoLo! Joas INS.! theOm. NS. sone of the kyng schal regne, as the Lord spak on the sones of Dauid. Therfor this is the wordword either heest S., whichthat INS. ȝe schu|len do. The thridde part of ȝou thatwhiche NS. ben comun to the sabat, of preestis, and of dekenes, and of porterys, schal be in the ȝatisȝatis kepyng S.; sotheliand INS. thea N. thridde part schal bebe wacchyng S. at the hows of the kyng; and the thriddeoother thridde IS. part schal be at the ȝate, whichthat INS. is clepid of the foundement. ForsotheAnd INS. al the totheroother IS. comyn puple bebe it S. in the large placesplace S. of the hows of the Lord; and noon other man entre in to the hows of the Lord, no but preestis, and thei that mynystrenseruen INS. ofor S. theOm. I. dekenesdekenes in the temple IS.; oneli entre thei, that ben halewidhalewid in to the temple IS., and al the totheroother IS. comyn puple kepekepe thei INS. the kepyngis of the Lord. For|sotheAnd INS. the dekenes cumpassecumpasse thei INS. the kyng, and ech man hauehaue he INS. hise armuris; and if ony othere manOm. N. entrithentre INS. in to the temple, be he slayn; and be theithe dekens INS. with the kyng entryngeentrynge ynne INS. and goynge out. Therfor the dekenes and al Juda diden bi alle thingis, which Joiada, the bischop, hadde co|maundidcomaundid to hem S.; and allealle thei IS. token the men, that weren with hem, and camenthei camen to Jerusalem IS. bi the ordre of sabatthe sabat INS. with hem, that hadden `fillid nownow fulfillid INS. the sabat, and schulen gohaue go IS. han go N. outout thenns IS.. For Joiada, the bischop, suffride not the cum|penyes to go aweiawei fro the temple INS., thatwhiche INS. weren wontwoned I. to comecome thidur N. oon after `the totheran oother INS. bi ech wouke. And Joiada, the preest, ȝaf to the centu|riouns speris, and scheeldis, and bokeleris of kyng Dauid, whichethe whiche weepyns I. which weepens S. heDauid IN. king Dauith S. hadde halewid in toOm. N. the hows of the Lord. And heJoiada INS. or|deynede al the puple, of hem `that heldenwhiche hadden NS. that holden O. swerdis, atto be at NS. the riȝt side of the temple `til tovnto I. lastinge vnto NS. to X. the left side of the temple, bifor the auter andof AS. the temple, bi cumpasthe enuyroun INS. the cumpas plures. of the king. And thei ledden outout Joas INS. the sone of the kyng, andand thei INS. settidensetten IS. a diademe onupon IS. hymhis heed INS.; and thei ȝauen to hym in his hond the lawelawe of God NS. to be holdun, and thei maden hym kyng. And Joiada, the bischop, and his sones anoyntiden hym; and thei pre|idenpreieden to God S. hertli, and seiden, The kyng lyueliue he welsumli S.! And whanne Athalia hadde herd this thing, that is, the vois of men rennynge and preisynge thea NS. kyng, sche entride tointo S. the puple, in to the temple of the Lord. And whanne sche hadde seyn the kyng stondynge onat INS. the grees in the entryngentryng of the temple I. entryng of the temple of God S., and theOm. INS. princes and cumpenyesthe cumpenyes ç. of knyȝtis aboute hym, and al the puple of the lond ioiynge, and sownyngesownyng to gidre S. with trumpis, and syngynge togidere with orguns of dyuerse kynde, and the vois of men preisyngepreisynge a kyng IS., sche to-rente hir clothis, and seide, Tre|souns! tresouns! SotheliAnd IS. Joiada, the bi|schop, ȝede out to the centuriouns, and princesto princes IN. to the princis S. of the oost, and seidehe seide IN. to hem, Lede ȝe hir with out the `purseyntis, ethirOm. INS. closyngis, of the temple, and be sche slayn with outforth bi swerd; and the preest comaundide, that sche schulde not be slayn in the hows of the Lord. And theimen INS. set|tiden hondis onupon IS. hir nol; and whanne she hadde entrid in to the ȝate of the horsis, of the kyngis hows, thei killiden hir there. Forsothe Joiada couenauntide a boond of pees bitwixe him silf and al the puple and the kyng, that it schulde be the puple of the Lord. Therfor al the puple entride in to the hows of Baal, and distriedenthei distrieden INS. it, and brakenthei braken INS. the auteris and symylacristhe symulacris INS. therof; but thei killiden bifor the auteris Mathan, the preest of Baal. ForsotheAnd INS. Joiada ordeynede souereyns in the hows of the Lord, that vndur the hondis of preestis, and of dekenes, whichethe whiche I. Dauid departide ininto S. the hows of the Lord, theimen INS. schulden offre brent sacrifices to the Lord, as it is writun in the book of Moises, in ioie and songisin songis INS., by the ordynaunce of Dauid. Also heJoiada INS. ordeynede porteris in the ȝatis of the hows of the Lord, that an vnclene man in ony thing schulde not entre in to it. And heJoiada INS. took theOm. IN. to him S. centu|riouns, and strongestethe strongeste I. men, and princes of the puple, and al the comyn puple of the lond. And thei maden the kyng to go doun froof S. the hows of the Lord, and to entre bi the myddis of the hiȝere ȝate in to the hows of the kyng; and thei set|tidensetten I. hym in the kyngis trone. And al the puple of the lond was glad, and the citee restiderestide fro werris IS.; forsotheand NS. Athalia was slayn bi swerd.

 CAP. XXIV.

Joas was of seuene ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde fourti ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Sebia of Bersabee. And he dide that, that was good bifor the Lord, in alle the daies of Joiada, theOm. CN. preest. SotheliOm. INS. and Joas took twei wyues, of whyche he gen|dridegaat I. sones and douȝtris. AfterAnd after S. whiche thingis it pleside Joasto Joas I. tofor to INS. reparele the hows of the Lord. And he gaderide to|gidere preestis and dekenes, and seide to hem, Go ȝe out to the citees of Juda, and gadere ȝe of al Israel money, to theOm. N. re|parelyng of the temple of `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God INS., bi ech ȝeer; and do ȝe thisthis thing INS. hiȝynglihastily I.. Certis the dekenes didendiden this thing INS. necgligentli. And the kyng clepide Joiada, the princeprince of prestis IS., and seide to hym, Whi was it not charge to thee, to constreyne the dekenes to brynge yn money of Juda and of Jerusalem, whichthe which I. money was ordeyned of Moises, the seruaunt of `the LordGod S., that al the multitude of Israel schulde brynge it in to the tabernacle of witnessyng? For the worstewickid womman IS. Athalia, and hir sones, distrieden the hows of God; and of alle thingisthe thingis IN., thatwhiche NS. weren halewid to the temple of the Lord, thei ourneden the temple of Baalym. Ther|for the kyng comaundide, andthat S. thei maden an arke, and settidenthei settiden INS. it bisidis the ȝate of the Lord with out forth. And it was prechid in Juda and Jerusalemin Jerusalem INS., that ech man schulde brynge to the Lord thehis S. prijs, whichthat INS. Moyses, the seruaunt of Godthe Lord NS., or|deynede onupon IS. al Israel, in deseert. And alle the princes andof N. al the puple weren glad, and thei entriden, and brouȝten, and sentensenten freli hir ȝiftis S. in to the arke of the Lord, so that it was fillidfillid with tresour S.. And whanne it was tyme, that thei schulden bere the arke bifor the kyng bi the hondis of dekenes, forforthi that IS. for that N. thei siensien or perseyuedin S. myche moneymoney in the arke I. money to be in the arke S., thea INS. clerk of the kyngkyngis INS. entride, and he whom the firstefirste or cheef IS. preest haddeOm. N. ordeynede, and thei scheddenhelden I. out the money, that was in the arke; sotheliand INS. thei baren aȝen the arke to `his placethe place therof INS.. And so thei diden bi alle daies, and money with out noumbre was gaderid togidere; which the kyng and Joiada ȝauen to hem that weren souereyns of the werkis of the hows of the Lord. AndAnd of that money INS. thei hiriden therofOm. INS. kitteris of stonys, and crafti men of alle werkis, that thei schulden reparele the hows of the Lord; also thei hiriden smythis of yrun, and of bras, thatand S. that thing schulde be vndurset, thatthe whiche I. bigan to falle. Thei that wrouȝten diden craftili, and theof the S. crasyng of the wallis was stop|pid bi the hondis of hem; and thei reisiden the hows of the Lord in toOm. S. the formere staat, and madenthei maden INS. it to stonde stidfastli. And whanne thei hadden fillidfulfillid INS. alle werkisthe werkis IN., thei brouȝten bifor the kyng and Joiada the tother part of the money, of which money vessels weren maad in to theOm. INS. ser|uyce of the temple, and to brent sacri|ficessacrifice NS.; also viols, and othere vessels of gold and of siluer `weren maad therofOm. N.. And brent sacrifices weren offrid in the hows of the Lord contynueli, in alle the daies of Joiada. ForsotheAnd INS. Joiada ful of daies wexide eld, and he was deed, whanne he was of an hundrid ȝeer and thritti; and thei birieden hym in the citee of Dauid with kyngis; for he hadde do goodgode thingis IN. many good thingis S. with Israel, and with his hows. ButAnd NS. aftir thatOm. I. Joiada diedewas deed IN., the princes of Juda entriden, and worschipiden the kyng, whichthat I. was flaterid with her seruices, and assentidehe con|sentide INS. to hem. And thei forsoken the temple of the Lord God of her fadris, and seruydenthei seruyden INS. idols in wodis, and grauen ymagis; and the ire of the Lord was maad aȝens Juda and Jerusalem for this synne. And heGod IS. sente to hem profetis, that thei schulen turne aȝen toto him IS. the Lord; whichethe whiche I. profetis witnessyngewitnessinge the truthe NS. thei noldenwolden not I. here. TherforThanne I. the Spirit of the Lord clothideclothide or enuyrounde IS. Zacharie, the preest, the sone of Joiada; and he stood in theOm. IN. siȝt of the puple, and seide to hem, The Lord seith these thingis, Whi breken ȝe the co|maundementheest INS. of the Lord, `which thingthe whiche thing I. that N. schal not profite to ȝou, and ȝe han for|sake the Lord, that he schulde forsake ȝou? WhicheAnd the peple INS. werenwas I. gaderide togidere aȝens hymthe prophet I. the profeet of God S., andand thei INS. sententhrewen I. castiden M. senten, that is, thei threwen S. stonysstonys at him INS., bibi the kyngis I. co|maundementheest INS. `of the kyngOm. I., in the large place of the hows of the Lord. And kyng Joas hadde not mynde onof INS. the mercimerci or goodnesse S. whichthat INS. Joiada, the fadir of Zacharie, hadde doon with hym; but he killide the sone of Joiada. And whanne Zacharie diede, he seide, The Lord sese this thing I. se or take heede to this thing S., and sekeaȝen seke it I. aȝen seke N. aȝen seke he it S.. And whanne a ȝeer was turnedbrouȝt I. aboute, `ether endidOm. IN., the oost of Sirie stiedestiede up INS. aȝens Joas, and it cam in to Juda and in to Je|rusalem, and it killide alle the princes of the puple; and theithe men of Sirie IS. the men N. senten al the prey to the kyng, toof A. DamaskSirie INS.. And certeyn, whanne a ful litle noumbre of men of Sirie was comuncomun in to Juda INS., the Lord bitook in her hondis a multitudemultitude of Jewis IS. with out noumbre, for thei hadden forsake the Lord God of her fadris. Also thei vsidenvsiden or diden S. schamefulshaamful or dispiteful S. domes inaȝens INS. Joas; and thei ȝedenwenten I. aweiawei fro him S., and leftenthei leften S. hym in grete sorewis. SotheliAnd INS. hise ser|uauntis risidenresen up INS. aȝens hym, in to veniaunce of the blood of the sone of Joiada, preest; and killidenthei killiden INS. hym in his bed, and he was deed. And theimen INS. birieden hym in the citee of Dauid, but not in the sepulcrissepulcre S. of kyngis. ForsotheAnd INS. Sabath, the sone of Semath of Amon, and Josabeth, the sone of Semarith of Moab, settiden tresouns to hymJoas INS.. SotheliCertis INS. hise sones, and the summe of money that was gaderid vndur hym, and the reparelyng of the hows of God, ben writun diligentli in the book of Kyngis.

 CAP. XXV.

ForsotheAnd INS. Amasie, `his sonethe sone of Joas I. sone of Joas N. Joas sone S., regnede for hym; Amasie was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde nyne and twenti ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Joiaden, of Jeru|salem. And he dide good in the siȝt of the Lord, netheles not in perfit herte. And whanne he siȝ the empire strengthid to hym silf, he stranglide the seruauntis, thatwhiche NS. killiden the kyng, his fadir; but he killide not the sones of hem; as it is writun in the book of the lawe of Moises, where the Lord comaundide, seiyngeseiynge thus I., Fadris schulen not be slayn for theher NS. sones, ne|ther theOm. INS. sones for her fadris; but ech man schal die inin or for S. his owne synne. Ther|forAnd INS. Amasie gaderide togidereOm. IN. thanne S. Judathe men of Juda INS., and ordeynedehe ordeynede INS. hem bi meynees andOm. I. and he ordeyned S. tribunes and centuriouns, inand I. al Juda and Benia|myn; and he noumbridenoumbride hem IN. noumbrid the peple S. fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, and he foonde thritti thou|synde of ȝongeable ȝoung S. men, that ȝeden out to batel, and helden spere and scheeld. Also for mede he hiride of Israel an hundrid thousynde of stronge men, for an hundrid talentis of siluer, that thei schulden fiȝte aȝens the sones of Edom. ForsotheAnd INS. a man of God cam to hymAmasie INS., and seide, AA! A! V.! kyngthou kyng INS., the oost of Israel gogo it S. not out with thee, forcertis INS. the Lord is not with Israel and with alle the sones of Effraym; for if thou gessist that batels stonden in theOm. INS. myȝt of oostan oost INS. the oost Xb., the Lord schal make thee to be ouercomun of enemyesthin enemyes IN., forforsothe INS. it is of God for to helpe, and to turneturne men INS. in to fliȝt. And Amasie seide to the man of God, What therforthanne S. schal be doon of the hun|drid talentis, which Y ȝaf to the knyȝtis of Israel? And the man of God answer|ide to hym, The Lord hathhaue S., wherof he may ȝelde to thee mychemany I. mo thingis than these. Therfor Amasie departide the oost that cam to hym fro Effraym, that it schulde turne aȝen in to his place; and theithe men INS. weren wrooth greetli aȝens Juda, and turnedenthei turneden INS. aȝen in to her cuntrei. For|sotheAnd INS. Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and ȝedehe ȝede INS. in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde. And the sones of Juda token othere ten thousynde of men, and brouȝtenthei brouȝten hem INS. to the hiȝ scarre of summea IM pr. m. stoon; andand thei INS. castidencasten I. hem doun fro the hiȝestehiȝeste part I. in to thea I. pit; whichethe whiche I. alleal in her fallyng S. brakento-braken I. to-brasten N. to-braste S.. And thilke oost whomthat I. Amasie hadde sent aȝen, that it schulde not go with him to batel, was spred abrood in the citees of Juda fro Samarie `til tovnto INS. Betheron; and aftir `that itthe oost of Israel IS. it N. hadde slayn thre thousyndethousynde of Juda I. thousynde men of Juda NS., it took aweyawei with it S. a greet preie. And Amasie, after the sleyng of Idumeis, and after that he hadde brouȝtbrouȝt thens with him S. the goddis of the sones of Seir, ordeynedehe ordeynede INS. hem `in toto be into I. goddis to hym silf, and wor|schipidehe worschipide INS. hem, and brente encense to hem. Wherfor the Lord was wrooth aȝens Ama|sie, and sentehe sente INS. to hym a profete, that seide to hym, Whi worschipist thou goddis thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. `delyueriden nothan not delyuered INS. her puple fro thin hond? WhanneAnd whanne INS. the profete spak these thingis, Amasie answeride to hym, Whether thou art a counselour of the king? ceesse thouthou to speke thus to me NS., lest perauenture Y sle thee. TherforAnd INS. the profete ȝede aweiawei fro him S., and seide, Y woot, that the Lord thouȝtehath thouȝt INS. to sle thee; for thou didisthast do INS. this yuel, and ferthermore thoufor thou S. assentidistassentist NS. not to my counsel. Therfor Amasie, the king of Juda, whanne he hadde takeOm. INS. a ful yuel counsel, sentehe sente INS. to the kyng of Israel Joas, the sone of Joa|chaz, the sone of Hieu, and seidehe seide IN. he seide to him S., Come thouthou to me S., se weand se we IN. and se thow we S. vs togidere. And hethe kyng of Israel IS. sente aȝenOm. I. messangerismessageris to him S., and seide, A `cardue, ether a tasilthystil I. tasil N., whichthat INS. is inOm. S. the LibanLiban or mount S. sente to thea INS. cedrecedre tree INS. of the Liban, and seide, Ȝyue thi douȝter aOm. INS. wijf to my sone; and lo! beestis that weren in theOm. N. wode of theOm. I. Liban ȝeden and defouliden the carduethistil I. tasil NS.. Thou seidist, Y haue smytesmetyn or distroyed S. Edom, and therfor thin herte is reysid in to pride; sitte thouthou stille I. thou or abide S. in thin hows; whi stirist thou yuel aȝens theethi selff INS., that thou fallefalle or perische IS., and Juda with thee? Amasie noldewolde not I. herehere this I. here these wordis NS., for it was the wille of the Lord, that he schulde be bitakuntakun X. in to the hondis of enemyeshise enemyes NS., for the goddis of EdomEdom whiche he wirschipide IS.. Therfor Joas, kyngthe kyng INS. of Israel, stiedewente up aȝens Juda I. stiede aȝens Juda N. stiede up aȝens Juda S., and theihe and Amasie INS. siȝen hem silf togidere. SotheliAnd INS. Amasie, theOm. S. kyng of Juda, was in Bethsames ofa citee of IS. Juda; and Juda felde doun bifor Israel, and fleddehe fledde INS. in to his tabernaclis. CertisAnd INS. the kyng of Israel took in Bethsames Amasie, theOm. S. kyng of Juda, theOm. NS. sone of Joas, sonethe sone IN. of Joachaz, andand he INS. brouȝtebrouȝte him NS. in to Jerusalem; and heJoas IN. destriede the wallis therof fro the ȝate of Effraym `til tovnto INS. to X. the ȝate of the corner, bi foure hundrid cubitiscubitis of lengthe S.. And be ledde aȝen in to Samarie al the gold and siluer, and alle vesselsthe vessels INS. whichethat I. he foond in the hows of the Lord, and at Obededom, in the tresouris also of the kyngis hows, also and the sones of ostagisostagis he took awei with him S.. ForsotheAnd INS. Amasie, kyngthe kyng INX. of Juda, theand the A. sone of Joas, lyuede fiftene ȝeer aftir that Joas, kyngthe kyng IN. of Israel, theand the A pr. m. sone of Joachaz, was deed. SotheliAnd INS. the residueremenaunt INS. ofand INS. the formere and the laste wordis of Amasie ben writun in the book of kyngis of Juda and of Israel. And aftir that he ȝedehad gon INS. awei fro the Lord, thei settidensetten I. to hym tresouns in Jerusalem; and whanne he hadde fledde to Lachis, thei sentensenten thider S. and killiden hym there; and thei brouȝtenbrouȝten him INS. aȝen onvpon S. horsis, and biriedenthei birieden INS. hym with his fadris in the citee of Dauid.

 CAP. XXVI.

Forsothe al the puple of Juda made kyngOm. INS., Ozie, his sone, `of sixteneof fyftene N. that was of fiftene S. ȝeerȝeer age IS., forkyng for INS. his fader Amasie. He bildide Hailath, and restoride it to the lordschipe of Juda, after that theOm. INS. kyngkyng Amasie INS. slepte with hise fadris. Ozie was of sixtenefyftene N. ȝeer, whanne he bi|gan to regne; and he regnede two and fifti ȝeer in Jerusalem; theand the S. name of his modir was Hiechelia, of Jerusalem. And he dide thatthat thing INS., that was riȝtful in the siȝt of the Lord, bi alle thingis whiche Amasie, his fadir, hadde do. And he souȝte the Lord in the daies of Zacarie, vndurstond|ynge and seynge God; and whanne he souȝte God, God reulide hym in alle thingis. ForsotheAnd INS. he ȝede out, and fauȝt aȝens Filisteis, and distriede the wal of Gethstrength of Geth S., and the wal of Jabyne, and the wal of Azotus; and he bildide stronge places in Azotus and in Filistiym. And the Lord helpide hym bothe aȝens Filisteis, and aȝensOm. S. Arabeis that dwelliden in Gar|bahal, andOm. S. aȝenus Amonytis. Amonytis paieden ȝiftis to Ozie, and his name was pupplischid `til tovnto INS. to X. the entryng of Egipt for oftehise ofte IS. victories. And Ozie bildide tourisȝatis S. in Jerusalem ouer the ȝate of the corner, and ouer the ȝate of the valey, andand he made NS. otheremo othere I. tourisOm. I. in the same side of the wal; and madehe made INS. tho stidefaststidfast or strong S.. Also he bildide touris in theOm. INS. wildirnesse, and heOm. N. diggide ful many cisternes; for he hadde manyful many INS. beestis as wel in theOm. INSX. feeldi places as in theOm. CS. wast|nesse of deseert. Also he hadde vyneris and tiliers of vynes in theOm. INS. hilles, and in Carmelethe greet mounteyne INS. Carmele I marg.; for he was a man ȝouun to erthetilthe. ForsotheAnd IN. the oost of hise werriours, that ȝeden forth to batels, vndur the hond of Heiel, scribe, and of Masie, techerethe techere INS., and vndur the hond of Ananye that was ofsouereyn of INS. theOm. INS. duykis of the kyng; and al the noumbre of princes, by her meynees, was of stronge men two thousynde and sixe hundrid. And vndur hem was al the oost, threthat is, thre IS. hundrid thousynde and seuen thousynde and fyue hundrid, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. weren ableable men INS. to batel, and fouȝtenthese fouȝten IS. for the king aȝens aduersarieshise aduersaries IS.. And Ozie made redi to hem, that is, to al the oost, scheldis, and speris, and basynetis, and haburiouns, and bouwis, and slyngis to caste stonys. And he made in Jerusalem engynes of dy|uerse kynde, which he settidesette INS. in touris, and in theOm. A. corneris of wallis, that tho schulden castecaste out INS. arowis and grete stoonys; and his name ȝede out fer, for the Lord helpide hym, and hadde maad him strong. But whanne he was maad strong, his herte was reisidreisid up INS. in to his perischyng; and heOm. S. dispiside `his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS.; and he entride in to the temple of the Lord, and wolde brenne encense onupon IS. the auter of encense. And anoon Azarie, the preest, entride after hym, and with hym thesixty INS. preestis of the Lord, seuentiOm. INS. `men ful nobleof ful noble men S.; whichethe whiche I. aȝenstoden the kyng, and seidenseiden to him S., Ozie, it is not of thin office, that thou brenne en|cense to the Lord, butbut it is I. but this office is S. of theOm. I. preestis of the Lord, that is, of the sones of Aaron, thatwhiche NS. ben halewid to siche seruyce; go thou out of theOm. I. seyntuarye; dispiseand dispise INS. thou notnot God IS.; for this thing schal not be arettid of the Lord God to thee in to glorie. And Ozie was wroothwroth therfor S., and heOm. CELP. helde in thehis IS. hond the censere for to offre encence, and manaassidehe manasside INS. the preestisprestis for that thei vnder|nemyn him S.; and anoon lepre was sprungun forth in his forheed, bifor the preestis in the hows of the Lord onupon IS. the auter of encense. And whanne Azarie, the bischop, hadde biholde hym, andand also INS. alle othereOm. A. the othere INS. preestis `hadden biholde himOm. INS., thei sien lepre in his forheed, and hiynglianoon I. thei puttiden hymthe kyng INS. outout of the temple S.; but also he was aferd, and hastide to go out; for he feelide anoon the veniaunce of the Lord. Therfor kyng Ozie was leprouse `til tovnto INS. to X. theOm. A. dai of his deeth, and dwellidehe dwellide INS. in an hows bi it silf, and he was ful of lepre; `for whichwherfor I. for which lepre S. he was cast out of the hows of the Lord. ForsotheAnd INS. Joathan, his sone, gouernyde the howshouse or meyne S. of the kyng, and demydehe demyde INS. the puple of the lond. SotheliAnd INS. Ysaie, the prophete, the sone of Amos, wroot the residueremenaunt IW. Om. S. `of theOm. S. formere and ofOm. S. the laste wordis of Ozie. And Ozie slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden not hym in the feeld of the kyngis sepulcris, for he was leprouse; and Joathan, his sone, regnyde for hym.

 CAP. XXVII.

JoathanJonathan NS. was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede sixtene ȝeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir wasOm. N. Jerusa, the douȝter of Sadoch. HeJoathan I. Jonathan NS. dide that, that was riȝtful bifor the Lord, bi alle thingis whiche Ozie, his fadir, hadde do; outakun that he entride not in to the temple of the Lord, and the puple trespasside ȝitȝit therynne IN.. He bildide the hiȝ ȝate of the hous of the Lord, and he bildide manye thingis in the wal of Ophel; also he bildide citees in the hillis of Juda, and he bildide castels and touris in forestis. HeAnd he INS. fauȝt aȝens the kyng of the sones of Amon, and ouercam hym; and the sones of Amon ȝauen to hym in that tyme an hundrid talentis of siluer, and ten thou|synde choris of barli, and so many of wheete; the sones of Amon ȝauen these thingis to hym in the secounde and inOm. NS. theOm. S. thridde ȝeer. And JoathanJonathan NS. was maad strong, for he hadde dressid hise weies bi|for `his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. the resi|dueremenaunt INS. of wordisthe wordis INS. of JoathanJonathan NS., and alle hise batels, and werkis, ben writun in the book of kyngisthe kyngis IN. of Israel and of Juda. He was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede sixtene ȝeer in Jerusalem. And JoathanJonathan NS. slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden hym in the citee of Dauid; and Achaz, his sone, regnede for him.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Achaz was of twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede sixtene ȝeer in Jerusalem; he dide not riȝtful|nesseriȝtwisnesse I. in the siȝt of the Lord, as Dauid, his fadir, dideOm. N.; but he ȝede in the weies of the kyngis of Israel. Ferthermore and he ȝetydeȝetyde out IN. ymagis to Baalym. He it is that brente encense in the valey of Been|non, andor S. purgidepurgide or brent S. hise sones bi fier bi the custom of hethene men, whichewhom I. the Lord killide in the comyng of the sones of IsraelIsrael fro Egipt I. Israel towardus the lond of bihest S.. Also heAchaz INS. made sacrifice, and brente encense in hiȝ places, and in hillis, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis. And `his Lord Godthe Lord his God NS. bitook hym in the hond of theOm. S. kyng of Sirie, whichthe which I. smootsmoot or ouercame S. Achaz, and tookhe took IS. a greet preie of his empire, and brouȝtenhe brouȝte it INS. in to Damask. Also Achaz was bitakun to the hondis of the kyng of Israel, and washe was INS. smytunsmytun of him IS. with a greet wounde. And Facee, the sone of Romelie, killide ofof the men of INS. Juda sixe scoore thousynde in o dai, alle the men werriours; for thei hadden forsake the Lord God of her fa|dris. In the same tyme Zechry, a myȝti man of Effraym, killide Maasie, the sone of Rogloth, the kyng; and `he killideOm. IN. Ezrica, the duyk of his hows, and El|cana, the secoundesecounde persone S. fro the kyng. And the sones of Israel token of her britheren two hundrid thousynde of wymmen and of children and of damysels, and prey with out noumbre; and barenthei baren INS. it in to Samarie. In that tempesttempest or veniaunce IS. a profete of the Lord, Obed bi name, was there, whichthe which I. which profeet S. ȝede out aȝens the oostoost of Israel INS. comynge in to Sa|marie, and seidehe seide INS. to hem, Lo! the Lord God of ȝoure fadris was wrooth aȝens Juda, and bitookhe hath bitake INS. hem in ȝoure hondis; and ȝe han slayn hem crueli, so that ȝoure cruelte stretchidestretchith INS. forth in to heuene. Ferther|moreAnd N. Ferthermore and S. ȝe wolen make suget to ȝou the sones of Juda and of Jerusalem in to ser|uauntis and handmaidishond maidenes S.; which thing is not nedeful to be doon; forcertis INS. ȝe han syn|ned onvpon N. in S. this thing to `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God NS.. But hereherith S. ȝe my councel, and ledeledeth INS. aȝen the prisounneris, whychethat I. ȝe han brouȝtbrouȝt thenns IS. of ȝoure britheren; for greet veniaunce of the Lord neiȝithnyȝith niȝ S. to ȝou. Therfor menmen of Israel S. of the princes of the sones of Effraym, Azarie, the sone of Johannan, Barachieand Barachie S., the sone of Mosollamoth, Jesechieand Jesechie S., the sone of Sel|lum, and Amasie, the sone of Adali, stoden aȝens hem thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. camen fro the batel; and seiden to hem, Ȝe schulen not brynge in hidur thetho NS. prisoneris, lest wewe consentinge to ȝou I. we concente to ȝou to S. doen synne aȝens the Lord; whi wolenwil I. ȝe `ley tocaste up more yuel I. leyn to more yuel vp S. on ȝoure synnes, and heepe eldeȝoure olde IS. trespassis? ForCertis INS. itthis INS. is greet synne; theand the IN. therfor the S. irewraththe IN. of the strong veniaunce of the Lord neiȝeth onupon IS. Israel. And the men werriouriswerriouris of Israel IS. leften the prey, and alle thingis whiche thei hadden take, bifor the princes and al the multitude. And the men stodenstoden there IS., whiche we remembridenremembreden and rehersiden S. bifore, and thei token the prisounneris, and clothidenthei clothiden INS. of the spuylis alle that weren nakid; and whanne thei hadden clothid hem, and haddenOm. INS. schodschod hem INS., and haddenOm. INS. refreschidrefreschid hem INS. with mete and drynkewith drynke IN., and haddenOm. N. anoyntidanointid hem INS. for trauelher trauel I. her greet trauelle S., and haddenOm. INS. ȝoue cure, `ether me|decyn Om. IS., to hem; `thei puttiden hem on horsisOm. INS., whiche euereeuere of hem INS. `myȝten not go, and weren febleweren feble and miȝt not go S. `of bodiof bodi thei putten [puttiden N] hem on horsis IN. thei puttiden on horsis S., and brouȝtenthei brouȝten hem INS. to Jerico, athe INS. citee of palmes, to `the britheren of hemher britheren INS.; and thei turneden aȝen in to Samarie. In that tyme kyng Achaz sente to the kyng of Assiriens, and axide helphelp of him IS.. And Ydumeismen of Ydumee I. men of Edom NS. camen, and killidenthei killiden IN. manyOm. S. men of Juda, and token greet prey. Also Filisteis weren spred abrood bi citees of the feeldis, and at the southsouth cost INS. of Juda; and thei token Bethsames, and Hailon, and Gaderoth, and Socoth, and Thannan, and Zamro, with her villagis; and dwellidenthei dwelliden INS. in tho. ForSothly IN. Forsoth S. the Lord made low Juda for Achaz, the kyng of Juda; forfor thi that IN. for that that S. he hadde maad himhim self INS. nakid of help, and haddeOm. INS. dis|pisid the Lord. And the Lord brouȝte aȝens himAchaz INS. Teglat Phalasar, kyngthe king NS. of As|siriens, thatwhich NS. turmentide hymOm. INS., and waast|ide hymOm. plures., whilethe while IS. no man aȝenstood. Ther|for Achaz, after that he hadde spuylid the hows of the Lord, and the hows of the kyng and of princesthe princes INS., ȝafhe ȝaf INS. ȝiftis to the kyng of Assiriens, and netheles it profitide `no thingnot S. to hym. Ferthermore also in the tyme of his angwisch he encreesside dispit aȝens GodAs men doen now, gruching in her sijk|nessis and in other dissecis. S.; thilkefor thilke INS. kyng Achaz biOm. NS. hym silf offride sacrifices to the goddis of Damask, hise smyterissmyteris or destriers IS., and seidehe seide INS., The goddis of the kyngis of Sirie helpen hem, whichethe whiche I. goddis Y schal plese bi sacrifices, and thei schulen help me; whanne aȝen|ward thei weren fallyngfalling and hindring S. to hym, and toOm. S. al Israel. Therfor aftir that Achaz hadde take awei, and broke alle the vessels of the hows of God, he closide the ȝatis of Goddis temple, and madehe made INS. auteris to hym silf in alle the corneris of Jerusalem. And in alle citeesthe citees INS. of Juda he bildide auteris to brennebrenne upon S. encence, and he stiridestiride therbi IS. the Lord God of hise fadris toin to S. wrathfulnesse. So|theliAnd INS. the residueremenaunt INS. of hiseAchaz INS. wordis and of alle hise werkis, the formere and the laste, ben writun in the book of kyngis of Juda and of Israel. And Achaz slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden hym in the citee of Jerusalem; for thei resseyueden not hym inin to INS. the sepulcris of the kyngis of Israel; and Ezechie, his sone, regnede for hym.

 CAP. XXIX.

TherforAnd INS. Ezechie bigan to regne, whanne he was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, and he regnede in Jerusalem nyne and twenti ȝeer; the name of his modir was Abia, the douȝtir of Zacharie. And heEzechie INS. dide that, thatthinge S. was pleasauntplesynge INS. in the siȝt of the Lord, bi alle thingis whichethat I. Dauid, his fadir, hadde do. In that ȝeer and thein the INS. firste monethe of his rewme he openyde the ȝatis of the hows of the Lord, and restoriderestoride or repereilide IS. thotho ȝatis NS.; and he brouȝtebrouȝt hider S. theOm. INS. preestis and dekenes, and gaderidehe gaderide INS. hemhem to gidre INS. in to the eest strete, and seidehe seide INS. to hem, Sones of Leuy, here ȝe me, and be ȝe ha|lewidhalwed to serue the Lord S.; clense ȝe the hows of the Lord God of ȝoure fadris; doand do INS. ȝe awei al vn|clennesse fro the seyntuarie. Oure fadris synnedenhan synned INS., and didenhan don I. don NS. yuel in the siȝt of `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God N. the Lord ȝour God S. ȝoure Lord God X., and forsokenthei forsoken INS. hym; thei turneden awei her facesface S. fro the tabernacle of `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God INS., and ȝauenthei ȝauen therto IN. thei ȝauen or turned therto S. theher INS. bak. Thei closiden the doris that weren in the porche, and quenchiden the lanterneslanterns therof S.; and thei brentenbrouȝten NS. notnot thider S. encense, and thei offriden not brent sacrifices in the seyntuarie of God of Israel. Therfor the stronge ven|iaunce of the Lord was reisid onupon IS. Juda and Jerusalem; and he ȝaf hem in to stiryngmouyng IN. mouyng or vnstablenesse S., and in to perischyng, and in to `hisshing, etherOm. INS. scornyng, as ȝe seensiȝen now S. with ȝoure iȝen. Lo! oure fadris feldenhan falle INS. doun bi swerdis; oure sones, andOm. INS. oure douȝtris, and wyuesoure wyues INS. ben ledledde fro vs S. prisouneris for this greet trespas. Now therfor it plesith me, that we make a boond of pees with the Lord God of Israel, and that he turne fro vs the stronge veniaunce of his irewraththe INS.. My sones, nyle ȝe behere ynne be S. reccheles; the Lord hath chose ȝou, that ȝe stonde bifor hym, and serue hym, that ȝe herie hym, and brennethat ȝe brenne INS. encense to hym. Therfor the dekenes ris|idenresen up I. risiden up NS., Mahat, the sone of Amasie, and Jo|hel, the sone of Azarie, of the sones of Caath; sotheliand INS. of the sones of MeraryeMerarye resen up I. Merarye riseden vp S., Cys, the sone of Abdai, and Azarie, the sone of Jelaleel; forsotheand INS. of the sones of JersonJerson resen up I. Jerson riseden vp S., Joha, the sone of Zemma, and Hedem, the sone of Johaa; and sotheliOm. INS. of the sones of ElisaphanElisaphan resen up I. Elisaphan riseden vp S., Samri, and Ja|hiel; and of the sones of AsaphAsaph riseden vp S., Zacharie, and Mathanye; also ofOm. S. the sones of He|manHeman resen vp I. Heman riseden vp S., Jahiel, and Semei; but also of the sones of IditumIditum risiden vp NS., Semei, and Oziel. And thei gaderiden to gidere her britheren, and werenthei weren INS. halewid; and thei entridenentriden into the temple I marg. NS text. bibi the CI. comaundementheest INS. of the kyng, and bi co|maundement of the Lord, for to clense the hows of the Lord. Also preestis entriden in to the temple of the Lord, for to halewe it, and thei baren out al vnclennessethe vnclennesse INS., whichthat INS. thei founden ther ynne in the porche, `ethir large placeOm. INS., of the hows of the Lord; which vnclennesse the de|kenes token, and barenthei baren it IN. barin it S. outOm. S. tointo A. the stronde of Cedron with outforth. SotheliAnd INS. thei bigunnen to clenseclense it I. clense the temple S. in the firste dai of the firste monethe, and in the eiȝte dai of the same monethe thei entriden in to the porche of the hows of the Lord, and thei clensiden the temple eiȝtein eiȝte INS. daies; and in the sixtenthe dai of the same monethe thei fillidenfulfilliden INS. thatthe thinge S., that thei hadden bi|gunne. And thei entriden to Ezechie, theOm. N. king, and seiden to hym, We han halewidhalewid or clensid IS. al the hows of the Lord, and the auter of brent sacrifice therof, and the vessels ther|of, also and the boord of settyngforth with alle hise vessels, and al the purtenaunce of the temple, `which purtenauncethat INS. king Achaz hadde defoulid in his rewme, aftir that he brakhad broke S. the lawelawe of God S.; and lo! alle thingis ben set forth bifor the auter of the Lord. And Ezechie, the kyng, roosroos up INS. in the morwetid, and gaderidehe gaderide INS. togidere alle the princes of the citee, and stiedehe stiede up IS. he stiede N. inwith hem in S. to the hows of the Lord; andand there IS. thei offriden to|gidere seuene bolis, and seuene rammes, seuene lambren, and seuene buckis of geet, for synneher owne synne INS., forand for INS. the rewmefor the rewme; that is, for the princes. for the seyn|tuarie, that is, for preestis and dekenes my|nystringe there. for Juda, that is, for al the peple. Lire here. C., for the seyn|tuarye, and for Juda. And hethe kyng INS. seide to preestis, the sones of Aaron, that thei schulden offreoffre sacrifices NS. onupon IS. the auter of the Lord. Therfor theithe prestis NS. killiden bolis, and `the preestisthei INS. tooken the blood, and scheddenhelden I. it onupon IS. the auter; also thei killiden rammes, and `the preestisthei INS. scheddenhelden I. the blood of tho onupon IS. the auter; theiand thei INS. offriden lambren, and `the preestisthei INS. scheddenhelden I. the blood onupon IS. the auter. And theiprestis for synne IN. prestis also for synne S. brouȝten buckis of geet `for synneOm. INS. bifor the kyng and al the multitude, and theithe prestis INS. settidensetten I. herOm. S. hondis onupon IS. thotho, and killiden hem INS.; and the preestis offriden thohem I., and spreyntenthei spreynten INS. the blood ofOm. S. thohem I. Om. S. bifor the auter, for the clensyng of al Is|rael. ForForsothe INS. the king comaundide, that brent sacrifice shulde be made for al Israel, and for synnesynne therof INS.. Also hethe kyng INS. ordeynede dekenes in the hows of the Lord, with cymbalis, and sawtrees, and harpis, bi the orde|naunce of `Dauid the kyngkyng Dauid INS., and ofbi S. Gad, the profete, and of Nathan, the profete; forcertis INS. itthis INS. was the comaundement of the Lord bi the hond of hise prophetis. And theOm. INS. dekenes stoden, and heldenheeld in her hondis S. the orguns of Dauid; and preestis helden trumpis. And Ezechie comaundide, that thei schulden offre brent sacrifices onupon IS. the auter; and whanne brent sacrifices weren offrid, thei bigunnen to synge preisyngis to the Lord, and to sowne with trumpis, and inwith S. dy|uerse orguns, whiche Dauid, theOm. NS. kyng of Israel, hadde maad redi forOm. S. to sownesowne with INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. whanne al the cumpenye wor|schipideworshepid the Lord S., syngeris and thei that helden trumpis weren in her office, til the brent sacrifice was fillid. And whanne the of|fryng was endid, the kyng was bowidbowid doun IN. bowed doun lowe S., and alle that weren with hym, and thei worschipiden GodOm. N. God mekeli S.. And Ezechiethe king INS. and the princes comaundiden to the dekenes, that thei schulden preise the Lord within S. the wordiswordis or the salmus I. wordis or psalmes N. wordis of salmes S. of Dauith, and of Asaph, the profete; whichethe whiche dekens IN. which dekenes S. preisiden hymthe Lord INS. with greet gladnesse, and knelidenthei kneliden IN. thei kneliden low S., and worschip|idenworschipiden him I. worschipiden him gladli NS.. SothelyAnd INS. Ezechie addideaddide to INS. also these thingis, Ȝe hanhan, he seide S. fillid ȝoure hondishondis with blessyngis IS. to the Lord; neiȝe ȝe, and offreoffrith IN. sacrifices and preisyngis in the hows of the Lord. Ther|for al the multitude offride with deuoute soule sacrificessacrifices to ouercome her enemyes NS., and preisyngis, and brent sacrifices. SotheliAnd INS. this was the noumbre of brent sacrifices, whiche the multitude offride; seuentiseuene NS. bolis, andOm. IN. anOm. S. hundrid rammes, twoand two INS. hundrid lambren. Also thei halewiden to the Lord sixe hundrid oxisoxen INS., and thre thousynde sheep. ForsotheAnd INS. the preestis weren fewe, and myȝtenthei myȝten INS. not suf|fice for to `drawe aweidrawe awei or hilde I marg. drawe or fle of S. text. the skynnes of brent sacrifices; wherfor and the dekenes her britheren helpiden hem, til the werk was fillid, and the preestis weren halewidhalwed bi vertu of her besy and wilful trauel S.; forand INS. the dekenes ben halewid bi liȝtere cus|tomcustom of traueil INS. thanthan ben INS. theOm. A. preestis. Therfor there weren fulOm. S. many brent sacrifices, ynnereand ynnere INS. fatnessisfatnesse S. of pesible sacrifices, and theOm. N. moyste sacrifices of brent sacrifices, andand herbi IS. the worschipworschiping X., `ethir ournyngOm. INS., of the `Lordis howshows of the Lord I. was fillid. And Ezechie was glad, and al the puple, for the ser|uyce of the Lord was fillidfulfillid IN. fulfillid preisabli S.; forcertis INS. it plesidepleside the kyng INS., that this was doon sodeynlyhastily I. sodeynli or hastili, and with good wille S..

 CAP. XXX.

And Ezechie sente to al Israel and to Juda, and he wroot pistlis to Effraym and to Manasses, that thei schulden come in to the hous of the Lord in Jerusalem, and makemake there IS. paske to the Lord God of Israel. Therfor whanne counseil was takun of the kyng, and of princes, and of al the cumpeny of Jerusalem, thei demydendemed or purposide S. to make paske in the secounde moneth. For thei demydendemyden or gessiden IS. not toto mowe INS. dodo this N. do this hiȝe solempnite S. in his tymetyme; that is, the firste monethe. Lire here. C.; for the preestis thatwhiche INS. myȝten sufficesuffice herto IN. suffice therto S. weren notnot ȝit NS. halewidhalwed, chosen, or ordeyned S., and the puple was not ȝit gaderid in to Jerusalem. And thethis INS. wordword or counseil INS. pleside the king, and al the multitude. And thei demydendemed as worthi thing to preisyng of the Lord S. to sende messangeris in to al Israel, fro Bersabee `til tovnto IS. into N. to X. Dan, that thei schulden come, and make pask to the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem; for many men hadden notnot long tyme bifore NS. dodo it I. do this N. do this thing S., as it is bifor writun in the lawe. And corouris ȝeden forth with pistlis, bi comaundementthe heest I. heest NS. of the kyng and of hise princis, in to al Israel and Juda, and prechidenOm. INS. bi that, that the kyng hadde comaundidcomaundid, thei prechiden, and seiden I. comaundid, thei prechiden N. comaundide, thei precheden a greet solempnite of pask, and seiden S., Sones of Israel, turne ȝe aȝen to the Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel; and he schal turne aȝen to the residueremenaunt of INS. men, thatwhiche N. ascapiden the hondis of the kyng of Assiriens. Nyle ȝe be maadmaad rebel NS. as ȝoure fa|dris and britherenȝoure britheren INS., thatwhiche NS. ȝedenwenten I. awei fro the Lord God of her fadris; and hethe Lord INS. ȝauetherfor ȝaue S. hem in to perischyng, as ȝe seennow seen IS.. Nyle ȝe make hard ȝoure nollis, as ȝoure fadris diden; ȝyue ȝe hondisȝoure hondis INS.hondis; in bihetinge that ȝe schulen serue him feith|fuly. Lire here. C. toor bihote ȝe to S. the Lord, and come ȝe to his seyntuarie, which he halew|idehath halewid INS. withouten ende; serue ȝe the Lord GodOm. FGIKLMNXbç. of ȝoure fadris, and the irewrath INS. of his strong veniaunce schal `be turnedturne N. awey fro ȝou. ForForsothe INS. if ȝe turnen aȝen to the Lord, ȝoure britheren and ȝoure sones schulen haue mercy, bifor her lordis thatwhiche INS. leddenhan led INS. hemhem out of her lond S. prisoneris; and thei schulen turne aȝen in to this lond. For `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God INS. is pitouse, `ethir benygneOm. INS., and mer|ciful; and he schalwole INS. not turne awey his face fro ȝou, if ȝe turneturne ȝou INS. aȝen to hym. Therfor the corours ȝeden swiftli fro cytee in to citee thorou the lond of Effraym and of Manasses `til tovnto INS. Zabulon, while theithe men I. the men of tho cuntreis NS. scorniden andor N. bimowiden hem. Netheles sum men of Aser, and of Manasses, and of Zabulon, assentidenconsentiden INS. to thethis NS. counsel, and camen in to Jerusalem. ForsotheCertis INS. the hond of thegrace of the S. Lord was maad in Juda, that he ȝaf to hem oon herte, and that thei diden the word of the Lord, bi the co|maundementheest INS. of the kyng and of the princes. And many puplis weren gaderid in to Jerusalem, for to make the solemp|nyte of therf looueslooues, that is, pask INS. in the secounde monethe. And thei risidenresen EL. resen up I. risiden up NS., and destri|edenthei destrieden INS. the auterisauteris of ydolis INS., thatwhiche NS. weren in Jerusa|lem; and `thei destriyngedistroyeden S. alle thingis in whiche encense was brent to idols, cast|identhei castiden hem INS. forth in to the stronde of Cedroncedris A pr. m. EKLMXbç.. ForsotheAnd INS. thei offriden pask in the four|tenthe dai of the secounde monethe; also the preestis and theOm. N. dekenes weren ha|lewid at the lastelast or whan the peple had sacrificid S., and offridenthei offriden INS. brent sa|crifices in the hows of the Lord. And thei stoden in her ordre, bi the ordynaunce and lawe of Moises, the man of God. So|thelyAnd INS. the preestis token of the hondis of dekenesof dekenes; for bi co|maundement of the kyng the dekenes offreden pask for hem that weren not fully clensid. Lire here. C. the bloodblood of bestis INS. to be sched out, for myche cumpeny was notnot ȝit INS. halewid; and therfor the dekenes offriden pask for hem, thatwhiche INS. myȝten notnot thanne NS. be halewid to the Lord. Also a greet part of the puple of Effraym, and Manassesof Manasses S., and of Ysachar, and of Zabulon, that was not halewid, eet pask not bi that that is writun. And Ezechie preyde for hem, and seide, The good Lord schal do mercy to alle men, thatwhiche INS. seken in al theher INS. herte the Lord God of her fadris; and it schal not be arettid to hemhem into synne IS., that thei ben not halewidhalwed bi offring of ȝiftis IS.. AndOm. S. the Lord herde hymthe kyng INS., and washe was INS. plesid to the puple. And the sones of Israel, thatwhich S. weren founden in Jerusalem, maden solempnytethe solemp|nyte INS. of therf looues seuene daies in greet glad|nesse, and heriedenthei herieden INS. the Lord bi ech dai; and dekenesthe dekenes IN. and preestisthe prestis S. `preisiden the Lordherieden him I. bi orguns, thatwhiche INS. acordiden to her officesoffice NS.. And Ezechiethe kyng INS. spak to the herte of alle the dekenes, thatwhiche INS. hadden good vn|durstondyng of the Lord; and thei eeteneeten bi tho sacrifices I. eeten of tho N. eten of tho sacrifices of the peple S. bi seuene daies of the solempnyte, of|fryngeoffryng to the Lord S. sacrificesthe sacrifices S. of pesible thingis, and heriynge the Lord God of her fadris. And it pleside al the multitude to halewe also othere seuene daies; which thingOm. S. also thei diden with greet ioye. ForsotheAnd INS. Ezechie, kyng of Juda, ȝaf to the multi|tude a thousynde bolis, and seuene thou|synde of scheep; sotheliand INS. the princesprinces of Juda IS. ȝauen to the puple a thousynde bolis, and ten thousynde scheep. Therfor fula ful INS. greet multitude of preestis was halewidthat is, or|deyned to kille and offre to the Lord thes bestis. IS.; and al the cumpany of Juda was fillid with gladnesse, as wel ofthe cumpenye of I. the multitude of S. preestis and dekenes, as of al the multitude, that camen fro Is|rael, and `of conuersisof men conuertid I. the multitude of men conuertid NS. of the lond of Israel, and of dwelleristhe dwelleris INS. inof NS. JudaJuda was glad in the Lord NS.. And greet solempnytee was maad in Jerusalem, whichwhat INS. manerkynd NS. solempnyteOm. INS. was not in that citee fro the daies of Salomon, sonethe sone INS. of Dauid, kyng of Israel. SotheliAnd INS. preestis and dekenes rysydenrisen EL. resen up I. riseden up NS., and blessiden the puple; and the vois of hem was herd, and theher INS. preier cam in to the hooli dwelling place of heuene.

 CAP. XXXI.

And whanne these thingis weren doon riȝtfuli, al Israel ȝede out, that was foundun in the citees of Juda; and thei braken simy|lacris, and kittidenthei kittiden INS. doun woodis, and wastidenthei wastiden INS. hiȝhiȝ, that is, solempne S. places, and distriedenthei destrieden INS. au|teristhe auteris IN. there the auteris S., notand not IN. oneli of al Juda and Beniamynof Beniamyn N., but also andOm. INS. of Effraym and Manassesof Manasses IMNSX., tiltil that INS. thei distriedenhad destried INS. outirlitho auters outirli I. her ydols outirli NS.. AndAnd thanne I. alle the sones of Israel turneden aȝen in to her possessiouns and citees. ForsotheAnd INS. Eze|chie ordeynede cumpenyes of preestis and ofOm. S. dekenes bi her departyngis, ech man in his owne office, that is, as wel of preestis as of dekenes, tothe king ordeined to S. brent sacrifices and pe|sible sacrifices, that thei schulden mynys|treserue INS., and knowleche, and synge in the ȝatis of the castelscastels; that is, of the large places of prestis and dekenes. Lire here. C. of the Lord. SotheliAnd INS. the part of the kyngkyngis sacrifice IN. kingis sacrifices S. was, that of his owne catelsubstaunce INS. brent sacrifice schulde be offrid euereeuermore S. in the morewtid and euentidein the euentide IN., also in sabatissabot I., and calendis, and otherein othere INS. so|lempnytees, as it is writun in the lawe of Moises. Also hethe king INS. comaundide to the pu|ple of hem that dwelliden in Jerusalem, to ȝyue partispart of lyuelood INS. to the preestis and dekenes, that thei myȝten ȝyue tent to the lawe of the Lord. AndOm. S. whanneOm. N. thisthis thing INS. was knowun in the eeris of the multitude, the sones of Israel offriden ful many firste fruytis of wheete, of wyn, of oyle, and of hony; and of alle thingis whiche the erthe bringith forth, thei offriden tithis. But also the sones of Israel and of Juda, thatwhiche NS. dwell|iden in the citees of Juda, offriden tithis of oxisoxen INS. and of scheep, and theOm. I. thei offriden NS. tithis of holi thingis, whiche thei avowiden to `her Lord Godthe Lord her God S., and thei brouȝten allealle these S. thingisthingis into the temple INS., andto prestis and dekenes to be susteyned with, and S. madenthei maden INS. fulOm. IN. Of these thingis S. many heepis. InOm. S. the thridde monethe thei bigunnen to leie theOm. INS. foundementis of theOm. plures. heepis, and in the seuenthe monethe thei fillidenfilliden or endiden IS. thothe A. heepis. And whannewhanne that INS. Ezechie and hise princes hadden entridentrid in thider S., thei siȝen thetho DV. heepisheep C. heepis of sacrifices IS., and blessidenthei blessiden INS. the Lord, and the puple of Israel. And Ezechiethe kyng INS. axide the preestis and dekenesthe dekenes INS., whi thetho INS. heepis laien so. AzarieAnd Azarie INS., the firstefirst or cheef IS. preest of the genera|cioun of Sadoch, answeride to hym, and seide, SithenSith I. the firste fruytis bigunnen to be offrid in the hows of the Lord, we han eteete of tho I. ete of tho fruytis S. and ben fillidfulfillid INS., and ful many thingis ben leftleft ȝit here S.; for the Lord hath blessidblessid, that is, he hath encresid I. blessid, that is, with diuers goodis he hath encreside S. his puple; sotheliand INS. this plentee, whichthat INS. thou seest, is of the relifsremenauntis ouer I. remenauntis N. remnauntis ouer our lyfelood S.. Therfor Eze|chiethe kyng INS. comaundide, that thei schulden make redi bernes in the hows of the Lord; and whanne thei hadden do this thing, theimen INS. brouȝten inin thider S. feithfuly bothe theher INS. firste fruytis, and tithis, and what euere thingis thei hadden avowid. ForsotheAnd INS. Chonenye, the dekene, was theOm. INS. souereynsouereyn keper S. of thotho thingis INS.; and Semei his brother was the secoundesecounde next him INS.; aftir whom Jehiel, and Azarie, and Nabath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, `and JozabadOm. N., and Helyel, and Jesmahie, and Maath, and Banaie, weren souereyns vndur the hondishondis or poweris S. of Chonenye and Semei, his brother, bithese weren souereyns bi S. the comaundementheest INS. of `Ezechie the kyngking Ezechie NS., and of Azarie, the bischop of the hows of the Lord, to whichewhom I. alle thingis perteyn|edenperteyneden to be ordeyned S.. But Chore, the sone of Jemnya, dekene and portere of the eest ȝate, was souereyn of tho thingis thatwhiche NS. weren of|frid bi fre wille to the Lord, andOm. N. Also he was souereyn S. of thealle the A pr. m. EGIKLMNSXbç. firste fruytis, and of thingis halewid in to hoolithe holi S. thingis of the noumbre of hooli thingis; and vndur his cure weren Eden, and Beniamyn, Jesue, and Semeye, and Amarie, and Sechenye, in the citees of preestis, that thei schulden departe feith|fuli to her britheren the partispartis, that weren lymytid to hem for lyflode IS., to the lesse and theto the INS. grettere, outakun malis froof X. three ȝeer and aboue, these thingis toweren do to INS. alle that entriden in to the temple of the Lord, and what euer thing bi ech dai was hirid in the seruyce and obseruauncesobseruaunces of the temple IS. bi her departyngis. To preestis bi mey|neesher meynees INS., and toOm. N sec. m. S. dekenes fro `the twentithetwenty INS. ȝeer and aboue bi her ordris and cum|penyes, and to alle the multitude, bothethat is, bothe S. to theOm. plures. wyues and freto the fre IS. to fre NX. children of hem of euer either kyndekynde, that is, male and female S., metis weren ȝouun feithfulifreli NS. of these thingis thatwhiche INS. weren ha|lewidhalewid or offrid in the temple IS.. But also men of the sones of Aaron weren ordeyned bi the feeldis and subarbisbi subarbis INS. of alle citeesthe citees I. the citee NS.. whychethe whiche I. menOm. INS. schulden dele partisbi the partis INS. to al the male kynde of preestis and dekenesof dekenes S.. TherforCertis INS. Eze|chiekyng Ezechie IS. dide alle thingisthes thingis INS., whiche we seidenhan seid INS., in al Juda, and he wrouȝte that, that was riȝtful and good and trewe bifor `his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS., in al theOm. IN. religioun of theOm. IN. seruyce of the hows of the Lord, bi the lawelawe of God IS. and cerymonyesbi the cerymonyes therof IS. bi the cerymonyes N.; and he wolde seke histhe INS. Lord God inof N. al his herte, and he didedide so INS., and hadde prosperite.

 CAP. XXXII.

Aftir whiche thingis and sich treuthe, Senacherib, the kyng of Assiriens, cam and entride in to Juda; and he bisegide stronge citees, and wolde takehaue take INS. tho. And whanne Ezechie hadde herd this thing, that is, that Senacherib washad INS. comun, and that al thehis S. fersnesse of batelhis batel INS. was turned aȝens Jerusalem, he took counsel with theOm. INS. princes andand with IS. strongestmoost stronge INS. men, that thei schulden stoppe the heedis of wellis, thatwhiche NS. weren without the citee; and whanne the sentence of alle men demyde thisthis profitable I. this to be pro|fitable NS., he ga|deride togidere a ful greet multitudemultitude of men IS., and thei stoppiden alle the wellis, and thea INS. ryuer, that flowidewas S. in theOm. N. myddis of the lond; andand thei INS. seidenseiden the cause whi I. seiden, Stopping of the cours of watris is speedful, NS., Lest the kyngis of As|siriens comen, and fynden abundance of watris. Also heEzechie INS. dide wittili, and bildidehe bildide INS. al the wal that was distride, and he bild|ide touris aboueaboue the wal N. on the walle S., and an other wal with|outforth. And he reparilide Mello inOm. INS. the citee of Dauid; and madehe made INS. armureto be ther inne armure S. of al kynde, and scheldis. And he ordeynede princesOm. N. of werriouris into be in S. the oost; and he clepide togidere alle men in the street of the ȝate of the citee, and spakehe spake INS. to the herte of hemhis men INS., and seide, Do ȝe manli, and be ȝe coumfortid; nyle ȝe drede, nether be ȝeOm. S. aferd of the kyng of Assiriens, andne INS. of al the multitude whichthat INS. is with him; forforsothe IN. many momany mo; that is, the vertu of God and of hise aungels, whos strengthe is myȝtiere than al the vertu of men, wherfor it is seid with ynne that the aungel of the Lord killide esch strong man and wer|rioure of the oost of the king of Assiriens. Lire here. C. ben with vs than with him. Fleischlia fleischli INS. armarm or power INS. is with him; `oure Lord Godand the Lord oure God INS. is with vs, whichthat I. is oure helpere, and schalhe schal INS. fiȝte for vs. And the puple was coumfortid with sich wordis of Ezechie, kyng of Juda. And aftir that these thingis weren doondoon and spoken S., Sennacherib sente hise ser|uauntis to Jerusalem; for hehe himself INS. `with al the oostOm. N. bisegide Lachis. He sente to Eze|chie, kyng of Juda, and to al the puple that was in the citeecitee of Jerusalem INS., and seidehe seide INS., Sen|nacherib, theOm. INS. kyng of Assiriens, seith these thingis, In whom han ȝe trist, and sitten bisegid in Jerusalem? WhetherWhether not INS. Ezechie disseyueth ȝou, that heȝe R. bitake ȝouOm. plures. to deeth in hungur and thirst, andand he INS. affermethaffermeth or bihotith I., thatȝou that S. `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God INS. schal delyuere ȝou fro the hond of the kyng of Assyriens? Whether notOm. IS. this isis not DINS. Ezechie, that distriede hiȝhiȝ solempne S. places, and auteristhe auteris INS. of hymit INS., and comaundide to Juda and toOm. S. Je|rusalem, and seide, Ȝe schulen worschipeworschipe the Lord God INS. bifor oon auter, and therynne ȝe schulen brenne encense? Whether ȝe witen not what thingis Y haue do, and my fadirfadris S., to alle the puplis of londis? Whether the goddis of folkis and of alle londis myȝten delyuere her cuntrei fro myn hondhondis NS.? Who is of alle goddisthe goddis INS. of folkis, whiche my fadris distrieden, that myȝte delyuere his puple fro myn hond, that also ȝoure God may delyuere ȝou fro thismyn INS. hond? Therfor Ezechie disseyue not ȝou, nether scornescorne he ȝou IN. scorne he not ȝou S. bi veyn counselyng, nethir bileue ȝe to hym; for if no god of alle folkis and cun|treis myȝte delyuere his puple fro myn hond, and fro the hondhondis NS. of my fadris, suyngli nether ȝoure God schal mowe de|lyuere ȝou fro this myn hond. But also hise seruauntis spaken many othir thingis aȝenus the Lord God, and aȝens Ezechie, his seruaunte. Also he wroot epistlis ful of blasfemye aȝens the Lord God of Israel, and he spak aȝens GodGod, and seide INS., As the goddis of othere folkis myȝten not delyuere her puple fro myn hond, so and the God of Ezechie may not delyuere his puple fro myn hond. Ferthermore and with greet cry in the langage of Jewis he sownede aȝens the puple, that sat onupon INS. the wallis of Jerusalem, to make hem aferd, and to take the citee. And he spake aȝens God of Is|rael, as aȝens the goddis of theOm. INS. puplis of erthe, the werkis of mennus hondis. Ther|for Ezechie, the kyng, and Ysaie, the pro|fete, the sone of Amos, preieden aȝens this blasfemye, and criedenthei crieden INS. til in to heuene. And the Lord sente his aungel, thatthe whiche I. killide ech strong man and werriour, and the prince of the oost of the kyng of Assiriens; and heSenacherib INS. turnede aȝen with schenship `in toto C. his lond. And whanne he hadde entrid in to the hows of his god, the sones, thatwhiche INS. ȝeden out of his wombe, killiden hymhim there S. with swerd. And the Lord sauyde Ezechie, and the dwelleris of Jeru|salem, fro the hond of Senacherib, kyng of Assiriens, and fro the hond of alle men; and ȝafhe ȝaf INS. to hem reste bi cumpas. Also many men brouȝten offryngis and sacri|fices to the Lord inOm. N. to Jerusalem, and ȝiftis to Ezechie, kyng of Juda; whichthat I. was enhaunsid aftir these thingis bifor alle folkis. In tho daies Ezechie was sijk `til tovnto INS. the deth, and he preiede the Lord; and he herde hym, and ȝafhe ȝaf INS. to hym a signetoken of helthe IS. token N.; but he ȝeldide notnot to him aȝen I. not thankingis to the Lord S. biaftir I. the bene|ficesbenefetis IS. whichethat I. he hadde take, for his herte was reisidreised into pride S.; and irewraththe I. wraththe of the Lord NS. was maad aȝens hym, and aȝens Juda, and aȝens Jerusa|lem. And he was mekid aftirward, forfor thi that IN. for that that S. his herte was reisid; botheand bothe INS. he was mekid, and the dwelleris of Jerusalem; and ther|for the irewraththe INS. of the Lord cam notupon INS. on hem in the daies of Ezechie. ForsotheAnd INS. Ezechie was riche, and ful noble, and gaderidehe gaderide INS. to hym silf ful many tresours of siluer, ofand of Sç. and X. gold, and of preciouse stoonstones INS., ofand C. and of INSç. swete smellynge spices, and of armuris ofand of S. al kynde, andOm. S. of vessels of greet prijs. Also he bildide large housis of wheete, of wyn, and of oile, and cratchis of alle beestis, and fooldis to scheep, and sixehe bildide sixe INS. citees. ForAnd INS. he hadde vnnoumbrable flockis of scheep and of grete beestis; for the Lord hadde ȝoue to hym ful myche catel. Thilke is Ezechie, that stoppide the hiȝere welle of the watris of Gion, and turnedehe turnede INS. tho awei vndur the erthe at the westwest side NS. of the citee of Dauid; in alle hise werkis he dide `bi prosperitewelsumly INS., what euerOm. INS. thingthingis INS. he wolde. Netheles in the message of the princes of Babiloyne, thatwhiche INS. weren sent to hym for to axe of the grete wondir, that bifelde onupon INS. the londlond of Juda INS., God forsook hym, that he were temptidassaied INS., and that alle thingis weren knowun that werenwas S. in his herte. SotheliAnd INS. the residueremenaunt INS. of wordisthe wordis INS. of Ezechie, and of hise mercies, ben writun in the profesieprophecies INS. of Ysaie, the profete, sonethe sone INS. of Amos, andand also NS. in the book of kyngis of Juda and of Israel. And Ezechie slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden hym aboue the sepulcris of the sones of Dauid. And al Juda and alle the dwelleris of Je|rusalem maden solempne the seruycesseruice S. of his biriyng; and Manasses, his sone, reg|nide for him.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Manasses was of twelue ȝeer, whanne he bygan to regne, and he regnyde in Je|rusalem fyue and fifti ȝeer. ForsotheAnd INS. he dide yuel bifor the Lord biaftir I. abhomyna|ciounsal abhomynaciouns C. the abhomina|ciouns I. of hethene men, whichewhom I. the Lord destriede bifor the sones of Israel. And he turnedeturnede aȝen INS., and restoride the hiȝe placessolempne places IS., whiche Ezechie, his fadir, hadde destried. And he bildidebildide up INS. auteris to Baalym, and madehe made INS. wodismawmet wodis INS., and worschipidehe worschipide INS. al the knyȝthod of heuene, and heriede it. And he bildide auteris in the hows of the Lord, of whichwhich hous INS. the Lord haddeOm. INS. seid, My name schal bebe inclepid IS. in Jerusalem with outen ende. SotheliAnd INS. heManasses INS. bildide tho auteris to al the knyȝthod of heuene inand I. theOm. CIS to N. twei large places of the hows of the Lord. And he made hise sones to passe thorouȝ the fier in the valei of Beennon; he keptekepte or waitide IS. dremesaftir dremes INS.; he suede fals diuynyng bi chi|teryng of briddis; heand he INS. seruyde witche craftis; heand he S. hadde with hym astronomy|eris and enchaunteris, `ethir trigetourstrechetouris B., thatwhich S. disseyuendeceiueden ELM. mennus wittisGloss omitted in IN., and he wrouȝte many yuelis bifor the Lord to terre hym to wraththe. AlsoAnd INS. he settidesette I. settide or ordeynede S. a grauunȝotun NS. signeOm. I. and a ȝotun signeOm. NS. in the hows of the Lord, of whichthe which I. hows God spak to Dauid, and to Salomon, his sone, and seide, Y schal sette my name with outen ende in this hows and in Jeru|salem, whichthe which I. which citee S. Y chees of alle the lynagis of Israel; and Y schal not make the foot of Israel to moue fro the lond whichthat INS. Y ȝaf to her fadris, so oneli ifthat INS. thei kepentaken hede INS. to do tho thingis whichethat I. Y comaundidehaue comaundid INS. to hem, and alalle I. the lawelawis I., and cerymo|nyes, and domes, bi the hondhond or heest S. of Moises. TherforBut INS. Manasses disseyuede Judathe men of Juda INS., and the dwelleris of Jerusalem, thatso that S. thei diden yuel, more than alle hethene men, whiche the Lord hadde distriede fro the facefaces A pr. m. of the sones of Israel. And the Lord spak to hym, and to his puple; and thei noldenwolden not I. take heedheed to him S.. Therfor the Lord brouȝte onupon IS. hem the princes of the oost of the kyng of AssiriensAssiriens; that is, hem that weren princes of the oost of Assi|riens, whanne the king of Babiloyne was suget to Assi|riens, for thanne the king of Babi|loyne and hise princes, weren of the oost of the king of Assiriens, but now the king of Babiloyne was not suget to Assiriens, as Josephus and othre cro|nycleris seyen, therfor they ledden him in to Babiloyne. Lire here. C.; and thei token Manasses, and bounden hym with chaynes, and stockis, and leddenthei ledden INS. hym in to Babi|loyne. And aftir that he was angwischid, he preiede `his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS., andof merci and S. didehe dide INS. pe|naunce gretli bifor the God of hise fadris. And he preiede God, and bisechidebisechide him INS. en|tentifli; and God herde his preier, and brouȝtehe brouȝte IN. hym aȝen `in toto IN. Jerusalem inand I. to his rewme; andand thanne INS. Manasses knew, that the Lord hym silf is GodGod aloone I. God oonli NS.. Aftir these thingis heManasses INS. bildide the wal with out the citee of Dauid, at the westwest side INS. of Gion, in the valei, fro the entryng of the ȝate of fischis, bi cumpas `til tovnto INS. to X. Ophel; and he reiside itit up I. up NS. gretligretli that wal NS.; and he ordeynede princes of the oost in alle the stronge citees of Juda. And he dide awei alien goddis and symy|lacris fro the hows of the Lord; and he dide awei the auteris, whiche he hadde maad in the hilhil or heiȝthe I. hil or the heiȝthe S. of the hows of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and he castidecastide hem INS. awei alleOm S. with out the citee. Certis he restoride the auter of the Lord, and offridehe offride INS. ther|onnether upon IS. slayn sacrifices, and pesible sacrifices, and preisyngpreisyng to the Lord S.; and he comaundide Judathe men of Juda INS. to serue the Lord God of Israel. Netheles the puplepeple ȝit after her own fyndyngs S. offride ȝit in hiȝhiȝ solempne IS. places to `her Lord Godthe Lord her God INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. the residueremenaunt INS. of dedisthe dedis INS. of Manasses, and his bisechyng to `his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS., and the wordis of profetis, thatwhiche NS. spaken to hym in theOm. NS. name of the Lord God of Israel, ben conteyned in the wordis of the kyngis of Israel. And his preierpreier to God S., and theOm. I. heryngherying that the Lord herd him S., and alle synneshis synnes INS., and dispisyngal his dispisyng S., alsoand also INS. the places in whiche he bildide hiȝ thingis, and made wodismawmet wodis INS. and ymagis, bifor that he dide penaunce, benthese ben S. writun in the bokisbook INS. of OzaiYzaye S.. For|sotheAnd INS. Manasses slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden hym in his hows; and Amon, his sone, regnyde for hym. Amon was of two and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne; and he regnyde twei ȝeer in Jerusalem. And he dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord, as Manasses, his fadir, hadde dofirst do S.; and he offride, and seruyde to alle theOm. I. idols, whiche Manassesat his beginnyng Manasses S. hadde maad. And he reuerenside not the face of the Lord, as Manasses, `his fadirOm. S., re|uerensidereuerenside not first I. reuerenside not N. first reuerencid him not S.; and he dide mych gretter trespassistres|passis than his fadir IN. trespassis than his fader dide S.. And whanne his seruauntis `hadden swore to gyderbi conspiracioun had sworyn S. aȝens hym, thei killiden hym in his hows. SotheliAnd INS. the residueremenaunt INS. multitude of the puplepuple that consentide not to the deth of Amon IS. puple that consentide not to his deeth N., aftir that thei hadden slaynkilliden S. hem that `hadden slaynkilliden INS. Amon, ordeynedenthei ordeyneden INS. Josie, his sone, kyng for hym.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Josie was of eiȝte ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede in Jerusalem oon and thritti ȝeer. And he dide that, thatOm. S. was riȝtful in the siȝt of the Lord; and ȝedehe ȝede INS. in the waies of Dauid, his fadir, and bowidehe bowide INS. not to the riȝt side nether to the left side. ForsotheAnd INS. in the eiȝtethe ȝeer of the rewme of his empire, whanne he was ȝit a child, he bigan to seke Godthe God S. of his fadir Dauid; and inaftir INS. the tweluethe ȝeer afterOm. INS. that he biganbigan to regne INS., he clenside Juda and Jerusalem froof INS. hiȝhiȝ solempne INS. places, and wodisof mawmet wodis INS., and similacrisof similacris INS., and grauunof grauun INS. ymagis. And theithe men of Josie INS. destrieden bifor hym the auteris of Baalym, and thei destrieden the symy|lacris, that weren put aboueaboue tho auters IS.. Also he hewide doun the wodismawmett wodis INS., and grauunthe grauen S. ymagis, and brakhe brak IS. tothes into INS. smale gobetis; and scateridetho smale gobetis he scateride INS. abrood `the smale gobetisOm. INS. onvpon IS. theOm. C. birielis of hem, thatwhiche INS. weren wont to offre `to thoto the ymagis of ydolatrie I marg. to tho ymagis NS.. Ferthermore hethe kyng INS. brente the boonys of preestis inupon IS. on N. the auteris of idols, and he clenside Juda and JerusalemJerusalem of ydolatrie NS.. But also he destriede alle idolsthe idols INS. inof S. the citeescitee AS. of Manasses, and of Effraym, and of Sy|meon, `til tovnto INS. Neptalym. And whanne hekyng Josias INS. hadde scateride thethes INS. auteris, and haddeOm. INS. al toOm. I.-broke in to gobetis the wodismawmett wodis INS., and grauunthe grauun INS. ymagis, and haddewhanne he hadde INS. destried alle templisthe temples INS. of ydols fro al the lond of Israel, he turnede aȝen in to Jerusalem. Therfor in the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of his rewme, whanne the lond and templethe temple INS. `of the LordOm. S. was clensid noweOm. N., he sente Saphan, the sone of Helchie, and Masie, the prince of the citee, and Joa, the sone of Joachaz, chaun|celerhis chaunceler INS., that thei schulden reparele the hous `of his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS.. WhicheThe whiche men I. Which men S. camen to Hel|chie, the grete preest; and whanne thei hadden take of hym the money, whichthat IN. was brouȝt in to the hows of the Lord; andOm. A pr. m. INS. which monei the dekenes and por|teris hadden gaderid of Manassesmen of Manasses INS., and of Effraym, and of alle the residueremenaunt INS. menof men S. of Israel, and of alOm. INS. Juda and Beniamynof Beniamyn INS., and of the dwelleris of Jerusalem, thei ȝauen it inin to S. the hondis of hem thatwhiche INS. weren souereyns of the werk men in the hows of the Lord, that thei schulden restore the temple, and reparele alle feblethe feble INS. thingisthingis therof INS.. And thei ȝauen that monei to theOm. INS. crafti men and masouns, for to bie stoonys hewid out of the `delues, etherOm. INS. quarrerisquarreis A., and treesto bie trees INS. to theOm. INS. ioynyngis of the bildyngbildingis I., and to the coupling of housis, whiche the kingis of Juda hadden destried. WhicheThe whiche I. menwerk men INS. diden feithfuli alle thingis. SotheliAnd INS. the souereyns of worcheris weren Jabath, and Abdie, of the sones of Merari; Zacarieand Zacarie NS., and Mosallam, of the sones of Caath; whiche hastiden the werk; allealle thes INS. weren dekenes, kunnyngekunnynge men INS. to synge with orguns. SotheliAnd INS. ouer them that baren birthuns to dyuerse vsis weren theOm. IN sec. m. S. scribis, and mais|tris of theOm. INS. dekenes, and porteris. And whanne thei baren out the monei, that was borunbroȝt INS. in to the temple of the Lord, Helchie, `the preestOm. S., foond thea INS. book of the lawe of the Lord bi the hondhond or loor S. of Moises. And heHelchie INS. seide to Saphan, the writere, Y haue founde thea INS. book of the lawe in the hows of the Lord. And Hel|chie tooktook it INS. to Saphan, and he bar in thethat INS. book to the king; and teldehe telde INS. to hym, and seide, Lo! alle thingis ben fillidfulfillid IN. fulfillid or endide S., whiche thou hast ȝoue in to the hondis of thi ser|uauntis. TheiAnd thei S. han wellyd togidere thethi N. siluere, which is foundun in the hous of the Lord; and it is ȝouun to the soue|reyns of theOm. INS. crafti men, and makynge dyuerse werkis; ferthermore Helchie, the preest, took to me this book. And whanne he hadde rehersid this book in theOm. INS. pre|sence of the kyng, and hewhanne the kyng INS. hadde herd the wordis of the lawe, he to-rente hise clothis; and he comaundide to Helchie, and to Ai|chan, the sone of Saphan, and to Abdon, the sone of Mycha, and to Saphan, the scryuen, and to Asaie, the seruaunt of the kyng, and seidehe seide IN. he seide to hem S., Go ȝe, and preiepreieth INS. the Lord for me, and for the resydueremenaunt INS. menof men INS. of Israel and of Juda, on alle the wordis of this book, whichthat INS. isis now IS. foundun. ForCertis INS. greet veniaunce of the Lord hath droppid onupon IS. vs, for oure fadris kepten not the wordis of the Lord, to do alle thingis thatwhiche INS. ben writun in this book. Therfor Helchie ȝedeOm. IN., and thei that weren sent togidere offro NS. the king, towenten to IN. Olda, the prophetesse, the wijf of Sellum, sonethe sone INS. of Thecuath, sonethe sone INS. of Asra, kepere of clothisthe kingis clothis INS., whichthe which I. Olda dwellide in Jerusalem in the secounde warde; and thei spaken to hir the wordis, whiche we telden bifore. And sche an|sweride to hem, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Seie ȝe to thethat S. man, that sente ȝou to me, The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal brynge ynneOm. S. yuels onupon IS. this place, and onupon INS. the dwelleris therof, and alle the cursyngis that ben writun in this book, whichthat INS. thei reddenhan rad INS. bifor the kyng of Juda. For thei han forsake me, and han sacrifiedsacrifisid plures. to alien goddis, for to terre me to wrathfulnesse in alle the werkis of her hondis; therfor my strong veniaunce schal droppe onupon IS. this place, and it schal not be quenchidquenchid or lettid S.. But speke ȝe thus to the kyng of Juda, that sente ȝou to preye the Lord, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, For thou herdist the wordis of the bookbook of Goddis dome S., and thin herteherte therbi IS. is maad neischnesshe to vnderstonde Goddis sentence S., and thou art mekid in the siȝt of the Lord ofof or for S. these thingis thatwhiche NS. ben seide aȝens this place and theaȝens the I. dwelleris of Jerusalem, and thou hast re|uerensid my face, and hast to-rente thi clothis, and hast wepte bifor me; also Y hauehaue therfor S. herd thee, seith the Lord. ForCertis INS. now Y schal gadere thee to thi fadris, and thou schalt be borun in to thi sepulcre in pees; and thin iȝen schulen not se al yuelthe yuel, that is, noon of alle the yuels INS., whichthat INS. Y schal brynge yn onupon IS. this place, and onupon IS. the dwelleris therof. TherforThanne I. thei telden to the king alle thingis, whichethat I. Olda hadde seid. And aftir that hethe kyng INS. hadde clepid togidere alle the eldere men of Juda and of Jerusalem, he stiedestiede up INS. in to the hows of the Lord, andand ther stieden up I. togideretogidere with him INS. allestied vp al S. theOm. N. men of Juda, `and the dwelleris of JerusalemOm. INS., preestis, and dekenes, and al the puple, fro the leeste `til tovnto IN. to SX. the moste; to whichewhos INS. herynge in the hows of the Lord, the kyng redde alle the wordis of the bookforseide book S.. And he stood in histhe N. trone, and smootsmote or made S. a boond of pees bifor the Lord, for to `go aftirsue INS. hym, and to kepe the comaundementisheestis INS., and witnessyngisthe witnessyngis INS., and iustifiyngisthe iustifyingis NS. of hym, in al his herte and in al his soule; and to do tho thingis thatwhich S. weren writun in that book, whichthat INS. he hadde red. And he chargide greetli onupon INS. this thing alle men, that weren foundun in Jerusalem and Beniamynin Beniamyn IN.; and the dwellers of Jerusalem didenbi heest of the king diden S. aftir the couenauntheest INS. of the Lord God of her fadris. Therfor Josie dide awei alle abhomyna|ciounsthe abhomynaciouns I. fro alle the cuntreis of the sones of Israel; and heOm. S. made alle men, that weren residueleft INS. in Israel, to serue herthe INS. Lord God; inand in NS. alle theOm. I. daies of his lijf thei ȝeden not awei fro the Lord God of her fadris.

 CAP. XXXV.

ForsotheCertis INS. Josie made pask to the Lord in Jerusalem, thatthe whiche pask I. whiche pask NS. was offridoffrid or maad IS. in the four|tenthe dai of the firste monethe; and he ordeynede prestis in her offices; and heOm. plures. comaundide hem for to mynystreserue INS. in the hows of the Lord. And he spak to theOm. A. dekenes, at whos techyng al Israel was halewid to the Lord, Sette ȝeȝe, he seide IS. the arkearke of the Lord NS. in the seyntuarie of the temple, whichthat INS. Salomon, kyngthe kyng IN. of Israel, the sone of Dauid, bildide; forcertis INS. ȝe schulen no more bere itit aboute NS.. But now serueserue ȝe IMNSX. `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God INS. and his puple Israel, and makemake ȝe INS. ȝou redi bi ȝoure housis and meynees in the de|partyngis of ech bi hym silf, as Dauid, king of Israel, comaundide, andand as INS. Salomon, his sone, discryuedeordeynede INS.; and serue ȝe in the seyntuarie bi theOm. INS. meynees and cumpenyes of dekenes, and be ȝe halewid, and offre ȝe pask; also `make redimake ȝe redi C. sec. m. he made redi DEGKLMOPQRUWXbç. Om. INS. ȝoure britherenbritheren, be thei maad redi INS., that thei moun `do bido aftir I. do her seruyce bi NS. the wordis, whiche the Lord spak inbi INS. the hond of Moyses. Ferthermore Josie ȝaf to al the puplemultitude IS., that was foundun there in the solemp|nyteesolempnytee; that is, to make the solempnyte. Lire here. C. of pask, lambren, and kidis of the flockis, and of residuethe remenaunt of INS. scheep `he ȝafOm. N. thritti thousynde, and of oxisoxen INS. thre thou|synde; these thingis ofweren ȝoue of INS. alOm. S. the catelsub|staunce INS. of the kyng. And hise duykis offriden tho thingis whiche thei avowiden bi freher fre INS. wille, as wel to the puple as to prestis and de|kenes. ForsotheAnd INS. Elchie, and Zacharie, and Jehiel, princes of the hows of the Lord, ȝauen toOm. EFGKLMXbç. preestis, to make pask in comyn, two thousynde and sixe hundrid scheep, and thre hundrid oxisoxen INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. Cho|nonye, and Semei, and Nathanael and hise britheren, alsoand also INS. Asabie, Jahiel, andOm. N. Josabaz, princisthe princis INS. of dekenes, ȝauen to othere dekenes, to make pask, fyue thou|synde of scheep, and fyue hundrid oxisoxen INS.. And the seruyce was maad redi; and preestis stoden in her office, and dekenes in cumpenyesher cumpanyes NS., bibi the C. comaundementheest INS. of the kyng; and pask was offridoffrid or maad IS.. And preestis spreynten her hondis with blood, and de|kenes drowen of theOm. INS. skynnes of sacri|ficesthe sacrified bestis INS., and departidenthei departiden INS. tho sacrificis, for to ȝyueȝyue hem INS. bi theOm. IN. housis and meyneis of alle menmen that weren come thidere to make pask IS.; and that thotho sacrifices IS. schulden be offrid to the Lord, as it is writun in the book of Moises; and of oxisoxen INS. thei diden inof S. lijk maner. And thei rostiden paskthe pask lomb IS. onupon INS. the fier, biaftir I. thatthat biddyng S. that is writun in the lawe. SotheliAnd INS. thei sethiden pesible sacrifices in pannes, and cawdrunsin cawdruns INS., and pottisin pottis INS., and in haste thei delidendeliden it INS. to al the puple; but theithe dekens INS. maden redi aftirward to hem silf, and to prestis; for preestisthe prestis INS. weren occu|pied `til tovnto IN. to S. nyȝt into S. the offryng of brent sacrifices and of ynnerethe ynnere INS. fatnessisfatnesse S.. Wher|for dekenesthe dekenes INS. maden rediredi her part at the laste INS. to hem silf and to preestisthe preestis INS., the sones of Aaron, `the lasteOm. INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. syngeris, the sones of Asaph, stoden in her ordre, bi the comaundementheest INS. of Dauid, and of Asaph, and of Eman, and of Yditum, the profetis of the kyng; but the porteris keptenkepten her office IS. bi ech ȝate, so that thei ȝeden not awei fro theher INS. seruice, sotheli in a poyntpoynt, no tyme cessynge therof I. poynt, that is, thei weren in no tyme absent fro her office S.; wherfor and dekenesthe dekenes INS., her britheren, maden redi metisher metis INS. to hem. Therfor al the religioun of the Lord was fillidfulfillid INS. riȝtfuli in that day, that thei maden pask, and offriden brent sacrifices onupon IS. the auter of the Lord, bi theOm. NS. comaundementheest INS. of kyngthe kyng INS. Josie. And the sones of Israel, that weren foundun there, maden pask in that tyme, and the solempnite of therf looues seuenebi seuene INS. daies. No pask was lijk this in Israel, fro the daies of Samuel, the prophete; but nethir ony of the kyngiskyngis; not as to multitude of puple, for in the tyme of Dauyth and of Salomon, more multi|tude of puple cam to the so|lempnyte of pask, but this excelence is vndurstondun as to the fre ȝifte of Josie, that ȝaf more to the puple than Dauyth and Salomon, that weren richere. Lire here. C. of Israel made pask as Josie dideOm. I., to preestis and dekenes, and to al Juda and Israel, that was foundunfoundun there IS., and to the dwelleris of Jerusalem. This pask was halewid in the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of `the rewme ofOm. S. Josieking Josie INS.. AftirAnd aftir NS. that Josie hadde re|parelid the temple, Nechao, the kyng of Egipt, stiedestiede up INS. to fiȝte in Carcamys bisidis Eufrates; and Josie ȝede forth in to his metyng. And heNechao INS. seide bi messangeris sent to hymJosie INS., Kyng of Juda, what iscause of strijf is IS. to me and to thee? Y come not aȝens thee to dai, but Y fiȝte aȝens another howsmeyne INS., to whichthe which I. God bad me go in haste; ceesse thou to dodo thus NS. aȝens God, whichthat INS. is with me, lest he sle thee. JosieAnd Josie C. But Josias NS. noldewolde not I. turne aȝen, but madehe made INS. redi batel aȝens hym; and he assentide not to the wordis of Nechao, bispokyn bi S. Goddis mouth, but he ȝede for to fiȝte in the feeld of Magedo. And there he was woundide of archeris, and seideJosias seide INS. to hise children, `Lede ȝeLede plures. Ledeth INS. me out of the batel, for Y am woundid greetli. WhicheAnd thei INS. baren hym ouer fro thethat INS. chare in to an other chare, that suede hym, bi custom of the kyng, and `baren outthei broȝten INS. hymhym forth INS. in to Jeru|salem; and he diedediede there INS., and washe was NS. biried in the sepulcre of hise fadris. And al Juda and Jerusalem biweiliden hym, Jeremyebut Jeremye INS. moostbiweilide him moost NS., of whom alle syngeris and syng|eressissyngsteris I. `til in tovnto I. presentthis present INS. dai rehersen `lamentaciouns, etherOm. INS. weilyngisthe weilyngis INS., onof INS. Jo|sie; and itthis weilyng INS. cam forth as a lawe in Israel, Lo! it is seid writunwrityn to haue in mynde S. in LamentaciounsWeilyngis INS.. ForsotheCertis INS. the residueremenaunt INS. of wordisthe wordis INS. of Jo|sie, and of hisethe INS. merciesmercies of Josie S., thatwhiche NS. ben co|maundidboden INS. in the lawe of the Lord, and hise werkisfirste werkis INS., `the firsteOm. INS. and the laste, ben wryten in the book of kyngisthe kyngis INS. of Israel and of Juda.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Therfor the puple of the londlond of Juda IS. took Joachaz, the sone of Josie, and ordeynede hym kyng for his fadir in Jerusalem. Joachaz was of thre and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede thre monethis in Jerusalem. SotheliAnd whanne INS. the kyng of Egipt, `whan heOm. INS. hadde come to Jerusalem, remouydehe remouyde INS. hym, and con|dempnedehe condempnede INS. the londlond of Juda IS. in an hundrid ta|lentis of siluer and in aoo S. talent of gold. And he ordeynede for hym Eliachim, his brother, kyng onupon IS. Juda and Jerusalemupon Jerusalem I. on Jerusalem N.; and turnedehe turnede INS. his name Joakymand clepide him Joakym IS.. SotheliAnd INS. he took thilk Joachaz with hym silf, and brouȝtehe brouȝte him INS. in to Egipt. JoakymAnd Joakym C. was of fyue and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde eleuene ȝeer in Je|rusalem, and he dide yuel bifor `his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS.. NabugodonosorAnd Nabugodonosor NS., kyng of Caldeis, styedewente up I. stiȝede up NS. aȝens this Joakym, and leddehe ledde INS. hym boundun with chaynes in to Babiloyne. To whichthe which I. Babiloynecitee IS. he translatide also the vessels of thethe hous of the N. Lord, and settidehe sette INS. tho in his temple. Sotheli the residueremenaunt INS. of wordisthe wordis INS. of Joakym, and of hise abhomy|naciouns whiche he wrouȝte, and thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. weren foundun in hym, ben conteyned in the book of kyngis of Israel and of Juda. TherforAnd INS. Joachym, his sone, regnede for hym. Joachym was of eiȝte ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede thre monethis and ten daies in Jerusalem, and he dide yuel in the siȝt of the Lord. And whanne the cercle of thethre A pr. m. ȝeer was turned aboute, Nabugodonosor theOm. INS. kyngekynge of Babiloyn IS. sente menmen in to Juda IS., whiche also brouȝten hym in to Babiloyne, whanne the moost preciouse vessels of the hows of the Lord weren borun out togidirtogidre thens S.. SotheliAnd IN. Om. S. heNabugodo|nosor INS. ordeyn|ede Sedechie, his fadris brother, kyng onupon IS. Juda and Jerusalem. Sedechie was of oon and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede eleuene ȝeer in Jerusalem. And he dide yuel in the siȝt of `his Lord Godthe Lord his God INS., and he was not aschamed of the face of Jeremye, the prophete, spekyngethat spake INS. to hym bi the mouth of the Lord. Also he ȝede aweyOm. INS. fro theOm. NS. kyng Nabugodonosor, thatwhiche INS. haddeOm. INS. made hym to swere bi GodGod, that is [to bihote stidefastly I.] to be trewe to him INS.; and heSedechie INS. made hard his nol and hertehis herte INS., that he noldewolde not I. turne aȝen to the LordLord God INS. of Is|rael. But also alle the princes of preestis and the puple trespassiden wickidli, bi alle abhomynaciounsthe abhomynaciouns INS. of hethene men; and thei defouliden the hows of the Lord, which he halewidehadde halewid NS. to hym silf in Jeru|salem. ForsotheAnd INS. the Lord God of her fadris sente to hem bi the hondhond or bifore warning S. of hise messangeris, andand the Lord NS. roosroos up INS. bi nyȝtnyȝt, that is, whanne thei weren blyndid bi derknesse of synne, he profride his grace to hem IS., and amonestidehe amonestide hem INS. ech day; forforthi that I. for that N. for that that S. he sparidewolde spare INS. his puple and dwellynghis dwellyng INS. place. And thei scornedenvndermowiden in scorn I. vndirmowiden NS. the messangeris of God, and dispisidenthei dispisiden INS. hise wordis, and scornedenthei scorneden INS. hise prophetis; til the greet veniaunce of the Lord stiede onup upon I. vpon S. his puple, and noonno NS. heelyngcure or heelyng IS. cure N. werewere to hem S.. And he brouȝte onupon IS. hem the kyng of Caldeis; and killidewith swerd he killide I. bi swerd he killide NS. the ȝonge men of hem `bi swerdOm. INS. in the hows of seyntuariethe seyntuarie INS.; `he hadde not merciOm. INS. ofon C. and D. a ȝong `man, and of aOm. A. vergyn, and of an eld manman he had not thanne mercy INS., and sothelicertis INS. nether ofOm. INS. ahe sparide a INS. man niȝ the deth for eldnesseage INS., but he bitook allealle men INS. inin to INS. the hond of thatthe NS. Om. I. king of Caldeis. And he translatide in to Babiloyne alle the vessels of the hows of the Lord, bothe the grettere and the lasse vessels, and the tresours of the temple, and of the kyngkyng of Juda INS., and of the princesprinces theroff INS.. EnemyesAnd enemyes NS. brenten the hows of the Lord; theiand thei INS. distrieden the wal of Jerusalem; thei brenten alle the touris; and thei distrieden what euer thing was preciousepreciouse therynne INS.. If ony man ascapide the swerdswerd and was not slayn S., he was ledtaken and led INS. in to Babiloyne, and seruydeseruede there S. the kyng and hise sonessones, this subiectioun was upon the men of Juda I. sones, this subieccion or thraldom con|teyned vpon the men of Juda S.; til the kyng of Peersis regnyde, andand til INS. the word of the Lord bi the mouth of Jere|mye was fillidfulfillid INS., and til the lond halewide hise sabatis. ForSothely INS. inJuda in IS. alle the daies of desolacioundesolacioun or of the distrying or forsaking therof S. itOm. I. made sabat, til that se|uenti ȝeer weren fillidfulfillid INS.. ForsotheSothli INS. in the firste ȝeer of Cyrus, kyngthe kyng INS. of Persis, to fillefulfille INS. the word of the Lord, which he hadde spoke bi the mouth of Jeremye, the Lord reiside the spirit of Cirus, kingthe king NS. of Persis, thatwhiche INS. comaundide to be prechid in al his rewme, ȝhe, bi scripturewriting IN. writing he sente out hise lettris S., and seide, Cirus, theOm. INS. king of Persis, seith these thingis, The Lord God of heuene ȝafhath ȝouen INS. to me alle the rewmes of erthe, and he co|maundide to me, that Y schulde bilde to hym an hows in Jerusalem, whichthat INS. is in Judee. Who of ȝou is in al his puplepuple, that wil go wirschipe him there INS.? `his Lord Godthe Lord his God NS. be with hym, and stie hehe up I. he up thidur NS. `in to JerusalemOm. INS..

 CAP. XXXVII.

Lord GodThis is the preyere of Ma|nasses, but it is not in Ebreu, nether it is of the text. Lire here. C. Almyȝti of our fadris, Abra|ham, Isaac, and Jacobof Jacob S., and of her iust seed, whichthat I. madist heuene and erthe withand INS. al the ournyng of thohem INS., which hast markid the see bi the word of `thi co|maundementthin heest INS., which hast closid togidere the depthedepnesse INS. of watris, and hast markidmarkid hem IS. to thi ferdfulstidefast INS. and preysable name, whichthe which name I. which name NS. alle men dreden, `and tremblenOm. NS. of the cheer of thi vertu, and the irewraththe INS. of thi manassyng onupon IS. synneris `is vnsuffrablemay not be suffrid INS., `ether may not be susteynedOm. INS.. SotheliSotheli to hem that verili forthenk her synne S. the merci of thi biheest is fulgreet andand it INS. `vn|serchable, etherOm. INS. may not be compre|hendid `bi mannus witbi mannus wickidnesse D. Om. IN.; for `thou art theOm. INS. Lord moostthou art moost INS. hiȝ ouer al erthe; thou art pacientlonge abidynge INS., and mycheful INS. merciful, and `do|ynge penaunceforthinkynge INS. on the malicesmalice INS. of men. Treulicertis INS., Lord, thouOm. INS. bi thi goodnesse hastthou hast INS. bihiȝt penauncepenaunce; that is, forȝy|uynge synnes for repenting of men. C. of forȝyuenesse of synnes; and thou, GodLord, that art God I. Lord, which art God NS. of iust men, hast not set penaunce to iust men, to Abraham, Ysaacto Ysaac S., and Jacobto Jacob S., to hem that synneden not aȝens theethee thou settist not penaunce, ut NS.. ForBut for I. For that N. Forthi that S. Y haue synned more than the noumbre is of the grauel of the see; my wickidnessis ben multiplied. Y am bowidbound S. with mychea greet INS. boond of yrun, and no brething is to me; for Y haue stirid thi wrathfulnesse, and Y haue doon yuel bifor thee, `and Y haue setsettyng in me IS. settinge N. abhomy|naciouns, and `Y haue multipliedmultipliynge thin IN. multipliyng aȝens me thi S. offen|siounsconfes|siouns S.. And now Y bowe the knees of myn herte, and bisecheI biseche INS. goodnessethe goodnesse INS. of thee, Lord. Y haue synnedsynned greetli S., Lord; Y haue synnedsynned greuousli in thi siȝt S., and Y knowlecheknow|leche to thee S. my wickid|nesse. Y axeaxe mercy IS., and preyeI preie NS. thee, Lord; for|ȝyue thou to meme my synne IS., forȝyue thouthou it INS. to meme for thi holi name, Lord S.; leese thou me not togidire with my wickid|nessis, nether reseruekepe INS. thouOm. D. yuels to me withouten ende. For, Lord, biaftir INS. thi greet merci thouI trist that thou S. schalt saue me vnworthimoost vnworthi wrecche S., andOm. S. Y schal herie thee euere in alle the daies of my lijf; for al the vertuvertu; that is, alle tho or|dris of aungels. Lire here. C. of heuenes heriethpreisith INS. thee, and to thee is glorie in to worldis of worldis. Amen.

 Here endith the secounde book of Paralipomenon, and here bigynneth the firste book of EsdreHere endith the secunde book of Paralipomenon, and bigynnith a prolog on Esdras the I. G. Heere endith the secounde book of Paralipomynon. Iç. Here endeth the seconde book of Paralipomenon; se now the prolog of Esdre. K. Here endith the secounde book of Paralipomenon, and here bigynneth a prologe on the firste book of Esdre. M. Here endith the secounde book of Paralipomenon, and bigynneth the prologe on the bookis of Esdre and Neome. O. Here endith Parilypomynon, and biginneth Esdre the Firste. S. No final rubric in ELP.. I. ESDRAS. [Prologue on the First book of EsdrasThis prologue is from M..]

THIS firste book of Esdre, whiche was a wurthi man among Jewis, and writer of the lawe of God, tellith, that Cyrus, the king of Persis, stirid by the Spirit of God, ordeynde Esdre, the scryuein, ledere to al the peple of Juda, that was translatid in to Babiloyne, to bringe hem aȝen in to her lond, with alle the vessels that weren of the hous of the Lord, and ȝaf gold and siluer in greet plente, to make sacrifise to the Lord in Jerusalem.

 Here bigynneth the firste book of EsdreFrom HIM. The firste book of Esdras. ENP. Of Esdre Book. o. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

IN the firste ȝeer of Cirus, kyng of Persis, that the word of the Lord bi the mouth of Jeremye schulde be fillidful|fillid INS., the Lord reiside the spirit of Cyrus, kyng of Persis; and he pupplischide a vois in al his rewme, ȝe, bi theOm. A sec. m. S. scripturewrityng INS., andhe sente and I. he sente out hise lettris and S. seide, Cirus, the kyng of Persis, seith these thingis, The Lord God of heuene ȝafhath ȝoue INS. to me alle the rewmes of erthe, and he co|maundidehe comaundide S. to me, that Y schulde bilde to hym an hows in Jerusalem, whichthat INS. is in JudeeJuda INS.. Who is among ȝou of al his pu|plepeple, that hath wille to help this byldyng S.? his God be with hym; stieand stye S. hehe up INS. in to Jerusalem, whichthat INS. is in JudeeJuda NS., and bilde he the hows of the Lord God of Israel; he is God, which is in Jerusalem. Andhelpful to his peple, and S. alle otherethe othere C. men, `that dwellenOm. INS. where euereeuere thei dwellen INS. in alle places, helpehelpe thei INS. hymhym that bildith I. him that wold bylde the house of the Lord S.; theOm. IN. men of her place helpehelpe thei INS. inwith INS. siluer, and gold, and catelwith catel INS., and scheep, outakunoutakin or ouer S. that that thei offren wilfulli to the temple of God, whichthat INS. is in Jerusalem. AndAnd thanne I. Om. N. And whanne the king had ȝoue this coumfort to the peple S. theOm. INS. princis of fadristhe fadris INS. of Juda and of Benia|myn risidenresen up I. risiden up NS., and the preestis, and de|kenesthe dekenes S., and ech man whos spirit God reiside, for to stiestie up INS. toto Jeru|salem for to IN. in to Jerusalem for to S. bilde the temple of the Lord, that was in Jerusalem. And alle men that weren `in cumpasin cumpas aboute IN. dwelling bi cumpas about Jerusalem S. helpiden the hondis of hemhem that bildiden the temple S., inwith INS. vesselis of siluer, and of gold, `in catelwith her substaunce INS., inwith INS. and ELO. purtenaunce of houshold, and inwith INS. alleOm. BCISVW. werk beestis, outakunwithoute I. outakin or ouer S. these thingis which thei of|friden bi freher fre INS. wille. ForsotheAnd INS. kyng Cyrus brouȝte forth the vessels of the temple of the Lord, whichethe whiche I. Nabugodonosor hadde take fro Jerusalem, and hadde set thohem INS. in the temple of his god. SotheliAnd INS. Cyrus, the kyng of Persis, brouȝte forth thotho vessels IS. bi the hond of Mytridatis, sonethe sone INS. of Gazabar; andand the kyng IN. noumbride tho toin to X. Om. S. Sasabazar, the prince of Juda. AndOm. S. this is the noumbre of thothe I. vessels; goldun violis, thritti; sil|uerne viols, a thousynde; `grete knyues, nyne and twentia thousand and nyne and thritti grete knyues NS.; goldunthritti goldun INS. cuppisgoldun cup|pis; in Ebreu it is basyns. Lire here. C., thrit|ti Om. IN.; siluerne cuppis, twoand two S. thousynde foure hundrid and ten; othereand othere INS. vesselsviolis, vesselis S., a thou|synde; alle the vessels of gold and sil|uereof siluere INS. weren fyue thousynde foureand foure INS. hun|drid. SasabazarAnd Sasabazar INS. took alle vesselsthes vessels IN. the vesselis S., with hem that stiedenstieden up INS. fro the transmygra|ciountransmygra|cioun either ouer passing S. of Babiloyne, in to Jerusalem.

 CAP. II.

ForsotheAnd INS. these ben the sones of pro|uyncethe prouynce INS.prouynce; that is, of Ju|dee. Lire here. C., thatwhiche INS. stiedenȝeden up I. stieden up NS. fro the caitifte, which Nabugodonosor, kyngthe kyng BCDEFGHKLMOPQRUWb. of Babi|loyne, hadde translatid in to Babiloyne; and thei turneden aȝen in to Jerusalem and in to Juda, ech man in to his citee, that camen with Zorobabel; Jesuathat is, Jesua IS., Nee|mie, Saray, Rahelaie, Mardochaa, Belsan, Mesfar, Begnay, Reum, Baanaand Baana INS.. This is the noumbre of men of the sones of Is|rael; the sones of Pharesthe lynage of Phares IS., twoweren two INS. thou|synde an hundrid and two and seuenti; the sones of Arethi, seueneweren seuene INS. hundrid and fyue and seuenti; the sones of Sephezie, threweren thre N. hundrid and two and seuenti; the sones of Area, seueneweren seuene IN. hundrid and fyue and seuenti; the sones of Phe and of Moab, sonesand the sones NS. of Josue and of Joab, tweiweren two INS. thousynde nyneand nyne A. hundrid and twelue; the sones of Helam, aweren a NS. thousynde two hun|drid and foure and fifti; the sones of Zechua, nyneweren nyne NS. hundrid and fyue and fourti; the sones of Zahai, seueneweren seuene NS. hun|drid and sixti; the sones of Bany, sixeweren sixe INS. hundrid and two and fourti; the sones of Bebai, sixeweren sixe NS. hundrid and thre and twenti; the sonessones weren N. of Azgad, aweren a S. thousynde twoand two C. hundrid and two and twenti; the sones of Adonycam, sixeweren sixe NS. hundrid and sixe and sixti; the sones of Beguai, twoweren two NS. thou|synde two hundrid andOm. IS. sixe and fifti; the sones of Adyn, foureweren foure INS. hundrid and foure and fifti; the sones of Ather, thatwhiche NS. weren of Ezechie, nyntiweren nynti NS. and eiȝte; the sones of Besai, threweren thre NS. hundrid and thre and twenti; the sones of Jora, anweren an NS. hundrid and twelue; the sones of Asom, twoweren two NS. hun|drid and thre and thrittitwenti BC sec. m. xxiii. V.; the sones of Gebar weren nynti and fyue; the sones of Bethleem werenOm. I. an hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; the mensones NS. of Nechopha, sixeweren sixe NS. and fifti; the men of Anathot, anweren an NS. hun|drid and eiȝte and twenti; the sones of Asmaneth, twoweren two NS. and fourti; the sones of Cariathiarym, Cephiaraof Cephiara INS., and Berhoc, se|ueneweren seuene INS. hundrid and thre and fourtifyfti N.; the sones of Arama and of Gaba, sixeweren sixe NS. hun|drid and oon and twenti; men of `Math|mas, an hundrid and two and twenti; men ofOm. IN. Bethel and of Gay, twoweren two INS. hundrid and thre and twenti; the sones of Nebo, twoweren two NS. and fifti; the sones of Nebgis, anweren an NS. hundrid and sixe and fifti; the sones of the tother Helam, aweren a NS. thousynde two hun|drid and foure and fifti; the sones of Arym, threweren thre NS. hundrid and twenti; the sones of Loradid and of Ono, seueneweren seuene INS. hundrid and fyue and twenti; the sones of Jerico, threweren thre NS. hundridthousand N. and fyue and fourti; the sones of Sanaa, threweren thre NS. thousynde sixe hun|drid and thritti; preestis, the sones of Idaie, in the hows of Jesue, nyneweren nyne INS. hun|drid and thre and seuenti; the sones of Emmeor, aweren a NS. thousynde and two and fifti; the sones of Phesur, aweren a NS. thousynde two hundrid and seuene and fourti; the sones of Arym, aweren a NS. thousynde and seuentene; dekenes, the sones of Jesue and of Cedy|nyel, sonesthe sones INS. of Odonye, foureweren foure NS. and seuenti; syngeris, the sones of Asaph, anweren an NS. hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; the sones of por|teris, sonesthe sones INS. of Sellum, sones of Ather, sones of Thelmon, sonesthe sones NS. of Accub, sones of Aritha, sones of Sobar, sones of Sobai, allealle thes IS. weren an hundrid and eiȝte and thritty; NathynneisNathynneis; these baren wode and wa|ter to the hows of Goddis reli|gioun. Lire here. C., the sones of Osai, sonesthe sones INS. of Asupha, sonesthe sones INS. of Thebaoth, sonesthe sones INS. of Ceros, sonesthe sones INS. of Sisaa, sonesthe sones INS. of Phadon, sonesthe sones INS. of Jebana, sonesthe sones INS. of Agaba, sonesthe sones INS. of Accub, sonesthe sones INS. of Accab, sonesthe sones INS. of Selmai, sonesthe sones INS. of Annam, sonesthe sones INS. of Gad|del, sonesthe sones INS. of Gaer, sonesthe sones INS. of Rahaia, sonesthe sones INS. of Rasyn, sonesthe sones INS. of Nethoda, sonesthe sones INS. of Ga|zem, sonesthe sones INS. of Asa, sonesthe sones INS. of Phasea, sonesthe sones INS. of Besee, sonesthe sones INS. of Asennaa, sonesthe sones INS. of Nu|myn, sonesthe sones INS. of Nethusym, sonesthe sones INS. of Beth|uth, sonesthe sones INS. of Acupha, sonesthe sones INS. of Aryn, sonesthe sones INS. of Besluth, sonesthe sones INS. of Maida, sonesthe sones INS. of Arsa, sonesthe sones INS. of Bercos, sonesthe sones INS. of Sisara, sonesthe sones INS. of Thema, sonesthe sones INS. of Nasia, sonesthe sones INS. of Acupha, the sones of the seruauntisseruauntis; they weren the seruauntis of Salomon, that weren assigned to the keping of the bildingis of the temple, and to reparele tho thingis that weren worthy to be reparelid. Lire here. C. of Salomon, the sones of Sothelthei, the sones of Soforeth, the sones of Pharuda, the sones of Asa, the sones of Delcon, the sones of Gedeb, the sones of Saphata, the sones of Atil, the sones of Phecerethi, thatwhiche N. weren of Asebam, the sones of Ammy; alle the Nathyneis, and the sones of theOm. N. seruauntis of Salomon werenOm. I. thre hundrid nynti and tweyne. And thei that stiedenstieden up INS. fro Thelmela, Thelersaand Thelersa C. fro Thelersa INS., Cherubfro Cherub INS., andfro INS. Don, and Meyfro Mey INS., and myȝten not schewe the howshows or meynee IS. of her fadris and her seedseed or progeny S., whether thei weren of IsraelIsrael, weren thes IS.; the sones of Delaya, the sones of Thobie, the sones of Nethoda, sixethat weren sixe I. whiche weren sixe NS. hundrid and two and fifti; and of the sones of prestis, theweren the INS. sones of Obia, sonesthe sones CINS. of Accos, sonesand the sones IS. of Berzellai, whichthe which I. and the sones which N. took a wijf of the douȝ|tris of Bersellai Galadite, and washe was INS. clepid bi the name of hem; these souȝten the scripture of her genologiegenologie; that is, kyn|rede. C., and foundenfounden it INS. not, and thei weren casttherfore cast IS. out of preest|hod. And AttersathaAttersatha; that is, Neo|mye. C. seide to hem, that thei schulden not ete of the hooli of hooliof the hooly of hooly; that is, of metis grauntid to prestis aloone. Lire here. C. thingis, til a wijs preest and perfita perfit IS. a perfit man N. roosroos up IN. roos up among hem S.. AlAnd al C. the multitude asbeynge as I. was as N. o manman consentide hereto S.o man; that is, of o purpos and wille, to bilde the tem|ple. Lire here. C., twoweren two I. and ther weren two NS. and fourti thousynde thre hundrid and sixtisixti men S., outakunwithoute I. the seruauntis of hem and `the handmaydisher handmaydens INS., thatwhiche INS. weren seuene thou|synde thre hundrid and seuene and thretti; andOm. S. among hem werenOm. N. syngeris and syngeressissyngsteres I. twei hundrid. The horsis of hem weren sixe hundrid and sixe and thritti; the mulis of hem werenOm. I. foure hundrid and fyue and fourti; the camels of hem werenOm. I. foure hundrid and fyue and thritti; the assis of hem werenOm. I. sixe thousynde seuene hundrid and twenti. And of the princes of fadris, whanne thei entriden in to the templetemple; that is, the place, where the tem|ple was. Lire here. C. of the Lord, whichthat INS. is in Jerusalem, thei offridenoffriden there S. of freher fre INS. wille in to the hows of God, to bilde it in histhe INS. placeplace where it was arst IS.; theiaftir her power thei INS. ȝauen `bi her myȝtesOm. INS. the costis of the werk, oon and fourti thousynde platis of gold; fyueand fyue INS. thousynde besauntis of siluer; and preestis clothis an hundrid. Therfor preestis and dekenes of the puple, and syngeris, and porteris, and Nathynneisthe men of Nathyney INS. dwelliden in her citees, and al IsraelIsrael dwelliden S. in her cytees.

 CAP. III.

And thannewhanne AINS. the seuenthe monethe was comun, and the sones of Israel weren in her citees. TherforAnd INS. the puple was ga|derid as o mano man; that is, of o wille and purpos, to the reising of the auter, and of the founde|ment of the temple. Lire here. C. in to Jerusalem. And Josue, the sone of Josedech, roosroos up INS., and hise britheren, prestis, and Zorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and hise britheren, and thei bildiden the auter of God of Is|rael for to offre therynnetherupon INS. brent sacrifices, as it is writun in the lawe of Moises, the man of God. ForsotheAnd INS. thei settiden the auter onupon INS. his foundementis, while the pu|plis of londisothere londis INS. bi cumpas maden hem aferd, and thei offriden onupon INS. that auter brent sa|crificesacrifices NS. to the Lord in the morewtid and euentid. And thei maden solempnyteethe solempnytee INS. of tabernaclis, as it is writun, andand thei offriden IS. brent sa|crificesacrifices bi S. ech dai bi ordre, `bi the werk of the dai comaundid in his daiand in the day bi the heest of the lawe thei wrouȝten the werk of the day IS. and in the day bi heest thei wrouȝten the werk of the day N.. And after this thei offriden contynuelthe contynuel INS. brent sacri|fice, bothe in calendis and in alle solemp|nytees of the Lord, that weren halewid, andand this thei diden S. in alle solempnyteesOm. N. the solempnitees S., in whiche ȝifteeny ȝift S. was offrid to the Lord bi fre wille. In the firste dai of the seuenthe monethe thei bigunnen to offre brent sacrifice to the Lord; certis the temple of God was not foundid ȝit. But thei ȝauen monei to heweristhe heweris IS. of stoon, and toOm. A. liggeristhe liggeris IN. of stoon, and thei ȝauen mete, and drynke, and oile, to men of Sidon, and `to menOm. S. of Tire, that thei schulden brynge cedre trees fro the Libanmounteyne INS. to the see of Joppe, bi that that Cirus, kyngthe kyng IN. of Persis, hadde comaundid to hem. ForsotheAnd INS. in the se|counde ȝeer of her comyng to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the secounde monethe, Zorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and Josue, the sone of Josedech, and othere of her britheren, preestis and de|kenes, and alle that camen fro the caitiftecaitifte of Babiloyne IS. in to Jerusalem, bigunnenbigunnen the werk of Goddis temple IS.; and thei or|deyneden dekenes, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, for to haste the werk of the Lord; and Josue stood, and hise sones, and hise britheren, Cedynyeland Cedynyel NS. and hise sones, and the sones of JudaJuda togidre I. Juda; alle these stoden togidere S., as o man, to be bisi ouer hem that maden the werk inof INS. the temple of God; theand the INS. sones of Benadab, her sones and her britheren, dekenesdekenes also I. Om. S. IN. weren bisi there aboute S., `weren bisyc. Therfor whanne the temple `of the LordOm. N. was foundid of stoon leggeris, prestis stoden in her ournementourne|mentis S. with trumpis, and dekenes, the sones of Asaph, instoden synginge in INS. cymbalis, for to heriepreise lond or ordynaunce S. God bi the hondh of Dauid, kyng of Israel. And thei sungen togidere in ympnes and knoulechyngin knowlechyng I. in deuout knowleching S. to the Lord, For he is good, for his merci is with outen ende onupon IS. Israel. And al the puple criede with greetOm. NS. cry, in preisynge the Lord, for the temple of the Lord was foundid. Also ful manye of the preestis, and of the dekenes, and the princes of fa|dris, and the eldre men, that hadden seyn the formere temple, whanne it was foundid, and thisNS. temple bifor her iȝen, weptenthei wepten I. with greet voisvois for ioye IS. and many men criynge in gladnessegreet gladnesse N. reisidenreisiden up INS. the voisvoice of S.; and no man myȝte knowe the vois of crycrying S. of menthe men IN. beynge glad, and the vois of wepyng of the puple; forand INS. theal the I. puplepeple bothe ioying and weping S. criede togidere with greet cry, and the voisof hem S. was herd afer.

 CAP. IV.

ForsotheAnd INS. the enemyes of Juda and of Beniamyn herden, that the sones of cai|tifte bildidenweren commyn aȝen in to Jerusalem and byldide there S. a temple to the Lord God of Israel; and thei neiȝedencamen IN ei seiden INS. to Zorobabel, and to the princes of fadris, and seidenb to hemhem in gile INS., Bilde we with ȝou, for so as ȝeȝe don INS., we seken ȝoure God; lo! we han offrid sacrificis fro the daies of Assoraddon, kyng of Assur, that brouȝte vs hidurhidur in to this lond IS.. And Zo|robabel, and Josue, and theOm. INS. othere princes of the fadris of Israel, seiden to hem, It is not to vs and to ȝou, that we bildebild INS. an hows to oure God; but we vs silf aloone schulen bildebilde an hous IS. to oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God INS., as Cirus, theOm. S. kyng of Persis, comaundide toOm. IN. vs. ForsotheAnd INS. it was doon, that the puple ofthe lond lettide the hondis of the puple of Juda, and trobliden hem inand her I. in her NS. bildyng. And thei hiriden counselouristhe councelours X. aȝens the Jewis, that thei schulden destrie the counseilcounseil or purpos IS. of theOm. C. Jewis, in alle the daies of Cirus, king of Persis, and `til tovnto INS. to X. the rewme of Darius, king of Persis. ForsotheAnd INS. in the rewme of Assueris, he isis clepid NS. ArtaxersisThis clause, he is Artax|erses, is not in Ebreu, ne|ther is of the text, but first it was set of sum doctour bi the maner of a glos, and aftirward bi vnkunning of writers, it was set in the text. Lire here. C., in and in S. the bigynnyng of his rewme, thei writiden accusing aȝens the dwellers of Juda and of Jerusalem; and in the daies of Ar|taxarses, Besellam wrootwroot this accusing of Jewis INS., Mytridates and Mytridates NS., and Thabel, and othere, that weren in the counsel of hem, towritiden to S. Artaxarses, kyng of Persis. For And INS. the pistle of accusyng was writun in langagethe langage S. of Sirie, and wasit was INS. red in wordthe word INS.of Sirie. ReumAnd Reum NS., Beel, Theem, and Samsai, the scryuenwritere INS., writenwritide N. sich oona INS. epistlepistle NS.fro Jerusalem to theOm. NS. kyng Artax|erses; Reum and Reum NS. Beel, Theem, and Samsai, the writerescryueyn X., and othere counselouris of hemhem that is to wite I. hem, that is NS., Dyney, Pharsathei, and Ther|phalei, Arphasei, Harthuei, men of Babi|loyne, Susanneand Susanne NS., Thanei, DaceiandDacei INS., men of Helam, and othere of hethene men, which the grete and gloriousegloriouse kyng IS. Asenna|phar translatide, and made hem to dwelledwelle in pees INS. in the citees of Samarie, and in othere cuntrees biȝonde the flood, `in peesOm. INS.. This is the saumplere of the pistle, whichthat INS. thei senten to the kyng. `To Artaxerses, kingOm. S., thi seruauntis, men `that benOm. I. dwellinge NS. biȝende the floode, seyn helthehelthe to thee IN.. Be it knowun to the kyng, that theOm. X. Jewis, thatwhiche IN. Om. S. stiedenstieden up INS. fro thee, ben comun to vs `in toin S. Jerusalem, thea INS. rebel and worsteful yuel I. the worste NS. citee, which thei bilden, and thei maken the ground wallis therof, and arayenthei arayen INS. the walliswallis therof S. aboue. Nou therfor be it knowun to the kyng, that if thilke citee be bildid, andand if INS. the wallis therof be restorid, theiJewis INS. schulen not ȝyuethanne ȝyue NS. tribut, and tol, and annuel rentis, and this trespastrespas or harm NS. schal come `til toto INSX. the kyng. Therfor we ben myndeful of the saltsalt; that is, of metis maad sauery with salt. Lire here. C., whichthat INS. we eeten in thethi INS. paleis, andOm. S. for we holden it vnleueful to se the harmes of the kyngking, and to certifie him not of tho S., therfor we han sent and teld to the kyng; that thou acounteacounte and seke IS. in thethi M. bokis of stories of thi fadris, and thou schalt fynde writun in cronyclis, and thou schalt wite, that thilke citeecitee Jerusalem INS. is a rebel citee, and that it anoieth kyngis and pro|uynces, and batelsthat batels INS. ben reisid therynne of elde daies; wherfor also thilke citee was distried. We tellen to the kyng, that if thilkethat S. citee be bildid, andand if INS. theOm. INS. wallis therof be restorid, thou schalt not haue possessioun biȝendeȝendis D. the flood. TheAnd the NS. kyng sente wordword aȝen IS. to Reum, Beelto Beel INS., Theemto Theem INS., andOm. N. to Samsai, the scryuenwritere INS., and to othere that weren in the counsel of hem, toand to INS. the dwelleris of Samarie, and to othere bi|ȝendis the flood, and seidehe seide IN. he seide to hem S., Helthe and peespees be to ȝou INS.. The accusyngaccusynge of Jewis IS., whichthat INS. ȝe senten to vs, was red opynli bifor me; and it was comaundid of meme to be souȝt I. me to seke out the cronyclis NS., and theimen INS. rekenyden, and theiOm. INS. foundun, that thilke citeecitee Jerusalem IS. rebellithrebelled S. of elde daies aȝens kyngis, and dissen|ciouns and batels ben reisid therynne; for whi `and ful stronge kyngis weren in Jerusalemther weren in Jerusalem ful stronge kyngis I., which also weren lordis of al the cuntrei whichthat INS. is biȝende the flood; also theitho kyngis NS. token tribut, and tol, and rentis. Now therfor here ȝe the sentencesentence of me INS., that ȝe forbede tho menmen to bilde INS., and that thilke citeeOm. N. be not bildid, til ifOm. A. perauenture it be co|maundid of me. Se ȝe, that thisthis heest INS. be not fillidfulfillid INS. necgligentli, and yuelyuel fro thens S. encreesseencreesse so I. encrecid X. litil `and litilOm. N. aȝens kyngis. Therfor the saumple of the comaundementheest INS. of kyngthe kyng X. Artaxarses was red bifor Reum, Beeland Beel INS., Theemand Theem INS., and Samsai, the scryueynwritere INS., and herbifore her INS. counseleris; and thei ȝeden hastiliin haast I. in to Jerusalem to the Jewis, andand thei INS. forbed|idenforbeden I. hemhem to bilde INS. with arm and myȝtmiȝt; that with strengthe of oost, which the Jewis myȝten not aȝen stonde. Lire here. C.. Thanne the werk of Goddis hows in Jerusalem was left, and it was not maad tilOm. ANS. to the secounde ȝeer of Dariusthe rewme of Darius INS., kingthe king INS. of Persis.

 CAP. V.

Forsothe Aggei, the prophete, and Za|charie, the prophete, the sone of Ado, prophesiedenprofecieden thanne and thei weren S., prophesiynge in the name of God of Israel, to the Jewis that weren in Juda and Jerusalem. Thanne Zoroba|bel, the sone of Salatiel, and Josue, the sone of Josedech, risidenresin E et L pass. resen up I. risiden up NS., and bigunnenthei bigunnen INS. to bilde the temple of God in Jerusalem; and with hem rysydenrisen EL. resen up I. risiden up NS. the prophetis of God, helpynge hem. ForsotheAnd IN. Om. S. in that tyme Tatannai, that was duyk biȝende the flood, and Starbusannay, and the coun|selouris of hem, camen to hemthe Jewis INS., and seiden thus to hem, Who ȝaf counsel to ȝou to bilde this hows, and to restore these wallis? To whichthe which I. thingaxing N. axynd S. we answeriden to hemhem and tolden IN. hem and telden hem S., whiche weren the names of men, autours of that bildyng. Forsothe the iȝethe iȝe; that is the biholding of Goddis mersy and help. Lire here. C. of God of hemJewis N. the Jewis S. was maad on the eldeeldre GHIKNSX. olde EL. men of Jewis, and thei myȝten not for|bedeforbede or lette IS. the JewisJewis to bilde I. Jewis to bilde the house of God S.; and it pleside that the thing schulde be teld to Darius, andand that INS. thanne thei schulden make satisfaccioun aȝens that accusyng. This is the saum|pler of the pistle, which Tathannai, duyk of the cuntrey biȝende the flood, and Star|bursannai, and hise counselouris, Arpha|sacei, thatwhiche NS. weren biȝende the flood, senten to kyng Darius. The word whichthat IN. thei senten to hym was writun thus; Al pees be to theOm. N. kyng Darius. Be it knowun to the kyng, that we ȝeden to the pro|uince of Judee, to the hows of greet God, whichthat I. is bildid with stoon vnpolischid, and trees ben setsent or leide S. in the walliswallis theroff IS., and thilke werk is bildid diligently, andand it INS. en|creessith in the hondis of hemJewis NS.. Therfor we axiden tho elde men, and thus we seiden to hem, Who ȝaf to ȝou power to bilde this hows, and to restore these wallis? But also we axiden of hem theher I. names `of hemOm. I., that we schulden telle to thee; and we han write the names of mentho men INS., whiche thei ben, that ben princes among hem. SotheliAnd INS. thei answeriden bi sich wordwordis NS., and seidenseiden to vs S., We ben the ser|uauntis of God of heuene and of erthe; and we bilden the temple thatwhiche INS. was bildid bifor these many ȝeeris, and `which templethe temple which INS. theSalomon the INS. greet kyng of Israel `hadde bildidbildide IN., and maadhadde maad X.. But aftir that oure fadris stirydenhadden stirid INS. God of heuene and of erthe to wrathfulnesse, botheOm. INS. he bitook hem in the hond of Nabugodonosor, Caldeyof Caldey IN. of the cuntrey of Caldey S., kyng of Babiloyne; and he distriede this howshows of God IS., and translatidehe translatide NS. the puple therof in to Babiloyne. ForsotheAnd INS. in the firste ȝeer of Cirus, king of Babiloyne, Cirusthis Cirus IS., theOm. IN. king of Babiloyne, settideputtide I. settide or puttide NS. forth `a comaunde|mentan heeste NS., that the hows of God schulde be bildid. For whi kyng Cirus brouȝte forth `fro the temple of BabiloyneOm. N. also the goldun and siluerne vessels of Goddis tem|ple, whiche Nabugodonosor hadde take fro the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and hadde bore tho awei in to the temple of Babiloyne; and tho vessels weren ȝouun to Sasabazar bi name, whom `he madeOm. INS. alsoalso Cirus had maad INS. princeprince upon the lond of Juda IS.. And Cirus seide to hym, Take these vessels, and go, and sette thohem INS. in the temple, whichthat INS. is in Jerusalem; and thebe the INS. hows of God beOm. INS. bildid in `his placethe place where it was [erst S] NS.. Therfor thanne thilke Sasabazar camcam in to Juda IS., and settidehe settide INS. the foundementis of Goddis temple in Jerusalem; and fro that tyme `til tovnto INS. now it is bildid, and isit is INS. not ȝit fillidfulfillid INS.. Now therfor if it `semeth goodsemeth good or plesith N. semeth or plesith S. to the king, rikenerekene or se N. hehe diligently I. he or seke he diligently S. in the bibletbiblet, that is, the book of cronicling I. biblet of cronyclis N. biblet, that is, in the book of cronyclis S. of the kyng, whichthe which I. which book S. is in Babiloyne, whether it beis INS. comaundid of kyng Cyrus, that Goddis hows schulde be bildid inor in IS. Jeru|salemJerusalem or nat I. Jerusalem or nay S.; and sendeupon this thing sende IS. he to vs the wille of the kyng `on this thingOm. IS..

 CAP. VI.

ThanneWhanne A. kyng Darius comaundide, and thei rekenydenrekenyden or souȝten INS. in the biblet of bokis, thatwhiche bokis INS. weren kept in Babiloyne. And othat INS. book was foundun in Egbatanys, which is a castel in the prouynce of Medena, and sich a sentence of the kyng was writun therynne. In the first ȝeer of kyng Cirus, Cirus the kyng demydedemede or ordeyned S., that, `Goddis howsthe hous of God INS., whichthat INS. is in Jerusalem, schulde be bildid in the place where thei offren sacrifices, and that thei sette foun|dementisfoundement EL. supportyngeberinge up I. up beringe NS. the heiȝtheheiȝthe of the werk I. heiȝthe of werk NS. of sixti cubitis, and the lengthe of sixti cu|bitis, threand sette thei thre INS. ordris of stonys vnpolischid, and so ordristhe ordris INS. of newe trees. SotheliAnd INS. costiscostis herto IS. schulen be ȝouun of the kyngis hows. But also the goldun and siluerne vessels of Goddis temple, whiche Nabugo|donosor took fro the temple of Jerusalem, and brouȝte thohem INS. inOm. IS. to Babiloyne, bebe thei INS. ȝoldun, and borun aȝen in to the temple of Jerusalem, and in to her place, whichethe whiche I. alsovessels also INS. bebe thei IN. set in the temple of God. Now therfor Tathannai, duyk of the cuntrei whichthat INS. is biȝende the flood, andof S. Starbu|sannai, and ȝoure counseleris, Arphasacei, thatwhiche NS. ben byȝende the flood, departe ȝe fer fro hemthe Jewis INS.; and suffre ȝe, that thilke temple of God be maad of the duyk of Jewis, and of the eldre men of hem; and that thei bilde that hows of God in his place. But also it is comaundid of me, that that bihoueth to be maad of tho preestis of Jewys, that the hows of God be bildid, that is, that costis be ȝouun bisili to tho men of the arke of the kyng, that is, of tributisthe tributis IS., that ben ȝouun of the contrei biȝende the flood, lest the werk be lettid. That if it be nede, ȝyue thei bothe calues, and lambren, and kidis in to brent sacrifice to GodGod; this king hadde the feith of a veri God, and he was not holdun to the lawe of Moises, sithen he was an he|then man; for it suffiside to hethen men to helthe, for to bileue o veri God puruei|ynge to helthe of men bi maner couen|able to him; and in the article of pur|uyaunce is comprehendid priuely al the mysterie of Crist. Lire here. C. of heuene; wheetealso wheete INS., salt, and wyn, and oile, bi the custom of preestis that ben in Jerusalem, be ȝouun to hem bi ech dai, that no pleynt be in ony thing. And offre thei offryngis to God of heuene; and preye thei for theOm. INS. lijf of the kyng and of hise sones. Ther|for thethis C. sentence is setboden INS. of me, that if ony man chaungithchaunge INS. this comaundementheest INS., a tre be takun of his hows, and be reisidit reisid up INS., and be heOm. IS. hangid therynnether upon IS. theron N.; sotheliand be INS. his hows beOm. INS. forfetid. ForsotheAnd INS. God, that makith his name to dwelle there, distrie alle rewmesthe rewmes S. and puple, that holdithholden Xç. forth her hond to impugne and destrie thilke hows of God, whichthat INS. is in Jerusalem. I DariusDarius the kyng I. Darius king NS. haue demyd the sentenceforseid sentence NS., which Y wole be fillidfulfillid INS. diligentli. Therfor Ta|thannai, duyk of the `cuntrei biȝende the flood, andflood biȝonde the S. Starbusannai, and hise coun|seleris, diden execucioun, `ether fillidenether fulfilliden C. Om. INS., soOm. INS. diligentli, bi that thatheest that S. kyng Darius hadde comaundid. SotheliAnd INS. the eldre men of Jewis bildidenbildiden Goddis temple INS., and haddenthei hadden INS. prosperite, bi the profesie of Aggey, the profete, and of Zacarie, the sone of Ado; and thei bildiden, and madenmaden the temple INS., for God of Israel comaundidecomaundide so INS., and foralso INS. Cirus, and Darius, and Artaxerses, kyngis of Persis, co|maundiden comaundiden this thing INS.; and thei performyden this hows of God `til tovnto INS. the thridde dai of the monethe AdarAdar or Marche INS.Adar; this is the xii. mo|nethe anentis Jewis, and an|swerith in parti to oure March, and in party to Februarie. Lire here. C., whichthat INS. is the sixte ȝeer of the rewme of king Darius. For|sotheAnd INS. the sones of Israel, theOm. INS. preestis and dekenes, and theOm. INS. othere of the sones of transmygracioun, `that is, thatof hem that S. camen fro transmigraciounthe transmygracioun S., `ether caitifteOm. S. `Gloss omitted in IN., maden the halewyng of Goddis hows in ioie; and offridenthei offriden NS., `in the halewyng of Goddis howsOm. S., an hundrid caluys, tweitwo I. and two NS. hundryd wetheris, foureand foure S. hundrid lam|bren, twelueand twelue NS. buckis of geet for the synne of al Israel, bi theOm. NS. noumbre of lynagisthe lynagis BCENPV pr. m. the lynage L. of Israel. And thei ordeyneden preestis in her ordris, and dekenes in her whilis, onvpon S. the werkis of God in Jerusa|lem, as it is writun in the book of Moises. ForsotheAnd INS. the sones of transmygracioun maden pask, in the fourtenthe dai of the firste monethe. ForForsothe INS. theOm. I. preestis and dekenesdekenes of the first S. as o man weren clensid, allealle thei INS. weren clene forOm. INS. to offre pask to alle the sones of transmygracioun, and to her bri|theren preestis, and to hem silf. And the sones of Israel eeten, that turneden aȝen fro transmygraciounthe transmygracioun S., and ech man eet, that hadde departid hym silf fro alOm. S. theOm. X. defoulyng of hethene men of thethat INS. lond, for to seke the Lord God of Israel. And thei maden solempnytethe solempnyte INS. of therf looues seuene daies in gladnesse; for the Lord hadde maad hem glad, and haddehe hadde INS. turned the herte of the kyng of Assur to hem, that he wolde helpe `her hondisthe hondis of hem INS. in the werk of the hows of the Lord God of Israel.

 CAP. VII.

ForsotheAnd INS. aftir these wordis Esdras, the sone of Saraie, sone of Azarie, sone of Helchie, sone of Sellum, sone of Sadoch, sone of Achitob, sone of Amarie, sone of Azarie, sone of Maraioth, sone of Saraie, sone of Ozi, sone of Bocci, sone of Abisue, sone of Phynees, sone of Eleazar, sone of Aaron, preest at the bigynnyng, washe was I. this was N. this Esdras was S. in the rewme of Artaxerses, king of Persis; thilke Esdras stiedestiede up INS. fro Babiloyne, and he was a swift writerewritere; for he reparelide the lawe brent by Caldeis, and for he foond newe lettris, bi whiche the wordis of Ebreu ben writun sped|lyere and betere. Lire here. C. in the lawe of Moises, whichthat I. which lawe S. the Lord God of Israel ȝafȝaue to his peple S.; and the kyng ȝaf to hymEsdras INS. al his axyng, by the goode hoondhond or mouyng IS. of histhe INS. Lord God onof INS. hym. And therein the seuenthe ȝeer of Artaxerxes kyng there INS. stiedenstieden up into Jerusalem men INS. of the sones of Israel, and of the sones of preestis, and of the sones of dekenes, and of theOm. INS. syngeris, and of theOm. INS. porteris, and of Nathyneis, `in to Jerusalem in the se|uenthe ȝeer of Artaxerses, kyngOm. INS.. And thei camen in to Jerusalem in the fyuethe monethe; thilke is the seuentheseuenthe ȝeer A sec. m. seuenthe monthe INS. of the kyng. ForAnd INS. in the firste dai of the firste monethe heEsdras INS. bigan to stiestie up INS. fro Babi|loyne, and in the firste dai of the fyuethe monethe he cam in to Jerusalem, bi the good hondhond or help IS. of histhe INS. GodLord God S. onof INS. hym. For|sotheAnd INS. Esdras made redi his herte to en|quere the lawe of the Lord, and to dodo it I. do it in dede S., and techeto teche IS. in Israel the comaundementheest INS. and doomdoom of the Lord INS.. SotheliAnd INS. this is the saum|pler of the pistleepistle IN. of theOm. S. comaundement, whichthat I. theOm. NS. kyng Artaxerses ȝaf to Esdras, preestthe preest INS., writerea writere IN. that was a writere S. lerudlerned M. in the wordis and comaundementisheestis INS. of the Lord, and in hise cerymonyes in Israel. Artaxerses, kyng of kyngis, desirith helthe to Esdras, the preest, moostthe moost INS. wijs writere of the lawe of God of heueneheuenes S.. It is demyd of me, that whom euer it plesith in my rewme of the puple of Israel, and of hise preestis, and dekenes, to go in to Jerusalem, go he with thee. For thou art sent fro the facepresens IN.face; that is, presence and ordenaunce. Lire here. C. of the kyng and of hise seuene counseleris, that thou visite Judeethe lond of Judee INS. and Jerusalem in the lawe of thi God, whichthe whiche lawe I. is in thin hond; and that thou bere siluer and gold, which the kyng and hise counseleris han offrid bi fre wille to God of Israel, whos tabernacle is in Jerusalem. And take thou freli al siluerthe siluer INS. and gold, whichwhat I. euer thou fyndist in al the prouynce of Babiloyne, and thethat that the INS. puple wole offre, and oftake of I. take thou of NS. preestis thatthat that thei INS. offriden bi fre wille to the hows of herOm. N. God, whichthat INS. is in Jerusalem; and bie thou bisili of this monei calues, rammes, lambrenand lambren INS., and sacrificesothere offryngis INS., and moiste sacri|fices of tho; and offre thou tho onupon IS. the auter of the temple of ȝoure God, whichthe which I. temple is in Jerusalem. But alsoouer this also IS. if ony thing plesith to thee, and to thi britheren, forOm. NS. to do of the residueOm. INS. siluer and goldgold that leuith INS., do ȝeȝe it IS. bi the wille of ȝoure God; also bi|takebitake or ordeyne IS. thou in the siȝt of God in Jerusalem the vessels, thatwhiche NS. ben ȝouun in to the ser|uyce of the hows of thi God. But also thou schalt ȝyue ofOm. G. the tresouristresour BC. of the kyng, and of the comyn arkehucche NS., `ethir purseOm. NS., and of me `othere thingis, that ben nedeful in the hows of thi Godtake S., as myche euere as isit is N. nedeful, that thou spende. Y Artaxerses, kyng, haue or|deyned, and demyd to alle the keperis of the comyn arkehucche INS. or arke I marg., that ben biȝende the flood, that what euer thing Esdras, the preest, writereand writere S. of the lawe of God of heuene, axith of ȝou, ȝe ȝyueȝyue it I. ȝeue that thing to him S. with out tariyng, `til tovnto INS. til K pr. m. anthe summe of an S. hundrid talentis of sil|uer, and totil FGHK pr. m. MNSXb. an hundrid `mesuris clepidOm. INS. chorusa chore is xx. buschels. I. a choor is thritti bus|shels. S. of wheete, and tilvnto INS. an hundrid mesurisOm. S. clepidof INS. bathus of wyn, and `til tovnto INS. til K pr. m. to X. an hundrid `mesuris clepidOm. INS. bathus of oile, saltand ȝeueth him salt I. and salt N. and ȝeue ȝe to him salt S. forsotheOm. INS. without mesure. Al thing that perteyneth to the customwirschip INS., `ethir religiounOm. INS., of God of heuene, bebe it INS. ȝouun diligentli in the hows of God of heuene, lest perauenture heGod INS. be wrooth aȝens the rewme of the kyng and of hise sones. Also we make knowun to ȝou ofthat ȝe haue not power of noon of INS. alle the preestis, and dekenes, syngerisof syngeris I. ne of syngeris NS., andne of INS. por|teristhe porteris I. porteris of Goddis house S., andne INS. Nathyneisof the men of Nathyneis INS., andne of the INS. mynystris of the hows of thisOm. INS. God, `that ȝe han not powerOm. INS. to put onupon IS. hem tol, and tribute, and costisothere costis INS. for keperiskepyng INS. of the lond. ForsotheBut INS. thouOm. IS., Esdras, bi the wisdom of thiOm. I. God, whichthat INS. is in thin hond, ordeyneordeyne thou INS. iugis and gouernouris, that thei deme toOm. INS. the puple, whichthat INS. is biȝende the flood, that isis, that thei reule iustly I. is, that thei rewle and deme trewli S., toOm. IN. hem that kunnenknowen INS. the lawe of thi God, and the lawe of the kyng; but also teche ȝe freli vnkunnynge men. And ech man, that doth notnot diligently INS. the lawe of thi God, and the lawe of the kyng diligentliOm. INS., doomthis doom INS. schal be of hym, ethirethir he schal go INS. inOm. INS. to theOm. BCINSVW. deeth, ethir in to exilyngoutlawyng INS., ethir in to condemp|nyngleesing INS. of his catel, ethir certis in to pri|soun. And Esdras, the writere, seideseide to the king NS., Blissid be the Lord God of oure fadris, that ȝaf this thingcounseil INS. inin to INS. theOm. N. herte of the kyng, that he schulde glorifie the hows of the Lord, whichthat INS. is in Jerusalem, and bowidethat bowide IN. be the Lord preised that bowid S. his mercy in to me bifor the kyng, and hise counseleris, and bifore alle theOm. I. myȝti princes of the kyng. And Y was coumfortid bi the hondhond or the goodnesse S. of `my Lordthe Lord IN. the Lord God S. Godmy God I., that was in me, and Y gederide oftogidre princis of INS. the sones of Israel princesOm. INS., thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. stiedenstieden up INS. with meme [in S] to Jerusalem IS..

 CAP. VIII.

TherforForsothe INS. these ben the princes of mey|nees, and this is the genologiegeneracioun INS. of hem, whichethat INS. beyngeweren INS. in the rewme of Ar|taxerses, kyngthe kyng I., stiedenand stieden INS. withup with IN. me fro Babiloyne. Of the sones of Phynees, Ger|sonGerson was prince INS.; of the sones of Ythamar, Danyel; of the sones of Dauid, Arcus; of the sones of Sechemye and of the sones of Pharos, ZacarieZacarie was prince IS., and with hym weren noumbrid an hundrid and fifti men; of the sones of Phet, Moab, andOm. NS. Elioneay, the sone of ZacharieZacarie was prince IS., and with hymhym ȝeden up I. him stieden vp S. two hundrid men; of the sones of Sechemye, the sone of EzechielEzechiel was prince IS., and with hymhym ȝeden up I. him stieden vp S. thre hundrid men; of the sones of Addam, Nabeth, the sone of JonathanJonathan was prince S., and with hymhym weren INS. fifti men; of the sones of Elam, Ysaie, the sone of Italie, and with him seuenti men; of the sones of Saphacie, Zebedie, the sone of Mycael, and with him fourescore men; of the sones of Joab, Obedie, the sone of Jehiel, and with him two hundrid and eiȝtene men; ofand of S. the sones of Salomyth, the sone of Josphie, and with hym an hundrid and sixti men; of the sones of Belbai, Zacarie, the sone of Belbai, and with hym twenti and eiȝte men; of the sones of Ezead, JohannamJohannam Adonyca S., the sone of Ezethan, and with hym an hundrid and ten men; of the sones of Adonycam, that werenweren in B. thethat U. laste, and these benOm. plures. the names of hem, Eliphelech, and Eihel, and Samaie, and with hem werenȝeden up I. Om. N. stieden vp S. sexti men; of the sones of Beguy, Vtai, and ZaccurZaccur weren princes IS., and with hem werenOm. N. seuenti men. ForsotheAnd INS. YY Esdras IS. gaderide hemalle hem I. alle these men NS. togidereOm. INS. at the flood, that renneth doun to Hanna; and we dwelliden there thre daies. And `Y souȝteOm. I. inamong INS. the puple, and inOm. INS. the prestis of the sonus of LeuyLeuy; that is, dekenes symply and not prestis. Lire here. C., and Y fonde not there. Therfor Y sente Eliezer, and Ariehel, and Semeam, and Helnathan, and Jaubeth, and an other Helnathan, and Nathan, and Zacharie, and Mesollam, princeswhich alle weren princis S.; andand with hem I. and with hem I sente S. Joarib, and Elnathan, wisewhich weren wise S. men; andand these I. and alle these S. Y sente hemOm. INS. to Heldo, whichthat INS. is `the firstecheef I. the first or chefe man S. in the place of Casphie, and Y puttideputte INS. in the mouth of hem wordisthe wordis INS., whiche thei schulden speke to Heldo, and to hise britheren, Natynneis, in the place of Casphie, for to brynge to vs the mynys|tris of the hows of oure God. And `thei brouȝten to vsOm. INS., bi the good hoondhond or loue S. of oure God onupon INS. vs, athei brouȝten a INS. ful wijs man of the sones of Mooli, the sone of Leuy, sonethe sone INS. of Israel; andand thei brouȝten INS. Sarabie, and his sones twenti, and his britheren eiȝteneweren eiȝtene INS.; and Azabie, andLeuy I souȝte INS. Isaie, withcamen with IS. him of the sones of Merari, thei brouȝten his britheren, and his sones, twenti; and of Nathynneis, whichethat I. Dauid and theothere INS. princis hadden ȝoue to the ser|uyces of dekenes, thei brouȝten two hun|drid and twenti Nathynneis; alle these weren clepid bi her names. And `Y prechideOm. INS. there fastyngOm. INS. bisidis the flood of HannaHanna I prechide or comaundide fastyng IS. I prechide fasting N., that we schulden bebe so I. in doyng penaunce be S. tur|mentid bifor `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God INS., and that we schulden axe of him the riȝtfulriȝt INS. weie to vs, and to oure sones, and to al oure catelsubstaunce INS.. ForCertis INS. Y schamede to axe of the kyng help, and horse men, thatwhiche INS. schulden defende vs fro enemyesenemy A sec. m. our enemyes S. in the weie, for we hadden seid to the king, The hondhond or help S. of oure God is onupon INS. alle men that seken hym in goodnesse; and his lordschip, and his strengthe, and stronghis strong INS. veniaunce ben on alle men that forsakenforsakith N. hym. ForsotheAnd INS. we fastiden, and preieden oure God for this thing, and it bifelde to vs `bi pros|peritewelsumly INS.. And `Y departidewe departiden S. twelue of the princes of prestis, Sarabiethat is, Sarabie IS., and Asabie, and ten of her britheren with hem; and Y bitook vndur certeyn weiȝte and noum|bre to hem the siluer and gold, and the halewid vessels of the hows of oure God, whiche the kyng hadde offrid, and hise counseleris, and hise princes, and `al Is|rael, of hem that weren foundunalle the men that weren founden of Israel IN.. And Y bitook vndur certeyn weiȝte and noum|bre ininto S. the hondis of hem sixe hundrid and fifti talentis of siluer, and an hun|drid siluerne vessels; an hundrid talentis of gold, and twenti goldun cuppis, thatthe whiche I. whiche NS. haddenhadden in weiȝt IS. a thousynde peesis of gold; and tweiI bitoke hem two I. I toke to hem two S. faire vessels of bestful good I bras, schyn|ynge as gold. And Y seide to hem, Ȝe ben the hooli men of the Lord, andand therfor IS. wake ȝe, and kepekepeth INS. the hooli vessels, andof AGS. siluerthe siluer IN. and goldof gold S., whichthat I. is offrid bi fre wille to the Lord God of oure fadris, tilvnto the tyme that INS. ȝe ȝeldeȝelde it aȝen INS. vndur certeyn weiȝte and noumbre bifor th princes of prestis, and of dekenes, and bifor theOm. INS. duykis of meynees of Israel in Jerusalem, in to the tresour of Goddis hows. SotheliAnd INS. the preestis and dekenes token the weiȝte of siluer, and of gold, and of vessels, for to berebere hem IS. in to Jerusa|lem, in to the hows of oure God. TherforThanne INS. we mouydenremoueden INS. forth fro the flood of Hanna, in the tweluethe dai of the firste monethe, for to go in to Jerusalem; and the hondhond or grace S. of oure God was onupon INS. vs, and delyuerde vs fro the hond of enemyeoure enemy NS. and of aspierethe aspiere INS. in the weie. And we camen to Jerusalem, and we dwelliden there thre daies. For|sotheAnd INS. in the fourthe daidai in the hous of oure God INS. the siluer was ȝoldunȝoldun up INS. vndur certeyn weiȝte and noum|bre, and the gold, and theOm. S. vessels, `in the hows of oure GodOm. INS., by the noumbre and weiȝte of alle thingis, bi the hond of Rem|moth, `sone of Vriethe sone of Urie I. Om. NS., preest; and with him was Eleazar, the sone of Phynees, and with him weren Jozaded, the sone of Josue, and Noadaie, the sone of Bennoy, dekeneswhich weren dekenes S.; and al the weiȝte was discriued in that tyme. But also the sones of transmygracioun, that camen fro caitifte, offriden brent sacrificessacrifice IN. to the Lord God of Israel, `twelue caluesOm. INS. for al the puple of IsraelIsrael weren offrid twelue calues IS. Israel twelue calues N., nyntiand nynti INS. and sixe rammes, se|ueneand seuene INS. and seuenti lambren, twelueand twelue INS. buckis of geet for synne; alle thingisweren offrid I. these weren offrid NS. in to brent sacrifice to the Lord. ForsotheAnd INS. thei ȝauen the comaundementisheestis INS. of the kyng to the princeswise men INS., that weren ofin S. the siȝt of the king, and to theOm. INS. duykisduykis that weren S. biȝendeof biȝende INS. the flood; andand into heriyng of God IS. thei reisidenreisiden up IN. the puple, and the hows of God.

 CAP. IX.

ForsotheAnd INS. after that these thingis weren fillidfulfillid INS., the princes neiȝeden to meme, Esdras I. me, that is, to Esdras S., and seiden, The puple of Israel, and the prestis, and dekenes, ben not depertid fro the `puplis ofpeple and ritis of othere N. peple and ritis and othere S. londis, andne INS. fro abho|minaciounsthe abhomynaciouns INS. of hem, that is, of Cananei, of Ethei, and of Pheresei, and of Jebusei, and of Amonytis, and of Moabitis, and of Egipcians, and ofOm. A. Ammorreis. For theiof the douȝtris of thes peplis thei INS. han take `of her douȝtrisOm. INS. wyues to hem silf, and to her sones, and thei han medlid hooliher hooli NS. seed with the puplis of londishethen londis INS.; alsoand INS. the hondhond or the doyng S. of princesthe pryncis NS. and of magistratismaistir men INS. was theOm. NS. firste in this trespassyng. And whanne YY, Esdras S. hadde herd this word, Y to|rente my mentil and cootemy coote INS., and Y pullide awei the heeris of myn heed and berdof my beerd INS., and Y sat morenynge. ForsotheCertis INS. alle thatthei that NS. dredden the word of God of Israel camen togidere to me, for the trespassyng of hem that weren comun fro caitiftethe caitifte INS.; and Y sat sori `til tovnto IN. on to S. til X. the sacrifice of euentid. And in the sacrifice of euentid Y roosroos up INS. fro myn afflicioun, and aftir that Y to-rentehadde to-rente INS. themy INS. mentil and cootemy coote INS., Yand A. bowide my knees, and IOm. A. spredde abrood myn hondis to `my Lord Godthe Lord my God INS., and Y seide, My God, Y am confoundid and aschamed to reisereise up IN. my face to thee, for oureupon myn heed or ouer myn vnderstondyng oure IS. upon myn heed oure N. wickidnessis ben multi|plied `on myn heedOm. INS., and oure trespassis encreessidenhan encressid INS. `til tovnto IN. in to S. heuene, fro the daies of oure fadrisfadris hidere to IS.; butand INS. also we vsoure NS. silf han synned greuousli `til tovnto INS. to X. this dai, and for our wickidnessis we, and oure kyngis, and oure prestis ben bitakun inin to INS. the hondis of kyngis of londishethen londis INS., bothe in to swerd, and in to caitifte, in to raueyn, and in to schenship of cheer, as also in this daidai is schewid IS.. And now as at a litillitil tyme IS. and at a moment oure preier is maad anentis `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God INS., that relikisrelikis, that is, a fewe men C. marg. relikis, or remenauntis I. relifs N. relikis, that is, after cummers S. schulden be left to vs, and that `his peespees of the Lord INS.Pees; in summe bokis is a litil stake, that is sum set|ting and stable|nesse in Jeru|salem. Lire here. C. schuldeOm. INS. be ȝouun in his hooli place, and that oure God schuldeOm. INS. liȝtne oure iȝen, and ȝyue to vs a litil lijf in oure seruage. For we ben seruauntis, and oure God forsoke vs not in oure ser|uagethraldom I. seruage or caitifte S.; and he bowidebowide doun INS. mercihis merci S. onupon INS. vs bifor the king of Persis, that he schulde ȝyue lijf to vs, and enhaunse the hows of oure God, and that he schulde bilde the wil|dernessiswildirnesses; that is, the temple turned in to wildir|nesse. C. theroftherof or the desolat things therof S., and ȝyue to vs hopehope or merci S. in Juda and in Jerusalem. And now, `oure Lord GodLord oure God NS., what schulen we seie after these thingus? ForSotheli NS. we han forsake thi comaundementisheestis NS., whiche thou co|maundidist in the hond of thi seruauntis profetis, and seidistthou seidist NS., The lond, toOm. S. which ȝe schulen entre, to holde it in possessioun, is an vnclene lond, bi the vnclennesse of puplis, and of othereothere hethen IS. londislondis it is defoulid INS., in the abho|mynaciouns of hem, that fillidenhan fulfillid INS. it with her defoulyng, fro the mouthmouth of fadris INS. `til tovnto INS. the mouthmouth of her sones INS.. Now therfortherfor ȝe Jewis IS. ȝiue ȝe not ȝoure douȝtris to her sones, andne INS. take ȝe not her douȝtris to ȝoure sones; andne INS. seke ȝe not the pees of hem andne INS. theher INS. prosperite `of hemOm. INS. `til in tovnto I. with outen ende; that ȝe be coumfortid, and ete the goodisgode thingis INS., that ben of the londerthe INS., and that ȝe haue eirisOm. INS., ȝoure sonessones ȝoure eiris INS., `til in tovnto I. in to X. `the worldwithouten ende INS.. And after alle thingisdisesis IS. that camen onupon INS. vs in oure werste werkis, and inOm. INS. oure grete trespas, forOm. INS. thou, oure God, hast dely|uered vs fro oure wickidnesse, and hastthou hast INS. ȝoue helthe to vs, as `it isOm. N. toschewid to IS. dai, that we schulden not be turnedturned awei I. turned awey fro thee NS., and make voide thi comaundementishestis INS., andOm. N. that we schulden not ioyne matrimonyes with the puplis of these abhomynacouns. WhetherLord, whether IS. thou art wrooth to vs `til tovnto INS. into X. theOm. I. endyng, that thou schuldist not leeue to us reme|nauntisthe remenauntis of thi peple I. remenauntis of thi peple S.remenauntis; that is, a fewe men. C., andto INS. helthe? Lord God of Is|rael, thou art iust; for we ben left, that schulden be sauyd as in this dayday thou schewist IS., lo! we ben bifor thee in oure synne; forsothly INS. meno thing INS. men HX. may `notOm. INS. stondebe sett INS. bifor thee onupon IS. thison this; that is, to excuse ether defende. Lire here. C. thingground INS..

 CAP. X.

Therfor while Esdras preiede so, and bisouȝte GodGod for the peple IS., and wepte, and lai bifor the temple of God, a ful greet cumpenye of Israel, of men, and of wymmen, and of children, was gaderidgaderid togidre INS. to him; and the puple wepte biwith I. myche weping. And Se|chenyeSechenye; he was of the princypalis of the puple, and seide this in the name of him silf, and of othere prin|cipals. Lire here. C., the sone of Jehiel, of the sones of Helam, answeride, and seide to Esdras, We hanhaue I. trespasside aȝens oure God, andand we INS. hanhaue I. weddid wyues, alien wymmen, of `the puplis ofOm. INS. the londlond of hethen peplis INS.. And now, for pe|nauncepenaunce or ponishing S. is in Israel on this thing, smytemake INS. we boond of pees with `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God INS., and caste we awei alle `wyues aliensoure alien wyues INS., and hem that ben borun of tho wyueswyues, and NS., bibe this don bi the lawe, bi INS. the wille of the Lord; and of hem that dreden the comaundementheest INS. of oure God, `be it don bi the laweOm. INS.. Rise thouthou up INS., it `is thinperteyneth to thee I. officeOm. plures. to demedeme this thing NS., and we schulen be with thee; be thou coumfortid, and dodo thus IS.. TherforThanne I. Esdras roosroos up INS., and chargidehe chargide INS. greetli the princes of prestis, and ofOm. X. dekenes, and ofOm. EFHI KLMNPb. al Israel, to do after this word; and thei sworensworen herto IS.. And Esdras roosroos up INS. bifor the hows of God, and he ȝede to the bed of Johannan, sonethe sone NS. of Eliasiph, and entridehe entride INS. thidur; he eet notnot in this tyme S. breed, andne INS. drank notOm. INS. watir; forcertis INS. he biweilideweilide INS. the trespassingtrispacis S. of hem, that weren comun fro the caitifte. And a vois of hem was sent in to Juda and Jerusalem, to alle the sones of trans|mygraciouncaitiftee INS., that thei schulden be ga|deridgaderid togidre INS. in toOm. N. Jerusalem; and ech man that cometh notnot thidere IS. in thre daies, bi theOm. INS. counsel of theOm. CGINQS. princes and of eldre men, al his catel schal be takun awey fro him, and he schal be cast awei fro the cum|peny of transmygracioun. Therfor alle the men of Juda and of Beniamyn camen togidere in to Jerusalem in thre daies; thilke is the nynthe monethe, in the twen|tithe dai of the monethe; and al the pu|ple sat in `the streeta large place INS. of Goddis hows, and tremblidenthei trembliden INS. for synne and reynfor reyn that thanne felle IS. for reyn N.. And Esdras, the preest, roosroos up INS., and seide to hem, Ȝe han trespassid, and hanȝe han INS. weddid wyues, alien wymmen, that ȝethei A pr. m. schulden `leie toleie to or encresse IS. onupon INS. the trespas of Israel. AndOm. S. nownow therfore IS. ȝyue ȝe knowlechyng to the Lord GodOm. I. of oure fadris, and do ȝe his pleasaunce, and be ȝe departid fro the puplis of the londhethen INS., and fro `wyues aliensȝoure alien wyues IS. alien wyues N.. And al the multitude answeride, and seide with greet vois, BiAftir I. Be N. thi word toseid to I. word to NS. vsus stidefast N. VS ferm and stable S., soand so NS. be it doon. Netheles forfor that I. for that that S. the puplemultitude INS. is myche, and the tyme of reynreyn now INS. isis gret INS., and we suffrensusteinen I. sufficen NS. not to stonde withoutforth, and itthis INS. is not werkthe werk INS. of o dai, nether of tweyne; for we han synned greetli in this wordword that thou schewist to us IS.; `princes bebe therfor princes IS. or|deyned in al the multitudemultitude to iustifie this synne IS., and alle men in oure citees, that han weddid `wyues aliensalien wyues IN., comecome thei INS. into here princis in IS. tymestyme INS. ordeyned, and with hem come the eldere men, bi citee and citee, and the iugis therofof the peple do thei iust execucioun IS. of the peple N., til the irewrath INS. of oure God be turned awei fro vs onof I. upon NS. this synne. Therfor Jonathan, the sone of Asahel, and Jaazie, the sone of Thecue, stoden onupon INS. this thing; and Mo|sollam, and Sebethai, dekenes, helpiden hem. And the sones of transmygracioun diden soso as it was ordeyned IS.. And Esdras, the prest, and menthe men IN., princesthat weren princes INS. of meynees, ȝeden into the howsishous N. of her fadris, and allealle the eldre IS. menmen and iugis IS. Om. N. bi her names; and thei saten in the firste dai of the tenthe monethe, for to sekeenquere INS. the thingthing that was amysse S.. And alle men weren endidthat is, here causis weren determyned I marg. endid, that [is], the caucis of alle men weren determyned S., that hadden weddid `wyues aliensalien wyues INS., `til tovnto INS. the firste dai of the firste monethe. And there weren foundun of the sones of preestis, that weddidenhadden wedded INS. `wyues aliensalien wyues INS.; of the sones of Josue, the sone of Josedech, and hise britheren, Maasie, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and GodolieGodolie weren foundun I. Godolie weren foundun gilti S.. And thei ȝauen her hondishondis, that is, thei assuriden IS.her hondis; that is, con|fermeden with a solempne ooth. Lire here. C., that thei schulden caste out her wyues, and offrethei schulden offre I. shulden offre N. that thei shulden offre S. for her trespas a ram of theOm. INS. scheep. And of the sones of Semmer; Anam, and Zebedie. And of the sones of Serym; Maasie, and Helie, and Semeie, and Jehiel, and Ozie. And of the sones of Phessur; Helioneai, Massie, Hismael, Na|thanael, and Jozabet, and Elasa. And of the sones of dekenes; Josabeth, and Semey, and Elaie; he isis clepid IS. Calithaphataie; Juda, and Elezer. And of syngeris, Eliazub; and of porteris, Sellum, and Thellem, and Vry. And ofof the men of NS. Israel, of the sones of Pha|ros; Remea, and Ezia, and Melchia, and Vnanym, and Eliezer, and Melchia, and Banea. And of the sones of Elam; Ma|thanye, and Zacharie, and Jehil, and Abdi, and Rymoth, and Helia. And of the sones of Zechua; Helioneay, Heliasib, Mathanye, and Jerymuth, and Zaeth, and Aziza. And of the sones of Bebai; Johannan, Ananye, Zabbai, Athaliaand Thalia INS.. And of the sones of Beny; Mosallam, and Melue, and Azaie, Jasuband Jasub INS., and Saal, and Ramoth. And of the sones of Phaeth; Moab, Edua, and Calal, Banaie, and Massie, Mathanye, Beseleel, and Ben|nun, and Manasse. And of the sones of Erem; Elieer, Jesue, Melchie, Semeye, Sy|meon, Beniamyn, Maloth, Samarieand Samarie INS.. And of the sones of Asom; Mathanai, Mathe|tha, Zabeth, Eliphelech, Jermai, Manasse, Semeiand Semei IN S.. Of the sones of Bany; Maddi, Amram, and Huel, Baneas, and Badaie, Cheilianand Cheilian C., Biamna, Marymuth, and Elia|siph, MathanyeMathanye, and Mathanay BC. Mathanye, Mathanay V., and Jasy, and Bany, and Bennan, and Semei, and Salymas, and Na|than, and Daias, Metuedabai, Sisai, Sarai, Ezrel, and Seloman, Semerie, Sellum, Ama|rie, Josephand Joseph IN.. Of the sones of Nebny; Aiel, Mathatie, Zabed, Zabina, Jebdu, andOm. INS. Jo|hel, Banaiand Banai INS.. Alle these hadden take `wyues aliensalien wyues IN. alien or hethen wiues S., and of hem weren wymmen, that hadden bore children.

 Here eendith the firste book of Esdras, and here bigynneth the secound bookFrom BDFOUW. Here endith the firste book of Esdras, and bigynneth a prologe on the ij. book. GM. Here endeth the firste book of Esdre, and here bigynneth the ij. book of Esdre. HX. Heere endith the firste book of Esdre, and the secounde biginnith. I. Heere eendeth the firste book of Esdre; see now the seconde book of Esdre or Neemye. K. Here endith the firste book of Esdras, and bigynneth the secunde. NRSV. Here endith the firste book of Esdre, and bigynneth the secunde book. Qb. No final rubric in ACELP.. II. ESDRAS. [Prologue on the Second book of EsdrasThis prologue is from M..]

IN this secounde book of Esdre is contened the actis of Neemye, duyk and gouernour of the peple of Juda, which made aȝen the wallis and ȝatis of Jerusalem, and the hous of the Lord, and heeld smal houshold, and oppresside not the peple, but dredde God, and kepte hise comaundementis, in so myche that he suffride not the peple to bringe yn burthuns in to the cite, neither ledinge out, in the dai of sabat; therfor he wrouȝte alle thingis with prosperite, and God was with him.

 Here bigynneth the secounde book of EsdreHere endith the prologe, and bigynneth the secunde book of Esdras. G. Here bigynneth the ii. book of Esdras, that is clepid Neemie. LP. No initial rubric in FHINOSVXb..CAP. I.

THEThese ben the IS. wordis of Neemye, the sone of Helchie. And it was doon in the monethemonethe of INS. Casleuthat is, Nouembre I marg. S text., in the twentithetwenti N. ȝeer, and Y was in the castel Susisof Susis INS.; and Ananye, oon of my britheren, cam to me, he and men of Juda; and Y axide hem of the Jewis, that weren left, and weren alyue of the caitifte, and of Jerusalem. And thei seiden to me, Thei that `dwelliden, andOm. INS. ben left of the caitiftecaitifte, and that dwelleden INS. thereOm. N. instille in INS. the prouynce, ben in greet turment, and inOm. S. schenship; and the walwallis S. of Jerusalem is destried, and the ȝatis therofof it INS. ben brent with fier. And whanne Y hadde herd siche wordis, Y sat and wepteI wepte INS., and morenedeI morenede herfore INS. many daies, and Y fastide, and preiedeI preiede INS. bifor the face of God of heuene; and Y seide, Y bisechebiseche thee NS., Lord God of heuene, strongthat art strong INS., greet, and ferdful, whichthat INS. kepist couenaunt and merci with hem, that louen thee, and kepen thin heestis; thin eere be maad herknyngeherkenyng to me S., and thin iȝen openydbe openyd N., that thou here the preier of thi seruaunt, biwith I. whichthe which I. which preier S. Y preie bifor thee `to daiOm. INS., binow bi INS. nyȝt and daibi dai I., for the sones of Israel, thi seruauntis, and `Y knou|lecheOm. INS. for the synnes of the sones of Israel, bi which thei han synned to thee; botheI knowleche that bothe INS. Y and the hows of my fadir han synnedsynned to thee IS.; we weren disseyued bi vanyte, and we `kepten nothaue not kept INS. `thi comaundementthin heest IN. thin heestis S., and cery|monyes, and domes, which thou comaund|idisthast comaundid INS. to Moises, thi seruaunt. Haue mynde of the word, which thou comaundidist to thi seruaunt Moises, and seidist, Whanne ȝe han trespassid, Y schal scatere ȝou in to puplis; and if ȝe turnen aȝen to me, that ȝe kepe myn heestis, and do tho, ȝhe, thouȝ ȝe ben led awei to the fertheste thingis of heuene, fro thennus Y schal ga|dere ȝou togidere, and Y schal brynge ȝou in to the place, whichthat IN. Y cheeshaue chosen INS., that my name schulde dwelle there. AndAnd, Lord, I. Lord, S. we ben thi seruauntis, and thi puple, whiche thou `aȝen bouȝtisthast aȝen bouȝt INS. in thi greet strengthe, and in thi strong hond. Lord, Y bisechebiseche thee IS., `thin eere bebe thin eere INS. ententiftakynge hede INS. to the preier of thi seruaunt, and to the preierpreiers S. of thi seruauntis, that wolen drede thi name; and dressedresse thou IN. dresse thou me S. thi seruaunt to dai, and ȝiue thouOm. INS. merci to himhim, that is, to me S. bifor this manman Artaxerses INS.this man; that is, Artax|erses, king. Lire here. C.. ForCertis INS. Y was the boteler of the kyng.

 CAP. II.

ForsotheAnd INS. it was doon in the monethe Nysanof Nysan, that is, Aprel INS.Nysan; the comyn opyn|youn of Jewes is this, that the world was maad of nouȝt in the monethe which is clepid Tissery, and it answerith in party to oure Septembre, and in party to Octobre; and this monethe is seid outirly the firste anen|tis Ebreys, and by maner of rekenyng, Casleu is the thirde monethe, and Nysan is the vii. mo|nethe, and these fallen in the same ȝeer, and thus is rekenyng maad here; but for the Jewis ȝeden out of Egipt in the monethe Nysan, therfor thilke monethe is clepid the firste, in xii. co. of Exody, and in rikenynge in this maner, Casleu and Ny|san suynge, ben not in the same ȝeer, but Cas|leu is the ix. monethe of the ȝeer bifor|goynge, and Nysan suynge is the bigyn|nyng of the ȝeer suynge. Lire here. C., in the twentithe ȝeer of Arta|xerses, kyngthe kyng I., and wyn was bifor hym, and Y reysidetoke up INS. the wyn, and ȝafI ȝaf it INS. to the kyng, and Y was as langwischynge bifor his face. And the kyng seide to me, Whi is thi cheer sorydrury or heuy I. drery NS., sithensith I. Y se not thee sijk? ThisIt I. This drerinesse S. is not without cause; but `yuel, Y not whatI woot not what yuel INS., is in thin herte. AndAnd thanne I. Y dredde ful greetli; and seideI seide INS. to the kyng, Kyng, lyue thou withouten ende; whi morenethOm. INS. notschulde not INS. my cheercheer mourne INS.? for the citee of the hows of the sepulcris of my fadir is desert, `ether forsakunOm. CINS., and the ȝatis therof ben brent with fier. And the kyng seide to me, For what thing axist thou? And Y preiede God of heuene, and seideI seide INS. to the kyng, If it semeth good to the kyng, and if it plesith thi seruauntis biforwhich ben bifore S. thi face, Y bisechebiseche thee S., that thou sende me in to Judee, to the citee of the sepulcre of my fadir, and Y schal bilde it. And the kyng seide to me, and the queenquene; thus it is in Ebreu, and bi this the king, and not queen, spak to Neemye this that sueth. Lire here. C. sat bisidis him, `Til toVnto INS. Til X. what tyme schal thi weie be, and whanne schalt thou turne aȝen? And Yit IN. pleside `bifor the cheer ofto NS. the kyng, and he sente meme forth INS., and Y ordeynedesette INS. to hymthe kyng INS. a timetyme of comyng aȝen N. tyme of myn aȝen comyng S.; and Y seide to `the kynghim INS., If it semeth good to the kyng, ȝyue he pistlispistlis or lettres IS. to me to the duykis of the cuntrey biȝende the flood, that thei lede me ouer, til Y come in to Judee; `and a pistlea lettre also I. and a lettre N. also sende the king a lettre S. to Asaph, keperethe kepere IN. of the kyngis forest, that he ȝyue trees to me, that Y may hile the ȝatis of the tour of the hows, and of the wal of the citee, and the hows, into which Y schal entreentre; that is, the hows which Y pur|pose to bilde for my dwell|ing place. Lire here. C.. And `the kyng ȝaf to meOm. INS., bi the good hondhond or help I. hond or grace NS. of my God withbeynge with I. that was with NS. meme the kyng ȝaaf to me myn axyng INS.. And Y cam to the duykis of the cuntrei biȝende the flood, and Y ȝaf to hem the pistlislettres INS. of the kyng. SotheliAnd INS. the kyng `hadde sentsente INS. with me theOm. INS. princes of knyȝtishis knyȝtis INS., and horsemen. And Sanabal|lath Oronythes, and Tobie, the seruaunt Amanytesof Amanytes I., herdenherden of my comyng IS., and thei weren soreu|ful bi greet turmentturment of herte I., forfor cause that I. that N. for that that S. a man was comun, that souȝte prosperite of the sones of Israel. And Y cam in to Jerusalem, and Y was there thre daies. And Y roosroos up INS. bi nyȝt, Y and a fewe men with me, and Y schewide not to ony man, what thing God hadde ȝoue in myn herte, that Y wolde do in Jerusalem; and nother was no I. werk beest wasOm. I. with me, noOm. I. but the beeste, `on whichthat I. Y satsat on I.. And Y ȝede out bi the ȝate of the valei bi nyȝt, and bifor the welle of dragounthe dragoun I., and toI wente to IS. the ȝatȝate that is clepid the ȝate S. of dritdunge INS.; and Y bihelde the wal of Jerusalem distried, and the ȝatis therof wastid bi fier. And Y passidpasside forth INS. to the ȝate of the welle, and to the watir cundit of the kyng, and nother was no I. place wasOm. INS. tofor to passe to I. for to passe was to NS. the hors, `on whichthat I. upon which NS. Y satsat upon I. `for to passeOm. INS.; andand in the niȝt INS. Y stiedewente up I. stiede up NS. bi the stronde `in nyȝtOm. INS., and YOm. S. bihelde the walwallis S., and YOm. S. turnede aȝen, and camI cam INS. to the ȝate of the valei, and Y ȝede aȝen. ForsotheAnd INS. the magistratismaistir men INS. wisten not, whidir Y hadde go, ethir what Y wolde do; but also Y hadde not schewid ony thing to the Jewis, and prestis, andne INS. to the best men, and magestratismaistir men INS., andne INS. to othere men that maden the werk, `til tovnto INS. til X. that `place, that is, til to thatOm. X. tymeGloss omitted in INS.. And Y seide to hem, Ȝe knowen the turmentturmentis C., in which wewe Jewis I. we the Jewis S. ben, for Jerusalem is deseert, and the ȝatis therof ben wastid with fier; come ȝe, bilde we the wallis of Jerusalem, and be we no more schenshipin schenschip INS.. And Y schewide to hem the hondhond or the help I. hond or cumfort S. of my God, that it was good with me, and the wordisword S. of the kyng, whiche he spak to me; and Y seide, Rise wewe up INS., and bilde we; and the hondis of hem weren coumfortid in goodGod NS.. For|sotheAnd INS. Sanballath Oronytes, and Tobie, the seruaunt Amanytesof Amanytes I., and Gosem Arabs, herdenherden this I. herd oure purpose S., and scornedenthei scorneden INS. vs, and dispisiden; and seiden, What is this thing, whichthat INS. ȝe doon? whether ȝe rebellen aȝens the kyng? And Y ȝeldideansweride INS. to hem a word, and seideI seide INS. to hem, God hym silf of heuene helpith vs, and we ben hise seruauntis; rise wewe up IN. we vp in his name S., and bildebilde we it I. bilde we N. bilde we this place S.; forsothe part and riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I. and mynde in Jerusalem is not to ȝouȝou that grucchen her aȝens IS..

 CAP. III.

And Eliasiph, the greet preest, roosroos up INS., and hise britheren, and prestis, and thei bildiden the ȝate of the floc; thei maden itOm. EFGHKLMNOPSXb. stidfaststidfast werk NS.; andand thei INS. settidensetten up I. settiden up NS. the ȝatis ther|of, and `til tovnto INS. til L. to X. the tour of an hundrid cu|bitis, thei maden itOm. EFGHIKLMNOPSXb. stidfaststidfast werk IS., `til tovnto IN. and vnto S. to X. the tour of Ananehel. And bisidis hym the men of Jerico bildiden; and bisidis hemhem bildide INS. Zaccur, the sone of Amry, bildideOm. INS.. For|sotheAnd INS. the sones of Asamaa bildidenbilden N. the ȝatis of fischis; theiand thei INS. hiliden it, and set|tidensettiden up INS. the ȝatis therof, and lockismaden lockis I. thei maden therto lockis S., and barris. And Marymuth, sonethe sone CEILNSX. of Vrye, the sone of Accus, bildide bisidis hem. And Mosolla, sonethe sone INS. of Barachie, the sone of Meseze, bildide bisidis hym. And Sadoch, the sone of Baana, bildide bisidis him. And men of Thecue bildiden bisidis hym; but the principal men of hem puttidenvndirputtiden INS. not her neckis vndurOm. INS. in the werk of her Lord God. And Joiada, the sone of Pha|sea, and Mosollam, the sone of Besoyda, bildiden the elde ȝate; thei hilidenbildiden NS. it, and settidensettiden up INS. the ȝatis therof, and lockisthe lockis INS., and barris. And Melchie Gabaonyte, and Jad|don Methonatite, men of Gabaon and of Maspha, bildiden bisidis hem, for the duyk that was in the cuntrei biȝende the flood. And Eziel, goldsmyȝtthe goldsmyȝt INS., the sone of Araie, bildide bisidis hym; and An|nany, the sone of `a makere of oynementan oynement makere INS., bildide bisidis him; and thei leften Jeru|salemJerusalem bild I. Jerusalem bildid NS. `til tovnto INS. til X. the wal of the largerelarge INSb. lengere A. street. And Raphaie, the sone of Hahul, prince of a street of Jerusalem, bildide bi|sidis him. And Jeieda, the sone of Ara|math, bildide bisidis him aȝensouer aȝens I. forn aȝens NS. his owne hous; and AccusAccub NS., the sone of Asebonye, bildide bisidis hym. ForsotheAnd INS. Melchie, the sone of Herem, and Asub, the sone of Phet Moabof Moab NS., bildiden theOm. IN. half part of thea INS. street, and the tour of ouenys. Sel|lum, the sone of Aloes, princeand prince IS. and the prince N. of theOm. S. half part of a street of Jerusalem, bildide bisidis hym, he and hise sones. And Am|ram, and the dwelleris of Zanoe, bildiden the ȝate of the valei; thei bildidenbilden CDHOSXb. it, and settidensettiden up INS. the ȝatis therof, and lockisthe lockis INS., and barris theroftherof thei ordeyneden S.; and thei bildidenbilden C. a thou|synde cubitis in the wal `til tovnto INS. to X. the ȝate of the dunghil. And Melchie, the sone of Rechab, prynce of a street of Bethacarem, bildide the ȝate of the dunghil; he bildide it, and settidesettide it up INS., and hilide the ȝatis therof, and lockisordeyned lockis I., and barrisbarris he ordeyned to hem S.. And Sellum, the sone of Colozai, prince of a toun Masphaof Maspha INS., bildide the ȝate of the welle; he bildide it, and hilidehilide it INS., andand he INS. settidesette up I. settide up NS. the ȝatis therof, and lockis, and barris; and he bildide the wallis of the cisterne of Ciloe `til in tovnto INS. into X. the orchard of the kyng, and `til tovnto INS. til X. the greces of the kyng, thatwhiche INS. comen doun fro the citee of Dauid. NemyeAnd Neemye INS., the sone of Azboch, prince of the half part of the street of Bethsury, bildide after hym tilvnto INS. aȝensouer aȝens I. forn aȝens NS. the sepulcre of Dauid, and `til tovnto INS. til X pr. m. the cisterne, whichthat INS. is bildide with greet werk, and `til tovnto INS. to X. the hous of stronge men. DekenesAnd dekenes INS. bildiden after hym; and Reum, the sone of Beny, bildide aftir hemhim NS.. Ase|bieAnd Asebie INS., theOm. S. prince of half part of the street of Cheile, bildide in his street aftir hym. TheAnd the INS. britheren of hemhim bildiden aftir him INS., Bethynand Bethyn INS., the sone of Enadab, prince of theOm. IS. half part of Cheyla, bildiden after hymhem I.. And Aser, the sone of Josue, prince of Maspha, bildide bisidis hym the secoundesecounde; that is, his por|cioun in the secounde wal. Lire here. C. mesure aȝens the stiyngstiyng up INS. of the `moost stidefaststrengest I. mooste staliworthe NS. corner. BaruchAnd Baruch INS., the sone of Zachay, bildide aftir hym in the hil the secounde mesure fro the corner `til tovnto INS. the ȝate of the hows of Eliasiph, the greet prest. MarymuthAnd Marymuth INS., the sone of Vrie, sone of Zaccur, bildide after hym the secounde mesure fro the ȝate of Eliasiph, as fer as the hows of Eliasiph was stretchidstreiȝt I. forth. And prestis, menthe men INS. of theOm. INS. feeldi places of Jordan, bild|iden aftir hym. BeniamynAnd Beniamyn INS. and Asub bildidenbilden C. after hemhym EFGHKLMNSX. aȝensforn aȝens INS. her hows; and Azarie, the sone of Maasie, sone of Ana|nye, bildide aftir hym aȝensouer aȝens I. forn aȝens NS. his owne hows. BennuyAnd Bennuy INS., the sone of Senadad, bild|ide after hym the secounde mesure fro the hows of Azarie `til tovnto INS. to X. the bowyng and `til tovnto INS. til X. the corner. PhalelAnd Phalel INS., the sone of Ozi, bildide aȝensforn aȝens INS. the bowyng, and the tour that stondithstrecchith INS. forth, fro the hiȝ hows of the kyng, that is in the large place of thea INS. prisoun; Phadaieand Phadaie INS., the sone of Pheros, bildide after hym. ForsotheAnd INS. Nathynneis dwelliden in Ophel til aȝens the ȝate of watris at the eest, andcoost and forn aȝens S. the tour that apperideapperide ouer other. And S.. Aftir hym men of Thecue bildiden the secounde mesure euene aȝensforn aȝens S., fro the greet tour andOm. S. ap|perynge `til tovnto NS. the wal of the temple. ForsotheAnd NS. prestis bildiden aboue at the ȝate of horsis, ech man aȝensforn aȝens NS. his hows. SeddoAnd N. And Seddo S., the sone of Enner, bildide aȝensforn aȝens NS. his hows aftir hem. And Semeie, the sone of Sechenye, the kepere of the eest ȝate, bildide after hym. AnanyeAnd Ananye INS., the sone of Selemye, and Anon, the sixte sone of Selon, bildidebildiden N. aftir hym the secounde mesure. MosallamAnd Mosallam INS., the sone of Barachie, bildide aȝenusforn aȝens INS. his tresorie after hym. MelchieAnd Melchie INS., the sone of a goldsmiȝt, bildide aftir hym `til tovnto INS. the hows of Nathynneis, and of men sillynge scheldis aȝensouer aȝens I. forn aȝens NS. the ȝate of iugis, and `til tovnto INS. thea IN. soler of the corner. And crafti men and marchauntis bildiden with ynne the soler of the corner andand thei bildiden IS. the ȝate of the kyng.

 CAP. IV.

ForsotheAnd INS. it was doon, whanne Sana|ballath hadde herd, that we bildiden the wal, heand he NS. was ful wrooth, and he was stirid greetli, and scornedehe scornede INS. the Jewis. And he seide bifor hise britheren, and thebifore the INS. multi|tude of Samaritans, What doen the feble Jewis? Whether hethene men schulen suf|fre hemhem thus S.? Whether thei schulen fillefulfille this cuntrey INS., and make sacrifice in o dai? Whether thei moun bilde stonys ofupon INS. theOm. INS. heepis of theOm. INS. dust, thatwhiche INS. ben brent? ButAnd INS. also Tobie Amanytes, his neiȝbore, seide, Bilde thei; if a fox stiethgo up I. stie up N. shal stie vp S., he schal `skippe ouerouerlepe INS. theher INS. stonystonen I. wal `of hemOm. INS.. And Neemye seide, Oure God, here thou, for we ben maad dispising; turne thou the schenschip onupon INS. herher owne INS. heed, and ȝyue thou hem in to dis|pisyng in the lond of caytifte; hile thou not the wickidnesse of hem, and her synnes beben CD. not doon awei bifor thi face; for thei scorneden bilderisthe bilders N. the bilders of thi citee IS.. TherforThanne I. we bildidenbildiden up IN. bilden vp S. the wal, and ioynedenwe ioyneden it INS. togidere al `til tovnto IS. in to N. the half part, and the herte of the puple was exitid to worche. ForsotheAnd INS. it was doon, whanne Sanaballat `hadde herdOm. INS., and Tobie, andOm. S. ArabiensArabietis NS., and Amanytys, and men of Azotus hadden herd, that the brekyng of the wal of Jerusalem was stoppid, and that the crasyngis hadden bigunne to be closid togidere, thei weren ful wrothe. And allethei alle INS. weren gaderid to|gidere to come and fiȝte aȝens Jerusalem, and to caste tresounstresouns aȝens it NS.. And we preieden ourethe INS. Lord Godoure God INS., and we settiden keperis on the wal biOm. I. dai and niȝt aȝens hem. ForsotheAnd INS. Judamen of Juda IN.Juda; that is, the lynage of Juda. Lire here. C. seideseiden INS., The strengthe of the bererekepere INS. isof the wal is IS. maad feble, and the ertheerthe aboute it I. erthe in cumpas of the wal S.the erthe; that is, grauel and schalk, that ben nede|ful to make morter, ben re|quirid in greet quantite, so that we mowen not haue it. Lire here. C. is fulOm. INS. myche, and we moun not bildebilde on I. bilde up NS. the wal. And oure enemyes seidenhan seid INS., Wite thei not, and knowe thei not, til we comen in to the myddil of hem, and sleen hem, and maken the werk to ceesse. ForsotheAnd INS. it was doon, whannewhanne that INS. Jewis cameOm. INS., thatthe whiche I. dwelliden bisidis hemhem camen ten tymes INS., and seiden to vsus her purpos INS. `bi ten tymesOm. INS., froand fro INS. alle placesthe places INS. fro whiche thei camen to vs, Y ordeynede the puple in ordre, with her swerdis, and speris, and bouwis, in a place bihynde the walwallis C. bi cumpas. YAnd Y INS. bihelde, and roosI roos up INS., and seideI seide N. to the principal menOm. INS., and magistratismaister men INS., and to `the totherthat oother I. part of the comyn puple, Nyle ȝe drede of her face; hauebut haue INS. ȝe mynde of the greet Lord, and ferdful, and fiȝte ȝe for ȝoure britheren, and ȝourefor ȝoure IN. sones, and ȝourefor ȝour S. douȝtris, forand for INS. ȝoure wyues, and housismeynees INS.. ForsotheAnd INS. it was doon, whanne oure enemyes hadden herd that it was teld to vs, God distriede her counsel; andand thanne IS. alle we turneden aȝen to the wallis, ech man to his werk. And it was doon fro that dai, the half part of ȝongethe ȝonge INS. men made werkthe werk C., and the half part was redi to batel; `and speris, and scheldis, and bouwis, and harburiouns, and princesprinces weren redi I. princes weren born S. aftir hem, in al the hows of men of Juda, bildynge in the wal, and berynge birthuns, and puttynge on; withand in al the hous of men of Juda bildinge in the wal, and of hem that beeren birthuns, and of hem that puttiden birthuns upon hem that shulden bere hem, aftir her pryncis, speris, and sheeldis, and boowis, and haburiouns; and with N. herthe S. oon hond thei maden werkthe werk C., and with thethat B. totherother BIS. thei helden swerdher swerd IN.. For ech of the bilderis wasweren N. gird with thea INS. swerd onupon INS. thehis INS. reynes; and thei bildidenbildeden the wal INS., and sownedenthei sowneden INS. with clariouns bisidis me. And Y seide to the principal menOm. IN., and magistratismaistir men INS., and to the tothiroother IS. part of the comyn puple, The werk is greet and brood, and we ben departid fer in the wal, oon from anothir; intherfore in I. for ther in S. what euer place ȝethat ȝe INS. heren theOm. INS. sown of thea INS. trumpe, renne ȝe togidere thidur to vs; forforsothe INS. oure God schal fiȝte for vs. And we `vs silfoure self NS. schal make the werk, and the half partOm. INS. of vs holdeholde we IN. holde we in our hondis S. speris, fro `the stiyngspryngyng up I. stiȝyng up NS. of the moreutid tiltil niȝt IS. that sterris go out. And `in that tymeOm. NS pr. m. Y seide to the puple, Ech man with his childsheeld S. dwelledwelle he IN. dwelle he stille S. in the myddilmyddis CS. of Jerusalem, and whilisniȝt and day be ther dyuerse whilis I. [bi S] niȝt and dai while melis NS. beOm. I. to vs `bi nyȝtby nyȝt; not to worche bi the nyȝt, but summe weren ordeyned bi whilis to wake bi nyȝt, for keping of the cytee. Lire here. C. and daiOm. INS. to worcheworche ynne I.. But Y, and my britheren, and mythe INS. keperis, andof N. childrenmy children INS., thatwhiche NS. werenweren goynge INS. after me, diden not of oure clothis; echbut ech INS. manof us INS. was maad nakid oneli to waischyng.

 CAP. V.

And greet cry of the puple and of her wyues was maad aȝens her britheren Jewis. And there werenweren of hem IS. that seiden, Oure sones and oure douȝtrisdouȝtren IS. ben ful manye; take we wheete for the prijs of hem, and ete we, and lyue. AndAlso INS. there weren that seiden, Sette weSette we; to silling ether to lenyng to wed|dis. Lire here. C. forthforth to sale I. forth to selle NS. oure feeldis, and vyneris, and oure howsis, and take we wheetewheete to ete NS. in hungurthis hungur INS.. And othere menof hem IS. seiden, Take we money bi borewyngborewyng; for vsure. Lire here. C. inoblischinge us in IS. to theOm. IS. tri|butis of the kyng, and ȝyueȝyue we to him IS. oure feeldis and vynerisour vyners S.. And now as the fleischisbodies IS.fleischis; that is, as oure britheren in Babiloyne ben in turment, so and we here, and as here children ben seruauntis of hethen men, so oure children ben here boonde to Jewis. Lire here. C. of oure britheren benben maad thral I. ben made thral or nastid S., soriȝt so I. andOm. I. ourebe oure I. fleischisbodies IS. benOm. I.; and as benben in caitifte S. the sones of hem, soriȝt so I. andOm. I. ourebe oure I. sonesin caitiftee I marg. benOm. I.; lo! we han maad sugetOm. IS. oure sones and oure douȝ|trisdouȝtris sugettis IS. in to seruage, and seruauntississeruauntis N. Om. IS. benOm. IS. of oure douȝtrisdouȝtren ben maad seruauntessis I. douȝtren ben seruauntessis S., and we han not wherof thei moun be aȝenbouȝt; and othere men han in possessioun oure feeldis, and oure vyneris. And Y was ful wrooth, whanne Y hadde herde the cry of hem bi these wordis. And myn herte thouȝte with me, and Y blamede the principal menOm. IS. and magistratismais|tir men IS.; and Y seide to hem, AxeEche of ȝou axe IS. ȝe not vsurisvseris or encrece S., `ech manOm. IS. of ȝoure britheren. And Y gaderide togidire a greet cumpeny aȝens hem, and Y seide to hem, As ȝe witen, wewe haue I. bi oure power aȝenbouȝtenaȝenbouȝt I. oure britheren Jewis, that weren seeld to he|thene men; and ȝe therfornow IS. sillen ȝoure britheren, and schulen we aȝenbie hemhem of ȝou IS.? And thei holden silence, and founden not what thei schulen answere. And Y seide to hem, It is not good thing, whichthat IS. ȝe doon; whi goen ȝe not in the drede of oure God, and repreef be not seid to vs of hethene men, oure enemyes? Bothe Y and my britheren, and my children, han lent to ful many men monei and wheete; in comynin comyn; that is, consente we in comyn, that these thingis be not axid aȝen. Lire here. C. axe we not this aȝen; forȝyuebut forȝyue IS. we alien moneymoney or vsure IS., which is due to vsbi couenaunt I. marg. vs bi the graunt of hem that hiȝten it S.. ȜeldeAnd aȝen ȝelde IS. ȝe to hem to dai her feeldis, and her vyneris, her olyue places, and her housis; butand IS. rather ȝyue ȝe for hem botheOm. IS. the hundrid part `of moneyOm. BCEFHNPRUVX. of the monei K. of money and O. of wheete, of wyn, and of oile, which weȝe BCISV. weren wont tobi vse to S. take of hem. And thei seiden, We schulen ȝeldeȝelde tho godis to hem I. ȝelden her goodis to hem S., and we schulen axe no thing of hem; and we schulen do so as thou spekist. And Y clepide the preestis, and Y made hem toOm. I. swere, that thei schulden do aftir thatthis IS., that Y haddehaue IX. seid. FerthermoreAnd ferthermore IS. Y schookshoke or made empti S. my bosum, and Y seide, So God schake awei ech man, `that fillith not this wordOm. IS. fro his hows, and hisefro hise IS. trauelstrauels, that fulfillith not this word IS.; and be he schakun awei, and be he maad voide. And al the multitude seide, Amen; and thei herieden God. TherforAnd IS. the puple dide, as it was seid. ForsotheSothly IS. fro that dai in which the kyng hadde comaundid to me, that Y schulde be duyk in the lond of Juda, fro the twentithe ȝeer `til tovnto IS. the two and threttithe ȝeer of Artaxerses kyng, bithat is bi IS. twelue ȝeer, Y and my britheren eeten not sustenauncisthe sustenauncis IS., thatthe whiche I. which S. weren due to duykis. But the firste duykis, that weren bifor me, greuyden the puple, and tokenthei token I. of hem in breed, andOm. N. inOm. SX. wiyn, and inOm. S. monei, ech dai fourti siclis; butand IS. also her mynistris oppressiden the puple. ForsotheBut IS. Y dide not so, for the drede of God; but rather YI sugettide my self and Y IS. bildide in the werk of the wal, and Y bouȝte no feeld, and alle my children weren gaderidgatherid togidre with me IS. to theOm. IS. werk. Also `Jewis and the magistratis of hemOm. IS., an hundrid and fifti menmen [of S] Jewis and maistir men IS.; and thei that camen to me fro he|thene men, that ben in oure cumpas, werenweren etynge I. in my table. ForsotheAnd IS. biOm. I. ech dai oonan IS. oxe was maad redi to meme in myn houshold IS., sixeand sixe IS. chosun wetheris, outakun volatils, and withynne ten daies dyuerseI hadde dyuerse IS. wynes; and YOm. S. ȝaf many othere thingisthingis to diuers men IS.; ferther|more and Y axide not the sustenauncis of my duchee; for the puple was maad ful pore. My God, haue thou mynde ofon IX. me in to good, bi alle thingis whiche Y didehaue do IS. to this puple.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe it was doon, whanne Sana|ballath hadde herd, and Tobiealso Tobie IS., and Gosem of Arabie, and oure other enemyes, that Y hadde bildidebildide also up IS. the walwal of Jerusalem IS., andand that IS. nomore brek|yng was therynne; sotheliand IS. `til tovn to IS. to X. that tyme Y hadde not setset up IS. leeuysthe leeuys I. of schit|tyng inof IS. the ȝatis; Sanaballathand Sanballath IS., and Tobie, and Gosem of Arabie senten to me, and seiden, Come thouthou in to a feeld IS., and smyte we boond of pees in caluesvilagis S., `in o feeldOm. IS.; forsothecertis IS. thei thouȝten forOm. IS. to do yuel to me. Therfor Y sente messangeris to hem, and Y seide, Y make a greet werk, and Y mai not go doundoun therfro IS., lest perauenture it be doon retcheleslinecgligently IS., whanne Y come, and go doun to ȝou. SotheliAnd aftir this word I. And bi this word S. thei senten to me `bi this wordOm. IS. bi foure tymes, and Y an|sweride toOm. IS. hem by the formere word. And Sanaballath sente to me the fyuethe tyme bi the formere word his child; and he hadde in his hond a pistlelettere IS. writun in this maner; It is herd among hethene men, and Gosem seidehath seid IS., that thou and theOm. IS. Jewis thenken for to rebelle, and therfor ȝe bildenbilden the wal I. bilden the wal of Jerusalem S., and thouthat thou S. wolt `reise theeenhaunce thi self IS. king onupon IS. hemthe Jewis I. Jewis S.; for whichthe which I. cause also thou hast set profetis, thatwhiche IS. prechen of thee in Jerusa|lem, and seienOm. A., A king is in Jerusalem; the king schal here these wordis; therfor come thou now, that we take counselcounsel heroff IS. to|gidere. And Y sente to hem, and seide, It is not doon biaftir I. these wordis whichethat I. in which S. thou spekist; for of thinthin owne I. herte thou mak|ist these thingis. Alle these men maden vs aferd, and thouȝten that oure hondis schulden ceesse froof S. werkisoure werkis IS. her werkis X., thatand that IS. we schulden restereste fro bilding I. reste fro bildyng of Jerusalem S.; for which cause Y coum|fortide more myn hondhond therto I. honde in wirching S.. And Y entride priueli in to the hows of Samaie, sonethe sone IS. of Dalie, the sone of Methabehel, whichthe whiche I. seideseide to me IS., Trete wewe there S. with vsour S. silf in the hows of God, in the myddismyddil I. of the temple, and close we the ȝatis of the hows; for thei schulen come to sle thee, `and thei schulenȝhe and bi niȝt thei wil I. ȝea bi niȝt thei shuln S. come `bi niȝtOm. IS. to sle thee. And Y seide, Whether ony man lijklijk to IS. meliyk me; that is, tristinge so to God, as Y do. schal lyue; as if he seide, if ony man tristing so myche of Goddis de|fending, as Y do, fledde to the temple for mannus drede, God ouȝte take awey his liyf. Lire here. C. fleddehath fled for sich a thing I. hath fled for such a lawe S., and who as Y schal entre in to the temple, and schal lyuelyue or be sauid there IS.? Y schalwil I. not entreentre thidere I. entre thider to take grith S.. And Y vndurstoodhaue vndirstonde IS. that God `hadde not sentsente not IS. hymthis man I. this messager S., but `he spak as profesiynge to me; andOm. IS. Tobie and Sanaballath `had|den hiridhiriden IS. hym for meedemeede, and he hath spoke to me as propheciynge IS.. For he hadde taketake of hem IS. prijs, that Y schulde be aferd, and dodo her will IS., andOm. I. and thei enforsyn hem to proue S. that Y schuldeschulde so I. doOm. I. synnesynne aȝens God and the king in bildinge [of Jerusalem S] IS.; and theithat thei I. schuldenwolden I. hauein this haue IS. yuelyuel aȝens me I. yuel or quarel aȝens me S., which thei schuldenwolden I. putte to me with schenschip. Lord, haue mynde of me, forthat for IS. Tobye and Sanaballath, bihan troublid, and aftir her IS. siche werkis `of hemȝelde to hem IS.; but also ofhaue thou mynde of S. Noadie, the profete, and of othere profetis, that madenhan maad IS. me aferd. ForsotheAnd IS. the wal was fillidendid I. fillid or endid S. in the fyue and twen|tithe dai of the monethe Ebulof Ebul, that is, August I. of Ebul S.Ebul; Ebul is the sixte monethe anen|tis Ebreis, and it answerith in parti to oure August, and in party to Sep|tembre. Lire here. C., in two and fifti daies. SotheliAnd I. it was doon, whanne alle oure enemyes hadden herd, that alle hethene men dreddendredden us I. dredden of vs S., that weren in oure cumpas, and thei felden doun with ynne hem silf, and wistethei wisten I. thei wisten thanne S., that this work was maad of God. But also in tho daies many pistlislettris IS. of the principal men of Jewis weren sent to Tobie, and camencamen also IS. fro Tobie to hem. For many men weren in Judee, andthat IS. hadden his oothooth, that is, weren sworen to him I. ooth, and weren asurid to him bi ooth S.ooth; that is, bond of pees with him, con|fermed with an ooth. Lire here. C.; for he hadde weddid the douȝter of Sechenye, the sone of RotelRotel, a greet potes|tate S.; and Johannam, his sone, hadde take the douȝter of Mosallam, sonethe sone IS. of Barachie. ButAnd IS. also thei preisiden hymthis Tobie IS. bifor me, and telden myto me IS. wordisfeerful wordis S. toof IS. hym; and Tobie sente lettris, forOm. IS. to make me aferd.

 CAP. VII.

ForsotheAnd IS. aftir that the wal of Jerusa|lem was bildid, and Y hadde setset up IS. ȝatisthe ȝatis therof IS., and YOm. IS. hadde noumbrid portersthe porters IS., and syngeris, and dekenys, Y comaundide toOm. S. Aneny, my brother, and to Ananye, theOm. S. prince of the hows of Jerusalem; for hethis prince S. semyde a sothefast man, and dredynge God more than othere men diden; `and Y seide `to hemOm. S., The ȝatis of Jerusalem ben not openyd `til tovnto S. the heete of the sunne; and, whanne Y was ȝit present, the ȝatis weren closid, and lockid. And Y settidesett S. keperiskepers therof S. of the dwelleris of Je|rusalem, alle men bi her whiliswhilis or tymes I., and ech man aȝensforn aȝens IS. hishis owne IS. hows. SotheliAnd IS. the citee was ful brood and greet, and litil puple was in myddisthe myddis IS. therof, and housisthe housis IS. weren not bildidȝitt bildid IS.housis weren not bildid to enhabite, but hulkis and pentisis weren maad bisidis the wallis in the ynnere part, in whiche they myȝten abide for a litil tyme, til the citee were bildid. Lire here. C.. ForsotheAnd IS. God ȝafȝaue to me S. in myn herte, and Y gaderide togidere the prin|cipal menOm. IS., and magistratismaistir men IS., and the comyn puple, for to noumbre hem; and Y foond thea IS. book of the noumbre of hem, that hadden stiedstied up I. firstfirst fro the caitiftee IS.. And it was foundun writun ther ynne, These ben the sones of the prouynce, `that stiedenwhiche ȝeden up I. which stieden vp S. fro the cai|tifte of men passynge ouerouer fro Babiloyne to Jerusalem IS., whiche Nabu|godonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, hadde `translatid, etherOm. IS. led ouerouer into Babiloyne IS.; and thei that weren comun with Zorobabel turneden aȝen in to Jerusalem and in to Judee, ech man inOm. IS. to his citee; Josuethat is to wite, Josue I. that is to seie, Josue S., Neemye, Azarie, Raanye, Naanum, Mardochee, Bethsar, Mespharath, Beggaay, Naum, Baanaand Baana IS.. TheAnd the IS. noumbre of menthe men S. of the puple of IsraelIsrael is this IS.; the sones of Pharos, twoweren two IS. thousynde an hundrid and two and se|uenti; the sones of Saphaie, threweren thre S. hun|drid and two and seuenti; the sones of Area, sixeweren sixe S. hundrid and two and fifti; the sones of Phaeth Moab, of the sones of Josue and of Joab, twoweren two IS. thousynde eiȝte hundrid and eiȝtene; the sones of Helam, aweren a IS. thousynde eiȝte hundrid and foure and fifti; the sones of Ezecua, eiȝteweren eiȝte IS. hundrid and fyue and fourti; the sones of Zachai, seueneweren seuene IS. hundrid and sixti; the sones of Bennuy, sixeweren sixe IS. hundrid and eiȝte and fourti; the sones of Hebahi, sixeweren sixe IS. hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; the sones of Degad, twoweren two IS. thousynde thre hundrid and two and twenti; the sones of Azo|nicam, sixeweren sixe IS. hundrid and seuene and sixti; the sones of Bagoamy, twoweren two IS. thou|synde and seuene and sixti; the sones of Adyn, sixeweren sixe IS. hundrid and fiue and fifti; the sones of Azer, sonethe sone IS. of Eze|chie, eiȝteweren eiȝte IS and twenti; the sones of A|sem, threweren thre IS. hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; the sones of Bethsai, threweren thre IS. hundrid and foure and twenti; the sones of Areph, anweren an IS. hundrid and seuene and twenti; the sones of Zabaon, fyueweren fyue IS. and twenti; the men of Bethleem and of Necupha, anweren an IS. hundrid foure score and eiȝte; the men of Anatoth, anweren an IS. hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; the men of Bethamoth, twoweren two IS. and fourti; the men of Cariathiarym, of Ce|phura, and Berothof Beroth IS., seueneweren seuene IS. hundrid and thre and fourti; the men of Rama and of Gabaa, sixeweren sixe IS. hundrid and oon and twenti; the men of Machimas, twoweren two IS. hundrid and two and twenti; the men of Bethel and of Hay, anweren an IS. hundrid and thre and twenti; the men of the totheroother IS. Nebo, twoweren two IS. and fifti; the men of the totheroother IS. Helam, aweren a IS. thousynde two hundrid and foure and fifti; the sones of Arem, threweren thre IS. hundrid and twenti; the sones of Jerico, threweren thre IS. hundrid and fyue and fourti; the sones of Joiadid and Anonof Anon IS., seueneweren seuene IS. hundrid and oon and twenti; the sones of Senaa, threweren thre IS. thousynde nyne hundrid and thritti; preestis, the sones of Idaie, in the hous of Josua, nyneweren nyne IS. hundrid and foure and se|uenti; the sones of Emmer, aweren a IS. thousynde and two and fifti; the sones of Phassur, aweren a IS. thousynd twoand two K. hundrid and `seuene and fourtiseuenti and foure A pr. m. sixti and seuene A sec. m.; the sones of Arem, aweren a IS. thousynde and eiȝtene; dekenes, the sones of Josue and of Gadymel, sonesthe sones IS. of Odyna, foureweren foure S. and seuenti; syngeris, theof the IS. sones of Asaph, anweren an S. hundrid and seuene and fourti; por|teris, the sones of Sellum, sonesthe sones IS. of Ater, sonesthe sones IS. of Thelmon, sonesthe sones IS. of Accub, sonesthe sones IS. of Accita, sonesthe sones IS. of Sobai, anweren an IS hundrid and eiȝte and thretti; Nathynneis, sonesthe sones IS. of Soa, sonesthe sones IS. of Aspha, sonesthe sones IS. of Theba|oth, sonesthe sones IS. of Cheros, sonesthe sones IS. of Sicca, sonesthe sones IS. of Phado, sonesthe sones IS. of Lebana, sonesthe sones IS. of Aga|ba, sonesthe sones IS. of Selmon, sonesthe sones IS. of Anan, sonesthe sones IS. of Geddel, sonesthe sones IS. of Gaer, sonesthe sones IS. of Raaie, sonesthe sones IS. of Rasym, sonesthe sones IS. of Necuda, sonesthe sones IS. of Jezem, sonesthe sones IS. of Asa, sonesthe sones IS. of Phascha, sonesthe sones IS. of Besai, sonesthe sones IS. of Mynum, sones of Nephusym, sones of Bechue, sones of Acu|pha, sones of Assur, sones of Belloth, sones of Meida, sones of Arsa, sones of Berchos, sones of Sisara, sones of Thema, sones of Nesia, sones of Atipha, sones of the ser|uauntis of Salomon, sones of Sothai, sones of Sophoreth, sones of Pherida, sones of Jacala, sones of Dalcon, sones of Geddel, sones of Saphatie, sones of Atthal, theOm. IS. sones of Phetereth, `that waswhiche weren IS. borun of Abaim, sonethe sone IS. of Amon; alle Natynneis, and the sones of the seruauntis of Salo|mon, weren thre hundrid and two and twentiseuenti SX.. ForsotheAnd IS. these itthat suen IS. benben thei IS. that stiedenstieden up of the cuntrey IS., Dethemelof Dethemel IX pr. m. of Themel S., MelaOm. IS., Thelarsaof Thelarsa IS., Cherubof Cherub IS., Addoof Addo IS., and Emmerof Emmer IS., andthe whiche I. which S. myȝten not schewe the hows of her fadris, andne IS. her seed, whether thei weren ofof the lynage of IS. IsraelIsrael or no I. Israel or nay S.; the sones of Dalaie, the sones of Tobie, theOm. I. sones of Nethoda, sixeweren sixe IS. hundrid and two and fourti; and of prestisthe prestis IS., the sones of Abia, the sones of Achos, the sones of Berzellai, that took a wijf of the douȝtris of Berzellai of Galaad, and washe was IS. clepid bi the name of hem; thesethese men S. souȝten the scrip|ture of her genelogiegeneracioun IS., and foundenthei founden it IS. not, and werenthei weren therfore IS. cast out of presthod. And Athersata seide to hem, that thei schulden not eete of the hooli thingis of hooli men, tiltil that IS. a wijs prest `and lerudlerned EM. Om. IS. roosrise [ros S] up among the peple IS.. Al the multitude aswas as I. was gaderid togidre as S. o man, twoand ther weren of hem two S. and fourti thou|synde sixe hundrid and sixtisixti men IS., outakunwithoute I. theOm. I. seruauntis and handmaidishandmaidens IS. of hem, thatwhiche IS. weren seuene thousynde thre hun|drid and seuene and thretti; andOm. X. among the syngeris and syngeressissyngsteres I., sixeweren sixe IS. hun|drid and fyue and fourtifourti seruauntis and hondmaydens S.. The horsis of hem, sixeweren sixe IS. hundrid and sixe and thritti; the mulis of hem, twoweren two IS. hundrid and fyue and fourti; the camels of hem, foureweren foure IS. hundrid and fyue and thritti; the assis of hem, sixeweren sixe IS. thousynde eiȝte hundrid and thritti. ForsotheSothely IS. summe of the princes of meyneesthe meynees IS. ȝauen costis in to the werk of God; Athersata ȝaf in to the tresour, a thousynde dragmes of gold, fiftiand fifti S. viols, fyueand fyue IS. hundrid and thritti cootis of prestis. And of the prynces of meynees thei ȝauen in to the tresour of the werk, twenti thou|synde dragmes of gold, and two thousynde and two hundrid besauntis of siluer. And that that the residueremenaunt IS. puple ȝaf, twentiwas twenti IS. thousynde dragmes of gold, and two thou|synde besauntis of siluer, and seuene and sixti cootis of prestis. SotheliAnd IS. prestis, and dekenes, and porteris, and syngeris, and the residueremenaunt IS. puple, and Natynneis, and al Israel dwellidendwelliden there aftir IS. in her citees.

 CAP. VIII.

AndAnd whanne IS. the seuenthe monethemonethe of the feest of tabernaclis IS.this word synofegie is not in Ebreu, ne|ther is of the text, nether is vndurstondun for senofegie and the feste of tabernaclis is al oon, that was maad in the XV. day. Lire here. C. `was comunhad come IS. vndur Esdrasthe office of Esdras IS. and Neemyeof Neemye IS.; sotheli the sones of Israel weren in her cytees. And al the puple was gaderid togydere as o man, tointo IS. thea IS. street whichthat IS. is bifor the ȝate of watris. And thei seiden to Esdras, the scribewriter IS., that he schulde bryngebrynge forth IS. the book of the lawe of Moises, whichwhiche lawe IS. the Lord hadde comaundid to Israel. TherforTherfor in the firste day of the seuenthe monthe IS. Esdras, the preest, brouȝtebrouȝte forth IS. the lawe bifor the multitude of men and of wymmen, and bifor allealle men IS. that myȝten vndurstondevndirstonde it IS., `in the firste day of the seuenth monetheOm. IS.. And heOm. S. redde in it opynli in the street that was bifor the ȝate of watris, fro the morewtid `til tovnto IS. myddai, in the siȝt of men and of wymmen and of wise men; and the eeris of al the puple weren reisidreisid up IS. to the bookbook to here the lawe S.. ForsotheAnd IS. Esdras the writere stood on thea S. grees of tree, whichthat I. he hadde maad to speke theronupon I. vpon to the peple S.; and Mathatie, and Semma, and Ananye, and Vrie, and El|chie, and Maasie stoden bisidis hym at his riȝt half; and Phadaie, Mysael, and Mel|chie, Assum, and Aseph, Dana, and Za|charie, and Mosollam stoden at the left half. And Esdras openyde the bookbook of Goddis lawe S. bifor al the puple; for hehe stondyng on the greece S. apperide ouer al the puple; and whanne he hadde openyd the book, al the puple stoodstood to here I.. And Esdras blesside the Lord God with greet vois; and al the puple answeride, Amen, Amenthat is, be it doon, be it doon, K marg., reisyngereisynge up IS. her hondis. And thei weren bowid, and thei worschipiden God, lowli onupon I. the erthe. ForsotheAnd IS. Josue, and Baany, and Serebie, Jamynand Jamyn IS., Acub, Septhai, Odia, Maasie, Celitha, Aȝarie, Jozabeth, Anan, Phallaie, dekenes, maden silence in the puple for to here the lawe. SotheliAnd IS. the puple stood in her degree. And theiprestis S. redden in the book of Goddis lawe dis|tinctli, `ether atreetatreed A. Om. I. or atreet S., and opynli toto be IS. vndur|stondevndurstonde it I.; `and thei vndurstodenOm. I. and men vnderstode it S., whanne it was redther redde S.. ForsotheAnd IS. Neemye seideOm. IS., he isis clepid IS. AthersataAthersata seide IS., and Esdras, the preest and writere, and the dekenes, expownyngeexpowninge the lawe IS. to al the puple, ItThis IS. is a dai halewid to `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS.; nyle ȝe mornenow morne S., and nyle ȝe wepeTo mourne and wepe in the holi day, is to consent to synne, which is cause of mourn|yng and wep|ing. S.. ForSothly IS. al the puple wepte, whanne it herde the wordis of theGoddis S. lawe. And heNeemye I. the preist S. seide to hem, Go ȝe, and `ete ȝeetith S. fatte thingis, and drynke ȝe wiyn `maad swete with honyor meeth I. or water maad swete with hony S., and sende ȝe partispart therof I. part of ȝour mete and drynke S. to hem, that madenhan IS. not rediwherof to make redi S. to hem silf, for it is an hooli dai of the Lord; `nyle ȝe be sorytherfor be ȝe not sory I. nyle ȝe now therfor be sori S., forSothly IS. the ioyeioie; that is, goostly ioye, bi which ȝe owen to haue ioye in the Lord in this solemp|nyte, is ȝoure coumfort, mak|inge ȝou stronge to goodnesse. Lire here. C. of the Lord is ȝoure strengthe. SotheliAnd IS. the dekenes maden silence in al the puple, and seidenthei seiden IS., Be ȝe stille, for itthis IS. is an hooli dai, and `nyle ȝe make sorewemake ȝe no sorewe I.. TherforThanne I. al the puplemultitude IS. ȝede for to ete, and drynke, and to sende partispartis therof to the nedy I. part therof to pore men S., and `to makethei maden IS. greet gladnesse; for thei vndurstoden the wordisTo a feithful man the ioye of the Lord is to vnderstonde his lawe, and do therafter. S.wordis of Goddis lawe S., whichethat I. hethe techere S. hadde tauȝt hem. And in the secound dai the princes of meynees, alleand alle IS. theOm. S. puplis, prestis, and dekenes, weren gaderid to|gidere to Esdras, the writere, that he schulde expowne to hem the wordis of the lawe. And thei foundun writun in the lawe, that the Lord comaundide `in the hondhond or bi the doyng S. of Moyses, that the sones of Israel dwelledwelle stille IS. in tabernaclisthe tabernaclis I. her tabernaclis S. in the solempne dai, in the seuenthe moneth; and that thei preche, and pupplische a vois in alle her citees, and in Jerusalem; and seie, Go ȝe out in to the hil, and brynge ȝe bowis of olyuethe olyue tree IS., and bowis of the faireste tree, the bowis of a myrtemirre S. tree, and the braunchis of aOm. IS. palm treetrees IS., and the bowis of a `tree ful of wodewody tree IS., that tabernaclis be maadmaad of the bowis IS., as it is writun. AndOm. S. al the puple ȝede out, and thei brouȝtenbrouȝten with hem bowis IS., and madenthei maden IS. to hem silfOm. S. tabernaclis, `ech man inOm. S. `his hows roofher hilid place I. Om. S., and inOm. S. her stretis, `ether forȝerdisOm. IS., and in the large placisstreet IS. of Goddis hows, and in the street of the ȝate of watris, and in the street of the ȝate of Effraym. Ther|for al the chirchethat is, the congregacioun of iust folk I marg. chirche, that is, the gaderyng togidre S. of hem, that camen aȝentogidre S. fro caytiftethe caitifte S., mademade to hem silf S. tabernaclis, and thei dwelliden in tabernaclistho tabernaclis IS.. ForCertis IS. the sones of Israel hadden not do siche thingis fro the daies of Josue, sonethe sone IS. of Nun, `til tovnto IS. that dai; and ful greet gladnesse waswas there among hem I. was ther among the peple S.. ForsotheAnd IS. Esdras radde in the book of Goddis lawe bi alle daiesdayes of the solempnite S., fro the firste dai `til tovnto IS. to X. the laste dai; and thei maden solempnyteethe solemnytee S. bi seuene daies, and in the eiȝte dayday bi custom IS. thei maden a gaderynga gadering; thas is, for ne|cessaries of the temple. Lire here. C. of siluersiluer to do withal charitable werkis after the lawe S., `bi the cus|tomOm. IS..

 CAP. IX.

ForsotheSothely IS. in the foure and twentithe dai of this monethe, the sones of Israel camen togidere in fastyngfastyngis IS., and in sackis, and `erthe wasther was erthe I. thei castiden erthe S. onupon IS. hemhem silf S.. And the seedlynage IS. of the sones of Israel was de|partid fro ech alien soneman IS.. And thei stodenstoden up IS. bifor the Lord, and knoulechi|den her synnes, and the wickidnessis of her fadris. And theiand they; that is, dekenes. Lire here. C. risidenresen I. risen EL. togidere to stondestonde bifore the Lord S.; and thei redden in the book of the lawe of `her Lord Godthe Lord her God IS. fouresithis in the dai, and fouresithis in the niȝt; thei knoulechiden, and he|rieden `her Lord Godthe Lord her God IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. `thei risiden on the degree, of dekenesOm. IS., Jesuy, and Bany, Cedynyeland Cedynyel IS., Remmy, Abanyand Abany IS., Sarabie, Bany, andOm. I. ChananyChanany residen up [to reed Goddis lawe S] upon the degree of dekenes IS.. `And the dekenes crieden with grete vois to her Lord GodOm. IS.. AndAnd the dekenes S. Jesue, and Cedy|niel, Bonny, Assebie, Serebie, Arabie, Odaie, Sebua, and FacaiaFacaia, dekens, crieden with gret voice to the Lord her God, and I. Facaia crieden with a greet voice to the Lord her God, and S., seiden, Rise ȝe, and blesse ȝe `ȝoure Lord Godthe Lord ȝoure God IS. fro without bigynnyng and til in to with outen ende; and blesseLord, blesse IS. thei the hiȝe name of thi glorie in al blessyng and preysyng. And Esdras seidethis word and Esdras seide, is not in Ebreu, nether is of the text, for it is not the word of Esdras aloone, but also of othere men knoulechinge that God is cre|atoure of alle heuenly thingis and erthely thingis. Lire here. C., Thou thi silf, Lord, art aloonealone God S.; thou madist heuene and the heuene of heuenes, and al the oostoost; that is, sterris and liȝtis. Lire here. C. of tho heuenesOm. I.; thou madist the erthe and alle thingis that ben there ynne; `thou madistand I. and thou madist S. the sees and alle thingis that ben in thohem IS.; and thou quikenyst alle these thingis; and the oostoost; for aun|gels worsche|pen God bi propir wor|schip, and sterris and liȝtis worschepen him, bi wor|schip seid largely, in as myche as bi the ȝiftis of her liȝtis, the good|nesse and wis|dom of God is knowun, and bi this reson|able creaturis ben stirrid to worschipe God bi propir wor|schip. Lire here. C. of heuene worschipith thee. Thou thi silf art the Lord God, that chesidist Abram, and leddist hym out of the fier of Caldeis, and settidistthou settidist I. thou settidest or clepidist S. his name Abraham; and foundistthou foundist IS. his herte feithful bifor thee, and thou hast smyte with hym a boond of pees, thatand S. thou woldist ȝyue to hym the lond of Cananei, of Ethei, of Euey, andOm. I. of Ammorrei, and of Pherezei, and of Je|buzei, and of Gergesei, thatand that IS. thou woldist ȝyue it to his seed; and thou hast fillidfulfil|lid IS. thi wordis, for thou art iust. And thou hast seyn the turment of oure fadris in Egipt, and thou herdist the cry of hem onupon IS. the reed see. And thou hast ȝoue signestokens IS. and grete wondris in Farao, and in alle hise seruauntis, and in al the puple of that lond; for thou knowist, that theimen of Egipt IS. diden proudli aȝens oure fadris; andand in the destruccioun of Farao and his seruauntis S. thou madist to thee a namegloryous name IS., as also in this daiday it is knowe S.. And thou departidist the see bifor hemthi peple IS., and thei passiden thorou the `myd|dis of the seeOm. IS. in thea IS. drie place; forsotheand IS. thou castidist doun the pursueris of hem intovnto S. depthethe depthe BCISV., as a stoon in strong watris. And in a piler of cloude thou were the ledere of hem bi dai, and in a piler of fier bi nyȝt, that the weie, bi which thei en|triden, schulde appere to hem. Also thou camest doun atto I. fro hence to S. the hil of Synai, and spakistthou spakist IS. withthere with S. hemoure fadris IS. fro heuene, and thou ȝauest to hem riȝtful domes, and the lawe of trewthe, cerymonyesand cerymonyes S., and goode co|maundementisheestis IS. And thou schewidist to hem an halewid sabat; and thou co|maundidist `to hemOm. IS. comaundementisthin heestis to hem IS., and cerymonyesthi cerymonyes IS., and lawethi lawe IS., in the hond of Moises, thi seruaunt. AlsoAnd IS. thou ȝauest to hem breed froof A. to HU pr. m. heuene in her hungur; and thou leddist out of the stoon watirwatris S. to hem thirstinge; and thou seidist to hem, that thei schulden entre, and haue in pos|sessioun thea good S. londof bihest I marg., onupon IS. whichthe which I. lond thou reisidistresidist up I. thin hond, that thou schuldist ȝyue itOm. FGHMX. to hem. ButBut ȝit I. `thei andOm. I. that peple and S. oure fa|dris diden proudliproudli aȝens thee S., and madenthei maden IS. hard her nollis, and herdenthei herden IS. not thi comaunde|mentishestis IS.. And thei noldenwolden not I. here; and thei hadden not mynde ofon plures. thi merueils, which thou haddist do to hem; and thei maden hard her nollis; and thei ȝauen theher IS. heedheed takinge counsel togidre I. heed takinge togidre wickid counsel S., thatso that S. thei `weren alwolden be I. turnedturned awei togidre I. togidre turned S. to her seruage as bi strijf; but thou art GodOm. IS. helpfulan helpful God IS., meke, and merciful, abidynge longe, `ether pacientOm. IS., and of myche mer|ciful doyng, and forsokistthou forsakist IS. not hem; and sotheliOm. IS. whanne thei hadden maad to hem a ȝotun calf, as bi strijf, and hadden seid, This is thi GodGod, Israel IS., that `ledde thee out of Egipt, and thei diden grete blasfemyesblasfemye to thin name S.. But thouthou, Lord S. in thi many mercyes leftistleftist or forsokist S. not hemhem herfor S. in deseert; for a piler of cloude ȝede not awei fro hem bi the dai, that it schulde lede hem in to the weieweie wheder thei weren to go S.; and athe S. piler of fier ȝede not awei `fro hemOm. I. bi nyȝt, that it schulde schewe to hem the weie, bi which thei schulden entre. And thou ȝauest to hem thi good Spirit, that tauȝte hem; and thou forbedist not thin aungelsaungel S. mete fro her mouth, and thou ȝauest to hem water in thirsther thirst IS.. Fourti ȝeer thou feddist hem in deseert, and no thing failide to hemhem al that tyme S.; her clothisclothing I. wexiden not eldeolde IS., and her feet weren not hirt. And thou ȝauest to hem rewmes, and pu|plis; and thou departidist lottis, `ether eritagisOm. I., to hem, and thei hadden in pos|sessioun the lond of Seon, and the lond of the kyng of Esebon, and the lond of OgOm. IS., kyngthe kyng IS. of Basan. And thou multi|pliedist the sones of hem, as the sterris of heuenethe firmament I.; and thou brouȝtist hem to the lond, of which thou seidist to her fadris, that thei schulden entre, and holde it in possessioun. And the sones of Israel camencomen thidere IS., and haddenthei hadden IS. thethat IS. lond in posses|sioun; and bifor hem thou madist lowlow [the S] men of Chananye IS. theOm. IS. dwellers of thethat I. lond, CananeisOm. I.; and thou ȝauest hem in to the hondis of the sones of Israel, and the kyngis of hem, and the puplis of the lond, that thei diden to hem, as it pleside hem. And thei token citeesher citees IS. maadwhiche weren maad IS. strongand also IS., and fatfat or plentuous S. erthe; and thei hadden in possessioun housis fulle of alle goodis, cisternesand cisternes IS. maad of othere men, vinerisand vineris IS., and places of olyues, and many apple trees. And thei eeten, and weren fillidfulfillid IS., and weren maad fat; and haddenin thi greet goodnesses [goodnesse S] thei hadden IS. plentee of ritchessis `in thi greet good|nesse. SotheliAnd ȝit IS. thei terriden thee to wrathfulnesse, and ȝedenwenten I. awei fro thee, and castidenthei castiden IS. awei thi lawe bihynde her backisbak IS.; and thei killiden thi prophetis, that witnessiden to hem, that thei schul|den turne aȝen to thee; and thei diden grete blasfemyes. And thou ȝauest hem in to the hond of her enemyes; and thei turmentiden hem; and in the tyme of her tribulacioun thei crieden to thee; and thou herdist them fro heuyn, and bi thi many merciful doyngis thou ȝauest hemto hem plures. sauy|ours, that sauyden hem fro the hond of her enemyes. And whanne thei hadden restid, thei turneden aȝen to do yuel in thi siȝt; and thou forsokist hem in the hond of her enemyes, and enemyes hadden hem in possessioun; andthan S. thei weren con|uertidturned aȝen I. turned aȝen to thee S., and theiOm. IS. crieden to thee; forsotheand IS. thou herdist hem fro heuene, andand in thi mercy doyng thou IS. dely|ueridistdelyueryst AC. hem `in thi merciesOm. IS. inbi IS. many tymes. And thou witnessidist to hem, that thei schulden turne aȝen to thi lawe; but thei diden proudli, and herden not thin heestis, and synnedenthei synneden IS. in thi domes, whichethe whiche domes I. which domes S. athe S. man that schal dodo hem IS. schal lyue in tho; andbut I. but here aȝens S. thei ȝauen theher IS. schuldre goyngeand ȝeden IS. awei, and thei maden hard her nolnollis and wolden not obei to thi domes S.. And thou drowist along many ȝeeris onupon IS. hemhem, suffryng hem S., and thou witnessidist to hem in thi Spirit bi the hondhonde or sonde I. honde or tellynge S. of thi pro|phetisprofetis that thei weren lawe brekers S.; and thei herdenherden hem IS. not; andand therfor IS. thou ȝauest hem in to the hond of theOm. IS. puplis of londisstrange londis IS.. But in thi merciesOm. IS. ful manyemanye merciful doyngis IS. thou madist not hem into be in IS. to wastyng, ne|thir thou forsokist hem; forsothely IS. thou art God of merciful doynges, and meke. Now ther|for, oure Lord God, greet God, strong, and ferdfulstidefast IS., kepynge couenaunt and merci, turne thou not awei thi faceface fro vs S. in al the trauel that foondhath found IS. vs, oureand oure IS. kyngis, and oure princes, and oure fadris, and oure preestis, and oure profetis, and al thi pu|ple, fro the daies of kyng Assur til to this daipresent tyme IS.. And thouLord, thou IS. art iust in alle thingis, that camen onto IS. vs, forfor euer S. thou didist trewthe to vs; butand IS. we han do wickidliwickidli aȝens thee IS.. OureAnd oure IS. kyngis, and oure princes, oureand oure IS. prestis, and fadrisoure fadris IS. `diden nothan not don IS. thi lawe; and thei perseyueden not thin heestis and witness|yngisthi witnessyngis IS., whichethat I. thou witnessidisthast witnessid IS. in hemthin hestis IS.. And thei in her good rewmes, and in thi myche goodnesse, which thou ȝauesthast ȝoue IS. to hem, and in the largestful large I. lond and fat, whych thou haddist ȝoue in the siȝt of hem, serueden not thee, nether turneden aȝen fro her werste studies. LoLo! therfore IS.! we `vs silfoure self EILPS. ben thrallis to dai; and the londlond also I. whichthat IS. thou ȝauesthast ȝouen IS. to oure fadris, that thei schulden ete the breed therof, and the goodis that ben therof, `is thralOm. I.; and we `vs silfoure self EILPS. ben thrallis, `ethir boonde menOm. CIS., in that lond. And the fruytis therof ben multiplied to kyngis, whichethat I. thou hast set onupon IS. vs for oure synnes; and thei ben lordis of oure bodies, and of oure beestis, bi her wille, and we ben in greet tribulacioun.

 CAP. X.

Therfor on alle these thingisthingis; that is, synnes passid to be eschewid outirly. Lire here. C. we `vs silfoure self E pass. L pass. S pass. smytenmaken IS. and writen boonda boond IS. of pees, andbitwixe the Lord our God and vs and S. oure princes, oureand oure IS. dekenes, and oure prestis aseelenaseelen it I. aseelen this obligacioun on our side S.. ForsotheAnd IS. the seeleris weren Neemye, Athersatathat is, Athersata I. that is clepid Athersata S., the sone of Achilai, and Sedechie, Saraie, Azarie, Je|remye, Phasur, Amarie, Melchie, Accus, Sebenye, Mellucarem, Nerymuth, Oddie, Danyel, Genton, Baruc, Mosollam, Abia, Mianymy, Mazie, Belga, and Semeie; these weren prestis. ForsotheAnd the IS. dekenes weren Josue, the sone of Azarie, Bennuyand Benny S., of the sones of Ennadab, Cedinyelweren Cydyniel S., and hise bri|theren, Sethenye, Odenmye, Telita, Pha|laie, Anam, Myca, Roob, Asebie, Zaccur, Serebie, Sabanye, Odias, Bany, Hamynand Hamyn IS.. TheAnd the IS. heedischeef men I. heedis men S. of the puple, Phetosweren Phetos IS., Moab, Elam, Zecu, Banny, Bonny, Azgad, Be|bay, Donai, Bogoia, Adyn, Ather, Azo|chie, Azur, Odenye, Assuyn, Bessaie, Ares, Anatoth, Nebai, Methpie, Mosollam, Azir, Meizabel, Sadoch, Reddua, Pheltie, Ana|nye, Osee, Anaie, Azub, Aloes, Phaleam, Sobeth, Reu, Asebyne, Mathsie, Ethaie, Anam, Mellucarem, Baana; and othere of the puple, prestisand preestis IS., dekenesand dekenes IS., porteris, and syngeris, Natynneisand Natynneis C. tho ben suddekns E et L marg., and alle men that departiden hem silf fro thehethen IS. puplispeple S. of londisothere londis I. diuers londis S. toturnynge to I. and camen to S. the lawe of God, the wyues of hem, andOm. S. `the sones of hem, and the douȝ|tris of hemOm. I.; alleand alle S. that myȝten vndur|stonde, bihetyngemaden bihetynge IS. for her britheren, theand the S. principal men of hem, `and theiOm. S. that camencamen thidere IS. to biheete, and to swere, thatbihotiden and sworen that S. thei schulden go in the lawe of the Lord, which he `hadde ȝoueȝaf IS. bi the hond of Moyses, his seruaunt, thatand that IS. thei schulden do and kepe alle the heestis of `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS., and hise domes, and hise cery|monyes; andalso we sworen that S. that we schulden not ȝyue oure douȝtris to thehethen IS. puple of the lond, and that we schulden not take her douȝ|tris to oure sones. AlsoAlso we sworen that if IS. the puplispeple IS. of the lond, `that bryngen in thingis set to sale, and alle thingis to vss, bibrynge yn bi I. bryng ynne among vs bi S. the dai of sabat, for to sillesille thingis sett to sale and alle thingis perteynynge to vss IS., we schulen notnot in ony wise IS. taketake ony thing IS. of hem in the sabatsabat dai IS., and in athe IS. dai halewidthat is halewed I. that is halwede bi the lawe of God S.; andand also IS. we schulen leeueleeue or relesse IS.leeue; with out tilthe and sowing and gadering. ax|yng; that is, releesse dettis, and delyuere Ebrew ser|uauntis. Lire here. C. the se|uenthe ȝeer, and theOm. IS. axynge of al hondmaner hoond of dett I. hond and of ech dettour S.. AndAnd also S. we schulen ordeyneordeyne upon us IS. comaunde|mentis `on vsOm. IS., thatthat bi ech ȝeer IS. we ȝyue the thridde part of a sicle `bi the ȝeerOm. IS. to the werk of `oure Lord Godthe Lord our God S., toand to IS. the looues of settyng|forth, and to the euerlastynge sacrificebrent sacrifice S., `and in to brent sacrifice euerlastyngewhich sacrifices S., into be offrid in I. shuln be offrid in S. sabatis, inand in I. calendisthe firste daies of the monethis IS., `that is, bigynnyngis of monethisOm. IS., inand in IS. solempnytees, inand in IS. halewid daies, and for synne, that `me preiemen preie HMX. preier be maad IS. for Israel, andand be that moneth putt I. and be the forseide moneth put S. in to al the vss of the hows of oure God. `Therfor we sentenAlso we castiden S. Om. I. `lottis on the offryng of treesOm. I., bitwixeAlso bitwixe I. prestis and dekenes and the puplepuple we castiden lottis on the offryng of trees I., that tho schulden be brouȝt in to the hows of oure God, bi the housismeynees IS. of oure fadris biin certeyn IS. tymes, fro the tymes of a ȝeer `til tosufficient unto IS. til X. a ȝeer, that `tho schuldenthilke wode schulde I. that wode shulde S. brenne onupon IS. the auter of `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS., as it is writun in the lawe of Moyses; and that we bringe the firste gen|drid thingis of oure lond, and the firste fruytis of al fruyt of ech tree, fro ȝeer in to ȝeer, in to the hows of the Lord, and the firste gendridgoten I. thingis of oure sones, and of oure beestisbeestis, brynge we thider S., as it is writun in the lawe, and the firste gendridgoten I. thingis of oure oxisoxen IS., and of oure scheep, that tho be offrid in the hows of oure God, to prestisthe preestis S. that mynystrenseruen IS. in the hows of oure God; andand also I. and al S. we schulen brynge the firste fruytis of oure metis, and of oure moiste sacrifices, and the applisfruytis S. of ech tre, and ofthe fruytis of IS. vendage, and of oile, tothese shuln be brouȝt to S. `prestis, atOm. IS. the treserie of the LordLord, and [ȝouen S] to prestis IS., and the tenthe part of oure lond towe schul ȝiue to I. dekenes; thilke dekenes schulen take tithis of alle the citees of oure werkis. SotheliAnd IS. a prest, the sone of Aaron, schal be with the de|kenes in the tithis of dekenes; and the dekenes schulen offre the tenthetithe IS. part of her tithe in the hows of oure GodGod to prestis I. Lord to preestis S., `at the tresorie, in the hows of tresourOm. I.. ForAnd IS. the sones of Israel and the sones of Leuy schulen bryngebrynge thidere I. the firste fruytis of wheete, of wiyn, and of oileoyle to thilk place S.; and halewid vessels schulen be there, and prestis, and syngeris, and porteris, and mynystrismynystris also IS.; and wethei IS. schulen not forsake the hows of `oure Godthe Lord I. our Lord, absenting hem thens S..

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe the princis of the puple dwell|iden in Jerusalem; theand the IS. principalthe princi|pal; this re|soun is not in Ebreu, nether is of the text, to this word with out lot be passid; also this resoun the tenthe part and so forth til thidir was void, is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. men dwelliden in the myddis of the puple with out lotlot of ony part limytid to hem IS.; but the residueremenaunt IS. puplepuple, that schulde dwelle in Jerusalem, the hooly citee IS. sente lot, for to take o part of ten, `whiche schulden dwelle in Jerusalem, in the hooli citeeOm. IS.; thefor the IS. tenthe part of the puple iswas IS. chosun for to dwelle in Jerusalem, for the citee was voidevoide of dwellers S.; forsotheand IS. the nyne partis dwelliden in citeesothere citees IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. the puple blesside alle men, that profriden hem silf bi fre wille to dwelle in Jerusalem. And so these ben the princes of prouyncethat prouynce I. the prouince S., that dwelliden in Jerusalem, and in the citees of Juda; sothelyand IS. ech man dwellide in his possessioun, in her citees of Israel, prestisthat is, prestis IS., dekenes, Nathynneis, and the sones of the seruauntis of Salomon. And men of the sones of Juda, and of the sones of Ben|iamyn dwelliden in Jerusalem; of the sones of Juda, Athaie, the sone of Aziam, sone of Zacarie, sone of Amarie, sone of Saphie, sone of Malaleel; of the sones of Phares, Amasie, the sone of Baruch, theOm. IS. sone of Colozay, theOm. IS. sone of Azie, theOm. IS. sone of Adaie, theOm. IS. sone of Jozarib, theOm. IS. sone of Zacarie, theOm. IS. sone of Salonytes; alle the sones of Phares, that dwelliden in Jerusalem, weren foure hundrid eiȝteand eiȝte C. and sixti, stronge men. SotheliAnd IS. these ben the sones of Beniamyn; Sellum, the sone of Mosollam, theOm. IS. sone of Joedi, theOm. IS. sone of Sadaie, theOm. IS. sone of Colaie, theOm. IS. sone of Masie, theOm. IS. sone of Ethel, theOm. IS. sone of Saie; and aftir hymhym dwelliden there IS. Gabai, Sellai, nynti and eiȝte and twentitwenti men IS.; and Johel, the sone of Zechri, was the souereyn of hem, and Judas, the sone of Semyna, was the se|counde man onupon IS. the citeecitee of Jerusalem IS.. And of prestis; Idaie, sonethe sone IS. of Joarib, Jachyn, Saraie, theOm. IS. sone of Helchie, theOm. IS. sone of Mossollam, theOm. IS. sone of Sadoch, theOm. IS. sone of Meraioth, theOm. IS. sone of Achitob, `the princisthes weren princis IS. of `Goddis howsthe hous of God IS., and her britheren, makynge the werkis of the temple, weren eiȝte hundrid and two and twenti. And Adaie, the sone of Jeroam, theOm. IS. sone of Pheler, theOm. IS. sone of Amsi, theOm. IS. sone of Zacarie, theOm. IS. sone of Phessur, theOm. IS. sone of Melchie, and the britheren of hem, theOm. IS. princes of fadris, weren two hundrid and two and fourti. And Amasie, the sone of Azrihel, theOm. IS. sone of Azi, theOm. IS. sone of Mosollamoth, theOm. IS. sone of Semyner, and her britheren, ful myȝti men, weren an hundrid and eiȝte and twenti; and the souereyn of hem was Zebdiel, the sone ofof cosyn of S. myȝty men. And of dekenes; Sechenye, the sone of Azab, the sone of Azarie, the sone of Azabie, the sone of Bone, and Sabathai; and Jozabed was ordened of the princes of dekenes, onupon IS. alle the werkis that werenweren don I. with out forth in Goddis hows. And Mathanye, the sone of Mycha, theOm. IS. sone of Zebdai, theOm. IS. sone of Asaph, was princeprince in Goddus hous IS., to herieherie God S. and toOm. I. knowlecheknow|leche to him IS. in preierpreier in hise merciful doyngis S.; and Bethechie was the secounde of hise britheren, and Abdie, the sone of Sammya, theOm. IS. sone of Galal, theOm. IS. sone of IditumIditum, weren the dekenes S.. Alle the dekenes in the hooli citeecitee Jerusalem I. citee of Jerusalem S., weren two hundrid andOm. plures. foure score and foure. And the por|teris, Accub, Thelmon, and the britheren of hem, that kepten the dorisdoris of the temple IS., weren an hundrid `and two and seuentifour score and two S.. And othere men of Israel, prestis, and dekenes, in alle the citees of Juda, ech man in his posses|sioun. And Natynneis, that dwelliden in Ophel, andin S. Siacha, andin S. GasphaGaspha hadden her possessioun IS.; ofAnd of IS. And K. Natynneis. Andand of BIS. bischopisbischop plures.bischopis; in Ebreu it is, and souereyns of dekenes, for prestis aloone weren bischops bi propir speche, and hadden aboue hem onely oon hiȝeste bischop; therfor this Azi is seid here bischop of de|kenes, bi large speche, in as myche as he was souereyn of hem; for a bischop is seid, as hauynge cure aboue othere men. Lire here. C. of dekenesthe dekenes IS. in Jerusalem; Aziweren Azi IS., the sone of Bany, the sone of Asabie, the sone of Mathanye, the sone of Mychee. Of the sones of Asaph, syngerisweren syngeris IS. in the seruyce of Goddis hows. For the comaundementheest IS. of the kyng was onupon IS. hemhem, that thei shulden be syngers S., and ordrean ordre IS. was in syngeris bi alle daies; and Aphataie, the sone of Mo|sezehel, of the sones of Zara, sonethe sone IS. of Juda, in the hondin the hond; that is, bi the ordenaunce of the kyng. Lire here. C. of the kyngking or bi the heest of him S., bi ech word of the puplepeple dide his office S.; and in the housis bi alle the cuntreis of hem. Of the sones of Juda dwelliden in Cariatharbe, and in the vilagis therof, and in Dibon, and in the vilagis therof, and in Capseel, and in theOm. I. townes therof; and in Jesue, and in Molada, and in Bethpheleth, and in Asersual, and in Bersabee, and inOm. S. the vilagis therof; and in Sicheleg, and in Mochone, and in theOm. S. vilagis therof; and in Remmon, and in Sara, and in Jerymuth, Zonochain Zonoche IS., Odol|lamin Odollam IS., and in the townes `of thotherof IS.; in Lachis, and in the cuntreiscuntrei A pr. m. et plures. therof; in Azecha and thein the IS. vilagis therof; andalso S. theithei of Juda I. the sones of Juda S. dwelliden in Bersabee `til tovnto IS. the valei of Ennon. For|sotheAnd IS. the sones of Beniamyn dwelliden in Areba, Mechynasin Mechynas IS., and Aiain Aia IS., and Bethein Bethel IS. and vilagisin the vilagis IS. therof; in Anatoth, Nobin Nob IS., Ananyain Ananya IS., Asorin Asor IS., Ramain Rama IS., Jethaymin Jethaym IS., Adidin Adid IS., Soboymin Soboym IS., Nebollalothin Nebollaloth IS., and in Onam, the valei of crafti men. And of dekenesthe dekenes I., `the porciounsOm. IS.porciouns; that is, summe of the lynage of Leuy dwell|iden with out Jerusalem in euer either part, that is, in the part of Juda, and in the part of Beniamyn, for they hadden no propir part assigned to hem. Lire here. C. of Juda and ofOm. S. BeniamynBeniamyn thes weren the porciouns IS..

 CAP. XII.

SotheliCertis IS. these weren prestisthe prestis IS. and de|kenes, that stiedenstieden up I. stieden vp into Jerusalem and into Juda S. with Zorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and with Josue; Saraie, Jeremye, Esdras, Amarie, Melluch, Accus, Sechenye, Reum, Merymucth, Addo, Je|thon, Myomyn, Abia, Meldaa, Belga, Se|meie, and Joarib, Adaie, Sellum, Amoe, Elceia, and JadieJadie, in the daies of Josue IS.; these weren the princes ofand [of S] the bretheren of IS. prestis `and her britheren, in the daies of JosueOm. IS.. CertisAnd I. Om. S. dekenesOm. IS.; Jesua, Ben|nuy, Cedynyel, Serabie, Juda, MathanyeMathanye, thes weren dekens IS., `weren ouer theand thei and her bretheren weren souereyns ouer the IS. ympnes, `thei and her britherenOm. IS.; and Bezechie, and Ezanny, and the britheren of hem, ech man in his officeoffice had his charge S.. SotheliAnd IS. Josue gendridegaat I. Joachym, and Joachym gendridegaat I. Eliasib, and Elia|sib gendridegaat I. Joiada, and Joiada gendridegaat I. Jonathan, and Jonathan gendridegaat I. Jed|daia. ForsotheAnd IS. in the daies of Joachym werenOm. I. these weren S. prestisthe prestis IS., and princisthe princis IS. of meyneesthe meynes S. of prestis, Saraieweren Saraie I., Amarie, Jeremye, Ana|nye, Esdre, Mosollam, Amarie, Johannam, Mylico, Jonathan, Sebenye, Joseph, Aram, Edua, Maraioth, Elchie, Addaie, Zacharie, Genthon, Mosollam, Abie, Zecherie, Mya|myn, andOm. I. Moadie, Phelti, Belge, Sannya, Semeie, Jonathan, Joarib, Mathanye, Jo|daie, Azi, Sellaye, Mochebor, Helchie, Ase|bie, Idaie, Nathanaeland Nathanael IS.. DekenesOm. I. And S. in the daies of Eliasib, and of Joiada, and of Jonam, and of Jedda, werendekens and prestis weren IS. writun princes of meynees, `and prestisOm. IS. in the rewme of Darius ofkyng of IS. Persis. The sones of Leuy, princes of meynees, weren writun in the book of wordisthe wordis IS. of daies, and `til tovnto IS. the daies of Jonathan, sonethe sone IS. of Eliasib. `And the princes of dekenes werenThese weren the princis of dekenes S. Asebie, Se|rebie, andOm. S. Jesue, the sone of Cedynyel; and the britheren of hem bi her whileswhilis or tymes I., that thei schulden herieherie God IS. and knowlecheknowleche him I. knowlech in her preier the beneficis of the Lord S. biweren ordeyned bi S. the comaundementheest IS. of kyng Dauid, the man of God, andand that IS. thei schulden kepekepe her office I. kepe her whilis in her office S. euenli bi ordre. MathanyeAnd Mathanye IS., and Bethbecie, and Obedie, Mosollamand Mosollam IS., Thelmon, Accuband Accub IS., weren keperis of the ȝatis, and of the porchis bifor the ȝatis. TheseThese men IS. weren in the daies of Joachym, sonethe sone IS. of Josue, sone of Josedech, and in the daies of Neemye, duykthe duyk IS., and of Esdras, the prest and writere. ForsotheAnd IS. in the halewyng of the wal of Jerusalem theimen IS. souȝten dekenes of alle her places, to bryng hem in to Jeru|salem, and to make the halewyng in glad|nesse, in theOm. IS. doyng of thankyngis, and in song, and in cymbalis, and in sautrees, and in harpis. SotheliAnd IS. the sones of syngeris weren gaderidgaderid togidre IS. bothe fro the feeldi places aboute Jerusalem, and fro the townes of Nethophati, and fro the hows of Galgal, and fro the cuntreiscuntrey IS. of Gebez, and of Ama|nech; for syngeristhe syngeris IS. hadden bildid townes to hem silf in the cumpas of Jerusalem. And prestis and dekenes weren clensid, andand thanne I. theiOm. C. clensiden the puple, and the ȝatis, and the wal. ForsotheAnd IS. Y made the princes of Juda to stie onupon IS. the wal, and Y ordeynede twei greete querisqueris or cumpanyes S. of men heriyngeheriynge the Lord IS.; and thei ȝeden to the riȝt sidehalf IS. on the wal, to the ȝate of the dunghil. And Osaie ȝede aftir hem, and the half part of pryncesthe princis S. of Juda, and Azarie, Esdras, and Mosollam, Juda, and Benia|myn, and Semeye, and Jeremye `ȝeden aftir hemOm. I. ȝeden also after hem S.. And of the sones of prestis syngynge in trumpis; Zacharie, the sone of Jonathan, the sone of Semeie, theOm. IS. sone of Mathanye, theOm. IS. sone of Machaie, theOm. IS. sone of Zeccur, theOm. IS. sone of Asaph. And hise britheren; Semeie, and Azarel, Mala|lai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael, and Juda, and Amany, inweren presyng the Lord in S. theOm. IS. instrumentis of song of Dauid, the man of God; and Es|dras, the wrytere, biforwas bifor IS. hem, in the ȝate of the welle. And theimen IS. stiedenstieden up IS. aȝens hem in the greis of the citee of Dauid, in theOm. IS. stiyngstiyng up IS. of theOm. S. wal, onouer IS. the hows of Dauid, and `til tovnto IS. the ȝate of watristhe watris IS. at the eesteest coost IS.. And the secounde queerquere of processioun S. of men tellyngetellynge out IS. thankyngis ȝede euene aȝensouer aȝens I. ouer aȝens or on the other side S., and YY ȝede IS. aftir hymit I. hem S.; and theOm. IS. half part of the puple was onupon IS. the wal, and onupon IS. the tourtoure ȝate, that is clepid the toure S. of ouenys, and `til tothei ȝeden vnto IS. the broddeste wal; and onouer IS. the ȝate of Effraym, andOm. S. onouer I. Om. S. the elde ȝate, and onouer IS. the ȝate of fischis, and onouer IS. the toure of Ananeel, and onouer IS. the tour of Emath, and thei camen `til tovnto IS. the ȝate of theOm. IS. floc; and thei stodenstoden stille IS. in the ȝate of kepyng. And tweithe two IS. queeris ofof the other processiouns of S. men heri|yngeheriynge the Lord S. stoden in the hows of God, and Y and the half part of magistratismaistir men IS. with me. And the prestis, Eliachym, Maasie, Mya|myn, Mychea, Helioneai, Zacharie, Ana|nye, inherieden in I. sunge in S. trumpis; and Maasie, and Senea, and Eleazar, and Azi, and Johannan, and Melchia, and Elam, and Ezer; and the syngeris sungen clereli, and Jezraie, theher IS. souereynsouereyn also IS.. And theimen IS. offriden in that dai grete sacrificessacrifices of victorie IS., and weren glad; `for Godsothely the Lord I. Om. S. `hadde maad hem gladOm. S. with grete glad|nesse. But also her wyues and lawfulher lawful IS. childre weren ioiful, and the gladnesse of Jerusalem was herd fer. Also thei noum|briden in that dai menthe men IS. ouerthat weren ouer I. which weren ouer S. the keping places of tresourthe tresour IS., toto resceyue IS. moiste sacrifices, and toOm. IS. theOm. S. firste fruytis, and toOm. IS. tithis, that theOm. IS. princesin seemlynesse of doyng of thankyngis to the Lord princes IS. of the citee schulden brynge in bi hem, `in the fairenesse of doyng of thankyngisOm. IS., prestis and dekenes; for Juda was glad in prestis and dekenes presentbeinge present I.. And theithes souereyns IS. kepten the kepyng of her God, theand the IS. kepyng of clensyngthe clensyng IS.; and syngeristhei kepten or reuliden the syngeris I., and porteristhe porteris IS., bi the comaundementheest IS. of Dauid and ofOm. S. Salomon, his sone; for in the daies of Dauid and of Asaph fro the bigynnyng princes of syngeris weren or|deyned, heriyngOm. IS. into be in IS. songsong heriynge the Lord IS., and knou|lechynge to GodGod his wonderfulnesse and his merciful doyng S.. And al Israel, in the daies of Zorobabel, and in the daies of Neemye, ȝauen partispartis of diuers fruytis S. to syngeris and to porteris bi alle `the daiestymes IS.; andOm. S. theithes prestis IS.and thei; that is, the peple payede tithis to the dekenes, and the dekenes payede tithis to the prestis. Lire here. C. ha|lewiden dekenes, and the dekenes halewiden the sones of Aaron.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsothe in that dai it was red in the book of Moises, in heryng of the puple; and it was foundun writun ther ynne, that Amonytis and Moabitis owen not entreto entre IS. in to the chirche of God tilOm. K. in to with outen ende; for thei metten not the sones of Israel with breed and watirgoynge toward the loond of biheest I marg. S text., and thei hiriden aȝens the sones of Israel Balaam, for to curse hem; and oure God turnede the cursyng in to blessyng. SotheliAnd IS. it was doon, whanne `thei haddenthe peple had IS. herd the lawe, thei departiden ech alienalien man that was no Jewe IS. fro Israel. And uponoon of A pr. m. FH. one of EL. on BC sec. man. EV. these thingis Eliasibwas Eliasib IS., the prest, `was blamefulOm. I. blameful S., thatwhiche I. was theOm. IS. souereyn in the tresorie of the hows of oure God, and washe was IS. theOm. IS. neiȝborethe neiȝbore; that is, frend, by the matri|monye of his cosyn that hadde weddid the douȝter of Sanaballath. Lire here. C. ofto IS. Tobie. TherforAnd IS. heEliasib IS. made to himhim self IS. a grete treserie, `that isOm. I., in the hows of Godoure God L.; and menthere bifore him weren men IS. kepyngethat kepten the IS. ȝiftisȝiftis offrid I. ȝiftis that weren offrid S., and encence, and vesselsdyuerse vessels IS., and the tithe of wheete, ofand of X. wyn, and of oile, theand the I. and S. partis of dekenes, and of syngeris, and of porteris, and the firste fruytis of prestis, `weren thereweren there; that is, tho thingis that weren halewid to Goddis re|ligioun weren remoued fro thennus that the vessels of Tobie schulden be put there. Lire here. C. bifor himOm. IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. in alle these thingis Y was not in Jerusalem; for in the two and thrittithe ȝeer of Ar|taxerses, kyng of Babiloyne, Y cam to the kyng, and in the ende of daiesdaies of him IS. Y preiede theto the IS. kyng. AndAnd than S. Y cam in to Jerusalem, and Y vndurstood the yuel, whichthat IS. Eliasib hadde do to Tobie, to make to hym a tresour in the porchis of Goddis hows; and to me itthis thing IS. semede ful yuel. And Y castide forthout S. the vessels of the hows of Tobie out of the tresorie; and Y co|maundidecomaundide the mynystris IS., and thei clensiden the treso|ries; and Y brouȝte aȝen there the vessels of Goddis hous, sacrificeand the sacrifice therof IS., and encencethe encense IS.. And Y knew that the partes of dekenesthe dekenes I. weren not ȝouunȝouun to hem IS., and thatthat therfor S. ech manOm. R. of the dekenes and of the syngeris, and of hem that mynystridenmynystriden in the temple IS. hadde fleddegon awey IS. in to his cuntrei; and Y dide the causecause or execucioun I. cause, that is, execucioun or dome S. aȝens magistratismaistir men IS.magistratis; that is, the hiȝeste preest and othere principal men faueringe him. Lire here. C., andthat suffriden this yuel, and S. Y seide, Whi `forsaken weforsaken ȝe plures. haue ȝe forsake IS. the hous of God? And Y gaderide hemOm. IS. togidere, `that isthe IS., dekenes and myn|ystristhe mynystris IS. `that hadden go aweiOm. I., and Y made hemOm. plures. to stonde in her stondyngis. And al Juda brouȝte theOm. IS. tithe of wheete, of wiyn, and of oile, in to bernesthe bernes S.. And we ordeyneden on thethes IS. bernes, Selemye, the prest, and Sadoch, the writere, and Pha|daie, ofoon of IS. the dekenes, and bisidis hemhem we ordeyneden I., Anan, the sone of Zaccur, the sone of Mathanye; for theithes IS. weren preued feithful men, and the partis of her britheren weren bitakun to hem. My God, haue mynde of me for this thing, and do thou not awei my merciful doyngis, whiche Y didehaue do IS. in the hows of my God, and in hise cerymonyes.

 CAP. XIV.

Yn tho daies Y siȝ in Juda men tredinge pressours in the sabatsabat day IS., `men bryngyngeand thei brouȝten IS. hepishepis or birthins IS., and chargyngethei chargiden up I. on assis wiyn, and grapis, and figis, and al birthunothere charge IS., and `bringynge in to JerusalemOm. IS. in the dai of sabatsabat, and thei brouȝten thes thingis in to Jerusalem IS.; and Y witnesside to hem, that thei schulden sillesille thes thingis IS. in thethat IS. dai, in which it was leueful to sillesille thingis IS.. AndAnd in Jerusalem IS. men of Tire dwell|iden `in itOm. IS., and brouȝtenthei brouȝten IS. inther ynne thydre S. fischis, and alle thingis set to sale, andand in the sabot day IS. thei seldenselden thes thingis IS. `in the sabatisOm. IS. to the sones of Juda and of Jerusalem. And Y rebuykiderebuykide herfore IS. the prin|cipal men of Juda, and Y seide to hem, What is this yuel thing whichthat IS. ȝe doendone in the ȝatis S., and maken vnhooli the daie of the sabat? Whether oure fadris diden not these thingis, and oure GodGod herfore IS. brouȝtehath brouȝt IS. onupon IS. VS al this yuel, and onupon IS. this citee? and `ȝe encreessenOm. IS. wrathfulnessethe wrathfulnesse of God IS. onȝe encressen upon IS. Israel, in defoulynge thethus the S. sabat. ForsotheAnd IS. it was doon, whanne the ȝatis of Jerusalem hadden restid in the dai of sabat, Yand Y IS. seideseide to the porters IS., Schitte ȝe the ȝatis; and thei schit|tiden the ȝatis; and I comaundidecomaundide hem S., that thei schuden not opene tho ȝatis til aftir the sabat. And of my childrenchildren or seruauntis IS. Y ordeynede noumbris on the ȝatisȝatis to kepe hem I. ȝatis to kepe shitte S., that no manman bi hem S. schulde brynge in a birthun in the dai of sabat. AndAnd than S. marchauntis, and men sil|linge alle thingis set to sale dwelliden with out Jerusalem onys andor IS. twiestweyes in the sabot day S.. And Y aresonyde hem, and YOm. I. seide to hem, Whi dwellen ȝeȝe there IS. euene aȝensanentis or on the other side of S. the wal? If ȝe doon thisthis thing IS. the secounde tyme, Y schalshal bi foors S. sette hondhond; for to prisone and bete ȝou. Lire here. CV. onupon IS. ȝou. Therfor fro that tymetyme forth IS. thei camen notnot thidere IS. into sille eny thing in S. the sabat. Also Y seide to dekenesthe dekenes S., that thei schulden be clensid, and that thei schulden come to kepe the ȝatis, and to halowehalwe or shewe S. the dai of sabatsabot to be holi S.. And therfor for this thing, my God, haue mynde of me, and sparespare thou IS. me biin IS. the mychilnesse of thi merciful do|yngis. But also in tho daies Y siȝ Jewys weddinge wyues, wymmen of Azotus, and wymmen of Amonytis, and wymmen of Moabitis. And her children spaken half part bi the speche of Aȝotus, and koudenthei kouden IS. not speke bi the speche of Jewis, and thei spaken biaftir I. the langage of puplethat puple IS. and of puplethat I. that, that was not leeful S.. And Y rebuykide hem, and YOm. IS. cursidecurside hem I.; and Y beet the menhousbondis IS. `of hemOm. I. of the wymmen S., and Y made hem ballidballid or aschamed IS., and Y made hem toOm. IS. swere bi the Lord, that thei schulden not ȝyue her douȝtris to the sones of `tho alienshem I text. aliens I marg., and that thei schulden not take of the douȝtris of `tho alienshem I. to her sones, and to hem silf; and Y seide, Whe|ther Salomon, the kyng of Israel, synnede not in siche aOm. IS. thingthingis S.? And certis in many folkis wasther was I. no kyng lijk hym, and he was loued of his God, and God settide hym kyng onvpon IS. al Israel, and therforOm. I. alien wymmen brouȝten hym to synne. Whe|ther also we vnobedient schulden do al this grete yuel, that we trespasse aȝens `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS., and wedde alien wyues? ForsotheSothely IS. Sanabalath Horonyte hadde weddid a douȝter of the sones of Joiada, sone of Eliasib, the grete prest, whichthe which I. Sanaballath Y droofdrofe therfor S. awei fro me. My Lord God, haue mynde aȝens hemaȝenus hem; in punysching hem orribly and greuously, to the drede of othere men. Lire here. C., that defoulen presthod, and the riȝt of prestis and of dekenes. Therfor I clenside hemthe prestis IS. fro alle aliens, and I ordeynede ordristhe ordris IS. of prestis and of dekenes, ech man in his ser|uice, and into be in IS. theOm. IS. offring, that is, dressing, of treestrees or of wode to brenne with offrid sacrifices S. in tymes ordeyned, and in the firste fruytis. My God, haue mynde of me in to good.

 Here eendith the secunde book of Esdre, and here bigynneth the book of TobieFrom BCDFQUVWXb. Here endith the secounde book of Esdras, and bigynneth a prologe on the book of Thobie. G. Here endeth the secounde book of Esdre, and here bygynneth Tobie. HRS. Heere endith the secounde book of Esdre, and heere biginnyth the thridde book of Esdre. I. Here endeth the seconde book of Esdre, or Neemye; se now the prolog of Tobie. K. Here endith the secounde book of Esdre, and here bigynneth a prologe on the book of Tobie. M. Here endith the secunde book of Esdre, and bigynneth a storie of an hooly man Tobie, that bifelde in the sixte ȝeer of Ezechie, king of Juda N. Here endith the secounde book of Esdre, and bi|gynneth the prolog on the book of Tobie. O. No final rubric in the other MSS.. III. ESDRASNo initial rubric in the MSS. of either version.. CAP. I.

AND Josias made pask in Jerusalem to the Lord, and he offride pask the four|tenthe day of the monthe of the first monthe, ordeynynge prestis bi her whiles of daies, clothid in stolis, or longe clothis, in the temple of the Lord. And he seide to the dekens, the holy seruauntis of Israel, that thei schulden halewe hem self to the Lord, in settynge of the holy arke of the Lord in the hous, that kyng Salomon, the sone of Dauid, bildide; It schal not be to ȝou no more to take it upon schuldris; and now serueth to oure Lord, and do ȝe cure of that folk of Israel, of the part aftir townes, and her lynagis, aftir the writyng of Dauid, kyng of Israel, and aftir the greet wirschipful doyng of Salomon, his sone, in al the temple, and aftir ȝoure litil fadris part of princehood of hem, that stonden in the siȝt of the bretheren of the sones of Israel. Offre ȝe pask, and maketh redy the sacrifices to ȝoure bretheren; and do ȝe aftir the heest of the Lord, that is ȝouen to Moyses. And Josias ȝaf to the folc that was founden there, scheep, of lombis, and of kides, and of sche geet, thritti thousynd; calues, thre thousynd. Thes ȝiftis ben ȝouen of the kingis owne thingis aftir the heest of the Lord to the peple, and to prestis, in to pask; scheep in noumbre two thousynd, and calues an hundrid. And Jechonyas, and Semeias, and Nathanael, his brother, and Azabias, and Oziel, and Coroba, ȝauen in to pask, fyue thousynd scheep, and fyue hundrid calues. And whanne thes thingis weren nobly don, the prestis and dekens stoden, hau|ynge therf looues bi lynages. And aftir the partis of the princehood of fadris thei offriden to the Lord in the siȝt of the peple, after tho thingis that ben writen in the book of Moyses. And thei rostiden the pask with fijr, as it bihouyde; and thei soden oostis in sethinge vessels and in pottis, with wel willyng. And thei brouȝten it to alle that ther weren of the folk; and aftir thes thingis thei maden redy to hem self and to prestis. Forsothe the prestis offriden ynner fatnesse, vnto the hour was endid; and dekens grey|thiden to hem self, and to her bretheren, and to the sones of Aaron. And men sacrifiynge offriden her douȝtris, aftir the oordre and the heestis of Dauid; and Azaph, and Zacharie, and Jeddynus, that was of the king; and the porters bi alle the ȝatis offriden, so that noon passide his ȝate. Forsothe her bretheren greythiden to hem. And so tho thingis, that per|teynyden to the sacrifice of the Lord, ben endid. In that day thei diden pask, and offriden ostis upon the sacrifice of the Lord, aftir the heest of kyng Josie. And the sones of Israel, that weren founden present, diden in that tyme pask, and the feest day of therf looues bi seuen daies. And ther was not solempnyzed sich a paske in Israel, fro the tymes of Samuel, the prophet. And alle the kyngis of Israel halewiden not sich a pask, as diden Josias, and the prestis, and dekens, and Jewis, and al Israel, that weren founden in the commemoracioun, or mynde mak|ing, at Jerusalem. In the eiȝtenthe ȝer, Josie regnynge, this pask was halewid. And the werkis of Josie ben maad riȝt in the siȝt of his Lord, in ful dredynge herte; and tho thingis forsothe that weren aboute him ben writen, in the rathere tymes of hem that synnyden, and the whiche weren vnreligious aȝen the Lord, bifore or more than al hethen folk, and the whiche syn|ners souȝten not the wordis of the Lord upon Israel. And aftir al this deede of Josie, Pharao, king of Egipt, ȝede up, comynge to casten awey in Carcamys upon Eufraten; and Josias wente in to metyng to him. And the king of Egipt sente to Josiam, seiynge, What is to me and to thee, kyng of Jude? I am not sent of the Lord, upon Eufraten forsothe is my ba|taile; hastily therfor go doun. And Jo|sias was not turned aȝen upon the chare, but he enforside him self to ouercome Pharao, not takinge hede to the word of the prophet, fro the mouth of the Lord; but he sette to him bataile in the feeld of Mecedan; and princis camen doun to kyng Josiam. And thanne the king seide to his children, or seruauntes, Moueth me awey fro the bataile; forsothe I am gretly maad sijk. And anoon his children moueden him awey fro the scheltrun. And he stiede upon his secoundarie chare; and comynge to Jerusalem, he diede, and was biried in his fadris sepulcre. And in al Jude thei biweiliden Josie, and thei that bifore seten with wyues, weiliden him vnto this day; and this is grauntid to be don euer more in al the kynrede of Israel. Thes thingis forsothe ben writen in the book of stories of kyngis of Juda, and the glorie of Josie, and his vndirstonding in the lawe of God, bi alle dedes of the doyng of him; for euenly tho weren don of hym, and the whiche ben not writun in the book of kingis of Israel and of Juda. And thei that weren of the kynrede token Je|conye, the sone of Josie, and setten him king for Josie, his fadir, whanne he was of thre and thritty ȝeer. And he regnyde upon Israel thre monthis; and thanne the kyng of Egipt putte him awey, that he regnyde not in Jerusalem. And he pilide the folk of an hundrid talentis of siluer, and of a talent of gold. And the kyng of Egipt sette Joachim, his brother, kyng of Jude and of Jerusalem; and he bonde the maistir iuges of Joachim, and takynge Sa|racel, his brother, he brouȝte him aȝen to Egipt. Joachim was of fyue and twenty ȝeer, whanne he regnyde in the loond of Juda and of Jerusalem; and he dide yuel thing in the siȝt of the Lord. Aftir this forsothe Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babi|loyne, stiede up, and byndynge Joachim in a strong boond, brouȝte him in to Babiloyne; and Nabugodonosor toke and brouȝte the holy vessels of God, and sa|cride tho in his temple in Babiloyne. For|sothe of his vnclennesse and his vnreli|gioustee it is writen in the book of the tymes of kyngis. And Joachim, his sone, regnyde for him; whanne forsothe he was ordeyned king, he was of eiȝte ȝeer. For|sothe he regnyde thre monthis and ten daies in Jerusalem; and dide yuel in siȝt of the Lord. And aftir a ȝer Nabugodo|nosor sente, and brouȝte him ouer in to Babiloyne, togidre with the sacrid vessels of the Lord. And he sette Sedechie kyng of Juda and of Jerusalem, whanne he was of oon and twenti ȝeer. Forsothe he reg|nyde elleuen ȝeer; and he dide yuel in siȝt of the Lord, and was not adred of the wordis that ben seid of Jeremye, the pro|phet, fro the mouth of the Lord. And he adiurid, or chargid bi ooth, of kyng Nabu|godonosor, forsworn wente awey, and his noll made hard, he ouerpasside the lawe|ful thingis of the Lord God of Israel. And the duykis of the Lordis peple baren hem wickidly many thingis, and thei diden vnpitously ouer alle the wickidnessis of Gentiles; and thei defouliden the temple of the Lord, that was hooly in Jerusalem. And God of her fadris sente bi his aungel to aȝenclepe hem, for the whiche thing he sparide to hem, and to her tabernaclis. Thei forsothe scornyden in her corners, and that dai that the Lord spake, thei weren bobbynge his prophetis. The whiche Lord is stirid to wraththe upon his folk, for their irreligiositee. And the kyngis of Caldeis comaundiden, and stiȝeden up, thei slowen the ȝounge men of hem with swerd, aboute the hooly temple of hem; and thei spariden not to ȝonge man, ne to maiden, ne to old man, and to ful woxen man; but also alle thei ben taken in to the hondis of hem; and thei token alle the sacrid vessels of the Lord, and the kyngis coffres, and brouȝten tho in to Ba|biloyne. And thei brenden up the hous of the Lord, and destroieden the wallis of Jerusalem, and thei brenden his touris with fijr. And thei wastiden alle the wurschipful thingis, and brouȝten hem to nouȝt; and thei brouȝten the peple lefte of the swerd in to Babiloyne. And thei weren his thrallis, vn to the tyme that Peersis regnyden, in the fulfillynge of the word of the Lord, in the mouth of Je|remye; til that the loond wolde do be|nyngnely their sabotis, he sabatisede al the tyme of their forsakyng, in the appliynge of seuenti ȝer.

 CAP. II.

Regnynge Cyro, kyng of Peersis, in the fulfillyng of the word of the Lord, in the mouth of Jeremye, the Lord reiside up the spirit of Ciry, kyng of Persis; and he prechide in al his rewme togidre bi scrip|ture, seiynge, Thes thingis seith Cirus, kyng of Persis, The Lord of Israel, the hiȝe Lord, hath ordeyned me kyng to the world of erthis; and he signyfiede to me to bilde to him an hous in Jerusalem, that is in Juda. If ther is ony man of ȝoure kynrede, his Lord stie up with him in to Jerusalem. Therfor hou many euer dwellen in places aboute, helpe thei hem that dwellen in that place, in gold and siluer, in ȝiftis, with hors, and bestis, and with othere thingis, the whiche aftir vowes ben leid up in to the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem. And the stondynge princis of lynages of townes of Jude, of the lynage of Beniamyn, and prestis and dekens, whom the Lord stiride to wende up, and to bilde up the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem; and thei, that weren in the enuyroun, or in cumpas, of hem, schulden helpe in al siluer and gold of it, and in bestis, and in many vowis; and many othere, of whom the witt is stirid, helpe thei also. And kyng Cirus brouȝte forth the sacrid vessels of the Lord, the whiche Nabugodonosor translatide fro Je|rusalem, and sacride hem in his mawmett. And Cirus, king of Persis, bryngynge hem forth, toke tho to Mitridate, that was upon the tresours of him. Forsothe bi him thei ben taken to Salmanasar, gouernour of Jude. Of thes thinges forsothe this is the noumbre; silueren halewid vessels of licours, two thousynd and foure hundrid; thritti silueren drinkynge vessels; thritty goldene violes; and two thousynd and foure hundrid silueren violes; and a thousynd othere vessels. Forsothe alle the golden and silueren vessels weren foure thousynd and foure hundrid and eiȝt and sixty. And thei ben delyuered out to Salmanasar, to|gidere with hem, that weren comen in to Jerusalem of the caytiftee or thraldom of Babiloyne. Forsothe in the tyme of Ar|taxerses, kyng of Persis, ther wreten to him, of thes that dwelliden in Judee and in Jerusalem, Balsamus, and Mitridatus, and Sabelius, and Ratymus, Baltheneus, and Samelius, the scribe, and othere dwellinge in Samarie, and in othere placis, thei writen this subiect lettre to the kyng Artaxersy. Lord, thi children, Ratymus, and Sabelius, the scribe, and othere domes men of thi court, of thingis that fallen in Coelem Siriem, and Fenycen. And now be it knowen to the lord the kyng, that Jewis, the whiche stieden up fro ȝou to us, comynge in to Jerusalem, a citee of fleers awei, and a ful yuel citee, thei bilden up the ouenes of it, and thei setten the wallis, and reren the temple. That if this citee and wallis weren maad up, thei shul not suffre to ȝelde tributis, but also thei shul aȝenstonde to kyngis. And for cause that that thing is done aboute the temple, to haue it riȝtly we haue demed to not despise that same thing, but to make knowen to the lord kyng, that if it schal be seen plesyng to the king, be it souȝt in the bookis of thi fadris; and thou schalt fynde in remembrauncis writen of hem, and thou schalt knowe, that thilke citee was aȝen flowun, and kyngis and citees smytinge togidre, and Jewis fleynge aȝen, and makinge bateilis in it alwey; for the whiche cause this citee was forsake. Now therfor we maken knowen to the lord king, that if this citee were bild up, and the wallis of it weren arerid, ther schal be no comyng doun to thee in to Choelem Cyriem and Fenycen. Thanne the kyng wroot aȝen to Ratimym, that wroot tho thingis that bifellen, and to Bellumym, and to Sabellio, the scribe, and to othere ordeyned souereyns, and dwellinge in Cirye and in Fenyce, he wrot to hem thes thingis that ben sett vndir. I haue rad the lettre, that thou sentist to me. Ther|for I comaundide it to be souȝt; and it was founden, that thilke citee was alwey with|stondynge to kyngis, and men aȝen fugi|tijf, and makynge bateilis in it; and moost stronge kingis han ben lordschipinge in Jerusalem, and askinge tributis of Chole Cirie and Fenycem. Now therfore I co|maunde to forfende tho men to bilde up the citee, and to loke, that ony thing be not maad her aftir; but that thei passe not in to ful myche, sith thei ben of malice, so that greuauncis be not brouȝt ther to kinges.

 CAP. III.

Thanne aftir thes thingis weren re|hersid, that weren writen of Artaxerses, the kyng, Rathinus, and Sabellius, the scribe, and thei that weren with hem or|deyned, ioynynge, hyingly camen in to Jerusalem, with horse men, and peple, and with cumpanye; and thei bigunnen to for|fende the buylders. And thei voididen thanne fro the bildyng of the temple, vnto the secounde ȝeer of the rewme of Darij, kyng of Persis. Kyng Darius made a gret soper to alle his seruauntis, and to alle the maister iuges of Medes and of Persis, and to alle that wereden purpre, and to gouernours, and to counselers, and to prefectis vndir him, fro Ynde vn to Ethiope, to an hundrid and seuen and twenty prouyncis. And whanne thei hadden eten and drunken, and weren ful|fillid, thei turneden aȝen. Thanne kyng Darius stiede vp in his litil bed place, and slepte, and was waken. Thanne thilke thre ȝounge men, kepers of the bodi, the whiche kepten the bodi of the kyng, seiden oon to an oother, Sey we ech of us a word, that bifore passe in kunnyng; and whos euer word seme wiser than of an oother, kyng Darius schal ȝiue to him grete ȝiftis, and to be kouered with pur|pre, and to drynke in gold, and to slepe upon gold; and he schal ȝiue him a golden chare, with the bridil, and a mytre of bijs, and a bie aboute the necke; and he schal sitte in the secounde place fro Darius, for his wisdom; and he schal be clepid Daryus cosyn. Thanne ech of hem thre writinge his word, seleden, and putten tho vndir the pelewe of kyng Daryus; and seiden, Whanne the king hath risen, thei wil take to him her thingis writen, and what euer thing the kyng shall deme of thre, and the maistir iuges of Persis, forsothe the word of him is wiser than of the othere, to him schal be ȝouen the victorie, as it is writen. Oon wrot, Wyn is strong. An oother wrot, The kyng is strenger. The thridde wrot, Wymmen ben strengiste; treuthe ouercomith forsothe ouer alle thingis. And whanne the kyng had resen up, thei token her thingis writen, and ȝouen tho to him, and he radde. And he sende and clepede alle the maistre iuges of Persis, and of the lond Medis, and the clothid men in pur|pre, and the rewlers of prouynces, and prefectis; and thei seten in counsel, and the writingis weren red bifore hem. And the kyng seide, Clepeth the ȝounge men, and thei schul schewe her wordis. And thei weren clepid, and thei camen yn. And Darius seide to hem, Schewe ȝe to us of thes thingis that ben writen. And the firste, that had seid of the strengthe of wyn, he biganne, and seide to hem, Men! ful passynge strong is wyn; to alle men that drynken it it berith doun the mynde; also it makith the mynde veyn, bothe of kyng and of the fadirles child; also of ser|uaunt and of fre men, of pore and of riche; and it turnith al the mynde in to sikir|nesse, and to gladnesse; and it remembrith not ony serewe and dette; and it makith alle the entrailes honest; and it remem|brith not kyng, ne maistir iuge; and alle thingis it makith speke bi talent; and whanne thei han drunken, thei remem|bren not frendschip ne brotherhed, and not longe aftir thei taken swerdis; and whanne thei han be drowned of wyn, and rijsen, thei han no mynde what thinges thei diden. O men! whether wyn is not passyngly strong, that thus con|streynith men to do? And this thing seid, he hilde his pes.

 CAP. IV.

And the nexte folewer biganne to sey, that seide of the strengthe of a kyng, O men! whether men ben not passyngly stronge, the whiche holden loond and see, and alle thingis that ben in hem? The kyng forsothe passith aboue alle thingis, and he hath lordschip of hem, and thei don al thing, what euer he wil sey to hem. And if he sende hem to fiȝters, thei gon, and destroyen hillis, and walles, and toures; thei ben sleyn, and slen, and thei passen not the word of the kyng; for if thei ouer|comen, thei bryngen to the king alle thingis, what euer thingis thei han spoil|ed euermore, and all othere thingis. And hou fele euer beren not knyȝthod, ne fiȝten, but eren the loond, eftsone whanne thei schul repe, thei bringen tributis to the king. And he is oon aloone; and if he bidde to sle, thei sleen; and if he bidde hem to forȝiue, thei forȝiuen; and if he sey hem to smyten, thei smyten; if he sey to outlawe, thei outlawen; if he bidde hem to bilden, thei bilden; if he bidde to throwe doun, thei throwen adoun; if he bidde to plaunte, thei plaunten; and alle folk and vertues obeishen to him; and ouer alle thes thingis he schal sitte, and drynke, and slepe. Thes forsothe kepen him aboute, and moun not gon echoon, and do her owne werkis, but in his word men obeishen to him. What maner wise pass|ith not the kyng bifore oothere, that thus is loosid? And he helde his pes. The thridde, that had seid of wymmen, and of treuthe; this is seid Sorobabel; he bi|ganne to speke, O men! the kyng is not greet, neither many othere men, ne wyn passith biforn; who is it thanne that hath lordschip of hem? Whether not wymmen, that han goten kyngis, and al the peple, the whiche kingis han lordschip bothe of see and of loond, and of wymmen thei ben born? And thei brouȝten forth hem that plauntiden vynes, of the whiche wyn is maad. And thei maken the stoles, or longe clothis, of alle men, and thei don glorie to men, and men moun not be se|uered fro wymmen. If thei gedere togidere gold and siluer, and al fair thing, and seen a womman in good aray, and in good fairnesse, thei, forsakynge alle thes thingis, taken heede to here, and the mouth open|ed, thei biholden hir, and thei drawen more to hir than to gold and siluer, or ony precious thing. A man schal forsake his fadir, that norishide him, and his owne loond, and to a womman he ioyn|ith him togidre, and with a womman he lyuith his lijf, and noither remembrith fadir, ne modir, ne the lond of his birthe. And therfor it bihouith us to knowen, that wymmen han lordschip of us. Whether ȝe serewen not? And also a man takith his swerd, and goth in the wey to don theftis, and man slauȝtris, and to seilen ouer the see, and ouer flodes; and he seeth a lioun, and he goth in derkenessis; and whanne he hath don his thefte, and gijles, and raueynes, he bringith it to his leef. And efte a man louith his wijf more than fadir or modir; and many men ben maad woode for their wyues, and many ben maad thrallis for hem; and many perischiden, and weren stranglid, and many han synned for wymmen. And now leeu|eth me; forsothe a kyng is greet, and his power, for alle regiouns, or kingdoms aboute, ben aferd to touche him. I sawȝe neuer the latter Apeemen, the douȝter of Besacis, the wondirful man, the secound|arie wijf of the kyng, sittynge biside the kyng at the riȝt side; and takynge awey the diademe fro his heed, and puttynge it on hir self, and with the pawme of hir lift hoond she smote the kyng. And ouer thes thingis, the mouth opened, he bihilde hir, and if sche lowȝe to him, he lowȝe, and if sche were wrooth to him, he glosith or plesith, vnto the tyme that he be recoun|silid to grace. O men! whi ben not wymmen strengist? Greet is the erthe, and heuen is hiȝ, that don thes thingis. Thanne the kyng and the purpred men bihelden either in to oothere; and he bi|ganne to speke of treuthe. O men! wher wymmen ben not stronge? Greet is the eerthe, and heuen is hiȝ, and the cours of the sunne is swift; it is turned in the cumpas of heuen, and eft it renneth aȝen in to the same place in a day. Wher he is not a greet doer, that makith thes thingis? and treuthe greet, and strenger biforn alle thingis? All erthe clepith in|wardly trouthe, also it blessith heuene, and alle werkis ben moued and dreden it; and ther is no wickid thing with it. Wickid kyng, and wickid wymmen, and alle the sones of men ben wickid, and ther is not treuthe in hem, and in her wickid|nesse thei schul perische; and treuthe dwellith, and wexith in to withouten ende, and it lyuith, and weldith, into worldus of worldis. It is not anentis treuthe to out|take persoones, and differencis; but it doth tho thingis that ben riȝtful, to alle vnriȝt|wise and yuel men; and alle men ben maad benyngne in his werkis. And ther is not wickidnesse in his doom, but ther is strengthe, and rewme, and power, and magestee of alle duryngis aboue tyme. Blessid be the God of treuthe! And thanne he lefte in spekynge. And alle the peplis crieden, and seiden, Greet is treuthe, and it passith bifore alle othere. Thanne the kyng seide to him, Aske, if thou wilt, ony thing more ouer, than ther ben writen, and I schal ȝiue to thee, aftir that thou art founden wiser; and next to me thou schalt sitte, and thou schalt be clepid my cosyn. Thanne seide he to the king, Be thou myndeful of the vowȝ, that thou vowidist, to bilden up Jerusalem, in the day in whiche thou toke the rewme; and to senden aȝen alle the vessels, that ben taken fro Jerusalem, the whiche Cy|rus departide, whanne he slouȝ Babiloyne, and wolde sende aȝen thoo thingis thidere. And thou woldist bilde up the temple, that Ydumes brenden, for Judee is put out of her termes, or marchis, of the Caldeis. And now, lord, this it is that I aske, and that I bidde; this is the mageste that I aske of thee, that thou do the vow that thou vowidist to the kyng of heuen, of thi mouth. Thanne Darius, the kyng, risynge kisside him, and wroot epistlis to alle the dispensatours, and prefectis, and to men clothid in purpre, that thei schulden lede him forth, and hem that weren with him, alle wendynge up to bilde Jerusalem. And to alle the prefectis that weren in Sirie, and Fenyce, and Liban, he wroot epistles, that thei schulden drawe cedre trees fro the hill Liban in to Jerusalem, that thei bilde up the citee with hem. And he wroot to alle the Jewis, that steyden up fro the rewme in Judee, for fredam, that ony man of power, or maistir iuge, and prefect, schulden not come ouer to the ȝatis of hem, and eche regioun, that thei hadden holde, to be fre fro hem; and that Ydumeis leue up the castels of Jewis, that thei withholden, and to ȝiue ȝer bi ȝer twenty talentis, in to making of the tem|ple, vnto the tyme that it be ful bildid; and ech day to offre ostis upon the place of sacrid thingis, as thei ben comaundid; to offre, bi alle ȝeris, othere ten talentis; and to alle men, that gon forth fro Babi|loyne, to make the citee, as fredom were, bothe to hem, and to the sones of hem, and to the prestis that gon bifore. For|sothe also he wroot the quantitee; and he comaundide the sacrid stole, or vestyment, to be ȝouen, in whiche thei schulden serue; and he wroot wagis to be ȝouen to the dekens, vnto the day that the hous schulde be fully endid, and Jerusalem maad out; and he wrot to alle men kepinge the citee, to ȝiue to the bilders lottis and wagis. And he lefte hem alle the vessels, that Cirus had partid fro Babiloyn; and alle thingis, what euer Cyrus seide, he co|maundide it to be don, and to be sent to Jerusalem. And whanne that ȝounge man had gon forth, reisynge his face toward Jerusalem, he blesside the kyng of heuen, and seide, Of thee, Lord, is victorie, and of thee is wisdom, and clernesse, and I am thi seruaunt. Thou art blessid, for thou hast ȝouen to me wisdom, and I know|leche to thee, Lord of oure fadris. And he toke the epistlis, or lettres, and wente forth in to Babiloyne; and he came, and tolde to alle his bretheren, that weren in Babyloyne. And thei blessiden the God of her fadris, that ȝaf to hem forȝiuenesse and refreschyng, that thei schulden stye up, and bilde Jerusalem, and the temple, where his name is nemned in it; and thei ioy|eden with musikis and with gladnesse seuen daies.

 CAP. V.

Aftir thes thingis forsothe ther weren pryncis chosen of townus, that thei schul|den wende up, bi housis, bi her lynagis, and the wyues of hem, and the sonus and douȝtris of hem, and seruauntis and hand maydens of hem, and her bestis. And kyng Darye sende togidre with hem a thousynd hors men, to the tyme that thei brouȝte hem in to Jerusalem, with pees, and with musikis, and tymbres, and trum|pis; and alle the britheren weren pleiynge. And he made hem to stie up togidre with hem. And thes ben the names of the men, that ȝeden up, bi her tounnes, in to lynagis, and in to part of the princehod of hem. Prestis; the sones of Fynees, the sones of Aaron, Jesus, the sone of Josedech, Joa|chim, the sone of Sorobabel, sone of Sala|thiel, of the hous of Dauid, of the pro|genye of Phares, of the lynage forsothe of Juda, that spac vndir Darij, king of Persis, merueylous doynge wordis, in the secounde ȝeer of his rewme, in Aprel, the firste monthe. Forsothe thes it ben, that stieden up of Juda fro the caitiftee, or thraldom, of the transmygracioun, whom Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, trans|latide in to Babiloyne; and ech is turned aȝen in to Jerusalem, and in to alle the citees of Judee, ech in to his owne citee, that camen with Sorobabel, and with Jesu; Neemyas, Ariores, and Elymeo, Emmanyo, Mardocheo, Beelsuro, Methsatothor, Olioro, Eboma, oon of the princis of hem. And the noumbre fro the Gentiles of hem, fro the prouostis, or reeuys, of hem; the sones of Phares, two thousynd an hundrid se|uenty and two; the sones of Ares, thre thousynd and fifty and seuen; the sones of Phemo, an hundrid and two and fourty; the sones of Jesu and of Joabes, a thou|synd thre hundrid and two; the sones of Denny, two thousynd foure hundrid and seuenty; the sones of Choroba, two hun|drid and fyue; the sones of Banycha, an hundrid and sixty and eiȝte; the sones of Bebeth, foure hundrid and thre; the sones of Arcad, foure hundrid and seuen and twenty; the sones of Thau, seuen and thritty; the sonis of Zozaar, two thou|synd sixty and seuen; the sones of Ady|my, foure hundrid and oon and sixty; the sones of Azeroectis, an hundrid and eiȝte; the sonus of Ziazo and Zelas, an hundrid and seuene; the sones of Azoroch, foure hundrid and nyne and thritty; the sones of Jebdarbone, an hundrid and two and thritty; the sones of Ananye, an hundrid and thritty; the sones of Arsom; the sones of Marsar, foure hundrid and two and twenty; the sones of Saberus, nynty and fyue; the sones of Sophelemon, an hundrid and thre and twenty; the sones of Nepobai, fyue and fifty; the sones of Ecbanatus, an hundrid and eiȝt and fifty; the sones of Ebethamus, an hundrid and two and thritty; the sones of Octatarpa|tros, the whiche weren clepid Enochadies and Modie, foure hundrid and two and twenti; thei that weren of Gramas and Gabia, an hundrid and oon and twenti; the whiche weren of Besellon and of Agie, fyue and sixty; thei that weren of Bas|charo, an hundrid and two and twenty; the whiche of Bethonobes, fyue and fifty; the sones of Lippis, an hundrid and fyue and fifty; the sones of Jabomy, thre hun|drid and seuen and fifty; the sones of Sichem, thre hundrid and seuenty; the sones of Sanadon and of Chamus, thre hundrid and seuenty and eiȝte; the sones of Ericus, two thousynd an hundrid and fyue and fifty; the sones of Anaas, thre hundrid and seuenty. Prestis; the sones of Jeddus, the sones of Enytem, the sones of Eliazib, thre hundrid and two and se|uenty; the sones of Emmechus, two hun|drid and two and fifty; the sones of Sa|surij, thre hundrid and seuen and fifty; the sones of Charee, two hundrid and seuen and twenty. Dekens; the sonus of Jesu, in Caduel, and Banus, and Serebias, and Edias, foure and seuenty; al the noumbre fro the two and twenty ȝeer, thritti thou|synd foure hundrid and two and sixty; sones, and douȝtris, and wyues, al the noumbryng, sixty thousynd two hundrid and two and fourty. The sones of prestis, that sungen in the temple; the sones of Asaph, an hundrid and eiȝt and twenty. Vschers forsothe; the sones of Esueum, the sones of Ather, the sones of Amon, the sones of Accuba Copa, the sones of Thoby, alle an hundrid and nyne and thritty. Prestis, seruynge in the temple; sones of Sel, the sones of Gasipa, the sones of Ta|bloth, the sones of Carie, the sones of Su, the sones of Phellu, the sones of Labana, the sones of Acmathi, the sones of Accub, the sones of Vta, the sonus of Cetha, the sones of Agab, the sones of Obay, the sones of Anan, the sones of Chayma, the sones of Jeddu, the sones of An, the sones of Radyn, the sones of Desamyn, the sones of Nechoba, the sones of Caseba, the sones of Gase, the sones of Osyn, the sones of Phynoe, the sones of Atren, the sones of Bascem, the sones of Aziana, the sones of Manay, the sones of Naphisym, the sones of Accuphu, the sones of Agista, the sonus of Aria Phausym, the sones of Phasaluon, the sones of Meeda, the sones of Phusia, the sones of Careth, the sones of Barthus, the sones of Caree, the sones of Thoesy, the sones of Nasith, the sones of Agisty, the sones of Pedon. Salmon, the sones of hym, the sones of Asophoth, the sones of Pharida, the sones of Thely, the sones of Dedon, the sones of Gaddahel, the sones of Cephegy, the sones of Aggya, the sones of Phacareth, the sones of Sabathan, the sones of Saroneth, the sones of Malcie, the sones of Ame, the sones of Saphuy, the sones of Addus, the sones of Suba, the sones of Eirra, the sones of Rabatis, the sones of Phasophat, the sonus of Malmon. Alle thes weren in holy seruyng; and the children of Salmon weren foure hundrid foure score and two. These ben the sones that ȝeden up to Athemel and Thersas; the princis of hem weren Carmellam and Ca|reth; and theimyȝten not telle out her citees, and her progenyes, what manere thei ben; and of Israel, the sones of Dalarij, the sones of Tubam, the sones of Nechodaicy. And of the prestis, that vsiden presthod, and weren founden; the sones of Obia, the sones of Achisos, the sones of Addyn, that token Vmyn wijf, of the douȝtris of Phar|gelen, and thei ben clepid bi the name of hir; and of thes is souȝt the genologie writen of the kynrede, and thei ben for|fendid to vsen presthode. And Neemye seide to hem, and Astaras, that thei take not part of the hooly thingis, til the tyme that ther arijse a tauȝt bischop, in to schewyng and treuthe. Al Israel forsothe was twelff thousynd, out take seruauntis and hand maidens, two and fourty thou|synd thre hundrid and sixti. The ser|uauntis of hand maidens weren seuen thousynd thre hundrid and seuen and thritty; syngers and singsters, two hun|drid and fyue and sixty; cameils, foure hundrid and fyue and thritty; horsis, seuen thousind sixe and thritti; mules, two hundrid thousynd and fyue and fourty; bestis vndir ȝok, fyue thousynd and fyue and twenty. And of tho prouostis, or reeues, bi tounnes, while thei schulden come in to the temple of God, that was in Jerusalem, to ben avowid to rere up the temple in his place, aftir her vertue; and the hooly tresorie to be ȝouen in to the temple of werkis, weren elleuen thousynd besauntis, and an hundrid prestis stolis. And ther dwelliden prestis, and dekens, and othere, that weren of the peple, in Jerusalem, and in the rewme; and the hooly syngers, and vsshers, and al Israel, in her regiouns. While the seuenthe monthe ȝitt lastide, and whanne the sonus of Israel weren ech in his owne thingis, thei camen togidre of oon accord in to the porche, that was bifore the eest ȝate. And while Jesus, the sone of Jose|dech, and his bretheren, prestis, stoden, and Sorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and his bretheren, thei maden redy an auter, that thei wolden offre on it brent sacri|fices, aftir tho thingis that ben writen in the book of Moyses, the man of God. And ther camen to hem of othere naciouns of the loond, and reriden the holy tresorie in his place, alle the folk of the lond; and thei offriden oostis, and brent sacrifises of the morutijd to the Lord. And thei diden the feest of tabernaclis, and a solempne dai, as it is writen in the lawe, and sacri|fises ech day, as it bihouyde. And aftir thes thingis thei ordeyneden offryngis, and oostis of sabotis, and of newe mones, and of alle solempne daies halewid. And hou many euere vowiden to the Lord, fro the tyme of the newe moone of the seuenthe monthe, thei token oostis to offren to God; and the temple of the Lord was not ȝitt bildid up. And thei ȝauen money to ma|souns, and to wriȝtis, and drynkis and metis with ioye. And thei ȝauen carris to Sydonyes and to Tyres, that thei schul|den carie ouer to hem fro Lyban wode cedre beemes, and to make a nauee in to the haauen of Joppe, aftir the decree that was writen to hem fro Cyro, kyng of Persis. And in the secounde ȝeer thei camen in to the temple of God, in to Je|rusalem; the secunde monthe Sorobabel biganne, the sone of Salatiel, and Jesus, the sone of Josedech, and the bretheren of hem, and prestis, and Leuytis, and alle thei that camen fro the caitiftee in to Je|rusalem; and founden the temple of God, in the newe moone of the secunde monthe of the secunde ȝeer, whanne thei hadden come in to Judee and to Jerusalem; and setten dekens fro the age of twenty ȝeer upon the werkis of the Lord. And Jesus stode, his sone, and his bretheren, alle the dekens togidre castynge, and executours, or folewers, of the lawe, and doynge werkis in the hous of the Lord. And ther stoden prestis, hauynge stoles, or longe clothis, with trumpis, and Leuytis, the sones of Asaph, hauynge cymbals, togidre preis|yng the Lord, and blessynge him, aftir the maner of Dauid, kyng of Israel. And thei sungen a song to the Lord, for his swetnesse and his worschip in to worldis, or euer, upon al Israel. And al the peple sungen with trumpe, and crieden with gret vois, preisynge togidre the Lord, in the rerynge of the Lordus hous. And ther camen many of the prestis, and of dekens, and of presidentis aftir tounnes, to the eldris that hadden seen the rather hous, and at the bildyng up of this hous, with cry, and with greet weilyng; and many with trumpis, and gret ioye, so that the peple herde not the trumpis, for the gret weilyng of the peple. Forsothe ther was a cumpeny syngynge wirschipfully in trumpe, so that it was herd a ferr. And the enmyes herden the lynagis of Juda and of Beniamyn, and camen to wite, what was this vois of trumpis. And thei knewen, that thei that weren of the cai|tiftee bildiden the temple to the Lord God of Israel. And the enmyes comynge niȝ to Sorobabel, and to Jesu, and to the reeues of tounnes, thei seiden to hem, We schul bilde togidre with ȝou. In lijk maner forsothe we haue herd oure Lord, and we haue gon togidre from the daies of Asbasareth, kyng of Assiriens, that ouer passide fro hennes. And Sorobabel, and Jesus, and the princis of the tounnus of Israel seiden to hem, It longith not to us and to ȝou togidere to bilde up the hous of oure God; forsothe we aloone shul bilde the hous of oure God, aftir tho thingis, that Cyrus, kyng of Persis, comaundide. The Gentiles forsothe of the loond leuynge with hem that ben in Judee, and rerynge up the werk of bildyng, and bringynge forth bothe aspies and peple, thei for|fendiden hem to bilden up; and thei let|tiden men, hauntynge the goynges to, that the bildyng shulde not be endid in al the tyme of the lijf of the kyng Ciry; and thei drowen along the makyng up bi two ȝeer, vnto the regne of Darij.

 CAP. VI.

Forsothe in the secounde ȝeer of the rewme of Darij, Agge propheciede, and Zacharias, the sone of Addyn, a prophete, anentis Judee and in Jerusalem, in the name of the Lord God of Israel, upon hem. Thanne stondynge Sorobabel, the sone of Salathiel, and Jesus, the sone of Josedech, thei bigunnen to bilde up the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem; whanne ther weren niȝ to hem prophetis of the Lord, and helpiden hem. In that tyme came to hem Cysennes, the vndir litil kyng of Cirye and of Fenycis, and Satrabozanes, and her felawis. And thei seiden to hem, Who comaundide to ȝou, that ȝe bilden this hows, and this roof, and many othere thingis ȝe perfourmen? and who ben tho bilders, that bilden up thes thingis? And the eldre men of Is|rael hadden grace of the Lord, whanne the visitacioun of hem was maad upon hem that weren of the caitifte; and thei weren not lettid to bilden up, to the tyme that it were signified to Darij of alle thes thingis, and an answere were taken aȝen. This is the ensaumple of the lettre, that Cysennes, the vndir kyng of Cyrie and of Fenyces, and Satrobosanes, and her fe|lawis, rewlers in Sirye and in Fenyce, senden to the king. To kyng Darye, gretyng. Alle thingis be thei knowen to the lord the kyng; forsothe whanne we camen in to the regioun of Judee, and wenten in to Jerusalem, we founden men bildynge a greet hous of God, and a temple of gret polishid stones, and of precious maters in the wallis; and tho werkis besily in makynge, and to help, and to make wel|sum in the hondis of hem, and in al glorie, ful diligently to be perfourmyd. Thanne we askiden the eldre men, seiynge, Who suffride ȝou to bilde this hous, and to bilde thes werkis? Therfor forsothe we askiden hem, that we myȝten make knowen to thee the men, and the prouostis, or reuys; and we askiden hem the writyng of the names of the maistris of the werk. And thei an|sweriden to vs, seiynge, We ben seruauntis of the Lord, that made bothe heuen and erthe; and this hous was bild bifore thes many ȝeris of the kyng of Israel, that was greet, and a ful strong kyng, and it was destried aȝen. And for oure fadris terriden and synneden aȝen God of Israel, he bitook hem in to the hondis of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, kyng of Caldeis; and thei destrieden and brenden up this hous, and thei brouȝten the peple maad thral in to Babiloyne. In the first ȝeer regnynge Cyro, kyng of Babiloyne, kyng Cyrus wroot to bilden up this hous; and tho hooly golden vessels and silueren, that Nabugodonosor had born awey fro the hous of God, that is in Jerusalem, and had sacrid hem in his temple, efte kyng Cyrus brouȝte hem forth fro the temple that was in Babiloyn, and thei weren bi|take to Sorobabel, and to Salmanasar, the vndir litil kyng. And it was comaundid to hem, that thei offre thes vessels, and thei schulde ley hem up in the temple, that was in Jerusalem, and to bilde up that temple of God in that place. Thanne Salmanasar vndirleide the foundementis of the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem; and fro thennes vn to now is a bildynge, and hath take no ful endyng. Now thanne, O kyng! if it is demed of thee, that it be perfitly souȝt in the kyngis libraries of kyng Cyry, that ben in Babiloyne; and if it were founden in the counseil of kyng Ciry, the makyng of the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem, to be bigunnen, and if it schal be schewid of the lord oure kyng, write he to vs of thes thingis. Thanne kyng Darie comaundid to ben ynwardly souȝt in the libraries; and ther was founden in Egbathanys, a borouȝ town, that is in the myddil regioun, a place, in the whiche weren wreten thes thingis. The firste ȝer regnynge Cyro kyng, Cyrus comaundide to bilden up the hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusalem, where thei brenden with contynuel fijr; whos heiȝt was maad of lx. cubitis, and the brede of sixty cubitis, squarid with thre polischid stones, and with soler tree of the same regioun, and with o newe soler; and costis to be ȝouen of the hous of king Cyrus; and the holy vessels of the hous of the Lord, bothe golden and silueren, that Nabugodonosor bare awey, that tho be putt thidere in to the hous, that is in Jerusalem, where thei weren put. And he comaundide Cysennem, the vndir litil kyng of Cyrie and Fenyce, and Satrabusanam, and his felawis, to do her bisynesse, and thei that weren in Sirie and Fenyce ordeyneden rewlers, that thei schulden absteyne them fro the same place. And I also comaundide to make it up al, and I lokide forth, that thei help them that ben of the caitiftee of Jewis, vnto the tyme that the temple of the hous of the Lord be full endid; and a quantitee to be ȝouen diligently to these men of the tra|ueile of the tributis of Sirye Choles and Fenyces, to the sacrifice of the Lord, to Sorobabel, the prefect, to bolis, and we|theris, and to lombis; also forsothe bothe whete, and salt, wyn, and oile, bisily bi alle ȝeris, as the prestis, that ben in Jeru|salem, ordeyneden to be fulfillid eche day, withoute ony delay; also that ther be offrid offryngis of licours to the hiȝest God, for the kyng, and for his children, and preie thei for the lijf of hem. And be it denounsid, that who so euer ouer passen ony thing of these thingis that ben wreten, outher despisen, be ther taken a tree of her owne, and be thei hangid theron, and her goodes be ethchetid to the kyng. Therfor also the Lord, whos name is ynwardly clepid there, outlawe he eche kyng and folk, that strecchen out her hoond to offende, or to yuele trete that hous of the Lord, that is in Jerusa|lem. I, kyng Darie, haue maad a decree, to be don as moost diligently after thes thingis.

 CAP. VII.

Thanne Cysennes, the litil vndir kyng of Choelem Cyrie and Fenycen, and Satra|busanes, and her felawis, obeisheden to these thingis, that weren demyd of kyng Darie, and stoden ful diligently in to the hooly werkis, wirchinge togidre with the eldre men of Jewis, princis of Cirie. And the hooly werkis ben maad welsum, as the prophetes Agge and Zacharie prophe|cieden. And thei fulfilliden alle thingis, aftir the heest of the Lord God of Israel, and aftir the counseil of Cyri, and of Darij, and of Artaxersis, kyng of Persis. And oure hous is endid, in the three and twentithe dai of the monthe of Marche, in the sixte ȝeer of kyng Darij. And the sones of Israel, and the prestis, and de|kens, and othere that weren of the caitiftee, the whiche ben sett to, diden aftir thoo thingis that ben writen in the book of Moyses. And thei offreden in to the dedi|catioun of the temple of the Lord, an hun|drid bolis, two hundrid wetheris, foure hundrid lambren, twelue kides, for the synnes of al Israel, after the noumbre of the xij. lynages of Israel. And the prestis and dekens stoden, clothid with the stolis, bi her lynagis, upon the werkis of the Lord God of Israel, aftir the book of Moyses; and ther weren porters bi alle the ȝatis. And the sones of Israel diden that pask, with hem that weren of the caitiftee, in the moone of the first monthe, the fourtenthe day, whanne the prestis and dekens ben halewid. And alle the sones of caitiftee thei ben not halewid to|gidre, for alle the Leuytis ben halewid togidere. And thei offreden pask to alle the sones of caitiftee, and to her bretheren, prestis, and to them selff. And the sonus of Israel, the whiche weren of the caitiftee, alle thei that hadden left fro alle the cursidnessis of Gentiles, or hethen folk, of the eerthe, eeten, and souȝten the Lord; and thei halewiden the feest day of therff looues, seuene daies etynge in siȝt of the Lord; for he conuertide the counseil of the kyng of Assirijs in hem, to coumforte the hondis of hem to the werkis of the Lord God of Israel. And aftir this, while Artaxerse, kyng of Persis, regnyde, ther wente to Esdras, a man that was the sone of Azarie, sone of Elchie, sone of Salome, sone of Sadduch, sone of Achitob, sone of Amarie, sone of Aza, sone of Bocce, sone of Abisae, sone of Phynees, sone of Elea|zar, sone of Aaron, the first preest. This Esdras stiede up fro Babiloyne, whanne he was scribe, and witty in the lawe of Moyses, the whiche was ȝouen of the Lord of Israel, to sey it and do it. And the kyng ȝaaf to him glorie, that he hadde founden grace in al dignytee, and in de|sijr, in the siȝt of him. And ther stiede up with him in to Jerusalem of the sones of Israel, bothe prestis, and dekens, and holy syngers of the temple, and vsshers, and seruauntis of the temple. In the se|uenthe ȝeer regnynge Artaxerse, in the fifthe monthe, this is the seuenthe ȝeer of the rewme, goynge out forsothe fro Babi|loyne in the newe moone of the fifte monthe, thei camen to Jerusalem, aftir the heestis of him, whanne the prosperitee of the wey was grauntid to hem of that Lord. In these thingis forsothe Esdras weldide greet discipline, lest he passide ony thing of tho thingis that weren of the lawe of the Lord, and of the heestis, and in techynge al Israel al riȝtwisnesse and doom. Thei forsothe that writen the writyngis of kyng Artaxerses, comynge niȝniȝ to Esdras I pr. m., token writen that, that came from kyng Artaxerses to Esdras, the prest, and redere of the lawe of the Lord, the en|saumple of the whiche thing writen is sett next aftir.

 CAP. VIII.

Kyng Artaxerses to Esdre, the prest, and redere of the lawe of the Lord, sendith gretyng. More benygne I demynge also to benefetis, comaundide to hem that de|siren of the folke of Jewis their owne thingis wilfully, and of the prestis, and of dekens, that ben in my rewme, to felaw|schipe with thee in to Jerusalem. Thanne if ony coueiten to gon with thee, come thei togidre, and go thei forth, as it plesith to me, and to my seuene frendis coun|seilers; that thei visite tho thingis, that ben don aftir Jude and Jerusalem, kepinge the lawe, as thou hast in the lawe of the Lord; and bere thei ȝiftis to the Lord of Israel, whom I knew, and the frendis of Jerusalem, and al the gold and the siluer, that weren founde in the rewme of Babi|loyne, be it born to the Lord in Jerusalem, with that that is ȝouen of thilke folk in the temple of the Lord, of hem that is in Jerusalem; that this gold be gederid and siluer, to bolis, and wetheris, and to lambis, and kides, and that to these ben couenable; that thei offren oostes to the Lord, upon the auter of the Lord of hem, that is in Jerusalem. And alle thingis what euer thou wilt do with thi bretheren, perfourme it with gold and siluer, for thi will, aftir the heest of the Lord thi God. And the sacrid hooly vessels, the whiche weren ȝouen to thee, to the werkis of the Lordis hous, thi God, that is in Jerusalem, and othere thingis, what euere woln helpe to the werkis of the temple of thi God, thou schalt ȝiuen it of the kyngis tresorie, whanne thou wilt maken the werk with thi bretheren, with gold and siluer; and parfourme thou al thing aftir the will of thi Lord. And I, kyng Artaxerses, haue comaundid to kepers of the tresours of Cirye and of Fenyce, that what euer thingis Esdras, the preest, and redere of the lawe of the Lord, wrijte fore, bisily be it ȝouen to him, vn to an hundrid ta|lentis of siluer, also and of gold; and vnto an hundrid busshelis of whete, and an hundrid vessels of wyn, and othere thingis, what euer abounden, withoute taxynge. Alle thingis be don to the hiest God, aftir the lawe of God, lest perauenture wraththe arijse up in the rewme of the kyng, and of his sone, and of the sones of him. To ȝou forsothe it was seid, that to alle the prestis, and dekens, and to holy syngers, and seruauntis of the temple, and to scribis of this temple, no tribute, no ony oother forfendyng be born to hem, ne haue ther ony man power to aȝen caste ony thing to hem. Thou forsothe, Esdras, aftir the wisdom of God ordeyne domesmen and arbitrours, in al Cirye and Fenyce, and teche alle that knowen the lawe of thi God; that hou fele euere passen the lawe, thei be besely punyshid, or bi deth, or bi tourment, or also bi multyng, or punysch|ing, of money, or bi departyng awey. And Esdras, the scribe, seide, Blessid be the Lord God of oure fadris, that ȝaaf this will in to the herte of the kyng, to clarifie his hous, that is in Jerusalem; and hath wirschipid me in siȝt of the kyng, and of hise counselours, and of hise frendis, and of hise purpred men. And I am maad stidefast in inwitt, aftir the helpyng of the Lord oure God; and I gadride of Is|rael men, that thei schulden stie up to|gidre with me. And these ben the pro|uostis, aftir their cuntrees, and porcionel princehedis of hem, that with me stieden up fro Babiloyne, in the rewme of Artax|erses. Of the sones of Phares was Jer|somus; of the sones of Cyemarith, Ame|nus; of the sones of Dauid, Accus, the sone of Cecelie; of the sones of Phares, Zacharie, and with him ben turned aȝen an hundrid men and fifty; of the sonus of Ductor, Moabilonys, Zaraey, and with him two hundrid men and fifty; of the sonus of Sacues, Jechonye, Thetheely, and with him two hundrid men and fifty; of the sones of Salomosias, Gotholie, and with him seuenty men; of the sones of Sapha|cye, Zarias, Mychely, and with him foure score men; of the sones of Jobab, Dias, Jesely, and with him two hundrid men and twelue; of the sones of Banye, Saly|moth, the sone of Josaphie, and with him an hundrid men and sixty; of the sones of Beer, Zacharie, Bebey, and with him two hundrid men and eiȝte; of the sones of Azachie, Channes, Acharie, and with him an hundrid men and ten; of the sones of Adonycam, that ben the laste, and thes ben the names of hem, Elyphalam, the sone of Jebel, and Semeas, and with him seuenty men. And I gedride hem to the flood, that is seid Thia and Methaty; there we weren thre daies, and I knewe hem. And of the sones of prestis and of Leuytis I fonde not there. And I sente to Eleazar, and to Eccelom, and Masman, and Malolan, and Enaathan, and Samea, and Joribum, Nathan, Ennagan, Zacharie, Mosollamym, the whiche weren leders and wise men. And I seide to hem, that thei schulden come to Luddium, that was at the place of the tresorie. And I sente to hem, that they schulden sey to Luddyum, and his bretheren, and to hem that weren in the tresorie, that thei schulden sende to vs hem that schulden vse presthod in the hous of the Lord oure God. And thei brouȝten to us, aftir the strong hoond of the Lord oure God, wise men of the sones of Mooly, sone of Leuy, sone of Israel, Sebebian, and sones, and bretheren, that weren eiȝtene; Asbiam, and Ammum, of the sones of Chananey; and the sonus of hem weren twenti men. And of hem that seruyden in the temple, the whiche Dauid and thei princis ȝauen, to the wirching to the Leuytis, to the temple, of men ser|uynge, two hundrid and twenty. The names of alle ben signyfied in scripturis. And I vowide there fastyng to ȝonge men, in the siȝt of the Lord, that I schulde seche of hym a good wey to us, and to hem that weren with us, of sones, and bestis, for aspies. Forsothe I schamyde to aske of the kyng foot men and hors men, in felauschipe of grace, of keping aȝen oure aduersaries. Forsothe we seiden to the kyng, For the vertue of the Lord schal be with hem, that inwardly sechen him in al effect. And efte we preieden the Lord oure God, aftir thes thingis, whom also we hadden benyngly; and we ben maad hool to oure God. And I de|partide of the prouostis of the folc, and of the prestis of the temple, xij men, and Sedebian, and Affamyan, and ten men with hem of her bretheren. And I weiede to hem siluer and gold, and prestis vessels, of the hous of the Lord oure God, the whiche the kyng had ȝouen, and his counseilers, and princis, and al Israel. And whanne I hadde peisid it, I toke an hundrid ta|lentis of siluer and fifty, and silueren vessels of an hundrid talentis, and of gold an hundrid talentis, and of golden vessels seuen score, and twelue brasen vessels of good schynynge metal, ȝeldinge the lik|nesse of gold. And I seide to hem, Bothe ȝe ben holy to the Lord, and the vessels ben holy, and the gold and the siluer is of the avowe to the Lord God of oure fadris. Wake ȝe, and kepe it, til the tyme that ȝe take it of the prouostes of the peple, and of the prestis, and of the dekens, and of princis of the citees of Israel and Jeru|salem, in the priuey chaumbre of the hous of oure God. And thes prestis and de|kens, that token gold and siluer, and ves|sels, that weren in Jerusalem, thei broȝten thoo in to the temple of the Lord. And we moeueden forth fro the flood of Thya, the twelfthe day of the firste monthe, til that we ȝeden in to Jerusalem. And whanne the thrid day was don, the firthe day forsothe the peisid gold and siluer was bitaken in to the hous of the Lord oure God, to Marymoth, the sone of Jory, the prest; and with him was Eleazar, the sone of Phynees; and ther weren with him Josabdus, the sone of Jesu, and Me|dias, and Banny, the sone of a deken; alle thingis at noumbre and weiȝt. And the weiȝt of hem is writen in the same hour. Thoo forsothe, that camen fro the caitifte, offriden sacrifice of the Lord of Israel, twelue bolis for alle Israel, foure score wetheris and sixe, two and seuenty lambren, twelue geet for synne, and twelue kiyn for helthe; alle in to the sacrifice of the Lord. And eft thei redden the hestis of the kyng to the kyngis dispensatours, and to the litle vndir kyngis of Choele, and of Cirye, and of Fenyce; and thei wirschipiden the folc and the temple of the Lord. And aftir thes thingis weren endidfillid endid I., thei camen to me, seiynge, The kynrede of Israel, and the princis, and the prestis, and Leuytis, and alien folkis, and naciouns of the lond, han not partid awey her vnclennessis fro the Chananeis, and Etheis, and fro Pheriseis, and Jebuseis, and fro the Moabitis, and Egipcians, and Ydumeis; forsothe thei weren ioyned to the douȝtris of hem, bothe thei and their sones; and the hooly seed was mengid togidre with the hethene folk of the loond; and the prouostis and maistre iuges weren parceners of this wickidnesse, fro the bi|gynnyng of that rewme. And anoon as I herde thes thingis, I kitte my clothis, and the halewid coote, and I taar the heris of myn hed, and the berd, and I sate serew|ynge, and drury. And ther camen to me thanne as many as euer weren moued in the word of the Lord God of Israel, weil|ynge me upon this wickidnesse; and I saat serewful vnto the euentijd sacrifice. And thanne I risynge fro fastyng, hau|ynge my clothis kitt, knelide myche, and strecchinge out myn hondis to the Lord, I seide, Lord, I am confoundid, and I am adred bifore thi face. Forsothe oure synnes ben multiplied upon oure hedis, and oure wickidnessis ben enhaunsid vnto heuen; for fro the tyme of oure fadris we haue be in gret synne vnto this dai. And for oure owne synnes, and for the synne of oure fadris we ben taken, with oure bretheren, and with oure prestis, and with kyngis of the loond, in to swerd, and caitiftee, and in to prey, with confusion, vnto the dai that is now. And now hou myche is it, that the mercy of thee, Lord God, fallith to us; leue thou to us a roote and a name, in to the place of thin halew|yng, to vnkoueren oure ȝyuere of liȝt in the hous of the Lord oure God, to ȝiue to us mete in the tyme of oure seruage. And whanne we seruyden, we weren not forsa|ken of the Lord oure God; but he sette us in grace, puttynge to us kyngis of Persis to ȝiue us mete, and to clarifie the temple of the Lord oure God, and to bilde the deseertis of Syon, and to ȝiue to us stable|nesse in Judee and in Jerusalem. And now, Lord, what sey we, hauynge thes thingis? We haue ouerpassid thin hestis, the whiche thou ȝiue in to the hondis of thi children, prophetis, that seiden, For|sothe the lond, in whiche ȝe haue entrid, to welde the heritage of it, is a defoulid lond with the filthis of hethen men of the lond, and the vnclennessis of hem han fulfillid al it in his vnclennesse. And now therfor ȝe schul not ioyne ȝoure douȝtris to her sones, and her douȝtris ȝe schul not take to ȝoure sones; and ȝe schul not seche to haue pes with hem al tyme, that comynge aboue ȝe ete the beste thingis of the lond, and that ȝe dele the heritage to ȝoure sones, for euere. And thoo thingis that fallen to us, be thei alle don for oure schrewid werkis, and oure grete synnes. And thou hast ȝouen to us sich a roote, and eft we ben turned aȝen to ouerpasse thi laweful thingis, that the vnclennessis of the hethen folc of this lond weren mengid. Whether thou schalt not wrath|then to us, to lese us, for til the roote be forsaken, and oure seed? Lord God of Israel, thou art sothfast; forsothe the root is forsaken, vnto the day that is now. Lo! now we ben in thi siȝt in oure wickid|nessis; forsothe it is not ȝitt to stonde bifore thee in thes thingis. And whanne Esdras honouringe knowlechide, wepinge, he fel doun to the erthe bifore the temple, ther ben gederid bifore him a ful gret multitude of Jerusalem, men, and wym|men, and ȝounge men, and ȝounge wym|men; forsothe the wepynge was gret in that multitude. And whanne Jechonyas, the sone of Jeely, of the sones of Israel, hadde cried, Esdras seide, We haue synned aȝen the Lord, for that we haue sett with us in to matrimonye hethen wymmen, of the Gentiles of the lond. And now who so euer is ouer al Israel in thes thingis, be ther to vs an ooth of the Lord, to putten awey alle oure wyues, that ben, with her sones, of the hethene folk; as it is demed to thee of the grettere men, aftir the lawe of the Lord. Arijse now up, and schewe thi will; forsothe to thee abijdith this nede, and we ben with thee; do manly. And Esdras arisynge up, made the princis of prestes, and the dekens, and al Israel, to swere to do aftir alle thes thingis; and thei sworen.

 CAP. IX.

And Esdras risynge up fro the fore porche of the temple, wente in to the celle of Jonathe, the sone of Nazaby. And he herbowrewid there, tastide no bred, ne dronke watir, for the wickidnessis of the multitude. And ther was maad a prech|yng in al Judee and in Jerusalem, to alle that weren of the caitiftee gederid in Je|rusalem, Who so euer aȝen comith not to the secounde or the thrid day, aftir the doom of the eldre men sittynge, his facultees schul be taken awey, and he be demed alien fro the multitude of the caitiftee. And alle, that weren of the lynage of Judee and of Beniamyn, weren gedrid togidre, thre daies in Jerusalem; this is the nynthe monthe, the twentithe day of the monthe. And al the multitude saat in the floor of the temple, tremblynge for wyntir thanne beynge. And Esdras risynge up, seide to Israel, Ȝe han do wickidly, settynge to ȝou in to matrimonye hethen wyues, that ȝe adde to the synnes of Israel. And now ȝiue ȝe to the Lord God of oure fadris confes|sioun, and gret worthynesse; and per|fourme ȝe his will, and goth awey fro the hethene folc of the lond, and fro hethene wyues. And al the multitude criede, and thei seiden with a gret voice, We schul do, as thou hast seid. But for the multitude is gret, and the tyme is wyntir, and we mowen not stonde vnholpen, and this werk is not to us of oo day, ne of two; myche we haue synned in thes thingis; therfor stonde the prouostis of the multitude, and alle that dwellen with us, and hou many euere han anentis hem hethen wijues; and stonde thei nyȝ in the tyme that is take, prestis, and domesmen, til that thei lousen the wraththe of the Lord, of this nede. Jonathas forsothe, the sone of Ezely, and Ozias, Thethan, token aftir thes thingis, and Bosoramus, and Leuys, and Satheus wrouȝten togidre with hem. And alle that weren of the caitiftee stoden there, aftir alle thes thingis. And Esdras, prest, chees to him men, grete princis, of the fadris of hem, aftir the names; and thei seten togidre, in the newe moone of the tenthe monthe, to examyne this nede. And it is determyned of the men, that hadden hethen wyues, vnto the newe mones of the firste monthe. And ther ben founden mengid among of the prestis, that hadden hethen wiues; of the sones of Jesu, the sone of Josedech, and of his bretheren, Maseas, and Eleeserus, and Joribus, and Joadeus. And thei leiden her hoondis, that thei schuldn putte awey their wyues, and for to sacrifie a ram, in to preier for their ignoraunce. And of the sones of Semmery, Masseas, and Esses, and Geley, Azarias; and of the sonus of Phosore, Leomasias, Hismaenis, and Na|thanae, Jussio, Jeddus, and Talsas. And of the dekens, Josabdus, and Semeis, and Cholitus, and Calitas, and Phacceas, and Coluas, and Elionas. And of the halewid syngers, Eliazub, Zacturus. And of the vsschers, Salumus, and Thosbanes. And of Israel, of the sones of Phorcosy, and Remyas, and Jeddias, and Melchias, and Mychelus, and Eleazarus, and Jemebias, and Bannas. And of the sones of Jol|amani, Anias, and Zacharias, Jerselus, and Jobdius, and Erymath, and Elias. And of the sonus of Sachon, Eleadas, and Eleasumus, and Othias, and Jarymoth, and Zabdis, and Thebedias. And of the sones of Bedo, Johannes, and Amanyas, and Zabdias, and Emetis. And of the sonus of Banny, Olamus, and Mallucus, and Jeddeus, and Jazub, and Azabus, and Jerymoth. And of the sones of Addyn, Naathus, and Moosias, and Calemus, and Raanas, and Baseas, Mathatias, and Beth|sel, and Bonnus, and Manasses. And of the sones of Myaie, Nenyas, and Apheas, and Melcheas, and Sameas, and Symon, Beniamyn, and Malchus, and Marias. Of the sones of Azom, Cartaneus, Mathatias, and Bannus, and Eliphalath, and Ma|nasses, and Semey. Of the sones of Banny, Jeremias, and Moodias, and Abra|mus, and Johel, and Baneas, and Pelias, and Jonas, and Marymoth, and Eliazub, and Mathaneus, and Eleazis, and Ozias, and Dielus, and Samedius, and Zambris, and Josephus. And of the sones of Nobey, Ydelus, and Mathatias, and Zaladus, and Setheda, Sedym, and Jessei, Baneas. Alle these ioyneden to hem hethen wyues, and leften hem, with her sones. And prestis, and dekens, and thei that weren of Israel, dwelliden in Jerusalem in an oo regioun, the newe moone of the seuenthe monthe; and the sones of Israel weren in their abidyngis. And al the multitude gedride togidre in the floor, that is fro the eest of the halewid ȝate. And thei seiden to Esdre, bisschop and reder, that he schulde brynge forth the lawe of Moises, that was ȝouen of the Lord God of Israel. And Esdras, the bisschop, brouȝte forth the lawe to al the multitude of hem, fro man vn to womman, and to alle the prestis, to here the lawe, in the newe moone of the se|uenthe monthe. And he radde in the floor, that is bifore the hooly ȝate of the temple, fro the firste liȝt of the daie vnto euyn, bifore men and wymmen; and alle thei ȝauen witt to the lawe. And Esdras, the prest, and redere of the lawe, stood upon the treen chaier, that was maad therfore. And ther stoden with him Mathatias, and Samus, and Ananyas, Azarias, Vrias, Ezechias, and Balsamus, at the riȝt side; and at the left side, Pha|leleus, Mysael, Malachias, Abustas, Sabus, Nabadias, and Zacharias. And Esdras took a book bifore al the multitude; for|sothe he sate bifore in worschip, in the siȝt of alle. And whanne he hadde as|soilid the lawe, alle thei stoden upright. And Esdras blesside the Lord God, alther hiȝest God of Sabaoth, al myȝti. And al the peple answeride, Amen. And efte thei reisyden up her hondis, and fallynge doun vnto the erthe, thei honouriden the Lord. And Esdras comaundide, that these schulden teche the lawe, Jesus, and Ba|naeus, and Sarabias, and Jadmus, and Accubus, and Sabatheus, and Calithes, and Azarias, and Joradus, and Ananyas, and Philas, dekens. The whiche tauȝten the lawe of the Lord, and in the multitude thei radden the lawe of the Lord; and eche bi him self, that vndirstoden the lesson, tolde it before hem. And Atha|rathes seide to Esdre, the bisschop and redere, and to the Leuytis that tauȝten the multitude, seiynge, This day is hooly to the Lord. And alle thei wepten, whanne thei hadden herd the lawe. And Esdras seide, Ȝe therfore, aftir ȝe ben gon atwynne, eteth alle moost fatte thingis, and drynketh alle mooste swete, and sende ȝe ȝiftis to hem that han not; forsothe this day of the Lord is hooly; and be ȝe not sory, the Lord forsothe schal clarifie vs. And the dekens denounciden, or schew|iden, openly to alle men, seiynge, This day is hooly; wille ȝe not be sory. And thanne alle thei wenten awey, to ete, and to drynke, and to haue plentee of mete, and to ȝiue ȝiftis to hem that han not, wheroff to ete plenteuously. Gretly for|sothe thei ben enhaunsid in the wordis, with the whiche thei ben tauȝt. And alle thei weren gadrid in to Jerusalem, to make solempne the gladnesse, aftir the testament of the Lord God of Israel.

 Heere endith the thridde book of Esdre, and bigynnith Thobie. TOBIT. [Prologue on the book of TobitThis prologue is from M..]

IN this book of Tobie ben contened the seuen dedis of merci, whiche Tobie wrouȝte with his peple of the sones of Israel, that weren in caitifte, acordinge to the gospel of Crist, seiynge, Blessid ben thei that ben merciful, for thei schullen haue merci; wherfor Tobie doinge merci hadde merci of God, which sente his aungel to comforte him, and to do merci to him, as he hadde do bifore to his peple of Israel.

 Here bigynneth the book of TobieThe book of Tobie. ELP. Here bigynneth Tobie. ag. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

TOBIEThis storie of Tobie bifelde in the sixte ȝeer of king Ezechie. Lire here. A et plures. was of the lynage andand of the IS. citee of Neptalym, whichthe which I. is in the hiȝere partis of Galilee, aboue Naason, bihynde the weie that ledith to the west, and hathit hath IS. in the lefte side the citee of Sapheth, whanneand whanne IS. heThobie IS. was takun in the daies of Salmanazar, kyng of Assiriens, netheles he set in cay|tifte, `ether takun prisonereither maad thral IS., forsook not the weie of treuthe, so that he depart|ide ech dai alle thingis whiche he myȝtemyȝte leuefully IS. hauehaue or gete IS., with caitifhis thral I. his caitif S. britheren that weren of his kyn. And whanne he was ȝongere than allealle othere I.than alle; notable per|sonys. Lire here. CV. in the lynage of Neptalym, netheles he dide no childischeOm. IS. thing in werkwerk childely IS.. ForsotheCertis IS. whanne alle Jewisthe Jewis DELSg. othere I. ȝeden to theworshepe the S. goldun calues, whiche Jero|boam, the kyng of Israel, madehad made S., this Tobie aloone fledde theal the S. cumpenyescumpany S. of alleOm. S. menthilke Jewis I. Jewis S.; andOm. A. he ȝedewente I. to Jerusalem, to the temple of the Lord, and there he wor|schipide the Lord GodOm. A. of Israel; and he offride feithfuly alle hise firste fruytis, and hise tithis; so that in the thridde ȝeer he mynystrideȝaaf IS. al thehis I. tithe to conuersismen that weren turned to the bileue I. men turned to the bileue S. and comlyngisto comlyngis I. comlyngis come fro other cuntreis S.. TheThis IS. ȝonge manman Thobie IS. keptekepte in doynge I. kept or dide S. these thingis, and thingisothere thingis I. lijklijk to IS. these, biaftir I. the lawe of God of heuene. SotheliAnd IS. whanne he was maad a manman hauyng discresioun S., he took a wijf, AnneAnne bi name IS., of his lynage; and he gendridegaat I. of hir a sone, and puttidehe putte I. he puttide S. his owne name to hym; whom he tauȝte fro ȝong childhed forOm. ISX. to drede God, and for to absteyneabsteyne him S. fro al synne. Therfor whanne bi caitifte heThobie IS. was comun, with his wijf and sonehis sone A., in to the citee Nynyueof Nynyue BCGIS., with al his lynage, and alle menOm. I. eeteneeten there IS. of the meetis of hethene men, this Tobie kepte his soulesoule or his consience cleene S., and washe was I. neuere defoulid in the metismetis; for|bedun to Jewis bi Moises lawe. Lire here. C. of hem. AndOm. S. for he was myndeful of the Lord in al his herte, God ȝaf grace to hym in the siȝt of Salamanazar, the kyng; and he ȝaf to Tobie power to go whidur euer he wolde, and he hadde fredom to do what euer thingis he wolde. Therfor heThobie IS. ȝede bi alle menthe men I. that weren in caitiftethraldom I., and ȝafhe ȝaf IS. to hem theOm. IS. heestis of helthehelth, to be pacient in her disese S.. So|theliAnd IS. whanne he was comyn in to Rages, a citee ofof the cuntree of I. Medeis, and haddehe hadde IS. ten talentis of siluer, of these thingis bi whiche he was onourid of the kyngkyng, to haue fredom of his owne good IS.; and siȝhe siȝ IS. Gabelus nedi, that was ofa man of IS. his lynagescyn IS., with myche cumpeny of his kynlynage I., Tobieand I. and Tobie S. ȝaf to hym, vndur an obligacioun, the forseid weiȝte of siluer. ForsotheAnd IS. after myche tyme, aftirOm. S. that Salamanazar, the kyng, was deed, whanne Senacherib, his sone, regn|yde for hym, and haddehe hadde I. the sones of Israel hateful in his siȝt, Tobie ȝede ech dai bi al his kynrede, and coumfortide hem, and departidehe departide IS. of hise catelscatel IS. to ech man, as he myȝte; he fedde hungri men, and ȝaf clothis to nakid men, and he `ȝaf bisilibisili ordeynede I. sepulture to deed men and slayn. SotheliAnd IS. whanne theOm. S. kyng Senacherib turnede aȝen, fleynge fro Judee thefor the IS. veni|aunce that God `hadde dodide there IS. abouteto IS. hym for his blasfemye, and heOm. I. was wrooth, and killide many of the sones of Israel, Tobie biriede `the bodies of hemher bodies IS.. And aftir that itthis IS. was teld to the kyng, he comaund|ide Tobie to be slayn, and he took aweifro him IS. al his catel. SotheliAnd IS. Tobie fledde with his sone and with his wijf, and washe was IS. hid nakidnakid; that is, spuylid of alle catelis. Lire here. CV., for many men loueden hym. For|sotheAnd IS. afterOm. IS. fyue and fourti daiesdaies aftir this IS., the sones of the kyng kyilliden the kyng; andand thanne IS. Tobie turnede aȝen to his hows, and al his catel was restorid to hym.

 CAP. II.

ForsotheCertis IS. aftir these thingis, whanne a feeste dai of the Lord was, and aOm. IS. good meete was maad in the hows of Tobie, he seide to his sone, Go thou, and bryngebrynge yn hidere IS. sum men of oure lynagekyn IS., `that dredendredyng S. God, that thei ete with vs. And whanne heȝoung Thobie IS. was goongone forth S., he turnede aȝen, and telde to hymhis fadir IS., that oon of the sones of Israel lai stranglid in the street; and anoon `he skippideTobie rose up IS. fro his sittyng place, and leftehe lefte IS. thehis IS. mete, and cam fastynge to the bodided bodi I.; and he took itit up IS., and barbar it ISg. toin to S. his hows pry|uely, for to birie hym warli, whanne the sunne waswere I. goOm. g. doun. And whanne he hadde hid the bodi, he eet breedthe breed AB pr. m. with morenyng and tremblyngwith tremblyng IS., and remem|bridehe hadde in mynde IS. thatthe g. word, whichthat IS. the Lord seide bi Amos, the prophete, Ȝoure feeste daies schulen be turned in to morenyng and `lamentacioun, etherOm. IS. weilyng. SotheliAnd IS. whanne the sunne was go doun, Tobie ȝede, and biriede hym. ForsotheSothely IS. alle hise neiȝboris blameden hym, and seiden, Now for theOm. IS. cause of this thing thou were co|maundid to be slayn, and vnnethis thou ascapidisthast ascapid S. the comaundementheest IS. of deeth, and eft `biriest thouthou biriest IS. deed men? But Tobie dredde more God than the kyng, and tookhe took IS. awei the bodies of slayn men, and hiddehidde hem I. he hidde hem S. in his hows, and biriedehe hidde I. he biriede S. tho in the myddil of nyȝtis. SotheliAnd IS. it bi|felde, that in suma I. day heTobie IS. was maad wery of biriyngbiriyng deed bodies IS.; and he cam hoom, and leide hym silf bisidis a wal, and sleptehe slepte there I. slepte there S.; and while he slepte, hootether fell doun hoote I. ordurestoordis BCDEFGKLMNOPQRUVWXabfh. drit H sec. m. dounge I. filthe S. `fellen dounOm. I. fro the nest of swalewis onupon IS. hise iȝen; andand so I. he was maad blynd. ForsotheAnd IS. herfor the Lord suffride this temptacioun bifalleto bifalle IS. to hym, that the saumpleensaumple IS. of his pacience, `as also of seynt JobOm. IS., schulde be ȝouun to `after comerisafter comeris, as also it is of hooly Job I. aftercomeris, as also the paciens of seint Job S.. For whi whanne heTobie IS. dredde God euere fro his ȝong childhed, and kepte hise comaundementishestis IS., he was not sorysory or heuy I. sori or gruching S. aȝens God, forfor that I. for that that S. the sikenesse of blyndnesse cam to hym; but he dwellide vnmouable in the drede of God, and didehe dide IS. thankyngis to God in alle the dais of his lijf. For whi as kyngis vpbreididenupbreiden CIR. seyntblessid IS. Job, so it bifelde to this Tobie, hisethat hise IS. eldris and kynesmenhis kynesmen I. scorneden his lijf, and seidenseiden to him S., Where isis now IS. thin hopehope; these bileuyden the rewarding of good and of yuel is onely in present liyf, as the frendis of Joob diden. Lire here. C., for which thou didist almes dedis and biri|yngismadist sepulcris to deed men IS.? SotheliAnd IS. Tobie blamyde hemhem that thus spaken S., and seidehe seide I. he seide to hem S., Nyle ȝe speke so, for we ben the sones of hooli men, and we abiden that lijf, whichthat IS. God schal ȝyue to hem thatwhich S. chaungenchaungiden S. neuere her feith fro hym. ForsotheAnd IS. Anne, his wijf, ȝede ech dai to the `werk of weuyngweuynge craft H sec. m., and brouȝtesche brouȝte hom IS. lyue|lodethe lyuelode IS., whichthat IS. sche myȝte gete of the trauel of hir hondis. WherofWherfor S. Where X. it `was doonbifelle IS., that sche took a kide of geetgeet, for her weuyng S., and brouȝteshe brouȝte it IS. hoom. And whannewhanne Tobie IS. hir hosebonde haddeOm. S. herd the vois of this kide bletynge, he seide, SeLoke I. ȝe, lest perauenture itthis kide IS. bebe gotun IS. of thefte, butbut if it so be I. but thanne S. `ȝelde ȝeȝeldeth I. itit aȝen IS. to `hise lordishem that ouȝten it IS.; for it is not leueful `to vsOm. I., ethir to ete ether to touche ony thing of thefte. At these thingiswordis I. histhe I. wijfwijf of Tobie I. was wrooth, and answeridesche answeride to him IS., OpynliNow is opynli I. Now apertli S. thin hope isOm. I. maad veyn, and thin almes dedis apperidenhan apeerid I.apperiden; that is, feyned and void, as doon for ipocri|sie. Lire here. C. nowOm. IS.. And bi thesethese wordis I. these wordis of malice S. and `othere siche wordisbi siche othere IS. sche seide schenschip to hymhir husbonde IS..

 CAP. III.

Thanne Tobie inwardli sorewide, and biganhe bigan IS. to preye with teeris, and seidehe seide S., Lord, thou art iust, and alle thi domes ben iust, and alle thi weies ben mercy, and treuthe, and doom. And now, Lord, haue thouOm. I. mynde of me, and take thou notnot withoute eend S. veniaunce of my synnes, nether haue thou mynde of my trespassis, ethirneither IS. of my fa|drisfadris trespassis I.. For we `obeieden nothaue not obeied IS. to `thi co|maundementisthin hestis IS., andand therfor IS. we ben takun in to rifelyng, and in to caitifte, and in to deth, and in to `a fableianglyng IS., and in to schenschip to alle naciouns, among whiche thou hast scaterid vs. And now, Lord, thi domes ben gretegrete and dredeful IS.; for we han not do aftir `thi comaundementisthin hestis IS., and we han not go clenli bifor thee. And now, Lord, biaftir IS. thi wille do thou merciOm. I. with me, and comaunde thou my spirit to be resseyued in pees; forforsothe IS. it spedith more to me to die than to lyue. And soalso IS. it bifelde inthat in S. the same dai, that Sare, the douȝter of Raguel, was in Rages, a citee of Medeis, and sche herd schenschip ofspoken of I. seide to hir silf of S. oon of the handmaidishoond maidens ISX. of hir fadir; for scheSara IS. was ȝouun to seuene hosebondis, and a feend, Asmodeus bi name, killide hemhem alle S., anoon as thei hadden entrid to hirhir, wilnyng hir for hir fleshli lust S.. TherforAnd IS. whanne scheSara IS. blamyde `the damyselehir maide IS. for her gilt, the damisele answeride to hir, and seide, Thou sleeressesleestere I. quellere H sec. m. of thin hosebondis, se we `no more aneuere upon erthe I. no more vpon erthe S. sone ether aOm. IS. douȝter of thee `on ertheOm. IS.; whether also thou wolt sle me, as also thou hast slayn seuene men? At this voisword S. scheSara S. ȝede in to the hiȝere closet of hir hows, and thre daies and thre nyȝtis sche eet not, nether drank; but sche con|tynuede in preierholi preier S. with teeris, and bi|souȝtesche bisouȝte IS. God, that he schulde delyuere hir fro this schenschip. ForsotheAnd IS. it was doon in the thridde dai, while sche hadde fillidfulfillid IS. thehir IS. preier, sche blesside the Lord, and seide, God of oure fadris, thi name is blessid, whichthe which I. whanne thou hast be wrooth, schalt doof thi goodnesse do S. merci, and in tyme of tribulacioun forȝyuestthou forȝyuest IS. synnessynne S. to hem, that inwardli clepen thee. Lord, to thee Y turne togidereal togidre S. my face; toand I lifte up [myn iȝen S] to IS. thee `Y reiseOm. IS. myn iȝenOm. S.. Lord, Y axeaxe of thee S., that thou assoilelouse IS. meme out IS. froof S. the boond of this schen|schip, ether certis that thou take me awei fro aboue theOm. IS. erthe. Lord, thou wost, that Y neuere coueitide manman for fleshli lust S., and Ythat Y IS. haue kept my soule cleene fro al coueitisevnleeful coueitise IS.. Y medlide me neuere with pleierispleieris; dis|solutly and vnonestly. Lire here. C., nether Y ȝaf memyself IS. parcenerto be parcener IS. with hem that goon in vnstablenesse. ButBut, Lord IS. Y consentide to take an hosebonde with thi drede, not with my lust. And ether Y was vnworthi to hem, ether thei perauenture weren not worthi to me; for in hap thou hast kept me to another hosebonde. ForCertis IS. thi coun|cel is not in the power of manman to knowe it S.. ForsotheBut IS. echech man IS. that worschipith thee hath thisthis thing IS. for aOm. ISg. certeyn, thatas bileue that S. if his lijf isis here IS. in preuyng, he schal be corownedcrowned, if he continue pacientli S.; sotheliand IS. if he is in tribulacioun, he schal be delyueriddelyuerid whan best tyme is S.; and if he is in chastisyngin chastisyng; an other lettre hath in corup|cioun, that is, synneth bi ig|noraunce ether freelte. Lire here. C., it schal be leuefulleueful to him IS. to come to thi merci. ForCertis IS. thou delitist not in oure lossis; for after tempest thou makist pesiblepesible wedre IS., and after morenyng and wepyng thou bryngist yn ful ioyeoutioiynge IS.. God of Israel, thi name beis g. blessid `in to worldis, that is, tilOm. X. in toOm. IS. withouten ende. In that tyme the preieris of bothebothe Tobie and Sara IS. weren herd in theOm. IS. siȝt of gloriethe glorie IS. of hiȝestethe hiȝest S. God; and Raphael, the hooli aungel of the Lord, was sent forOm. IS. to heele hem bothe, whose preyeris werenof holi aungels weren S. rehersid in o tyme in theOm. I. siȝt of the Lord.

 CAP. IV.

Therfor whanne Tobie gesside his preier to be herd, that he myȝte die, he clepide Tobie, his sone, to hym silfOm. IS., and seide to hym, My sone, here thou the wordis of my mouth, and bildegrounde IS. thou thohem IS. as foun|dementisa foundement IS. in thin herte. Whanne God hath take my soule, byrie thou my bodi; and `thou schal haue onour to thi modirOm. IS. in alle the daies of hirthi IS. lijflijf thou schalt do honour to thi modir IS.; forforsothe IS. thou owist to be myndeful, what perels and how gretegrete perels I. sche suffride for thee in hir wombe. ForsotheAnd IS. whanne also sche hath fillidendid IS. the tyme of hir lijf, thou schalt birie hir bisidis me. SotheliAnd IS. in alle the daies of thi lijf haue thou God in mynde, and be thou war, lest ony tyme thou con|sente to synne, and forsake the heestis of oure God. OfAnd of S. thithi owne IS. catel do thou almes, and nyle thou turne awei thi face fro ony poreony pore; if thou maist not ȝyue catel, ȝyue thou wille and signe of com|passioun. Lire here. C. man; forand IS. so it schal be doon, that the face of the Lord be not turned awei fro thee. As thou maistmaist, that is, after thi power S., soOm. IS. be thou merciful. If thou hast mychemyche catel IS., ȝyue thouit IS. plenteuousli; ifand if IS. thou hast a litil, also be thou bisi to departe wilfuligladly IS. athat IS. litil. ForCertis thanne I. Certis if thou thus doist S. thou tresorist to thee a good meede in the dai of nede; for whi almes delyuereth fro al synne and fro deethdeeth of helle B., and schalit schal IS. not suffre the soule to go in toOm. CX. derknessisdepenesse D. derknesse EL.. Almes schal be gretethe gret S. trist bifor the hiȝ|este God to alle men doynge itit as God techith I. it after Goddis heste S.. Sone, take heede to thi silf, andOm. S. flefle thou awey I. fle thou S. fro al for|nicacioun, and, `outakun thi wijfOm. IS., suffre thou neuereneuere thee I. neuer eny S. to knowknow of thee S. synnethat hidous synne, outaken thi wijf IS.. SuffreAnd suffre IS. thou neuere pride to haue lordschip in thi wit, nether in thi word; for al `los, etherOm. IS. dampnacioun, took biginnyng in thatOm. IS. pride. Who euere worchith ony thing to thee, ȝelde thou anoon his mede, and outirli the hire of `thin hirid manthi werk man IS. dwelledwelle it IS. not atwith S. thee. ThatThat thing IS. that thou hatist to be doon to thee of another man, seloke I. thouthou waarly I. thou, or bewar S., lest ony tyme thou dodo that thing IS. to another man. Ete thi breedmete I. with hungri men and nedi, and with thi clothis hile thou nakid men. Or|deyne thi breed and thi wiyn on the sepul|turebiriyng IS.on the sepul|cre; not to sette metis on the sepulcris of deed men, as if deed men hadden nede to bodily metis, nether to make grete feestis for pride ether veyn glorie, in the deth of myȝty men; but that pore men be fed in the deth of iust men, for the soulis of hem. Lire here. C. of a iust man, and nyle thou ete and drynke therof with synneris. Euere seke thou perfitli aOm. IS. counsel of a wijs man. AlIn al IS. tyme blesse thou God, and axe thou of hym, that he dresse thi weies, and alle thi counsels dwelledwelle thei perfijtly IS. in hym. Also, my sone, Y schewe to thee, that theOm. I. while thou were ȝit a litil child, Y ȝaf ten ta|lentis of siluer to Gabelus, inthat dwellith in IS. Rages, a citee of Medeisthe cuntrey of Medeis S.; and YOm. H. haue his obliga|cioun anentis me; andOm. IS. therfor perfitliOm. IS. enquere thouthou bisily IS., hou thou schalt come to hym, and resseyueresseyue thou I. of hym the forseid weiȝte of siluer, and restore to hym his obligacioun. My sone, nyle thou drede; forsothe we leden a pore lijf, but we schu|len haue many goodis, if we dreden God, and goenif we goen I. awei fro al synneal synne; dedly, for we moun not outirly eschewe al venyal in this liyf. Lire here. C., and doen wel.

 CAP. V.

Thanne Tobie answeride to his fadir, and seide, Fadir, Y schal do alle thingis, which euer thou comaundidist to me; but Y noot, hou Y schal gete this money; heGabelus IS. knowith not me, and Y knowe not him; what tokyn schal Y ȝyue to hym? but nether Y knew ony tyme the weie, bi which me goith thidur. Thanne his fadir answerid to hym, and seide, SotheliCertis IS. Y haue thishis I. obligacioun athere anentis IS. me, which the while thou schewistschewist it IS. to him, he schal re|store anoon the monei. But gogo thou S. now, and enquere to thee sum feithful man, that schal go with thee for his hire saf, `the while Y lyue ȝitOm. IS., thatand that S. thou resseyue that moneimonei ȝit while I liue IS.. Thanne Tobie ȝede outforth IS., and foondhe foond IS. aa schynynge IS. ȝonga ȝong; that is, an aungel apperinge in the licnesse of a ȝong man. schynynge; that is, ful faire in the face. Lire here. C. oonman IS. stondynge, `schyn|ynge, and girdtuckid up IS., and as redi to go; and heTobie S. wiste not, that ithe I. was the angel of God. And he grettesaluede I. salutide S. the ȝong oonman IS., and seide, Of whennus han we thee, goodeOm. g. ȝonge man? And he answeride, OfI am of IS. the sones of Israelof Israel; the aungel seide soth, thouȝ he were no man, for tho thingis that ben doon of aungels among men, ben thingis of fygure, and by this speche he signefieth the ioynyng to gidere of cha|rite, by which hooly aungels ben ioyned with deuout feithful men. Lire here. C.. And Tobie seide to hym, Knowist thou the weie, that ledith in to the cuntrei of Medeis? To whom he an|sweride, Y knoweknowe it IS., and Y haue go ofte alle the weies therof, and Y haue dwellid atwith IS. Gabelus, ȝoure brothercosyn IS., thatwhich S. dwellith in Rages, a citee of Medeis, whichthe which citee I. which cite S. is set in `the hil ofOm. IS. Echbathanis. To whom Tobie seide, Y bisechebiseche thee S., abide thou meme here S., til Y telle these thingis to my fader. Thanne Tobie entride, and teldehe telde I. alle these thingis to his fader; on whichthe which I. thingis thehis I. fader wondridewondride how he had so soon geten him a felowe S., and preiedehe preiede the ȝounge man IS., that he wolde entreentre yn S. to him. TherforThanne I. he entride, and grettesaluede I. salutide S. Tobie, and seideseide to him IS., Ioie be euere to thee! And Tobie seide, What manerwhat maner; he seide not this by vnpa|cience of his blyndnesse, but dispisinge the ioye of present liyf, and hop|inge the ioye of liyf to com|ynge. Lire here. C. ioie schal be to me, that sitte in derknessis, and se not `the liȝtOm. S. of he|uenethe eir I.? To whom the ȝong oonman IS. seide, Be thou of strong witinwitt HI.; it is in the nextemoost niȝ tyme IS. ful nyȝ H sec. m. that thou be heelid of God. TherforThanne I. Tobie seide to hym, Whether thou maist lede my sone to Gabelus in to Rages, thea IS. citee of Medeis, and whanne thou comest aȝen, Y schal restore thi mede to thee? And the aungel seide to hym, Y schal ledelede him H sec. m. lede him thidere IS., andand I schal IS. bringelede plures. aȝen him hool to thee. To whom Tobie answeride, Y preie thee, schewe to me, of what hows, ether of what lynage thou art? To whom Raphael, the aungel, seide, Axist thou the kyn ofof me S. the hirid man, ethirethir axist thou who is IS. the hirid man hym silf, that schal go with thi sone? But lest perauenture Y make thee douteful, Y am AzarieAzarie; the aungel seide soth, for his speche was fyguratif. Aza|rie is inter|pretid the hel|pere of God; treuly goode aungels ben the helperis of God, in as myche as cho|sun men be dressid in to helthe bi the seruyce of hem; and thus seith Poul of him silf and othere prechours in the firste pistle to Cor. iij. co. We ben the helperis of God. Ananye is interpretid the grace of God, whos sones aungels ben in that maner, bi which they ben seid the sones of glorie, which is grace fully endid, ethir perfit; but Tobie vndur|stood that he was a man, the sone of sum noble man of Israel, but the aungel dis|seyuede not Tobie in this, for Tobie hadde thus betere his purpos. Lire here. C., the sone of gretethe grete I. Ananye. And Tobie answeride, Thou art of greet kyn; but Y axeaxe [thee S] or preie thee IS., that thou be not wrooth, that Y wolde knowe thi kyn. ForsotheAnd IS. the aungel seide to hym, Y schal ledelede forth IS. thi sone hool, and Y schal bringlede plures. aȝenhim aȝen hool IS. to thee `thi sone hoolOm. IS.. SotheliAnd I. Tobie an|sweride, and seide, Wel `go ȝemote ȝe go H sec. m., and the Lord be in ȝoure weie, and his aungel go with ȝou. Thanne whanne alle thingis weren redi, that schulden be borunborne with him S. in the weieweie with hem I., Tobie made `farewel toOm. S. his fadir and hisOm. g. modirmoder to fare wel S.; and `bothe ȝedenthei walkiden forth bothe I. togidere. And whanne theithe aungel and Tobie IS. weren goon forth, his modir bigan to wepe, and to seieseie to oold Tobie I. seie to Tobie hir husbond S., Thou hast take the stafstaf or the sustynaunce I.the staf; that is, the susteyn|yng, for chil|dren owen to fadris and mo|dris the ser|uyce of re|uerence, and of nedeful puruyaunce, if they han nede. Lire here. C. of oure eelde, and hast sentsent him IS. awey fro vs; `Y woldeOm. A pr. m. et plures. wolde God H sec. m. thilkethat HS. that that I. monei werehad HIS. neuereneuere ben HIS., `for whichthat I. thou sentisthast sent IS. himhim fore I.; oure pouert sufficide to vs, that we schulden arettehaue arettid IS. thisthis thing to be I. richessisrichessis to us IS., that we sienhan seen IS. oure sonesone bisidis vs S.. And Tobie seide to hir, `Nyle thou wepeWepe thou not I.; oure sone schal come saafsaaf thidere IS., and he schal turne aȝen saaf to vs, and thin iȝen schulen se hym. ForSothly IS. Y bileue, that the good aungel of Godthe Lord S. goith with him, and hethat aungel I. that the aungel S. schal dispose wel alle thingis, that ben doon aboute hym, so that he turne aȝen with ioie to vs. At this voisvois or word IS. his moder ceesside to wepe, and was stille.

 CAP. VI.

ForsotheAnd IS. Tobie ȝede forth, and `a doggean hound IS. suede hym, and heTobie IS. dwellideabood I. duellide or abood S. in the firste dwellyngdwellyng of his iourney I. duellyng or restyng of her first iorney S. bisidis the flood ofOm. BCEF pr. m. H pr. m. LPUVX. Tigrys. And he `ȝede outwente forth I. ȝede forth S. to waische hise feet; and lo! a greet fisch ȝede outout aȝens him S. to deuoure hym. WhichThe which I. fisch Tobie dredde, and criedetherfor he criede IS. with greet vois, and seide, Sire, hethis fisch IS. assailith me. And the aungel seide to hym, Take `thou histhe fisch bi the IS. gile, `ether ioweOm. I. or bi the iowe S., and drawe hym to thee. And whanne heTobie IS. hadde do this thing, he drow itthe fisch IS. in to thea IS. drie place, and it bigan to spraule biforto fore g. hisethe I. Om. S. feetfeet of Tobie I. Tobie S.. Thanne the aungel seide to hymTobie IS., Drawe out the entrails of this fisch, and kepe to thee his herte andhis IS. galle and mawehis mawe IS.; forcertis IS. these thingis ben nedeful toand to S. medicyns profitablithei helpen profitabli I. thei wolen help profitabli S.. And whanne heTobie IS. hadde do thisthese BC. the g. thingthingis B., he rostide `hise fleischisthe fleisch therof IS. hise flesch R. the fleisch of the fisch a., and thei tokentoken that fleisch and baren it forth IS. `with hem in the weiein the weie with hem IS.; theiand thei IS. saltiden othere thingisthingis of that fishe I. thingis or remenauntis of that fissh S., that schulde suffice to hem in the weie, til thei camen in to Rages, thea S. citee of Medeis. Thanne Tobie axide the aungel, and seide to hym, Azarie, brother, Y bi|seche thee, that thou seie to me, what re|medieremedies S. these thingis schulen haue, whichewhich thingis S. thou comaundidisthast comaundid IS. comaundist fg. to be kept of the fisch. And the aungel answeride, and seide to hym, If thou puttist a lytil part of his herte onupon IS. theOm. IS. coolishoot coolis IS., the smoke therof dryueth aweidryueth awey; that is, figurith the putting awey of fendis, for the dedis of the aungel aboute Tobie weren fygura|tif in many thingis; ther|for thilke smoke figuride the virtu of preyer of ȝongere Tobie and of Sare, bi whos merit the aungel Raphael puttide awey the fend fro Sare; wherfor it is seid in viij. co. that not thilke smoke droof awey the fend, but that Ra|phael took him, and boond him in the hiȝere partis of Egipt; for sithen aungels ben outirly crea|turis of vndur|stonding, and han no bodies kyndly to hem, no materiel creature may make othir prenting in hem, wherfor this smoke put|tide not awey the fend, but figuride his putting awey. Lire here. C. al theOm. IS. kynde of feendis, ethir fro man ether fro womman, so that it neiȝeschal neiȝe I. no more to hem. And the gallegalle of the [this S] fisch IS. is myche worth to anoynteanoynte with IS. iȝen, in whiche is a web, and thothei I. schulen bebe ther thurȝ S. heelid. And Tobie seide to him, Where wolt thou, that we dwelleabiden I. duelle or abyde S.? And the aungel answeride, and seide, Here is a man, Raguel bi name, a nyȝOm. I. man of thi lynage, and he hath a douȝtir, Sare bi name; but nether he hath maleknaue child I. male childe S. nethir ony other femalmaide child I., outakun hir. Al his catel is due to thee; and it bihoueth theethou moste I. haue hir to wijfthi wijf I.. Therfor axe thou hir of hir fadir; and he schal ȝyue `hir aOm. S. wijf to theethee hir to wijf H sec. m.. Thanne Tobie answerideanswerede to him IS., and seide, Y haue herd, that schethis Sara IS. was ȝouun to seuene hosebondis, and theialle thei IS. ben deed; but alsoOm. I. Y herdehaue herd IS. thisthis also I., that a fend killide hem. Therforand therfor IS. Y dredde, lest per|auenture alsoOm. S. theseOm. I. thingis bifalle to me; and sithensith I. Y am oonan IS. alooneoonly sone IS. to my fa|dir and modirto my modir B., Y puttedrede to putte IS. doun `with so|rewe her eelde to hellisto helle her eelde with drurynesse IS.hellis; he dredde lest if he were deed, that his fadir and modir schulden be vnpacient for sorewe, and so die bothe bodily and goostly. Lire here. C.. Thanne the aungel Raphael seide to hymTobie IS., Here thou me, and Y schal schewe to thee, `whiche itwho thei IS. ben, ouer whichewhom IS. the fend hath mais|trie; ouercertis ouer I. certis the feend hath power ouer S. hem, that taken so weddyngysher weddyngis IS., that thei close out God fro hem and fro her mynde; `the fend hath power ouer hemOm. IS., thatand that IS. ȝyuen so tenther bisinesse S. to herOm. S. letcherie, as anOm. I. horshors doith S. and mulea mule S. doonOm. IS., `that hanin whom is S. noon vndurstondyngvndirstondyng, ouer hem the feend hath maistrie I.. But whanne thou hast take hirhir to wijf S., entre thouOm. S. in to thethi S. bedbed place S., and bi thre daies be thou continentchast IS. `fro hirabsteynyng thee from hir in al fleshli lust S., and to noon other thingthing in that [this S] tyme IS. thou schalt ȝyue tentthi bisynesse I. the bisinesse S. with hir, noOm. I. butbut oonly I. to preieris. ForsotheCertis IS. in thatthe IS. firste niȝt, whanne the mawe of the fisch isschal be IS. brent, the fendfend therbi IS. schal be dryuun aweiawei fro ȝou S.. SotheliAnd IS. in the secounde nyȝt thoubi holi preier and bisi mynde thou S. schalt be resseyued in theOm. IS. cou|plyngcouplyng or mariage IS. of hooli patriarkispatriarkis, whose mynde is withouten ende S.. ForsotheAnd IS. in the thridde nyȝt thouthurȝ thi holi preier and good purpose thou S. schalt gete bless|yngthe blessyng of God IS., that hoole sonessones in riȝt feith and other vertues S. be gendrid of ȝou. But whanne the thridde niȝt is passid, thou schalt take the virgyn with theOm. IS. drede of the Lord, and thouin thi wit thou S. schalt be ledled and moued S. more bi the loue of childrengeting of children IS. than ofbi IS. lustlust of flessh S., that in the seed of Abraham thou gete blessyng in sonesthi sones I. sones bryngyng forth S..

 CAP. VII.

`Forsothe theiThanne the aungel and Tobie IS. entriden to Raguel; and Raguelhe I. resseyuede hem with ioie. And Raguel bihelde Tobie, and seidehe seide IS. to Anne, his wijf, This ȝong man is ful lijk my sister sone. And whanne heRaguel IS. hadde seid these thingisthingis to his wijf IS., he seide, Of whennus ben ȝe, ȝonge men, oure britheren? And thei seiden, We ben of the lynage of Nepta|lym, of the caitifte of Nynyue. And Ra|guel seide to hem, Knowen ȝe Tobi, my brother? WhicheAnd thei IS. answeriden, We knowen himOm. plures.. And `whanne he spakRaguel spekynge I. whan Raguel spake S. manye good thingis of Tobie, the aungel seide to Ra|guelhim IS., Tobie, of whom thou axist, is the fadir of this man. Thanne Raguel bow|edesente EH pr. m. LXg. doun hym silf, and with teeris he kisside Tobie, and heRaguel IS. wepte onupon IS. his necke, and seide, My sone, blessyng be to thee; for thou art the sone of a goodful good S. and `a ful noblethe best BELPUVXg. ful noble C pr. m. a noble H sec. m. noble S. man. And Anne, `his wijfthe wijf of Raguel I. Raguelis wife S., and SareOm. S., `the douȝtir of hemher douȝtir IS., weptenwepten bothe IS.. ForsotheAnd I. after that thei hadden spokespoke thus I. spoken thus togidre S., Raguel comaundide a wethir to be slayn, and a feeste to be maad redi. And whanne heRaguel IS. excitidemouyde IS. excite b. hem to sitte doun to mete, Tobie seide, Y schal not ete, nethir drynke here to dai, noOm. I. but thou conferme first myn axyng, and biheetebihote IS. to ȝyue to me Sare, thi douȝterdouȝter to wijf IS.. And whanne this word was herd, Raguel dredde, witynge what bifelde to thothe IS. seuene men; and heRaguel IS. bi|gan forOm. IS. to drede, lest perauenture it schulde bifalle in lijk maner to this To|bie. And whanne he doutidedoutid or musyd in this mater S., and ȝaf noon answere to the axere, the aungel seide to hymRaguel IS., Nyle thou drede to ȝyue hir to this man; for thi douȝter `is due wiyfowith to be ȝouen IS. to this man dredynge God; therfor another man myȝte not haue hir. Thanne Raguel seide, Y doute not, thatthat ne IS. God hath resseyued my preieris and teerismy teeris S. in his siȝt. And Y bileue, that herfortherfor S. the Lord made ȝou cometo come I. to me, that also this womman schulde be ioyned to her kynrede bi the lawe of Moises; and nownow, Tobie IS. nyle thou bere douteony doute I. douȝt in thin herte S., that Y schal ȝyue hir to thee. And heRaguel IS. took the riȝt hond of his douȝter, and ȝafhe ȝaf hir I. ȝaue hir S. to the riȝt hond of Tobie, and seide, God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, be with ȝou, and he ioyne ȝou togidere, and `he fillefulfille he IS. his bless|yng in ȝou. And whannethei token IS. a chartere `was takunOm. IS., theiand thei IS. maden `writyng togi|deretogidere a writyng IS. ofof witnessyng of IS. the mariage. And aftir these thingis thei eten, and blessiden God. And Raguel clepide to hym Anne, his wijf, and comaundidehe comaundide IS. hir to make redi another bed. And sche ledde Sare, hir douȝtir, in to it, and scheSare IS. wepte; and Anne seide to hir, My douȝter, be thou of stronga strong A pr. m. witynwitt H sec. m. IS.; the Lord of heuene ȝyue toOm. EFGHIKLMSXafgh. thee ioie, for the anoie that thou suffridisthast suffrid IS..

 CAP. VIII.

ForsotheAnd IS. aftir that thei hadden soupid, thei brouȝten inOm. IS. the ȝong man toTobie in to IS. hir. TherforAnd I. And thanne S. Tobiehe g. bithouȝtebithouȝte him IS. ofOm. g. the wordis of the aungel, and `brouȝte forthhe drewe out IS. of his scrippe a part of the mawemawe of the fische IS., and puttidehe puttide IS. it onupon IS. quikethe quyke g. coolis. ThanneAnd than S. Raphael, the aungel, took the fend, and boondhe aȝen boond IS. hymhym faste IS. in theOm. SX. desert of hiȝere Egipte. ThanneAnd than S. Tobie monestidewarnyde I. amonestide S. the virgyn, and seidehe seide I. to hir, Sare, rise vp, and preye we God to dai, and to morewe, and `the secoundeaftir to I. morewe; for in these thre nyȝtis we ben ioynedioyned togidre S.ioyned; that is, owen to be ioyned to God bi deuocioun and preyer, bifor that we go to the dede of matrimonye. Lire here. C. to GodGod, to preie him hertli to dresse alle our waies S.; sotheliand IS. whanne the thridde nyȝt is passid, we schulen bebe ooned IS. in oure mariagemariage thorou drede and loue of the Lord S.; forcertis IS. we ben the children of hooli men, and we moun not soOm. IS. be ioynedcouplid IS. togideretogidre in wedlok S. as alsoOm. I. hethene menmen ben S., that knowen not God. Sotheli thei ris|idenresen EL. resen up I. riseden vp S. togidere, and bothethei bothe IS. preyeden togi|dere bisili, that helthehelthe of body and of soule S. schulde be ȝouun to hem. And Tobie seide, Lord God of oure fadris, heuenes, and londiserthes I. alle londis S., and the see, and wellis, and floodis, and ech crea|ture of thin, whichthat IS. is in tho, blesse theeit to thee I. to thee S.; thou madist Adam of the sliym of erthe, and ȝauestthou ȝauest IS. to hym an help, Eue. And now, Lord, thou woost, that Y take my sistirsistir to wijf IS. not for cause of letcherie, but for loue aloone of eerisgetyng of children IS., ininto X. whichethe whiche children getyng IS. thi name be blessid in to worldisworld CFHMQUVWXbfgh. the world EILOPRa. the worldis S. of worldis. Ther|forAnd thanne IS. Sare seide, Lord, haue thou mercy on vs, haue thou merci on vs, and waxe we bothe eelde togidere hoolehoole in body and soule IS.. And it was doon aboute the `cockis crowyngcrowyng of cockis IS., Raguel made hise seruauntis to be clepid, and thei ȝeden with hym to digge a sepulcregraue IS.. ForForsothe IS. he dredde, lest it bifeldehad bifalle IS. in lijk maner to hymTobie IS., that bifelde also to `se|uene otherethe oothere seuene IS. men, thatwhich S. entridenentriden in to wedlok S. to hirSare bifore I. Sare S.. And whanne theiRaguel and his seruauntis IS. hadden maad redi a pit, Raguel ȝede aȝen to hisAnne, his S. wijf, and seidehe seide IS. to hir, Sende oon of thin hand|maydishoond maydens ISXf., and seloke I. sche, whether `he isTobie be I Tobie is S. deed, that Y byrie hym, bifor that theOm. IMSX. liȝtliȝt of day I. liȝt of day time S. come. And sche sente oon of hir handmaidishandmaydens ISX., whichthe which I. entride in toOm. S. the closetcloset or bed chaumbre IS., and foondsche foond IS. hem saafhool IS. and sounde, slepynge togidir withbi I. hem silf. And sche turnede aȝen, and teld good massage. And thei blessiden the Lord, that is, Raguel and Anne, his wijf, and seiden, Lord God of Israel, we blessen thee, for it `bifelde nothath not bifalle IS. to vs, as we gessiden; forcertis IS. thou hast do thiOm. EGHIKLMSXafgh. merci with vs, andthou IS. hast schit out fro vs the enemy pursuynge vs. Sotheli thou hast do merci `to tweynewith two IS. aloone. My Lord, make thou hem to blesse thee fulliere, and for to offre to thee the sacri|fice of thi preisyng, and of her helthe, that the vnyuersitevnyuersite or al manere I. vniuersitee or the multitude S. of folkis knowe, that thou art God aloone in al erthe. And anoon Raguel comaundide hise seruauntis to fillefille aȝen IS. the pit, whichthat IS. thei hadden maad, bifor that theOm. IS. liȝtliȝt of day IS. cam. `Forsothe heAnd Raguel IS. seide to his wijf, that sche schulde araie a feeste, and makethat sche schulde make IS. redi alle thingis, that weren nedeful to men makynge iournei. Also heRaguel IS. made to be slayn tweitwo I. fatte kien, and foure wetheris, and metishe made metis IS. to be maad redi to alle hise neiȝboris, and alleto alle IS. hise frendis. And Raguel made Tobie to swerebihote him IS., that he schulde `dwelle twei woukis at Raguelabijde with him two wokis IS.. SotheliAnd IS. ofOm. IS. alle thingis, whichethat IS. Raguel hadde in posses|sioun, he ȝaf the half partpart therof S. to Tobie; and heRaguel IS. made this scriptureobligacioun writen IS., that the half part, that was leftleft of his catel IS., schulde come to the lordschip of Tobie aftir the deeth of hemhim and of his wijf IS..

 CAP. IX.

Thanne Tobie clepide to hym the aun|gel, whom sotheli he gesside a man. And Tobie seide to hym, Azarie, brother, Y axeaxe of thee IS., that thou herkneherke I. my wordis. ThouȝIf IS. Y bitakeschal bitake IS. my silf seruaunt to thee, Yȝitt Y I. schal notnot bi mi kunnyng S. be euene worthi to thi puruy|auncepurueyaunce or wisdom IS.. Netheles Y biseche theeOm. I., that thou take to thee beestis, ethir seruycesseruauntis IS.seruyces; that is, seru|auntis able to go with thee. Lire here. C., and gogo in B. pr. m. E. thouOm. plures. to Gabelus `in toin F. Rages, athe IS. citee of Medeis, and ȝeldebitake thou IS. to hym his obliga|cioun; and take of hym the moneymoney that he owith to my fader S., and preie hym to comecom hedir S. to my weddyngis. For thou woost, that my fadir noumbrith the daiesdaies of our iourney I. daies whilis I am out in this iorney S., and yf Y tarie o dai moremore ouer I. more ouer than he hath set to me S., his soulelijf IS. schal be maad sorieheuy IS.. And certis thou seest, hou Raguel hath chargid meme to dwelle stille I. me to duelle here with him S., whos chargyngbiheest IS. Y mai not dispise. Thanne Raphael took foure of the ser|uauntis of Raguel, and twei camels, and ȝedehe ȝede IS. in to Rages, a citee of Medeis, and he foondfoond there IS. Gabelus, and ȝafhe ȝaf IS. to hym his obligacioun, and resseyuedehe resseyued IS. of hym al the monei; and heRaphael IS. schewide to hymGabelus IS. ofOm. S. Tobie, the sone of Tobie, alleand alle IS. thingis that weren doondoon to him S.. And he made Gabelus cometo come IS. with hym to the weddyngisweddyngs of Tobie IS.. And whanne heGabelus IS. entridehadde entrid X. in to the hows of Raguel, he foond Tobie sittynge at the mete; and `he skippideTobie roos [risede S] up anoon IS. vp, and thei kissiden hem silf togidere. And Gabelus wepte, and blessidehe blesside S. God, and seide, The Lord God of Israel blesse thee, for thou art the sone of a ful good man, and iusta iust IS., and dredynge God, and doynge almesdedis; and blessingblessing or encressyng I. the blessing of God S. be seidbrouȝt I. brouȝt or come S. onvpon S. thi wijf, and onupon IS. Om. g. ȝoure fadris and modris, and se ȝe ȝoure sones, and the sones of ȝoure sones, tilOm. X. in to the thridde and the fourthe generacioun; and ȝoure seed be blessid of God of Israel, that regneth in `to the worldis of worldisworldis of worldis BCRVbfg with|outen ende IS. world of worldis X. to worldis of worldis a.. And whanne alle men hadden seid Amen, thei ȝeden to `the feestemete IS.; butand IS. alsoOm. IS. thei vsiden the feeste of weddyngistho wed|dyngis IS. with theOm. IS. drede of the Lord.

 CAP. X.

Sotheli whanne Tobie made tariyngistariyng S. for `the causecause IS. bicause g. of weddyngishis weddyngis IS., `Tobie hisTobies g. fadir was angwischedheuyed IS., seiyngeand he [Om. S] seide to his wijf IS., GessistWhi gessist IS. thou, whiOm. IS. mythat my S. sone tariethtarieth thus IS., ethir whi he is `witholdun thereholden there thus longe IS.? Gessist thou, whe|ther Gabelus isbe IS. deed, and no man ȝeldith to hym the monei? `Forsothe heCertis Tobie IS. bigan to be `sorie ful mycheful sory IS., andand also IS. Anne, his wijf, with hym; and bothebothe thei IS. bigunnen to wepe togidere, forfor that I. for that that S. her sone turnede notnot hoom IS. aȝen to hem `in theOm. g. in that S. dai set. TherforThanne I. his modir wepte with teeris withouten remedie, and seide, Alas to me! my sone, whi senten we theethee for [Om. S] to go sich IS. aOm. S. pilgrimage, thethou art the I. sith thou art the S. liȝt of oure iȝen, the stafthe staf; for as a siyk man is susteyned bi a staf, so fadir and modir in eelde owen to be susteyned of sones. Lire here. C. of oure eelde, the solace of oure lijf, theand the IS. hope of oure eirisaftir comers IS.? WeWhan we S. had|den alle thingis togidere ininto X. thee oonaloone I., andand therfor I. ouȝtewe ouȝte IS. not leeteto haue leet IS. thee go fro vs. To whom Tobie seide, Be stillestille, wijf IS., and nyle thou be troblid; oure sone is hoolhool and saaf I. hool and in good quert S.; thilkefor thilke IS. man is feithful ynow, with whom we senten hymhym forth IS.. ForsotheBut ȝitt I. But S. schehis modir IS. myȝte not be coum|fortid in ony maner, but ech dai sche `skippide forthewente out IS., and lokide abouteaboute after him I. abouȝt after hir sone S., and cumpassidesche cumpesside IS. alle the weies, bi whiche the hope of `comyng aȝen was seynhis aȝen comyng semyde [was sein S] to hir IS., tofor to I. se hym comynge afer, if it myȝte be doon. And sotheliBut certis IS. Raguel seideseide thanne IS. toto Tobie S. `the hose|bonde of his douȝtirhis douȝter housbonde I., DwelleAbijde I. thou herehere with me IS., and Y schal sende a messangermessenger to telle IS. of helthethin helthe IS. `of theeOm. IS. to Tobie, thi fadir. To whom Tobie seide, Y knowe, that my fadir and my modir rekynen now the daiesdaies of myn absens fro hem S., and her spirit is turmentid in hemhem for my long duellyng S.. And whanne Raguel preiedehad preied IS. Tobie with many wordiswordis to abijde I. wordis to abide with him S., and he `nolde here Raguel bi onywolde not consente to him for no I. nold concente to him for no S. resounresoun that he shewid, thanne S., Raguel bitookbitook thanne I. to hym SareSare, his douȝter S., and half `the part of al his catelhis good IS., in chil|drenseruauntis IS. and damyselshand maydens IS., in scheep and camelsin camels IS., andOm. IS. in kiyn, and in myche monei; andand so I. heRaguel IS. delyueride fro hym silfOm. IS. Tobie saafsaaf in good helthe S. and ioiynge, and seideRaguel seide IS., The hooli aungel of the Lord be in ȝoure weie, and brynge ȝou soundesounde hoom I. sounde to ȝour freendis S., and fynde ȝe alle thingis riȝt|fuli aboute ȝoure fadir and modirȝoure modir IS., and myn iȝen se ȝoure sones, bifor that Y die. And theRaguel the S. fadir and modirmoder of Sare S. token `her douȝterOm. IS., and kissiden hirher douȝtir I. Sare, her douȝter S., and leeten hir gogo with him I. go forth with Tobie hir husbonde S., and monestidenthei comaundiden IS. hir to onour the fader and modir of hir hosebonde, toand to IS. loue thehir IS. hose|bonde, toand to IS. reulereule wel IS. thehir IS. meynee, toand to IS. gouernegouerne wiseli S. thehir IS. hows, and to schewe hir self vnre|preuable.

 CAP. XI.

And whanne `thei turneden aȝenTobie and his wijf weren turned to go [thennus I] [hoom to his fader and moder S] in the elleuenthe day IS., thei camen to Carram, whichthat I. isis a place S. in the myddil of the weie aȝens Nynyue, `in the eleuenthe daithe enle|uenthe day; fro departing fro the hows of Raguel. Lire here. C.Om. IS.. AndAnd there S. the aungel seideseide to Tobie IS., Tobie brother, thou woost, hou thou leftist thi fadirfader heuy in thi departyng fro him S.. Therfor if it plesith theeto thee IS., go we bifore; and the meineis, with thi wijf to|gidere andOm. I. with the beestis, suesue thei IS. oure weie with soft goynge. And whanne thisthis thing IS. plesidepleside Tobie I. pleside to Tobie S., that theithei two S. schulden gogo bifore IS., Raphael seide to Tobie, Take with thee of the galle of thethi I. fisch, for it schal be nedeful. TherforThanne I. Tobie tooktoke with him S. of that galle, and theihe and Raphael IS. ȝeden forthforth togidre IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. AnneAnne, the moder of Tobie S. sat bisidis the weie ech dai in the cop of thean IS. hil, fro whennus sche myȝte biholde fro aferferr to loke aftir him I. ferre to loke after hir sone S.. And whilethe whilis S. sche bihelde fro the same place the comyng of hym, sche siȝ a fer, and knewshe knewe S. anoon hir sone comynge; andand for ioye S. sche ranran hoom IS., and telde toOm. IS. hir hose|bonde, and seidesche seide to him IS., LoLo! now IS.! thi sone cometh. And Raphael seide to Tobieȝoung Tobie IS., AndOm. I. whanne thou hast entrid in to thin hows, anoon worschipeworschipe thou IS. `thi Lord Godthe Lord thi God IS., and do thou thankyngis to hym, andand thanne IS. neiȝe to thi fadir, and kisse hym. And anoon anoynte onthou upon IS. hise iȝen of this galle of the fisch, whichthe which I. galleOm. S. thou berist with thee; for `whi wite thouthou schalt wite IS., thatthat herbi IS. anoonOm. S. hise iȝen schulen be openyd, and `thi fadirhe IS. schal se the liȝt of heuene, and he schal be ioiful in thi siȝt. Thanne thea g. doggehound that ȝede forth in the wey IS. `ran biforefor hem ran hoom bifore S., `that was togidere in the weieOm. IS., and madehe made IS. ioie with theOm. IS. faunyng of his tailtaile to old Tobie and his wife S., as aOm. S. messanger comyngecoming bifore I. comyng and brynging good tithings S.. And histhe IS. blynde fadirfadir of Tobie IS. roos vp, and biganhe bigan IS. to renne, hirtyngestumblynge I. shoueling forth S. hirtynge ethir stamblinge X sec. m. `in thewith his IS. feet, and whanne heTobie IS. hadde ȝoue hondhis hond IS. to a childchild to lede him IS., he ran aȝens his sone. And heTobie with his wijf IS. resseyuederesseyuede her sone IS. and kisside hym, `with his wijfOm. IS., and bothebothe he and his sone IS. bigunnen to wepe for ioie. And whanne thei hadden worschipid God, and haddenOm. I. do thankyngisthank|yngis to him S., thei satensaten doun IS. togidere. ThanneAnd thanne IS. Tobie took of the galle of the fisch, and anoyntidehe anoyntide therwith IS. the iȝen of his fadir. AndAnd thanne I. he aboodabood the wirching of that medicyne S. asas it were I. halfalmoost half IS. an our almestOm. IS., andand than S. thea plures. web, as the litil skyn of an ey, bigan to go out of hise iȝen. WhichThe which I. web Tobieȝoung Tobie I. Tobie his sone S. took, and drowdrewe it S. fro hise iȝen, and anoon he resseyuede siȝthis siȝt IS.. And thei glorifieden God, that isis to wite I., heTobie IS., and his wijf, and alle that knewen hym. And Tobie seide, Lord God of Israel, Y blesse thee, for thou hast chastisid me, and thouOm. IS. hast saued me; and lolo! now I.! Y se Tobie, my sone. AlsoThanne also IS. Sare, the wijf of hisTobie his S. sone, entrideentride or cam hoom S. aftir seuene daies, and alle the meyneesmeynee IS., and theOm. ISX. beestis hooleOm. IS., and camelscamels hool with hir I. camels camen with hir hool and sounde S., andand also S. miche monei of theTobies I. wijf, butand I. also the money whichthat I. `he hadde res|seyuedTobie resceyuyde I. of GabelusGabelus was brouȝt with hem I.. And heTobie IS. telde to his fadir and modir alle the beneficesgoodnessis I. good S. of God, whiche he hadde do aboute hym bi the man, that hadde ledled and feloushipid S. hymhym in the wey I.. And Achior and Nabath, the `sistir sonesniȝ cosyns IS. of Tobie, camen ioifulOm. IS. to TobieTobie, and weren ioyful with him IS., and thankidenthei thankiden IS. hymGod with hym IS. of alle the `goodis, whichegoodnessis that I. goodnessis which S. God hadde schewid aboute hym. And bi seuene daies thei eeteneeten there S., and ioydenthei ioyeden IS. with greet ioye.

 CAP. XII.

Thanne Tobie clepide to hym his sone, and seide to hym, WhatWhat thing IS. moun we ȝyue to this hooli man, that cam with thee? TobieAnd Tobie IS. answeride, and seide to his fadir, Fadir, what meede schulen we ȝyuemoun ȝyue IS. to hym, ether whatwhat thing IS. mai be worthi to hise beneficesgoodnessis IS.? He leddeledde me forth IS., and `brouȝte me hool aȝenhe hath brouȝt me aȝen hool IS. ledde aȝen me hool HXg.; heand he IS. resseyuede of Gabelus the moneimonei that he hiȝte [ouȝt S] to thee IS.; heand he IS. made me to haue a wijf, and he droof awei the feend fro hir; heand he ISX. madehath maad IS. ioie to hir fadir and moder; hehe also S. delyuerede `my silfme IS. fro theOm. C. deuouryng of a fisch; and he madehath maad IS. thee to se the liȝt of heuene; and we ben fillidfulfillid IS. withof X. alle goodis bi hym; what thingthing therfore IS. worthi to these thingis moun we ȝyue to hym? But, fadir, Y axe theethee, that is, I beseche thee S., that thou preie hym, if perauen|ture he schal vouche saaf to take to hym the halfhalf part HIMSfg. of alle thingis, whatwhiche IS. euer thingis ben brouȝtbrouȝt hidere IS.. And theTobie the IS. fadir and thehis IS. sone clepiden hymRaphael I. to hem Raphael S., and tokenthei token IS. hym asidis half, and bigunnenthei bigunnen IS. tofor to S. preiepreie him IS., that he wolde vouche saaf to haue acceptable the half part of alle thingis, whiche thei hadden brouȝtbrouȝt thidre S.. Thanne heRaphael IS. seide to hem priueli, Blesse ȝe God of heuene, and knouleche ȝe to hym bifor alle men lyuynge, for he hath do hisOm. CS. merci with ȝou. ForSothely IS. it is goodgood councel S. to hide the priuyte of aan erthely IS. kyngking, for bodeli pereile S.; but it isis euer S. worschipful to schewe and know|lecheknowe IS. the werkis of God. Preier is good with fastyng, and almeswith almes I. almes doyng S., moremore worth I. ȝea it is more worthi S. than to hide tresouris of gold; for whi almes de|lyuereth fro deth, and thilkethilke thing IS. almes itOm. IS. isOm. IS. that purgith synnes, and makithmakith man S. to fynde euerlastynge lijf. Forsothe thei that doon synne and wickidnesse, ben enemyes of her soule. Therfor Y schewe trewthe to ȝou, and Y schal not hide fro ȝou a pryuy word. Whane thouthou, Tobie S. prey|edist with teeris, and biryedist deed men, and `forsokist theleftist thi IS. meete, and hiddist deedtho deed IS. men bi dai in thin hows, and biriedistbiriedist hem IS. `in thebi S. nyȝt, Ythanne Y IS. offrideoffride; aun|gels offren to God the prey|eris of iust men, not to schewe ony thing to him, for alle thingis ben nakid and opyn to hise iȝen, ȝhe bifor that tho be doon, but to take counsel of this thing at Goddis councel, what owith to be doon of this thing aboute iust men; for aungels ben spiritis of ser|uyce sent in to seruyce, for hem that taken the eritage of helthe; to Ebrewis in the firste chaptire. Lire here. C. thi preierpreiers IS. to the Lord. And for thou were acceptable to Godthe Lord IS., it was nedeful that temptacioun schulde preue thee. And now the Lord sentehath sent IS. me `for tothat I schulde IS. cure thee, and tofor to I. de|lyuere Sare, the wijf of thi sone, fro the fend. ForForsothe IS. Y am Raphael, the aungel, oon of the seueneseuene; that is, the vnyuer|site of aungels. Lire here. C. that ben present bifor the Lord. And whanne theiTobie and his sone IS. hadden herd this, thei weren disturbliddisturblid or astoneyed IS.disturblid; that is, they wondriden and weren astonyed of Goddis being neiȝ aboute hem. Lire here. C., and feldenthei fellen doun IS. tremblynge onupon IS. her face. And theRaphael the S. aungel seide to hem, Pees be to ȝou, nyle ȝe drede; forforsothe IS. whanne Y was with ȝouȝou in the likenesse of a man S., Y waswas thanne S. bi Goddis willewille, doyng so his biddyng. S.. BlesseTherfore blesse I. ȝe hymhim in hert and word S., and synge ȝe to hymhim in holi werkis S.. SotheliCertis IS. Y semyde to eteY semyde to ete; aungels apperinge in bodies takun, moun take mete and drynke, and drawe in to the wombes, for this is doon bi bodily mou|yng, and bodily kynde obeyeth to aungels as to bodily mouyng; but aungels turnen not mete and drynke in to the kynde of body as takun by the vertu of nursching; for siche bodies ben not onyd kynd|ly to hem, and therfor tho bodies ben not able to be nurschid. Lire here. C. and drynketo drynke IS. with ȝou; but Y vse vnuysible meete, and drynk that mai not be seyn of men. Therfor it is tyme, thatOm. S. Y turneY turne; not that aun|gels goen awey fro God, but the turnyng aȝen is disaper|ing, vanysching awey fro men|nus siȝt. Lire here. C. aȝen to hym, that sente meme to ȝou S.; but blesse ȝe God, and telle ȝe out alle hise merueils; blesse ȝe hymhym in word IS., and synge ȝe to hymhim in werk S.. And whanne hethe aungel IS. thei g. hadde seide these thingiswordis g., he was takun awei fro her siȝt; and theithei thanne S. myȝten no more se hym. ThanneAnd thanne S. thei felden doun `bi thre ourisOm. IS. onupon IS. theher IS. faceface the space of thre ouris I. face, and leien there the space of thre ouris S., and blessidenthei blessiden IS. God; and thei risynge vp telden alle hise merueils.

 CAP. XIII.

ForsotheSothely IS. the eldere Tobie openydeopnynge IS. his mouth, andOm. IS. blesside God, and seide, Lord, thou art greet with outen ende, and thi rewme is in toOm. S. `alle worldiswithouten ende IS.; forfor, Lord S. thou betistbetist men S., and makist saafhem saaf IS.; thou ledistledist hem IS. doun to hellishellis, which continuen her synnes to her end S., and `ledist aȝenthou aȝen ledist hem IS.; andfor I. to thee that bileuen in thee, and kepyn thin heestis; for S. noon is that ascapith thin hoond. Sones of Israel, knowleche ȝe to the Lord, and herye ȝe hym in the siȝt of hethene menmen, to ȝeue good ensaumple to hem S.; for herfor hethe Lord IS. scateridehath scatrid IS. ȝou among he|thene men, thatwhiche IS. knowen not God, that ȝe telle out his merueils, and makethat ȝe make IS. hem to wite, thatthat ther is IS. noon othere God isOm. IS. almyȝti outakun hymhe X.. He chastisidehath chastisid IS. vs for oure wickidnessis; and he schal saue vs for his mercy. Therfor biholde ȝe, what thingis he hath do with ȝou, and knoulecheschryue IS. ȝeȝe ȝou S. to hym with drede and tremblyng; and enhaunse ȝe the kyng of worldis in ȝoure werkis. ForsotheSothely IS. Y in the lond of my caitifte schal knoulecheschryue me IS. to hym; for he schewidehath schewid IS. his maiesteworshepe or dignyte S. onupon IS. a synful folc. Therfor, synnerisȝe synneris IS., be ȝe conuertidconuertid, that is, be ȝe altogidre in hert and word and deed turned fro ȝour synne S., and do ȝe riȝtfulnesse bifor God, andand thanne S. bileue ȝe, that he schal do his merci with ȝou. Sotheli YY; that is, the ynner man, and my soule, that is, sensual|ite, ethir the lowere myȝt of the soule. Lire here. C. and my soule schulen be glad in hymhim outward and inwarde S.. Alle chosunchosun men IS. of the Lord, blesse ȝe hym; makedo A pr. m. BC sup. ras. EHPUVX. and do L. do make a. ȝe theOm. EIL. here in holinesse the S. daies of gladnesse, and knoulecheschryue IS. ȝeȝe ȝou IS. to hym. Jerusalem, the citee of God, the Lord hath chastisidhath chas|tisid; that is, schal chastise, for it was not distried in the tyme of Tobie. Lire here. C. thee for the werkis of thin hondishondis weren synful S.. KnoulecheSchryue IS. thouthou thee S. to God in thi goodisgoodis whilis thou maist do good S., and blesse thou God of worldisworldis, that is, withouten endyng S., that he bilde aȝen in thee his tabernacle, and aȝen clepe to thee alle thi prisoneris; and that thou haue ioie in to alle worldis of worldis. ThouThanne thou IS. schalt schyne with briȝt liȝtliȝt; this liȝt was Crist of|frid in the tem|ple. Lire here. C., and alle theOm. I. coostis of erthethe erthe g. schulen wor|schipe thee. NaciounsNaciouns, that is, many men fro dyuers cuntreis S. schulen come fro fer to thee, and thei schulen brynge ȝiftisȝiftis to thee S., and schulen worschipe the Lord in thee, and thei schulen haue thi londlond, that is, the lond that Jerusalem is in thanne S. in to halewyng; forand in thee, Jerusalem IS. thei schulen `clepe in theeynwardly clepe IS. the grete namename of the Lord IS.. And thei schulen be cursid, that dispisen thee, and thei schulen be dampned, that blasfemen theethee, that is, thei that bacbityn or wrongfulli repreuen thee S.; and thei schulen be blessid, that bilden thee. ForsotheFor|sothe, Jerusalem IS. thou schalt be glad in thi sones, for allealle thei IS. schulen be blessid, and schulenthei schulen IS. be gaderid togidere to the Lord. Blessid ben allealle thei IS. that louen thee, and that han ioie onupon IS. thi pees. My soule, blesse thou the Lord, for `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS. hath dely|uered JerusalemThis is seid of heuenly Jeru|salem, which is in blis. Lire here. C., his citee, fro alle tribu|laciouns therof. Y schal be blessid, if the relikisaftircomers IS. of my seed schulen bebe abidinge IS. to se the clerenesse of Jerusalem. The ȝatis of Je|rusalem schulen be bildid of saphireof saphire; bi this bilding of preciouse stones, ben vn|durstondun meritis of ver|tues, with whiche the chosun men of God han en|tring to dy|uerse dwell|ingis of heuenli Jerusalem bi dyuersites of meritis. Lire here. C. and smaragdeof smaragde IS., and of preciouse stoon; al the cumpas of wallisthe wallis IS. therof schal be of white and clene stoon. Alleand alle IS. the stretis therof schulen be strewid; and alleluya, `that is, the heriyng of GodOm. IX., schal be sungun bithorouȝ IS. the stretis therof. Blessid be the Lord, that enhaunsidehath enhaunsid IS. it, that his rewmerewme or gouernaunce IS. be onupon IS. it in to worldis of worldis. Amen.

 CAP. XIV.

AndAnd thus IS. the wordis of TobieTobie kno|lechinge and propheciynge of heuenly Je|rusalem. I. The preisable knowleching of Tobie, and his profecie of heuenli Jeru|salem. S. weren endid; and aftir that he was liȝtnedliȝtned of his blyndnesse S., he lyuede two and fourti ȝeer, and siȝhe siȝ IS. the sones of hise sones sones. ForAnd IS. whanne an hundrid ȝeer and tweyn weren fillidendid IS., he was biried worschipfuli in Nynyue. `For heSothely whanne Tobie was IS. of sixe and fifti ȝeer lostehe loste IS. the liȝt of iȝenhis iȝen IS.; sotheliand whanne IS. hehe was IS. sixtiof sixti S. ȝeer eeldage IS. resseyuedehe resseyuede IS. `that liȝthis siȝt aȝen IS.. ForsotheSothely IS. the resi|dueremenaunt IS. of his lijf was in ioie, and he ȝedeȝede or lyuede S. in peespees to his [lyues S] ende IS. with good encresyng of Goddis drede. ForsotheAnd IS. in the our of his deeth he clepide to hym Tobie, his sone, and seuene ȝonge sones of hym, hise sones sones, and seidehe seide IS. to hem, The perischyngpereshing or destruccioun S. of Nynyue schal be niȝ, forcertis IS. the word of God schal not falle dounawey void I. awei voide, that neuer it shal be fulfillid S.falle doun; sum is profesie of manaas, and this is chaung|id, as the me|ritis of men chaungen; and in this maner Jonas profe|ciede the dis|triyng of Ny|nyue, but for thei diden pe|naunce, this peyne was de|layed; and whanne thei turneden aȝen to her synnes, God ȝaf ful doom of dis|triynge of Ny|nyue bi profe|sie of predes|tynacioun ether of ful doom, as it is in Goddis knowyng, and this profesie ether doom is neuere chaung|id. Lire here. C.; and ȝoure britheren, thatwhich S. ben scaterid fro the lond of Israel, schulen turne aȝen to it. SotheliAnd IS. al deseertthe desert IS. lond therofof it IS. schal be fillidfulfillid IS., and the hows of God, whichthat IS. is brent ther ynne, schal be bildid aȝen, and allealle men IS. that dreden God schulen turne aȝen thidur. And hethene men schulen forsake her idolsforsake her idols; this pro|fesie was fillid in part, whanne the Jewis turn|eden aȝen fro Babiloyne; but more perfitly it was fillid in the tyme of Crist and hise apo|stlis, whanne hethen men forsoken her idols, and camen to cristen feith, and serueden Crist truly, King of Israel. Lire here. C., and schulenthei schulen IS. come to Jerusalem, and schulenthei schulen IS. `enhabite itdwelle therynne IS.. And alle the kyngis of erthe schulen haue ioie ther ynne, and schulenthei schulen IS. worschipe the kyng of Israel. Therfor, my sones, here ȝe ȝoure fadir; serue ȝe the Lord in drede and treuthein treuthe I.; and enquere ȝe to do tho thingis that ben plesaunt to hym. And comaunde ȝe ȝoure sones to do riȝtfulnessisriȝtwisnesses I. riȝtfulnesse S. and almesdedis; thatand that IS. thei be myndeful of God, and blessethat thei blesse IS. God in al tyme, in treuthe and in al herOm. g. vertupower IS.. Now therfor, my sones, here ȝe me, and nyle ȝe dwelle herehere in Nynyue S., but in what euer dai ȝe han biried ȝoure modir bisidebisidis I. here bisidis S. me in oa IS. sepulcre, fro that dai dresse ȝe ȝoure steppis, that ȝe go out fro hennus; forsothely IS. Y se that the wickidnesse therofof Nynyue IS. schal `ȝyue an endebringe destruccioun IS. therto. For|sotheAnd IS. it was doon aftir the deeth of hisȝounger Tobie S. modir, Tobie ȝede awei fro Nynyue, with his wijf, and soneshis sones IS., and with the sones of soneshis sones IS., and turnedehe turnede IS. aȝen to the fadir and modir of his wijf. And he foond hem soundesounde and hool IS. inand in S. good eelde. And he dide the cure of hemhem, beringe hir charge while thei lyuyden IS., and he closide her iȝen; andand after that S. he took al the erytage of the hows of Raguel, and heTobie IS. siȝ the fyuethe gene|racioun, the sones of hise sones. And whanne nynti ȝeer and nyne weren fillidfulfillid IS. in the drede of the Lord, thei birieden hymTobie IS. with ioie. Forsothe al his kynrede, and al his generacioun, dwellide perfitli in good lijf, and in hooli conuersacioun, so that thei weren acceptable botheOm. X. to God and to men, andOm. C. to alle enhabityngethat dwelliden in IS. theOm. IS. erthe.

 Here endith the book of Tobie, and here bigynneth the book of JudithHere eendith Tobye, and bigynneth the book of Judith. B. Here endith Tobie, and here bigynneth Judith. CDHQSUb. Here endith Thobie, and bigynneth a prologe on Judith. GOa. Heere endith Thobie, and bigynnith Judith. I. Here endeth the book of Thobie; se now the prolog of Judith. K. Here endith the book of Tobie, and here bigynneth a prologe on the book of Judith. M. Here endith the book of Tobie, and bigynneth the book of Judith. NVX. Heere eendith the book of Thobie, and bigynneth the book of Judicum. R. Explicit Tobie. f. Here endith Tobie. g. Here endith the blessid book of Tobie. h. No final rubric in ELP.. JUDITH. [Prologue on the book of JudithThis prologue is from M..]

THIS book of Judith, the holi widewe, ȝyueth vs ensaumple to be of holi conuer|sacioun, and to triste hoolliche in the help of Almyȝti God, as Judith dide, which ouercam oonli bi the help of God the grete prince Olofernes, tristinge in the strengthe of fleschli arm, and not in the help of God.

 Here biginneth the bok of JudithFrom ELMP. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

`AND soCertis IS. Arphaxat, kyngking; that is, willing to regne by vio|lence. Lire here. C. of Medeis, hadde maad suget many folkis to his em|pire; and he bildide a ful myȝti citee, which he clepide Egbathanys. Of squaridsquaar IS. stonys and korfekit BCEHLPUVX. of koruen IKS. he made the wallis ther|of, in the heiȝthe of thre score cubitis and ten, andOm. C. in theOm. S. breede ofthe wallis weren of S. thritti cubitis. SotheliAnd IS. he settidesette IS. the touris therof in the heiȝthe of an hundrid cubitis. For|sotheAnd IS. bi the squaresquaar|nesse I. square werk S. of thothe IM. touris euer either sideside of hem S. was stretchid forth, bi the space of twenti feet; and he settidesette IS. the ȝatis of that citee in the heiȝthe of thetho ISX. touris. And he hadde glorie, as miȝtia miȝti man IS. in the power of his oost, and in the glorie of hise charis. Therfor NabugodonosorNabugodono|sor; that is, Cambises, sone of Cirus, and this Cambises is seid the ij. Nabugodono|sor, for he let|tide the bilding of Jerusalem, as the firste Nabugodonosor distriede Jeru|salem. Lire here. C., kyng of Assyriens, that regnede in the grete citee Nynyue, fauȝtOm. IS. in the tweluethe ȝeer of his rewme aȝenshe fauȝte aȝens IS. Arphaxat, and gathe gat I. he gat or toke S. himArphaxat IS. in thea AIS. greet feeld, `which isthat was IS. clepid Ragau, bisidis Eufratesthe flood of Eufrates IS., and Ti|grisof Tigris IS., and Jadasaof Jadasa IS., in the feeld of Erioch, kyngthe kyng IS. of Elichoris. Thanne the rewme of Nabugodonosor was enhaunsid, and his herte was reisidreisid into pride S.; and he sente to alle men, that dwelliden in Cilicie, and in Damask, and in Liban, and to folkis, that weren in Carmele, and in Cedar, and to men dwell|ynge in Galile, and in the grete feeld of Es|drolon, and to alle men, that weren in Sama|rie, and biȝende the flood Jordanof Jordan IS., `til tovn to IS. Jerusalem; and to al the lond of Jesse, tiltil that IS. me come to the hillis of Ethiope. Nabugo|donosorTo alle thes men Nabugodonosor IS., kyng of Assiriens, sente messan|geris `to alle these menOm. IS.; `which alleand alle thes IS. aȝen|seidenaȝenseiden and withstoden his maundement S. with o wille, and sententhei senten IS. aȝen hemhis messangeris IS. voide, and castidenthei castiden hem IS. aweiawei fro hem S. with out onour. Thanne kyngOm. IS. Nabugodonosor was wrooth to al thatthe X. londlond, that aȝenstoden his heest S., and swoorhe swoor IS. bi his rewme and tronebi his trone IS., that he wolde defendedefende; that is, asaile alle tho cun|treys. Lire here. C. him fro alle these cuntreis.

 CAP. II.

In the thrittenthe ȝeer of kyng Nabu|godonosor, in the two and twentithe dai of the firste monethe, a word was maad inin to S. the hows of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Assiriens, that he wolde defende hymhim fro his enemyes S.. And he clepide to hym alle thehise S. eldere men, and alle duykisthe duykis IS., hisewhich weren hise S. werriouris; and haddehe hadde IS. with hem the priuete of his counsel. And he seide, that his thouȝtethouȝt and his entent S. waswas sett IS. inon C. that thing, to make suget ech lond to his empire. And whanne this seiyngseiyng of [the king S] Nabugodonsor IS. hadde plesidplesid to IS. alle menthe men I. hise men S., `kyng Nabugodo|nosorhe IS. clepide Holofernes, princethe prince I. of his chyualrie, and seidehe seide IS. to hym, Go thou out aȝens ech rewme ofat S. the westwest coost S., and aȝens hem principali, that dispisidendispisyn S. `my co|maundementmyn heest IS.. Thin iȝeniȝe BCDEFHIKLMNOPQRSVWXab. schal not spare ony rewme, and thou schalt make suget to me ech strengthid citee. Thanne Holo|fernes clepide the duykis and magistratisthe maistir men IS. of the vertupower IS. of Assiriens, and he noum|bride men in to the makyng rediredi of batail S., as the kyng `comaundide tohad boden IS. hym, sixehe noumbride sixe S. score thousynde of foot men fiȝteris, and twelue thousynde horse men and archeris. And he made al his puruyaunce to go biforebifore him IS. in multitude of vnnoumbrable camels, with thesetho IS. thingis that suffisiden plenteuousli to thehis IS. oostis, andand he sente I. and he sente bifore him S. droues of oxisoxen IS., and flockis of scheep, of which was noon noumbre. HeAnd in his pasage he IS. ordeynedeordeyne NO. whete to be maad redi of alalle the men of IS. Sirie `in his passageOm. IS.. And he tooktook with him IS. fulOm. I. myche gold and siluer of the kyngis hows. And heHolofernes IS., and al his oost, ȝede forth with charis, and horse men, and archeris, whichethe whiche I. hiliden the faceouer part IS. of the erthe, as locustis doonOm. I.. And whanne he hadde passid the endiscoostis S. of Assiriens, he came to theOm. S. grete hillis Augeclepid Auge I. that weren clepid Auge S., thatwhich S. ben at the lift half of Cilicie; and he stiedestiede up IS. in to alle the castels of hem, and he gat ech strong placeplace there I. place of that cuntrei S.. ForsotheAnd IS. he brakbrak and destriede IS. the richestemoost strong IS., ethirOm. IS. famousefamousiste B. Om. IS., citee Melothiclepid Melothi IS., and robbidehe robbide IS. alle the sones of Tharsis, andand spoilid S. the sones of IsmaelSumme bokes han of Israel; but elde bokis han Ismael, and this the veriere lettre. Lire here., that werenweren duelling S. aȝens the face of desert, and at the southsouth coost IS. of the lond Celeonof Celeon IS.. And he passide Eu|frates, and camhe cam IS. in to Mesopotanye, and he brakbrake and wastid S. alle hiȝethe hiȝe IS. citeescheef citees S. that weren there, fro the stronde Manbreof Mambre I. til `me comethat men comen IS. to the see. And he occupiede the endiscoostis IS. therofof that cuntrey S. fro Cilicie `til tovn to IS. the endis of Japhet, thatthe whiche endis I. which endis or coostis S. ben at the south. And he brouȝtebrouȝte with him S. alle the sones of Madian, and he `robbide al the richessis of hemtoke fro hem alle her richessis IS.; and he killide `bi thewith I. scharpnesse of swerd alle men aȝenstondynge hym. And after these thingis heHolofernes IS. cam doun in to the feeldis of Damask, in the daies of ripe corncorn, that is, in haruest S., and he brente alle cornesthilke cornes I. tho cornes S., and he made alle treesthe trees IS. and vynes to be kit doun; and his drede `felde onfelle upon IS. alle men `enhabit|ynge the londdwellynge on erthe I. duelling vpon al erthe S..

 CAP. III.

Thanne kyngisthe kyngis IS. and princes of alle citees and prouynces, that is, of Cirie, of Mesopotanye, and of Sirie Sobal, and of Libie, and of Cilicie, sente her messan|gerismessagers to Holofernes S.. `Whiche comyngeand whanne thei camen IS. to Holofernes, seidenthei seiden IS., Thin indignacioun ceesse aboute vs; for it is betere, that we lyue and serue Nabugodonosor, the grete kyng, and beto be IS. suget to thee, than that we die, and suf|fre with oure perischynggreet perishing S. the harmesharmes; that is, suffre more harmes than is seruage. Lire here. C. of oure seruagethraldom IS.. Ech citee of oureouris IS., aland al S. possessiounoure possessioun IS., alle munteynsoure mounteyns IS., and litle hillis, and feeldisoure feeldis IS., and droues of oxesoxen IS., and flockisoure flockis IS. of scheep, and of geet, and of horsis, and of camels, and alle oure richessis and meyneisoure meyneis IS. ben in thi siȝt; alle thingisour thingis S. be vndur thi lawe. Also we and oure children ben thi seruauntis. Come thou aand be thou a S. pesible lord to vs, and vse thou oure seruyce, as it plesith theeto thee IS.. Thanne heHolofernes IS. cam doun fro the hillis, with knyȝtis in greet `vertu, that isOm. IS., strengthe, and gathe gat IS. ech citee, and ech man `enhabit|ynge thethat dwellide in that IS. londlond where he came I. lond that he came to S.. ForsotheAnd IS. of alle citeesthe citees IS. hethat he came to, he S. took to hym helperis, stronge men and chosun to batel. And so grete drededrede of Holofernes IS. lay onupon IS. alle prouynces, that enhabiteristhe dwellers IS. of alle citees, princesand the princes IS. and `onourid menmen of honour IS., ȝeden togidere out with puplisher peplis S. to meete hym comyngecomyng towardis hem S., and `resseyueden hymOm. IS. with corouns and laumpiswith [liȝt S] laumpis thei resseyueden him IS., and leddenthei ledden IS. daunsisdaunces bifore him S. with pipis and tympans. Nethe|les thei doynge these thingis myȝten not swage the fersnesse of his herte; for whi botheOm. S. he distriede her citees, and hewhe hewide I. hewide S. doun her wodis. ForCertis IS. kyngOm. IS. Nabugodo|nosor hadde comaundid to hymHolofernes IS., that he schulde distrie alle the goddis of erthe, that is, that he aloone schulde be seid god of alle these naciouns, thatwhich S. myȝten be maad sugetsugettis IS. bi the powerpowers S. of Holofernes. ForsotheAnd IS. heHolofernes IS. passidepasside ouer IS. al Sirie Sobalof Sobal S., and alal the cuntrey of S. Appanye, and al Mesopotanye, and camhe cam IS. to Idumeis `in toin X. the lond of Gabaa; and he took the citees of hem, and dwellidehe dwellide IS. thereOm. IS. bi thritti daies, in whiche daies he comaundide al the oost of his powervertu BEHLPUVX. to be gaderid togideretogidere to him IS..

 CAP. IV.

Thanne the sones of Israel, that dwell|iden in the lond of Juda, herden these thingis, and dreddenthei dredden IS. greetli of `his facethe face of Holofernes IS.. Also tremblyng and hidousnesse asailide the wittis of hem, lest he schulde do this thingthese thingis S. to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, which thing he hadde do to othere citees and templis of thohem I. hem the which he had distried S.. And theivn to Jericho the Jewis IS. senten in to al Samarie, bi cumpas `til to JericoOm. IS., and biforethei bifore IS. ocupieden alle the coppisheiȝtis IS. of hillisthe hillis IS.; and thei cumpass|iden her townes with wallis, and gader|identhei gaderiden IS. togidere wheete in to makingthe making CDFGHIKMNOQRSUVWXab. redi of batel. Also the presthiȝ cheef preest S. Eliachym wroot to alle men, `that werendwellinge I. that weren wonyng S. aȝenus Esdrelon, which is aȝenuseuen aȝenus IS. the face of the grete feeld bisidis Dotaym, and tohe wroot to IS. alle men bi whichewhom I. passagethanne as passage S. myȝte be, thatand he bad that S. thei schulden holde the stiyngis ofup of the IS. hillis, bi whiche weiehillis a weie IS. myȝteto her enemyes miȝten S. be to Jerusalem, and thathe bad hem that S. thei schulden kepekepe wele S. there, where streyt weie miȝte be amongperceyued among IS. hillisthe hillis IS.. And the sones of Israel diden aftir thisthis heest IS., that Eliachym, prestthe prest IS. of the Lord, hadde or|deyned tofor S. hem. And al the puplepeple of Jewis S. criede to the Lord with greet instaunceinstaunce or hertli biseching S., and thei and the wymmen of hem mekiden her soulis in fastyngis. And the prestis clothiden hem silf with heyris, and ȝongethe ȝonge C. children boweden hem silf aȝenslowli aȝens S. the facebiholding IS. of the temple of the Lord, and theithe prestis IS. hili|den the auter of the Lord with an heire. And thei crieden togidere to the Lord God of Israel, lest the children of hem schulden be ȝouun inOm. S. to prey, and the wyues of hem in to departyngdeparting; bi violence of rauyscheris. Lire here. C., and her citees in to distriyng, and her hooli thingis in to defoulyng. Thanne Eliachym, the gretegreet or cheif S. prest of the Lord, cumpasside al Israel, and spakhe spake S. to hem, and seide, Wite ȝe, that the Lord schal here ȝoure preieris, if ȝe dwellinge dwellenin bileue shuln duelle S. perfitli in fast|yngis and preierisin preieris A pr. m. S. in the siȝt of the Lord. Be ȝe myndful of Moises, the ser|uaunt of the Lord, whichthe which I. not in fiȝtynge with irun, but in preiynge with hooli preieris, castide doun Amalech tristinge in his vertustrengthe IS., and in his power, and in his oost, and in hise scheldis, and in hise charis, and in hise knyȝtis; soand so schul I. and so as Amalech was cast doun so shuln S. alle the enemyes of Israel schulenOm. IS. be castcasten IS. doun, if ȝe continuen in this werk, whichthat IS. ȝe han bigunne. Therfor at this excityngexcityng or stiring S. of hymEliakim the preest S. theimen of Israel S. preieden hertli theto the S. Lord, `and dwelliden in the siȝt of the LordOm. b., so that also thei, that offriden brent sacri|ficessacrifice S. to the Lord, weren gird with heiris, and thei offriden sacrifices to the Lord, and `aische wasaskis weren EL. asschis was F. askis was P. asske or pouder was S. onputt upon IS. her heedis. And alle men of al her herte preieden Godthe Lord IS., that he wolde visite his puple Israel.

 CAP. V.

And it was teld to Holofernes, prince of the chiualrie of Assiriensmen of Assirie IS., that the childrensones IS. of Israel maden redi hem silf to aȝenstondeaȝenstonde him IS., and that thei hadden closid togidere the weies of hillisthe hillis IS.. AndAnd Olofernes I. And herfor Holofernes S. bi ouer greet woodnesse heOm. IS. brente out in to greet wrathfulnesse; and he clepide alle the princes of Moab, and the duykis of Amon, and seidehe seide IS. to hem, Seie ȝe to me, who this puple is, that bisegith the hilli places; ethir whiche, and what maner, and hou grete ben her citees; alsoalso telle ȝe me S. what is the vertustrengthe IS. of hem, ether what is the multi|tude of hem, ethir who is the kyng of her chyualrie; and whi bifor alle men, that dwellen in the eest, han these men dis|pisid me, andand whi IS. thei han not go out to resseyue vs with pees? Than Achior, duyk of alle the sones of Amon, answerde and seide, My lord, if thou vouchist saaf to herehere me IS., Y schal seie treuthethe treuthe I. in thi siȝt of this puple that dwellith in the hilli places, and a fals word schal not go out of my mouth. This puple is of the gene|racioun of Caldeis; thisand this S. puple dwellide firste in Mesopotanye; for thei noldenwolden not I. sue the goddis of her fadris, thatwhich S. werenweren worshepid S. in the lond of Caldeis. Therfor thei for|soken the cerymonyes of her fadris, that[the S] whiche cerymonyes IS. weren within IS. the multitude of goddis, and worschipidenthei worschipiden IS. o God of heuene, which also comaundide to hem to go out fro thennusthat is, fro Mesopotanye. I., and to dwelle in Carram. And whanne hungur hadde hilid al the londlond of Carran IS., thei ȝeden doun in to Egipt, and there thei weren so multiplied bi foure hundrid ȝeer, that the oost of hem myȝte not be noumbridThis naty|uyte bigynnyth at Isaac, and endith in the goyng out of Egipt. Lire here. C.. And whanne the kyng of Egipt hadde greuyd hem, and haddeOm. IS. maad hem sugetis in the bildyngis of hise citees in cley and tijlin tijl IS. stoon, thei crieden to her God, and heGod IS. smoot al the lond of Egipt with dyuerse veniaunces. And whanne Egipciansthe men of Egipt IS. hadden castidcast IS. out `hem fro hem silffro hem the men of Israel IS., and the veniaunce hadde ceessid fro hemthe men of Egipt IS., and efteeftsoons IS. woldenwhanne thei wolden IS. take hemthe men of Israel IS., and aȝen clepeclepe hem I. to her ser|uyce, Godthanne God IS. of heuene openyde the see to these menmen of Israel IS. fleyngefleynge awei I., so that on this side and thaton that IS. side thewhere this peple wentyn ouer the see, the S. watris weren maad sad as wallis, andand in her walkynge IS. these men with dry footfeet I. passiden `in walkynge biOm. IS. the depthedepnesse IS. of the see. In which place the whilewhilis S. vnnoumbrable oost of Egipciansmen of Egipt IS. pursuede hemIsrael IS., it was so kyuerydhilid IS. with watris, that there dwellide not nameli oonoo man alyue IS., that schulde telle the dede to aftir comeris. AlsoThanne also S. theithe men of Israel IS. ȝeden out of the Reed See, and ocupiedenthei ocupieden IS. the desertis of the hil Sinaof Sina CS., in whiche[the S] whiche desertis IS. `neuere man myȝtether myȝte neuer man I. dwelle, nethir theony I. sone of man restydethere restyde I. rest there S.. There bittir wellis weren maad swete to hem for to drynke; and bi fourti ȝeer thei gatengaten hem I. lyuelodethe liuelode S. fro heuene. WhereAnd where IS. euereeuer in to what cuntrey S. thei entriden, her God fauȝt for hem, and ouer camhe ouercam IS. withher aduersaries with S. out bouwe and arowe, and without scheld and swerd. And `noon wasther was no man I. no man was S. that castide doun this puple, noOm. I. but whanne it ȝede awey fro the wor|schipyng of herthe IS. Lord GodGod theroff IS.. Sotheli as ofte euere as thei worschipiden anony I. otherother God S. outakun thilke herher owne IS. God, thei weren ȝouun in to preye, and in to swerd, and in to schenschip. But as ofte euere as thei repentiden that thei hadden go awei fro the worschipyng of her God, God of he|uene ȝaf to hem vertue to aȝenstondeaȝenstonde her enemyes S.. ForsotheCertis IS. For U. thei castidencaste A. doun the kyng Cananeiof Cananei IS., and Jebuseiof Jebusei IS., and Phereseiof Pheresei IS., and Etheiof Ethei IS., and Eueyof Euey IS., and Ammorreiof Amorrei IS., and alle the myȝti men of Esebon, and thei hadden in possessioun the londis of hem, and the citees of hem; andOm. S. til thatOm. IS. thei hadden synned in the siȝt of her God, good thingisthingis and prosperite S. weren with hem, forsothely I. the God of hem hatith wickidnesse. For whi and bifor these ȝeeris, whanne thei hadden go awei fro the weie whichthat I. God hadde ȝoue to hem, that thei schulden go ther ynne, thei weren distried of naciounsdiuers naciouns S. bi many batels, and ful many of hem weren led prisoneris in to a lond not hern. For|sotheBut IS. a while agoonago IS. thei turneden aȝen to `her Lord Godthe Lord her God IS., and werenthei weren IS. gaderid togidere fro the scateryng, in which thei weren scaterid; andand now IS. thei stiedenhan stied up IS. in to alle these hilli places, andand also S. eft thei han Jerusalem in possessioun, where the hooli of hooli thingis ben. Now therfor, my lord, enquere thou perfitli, if ony wickid|nesse of hem is in the siȝt of her God, and stie wewe thanne up IS. to hem; for her God bitak|ynge schal bitake hem to thee, and thei schulen be maad suget vndur the ȝok of thi myȝt. Trewli if noon offense of this puple is bifor her God, we moun not aȝen|stonde hem; for the God of hem schal defende hem, and we schulen be in to schenschip to al erthe. And it was doon, whanne Achior hadde ceessid to speke these wordis, alle the grete men of Holo|fernes weren wrothewroth aȝens him S., and thei thouȝten to sle hym, and seidenthei seiden IS. togidere, Who is this that seith, that the sones of Israel, menthe whiche ben men I. which ben men S. with outen armure, and with out vertustrengthe IS., and with out kunnyng of the craft of fiȝtynge, moun aȝenstonde kyng Nabu|godonosor and hise oostis? Therfor that Achiorthis Achior S. knowe, that he disseyueth vs, stie wewe up IS. in to the hilli places; and whanne the myȝti men of hemJewis IS. ben takun, thanne he schal be persid with swerda swerd IS. with the same men; `that echand al I. folk knowe, that Nabugodonosor is god of erthe, and outakun hym `noon other isther is noon other I. noon other god is I..

 CAP. VI.

ForsotheAnd IS. it was doon, whanne thei hadden ceessid to speke, Holofernes hadde dedeyn gretli, and seidehe seide IS. to Achior, For thou propheciedisthast prophecied IS. to vs, and seidist, that the folk of Israel is defendid of her God, thatand that IS. Y schewe to thee, that no god is noOm. I. but Nabugodonosor; whanne wewe as oo man IS. han slayn `hem alle as o manalle the sones of Israel IS., thanne also thou schalt perische with hem biwith I. the swerd of Assiriensmen of Assirie IS., and al Israel schal perische dyuerseli with thee in perdi|cioun; and thou schalt preue, that Nabu|godonosor is lord of al erthe; and thanne the swerd of my chyualrie schal passe thorouȝ thi sidis, and thou schalt be persidperischid A., and schaltthou schalt IS. falle among the woundid men of Israel, and thou schalt no more brethe aȝenOm. S., til thou be distried with hem. But certis if thou gessist thi profecie sothe, thi cheer fallefalle it IS. not doun; and the palenesse that hath gete thi face, gogo it IS. awey fro thee, if thou gessist that these my wordis moun not `be fillidben fulfillid IS.. But that thou knowe, that thou schalt feele this thing togidere with hemthe children of Israel IS., lolo! now IS.! fro this our thou schalt be felouschipid to the puple of hem, that whanne thei han taketakin or suffrid S. worthi peynes of my swerd, thou be suget to lijk veniaunce. Thanne Olofernes comaundide hiseto hise S. seruauntis to take Achior, and to lede hym in to Be|thulia, and to bitake hym in to the hondis of the sones of Israel. And the seruauntis of Olofernes token him, and ȝedenthei ȝeden IS. forth bi the feeldi places, but whanne thei had|den neiȝid to the hilli places, slingerismen throwynge stones with slyngis IS. ȝeden out aȝens hem. SotheliAnd IS. thei turn|eden aweiaȝen A. fro the side of the hil, and boundenthei bounden IS. Achior to a tre bi hondishise hondis S. and feet, and so thei leften hym boundun with withthisropis I., and turnedenthei turneden IS. aȝen to her lord. CertisAnd I. And thanne S. the sones of Israel ȝeden doun fro Bethulia, and camenthei camen IS. to hymAchior IS., whom thei vnbounden, and leddenledden him IS. to Bethulia, and thei settidensetten I. settiden or brouȝt S. hymOm. S. in toOm. IX. theOm. S. myddis of the puple, and axidenthei axiden I. axiden him S., what manereOm. BCHLPUVX. ofOm. I. thinges bifelwas BCEHLPUVX., that Assiriensthe men of Assirie IS. hadden left hym boundun. In tho daies princesthes princes I. these princis of Jewis S. weren there, Oziasthat is, Ozias S., the sone of Mycha, of the lynage of Symeon, and CharmyCharmy, the prince S., which is alsoalso clepid IS. Gothonyel. Therfor in theOm. IS. myddis of eldere men, and in the siȝt of alle men, Achior seide allethes X. thingisthe thingis IS., whiche he was axid of Holofernes, and haddewhich thingis he had S. spoketold to Holo|fernes IS., and hou the puple of Holo|fernes wolde sle hym for this wordword that he had seid IS., and hou Holofernes hym silf was wrooth, and comaundide hym to be bitakun for this cause to menthe men IS. of Israel, that the while heHolofernes IS. ouercam the sones of Israel, thanne he comaundide that also thilk Achior pe|rischeto perishe S. biwith IS. dyuerse turmentis, forand for S. thisthis thing IS. that he hadde seid, God of heuene is the defendere of hemhis peple IS.. And whanne Achior hadde expowned alle thingisthes thingis IS., al the pu|ple felde doun onvpon S. theher IS. face, and wor|schipide the Lord; and with comyn weil|yng and wepyng thei schedden out to the Lord her preyeris ofand of S. o wille, seiyngethei seiden IS., Lord God of heuene and of erthe, biholde the pride of hemthin enmyes IS., and biholde thou to oure mekenesse, and perseyuetake thou hede to IS. the face of thi seyntis, and scheweschewe thou B. schewe we C pr. m. DFHIMORX pr. m. ab. shewe we bi verre bileue, and good werkus S. that thou for|sakistforsokist W. not men tristynge ofin IS. thee, and thouthat thou IS. makist low men tristynge of hem silf, and `men hauyngehem that han IS. glorie of herher owne IS. vertuvertu or strengthe S.. Therfor whanne the wepyngweping of the men of Israel S. was endid, and the preier of the puple bi al the dai was fillidfulfillid IS., thei coumfortiden Achior, and seiden, God of oure fadris, whos vertupower IS. thou prechidisthast prechid IS., he is rewardererewarder of al goodnesse S., and schalhe schal IS. ȝyue toOm. IS. thee thisgrace for this IS. while, that thou se more the perischyng of hem. ForsotheAnd IS. whanne `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God IS. hath ȝoue this fredom to hise seruauntisseruauntis, that we han ouercome our enemyes S., also the Lord bebe thanne IS. with thee in the myddismyddle IS. of vs, that as it plesithschal plese I. thanne plese S. thee, so thou lyue with `alle thi thingisal thi thing I. al thi thing among vs S.. Thanne after that thethis IS. coun|sel was endid, OziasOzias, the cheef preest IS. resseyuede hymAchior IS. in to his hows, and made a greet soper to hym. And whanne alle the prestis weren clepid togidere, aftirand after S. that the fastyng was fillidfulfillid IS., thei refreischiden Achior `and hem silfOm. I. and hemsilf bi some recreacioun S.. ForsotheAnd IS. aftirward al the puple was clepid togidere, and thei preieden bi al the niȝt with ynne the chirche, and axidenthei axiden IS. help of God of Israel.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe in `the totherthat oother I. the other S. dai Holofernes comaundide hise oostis to stiestie up IS. aȝens Beth|ulia. ForsotheAnd IS. there werenweren with hem S. sixe score thousynde `foot men of fiȝterisof footmen fiȝteris B. fiȝters of footmen with him I. fiȝters of footmen S., and twelue thousynde knyȝtis, `outakun the makyng redi of tho menwithoute thilke men, that weren there redy I. outakyn tho men, which weren there redy S., whiche caitiftethe caitifte I. the caitifte of Holofernes S. hadde ocupiedocupied or made thral S., and weren brouȝt fro prouynces and citees, of alle ȝongtheȝongthe or of able fiȝters IS.. AlleAnd alle I. And alle there S. togidere maden hem redi to batel aȝens the sones of Israel; and thei camen bi the side of thean IS. hil `til tovn to IS. the copheiȝte theroff IS., that biholdith Dothaym, fro the place whichthat I. is seid Belma `til tovnto IS. Selmon, which is aȝens Esdrolon. ForsotheAnd IS. the sones of Israel, asas soon as S. thei sien the multitude of hem, bow|identhei bowiden IS. doun hem silf onupon IS. the erthe, and sententhrewen IS. aischeasshe or poudre S. onup on IS. her heedis, and preidenthei preieden IS. with o wille, that God of Israel schulde schewe his merci onvpon IS. his puple. And thei token her armuris of batel, and satenthei saten IS. bi the places `that dressenbi whiche IS. that dressiden X. the path of streytthe streyt IS. weie bitwixe hillithe hilli CIS. placesplaces is dressid IS., and thei kepten tho places al the dai and nyȝtal nyȝt I.. Certis Holofernes, the whilewhilis S. he ȝede aboute bi cumpas, foonde that the welle, that flowide in to the watir cundit of hemmen of Israel IS., was dressiddressid or ordeyned S. at the south part with out the citee, and he comaundide her watir cundit to be kitkit at two I. kitte sonder S.. NethelesAnd netheles IS. wellis weren not fer fro the walliswallis of the citee S., of whichethe whiche I. which wellis S. wellis theimen of Israel IS. weren seyn to drawe watir bi theftestelthe I. stelthe or priueli S., rather to refreischerefreische hem IS. than to drynke. But the sones of Amon and of Moab neiȝiden to Holofernes, and seidenthei seiden to him IS., The sones of Israel tristen not in spere and arowein arowe IS., but hillis defenden hem, and litle hillis set in the rooche of stoon maken hem stronge. Therfor that thou maist ouercome hem without asailyng of batel, sette thou keperis of wellisher wellis IS., that thei drawe notnot watir IS. of tho; and thou schalt sle hem without swerd, ethir certis theiwhanne thei ben IS. maad feyntfeynt for defaute I. feynt for defaute of watir S. schulenthei schulen IS. bitakebitake to thee IS. her citee, whichthe which citee, for it is sett in the hillis IS. thei gessen `to mowOm. I. it mow S. notit may not I. be ouercomun `in the hillisOm. IS.. And these wordis plesiden bifor Holofernes, and bifor alle hise knyȝtis; and he ordeynede bi cumpas bi ech welle an hundrid men. And whanne `this kep|yng was fillidOm. IS. bi twenti daiesdaies the kepyng of the wellis was fulfillid IS., cisternesthe cisternes IS. and gaderyngisthe gaderyngis IS. of watris fayliden to alle menthe men of Israel IS. dwellynge in Bethulia, so that there was notnot of water S. with ynne the citee, wherof thei schulden be fillidfulfillid I., nameli o dai, for the watir was ȝouun atbi IS. mesure to the puplispeple ISX. ech dai. Thanne alle men and wymmen, ȝonge men and elde, and litle children, weren gaderid togidere to OzieOzie, the cheef prest IS., and alle thei seiden togidere with o voisvoice to him S., The Lord deme bitwixe vs and thee, for thou, not wyllyngewilnynge IS. speketo speke IS. pesibli with Assi|riensthe men of Assirie IS., hast `do yuelsdon yuele thingis IS. aȝenus vs, and for this thing God hath seld vs inin to IS. the hondis of hem. AndOm. S. therfor `noon isther is noon I. that help|ithhelpith vs S., whanne we ben cast doun in thirst, and in greet los bifor her iȝen. AndOm. S. nownow therfore IS. gadere ȝe togidere alle men, that ben in thethis IS. citee, that alle we puplis bi|take vsvs self IS. bi fre wille to Holofernes. It is betere that wewe ben maad IS. prisoneris blesseand blesse IS. God and lyue, than that we diedie thus I. die bi defaute or bi the honde of our enemyes S., and bewe be I. so be S. schenschip to ech man, sithenand sith IS. we seen thatOm. IS. oure wyues and oure ȝonge children diendien for defaute IS. bifor oure iȝen. We clepen in to witnessyng to dai heuene and erthe, and the God of oure fadris, thatwhich S. punischith vs aftir oure synnes, thatand S. nowe ȝe bitake thethis IS. citee in to the hondis of the chyualrie of Holo|fernes, and ourethat oure IS. ende bebe maad IS. schort in the scharpnesse of swerd, whichthe which I. ende isis now IS. maad lengere in the drynesse of thirst. And whanne thei hadden seid these thingis, greet wepyng and ȝellyng was maad of alle men in the grete chirche, and bi many ouris thei crieden `with o voisOm. I. to the Lord, and seiden, We and oure fadris han synned, we han do vniustli, weand we I. didenhaue do I. wickidnesse. ThouThou, Lord I., for thou art mercyful, haue mercy on vs, and vengeavenge C. oure wickid|nessiswickidnesse Ca. inwith a. thi scourge; andand, Lord I. nyle thou bi|take menme C. knoulechyngeschryuynge to I. thee to aOm. I. puple that knowith not thee, that thei seie not amonge hethene men, Where is the God of hem? And whanne theithe sones of Israel I. weren maad feynt with these cries, and weren maad wery with these wepyngis, and weren stille, Ozie roos up, bischedal bisched I. with teeris, and seide, Britheren, be ȝe pacient, and bi these fyue daies abide we mercythe mercy CGIQ. of the Lord; for in hap he schal kitte a wei his indignacioun, and schalhe schal I. ȝyue glorie to his name. Sotheli if whanne these fyue daies ben passid, help comethcome IS. not, we schulen do these wordis whiche ȝe han spoke.

 CAP. VIII.

And it was doon, whanne Judith, the widowe, had herd these wordis, whiche JudithOm. I. was the douȝter of Merary, the sone of Idor, the sone of Joseph, the sone of Ozie, the sone of Elai, the sone of Jamnor, the sone of Jedeon, the sone of Raphony, the sone of Achitob, the sone of Melchie, the sone of Euam, the sone of Mathanye, the sone of Salatiel, the sone of Symeon, theand the I. sone of Ruben. And hir hosebonde waswas clepid I. Manasses, that was deed in the daies of barli heruest; forcertis I. he stood bisili ouer men byndynge togidere reepis in the feeld, and heete cam onupon I. his heed, and he was deed in Bethulia his citee, and washe was I. biried there with hise fadris. So|theliAnd I. Judith left of hymhym or lyuynge aftir him I. was widewe thanne thre ȝeer and sixe monethis. And in the hiȝere partis of hir hows sche made to hir a priuy closet, in which sche dwell|ide cloos with hir damesels; and sche hadde an heire onupon I. her leendis, and fastidesche fastide I. alle the daies of hir lijf, outakun sabatisthe sabot daies I., and the `bigynnyngis of monethisfirste daies of the mone I., and the feestis of the howshows or temple I. of Israel. SotheliAnd I. sche was ofOm. O. fula ful C. semeli biholdyngin byholdynge O., to whom hir hosebonde hadde left many richessis, and plenteuouse meynee, and possessiouns ful of droues of oxisoxen I., and ofOm. C. flockis of scheep. And this Judith was moost famouse among alle men; for sche dredde God greetli, nethir ony was that spak of hir an yuel word. Therfor whanne this Judith hadde herd, that Ozie hadde bihiȝte, that whanne the fyuethe day was passid, he wolde bitake the citeecitee to Holofernes I., sche sente to the prestisthe prestis; Judith spak to the prestis more coupable, for of that consent suede the dis|triyng of God|dis worschip, for which the prestis ouȝten for to loue more feruently, than the princes, for by taking of this citee the weye was redy to enemyes to go to Jerusa|lem, and dis|trie Goddis worschip, wher|for they ouȝten defende that cytee, as longe as they myȝten, ȝhe, in most turment. Lire here. C. Cambri and Carmy. And thei camen to hir; and sche seide to hem, What is this word, in which Ozie consentidehath consentid I. to bitake thethis I. citee to Assiriensmen of Assirie I., if with ynne fyue daies help comethcome I. notnat I. to vs? And who ben ȝe that tempten the Lord? This `word is notis no word I. that stirith merci; but rather thatit I. stirith ireGoddis wraththe I., and kyndlith woodnessehis woodnesse I.. Han ȝe set tymea tyme I. of the mercifulmercy I. doynge of the Lord, and in ȝoure wille `ȝe hanhaue ȝe I. set a dai to hym? But for the Lord is pacient, do we penaunce for this synne, and axe we with teeris his forȝyuenesse; forcertis I. God schal not manaasse so as man, nethir as `a sone of manthe sone of man C. mannus sone I. he schal be enflawmed to wrathful|nesse. And therfor meke we oure soulis to hym, and in contrita contrit I. spirit and maadymaad I. meke serue wewe to I. hym; and seie we wepynge to the Lord, that aftir his wille so he do his merci with VS; and as oure herte is troblid in the pride of hemoure enmyes I., so haue we glorie `also ofin I. oure mekenesse. For we `sueden nothaue not sued I. the synnes of oure fadris, thatthe whiche I. forsoken her God, and worschipiden alien goddis; for whichthe which I. greet trespas theioure fadris I. weren ȝouun to her enemyes in to swerd, and in to raueyn, and in to confusioun; but we knowen not an othir God outakun hym. `Abide we mekeTherfore, we beynge meke, abide we I. his coumfort, and he schal sekeseke or venge I. oure blood of the turmentis of oure enemies; and he schal make meke alle folkis, whiche euer risenhan risen I. aȝens VS; and ourethe I. Lord God schal make hem with|out onour. And now, britheren, for ȝe ben prestis in the puple of God, and the soule of hemthe peple I. hangith of ȝou, reise ȝeȝe up I. her hertishertis to God I. at ȝoure speche, that thei be mynde|ful, that oure fadris weren temptid, that thei schulden be preued, whethir thei wor|schipiden God verili. Thei owen to be myndeful, hou oure fadir Abraham was temptidassaied I., andand hou I. he was preuyd bi many tribulaciouns, andand so he I. was maad the frend of God. So Isaac, so Jacob, soand so I. Moyses, and alle that plesiden `the Lordto God I., passidenpassiden forth I. feithfulfeithfuli A pr. m. S. bi many tribulaciouns. SotheliAnd I. thei that resseyueden not temptaciouns with theOm. I. drede of the Lord, and brouȝtenaȝens the Lord brouȝten I. forth her vnpacience, and the schenschip of her grutchyng `aȝens the LordOm. I., werenthei weren I. distried of a distriere, and perischidenthei perischiden I. of serpentis. And therfor venge we not vs for these thingis whichethat I. we suffren; but arette we, that these same turmentis ben lesse than oure synnes, and bileue we, as seruauntis of the Lord thatwhiche I. ben chastisid, that the betyngistourmentis I. of the Lord ben comun to amendyngoure amendyng I., and not to oure perdicioun. And Ozie and the prestis seiden to hirJudith I., Alle thingisthes thingis I., whichethat I. thou hast spoke, ben sothe, and no repreuyng is in thi wordis. Now therfor preie thou for VS, for thou art an hooli womman, and dred|ynge God. And Judith seide to hem, As ȝe knowen, that thisthis thing I., that Y myȝte speke, is of God, so preue ȝe, if this that Y pur|posidehaue purposid I. to do, is of God; and preie ȝe, that God make stidfast my counsel. Ȝe schulen stonde at the ȝate this niȝt, and Y schal go outforth I. with my fre handmayde; and preie ȝe, that, as ȝe seiden, the Lord biholde his puple Israel inthes I. fyue daies. But Y nylewile not I., that ȝe enquere my doyng, and til thatOm. I. Y telle to ȝou, `noon othir thing be doon, nobe ther don noon othir thing of ȝou I. but preier for me to oure Lord God. And Ozie, the prince of Juda, seide to hir, Go thou in pees, and the Lord be with thee in the veniaunce of oure enemyes. And theiOzias and the prestis I. turneden aȝenOm. I., and ȝeden awey.

 CAP. IX.

And while thei ȝeden awei, Judith en|tride in to hir oratorie, and sche clothide hir silf with an heire, and puttidesche puttide I. aischeashen S. onupon I. hir heed; and sche bowide doun hir silf to the Lord, and criedesche criede I. to the Lord, and seide, Lord God of my fadir Symeon, whichthat I. ȝauest to hym a swerd in to de|fencedefence; that is, in defending of him silf fro aliens; defence here is seid the sleing of Siche|mytis, for the violent oppress|ing of Dyna, the douȝter of Jacob. Lire here. C. of aliens, thatthe whiche I. weren defouleris inof I. her defoulyng, and maden nakid the hipe of a virgyn in to confusiounher owne confusioun I.; and thou ȝauest the wymmen of hem in to prey, theand the I. douȝtris of hem in to caitifte, andand thou ȝauest I. al the prey in to departyng to thi seruauntis, that loueden feruentli thi feruent louethy feruent loue; the con|trarie semeth, for Jacob re|preuyde that doing of Sy|myon and of Leuy in xxiiij. co. and in xlix. co. of Genesis; the soiling is this; the fer|uent loue to avenge the de|fouling of a virgyn, was leueful and iust, for they hadden no iuge that wolde punysche the dede, of which the prince of the citee was auctour, and his puple was fautour; and thus spekith Judith here, and Jacob re|preuyde the yuel and trai|terouse maner of venging, in as myche as the sones of Jacob braken couenaunt maad with Si|chemytis. Lire here. C.; Lord, Y bisechebiseche thee I., helpe thou me a widewe. ForCertis I. thou madist theOm. I. formere thingis, and thouȝtistthouȝtis BCEFPS. Om. I. tho thingis aftirand I. thotho thou thouȝtist to make aftirward I., and this thing is maadmaad to us I., which thou woldist. ForSothely I. alle thi weies ben redi, and thou has set thi domes in thithi owne I. puruyaunce. Biholde thou the castelsstrengthis I. of Assiriensthe men of Assirie I. nowOm. I., as thouthanne thou I. vouchidist saaf to biholde thanneOm. I. the castelsstrengthis I. of Egipciansthe men of Egipt I., whanne thei runnencamen I. armed after thi seruauntis, and tristiden in charisher charis I., and in multitudethe multitude I. of her knyȝtis, and in multitudethe multitude I. of wer|rioursher werriouris I.. But thou biheldist on the castelspowers I. of hem, and derknessis maden hem feynt; the botme of the see helde her feet, and watris hiliden hem. Lord, `also these men be maad so, thatbe thes men maad also in lijk manere, whiche I. tristen in her multitude, and in her charis, and in scharpher scharp I. schaftis with oute irun, and in her arowis; and han glorieveyn glorie I. in her speris; and witenthei witen I. not, that thou thi silf art oureOm. S. God, thatwhiche I. `al to-brekist batelsOm. I. fro the bigynnyngbigynnyng hast alto broke batails I., and theOm. I. Lord is name to thee. ReiseReise up I. thin armarm; that is, thi power. Lire here. C. asas thou didist I. at the bigynnyng, andand in thi vertu I. hurlehurledist I. hurtle R. doun the powervertu BEH sec. m. LPUVX. of hem `in thi vertuOm. I.; the powervertu GKLMXa. of hem fallefalle it I. doun in thi wrath|fulnesseriȝtfulnesse I., whiche biheten hem to defoule `thin hooli thingis, and to defouleOm. I. the tabernacle of thi name, and to cast doun with her swerd the hornmyȝt I. of thin auter. Lord, make thou that the pride of hem be kit of with her owne swerd; beand be I. heHolofernes I. takun with the snare of hise iȝen in me; and thou schalt smyte hym with the lippis of my charitemy charite; that is, by my swete wordis and schewinge loue. Lire here. C.. ȜyueȜyue, Lord I. thou toOm. S. me stid|fastnesse in soule, that Y dispise hymHolofernes I. and his vertupower H sec. m. I., and distriemake me to distrie I. hym. ForCertis I. it schal be a memorialmyndfulnesse I. ofto B pr. m. thi name, whanne the hondis of a womman han cast hym doun. For whi, Lord, thi vertupower I. is not in multi|tude, nether thi wille is in the strengthis of horsis; andand, Lord I. proude spiritis plesiden not thee at the bigynnyng, but the preier of meke men and mylde `pleside euerehath euer plesid I. thee. God of heuenes, thethou art I. creatour of watris, and Lord of alleech I. creature, here thou me wretchid womman preiyngeOm. I. and tristynge of thi merci. Lord, haue thou mynde of thi testament, and ȝyue thou a word in my mouthmouth to speke I., and make thou strong the counselcounsel of thee I. in myn herte, that thin hows dwelle perfitly in thin halewyng; and that alle folkis knowe, that thou art God, andand that I. noon other is outakun thee.

 CAP. X.

ForsotheAnd I. it was doon, whanne scheJudith I. hadde ceessid to crie to the Lord, sche roosroos up I. fro the place, in which sche lay bowid doun to the Lord. And sche clepide hir fre hand|maide, and camJudith cam I. doun in to hir hows; and sche took awei fro hirhir self IS. the heire, andand sche IS. vn|clothide hir silfOm. I. fro the clothing of hir wi|dewehod. And sche waischide hir bodi, and anoyntidesche anoyntide IS. hir with besteful good I. myrremyrre; that is, oynement maad of myrre for greet part. Lire here. C., and sche schedideschedde IS. schoddide MX. the heer of hir heed, and settidesche settide IS. a mytremytre, that is, a semely ournement IS. onupon IS. hir heed, and sche clothide hir with the clothis of hyr gladnesse, and clothidesche hilide IS. hir feet with sandaliessandalies, that is, an ournement of feet, which was vsid in the old tyme S.; and sche took ournementisthe ournementis IS. of theOm. IS. armes, and lilies, and eeryngis, and ryngisothere ryngis IS., and ournedesche ournede IS. hir silfOm. IS. with alle hir ournementis. To whom alsoalso ouer al this I. also ouer al her owrnement S. the Lord ȝaf briȝtnessefairnesse IS., for al this ourenementournement, that is, noon of al this ournement S. hangideOm. I. notnot vpon hir bicause S. of letcherie, but ofbicause of S. vertuvertu hangide on hir I.; andOm. S. therfortherfor in hir IS. the Lord `made largemade large or encresside IS. this fairnesse onupon IS. hir, thatso that IS. bi `vncomparable fairnessefairnesse that myȝte not be comparisound IS. sche apperideapperide semely IS. to the iȝen of alle men. TherforAnd thanne IS. sche puttide onupon IS. hir fre handmaide a botel of wynwyne to bere with hir S., and a vessel of oile, and meet maad of meele, and driedof dried IS. figus, and loouessche toke to hir looues IS., and cheese, and ȝedenthei ȝeden IS. forth. And whanne thei weren comen to the ȝateȝatis IS. of the citee, thei foundenfounden there IS. Ozie and the prestis of the citee abidynge hirJudith IS.. And whanne thei hadden seyn hir, thei weren astonyed, and wondridenthei wondriden IS. ful myche on hir fairnesse. Netheles thei axiden hir no thing, and leetenthei leeten hir IS. passepasse forth IS., and seidenseiden to hir S., TheOm. I. God of oure fadris ȝyue grace to thee, and makemake he IS. strong with his vertu al the counsel of thin herte, and Jerusalem hauehaue it IS. glorie onupon IS. thee, and thi name be in the noumbre of hooli and iust men. And alle thei, that weren there, seiden with o vois, Be it doon! be it doon! TherforCertis IS. Judith preiede the Lord, and passidesche passide forth IS. thorouȝ the ȝatis, scheOm. IS. and hir freOm. I. handmaydehandmayde with hir IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. it was doon, whanne sche cam doun of the hil aboute the risyngespryngyng IS. of the dai, the aspierisspieris IS. of Assiriensthe men of Assirie IS. metten hir, and heldenthei helden I. hir, and seiden, Fro whennus comest thou, ether whidur goist thou? And scheJudith IS. answeride, Y am a douȝter of Ebreisthe men of Ebreis IS., and therfor Y fleddehaue fled IS. fro the face of hem, for Y knewknowe I.Y knew; these wordis of Judith, and many mo wordis suynge, ben leesinge, feyned for de|lyueraunce of the puple wor|schipinge God, and for the castinge doun of proude Holo|fernes, purpos|inge to distrie Goddis onour, and siche lees|ing is venyal synne, fro which it nedith not to excuse Judith, sithen the Postlis hadden venyal synne, aftir the resseyuyng of the Holy Goost. Lire here. C., that itthis thing IS. schal come, that thei schulen be ȝouun to ȝou in to prey, for thei dispisidenhan dispisid IS. ȝou, and noldefor thei wolden not I. for thei nulden S. bitaketake C. hem silf wilfuliwilfuli to ȝou IS., that thei schul|den fyndehaue founden IS. grace in ȝoure siȝt. ForAnd for S. this cause Y thouȝte withwith ynne I. meme in my herte S., and seideI seide IS., Y schal go to the facepresence IS. of the prynce Holofernes, for to schewe to hym the pri|uytees of hemthe men of Israel IS., and Y schal schewe to hym, bi what entryngentre X. he mai gete hem, so that not o man of his oost falle doundoun bi deeth S.. And whanne tho men hadden herd the wordis of hirJudith IS., thei bihelden hir face, and wondryng was in her iȝen, for thei won|driden greetli on hir fairnesse. And thei seiden to hir, Thou hast kept thi lijf, forfor thi that IS. thou hast founde sich a counsel, that thou woldist come doun to oure lord. SotheliAnd IS. wite thou thisthis thing IS., that, whanne thou `hast stondestondist I. in his siȝt, he schal do wel to thee, and thou schalt be moost acceptable in his herte. And thei ledden hir to the taber|nacle of Holofernes, and thei schewiden hir to hym. And whanne sche hadde en|trid bifor his face, anoon Holofernes was takun bi hise iȝeniȝen with lust IS.. And hise knyȝtis seiden to hym, Who schal dispisedispise to destrie I. dispise or leue to distrie S. the puple of Jewis, whichethat I. han so faire wym|men, that we owen not to fiȝte skilfuli aȝenus hem for these wymmen? TherforAnd IS. Judith siȝ Holofernes sittynge inwithynne IS. a cur|teyna curtyn; that is, in a chayer, hilid with siche a curtyn. Lire here. C., roundthat was wijd IS. bynethe and scharpnarouȝ IS. aboue, thatthe whiche I. which S. was wouun ofwith S. purpur, and goldof gold IS., and smaragdeof smaragde I., and moostof moost I. preciouse stoonysstoones weren frette ther vpon S., and whanne sche hadde lokid in toOm. IS. his face, sche worschipide hym, and bowideshe bowide IS. doun hir silf on the erthe; and the seruauntis of Holofernes reisiden hirhir up IS., for her lord comaundidecomaundide so IS..

 CAP. XI.

Thanne Holofernes seide to hirJudith IS., Be thou coumfortid, and nyle thou drede in thin herte, for Y neuere anoyedenoiede IS. man, that wolde serue Nabugodonosor, theOm. S. kyngkyng of Assirie IS.. SotheliAnd IS. if thi puple hadde not dispisid me, Y hadde not reisid `myn hondmy power up IS. on it. But `now seieseie thou now IS. to me, for what cause ȝedist thou awei fro hem, andand whi I. whi S. it pleside thee to come to vs. And Judith seide, TakeTake to herte IS. thou the wordis of thin hand|maide; for, if thou suestschalt sue IS. theand do after the S. wordis of thin handmaide, the Lord schal make a perfit thing with thee. Forsothe Nabu|godonosor, the kyng of erthe, lyueth, and his vertupower IS. lyueth, which is in thee to the chastisyng of alle soulislyues I. errynge; for not onelioneli bi thee IS. men schulen serue hymNabugodonosor IS. `bi theeOm. IS., but also beestis of the feeld obeienshul obeie IS. to hymhym bi thee IS.. For the prudence of thi soulesoule or wit S. is teld to alle folkis; and it is schewid to al the world, that thou aloon art good and myȝti in al his rewme; and thi techyng is prechid in alle prouyncis. Nether this thing is hid, whichthat I. Achior spakhath spoke IS., nether that thing is vnknowun, which thou co|maundidistcomaundist IS. to bifalle to hym. ForForsothe IS. it is knowun, that oure God is so offendid bi synnes, that he sentehath sent IS. bi hise profetis to the puplepeple of vs S., that he wolde bitake hemhem to her enmyes IS. for her synnes. And for the sones of Israel witen, that thei han offendid `her Lord Godthe Lord her God IS., the tremblyng of hymhem I. is onupon IS. hem. Ferthermore also hungur hath asailid hem, and for drynesse of watir thei ben rikenyd now among deed men. ForsotheAnd this thing IS. thei or|deynen thisnow IS., that thei sle her beestis, and drynke her blood; and thei thouȝtenhan thouȝt I. to ȝyue these hooli thingis `of her Lord into bie with I. of her Lord to bie with S. wheete, wyn, and oile, whichethe whiche I. God co|maundide to be not touchid, and thei wolen waste thetho AS. thingis, which thei ouȝtenowen IRS. not toucheto touche a. with hondis; therfor for thei doen these thingis, it is certeyn that thei schulen be ȝouun in to perdi|cioun. Which thing Y, thin handmaide, knewknowe IS., andand therfor I I. and herefor I S. fledde fro hem, and the Lord sentehath sent IS. me to telle these same thingis to thee. ForSothely IS. Y, thin handmaide, worschipe God, also now atanentis I. thee; and thin hand|maide schal go outforth IS., and Y schal preie God; and he schal seie to me, whanne he schal ȝelde to hemthe Jewis S. her synne; and Y schal come, and telle toOm. I. thee, so that Y brynge thee thorouȝ the myddis of Jerusalem, and thou schalt haue al the puple of Israel as scheep `to whiche isthat I. no scheepherdeschepherde is to I., and ther schal not berkechide I. chide either speke foul S. aȝens thee nameli oon; for these thingis ben seid to me bi the puruyaunce of God. And for God is wrooth to hem, Y am sente to telle toOm. I. thee these same thingis. SotheliCertis IS. alle these wordis plesiden bifor Holofernes, and bifore hise childrenseruauntis IS.; and thei wondriden at the wisdom of hirJudith IS.; and oonoon of hem S. seide to another, Ther is not sich a womman onupon IS. erthe in siȝt, in fairenesse, and in wit of wordis. And Holofernes seide to hir, God dide wel, that sente thee bifor the puple, that thou ȝyuebitake IS. it inin to S. myn hondis; andOm. S. for thi biheest is good, if thi God doith these thingis to me, he schal be also my God, and thow schalt be greet in the hows of Nabugodonosor, and thi name schal be nemyd in al erthe.

 CAP. XII.

Thanne Holofernes comaundide hirJudith IS. to entre, where his tresouris weren kept, and he comaundide hir to dwelle there; and he ordeynede, whatwhat thing IS. schulde be ȝouun to hir of his feeste. To whom Judith answeride, and seide, Now Y may not ete of these thingis, which thou comaundidist to be ȝouun to me, lest offence come on me; but Y schal ete of these thingis, whiche Y brouȝtehaue brouȝt IS. with me. To whom Holofernes seide, If these thingis failenfailen to thee IS., whiche thou brouȝtisthast brouȝt IS. with thee, what schulen wewe thanne IS. do to thee? And Judith seide, Lord, thi soule lyueth, for thin handmaide schal not spende alle these thingis, til God schal do in myn hondis these thingis which Y thouȝtehaue thouȝt to do IS.. And hise seruauntis ledden hir in to the tabernacle, whidur he hadde comaundid. And sche axideaxide of Holofernes S., theOm. I. while sche entrideentride in to the tabernacle S., that fredom schulde be ȝouun to hir to go out to preier, in the nyȝt, and bifor the liȝtliȝt of [the S] dai came IS., andOm. I. to biseche the Lord. And heHolofernes IS. comaundide to his chaumberleyns, that, as it pleside hir, sche schulde go out, and entreyn I., for to preie hir God bi thre daies. And sche ȝede outforth IS. in nyȝtis in to the valei of Bethulia, and waischidesche waischide IS. hir silfOm. I. there S. in thea IS. welle of watir. And as sche stiedestiede up I. stiede vp there S., sche preiede the Lord God of Is|rael, that he wolde dresse hir weie to the delyueraunce of his puple. And sche en|trideentride yn IS., and dwellide clene in the taber|nacle, til that sche took hir mete in the euentid. And it was doon in the fourthefourthe; fro the entringe of Judith fro the cytee of Bithu|lia. Lire here. C. dai, Holofernes made a soper to hise ser|uauntis, and he seide to Vagao, thehis IS. chaumburleyn, Go thou, and councelecounsel thou S. thatJudith the IS. Ebrew womman, that sche consente wilfuli to dwelle with me. For it is foula foul thing IS. anentis Assiriensmen of Assirie IS., if a womman scornescorne or desceyue I. a man, in doyngehir doynge I. thatand that IS. sche passe `with out partfree I. fro hym. Thanne Vagao en|trideentride yn IS. to Judith, and seidehe seide to hir IS., A good dame|sele be not aschamed to entreentre yn IS. to my lord, that sche be onourid bifor his face, and that sche eete with hym, and drynke wiyn with gladnesse. To whom Judith answeryde, Who am Y, that Y aȝenseie my lord? Y schal do al thing, that schal be good and best bifor hise iȝen. SotheliAnd IS. what euer thing plesith hym, thisthis thing IS. schal be best to me in alle the daies of my lijf. And sche roosroos up IS., and ournede hir silfOm. IS. with hir clothis, and entridesche entride yn IS., and stood bifor `his facethe face of Holofernes IS.. ForsotheAnd IS. the herte of Holo|fernes was stiridstiride to lust S.; for he was brennynge in thefleishly I. coueitise of hir. And Holofernes seide to hir, Drynke thou now, and taketake thou S. mete inwith S. gladnesse; for thou hast founde grace bifor me. And Judith seide, Lord, Y schal drynke, for my soule is magny|fied to dai bifor alle the daies of my lijf. And sche took, and eet, and drank bifor hym tho thingis, whiche hir handmayde hadde maad redi to hir. And Holofernes was maad glad `to hirtoward hir I. to hir wardus S., and he drankdrank thanne IS. ful myche wiyn, hou myche he hadde neuere drank in o dai in his lijf.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsothe asas soone as IS. euentid was maad, hisethe IS. seruauntisseruauntis of Holofernes IS. hastidenhastiden hem IS. to her ynnesynnes; that is, tentis. Lire here. C.; and VagaoVages, chamberleyne I. Vagao, his chaumberleyne S. closid togidere the doris of the closetcloset where Holofernes lay IS., and ȝedehe ȝede IS. forth. For alle men weren maad feyntfeynt or drunken IS. of wiyn; and Judith aloone waswas there IS. inwithynne I. the closet. Certis Holo|fernes lailai there IS. in thea IS. bed, aslepid with ful myche drunkenesse. And Judith seide to hir damesele, that sche schulde stonde with outforth bifor the dore of the closet, and aspieaspie that no man were niȝ S.. And Judith stood bifor the bedbed of him I. bed of Holo|fernes S., preiyngeand she preiede IS. with teeris, and with stir|yngmouyng IS. of lippishir lippis IS. `in silence, seiyngesche seide in silence IS., Lord God of Israel, conferme meme, or make me stable I. me, that is, make me stable in this doyng S., and biholdeOm. IS. in this ourtyme IS. tobiholde thou to IS. the werkis of myn hondis, that, as thou bihiȝtisthast bihiȝt IS., thou reisereise up IS. Jerusa|lem thi citee; and thathelpe me that S. Y performe this thing, which thing Y bileuynge thouȝte to mow be doon bi thee. And whanne sche hadde seid thisthis thing IS., sche neiȝede to theOm. N. piler that was at the heed of histhe AI. bedbed of Holofernes I., and sche loside his swerd, that hangidehangide there I. boundun `ther ynneon the piler I.. And whanne sche hadde drawe out of the scheeth thilke swerd, sche took the heer of his heed; and seide, Lord God of Israel, conferme me in this ourtyme I.. And sche smoot twies onin I. his necke, and kittidesche kittide I. aweioff I. his heed; and sche took awei his curteyn fro the pileris, and walewidesche walewide I. awei his bodi heedles. And aftir a litil sche ȝede out, and bitooksche bitook I. the heed of Holofernes to hir handmaide, and comaundideJudith comaundide hir I., that sche schulde putte it in to hir scrippe. AndAnd bi her custom I. the twei wymmen ȝeden outforth I. `bi her customOm. I. asas it were I. to preierher preier I., and passidenthei passiden I. the castelstentis I.castels; that is, oost. CV. of Assiriensthe men of Assirie I., and thei cumpassidenȝeden aboute I. the valei, and camenthei camen I. to the ȝate of the citee. And Judith seide afer to the keperis of the wallis, `Opene ȝeOpeneth I. the ȝatis, for God is with vs, that hath do greet vertu in Israel. And it was doon, whanne thetho I. men hadden herd `her voisthe vois of Judith I., thei clepiden the prestis of the citee. And alle men fro the leest `til tovnto I. the mooste runnen to hirJudith I.; for thei hopiden not, that sche schulde comehaue come I. now. And thei teend|identeenden C. teendiden up I. liȝtis, and alle men cumpassiden aboute hir. SotheliAnd I. sche stiedestiede up I. in to an hiȝere place, andand sche I. comaundidecomaunde A. silence to be maad. And whanne alle men weren stille, Judith seide, Herie ȝe `oure Lord Godthe Lord oure God I., that hath not forsake hem that hopentristen I. in hym, and bi me, his handmaide, he hath fillidfulfillid I. his merci, which he bihiȝte to the hows of Israel, andand in this niȝt he I. hath slayn in myn hond the enemye of his puple `in this niȝtOm. I.. And sche `brouȝte forthtoke out I. of thehir S. scrippe the heed of Holofernes, andOm. S. schewidesche shewide I. it to hem, and seide, Lo! the heed of Holofernes, prince of the chiualrie of Assiriensmen of Assirie I.; and, lo! his curteyn, inwithynne I. which he lay in his drunkenesse, where also ourethe I. Lord Godoure God I. killide hym bi the hond of a womman. Forsothe the Lord God lyueth, for his aungel keptehath kept I. me, bothe goynge fro hennus, and dwellynge there, and turnynge aȝen fro thennus hidur; and the Lord `suffride nothath not suffrid I. his handmaide to be defoulid, but with out defoulyng of synne he aȝenhath aȝen I. clepid me to ȝou, and Y haue ioie in hisOm. I. victorievictorie of the Lord I., and in `my scapyngmy schapyng A. myn ascapyng I., and in ȝoure delyuer|aunce. Knouleche ȝe alle to hymthe Lord I., for he is good, for his mercy is in to `the worldwithouten ende I.. Sotheli alle men worschipiden the Lord, and seiden to hirJudith I., The Lord hath blessid thee in his vertu, for bi thee he hath brouȝt to nouȝt oure enemyes. CertisAnd thanne I. Ozie, princethe prince I. of the puple of Israel, seide to hirJudith I., Douȝtir, thou art blessid of the hiȝ Lord God, bifor alle wymmen onupon I. erthe. Blessid be the LordLord God AD pr. m., that made heuene and erthe, and that dresside thee in to the woundis of the heed of the prince of oure enemyes; for to dai he hath magnefied so thi name, that thi preisyng go not awei fro the mouth of men, thatthe whiche I. schulen be myndeful of the vertu of the Lord with outen ende; for whichewhiche men I. thou sparidist not thi lijf forbut puttidist it for I. the angwischis and tribulaciouns of thi kyn, butand thou I. helpidisthast holpen I. the fallingefallinge of the peple I. bifor the siȝt of oure God. And al the puple seide, `Be it! be itBe it thus don, be it thus don I. Amen! amen! that is, be it, be it K. Be it S.! ForsotheAnd thanne I. Achior was clepid, and camhe cam I.; and Judith seide to hym, Thilke God of Israel, to whom thou ȝauest witnessyng, that he auengith hym of hise enemyes, hath kit of the heed of alle vnbileueful men in this niȝt bi myn hond. And thatOm. S. thou preue that it is so, loO!here I.! the heed of Holofernes, whichthe which I. in the dispit of his pride dispiside God of Israel, and manaassidehe manaasside I. deth to thee, and seide, Whanne the puple of Israel is takun, Y schal comaunde thi sidis to be persid with a swerd. SotheliAnd whanne I. Achior siȝ the heed of Holofernes, andhe I. was angwischid for drede, and feldehe fille I. doun on his face onupon I. the erthe, and his soule suffride eneyn|tisyngthat is, swownyng I marg.. SotheliAnd I. aftir that he hadde take aȝen spirithis spirit I., and was coumfortid, he felde doun at `hir feetthe feet of Judith I., and worschipidehe wor|schipide I. hir, and seide, Blessid art thou of thi God in alalle I. the tabernacletabernaclis I.al the taber|nacle; that is, of alle men dwellinge in the tabernaclis of Ebreys, com|yng forth of Jacob. Lire here. C. of Jacob; for in echal I. folk, that schal here thi name, God of Israel schal be magnyfied in thee.

 CAP. XIV.

Forsothe Judith seide to al the puple, Britheren, here ȝe; hang ȝeȝe up I. this heed onupon I. in S. ȝoure wallis. And it schal bebe don that I., whanne the sunne `goith outrisith I., ech man take hise armuris, and go ȝe out with feersnesse, not that ȝe gogo al I. doun binethebinethe the hill I., but as makyngmen makynge I. asauȝt. ThanneAnd thanne I. it schal be nede, that the spieris of the lond fle to reisereise up I. her prynce to batel. And whanne the duykis of hem rennenschal renne I. togidere to the tabernacle of Holofernes, and fyndenthei schal fynde I. hym heedles, waltrid in his blood, dreed schal falle doun onupon I. hem. And whanne ȝe knowen that thei fleen, go ȝe sikirli aftir hem, for God schal al to-breke hem vndur ȝoure feet. Thanne Achior siȝ the vertu that God of Israel hadde do, and he forsook the custom of hethenesse, and bileuedehe bileuede I. to God; and he circumcidede the fleisch of his ȝerde, and he was put to the puple of Israel, and al the aftircomyng of his kyn `til in tovnto I. this daityme I.. ForsotheCertis I. anoon as the dai roosspronge I., thei hangiden the heed of Holofernes onupon I. theher I. walliswal S.; andand thanne I. ech man took his armuris, and thei ȝeden out with grete noise and ȝellyng. Which thing the aspieris sien, and runnenthei runnen I. to the tabernacle of Holofernes. CertisAnd I. thei, that weren in the tabernacle, camen, and maden noise bifore the entryng of the bedbed of Holofernes I., andand thei I. ymagyneden by craft vnrestfulnesse for cause of reisyngupreisyng I., that Holofernes schulde awake not of the reiseris, but of sowneristhe noise of sowneris I. the sowneris CMR.. ForCertis I. no man was hardi to opene the taber|nacle of the vertupower or cheef prince I.the vertu; that is, of the prince of the chyualry, in whom the strengthe of the oost stond|ith by vertu. Lire here. C. of Assiriensmen of Assirie I. bi knock|yng ethir bi entryng. But whanne hise duykis, and tribuneshis tribunes I., and alle the grettere men of the oost of the kyng of AssiriensAssirie I. weren comencomen togidere I., thei seiden to the chaum|burleynschaumberleyns of Holofernes I., Entre ȝeȝe in to him I., and reise ȝe hymhym up I.; for myis ben goon out of her caues, and dorenthei doren I. excitemoeue I. vs to batel. Thanne VagaoVagao, the chamburleyne I. entride in to his closet, and stoodhe stood I. bifor the curtyncurteyn of his bed I., and madehe made I. betyng togidere with hise hondis; forsothely I. he supposide hym to slepe with Judith. But whannewhanne bi the witt or listnyng of his eeris I. he perseyuede not `with wit of eerisOm. I. ony stiryng of Holofernes liggyngeliggynge there I., he cam neiȝyngeniȝ and neiȝide I. to the curtyn, and he `reiside itdrewȝ it up I., and siȝhe siȝ I. the deed bodibodi of Holofernes I. with out theOm. I. heed `of HolofernesOm. I. `maad slowdefoulid I. in hisOm. I. blood liggeand liggynge up I. on the erthe, and he criede biwith IS. grete vois with weping, and to-rentehe to-rente I. hise clothis. And heVagao I. entride in to the taber|nacle of Judith, and foondhe foond I. not hir, andand anoon I. he skippidewente I. out to the puple, and seide, OonAn I. Ebrew womman hath maaddo I. confu|sioun in the hows of kyng Nabugodono|sor; forOm. I. lolo! certis I.! Holofernes liggithlijth I. in the erthe, and his heed is not inwith I. hym. And whanne the prynces of theOm. I. vertupower I. of As|siriensmen of Assirie I. hadden herd this thing, alle thei to-renten her clothis, and vnsuffrable drede and tremblyng felde doun onupon I. hem, and her soulisynwittis I. weren troblid greetli. And `vncomparable crycry that myȝte not be com|parisound I. was maad `bi the myddil ofthorowe out I. her tentis.

 CAP. XV.

And whanne al the oost hadde herd Holofernes biheedidto be biheedid I., mynde and councel fledde fro hem, and thei `schakun bistirid with oonly I. tremblyng and drede alooneOm. I. token the help of fliȝt, so that no man spak with his neiȝbore; but `whanne the heed was bowid dounech man bowynge doun his heed I., and alle thingisher thingis I. `weren for|sakunyleft bihynde hem I., thei weren bisy to ascape Ebreisthe Jewis I., which thei hadden herd to come armed onupon I. hem; and thei fledden bi the weies of feeldis, and bi the pathis of litle hillis. Therfor the sones of Israel siȝen Assi|riensthe men of Assirie I. fleyngefleynge awey I., and suedenthei sueden aftir I. hem, and camenmen of Israel camen I. doun, and sownedenthei sowneden I. with trum|pis, and ȝellidenmaden noyse I. aftir hem. And for Assiriensthe men of Assirie I. not gaderid togidere ȝedenbut ȝeden I. heedlyngheedlingis EL. hedlingis P. in to fliȝt, forsothetherfor I. the sones of Israel pursuynge with oa I. cumpeny maden feble allealle the men of hem I., whiche thei myȝten fyndefynde or take I.. And OzieOzie, her prince I. sentesente forth I. messangeris bi alle theOm. I. citees and cuntreis of Israel. Therfor ech cuntrei and ech citee sentesente forth I. chosun ȝonge men armed after hem; and theithe Jewis I. pursueden `thilke Assiriensthe men of Assirie I. with theOm. C. scharpnesse of swerd, til thei camen to the laste part of herthe I. coostiscoostis of Israel I.. ForsotheAnd I. the residueremenaunt I. menof the sones of Israel I., that werenweren left I. inin the citee of I. Bethu|lia, entriden in to the tentis of Assiriensthe men of Assirie I., and tokenthei token I. awey with hem theOm. I. prey, whichthat I. Assiriens fleyngefleynge awey I. hadden left, and theimen of Israel I. weren chargid gretligretli chargid with catel I.. ButAnd I. thei that weren ouercomerys, turnedenin her pursuyt turneden I. aȝen to Be|thuliathe citee Bethulia I., and thei token awei with hem alle thingis whichwhat I. euer weren of tho Assi|riensmennus of Assirie I., so that nother was no I. noumbre wasOm. I. in scheep, and beestis, and in alle mouable thingis of hem, thatso that I. fro the leeste `til tovnto I. to X. the mooste alle menmen of Israel I. weren maad riche of herthe I. preies. Forsothe Joachym, the hiȝeste bischop, cam fro Jerusalem in to Bethulia with alle thehise I. prestis, to se Judith. And whanne sche hadde goon outforth I. to hym, allealle thei I. bless|iden hir with o vois, and seiden, Thou art the gloriethe glorie; for sche kepte the worschip|yng of God that was in Jerusalem, of which wor|schiping the Jewes hadden most glorie, and in sleynge Holofernes, that wolde distrie Goddis wor|schiping, sche ȝaf mater of onour and of gladnesse to the peple of Israel. Lire here. C. of Jerusalem, and thou art the gladnesse of Israel, thou art the onour of oure puple, whichthe which I. hast do manli, andand certis I. thin herte was coumfortidcoumfortid in God I., for thou loued|ist chastite, and aftir thin hosebonde thou knowistknewe I. not anotheranother man I.; therfor and the hond of the Lord coumfortide thee, and therfor thou schalt be blessid with outen ende. And al theOm. a. puple seide, `Be it! be itBe it don, be it don I. Amen! Amen! that is, be it, be it K.! Forsothe bi thritti daies vnnethis theweren the I. spuylis of Assiriensmen of Assirie I. werenOm. I. gaderidgaderid up I. of the puplemen I. of Israel. Certis thei ȝauen to Judith alle thingis, that weren preued to be propir, `ether syngulerOm. I., of Holofernes, in gold, andin I. siluer, and in clothis, and in gemmes, and in alle purtenaunce of hous|hold; and alle thingis weren ȝouun to hir of the puple. And alle puplis `maden ioyeOm. I., with wymmen, and vergynes, and ȝongewith ȝonge I. menmen maden ioye I., in organs and harpis.

 CAP. XVI.

Thanne Judith song `this songOm. S. to the Lord, and seide, Bigynne ȝeȝe to preise God I. in tympans; synge ȝeOm. C. to the Lord in cymbalis; synge ȝe swetli a newe salm to hym; fulli make ȝe ioye, and inwardli clepe ȝe his name. The Lord al to-brekith batels, theOm. I. Lord is name to hym; thatwhiche I. hath set hise castelsstrengthis I.castels; that is, aungels. Lire here. C. in theOm. I. myddis of his puple, for to deliuere vs fro the hond of alle oure enemyes. Assur cam fro theOm. I. hillis, froand fro I. the north, in the multitude of his strengthe; whose multi|tude stoppide strondis, and the horsis of hem hiliden valeis. And he seide, thatOm. I. he schulde brenne my coostiscoostis of Israel I., and sle my ȝonge men biwith I. swerd, tohe thouȝte to I. ȝiue my ȝonge children in to prei, virgynsand the virgyns therof I. in to caitifte. But the Lord Almyȝti anoiede hym, and bitook hym in to the hondis of a wom|man, and schentesche schente I. hym. For the myȝtimyȝti prince I. miȝte X. of hem felde not doundoun bi strengthe I. of ȝonge men, ne|ther the sones of giauntis killiden hym, nether hiȝecheef I. giauntis puttiden hem silf to hym; but Judith, the douȝtir of Merari, ouercam hym bi the fairnesse of hir face. For sche vnclothide hir fro the cloth of widewehod, and clothidesche clothide I. hir with the cloth of gladnesse, inin to I. theOm. IS. fulful out I. ioiyng of the sones of Israel. Sche anoyntide hir face with oynement, and boondsche boond I. togidere the tressis of hir heeris with a coronal, to disseyuedisseyue; not that sche pur|poside to bringe him to dedly synne, but that he schulde de|sire to haue hir to wiyf, and bi this thing Ju|dith schulde haue homely neiȝing to him, bi which sche myȝte sle him. Lire here. C. hymHolofernes I.. `Hir sandaliesThe ournement of hir feet I. rauysch|iden hise iȝen, hir fairnesse made his soule caitif; with a swerd sche kittidekitte I. of his necke. Men ofof the cuntrey of I. Persis hadden hidous|nesse of hir stidfastnesse, and Medeismen of Medeis I. of hyr hardynesse. Thanne the castelsstronge powers I. of Assiriensthe men of Assirie I. ȝellidenȝelliden for drede I., whanne my meke menmen of Israel I., wexinge drie for thirst, apperidenapperiden to hem I.. The sones of dameselsȝoung wymmen I. prickidenhan prickid I. hem, and killidenthei han killid I. hem as children fleynge; thei perischiden in batel fro the face of my God. `Synge we an ympne to the LordOm. S., syngeand synge I. we a neweOm. CS. ympne to oure GodOm. S.. LordOm. Ia., LordOm. S. God, thou art gretea grete Lord I., and ful cleercleer art thou I. in thi vertu, andOm. CIOa. whom no man may ouercome. Ech creature of thin serueserue it to I. thee, for thou seidist, and thingisso alle thingis I. weren maad; thou sentist thi spirit, and thingisthanne alle thingis I. weren maad of nouȝt; and noonno creature I. is that aȝenstondith thi comaundementcomaundement fynaly I.. HillisFor hillis I. schulen be moued fro foundementisthe foundementis I. with watris; stonysand stonys I. schulen flete abrood as wex bifor thi face. SotheliAnd I. thei that dreden thee, schulen be grete anentis thee bi alle thingis. Woo to the folk rysynge onup upon I. my kyn; forforsothe I. the Lord Almyȝti schal take veniaunce in hem, inand in I. the dai of doom he schal visite hem. ForSothely I. he schal ȝyue fier and wormes in the fleischis of hem, that thei be brent, and lyue, and feelethei feele the feersnesse therof I. til in to with outen ende. And it was doon aftir these thingis, al the puplepuple of Israel I. aftir the victorievictorie of Holofernes I. cam to Jerusalem to worschipeworschipe there I. the Lord; and anoon as thei weren clensidclensid after the lawe I., alle men offriden brent sacrifices, and avowis, and her biheestis. CertisForsothe I. Judith ȝafȝaf thanne I.Judith ȝaf; to prestis alle these thingis, that no man schulde vse tho aftirwards, but tho schul|den be kept in the place of Goddis wor|schiping, to the mynde of Goddis bene|fice. Lire here. C. in to theOm. plures. cursyng of forȝetyngfiȝting C. alle the armuris of batel of Holofernes, whiche theOm. C. puple ȝafhad ȝouen I. to hir, andalso I. the curteyn, which sche hadde take awei. ForsotheCertis I. al the puple was myrie aftir the face of hooli men; and bi thre monethis the ioye of this victorie was halewid with Judith. SotheliAnd I. aftir tho daies ech man ȝede aȝenawey ELPR. in to his ownethingis BCDEGKLMNOPQRSUVWXab. owne dwellynge place I.; and Judith was maad greet in Bethulia, and sche was more cleer thanne alle wym|menthe wymmen I. of the lond of Israel. ForCertis I. chastite was ioyned to hir vertuvertu; of stidefastnesse, bi which sche hadde cast doun Holo|fernes. Lire here., so that sche knewe notno I. manman fleishly I. alle the daies of hir lijf, sithensith I. Manasses, hir hosebonde, was deed. SotheliOm. I. in `feeste daiessolempne halidaies I. scheJudith I. cam forth withand with I. greet glorieglorie sche was wirschipid bifore othere wymmen I.. ForsotheAnd I. sche dwell|ide in the hows of hir hosebonde an hun|drid ȝeer and fyue; and sche leftelefte or made I. hir handmaide fre. AndAnd thanne I. scheJudith I. was deed, and biriedsche was biried I. with hir hosebonde in Bethulia; and al the puple biweilide hir seuene daies. ForsotheFor so S. in al the space of her lijf noonther was noon I. `was disturblidethat ouercame I. was that disturblide S. Israel, and many ȝeeris aftir hir deeth. SotheliAnd I. the day of theOm. A. victorie of this feeste is takun of EbreisEbreis, and rekenyd I. in the noumbre of hooli daies, and it is worschipid of the Jewis fro that tyme til in to presentthis present I. day.

 Here endith the book of JudithHere eendith the book of Judith, and here bigynneth Hester. BDUb. Here endith the book of Judith, and here biginneth the book of Hester. CRW. Here endith Judith, and bigynnith the prolog of Hester. G. Here endeth Judith, and here bigynneth Hester. H. Heere endith the book of Judith, and bigynnith Ester. IQ. Here endeth the book of Judith, se now the prolog of Hester. K. Here endith the book of Judith, and here bigynneth a prologe on the book of Hester. M. Here endith the book of Judith, and bigynneth the book of Hester. NV. Here endith the book of Judith, and bigyn[neth] the prolog on the book of Hester. O. Here endith Judith, and bigynneth the booc of Hester. X. Here endith the book of Judith. a. No final rubric in ELPS.. ESTHER. [Prologue on the book of EstherThis prologue is from M..]

THIS book of Hester, the qween, makith mynde of the riȝtful Mardochee, and of the wickide man Aman, how he castide the deeth of Mardochee, and also of alle Jewis, for hate that he hadde to Mardochee; wherfor thoruȝ the help of God and of the qween Hester his wickidnesse was retourned in to his owne heed; for God helpith hem that tristen in him, and lyuen iustli in the drede of him.

 Here bigynneth the book of HesterHere bigynneth Hester. ELP. No initial rubric in HNOQRSVXb..CAP. I.

IN the daies of kyng Assuerus, that regnede fro Ynde `til tovnto I. to X. Ethiopie, onupon I. an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces, whanne he sat in the seete of his rewme, the citee Susaof Susa CM. was the bigynnyng of his rewme. TherforAnd I. in the thridde ȝeer of his empire he made a greet feeste to alle hise princes andand to alle his I. childrenchildren or seruauntis I., theto the I. strongeste men of Persis, and to the noble men of Medeis, and to the prefectischeef men I. of prouynces, bifor him silf, tofor to I. schewe the richessis of the glorie of his rewme, and the gretnesse, and boostthe boost I. of his power inand in I. myche tyme, that is, an hundrid and `foure scoorlxxx. BDEHLO. eiȝti CNVW. seuenti M. daiesdaies this feste lastide I.. And whanne the daies of the feeste weren fillidendid I., hethe emperour I. clepide to feestehis feeste I. al the puple that was foundun in Susathe citee of Susa I., fro the moost `til tovnto I. the leeste; and heOm. S. comaundide thethis I. feeste to be maad redi bi seuene daies in the porcheporche; that is, aley. Lire here. C. of thean I. orcherd and wodeof a wode I., that was setset aboute I. with the kyngis ournement and hondwith his hond I.hond; that is, werkis. Lire here. C.. And tentis of `the colour ofOm. S. the eir, and of gold, and of iacynct, susteynedweren holden up I. with coordis ofand X. bijs, and of purpurpurpel E. purpul LP., hangidenand thei hangiden I. on ech side, whichethe whiche tentis I. weren set in cerclisthe cercles A pr. m. of yueryuorie I., andand thei I. weren vndur set with pilers of marble; alsoand X. seetisther weren ordeyned seetis I. at the maner of beddis of gold and of siluer `weren disposidOm. I. onupon I. the pawment arayede with smaragde and dy|uersewith othere dyuerse I. stoonand precious stones I.; whichthe which I. pawment peynture made fair bi wondurful dyuersite. So|theliAnd I. thei, that weren clepid to meet, drunkun in goldun cuppis, and metes weren borun inin to hem I. with othereoon I. `and othereOm. S. vessels; also plenteuouse wiyn, and `the bestful good I. was setset forth bifore hem I., as it was worthi to the greet doyngpreisyng I. of the kyng. And `noon wasther was no man I. that constreynede `men not will|ynge tohem to drynke that wolden not I. drynke; but soto alle the bordis I. the kyng hadde ordeyned, `makynge souereynsOm. I. of hise princesprinces to be soueregnes I. `to alle boordisOm. I., that ech man schulde take that, that he wolde. Also Vasthi, the queen, made a feeste of wym|men in the paleis, where kyng Assuerus was wontwoned I. to dwelle. Therfor in the se|uenthe dai, whanne the kyng was glad|deregladdere than bifore I., and waswhanne he was I. hoot of wiyn aftir ful myche drinkyng, he comaundidecomaundide to I. Nau|man, andand to I. Baracha, andand to I. Arbana, andand to I. Gabatha, andand to I. Zarath, andand to I. Abgatha, andand to I. Charchas, seuene oneste and chast ser|uauntis, `that mynistridenthe whiche seruyden I. in his siȝt, that thei schulden brynge in bifor the kyng the queen Vasti, with a diademe set onupon I. hir heed, to schewe hir fairnesse to alle the puplis and prynces; forcertis I. sche was ful fair. And sche forsook, and dispiside to come at the comaundement of the kyng, whichthe which comaundement I. he hadde sentsent to hir I. bi thehis I. oneste and chast seruauntes. Wherfor the kyng was wrooth, and kyndlidhe kyndlid or tend I. biwith I. fulgreet wood|nesse; and he axide the wise men, whiche bi theOm. I. `kyngis customcustom of the kyng I. weren euere with hym, and he dide alle thingis bi the coun|sel of hem, kunnyngethat knewen I. the lawislawe I. and ritisthe ritis I. of gretteregrettist I. men; forsotheand I. theOm. C. firstefirste men I. and theOm. I. nexte weren Carsena, and Secha|aba, Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Manucha, seuene duykis of Persis and of Medeis, thatthe whiche I. sien the face of the kyng, and weren wont to sitte the firste aftir hym; `the kyngand he I. axide hem, to what sentence the queen Vasthi schulde be suget, that noldewolde not I. do the comaunde|ment of kyng Assuerus, whichthe which comaundement I. he hadde sentsent to hir I. bi thehis I. onest and chast seruauntis. And Manucha answeride, in audience of the kyng and of the pryncis, The queen Vasthi hath not oneli dispisid the kyng, butbut sche hath dispisid I. alle the pryncis and puplis, that ben in alle prouyncesthe prouynces I. of kyng Assuerus. For the word of the queen schal go out to alle wymmen, that theithei also I. dispise her hose|bondis, and seie, Kyng Assuerus co|maundide, that the queen Vasthi schulde entrehaue come I. to hym, and sche noldewolde not I.. And bi this saumpleensaumple I. alle the wyues of pryncesthe prynces I. of Persis and of Medeis schulen dis|pise the comaundementisheestis I. of hosebondisher hosebondis I.; wherfor the indignacioun of the kyngkyng aȝens hir I. is iustiust therfore I.. If it plesithplese I. to thee, `a comaunde|ment go out fro thi facego ther out a comaundement fro thi face I., and `be writunOm. I. bi the lawe of Persis and of Medeis, whichthe which lawe I. itOm. I. is vnleueful to be passidouer passid or broke I., thatbe it writen that I. VasthiVasthi the queen I. entrecome I. no more to the kyng, but anothir womman, which is betere than sche, take `the rewme of hirhir rewme I.. And be thisthis heest I. puplischid in to al the empire of thi prouynces, which is ful large, that alle wyues, both of gret|terethe grettere C. men and of lesse, ȝyue onour to her hosebondis. HisAnd the I. counselcounsel of this duyk I. plesidepleside to I. the kyng and theto the I. prynces, and the kyng dide bi the counsel of Manucha; and he sentesente out I. pistlislettris I. bi alle the prouyncis of his rewme, as ech folk myȝte here and rede, in dyuerse langagislangis C. and lettris, that hosebondis ben prynces and theOm. I. gretteregrettere men I. in her housis; and `he senteOm. I., that thisthis thing I. be pupplischid bi alle puplis.

 CAP. II.

Therfor whanne these thingis weren doon, aftir that the indignacioun of kyngthe kyng CN. Assuerus was cooldswagid I.was coold; that is, the passioun of ire, and of trobling was passid. Lire here. C., he bithouȝtebithouȝte him I. of Vasthi, and what thingis sche hadde do, ethirand I. what thingis sche suffridehad suffrid I.. AndAnd thanne I. the children and the mynystris of the kyng seiden to `the kynghim I., DamyselisFaire damyselis I., virgynsand virgyns I. `and faireOm. I., be souȝt to the kyng; and `men benbe ther men I. sentsent forth I., thatwhiche I. schulen biholde bi alle prouinces damesels faire and vir|gyns; and brynge thei hem to the citee Susaof Susa I., and bitake theithei hem I. in to the hows of wymmen, vndur the hondkepyng I. of Egei, the onest seruaunt and chast, whichthe which I. is the souereyn and kepere of the kyngis wym|men; and take thetho I. damesels ournement of wymmen, and other thingis nedeful to vsisher vsis I.. And which euer damesele amongof C. allealle hem I. plesithplesith moost I. the iȝen of the kyng, regne sche for Vasti. TheAnd this I. word pleside the kyng; and he comaundide to be don so, as thei counceliden. ForsotheAnd I. a man, a Jew, was in the citee Susaof Susa IX sec. m., Mardoche bi name, the sone of Jair, sonethe sone IS. of Semei, sonethe sone IS. of Cys, of the generacioun of Ge|myny; that was translatid fro Jerusalem in that tyme, wherynnein whiche I. Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, hadde translatid Je|chonye, kyng of Juda; whichthe which IS. Mardoche was the nurschere of Edissa, the douȝter of his brothir, whichthe which I. douȝtirEdissa IS. was clepid Hester bi anothir name, and schebi deth sche IS. haddeOm. S. lostleft or forȝede I. forȝede S. bothe fadirhir fadir IS. and modirhir modir IS.; scheand sche IS. was ful fair, and semeli of face; and whanne hir fadir and modir weren deed, Mardoche `purchaside hir in to a douȝtir to hym|silftoke hir to him, and he made hir his douȝter IS.. And whanne the comaundement of the kyng was ofte pupplischid, and bi his comaundementheest IS. many faire virgyns weren brouȝt to Susa, and werenthei weren I. bitakun to Egey, the onest seruaunt and chast, also Hester among othere damesels was by|takun to hym, that sche schulde be kept in the noumbre of wymmenthilke wymmen I. tho wymmen S.. And scheHester IS. pleside hymEgey IS., and foondsche foond IS. grace in his siȝt, thatso that S. he hastidehastide to take to hir IS. thean I. ournement of wym|men, and bitookhe bitook IS. to hirHester IS. her partispartis of alle thingis nedeful to hir S., and seuene the faireste damesels of the kyngis hows; andand in most honest maner to plese the king with S. heEgey IS. ournede and araiede bothe hir and dameselsthilke damesels I. tho damyseils S. suynge hir feet. And `sche noldeHester wolde not I. Hester nuld S. schewe to hymEgey IS. hir puple andneither IS. hir cuntrei; for Mardoche hadde co|maundid toOm. IS. hir, that in al maner sche schulde be stille of this thing. And heMardocheus IS. walkide ech dai bifor the porche of the dore, in which the chosun virgyns weren kept, and he dide the cure of theOm. A. helthe of Hesterhir, of ony maner infirmytee I. hir, if ony infirmyte took hir S., and woldehe wolde IS. wite, what bifelde to hyr. And whanne the tyme of allealle the IS. damesels bi ordre was comun, that thei schulden entrego yn IS. to the kyng, whanneand whanne IS. alle thingis weren fillidfulfillid IS. thatwhich S. perteyneden to wymmens atire, theand the IS. tweluethe monethemonethe of the ȝeer I. moneth which tho damysels sholden apere bifore the king S. was turnedbrouȝt aboute I. turned or endid S.; so oneli thatOm. S. thei weren anoyntid with oilethe oile IS. of `myrte tremyrre ISb. myrre tree HX. mirre tree K. bi sixe monethis, and bi othere sixe monethis `thei vsiden summesumme vsiden S. pymentispymentis, that is, delicious drinkis S. and swete|smellynge oynementis. And thei entriden to the kyng, and what euer thing per|teynynge to ournementher ournement IS. thei axiden, thei tokentoken it I. token it with hem S.; and thei weren araied as it plesidepleside to IS. hem, andand thanne S. passidenthei passiden forth IS. fro the chaum|bre of wymmen to the kyngis bed. And sche that hadde entridentrid thidir IS. in the euentid, ȝede outforth IS. in the morwetid; and fro thennus thei weren led forth in to the secounde housis, thatwhiche IS. weren vndur the hondkepyng IS. of Sagazi, onestthe onest IS. seruaunt and chast, that was gouernour of the kyngis concubynsconcubyns; yt is licly that these that entriden to the kyngis bed, weren hise wyues, netheles they weren seid concubyns, for they weren not principal wyues. Lire here. C.; and schesche that ȝede fro the kyng IS. hadde not power to go aȝen more to the kyng, noOm. I. but the kyng wolde, `and had comaundid hir to comehaue hir to come to him S. bi namename to him I.. SotheliAnd IS. whanne the tyme was turned aboute bi ordre, theand the IS. dai neiȝede, wher|ynne Hester, the douȝter of Abiahel, bro|therthe brother IS. of Mardoche, `whom he hadde pur|chasid in to a douȝter to hym silf[the S] whiche Hester Mardoche had take to him, and made hir his douȝter IS., ouȝte entreto entre IS. to the kyng; and sche axide not wymmenus ournement, but what euer thingis Egei, the onest seruaunt and chast, kepereand kepere IS. of virgynsthe virgyns I. the kings virgyns S., wolde, he ȝaf these thingis to hirHester IS. to ournementhir ournement IS.; forcertis IS. sche was ful schapli, and of fairnesse that may not liȝtli be bileuyd, and sche semydewas seen IS. graciouse and amyable to the iȝen of alle men. Therfor sche was lad toin to S. the bed of kyng Assuerus, in the tenthe monethe, whichthat I. is clepid CebethFeuerȝeer A marg. Tebeth, that is, Janyuer ISX marg., in the seuenthe ȝeer of his rewme. And the kyng fer|uentliOm. I. louyde hirHester IS. moremore feruently I. than alle wym|men, and sche hadde grace and mercy bifor hym ouer alle wymmenothere wymmen I.; and heshe L. settidesette upon hir heed IS. thea I. diademediademe or crowne I. diademe, that is, coroun S. of rewmethe rewme CEKL. his rewme IS. `on hir heedOm. IS., and heOm. IS. made hir to regne in the stide of Vasthi. And he comaundide a ful worschipful feeste to be maad redi to alle hise princes and seruauntis, for the ioynyngcouplyng IS. togidere and the weddyngis of Hester; and he ȝaf restreste; that is, releessing of tribut. Lire here. C. to alle prouynces, and ȝafhe ȝaf CIK sec. m. S. ȝiftis aftir the worschipful doyng of a prynce. And whanne virgyns weren souȝt also the secounde tymetyme to the kyng IS., and weren gaderid togidere, Mardochee dwellidedwellide thanne IS. at the ȝate of the kyngkyng, a porter I. king, and was a porter S.. HesterAnd Hester IS. hadde not ȝit schewid hir cuntrei and puplehir puple IS., bi co|maundementthe heest IS. of hymMardoche IS.; for whiOm. I. what euer thing he comaundidecomaundide hir IS., Hestersche IS. keptekepte it IS., and sche dide soso thanne IS. alle thingis, as sche was wontwoned I. in that tyme, in which he nurschide hir a litil child. TherforThanne S. in that tyme, wherynnein whiche IS. Mardochee dwellidedwellide porter IS. at the `ȝate of the kingkyngis gate IS., Bagathan and Thares, twei seruauntis of the kyng, weren wrothewrothe aȝens the kyng IS., `that weren porterisOm. I. thei weren his porteris S.porteris; for al this sen|tence, porteris til thidir, of the paleys, in Ebrew it is, keperis of pur|tenaunce of houshold, and this acordith more to the lettre suynge. The cause of this dyuersite is this, that the Ebrew word here signefieth bothe threis|fold, and pur|tenaunce of houshold, and oure transla|cioun sueth the firste signy|fycacioun, and Ebreys suen the secunde. Lire here. C., andand thei IS. saten in the first threisfoldthreisfold as cheef porters I. threshfoold, or vpon the cheef porters seet S. of the paleis; and thei wolden risehaue risen IS. aȝens the kyng, and slehaue sleyn IS. hym. WhichThe which I. thing was not hid fro Mardochee, and anoon heMardoche IS. teldetelde this I. toold this tresoun S. to the queen Hester, and schesche tolde it IS. to the kyng, biin IS. the name of Mardochee, that hadde teld thethat IS. thing to hir. ItAnd it IS. was souȝt, and it was foundunfoundun sooth IS., and echeither IS. of hem was hangid in a iebat; and `it was sent tothis was comaundid to be writen in I. his tresoun was set to be writyn in S. storyes, and wasit was I. bitakunbitakyn bifore the king S. to bookisthe bookis IS. of ȝeeris, `bifor theOm. S. kyngkyng, to be entrid I. to be entrid in hem, to haue in mynde this tresoun; and to dreed the king S..

 CAP. III.

Aftir these thingis kyng Assuerus en|haunside Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, that was of the kynrede of Agag, andand the kyng IS. settidesette IS. his trone aboue alle the princes whichethat I. he hadde. And alle the ser|uauntis of the kyng, that lyuydenseruyden I. in the ȝatis of the paleis, kneliden, and worschip|iden Aaman; forfor so I. the emperour hadde comaundid soOm. I. to hem; Mardocheebut Mardochee IS. aloone bowide not thehis IS. kneesknees to him I. knees to Aaman S.bowide not the knees; for Aaman bi his pride wolde take to him silf Goddis onour, and make him silf to be wor|schipid as God, as the Ebrew glos seith here; nethelis it is leueful to Cristen men to knele, ȝhe, on bothe knees to a cristen man, for in III. book of Kingis, XXV. Co. Abigail knel|ide thus to Dauyth; and in IIII. book of Kingis, iii. Co. Abdie, the pro|fete, knelide thus to Elie, the profete; and hooly chirche suffrith witingly this custom among Cristen men, and prechith not aȝenus it; netheles, as Austin seith, in X. book of Goddis citee, iiij. Co. sacrifice is reserued onely to God. Also Judith, in X. Co. knelide thus to Holo|fernes, and in xxij. Co. of Apoc. Joon Euangelist, that dide no dedly synne after the send|ing of the Hooly Goost, knelide thus to the aungel; but the aungel forbeed him to knele thus, to schewe the excelence that mankinde hadde gete bi Goddis Sone maad man, as Greg. ex|pownyth in the v. Omely on the Gospels. Lire here. C., nethir worschip|ide hym. `To whomAnd IS. the childrenseruauntis IS. of the kyng seidenOm. IS., thatwhich S. saten biforeaboue I. Om. X. at the ȝatis of the paleispaleis, seiden to Mardochie IS., Whi kepist `thou notnot thou, sith thou art a Jew S. the comaundementisheestis IS. of the kyng, othere wisewise, that is, more dilygently S. than othere menmen don IS.? And whanne thei seiden ful ofteofte to him IS. these thingis, and he noldewolde nat I. herehere hem I., thei toldentolden thes thingis thanne I. to Aaman, `and woldenfor thei coueitiden to IS. wite, whether he contynuedewolde contynue K sec. m. wa. in sentencethe sentence schewid to hem I. the sentence that he had shewed to hem S. the sentence X sec. m.; for he hadde seid to hem, that he was a Jew. And whanne Aaman hadde herd this thing, and haddewhanne he hadde I. Om. S. preued `bi ex|periencethe soth bi knowyng of the treuthe theroff IS., that Mardochee bowide not thehis IS. kne to hym, nethir worschipide hym, he was ful wrooth, and heAaman IS. leddearettide it I. rettid S. for nouȝtnouȝt, or for no veniaunce S. to sette hise hondis onupon IS. Mardochee aloonealoone, to sle him I. aloone, to kille him S.; for heAaman IS. hadde herd, that Mardochee was of the folc of Jewis, and morethe more rathir I. more herfor S. he wolde leesefordo I. al the nacioun of Jewis, thatthe whiche I. whiche S. weren in the rewme of Assuerus. InThanne in IS. the firste monethe, whos nam iswas S. NysanNysan, that is, Aprel IS., in the tweluethe ȝeer of the rewme of Assuerus, lot was sentcaste IS. in to a vessel, whichthe which I. lot is seid in Ebrew phurphur; is no word of Ebrew, but of Persis, and therfor in Ebreu it is seid phur, go|ral, so that goral is an Ebreu word, and signefieth lot. Lire here. C., `bifor Aamanbifore him, to wite I. this lot Aaman, which bileued in wichche craft, did caste bifore him to wite S., in what dai and in what monethe the folk of Jewis ouȝte to be slayn; andand bi the lott IS. the tweluethe monethe ȝede out, whichthat I. is clepid AdarMarch A. marg. Adar, that is, Marche IS.. AndAnd thanne IS. Aaman seide to theOm. IS. king Assuerus, A puple is scaterid bi alle theOm. S. prouynces of thi rewme, and isit is IS. de|partid fro itthi S. silf togidereOm. I., andand as a peple without propre or certeyn abydinge S. vsiththis peple vsith I. this peple vsen S. newe lawis and cerymonyes, and ferther|moreferthermore also I. itOm. S. dispisith alsoOm. S. the comaunde|mentishestis IS. of the kyng; and thou knowest best, that it spedith not to thi rewme, `that it encreesse in maliceto be infect bi vnwisdom of proude folk and yuele manered IS. bi licencethi licence I. licence of thee S.. If it plesithpleese S. theeto thee I., `deme thoudeeme and comaunde S. that itthis peple IS. pe|risch, and Y schal paie ten thousynde ofOm. CIS. talentistalentis of siluer I. to the keperis of thi tresour. TherforThanne therfor I. Therfor than S. the kyng took `fro his hond the rynghis ryng fro his fyngir S. which he vsidevside for a sygnet S., and ȝafhe ȝaf IS. it to Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, of the kynrede of Agag, toOm. I. the enemy of Jewis. And the kyng seide to hymAaman IS., The siluer, whichthat IS. thou bihiȝtisthast bihiȝt I. hast bihiȝt to me S., bebe it IS. thinthin owne IS.; doand do IS. thou of thethat S. puple thatthat thing IS., that plesithplesith to IS. thee. AndAnd thanne IS. thebi the heeste of Aaman, the S. scryuenswriters I. of the kyng weren clepid in the firste monethe Nysanof Nysan, that is, Aprel IS., in the threttenthe dai of the same monethe; and it was writun, as Aaman hadde comaundid, to alle pryncesthe prynces IS. of the kyng, and to domes|men of prouyncesdyuerse prouynces IS. and of dyuerseOm. IS. folkis, thatthat for dyuers [of S] langage IS. ech folk myȝte rederede hem I. rede thise lettris S. and herehere hem IS., `for dyuersite of langagisOm. IS., biin I. to be sent in S. the name of kyng Assuerus. AndAnd thus IS. lettris aseelidenselid I. with the ring of the kyng weren sent bi the corouris of the kyng to alle hise pro|uynces, that thei schulden sle, and `do aweifordo I. alle Jewisthe Jewis I., fro aOm. CI. child tovnto I. an eld man, litleand litle I. children and wymmen, in o dai, that is, in the thrittenthe dai of the tweluethe monethe, whichthat I. is clepid AdarMarch A. marg. Adar or Marche I.; andand thei weren also comaundid I. that thei schulden take awei the goodis of Jewisthe Jewis IS.. ForsotheAnd I. the sentence `in schortOm. I. of theOm. C. pistlisepistolis EHLPRa. lettris I. was thisthis, writen in a fewe wordis I., that alle prouyncis schulden wite, and make hem redi to the forseid dai. And the co|roures, that weren sentsent forth I., hastidenhastiden hem self I. to fillefulfille I. the comaundementheest I. of the kyng; and anoon the comaundementheest of the kyng I. comaundement of the king S. hangidewas hangid up I. in Susathe citee of Susa I., `while the kyngOm. I. and Aaman madenmade a I. feeste, and `the whileOm. EI. thatOm. plures. alle Jewisthe Jewis IS. wepten, that weren in thethat I. citee.

 CAP. IV.

And whanne Mardochee hadde herd these thingis, he to-rente hise clothis, and he was clothid in a sak, and spreynthe spreynt I. aische onupon I. thehis I. heed, and he criede with greet vois in the street of the myddis of the citee, and schewidehe schewide I. the bitternesse of his soule, and he ȝede with this ȝellyng `til tovnto I. to X. the ȝatis of the paleis; forsothely I. it was not leueful a man clothid with a sak to entre in to the halle of the kyng. Also in alle prouynces, citeesin citees I., and placesin places I., to which the cruel sentence of the king was comun, wasther was I. greet weilyng, fastyng, ȝellyngOm. I., and wepyngwepyng and ȝellyng I. anentis the Jewis, and many Jewis vsiden saka sak I. and aische for bedher bed I.. SotheliAnd I. the dameselis and onestthe onest I. ser|uauntis and chast of Hester entridenentriden yn I., and teldentelden this thing I. to hirHester I.; which thing sche herde, and wassche was I. astonyed; and sche sente a cloth to Mardochee, that whanne the sak waswere I. takun a wei, he schulde clothe hym therynne; whichthe which I. cloth he noldewolde not I. take. And aftir thatthis thing, was clepid I. Athac, thean I. onest seruaunt and chasta chast I., `was clepidOm. I., whom the kyng hadde ȝoue a mynystreseruaunt I. to hirHester I., scheand sche I. comaundide, that he schulde go to Mardochee, and lerne of hym, whi he dide this thing. And Athac ȝede outforth I., and ȝedehe came I. to Mardochee stondynge in the street of the citee, bifor the doreȝate I. of the paleis; whichand he I. schewide to Athac alle thingis that bi|feldenhadden bifalle I., hou Aaman hadde bihiȝt to bryng siluer in to tresoursthe tresours I. of the kyng for theOm. I. deeth of Jewisthe Jewis I.. Also heMardochee I. ȝaf to Athac the copie of the comaundementkingis heest I., that hangide in Susathe citee of Susa I., tofor to I. schewe to the queen, and to monestemoue I. hir for to entreentre yn I. to the kyng, and to biseche hym for hir puple. And Athac ȝede aȝen, and telde to Hester alle thingis, whichethat I. Mardochee hadde seidseid to him I.. And sche answeryde to hymAthac I., and seide, that he schulde seieseie this thing I. to Mardochee, Allethat alle I. the seruauntis of the kyng, and alle prouyncisthe prouyncis I. thatwhiche I. ben vndur his lordschip, knowen, that whether aOm. I. man ether aOm. I. womman not clepidclepid of the kyng I. entrith in to the ynnere halle of the kyng, he schal be slayn anoon with outen ony tariyng, noOm. I. butbut if I. in hap the kyng holdithholde I. forthforth to him I. the goldun ȝerde `to hymOm. I. for `the signea token I. of merci, andand that I. he mai lyue so; therfor hou mai Y entre to the kyng, whichthat I. am not clepid to hym now bi thritti daies? And whanne Mardochee hadde herd `this thingthes thingis I., he sente efte to Hester, and seide, Gesse thou not, that thou schalt delyuer oonli thi lijf, forfor thi that I. thou art in the hows of the kyng, bifor alle Jewisthe Jewis I.; for if thou art stille now, Jewisthe Jewis I. schulen be delyuered bi another occasiounwey I.bi another occasioun; for God hath many maneris to de|lyuere hise ser|uauntis. Lire here. C., and thou and the hows of thi fadir schulen perischeschule pe|rische; bi Goddis riȝtful|nesse, for thou hast dispisid thi puple. Lire here. C.; and who knowith, whether herfor thou camist to the rewme, that thou schuldist be maad redi in sich aOm. O. tymetyme to helpe I.? And eft Hester sente these wordis to MardocheeMardochee, seiynge I., Go thou, and gadere togidere alle Jewisthe Jewis IX sec. m., whiche thou fyndist in Susa, and preie ȝe for me; ete ȝe notete ȝe not; that is, faste ȝe, and ete onys onely in the day, for it were vndiscreet ab|stynence to ete no thing ne|ther to drynke in thre dayes, and thre nyȝtis. Lire here. C., nether drynke ȝe in thre daies and thre nyȝtis, and Y with myn handmaydishandmaidens I. schal fast in lijk maner; and thanne Y not clepid schal entreentre yn I. to the kyng, and Y schal do aȝens the lawe, and YOm. plures. schal bitake me to deth and to perel. Therfor Mardochee ȝedeȝede forth I., and dide alle thingis, whichethat I. Hester hadde comaundid to hym.

 CAP. V.

ForsotheCertis I. in the thridde dai Hester was clothid in `the kyngisreal I. clothis, and stoodsche stood I. in the porche of the kyngis hows, that was `the ynnere aȝenswithynneforth forn aȝens I. the kyngis halle; and hethe kyng I. sat onupon I. his trone, in the consistorie of thehis I. paleis, aȝens the dore of the hows. And whanne he hadde seyn Hester, the queen, stondyngestondynge there I., sche plesidepleside to I. hise iȝen, and he helde forth aȝens hir the goldun ȝerde, whichthat I. he helde in thehis I. hond; and scheHester I. neiȝideneiȝide niȝ I., and kissidesche kisside I. the hiȝnesseende I. of his ȝerde. And the king seide to hir, Hester, the queen, what `wolt thouwoltow B. seist thou EL. wilt thou IP.? what is thin axyng? Ȝhe, thouȝȝif EL. Om. P. thou axistaxe CDI. the half part of my rewme, it schal be ȝouun to thee. And sche answeride, If it plesithplesith to I. the kyng, Y biseche, that thou come to me to dai, and Aaman with thee, to the feeste, whichthat I. Y haue maad redi. And anoon the king seide, Clepe ȝeȝe anoon I. Aaman sooneOm. I., that he obeie to the wille of Hester. TherforAnd thanne I. the kyng and Aaman camen to the feeste, which the queen hadde maad redi to hem. And the king seide to hirHester I., aftir that he hadde drunkdrunken I. wiynOm. I. plen|teuousli, WhatWhat thing IS. axist thouthou of me S., that it be ȝouun to thee, and for what thing axist thouthou now S.? Ȝhe, thouȝ thou axistaxe I. axedist S. the half part of my rewme, thou schaltsholdest S. getegete it IS.. To whom Hester answerideseyde S., My axyng and preieris ben these. If Y haue founde grace in the siȝt of the kyng, and if it plesith the kyng, that he ȝyue to me thatthat thing IS., that Y axe, and that he fillefulfille IS. myn axyng, the kyng and Aaman comecome thei to morewe IS. toaȝeyn to S. the feeste, whichthat I. Y haue maad redi to hem; and to morewe Y schal opene my wille to the kyng. TherforThanne I. AamanAaman that dai I. ȝede outforth thens I. thens S. glad and swift `in that daiOm. I.. And whanne he hadde seyn Mardochee sittynge bifor the ȝatis of the paleys, and not oneli to haue notOm. S. riserisen up IS. to hym, but sotheli nether mouedhe moued him IS. froones fro S. the place of his sittyng, heAaaman IS. washerfore was. ful wrooth; and `whanne the ire was dissymelid, heAaman feynyde him as not wrooth herfore, and IS. turnede aȝen in to his hows, and he clepide togidire `to himOm. S. silfOm. IS. frendishise frendis CIS., and Zares, his wijf; and he de|claridetolde IS. to hem the greetnesse of his rich|essis, and the cumpeny of childrenhis children IS., and with hou greet glorie the kyng hadde enhaunsid hym aboue alle hise princis and seruauntis. And he seide after these thingesthingis to hem IS., Also the queen Hester clepide noon other man with the kyng to thehir IS. feeste, outakun me, anentis `which queenwhom IS. Y schal ete also to morewe with the kyng. And whannethouȝ IS. Y haue alle these thingis, Y gesse that Y haue no thing, as long as Y se Mardochee, Jewthe Jew IS., sittynge bifor the `kyngis ȝatisȝatis of the kyng IS.. And Zares, his wijf, and otherehis S. frendis answeriden to hym, Co|maunde thou an hiȝ beembeem or a galewe tre S. to be maad redi, hauynge fifti cubitis of heiȝthe; and seiespeke IS. thou eerlyto morew eerly S. to the kyngkyng, preiynge him I. kyng, and axe of him S., that Mar|dochee be hangid theronnether upon I.; and so thou schalt go glad with the kyng to the feestequeens feeste S.. And the counselcounsel of hem I. counceil of these S. plesyde him, and he co|maundide an hiȝ croscros, that is, a jebet S. to be maad redi.

 CAP. VI.

The kyng leddewakide IS. that nyȝt with out sleep, and he comaundide the stories and the bookis of ȝeeris `of formere tymesbifore passid I. passid bifore hoond S. to be brouȝt to hym. And whanne thotho bokis IS. weren red in his presense, me cam to thethat B sup. ras. C sec. m. V. place, where it was writun, hou Mar|dochee hadde teld the tresouns of Gaba|than and Tharesof Thares I., onestepriuey IS. seruauntisseruauntis of the king IS., couetynge to stranglehaue stranglid IS. kyng Assuerus. And whanne the kyng hadde herd thisthis story red S., he seide, What onour and meede gat Mar|dochee for this feithfulnesse? And hise seruauntis and mynystrishis mynistris IS. seidenmore and lesse seiden S. to hymthe kyng IS., Outirli he tooktook of the herfore S. no meede. And anoon the kyng seide, Who is in the halle? SotheliCertis IS. Aaman hadde entrid in to the ynnere halle of the kyngis hows, to make suggestioun to the kyng, that hethe kyng IS. schulde comaunde Mardochee to be hangid onupon IS. thea IS. iebat, whichthat I. wasis M. maad rediredi of Aaman IS. to him. And the childrenchildren of the kyng IS. answeridenansweriden to him I. seyden to him S., Aaman stondith in the halle. And the kyng seide, Entre hehe yn I. he inne to me S.. And whanne heAaman IS. was comun yn, the kyng seide to hym, What owith to be don to the man, whom the kyng desirith onoureto onoure A sec. m. S.? AamanAnd Aaman S. thouȝte in his herte, and gessidehe gesside IS., that the kyng wolde onoure noon othere man noOm. IS. but hym silfsilf Aaman IS.; andand therfore S. he answerideansweride thus S., The man, whom the kyng couetith to onoure, owith to be clothid within S. the kyngis clothiskyngis clothis; that is, whiche it is not leueful to ony man to vse, no but to the kyng. C., andand him owith IS. to be set onupon IS. the horson the hors, etc.; that is, whom no man rood, no but the kyng. C. whichthe which I. is of the kyngis sadel, and to take the kyngis diademediademe, that is, his coroun S.the kyngis diademe, etc.; of whiche thingis it is opyn ynow, that Aaman aspiride to the rewme. Lire here. C. onupon IS. his heed; and the firstecheef I. firste or cheef S. of theOm. S. princes and strongeof the stronge IS. men of the kyng holdehe holde IS. his horshors, ledinge him I. hors, ledinge his bridil S., and gogo he I. go this cheef prince S. bi the stretis of the citee, and criecrie he IS., and seie, Thus he schal be onourid, whom euerOm. IS. the kyng wole onoure. TherforAnd thanne IS. the kyng seide to hymAaman IS., Haste thouthou thee IS., and whanne `a stoolethe kyngis clothing IS.a stoole; that is, the kyngis cloth, and the kyngis hors; he spek|ith not of the diademe, for it was not semely that another man than the king schulde bere it. Lire here. C. and horshis hors IS. is takuntake to thee IS., do thou, as thou hast spoke, to Mardochee the Jew, that sittith bifor the ȝatis of the paleis; beand be IS. thou war, that thou leeue not outoute vndon S. ony thing of thesethese vndon I., whiche thou hast spokenow spoke IS.. Ther|forAnd thanne IS. Aaman took `a stoole and horsthe kyngis cloth and his palfrey IS., and ȝedehe ȝede forth IS., and criede bifor Mardochee clothidclothid in the kyngis clothinge S. in the stretecheef strete IS. of the citee, and set onupon IS. `the horshis palfrey IS., He is worthi this onour, whom euer the kyng wole onoure. AndAnd aftir this IS. Mardochee turnede aȝen to the ȝate of the paleis, and Aaman hastide to go in to his hows, morenynge, and with thehis IS. heed hilid. And he teld to Zares, his wijf, and to frendishis frendis IS. alle thingis that hadden bifeldebifalle IMS. to hym. To whom the wise menwise men; an Ebreu glos seith here, that these wise men hadden seyn the bokis of Moyses lawe, for summe Jewis, takun prisoneris, hadden trans|latid thanne the bokis in to language of Persis; and there they had|den seyn, that Ebreys ben comparisond ether licned to the steris of heuene, and to the dust of erthe, as it is had in xiii. co. and xxxv. co. of Genesis; and therfor they seiden, whanne Ebreys bigyn|nen to falle, they ben brouȝt to nouȝt as dust, and whanne they bigynnen to haue the mais|try, thei stien as the steris of heuene, and therfor thou maist not aȝen|stonde hem. Lire here. C., whichethe whiche I. he haddehadde towardis him S. in counselhis counsel I., and his wijf, answer|iden, If Mardochee, bifor whom thou hasthast now S. bigunne to falle, is of the seed of Jewis, thoudoynge thi seruyse to him, thou I. doinge to him this hiȝ seruise, thou S. schalt notnot thanne IS. moweOm. IS. aȝenstonde hym, but thou schalt fallefalle schamefully I. falle shamly S. in his siȝt. Ȝit while thei spakenspaken thes thingis IS., the oneste seruauntis and chast of the kyng camencamen aftir Aaman IS., and compellidenthei compelliden IS. hym to go sooneanoon IS. to the feeste, which the queen hadde maad redi.

 CAP. VII.

TherforAnd thanne IS. the kyng and Aaman entridenentriden yn I. to the feeste, toand to IS. drynke with the queen. And the kyng seideseide also I. to hirHester IS., ȝheOm. IS., in the secounde dai, aftir that he was hoothoot or chaufed S. of theOm. CIS. wiynwyn drinkinge S., Hester, what is thin axyngaxyng of me IS., that it be ȝouun to thee, and what woltwilt I. thou be doon? Ȝhe, thouȝ thou axistaxe IS. the half part of my rewme, thou schalt getehaue it IS.. To whom sche answeride, AO! I.! kingmy lord kyng S., if Y haue founde grace in thin iȝen, and if it plesithplesith to IS. thee, ȝyue thou my lijf to me, for whichthe which thing I. Y preiepreie thee now IS., and myalso the lijf of my I. also, lord, I biseche thee hertly to ȝeue to me the lijf of my S. puple, for whichthe which I. Om. S. YOm. S. bisechebiseche thee I. Om. S.. ForCertis IS. Y and my puple ben ȝouundemed I., that we be defoulid, and stranglid, and that we perische; `and Y wolde, that we weren seeldO! whi ne had we rather be sold I. O lord! whi ne hadde we bi thin heste ben sold S. in to seruauntis and ser|uauntessis, `and thefor that IS. yuel `were suffrablemyȝte haue be suffrid IS., and Y `were stille weilyngeweilynge schulde haue be stille I. now wepinge shulde haue be stille, and suffrid mekly my thraldom S.; but now oure enemy isis present IS., whos cruelte turneth `in toaȝens IS. the kyngin to the kyng; for whanne we ben slayn, he schal sette tre|soun to the kingis liyf, as it is seid in xvi. co. Lire here. C.. And kyngthe kyng I. Assuerus an|sweride, and seide, Who is thisthis enemy S., and of what power, that he be hardi to do thesesiche IS. thingis? And Hester seide, Oure worste aduersarie and enemy is this Aaman. WhichThe which I. thing hewhanne he I. herdehadde herd S., andhe IS. was aston|yde anoon, and `suffride nothe was nat sufficient IS. to bere the semelauntsemblaunt I. semblaunt or the indignacioun S. of the kyng and of the queen. ForsotheAnd IS. the kyng roosroos up IS. wrooth, and fro the place of the feeste he entride in to a gardyn bisetbiset aboute IS. with trees. And Aaman roosroos up IS. for to preie Hester, the queen, for his lijf; for he vndurstood yuel maadto be maad IS. redi of the kyng to hym. And whanne the kyng turnede aȝen fro the gardyn `biset with wodeOm. IS., and hadde entrid in to the place of feestethe feeste CEIL. feeste holding I. hoolding of the feste S. he foond that Aaman feldehad falle IS. doun onupon IS. the bed, wherynne Hester lai. And the king seide, `Also he woleAaman wole also IS. oppresse theHester the S. queen, while Y am present, in myn hows. TheAnd the IS. word was not ȝitOm. C. goon outout fulli S. of the kyngis mouth, and anoon theimen IS. hiliden histhe IS. faceface of Aaman IS.. And Arbona seideOm. IS., oon of the onest seruauntis and chast, that stoden in theOm. I. seruyce of the kyngkyng, seide IS., Lo! thea IS. tre hauynge fifti cubitis of heiȝthe stondith in the hows of Aaman, whichthe which I. treOm. IS. he hadde maad redi to Mardochee, that spak for the kyngking, and made knowe his traytours S.. To whom the kyng seide, Hange ȝeȝe up IS. Aaman in that tregebett IS.. TherforAnd so IS. Aaman was hangid in the iebatsame iebat I., which he hadde maad redi to Mardochee, andand thanne I. and so thanne S. the irewraththe IS. of the kyng restiderestide aȝens the Jewis IS..

 CAP. VIII.

In that dai kyng Assuerus ȝaf to Hester, the queen, the howshows; that is, alle his castels. Lire here. of Aaman, aduer|sarieenmye IS. of Jewisthe Jewis CS.. And Mardochee entrideentride yn IS. bifor the face of the kyng; forcertis IS. Hester knoulechide toOm. IS. hym, that he was `hir fadris brotherthe brother of hir fadir IS.. Therfor the kyng took the ryng, which he hadde comaundid to be resseyued froof IS. Aaman, and ȝafhe ȝaf it IS. to Mardochee. ForsotheAnd IS. Hester ordeynede Mardochee ouerto be ouer I. to be souerein ouer S. hir howsmeynee I. meynees S.. And Hester was not appaied with these thingisthingis whiche Aaman had conspirid [aȝens the Jewis S] IS., and feldeand therfor felle I. and therfore Hester felle S. doun to the feet of the kyng, and weptesche wepte IS., and spak to hymthe kyng IS., and preiedepreiede him IS., that he schuldewolde I. comaundecomaunde to be maad void IS. the malice of Aaman of Agagthe lynage of Agag IS., and hise worste castis, whiche he hadde thouȝte out aȝens Jewisthe Jewis IS., `to be maad voideOm. IS.. And the kyng bi custom helde forth the goldun ȝerde of the kyng with his hond, bi which the signetoken IS. of mercihis merci S. wasis S. schewid. `Therfor scheAnd thanne Hester IS. roos vp, and stood bifor hymthe kyng IS., and seide, If it plesithplesith to IS. the kyng, and if Y haue founde grace bifor hise iȝen, and if my preier is not seyn `to beOm. S. contrarie to hym, Y bisechebiseche the, lord S., that the elde lettris of Aaman, traitourthe traitour IS. and enemy of Jewis, by whichethe whiche lettres I. which lettris S. he hadde comaundid hem to pe|rische in alle the prouynces of the kyng, be amendid bi newe pistlislettres IS.; for hou schal Y mowe suffre the deth, and the sleyng of my puple? And kyng Assuerus an|sweride to Hester, the queen, and to Mar|dochee, Jewthe Jew IS., Yand seide, I S. grauntidehaue grauntid IS. the hows of Aaman to Hester, the queen, and Y co|maundide hym to be hangid `on theupon a I. on a S. cros, forfor thi that I. for thi S. he was hardi to sette hond aȝens the Jewis. TherforTherfor in the name of the king IS. write ȝe to Jewisthe Jewis IS., as it plesith to ȝou, `bi theOm. A. name of the kyngOm. IS., and aseele ȝe the lettris with my ring. For this was thea S. custom, that no man durste aȝenseie the pistlislettres IS., thatwhich S. weren sente in the kyngis name, and weren aseelidseelid I. with his ryng. And whanne the dyterisaraiers of the kyngis lettris I. endyters S. and `writeris of the kynghis writeris I. weren clepid; `sotheli it wasit was thanne I. the tyme of the thridde monethe, whichthat I. is clepid SibanMay, A marg. Siban, that is, June I., in the thre and twentithe dai of thatthe I. monethe; pistlislettres I. epistlis S. weren writun, as Mar|dochee wolde, to Jewis, and to princes, and to procuratouris, and to iugis, that weren souereyns ofouer M. an hundrid and se|uene and twenti prouynces, fro Iynde `til tovnto I. Ethiope, tothei weren writen to that I. prouynce and to pro|uyncethat I., to puplethat puple I. and to puplethat I., bi her langagis and lettrisbi her lettris I., and to Jewisthe Jewis I., that thei myȝten rede and herehere hem I.. And thothilke I. pistlislettres I. epistelis S., that weren sent `bi the kyngis namein the name of the kyng I., weren aseelid with his ryng, and sentweren sent forth I. bi messangerishis messangeris I., whichethe whiche I. runnen aboute bi alle prouynces, and camenthei camen I. with newe messagis biforbifor that I. the elde lettrislettris weren exsecutid I.. To whichewhom I. the kyng comaundide, that thei schulden clepe togidere the JewisJewis, and comaunde hem to be gaderid togidre I. bi alle citees, `and comaunde to be gaderid togi|dereOm. I., thatand that I. thei schulden stondestonde togidere I. for her lyues; and schuldenthat thei schulden I. sle, and do awei alle her enemyes, with her wyues and chil|drenwith her children I., and allewith alle I. howsisher housholdis I.. And o dai of veniaunce, that is, inOm. I. the thrittenthe dai of the tweluethe monethe AdarMarch, A marg. Adar, that is, Marche I. of Adar X sec. m., was or|deined bi alle prouynces. And the schort sentence of the pistleepistle S. was thisOm. I., that it were maad knowun in alle londis and puplis, that weren suget to the empire of kyng Assuerus, that the Jewis ben rediredi that day I. to take veniaunce of her enemyes. And theOm. I. messangeris ȝeden outforth I., bifor berynge swift messages; and thethis same I. comaundementheest I. of the kyng hangide in Susathe citee of Susa I.. SotheliAnd I. Mardochee ȝede out of the paleiskyngis paleis I. andOm. CN. of the kyngis siȝt, and schynedehe schynede I. in the kyngis clothis, that isis to sey I., ofin I. iacynctiacynct clothis I. and ofin clothis hauynge I. colour of the eir, and heMar|dochie I. bar a goldun coroun inon GHIX. his heed, and washe was I. clothidhilid I. with a mentil of selksiluer S. and of purpurpurpul S.; and al the citee fulli ioiedeout ioiede I., and was glad. For|sotheCertis thanne I. a newe liȝt semede to riserise up I. to the Jewis, ioieand ioie I., onourand onour I., and daunsyng, atwas at I. alle puplis, citeesand citees I., and alleat alle I. prouynces, whidur euere the comaundementisheestis I. of the kyng camen, aamong hem was a I. wondurful ioie, metisand metis I., and feestis, and an hooli dai, in so myche, that manymany men I. of anOm. I. other folk and sectof an oother sect I. weren ioyned to the religioun and cerymonyesto the cerymonyes I. of hemJewis I.; forsothely I. theOm. I. greet drede of the name of Jewis `hadde asaylidassailide I. alle hemmen plures..

 CAP. IX.

Therfor in the thrittenthe dai of the tweluethe monethe, whichthe which I. we seiden now bifore to be clepid Adar, whanne sleyng was maad redi to alle Jewisthe Jewis bi Aaman I., and her enemyes settiden tresoun to bloodher blood I., aȝen|ward Jewesthe Jewis I. bigunnennow bigunnen I. to be the hiȝerehiȝere part I., and to venge hem of aduersariesher aduersaries CI.. And theithe Jewis I. weren gaderid togidere bi alle citees, castels, and places, to stretche forth hondher honde I. aȝens her enemyes and pursuerisher pursueris I.; and no man was hardi to aȝenstondeaȝenstonde hem I., for the drede of her gretnesse hadde persidpeerschid I. alle puplis. For whi bothe theOm. I. iugis, duykis, and procuratouris of prouynces, and ech dignyte, that weren souereyns of alle places and werkisof werkis I., enhaunsiden Jewisthe Jewis I., for theOm. I. drede of Mardochee, whom thei knewenknowen O. to be prince of the paleiskingis paleis I., and to mow do ful myche; and the fame of his name en|creeside ech dai, and fleiit passide I. bi the mouthis of alle men. Therfor the Jewis smytidensmeten EILP. smetin S. her enemyes with greet veniaunce, and killiden hem, and ȝeldiden to thoher I. the N. enemyes that, thatOm. AS. thei hadden maad redi to do to `the Jewishem I., in so myche, that also in Susathe citee of Susa I. theithe Jewis I. killiden fyue hundrid men, with out the ten sones of Aaman of Agagthe kynrede of Agag I., the enemye of Jewis, of whichethe whiche sones I. these ben the names; Phasandatha, Delphon, andOm. I. Esphata, andOm. I. Phorata, andOm. I. Adalia, andOm. I. Aridatha, andOm. I. Ephermesta, andOm. I. Arisai, andOm. I. Aridai, and Vaizatha. And whanne the Jewis hadden slayn hemthe sones of Aaman I., thei noldenwolden not I. takedo BCDEFGHLMNOPQRSUVWXab. touche K sec. m. preiesthe preies K sec. m. of the catelssubstaunce I. castels GORXa. catel LPS. batailes N. of hem. And anoon the noumbre of hem, that weren slayn in Susathe citee of Susa I., was teld to the kyng. WhichAnd he I. seide to the queen, Jewisthe Jewis I. han slayn fyue hundrid men in the citee of Susa, and otherethe I. ten sones of Aaman; hou grete sleyng gessist thou, that thei haunten in alle prouynces? what axist thou more? and what woltwilt I. thou, that Y comaunde to be doon? To whom scheHester I. answeride, If it plesithplesith to I. the kyng, power be ȝouun to the Jewis, that as thei han do to dai in Susathe citee of Susa I., so do thei also to morewe, and that the ten sones of Aaman be hangid vp in iebatis. And the kyng comaundide, that it schulde be doon so; and anoon the comaundementheest of the kyng I. hangide in Susa, and the ten sones of Aaman weren hangid. Ther|forAnd I. whanne the Jewis weren gaderid togi|dere, in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe Adarof Marche I., thre hundrid men weren slaynslayn that day I. in Susathe citee of Susa I., and the Jewis token not awei the catel of thothilke sleyin I. men. But also bi alle the prouynces, that weren suget to the lord|schip of the kyng, Jewisthe Jewis I. stoden for her lyues, whanne her enemyes and pursuerisher pursueris I. weren slayn, inand in I. so myche, thatthat thei fulfilliden the noumbre of I. fyue and seuenti thousynde of slayn men `weren fillidOm. I., and no manJewe I. touchide ony thing of the catelisgoodis I. of hem. ForsotheCertis I. the thrit|tenthe dai of the monethe Adarof Marche I. was othe I. dai of sleyng atanentis I. alle Jewishem I., and in the fourtenthe dai thei ceessiden to sle; whichand that dai I. thei ordeyneden to be solempnesolempne at hem I., thatso that I. therynne in ech tyme aftirward thei schuldenschulden thanne I. ȝyue tent to metis, to ioye, and to feestis. And theitho Jewis I., that hauntidenvsiden the I. sleyng in the citee of Susa, `lyueden incontynueden her I. sleyng in the thrittenthe andand in I. dai and a. fourtenthethe fourtenthe CDFGHIKMNOPQSUVab. dai of the same monethe. But in the fif|tenthe dai thei ceessiden to sle; andOm. A. therfor thei ordeyneden the same dai so|lempneto be solempne I. of feestis and of gladnesse. For|sotheAnd I. these Jewis, that dwelliden in borow townes not wallid and vilagisin vilagis I., demeden the fourtenthe dai of the monethe Adar ofto be solempne of I. feestis, and of ioie, so that theialle the Jewis I. be ioiful therynne, and sende ech to other partis of feestisher feestis I. and of metisher metis I.. TherforAnd I. Mardochee wroot alle these thingis, and sentehe sente alle I. these thingis comprehendidwriten I. bi let|tris to the Jewis, that dwelliden in alle prouyncesthe prouyncis IX sec. m. of the kyng, as wel to Jewis setdwellinge I. nyȝ as fer, that thei schulden res|seyueresseyue and holde for here feeste daies I. the fourtenthe and theOm. A. fiftenthe dai of the monethe Adar `for feestisOm. I., and euer whanne the ȝeer turneth aȝen, `thei schuldento I. halowehalowe thes daies I. with solempne onour; for in tho daies the Jewis vengiden hem silf of her enemyes, and morenyngthanne her morenyng I. and soreweher sorewe I. weren turned in to gladnesse and ioie; andand therfor I. these daies schulden be daies of feestis, and of gladnesse, and `that theithe Jewis I. schulden sende ech to other partis of metisher metis I., and `ȝyue litle ȝiftisthat thei departe of her godis I. to pore men. ForsotheAnd I. For the sothe S. the Jewis resseyueden in to solempnethe solempne co pr. m. a solempne I. custom alle thingistho thingis I., whiche thei bigunnen to do in that tyme, and whiche thingis Mardochee hadde co|maundid bi lettris to be doon. SotheliFor I. Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, of the kynrede of Agag, the enemy and aduer|sarie of Jewis, thouȝte yuel aȝens hem, to sle hem and to dodo hem I. awei, and he sentecaste I. phur, whichthat I. is interpretidto sey I. inon N. oure lan|gagelangagis D. lange PS. `in toOm. I. lotlot to do it I.. And afterwardaftir this I. Hester entrideentride yn I. to the kyng, and bisouȝtesche bisouȝte the kyng I., that `hise enforsyngisthe enforsyngis of Aaman I. schulden be maad voide bi the lettris of the kyng, and that the yuel, whichthat I. he hadde thouȝt aȝenus the Jewis, schulde turne aȝen in to his heed. `Forsothe theiand so the Jewis I. hangidenhangiden Aaman I. onupon I. thea I. cros `bothe hymOm. I. and hise sonessones also I.. And fro that tymetyme forth I. these daies weren clepid `Phu|rym, that is, of lottisthe daies of lott I., for `phur, that isOm. I., lot, was sentcast I. in to a vessel; and the Jewis resseyueden onupon I. hem silf, and onupon I. her seed, and onupon I. alle men that wolden be couplid to her religioun, alle thingis that weren doondoon bi Hester and Mardochie I., and benalle thingis that ben I. conteyned in the volymbook I. of the pistleepistle S., `that is, of this bookOm. I., and whichethe whiche I. thingis theithe Jewis I. suffriden, and whichethe whiche I. thingis weren chaungid aftir|ward, thatso that I. it be not leueful to ony man to passepasse thes two daies I. with out solempnyte theseOm. I. `daies, whichwhich daies I. the scripture witnessith, and cer|teyn tymes axen, while thethat I. ȝeeris comen contynuely oon aftir an other. These ben the daies, whiche neuer ony forȝet|yng schal do awei, andbut I. bi alle genera|ciouns alle prouyncesthe prouynces I., that ben in al the world, schulen halewehalowe hem I.; nether `ony citee isther is ony citee I., in which the daies of PhurymPhur I., that is, of lottislott I., schulen not be kept of Jewis, and of the generacioun of hem, which is bounden to these cerymonyes. And Hes|ter, the queen, the douȝter of Abiahel, and Mardochee, the Jew, writidenwreten I. writin S. also the secounde pistleepistle S., that this solempne dai schulde be halewid aftirward with al bisynesse. AndAnd also I. thei senten to thothilke I. Jewis, that dwelliden in an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces of kyng Assuerus, that thei schulden haue peeshaue pees; that is, dwelle pesibly among hethen men, and be not wantoun as tristinge of the power of Hes|ter and of Mar|doche. Lire here. C., and res|seyue the trewtheand resseyue the treuthe, of this book among hooly bokis. Lire here. C., and kepethat thei schulden kepe I. the daies of lottislott I., and halewehalewe hem I. with ioie in her tyme, as Mardochee and Hester hadden ordeyned; and theithe Jewis I. resseiueden the fastyngis, and the criessolempne cries I., and the daies of lottislott I., to be kept of hem silf and of her seed, and `that thei schulden resseyue among hooli bookisthei resceyueden I. alle thingis that ben conteyned in the sto|rie of this book, whichthat I. is clepid Hester.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe kyng Assuerus made tribu|tarye ech lond, and alle the ilis of the see; whos strengthe and empire andhis dignyte I. dig|nyte and hiȝnesse, by which he enhaunside Mardochee, ben writun in the bookis of Medeis and of Persis; and howhow that I. Mar|dochee ofthe whiche was of I. the kyn of Jewis was the secoundesecounde man I. fro king Assuerus, andand Mardochie I. was greet anentis Jewisthe Jewis I., and acceptablehe was acceptable I. to the puple of hise britheren, and he souȝte goodisgode thingis I. to his puple, and spakhe spak I. tho thingis, thatwhiche I. perteyneden to the pees of his seed. Here endith the text of EbrewEbrew, and this is a rubrich B text C marg.. I haue set opynli with ful feith tho thingis, that ben had in Ebrew; but Y foond these thingis, that suen, writunOm. B. in the comyn translacioun, that ben conteyned in the langagelangagis W. and lettris of Grekis; and in the meene tyme this chapitre was seid after the ende of the book, `which chapitre we bi oure custom han bifor markidOm. B. `with aOm. BI. spitedispite D. spite, ether a spere EGLNPQRX. spite, either a finger M. spite, ether a sterr O. spite, ether a sui a. Om. IB.. And Mardochee seide, These thingis ben doon of God. Y haue mynde onof I. thea I. dreem, whichthe which I. `Y siȝ, signifiyngeschewide I. these same thingisthingis that now appeeren I., and no thing of tho was voide. AI siȝ a I. litil welle, thatthe whiche I. wexide in to a flood, and wasit was I. turned in to theOm. BEIL. liȝt andof EL. sunnein to the sunne I., and turnedeit turnede I. aȝen in to ful many watris, isthis welle is I. Hester, whom the kyng took in to wijf, and woldehe wolde I. that sche were his queen. SotheliAnd I. tweithe two I. dra|gouns, Y am and Aaman; folkisand many folkis I. that camen togidere, ben these, that enforsidenenforsiden hem I. to do a wei the name of Jewis. SotheliBut I. my folk Israel it is, that criede to the Lord; and the Lord made saaf his puple, and delyueridehe hath delyuered I. vs fro alle yuels, and didehe hath do I. grete signestokenes I. and wondris among hethene men; and he comaundidehath comaundid I. tweitwo I. lottis to be, oon of Goddis puple, and the totheroother I. of alle hethene men. AndAnd thanne I. euer either lot cam in to `determynd dai thannea dai ordeyned I. fro that tyme bifor God and alle folkis. And the Lord hadde mynde onof I. his puple, and haddehe hadde I. merci onof I. his eritage. And these daiessolempne daies I. schulen be kept in the monethe Adarof Marche I., in the fourtenthe `and theOm. IX. fif|tentheOm. S. dai of the same monethe, with al bisynesse and ioie of the puple gaderid in to o cumpenye, in to alle generaciounsthe generaciouns I. of the puple of Israel aftirward.

 CAP. XI.

In the fourthe ȝeer, whanne Ptolome and Cleopatra regneden, Dositheus, that seide hym silf to be a prest and of the kyn of Leuy, and Ptolome, his sone, brouȝten this pistleepistle S. of lottislott I. in to Je|rusalem, whichthe which I. pistleepistle S. thei seiden, that Lysimachus, the sone of Ptolome, trans|latide. AlsoThis is a rubrich; for B. this bigynnyng was in the comyn translacioun, whichthe which a. bigynnyng is not teld in Ebreu, nethir at ony of thetho W. translatouris. In the secounde ȝeer, whanne Artaxerses the moostmyȝtiest king I. regnyde, Mardochee, the sone of Jairy, sonethe sone I. of Semei, sonethe sone I. of Cys, of the lynage of Ben|iamyn, siȝ a dreem in the firste dai of the monethe NysanNysan, that is, June I.; and Mardochee was a man Jewa Jew BCDEFGHKLMNOPQRSUVWXab., that dwellide in the citee of Susa, aand he was a I. grete man, andOm. I. amonge the firstecheef I. men of the kyngis halle. SotheliAnd I. he was of that noumbre of prisoneris, which Nabugodonosor, theOm. I. kyng of Babi|loyn, hadde translatid fro Jerusalem with Jeconye, kyng of Judee. And this was `his dreemthe dreem of Mardochie I.. VoicesHe siȝ that voices I. and noises and thun|dris and erthemouyngis and troblynggreet troblyng I. apperiden onupon I. the erthe. AndOm. C. lo! twei grete dragouns, and maadthei weren maad I. redi aȝens hem silf in to batel; at thewhos I. cry `of whichOm. I. alle naciouns weren stirid togidere, to fiȝte aȝens the folc of iust men. And that was a day of derknessis, and of perel, of tribu|lacioun, and of angwisch, and grete drede was onthanne upon I. erthe. And the folc of iust men dredynge `her yuelsthe yuel of her enmyes I. wasweren I. disturblid, and maad redi to deeth. And thei crieden to God; and whanne thei crieden, aI sawȝe a I. litil welle encreesside in to a ful greet flood, and turnedeit turnede I. aȝen in to ful many watris. TheAnd thanne the I. liȝt andof CN. the sunne roosroos up I.; and meke men weren enhaunsid, and deuouridenthei deuouriden and ouercamen I. noble men. And whanne MardocheeMardochee in his sleep I. hadde seyn this thing, and hadde rise fro thehis I. bed, he thouȝte, what God wolde do, and he hadde fast set in soulehis soule this visioun I., and couet|idehe coueitide I. to wite, what the dreem signyfiedebitokenyde I..

 CAP. XII.

ForsotheCertis I. Mardochee dwellide that tyme in the halle of the kyng, with Bagatha and Thara, onestethe oneste I. seruauntisseruauntis and chaast I. of the kyng, that weren porteris of the paleiskyngis paleis I.. And whanne he hadde vndurstonde the thouȝtis of hemthese men I., and haddehe hadde I. bifor seyn ful dili|gentli theher I. bisynessis, he lurnyde that thei enforsidenenforsiden hem I. to set hondher hond I. onupon I. kyngthe kyng I. Artaxerses, and he telde of that thing to the kyng. And whanne enqueryng was had of euer eithireither of hem I., the kyng comaundide hem, `that knoulechidenknowlechinge her tresoun I., to be led to deththe deth I.. ForsotheAnd I. the kyng wroot in bookis thatthat thing I., that was doon, butand I. also Mardochee bitooktoke I. theOm. I. mynde of thethis I. thing to lettrisbe writen in lettris I.. And the kyng comaundide hymMardochie I., that he schulde dwelle in the halle of the paleis, and ȝafhe ȝaf I. to hym ȝiftis for the tellynge. ForsotheAnd I. Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, a bugei, waswas thanne I. moost glorius bifor the kyng, and he wolde anoyehaue anoied I. Mardochee, and his puple, for the `tweyne onestetwo priuey I. seruauntis of the king `that weren slaynwhiche Aaman louyde myche I.. Hidur to is the prohemye; tho thingis, that suen, weren setwritun X. in that place, where it wasis I. writun in the book, And thei token awey the goodis, ether the catels of hem; whiche thingis we founden in the comyn trans|lacioun. Sotheli this was the saumpler of the pistleepistle EHLV..

 CAP. XIII.

The gretteste kyng Artaxerses, fro Iynde `til tovnto I. Ethiope, seith helthe to the princes and duykys of an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces, whichethe whiche I. princes and duykis ben sugetsugettis I. to his em|pire. Whanne Y was lordlord, he seide, I. of ful many folkis, andand whanne I. Y hadde maad suget al the world to my lordschip, Y wolde not mys|use the greetnesse of power, but gouerne sugetismy sugetis I. bi merci and softnesse, that thei, ledynge lijfher lijf I. in silence with outen ony drede, schulden vse pees couetid of alle deedli men. SotheliAnd I. whanne Y axide of my counselours, hou thisthis gouernaile I. myȝte be fillidbest fulfillid I., oonoo prince I., Aaman bi name, that passide othere men in wisdom and `feithfulnesse, andin feithful|nesse, the whiche I. was the secounde aftir the kyng, schewide to me, that a puple was scaterid in al the roundnesse of londis, whichthe which I. puple vside newe lawis, and didethat this peple dide I. aȝens the custom of alle folkis, and dispisideit dispiside I. the comaunde|mentisheestis I. of kyngis, and defoulideit defoulide I. bi his discencioun the acordyng of alle naciouns. And whanne we hadden lerned this thing, and sien, that other was a I. folk rebel aȝens al the kynde of men vsideand that it vside I. weiward lawis, andthat it was I. was contrarie to oure comaundementisheestis I., and disturblidethat it disturblide I. the pees and acording of prouynces suget to vs, `we comaund|iden, that whiche euerethanne sith I. Aaman `schewide, whichOm. I. is souereyn of alle prouynces, and ishe is I. the secounde fropersoone aftir I. the kyng, andOm. I. whom we onouren in `the placestede I. of fadira fadir I., theitherfor we comaunden that whiche euer that Aaman hath schewid, be thei I. with her wiues and childrenher children I. beOm. I. doon awei of her enemyes, and noonno man I. haue merci onupon I. hem, inbe this veniaunce don I. the fourtenthe dai of the twelfithe monethe Adarof Marche I., of presentthis present I. ȝeer; that cursid men go doun to hellishelle I. in o dai, and ȝeldeȝelde thei so I. pees to oure empire, which thei hadden troblid. HidurA rubrich. Hidur BC. to is the saumplerensaumpler ELP. of the pistleepistle EHL.; these thingis, that suen, Y foond writun aftir that place, where it is redseid K., And Mardochee ȝede, and dide alle thingis, whiche Hester hadde co|maundide to hym; netheles tho thingis ben not hadde in Ebrew, andOm. K. outirli tho ben not seid at ony of the translatours. ForsotheCertis I. Mardochee bisouȝte the Lord, and washe was I. myndeful of alle `hise werkysthe werkys of the Lord I., and seidehe seide I., Lord God, kyng almyȝti, alle thingis ben set in thi lordschip, `ethir powerOm. I., and `noon isther is noon I., that may aȝen|stonde thi wille; if thou demest for to saue Israel, we schulen be delyuered anoon. Thou madist heuene and erthe, and what euer thing is conteyned in the cumpas of heuene. Thou art Lord of alle thingis, and `noon isther is noon I. that aȝenstondith thi maieste. Thou knowist alle thingis, and woost, that not for pride and dispit andneither for I. ony coueytise of glorieveyn glorie I. Y dide thisony R. thing, thatand that A. Y wor|schipideworschip D. not Aaman moostthe moost I. proudproud man I.; forforsothe I. Y was redi `wilfuli to kisseto haue kissid wilfuli I., ȝhe, the steppis of hise feet for the helthe of Israel, but Y dredde, lest Y schulde bere ouere to aOm. I. man the onour of my God, and lest Y schulde worschipe ony man outakun my God. And now, Lord kyng, God of Abra|ham, haue thou merci on thi puple, for oure enemyes wolen leese vs, and do awei thin eritage; dispise not thi part, whichthe which part I. thou aȝenbouȝtist fro Egipt. Here thou my preier, and be thou merciful to the lot, and theto the IX. part of thin eritage; and turne thou oure morenyng in to ioie, that we lyuynge herie thi name, Lord; and close thouOm. S. not the mouthis of men heriynge thee. And al Israel with lijksich maner I. mynde and bisechyng criede to the Lord, forfor cause that I. certeyn deeth neiȝede to hem.

 CAP. XIV.

Also theOm. I. queen Hester fledde to the LordLord God I., and dreddesche dredde . the perel, that neiȝede. And whanne sche hadde put awei the kyngis clothisclothis that perteyneden to the queen I., sche tooktook thanne I. clothis couen|able to wepyngis and morenyngto morenyng I.; and for dyuerse oynementisoynementis that sche had vsid bifore I. sche `fillide thefulfillide hir I. heed with aische and dustdrit plures. vile poudre or dust I., and `made mekesche mekide I. hir bodi with fastyngys; and with toOm. I.|breidyng awei of heerishir heer I., sche fillidefulfillide I. alle placesthe places of hir heed I., in whichwhich placis I. sche was wont to be glad; and bisouȝtesche bisouȝte I. the Lord God of Israel, and seide, My Lord, whichthat I. aloone art oure kyng, helpe me a womman left aloone, and of whom noon othere helpere is outakun thee; my perel is in my hondis. Y haue herd of my fadir, that thou, Lord, tokisthast take I. awei Israel fro alle folkis, andand thou hast taken or chosen I. oure fadris fro alle her grettere men bi|fore, that thou schuldist welde euerlast|yngean euerlastynge I. eritage; and thou hast do to hem, as thou hast spokespoke or hiȝt I.. We synnedenhaue synned I. in thi siȝt, and therfor thou hast bitake vs in to the hondis of oure enemyes; forforsothe I. we worschipidenhaue wirschipid I. the goddis of hem. LordAnd S., thou art iust; and now it suffisith not to hemoure enmyes I., that thei oppressen vs with hardesteful hard I. seruage, but thei aretten the strengthe of her hondis to the power of idols, andand therfor thei I. wolen chaunge thi biheestis, and dothei woln do I. awei thin eritage, and close the mouthis of men heriynge thee, and quenchethei woln quenche I. the glorie of thithe plures. temple and auterof the auter I., thatand I. thei openewoln opene I. the mouthis of hethene men, and preisethei woln preise I. the strengthe of ydols, and preche a fleischlifleischi ACHNOU. fleischli man to the I. kyng with outen ende. Lord, ȝyue thou not thi kyngis ȝerdeȝerde or gouernaile I. to hem, that ben noȝtnot plures. not of thi sort I., lestthat I. thei leiȝenleiȝe not I. at oure fallyng; but turne thou the councel of hem onupon I. hemhemself I., and distrie thou hym, that bigan to be cruel aȝens vs. Lord, haue thou mynde, and schewe thee to vs in the tyme of tribulacioun; and, Lord, kyng of goddis andand kyng I. of al power, ȝyue thou trist to me; ȝyue thou a word wel dressid in my mouth in theOm. I. siȝt of the liounlioun Assuerus I., and turneturne thou I. ouer his herte in to the hatrede of oure enemy, that bothe he perische, and othere men that consentenconsentiden I. to hym. ButBut, Lord I. delyuere vs in thin hond, and helpe me, hauynge noon othere help noOm. I. but thee, Lord, that hast the kunnyng of alle thingis; and knowistLord, thou knowist I. that Y hate the glorie of wickid men, and that Y wlate the bed of vncircumcidid men, and of ech alien. ThouAnd, Lord, thou I. knowist my freelte and nedemy nede I., that Y holde abhomynable the signesigne or schewyng I. of my pride and glorieof my glorie I., which is on myn heed in the daiesday I. of my schewyng, and that Y wlate it `as the cloth of a womman hauynge vncleene bloodOm. I sec. m. as the blodi skin of wommans infirmytee S., and Y bere notnot, or vse it I. not, that is, I vse not swich pride S. in the daies of my stillenessestilnesse, oute of the kingis presence S., and thatthou wost, Lord, that S. Y eet not in the boord of Aaman, nether the feeste of the kyng pleside me, and Y drank not the wiyn of moiste sacrifices, andand thou woost I. and Lord, thou wost S. that thinI thin IS. handmayde `was neuere gladOm. IS., sithensith I. Y was translatid hidur til in to presentthis present IS. daidai was neuer glad IS., noOm. I. but in theethe ARU., Lord God of Abraham. `God strongeA! stronge God I. That art a stronge God S. aboue allealle other S., here thouthou, Lord S. the vois of hem, that han noon othere hopehope than thee I. hope than in thee S., and delyuere thou vs fro the hond of wickid men, and delyuere thou me fro my drede. Also Y foond `these wordisthese thingis addid B. these addid plures. this addid C pr. m. this thingis addid C sec. m. in the comyn translacioun.

 CAP. XV.

And `he sente to hirOm. A sec. m. S., no doute that ne Mardochee sente to Hester, that sche schulde entreentre yn IS. to the kyng, and preie for hir puple, and for hir cuntrei. HeAnd Mardochie IS. seideseide to hir IS., Be thou myndeful of the daies of thi mekenesse, hou thou were nurschid in myn hond; forforsothe IS. Aaman, ordeynedwhich is S. the se|coundesecounde persone in power S. fro the kyng, spakhath spoke IS. aȝens vs in to deth; andtherfor I. forthi S. thou inwardli clepe the LordLord God to help S., and spekespeke thou IS. to the kyng for vs, and dely|uere vs fro deeth. AndOm. GQWX. also Y foond these thingis, that suen, in the comyn translacioun. ForsotheCertis IS. in the thridde dai scheHester IS. `puttide ofordeynede IS. thehir S. clothis of hir ournyngenournyng X sec. m., and wassche was IS. cumpassid with hir glorieglorie in ful riche araie S.. And whanne sche `schinede in the kyngis clothing, andOm. IS. hadde inwardli clepid the Gouernour of alle thingis and the sauyour GodGod, and schynyde in the kingis clothing IS., sche tooktook to hir IS. twei ser|uauntisseruauntessis BCEISVX sec. m., and sotheliOm. IS. scheHester IS. leenyde onupon IS. oonoon of hem IS., as notif sche had not IS. susteynyngesuffisid IS. to bere hirhir owne IS. body, for delices and fulfor ful IS. greet tendir|nesse; but the totheroother I. `of the seruaunt|essisseruauntesse IS. suede the ladi, and bar vp thehir IS. clothis fletingetrailinge A sup. ras. F sup. ras. IS. doun `in toupon IS. on a. the erthe. `Sotheli sche was bischedAnd Hester in hir face was colourid IS. with `colour of roosisroose colouris S. `in the cheerOm. IS., and with pleasaunthir plesaunt IS. and schynynge iȝen sche hilide thehir IS. soreuful soule, andthat was IS. drawun togidere with ful myche drede. TherforAnd I. sche entrideentride yn IS. tho|rouȝbi S. alle the doris bi ordrerewe IS., and stoodsche stood IS. aȝenseuen anentes S. the kyng, where he sat onupon IS. the seete of his rewme, and wasthe king was IS. clothid in theOm. IS. kyngis clothisaray IS., and schynydehe schynyde IS. in gold andand in S. preciouse stoonys, and washe was IS. dredeful in siȝt. And whanne he hadde reisidreisid up IS. thehis IS. face, and hadde schewid the woodnesseausternesse IS. of hertehis herte IMS. with brennynge iȝen, the queen felde doundown bifore him IS.; and whanne thehir IS. colour was chaungid in to palenesse, sche restide thehir I. and hir S. heed slidunbowid doun IS. onupon IS. thehir IS. hand|maide. And God turnede the spirit of the kyng in to myldenesse, and hethe kyng IS. hast|idehasty I. hastinge S., and dreddedredynge IS., `and skippyde outrose up anoon IS. of thehis IS. seete; and heOm. C. `susteynede hirhelde up the queen IS. with hise armes, til sche cam aȝen to hir self; and he spak fairefaire to hir IS. bi these wordis, Hester, whatwhat greef IS. hast thou? Y am thi brother; nyle thou drede, thou schalt not diedie for this comyng thus to me I. die for thi cummynge to me withouten clepinge S.; for this lawe is not maad foroonly for S. thee, butbut it is maad IS. for alle menothere, that thei [wymmen S] be buxum to her husbondis IS.. Therfor neiȝe thouthou hidere IS., and touche themy IS. ceptre, `that is, the kyngis ȝerdeor ȝerde I.. And whanne scheHester IS. was stillecoumfortid IS., hethe kyng IS. took thehis IS. goldun ȝerde, and `puttide ontouchide therwith IS. hir necke; and he kisside hir, and seide, Why spekist thou not to me? And sche an|sweride, Lord, Y siȝ thee as anthe C. aungel of God, and myn herte was troblid forfro A. theOm. S. drede of thi glorye; for, lord, thou art ful wondurful, and thi face is ful of graces. And whanne sche spakhad thus spoke IS., eft sche felde doundoun in a swown S., and wassche was IS. almest deed. SotheliAnd IS. the kyng was troblidtroblid herfore IS., and alle hise mynys|trisseruauntis IS. coumfortiden hir. TheThis swinge is the K. This is the R. saumpler of `the lettre ofOm. ABCDIUV. the pistle of F. theOm. GKMNOSWa. kyng Artaxerses, which he sente forfro oa. the Jewis to alle theOm. X. prouynces of his rewme; andalso F. thethis K. sameOm. C. saumplersaumpler hereof S. is not had in the book of Ebreu.

 CAP. XVI.

The grete kyng Artaxerses, frobeynge lord fro I. whos lordship was fro S. Yinde `til toto FX. vnto IS. Ethiopie, seith helthe to the duykis and pryncis of an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces, thatthe whiche I. which S. obeien to oure co|maundement. Many men mysusen in to pride the goodnesse and onourthe honour S. of princes, whichthat IS. is ȝouuntaken IS. to hem; and not oneli theiswich men S. enforsenenforsen hem IS. to oppresse sugetis to kyngis, but thei beren notnot dewly I. not ether vsen not duly S. gloriethe glorie IS. ȝouuntaken IS. to hem, and makenthes maken IS. redy tresouns aȝens hem, that ȝauen theher IS. glorieglorie to hem IS.. And thei ben not apaied to do not thankyngis for beneficesgoodnessis IS., and to defoule in hem silf the lawis of curtesie; but also thei demen, that thei moun fle the sentence of God seynge alle thingis. And thei breken out in to so mych woodnesse, that thei en|forsenenforsen hem IS. with theOm. IS. roopis of leesyngis to distrie hem, that kepen diligentli officesthe offices IS. bitakun to hem, and doen so alle thingis, that thei ben worthi theOm. IS. preisyng of alle men; whileand while malicious men gessynge othere men bi her owen kynde blameful IS. bi sutil fraude `false menthei I. swiche S. disseyuen the symplesotel S. eeris of kyngisthe king S., `and gessynge othere men bi her owne kyndeOm. IS.. Which thing is preuyd bothe bi elde stories, and bi these thingis that ben doen ech dai; hou the studies of kyngis ben maad schrewidful contrarious IS. bi yuele suggestiouns of summen. Wherfor it is to purueye for the pees of alle prouynces. And thouȝ we comaunden dyuerse thingisthingis, as now we bidden oo thing to be don, and now we forbeden the same S., ȝe owen not to gesse, that itthis IS. cometh of theOm. BCIKb. vnstable|nesse of oureOm. B. souleherte IS.; but that we ȝyuen sentencesentence bi oure counseil IS. for the maner and nede of tymes, as the profit of theOm. I. comyn thing axith. And that ȝe vndurstonde opynlieremore openly IS. thatthat thing I. that that thing S., that we seyen; Aaman, the sone of Ama|dathi, a man of Macedoyne bibothe bi IS. soulekynde IS. and folkbi folk IS., and anOm. IS. alien fro the bloodblood or kynde I. blood of kynrede S. of Per|sis, andand he IS. defoulynge oure pitee with his cruelte, was a pilgrym, ethiror IS. aOm. C. straun|ger, and washe was IS. resseyued of vsvs moost favourably S.; and he feelide in hym silf so grete curtesie of vs, that he was clepid oure fadir, and washe was IS. worschipid of alle men theas the IS. secoundesecounde persoone IS. aftir the kyng; whichthe which I. Aaman was reisid in to so greet bolnyng of pride, that he enforsideenforside him IS. to pryue us of the rewme and spiritlijf A. sec. m. of oure lijf IS.. For bi summe newe and vnherd castis he axide in to deeth Mardochee, bi whos feith and benefices we liuen, andand also I. the felowe of oure rewme Hester, with alOm. S. hir folkfolk he wolde haue distrioied S.; and he thouȝte these thingis, that whanne theithes IS. weren slayn, he schulde sette tresoun toaȝens S. `oure aloonenesseoure onlinesse A sec. m. us so maad aloone I. oure aloonesse, that is, to the kyngis persone S.to oure aloonenesse; that is, to vs self aloone. C., and that he schuldewolde thanne I. translate the rewme of Persis in to Macedoynesthe rewme of Macedoynes I. the rewme of Macedonie S.. ForsotheAnd forsothe IS. we founden not the Jewis in ony gilt outirli, thatthe whiche netheles I. which S. weren ordeyned to deththe deth I. by thehim that is I. worste of deedli men; but aȝenward thatwe founden that IS. theithe Jewis IS. vsen iust lawis, and ben the sones of the hiȝeste and moste GodOm. IS., and `euere lyuyngeof euerelastynge God IS., bi whos beneficebenefices C. goodnesse IS. thethis IS. rewme was ȝouun bothe to oure fadris and to vs, and is kept `til tovn to I. in to S. daithis dai I. this dai bi his grace S.. Wherfor wyte ȝe, that tho lettris ben voide, whichethe whiche I. thilke Aaman sente vndur oure name. For which greet trespas bothe heAaman S. that ymagynedeymagynede it I. ymagynide this yuel S., and al his kynrede, hangith in iebatis bifor the ȝatis of thisthe S. citee, `that isof S., Susa; for not we, but God ȝeldide to hym that, that he desseruyde. ForsotheTherfor I. For thi S. this comaunde|mentheest IS., whichthat IS. we sendensenden forth IS. now, bebe it IS. set forthup IS. in alle citees, that it be leueful to Jewisthe Jewis I. to vse her lawis. `Whyche JewisWhom also I. ȝe owenowen also S. helpeto helpe IS., that thei moun sle hem, that maden hem silf redito be redi S. to the deeth of Jewis, in the thrittenthe dai of the tweluethe monethe, whichthat I. is clepyd A|dar;Adar, or Marche IS. for Almyȝti God turnethhath turned IS. this dai of weilyng and morenyngof morenyng IS. in to ioye to hemthe Jewis IS.. Wherfor and ȝewe comaunden that ȝe IS. hanhaue plures. this dai among othere feeste daies, and halowehalewe ȝe IS. it with alOm. IS. gladnesse; that it be knowun aftirward, that alle men, that obeien feith|fuli to Persisthe kyngis of Persis IS., resseyuen worthi meed for feithher feith IS.; sotheliand IS. that thei, that settensenten W. settiden V. tre|soun to the rewme of hem, perischenperishe I. for theher IS. felony. ForsotheAnd IS. ech prouynce and citee, that wole not be parcenere of this solempnytee, perischeperische it I. bi swerd and fierbi fier IS.; and be it `doon aweyOm. I. soso fordon I., that not oneli it be with out weie to men but also to beestis with outen ende, for ensaumplethe ensaumple IS. of dispisyngher dispisyng IS. and vnobedience.

 Here endith the book of Hester, and here bygynneth the book of JobHere endith the book of Hester, and bigynneth a prolog on the book of Job. G. Heere endith Hester. I. Heere eendeth the book of Hester, se now the prolog of Joob. K. Here endith the book of Hester, and here bigynneth the prologe on the book of Joob. MO. Here endith the book of Hester, and bigynneth the book of Joob. NVX. Here eendith Hester, and bigynneth the first prolog of Joob. R. Here endith Hester, and bigynneth the book of Job. S. Here eendith the book of Hester. a. No final rubric in ELP.. JOB. [Prologue on the book of JobThis prologue is from M..]

IN this book of Joob is contened, first, the possessioun and prosperite of the iust man Joob; and, aftirward, how God suffride him to be temptid of Sathan, by los of hise worldli goodis, and of hise children; and afterward bi sijknesse of his owne flesch, and bi repreef of hise frendis, and of his owne wijf; and ensaumple to vs, that no man is temptid more than he mai withstonde, if he be iust and pacient, with preier of the help of God.

 Here bigynnith the bok of JoobFrom LMOPf. Heere biginnith Job. IU. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

`A man, JoobA glos. Job was a very man in kynde, and his book is a very thing doon in dede, and not a parable, as sum men seiden. Job cam of Nacor, as Jerom, in the book of Ebreu Ques|tiouns on Ge|nesis, and Ebreis wit|nessen, to whiche it is to ȝyue credence in this matere; thouȝ Austyn and many othere seyn, that he cam of Abraham, bi Esau; also Job was the fyuethe fro Abraham, and was in the tyme of Moyses. A et plures. bi name, wasOm. IS. in the lond of HusHus was a man that hiȝte Job IS.; and thilke manJob IS. was sym|plea symple man I. a symple man, that is, he was withouten double|nesse and variaunce S.symple; without gile. riȝtful; goinge bi the lyne of riȝtfulnesse in his dedis, to the ende of heuenely blis. dredinge God; bi drede of sones reuerence, that enclosith loue. goinge awei fro yuel; not for drede of peyne, as yuele men doon, but for the loue of vertu, which is the purpos of goode men. Lire here. C., and riȝtfulhe was riȝtful IS., and dredynge God, and goynge awey fro yuel. AndAnd ther weren I. seuene sones and thre douȝtris werenOm. I. borun to hym; and his possessioun was seuene thousynde of scheep, and thre thousynde ofOm. IS. camels, and fyue hundrid ȝockis of oxisoxen IS., and fyue hundrid of femal assis, and ful myche meynee; and `thilke manthis Job IS. was gretea grete man IS. among alle menthe men S. of the eest. And hise sones ȝeden, and maden feestis bi housisher housis IS., ech manman of hem S. in his day; and theiin her feeste daies thei S. senten, and clepiden her thre sistris, `that thei schul|dento IS. ete, and drynketo drynke IS. wiyn with hem. And whanne the daies of feesteher feeste IS. hadden passid in to the worldworld bi greet fame IS.in to the world; that is, in the ende of the wouke. Lire here. C., Joob sente to hem, and halewide hemhem or mouyde hem to holynesse I. hem, that is, he meuid hem to holynesse S., andand bi alle her feest daies IS. heJob IS. roosroos up IS. eerli, and offridehe offride IS. brent sacrifices `bi allefor hem I. for his children S.. ForAnd IS. he seideseide; that is, thouȝte. Lire here. C., Lest perauenture my sones do synne, and curse God in her hertis. JoobAnd Job IS. dide so in alle daiesher feest daies I.. ForsotheAnd IS. in suma plures. oo S. day, whanne the sones of Godsones of God; that is, holi aungels. to be present; hiȝere aungels ben propirli present to God, that ben not [sent] out to outermere ser|uyces, othere that ben sent out ben seid for to serue God. In large maner of spek|inge, alle aun|gels and my|nystringe ben seid to be pre|sent to God, in as myche as thei seen God clerely; thus spekith Danyel in vii. co., sei|ynge, a thou|sinde thousinde sueden him, and tensithis an hundrid thousinde weren present to him. In the largeste maner, fendis ben seid to be present to God, in as myche as thei and her dedis ben opyn to Goddis siȝt, and thus spek|ith the scrip|ture here. Lire here. C. `weren comuncamen S. to be present bifor the LordLord, makinge sacrifice I. Lord, to maken her sacrifice S., also Sathan camcam niȝ IS. among hemhem to disturble hem S.. To whom the Lord seide, Fro whennus comest thou? WhichAnd Sathan IS. answeride, and seide, Y haue cum|passid the erthe, and Y haue walkid thorouȝ it. And the Lord seide to hym, Whe|therWher plures passim. thou hast biholde my seruaunt Joob, thatthat ther is I. noonno man IS. in erthe isOm. I. lyik hymto him S.; he is aOm. IS. symple manOm. IS., and riȝtful, and dredynge God, and goynge awei fro yuel? To whom Sathan answeride, Whether Joob dredith God veynliveynli or in ydel I. veynli withouten cause S.Wher Joob dredith God veynly; as if he seye nay, for Joob seru|eth thee for the loue of temperal thingis. cum|passid; so him and hise thingis with thi pro|teccioun, that Y may not tempte hym. Lire here. C.? Whethir thou hast not cumpassid hym, and his hows, and al his catel bi cumpasenuyroun IS? Thou hast blessid the werkis of hise hondis, and hise possessioun encreessidehath encressid I. is encresed S. inon S. erthe. But stretcheholde BCEFHLPUVX. forth thin hond a litil, and touche thou alle thingis whichethat I. he hath in possessiounpossessioun takynge hem awey I. possessioun anentischinge hem S.; ifand if IS. he cursithcurse IS. not thee `in the facethane S., `bileue not to mehe is verily symple and riȝtwis [and dreding thee S] IS. bileue thou not to me K.. TherforThanne I. the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! alle thingis, whichethat I. heJob IS. hath, ben in thin hondhond or power I. hond or in thi power be my suffraunce S.; onelibut oneli IS. stretche thou not forth thin hond in to hymhis persoone IS.. AndAnd thanne S. Sathan ȝede out fro the face of the Lord. SotheliAnd IS. Forsothe N. whanne in suma plures. dai `hise sonesthe sones of Job IS. and douȝtrishis douȝtris IS. eeten, and drunken wiyn in the hows of her firste gendridgoten I. brothir, a messanger cam to Job, `whiche messan|gerand IS. seideseide to him IS., OxisThin oxen IS. eridenthat eriden thi loond S., andand thi IS. femal assishertis, I shal do penaunce for hem S. `weren lesewidlesewiden IS. bisidisthere bisidis S. thohem IS.; and Sabeismen of the cuntrey of Sabey IS. felden yn, and tokenthei token IS. aweyawey with hem S. alle thingisthi godis IS., and `smytiden the childrenOm. IS. with swerdswerd thei han sleyn thi seruauntis IS.; and Y aloone ascapide forOm. I. to telle tothis to I. these thingis to S. thee. And whannewhile I. whilis S. hethis messanger IS. spak ȝitOm. S., anothiralso anothir I. cam, and seideseide to Job S., Fier of God cam doun fro heuene, and wastideit hath wastid IS. scheepthi scheep IS., and `children touchidsmeten thi children I. sleyn thi children S.; and Y aloone ascapidescapid S. forOm. IS. to telle `to theeit I. thee these thingis S.. But ȝit theOm. IS. while hethis messanger IS. spak, also anothir cam, and seide, CaldeisMen of the cuntrey of Caldey IS. madenhan maad IS. thre cumpenyes, andand thei IS. assailiden thethi I. camels, and tokenhan take IS. thohem IS. awei, and thei smytidenhan killid IS. smiten F. `also the childrenOm. I. withthi seruauntis with IS. swerd; and Y aloone ascapidescapide S. to telle toOm. IS. theethee these thingis S.. AndOm. BEHLX. ȝitȝit while I. ȝit the while that S. he spak, andOm. IS., lo! anothir entrideentride yn to Job IS., and seide, While thi sones and douȝtristhi douȝtris IS. eeten, and drunken wiyn in the hows of her firste gendridgoten I. brothir, aand a I. and S. greet wynde felde yn sudenli fro the coost of desert, and schookit stroke I. foure corneris of the hows, `which feldeand the hous felle I. doun, andand it I. oppresside thithe S. children, and thei ben deed; and Y aloone fledde to telle toOm. I. thee. Thanne Joob roosroos up I., andand he I. to-rente hise clothis, and `with pollid heedwhanne his heed was polled I. he felde doun onupon I. in to S. the erthe, andand he I. worschip|ideworschip S. God, and seide, Y ȝede nakid out of the wombe of my modir, Yand nakid Y I. and nakid S. schal turne aȝen nakidOm. IS. thidurOm. S.; the Lord ȝaf, theand the I. Lord tookhath taken I. takyt S. awei; as it pleside the Lord, so `it isbe it S. doon; the name of the Lord be blessid. In alle these thingis Joob syn|nede not in hise lippis, nether spakhe spak I. ony fonnedfoly IS. thing aȝensto I. God.

 CAP. II.

ForsotheAnd I. it was doon, whanneOm. I. in sumthe sum C sec. m. a I. dai the sones of God `weren comunweren come to herie him I. shulden come S., andand thei I. stodenstonde S. bifor the Lord, and Sathan `was comuncome S. among hem, andand he I. stood in hisOm. I. siȝtsiȝt of the Lord I., thatand I. the Lord seideshuld say S. to Sathan, Fro whennus comest thou? WhichThe which I. answeride, and seide, Y haue cumpassid the erthe, `and Y haue go thurȝ itOm. S.. And the Lord seide to Sathan, Whethir thou hast bi|holdenot considerd S. my seruaunt Joob, thatthat ther is S. noonno man I. in erthe isOm. S. lijklijk to IS. hym; he is aOm. S. symple manOm. S., andand a I. riȝtful, and dredynge God, and goyngedepartyng S. awei fro yuel, and ȝit holdyngehe holdith I. innocence? `But thouAnd thou forther S. hast moued me aȝens him, that `Y schulde turmentethou vex hym S. hym in veyn. To whom Sathan answeride, and seideseide to the Lord S., `A man schal ȝyue skyn for skynOm. S., and alle thingis that he hath for his lijfsoule I.; `ellis sendetherfor putte to I. thin hond, and touche his boon andand his I. fleisch, and thanne thou schalt se, that he schal curse thee in thethi I. face. TherforThanne I. the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! heJob I. isis now I. in `thin hondthi power I.; ne|theles kepe thou his lijf. Therfor Sathan ȝede out fro the face of the Lord, andand he I. smoot Joob with `a ful wickidthe worste stynkynge I. botche fro the sole of thehis S. foot `til tovnto I. to X. his top; whichand I. JoobJob sate in a dunge hill I. schauydeand he schauyde awey I. the quytere withof him with I. a schelle, `and sat in the dunghilOm. I.. For|sothe his wijf seide to hym, Dwellist thou ȝit in thi symplenessesymplenesse; that is, fonned|nesse. Lire here. C.? Curse thou God, and diedie as the lawe wole I.. And Joob seideseide to hir IS., Thou hast spoke as oon of the fonned wymmen; if we han take goodisgode thingis I. of the hond of the Lord, whi forsothethanne I. suffren we not yuelsgladly yuel thingis I.? In alle these thingis Joob synnede not in hise lippis. TherforAnd thanne I. threthen the S. frendis of Joob herden al the yuel, that hadde bifeldebifalle IS. to hym, and camenthei camen to him I. ech manof hem I. fro his place, Eliphath Temanytes, and Baldach Suythes, and Sophar Naamathites; forsothely I. thei `hadden seideseiden I. togidere to hem silf, that thei wolden come togidere, and visite hymJob I., and coumfortecoumforte him I.. And whanne theithei afer I. hadden reisidreisid up I. aferOm. I. afore S. `her iȝenhem ȝet S., thei knewenknowen A. not hymJob I.; and theithanne thei I. crieden, and wepten, andand thei I. to-renten her clothis, andand thei I. spreynten dust onupon I. her heedheedis I. `in tobiholdynge in to I. heueneheuenward I.. And thei saten with hymJob I. inupon I. the erthe seuene daies and seuene nyȝtis, and no man spak a word to hym; forforsothe I. thei sien, that his sorewe was greet.

 CAP. III.

Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth, and cursidehe curside I. his dai, and seidehe seide I., Perische the daiPerische the day; Greg. in iiii. book of Morals seith, that Joob spek|ith in parable, ethir to goostly vndurstonding, and not to the lettre; for many wordis here takun to the lettre ben vnresonable and vnpossible, and of a man vnpacient and dispeiringe, and blasfemynge God; but Joob was not siche a man, as God witnessith in the ende. Ne|theles Tomas Alquyn here expowneth this proces to the lettre, and seith, that Joob spekith here aftir the sen|sualite, ether fleisly lust, and bi the resoun of soule he suf|fride wilfully and paciently his disese. But for it sueth herof that Joob and hise frendis disputiden to dyuerse wittis, and not to the purpos, therfor it may be seid betere, that these frendis settiden pu|nysching only for synne passid, and re|warding onely in this liyf for goode werkis passid. Therfor Joob argueth aȝenus hem, that it sueth of her errour, that Joob schulde skilefuly curse the day of his birthe, and othere thingis, as the text sowneth, and Joob spekith of day passid, bi wordis of tyme to com|ynge, but in truth Joob curside not his day of birthe, but paciently suffride his disese, and held riȝtful sentence, as God wit|nessith in the ende. Lire here. C. in which Y was borun, and the nyȝt in which it was seid, TheA I. man is conceyued. Thilke dai be turnede in to derknessis; God seke not it aboue, and be it not in myndeThis word, be not in mynde, is not in Ebreu, nether in bokis amendid. Lire here. C., nethir be it liȝt|ned with liȝt. DerknessisDerkenes S. makemake thei I. it derk, and the schadewe of deeth and myistof myist I. oc|cupie it; and be it wlappidwrappid S. with bittir|nesse. Derk whirlwynde holde that niȝt; be it not rikynyd among theOm. I. daies of the ȝeer, nethir be it noumbrid among theOm. S. monethes. Thilke nyȝt be soleyn, and notbe it not I. worthi ofOm. I. preisyng. Curse thei it, that cursen the dai, thatwhiche I. ben redi to reise Le|uyathanLeuyathan, that is, a venym watir eddre I.Leuyathan; that is, the deuel, as Al|quyn seith. Lire here. C. that is, the fend. V.. SterrisSterris of that niȝt I. bebe thei I. maad derk with the derknesse therof; abide it liȝt, and se it not, nethirnethir se it I. the bigynnyng of the morwetid risyng vp. For it closide not the doris of the wombe, that bar me, ne|thir tookit took I. awei yuelsyuel I. fro min iȝen. Whi was not Y deed in the wombe? whi ȝede Y out offro I. the wombe, and perischide not anoon? Whi was Y takun onupon I. knees? whi was Y suclidȝiue souke I. with teetis? ForForsothe I. now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schuldeI schulde I. reste in my sleep, with kyngis, and con|sulswith worthi men of counseil I. of erthethe erthe I., thatwhiche I. bilden to hem soleyn places; ethir withI schulde reste with I. prynces that han gold in possessioun, and fillen her housis with siluer; ethir as a `thing hid not borunchild or a beest born bifore the tyme and hid I. Y schulde not stondehaue ben I., ethir whicheas thei that ben I. con|seyued sienand sien I. not liȝt. There wickid men ceessiden of noise, and there men maad wery of strengthe restiden. And sum tyme boundunmen bounden I. togidere with out disese thei herden not the voys of the wrongful axere. A litil man and greeta greet I. man bebe he I. there, and a seruauntseruaunt be he there I. freefer B. fro his lord. Whi is liȝt ȝouun to the wretche, and lijf to hem that ben in bitternesse of soule? WhicheThe whiche I. abiden deeth, and it cometh not; as men diggyngethat diggen I. out tresour and ioien greetly, whanne thei han founde a sepul|cre? Whi is liȝt ȝouun to a man, whos weie is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derknessis? Bifore that Y ete, Y siȝhe; and as of watir flowynge, so is my roryng. ForCertis I. the drede, whichthat I. Y dredde, camhath come I. to me; and thatthat thing I., that Y schamede, bifeldehath bifalle to me I.. Whether Y dissymilidefeynyde I. not? whether Y was not stille? whether Y restide not? andand ȝitt I. indignacioun comethhath comen I. on me.

 CAP. IV.

ForsotheThanne I. Eliphat Themanytes answer|ide, and seideseide to Job I., If we bigynnen toand I. speke to thee, in hap thou schalt take it heuyli; but who may holdeholde in silence I. a word conseyued? Lo! thou hast tauȝt ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis maad feynt. Thi wordis confermydenhan confermyd I. men doutynge, and thou coumfortidisthast coumfortid I. knees tremblynge. But now a woundewounde or sijknesse I. is comun onupon I. thee, and thou hast failid; it touchidehath touchid I. thee, and thou art disturblid. Where is thi drede, thi strengthe, and thi pacience, and the perfeccioun of thi weies? Y biseche thee, haue thou mynde, what innocent man perischide euere, ethir whanne riȝt|ful men weren doon awei? Certis rathir Y siȝ hem, that worchen wickidnesse, and sowenthat sowen I. sorewis, and repen tho, to haue perischid bi God blowyngesownynge aȝens hem I., and to be wastid bi the spirit of his ire. The roryng of athe I. liounlioun, that is, Job I.A glos. Bi a lioun he vndur|stondith Joob; bi a lionesse and tigris he vndurstondith his wiyf; bi the teeth of liouns he vn|durstondith hise sones. Lire here. C et plures., and the vois of athe I. lionesselionesse, that is, his wijf I., and the teeth of `whelpis of liounsthe liounis whelpis, that is, his children I. ben alal now I. to-brokun. Tigris perischide, for sche hadde not prey; and theOm. I. whelpis of athe I. lioun ben distried. Certis an hid word was seid to me, and myn eere took asas it were I. theueli the veynes of priuythe priuey I. noisespekyng I. therof. In the hidousnesse of `nyȝtis siȝtsiȝt of the niȝt I., whanne heuy sleep is wont to occupie men, dredeand drede I. and tremblyng heldehelden I. me; and alle my boonys weren aferd. And whanne the spirit `ȝede in my presencepasside me beynge present I., the heiris of `my fleischmyn heed I. hadden hidousnesse. Oon stood, whos cherechere or lickenesse I. Y knewe not, an ymage bifor myn iȝen; and Y herde athe I. vois asOm. I. of softea softe I. wynd. Whether a man schal be maad iustmaad iust; this is the sen|tence of Eli|phat, sithen no man is riȝt|fulere nethir clennere than God, and a riȝtful iuge dampneth not an innocent man, therfor God punysch|ith not a man without his synne bifor doon. This re|soun is not worth; for whanne a iuge dampnyth an innocent man, he may not rewarde him aftir deth, but God punysch|ith a man here with out gilt for to encreesse his meede in blis, and to ȝyue saumple of pa|cience to othere men. Lire here. C. in comparisoun of God? ethir whethirOm. I. a man schal be clennere than his Makere? Lo! thei that seruen hym ben not stidefast; and he findithhath founde I. schrewid|nesse in hise aungels. Hou myche more thei that dwellen in housis of cley, thatwhiche I. han an ertheli foundement, schulen be wastyd as of a mouȝte. FroFro the I. morewtid tilvntil I. toto the I. euentid thei schulen be kit doun; and for no man vndurstondith, thei schu|len perische with outen ende. SotheliAnd I. thei, that ben residueleft I., schulen be takun aweiawey; that is, fro present liyf. C.; thei schulen die, and not in wisdom.

 CAP. V.

TherforTherfor, Job I. clepe thou, if `ony isther is ony man I. that schal answere thee, and turne thou to summe of seyntis. Wrathfulnesse sleeth `a fonnedan vnwise I. man, and enuye sleeth a litil childchild withouten witt I.. Y siȝ a fool with stidefaststidefast; that is, sad in pros|perite. Lire here. C. rote, and Y curside his feirnesse anoon. Hise sones schulen be maad fer fro helthe, and thei schulen be defoulid in the ȝate, and `noon schal bether schal be noon I. that schal delyuere hemOm. plures.. WhosThe I. ripe corncorn of him I. an hungri man schal ete, and an armed man schal rauysche hym, and thei, that thirsten, schulen drynke hise richessis. No thing is doon in erthe with out cause, and sorewesorewe; that is, aduersite bifallith not to ony man with out cause. Lire here. C. schal not go out of theOm. I. erthe. A man is borun to labour, and a brid to fliȝt. Wherfor Y schal biseche the Lord, and Y schal sette my speche to my God. That makith grete thingis, andOm. BC. thatthe whiche thingis I. moun not be souȝt out, and wondurful thingis with out noumbre. WhichThe which God I. ȝyueth reyn onupon I. the face of erthethe erthe I., and moistithhe moistith I. alle thingis with watris. WhichThe which I. settith meke men an hiȝ, andand he I. reisith with helthe hem that morenen. Which distrieth the thouȝtis of yuel willid men, that her hondis moun not fillefulfille I. tho thingis that thei bi|gunnenhan bigunne I.. Which takith cautelouseslie cautelouse I. men in theher owne I. felnessefelnesse, ether wylynesse K marg. `of hemOm. I., andand he I. distrieth the counsel of schrewis. Bi daidai or openly I. theisiche I. schulen renne in to derknessis, and as in nyȝt soOm. I. thei schulen grope in myddai. Certis God schal make saaf a nedi mana nedy man; amendid of his trespassis bi nedynesse. Lire here. C. fro theOm. B. swerd of herthe f. mouth, and a pore man froGod schal saue fro I. the hond of the violentviolent man I., `ethir rauynourethir rauenours N. Om. I.. And hope schal be to a nedi man, but wickidnessewickidnesse of endurid men I. schal drawe togi|dere his mouth. Blessid is the man, whichthat I. is chastisid of the Lord; therfor repreue thou not the blamyng of the Lord. For he woundith, andand he I. doith medicyn; he smytith, and hise hondis schulen make hool. In sixe tribulaciouns he schal dely|uere thee, and in the seuenthe tribulacioun yuel schal not touche thee. In hungur he schal delyuere thee fro deeth, and in batel fro theOm. I. power of swerd. Thou schalt be hid fro the scourge of tungean yuel tunge I., and thou schalt not drede myseistemyseesnesse I., `ethir wretchid|nesseOm. I., whanne it cometh. In distriyng maad of enemyes and in hungur thou schalt leiȝe, and thou schalt not drede the beestis of erthe. But thi couenaunt schal be with theOm. I. stonys of erthe, and beestis of erthe schulen be pesible to thee. And thou schalt wite, that thi tabernacle hathschal haue I. pees, and thou visityngevisityng; that is, bihold|ing thi pros|perite. schalt not do synne; for thou schalt not be reised in to pride, but more in to preisinge of God. Lire here. C. thi fairnesse schalt not doOm. I. synne. And thou schalt wite also, that thi seed schal bebe encressid I. many fold, and thi generacioun schal be as an erbe of erthe. In abundaunce thou schalt go in to the sepulcre, as an heep of wheete is borun in his tyme. Lo! thisthis thing I. is so, as we han souȝt; whichthe which I. thing herdwhanne thou hast herd I., trete thouit I. inin thi I. minde.

 CAP. VI.

ForsotheAnd I. Joob answeride, and seide, Y wolde, that my synnes, bi whiche Y `des|seruede irehaue deserued the wraththe of God I., and the wretchidnesse which Y suffre, weren peisid in a balaunce. As the grauel of the see, this wretchidnesse schulde appere greuouseremore greuous I.; wherfor and my wordis ben ful of soreweand my wordis, seid in iii. co. ben fulle of sorewe; resonably, if no rewarding is in liyf to comynge for peynes in this liyf, as Eliphath seide. Lire here. C.. For the arowis of the Lord ben in me, the indig|naciounindignaciouns IS. of whichethes arowis IS. drynkith vp my spi|rit; and the dredis of the Lord fiȝten aȝens me. Whether a feeld asse schal rorerore for hungre IS., whanne he hath grasgras in plente S.? Ethir whether an oxe schal lowe, whanne he stondith byfor a `ful cratchecratche ful of mete IS.? Ether whethir a thing vnsauery may be etun, which is not maad sauery bi salt? Ether whether ony man may taaste a thing, whichwhich thing IS. tastid bryng|ithbryngith yn IS. deeth? For whi to an hungri soule, ȝheOm. S., bittir thingis semen to be swete; tho thingis whiche my soule noldewolde not I. touche biforebifore hoond S., ben now my meetis for angwisch. Who ȝyuethȝyueth or grauntith I. ȝyueth S pr. m. graunteth S sec. m., that myn axyng comecome to me IS.; and that God ȝyueȝyueth C. to me thatthat thing IS., that Y abide? And he that biganhath bigunne IS., alto punyshe, al I. iustly to punishe me for my synne al S. to-breketo-breke he IS. meme with diuers anoyes, til I be purgid of my filthe S.; re|leesselouse IS. he his hondhond, which he hath long tide fro me S., and kittekitte he IS. me doundoun, that I wex no more vp to synne S.doun, fro pre|sent liyf. Lire here. C.? And `this bebe this thing IS. coumfort to me, that hethe Lord IS. tur|mente me with sorewe, and sparespare me IS. not, and that Y aȝenseie not the wordis of the hoolimoost hooli I. holi Lord S.. For whiOm. IS., what is my strengthe, that Y suffresuffre, Y suffre the scourge that Y haue deserued S.? ethir which is myn ende, that Y dosuffre it S. pacientlipaciently; bi the errour of Eliphat, sei|ynge, that no meede is in an other liyf for aduersites suf|frid in this liyf, it is no resoun to suf|fre paciently. Lire here. C.? Nethir my strengthe is the strengthe of stoonus, nether my fleisch is of bras. Lo! noon help is to me in memy selff I. me as of my silf S.; alsoand also IS. my meynealnesessarie I. necessarie and home S. frendis `ȝeden aweydepartiden IS. fro me. He that takith awei merci fro his frend, forsakith the drede of the Lord. My britheren passiden mefro me S., as a stronde doith, that passithpassith or rennyth S. ruschyngliruschyngli and hastily IS. in grete valeis. Snow schal come onupon IS. hem, that dreden frostfrost, that is, he that wile not suffre here, schal suffre more aftir I marg. frost, that is, who wole not suffre here a lytil while, shal ellis where suffre longere S.. In the tyme wherynne thei benschul be IS. scaterid, thei schulen perische; and aswhanne IS. thei benschul wexe IS. hoote, thei schulen be vnknytlousid IS. froand removed fro S. her place. The pathis of her steppis ben wlappidwlappid with diuers disesis S.; thei schulen go in veyn, andand thei IS. schulen perische. Biholde ȝe the pathis of Themanthe pathis of Theman; that is, the comynge of Eliphat The|manytis, and the comyng of othere frendis, that her com|yng is not coumfort ne|ther help to me. Lire here. C., and the weies of Saba; and abide ȝe a litil. Thei ben schentaschamed IS., for Y hopidehopide in the Lord IS.; and thei camen `til tovnto IS. me, and thei ben hilid with schame. Now ȝe ben comuncomen hidre S., and now ȝe seen my woundeveniaunce IS., andwhich I disservide and S. dredenȝe dreden IS.. Whether Y seideseide to ȝou IS., Brynge ȝe to me, and ȝiue ȝe of ȝoure catel to me? ethirethir seide I. ethir seide I to ȝow S., Delyuere ȝe me fro the hond of enemymyn enemy IS., and rauyschebynyme I. ȝe me fro the hond of stronge men? Teche ȝe meme trewthe S., and Y schal be stille; and if in hap Y vnknew ony thingthing of this that I speke S., teche ȝeȝe it I. meme bettir S.. Whi han ȝe deprauedcontraried IS. the wordis of trewthe? sithensith ther is I. noon isOm. I. of ȝou, that maymay iustly S. repreue meme for my suffringe S.. Ȝe maken redi spechisȝoure spechis IS. oneli for to blameblame that thyng that ȝe sholden ioie of S., andand so IS. ȝe bryngen forth wordisȝoure wordis IS. in to wyndewynde to be wastid S.. Ȝe fallen inin here I. onupon IS. a fadirles child, andand ȝe IS. en|forsen toȝou to IS. peruerteturne IS. ȝoure frendfrend awey fro [the S] treuthe IS.. Netheles fillefulfille IS. ȝe that, that ȝe han bigunnebigunne to the merite of pacient men S.; ȝyueand ȝyue IS. ȝe theȝoure IS. eereeere or hering I., andfor to lystne the trewthe, and S. se ȝe, whether Y lie. Y bisechebiseche ȝou IS., answere ȝeȝe me IS. with out strijf, and speke ȝeȝe trewthe S., and deme ȝe that, that is iust. And ȝe schulen notnot thanne S. fynde wickid|nesse in my tungetunge, thow I deeme my synne more thanne the veniaunce that I suffre S., nethir foli schal sowne in my chekischekis, thouȝ I coueite to be punyshid here, and sparid aftir IS..

 CAP. VII.

KnyȝthodKnyȝthod, that is, contynuel traueyle and fyȝtinge aȝen vices S. isis the IS. lijf of mana man IS. onupon I. here on S. erthe, and his daies ben as the daies of an hired manman, that bisely traueylith in trewthe fro morewe til euen S.. As an hert desireth schadowe, and as an hirede man abideth the ende of his werk; so andOm. S. Y haddehaue had IS. voidevoide; that is, not hauyng the laste ende, that is, blis. Lire here. C. monethis, and Y noumbredehaue noumbrid IS. trauailous niȝtes to me. If Y schal slepe, Y schal seie, Whanne schal Y rise? and eft Y schal abide the euentid, and Y schal be fillidfulfillid IS. with so|rewis `til tovnto I. into S. derknessisderknessis come IS.. Mi fleisch is clothid with rot, and filthiswith filthe IS. of dust; myand my IS. skyn driede vp, and isit is IS. drawun togidere. My daies passidenhan passid IS. swiftliereswifter I. thanne a web is kit doundoun fro the loomes I. `of a webstereOm. I. of the webstere S.; and tho daies ben wastid with outen ony hopehope of comyng aȝen I. hope of aȝen cleping S.. GodLord IS., haue thou mynde, for my lijf is wyndewynde, that is, vnstable IS., and myn iȝe schal not turne aȝen, that it se goodisgoodis of this lyf S.. Nethir the siȝt of man schal biholde me; butOm. I. but, Lord S. thin iȝeniȝen, Lord I. ben in meme, biholdynge me S., and Y schal not `be in deedli lijfabijde I.. As a cloude is wastid, and passithpassith soone awey IS., so he that goith doun toin to S. helle, schal not stiestie up I. stie up thennys S.; nether schalhe schal IS. turne aȝen more in to his hows, and his place schal no more knowe hym. Wherfor and Y schal not spare my mouth; Y schal speke in the tribula|cioun of my spirit, Yand Y IS. schal talke togidere with the bitternesse of my soule. Whether Y am thea I. see, ethir a whal, for thou hasthast, Lord S. cumpassid me with prisouna prisoun IS.? If YY schal IS. seieseie my feelynge S., My bedlitil bed IS. schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuydreleeuyd or quietid S., spekynge with memy self IS. in my bedbeddyng IS.; thou schalt make me aferd bi dremys, and thouthou bi siȝtis IS. schalt schake me with `orrour, ethirOm. IS. hidousnesse, `bi siȝtisOm. IS.. Wherforwherfor; that is, for the wrecchidnessis whiche Y feele, and fro whiche semeth no re|leeuyng in pre|sent liyf, and, bi the errour of Eliphat, no rewarding schal be in another liyf for peynes that ben suf|frid in this liyf; therfor my soule chees hanging; that is, deth, be it neuere so foul. Y dispeir|ide; of temporal prosperite, which Eliphat biheetith to me. Y schal no more lyue; in dedly liyf aftir deth. Lire here. C. my soule `chees hangynghath chosen to be reisid up IS., and my boonys cheesidenhan chosen IS. deth. `Y dispeirideHope of lijf heere hath cessid in me IS., now Y schal no more lyue; Lord, sparespare; here Joob schewith, that veri abid|ing is this, that God take him awey fro pre|sent wrecchid|nesse, that he haue reste in another liyf; and bi alle these wordis of Joob is schewid onely his desir, that God delyuere him fro synne, that he be not taried fro liyf to comynge. Lire here. C. thou me, forcertis IS. my daies ben nouȝt. What is a manman of him silf S., for thou `magnifiest hymmakist him greet IS.? ether what settist thou thin herte toward hymhym that is so freel IS.? ThouLord, thou S. visitist hym eerlyful eerly S., and sudeynli thou preuest hym. Hou long sparist thou not me, nether suffristthou suffrist S. me, that Y swolowe my spotele? Y haue synned; AO! IS.! thou kepere of men, what schal Y do to thee? Whi hast thou set me contrarie to thee, and Y am maad greuouse to my silf? Whi doist thou not awei my sinne, and whi takist thou not awei my wickidnesse? Lo! now Y schal slepe in dust, and if thou sekist me eerli, Y schal not abideabide ouer thi clepyng S..

 CAP. VIII.

SotheliWhanne S. Baldath Suytes answeride, and seideseide to Job S., Hou longe schalt thou speke siche thingis? The spirit of the word of thi mouth is manyfold. Whether God sup|plauntithsupplantith or takith awey S., `ethir disseyuethOm. IS., doom, and whether Almyȝti God distrieth thatthat thing IS., that is iust? ȜheFor IS., thouȝ thi sones synneden aȝens hymthe Lord IS., andand thouȝ IS. he lefte hem in the hond of her wickidnesse; netheles, if thou risist eerli to Godthe Lord S., and bisechistbisechist him IS. `Almyȝti GodOm. IS., ifand if IS. thou goist clene and riȝtfulriȝtful in his siȝt IS., anoon he schal wakewake and take heede S. fulli to thee, and schalhe schal S. make pesible the dwellyng place of thi ryȝt|fulnesse;riȝtwisnesse S. in so miche that thi formere thingis weren litil, and that thi laste thingis be multiplied greetli. For whiwhi take hede, and S., axe thouOm. S. theOm. IO. formere generacioungeneraciouns A sec. m. IS., and seke thou diligentli the mynde of fadrisoolde fadris S.. ForCertis IS. we ben men of ȝistirdaiȝistirdai, that is, of late tyme S., andand therfor I. Om. S. `kunnen notwe vnknowen I. Om. S.; for oure daies ben as schadewe on the erthe. And theithilke fadris I. oolde fadris S. schulen teche thee, thei schulen speke to thee, and of herOm. C. herte thei schulen bring forth spechistrewe spechis IS.spechis; here Baldath vndur|stod, that bi dedis of fadris passid it schal not be foundun that ony weren punyschid, no but for her synnes passid, and thei that weren amendid therbi, weren brouȝt to tem|poral pros|perite; but this is not soth generali. Lire here. C.. Whether a rusche may lyuegrowe IS. with out moysture? ethir a spierreed IS. `may wexeOm. IS. with out watir? WhanneAnd whanne IS. itthe reed IS. is ȝit in the flourflour most quik S., nethir isit is I. takuntakun or neȝed S. with hond, it wexethwex S. drie bifor alle erbis. SoSo ben S. the weies of alle men, that forȝeten God; and the hope of an ypocrite schal perische. His cowardisecowardise; Greg. seith here, no cow|ardise is gret|tere than for trauele strong|ly in Goddis heestis for mannus ȝelding; and sich cow|ardise displesith an ipocrite, whanne he fallith fro tem|poral good, ether fro man|nus preising. Lire here. C. schal not plese hymGod IS., and his trist schal be as a web of yreynsspithers I. areyns, that soone faylith S.. He schal leeneleene him IS., `ether resteOm. IS., onupon IS. his hows, and it schal not stonde; he schal vndursette it, and it schal not riserise up IS. togidere. The rusche semeth moist, bifor that the sunne comecome theron I. come ther vpon S.; and in the risyng of the sunne the seed therof schal go out. RootisThe rootis IS. therof schulen be maad thicke onupon IS. anthe S. heep of stoonys, and it schal dwelle among stoonys. If a man drawith it out of `his placethe place therof IS., histhat IS. place schal denye it, and schalit schal I. seieseie in effect IS., Y knowe thee not. For this is the gladnesse of his weie, that eft othere ruschis springe out of the erthe. Forsothe God schal not caste a wei a symple manGod schal not caste awey a simple man; euere this is soth in goostly goodis, that ben not takun fro iust men, but in temporal goodis it is not euere soth, for God with draw|ith temporal goodis fro many symple men and iust, and re|serueth to hem goostly goodis and euerlast|inge. Lire here. C. symple; that is, innocent man, that serueth God bi veri herte and not feyned. Lire here. C., nethir schalhe schal IS. dresse hondhis hond IS. to wickid men; til thi mouth be fillidfulfillid IS. with leiȝtir, and thi lippis with hertli song. Thei that haten thee schulen be clothid with schenschip; and the taber|nacle of wickid men schal not stondestonde with hem S..

 CAP. IX.

JoobAnd Job IS. answeride, and seide, Verili Y woot, that it is soso; that God disseiueth not dom, and dis|trieth not a iust thing. Lire here. C., and that a man com|parisound to God schal not be maad iust. If he wole stryue with God, he may not answere to God oonoon; that is, he mai seie no thing re|sonably aȝens Goddis doom Lire here. C. for a thousynde. HeThe Lord IS. is wiys in herte, and strong in myȝt; who aȝenstoodhath aȝenstonde IS. hym, and hadde pees? WhichHe IS. barit is that bar S. hillisouer hillis IS. fro o place to anothir, and theimen S. wisten not; whichewhom I. which of hem S. heOm. A. distriede in his strong veniaunce. Which stirith the erthe fro his place, and the pilers therof schulen `be schakunschake I. togidere. WhichHe IS. co|maundith to the sunne, and it risith not; andOm. IS. he closith the sterris, as vndur a sig|net. WhichHe IS. aloone stretchith forth he|uenes, andand he IS. goith onupon IS. the wawis of the see. WhichHe IS. makith AritureAriture; is a gadering of sterris aboute the north. Orion is a ga|dering of clere sterris, and the rising therof signefieth tem|pestis. Lire here. C., and Ori|onas, and Hiadas, `that is, seuene sterristhat is, the seuene sterris B. that ben ynner sterris, whiche sum men clepen the seuen sterris I marg. that is, innermore sterris, which summe men clepith the vii. sterris S., and theOm. I. innere thingis of the south. WhichHe IS. makith grete thingis, and that moun not be souȝt out, andand also I. wondurful thingis, of whiche isther is I. noon noumbre. IfIf bi his grace S. he cometh to me, `that is, bi his graceOm. IS., Y schal not se hym; ifand if bi withdrawyng his grace S. he goith aweyfro me IS., `that is, in withdrawynge his graceOm. IS., Y schal not vndurstonde. If he axith so|deynlisodeynli rekenyng S., who schal answere to hym? ethir who may seie to hym, Whi doist thou so? `God is heHe is God IS., whos wraththe no man may withstonde; and vndur whom thei ben bowid, that beren the world. Hou greetgreet thanne IS. am YY, seith Job S., that Y answere to hym, and spekethat I speke IS. bi my wordis with hym? Which also schal not answereanswere to him S., thouȝ Y haue ony thing iust; but Y schal biseche my iugeiuge to spare me S.. And whanne he hath herd me inwardli clepyngeclepynge him S., Y bileue not, that he hath herd my vois. ForForsothe IS. in a whirlewyndwhirlewynd or sodeynly I. whirle|wynd, that is, sodeynly S. he schal al to-breke me, and he schal multiplie my woundis, ȝhe, without cause. He graunt|ith not, that my spirit haue reste, and he fillith me with bittirnesses. If strengthe is souȝtsouȝt than S., `he isis he S. moost strong; ifand if IS. equyteeuenesse IS. of doom is souȝt, no man dar ȝelde wit|nessynge for me. If Y wole make me iustme iust; bi my witnessing aȝenus Goddis doom. Lire here. C., mymy owne IS. mouth schal dampne me; ifand if IS. Y schal schewe me innocentan innocent IS., he schal preue me a schrewe. Ȝhe, thouȝ Y ambe I. symple, my soule schal not knowe this same thing; and it schal anoye me of my lijf. O thing is, which Y spakhaue spoken IS.Y spak; that is, wole sus|teyne, that peynes in this liyf ben ȝouun of God, not onely for synne. Lire here. C., hethe Lord IS. schal waste `bi dethOm. I. alsoOm. IS. the innocent and wickidthe wickid IS. man. IfAlso if IS. he betithbetith or punnishith S., sle he onys, and leiȝe he not of the peynes of innocent men. The erthe is ȝouunthe erthe is ȝouun; if thou seist, that Satan is cause of wrongis doon to innocent men, for he hath power in erthe, and blyndith iugis bi ȝiftis and fauour, that they se not equite in con|dempnynge innocentis, this answere is nouȝt, for Sa|tan may do no thing, no but he be suffrid of God; and therfor the peynes of inno|centis moten be arettid to God. that if he, that is, Satan, is not the firste cause of the forseid peynes, who is, as if he seye, God suf|frith. Lire here. C. in to the hondis of the wickidwickid man IS.; heand it IS. hilith the face of iugisthe iugis therof IS.; that if hethe Lord IS. is not, who therforthanne IS. is? Mi daies weren swiftere than a corour; thei fleddenfledden awey I., and sien not goodgood thing IS.. Thei passidenpassiden awey IS. as schippisa ship S. berynge applis, asand as IS. an egle fleynge to mete. Whanne Y seieshal seie S., Y schal not speke so; Y chaunge my face, and Y am turmentid with sorewe. Y drede alle my werkis, witynge that thou `woldist not sparesparist not IS. the trespassour. SotheliAnd IS. if Y am also thus wickidthus wickid; that Y dis|seruede so greet turment, whi haue Y trauelid in veyn; to kepe innocence so diligently. Lire here. C., whi haue Y trauelid in veynveyn, gessynge me lesse yuel, than I knowe me now to be S.? Thouȝ Y amschal be IS. waischun asOm. S. with watris of snow, and thouȝ myn hondishondis, that is, my werkis S. schynenschyne I. asOm. C. moost cleenecleene thing IS., netheles thou schalt dippe me in filthisfilthis, and punnishe me as vnclene S., and my clothis, `that is, werkisOm. I. that is, my werkis S., schulen holdeholde or schewe IS. me abho|mynable. Trewli Y schal not answere a man, whichthat IS. is lijklijk to S. me; nether that may be herd euenli with me in doom. `Noon isTher is noon I., that may repreue euer eithir, and sette his hond in bothe. Do he awei his ȝerde fro me, and his drede make not me aferd. Y schal speke, and Y schal not drede hym; forcertis IS. Y may not answere dredynge.

 CAP. X.

Yt anoieth my soule of my lijf; Y schal leteleue IS. my speche aȝens me, Y schal speke in the bitternesse of my soule. YAnd I S. schal seie to God, Nyle thou condempne me; schewe thou to meme, Lord IS., whi thou demest me so. Whether it semeth good to thee, if thou `falsli chalengistchalengist me as fals IS. and oppressist me, the werk of thin hondis; andas S. if thou helpist the counsel of wickid men? Whe|thir fleischli iȝen ben to thee, ethir, as a man seeth, alsoOm. S. `thou schaltschalt thou IS. se? Whether thi daies ben as the daies of mana man S., and `thi ȝeeris benben thi ȝeeris IS. as mannus tymesas mannus tymes; God punyschith not an innocent man bi malice, as a tiraunt doth, nether bi vnkunnyng of truthe, as an erthely iuge doith. Lire here. C.; that thou enquere my wickidnesse, and enserche my synne? AndAnd, Lord I. And thou, Lord S. witethat thou wite I., that Y haue do no `wickid thingwickidnesse, ȝildinge me to thee S.; sithensith IS. nother is no I. man isOm. I., that may delyuere fro thin hond? Thin hondis han maad me, and hanthei han IS. formed me al in cumpas; and thou castisthast cast IS. me doun soOm. IS. sodeynli. YLord, Y IS. preyepreye thee IS., haue thou mynde, that thou madist me as cley, and schaltthou schalt IS. bryngelede IS. me aȝen in to dust. Whether thou hast not mylkid me as mylk, and hastthou hast IS. cruddid me togidere as cheese? Thou clothidisthast clothid IS. me with skyn and fleischwith fleisch S.; thouand thou IS. hast ioyned me togidere with boonys and senewis. Thou hast ȝoue lijf and mercy to me, and thi visiting hath kept my spirit. ThouȝAnd thouȝ S. thou helist these thingis in thin herte, netheles Y woot, that thou hast mynde of alle thingisthese thingis S.. IfAnd if whanne IS. Y dide synne, andOm. IS. thou sparidist me at an our; whi suffrist thou not me to be cleene of my wickidnesse? And ifOm. C. for S. Y was wickid, wo is to mewo is to me; that is, Y am and was in so greet tribula|cioun, that it ouȝte suffise to thee for peyne. Lire here. C.; and if Y was iust, Y fillidschal not reise up myn heed [to thee S], that am fulfillid IS. with turment andand with I. wretchidnesse `schal not reise the heedOm. IS.. And if Y reise `the heedit I. vp myn heed S. for pride, thou schalt take me as a lionesse; and thou turnest aȝen, and turmentist meme wilfulli S. wondirliwondirfully IS.. ThouFor thou L. ga|derist in store thithe A. witnessis aȝens me, and thou multipliest thin yre, `that is, ven|iaunceOm. IS., aȝens me; and peynes holden knyȝthodthe knyȝthod I.holden knyȝt|hod; that is, holden me so suget, that in no maner Y may aȝen|stonde. Lire here. C. in me. WhiLord, whi IS. hast thou led me out of the wombe? `And Y wolde, that Y wereWhi ne had I erst ben IS. wastidthat Y were wastid; here Joob preueth, that contradic|cioun sueth of the seiynge of hise aduersa|ries, for thei seiden that mannus blis is in temporal prosperite; therof it sueth, that mannus liyf, soiet to grete peynes, is hateful and hidouse, name|ly, whanne no releeuyng of peyne apperith, as it was of Joob; and they seiden also, that no thing of man dwellith aftir deth; ther|of it sueth, that deth puttith awey alle goodis outirly, and so it is most orible; and therfor liyf, be it neuere so peyneful, owith to be coueitid skilefuly. Lire here. C., lestthat IS. an iȝe `schulde sehad not seen IS. me. That Y hadde be, as if Y were not, and `were translatid, ethir borun ouerhad ben ouer born IS., fro the wombe to the sepulcre. WhetherWhether not IS. the fewnesse of my daies schal notOm. IS. be endid in schortschort tyme IS.? TherforTherfor, Lord S. suffre thou me, that Y biweile `a litilOm. S. my sorewe, biforor S. that Y go, and turne not aȝen, toin to S. the derk lond, and hilid with theOm. EILPS. derknessederknessis NOV. of deth, to the lond of wrecchidnesse and of derknessis; where is schadewe of deeth, and noon ordre, but euerlastynge hidous|nesse dwelliththere dwellinge I. dwellynge S..

 CAP. XI.

ForsotheThanne IS. Sophar Naamathites answer|ide, and seideseide to Job S., Whether he, that spekith many thingis, schal not also here? ether whethirOm. S. a man ful of wordis schal be maad iust? Schulen men be stille to thee aloone? whanneand whanne IS. thou hast scorned othere men, schalt thou not be ouercomun of ony manof ony man; as if he seye, ȝis, certis Y schal schewe thi foly. Lire here. C.? ForForsothe IS. thou seidist, My word is cleene, and Y am cleene in thi siȝt. And `Y wolde, that God spakwhi ne hadde God spoke IS. with thee, and openyde hise lippis to thee; to schewehaue schewid IS. to thee the priuetees of wisdom, and that his lawe is manyfold, and thou schuldistschuldist thanne IS. vndurstonde, that thou art requirid of hymGod IS. to paie myche lesse thingis, than thi wickidnesse disserueth. In hap thou schalt comprehendecomprehende or take IS. the steppiscomprehende the steppis; Sophar seith this bi deny|ing. Lire here. C. of God, and thou schalt fynde Almyȝti God `til tovnto I. into S. perfeccioun. He is hiȝere than heuene, and what schalt thou do? he is deppere than helle, and wherof schalt thou knowe? His mesure is lengere than erthethe erthe S., and brodere than the see. If he distrieth alle thingis, ethir dryuethdryueth hem IS. streitli `in totil to S. oon, who schal aȝenseie hym? Ethir who may seie to hym, Whi doest thou so? ForCertis IS. he know|ith the vanyte of men; andOm. C. whether he seynge byholdith not wickidnessebiholdeth not wickidnesse; in punyschinge it, as if he seye, ȝis. Lire here. C.? A veyn man is reisid in to pride; andand he IS. gessith hym silf borun fre, as the colt of a wilde asse. ButBut, Job S. thou hast maad stidefast thin hertestidefast thyn herte; in con|tynuynge in malice, and in defendinge it. spred abrood; in veyn, for thi malice lettith the preyer. Lire here. C., and hastthou hast IS. spred abrood thin hondis to hymthe Lord IS.. If thou doest awei `fro theeOm. S. the wickidnesse, whichthat IS. is in thin hond, andand if IS. vnriȝtfulnessevnriȝtwisnesse I. dwellith not in thi taber|nacle, thanne thou schalt moweOm. IS. reisereise up IS. thi face with out wemwem to the Lord S., and thou schalt be stidefast, and thou schalt not drede. And thou schalt forȝete wretchidnesse, and thou schalt not thenke ofon IS. it, asno more than IS. of watris that han passid. AndOm. S. as myddai schyn|ynge itgrace I. Goddis grace S. schal reiserise up IS. to thee atat the S. euentid; and whanne thou gessist thee wastid, thou schalt rise vp as the dai sterre. And thou schalt haue trist, while hope schal be set forth to thee; and thou biried schalt slepe sikurli. Thou schalt reste, and `noon schal bether schal be noon I. that schal make thee aferd; and ful many men schulen biseche thi face. But the iȝen of wickid men schulen faile; and socour schal perische fro hem, and the hope of hem schal be abhomina|cyioun of soule.

 CAP. XII.

Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide, Ther|forAnd ȝe therfor IS. ben ȝeOm. IS. men aloone, thatand IS. wisdom dwelle with ȝou? And to me is an herteAnd to me is an herte; that is, vndurstond|ing. Lire here. C., as and to ȝou, and Y am not lowere than ȝebe ȝe S.; for who knowith not these thingis, whiche ȝe knowen? He that is scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and God schal here hym; forforsothe IS. the symplenesse of a iust man is scornedfor the sym|pleness etc.; that is, the liyf of hem that ben with out wryn[c]le of gile, is scornyd of worldly men, that setten her ende in tempe|ral goodis, that ben getun ofte with fraudis and leesingis, therfor thei aretten iust men that fleen siche goodis, foolis and vn|kunnynge; at siche riche men the liyf of iust men is dispisid, thouȝ it be a a laumpe, that conteyneth liȝt of wisdom and brennyng of charite, maad redi to the blis of liyf to com|ynge, bi the merit of liyf. Lire here. C.. AAnd a IS. laumpe is dispisid at the thouȝtis of riche men, andOm. IS. thethe whiche IS. laumpe is maad redi to a tyme ordeyned. The tabernaclis of robberis ben plenteuouse, `ether ful of goodisOm. IS.; and boldli thei terren God to wraththe, whanne he hath ȝoue alle thingis in to herhis S. hondis. No wondur, ax thou beestisA gloos. To axe creaturis, is to biholde the kyndis of tho, and the answer of crea|turis is in this, that bi sich biholding a man rysith to the knowing of God, which is the firste cause of alle thingis. Lire here. C et plures., and thothei IS. schulen teche thee; and axe thou volatilisbriddis IS. of the eir, and thothei I. schulen schewe to thee. Speke thouOm. I. to the erthe, and it schal answereanswere to S. thee; and the fischis of the see schulen telle tho thingis. Who knowith not that the hond of the Lord made alle these thingis? In whos hond the soule is of ech lyuynge thing, and the spirit, `that is, resonable souleOm. I., of ech fleisch of man. Whether the eere demeth not wordisthe wordis S., and the chekis of the etere demen sauoursauour or the taast of mete S.? Wisdom is in elde men, and prudence is in myche tyme. Wisdom and strengthe is at God; heand he IS. hath counsel and vndurstondyng. If he distrieth, nother is no I. man isOm. I. that bildith; ifand if IS. he schittithclosith IS. in a man, `noon isther is noon I. that openith. If he holdith togidere watrisIf he holdith to gidere watris; so that reyn come not doun fro heuene. Lire here. C., alle thingis schulen be maad drie; ifand if IS. he send|ith out tho watris, thothei I. schulen distrie the erthe. Strengthe and wisdom is atanentis I. God; he knowith bothe hym that disseyueth and hym that is disseyued. And he bryng|ith conseloursyuele counselours IS. inOm. S. to a fonned eende, and iugis in to wondryng, ethir astonyingOm. I.. He vnbindith the girdil of kyngisHe vnbyndith the girdil of kingis; that is, the myȝt of her chyualri and oost, whanne they ben ouer|comun aȝens mennus herte. Lire here. C., andand he IS. girdith her reynes with a coorde. He ledith her prestis with out glorie, and he disseyueth the principal men, `ethir coun|selours;Om. IS. and he chaungith the lippis of sothefast menchaungith the lippe of sothfast men; that is, of hem that ben wont to speke truthis, as ben filoso|foris, fro whiche the liȝt of veri know|ing is with|drawun sum tyme for her pride, and so they speken false thingis. and takith aweye, etc. in makinge hem foolis whanne he withdrawith his grace, and latith hem ȝyue vnprofitable councel ether noyful, not that God sendith ony fals thing in to her vn|durstondingis, but for he withdrawith his liȝtnyng fro her synne, and so they fallen fro truthe to her owne defaute. Lire here. C., andand he IS. takith awei the doc|trine of elde men. He schedith out dis|pisyng onupon I. of S. princes, andand he IS. releeueth hem, that werenis wrong|fully S. oppressid. WhichHe IS. schewith depe thingis fro derknessis; andand he IS. bryngith forth in to liȝt the schadewe of deeththe schadewe of deth; that is, men dwell|inge as in scha|dewe of deth, as ben men pri|soned, that dreden ech day to be slayn. Lire here. C.. WhichHe IS. multiplieth folkis, andand he IS. leesith hem, andand he IS. restorith hem destriedwhanne thei ben destried IS. in to theOm. IS. hoolhool noumbre IS.. WhichHe IS. chaungith the herte of princes of the puple of erthe; andand he IS. dis|seyueth hemdisseyueth hem; in wlap|pinge hem in her felnessis, and so they ȝyuen vnprofit|able ethir noyful councel in the stide of good councel; not that disseit is sent of God euenly, but for by his iust doom he with|drawith his liȝt, and so a man fallith in to disseit. Lire here. C., that thei go in veyn out of the weieriȝte weie S.. Thei schulen grope, as in derk|nessis, and not in liȝt; and hethe Lord IS. schal make hem to erre as drunken men.

 CAP. XIII.

Lo! myn iȝeiȝe, seith Job IS. siȝhath seen IS. alle thingis, and myn eere herdehath herd IS.; and Y vndurstood alle thingis. EueneAlso euene IS. with ȝoure kunnyng alsoOm. IS. Y kan, and Y am not lowere than ȝe. But ne|theles Y schal speke to Almyȝti God, and Y coueite to dispute with GodGod my feelynge S.dispute with God; not folily repreuynge his dedis, but en|queringe meke|ly the truthe. Lire here. C.; and firste Y schewe ȝou makeris of leesyng, and louyerisfautours IS. of weyward techyngis. And `Y wolde that ȝe werenwhi ne were ȝe IS. stille, that ȝe weren gessid to be wise men. Therfor here ȝe my chastisyngis; and perseyue ȝe the doom of my lippis. Whether God hath nede to ȝoure leesyngleesyngis S., that ȝe speke gilisgilful thingis IS. for hym? Whether ȝe taken his face, and enforsenenforsen ȝou IS. to deme for God? Ethir itwhethir ȝoure gile S. schal plese hym, fro whom no thing mai be hid? Whether he as a man schal be disseyued withbi S. ȝoure falsnessis? He schal repreue ȝou; for ȝe taken his face in hiddlisfor ȝe taken his face in hiddlis; he takith in doom the face of a man in hiddlis, that spekith aȝenus con|sience for that man; so diden these men, for they knewen his hooly liyf and innocence, and netheles they damp|neden him, as to appreue Goddis riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C. that is, speken of him aȝenus conscience. v.. Anoon as he schal stiremoue IS. hym, he schal disturble ȝou; and his drede schal falle onupon IS. ȝou. Ȝoure mynde schal be com|parisound to aische; and ȝoure nollis schulen be dryuundriuen doun IS. in to clei. Be ȝe stille a litil, that Y speke, what euer thing themy IS. mynde hath schewid to me. Whi to-rende Y my fleischisfleishe IS. with my teeth, and bere my lijf in myn hondis? Ȝhe, thouȝ God sleethslee S. me, Y schal hope in hym; netheles Y schal preue my weies in his siȝt. And he schal be my sauyour; for whi ech ypocrite schal not come in his siȝt. Here ȝe my word, and perseyue ȝe with eeris derke and harde figuratifpriuey IS. spechis. Yf Y schal be demedif Y schal be demed; that is, if doom be ȝouun of the sentence which Y susteyne as trewe, Y woot that it schal be appreued as trewe, as God seith in the ende of Joob. Lire here. C., Y woot thatOm. IS. Y schal be foundun iust. Who is he that is demed with me? Come he; whi am Y stille, and am wastid? DoLord, do IS. thou not to me twei thingis oneli; and thanne Y schal not be hid fro thi face. Make thin hond fer fro me; and thi drede makemake it IS. not me aferd. Clepe thou me, and Y schal answere thee; ethir certis Y schal speke, and thou schalt answere meto me S.. Hou grete synnes and wick|idnessiswickidnesse S. haue Y? Schewe thou to me my felonyesgrete giltis IS., andand my IS. trespassis. Whi hidist thou thi face, and demest me thin enemy? Thou schewist thi myȝt aȝens a leef, whichthat I. is rauyschidrauyschid awey I. with the wynd; and thou pur|suest drye stobil. ForAnd IS. thou writist bitter|nessis aȝens me; andand thou IS. woltwilt I. waste me with theOm. C. synnes of my ȝong wexynge age. Thou hast set my foot inOm. N. a stokthat is, lawe of Goddis riȝt|fulnesse. V., and thou hast keptawaitid IS. alle my pathis; and thou hast biholde the steppis of my feet. And Y schal be wastid as rot, and as a cloth, whichthe which I. that S. is etun ofwith CHV. a mouȝte.

 CAP. XIV.

A man isOm. I. borun of a womman, and lyuethlyuynge I. schort tyme, andOm. I. ishe is S. fillidfulfillid IS. with many wretchidnessis. WhichAnd he IS. goith out, and is defoulid as a flour; and fleethhe fleeth awey IS. as schadewea schadewe IS., and dwellithhe dwellith IS. neuereand dwellith neuere, etc.; not that a man is euere in chaunging, as Eraclitus seide, but for he is not longe in the same dispo|sicioun, nether bi bodi nether bi soule. Lire here. C. perfitli in the same staat. And gessist thou itOm. I. worthiworthi thing I. to opene thin iȝen onvpon S. siche a man; and to brynge hym in to doom with thee? Who may make a man cleneworthi thing I. con|seyued of vnclene seed? Whether not thouthou, Lord IS., whichthat IS. art aloone? The daies of mana man S. ben schorte, theand the IS. noumbre of his monethis isbeth S. atanentis IS. thee; thou hast sethast set; as this settyng is in Goddis or|denaunce, so the termes of mannus lyf moun not be passid bi short|ing nether bi dilaying; set|tyng of mannus lyf also is in kyndly causis, sum schortere, sum lengere, bi dyuersite of complexioun, and bi this manere the terme of man|nus lyf may be schortid, bi yuel gouer|nayle, and bi swerd and othere cause. Lire here. C., ethir ordeyned, hise termes, whichethe whiche I. moun not be passid. Therfor godeparte IS. thou awey fro hym a litil, `that is, bi withdrawyng of bodili lijfOm. IV., that he haue reste; til thehis IS. meede coueitid come, and his dai is as the dai of an hirid man. A tree hath hope, if it is kit doun; and eft it wexith greene, and hise braunches spreden forth. If the roote therof is eeld in the erthe, and the stok therof isOm. C. nyȝ deed in dust; it schal buriowne at the odourtaast IS. of watir, and it schal make heerheer or smal roote I. heer or take roote S.heer; that is, leeues and braunchis. Lire here. C., as whanne it was plauntid first. But whanne a man is deed, and maad nakid, and wastid; Y preyepreye thee IS., wherewhat IS. is hehe thanne IS.? As if watris goen awei fro the see, and aas a IS. ryuer maad voidevoide of watris IS. wexe drie, so a man, whanne he hath sleptslept bi deth IS., `that is, deedOm. BIS., he schal not rise aȝenhe schal not rise aȝen; that is, bi kyndly manere to this dedly lyf, but bi Goddis word he schal rise aȝen to lyf vn|dedly. Lire here. C., til heuene be brokun, `that is, beor IS. ether V. maad newe; he schal not wake, nether he schal ryse togidere fro his sleep. Who ȝiueth thisthis thing S. to me, that thou de|fende me in helle, and that thou hide me, til thithe S. greet veniaunce passe; andand that IS. thou sette to me a tyme, in which thou haue mynde onof I. me? Gessist thou, whethir a deed man schal lyue aȝen? InNow in IS. alle theOm. plures. daies, in whiche Y holde knyȝthod, nowOm. IS. Y abide, til my chaungyng cometil my chaunginge come; that is, rising aȝen to the condicioun of goode men, that schulen haue blis. Lire here. C.. Thou schalt clepe me, and Y schal answere thee; thou schalt dresse the riȝt half, `that is, blisOm. I. that is, eendlesse blisse S., to thethi S. werk of thin hondis. Sotheli thou hast noumbrid my steppis; butbut, Lord IS. spare thou my synnes. Thou hast seelid as inOm. S. a bagge my trespassis, but thou hast curid my wickidnesse. An hil fall|ynge droppith doun, and a rooche of stoon is borun ouer fro his place. Watris maken stoonys holowe, and the erthe is wastid litil and litil bi waischyng awey of watir; and therforOm. S. thou schalt leese menleese men etc.; that is, fro mennus mynde aftir her deth, sithen they ben lesse stable. Lire here. C. in lijk maner. Thou madist a man strong a litil, that he schulde passe with outen ende; thou schalt chaunge his face, andand thou IS. schalt sende hym outwith out S.. Whether hise sones ben noble, ether vnnoble, he schal not vndurstonde. Netheles his fleisch, while he lyueth, schal haue sorewe, and his soule schal morne onupon IS. hym silf.

 CAP. XV.

ForsotheThanne IS. Eliphat Themanytes answer|ide, and seideseide to Job S., Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge aȝens the wynd, andand when he I. and whether he S. schal fille his stomac with brennyngbrennynge wraththe IS., `that is, ire? ForOm. IS. thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and thou spekist thatthat thing IS., that spedith not to thee. As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeristhi preyeris IS. bifor God. ForCertis IS. wickidnesse hath tauȝt thi mouth, and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris. Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee. Whether thou art borun the firste man, andand wher thou I. and whether thou S. art formed bifor alleOm. S. little hillis? Whether thou herdisthast herd IS. the counsel of God, andand wher I. and whether S. his wisdom is lower than thou? What thingthingis A. knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? WhatAnd what S. thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not? Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs. Whether it is greet, that God coumfortecoumforte or turne IS. thee? But thi schrewid wordis forbeden this. What reisith thin herte thee, and thou as thenk|ynge grete thingisthouȝtis S. hast iȝen astonyed? What bolneth thi spirit aȝens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth siche wordis? What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust? Lo! noonther is noon I. among hise seyntisamong hise seintis; that is, goode aungels ether men; noon is vn|chaungable fro goode to yuel, and this bi kynde, thouȝ goode aungelis ben confermed in good bi grace. Lire here. C. isOm. I. vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not cleene in his siȝt. How myche moreOm. I. ais a IS. man abhomynablea man abho|mynable etc.; that is, Joob himsilf, whom for abhomyna|cioun he nemeth not bi propir name. as watir; that is, doth so synnes with out bridel of drede, and with out mesure. It semeth opinly, that the argu|mentis of Eli|phat ȝeden not. to the entente of Joob, for he axide not to dispute with God bi stryif, as euene with him ether as hiȝere, but as lowere, bi meeke enquer|ing of truthe, as Jeremye seith in xii. co. Lord, thou art riȝtful, if Y dispute with thee; netheles Y schal speke to thee iust thingis. Lire here. C. and vnprofitable, that drynkith wickidnesse as water? I schal schewe to thee, here thou me; Y schal telle to thee that, that Y siȝ. Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris. To whichethe whiche I. aloonewyse men aloone IS. the erthe is ȝouun, and an alien schal not passe bi hemhem, that is, shal not caste hem doun fro her prosperite V.. A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; and the noumbre of hise ȝeeris and of his tirauntrie is vncerteyn. The sown of drede is euere in hise eeris, and whanne pees is, he supposith euere tresouns. He bileueth not that he may turne aȝen fro derknessis to liȝt; andand he IS. biholdith aboute on ech side a swerd. Whanne he stirithmoeueth IS. hym to seke breed, he woot,he woot, etc.; that is, dredith skilefully; that the dai of derk|nessis; that is, of deth bi poy|sonnyng; he dredith to be poysoned of his owne meynee, for hatrede, ether for meede. Lire here. C. that the dai of derknessis is maad redi in his hond. Tri|bulacioun schal make hym aferd, and angwisch schal cumpas hym, as a kyng whichthat IS. is maad redi to batel. ForForsothe IS. he helde forth his hond aȝens God, and he was maad strong aȝens Almyȝti God. He ran withwith his IS. neck reisidreised vp S. aȝens God, and he was armed withwith a IS. fat nol. Fatnesse, thatOm. L. is, pride `comyng forthOm. ISV. of temporal aboundaunce, hilide his face, `that isOm. IV., theOm. CIMRSV. knowyngOm. ISV. ofand C. or I. his S. vndurstondyng, and out|ward fatnessefatnesse, that is, vnschamefastnesse IS.fatnesse; that is, pride comynge forth of temporal abundance. C. hangith doun of his sidis. He schal dwelle in desolat citees, and in deseert, `ethir forsakunOm. IS., housisin housis ACD pr. m. EMU., that ben turned in to biriels. He schal not be maad riche, nether his catel schal dwelle stidefastli; nether he schal sende his roote inin to I. theOm S. erthe, nether he schal go awei fro derknessis. Flawmeflawme etc.; that is, Goddis riȝtfulnesse schal sle hise sones and douȝ|tris. Lire here. C. schal make drie hise braunchis, and he schal be takun a wey bi the spirit of his mouth. Bileue he not veynli disseyuedthe whiche disseyued is I. whiche is disseyued S. bi errour, that he schal be aȝenbouȝt bi ony prijs. Bifor that hise daies benj fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis schulen wexe drye; he schal be hirt as a vyne in the firste flour of his grape, and as an olyue tre castinge awei his flour. ForFor|sothe IS. the gaderyng to|gidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that takentaken gladly I. ȝiftis wilfuliOm. I.. He conseyuedehath conseiued IS. conseyueth S.conseyuede sorewe; that is, bifor thouȝte to do yuel to othere men. and childide wickidnesse, bringinge to effect hise wickid thouȝt, while he was in temperal pow|ere. makith redi; that is, aftir his casting doun he hath ȝit wille to anoye, if he myȝte. Lire here. C. sorewe, andand he I. childidehath childid IS. wickidnesse, and his wombe makith redi tretcheries.

 CAP. XVI.

ForsotheSothely IS. Joob answeride, and seide, Y `herde oftehaue ofte herd IS. siche thingis; allecertis alle IS. ȝe ben heuy coumfortouris. Whether wordis ful of wynd schulen haue an ende? ether ony thing is diseseful to thee, if thou spekist? AlsoAnd IS. Y myȝte speke thingis lijk to ȝou, and `Y wolde, that ȝoure souleȝoure soule; that is, in affliccioun and heuynesse in which Y am, and Y were delyuerid. Joo seide not this for desire of veniaunce, but for the loue of riȝtfulnesse, and that they set in turment, schulden asaye the truthe of his frenschip. C. werewhi ne were ȝoure sowle S. for my soule; andOm. IS. Y wolde coumfort ȝou bywith I. wordis, and Y wolde moue myn heed onupon IS. ȝou; Y wolde make ȝou stronge bi my mouth, and Y wolde moue lippismy lippis IS. as sparynge ȝou. But what schal Y do? If Y speke, my sorewe restith not; and if Y am stille, it goith not awei fro me. But now my sorewe hath oppressid me, and alle my lymes ben dryuun in to nouȝt. MyThe IS. ryuelyngisryuelyngis of my face IS. seien witnessyng aȝens me, and a fals spekerea fals spek|ere; that is, the deuel, which is a liere, and the fadir of leesing. aȝen seith me; bi my frendis, whiche he hath excitid aȝenus me. Lire here. C. is reisidreisid up IS. aȝens my face, and aȝenseith mebi mi frendis V marg.. He gaderidehath gadrid IS. to|gidere his woodnesse inaȝens in S. me, and he ma|naasside me, andand he IS. gnastide aȝens me with his teeth; myn enemye biheldehath biholde IS. me with ferdful iȝen. Thei openydenthey openyden; that is, the deuel and my frendis stirid bi him; the deuel, in defamynge me bifor God, as in i. co. and my frendis, in condemnynge me falsly. smytiden my cheke; that is, dispisiden me opinly, as he is dispisid, that is smytun in the face. Lire here. C. her mouthis onupon IS. me, and thei seiden schenschipschenship to me IS., andand thei IS. smytidensmeten I. smyten S. my cheke; and thei ben fillid with my peynes. God hath closid me togidere atanentis I. thea IS. wickidwickid man IS., and hathhe hath IS. ȝoue me to the hondis of wickid men. Y thilke riche man and famouseof greet fame IS. sum tyme, am al to brokun sudeynli; `he heldethe Lord hath holden IS. my nol; heand he IS. hath broke meme togidre IS., and hathhe hath IS. set me as in to a signetoken IS.. HeAnd he IS. hath cumpasside me with hise speris, he woundidehath woundid IS. togidere my leendis; he sparide nothath not sparid me IS., and scheddehe hath sched IS. out myn entrails in to the erthe. He beethath bete IS. me with wounde onupon IS. wounde; heand he IS. as a giaunt feldehath fallen IS. in onupon IS. me. Y sewide to|gidere a sak onupon IS. my skyn; and Y hilide my fleisch with aische. My face bolnyde of wepynge, and myn iȝeliddismyn iȝeliddis, etc.; that is, myn iȝen con|teyned bitwixe the iȝelidis; for siȝt is maad derk, by greet and contynuel weping. Lire here. C. wexiden derke. Y suffride these thingis with out wickidnesse of myn hond, `that is, werkOm. I. or werk S., whanne Y hadde cleene preieris to God. Erthe, hile thou notErthe, hile thou not etc.; Joob clepide erthe hise frendis, that settiden blis in erthely pros|perite. Thus seith Austin; If thou louest gold, thou art gold, if thou louest erthe, thou art erthe. Thei enforsiden to hile the blood of Joob and his turment, and seiden, that he was punysched for his gilt, and so Joob hadde iust title to playne herof bi|for God, to the declaring of his innocense. Lire here. C. my blood, and my cry fyndefynde it IS. not in thee a place of hidyng. `For, loForsothe IS.! my witnesse is in heuene; and the knowere of my consience is in hiȝe places. AO IS.! my frendis, ful of wordis, myn iȝe droppith to God. And `Y wolde, that a man werewhi ne were a man S. demed so with God, as the sone of man is demed with his felowe. `For loLo! certis IS.! schorte ȝeeris passen, and Y go a path, bi which Y schal not turne aȝen.

 CAP. XVII.

Mi spiritspirit, seith Job IS. schal be maad feble; my daies schulen be maad schort, and oneli thea IS. sepulcre is left to me. Y have not synnedY haue not synned; thouȝ Joob passide not present liyf with out summe synnes, netheles tho weren not so greuouse, that sich peyne schulde be ȝouun to him for tho. Lire here. C., and myn iȝe dwellith in bittir|nessis. Lord, delyuere thou me, and sette thouOm. S. me bisidis thee; and the hond of echeche man IS. fiȝte aȝens me. ThouLord, thou IS. hast maad the herte of hem fer fro doctryn, `ethir knowyng of treutheOm. IV. that is, fro knowyng of treuthe S.; therforand therfor IS. thei schulen not be enhaunsid. He bihetithhe biheteth; that is, Eliphat, that settide mannus blis in erthely prospe|rite. bihetith prey to felowis; that is, erthely prosperite for meede to hem that weren of his opynyoun, and the iȝen of hise sones, that ben tauȝt of him in his er|rour, schulen faile fro geting of veri blis. Lire here. C. preyto prey S. toto hise IS. felowis, and the iȝen of hise sones schulen faile. He hath set as in to a prouerbeprouerbe, or a lijknesse S. ofto IS. the comyn puple, and his saumpleensaumple IS. bifor hem. Myn `iȝe dasewideiȝen daȝewiden S. at in|dignaciounthe indignacioun of vnwise men IS.; and my membris ben dryuun as in to nouȝt. Iust men schulen wondre on this thing; and an innocent schal be reisidreisid up IS. aȝens an ypocrite. And a iust man schal holde his weie, and he schal adde strengthehis strengthe S. to clene hondis. Therfor alle `ȝe bebe ȝe S. conuertid, and come ȝe; and Y schal not fynde in ȝou ony wiys man. My daies ben passid; my thouȝtis ben scaterid, turmentynge myn herte. Tho han turned the nyȝt `in toin A pr. m. day; and eft aftir derknessis hope liȝt. If Y `susteyne, etherOm. IS. suffre pacientliOm. I., helle is myn houshelle, etc.; that is, biriyng with ynne the erthe, for Y abide no more erthely prospe|rite; in this place and othere of this book for helle, is an Ebreu word, that sig|nefieth ofte a diche ether biriyng. Lire here. CK.; and Y haue arayede my bed in derknessis. Y seide to rot, Thou art my fadur; and to wormes, Ȝe ben my modir and myOm. I. sister. Therfor where is now myn abidyng? and who biholdith my pacience? Alle my thingis schulen go doun in to deppeste helle; gessist thou, whether reste schal be to me, nameli there.

 CAP. XVIII.

ForsotheThanne IS. Baldach Suythes answeride, and seideseide to Job S., `Til toVnto IS. what ende schalt thou booste with wordis? Vndurstonde thouthou VS S. first, and so speke wewe to gidre IS.. Whi ben we arettid asof thee as I. beestis, and hanwhi haue I. we be foule bifor thee? WhatWhar to I. What or whi S. leesist thou thi soule in thi woodnes? WhetherWherfore S. the ertheWher the erthe, etc.; that is, sadnesse of oure sentence for thyn vnre|sonable wordis. Lire here. C. schal be forsakun `for theeOm. S., andand wher for thee I. and wherfore the S. hard stoonys schulen be borun ouer fro her place? Whethir the liȝtthe liȝt; that is, his temporal prosperite. Lire here. C. of a wickid man schal not be quenchid; andand wher IS. the flawme of his fier schal not schyne? Liȝt schal wexe derke in his tabernacle; and the lan|terne, whichthat IS. is on hym, schal be quenchid. The steppis of his vertu schulen be maad streit; and his counsel schal caste hym doun. For he hath sentputt IS. hise feet in to a net; and he goith in the meschismeshis or knyttingis I. meschis and in the knittingis S. therof. His foot schal be holdun with a snarewith a snare; that is, custom of synne. thirst; that is, brennyng and desire to do synne. C.; and thirst schal brenne out aȝens hym. The foot trappe of hym is hid in the erthe, and his snare onis leid on IS. the path. Dredis schulen make hym aferd on echeuery IS. side, andand thei IS. schulen biwlappebewrappe S. hise feet. His strengthe be maad feble bi hungur; and pouert asaile hise ribbis. Deuoure it the fairnesse of his skyn; the firstethe firste etc.; that is, hasty deth, comynge bifor kyndly deth. Lire here. C. gendrid deth waste hise armes. His trist be takun awei fro his tabernacle; and perischyng, as a kyng, aboue trede onupon IS. hym. The felowis of hym that is notis not; that is, the felowis of the deed man, which is not now with lyuynge men, whos tabernacle is the sepulcre, where he hath no felowschipe no but wormes. Lire here. C., dwelle in his tabernacle; brymstonand bronston IS. be spreynt in his tabernacle. TheAnd the IS. rootis of hym bebe thei IS. maad drie bynethe; sotheliand be IS. his ripe corn beOm. IS. al to-brokun aboue. His mynde perische fro the erthe; and his name be not maad solempne in stretis. He schal put hym out fro `liȝt in to derknessis; and he schal bere hym ouer froOm. S. the world. Nethir his seed nether kynredehis kynrede S. schal be in his puple, nether ony relifsremenauntis of hem IS. inlefte in I. hise cuntreis. The lasteThe laste; that is, the lesse men of the peple; and the firste, that is, the grettere men in the peple. Lire here. C. wondre in hise daies; the re|souns of Bal|dath preuen not his purpos, for the forseid aduersites bi|fallen not onely to wickid men in this liyf, but also ofte to iust men, that ben tur|mentid not onely in this liyf and in deth, but also aftir deth thei ben dispisid among men; as the bodies of martris weren forbedun to be biried, and weren left to be deuourid of wilde beestis and briddis, thouȝ this were lettid sum tyme by Goddis pureuyaunce. Lire here. C. men schulen wondre in hise daies; and hidousnesse schal asaile the firste men. Therfor these ben the tabernaclis of a wickid man; and thisthat S. is the place of hym, that knowith not God.

 CAP. XIX.

Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, Hou long turmente ȝe my soule, and al to-breken me with wordis? Lo! ten sithis ȝe schendenhaue schent IS. meschenden me; that is, enforsen to schende me. Lire here. C., and ȝe ben not aschamed, oppressynge me. ForsotheCertis IS. and if Y`koude nothaue vnknowe IS., myn vnkynnyng schal be with me. And ȝe ben reisid aȝens me, andand ȝe IS. repreuen me with my schenschipis. Nameli now vndurstonde ȝe, that God hath turmentid me not bi euene doomdoom, for he sparid me S.God hath tur|mentid me not bi euene doom; Joob seide not this of his owne entent; but he con|cludide this of the seiyngis of hise aduersa|ries, that seiden that alle aduer|sites of this liyf ben brouȝt in of God, for peyne of synnes passid onely; and therof it sueth, that the doom of God was not euene aȝenus Joob, of whom the tur|ment passide the gilt. Lire here. C., andand he IS. hath cum|passid me with hise betyngis. Lo! Y suf|frynge violence schal crye, and no man schal herehere me IS.; Y schal crye loude, and `noon isther is noon I. that demethdemeth me worthi to be herd IS.. HeThe Lord IS. bisettehath bisett IS. aboute my path, and Y may not go; and he settidehath sett IS. derknessis in my weie. He hath spuylid me of my glorye, andand he IS. hath take awey the coroun fro myn heed. He hath distried me on ech side, and Y perischideperishe worthly S.; andOm. IS. he hath take awei myn hopehope as ȝe gessen IS., as fro a tre pullid vp bi the roote. His stronge veniaunce was wroothwas wrooth, etc.; in ȝyuynge turmentis to me, and this sueth of the seiyng of hise frendis, seiynge that siche peynes ben ȝouun for synne onely. Lire here. C. aȝens me; and he hadde me so as his enemye. Hise theues camenhan come I. togidere, and `maden tothei han maad IS. hem a wei bi me; and bisegidenthei han biseegid IS. my tabernacle inbi IS. cumpas. HeThe Lord IS. made fer my britheren fro me; and my knowunknowun men S. as aliens ȝeden awei fro me. My neiȝboris forsokenhan forsake IS. me; and thei that knewen me han forȝete me. The tenauntis of myn hows, and myn handmaydishandmaidens I. hadden me as a straunger; and Y was as a pilgrym bifor her iȝen. Y clepide my seruaunt, and he answeride not to me; with myn owne mouth Y preiede hymhym, but he herde mee not S.. My wijf wlatide my breeth; and Y preiede the sonesthe sones, etc.; that is, the sones of my sones. Lire here. C. of my wombe. Also foolis dispisiden me; and whanne Y was goon awei fro hem, thei bacbitiden me. TheiAnd thei IS., that weren my counselouris sum tyme, hadden abhomynacioun of meme aftirward IS.; and he, whom Y louede moost, was aduersarie to me. Whanne fleischismy fleischis IS. weren wastid, my boon cleuyde to my skyn; and `oneli lippislippis aloone I. ben left aboute my teeth. Haue ȝe merci onof I. me, haue ȝe merci onof I. me, nameli, ȝe my frendis; for the hond of the Lord hath touchid me. Whi pursuen ȝe me, as God pursuethOm. IS.; and benȝe ben IS. fillidfulfillid I. with my fleischiswith my fleischis; in bacbitinge me, and affermynge that Y am iustly punysch|id for synnes, for whi bac|biteris ben fillid with quyke fleschis. Lire here. C.? Who ȝyuethȝyueth or grauntith S. to me, that my wordis be writun? Who ȝyuethgrauntith IS. to me, that tho be writun in a book with an yrun poyntil, ethir with a plate of leed; ethir with a chisel betho be I. grauun in a flynt? ForCertis IS. Y woot, that myn aȝenbiere lyueth, and in the laste dai Y schal rise fro the erthe; and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour. Whom Y my silf schal se, and myn iȝen schulen biholdebiholde him IS., and not an other manman, than I my self that now am IS. man, but sich as I am now K marg.not another man; that is, Y schal be the same man in body and soule, that Y am now. Lire here. C.. This myn hope is kept in my bosumbosum, or bileue I. bosum, or in my beleeue S. bosum, that is, in myn herte V.. Whi therfor seien ȝe now, Pursue we hym, and fynde we the roote of a word aȝens hym? Therfor fle ȝe fro the face of the swerdfro the face of the swerd; that is, fro the sentence of Goddis doom. of wickidnessis that ben not punyschid here. Lire here. C.; for the swerd is theOm. IS. vengere of wickidnessis, and wite ȝe, that doom schal be.

 CAP. XX.

ForsotheAnd thanne IS. Sophar Naamathites answer|ide, and seideseide to Job S., TherforCertis IS. my IS. my thouȝtis dy|uerse comendyuerse comen, etc.; whanne Sophar hadde herd the wordis of Joob, he assentide of the doom to comynge and of vndedlynesse of soule, but he dissentide fro Joob in peynes and prosperites of this liyf, for he helde that ad|uersites weren peynes of synnes, and prosperites weren meede of vertu. Lire here. C. oon aftir anothir; and the mynde is rauyischid in to dyuerse thingis. Y schal here the techyng, bi which thou repreuest me; and the spirit of mynOm. S. vn|durstondyng schal answere me. Y woot thisthis thing I. fro the bigynnyng, sithensith that IS. man was set onupon IS. erthe, that the preisyng of wickid men is schort, and the ioie of an ypocrite is at the licnesse of a poyntpoynt soone passinge I. poynt, that is, soone ouerpassed S.. ThouȝAnd thouȝ S. his pride `stieth instie up IS. to heuene, andand if IS. his heed touchith the cloudis, he schal be lostlost or forȝete S. in the ende, asof I. a dunghil; and, thei that sienhan seen IS. hym, schulen seie, Where is he? As a dreem fleynge aweiawei or soone forȝeten S. he schal not be foundun; he schal passe asOm. S. `a nyȝtis siȝtthe siȝt of niȝtis IS.. The iȝe that siȝhath seie S. hymOm. S. schal not sese him eft I. se him S.; and his place schal no more biholde him. Hise sonessones also IS. schulen be `al to-brokunbroke I. broke to gidere S. with nedynesse; and hise hondis schulen ȝelde to hym his sorewe. Hise boonyshise boonys; that is, hise felowis ȝyuynge strengthe to him. Lire here. C. schulen be fillid with the vices of his ȝong wex|ynge age; andand thei IS. schulen slepe with hym in dust. ForCertis IS. whanne yuel was swete in his mouth, he hiddehidde and kepte IS. itOm. S. vndur his tunge. He schal spare itit for a tyme I. it to a tyme S., andand he IS. schal not forsake itit, but hoolde it S.; andand he IS. schal hidehide it IS. in his throtethrote; and S.. Histil he may anoie, his IS. breedhis breed, etc.; that is, synne in which he delitide and was fillid. of snakis; for the bittirnesse of peyne suynge. Lire here. C. in his wombe schal be turned in to gallethe galle I. of snakis withynnewithynne him IS.. He schal spuevome or caste IS. out the richessis, whiche he deuouridehath deuourid IS.; and God schal drawe tho ritchessis out of his wombe. He schal souke the heed of snakisirone, etc.; that is, peynes of present liyf, that smyten visibly and of nyȝ. brasun bowe; that is, in to peynes of helle. Lire here. C.; and the tunge of an addre schal sle hym. Se he not theOm. IS. stremys of the flood of the stronde, of hony, and of botere. He schal suffre peynepeynes IS. for alle thingis whichethat I. he hath do, netheles he schal not be wastidwastid bi tho peynes, but euer endure S.; aftirand aftir IS. the multitude of his fyndyngis, so andOm. IS. `he schalschal he S. suffre. ForFor whi S. he brake, and made nakid the hows of athe IS. pore man; he rauyschiderauyschide it IS., and bildide it notnot aȝen IS.. And his wombe was notnot ȝitt I. not ȝit therbi S. fillid; and whanne he hath that, that he couetide, he may not holdeholde it IS. in possessiounpossessioun long tyme S.. `No thing lefteTher lefte nothing I. of his metemeete to poore men S.; and therfor no thing schal dwelle of his goodisgoodis to his bihoue; but S.. Whanne he is fillidfulfillid with richesse I. fulfillid with catel S., heȝitt he I. schal be maad streitstreit in coueitise I.; he schal `be hootbrenne in it I. brenne in coueytyse and malice S., and alle sorewe schal falle in onupon I. with S. hym. `Y wolde, thatWhi ne were IS. his wombe beOm. IS. fillid, that he sende outout thanne I. inOm. S. to hym the irewraththe IS. of his strong veniaunce, andand falle as I. reyne his batel onupon IS. hym. He schal fle yrunthe heed of snakis. Tomas Alquyn and summe othere doctours ex|pownen thus this lettre, The heed of snakis schal rise, that is, the deuel ether another myȝty man schal rise to asaile him, as the heed of a snake is reisid to bite. But this exposi|cioun acordith not with the Ebrew, where it is, schal souke; and where we han heed, in Ebreu it is ros, that signefieth bothe heed and galle; if it is takun in the ij. signe|ficacioun, that is, galle, it is pleyn ynow, seiynge thus, He schal souke the galle o snakis. Lire here. C. armuris, and he schal falle in to aOm. I. brasun boowe. LedThe whiche is led I. Which is led or taken S. outout of his schethe or caas I. out of his shethe, or out of the furel S., andand this bowe IS. goynge out `of his schetheOm. IS., and schynynge, `ether smytinge with leitas leit IS., `in to hisschal smyte him in IS. bittirnesse; orrible fendisfeeris IS. schulen go, and schulenOm. IS. come onupon IS. hym. Alle derk|nessis ben hid in hise priuytees; fier, whichthat IS. is not teendidteendid of man IS., schal deuoure hym; he schal be turmentid leftand left IS. in his tabernacle. Heuenes schulen schewe his wickidnesse; and erthe schal riserise up IS. togidere aȝens hym. The seedgeneracioun IS.The seed, etc.; that is, the damnacioun of hise sones tell|inge his synne, to encreessing of her owne damnacioun. Lire here. C. of his hows schal bebe maad I. opyn; itand it S. schal be drawun doun in the dai of theOm. IS. strong veniaunce of the Lord. This is the part of athe I. wickid man, `which part isantecrist I. which is S. ȝouunȝouen to him IS. of God, and the eritage of hise wordisdisceyuable wordis I. ofordeyned to him of I. is also of S. the Lord.

 CAP. XXI.

ForsotheSothely IS. Joob answeride, and seide, Y preyepreye ȝou IS., here ȝe my wordis, and do ȝe pe|nauncepenaunce for ȝoure erringe S.. Suffre ȝe me, that Y speke; and leiȝe ȝe aftir my wordis, if it schal semeseme to ȝou S. worthiworthi to do so S.. Whether my disputyng is aȝens man, that skilfuli Y owe not to be sori? Perseyue ȝe me, and be ȝe astonyed; and sette ȝethe BCDEKLMPQRUWf. fyngurȝoure fyngur IS. onupon IS. ȝoure mouth. And whanne Y bithenkebithenke me IS., Y drede, and trem|blyng schakith my fleisch. Whi therfor lyuen wickid men? Thei ben enhaunsid, andor S. coumfortid with richessis. Her seed dwellith bifor hem; the cumpeny ofof her IS. kynes|men, and ofOm. I. sonesthe sones plures. ofof her S. sones dwellithlyuen I. in her siȝt. Her housis ben sikur, and pesi|ble; and the ȝerdeȝerde or skourge I. ȝerde or the chastisynge S. of God is not onupon IS. hem. The cow of hem conseyuedehath conceyued IS., and caluede not a deed calfcalf, but a quyk S.; theher IS. cow caluyde, andand sche IS. is notnow S. priuedmaad calflees I. calflees S. of hir calf. HerThe IS. litle chil|drenchildren of hem I. children of wickid men S. goen out as flockis; and her ȝonge children `maken fulli ioyeful outioyen IS. with pleiespleynges S.. Thei holden tympanthe tympan S., andand an S. harpeharpe in here hondis IS.; and ioienthei ioien IS. at the soun ofof the I. of an S. orgun. Thei ledenledden S. inheere in I. goodisgode thingis or lustis I. goodis thingis heere S. her daies; and in a pointpoint or sodeynly IS. thei goen doun to hellisto hellis; that is, to biriels, so that bitwixe pros|perite and her sepulcre, noon aduersite com|eth bitwixe to hem. Lire here. C.. WhicheThe whiche I. men seiden to GodGod in here daies I., Go thou awei fro us; we nylenwoln not I. the kunnyng of thi weies. Who is Almiȝti God, that we serue him? and what pro|fitith itit myche S. to vs, if we preienschul preie myche to IS. him? Nethe|les forfor thi that IS. her goodisher goodis, etc.; temporal goodis, whiche wickid men han, ben seid to be not in her hond, that is, power, for tho moun be takun awey fro hem bi vio|lence; but goostly goodis, that ben in vir|tuouse men, moun not be takun awey fro hem bi vio|lence, therfor tho goodis ben propirly in her power. Lire here. C. ben not in her hondhoondis S., `that isor I. that is, in her S., power, thenow the I. counsel of wickid men bebe it S. fer fro me. Hou ofte schal the lan|terne of wickid men be quenchid, and flowing schal come onupon IS. hem, and God schal departedeparte with hem IS. the sorewis of his stronge veniaunce? Thei schulen be as chaffischaff I. bi|for the face of the wynd; and as a deed sparcle, whichethat S. the whirlewynd scaterith abrood. God schal kepe the sorewe of thea wickid S. fadirof the fadir, etc.; in pu|nyschinge his sones, he schal make the fadir to haue sorewe. schal wite; that hise sones ben punyschid for his synne, for temporal peyne is ȝouun iustly to the sones, for the synne of the fadir. Lire here. C. to hise sones; and whanne he hath ȝoldunȝoldun to him veniaunce IS., thanne he schal witewite it I. wite or knowe the Lord S.. Hise iȝen schulen se herthe IS. sleyngsleyng of hem I. sleyng of his sonys S.; and he schal drynke of the stronge veniaunce of Almyȝti God. For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his howshoushold I. hous or meynee left S. aftir hym, thouȝ the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey? Whether ony man schal teche God kunnyng, whichthat I. demeth hem that ben hiȝe? This yuel man dieth strong and hool, riche and bles|fulblesful to the world IS., `that is, myrieOm. IS.. Hise entrails ben ful of fatnesse; and hise boonys ben moistid with merowismerowe I.. SotheliAnd IS. anothir wickidOm. I. man dieth in theOm. IS. bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen onyOm. IS. richessis. AndOm. S. ne|theles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes schulen hile hem. Certis Y knowe ȝoure wickid thouȝtis, andand eke ȝoure I. and ȝoure S. sen|tensissentence S. aȝens me. For ȝe seien, Where is the hows of the princeprince; that is, Joob; and wickid men, that is, hise sones. Lire here. C.? and where ben the tabernaclis of wickid men? Axe ȝe echOm. I. this S. of `the weie goerisech weygoer IS.; and ȝe schulen knowe, that he vndurstondithknowith IS. these same thingis, thatthat is, that S. an yuel man schal be kept in to the dai of perdicioun, andand he IS. schal be led to the dai of woodnesse. Who schal repreue hise weies bifor hym? and who schal ȝelde to hym tho thingis, whiche he hath doon? He schal be led to theOm. IS. sepul|cris; and he schal wakewalke IS. in the heep of deed men. He was sweteswete; that is, he was amy|able and fa|uorable to wickid men. Lire here. C. ech man aftir him; that is, aftir his deth, of ech staat of men, summe goen doun to helle. and vn|noumbrable bifor him; that is, bifor his deth ful many men hadden go doun; this is seid to encreess|ing of his peyne, for as the blis of ech man in blis is en|creessid bi the felouschipe of othere that ben in blis, so and the peyne of ech dampned man is en|creessid bi the felouschipe of othere dampned men, and most whanne he was her fautour in synne. Lire here. C. to the `stoonys, ether filthis, of hellefilthi erthe, and to the stones of helle IS.; andand he IS. drawith ech man aftir hym, and vnnoumbrable menmen ȝiden S. bifor him. Hou therfor coumforten ȝe me in veyn, sithen ȝoure answeris ben schewid tothe S. `repugne tocontrarie the IS. treuthe?

 CAP. XXII.

ForsotheThanne IS. Eliphat Themanytes answer|ide, and seideseide to Job S., Whether a man, ȝhe, whanne he is of perfit kunnyng, mai be compa|risound to God? What profitith it to God, if thou art iust? ethir what schalt thou ȝyue to hym, if thi lijf is withoutwithouten I et S pass. wem? Whether he schal drede, and schalshal he S. re|preue thee, and schalschal he IS. come with thee in to doom, and not for thi ful myche malice, and thiOm. C. wickidnessis with out noumbre, `these peynes bifeldenthis hath falle I. these peynes haue fallen S. iustli to thee? ForCertis IS. thou hast take awei with out cause the wed of thi britheren; andand thou IS. hast spuylid nakidnaked, etc.; that is, litil clothid. Lire here. C. men of clothis. Thou ȝauest not watir to the feynt man; and thou with|drowist breedwithdrowist breed, etc.; for whi to ȝyue not in sich a caas, is to withdrawe; wherfor Austyn seith, Feede thou him that dieth for hun|gur, whom if thou hast not fed, thou hast slayn. Lire here. C. fro the hungri man. In the strengthe of thin arm thou haddist the lond in possessioun; and thou moost myȝti heldistheeld S. it. Thou leftist widewis voidevoide or vnholpen I. voide withouten help S.; andand thou IS. al to-brakist the schuldris of fadirles children. Therfor thou artart now IS. cum|passid with snaris; and sodeyn drede dis|turblith thee. And thou gessidist, that thou schuldist not se derknessis; and that thou schuldist not be oppressid with theOm. CS. fersnesse of watrisof watris; that is, of grete tribulaciouns. Lire here. C. flowyng. Whether thou thenkist, that God is hiȝere than he|ueneheuenes S.hiȝere than heuene; sum men seiden that God know|ith certeynly and in special, hiȝere sub|staunces and vncorruptible, not lowere sub|staunces and suget to cor|rupcioun, no but in general. This errour is aȝenus hooly scripture and filosofie, and for Eliphat gesside, that Joob was in this errour, he repreuede Joob, and seide also that[he]was punyschid for his synne; but it was not so of Joob. Lire here. C., and isthat he is S. enhaunsid aboue the coppe of sterris? And thouȝitt thou I. seist, What sotheli knowith God? and, He demeth as bi derk|nesse. A cloude isis in C. his hidyng place, and he biholdith not oure thingis, and he `goith aboutecumpassith IS. the herris of heuene. Whe|ther thou coueitist to kepe the pathpathis S. of worldispath of worldis; that is, the liyf of men lyuynge worldlyly and dissolutly. Lire here. C., whichthe whiche I. wickid men han ofte go? WhicheThe whiche men IS. weren takun awei bifor her tyme, and the floodthe flood, etc.; that is, the firsnesse of tri|bulaciouns comynge on hem. founde|ment; that is, power and richessis, in whiche thei tristiden. Lire here. C. distriede the foundement of hem. WhicheThe whiche I. seiden to God, Go thou awei fro vs; and as if Almyȝti God maymiȝt S. do no thing, thei gessiden hym, whanne he hadde fillidfulfillid IS. her housis with goodis; the sentence of whichethe whiche I. men be fer fro me. Iust men schulen se, and schulen be glad; and an innocent man schal scorne hemwickid men IS.. Whether the reisyngup reisyng IS. of hem is not kit doun, and fier schal deuoure the relifsremenauntis IS. of hem? Ther|forTherfor, Job IS. assente thou to God, and haue thou pees; and bi these thingis thou schalt haue best fruytis. Take thou the lawe of his mouth, and sette thou hise wordis in thin herte. If thou turnest aȝen to Al|myȝti God, thou schalt be bildid; and thou schalt make wickidnesse fer fro thi taber|nacle. HeThe Lord IS. schalschal thanne IS. ȝyueȝyue thee I. aOm. I. the S. flynt for erthea flynt for erthe; that is, myche betere thingis than thou haddist bifore, as a flynt is betere than symple erthe, and gold is betere than a flynt. Lire here. C., and goldun strondis for a flynt. And Al|myȝti God schal be aȝens thin enemyes; and siluer schal be gaderid togidere tofor S. thee. Thanne on Almyȝti God thou schalt flowe with delicis; and thou schalt reisereise up IS. thi face to God. ThouAnd thou IS. schalt preye hym, and he schal here thee; and thou schalt ȝelde thi vowisvowis to him I. vois to him S.. Thou schalt demedeme or axe IS. a thing, and it schal come to thee; and lyȝt schal schyne into IS. thi weies. ForCertis IS. he that is mekid, schal be in glorie; and he that bowith doun hise iȝen, schal be saued. An innocentinnocent man I. schal be saued; sotheli he schal be saued in the clennesse of hise hondis.

 CAP. XXIII.

SotheliAnd IS. Joob answeride, and seide, Now also my word is in bitternesse, and the hondthe hond, etc.; that is, the greuous|nesse of beting. Lire here. C. of my wounde is agreggid on my weilyng. Who ȝyueth to me, that Y knowe, and fynde hym, and come `til tovn to I. his trone? Y schal sette doom bifor hym, and Y schal fille my mouth with blamyngisblamynge S.blamyngis; in Ebreu it is, with argu|mentis, as a disciple makith ofte argumentis bifor the mais|ter, not to striyf, but to knowing of truthe, that he desirith to here of the maister; thus wolde Joob do with God. Lire here. C.; that Y kunne the wordis, whiche he schal answere to me, and that Y vnderstonde, what he schal speke to me. Y nylewil not I., that he stryue with me bi greet strengthe, nethernether that he IS. op|presse me with the heuynesse of his greet|nesse. Sette he forth equite aȝens me, and my doom comecome it S. perfitli to victorie. If Y go to the eest, God apperith notnot there IS.; if Y go to the west, Y schal not vndurstonde hym; if Y go to the left side, what schal Y do? Y schal not take hym; ifand if IS. Y turne me to the riȝt side, Y schal not se hym. But he knowith my weie, and he schal preue me as goldgold; the fiyr that preueth gold, ȝyueth not to it the truthe of gold, but declarith it biforbeynge; therfor Joob seith, that the fier of tribula|cioun ȝaf not ynnocence to him, but de|claride it bi his pacience; and so God preuede him, not to knowe his innocence vnknowun to him, but that it schulde be schewid to othere men; as also he asayede Abraham in xxii. co. of Genesis, that his obedience were knowun to othere men. Lire here. C., that passith thorouȝ fierthe fier I.. My foot suede hise steppis; Y kepte his weie, and Y bowide not awey fro it. Y ȝede not awei fro the comaundementisheestis IS. of hise lippis; and Y hidde in my bosum the wordis of his mouth. ForCertis IS. he is aloone, and no man may turne awei hise thouȝtis; and what euer thing he wolde, his willehis wille, etc.; in tur|mentinge me as his creature. Lire here. C. dide this thing. Whanne he hath fillid his wille in me, also many othere lijk thingis ben redi to hym. And therfor Y am disturblid of his face, and Y biholdynge hym am an|guyschid for drede. God hath maad neische myn herte, and Almyȝti God hath disturblid me. ForCertis IS. Y perischide notY perischid not, etc.; that is, Y suffride not turmentis for opyn synnes, nether for priuy synnes. Lire here. C. for derknessis neiȝyngeneiȝynge to me IS.; nethir myist hilide my face.

 CAP. XXIV.

Tymes ben not hid fro Almyȝti God; sotheli thei that knowen hym, knowen not hise daieshise daies; that is, com|prehenden not the maner of his euerlast|ingenesse. Lire here. C.. Othere men turnedenhan turned IS. ouer the termes of neiȝboris eritageOm. IS., thei tokenhan take IS. aweiOm. S. flockisher flockis IS., and fedden thohem self IS.. Thei driuedenhan drijue IS. awei the asse of fadirlesse chil|dren, andand thei IS. token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed. Thei distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden togidere the mylde men of erthe. Othere men as wielde assis in deseert goon out to her werk; and thei waken to prey, and bifor makenthei maken IS. redy breed to her children. Thei kitten doun a feeldthei kitten doun a feeld, etc.; that is, gaderen bi violence to hem silf othere mennus corn. Lire here. C. not hernheres S., and thei gaderen grapis of his vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence. Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei theher IS. clothis, to whichethe whiche I. men isther is I. noonno IS. hiling in coold; whichethe whiche I. men theOm. I. reynesreyn S. of munteyns weeten, and thei han noonno IS. hilyng, andand thei IS. biclippenbiclippiden S. stoonysbiclippen stoonys; in puttinge hem silf with ynne cauys. Lire here. C.. Thei diden violence, andand thei I. robbiden fadirles and modirles chil|dren; and thei spuyliden, `ether robbidenOm. ILS., the comynte of pore men. Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men. Thei weren hid in myddai among the heepis of thothilke I. men, that thirsten, whanne the pressespresses of grapis IS. ben trodun. Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith itOm. IS. not tothat cry to IS. go awei vnpun|yschid. Thei weren rebel to liȝt; thei knewen not the weyes therof, nether thei turneden aȝen bi the pathis therof. A mansleere risith ful eerli, and sleeth a nedi manOm. S., and a pore man; sotheliand IS. bi nyȝt he schal be as a nyȝt theef. The iȝe of avouter kepith derknesse, andand he IS. seith, An yȝe schal not se me; and he schal hile his face. TheiThey; that is, avouter and avouteresse. Lire here. C mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liȝt. If the morewtid apperith sudeynli, thei demendemen it IS. the schadewe of deth; and so thei goon in derknessis as in liȝt. HeHe this I. He that thus doth S. is vn|stablerehe is vnsta|blere, etc.; that is, the avouter sueth the fers|nesse of his lust, as the hiȝere part of the water sueth the stiring of ech wind. Lire here. C. than the face of theOm. IS. water; his part in erthe be cursidacursid IS., and go he not bi the weie of vyneris. Passe he toto a I. ful greet heete fro the watris of snowis, and the synne of hymhym passe I. hym be it S. `til toun to I. in to S. hellis. Merci forȝete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not inin hooly IS. mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytfulan unfruytful tre IS.. For he fedde the bareynthe bareyn; that is, he wastide hise goodis in veyn and vn|fruytful werkis. Lire here. C., and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe. He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; and whanne he stondith in `greet stateprosperitee IS., he schal not bileue to his lijf. God ȝaf to hym placeheere a place IS. of penaunce, and he mysusith that in to pride; forsothly IS. the iȝen of God benben biholdinge S. in the weies of that man. TheiThei that ben suich men S. ben reisid atup at IS. a litillitil while I., and thei schulen not stonde; and thei schulen be maad low as allealle vile IS. thingis, and thei schulen be takun awei; and as the hyȝnessishiȝnesse IS. of eeris of corn thei schulen be al to-brokun. That if it is not soif it is not so, as Y seide, that is, that my turment passith my synnes, and that Goddis puruyaunce strecchith forth it silf to alle thingis, and dilayith sum tyme the pun|ysching of synnes in pre|sent tyme, and reserueth hem to the peyne of helle, bi the ordre of his wisdom. and putte my wordis bi for God; as brouȝt forth with out reue|rence, ether with blasfemye; as if he seie, Noon of ȝou may do this. Lire here. C., who may repreuewho may re|preue, etc.; Eliphat con|cludide not aȝenus Joob, for Joob affermede not him silf iust bi al maner, nether in com|parisoun to God, but onely that he hadde not so grete synnes, hou grete turment was ȝouun to him of God; but rathere that he schulde be rewardid of God by the ordre of his wisdom in tyme to comynge, for the merit of his pacience; and so Baldath seide soth to hise owne boost, and not to the purpos aȝenus Joob. Lire here. C. me, that Y liede, and puttehaue putt forth I. haue put S. myfolily my IS. wordis biforaȝens my S. God?

 CAP. XXV.

ForsotheThen IS. Baldach Suytes answeride, and seideseide to Job S., Power and drede is anentis hym, that is, God, thatwhich S. makith acordyng in hise hiȝe thingis. WhetherWher ther be I. Wher ther is S. noumbre isOm. IS. of hise knyȝtis? and onup on IS. whom schyneth not his liȝt? Whether a man compari|sound to God mai be iustified, etherether wher a man I. ether a man S. borun of a womman mai appere cleene? Lo! also the mooneLo! also the moone, etc.; ech creature comparisound to God is derk|nesse and vn|clene. Lire here. C. schyneth not, and sterris ben not cleene in `his siȝtthe siȝt of God IS.; hou miche more aOm. I. manman that is IS. rot, and the sone of aOm. A sec. m. manman that is S. a worm, is vncleene `and vile, if heOm. I. isOm. IS. comparisoundin comparisoun I. to God.

 CAP. XXVI.

ForsotheSothely IS. Joob answeride, and seide, Whos helpere art thou? whether `of the feblethou be [art S] the helpere of a feble man IS., andand whether thou S. susteyneste thethou the I. arm of hym, whichthat IS. is not strong? To whom hast thou ȝoue counsel? In hap to hym that hath not wisdom; and thou hast schewid ful myche prudence. Ether whom woldist thou teche? whether not hym, that made brething? Lo! giauntisLo! giauntis, etc.; that weren bifor the flood of Noe, and weren dreynt thanne in wa|tris, weilen now in the peynes of helle. Lire here. C. weilen vnder watris, and theithei also IS. that dwellen with hem. Helle is nakid bifor hym, and noon hilyng is to perdicioun. WhichThe which I. God stretchith forth the north onupon IS. voide thing, andand he IS. hang|ith the erthe onupon IS. nouȝt. `Which GodAnd he IS. byndith watris in her cloudis, that tho breke not out togidere dounward. `Whych GodHe IS. holdith the cheer of his seete, andand he IS. spredith abrood theronther upon IS. his cloude. He hath cumpassid a termeterme or an ende I. to watris, til that liȝt and derknessisderknesse I. be endid. The pilersthe pileris, etc.; that is, aungels that mynystren ether rulen the styringis of heuene, doen reuerence to God. Lire here. C. of heuene tremblen, andand thei IS. dreden at his wille. In the strengthe of hym the sees weren gaderid togidere sudeynly, and his prudence smoot the proudeproud prince S.. His spirytspirit hath IS. ournede heuenes, and the crokid serpent was led out bi his hond, ledyngeledynge him IS. out as aOm. R. mydwijf ledith out a child. Lo! these thingis ben seid in partie of `hise weyesthe weies of the Lord IS.; and whanne we han herd vnnethis a litil drope of his word, who may se the thun|dur of his greetnesse?

 CAP. XXVII.

Also Joob addideaddide to IS., takynge his parable, andand he IS. seide, God lyueth, that hath take aweytake awei, etc.; bi the errour of his frendis, seiynge that peynes in this liyf ben ȝouun onely for synnes passid. Lire here. C. my doomdoom or dampnacioun S., and Almyȝti God, that hath brouȝt my soulelijf IS. to bitternessebitternesse of sorewe S.. For as long as breeth is in me, and the spirit of God isOm. IS. in my nose thirlis, my lippis schulen not speke wickidnesse, nether my tunge schal thenke a leesyng. Fer be it fro me, that Y deme ȝou iustiust counceylours S.; til Y failefaile lijf IS.til Y faile; that is, as longe as Y lyue. Lire here. C., Y schal not go awei fro myn innocence. Y schal not forsake my iustifiyngiustefiengis of the Lord S., whichthat I. Y bigan to holde; for myn herte repreueth memyn herte repreueth me; that Y helde siche errours ether liyk. Lire here. C. notnot heere of S. in al my lijf. As my wickid enemymy wickid enemy; Joob cle|pith hise frendis hise enemyes, in as myche as they ben con|trarie to him in the truthe of liyf, of feith, of teching, and of vertues. Lire here. C. doth; myn aduersarie is as wickid. For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule? Whether God schal here the cry of hym, whanne angwischWher God schal here the cri of him, whanne an|gwisch of deth; as if he seie, Nay. This is seid aȝenus hem that con|tynuen her synnes, and thenken in the ende to crie to God bi pe|naunce, but they ben pryued of this hope, for they re|penten not thanne, bi this that Austyn seith, a synnere is smytun bi this peyne, that whanne he dieth, he forȝete him silf; which the while he lyuede, forȝat God; if he re|pentith, this is for the drede of peyne, and not for disples|ing of synne. ethir delite; in blis to comynge. and clepe God in al tyme; as if he seie, Nay; and this is seide specially aȝenus synneris, that maken hem silf sikur of blis to comynge, and seyen, God made not vs to be dampned, but to be saued; for this is not soth, no but bi sup|posing of meritis. Lire here. C. schal come onupon IS. hym? ether whether he may delite in Almyȝti God, and inwardli clepe God in al tyme? Y schal teche ȝou bi the hond of God, what thingis Almyȝti God hath; and Y schal not hidehide hem IS.. Lo! alle ȝe knowenknowen, that is, owen to knowe B. knowen discrescioun S., and whatwherto thanne I. what than S. speken ȝe veyn thingis with out cause? This is the part of a wickid man anentis God, and the eritage of vio|lent men, etheror IS. rauenours, whiche thei schulen take of Almyȝti God. IfAnd if I. And S. hisethe IS. childrenchildren of siche men IS. ben multiplied, thei schulen be slaynOm. plures. killed S. inwith IS. swerd; and hiseher IS. sones sones schulen not be fillid with breedwith breed; that is, schulen die for hungur. Lire here. C.. TheiAnd thei IS., that ben residuethe remnaunt IS. of hymsich a man IS., schulen be biried in perischyng; and thetho S. widewis of hymhem S. schulen not wepe. If he gaderithgadere S. togidere siluer as erthe, andand if he IS. makith redi clothisdyuerse clothis IS. as cley; sotheli he mademade these thingis S. redi, but a iust man schal be clothid in thotho thingis I., and an innocent man schal departe the siluer. As a mouȝte hethe wickid man S. hath bildid his hous, and as aan heerd I. keperekepere of beestis S. hehe hath IS. made a scha|dewyng place. A riche man, whanne he schal die, schal bere no thingno thing, etc.; of goodis of present liyf. Lire here. C. and he schal fynde nothing; of goodis of present liyf, nether to com|ynge. Lire here. C. with hym; he schal opene hise iȝen, and he schal fynde no thing. Pouert as water schal take hym; and tempeste schal oppresse hym in the nyȝt. Brennynge wynd schal take hym, and schalit shal I. dodo hym A pr. m. IS. awei; and as a whirlewynd it schal rauysche hym fro his place. HeThe Lord IS. schal sende out turmentis onupon I. hym, andand he IS. schal not sparespare him I.; he fleynge schal `fle fro his hondenforse him to fle fro the hoond of the Lord IS.schal fle fro his hond; that is, schal desire to fle, if he myȝte. Lire here. C.. HeBut he S. schal streyne hise hondis onupon IS. him, and he schal hisse onupon IS. hymhym in scorn I. hym bi scorn S., andand he IS. schal biholde hishis desert IS. place.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Siluer hath bigynnyngisbiginninge S. of his veynes; and a place is to gold, in which it is wellidwellid; that is, gendrid. C. togidere. Irun is takun fro erthethe erthe IS., and a stoon resolued, `ethir meltidOm. I. or meltid S., bi heete, is turned inOm. S. to money. God hathshal S. set tyme to derknessis, and he biholdith the ende of alle thingis. Also a stronde departith a stoon offro S. derknesse, and the schadewe of deth, fro the puple goynge inin to IS. pilgrymage; it departith tho hillis, whiche theOm. S. foot of a nedi man forȝat, and hillis with out weie. The erthe, wher of breederthe, wher of breed; that is, corn, wher of breed is maad. Lire here. C. cam forth in his place, is destried bi fier. The place ofof a IS. saphir benben the IS. stoonys therof, and the clottis therof ben gold. A brid knewe not the weie, and the iȝe of a vul|turvowtur plures., ethirthat is, a BS. or I. Om. V. rauenouseOm. V. bridfoul S. Om. V., bihelde it not. The sones of marchauntis tretidentroden I. trededen SU. not onupon IS. itthat wey I. the way S., and a lyonesse passide not therbi. God stretchide forth his hond toin I. a flynt; he distriede hillis fro the rootisrootis therof IS.. He hewide doun ryuers in stoonys; and his iȝe siȝ al precious thingthingis S.. And he souȝte out the depthisdepnesse I. of floodis; and he brouȝte forth hid thingis in to liȝt. But where is wisdomBut wher is wisdom; that is, the knowyng and loue of God, and so wisdom en|closith grace, and othere ver|tues ȝouun of God, and they that ben ȝouun to fleisly lik|yngis, ben not able to the re|velaciouns and coumfortis of God. Lire here. C. foundun, and which is the place of vndurstondyng? AOm. I. man nootwot not I. the prijs therof, nether it is foundun in the lond of men lyuynge swetlidelicatly I., `ether delicatliOm. I.. The depthe of watris seith, It is not in me; and the see spekith, It is not with me. Gold ful cleene schal not be ȝouun for wisdom, nether siluer schal be weied in the chaungyng therof. ItWisdom I. schal not be comparysound to the died colours of Iynde, notne IS. to the moost preciouse stoon ofOm. I. sardius, nether toto the ISW. saphir. Nether gold, nether glas schal be maadOm. I. euene worth thertoto wisdom I.; and hiȝe and fer apperynge ves|sels of gold schulen not be chaungid for wisdom, nethernether thei I. schulen be had in mynde in comparisoun therof. Forsothe wisdom is drawundrawun out I. of pryuy thingisof pryuy thingis; wis|dom, that is, grace, and loue of God is ȝouun of God so pri|uely, that it is vnknowun to hem to whiche it is ȝouun; for in ix. co. of Ecctes, a man noot wher he is worthi of hatrede ether loue. Lire here. C.; topasie ofand A. a ston of I. Ethiope schal not be maad euene worth to wisdom, and moost preciouse diyngis schulen not be set togidere in prijs, `ether comparisoundOm. I. or comparisound S., therto. Therfor wherof cometh wisdom, and which is the place of vndurstondyng? It is hid fro the iȝenplace S. of alle lyuynge men; alsoand also I. it is hid frofro the I. briddis of heueneheuene or of the eir I.it is hid fro briddis of he|uene; that is, fro goode aun|gels, that witen not to what men, and hou it schal be ȝouun, no but they han bi Goddis reuela|cioun. Lire here. C.. Perdicioun and deethPerdicioun and deth; that is, the deuel and helle. Lire here. C. seiden, With oure eeris we herdenhaue herd I. the fame therofof wisdom I.. God vndurstondith the weye therof, and he knowith the place therof. ForCertis I. he biholdith the endis of the world, andand he I. biholdith alle thingis that ben vndur heuene. `Which GodHe hath I. made weiȝte to wyndis, andand he hath I. weiede watris in mesure. Whanne he settidesette I. lawe to reyn, and weie to tempestis sownynge; thanne he siȝsawȝe I passim. wisdom, and teldetelde it I. out, andand he I. mademade it I. redi, and souȝtesouȝte it I. out. And he seide to man, Lo! the drede of the Lord, thilkethat I. is wis|dom; and to go awei fro yuel, is vndur|stondyng.

 CAP. XXIX.

AlsoAnd S. Joob addideaddide to I., takynge his parable, andand he I. seide, Who ȝyueth to me, that I be bisidis the elde monethiselde monethis; that is, in the elde prosperite, with so greet innocence; not that aduersite castide him doun fro vertu, sithen he suf|fride paciently; netheles it let|tide in parti the deuel (sic) of wisdom in con|templacioun of God, in mak|inge the soule ententif to the sorewe of bodi. Lire here. C., bi the daies in whiche God kepte me? Whanne his lanterne schynede on myn heed, and Y ȝede in derknessis at his liȝt. As Y was in the daies of my ȝongthe, whanne in priuete God was in my tabernacle. Whanne Almyȝti God was with me, and my chil|dren werenOm. I. in my cumpas; whanne Y waischide my feet in botere, and thea I. stoon schedde out to me the stremes of oile; whanneand whan S. Y ȝede forth to the ȝate of the citee, and in the streetstretes S. thei maden redi a chaier to me. ȜongeȜonge wantoun I. men, `that is, wan|tounOm. I., sien me, and weren hid, and elde men risynge vp stoden; princes ceessiden to speke, andand thei I. puttiden theher I. fyngur onupon I. her mouth; duykis refreyneden her vois, andand for stilnesse I. her tunge cleuyde to her throte. AnThe I. eere heryngethat herde me I. blesside me, and anthe I. iȝe se|yngethat siȝe me I. ȝeldide witnessyng to me; for Y haddeOm. I. delyueride athe I. pore man criynge, and athe I. fadirles child, that hadde noonno I. helpere. The blessyng of athe I. man `to pe|rischethat schulde haue perishid I.to perische; that is, of him that dredde to perische anoon. Lire here. C. cam onupon I. me, and Y coumfortide the herte of athe I. widewe. Y was clothid with riȝtfulnesse; and Y clothide me as with a cloth, and with my `doom aOm. I. dia|demediademe in my doom I.. Y was iȝethe iȝe I. `to aof the I. blynde man, andand the I. foot to athe I. crokyd man. Y was a fadir of pore men; and Y enqueride most diligentli the cause, whichthat I. Y knew not. Y al to|brak the grete teeth of the wickid manY al to-brak the grete teeth of the wickid man; that is, myȝtis and vio|lences; and Y took awei prey; for Y constreynede him to restore thingis takun, and to make amendis for wrongis. Lire here. C., and Y took awei preythe prei I. fro hise teeth. And Y seide, Y schal die in my nestlitil nest A sec. m.; and as a palm tre Y schal multiplie daiesmy daies I.. My roote is openyde bisidis watris, and deew schal dwelle in my repyng. My glorie schal euere be renulid, and my bouwe schal be astorid in myn hond. Thei, that herden me, abiden my sentence; and thei weren ententiftakynge heede to me I., andand thei I. weren stille toat I. my counsel. Thei dursten no thing ad deputte I. to my wordis; and my speche droppide onupon I. hem. Thei abididenabeden I. abiden S. me asas men don I. reyn; and thei openyden her mouth as to thea sup. ras. ABCV. softesofte sesenable I. reyn `comynge lateOm. I.. If ony tyme Y leiȝide to hem, thei bileueden not; and the liȝt of my cheerand the liȝt of my cheer; that is, the gladnesse of my face, felde not doun; as aschamed for the vncouena|blete of glad|nesse, nether for sorewe of heuy|nesse. Lire here. C. felde not doun in to erthethe erthe IS.. If Y wolde go to hem, Y sat the firste; and whanne Y sat as kyng, while the oost stood abouteaboute me I., netheles Y was comfortour of hem that morenyden.

 CAP. XXX.

ButCertis I. now ȝongere men in tyme scornen me, whos fadris Y deynedevowchide not saaf I.Y deynede not, etc.; this dedeyn cam not of dispit nether of pride, but of worthi bihold|ing of vilete. Lire here. C. not to sette with the doggishoundis I. of my flok. Of whiche men the vertu ofof her I. hondis was forOm. S. nouȝt to me, and thei weren gessid vnworthi to that lijfvnworthi to that liyf; as wickid men and makinge pestilence. Lire here. C.. Thei weren bareyn for nedy|nesse and hungur; thatthei I. gnawiden in wildirnesse, andas beestis, and I. werenthei weren I. palemaad foule I. for pouert andin I. wretchidnesse; andand thei I. eeten eerbis, aud the ryndis of trees; and the roote of iunyperis was her mete. WhicheThe whiche I. men rauyschiden these thingis fro grete valeis; and whanne thei hadden foundun ony of allealle thes thingis I., thei runnen with cry to thohem I.. Thei dwelliden in deseertis of strondis, and in caues of erthe, ethir onupon I. grauel, `ethir on cleyOm. I.. Whiche weren glad among siche thingis, andand thei I. arettiden delicesas delices I. to be vndur buschis. TheThes weren the I. And the K sec. m. R. sones of foolis and of vn|noble men, and outirli apperynge not inon S. erthe. But now Y am turned in to the song of hem, and Y am maad a prouerbe to hem. Thei holden me abhomynable, andand thei I. fleen fer fro me, andand thei I. dreden not to spete on my face. ForSotheli I. God hath openyd his arowe caas, andand he I. hath turmentid me, andand he I. hath setputt I. a bridil in to my mouth. At the riȝtside of the eest my wretchid|nessis risidenhan risen up I. anoon; thei turneden vpse|doun my feet, andand thei I. oppressiden withme with I. her pathis as with floodis. Thei destrieden my weies; thei settiden tresoun to me, andand thei I. hadden the maistri; and `noon wasther was noon I. that helpidehelpide me I.. Thei felden in onupon I. me as bi aOm. BCV. brokun wal, and bi ȝatea ȝate A pr. m. X sec. m. openyd, andand thei I. werenben I. stretchid forth to my wretchid|nessis. Y am dryuun inOm. S. to nouȝt; hethe Lord I. took awei my desir as wynd, and myn helpe passide awei as a cloude. But now my soule fadith in my silf, and daies of turment holden me stidfastly. In nyȝt my boon is persid with sorewis; and thei, that eten methat eeten me; that is, wormes com|ynge forth of my bilis. Lire here. C., slepenslepten A. slepith L. not. In the multitude of tho my cloth is wastid, and thei han gird me as with colerthe coler I. a coler FX sec. m. of a coote. Y am com|parisound to cley, and Y am maad lijk to a deed sparcle andand to I. aischaishen S.. Y schal cry to theethee Lord I., and thou schalt not here me; Y stondestode I.Y stonde; contynuynge in preyer. Lire here. C., and thou biholdistbiheldist I. not me. Thou art chaungid in to cruela cruel venger I.in to cruel etc.; thouȝ God is not chaung|able, nethelesse he worchith chaungable thingis, of whiche he is nemyd dy|uerseli; and so he is seid pitouse, whanne he ȝyueth pro|sperites, hard, whanne he bringith in ad|uersites; and this is seid by the comyn ma|ner of speking of men, which maner Joob suede, thouȝ he helde stide|fastly, that alle lesingis ben wrouȝt of God, pitously and iustly. Lire here. C. to me, and in the hardnesse of thin hond thou art ad|uersarie to me. Thou hast reisidup reisid I. me, and hastthou hast I. setset me A pr. m. as onupon I. wynd; andand thou I. hast hurtlidhurlid I. me doun strongli. Y woot, that thow schalt bitake me to deeth, where an hows is ordeyned to ech lyuynge man. Netheles thou sendistputtist I. not outforth I. thin hond to the wastyng of hem; and if thei fallen doun, thou schalt sauesaue hem I.. Y wepte sum tyme on him, that was turmentid, and my soule hadde compassioun on a pore man. Y aboodboode I. goodisgode thingis I., and yuelisyuel thingis I. ben comun to me; Y abood liȝt, and derknessis braken outout on me I.. Myn ynnere thingis buyliden out with outen my reste; daiesand daies I. of turment camen bifor me. Y ȝede morenynge, and Y roosroos up I. with out woodnesse in the cum|penye, andand I I. criede. Y was the brother of dragounsbrother of dragouns; for they that ouȝt loue me as bre|theren, bitiden in her punysch|ingis and bac|bitingis as dra|guns. of os|trigis; for they that weren homely, and felowis to me, forȝaten me as an ostrige for|ȝetith his brid. Lire here. C., and the felow of ostrigis. My skyn was maad blak onupon I. me, and my boonys drieden for heete. Myn harpe is turned in to morenyng, and myn orgun in to the vois of weperis.

 CAP. XXXI.

I made couenaunt with myn iȝen, that Y schulde not thenke ofon AC. a virgynnot thenke of a virgyne; lest thorou bihold|ing Y schulde falle in to de|lyting ether consent of ony damesel, ȝhe, most fair. Lire here. C. what part; as if he seie, noon. A man, in whom God dwellith by grace, is the part and eritage of God, but he dwellith not in men defoulid bi lecherie, rathire he drawith silf fer fro hem. Lire here. C.. For what part schulde God aboue haue in me, andand what I. eritage Almyȝtischulde Almyȝti I. God of hiȝe thingisthingis haue in me I.? Whether perdicioun is not to a wickidmyȝti S. man, and alienacioun of God is to men worchynge wickidnesse? Whether heGod I. biholdith not my weies, and noumbrith alle my goyngis? If Y ȝedehaue gon I. in vanyte, and my footfoot hath I. hastidehastide to go I. in gile, God weie me in a iust balaunce, and knoweknowe he I. my symplenesse. If my stepstep haue I. bowide fro the weie; ifand if I. myn iȝeif myn iȝe; biholdinge vn|chastly. suede myn herte; that is, sudeyn thouȝtis of the leccherouse fleisch. Lire here. C. suedehaue suede I. myn herte, andconsentinge to lust, and I. aif a I. spotte cleuedehaue cleuede I. toon S. myn hondis; sowe YI the seed thanne I., and another eteete the fruyt I., and my generacioun be drawun out bi the root. IfAnd if I. And S. myn herte washath I. disseyued on a wommanon a wom|man; ioyned in matrymonye, ether trouthe pliȝt to an other man, as the Ebreu word sowneth. Lire here. C., and if Y settidehaue sett I. sette S. aspies at the dore of my frend; my wijf bebe thanne I. the hoorestrumpett I. of anothir man, and othir men be bowid doun onupon I. hir. ForForsothe I. thisthis thing I.For this; that is, auoutrie. is most wickid|nesse; in synnes aȝenus the neiȝ|bore. Lire here. C. is vnleueful, and the moost wickid|nesse. FierFier of brennynge lust I. is deourynge `til toun to I. wastyng, and drawyngeit drawith I. vp bi the roote alle gene|raciouns. If Y dispiside to take doom with my seruaunt andand with I. myn hand mayde, whanne thei stryueden aȝens me. What sotheli schal Y do, whanne God schal riserise up I. to deme? and whanne he schal axe, what schal Y answere to hym? Whether he, that wrouȝte also hym, made not me in the wombe, and o God formede me in the wombe? If Y denyede to pore men thatthat thing I., that thei woldenthat thei wolden; the while her wille was re|sonable. Lire here. C., and if Y made the iȝen of a wydewe to abide; ifand if I. Y aloone eet my mussel, andand if I. a faderles child eet not therof; forsothely I. merciful doyng encreesside with me fro my ȝong childhed, andand it IS. ȝede out of my modris wombe with me; if Y dis|piside a man passynge forthforth bi me I., for he hadde not a cloth, and a pore man with out hilyng; if hise sidis blessiden not me, and wasweren I. not maad hoot of the fleecesflees IS. of my scheep; if Y reisidereiside up I. reiside in S. myn hondmyn hond; that is, my power, vniustly. Lire here. C. onupon I. a fadirles child, ȝhe, whanne Y siȝsawȝe I pass. me the hiȝere in the ȝate; my schuldreshuldren S. falle fro his ioynt, and myn arm with hise boonys be al to-brokun. ForFor|sothe I. euere Y dredde God, as wawis wexynge gret onupon I. me; andOm. I. `Y myȝte not bere his birthunwhos birthun I myȝte not bere I.. If Y gess|ide gold my strengthe, and if Y seide to purid gold, Thou art my trist; if Y was glad on my many ritchessis, and forFor cause that I. myn hond foond ful many thingisrichessis I.ful many thingis; as if he seie, Goddis veniaunce come on me. Lire here. C.; if Y siȝ the sunne, whanne it schynede, and the moone goynge clereli; and if myn herte was glad in priuyte, and if Y kissideif Y kisside etc.; ȝyuynge to it the reue|rence due to God onely. Lire here. C. myn hond with my mouth; whichthe which I. is the moost wickidnesse, and deniyng aȝens hiȝestethe hiȝeste I. God; if Y hadde ioye at the fall|yng of hym, that hatide me, and if Y ioide fulli, that yuel hadde founde hym; forforsothe I. Y ȝaf not my throte to dodo that I. synne, that Y schulde asaile and curse his soule; if the men of my tabernacle seiden not, Who ȝyueth, that we be fillidbe fillid etc.; that is, who ȝyueth that he be euere al pre|sent with vs, that we be fillid of his felou|schipe. Lire here. C. of hise fleischis? a pilgryme dwellide not with outforth; my dore was opyn to a weiegoereway ferynge man I.; if Y as man hidde my synnehidde my synne; that is, in denyinge it vnduly, ethir in excusinge falsly. in my bosum; that is, herte, bi fals schewing of hoolynesse withoutforth. Lire here. C. if Y dredde at ful greet multi|tude; in go|ynge awey fro riȝtfulnesse, for the drede of many men. and if dispising etc.; so that Y ȝede awey fro truthe, and dredde lest Y schulde offende my neiȝbouris, willinge the contrarie. and not more Y was stille; heringe the blamyngis of my neiȝboris, for Y nolde as|sent to hem. and ȝede not out; to do any wickid thing for hem. Lire here. C., and helide my wickidnesse in my bosumbosum, ether herte V.; if Y dredde at ful greet multitude, and if dispisyng of neyȝboris made me aferd; and not moremore herfore I. Y was stille, and ȝedeY ȝede C. not out of the dore; who ȝyuethȝyueth thanne I. an helpere to me, that Almyȝti God here my desire? that he that demeth, write a bookwrite a book; in ȝyuynge the sentence for me. Lire here. C., that Y bere it inon IS. my schuldre, and cumpasse it as a coroun to me? Bi alle my degrees Y schal pronounce it, and Y schal asas offryng I. offre it to the prynce. If my lond criethif my lond cri|eth etc.; that is, if Y gaderide outrageouse fruytis therof, and if Y with|drow the hiris of erthetileris. Lire here. C. aȝens me, and hise forewis wepen with it; ifand if I. Y eet fruytisthe fruytis I. therof with out money, andand if I. Y turmentide the soule ofof the IS. erthetileris of it; a brere growe to me for wheete, and a thorn for barli.

 CAP. XXXII.

Forsothe these thre men leften of to answere Joob, for he semyde a iust man to hem. And Helyu, the sone of Barachel Buzites, of the kynrede of Ram, was wrooth, and hadde indignacioun; forsotheand I. he was wrooth aȝens Joob, for he seide hym silf to be iust bifor God. SotheliCertis BCDEFHKLMNOPQRSUVWXbf. And also I. Helyu hadde indignacioun aȝens the thre frendis of hymJob I., for thei hadden not founde resonableno resonable S. answere, but oneli haddethei hadden I. condempned Joob. Therfor Helyu abood Joob spekynge, for thei, that spaken, weren eldere men. But whanne he hadde seyn, that threthes thre I. menOm. plures. myȝten not answereanswere Job I., he was wrooth greetly. AndAnd thanne I. Helyu, the sone of Barachel Buzites, answeride, and seyde, Y am ȝongere in tyme, sotheliand I. ȝe ben eldere; therfor with heed holdun doun Y dredde to schewe to ȝou my sen|tence. For Y hopide that lengere age schulde spekehaue spoke wisilier I., and that the multitude of ȝeeris schulden teche wisdom. But as Y sese now a I., spirit is in menspirit is in men; as reson|able in ȝonge men, as in elde men. Lire here. C., and the enspirynginspiracioun X. `ether reuelaciounOm. I., of AlmyȝtiOm. I. God ȝyueth vndurstondyng. Men of long lijf ben not wise, and elde men vndurstonden not doom. TherforOf verry dis|crecioun therfor I. Y schal seie, Here ȝe me, and Y also schal schewe my kunnyng to ȝou. For Y abood ȝoure wordis, Y herde ȝoure prudence, as long as ȝe dispuytiden in ȝoure wordis. And as long as Y gesside ȝou to seie ony thing, Y bihelde; but as Y seperceyue I., `noon isther is noon I. of ȝou, that may repreue Joob, and answere to hise wordis; lestbut lest I. perauenture ȝe seien, We han founde wis|dom; God, and not man, hath cast hymJob I. awei. Joob spak no thing to me, andand therfor I. Y not bi ȝoure wordisby ȝoure wordis etc.; Helyu acordide with Joob in this, that he settide another punysching of yuel men and rewarding of good men, aftir deth, but he discordide in this, that he helde that ad|uersites of this liyf ben brouȝt in for synne, thouȝ tho ben not euere al the peyne due for synne; and so he arettide Joob vniust, and punyschid for synne; also he made strongere resouns aȝenus Joob than the thre diden. Lire here. C. schal answere hym. Thei dredden, and answeriden no moremore to Job I., andand thei I. token awei speche fro hem silf. Therfor forsith I. Y abood, and thei spaken not, thei stoden, and answeriden no more; alsotherfor I. Y schal answere my part, and Y schal schewe my kunnyng. For Y am ful of wordisful of wordis; that is, spedeful resouns aȝenus Joob. C., and the spirit of my wombe, `that is, myndeOm. I., constreyneth meme to speke I.constreyneth me; as if he seye, The loue of truthe to be defendid, con|streyneth me to speke. Lire here. C.. Lo! my wombe is as must with out `spigot, etherOm. I. faucet ether V. a ventyng, that brekithberstith I. newe vessels. Y schal speke, and brethe aȝen a litil; Y schal opene my lippis, and Y schal answereanswere Job I.. YAnd Y S. schal not take the persoone ofof a I. man, and Y schal not make God euene to man. For Y woot not hou long Y schal abideabide alijue I., and if my Makere takewole take I. me awei `after abe S. litil tyme.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Therfor, Joob, here thou my spechis, and herkeneherkene thou I. alle my wordis. Lo! Y haue openyd my mouth, myand my I. tunge schal speke in my chekis. Of symple herte ben my wordis, and my lippis schulen speke clene sentence. The spirit of God made me, and the brething of Almyȝti God quykenyde me. If thou maist, answere thou to me, and stoonde thou aȝens my face. Lo! God made me as and thee; and also Y am formyd of the same cley. Netheles my myraclemyracle, etc.; that is, kun|nyng ȝounn of God, ether bi myracle to me. Lire here. C. make thee not afeerd, and myn eloquence bebe it I. not greuouse to thee. Ther|forOm. I. thou seidist in myn eerisheeryng I., and Y herde the vois of thi wordis; Y am cleene, and with out gilt, and vnwemmed, and wickid|nesse is not in me. `For God foond querelsAnd for cause that God hath founden playnyngis I. in me, therfor hehe hath I. demyde me enemy to hym silf. He hath set my feet in a stok; heand he I. kepte alle my pathis. Therfor this thing it is, in which thou art not maad iustnot maad iust; that is, of these wordis Y shal con|clude thee vn|iust; thouȝ noon other thing were aȝenus thee. Lire here. C.; Y schal answere to thee, that God is more than man. ThouThou, Job I. stryuest aȝenus God, that not at allealle thi I. wordis heOm. I. answer|ide to thee. God spekith onys, and the secounde tyme he rehersith not the same thing. God spekith biin S. a dreem inbi S. the visioun of nyȝt, whanne sleep fallith on men, andand whanne I. thei slepen in theher I. bedlitil bed X sec. m.. Thanne he openith the eeris of men, and hehe techinge I. tech|ith hemOm. S., `and techith prudencedisciplyne, that is, lore of chastisyng I.; that he turne awei a man fro these thingis whiche he madehath made I., and delyuere hym fro pride; delyueryngeand that he delyuere I. his soule fro corrupciounfro corrup|cioun; of synne. Lire here. C., and his lijf, that it go not in to swerd. Also God blameth a synnereman I. bi sorewe in thehis I. bedlitil bed X sec. m., andand he I. makith alle the boonys of hym `to fadefor to wexe rotun I.. Breed is maad abho|mynable to hym in his lijf, andand the I. metemete that bifore was to him I. desirabledesiderable CQ. delitable R. `bifor to his soulewlatide to his soule after I. bifor his soule LR.to his soule; that is, is abo|mynable to him. C.. HisOm. O. fleisch schal faile for rot, and hise boonys, that weren hilid, schulen be maad nakid. His soule schal neiȝe to corrupcioun, and his lijf to thingisdeedly thingis I. `bryngynge deethOm. I.. If an aungel, oon of a thousynde, isOm. S. spekyngeis speking; that is, tellinge his penaunse to God. Lire here. C. for hym, that he telleschewe I. the equyte of man, God schal haue mercy onof I. hym, and schal seieschal seie; to that aungel. Lire here. C., Delyuere thou hym, that he go not doun in to corrupcioun; Y haue foundefounde, seith the Lord I. in what thing Y schal do merci to hym. His fleisch is wastid ofwith S. turmentis; turneand turne C. he aȝen to the daies of his ȝonge wexynge age. He schal biseche God, and he schal be quemeful to hym; and he schal se his face in hertlyperfijt I. ioye, and he schal ȝelde to man his riȝtfulnesse. He schal biholde men, and he schal seie, Y haue synned, and verili Y haue trespassid; and Y haue not resseyued, as Y waswere I. worthi. ForForsothe I. hehe hath I. delyueride his soule, that it schulde not go in to perischyng, but that he lyu|ynge schulde se liȝt. Lo! God worchith alle these thingis in thre tymes bi alle menmen; that is, synful men. Lire here. C.; that he aȝen clepe her soulis fro corrupcioun, and liȝtne inhem in I. the liȝt of lyu|ynge men. ThouOm. I., Joob, perseyuetake heede I., and herehere thou I. me, and be thou stille, theOm. I. while Y speke. SotheliBut I. if thou hasthast redy I. whatif thou hast what, etc.; the answer of He|lyu to the seiyngis of Joob is not worth; for Joob axide not to dispute with God bi presumpcioun, nether as euene with God, as Helyu puttide to Joob. Also Joob axide the declaring of truthe of his innocence bi Goddis sen|tence, not so myche for him silf, as for othere men, that thei schul|den go awey fro the errour, bi which they bileuyden, that noon is tur|mentid no but for hise synnes; as also the Lord made to be knowun in the ende of the book; and therfor Joobs axing was not veyn. Lire here. C. thou schalt speke, answere thou to me, speke thouOm. I.; for Y wolefor Y wole; as if he seide, Y wole that thou myȝtist schewe this verily. Lire here. C., that thou ap|pere iust. That if thou hast notnot to answere I., here thou me; be thou stille, and Y schal teche thee wisdom.

 CAP. XXXIV.

AndAnd so f sec. m. Helyu pronounsideschewide forth I., and spak also these thingis, Wise men, here ȝe my wordis, and lernedlerud A pr. m. CDNOV. men, herkneherke I. ȝe me; forforsothe I. the eere preueth wordis, and the throte demeth metismete CS. bi taast. Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, whatwhat thing I. is theOm. I. beterebetere than oother I.. For Jobthou, Job A pr. m. S. seideseidest A pr. m. S., Y am iust, and God hath distriedturned I. my doomiustnesse upsodoun I.God hath distried my doom; Helyu took this of that, that Joob seide, God hath take awey my doom, and in this he rehers|ide Joob falsly, for Joob seide not this of his owne persoone, but as conclud|inge this of the seiyngis of his aduersaries. And thouȝ Joob hadde seid this of his owne per|soone, ȝit He|lyu reportide him falsly; for other thing is to distrie doom, other thing is to take awey doom; for whi to distrie doom is euere yuel, and may not be doon wel, and therfor it may not bifalle to God; but to take awey doom, is not ellis no but to use not doom, and this may wel be doon, whanne the iuge vsith mersy and not rigour. And therfor what euere thing Helyu con|cludith in this co. aȝenus Joob, in put|tinge to him, that he seide that God is vniust, ether distriere of riȝtfulnesse, it concludith not aȝenus him. Lire here. C.. For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn aroweand myn arowe; that is, aduersite which Y suffre, is brouȝt in to me bi the vio|lence of God, and not bi riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C. is violentviolent, and doon I. with out onymy I. synne. Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyngscornyng, etc.; that is, scorneth with out bridil and mesure, Goddis doom. Lire here. C. as watir? thatthe whiche I. goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, andand he I. goithgoith aboute I. with vnfeithful men? For heJob I. seide, A man schal not plese God, ȝhe, thouȝ he rennethrenne I. with God. Therfor ȝe menwise men I. hertidOm. I., `that is, vndurstondethat is, vndirstondinge B. Om. IV., here ȝeOm. NOSV. me; vnpite, `ethir cruelteOm. I., bebe it I. fer fro God, andand also I. wickidnesse frobe fer fro I. Almyȝti God. ForForsothe I. he schal ȝelde the werk of man to hym; andOm. C. bi the weieswerkis D. of echOm. L. man he schal restore to hymman I.. For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyȝti God schal distrie doomdoom or riȝtwisnesse I.. What othere man hath he ordeyned onupon I. theOm. I. londerthe I.? ether whom hath he set onoother upon I. the world, whichthat I. he madehath made I.? If God dressith hismannus I. herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silfOm. I. his spirit andand his I. blast. Ech fleisch schal faile togideretogidere in diyng I.; and aand aftir ech I. man schal turne aȝen in to aisch. Therfor if thouthou, Job I. hasthaue S. vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne thethou the I. vois of my speche. Whether he that loueth not doomiust doom I. may be maad hool? and houhou thanne I. condemp|nest thou so myche him, that is iust? WhichHe it is that I. seith to thea I. kyng, Thou art apostataapostata; thanne the kyng is apo|stata, ether brekere of re|ligioun, whanne he kepith not riȝtfulnesse and the comyn good. Lire here. C.; whichhe this I. clepith theOm. I. duykis vn|pitousevnpi|touse men I., `ethir vnfeithfulOm. I.. `Which takithHe acceptith I. not the persoones of princes, nether knewhe knowith I. a tyraunt, whanneto spare him, whanne I. he stryuedestryuith I. aȝens a pore man; forforsothe I. alle men ben the werk of hise hondis. TheiMen I. schulen die sudeynli, and at mydnyȝt puplis schulen be troblidtroblid ether bowid V., `ethir schulen be bowid, asand as CEHLPU. othere bookis hanGloss om. in IVX.; andand aungels I. schulen passe, andand thei I. schulen take `aweiOm. S. `a violentthe cruel I. man with out hondwith out hond; that is, without power of aduersaries of the tyraunt. Lire here. C.. ForSothely I. the iȝen of Godthe Lord I. ben onbiholdynge upon I. the weies of men, andand he IS. biholdithbiheldeth S. allealle the IS. goyngis of hem. No derknessis ben, andneither I. no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickid|nesse, be hid therebe hid there; that is, in Goddis know|ing; netheles God is seid to knowe not hem bi knowing of appreuyng. Lire here. C.; forcertis I. it is `no more in the power of mannot ouer in mannus power I., that he come to God in to doomin to doom; aftir that he is damnyd bi ful sentence. Lire here. C.. God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; andand he I. schal make othere men to stonde for hem. For he knowith the werkis of hem; therforand therfor S. he schal brynge yn niȝtniȝt upon hem I.nyȝt; that is, sudeyn deth. Lire here. C., and thei schu|len be al to-brokun. He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men. Whiche ȝeden awei fro hym bi `castyng aforefore castynge I., and noldenwolden not I. vndurstonde alle hise weies. That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men. For whanne he grauntith peeslijf I., who isis it I. that condempnethcondempnith him I.? SithenAnd sith I. he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth hym? And on folkis and on alle men `he hath powerOm. B. `to do siche thingisOm. BV.. WhichHe I. makith `a man ypocritean ypocrite man I. to regne, for the synnes of the puple. Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, alsoOm. I. Y schal not forbede theethee to speke I.. If YY han I. erride, teche thou me; if Y spakhaue spoke I. wickid|nesse, Y schal no more addeadde to I.. Whether God axith that wickidnesse of thee, for it displeside thee? ForCertis I. thou hast bigunne to speke, and not Y; that if thou knowist ony thing betere, speke thouthou that I.. Men vndur|stondynge, spekespeke thei I. to me; and a wise man, herehere he I. me. Forsothe Joob spakhath spoke I. folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyngchastisyng I.. My fa|dir, be Joob preuede `til tounto I. the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickid|nesse, `that addiththe whiche puttith I. blasfemyeblasfemye to God I. ouer hise synnes. Be he constreyned among vs in the meene tyme; andto knowe his blasfemy, and I. thanne bi hise wordis stire he God to theOm. I. doom.

 CAP. XXXV.

Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouȝt semeth euene, `ether riȝtfulOm. I., to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riȝtfulere than GodY am riȝt|fulere than God; Joob seide neuere this, but Helyu concludide this of fals vndir|stondinge of Joobs wordis. That that is good plesith not thee; He|lyu took yuele this of that, that Joob seide, Thouȝ Y am iust, Y shal not reise myn heed. Here Helyu vn|durstood him thus, that he seide, that riȝt|fulnesse plesith not God; and bi this that Joob seide to God, Whi suf|frist thou me not to be cleene? Helyu vndur|stood, that Joob menyde thus, that sum profit encresside to God bi this, that Joob was holdun in synne, ether in the peyne of synne. Lire here. C.? ForForsothe I. thou seidist, Thatthat thing I., that is good, plesith notnot to S. thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, ifif that S. Y do synne? Therfor Y schal an|swere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee. Se thou, and biholdebiholde thou I. he|uene, and biholde thou the eir, thatand wite that I. God is hiȝere than thou. If thou synnest `aȝens hymOm. I., what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do aȝens hym? Certis if thou doistdo I. iustli, what schalt thou ȝyue to hymGod I.; ether what schal he take of thin hond? Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, whichthat I. is lijklijk to I. thee; and thi riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I. schal helpe the sone of a man. TheiMen I. schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the armpower I. of tirauntis. And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that ȝaf songisthat ȝaf songis, etc.; that is, reuela|ciouns to the teching of men, which reuela|ciouns ben writun ofte bi the maner of songis. Lire here. C. in the nyȝt? WhichAnd the which I. GodOm. I. techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene. There thei schulen crye, and God schal not herehere hem I., for the pride of yuele men. ForForsothe I. God schal not here with out cause, and Almyȝti God schal biholde the causis of ech man. Ȝhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thouthou herfor I. demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym. For now hethe Lord I. bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, netherether he I. vengith `greetli felonyefelonyes greetli heere I.. Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis, SuffreJob, suffre I. thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for ȝit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God. Y schal reherse my kunnyng fro the bigynnyng; and Y schalOm. A pr. m. preue my worchere iust. For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, andand bi hem I. perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee. God castith not awei myȝti menGod castith not awei myȝti men; for her power, no but for synne. Lire here. C., sithen he is myȝti; but he saueth not wickid men, and he ȝyueth dom to pore men. He takith not awei hise iȝen fro a iust man; and he settith kyngis inin her I. seete with out ende, and thei ben reisidreisid up I. there. And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert, he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenoursOm. I.. Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastisechastise hem I.; and he schal spekespeke to hem I., that thei turne aȝen frofro her I. wickidnesse. If thei herenheren him I., and kepenkepen his heestis I., thei schulen filleful|fille I. her daies in good, and her ȝeris in glorie. Sotheli if thei herenkepen S. not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli. Feyneris and false men stiren the irewraththe I. of God; and thei schulen not cryeand they schulen not crie; to God, and knouleche her gilt. Lire here. C., whanne thei ben boundun. The soule of hem schal diebe I. in tempest; and the lijf of hem among `men of wymmens condi|ciounswommanishe men I.among men of wymmens con|diciouns; that is, among hem that moun not defende hem silf fro yuels fallinge on hem. Lire here. C.. HeThe Lord I. schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hymhis eere I. in tribulacioun. Therfor he schal saue thee fro the streit mouth of the broddeste tribulacioun, and not hauynge a foundement vndur it; sotheliand I. the rest of thi table schal be ful of fatnesse. Thi cause is demed as the cause of a wickid man; forsotheand I. thou schalt resseyue thi cause andand thi I. doom. Therfor irewraththe I. ouercome thee not, that thou oppresse ony man; and the multitude of ȝiftis bowe thee not. Putte doun thi greetnessegreetnesse wilfully I. greetnesse of pride V.Putte doun thi greetnesse; that is, pride. Lire here. C. without tribu|lacioun; that is, leste thou falle eft into tribulacioun. Lire here. C. bi strengthe; that is, bi sen|tence, fro op|pressing of pore men. Lire here. C. Di|laye thou not nyȝt; that is, tyme to ȝyue this sentence, for in sich dilaiyng strong men moun ga|dere to hem a multitude, bi which thou maist not vse riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C. with out tribu|lacioun, and putteputte thou I. doun alle stronge men bi strengthestrengthe, oppressinge pore men V.. Dilaie thou not nyȝtthe nyȝt I., that puplis stiestie up I. for hem. Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; forforsothe I. thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse. Lo! God is hiȝ in his strengthe, and noon isther is I. lijklijk to I. hym among the ȝyueris of lawe. Who mai seke out the weies of God? ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrouȝtwrouȝt with C. wickidnesse? Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom menmen han I. sungun. Alle men seen God; echand ech I. man biholdith afer. Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kun|nyng; the noumbre of hise ȝeeris is with out noumbre. WhichHe I. takith aweiOm. I. the dropis of reyn; and schedithhe heeldith I. out reynes at the licnesse of floodȝatis, whichethe whiche I. comencamen C. cometh D. doun of theOm. I. cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue. If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente, and leite with his liȝt fro aboue, he schal hile, ȝhe, the herris of the see. ForForsothe I. bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and ȝyueth mete to many deedli men.

 CAP. XXXVII.

InIn his I. hondis heGod I. hidith liȝtIn hondis he hidith liȝt; that is, bi the vertu and or|denaunce of God the liȝt of grace and of glorie is hid to summen, as to chosun men; and that this is vndirstondun of goostly liȝt, it is opyn bi this, that sueth. And he tellith of it to his frend; that is, to chosun men, for charite de|partith bitwixe the sones of rewme and of perdicioun. he may stie to it; that is, to the liȝt of glorie, to which a man may come with Goddis help, and bi meedeful werkis; this liȝt of glorie is maad redi onely to loued men; and therfor ech man owith for to drede, lest perauenture he be not of the noumbre of chosun men, for defaute of goode werkis. Lire here. C.; andand he I. co|maundith it, that it come eft. He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun; and that he may stiestie up I. to it. Myn herte dredde of this thing, and isit is IS. moued outtherfore out I. of his place. It schal here an heryng in the feerdfulnesse of his vois, and a sown comynge forth of his mouth. He biholdith ouere alle heuenes; and his liȝt is ouere the termes of erthethe erthe S.. SownGreet sown I.Sown; that is, thundur. Lire here. C. schal rore aftir hym, heand he I. schal thundre with the vois of his greetnesse; and it schal not be souȝt out, whanne his vois is herd. God schal thundre in his vois wondurfulli, thatwhiche I. makith grete thingis andOm. I. that moun not be souȝt out. WhichHe it is that I. comaundith toOm. IS. the snow to come doun onup on I. erthe, and to the reynes of wijntir, and to the reynes of his strengthe. WhichOm. IS. markith in the hond of alle men, that alle men knowe her werkis. An vnresonable beeste schal go in toOm. I. his denne, and schal dwelle in his caue, `ethir derke placeOm. I.. TempestisTempest I. schulenschal I. go out fro the ynnere thingis, and coold frofro the I. Arturusthat is a signe of v. sterris in the north I marg.. Whanne God makith blowyng, frostfrost I. wexith togidere; and eft ful brood watris ben schedheld I. outout therof I.. Whete desirith cloudis, and cloudis spreeden abrood her liȝt. WhicheThe whiche I. cloudes cumpassen alle thingis biaboute bi I. cumpas, whidur euere the wil of the gouernour ledith thohem I., to al thingHe I. whichto which I. he comaundith `to thohem I. onup on I. the face of the world; whether in o lynage, ethir in his londhoond S., ether in what euer place of his merci he comaundith tho to be foundun. Joob, herkene thou these thingis; stonde thou, and biholde the meruels of God. Whethir thou woost, whanne God co|maundide to the reynes, that tho schulen schewe the liȝt of hise cloudis? Whether thou knowist the grete weies ofof the I. cloudis, andand the I. perfit kunnyngiskunnyngis of tho I.? Whether thi cloothis ben not hoote, whanne the erthe is blowunblowe I. with the south? In hap thou madistin hap thou madist etc.; he seith this in scorn of Joob. Lire here. C. with hymGod I. heuenes, which moost sad ben foundid, as of bras. Schewe thou to vsGod I., what we schulen seie to hym; forforsothe I. we ben wlappid in derknessis. Who schal telle to hymGod I., what thingis Y speke? ȝhe, if he spekith, a man schal be deuourida man schal be deuourid; that is, schal not mow suffre; as the peple seide to Moises in xxj. co. of Exody; ether thus, ȝhe, if a man spekith, it schal be de|uourid; that is, the word schal be deuourid of the greetnesse of mater, as a litil flood is de|uourid of the see. Lire here. C.. And now men seen not liȝt; the eir schal be maad thicke sudenli in to cloudis, and wynd passynge schal dryue awei tho. Gold schal come fro the north, andand the I. ferdful preisyng of God. ForOm. A sec. m. Sothely I. we mounmowe I. not fynde himOm. A pr. m. BCEHLPUVX. it I. worthili; he is greet in strengthe, and in doom, and in riȝtfulnesse, andand he I. may not be teld out. Therfor men schulen drede hym; and alle men, that semen to hem silf to be wiseand alle men that semen to hem silf to be wise; of thingis bifor seid it is opyn, that He|lyu acordide with Joob in summe thingis, and in othere thingis he took not wel the vn|durstonding of Joob, and so he meddlide ofte dispisingis aȝenus Joob, for whiche Joob nolde answere him, but more be stille, and chees to de|parte himsilf fro chidingis, bi the seying of Paul. Therfor God answeride for Joob, and seide, Who is this man wlap|pinge sentensis, for thouȝ he had seid many trewe thingis of the power and wisdom of God, netheles he seide not clerely, and he meddlide many dispitouse wordis aȝenus Joob. And this Helyu took the stide of determinynge the questioun of Goddis poruy|aunce, and to this de|termynacioun God aloone is sufficient; and therfor God re|preueth his pre|sumpcioun, and seith, Who is this? as if he seide, Helyu is vnsufficient to entremete her|of. Lire here. C., schulen not be hardi to biholdebiholde God I..

 CAP. XXXVIII.

ForsotheCertis S. the Lord answeride fro the whirlewynd to Joob, and seide, Who is this man, wlappyngewlappynge togidre I. sentences with vn|wise wordis? Girde thou as a man thi leendis; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou toOm. I. me. Where were thou, whanne Y settidesette I. the foundementis ofof the I. erthe? schewe thou to me, if thou hast vndurstondyng. Who settidehath sett I. mesuresthe mesures I. therof, if thou knowistknowist, telle thou I.? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne theronnetherupon I. theronne, shewe thou to me S.? OnUp on I. what thing ben the foundementis therof maad fast? ether who sente doun the corner stoon therof, whanne the morew sterristhat is, aungels V marg.the morewe sterris; that is, aungels, that weren maad at the begynnyng, with cleer heuene, bifor departing of elementis. Lire here. C. heriedenpreiseden I. me togi|dere, and alle the sones of God sungunsungun thanne I. ioyfuli? Who closide togidere the see with doris, whanne it brak out comyngegoyng I. forth as of the wombe? Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therofof the see I., and Y wlappide it with derknesse, as with clothis of ȝongOm. S. childhed. Y cumpasside itthe see I. with my termes, and Y settideputtide to it I. a barre, and dorisa dore I.; and Y seide, `Til hidurHidurto I. thou schalt come, and thou schalt not go forthOm. I. ferthere; and here thou schalt breke togidere thi bol|nynge wawis. Whethir aftir thi birthe thou comaundistcomaundidist wxf. to the bigynnyng of daithe dai I., and schewidist to the morewtid his place? Whethir thou heldist schakynge togidere the laste partis of erthe, and schakedist awei wickid men therfro? A seeling schal be restorid as cley, and it schal stonde as aOm. I. cloth. The liȝt of wickid men schal be takundon S. awey fro hem, and an hiȝ armarm or proud power I. that is, power of pryde V marg.and an hiȝ arm etc.; that is, the power of proude men, that ben borun doun sumtyme in the erthe|mouyng. Lire here. C. schal be brokun. Whethir thou entridisthast entrid I. in to the depthe of the see, and walkidisthast walked I. in the laste partis of theOm. S. occiandepthe I. the greet west see V marg.? Whether the ȝatis of deeth ben openyd to thee, and `siest thouthou hast seen I. the derk doris? Whethir thou hast biholde the brede of erthethe erthe I.? Schewe thou to me, if thou knowist alle thingis, in what weie the liȝt dwellith, and which isit is A pr. m. the place of derknessederknessis EFHLMNOSVXbf.; that thou ledelede out S. ech thing to hise termes, andand that I. thou vndur|stonde the weies of his hows. Wistist thou thanne, that thou schuldist be borun, and knew thou the noumbre of thi daies? Whethir thou entridist in to the tresours of snow, ether biheldist thou the tresours of hail? whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiȝtyng and of batel. Bi what weie is the liȝt spred abrood, heeteand bi what wey heete I. is departid onup on I. erthe? Who ȝaf cours to the strongeste reyn, and weie of the thundur sownynge? That it schulde reyne on the erthe with out man in desert, where noon ofOm. S. deedli men dwellith? That it schulde fille a lond with out weie and desolat, andand that it I. schulde brynge forth greene eerbis? Who is fadirfadris I. of reyn, ether who gendride the dropis of deew? Of whos wombe ȝede out iys, and who gendridegaat I. frostfrost IS. fro heuene? Wa|tris ben maad hard in the licnesse of stoon, and the ouerouerer BCD. part ofOm. O. occiandepthe I. is streyned togidere. Whether thou schalt moweOm. I. ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliadesthat is, the seuen sterris I marg., ethir thou schalt mowe distrie the cumpas of ArturisArturis, the whiche is euen north I.? Whether thou bryngist forth Lucifer, `that isor I., daia dai FSX. the dai BR. sterreGloss om. in V., in his tyme, and makist euenethe euene IKS. sterre to rise onup on I. the sones of erthe? Whether thou knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun therof inon S. erthe? Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloudeWher thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude; that is, schalt make the vois of thundur, which is gedrid in the cloude. Lire here. C., and the fers|nesse of watris schal hile thee? Whethir thou schalt sendesende out I. leitis, and thothei I. schulen gogo forth I., and tho schulen turne aȝen, and schulen seie to thee, We ben present? Who puttidehath putt I. wisdoom into I. the entrailisentrails; that is, soule. Lire here. C. of man, ethir who ȝaf vndurstondyng to the cok? Who schal telle out the resoun of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to sleep? Whanne dust was foundidfoundun ELQU. inon Df. theOm. plures. erthe, andand whanne I. clottis weren ioyned to|gidere? Whether thou schalt take prey to the lionesse, and schalt fille the soulisgredynesse I. of hir whelpis, whanne thothei I. liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes? Who makith redi forto S. the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for thothei I. han not meetis?

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Whethir thou knowist the tyme of birthe of wielde geet in stoonys, ethir hast thou aspied hyndis bryngynge forth calues? Hast thou noumbrid the monethis of her conseyuyng, and hast thou knowe the tyme of her caluyng? ThoThei I. ben bowidbowid doun I. to theOm. I. calf, and caluenso caluen I.; and sendenthei senden I. outout thanne I. roryngis. Her calues ben departiddepartid fro hem I., and goengoen forth I. to pasture; thothei I. goen out, and turnenthei turnen I. not aȝen to `tho hyndisher modris I.. Who lethath let I. go the wielde asse fre, and who losidehath losid I. the boondis of hym? To whom Y haue ȝoue an hows in wildirnesse, and the taber|nacles of hymthat wijlde asse ben I. in the lond of saltnesse. He dispisith the multitude of citeetame asses, of a I.; he herith not the cry of anthe I. axere. He lokith aboute the hillis of his lesewe, and he sekith alle greene thingis. Whether an vnycorn schal wilne serueto serue IS. thee, ethir schalschal he I. dwelle at thi cratche? Whether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi chayne, for to ereerie thi loond I., ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeisthe valeys S. aftir thee? Whether thou schalt haue trist in his grete strengthe, and schalt thou leeue to hym thi traueilsthi trauelis; that is, fruytis trauelid of thee, for to kepe tho. Lire here. C.? Whether thou schalt bileuetrowe I. to hym, that he schal ȝelde seed to thee, and schalthat he schal I. gadere to|gidere thi cornfloor? The fethere of an ostriche is lijklijk to I. the fetheris of a gerfaw|cun, and of anan oother I. hauk; whichthe which I. ostrige forsakith hise eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt make tho hoot in the dust. HeThe ostricche I. forȝetith, that a foot tredith thotho eyren I., ethir that a beeste of the feeld al to|brekith thohem I.. HeThe ostricche I. is maad hard to hise briddis, as if thei benweren I. not hise; he tra|ueilide in veyn, while no drede con|streynedeconstreynede him I.. ForForsothe I. God hath priued hym fro wisdom, and `ȝaf nothe hath not ȝouen I. vnderstondyng to hym. Whanne tyme is, he reisith the wengis an hiȝ; he scorneth thean I. hors, and histhe IX. ridereridere upon him I.. Whether thou schalt ȝyue strengthe to an hors, ether schalschalt thou I. ȝyue neiyng `aboute his necketo his throte I.? Whether thou schalt reysereyse up I. hyman hors I. as locustis? The glorie of hise nosethirlis is drede. He diggith erthe with thehis I. foot, he `fulli ioieth booldliful outioieth I.; heand he I. goith aȝensboldly aȝen I. armed men. He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he ȝyueth not stide to swerd. An arowe caas schal sowne onupon I. hym; a spere and scheelda scheelde I. schal florischeschyne I.. He is hootferuent I., and gnastith, and swolewith the erthegnastith, and swolewith the erthe; that is, neyeth, and semeth to swolewe the erthe, in dig|ginge with feet. Lire here. C.; and he arettith not that the crie of the trumpe sownethsowneth to batteil I.. Whanne he herith a clarioun, he `seith, Joieioieth I. seith, Joie; that is, make we a signe of ioye V.! he smellith batel afer; the excityng of duykis, and the ȝellyng of the oost. Whether an hauk spredinge abrood hise wyngis to the south, bigynneth to haue fetheris bi thi wisdom? Whether an egle schal be reisidreisid up I. at thi comaundement, and schal sette his nest in hiȝ places? He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellithabidith I. in flyntis brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whichethe whiche I. `me maymen mowen I. not neiȝe. Fro thennus hethe egle I. biholdith mete, and hise iȝen lokenloken ther to I. fro fer. Hise briddis souken blood, and where euere aOm. I. careyn is, anoon he is present. And the Lord addideaddide to I., and spak to JoobJoob, and seide I., Whether he, that stryueth with God, schal haue rest so liȝtli? Sotheli he, that repreueth God, owith for to answere to hym. ForsotheAnd I. Joob answeride to the Lord, and seide, What may Y answere, which haue spoke liȝtlibut liȝtli I.which haue spoke liȝtli; that is, vndis|cretly and folily; for thouȝ he seide soth, he passide ne|theles the ma|ner of speking. Lire here. C.? Y schal putte myn hond onupon I. my mouth. Y spak oa I. thingY spak o thing; this was, whanne he seide, Y coueite to dis|pute with God; and anothir thing; this was, whanne in preisinge his riȝtfulnesse, he semyde to de|creesse the riȝt|fulnesse of God. Lire here. C., which thing Y wold, that Y hadde not seid; and Y spak anothir thing, to whichthe which I. Y schal no more adde.

 CAP. XL.

Forsothe the Lord answeride to Joob fro the whirlewynd, and seide, Girde thou as a man thi leendis, and Y schal axe thee, and schewe thou to me. Whether thou schalt make voide my doomWher thou shalt make voide my doom; that is, owist thou to remem|bre thi riȝtful|nesse bi sich a maner, that herbi my doom seme voide, that is, fals to men, and therbi that Y se me con|dempnable, as if he seye, Nay; and netheles thou didist this, for by thi wordis, in whiche thou declaridist thi riȝtfulnesse, thi frendis vn|durstoden so, that thou re|preuedist my doom as vn|iust; therfor no man schal iustifie him silf bi sich a ma|ner, bi which a man may gesse, that sich iustifiyng turn|eth into de|creessing of Goddis riȝtful|nesse. Lire here. C., and schaltschalt thou I. condempne me, that thou be maad iust? And if thou hast an armarm or power I., as God hath, and if thou thundrist with lijk vois, `take thou fairnesse aboute theeEnvironne thee with fairnesse I., and be thou reisidreisid up I. an hiȝ, and be thou gloriouse, and be thou clothid `in fairewith semely I. clothis. Dis|trieAnd distrie I. thou proude men in thi woodnessefeers veniaunce I., and biholde thouthou, or tak hede I., and makemake thou I. lowe ech bostere. Biholde thou alle proude men, and schendeconfound I. thou hem; and al to-breke thou wickid men in her place. Hide thou hem in dustHide thou hem in dust; in dryuynge her bodies in to dust bi deth. and her faces; that is, soulis. into a diche; that is, in to the depthe of helle. Lire here. C. togidere, and drenche doun her facesface S. in to a diche. AndAnd thanne I. Y schal knowleche, that thi riȝt hond may saue thee. Lo! behemotthat is, an elifaunt, that signefieth the fend V marg.Lo! behemot; that is, an oli|faunt, that sig|nefieth the deuel. Lire here. Bi the name of an olifaunt and of a whal God descryueth the power and ma|lice of the fend, and of his membris, and hou they ben knyt to gidere in malice, and hardid in synne; and that no man may ouercome the deuel and hise membris bi mannus vertu, but only bi Goddis vertu and help. Lire here. C., whom Y made with thee, schal as an oxe ete hey. His strengthe is in hise leendis, and his vertuvertu of lusty appetyt I. is in the nawlenauil I. of his wombe. He streyneth his tail as a cedrecedre tre I.; the senewis of his `stones of gendrureballokis BCEHL. PUVX. stones of gendruris A sec. m. DMNOSWbf. ben foldid togidere. Hise boonys ben as theOm. I. pipis of bras; the gristil of hym is as platis of yrun. He is the bigynnyng of the weies of God; he, that made hym, schal sette his swerdhis swerd; that is, power to anoye, which he may not vse, no but bi Goddis suf|fring. Lire here. C. to hym. Hillis beren eerbis to this behemot; alle the beestis of the feeld pleien there. He slepith vndur schadewe, in the pryuete of reheda rehed I., in moiste places. Schadewis hilen his schadewe; the salewis of the ryuer cumpassen hym. He schal soupe vp the flood, and he schal not wondre; he hath trist, that Jordan schal flowe in to his mouth. He schal take hem bi `the iȝen of hymhis iȝen I., as bi an hook; and bi scharpe schaftis he schal perseperische CS. hiseher I. nosethirlis. Whether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathanthat is, a whal, that signefieth the fend V marg.leuyathan; that is, a whal, that signefieth the deuel. Lire here. C. with an hook, and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge? Whethir thou schalt putte a ryng in hise nose|thirlis, ethir schaltschalt thou I. perse hyse cheke with `an hooka sercle I.? Whether he schal mul|tiplie preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee? Whether he schal make couenaunta coue|naunt I. with thee, and `thou schaltschalt thou I. take him a seruaunt euerlastinge? Whether thou schalt scorne hym as a brid, ethir schaltschalt thou I. bynde hym to thin handmaidishand maidens I.? Schulen frendisthi frendis I. `kerue hymkitte him awey I., schulenand schul I. marchauntis departe hym? Whether thou schalt fille nettis with his skyn, and a `leep of fischisfishe leep I. with his heed? Schalt thou putte thin hond onupon I. hym? haue thou mynde of the batel, and addeadde thou I. no more to spekeand adde no more to speke; ony thing, that sowneth in to decreessing of Goddis riȝtful|nesse and wis|dom. Lire here. C.. Lo! his hope schal disseyue hym; and in the siȝt of alle men he schal be cast doundoun hedlyng I..

 CAP. XLI.

I not as cruel schal reise hym; forOm. I. whowho sothly I. may aȝenstondewithstonde I. my face? And who `ȝaf to mehath ȝouen auȝt I. bifore, that Y ȝeldeȝeldide it I. to hym? Alle thingis, that ben vndur heuene, ben myne. Y schal not spare hym forfor his I. myȝti wordis, and maad faire to bisechebiseche with I.. Who schal schewe the face of his clothing, and who schal entre in to the myddis of his mouth? Who schal opene the ȝatis of his cheer? ferdfulnesse is bi the cumpas of hise teeth. His bodi is as ȝotun scheldys of bras, and ioyned togidere with scalis ouerleiynge hem silf. Oon is ioyned to another; and sotheli brething goith not thorouȝ tho. Oon schal cleue to anothir, and thotho platis I. holdyngeholdynge togidere I. hem silf schulen not be departid. His fnesyngeneesyng I. is as schynynge of fier, and hise iȝen ben as iȝelidis of the morewtidyȝeliddis of the morewtid; that is, briȝt|nesse. C. LaumpisLiȝtis I. comen forth of his mouth, as treesbrondis I. of fier, that ben kyndlid. Smoke cometh forth of hise nosethirlis, as ofOm. A pr. m. IS. aa boilynge I. pot set onupon I. the fier `and boilyngeOm. I.. His breeth makith colis to brenne, and flawme goith out of his mouth. Strengthe schal dwelle in his necke, and nedynesse schal go bifor his face. The membris of hise fleischisfleische I. ben cleuynge togidere to hem silf; God schal sende floodis aȝens hymGod schal sende floodis aȝenus him; that is, Goddis sentence of dampnacioun of the fend. C., and tho schu|len not be borunborun ouer I. to an other place. His herte schal be maad hardmaad hard; the fend is obstynat, and is not bowid to good, bi ony smyting of Goddis ven|iaunce. C. as a stoon; and it schal be streyned togidere as thean I. anefeldanfeeld, or stithie K. of a smith. Whanne he schal be takun awei, aungels schulen dredeaungels schulen drede; that is, wondre of Goddis vertu and riȝtful|nesse, in the casting doun, and punysching of the fend, which was doon in parti at the bigynnyng of the fal fro heuene, and schal be endid in the doom to comynge, whanne with sinful men dampned, he schal be cast doun into helle. schulen be purgid; not of vnclennesse, but of igno|raunse, in as myche as bi Goddis reue|laciouns, ether wondurful werkis, holy aungels schulen knowe summe thingis, which they knewen not bifore. Lire here. C.; and thei aferd schulen be purgid. Whanne swerd takith hym, itther I. may not stondeabyde I., nethir spere, nether haburioun. For he schal arette irun as chaffischaff I., and bras as rotun tre. A man archere schal not dryue hym awei; stoonys of a slynge ben turned in to stobil to hym. He schal arette an hamer as stobil; and he schal scorne a florischyngebriȝt schynynge I. spere. The beemys of the sunne schulen be vndur hym; and he schal strewe to hym silf gold as cley. He schal make the depegrete S. se to buyle as a pot; and he schal putteputte it I., as whanne oynementis buylen. A path schal schyne aftir hym; he schal gesse the greet occiandepthe of watir I. as wexynge eld. No power isther is I. on erthe, that schal be comparisound to hym; which is maad, that he schulde drede noonno thing I.. He seeth al hiȝ thing; he is kyng ouer alle the sones of pride.

 CAP. XLII.

Forsothe Joob answeride to the Lord, and seide, Y woot, that thou maist alle thingis, andand that I. no thouȝtthing I. is hid fro theeY wot that thou maist alle thingis, and no thouȝt is hid fro thee; Joob wiste wel, that in remembringe his riȝtfulnesse he suffride sum stiring of veyn|glorie, which is wont to come liȝtly in siche thingis, ȝhe, in men that ben perfit. Y spak vnwisely; in preisinge my riȝtfulnesse. that passiden ouer mesure; in enqueringe ouer myche the resouns of Goddis domes. C.. Who isis he I. this, that helith counsel with out kunnyng? Therfor Y spakhaue spoke I. vnwiseli, and tho thingis that passiden ouer mesure my kunnyng. HereLoord, here I. thou, and Y schal speke; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me. Bi heryng of eere Y herdehaue herde I. thee, but now myn iȝe seeth thee. Therfor Y re|preuepreue S. memyselff I., and doI do I. penaunce inin a I. deed sparcle andand in I. aische. ForsotheAnd I. aftir that the Lord spakhad spoke I. these wordis to Joob, he seide to Eliphat Themanytes, My stronge veniaunce is wrooth aȝens thee, and aȝens thi twey frendisaȝenus thee and thi twey frendis; God seith not aȝenus Helyu, ether aȝenus Joob; for whi to do synne bi presumpcioun, ether bi vnwar speking, as He|lyu and Joob diden, is not so greuouse synne as to do synne bi afermyng of falsnesse, which bifelde to these thre men. Y schal resseyue his face; for he synnede liȝtly, and dide pe|naunce therfor perfitly. Lire here. C.; for ȝe `spaken nothaue not spoke I. bifor me riȝtful thingthingis I., as my seruaunt Joob dideOm. I.. Therfor take ȝe to ȝou seuene bolis, and seuene rammes; and go ȝe to my ser|uaunt Joob, and offre ȝe brent sacrifice for ȝou. ForsotheSothely I. Joob, my seruaunt, schal preie for ȝou; Y schal resseyue his faceface preiynge for ȝou I., that foli be not arettid to ȝoube not arettid to ȝou; to euer|lastinge peyne. Lire here. C.; forcertis I. ȝe `spaken nothan not spoke I. bifor me riȝtful thing, asas hath I. my seruaunt Joob dideOm. I.. Therfor Eliphat Themanytes, and Baldach Suythes, and Sophar Naamathites, ȝeden, andand thei I. diden, as the Lord hedde spoke to hem; and the Lord resseyuede the face of Joob. Also the Lord was conuertidaltogidere turned I. to the penaunce of Joob, whanne he preiede for hise frendis. And the Lord addideaddide to I. alle thingis double, whiche euere weren of Joob. SotheliAnd I. alle hise britheren, and alle hise sistris, and alle that knewen hym bifore, camen to hym; and thei eeten breed with hym in his hows, andand thei I. moueden theher I. heed onupon I. hym; and thei coumfortiden hym ofon K. al the yuel, whichthat I. the Lord hadde brouȝt in onupon I. hym; and thei ȝauen to hym ech man oa IS. scheep, and oa IS. goldun eere ring. Forsothe the Lord blesside the laste thingis of Joob, more than the bigynnyng of hym; and fouretene thousynde of scheep weren maad to hym, and sixe thousinde of camels, and a thousynde ȝockis of oxisoxen IK., and a thousynde femal assis. And he hadde seuene soneshe hadde seuene sones etc.; the formere sones and douȝtris weren in the weye of salua|cioun, and so not deed outirly. Lire here. C., and thre douȝtris; and he clepide the name of othe oo K. douȝtir Dai, and the name of the secounde douȝtir Cassia, and the name of the thridde douȝtir `An hornhe clepide Cornu stibii, that is, the horn I. of wymmens oynementournment I.. `Sotheli no wym|men weren foundun so faireAnd ther weren not founde so faire wymmen I. in al erthethe loond I., asas weren I. the douȝtris of Joob; and her fadir ȝaf eritage to hem among her britheren. For|sotheAnd I. Joob lyuede aftir these betyngisscourgyngis I. an hundrid and fourti ȝeer, and `siȝ hisehe sauȝe the I. sones, andof I. the sones of hise sones, `til tounto I. the fourthe generacioun; andand thanne I. he was deed eldhe was deed eld; that is, he hadde lengthe and prosperite of liyf. Lire here. C., and ful of daies.

 Here endith the book of Joob, and here bigynneth the Sauter, which is red comynli in chirchisFrom CDQU. Here eendith the book of Joob, which book is an opin and autentick kalender to alle the children of God. B. Here endith the book of Joob. Blessid be the hooly Trynyte. Amen. H. Heere endith Job, and biginnith the Sauter. IV. Heere eendeth the booc of Joob; se now the prolog of the Sawter. K. Here endith the book of Joob, and here bigynneth the prologe on the Sauter. M. Here endith Joob, and here bigynneth the . . . . . N. Here endith the book of Joob, and bigyn|neth the prolog on the Sauter. O. Here eendeth Joob, and bigynneth a prolog on the Sauter. R. Here endith the booc of Job, and bigynneth the Sauter. X. Here endith Joob, and here bigynneth the Sauter, which is red comounli in the chirche. b. Explicit Joob. f. No final rubric in AELPSW.. PSALMS. [Prologue on the book of PsalmsThis prologue is from M..]

THIS book Sauter is clepid, that is to seie, the book of songis of Dauith, and of Asaph, the chauntour of the temple of the Lord; wherynne is conteyned profesie of the comynge of Crist, of his birthe, and of his power and teching; of his passioun and his rising aȝen fro deeth, and of his ascencioun and of his comynge aȝen in the laste doom; whiche songis ben red in holi cherche in to wurschiping and preising of the Lord, knoulechinge his heiȝ maieste, and hise grete werkis; and that he do merci to vs, whanne we trespasen aȝens him, brekinge hise comaundementis, that we perische not for oure synnes.

 Here bigynneth the Sauter, which is red comynly in chirchisFrom ALOP. Here bigynneth first salm of the Sauter. M. Here biginneth the Sauter, the which ys red comunly in the chirche. S. Here bygynnyth the Psalmes of Dauith, that is clepid the Sauter. k. No initial rubric in the other Mss..PSALM I.The firste salmPsalmus i. O. The psalm of David. V. Om. IMRS..

Blessid is the man, that ȝedegooth S. not in the councel of wickid men; and stood not in the weie of synneris, and sat not in the chaier of pestilence. But his wille is in the lawe of the Lord; and he schal bi|thenke in the lawe of hym dai and nyȝt. And he schal bebe maad K sec. m. as a tree, whichthat I. is plauntid bisidis the rennyngis of watris; whichthe which I. that KS. treOm IS. schal ȝyue his fruyt in his tyme. And his leef schal not falle doun; and alle thingis which euere he schal do schulen haue prosperite. Not so wickid men, not so; but thei ben as dust, which theOm. K. wynd castith awei fro the face of erthethe erthe CISik. Therfor wickid men risen not aȝen in doomdoom, that is, to ther saluacion, but more to ther dampnacion K text. that is, to han saluacioun, but to dampna|cioun more V marg.; nethir synneres in the councel of iust men. For the Lord knowithhath knowe I. the weie of iust men; and the weie of wickid men schal perische.

 PSALM II.The secounde salmOm. IK.A glos. The secounde salm, that hath no title in Ebreu, and in Jeromes translacioun, was maad of Dauith, as the postlis wit|nessen in iiij. chapitre of De|dis. C et alii. This secunde psalm is vndir|stondun of Crist, God and man. V..

Whi gnastiden with teeth hethene men; and puplis thouȝten veyn thingis? The kyngis of erthe stoden togidere; and princes camen togidere aȝens the Lord, and aȝens his Crist? Breke we the bondis of hem; and cast we awei the ȝok of hem fro vs. He that dwellith in heuenes schal scorne hem; and the Lord schal bimowe hem. Thanne he schal speke to hem in his irewraththe I.; and he schal disturble hem in his stronge veniaunce. ForsotheSothely I. Y am maadordeyned I. of hym a kyng onup on I. Syon, his hooli hil; prechynge his comaundement. The Lord seide to me, Thou art my sone; Y haue gendridgoten I. thee to dai. Axe thou of me, and Y schal ȝyue to thee hethene men thinto thin S. eritage; and thi possessioun the termes of erthe. Thou schalt gouerne hem in an yrun ȝerde; and thou schalt breke hemhem to gidere I. as the vessel of a pottere. And now, ȝe kyngis, vndurstonde; ȝe that demen the erthe, bebe ȝe IK. lerudlerned D et alii.. Serue ȝe the Lord within I. drede; and make ȝe fulful out K sec. m. ioye to hym with tremblyng. Take ȝe lorelore of chastisyng I.; lest the Lord be wroothwraththid I. sumtyme, and lestOm. I. ȝe perischen fro iustthe iust I. waie. Whanne his `ire brennethwraththe shal brenne I. out in schort tyme; blessed ben alle thei, that tristen in hym.

 PSALM III.The title of the thridde salm. The salmOm. I. of Dauid, whanne he fledde fro the face of Absolon, his sone.

Lord, whi ben thei multiplied that dis|turblen me? many men rysen aȝens me. Many men seien ofto I. my soule, Noon helthe isther is I. to hym in his God. But thou, Lord, art myn vptakere; my glorye, and en|haunsyng myn heed. With my vois Y criede to the Lord; and he herde me fro his hooli hil. I slepte, and `was quenchidrestide I., and Y roos vp; for the Lord resseyuede me. I schal not drede thousyndis of puple cumpassynge me; Lord, risearijse I. thou vpOm. I.; my God, make thouOm. IS. me saaf. For thou hast smyte alle men beynge aduersaries to me with out cause; thou hast al to|broke the teeth of synneris. Helthe is of the Lord; and thi blessyng, LordOm. I., is on thi puple.

 PSALM IV. The title of the fourthe salm. `To the vic|torie in orgunsthe ouercomere in salmes V.; the salm of DauidA glos. The fourthe salm is doynge of thankingis to God bi Dauith, for God dely|ueride him fro Saul, cumpass|inge him with his oost, that he myȝte not ascape bi man|nus weie, outa|kun the mer|uelouse help of God. C et alii..

Whanne Y inwardli clepidclepid, that is, preiede V., God of my riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse ceteri. herdefull out herde I. me; in tribulacioun thou hast alargid to me. Haue thou mercy on me; and herefull out here I. thou my preier. Sones of men, hou long ben ȝe of heuy herte? whi louen ȝe vanite, and sekenseken ȝe S. aOm. I. leesyng? And wite ȝe, that the Lord hath maad merueilous his hooli man; the Lord schal here me, whanne Y schal crye to hym. Be ȝe wrothe, and nyle ȝeOm. C. doOm. I. synne; `and for tho thingistho yuelis to I. whiche ȝe seien in ȝoure hertis and in ȝoure beddis, be ȝe compunct. SacrifieSacrifice HKL MOSXbhk. offre I. ȝe `the sacri|ficean offryng I. of riȝtfulnesse, and hope ȝe in the Lord; manymany men I. seien, Who schewide goodisgoode thingis I. to vs? Lord, the liȝt of thi cheer is markid onup on I. vs; thou hast ȝoue gladnesse in myn herte. Thei ben multiplied of the fruit of whete, andOm. plures. of wyn; and ofOm. O. herOm. ILM. oile. In pees in the same thing; Y schal slepe, and take reste. For thou, Lord; hast set me syngulerlioonly I. in hope.

 PSALM V.The title of the fyuethe salm. To the ouercomere on the eritagis, the songsalm X. of DauidA glos. Da|uith made the fyuethe salm, for prestis and dekenes schul|den synge it, to gete Goddis help aȝenus enemyes of Goddis puple; and that God schulde de|fende his puple. C et alii..

Lord, perseyue thou my wordis with eeris; vndurstondeand vnderstonde I. thou my cry. Mi kyng, and my God; ȝyue thou tent to the vois of my preier. For, Lord, Y schal preie to thee; here thou eerly my vois. Eerli Y schal stonde nyȝ theeto thee I., and Y schal se; for thou art God not willyngewilnynge IS. wickidnesse. Nethir an yuel willid man schal dwelle bisidis thee; nethir vniust men schulen dwelle bifor thin iȝen. Thou hatist allealle hem I. that worchen wickidnesse; thou schalt leeseleese hem I. alle that speken leesyng. The Lord schal holde abhomynable a manquellere, and gilefula gileful IK. man. ButBut I schal be IKOS., LordOm. IO., in the multitude of thi merci Y schal entre in to thin hows; Y schal wor|schipeworschip thee IKS. toat IKS. thin hooli temple in thi drede. Lord, lede thou forth me in thi riȝtful|nesseriȝtwisnesse I. for myn enemyes; dresse thou my weie in thi siȝt. For whiOm. I. treuthe is not in her mouth; her herte is veyn. Her throteherte I. is an opyn sepulcre, thei diden gilefuli within I. her tungis; God, deme thou hem. Falle thei doun fro her thouȝtis, vpvpe C. after I. the multitude of her wickidnessisvnpiteuousnessis I. caste thou hem doun; for, Lord, thei han terrid thee to irewraththe IKS.. And alle that hopen in thee, bebe thei I. glad; thei schulen make fulliful out S. ioye with outen ende, and thou schalt dwelle in hem. And alle that louen thi name schulen haue glorie in thee; for thou schalt blesse athe I. iust man. Lord, thou hast corouned vs, as with thea K. scheeld of thi good wille.

 PSALM VI.The title of the sixte salm. To the ouer|comere in salmes, the salm of Dauid, `on the eiȝtheOm. KW.A glos. Da|uide made the sixte salm, to axe merci for his offence, bi which he co|maundide the puple to be noumbrid for pride, and aȝens the lawe in xxx. chapitre of Exodi, with|out money as|signed there of God. A et alii..

Lord, repreue thou not me in thi stronge veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire. Lord, haue thou merci onof I. me, for Y am sijk; Lord, make thou me hool, for alle my boonys ben troblid. And my soule is troblid greetli; but thou, Lord, hou longlong tariest I.? Lord, be thou conuertidal to gidre turnid I., and delyuere my soule; make thou me saaf, for thi merci. For noon isther is I. in deeth, whichthat I. is myndful of thee; but in helle who schal knouleche to thee? I traueilide in my weilyng, Y schal waische my bedbed, or conscience I. bi ech nyȝt; Y schal moiste, `ether make weetOm. IV., my bedstre with my teeris. Myn iȝe is disturblid of woodnesse; Y waxehaue wexe I. wexide K. eld among alle myn enemyes. Alle ȝe that worchen wickidnesse, departedeparteth I. departe ȝe S. fro me; for the Lord hathhath graciously I. herd the vois of my wepyng. The Lord hath herd my bi|sechyng; the Lord hath resseyuedvptaken I. my preierorisoun I.. Alle my enemyes bebe thei K. aschamed, and bebe thei I. disturblid greetli; be thei turned togidere, and be thei aschamed ful swiftli.

 PSALM VII.The title of theOm. Q. seuenthe salm. For thethe synne of the K. ignoraunce of Dauid, which he songe to the Lord on theOm. U. wordisword RW. of Ethi|opien, the sone of GemynyA glos. That is, for the synne of the ignoraunce of Dauid, bi which he was occa|sioun of the deth of prestis slayn of Saul, and Doech, for the helpyng of Dauid. A et alii..

Mi Lord God, Y haue hopid in thee; make thou me saaf froand fro I. alle that pur|suen me, andOm. I. delyuere thou me. Lest ony tyme he as a lioun rauysche my soule; theOm. I. while noon isther is I. that aȝenbieth, nether that makith saaf. Mi Lord God, if Y didehaue do I. this thingyuel I., if wickidnessewickidnesse, that is, wille to do wickidnesse K text. V marg. is in myn hondiswerkis I.; if Y `ȝeldide to men ȝeldynge to me yuelshaue ȝolden yuel thingis to hem that han ȝolde yuel thingis to me I., falle Y`bi disseruyngworthily I. voide frofro pacience of I. myn enemyes; myn enemy pursuepursue he I. my soule, and taketake he I., and defoule my lijf in erthe; and brynge my glorie in to dust. Lord, rise thou vp in thin irewraththe I.; and be thou reysidenhaunsid I. in the coostis of myn enemyes. And, my Lord God, rise thouthou up IKS. in the co|maundement, which thou `hast comaund|idcomaundidist K.; and the synagoge of puplis schal cum|passe thee. And for this go thou aȝenOm. C. an hiȝ; the Lord demeth puplis. Lord, deme thou me biafter I. my riȝtfulnesse; and biaftir I. myn innocence onup on I. me. The wickidnesse of synneris be endid; and thou, God, sekyng the hertishertis, that is, thouȝtis KV. andand the I. reynesreynes, that is, delitinges K., schalt dresse a iust man. Mi iust help is of the Lord; that makith saaf riȝtful men in herte. The Lord is a iust iuge, stronge and pacient; whetherwher ceteri passim. he isbe I. wrooth bi alle daies? IfBut if I. ȝe ben `not conuertidalle to gidre turnid I., he schal florischemake briȝt I. florische, that is, make redi to smyte K text. V marg. his swerd; he hath bent his bouwe, and made it redi. And ther|ynne he hath maad redi the vessels of deth; heand he I. hath fulli maad his arewis with brennynge thingis. Lo! hethe wickid hath I. conseyuede sorewe; he peynfuli brouȝtehath brouȝt I. forth vnriȝt|fulnesse, and childidehe hath childid I. wickidnesse. He openide a lake, and diggide it out; and he feldefelle I. in to the dich which he made. His sorewe schal be turned in to his heed; and his wickidnesse schal come doun in to his necke. I schal knouleche to the Lord biaftir I. his riȝtfulnesse; and Y schal synge to the name of the hiȝeste Lord.

 PSALM VIII.The title of the eiȝthe salm. To the ouercomere, for pressours, the salm of DauidA glos. That is, to Crist kyng ouer|comere, for the meritis of hise passiouns, bi whiche he hadde ful vic|torie, and coroun of glo|rie, and en|haunsyng aboue alle creaturis, this salm is maad of Dauid, to his glorie and onour. A et alii..

Lord, thou art oure Lord; thi name is fulOm. K pr. m. L. wonderful in al erthe. For thi greet doyng is reisidreisid up I., aboue heuenes. Of the mouth of ȝonge children, not spekynge and soukynge mylk, thou madisthast maad I. per|fitliperfijt I. heriyng, for thin enemyes; that thou destrie thean S. enemy and avengerethe avengere I.. For Y schal se thin heuenes, the werkis of thi fyngris; the moone and sterristhe sterris IS., whiche thou hast foundid. What is a manman, that is, mankinde, in comparison of aungelis kinde K text. V marg., that thou art myndeful of hym; ethir the sone of a virgyn, for thou visitist hym? Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels; thou hast corouned hym with glorie and onour, and hastthou hast I. ordeyned hym aboue the werkis of thin hondis. Thou hast maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet; alle scheep and oxisoxen I., ferthermore and the beestis of the feeld; the briddis of the eir, and the fischis of the see; thatthe whiche I. passen bi the pathis of the see. Lord, `thou artOm. I. oure Lord; thihou wondirful is thi I. name `is wondurfulis ful won|durful sec. m. CK sec. m. ORXik. Om. I. in al erthe.

 PSALM IX.The title of theOm. Q. nynthe salm. In to the ende, for the pryuytees of the sone, the salm of DauidA glos. This salm was maad of Dauid for the priuytees of the sones, that is, for the doom of dis|crecioun, bi which feithful men ben de|partid in meri|tis fro vnfeith|ful men, and for the doom of the last de|partyng of good men and yuel. A et alii..

Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; Y schal telle alle thi merueils. Thou hiȝestehigheste Lord I., Y schal be glad, and Y schal be fulli ioieful in thee; Yand Y I. schal synge to thi name. For thou turnest myn enemy abac; thei schulen be maad feble, andand thei I. schulen perische fro thi face. For thou hast maad my doom and my cause; thou, that demest riȝtfulnesse, `hast setsittist up I. sittist K. on thea I. trone. Thou blamedisthast blamid I. hethene men, and the wickidwickid man I. perischide; thou hast do awei the name of hem in to the world, and in to the world of worldworldis S.. The swerdis of the enemy failidenhan failid I. in to the ende; and thou hast distried the citees of hem. The mynde of hem perischideperische A. hath perischid I. with sown; and the Lord dwellith with outen ende. He madehath made I. redi his trone in doom; and he schal deme the world in equite, he schal deme puplis in riȝtfulnesse. And the Lord is maad refuytthe refuyt I., `ether helpOm. I., `to aof the I. pore man; anand his I. helpere in couenable tymes in tribulacioun. And thei, that knowen thi name, hauehaue thei IK. hope in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsake hem that seken thee. Synge ȝe to the Lord, that dwellith in Syon; telleand telle I. ȝe hise studyesstudies, that is, the gospel K. among hethene men. God forȝetith not the cry of pore men; for he hath myndemynde of hem I., andand he I. sekith the blood of hem. Lord, haue thou merci onof I. me; seand se I. thou my mekenesse of myn enemyes. Which enhaunsist me fro the ȝatis of deeth; that Y telle alle thi preisyngis in the ȝatis of the douȝter of Syon. Y schal `be fulli ioyefulioye fully I. in thin helthe; hethene men ben fast set in the perisching, whichthat I. thei madenhan maad to oothere men I.. In this snare, which thei hiddenhan hid I., the foot of hem is kauȝt. The Lord makynge domes schal be knowun; the synnere is takun in the werkis of hise hondis. Synneris be turned togidere in to helle; alle folkis, that for|ȝeten God. For the forȝetyng of a pore man schal not be in to the ende; the pa|cience of pore men schal not perische in to the ende. Lord, rise thou vp, a man be not coumfortid; folkis be demyd in thi siȝt. Lord, ordeine thou a lawe makere onupon I. hem; wite folkis, that thei ben men. Lord, whi hast thou go fer awei? thou dispisistdispisist vs I. `in couenablecouenably R. tymestyme A. in tribula|cioun. While the wickidwickid man I. iswexith I. proud, the pore man is brent; thei ben taken in the counselsnickide counsels I., biOm. I. whiche thei thenken. For|whi the synnere is preisid in the desiris of his soule; and the wickid is blessid. The synnere `wraththide the Lordhath terrid the Lord to wraththe I.; vpaftir I. on S. the multitude of his irewraththe I. he schal not seke. God is not in his siȝt; hise weies ben de|foulid in al tyme. GodOm. I., thi domes ben takun awei fro his face; he schal be lord of alle hise enemyes. ForForsothe I. he seide in his herte, Y schal not be moued, fro genera|cioun in to generacioun without yuel. `Whos mouthThe mouth of whom I. is ful of cursyng, and of bitternesse, and of gyle; traueland trauel I. and so|rewe is vndur his tunge. He sittith in aspies with ryche men in priuytees; to sle the innocent man. Hise iȝen biholdenbiholden cruelly I. on athe I. pore man; he settith aspies in hidhis I. place, as a lioun in his denne. He settith aspies, for to rauysche athe I. pore man; for to rauysche a pore man, while he drawith thea I. pore manman to him I.. In his snare he schal makeOm. S. meke the pore man; he schal bowe hym silfhym silf doun I., and schalhe schal I. falle dounOm. I., whanne he hath be lord of pore men. ForForsothe I. he seide in his herte, God hath forȝeteforȝete the pore man, and I.; he hath turned awei his face, that he sese him I. not in to the ende. Lord God, rise thou vp, and thin hond be enhaunsid; forȝete thou not pore men. For what thing terridehath terrid I. the wickidvnpitous I. man God to wraththe? for he seide in his herte, God schal notnot aȝen I. seke. Thou seest, for thou biholdist trauel and sorewe; that thou take hem in to thin hondis. The pore man is left to thee; thou schalt be an helpere to the fadirles and modirlesmoderles child S.. Al to-breke thou the arme of the synnere, and yuel willid; his synne schal be souȝt, and it schal not be foundun. The Lord schal regne with outen ende, and in to the world of world; folkis, ȝe schulen perische fro the lond of hym. The Lord hath herd the desir of pore men; thin eere hath herd the makyng redi of her herte. To deme forfro KS. thethe fadirles and I. modirles `and mekeOm. I.; that a man `leie topresume I. no more to `magnyfie hym silfmake him selff greet I. on erthe.

 PSALM X.The title ofOm. A. the tenthe salm. To the victorie of Dauid.

I triste in the Lord; hou seien ȝe to my soule, Passe thou ouere in to anthe I. hil, as a sparowe doith? For lo! synneris han bent a bouwe; thei han maad redi her arowis in an arowe caas; `for tothat thei I. schete in derknesse riȝtfulthe riȝtful I. men in herte. For thei han distryed, whom thou hast maad perfit; but what dide the riȝtful man? The Lord is in his hooli temple; he is Lord, his seete is in heuene. Hise iȝen bi|holden on athe I. pore man; hise iȝelidis axen the sones of men. The Lord axith a iust man, andand eke a I pr. m. and a I sec. m. and an K. vnfeithful man; but he, that loueth wickidnesse, hatith hishis owne I. soule. He schal reyne snaris onupon I. `synful mensynners I.; fier, brymstonand brymston I., and the spirit of tempestis ben the part of the cuppe of hem. For the Lord is riȝtfuliust EL., and louedehe louede C. loueth EL. he louith I. riȝtfulnessis; his cheer siȝis EL. hath seen I. equiteeuenesse I., `ethir euennesseethir euenhede ELP. Om. I..

 PSALM XI.The title of theOm. QR. eleuenthe salm. To the victorie on the eiȝteeiȝthe MXhi., theOm. OR. song of Dauid.

Lord, make thou me saaf, for the hooli failidehath failid I.; for treuthis ben maad litle fro the sones of men. Thei spaken veyn thingis, ech man to hys neiȝbore; theiand thei I. hanhauynge I. gile|ful lippis, theiOm. I. spaken in herteher herte I. and hertewith her herte I.. The Lord destrie alle gileful lippis; and the greet spekynge tunge. Whiche seiden, We schulen magnyfie oure tunge, our lippis ben of vsvs self I.; who is oure lord? For the wretchednessewretchidnessis I. of nedy men, and for the weilyng of pore men; now Y schal ryse vp, seith the Lord. I schal setteputte or sette I. inhelt hethe helthe ȝiuer, and I.; Y schal do tristili in hym. The spechis of the Lord ben chast spechis; siluer ex|amynydasaied I. bi fier, preued fro erthethe erthe S., purgid seuen fold. Thou, Lord, schalt kepe vs; andOm. S. thouOm. IS. `schalt kepedefende I. vsOm. S. fro this gene|racioun within to with I. outen ende. WickidVnpitouse I. men goengon aboute I. in cumpas; biaftir I. thin hiȝnesse thou hast multiplied the sones of men.

 PSALM XII.The title of theOm. COQ. twelfthe salm. To theOm. Ci. victorie of Dauid.

Lord, hou long forȝetist thou me in to the ende? hou long turnest thouOm. I. awei thi face fro me? Hou long schal Y sette counselscounceil S. in my soule; sorewe in my herte bi dai? Hou long schal myn enemy be reisidreisid up I. on me? My Lord God, biholde thou, and here thou me. Liȝtne thou myn iȝen, lest ony tyme Y slepe in deth; lest ony tyme myn enemye seie, Y hadde the maistri aȝens hym. Thei, that troblen me, schulen haue ioie, if Y schal be stirid; forsothebut I. Y hopide in thi merci. Myn herte schal fulli haue ioie in thin helthehelthe ȝiuere, Crist I.; Y schal synge to the Lord, that ȝyueth goodis to me, and Y schal seie salma salm S. to the name of the hiȝeste Lord.

 PSALM XIII.The `title ofOm. S. theOm. QRS. threttenthe salm. To the victorie of Dauid.

The vnwise man seide in his herte, God is not. Thei ben corrupt, andand thei I. ben maad abhomynable in her studies; noon isther is I. that doith good, noon is til to oon. The Lord bihelde fro heuene on the sones of men; that he se, if onyony man S. isther is I. vndurstondynge, ethir sekyngeaȝen sekynge I. God. Alle bowiden awei, togi|dere thei ben maad vnprofitable; noon is that doth good, noon isther is I. `til tounto I. oon. The throte of hem is an open sepulcre, thei diden gilefuli with her tungis; the venym of snakis is vndurvndirnethe S. her lippis. Whos mouth is ful of cursyng andand of I. bittirnesse; her feet ben swift to schede out blood. Sorewe and cursidnesse is in the weies of hem, and thei knewen not the weie of pees; the drede of God is not bifor her iȝen. Whether alle men that worchen wickid|nesse schulen not knowe; thatwhiche I. deuowren my puple, as mete of breed? Thei cle|pedenin clepeden A sec. m. clepen O. not the Lord; thei trembliden there for dreed, where was no drede; for the Lord is in a riȝtful generacioun. Thou hast schentconfoundid I. the counsel of athe I. pore man; for the Lord is his hope. Who schal ȝyue fro Syon helthe to Israel? Whanne the Lord hath turned awei the caitifte of his puple; Jacob schal `fulli be ioifulful out ioye I. fulli ioie K., and Israel schal be glad.

 PSALM XIV.The title of theOm. Q. fourtenthe salm. The salm of Dauid

Lord, who schal dwelle in thi taber|nacle; ether who schal reste in thin hooli hil? He that entrith with out wem; and worchith riȝtfulnesse. WhichHe that I. spekith treuthe in his herte; which dide not gile in his tunge. NethirNe I. dide yuel to his neiȝbore; and took not schenschipschenschipis D. repreef I. aȝensto V. hise neiȝborisneȝebore X.. A wickid man is brouȝt to nouȝt in his siȝt; but he glorifieth hem that dreden the Lord. WhichHe that I. swerith to his neiȝbore, and disseyueth nothim not I.; whichthe which I. ȝaf not his money to vsure; and took not ȝiftis onupon I. the innocent. He, that doith these thingis, schal not be moued with outen ende.

 PSALM XV.The title of theOm. Q. fiuetenthe salm. `Of the meke and symplethat he made to preising of the meek and symple Crist V., the salm of DauidA glos. This salm is maad of Dauid, to the preysyng of the meke and sym|ple Crist. A et alii..

Lord, kepeto gidre kepe I. thou me, for Y haue hopid in thee; Y seide to the Lord, Thou art my God, for thou hast no nede of my goodis. To the seyntis that ben in the lond of hym; hehe hath I. made wondurful alle my willis in hem. The sikenessis of hem ben multiplied; aftirwardand aftirward I. thei hastiden. I schal not gadire togidere theOm. I. conuen|ticulis, `ethir litleor smale I. couentis, of hem of bloodis; and Y schal not be myndeful of her names bi my lippis. The Lord is part of myn eritage, and of my passion; thou artit art I., that schalt restore myn eritage to me. Coordis felden to me in ful clere thingis; forforsothe I. myn eritage is ful cleer to me. I schal blesse the Lord, that ȝafhath ȝouen I. vndur|stondyng to me; ferthermore and my reynes blamedenhan blamyd I. me `til tounto the I. nyȝt. I pur|ueidesawȝe bifore I. euere the Lord in my siȝt; for he is onat I. the riȝthalf to me, that Y be not moued. For this thingthing, that is, for my rising aȝen K text V marg. myn herte was glad, and my tunge ioyede fulli; ferther|more and my fleisch schal reste in hope. For thou schalt not forsakeleue I. my soule in helle; nether thou schalt ȝyue thin hooli to se corrupcioun. Thou hast maad knowun to me the weies of lijf; thou schalt fillefulfille I. me ofwith S. gladnesse with thi cheer; delit|yngis ben in thi riȝthalf `til in tounto I. til to K. the endeeende, ether til to withouten eende K..

 PSALM XVI.The title ofon R. theOm. L. sixtenthe salm. TheOm. R. preier of Dauid.

Lord, here thou my riȝtfulnesse; biholde thou my preier. PerseuyeParceyue I. thou with eeris my preier; not maadmaad to me I. in gileful lippis. Mi doom comecometh CKM. come it I. `forth ofbifore I. thi cheer; thin iȝen sesee thei K. equite. Thou hast preued myn herte, andand thou I. hast visitidvisited it I. in niȝt; thou hast examynydassaied I. meit I. bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me. That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the wordis of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies. Make thou perfit my goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued. I criede, for thou, God, herdisthast herd I. me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis. Make wondurful thi mercies; that makist saaf `men hopyngehem that hopen I. in thee. Kepe thou me as the appil of thethin I. iȝe; froand fro I. `men aȝenstondyngehem that aȝen|stonden I. thi riȝt hond. KeuereHile I. thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis; fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han tur|mentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule; thei han closide togidere her fat|nesse; theand the I. mouth of hem spak pride. Thei castidenhan cast I. me forthout I., and han cumpassid me now; theiand thei I. ordeynedenhan ordeyned I. to bowe doun her iȝen in to erthe. Thei, as a lioun maad redi to preyhis prey I., han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places. Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hymOm. I., and disseyueouerturne I. thou hym; de|lyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse, delyuerevnpitouse man, and delyuere I. vnpitouse man; delyuer S. thou thithe I. swerd fro the ene|myes of thin hond. Lord, departe thou hem fro a fewe menfeithful men I. of `the londerthe I. in the lijf of hem; her wombe is fillid of thin hid thingis. Thei ben fillidfulfillid I. with sones; and thei leftenhan left I. her relifisrelifs ether residue V. to her litle children. But Y in riȝtfulnesse schal ap|pere to thi siȝt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.

 PSALM XVII. The title of theOm. Q. seuenetenthe salm. To victoriethe victorie i., the word of the Lord to Dauid; whichthat I. spak the wordis of this song, in the dai into O. which the Lord delyueredehadde delyuered X. hym froOm. C. theOm. Ci. hondhondis R. Om. Ci. ofOm. i. alle hise enemyes, and fro the hond of Saul; and he seide:

Lord, my strengthe, Y schal loue thee; the Lord is my stidfastnesse, and my re|fuyt, and mi deliuerere. Mi God is myn helpere; and Y schal hope in toOm. I. hym. My defendere, and the horn of myn helthe; and myn vptakere. I schal preise, and yn|wardli clepe the Lord; and Y schal be saaf fro myn enemyes. The sorewis of deth cumpassiden me; and the strondis of wick|idnesse disturblidenhan disturblid I. me. The sorewis of helle cumpassidenhan cumpassid I. me; the snaris of deeth `bifor ocupiedenhan bifor ocupied I. me. In my tribulacioun YY haue I. inwardli clepide the Lord; and Y criede to my God. And he herde my vois fro his hooli temple; and my cry in his siȝt entride in to hise eeris. The erthe was mouede togidere, and tremblede togideregretly I.; the foundementis of hillis weren troblid togi|dere, and werenOm. I. moued togidere; for hethe Lord I. was wrooth to hem. Smoke stiedestiede up I. in the ire of hymthe Lord I., and fier brente out fro his face; coolis weren kyndlid of hym. He bowide doun heuenes, and cam doun; and derknesse was vndur hise feet. And he stiede on cherubym, and fleihe flei I.; he fley ouer the pennes of wyndis. And he set|tide derknesses his hidyng placeplace of his maiestee, and I., his ta|bernacle `in his cumpasOm. I.; derkand derk I. water was in the cloudes of the lowereOm. I. eir. Ful cleer cloudis passiden in his siȝt; hail and the coolis of fier. And the Lord thun|drid fro heuene; and the hiȝeste ȝaf his vois, hail and theOm. I. coolis of fier `camen dounOm. I.. And he sente hise arowis, and distriede thothilke I. men; he multipliede leytis, and disturblide tho men. And the wellis of watris apperiden; and the foundementis of theOm. K. erthe weren schewid. Lord, of thi blamyng; of the brething of the spirit of thin ire. He sente fro the hiȝeste place, and took me; and he took me fro many watris. He delyuerede me fro my strong|este enemyes; and fro hem that hatiden me, for thei weren coumfortid on me. Thei camen bifor me in the dai of my turment; and the Lord was maad my de|fendere. And he ledde out me in to breede; he maad me saaf, for he wolde me. And the Lord schal ȝelde to me biaftir I. my riȝtful|nesse; and he schal ȝelde to me biaftir I. the clennesse of myn hondis. For Y kepte the weies of the Lord; and Y dide not vnfeith|fuli fro my God. For alle hise domes ben in my siȝt; and Y puttide not awei fro me hise riȝtfulnessis. And Y schal be vnwem|med with hym; and Y schal kepe me fro my wickidnesse. And the Lord schal ȝelde to me bi my riȝtfulnesse; and biaftir I. the clen|nesse of myn hondis in the siȝt of hise iȝen. With the hooli, thou schalt be hooli; and with `a man innocentan innocent man I., thou schalt be innocent. And with a chosun man, thou schalt be chosun; and with a weiward man, thou schalt be weiward. ForFor, Lord I. thou schalt make saaf a meke puple; and thou schalt make meke the iȝen of proude men. For thou, Lord, liȝtnest my lanterne; my God, liȝtne thou my derknessis. For biin I. thee Y schal be delyuered fro temptacioun; and in my GodGod, that is, in the vertu of my God K text V marg. Y schal `go ouerpasse I. the wal. Mi God, his weie is vndefoulid, the speches of the Lord ben examyned bi fier; he is defendere of alle men hopynge in hym. For whi, who is God out takun the Lord? ethir who is God outakun oure God? God that hath gird me with vertu; and hath set my weie vnwemmed. Which made per|fit my feet asas the feet I. of hertis; and ordeynyngeordeynede K. me on hiȝe thingis. Which techith myn hondis to batel; and thou hast set myn armys as a brasun bouwe. And thou hast ȝoue to me the kyueryng of thin helthe; and thi riȝthond hath vptake me. And thi chastisyng amendide me in to the ende; and thilke chastisyng of thee schal teche me. Thou alargidist my paacespathis I. vndur me; and my steppis ben not maad vnstidefast. Y schal pursue myn enemyes, and Y schal take hemhem altogidre I.; and Y schal not turne til thei failen. I schal al to-breke hem, and thei schulen not mowe stonde; thei schulen falle vndur my feet. And thou hast gird me with vertu to batel; and thou hast `supplauntid, ether dis|seyued ouerturnid I., vndur me men risynge aȝens me. And thou hast ȝoue myn enemyes abac to me; and thou hast distried `men hatyngehem that hatiden I. me. Thei crieden, and noon wasther was I. that maad hem saaf; `thei criedenOm. I. to the Lord, and he herde not hem. And Y schal al to-breke hem, as dust bifor the face of wyndthe wynd IKS.; Y schal do hem awei, as theOm. I. cley of stretis. Thou schalt dely|uere me fro aȝenseiyngis of the puple; thou schalt sette me in to the heed of folkispeplis I.. The puple, which Y knewe not, seruedehath serued I. me; in the herynge of eere it obeiede to me. Alien sones lieden to me, alien sones wexiden elde; andand thei I. crokiden fro thi pathis. The Lord lyueth, and my God be blessid; and the God of myn helthe bebe he I. enhaunsid. God, that ȝauestȝyuest plures. veniaunces to me, andthou I. makist suget pu|plis vndur me; mythou art my I. delyuerere fro my wrathful enemyes. And thou schalt en|haunse me fro hem, that risen aȝens me; thou schalt delyuere me fro a wickid man. Therfor, Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee among naciouns; and Y schal seie salm to thi name. Magnyfiynge the helthis of his kyng; and doynge merci to his crist Dauid, and to his seed til in to the world.

 PSALM XVIII. The title of theOm. FQi. eiȝtenthe salm. To vic|torie, theof the O. salm of Dauid.

Heuenes tellen out the glorie of God; and the firmament tellith the werkis of hise hondis. The dai tellithtellith ether bolkith X sec. m. out to the dai a word; and the nyȝt schewithsheweth out K. kun|nyng to the nyȝt. No langagis ben, nether wordis; of whiche the voices of hem ben not herd. The soun of hem ȝede out in to al erthe; and the wordis of hem `ȝeden outOm. I. in to the endis of the world. In the sunne he hath set his tabernacle; and he as a spouse comyngewas comynge I. forth of his chaumbre. He fulli ioyede, as a giaunt, to renne his weie; his goynge out was fro hiȝeste he|uene. And his goyng aȝen was to the hiȝeste therof; and noon isther is I. that hidith hym silf fro his heetheet, that is, charite KV.. The lawe of the Lord is with out wem, and conuertith soulis; the witnessyng of the Lord is feithful, andand it I. ȝyueth wisdom to litlelitle, ether meke KV. chil|dren. The riȝtfulnessis of the Lord ben riȝtful, gladdynge hertis; the comaunde|ment of the Lord is cleere, liȝtnynge iȝen. The hooli drede of the Lord dwellith in to worldthe world K sec. m. of world; the domes of the Lord ben trewe, iustified in to hemOm. S. silf. De|sirableDesiderable CGQ. more than gold, and a stoon myche preciouse; and swettere than hony and honycoomb. `ForwhiForsothe I. thi seruaunt kepith thoo; myche ȝeldyngȝeldyng or reward I. is in thothilke domes I. to be kept. Who vndurstondith trespassis? make thou me cleene fro my priuy synnes; and of alien synnes spare thi seruaunt. `If the forseid defautisfautis S. ben not, Lord, of me, than Y schal be with out wemIf tho haue not lordschip of me, thanne I schal be vndefoulid of aliene synnes I.; and Y schal be clensid of the mooste synne. And the spechis of my mouth schulen bebe siche I., that thothei I. plese; and the thenkynge of myn herteherte is I. euere in thi siȝt. Lord, mynthou art myn I. helpere; and myn aȝenbiere.

 PSALM XIX. The title of theOm. FQi. nyntenthe salm. To vic|torie, the salm of DauidA glos. This salm was maad of Dauid to gete victorie for his oost. A et alii..

The Lord here thee in the dai of tribu|laciounthi tribulacioun S.; the name of God of Jacob de|fende thee. Sende he helpe to thee fro thehis I. hooli place; and fro Syon defende he thee. Be he myndeful of al thi sacrifice; and thi brent sacrifice be maad fat. Ȝyue he to thee aftir thin herte; and conferme he al thi counsel. We schulen be glad in thin helthe; and we schulen be magnyfied in the name of oure God. The Lord fille alle thin axyngis; nowe Y haue knowe, that the Lord hath maad saaf his crist. He schal here hym fro his hooly heuene; the helthe of his riȝt hond is in poweris. ThesThes, that is, aduersaries, tristen K. inben in I. charis, and these in horsis; but we schulen inwardli clepe in the name of oure Lord God. Thei ben boundun, and felden doun; but we hanhaue I. rise, and ben reisid. Lord, make thou saaf the kyng; and here thou vs in the dai in which we inwardli clepen thee.

 PSALM XX. The title of theOm. LQ. twentithe salm. To vic|torie, the salm of Dauid.

Lord, the kyng schal be glad in thi vertu; and he schal ful out haueOm. I. ioye greetli onof I. thin helthe. Thou hast ȝoue to hym the desire of his herte; and thou hast not defraudidbigilid I. hym of thethin S. wille of hise lippis. For thou hastOm. S. bifor come hym in theOm. I. blessyngis of swetnesse; thou hast setput I. onupon I. his heed a coroun of pre|ciouse stoon. He axide of thee lijf, and thou ȝauest toit to I. hym; theand the I. lengthe of daies in to the world, `and in to the worldOm. I. of world. His glorie is greet in thin helthe; thou schalt putte glorieon hym the glorie V., and greet fayr|nesse on hym. For thou schalt ȝyue hym in to blessing in to the world of world; thou schalt make hym glad in ioye with thi cheer. For the kyng hopith in the Lord; and in the merci of the hiȝeste he schal not be moued. Thyn hond be foundun to alle thin enemyes; thi riȝthond fynde alle hem that haten thee. Thou schalt putte hem as a furneis of fier in the tyme of thi cheer; the Lord schal dis|turble hem in his ire, and fier schal de|uoure hem. Thou schalt leese the fruyt of hem fro erthethe erthe I.; and `thou schalt leeseOm. V. the seed of hem fro the sones of men. For thei bowiden yuelsyuel S. aȝens thee; thei thouȝten counseils, whiche thei myȝten not stablische. For thou schalt putte hem abac; in thi relifs thou schalt make redi the cheer of hem. Lord, be thou enhaunsid in thi vertu; we schulen synge, and seie opinly thi vertues.

 PSALM XXI. The `title ofOm. X. theOm. FQX. oon and twentithe salm. To ouercomeouercomere L. thi ouercomere WX., for `the morewtidOm. F. hyndhynd, that is, manheed of Crist, that roos aȝen in the morowtijd KV. hynd, that is, Cristis manhede i.; the salm of Dauid.

GodLord R., my God, biholde thou on me, whi hast thou forsake me? the wordis of my trespassis ben fer fro myn helthe. Mi God, Y schal crye bi dai, and thou schalt not here; and bi nyȝt, and not to vnwisdom to me. Forsothe thou, the preisyng of Israel, dwellist in holynesse; oure fadris hopiden in thee, thei hopiden, and thou delyueridist hem. Thei crieden to thee, and thei weren maad saaf; thei hopiden in thee, and thei weren not schent. But Y am a worm, and not mana man I.; the schen|schip of men, and the outcastyng of the puple. Alle men seynge me scorneden me; thei spaken with lippis, and stiridenwaggiden I. the heedheed, and seiden I.. He hopide in the Lord, dely|uere he hym; make he hym saaf, for he wole hym. For thou it art that drowist me out of the wombe, thou art myn hope fro the tetis of my modir; in to thee Y am cast forth fro the wombe. Fro the wombe of my modir thou art my God; departe thou not fro me. For tribulacioun is next; for noon isther is I. that helpith. Many calues cumpassiden me; fatte bolis bi|segiden me. Thei openyden her mouth on me; as doithOm. I. a lioun rauyschynge and rorynge. I am schedheld I. out as watir; and alle my boonys ben scateridscaterid abrood I.. Myn herte is maad, as wex fletynge abrood; in the myddis of my wombe. Mi vertu driede as a tiyl stoon, and my tunge cleuede to my chekis; and thou hast brouȝt forth me in to the dust of deth. For many doggis cumpassiden me; the counsel of wickid men bisegide me. Thei delueden myn hondis and my feet; thei noumbriden alle my boonys. Sotheli thei lokiden, and bi|helden me; thei departiden my clothis to hem silf, and thei senten lot on my cloth. But thou, Lord, delaie not thin help fro me; biholde thou to my defence. God, delyuere thou my lijf fro swerd; and dely|uere thou myn oon aloone fro the hondhond, or power I. of the dogge. Make thou me saaf fro the mouth of a lioun; and my mekenesse fro the hornes of vnycornes. I schal telle thi name to my britheren; Y schal preise thee in the myddis of the chirche. Ȝe that dreden the Lord, herieherie ȝe I. hym; alle the seedseed, that is, swers in feith and werk K text V marg. of Jacob, glorifie ȝeOm. S. hym. Al the seed of Israel drededrede it I. hym; for he forsook not, nethir dispiside the preier of a pore man. Nethir he turnede awei his face fro me; and whanne Y criede to hym, he herde me. Mi preisyng is atanentis I. thee in a greet chirche; Y schal ȝelde my vowis in the siȝt of men dredynge hym. Pore men schulen ete, andand thei I. schulen be fillid, and thei schulen herie the Lord, that seken hym; the hertis of hem schulen lyue in to the world of world. Alle the endis of erthe schulen bithenke; andand thei I. schulen be conuertid to the Lord. And alle the mey|nees of hethene men; schulen worschipe in his siȝt. For the rewme is the Lordis; and he schal be Lord of hethene men. Alle the fatte men of erthe eeten and worschipiden; alle men, that goen doun in to erthe, schulen falle doun in his siȝt. And my soule schal lyue to hym; and my seed schal serue him. A generacioun to comyng schal be teld to the Lord; and heuenes schulen telle his riȝtfulnesse to the puple that schal be borun, whom the Lord made.

 PSALM XXII. The title of theOm. FGHPQ. two and twentithe salm. `The salmOm. ORSVX., etherOm. CV. theOm. CG. songOm. C. of Dauid.

The Lord gouerneth me, and no thing schal faile to me; in the place of pasture there he hath set me. He nurschide me on the watir of refreischyng; he conuert|ide my soule. He ledde me forth on the pathis of riȝtfulnesse; for his name. For whi thouȝand thouȝ A sec. m. I. Y schal go in the myddis of schadewe of deeth; Y schal not drede yuels, for thou art with me. Thi ȝerde and thi staf; tho han coumfortid me. Thou hast maad redi a boord in my siȝt; aȝens hem that troblen me. Thou hast maad fat myn heed with oyle; and my cuppe, `fillinge greetlithat fillith me A sec. m. that filleth gretly S., is ful cleer. And thi merci schal sue me; in alle the daies of my lijf. And that Y dwelle in the hows of the Lord; in to theOm. I. lengthe of daies.

 PSALM XXIII. The title of theOm. CGHQb. `thre and twentithetwentithe and thridde W. salm. The songsalm X. of DauidA glos. This salm is seid of the glorifiyng and risyng aȝen of Crist. A et alii..

The erthe and the fulnesseplentee I. therof is `the Lordisof the Lord I.; the world, and alle that dwellen therynne `is the LordisOm. I. ben the Lordis V.. For he foundide it on the sees; and made it redi on floodis. Who schal stiestie up I. in to the hil of the Lord; ethir who schal stonde in the hooli place of hym? The innocent in hondishondis, that is, in werkis K text V marg., and in cleene herte; whichethe whiche I. took not his soule in veyn, nether swoor in gile to his neiȝbore. `This manHe, this I. schal take blessyng of the Lord; and mercy of God his helthehelthe ȝiuere I.. This is the generacioun of men sekynge hym; of men sekynge the face of God of Jacob. Ȝe princes, take vp ȝoure ȝatis, and ȝe euerelastynge ȝatis, bebeth I. be ȝe K sec. m. reisid; and the kyng of glorie schal entre. Who is this kyng of glorie? the Lord strong and myȝti, the Lord myȝti in batel. Ȝe princes, take vp ȝoure ȝatis, and ȝe euerlastynge ȝatis, bebeth I. be ȝe K sec. m. reisid; and the kyng of glorie schal entre. Who is this kyng of glorie? the Lord of vertues, he is theOm. GKV. kyng of glorie.

 PSALM XXIV. TheThis S. title of theOm. CGHIQ. foure and twentithe salm. ToThe song of F. Of OR. DauidDauid, for delyueraunce fro Saul V.A glos. This is a symple preier, that Dauid made for his dely|ueraunce fro the pursuyng of Saul. A et alii..

Lord, to thee Y haue reisid my soule; my God, Y truste in thee, be Y not aschamed. Nethir myn enemyes scorne me; for alle men that suffren theethee, that is, persecucions for thee K text V marg. schu|len not be schent. Alle men doyngethat don DGIKMOQRSWb. wickyd thingis superflulito veynli DGIKMOQRWb. super|flui FHLPU. superflu R. Om. S.; bebe thei IKQSWb. schent. Lord, schewe thou thi weies to me; and teche thou me thi pathis. Dresse thou me in thi treuthe, and teche thouOm. I. me, for thou art God my sauyour; and Y suf|fridesusteynide I. theethee, that is, for thee K text V marg. al dai. Lord, haue thou mynde of thi merciful doyngis; and of thi mercies that ben fro the world. Haue thou not mynde onof C. the trespassis of my ȝongthe; and on myn vnkunnyngis. Thou, Lord, haue mynde on me bi thi merci; for thi goodnesse. The Lord is swete and riȝtful; for thisthis cause IOSb. he schal ȝyue a lawe to men trespassynge in the weie. He schal dresse deboner men in doomthe doom I.; he schal teche mylde men hise weies. Alle the weies of the Lord ben mercy and treuthe; to men sekynge his testament, and hise witnessyngis. Lord, for thi name thou schalt do merci to my synne; for it is myche. Who is a man, that dredith the Lord? he ordeyneth to hym a lawe in the weie which he chees. His soule schal dwelle in goodis; and his seed schal enerite the lond. The Lord is aOm. I. sadnesse to men dredynge hym; and his testament is, that it be schewid to hem. Myn iȝen ben euere to the Lord; for he schal breide awey my feet fro the snare. Biholde thou onto I. me, and haue thou mercy on me; for Y am oon aloone and pore The tribulaciouns of myn herte ben multiplied; delyuere thou me of my nedis. Se thou my mekenesse and my trauel; and forȝyue thou alle my trespassis. Bihold thou myn enemyes, for thei ben multiplied; and thei hatenhatiden K sec. m. me bi wickid hatrede. Kepe thou my soule, and delyuere thouOm. I. me; be Y not aschamed, for Y hopide in thee. Innocent men and riȝtful cleuyden to me; for Y suffride thee. God, delyuere thou Israel; fro alle hise tribulaciouns.

 PSALM XXV. The title of theOm. CFGHQU. fyue and twentithe salm. `To DauidOm. K.A glos. The XXV. salm schal be expowned of the staat of Dauid, whanne after the deth of Saul he en|tride in to the rewme, bi Goddis answer, and dwellide in Ebron, with men cleuynge to hym. A et alii..

LordGod A., deme thou me, for Y entride in myn innocens; and Y hopynge in the Lord schal not be made vnstidfast. Lord, preue thou me, and asaie me; brenne thou my reynes, and myn herte. For whi thi merci is bifor myn iȝen; and Y pleside in thi treuthe. I sat not with the counsel of vanyte; and Y schal not entre with men doynge wickid thingis. I hatide the chirche of yuele men; and Y schal not sitte with wickid men. I schal waische myn hondis among innocentis; and, Lord, Y schal cumpasse thin auter. That Y here the vois of heriyng; and that Y telle out alle thi merueils. Lord, Y haue loued the fairnesse of thin howshous, that is, cristen mannes soule K.; and the place of the dwellyng of thi glorie. God, leese thou not my soule with vnfeithful men; and my lijf with men of bloodis. In whose hondis wyckidnessis ben; the riȝthond of hem is fillidfullid S. with ȝiftis. But Y entride in myn innocens; aȝenbie thou me, and haue merci on me. Mi footfoot, that is, affection KPRSVi. foot, that is, affecciouns OQU. stood in riȝtfulnesse; Lord, Y schal blesse thee in chirchis.

 PSALM XXVI. The title of theOm. CDFGHQh. sixe and twentithe salm. To DauidDauid. The holy preour of Dauy. R.A glos. Dauid made this salm aftir Sauls deth, bifor his anoyntyng. A et alii.

The Lord is my liȝtnyng, and myn helthe; whom schalschulde C. Y drede? The Lord is defendere of my lijf; for whom schal Y tremble? The while noiful men neiȝen on me; for to ete my fleischis. Myn enemyes, that troblidentroublen K. me; thei weren maad sijk andand thei I. felden doun. Thouȝ castels stonden togidere aȝens me; myn herte schal not drede. Thouȝ batel risith aȝens me; in this thing Y schal haue hope. I axide of the Lord o thing; Y schal seke this thing; that Y dwelle in the hows of the Lord alle the daies of my lijf. That Y se the wille of the Lord; and that Y visite his temple. For he hidde me in his tabernacle in the dai of yuelis; he defendide me in the hid place of his tabernacle. He enhaunside me in a stoon; and now he enhaunside myn heed ouer myn enemyes. I cumpass|ide, and offride in his tabernacle a sacrifice of criyng; Y schal synge, and Y schal seie salma salm S. to the Lord. Lord, here thou my vois, bi which Y criede to thee; haue thou merci on me, and herehere thou S. me. Myn herte seide to thee, My face souȝte thee; Lord, Y schal seke eft thi face. Turne thou not awei thi face fro me; bouwe thou not awei in irewraththe IKS. fro thi seruaunt. Lord, be thou myn helpere, forsake thou not me; and, God, myn helthe, dispise thou not me. For my fadir and my modir han forsake me; but the Lord hath take me. Lord, sette thou a lawe to me in thithe S. weie; and dresse thou me in thia riȝt K sec. m. a riȝtful i. pathpathis C sec. m. RSX. forand for O. myn enemyes. Bitake thou not me in to the soules of hem, that troblen me; for wickid wit|nessis han rise aȝens me, and wickydnesse liede toon S. it silf. I bileue to see the goodis of the Lord; in the lond of `hem that lyuenlifing men K.. Abide thou the Lord, do thouOm. I. manli; and thin herte be coumfortid, and suffre thou the Lord.

 PSALM XXVII. The title of theOm. A. seuen and twentithe salm. To DauidDauid, and to eche sett in tribulacioun. V.A glos. Dauid made this salm of the persecu|cioun of Abso|lon aȝens him, whanne Dauid fledde fro Jeru|salem for drede of hym. A et alii. This salm is the vois of Crist him silf. Austin here. V..

Lord, Y schal crye to thee; my God, be thou not stilleony tyme S. fro me, be thou not stille `ony tymeOm. S. fro me; and Y schal be maad lijk to hem, that goen doun in to the lake. Lord, here thou the vois of my bisechyng, while Y preie to thee; whyle Y reisereisede A. myn hondis to thin hooli temple. Bitake thou not me togidere with synneris; and leese thou not me with hem that worchen wickidnesse. Whyche speken pees withto S. her neiȝbore; but yuels ben in her hertis. Ȝyue thou to hem vpeaftir I. the werkis of hem; and vpeaftir I. the wickidnesse of her fyndyngis. Ȝyue thou to hem vpeaftir I. the werkis of her hondis; ȝelde thou her ȝeldyng to hem. For thei vndurstoden not the werkis of the Lord, and bi the werkis of hise hondis thou schalt destrie hem; and thou schalt not bilde hem. Blissid be the Lord; for he herde the vois of my bisechyng. The Lord is myn helpere and my defendere; and myn herte hopide in hym, and Y am helpidholpen I.. And my fleisch flouride aȝen; and of my wille Y schal knowleche to hym. The Lord is the strengthe of his puple; and he is defenderethe defendere S. of the sauyngis of his crist. Lord, make thou saaf thi puple, and blesse thou thin eritage; and reule thou hem, and enhaunse thou hem til in to with outen ende.

 PSALM XXVIII. The title of theOm. DFGHQU. eiȝt and twentithe salm. TheOm. S. salmOm. SV., ethirOm. CV. songOm. C. the song h. of DauidA glos. Dauid made this salm in the endyng of the taberna|cle, which he made to putte the arke ther|ynne; as Jerom seith, on the prologe of the Sauter. A et alii..

Ȝe sones of God, bryngebryngeth I. to the Lord; brynge ȝe to the Lord the sones of rammes. Brynge ȝe to the Lord glorie and onour; brynge ȝe to the Lord glorie to his name; herie ȝe theto the S. Lord in his hooli large place. The vois of the Lord onvpon S. watris, God of mageste thundride; the Lord on many wa|tris. The vois of the Lord in vertu; the vois of the Lord in greet doyng. The vois of the Lord brekynge cedriscedris, that is, the princis of the Jewis K text V marg.; and the Lord schal breke the cedris of theOm. I. Liban. And he schal al to-breke hem toas S. dust as a calf of the Liban; and the derling was as the sone of an vnycorn. The vois of the Lord departynge the flawme of fier; the vois of the Lord schakynge desert; and the Lord schal stire togidere the desert of Cades. The vois of the Lord makynge redi hertis, and he schal schewe thicke thingis; and in his temple alle men schulen seie glorie. The Lord makith to enhabite the greet flood; and the Lord schal sitte kyng with outen ende. The Lord schal ȝyue vertu to his puple; the Lord schal blesse his puple in pees.

 PSALM XXIX. The title of theOm. CDFGHPQUb. nyne and twentithe salm. The salm of song, for theOm. I. halewyng of the hows of DauidA glos. Dauid made the xxix. salm to preise God of his merci and grace, for he forȝaf the synne of auoutrie and of mansleynge, for whiche he disseruede to be slayn and dampned, outa|kun Goddis mercy. A et alii..

Lord, Y schal enhaunse thee, for thou hast vp take me; and thou delitidist not myn enemyes on me. Mi Lord God, Y criede to thee; and thou madist me hool. Lord, thou leddist out my soule fro helle; thou sauedist me fro hem that goen doun into the lake. Ȝe seyntis of the Lord, syngesyngeth I. to the Lord; and knowleche ȝe to the mynde of his hoolynesse. For ire is in his indig|nacioundignacioun A.; and lijf is in his wille. Wepyng schal dwelle atat the S. euentid; and gladnesse at theOm. CEKL. morewtid. Forsothe Y seide in my plentee; Y schal not be moued with outen ende. Lord, in thi wille; thou hast ȝoueOm. K pr. m. land K sec. m. vertu to my fairnesse. Thou turnedist awei thi face fro me; and Y am maad dis|turblid. Lord, Y schal crye to thee; and Y schal preye to my God. What profit is in my blood; while Y go doun in to cor|rupcioun? Whether dust schal knouleche to thee; ethir schalit schal I. telle thi treuthe? The Lord herde, and hadde merci on me; the Lord is maad myn helpere. Thou hast turned my weilyng in to ioye to me; thou hast to-rent my sak, and hast cumpassid me with gladnesse. That my glorie synge to thee, and Y be not compunct; my Lord God, Y schal knouleche to thee with outen ende.

 PSALM XXX. The title of theOm. FGHOPQU. thrittithe salm. To vic|torie, the salm of DauidA glos. Dauid made this salm in the persecu|cioun of Saul, in doynge thank|yngis for he hadde ascapid many perelis, and in preiynge to ascape pre|sent perelis and to comynge, whiche he dredde. A et alii..

Lord, YY haue I. hopide in thee, be Y not schent with outen ende; delyuere thou me in thi riȝtfulnesse. Bouwe doun thin eere to me; haaste thou to delyuere me. Be thou tointo S. me in toOm. S. God defenderea defendere I., and in to an hows of refuyt; that thou make me saaf. For thou art my strengthe and my refuyt; and for thi name thou schalt lede me forth, andand thou I. schalt nurische me. Thou schalt lede me out of the snare, which thei hidden to me; for thou art my defendere. I bitake my spirit in to thin hondis; Lord God of treuthe, thou hast aȝen bouȝt me. Thou hatisthast hatid I. hem that kepen vanytees super|fluliouer mesure L.. Forsothe Y hopide in the Lord; Y schal haue fulli ioie, and schalI schal I. be glad in thi merci. For thou byheldist my meke|nesse; thou sauedist my lijf fro nedis. And thou closidist not me togidere withynne the hondis of the enemy; thou hast sett my feet in a large place. Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y am troblid; myn iȝe is troblid in ire, my soule and my wombe `ben troblidalso I.. For whi my lijf failide in sorewe; and my ȝeeris in weilynges. Mi vertu is maad feble in pouert; and my boonys ben disturblid. Ouer alle myn ene|myes Y am maad schenship greetli to my neiȝboris; and drede to my knowun. Thei that sien me with outforth, fledden fro me; Y am ȝouun to forȝetyng, asof AEFLMPQRU. as of G pr. m. a deed man frofor EL. hertethe herte I.. I am maad as a lorun vessel; for Y herde dispisyng of many men dwell|ynge in cumpas. In that thing theOm. I. while thei camen togidere aȝens me; thei coun|celiden to take my lijf. But, Lord, Y hopide in thee; Y seide, Thou art my God; my tymes ben in thin hondis. Delyuer thou me fro the hondis of mynen enemyes; and fro hem that pursuen me. Make thou cleer thi face on thi seruaunt; Lord, make thou me saaf in thi merci; be Y not schent, for Y inwardli clepide thee. Unpi|touse men be aschamed, and bebe thei I. led forth in to helle; gileful lippys be maad doumbe. That speken wickidnesse aȝens a iust man; in pride, and in mysusyngabusioun I.. Lord, the multitude of thi swetnesse is ful greet; which thou hast hid to men dredynge thee. Thou hast maad a perfit thing to hem, that hopen in thee; in the siȝt of the sones of men. Thou schalt hide hem in the priuyte of thi face; fro disturblyng of men. Thou schalt defende hem in thi ta|bernacle; fro aȝenseiyng of tungis. Blessid be the Lord; for he hath maad wondurful his merci to me in a strengthid citee. For|sothe Y seide in the passyngout passyng I. of my soule; Y am cast out fro the face of thin iȝen. Therfor thou herdist the vois of my preier; while Y criede to thee. Alle ȝe hooli men of the Lord, loueloueth I. hym; for the Lord schal seke treuthe, and he schal ȝelde plen|teuousli to hem that doen pride. Alle ȝe that hopen in the Lord, dodoth IL. do ȝe K. manli; and ȝoure herte be coumfortid.

 PSALM XXXI.The title of theOm. CDEFHQUWi. oon and thrittithe salm. Lernyng to DauidA glos. Dauid made this salm, whanne God schewide to hym, that his synne of auow|trie with Ber|sabee and of manquellyng of Vrie was for|ȝouun to hym. A et alii..

Blessid ben thei, whose wickidnessis ben forȝouun; and whose synnes ben hilid. Blessid is the man, to whom the Lord arrettide not synne; nethir gile is in his spirit. For Y was stille, my boonys wex|iden elde; while Y criede al dai. For bi dai and nyȝt thin `hond washondis weren A. maad greuouse on me; Y am turned in my wretchednesse, while the thornthorn, that is, of contricion K. is set in. I made my synne knowun to thee; and Y hidde not my vn|riȝtfulnesse. I seide, Y schal knouleche aȝens me myn vnriȝtfulnesse to the Lord; and thou hast forȝoue the wickidnesse of my synne. For this thing ech hooli man schal preye to thee; in couenable tyme. Netheles in the greet flood of many watris; thothei I. schulen not neiȝe to thee. Thou art my refuyt fro tribulacioun, that cumpass|ide me; thou, my fulli ioiyng, delyuere me fro hem that cumpassen me. Y schal ȝyue vnderstondyng to thee, and Y schal teche thee; in this weie in which thou schalt go, Y schal make stidefast myn iȝen on thee. Nile ȝe be maad as anOm. I. hors and mule; to whichethe whiche I. is noon vndurstondyng. Lord, constreyne thou the chekis of hem with a bernacle and bridil; that neiȝen not to thee. Many betyngisscourgis S. ben of the syn|nere; but merci schal cumpasse hym that hopith in the Lord. Ȝe iust men, bebeth IS. glad, and makemake ȝe I. maketh S. fulli ioie in the Lord; and alle ȝethe F. Om. U. riȝtfulriȝtful men CK sec. m. ORXi. of herte, haue glorie.

 PSALM XXXII.The two and threttithe salm hath no title.

Ȝe iust men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togidere bicometh riȝtful men. Knouleche ȝe to the Lord in an harpe; synge ȝe to hym inOm. S. a sautre of ten strengis. Synge ȝe to hym a newe song; seie ȝe wel salm to hym in criyng. For the word of the Lord is riȝtful; and alle hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse. He loueth merci and doom; the erthe is ful of theOm. I. merci of the Lord. Heuenes ben maad stidfast bi the word of the Lord; and `al thealle A. vertu of tho bi the spirit of his mouth. And he gaderith togidere the watriswawis ELP. of the see as in a bowgebotel EL.; and settithhe settith I. depe watris in tresours. Al erthe drede the Lord; sotheli alle men enhabitynge thein the S. world ben mouyd of hym. For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maadOm. S. of nouȝt. The Lord distrieth the counsels of folkis, for|sothe he repreueth the thouȝtis of puplis; and he repreueth the counsels of prynces. But the counsel of the Lord dwellith with outen ende; the thouȝtis of his herte dwellen in generacioun and into genera|cioun. Blessid is the folk, whose Lord is his God; the puple whichthat I. he checs into eritage to hym silf. The Lord bihelde fro heuene; he siȝ alle the sones of men. Fro his dwellyng place maad redi bifor; he bi|helde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe. Which made syngulerlisingulerli, ether ech bi himself V. the soules of hem; which vndurstondith all the werkis of hem. A kyng is not sauyd bi myche vertuvertu, that is, strengthe K text V marg.; and a giaunt schal not be sauyd in the mychilnesse of his vertu. An hors is false to helthe; forsothe he schal not be sauyd in theOm. C. habundaunce, `ether plenteeOm. IR., of his vertu. Lo! the iȝen of the Lord ben on men dredynge hym; and in hem that hopen onin S. his merci. That he delyuere her soules fro deth; and feede hem in hungur. Oure soule suffreth the LordLord, that is, abideth pacientli his wille K text V marg.; for he is oure helpere and defendere. For oure herte schal be glad in him; and we schulen haue hope in his hooli name. Lord, thi merci be maad on vs; as we hopiden in thee.

 PSALM XXXIII. The title of theOm. CDFGOQVi. thre and thrittithe salmOm. PQ.. To Dauid, whanne he chaungide his mouthmouth, or his word i. bifor Abymalech, and he `droof outbrouȝte S. DauidOm. X., `and he ȝede forthOm. VX..

I schal blesse the Lord in aleueri K. tyme; euere his heriyng isbe I. Om. ceteri. in my mouth. Mi soule schal be preisid in the Lord; mylde men here, and bebe thei I. glad. Magnyfie ȝe the Lord with me; and enhaunse we his name into it silf. I souȝte the Lord, and he herde me; and he delyueride me fro alle my tribulaciouns. Neiȝe ȝe to him, and be ȝe liȝtned; and ȝoure faces schulen not be schent. This pore man criede, and the Lord herde hym; andand he I. sauyde hym fro alle hise tribulaciouns. The aungel of the Lord sendith in the cumpas of men dred|ynge hym; and he schal delyuere hem. Taaste ȝe, and se, for the Lord is swete; blessid is the man, that hopith in hym. Alle ȝe hooli men of the Lord, drededrede ȝe I. hym; for no nedynesse is to men dredynge hym. Riche men werenhan be I. nedi, andand thei I. weren hungri; but men that seken the Lord schulen not faile of al good. Come, ȝe sones, here ȝe me; Yand Y I. schal teche ȝou the drede of the Lord. Who is athe I. man, that wolewillith I. lijf; loueththat loueth I. to se good daies? For|bede thi tunge fro yuel; and thi lippis speke not gile. Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it. The iȝen of the Lord ben on iust men; and hise eeren ben to her preiers. But the cheer of the Lord is on men do|ynge yuels; that he leese the mynde of hem fro erthe. Just men cryeden, and the Lord herde hem; andand he I. delyueride hem fro alle her tribulaciouns. The Lord is nyȝ hem that ben of troblid herte; and he schal saue meke men in spirit. Many tribula|ciouns ben of iust men; and the Lord schal delyuere hem froof G. alle these. The Lord kepith alle the boonys of hem; oon of tho schal not be brokun. The deth of syn|neris is werst; and thei that haten a iust man schulen trespasse. The Lord schal aȝenbie the soulis of hise seruauntis; and alle, that hopen in him, schulen not tres|passe.

 PSALM XXXIV. The title of theOm. CDFHUb. foure and thrittithe salm. `To DauidOm. KL.A glos. Da|uid made this salm aȝens the persecucioun of Saul. A et alii..

Lord, deme thou hem, that anoien me; ouercome thou hem, that fiȝten aȝens me. Take thou armeris and scheeld; and rise vp into help to me. SchedeHeelde I. out the swerd, and close togidere aȝens hem that pursuen me; seie thou to my soule, Y am thin helthe. Thei that seken my lijf; be schent, and aschamed. Thei that thenkenseken C. yuels to me; be turned awei bacward, and bebe thei I. schent. Be thei maad as dust bifor the face of theOm. K. wynd; and the aungel of the Lord make hem streit. Her weie be maad derknesse, and slydirnesse; and the aungel of the Lord pursue hem. For with out cause thei hidden to me the deth of her snare; in veyn thei dispisiden my soule. The snare which he knoweth not come to hym, and the takyng which he hidde take hym; and fall he in to the snare in that thing. But my soule schal fulli haue ioye in the Lord; andand I I. schal delite onof I. his helthe. Alle my boonys schulen seie, Lord, who is lijk thee? Thou delyuerist a pore man fro the hond of his strengere; a nedi man and pore fro hem that diuersely rauischen hym. Wickid witnessis risynge axiden me thingis, whiche Y knewe not. Thei ȝeldidenȝolden I. to me yuels for goodis; bareynnesse to my soule. But whanne thei weren diseseful to me; Y was clothid in an heire. I mekide my soule in fastyng; and my preier schal be turned `with ynnein to S. my bosum. I pleside so as oure neiȝbore, as oure brother; Y was `maad mekemekid S. so as morenynge and sorewful. And thei weren glad, and camen togidere aȝens me; turmentis weren ga|derid on me, and Y knewknew it I. not. Thei weren scaterid, and not compunct, thei temptiden me, thei scornyden me with mowyng; thei gnastiden on me with her teeth. Lord, whanne thou schalt biholde, restore thou my soule fro the wickidnesse of hem; `restore thouOm. IV. myn oonoon lijf V. aloonealoone lijf K. fro liouns. I schal knowleche to thee in a greet chirche; Y schal herie thee in a sad pu|ple. Thei that ben aduersaries wickidli to me, hauehaue thei I. not ioye on me; that haten me with out cause, and bikenen with iȝen. For sotheli thei spaken pesibli to me; and thei spekynge in wrathfulnesse of erthe thouȝten giles. And thei maden large her mouth on me; thei seiden, Wel, wel! oure iȝen han sienseie I.. Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not stille; Lord, departe thou not fro me. Rise vp, and ȝyue tent to my doom; my God and my Lord, biholde inOm. C. to my cause. Mi Lord God, deme thou me bi thi riȝtfulnesse; and haue thei not ioye on me. Seie thei not in her hertis, Wel, wel, to oure soule; nether seie thei, We schu|len deuoure hym. Shame thei, and drede thei togidere; that thankenioien I. for myn yuels. Be thei clothid with schame and drede; that speken yuele thingis on me. Haue thei ful ioie, and be thei glad that wolenwillen I. my riȝtfulnesse; and seie thei euere, The Lord be magnyfied, whiche wolen the pees of his seruaunt. And my tunge schal bithenke thi riȝtfulnesse; al day thin heriyng.

 PSALM XXXV. The titleOm. S. of theOm. CDFGHOQS. fyue and thrittithe salm. `To victorieIn Ebrew thus, To victorie, to Dauith, the seruaunt of the Lord. Jerom seith thus, For the victorie of Dauith, the seruaunt of the Lord, Dauith made this salm of him silf V. Om. CORSi., to DauidOm. Vi., `the seruaunt of the Lordaȝens the persecucioun of Saul S. Om. V.A glos. Da|uid made this salm of hym silf aȝens the persecucioun of Saul. A et alii..

The vniust man seide, that he trespasse in hym silf; the drede of God is not bifor hise iȝen. For he dide gilefuli in the siȝt of God; that his wickidnesse be foundun to hatrede. The wordis of his mouth ben wickidnesse and gile, he noldewolde not I. vndirstonde to do wel. He thouȝte wickidnesse in his bed, he stood nyȝ al weie not good; for|sothe he hatide not malice. Lord, thi merci is in heuene; and thi treuthe is `til tounto I. cloudis. Thi riȝtfulnesse is as the hillis of God; thi domes ben myche depthe of watris. Lord, thou schalt saue men and beestis; as thou, God, hast multiplied thi merci. But the sones of men; schulen hope in the hilyng of thi wyngis. Thei schulen be fillid gretli of the plentee of thin hows; and thou schalt ȝyue drynke to hem withof K. the steef streem of thi likyng. For the wel of life is atanentis I. thee; and in thi liȝt we schulen se liȝt. Lord, sette forth thi mercy to hem, that knowen thee; and thi ryȝtful|nesse to hem that ben of riȝtful herte. The foot of pryde come not to me; and the hond of the synnere moue me not. There thei feldenhan falle I. doun, that worchen wickidnesse; thei ben cast out, andand thei IK. myȝten not stonde.

 PSALM XXXVI. The title of theOm. DFGHPQU. sixe and thrittithe salm. To Dauith.

Nile thou sue wickid men; nether loue thou men doynge wickidnesse. For thei schulen wexe drie swiftli as hey; and thei schulen falle doun soone as the wortis of eerbis. Hope thou in the Lord, and do thou goodnesse; and enhabite thou the lond, and thou schalt be fed with hise richessis. Delite thou in the Lord; and he schal ȝyue to thee the axyngis of thin herte. Schewe thi weie to the Lord; and hope thouOm. I. in hym, and he schal do. And he schal lede out thi riȝtfulnesse as liȝt, and thi doom as myddai; be thou suget to the Lord, and preye thou hym. Nile thou sue hym, that hath prosperite in his weie; a man doynge vnriȝtfulnessis. Ceese thou of ire, and forsake woodnesse; nyle thou sue, that thou do wickidli. For thei, that doen wickidli, schulen be distried; but thei that suffren the LordLord, that is, mekeli his wille K text., schulen enerite the lond. And ȝit a litil, and a synnere schal not be; and thou schalt seke his place, andand thou I. schalt not fyndefynde it I.. But mylde men schulen enerite the lond; andand thei I. schulen delite in the multitude of pees. A synnere schal aspie athe I. riȝtful man; and he schal gnaste with hise teeth onupon I. hym. But the Lord schal scorne the synnere; for he biholdith that his day cometh. Synners drowenhan drawe I. out swerd; thei bentenbenden I. her bouwe. To disseyue a pore man and nedia nedi K.; to strangle riȝtful men of herte. Her swerd entreentride COX. in to the hertehertis DEGIKLMPQSVWbi. of hem silf; and her bouwe be brokun. Betere is a litil thing to a iust man; than many richessis of synneris. For the armes of synneris schalshullen S. be al to-brokun; but the Lord confermeth iust men. The Lord knowith the daies ofOm. A pr. m. FHOUX pr. m. vnwemmedmen vnwemmed CIV. vnwemmed men DEGKLMPQRWbi. the vnwemmed X sec. m.; and her heritage schal be withouten ende. Thei schulen not be schent in the yuel tyme, and thei schulen be fillid in the dayes of hungur; for synneris schulen pe|rische. Forsothe anoon as the enemyes of the Lord ben onourid, and enhaunsid; thei failynge schulen faile as smoke. A syn|nere schal borewe, andand he I. schal not paie; but a iust man hath merci, and schal ȝyue. For thei that blessen the Lord schulen enerite the lond; but thei that cursen hym schulen perische. The goyng of a man schal be dressid anentis the Lord; and he schal wilne his weie. Whanne he fallith, he schal not be hurtlidhurlid I. doun; for the Lord vndursettithunder puttith I. his hond. I was ȝongere, and sotheli Y wexide eld, and Y siȝ not a iust man forsakun; nethir his seed sekynge breed. Al dai he hath merci, and leeneth; and his seed schal be in blessyng. Bouwe thou awei fro yuel, and do good; and dwelle thou in to theOm. I. world of world. For the Lord loueth doom, and schalhe wil I. not forsake hise seyntis; thei schulen be kept with outen ende. Vniust men schulen be punyschid; and the seed of wickid men schal perische. But iust men schulen enerite the lond; andand thei I. schulen enabite theronne in to the world of world. The mouth of a iust man schal bithenke wisdom; and his tunge schal speke doomriȝt doom I.. The lawe of his God is in his herte; and hise steppis schulen not be disseyued. A synnere biholdith a iust man; andand he I. sekith to sle hym. But the Lord schal not forsake hym in hise hondis; nethir schalhe schal I. dampne hym, whanne it schal be demed aȝens hym. Abide thou the Lord, and kepe thou his weie, and he schal enhaunse thee, that bi eritage thou take the lond; whanne synneris schulen perische, thou schalt se. I siȝ athe DEGIKLMPQbi. the a S. wickid man enhaunsid aboue; and reisid vp as the cedris of Liban. And Y passidepasside aboue C., and lo! he was not; Y souȝte hym, and his place iswas I. not foundun. Kepe thou inno|cence, and se equite; for tho ben relikis to a pesible man. Forsothe vniust men schulen perische; the relifsrelikis CLMORXik. of wickid men schulen perische togidere. But the helthe of iust men is of the Lord; and he is her defendere in the tyme of tribulacioun. And the Lord schal helpe hem, and schal make hem fre, and he schal delyuere hem fro synneris; and he schal saue hem, for thei hopiden in hym.

 PSALM XXXVII. The title of theOm. DFGHIOPQU. seuene and thrittithe salm. `The salmOm. S. of Dauid, to bythenke onof i. the sabat.

Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thouthou not EGL. me in thin ire. For thin arowis ben fitchid inaȝens S. me; and thou hast confermedmaad stidefast I. thin hond on me. Noon helthe is in my fleisch frofor C. the face of thin ire; no pees is to my boonys frofor C. the face of my synnes. For my wickidnessis ben goon oueron K. myn heed; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad heuy on me. Myn heelid woundis weren rotun, and benhan ben I. brokun; fro the face of myn vn|wisdom. I am maad a wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende; al dai Y entride sorewful. For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis; and helthe is not in my fleisch. I am turmentid, and maad low ful greetli; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte. Lord, al my desire is bifor thee; and my weilyng is not hid fro thee. Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liȝt of myn iȝen `for|sook meOm. I., and it is not with me. My frendis and my neiȝboris neiȝidenneiȝen C.; and stoden aȝens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer; and thei diden violence, that souȝten my lijf. And thei that souȝten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouȝten gilis al dai. But Y as a deef man herde not; and as a doumb man not openynge his mouth. And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth. For, Lord, Y hopide in thee; my Lord God, thou schalt here me. For Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me; and theOm. I. while my feet benweren I. mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis on me. For Y am redi to betyngis; and my sorewe is euere in my siȝt. For Y schal telle my wickid|nesse; and Y schal thenke for my synne. But myn enemyes lyuen, and benthei ben I. con|fermedconfortid EL. on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that hatenhatiden K sec. m. me wickidli. Thei that ȝelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse. My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me. Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.

 PSALM XXXVIII. The title of theOm. CFHOPQU. eiȝte and threttithe salmOm. DEHP.. For victorie, toOm. o. tolden R. IditumOm. R., the songsalm A. of DauidA glos. Da|uid made this salm for hym silf, whanne he was pursued of Absolon, his sone, aftir that he herde the dispisyngis of Semey. A et alii..

I seide, Y schal kepe my weies; that Y trespasse not in my tunge. I settide kepyng to my mouth; whanne a synnere stood aȝens me. I was doumb, and wasI was I. mekid ful gretli, and wasI was I. stille fro goodis; and my sorewe was renulid. Myn herte was hoot with ynne me; and fier schal brenne out in my thenkyng. I spak in my tunge; Lord, make thou myn eende knowun to me. And the noumbre of my daies what it is; that Y wite, what failith to me. Lo! thou hast set my daies mesurable; and my substaunce is as nouȝt bifor thee. Netheles al vanytee; ech man lyuynge. Netheles a man passith inin an I. ymageymage, that is, derknesse K text V marg.; but also he is disturblid veynli. He tresorith; and he nootnot CL. ne wot I. wot not K sec. m. marg., to whom he `schal gaderegaderith S. tho thingis. And now which is myn abiding? whether not the Lord? and my substaunce is at thee. Delyuere thou me froof I. alle my wickid|nessis; thou hast ȝoue me schenschip to the vnkunnynge. I was doumbe, and openyde not my mouth; for thou hast maad, remoue thou thi woundis fro me. Fro the strengthe of thin hond Y failide in blamyngis; for wickidnesse thou hast chastisid man. And thou madist his lijf to faile as an yreyne; netheles ech man is disturblid in veyn. Lord, here thou my preier and my bisechyng; perseyue thou with eeris my teeris. Be thou not stille, for Y am a comelyng atanentis I. thee; and a pilgrime, as alle my fadris. Forȝyue thou to me, that Y be refreischid, bifor that Y go; and Y schal no more be.

 PSALM XXXIX. The title of theOm. HPQU. nyne and threttithe salm. For victoriethe victorie C., the songsalm V. of DauidA glos. This salm is expowned of Crist. A et alii..

Y abidynge aboodhaue abide I. the Lord; and he ȝaf tent to me. And heOm. C. herde my preieris; and he ledde out me fro the lake of wretchidnesse, and fro the filthe of draftdraftis I.. And he ordeynede my feet on a stoonstoon, that is, Crist K text V marg.; and he dresside my goyngis. And he sente in to my mouth a newe song; a songsong, ether a ditee K sec. m. to oure God. Many men schulen se, and schulenOm. I. drede; andand thei I. schulen haueOm. K. sec. m. hope in the Lord. Blessid is the man, of whom the name of the Lord is his hope; and he bihelde not in to vanitees, and in to false woodnesses. Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouȝtis noon isther is I., that is lijklijk to I. thee. I teldtolde, ether schewide K., and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre. Thou noldistwoldist not I. sacrifice and offryng; but thou madist perfitli eeris to me. Thou axidist not brent sacrifice, andand oother I. sacrifice for synne; thanne Y seide, Lo! Y come. In the heed of the book it is writun of me, that Y schulde do thi wille; my God, Y woldewilnyde also to do IS.; andOm. IS. thi lawe in the myddis of myn herte. I telde thi riȝtfulnesse in a greet chirche; lo! Y schal not refreine my lippis, Lord, thou wistist. I hidde not thi riȝtfulnesse in myn herte; Y seide thi treuthe and thin helthe. I hidde not thi mercy and thi treuthe; fro a myche counsel. But thou, Lord, make not fer thi merciful doyngis fro me; thi mercy and treuthe euere token me vp. For whi yuels, of whiche is no noumbre, cumpassiden me; my wickidnessis tokenhan take I. me, and Y myȝte not, that Y schulde se. Tho ben multiplied aboue the heeris of myn heed; and myn herte forsook me. Lord, plese it to thee, that thou delyuere me; Lord, biholde thou to helpe me. Be thei schent, and aschamed togidere; that seken my lijf, to take awei it. Be thei turned abac, and be thei schamedaschamed HIKXi.; that wolen yuels to me. Bere thei her confusioun anoon; that seien to me, Wel! welwel! in dispijt KQ.! `that isOm. I., in scornscorn, in dispit W.. Alle men that seken thee, be fulli ioyful, and bebe thei I. glad onin S. thee; and seie thei, that louen thin helthe, The Lord be magnyfied euere. Forsothe Y am a beggere and pore; the Lord is bisi of me. Thou arte myn helpere and my defendere; my God, tarie thou not.

 PSALM XL.The title of theOm. CDGHOPQU. fourtithe salm. For vic|torie, the song of DauidA glos. This salm is expown|ed of Cristis passioun and rysyng aȝen. A et alii..

Blessid is he that vndurstondith `on aof the I. vpon a K. nedi man and pore; the Lord schal de|lyuere hym in the yuel dai. The Lord kepe hym, and quykene hym, and make hym blesful in the lond; and bitake not hym in to the wille of his enemyes. The Lord bere help to hym on the bed of his sorewe; thou hast ofte turned al his bed stre in his sijknesse. I seide, Lord, haue thou mercy on me; heele thou my soule, for Y synnede aȝens thee. Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me; Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische? And if he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis; his herte gaderide wickidnesse to hym silf. He ȝede with out forth; and spak to the same thingende I.. Alle myn enemyes bac|bitiden pryuyli aȝens me; aȝens me thei thouȝten yuels to me. Thei ordeineden an yuel word aȝens me; Whether he that slepith, schal not leie to, that he rise aȝen? For whi the man of my pees, in whom Y hopide, he that eet my looues; made greet disseit on me. But thou, Lord, haue merci on me, and reise me aȝen; and Y schal ȝelde to hem. In this thing Y knew, that thou woldist me; for myn enemye schal not haue ioye on me. Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence; and hast confermed me in thi siȝt with outen ende. Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, fro the world andOm. GK. pr. m. i. in to theOm. G. world; be it doon, be it doon.

 PSALM XLI. The title of theOm. CFHPQU. oon and fourtithe salm. To victorievictorie, the salm of Dauid OXs., to theOm. V. sones of ChoreA glos. This salm is expown|ed of the staat of the puple of Israel, beynge in the caytifte of Babiloyne, and desirynge to come to Je|rusalem. A et alii..

As an hert desirith to the wellis of watris; so thouOm. I., God, my soule desirith to thee. Mi soule thirstidethristid DUbik. to God, `that isOm. CEHLPUXik. aOm. CHUVXbik. the ELP. `quik wellewelle of liyf C sup. ras. H sec. m. ORXik. strong, quyk H pr. m. UV. not welle V marg.; whanne schal Y come, and appere bifor the face of God? Mi teeris weren looues to me biOm. I. dai and nyȝt; while it is seid to me ech dai, Where is thi God? I bithouȝte of these thingis, and Y scheddehelde I. out in me my soule; for Y schal passe in to the place of the won|durful tabernacle, til to the hows of God. In the vois of ful out ioiyng and knou|lechyng; is the sown of the etere. Mi soule, whi art thou sory; and whi dis|turblist thouOm. I. me? Hope thou in God, for ȝit Y schal knouleche to hym; he is the helthe of my cheer, and my God. My soule is disturblid atanentis I. my silf; therfor, GodLord I., Y schal be myndeful of thee fro the lond of Jordan, and fro the litil hil Hermonyimof Hermonym IOS.. Depthe clepith depthedepthe, that is, oon yuel bringith in another K text V marg.; in the vois of thi wyndows. Alle thin hiȝe thingis and thi wawis; passiden ouer me. The Lord sente his merci in the dai; and his song in the nyȝt. AtAnentis I. me isOm. O. athe I. preier toat P. theOm. CFIXi. thee b. God of my lijf; Y schal seie to God, Thou art my `takere vpvptakere.. Whi for|ȝetist thou me; and whi go Y sorewful, while the enemy turmentith me? While my boonys ben brokun togidereal togidere S.; myn enemyes, that troblen me, dispiseden me. While thei seienseiden R. to me, bi alle daies; Where is thi God? Mi soule, whi art thou sori; and whi disturblist thou me? Hope thou in God, for ȝit Y schal knou|leche to hym; `he isOm. I. theOm. b. helthe of my cheer, and my God.

 PSALM XLII. `The two and fourtithe salmThe two and fourtithe salm and the oon and fourtithe salm ben al oon in Ebrew, and therfore this hath no title. KRV..

God, deme thou me, and departe thou my cause fro a folc not hooli; delyuere thou me fro a wickid man, and gileful. For thou art God, my strengthe; whi hast thou put me abac, and whi go Y soreuful, while the enemy turmentith me? Sende out thi liȝt, and thi treuthe; tho ledden me forth, and brouȝtenbrouȝten me IKL. in to thin hooli hil, and in to thi tabernaclis. And Y schal entre to the auter of God; to God, that gladith my ȝongthe. God, my God, Y schal knowleche to thee in an harpe; my soule, whi art thou sory, and whi troblist thou me? Hope thou in God, for ȝit Y schal knouleche to hym; hethat I. is the helthe of my cheer, and my God.

 PSALM XLIII. The title of theOm. CDFGHQU. thre and fourtithe salmOm. AS.. `To victorie, lernyng to the sones of Chorelernyng to the victorie O.A glos. This salm was maad of the persecu|cioun, which the puple of Jewis suffride vndur Antiok, as the bokis of Machabeis tellen. A et alii..

God, we herden with oureOm. S. eeris; oure fadris telden to vs. The werk, which thou wrouȝtist in the daies of hem; and in eldethe oolde K. the eelde S. daies. Thin hond lostfordide I. hethene men, and thou plauntidist hem; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem out. For the children of Israel weldiden the lond not bi her swerd; and the armarm or strengthe I. of hem sauyde not hem. But thi riȝt hond, and thin arm, and thethi S. Om. V. liȝtnyng of thi cheercheer sauede V.; for thou were plesid in hem. Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob. Bi thee we schulen wyndewewynewe I. oure enemyes with horn; and in thi name we schulen dispise hem, that risen aȝen vs. For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me. For thou hast saued vs fro men turmentinge vs; and thou hast schent men hatinge vs. We schulen be preisid in God al dai; and in thi name we schulen knouleche to thee in to the world. But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, GodLord I., schalt not go out in oure vertues. Thou hast turned vs awei bihynde aftir oure enemyes; and thei, that hatiden vs, rauyschiden dyuerseli to hem silf. Thou hast ȝoue vs asto be as I. scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs. Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude wasther was I. not in the chaungyngis of hem. Thou hast set vsvs to be I. schenschip to oure neiȝboris; mouwyngand mouwyng I. and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas. Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene men; stiryngand waggyng I. of heedthe heed K sec. m. among puplis. Al dai my schame is aȝens me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me. Fro the vois of dispisere, and yuele spekere; fro the face of enemythe enemy I., and pur|suerea pursuere I.. Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we hanhaue I. not forȝete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament. And oure herte ȝede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thithe S. weie. For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs. If we forȝaten the name of oure God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God. Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he know|ith the hid thingis of herte. For whi we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng. Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte notnot us K sec. m. awei in to the ende. Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou forȝetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun. For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe. Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and aȝenbie vsthou vs I. for thi name.

 PSALM XLIV. The title of theOm. CDFGHPQUW. foure and fourtithe salmOm. L.. To the ouercomere for the lilies, the mostmost lernyd G. loued song of lernyng of the sones of ChoreA glos. This salm is seide of Crist and of hooli chirche, moder and vir|gyn; for Poul in i. cao. to Ebreis, aleggith this salm seid of Crist, to the letter. A et alii..

Myn herte hath teldteld, ethir belkid X sec. m. outOm. K. a good word; Y seie my workis `to the kyngOm. S.. Mi tunge is `a penne ofthe penne of I. Om. S. a writere; writynge swiftli. Crist, thou art fairer in schap than the sones of men; grace is spred abrood in thi lippis; therfor God blessid thee with|outen ende. Be thou gird with thi swerd; on thi hipe most myȝtili. Biholde thou in thi schaplynesse and thi fairnesse; come thou forth with prosperite, and regne thou. For treuthe, and myldenesse, and riȝtfulnesse; and thi riȝt hond schal lede forth thee wondurfuli. Thi scharpe arowis schulen falle in to the hertis of the enemyes of the kyng; puplis schulen be vndur thee. God, thi seete is in to the world of world; thethi R. ȝerde of thi rewme is a ȝerde of riȝt reulyng, `ethir of equiteethir equite CGW. or of equite I. Om. V.. Thou louedist riȝtfulnesse, and hatidist wickidnesse; therfor thou, God, thi God, anoyntide thee with the oile of gladnesse, more than thi felowis. Mirre, and gumme, and cassia, of thi clothisclothingis I., of the `housis yuerhousis of yuer C sec. m. IKMOUVXi. yuer housis G. hous yuer LS. hous of yuer R.; of whiche the douȝtris of kyngis delitiden theethee in thi honour K sec. m.. A queen stood nyȝ on thithe C. riȝt side in clothing ouergildid; cumpassid with dyuersitee. Douȝter, here thou, and se, and bowe doun thin eere; and forȝete thi puple, and the hows of thi fadir. And the kyng schal coueyte thi fairnesse; for he is thi Lord God, and thei schulen worschipe hym. And the douȝtris of Tire in ȝiftis; alle the riche men of the puple schulen biseche thi cheer. Al the glorye of that douȝter of the kyng is with ynne in goldun hemmes; sche is clothid aboute with dyuersitees. Virgyns schulen be brouȝt to the kyng aftir hir; hir neiȝ|boressis schulen be brouȝt to thee. Thei schulen be brouȝt in gladnesse, and ful out ioiyng; thei schulen be brouȝt in to the temple of the kyng. Sones ben borun to thee, for thi fadris; thou schalt ordeyne hem princes on al erthe. Lord, thei schulen be myndeful of thi name; in ech generacioun, and in to generacioun. Ther|for puplis schulen knouleche to thee with|outen ende; and in to the world of world.

 PSALM XLV. The title of theOm. CDFGHOPQUV. five and fourtithe salm. To the ouercomere, the song of theOm. V. sones `of ChoreOm. S., `for ȝongthisOm. K.A glos. The sones of Chore maden this xlv. salm, whanne thei weren sauid by mira|cle; whiche Chore, her fa|der, perischide, and many othir; in xvi. co. of Numeri. A et alii..

Oure God, thou art refuyt, and vertu; helpere in tribulacions, that hanOm. S. founde vs greetly. Therfor we schulen not drede, while the erthe schal be troblid; and the hillis schulen be borun ouer in to the herte of the see. The watris of hem sowneden, and weren troblid; hillis weren troblid togidere in the strengthe of hym. The feersnesse of flood makith glad the citee of God; the hiȝeste God hath halewid his tabernacle. God in the myddis therof schal not be moued; God schal helpe it eerli in the grey morewtid. He|thene men weren disturblid togidere, and rewmes weren bowid doun; God ȝaf his vois, the erthe was moued. The Lord of vertues is with vs; God of Jacob is oure vptakere. Come ȝe, and se the werkis of the Lord; whiche wondris he hath set on theOm. I. erthe. He doynge awei batels til to the ende of the lond; schal al to-brese bouwe, and schalhe schal I. breke togidere armuris, and schalhe schal I. brenne scheldis biwith I. fier. ȜyueȜiueth I. ȝeOm. C. tent, and se ȝe, that Y am God; Y schal be enhaunsid among he|thene men; and Y schal be enhaunsid in erthe. The Lord of vertues is with vs; God of Jacob is oure vptakere.

 PSALM XLVI. The title of theOm. plures. sixte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm toof G. the sones of ChoreA glos. The sones of Chore in this salm diden thank|yngis to God, bi spirit of pro|phecie, for vic|torie to com|ynge, vndir Josue, of puplis enhabitynge the lond of Chanaan. A et alii..

Alle ȝe folkis, makemaketh I. ioie with hondis; synge ȝe hertli to God in the vois of ful out ioiyng. For the Lord is hiȝ and ferdful; a greet kyng on al erthe. He made puplis suget to vs; and hethene men vndur oure feet. He chees his eri|tage to vs; the fairnesse of Jacob, whom he louyde. God stiede in hertli song; and the Lord in the vois of a trumpe. Synge ȝe to oure God, synge ȝe; synge ȝe to oure kyng, synge ȝe. For God is kyng of al erthe; synge ȝe wiseli. God schal regne onin I. hethene men; God sittith on his hooli seete. The princes of puplis ben gaderid togidere with God of Abraham; for the stronge goddis of erthe ben reisid greetli.

 PSALM XLVII. The title of theOm. plures. seuene and fourtithe salm. The song of salm, of the sones of ChoreA glos. This salm is expown|ed of Crist, to the lettre. A et alii..

The Lord is greet, and worthi to be preisid ful myche; in the citee of oure God, in the hooli hil of hym. It is foundid in the ful out ioiyng of al erthe; the hil of Syon; the sidis of the north, the citee of the greet kyng. God schal be knowun in the housis therof; whanne he schal take it. For lo! the kyngis of erthe weren gaderid togidere; thei camen into o place. Thei seynge so wondriden; thei weren disturblid, thei weren mouyd togidere, tremblyng took hem. ThereThere weren I. sorewis as of a womman trauelyngechildynge I. of child; in a greet spirit thou schalt al to|breke the schippis of Tharsis. As we herden, so we siensawȝen I., in the citee of the Lord of vertues, in the citee of oure God; God hath foundid that citee with outen ende. God, we hanhaue I. resseyued thi mercy; in the myddis of thi temple. Aftir thi name, God, so thin heriyng is spred abrood in to the endis of erthe; thi riȝt hond is ful of riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I.. The hil of Sion be glad, and the douȝtris of Judee be fulli ioiful; for thi domes, Lord. Cum|passe ȝe Syon, and biclippe ȝe it; telle ȝe in the touris therof. Sette ȝe ȝoure hertis in the vertu of him; and departe ȝe the housis of hym, that ȝe telle out in an other generacioun. For this is God, oure God, in to withouten ende, and in to the world of world; he schal gouerne vs in to worldis.

 PSALM XLVIII. The title of theOm. plures. eiȝte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm to the sones of Chore.

Alle ȝe folkis, here these thingis; alle ȝe that dwellen in the world, perseyueperceyueth I. with eeris. Alle the sones of erthe and the sones of men; togidere the riche man and theOm. plures. pore in to oon. Mi mouth schal speke wisdom; and the thenkyng of myn herte schalOm. plures. speke prudence. I schal bouwe doun myn eere in to a parable; Y schal opene my resoun set forth in a sautree. Whi schal Y drede in the yuel dai? the wickidnesse of myn heeleheele, that is, werk KV. schal cumpasse me. WhicheThe whiche I. tristen in her owne vertu; and han glorie in the multi|tude of her richessis. AThe I. brother aȝen|bieth not, schal a man aȝenbie? and he schal not ȝyue to God his plesyng. And he schal not ȝyue the prijs of raunsum offor I. his soule; and he schal trauele with outen ende, and he schal lyue ȝit in to the ende. He schal not se perischyng, whanne he schal se wise men diynge; the vnwise man and foolthe fool I. schulen perische togidere. And thei schulen leeue her richessis to aliens; and the sepulcris of hem ben the housis of hem with outen ende. The tabernaclis of hem ben in generacioungeneracions K. andand in I. generacioun; thei clep|iden her names in her londis. AOm. I. man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and heOm. S. is maad lijk to tho. This weie of hem is sclaundir to hem; and aftirward thei schulen plese togidere in her mouthmouth, that is, bosting of lustful lijf K text V marg.. As scheep thei ben setput I. in helle; deth schal gnawe hem. And iust men schulen be lordis of hem in the morewtid; and the helpe of hem schalshal not R. wexe eldeld of hem G. in helle, forfrom K. fro LPV. the glorie of hem. Netheles God schal aȝenbie my soule from the power of helle; whanne he schal take me. Drede thou not, whanne a man is maad riche; andand whanne FKL. the glorie of his hows is multiplied. For whanne he schal die, he schal not take alle thingisthingis with him I.; and his glorie schal not go doun with him. For his soule schal be blessid in his lijf; he schal knouleche to thee, whanne thou hast do wel to hym. He schal entre til in to the generaciouns of hise fadris; and til in to with outen ende he schal not se liȝt. AOm. I. man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and ishe was I. maad lijk to tho.

 PSALM XLIX. The title of theOm. plures. nyne and fourtithe salm. The salm of AsaphA glose. This salm is expown|ed of Crist to the lettre. i..

God, the LordGod EL. of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe, fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon, God schal come opynli; oure God, andOm. S. he schal not be stille. Fier schal brenne an hiȝe in his siȝt; and a strong tempest in his cumpas. He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple. Gadere ȝe to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices. `And heuenes schulen schewetelle KRV. his riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse X sec. m.; for Godhe i. is theOm. H sec. m. OSX sec. m. iugedomesman H sec. m. i.And heuenes shul telle the riȝtfulnesse of him, that God is iustise ELP marg. Om. A pr. m. CFGH pr. m. IMOQUWX pr. m.. Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God. I schal not repreueproue I. theethee iust I. in thi sacrifices; andforsothe I. thi brent sacrifices benben not A pr. m. euere bifor me. I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis. For alle theOm. S. wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis. I haue knowe alle the vola|tils of heuenethe firmament I.; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me. If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn. Whether Y schal eete the fleischisfleishe I. of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis? Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heri|yngpreisyng, or of heriyng I.; and ȝelde thin avowis to the hiȝeste God. And inwardli clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun; and Y schal delyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me. But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riȝtfulnessisriȝtfulnesse I.; and takist my testament bi thi mouth? Sotheli thou hatidist lorelore or disciplyne I.; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde. If thou siȝest a theef, thou `hast runnerennydist I. with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris. Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles. Thou sittynge spakist aȝens thi brother, andOm. C. thou settidist sclaundir aȝens the sone of thi modir; thou didist these thingis, and Y was stille. Thou gessidist wickidli, that Y schal be lijk thee; Y schal repreue thee, and Y schal sette aȝens thi face. Ȝe that forȝeten God, vndurstondevndurstondeth I. these thingis; lest sum tyme he rauysche, and noon be that schal delyuere. The sacrifice of heriyng schal onoure me; and there is the weie, where ynne Y schal schewe to hym the helthe of God.

 PSALM L.The title of theOm. plures. fiftithe salm. To victorie, the salm of Dauid; `whanne Nathan the prophete cam to hym, whanne he entride to Bersabeethat is, whanne after the deeth of Vrie, Dauith weddide Bersabe i..

God, haue thou merci on me; biaftir I. thi greet merci. And bi the mychilnesse of thi merciful doyngis; do thou awei my wickidnessewicknesse I.. MoreMore ouer I. waische thou me fro my wickidnesse; and clense thou me fro my synne. For Y knouleche my wickid|nesse; and my synne is euere aȝens me. I haue synned to thee aloone, and Y haue do yuel bifor thee; that thou be iustified in thi wordis, and ouercome whanne thou art demed. For lo! Y was conseyued in wickednessis; and my modir conceyuede me in synnes. For lo! thou louedisthast loued I. treuthe; thou hast schewid to me the vn|certeyn thingis, and pryuy thingis of thi wisdom. Lord, sprenge thouOm. I. me with ysope, and Y schal be clensid; waische thou me, and Y schal be maad whijt more than snow. Ȝyue thou ioie, and gladnesse to myn heryng; and boonys maad meke schulen ful out make ioye. Turne awei thi face fro my synnes; and dodo thou I. awei alle my wickidnesses. God, make thou a clene herte in me; and make thou newe a riȝtful spirit in my entrailis. Caste thou me not awei fro thi face; and take thou not awei fro me thin hooli spirit. Ȝiue thou to me the gladnesse of thyn helthe; and con|ferme thou me with the principal spirit. I schal teche wickid men thi weies; and vnfeithful men schulen be conuertid to thee. God, the God of myn helthe, dely|uere thou me fro bloodisbloodis or synnes I.; and my tunge schal ioyfuli synge thi riȝtfulnesse. Lord, `opene thouthou schalt opene K. my lippis; and my mouth schal telle thi preysyng. For if thou had|dist wold sacrifice, Y hadde ȝoueȝoue it IK.; treuli thou schalt not delite in brent sacrificessacrifice A.. AOm. V. sacrifice to God is a spirit troblidtroblid, that is, sori for synne K text. V marg.; God, thou schalt not dispise a contrit herte and `maad mekemekid I.. Lord, do thou benygneli in thi good wille to Syon; that the wallis of Jerusalem be bildid. Thanne thou schalt take plesauntli the sacrifice of riȝtfulnesse, offryngis, and brent sacri|fices; thanne thei schulen putte calues on thin auter.

 PSALM LI. The title of theOm. plures. Achymalech U. oon and fiftithe salm. To victorie, the salm of Dauid, `whanne Doech Idumei cam, and telde to Saul, and seide to him, Dauid cam in to the hows of AbymelechOm. X..

What hast thou glorie in malice; whichthat I. art miȝti in wickidnesse? Al dai thi tunge thouȝte vnriȝtfulnesse; as a scharp rasour thou hast do gile. Thou louedist malice more than benygnite; `thou louedistand I. wickidnesse more than to speke equite. Thou louedist alle wordis of casting doun; with a gileful tunge. Therfor God schal distrie thee in to the ende, he schal drawe thee out bi the roote, and he schal make thee to passe awei fro thi tabernacle; and thi roote fro the lond of lyuynge men. Iust men schulen se, andand thei I. schulen drede; and thei schulen leiȝe on hym, and thei schulen seie, Lo! the man that settideputtide I. not God his helpere. But he hopide in the multitude of his richessis; and hadde maistrie in his vanite. Forsothe Y, as a fruytful olyue tre in the hous of God; hopide in the merci of God with outen ende, and in to the world of world. Y schal knowleche to thee in to the world, for thou hast do mercy to me; and Y schal abide thi name, for it is good in the siȝt of thi seyntis.

 PSALM LII. The title of theOm. plures. two and fiftithe salm. To the ouercomer bi the quere, the lernyng of Dauid.

The vnwise man seide in his herte; God is not. Thei ben `corrupt, and maadmaad corupt and S. abhomynable in her wickidnessis; noon is that doith good. God bihelde fro heuene on the sones of men; that he se, if `ony isther is ony I. vndurstondynge, ether sekynge God. Alle boweden awei, thei ben maad vn|profitable togidre; noon is that doith good, ther is not til to oon. Whether alle men, that worchen wickidnesse, schulen not wite; whiche deuouren my puple as the mete of breed? Thei clepiden not God; there thei trembliden for drede, where no drede was. For God hath scaterid the boones of hem, that plesen mento men K.; thei ben schent, for God hath forsake hem. Who schal ȝyue fro Syon helthe to Israel? whanne the Lord hath turned the caitifte of his puple, Jacob schal `ful outfulli V. make ioie, and Israel schal be glad.

 PSALM LIII. The title of theOm. plures. thre and fiftithe salm. To victoriethe victorie plures. in orguns, ether in salmes, the lernyng of Dauid, `whanne Zyfeys camen, and seiden to Saul, Whethir Dauid is not hid at vsOm. X.?

God, in thi name make thou me saaf; and in thi vertu deme thou me. God, here thou my preier; with eeris perseyue thou the wordis of my mouth. For aliens han rise aȝens me, and stronge men souȝten my lijf; and thei settiden not God bifor her siȝt. For, lo! God helpith me; and the Lord is vptakerthe vptaker I. of my soule. Turne thou awei yuelis to myn enemyes; and leesefordo or leese I. thou hem in thi treuthe. Wilfuli Y schal make sacrifice to thee; and, Lord, Y schal knouleche to thi name, for it is good. For thou delyueridist me fro al tribulacioun; and myn iȝe dispiside on myn enemyes.

 PSALM LIV. The title of theOm. plures. foure and fiftithe salmOm. DG.. `In Ebreu thusOm. ceteri præter U., To victorie in or|guns, the lernyng of Dauid. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer in salmes of Dauid lernidOm. ceteri præter U.A glos. Da|uith made this salm, doinge thankingis to God, whan he fledde fro Ceila, and was saued fro the hondis of Saul, that wolde bisege him in Ceila, and fro the hondis of the puple of Ceila, that disposide to bitraie him. LPQSbi..

God, here thou my preier, and dispise thouOm. I. not my biseching; ȝyue thou tent to me, and here thou me. I am sorewful in myn exercisingexercising or hauntyng I.; and Y am disturblid of the face of the enemye, and of the tri|bulacioun of the synner. For thei bow|iden wickidnessis in to me; and in ire thei weren diseseful to me. Myn herte was disturblid in me; and the drede of deth felde onin S. me. DredeAnd drede I. And dredinge S. and trembling camen on me; and derknessis hiliden me. And Y seide, Who schal ȝyue to me fetheris, as of aOm. S. culuer; and Y schal fle, and schalI schal IS. take rest? Lo! Y ȝede fer awei, and fledde; and Y dwellide in wildirnesse. I abood hym, that made me saaf fro the litilnesse, `ether drede, of spirit; and fro tempest. Lord, caste thou doun, departe thou the tungis of hem; for Y siȝ wickidnesse and aȝenseiyng in the citee. Bi dai and nyȝt wickidnesse schal cumpasse it on the wallis therof; and trauel and vnriȝtful|nesse ben in the myddis therof. And vsure and gile failide not; fro the stretis therof. For if myn enemye hadde cursid me; sotheli Y hadde suffride. And if he, that hatide me, hadde spoke greet thingis on me; in hap Y hadde hid me fro hym. But thou art a man of o wille; my leeder, and my knowun. Which tokist togidere swete meetis with me; we ȝeden with con|sent in the hous of God. Deth come on hem; and go thei doun quyk in to helle. For weiwardnessis ben in the dwelling placesplace A. of hem; in the myddis of hem. But Y criede to thee, Lord; and the Lord sauede me. In the euentid and morewtid and in myddai Y schal telle, and schewe; and he schal here my vois. He schal aȝen|bie my soule in pees fro hem, that neiȝen to me; for among manye thei weren with me. God schal here; and he that is bifore theOm. K. worldis schal make hem low. For chaungyngchaunging, that is, fro synne to penauns K text. V marg. is not to hem, and thei dred|den not God; he holdithholde C. forth his hoond in ȝelding. Thei defouliden his testa|ment, the cheris therof weren departid fro ire; and his herte neiȝede. The wordis therof werenben K. softer than oyle; and thothei K. ben dartis. Caste thi curecare CEFGHKLPQSUXk. cure or thouȝt I. on the Lord, and he schal fulli nurische thee; and he schal not ȝyue with outen ende flotering to a iust man. But thou, God, schalt lede hem forth; in to the pit of deth. Men|quelleris and gilours schulen not haue half her daies; but, Lord, Y schal hope in thee.

 PSALM LV. The title of theOm. DFGHOPQV. fyue and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thusOm. ceteri præter U., To theOm. plures. ouercomyng on the doumb culuer of fer drawingdrawun C. awei, the comely song of Dauid, whanneOm. X. Filisteisthe Filisteis R. heldenhadden V. hym in Geth. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouer|comer for the doumb culuer, for it ȝede awei fer. Dauid meke and symple mademake plures. this salm, whanne Palesteyns helden hym in GethOm. ceteri præter U.A glos. Da|uith made this salm whanne he fledde fro the face of Saul, and came to Agis, kyng of Geth; and whanne thei wolden kille Dauith, he feynede him wood, and so he was sauyd. C et alii..

God, haue thou merci on me, for a man hath defoulid me; al dai he impugnyde, and troublide me. Myn enemyes defoul|iden me al dai; for manye fiȝteris weren aȝens me. Of the hiȝnesse of dai Y schal drede; but God Y schal hope in thee. In God Y schal preise my wordis; Y hopide in God, Y schal not drede what thing fleischfleisch or man I. schal do to me. Al dai thei curs|iden my wordis; aȝens me alle her thouȝtis weren in to yuel. Thei schulen dwelle, and schulenthei schulen I. hide; thei schulen aspie myn heele. As thei abidenabideden CFGHIKMOQRUVWXbi. abood ELP. my lijf, for nouȝt schalt thou make hem saaf; in ire thou schalt breke togidre puplis. God, Y schew|ide my lijf to thee; thou hast set my teeris in thi siȝt. As and in thi biheest, Lord; thanne myn enemyes schulen be turned abak. In what euere dai Y schal inwardli clepe thee; lo! Y haue knowe, that thou art my God. In God Y schal preise a word; in the Lord Y schal preyse a word. Y schal hope in God; Y schal not drede what thing aOm. I. man schal do to me. God, thin auowis ben in me; whiche Y schal ȝelde heriyngisheryinge S. to thee. For thou hast delyuerid my lijf fro deth, and my feet fro slidyng; that Y pleese bifore God in the liȝt of hem that lyuen.

 PSALM LVI. The title of theOm. plures. sixte and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thusOm. ceteri præter U., To the victorie, lese thou not the semeli song, `ether theether CV. Om. S. `swete songOm. S. of Dauid, `whanne he fledde fro the face of Saul in toOm. Mb. the denneOm. X.. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, For vic|torie, that thou lese not Dauid, meke and simple, whanne he fledde fro the face of Saul in to the denneOm. ceteri præter U..

God, haue thouOm. I. merci on me, haue thou merci on me; for my soule tristith in thee. And Y schal hope in the schadewe of thi wyngis; til wickidnesse passe. I schal crye to God altherhiȝeste; to God that dide wel to me. He sente fro he|uene, and delyuerede me; he ȝaf in to schenschip hem that defoulendefouleden K sec. m. me. God sente his merci and his treuthe, and delyuerede my soule fro the myddis of whelpis of liouns; Y slepte disturblid. The sones of men, the teeth of hem ben armuris and arowis; and her tunge is aOm. S. scharp swerd. God, be thou enhaunsid aboue heuenes; and thi glorie aboue al erthe. Thei maden redi aOm. S. snare to my feet; and thei greetly boweden my lijf. Thei delueden a diche bifore my face; and thei felden doun in to it. God, myn herte is redi, myn herte is redi; Y schal singe, and Y schal seie salm. Mi glorie, rise thou vp; sautrie and harpe, rise thou vp; Y schal rise vpOm. I. eerli. Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee among puplis; and Y schal seie salm among hethene men. For thi merci is magnified til toin to S. heuenes; and thi treuthe til to cloudisthe cloudis A pr. m.. God, be thou enhaunsid aboue heuenes; and thi glorie oueraboue IS. al erthe.

 PSALM LVII. The title of theOm. plures. seuene and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thusOm. ceteri præter U., To victoriethe ouercomere V.; `lese thou not the swete song, ether the semely salmOm. K. song ceteri., of Dauidthat thou leese not Dauith, meek and symple. V.. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomere, that thou lese not Dauid, meke and simpleOm. ceteri præter U..

Forsothe if ȝe speken riȝtfulnesse verili;A glos. Da|uith made this salm, whanne Saul, at the tell|ynge of Zipheis, ȝede out with thre thousynde of chosun men to seke Dauith, in firste book of Kyngis xxvi. co. and Dauith took awei the spere and the cuppe of Saul slepynge. C et alii. ȝe sones of men, demedemeth IS. riȝtfuli. For in herte ȝe worchen wickidnesse in erthe; ȝoure hondis maken redi vnriȝtfulnessisvnriȝtfulnesse A. riȝtfulnessis RX.. Synneris weren maad aliens fro the wombe; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei spaken false thingis. Woodnesse is to hem, bi the licnesse of a serpent; as of a deef snake, and stoppynge hise eeris. WhichThe which I. schal not here the vois of charmeris; and of a venym makere charmynge wiseli. God schal al to-breke the teeth of hem in her mouth; the Lord schal breketo-breke CF. al to-breke DESX. togidere the greet teeth of liouns. Thei schulen come to nouȝt, as water rennynge awei; he bente his bouwe, til thei benweren I. maad sijk. As wexe that fletith awei, thei schulen be takun awei; fier felle aboue, and thei siȝen not the sunne. Bifore that ȝoure thornes vndurstoden the ramneramne, ether theue thorn, F et plures. the raveyne, ether ramne S.; he swolewith hem so in ire, as lyuynge men. The iust man schal be glad, whanne he schal se veniaunce; he schal waische hise hondis in the blood of a synner. And a man schal seie treuli, For fruyt is to a iust man; treuli God is demynge hem in erthe.

 PSALM LVIII. The title of theOm. plures. eiȝte and fiftithe salm. `In Jeroms translacioun thusOm. ceteri præter U., To the ouercomer, that thou lese not Dauid, meke and simple, `whanne Saul sente and kepte the hous, to slee hymOm. X.. `In Ebreu thus, To the ouercomyng, leese thou not the semeli song of Dauid, and so forthOm. ceteri præter U..

Mi God, delyuer thou me fro myn enemyes; and delyuer thou me fro hem that risen aȝens me. Delyuer thou me fro hem that worchen wickidnesse; and saue thou me fro menquelleris. For lo! thei han take my soule; stronge men fallen in on me. Nethir my wickidnesse, nether my synne; Lord, Y ran with out wickid|nesse, and dresside `my werkisOm. plures. my werkis. Lire here. Q marg. U text.. Rise vp thouOm. A. in toOm. C. my meetyng, and se; and thou, Lord God of vertues, art God of Israel. Ȝyue thou tent to visite alle folkis; do thou not merci to alle that worchen wickidnesse. Thei schulen be turned at euentid, and thei as doggis schulen suffre hungir; and thei schulen cumpasthat is, go a begging K marg. the citee. Lo! thei schulen speke in her mouth, and aOm. C. swerd in her lippis; for who herde? And thou, Lord, schalt scorne hem; thou schalt bringe alle folkis to nouȝt. I schal kepe my strengthe to thee; for God is myn vptaker, my God, his mercy schal come byfore me. God schewide to me on myn enemyes, slee thou not hem; lest ony tyme my puples forȝete. Scatere thou hem in thi vertu; and, Lord, my defender, putte thou hem doun. Putte thouOm. I. doun the trespas of her mouth, and the word of her lippis; and be thei takun in her pride. And of cursyng and of leesyng; thei schulen be schewid in the endyng. In theOm. I. ire of ending, and thei schulen not be; and thei schulen wite, that the Lord schal be Lord of Jacob, and of the endis of erthe. Thei schulen be turned at euentid, and thei as doggis schulen suffre hungur; and thei schulen cumpasthat is, gon a beggid V marg. the citee. Thei schulen be scaterid abrood, for to eete; sotheli if thei ben not fillid, and thei schulen grutche. But Y schal synge thi strengthe; and eerli Y schal enhaunse thi merci. For thou art maad myn vptaker; and my refuyt, in the dai of my tribulacioun. Myn helper, Y schal synge to thee; for thou art God, myn vptaker, my God, my mercy.

 PSALM LIX. The title of theOm. plures. nyne and fiftithe salmOm. F.. `In Ebreu thusOm. ceteri præter U., To victorie, on the witnessyng of roose, the swete song of Dauid, to techeteche men D., `whanne he fauȝte aȝens Aram of floodis, and Sirie of Soba; and Joab turnede aȝen, and smoot Edom inOm. X. theOm. GX. `valei of salt pittis, twelueOm. X. thousyndethousandis V. Om. X.. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer for lilies, the witnessing of meke and parfit Dauid, to teche, whanne he fauȝte aȝens Sirie of Mesopotamye, and Soba, and so forthOm. ceteri præter U..

God, thou hast put awei vs, and thou hast distried vs; thou were wrooth, and thou hast do merci to vs. Thou moued|ist the erthe, and thou disturblidist it; make thou hool the sorewis therof, for it is moued. Thou schewidist harde thingis to thi puple; thou ȝauest drynk to vs with the wyn of compunccioun. Thou hast ȝoue a signefiyng to hem that dreden thee; that thei fle fro the face of the bouwe. That thi derlyngis be delyuered; make thou saaf with thi riȝt hond `the puple of IsraelOm. CEGHLPVXik. the puple of Israel. Lire here. Q marg. U text., and here thou me. God spak bi his hooli; Y schal be glad, and Y schal departe SiccimamSiccimam, that is, the lond of Sichem K text V marg., and Y schal meete the greet valei of tabernaclis. Ga|laad is myn, andOm. S. Manasses is myn; and Effraym is the strengthe of myn heed. Juda is my king; Moab is themyn IS. pot of myn hope. In to Idumee Y schal stretche forth my scho; aliens ben maad suget to me. Who schal lede me in to a citee maad strong; who schal leede me tilOm. S. in to Ydumee? Whether not thou, God, thatthou O. hast put awei vs; and schalt thou not, God, go out in oure vertues? Lord, ȝyue thou to vs help ofof oure I. tribulacioun; for the heelthehelpe G. of man is veyn. In God we schulen make vertu; and he schal bringe to nouȝt hem that disturblen vs.

 PSALM LX.The titil of theOm. plures. sixtithe salm. To theOm. DEFILO. victorie on orgunorguns D., to Dauid hym silfA glos. Da|uith made this salm aftir that he hadde asca|pid the hondis of Saul, cum|passinge him at the maner of a coroun. C et alii..

God, here thou my biseching; ȝyue thou tent to my preyer. Fro the endis of the lond Y criede to thee; the while myn herte was angwischid, thou enhaunsidist me ininto S. a stoon. Thou laddest me forth, for thou art maad myn hope; a tour of strengthe fro the face of the enemye. I schal dwelle in thi tabernacle in to worldis; Y schal be keuered in the hil|yng of thi wengis. For thou, my God, hast herd my preier; thou hast ȝoue eritage to hem that dreden thi name. Thou schalt addeadde ether encreese ceteri. daies on the daies of the king; hise ȝeeris til in to the dai of generacioun and of generacioun. He dwellith with outen ende in the siȝt of God; who schal seke the merci and treuthe of hym? So Y schal seie salm to thi name in to theOm. D. world of world; that Y ȝelde my vowis fro dai in to dai.

 PSALM LXI. The titil of the oon and sixtithe salmOm. S.. To theOm. G. victorie onouer CDEGHKLMORUVXbi. Iditum, the salm of DauidA glos. Da|uith made this salm, whanne he was in the persecucioun of Saul, and this aftir that he was comun aȝen fro the lond of Moab to the lond of Juda, at the word of Gad the profete. Dauith made the X. salm in this comyng aȝen, but he made this salm after that he had dwellid sumdel in the lond of Juda. C et alii..

Whether my soule schal not be suget to God; for myn heelthe is of hym. For whi he is bothe my God, and myn heelthe; my `taker vpvp taker I., Y schal no more be moued. Hou longe fallen ȝe on a man? alle ȝe sleen; as to a wal bowid, andand as I. a wal of stoon with out morter cast doun. Netheles thei thouȝten to putte awei my prijs, Y ran in thirst; with her mouth thei blessiden, and in her herte thei cursiden. Netheles, my soule, be thou suget to God; for my pacience is of hym. For he is my God, and my saueour; myn helpere, Y schal not passe out. Myn helthe, and my glorie is in God; God is theOm. I. ȝyuer of myn help, and myn hope is in God. Al the gaderyng togidere of the puple, hope ȝe in God, schedehelde I. ȝe out ȝoure hertis bifore hym; God is oure helpere with outen ende. Netheles the sones of men ben veyne; the sones of men ben liers in balauncis, that thei disseyue of vanytee in to the same thing. Nile ȝe haue hope in wickidnesse, and nyle ȝe coueyte raueyns; if ritchessis be plenteuouse, nyle ȝe sette the herte therto. God spak onys, Y herde these twei thingis, that power is of God, and, thou Lord, mercy is to thee; for thou schalt ȝelde to ech man biaftir I. hise werkis.

 PSALM LXII. The titil of theOm. plures. two and sixtithe salm. `The salmOm. CO. of Dauid, `whanne he was in theOm. plures. desert of JudeeOm. X.A glos. Da|uith made this salm, whanne he was in the pursuyng of Saul, aftir that he was turned aȝen [fro the lond of Moab alii] in to the lond of Judee, and was in de|sert of Judee. C et alii..

God, my God, Y wake to thee ful eerli. Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold. In a lond forsakun with out wei, and with out water, so Y apperide to thee in hooli; that Y schulde se thi vertu, and thi glorie. For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee. So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis. Mi soule be fillid as with inner fatnesse and vttermere fatnesse; and my mouth schal herie with lippis of ful out ioiyng. SoLo V. Y hadde mynde onof IKLS. thee onupon K. my bedbedstree KO., in morew|tidisthe morewtidis C. Y shal thenke ofon I. thee; for thou werehast be I. myn helpere. And in the keueryng of thi wyngis Y schal make `ful outfully I. ioye, my soule cleuede after thee; thi riȝthond took me vp. Forsothe thei souȝten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe; thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis. But the king schal be glad in God; and alle men schulen be preysid that sweren in hym, for the mouth of hem, that spekenspaken C. wickid thingis, is stoppid.

 PSALM LXIII. The titil of theOm. plures. thre and sixtithe salmOm. A.. `In Ebrewe thusOm. ceteri præter U., To theOm. GLPQ. victorie, the salm of Dauid. `In JeromIn Jeroms U. Om. ceteri. `thus, To the ouercomer, the song of DauidOm. ceteri præter U..

God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere thou my soule fro theOm. IS. drede of the enemy. Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of yuele doers; fro the multitude of hem that worchen wickid|nesse. For thei scharpiden her tungis as aOm. O. swerd, thei bentenbenden I. aher I. bowe, a bittir thing; for to schete in priueteeshiddels or priuetees I. hym that is vnwemmed. Sodeynli thei schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede; thei maden stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei schulden hide snaris; thei seiden, Who schal se hem? Thei souȝten wickidnessis; thei souȝten, and failiden in sekinge. A man neiȝhehad neiȝe X sec. m. to deepa deep X. herte; and God schal be en|haunsid. The arowis of `litle menlitle men, that is, enuiouse men K text V marg. ben maad the woundis of hem; and the tungis of hem ben maad sijk aȝens hem. Alle men benweren ceteri. disturblid, that sien hem; and ech man dredde. And thei telden the werkis of God; andand thei I. vndurstoden the dedis of Godhim K.. The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in hym; and alle men of riȝtful herte schulen be preisid.

 PSALM LXIV. The titil of theOm. plures. foure and sixtithe salm. `To victorieOm. A., `the salmOm. FW. ofOm. F. the song of DauidA glos. This salm spekith of the comyng aȝen of Jewis, prisoneris in Babiloyne, in to the lond of biheest, and of the plentee of fruytis of that lond. C et alii..

God, heriyng bicometh thee in Syon; and a vow schal be ȝolden to thee in Jeru|salem. Here thou my preier; ech man schal come to thee. The wordis of wickid men hadden the maistrye ouer vs; and thou schalt do merci to oure wickidnessis. Blessid is he, whom thou hast chose, and hast take; he schal dwelle in thin hallisforȝerdis or hallis I marg. forȝerdis ceteri.. WeȜe L. schulen be fillid with the goodis of thin hous; thi temple is hooli, wondurful in equite. God, oure heelthe, here thou vs; thou art hope of alle coostis of erthe, and in the see afer. And thou makest redi hillis in thi vertu, and artthou art I. gird with power; which disturblist the depthe of the see, the soun of the wawis therof. Folkis schulen be disturblid, and thei that dwellen in the endis schulen drede of thi signes; thou schalt delite the outgoingis of the morewtid and euentid. Thou hast visitid the lond, and hast greetli fillid it; thou hast multiplied to make it riche. The flood of God was fillid with watris; thou madisthast maad I. redi the metemetis A. of hem, for the makyng redi therof is so. Thou fill|ynge greetli the stremes therof, multiplie the fruytis therof; the lond bringinge forthOm. K. fruytis schal be glad in goteristhe goteris plures. of it. Thou schalt blesse the corouncrowne ether sercle V. of the ȝeer of thi good wille; and thi feeldis schulen be fillid with plenteethe plente V. of fruytis. The feire thingis of desert schulen wexe fatte; and litle hillis schulen be cumpassid with ful out ioiyng. The wetheris of scheep ben clothid, and valeis schulen be plenteuouse of wheete; thei schulen crye, and sotheli thei schulen seye salmheriyng ceteri..

 PSALM LXV. The titil of theOm. plures. fyue and sixtithe salm. To theOm. plures. victorie, the song of salmDauid, salm of thankingis V.A glos. This salm is doyng of thankyngis for delyuer|aunce of the puple of Jewis fro Egipt. C et alii..

Al theOm. DW. erthe, make ȝe ioie hertli to God, seie ȝe salm to his name; ȝyue ȝe glorie to his heriyng. Seie ȝe to God, Lord, thi werkis ben dredefulful dredeful ceteri.; in thethi S. multitude of thi vertu thin enemyes schul|en lie to thee. God, al theOm. I. erthe worschipe thee, and syngesynge it I. to thee; seie it salm to thi name. Come ȝe and se ȝe the werkis of God; ferdful in counseils on the sones of men. WhichThe which I. turnede the see in to driethe drie I. lond; in the flood thei schulen passe with footdrie foot I., there we schulen be glad in hym. WhichThe which I. is Lord in his vertu with|outen ende, hise iȝen biholden on folkis; thei that maken scharp be not enhaunsid in hem silf. Ȝe hethen men, blesseblesse ȝe I. oure God; and make ȝe herd the vois of his preising. ThatThe whiche I. hath set my soule to lijf, and ȝafhe ȝaf I. not my feet in to stiryng. For thou, God, hast preued vs; thou hast examyned vs bi fier, as siluer is examyned. Thou leddist vs in to a snare, thou put|tidisthast putt I. tribulaciouns in oure bak; thou settidist men on oure heedis. We passiden bi fier and water; and thou leddisthast led I. vs out in to refreschyng. I schal entre in to thin hous in brent sacrifices; Y schal ȝelde to thee my vowis, which my lippis spaken distinctly. And my mouth spake in my tribulacioun; Y shal offre to thee brent sacrificis ful of merowȝ, with the bren|nyng of rammes; Y schal offre to thee oxis with buckis of geet. Alle ȝe that dreden God, comecometh I. and herehere ȝe I., andOm. O. Y schal telle; hou grete thingis he hath do to my soule. I criede to hym with my mouth; and Y ioyede fulli vndir my tunge. If Y bihelde wickidnesse in myn herte; the Lord schal not here. Therfor God herde; andand he I. perseyuede the vois of my bisechyng. Blessid be God; that remeued not my preyer, andne k. `took not aweiOm. plures. took not I. took not awei. Lire here. U. his merci fro me.

 PSALM LXVI. The titil of theOm. plures. sixe and sixtithe salm. `In Ebreu thusOm. ceteri præ|ter U., To theOm. ELP. victorie in orguns, the salm of theOm. plures. songsong, and is profecie of Cristis incarnacion KV.. `In JeromJeroms U. Om. ceteri. `thus, To the ouercomer in salmes, the song of writing of a delit|able thing with metreOm. ceteri præter U..

God haue merci on vs, and blesse vs; liȝtne he his cheer on vs, and hauehaue he I. merci on vs. That we knowe thi weie onin KLS. erthe; thin heelthe in alle folkis. God, puplis knowleche to thee; alle puplis knouleche to thee. Hethen men be glad, and makemake thei I. fulli ioye, for thou demest puplis in equite; and dressist hethene men in erthe. God, puplis knouleche to thee, alle puplis knouleche to thee; the erthe ȝafhath ȝoue I. his fruyt. God, oure God blesse vs, God blesse vs; and alle the coostis of erthe drede hym.

 PSALM LXVII. The titil of theOm. plures. seuene and sixtithe salm. To theOm. plures. victorievictorie in orgunis S., theOm. h. salm `of the songof song plures. Om. DF. `of DauidOm. S..

God rise vp, and hise enemyes be scaterid; and thei that haten hym fle fro his face. As smoke failith, faile thei; as wax fletith fro the face of fier, so perische synneris fro the face of God. And iust men eete, and makemake thei I. fulli ioye in the siȝt of God; and delite thei in gladnesse. Synge ȝe to God, seie ȝe salm to his name; make ȝe weie to hym, that stieth on the goyng doun, the Lord is name toof C. hym. Make ȝe fulli ioye in his siȝt, enemyes schulen be disturblid fro the face of hym, which is the fadir of fadirles and modirles children; and the iuge of widewis. God is in his hooli place; God that makith men of o wille to dwelle in the hous. Which leedith out bi strengthe hem that ben boundun; in lijk maner hem that maken scharp, that dwellen in sepulcris. God, whanne thou ȝedist out in the siȝt of thi puple; whanne thou passidist forth in the desert. The erthe was moued, for heuenes droppiden doun fro the face of God of Synay; fro the face of God of Israel. God, thou schalt departe wilful reyn to thin eritage, and it was sijk; but thou madist it parfit. Thi beestis schulen dwelle ther|ynne; God, thou hast maad redi in thi swetnesse to the pore man. The Lord schal ȝyue a word; to hem that prechen the gospel with myche vertu. The kyngis of vertues ben maad loued of the derlyng; and to the fairnesse of the hous to departe spuylis. If ȝe slepen amongin L. the myddilmiddis S. myddil peple W. ofamong L. eritagissortis ether eritagis plures., the fetheris of the culuer ben of siluer; and the hyndrere thingis of the bak therof ben in the shynyng of gold. While the king of heuene demeth kyngis theronne, thei schulen be maad whitter then snow in Selmon; the hille of God is a fat hille. The cruddid hil is a fat hil; wherto bileuen ȝe falsli, cruddid hillis? The hil in which it plesith wel God to dwelle ther ynne; for the Lord schal dwelle `in to thewith outen S. ende. The chare of God is manyfoold with ten thousynde, a thousynde of hem that ben glad; the Lord was in hem, in Syna, in the hooli. Thou stiedist an hiȝ, thou tokist caitiftee; thou resseyuedist ȝiftis among men. For whi thou tokist hem that bileueden not; for to dwelle in the Lord God. Blessid be the Lord ech dai; the God of oure heelthis schal make an eesie wei to vs. Oure God is God to make men saaf; and outgoyng fro deeth is of the Lord God. Netheles God schal breke the heedis of hise enemyes; the cop of the heere of hem that goen in her trespassis. The Lord seide, Y schal turne fro Basan; Y schal turne in to the depthe of the see. That thi foot be deppid in blood; the tunge of thi doggis be dippid in blood of the enemyes of hym. God, thei sien thi go|yngis yn; the goyngis yn of my God, of my king, which is in the hooli. Prynces ioyned with syngeris camen bifore; in the myddilmyddis plures. of ȝonge dameselis syngynge in tympans. In chirchis blesse ȝe God; blesse ȝe the Lord fro the wellis of Israel. There Beniamyn, a ȝonge man; in the rauysch|yng of mynde. The princis of Juda weren the duykis of hem; the princis of Zabulon, the princis of Neptalym. God, comaunde thou to thi vertu; God, conferme thou this thing, whichthat I. thou hast wrouȝt in vs. Fro thi temple, which is in Jerusalem; kyngis schulen offre ȝiftis to thee. Blame thou the wielde beestis of theOm. plures. reheed, the gaderyng togidere of bolis is among the kien of puplis; that thei exclude hem that ben preuyd bi siluer. Distrie thou folkis that wolen batels, legatis schulen come fro Egipt; Ethiopie schal come bifore the hondis therof to God. Rewmes of theOm. plures. erthe, synge ȝe to God; seie ȝe salm to the Lord. Singe ȝe to God; that stiede on the heuene of heuene at the eest. Lo! he schal ȝyue to his vois the vois of vertu, ȝyue ȝe glorie to God on Israel; his greet doyng and his vertu is in the cloudis. God is wondirful in hise seyntis; God of Israel, he schal ȝyue vertu, and strengthe to his puple; blessid be God.

 PSALM LXVIII. The title of theOm. plures. eiȝte and sixtithe salm. `In Ebreu thusOm. ceteri præter U., To theOm. CIX. victorie, on theOm. i. roosisroues M. roosis for sonys V. of Dauid. `In Jerom thus, To the ouercomer, for the sones of DauidOm. ceteri præter U..

God, make thou me saaf; for watris `entriden til tohan entrid vnto I. entriden to S. my soule. I am set in the sliym of the depthe; and `substaunce is notther is no substaunce I.. I cam in to the depthe of the see; and the tempest drenchide me. I traueilide criynge, my cheekis weren maad hoosehorse CDFSi. hoorse EGILOPRUX.; myn iȝen failiden, the while Y hopehopide I. in to my God. Thei that hatiden me with out cause; weren multiplied aboue the heeris of myn heed. Myn enemyes that pursueden me vniustli weren coum|fortid; Y paiede thanne tho thingis, whiche Y rauischide not. God, thou knowist myn vnkunnyng; and my tres|passis ben not hid fro thee. Lord, Lord of vertues; thei, that abiden thee, be not aschamed in me. God of Israel; thei, that seken thee, be not schent on me. For Y suffride schenschipe for thee; schame hilide my face. I am maad a straunger to my britheren; and a pilgryme to the sones of my modir. For the feruent loue of thin hous eet me; and the schenschipis of men seiynge schenschipis to thee fellen on me. And Y hilide my soule with fast|yng; and it was maad in to schenschip to me. And Y puttide my cloth an heire; and Y am maad to hem in to a parable. Thei, that saten in the ȝate, spaken aȝens me; and thei, that drunken wien, sungen of me. But Lord, Y dressedresside CDW. my preier to thee; God, Y abide the tyme of good plesaunce. Here thou meOm. S. in the multi|tude of thi mercy; in the treuthe of thin heelthe. Delyuer thou me fro the cley, that Y be not faste set in; delyuere thou me fro hem that haten me, and fro depthedepnesse I. depthis FKLS. of watris. The tempest of watir drenche not me, nethir the depthe swolowe me; nethir the pit make streit his mouth on me. Lord, here thou me, for thi merci is benygne; vp the multitude of thi merci|ful doyngis biholde thou in to me. And turne not awei thi face frofro me S. thi child; for Y am in tribulacioun, here thou me swiftli. Ȝyue thou tente to my soule, and delyuer thou it; for myn enemyes de|lyuere thou me. Thou knowist my schenschip, and my dispysyng; and my schame. Alle that troblen me ben in thi siȝt; myn herte abood schendschipe, and wretchidnesse. And Y abood hym, that was sory togidere, and noon wasther was I.; and that schulde coumfortecoumforte me K., and Y foond not. And thei ȝauen galle in to my meete; and in my thirst thei ȝauen `to meme to S. drinke with vynegre. The boord of hem be maad bi|fore hem in to a snare; and in to ȝeld|yngis, and in to sclaundir. Her iȝen be maad derk, that thei se not; and euere bouwe doun the bak of hem. Schede out thin ire on hem; and the strong veniaunce of thin ire take hem. The habitacioun of hem be maad forsakun; and `noon bebe ther noon I. that dwelle in the tabernaclis of hem. For thei pursueden hymhem S., whom thou hast smytehem S.; and thei addidenaddiden to I. on the sorewe of my woundis. Adde thou wickidnesse on the wickidnesse of hem; and entre thei not in to thi riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse ceteri.. Be thei don awei fro the book of lyuynge men; and be thei not writun with iust men. I am pore and sorewful; God, thin heelthe took me vp. I schal herye the name of God with song; and Y schal magnefye hym inwith I. heriyng. And it schal plese God more than a newe calf; bryngynge forth hornes and clees. Pore men se, and bebe thei I. glad; seke ȝe God, and ȝoure soule schal lyue. For the Lord herde pore men; andand he I. dispiside not hise boundun men. Heuenes and erthe, heryeherie ȝe S. hym; the se, and alle crepynge bestis inin erthe S. tho, herye hym. For God schal make saaf Syon; and the citees of Juda schulen be bildid. And thei schulen dwelle there; and thei schulen gete it bi eritage. And the seed of hise seruauntis schal haue it in possessioun; and thei that louen his name, schulen dwelle ther ynne.

 PSALM LXIX. The titil of theOm. plures. nyne and sixtithe salm. To theOm. DWX. victorie `of DauidOm. R., `to haue myndeOm. S. to haue mynde on Dauith O.A glos. Da|uith made this salm, whanne he was in the persecucioun of Absolon, his sone. Lire here. C et alii..

God, biholde thou in to myn heelp; Lord, hast thou to helpe me. Be thei schent, and aschamed; that seken my lijf. Be thei turned a bak; and schame thei, that wolen yuels to me. Be thei turned awei anoon, and schame thei; that seien to me, Wel! wel! Alle men that seken thee, makemake thei I. fulli ioie, and be glad in thee; and thei that louen thin heelthe, seieseie thei K. euere, The Lord be magnyfied. Forsothe Y am a nedi man, and pore; God, helpe thou me. Thou art myn helper and my delyuereredefendere S.; Lord, tarye thou not.

 PSALM LXX. The seuentithe salm hath no titleFrom KO. The lxx. salm. plures. The titil of the lxx. salm. A. The lxx. salm of Dauid, whanne he was in persecucioun of Absolon, his sone. R. The lxx. salm hath no tytle in Ebrew, nether in Jeroms translacioun. V..

Lord, Y hopide in thee, be Y not schent with outen ende; in thi riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse FGIKL. delyuere thou me, and rauysche meOm. F. out. Bowe doun thin eere to me; and make me saaf. Be thou to me in to God a de|fendere; and in to a strengthid place, that thou make me saaf. For thou art my stidefastnesse; and my refuit. My God, delyuere thou me fro the hoond of the synner; and fro the hoond of a man doynge aȝens the lawe, and of thethe hond of the S. wickid man. For thou, Lord, art my pacience; Lord, thou art myn hope fro my ȝongthe. In thee Y am confermydconfermyd, that is, defendid K text. confermyd, that is, not halewid but defendid V marg. fro the wombe; thou art my defendere fro the wombe of my modir. My syngyng is euere in thee; Y am maad as a greet wonder to many men; and thou art a strong helpere. My mouth be fillid with heriyng; that Y synge thi glorie, al dai thi greetnesse. Caste thou not awei me in theOm. S. tyme of eld|nesseeelde I. ooldnesse K.; whanne my vertu failith, forsake thou not me. For myn enemyes seiden of me; and thei that kepten my lijf maden counsel togidere. Seiynge, God hath for|sake hym; pursue ȝe, and take hym; for noon isther is I. that schal delyuere. God, be thou not maad afer fro me; my God, biholde thou in to myn help. Men that bacbiten my soule, be schent, and faile thei; and be thei hilid with schenschip and schame, that seken yuels to me. But Y schal hope euere; and Y schal addeadde to I. euere ouer al thi preising. Mi mouth schal telle thi riȝtfulnesse; al dai thin helthe. For Y knewe not lettrurelettrure, that is, not bi mannes teching, but bi Goddis reuelacion K text. V marg., Y schal entre in to the poweres of the Lord; Lord, Y schal bithenke on thi riȝtfulnesse aloone. God, thou hast tauȝt me fro my ȝongthe, and `til tounto I. now; Y schal telle out thi merueilis. And til in to `the eldnesseeelde I. ooldnesse K. and the laste age; God, forsake thou not me. Til Y telle thin armarm or power I.; to eche genera|cioun, that schal come. Til Y telle thi myȝt, and thi riȝtfulnesse, God, til in to the hiȝeste grete dedis whichthat I. thou hast do; God, who is lijk thee? Hou grete tribulaciouns many and yuele hast thou schewid to me; and thou conuertid hast quykenyd me, and hast eft brouȝt me aȝen fro the depthisdepnesse I. of erthe. Thou hast mul|tiplied thi greet doyng; and thou conuertid hast coumfortid me. For whi and Y schal knowleche to thee, thou God, thi treuthe in the instrumentis of salm; Y schal synge in an harpe to thee, that art the hooli of Israel. Mi lippis schulen make fulli ioye, whanne Y schal synge to thee; and my soule, which thou aȝen bouȝtist. But and my tunge schal thenke al dai on thi riȝt|fulnesse; whanne thei schulen be schent and aschamed, that seken yuelis to me.

 PSALM LXXI. The title of theOm. plures. oon and seuentithe salmOm. G.. `To SalomonTo Salomon, profecie of Crist, verrei king K. In Ebreu thus, To Salamon; in Jerom thus, In to Salamon. U..

God, ȝyueȝyue thou I. thi doom to the king; and thi riȝtfulnesse to the sone of a king. To deme thi puple in riȝtfulnesse; and thi pore men in doom. Mounteyns resseyue pees to the puple; and litle hillis resseyue riȝtfulnesse. He schal deme the pore men of the puple, and he schal make saaf the sones of pore men; and he schal make low the false chalengere. And he schal dwelle with the sunne, and bifore the moonemoone, that is, withoute bigynnyng and eende KV.; in generacioun and in to generacioun. He schal come doun as reyn in to a flees; and as goteris droppinge on the erthe. Riȝt|fulnesse schal come forth in hise dayes, and the aboundaunce of peespees, that is, gostli pees K text V marg.; til the moone be takun awei. And he schal be lord fro the see `til tounto I. the see; and fro the flood til to the endis of the world. Ethiopiens schulen falle doun bifore hym; and hise enemyes schulen licke the erthe. The kyngis of Tarsis and ilis schulen offre ȝiftis; the kyngis of Arabie and of Saba schulen brynge ȝiftis. And alle kyngis schulen worschipe hym; alle folkis schulen serue hym. For he schal delyuer a pore man fro the miȝti; and a pore man to whom wasther was I. noon helpere. He schal spare a pore man and nedi; and he schal make saaf the soulis of pore men. He schal aȝen bie the soulis of hem fro vsuris, andand fro I. wickidnesse; and the name of hem is onourable bifor hym. And he schal lyue, and me schal ȝyue to hym of the gold of Arabie; and thei schulen euere worschipe of hym, al dai thei schulen blesse hym. Stidefastnesse schal be in the erthe, in the hiȝeste placesplace CEKLMPS. of mounteyns; the fruyt therof schal be enhaunsid aboue the Liban; and thei schulen blosme fro the citee, as the hey of erthe doith. His name be blessid in to worldis; his name dwelledwellith A. bifore the sunne. And all the lynagis of erthe schulen be blessid in hym; alle folkis schulen magnyfie hym. Blessid be the Lord God of Israel; which aloone makith merueiylis. BlessidAnd blessid CIKUVX sec. m. be the name of his maieste with outen ende; and al erthe schal be fillid withof I. his maieste; be it doon, be it doon.

`The preieris of Dauid, theOm. FW. sone of Ysay, ben endidfillid HIKLMOPRUVWXbik. `i Om. GQ.. PSALM LXXII. The `title of theOm. A. two and seuentithe salm. `The salm of AsaphOm. A. The salm of Asaph; in Jerome thus, the song of Asaph. IU.A glos. Asaph made this salm, to schewe the goodnesse of Goddis puruy|aunce. A et alii..

God of Israel is ful good; to hem that ben of riȝtful herte. But my feet weren moued almeest; my steppis weren sched out almeest. For Y louede feruentli on wickid men; seynge the pees of synneris. For biholdyng is not to the deth of hem; and stidefastnesse in the sikenesse of hem. Thei ben not in theOm. I. trauel of men; and thei schulen not be betun with men. Ther|fore pride heldehath holde I. hem; thei weren hilid with her wickidnesse andand with I. vnfeithfulnesse. The wickidnesse of hem cam forth as ofOm. Xi. fatnesse; thei ȝeden in to desire of herte. Thei thouȝten and spaken weiwardnesse; thei spaken wickidnessewickidnesse, that is, blasfemye aȝens God K text. blasfemyng aȝens God V marg. an hiȝ. Thei puttiden her mouth in to heuene; and her tunge passide in erthe. Therfor my puple schal be conuertid here; and fulle daies schulen be foundun in hem. And thei seiden, How woot God; and whether kunnyng is an heiȝe, `that is, in heueneOm. plures.? Lo! thilke synneris and hauynge aboun|dance in the world; helden richessis. And Y seide, Therfor without cause Y iustifiede myn herte; andand I I. waischide myn hoondis among innocentis. And Y was betun al dai; and my chastisyngchastisyngis S. was in morutidis. If Y seide, Y schal telle thus; lo! Y re|preuede the nacioun of thi sones. I gess|ide, that Y schulde knowe this; trauel is bifore me. Til Y entre in to the seyn|tuarie of God; and vndurstonde in the last thingis of hem. Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem; thou castidist hem doun, while thei weren reisid. Hou ben thei maad into desolacioundesolacioun, ether discoumfort C et plures.; thei failiden so|deynli, thei perischiden for her wickid|nesseweiwardnesse A.. As the dreem of men that risen; Lord, thou schalt dryueal to-dryue I. her ymage to nouȝt in thi citee. For myn herte is en|flaumed, and my reynes ben chaungid; and Y am dryuun to nouȝt, and Y wiste not. As a werk beeste Y am maad atanentis I. thee; and Y am euere with thee. Thou heldist my riȝthond, and in thi wille thou leddist me forth; and with glorie thou tokist me vp. For whi what is to me in heuene; and what wolde Y of thee on erthe? Mi fleische and myn herte failide; God of myn herte, and my part is God withouten ende. For lo! thei that drawen awei fer hem silf fro thee, `bithat is, bi V. deedliwilful I. synnesynne. Lire here. U marg. `a Om. CDEFGHKLMOPQRSWXbi., schu|len perische; thou hast lost alle men that doen fornycacioun fro thee. But it is good to me to cleue to God; and to sette myn hope in the Lord God. That Y telle alle thi prechyngispreisyngis I.; in the ȝatis of the douȝter ofOm. HX pr. m. i. Syon.

 PSALM LXXIII. The title of theOm. plures. thre and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of AsaphAsaph, of the caitifte of Babilon. K..

God, whi hast thou put a wei in to the ende; thi strong veniaunce is wrooth on the scheep of thi leesewe? Be thou myndeful of thi gadering togidere; which thou haddist in possessioun fro the bigyn|nyng. Thou aȝenbouȝtist the ȝerde of thin eritage; the hille of Syon in which thou dwellidist ther ynne. Reise thin hondis in to the prides of hemhem into the ende X sec. m.; hou grete thingis the enemy dide wickidli in the hooli. And thei that hatiden thee; hadden glorie in the myddis of thi solempnete. Thei set|tiden her signesbaners X., `ethir banerisOm. VX., signesto be signes I. on the hiȝeste, as in the outgoing; and thei knewen not. As in a wode of trees thei heweden doun with axis the ȝatis therof in to it silf; thei castiden doun it with an ax, and awith a I. brood fallinge ax. Thei brenten with fier thi seyntuarie; thei defouliden the tabernacle of thi name in erthe. The kynrede of hem seiden togidere in her herte; Make we alle the feest daies of God to ceesse froin S. theOm. plures. erthe. We han not seyn oure signes, now `no profete isther is no profete I.; and he schal no more knowe vs. God, hou long schal the enemye seie dispit? thethin A. aduersarie territh to ire thi name in to the ende. Whi turnest thou awei thin hoond, andOm. I. `to drawe outOm. V. thi riȝthond fro the myddis of thi bosum, til inOm. K. to the ende? Forsothe God oure kyng bifore worldis; wrouȝte heelthe in the mydis of erthe. Thou madist sad the see biin I. thi vertu; thou hast troblidtroublid togidere K. the heedis of dragounsthe dragouns FL. in watris. Thou hast broke the heedis of `the dragoundragons K.; thou hast ȝoue hym toto be I. Om. K. mete to the puplis of E|thiopiens. Thou hast broke wellis, and strondis; thou madist drie the flodis of Ethan. The dai is thin, and the niȝt is thin; thou madist the moreutid and the sunne. Thou madist alle the endis of erthethe erthe K.; somer and veer tymetyme, either springinge tyme i sec. m., thou fourm|edist tho. Be thou myndeful of this thing, the enemye hath seid schenschip to the Lord; and the vnwijs puple hath excitid to ire thi name. Bitake thou not to beestis men knoulechenge to thee; and forȝete thou not in to the ende the soulis of thi pore men. Biholde in to thi testament; for thei that ben maad derk of erthe, ben fillid with the housis of wickidnessis. A meke man be not turned awei maad aschamed; a pore man and nedi schulen herie thi name. God, rise vp, deme thou thi cause; be thou myndeful of thin vpbreidyngisschenschipis, ether vpbreidyngis C et plures. shenshipis V., of tho that ben al dai of the vnwise man. Forȝete thou not the voices of thin ene|myes; the pride of hem that haten thee, stieth euere.

 PSALM LXXIV. The title of theOm. CDFGHOQbi. foure and seuentithe salm. `To the ouercomere; leese thou not the salm of the song of AsaphOm. A..

God, we schulenOm. D. knouleche to thee, `we schulen knoulecheOm. D.; andOm. C. we schulen in|wardli clepe thi name. We schulen telle thi merueilis; whanne Y schal take tyme, Y schal deme riȝtfulnesses. The erthe is meltid, and alle that duellen ther ynne; Y confermede the pileris therof. I seide to wickid men, Nyle ȝe do wickidli; and to trespassouris, Nyle ȝe enhaunce the horn. Nyle ȝe reise an hiȝ ȝoure horn; nyle ȝe speke wickidnesse aȝens God. For nether fro the eest, nethir fro the west, nethir fro desert hillis; for God is the iuge. He mekith thishis A. man, and enhaunsith hym; for a cuppe of cleene wyn ful of meddling is in the hoond of the Lord. And he bow|ide of this in to that; netheles the drast therof is not anyntischidanyntishid, either maad lesse i sec. m.; alle synneris of erthe schulen drinke therof. Forsothe Y schal telle in to the world; Y schal synge to God of Jacob. And Y schal breke alle the hornes of synneris; and the hornes of the iust man schulen be enhaunsid.

 PSALM LXXV. The title of theOm. plures. fyue and seuentithe salm. To theOm. K. victorie in orguns, `the salm ofOm. OSXi. theOm. K. song of AsaphAsaph, bifor seynge the turment of Juda to come bi Sennacherib. K.A glos. Asaph bi the spiritt of prophecie made this salme of the comyng of the caitifte of Babilone, and of the ending ther of. Lire here. K..

God is knowun in Judee; his name is greet in Israel. And his place is maad in pees; and his dwellyng is in Syon. Ther he brak poweris; bowe, scheeld, swerd, and batel. And thou, God, liȝtnest won|dirfuli fro euerlastynge hillis; alle vnwise men of herte weren troblid. Thei slepten her sleepsleep, that is, weren deed V marg.; and alle men founden no thing of richessis in her hondis. Thei that sti|eden on horsis; slepten for thi blamyng, thou God of Jacob. Thou art feerfulferdful FIKLMVXb., and who schal aȝenstonde thee? fro that tyme thin ire. Fro heuene thou madist doom herd; the erthe tremblide, and restide. Whanne God roos vp in to doom; to make saaf al theOm. I. mylde men of erthe. For the thouȝt of man schal knouleche to thee; and the relifsleuyngis I. of thouȝt schulen make a feeste dai to thee. Make ȝe a vow, and ȝelde ȝe to ȝoure Lord God; alle that bringen ȝiftis in the cumpas of it. To God ferdful, and to him that takith awei the spirit of prynces; to the ferdful at the kyngis of erthe.

 PSALM LXXVI. The `title of theOm. A. sixte and seuentithe salmOm. ORS.. `To the ouercomereOm. A. To the victorie X. on Ydi|tum, `the salm of AsaphOm. A.Gostli this salme mai be expowned of ech feithful comynte, ether singuler per|sone, wich is delyuered bi God wondir|fulli fro greet turment, tem|poral ether goostli, and for this is stired deuoutli to the herijng of God. Lire here. K..

WithBi CDEGOPQRSUVWb. my vois Y criede to the Lord; withbi S. my vois to God, and he ȝaf tent to me. In the dai of my tribulacioun Y souȝte God with myn hondis; in the nyȝt `to foretoward CDEFGHKLMOPQRSUVWXbi. hym, and Y am not disseyued. Mi soule forsook to be coumfortid; Y was myndeful of God, and Y delitide, and Y was exer|cisid; and my spirit failide. Myn iȝen bi|fore took wakyngis; Y was disturblid, and YOm. I. spak not. I thouȝte elde daies; and Y hadde in mynde euerlastinge ȝeeris. And Y thouȝte in the nyȝt with myn herte; and Y was exercisid, and Y clensid my spirit. Whether God schal caste awei with outen ende; ether schal he not lei to, that he be more plesid ȝit? Ethir schal he kitte awei his merci into the endeende, that is, holliche. Lire here. U.; fro genera|cioun in to generacioun? Ethir schal God forȝete to do mercy; ethir schal he with|holde his mercies in his ire? And Y seide, Now Y bigan; this is the chaunging of the riȝthond of `the hiȝe GodGod hiȝe S.. I hadde mynde on the werkis of the Lord; for Y schal haue mynde fro the bigynnyng of thi mer|ueilis. And Y schal thenke inon S. alle thi werkis; and Y schal be occupiedexercised, ether occupied C et plures. in thi fyndyngis. God, thi weie was in the hooli; what God is greet as oure God? thou art God, that doist merueilis. Thou madist thi vertu knowun among puplis; thou aȝenbouȝtist in thi arm thi puple, the sones of Jacob and of Joseph. God, watris sien thee, watris sien thee, and dredden; and depthisdepnesse A. of watris weren disturblid. The multitude of the soun of watris; cloudis ȝauen vois. For whi thin arewis passen; the vois of thi thundir was in athe A pr. m. wheel. Thi liȝtnyngis schynedenschewiden I. to the world; the erthe was moued, and tremblid. Thi weie in the see, and thi pathis in many watris; and thi steppis schulen not be knowun. Thou leddist forth thi puple as scheep; in the hond of Moyses and ofOm. F pr. m. Aaron.

 PSALM LXXVII. The `title of theOm. A. seuene and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of AsaphA glos. Asaph made this salme to shewe bi scriptures and oolde stories, that the rewme of Israel per|teynede to Da|uid and to hise eris, bi Goddis chesing. Lire here. K..

Mi puple, perseyue ȝe my lawe; bowebowe ȝe X. ȝoure eere in to the wordis of my mouth. I schal opene my mouth in parablis; Y schal speke perfite resouns fro the bigyn|nyng. Hou grete thingis han we herd, aud we han knowe tho; and oure fadris telden to vs. Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem; in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of the Lord, and the vertues of hym; and hise merueilis, whyche he dide. And he reiside witness|yng in Jacob; and he settide lawe in Is|rael. Hou grete thingis comaundide he to oure fadris, to make tho knowun to her sones; that another generacioun knowe. Sones, that schulen be born, and schulen rise vp; schulen telle out to her sones. That thei sette her hope in God, and for|ȝete not the werkis of God; and that thei sekeserche I. hise comaundementis. Lest thei be maad a schrewid generacioun; and ter|rynge to wraththe, as the fadris of hem. A generacioun that dresside not his herte; and his spirit was not bileued within I. God. The sones of Effraym, bendinge a bouwe and sendynge arowis; weren turned in the dai of batel. Thei kepten not the testa|ment of God; and thei noldenwolden not I. go in his lawe. And thei forȝaten hise benefices; and hise merueils, whiche he schewide to hem. He dide merueils bifore the fadris of hem in the loond of Egipt; in the feeld of Taphneos. He brak the see, and ledde hem thorou; andit, and I. he ordeynede the watris as in a bouge. And he ledde hem forth inas in I. a cloude of the dai; and al niȝt in the liȝtnyng of fier. He brak a stoon in de|seert; and he ȝaf watir to hem as in a myche depthe. And he ledde watir out of the stoon; and he ledde forth watris as floodis. And thei `leiden toputtiden I. ȝit to do synne aȝens hym; thei excitiden hiȝethe hiȝe I. God in to irethe ire L., inand in I. a place with out water. And thei temptiden God in her hertis; that thei axiden meetis to her lyues. And thei spaken yuel of God; thei seiden, Whether God may make redi a bord in desert? For he smoot a stoon, and watris flowiden; and streemys ȝeden out in aboundaunce. Whe|ther also he may ȝyue breed; ether make redi a bord to his puple? Therfor the Lord herde, and delaiede; and fier was kindelid in Jacob, and the ire of God stiede on Israel. For thei bileueden not in God; nethernether thei I. hopiden in his heelthe. And he comaundide to the cloudis aboue; and he openyde the ȝatis of heuene. And he reynede to hem manna for to eete; and he ȝaf to hem breed of heuene. Man eethath eet I. theOm. I. breed of aungels; he sent to hem meetis in aboundance. He turnede ouere the south wynde fro heuene; and he brouȝte in bi his vertu the weste wynde. And he reynede fleischis as dust on hem; andand also I. `he reinedeOm. I. volatils fethered, as the grauel of the see. And tho felden doun in the myddis of her castels; aboute the tabernaclis of hem. And thei eeten, and weren fillid greetli, and he brouȝte her desire to hem; thei weren not defraudid of her desier. Ȝit her metis weren in her mouth; and the irewraththe I. of God stiede on hem. And he killide the fattefatte, that is, riche men V. men of hem; and he lettideledde S. the chosene men of Israel. In alle these thingis thei synneden ȝit; andand thei IK. bileuede not in the merueils of God. And the daies of hem failiden in vanytee; and the ȝeeris of hem faileden with haste. Whanne he killide hem, thei souȝten hym; andand thei I. turneden aȝen, and eerli thei camen to hym. And thei bithouȝten, that God is the helper of hem; and `the hiȝ Godhe that is hiȝest I. is the aȝenbier of hem. And thei loueden hym in her mouth; and with her tunge thei lieden to hym. Forsothe the herte of hem was not riȝtful with hym; nethir thei weren had feithful in his testament. But he is merciful, and he schal be maad mer|ciful to the synnes of hem; and he schal not destrie hem. AndBut I. he dide greetli, to turne awei his yre; and he kyndelide not al his ire. And he bithouȝte, that thei ben fleische; a spirit goynge, and not turnynge aȝen. Hou oft maden thei hym wrooth in desert; thei stireden hym in to ire in a place with out watir. And thei weren turned, andand thei CDEFGIKLOSVb. temptiden God; and thei wraththiden the hooli of Israel. Thei bi|thouȝten not on his hond; in the dai in theOm. IS. which he aȝen bouȝte hem fro the hond of the trobler. As he settide hise signes in Egipt; and hise grete wondris in the feeld of Taphneos. And he turnede the flodis of hem and the reynes of hem in to blood; that thei schulden not drynke. He sente a fleisch flie in to hem, and it eet hem; and he sente a paddok, and it loste hem. And he ȝaf the fruytis of hem to rust; and he ȝaf the trauels of hem to locustis. And he killide the vynes of hem biwith I. hail; and the moore trees of hem biwith I. aOm. IKS pr. m. i. frostforst CDFHKMQVWXb.. And he bitook the beestis of hem toin to C. hail; and the possessioun of hem to fier. He sente in to hem the ire of his indigna|cioun; indignacioun, and ire, and tribula|cioun, sendingis in bi iuel aungels. He made weie to the path of his ire, and he sparide not fro the deth of her lyues; and he closide togidere in deth the beestis of hem. And he smoot al the first gendrid thing in the lond of Egipt; the first fruytis of alle the traueltrauels A. of hem in the tabernaclis of Cham. And he took awei his puple as scheep; and he ledde hem forth as a flok in desert. And he ledde hem forth in hope, and thei dredden not; and the see hilide the enemyes of hem. And he brouȝte hem in to the hil of his halewyng; in to the hil which his riȝt|hond gat. And he castide out hethene men fro the face of hem; and bi lot he departide to hem the lond in a cord of delyng. And he made the lynagis of Is|rael to dwelle in the tabernaclis of hem. And thei temptiden, and wraththiden heiȝthe heiȝ I. God; and thei kepten not hise witness|yngis. And thei turneden awei hem silf, and thei kepten not couenaunt; as her fa|dris weren turned in to a schrewid bouwe. Thei stiriden him in to ire in her litle hillis; and thei terriden hym to indigna|cioun ofin C sup. ras. EIKLOUV. her grauen ymagis. God herde, and forsook; and brouȝte to nouȝt Israel greetli. And he puttide awei the taber|nacle of Sylo; his tabernacle wherein whiche I. he dwellide among men. And he bitook the vertu of hem in to caitiftee; and the fair|nesse of hem in to the hondis of the ene|mye. And he closide togidere his puple in swerd; and he dispiside his erytage. Fier eet the ȝonge men of hem; and the virgyns of hem weren not biweilidbiwepte L. biweiled or wept I.. The prestis of hem fellen doun bi swerd; and the wi|dewis of hem weren not biwept. And the Lord was reisid, as slepynge; as miȝti greetli fillid of wiyn. And he smoot hise enemyes on the hynderere partis; he ȝaf to hem euerlastyng schenschipe. And he puttide awei the tabernacle of Joseph; and he chees not the lynage of Effraym. But he chees the lynage of Juda; he chees the hil of Syon, which he louede. AndBut I. he as an vnicorn bildide his hooli place; in the lond, which he foundide in to worldis. And he chees Dauid his seruaunt, and took hym vp fro the flockis of scheep; he took hym fro bihynde scheep with lam|bren. To feed Jacob his seruaunt; and Israel his eritage. AndBut I. he fedde hem in the innocens of his herte; and he ledde hem forth in the vndurstondyngis of his hondis.

 PSALM LXXVIII. The `title of theOm. A. eiȝte and seuentithe salmOm. HPRSX.. OfThe salm of C et plures AsaphDauid S.Gostli this salm mai be expowned, that it be the preier of hooli chirche aȝenus vnfeith|ful men, de|fouling chirchis and holie places, and sleing cris|ten puple, and destroijng her lond. For wich thing holi chirche in the bigynnyng of this salm bi|weyleth this distriyng, and the ij. tyme it bisecheth de|uouteli and mekeli for re|storing there shed out, and in biseching Goddis riȝtful|nes aȝenus vn|feithful men, and his merci anentes feithful men, and at the laste it thank|eth God, in the hope of herijng there. Lire here. K..

God, hethene men cam in to thin eri|tage; thei defouliden thin hooli temple, thei settiden Jerusalem in to the keping of applis. Thei settiden the slayn bodies of thi seruauntis, meetisto be meetis I. to the volatilis of heuenes; the fleischis of thi seyntis to the beestis of theOm. S. erthe. Thei schedden out the blood of hem, as watir in the cumpas of Jerusalem; and noon wasther was I. that biriede. We ben maad schenschipe to oure neiȝboris; mowynge and scornynge to hem, that ben in oure cumpas. Lord, hou longe schalt thou be wrooth in to the ende? schal thi veniaunce be kyndelid as fier? SchedeHeelde I. out thin ire in to he|thene men, that knowen not thee; and in to rewmes, that clepiden not thi name. For thei eeten Jacob; and maden desolat his place. Haue thou not mynde on oure elde wickidnesses; thi mercies bifore take vs soone, for we ben maad pore greetli. God, oure heelthe, helpe thou vs, and, Lord, for the glorie of thi name delyuer thou vs; and be thou merciful to oure synnes for thi name. Lest perauenture thei seie among hethene men, Where is the God of hem? and be he knowun among naciouns bifore oure iȝen. The veniaunce of the blood of thi seruauntis, which is sched outout, be knowun among naciouns CDEF pr. m. GHKLMOPQRSWXbi.; the weilyng of feterid men entre inin to S. thi siȝt. VpeAftir I. the greetnesse of thin arm; welde thou the sones of slayn men. And ȝelde thou to oure neiȝboris seuenfoold in the bosum of hem; the schenschip of hem, which thei diden schenschipfuli to thee, thou Lord. But we that ben thi puple, and the scheep of thi leesewe; schulen knouleche to thee in to the world. In generacioun and in to generacioun; we schulen telle thin heriyng.

 PSALM LXXIX. The title of theOm. C et plures. nyne and seuentithe salm. To victorie; this salm is witness|ingthe witnessing U. of Asaph for lilieslilies, that is, for Crist and his chirche. K..

Thou that gouernest Israel, ȝyue tent; that leedistleddist CDO. forth Joseph as a scheep. Thou that sittist on cherubym; be schewid bifore Effraym, Beniamyn, and Manasses. Stire thi power, and come thou; that thou make vs saaf. God of vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf. Lord God of vertues; hou longe schalt thou be wrooth on the preier of thi seruaunt? Hou longe schalt thou feede vs with the breed of teeris; and schalt ȝyue drynke to vs with teeris in mesure? Thou hast set vs in to aȝenseiyng to oure neiȝboris; and oure enemyes han scornyde vs. God of vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf. Thou translatidist a vyne fro Egipt; thou castidist out hethene men, and plauntidist it. Thou were leeder of the weie in the siȝt therof; and thou plauntidist the rootis therof, and it fillide the lond. The scha|dewe therof hilide hillis; and the braunchis therof filliden the cedris of God. It streiȝte forth hise siouns til to the see, and the generacioungeneraciouns FKL. ther of `til tounto I. the flood. Whi hast thou destried the wal therof; and alle men that goen forth bi the weie gaderidengaderen IS. awei the grapis therof? A boor of the wode distriede it; and a sin|guler wielde beeste deuouride it. God of vertues, be thou turned; biholde thouOm. I. fro heuene, and se, and visite this vyne. And make thou it perfit, which thi riȝthond plauntide; and biholde thou on the sone of man, which thou hast confermyd to thee. Thingis brent with fier, and vndur|myned; schulen perische for the blamyng of thi cheer. Thin hond be maad on the man of thi riȝthond; and on the sone of man, whom thou hast confermed to thee. And we departiden not fro thee; thou schalt quykene vs, and we schulen in|wardli clepe thi name. Lord God of ver|tues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf.

 PSALM LXXX. The title ofOm. A. theOm. C et alii. eiȝtetithe salm. To the ouercomer inon Q. the pressourspressour ELP. of AsaphA glos. This salm was or|deyned to be songen in the feest of trumpis, to doo thank|inges to God for the fruytis of the ȝeer gederid thanne. Lire heere. K..

Make ȝe fulli ioye to God, oureOm. S. helpere; synge ȝe hertli to God of Jacob. Take ȝe a salm, and ȝyue ȝe a tympan; a myrie sautere with an harpe. Blowe ȝe within S. a trumpe in NeomenyeNeomenye; that is, the newe mone. AC.; in the noble dai of ȝoure solempnite. For whi comaunde|ment is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob. He settide that witnessing in Joseph; whanne he ȝede out of the lond of Egipt, he herde a langage, whichthat I. he knew not. He turnede a wei his bak fro birthens; hise hondis serueden in a coffyn. In tribulacioun thou inwardli clepidist me, and Y delyuerede thee; Y herde thee in the hid place of tempest, Y preuede thee at the water of aȝenseiyng. My puple, here thouthou me S., and Y schal be witnesse aȝens thee; Israel, if thou herist me, a fresche God schal not be in thee, and thou schalt not worschipe an alien god. For Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt; make large thi mouth, and Y schal fille it. And my puple herde not my vois; and Israel ȝaue not tente to me. And Y lefte hem aftir theOm. C et plures. desiris of herOm. S. herte; thei schulen go in her fynd|yngis. If my puple haddeOm. S. herde me; if Israel hadde go in my weies. For nouȝt in hap Y hadde maad low her enemyes; and Y hadde send myn hond on men do|ynge tribulacioun to hem. The enemyes of the Lord lieden to hym; and her tyme schal be in to worldis. And he fedde hem ofwith S. the fatnesse of whete; and he fillide hem with hony of the stoon.

 PSALM LXXXI. The title of theOm. C et alii. oon and eiȝtetithe salm. OfThe salm of C et plures. Asaph.

God stood in the synagoge of goddis; forsotheand I. he demethdemeth more A pr. m. I. goddis in the myddil. Hou longe demen ȝe wickidnesse; and taken the facesface IS. of synneris? Deme ȝe to the nedi man, and to the modirles child; iustifie ȝe the meke man and pore. Raueische ȝe out a pore man; and de|lyuere ȝe thea I. nedi man fro the hond of the synner. Thei knewenknowen CDEFHLRS. not, nether vndirstodenvndurstonden CDELRS., thei goen in derknessis; alle the foundementis of erthe schulen be moued. I seide, Ȝe ben goddis; and alle ȝe ben the sones of hiȝthe hiȝ S. God. But ȝe schulen die as men; and ȝe schulen falle doun as oon of the princis. Ryse, thou God, deme thou the erthe; for thou schalt haue eritage in alle folkis.

 PSALM LXXXII. The title of theOm. C et alii. two and eiȝtetithe salm. TheOf the C. song of the salm ofthe song of L. AsaphA glos. Gostli this salm mai be the preier of holi chirche aȝens the ene|myes of cristen men, that tell|ith mekely bi|fore God the wickidnesse of hem, and axith deuoutli Goddis veniaunse on this bi ensaum|ple of oolde wickide men puniȝschid of God. Lire here. K..

God, who schal be lijk thee? God, be thou not stille, nether be thou peesid. For lo! thin enemyes sowneden; and thei that hatenhatiden IL. thee reisiden the heed. Thei maden a wickid counsel on thi puple; and thei thouȝten aȝens thi seyntis. Thei seiden, Come ȝe, and leese we hem fro theOm. C et plures. folk; and the name of Israel be no more hadde in mynde. For thei thouȝten with oon acord; the tabernaclis of Ydu|meys, and men of Ismael disposiden a testament togidere aȝens thee. Moab, and Agarenus, Jebal, and Amon, and Amalech; alienys with hem that dwellen in Tyre. For Assur cometh with hem; thei ben maad in to help to the sones of Loth. Make thou to hem as to Madian, and Sisara; as to Jabyn in the stronde of Sison. Thei perischiden in Endor; thei weren maad as a toord of erthe. Putte thou the prynces of hem as Oreb and Zeb; and Zebee and Salmana. Alle the princis of hem, that seiden; HoldeHelde A. we bi eritage the seyntuarie of God. My God, putte thou hem as aOm. CG. whele; and as stobil bifor the face of the wynde. As fier that bren|neth a wode; and as flawme brynnynge hillis. So thou schalt pursue hem in thi tempeste; and thou schalt disturble hem in thin ire. Lord, fille thou the faces of hem with schenschipe; and thei schulen seke thi name. Be thei aschamed, and be thei disturblid in toto the C et plures. world of world; andOm. S. be thei schent and perische thei. And knowe thei, that theOm. I. Lord is name to thee; thou aloone art theOm. CI. hiȝesteOm. C. in echeuery L. lond.

 PSALM LXXXIII. The title of theOm. C et alii. thre and eiȝtetithe salmsalm, to victorie, on the pressours C et plures.. The salm of the sones of ChoreA glos. This salm declareth the desijr of holi men, lifing in this wickid world, to come to heuen blisse. Lire here. K..

Lord of vertues, thi tabernaclis ben greetli loued; my soule coueitith, and failith in to the porchis of the Lord. Myn herte and my fleische; ful out ioyeden in to quyk God. For whi a sparewe fyndith an hous to it silf; andOm. S. a turtle fyndith a neste to it silf, where it `schal kepekepith I. hise bryddis. Lord of vertues, thin auteris; my king, and my God. Lord, blessid ben thei that dwellen in thin hous; thei schulen preise thee in to theOm. FHIKMSXi. worldis of worldis. Blessid is the man, whos help is of thee; he hath disposidordeyned I. stiyngis in his herte, in the valei of teeris, in the place whichthat I. he hath set. For the ȝyuer of the lawe schal ȝyue blessyng, thei schulen go fro vertu in to vertu; God of goddis schal be seyn in Sion. Lord God of ver|tues, here thou my preier; God of Jacob, perseyue thou with eeris. God, oure de|fender, biholde thou; and biholdebiholde thou S. in to the face of thi crist. For whi o dai in thin hallis is bettere; than a thousynde. I chees to be `an out castabiect, ether an outcast C et plures. in the hous of my God; more than tofor to K sec. m. dwelle in the tabernaclis of synneris. For God loueth merci and treuthe; the Lord schal ȝyue grace and glorie. He schal not depriuebireue C et plures. hem fro goodis, that gongooth S. inOm. S. innocence; Lord of vertues, blessid is the man, that hopith in thee.A glos. This salm is doyng of thankinges for the turnyng aȝen of Jewis fro the caitifte of Babilon; but principali it is profecie of the perfitt delyuer|aunce to be maad bi Crist, in his incarna|cion and pas|sion. Lire here. K.

 PSALM LXXXIV. The title of theOm. C et alii. foure and eiȝtetithe salm. OfTo the ouercomere, the song of C et plures. theOm. I. sones of Chore.

Lord, thou hast blessid thi lond; thou hast turned awei the caitifte of Jacob. Thou hast forȝoue the wickidnesse of thi puple; thou hast hilid alle the synnes of hem. Thou hast aswagidswagid I. al thin ire; thou hast turned awei fro the ire of thin indignacioun. God, oure helthe, conuerte thou vs; and turne awei thin ire fro vs. Whether thou schalt be wrooth to vs withouten ende; ether schalt thou holde forth thin ire fro generacioun in to gene|racioun? God, thou conuertid schalt quykene vs; and thi puple schal be glad in thee. Lord, schewe thi merci to vs; and ȝyue thin helthe to vs. I schal here what the Lord God schal speke in me; for he schal speke pees onto I. his puple. And on hise hooli men; and on hem that ben turned to herte. Netheles his helthe is niȝ men dredynge him; that glorie dwelle in oure lond. Merci and treuthe metten hem silf; riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse ceteri. and pees weren kissid. Treuthe cam forth ofof the I. erthe; and riȝtfulnesse bihelde fro heuene. For the Lord schal ȝyue benignyte; and oure erthe schal ȝyue his fruyt. RiȝtfulnesseRiȝtfulnesse, that is, Johan Baptist K text V marg. schal go bifore him; andand it I. schal sette hise steppis in the weie.

 PSALM LXXXV.The `title of theOm. A. fyue and eiȝtetithe salm. The preier of DauidA glos. Gostli this salme mai be expowned of ech Cristen man sett in tribulacion bodili excited of men, ether gostli turment maad of fendis, wich man prei|eth God de|uoutli for his delyueraunce, and aleyggeth first the wor|thynesse of Goddis heryng, and on his part he aleyggeth his nedynesse, in|nocence, and continuaunce of preier, and on Goddis part he aleyggeth mer|ci, and power, greet doyng, and honour; and ferther he formeth his axing there, Lord lede me forth, that I be kept in good werk, and be bifore kept fro the yuel of synne, and of peyne, so that he be crowned at the laste in the rewme of glorie. Lire here. K..

Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and herehere thou I. me; for Y am nedi and pore. Kepe thou my lijf, for Y am holi; my God, make thou saaf thi seruaunt hopynge in thee. Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y criede al day to thee; make thou glad the soule of thi seruaunt, for whi, Lord, Y haue reisid my soule to thee. For thou, Lord, art swete and mylde; and of mychemychil G. merci to alle men inwardli clepynge thee. Lord, perseyue thou my preier with eeris; and ȝyue thou tente to themy S. vois of my bisech|yng. In the dai of my tribulacioun Y criede to thee; for thou herdist me. Lord, noon among goddis is lijk thee; and noon is euene to thi werkis. Lord, alle folkis, whiche euere thou madist, schulen come, and worschipe bifore thee; and thei schulen glorifie thi name. For thou art ful greet, and makinge merueils; thou art God aloone. Lord, lede thou me forth in thi weie, and Y schal entre in thi treuthe; myn herte be glad, that it drede thi name. Mi Lord God, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; and Y schal glorifie thi name with|outen ende. For thi merci is greet on me; and thou deliueridist my soule fro the lower helle. God, wickid men han rise vp on me; and the synagoge of myȝti men han souȝt my lijf; and thei han not set forth thee in her siȝt. And thou, Lord God, doynge merci, and merciful; pacient, and of myche merci, and sothefast. Bi|holde on me, and haue mercy on me, ȝyue thou the empire to thithe S. child; and make thou saaf the sone of thin hand|maydenhandmaide CDEFGHIKLMOPQRSUVWXbi.. Make thou with me a signe in good, that thei se, that haten me, and bebe thei I. aschamed; for thou, Lord, hast helpidholpen I. holpe K. me, and hast coumfortid me.

 PSALM LXXXVI. The title of theOm. C et plures. sixte and eiȝtetithe salmOm. EFHILP.. `The salm of the songOm. A. of the sones of Chore.

The foundementis therof ben in hooli hillis; the Lord loueth the ȝatis of Sion, more than alle the tabernaclis of Jacob. Thou citee of God, with outen ende; glo|riouse thingis ben seide of thee. I schal be myndeful of Raab, andand of I. Babiloyne; knowyngekunnynge L. me. Lo! aliens, and Tyre, and the puple of Ethiopiens; thei weren there. Whether a man schal seie to Sion, AndOm. A. a man is born ther ynne; and that man altherhiȝeste foundide it? The Lord schal telle in the scripturis of puplis; and of these princis, that weren ther ynne. AsOm. I. the dwellyng `of alleas of alle men I. that ben glad; is in thee.

 PSALM LXXXVII. The title of theOm. C et alii. seuene and eiȝtetithe salm. TheIn Ebreu thus, the IU. song ofof the EL. salm, to the sones of Chore, to victorie on Mahalat, for to answere, the lernyng of Heman Ezraite.

Lord God of myn helthe; Y criede in dai andand in I. nyȝt bifore thee. Mi preier entre bifore thi siȝt; bowe doun thin eere to my preier. For my soule is fillid with yuels; and my lijf neiȝede to helle. I am gessid with hem that goon doun in to the lake; Y am maad as a man with outen help, and fre among deed men. As men woundid slepinge in sepulcris, of whiche men noon isther is I. myndeful aftir; and thei ben put awei fro thin hond. Thei han put me in the lower lake; in derke places, and in the schadewe of deth. Thi strong veniaunce is confermed on me; and thou hast brouȝt in alle thi wawis on me. Thou hast maad fer fro me my knowun; thei han set me abhomynacioun to hem silf. I am takun, and Y ȝede not out; myn iȝen weren sijk for pouert. Lord, Y criede to thee; al dai Y spredde abrood myn hondis to thee. Whethir thou schalt do merueils to deed men; ether leechis schulen reise, and thei schulen knouleche to thee? Whether ony man in sepulcre schal telle thi merci; and thi treuthe in perdicioun? Whether thi merueilis schulen be knowun in derk|nessis; and thi riȝtfulnesse in the lond of forȝetyng? And, Lord, Y criede to thee; and erli my preier schal bifor come to thee. Lord, whi puttist thou awei my preier; turnestthou turnest IX sec. m. i sec. m. awei thi face fro me? I am pore, and in traueils fro my ȝongthe; sotheli Y am enhaunsid, and Y am maad low, and disturblid. Thi wraththis pass|iden on me; and thi dredis disturbliden me. Thei cumpassiden me as watir al dai; thei cumpassiden me togidere. Thou madist fer fro me a frend and neiȝbore; and my knowun fro wretchidnesse.

 PSALM LXXXVIII. The title of theOm. C et alii. eiȝte and eiȝtetithe salm. The lernyng of Ethan, EzraiteA glos. This salme speketh of the abund|aunce and euer|lastingnesse of the rewme of Dauith, wich is filled in Crist, and in noon other; and Ebrewes and Latyn doctours sein this accord|ingli. Lire here. K..

I schal synge with outen ende; the mer|cies of the Lord. In generacioun and in to generacioun; Y schal telle thi treuthe with my mouth. For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho. I disposide a testament to my chosun men; Y swoor to Dauid, my ser|uaunt, Til in to with outen ende I schal make redi thi seed. And Y schal bilde thi seete; in generacioun, and in to gene|racioun. Lord, heuenes schulen knouleche thi merueilis; and thi treuthe in the chirche of seyntis. For who in the cloudis schal be maad euene to the Lord; schal be lijk God among the sones of God? God, whichthat I. is glorified in the counsel of seyntis; is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas. LordFor I. God of vertues, who is lijk thee? Lord, thou art miȝti, and thi treuthe is in thi cumpas. Thou art Lord of the power of the see; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng of the wawis therof. Thou madist lowe the proude, as woundid; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin enemyes. Heuenes ben thin, and erthethe erthe ceteri. is thin; thou hast foundid the world, and the fulnesse therof; thou madist of nouȝt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name; thin arm with power. Thin hond be maad stide|fast, and thi riȝthond be enhaunsid; riȝt|fulnesse and doom is the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face; blessid is the puple that kan hertliherty I. song. Lord, thei schulen go in the liȝt of thi cheer; and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riȝtful|nesse. For thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid. For oure takyng vp is of the Lord; and of the hooli of Israel oure kyng. Thanne thou spakist in reuelacioun to thi seyntis, and seidist, Y haue set help in the myȝti; and Y haue enhaunsid the chosun man of my puple. I foond Dauid, my seruaunt; Yand Y IK. anoyntide hym with myn hooli oile. For myn hond schal helpe him; and myn arm schal con|ferme hym. The enemye schal no thing profite in him; and the sone of wickidnesse schal not `ley toputt to I., for to anoye him. And Y schal sle hise enemyes fro his face; and Y schal turne in to fliȝt hem that haten hym. And my treuthe and mercy schal be with him; and his horn schal be en|haunsid in my name. And Y schal sette his hond in the see; and his riȝt hoond in flodis. He schal inwardli clepe me, Thou art my fadir; my God, and themyn I. vptaker of myn heelthe. And Y schal sette him the firste gendridbigoten I. sone; hiȝer than the kyngis of erthe. With outen ende Y schal kepe my merci to hym; and my testament feith|ful to him. And Y schal sette his seed in to the world of world; and his trone as the daies of heuene. Forsothe if hise sones forsaken my lawe; and goen not in my domes. If thei maken vnhooli my riȝtfulnessis; and kepen not my comaunde|mentis. I schal visite in a ȝerde the wickid|nessis of hem; and in betyngis the synnes of hem. But Y schal not scatere my mercy fro hym; and in my treuthe Y schal not anoye hym. Nethir Y schal make vnhooli my testament; and Y schal not make voide tho thingis that comen forth of my lippis. Onys Y swoor in myn hooli; Y schal not lie to Dauid, his seed schal dwelle with outen ende. And his trone as sunne in my siȝt, and as a perfit mone with outen ende; and a feithful wit|nesse in heuene. But thou hast put awei, and hastOm. I. dispisid; and hast dilaied thi crist. Thou hast turned awei the tes|tament of thi seruaunt; thou madist vnhooli his seyntuarie in erthe. Thou distriedist alle the heggis therof; thou hast set the stidefastnesse therof drede. Alle men passynge bi the weie rauyschiden him; he is maad schenschipe to hise neiȝ|boris. Thou hast enhaunsid the riȝthond of men oppressinge him; thou hast gladid alle hise enemyes. Thou hast turned awei the help of his swerd; and thou helpidist not hym in batel. Thou destriedist him fro clensing; and thou hast hurtlidhurlid I. doun his seete in erthe. Thou hast maad lesse the daies of his time; thou hast bisched him with schenschip. Lord, hou longe turnest thou awei in to the ende; schal thin ire brenne out as fier? Bithenke thou what is my substaunce; for whether thou hast ordeyned veynli alle the sones of men? Who is a man, that schal lyue, and schal not se deth; schalthat shal I. delyuere his soule fro the hond of helle? Lord, where ben thin elde mercies; as thou hast swore to Dauid in thi treuthe? Lord, be thou myndeful of the schenschipe of thi ser|uauntis, of many hethene men; whiche Y helde togidere in my bosum. Whiche thin enemyes, Lord, diden schenschipfuli; for thei dispisiden the chaungyng of thi crist. Blessid be the Lord with outen ende; be it don, be it don.

 PSALM LXXXIX. The title of theOm. C et alii. nyne and eiȝtetithe salm. The preier of Moises, the man of GodThe preier of Moises, the man of God, to gete Goddis benefices to the puple of Israel, wiche he ladde out of Egipt, to gette bene|fices in tyme to comyng. Lire here. K..

Lord, thou art maad help to vs; fro generacioun in to generacioun. Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God. Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ȝe sones of men, be conuertid. For a thousynde ȝeer ben bifore thin iȝen; as ȝistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niȝt. The ȝeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouȝt. Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexewexe he IS. drie. For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong ven|iaunce. Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siȝt; oure world in the liȝtning of thi cheer. For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure ȝeris schulen bithenke, asupon as I. an yreyn; the daies of oure ȝeeris ben inOm. C. tho seuenti ȝeeris. Forsothe, if fourescooreiȝti C et plures. ȝeerȝeeris I. ben in myȝti men; and the moreOm. I. tyme ofmoreouer of I. hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid. Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede? Make thi riȝthond so knowun; and make men lernedso leerned S. in herte bi wisdom. Lord, be thou conuertid sum|deel; and be thou able to be preied onof I. thi seruauntis. We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we de|litiden in alle oure daies. We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the ȝeeris in whiche we siȝen yuels. Lord, biholde thou into thi ser|uauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem. And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werkwerkis A pr. m. of oure hondis.

 PSALM XC. `The nyntithe salmThe tijtle of the lxxxx. salm. IOi. The nyntithe salm Moises made also. K. The lxxxx. salm hath no title, nether in Ebrew, nether in Jerom. UV..

He that dwellith in the help of the hiȝeste God; schal dwelle in the protec|cioun of God of heuene. He schal seie to the Lord, Thou art myn vptaker, and my refuit; my God, Y schal hope in him. For he delyuered me fro the snare of hunteris; and fro a scharp word. With hise schul|dris he schal make schadowe to thee; and thou schalt haue hope vnder hise fetheris. His treuthe schal cumpasse thee with a scheld; thou schalt not drede ofof the I. nyȝtis drede. Of an arowe fliynge inon S. the dai, ofand of C et plures. aOm. S. gobelyn goynge in derknessis; of asailing, andand of M. of X. a myddai feend. A thou|synde schulen falle doun fro thi side, and ten thousynde fro thi riȝtside; forsothe it schal not neiȝe to thee. Netheles thou schalt biholde with thin iȝen; and thou schalt se the ȝelding of synneris. For thou, Lord, art myn hope; thou hast set thin help altherhiȝeste. Yuel schal not come to thee; and a scourge schal not neiȝe to thi tabernacle. For God hath comaundid to hise aungels of thee; that thei kepe thee in alle thi weies. Thei schulen beere thee in the hondis; leste perauenture thou hirte thi foot at a stoon. Thou schalt go onupon K. a snake, and aon a I. coca|trice; and thou schalt defoule a lioun and a dragoun. For he hopide in me, Y schal delyuere hym; Y schal defende him, for he knew my name. He criede to me, and Y schal here him, Y am with him in tri|bulacioun; Y schal delyuere him, and Y schal glorifie hym. I schal fille hym with the lengthe of daies; and Y schal schewe myn helthe to him.

 PSALM XCI. The `title of theOm. A. oon and nyntithe salm. `The salmOm. C. of `song, in the dai ofOm. A. sabath.

It is good to knouleche to the Lord; and to synge to thi name, thouthat art I. hiȝeste. To schewe eerli thi merci; and thi treuthe bi nyȝt. In a sautrie of ten cordis; with song in harpe. For thou, Lord, hast de|litid me in thi makyng; and Y schal make ful out ioye in the werkis of thin hondis. Lord, thi werkis ben magnefied greetli; thi thouȝtis ben maad ful depe. An vn|wise man schal not knowe; and a fool schal not vndirstonde these thingis. Whanne synneris comen forth, as hey; and alle thei apperen, that worchen wickidnesse. That thei perische in to the world of world; forsothe thou, Lord, art the hiȝest, with|outen ende. For lo! Lord, thin enemyes, for lo! thin enemyes schulen perische; and allealle thei I. schulen be scaterid that worchen wickidnesse. And myn horn schal be reisid as an vnicorn; and myn eelde in plenteuouse merci. And myn iȝe dis|piside myn enemyes; and whanne wickid men rysen aȝens me, myn eere schal here. A iust man schal floure as a palm tree; he schal be multiplied as a cedre of Liban. Men plauntid in the hous of the Lord; schulen floure in the porchis of the hous of oure God. Ȝit thei schulen be multi|plied in plenteuouse elde; and thei schu|len be suffryng wel. That thei telle, that oure Lord God is riȝtful; and no wickid|nesse is in hym.

 PSALM XCII.The two and nyntithe salmThe two and nyntithe salm, that Moises made, hath no title. K. The lxxxxij. salm hath no title. U.This salm hath no tijtle, nether in Ebreu, ne in Jerom, and E|brees seyn, that Moises made this salm. I. The lettere of this salm is fillid in the rewme of Crist; and rewmes of the world ben suget to it bi feith. Lyre here. IK..

The Lord hath regned, he is clothid with fairnesse; the Lord is clothid with strengthe, and hath gird hym silf. For he made stidefast the world; that schal not be moued. God, thi seete was maad redi fro that tyme; thou art fro the world. Lord, the flodis han reisid; the flodis han reisid her vois. Flodis reisidenhan reisiden L. her wawis; of the voicisvois A. of many watris. The reisyngis of the see ben wondurful; the Lord is wondurful in hiȝe thingis. Thi witness|ingis ben maad able to be bileued greetli; Lord, holynesse bicometh thin hous, in to the lengthe of daies.

 PSALM XCIII.The thre and nyntithe salmThe lxxxxiij. A. The title of the lxxxxiij. salm. G. The lxxxxiij. salm hath no title. U.This salm hath no tijtle, neither in E|breu, ne in Jerom. I. In this salm Moises aȝen|clepith the pe|ple fro errour, about Goddis puruyaunce, and schewith that Goddis puruyaunce strecchith forth to alle thingis, and punischith iustli synners. Lyre here. IK..

God is Lord of veniauncis; God ofOm. O sec. m. veniauncisveniaunce CDEFLSb. dide freli. Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe; ȝelde thou ȝeldinge to proude men. Lord, hou longe synneris; hou longe schulen synneris haue glorie? Thei schulen telle out, and schulen speke wickidnesse; alle men schulen speke that worchen vnriȝtfulnesse. Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple; and thei han disesid thin eritage. Thei killiden a widowe and a comelyng; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modirles. And thei seiden, The Lord schal not se; and God of Jacob schal not vndurstonde. Ȝe vnwise men in the puple, vndirstondevndirstondeth I.; and, ȝe foolis, lernelerneth I. sum tyme. Schal not he here, that plaunt|ide the eere; ethere biholdith not he, that made the iȝe? Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; whichthe which I. techith man kun|nyng? The Lord knowith the thouȝtis of men; that tho ben veyne. Blessid is thethat I. man, whom thou, Lord, hast lernedlered I.; and hast tauȝt him of thi lawe. That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies; til a diche be diggid to the synner. For the Lord schal not putte awei his puple; and he schal not forsake his eritage. Til riȝtful|nesse be turned in to dom; and who ben niȝ it, alle that ben of riȝtful herte. Who schal rise with me aȝens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me aȝens hem that worchen wickidnesse? No but for the Lord helpide me; almest my soule hadde dwellid in helle. If Y seide, My foot was stirid; Lord, thi merci helpide me. Aftir the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule. Whe|ther the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that makist traueltraueylis S. in comaunde|ment? Thei schulen take aȝens the soule of a iust man; and thei schulen condempne innocent blood. And the Lord was maad to me in to refuyt; and my God was maad in toOm. LS. the help of myn hope. And he schal ȝelde to hem the wickidnesse of hem; and in the malice of hem he schal lese hem, oure Lord God schal lese hem.

 PSALM XCIV.The foure and nyntithe salmThe lxxxxiiij. A. The foure and nyntithe salm hath no title, whanne Dauid made it. K. The lxxxxiiij. salm hath no title. U.This salm hath no tijtle, neither in E|breu, ne in Jerom. I. Netheles in the iij. and the iiij. co. to E|breies, Poul seith, that this salm was maad of Dauid, and it spekith not of the entring in to the lond of biheest vndir Jouse, but of the entring in to the lond of lyuynge men, that schulde be opened bi Crist in the tyme of grace; for bi his blessid pas|sioun he re|mouyde the lettyng. Lyre here. IK..

Come ȝe, make we ful out ioie to the Lord; hertli synge we to God, oure heelthe. Bifore ocupie we his face in knowleching; and hertli synge we to him in salmes. For God is a greet Lord, and a greet king aboue alle goddis; for the Lord schal not putte awei his puple. For alle the endis of erthe ben in his hond; and the hiȝ|nesseshiȝnesse IK. of hillis ben hise. For the see is his, and he made it; and hise hondis form|eden the drie lond. Come ȝe, herieand herie S. we, and falle weOm. S. doun bifore God, wepe we bifore the Lord that made vs; for he is oure Lord God. And we ben the puple of his lesewe; and the scheep of his hond. If ȝe han herd his vois to dai; nyle ȝe make hard ȝoure hertis. As in the terryng to wraththe; bi the dai of temptacioun in de|sert. Where ȝoure fadris temptiden me; thei preueden and siensauȝen I passim. my werkis. Fourti ȝeer I was offendid to this generacioun; and Y seide, Euere thei erren in herte. And these men knewen not my weies; to whichewhom I. Y swoor in myn ire, thei schulen not entre in to my reste.

 PSALM XCV. The fyue and nyntithe salm hath no titleFrom U. The titil of the fyue and nyntithe salm. A. The lxxxxv. salm. C et plures. The fyue and nyntithe salm, the salm of Dauith, whanne the arke was brouȝt in to his hous. K.A glos. This salm hath no tijtle, neither in Ebreu, ne in Jerom. I. This salm spek|ith of the tyme of Crist, that bigan propirly at the begyn|nyng of the preching of the gospel. Lire here. IK..

Singe ȝe a newe song to the Lord; al erthe, synge ȝe to the Lord. Synge ȝe to the Lord, and blesse ȝe his name; telle ȝe his heelthe fro dai in to dai. Telle ȝe his glorie among hethene men; hise merueilis among alle puplis. For the Lord is greet, and worthi to be preisid ful myche; he is ferdful aboue alle goddis. For alle the goddis of hethene men ben feendis; but the Lord made heuenes. Knouleching and fairnesse is in his siȝt; hoolynesse and worthi doyng is in his halewing. Ȝe cuntrees of hethene men, bryngebryngeth I. to the Lord, bringe ȝe glorye and onour to the Lord; bringe ȝe to the Lord glorie to hys name. Take ȝe sacrificis, and entre ȝe in to the hallis of hym; herie ȝe the Lord in his hooli halle. Al erthe be moued of his face; seie ȝe among hethene men, that the Lord hath regned. And he hath amendid the world, that schal not be moued; he schal deme puplis in equite. Heuenes be glad, and the erthe make ful out ioye, the see and the fulnesse therof be moued togi|dere; feeldis schulen make ioye, and alle thingis that ben in tho. Thanne alle the trees of wodis schulen make ful out ioye, for the face of the Lord, for he cometh; for he cometh to deme the erthe. He schal deme the world in equite; and pu|plis in his treuthe.

 PSALM XCVI. The sixe and nyntithe salmlxxxxvi. AI. The sixe and nyntithe salme hath no title, and it spekith of the comynge of Crist to the doom. K. The lxxxxvi. salm hath no title. U.This salm hath no tijtle, neither in E|breu, ne in Je|rom. It spekith of the comyng of Crist to the dome of dis|cussioun, that is to reise gode men to blisse, and to caste doun wickid men to helle, as the salm bi|fore spekith of his comyng to the doom of discrecioun, that is, to clepe sum men to faith bi grace, and to forsake othere men in synne. Lyre. I..

The Lord hath regned, the erthe make ful out ioye; many ilis be glad. Cloude and derknesse in his cumpas; riȝtfulnesse and doom is amending of his seete. Fier schal go bifore him; andand it I. schal enflawmeenflawme, ether sette a fier C et plures. hise enemyes in cumpas. Hise leitis schyn|eden to the world; the erthe siȝ, and was moued. Hillis as wax fletiden doun fro the face of the Lord; al erthe fro theOm. CF pr. m. HKPQWb. face of the Lord. Heuenes telden hisher A. riȝtfulnesse; and alle puplis sien his glorie. AlleAlle thei I. that worschipen sculptilisgrauen thingis or ymagis I.That is, idols maad with hondis. Austyn here. K. be schent, and thei that han glorie in her symelacris; alle ȝethe A. aungels of the Lord, worschipeworshipeth I. him. Sion herde, and was glad, and the douȝtris of Juda maden ful out ioye; for `thi domes, Lordthe domes of the Lord S.. For thou, Lord, art the hiȝeste on al erthe; thou art greetli enhaunsid ouere alle goddis. Ȝe that louen the Lord, hatehateth I. yuel; the Lord kepith the soulis of hise seyntis; he schal delyuer hem fro the hond of theOm. S. synner. Liȝt is risun to the riȝtful man; and gladnesse to riȝtful men of herte. Juste men, be ȝeOm. A. glad in the Lord; and knouleche ȝeOm. S. to the mynde of his halewyng.

 PSALM XCVII. The seuen and nyntithe salm hath no titleFrom K. The titil of the seuen and nyntithe salm. A. The title of lxxxxvii. salm; a salm CDHOQRSUX.But oure doctours seyn comynli, that Dauith made this salme of the rewme of Crist; but this expowning is more goostli than literal, therfore Dauith made it to in|duce the puple of Goddis wor|shiping, and this was aftir that he hadde ouercome the Filisteis, and othere aduer|saries rising a|ȝens his rewme, and aftir that he hadde brouȝt the arke of the Lord into the hil of Syon, withinne the tabernacle wich he hadde araied therfore; and there he or|deyned prestes and dekenes, for to herie God. Lire here. K..

Singe ȝe a newe song to the Lord; for he hath do merueils. His riȝt hond and his hooli arm; hath maad heelthe to hym. The Lord hath maad knowun his heelthe; in the siȝt of hethene men he hath schewid his riȝtfulnesse. He bithouȝte on his merci; and on his treuthe, to the hous of Israel. Alle the endis of erthe; sien the heelthe of oure God. Al erthe, make ȝe hertli ioye to God; synge ȝe, and make ȝe ful out ioye, and seie ȝe salm. Singe ȝe to the Lord in an harpe, in harpe andand in I. vois of salm; in trumpis betun outOm. L. with hamer, and in vois of a trumpe of horn. Hertli synge ȝe in the siȝt of the Lord, the king; the see and the fulnesse therof be moued; the world, and thei that dwellen therynne. Flodis schulen make ioie with hond, to|gidere hillis schulen make ful out ioye, forfor the co pr. m. SX. fro K. siȝt of the Lord; for he cometh to deme the erthe. He schal deme the world in riȝtfulnesse; and puplis in equite.

 PSALM XCVIII. The eiȝte and nyntithe salmlxxxxviii. AI. The eiȝte and nyntithe salm, that Dauid made of the rewme of Crist, hath no title. K. The title lxxxxviii. salm. S. The lxxxxviii. psalm hath no title, nether in Ebreu, nether in Jerom. U.This salm hath no tijtle, neither in E|breu, ne in Je|rom; oure doc|tours seyn co|mounly, that Dauid made this salm of the rewme of Crist. I..

The Lord hath regned, puplis ben wrooth; thou that sittist on cherubyn, the erthe be moued. The Lord is greet in Sion; and hiȝ aboue alle puplis. Knou|leche thei to thi greet name, for it is ferd|ful and hooli; and the onour of the king loueth doom. Thou hast maad redi dress|yngis; thou hast maad doom and riȝtful|nesse in Jacob. Enhaunse ȝe oure Lord God; and worschipe ȝe the stool of hise feet, for it is hooli. Moises and Aaron weren among hise preestis; and Samuel was among hem that inwardli clepen his name. Thei inwardli clepiden the Lord, and he herde hem; in a piler of cloudea cloude K. he spak to hem. Thei kepten hise wit|nessyngis; and the comaundement which he ȝaf to hem. Oure Lord GodOm. K., thou herdist hem; God, thou were merciful to hem, and thou tokist veniaunce on al her fyndyngis. Enhaunse ȝe oure Lord God, and worschipe ȝe in his hooli hil; for oure Lord God is hooli.

 PSALM XCIX. The titil of theOm. C et plures. nyne and nyntithe salm. `A salmOm. ELP. to knouleche; `in Ebrewin Jerom U. Om. C et plures. `thus, A salm for knoulechingOm. C et plures.A glos. This salm was maad to be songen in the offring of pesible sacri|fices, that was offrid to God for sum bene|fice to be geten of him, to wiche the ples|ing of God is requyred bi|fore, ether for benefice now geten, to wich the doing of thankingis oweth to seve. Lire here. K..

Al erthe, singe ȝe hertli to God; serue ȝe the Lord in gladnesse. Entre ȝe in his siȝt; in ful out ioiyng. Wite ȝe, that the Lord hym silf is God; he made vs, and not we maden vs. His puple, and the scheep of his lesewe, entre ȝe in to hise ȝatis in knoulechyng; entre ȝe in to hise porchis, `knouleche ȝeknowlechynge D. to him in ympnes. Herye ȝe his name, for the Lord is swete, his merci is with outen ende; and his treuthe is in generacioun and in to generacioun.

 PSALM C. The titil of the hundrid salm. `The salmOm. S. of DauidA glos. Da|uith made this salm, whanne he knew that God hadde stabliyschid and confermed him in the rewme of Israel, and therfore he purposide thanne stide|fastli to vse wel the power of king, thouȝ he felde fro this purpos bi his frelte and sti|ring of the deuel, in doing auowtrie, and mansleyng, and in the noumbring of the peple, ether summe othere synnes, for wiche he dide verrey pe|naunce. Lire here. K..

LordLord God L., Y schal synge to thee; merci and doom. I schal synge, and Y schal vn|durstonde in a weie with out wem; whanne thou schalt come to me. I ȝede perfitli in the innocence of myn herte; in the myddil of myn hous. I settide not forth bifore myn iȝen an vniust thing; Y hatide hem that maden trespassyngis. A schrewide herte cleuede not to me; Y knewe not a wickid man bowynge awei fro me. I pur|suede hym; that bacbitide priueli his neiȝ|bore. With the proude iȝe and an herte vnable to be fillid; Y eet not with this. Myn iȝen weren to the feithful men of erthe, that thei sitte with me; he that ȝede in a weie with out wem, mynystride to me. He that doith pride, schal not dwelle in the myddil of myn hous; he that spekith wickid thingis, seruede not in the siȝt of myn iȝen. In the morutid Y killide alle the synners of erthe; that Y schulde leese fro the citee of the Lord alle men worchynge wickidnesse.

 PSALM CI.The title of the `hundrid and oc. and i. A. hundred and firste ELP. salm. The preier of a pore man, whanne he was angwishid, and schedde outOm. RX. his speche bifore the LordA glos. This salm speketh of the tyme of Crist, for in the firste chap. to Ebrewis, Poul aleggeth the lettre of this salm seid of Crist; to the lettre this salme speketh of the angwiss of the puple of Israel, preijng with desijr for the comyng of Crist; this angwiȝss felde most in the tyme of Antiok the noble. Lire here. K..

Lord, here thou my preier; and my crie come to thee. Turne not awei thi face fro me; in what euere dai Y am troblid, bowe doun thin eere to me. In what euere day Y schal inwardli clepe thee; here thou me swiftli. For my daies han failid as smoke; and my boonus hanOm. C. dried vpOm. I. as critounscritouns, ether leefing of frijng K.critons; that is, that that dwellith in the panne of the friyng. Qb.. I am smytun as hei, and myn herte dried vp; for Y haue forȝete to eete my breed. Of the vois of my weilyng; my boon cleuede to my fleische. I am maad lijk a pellican of wildirnesse; Y am maad as a niȝt crowe in an hous. I wakide; and Y am maad as a solitarie sparowe in the roof. Al dai myn enemyes dispisiden me; and thei that preisiden me sworen aȝens me. For Y eet aschis as breed; and Y meddlide my drinke with weping. Fro the face of the ire of thin indignacioun; for thou reisinge me hast hurtlid me doun. Mi daies boweden awei as aOm. C et plures. schadewe; and Y wexede drie as hei. But, Lord, thou dwellist with outen ende; and thi memorial in genera|cioun and in to generacioun. Lord, thou risinge vp schalt haue merci on Sion; for the tyme `to haueof hauyng I. merci therof cometh, for the tyme cometh. For the stones ther|of plesiden thi seruauntis; and thei schu|len haue merci on the lond therof. And, Lord, hethen men schulen drede thi name; and alle kingis of erthe schulen drede thi glori. For the Lord hath bildidbild I. Sion; and he schal be seen in his glorie. He bihelde on the preier of meke men; and he dispiside not the preier of hem. Be these thingis writun in an othere genera|cioun; and the puple that schal be maad schal preise the Lord. For he bihelde fro his hiȝe hooli place; the Lord lokide fro heuene in to erthe. For to here the weil|ingis of feterid men; and for to vnbynde the sones of slayn men. That thei telle in Sion the name of the Lord; and his preis|ing in Jerusalem. In gaderinge togidere puplis in to oon; and kingis, that thei serue the Lord. ItIt, that is, the chirche of Crist K. answeride to hym in the weie of his vertu; Telle thou to me the fewnesse of my daies. Aȝenclepe thou not me in the myddil of my daies; thi ȝeris ben in generacioun and in to genera|cioun. Lord, thou foundidist the erthe in the bigynnyng; and heuenes ben the werkis of thin hondis. Tho schulen perische, but thou dwellist perfitli; and alle schulen wexe eelde as a clooth. And thou schalt chaunge hem as an hiling, and tho schulen be chaungid; but thou art the same thi silf, and thi ȝeeris schulen not faile. The sones of thi seruauntis schulen dwelle; and the seed of hem schal be dressid in to the world.

 PSALM CII. The title of the `hundred and secoundehundrid and tweithe S. salm. `Of DauidA salm to Dauid. C et plures. To Dauid. ELP. A salm of Dauid. ISUb. A salm of Dauid to herie God. K. A song to Dauid. i.A glos. Da|uith made this salme, for to herie God; and he exciteth men and aungels and ech crea|ture, for to herie God. Lire here. K..

Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; and alle thingis that ben with ynne me, blesse his hooli name. Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; and nyle thou forȝete alle the ȝeld|yngis of him. Which doith merci to alle thi wickidnessis; which heelith alle thi sijknessis. Which aȝenbieth thi lijf fro deth; which corowneth thee in merci andand in I. merciful doyngis. Which fillith thi desijr in goodis; thi ȝongthe schal be renulid as the ȝongthe of an egle. The Lord doynge mercies; and doom to alle men suffringe wrong. HeOm. A pr. m. CDHU. made hise weiesweie G. knowun to Moises; hise willis to the sones of Israel. The Lord is a merciful doer, and merciful in wille; longe abidinge, and myche mer|ciful. He schal not be wrooth with outen ende; andOm. I. he schal not thretne with outen ende. He dide not to vs aftir oure synnes; nether he ȝeldide to vs aftir oure wickid|nessis. For biaftir I. the hiȝnesse of heuene fro erthe; he made strong his merci on men dredynge hym. As myche as the eest is ferOm. S. fro the west; he made fer oure wickid|nessis fro vs. As a fadir hath merci onon his I. sones, the Lord hadde merci on men dred|ynge him; for he knewe oure makyng. He bithouȝte that we ben dust, a man is as hey; his dai schal flowre out so as a flour of the feeld. For the spirit schal passe in hym, andand it I. schal not abide; andand it I. schal no more knowe his place. But the merci of the Lord is fro with out bigynnyng, and til in to with outen ende; on men dredinge hym. And his riȝtfulnesse is in to the sones of sones; to hem that kepen his testament. And ben myndeful of hise comaundementis; to do tho. The Lord hath maad redi his seete in heuene; and his rewme schal be lord of alle. Aun|gels of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord; ȝe myȝti in vertu, doynge his word, to here the vois of hise wordis. Alle vertues of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord; ȝe mynys|tris of hym that doen his wille. Alle werkis of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord, in ech place of his lordschipe; my soule, blesse thou the Lord.

 PSALM CIII. TheThe title of the i. hundrid and thridde salmOm. I. salm hath no title. KU.The c. and iij. salm hath no tijtle, neither in Ebreu ne in Jerom. The salm maker in|ducith him self to herie God, and bringith resouns therto, and eft he re|hersith the for|seid heriyng. Lire. I. The same glos, that the salme bifore hath. K.

Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; my Lord God, thou art magnyfied greetli. Thou hast clothid knouleching and fair|nesse; and thou art clothid with liȝt, as with a cloth. And thou stretchist forth heuene as a skyn; and thou hilist with watris the hiȝer partis therof. Which settist a cloude thi stiyng; which goest on the fetheris of wyndis. Which makist spiritis thin aungels; and thi mynystris brennynge fier. Which hast foundid the erthe on his stablenesse; it schal not be bowid in to the world of world. The depthe of watris as a cloth is the clothing therof; watris schulen stonde on hillis. Tho schulen fle fro thi blamyng; men schulen be aferd of the vois of thi thun|dur. Hillis stien vp, and feeldis goen doun; in to the place which thou hast foundid to tho. Thou hast set a terme, which thothei I. schulen not passe; nether tho schulen be turned, for to hile the erthe. And thou sendist out wellis inin the C. in to I. grete valeis; watris schulen passe bitwix the myddilmyddis CDEFGHKLMOPQRSWXbi. of hillis. Alle the beestis of the feeld schulen drynke; wielde assis schulen abide in her thirstthirst, that is, to be filled in her thirst K.. Briddis of the eir schulen dwelle on tho; fro the myddis ofof the C. stoonys thei schulen ȝyue voices. And thou moistist hillis of her hiȝer thingis; the erthe schal be fillid of the fruyt of thi werkis. And thou bringist forth hei to beestis; and eerbeerbis I. to the seruyce of men. That thou bringe forth breed of the erthe; and that wiyn make glad the herte of men. That he make glad the face with oile; and that breed make stidefast the herte of man. The trees of the feeld schulen be fillid, and the cedris of the Liban, whiche he plauntide; sparewissparowen CDFHMOQRSWbi. schulen make nest there. The hous of the gerfaukun is the leeder of tho; hiȝe hillis ben refuterefuytis C et plures. to hertis; athe I. stoon is refutt to irchouns. He made the moone in to tymes; the sunne knewe his goyng doun. Thou hast set derknessis, and nyȝt iswas I. maad; alle beestis of the wode schulen go ther ynne. Liouns whelpis rorynge for to rauysche; and to seke of God meete to hem silf. The sunne is risun, and tho ben gaderid togidere; and tho schulen be set in her couchis. A man schal go out to his werk; and to his worching, til to theOm. ceteri fere omnes. euentid. Lord, thi werkis ben mag|nefiede ful myche, thou hast maad alle thingis in wisdom; the erthe is fillid with thi possessioun. This see is greet and large to hondis; there ben crepinge beestis, of which is noonno D et plures. noumbre. Litil beestis with grete; schippis schulen passe there. This dragoun whichthat I. thou hast formyd; for to scorne hym. Alle thingis abidenabididen C. of thee; that thou ȝyue to hem meete in tyme. Whanne thou schalt ȝyue to hem, thei schulen gadere; whanne thou schalt opene thin hond, alle thingis schulen be fillid with goodnesse. But whanne thou schalt turne awey thethi I. face, thei schulen be disturblid; thou schalt take awei the spirit of them, and thei schulen faile; and thei schulen turne aȝen in to her dust. Sende out thi spirit, and thei schulen be formedrefourmed I. of theOm. I. newe; and thou schalt renule the face of the erthe. The glorie of the Lord be in to the world; the Lord schal be glad in hise werkis. WhichThe which I. biholdith the erthe, and makith it to tremble; whichthe which I. touchith hillis, and tho smoken. I schal singe to the Lord in my lijf; Y schal seie salm to my God, as longe as Y am. Mi speche be myriemyrthe I. to him; forsothe Y schal delite in the Lord. Syn|neris faile fro theOm. C et plures. erthe, and wickid men faile, so that thei be not; my soule, blesse thou the Lord.

 PSALM CIV.The title of the hundrid and fourthe salm. AlleluyaAlleluya; the salm of Dauith, whanne he hadde brouȝt the arke into his hous. K. Om. L. that is, herie ȝe God. I marg.A glos. This salm is a stir|yng to Goddis heriyng, and first the pro|phet excitith the puple for to herie God, and that this be don more spedely, he rehersith the mynde of Goddis beni|ficis. Lire here. IK..

Knouleche ȝe to the Lord, and inwardli clepe ȝe his name; telle ȝe hise werkis among hethen men. Synge ȝe to hym, and seie ȝe salm to him, and telle ȝe alle hise merueylis; be ȝe preisid in his hooli name. The herte of men sekynge the Lord be glad; seke ȝe the Lord, and be ȝe confermed; seke ȝe euere his face. Haue ȝe mynde on hise merueilis, whiche he dide; on his grete wondris, and domes of his mouth. The seed of Abraham, his seruaunt; the sones of Jacob, his chosun man. He is oure Lord God; hise domes ben in al theOm. C et plures. erthe. He was myndeful of his testament in to the world; of the word which he comaundide in to a thou|synde generaciouns. Which he disposide to Abraham; and of his ooth to Isaac. And he ordeynede it to Jacob in to a comaundement; and to Israel in to euer|lastinge testament. And he seide, I shal ȝiue to thee the lond of Canaan; the cord of ȝoure eritage. Whanne thei weren in a litil noumbre; and the comelingis of hemhim C et plures. weren ful fewe. And thei passiden fro folk in to folk; and fro a rewme in to another puple. He lefte not a man to anoye hem; and he chastiside kyngis for hem. Nile ȝe touche my cristis; and nyle ȝe do wickidli among my prophetis. And God clepide hungir on erthe; and he wastide al the stidefastnesse of breed. He sente a man bifore hem; Joseph was seeldsold IKL. in to a seruaunt. Thei maden lowe hise feet in stockisfeteris W., irun passide by his soule; til the word of him cam. The speche of the Lord enflawmede him; the king sente and vnbond hym; the prince of puplis sente and delyuerede him. He ordeynede him theOm. C et plures. lord of his hous; and theOm. I. prince of al his possessioun. That he schulde lerne hise princis as him silf; and that he schulde teche hise elde men pru|dence. And Israel entride in to Egipt; and Jacob was a comeling in the lond of Cham. And God encreesside his puple greetli; and made hymhem G. stidefast on hise enemyes. He turnede the herte of hem, that thei hatiden his puple; and diden gile aȝens hise seruauntis. He sent Moises, his seruaunt; thilke Aaron, whom he chees. He puttide in hem the wordis of hise myraclis; and of hise grete wondris in the lond of Cham. He sente derknessis, and made derk; and he made not bitter hise wordis. He turnede the watris of hem in to blood; and he killide the fischis of hem. And the lond of hem ȝaf paddoks; in the priue places of the kyngis of hem. God seide, and a fleische flie cam; and gnattis in alle the coostis of hem. He settide her reynes hail; fier brennynge in the lond of hem. And he smoot the vynes of hem, and the fige trees of hem; andand he C et plures. al to-brak the treetrees A. of the coostis of hem. He seide, and athe I. locuste cam; and a bruk of which wasther was I. noonno C et plures. noumbre. And it eet al the hey in the lond of hem; and it eet al the fruyt of the lond of hem. And he killide ech the firste gendrid thing in the lond of hem; the firste fruitis of alle the trauel of hem. And he ledde out hem with siluer and gold; and noon was sijk in the lynagis of hem. Egipt was glad in the goyng forthout I. of hem; for the drede of hem lai on Egipcians. He spredde abrood a cloude, in to the hiling of hem; and fier, that it schynede to hem bi nyȝt. Thei axiden, and a curlew cam; and he fillide hem with the breed of heuene. He brak athe I. stoon, and watris flowiden; floodis ȝeden forth in theOm. I. drye place. For he was myndeful of his hooli word; which he hadde to Abraham, his child. And he ledde out his puple in ful out ioiyng; and hise chosun men in glad|nesse. And he ȝaf to hem the cuntreis of hethen men; and thei hadden in posses|sioun the trauels of puplis. That thei kepe hise iustifiyngis; and sekekepe I. his lawe.

 PSALM CV.The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and fifthe salmOm. S.. AlleluyaAlleluya, Alleluya. CDGHIKMOQUVWXbi.Alleluia is sett oonus for Goddis heriyng in present tyme, and eft for his heriyng in heuen, I. First the prophet ex|citith men to herie God, the ij time he axith Goddus grace. IK..

Kouleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is with outen ende. Who schal speke the powers of the Lord; schal make knowun alle hise preisyngis? Blessid ben thei that kepen dom; and doon riȝtful|nesse in al tyme. Lord, haue thou mynde on vs in the good plesaunce of thi puple; visite thou vs in thin heelthe. To se in the goodnesse of thi chosun men, to be glad in the gladnes of thi folk; that thou be heried with thin eritage. We han synned with oure fadris; we han do vniustli, we han do wickidnesse. Oure fadris in Egipt vndirstoden not thi mer|ueils; thei weren not myndeful of the multitude of thi merci. And thei stiynge in to the see, in to the reed see, terreden to wraththe; and he sauede hemOm. L. for his name, that `he schuldethei schulden A pr. m. make knowun hisin his CDFGHMOP pr. m. QRWXbi. power. And he departide the reed see, and it was dried; and he lede forth hem in the depthis of watris as in deseert. And he sauede hem fro the hond of hateris; and he aȝen bouȝte hem fro the hond of the enemye. And the watirwatris A. hilide men troublynge hem; oon of hem abood not. And thei bileueden to hise wordis; and thei preisiden the heriynge of hym. Thei hadden `soone doso do C. soone ido S., thei for|ȝaten hise werkis; and thei abididenabeden I. abood L. abiden SX. not his councel. And thei coueitiden coueitise in deseert; andand thei IK. temptiden God in a place with out watir. And he ȝaf to hem the axyng of hem; and he sente fulnesse in to the soulis of hem. And thei wraththiden Moyses in the castels; Aaron, the hooli of the Lord. The erthe was opened, and swolewid Datan; and hilide on the con|gregacioun of Abiron. And fier brente an hiȝe in the synagoge of hem; flawme brente synneris. And thei maden a calf in Oreb; and worschipiden a ȝotun ymage. And thei chaungiden her glorie; in to the liknesse of a calf etynge hei. Thei for|ȝaten God, that sauede hem, that dide grete werkis in Egipt, merueils in the lond of Cham; feerdful thingis in the reed see. And God seide, that he wolde leesefordo I. hem; if Moises, his chosun man, hadde not stonde in the brekyng ofin CUV. his siȝt. That he schulde turne awei his ire; lest he loste hem. And thei hadden the desirable lond for nouȝt, thei bileueden not to his word, and thei grutchiden in her tabernaclis; thei herden not the vois of the Lord. And he reiside his hond on hem; to caste doun hem in desert. And to caste awei her seed in naciouns; and tofor to ceteri fere omnes. leese hem in cuntreis. And thei maden sacrifice to Belfagor; and thei eeten the sacrificis of deed beestis. And thei wraththiden God in her fyndyngis; and fallyngfallyng ether deth ceteri. was multi|plied in hem. And Fynees stood, and pleeside God; and the veniaunce ceesside. And it was arrettid to hym to riȝtfulnesse; in generacioun and in to generacioun, til in to with outen ende. And thei wraththiden God at the watriswatir A. of aȝen|seiyng; and Moises was trauelidA glos. That is, disturblid in soule; in so miche that he doutide lest God wolde de|nye hem water, for her malice, and so he bi|leuede not fulli to Goddis word. Lire here. K. for hem, for thei maden bittere his spirit, and he departide in his lippis. Thei losten not hethen men; whiche the Lord seide to hem. And thei weren meddlid among he|thene men, andand thei I. lerneden the werkis of hem, and serueden the grauen ymagis of hem; and it was maad to hem in to sclaundre. And thei offriden her sones; and her douȝtris to feendis. And thei schedden out innocent blood, the blood of her sones and of her douȝtris; whiche thei sacrificiden to the grauun ymagis of Cha|naan. And the erthe was slayn in bloodis, and was defoulid in the werkis of hem; and thei diden fornicacioun in her fynd|yngis. And the Lord was wrooth bi strong veniaunce aȝens his puple; andand he I. hadde abhominacioun of his eritage. And he bitooktook I. hem in to the hondis of hethene men; and thei that hatiden hem, weren lordis of hem. And her enemyes diden tribulacioun to hem, and thei weren mekid vndir the hondis of enemyes; ofte he delyuerede hem. But thei wraththiden hym in her counsel; and thei weren maad low in her wickidnessis. And he siȝe, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun; and he herde the preyer of hem. And he was myndeful of his testament; and it repentide hym bi the multitude of his merci. And he ȝaf hem in to mercies; in the siȝt of alle men, that hadden take hem. Oure Lord God, make thou vs saaf; and gadere togidere vs fro naciouns. That we knouleche to thin hooli name; and haue glorie in thi preisyng. Blessid be the Lord God of Israel fro the world and tilOm. CEFGLPWX. in to the world; and al the puple schal seye, Be it don, be it don.

 PSALM CVI.The `title of theOm. A. title of O. hundrid and sixte salm. AlleluyaAlleluia. This is a stiring to doinge of thankinges of men delyuerid by God fro perels and angwiȝsshis. K. Alleluia, Alleluia. U..

Knouleche ȝe to the LordLord God S., for he is good; for his merci is in to the world. SeiOm. I. thei, that ben aȝen bouȝt of the Lord; whiche he aȝen bouȝte fro the hond of the enemye, fro cuntreis he gaderide hem to|gidere. Fro the risyng of the sunne, and fro the goyng doun; fro the north, and fro the see. Thei erriden in wildirnessewildirnessis S., in a place with out watir; thei founden not weie of the citee of dwellyng place. Thei weren hungri and thirsti; her soule failide in hem. And thei crieden to the Lord, whanne thei weren set in tribula|cioun; and he delyuerede hem fro her nedynesses. And he ledde forth hem in to the riȝt weie; that thei schulden go in to the citee of dwelling. The mercies of the Lord knouleche to hym; and hise merueilis knouleche to the sones of men. For he fillide a voide man; and he fillide with goodis an hungry man. God de|lyuerede men sittynge in derknessisderknesse S., and in the schadowe of deth; and men prisoned in beggerye and in yrun. For thei maden bitter the spechis of God; and wraththiden the councel of the hiȝeste. And the herte of hem was maad meke in trauelis; and thei weren sijk, and noon was that helpide. And thei crieden to the Lord, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun; and he dely|uerede hem from her nedynessis. And he ledde hem out of derknessis, and schadowe of deth; and brak the boondis of hem. The mercies of the Lord knouleche to hym; and hise merueils knouleche to the sones of men. For he al to-brak brasun ȝatis; and he brak yrun barris. He vp|took hem fro the weie of her wickidnesse; for thei weren maad lowe for her vnriȝt|fulnesses. The soule of hem wlatide al mete; and thei neiȝeden `til tounto I. the ȝatis of deth. And thei crieden to the Lord, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun; and he delyuerede hem fro her nedynessis. He sente his word, and heelide hem; andand he I. delyuerede hem fro the perischingis of hem. The mercies of the Lord knouleche to hym; and hise merueils to the sones of men. And offre thei the sacrifice of heri|yng; and telle thei hise werkis inwith S. ful out ioiyng. Thei that gon doun in to the see in schippis; and maken worching in many watris. Thei sien the werkis of the Lord; and hise merueilis ininto A. the depthe. He seide, and the spirit of tempest stood; and the wawis therof weren arerid. Thei stien til to heuenes, and goen doun `til tounto I. theOm. L. depthis; the soule of hem failide in yuelis. Thei weren troblid, and thei weren moued as a drunkun man; and al the wisdom of hem was deuourid. And thei crieden to the Lord, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun; and he ledde hem out offro ceteri. her nedynessisnedynesse W.. And he ordeynede the tempest therof in to aOm. ceteri. soft wyndewynde ether pesiblete CDEFGHKLMOPQSUVWXbi.; and the wawis therof weren stille. And thei weren glad, for tho weren stille; and he ladde hem forth in to the hauene of her wille. The mercies of the Lord knouleche to hym; and hise merueilis to the sones of men. And enhaunse thei him in the chirche of the puple; and preise thei him in the chaier of eldrethe elder S. men. He hath set floodis in to deseert; and the out goingis of watriswatir C. wawis M. in to thirst. He hath set fruytful lond in to saltnesse; for the malice of men dwellyng ther ynne. He hath set deseert in to pondis of watris; andand the I. erthe with out watir in toto the F. out|goyngisoutgoinge ELP. of watris. And he settidesette S. there hungri men; and thei maden a citee of dwelling. And thei sowiden feeldis, and plauntiden vynes; and maden fruyt of birthe. And he blesside hem, and thei weren multiplied greetli; and he made not lesse her werk beestis. And thei weren maad fewe; and theiOm. I. weren trauelid of tribulacioun of yuelis and of sorewissorewe ceteri.. Strijf was sched out on princes; and he made hem for to erre without the weie, and not in the weie. And he helpide the pore man fro pouert; andand he I. settide meyneesOm. A pr. m. I. as aOm. I. scheep bringynge forth lambren. Riȝtful men schulen se, andand thei I. schulen be glad; and al wickidnesse schal stoppe his mouth. Who is wijs, and schal kepe these thingis; and schal vndirstonde the mercies of the Lord?

 PSALM CVII. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and seuenthe salmOm. A.. The song of `the salm ofOm. i. Dauid.

Min herte is redi, God, myn herte is redi; Y schal singe, and Y schal seie salm in my glorie. My glorie, ryse thou vp, sautrie and harp, rise thou vp; Y schal rise vp eerli. Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee among puplis; and Y schal seie salm to thee among naciouns. For whi, God, thi merci is greet on heuenes; and thi treuthe is til to the cloudis. God, be thou enhaunsid aboue heuenes; and thi glorie ouer al erthe. That thi derlingis be dely|uerid, make thou saaf with thi riȝthond, and here me; God spak in his hooli. I schal make ful out ioye, and Y schal de|parte Siccimam; and Y schal mete the grete valei of tabernaclis. Galaad is myn, and Manasses is myn; and Effraym is the vptaking of myn heed. Juda is my king; Moab is the caudron of myn hope. In to Ydume Y schal stretche forthOm. C et plures. my scho; aliens ben maad frendis to me. Who schal lede me forth in to a stronge citee; who schal lede me forth til in to Idume? Whe|ther not thou, God, that hast put vs awei; and, God, schalt thou not go out in oure vertues? Ȝyue thou help to vs of tribula|cioun; for the heelthehelp C. of man is veyn. We schulen make vertu in God; and he schal bringe oure enemyes to nouȝt.

 PSALM CVIII. The title of the hundrid and eiȝtthe salmsalm; in Ebreu thus IU.. To victorye, the salmsong vi. of DauidDauid; in Jerom thus, For victorie, the salm [song U] of Dauid. IU. No rubric in S.A glos. This salm is seid of Crist to the lettre, for Crist in the xxij. co. of Mt. and Poul in i. co. and vj. co. to Ebreis, aleggen the lettre of this salme seid of Crist, and so doon olde doctours of Ebreis; and it mai be applied to Judas. Lire here. K..

God, holde thou not stille my preisyng; for the mouth of the synner, and the mouth of the gileful man is openyd on me. Thei spaken aȝens me with a gileful tunge, and thei cumpassiden me with wordis of ha|trede; and fouȝten aȝens me with out cause. For that thing that thei schulden loue me, thei bacbitiden me; but Y preiede. And thei settiden aȝens me yuelis for goodis; and hatrede for my loue. Ordeyne thou a synner on him; and the deuel stonde on his riȝt half. Whanne he is demed, go he out condempned; and his preierthat is, the reson of Judas bitrayijng Crist to Jewis. KV. `be maadOm. L. in to synne. Hise daies be maad fewe; and another take his bi|schopriche. Hise sones be maad faderles; and his wijf a widewe. Hise sones trem|blinge be born ouer, and begge; and bebe thei I. cast out of her habitaciouns. An vsurere seke al his catel; and aliens rauysche hise trauelis. Noon helpere be to him; nether ony be that haue mercy on hise modirles children. Hise sones be maad in to pe|risching; the name of him be don awei in oonO CDEFLOVXb. OO GKS. generacioun. The wickidnesse of hise fadris come aȝen in to mynde in the siȝt of the Lord; and the synne of his modir be not don awei. Be thei maad euere aȝens the Lord; and the mynde of hem perische fro erthe. For that thing thatOm. S. he thouȝte not to do merci, and he pursuede a pore man andand a I. beggere; and to slee a man compunct in herte. And he louede cursing, and it schal come to hym; and he noldewolde not I. blessing, and it schal be maad fer fro him. And he clothide cursing as a cloth, and it entride as water in to hise ynnere thingis; and as oile in hise boonus. Be it maad to him as a cloth, with which he is hilyd; and as a girdil, with which he is euere gird. This is the werk of hem that bacbiten me anentis the Lord; and that speke yuels aȝens my lijf. And thou, Lord, LordGod ORX., do with me for thi name; for thi merci is swete. Dely|uere thou me, for Y am nedi and pore; and myn herte is disturblid with ynne me. I am takun awei as aOm. C et plures. schadowe, whanne it bowith awei; and Y am schakun awei as locustis. Mi knees ben maadOm. I. feble ofwith S. fasting; and my fleische was chaungid for oile. And Y am maad schen|schipe to hem; thei sien me, and moueden her heedis. Mi Lord God, helpe thou me; make thou me saaf bi thi merci. And thei schulen wite, that this is thin hond; and thou, Lord, hast do it. TheiAnd thei I. schulen curse, and thou schalt blesse, thei that risen aȝens me, be schent; but thi seruaunt schal be glad. Thei that bacbiten me, be clothid with schame; and be thei hilid with her schenschipe as with a double cloth. I schal knouleche to the Lord greetli with my mouth; and Y schal herie hym in the myddil of many men. Which stood nyȝ on the riȝt half of a pore man; to make saaf my soule fro pursueris.

 PSALM CIX. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and nynthe salm. `The salm of DauithOm. A. The salm of Dauith, seid of Crist. V..

The Lord seide to my Lord; Sitte thou on my riȝt side. Til Y putte thin enemyes; a stool of thi feet. The Lord schal sende out fro Syon the ȝerde of thi vertu; be thou lord in the myddis of thin ene|myes. The bigynnyng is with thee in the dai of thi vertu, in theOm. I. briȝtnessisbriȝtnesse A. ofof thi V. seyntis; Y gendridegaat I. thee of the wombe before the dai sterre. The Lord swoor, and it schal not repente him; Thou art a preest with outen ende, bi the ordre of Melchisedech. The Lord on thi riȝt side; hath broke kyngis in the dai of his ven|iaunce. He schal deme among naciouns, he schal fille fallyngis; he schal schake heedis in the lond of many men. He dranke of the stronde in the weie; therfor he enhaunside the heed.

 PSALM CX.The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and tenthe salm. AlleluyaAlleluia, Alleluia. LOP..

Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; in the counsel and congrega|cioun of iust men. The werkis of the Lord ben greete; souȝt out in to alle hise willis. His werk is knoulechyng and grete doyng; and his riȝtfulnesse dwellith in to theOm. S. world of world. The Lord mercifulis merciful S. in wille, and a merciful doere, hath maad a mynde of hise merueilis; he hath ȝoue meete to men dredynge hym. He schal be myndeful of his testament in to the world; he schal telle to his puple the vertu of hise werkis. That he ȝyue to hem the eritage of folkis; the werkis of hise hondis ben treuthe and doom. Alle hise comaundementis ben feithful, con|fermed in to the world of world; maad in treuthe and equite. The Lord sente re|dempcioun to hys puple; he comaundide his testament with outen ende. His name is hooli and dreedful; the bigynnyng of wisdom is theOm. I. drede of the Lord. Good vndirstondyng is to alle that doen it; his preising dwellith in to the world of world.

 PSALM CXI.The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and enleuenthe salmOm. S.. AlleluyaAlleluia. This salm shewith, that blisse shal be ȝolden for the werkis of merci, and peyne to hem that ben vnmerciful. K..

Blissid is the man that dredith the Lord; he schal wilne ful myche in hise comaundementis. His seed schal be myȝti in erthe; the generacioun of riȝtful men schal be blessid. Glorie and richessis ben in his hous; and his riȝtfulnesse dwellith in to the world of world. Liȝt is risun vp in derknessis to riȝtful men; the Lord is merciful in wille, and a merciful doere, and riȝtful. The man is merye, that doith merci, and leeneth; he disposith hise wordis in dom; for he schal not be moued with outen ende. A iust man schal be in euerlastinge mynde; he schal not drede of an yuel heryng. His herte is redi for to hope in the Lord; his herte is con|fermed, he schal not be moued, til he dis|pise hise enemyes. He spredde abrood, he ȝaf to pore men; his riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse ceteri. dwellith in to the world of world; his horn schal be reisid in glorie. A synner schal se, andand he I. schal be wrooth; he schal gnaste with hise teeth, and schal failefaile, ether [shal S] wexe rotun CDEFGHIKLMOPQRSUWXbi.; the desijr of syn|neris schal perische.

 PSALM CXII.The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and twelfthe salmOm. A.. AlleluyaThis salm stireth men to herie God, for his greet ex|cellence, and for he reiseth hem, that ben oppresside vn|iustli, to greet honour, sum|tyme in this world, and to blisse of heuen, if thei suffren pacientli. Lire here. K..

Children, preise ȝe the Lord; preise ȝe the name of the Lord. The name of the Lord be blessid; fro this tyme now and til in to the world. Fro the risyng of the sunne til to the goyng doun; the name of the Lord is worthi to be preisid. The Lord is hiȝ aboue alle folkis; and his glorie is aboue heuenes. Who is as oure Lord God, that dwellith in hiȝe thingis; and biholdith meke thingis in heuene and in erthe? Reisynge a nedi man fro theOm. ceteri. erthe; and enhaunsinge a pore man fro drit. That he sette hym with princes; with the princes of his puple. Which makith a bareyn womman dwelle in the hous; a glad modir of sones.

 PSALM CXIII.The titil of the hundrid and thrittenthe salm. AlleluyaAlleluia. Goostli, in this salm eche synnere, that hath greet merci, is excited to herie God. K. Om. i.A glos. Bi allegorie this salme is ex|powned of the casting awei of the peple of Jewis, for vnbi|leue, and of the reising of he|then peple in the godis of grace, for thei resceyueden deuoutli Cris|ten feith; and so the syna|goge is maad bareyne and abiect, ether cast out, and holi chirche is maad fruyȝtful in the feith of hethen men conuertid to Cristen feith. Lire here. K..

In the goyng out of Israel fro Egipt; of the hous of Jacob fro theOm. I. hethene puple. Judeethat is, the lynage of Juda was maad the halowing of him. Lire here. K. was maad the halewyng of hym; Israel the power of hym. The see siȝ, and fledde; Jordan was turned abac. Mun|teyns ful out ioyeden as rammes; and litle hillis as the lambren of scheep. Thou see, what was to thee, for thou fleddist; and thou, Jordan, for thou were turned abak? Munteyns, ȝe maden ful out ioye as rammes; and litle hillis, as the lambren of scheep. The erthe was moued frofor C. the face of `the LordGod S.; fro the face of God of Jacob. Which turnede a stoon in to pondisa poond S. of watris; and an hard rooch in to wellis of watris. Lord, not to vs, not to vs; but ȝyue thou glorie to thi name. OnOf I. In L. thi merci and thiof thi I. treuthe; lest ony tyme hethene men seien, Where is the God of hem? Forsothe oure God in heuene; dide alle thingis, whiche euere he wolde. The symulacris of hethene men ben siluer and gold; the werkis of mennus hondis. ThoThei I. han mouth, and schulen not speke; thoThei I. han iȝen, and schulen not se. ThoThei I. han eeris, and schulen not here; thoThei I. han nose thurls, and schulen not smelle. ThoThei I. han hondis, and schulen not grope; thoThei I. han feet, and schulen not go; thoThei I. schulen not crye in her throte. Thei that maken thotho symulacris I. ben maad lijk tho; and alle that triste in thohem I.. The hous of Israel hopide in the Lord; he is the helpere `of hemOm. S., and the defendere of hem. The hous of Aaron hopide in the Lord; he is the helpere of hem, and the defendere of hem. Thei that dreden the Lord, hopiden in the Lord; he is the helpere of hem, and the defendere of hem. The Lord was myndeful of vs; and blesside vs. He blesside the hous of Israel; he blesside the hous of Aaron. He blesside alle menOm. A. that dreden the Lord; `he blessideOm. I. litlethe litle CDEFHKLMOPRSWXbi. bothe litle I. `men with theand I. grettere. The Lord encreesseadde ether encreese CDEFGHKMOPQRSUWXbi. adde to I. addide ether encrecede L. on ȝou; on ȝou and on ȝoure sones. Blessid be ȝe of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe. Heuene of `heuene isheuenys S. to the Lord; but he ȝaf erthethe erthe I. to the sones of men. Lord, not deed men schulen herie thee; nether alle men that goen doun in to helle. But we that lyuen, blessen the Lord; fro this tyme now and til in to the world.

 PSALM CXIV.The titil of the hundrid and fourtenthe salm. AlleluiaAlleluia. Dauith made this salm for his delyueraunse fro perels of Saul. K..

I louede `the LordOm. I.; for the Lord schal here the vois of my preier. For he bowide doun his eere to me; and Y schal inwardli clepeclepe him S. in my daies. The sorewis of deth cumpassiden me; and the perelis of helle founden me. I foond tribulacioun and sorewe; and Y clepide inwardli the name of the Lord. Thou, Lord, delyuere my soule; the Lord is merciful, and iust; and oure God doith merci. And the Lord kepith litle children; Y was mekid, and he delyuerede me. Mi soule, turne thou in to thi reste; for the Lord hath do wel to thee. For he hath delyuered my soule fro deth; myn iȝen fro wepingis, myand my S. feet fro fallyng doun. I schal plese the Lord; in the cuntrei of hem that lyuen.

 PSALM CXV.The titil of the hundrid and fiftenthe salm. AlleluyaThe hundrid and fiftenthe salm. CDFGHMOQRSXb. The titil of the hundrid and fiftenthe salm. ELPW. The c. and xv. salm hath no tijtle. IU. The hundrid salm and fiftenthe hath no title, and it spekith of Dauith vndir Absolon, and he bihiȝte thankingis to God for delyueraunse. K..

I bileuede, for which thing Y spak; for|soth Y was maad low ful myche. I seide in my passing; Ech man is a lier. What schal Y ȝelde to the Lord; for alle thingis which he ȝeldidehath ȝolde I. to me? I schal take the cuppecuppis O. of heelthe; and Y schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord. I schal ȝelde my vowis to the Lord bifor al his puple; the deth of seyntis of the Lord is precious in his siȝt. OA! ceteri.! Lord, forOm. C. Y am thi ser|uant; Y am thi seruaunt, and the sone of thi handmaide. Thou hast broke my bondys, to thee Y schal offre a sacrifice of heriyng; and Y schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord. I schal ȝelde my vowis to the Lord, in the siȝt of al his puple; inand in I. the porchisforȝerdis ceteri passim. of the hous of the Lord, in the myddilmyd A. middis CK. of thee, Jerusalem.

 PSALM CXVI.The title of the hundrid and sixtenthe salm. AlleluyaOm. A. salm. Alleluia, that is, to God do we heerijngis. K..

Alle hethen men, herie ȝe the Lord; alle puplis, herie ȝe hym. For his merci is confermyd on vs; and the treuthe of the Lord dwellith with outen ende.

 PSALM CXVII.The titil of theOm. R. hundrid and seuententhe salm. AlleluiaAlleluia. This salm inducith men to herie God, and bringeth reson therto. K..

Knouleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good; for his merci is with outen ende. Israel seie now, for he is good; for his merci is with outen ende. The hous of Aaron seie now; for his merci is with outen ende. Thei that dreden the Lord, seie now; for his merci is withouten ende. Of tribulacioun Y inwardli clepide the Lord; and the Lord herde me in large|nesse. The Lord is an helpere to me; Y schal not drede what aOm. S. man schal do to me. The Lord is an helpere to me; and Y schal dispise myn enemyes. It is betere forOm. IL. to trist in the Lord; than for to triste in man. It is betere for to hope in the Lord; than forOm. I. to hope in princes. Alle folkis cumpassiden me; and in the name of the Lord it bifelde, for Y am auengide on hem. Thei cumpassinge cumpassiden me; and in the name of the Lord, for Y am auengid on hem. Thei cumpassiden me as beenbees CDEFGHKLMOPQRSUWxbi., and thei brenten out as fier doithOm. I. among thornes; and in the name of the Lord, for Y am avengid on hem. I was hurlid, and turnede vpsedoun, that Y schulde falle doun; and the Lord took me vp. The Lord is my strengthe, and my heryyng; and he is maad to me in to heelthe. The vois of ful out ioiyng and of heelthe; be in the tabernaclis of iust men. The riȝt hond of the Lord hath do vertu, the riȝt hond of the Lord enhaun|side me; the riȝt hond of the Lord hath do vertu. I schal not die, but Y schal lyue; and Y schal telle the werkis of the Lord. The Lord chastisinge hath chastisid me; and he ȝaf not me to deth. Opene ȝe to me the ȝatis of riȝtfulnesse, and Y schal entre bi tho, and Y schal knouleche to the Lord; this ȝate is of the Lord, and iust men schulen entre bi it. I schal knou|leche to thee, for thou herdist me; and art maad to me in to heelthe. The stoon which the bilderis repreueden; this is maad in to the heed of the corner. This thing is maad of the Lord; and it is wonderful bifore oure iȝen. This is the dai which the Lord made; make we ful out ioye, and be we glad ther ynne. OA! celeri fere omnes.! Lord, make thou me saaf, OA! celeri fere omnes.! Lord, make thou wel prosperite; blessid is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. We blessedenblessen A pr. m. I. ȝou of the hous of the Lord; God is Lord, andand he I. hath ȝoue liȝt to vs. Ordeyne ȝe a solempne dai in thicke puplis; til to the horn of the auter. Thou art my God, and Y schal knouleche to thee; thou art my God, and Y schal enhaunse thee. I schal knouleche to thee, for thou herdist me; and thou art maad to me in to heelthe. Knouleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good; for his merci is with outen ende.

 PSALM CXVIII.`The titil ofOm. S. the hundrid and eiȝtenthe salm. AlleluiaA glos. This salm speketh of blisse; blisse is in truthe and dede, and thus it is had oonli in he|uene; blisse is also in hope, and thus it is had in present lijf, bi exer|cise of Goddis werkis; ther|fore this salme spekith of blisse, as it is had in present lijf. Lire here. K..

Blessid ben men with out wem in the weie; that gon in the lawe of the Lord. Blessid ben thei, that seken hise witness|ingis; sekenand seken K. him in al the herte. For thei that worchen wickidnesse; ȝeden not in hise weies. Thou hast comaundid; that thin heestis be kept greetly. I wolde that my weies beweren I. dressid; to kepe thi justifiyngis. Thanne Y schal not be schent; whanne Y schal biholde perfitli in alle thin heestis. I schal knouleche to thee in the dressing ofof myn I. herte; in that that Y lernyde the domes of thi riȝtfulnesseriȝtfulnessis S.. I schal kepe thi iusti|fiyngis; forsake thou not me on ech side.

 Beth.

In what thing amendith athe I. ȝong wax|inge man his weie? in keping thi wordis. In al myn herte Y souȝte thee; putte thou me not awei fro thin heestis. In myn herte Y hidde thi spechis; that Y do not synne aȝens thee. Lord, thou art blessid; teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. In my lippis Y haue pronounsid; alle the domes of thi mouth. I delitide in the weie of thi witnessingis; as in alle richessis. I schal be ocupiedexcercisid, ether bisily ocupied CDEFGHIKLMOPQRSUWXb. in thin heestis; and Y schal biholde thi weies. I schal bithenke in thi iustifiyngis; Y schal not forȝete thi wordis.

 Gimel.

Ȝelde to thi seruaunt; quiken thou me, and Y schal kepe thi wordis. Liȝtne thou myn iȝen; and Y schal biholde theOm. ceteri. mer|ueils of thi lawe. I am a comeling in erthe; hide thou not thin heestis fro me. Mi soule coueitide to desire thi iustifiyngis; in al tyme. Thou blamedist the proude; thei ben cursid, that bowen awei fro thin heestis. Do thou awei `fro meOm. S. schen|schipe and dispising; for Y souȝte thi witnessingis. For whi princis saten, and spaken aȝens me; but thi seruaunt was exercisid in thi iustifiyngis. For whi and thi witnessyngiswitnessing FM. iustifiyngis IL pr. m. is my thenkyng; and my counsel is thi iustifiyngis.

 Deleth.

Mi soule cleuede to the pawment; quykine thou me bi thi word. I telde out my weies, and thou herdist me; teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. Lerne thou me the weie of thi iustifiyngis; and Y schal be exercisid in thi merueils. Mi soule nap|pide for anoye; conferme thou me in thi wordis. Remoue thou fro me the weie of wickidnesse; and in thi lawe haue thou merci on me. I chees the weie of treuthe; Y forȝat not thi domes. Lord, Y cleuede to thi witnessyngis; nyle thou schende me. I ran thein the S. weie of thi comaundementis; whanne thou alargidist myn herte.

 He.

Lord, sette thou to me a lawe, the weie of thi iustifiyngis; and Y schal seke it euere. Ȝyue thou vndurstonding to me, and Y schal seke thi lawe; and Y schal kepe it in al myn herte. Lede me forth in the path of thin heestis; for Y wolde it. `Bowe thouBowe thou doun K. Bowe doun HLMSXi. myn herte in to thi witness|ingus; and not in to aueryce. Turne thou awei myn iȝen, that `tho seenthei se I. not vanyte; quykene thou me in thi weie. Ordeyne thi speche to thi seruaunt; in thi drede. Kitte awey my schenschip, which Y sup|poside; for thi domes ben myrie. Lo! Y coueitide thi comaundementis; quikene thouOm. I. me in thin equite.

 Vau.

And, Lord, thi merci come on me; thin heelthe come biaftir I. thi speche. And Y schal answere a word to men seiynge schen|schipe to me; for Y hopide in thi wordis. And take thou not awei fro my mouth the word of treuthe outerli; for Y hopide aboue in thi domes. And Y schal kepe thi lawe euere; in to the world, and in to the world ofof the C sec. m. FGHQSUW. world. And Y ȝede in largenesse; for Y souȝte thi comaunde|mentis. And Y spak of thi witnessyngis in the siȝt of kingis; and Y was not schent. And Y bithouȝte in thin heestis; whiche Y louede. And Y reiside myn hondis to thi comaundementis, whiche Y louede; and Y schal be excercisid in thi iustifiyngis.

 Vau. Zai.

Lord, haue thou mynde on thi word to thi seruaunt; in which word thou hast ȝoue hope to me. This coumfortide me in my lownesselownesse maad bi turment K. that is, maad [bi tor] ment v marg.; for thi word quikenede me. Proude men diden wickidli bi alle thingis; but Y bowide not awei fro thi lawe. Lord, Y was myndeful onof S. thi domes fro the world; and Y was coum|fortid. Failing helde me; for synneris for|sakinge thi lawe. Thi iustifiyngis weren delitable to me to be sungun; in the place of my pilgrimage. Lord, Y hadde mynde of thi name bi niȝt; and Y kepte thi lawe. This thing was maad to me; for Y souȝte thi iustifiyngis.

 Heth.

Lord, my part; Y seide to kepeseke S. thi lawe. I bisouȝte thi face in al myn herte; haue thou merci on me biaftir I. thi speche. I bithouȝte my weies; and Y turnede my feet in to thi witnessyngis. I am redi, and Y am not disturblid; to kepe thi co|maundementis. The coordis of synnerissynnes I. han biclippid me; and Y haue not forȝete thi lawe. At mydnyȝt Y roos to knou|leche to thee; on the domes of thi iusti|fiyngis. I am parcener of alle that dreden thee; and kepen thin heestis. Lord, the erthe is ful of thi merci; teche thou me thi iustifiyngis.

 Teth.

Lord, thou hast do goodnesse with thi seruaunt; biaftir I. thi word. Teche thou me goodnesse, and looreloore, ether chastisyng C et ceteri., and kunnyng; for Y bileuede to thin heestis. Bifor that Y was maad meke, Y trespasside; therfor Y kepte thi speche. Thou art good; and in thi goodnesse teche thou me thi iusti|fiyngis. The wickidnesse of hem that ben proude, is multiplied on me; but in al myn herte Y schalOm. C. seke thin heestis. The herte of hem is cruddidcruddid, ether maad hard V. as mylk; but Y bithouȝte thi lawe. It is good to me, that thou hast maad me meke; that Y lerne thi iustifi|yngis. The lawe of thi mouth is betere to me; than thousyndis of gold and ofOm. LOX. siluer.

 Joth.

Thin hondis maden me, and fourmeden me; ȝyue thou vndurstondyng to me, that Y lerne thin heestis. Thei that dreden thee schulen se me, andand thei I. schulen be glad; for Y hopide more on thi wordis. Lord, Y knewe, that thi domes ben equite; and in thi treuth thou hast maad me meke. Thi merci be maad, that it coumforte me; biaftir I. thi speche to thi seruaunt. Thi mer|ciful doyngis come to me, and Y schal lyue; for thi lawe is my thenkyng. Thei that ben proude be schent, for vniustli thei diden wickidnesse aȝens me; but Y schal be exercisid in thin heestis. Thei that dreden thee be turned to me; and thei that knowenknoulechen A. knewen I. thi witnessyngis. Myn herte be maad vnwemmed in thi iustifi|yngis; that Y be not schent.

 Caf.

Mi soule failide in to thin helthe; and Y hopide more onin I. thi word. Myn iȝen failiden in to thimy I. speche; seiynge, Whanne schalt thou coumforte me? For Y am maad as a bowge in frostforst C et plures.; Y haue not forȝete thi iustifiyngis. Hou many ben the daies of thi seruaunt; whanne thou schalt make doom of hem that pursuen me? Wickid men telden to me ianglyngis; but not as thi lawe. Alle thi comaunde|mentis ben treuthe; wickid men han pur|sued me, helpe thou me. Almeest thei endiden me in erthe; but I forsook not thi comaundementis. BiAftir I. thi mersi quikene thou me; and Y schal kepe the witness|ingis of thi mouth.

 Lameth.

Lord, thi word dwellith in heuene; with outen ende. Thi treuthe dwellith in gene|racioun, and in to generacioun; thou hast foundid the erthe, and it dwellith. The dai lastith contynueli bi thi ordynaunce; for alle thingis seruenschul serue I. to thee. NoOm. I. but thatfor I. thi lawe was my thenking; thannethanne ellis I. perauenture Y hadde perischid in my low|nesse. With outen ende Y schal not for|ȝete thi iustifiyngis; for in tho thou hast quikened me. I am thin, make thou me saaf; for Y haue souȝt thi iustifiyngis. Synneris abodenabeden I. me, for to leese me; Y vndurstood thi witnessingis. I siȝ the ende of al ende; thi comaundement is ful large.

 Men.

Lord, hou louede Y thi lawe; al dai it is my thenking. Aboue myn enemyes thou madist me prudent bi thi comaunde|ment; for it is to me with outen ende. I vndurstood aboueouer I. alleolde L. eelde S. men techinge me; for thi witnessingis is my thenking. I vn|dirstood aboue eelde men; for Y souȝte thi comaundementis. I forbeed my feet fro al euel weie; that Y kepe thi wordis. I bowide not fro thi domes; for thou hast set lawe to me. Thi spechis ben ful swete to my cheekis; aboue hony to my mouth. I vnderstood of thin heestis; therfor Y hatide alalle S. the weieweyes S. of wickidnesse.

 Nun.

Thi word is a lanterne to my feet; and liȝt to my pathis. I swoor, and purposide stidefastli; to kepe the domes of thi riȝt|fulnesse. I am maad low bi alle thingis; Lord, quykene thou me biaftir I. thi word. Lord, make thou wel plesinge the wilful thingis of my mouth; and teche thou me thi domes. Mi soule is euere in myn hondis; and Y forȝat not thi lawe. Syn|neris settiden a snare to me; and Y erride not fro thi comaundementis. I pur|chasside thi witnessyngis bi eritage with outen ende; for tho ben the ful ioiyng of myn herte. I bowide myn herte to do thi iustifiyngis with outen ende; for rewardȝelding CDEFGHKLMOPQRSUVWXbi. the rewarding I..

 Sameth.

ITherfore I I. hatide wickid men; and Y louede thi lawe. Thou art myn helpere, and my `taker vpvptakere S.; andOm. O. Y hopide more onin I. thi word. ȜeThe S. wickide men, boweboweth I. awei fro me; and Y schal sekespeke S. the comaunde|mentis of my God. Vp take thou me bi thi word, and Y schal lyue; and schende thou not me frofor I. myn abydyng. Helpe thou me, and Y schal be saaf; and Y schal bithenke euere in thi iustifiyngis. Thou hast forsake alle men goynge awey fro thi domes; for the thouȝt of hem is vniust. I arettide alle the synneris of erthe brekeris of theOm. plures. lawe; therfor Y louede thi witnessyngis. Naile thou my fleischisfleisch I. with thi drede; for Y dredde of thi domes.

 Ayn.

I dide doom and riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse ceteri.; bitake thou not me to hem that falsli chalengen me. Take vp thi seruaunt in toto thi I. good|nesse; thei that ben proude chalenge not me. Myn iȝen failiden in to thin helthe; and in to the speche of thi riȝtfulnesse. Do thou with thi seruaunt biaftir I. thi merci; and teche thou me thibe thi S. iustifiyngis. I am thi seruaunt, ȝyue thou vndurstondyng to me; that Y kunne thi witnessingis. Lord, it is tyme to do; thei han distried thi lawe. Therfor Y louede thi comaunde|mentis; more than gold and topazion. Therfor Y was dressid to alle thin heestis; Y hatide al wickid weie.

 Phee.

Lord, thi witnessingis ben wondirful; therfor my soule souȝte tho. Declaring of thi wordis liȝtneth; andand it I. ȝyueth vnder|stonding to meke men. I openede my mouth, and drouȝ the spirit; for Y de|siride thi comaundementis. Biholde thou on me, and hauehaue thou S. merci on me; bi the dom of hem that louen thi name. Dresse thou my goyingis biaftir I. thi speche; that al vnriȝtfulnesse haue not lordschip on me. Aȝeyn bie thou me fro the false chalengis of men; that Y kepe thin heestis. LiȝtneLiȝtne thou S. thi face on thi seruaunt; and teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. Myn iȝen leddenleden S. forth the outgoynges of watris; for thei kepten not thi lawe.

 Sade.

Lord, thou art iust; and thi dom is riȝtful. Thou hast comaundid riȝtfulnesse, thi witnessingis; and thi treuthe greetli to be keptkept. Lire here. U text.. Mi feruent loue made me to be meltidmekid G. molte I. ether langwiȝsshid K marg.; for myn enemys forȝaten thi wordis. Thi speche is greetli enflawmedset a fire CDEGHIKLMOPQRSUVWXbi.; and thi seruaunt louede it. I am ȝong, and dispisid; Y forȝat not thi iustifiyngis. Lord, thi riȝtfulnesse is riȝtfulnesse with outen ende; and thi lawe is treuthe. Tri|bulacioun and angwische foundenhan founde I. me; thin heestis is my thenking. Thi wit|nessyngis is equite with outen ende; ȝyue thou vndirstondyng to me, and Y schal lyue.

 Cof.

I criede in al myn herte, Lord, here thou me; andOm. ceteri. Y schal seke thi iustifiyngis. I criede to thee, make thou me saaf; that Y kepe thi comaundementis. I bifor cam in ripenesse, and Y criede; Y hopide aboue on thi wordis. Myn iȝen bifor camen to thee ful eerli; that Y schulde bithenke thi speches. Lord, here thou my vois biaftir I. thi merci; and quykene thou me bi thi doom. Thei that pursuen me neiȝden to wickid|nesse; forsothe thei ben maad fer fro thi lawe. Lord, thou art nyȝ; and alle thi weies ben treuthe. In the bigynnyng Y knewe of thi witnessingis; for thou hast foundid tho with outen ende.

 Res.

Se thou my mekenesse, and delyuere thou me; for Y forȝat not thi lawe. Deme thou my dom, and aȝenbie thou me; quikene thouOm. I. me for thi speche. Heelthe is fer fro synners; for thei souȝten not thi iustifiyngis. Lord, thi mercies ben manye; quykene thou me bi thi dom. Thei ben manye that pursuen me, and doen tribu|lacioun to me; Y bowide not awei fro thi witnessingis. I siȝ brekers of the lawe, and Y was meltidether langwiȝsshede K marg.; for thei kepten not thi spechis. Lord, se thou, for Y louede thi comaundementis; quikene thou me in thi merci. The bigynnyng of thi wordisword A. is treuthe; alle the domes of thi riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse S. ben withouten ende.

 Sin.

Princes pursueden me with outen cause; and my herte dredde of thi wordis. I schal be glad on thi spechis; as he that fyndith many spuylis. I hatide and wlatideY wlatide A pr. m. wickidnesse; forsothe Y louede thi lawe. I seide heriyngis to thee seuene sithis in the dai; on the domes of thi riȝt|fulnesse. Miche pees is to hem that louen thi lawe; and no sclaundir is to hem. Lord, Y abood thin heelthe; and Y louede thin heestis. Mi soule kepte thi witness|yngis; and louede tho greetli. I kepte thi `comaundementis, and thiOm. S. witnessingis; for alle my weies ben in thi siȝt.

 Tau.

Lord, my biseching come niȝ in thi siȝt; biaftir I. thithe L. speche ȝyue thou vndurstonding to me. Myn axing entre inin to I. thi siȝt; bi thi speche delyuere thou me. Mi lippis schulen telle out an ympne; whanne thou hast tauȝte me thi iustifiyngis. Mi tunge schal pronounce thi speche; for whi alle thi comaundementis ben equite. Thin hond be maad, that it saue me; for Y haue chose thin heestis. Lord, Y coueitide thin heelthe; and thi lawe is my thenking. Mi soule schal lyue, andand it IS. schal herie thee; and thi domes schulen helpe me. I erride as a scheep that perischide; Lord, sekeseke thou I. thi seruaunt, for Y forȝat not thi comaunde|mentis.

 PSALM CXIX. The `title of theOm. A. title on the HMQ. hundrid and nyntenthe salmOm. A.. The song of grecesgreces, either steyris. IU. greces, ether steiers, for delyueraunce of Israel fro caitifte. K. greces, ether steyris, for deliueraunce of the peple of Israel fro caityfte. V.A glos. Gostli this salm mai be expowned of ech feithful man sett in tri|bulacion, bodili ether gostli, by temptacion of fendis, of wich he axith de|uoutli to be de|lyuerid, and the fendis be dryuen awey fro im|pungnyng of feithful men, and be closid doun in helle; and this man siȝeth for delaie of remedie. Lire here. K..

Whanne Y was set in tribulacioun, Y criede to the Lord; and he herde me. Lord, delyuere thou my soule fro wickid lippis; and fro a gileful tunge. What schal be ȝouun to thee, ether what schal be leidȝouen S. to thee; to a gileful tunge? Scharpe arowis of the myȝti; with colis that maken desolat. Allas to me! for my dwelling in an alien lond is maad long, Y dwellide with men dwellinge in Cedar; my soule was myche a comelyng. I was pesible with hem that hatiden pees; whanne Y spak to hem, thei aȝenseidenempungneden ether aȝenseiden CDEFGHIKMOPQRSUVWXb. impungneden L. me with outen cause.

 PSALM CXX. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and twentithe salmOm. A.. The songsalm K. of grecesgreces, for the good state of the puple turned aȝen fro the caitifte of Babilone. K. greces. This is a preier for the peple turned aȝen fro the caitifte of Babiloyne. V..

I reiside myn iȝen to theOm. CDEGIS. hillis; fro whannus help schal come to me. Myn help is of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe. The Lord ȝyue not thi foot in to mouyng; nether he nappe, that kepith thee. Lo! he schal not nappe, nether slepe; that kepith Israel. The Lord kep|ith thee; the Lord is thi proteccioun aboue thi riȝthond. The sunne schal not brenne thee bi dai; nether the moone bi nyȝt. The Lord kepekepith CDEGHIKLOPQRSUVWXb. thee fro al yuel; the Lord kepe thi soule. The Lord kepe thi goyng in and thi goyng out; fro this tyme now and in to the world.

 PSALM CXXI. The `title of theOm. A. title of V. hundrid and oon and twentithe salmOm. A.. The song of theOm. KLPRSWX. grecis of DauidDauid, ioijng in the Lord, for the bilding of the citee and the temple, that he bifore siȝ to be made bi Salomon. K..

I am glad in these thingis, that ben seid to me; We schulen go in to the hous of the Lord. Oure feet weren stondynge; in thi hallisforȝerdis ceteri passim., thou Jerusalem. Jerusalem, which is bildid as a citee; whos part tak|ing therof is in to the same thing. For the lynagis, the lynagis of the Lord stieden thidir, the witnessing of Israel; to knouleche to the name of the Lord. For thei saten there on seetis in doom; seetis on the hous of Dauid. Preie ȝe tho thingis, that ben to the pees of Jerusalem; and abundaunce be to hem that louen thee. Pees be maad in thi vertu; and abundaunce in thi touris. For my bri|theren and my neiȝboris; Y spak pees of thee. For the hous of oure LordOm. CIR. God; Y souȝte goodis to thee.

 PSALM CXXII. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and two and twentithe salm. `The song of grecisOm. A. The song of grecis; the preier of an holi prophete for delyueraunce of the puple fro the turment of Antioche. K. The song of the grecis. O..

To thee Y haue reisid myn iȝen; that dwellist in heuenes. Lo! as the iȝen ofof the COR. seruauntis; ben in the hondis of her lordis. As the iȝen of the handmaide ben in the hondis of her ladi; so oure iȝen ben to oure Lord God, til he haue mercy on vs. Lord, haue thou merci on vs, haue thouOm. I. merci on vs; for we ben myche fillid with dispisyng. For oure soule is myche fillid; we ben schenschipe to hem that ben abundaunte with richessis, and dispising to proude men.

 PSALM CXXIII. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and thre and twentithe `salm. The song ofOm. A. grecisOm. A. the grecis IV. `of DauithOm. A. of Dauith, doing thankingis for delyueraunce [of him and his peple V.] fro Filisteis `stijnge aȝens [comynge on V.] him, `whanne thei knewen him [after he was V.] anoyntid king. KV..

Israel seie now, No but for the Lord was in vs; noOm. I. but forOm. L. `the Lordhe I. was in vs. Whanne men risidenresen I. risen L. vp aȝens vs; in hap thei hadden swalewid vs quike. Whanne the woodnesse of hem was wrooth aȝens vs; in hap watir hadde sope vs vp. Oure soule passide thoruȝ a stronde; in hap oure soule hadde passide thoruȝOm. I. a watir vnsuffrable. Blessid be the Lord; that `ȝaf nothath not ȝoue I. vs inin to CX sec. m. taking toof RX pr. m. the teeth of hem. Oure soule, as a sparowe, is de|lyuered; fro the snare of hunters. The snare is al to-brokun; and we ben de|lyuered. Oure helpe is in the name of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe.

 PSALM CXXIV. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and foure and twentithe salmOm. AC.. `The song of grecesOm. A. The song of greces of goostli Jerusalem, an holi citee and dwelling for cristen men bi feith of Crist. KV. The song of Dauith. S. There is no title to this Psalm in LP..

Thei that tristen in the Lord ben as the hil of Syon; he schal not be moued with outen ende, that dwellith in Jeru|salem. Hillis ben in the cumpas of it, and the Lord is in the cumpas of his puple; fro this tyme now and in to the world. For the Lord schal not leeue the ȝerde of synneris on the part of iust men; that iust men holde not forth her hondis to wickidnesse. Lord, do thou wel; to good men, and ofto I. riȝtful hertein herte I.. But the Lord schal lede them that bowen in to obligaciouns, with hem that worchen wickidnesse; pees be onupon I. Israel.

 PSALM CXXV. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and fyue and twentithe `salm. The song of grecisOm. A. salm. The s. of g. and it speketh of the turnyng aȝen of the puple of Israel fro the caitifte of Babiloyne. K. salm. The s. of g. of the turnynge aȝen fro Babiloyne. V..

Whanne the Lord turnede the caitifte of Sion; we weren maad as coumfortid. Thanne oure mouth was fillid with ioye; and oure tunge with ful out ioiyng. Thanne thei schulen seie among hethene men; The Lord magnefiede to do with hem. The Lord magnefiede to do with vs; we ben maad glad. Lord, turne thouthou awey I. oure cai|tifte; as a stronde in the south. Thei that sowen in teeris; schulen repe in ful out ioiyng. Thei goynge ȝeden, and wepten; sendynge her seedis. But thei comynge schulen come with ful out ioiyng; berynge her handfullis.

 PSALM CXXVI. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and sixe and twentithe `salm. The song of greces of SalomonOm. A. salm. The s. of g. of S. and of Goddis help to bilding of his temple, and of holi chirche, bi teching of feith and vertues. K. salm. To Solomon. S. salm. The s. of g. of S. and of the bilding of his temple. V..

`No butBut if I. the Lord bildebildith KLS. the hous; thei that bilden it han trauelid in veyn. NoOm. I. but the Lord kepith the citee; he wakith in veyn that kepith it. It is veyn to ȝou to rise bifore the liȝt; rise ȝe after thatOm. I. ȝe han sete, that eten the breed of sorewe. Whanne he schal ȝyue sleep to his loued; lo! thethanne the I. eritage of the Lord `is sones, the mede isthe meede of the sone I. theOm. L. fruyt ofof the I. wombe. As arowis ben in the hond of the miȝti; so the sones of hem that ben schakun out. Blessid is the man, that hath fillid his desier of tho; he schal not be schent, whanne he schal speke to hise enemyes in the ȝate.

 PSALM CXXVII. The title of the hundrid and seuene and twentithe salmOm. S.. The song of grecesgreces of Dauid. ELP. greces, stiringe to Goddis drede, in biheting temporal prosperitees to hem that dreden God. K. greces, of Crist and hooly chirche. V. In A is no title, but only cxxvii..

Blessid benbe plures. alle men, that dreden the Lord; thatthe whiche I. gon in hise weies. For thou schalt ete the trauels of thin hondis; thou art blessid, and it schal be wel to thee. Thi wijf asschal be as I. a plenteous vyne; in the sidis of thin hous. Thi sones asschul be as I. the newe sprengessprengingis S. of olyue trees; in the cumpas of thi bord. Lo! sothus I. a man schal be blessid; that dredith the Lord. The Lord blesse thee fro Syon; and se thou the goodis of Jerusalem in alle the daies of thi lijf. And se thou the sones of thi sones; se thou pees on Israel.

 PSALM CXXVIII. The `title of theOm. AS. title of V. hundrid and eiȝte and twentithe `salm. The song of grecesOm. A. salm. The s. of g. for delyueraunse of the puple of Israel fro her pursueris, wiche is offered. K..

Israel seie now; Ofte thei fouȝtenhan fouȝte I. aȝens me fro my ȝongth. Ofte thei fouȝten aȝens me fro my ȝongthe; and sotheli thei miȝten not to me. Synneris forgeden on my bak; thei maden long her wickid|nesse. The `iust LordLord is iust S. schal beetebeete togidre I. the nollis of synneris; alle that haten Sion bebe thei I. schent, and turned abak. Be thei maad as the hey of hous coppis; that driede vp, bifore that it be drawun vp. Of whichthe which I. hei he that schal repe, schal not fille his hond; and he that schal gadere hondfullis, schal not fille his bosum. And thei that passiden forth seiden not, The blessing of the Lord be on ȝou; we bless|iden ȝou in theOm. I. name of the Lord.

 PSALM CXXIX. The `title of theOm. A. title. S. hundrid and nyne and twentithe `salm. The song of grecesOm. A. salm. The s. of greces, for delyueraunce of synne and caitiftee. K..

Lord, Y criede to thee frofro the EL. depthes; Lord, here thou mi vois. Thin eeris be maad ententif; in to the vois of my bisech|ing. Lord, if thou kepist wickidnessiswicked|nesse I.; Lord, who schal susteynesusteyne ether abide CDEFGHKLMOPQRSUVWXbi. susteyne or abide I.? For merci is at thee; and, Lord, for thi lawe Y abood thee. Mi soule susteynede in his word; my soule hopide in the Lord. Fro the morewtid keping til toto the C sec. m. FIR. niȝt; Israel hope in the Lord. For whi merci is at the Lord; and plenteous redempcioun is at hym. And he schal aȝen bie Israel; fro alle the wickidnessis therof.

 PSALM CXXX. The title of the hundrid and thrittithe salm. The song of greces, `to DauithOm. D. himselfOm. DFO. himself, for ceesing of vengeaunse. K. himself, for noumbringe of his peple. V. In A is no title, but only cxxx..

Lord, myn herte is not enhaunsid; ne|ther myn iȝen ben reisid. Nether Y ȝede in theOm. IS. grete thingis; nether in merueilis aboue me. If Y feelide not mekely; but enhaunside my soule. As a childe wenyde on his modir; so ȝelding beOm. I. in my soule. Israel hope in the Lord; fro this tyme now and intil in ceteri. to the world.

 PSALM CXXXI. The title of the hundrid and oon and thrittithe salm. The song of grecesgreces, of deuocion that Dauith hadde, to bilde the temple, and of biheest of God to him, of eritage of the rewme. K. In A is no title, but only cxxxi..

Lord, haue thou mynde onof CDEFGHIKLMOPQRUVWXbi. Dauid; and of al his myldenesse. As he swoor to the Lord; he made a vowe to God of Jacob. I schal not entre in to the tabernacle of myn hous; Y schal not stie in to the bed of mi restyng. I schal not ȝyue sleep to myn iȝen; and napping to myn iȝe liddis. And rest to my templis, til Y fynde a place to the Lord; a tabernacle to God of Jacob. Lo! we herden thatthe K. arke of testament in Effrata, `that is, in SiloOm. CDEFGHK pr. m. LMOPQRSVWXbi. that is, in Silo. Lire here. U.; we founden it in the feeldis of theOm. ceteri. wode. We schulen entre in to the tabernacle of hym; we schulen worschipe in the place, where hise feet stoden. Lord, rise thou in to thi reste; thou and the ark of thin halewing. Thi prestis be clothid with riȝtfulnesse; and thi seyntis make ful out ioye. For Dauid, thi seruaunt; turne thou not awei the face of thi crist. The Lord swoor treuthe to Dauid, and he schal not make hym veyn; of the fruyt of thi wombe Y schal sette on thi seete. If thi sones schulen kepe my testament; and my wit|nessingis, these whiche Y schal teche hem. And the sones of hem tilOm. X. in to the world; thei schulen sette on thi seete. For the Lord chees Sion; he chees it in to dwell|ing to hym silf. This is my reste in to the world of world; Y schal dwelle here, for Y chees it. I blessynge schal blesse the widewe of it; Y schal fille with looues the pore men of it. I schal clothe with heelthe the preestis therof; and the hooli men therof schulen make ful out ioye inin the C. fulful out ceteri. reioisingeioiyng CDEGHKLMOPQRSUVWXbi.. Thidir Y schal bringe forth the horn of Dauid; Y made redi a lanterne to my crist. I schal clothe hise enemyes with schame; but myn halewing schal floure out on hym.

 PSALM CXXXII. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and two and thrittithe salmOm. AS.. The song of grecisgrecis, to Dauith himself. CDFGHIKMQRSVWXbi. grecis, of Dauith. EL. grecis, spekinge of the vnite of the puple of Israel, to gidere bi charite vndir oo king, and vndir the feith of oo God. K. grecis, to Dauith. OP..

Lo! hou good and hou myrie it is; that britheren dwelle togidere. As oynement in the heed; that goith doun in to the beerd, in to the beerd of Aaron. That goith doun in to the coler of his cloth; as the dew of Ermon, that goith doun in to the hil of Sion. For there the Lord sente blessing; and lijf tilOm. V. in to the worldworld, that is, withouten end. V..

 PSALM CXXXIII. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and thre and thrittithe salmOm. A.. The song of grecesNo title in U..

Lo! now blesse ȝe the Lord; alle the seruauntis of the Lord. Ȝe that stonden in the hous of the Lord; in the hallisforȝerdis ceteri. of `the hous ofOm. S. oure God. In nyȝtis reise ȝoure hondis in to hooli thingis; and blesse ȝe the Lord. The Lord blesse thee fro Syon; whichthe which I. Lord made heuene and erthe.

 PSALM CXXXIV. The title of the hundrid and foure and thrittithe salmOm. DQ.. AlleluyaAlleluya, that is, herie ȝe God. KV. In A is no title, but only cxxxiiii..

Herie ȝe the name of the Lord; ȝe ser|uauntis of the Lord, herie ȝe. Ȝe that stonden in the hous of the Lord; in the hallisforȝerdis ceteri. of `the hous ofOm. S. oure God. Herie ȝe the Lord, for the Lord is good; singe ȝe to his name, for it is swete. For the Lord chees Jacob to him silf; Israel in to possessioun to him silf. For Y haue knowe, that the Lord is greet; and oure God bifore alle goddis. The Lord made alle thingis, what euere thingis he wolde, in heuene and in erthe; in the see, and in alle depthis of watris. He ledde out cloudis fro the ferthestferrest A. part of erthe; and made leitis in to reyn. Which bringith forth wyndis fro hise tresours; which killide the firste gendridgotun I. thingis of Egipt, fro man `til tovn to I. beeste. He sente out signes and grete wondris, in the myddil of thee, thou Egipt; in to Farao and in to alle hise seruauntis. Which smoot many folkis; and killide stronge kingis. Seon, the king of Ammorreis, and Og, the king of Basan; and alle the rewmes of Chanaan. And he ȝaf the lond ofto C. hem eritage; eritageto be heritage I. Om. R. to Israel, his puple. Lord, thi name isOm. ceteri. with outen ende; Lord, thi me|morialmemorial, or mynde I. be ininto S. generacioun and in to generacioun. For the Lord schal deme his puple; and he schal be preied in hise seruauntis. The symulacris of hethene men ben siluer and gold; the werkis of the hondis of men. ThoTho ymagis I. han a mouth, and schulen not speke; tho han iȝen, and schulen not se. Tho han eeris, and schulen not here; for `nether spirit isther is no spirit I. in the mouth of thohem I.. Thei that maken tho, be maad lijk thohem I.; and alle that tristen in thohem I.. The hous of Israel, blesse ȝe theto the K sec. m. Lord; the hous of Aaron, blesse ȝe theto the K. Lord. The hous of Leuy, blesse ȝe theto the K sec. m. O. Lord; ȝe that dreden the Lord, `blesse ȝeblesse A pr. m. CDL sec. m. PRUXbi. blesseth I. theto the K sec. m. Lord. Blessid be the Lord of Syon; that dwellith in Jerusalem.

 PSALM CXXXV.The title of the hundrid and fyue and thrittithe salm. AlleluyaAlleluya. This salm, as that that goith bifore, is a stiring to herie God, for he is good. K. In A is no title, but only cxxxv..

Knouleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good, for his merci is withouten ende. Knouleche ȝe to theOm. ceteri. God of goddisthat is, of hooli aungelis V marg.. Knouleche ȝe to the Lord of lordis. Which aloone makith grete merueils. Which made heuenes bi vndurstondyng. Which made stidefast erthe on watris. Which made grete liȝtis. The sunne in to the power of the dai. The moone and sterristhe sterris HIKSX. in to theOm. I. power of theOm. DEFHKLM pr. m. i. niȝt. Which smoot Egipt with the firste gendrid thingis of hem. Which ledde out Israel fro the myddilmyddis I. of hem. In a miȝti hond and in an hiȝ arm. Whiche departide the reed see in to departyngis. And ledde out Israel thoruȝ the myddilmyddis ceteri. therof. And he `caste a downschook awei CDEF pr. m. GHKLMOPQRSUVWXbi. Farao and his pouervertu CDEF pr. m. GHKLMOPQRSUVWXbi. in the reed see. Which ledde ouer his puple thoruȝ desert. Which smoot grete kingis. And killide strong kingis. Seon, the king of Amorreis. And Og, the king of Baasan. And he ȝaf the lond of hem eritageto be heritage I.. Eritage to Israel, his seruaunt. For in oure lownesse he hadde mynde on vs. And he aȝenbouȝte vs fro oure enemyes. Which ȝyueth metemetis A pr. m. to ech fleisch. Knou|leche ȝe to Godthe God A pr. m. of heuene. Knouleche ȝe to the Lord of lordis; for his merci is with outen ende.

 PSALM CXXXVI.The hundrid and sixe and thrittithe salmThe cxxxvi. A. The titil of the hundrid and xxxvi. salm. DEFL. This salm hath no tijtle, neither [in] Ebreu ne in Jerom; it spekith of destruccioun of the temple, and of the caitiftee of Babiloyne. I. The hundrid and sixe and thrittithe salm hath no title, and it spekith of the de|struccioun of the temple, and of the caitiftee of Babiloyne. K. The cxxxvi. salm hath no tytle; it spekith of the destruccioun of Jerusalem. V. The hundrid and xxxvi. salm hath no title, nethir in Ebreu nether in Jerom. U..

On the floodis of Babiloyne there we saten, and wepten; while we bithouȝten on Syon. In salewis in the myddilmyddis S. therof; we hangiden vp oure orguns. For thei that ledden vs prisoners; axiden vs there the wordis of songis. And thei that ledden awei vs seiden; Synge ȝe to vs an ympne of the songis of Syon. Hou schulen we singe a songe of the Lord; in an alien lond? If Y forȝete thee, Jerusalem; my riȝt hond be ȝouun to forȝeting. Mi tunge cleue to my chekis; if Y bithenke not on thee. If Y purposide not of thee, Jeru|salem; in the bigynnyng of my gladnesse. Lord, haue thou mynde on the sones of Edom; for the dai of Jerusalem. Whiche seien, Anyntische ȝe, anyntische ȝe; `til tovn to I. the foundement ther ynne. Thou wretchid douȝter of Babiloyne; he is blessid, that `schal ȝeldeȝeldith I. to thee thithe L. ȝelding, which thou ȝeldidist to vs. He is blessid, that schal holde; and hurtle doun hise litle children at athe I. stoon.

 PSALM CXXXVII.The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and seuene and thrittithe salm. `To Dauith him silfOm. A. To Dauith him silf, the doing of thankinges of Dauith, after delyueraunce of the persecucion of Saul. K. To Dauyth. S. To Dauith him self, doinge thankingis. V..

Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; for thou herdist the wordis of my mouth. Mi God, Y schal singe to thee in the siȝt of aungels; Y schal wor|schipe toat I. thin hooli temple, and Y schal knouleche to thithin hooly I. name. On thi merci and thi treuthe; for thou hast magnefied thin hooli name aboue al thing. In what euere dai Y schal inwardli clepe thee, here thou me; thou schalt multipli vertu in my soule. Lord, alle the kingis of erthe knouleche to thee; for thei herden alle the wordis of thi mouth. And singe thei in the weies of the Lord; for the glorie of the Lord is greet. For the Lord is hiȝ, and biholdith meke thingis; and knowith afer hiȝ thingis. If Y schal go inin to X. the myddilmyddis ceteri. of tribulacioun, thou schalt quikene me; and thou stretchidiststrecchist S. forth thin hond on the ire of myn enemyes, and thi riȝt hond made me saaf. The Lord schal ȝelde for me, Lord, thi merci isschal be I. with outen ende; dispise thou not the werkis of thin hondis.

 PSALM CXXXVIII.The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and eiȝte and thrittithe salmOm. A.. `To victorie, the salm of DauithOm. AL. To victorie, the s. of D. This is a stiring to the knowleching of Goddis herijng, thuruȝ biholding of his excellence. K..

Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me; thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising aȝen. Thou hast vndir|stonde my thouȝtis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde. And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge. Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the lastenewe I. thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me. Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it. Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face? If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun toin to I. helle, thou artart there I. present. If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see. And sotheli thider thin hondriȝthond S. schal leede me forth; and thi riȝt hond schal holde me. And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyȝt is my liȝtnyng in my delicis. For whi derk|nessis schulen not be maad derk fro thee, aud the niȝt schal be liȝtned as the dai; as the derknessis therof, so and the liȝt therof. For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokisttakeste R. me vp fro the wombe of my modir. I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schalOm. i. knou|lecheknowe CDEFGKLOPQ RSUVWXbi. ful miche. Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe. Thin iȝen siensawȝen I passim. myn vnperfit thing, and alle men schulen be writun in thi bookbook, that is, in thi kunnyng I.; daies schulen be formed, and no man isOm. I. in tho. Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche. I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboueaboue the C. grauel; Y roos vp, and ȝit Y am with thee. For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ȝe men|quelleris, boweboweth I. awei fro me. For ȝethei I. seien in thouȝt; Take thei her citees in vanite. Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatidenhaten CDEFGLMOPQRSUVWb. thee; and Y failidefailide, that is, mournyde gretly IKV. on thin enemyes? Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me. God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thouOm. I. my pathis. AndOm. AIU. se thou, if weiethe weie ceteri præter IU. of wickid|nesse isther is I. in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge weiliyf CDEFGHIKLMOSVXbi..

 PSALM CXXXIX. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and nyne and thrittithe `salm. To victorie, the salm ofOm. A. DauithOm. A. Dauith the king, axing to be delyuerid bi God of persecucion, whanne he was purswed of Saul. K. Dauith, to be delyuerid fro persecucioun of Saul. V. Dauith, the kyng. i..

Lord, delyuere thou me fro an yuel man; delyuere thou me fro a wickid man. Whiche thouȝten wickidnesseswickidnesse S. in theOm. I. herte; al dai thei ordeynedenordeyne C. batels. Thei scharpiden her tungis as serpentis; the venym of snakis vndirwas vndir I. is vndir K. the lippis of hem. Lord, kepe thou me fro the hond of the synnere; and delyuere thou me fro wickid men. Which thouȝten to disseyue my go|yngis; proude men hidden a snare to me. And thei leiden forth cordis in to a snare; thei settiden sclaundir to me bisidis the weie. I seide to the Lord, Thou art mi God; Lord, here thou the vois of my bi|seching. Lord, Lord, the vertu of myn heelthe; thou madist schadowe on myn heed in the dai of batel. Lord, bitake thou not me fro my desire to the synnere; thei thouȝten aȝens me, forsake thou not me, lest perauenture thei ben enhaunsid. The heed of the cumpas of hem; the trauel of her lippis schal hile hem. Colis schulen falle on hem, thou schalt caste hem doun in to fier; in wretchidnessis thei schulen not stonde. A man athat is a I. greet ianglere schal not be dressid in erthe; yuels schulen take an vniust man in perisching. I haue knowe, that the Lord schal make dom of athe I. nedi man; and the veniaunce of pore men. Netheles iust men schulen knou|leche to thi name; and riȝtful men schulen dwelle with thi cheer.

 PSALM CXL. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and fourtithe salm. `The salmOm. AL. `of DauithOm. A. of Dauith, preiyng to the Lord, that he shulde falle no more into the synne of tonge. K. of Dauith, feelinge synne of his tunge. V. of Dauith, the kyng. i..

Lord, Y criede to thee, here thou me; ȝyue thou tent to my vois, whanne Y schal crye to thee. Mi preier be dressid as encense in thi siȝt; the reisyngreisyng vp I. of myn hondis be as the euentid sacrifice. Lord, sette thou a keping to my mouth; and a dore of stonding aboute to my lippis. Bowe thou not myn herte in to wordis of malice; to excuse excusingis in synne. With men worchinge wickidnesse; and Y schal not comyne with the chosun men of hem. A iust man schal repreue me in mersi, andand he I. schal blame me; but the oile of a synner make not fat myn heed. For whi and ȝit my preier is in the wel plesaunt thingis of hem; for the domesmen of hem ioyned to the stoon weren sopun vp. Here thei my wordis, for thothei C. weren myȝti. As fatnesse isof the erthe is A sec. m. of erthe is M sec. m. S. brokun out on the erthe; oure bonys ben scatered niȝ helle. Lord, Lord, for myn iȝen ben to thee, Y hopide in thee; take thou not awei my soule. Kepe thou me fro the snare which thei ordeyneden to me; and fro the sclaundris of hem that worchen wickidnesse. Syn|neris schulen falle in the nett therof; Y am aloonesyngulerly CDEFGHKLMO PQRSWbi. aloone bi my self I. syngulerli, ether aloone bi my silf UV. synguler X. til Y passe.

 PSALM CXLI. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and oon and fourtithe salmOm. A.. The lernyng of Da|uidDauithes K.; `his preierOm. CFV., `whanne he was in the denneOm. ELP..

With my vois Y criede to the Lord; with my vois Y preiede hertli to the Lord. I schede out my preier in his siȝt; and Y pronounce my tribulacioun bifor him. While my spirit failith of me; and thou hast knowe my pathis. In this weie in which Y ȝede; proude men hidden a snare to me. I bihelde to the riȝt side, and Y siȝ; and noon wasther was S. that knew me. Fliȝt perischide fro me; and noon isther is I. that sekith my soule. Lord, Y criede to thee, Y seide, Thou art myn hope; my part in the lond of lyueris. Ȝyue thou tent to my biseching; for Y am maad low ful greetli. Delyuere thou me fro hem that pursuen me; for thei ben coumfortid on me. Lede my soule out of keping to knouleche to thi name; iust men abiden me, til thou ȝelde to me.

 PSALM CXLII. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and two and fourtithe salm. The salmOm. ELP. of DauidDauith, whanne Absolon, his sone, purswede him, as a doctour tellith, for the lettre accordith wel therto. K. Dauith, whanne Absolon, his sone, pursuede him. V..

Lord, here thou my preier, with eeris perseyue thou my biseching; in thi treuthe here thou me, in thi riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse ceteri.. AndBut I. entre thou not in to dom with thi ser|uaunt; for ech man lyuynge schal not be maad iust in thi siȝt. For the enemy pursuede my soule; he made lowe my lijf in erthe. He hath set me in derk placis, as the deed men of the world, and my spirit was angwischid on me; myn herte was disturblid in me. I was myndeful of elde daies, Y bithouȝte in alle thi werkis; Y bithouȝte in the dedis of thin hondis. I helde forth myn hondis to thee; my soule as erthe with out water to thee. Lord, here thou me swiftli; my spirit failide. Turne thou not a wei thi face fro me; and Y schal be lijk toOm. I. hem that gon doun in to theOm. CDFHMPRUW. lake. Make thou erli thi merci herd to me; for Y hopide in thee. Make thou knowun to me the weie in which Y schal go; for Y reiside my soule to thee. Delyuere thou me fro myn enemyes, Lord, Y fledde to thee; teche thou me to do thi wille, for thou art my God. Thi good spirit schal lede me forth in to a riȝtful lond; Lord, for thi name thou schalt quikene me in thin equite. Thou schalt lede my soule out of tribu|lacioun; and in thi merci thou schalt scatere alleOm. I. myn enemyes. And thou schalt leesefordo I. alle them, that troublen my soule; for Y am thi seruaunt.

 PSALM CXLIII. The title of the hundrid and thre and fourtithe salmOm. E.. `A salmOm. EGLMOP. The salm of Dauid. F. The salm, whanne he stod aȝens Golie in bateil, bi stiring of the Holi Goost. K. A salm of Dauith. S. A salm, whanne he stod aȝenus Golie. V. In A is no title but only, C and xliij..

Blessid be mythe V. Lord God, that techith myn hondis to werrebatel A. do werre M.; and my fyngris to batel. Mi merci, and my refuyt; my takere vp, and my delyuerer. Mi defender, and Y hopide in him; and thou makist suget my puple vnder me. Lord, what is a man, for thou hast maad knowun to him; ether the sone of man, for thou aret|tist him ofto I. sum valu? A man is maad lijk vanyte; hise daies passen as schadow. Lord, bowe doun thin heuenes, and come thou doun; toucheand touche C. thou hillis, andOm. S. theitho I. schulen make smoke. Leite thou schyn|yng, and thou schalt scatere hem; sende thou out thin arowis, and thou schalt dis|turble hem. Sende out thin hond fro an hiȝ, rauyscheand rauishe S. thouOm. I. me out, and delyuere thou me fro many watris; and fro the hond of alien sones. The mouth of whichwhom I. spak vanite; and the riȝthond of hem is the riȝt hond of wickidnesse. God, Y schal synge to thee a new song; I schal seie salma salm S. to theeOm. I. in a sautre of ten stringis. Which ȝyuest heelthe to kingis; which aȝen bouȝtist Dauid, thi seruaunt, fro the wickid swerd rauische thou out me. And delyuere thouout C. me fro `the hond ofOm. V. alien sones; the mouth of whichewhom I. spakhath spoke I. vanyte, and the riȝthond of hem is the riȝt hond of wickid|nesse. Whose sones ben; as new plaunt|ingis in her ȝongthe. The douȝtris of hem ben arayed; ourned about as the licnesse of thea I. temple. The selers of hem ben fulle; bringinge out fro thisone S. vessel in to thatanothir S.. The scheep of hem ben with lambreeene CFGHIMOPQRVXbi. yn D. ene EL. ȝeeene K. ȝeene SU. ȝene W., plen|teuouse in herthe S. goingis out; her kien ben fatte. `No falling of wal isTher is no falling of her wal I., nether pass|ing ouere; nether cry is in the stretis of hem. Thei seiden, `The puple is blessidhem a blessid puple I. The puple blessid S., that hathhan I. these thingis; blessidbut blessid I. is the puple, whos Lord is theOm. L. God of ithem I..

 PSALM CXLIV.The title of the hundrid and foure and fourtithe salm. `The ympne of DauithThe salm of Dauith. D. The ympne of Dauith, to the heerijng of God, with song ether ful out ioiyng. K. Alleluia. S. Om. ELP. In A is no title, but only cxliiij..

Mi God king, Y schal enhaunse thee; and Y schal blesse thi name in to the world, and in to the world ofof the CDFOPQRVW. world. Bi alle daies Y schal blesse thee; and Y schal herie thi name in to the world, and in to theOm. L. world of theOm. IKS. world. The Lord is greet, and worthi to be preisid ful myche; and noon ende isther is I. of his greetnesse. Gene|racioun and generacioun schal preise thi werkis; and thei schulen pronounsepronounse, ether telle fer C et ceteri. thi power. Thei schulen speke `the greet doyngthe [thi IL] magneficence, ether [or I] the greet doyng CDEFGHIMOPQRUVWXb. the magneficence, ether g. d. EO. the magneficence K. thi magnificence, ether thi grete worthinesse S. of the glorie of thin holynesse; and thei schulen telle thi merueils. And thei schulen seye the vertu of thi ferdful thingis; and thei schulen telle thi greet|nesse. Thei schulen bringe forth the mynde of the abundaunce of thi swet|nesse; and thei schulen telle with ful out ioiyng thi riȝtfulnesse. The Lord is a merciful doere, and merciful in wille; pa|ciente, and myche merciful. The Lord is swete in alle thingis; and hise merciful doyngis ben onaboue I. of K. alle hise werkis. Lord, alle thi werkis knouleche to thee; and thi seyntis blesse thee. Thei schulen seie the glorie of thi rewme; and thei schulen speke thi power. That thei make thi power knowun to the sones of men; and the glorie of the greetnessemagneficence CDEFGHIKLMOPQRSUVWXbi. of thi rewme. Thi rewme is the rewme of alle worldis; and thi lordschipe is in al generacioun and in to generacioun. The Lord is feith|ful in alle hise wordis; and hooli in alle hise werkis. The Lord liftith vp alle that fallen doun; andand he I. reisithreisith up K. alle men hurtlid doun. Lord, the iȝen of alle beestis hopen in thee; and thou ȝyuest theOm. C. mete of hem inin a plures. couenable tyme. Thou openest thin hond; and thou fillist ech beeste with blessing. The Lord is iust in alle hise weies; and hooli in alle hise werkis. The Lord is niȝ to alle that inwardli clepen him; toand to W. alle that inwardliOm. D. clepen him in treuthe. He schal do the wille of hem, that dreden him, and he schal here the biseching of hem; and he schal make hem saaf. The Lord kepith alle men louynge him; and he schal leesefordo I. alle syn|ners. Mi mouth schal speke the heriyng of the Lord; and ech man blesse his hooli name in to the world, and in to the world of world.

 PSALM CXLV.The `title of theOm. A. hundred and fyue and fourtithe `salm. AlleluyaOm. A. salm. Alleluya; for to stire men to triste not in men, but in God [oonli KO]. KORS. salm. Alleluya; triste in God oonly. V..

Mi soule, herie thou the Lord; Y schal herie the Lord in my lijf, Y schal synge to my God as longe as Y schal be. Nile ȝe triste in princis; nether in the sones of men, in whichewhom I. the whiche K. is noonno I. not K. helthe. The spirit of hymhem S. schal go out, and he schal turne aȝen in to his erthe; in that dai alle the thouȝtis of hem schulen perische. He is blessid, of whom the God of Jacob is histhe I. helpere, his hope is in his Lord God, that made heuene and erthe; the see, and alle thingis that ben in tho. Which kepith treuthe in to the world, makithhe makith I. dom to hem that suffren wrong; ȝyuethhe ȝyueth I. mete to hem that ben hungri. The Lord vnbynd|ith feterid men; the Lord liȝtneth blynde men. The Lord reisith men hurtlidhurlid I. doun; theand the C. Lord loueth iust men. The Lord kepith comelyngis, he schal take vp a modirles child, andand a ceteri. widewe; and he schal distrie the weies of synners. The Lord schal regne in to theOm. ceteri. worldis; Syon, thi God schal regne in generacioun and in to generacioun.

 PSALM CXLVI. The `title of theOm. A. hundrid and sixe and fourtithe salm. AlleluyaOm. A. Alleluya; to induce men to heerie God. KORS. Alleluya, that is, Herie ȝe God. V..

Herie ȝe the Lord, for the salm is good; heriyng be myrie, and fair to oure God. The Lord schal bilde Jerusalem; andand he I. schal gadere togidere the scateryngis of Israel. WhichThe which I. Lord makith hool men contrit in herte; and byndith togidere the sorewes of hem. Which noumbrith the multitude of sterris; and clepith names to alle tho. Oure Lord is greet, and his vertu is greet; and of his wisdom isther is I. no noumbre. The Lord takith vp mylde men; forsotheand I. he makith low synneris `til to thevn to I. to the S. erthe. Bifore synge ȝe to the Lord in knoulechyng; seye ȝe salm to oure God in an harpe. Which hilith heueneheuens S. with cloudis; and makith redi reyn to the erthe. Which bryngith forth hei in hillis; and eerbe to the seruice of men. Which ȝyueth mete to her werk beestis; and to the briddys of crowis clepingeynclepynge I. hym. He schal not haue wille inin to S. the strengthe of an hors; nether it schal be wel plesaunt to hym in the leggis of a man. It is wel plesaunt to the Lord on men that dreden hym; and in hem that hopen onin IL. his mercy.

 PSALM CXLVII.TheThe title of the FMORi. hundrid and seuene and fourtithe salmOm. A. salm; [this K] spekith of the gostli bilding of Jerusalem. KORS. salm hath no title in Ebreu. U salm hath no tytle. This salm spekith of goostli Jerusalem. V. In I. is no title, but only cxlvii..

Jerusalem, herie thou the Lord; Syon, herie thou thi God. For he hath coum|fortid the lockis of thi ȝatis; he hath blessid thi sones in thee. Which hath set thi coostis pees; and fillith thee with theOm. CI. fatnesse of wheete. Which sendith out his speche to the erthe; his word renneth swiftli. Which ȝyueth snow as wolle; spredithhe spredith I. abrood a cloude as aische. He sendith his cristal as mussels; who schalschal mowe I. suffre bifore the face of his cooldnesse? He schal sende out his word, and schal melte tho; his spirit schal blowe, and watris schulen flowe. Which tellith his word to Jacob; and hise riȝtfulnessis and domes to Israel. He dide not so to ech nacioun; and he schewide not hise domes to hem.

 PSALM CXLVIII. The `title of theOm. AX. hundrid and eiȝte and fourtithe salm. AlleluyaOm. AORX. Alleluya; [this K] exciteth [alle K] men fulli to herie God. KORS. Alleluya; of the firste comyng of Crist. V..

Ȝe of heuenes, herieherieth I. the Lord; herie ȝe hym in hiȝe thingis. Alle hise aungels, herie ȝe hym; alle hise vertues, herye ȝe hym. Sunne and moone, herie ȝe hym; alle sterris and liȝt, herie ȝe hym. Heuenes of heuenes, herie ȝe hym; and the watris that ben aboue heuenesheuene K., herie ȝethei K. the name of the Lord. For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouȝt. He ordeyn|ede tho thingis in to the world, and in to the world of world; he settide a co|maundement, and it schal not passe. Ȝe ofof the G. erthe, herieherieth I. ȝeOm. CDEFGHILOPQRSVXi. the Lord; dragouns, and alle depthis of watris. Fier, hail, snow, iys, spiritis of tempestis; that don his word. Mounteyns, and alle litle hillis; trees berynge fruyt, and alle cedris. Wielde beestis, and alle tame beestis; serpentis, and fetherid briddis. The kingis of erthe, and alle puplis; the princis, and alle iugis of erthe. Ȝonge men, and virgyns, elde men with ȝongere, herie ȝeOm. GIU. the name of the Lord; for the name of hym aloone is enhaunsid. His knouleching be on heuene and erthe; and he hath enhaunsid the horn of his puple. An ympne be to alle hise seyntis; to the children of Israel, to a puple neiȝynge to hym.

 PSALM CXLIX.The `title of theOm. O. hundrid and nyne and fourtithe salm. AlleluyaAlleluya; is the herijng of God for parfite victorie. KORS. Alleluya; in secunde comyng of Crist. V..

Synge ȝe to the Lord a newe song; hise heriyng be in the chirche of seyntis. Is|rael be glad in hym that made hym; and the douȝtris of Syon make ful out ioye in her king. Herie thei his name in a queer; seie thei salm to hym in a tympan, andand in a I. sautre. For the Lord is wel plesid in his puple; and he hath reisid mylde men in to heelthe. Seyntis schulen make ful out ioye in glorie; thei schulen be glad in her beddis. The ful out ioiyngis of God in the throte of hem; and swerdis scharp onin C sup. ras. EFGIOPQRSUVW. `ech sidebothe sides K. in the hondis of hem. To do ven|iaunce in naciouns; blamyngisand blamyngis I. in puplis. To bynde the kyngis of hem in stockis; and the noble men of hem in yrun mana|clis. That thei make in hem doom writun; this is gloryethe glorie K. to alle hise seyntis.

 PSALM CL. The title of the hundrid and fiftithe salm. AlleluyaOm. A. Alleluya; is the conclusion of alle salmes. KORS. Alleluya. This salm is the conclusioun of al the book of salmes. V..

Herie ȝeOm. O. the Lord in hise seyntis; herie ȝe hym in the firmament of his vertu. Herie ȝe hym in hise vertues; herieherieth I. ȝeOm. I. hym biaftir I. the multitude of his greetnesse. Herie ȝe hym in the soun ofof a IK. trumpe; herie ȝe hym in a sautre and harpe. Herie ȝe hym in a tympane andand in I. queer; herie ȝe hym in strengis and orgun. Herie ȝe hym in cymbalis sownynge wel, herye ȝe hym in cymbalis of iubilacioun; ech spirit, herye the Lord.

 Here endith the Sautere; and here bi|gynneth the Prouerbis of SalomonHere endith the Sauter, and here biginnen [bigynneth U] Prouerbis [Parablis W] CFHQUW. Here endith the Sautere. D. Here endith the Sauter, and bigynneth a prolog on Prouerbis. G. Heere endith the Sauter of Dauid, the prophete. I. Here endeth the book of Salmes; blessed be the Holi Trinyte. Amen. Amen. K. Here endith the Sauter, but mo salmes suwen, than ben writen in the Sauter, whiche ben writen in dyuerse chapitles of the bible bifore and after, whiche it is no nede to writen hem twies; therfor we enden here, and here bigynneth a prologe vpon Prouerbis of Salomon. M. . . . . . and here bigynnen the Prouerbis of Salamon. N. Here endith the book of Salmes, and bigynneth the prolog on the book of Prouerbis, ethir Parablis, as it sueth aftir. O. Here endeth the Sauter, and bigynneth the prolog on the Prouerbis of Salomon. R. Here endith the Sauter, and bigynneth the book of Prouerbis. V. Here endith the Sauter, and bigynnen the Canticlis. i. No final rubric in P.. PROVERBS. [Prologue on the book of ProverbsThis prologue is from M..]

IN these Prouerbis of Salomon is contened myche prudence and vndurstonding, ȝouen to Salomon bi the Spirit of God, and acordinge in many places with the gospel of Crist. And as Crist techith in his gospel goostli wisdom oonli, so Salomon techith worldli warnesse, how a man owith to gouerne him prudentli in the world, and to be war of perels and mescheues, and to fle nedynesse, and to schewe bi his gouernaunce, that the prudence of God is with him, which is arettid as liȝt, and folie is arettid as derknesse.

 Here bigynnen the Prouerbis of Sa|lomonFrom EM. Here bygynnen the Prouerbis. G. Heere bigynnith the book of Prouerbis. I. Here biginnith the Prouerbis of Salomon. Pç. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel; to kunne wisdom and kunnyng; to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riȝtfulnesse, and dom, and equyte; that felnessefelnesse, or warnesse V.felnesse; to eschewe yuelis. Lire here C. be ȝouun to litle childrenchildren; that is, symple men. Lire here. C et alii., and kunnyng, and vndurstond|ing to a ȝong wexynge man. A wise man heringe schal be wiserethe wisere I.; and a man vn|durstondinge schal holde gouernails. He schal perseyue a parable, and expown|yngthe expownyng I.expownyng; that is, in se|inge the veri vndurstonding thereof. Lire here. C.; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem. TheOm. I. drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching. My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadirfadir; that is, God. and thi modir; that is, of hooli chirche. Lire here. C., and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir; that grace be addid, ethir en|creessidencreesse W., to thin heed, and a bieand a bie, etc.; bi eld tyme wise men weren wont to haue a goldun bie, in signe of wis|dom. Lire here. C. to thi necke. Mi sone, if synneris flateren thee, assente thou not to hem. If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to bloodschede blood I., hide we snaris of disseitis aȝens an innocent without cause; swolowe we him, as helle swolowith a man lyuynge; and al hool, as goynge doun in to a lake; we schulen fynde al preciouse catel, we schulen fille oure housis with spuylisrobries I.spuylis; that is, richessis rauyschid fro the innocentis hows. Lire here. C.; sendeputte I. thou lot with vs, o purs bebe ther I. of vs alle; my sone, go thou not with hem; forbede thi foot fro the pathis of hem. For the feet of hem rennen to yuel; and thei hasten to schede out blood. But a netnet; bi the net is signefied disseit of wick|id men, and this is set forth in veyn to wise men, that han iȝen to se yuel suynge, and ben wyngid bi vertu to eschewe it. Lire here. C. is leid in veynin veyn; ben disseitis or dis|seyuable wordis putte bifore vertuouse wise men. Ka. bifore the iȝenbifor the iȝen; that is, bifor briddis seinge scharpeli the peril, and eschewinge bi fliȝt. C. of briddis, that han wengis. Also `thilke wickid disseyueris settenthei setten I. that setten S. aspies aȝens her owne blood; and maken redi fraudisfraudis, or gijles I. aȝens her soulis. So the pathis of ech auerouse man rauyschenrauyschen or taken awey I.rauyschen, etc.; that is, alien thing to helle. Lire here. CNa. the soulis of hem that weldenthat is, wisdam K marg.. WisdomWisdom; that is, God, wisdom with out bigyn|nyng. prech|ith; bi profetis and techeris. in stretis; for thei that han hoolsum doc|tryn, techen in comyn places, as aȝenward thei that han yuel doctryn and suspect, techen in priuy places; for he that doith yuele, hatith liȝt, and he cometh not to the liȝt, lest hise werkis ben repreued, but he that doith truthe, cometh to the liȝt, that hise werkis be schewid, for tho ben doon in God, as Crist seith, in iij. co. of Joon. Lire here. C. prechith with outforth; in stretis it ȝyueth his vois. It crieth ofte in the heed of cumpenyes; in the leeues of ȝatis of the citee it bringith forth hise wordis, and seith, Hou long, ȝeOm. I. litle men in wit, louenlouen ȝe I. ȝong childhodchildhod; that is, wan|tonnesse. Lire here. CNVa., and foolis schulen coueyte tho thingis, that ben harmful to hem silf, andand hou longe I. vnprudent men schulen hate kun|nyng? Be ȝe conuertid at my repreu|yng; lo, Y schal profrebrynge ceteri. forth to ȝou my spirit, and Y schal schewe my wordis. For Y clepideY clepide; that is, bi wise men and pro|fetis. noon was, etc.; that is, fewe bihelden, in comparisoun of the multitude. Lire here. C., and ȝe forsoken; Y helde forth myn hond, and noon wasther was I. that bi|helde. Ȝe dispisidenhaue dispisid I. al my councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis. And Y schal leiȝe in ȝoure perisching; and Y schal scornebymowe NY. ȝou, whanne that, that ȝe dreden, cometh to ȝou. Whanne sodeyne wretch|idnesse fallith in, and perischingspillyng I. bifallith as tempest; whanne tribulacioun and an|gwisch comethcomen I. on ȝou. Thanne thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not hereschal nothere; for the tyme of merit is passid, as to deed men, ether for thei that synnen repenten not verily, that is, for the loue of good, but onely for drede, and hidousnesse of peyne. Lire here. C.; thei schulen rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me. ForFor cause that I. thei hatidenhadden I. techingteching in hate I., andand for I. thei token not theOm. I. drede of the Lord, nethernether thei I. assentiden to my councel, andand thei I. depraueden al myn amendyng. Ther|for thei schulen ete the fruytisete the fruytis, etc.; that is, schulen be pu|nyschid bi her yuele werkis. Lire here. CV. of her weie; and thei schulen be fillid with her counseils. The turnyng awei of litle men in wit schal sle hem; and the prosperite of foolis schal leesefordo I. hem. But he that herithwel herith I. mehe that her|ith me; that is, obeyeth to Goddis heestis. abundaunce; of goostli goodis, and of the hiȝeste good in blis. Lire here. C., schal reste with outen drede; and he schal vse abundaunce, whanne the drede of yuels is takun awei.

 CAP. II.

Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, and hidist myn heestisand hidist myn heestis; not in hidinge tho fro othere men, for siche owen to be comyned to neiȝboris, but in kepinge tho as a preciouse thing. thyn eere; that is, the eere of bodi and of soule. wisdom; is propirly knowing of dy|uyn thingis. and prudence; is knowing of manus thingis worthi to be doon. kunnyng; is of thingis to be biholdun in wit. Lire here. C. anentis thee; that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence. For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herteere I. to prudence; if thou sekist it as moneyas money; that is, with so greet enforsing, as an auarouse man sekith money, and as a mynour sek|ith gold hid. Lire here. C., and diggist it out as tresours; thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God. For the Lord ȝyueth wisdomȝyueth wisdom; to hem that desiren it. C.; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth. He schal kepe the heelthe of riȝt|ful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli. And he schal kepe the pathis of riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I., and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men. Thanne thou schalt vndirstonde riȝtfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good pathech good path; that is, hiȝ ver|tu, that ledith schortly to blis. Lire here. C.. If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kun|nyng plesith thi soule, good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weieyuel wey; that is, idola|trie. C., and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis. WhicheThe whiche I. forsaken a riȝtful weie, and goen bi derk weies; whichethe whiche I. ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis; whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame. That thou be delyuered fro an alien wommanan alien womman; that is, fro idolatrie, that makith alien fro God, ether fro a womman auou|tresse, as to the synne of fleisch. Lire here. C. that is, fro any womman that is leecherous, aȝenus the bid|ding of Goddis lawe. Lire here. K., and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis; and forsakith the duykduyk, or ledere I. of hir tyme of mariage, and hath forȝete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle. Alle that entren to hirAlle that en|tren to hir, etc.; that is, for we schulen turne aȝen to veri feith and onour of God. Lire here. C., schulen not turne aȝen, nethernether thei I. schulen catche the pathis of lijf. That thou go inin to A. a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men. Forsothe thei that ben riȝtful, schulen dwelle in the lond; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle ther ynne. But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey fro it.

 CAP. III.

Mi sone, forȝete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe my comaundementis. For thothei I. schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the ȝeeris of lijf, and pees. Merci and treuthe forsake thee notforsake thee not; that is, be not forsakun of thee, for whi vertues for|saken not a man, no but for he forsakith tho. good tech|ing; ether tem|peraunce and oneste in vtir|mere conuersa|cioun. Lire here. C.; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and writewrite hem I. in the tablis of thin herte. And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bi|fore God and men. Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and tristelene I. thou not to thi prudence. In alle thi weies thenke thouOm. I. on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis. Be thou not wijs anentis thi silfin thijn owne reputacioun. K.; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel. For whi helthe schal be in thi nawlein thi nawle; this is a figura|tif speche, for bi the helthe of the nawle, is vndurstondun good disposi|cioun of the soule in pro|sperites; and bi moisture of boonys, is vn|durstondun stidefastnesse in aduersites. Lire here. C., and moisting of thi boonys. Onoure thou the Lord of thi catel, and of the beste of alle thi fruytis ȝyue thou to pore men; and thi bernes schulen be fillid with abundaunce, and pressoursthi pressours I. schulen flowe with wiyn. My sone, caste thou not awei the teching of the Lord; and faile thou not, whanne thou art chas|tisid of him. For the Lord chastisith hym, whom he loueth; and as a fadir in the sone he plesith hym. Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and whichthat I. flowith with prudence. The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clennestethe clenneste I.. It is preciouseremore precious I. than alle richessis; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be comparisound to this. Lengthe of daies is in the riȝthalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof. The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible. It is a tre of lijfIt is a tre of liyf; as liyf was contynnued, bi the tre of liyf, and as man, dwellinge in the staat of in|nocence, schulde haue passid fro the liyf of kynde to the liyf of glorie, without deth goynge bitwixe, so wisdom and prudence leden a man fro the liyf of grace to the liyf of glo|rie, without deth of dedly synne goynge bitwixe, so that a man contynue in tho; therfor it sueth, and he that holdith it, is blessid; for certeynly he schal be led to blis. schal not snapere; in fallinge in to dedly synne. the Lord schal be at thi side; that if he nyle kepe thee fro temporal peyne, this schal be to thi good, that is to excercise of pacience, and to merit of glorie. Lire here. C. to hem that taken it; and he that holdith it, is blessid. The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi pru|dence. The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togi|dere biwith I. dewe. My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iȝen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel; and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal beOm. I. to thi chekis. Thanne thou schalt go tristili in thi weie; and thi foot schal not snapere. If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft. Drede thou not biof I. sudeyne feer, and the powers of wickid men fallynge in on thee. For the Lord schal be at thi side; and he schal kepe thi foot, that thou be not takun. Nil thou forbede to do wel him that mai; if thou maist, andalso I. do thou wel. Seie thou not to thi frend, GoAnd go thou N., and turne thouOm. N. aȝen, and to morewe Y schal ȝyue to thee; whanne thou maist ȝyue anoon. Ymagyne thou not yuel to thi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee. Stryue thou not aȝens a man with out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to thee. Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies. For ech disseyuerdisseyuere; that bihetith good with the mouth, that thenkith yuel in the herte. Lire here. C. is abhomynacioun ofto I. the Lord; and his speking is with simple men. Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in the hous of a wickid man; but the dwelling places of iust men schulen be blessidbe blessid; that is, schulen be multiplied in temporal goodis and goostli. Lire here. C.. He schal scorne scorneris; and he schal ȝyue grace to mylde men. Wise men schulen haue glorie; enhaunsing of foolis is schen|schipeMany Latyn bokis han thus, the ful out ioi|ynge of foolis is schenschipe, that is, ful of sclaundre ethir of schenschipe, for thei ben glad, whanne thei han do yuele, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis; nethe|les in Ebrew it is, enhaunsing of foolis is schenschipe; for thanne the filthe of her foli aperith more, as the filthe of the hyndrere partis of an ape aperith more, whanne he stieth an hiȝ; and oure Latyn translacioun semeth corupt bi writeris, for the licnesse of wordis. Lire here. C..

 CAP. IV.

Sones, here ȝe the teching of theȝoure I. fadirof the fadir; this may be vndurstondun of Dauyth, the fadir of Sala|mon; and of God, cheef fa|dir of alle; and this lettre may be vndurstond|un bothe of Salamon and of Crist. Lire here. C.; and perseiue ȝe, that ȝe kunne prudence. Y schal ȝyue to ȝou a good ȝifte; forsake ȝe not my lawe. For whi and Y waswas also I. the sone of my fadir, a tendir sone, and oon `gendride biforebigotun tofore I. my modir. And my fadir tauȝte me, and seide, Thin herte resseyue my wordis; kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue. Welde thou wisdom, welde thou prudence; forȝete thou not, ne|thir bowe thou awey fro the wordis of my mouth. Forsake thou not it, and it schal kepe thee; loue thou it, and it schal kepewarishe I. thee. The bigynnyng of wisdomThe bigyn|nyng of wis|dom; that is, to gete wisdom. welde thou wis|dom; that is, at the maner of possessioun cleue thou stidefastly to a wiys techere. welde thou wis|dom; that is, possessioun of wisdom in this liyf, is the bi|gynnyng to haue wisdom in heuenli cun|trey, which stondith in the cleer siȝt and knowing of God. and in al thi possessioun; that is, bifor al thing that may be getun in to thi possessioun. take thou it; that is, haaste thou to gete it. In Ebreu thus, the bigynnyng of wisdom, bie thou wisdom; that is, the bi|gynnyng to gete wisdom, is to bie to thee bi priys ether seruyce a wiys techere, which is seid here wisdom. and in al thi biyng, gete thou prudence; that is, bifor alle thingis that moun be bouȝt, ether moun be had of eny man in eny maner. Lire here. C., welde thou wisdom; and in al thi possessioun gete thou prudence. Take thou it, and it schal enhaunse thee; thou schalt be glori|fiedbe glorified; that is, thou schalt be onour|id bifor many men for it. Lire here. C. of it, whanne thou hast biclippid it. It schal ȝyue encresyngis of graces to thin heed; and a noble coroun schal defende thee. Mi sone, here thou, and take my wordis; that the ȝeris of lijf be multiplied to thee. Y schal schewe to thee the weie of wisdom; and Y schal lede thee bi the pathis of equyte. In to whichethe whiche I. whanne thou hast entrid, thi goyngis schulen not be maad streit; and thou schalt rennen, and schalt not haue hirtyng. Holde thou techingdisciplyne or teching I., and forsake it not; kepe thou it, for it is thi lijf. Delite thou not in the pathis of wyckid men; and the weie of yuele men plese not thee. Fle thou fro it, and passe thou not therbi; bowe thou awei, and forsake it. For thei slepen not, `no butbut if I. thei han do yuele; andneither A sec. m. sleep is rauyschidtake awey I. fro hem, noOm. A sec. m. but theiif thei I. han dis|seyueddisseyued; symple men. Lire here. CKN.. Thei eten the breed of vnpite, andand thei I. drinken the wyn of wickidnesseof wickid|nesse; that is, getun bi wick|idnesse. Lire here. C.. But the path of iust men goith forth as liȝt schynynge, and encreessithand encreess|ith, etc.; in go|ynge forth fro vertu in to vertu, til God be seyen in Syon. tho ben liyf; that is, ben cause of liyf of grace, and maken good disposicioun of bodi to hem that kepen tho. Lire here. C. til to per|fit dai. The weie of wickid men is derk; thei witen not where thei schulen falle. Mi sone, herkene thou my wordis; and bowe doun thin eeris to my spechis. Go not thothei I. awei fro thyn iȝen; kepe thou hemtho CVW. Om. FHU. in the myddil of thin herte. For thotho wordis I. ben lijf to men fyndynge thoohem I., andand thei ben I. heelthe `of al fleischto ech man I.. With al kep|ingwarde I. kepe thin herte, for lijf cometh forth of it. Remoue thouOm. I. a schrewid mouth fro thee; and backbitynge lippis be fer fro thee. Thin iȝen se riȝtful thingis; and thin iȝeliddis go bifore thi steppis. Dresse thou pathis to thi feetto thi feet; that is, to thyn affecciouns. Lire here. CK Na., and alle thi weies schu|len be stablischid. Bowe thou not to the riȝtsideBowe thou not to the riȝt side, etc.; that is, be thou not drawun fro the weye of riȝtful|nesse [riȝtwis|nesse K] bi prosperites, nether [or faire K] biheestis, nether be thou brokun bi ad|uersites, nether manaasis. Lire here. CK., nether to the leftside; turne awei thi foot fro yuel. For the LordFor the Lord, etc.; al this til to the ende of the chapitre, is not of the text, for it is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. knowith the weies that ben at the riȝt|side; but the weies ben weiward, that ben at the leftside. Forsothe he schal make thi goyngis riȝtful; and thi weies schulen be brouȝt forth in pees.

 CAP. V.

Mi sone, perseyue thou my wisdom, and bowe doun thin eere to my prudence; that thou kepe thi thouȝtis, and thi lippis kepe teching. Ȝyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman; for the lippis of an hooreof an hoore; summe Ebreys, as Rabi Sala|mon, expownen this of idolatrie, signefied bi an hoore. Lire here. C. ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile; but the last thingis ben bittir as wormod, and hir tunge is scharp as a swerd keruynge on ech side. Hir feet gon doun in to deeth; and hir steppis persen to hellis. Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vn|certeyn, and moun not be souȝt out. Now therfor, my sone, here thou me, and gogo thou I. not awei fro the wordis of my mouth. Make fer thi weie fro hir, and neiȝe thou not to the doris of hir hous. Ȝyue thou not thin onour to aliensthat is, to ribaudis and enemyes of Goddis lawe. K., and thi ȝeeris to the cruel; lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alienaliens AI. hous; and thou biweilewithouten fruyȝt, as dampned men doon aftir deeth. Sap. vto. K. in the laste daies, whanne thou hast wastid thi fleschisfleish I., and thi bodi; and thouOm. I. seie, WhiThanne whi I. wlatide Y teching, and myn herte assentide not to blamyngis; nether Y herde the voys of men techinge me, and Y bowide not doun myn eere to maistris? Almest Y was in al yuel, in the myddis of the chirche, and of the syna|goge. Drinke thou watirDrynke thou water; that is, if thou maist not, ether nylt lyue chast, vse thi wiyf. Lire here. C. vse thou with drede thin owne wijf, kepe hire fro othere, bring|inge forth chil|dren in ver|tuous loue. K. of thi cisternebi water of cisterne; is sig|nefied the watir of helthe and of wisdom, that cometh forth of hooly scripture. A man owith to departe this wisdom in stretis, that is comyn places; also he alone owith to haue this watir of wisdom, not excludinge othere feithful men and good dissiplis, but scorneris and vnfeithful men. C., and the floodis of thi pit. Thi wellis be stremed forththi wellis be stremed forth; that is, children be gendrid of thee in matry|monye. Lire here. C. and departe thi watris, etc.; that is, ȝyue thou to mariage thi children comun to age. Lire here. C.; and departe thi watris in stretis. Haue thou aloone `tho watrishem I.; and aliens be not thi parcenerisaliens be not thi parceneris; that is, kepe so thi wiyf, that children borun of hir be thyne, and that aliens be not parce|neris in thi wiyf, nether in children. Lire here. C.. Thi veynethi veyne; that is, the children borun of veri matry|monye. C. be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi ȝongOm. I. wexynge agewith a wom|man of thi ȝong wexinge age; that is, with Goddis lawe ȝouun to the puple of Israel in the ȝouthe therof. C.. An hynde moost dereworthean hynde most dere|worthe; is Goddis lawe. an hert calf most accepta|ble; is a studi|ous dissiple in Goddis lawe; ether bi an hynde is vndur|stonde a feith|ful spousesse. an hert calf; that is, a feith|ful spouse, ether hosebonde. Lire here. C.; and an hert calf moost acceptable. Hir teetis fille thee in al tyme; and delite thou contynueli in the loue of hirin the loue of hir; that is, in hir felouschipe in ȝongthe and eelde. Lire here. C.. Mi sone, whi art thou disseyued of an alien womman; and art fostrid in the bosum of an othere? The Lord seeth the weie of a man; andand he I. bi|holdith alle hise steppis. The wickid|nessis of a wyckid man taken hym; and he is boundun with the roopis of hise synnes. He schal die, for he hadde not lernynglernyng ether chastising CEFGKMNPQRSUVYaç. discipline or chas|tising I.; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli.

 CAP. VI.

Mi sone, if thou hast bihiȝt for thi freend; thou hast fastned thin hoond at a straunger. Thou art boundun bi the wordis of thi mouth; and thou art takun with thin owne wordisspechis I.. Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallunfeld CHNUV. in to the hond of thi neiȝbore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi freend; ȝyue thou not sleep to thin iȝen, nether thin iȝeliddis nappe. Be thou rauyschidBe thou ra|uyschid; that is, swiftli; fro the hond of him, to whom thou hast bounde thee. Lire here. C. as a doo fro the hond; and as a bridde frofor R. aspiyngisspiyngis Mç. of the foulere. OA plures.! thou slowe man, go to the `amte, ether pissemyreamte, ethir spisse|mire NQUW. amte H. amte, ether the spissemire S. pismire, ether ampte Y.; and biholde thou hise weies, and lerne thou wisdom. WhichThe which emte I. whannethouȝ I. he hathhaue I. no duyk, nethir co|maundour, netherne I. prince; makith redi in somer mete to hym silf, and gaderith togidere in heruest that, that he schal ete. Hou long schalt thou, slow man, slepe? whanne schalt thou rise fro thi sleep? A litil thou schalt slepe, a litil thou schalt nappe; a litil thou schalt ioyne togidere thin hondis, that thou slepe. AndAnd thanne I. nedynesse, as a weigoereas a wei|goere; that is, sone and su|deynli; armed so that thou maist not de|fende thee aȝens it. Lire here. C., schal come to thee; and pouert, as an armed man. For|sothe if thou art not slow, thi ripe corn schal come as a welle; and nedynesse schal fle fer fro thee. A man apostataapostata; that is, brekere of religioun, is maad a man vnprofitable, etc. CKNW., ais a I. man vnprofitable, he goith with a weiward mouth; he bekeneth with iȝenbekeneth with iȝen; schew|inge to wym|men signes of leccherie. C., he tramp|ith with the foot, he spekith with the fyngurwith the fyn|gur; that is, with pride. Lire here. CKN., biwith I. schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and in al tyme he sowith dissen|ciouns. His perdicioun schal come to hym anoon, and he schal be brokun sodeynli; and he schal no more haue medecynno more haue medicyn; for aftir deth is no place to fruyt|ful penaunce. Lire here. C.. Sixe thingis benther ben I., whyche the Lord hatith; and hise soule cursith the seuenthe thing. Hiȝe iȝenhiȝe iȝen; that is, opyn signes of pride. Lire here. CKN., a tunge lierea tunge liere; that is, customable to dedly leesing. Lire here. C., hondis sched|inge out innocent blood, an herte ymagyn|ynge worsteful wickid I. thouȝtis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel, a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith dis|cordisdiscord I. among britheren. Mi sone, kepe the comaundementis of thi fadirof thi fadir; that is God. modir; that is, hooli scrip|ture, ethir hooli chirche. to thi throte; that is, in hold|inge tho in mynde stide|fastli, and in spekinge of tho. whanne thou slepist, etc.; for in slepinge in the mynde of tho, thou slepist in the Lord, and in his proteccioun. weie of liyf; that is, to hem that synnen bi ignoraunce ether freelte. a straunge womman; that is, a uoutresse, that makith hir straunge fro hir hosebonde. Lire here. C.; and for|sake not the lawe of thi modir. Bynde thou tho continueli in thin herte; and cum|passe `to thi throtewith hem I.. Whanne thou goist, go thothei I. with thee; whanne thou slepist, kepe thothei I. thee; and thou wakynge speke with thohem I.. For the comaundement of God is a lanterne, and the lawe is liȝt, and the blamyng of techyngdisciplyne I. is the weie of lijf; `that the comaundementisthat thei I. that, that is, the comaundmentis. Lire here. N sec. m. kepe thee fro an yuel womman, and fro a flaterynge tunge of a straunge womman. Thin herte coueite not the fairnesse of hir; nether be thou takun bi the signesbeckis I. of hir. For the prijs of an hoore is vnnethe ofthe value of I. o loofo loof; in Ebreu it is, is vnnethe a gobet of breed. preciouse soule; the soule of man is seid preciouse, for it is maad to the ymage of God, and is or|deyned to blis aboue kynde; but a womman as a sustir of the deuel tak|ith it to auou|trie and damp|nacioun. Lire here. C.; butforsothe I. a womman takithtakith awey I. the preciouse soule of a man. WhetherWher ceteri passim. a man mai hide fier in his bosum, that hise clothis brenne not; ethir go on colis, and hise feet be not brent? SoRiȝt so I. he that entrith to the wijf of his neiȝbore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir. ItAnd it A. is notno FS pr. m. greet synnenot greet synne, etc.; that is, thefte in comparisoun of auoutrie. Lire here. CK. sec. m., whanne a man stelith; for he stelith to fille an hungri soule. And he takun schal ȝelde the seuenthe fold; and he schal ȝyue al the catel of his hous, and schal delyuere hym silf. But he that is avouter; schal leese his soule, for theOm. I. po|uert of hertepouert of herte; that is, [wanting K] of resoun. CK.. He gaderith filthe, and sclaundrithsclaundre Wç. toOm. C. hym silf; and his schen|schip schal not be don aweischal not be doon awey; for the peyne of helle is with|outen ende. Lire here. C.. For the feruent loue and strong veniaunce of the manthe man; that is, God. C et alii. that is, Crist. I. schal not spare in the dai of ven|iaunce, nether schal assente to the preieris of ony; nether schalhe schal I. take fulOm. I. many ȝiftis for raunsum.

 CAP. VII.

Mi sone, kepe thou my wordismy wordis; in fillinge tho bi werk, and kepinge as a preciousere tre|sour. Lire here. C.; and kepegadre in tresour I. myn heestis to thee. Sone, onoureSone, onoure, etc.; this vers is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. thou the Lord, and thou schalt be `myȝti; but outakun hym drede thou not an alienmyche worth, and drede thou noon oother but him I.. Kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue; andand kepe I. my lawe as the appil of thin iȝeniȝe I.. Bynde thou it in thi fyngrisin thi fyn|gris; that is, fille it in werk. Lire here. CKN.; write thou it in the tablis of thin herte. Seie thou to wisdom, Thou art my sistir; and clepe thou prudence thi frendesseleef I.. That it kepe thee fro a straunge wom|mana straunge womman; that is, auoutresse. Lire here. C.; and fro an alien womman, that makith hir wordis swete. For whi fro the wyndowfro the wyn|dow, etc.; that is, priuyte of consience. Lire here. C. of myn hous bi the latijs Y bihelde; and Y se litle childrenlitle children; that is, foolis that han litil wit. Lire here. C.. I bi|holde a ȝong man coward, that passith bi the stretis, bisidisbiside I. thea I. corner; and he goith niȝ the weie of hir hous in derk tyme, whanne the dai drawith to niȝt, in the derknessisderk|nesse C. and myst ofin C. the nyȝt. And lo! a womman, maad redi with our|nement of an hoore to disseyue soulis, meetith hym, and sche is a ianglere, and goyngea goer I. about, and vnpacient of reste, and mai not stonde in the hous with hir feet; and now without forth, now in stretis, now bisidis corneris sche `aspiethspieth C.. And sche takith, and kissith the ȝong man; and flaterith with wowynge cheerwith wowing cheer; that is, vnresteful, and with out schame. Lire here. C., and seith, Y ouȝte sacrificessacrifice A.Y ouȝte sacrifice; thus it is in bokis amendid, but summe bokis han, Y auow|ide. Lire here. C. for heelthe; to dai Y haue ȝolde my vowis. Therfor Y ȝedewente I. out in to thi meetyng, and Y desiride to se thee; and Y haue founde thee. Y haue maad my bed with coordis, Y haue arayedaraied it K. with tapetis peyntid of Egipt; Y haue bispreynt my bed with myrre, and aloes, and canel. Come thou, be we fillid with tetiswith tetis; that is, with toching of tetis. Lire here. C., and vse we collyngis that benOm. ceteri. coueitid; til the dai bigynne to be cleer. For myn hosebonde is not in his hows; he is goon a ful long weie. He took with hym a bagge of money; he schal turne aȝen in to his hous in the dai of ful moone. Sche boonde hymSche boond him; that is, withhelde and wlappide him in coueytise of fleisch, as in a net. Lire here. C. with many wordis; and sche drow forth hym with flateryngis of lippis. Anoon he as an oxe led to slayn sacrifice sueth hir, and as a ioli lomb and vnkunnyngevnknowynge I.; and the fool woot not, that he is drawun to bondysto boondis; of synne and of peyne. Lire here. C., til an arowe perseperishe I. his mawe. As if a brid hastitha brid hast|ith; as a brid is takun in a snare, for the coueytise of a litil meete, so he that is vn|contynent, ether a lecchour, ren|neth in to the snare of synne, and in to the deth of helle, for couetise of desiring of a woman. Lire here. C. to the snare; and woot not, that it is don of the perel of his lijf. Now therfor, my sone, here thou me; and perseyue the wordis of my mouth. Lest thi soule be drawun awei in the weies of hir; nether be thou disseyued in the pathis of hir. For sche castidehath cast I. dounsche castide doun; fro the staat of grace; many woundid men, bi the wounde of fleischli couey|tise. Lire here. C. many woundid men; and alle strongeste men weren slayn of hirstrongeste men weren slayen of hir; as it is opyn of Adam, the moste man, for he was in the staat of inno|cence, and was ful of kunnyng and vertu, and of Sampson, the strongeste man, and of Dauyth, the holieste man, and of Salamon, the wiseste man, and of many mo in the Elde and Newe Tes|tament. C.. The weies of helle is hir hous; and persen in toto the I. ynnere thingis of deeth.

 CAP. VIII.

Whether wisdom crieth not ofte; and prudence ȝyueth hishir I. vois? In souereyn|estesouereyne A sec. m. moost souereyne I.in souereyn|este; that is, in profetis and holi doctouris. Lire here. C. and hiȝ coppis, aboue the weie, in the myddis of pathis, and it stondith bisidis the ȝate of the citee, in thilke closyngis, and spekith, and seith, A! ȝe men, Y crie ofte to ȝou; and my vois is to the sones of men. Litle childrenlitil chil|dren; that is, litil of wit. Lire here. C., vndirstonde ȝe wis|dom; and ȝe vnwise men, `perseyue wis|domperseyueth in herte I. perseyue wisdam. Lire here. N text.. Here ȝe, for Y schal speke of grete thingis; and my lippis schulen be openyd, to preche riȝtful thingis. My throte schal bithenke treuthe; and my lippis schulen curse a wickid man. My wordis ben iust; no schrewid thing, nether weiward isther is I. in thohem I.. `My wordisThei I. ben riȝtful to hem that vndurstonden; and benthei ben I. euene to hem that fynden kunnyng. Take ȝe my chastisyng, and not money; chese ȝe teching more than tresour. For wisdom is betere than alle richessis moost preciouse; and al de|sirable thing mai not be comparisound therto. Y, wisdom, dwelle in counselwisdom dwelle in councel; for hoolsum coun|cel is ȝouun bi wisdom, and wise thouȝtis comen forth of wisdom and encreessen it. Lire here. C.; and Y am among lernyd thouȝtis. The drede of the Lord hatith yuel; Y curse boost, and pride, and a schrewid weie, and a double tungid mouth. Counseil is myn, and equyte `is mynOm. I.; prudence is myn, and strengthe `is mynOm. I.. Kyngis regnen bi me; and theOm. I. makeris of lawis demen iust thingis bi me. Princis comaunden bi me; and myȝti men demen riȝtfulnesse bi me. I loue hem that louen me; and thei that waken eerli to me, schulen fynde me. With me ben rychessis, and glorie; souereyn richessis, and riȝtfulnesse. My fruyt is betere than gold, and precyouse stoon; and my seedis ben betere than chosun siluer. Y go in the weies of riȝtfulnesse, in the myddis of pathisthe pathis I. of doom; that Y make riche hem that louen me, and that Y fille her tresouris. The Lord weld|idethe Lord weldide, etc.; here Salamon spekith of wis|dom vnmaad, that is, of the secunde per|soone in Tri|nyte, which is the kyndly Sone of God, with oute bi|gynnyng and ende. of hise weyes; that is, of his werkis. conseyued; for as a word in vs, is the conseit of soule, so and in dyuyn thingis the word is the conseit, ether the sone gen|drid of the fadir. the herris; that is, the princy|pal partis of the world, that ben the eest and west, south and north. Lire here. C. me in the bigynnyng of hise weies; bifore that he made ony thing, at the bigynnyng. Fro with out bigynnyng Y was ordeined; and fro elde tymes, bifor that the erthe was maad. Depthis of wa|tris weren not ȝit; and Y was conseyued thanne. The wellis of watris hadden not brokun out ȝit, and hillis stoden not to|gidere ȝit bi sad heuynesse; bifor litil hillis Y was born. Ȝit he hadde not maad erthe; and floodis, and theOm. CI. herriserthis a. of the world. Whanne he made redi heuenes, Y was present; whanne he cumpasside the depthis of watris bi certeyn lawe and cumpas. Whanne he made stidfast the eir aboue; and weiede the wellis of watris. Whanne he cumpasside to the see his marke; and settide lawe to watris, that thothei I. schulden not passe her coostis. Whanne he peiside the foundementis of erthe; Y was making alle thingis with him. And Y delitide bi alle daies, and pleiede bifore hym in al tyme, and Y pleiede in the world; and my delices ben to be with the sones of men. Now ther|for, sones, here ȝe me; blessid ben thei that kepen my weies. Here ȝe teching, and be ȝe wise men; and nile ȝe caste it awei. Blessid is the man that herith me, and that wakith at my ȝatis al dai; and kepith at the postis of my dore. He that fyndith me, schal fynde lijf; and schalhe schal I. drawe helthe of the Lord. But he that synneth aȝens me, schal hurte his soule; alle that haten me, louen deeth.

 CAP. IX.

WisdomWisdom, etc.; that is, Goddis Sone, vnmaad, with out bigyn|nyng and ende. an hous; that is, holy chirche, which he bild|ide bi word and ensaumple in manhed takun. vii. pileris; that is, vii. ȝiftis of the Hooly Goost, ether ordeynede vii. sacramentis, bi whiche al the chirche is borun up. slayn sacri|fices; that is, himsilf in the cros, which is seid sacrifices, for it conteyn|eth the vertu of ech other sacrifice; and the memorial of this sacrifice, is the sacra|ment of the auter. medlid wyn; that is, ȝaf to vs his blood which is sacrid in wyn med|dlid with water. handmaydis; that is, apostlis and othere meke dissiplis. to the wallis, etc.; that is, to the feith of Crist, and to tho thingis that ben annexid to the articlis of the feith. litil; that is, meke. my breed; that is, my bodi ȝouun vndur the licnesse of breed. and wyn; that is, my blood vndur the spice of wyn, wher|ynne water is medlid; bi eld tyme cristen men comyn|eden in euer either spice, but it is ordeyned for perel of scheding out of the blood, that it is ȝouun to lewid men vndur the spice of breed onely. ȝong childhed; that is, vnpro|fitable and veyn thingis. lyue ȝe, in grace. of pru|dence; that is, of comaunde|mentis and councelis of God. Lire here. C. bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris, he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table. He sente hise hand|maideshandmaidens I., that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee. If ony man is litillitil, that is, meek. Lire here. KNa.; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men, Come ȝe, ete ȝe my breed; and drynke ȝeOm. I. the wiyn, whichthat I. Y haue medlid to ȝou. Forsake ȝe ȝong childhed, and lyue ȝe; and go ȝe bi the weyeswey I. of prudence. He that techith a scornerea scornere, etc.; for he stirith the scornere to do wrong to him. Lire here. C., doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gen|drith a wem to him silf. Nile thou vndir|nyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndir|nyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee. Ȝyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to taketake it I.. The bigynnyng of wisdom is theOm. I. dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis. ForForsothe I. thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and ȝeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee. If thou art wijs; thou schalt bebe wijs I. to thi silfto thisilf; that is, to do good to thi silf principaly, and aftirward to othere men. a fonnyd wom|man; that is, fals and veyn teching. ful of cry; for it hath not no but wordis. vnleueful lustis; for not onely it graunt|ith, but also bringith to siche lustis. kan no thing; for so litil of truthe is there, that it is aret|tid as nouȝt. in the doris, and so forth; for siche doc|tryne is tauȝt sumtyme bi autorite. bi the weye; that is, bi the brode weye of vicis. in her iourney; that is, suyng the fersnesse of her coueitise. a coward; that is, to him that sueth lustis. of thefte; that is, fals doctryn. breed hid, etc.; the herere of fals doctryne. geauntis, that is, of endis. in the depthis of helle; that is, they that ben tauȝt and fillid bi sich doctryne goen doun to the peyne of helle, with fendis that disseyuen hem. Lire here. C., and to thi neiȝboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thouforsothe thou I. aloone schalt bere yuel. A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli, sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, inon CX. an hiȝ place of the cite; to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei. Who is a litil man `of witin wit I. of wit. Lire here. N text.; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward, Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettereesier to ete I.. And wisteI wiste; I, the heerere of fals doctrin wiste. Lire here. N text. not that giauntis ben there; and the gestisgistis A. felawis I. `of hirtherof plures. ben in the depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether fastned, to hirit plures.; schal go doun to hellis. For whi he that goith awei fro hirit plures.; schal be saued.

 CAP. X.

The parablis of Salomon. A wijs sone makith glad thehis I. fadir; but a fonned sone is the sorewe of his modir. Tresouris of wickidnessetresouris of wickidnesse; that is, yuele getun. Lire here. CKN. schulen not profite; for tho ben occasioun of synne and of deth of helle if penaunce sueth not, and ofte of temporal deth. Lire here. C. schulen not profite; but riȝt|fulnesse schal delyuere fro deth. The Lord schal not turmente the soulelijf I. of a iust man with hungur; and he schal distrie the tresouns of vnpitouse men. A slow hond hath wrouȝt nedynesse; but the hond of stronge men makith redi rich|essis. Forsothe he that enforsith to gete `ony thingauȝt I. ony thing. Lire here. N text. biwith I. leesyngis, fedith theOm. I. wyndisfedith the wyndis; is, seeth his trauel. that slepith in somer; that is, he that is idil in tyme of worching, is worthi to haue confusioun. Lire here. C.; sotheli the same man sueth briddis fleynge. He that gaderith togi|dere in heruest, is a wijs sone; but he that slepith in sommer, is a sone of con|fusioun. The blessing of God is ouerOm. CIN. the heed of a iust man; but wickidnesse hilith the mouth of wickid men. The mynde of a iust man schal be with preisingis; and the name of wickid men schal wexe rotun. A wijs man schal resseyue comaunde|mentis with herteherte; that is, in obeying to hem. Lire here. KN.; a fool is betun with lippisa fool is betun with lippis; for he arettith betingis, the wordis of his blamyng. Lire here. C.. He that goith simpli, goith tristili; but he that makith schrewid hise weies, schal be opyn. He that bekeneth with the iȝe, schal ȝyue sorewe; a fool schal be betun with lippis. The veyne of lijf is the mouth of a iust man; but the mouth of wickid men hilith wickidnesse. Ha|trede reisithreisith up I. chidingis; and charite hilith alle synnes. Wisdom is foundun in the lippis of a wise man; and a ȝerd inis founde in I. the bak of him that is nedi of herte. Wise men hidenhiden; that is, fro scorn|eris. Lire here. CKN. kunnyng; but the mouth of a fool is nexte to confusioun. The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; the drede of pore men is the nedynesse of hem. The werk of a iust man is to lijf; but the fruyt of a wickid man is to synne. The weie of lijf is to him that kepith chastisingchastisyngis E.; but he that forsakith blam|yngis, errith. False lippis hiden hatrede; he that bringith forth dispisinge is vn|wijs. Synne schal not faile in myche spekyng; but he that mesurith hise lippis, is moost prudent. Chosun siluer is the tunge of a iust man; the herte of wickid men is for nouȝtfor nouȝt; that is, of no valu. Lire here. C.. The lippis of a iust man techen ful manye men; but thei that ben vnlerned, schulen die in nedinesse of herte. The blessing of the Lord makith richeriche, etc.; in goostly richessis, that han not tur|ment anexid as bodili rich|essis han. Lire here. C. men; and turment schal not be fe|lowschipid to hem. A fool worchith wick|idnesse as bi leiȝyng; but `wisdom is pru|dence to aprudence is to a wijs I. man. That that a wickid man dredith, schal come on hym; the desire of iust men schalbe ȝouun to hem. As a tempeste passynge, a wickid man schal not be; but a iust man schal be as an euer|lastynge foundement. As vynegre noieth the teeth, and smoke noiethOm. I. the iȝen; so a slow man noieth hem that senten hym in the weie. The drede of the Lord en|creesith daies; and the ȝeeris of wickid men schulen be maad schort. Abiding of iust men is gladnesse; but the hope of wickid men schal perische. The strengthe of a symple man is the weie of the Lord; and drede to hem that worchen yuel. A iust man schal not be mouednot be mouyd; that is, fro the stablenesse of vertu. CKN. with outen ende; but wickid men schulen not dwelle on the erthenot dwelle on the erthe; that is, on the erthe of hem that lyuen in blis. plesaunt thing|is, etc.; that is, to God and to goode men. weyward thing|is, etc.; that is, blasfemyes aȝenus God, and wrongis aȝenus the neiȝbore. Lire here. C.. The mouth of a iust man schal bringe forth wisdom; the tunge of schrewis schal perische. The lippis of a iust man biholden pleasaunt thingis; and the mouth of wickid men byholdith wei|ward thingisthing I..

 CAP. XI.

A gileful balaunce is abhominacioun anentis God; and an euene weiȝte is his wille. Where pride is, there also dispis|ing schal be; but where meeknesse is, there also is wisdom. The simplenesse of iust men schal dresse hem; and the dis|seyuyng of weiward men schal destrie hem. Richessis schulen not profite in the dai of veniaunce; but riȝtfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth. The riȝtfulnesse of a simple man schal dresse his weie; and a wickid man schal falle in his wickidnesse. The riȝtfulnesse of riȝtful men schal dely|uere hem; and wickid men schulen be takun in her aspiyngis. Whanne a wickid man is deed, noon hope schal be fer|therferther of him I.; and abidyng of bisy menmen in euel A sec. m.of bisi men, etc.; that is, of hem that serueden bisily a wickid man, and hopiden to be auaunsid of him. Lire here. C. that is, blamed in the gospel. K. schal perische. A iust man is delyuered from angwisch; and a wickid man schal be ȝouun for hym. A feynere bi mouth dis|seyueth his freend; but iust men schulen be deliuered bi kunnyng. A citee schal be enhaunsid in the goodis of iust men; and preysyng schal be in the perdicioun of wickid men. A citee schal be enhaunsid bi blessing of iust men; and it schal be distried bi the mouth of wickid men. He that dispisith his freend, is nedi in herte; but a prudent man schal be stille. He that goith gilefuli, schewith priuetees; but he that is feithful, helith the priuetee of a freend. Where a gouernour isther is I. not, the puple schal falle; but helthe `of the pu|pleOm. I. isis. Lire here. N text., where ben many counselsmany coun|sels; bi whiche bothe yuels ben eschewid, and goodis ben getun. C.. He that makith feithmakith feith, etc.; that is, obligacioun. CKN. for a straunger, schal be turmentid with yuel; but he that eschewith snaris, schal be sikur. A gra|ciouse wommana graciouse womman; that is, onest and schamefast. C. schal fynde glorie; and stronge men schulen haue richessis. A merciful man doith wel to his soule; but he that is cruel, castith awei, ȝhe, kynnes|men. A wickid man makith vnstable werk; but feithful mede is to hym, that sowith riȝtfulnesse. Merci schal make redi lijf; and the suyng of yuelsyuel I. `schal make rediOm. I. deth. A schrewid herte is abhomynable to the Lord; and his wille is in hem, that goen symply. Thouȝ hond beis A pr. m. C et plures. in theOm. A sec. m. F sec. m. I. hond, an yuel manthouȝ he worcheth no thing, but hold|eth the too hond in the tothir, thinketh yuel. K. schal not be innocent; but the seed of iust men schal be sauyd. A goldun `sercle, etherOm. I. ryng, in the `nose thrillisnostris CN. nese thorlis E. nose thirllis F et alii. of a sowe, a womman fair and fool. The desir of iust men is al good; abiding of wickid men is woodnesse. Sum men departen her owne thingis, and ben maad richere; other men rauyschen thingis, that ben not hern, and benthei ben I. euere in nedynesse. A soule that blessith, schal be maad fatbi fatnesse of grace. K.; and he that fillithfullith A.his neiȝbore with good tech|ing. K., schal be fillid also. He that hidith wheete `in tymeOm. A pr. m. CU pr. m., schal be cursid among the puplis; but blessyng schal come on the heed of silleris. Wel he risith eerli, that sekith good thingis; but he that is a serchere of yuels, schal be oppressid of tho. He that tristith in hise richessis, schal falle; but iust men schulen buriowne as a greene leef. He that disturblith his hows, schal haue wyndisof wraththe and tempta|cioun. K. in possessioun; and he that is a fool, schal serue a wijs man. The fruyt of a riȝtful man is the tre of lijfthe tre of lijf; that is, Crist in blisful siȝt; for the werk of a iust man bringith herto. C.; and he that takith soulistakith soulis; that is, the cure of soulis. CK., is a wijs manis a wiys man; that is, owith to be a wiys man; for as Greg. seith in his Pastorals, the craft of craftis is the gouernail of soulis. C.. If a iust man receyueth in ertheerthe; that is, turmentis of God. Lire here. KN., how miche more an vnfeithful man, and synnerea synnere I..

 CAP. XII.

He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kun|nyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijsis vnwiys; for he is liyk a wood man, that eschewith heelful medi|cyn. Lire here. C.. He that is good, schal drawe to hym silf grace of the Lord; but he that tristith in hise thouȝtis, doith wickidli. A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued. A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun. The thouȝtis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful. The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem. Turne thouthat is, to goodnesse. K. wickid men, and thei schu|len not bewickid, or dampned. K.; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli. A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispis|ing. Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed. A iust man knowith theOm. C. soulislijues I. of hise werk beestiswerk beestis; that is, of his seruauntis. Lire here. CKN.; but theOm. A pr. m. entrailis of wickid men ben cruel. He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; but he that sueth idilnesse, is moost fool. He that is swetesofte or esy I. swete, that is, mylde KNa., lyueth in temperaunces; and in hise monestyngis he forsakith dis|pisyngis. The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse. For the synnes of lippis `falling dounruyne or myschef I. neiȝeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch. Of the fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fillid with goodis; and biaftir I. the werkis of hise hondis it schal be ȝoldun to him. The weie of a fool is riȝt|ful in hise iȝen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels. A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs. He that spekith that, that he knowith, is a iuge of riȝtfulnesse; but he that lieth, is a gileful witnesse. A man is that bi|hetithbihetith; and payeth not. Lire here. CNa., and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe. The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng. Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees. What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel. False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him. A felfool A sec. m. man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli. The hond of stronge men schal haue lord|schip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis. Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word. He that dispisith harmdispisith harm; that is, chargith not temporal harm for the helping of a frend. Lire here. C. for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem. A gileful man schal not fynde wynnyng; and the substauncethe sub|staunce; that is, liyf. Lire here. CKNa. of man schal be the prijs of goldthe priys of gold; that is, presiousere than gold. Lire here. C.. Lijf is in the path of riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I.; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth.

 CAP. XIII.

A wijs sone is the teching of the fadir; but he that is a scornere, herith not, whanne he is repreuyd. A man schal be fillid with goodis of the fruit of his mouth; but the soule of vnpitouse men is wickid. He that kepith his mouth, kepith his soule; but he that is vnwar to speke, schal feel yuels. A slow man wole, and wole notwole and wole not; for he wole haue good profitable, ether worschip|ful, but he nyle suffre the tra|uel which is axid herto, and so he nyle spedily; therfor he is liyk the cat that wolde ete fisch, ne|theles he es|chewith to putte hise feet in to the water. Lire here. C. that is, wole haue prosperite in this world and ioie in heuen, but he wole not tra|uele vertuousli therfore. K.; but the soule of hem that worchen schal be maad fat. A iust man schal wlate a fals word; but a wickid man schendith, and schal be schent. Riȝtfulnesse kepith the weie of an innocent man; but wickidnesse dis|seyueth a synnere. A man is as richea man is as riche; whanne that litil thing that he hath, which is aret|tid as nouȝt, suffisith to him silf. Lire here. C., whanne he hath no thingthat is, but fode and hiling, and desireth noo more. K.; and a man is as poreas pore, etc.; this is an aua|rouse man, to whom no thing suffisith. Lire here. C. and kannot holde him paied, but euere crieth, Bryng, Bring. K., whanne he is in many richessis. Redempcioun of the soule of man is hise richessis; but he that is pore, suffrith not blamyng. The liȝt of iustthe liȝt of iust men; that is, her prosperite. Lire here. CKNa. makith glad; the peple, for thei vsen wel her prosperite. Lire here. C. men makith glad; but the lan|terne of wickid men schal be quenchid. Stryues ben euere a mong proude men; but thei that don alle thingis with coun|sel, ben gouerned bi wisdom. Hastidcatel hastid; that is, getun hastly, as bi raueyn ether bi vsure. with hond; that is, getun bi iust maner. Lire here. C. catel schal be maad lesse; but that that is gaderid litil and litil with hond, schal be multiplied. Hope whichthat I. the which a. is dilaied, turmentith the soule; a tre of lijf is desir comyng. He that bacbitith ony thing, byndith hym silf in to tyme to comynge; but he that dredithdredith, etc.; that is, the breking of Goddis heestis. Lire here. C. the comaundement, schal lyue in pees. The lawe of a wise man is a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of dethof deeth; that is, of synne and of helle. Lire here. C.. Good teching schal ȝyue grace; a swolowe is in the weie of dispiserisdispiseris; of good teching, for thei fallen fro synne into synne. Lire here. C.. A fel man doith alle thingis with counsel; but he that is a fool, schal opene foli. The messanger of a wickid man schal falle in to yuel; a feithful messanger is helthe. Nedynesse and schenschip is to him that forsakith techyng; but he that assentithassentith, etc.; in amend|inge him silf mekely. Lire here. C. to a blamere, schal be glorified. Desir, if it is fillid, delitith the soule; foolis wlaten hem that fleen yuels. He that goith with wijs menwith wise men; in con|formynge him silf to hem. Lire here. C., schal be wijs; the freend of foolis schal be maad lijk hem. Yuel pursueth synneris; and goodis schulen be ȝoldunȝoue I. to iust men. A good man schal leeue aftir him eiris, sones, and the sones of sones; and the catel of a synnere is kept to a iust man. Many meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of fadris; and ben gaderid to othere men with out doomdoom; that is, with out her trauel. Lire here. C.. He that sparith the ȝerde, hatith his sone; but he that loueth him, techith bisili. A iust man etith, and fillith his soule; but the wombe of wickid men is vnable to be fillidto be fillid; for tho thingis that ben set forth suffisen not to hem, but euere more thei seken delicat thingis. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XIV.

A wijs womman bildith hir hous; and an unwijs womman schal distrie with hondiswith hondis; that is, with hir yuele werkis. Lire here. CK. an hous bildid. A man goynge in riȝtful weie, and dredinge God, is dis|pisid of hym, that goith in athe C. weie of yuel fame. The ȝerde of pridethat is, ma|nas and proud correccion. K. is in the mouth of a fool; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem. Where oxisoxen I. ben notoxis ben not; that is, where defaute of techeris is, ther ben fewe feith|ful men. Lire here. CK., the cratche is void; but where ful many cornes apperen, there the strengthe of oxeoxen A. the oxe R. is opyn. A feithful witnesse schal not lie; a gileful witnesse bringith forth a leesing. A scornerea scornere; he is seid a scornere, that dispisith to se the seiyngis of elde men, and bileueth to fynde wisdom bi his wit, but he fyndith not, for pride blynd|ith him. Lire here. C. sekith wisdom, and he fyndithfyndith it I. not; the teching of prudent men is esy. Go thou aȝens a man a fool; and he schal not knowe the lippis of pru|dencethat is, he shal not resceyue heuenli wisdom. K.. The wisdom of a fel man is to vndirstonde his weie; and the vnwarnesse of foolis errith. A fool scorneth synnescornyth synne; that is, hath for nouȝt to do synne. Lire here. C.; grace schal dwelle among iust men. The herte that knowith the bittirnessebitternesse; that is, for contricioun of synne passid. a straunger; that is, alien fro veri penaunce. in the ioie ther|of; that is, of remyssioun of synne, and of hope of glorie. leden forth to deeth; that is, the weye of synnes that semeth iust to a synnere, ledith to deth of synne and of helle. an innocent man; that is, an vnkunnyng man, that kan not deme bi twixe a good councel and yuel. Lire here. C. of his soule; a straunger schal not be meddlid in the ioie therof. The hous of wickid men schal be don awei; the tabernaclis of iust men schulen buriowne. Sotheli a weie is, that semeth iust to a man; but the laste thingis therof leden forth to deth. Leiȝ|yng schal be medlid with sorewe; and morenyng ocupieth the laste thingis of ioye. A fool schal be fillid with hise weies; and a good man schal be aboue hym. An innocent man bileueth to eche word; a felle man biholdith hise goyngis. A wijs man dredith, and bowith awei fro yuel; a fool skippitha fool skip|peth; rennyng liȝtly fro synne in to synne. and tristith; to gete forȝeue|nesse bi be|nygnete, which he mysusith. Lire here. C. ouer, and tristith. A man vnpacient schal worche foli; and a gileful man is odiouse. Litle men of wit schulen holde foli; and felle men schulen abide kunnyng. Yuel men schulen ligge bifor goode men; and vnpitouse men bifor the ȝatis of iust men. A pore man schal be hateful, ȝhe, to his neiȝ|bore; but many men ben frendis of riche men. He that dispisith his neiȝbore, doith synne; but he that doith merci to a pore man, schal be blessid. He that bileueth in the Lord, loueth merci; thei erren that worchen yuel. Merci and treuthe maken redi goodis; abundaunce `schal beOm. C. in echeueri Y. good werk. Sotheli where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte. The coroun of wise men is the richessisrichessis; that is, kunnyng and vertue. vnwarnesse; that is, herfor thei ben foolis, for thei bifor|seen not thingis to comynge. Lire here. C. of hem; the fooli of foolis is vnwarnesse. A feithful witnesse delyuereth soulis; and a fals man bringith forth leesyngis. In the drede of the Lord is triste of strengthe; and hope schal be to the sones of ithim I.. The drede of the Lord is a welle of lijf; that it bowe awei fro the fallyng of deth. The dignite of the king is in the multitude of puple; and the schenschipe of aOm. CN. prince is in the fewnesse of puple. He that is pacient, is gouerned biwith I. myche wisdom; but he that is vnpacient, enhaunsith his foli. Helthe of herte is the lijf of fleischisfleish I.; enuye is rot of boonysboonys; that is, vertues ben corrupt bi enuye comyng on tho. Lire here. C.. He that falsli chalengith a nedi man, dispisith his maker; but he that hath merci on a pore man, onourith thathis I. makere. A wickid man is put out for his malice; but a iust man hopith in his deth. Wisdom restith in the herte of a wijs man; and he schal teche alle vnlerned men. Riȝt|fulnesse reisith a folc; synne makith pu|plis wretchis. A mynystreseruaunt I. vndurstond|yngevndurstond|inge; that is, a good prelat is acceptable to the king Jhesu Crist, and an yuel prelat schal be punyschid of him scharply. Lire here. C. is acceptable to a kyng; a myn|ystreseruaunt I. vnprofitable schal suffre the wrath|fulnesse of him.

 CAP. XV.

A soft answere brekith ire; an hard word reisith woodnesse. The tunge of wise men ournethonourneth A pr. m. honourith I. onourith U. kunnyngourneth kun|nyng; that is, it bringith forth kunnyng in tyme and place acceptable. buylith out; that is, bringith forth feruently and fersly. C.; the mouth of foolis buylith out foli. In ech place the iȝen of the Lord biholden good men, and yuel men. A plesaunt tungea plesaunt tunge; that is, of swete speche to the neiȝbore, and ententif to preyer anentis God, to plese him. is a tre of liyf; for as bodily liyf is contynn|ed bi the tre of liyf, so goostly liyf is contynn|ed bi sich a tunge. vnmesurable; to speke. schal defoule the spirit; for synne schal not faile in myche speche. Lire here. C. is the tre of lijf; but the tunge whichthat I. is vn|mesurable, schal defoule the spirit. A fool scorneth the techyng of his fadir; but he that kepith blamyngisthat kepith blamyngis; in amending him silf. wisere; in eschewinge yuelis to com|ynge. in plesaunt riȝtfulnesse; that is, in kep|ing of Cristis councels. strengthe; for the Lord schal defende it. Lire here. C., schal be maad wisere. Moost vertu schal be in plenteuouse riȝtfulnesse; but the thouȝtis of wickid men schulen be drawun vp bi the roote. The hous of a iust man is moostful gret I. strengthe; and disturbling is in the fruitis of a wickid man. The lippis of wise men schulen sowe abrood kun|nyng; the herte of foolis schal be vnlijc. The sacrifices of wickyd men ben abho|mynable to the Lord; avowisthe avowis I. of iust men ben plesaunt. The lijf of thean I. vnpitousevnpitouse, etc.; for it is propirte of God, to spare and haue mersy, and so to be pitouse; and therfor he hath abhomy|nacioun of an vnpitouse man. schal die; that is, bi deth of synne, and ofte bi temporal deth. Lire here. C. man is abhomynacioun to the Lord; he that sueth riȝtfulnesse, schal be loued of the Lord. Yuel teching is of men for|sakingethat forsaken I. the weie of lijf; he that hatith blamyngis, schal die. Helle and perdi|cioun ben open bifor the Lord; hou myche moremore rather I. the hertis of sones of men. A man ful of pestilence loueth not hym that repreueth him; and he goith not to wyse men. A ioiful herte makith glad the face; the spirit is cast doun in theOm. I. morenyng of soule. The herte of a wijs man sekith techyng; and the mouth of foolis is fedfed; that is, delitith in spek|inge fonned thingis. ben yuele; bi yuele of peyne, for pouert is de|faute of thingis nedeful to sus|tenaunce. and vnfillable; that is, for tho fillen not the nedynesse, but more encreesen it. the weye of slowe; for a slow man dred|ith euere to fynde lettingis in the weye. Lire here. C. with vnkunnyng. Alle the daies of a pore man ben yueledisesy I.; a sikir soule is aas a A sec. m. contynuel feeste. Betere is a litil with theOm. I. drede of the Lord, than many tresouris and vnfillablevnprofitable I.. It is betere to be clepid to wortis with charite, than with hatrede to a calf maad fat. A wrath|ful man reisith chidyngis; he that is pacient, swagith chidyngis reisidthat weren reisid I.. The weie of slow men is anas an A sec. m. hegge of thornes; the weie of iust men is with out hirtyng. A wise sone makith glad thehis I. fadir; and a fonned man dispisith his modir. Foli is ioye to a fool; andbut I. a prudent man schal dresse hise steppis. Thouȝtis ben distried, wherethere I. no counsel is; but where many counseleriscouncelours; feithful and goode, thouȝtis ben brouȝt to effect. Lire here. C. benther ben I., thothei I. ben confermyd. A man is glad in the sentence of his mouthof his mouth; that is, whanne it is appreued of othere goode men and wise. Lire here. C.; and a couenable word is best. The path of lijf is on a lernyd man; that he bowe awei fro the laste helle. The Lord schal distrie the howshousis I. of proude men; and he schal make stidefast the coostis of a wi|dewe. Iuele thouȝtis is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and a cleene word moost fair schal be maad stidfast of hym. He that sueth aueryce, disturblith his hous; but he that hatith ȝiftis schal lyue. Synnes ben purgid bi merci and feith; ech man bowith awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord. The soule of a iust man bithenkith obedience; the mouth of wickid men is ful of yuelis. The Lord is fer fro wickid men; and he schal here the preyers of iust men. The liȝt of iȝen makith glad the soule; good fame makith fatfat; that is, encreesith ver|tues, wherynne the strengthe of soule stondith, for vertu preisid encreesith. Lire here. C. that is, encres|eth his vertues, that ben the substaunce of the soule. K. the boonys. The eere that herith the blamyngis of lijf, schal dwelle in the myddis of wise men. He that castith awei chastisyng, dispisith his soule; but he that assentith to blamyngis, isis a I. pesible holdere of the herte. The drede of the Lord is teching of wisdom; and mekenesse goith bifore glorie.

 CAP. XVI.

It perteyneth to man to make redi the soule; and it perteyneth to the Lord to gouerne the tunge. Alle the weies of men ben opyn to the iȝen of God; the Lord is a weiere of spiritisthat is, of willis, ȝelding to man aftir his desseruingis. K.. Schewe thi werkys to the Lord; and thi thouȝtis schulen be dressiddressid, into good issu. Lire here. N text.. The Lord wrouȝte alle thingis for hym silf; and he made redi a wickid man to the yuel dai. Abho|mynacioun of the Lord is ech proude man; ȝhe, thouȝ the hond isbe I. to the hond, he schal not be innocent. The bigynnyng of good weie is to do riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse plures.; for|sothe it is more acceptable atanentis I. God, than to offre sacrifices. Wickidnesse is aȝen bouȝt bi merci and treuthe; and me bow|ith awei fro yuel bi theOm. I. drede of the Lord. Whanne the weyes of man plesen the Lord, he schal conuerte, ȝhe, hise ene|myes to pees. Betere is a litil with riȝt|fulnesse, than many fruytis with wickid|nesse. The herte of a man schal dispose his weie; but it perteyneth to the Lord to dresse hise steppis. DyuynyngDyuynyng; that is, reding in hooli scrip|ture, therfor in xvii. co of Deut. the king schal rede in the book of Goddis lawe, in alle daies of his liyf, that he lerne for to drede God. CK. not erre in doom; that is, he schal not ȝyue an yuel sentence, if he studieth in hooli scripture, and dredith God. C. weiȝte and a balaunce; that is, Goddis domes ben iust. iust lippis; that is, iust lippis in iugis ben the wille of iust kingis. as a reyn; for as reyn com|ynge late is good and swete to the fruytis of erthe, so the mercy of the king is good to hem that han nede to remys|sioun. Lire here. C. is in the lippis of a king; his mouth schal not erre in doom. The domes of the Lord ben weiȝte and a balaunce; and hise werkis ben alle the stoonys of the world. Thei that don wickidli ben abhomynable to the king; for the trone of the rewme is maad stidfast bi riȝtfulnesse. The wille of kyngis is iust lippis; he that spekith riȝt|ful thingis, schal be dressiddressid, of God into an end. Lire here. KN.. Indigna|cioun of the kyng is messangeris of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him. Lijf is in theOm. I. gladnesse of the `cheer of the kingkingis chere I.; and his merci is as aOm. I. reyn com|ynge late. Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it isis more I. precyousere than siluer. The path of iust men bowith awei yuelis; the kepere of his soule kepith his weie. Pride goith bifore sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng. It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to departe spuylis with proude men. A lerned man in word schal fynde goodis; and he that hopith in the Lord is blessid. He that is wijs in herte, schal be clepid prudent; and he that is swete in speche, schal fynde grettere thingis. The welle of lijf is the lernyng of him that weld|ithwisdam and wille to teche Goddis ple|saunce. K.; the techyng of foolis is foli. The herte of a wijs man schal teche his mouth; and schal encreesse grace to hise lippis. Wordis wel set togidere is a coomb of hony; helthe of boonysthat is, sad|nesse of feith and othere ver|tues. K. is the swetnesse of soule. A weye isther is I. that semeth riȝtful to a man; and the laste thingis therof leden to deth. The soule of a maneuere mo|kering in the erthe bi couet|ise. K. tra|uelinge trauelith to hym silfprincipali for his owne profitt. K.; for his mouthfor al goith in to the mouth of gloterouse laborers. K. compellide hym. An vnwijs man diggithdiggith yuel; that is, sekith it with dili|gence. fier brenneth; of wrathfulnesse and of pride. Lire here. C. yuelthat is, worchith vn|wiseli and out of tyme. K.; and fierof wraththe and distemper|aunce. K. brenneth in hise lippis. A weiward man reisith stryues; and a man ful of wordis departith princis. A wickid man flaterith his frend; and ledith hym bi a weie not good. He that thenkith schrewid thingis with iȝen astonyed, bitith hise lippis, and parform|eth yuelparformeth yuel; that is, ymagyneth to parforme. Lire here. C.. A coroun of dignyte is eelde, that schal be foundun in the weies of riȝtfulnesse. A pacient man is betere than a stronge man; and he that `is lordhath power I. of hishis owne I. soulelord of his soule; bi re|freynyng of coueitisis, is betere. Lire here. CKNa., is betere than an ouercomere of citees. Lottisthat is, vpon hid thingis. K. ben sent into the bosum; but thothei I. ben temperid of the Lordwhanne God chesith which he wole. K. ..

 CAP. XVII.

Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of sacrifices with chidyng. A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren. As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis. An yuel man obei|eth to a wickid tungewickid tunge; that is, to a tyraunt comaunding wickid thing. Lire here. C.; andOm. I. a fals man obeieth to false lippis. He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal not be vnpunyschid. The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem. Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool; and a liynge lippe bicometh not a prince. A preciouse stoonA preciouse stoon; that is, the thing abe|dun of a de|sirere, is a pre|cious stoon in hise iȝen, and ech werk he doith prudently, that he be not defraudid of his desire. Lire here. C. that is, lijf euerlasting, for the wich a wijs marchaunt solde al that he hadde, and bouȝte it. Mt. xiiij. K. moost accept|able is the abidingof ech ver|tuous man, that Poul clepeth a crowne of lijf. K. of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vn|durstondith prudentli. He that helith trespas, sekith frenschipis; he that re|hersiththat rehers|ith, etc.; that is, pupplischith with out iust cause. Lire here. C. bi an hiȝ word, departith hem, that ben knyt togidere in pees. A blam|yng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool. Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent aȝens hym. It sped|ith more to meete a femal bere, whanne theher I. whelpis ben rauyschidtake awey I., than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli. Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that ȝeldith yuels for goodis. He that leeuethleeueth, or lat go I. letteth Ka. watirleeueth wa|tir; that is, drynkith ouer strong wyn. of stryues; that risen of drunkenesse. he forsakith doom; in hirt|ing his neiȝbore with out cause. Lire here. C., is heedthe heed a. of stryuesthat is, he that letteth wa|ter renne forth, and he that bi|gynneth strifes, doon lijk thingis. K.; and bifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom. Bothe he that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust man, euer ethir is abhomynable atto C. God. What profitithWhat profit|ith it, etc.; as if he seie, no thing; for he vsith not tho to good but to yuel, and may not gete wis|dom bi tho. Lire here. C. it to a fool to haue richessis, sithensith I passim. he mai not bie wisdom? He that makith his housof yuel geten good. K. hiȝ, sekith fallingdisserueth falling to helle. K.; and he that eschewithethchewith I passim. to lerne, schal falle in to yuels. He that is a frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in angwischis. A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne he hath bihiȝt for his frend. He that bi|thenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; andOm. A pr. m. M. he that enhaunsithin boosting and other curs|ed speche. K. his mouth, sekith fallyng. He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good; and he that turn|eth the tungethat turneth the tunge; that is, flaterith in presence, and deffameth in absence of a man. Lire here. C., schal falle in to yuel. A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but ne|ther the fadir schal be glad in a fool. A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorew|ful spirit makith drie boonys. A wickid man takith ȝiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom. Wisdom schyn|eth in the face of a prudent man; the iȝen of foolis ben in the endis of erthe. A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendridebaar I. hym. It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riȝtfuli. He that mesurith his wordis, is wijs and prudent; and a lerud man is of preciouse spirit. Also a foole, if he is stille, schal be gessid a wijs man; and, if he pressith togidre hise lippis, he `schal beis I. gessid an vndurstondynge man.

 CAP. XVIII.

He that wole go a wei fro a frend, sekith occasiounssekith occa|siouns; that is, feyneth causis. Lire here. CN.; in al tyme he schal be dispisable. A fool resseyueth not the wordis of prudence; `no butbut if I. thou seie tho thingis, that ben turned in his herte. A wickid man, whanne he cometh in to depthe of synnes, dispisithhoolsum loore and amaundement. Ka.; but sclaun|dre and schenschipe sueth hym. Deep watirdeep watir; that is, the wordis of a man perfit in kun|nyng and vertu, conteynen deep sentence, to which not ech man may liȝtly ateyne, as ne|thir to the botme of deep watir. CK. a stronde flow|inge ouer; in to othere men bi good teching. is the welle of wisdom, in the soule of a wise man, fro whiche welle the watir of wisdom is brouȝt out to othere men. chidingis; of othere men chidinge to gidere. double tunge; that flaterith in pre|sence, and bac|bitith in ab|sence. of the wombe; that is, til to the herte. drede; this vers til thidur he that is neische, is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. is the wordis of the mouth of a man; and a stronde fletinge ouerinto other men bi good teching. K. is the welle of wisdom. It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom. The lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his mouth ex|citithstirith I. stryues. The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule. The wordis of a double tungid man ben as symple; and thothei I. comen `til tovnto I. the ynnere thingis of the wombethat is, to the herte. K.. Drede castith doun a slowe mancastith out a slow man; that is, the drede of trauel castith him doun fro bigynnyng of good werk. to wymmens condicioun; that is, men that ben neische as wymmen to worche good. the catel of a riche man, etc.; that is, he trist|ith in hise richessis, as in a wallid citee, thouȝ he is ofte disseyued in this. C.; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur. He that is neisch, and vnstid|fastdissolute, ether vnstidfast CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXYaç. in his werk, is the brother of a man distriynge hise werkis. A strongesteful strong I. tour is the name of the Lord; a iust man renneth to hym, and schal be enhaunsid. The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; and as a stronge wal cum|passinge hym. The herte of mana man I. is en|haunsid, bifor that it be brokun; and it is maad meke, bifore that it be glorified. He that answerith bifore that he herith, shewith hym silf to be a fool; and worthi of schenschipe. The spirit of a man sus|teyneth his feblenesse; but who may sus|teyne a spirit liȝt to be wrooth? The herte of a prudent man schal holde stid|fastli kunnyng; and the eere of wise men sekith techyng. The ȝift of a man alarg|ith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes. A iust man is the first accusereto God and to a true frend. K. of hym silf; his frend cometh, and schal serche hymordeynyng the weie of his delyueraunce. K.. Lot ceessith aȝen|seiyngis; and demeth also among miȝti men. A brother that is helpidholpun I. of a brothir, is as a stidfast citee; and domes ben as the barris of citees. A mannusa mannus wombe; that is, the kunnyng of vertuouse man schal be en|creessid bi his trewe teching. deth and liyf; that is, deth of synne is in the mysvsing of the tunge, and the liyf of grace is in the goode vsing therof. Lire here. C. wombethat is, his mynde, or his desire, shal be fulfilled for his vertuous word|is; of thi word|is thou shalt be iustified. Mt. xii. K. schal be fillid of the fruit of his mouth; and the seedis of hise lippis schulen fille hym. Deth and lijf ben in the werkis of tunge; thei that louen it, schulen ete the fruytis therof. He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs. A pore man schal speke with bisechingis; and a riche man schal speke sterneli. A man freendli to felouschipe schal more be a frend, than a brothir.

 CAP. XIX.

Betere is a pore man, that goith in his simplenesse, than a riche man bitynge hise lippis, and vnwijs. Where is not kunnyng of the soule, isther is I. not good; and he that is hastithat is, doith heedli hise werkis. K., in feet hirtith. The foli of a man disseyueth hise steppis; and he brenneth in his soule aȝens Godaȝens God; that is, bi vn|pacience he brekith out in to the blasfemye of God. Lire here. CK.. Richessis encreessen ful many freendis; forsothe also thei ben departid fro a pore man, whiche he hadde. A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal not ascapenot ascape; Goddis doom, in whiche he must ȝelde re|soun of ech idil word, and myche more of a leesing. C.. Many men onouren the persoone of a myȝti man; and benthei ben I. frendis of hym that deelith ȝiftis. The britheren of a pore man haten hym; ferthermore and the freendis ȝeden awei ferOm. C. fro hym. He that suethsowith a. wordis oonliwordis oneli; that is, a dissiple that loueth more the fairnesse of wordis than the good sentence, reportith no thing of truthe of the techere, ethir so litil, that it is worthi to be rekenyd as for nouȝt; ethir thus, a techere that hath onely wordis and no goode dedis, schal gete no mede of God. goodis; of grace in present tyme, and of glorie in tyme to com|ynge. Lire here. C., schal haue no thing; but he that holdith stabli the myndemynde bi Goddis vertue. Lire here. KNa., loueth his soule, and the kepere of prudence schal fynde goodis. A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische. Delices bicomen not a fool; nether `it bicomethOm. I. a seruaunt to be lord of princes. The teching of a man is knowun bi pacienceknowun bi pacience; that is, the teching of apostlis and of othere tech|eris, in the bigynnyng of the chirche, was knowun bi this, that they dred|den not to die for it. to passe ouer wickid thingis; that is, to do not wickid thingis, but more to suffre peyne. Lire here. C.; and his glorie is to passe ouere wickid thingis. As the gnasting of a lioun, so and the ire of thea I. king; and as deewe on eerbe, so and the gladnesse of the kyng. The so|rewe of the fadir is a fonned sone; and roofes droppynge contynueli is a womman ful of chiding. Housis and richessis ben ȝouun of fadir and modir; but a prudent wijf is ȝouun propirli of the Lord. Slouth bringithsendith CEFHNPUY. in sleep; and a negligent soule schal haue hungurhungur; in suffringe de|faute of goostly goodis, and ofte of bodily goodis. his weye; that is, the kepinge of Goddis heestis. schal be slayn; bi deth of synne and of helle. Lire here. C.. He that kepith the comaundement of God, kepith his soule; but he that chargith not his weie, schal be slayn. He that hath mercy on a pore man, leeneth to the Lord; and he schal ȝelde his while to hym. Teche thi sonethe drede of the Lord and his lawe. K., and dispeire thou notdispeire thou not; of his lernyng, thouȝ he takith litil ether nouȝt in the bigynnyng, for ofte siche children ben wel lerned in the ende. C. thouȝ he lerne not at the bi|gynnyng; but contynue in techinge, and he shal lerne. K marg.; but sette thou notin withdraw|ing of teching. K. thi soule to the sleyng of hym. For|sothe he that is vnpacient, schal suffre harm; and whanne he hath rauyschid, he schal leie to anothir thing. Here thou counsel, and take thou doctryn; that thou be wijs in thi laste thingis. Many thouȝtis benther ben I. in the herte of a man; but the wille of the Lord schal dwelle. A nedi man is merciful; and betere is a pore iust man, than aa riche I. man lierea man liere; that is, than a myȝti man that bowith awey fro riȝtfulnesse, bi leesingis. plente; of blis, of the worste; deuel, which in no maner may neiȝe thidur. wisere; that is, lesse fool, for[it] schal amende him in sum thing. Lire here. C.. TheOm. I. drede of the Lord ledith to lijfthe lijf a. `of blisOm. I. of blis. Lire here. N text.; and he `that dredith GodOm. I. schal dwelle in plentee, with outen visityngful yuel visityng I. `of the worsteOm. I.. A slow man hidith his hond vndur thehis I. armpit; and puttethdressith I. it not to his mouth. Whanne a man ful of pestilence is betun, a fool schal bebe the I. wisere. If thou blamist a wijs man, he schal vndurstonde techyng. He that turmentith thehis I. fadir, and fleeth fro thehis I. modir, schal be ful of yuel fame, and schal be cursid. Sone, ceesse thou not to here techyng; and knowe thou the wordis of kunnyng. A wickid witnesse scorneth doom; and the mouth of vnpitouse men deuourithdeuourith; that is, swo|lewith gredily. Lire here. C. wickidnesse. Domes ben maad redi to scorneris; and hameris smytynge ben maad redi to the bodies of foolisfoolis; that is, brekeris of Goddis lawe. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XX.

Wiyn is a letcherouse thingwyn is le|cherouse thing; that is, makith lecherie; wher|for Jerom seith, a wombe brennynge of wyn, spueth out soone in to leccherie. Wherfor Loth, bi the drynk|ing of wyn, dide leccherie with hise douȝ|tris, in xix. co. of Gen. delitith in these; that is, drunknesse and leccherie. wiys; for euer either deuour|ith resoun, and causith dul|nesse. C., and drunkenesse is ful of noise; who euere delitith in these, schal not be wijs. As the roryng of a lioun, so and the drede of thea I. kyng; he that territh hym to ire, synneth aȝens his owne lijfsoule I.. It is onour to a man that departith hym silf fro stryuyngis; but fonned men ben medlid with dispisyngis. A slow man noldewolde not I. ere for coold; therfor he schal begge in somer, and me schal not ȝyue to hym. As deep watir, so counsel is in the herte of a man; but a wijs mana wise man; that is, a dili|gent disciple. schal drawe it out; in axinge of him dili|gently and warly. Lire here. C. schal drawe it out. Many men ben clepid merciful; but who schal fynde a feithful man? Forsothe a iust man that goith in his simplenesse, schal leeue blessid sones aftir hym. A king that sittith in the seete of doom, distrieth al yuel bi his lokyng. Who may seie, Myn herte is clene; Y am clene of synne? A weiȝtea weiȝte; grettere in bi|ynge, and a weiȝte lesse in silling; and so of a mesure. abhomynable; for it is thefte, colourid by the colour of riȝt|fulnesse; wher|for Jerom seith feyned hooly|nesse ether equyte, is double wickid|nesse. sleep; vnmesurable bi slouthe. opene thyn iȝen; that is, be thou wakir, and diligent in thi werkis. C. and a weiȝte, a me|sure and a mesure, euer eithir is abhomy|nable at God. A child is vndurstondun bi hise studies, yf his werkis ben riȝtful and cleene. An eere heringe, and an iȝe se|ynge, God made euere eithir. Nyle thou loue sleep, lest nedynesse oppresse thee; opene thin iȝen, and be thou fillid with looues. Ech biere seith, It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie. Gold, and the multitude of iemmes, and a preciouse vessel, ben the lippis of kunnyng. Take thou awei the cloth of hym, that was borewe of an othere man; and for straun|geris take thou awei a wed fro hym. The breed of a leesingthe breed of leesing; that is, getun bi a leesing. to a man; liere. with rikenyng; bi bittirnesse of penaunce, for he seeth that he dide yuel. bi gouernayls; that is, pru|dence, coun|cel, and expe|rience, and not oneli bi bodily strengthe; therfor at Ro|mayns, that maden al the world soiet to hem silf bi batels, a knyȝt, were he neuere so strong, if he hadde not wis|dom, he was seid a knyȝt with outen iȝen. Lire here. C. is sweet to a man; and aftirward his mouth schal be fillid with rikenyng. Thouȝtis ben maad strong bi counselis; and bateils schulen be tretid bi gouernals. Be thou not medlid with him that schewith pryueteesschewith priuytees; that is, coun|cels bitakun to his feithful|nesse. gilefully; schewinge fren|schipe, whanne he is an enemy priueli. alargith hise lippis; that is, bihetith grete thingis, and fillith litle ethir nouȝt. hastith; bi coueitise to gete it vnduly. wante bless|ing; for the grettere schal suffre peyne aftir deth, and comynly his eir schal not re|ioysche it at the ende. Lire here. C., and goith gylefulli, and alargith hise lippis. The liȝt of hym that cursith his fadir and mo|dir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis. Eritage to which me haastith in the bigynnyng, schal wante blessing in the laste tyme. Seie thou not, Y schal ȝelde yuel for yuel; abide thou the Lord, and he schal delyuere thee. Abhomyna|cioun atanentis I. God is weiȝte and weiȝte; a gile|ful balaunce is not good. The steppis of mana man I. ben dressid of the Lord; who for|sothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie? Falling of man is to make auow to seyntis, and aftirward to withdrawe thetho C. vowis. A wijs kyng scaterith wickid men; and bowith a bouwe of victoriea victorie a.that is, a stoon bouwe. K. ouer hem. The lanterneThe lanterne; for kindly liȝt of resoun is sum preenting of Goddis liȝt. of the wombe; that is, herte. Lire here. C. of the Lord is the spirit of man, that sekith out alle the priuetees of the wombe. Merci and treutheMercy and treuthe; for merci without riȝtfulnesse, is cowardise, and riȝtfulnesse with out merci, is cruelte, for tho distrien a king and rewme. Lire here. C. kepen a kyng; and his trone is maad strong bi mekenesse. The ful out ioiyng of ȝonge men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornessehorenesse; that is, the eld|nesse and sad|nesse of wittis, with hoornesse of the heed. The wannesse of wounde; causith distri|yng of rych|essis in yuele werkis. Lire here. C.. The wannesse of wounde schal wipe aweie yuels, and woundis in the priuyere thingis of the wombe.

 CAP. XXI.

As departyngis of watris, so the herte of the kyng is in the power of the Lord; whidur euer he wole, he schal bowe it. Ech weye of a man semeth riȝtful to hym silf; but the Lord peisith the hertis. To do merci and doommercy and doom; that is, the werkis of merci doon to nedi men, and the werkis of riȝtfulnesse doon to men oppressid, plese more God than doen sacrefices; for Crist in his membris hath nede to these werkis, as he seith in XXV. co. of Math. is synne; that is, thei kunnen dresse her vn|derstonding to synne, and not to good, as Jeremye seith in iiii. co. strong man; that is, bi strengthe of soule and of bodi. Lire here. C., plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doenOm. I.. Enhaunsyng of iȝen is alargyng of the herte; the lan|terne of wickid men is synne. The thouȝtis of a stronge man ben euere in abundaunce; but ech slow man is euere in nedynesse. He that gaderith tresours bi the tunge of a leesingleesing makere I.tunge of leesing; as flatereris of riche men and false avocatis doen. veyn; that is, voide of vertu. and with outen herte; for he suffrith defaute of good herte. to the snaris of deth; of synne, and of helle. hem doun; to helle. nolden do doom; that is, lyue iustli with the neiȝbore. Lire here. C., is veyne, and with outen herte; and he schal be hurtlidhurlid I. to the snaris of deth. The raueyns of vnpitouse men schulen drawe hem doun; for thei noldenwolden not I. do doom. The weiward weie of a man is alien fro God; but the werk of hym that is cleenecleene of synne C sec. m., is riȝtful. It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous with oute roof, than with a womman ful of chydyng, and in a comyn hous. The soule of an vnpitouse man desirith yuel; he schal not haue merci on his neiȝbore. Whanne a man ful of pestilence is punyschid, a litil man of wit schal be the wisere; and if he sueth a wijs man, he schal take kunnyng. A iust man of the hous of a wickid man thenkith, to withdrawe wickid men fro yuel. He that stoppith his eere at the cry of a pore man, schal crye also, andand he I. schal not be herd. A ȝift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a ȝift in bosum quenchith theOm. I. moost indignacioun. It is ioye to a iust man to make doomiust doom I.to make doom; that is, to parforme riȝtfulnesse. drede; for thei dreden euere to be takun ther|ynne, therfor ben dredeful comynly. of doctryn; that is, good doctryn. Lire here. C.; and it is drede to hem that worchen wickidnesse. A man that errith fro the weie of doctryn, schal dwelle in the cumpany of giauntisgiauntis; that is, of men yuele rulid, ether of fendis. C.. He that loueth metismetis; that is, vnmesurably. Lire here. CKNa., schal be in nedynesse; he that loueth wiyn and fatte thingis, schal not be maad riche. An vnpitouse man schal be ȝouun forto I. a iust manfor a iust man; that is, for the yuel of peyne doon to a iust man, an vnpitouse man, that dide that yuel, schal be ȝouun to grettere peyne. Lire here. C.; and a wickid man schal be ȝouun for a riȝtful man. It is betere to dwelle in a desert lond, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and wrathful. DesirableDesiderable Ca. tresoure and oile is in the dwelling placesplace A sec. m. I. of a iust man; and an vnprudent man schal distrie it. He that sueth riȝtfulnesse and mercy, schal fynde lijf and glorie. A wijs man stiede `in tovnto I. the citee of stronge men, and di|striede the strengthe of trist therof. He that kepith his mouth and his tunge, kepith his soule from angwischis. A proude man and boosteere is clepid a fool, that worchith pride in ire. Desiris sleen a slow man; for hise hondis noldenwolden not I. worche ony thing. Al dai he coueitith and de|sirith; but he that is a iust man, schal ȝyue, andand he I. schal not ceesse. The offringis of wickid men, that ben offrid of greet trespasof greet tres|passe; that is, of raueyn, ether of thefte. Lire here. C., ben abhomynable. A fals wit|nesse schal perische; a man obedient schal speke victorievictorie; for he makith the lowere myȝtis soiet to resoun, and this is the moste victorie. amendith his weye; that is, of litle defautis whiche he doith in this liyf, thouȝ he be ful iust. Lire here. C.. A wickid man makith sad his cheer vnschamefastli; but he that is riȝtful, amendith his weie. No wis|dom isther is I., no prudence isther is I., no counsel isther is I. aȝens the Lord. An hors is maad redi to the dai of batel; but the Lord schal ȝyue helthe.

 CAP. XXII.

Betere is a good name, than many richessis; for good grace is aboue siluer and gold. A riche manA riche man, etc.; God mak|ith a pore man, that he haue merit of pa|cience, and he makith a riche man, that he haue merit of mersy, in help|inge a pore man. Lire here. C. and a pore man metten hem silf; the Lord is worchere of euer eithir. A felle man seeth yuel, and hidith him silf; and an innocent man passidpassid, bi a perelous place. Lire here. N text., and he was turmentid biwith I. harm. The ende of temperaunce is the drede of the Lord; richessis, and glorye, and lijfrichessis, glorie, and liyf; that is, euer|lastinge rich|essis, glorie of seyntis, and euerlastinge liyf. Armuris and swerdis; that is, the mys|vsyng of tho. fro tho; that is, fro mysvsing of tho. a prouerbe; that is, a word seid comynly. Lire here. C.. Armuris and swerdis ben in the weie of a weiward man; but the kepere of his soule goith awey fer fro tho. It is a prouerbe, A ȝong wexynge man bisidisaftir A sec. m. marg. I text. his weie, and whanne he hath wexewoxen I. elde, he schal not go a wei fro it. A riche man co|maundith to pore men; and he that takith borewyng, is theOm. I. seruaunt of the leenere. He that sowith wickidnessowith wick|idnesse; that is, yuel tech|ing, dissen|cioun, and hatrede. yuels; of synne and of peyne. ȝerde of his ire; that is, the power bi which he dide yuele. Lire here. C., schal repe yuels; and the ȝerde of his yre schal be endid. He that is redienclinaunt, ether redi CEGHKMNPQRSUXYa. enclynaunt, or bowith I. to merci, schal be blessid; for of his looues he ȝaf to a pore man. He that ȝyueth ȝiftisHe that ȝyueth ȝiftis; this vers, til thidur, Caste thou out, etc., is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C., schal gete victorie and onour; forsothe he takith awei the soule of the takeris. Caste thou out a scornere, and strijf schal go out with hym; and causis and dispisyngis schulen ceesse. He that loueth the clen|nesse of herte, schal haue the kyng a freend, forfro a. theOm. C. grace of hise lippis. The iȝen of the Lord kepen kunnyngkepen kun|nyng; that is, a man hauyng very kunnyng, which is of the helthe of soule. Lire here. C.; and the wordis of a wickid man ben disseyued. A slow man schal seie, A lioun is without|forth; Y schal be slayn in the myddis of the stretis. The mouth of an alienThe mouth of an alien; that is, of fals doc|tryn, for it ledith to the depthe of helle. wrooth; for bi ire aȝenus a man, he with drawith fro him his grace, and so he fall|ith fro synne in to synne, and ofte in to fals doctryn and eresie. Lire here. C. wom|man is athe C. deep diche; he to whom the Lord is wrooth, schal falle in to it. Foli is boundun togidere in the herte of a child; and a ȝerde of chastisyng schal dryue it awey. He that falsli chalengith a pore man, to encreesse hise owne rich|essis, schal ȝyue to a richere man, andand he I. schal be nedi. My sone, bowe doun thin eere, and here thou the wordis of wise men; but sette thou theOm. A sec. m. herte to my techyng. That schal be fair to thee, whanne thou hast kept it in thin herte, and it schal flowe aȝen in thi lippis. That thi trist be in the Lord; wherfor and Y haue schewid it to thee to dai. Lo! Y haue discryued it in thre maneresin thre ma|neris; that is, in thre partis of the Elde Testament, that ben the lawe, hooly stories, and profetis; and herbi Salamon spekith in the persoone of God, ether he spekith this in his owne per|soone of his thre bokis, Prouerbis, Ec|clesiastes, and Songis, that techen what is trewe and fals, what is good and yuel, and what is leueful and vnleueful. that senten thee; in Ebreu it is, to men axinge thee, and thus the sentence is pleyn. C., in thouȝtis and kunnyng, that Y schulde schewe to thee the sadnesse and spechis of trewthe; to answere of these thingis to hem, that senten thee. Do thou not violence to a pore man, for he is pore; nethir defoule thou a nedi man in the ȝate. For the Lord schal deme his cause, and he schal tur|mente hem, that turmentiden his soule. Nyle thou be freend to a wrathful man, nether go thou with a wood man; lest perauenture thou lerne hise weies, and take sclaundir to thi soule. Nyle thou be with hem that oblischenfastnen, ether oblischen CEFGHKMNPQRSUXYa. fastnen, or bynden I. her hondis, and that proferen hem silfsilf to be I. borewis for dettis; for if he hath not wherof he schal restore, what of cause isther is I., that thou take awei hilyngthe hilyng I. froof I. thi bed? Go thou not ouer the elde markistermes, ether markis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXYa., whiche thi faders han set. Thou hast seyn a man smert in his werk; he schal stonde bifore kyngis, and he schal not be bifor vnnoble men.

 CAP. XXIII.

Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face, and sette thou a withholdingcultre, or a withholding I. in thi throte. If ne|theles thou hast power on thi soule, desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesingliynge I.breed of a leesing; that is, getun bi a leesing. riche; ouer dwe mesure. mesure; of iust resoun. to thi pru|dence; that is, sutilte ether felnesse in geting. Lire here. C.. Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence. ReiseReise thou I. not thin iȝen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and thothei I. schulen flee in to heuene. Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis; for at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectereconiectere; that is, ex|pownere of dremes. Lire here. CN., he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke; and his soule is not with theewith thee; that is, he sekith not thi profiyt. Lire here. C.. Thou schalt brakespue CEGHKMNPQRSUXYa. caste F pr. m. I. out the metismete P., whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis. Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche. Touche thou not the termes of litle chil|dren; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children. For the neiȝbore of hem is strong, and he schal deme her cause aȝens thee. Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be rediOm. I. to the wordis of kunnyng. Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thouȝ thou smytesmytist CFGKMNQRUXY. hym with a ȝerde, he schal not die. Thou schalt smyte hym with a ȝerde, and thou schalt delyuere his soule fro helle. Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee; and my reynesmi reynes; that is, my body. Lire here. C. schulen make ful out ioye, whanne thi lippis speken riȝtful thing. Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in theOm. I. drede of the Lord al dai. ForAnd thanne I. thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal not be don awei. Mi sone, here thou, and be thouOm. I. wijs, and dresse thi soule in the weie. Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete. For men ȝyuynge tent to drinkis, and ȝyuyng mussels togi|dere, schulen be waastidwastid; as to outermere goodis, that ben spendid in suche thingis, and as to goodis of kynde, that ben peirid and corrupt in siche thingis. with clothis; that is, with vile clothis; therfor in E|breu it is, with clothis to-rent; as if he seye, no thing schal dwelle to thee wherynne thou schalt slepe, no but vile clothis and to-rent. Bie thou truthe; bi the trauel of studie. nyle thou sille wis|dom and tech|ing; for it owith to be ȝouun frely, and for it passith al priys of money, ne|theles a techere of wisdom may take liyflode and clothing for his trauel, ȝhe, it is due to him of the comynalte, for the prestis of Egipt, that studieden in filosofie, weren susteyned of the comun goodis. Lire here. C., and napping schal be clothid with clothis. Here thi fadir, that gendridegaat I. thee; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is eld. Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, andne I. doctryn, andne I. vndurstonding. The fadir of a iust man ioieth ful out with ioie; he that gendridegaat I. a wijs man, schal be glad in hym. Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendridegaat I. thee, make ful out ioye. My sone, ȝyue thin hertethyn herte; to thenke on my teching. mi weyes; in suynge my werkis. an hoore; that is, fals doctryn. a streit pit; for of hard a man may go out therof. vnwar; that kunnen not deme bitwixe hoolsum doc|tryn and yuel doctryn. schal sle; bi deth of synne and of helle; in Ebreu it is, schal adde dispiseris in men; that is, schal multiplie dispiseris of God among men. Also this lettre mai be expowned of a bodili hoore, which is seid a deep dich, for many ȝonge men and elde fallen in to it; also sche is seid a streit pit; for a man goith not out of the synne of leccherie, no but with hardnesse. And sche settith aspies, in drawinge vnchast men bi flatteringis and cossis. C. to me, and thin iȝen kepe my weyes. For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien wom|man is a streit pit. Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar. To whom is wois wo; that is, cursing and myshap. dichis; that is, prisouns vndur the erthe. without cause; that is, not maad bi swerd, but bi her owne falling. putting out; that is, febling and derking of the iȝen. Lire here. C.? to whos fadir is wo? to whom ben chidingis? to whom ben dichis? to whom ben woundis with out cause? to whom is puttyng out of iȝen? Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wynin wyn; drunkun ouere myche. as an addre, etc.; for it wastith tem|poral goodis, and goodis of kynde, and goodis of grace, for it indusith to vices, and most of lecche|rie. as a man slepinge; for the couetise of lecherie bynd|ith the resoun and wit. of the see; that is, of this world, for it is hurlid with the watris of temptaciouns and of vices. a gouernour aslepid; the bodi is the schip, the soule is the gouern|our; the soule is seid aslepid, whanne it is boundun with sleep ether with lust of lecche|rie. Lire here. C., and studien to drynke al of cuppis? Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it spar|clith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver. It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an eddre doithOm. I., and as a cocatrice it schal schede abrood venyms. Thin iȝen schulen se straunge wymmenstraunge wymmen; that is, hooris and auoutressis. Lire here. C., and thi herte schal speke weiwerd thingis. And thou schalt be as a man slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, whanne the steeresteere [steerne N], ether [the EPY] instrument of gouernail CEFGHKMNPQRSUXYa. steere of gouernail I.the steere; is riȝtful doom of resoun. schalt seie; whanne the sleep ether lust is passid. thei beeten me, etc.; for as a man oppressid bi sleep for ouer greet drunkenesse, perseiueth not thanne, thouȝ he is smytun ether drawun, so he that is holdun with greet lust of leccherie, per|seyueth not thanne the yuels of synne and of peyne, in to whiche he renneth. schal Y wake, etc.; as he that is customable to drunkenesse, goith aȝen to drynking soone aftir waking, and is enclyned herto bi yuel custom, so he that is customable to leccherie, thouȝ he wakith sumtyme, turneth aȝen to his spuyng, for the yuel custom ether corrupcioun of fleisch hurlinge him therto. Lire here. C. is lost. And thou schalt seie, Thei beeten me, but Y hadde not sorewe; thei drowen me, and Y feelide not; whanne schal Y wake out, andand whanne I. Y schal fynde wynes eft?

 CAP. XXIV.

Sue thou not yuele men, desire thou not to be with hem. For the soule of hem bi|thenkith raueyns, and her lippis speken fraudis. An hous schal be bildid bi wis|dom, andand it I. schal be maad strong bi pru|denceprudence; that is, good gouernayl. Celeris; that is, the hertis of hereris. ful fair; for goostly richessis ben euer preciouse, and ful faire, but bodily richessis han sumtyme filthe knyt to tho. hiȝ to a fool; for he mai not ateyne therto. Lire here. C.. Celeris schulen be fillid in tech|ing, alwith al I. riches preciouse and ful fair. A wijs man is strong, and a lerned man is stalworth and miȝti. For whi batel is bi|gunnun with ordenaunce, and helthe schal be, where many counsels ben. Wisdom is hiȝ to a fool; in the ȝate he schal not opene his mouth. He that thenkith to do yuels, schal be clepid a fool. The thouȝte of a fool is synne; and a bacbitere is abhomynacioun of men. If thou thatOm. omnes præter C. hast slideyslide I., dispeiristand dispeirist KX.dispeirist; of ascaping of perel. Lire here. C. in the dai of angwisch, thi strengthe schal be maad lesse. Dely|uere thou hem, that ben led to deth; and ceesse thou not to delyuere hem, that ben drawun to dethto deth; vniustly. Lire here. C.. If thou seist, Strengthis suffisen not; he that is biholdere of the herte, vndirstondith, and no thing dis|seyueth the kepere of thi soule, and he schal ȝelde to a man biaftir I. hise werkis. Mi sone, ete thou hony, for it is good; and anthe I. honycomb fulfor it is ful I. swete to thi throte. `So andRiȝt so I. the techyng of wisdom is good to thi soule; and whanne thou hast foundefounde; that is, in thenk|ing, and in fill|inge in werk. laste thingis; in goodis of the world to com|ynge. wickid|nesse; that is, occasioun to defame him, for he tres|passide in sum thing. seuene sithis; that is, ofte, for pre|sent liyf may not be led with out synne by comyn cours. falle in to yuel; without amend|inge. ire fro him; and turne it on thee, for the yuel stiring of thi soule. Stryue thou not; that is, with vncor|rigible men bi word of blam|yng, but a iuge owith stryue with siche men bi peynes, that thei be refreyn|ed fro yuel, and other men be maad aferd. to wise men; that is, to iugis, and to men stond|ing nyȝ hem. Lire here. C. it, thou schalt haue hope in the laste thingis, and thin hope schal not perische. Aspie thou not, and sekeseke thou a. not wickidnesse in the hous of a iust man, nether waste thou his reste. For a iust man schal falle seuene sithis in the dai, and schal rise aȝen; but wickid men schulen falle in to yuele. Whanne thin enemye fallith, haue thou not ioye; and thin herte haue not ful out ioiyng in his fal; lest perauenture the Lord se, and it displese hym, and he take awei his ire fro hym. Stryue thou not with `the worsteful wickid I. men, nether sue thou wickid men. For whi yuele men han not hope of thingis to comyngecome I., and the lanterne of wickid men schal be quenchid. My sone, drede thou God, and the kyng; and be thou not medlid with bacbiteris. For her perdicioun schal rise togidere sudenli, and who knowith the fal of euer either? Also these thingis that suen ben to wise men. It is not good to knoweto knowe a persoone in doom; that is, to fauore him more than is riȝtful, for ony famyliarite. kisse lippis; that is, schal reforme pees, whos signe is kissing to gi|dere. Make redi thi werk; that is, first purueye to thee of feeldis, and vyneris, and othere ne|cessaries to liyf. bilde thyn hows; that is, take a wiyf, and gendre children; ether thus, first stu|die thou hooly writ, and se the glosis of trewe doctouris, and aftirward make to thee dissi|plis bi hool|sum teching. Lire here. C. a persoone in doom. Puplis schulen curse hem, that seien to a wickid man, Thou art iust; and lynagis schulen holde hem abhomynable. Thei that repreuen iustli synnerssyn|ners. Lire here. N text., schulen be preisid; and blessing schal come on hem. He that answerith riȝtful wordis, schal kisse lippis. Make redi thi werk with outforth, and worche thi feelde dilygentli, that thou bilde thin hous aftirward. Be thou not a witnesse with out resonable cause aȝens thi neiȝ|bore; nether flatere thou ony man with thi lippis. Seie thou not, As he dide to me, so Y schal do to him, and Y schal ȝelde to ech man aftir his werk. I passide bi the feeld of a slow man, and bi the vyner of a fonned man; and, lo! nettlis hadden fillid al, thornes hadden hilid the hiȝere part therof, and the wal of stoonys with out morter was distried. And whanne Y hadde seyn this thing, Y settide in myn herte, and bi ensaumple Y lernyde tech|yngteching; wise men seynge the necligence of slowe men, and of foolis, ben more bisi to kepe and tile her posses|siouns; ether bi the feeld and vyner, is vn|durstondun the consience of a man, which whanne it is not kept bisily, is fillid with dyuerse vices; and wise men that biholden this, ben bisiere to purge her owne con|sience. Lire here. C.. Hou longe slepist thou, slow man? whanne schalt thou ryse fro sleep? Sotheli thou schalt slepe a litil, thou schalt nappe a litil, thou schalt ioyne togidere the hondis a litil, to take reste; andand thanne I. thi nedynesse as a currour schal come to thee, and thi beggerie as an armed man.

 CAP. XXV.

Also these ben the Parablis of Salomon, whiche the men of Ezechie, kyng of Juda, translatiden. The glorie of God is to hele a wordThe glorie of God is to hele a word; that is, the priuyte of hooly scripture. The bigyn|nyngis of Ge|nesis and of Esechiel ben ȝouun priuely, ether bi heling, that vnfeithful men be scorned, and Cristen men ful of stu|die be ocupied, and wondre on the depthe of Goddis wisdom. seke out a word; that is, the sen|tence of Goddis word, tauȝt priuely. Lire here. C.; and the glorie of kyngis is to seke out a word. Heuene aboue, and the erthe bynethe, and the herte of kyngis is vnserchable. Do thou a wei rust fro sil|uer, and a ful cleene vessel schalther shal I. go out. Do thou awei vnpite fro the cheer of the kyng, and his trone schal be maad stidfast bi riȝtfulnesse. Appere thou not glori|ousegloriouse, etc.; in press|ynge forth thee ouere dwe me|sure, lest thi schame sue. Lire here. C. bifore the kyng, and stonde thou not in the place of grete men. For it is betere, that it be seid to thee, Stie thou hidur, than that thou be maad low bifore the prince. Brynge thou not forth soone tho thingis in strijf, whiche thin iȝen siensawȝen I.; lest aftirward thou maist not amende, whanne thou hast maad thi frend vnhonestvnhonest; that is, telle thou not soone to othere men the pryuy yuels of thi neiȝbore, lest thou maist not ȝelde good fame to thi neiȝbore, which fame thou hast hirt. Lire here. C.. Trete thi cause with thi frend, and schewe thou not priuyte to a straunge man; lest perauenture he haue ioye of thi fal, whanne he hath herde, and ceesse not to do schenschipe to thee. GraceGrace; this vers til thidur, a goldun pomel, etc., is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. and frenschip delyueren, whichethe whiche I. kepe thou to thee, that thou be not maad repreuable. A goldun pomel in beddis of siluer is he, that spekith a word in his time. A goldun eere ryng, and aOm. C. schin|ynge peerle is he, that repreueth a wijs man, and an eere obeiynge. As the coold of snowthe coold of snow; that is, wynd kelinge reperis, at the maner of coold of snow. Lire here. C. in theOm. I. dai of heruest, so a feithful messanger to hym that sente `thilke messangerhim I., makith his soule to haue reste. A cloude and wind, and reyn not suynge, is a gloriouse man, and not fillynge biheestis. A prince schal be maad soft bi pacience; and a soft tunge schal breke hardnesse. Thou hast founde hony, ete thou that that suffisith to thee; lest perauenture thou be fillid, and brakespue CEF pr. m. GHIKMNPQRSUXYa. it out. Withdrawe thi foot fro the hous of thi neiȝbore; lest sum tyme he be fillidfull therof I.be fillid; that is, anoyed. Lire here. C., and hate thee. A dart, and a swerd, and a scharp arowe, a man that spekith fals witnessing aȝens his neiȝbore. A rotun tooth, and a feynt foot is he, that hopith on an vnfeithful man in the dai of an|gwisch, and leesith his mentil in the dai of coold. Vynegre in a vesselVynegre in a vessel; this vessel is a spice of salt, and brekith and frothith, whanne vyne|gre is put on it. songis; that is, the seiyngis of the lawe and of profetis. to the worste herte; that is, to a man ob|stynat in synne, for he is not amended, but more is wroth, and is stirid to dispysingis. Lire here. C. of salt is he, that singith songis to the worste herte. As a mouȝte noieth a cloth, and a worm noiethOm. I. a tree, so the sorewe of a man noieth the herte. If thin enemy hungrith, feede thou himfede thou him; that is, helpe thi neiȝ|bore set in nede. colis. etc.; that is, thou schalt induce him to do re|pentaunce of the yuel which he dide to thee, ether asayede to do. schal ȝelde to thee; that is, meede for the charite of the neiȝbore; in Ebreu thus, and the Lord schal make him pesible to thee. Lire here. C.; if he thirstith, ȝyue thou watir to hym to drinke; forfor so I. thou schalt gadere togidere coolis on his heed; and the Lord schal ȝelde to thee. The north wind scaterethscaterith abrod I. reynes; and a sorew|ful face distrieth a tunge bacbitinge. It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous without roof, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and in a comyn hous. Coold watir to a thirsti man; and a good mes|sanger fro a fer lond. A welleA welle; tro|blid leesith fair|nesse bi a litil mouyng, a brokun veyne is signe of deth. so is a iust man fallinge; that is, doinge synne bifor a wickid man, for he de|fameth him myche for a litil fal, and of a festu he mak|ith a beem. Lire here. C. dis|turblid with foot, and a veyne brokun, a iust man fallinge bifore a wickid man. As it is not good to hym that etith myche hony; so he that is a serchere of maiestea serchere of maieste; that is, wole mesure dyuyn thingis bi his owne wit. schal be op|pressid of glo|rie; that is, schal falle in to errour. as a citee opyn, etc.; that is, as the ynnere thingis of sich a citee ben opyn to hem that wolen entre, so the priuytes of sich a man ben opyn to othere men. Lire here. C., schal be put doun fro glorie. As a citee opyn, and with out cumpas of wallis; so is a man that mai not refreyne his spirit in speking.

 CAP. XXVI.

As snowas snow; is vnsemely. in somer; for it is aȝenus the kynde of the tyme. in heruist; for it peirith the ripe corn, and disposith to corrupcioun. glorie; that is, onour, to be ȝouun in opyn place. This word forwhi is not in Ebreu, but it sueth thus, as a brid, etc. so cursing brouȝt forth with out resonable cause schal not come; that is, on him in to whom it is brouȝt forth, as a bird vnstable of abiding, that fleeth ouer to a certeyn place, turneth not aȝen. Lire here. C. in somer, and reyn in her|uest; so glorie is vnsemeli to a fool. For whi as a brid fliynge ouer to hiȝ thingis, andand as I. a sparowe goynge in to vncerteyn; so cursing brouȝt forth with out resonable cause schal come aboue in to sum man. BetingBeting ben I. to an hors, and a bernacle to an asse; and a ȝerde into I. the bak of vnpru|dent men. Answere thou notAnswere thou not; that is, foly, as he spak folily. answere thou a fool, etc.; in declaringe resonably. Lire here. C. to a fool biaftir I. his foli, lest thou be maad lijk hymto him Ka.. Answere thou a fool biaftir I. his fooli, lest he seme to him silf to be wijs. An haltinge man in feet, and drinkinge wickidnessedrynkinge wickidnesse; that is, drynk noyful to him silf. Lire here. C., he that sendith wordis by a fonned mes|sanger. As an haltinge man hath faire leggis in veyn; so a parableso a para|ble; that is, teching, for foolis techen vnsemely. Lire here. C. is vnsemeli in the mouth of foolis. As he that cast|ethsendith CEFHNPUY. a stoon in to an heep of mercuriesendith a stoon in to the heep of mer|curie; that is, to bielde a tem|ple in the onour of this idol. onour to an vn|wise man; for euer either onour is lost; in Ebreu thus, He that sendith a stoon in to the brood place of the slynge, etc.; that is, a stoon is leid there, to be sent an hiȝ aȝenus the kinde of the stoon; so onour ȝouun to an vnwise man, is aȝenus resoun, sithen it owith to be ȝouun to a wiys man onely. a thorn; as a drunkun man hauynge a thorn in his hond, prickith him silf and othere men, so doith a fool techinge ethir prechinge. Lire here. C.; so he that ȝyueth onour to an vnwijs man. As if a thorn growith in the hond of a drunkun man; soso is I. a parable in the mouth of foolis. Doom determyneth causiscausis; that is, plees. Lire here.; and he that settith silence to a fool, swag|ith iriswraththis I.. As a dogge that turneth aȝen to his spuyng; so is an vnprudent man, that rehersith his foolihis foly; that is, greet foly, ether ma|lice, that mak|ith him abho|mynable to God and men. an vnkunnyng man; that is, knowinge his ignoraunce. Lire here. C.. Thou hast seyn a man seme wijs to hym silf; an vnkun|nyng man schal haue hope more than he. A slow man seith, A lioun is in the weie, a liounnesse is in the foot pathis. As a dore is turned in histhe R. hengisherre, ether heengis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXYa.; so a slow man in his bed. A slow man hidith hise hondis vndur his armpit; and he trauelith, if he turneth thohem up I. to his mouth. A slow man semeth wyseresemeth wisere; in sekinge the reste of his fleisch, than excelent wise men. Lire here. C. to hym silf, than seuene men spekynge sentensis. As he that takith a dogge bi the eeris; so he that passith, and is vnpacient, and is med|dlid with the chiding of anothir manchiding of anothir man; that is, he that suf|rith no wrong of an othir man, excitith him with whom he chidith with out cause, to bite him bi word ether dede. Y dide pleynge; whanne he may not excuse the opyn malice of dede, he denyeth the malice of entent which is hid. to the ynneste thingis of the herte; that is, he feyneth him to speke for the loue of riȝtfulnesse, ether for the good of him to whom he spekith, ether of whom he spekith; but he purposith to anoye til to the herte. with foul siluer; that is, with the dros of siluer, as it is in Ebreu. bolnynge lippis; that is, spekinge with bolnyng of pride. for vii. wickidnessis ben in his herte; that is, the vnyuersite of malice, ethir of wickidnesse. a dich delueth; that is, makith redy falling to another man. slidur mouth; that kepith not priuyte. wor|chith fallingis; in openynge councel to ad|uersaries. Lire here. C.. As he is gilti, that sendith speris and arowis in to deth; so a man that anoi|eth gilefuli his frend, and whanne he is takun, he schal seie, Y dide pleiynge. Whanne trees failen, the fier schal be quenchid; and whanne a priuy bacbitere is withdrawun, stryues resten. As deed coolis at quic coolis, and trees at the fier; so a wrathful man reisith chidyngis. The wordis of a pryuei bacbitere ben as sym|ple; and tho comen tilOm. a. to the ynnesteynnere M. innerest PY. thingis of the herte. As if thou woltwoldist I. ourneonouren PY. honoure a. a vessel of erthe with foul siluer; so ben bolnynge lippis felouschipid with `the werstea ful wickid I. herte. An enemy is vndir|stondun bi hise lippis, whanne he tretith giles in thehis I. herte. Whanne he `makith lowsendith doun, ether makith low CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXYa. his vois, bileue thou not to hym; for seuene wickidnessis ben in his herte. The malice of hym that hilith hatrede gilefuli, schal be schewid in a counsel. He that delueth a diche, schal falle in to it; and if a man walewith a stoon, it schal turne aȝen to hym. A fals tunge loueth not treuth; and a slidirsliper M. mouth worchith fallyngis.

 CAP. XXVII.

Haue thou not glorie onof I. the moreweHaue thou not glorie on the morewe; that is, dilaye thou not a good werk, vndur hope of tyme to comynge more able. stirid; bi ire, ethir wood|nesse; no man may suffre this, no but ful wiys and pacient. Lire here. C., `not knowyngethat knowist not I. what thing the dai toOm. CGI. comynge schal bringe forth. Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise theeOm. I.. A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse; but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir. Ire hath no merci, andne I. wood|nesse brekynge out `hath no merciOm. I.; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stiridyuel stirid I.? Betere is opyn repreuyngopyn repreu|yng; bi which repreuyng good cometh to him that is re|preuyed. than loue hid; that is, not schewid in werk, for no good cometh therof to him that is loued. woundis of the louyere; that ben doon to amending of him that is loued. gileful cossis; than ben maad to disseyuing of him that is kissed. forsak|ith his place; that is, hows, and meynee, and chargith not of the cure of hem; and bi this is vndur|stondun the malice of a pre|lat, dispisynge the cure ether helthe of soulis, for bisynessis and offices of erthely thingis. Lire here. C., than loue hid. Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith. A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, ȝhe, bittir thing for swete. As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place. The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend. Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi bro|thir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiȝbore nyȝ, than a brothir afer. Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisereanswere a word to a dis|pisere; that is, to him that dis|pisith truthe, in conuyctinge ether ouercom|ynge him re|sonably. Lire here. C.. A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes. Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiȝte for a straunger; and take thou awei athe I. wed fro hym for an alien man. He that blessith histhat blessith his, etc.; that is, flaterith him opynli. and risith bi nyȝt; that is, doith this bisili. Lire here. C. neiȝbore with greet vois; and risith bi niȝt, schal be lijk hym that cursith. Roouys droppynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben comparisondlikned to gidre I.. He that withholdithwith holdith; that is, enfors|ith to with|holde fro her nysete. holdith wynd; and this is inpossible, ether ful hard. the oile of his riȝthond; for oile holdun in the riȝt hond, be it streyned neuere so harde, goith out; so a nyse womman, how myche euer sche be re|streyned, fynd|ith weyes to do yuele. Lire here. C. hir, as if he holdithholde I. wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riȝt hond. Yrun is whettid biwith I. irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend. He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified. As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men. Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iȝen of menso and the iȝen of men, etc.; coueyt|ouse men moun not be fillid; for whi coueyt|ise is not de|creessid, but encreesid bi thingis getun. bi the mouth of preiseris; for herbi it apper|ith, wher he is verili vertuouse, ether nay, if he is not enhauns|id, ether proud, bi the preissing in ony maner, but is maad betere, the truthe of the vertu apperith, which preisid, encreesith; if he is enhaunsid, the falsnesse aperith. Lire here. C. moun not be fillid. As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preuedOm. I. in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The hertethe herte; this vers is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riȝtful herte sekith out kunnyng. Thouȝ thou beetistbeestist A. pownedist I. a foolthouȝ thou betist a fool, etc.; that is, he schal not be amendid, bi what euer chastising ethir beting moun. Lire here. C. in a morter, as with a pestel smytynge aboue dried barli; his foli schal not be don awei fro him. Knowe thou diligentli the cheere of thi beestethe cheer of thi beeste; this is expowned of prelatis that han cure of soulis thus. knowe thou diligently the cheer of thi beeste; that is, the liyf and condiciouns of men suget to thee. for thou schalt not haue power to amende hem contynuely; that is, aftir deth. but a coroun, of glorie, schal be ȝouun to thee, if thou vsist well the power bitakun to thee. Lire here. C.; and biholde thou thi flockis. For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be ȝouun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun. Mede|wis ben openyd, and greene eerbis apper|iden; and hey is gaderid fro hillis. Lambren be toin to I. thi clothing; and kidis be to theOm. M. prijs ofof the INQ pr. m. of thi KX. feeldand kidis to the prys of the feeld; that is, that thou bie feeldis bi the priys of tho, ethir that thou tile feeldis now had; and bi lambren and kidis ben vn|durstondun here, also othere beestis nedeful to liyflode. Lire here. C.. The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thiOm. S. meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode toof I. thin handmaidishond maidens IKSa.liyflode to thyn hand|maydis; that is, if thou hast in thyn hows beestis that suf|fisen to thi liyflode, and of thyn hows, be thou not bisi to seke othere thingis more delicat. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XXVIII.

A wickid man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth; but a iust man as a lioun tristyngeas a lioun tristing; in the Lord. Lire here. C. schal be with out ferdfulnesse. For the synnes of the lond benthere ben I. many princis therofof it I.; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the kunnyng of these thingisfor the kun|nyng of these thingis; that is, of mannus thingis worthi to be doon. Lire here. C. that ben seid, the lijf of the duyk schal be lengerethe lengere I.. A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi. Thei that forsaken the lawe, preisen athe I. wickid man; thei that kepen `the laweit I., ben kyndlidteendid or stirid I.ben kyndlid; that is, ben moued bi fer|uent loue of the lawe, and of riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C. aȝens hym. Wickid men thenken notnot on I. doom; but thei that seken the Lord, perseyuen alle thingisperseyuen alle thingis; that ben nede|ful to execu|sioun, ethir parformyng of riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C.. Betere is a pore man goynge in his sym|pilnesse, than a riche man in schrewid weies. He that kepith the lawe, is a wijs sone; but he that fediththat fedith; in spending his catel therynne. Lire here. C. glotouns, schendith his fadir. He that gaderith togidere richessis bi vsuris, and fre en|creesand fre en|crees; in res|seyuynge ouer the stok, ether ouer hool dette, netheles with|out couenaunt. Lire here. C., gaderith thoOm. I. togidere aȝens pore men. His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eerethat bowith awey his eere; that so he do the contrarie of lawe more leue|fully, and with out remors ether biting of con|sience; for it cometh of greet lust to do synne, that a man nyle kunne the lawe, lest bi kunnyng therof he be lettid of synne, ether withdrawun therfro. in an yuel weye; that is, drawith hem to yuel, bi his councel. perisching; of dedly synne, and of helle. Lire here. C.; that he here not the lawe. He that disseyueth iust men in an yuel weye, schal falle in his perisching; and iuste men schulen welde hise goodis. A ryche man semeth wijs to him silf; but a pore man prudent schal serche himschal serche him; that is, schal knowe his councel. Lire here. C.. In enhaunsing of iust men is miche glorie; whanne wickid men regnen, fallyngismyscheues I. of men benther ben I.. He that hidith hise grete trespassisthat hidith his grete trespassis; in the doom of consience, that is confessioun. Lire here. C., schal not be maad riȝtful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith thohem I., schal gete merci. Blessid is the man, which is euere dredefuleuere dred|ful; lest he offende God in ony thing. Lire here. C.; but he that is `harde of souleof hard herte I., schal falleof hard soule, schal falle, etc.; that is, he that chargith not of trespas aȝenus Goddis lawe, schal falle in to yuel of synne and of peyne. C. in to yuel. A rorynge liounA roring lioun, etc.; as a lioun deuour|ith beestis, so a wickid king spulith hise sugetis of her goodis, that moun not aȝen stonde him. Lire here. C., and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple. A duyk nedi of prudence schal oppresseschal op|presse, etc.; for he hath wickid mynys|tris indusinge him to this ma|lice, and he kan not perseyue. Lire here. C. many men bi fals chalenge; but the daies of hym that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe. No man sus|teynethsusteyne I. a man that falsly chalengith the bloodthe blood; that is, sekith vniustli the deth of a man. Lire here. C. of a man, if he fleeth `til tovn to I. the lake. He that goith simplisympli; that is, innocentli. Lire here. CN., schal be saaf; he that goith bi weiward weies, schal falle doun onysschal falle doun onys; that is, with out rising aȝen to good. Lire here. C.. He that worch|ith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; he that sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse. A feithful man schal be preisid myche; but he that hastiththat hastith, etc.; coueytinge ouer myche her|to. Lire here. C. to be maad riche, schal not be innocentgiltlees I.. He that knowith a face in dooma face in doom; that is, fauerith a man for singuler fa|myliarite, more than is riȝtful. Lire here. C., doith not wel; this man forsakith treuthe, ȝhe, for a mussel of breed. A man that hast|ith to be maad riche, and hath enuye to othere men; woot not that nedinesse schal come on hym. He that repreueth a man, schal fynde grace aftirward atanentis I. hym; more than he that disseyueth bi flateryngis of tunge. He that withdrawith ony thing fro his fadir and fro his modir, and seith that this is no synne, is parcener of a manquellere. He that auauntithavauntith; in magnefiynge ouer mesure hise seiyngis ether dedis. Lire here. C. hym silf, and alargith, reisithreisith up I. stryues; but he that hopith in the Lord, schal be sauyd. He that tristith in his hertetristith in his herte; that is, ouer myche in his owne wit. is a fool; for he is presump|tuouse and proud, and pride makith blynd the vn|durstonding. Lire here. C., is a fool; but he that goith wiseli, schal be preysid. He that ȝyueth to a pore man, schal not be nedi; he that dispisith `a pore manhim I. bi|sechynge, schal suffre nedynesse. Whanne vnpitouse men risen, men schulen be hid; whanneand whanne I. thothei I. the S. `vnpitouse menOm. I. han perisch|id, iust men schulen be multiplied.

 CAP. XXIX.

Sodeyn perischyngSudeyn pe|rischyng; of body and of soule. with hard nol; that is, an obstynat soule. helthe schal not sue him; for his synne is vncurable, for it is a spice of synne aȝenus the Hooly Goost, which synne is seid vnable to be forȝouun, that is, is not able to be forȝouun eseli, ethir of ful hard to be forȝouun. Lire here. C. schal come on that man, that with hard nol dispisith a blamere; and helth schal not sue hym. The comynalte schal be glad in the multi|pliyng of iust men; whanne wickid men han take prinshod, the puple schal weyle. A man that loueth wisdom, makith glad his fadir; but he that nurschith `an hoorea strumpett I., schal leese catelhis catel I.. A iust king reisith the lond; an auerouse man schal distrie it. A man that spekith bi flater|ynge and feyned wordis to his frend; spredith abrood a neta net, etc.; for he lettith his going forth in hise werkis, in withdraw|inge fro him the biheest in which he tristide. A snare; of many fold synne and of helle. A iust man knowith; that is, enfors|ith to knowe, that he may helpe. kun|nyng; to do wel, for wickid men kunnen not do wel. Lire here. C. to hise steppis. A snare schal wlappe a wickid man do|ynge synne; and a iust man schal preise, and schalOm. I. make ioye. A iust man know|ith the cause of pore men; anand an CS. as Q. vnpitouse man knowith not kunnyng. Men ful of pestilence distryen a citee; but wise men turnen awei woodnesse. If a wijs man stryueth with a foolIf a wise man stryueth with a fool; that is, trauel|ith to amende the fool. wher he; that is, the wise man. is wrooth; in repreuynge scharply the fool. leiȝith; in monestinge him swetely. reste; that is, amend|ing of the fool. Menquelleris; ether men of bloodis, that is, schederis out of myche blood. haten a symple man; that is, goynge with out doublenesse of gile. seken his soule; that is, to saue his liyf. alle mynystris vnfeithful; for they seken to plese him, and sue him of siche wordis of flater|yng and of bac|biting; as it is opyn of kyng Saul, that pur|suede Dauyth, for the flater|yngis of Doech, and othere men liyk him. Lire here. C.; whetherwher CEGHMNPQRUXY. he beis not CEGH KMNPQRSUX pr. m. Ya. is X sec. m. wrooth, `ether he leiȝithwher he leiȝith CEGHIKMNPQRUXY. or leiȝe I. whether he leiȝ|ith sa., he schal not fynde reste. Menquelleris haten a simple man; but iust men seken his soule. A fool bringith forth al his spirit; a wise man dilaieth, and reserueth in to tyme comynge afterward. A prince that herith wilfuli the wordis of aOm. I. leesyngof leesing; that is, of flater|ing and of bac|biting. Lire here. C.; schal haue alle mynystrishis seruauntis I. vnfeithfulvnpitous X sec. m. marg.. A pore man and a leenere metten hem silf; the Lord is liȝtnerethe Lord is liȝtnere, etc.; for he enspirith wille to the riche man, to releeue the pore man; and wille to the pore man, to preye for the riche man. Lire here. C. of euer ethir. If a kyng demeth pore men in treuthe; his trone schal be maad stidfast with outen ende. A ȝerde and chastisyng schal ȝyue wisdom; but a child, whichthat I. is left to his willeowen wille I., schendith his modir. Grete tres|passis schulen be multiplied in the mul|tipliyng of wickid men; and iust men schulen se the fallyngis of hem. Teche thi sone, and he schal coumforte thee; and he schal ȝyue delicis to thi soule. Whanne prophesie faylith, the puple schal be distried; but he that kepith the lawe, is blessid. A seruauntA seruaunt; vnbuxum and rebel. Lire here. C. mai not be tauȝt bi wordis; for he vndirstondith that that thou seist, andand he I. dispisith forOm. I. to answere. Thou hast seyn a man swift to speke; foli schal be hopid more than his amendyng. He that nurschith his seruaunt delicatli fro childhod; schal fynde hym rebel aftir|ward. A wrathful man territh chidingis; and he that is liȝt to haue indignacioun, schal be more enclynaunt to synnes. Low|nesse sueth a proude man; and glorie schal vp take a meke man of spirit. He that takith part with a theefHe that tak|ith part with a theef, etc.; in ix. maneris is maad part tak|ing ether con|sent of thefte; firste whanne a man comaund|ith his seruaunt ether suget to do thefte; the ii. in councel|inge a straun|gere to do thefte; iii. in consent|inge, where it schulde not be don with out his consent; iiii. in flater|ynge ether preisinge a theef, ether a raueynour; v. in ressettinge a theef, ether his thefte; vi. in beynge stille, whanne he seeth thefte doon, which he myȝte lette bi speking, ether cry; vii. in not putting forth him silf and lettinge not thefte, whanne he is holdun herto, as a iuge, ether kepere of the lond; viii. whanne, aftir thefte don, en|quering is maad therof, that it be foundun, and he knowith sum thing therof, and schewith not; the ix. in takinge part of the thefte. Lire here. C., hatith his soule; he herith a man chargyngecharginge; that is, enquer|ing thefte, vn|dur the peyne of curs, ether in other maner. Lire here. C. greetli, and schewith not. He that dred|ith a man, schal falle soonsoone fro riȝtfulnesse N.; he that hopith in the Lord, shal be reisid. Many men seken the face of the prince; and the doom of alle men schal go forth of the Lord. Iust men han abhomynacioun of a wickid man; and wickid men han abho|mynacioun of hem, that ben in a riȝtful weye. A sone kepyngea sone kep|ing, etc.; this vers is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. a word, schal be out of perdicioun.

 CAP. XXX.

The wordis of hym that gaderiththat gader|ith, etc.; Salo|mon is seid a sone gaderinge and spuynge, to signefie the greetnesse of wisdom gaderid in him, and the excelence of his teching. Lire here. C., of the sone spuynge. The prophesievisioun ether profecie CEFGHKMNPQRSUXYa. visioun I. whichthat I. a man spak, with whom God was, andthe I. which mana man A pr. m. Y. wasOm. I. coumfortid bi God dwellyng with hym, andOm. I. seide, Y am the moost foolY am the moste fool; Salomon bi the Hooly Goost bifor siȝ, that simple men not lettrid schulden be liȝtned of God in thingis that perteynen to helthe of soulis; and this in the tyme of Crist; and of sich a symple man seith Salomon, Y am the moste fool of men, that is, vnlettrid and symple. and the wisdom of men; that is, wisdom of temporal gouernail of mennus thingis, is not with me. Y lernede not wisdom; that is, kunnyng of filosofie. and Y knew not the kunnyng of seyntis; that disposith to euerlastinge helthe. Who stiede in to heuene and cam doun; that is, it is God that gouerneth heuenly thingis and erthli thingis, and God the Fadir, and God his Sone, ben with out bigynnyng and ende. And a filosofore may not knowe this bi worldly wisdom, but this is knowun oneli by Goddis wisdom. Lire here. C. of men; and the wisdom of men is not with me. Y lernede not wisdom; and Y knew not the kunnyng of hooli men. Who stiede in to heuene, and cam doun? Who helde togidere the spirit in hise hondis? who bonde togidere wa|tris as in a cloth? Who reiside alle the endis of erthe? What is namethe name I. of hym? and what is the name of his sone, if thou knowist? Ech word of God is a scheld set a fiere, to alle that hopen in hym. Adde thou notAdde thou not, etc.; con|trarie, netheles tho thingis that declaren Goddis word, moun be addid wel and meedefuly. Lire here. C. ony thing to the wordis of hym, andand so I. thouOm. I. be repreued, and be foundun a liere. I preiedepreie EPY. thee twei thingis; denye not thouthou hem I. to me, bifor that Y die. Make thou fer fro me vanyte and wordis of leesyng; ȝyue thou not to me beggerybeggyng I.beggeri; he spekith this in the persoone of a siyk man, that kan not wel vse prospe|rites with out pride, nether aduersite with out grucching. Lire here. C. and richessis; ȝyuebut ȝyue I. thou oneli necessaries to my lijflode; lest per|auenture Y be fillidfulfillid I., and be drawun to denye, andand Y C. seie, Who is the Lord? and lest YY be I. compellid bi nedynesse, steleand stele I., and forswere the name of my God. Accuse thou notAccuse thou not, etc.; that is, no but for a iust cause. Lire here. C. a seruaunt to his lord, lest per|auenture he curse thee, and thou falle doun. A generacioun that cursith his fadir, and that blessith not his modir. A generacioun that semeth cleene to it silf, and netheles is not waischun fro hise filthis. A generacioun whose iȝen ben hiȝiȝen ben hiȝ, etc.; that is, whos pride of herte apperith opinli with out forth, in the iȝen and lippis. Lire here. C., and the iȝe liddis therof ben reisid in to hiȝ thingis. A generacioun that hath swerdis for teeth, and etith with hise wank teeth; that it ete nedi men of erthe, and the porails of men. The watir leche hath tweitwo I passim. douȝtristwei douȝtris, etc.; that is, auarice and leccherie, that ben neuere fill|id. Lire here. C. that is, auerice and couetise. K., seiynge, Brynge, bringe. Thre thingis ben vnable to be fillid, and the fourthe, that seith neuere, It suffisith; hellehelle, etc.; that is, the de|uel, that euere enforsith more and more to drawe synneris to himsilf. of the wombe; that is, of a leccherouse womman. Lire here. C., and the mouth of the wombe, and the erthe whichthat I. is neuere fillid with water; but fier seith neuere, It suffisith. Crowis of the stronde picke out thilke iȝe, that scorneth the fadir, and that dispisith the child beryng of his modir; and the briddis of an egle ete that iȝe. Thre thingis ben hard to me, and outirli Y knowe not the fourthe thing; the weye of an egleweye of an egle; that is, of Crist, in his assencion. weye of a serpent; that is, of Crist, in his rising aȝen. of a schip in the myddis of the see; that is, of Crist, in his conuersacioun in the world. of a man; that is, of Crist, per|fit man in kun|nyng and ver|tues. in a ȝong wexinge wom|man; that is, in the blessid Virgyn. Lire here. C. in heuene, the weie of a serpent on a stoon, the weie of a schip in the myddil of the see, and the weie of a man in ȝong wexynge age. Siche is the weie of a womman auow|tresse, whichthat I. etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrouȝte not yuel. The erthe is moued bi thre thingis, andand bi I. the fourthe thing, which it may not susteyne; bi a seruaunt, whanne he regneth; bi a fool, whanne he is fillid with mete; bi an hateful womman, whanne sche is takun in matrymonye; and bi an handmaide, whanne sche is eir of hir ladi. Foure ben the leeste thingis of erthe, and tho ben wisere than wise men; amtis, a feble puple, that maken redi mete in heruest to hem silf; aan I. hare, a puple vnmyȝti, that settith his bed in a stoon; a locust hath no kyng, and al goith out bi cumpanyes; an euete enforsith with hondis, and dwell|ith in the housis of kingis. Thre thingis benther ben I., that goon wel, and the fourthe thing, that goith richeliricheli, ether bi prosperite CEFGHKMNPQRSUXYa. richeli, or welsumly I.. A lioun, strongeste of beestisA lioun strongeste of beestis; that is, the rewme of Babiloyne. a cok gird the leendis; that is, the rewme of Perseys, ne|theles cok is not in Ebreu. a ram; that is, Alisaundre the Grete, ether the rewme of Grekis. and a king aȝenus whom no man schal reise the hond; thus it is in Ebreu, that is, aȝenus whom no man schal moun aȝenstonde; and this signe|fieth the rewme of Romayns, that was strongere than the rewmes bi|forgoinge. ap|perith a fool; foli apperith more in a fool, whanne he is set in an hiȝ staat; and if he hadde wist this, he hadde be stille vnauauns|id. Lire here. C., schal not drede at the meetyng of ony man; a cok gird the leendis, and a ram, and noon isther is I. that schal aȝenstonde him. HeHe; thouȝ Latyn bookis han here and he, in Ebreu is not and; for the sentence of this vers is not couplid to that, that goith bi|fore. Lire here. C. that apperith a fool, aftir that he is reisid an hiȝ; for if he hadde vn|durstonde, he hadde sett hond on his mouth. Forsothe he that thristith strongli teetis, to drawe out mylk, thristith out boterebotere; that is, mater sad|dere than mylk, that schulde not be thristid out. Lire here. C.; and he that smytith greetli, drawith out blood; and he that stirith iris, bringith forth discordis.

 CAP. XXXI.

The wordis of Lamuel, the kingLamuel, the king; that is, Salomon. La|muel is in|terpretid, with whom God is, for God was with Salomon in the bigyn|nyng of his rewme. Lire here. C.; the visiounthe visoun; that is, teching ether blamyng. Lire here. C. bi which his modir tauȝte hym. What my derlyng? what the derlyng of my wombe? what the derlyng of my desiris? Ȝyue thou not thi catel to wym|men, and thi richessis to do awei kyngisdo awey kyngis; Ebreys seyen, to make fatte kingis; and this acordith betere to the lettre suynge. Lire here. C.. A! Lamuel, nyle thou ȝiue wynwyn, etc.; that is, to drynke ouer mesure. Lire here. C. to kingis; for no pryuete isther is I., where drunke|nesse regneth. Lest perauenture thei drynke, and forȝete domes, and chaunge the cause of the sones of a pore man. Ȝyue ȝe sidurȝyue ȝe sidur; that is, drynk able to make drunkun. Lire here. C. to hem that morenen, and wyn to hem that ben of bitter soule. Drinke thei, and forȝete thei her nedi|nesse; and thenke thei no more on her sorewe. Opene thi mouthOpene thi mouth, etc.; that is, alegge thou riȝtful|nesse, for him that kan not plete in his cause. Lire here. C. for a doumb man, and opene thi mouth for the causes of alle sones that passen forththat passen forth; that is, of straungeris goinge thorou the lond. Lire here. C.. Deme thou that that is iust, and deme thou a nedi mandeme thou a nedi man, etc.; that is, do thou execucioun of riȝtfulnesse, for nedi men and pore, that han a iust cause. Lire here. C. and a pore man. Who schal fynde a stronge wommana strong womman; Cris|ten doctours expownen co|mynly this let|tre, til to the ende, of hooly chirche, which bi figuratif speche, is seid a strong wom|man; hir hose|bonde is Crist, hir sones and douȝtris ben Cristen men and wymmen; and this is the literal vndur|stonding, as thei seyen; and this exposicioun is resonable, and set opinly in the comyn glos. But Rabi Salomon seith, that bi a strong womman is vn|durstondun hooli Scripture; the hosebonde of this wom|man, is a stu|diouse techere in hooly Scrip|ture, bothe men and wymmen; for in Jeroms tyme summe wymmen weren ful studiouse in hooly Scripture. Lire here. C.? the prijs of her is fer, and fro the laste endis. The herte of hir hosebond tristith in hir; and schehe I. schal not haue nede to spuylisrobries I.. Sche schal ȝelde to hym good, and not yuel, in alle the daies of hir lijf. Sche souȝte wolle and flex; and wrouȝte bi the coun|sel of hir hondis. Sche is maad as the schip of a marchaunt, that berith his breed fro fer. And sche roos bi nyȝt, and ȝaf preyȝaf prey, etc.; in Ebreu it is, liyflode. Lire here. C. to hir meyneals, and metis to hir handmaidishandmaidens I.. Sche bihelde a feeld, and bouȝte it; of the fruyt of hir hondis sche plauntide a vyner. Sche girdegirdide I. hir leendis with strengthe, and made strong hir arm. Sche taastide, and siȝsauȝ I passim., that hir marchaundie was good; hir lanterne schal not be quenchid in the niȝt. Sche putte hir hondis to stronge thingisto stronge thingis; in Ebreu it is, to the wherne; and the lettre suynge acord|ith wel herto. Lire here. C., and hir fyngris token the spyndil. Sche openyde hir hond to athe I. nedi man, and stretchide forth hir hondis to a pore man. Sche schal not drede for hir hous of the cooldis of snow; for alle hir meyneals ben clothid with double clothis. Sche made to hir a ray cloth; bijsbijs, ether whiyt silk CEFGHKMNPQRUXYa. and purpur is the cloth of hir. Hir hosebonde is noble in the ȝatis, whanne he sittith with the senatours of erthe. Sche made lynnuna lynun C. cloth, and seldesolde it I.; and ȝaf a girdil to a Chananeito a Cananey; Ebreys seyen, to a marchaunt; and this acordith more to the lettre biforgoinge. Lire here. C.. Strengthe and fairnesse is thein the E. clothing of hir; and sche schal leiȝe in the laste dai. Sche openyde hir mouth to wisdom; and the lawe of merci is in hir tunge. Sche bihelde the pathis of hir hous; and sche eet not breed idili. Hir sones risidenrisen E. resen up I., and prechiden hir moost blessid; hir hosebonde roos, and preiside hir. Many douȝtris gaderiden richessis; thou pass|idisthast ouer passid I. alle. Fairnesse is disseiuable grace, and veyn; thilke womman, that dredith the Lord, schal be preisid. Ȝyue ȝe to hir of the fruytfrutis E. of hir hondis; and hir werkis preise hir in the ȝatis.

 Here endith the book of Prouerbis, and here biginneth EcclesiastesFrom CHNSX. Here enden Prouerbis, and here bygynneth Ecclesiastes. F. Here endith the book of Prouerbis, and bigynneth a prolog on Ecclesiastes. G. Heere endith the book of Prouerbis, and biginnith Ecclesiastes. IQ. Here eendeth the booc of Prouerbis; se now the prolog in the booc of Ecclesiastes, that is to seie, booc of talkere to the puple, or togidere calle[re]. K. Here endith the book of Prouerbis, and here bigynneth the book of Ecclesiastes, that tretith also of wisdom and prudence, and nedith noon other prologe. M. Here endith the Prouerbis, and here bigynneth Ecclesiastes. U. Here eendith the Parablis, and bigynneth the prolog on Ecclesiastes. a. No final rubric in AEPRY.. ECCLESIASTES. Here bigynneth EcclesiastesFrom AG. Here biginneth the bok of Ecclesiastes. EPY. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

The wordisThe wordis; for many men erriden in the mater of blis of man, and sum|men seiden, that mannus blis stondith in richessis, othere men seiden in delices, othere men seiden in onours, and so of many othere goodis, that moun be getun in present tyme bi mannus tra|uel; therfor Salomon schew|ith in this book, that mannus blis stondith not in siche goodis, but in God, which is good with outen ende; and in i. co. he preueth that mannus blis stondith not in kunnyng, for kunnyng getun bi mannus weye is vnprofit and diseseful, and quyetith not a mannus desir. Lire here. C. of Ecclesiastesof Ecclesi|astes; that is, of Salomon, for Ecclesiastes is seid a spekere to the puple. Lire here. C., sone of Dauid, theOm. I. kyng of Jerusalem. TheOm. I. vanyteThe vanyte, etc.; that is, the moste va|nyte. and alle; thingis in whiche false men setten blis. ben vanyte; that is, ful veyne. vndur the sunne; that is, in pre|sent liyf; as if he seye, ech man may preue bi experience, that he getith not of his tra|uels no but vnstable good and able to be lost, nameli, bi deth, which he may not ascape. Lire here. C. of vanytees, seide Ecclesiastes; theOm. I. vanyte of vanytees, and alle thingis ben vanite. What hath a man more of alle his trauel, bi which he traueilith vndur theOm. plures. sunne? GeneraciounA generacioun I. passith awei, andan oother I. generacioun cometh; but the erthe stondith with outen ende. The sunne risith, and goith doun, and turneth aȝen to his place; and there it risith aȝen, and cumpassith bi the south, and turneth aȝen to the north. The spiritThe spirit, etc.; that is, the sunne; not for it hath a soule, but for it causith liyf in these lowere thingis. Lire here. C. cumpassynge alle thingis goith `in cumpasaboute I., and turneth aȝen in to hise cerclis. Alle floodis entren in to the see, and the see fletith not ouer the markis set of God; the floodis turnen aȝen to the place fro whennus thothei I. comen forth, that thothei I. floweflowe out C. eft. Alle thingis ben hardben harde; to be vndurstondun. Lire here. C.; a man may not declare tho thingis bi word; the iȝe is not fillid bi siȝt, nether the eere is fillid bi hering. What is that thing that wasthat was; bothe in thingis and in opynyouns of men. schal come; thouȝ in the meene tyme it ceessith and is forȝetun. Lire here. C., that that schal come? What is that thing that is maad, that that schal be maad? No thing vndir the sunne is newe, nether ony man may seie, Lo! this thing is newe; for now it ȝede bifore in worldis, that weren bifore vs. Mynde of the formere thingis is not, but sotheli nether thenkyng of tho thingis, that schulen come afterward, schal be at hem that schulen come in the last tyme. I Ecclesiastes was king of Israel in Jeru|salem; and Y purposide in my soule to seke and enserche wiseli of alle thingis, that ben maad vndur the sunne. God ȝaf this werste ocupaciounthis worste ocupacioun; in Ebreu it is yuel ocupacioun; for thouȝ kunnyng getun bi mannus weye is good in it silf, netheles it is yuel, in as myche as it hath trauel and turment of studie knyt therto, and for sumtyme it is a letting of more good, that is, of deuocioun and of preyer. Lire here. C. to the sones of men, that thei schulden be ocupied ther|ynne. I siȝ alle thingis that ben maad vndur the sunne, and lo! alle thingis ben vanyte and turment of spirit. Weiward men ben amendidmendid I. of hard; and the noum|bre of foolis is greet with outen ende. I spak in myn herte, and Y seide, Lo! Y am made greet, and Y passide in wisdom alle men, that weren bifore me in Jerusa|lem; and my soule siȝ many thingis wiseli, and Y lernede. And Y ȝaf myn herte, that Y schulde knowe prudencethat Y schulde knowe prudence; that rulith wel in mannus thingis worthi to be doon. and doc|tryn; that is, the vertu of Goddis lawe. and errours; aboute dyuyn thingis. and foly; aboute mannus thingis, to eschewe and impyngne siche errours and foli. Lire here. C. and doctryn, and errours and foli. And Y knew that in these thingis also was trauel and turment of spirit; for in myche wisdomin myche wis|dom; of man. is myche indig|nacioun; for siche kunnyng bolnyth with pride, and a proud man is liȝtli stirid to indignacioun. Lire here. C. is myche indignacioun, and he that encressith kun|nyng, encreessith also trauelalso trauel; for men that han dedeyn and ben vnpa|cient, feelen many an|gwischis with ynne hem silf. Lire here. C..

 CAP. II.

Therfor Y seide in myn herteY seide in myn herte; in ii. co. Salomon schewith, that mannus blis is not in delices of bodi. Lire here. C., Y schal go, and Y schal flowe in delicis, and Y schal vse goodis; and Y siȝ also that this was vanyte. And leiȝyng Y arrettide er|rour, and Y seide to ioye, WhatWherto I. art thou disseyued in veyn? I thouȝte in myn herte to withdrawe my fleisch fro wyn, that Y schulde lede ouer my soule to wis|dom, and that Y schuldewolde I. eschewe foli, til Y schulde se, what were profitable to the sones of men; in which dede the noumbre of daies of herOm. C. lijf vndur the sunne is nedeful. Y magnefiedemagnefiede, ether made greet C et plures. my werkis, Y bild|ide housis to me, and Y plauntide vynes; Y made ȝerdis and orcherdis, and Y set|tidesette I. thohem N. with theOm. CI. trees of al kynde; and Y made cisternes of watris, for to watre the wode of trees growynge. I hadde in possessioun seruauntis and handmaidishandmaidens IR.; and Y hadde myche meynee, and droues of grete beestis, and grete flockis of scheep, ouer alle men that weren bifore me in Jerusalem. Y gaderide togidere to me sil|uer and gold, and the castels of kingis and of prouyncis; Y made to me syngeris and syngeressissyngsters I., and delicis of the sones of men, and cuppis and vessels in seruyce, to helde out wynes; and Y passide in richessis alle men, that weren bifor me in Jerusalem. Also wisdom dwellidewisdom dwell|ide, etc.; til that he was disseiued bi wymmen. Lire here. C. stabli with me, and alle thingis whichethat I. myn iȝen desiriden, Y denyede not to hem; nether Y refreynede myn herte, that ne it vside al lust, and delitide it silf in these thingis whiche I hadde maad redi; and Y demyde this my partand Y de|nyde this my part; that is, lustful liyf. my part; that is, blis; for he was disseyued by wymmen, and felde in to this errour. Lire here. C., if Y vside my trauel. And whanne Y hadde turned me to alle werkisthe werkis I. whiche myn hondys had|den maad, and to the trauels in whiche Y hadde swetswat I. in veyn, Y siȝ in alle thingis vanyte and turment of theOm. I. soule, and that no thing vndir sunne dwellith stabli. I passidepasside forth I. to biholde wisdomY passide to biholde wisdom; that is, Y bi|helde that tra|uel is aboute the geting of kunnyng, and most in dyuyn thingis, which is seid wisdom propirly. Of this place and othere liyk, sum men seyen, that Salomon dide penaunce in the ende; but it semeth that this pe|naunce was not sufficient and perfit, for he distriede not the idols whiche he hadde maad, as Y seide ful|liere in XXX. co. of Prouerbis. what is a man, etc.; that is, of what vertu, that he may ateyne to God bi the knowing of creaturis. Salomon spek|ith ofte in this book, in the persoone of othere men, not oneli that seyen truthe, but also that erren, that the truthe appere more bi con|traries leid to|gidere. Lire here. C., erroursand errours A sec. m., and foli; Y seide, What is a man, that he may sue the king, his maker? And Y siȝ, that wisdom ȝede so mych bifor foli, as miche as liȝt is dyuerse fro derknessis. The iȝen of a wijs man ben in his heedben in his heed; that is, in the hiȝere part of soule that ȝyueth tent to con|templacioun of dyuyn thingis. Lire here. C., a fool goith in derknessisin derk|nessis; for he thenkith erthely thingis aloone and sensible, whiche comparisound to God ben derknessis. was of euer either; that is, of the wise man and of the fool. Salomon seith this in the persoone of hem that denyeden vndedlynesse of mannus soule. ben yuel; that is, defautif. and turment of the spirit; Salomon asoilith not here this obieccioun maad aȝenus the truthe, for obieccioun takith opinli fals, and for a wiys man and iust schal haue meede, and a fool schal haue peyne with outen ende. Lire here. C.; and Y lernede, that o perisching was of euer either. And Y seide in myn herte, If o deth schal be bothe of the fool and of me, what pro|fitith it to me, that Y ȝaf more bisynesse to wisdom? And Y spak with my soule, and perseyuede, that this also was vanyte. For myndethe mynde I. of a wijs man schal not be, in lijk maner as nether of a fool with outen ende, and tymes to comynge schulen hile alle thingis togidere with forȝetyng; a lerned man dieth in lijk maner andas I. an vnlerned man. And therfor it anoiede me of my lijf, seynge that alle thingis vndur sunne ben yuele, and that alle thingis ben vanyte and turment of the spirit. Eft Y curside al my bisynesse, bi which Y trauelide moost studiousli vndur sunne, and Y schal haue an eir after me, whom Y knoweknew E. not, whether he schal be wijs ether a fool; and he schal be lord in my trauels, for whichethe whiche I. Y swatte greetli, and was bisi; and isis ther I. ony thing so veyn? Wherfor Y ceesside, and myn herte for|sook for to trauele ferthere vnder sunne. For whi whanne another man trauelith in wisdom, and techyng, and bisynesse, he leeueth thingis getun to an idel man; and therfor this is vanyte, and greet yuel. For whi what schal it profite to a man of al his trauel, and turment of spirit, biwith I. which he was turmentid vndur sunne? Alle hise daies ben ful of sorewis and meschefs, and bi nyȝt he restith not in soule; and whether this isbe I. not vanytevanyte; that is, veyn trauel, and with out fruyt, as if he seie, ȝis. Lire here. C.? Whether it is not betere to ete and drynketo ete and drynke; that is, to lyue co|uenabli bi thingis getun. goodis of hise trauels; in spendinge a part of the goodis in the werkis of pitee and of liberalte. and this is of the hoond of God; that is, good grauntid of God, and is not so greet good, that it is man|nus blis. Lire here. C., and to schewe to hise soule goodis of hise trauelstrauel S.? and this thing is ofin M. Om. E et plures. the hond of God. Who schal deuoure so, and schal flowe in delicisin delices, etc.; that is, wymmen, as if he seide, no man. Lire here. C., as Y didehaue I.? God ȝaf wisdom, and kunnyng, and gladnesseand glad|nesse; that is, glad liyf in vsinge wel temporal goodis. Lire here. C. to a good man in his siȝt; but he ȝaf tur|ment, and superflu bisynesse to a synnere, that he encreesse, and gadere togidere, and ȝyue to hym that plesith Godand ȝyue to him that plesith God; not that he ȝyueth wil|fuly to goode men; but for whanne he is deed, siche goodis ben ȝouun to goode men ful ofte, as whanne Na|bal was deed, hise goodis camen to Da|uyth, in III. book of Kingis, xxv. co. but also this; that is, bisynesse in sich gadering of goodis, whiche goodis the getere vsith not, but ben ȝouun to othere men. Lire here. C.; but also this is vanyte, and veyn bisynesse of soule.

 CAP. III.

Alle thingis han tymehan tyme; in iii. co. Salo|mon remoueth long liyf fro mannus blis, which long liyf is wont to be desirid of men, outakun feweste men and ful perfit, as Poul desiride to be deed, and to be with Crist. Lire here. C., and alle thingis vndur sunne passen bi her spaces. Tyme of birthe, and time of diyng; tyme to plaunte, and tyme to drawe vp that that is plauntid. Tyme to sleTyme to sle; aduersaries of riȝtfulnesse ether of comynalte. Lire here. C., and tyme to make hool; tyme to distrie, and tyme to bilde. Tyme to wepe, and tyme to leiȝe; tyme to biweile, and tyme to daunse. Tyme to scatere stoonys, and tyme to gadere togidere; tyme to collecolle ether biclippe C et plures. colle eithir to-clippe a.tyme to colle; that is, to ȝyue tent to generacioun, in ȝong age of hem that ben weddid. tyme to be fer; that is, in eelde, whanne the vertu of gendring failith, and whanne comyn turment is of the puple; therfor men and beestis weren chast in the arke in the grete flood of Noe, as Ebreys seyen. Lire here. C., and tyme to be fer fro collyngis. Tyme to wynnegete I., and tyme to leese; tyme to kepe, and tyme to caste awei. Tyme to kitte, and tyme to sewe togidere; tyme to be stille, and tyme to speke. Tyme ofto I. loue, and tyme of hatrede; tyme of batel, and tyme of pees. What hath a man moreWhat hath a man more; no but vncerteynte of kunnyng. of his trauel; in long bisynesse of studie; as if he seye, litil ether nouȝt; for thouȝ men lyuen neuere so longe, they atteynen not to perfit know|inge, ȝhe, of the leeste thing. Y siȝ the tur|ment; in ocu|pacioun of studie. which God ȝaf to the sones of men; in as myche as he ȝaf to hem vndurstonding, to enquere siche thingis. Lire here. C. of his trauel? I siȝ the turment, which God ȝaf to the sones of men, that thei be occupied therynne. God made alle thingis good in her tymeGod made alle thingis goode in her tyme; that is, of creacioun. of hem; that is, of men. fynde not, etc.; in knowynge that werk par|fitly, thouȝ he schulde lyue bi ful long tyme. Lire here. C., and ȝaf the world to disputyng of hem, that a man fynde not the werk whichthat I. God hath wrouȝt fro the bigynnyng `til in tovnto I. the ende. And Y knew that no thing was betere `to a manOm. I. to man N., `no butthan I. to be glad, and to do good werkis in his lijfin his liyf; that is, to lyue couenabli and vertuously, bi the cours of kynde, so that he be apayed with the terme of liyf, which the kynde ȝaf to him. etith and drynkith; in lyuynge onestly and with out su|perflu bisy|nesse. good of his trauel; in ȝyuynge tho thingis that he gat, in party liberaly, in party merci|fuly. ȝifte of God; that is, good in pre|sent tyme. Lire here. C.. For whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of his trauel; this is the ȝifte of God. I haue lerned that alle werkisthe werkis I., whichethat I. God made, lasten stidfastli `til in tovn to I. with outen ende; we moun not addewe moun not adde, etc.; therfor we owen to be apayed with the terme of oure liyf, and to be not bisi of encreessing bi the lengthe of liyf. Lire here. C. ony thing to thotho werkis I., nether take awei fro tho thingis, whiche God made, that he be dred. That thing that is maad, dwellith perfitli; tho thingis that schulen come, weren bifore; and God re|storith that, that is goon. I siȝ vndur sunneY siȝ vndur sunne, etc.; that is, in the dwellinge place of men. vnfeithfulnesse in the place, etc.; that is, where riȝtful doom was wont to be ȝouun, is ȝouun wickid doom. Lire here. C. vnfeithfulnesse in the place of doom; and wickidnesse in the place of riȝtfulnesse. And Y seide in myn herte, The Lord schal deme a iust man, and an vnfeithful man; and the tyme of ech thing schal be thanne. I seide in myn herte of the sonesY seide in myn herte of the sones, etc.; Salomon spekith this in the persoone of vnfeithful men, that denyen liyf to comyn in blis ether peyne aftir deth. Lire here. C. of men, that God schulde preue hem, and schewe that thei ben lijk vnresonableOm. I. beestis. Therfor oon is the perisching of man and of beestis, and euene condicioun is of euer eithir; as a man dieth, `so and thoriȝt so I. beestis dien; alle beestistho I. brethen in lijk maner, and a man hath no thing more than a beeste. Alle thingis ben suget to vanyte, and alle thingis goen totil N. o place; tho ben maad of erthe, and tho turnen aȝen togidere in to erthe. Who knowith, if the spirit of the sones of Adam stieth vpward, and ifOm. C. the spirit of beestis goithgoon S. dounward? And Y perseyuede that no thing is betere, than that a man be glad in his werkin his werk; that is, in ver|tuouse werkis. Lire here. C., and that this be his part; for who schal brynge hym, that he knowe thingis that schulen come after hym?

 CAP. IV.

I turnede me to othere thingis, and Y siȝ fals chalengis, that ben don vndur the sunnethat ben doon vndur the sunne; in iiii. co. he preueth that mannus blis stondith not in lordschip, for it hath myche disese and tra|uel and perel of synne. Lire here. C., and the teeris of innocentisthe giltlees I., and no man coumfortour; and that thei for|sakundestitut, ether forsakun C et plures. destitute, or failinge I. of the help of alle men, moun not aȝenstonde the violence of hem. And Y preiside more deed men than lyuynge men; and Y demyde hym, that was not borun ȝit, and siȝY siȝ CMç. not the yuels that ben don vndur the sunne, to be blisfuleremore blessid I. than euer eithirthan euer eithir; that is, lesse wrecchid than an yuel man deed, and an yuel man lyuynge; for he that is deed borun and dieth in ori|genal synne onely, hath no peyne of feel|ing, but he hath more de|litable liyf, than he myȝte haue in present liyf, as alle doctours seyen, that speken of hem that dien in origenal synne onely. Lire here. C.. Eft Y bihelde alle the tra|uelis of men, and bisynesses; and Y per|seyuede that tho ben opyn to theOm. I. enuye of neiȝborethe neiȝbore I.; and therfor in this is va|nyte, and superflu bisynesse. A fool fold|ith togidere hise hondis, and etith hise fleischisfleishe I.etith hise fleischis; for whi for he eschewith tra|uel, he hath litil to ete, and so hise fleischis ben maad thynne. Lire here. C., and seith, Betere is an handful with reste, than euer either hondful with trauel and turment of soule. I bihelde and foond also another vanyteean other va|nyte, etc.; that is, the wrecchid|nesse of an auarouse man. hath not a se|cunde; for he fleeth to haue meynee and frenschipe with ony man, lest it bihoueth him spende sum|thing, and ne|theles he cees|sith not to gete catel, with greet turment of bodi and of soule. that tweyne be to gidere; that is, that many men be ioyned togi|dere in fren|schip and felouschipe. Lire here. C. vndir theOm. IN pr. m. sunne; oon isther is I., and he hath not a secounde; notnether I. a sone, notne I. a brother; and netheles he ceesith not forOm. I. to trauele, nether hise iȝen ben fillid withof I. richessis; nether he bithenkithbithenkith him I., and seith, To whom trauele Y, and disseyue my soule in goodis? In this also is vanyte, and theOm. I. worsteful yuel I. turment. Therfor it is betere, that tweynetwo I. be togidere than oon; for thei han profite of her felouschipe. If oon fallith doun, he schal be vndurset of the totherethat oother I.; wo to hym that is aloonewo to him that is aloone; that is, hath not felouschipe and frenschip with ony man. Lire here. C., for whanne he fallith, he hath noon reisyngeto reise I. himhim up I.. And if tweyne slepenslepen to gidre I., thei schulen be nurschid togiderenurschid to|gidere; herbi in figuratif speche is vn|durstondun the reste of many men in o loue. hoot; in charite. a thre fold coorde, etc.; that is, as myche as mo men and goode ben ioyned to gidere in frenschipe, bi so myche the staat of hem is amendid. Lire here. C.; hou schal oon be maad hoot? And if ony man hath maistri aȝens oon, tweyne aȝen stonden hym; a threfolde corde is brokun of hard. A pore man and wijs is betere than an eld kyng and fool, that kan not bifore se in to tyme to comynge. For sum tyme a man goith out bothe fro prysoun and chaynes to a rewme; and anothir borun in to a rewme is wastid bi nedynesse. I siȝ alle menY siȝ alle men; that is, many men. with the se|cunde; that is, the sone of the king that schal regne aftir him. Lire here. C. lyuynge that goen vndur the sunne, with the secounde ȝong wexynge man, that schal rise for hym. The noumbre of pu|ple, of alle that weren bifore hym, is greet with outen mesure, and thei that schulen come aftirward, schulen not be glad in hym; but also this is vanyte and turment of the spirit. Thou that entrist in to the hous of God, kepe thi footkepe thi foot; that is, go thou not in boost|fuly nether proudly, as myȝty men of this world, that ben enhaunsid in her power, ben wont to do. neiȝe thou; to prestis and techeris of the lawe, for to here Goddis heestis, to fille tho feithfuli in werk. Lire here. C., and neiȝe thou for to here; for whi myche betere is obe|diencethe obedience M.betere is obe|dience; in the kepinge of Goddis heestis. than the sacri|fices of foolis; that is, of brekeris of the lawe, that dreden not to breke Goddis heestis bi her power, and gessen to plese hym bi of|fringis and sa|crifices. witen not what yuel thei doen; for bi this that thei ben proude, they ben blynd|id, and kun|nen not knowe the greuous|nesse of her synne. Lire here. C. than the sacrificessacrifice A. of foolis, that witen not what yuel thei don. Speke thou not ony thing folilySpeke thou not ony thing folili; of God ether of hise domes, in repreuynge tho. Lire here. C., nether thin herte be swift to brynge forth a word bifore God; forsothly I. God is in heuene, and thou art on erthe, therfor thi wordis be fewe. Dremes suen many bisynessis, and foli schal be foundun in many wordis. If thou hast avowid ony thing to God, tarie thou not to ȝeldeȝelde it I.; for an vnfeithful and fonned biheestvnfeithful and fonned biheest; it is seid vnfeithful, whanne aftir a vow maad in the tyme of nede, the purpos is chaungid anoon whanne the nede ceessith; it is seid a fonned biheest, whanne it is of a thing vnleueful ether vndifferent, as if a man makith a vow, to reise a stre fro erthe, for this turneth not in ony thing to the onour of God, ethir if a vow is maad of a good thing, netheles impossible to him that makith a vow. Lire here. C. displesith hym; but `ȝelde thouOm. I. what euer thing thou hast avowidauowid to God, ȝelde thou it I.; and it is myche betere to make not a vowe, than aftir a vowe to ȝelde not biheestisthe biheestis I.. Ȝyue thou not thi mouththi mouth; in openynge it ouer myche to glotenye. to do synne; bi the vice of leccherie. Lire here. C., that thou make thi fleisch to do synne; nether seie thou bifor an aungel, No puruyaunce isther is I.; lest perauenture the Lord be wrooth onof I. thi wordis, and distruye alle the werkis of thin hondis. Where ben many dremes, ben ful many vanytees, and wordis with out noumbre; but drede thou God. If thou seest false chalengis of nedi men, and violent domes, and that riȝtfulnesse is dis|tried in the prouynce, wondre thou not on this doyng; for another is hiȝere than an hiȝ man, and also othere men ben more hiȝe aboue these men; and ferthermore the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruauntto the ser|uaunt; that is, to ech creature soiet to him silf. Lire here. C..

 CAP. V.

An auerouseAn auerouse, etc.; here bi|ginneth the v. co. bi Jerom, and in this co. Salomon schew|ith, that man|nus blis stondith not in temporal richessis. schal not take, etc.; that is, that loueth richessis as an auarouse man doith, schal take no profit of tho, for his auarice suffrith him not to vse tho. Lire here. C. man schal not be fillid of monei; and he that loueth richessis schal not take fruytis of thohem I.; and therfor this is vanyte. Where benther ben I. many richessis, also many men benther ben I., that eten tho; and what profitith it to the haldere, noOm. I. but that he seeth richessis with hise iȝen? Slepe is swete to hym that worchith, whe|ther he etithete I. litil ether myche; but the fulnesse of a ryche man suffrith not hym to slepe. Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, whichthat I. Y siȝ vndur the sunne; rich|essis ben kept in to the yuelharm I. of her lordin to the yuel of her lord; for herbi ra|ueynours and couetouse men setten tresoun to riche men, and thei ben stranglid for her richessis. Lire here. C.. For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendridegaat I. a sone, that schal be in soue|reyn nedynesse. As he ȝede nakid out of his modris wombe, so he schal turne aȝen; and he schal take awei with hym no thing of his trauel. Outirli it is a wretchid sijknesse; as he cam, so he schal turne aȝen. What therforOm. C. profitith it to hym, that he trauelide in to the wyndein to the wynd; as if he seye, no thing; for his trauel profitith not to him silf, nethir to hise sones. Lire here. C.? In alle the daies of his lijf he eet in derk|nessis, and in many bisinessis, and in nedy|nessenedi nessis a., andof C. sorewe. Therfor this semyde good to me, that a man ete, and drynke, and vse gladnesse of his trauel, in which he trauelide vndir the sunne, in the noum|bre of daies of his lijf, which God ȝaf to hym; and this is his part. And to ech man, to whom God ȝaf richessis, and catel, and ȝaf power to hym to ete of tho, and to vse his part, and to be glad of his trauel; this is the ȝifte of God. For he schal not bithenkethenke I. miche on the daies of his lijf, for God ocupieth his herte with delicis.

 CAP. VI.

Also another yuel isther is I., whichthat I. Y siȝ vndur the sunne; and certis it is oft vsid anentis men. ASum I. man isther is I., to whom God ȝafhath ȝoue I. richessis, and catel, and onour; and no thing failithther failith I. to his soulelijf I. of alle thingis whichthat I. he desirith; and God ȝyueth not powerGod ȝyueth not power, etc.; for God draw|ith him awey sudeynly fro present liyf. Lire here. C. to hym, that he ete therof, but a straunge man shal deuoure it. This is vanytea vanyte A., and a greet wretchidnesse. If a man gendrithgetith I. an hundridIf a man gendrith an hundrid, etc.; defaute that cometh of aua|rice makith a man wrecchid, ȝhe, thouȝ he hath richessis and many othere thingis that ben de|sirid in present liyf. and his soule; that is, he him silf. vsith not, in his owne per|soone, the goodis of his catel. a deed borun child; that asayede noon yuel of present liyf, and hath liyf more delitable than is this present liyf; therfor he is betere than an auarouse man, for in al his liyf he feelith not no but yuel, and an|gwisch of bodi and soule. Lire here. C. freof fre I. sones, and lyueth many ȝeris, and hath many daies of age, and his soule vsith not the goodis of his catel, and wantith biriyng; Y pronounce of this man, that a deed borun child is betere than he. For he cometh in veynhe cometh in veyn; to birthe, and goith to the sepulcre. Lire here. C., and goith to derknessis; and his name schal be don awei bi for|ȝetyng. He siȝ not the sunne, nether knew dyuersytethe dyuersite I. of good and of yuel; also thouȝ he lyuethlyue I. twei thousynde ȝeeris, and vsith not goodisand vsith not goodis; but euere yuels, as if he seide, long liyf pro|fitith no thing to him, but anoyeth more. Lire here. C.; whether alle thingis hasten notwher alle thingis hasten not, etc.; that is, alle cor|ruptible thingis hasten bi deth to the erthe, fro whennus tho weren takun. Lire here. C. to o place? Al the trauel of a man is in his mouthAl the trauel of a man is in his mouth; that is, for couenable sustenaunce of mannus liyf. but the soule of him; that is, of the auarouse man bifor seid. schal not be fillid with goodis; for he schal not vse his richessis, and therfor he hath richessis in veyn. Lire here. C., but the soule of hym schal not be fillid with goodis. What hath a wijs man more than a fool? and what hath a pore man, noOm. I. but that he go thidur, where is lijfwhere is liyf; that is, to blis to comynge, where deth hath no place. Lire here. C.? It is betere to se that, that thou coueitist, than to desire that, that thou knowist not; but also this is vanyte, and presumpcioun of spirit. The name of hym that schal come, is clepid now, and it is knowun, that he is a man, and he mai not stryuehe may not stryue, etc.; that is, alegge resonably aȝenus God, that it perteyneth to man to knowe thingis to comynge that ben vncerteyn, and not teld in hooly writ. wordis ben ful, etc.; of dyuynyngis aboute thingis to comyng, to seke grettere, etc.; that is, kunnyng that passith his vndurstonding. sithen he knowith not, etc.; that is, what is profitable to him in present liyf. ether who may, etc.; God aloone. Lire here. C. in doom aȝens a strongere than hym silf. Wordis ben ful manye, and han myche vanyte inand C. dispuytinge. What nede is it to a man to seke grettere thingis than hym silf; sithensith I passim. he knowith not, what schal bifalle to hym in his lijf, in the noumbre of daies of his pilgrimage, and in the tyme that passith as schadowe? ether who may schewe to hym, what thing vndur sunne schal come aftir hym?

 CAP. VII.

A good nameA good name; that cometh of onest liyf. is betere than pre|ciouse oyne|mentis; here Salomon tech ith of veri blis, that stond|ith in God aloone, and in his cleer siȝt, and knowing, and loue; and the disposicioun of blis stondith in meedeful werk, for whi hope is certeyn abiding of blis to comynge, that risith of grace and good werkis, and sich vertuouse liyf is a maner of bigynnyng of parfit blis. day of deth; of iust men; for in the day of deth they by|gynen to lyue verily, and therfor the day of deth of hooly men is clepid the birthe of hem. Lire here. C. is betere than preciouse oynementis; and the dai of deth is betere than the dai of birthe. It is betere to go to the hous of morenynghows of mornyng; where moren|yng is maad for deed men. to the hows of feeste; wher|ynne the synne of gloteny is ofte doon, and the synne of leccherie sueth ofte. Ire is betere; the fadir, that loueth the sone, is wrooth, whanne he seeth him do folily; but a straunger, that reckith not of him, leiȝith of his foly. Lire here. C., than to the hous of ao C. feeste; for in that hous `of morenyngOm. I. the ende of alle men is mo|nestidwarned I., and a man lyuynge thenkith, what is to comynge. Yre is betere than leiȝyng; for the soule of a trespassour is amendidcorectid I. bi theOm. I. heuynesse of cheer. The herte of wise men is wherewhere that I. sorewe is; and the herte of foolis is where gladnessefoly gladnesse I. is. It is betere to be repreued of a wijs man, than toOm. U. be disseyued bi theOm. CIX. flateryng of foolis; for as the sown of thornes bren|nynge vndur a pot, so is the leiȝyng of a fool. But also this is vanyte. Fals cha|lengeFals caleng; that is, greuouse wrong. disturblith, etc.; netheles it castith not him doun anoon fro the vertu of stidefastnesse. Lire here. C. disturblith a wijs man, and it schal leesefordo I. the strengtheit schal leese the strengthe, etc.; that is, the vertu of stidefastnesse, if the trobling wexith strong; therfor a wiys man owith to arme him silf bi preyer. Lire here. C. of his herte. For|sothe the ende of preyer is beterethe ende of preyer is betere, etc.; for it bigynneth of sorewe for wrong doon, and it is endid in coumfort ȝouun of God, bi which a man is maad pacient in aduersites. Lire here. C. than the bigynnyng. A pacient man is betere than a proud man. Be thou not swift to be wrooth; for irewraththe I. restith in the bosumherte I text. or bosum I marg.in the bosum; that is, in his herte. Lire here. C. of a fool. Seie thou not, What gessist thou is ofthe C sec. m. EFGHIKMPQ RSUXYaç. cause, that the formere tymes weren betere than ben now? for whi siche axyng is fonned. Forsothe wisdom with richessis is more profitablewisdom with richessis is more profitable; therfor Ambrose on Luk seith, As richessis ben lettingis to yuele men, so to goode men tho ben helpis. Lire here. C., and profitith more to men seyngeand profitith more to men seynge, etc.; that is, wisdom is betere with richessis, than with out richessis; and this is soth, whanne othere vertues ben euene in a riche man and a pore man; for a wise man hauynge richessis may do werkis of pitee and of liberalte, whiche he that hath no richessis, may not do. Lire here. C. the sunne. For as wisdom defendith, so money de|fendithso money defendith; that is, mynystrith spensis aȝenus visible enemyes, and it defendith aȝenus vnuysible enemyes, by meedeful werkis of pitee and of liberalte. Lire here C.; but lernyng and wisdombut lernyng and wisdom, etc.; that is, liyf of grace, and of glorie to a wiys man, and without richessis, but richessis without wisdom moun not ȝyue this. C. hathhan I. this more, thatouer that I. tho ȝyuen lijf to `her welderehem that han hem I.. Biholde thou the werkis of God, thatand se that I. no man may amende hym, whom God hath dispisidwhom God hath dispisid; that is, hath forsake him fynaly; and a signe of this forsaking is, the hardnesse in yuel; bro|theris repreu|yng ether priuy blamyng ow|ith to ceesse, whanne a man seeth his bro|ther obstynat in synne, but the iuge owith not to ceesse herfor of pu|nysching, but more to pu|nysche so, ȝhe, by deth, if his trespas axith this, that the comyn good and pees be not disturblid bi him. Lire here. C.. In a good day vse thou goodis, and bifore eschewe thou an yuel day; for God made so this dai as that dai, that a man fynde not iust playnyngis aȝens hym. Also Y siȝsawȝ I passim. these thingis in the daiesin the daies, etc.; that is, of present liyf, that passith sone awey, so it is not no but vanyte. Lire here. C. of my natyuytebirthe I.; a iust man perischith in his riȝtfulnesse, and a wickid man lyueth myche tyme in his malice. Nyle thou be iust mycheouer myche I.Nyle thou be iust myche; that is, in pu|nysching ouer scharply. nether vndurstonden, etc.; of thi riȝtfulnesse. astonyed; in ȝyuynge a cruel sentence, and not iust. Lire here. C., nether vndurstonde thou more than is nedeful; lest thou be astonyed. Do thou not wickidli mycheDo thou not wickidly myche; for cruelte is a greet wickid|nesse, and for it makith a man to erre, and to gete to him silf dedly enemytes, it sueth, nyle thou be a fool, etc. not thyn; in hastinge thi deeth bi ene|mytes. a iust man; in de|fendinge him in his riȝtful|nesse. Lire here. C., and nyle thou be a fool; lest thou die in a tyme not thin. It is good, that thou susteyne a iust man; but also withdrawe thou not thin hond from hym; for he that dredith God, is not necli|gent of ony thing. Wisdom hath coum|fortid a wise man, ouer ten pryncisouer ten prynces; that is, more than eny power of man. Lire here. C. of a citee. Forsothe no iust man isther is I. in erthe, that doith good, and synneth not. But also ȝyue thou not thin herte to alle wordisthe wordis I., that ben seid; lest perauenture thou here thi seruaunt cursynge thee; for thi conscience woot, that also thou hast cursid ofte othere men. I asayede alle thingis in wisdomin wisdom; that is, for wisdom to be getun. it ȝede; in my reputacioun. Lire here. C.; Yand Y I. seide, I schal be maad wijs, and it ȝede awei ferthere fro me, myche more than it was; and the depthe is hiȝlowe I.the depthe is hiȝ; that is, the kynde of God, as to the knowing of persoones is an hiȝ depthe. who schal fynde it; as if he seye, no man bi mannus seking. Lire here. C., who schal fynde it? I cumpasside alle thingis inwith I. my soule, to kunne, and biholdeto beholde I., and seke wisdom and resoun, and to knowe the wickidnesse of a fool, and theOm. C. errour of vnprudent men. And Y foond a womman bittererea womman biterere, etc.; for a womman departith the soule fro his Creatour, but deth departith oneli fro the body. of hunteris; that is, of fendis. Lire here. C. than deth, whichthe which I. is the snare of hunteris, and hir herte is a net, and hir hondis ben boondis; he that plesith God schal ascape hir, but he that is a synnere, schal be takun of hir. Lo! Y foondLo! Y foond; that is, enqueride deligentli. oon and other; that is, in appliynge my wit to ech thing. Lire here. C. this, seide Ecclesiastes, oon and other, that Y schulde fynde resoun, whichthat I. my soule sekith ȝit; and Y foondfoond it I. notand Y fond not; that is, til to perfec|cioun. o man, vertuouse of a thousinde; that is, ful fewe men ben foundun ver|tuouse in com|parisoun of men failing fro vertu, for the noumbre of foolis is greet with out noum|bre. Y foond not a womman of alle; that is, not oon ver|tuouse; not that no wom|man is vertu|ouse, but for fewe in com|parisoun of men ben ver|tuouse, as it is seid comynly, that no man is in the chirche, whanne ful fewe men ben there, in com|parisoun of the multitude that is wont to come to gidere thi|dur. with ques|tiouns; that is, hardnessis aboute the get|ing of siences and vertues. Who is sich; that is, so wor|thi to be preisid among men, as a wiys man; that is, a ver|tuouse man bi vertues and vn|durstonding; he that atteyneth to vertuouse liyf and trewe vndurstonding, is ful excelent among men. Lire here. C.. I foond o man of a thousynde; Yand Y C. foond not aoo Y. womman of alle. I foond this oonli, that God made a man riȝtful; and he medlide hym silf with questiouns with out noumbre. Who is siche as a wijs man? and who knowith the expownyngsoilyng, ether [the IS] expownyng C et ceteri. of a wordether ex|pownyng of a word; that is, of a priuy word, as if he seye, noon, no but a wiys man in vndurstond|ing and ver|tuouse liyf. chaunge his face; that is, in the rising aȝen, whanne he schal ȝyue to him a gloriouse face. Lire here. C.? The wisdom of a man schyneth in his cheer; and the myȝtieste schal chaunge his face.

 CAP. VIII.

I kepe the mouth of the kyngY kepe the mouth, etc.; that is, the comaundement is brouȝt forth of his mouth, and this is seid in the persoone of a trewe obeiere to God. Lire here. C., and the comaundementis and sweryngis of God. Haste thou not to go aweito go awey; that is, in brekinge his heestis. Lire here. C. fro his face, and dwelle thou not in yuel werk. For he schal do al thing, that he wole; and his word is ful of power, and no man mai seie to hym, Whi doist thou so? He that kepith the comaundement of God `in this lijfOm. I. in his lijf a., schal not feele onyof ony C. thing of yuel; the herte of a wijs man vndurstondith tyme and answer. Tyme andeyther S. cesounleiser, ether cesoun C et ceteri. is to ech werk; and myche turment is of a man, for he knowith not thingis passid, and he mai not knowe bi ony messanger thingis to comyngecome I.. It is not in the power of man to forbede the spiritspirit; that is, his soule, fro goyng out fro the bodi. Lire here. C., nethir he hath power in the dai of deth, nethir he is suffrid to haue reste, whanne the batel neiȝethneiȝeth niȝ I.; nethir wickidnesse schal saue a wickid man. I bihelde alle thes thingis, and Y ȝaf myn herte in alle werkis, that ben don vndur the sunne. Sum tyme a man is lord of a man, to his yuelto his yuel; that is, to the yuel of the Lord, whanne herbi he is reisid aȝenus God. Lire here. C.. Y siȝ wickid men biryed, which, whanne thei lyueden ȝit, weren in hooli place; and thei weren preisid in the citee, as men of iust werkis; but also this is vanyte. ForsotheSothly I. for the sentencethe sentence; of Goddis punyschyng. Lire here. C. is not brouȝt forth soone aȝens yuele men, the sones of menthe sones of men; that is, that ben nurschid in fleisly lustis, that ben the sones of men, and not of God. Lire here. C. doon yuels with outen ony drede. Netheles of that, that a syn|nere doith yuelyuelis M. an hundrid sithis, and is suffrid bi pacience, Y knew that good schalit shal I. be to men dredynge God, that re|uerensen his faceface or presence I.. Good be notGood be not, etc.; that is, temporal pro|sperite, for he mysvsith it. maad longe; for it is to him occasioun of multipliyng of synnes. Lire here. C. to the wickid man, nethir hise daies be maad longe; but passe thei as schadewe, that dreden not the face of the Lord. Also another vanyte isther is I., whichthat I. is don on erthe. Iust men benther ben I., to whichewhom I. yuels comen, as if thei diden the werkis of wickid men; and wickid men benther ben I., that ben soas I. sikur, as if thei hanhadden I. the dedis of iust men; but Y deme also this moost veynmoost veyn; that is, moost vnresonable; and he spekith here in the persoone of a fleisly man and vnfeithful, that thenkith not on peynes and meedis to com|ynge. Y preis|ide, etc.; that is, lustful liyf. to vndurstonde the departing; aboute the tri|bulacioun of vniust men, and the pros|perite of wickid men. Lire here. C.. Therfor Y preysid gladnessegladnesse; that is, lustful liyf. Lire here. C., that no good was to a man vndur the sunne, noOm. I. but to ete, and drynke, and to be ioiful; and that he schulde bere awei with hym silf oneli this of his trauel, in the daies of his lijfof his trauel in the dayes of his liyf, etc.; of this it is opin, that Sa|lomon spekith here in the per|soone of a fleisly man, that thenkith of present liyf onely. And Y settide myn herte, etc.; this, that God suf|frith iust men to be set in tri|bulacioun in present liyf, and vniust men to haue pro|sperite, per|teyneth to the iust domes of God, but priuy to vs; and therfor siche thingis owen not to be souȝt of vs, but it suffisith to knowe in ge|neral, bi feith and hooly scripture, that siche thingis that bifallen here, be ordeyn|ed bi Goddis wisdom, to the glorie of him, and also of chosun men; wherfor God schal be glorified in alle thingis, and it is worthi to obeye to hise comaundementis. Lire here. C., whiche God ȝaf to hym vndur theOm. I. sunne. And Y settide myn herte to knowe wisdom, and to vndurstonde the departing, which is turned in erthe. A man is, that bi daies and niȝtis takith not sleep withwith his I. iȝen. And Y vndurstood, that of alleOm. C. the werkis of God, a man may fynde no resoun of tho thingis, that ben don vndur the sunne; and in as myche as he traueilith more to seke, bi so myche he schal fynde lesse; ȝhe, thouȝ a wijs man seithsey I. that he knowith, he schal not mow fynde.

 CAP. IX.

Here bigynne the ix. co. in Ebreu. Lire here. C.I tretide alle these thingis in myn herte, to vndirstonde diligentli. Iust men, and wise menOm. S. benther ben I., and her werkis ben in the hond of God; and netheles a man nootwoot not I. not S pr. m. wot not S sec. m., whether he isbe I. worthi of loue orether ceteri. of ha|tredehate M.ether of hatrede; of God. Lire here. C.. But alle thingis ben kept vncer|teyn in to tymeu to comynge; for alle thingis bifallen euenli to a iust man and to a wickid man, to a good man and to an yuel man, to a cleene man and to an vnclene man, to a man offrynge offryngis and sacrifices, and to a man dispisynge sacrifices; as a good man, so and a syn|nere; as a forsworun man, soriȝt so I. andOm. I. he that greetli swerith treuthe. This thing is the worste among alle thingis, that ben don vndur the sunne, that the same thingis bifallen to alle men; wherfor and the hertis of the sones of men ben fillid with malice andand with I. dispisyng in her lijf; and aftir these thingis thei schulen be led doun toin to C. hellis. No man isther is I., that lyueth euere, and that hath trist of this thing; betere is a quik doggebetere is a quyk dogge, etc.; lyoun and dogge ben vndurstondun yuele men, that is, a quyk syn|nere is of betere condicioun than a deed synnere, for he that lyueth may repente, and turne to good. her mynde is ȝouun to forȝeting; that is, bifor God, for he ȝyueth not to hem place of penaunce, thouȝ they ben in his mynde to pu|nysche hem, and they know|en no thing, wherbi they moun turne aȝen to good, thouȝ they knowen many othere thingis. Lire here. C. than a deed lioun. For thei that lyuen witen that thei schulen die; but deed men knowen no thing more, nether han meede ferthere; for her mynde is ȝouun to forȝetyng. Also the loue, and hatrede, and enuye perischiden togidere; and thei han no partand thei han no part, etc.; that is, in suf|fragies ether preieris and almes dedis, whiche quyke men doen for dede men; al this profitith not to hem that dien out of charite. Lire here. C. in this world, and in the werk that is don vndur theOm. I. sunne. Therfor go thou, iust man, and ete thi breed in gladnesse, and drynke thi wiyn with ioie; for thi werkis plesen God. In ech tyme thi clothis be whitethi clothis be white; that is, thi liyf be hooly and onest. and oyle; of Goddis grace faile not fro thyn heed; that is, fro thyn vndurstonding, which is heed in the myȝtis of the soule; that is, lyue thou so, that God with|drawe not his grace fro thee. with the wiyf which thou louest; that is, with the wis|dom of Goddis lawe, as Ebreys seyen; for a good man ches|ith this wisdom to be his wiyf, as it is seid in viii. co. of Wisdom. in the dayes of liyf of thyn vnstableness; that is, of present liyf, which is vnstable, and owith to be spendid in the ocupacioun of Goddis lawe. this is thi part, etc.; that is, thou schalt bere these thingis with thee fro present liyf, and not temporal goodis. Lire here. C., and oile faile not fro thin heed. Vse thou lijf with the wijf which thou louest, in alle theOm. ceteri. daies of lijfthe lijf I. of thin vnstablenesse, that ben ȝouun to thee vndur sunnethe sunne CGSa., in al the tyme of thi vanyte; for this is thi part in thi lijf and trauel, bi which thou tra|uelist vndur the sunne. Worche thou bisiliWorche thou bisili, etc.; that is, as myche as thou maist, do thou bisili meedeful werkis. Lire here. C., what euer thing thin hond mai do; for nether werk, nether resoun, nethirne I. kun|nyng, netherne I. wisdom schulen be at hellis, whidir thou haastist. I turnede me to another thing, and Y siȝ vndur sunne, that rennyng is not of swift men, nethir batel is of stronge men, nether breed is of wise men, nether richessis ben of techeris, nenether ceteri. grace is of crafti men; but tyme and hap is in alle thingishap is in alle thingis; that is, vncerteynte, that owith refreyne a man fro pride. Lire here. C.. A man knowith not his ende; but as fischis ben takun with an hook, and as briddis ben takun with a snare, so men ben takun in yuel tymein yuel tyme; that is, in the tyme of deth, that priueth fro liyf. Lire here. C., whanne it cometh sudeynli on hem. Also Y siȝ thisOm. C. wisdom vndur the sunne, and Y preuede it the mooste. A litil citeeA litil citee, etc.; this myȝte be doon to the lettre, as a wiys womman sau|yde the citee Abela in II. of Kingis XX. co.; netheles Cris|ten doctours expownen this comynli of Crist and hooly chirche; bi the citee is vndur|stondun hooli chirche; the kyng biseginge it, is the deuel and his malice; the pore man and wiys, is Crist, that ledde a pore liyf, and as myche as per|teyneth to him, he bi his wis|dom delyueride his puple fro the fendis power. and no man bithouȝte on that pore man; that is, ful fewe ben kynde in com|parisoun of vnkynde men, and this vn|kyndenesse cometh of foly. Lire here. C., and aOm. ceteri. fewe men ther ynne; a greet kyng cam aȝens it, and cumpasside it with palis, and he bildidebildide it with C. strengthisstrengthis, ether engyns C et ceteri. bi cumpas; andand the I. bisegyng was maad perfitfull I.. And a pore man and a wijs was foundun ther ynne; and he delyuerede the citee bi his wisdom, and no man bithouȝte aftirward on that pore man. And Y seide, that wisdom is betere than strengthe; hou therfor is the wisdom of a pore man dispisid, and hise wordis ben not herd? The wordis of wise men ben herd in silence, more than the cry of a prince among foolis.

 CAP. X.

Betere is wisdom than armuris of batel; and he that synneth in o thingthat synneth in o thing, etc.; for bi o dedly synne al the heelp of me|ritis biforgo|inge is lost. Litil foly at a tyme, etc.; this lettre must be takun thus bi the Ebreu, where it is writun thus, litil foly is heuyere than wisdom and glorie, that is, a litil defaute in vertues that is seid foly, is heuyere than wisdom and glorie, which defaute makith wisdom and glorie to be vile ofte in a famouse persoone. Lire here. C. Netheles oure Latyn lettre is thus, wisdom and litil glorie is preciousere than foli at a tyme. C., schal leese many goodis. Flies `that dien, leesendiynge fordon I. the swetnesse of oynement. LitilA litil I. foli at asum I. tyme is preciouseremore precious I. than wisdom and glorie. The herte of a wijs man is in his riȝt side; and the herte of a fool is in his left side. But also a fool goynge in the weie, whanne he is vnwijs, gessith alle men foolis. If the spiritIf the spirit; that is, the violent stiring. of him that hath power; that is, of the fostring of synne, ether of the fend. stieth on thee; in hurlinge ether stiringe thee violently to synne. forsake thou not thi place; that is, stidefastnesse of vertu. and heeling; that is, myȝty withstonding aȝenus temptaciouns, which is seid helthe of soule, schal make moste synnes to ceesse. Lire here. C. of hym, that hath power, stieth onupon I. thee, forsake thou not thi place; for heelingcuryng, ether heelyng C et plures. curyng, or takyng hede I. schal make gretteste synnes to ceesse. An yuel isther is I., whichthat I. Y siȝ vndur the sunne, and goithgoynge I. out as bi errour fro the face of the prince; a fool set in hiȝ dignyte, and riche men sitte bynethe. I siȝ seruauntis on horsis, and princes as seruauntis goynge on the erthe. He that diggith a diche, schal falle in to it; and an eddrean addre; that is, the deuel. Lire here. C. schal bite hym, that distrieth an heggean hegge; that is, the lore of oneste, tauȝt of wise men. Lire here. C.. He that berith ouer stoonys, schal be turmentid in tho; and he that kittith treesthat kittith trees; so he that puttith forth him silf to occasiouns of synnes, schal suffre peyring of soule. Lire here. C., schal be woundid of tho. If yrun is foldid aȝen, and thisit I. is not as bifore, but is maad blunt, it schal be maad scharp with myche trauel; and wisdom schal sue aftir bisynesseaftir bisy|nesse; that is, the staat of a vertuouse man schal come aȝen, aftir myche di|ligense to reky|uere vertu. Lire here. C.. If a serpent bitith, ithe I. bitith in silence; he that bacbitith priueli, hath no thing lesse than it. The wordis of the mouth of a wijs man isben I. grace; and the lippis of an vnwijs man schulen caste hym doun. The bigynnyng of hise wordis is foli; and the laste thing of his mouth is the worste errour. A fool multiplieth wordis; a man nootwot not I., what wasa man noot what was, etc.; that is, a fon|ned man, for he dispisith to biholde the dedis of wise men biforgoinge. that that schal come, etc.; that is, God aloone may do this, but the fool is not worthi to sich reuelacioun. Lire here. C. in to the citee; that is, to the reste of seyntis. whos king is a child; in wit and yuele con|dicioun; for herbi sugetis ben wantoun, and vices ben encreessid many fold. eten eerli; that is, out of du ordre. is noble; that is, in vertues and kyn. Lire here. C. bifore hym, and who mai schewe to hym that, that schal come aftir hym? The trauel of foolis shal turment hem, that kunnen not go in to the citee. Lond, wo to thee, whos kyng is a child, and whose princes eten eerli. Blessid is the lond, whos kyng is noble; and whose princis eten in her tyme, to susteyne theher I. kynde, and not to wasteleccherie A sec. m. marg. I.. The hiȝnesse of housis schal be maad low in slouthis; and the hous schal droppethe hows schal droppe, etc.; that is, in the slouthe of hondis fro goode werkis. Lire here. C. in the feble|nesse of hondis. In leiȝyng thei dis|posenIn leiȝing thei disposyn, etc.; that is, vnco|uenablemyrthe. Lire here. C. breed and wyn, that thei drynk|ynge ete largeli; and alle thingis obeien to moneiobeien to mo|ney; that is, for thei han nede to myche money for greet meynee and large table, therfor thei distrien doom for the ȝiftis of riche men. Lire here. C.. In thi thouȝt bacbite thou not the kyng, and in the priuete of thi bed, curse thou not a riche man; for the briddisthe briddis, etc.; that is, telleris of wordis. schulen bere thi vois; to thyn accusing. Lire here. C. of heuene schulen bere thi vois, and he that hath pennyshe that hath pennes; that is, a swift tellere of wordis. schal telle the sentence; that is, thi wordis, to thi dampnyng; ether bi him that hath pennes, is vndurstondun an yuel iuge, which is ouer swift to brynge forth hard sentence aȝenus symple men spekinge liȝtli. Lire here. C., schal telle the sentence.

 CAP. XI.

Sende thi breed on watrisSende thi breed on watris; that is, ȝyue thou mete and drinke to nedi men. fynde it; in resseyuynge meede in tyme to comynge, and sum tyme in present liyf. Lire here. C. passynge forth, for aftir many tymes thou schalt fynde it. Ȝyue thou partis seueneȜyue thou partis vii. etc.; that is, ȝyue thou largeli of thi goodis to nedy men. yuel schal come on erthe; that is, in present liyf, and thou maist be delyuerid therfro bi werkis of pyttee ȝouun to nedi men. if a tre fallith doun to the south; that is, if a man dieth, and goith to the part of chosun men. ether to the north; that is, to the part of repreuable men. there it schal be; that is, vn|chaungably; and therfor in present liyf a man owith to be bisi aboute the werkis of pitee, as myche as he may disserue. Lire here. C., and also eiȝte; for thou woost not, what yuel schal come on erthe. If cloudis ben fill|ed, thothei I. schulen schede out reyn on the erthe; if a tre fallith doun to the south, ether to the north, in what euer place it fallith doun, there it schal be. He that aspieth the wyndHe that aspi|eth the wynd; that is, dilayeth to sowe, for the wynd, and di|layeth to repe, for the schew|ing of cloudis, so thei that abiden an ablere tyme and lengthe of liyf, ben lettid ofte to do the werkis of pitee. Lire here. C., sowith not; and he that biholdith the cloudis, schal neuere repe. As thou knowist not, which is the weye of the spirit, and bi what resoun boonys ben ioyned togidere in the wombe of a womman with childe, so thou know|ist not the werkis of God, which is makere of alle thingis. Eerli soweEerli sowe, etc.; that is, bigynne thou the werkis of pitee at the tyme of ȝongthe. and thyn hond ceesse not; to do werkis of pitee. in the euentid; that is, eelde, wher|ynne men ben wont to be more hard. thou woost not what schal come forth more; that is, schal be maad more acceptable to God. euer either togidere; that is, is ac|ceptable to God. the betere; bi the fruyt of meede. Lire here. C. thi seed, and thin hond ceesse not in the euentid; for thou woost not, what schal come forth more, this ethir that; and if euer eithir comethcome I. forth togidere, it schal be the betere. The liȝt is sweet, and delitable to the iȝen to se the sunne. If a man lyueth many ȝeeris, and is glad in alle these, he owith to haue mynde of derk tymeof derk tyme; that is, of deth. of many daies; that is, of tyme, that hath noon ende after deth. Lire here. C., and of many daies; and whanne tho schulen come, thingis passidthingis pass|id; that is, de|litable thingis of this liyf, that passiden as schadewe. Lire here. C. schulen be repreued of vanyte. Therfor, thou ȝonge man, be gladthou ȝong man, be glad, etc.; Ebreys seyen, that this is seid by scorn, and this semeth wel bi the lettre. Lire here. C. in thi ȝongthe, and thin herte be in goodgoodnes CFGIKMNQRSXaç. in the daies of thi ȝongthe, and go thou in the weiesgo thou in the weies, etc.; that is, bi the maner of thyn owne wille. biholding of thyn iȝen; that is, in su|ynge the styr|ing of coueitise. Lire here. C. of thin herte, and in the biholdyng of thin iȝen; and wite thou, that for alle these thingis God shal brynge thee in to doom. Do thou awei ire fro thin herte, and remoue thou maliceremoue thou malice; that is, lecherie. ȝongthe and lust; that is, ȝongthe sekinge veniaunce, and lust hauntinge lecchery, passen awey soone, and leden to an yuel ende. Lire here. C. fro thi fleisch; for whi ȝongthe and lust ben veyne thingis.

 CAP. XII.

Haue thou mynde on thi creatourthi creatour; that is, God, that made thee of nouȝt to his ymage and licnesse. Lire here. C. in the daies of thi ȝongthe, bifore that the tyme of thi turment come, and the ȝeris of thi deth neiȝe, of whichethe which I. thou schalt seie, Tho plesen not meto me I.. `Haue thou mynde on thi creatourOm. I., bifor that the sunne be derk, and the liȝt, and sterrys, and the mone; andand the EPR. cloudecloudis ceteri. turne aȝen after reynafter reyn; that is, aftir the tribulacioun of eelde. the keperis; that is, iȝen, keperis of the body, bi|gynnen to faile, and to be dullid. and strongeste men; that is, hipis and leggis. and grynderis; that is, teeth. and seeris; that is, iȝen, set bi|twixe the holis of the heed. the doris in the street; that is, lippis, set in the pleyn place of the face. Lire here. C.. Whanne the keperis of the hous schulenOm. S. be mouyd, and strongeste men schulen tremble; and grynderis schu|len be idel, whanne the noumbre schal be maad lesse, and seeris bi the hoolis schulen wexe derk; and schulen close the doris in the street, in the lownesse of vois of a gryndere; and thei schulen rise at the vois of a bridvois of a brid; that is, the cok. douȝtris of song; that is, eeris, that deliten in melodie. C., and alle the douȝtris of song schulen wexe deef. And hiȝ thingis schulen drede, and schulen be aferd in the weiebe aferd in the weie; that is, the hiȝere part of soule, and the lowere part that hath compassioun on the bodi; for alle men dreden kyndly the deth neiȝinge, and to go out of the weye of present liyf. an ale|maund, etc.; that is, the heed schal wexe hoor. locuste; that is, the wombe. capparis; that is, coueitise of flech. go; bi deth. euerlast|ingnesse; for he schal neuere turne aȝen to present liyf. Lire here. C.; anand an C. alemaunde tre schal floure, a locuste schal be maad fat, and cappariscapparis is an herbe. X. schal be distried; for a man schal go in to the hous of his euerlastyngnesse, and weileris schulen go aboute in the street. Haue thou mynde on thi creatour, byfore that a siluerne roopa siluerne roop; that is, acording in the bodi lyuynge, be brokun bi deth. a goldun lace; that is, liyf to comynge. on the welle; that is, on the ioynyng togi|dere of othere membris on the herte. the sisterne; that is, the heed on the herte. and dust; that is, the body. Lire here. C. be brokun, and a goldun lace renne aȝen, and a watir pot be al to-brokun on the welle, and a wheele be brokun togidere on the cisterne; and dust turne aȝen in to his erthe, wherof it was, and the spirit turnego CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXa. aȝen to God, that ȝaf it. The vanyte of vanytees, seide Ecclesiastes, the vanyte of vanytees, and alle thingis ben vanyte. And whanne Ecclesiastes was moost wijsEcclesiastes was most wiys; that is, Salomon was wiseste of alle men of his tyme. Lire here. C., he tauȝte the puple, and he telde out the thingis whiche he dide, and he souȝte out wisdom, and made many parablis; he souȝte pro|fitable wordis, and he wroot moost riȝtful wordis, and ful of treuthe. The wordis of wise men ben as prickis, and as nailis fastned deepe, whichethe whiche I. ben ȝouun of o scheepherdeo schepparde; that is, God, that rulith and feedith alle thingis. Lire here. C. bi the counsels of maistrismaistris; that is, of the persoones in Trynyte, ether of hooli aungels. seke thou nomore than these; that is, than the bokis of hooli scripture; netheles herbi ben not excludid othere bokis, that ben nedeful to the vndurstonding of hooly scripture, but oneli tho bokis that ben not nedeful to helthe; of whiche bokis it sueth, noon ende is to make many bokis, for newe hardnessis risen euere in siche thingis. ofte thenking; aboute sich thingis. is turment of fleisch; that is, makith turment of fleisch, and is with out profit, sithen it is of thingis that ben not nedeful to helthe, and lettith the knowing of nedeful thingis; therfor a man owith with alle myȝtis and bisynessis ȝyue tent to tho thingis that ben nedeful to the helthe of soule. Lire here. C.. My sone, seke thou no more than these; noon ende isther is I. to make many bookis, and ofte thenkyng is turment of fleisch. Alle we here togydere the ende of spekyng. Drede thou God, and kepe hise heestis; `that is to seie, ech manthis is, al man CGHKMNQSUXa. this is, eueri man EP. that is to wite, euery man I. this al man R.this is al man; that is, perfit man; that is, these twey partis, to drede God and kepe hise heestis, maken a man parfit in vertu. that ben doon; that is, of men that moun do wel and yuele, bi fredom of wille. ech thing doon bi errour; in Ebreu it is, for ech thing helid ether priuy; but thing doon bi errour is vndurstondun trespas by ma|lice ether bi ig|norance. good; in kynde, ne|theles yuel bi circumstaunce ether entent. Lire here. C.. God schal brynge alle thingis in to dom, that ben don; for ech thing don bi errour, whether it be good, etheror I passim. Sa. yuel.

 Here endith Ecclesiastes, and here bigynneth the Song of SongisHere endith the book of Ecclesiastes, and here bygynneth the book of Songis. F. Here endith Ecclesiastes, and bygynneth the prolog on Song of Songis. G. Heere endith Ecclesiastes, and bigynneth Song of Songis. ISXa. Here endeth the booc of Ecclesiastes; se now the book of Song of Songis. K. Here endith the book of Ecclesiastes, and here bigynneth the book of Song of Songis, that weren maad of Salomon, to be sungen in the temple of the Lord, in to euerlastinge wurschiping, and nedith noon other prologe. M. Here endith Ecclesiastes, and here bigynneth the book of Songis of Songis. N. Heere eendith the book of Ecclesiastes, and bigynneth the book of Songes. R. Here endith Ecclesiasticus, and here bigynneth the book of Songis. U. Here endith Ecclesiastes, and bigynneth Song of Songis, of the bridales of Christ and of the Chirche. X. No final rubric in EP.. SONG OF SOLOMON. Here biginneth the bok of the Songes of SongesFrom EP. Here bigynneth the Song of Songes. G. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

The Chirche of the comynge of Christ spekith, and seith. X marg.Kisse he me with the cos of his mouthIn this book the spouse is God; the spous|esse is hooli chirche, that comprehendith the staat of the Elde Testament and Newe; the chirche for the staat of the Elde Testament, is discryued in the vj. firste cha|pitris, and aftir|ward the staat of the Newe Testament, in vij. and viij. chapitris. This chirche is maad of dyuerse folkis, that is, of Jewis and hethen men, of iust men and of synneris, of prelatis and of sugetis. Hooli chirche took specialy the name of spous|esse, first in the ȝyuyng of the lawe, in the hil of Synay. The puple of Israel, signefied bi the name of spous|esse, seith to God, Kisse he me with the cos of his mouth; that is, Y wolde, that God schewe hym silf frendful to me bi signes and werkis, as a spouse to the spousesse. C.. The vois of the Fadir. X marg.For thi tetisthi tetis, etc.; that is, the fulnesse of Goddis mersi is swettere to mannus soule, than wyn most sauery among bodili thingis is swete to the tast. In Ebreu it is, for thi loues ben betere than wyn, etc.; that is, the loue of God is more sauery to a deuout soule, than ony bodili thing to bodili tast. Lire here. C. ben betere than wyn, and ȝyuen odour with beste oyne|mentis. The vois of the Chirche. X marg.Thi name is oileoyle; that is, good fame; for bi the meruels that God dide to the sones of Israel in Egipt, and in the Reed See, the fame of his name and goodnesse was spred abrood to othere puplis, for which many men weren conuertid to the feith of Jewis. ȝonge damesels; that is, othere folkis weren conuertid to thi loue. odour of thyn oynementis; that is, we schulen be drawun bi affecciouns of thi goodnesse; netheles these wordis in to the odour of thyn oynementis, is not of the text; for it is not in Ebreu. Lire here. C. sched out; therfor ȝonge damesels loueden thee. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. X marg.Drawe thou me after thee; we schulen renne in toOm. I. the odour of thin oyne|mentis. The Chirche seith of Crist. X marg.The kyng ledde me in to hise celerisceleris; that is, the kyng of heuens shewide to me hise priuytes, bi Moises. of thi tetis; ether of thi loues, as Ebreys seyen. tabernaclis of Cedar, etc.; bi Cedar ben vndurstondun Agarenus, that ben seid now Saracenus. Bi Salomon is vndurstondun God; hise skynnes ben seid the hiȝere hiling of the tabernacle. C.; we myndeful of thi teetis aboue wyn, schulen make ful out ioye, andand we I. schulen be glad in thee; riȝtful men louen thee. The Chirche, of hir tribulaciouns. X marg.Ȝe douȝtris of Jerusalem, Y am blak, but fair, as the tabernaclis of Cedar, as the skynnes of Salomon. Nyle ȝe biholde me, that Y am blak, for the sunne haththe sunne hath, etc.; that is, brennyng of tribulacioun. C. discolourid me; the sones of my modir fouȝten aȝens me, thei settidensetten I. me a kepere in vyners; Y kepte not my vynerY kepte not my vyner; that is, Y myȝte not ȝyue tent to my werkis, for ocupacioun in the werkis of Egipcians. C.. The voice of the Chirche to Crist. X marg.Thou spouse, whom my soule loueth, schewe to me, where thou lesewist, where thou restist in myd|daiin mydday; that is, in the heete of tribu|lacioun. the flockis of thi felows; that is, where thou feedist thi feith|ful men, and restist bi feith formed with charite. aftir the flockis; that is, othere vn|feithful folkis. of thi felowis; that is, of hooli aungels, assign|ed to the keep|ing of vnfeith|ful men. A! thou fairest, etc.; that is, thou puple of Irael. knowist not; that is, if thou dredist for thi sike men to bowe awey fro riȝtful weye. Lire here. C.; lest Y bigynne to wandre, aftir the flockis of thi felowis. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. X marg.A! thou fair|est among wymmen, if thou knowist not thi silf, go thou out, and go forth aftir the steppisaftir the step|pis, etc.; that is, of symple men bilyuynge; and siche weren Abel, Seth, E|nok, Noe, and liyk men. thi chekis ben faire, etc.; in Ebreu it is, thi chekis ben faire in ordris, that is, in ourne|mentis disposid in due ordre in thi face. restyng place; that is, propiciatorie. my narde, etc.; that is, encense of good odour. my tetis; that is, withinnemyn herte, by con|tynuel thenk|ing. a clustre, etc.; that is, he delitith me more goostli, than ony sa|uery thing and swete delitith bodili. Lire here. C. of thi flockis; and feede thi kidis, bisidis the tabernaclis of scheep|herdis. Mi frendesseleef I., Y licnede thee to myn oost of knyȝtis in the charis of Fa|rao. Thi chekis ben feire, as of a tur|tle; thi necke is as brochis. We schulen make to thee goldun ournementis, departid and maad dyuerse with silver. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.Whanne the kyng was in his restyng place, my nardeor oynement boxe I marg. ȝaf his odour. My derlyng is a bundel of myrre to me; he schal dwelle bitwixebitwene I. my tetis. My derlyng is to me a cluster of cipre tre, among the vyneres of Engaddi. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. X marg.Lo! my frendesseleef I., thou art fair; lo! thou art fair, thin iȝen ben the iȝen of culueris. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. X marg.Lo, my derling, thou art fair, and schapli; oure bed is fair as flouris. The trees of oure housis ben of cedre; oure couplis ben of cipresse. The vois of Crist, of him and of the Chirche. X marg.I am a flour of the feeld, and a lilye of grete valeis. As a lilie among thornes, so is my frendessemy frendesse, etc.; that is, the puple of Israel among othere folkis, that ȝyuen hem silf to idolatrie. Lire here. C. among douȝtris. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.As an apple tre among the trees of wodis, so my derlyng among sones.

 CAP. II.

I sat vndur the shadeweY sat vndur the schadewe; that is, Y dwellide vndur the piler of fier and of cloude, that ȝaf liȝt in the niȝt, and temperide the heete of sunne in the day. his fruyt; that is, manna ȝouun in desert fro heuene. wyn celer; that is, to the auter of brent sacrifices, for wyn was sched out in moist sacrifices. Lire here. C. of hym, whom Y desiride; and his fruyt was swete to my throte. The king ledde me in to the wyn celer; he ordeynede charite in me. Bisette ȝe me with flouriswith flouris, etc.; bi these ben vndurstondun Goddis coumfortingis, that ben ȝouun to men hopinge in him; thouȝ God is had bi charite in this liyf; this bi hope, and not in blisful siȝt; therfor the absence of this good makith turment, which turment is seid here the siknesse of the spousesse., cumpasse ȝe me with applis; for Y am sijk for loue. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.His left hond is vndur myn heed; andȝe douȝtris of Jerusalem; that is, sike men of the pu|ple of Irael. bi capretis, etc.; that is, bi patriarkis. reise not; that is, that ȝe bowe not to ony orible synne, for which the coumfort of God schal be withdrawun, and al the pu|ple schal be disturblid. til sche wole; that is, the spousesse schal neuere wilne this. Lire here. C. his riȝt hond schal biclippe me. The vois of Crist, of the Chirche. X marg.Ȝe douȝ|tris of Jerusalem, Y charge ȝou greetli, bi capretis, and hertis of feeldis, that ȝe reise not, nether make to awakewake I. the dereworthe spousesse, til sche wole. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.The vois of my derlyngmy derling; pronounsinge x. heestis in the hil of Syna. Lire here. C.; lo! this der|lyng cometh leepynge in mounteyns, and skippynge ouer litle hillis. My derlyng is lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis; lo! he stondith bihynde oure walwal; that is, the thicke cloude. Lire here. C., and bi|holdith bi the wyndows, and lokith thorouȝ the latisislatijs I.. Lo! my derlyng spekith to me, My frendesseleef I., my culuer, my faire spousesse, rise thourise thou; that is, reise thi soule to my wordis. come thou; to serue me aloone. wynter; that is, the hidouse tyme of thral|dom of Egipt. Flouris; that is, the myry tyme of fredom is comun, in which thou maist serue me frely. Lire here. C., haaste thou, and come thou; for wyntir is pass|id now, reyn is goon, and isit is I. departid awei. Flouris apperidenhan apperid I. in oure lond, the tyme of schridyng is comun; the vois of a turtle is herd in oure lond, the fige tre hath brouȝt forth hise buddis; vyneris flourynge han ȝoue her odour. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. X marg.My frendesseleef I., my fayre spousesse, rise thou, haaste thou, and come thou. My culuer is in the hoolis of stoon, in the chyne of a wal with out morter. Schewe thi faceSchewe thi face; in res|seyuynge gladli my lawe. thi vois sowne; in knoulechinge to kepe my lawe. Catche ȝe litil foxes, etc.; that is, sle ȝe per|soones that in|dusen bi gile the puple to idolatrie, for the puple of Israel hath flourid in de|uout resseuyng of Goddis lawe. Lire here. C. to me, thi vois sowne in myn eeris; for thi vois is swete, and thi face is fair. The vois of Crist to the Chirche, aȝens heretikis. X marg.Catche ȝe litle foxis to vs, that destrien the vyneris; for oure vyner hath flourid. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.My derlyng is to me, and Y am to hym, which is fed among lilies; til the dai sprynge, and schadewis be bowid doun. My derlyng, turne thou aȝen; be thou lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis, on the hillis of Betela calf of hertis on the hillis of Betel; that is, on the hil of Synay, where the Lord spak to Moyses. Betel; that is, Goddis hows, for he dwellide there with Moises; in Ebreu it is on the hillis of Bathar, that is, of departing; for there God was departid fro the puple, for idolatrie, but he was plesid fynaly, at the preyeris of Moyses. Lire here. C..

 CAP. III.

The vois of the Chirche, gaderid togidere of Gentilis. X marg.In my litle bedIn iij.co. is set the letting of the puple, that bi|felde bi aspieris of the lond of biheest, that maden the pu|ple so myche aferd, that thei wolden forsake Moises, and the arke of the Lord, and turne aȝen in to E|gipt; and the spousesse bi|weilith this letting, and seith, in my litle bed; that is, in the taber|nacle of Moises. bi nyȝtis; that is, in the tyme of tribulacioun, reisid bi thilke aspieris. Moises and Aaron in the tabernacle preyeden the Lord for the puple, that the forseid sentence schulde be tem|perid, ether re|uokid, but for thei weren not herd, it sueth, Y souȝte him, and foond not. cum|passe the citee; that is, the de|sert bi xl. ȝeer. the wakeris; that is, Moises and Aaron. founden me; and tolden the sentence of God; and for the puple re|pentide of that rebelte, and was redi to stie in to the lond of biheest, and so thei souȝten the good wille of God, it sueth, wher ȝe sien him, etc. where the spousesse spekith to Moi|ses and Aaron, and for they answeriden not to her desir, but more to the contrarie, and seiden, Nyle ȝe stie, therfor here is set noon answer to the forseid axing. Lire here. C. Y souȝte hym bi niȝtis, whom my soule loueth; Y souȝte hym, and Y foond not. I shal rise, and Y schal cumpasse the citee, bi litle stretis and large stretis; Y schal seke hym, whom my soule loueth; I souȝte hym, and Y foond not. WakerisWacche men I., that kepen the citee, founden me. The Chirche seith of Crist to the Apostlis. X marg.Whether ȝe sien hym, whom my soule loueth? A litil whanne Y hadde passid hem, Y foond hym, whom my soule loueth; Y helde hym, and Y schal not leeue hymOm. C., til Y brynge him in to the hous of my modir, and in to the closet of my modir. The vois of Crist, of the Chirche. X marg.Ȝe douȝtris of Jerusalem, Y charge you greetli, bi the capretis, and hertis of feeldis, that ȝe reise not, nether make to awake the dereworthe spousesse, til sche wole. The synagoge, of the Chirche. X marg.Who is this womman, that stiethstieth up I. bi the deseert, as a ȝerde of smokeas a ȝerde of smoke, etc.; that is seid for encence maad of many swete smellinge spices, that signefiede deuocioun of the puple, bi which thei desserueden to be brouȝt in to the lond of biheest. sixti stronge men; that is, sixti sithis ten thousinde that maken vj. hundrid thousynde of werriours, aboute the bed of Salomon, that is, the tabernacle of pees of the Lord. Lire here. C. of swete smellynge spices, of mirre, and of encence, and of al poudur of an oynement makere? The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.Lo! sixti stronge men of the strongeste men of Israel cumpassen the bed of Salomon; and alle thei holden swerdis, and ben moost witti to batels; the swerd of ech man is on his hipe, for the drede of nyȝtis. Of Crist, and of the Chirche, chosen of Gentilis. X marg.Kyng SalomonKyng Salomon; that is, God a king to ȝou, specialy in the ȝyuyng of lawe. a goldun resting place; that is, the pro|piciatorie, that was the seete of God was al of pure gold. stiyng of purpur; that is, a veil of purpur hanginge bitwixe the pileris, and was reisid vp, whanne me entride in to the hooly of hooli places. the myddil thingis with charite; for in the hooli of hooli places on the pawment was the arke of testament, with the tablis of lawe, and manna, and the ȝerde of Aaron, that weren signes of Goddis charite to the puple. Lire here. C. made to hym a seete, of the trees of Liban; he made the pilers therof of siluer; he made a goldun rest|yng place, a stiyngstiyng up I. of purpur; and he arayede the myddil thingis with charite, for the douȝtris of Jerusalem. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.Ȝe douȝ|tris of Sion, gogoth I. out, and sese ȝe I. kyng Salo|mon in the diademe, biwith I. which his modirhis modir; that is, the pu|ple of Jewis. of his spous|ing; that is, in ȝyuyng of the lawe. Lire here. C. crownede hym, in the dai of his spous|yng, and inOm. A. the dai of theOm. CM. gladnesse of his herte.

 CAP. IV.

The vois of Crist to the Chirche. X marg.MiIn iiij. co. the goostli fairnesse of the spousesse is sig|nefied by this parable; the heed of the spousesse was the patriark Jacob; the heeris ben xij. patriarkis; the iȝen ben Moises and Aaron, rul|inge the puple; the teeth ben werriouris, schapli to de|uoure aduer|saries; lippis, that bryngen forth swete speche, ben dekenes and singeris, seiynge Goddis heri|yngis; the rodi chekis ben othere dekenes, mynystringe aboute the au|ter of brent sa|crifices; the throte ben stu|diouse men in the lawe, licned to the tour of Dauith, maad strong with scheeldis; for whi armuris aȝenus impyng|neris of Goddis lawe, ben had bi sich studie; twey tetis ben twey tablis of witnessing, of whiche the mylk of kun|nyng and deuo|cioun is sokun out; til the day, of the newe tes|tament; scha|dewis, for the figuris of the elde lawe cees|sen in the newe testament, of which thei weren scha|dewe. Lire here. C. frendesse, thou art ful fairfair, thou art ful fair C.; thin iȝen ben of culueris, with outen that that is hid with ynne; thin heeris ben as the flockis of geete, that stiedenstieden up I. fro the hil of Galaad. Thi teeth ben as theOm. C. flockis of clippidschorn I. sheep, that stiedenstieden up I. fro waisch|yng; alle ben with double lambren, and no bareyn isther is I. among tho. Thi lippis ben as a reed lace, and thi speche is swete; as the relif of an appil of Punyk, so ben thi chekis, with outen that, that is hid with ynne. Thi necke is as the tour of Dauid, which is bildid with strengthis maad bifore for defense; a thousynde scheldis hangen on it, al armure of stronge men. Thi twei tetis ben as twey kidis, twynnes of a capret, that ben fed inamong C. lilies, til the dai sprynge, and shadewis ben bowid doun. Y schal go to the mounteyn of myrreto the moun|teyn of myrre, etc.; that is, to the lond of Ju|dee, that is ful of hillis, and hath myche myrre and encense. Lire here. C., and to the litil hil of encense. My frendesseleef I., thou art al faire, and no wem isther is I. in thee. My spousesse, come thou fro the Liban; come thou fro the Liban, come thou; thou schalt be corowned fro the heed of A|manaheed of Amana; in Ebreu it is, biholdinge fro the heed of Amana. Lire here. C., fro the cop of Sanyr and Hermon, fro the dennys of liouns, fro the hillis of pardis. My sister spousesse, thou hast woundid myn herte; thou hast woundid myn herte, in oon of thin iȝenoon of thin iȝen; that is, Moises. heer; that is, Joseph. Lire here. C., and in oonan I. heer of thi necke. My sistir spousesse, thi tetis ben ful faire; thi tetis ben feirere than wyn, and the odour of thi clothis is aboue alle swete smellynge oynementis. Spousesse, thi lippis ben an honythi lippis ben as hony; this is seid of deuout preyeris of the hiȝeste prest,and of dekenes, that weren maad in the persoone of al the chirche. Lire here. C. coomb droppynge; hony and mylk benOm. C pr. m. vndur thi tunge, and the odour of thi clothis is as the odour of encence. Mi sister spousesse, a gardyn closid togidere; a gardyn closid togidere, a welle aseelid. Thi sendingis out ben paradis of applisparadiys of applis, etc.; that is, strondis flowinge forth therfro maken the lond myrie, at the maner of paradiys of pumgranatis. Lire here. C. of Punyk, with the fruytis of applis, cipre trees, with narde; narde, and saffrun, an erbe clepid fistula, and canel, with alle trees of the Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the bestebeste, ether firste X marg. oynementis. A welle of gardyns, a pit of wallyngewellynge, ether quike K marg. watris, that flowen with fersnesse fro the Liban. Rise thou northnortherne A sec. m. wynd, and come thou, southsoutherne A sec. m. wynd; blowe thou thorouȝ my gardyn, and the swete smellynge oynementisoynmentis, etc.; alle these thingis ben seid in preising of the lond of bi|heeste, to reise the desir of the spousesse. Lire here. C. therof schulen flete.

 CAP. V.

The Chirche seith of Crist. X marg.Mi derlyng, comecome he I. in to his gardyn, to ete the fruytto ete the fruyt, etc.; that is, make me to ete in pees the fruyt of the lond grauntid to me. Lire here. C. of hise applis. Crist seith to the Chirche. X marg.Mi sister spousesse, come thou in to my gar|dyn. Y have roperepe I. my myrre, with my swete smellynge spices; Y haue ete an hony combe, with myn hony; Y haue drunke my wyn, with my mylk. Crist seith to the Apostelis. X marg.Frendis, ete ȝe, and drynkedrinketh I.; and dereworthestemost dere I. frendis, be ȝe fillid greetli. Y slepeY slepe; that is, punysche not synnes at a tyme. wakith; that is, Y bifor se du tyme of punysching. knockinge; bi profetis and techeris, to clepe me to penaunce aftir idolatrie doon. frendesse; in tyme passid of thyn inno|cence. opene to me; bi con|sent of good. myn heed is ful, etc.; God spekith here bi the maner of a spouse, desiring to be recoun|celid to the spousesse, and sparith not for hardnesse of trauel; but the vnkynde spous|esse, yuele for|sakinge, this answerith. Y haue vnclothid, etc.; that is, Y haue left Goddis reli|gioun. hou schal Y be clothid ther ynne; for the puple nolde turne aȝen to Goddis religioun, at the monestingis of profetis. waische my feet; this is seid bi the gessing of the puple, that dide idolatrie, and arettide the worschipinge of God to be vnclene, and the worschiping of an idol to be clene. his hond; that is, the hond of his riȝtfulnesse, to punysche me. tremblide; for the puple that was smytun of God, conseyuede drede. Lire here. C., and myn herte wakith. The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.The vois of my derlyng knockynge; my sister, my frendesseleef I., my culuer, my spousesse vn|wemmed, opene thou to me; for myn heed is ful of dew, and myn heeris ben ful of dropis of niȝtis. I have vnclothid me of my coote; hou schal Y be clothid ther ynne? I haue waische my feet; hou schal Y defoule thohem I.? Mi derlyng puttesente CEF pr. m. GHIKMNPQRSUXaç. his hond bi an hoole; and my wombe tremblide at the touchyng therof. Y roos, for to openeY roos for to opene, etc.; that is, Y souȝte to be recouncelid to him, and so to be delyuerid of peyne. to my derlyng; myn hondis droppiden myrre, and my fyngrisdroppiden myrre; that is, Y dresside me to penaunce. the wiket of my dore; herbi it is signefied, that penaunce in the begyn|nyng is vnper|fit; therfor it sueth, and he bowide awey; for not anoon at the cry of the puple he de|lyueride hem fro peyne. Lire here. C. weren ful of myrre moost preued. Y openede the wiket of my dore to my derlyng; and he hadde bowid awei, and hadde passidpassid forth I.. My soule was meltidMy soule was meltid; as fatnesse in a panne; therfor it is seid of a man left in tur|ment, he is fried in his blood. foond not; for he delyueride not the puple anoon, but suf|fride hem to be turmentid of aduersaries. Lire here. C., as the derlyng spak; Y souȝte, and Y foond not hym; Y clepide, and he answerde not to me. KeperisThe keperis I.Keperis; that is, the princes of hethen men, that weren in the cumpas of Jude. smytiden; in doynge anoye to persoones. tokun awey; in spuylynge me of my goodis. douȝtris of Jerusalem; that is, deuout persoones of the puple of Israel. han founde my derling; gracious to ȝon in ȝoure prey|eris. that ȝe telle to him; in bi|seching for me. that Y am siyk for loue; that is, for desir to be recouncelid to him. derling of a derling; that is, worthi to be loued, more than alle; ether this is seid to signefie the comyng forth of dyuyn persoones; for the Sone cometh forth of the Fadir, as the derling of a derling, and the Hooli Goost of euer either to other cometh forth of bothe. Lire here. C. that cumpassiden the citee founden me; thei smytidensmeten I. me, and woundiden me; the keperis of wallis token awey my mentil. Ȝe douȝtris of Jerusalem, Y biseche ȝou bi an hooli thing, if ȝe han founde my derlyng, that ȝe telle to hym, that Y am sijk for loue. The vois of frendis seith to the Chirche. X marg.A! thou faireste of wymmen, of what manner condicioun is thi der|lyngof a derlyng CGHINPQRSUVXç. `of the louedeOm. EM.? of what manner condicioun is thi derling of a derling? for thou hasthast so I. bisouȝt vs bi an hooli thing. The vois of the Chirche of Crist seith to the frendis. X marg.My derling is whyt and rodiwhit and rody; that is, benygne to iust men, and wroth to repreuable men. chosun of thousindis; in Ebreu it is, banerid in thousyndis, that is, hauynge many thousyndis of aungels in his oost. His heed is best gold; that is, maad fair, with a goldun coroun, to signefie that he is King of kingis, and Lord of lordis. hise heeris; this signefieth, that his wisdom, and goodnes, and strength failen neuere. fulleste ryueris; that bi o symple loking he seeth alle thingis, and his vndirstonding wexith not foul, bi the knowing of tho thingis that ben with out him. Hise chekis; that is, his vertu, to drawe to him bi feith and loue chosun men. Lire here. C.; chosun of thousyndis. His heed is best gold; hise heeris ben as the bowis of palm trees, andand thei I. ben blake as a crowe. Hise iȝen ben as culueris on the strondis of watris, that ben waischidweishe I. in mylk, and sitten be|sidis fulleste ryueris. Hise chekis ben as gardyns of swete smellynge spices, set of oynement makeris; hise lippis ben lilies, droppynge doun the bestthei firste X marg. myrrethe beste myrre; this signefieth his vertu to open priuytes, and that his wordis ben cleene, and kepen fro corrupcioun of synne. Hise hondis; signefien his power of worching; and alle the workis of God ben perfit. ful of iacyntis; that is, of sterris, that ben of the colour of iacynt. his wombe; is whiyt and cleene, that is, the biholding of Goddis preuytes makith the coold of drede withdrawen men fro synne. Hise lippis, etc.; that is, ben stronge, as siche pileris, and ben set on feet schood with gold, in the hiȝere part of schoon; this signefieth, that his power berith vp alle thingis. his schaplinesse, etc.; for his fairnesse is word delitable, and hiȝnesse vncomprehensible. His throte is moost swete, etc.; as Goddis vertu, bi which he makith feithful men his membris bi grace, is signefied bi his chekis, so his vertu bi which he makith chosun men membris of his bodi bi glorie, is signefied bi his throte.. Hise hondis ben able to turne aboute, goldun, and ful of iacynctis; his wombe is ofOm. I. yuer, ourned with safiris. Hise lippis ben pilers of marble, that ben foundid on foundementis of gold; his schapplinesse is as ofOm. C. the Liban, he is chosun as cedris. His throte is moost swete, and he is al desirable. Ȝe douȝ|tris of Jerusalem, siche is my derlyng,faireste of wymmen; that is, of alle folkis, in tyme of thi spousing toGod, bi resseyuyng of thi lawe. whidur ȝede thi derling; this lettre is re|ferrid to the tyme of taking of the arke bi Filisteis, and of translating ther of in to the lond of Filisteys. we schulen seke, etc.; this is referrid to the tyme wher|ynne Dauyth brouȝte the arke of the Lord so|lempneli in to Jerusalem. Lire here. C., and this is my freend. The vois of hooli soulis, of the Chirche. X marg.Thou faireste of wymmen, whidur ȝede thi derlyng? whidur bowide thi derlyng? and we schulen seke hym with thee.

 CAP. VI.

The vois of the Chirche, of Crist. X marg.My derlyng ȝede doun in to his or|cherdmy derling ȝede doun in to his orcherd,etc.; that is, in to the tabernacle, that Dauyth arayede to the settyng of the arke. in or|chardis, that is, in sacrifices and offringis offrid bi feith and deuocioun. lilies; that is, dresse cleene mynystris to his seruyce. Y to my der|lyng; that is, Y wole serue him aloone. to me; in help|inge my nedis. Turne awey; this is declaring of loue of ech to other; ether this is seid of studiouse men in the lawe, whiche sum tyme enqueren ouer curiously dyuyn thingis, and so God with drawith him fro hem; therfor bi this that is seid, turne awey, etc. is forbedun cu|riouse seking of dyuyn thingis. Lire here. C., to the gardyn of swete smellynge spices, that he be fed there in orcherdis, and gadere lilyes. Y to my derlyng; and my derlyng, that is fed among theOm. plures. lilies, be to me. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. X marg.Mi frendesseleef I., thou art fair, swete and schappli as Jerusalem, thou art ferdful as the scheltrun of oostis set in good ordre. Turne awei thin iȝen fro me, for thothei I. maden me to fle awei; thin heeris ben as the flockis of geet, that apperiden fro Galaad. Thi teethteeth ben C sec. m. IV. as athe EV. flokflockis V. of scheep, that stieden froup fro I. waischyng; alle ben with double lambren, `ether twynnesOm. CI., and no bareyn isther is I. among thohem I.. As the rynde of a pum|granate, so ben thi chekis, without thi priuytees. Sixti benther ben I. queenysqueenes; that is, synagogis of citees, wher ynne the puple cam togidere, to here the lawe of God, and to make preyeris. secundarie wyues; that is, synagogis in lesse townes. Bi oon which is seid culuer and spousesse, is vndirstondun the tabernacle in Jerusalem, wherynne was the arke, and in Jerusalem oneli was maad the offryng of sacrifices; the modir of Jerusalem is the chirche hauyng victorie. Lire here. C., and eiȝti ben secundarie wyues; and of ȝong dame|sels isther is I. noon noumbre. Oon is my cul|uer, my perfit spousesse, oon is to hir modir, and is the chosun of hir modir; the douȝtris of Syon siensawȝen I passim. hir, and prech|iden hir moost blessid; queenys, and secun|darie wyues preisiden hir. Who is this, that goith forth, as the moreutid risynge, fair as the moone, chosun as the sunne, ferdful as the scheltrun of oostis set in good ordre? The vois of the Chirche, of the synagoge. X marg.Y cam doun in to myn orcherdin to myn orcherd; that is, in to the temple of Salomon. applis, etc.; that is, goode werkis of meke men. vyneris; that is, the hows of Israel. pumgranate trees; that is, prestis and dekenes. Y knew not; here is set the state aftir the tyme of Salo|mon, til to the caitifte of Ba|biloyne. Y knew not; that is, Y koude not bi|holde Goddis benefices ȝouun to me in tymes passid. my soule distur|blide me, etc.; that is, Jero|boam induside the ten lynagis to idolatrie, for drede of leesing of the rewme, if the puple ȝede to Jerusa|lem, leste it wolde turne aȝen to the rewme of Juda, signefied bi A|mynadab. E|breis seien, this is the veri lettre, My soule hath set me the car|tis of the puple hauing prinse|hed, that is, my wille, that brouȝt me in to do idolatrie, for whiche Y was conquerid, made me the cartis of Assi|riens and of Ba|biloynes, that ledden the sones of Israel in to caitifte, and leiden on hem, as cartis charg|id, greuouse birthuns to bere in the weye. turne aȝen; that is, fro cai|tifte, in to the hool staat of thi feith. Sunamyte; ether Sulamyte, bi Ebreu lettre, that signefieth hool ether per|fit. Lire here. C., to se the applis of grete valeis, and to biholde, if vyneris hadden flourid, and if pumgranate trees hadden buri|owned. Y knew not; my soule dis|turblide meOm. I., for the charis of Amyna|dab. The vois of the Chirche, to the feith of the natyuyte. X marg.Turne aȝen, turne aȝen, thou Su|namyte; turne aȝen, turne aȝen, that we biholde thee. The vois of Crist to the Chirche, of the synagoge. X marg.What schalt thou se in the Sunamyte, noOm. I. but cumpenyes of oostis?

 CAP. VII.

The vois of Crist to the Chirche. X marg.Douȝtir of the princeDouȝtir of the prince; here is descryued the loue of the spouse and of the spousesse for the staat of the newe testament. Douȝter of the prince; that is, hooli chirche, which is the spousesse and douȝter of Crist. thi goingis; bi the councels of the gospel. in schoon; that is, in the myndis of Crist and martris. the ioyncturis of thyn hipis; that is, the ioynyng togidere of Jewis and of hethen men in o chirche of Crist, maad bi the hond of Crist. Bi nawle and wombe is vndurstondun the plenteouse childbering of the chirche, to bringe forth the children of Crist goostly, not fleisly; therfor it sueth, biset with lilies of charite. a round cuppe; in Ebreu it is, as a cleer basin. Lire here. C., thi goyngis ben ful faire in schoon; the ioyncturis of thi heppis ben as brochis, that ben maad biwith I. the hond of a crafti man. Thi nawlelippis A pr. m. nable E. naule GPQ. nauele Rca. nauel S. is asOm. a. a round cuppe, and wel formed, that hath neuere nede to drynkis; thi wombe is as an heep of whete, biset aboute with lilies. Thi twei teetistwei tetis; ben twey testamentis, of whiche mylk is sokun, wherynne children, gendren in Crist, ben nurschid and encreessid. thi necke; that is, feith formed with charite. the iȝen; ben Cristis vertu of knowing, bi which he biholdith hise sones bi appreuyng. as cisternes; for the iȝen ben full of watris of mersy. the nose; is doom of discrecioun. the heed; is Crist; the hiȝnesse of his hed is Cristis Godhed. the heeris; ben apostlis. as purpur; for thei weren maad reed in her blood, for the loue of Crist. ioyned to trowȝis; that is, put in trouȝis to be waischid, aftir dryingis. Lire here. C. ben as twei kidis, twynnes of a capret. Thi necke is as a tour of yuer; thin iȝen ben as cisternes in Esebon, that ben in the ȝate of the douȝter of multitude; thi nose is as the tour of Liban, that bihold|ith aȝens Damask. Thin heed is as Car|mele; and the heeres of thin heed ben as the kyngis purpur, ioyned to trowȝisto be bathid ynne F marg. sec. m.. DerewortheMost dere I. spousesse, thou art ful fairful fair; bi feith and oneste of conuersacioun. a palme tree; in streiȝtnesse of riȝtfulnesse, and in heiȝthe of deuout contemplacioun. clustris of grapis; for abundaunce of goostly mylk, ether doctryn. Lire here. C., and ful schappli in delices. Thi stature is licned to a palm tree, and thi tetis to clustris of grapis. Crist of the hooli crosse seith. X marg.I seide, Y schal stiestie up I. in to a palm treeY schal stie in to a palm tre, etc.; that is, seith the spouse, Y schal make parfit men in the chirche, to stie in to the hiȝnesse of contemplacioun, and make hem to take swetnesse and deliting, which is feelid in the hiȝnesse of contemplacioun. thi tetis schulen be, etc.; that is, bi abundaunce of mylk of hooli doctryn. odour of thi mouth; that is, the fame of teching. Lire here. C., and Y schal take the fruytis therof. The vois of Crist to the Chirche. X marg.And thi tetis schulen be as the clustris of grapis of a vyner; and the odour of thi mouth as the odour of pumgranatis; thi throte schal be as beste wyn. The Chirche seith of Crist. X marg.Worthi to my derlyng for to drynke, and to hise lippis and teeth to cheweschewe A pr. m. MRU.. Y schal cleue by loue to my der|lyng, and his turnyng schal be to me. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. X marg.Come thou, my derlyng, go we out in to the feeldgo we out in to the feeld; bi spreding abrood of feith in to the world. dwelle we togidere, etc.; in bild|inge chirchis in citees and townes. Rise we erly, etc.; that is, to conuerte hethen puple. if the vyner hath flourid; that is, for he|then puple hath flourid in res|seyuynge ioy|fulli Goddis word. if pum|granatis, etc.; that is, the fulnesse of martris in the firste chirche. Y schal ȝeue to thee my tetis; that is, Y schal ordeyne the teching of euer ether testament to thi glorie. Mandragoris han ȝoue, etc.; that is, excel|ent men in Cristis chirche han ȝoue the odour of good fame, bi hooli liyf and hool|sum techyng in the chirche of God. alle applis, newe and elde; that is, Y haue ordeynd to thyn onour the wit|nessingis of the elde and newe testament. Lire here. C.; dwelle we togidere in townes. Ryse we eerli to the vyner; se we, if the vyner hath flourid, if theOm. CV. flouris bryngen forth fruytisfruyȝt AS., if pumgranatis han flourid; there I schal ȝyue to thee my tetis. Mandrogoris han ȝoue her odour in oureȝoure CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXaç. ȝatis; my derlyng, Y haue kept to thee alle applis, new and elde.

 CAP. VIII.

The vois of patriarkis, of Crist. X marg.Who `mai granteHooly chirche axith here to be delyuerid fro schenschepis and dispitis doon therto, in the bigynnyng therof, aftir Cristis ascen|cioun. my bro|ther; for the re|soun of manhed takun. soukinge the tetis of my modir; that is, of the Virgyn Marie, whiche is seid modir, bothe of Crist and of al hooli chirche. Y fynde thee aloone; onourid with onour, that perteyneth oneli to God; bi this word thee alone, the Fadir and the Hooli Goost ben not excludid, but the seruyce of idols is excludid herbi. without forth; that is, opinly, with out the drede of vnfeithful men. Y schal take thee; bi deuocioun of feith. schal lede; that is, bi preyeris Y schal make thee to come, bi condessending of thi goodnesse. in to the hows of my modir; that is, in to chirchis halewid to the blessid Virgyn and othere seyntis. there thou schalt teche me; in schewinge priuy mysteries to the mynystris of the chirche. of wyn; that is, of deuocioun of feithful men. must; that is, deuocioun of men newly conuertid. his left hond, etc.; thanne he schal schewe frenschip to me, as a spouse doith to a ful dereworthe spousesse. nether make the derworthe to awake; that is, whanne the spouse hath gete reste and pees, ȝe do not ony thing wherbi the spouse be offendid, and the reste of the spousesse be brokun. that stieth fro desert; that is, fro the scharpnesse of persecucioun fro tirauntis. Y reiside thee vndur a pumgranate tre; thus it is in Ebreu, tho summe doctours taken this vnkun|nyngly of the tre forebodun to Adam and Eue; that is, Y clepide thee inwardly, bi the vertu of the hooly cros, and of thi passion. there thi mo|dir was cor|rupt; in Ebreu it is, there thi modir childide thee. there; that is, bisidis the cros. thi modir childide thee; that is, the blessid Vir|gyn Marie hadde sorewe for thee, as a woman beringe child hath so|rewe; for there sche was persid with the swerd of sorewe for her sone, as Symeon bifor|seide, in ij. co. of Luyk. there thi modir was defoulid; that is, the syna|goge, seid the modir of Crist, for he took mankynde of the puple of Jewis. was cor|rupt there; for the obseruaun|ces of Moises lawe ceessiden, as slayn in the passion of Crist. as a signet on thyn herte; in louynge me perfitly. on thyn arm; in defendinge me bi the arm of thi power. Lire here. C. to meshal ȝeue to E. schal ȝiue HPUV. theeOm. CFGIKMNQRSXaç., my brother, soukynge the tetis of my modir, that Y fynde thee aloone without forth, andOm. C. that Y kisse thee, and no man dis|pise me thanne? Y schal take thee, and Y schal lede thee in to the hous of my modir, and in to the closet of my modir; there thou schalt teche me, and Y schal ȝyue to thee drink of wyn maad swete, and of the must of my pumgranatis. His lefthond vndurshal be vnder I. myn heed, and his riȝthond schal biclippe me. The vois of Crist, of the Chirche. X marg.Ȝe douȝtris of Jerusalem, Y charge ȝou greetli, that ȝe reise not, nether make the dereworthe spousesse to awake, til sche wolewile I.. The vois of the synagoge, of the Chirche. X marg.Who is this spousesse, that stiethstieth up I. fro desert, and flowith in delices, and restith on hir derlynge? The vois of Crist to the synagoge, of the hooli crosse. X marg.Y reiside thee vndur a pum|granate tre; there thi modir was corrupt, there thi modir was defoulid. Set thou me as a signet on thin herte, as a signet on thin arm; for loue is strong as dethloue is strong as deth; that is, thouȝ thi loue is so strong in the perfit sones of hooli chirche, that they dreden not to suffre deth for thee, as it is opyn in martris, netheles enuye, that is, persecucioun of tirauntis, that cometh forth for enuye and hatrede of Cristen men, is hard as helle to feble men; and therfor thei han nede of the help of thi proteccioun, and to the benefice of pees. the laumpis therof; that is, of thi loue, in the soulis of perfit men. of fier; that is, so strong, that it may not be borun doun bi the persecuciouns of tirauntis, but not so in feble men. many watris; that is, persecuciouns of tirauntis. he schal despise that catel as nouȝt; as if he seye, men, ȝhe, feble men, moun dispise outermere goodis for thi loue, but thei moun not so dispise her owne liyf, in suffringe martirdom. Oure sister is litil, and hath no tetis; that is, hooli chirche is meke, and cast out among men of this world, and hath not fredom to schede out the mylk of hooli doctryn, bi preching of Cristen feith. be spokun to; of princes, as of Constantyn, and other princes in his tyme, that grauntiden pees to hooli chirche. siluerne touris; in Ebreu it is, a siluerne paleis, that is, ioyne we to it the princes of the world, bi resseyuyng of feith to the defence of syke men. ioyne we it to, etc.; that is, make we it strong with hooli techeris, clepid cedris; for the hiȝnesse of liyf and kunnyng, and for the hoolnesse of feith. Lire here. C., enuy is hard as helle; the laumpis ther|of ben laumpis of fier, and of flawmes. Many watris moun not quenche charite, nether floodis schulen oppresse it. Thouȝ a man ȝyueȝyueth C et ceteri. al the catel of his hous for loue, he schal dispisedispise, or rette it I. `that catelOm. I. as nouȝt. The vois of Crist to the synagoge of hooli Chirche. X marg.Oure sistir is litil, and hath no tetys; what schulen we do to oure sistir, in the dai whanne sche schal be spokun to? If it is a wal, bilde we theronne siluerne touristouris, ethir britagis V.; if it is a dore, ioyne we it togidere with tablis of cedre. The vois of the Chirche answerynge. X marg.I am a wal, and my tetis ben as a tour; sithen Y am maad as fyndynge peesY am maad as fyndynge pees, etc.; that is, Y haue fredom to preche Cristis feith opinly, for Constantyn, in the iij. day of his baptym, puplischide his lawe, that who euer dide wrong to a Cristen man, he schulde lease the half of his goodis. to keperis; that is, to Petre and hise successours. a man, etc.; that is, Con|stantyn ȝaf many costis for the fruyt of chirche. The vyner is bifor me; that is, seith Crist, Y stonde nyȝ bi my presence, to kepe the chirche principaly. and ij. hundrid, etc.; that is, myche mo thankingis ben due to Crist pesible, for the keping of hooly chirche, than to prelatis, that ben keperis of the chirche vndur him. to here; that is, aungels herken thee, spousesse, in chirchis spred abrood bi the world. thi vois; that is, the declaring of thi desir. Lire here. C. bifore hym. The synagoge of the Chirche seith. X marg.A vyner was to the pesi|ble; in that citee, that hath puplis, he bitook it to keperis; a man bryngith a thousynde platis of siluer for the fruyt therof. Crist to the Chirche seith. X marg.The vyner is bifore me; a thousynde ben of thee pesible, and two hundrid to hem that kepen the fruytis therof. Frendis herkene thee, that dwell|ist in orchertis; make thou me to here thi vois. The vois of the Chirche to Crist. X marg.My derlyng, fle thouMy dirling, fle thou; bi this fliȝt is not vndurstondun departing of the spouse fro the spousesse, but bi this fliȝt is vndurstondun swift translating of the spousesse with the spouse to heuenly blis; which the spousesse desirith souereynly; therfor the spousesse seith, my derling, fle thou, that is, lede thou me with thee, out of wrecchidnesse of present world. be thou maad liyk a caperet, etc.; that is, do this swiftly. on the hillis of swete smellinge spices; that is, in beringe me ouer with thee to heuenys, where is swetteste feeding of chosun men. Lire here. C.; be thou maad lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis, on the hillis of swete smellynge spices.

 Here endith the Songe of Songis, and here bigynneth SapiensHere endith the book of Songis, and here bigynneth the book of Wisdom. CUX. Here endith the book of Songis, and here bygynneth Wisdom. FH. Here endith the book of Songis, and bigynneth a prolog on the book of Wysdom. G. Heere endith the book of Songis, and biginnith the book of Wisdom. IQS. Here endeth the book of Songis; se now the booc of Sapiens or Wisdom. K. Here endith the book of Songis, and here bigynneth the book of Wisdom, which is red in holi cherche in lessouns of the masse; for the mater therof is goostli, and profecie of thingis to comynge. M. Here endith Songis of Songis, and bigynneth Sapiens. N. Here endith the book of Song of Songis, and bigynneth the book of Wysdom or Sapiens. V. Here eendith Cantica Canticorum, and biginneth the prolog on Sapiens. a. No final rubric in EPRY.. WISDOM. A prolog upon SapienceThis prologue is from R..

The book of Wisdom is not hadde among Ebreuys; wherfore the writyng therof sowneth moost in Greke speche. This book the Jewis affermen to be of Philonys, and it is clepid the book of Wisdom, for in it the comyng of Crist, which is the wisdom of the Fader, and his passioun, opinli ben schewid.

 Here biginneth the bok of Sapience or WysedomFrom EGPY. Heere bigynneth Sapience. R. No initial rubric in the other Mss..

Ȝe that demen the erthethe erthe; that is, men dwellinge in erthe. C., loueloueth I. riȝtful|nesse; feele ȝe of the Lord in goodnesse, symplenesse; that is, clen|nesse. Austyn and Lire here. C.and seke ȝe hym in theOm. CI. symplenesse of herte. For he is foundun of hem, that tempten not hym; forsothe he ap|perith to hem, that han feith in to hym. For whi weiward thouȝtis departen fro God; but preuedpreued; that is, vertu ap|preued of God. vnwise men; that is, hem that synnen bi ignoraunce. Lire here. C. vertu repreueth vnwise men. For whi wisdom schal not entre in to an yuel willid souleyuel willed soule; that is, to whom malice plesith for vi|ciouse custom. suget to synnes; that is, in a man suget to fleisli vices, that maken dulnesse of vndurstond|ing. Goost of wisdom; that is autour of wisdom in the dissiple. a feyn|ed man; that is, him that sekith in vertues not truthe, but oneli apperith. without vn|durstondyng; that is, with out resoun. a cursid man, etc.; that is, a man ob|stynat in syn|nes, fro blasfe|myes and othere yuels, doon bi stiring of lippis. reynes; that is, of yuele affec|ciouns. herte; that is, of thouȝt and entent. conteyneth; that is, the Hooli Goost, that kepith alle thingis in be|ing. kunnyng of vois; that is, knowing of ech seiyng. a derk word, etc.; that is, colourid bi the semyng of hoolynesse, whanne it hath the venym of wickidnesse withynne. Lire here. C.; nethir schalit schal I. dwelle in a bodi suget to synnes. For|sothe the Hooli Goost of wisdom schal fle awei fro `a feyned manfeynynge thing I text. or a feyned man I marg., and he schal take awei hym silf fro thouȝtis, that ben with out vnderstondyng; and the manvnwijs man I. schal be punyschid of wyckidnesse com|ynge aboue. For the spirit of wisdom is benyngne, and he schal not delyuere a cursid man fro hise lippislippis, that is, ob|stynat V.; for whi God is witnesse of hise reynes, and the serchere of his herte is trewe, and the herere of his tunge. For whi the Spirit of the Lord hath fillid the world; and this thing, that conteyneth alle thingis, hath the kunnyng of vois. ForTherfor I. this he that spekith wickid thingis, may not be hid; and doom punyschyngeand punyschynge I. schal not passe hym. For whi axyng schal be in the thouȝtis of a wickid man. Forsothe the heryng of hise wordis schal come to God, and to the punyschyng of hise wickid|nessis; for the eere of feruent loue herith alle thingis, and the noise of grutchyngis schal not be hyd. Therfor kepe ȝe ȝou fro grutchyng, that profitith no thing, and fro bacbityng spare ȝe the tunge; for a derk word schal not go in to veyn; forsothe the mouth that lieth, sleeth the soulesleeth the soule; this is vndurstondun of a dedly leesing, not of a bourdeful leesing, and profitable. in the errour of ȝoure liyf; that is, bileuynge bi this to ascape al peynefulnesse. nether gete ȝe perdicioun; that is, dampnacioun of helle. in the werkis of ȝoure hondis; that is, in sleynge ȝou bi ȝoure hondis. God made not deth; of man, whom he made myȝty to die not, bi the ȝifte of origenal riȝtfulnesse; and if man had kepte that ȝifte, he schulde haue passid with out deth to the glorie of bodi and of soule. Lire here. C.. Nyle ȝe coueyte deth, in the errour of ȝoure lijf, nether gete ȝe per|dicioun in the werkis of ȝoure hondis; for God made not deth, nether ishe is I. glad in the perdicioun of lyuynge men. For whi God made of nouȝt alle thingis, that tho schulden be; and he made the na|ciouns of the world able to be heelid. Forwhi medecynmedecyn, etc.; that is, remedi aȝenus wrecch|idnessis is not bi distriyng of her owne liyf. C. of distriyng is not in tho men, nether the rewme of hellis is in erthethe rewme of hellis is in erthe; that is, in present liyf. The lawe of helle is this, that noon may go aȝen fro synne and peyne; but in present liyf men moun be heelid fro synne bi pen|aunce, and come to glorie. riȝt|fulnesse; which is bi grace. geting of deth; that is, of helle, bi dedly synne. hondis; that is, werkis. fletiden; bi dyuerse vices. puttiden bi|heestis to it; that is, cleu|yden to vnriȝt|fulnesse with out departing, as a spouse cleueth to his spousesse. Lire here. C.. For riȝtfulnesse is euerlastynge, and vndeedli; but vnriȝtfulnesse is getyng of deeth. Forsothe wickid men clepiden that vnriȝtfulnesse bi hondis and wordis, and thei gessiden it a frendessefreend I., and flet|iden awei, and thei puttiden biheestis to it; for thei ben worthi the deththe deth; of helle. Lire here. C., that ben of the part therof.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe wickid men seiden, thenkynge anentisat I. hem silf not riȝtfuli, The tyme of oure lijf is litil, and with anoye; no refreisching is in the ende of a man, and noon isther is I., that is knowun, that turnede aȝen fro hellis. For we weren borun of nouȝt, and aftir this tyme we schulen be, as if we hadden not be; forwhi smokesmoke; for we lyuen bi brething in and brething aȝen of the eir. a word of spar|cle; that is, kyndly heete is in oure bodi, and first and last in the herte. as soft eir; that is, the soule schal vanysche awey, as the soule of vnresonable beestis. Lire here. C. is blowun out in oure nose thirlis, and a word of sparcle to stire oure herte. For oure bodi schal be quenchid aische, and the spirit schal be scaterid abrood as soft eir; and oure lijf schal passe as the step of a cloude, and it schal be departid as a myst, which is dryuun awey of the beemys of the sunne, and is greued of the heete therof. And oure name schal take for|ȝeting bi tymebi tyme; that is, bi pass|ing of tyme. Lire here. C.; and no man schal haue mynde of oure werkis. Forwhi oure tyme is theOm. C. passyng of a schadewe, and no turnyng aȝen of oure ende isther is I.; for it is aseelidaseelid; bi a stoon put on the bodi of the deed man biried. Lire here. C., and no man turneth aȝen. Ther|for come ȝe, and vse we the goodis that ben, and vse we a creature, as in ȝongthe, swiftliswiftli; that is, as soone as we moun. Lire here. C.. Fille we vs with preciouse wyn and oynementis; and the flour of tyme passe not vs. Corowne we vs with roosis, bifor that thothei I. welewen; no medewe be, `bi whichthat I. oure letcherie passe notnot bi I.. No man of vs bebe ther I. with out part of oure letcherie; euery where leeue we the signes of glad|nesse; for this is oure partoure part; that is, we moun no thing more bere of the goodis of this liyf. Lire here. C., and this is oure eritage. Oppresse we a pore iust man, and spare we not a widewe, nether reuerence we hoor heeris of an old man of myche tyme. But oure strengthe be the lawe of riȝtfulnesselawe of riȝt|fulnesse; that is, gesse we leeueful, what euer thing we moun do. vn|profitable; bi oure doom. Lire here. C.; forwhi that that is feble, is foundun vnprofitable. Therfor disseyue we a iust manTherfor dis|seyue we a iust man, etc.; this is expownyd specialy of the Jewis, that ymagyneden to sle Crist, thouȝ the wise men of Jewis hadden first the knowing of Crist, as it is seid in xxj. co. of Math. nethe|les for he prech|ide aȝenus her vices, thei con|seyueden enuye and hatrede aȝenus him, bi whiche the knowing, whiche thei hadden of Crist, was maad derk, and thei bigun|nen to expowne weywardly the profesies of him. Lire here. C., for he is vnprofitable to vs, and he is contrarie to oure werkis; and he vpbreidithvpbreidith, ether edwiteth C et ceteri. to vs the synnes of lawe, and he defameth on vs the synnes of oure techyng. He biheet|ith that he hath the kunnyng of God, and he nemeth hym silf the sone of God. He is maad to us in to schewyng of oure thouȝtisof oure thouȝt|is; in repreu|ynge tho, as many men diden, bi the spirit of pro|fesie. Lire here. C.. He is greuouse to vs, ȝhe, to se; forwhi his lyf is vnlijk to other men, and hise weies ben chaungid. We ben gessid of hym to be triffleristrifeleris; that is, men of no vertu. Lire here. C., and he absteynethwithholdith I. hym silf fro oure weies, as fro vnclenessis; and he bifore settithbiforsettith; that is, he set|tith bifor alle goodis of pre|sent liyf the goodis abedun of iust men. Lire here. C. the laste thingis of iust men, and he hath glorie, that he hath God ahis I. fadir. Ther|for se we, if hise wordis ben trewe; and asaie we, what thingis schulen come to hym; and we schulen wite, what schulen be the laste thingis of hym. For if he is the very sone of God, he schal vp take hym, and schal delyuere hym fro the hondis of hem that ben contrariecontrarie to him I.. Axe we hym bi dispisyng and turment, that we knowe his reuerence, and that we preue his pacience. Bi foulestemost foul I. deth con|dempne we hym; for whi biholdyng schal be of hise wordisof his wordis; for the Jewis bileu|yden, that whanne Crist was deed, hise wordis bifor go|inge schulden be arettid fals, but the con|trarie bifelde. Lire here. C.. Thei thouȝten these thingis, and thei erriden; for whi her malice blyndide hem. And thei knewen not the sacramentis of Godthe sacra|mentis of God; that is, priuy goodis, whiche he made redi to hem that louen him. vndistriable; that is, vndedly as to the soule, and to be dis|tried aȝenus the corrupcioun of the bodi, for it is maad of con|trarie elementis; he ȝaf the ȝifte of origenal riȝtfulnesse, bi whiche the soule myȝte kepe his bodi fro corrupcioun. to the ymage of his licnesse; for he made man able to take God, bi knowing and loue. Lire here. C., nethir thei hopiden the meede of riȝtfulnesse, nether thei demyden the onour of hooli soulis. For whi God made man vnable to be dis|tried, and God made man to the ymage of his licnesse. But bi enuye of the deuelbi enuye of the deuel; for bi his tempta|cioun the firste fadir and modir braken Goddis comaundement, and losten ori|genal riȝtful|nesse, and en|triden into nede to die. C. deth entride in to the world; for sothe thei suen hym, that ben of his part.

 CAP. III.

Forsothe the soulis of iust men ben in the hond of God; and the turment of dethof deth; that is, of helle. Lire here. C. schal not touche hem. Thei sem|yden to the iȝen of vnwise men to die; and turment was demed the outgoyng of hem. And fro iust weieAnd fro iust weie, etc.; that is, fro the weie of riȝtfulnesse, that they helden truly in this world. in to dis|triyng; bi the errour of vn|wise men. Lire here. C. thei ȝeden in to distriyng, and that thatOm. C. is of vs the weie of distriyngwey of distri|yng; that is, bi the errour, that seith, that men that dien, ben distried outirli. Lire here. C.; but thei ben in pees. Thouȝ thei sufriden turmentis bifore men, the hope of hem is ful of vndeedlynesse. Thei weren trauelid in a fewe thingis, and thei schulen be disposid wel in many thingis; for whi God asaiede hem, and foond hem worthi to hym silf. He preu|ede hem as gold in a furneis, and he took hem as the offryng of brent sacrifice; and the biholdyng of hem schal be in tyme of ȝelding. Iust men schulen schyne, andand thei I. schulen renne aboute as sparclis in a place of rehed. Thei schulen deme na|ciouns, andand thei I. schulen be lordis of puplis; and the Lord of hem schal regne with outen ende. Thei that trusten on hym, schulen vnderstonde treuthe; and feithful men in loue schulen assente to hym; for whi ȝifteȝifte; of grace in present tyme. and pees; in tyme to comynge. Lire here. C. and pees is to hise chosun men. But wickid men, bi tho thingis that thei thouȝten, schulen haue punysch|yng; whiche dispisidendispisiden, etc.; that is, nolden do iust werkis. vnhabitable; that is, vnable to dwelle ynne. alowing; that is, excus|ing of her yuels. in the dai of knowing; that is, of ge|neral doom. of hard end|ing; that is, of hard dampn|yng to the peyne of helle. Lire here. C. iust thing, and ȝeden awei fro the Lord. For he that castith awei wisdom and lore, is cursid; and the hope of wickid men is voide, and her trauels ben without fruyt, and her werkis ben vnhabitablevnable for to dwelle I., and vnprofit|able. The wymmen of hem ben vnwitti, and the sones of hem ben ful weiward. The creature of hem is cursid; for whi athe I. womman bareyn and vndefoulid is blessid, that `knew nothath not knowen the I. bed in trespas; sche schal haue fruyt in the biholdyng of holy soulis. And a man vnmyȝti to gendregete I. is blessid, that `wrouȝte nothath not wrouȝt I. wickidnesse bi hise hondis, nether thouȝte moost weiward thingis aȝens the Lord; for whi a chosun ȝifte of feith schal be ȝouun to hym, and a most acceptable eritage in the temple of God. For whi the fruyt of good trauels is gloriouse, and the roote of wisdom that fallith not doun. But the sones of avow|treris schulen be in distriyng, and the seed of a wickid bed schal be destried. And sotheli thouȝ thei schulen be of long lijf, thei schulen be arettid in to nouȝt; and the laste eelde of hem schal be withouten onour. And if thei ben deed swiftliere, thei schulen not haue hope, nether alow|yng in the dai of knowyng. Forsothe wickide naciouns ben of hard ending.

 CAP. IV.

AOm. Ia.! hou fair is chasta chaast Ia. generaciounchast gene|racioun; that is, the multitude of iust men, which is chast in bodi, in refreynynge vnleueful lustis of fleisch, and also chast in soule, in eschewynge the synne of vn|feithfulnesse and of idolatrie. with clernesse; of wisdom, which is ȝouun to iust men. it is knowun; bi knowing of appreuyng; sotheli no for|ȝeting fallith in God. Lire here. C. with clerenesse; for the mynde therof is vndeedli, for it is knowunvnknowun A., both anentis God, and anentis men. Whanne it is present, thei suen it; and thei desiren it, whanne it hath led outled out; that is, fro pre|sent bi kyndly deth. ouercom|ynge; the flesch, and the world, and the deuel, that ben ouercomun per|fitli of iust men in her deth. Lire here. C. it silf, and it ouercomyng getith bi victorie the mede of batels vndefoulid, and is corouned with outen ende. But the many fold gendrid multitude of wickid men schal not be profitable; and plauntyngis of auoutrieof auoutrie; that is, alle wickid men, that ben the fendis sones bi goostly auou|trie. Lire here. C. schulenthei schal I. not ȝyue deepe rootis, nether schulen sette stable stidfastnesse. Thouȝ thei buriounenburiownen; that is, han prosperite in temporal good|dis. Lire here. C. in bowis infor a I. in a KSa. time, thei set vnstidfastli schulen be moued of the wynd, andand thei I. schulen be drawun outschulen be drawun out, etc.; that is, bi Goddis sen|tence, fallinge on hem, thei schulen be drawun out fro goodis of pre|sent liyf, in whiche thei hadden set roote. Lire here. C. bi the roote of the greetnesse of wyndys. For whi bowis vnperfit schulen be brokun togidere; and the fruytis of hem ben vn|profitable, and soure to ete, and couenable to no thing. For whi alle sones, that ben borun of wickid men, ben witnessisben witnessis, etc.; for bi this that thei suen the trespassis of fadris, thei witnessen her malice. Lire here. C. of wickidnesse aȝens fadirs and modris, in her axyng. But a iust man, thouȝ he be bifore ocupiedbifor occu|pied, etc.; that is, bifore that he come to ende. Lire here. C. bi deth, schal be in re|freischyngschal be in refreisching; that is, in reste fro wrecchid|nessis of pre|sent liyf; and so a iust man that lyueth litil tyme, is of betere condi|cioun than a wickid man, that lyueth longe, and that fallith in tribu|laciouns of bodi and of soule. worschipful; that is, worthi to be worschip|id, is not in multitude of ȝeris, but in ripenesse of vertues, which a iust man get|ith, thouȝ he be ȝong in age. the wittis of a man; iust. ben hoore; for tho ben ripe and oneste. and the age of eelde; wor|thi to be wor|schipid. is liyf without wem; whether it be schort ether long. Lire here. C.. For whi worschipful eelde is not of long tyme, nether isit is I. rikened bi the noumbre of ȝeeris; the wittis of a man ben hoore, and the age of eelde is lijf withouten wem. He pleside God, and was maad dereworth, and he lyu|ynge among synneris was `borun ouertranslatid, or born ouer I.was borun ouer; that is, fro present liyf, and fro the felouschipe of wickid men, of whiche he myȝte be peirid. lest malice; that is, apertly yuele men. schulde chaunge; bi violence of turmentis. feynyng; that is, ipocritis. schulde disseyue; bi apperyng of good. of trifeling; that is, of iangling of many wordis, ourned ether faire enditid. makith derke goode thingis; for ofte it makith tho to appere yuels. contynuance of couetise, etc.; for whi the greetnesse of lust mysturneth the doom of resoun, and most in simple men, in whiche resoun is lesse strong. Lire here. C.; he was rauyschid, lest malice schulde chaunge his vnderstondyng, ethir lest feynyng schulde disseyue his soule. For whi disseyuyng of trifelyng makith derk goode thingis, and theOm. I. vnstable|nesse of coueitise turneth ouer the wit without malice. He was endid in schort tyme, and fillide many tymes; for whi his soule was plesant to God; for this thing God hastide to lede hym out fro the myddis of wickidnesses; but puplisbut puplis; that is, vnwise men. in the entrailis; that is, in the ynnere thingis of soule. Lire here. C. sien and vndurstoden not, nether settiden siche thingis inOm. a. `the inwardnessesthe entrailis EHMPUVY. her hertis I.. ForOm. aç. whiOm. I. while ç. the grace and mercithe merci sa. of God is on hise seyntis, and biholdyng of `Goddis coumfortGod I. is on hise chosun men. For|sothe a iust man deeda iust man deed; for the mynde of his riȝtfulnesse schewith, that wickid men ben worthi to be dampned. Lire here. C. condempneth quyke wickid men; and ȝongthe endid swiftliere condempneth longthe long I. lijf of an vniust man. For thei schulen se the ende of a wise mana wise man; that is, bifor takun with deth. made him lesse; in mak|ing schort his liyf. schal scorne hem; that is, schal schewe hem worthi to be scorned in deth, for thei aretten iust men foolis and woode, that putten forth hem silf to deth for riȝtfulnesse. aftir these; that is, aftir delices and onours of this liyf. with outen onour; in the power of fendis. with out vois; for thei schulen not mowe de|fende hem silf, nether excuse. fro founde|mentis; that is, fro fleisli frendis, and ertheli goodis, in whiche thei tristiden. Lire here. C., and thei schulen not vn|durstonde, what thing God thouȝte of hym, and whi the Lord made hym lesse. For thei schulen se, and schulen dispise hym; but the Lord schal scorne hem. And aftir these thingis thei schulen be fallynge doun withouten onour, and in dispisyng among deed men with outen ende. For he schal al to-breke hem bolnyd with out vois, and he schal moue hem fro the foundementis; and thei schulen be desolat til to the laste thing. And thei schulen be weilynge, and the mynde of hem schal perische. Thei schulen come ferdful in the thouȝt of her synnes; and her wickidnessis on the con|trarie side schulen lede hem ouerschal lede hem ouer; that is, fro temporal prosperite in to euerlastinge wrecchidnesse. Lire here. C..

 CAP. V.

Thannethanne; that is, in the tyme of doom. Lire here. C. iust men schulen stonde in greet stidfastnesse aȝens hem that an|gwischidenanguischen Sa. `iust menhem I., and whichethe whiche I. token awei her trauelis. Thei schulen se, and schulenOm. I. be disturblyd with orrible drede, and thei schulen wondre in the sudeynte of heeltheher heelthe I. vnhopid; and thei schulen weile for angwisch of spirit, and thei schulen seie, doynge penauncepenaunce; vnfruytful, for thei schulen be out of the staat of merit, and for the pen|aunce schal not be for the of|fence of God, but for the hardnesse of turment. Lire here. C. withynne hem silf, and weilyng for theOm. I. angwysch of spirit, These men it ben, whiche we hadden sum tyme in toOm. N. scorn, and in to licnesse of vpbreidyngvpbreiding, ether edwityng C et ceteri.. We woode men gessiden her lijf woodnesse, and the ende of hem with oute onourony honour C sec. m.; hou therfor ben thei rekened among the sones of God, and her part is among seyntis? Therfor we erriden fro the weie of treuthe, and the liȝt of riȝtfulnesse schynede not to usschynede not to vs; thouȝ it schyneth to alle men, as myche as is of it silf, for whi Goddis stiringis to good, ben maad comynly to alle men, but summen res|seyuen tho stiringis, and othere men putten awey tho; and so tho ben not maad to hem, that is, to her profit, but more to her dampnacioun. Lire here. C., and the sunne of vndurstondyng roos not vp to us. We weren maad weri in the weie of wickidnesse and of perdicioun; and we ȝeden hard weies. But we knewenknowen CHN. not the weie of the Lord; what profitide pride to vs, ethir what brouȝtehath brouȝt I. the boost of richessis to vs? All tho thingis passiden as schadewe, and as a messanger bifore rennynge. And as a schip, that passith thorou the flowynge watir, of which whanne it hath passid, it is not to fynde a step, nethir the path of the botme therof in wawys. Ethir as a bryd, that flieth ouer in the eir, of whichwhos wey I. no preef is foundun of the weie therof, but oneli the sown of wengis betynge liȝt wynde, and keruynge the eir by theOm. I. myȝt of weie, and with wyngis moued togidere it flei ouer, and aftir this no signe is foundun of the weie therof. Ethir as an arowe shotsent ceteri. out in to a place or|deyned, the eir isOm. CV. departid, andOm. CV. isit is I. closid aȝen anoon, that the passyng therof be not knowun. `So andRiȝt so I. we borun ceessiden anoon to be, and sotheli we myȝten schewe no signe of vertu; but we weren wastid in oure malicemalice, ether yuel willidnesse CEFGHKMQSUVYaç.we weren wastid in oure malice, ether yuel willid|nesse; is seid yuel firyng; that stondith in the bren|nyng of co|ueytise, wher ynne wickid men ben wast|id; for whi lecherouse men ben wastid bi the fier of fleisly coueitise, co|ueytouse men ben wastid bi the fier of co|ueitise, and proude men ben wastid bi the fier of worldly hiȝ|nesse. iust men schulen liue; in liyf glorie. anentis the Lord; of whom thei hopen to be rewardid, not of the world. anentis the hiȝeste; to whose onour thei ordeynen her dedis. the rewme of fairnesse; that is, of heuenly glorie, where no vile thing is. with his riȝt hond; in kep|ing hem in blis, that is signefied bi the riȝthond. with his hooli arm; in this is signefied the sikirnesse of blis, that may not be takun awey bi ony creature. Lire here. C.. Thei that synneden, seiden siche thingis in helle. For the hope of a wickid man is as the flour of a brere which is takun awei of the wynd, and as smal froth which is scateridscaterid abrod I. of a tempest, and as smoke whichthe which I. is spred abrood of wynd, and as the mynde of `an herborid mana giste I. of o dai, that passith forth. But iust men schulen lyue withouten ende, and the meede of hem is anentis the Lord; and the thouȝt of hem is anentis the hiȝeste. Therfor thei schulen take of the hond of the Lord the rewme of fairnesse, and thea I. diademe of comely|nesse; for he schal gouerne hem with his riȝthond, and he schal defende hem with his hooli arm. And his feruent loueferuent loue; for bi feruent loue of riȝtful|nesse he goith forth, to the punysching of yuele men. C. schal take armure, and he schal arme the creature to the venieaunce of enemyes. He schal clothe riȝtfulnesse for an ha|burioun, and he schal take certeyn doom for athe I. basynet; he schal take a scheeld that may not be ouercomun, equyteequyte, ether euenesse CFGHKMNQSUVXaç. equyte, ether euenehede EPY.; forsothe he schal whette hard wraththehard wraththe; that is, his ven|iaunce, which noon mai with|stonde. Lire here. C. in to a spere, and the world schal fiȝte with him aȝens vnwitti men. Streiȝte sendyngis out of leytis schulen go, and as the sidis of a reynbouwe, whanne the bouwe of cloudis is crokid, thei schulen be destried; and thei schulen skippe in to a certeyn place. And fulle hailstones schulen be sent fro a stony wreththea stony wraththe; that is, of Goddis ire, that makith heuye hail stones. wexe whiyt; that semeth whiyt, whanne the see is tro|blid. The spirit of vertu; that is, strong wynd. Lire here. C., and the watir of the see schal wexe whijt aȝens hem, and floodis schulen renne togider harde. The spirit of vertu schal stonde aȝens hem, and as the whirl|yng of wind it schal departe hem; and the wickidnesse of hem schal brynge al the lond to desert, and malice schal distrye the seetis of myȝti men.

 CAP. VI.

Wisdom is beter than strengthis, and a prudent man doith more than a strong man. Therfor, ȝe kyngis, here, and vn|durstondevndurstondeth I.; and ȝe iugis of the coostis of erthe, lernelerneth I.. Ȝe that holden togidere multitudis, and plesen ȝouplesen ȝou; that is, deliten in the gouernail of hem. of the Lord; whose vikeris ȝe ben in this. Lire here. C. in the cum|penyes of naciouns, ȝyueȝiueth to ȝoure I. eeris; forwhi power is ȝouun of the Lord to ȝou, and vertu is ȝouun of the hiȝeste, that schal axe ȝoure werkis, and schal serche thouȝtis. For whanne ȝe weren mynystris of his rewme, ȝe demeden not riȝtfuli, nether ȝe kepten the lawe of riȝtfulnesse, nether ȝe ȝeden bi the wille of God. Hidousli and sooneand soone; in deth, that tarieth not. C. hardeste doom; that is, greuouseste peyn. to a litil man; that is, to a man of litil staat, and of litil kunnyng, for sich a man synneth co|mynly bi igno|raunce. myȝty men; bi dignete of staat, and bi greetnesse of kunnyng. turmentis myȝtily; that is, greuouseste turmentis; for in as myche as the staat is hiȝere, in so myche the fal is greuousere, and worthi of more peyne. withdrawe the persoone; fro good to him, be he neuere so pore. the greetnesse of ony man; that ne he pun yschith him duly. Lire here. C. he schal appere to ȝou; for|whi hardeste doom schal be maad in hem, that ben souereyns. Forsothe merci is grauntid to a litil man; but miȝti men schulen suffre turmentis miȝtili. For the Lord, which is lord of alle thingis, schal not withdrawe the per|soone of ony man, nether he schal drede the greetnesse of ony man; for he made thebothe the I. litil man and the greet man, and chargecharge, etc.; that is, puruy|aunce, for he purueyeth for ech creature, bi the couena|blete of his kynde. Lire here. C. is to hym euenli of alle men. But strongere turment neiȝeth to strongere men. Therfor, ȝe kyngis, these my wordis ben to you, that ȝe lerne wisdom, and that ȝe falle not doun. For thei that kepen riȝtfulnesse, schulen be deemed riȝtfuli; and thei, that lernen iust thingis, schulen fynde, what thei schulen answere. Ther|for coueite ȝe my wordis, and loue ȝe tho; and ȝe schulen haue techyng. Wisdom is cleer, and that schal neuer fade; and it is seyn liȝtli of hem that louen it, and it is foundun of hem that seken it. It bi|fore ocupieth hem that coueyten it, that it schewe it silf the formere to hem. He that wakith bi liȝt to it, schal not trauele; forsothe he schal fynde it sittynge nyȝ hise ȝatis. Therfor to thenketo thenke; bi hooly thouȝtis. Lire here. C. onof CGHIKMNQRSUVXaç. wis|domit S. is parfit wit, and he that wakith for it, schal soone be sikir. For whi it goith aboute, and sekith men worthi to it; and in herhis S. weies it schal schewe it silf gladli to hem, and in al puruyauncepuruyaunce; that is, in rul|inge hem in alle thingis of man, that ben worthi to be doon. Lire here. C. it schal meete hem. For whi the bigynnyng of wisdom is the verieste coueytise of lern|yng. Therfor the bisynesse of lernyng is loue; and loue is the kepyng of lawis therof. Sotheli the kepyng of lawis is perfeccioun of vncorrupciounvncorrup|cioun; that is, of goostly vn|corrupcioun, bi eschewing of synne. vncor|rupcioun; is clennesse fro synne. Lire here. C.; forsothe vncorrupcioun makith to be next to God. Therfor the coueitise of wisdom schal brynge to euerlastynge rewme. Therfor if ȝe, kyngis of the puple, deliten in seetis, and in kyngis ȝerdis, `ether regalteesor regalies I., loue ȝe wisdom, that ȝe regne with outen ende. Alle ȝe, that ben souereyns to pu|plis, loueloueth I. the liȝt of wisdom. Sotheli what is wisdomwhat is wis|dom; here the autour of this book spekith in the persoone of Salomon, that hadde double kunnyng; the firste was knowing of creaturis of this world, that may be getun bi sek|ing of resoun, and bi trauele of studie, ne|theles in party, and vnperfitli, and with er|rouris, as Ari|stotle, fa|mousere among othere filoso|foris, erride in many thingis, as of the euer|lastingenesse of the world, with out bigynnyng, and of the noumbre of vn|durstondingis, and of the blis of tho, as it is opin, in xij. of Meta|fisikis; but Sa|lomon hadde this wisdom, bi the ȝifte of God, perfitly, and sodeynly, and with out er|rour; and he hadde also kun|nyng of pro|fesie. Lire here. C., and hou it is maad, Y schal telle; and Y schal not hide fro ȝou thetho I. sacramentissacramentis; that is, hise priuytees schewid to me. Lire here. of God; but fro the bi|gynnyng of birthe Y schal seke, and Y schal sette in to the liȝt the kunnyng therof, and Y schal not passe treuthe. And Y schal not haue weye with enuye wexynge rotun; for siche a man schal not be parcener of wisdom. Forsothe the multitude of wise men is the helthe of the world; and a wijs kynga wiys kyng; for as an heed wel disposid ȝyueth wit, and stiring wel or|deyned to the membris, so a wiys king rul|ith hise sugetis to comyn good. Lire here. C. is the sta|blischyng of the puple. Therfor take ȝe techyng bi my wordis, and it schal profite to ȝou.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe and YOm. Ia pr. m. am a deedli man, lijklijk othere I. men, and of erthli kynde of hym that was maad first, and in the wombe of themy I. modir Y was fourmed fleische. In the time of ten monethis Y was cruddid togi|dere in blood, of the seed of man, and bi acordynge delit of sleep. And Y was borun, andand I I. took comyn eir, and in lijk maner Y felle doun in to the erthe maad; and Y wepyngeweping; for a knaue child borun seith in weilinge A! and a maide child seith E! as pleyninge of the trespas of Adam and of Eue, for which thei ben borun the sones and douȝtris of ven|iaunce, and of wrecchidnesse. Lire here. C. sente out the firste vois, lijk alle men. Y was nurschid in wrap|pyngis, and in greet bisynesses; for whi no man of kyngisof kyngis; for thei ben borun vnmyȝty in bodi, and vn|kunnynge in the soule, and also othere men. oon entring; as to noun power and vnkun|nyng. lijk goyng out; as to angwische and nakidnesse of alle temporal thingis. Herfor; that is, for Y was borun al vn|kunnynge. Y desiride; the ȝifte of wis|dom. and wit, that is, the ȝifte of wisdom and of vndurstond|ing. was ȝouun; the spirit of wisdom, that is, the Hooli Goost, that ȝyu|eth wisdom. siluer schal be arettid as cley; that is, alle temporal thingis that ben comyn to goode men and yuele, and ben oftenere graunt|id to yuele men than to goode men, schulen be arettid of no valu, in com|parisoun of wisdom, with charite, that is ȝouun to goode men onely. Lire here. C. hadde othere bigynnyng of birthe. Therfor oon entryng to lijf is to alle men, and lijk goyng out. Her|for Y desiride, and wit was ȝouun to me; and Y inwardli clepide, and the spirit of wisdom cam in to me. And Y settide wisdom bifore rewmes, and seetis; and Y seide, that richessis ben nouȝt in com|parisoun therof, and Y comparisonede not a preciouse stoon to it; forwhi al gold in comparisoun therof is a litil grauel, and siluer schal be arettid as cley in the siȝt therof. Y louyde wisdom more than helthe and fairnesse; and Y purposide to haue it for liȝt, for the liȝt therof may not be quenchid. Forsothe alle goodis camen togidere to me with it; and vn|noumbrable oneste is by the werkys therof. And Y was glad in alle thingis; for this wisdom ȝede bifore me, and Y knew not, for it is the modir of alle goodis. WhichThe which I. wisdom Y lernyde with out feynyng, and Y comynecomyne it I. without en|uye; and Y hide not the oneste therof. For it is tresour with out noumbre to men, and thei, that vsiden that tresour, weren maad parceneris of Goddis fren|schip, and weren preisid for the ȝiftis of kunnyng. Forsothe God ȝaf to me to seie of sentenceof sentence; that is, to speke to the onour of God, and to the edifiyng of neiȝbore, bi grace ȝouun of God to me. and amendere of wise men; in encreessing hise ȝiftis to hem, for her good vss. ben in his hond; for ne|ther we moun do, nether speke, nether thenke ony good, with out him. Lire here. C., and to bifore take worthi thingis of these thingis that ben ȝouun to me; for he is the ledere of wisdom, and amendere of wise men. For whi bothe we, and oure wordis, and al wisdom, and lernyng of kunnyng of werkis ben in his hond. Forsothe he ȝaf to me the veri kunnyng of these thingis that ben, that Y knowe the disposicioun of the world, and the vertues of elementis; the bigyn|nyng, and the endyng, and the myddil of tymes; the chaungyngis of whilis, and the endyngis of tymes; the chaungyngis of maneres, and departyngis of tymes; the coursis of the ȝeer, and the disposi|ciouns of sterris; the kyndis of beestis, and the wraththis of wielde beestis; the strengthe of wyndis, and the thouȝtis of menthe thouȝtis of men; mennus thouȝtis moun be knowun certeynly onely bi Goddis reue|lacioun, but wise men knowen the thouȝtis of othere men bi coniecting, ether suppos|ing of outer|mere signes; and of this knowing spek|ith Salomon here. Lire here. C.; the differences of trees, and the vertues of rootis. And Y lernede what euer thingis ben hid and vnpurueyed; for whi wisdom, the crafti maker of alle thingis, tauȝte me. For in that wisdom vnmaad is the spirit of vndurstonding, hooli, many foldhooly, many fold; that is, in ȝiftis. oon aloone; in him silf; therfor Poul seith, Oon in the same spirit worchith alle these thingis, and departith to ech man as he wole. sutil; that is, persinge alle thingis bi his vertu. mouable; in worching, for he makith men mouable and swift to sue his good stiring. manly ether curteis; in hauynge com|passioun on oure defautis. benygne; that is, wel louynge, in en|flawmynge vs to Goddis loue. more mouable, etc.; this mou|yng is seid bi licnesse, in as myche as Goddis wisdom strecchith forth to dispose alle the werkis of God, til to the leste thingis. Lire here. C., oon aloone, sutil, temperat, wijs, mouable, vndefoulid, cer|teyn, swete, louynge a good dede, whichthe which I. spirit forbedith no thing to do wel; cur|teismanli, ether curteis C et ceteri. it is manli, ether curteis I., benynge, stable, sikur, hauynge al vertu, biholdynge alle thingis, and whichthe which I. takith alle spiritis able to vndurstonde, and he is clene, and sutil. For whi wis|dom is more mouable than alle mouable thingis; forsothe it stretchith forth euery where, for his clennesse. For it is a brethingFor it is a brething, ether vapour; vapour is a thing reysid vp, and cometh forth of water, and is of the kynde of water; so Goddis Sone, which is seid the wisdom of the Fadir, cometh forth of him, and is of the same kynde with him. briȝtnesse of euerlastinge liȝt; for Goddis Sone is liȝt of liȝt. a myrour; in which alle thingis schynen most clerely. and ymage of his goodnesse; for it is propir of Goddis Sone, that he is the ymage of the Fadir, for whi aungels and men ben seid to ben his ymage. Lire here. C. of Goddis vertu, and it is sum cleene comyngforth of the clerenesse of Almiȝti God; and therfor no defoulid thing renneth in to it. For it is briȝt|nesse of euerlastynge liȝt, and it is a myrrour with out wem of Goddis ma|ieste, and it is an ymage of his goodnesse. And whanne it is oon, it may alle thingis; and it dwellith in it silf, and renulith alle thingis, and bi naciouns it berith ouer it silf in to hooli soulis; it makith the frendis of Godfrendis of God; bi feith formed with charite. profetis; bi knowing aboue kynde. that dwellith with wisdom; that is, no but he be in cha|rite, for thanne God dwellith with him, and he with God. the formere; this lettre sem|eth to speke of wisdom vn|maad, without bigynnyng and ende; wisdom maad is formere than liȝt bi dignete, not bi during. Lire here. C. and profetis. For God loueth no man, noOm. I. but hym that dwellith with wisdom. Forwhi this wisdom is fairere than the sunne, and is aboue al theOm. I. dis|posicioun of sterris; wisdom comparisound to liȝt, is foundun the formere. Forwhi niȝt cometh aftir that liȝt; but wysdom ouercometh malice. Therfor wisdom stretchith forth fro the ende til to the ende strongli, and disposith alle thingis swetly.

 CAP. VIII.

I louede this wisdom maad, and Y souȝte it out fro my ȝongthe; and Y souȝte to take it a spousessespousse C.a spousse; that is, to cleue in the thouȝtis therof, with out de|parting. Lire here. C. to me, and Y am maad a louyere of the fairnesse therof. He that hath the felouschipfelouschip; bi charite. glorifieth; that is, knoulech|ith and preisith it gloriouse. Lire here. C. of God, glo|rifieth the gentilnesse therof; but also the Lord of alle thingis louede it. For it is the techeresse of the lernyng of God, and cheseressechesister I. techeresse S sup. ras. chesere V. of hise werkis. And if richessis ben coueitid in lijf, what is richere than wisdom, that worchith alle thingis? Sotheli if wit worchith, who is a crafti maker more than wisdom, of these thingis that ben? And if a man loueth riȝtfulnesse, the trauels of this wisdom han grete vertues; for it techith sobre|nessesobrenesse; that is, tem|peraunce. vertu; that is, goostly strengthe. Lire here. C., and prudence, and riȝtfulnesse, and vertu; and no thing is profitablere than these in lijf to men. And if a man de|sirith multitudethe multitude I. of kunnyng, wisdom knowith thingis passid, and gessith ofalle A pr. m. thingis to comynge; it kan the felnessisfelnesse CKRç. falsnessis HEPUY. falsnesse MV. of wordis, and asoilyngis of argumentis; it kan signes and schewyngis of thingis to comynge, bifore that thothei N. ben maad; and the bifallyngis of tymes andOm. Cç. of worldus. Therfor Y purposide to brynge to me this wisdom, to lyue togidere; witynge that it schal comyne with me of goodis, and spekyngspekinge, etc.; for siche thouȝtis ben the wordis of soule. togidere of my thouȝt, and of myn anoi schal be. For this wisdom Yanoie; to be excludid, for siche thouȝtis excluden al anoye. Lire here. C. schal haue clerenesse at cumpenyes, and onour at eldre men; Y schal be foundun ȝong and scharp in doom, and in the siȝt of myȝti men Y schal be wondurful, and the faces of princes schulen worschipe me. Thei schulen abide me, beynge stille, and thei schulen biholde me, spekynge; and the while I speke many thingis, thei schu|len sette hondissette hondis, etc.; that is, hou myche euer Y drawe along a sermoun, thei schulen herkne with reuerence. Lire here. C. on her mouth. Ferther|more bi this wisdom Y schal haue vnded|lynesse; and Y schal leeue euerlastynge mynde to hem, that schulen come aftir me. I schal dispose puplis; and naciouns schulen be suget to me. Hidouse kyngis herynge me schulen drede; and in mul|titude Y schal be seyn good, and strong in batel. Y schal entre in to myn housmyn hous; that is, con|sience. Lire here. C., and Y schal reste with wisdom; for the conuersaciounconuersa|cioun; that is, thouȝt, that cometh forth of vndurstond|ing, and cus|tom of wisdom. werkis of hondis; that is, in werkis comynge forth of wisdom. Y gat a good soule; bi clen|nesse of loue. more good; that is, encress|inge in vertues. a bodi vnde|foulid; that is, kept bi con|tynence of ma|trimonye. Lire here. C. therof hath no bitternesse, and the dwellynge togidere therof hath noon anoye, but gladnesse and ioye. Y thouȝte these thingis at me, and Y re|membride in myn herte; forwhi wisdom is vndeedli in thouȝt, and good delityng is in the frendschipe therof; and onestee without defaute is in the werkis of hondis therof; and wisdom is in the strijf of speche therof; and greet clerenesse is in the comyningcomynge ç. of wordis therof; Y ȝede aboute, sekinge to take wisdom to me. Forsothe Y was a witti child, and YOm. C. gattook I. a good soule. And whanne Y was more good, Y cam to a bodi vndefoulid. And as Y knew, that ellis Y mai not be chastecontynent, ether chast C et ceteri., no butbut if I. God ȝyueȝyue it I., and this same thing was wisdom, to wite whos this ȝifte was; Y ȝede to the Lord, and Y bisouȝte hym, and Y seide, of alle myn entralismyn en|trailis; that is, of al myn vndirstonding and loue. Lire here. C..

 CAP. IX.

God of my fadrisGod of my fadris; which thou chesidist mercifuly, as Abraham, Isaac, and Ja|cob, and spe|cialy Dauyth, my fadir, whom thou chesidist to the rewme. Lord of mer|si; that hast forȝoue to my fadir the synne of the deth [of] Vrie. that he schulde be lord; for if man hadde stonde in the staat of kynde maad, he schulde haue had ful lord|schip on crea|turis lowere than him silf. in equite; in disposinge crea|turis to that, that tho ben maad. of thi seetis; Salomon spekith of God, as of an hiȝeste iuge; aboute whom stonden wise men, and fro whom wis|dom is teld forth to lowere iugis; and in this maner Sa|lomon, as a lowere iuge, axith, that God ȝyue wisdom to him. Lire here. C., and Lord of merci, that madist alle thingis bi thi word, and ordeynedist man bi thi wisdom, that he schulde be lord of creature, whichthat I. is maad of thee, that he dispose the world in equite and riȝtfulnesse, and deme doom in riȝt reulyng of herte; ȝyue thou to me wisdom, that stondith nyȝ thi seetis; and nyle thou repreue me fro thi children. For Y am thi seruaunt, and the sone of thin hand mayde; Y am a sijk man, and of litil tyme, and lesseand lesse; that is, vnsuf|ficient. Lire here. C. to the vndur|stondyng of doom and of lawis. And if ony man is perfit among the sones of men, if thi wisdom fleeth awei fro hym, he schal be rikenyd in to nouȝt. Forsothe thou hast chose me kyng to thi puple, and a iuge of thi sones and douȝtris; and thou seidist, that Y schulde bilde a tem|ple in thin holi hil, and an auter in the citee of thi dwellyng place; the licnesse of thin hooli tabernacle, which thou madist redi at the bigynnyngat the begyn|nyng; of the goyng out of Egipt. Lire here. C.. And thi wisdom is with thee, that knowith thi werkis, whichthe which I. also was present thanne, whanne thou madist the world, and wiste what was plesaunt to thin iȝen, and what was dressid in thi comaundementis. Sende thou that wisdom fro thin hooli heuenes, and fro the seete of thi greetnesse, that it be with me, and trauele with me; and that Y wyte what is acceptable anentis thee. Forwhi thilke wisdom knowith and vndir|stondith alle thingis; and it schal lede me forth in my werkis sobrely, and it schal kepe me in his power. And my werkis schulen be acceptable, and Y schal dispose thi puple iustli, and Y schal be worthi of the seetis of my fadir. For who of men mai knowe the counsel of Godmay knowe the councel of God; as if he seye, noon, no but bi wisdom ȝouun of God to him. Lire here. C.? ether who mai thenke, what wole God? For whi the thouȝtis of deedli men ben dreed|ful, and oure puruyaunces ben vncerteyn. For whi the bodi that is corrupt, greueth the soule; and ertheli dwellyng pressith doun the wit, thenkynge many thingis. And of hard we gessen tho thingis, that ben in erthe; and we fynden with trauel tho thingis, that ben in biholdyng. But who schal sercheBut who schal serche; as if he seie, no man, no but bi wis|dom ȝouun of thee. Lire here. C. tho thingis, that ben in heuenes? But who schal knowe thi wit, `no butbut if I. thou ȝyue wisdom, and sende thin Hooli Spirit fro hiȝeste thingis? And if the pathisif the pathis; vndurstonde thou, no man may wite, no but bi thi wis|dom and spirit schewinge. Lire here. C. of hem, that ben in londis, ben amendid, and if men han lernyd tho thingis, that plesen thee. For whi, Lord, whiche euer plesiden thee fro the bigyn|nyng, weren maad hool bi wisdom.

 CAP. X.

This wisdom `of GodOm. I. kepte hym, that was formed first of God, the fadir of the worldof the world that is, of alle men. Lire here. C., whanne he aloone was maad of nouȝt. And `this wisdomit I. ledde hym out of his trespas, and ledde hym out of the sliym of erthethe erthe S., and ȝaf to hym vertu to holde togider alle thingisalle thingis; for it ȝaf to him the lordschip ouer alle lowere thingis. Lire here. C.. As the vn|just man in his ire ȝede awei fro this wisdom, brotherhed perischide bithorew S. the ire of manquellyng. For which thing whanne watirthe watir S. dide awei the erthethe erthe; that is, alle men dwellinge in erthe. C., wisdom heel|ide eft; gouernynge athe I. iust man bi a dis|pisable tre. This wisdom also in the con|sent of pride, whanne naciouns hadden reisid hem silf, knewknew, etc.; that is, Abra|ham, whom it made to be knowun bi ap|preuyng. a iust man; that is, Loth. Lire here. C. a iust man, and kept with out playnt to God; and this wis|dom kepte strong merci in sones. `This wisdomAnd it I. deliuerede a iust man fleynge fro wickid men perischinge, whanne fier cam doun in to the place of fyue cytees. For whichethe whiche I. wickidOm. I. men the lond smokynge is maad deseert, in to witnessyng of wei|wardnessewitnessing of weiward|nesse; that is, of synne aȝenus kynde. in vncerteyn tyme; that is, out of comyn cours of kynde, in to witness|ing, that the dwelleris of that lond syn|neden aȝenus kynde. vnbileueful soule, etc.; that is, of Lothis wiyf, that bileuyde not to the aun|gel, comaund|inge that sche schulde not loke bihynde hir bak. Lire here. C., and trees hauynge fruytis in vncerteyn tyme; and the mynde of an vnbileueful soule stondynge an ymage of salt. For whi men passynge wisdom, not oneli fellenfelden I pass. in this, that thei knewen not goodis, but also thei leften to men the mynde of her vnwisdom, that in these synnes, whiche thei diden, thei miȝten not be hid. Forsothe wisdom delyuerede hem fro sorewis, that kepen itthat kepen it; bi hooly lyuyng and de|uoute preyer. ledde forth a iust man; that is, Jacob, that was iust, and ȝede into Me|sopotamy, and fledde the ire of Isau, his brother. the rewme of God; whanne he siȝ the lad|dre, whos hiȝ|nesse touchide heuene, and the Lord fast|ned to the lad|dre, in xxviij. co. of Genesis, for thanne he hadde reuela|cioun of he|uenly Jerusa|lem. the kunnyng of seyntis; that is, knowing of hooly aungels, whiche he siȝ, stiynge and goinge doun bi that laddre. made hym onest in tra|uels; that is, made hym riche and no|ble, for hise trauelis, in kepinge the scheep of La|ban. fillide hise trauels; whanne bi God defend|inge hym, he ȝede awey fro Mesopotamye, with hise wyues, chil|dren, and rich|essis. helpide hym; in multipliynge flockis, that ouȝten come in to the meede of Jacob bi coue|naunt. of disseyueris; that is, of Laban and of hise sones, that ymagyn|eden to dis|seyue him, in chaunginge ofte his meed. made him onest; in mak|inge riche, in temporal and goostly rich|essis. fro enemyes; that is, Laban and hise sones, pursuynge Ja|cob, goynge awey to robbe him. a stronge batel to him; wrastlinge with the aungel. ouercome; Esau, his aduersarie. Lire here. C.. Sotheli this wisdom ledde forth a iust man bi riȝtful weies, that fledde fro the ire of his bro|ther; and it schewide to hym the rewme of God, and ȝaf to hym the kunnyng of seyntis; it made hym onest in trauels, and fillidefulfillide I. hise trauelis. It helpide hym in the fraude of disseyueris, and made hym onest. It kepte hym fro enemyes, and defendide hym fro dis|seyueris; and it ȝaf to him a strong ba|tel, that he shulde ouercome, and wite, that wisdom is the myȝtieste of alle. This wisdom forsook not athe I. iust man seelda iust man seeld; that is, Joseph, whanne hise bretheren seelden to men of Ismael. a diche; that is, to the prisoun of the king of Egipt. Lire here. C., but delyuerede hym fro synneris; and it ȝede doun with hym in to a diche; and it forsook not hym in boondis, til it brouȝte to hym the ceptreceptre, ether the kyngis ȝerde C et ceteri. of the rewme, and power aȝens hem that oppressiden hym; and it schewide hem lieris, that defouliden hymthat defouliden him; in puttinge auowtrie to him. Lire here. C., and it ȝaf to hym euer|lastynge clerenesse. This wisdom dely|uerede a iust puple, and hoolia iust puple and hooly; that is, the puple of Israel worschipinge God. fro naciouns; of Egipcians, that oppressiden it ouer greuously. Goddis wisdom entrede in to the soule of Goddis seruaunt; that is, Moises. aȝenus hidouse kyngis; that is, Farao and hise princes. the meede of her trauelis; for bi Goddis comaundement the sones of Israel goynge awey spuyliden Egipt, and axiden, bi borewing of neiȝboris, vessels of gold and of siluer, in xij. co. of Exodi; and this in quyting of trauels, in whiche the men of Egipt bigiliden hem vniustly. Lire here. C. without pleynt, fro naciouns that oppressiden it. WisdomIt I. entride in to the soule of Goddis seruaunt, and he stood aȝens hidouse kyngis, in grete wondris and myraclis. And it ȝeldide to iust men the meede of her trauelis, and ledde hem forth in a wondurful weie; and it was to hem in hilyng of the dai, and in the liȝt of sterris bi nyȝt. And it `ledde ouertranslatid, ether ledde ouer CEFGHKMNPQRSUVXYaç. translatide I. hem thorouȝ the reede see; and barit bar I. hem ouer thoruȝ ful myche watir. But it drenchide doun the enemyes of hem in to the see; and ledde hem out fro the depthe of hellisdepthe of hellis; that is, fro the botme of the see. the spuylis, etc.; that is, of Egipciens, drenchid, and cast up to the brinke of the see. Lire here. C.. Therfor iust men taken awei the spuylis of wickid men; and, Lord, thei magne|fieden in song thin hooli name, and preys|eden togidere thin hond ouercomer. For|whi wisdom openyde the mouth of doumbe men, and made the tungis of ȝonge chil|dren not spekynge to be wise. He dress|ide the werkis of hem, in the hondis of an hooli profete.

 CAP. XI.

Thei maden iourney bi desertis, that weren not enhabitid; and thei maden litle housishousis, ether hulkis CEFGHKMNPQRSUVXYa. housis, or cotis X sec. m. marg. housis, either helkis ç. in desert places. Thei stoden aȝens kyngis, and vengiden hem of ene|myes. Thei thirstiden, and thei inwardli clepiden thee; and watir of a ful hiȝ stoon was ȝouun to hem, and reste of thirst was ȝouun to hem of an hard stoon. For bi whiche thingis the enemyes of hem suf|friden peynes, for defaute of her drink, and the sones of Israel weren glad, whanne thei hadden plentee; bi these thingis, whanne thesethis C. failiden to thothilke I. enemyes, it was don wel with hemwith hem; that is, with the children of Israel. C.. For sotheli for the welle of euerlastynge flood, thou ȝauest mannus blood to vniust men. And whanne thei weren maad lesse, in the leding awei of ȝonge children slayn, thou ȝauest sudeynli plenteuouse watir to hem; and schewidist bi the thirst, that was thanne, hou thou woldist enhaunse thi seruauntis, and woldist sle the aduersa|ries of hem. For whanne thei weren asaied, sotheli thei token chastisyng with merci; thei wisten, hou wickid men demed with ire, schulden suffre turmentis. So|theli thou amonestyngemonestynge CGHKMQSUVXaç. as a fadir, pre|uedistpreuedist, etc.; that is, thi trewe ser|uauntis. condempned|ist; that is, thyn aduer|saries hardid in her synne. C. these men; but thou as an hard kyng axynge condempnedist hem. For whi men absent and men present weren turmentid in lijk maner. For whi double anoye hadde take hem, and weilyng with the mynde of thingis passid. Sotheli whanne thei herden, that it was don wel with hem silf bi her turmentis, thei bi|thouȝten on the Lord, and wondriden on the ende of the out goyng. For at the ende of the bifallyng, thei worschipiden him, whom thei scorneden cast out in schrewid puttyng forth; and thou didist not in lijk maner to iust men. ForsotheSothly I. for vnwise thouȝtis the wickidnessis of hem weren punyschid; for summen err|ynge worschipiden doumbe serpentis, and superflu beestis, thou sentist in to hem a multitude of doumbe beestis, in to ven|iaunce; that thei schulden wite, that bi what thingis a man synneth, he is tur|mentid also bi thesethese same I. thingis. For whi thin hond almyȝti, that made the world of mater vnseyn, was not vnmyȝti to sende in to hem a multitude of beeris, ether hardi liouns, ether beestis of newe kynde ful of ire, and vnknowun beestis, ether beestis frothinge heete of firis, ethir bryng|ynge forth the odour of smoke, ethir send|ynge outof E. fro the iȝen hidouse sparclis; of whichethe whiche I. beestis not oneli the hirtyng myȝte distrie hem, but also the siȝt myȝte sle bi drede. For whi and with oute these beestis thei myȝten be slayn bi o spirit, and suffre persecucioun of thothilke I. her owne dedis, and be scaterid by the spirit of thi vertu. But andalso I. thou hast disposid alle thingis in mesure, and in noumbre, and in weiȝte; for it was left euere to thee aloone to mow do myche; and who schal aȝenstonde the vertu of thin arm? For as the tunge of a balaunce, so is the world bifore thee; and as a drope of dew rys|ynge bifore the liȝt, that cometh doun in to erthe. And thou hast merci of alle thingis, for thou maist alle thingis; and thou dissymelistether for|berist X sec. m. marg. the synnes of men, for penaunce. For thou louest alle thingis that ben, and thou hatist no thing of tho, that thou madist; for thou not hat|ynge ony thing ordeynedist, ether madist. But hou myȝte ony thing dwelle, `no butbut if I. thou woldist? ether hou schulde a thing be kept, that were not clepid of thee? But, Lord, thatthou I. louest soulis, thou sparist alle thingis; for tho thingis ben thine.

 CAP. XII.

Lord, hou good, and hou swete is thi Spirit in alle thingis; and therforand therfor; that is, for thi goodnesse. chastisidist bi partis; that is, punyschist cur|teisly, and bi dyuerse tymes, and not togi|dere in takinge hem awey fro lyf, that they haue tyme to do penaunce. spekist to hem; sumtyme bi ynward ster|ing, sumtyme bi trauel of bodi, that ȝyueth vndir|stonding. of thyn hooly lond; that is, of Judee, which is seid hooly, for Goddis wor|schiping throof there in the tyme of the elde testa|ment; and the mysterie of Crist was fillid there in the tyme of the newe testa|ment. hateful; that is, orible synnes. Lire here. C. thou chastisist bi partis these men that erren; and thou monestist, of whiche thingis thei synnen, and thou spekist to hem, that whanne thei han forsake malice, thei bi|leue in thee, Lord. For thou woldist leesefordo I. thilke elde dwelleris of thin hooli lond, whiche thou wlatidist; for thei diden werkis hateful to thee, bi medicynesbi medecynes, etc.; that is, bi wicchecraftis, and false dy|uynyngis, and sacrifices offrid to fendis. Lire here. C., and vniust sacrifices; and the slears of her sones, with out merci, and eteris of entrailis of men, and deuowreris of blood; and bi the hondis of oure fadris thou woldist leese fro thi myddil sacramentmyddil sacra|ment; that is, fro Judee. Lire here. C. fadris and modris, autours of soulisof soulis, etc.; that is, of her children, desti|tute of du help. Lire here. C. vn|helpid; that oure fadris schulden take the worthi pilgrymage of Goddis children, which is to thee the dereworthestedereworste C. lond of alle. But also thou sparidist these as men, and thou sentist waspis, the bifore goeris of thin oost, that tho schulden de|strie hem litil and litil. Not for thou were vnmyȝti to make wickid men suget to iust men in batelether to distrie at oonys, bi cruel beestis, ether bi an hard word A sec. m. marg.; but thou demydistdyuydist C. bi partis, and ȝauest placeplaces S. to penaunce, and wistist, that the nacioun of hem was weiward, and her malice was kyndliwas kindeli; that is, maad hard bi long custum, which is a maner kynde. Lire here. C., and that her thouȝt myȝte not be chaungidmyȝte not be chaungid; this is not outirli noun|power; but in party, for as longe as a man lyueth, he may turne aȝen to good; but this nounpower is in parti, for siche men moun turne aȝen with hardnesse, for the custom of synne enclynynge bi maner of kynde: wherfor in v. book of Metafisikis, a thing is seid impossible in o maner, which thing is hard, as it is seid also in comyn speche of a man, seynge yuele, that he may not se. at the bigynnyng; in ix. co. of Genesis, Cursid be Canaan; he schal be seruaunt of seruauntis. Lire here. C. with outen ende. For it was a cursid seed at the bigynnyng. And thou not dredynge ony man, ȝauest forȝyuenesse to the synnes of hemmen S.. For whi who schal seie to thee, What hast thou do? ether who schal stonde aȝens thi doom? ethir who schal come in thi siȝt, to be auen|gere of wickid men? ether who schal arette to thee, if naciouns perischen, whiche thou madist? For whi noon other than thou is God, to whom is charge of alle thingis, that thou schewe, that thou demest doom not vniustli. Nether king nether tiraunt in thi siȝt schulen enquere of these men, whiche thou hast lost. Ther|for sithen thou art iust, thou disposist iustli alle thingis; also, fadir, thou con|dempnestthou con|dempnest; that is, punyschist sum tyme, to preuyng of his pacience, it is opyn of seynt Joob. owith not to be punischid; in biholdinge his innocence. gessist; that is, suffrist to be gessid. thi vertu; that is, thi power. Lire here. C. hym, that owith not to be punyschid, and thou gessist hym a straunger fro thi vertu. For whi thi vertu is the bigynnyng of riȝtfulnesse; and for this, that thou art lord of alle men, thou makist thee to spare alle men. For thou, that art not bileued to be per|fit in vertu, schewistthou shewedist S. vertu; and thou ledist ouerthou ledist ouer; that is, suffrist to be led ouer fro synne in to synne. in hardy|nesse; for by this that they knowen not God, they syn|nen hardili. reuerence; not punysch|ynge synnes anoon, but abidinge to penaunce. to mow; that is, punysche synnes. Lire here. C. theseOm. S. men, that knowenknewen CEGHKNPSXYaç. not thee, in hardynesse. But thou, lord of vertu, demest with pesiblenesse, and dis|posist vs with greet reuerence; for it is suget to thee to mow, whanne thou wolt. Forsothe thou hast tauȝt thi puple bi siche werkis, that it bihoueth a iuge to be iust, and benygnebenygne, ether merciful C et ceteri.; and thou madist thi sones of good hope, for thou demest, and ȝyuest place to penaunce in synnes. For if thou turmentidist the enemyes of thi seruauntis, and men due to deth with so greet per|seyuyngethir tentifnesse X sec. m. marg., and delyueridist, and ȝauest tyme and place, bi which thei myȝten be chaungid fro malice; with hou greet diligence demest thou thi sones, to whos fadris thou ȝauest othis and couenauntis of good biheestis? Therfor whanne thou ȝyuest chastisyngchastising; that is, betist vs, to oure amending. Lire here. C. to vs, thou betist many fold oure enemyes, that we demynge thenke thi goodnessethenke thi goodnesse; that is, whanne we punyschen othere men, that we do this myldely, bi saumple of thi goodnesse. demed of vs; that is, peyne is ȝouun to vs. thi mercy; turnyng aȝen to thee, bi pe|naunce. Lire here. C.; and whanne it is demyd of vs, that we hope thi merci. Wher|for and to hem, that lyueden vnwiseli, and vniustli in her lijf, thou ȝauest souereyn turmentis, bi these thingis whiche thei worschipiden. For thei erriden ful longe in the weie of errour, and gessiden goddisto be goddis I. these thingis that ben superflu in beestissuperflu in beestis; that is, vnprofitable to men, but more noyeful. Lire here. C., and lyueden bi custom of ȝonge children vnwitti. For this thing thou ȝauest doom, in to scorn, as to children vnwitti; but thei, that weren not amendid bi scorn|yngis and blamyngis, feeliden the worthi doomworthi doom; that is, euer|lastinge peyne. heuyly; that is, vnpaciently. Lire here. C. of God. For thei baren heuyli in these thingis, whiche thei suffriden, in whiche thingis thei suffrynge hadden in|dignacioun; thei seynge hym, whom thei denyeden sum tyme hem to knowe, knewen hym veri God, bi these thingis whiche thei gessiden goddis among hem, whanne tho weren destried; for which thing and the ende of her condempnaciouncondempna|cioun, etc.; that is, euer|lastinge peyne schal come on hem in the final doom, whanne thei schulen be tur|mentid in body and soule, in the peyne of helle. Lire here. C. schal come on hem.

 CAP. XIII.

Forsothe alle men ben veynben veyn; that is, voide of truthe. the kunnyng of God; these ben idolatrours, that wanten the kunyng of veri God. him that is; good, ether bi kynde ether beyng. Lire here. C., in whiche the kunnyng of God is not; and of these thingis that ben seyn goode, thei myȝten not vndurstonde him, that is, and thei perseyuynge the werkis knewen not, who was the worchere; but thei gessiden goddisgessiden goddis; that is, thei bileu|yden, that tho weren goddis, gouernynge the world. Lire here. C. gouernours of the world, ethir the fier, ether the wynd, ethir the eir maad swift, ether the cumpas of sterris, ether ful myche watir, ethir the sunne and moone; and if thei delitiden in the fairnesse of tho thingis, and gessiden thohem I. goddis, wite theiwite thei; as if he seide, thei ouȝten wite this anoon. fairere; for his fairenesse passith with outen ende. for the gen|drere of fair|nesse; that is, God, autour of al fairenesse. made alle these thingis; and bi suyng of re|soun the fair|nesse of tho thingis is bifore in him, more excelently with out noumbre. Lire here. C., hou myche the lord of thothilke thingis I. is fairere than tho; for whi the gendrere of fairnesse made alle these thingis. Ethir if thei wondriden on the vertu and werkis of tho thingis, vndur|stonde theivndurstonde thei; that is, thei owen to vndurstonde. Lire here. C. of tho, that he that made these thingis, is strongere than tho; for bi the greetnesse of fairnesse and of crea|ture the creatour of these thingis myȝte be seyn knowyngliknowyngli, ether myȝte be knowun bi hise werkis V.. But netheles ȝit in these menin these men; that worschip|iden excelent creaturis, as the sunne and moone, for goddis. is lesse playnt; than in hem that worschipiden serpentis, and vile beestis. Lire here. C. is lesse playnt; for thei erren, in hap sekynge God, and willynge to fynde. For whanne thei lyuen in hise werkis, thei seken, and holden for a soth, that tho thingis ben goode, that ben seyn. Eft sotheli it owith not toOm. I. be forȝouun to these men. For if thei miȝten wite so myche, that thei miȝten gesse the worldgesse the world; that is, knowe the or|dre of creaturis. Lire here. C., hou founden thei not liȝtliere the lord therof? forsothe thei ben cursid, and the hope of hemthe hope of hem, etc.; for noon hope is of her helthe, as long as thei ben siche. werkis of mennus hondis; for whi idols as to the figure, ether schap, ben maad bi craft, but the mater is thing of kynde; as gold, and sil|uer, and othere thingis, wherof tho ben maad. the werk of an eeld hond; for whi idols maad of eld tyme weren had in more reuerence; wherfor and summe symple Cristen men doen more re|uerence to summe elde ymagis of the crucifix, that ben seid maad of Nycodeme. Lire here. C. to conuersa|cioun of liyf; that is, to mannus profit, to whos liyf many vessels of tre ben nede|ful. vsith the re|lifs; that is, the hewingis of this werk, to get mete. Lire here. C. is among deed men, that clepiden goddis the werkis of mennus hondis, gold, and siluer, the fyndyng of craft, and licnessis of beestis, ether a stoon vnprofitable, the werk of an eld hond. Ethir if ony crafti man, a carpenter, hew|ith doun of the wode a streiȝt tre, and rasith awei perfitli al the riynde therof, and vsith his craft diligentli, and makith a vessel ful profitable in to conuersacioun of lijf‡; sotheli he vsith the relifs of this werk to the makyng redi of mete; and the residueresidue, or the leuing I. of these thingis, which he makith to no werk, a crokid tre, and ful of knottis, he graueth diligentli bi his voidnessebi his void|nesse; that is, maad of hym bi his grauyng. Lire here. C., and bi the kunnyng of his craft he figurith it, and licneth it to the ymage of a man, ether makith it lijk to sum of beestis, and anoyntith with reed colour, and makith the colour therof rodi with peynture, and anoyntith eche spotte whichthat I. is in it, and makith to it a worthi dwellyng place, and settith it in the wal, and he fastneth it with irun, lest per|auenture it falle doun; and he purueyeth for it, and woot, that it may not helpe it silf; for it is an ymage, and help is nede|ful therto. And he makith auowemakith a|uow; to the idol, that it here him. and enquer|ith; that is, axith of the idol richessis, and sones, and weddingis of sones. Lire here. C., and enquerith of his catel, and of hise sones, and of weddyngis; he is not aschamed to speke with hym, that is with out soule; and sotheli for helthe he bisechith a thing vnmyȝti, and for lijf he preieth a thing with out lijf, and he clepith an vnpro|fitable thing in to help. And for iourney he axith of that thing, that mai not go; and of getyng, and of worchyng, and of bifallyng of alle thingis he axith of hym, which is vnprofitable in alle thingis.

 CAP. XIV.

Eft an other man thenkynge to seile in schipa ship S., and bigynnynge to make iournei thorouȝ ferse wawiswatris C., inwardli clepithhe clepith I. a trea tre; that is, an idol of tre. frelere than the tre; that is, the schip. thou fadir; of heuene. gouernest; the seiling of men, but thilke idol doith not this. Lire here. C. freleremore freel I. than the tre that berith hym. For whi couetise to gete money foond that idol; and a crafti man made it bi his wisdom. But thou, fadir, gouernest bi puruyaunce, for thou ȝauest weie in the see, and a most stidfast path among wawis; schewynge that thou art miȝti to make hool of alle thingis, ȝhe, if a man goith to the see with out schip; but that the werkis of thi wisdomwerkis of thi wisdom, etc.; God made low|ere creaturis for man, and therfor if tho seruede not to the nedis of man, tho schulden seme to be veyn as to this, in hise profitis; so|thely these pro|fitis ben maad bi seiling, bi which mar|chauntis carien tho thingis, that ben plen|teouse in o lond, to an other, where is scarsite of siche thingis; and thus the nedynessis of londis ben re|leeuyd. But at the bigynnyng; that is, in the firste age of the world, that duride fro A|dam til to the grete flood. the hope of the world; that is, Noe, and his wiyf, and hise sones, and her wyues. seed of birthe; for whi man|kynde was multiplied bi him and hise sones, aftir the greet flood. Lire here. C. schulden not be voide, for this thing men bitaken her lyues, ȝhe, to a litil tre, and thei passen the see, and ben delyuered bi a schip. But at the bigynnyng, whanne proude giauntis perischiden, the hope of the world fledde to a schip, and sente efte seed of birthe to the world, whichwhich; schip. the tre; that is, thilke schip maad of trees. Lire here. C. was gouerned bi thin hond. For whi blessid is the tree, bi which riȝtfulnesse was maad. But the idol which is maad bi hond is cursid, bothe it, and he that made it, for sotheli he wrouȝte grete trespas; sotheli that idol, whanne it was freel, was nemyd God. Forsothe in lijk maner the wickid manthe wickid man; that is, the maker of an idol, and the idol maad of him. that is maad; that is, the deuel, that was worschipid in the idol, and ȝaf answeris there sum tyme. to the idolis of naciouns; that is, to fendis dwelling in idolis. not be biholding; that is, of Goddis mersi, for whi the synne of fendis may not be forȝouun. the creaturis of God; that is, fendis maad of God, as to the kynde. ben maad in to hatrede; for her synne, which is not of God autour, but of defaute of fre wille. and in to temptacioun; for thei that ben caste doun fro heuene, studien to lette men fro her helthe. and in to a trappe to the feet of vnwise men; that ben ouercomun bi temptaciouns of fendis, but to wise men, that aȝenstonden manly; siche temptaciouns ben not in to a trappe, but more in to victorie and in to a coroun. Lire here. C. and his wickid|nesse ben hateful to God. For whi that that is maad schal suffre turmentis, with hym that made itOm. CEF pr. m. GHMNPQRSUVXYaç.. For this thing and to the idols of naciouns schal not be biholdyng; for the creaturis of God ben maad in to hatrede, and in to tempta|cioun to the soule of men, and in to a trappe to the feet of vnwise men. For the bigynnyng of fornycaciounof fornycacioun; that is, idolatrie, which is goostly fornicacioun. corrupcioun of liyf; that is, of goostli liyf, that stondith in onyng to God, which onyng is brokun bi idol|atrie. the voidnesse of men; that is, defaute of her wisdom. Lire here. C. is the sek|yng out of idols, and the fynding of tho idols is the corrupcioun of lijf. Forsothe tho weren not at the bigynnyng, nethir tho schulen be with out ende. For whi the voidnesse of men foond these idols in to the world; and therfor the ende of tho is foundun schortin schort C.. For whi the fadir makinge sorewe with bittir morenyng, made soone to hym an ymagean ymage; that is, bifor the deth of the fadir. hooli thingis; to be ȝouun to the ymage. Lire here. C. of the sone `that wasOm. FIKSa. rauyschid; and bigan to wor|schipe hym now as a god, that was deed thanne as a man; and he ordeynede hooli thingis and sacrifices among hise seru|auntis. Aftirward in tyme comynge bi|twixebitwene I., whanne the wickid custom was strong, this errour was kept as a lawe, and ymagis weren worschipid bi lordschip of tirauntis. The figure of hem was brouȝt fro fer, whiche the men miȝten not onoure in opyn, for thei weren fer; and thei maden an opyn ymage of the kyng, whom thei wolden onoure; that bi her bisynesse thei schulden worschipe hym as present, that was absent. Forsothe the noble diligence of a crafti man brouȝte in also hem, that knewen not, to the wor|schipyngwurship S. of thes kyngisthingis I.. For he will|ynge more to plese thatthe a. kyng, that took hymtook him; that is, chees him to make an ymage to the king. a licnesse; that is, ymage. in to betere; in makinge the king fairere. Lire here. C., trauelide perfitlimore perfitli A pr. m. bi his craft, to make aOm. S. licnesse in to betere. Sotheli the multitude of men, disseyued bi the fairnesse of werk, gessiden hym now a god, that was onourid as a man bifore that tyme. And this was the disseit of mannys lijf; for whi men seruynge greetli, ethir to affeccioun, ethir to kyngis, puttiden to stoonys and trees the name that mai not be comynyd. And it suffisidemay not be comynyd; that is, the name of Godhed, that may not be ȝouun bi truthe and kynde, no but to God aloone; netheles it is comynyd bi name and licnesse to hooly men. Lire here. C. not, that thei erriden aboute the kunnyng of God; but also thei lyuynge in greet batel of vnkunnyng, clepen so many and so grete yuels pees. For ethir thei sle|ynge her sones in sacrifice, ethir makynge derk sacrifices, ethir hauynge wakyngis ful of woodnesse, kepen now nether cleene lijf, nether cleene weddyngis; but also o man sleeth another man bi enuye, ethir doynge auowtrie makith sory his neiȝbore. And alle thingis ben medlidmedlid; that is, schent, and put out of ordre of resoun. Lire here. C. togidere, bloodblood; in wounding of the neiȝbore. feynyng; that is, ipocrisie. corrupcioun; that is, defoul|ing of virgyns. noyse; in stiring of dissencioun. chaunging of birthe; that is, synne of Sodom. vnstidfastnesse of weddingis; bi which summen chaungiden to|gidere her owne wyues. Lire here. C., mansleyng, thefte, and feynyng, corrupcioun, vnfeithfulnesse, disturblyng, and forsweryng, noise, forȝetyng of goodis of the Lord, defoulyng of soulis, chaung|yng of birthe, vnstidfastnesse of wed|dyngis, vnordeyning of letcherie and of vnchastite. For whi the worschipyng of cursid idols is the cause, and the bigyn|nyng, and the ende of al yuel. For whi ethir thei wexen woode, while thei ben glad; ether certis thei profecien false thingis, ethir thei lyuen vniustli, ethir thei forsweren soone. For theOm. I. while thei tristen in idols, that ben with out soule, thei sweren yuele, and hopen not, that thei schulen be anoyed. Therfor euer eithirTherfor euer either; that is, it is iust, that thei ben pun|ischid for euer eithir synne, that is for idol|atrie, and for swering. Lire here. C. schulen come to hem worthili; for thei demeden yuele of God, and ȝauen tent to idols, and thei sworen vniustli in an idol, and theiOm. CV. dispisiden riȝtfulnesse. For whi an ooth is not vertuan ooth is not vertu; that is, an ooth owith not to be de|sirid as good bi it silf, but it is to vse it onely in nede; to the stidefastnesse of truthe and of feithfulnesse among men. going forth euere; that is, wexith and is encreessid. in to the brek|ing of iust thingis; that is, of Goddis heestis, that ben iust; for no thing no but iust may come forth of God. Lire here. C., but the peyne of synneris goith forth euere, in to the breking of iust thingis.

 CAP. XV.

Forsothe thou, oure God, art swete, and trewe, and pacient, and disposist alle thingis in merci. For if we synnen, we ben thin, and knowen thi greetnesse; and if we synnen notsynnen not; dedly, for whi venyal synne may not be eschewid hool|liche. ben acountid; that is, bothe in noumbre and merit, with chosun men, for whi venyal synne doith not awey grace. to know thee; bi feith, formed with charite. and vertu; that is, bi parformyng in werk. in to errour; of idolatrie, and Philo, autour of this book, spekith here for his tyme; for bifor the caitifte of Babiloyne, the Jewis dide nmyche idolatrie. ȝyueth couetise, etc.; that is, drawith his soule to do reuerence to the idol. louyeris of yuels; that is, of idols. tho that ben con|trarie; that is, vessels to serue to vnonest vsis. he that was maad; that is, the pottere. Lire here. C., we witen, that we ben acountid at thee. For whi to knowe thee, is parfit riȝtfulnesse; and to kunne thi riȝtfulnesse and vertu, is the root of vndedlynesse. Forsothe the thenkyng out of yuel craft of men brouȝte not vs in to errour, nether the schadewe of peynture trauel without fruyt, an ymage gravun bi dyuerse colours; whos biholdyng ȝyueth coueytise to an vnwise man, and he lou|eth the licnesse of a deed ymage with out soule. The louyers of yuels ben worthi the deeth, that han hope in siche; and thei that maken tho, and thei that louen, and thei that worschipen ben worthi the deth. But also a pottere, thristynge neische erthe, bi greet trauel makith ech vessel to oure vsis; and of the same clei he makith vessels that ben clene to vss, and in lijk maner tho that ben contrarie to these; forsothe what vss is of these vessels, the pottere is iuge. And he that was maad of erthe a litil biforebifore to CEFHKMNPQRSUVXYaç., makith a god of the same clei with veyn trauel; and the pottere, axid to ȝelde the dette of soulethe soule I. which he hadde, ledith hym silf aftir a litil tyme to the erthe, fro whennus he was takun. But he hath care, not for he schal trauele, nether for his lijf is schort, but he stryueth with gold smythis and sil|uersiluerne C. smythis; but also he suethhe sueth; in makinge idols of erthe liyk tho of bras. settith bifore glorie; of his craft, for the multitude of men renneth to him to haue idols. superflu thingis; that is, idols of no priys, ether litil, in compa|risoun of othere. Lire here. C. worcheris of bras, and settith bifore glorie; for he makith superflu thingis. For the herte of hymthe herte of him; that is, of the pottere. is aische; bi loue, for Austyn seith, If thou louest erthe, thou art erthe; but this pot|tere settith al his bisynesse to the formyng of erthe; and if the erthe were priued fro meddling of wa|ter, it schulde be dryuun in to dust, ether in to aische; wherfor the herte of a pottere is seid aische. superflu erthe; wher he mak|ith idols. is his hope; for he hopith to lyue herof. and his liyf is vilere than cley; which liyf is ordeyned to the wynnyng of cley, as to the ende, and to the ende betere; than these thingis, that ben to the ende Lire here. C. is aische, and superflu erthe is his hope, and his lijf is vilere than clei. For he knew not God, that made him, and that enspiride a soule to hym; and he loueth tho thingis whiche he hath wrouȝthath wrouȝt; that is, idols.; and he knew not God, that blowide in hym a spirit of lijf. But thei gessiden fleischli delityng to be oure lijf, and the conuersacioun of lijf to be maad to wynnyngwynnyng, ether coueitise C et ceteri., and that it bihoueth to gete on ech side, ȝhe, of yuel. Forsothe this man that makith freele vessels, and grauun ymagis of the mater of erthe, woot§ that he trespassith aboue alle men. Forsothe, Lord, alle vnwise men and cursid ben proude ouer the mesure of her soule, and ben enemyes of thi puple, and vpbreydenedwiten CFGHIMNOPQRSUVXYa. comaunden, ether edwiten K. it; for thei gessiden alle the idols of naciouns to be goddis, that han nethirBut thei; that is, the forseid idolatrouris. Lire here. C. siȝt of iȝen to se, nethir nose thirlis towoot; that is, owith to wite. aboue alle; makeris of idols. vnwise men; that ben idolatrouris, and erren fro veri blis. proude, etc.; that is, presumen of hem silf, more than they moun do. Lire here. C. perseyue a spirit, ethir wynd, nether eeris to here, nethir fyngris of hondis to touche, but also her feet ben slowe to go. For whi a man made tho, and he that borewide a spirit, made tho; forwhi no man mai make a god lijk hym silf. For sithen he is deedli, bi wickid hondis he makith a deed idol; for he is betere than these goddis, whiche he worschipith; for so|theli he liuyde, whanne he was deedli, but thei lyueden neuere. But also moost wretchid men worschipen beestis; for whi vnresonable beestis, comparisound to these men, ben worse than thei. But nether bi siȝt ony man mai of these beestis biholde goodis; forsothe thei han dryue awei the heriyngdryue awei the heriyng, etc.; and ȝaue it to vnreson|able beestis. his blessing; that is, the ȝifte of his grace. Lire here. C. of God, and his blessyng.

 CAP. XVI.

For these thingisthese thingis; that is, the for|seid idolatries. thei; that is, Egipcians, idolatrouris. Lire here. C., and thingis lijk these, thei suffriden turmentis worthili, and thei weren destried bi multitude of beestis. For whichethe whiche I. turmentisFor which turmentis; that is, in the stide of turmentis doon to Egip|cians. coueytise of her delityng; that is, delitable men coueitid of hem, in xj. co. of Numery. thei coueit|inge mete; that is, Egipcians, coueytinge mete to her nursching. turned awey fro nedeful co|ueiting; that is, of nedeful mete, hauynge hidousnesse to ete metis de|foulid and venemyd. sent to hem; that is, for pad|dokis and venemouse flies, defoulinge and venemynge the metis of Egip|cians. Lire here. C. thou dis|posidist wel thi puple, to whiche thou ȝauest coueitise of her delityng a new sauour, makynge redi mete to hem a cur|lewa curlew; that is, a mul|titude of cur|lewis. Lire here. C.. That sotheli thei coueitynge mete, weren turned awei, ȝhe, fro nedeful coueit|yng, for tho thingis that weren schewid, and sent to hem; but these menthese men; that is, Ebreys. Lire here. C. maad pore in schort tyme, tastiden newe mete. For sotheli it bihofte perischyng to come on hem with outen excusyngexcusing; that is, with outen remedy. on hem; that is, Ebreis, bitun of ser|pentis, in xxj. co. of Numery. Lire here. C., vsynge ti|rauntri; but to schewe oneli toOm. A pr. m. C. these Ebries, hou her enemyes weren destried. Forsothe whanne the feers ire of beestis cam on hem, thei weren destried bi the bityngis of weiward serpentis. But, Lord, thin ire dwellide not with outen ende; but thei weren troblid in schort time to amendyng, and hadden a signe of helthe, to remembryngto remem|bryng; that is, that thei smytun and heelid, schulden be myndeful of thyn heestis, and do tho. Lire here. C. of the comaundement of thi lawe. For he that was conuertid, was heelid not bi that that he siȝ, but bi thee, sauyour of alle men. Forsothe in this thou schewidist to oure enemyes, that thou it art, that delyuerist fro al yuel. For|sothe the bityngis of locustis and of flies killiden hemkilliden hem; that is, Egip|cians. Lire here. C., and heelthe of her lijf was not foundun; for thei weren worthi to be destried of siche thingis. But nether the teeth of dragouns, nethir of venemouse beestis ouercamen thi children; for whi thi merci cam, and heelide hem. For thei weren turmentid in myndein mynde; that is, that they schulden be myndeful of thyn heestis. Lire here. C. of thi wordis, and thei weren heelid swiftli; lest thei fallynge in to deep forȝetyng of God, miȝten not vse thin help. For nethir eerbe, nethir plastere heelide hem; but, Lord, thi word, that heelith alle thingis. Lord, thou art, that hast power of lijf and of deth; and ledist forth to the ȝatis of dethȝatis of deth; that is, of bodili deth; but he ledith not to the ȝatis of goostly deth, for he is not autour of synne, but man, bi defaute of his fre wille, is au|tour of synne. sleeth his soule bi malice; of dedly synne; the soule is vn|dedly bi deth of kynde. gon out; of the bodi. it schal not turne aȝen; bi weye of kynde. resseyued; that is, depart|id fro the bodi. impossible to ascape thyn hond; for whi the soulis of iust men ben resseyued in the hond of Goddis mersi, but the soulis of syn|neris ben res|seyued in the hond of his riȝt|fulnesse, ether iust punysch|ing. Lire here. C., and ledist aȝen. But sotheli a man sleeth his soule bi malice; and whanne the spirit is goen out, it schal not turne aȝen, nether the bodi schal aȝen clepe the soule, which is resseyued; but it is vnpossibleimpossible I. to ascape thin hond. Forwhi wickid men, denying to knowe thee, weren tur|mentid bi strengthethe strengthe I. of thin arm; thei suffriden persecusioun bi newe watris, and hailis, and reines, and weren wastid bi fier. For whi that was wondurful, the fier hadde more miȝt in the watir, that quenchith alle thingis; for whi the world was venierethe world was veniere, etc.; that is, creature of the world. of iust men; that is, of E|breys turment|id of Egipcians vniustly. Lire here. C. of iust men. For whi sum tyme the fier was mylde, lest the beestis schulden be brent, that weren sent to wickid menwickid men; that is, Egip|cians. Lire here. C.; but that thei seyngethei seynge; that beestis noyful to hem weren not brent, and that beestis profit|able to hem, as weren oxis and werk beestis, weren wastid with the same fier. of God; to whom the creature obeyeth at his wille. with mete of aungels; that is, that cam doun bi the seruyce of aungels, that eten not bodily mete. hauynge al deliting; for it saueride to goode men, as eche man wolde. thi catel; that is, the richessis of thi goodnesse. Lire here. C. schulden wite, that thei suffren persecu|cioun bi the doom of God. And sum tyme the fier brente an hiȝ on ech side in the water, aboue the vertu of fier, to destrie the wickid nacioun of the lond. For whiche thingisFor whiche thingis; that is, for the forseid turmentis of Egipcians. Lire here. C. thou nurischidist thi puple with mete of aungels, and thou ȝauest fro heuene breed maad redi to hem, with out trauel; hauynge al delityng in it silf, and the swetnesse of al sauour. For thou schewidist thi catel, and thi swetnesse, which thou hast, to sones; and the breed seruynge to the wille of eche manto the wille of ech man; be|ynge of the noumbre of goode men, for it was vnsauery mete to wickid men. Lire here. C., was turned to that, that ech man wolde. Forsothe snow and iys suffriden the miȝt of fier, and meltiden not; that thei schulden wite, that fier brennynge, in hail and reyn leytynge, destryede the fruytis of enemyes. Sotheli eft this was wondirful, also fier forȝat his vertufier forȝat his vertu; in the chymeney of thre children, in iij. co. of Danyel, and fier hurtide not the beestis of Ebreys, in the lond of Gessen. Lire here. C., that iust men schulden be nurschid. For whi the creature seruynge to thee the makere, wexith whijt in to turment aȝens vniust men, and is maad liȝtere to do wel, for hem that tristen in thee. For this thing and alle thingis transfiguridtransfigurid; that is, chaung|id fro the pro|perte of her kynde. Lire here. C. thannethanne, that is, chaungid fro the properte of her kynde V. seruyden to thi grace, nurischere of alle thingis, to the wille of hem, that ben de|sirid of thee; that, Lord, thi sones schulden wite, whiche thou louedist, that not the fruytis of birthefruytis of birthe; that is, not onely fruytis com|ynge forth of erthe. Lire here. C. feeden men, but thi word kepeth hem, that bileuen in thee. For whi that that miȝte notthat that miȝte not, etc.; that is, manna that was hardid at the fire, and meltide at the heete of the sunne. thi blessyng; that is, to ga|dere manna. Lire here. C. be distried of fier, meltide anoon as it was maad hoot of a litil beem of the sunne; that it were knowun to alle men, that it bihoueth to come bifore the sunne to thi blessing, and to worschipe thee at the risyng of the liȝtliȝt, that is, sunne V.. Forsothe the hope of an vnkynde man schal melte awei as iys of wyntir, andand it I. schal perische as superflu watir.

 CAP. XVII.

Forsothe, Lord, thi domes ben greet, and thi wordisthi wordis; that is, dedis maad bi thi word. vnlerned soulis; that is, men not louynge truthe. Lire here. C. moun not be fulli teld out; vnlerned soulis erriden for these. For the while wickid men holden for stid|fast, that thei moun be lordis of hooli nacioun, thei weren feterid with boondis of derknessis, and of long niȝt, and weren closid vndur rooues; and thei fugityues weren sugetsugetis A sec. m. to euerlastinge puruyaunce. And the while thei gessen hem to be hid in derk synnes, thei weren scaterid bi derk hidyng of forȝetyng, dredynge hid|ousli, and disturblid with ful greet won|dryng. For the denne that withhelde hem, kepte not with out drede; for whi sown comynge doun disturblide hem, and soreu|ful persoones apperynge to hem, ȝauen drede to hem. And sotheli no myȝt of fier myȝte ȝyue liȝt to hem, and the cleer flawmes of sterris myȝten not liȝtne that hidouse nyȝt. Sotheli sodeyn fiersudeyn fier; that is, apper|yng at a mo|ment, not to coumfort of hem, but more to discoumfort. C. ful of drede apperide to hem; and thei weren smytun with the drede of that face, that was not seyn, and gessiden tho thingis to be worse, that weren seyn. And scornesAnd scornes; that is, scorn of the wicchis of Farao, neiȝ|ede to the for|seid yuels. and the glorie of wisdom, etc.; that is, wisdom, of which the wicchis hadden glorie, was chastisid with dispit, for they weren smytun with othere men, so that they myȝten not helpe hem silf, nether othere men. of wondris aȝenus kynde; for thei weren customable to siche wondris. passing of beestis, etc.; for whi drede mak|ith to forme ymage of ferd|ful thingis bi a litil noyse, as he that dredith myche, bileueth that enemyes comen, bi the sowne of leeuys, ether ony sich thing. Lire here. C. of whitche craft weren leid to, and the glorie of wisdom was chastisyng with dispisyng. For thei, that bihiȝten hem silf to putte awei dredis and disturb|lyngis fro a sijk soule, weren ful with scorn, and weren sijk for drede. For whi thouȝ no thing of the wondris aȝens kynde disturblide hem, thei weren mouyd bi the passyng of beestis, and bi the hiss|yng of eddris, andand thei I. trembliden, and pe|rischiden; and denyeden, that thei sien the eyr, which a man myȝte not ascape bi ony resoun; for whi worste thingis bifore ocupien ofte, while the conscience repreu|eth. For sithen wickidnesse is dreedfulwickidnesse is dredeful; for it makith men dredeful. Lire here. C., it is ȝouun in to condempnacioun of alle men; for whi a conscience disturblid pre|sumethpresumeth; that is, bi for|gessing grete yuels to com|ynge on it silf. of presump|cioun; that is, encressing of gessing of peyne neiȝinge. abidyng; that is, lesse hope of help is in the soule of him that dredith. grettere; for he bileueth, that more yuels schulen come. Lire here. C. euere wickid thingis. For whi drede is no thing, noOm. I. but help of pre|sumpcioun, and schewyng of thouȝt of helpis. And the while lesse abydyng is fro with ynne, it gessith gretter power of that cause, of which it ȝyueth turment. Forsothe thei, that camen in to a myȝti niȝtin to a miȝti nyȝt; that is, in to thicke derknessis, that ben seid a myȝty nyȝt bi long duryng, that is, of thre dayes, and bi thicknesse, for which thei myȝten not stire hem silf fro her place. fro loweste; that is, fro erthe and water, fro whiche stieden smokis, makinge greet the eir. fro hiȝeste; that is, fro thickenesse of cloudis, lettinge the liȝtnyng of the eir. slepynge; Egipcians, that slepten sum deel in tho thre dayes, suffriden anoon ferdful dremys, in so myche that summe of hem dieden. bi leding ouer; that is, bi departing of the soule fro the body. Lire here. C., and comynge aboue fro loweste thingis, and fro hiȝeste thingis, thei slepynge the same sleep, weren hurlid sum tyme bi drede of wondris aȝens kynde, sum tyme the soulis failiden bi ledyng ouer; for why sudeyn drede and vnhopid, cam on hem. Afterward if ony of hem hadde fel doun, he was kept closid in prisoun, with out yrun; for if ony cheerlony cheerl; where euere ony man was ocupied in feeld, ether in hows, whanne the derknessis camen on hem, he dwellide there thre dayes. Lire here. C. was, ethir scheepherd, ethir aOm. I. werk man of feeldis, and was bifore ocupied, he suffride nede that miȝte not be ascapid. For whi alle men weren boundun togidere bi o chayne of derknessis; ether a wynd hissynge, ether swete sown of briddis bitwixe the thicke bowis of trees, ethir the feersnesse of watir rennynge doun greetli, ethir a strong soun of stoonys cast doun, ethir the rennyng vnseyn of beestis pleiynge, ethir the strong vois of beestis lowynge, ethir eccoether ecco; that is, a soun foldid aȝen. Lire here. C. that is, a vois reboundynge aȝen. V. that is, a soun sownyng aȝen. K. sownynge aȝen fro hiȝeste hillis, maden hem failynge for drede. Forsothe al the worldal the world, etc.; out of the place of Egip|cians. liȝtned; in so myche, that no man was lettid fro hise werkis. ymage, etc.; for it fyguride the derknessis of helle, in to which thei dis|serueden to go, for her synnes. Lire here. C. was liȝtned with cleer liȝt, and wasit was I. notOm. I. withholdun in werkis lettid. But a greuouse niȝt, the ymage of derknessis, that was to comyng on hem, was set on hem aloone; therfor thei weren greuousere to hem silf than the derknessis.

 CAP. XVIII.

But ful greet liȝt wasther was I. to thin hooli seruauntis, and sotheli enemyes herden the voisthe vois; that is, of Ebreys. Lire here. C. of hem, but thei sien not the figure, ethir schap; and for also theithei, that is, Ebreis V. suffriden not bi the same thingis, thei magnefieden thee. And for thei weren hirt biforehirt bifor; that is, of E|gipcians, bi harde trauelis, in i. co. of Ex|odi. not hirt; in X. veniaunces, as Egipcians weren. Lire here. C., thei diden thankyngis to thee, for thei weren not hirt; and that dif|ference schulde be bitwixe hem and Egip|cians, thei axiden thee, God. For which thing theithei; that is, Egipcians. Lire here. C. hadden a brennynge piler of fier, the ledere of vnknowun weie; and thou ȝauest the sunne, with out hirtyng of good herbore. Forsothe thei weren wor|thi to wante liȝt, and to suffre the prisoun of derknessis, whiche helden thi sones enclosidenclosid; and suffriden not hem go out of Egipt, to make sacrifice to the Lord. Lire here. C.; bi whiche sones the vncorrupt lijt of lawe bigan to be ȝouun to the world. Whanne thei thouȝten to sle the ȝonge children of iust men; and whanne o sone was put forth, and delyuered, thou tokisttokist; fro present liyf. Lire here. C. awei the multitude of sonessones, the firste gendrid V.of sones; that is, of the firste gendride of Egipt. leding ouer; that is, in the leding of Ebreys out of Egipt. lostist hem; that is, Egip|cians, fadris of the children slayn. whiche othis; that is, to God|dis affermyngis maad to hem and to her fa|dris. Lire here. C., for the ledyng ouer of hemhem, that is, Ebreis out of Egipt V., and thou lost|ist hem togidere in strong watir. For|sothe thilke nyȝt was knowun bifore of oure fadris, that thei witynge verili to whiche othis thei bileuyden, schulden be more paciente. Forsothe helthe of iust men was resseyued verili of thi puple, `and alsobut C et ceteri. distriyng of vniust men. For as thou hirtidisthurtist S. oure aduersaries, so thou excitidist also vs, and magnefiedist vs. For whi iust children of goode meniust children of goode men, etc.; that is, Ebreys, the sones of patri|arkis. disposiden, etc.; that is, resseyueden acordingly. the lawe of riȝtfulnesse; ȝouun in the hil of Synay. to resseyue goodis and yuels; that is, disposide to res|seyue paciently, for the loue of God, prosperites and aduersites sent, and to be sent, bi Goddis wille. heriyngis; in prosperites and aduersites. to the fadir of alle; that is, to God. weilyng of bi|weperis; that is, which wepten for the sleyng of ȝonge chil|dren. Lire here. C. maden sacrifice priueli, and disposiden the lawe of riȝtfulnesse in to acordyng; thei disposiden iust men to resseyue goodis and yuels in lijk maner, and sungen heriyngis to the fadir of alle men. But vnsemeli vois of enemyes sownede, and wepeful weilyng of bi|weperis of ȝonge children was herd. For|sothe the seruaunt was turmentid bi lijk peyne with the lord; and a man of the puple suffride thingis lijk the kyng. Therfor in lijk maner alle men bi o name of deth hadden deed men vnnoumbrable, for nether quyke men suffiseden to birie; for whi the nacioun of hem, that was clerere than othere, was destried in o mo|ment. Forsothe of alle Egipcians men not bileuyngemen not bi|leuyng; to God and to Moyses. for benefices; ȝouun in the doing awei of veniaunces; for whanne the veniaunces weren doon awey, they turneden aȝen to her hard|nesse in synne. bihiȝten hem; that is, knoulechen Moises and Ebreys. to be the puple of God; for thanne thei leeten hem go, as the seruauntis of God; ether Egipcians bihyȝten hem silf to be Goddis puple; bi this, that thei obeyeden to Goddis heeste, of the sendynge out of Ebreys. Lire here. C. for benefices, bihiȝten hem thanne to be Goddis puple, whanne the distriyng of the firste gendryd thingis was first. Forsothe whanne alle thingis helden restful silence, and the nyȝt hadde the myddil weie in his cours, Lord, thi word almyȝtiLord, thi word almyȝti; that is, thi comaundement of the sleyng of the first gendrid thingis. swerd beringe; that is, fillinge. Lire here. C. comynge swiftli fro heuene, cam fro the kyngis seetis; a scharp swerd ber|ynge thi comaundement not feyned, cam forth, ouercomere in to the myddil of the lond of destriyng; and it stood, and fillide alle thingis with deeth, and it stood in erthe, and stretchide forth til to heuene. Thanne anoonThanne anoon; that is, next bifore. yuele dremes; to bi|for figure the forseid sleing of the firste gen|drid children. Lire here. C. the siȝtis of yuel dremes disturbliden hem, and dredis not hopid camen aboue. And another man cast forth half quyk in an other place, schewide for what cause of deth he diede. For whi siȝtis that disturbliden hem, bifore warn|eden these thingis, that thei schulden perische not vnwityngli, why thei suf|friden yuels. Forsothe temptacioun of dethtemptacioun of deth; that is, punyschid bi deth. and; is set here for that is. mouyng togidere of dissencioun, reisid by Choree and hise felowis. a man with|out playnt; that is, Aaron lyuynge feith|fuli anentis God, and iustly anentis the neiȝbore. for the puplis; diynge. aȝen stood ire; in plesinge God bi his preyer. ouercam cum|penyes; that is, witnessis of disturblinge the puple. Lire here. C. touchide thanne also iust men, and mouyng togidere of multitude was maad in desert; but thin ire dwellide not longe. For a man without pleynt hastide to biseche for puplis, and he brouȝte forth preier the scheld of his seruyce, and he aleggide preier bi encence, and aȝen stood ire; and he settide an ende to the nedeto the nede; that is, to deth. Lire here. C., and schewide that he was thi seruaunt. Forsothe he ouercam cumpenyes, not bi vertu of bodi, nether bi armure of power; but he remembride the othis, and the tes|tament of fadris, and bi wordand bi word; of dyuout preyer. him that trauel|ide him silf; that is, the brennyng brennynge the puple, of whos brennyng Aa|ron was tra|uelid. Lire here. C. he made hym suget, that trauelide hym silf. For whanne deed men fellen doun bi heepis, ech on other, he stood bitwixe `deed men and lyuyngethe deede and the quyke I., and kittidekitte I. awei the feers|nesse of brennyng, and departide that weie, that ledde to quyke men. For whi al the world wasthe world was; bi signe|fiyng ether fi|gure. grete thingis of fadris; that is, the names of xij. lynagis. magneficence; that is, thyn hiȝ name tetra|gramaton. Lire here. C. in the cloth lastynge to the heelis, which he hadde; and the grete thingis of fadris weren grauun in foure ordris of stoonys; and, Lord, thi magnyficencemagnyficence, that is, thin hiȝ name tetragramaton V. was writun in the dia|deme of his heed. Forsothe he that dis|triede, ȝaf stide to these thingis, and dredde these thingis; for whi the temptacioun aloone was sufficient to irewas sufficient to ire; that is, temptacioun of dissencioun mouyd, was sufficient cause of Goddis veniaunce aȝenus al the puple; nobut the bischop hadde plesid. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XIX.

Forsothe ire with out merci cam on wickid men tilOm. A sec. m. in to the lasteto the laste; that is, til to the drenching of hem. Lire here. C.; forwhi God bifore knew also the thingis to com|ynge of hem. For whanne thei weren turned, and hadden suffrid, that thei schulden lede out hemlede out hem; that is, Ebreys that Egipcians wolden sende the sones of Israel out of Egipt. repenting, etc.; that is, Egipcians re|pentide of the sending out of the puple of Israel. Lire here. C., and hadden bifor sent hem with greet bysynesse, the dedis of repentyng sueden hem. For thei hau|ynge ȝit morenyng bitwixe the hondis, and thei biwepynge at the sepulcris of deed men, token to hem anothir thouȝt of vnkunnyngvnkunnyng; that is, of led|ing aȝen of Ebreys. worthi nede; that is, deth, that schulde be ȝouun to hem iustly in the reed see. Lire here. C.; and thei pursueden tho Ebreis, as fleeris awei, whiche thei prei|ynge hadden sent forth. For whi worthi nede ledde hem to this ende, and thei losten remembryng of these thingis, that hadden bifeldbifalle I., that punyschyng schulde fille tho thingis, that failiden of tur|mentis, and that sotheli thi puple schulde passe wondurfuli; forsothe that thei schulden fynde a newe deth. For whi ech creature seruynge to thin heestis, was refourmedwas refourm|ed; that is, to obeye to God, of whom ech creature is maad. Lire here. C. to his kynde at the bigyn|nyng, that thi children schulden be kept vnhirt. For whi a cloude bischadewide the castels of hem, and drie erthe apperide in watir that was bifore; and a weie with out letting apperide in the reed see, and a feeld buriownynge fro ful greet depthegreet depthe; that is, the botme of the see was dried, at the maner of a feeld buriownynge. Lire here. C.; bi which feeld al the nacioun passide, that was hilid with thin hond; forsothe thei sien thi merueilis and wondris. For thei as horsis deuouriden metedeuouriden mete; that is, token the ar|muris of Egip|cians, whiche thei sien deed on the brinke of the see. Lire here. C., and as lam|bren thei maden ful out ioye, magnefiynge thee, Lord, that delyueredist hem. For thei weren myndeful ȝit of tho thingis, that weren don in the dwellyng of hem among Egipcians; hou the lond brouȝte forth flies, for the nacioun of beestis, and the flood brouȝte forth multitude of pad|dokis, for fischis. Forsothe at the last thei sien a newe creature of briddis, whanne thei weren led bi coueitise, and axiden metis of feeste. For in the spek|ynge toin the spek|ing to, etc.; that is, at the axing of hem, bi her desir. a curlu; that is, a greet mul|titude of cur|lewis. Lire here. C. of her desir, athe I. curlew stiede to hem fro the see; and diseesis camen on synneris, and not with out preuyngis of tho thingis, that weren don bifor bi theOm. I. feersnesse of floodis. For thei suffriden iust|li, biaftir I. her wickidnessis; for thei ordeyneden more abhomynable vnospitalite. Sotheli summe resseyueden not vnknowun come|lyngis; sotheli othere token good men her|borid in to thraldom. And not oneli thei diden these thingis, but sotheli also an|other biholding of hem was, that thei aȝens her willeaȝenus her wille; that is, with hardnesse of cheer and of wordis. resseyueden straungeris; to herbore, as it bifallith sum|tyme, that thei that ȝyuen almes, seyen so many dis|pisingis to the axeris, that thei sillen to dere to hem. Lire here. C. resseyueden straungeris. Forsothe thei that vsiden the same or|dynauncesthei that vsiden the same ordenaunces; that is, Egip|cians, that vsiden orde|naunces aȝenus the good of ospitalite. that resseyu|eden with glad|nesse; that is, Ebreys resseyu|ynge straun|geris gladly. with blynd|nesse; thre dayes in derk|nessis, that myȝten be gropid. as they; that is, Sodomytis. in the ȝatis of the iust man; that is, of Loth. Lire here. C., turmentiden with cruelest sorewis hem, that resseyueden with glad|nesse. Forsothe thei weren smytun with blyndnesse, as thei in the ȝatis of the iust man, whanne thei weren hilid with su|deyne derknessis; ech man souȝte the passyng of his dore. Forsothe while ele|mentis ben turned in to hem silf, as the sown of maner is chaungid in orgun, and alle thingis kepen her sownkepen her sown; that is, bi the disposi|cioun of him that makith melodie, so the doyng of creature was chaungid, in the punysch|yng of Egip|cians, bi dispo|sicioun of the creatour. Lire here. C.; wherfor it mai be gessid of that certeyn siȝt. Beestis of the feeldbeestis of the feeld; that is, beestis dwellinge in feeldis, as oxis and werk beestis. weren turned; not bi substaunce, but bi goyng, that is, Ebreys with her beestis ȝeden thorou the depthe of the see, which is the dwelling of fischis. Lire here. C. weren turned in to beestis of watir; what euer weren swymmynge thingisswymmynge thingis; as it is opyn of paddokis, entringe in to the housis of Egipcians. fier and water hadden power; in brennyng strongly, aboue his kyndly vertu. flawmes of corruptible beestis; that is, of eddris and draguns, brethinge out fier. disesiden not the fleischis, of the sones of Israel. goynge togidere; bi desert, wher ynne was a serpent brennynge bi blast, in viij. co. of Deutronome, that is, many siche serpentis weren there. Lire here. C., ȝeden in the lond. Fier in watir hadde power aboue his vertu; and water forȝat the kynde quenchynge. Aȝenward flawmes of corruptible beestis disesiden not the fleischis of Ebreis goynge togi|dere; nethir departiden that good mete, that was departid liȝtly as iys. Forsothe, Lord, thou magnefiedist thi puple in alle thingis, and onouridist; and dispisidist not, and helpidist hem in ech tyme and in ech placeHere endith the book of Wisdom, and here bigynneth the book of Ecclesiastici. CFHSXa. Here endith the book of Wysdom, and bigynneth a prolog on Ecclesiastici. G. Here endith the book of Wisdom, and bigynneth Ecclesiasticus. HU. Heere endith the book of Wisdom, and bigynnith the book of Ecclesiasticus. INQ. Here endith the booc of Sapiens or Wisdom; se now the prolog of the booc of Ecclesiastici. K. Here endith the book of Wisdom, and here bigynneth the book of Ecclesiastici, that tretith also of wisdom and prudence in many degrees of the world. M. Heere eendith Sapience, and bigynneth the prolog upon the book of Ecclesiastici. R. Here endith Sapiens, and bigyn[neth] the book of Ecclesiasticus. V. No final rubric in AEPY..

 ECCLESIASTICUS. [Prologue to Ecclesiasticus.]

WISDOM is schewid to us of fele and greet bi the lawe, and prophetis, whiche folewide hem. In which thingis it bihou|eth to preise Israel, bi cause of doctrine and wisdom; for not which it is neces|sarie thilke spekers to be wise, but also straungers mouȝe, and reders and writers, be also imade best itauȝte. My graun|fadir Jhesus, bisiloker to diligence of red|yng of the lawe, and prophetis, and of othir bokes, that beth of oure fadris itake to us, thanne wolde he write sum thing here of, which that perteynid to doctrine and wisdom, as desires to lerne and of hem to be made wijs, more and more in biholdyng in inwitt, and to be confermed to laweful lyf. Therfore I warne ȝou to come with goode wille with the more bisili stodie the lesson to make, and haue in hem forȝeuenesse, in which as semeth folwynge the ymage of wisdom, and lack|ide compassioun of wordis. For Ebrewe wordis lackide, whanne thei weren trans|latid to an alien tunge. Not oonli thei, but also the self lawe, and the prophetis, and othre thingis of bokis, haueth not a litil difference, whanne thei ben ispoken bi|twixe hemself. For the eiȝte and the thrittenthe ȝeer of the tyme of Tolomeye Euergete king, aftir that he came in to Egipt, and I hadde there abide longe tyme, I fonde there bokes ilefte not of schrewid, neithir of dispiseable doctrine. So I thouȝte good and necessarie to putte therto diligence and labour to expowne these bokes, and with grete wakyng I brouȝte the doctrine, in the space of tyme to thilke thingis that ledeth to the eend to ȝeue this boke, to hem that wolen ȝeue her inwitt, and lerne hou it bihoueth to lerne vertues, the which purposide to lede her lyf aftir the Lordis laweThis prologue is taken from R..

 Here bigynneth the book of EcclesiasticiFrom EGPY. Ecclesasticus. R. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

Al wisdomwisdom; that is, Goddis Sone, that conteyneth ful hiȝli alle maneris of wis|dom maad, is of the Fadir, and cometh forth of him, with out bi|gynnyng. Lire here. C. is of the Lord God, and was euere with hym, and is bifore the world. Who noumbride the grauel of the see, and the dropis of reyn, and the daies of the world? Who mesuride the hiȝ|nesse of heuene, and the breed of erthe, and the depthe of the see? Who enserch|idedeth enserchide C pr. m. HU. hath enserchide A sup. ras. doth encerche EY. doth encerchede P. the wisdom of God, that goith bifore alle thingis? Wisdom was formedwas formyd; that is, brouȝt forth bi euer|lastinge gene|racioun. Lire here. C. firste of alle thingis, and the vndurstonding of prudence, fro the worldworld withouten ende V.fro the world; that is, fro without bigyn|nyng. Lire here. C.. The welle of wisdomThe welle of wisdom; that is, wherof the werk of wisdom is spred forth as streemes. in hiȝe thingis; for it flowith to hooli aungels, and aftirward to othere crea|turis. the en|tring; the en|tringis of wis|dom to men ben seid reue|laciouns therof. Lire here. C. is the sone of God in hiȝ thingis; and the entryng of that wisdom is euer|lastynge comaundementiseuerlastinge comaunde|mentis; in the hil of Synay God ȝaf co|maundementis that ben seid euerlastinge, for tho ben weye to come to euerlastynge liyf. the roote of wisdom schew|id; that is, knowun per|fitly, as if he seye, to no crea|ture. schewid and maad opyn; that is, perfitly know|un, as if he seye, to no creature. Lire here. C.. To whom was the roote of wisdom schewid? and who knewe the sutilites therof? To whom was the lore of wisdom shewid, and maad opyn? and who vndurstood the multi|pliyng of the entryng therofof the entring therof; that is, of the werk therof. Lire here. C.? Oon is the hiȝeste creatour of alle thingis, almyȝti, and a myȝti kyng, and worthi to be dred ful miche, sittynge on the trone of that wisdom, and God hauynge lordschipe. He fourmydeHe fourmyde; he, that is, the Fadir mesuride. on ech fleisch; that is, on ech man. Lire here. C. `that wisdomit I. in the Hooli Ghost, and he siȝ, and noumbride, and he mesuride. And he schedde out it on alle hise werkis, and on ech fleischfleisch ether man V. bi his ȝifte; he ȝyueth it to hem that louen hym. The drede of the Lord is glorieThe drede of Lord is glorie; for bi it a man disseruyth glo|rie. Lire here. C., and gloriyng, and gladnesse, and a coroun of ful out ioiyng. TheOm. I. drede of the Lord schal delite the herte; and schalit schal I. ȝyue gladnesse and ioie in to lengthe of daieslengthe of dayes; that is, with outen ende. Lire here. C.. To hym that dredith God, it schal be wel in the laste thingisdaies I.; and he schal be blessid in the dai of his deth. Forsothe thei to whichewhom I. wisdom apperith in siȝtapperith in siȝt; that is, bi reuelacioun of profesie. Lire here. C., louenthat is louen V. it in siȝt, and in knowyng of hise grete thingis. The loue of God is onour|able wisdom. The bigynnyng of wisdom is theOm. I. drede of the Lord; and it is formyd togidere in the wombein the wombe; that is, in bap|tym, which is goostly gene|racioun, in whiche the grace of the Hooly Goost is ȝouun. Lire here. C. with feithful men, and it goith with chosun wymmen, and isit is I. knowun with iust men and feithful. TheOm. I. drede of the Lord is religiousteThe drede of the Lord is religiouste; that is, bynd|ing of kun|nyng about God, lest it flete doun, for to loue vnduly delitable thingis of the world. myrthe; in pre|sent tyme, bi clennesse of consience. and ioie; in tyme to com|ynge, bi the geting of glorie. schal be wel; for in heuene schal be noon yuel. schal be blessid; of God and aungels. of his coum|fort; that is, of blisful vsing in heuene. The fulnesse of wis|dom is for to drede God; for it ledith to glo|rie, wherynne is fulnesse of wisdom in blisful siȝt. Lire here. C. of kun|nyng. Religiouste schal kepe, and schalOm. I. iustifie the herte; and schal ȝyue myrthe and ioie. It schal be wel to hym that dredith God; and he schal be blessid in the daies of his coumfort. The fulnesse of wisdom is for to drede God; and ful|nesse is of the fruytis therof. It schal fille ech ȝifteschal fille ech ȝifte; for whi the ȝiftis of God ben fillid in heuenly cuntrey, to which the drede of God bryngith. and reseitis; that is, myȝtis of the soule, that schulen be fillid with souereyn perfeccioun in heuene. Lire here. C. of hym of generaciouns, and reseitis of the tresouris therof. The coroun of wisdom is the drede of the Lord, and fillith pees, and the fruyt of heelthe. And he siȝ, and noumbride it; forsothe euer eithireuer either; that is, wisdom and drede. Lire here. C. benthat is, wijsdom and drede ben V. the ȝiftis of God. Wisdom schal departe the kunnyng and vndurstondyng of prudence; and it en|haunsith the glorie of hem, that holden it. The roote of wisdom is for to drede God; forsothe theOm. K. braunchisbraunchis, that is, vertues V. therofthe braunchis therof; that is, vertues, that comen forth of wisdom. Lire here. C. ben longe durynge. Vndurstonding, and re|ligiouste of kunnyng ben in the tresouris of wisdom; but wisdom is abhomynacioun to synners. TheOm. I. drede of the Lord put|tith awei synne, for he that is with out dredewith out drede; of God. Lire here. C., mai not be iustified; for whi the wrathfulnesse of his pride is the destriyng of hym. A pacient man schal suffrea pacient man schal suf|fre; the disesis of a proud man. of myrthe; for the mede of glorie schal be ȝoldun to a pacient man, and the peyne of helle to a proude man. good wit; that is, a man of good discre|cioun. schal hide the wordis of him; that is, of a proud man and ouer|thewert, in beynge stille paciently til in to a couena|ble tyme. the wit of him; that suffrith paciently, as it is opyn of Dauith, whos wit many men comenden, for he herd pa|ciently the wordis of Se|mey doynge ouerthewertly aȝenus hym. In the tresours of wisdom; that is, among pre|ciouse thingis therof. signefiyng of kunnyng; bi which a man suffrith pa|ciently disesis, as the scourgis of God, as of a fadir chastis|inge. worschip|ing of God; which is wor|schipid bi feith, hope, and cha|rite, as Austyn seith in En|cheridion. Lire here. C. til in to tyme; and aftirward schalther schal I. be ȝeld|ing of mirthe. Good wit schal hide the wordis of hym til in to a tyme; and the lippis of many men schulen telle out the wit of hym. In the tresouris of wisdom is signefiyng of kunnyng; but the wor|schipyng of God is abhomynacioun to a synnere. A! sone, coueitynge wisdom, kepe thou riȝtfulnesse, and God schal ȝyue it to thee. For whi theOm. I. drede of the Lord is wisdom, and kunnyng, and that that is wel plesaunt to hym is feith and myldenesse; and God schal fille the tres|sours of hymthe tresouris; of goostly goodis. of hym; that dredith God. Lire here. C.. Be thou not rebel, and vnbileueful to the drede of the Lord; and neiȝe thou not to hym in double herte. Be thou not an ypocrite in the siȝt of men; and be thou not sclaundrid in thi lippis. Take thou kepe to tho, lest thou falle, and brynge disonour to thi soule; and lest God schewe thi priuytees, and hurtle thee doun in the myddis of the synagogethe synagoge; that is, of gadering togidere of feithful men. Lire here. C.; for thou neiȝidist wickidli to the Lord, and thin herte was ful of gile and of falsnesse.

 CAP. II.

Sone, neiȝynge to the seruyce of God, stonde thou in riȝtfulnesse, and drede; and make redi thi soule to temptacioun. Bere doun thin hertebere doun thyn herte; in refreyninge the stiringis of vnpatience. Lire here. C., and suffre, and bowe doun thin eere, and take the wordis of vndirstonding, and haaste thou not in to the tyme of deethhaste thou not in to the tyme of deth; that is, be thou not brokun for the lengthe of aduersite, and desire deth. Suffre thou the susteynyngis of God; that is, suffre paciently aduersites, in whiche God schal susteyne thee. haue thou pacience in thi lownesse; that is, temporal casting doun. he schal re|kyuere thee; fro temporal turment to euerlastinge coumfort. Lire here. C.. Suffre thou the susteynyngis of God; be thou ioyned to God, and abide thou, that thi lijf wexe in the last tyme. Take thou alle thing that is set to thee, and suffre thou in sorewe, and haue thou pacience in thi lownesse. For whi gold and siluer is preued in fier; forsothe men worthi to be resseyued ben preued in the chymeney of lownesse. Bileue thou to God, and he schal rekeuere thee; and dresse thou thi weie, and hope thou in to hym. Kepe thou his drede, and wexe thou eld ther ynne. Ȝe that dreden the Lord, abideabideth I. his merci, and boowe ȝe not awei fro hym, lest ȝe falle doun. Ȝe that dreden the Lord, bileue to hym, and ȝoure mede schal not be auoidid. Ȝe that dreden the Lord, hopehopeth I. into hym, and mercihis merci C. schal come to ȝou into delityng. Ȝe that dreden the Lord, loueloueth I. hym, and ȝoure hertis schulen be liȝtned. Sones, biholde ȝe the naciounsbiholde ȝe the naciouns, etc.; biholding of hooly bokis, in whiche the dedis of fadris, that is, of Abra|ham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, and othere men ben writun. Lire here. C. of men, and wite ȝe, that no man hopide in the Lord, and was schent; noon dwellide in hise heestis, and was forsakun; ether who inwardli clepide hym, and he despiside hym `that clepideOm. I.? For whi God is pitouse, and merciful, and he schal forȝyue synnes in the dai of tribulacioun; and he is de|fendere to alle men, that seken hym in treuthe. Woo to the `man withOm. I. doubledouble in I. herte, and with cursid lippis, and mis|doynge hondys; and to a synnere en|trynge in to the lond bi tweitwo I passim. weies. Wo to hem that ben dissolutethat ben dis|solute; that is, whos herte is vnboundun and departid fro God, bi vnfeith|fulnesse. Lire here. C. of herte, that bileuen not to God; and therfor thei schu|len not be defendid of him. Wo to hem that han lost pacience, and that han for|sake riȝtful weies, and han turned awei in to schrewid weies. And what schulen thei do, whanne the Lord schal bigynne to biholdeto biholde; that is, to pu|nysche; the Lord is seid to biholde synnes, whanne he pu|nyschith tho. Lire here. C.? Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen not be vnbileueful to his word; and thei that louen hym, schulen kepe his weie. Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen enquere tho thingis, that ben wel plesaunt to hym; and thei that louen him, schulen be fillid with his lawe. Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen make redi her hertis, and schulen halewe her soulis in his siȝt. Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen kepe hise comaundementis, andand thei I. schulen haue pacience til to the biholdynghaue pacience til to the bihold|ing; thanne God biholdith pacient men, whanne he de|lyuerith hem, and makith hem ioyeful. If we doen not penaunce; for synnes, fro whiche a man may not be al vngilti in present tyme. in to the hondis of the Lord; that is, in to Goddis pu|nysching ful greuouse. bi the greetnesse of hym; that is, his power to punysch hem, that ben ob|stynat in synne. his mersi; in sparinge hem, that doen pe|naunce. with him; for whi euer either is the same thing with Goddis being. of wis|dom; that is, of God, which is wisdom, thorou beyng ether kynde. obedience and loue; as a man liberal excel|ently is seid not onely li|beral, but also liberalte. Lire here. C. of hym; and schulen seie, If we doon not penaunce, we schulen falle in to the hondis of the Lord, and not in to the hondis of men. For bi the greetnesse of hym, so and his merci isOm. N. with hym.

 CAP. III.

The sones of wisdom ben the chirche of iust men, and theOm. C. nacioun of hem is obedience and loue. Dereworthe sones, here ȝe theOm. I. doom of the fadir; and do ȝe so, that ȝe be saaf. For whi God onouride the fadirGod onouride the fadir; that is, comaundide, that the fadir be onourid bi sones. sekith; for he sekith stidefastly the keperis of this heest, to re|warde hem, and the tres|passours, to punysche hem. Lire here. C. in sones, and he sekith, and hath maad stidfast the doom of theOm. ceteri. modir in to sones. He that loueth God, schal preie for synnes, and he schal ab|steyne hym silf fro tho, and he schal be herd in the preier of daies. And as he that tresourith, so andOm. I. he that onourith his modir. He that onourith his fadir, schal be maad myrie in sones, and he schal be herd in the dai of his preier. He that onourith his fadir, schal lyue bi lengere lijf; and he that obeieth to the fader, schal refreische the modirmodir, that is, shal coumforte hir V.the modir; that is, schal coumforte hir. Lire here. C.. He that dredith the Lord, onourith fadir and modir; and he schal serue in werk, and word, and alin al E. pacience to hem that gendridenbigaten I. hym as to lordis. Onoure thi fadir, that the blessyng of God come to thee; and his blessing dwellithdwelle ca. in the laste. The bless|yng of the fadir makith stidfast the housis of sones; but the cursyng of the modir drawith out theOm. I. foundementis. Haue thou not glorie in the dispisyng of thi fadir; for it is not glorie to thee, but con|fusioun. For whi the glorie of a man is of the onour of his fadir; and the schen|schip of the sone is a fadir with out onour. Sone, resseyue the elde of thi fadir, and make thou not hym sori in his lijf; and if he failith in witif he failith in wit; for it is not his synne, but kyndeli defaute. almes of the fadir; that is, ȝouun for the soule of the fadir. synne of the modir; that is, almes ȝouun in to remys|sioun of her synne. Lire here. C., ȝyue thou forȝyue|nesse, and dispise thou not hym in thi vertu; for whi the almes of the fadir schal not be forȝetyng. For whi good schal be restorid to thee for the synne of the modir, and bildyng schal be maad to thee in riȝtfulnesse; and it schal remembre of thee in daithe dai A pr. m. of tribulacioun, and thi synnes schulen be releessid, as iys in clere|nesseclerenesse, ether heete CEFGHIMNPQRSUVXYç. of the sunne. He is of ful yuel fame, that forsakith the fadir; and he that wraththithor whettith I marg. thehis I. modir, is cursid of God. Sone, performe thi werkis in mylde|nesse, and thou schalt be loued ouer the glorie of men. In as myche as thou art greetart greet; in power, kun|nyng, ether vertu. Seke thou not, etc.; as ben the priuytes of Godhed. Lire here. C., make thee meke in alle thingis, and thou schalt fynde grace bifore God; for whi the power of God aloon is greet, and he is onourid of meke men. Seke thou not hiȝere thingis than thou, and enquere thou not strongere thingis than thou; but euere thenke thou tho thingis, whiche God comaundide to thee; and be thou not curiousebe thou not curiouse, etc.; for in siche is more vanyte than profit. Lire here. C. in ful many werkis of hym. For it is not nedeful to thee to se with thin iȝen tho thingis, that ben hid. In superflu thingis nyle thou seke many|fold; and be thou not curiouse in many werkis of hym; for whi ful many thingis aboue the wit of menmany thingis aboue the wit of men; that is, tho that weren schewid to the hooly profetis, to the helthe of men, to whiche it is to assente mekely or stidefastly. suspicioun; for they that presumen of her wit, sup|posen that they moun come to the knowing of alle hiȝe thingis. in vanyte; for bi this thei felden in to errours, and eresies. An herd herte; that aȝenstond|ith Goddis stir|ing to good. in the laste tyme; for, as Austyn seith, in a sermoun of the Inno|centis, a syn|nere is smytun bi this pu|nysching, that whanne he dieth, he for|ȝete him silf, which the while he lyu|ede, forȝat God. loueth perel; that is, occa|siouns of synnes. Lire here. C. ben schewid to thee. For the suspecioun of many men hath disseyued hem, and withhelde her wittis in vanytee. An hard herte schal haue yuel in the laste tyme; and he that loueth perel, schal perische ther ynne. An herte that entrith bi tweie weiesbi tweie weyes; that is, that hath the knowing of good in vndurstonding, and malice in wille. Lire here. C., schal not haue prosperitees, ether reste; and a man of schrewid herte schal be sclaundrid in tho. A wickid herte schal be greuyd in sorewis; and a synnere schal `hepe to doadde to to I. synne. Helthe schal not beHelthe schal not be; that is, goostly helthe, that stondith in good dispo|sicioun of ver|tues. wode; that is, al excu|sacioune lous|ing synne. Lire here. C. to the synagogesynage I. of proude men; for whi the thicke wode of synne schal be drawun out bi the roote in hem, and it schal not be vndurstondunit schal not be vndurstondun; of synneris that nylen thenke on Goddis domes. Lire here. C.. The herte of a wise man is vndurstondun in wisdom, and a good eere schal here wisdom with al co|ueitise. A wijs herte and able to vndur|stonde schal absteyne it silf fro synnes, and schalit schal I. haue prosperitees in the werkis of riȝtfulnesse. Watir quenchith fier bren|nynge, and almes aȝenstondith synnes. And God, the biholdere of hym that ȝeldith gracethat ȝeldith grace; that is, doith almes, of the goodis ȝouun of God to hise mem|bris. hath mynde; in en|creessinge his good. in the tyme of his fal; that is, of his deth, for as Austyn seith, mersi aloone is the felow of deed men. defraude thou not the almes of a pore man; in withholdinge to thee that, that is bitakun to ȝyue to pore men, ether in denyinge of thyn owne good in the tyme of nede, in which it is due to a pore man. Lire here. C., hath mynde aftirward; and he schal fynde stidefastnesse in theOm. I. tyme of his fal.

 CAP. IV.

Sone, defraude thou not the almes of a pore man, and turne not ouere thin iȝenturne not ouer thyn iȝen; that is, that thouȝ thou maist not ȝyue almes bi the hond, thou ȝyue namely the wille, and be|nygne loking. Lire here. C. fro a pore man. Dispise thou not an hungri man, and wraththe thou not a pore man in his nedynesse. Turmente thou not the herte of a nedi man, and tarie thou not the ȝifte to a man that is set in angwisch. Caste thou not awei the preiyng of a man set in tribulacioun, and turne not awei thi face fro a nedi man. Turne not awei thin iȝen fro a pore man for ireTurne not awei thin iȝen fro a pore man for ire; that is, thouȝ he wraththide thee bifore, leeue thou not herfore to do good to him. cursith; that is, wischith to thee yuel of peyne, that ȝyueth vndurstonding to him to whom it is wischid, that so bi his owne turment he be stirid to haue compassioun of othere men. Lire here. C., and ȝyue not occasioun to men axynge to curse thee byhynde. For the preyer of hym that cursith thee in theOm. I. bitternesse of soule, schal be herd; for|sothe he that made hym, schal here hym. Make thee eesi to speke to the congrega|cioun of pore men, and make meke thi soule to a preestto a preest; that is, do thou du reuerence to an eld man. Lire here. CV., and make meke thin heed to a greet man. Boowe doun with out sorewe thin eere to a pore man, and ȝelde thi debt, and answere thou pesibli in myldenesse. Delyuere thou hym that suffrith wrong fro the hond of a proude man, and bere thou not heuyli in thi soule. In demynge be thou merciful as a fadir to fadirles children, and be thou for an hosebonde to the modir of hem; and thou schalt be as an obedient sone of the hiȝ|este, and he schal haue merci on thee more than a modir `hath merciOm. I. on hir child. WisdomWisdom; vnmaad, that is, Goddis Sone. enspirith liyf; that is, purpos and desir of betere lyif, bi his teching. and resseyueth men sekinge him; in en|creessinge to hem the ȝifte of wisdom. go bifore in the weye; of riȝtfulnesse, in schewynge it. Lire here. C. enspirith lijf to hise sones, and resseyueth men sekinge hym, and schalit schal I. go bifore in the wei of riȝtfulnesse; and he that loueth that wisdom, loueth lijf, and thei that waken to itthei that waken to it; bi studie of reding, and of preyer. holden it; bi hert and werk. liyf; of grace and of glorie. that biholdith; that is, bi hooly meditacioun. Lire here. C., schulen biclipe the pesiblenesse, ether swetnessethe swetnesse G., therof. Thei that holden it, schulen en|herite lijf; and whidir it schal entre, God schal blesse. Thei that seruen it, schulen be obeiynge to the hooli; and God loueth hem, that louen it. He that herith it, demeth folkis; and he that biholdith itit bi hooli meditacioun V., schal dwelle tristili. If a man bileueth to it, he schal dwelle, and enherite it; and the creaturis of hem schulen be in conferm|yngin conferm|yng; that is, the werkis of hem schulen be confermed in good. Lire here. C.. For in temptacioun it goith with hym, and among the firste it chesith hymit chesith hym; that is, arettith him with chosun men, that ben the firste and beste anentis God. drede; of offence, and feer of helle. brynge in; that is, schal suffre to be brouȝt in for his good. tempte him; that is, make knowun to othere men the goodnesse of his soule. Lire here. C.. It schal brynge in on hym drede, and feer, and preuyng, and it schal tur|mente hym in the tribulacioun of his doc|tryn, til it tempte hym in hise thouȝtis, and bileue to his souleand bileue to his soule; that is, make that credence be ȝouun to hise wordis; that comen forth of the conseit of soule. and schal bringe, etc.; that is, schal bringe him to riȝt weie. schal make nakid, etc.; that is, schal schewe the priuytes of his kunnyng. kunnyng and vndurstonding of riȝtfulnesse; that he kunne dresse him silf and othere men in to the weye of riȝtfulnesse. schame that bringith synne; that is, schame bi which a techere ceess|ith to seye truthe, lest he suffre schame of grettere pre|latis in the siȝt of men. schame that bryngith glorie and grace; that is, schame, which is suffrid pa|ciently for truthe. Lire here. C.. And it schal make hym stidefast, and schal brynge riȝt weie to hym, and it schal make hym glad; and schalit schal I. make nakid hise priuytees to hym, and schal tresore on hym kunnyng, and vndurstondyng of riȝtfulnesse. For|sothe if he errith, God schal forsake hym, and schal bitake hym in toOm. I. the hondis of his enemy. Sone, kepe thou tyme, and escheweethchewe I. thou fro yuel. Be thou not aschamed for thi lijfBe thou not aschamed for thi liyf; to be set forth to deth. Lire here. C. to seie treuthe; for whi ther is schame that bryngith synne, and ther is schame that bryngith glorie and grace. Take thou not a face aȝens thi faceaȝenus thi face; that is, aȝenus thi soule. Lire here. C., nethir a leesyng aȝens thi soule. Schame thou not thi neiȝbore in his fal, nether withholde thou a word in the tyme of helthe. Hide not thi wisdomHide not thi wisdom; in makinge derk the truthe bi curiouse wordis. Lire here. C. in the fairnesse therof; for whi wisdom is knowun in tunge, and wit, and kunnyng, and tech|yng in the word of a wijs man; and stid|fastnesse is in the werkis of riȝtfulnesse. Aȝenseie thou not the word of treuthe in ony maner; and be thou aschamed of the leesyng of thi mislernyng. Be thou not aschamed to knouleche thi synnesthi synnes; to him that can and may ȝyue remedy. to ech man for synne; to be curid, but onely to him that kan and may sette re|medy. of the myȝti; that is, of God. of the flood; that is, of Goddis riȝt|fulnesse, aȝenus which they withstonden, that ben ob|stynat in synnes. Lire here. C.; and make thee not suget to ech man for synne. Nyle thou stonde aȝens the face of the myȝti, nethir enforse thou aȝens the strok of the flood. For riȝtfulnesse fiȝte thou for thi soulefor thi soule; that is, for the helthe of thi soule. til to deth; for good deth is worthi to be chosun more than the trespassing of riȝtfulnesse. swift in thi tunge; that is, heedly to bringe forth sentence. slak in thi werkis; that is, in parfourm|ynge the sen|tence ȝouun iustly. Lire here. C., and til to the deth stryue thou for riȝtfulnesse; and God schal ouer|come thin enemyes for thee. Nyle thou be swift in thi tunge, and vnprofitable and slak in thi werkis. Nyle thou be as a lioun in thin hous, turnynge vpsedoun thi meneals, and oppressynge hem that ben sugetissuget CNV. to thee. Thin hond be not redi to taketo take; ȝiftis vniustly, ether vnonestly. Lire here. C., and closid togidere to ȝyue.

 CAP. V.

Nile thou take heed to wickid posses|siouns, and seie thou not, Sufficient lijfSufficient liyf, etc.; that is, long is to comynge to me, therfor Y must gete many thingis. Lire here. C. is to me; for it schal no thing profite in the tyme of veniaunce, and of failynge, ether dethof deth G.. Sue thou not the coueitise of thin herte in thi strengthe, and seie thou not, As Y myȝteAs. Y myȝte; vndurstonde thou, so Y schal be myȝty aftirward. Lire here. C., ether who schal make me suget for my dedis? For whi God veng|ynge schal venge. Seie thou not, Y haue synned, and what sorewful thing bifelle to me? For the hiȝeste is a pacient ȝeldere. Of the forȝyuenesse of synnes, nyle thou be without dredenyle thou be with out drede; for thou woost not wher the penaunce is sufficient, and thouȝ it is sufficient to remouyng of synne, netheles not of al peyne. Lire here. C., nether heepe thou synne onvpon I. synne. And seie thou not, The merciful doyng of God is greet; he schal haue merci on the multitude of my synnes. For whi merci and ire neiȝeth soone fro hym, and his ire biholdith on synneris. Tarie thou not to be conuertid to the Lord, and dilaie thou not fro dai in to dai. For whi his ire schal come sodeynli, and he schal leese thee in the time of ven|iaunce. Nyle thou be angwischid in vn|iust richessisrichessis; to be getun yuele, ether to with|holdun yuele. Lire here. C.; for tho schulen not profite in the dai of failing, ether ofOm. S. dethdeed V., and of veniaunce. WyndeweWyndewe, etc.; in tech|ing boostfully and presumptu|ously. in to ech weye; that is, in rehersynge ech opynyoun, and cleuynge now to this, now to another. in double tunge; in techinge now the truthe, and now afferm|ynge the con|trarie of truthe, whiche thing techeris doubt|inge ether vn|stidefast in feith, ben wont to do. in the weye of the Lord; as to feith. in the truthe, and kunnyng of thi wit; that is, in the stiring of kyndly re|soun as to ver|tues. Lire here. C. thee not in to ech wynd, and go thou not in to ech weie; for so a synnere is preued in double tunge. Be thou stidfast in the weie of the Lord, and in treuthe and kunnyng of thi wit; and the word of pees and of riȝtfulnesse sue thee perfitli. Be thou mylde to here the word of Godto here the word of God; in heringe swetly an axing of feith, ether of vertues, set forth to thee. that thou vn|durstonde; the entent of the axere. Lire here. C., that thou vndurstonde, and with wisdom brynge thou forth a trewe answere. If thou hast vndirstond|yng, answere thi neiȝbore; ellis thin hond be on thi mouth, lest thou be takun in a word vnwiseli tauȝt, and be aschamed. Onour and glorie is in the word of a wijs man; but the tunge of an vnprudent man is his distriyng. Be thou not clepid a preuy yuel spekere in thi lijf, and be thou not takun in thi tunge, and be aschamed. Schame and penaunce is on a theef, and worstful yuel I. schenschipschenschip, ether cursyng C et ceteri. is on a man of double tunge. Forsothe hatrede and enemytee and dispisyng is to a preuy bacbitere. Iustifie thou a litil man and a greet man in lijk maner.

 CAP. VI.

Nile thou for a freend be maad enemye to thethi I. neiȝbore; for whi an yuele man schal enherite vpbreidyngedwityng C et ceteri. and dispisyng, and ech synnere enuyouse and double tungid. Enhaunse thee not in theOm. C. thouȝt of thi soule, as a bole doith; lest thi vertuthi vertu; that is, sutilte of thi wit. bi foli; that is, bi mysusing of thi kunnyng; and this foli ete thi leeues; that is, distrie thi faire wordis. Lire here. C. be hurtlid doun bi foli, and it ete thi leeues, and leese thi fruytis, and thou be left as a drye tree in deseert. Forsothe a wickid soule schal leese hym that hath it, and it ȝyueth hym in to theOm. I. ioie of the enemye, and it schal leede forth in to the part of wickid menin to the part of wickid men; that is, in to helle, which is the eritage of wickid men. C.. A swete word mul|tiplieth frendis, and swagith enemyes; and a tunge wel graciouse schal be plenteuouse in a good man. Many pesible men be to thee, and oon of a thousynde be a coun|selour to thee. If thou hast a frend, haue hym in temptaciounhaue him in temptacioun; that is, preue thou him in thyn aduersite. bitake, etc.; in schewinge thi priuytes to him, bifor that thou haue preued him. bi his tyme; that is, tyme of pros|perite, coue|nable to his wynnyng. Lire here. C., and bitake not liȝtli thi silf to hym. For ther is a frend bi his time, and he schal not dwelle in the dai of tribulacioun. And ther is a frend which is turned to enemytee; and ther is a freend, that schal schewe opynli hatrede, and chiding, and dispisyngis. Forsothe ther is a frend, feloweto felowe C. of table, and dwell|ith not in the dai of nede. If a frend dwellith stidfastIf a frend dwellith stide|fast; with thee in frenschip to God. mekith him; that is, consentith with thee in alle goodis. hidith hym; in pro|curinge thi good more in thyn absence than in pre|sence. Lire here. C., he schal be as a man euene with thee, and he schal do tristili in thi meynealmemoreal C. thingis. If he mekith hym silf bifore thee, and hidith hymhym silf A pr. m. fro thi face, thou schalt haue good frendschip of oon acord. Be thou departid fro thin enemyes, and take heede of thi frendis. A feithful frend is a strong defendyng; forsothe he that fyndith him, fyndith tre|sour. No comparisoun is to a feithful frend; weiyng of gold and of siluer is not worthi aȝens the goodnesse of his feithful|nesse. A feithful frend is medicyn of lijfis medecyn of lyif; for he loueth bi cha|rite, and pro|curith to his frend the goodis of grace, that quykeneth goostly, and bryngith to vndedlynesse of glorie. C., and of vndeedlynesse; and thei that dreden the Lord, schulen fynde hym. He that dredith the Lord, schal haue euenli good frendschip; for whi his frend schal be at the licnesse of hym. Sone, fro thi ȝongthe take thou doctryn, and til to hoor heeris thou schalt fynde wisdom. As he that erith, and that sowith, neiȝe thou to it, and abide thou the goode fruytis therof. For thou schalt trauele a litil in the werk therof, and thou schalt ete soone of the generaciouns therof. Wisdom is ouerful C et ceteri. scharp to vntauȝt men, and an hertles manan hertles man, etc.; that is, a man with outen herte, which is necgli|gent in the geting of wis|dom. the vertu of a stoon; that is, weiȝte. to the siȝt of God; in ledinge hem to the staat of glorie. Lire here. C. schal not dwelle there ynne. As the vertu of a stoon, preuyng schal be in hem; and thei schulen not tarie to caste awei it. Forsothe the wisdom of techyng is bi the name therof, and it is not opyn to many men; but it dwellith with hem, of whichewhom I. it is knowun, til to the siȝt of God. Sone, here thou, and take the counsel of vndur|stondyngof vndur|stonding; that is, bi which thou schalt rede with ynne thee, good to sue it, and yuel to fle it. thi foot; that is, affec|cioun, ether desir. in to the stockis therof; that is, of wis|dom, in cleu|ynge to it with|out departing. and thi necke; that is, bere gladly, and without anoy, trauel in the geting of wis|dom. in al thi soule; in appli|ynge al thyn vndirstonding and loue to wisdom. in al thi vertu; that is, good werk. the stockis therof, etc.; that is, vnse|parable cleu|yng with wis|dom. in defence of strengthe; for he that stondith on wisdom, is not brokun bi ad|uersite. the bie therof; that is, the teching of wisdom, which is formed in the throote. Lire here. C., and caste thou not awei my counsel. Set in thi foot in to the stockis therof, and thi necke in to the bies therof. Make suget thi schuldir, and bere it, and be thou not anoied in the boondis therof. In al thi wille go to it, and in al thi vertu kepe the weies therof. Enquere thou it, and it schal be maad opyn to thee; and thou made holdinge wisdom forsake not it. For in the laste thingis thou schalt fynde reste ther ynne, and it schal turne to thee in to deliting. And the stockis therof schulen be to thee in defence of strengthe, and the foundementis of vertu, and the bie therof in a stoole of gloriea stoole of glorie; for whi, double glorie of bodi and of soule is getun bi wisdom. Lire here. C.. For whi the fairnesse of lijf is in wisdom, and the boondis therof ben heelfulheltheful C. bynd|yng. Thou schalt `were it as aclothe it in a C pr. m. E. clothe it a HPUVY. clothe, ether weere it in a C sec. m. GKMNQRSXaç. clothe it as a I text. or were I marg. were it a F. stoole of glorie, and thou schalt sette on thee a coroun of thankyng. Sone, if thou takist heede to me, thou schalt lerne wisdom; and if thou ȝyuest thi wille, thou schalt be wijs. If thou bowist doun thin eere, thou schalt take teching; and if thou louest for to here, thou schalt be wijs. Stonde thou in the multitude of prudentof prudent; bi this ben ex|cludid vnwise elde men and faylinge in ver|tues; for whi othere vertues ben knyt to prudence. prestis; that is, elde men; and this may be expowned of good prestis, that ben hold|un to kunne Goddis lawe, and teche it. Lire here C. preestis, and be thou ioyned of herte to the wisdom of hem; that thou maist here ech telling of God, and the prouerbis of preisyng fle not awey fro thee. And if thou seest a wijs man, wake thou to hym, and thi foot trede on the greecesgrees I. of his doris. Haue thou thouȝt in the comaundementis of God, and be thou most bisi in his heestis; and he schal ȝyue to thee herteȝyue to thee herte; to vn|durstonde and worche tho. Lire here. C., and coueitise of wisdom schal be ȝouun to thee.

 CAP. VII.

Nile thou do yuels, and tho schulen not take thee. Departe thou fro wickidnesse, and yuels schulen faile fro thee. Sowe thou not yuels in the forewisin the forew|is; that is, ȝyue thou not ensaumple of yuel doing to men enclyn|aunt herto. not repe tho; in peyne to be ȝouun to thee seuenfold, that is, manyfold; for whi to hou many men a man is cause of synne, bi so many peynes he schal be punyschid, bi the ordre of riȝtfulnesse. Nyle thou seke of a man led|ing; that is, that thou be maad ledere of othere men in goostly thingis, ether temporal thingis; for whi vertues owen to be more excelent in souereyns; but it is pre|sumptuouse thing, that a man arette him silf to be more vertuouse than othere, and therfor it is viciouse to coueite, ether to seke prinse|hed outirly; netheles it is leueful and good to take it in the tyme of nede, as Austin seith. Lire here. C. of vnriȝt|fulnesse, and thou schalt not repe tho in seuene fold. Nyle thou seke of a man ledyng, nethir of a kyng the chaier of onour. Iustifie thou not thee bifore God, for he is theOm. I. knowere of the herte; and nyle thou wilne to be seyn wijs anentis the king. Nile thou seke to be maad a iuge, noOm. I. but thou maist breke wickid|nessis bi vertu; lest thou drede the face of a myȝti man, and sette sclaundreand sette sclaundir; that is, sclaundre the puple bi thyn vnstidfastnesse. nether sende thee, etc.; in consentinge to it in yuel. Lire here. C. into I. thi swiftnesse. Do thou not synne in the multitude of a cytee, nether sende thee in to the puple; nether bynde thou double synnesdouble synnes; that is, thi synne, with the synne of the puple. gilteles; of peyne, but thou schalt be punyschid for euer either, for a iuge is holdun to lette the dede of the puple in siche thingis. Nyle thou be coward, etc.; as if he seye, Be thou not so bisy of the gouernail of the puple, that thou dispise to do the helthe of thi soule, bi preyeris and werkis of mersi. in the multitude of my ȝiftis; in so myche, that he schal not punysche my synnes; for whi this is fals. Greg. seith, he that ȝyueth mete ether clothis to a pore man, and is netheles defoulid bi wickidnesse of soule, ether of bodi, ȝyueth hise goodis to God, and him silf to the deuel. Lire here. C., for thou schalt not be giltles in oon. Nyle thou be a coward in thi soule, to preie; and dispise thou not to do almes. Seie thou not, God schal biholde in the multitude of my ȝiftis; and whanne Y schal offre to God alther hiȝeste, he schal take my ȝiftis. Scorne thou not a man in the bitternesse of soule; for whi God is the biholdere, that makith meke, and en|haunsith. Nyle thou loue a leesyng aȝens thi brother; nether do thou in lijk maner aȝens a frend. Nyle thou wilne to lie ony leesing; for whi the contynuaunce therof is not good. Nyle thou be a ianglere in the multitude of preestis; and reherse thou not a word in thi preierin thi preyer; preier may be takun here for an axing maad to wise men, and this owith to be set forth so distinctly and reasonably, that it bihoueth not it to be re|hersid; ether thus, preier owith not to be maad to God in myche speche, in bi|leuynge that it is herd herbi. Arette not thee, etc.; in suynge the felouschipe and maneris of hem. Lire here. C.. Haate thou not trauelouse werkis, and erthetilthe maad of the hiȝeste. Arette thouOm. plures. not thee in the multitude of vnlernyd men. Haue thou mynde on ire, for it schal not tarie. Make thou meke greetli thi spirit, for whi the veniaunce of the fleisch of an vnpi|touse man is fier, and worm. Nyle thou trespasse aȝens thi frend dilaiynge monei; nether dispise thou a ful dereworth bro|ther for gold. Nyle thou departe fro a wijs womman, and good, whom thou hast gete in theOm. I. drede of the Lord; for whi the grace of hir schamefastnesse is aboue gold. Hirte thou not a seruaunt worch|ynge in treuthe, nether an hirid man ȝyu|ynge his lijfȝyuynge his liyf; that is, spendynge his liyf in thi ser|uyce. Lire here. C.. A witti seruaunt be dere|worthe to thee as thi soule; defraude thou not hym of fredom, nether forsake thou hym nedi. Beestis ben to thee? take thou heede to tho; and if tho ben pro|fitable, dwelle tho stille at thee. Sones ben to thee? teche thou hem, and bowe thoubowe thou; vndur chastis|ing. the bodi of hem; that thei renne not aboute, and so be corrupt. glad face; lest thei be wan|toun bi sich flatering. Lire here. C. hem fro her childheed. Douȝtris ben to thee? kepe thou the bodi of hem, and schewe thou not glad face to hem. Ȝyue thi douȝter to mariage, and thou doist a greet werk; and ȝyue thou hir to a wijs man. If a womman is to thee aftir thi souleaftir thi soule; that is, if thou hast a wiyf consent|inge to thi resonable wille. an hateful; in schewynge to hir the priuyte of thyn herte, as Samson dide to Dalida. Lire here. C., caste hir not awei; and bitake thou not thee in alle thin herte to an hate|ful womman. Onoure thi fadir; and for|ȝete thou not the weilyngisweilyng A pr. m. of thi modir. Haue thou mynde that thou haddist not be, noOm. I. but bi hem, and ȝelde thou to hem as andOm. CI. thei diden to thee. In al thi soule drede thou God, and halewe thou hise preestis. In al thi vertu loue thou him that made thee; and forsake thou not hise mynystris. Onoure thou God of al thi soule; and onoure thou preestis, and clense thee with armeswith armes; that is, bi of fringis getun with thi trauel. of purging; that is, of tithe, that was due to dekenes, in xviij. co. of Numeri. with fewe men; for thyn owne de|faute owith not to be schewid to many men. Lire here. C.. Ȝyue thou to hem theOm. I. partpartis C. of the firste fruytis, and of purgyng, as also it is comaundid to thee; and of thi negligence purge thou thee with fewe men. Thou schalt offre to the Lord the ȝyfte of thin armes, and the sacrifice of halewyng, the bigynnyngisthe bigyn|nyngis, etc.; that is, the firste fruytis and dymes and siche of|fringis be the bigynnyngis of halewyng of men. be parformyd; that is, the re|myssioun of thi synnes, and the ȝifte of bene|fices. grace is ȝouun; that is, schal be ȝouun in the general doom, for it schal be seid thanne for the werkis of pitee, Come ȝe the blessid of my fadir, etc. Lire here. C. of hooli men. And dresse thin hond to a pore man, that thi merci and blessyng be performyd. Grace is ȝouun in the siȝt of ech that lyueth; and forbede thou not grace to a deed man. Faile thou not in coumfort to hem that wepen; and go thou with hem that morenen. Be thou not slow to visite a sijk man; for bi these thingis thou schalt be maad stidfast in loue. In alle thi werkis haue thou mynde on thi laste thingis; and thou schalt not do synne withouten endeende, that is, neuere V..

 CAP. VIII.

Chide thou not with a miȝti man, leste thou falle in to hise hondis. Stryue thou not with a riche man, lest perauenture he make ple aȝenward to thee. For whi gold and siluergold and sil|uer, etc.; that is, coueitise of gold and of siluer. Lire here. C. hath lost many men; and it stretchith forth til to the herte of kyngis, and turnethturneth doom V.and turneth; that is, doom fro truthe into falsnesse, and so ful many inocent men ben damned in thingis and bo|dies bi money of riche men. leie thou not trees, etc.; that is, mater to kyndle his woodnesse bi thi striuyng. in corrupcioun; that is, goen to corrupcioun, ether deth; for we ben maad of contrarie elementis. Lire here. C.. Chide thou not with a man, a ianglere, and leie thou not trees in to his fier. Comyne thou not with an vntauȝt man, lest he speke yuele of thi kynrede. Dispise thou not a man turn|ynge awei hym silf fro synne, nether vp|breideedwite ceteri. thou hym; haue thou mynde, that alle we ben in corrupcioun. Dispise thou not a man in his eelde; for whi of vs men wexen eld. Nyle thou make ioye of thin enemy deed, witynge that alle we dien, and wolen not come in to ioie of oure enemys. Dispise thou not the tellyng of wise preestes, and be thou conuersaunt in the prouerbis of hemprouerbis of hem; that is, notable wordis of hem. of el|dere men; in whiche is wis|dom and expe|rience of long tyme. Lire here. C.; for of hem thou schalt lerne wisdom, and techyng of vn|durstondyng, and to serue without pleynt to grete men. The tellyng of eldere men passe not thee; for thei han lerned of her fadris. For of hem thou schalt lerne vn|durstondyng; and in theOm. I. tyme of nede thou schalt ȝyue answere. Kyndle thou notKyndle thou not, etc.; whanne thei ben obstynat, ether ben set in wraththe out of mesure, for thanne thei ben not amend|id, but ben maad worse; netheles this schal be vndur|stondun of bro|theris repreu|yng, which is ordeyned to the amending of him that is repreuyd, but not of repreu|yng maad bi a iuge, for that repreuyng is ordeyned to the good of multitude; so|thely a multi|tude is amendid bi the scharp blamyng and punysching of him that is obstynat and wrooth. Lire here. C. the coolis of synneris, and repreue hem; and be thou not brent with the flawme of fier of her synnes. Stonde thou not aȝens the face of a man ful of dispis|yng; lest he sitte as a spiere to thi mouth. Nyle thou leeneNyle thou leene, etc.; that sueth the fers|nesse of his strengthe. Lire here. C. to a man strongere than thou; that if thou hast lent, haue thou it as lost. BiheeteBihote I. thou not aboue thi powervertu EGHIKMNPQRSUVXYaç.; that if thou hast bihiȝt, bithenke thou as ȝeldyngeas ȝeldynge; for thou art holdun to do thi myȝt. Lire here. C.. Deme thou not aȝens a iuge; for he demeth vp that, that is iust. Go thou not in the weie with an hardi manhardi man; that is, stirid heedly bi the fersnesse of ire. Lire here. C., lest perauenture he agregge hise yuels in thee; for he goith aftir his wille, and thou schalt perische togidere with his foli. Make thou not chidyng with a wrathful man, and go thou not in to de|sert with an hardi man; for whi bloodblood; that is, schedinge out of innocent blood. Lire here. C. is as nouȝt bifore hym, and where noon help is, he schal hurtle thee doun. Haue thou not councel with foolis; for thei moun not loue, noOm. I. but tho thingis that plesen hem. Make thou not a counsel bifore a straunger; for thou noostwoost not I., what he schal bringe forth. Make not thin herte knowun to ech manto ech man; but onely to a very frend and preued. fals grace; that is, feyned fren|schipe. Lire here. C.; lest perauenture he brynge to thee fals grace, and dispise thee.

 CAP. IX.

Loue thou not gelousliLoue thou not gelously, etc.; that is, be thou not suspiciouse ouer myche of the chastite of thyn owne wiyf, and arte hir, ether make hir streit herfor vnduly. the malice of yuel doctryn; in ymaginynge thi deth, as siche wymmen ben tauȝt of yuele elde wymmen. power of thi soule; that is, that sche be lord of thee. entre in thi vertu; that is, mystake to hir that that is propir to the hosebonde. Lire here. C. the womman of thi bosum; lest sche schewe on thee the malice of yuel doctryn. Ȝyue thou not to a womman the power of thi soule; lest sche entre in thi vertu, and thou be schent. Biholde thou not a womman of many willisa womman of many willis; that coueitith now this man, now that man. a daunseresse; for sich strecch|ing forth of wommans membris ex|citith the desir of lecherie. Lire here. C.; lest perauenture thou falle in to the snaris of hir. Be thou not customable with a daunseressedaunstere I., nethir here thou hir; lest perauenture thou perische in the spedi werk of hir. Biholde thou not a virgyn; lest perauenture thou be sclaundrid in the feirnesse of hir. Ȝyue not thi soulethi soule; that is, thi con|sent. Lire here. C. to hooris in ony thing; lest thou leese thee, and thi soule, and thin eritage. Nyle thou biholde aboute in the lanys of the cytee; nethir erre thou in the large streetis ther|of. Turne awei thi face fro a womman `wel arayedgay I.wel araied; for sich arai is a snare, to take men. and herbi; that is bi vn|chast lokingis and spechis and signes. Lire here. C.; and biholde thou not aboute the fairnesse of otherean oother mannus wijf I.. Many men han perischid for the fairnesse of a womman; and `herbi couetiseherof concupiscence I. brenneth `an hiȝout I. as fier. Ech womman which is an hoore, ethir customable to fornycacioun, schal be defouliddefoulid; of alle men, for sche is ful myche suget to lechery. Lire here. C. as a fentoord ceteri. in the weie. Many men wondrynge on the fairnesse of anOm. A pr. m. et plures. alien wommanwommen GSV. weren maad repreuable, for whi the speche of hir brenneth an hiȝ as fier. Sitte thou not in ony maner with an alien womman, nether reste thou with hir on a bed; and iangle thou not with hir in wyn, lest perauenture thin herte boowe in to hir, and thou falle in to per|dicioun bi thi blood. Forsake thou not an eld frend; for a newe frenda newe frend; as me noot of newe wyn, what maner wyn it schal be in the ende; so of a newe frend, me noot what feith|fulnesse he schal haue. Lire here. C. schal not be lijk hym. Newe wijn is a newe frend; it schal wexe eld, and thou schalt drinke it with swetnesse. Coueyte thou not the glorie and richessis of a synnere; for thou noostwost not I., what distriyng of hym schal come. The wrong of vniust men plese not thee, and wite thou that a wickid man schal not plese til to hellistil to hellis; for thanne and not bifore he in peyne schal plese seyntis, as he displeside hem in synne. Lire here. C.. Be thou fer fro a man that hath power to slefer fro a man that hath power to sle; that is, fro a cruel ty|raunt. drede of deth; that is, in makinge thee fer fro him, thou schalt do awey fro thee the drede of deth. of snaris; for whi ti|rauntis euere setten forth snaris to su|getis, that they haue occasioun to rauysche her goodis of hem that sorewen; that is, of tirauntis that ben euere in sorewe, for whi for the yuels that thei diden to othere men thei dreden to be poisoned in ech mete and drynke, and that tresouns ben set to hem in ech place. Lire here. C., and thou schalt not haue suspicioun of the drede of deth; and if thou neiȝest to hym, nyle thou do ony trespasse, lest perauenture he take awei thi lijf. Knowe thou the comynyng of dethof deth; that is, to be in dwellinge with a tiraunt. Lire here. C.; for thou schalt entre in to the myddis of snaris, and thou schalt go on the armuris of hem that sorewen. BiAftir I. thi vertu kepe thee fro thi neiȝboreneiȝbore; that may speke aȝenus thee to a tiraunt. Lire here. C.; and trete thou with wise men and pru|dent men. Just men be gestis, ethiror I pass. mete feris, to thee; andand thi I. gloriyng be `to theeOm. I. in the dreed of God. And the thouȝt of God be to thee in witin wit; that is, applie thi wit to thenke on God. Lire here. C.; and al thi tell|ynge be in the heestisheest I. of the hiȝeste. Werkis schulen be preisid in the hond of crafti men, and the prince of the puple in the wisdom of his word; forsothe in theOm. A pr. m. EFHNPUVXY. wit of eldere men a wordword schal be preised I.a word; that is, a schort word, seid of a wise man, schal be preisid more than a greet telling seid of an other man. Lire here. C.. A man, a ianglere, is dredeful in his citee; and a fool hardi man in his word schal be hateful.

 CAP. X.

A wijs iuge schal deme his puple; and the prinshed of a witti man schal be stid|fastbe stidfast; summe bokis han ferdful; that is, to yuele men. Lire here. C.. Aftir the iuge of the puple, so and hise mynystris; and what maner man is the gouernour of the citee, siche ben also men dwellinge ther ynne. An vnwijs king schal leese his puple; and citees schulen be enhabitid bi the wit of prudent men. The power of erthe is in the hond of God, and al the wickidnessewickidnesse; that is, the fe|lonye of idola|trie. Lire here. C. of hethene men is abho|mynable; and he schal reise a profitable gouernour at a tyme on it. The power of man is in the hond of God; and he schal sette his onour on the face of a wijs man in the lawe. Haue thou not mynde on al the wrong of the neiȝbore; and do thou no thingdo thou no thing, etc.; that is, do thou no wrong to no man for thi power. Lire here. C. in the werkis of wrong. Pride is hateful bifore God and men; and al the wickidnesse of hethene men is abhomyna|ble. A rewme is translatidtranslatid, ether takun awey CEFGHKMNPQRSUXYaç. fro a folk in to folk, for vnriȝtfulnessis, and wrongis, and dispisyngis, and dyuerse gilis. No thing is cursidere than an auerouse manauerouse man; not that auarice is greu|ousere synne than othere, but for rich|essis gaderid bi auerice ȝyuen nursching to alle vices. C.. What art thou proude, thou erthe and aischeerthe and aische; that is, thou man schalt be turn|ed soone in to erthe and aschis. his soule set to sale; and sill|ith it to the deuel for mo|ney. hise yn|neste thingis; that is, vertues, bi vicis con|trarie to tho, of which vicis coueitise is the roote. whanne a man; that mysvsith his power. schal die. he schal enherite ser|pentis; that is, fendis, as to the soule. and beestis; that is, frendis lyuynge beestly, as to the catel. and wormes; as to the bodi; and this departiug is maad couena|bly, for the part of ech sufficith to him silf; if the deuel hath the soule, he reck|ith not of othere thingis. Lire here. C.? No thing is worse, than for to loue monei; for whi this man hath alsoȝhe I. his soule set to sale, for in his lijf he hath cast awei hise ynneste thingis. Ech power is schort lijf; lengerelonge I. siknesse greueth the leche. A leche kittith aweikittith awei; that is, heelith soone a freisch siknesse, so synne is curid liȝtly bifor that it wexith eld bi custom, but not aftirward. Lire here. C. schort siknesse; so and a king is to dai, and to morewe he schal die. Forsothe whanne a man schal die, he schal enherite serpentis, and beestis, and wormes. The bigynnyng of pride of mana man ç. was to be apostataapostata, etc.; that is, wilned not to be vnder the comaunde|ment of God. Lire here. C. fro God; for his herte ȝede awei fro hym that made hym. For whi pride is the bigynnyng of al synne; he that holdith it, schal be fillid with curs|yngis, and it schal distrye hym in to the ende. Therfor the Lord hath schent the couentis of yuele men, and hath destried hem til `in tovnto I. the ende. God destriede the seetis of proude duykis; and made mylde men to sitte for hem. God made drie the rootis of proude folkis; andand he I. plauntide meke men of tho folkis. The Lord destriede the londis of folkis; and loste tho `til tovnto I. the foundement. He made drie the rootis of hem, and lostefordide I. hem; and made the mynde of hem to ceesse fro the erthe. God loste the mynde of proude men; and lefte the mynde of meke men in wit. Pride was not maad to men; nether wrathfulnesse to the nacioun of wym|menof wymmen; that is, to alle men borun of wymmen. Lire here. C.. This seed of men that dredith God, schal be onourid; but this seed schal be disonourid, that passithouer passith I. the comaunde|mentis of the Lord. In the myddis of britheren the gouernour of hem is in onour; and thei that dreden God, schulen be in hise iȝenschulen be in hise iȝen; that is, schulen be onorable and plese him. Lire here. C.. The glorie of riche men onourid and of pore men is the drede of God. Nyle thou dispise a iust pore man; and nyle thou magnefie a riche synful man. The iuge is greet, and ishe is I. miȝti in onour; and he is not grettere than that man that dredith God. Fre children seruen a witti seruaunt; and a prudent man and lerned schal not grutche, whanne he is blamed, and an vnkunnynge manvnkunnyng man; that takith not blamyng. that worchith; ȝhe, cherlis werk. in alle thingis; that is, in liyflode and clothing sufficient to his staat. hath glo|rie; in boostinge of his kyn. Lire here. C. schal not be onourid. Nyle thou enhaunse thee in thi werk to be don; and nyle thou be slow in the tyme of angwisch. He is betere that worchith, and hath plente in alle thingis, than he that hath glorie, and nedith breed. Sone, kepe thi soule in myldenessein mylde|nesse; that holdith du me|sure and re|freyneth exces. aftir his me|rit; in mak|inge suget the fleisch and de|sir of wittis, as it becometh. that synneth aȝenus his soule; in set|ting the fleisch bifor it, no man schal iustifie him, for of the handmayde he makith a ladi, and aȝenward, and this is most vnriȝtful. for his catel; that is, for richessis, and not for vertu, and this is fals onour. Lire here. C.; and ȝyue thou onour to it, aftir his merit. Who schal iustifie hym that synneth aȝens his soule? and who schal onoure hym that disonourith his soule? A pore man hath glorie bi his lernyng and drede; and ther is a man that is onourid for his catel. Forsothe if a man hath glorie in pouert, hou myche more in catel? and he that hath glorie in catel, drede pouerte.

 CAP. XI.

The wisdom of a man maad meke schal enhaunse his heed; and schal make hym to sitte in the middis of grete men. Preise thou not a man in his fairnesse; nether dispise thou a man in his siȝt. A bee is litil among briddis; and his fruyt hath the bigynnyng of swetnesse. Haue thou neuere glorie in clothing, and be thou not enhaunsid in the dai of thin onour; for whi the werkis of the hiȝeste aloon ben wondurful, and hise werkis ben gloriouse, and hid, and vnseyn. Many tyrauntis han sete in trone; and a man of whom was no supposyng bar the diademe. Many myȝty men ben oppressid strongli; and gloriouse men ben ȝouun in to the hondis of othere men. Bifore that thou axe, blame thou not ony man; and whanne thou hast axid, blame thou iustli. Bifor that thou here, answere thou not a word; and in the myddis of eldere menof eldere men; another lettre hath, in the myddis of wordis, that is, in brekinge the wordis of him that spekith. Lire here. C. adde thou not to speke. Stryue thou not, of that thing that disesith not thee; and stonde thou not in the domstonde thou not in the doom, etc.; that is, of hem that per|uerten doom, appreue thou not her sen|tence, nether consente therto. thi dedis ben not in many thingis; for oon lettith an|other, whanne many thingis ben bigunnun, bifor that ony of tho be endid. if thou art riche; that is|coueytouse of richessis vn|mesurably. if thou suest; in sekinge rich|essis vnmesura|bly. thou schalt not take; that is, thou schalt not gete suf|ficience, for whiche rich|essis ben souȝt; a coueitouse man hath not sufficience bi richessis, but more nedinesse; for in as myche as he sekith to haue mo thingis coueyt|ously, he thirst|ith more mo thingis. thou schalt not ascape; nedy|nesse. if thou rennist bifore; in takinge rich|essis of thi fa|dir and modir; for if thou art coueytouse, thou schalt not be apaied with thingis had, but ouer|bisi to haue mo thingis; and if thou art a wastere, thou schalt soone waste thi goodis, and schalt be nedy. Lire here. C. of synnes. Sone, thi dedis be not in many thingis; and if thou art riche, thou schalt not be with out part of gilt. For if thou suest, thou schalt not take; and thou schalt not ascape, if thou rennist bifore. Ther is asum I. man trauelynge, and hastynge, and sorew|ynge, and vnpitouse; and bi so myche morethe more I. he schal not haue plentee. Ther is asum I. man fadea man fade; that is, feble, failinge more than othere. in vertu; of bodi. in pouert; for whi that litil thing that he hath, suffisith to him. bihelde him; goostly, for his pacience, and sumtyme also in tempo|ral good. Lire here. C., nedi of rekyueryng, fail|ynge more in vertu, and plenteuouse in pouert; and the iȝe of God bihelde hym in good, and reiside hym fro his lownesse, and enhaunsid his heed; and many men wondriden in him, and onouriden God. GoodisGood A pr. m. and yuelsGoodis and yuels; that is, prosperites and aduersites. pouert and oneste; that is, sufficience of goodis. ben of God; that is, ben ȝouun to men. Lire here. C., lijf and deth, pouert and oneste, ben of God. Wisdom, and lernyng, and kunnyng of the lawe ben anentis the Lord; loue and the weies of goode men ben at him. Errour and derk|nessis ben maad togidere to synneris; for|sothe thei that maken ful out ioye in yuel, wexen eld togidere in to yuels. The ȝifte of God dwellith to iust men; and encreess|yngisencreess|yngis, etc; that is, heepingis of meritis. prosperites; for whi gloriouse meede schal come aftir tho. Lire here. C. of hym schulen haue prosperitees without ende. Asum I. man isther is I. that is maad riche in doynge scarsli, and this is the part of his mede, in that that he seith, Y haue founden reste to me, and now Y aloone schal ete of my goodis. And he noot that tyme passith hym, and deth neiȝeth, and he schal leeue alle thingis to othere men, and schal die. Stonde thou in thi testamentin thi testament; that is, in Goddis heest, which is ordeyned to thee, to be kept of thee. heestis; that is, of Goddis heestis put to thee. of synneris; in consentinge to hem. dwelle in thi place; that is, bi loue in God, which is a place for to quyete the soule. onest; a pore man, in translatinge him to glorie. Lire here. C., and speke thou togidere in it; and wexe thou eld in the werk of thin heestis. Dwelle thou not in the werkis of synneris; but triste thou in God, and dwelle in thi place. For it is esy in the iȝen of God, sudeynli to make onest a pore man. The blessing of God haastith in to the meede of a iust man; and the going forth of hym makith fruyt in swift onour. Seie thou not, What is nede to meWhat is nede to me; to triste on another man, for Y suffice to me for power, and wisdom, and siche temporal thingis; they that bileuen onely present liyf, doen this moost. what goodis etc. heraftir; that is, aftir this liyf, as if he seye, noone. C. maad worse; that is, schal suffre yuels for my dedis, as he seye, noone. They vndur|stondun this, that bileuen that the soule dieth with the body. in the day of goodis; that is, tyme of prosperite in this liyf. vn|myndeful of yuels; that is, of punysching in another liyf. and in the day of yuels; that is, of aduersite in presente liyf. be thou not vn|myndeful; that is, of reward|ing in heuenly blisse, for whi this mynde makith to suf|fre paciently aduersites. C.? and what goodis schulen be me her aftir? Seie thou not, Y am suf|ficient, and what schal Y be maad worse heraftir? In the dai of goodis be thou not vnmyndeful of yuels, and in the dai of yuels be thou not vnmyndeful of goodis; for it is esi bifor God to ȝelde in the dai of deth to ech man aftir hise weies. The malice of oon ourthe malice of oon hour; that is, schort tur|ment soupith vp most lust passid, and myche more long turment doith this. preise thou not; outirly and fynaly. hise sones; that is, werkis. Lire here. C. makith forȝeting of moost letcherie; and in the ende of a man is makyng nakid of hise werkis. Preise thou not ony man bifore his deth; for whi a man is knowun in hise sones. Brynge thou not ech man in to thin hous; for whi many tresouns ben of a gileful man. For whi as the entrailis of stynkynge thingis breken out, and as a partrich is led in to a trap, ether net, and as a capret is led in to a snare, so and the herte of proude men; and as a biholdere seynge the falseinge the fal; that is, wakith dili|gently to se the fal of his neiȝ|bore, to haue ioye therof. C. of his neiȝbore. For he turneth goodis in to yuels, and settith tresouns, and puttith a wem on chosun men. Fier is encreessid of ao plures. oon E. sparcle, and blood is encreessid of ao plures. gileful man; for whi a synful man settith tresoun to blood. Take heede to thee fro a gileful man, for he makith yuels; lest perauenture he bringe yn on thee scornyng with outen ende. Resseyue thou an alien to thee, and he schal distrie thee inin a I. whirlwynd, and he schal make thee alien fro thin owne weies.

 CAP. XII.

If thou doist welIf thou doist wel; in ȝyu|ynge thi goodis. wite thou to whom; that he be worthi to resseyue. Lire here. C., wite thouOm. GN. to whom thou doistdoist wel A sec. m.; and miche grace schal be to thi goodis. Do thou wel to a iust man, and thou schalt fynde greet ȝelding; thouȝ not of hym, certis of the Lord. It is not wel to hym that is customable in yuels, and to hym that ȝyueth not almesȝyueth not almes; and netheles myȝty therto. Lire here. C.; for whi the hiȝeste bothe hatith synneris, and doith merci to hem that doen penaunce. Ȝyue thou to a merciful man, and resseyue thou not a synnereresseyue thou not a synnere; that is, obstinat in synnes, that wolde be nurs|chid in synnes bi thi goodis. kepinge, etc.; that is, reseru|ynge hem to the peyne of helle. Lire here. C.; God schal ȝelde ven|iaunce bothe to vnfeithful men and to synneris, kepynge hem in the dai of ven|iaunce. Ȝyue thou to a good man, and resseyue thou not a synnere. Do thou good to a meke man, and ȝyue thou not to an vnpitouse man; forbede thou to ȝyue looues to hymlooues to hym; here he spekith of syn|neris obstynat. double yuels; that is, yuels passid, whiche he dide, and to comynge, which he schal do, susteyned bi thi goodis. Lire here. C., lest in tho he be myȝtiere than thou. For thou schalt fynde double yuels in alle goodis, whiche euere thou doist to hym; for whi the hiȝeste bothe hatith synneris, and schal ȝelde ven|iaunce to vnfeithful men. A frend schal not be knowun in goodis, and an enemy schal not be hid in yuelsyuels ether aduersitees V.in yuels; that is, aduersites. Lire here. C.. In the goodis of a man hise enemyes ben sori; and a frend is knowun in the sorewe and malice of himmalice of him; that is, in aduersite of him. neuere to thin enemy; that is, whom thou hast pre|ued an enemy. roustith; that is, kepith the rust of hatrede, thouȝ he schew|ith the contra|rie with out forth. go lowe; in doinge greet reuerence to thee. thi soule; in no maner bileue thou to him. bisidis thee; in mak|inge him famy|lyar, ether hoomely to thee. Lire here. C.. Bileue thou neuer to thin ene|my; for his wickidnesse roustith as irun. Thouȝ he be maad meke, and go lowe, caste awei thi soule, and kepe thee fro him. Sette thou not him bisidis thee, nether sitte he at thi riȝtside, lest he turne and stonde in thi place; lest perauenture he turne in to thi place, and enquere thi chaier, and in the laste tyme thou know mi wordis, and be prickid in my wordis. Who schal do medecyn to an enchauntere smytun of a serpent, and to alle men that neiȝen to beestis, and to him that goith with an yuel man, and is wlappid in the synnes of him? In oon ourin oon our; that is, while prosperite durith. bowist awey; fro prosperite. schal not bere vp; that is, he schal not helpe thee. makith swete; in disseyuynge bi swete wordis. in hise lippis; whanne he bi|leueth, that he schal be re|leeuyd herbi. as helpinge; that is, he schal feyne to helpe thee, and schal ymagyne to thi gretter falling. schal chaunge; fro frenschipe feyned bifore, to opyn en|myte. Lire here. C. he schal dwelle with thee; sotheli if thou bowist awei, he schal not bere vp. The enemy makith swete in hise lippis, and in his herte he settith tresoun to ouerturnevndurturne A pr. m. et ceteri. thee in to the dich. The enemy wepith in hise iȝen; and if he fyndith tyme, he schal not be fillid of blood. If yuels bifallen to thee, thou schalt fynde hym the formere there. The enemy schal wepe bifore thin iȝen, and he as helpynge schal vndurmyne thi feet. He schal stire his heed, and he schal beete with hond; and he schal speke priuyli many yuels of thee, and schal chaunge his chere.

 CAP. XIII.

He that touchith pitch, schal be de|foulid of it; and he that comyneth with a proude man, schal clothe prideclothe pride; for whi men ben enclynaunt to vndu desir of her owne excelence, wher|ynne pride stondith, wher|for it cleueth liȝtly to a man. with a more onest man; that is, with a myȝtiere man, for he wole euere haue the betere for him|silf, and the tother may not wel aȝenstonde him. a caw|drun; of bras. to a pot; of erthe. schal be brokun; that is, the pot, which is freel, schal be bro|kun. Lire here. C.. He reisith a weiȝte on hym silf, that comyn|eth with a more onest man than hym silf; and be thou not felowe to a man richere than thou. What schal a cawdroun comyne to a pot? for whanne tho hirtlen hem silf togidere, the pot schal be brokun. A riche man schal do vniustli, and schal gnastegnaste; as redie ȝit to do worse. ȝyuest; ȝiftis to the riche man. schal take; that is, onour and sette thee bisidis him. Lire here. C.; but a pore man hirt schal be stille. If thou ȝyuest, he schal take thee; and if thou hast not, he schal forsake thee. If thou hast, he schal lyue togiderelyue togidere; in clepinge thee to his table. make thee voyde; that is, make thee pore, bi pre|sentis maad to him. sorewe on thee; of thi pouert. Lire here. C. with thee, and schal make thee voide; and he schal not haue sorewe on thee. If thou art nedeful to hym, he schal disseyue thee; and he schal flatere, and schal ȝyue hope, tellinge to thee alle goodis; and schal seie, What is nede to thee? And he schal schende thee in hise metisschende thee in his metis; in clepinge thee to his table, to haue presentis of thee. anyn|tische thee; that is, brynge to pouert. twyes and thries; that is, fyuethis, for in v. maneris pore men ben maad voyde of coueit|ouse riche men; first, in takinge awey violently the goodis of pore men; the ij., in withholdinge du hire; the thridde, in disseyunge bi double wordis; the iiij., in weiynge yuele to hem, bothe in absence of pore men that tristen in riche men, and in presence of hem that doren not aȝenseye. Lire here. C., til he anyntische thee twies and thries, and at the laste he schal scorne thee; aftirward he schal se, and schal forsake thee, and he schal moue his heedmoue his heed; in repreuynge thee of foly. be maad low; that is, a coward. in thi wisdom; that is, ȝouun of God to thee. Lire here. C. to thee. Be thou maad meke to God, and abide thou hise hondis. Take heede, lest thou be dis|seyued, and be maad lowe in foli. Nyle thou be lowe in thi wisdom, lest thou be maad low, and be disseyued in to foli. Whanne thou art clepid of a miȝtiere man, go thou aweiawei, or excuse V.go thou awey; that is, excuse thee sumdel. Lire here. C.; for bi this he schal more clepe thee. Be thou not greetli press|yngethir to gredi X sec. m. marg.presing; in preessinge forth thee ouer myche. hurtlid doun; that is, put awey schamefastly. Lire here. C., lest thou be hurtlid doun; and be thou not fer fro hym, lest thou go in to forȝetyng. Witholde thou not to speke with hym euenliwith hym euenli; that is, speke thou to him with out reuerence. Lire here. C., and bileue thou not to hise many wordis; for of myche speche he schal tempte thee, and he schal leiȝe priuyli, and schal axe thee of thin hid thingishid thingis; that is, if thou hast take in hid place ony thing of his. of malice; that is, of peyne to be ȝouun to thee. and thou schalt wake; that is, feyne thee to vndur|stonde not tho thingis that ben seid of the riche man, for thi taking; and in this thou schalt haue thee wakingli and diligently. Lire here. C.. His cruel soule schal kepe thi wordis, and he schal not spare of malice, and of bondis. Be war to thee, and take heede diligentli to thin heryng; for thou goist with thi distriyng. But thou heringe tho thingis, se as in sleep, and thou schalt wake. In al thi lijf loue thou God, and inwardli clepe thou him in thin heelthein thyn helthe; that is, for thyn helthe temporal and euerlastinge. his neiȝbore; for he is maad in the ymage of God, and is able to take blis. Lire here. C.. Ech beeste loueth a beeste lijk it silf; so and ech man owith to loue his neiȝbore. Ech fleisch schal be ioyned to fleisch lijk it silf, and ech man schal be felouschipid to a man lijk hym silf. As a wulf schal comyne sum tyme with a lomb, so a syn|nere with a iust man. What comininge is ofto A pr. m. et ceteri. an hooli man to a doggeto a dogge; that is, to a doggische man, and siche is a chidere, and a wrathful man, and a glotoun; as if he seye, no good com|yng is there. in desert; wherynne the lyoun pursueth the wielde asse, to deuoure hym. of riche men; coueitouse. ben pore men; whos goodis they rauischen with out cause. Lire here. C.? ethir what good part is of a riche man to a pore man? The huntyng of a lioun is a wielde asse in desert; so the lesewis of riche men ben pore men. And as mekenesse is abhomynacioun to a proude man, so and a pore man is abhomynacioun of a riche man. A riche man mouedA riche man moued; that is, disturblid ether hurlid. frendis; hop|inge to haue part of hise goodis. in con|science; that is, of yuele geting, nether bi himsilf, ne|ther bi hise fadir and mo|dir. of a wickid man; that bi vnpacience blasfemeth God. Lire here. C. is confermed of hise frendis; but a meke man, whanne he fallith, schal be cast out, ȝhe, of knowun men. Many rekyuereris ben to a riche man disseyued; he spak proudli, and thei iustifieden hym. A meke man is disseiued, ferthermore also he is repreuyd; he spak wiseli, and no place was ȝouun to hym. The riche man spak, and alle men weren stille; and thei schulen brynge his word til to the cloudis. A pore man spak, and thei seien, Who is this? and if he of|fendith, thei schulen destrye hym. Catel is good to hym, to whom is no synne in conscience; and `the worste pouertpouert worste A sec. m. is in the mouth of a wickid man. The herte of a man chaungith his face, ethir in good ethir in yuel. Of hard and with trauel thou schalt fynde the step of a good hertethe step of a good herte; that is, thou schalt fynde in fewe men the ynnere goodnesse of soule, and of outermere conuersacioun togidere. Lire here. C., and a good face.

 CAP. XIV.

Blessid is the man, that slood not bi theOm. S. word of his mouth, and was not prickidwas not prickid; bi re|mors of con|sience for vi|ciouse stilnesse. Lire here. C. in the sorewe of trespas. He is blessid, that hath not sorewe of his soulesorewe of his soule; in good werkis to be fillid. Lire here. C., and fallith not doun fro his hope. CatelCatel; that is, richessis, that profiten not to him, for as wel that that an aua|rouse hath fail|ith to him silf, as that that he hath not, as Jerom seith, in his pistle to Paulyn. to a coueitouse man; in get|inge yuele. hard nygard; in holdinge yuele, therfor richessis noyen to an auarouse man, bothe to bodi and soule, to an enuyouse man; to his yuel. of his wille; that is, getinge vn|iustly, witingli, and of purpos. gaderith to othere men; for ofte tho ben priued of the vss of richessis, and tho ben wastid yuele of othere men. Lire here. C. is with out resoun to a coueitouse man, and hard nygard; and wherto is gold to an enuyouse man? He that gaderith of his wille vniustli, gaderith to othere men; and another man schal mak wast in hise goodis. To what othere man schal he be good, which is wickid to hym silf? and he schal not be myrye in hise goodis. No thing is worseNo thing is worse; for he turmentith him silf, bothe to bodi and soule. enuye to him silf; siche is an auarouse man, that with|drawith of his owene neces|saries. Lire here. C., than he that hath enuye to hym silf; and this is the ȝelding of his malice. And if he doith good, he doith vnwityngli, and not wilfuli; and at the laste he schewith his malice. The iȝe of an enuyous man is wickid, and turnynge awei the face, and dispisynge his soule. The iȝe of the coueitouse man is neuere fillid; he schal not be fillid in to the part of wickidnesse, til he performe vnriȝtful|nesse, and make drie his soule. An yuel iȝe to yuels, and the nedi man schal not be fillid of breed; and he schal be in sorewe on his table. Sone, if thou hast, do wel with thi silf, and offre thou worthi offryngis to God. Be thou myndeful that deth schal not tarie, and the testament of hellisthe testament of hellis; that is, the orden|aunce of God, of the deth of ech man; it is seid the testa|ment of hellis, for whanne this book was maad, iust men ȝeden doun to helle. this world schal die bi deth; that is, worldli eritage, biquethun of fadris to children, schal faile sone. Lire here. C., which is schewid to thee; for whi the testament of this world schal die bi deth. Bifore deth do thou good to thi frend, and bi thi miȝtis stretche thou forth, and ȝyue to a pore man. Be thou not dis|seyued of a good dai, and a litil part of a good day passe notpasse not; that is, leeue not thee voide and idil fro good werkis. Lire here. C. thee. WhetherWher ceteri fere passim. thou schalt not leeue to othere men thi sorewis, and trauels? In the departyng of lotIn the departing of lot; for God hath ordeyned that summen be pore, and othere men be riche, that riche men ȝyue temporal thingis to pore men, and resseyue euerlastinge thingis for tho. fynde mete; that is, place of merit. of fleisch and blood; that is, of men. cor|ruptible; that is, ledinge to corrupcioun, that is, to synne. faile; that is, schal make to faile of blis. al chosun werk, etc.; that is, meritorie werk schal be ap|preued of God, as iust werk. thenke in wit; that is, wittily. weyes; that is, the werkis of God, that ben weyes to come in to his knowyng. ȝatis; that is, in the fiȝtinge chirche, bi which is en|tring to the chirche hau|ynge victorie. biholdith bi the wyndows; that is, bi reuela|cioun, maad in the elde and newe testa|ment. restith in the hows; in bileuynge stidefastly, and dwellinge in contemplacioun swetely. at the hondis of him; that is, of God, in abidinge contynuely the ȝiftis of his grace. of the world; an other lettre hath bi him, that is, God. hise sones; that is, hise dissi|plis. vndur the hiling therof; in teching hem in the forseid thingis. vndur the boowis; in thenkinge and worchinge vn|dur the tech|ingis therof. fro the heete; of vices. Lire here. C. ȝyue thou, and take; and iustifie thi soule. Bifore thi deth worche thou riȝtfulnesse; for at hellis it is not to fynde mete. Ech man schal wexe eld as hey, and as a leef bryngynge fruit in a greene tree. Othere ben gendrid, and othere ben cast doun; so the generacioun of fleisch and blood, another is endid, and another is borun. Ech corruptible werk schal faile in the ende; and he that worchith it, schal go with it. And al chosun werk schal be iustified; and he that worchith it, schal be onourid in it. Blessid is the man, that schal dwelle in wisdom, and that schal bithenke in riȝtfulnesse, and schal thenke in wit the biholding of God. WhichThe which I. thenkith out, ether fyndith out, the weies of hym in his herte, and schal be vndur|stondynge in the hid thingis of hym; goynge as a serchere aftir it, and stond|ynge in the weies of it. Which biholdith bi the wyndows therof, and herith in the ȝatis therof; which restith nyȝ the hous therof, and settith a stak in the wallis therof. He schal sette his litil hous at the hondis of hym, and goodis schulen reste in his litil hous, bi duryng of the world; he schal sette hise sones vndur the hilyng therof, and he schal dwelle vndur the boowis therof; he schal be kyuerid vndur the hilyng therof fro heete, and he schal reste in the glorie therof.

 CAP. XV.

He that dredith God, schal do goode werkis; and he that holdith riȝtfulnesse, schal take ittake it; that is, wisdom. Lire here. C.. And it as a modir onourid schal meete hym, and as a womman fro virgynyte it schal take hym. It shal feede hym with the breed of lijf, and of vndur|stonding; and it schal ȝyue drynke to hym with watir of heelful wisdomwith water of heelful wis|dom; that is, with grace of the Hooly Goost. Lire here. C.; it schal be maad stidfast in hym, and he schal not be bowidbowid; fro the euennesse of riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C.. And it schal holde hym, and he schal not be schent; and it schal enhaunse hym at his neiȝboris. And in the myddis of the chirche he schal opene his mouth; and God schal fille hym with the spirit of wisdomof wisdom; to taaste dy|uyn thingis. and of vndur|stonding; to declare tho clereli in the chirche. Lire here. C., and of vndur|stonding, and schal clothe hym with the stoole of glorie. God schal tresore on hym myrthe, and ful out ioiyng; and schal enherite hym with euerlastynge name. Fonned men schulen not take that wis|dom, and witti men schulen meete it. Fonned men schulen not se it; for whi it goith awey fer fro pride, and gile. Men leesyngmongeris schulen not be myndful therof, and sothefast men ben foundun ther ynne; and schulen haue prosperite `til tovnto I. the biholding of God. Preisyng is not fairis not fair; that is, plesaunt to God. Lire here. C. in the mouth of a synnere, for he is not sent of the Lord. For whi wisdom ȝede forth fro God; forsothe heri|yng schal stonde nyȝ the wisdom of God, and it schal be plenteuouse in a feithful mouth, and the Lord schal ȝyue it to him. Seie thou not, It goith awei biIt goith awei bi, etc.; that is, vertu to es|chewe synne is not ȝouun of God to men. Lire here. C. God; for whi do thou not tho thingis, whiche God hatith. Seie thou not, He made me for to erre; for whi wickid men ben not nedeful to hym. The Lord hatith al cursidnesse of errour, and it schal not be amyable to hem, that dreden hym. At the bigynnyng God made man, and lefte himand lefte him, etc.; not that God with|drow his kep|ing and ruling fro man, but made him fre in wille, and ȝaf to him power to kepe riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C. in the hond of his councel. He addide hise co|maundementis, and lawis; if thou wolt kepe the comaundementis, tho schulen kepe thee, and kepe plesaunt feith with outen ende. He hath set to thee watirHe hath set to thee water; that is, re|freisching of glorie. and fier; that is, peyne of helle. he bihiȝte glo|rie, and ma|naasside peyne, that men schul|den do good, and fle synne. liyf; of grace. deth; of synne. good; of merit. and yuel; of yuel disseruyng. that that plesith hym; that is, it is in his power to go to good, and to fle fro yuel. strong in power; to reward hem that stonden in vertu, and to punysche hem that fallen therfro. Lire here. C. and fier; dresse thin hond to that, that thou wolt. Bifor man is lijf and deth, good and yuel; that, that plesith hym, schal be ȝouun to hym. For whi the wis|dom of God is myche, and he is strong in power, and seeth alle men without ceess|ing. The iȝenThe iȝen; that is, of his mersi. space; that is, licence. to do synne, but euere forbeed. C. of the Lord ben to hem, that dreden hym; and he knowith al the trauel of man. He comaundide not to ony man to do wickidli; and he ȝaf not to ony man space to do synne. For he coueytith not the multitude of sones vnfeithfulvnfeithful; that is, seru|inge the fadris in vnfeithful|nesse. vnpro|fitable; that is, noyful to neiȝ|boris. Lire here. C. and vnprofitable.

 CAP. XVI.

Be thou not glad in wickid sones, if thei ben multiplied; nether delite thou on hem, if the drede of God is not in hem. Bileue thou not to the lijf of hemBileue thou not to the liyf of hem; that is, bileue thou not that thei schu|len be amendid in eelde, for whi this is ful seeldene; in xxij. co. of Prouerbis. Lire here. C., and biholde thou not in to the trauels of hem. For whi betere is oon dredynge God, than a thousynde wickid sones. And it is more profitable to die with out sones, than to leeue wickid sones. A cuntrei shal be enhabitid of o witti man; and it schal be maad desert of thre wickid men. Myn iȝe siȝ many othere thingis, and myn eere herde strongere thingis than these. Fier schal brenne an hiȝ in the synagoge of synneris, and yre schal brenne an hiȝ in a folk vnbileuful. Elde giauntis that weren distried, tristynge on her vertu, preieden not for her synnes; and God sparide not the pilgrymagethe pilgrym|age; that is, her liyf, which is a pilgrymage on erthe. Lire here. C. of hem, but he killide hem, and curside hem, for the pride of her word. He hadde not merci on hem, and he loste al the folk enhaunsynge hem silf in her synnes. And as he killide sixe hundrid thousynde of foot men, that weren gaderid togidere in the hardnessein the hard|nesse; that is, rebelte aȝenus God. if oon, etc.; that is, if oon aloone hadde be rebel to God. gilteles; of peyne. Lire here. C. of her herte; and if oon hadde be hard nollid, wondur if he hadde be giltles. For whi merci and ire is with hym; preier is myȝtipreyer is myȝti; that is, the preyer of iust men is myȝti anentis God; that re|leessith peyne, ether nameli temperith peyne ma|naassid. and schedinge out ire; that is, makinge to bringe in peyne. bi his mersi; that is, with temperure of Goddis mersi. chastisyng; that is, pu|nisching of ech man. is demed; that is punyschid. a synnere in raueyn; that is, a cruel man, vsinge the synne of ra|ueyn. schal not ascape; the punysching of God. the suf|fraunce, etc.; that is, the pacience of a merciful man, that suffrith aduersites, for it is rewardid of God in co|uenable tyme. of his pilgrim|age; that is, aftir the entent which he hath in present liyf, which liyf is seid the pilgrymage of man. Lire here. C., and schedynge out ire. Bi his merci, so is the chastisyng of ech man; he is demyd bi hise werkis. A synnere in raueyn schal not ascape; and the suf|feraunce of hym that doith merci schal not tarie. Al merci schal make place to ech man, aftir the merit of his werkis, and aftir the vndurstonding of his pil|grymage. Seie thou not, Y schal be hid fro God; and fro the hiȝestepreyer is myȝti; that is, the preyer of iust men is myȝti anentis God; that re|leessith peyne, ether nameli temperith peyne ma|naassid. and schedinge out ire; that is, makinge to bringe in peyne. bi his mersi; that is, with temperure of Goddis mersi. chastisyng; that is, pu|nisching of ech man. is demed; that is punyschid. a synnere in raueyn; that is, a cruel man, vsinge the synne of ra|ueyn. schal not ascape; the punysching of God. the suf|fraunce, etc.; that is, the pacience of a merciful man, that suffrith aduersites, for it is rewardid of God in co|uenable tyme. of his pilgrim|age; that is, aftir the entent which he hath in present liyf, which liyf is seid the pilgrymage of man. Lire here. C. ¶ the hiȝeste; that is, heuene. Lire here. C., who schal haue mynde on me? Seie thou not, Y schal not be knowun in a greet puple; for whi which is my soule in so greet a crea|ture? Lo! heueneLo! heuene; of the eir. and heuenys of he|uenys; that is, heuene of ster|ris, and of cris|tal, and briȝt heuene. Lire here. C., and theOm. A pr. m. heuenes of heuenes, the greet occian, and al erthe, and tho thingis that ben in tho, schulen be mouyd in his siȝt; munteyns togidere, and litle hillis, and the foundementis of erthe; and whanne God biholdith tho, tho schulen be schakun togidere with tremblyng. And in alle these thingis the hertethe herte; of a man that de|nyeth that God|dis riȝtfulnesse and kunnyng is strecchid forth to the pu|nysching of synnes. Lire here. C. is vnwijs, and ech herte is vndur|stondun of hym. And who vndurstondith hise weies? and `who vndurstondithOm. I. a tempest, which the iȝe of man siȝ not? For whi ful many werkis of hym ben `in hidhid in A pr. m. C pr. m. et plures. thingis, but who schal telle out the werkis of his riȝtfulnesse, ether who schal suffrewho schal suffre; as if he seye, fewe, for whi iust men that moun suffre ben in the lesse noum|bre. the testa|ment; that is, the elde testa|ment and newe.? For whi the testament is fer fro summe menis fer fro summen; as to worching, thouȝ not as to knowing. in the ending; that is, is reseru|ed to the fynal doom, where men schulen ȝelde resoun of ech word, and myche strong|liere of dede. maad litil in herte; he is maad litil, that settith his ende in temporal goodis, that are lesse than man. thenkith veyn thingis; for whi hise thouȝtis failen fro du ende, and so tho ben veyne, as mede|cyn is seid veyn, that fail|ith to brynge in helthe. Lire here. C.; and the axyng of men is in the endyng. He that is maad litil in herte, thenkith veyn thingis; and a man vnpru|dent and a fool thenkith fonned thingis. Sone, here thou me, and lerne thou tech|yng of wit, and ȝyue thou tent to my wordis in thin herte; and Y schal seie techyng in equyte, and Y schal seke to telle out wisdom. And ȝyue thou tent to my wordis in thin herte; and Y seie in equyte of spiritin equyte of spirit; that is, with out ony beringe doun of truthe. in hise folkis; that is, hise aungels, that ben hise sones, and hise knyȝtis; for whi God assignede hiȝere bodies and lowere to be gouerned of aungelis distant, ether assigned in special places. Lire here. C. the vertues, whiche God hath set on hise werkis at the bigynnyng, and in treuthe Y telle out the kunnyng of him. In the doom of God ben hise werkis fro the bigynnyng; and in the ordynaunce of tho he departyde the partis of tho, and he departide the bigynnyngis of tho in hise folkis. He ournede with outen ende the werkis of hemthe werkis of hem; heuene and elementis ben the werkis of aungelis, not for aungels ben makeris of tho, but ben mynystris ether gouernours, bi that maner of speking bi which a vyner is seid the werk of a vyntiler, and an hows to be gouerned is seid the werk of the dispendere. this word with outen ende is set here propirly as to heuenes, whos ournyngis schulen dwelle stably, as to thingis gendrable and corruptible, that schulen ceesse in the ende of the world. this word withouten ende is takun for long tyme, as hillis ben seid euerlastinge. the soule of ech lyuynge thing; bothe of thing that hath resoun, and of thing that hath feeling. telde bifor his face; that is, schewide in dede that tho goodis weren maad of God for thilke soule, for it vside tho goodis. turn|yng aȝen; for whi tho thingis ben brouȝt aȝen in to God bi a resonable soule, in heri|ynge hym for hise goodis, and bi soule that ȝyueth feeling in his maner, for it is mater of Goddis heri|yng. Lire here. C. thei hungriden not, nether traueliden, and thei ceessiden not of her werkis. Ech schal not make streit the nexte to hym, til in to with outen ende. Be thou not vnbileueful to the word of him. Aftir these thingis God bihelde `in toto A pr. m. the erthe, and fillide it with hise goodis. Forsothe the soule of ech lyuynge thing teld bifore his face; and thilke soule is eft the turnyng aȝen of tho thinges.

 CAP. XVII.

God formede man of erthe; and aftir his ymage he made man. And eft he turnede man in to that ymagethat ymage; in ȝyuynge to man actuel knowing of God. aftir hym silf; that is, as it bicometh man|kynde. councel; that is, power of auysement. herte; that is, vndurstonding. to thenke out; tho thingis that ben nedeful and spedeful to hem silf. Lire here. C.; and aftir hym silf he clothide hym with vertu. He ȝaf to hym the noumbre of daies, and tyme; and he ȝaf to him power of tho thingis that ben on erthe. He settide the drede of man on al fleisch, and he was lord of beestis andand of I. fliynge briddis. He formyde of man an help lijk hym; he ȝaf to hem councel, and tunge, and iȝen, and eeris, and herte to thenke out; and he fillide hem with techyng of vndurstond|yng. He made to hem the kunnyng of spirit, he fillide the herte of hem with wit; and he schewide to hem yuels and goodis. He settide the iȝe of hem on the hertes of hem, to schewe to hem the grete thingis of hise werkis, that thei preise to|gidere the name of halewyngthe name of halewyng; that is, the name of the Lord, in whiche alle thingis ben blessid and ha|lewid. Lire here. C.; and to haue glorie in hise meruels, that thei telle out the grete thingis of hise werkis. He addide to hem techyng; and he enhe|ritide hem with the lawe of lijf. He or|deynyde an euerlastynge testament with hem; and he schewide to hem hise riȝtful|nesse, and domes. And the iȝe of hem siȝ the grete thingis of his onour, and the eeris of hem herden the onour of vois; and he seide to hem, Take heede to ȝou fro al wickid thing. And he comaundide to hem, to ech man of his neiȝbore. The weies of hem ben euere bifore hym; tho ben not hid fro hise iȝen. On ech folk he made souereyn a gouernour; and Israel was maad the opyn part of God. And alle the werkis of hem ben as the sunne in the siȝt of God; and hise iȝen biholden with out ceessyng in the weies of hem. TestamentisTestamentis; thouȝ many kyngis in the puple of Israel diden idolatrie, and enforsiden to distrie the lawe, netheles the lawe and Goddis wor|schip weren reserued in goode men. Lire here. C. weren not hid fro the wick|idnesse of hem; and alle the wickydnessis of hem weren in the siȝt of God. The almes of a man is as a bagge with hymas a bagge with hym; that is, as a scrippe, wher ynne a man puttith vp liyflode to which he goith in nede, so almes helpith in the deth of man. Lire here. C., and it schal kepe the grace of a man as the appil of the iȝe; and afterward man schal rise aȝen, and it schal ȝelde to hem a ȝelding, to ech man in to the heed of hem; and schal turne in to the lower partis of ertheinto the low|ere partis of erthe; for whi almes auaylith to hem that ben in purga|torie, which, as hooly doctours seyen, is the same place with helle, which is vndur the erthe; for Greg. seith, as gold and siluer schyneth in the same fier, and chaf smok|ith, so the same fier is that tur|mentith re|preuable men, and purgith chosun men. it ȝaf; that is, almes ȝaf. the weye of riȝtful|nesse; in dis|posinge to it. faylinge; that is, feble men, to suffre the trauel of pe|naunce. Lire here. C.. Forsothe it ȝaf to men repentinge the weie of riȝtfulnesse, and confermede men failynge to suffre, and ordeynede to hem the part of treuthe. Turne thou to the Lord, and forsake thi synnes; preye thou bifore the face of the Lord, and make thou lesse hirtingis. Turne thou aȝen to the Lord, and turne thou awei fro thin vnriȝtfulnesse, and hate thou greetli cursynghate thou greetli cursyng; that is, cursid synne. Lire here. C.. And knowe thou the riȝtfulnessis, and domes of God; and stonde thou in the part of good purpos, and of preier of theOm. I. hiȝeste God. Go thou in to the partis of the hooli worldin to the partis of the hooli world; that is, with iust men, that ben seid the hooly world. conuerten; that is, repenten verily. not alle thingis; that is, a man may not euere make satisfaccioun of alle hise synnes. malices; that is, synnes. Lire here. C., with men lyuynge, and ȝyuynge knou|leching to God. Dwelle thou not in the errour of wickid men. Knouleche thou bifore deth; knouleching perischith fro a deed man, as no thing. Lyuynge thou schalt knouleche, lyuynge and hool thou schalt knowleche, and schalt herie God; and thou schalt haue glorie in the mer|ciful doyngis of hym. The merci of God is ful greet, and his help to hem that conuerten to hym. For whi not alle thingis moun be in men; for whi the sone of man is not vndeedli, and malices ples|iden in to vanyte. What is clerere than the sunne? and this schal failethis schal faile; not bi substaunce, but bi apperyng, whanne it suffrith eclips. fleisch and blood; that is, a synnere. Lire here. C.; ethir what is worse than that, that fleisch and blood thouȝte out? and of this he schal be repreued. HeHe, that is, God V.He; that is, God. biholdith the vertu, etc.; that is, the vertu of aungels, beynge in briȝt heuene, as noon in comparisoun of his vertu. Lire here. C. biholdith the vertu of hiȝnesse of heuene; and alle men ben erthe and aische.

 CAP. XVIII.

He that lyueth with out bigynnyng and ende, made of nouȝt alle thingis to|gidere; God alone schal be iustified, and he dwellith a king vnouercomun with outen ende. Who schal suffice to telle out his werkis? for whi who schal seke the grete thingis of hym? But who schal telle out the vertu of his greetnesse? ether who schal leie to for to telle out his mercy? It is not to make lesse, nether to leie to; nethir it is to fynde the grete thingis of God. Whanne a man hath endidWhanne a man hath end|id; the serch|ing of God. bigynne; that is, he schal per|seyue that he is in the bigyn|nyng. hath restid, etc.; that is, whanne he schal be in eld age, which is tyme of rest|ing, he schal be more hertid to good werk. what is good; as if he seye, of him silf he hath no good of grace, nether of kynde. wickid thingis; what euer thing of wickidnesse is in hym, al is of him silf. euerlasting|nesse; the Latin word here signefieth euerlasting|nesse; but pro|pirly it signe|fieth the dur|inge of vncor|ruptible thingis. schewith out; in ȝyuynge largeli his grace. Lire here. C., thanne he schal bigynne; and whanne he hath restid, he schal worche. What is a man, and what is the glorie of him? and what is good, ether what is the wickid thing of him? The noumbre of the daies of men, that ben comynli an hundrid ȝeer, ben arettid as the dropis of the watir of the see; and as the stoon of grauel, so a fewe ȝeeris in the dai of euer|lastyngnesse. For this thing God is pa|cient in hem, and schedith out on hem his merci. He siȝ the presumpcioun of her herte, for it was yuel; and he knew the distriyng of hem, for it was wickid. Therfor he fillide his merci inon C. hem, and schewide to hem the weie of equite. The merciful doyng of man is aboute his neiȝ|bore; but the merci of the Lord is ouer ech fleisch. He that hath merci, and techith, and chastisith as a scheepherde his floc, dodoth EP pr. m. do he IKMX sec. m. marg. merci, takynge the techyngdoctrine K.takinge the techyng; that is, confermynge his techinge bi excercise of workis. of mercifulthe merciful K. doyng; and he that hastith in the domeshastith in the domes; that is, of mersi, desir|inge to here thilke sentence in the fynal doom, Come ȝe, the blessid, and take the rewme. playnt; in bi|weiling that that thou ȝauest to releeue thi neiȝbore. Lire here. C. therof. Sone, in goodis ȝyue thou not pleynt, and in ech ȝifte ȝyue thou not heuynesse of an yuel word. Whether dew schal not kele heete? so and a word is betere than ȝifte. Lo! whether a word is not aboue a good ȝifte? but euer ethir is with a man iustified. A fool schal vp|breideedwite ceteri. scharpli; and the ȝifte of an vn|tauȝt man makith iȝen to failemakith iȝen to faile; of the resseyuere, which is aschamed of edwitingis doon to him. Bifor the doom, etc.; that is, bifor that thou deme another man of ony defaute, se that thou be gilteles therof, ellis thou schuldist con|demne thi silf; in ij. co. to Ro|mayns, In what thing thou demest another man, thou con|dempnest thi silf, for thou doist the same thingis whiche thou demest. lerne thou; of a maister. bifor that thou speke; in techinge othere men. Bifor sikenesse, etc.; as bodili siknesse is maad vncurable bi long during; so goostly sik|nesse bi cus|tom, which is as sum kynde. Lire here. C.. Bifore the doom make thou redi riȝtfulnesse to thee; and lerne thou, bifore that thou speke. Bifore sikenesse ȝyue thou medi|cyn; and bifore the doom axe thi silf, and thou schalt fynde merci in the siȝt of God. Bifore sikenesse make the meke, and in the tyme of sikenesse schewe thi lyuyng. Be thou not lettidBe thou not lettid; bi tem|poral bisynessis. to preye euere; that is, in tymes ordeyned ther|to. Lire here. C. to preye euere, and drede thou not to be iustified til to deth; for whi the meede of God dwellith with outen ende. Bifore preier make redi thi soule; and nyle thou be as a man that temptith Godtemptith God; to tempt God, that is, that a man bitake him silf to perel, and leeue that that he may do re|sonabli, and abide to be de|lyuerid of God. Lire here. C.. Haue thou mynde of ire in the dai of endyng; and make thou in lyuyng the tyme of ȝelding. Haue thou mynde of pouert in the dai of abundaunce; and the nede of pouert in the tyme of richessis. Fro the morewtid `til tovnto I. the euentid the tyme schal be chaungid; and alle these thingis ben swift in the iȝen of God. A wise man schal drede in alle thingis; and in the daies of trespassis he schal fle fro vnkunnyng, ether slouthe. Ech fel manEch fel man; that is, ententif to eschewe yuels, bi Goddis drede. knowith wisdom; that is, getith and loueth it. knowleching; of preising. knowith wisdom; and to hym that fyndith it, he schal ȝyue knouleching. Witti men in wordis also thei diden wiseli, and vndur|stodenvndurstonden CGS. treuthe, and riȝtfulnesse; and bisouȝtenbisouȝten, etc.; that is, in bi|sechinge thei knewen the vn|durstonding of priuy thingis. Delite thou not in cumpenyes; that is, in multitude of meynee. Lire here. C. Be thou not meene; that is, necgligent ether slow. in stryuyng of looue; that is, that thou stryue to ouercome sum men in the ȝyuyng of almes; he that ȝyueth almes, makith looue to God, in xix co. of Prouerbs. enuy|ouse to thi soule; in withdrawinge fro it the good of mersi, if thou art necgligent in the ȝyuyng of almes: thus it is expownyd comynly, but it may be expowned neer the lettre thus, Be thou not meene, etc.; that is, not onely stryue thou not myche, but nether litil, in axinge hard the dette, which thou hast lent to thi nedy neiȝbore. and sum thing is to thee; that is, while thou hast wherof thou maist lyue in an other side, thou owist not to axe aȝen harde the dette. enuyouse to thi soule; in withdrawinge fro it the goodis of mersi; if thou axist ouer harde the dette aȝenus Goddis heest, in xxij. co. of Exodi. Lire here. C. prouerbis and domes. Go thou not aftir thi coueitises; and be thou turned awei fro thi wille. If thou ȝyuest to thi soule the coueitisis therof, it schal make thee in to ioie to thin enemyes. Delite thou not in cumpenyes, nether in litle cumpenyes; for whi the synnyng of hem is contynuel. Be thou not meene in the stryuyng of looue, and sum thing is to thee in the worldin the world; another lettre hath, in the bagge. Lire here. C.; for whi thou schalt be enuyouse to thi soule.

 CAP. XIX.

A drunkelewdrunke G. werk man schal not be maad riche; and he that chargith not litle synnes, fallith dounfallith doun; in to greuousere synnes. re|preuen; that is, maken him worthi to be repreuyd. set an hiȝ; that is, schal be takun out of the felouschipe of goode men. in to more en|saumple; that is, make aferd both litil men and greete. Lire here. C. litil and litil. Wyn and wymmen maken to be apostataas, ȝhe, wise men; and thei repreuen witti men. And he that ioyneth hym silf to hooris, schal be wickid; rot and wormes schulen enherite hym, and he schal be set an hiȝ in to more ensaumple, and his soule schal be takunhis soule schal be takun, etc.; that is, schal be rauyschid of fendis fro the noumbre of chosun men. He that bileu|eth soone; that is, yuele of his neiȝbore. schal be maad lesse; in liyf and fame, for he is vnstable in good, and able to falle to yuel. that trespassith aȝenus his soule; that is, defoul|ith it bi priuy synnes. schal be had ferther|more; that is, schal be maad opyn with out forth. Re|herse thou not an hard word; of re|buking. and wickid; of bacbiting. lesse; in fame and vertu. wit; that is, thi priuete. make nakid; that is, schewe opinly thi preuy trespas, and most to thyn enemy. schal kepe thee; that is, aspie thi wordis to take thee. the synne; that is, thi synne, excus|ynge it gilefuly bifor thee, that he may more knowe thee, and distrie thee. Lire here. C. awei fro noumbre. He that bileueth soone, is vnstable in herte, and schal be maad lesse; and he that trespass|ith aȝens his soule, schal be had ferther|more. He that ioieth in wickidnesse, schal be cursid; and he that hatith blamyng, schal be maad lesse in lijf; and he that hatith ianglyng, quenchith malice. He that synneth aȝens his soule, schal repente; and he that is myrie in malice, schal be cursid. Reherse thou not an hard word, and wickid; and thou schalt not be maad lesse. Nyle thou telle thi wit to frend andand to I. enemye; and if trespas is to thee, nyle thou make nakid. For he schal here thee, and schal kepe thee, and he as de|fendynge the synne schal hate thee; and so he schal be euere with thee. Thou hast herd a word aȝens thi neiȝbore; die it togidere in thee, and triste thou that it schal not breke thee. A fool trauelith greetli of the face of a word, as the sorewe of beryng of a ȝong child. An arowe fastned in the hipe of a dogge, so a word in the herte of a fool. Repreue thou a frendRepreue thou a frend; that is, lest he knowe not that he dide yuel, and for thi repreuyng he schal knowe and eschewe. ether if he hath do; wrong witingly, repreue thou him. he seie not; that is, denye stidefastly, in encressinge his synne. and if he seith; that is, knoulechith the synne. Lire here. C., lest perauenture he vndurstonde not, and seie, Y dide not; ether if he hath do, lest he adde to do eft. Repreue thou a neiȝbore, lest perauenture he seie not; and if he seith, lest perauenture he reherse. Repreue thou a frend, for whi trespassynge is don ofte; and bileue thou not to ech word. Ther is a man that fallith bi his tunge, but not of willenot of wille; that is, witingly and of purpos. Lire here. C.. For `whi whowhiche A sec. m. is he, that trespassith not in his tunge? Repreue thou a neiȝboreRepreue thou a neiȝbore; bi|twix thee and him. bifor that thou manaasse; that is, de|nounce to the iuge him to be punyschid. al wisdom, etc.; that is, cometh forth of the drede of God; for it is the bigynnyng of wisdom. and in that; that is, wisdom. for to drede God; for as wisdom com|eth of drede, so it techith more for to drede God. teching of wickidnesse; bi which a man kan do yuel warly. is not wisdom, very. vnwise man; that is, symple and litil kun|nynge. is maad litil in wisdom; that is, kan litil of sutiltees, and netheles kan sufficiently of thingis that per|teynen to helthe. Lire here. C., bifore that thou manaasse; and ȝyue thou place to the drede of the hiȝeste. For whi al wisdom is the drede of God, and in that wisdom for to drede God; and the ordynaunce of lawe is in al wisdom. And the teching of wickidnesse is not wisdom; and the prudence of synnes is not good thouȝt. Ther is wickidnesse of prudence, and cursidnesse is ther ynne; and ther is an vnwijs man, which is maad litil in wisdom. Betere is a man that hath litil inOm. C sec. m. V. wisdom, and failynge in wit in the drede of God, than he that hath plentee of wit, and brekith the lawe of the hiȝeste. Ther is certeyn sutilte, and it is wickid. And ther is a man, that sendith out a cer|teyn word, tellynge out treuthe. Ther is a man, that mekith hym silf wickidlythat mekith him silf wick|idly; to dis|seyue men the more. makith low greetly, etc.; to peeris and lower men. and ther is a iust man; feynyngly. bowith the face, etc.; as turn|ynge awey hise iȝen fro a fair womman, whom he co|ueitith bren|nyngly, but this is vnknowun of othere men. Lire here. C.; and hise ynnere thingis ben ful of gile. And ther is a iust man, that makith low greetli hym silf of myche mekenesse; and ther is a iust man, that bowith the face, and feyneth hym to se not that, that is vnknowun. Thouȝ he isbe I. forbodun of feblenesse of strengthis to do synne; if he fyndith tyme to do yuele, he schal do yuel. A man is knowun bi siȝt; and a witti man is knowun bi meetyng of face. The clothing of bodi, and the leiȝyng of teeth, and the entring of a man, tellen out of hym. Ther is fals repreuyng in the ire of a man ful of dispisyng; and ther is dom which is not preuedther is doom which is not preued; that is, whanne a man demeth bi liȝt signes, that his neiȝbore is yuel. ther is a stille man; that is, not demynge yuel of his neiȝ|bore, til cer|teynte be had. Lire here. C. to be good; and ther is a stille man, and he is prudent.

 CAP. XX.

It is ful good to repreueto repreue; swetely and charitably him that trespassith. forbede not; that is, induse him therto. Lire here. C., more than to be wrooth, and to forbede not a man knoulechyng in preiere. The coueitise of a geldyng hath defoulid the maidynhed of a ȝong womman, so he that makith wickid dom bi violence. It is ful good, that a man `that isOm. ceteri. repreued schewe opynlischewe opin|ly, etc.; that is, to schewe bi word and deed, that he repent|ith verily. Lire here. C. penaunce; for so thou schalt ascape wil|ful synne. Ther is a stil man, which is foundun wijs; and he is hateful, which is fool hardifool hardi; that is, cometh bifore du tyme. Lire here. C. to speke. Sotheli ther is a stille man, not hauynge wit of speche; and ther is a stille man, knowynge the sesoun of couenable tyme. A wijs man schal be stille til to tyme; but a ioli man and vnprudent man schulen not kepe tyme. He that vsith many wordismany wordis; that is, superflu and veyn wordis. Lire here. C., hirt|ith his soule; and he that takith power to hym silf vniustli, schal be hatid. Ther is goyng forth in yuels to a man vnlernyd; and ther is fyndyng in to peiryng. Ther is a ȝifte, which is not profitablenot profit|able; for it is doon for veyn|glorie, ether for yuel entent. Lire here. C.; and ther is a ȝifte, whos ȝeldyng is double. Ther is makyng lesse for glorie; and ther is a man, which schal reise the heed fro mekenesse. Ther is a man, that aȝen bieth many synnes for litil prijsaȝenbieth many synnes for litil priys; that is, bi litil penaunce, in comparisoun of synnes, that disserueden euerlastinge peyne, but pen|aunce chaung|ith it to tem|poral peyne. seuenfold; that is, manyfold, ether bi seuen|fold of graces of the Hooly Goost. amy|able; for he eschewith to seye hateful thingis, and studieth to bringe forth thingis accept|able to God and to men. sched out; bi vndis|creet speking, bi which thei ben maad hate|ful to God and men, though thei han strengthe, and fairnesse of bodi, and no|bley of kyn. Lire here. C., and restorith tho in seuenfold. A wijs man in wordis makith hym silf amyable; but the graces of foolis schulen be sched out. The ȝifte of an vnwijs man schal not be profitable to thee; for hise iȝen ben seuenfoldhise iȝen ben seuenfold; that is, his entent is manyfold and dyuerse, and therfor he wole haue many seruyces to vanytes, and othere yuels, for a litil ȝifte. Lire here. C.. He schal ȝyue litle thingis, and he schal vp|breideedwite ceteri. many thingis; and the openyng of his mouth is enflawming. To dai a man leeneth, and to morewe he axith; and siche a man is hateful. A frend schal not be to a fool, and grace schal not be to hise goodis. For thei that eten his breed, ben of fals tungeof fals tunge; that is, flatereris preisinge hise folies. scorne hym; as if he seye, alle wise men and goode. departith not, etc.; that is, he delith yuele hise thingis, and tho thingis that he rauyschide of othere men. come hastily; that is, sudeynly, as a man that slidith, and fallith in the pawment. Lire here. C.; hou ofte and hou many men schulen scorne hym? For he de|partith not bi euene wit that, that was worthi to be had; in lijk maner and that, that was not worthi to be had. The fall|ing of a fals tunge is as he that fallith in the pawment; so the fallis of yuele men schulen come hastili. A man with out grace is as a veyn fable; and it schal be customable in the mouth of vnlerned men. A parableA parable; that is, a trewe sentence and greet. Lire here. C. schal be repreued of the mouth of a fool; for he seith not it in his tyme. Ther is a man, that is forbodun to do synne, for pouert; and he schal be prickidhe schal be prickid, etc.; that is, schal be maad bittir in ceessing fro yuel, for he may not fille his malice. leese his soule for schame; that is, for the drede of schame, if he apperith pore, wherfor he turneth to theftis. for the vnprudence of a persoone; that is, for the councel of an yuel man, to whom he con|sentith liȝtly in theftis. leese him silf; as to the soule, bi dedly synne, and as to the bodi, ofte bi hanging, ether bi heeding. for the taking of a persoone; that is, in taking the councel of an yuel per|soone. for schame; that is, dredinge schame to be holdun vn|miȝty, ether auarouse. bi|heetith; that that he may not paye. ene|my without re|sonable cause of biheeting. Lire here. C. in his reste. Ther is a man, that schal leese his soule for schame; and for the vnprudence of a persoone he schal leese it. Forsothe he schal leese hym silf for the takyng of a persoone. Ther is a man, that for schame biheetith to a frend; and he hath gete hym enemy with out cause. Leesyng is a wickid schenschip in a man; and it schal be customabli in the mouth of vnlerned men. Betere is a theefBetere is a theef; that is, lesse yuel than a man custom|able to lees|yngis, for he sclaundrith good fame, which is betere than ertheli goodis. Lire here. C. than the customablenesse of a man, a leesyngmongere; forsothe bothe thei schulen enherite perdicioun. The ma|neres of men leesyngmongeris ben with outen onour; and her schenschype is with hem with out ceessyng. A wijs man in wordis schal brynge forthschal brynge forth, etc.; that is, schal schewe his wisdom. worchith riȝt|fulnesse; as heete encreess|ith fruytis, so the onours of him that worchith riȝtfulnesse encreessen. plesith grete men; for his riȝtfulnesse, as Joseph and Danyel diden. Lire here. C. hym silf; and a prudent man schal pleese grete men. He that worchith his lond, shal make hiȝ the heep of fruytis; and he that worchith riȝtfulnesse, schal be enhaunsid. Sotheli he that plesith grete men, schal ascape wickidnesse. Presentis and ȝiftis blynden the iȝen of iugis; and as doumbas doumb; that is, a spice of a paddok, which cast in to the mouth of a dogge, makith him stille, and vnmiȝty to berke; so present ȝouun for the distriyng of riȝtfulnesse, makith the iuge to be stille, and to ceesse fro punyschyng of yuel. what profit is in euer either; as if he sey, noon; and this is soth, as to the profit of othere men, but not as to his owne profit; forwhi tresour vnseyn profitith not to it silf, nether to othere men; but wisdom hid profitith as to the hauere, as to the dedis of contemplatif liyf, thouȝ it profitith not to othere men, bi werkis of actif liyf. Lire here. C. in the mouth it turneth awei the chastisyngis of hem. Wisdom hid, and tresour vnseyn, what profit is in euer eithir? He is betere, that hidith his vnwisdom, than a man that hidith his wisdom.

 CAP. XXI.

Sone, thou hast do synne? adde thou not eft; but biseche thou for the formere synnes, that tho be forȝouun to thee. As fro the face of a serpent fle thou synnes; and if thou neiȝest to `thoneiȝist to tho; bi consent. take thee; in wlappinge and byndynge bi dede and cus|tom. teeth therof; for it deuourith hool|lyche the good of grace, and decreessith the good of kynde. Lire here. C. synnesthem I., tho schulen take thee. The teeth of a lioun ben the teeth therof, that sleen the soulis of men. Al wickidnesse is asOm. S. a scharp swerd on either syde; heelthe is not to the woundehelthe is not to the wounde; for whi synne hirtith bodi and soule, and withdrawith grace in pre|sent tyme, and bryngith to the peyne of helle. Lire here. C. therof. ChidyngisChidyng CV. and wrongis schulen distrie catel; and an houe that is ouer riche, schal be distriede bi pride; so the catel of a proude man schal be drawun vp bi the roote. The preyer of a pore mana pore man; that suffrith wrong bi wordis and dedis of a proud man. to the eeris; of God. is a step, etc.; that is, a snere of the deuel. Lire here. C. schal come fro the mouth `til tovnto I. eeristhe eeris CVa.; and doom schal come to hym hastili. He that hatith repreuyng, is a step of the synnere; and he that dredith God, schal be turned to his herteherte; in resseyuynge, blamyng, and in fleyng fro synnes. an hardi tunge; that is, a proud man, that gess|ith grete thingis of himsilf, and spekith liȝtli and proudli. Lire here. C.. A miȝti man with an hardi tunge is knowun afer; and a witti man kan kepe him silf fro that man. He that bildith his hous with othere mennus costismennus costis; gaderid togidere bi raueyn. Lire here. C., is as he that gaderith hise stonys in wyntir. ScheuysStobyl A sec. m. Stubbil I. gaderid togidere is the synagoge of synneris; and the endyng of hem is the flawme of fier. The weie of synneris is set togidere with stoonys; and in the ende of hem ben hellishellis; it is seid hellis in plurel noumbre, for many places ben there. Lire here. C., and derknessis, and peynes. He that kepith riȝtfulnesse, schal holde the wit therofholde the wit therof; that is, schal holde stidefastly the stiring of re|soun in his werkis. wis|dom; bi which a man is wel disposid to God. and wit; bi which a man is wel disposid to his neiȝbore. Raban poyntith thus, And the wit of him schal not be tauȝt, which is not wijs in good; and this lettre is pleyn. Lire here. C.. The perfec|cioun of Goddis drede is wisdom and wit. He schal not be tauȝt, which is not wijs in good. Forsothe vnwisdom is, which is plenteuouse in yuel; and wit is not, where is bittirnesse. The kunnyng of a wijs man schal be plenteuouse as flowyng; and the councel of hym dwellith as a welle of lijf. The herte of a fool is as a brokun vessel; and it schal not holde ony wisdom. What euer wijs word a kunnynge man herith, he schal preise, and leie toand ley to; that is, holde in herte, and fille in werk. C.. A letcherouse man herde, and it schal dis|plese hym; and he schal caste it awei bihynde his bak. The tellynge of a fool is as a birthun in the weie; for whi grace schal be foundun in the lippis of a wijs man. The mouth of a prudent man is souȝt in the chirche; and men schulen thenke hise wordis in her hertis. As an hous distried, so is wisdom to a foolwisdom to a fool; for if he hath ony know|ing of truthe, he schal leese it, for vndu maner of sei|yng. teld out; for he bryngith forth tho so, that tho moun not be vndur|stondun. Lire here. C.; and the kunnyng of an vnwijs man is wordis that moun not be teld out. Stockis in the feet is techyng to a fool; and as bondis of hondis on the riȝt hond. A fool enhaunsith his vois in leiȝyng; but a wijs man schal leiȝe vnnethis stilli. Techyng is a goldun ournement to a pru|dent man; and as an ournement of the arm in the riȝt arm. The foot of a fool is liȝtliȝt to go V. in toOm. C. the hous of a neiȝbore; and a wijs man schal be aschameda wijs man schal be scham|ed; that is, schal be aschamed to speke bifor him, no but nede ether opyn profit axith this. The herte of foolis; for anoon thei tellen out her conseit. the mouth of wise men, etc.; for they pro|nounsen no thing, no but bi good auyse|ment biforgo|ynge. cursith the deuel; dampned iust|ly. cursith his soule; for in his dedis he sueth the deuel, and so he de|nounsith, that he owith to be dampned. Lire here. C. of the per|soone of a miȝti man. A fool biholdith fro the wyndow in to the hous; but a lerned man schal stonde with out forth. It is foli of a man to herkene bi the dore; and a prudent man schal be greuyd bi dispisyng. The lippis of `vnprudent menan vnprudent man A pr. m. schulen telle fonned thingis; but the wordis of prudent men schulen be weied in a ba|launce. The herte of foolis is in her mouth; and the mouth of wise men is in her herte. Whanne a wickid man curs|ith the deuel, he cursith his owne soule. A priuy bacbitere schal defoule his soule, and in alle thingis he schal be hatid, and he that dwellithdwellith; with a priuy bacbitere, and is defoulid bi his synne. stille man; in du tyme, and spekinge in co|uenable tyme. Lire here. C., schal be hatid; a stil man and wijs schal be onourid.

 CAP. XXII.

A slow man is stonyd in a stoon of cley; and alle men schulen speke on the dispisyng of him. A slow man is stonyd of the dung of oxis; and ech man that touchith hym, schal schake the hondis. The schame of aOm. I. fadir is of a sone vn|lerned; but a fonned douȝter schal be in decreessyngin decreess|ing; of the onour of fadir and modir. Lire here. C.. A prudent douȝter is eritage to hir hosebonde; for sche that schendith hir hosebonde, is in dispisyng of the fadir. A `schameles wommanboold womman, that is, schameles, C et ceteri. schendith the fa|dir and hosebonde, and schal not be maad lesselesse; that is, schal not be lesse in vices than men that beren pesti|lence. wis|dom; that is, chastising, bi beting ether bi word, nedith euere to be doon wisely and with du circumstances. Lire here. C. than vnfeithful men; forsothe sche schal not be onourid of euer either. Melo|die in morenyng is vncouuenablecouenable A pr. m. IS. tellyng; betyngisbetyng AS. and techyng in al tyme with wisdom. He that techith a fool, as he that glueth togidere a tiel stoon. He that tellith a word to hym that herith not, is as he that reisith a man slepynge fro a greuouse sleep. He that tellith wisdom to a fool, spekith with a man slepynge; and in the ende of the tellyng he schal seie, Who is this? Wepe thouWepe thou, etc.; that is, mercifully do thou seruyce of the deed bodi, and preye thou for him, for his tyme of merit failide. Lire here. C. on a deed man, for whi his liȝt failide; and wepe thou on a fool, for he failide of wit. Wepe thou a litil on a deed man, for he hath restid. Forsothe the lijf of a fulthe liyf of a fool; that is, the wickid liyf of a fool is worse, and more to be biweilid, than the deth of him The moren|yng of a deed man; that is, of a iust man deed, durith. bi seuene dayes; so it was in the tyme of the writere of this book. of a fool, etc.; a fool here is seid not he that is a fool bi defaute of kyndly wit, but bi defaute of good liyf, tho|rou abundaunce of malice; and in liyk maner an vnfeithful man is he, that doith idolatrie. alle the dayes of her liyf; vndurstonde thou, ben wor|thi to be bi|weilid. Lire here. C. wickid man is ful wickid, more than the deth of a fool. The morenyng of a deed man is seuene daies; but the morenyng of a fool and of a wickid man is alle the daies of her lijf. Speke thou not myche with a fool, and go thou not with an vnwijs man. Keep thee fro hym, that thou haue not disese; and thou schalt not be defoulid in the synne of hym. Boowe thou awei fro hym, and thou schalt fynde reste; and be thou not anoied by his foly. What schal be maad heuyere than leed? and what othere name than a fool is to it? It is liȝtere to bere grauel, and salt, and a gobet of yrun, than a man vnprudent, and a fool, and vnfeithful. As an heep of trees, boundun togidere in the foundement of the bilding, schal not be vnboundun, so and anthe I. herte confermed in the thouȝt of counselof councel; that is, of good councel, and of prudence, is not departid liȝtly fro good|nesse. drede|ful; bi worldly drede. aȝen|stondith out; yuel, but con|sentith anoon. Lire here. C.. The thouȝt of a wijs man shal not be maad schrewid in ony tyme, ne|ther dredein drede A sec. m.. As chaffis in hiȝe places, and soond with out medling of hym, set aȝens the face of wynd, schulen not dwelle; so and a dreedful herte in the thouȝt of a fool aȝenstondith not aȝens the feersnesse of drede. As ournyng, ether pargetyng, ful of grauel in a cleer walcleer wal; that is, of hard stonys, and maad smethe. schal not drede; bi Goddis drede. Lire here. C., so and a ferdful herte in the thouȝt of a fool schal not drede in ony tyme; so andOm. C. he that dwellith euere in the heestis of Godheestis of God; vndur|stonde thou, dwelleth euere in the loue and drede of God. Lire here. C.. He that prickith the iȝe, schal leede out teeris; and he that prickith the herte, bryngith forth wit. He that castithsendith I. a stoon to briddis, schal caste doun tho; so and he that doith wrong to a frend, departith frenschipe. Thouȝ thou bryngistbrynge I. forth a swerd to a frend, dispeiredispeire, etc.; of rekeuering of frenschipe. dispising; that is, to putte on him greu|ouse cryme, as that he is a theef. schen|schipe; that is, to putte on him that he was borun vnlawe|fuly, ether that he is boonde man. a tre|cherouse wounde; that is, doon bi tre|soun. Lire here. C. thou not; for ther is going aȝen to the frend. If he openeth a soreuful mouth, drede thou not; for whi ther is acordyng, outakun dispis|ynge, and schenschipe, and pride, and schewyng of preuyte, and a tretcherouse wounde; in alle these thingis a frend schal fle awei. Haue thou feith with a frend in his pouert, that thou be glad also in hise goodis. In the tyme of his tribula|cioun dwelle thou feithful to hym, that also thou be euene eir in the eritage of hym. HeeteVapour, ether heete, C et ceteri. and smook of fier is maad hiȝ bifore the fier of athe F. Om. ceteri. chymenei; so and cursyngis, and dispisyngis, and manaassis, comen bifore blood. I schal not be aschamed for to grete a frend, and Y schal not hide me fro his face; thouȝ yuels comen to me bi hym, Y schal suffre. Ech man that schal here, schal kepe warlikepe warly; that is, fro offence of a frend. Lire here. C. hym silf fro hym. Who schal ȝyue keping to my mouth, and a certeyn ceelyng on my lippis, that Y falle not bi tho, and that my tunge leese not me?

 CAP. XXIII.

Lord, fadir, and lordli gouernour of my lijf, forsake thou me not in the thouȝt and counsel of hemcouncel of hem; that is, of foolis and vnfeithful men. C.; nether suffre thou me to falle in that schenschipe. Who settith aboue in my thouȝt beetyngis, and in myn hert the techyng of wisdom, that in the vnkunnyngis of hem he spare not me, and that the trespassis of hem appere not? Lest myn vnkunnyngis encreesse, and my trespassis be multiplied, and my synnes be plenteuouse; and lest Y falle in the siȝt of myn aduersaries, and myn enemy haue ioie. Lord, fadir, and God of my lijf, for|sake thou not me in the thouȝt of hem. Ȝyue thou not to me enhaunsyngȜyue thou not to me enhauns|inge, etc.; that is, suffre thou not that pride be lord ouer me. of wombe; that is, of glo|tenye. ȝyue thou not, etc.; that is, suffre thou not my soule to falle into vnreuer|ence, and into vnwisdom. Lire here. C. of myn iȝen; and turne thou awei fro me al schrewid desijr. Do thou awei fro me the coueitisiscoueityse S. of theOm. ceteri. wombe, and the coueitisis of letcherie take me not; and ȝyue thou not `me toto me S. a soule vnreuerent and vndiscreetvnsaueri, ether vndiscreet, C et ceteri.. Sones, here ȝe the tech|yng of mouth; and he that kepith it, schal not perische bi hise lippis, nether schal be sclaundrid in worste werkis A synnere and proude man schal be takunproude man schal be takun; of the deuel, that settith to him a snare. sclaundrid in tho; that is, schal falle in the snaris of the deuel. nemyng of God; that is, to swere bi him, nethe|les it owith to be ofte in thi mouth, to preye and preche. names of seyntis; in sweringe ofte bi hem. giltles of hem; that is, of offence of hem. axid bisili; that is, constreyned bi beetingis to telle. wannesse; of skyn, for the beting of his body. swer|inge; bi God. and nemynge; that is, swer|inge bi the names of seyntis, and this custom|ably. Lire here. C. in his vanite; and a cursid man schal be sclaun|drid in tho. Thy mouth be not custom|able to swering; for whi many fallyngis ben ther ynne. Forsothe the nemyng of God be not customable in thi mouth, and be thou not meddlid to the names of seyntis; for thou schalt not be giltles of hem. For as a seruaunt that is axid bisili, schal not wante wannesse; so ech man sweryngeech man sweringe, etc.; for bi sich yuel custom he fall|ith into vnleue|ful ooth. dis|seyueth; that is, harmith him bi a fals ooth. aboue him; for he is holdun to restore, and he schal be constreyned herto, if it is preued aȝenus him. feyneth; in holdinge stille the truthe, for whos declaring he is brouȝt forth a witnesse, and swerith that he knowith not. doubli; that is, aȝenus himsilf, in sweringe fals, and aȝenus the neiȝbore in harmynge him, in conscience that holdith another mannus thing, and another man in the purs. his hous; for whi sumtyme sones ben punyschid bi temporal peynes, for fadris and modris, and most whanne thei suen the fadris synne; as it is doon ofte in this caas, for a sone that herith ofte his fadir sweringe in veyn, takith bi this a liyk maner. another speche; contrarie to the formere; this speche is blasfemye, that disserueth deth, as God seith in xxiiij. co. of Leuitici. Lire here. C. and nemynge schal not be purgid of synne in al. A man swerynge myche schal be fillid with wickidnesse; and veniaunce schal not go awei fro his hous. AndOm. A pr. m. I. if he disseyueth a brother, his trespas schal be aboue hym; and if he feyneth, he schal trespasse doubli. And if he swerith in veyn, he schal not be ius|tified; for whi his hous schal be fillid with worst ȝelding. Also aȝenward an|other speche is in to deth; be it not found in the eritage of Jacob. For whi alle these thingis schulen be don awei fro merciful men; and thei schulen not delite in trespassis. Thi mouth be not custom|able to vnreuerent speche; for whi a word of synne is in it. Haue thou mynde on thi fadir and modir; for thou stondist in the myddis of grete men. Lest perauen|ture God forȝete thee in the siȝt of hem; and lest thou maad a fool bi thi custom|ablenesse, suffre schenschipeschenschipe, ether scornyng, C et ceteri præter Y., and haddist leuere to be not borun, and curse the dai of thi birthe. A man customable in theOm. I. wordis of schenschipe, in alle daies schalhe shal S. not be tauȝt. Twei kyndisTwey kyndis; that is, couei|tise and glo|tenye. and the thridde; that is, auoutrie. bringith ire; of Goddis ven|iaunce. and perdicioun; of helle. bren|nynge; with the fier of co|ueitise. swolewe sum thing; in getinge vn|iustly the goodis of othere men. a wickid man; that is, a glotoun. til he kyndle fier; of lecherie. Ech breed is swete; that is, ech wiyf of another man is desira|ble to him. maad weri, etc.; that is, he schal not ceesse to breke Goddis heest, that for|bedith auou|trie. til to the ende; of his liyf. Lire here. C. ben plenteu|ouse in synnes, and the thridde bringith ire and perdicioun. An hoot soule bren|nynge as fier schal not be quenchid, til it swolewe sum thing; and a wickid man in the mouth of his fleisch schal not faile, til he kyndle fier. Ech breed is swete to a letcherouse man; he schal not be maad weri, trespassynge `til tovnto I. the ende. Ech man that passith his bedthat passith his bed; bi auoutrie. the drede of siche a man; that is, of auouter, bi which he dred|ith to be priued fro his lust. the iȝen of men, etc.; that is, men that knowen his auoutrie, and seruen him therynne, for drede of his offence, and preisen him, and nurschen him in hise yuels, putten awey fro him Goddis drede. Lire here. C., doith dispit aȝens his soule, and seith, Who seeth me? Derknessis cumpassen me, and wallis kyueren me, and no man biholdith me. Whom drede Y? The hiȝeste schal not haue mynde on my synnes. And he vn|dirstondith not, that the iȝe of himhim, that is, of God, V. seeth alle thingis; for whi the drede of siche a man puttith awei fro him the drede of God, and the iȝen of men that dreden hym putten awei fro hym Goddis drede. And he knew not, that the iȝen of the Lord ben myche more clerere than the sunne, and biholden alle the weies of men, and the depthe of the see, andand thei I. biholden the hertis of men in to hid partis. For whi alle thingis weren knowun to the Lord, bifore that theitho CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXYa. weren maad of nouȝt; so and aftir the makyng he bi|holdith alle thingis. This man schal be punyschid in the stretis of the citee; he schal be dryuun a wei as an horse colt, and he schal be takun, where he hopith not. And he schal be schenschip to alle men; for he vndurstood not the drede of the Lord. So and ech womman forsak|ynge hir hosebonde schal do synne, and ordeynynge eritageeritage; that is, eir of hir hosebonde. matrymonye; whanne hir auouter was weddid. to him; that is, to hir hosebonde. rootis; for thei schulen not be stablischid in the eritage of the hosebonde. sue the Lord; bi the weye of riȝtfulnesse. lengthe of dayes; that is, euerlastinge liyf. Lire here. C. of an alien matri|monye. For firste sche was vnbileueful in the lawe of the hiȝeste, and the se|counde tyme sche forsook hir hosebonde; and the thridde tyme sche was defoulid in auowtrie, and ordeynede to hym sones of another man. `This wommanSche this I. schal be brouȝt in to the chirche, and me schal bi|holde on hir sones. Hir sones schulen not ȝyue rootis, and hir braunchis schulen not ȝyue fruyt. Thei schulen leeue the mynde of hir in to cursyng, and the schenschipe of hir schal not be don awei. And thei that ben left schulen knowe, that no thing is betere than the drede of God, and no|thing is swettere than to biholde in the comaundementis of the Lord. It is greet glorie to sue the Lord; for whi lengthe of daies schulen be takun of hym.

 CAP. XXIV.

Wisdom schal preiseWisdom schal preise, etc.; that is, God the Sone schal preise him silf. onourid in God; the Fa|dir. haue glorie in the siȝt of his vertu; that is, in merueil|ouse werkis, doon bi the vertu of the hiȝeste. Y the firste gendrid; that is seid in the persoone of God the Sone. of the mouth of the hiȝeste; that is, of the vertu of gen|dring of God the Fadir. Lire here. C. his soule, and he schal be onourid in God; and he schal haue glorie in the myddis of his puple. And he schal opene his mouth in the chirchis of the hiȝeste; and he schal haue glorie in the siȝt of his vertu. And he schal be enhaunsid in the myddis of his puple; and he schal wondre in hooli plenteefulnesse, ether plentee, C et ceteri præter Y.. And in the multitude of chosun men he schal haue preisyng; and among blessid men he schal be blessid, and seie, I, the firste gendrid bifore ech creature, cam forth fro the mouth of the hiȝeste. I made in heuenes, that liȝt neuere failynge roos vp, and as a cloude Y hilide al erthe. Y dwell|ide in hiȝeste thingis, and my trone in a piler of cloude. Y aloone ȝede aboute the cumpas of heuene, and Y perside the depthe of the see; and Y ȝede in the wawis of the see, and Y stood in al the lond. And Y hadde the firste dignite inof C. ech pu|ple, and in ech folk; and Y trad bi vertu on the neckis of alle excelent men and meke; and in alle these men Y souȝte reste, and Y schal dwelle in the eritage of the Lord. Thanne the creatour of alle comaundide, and seide to me; and he that formyde me, restide in my tabernacle; and he seide to me, Dwelle thou in Jacob, and take thou eritage in Israel, and sende thou rootis in my chosun men. Y was gendrid offro N sec. m. a. the bigynnyngof the bigyn|nyng; the bigynnyng of tyme may not be vndur|stondun herbi, but the bigyn|nyng here is seid the Fadir, which is the bigynnyng of comyng forth of persoones in the Trynyte. and bifor worldis; that is, euerlasting|ly, without bi|gynnyng of tyme. not faile til to the world to comynge; that is, Y schal dwelle perfitly with outen ende. mynys|tride; that is, made to my|nystre, bi Aa|ron and othere good prestis. Lire here. C. and bifore worldis, and Y schal not faile `til tovnto I. the world toOm. I. comynge; and Y mynystride in an hooli dwellyng bifore hym. And so Y was maad stidfast in SyonY was maad stidefast in Sion; this stidefastnesse seith not ony chaunging in God, but in a creature, wher|ynne Goddis ȝiftis ben stab|lischid stide|fastliere. God|dis wisdom is seid maad stide|fast in the hil of Sion, for the temple was bildid there, in which temple the arke and propiciatorie, which repre|sentide the seete of God, hadden stable dwelling, and weren no more borun aboute fro place to place. Y root|ide; that is, stablischide stidefastliere my ȝiftis. in a puple onour|id; that is, in the puple of Israel, that was onourid of God more than othere puplis. eritage therof; that is, of the puple onourid. in to the partis of my God; that is, at the Fadir, which is my God, in as myche as Y am man; ether the Fadir is seid God of the Sone, for the Sone is seid God of God. in to the partis of my God; that is, of the Fadir, which is God, of whom Y am; nethelesse Y am the same God with him in being, and am departid onely in persoone. Lire here. C., and in lijk maner Y restide in a citee halewid, and my power was in Jerusalem. And Y rootid in a puple onourid; and the eritage therof in to the partis of my God, and my with|oldingmy withholding, etc.; that is, my dwelling bi grace is in the congregacioun of seyntis. Lire here. C. in the plenteefulnesse CEGHIV. of seyntis. Y was enhaunsid as a cedre in Liban, and as a cipresse tree in the hil of Syon. Y was enhaunsid as a palm tree in Cades, and as the plauntyng of roose in Jeryco. AsAnd as I. a fair olyue tree in feeldis; and Y was en|haunsid as a plane tree bisidis watir in stretis. As canel and bawme ȝyuynge greet smelle, Y ȝaf odour; as chosun myrre Y ȝaf the swetnesse of odour. And as storax, and galban, and vngulavngula; that is, a tre of greet odour, and is liyk a mannus nayl. Lire here. CV., and gumme, and as Liban not kit doun, Y made hoot my dwellyng place; and myn odour as bawme not meddlid. Y as a terebynte stretchide forth my boowis; and my boowis ben boowisOm. I. of onour, and of glorie. YAnd Y A. as a vyne made fruyt the swetnesse of odour; and my flouris ben the fruytis of onour, and of oneste. I am a modir of fair loue, and of drede, and of knowyng, and of hooli hope. In me is al grace of weie, and of treuthe; in me is al hope of lijf and of vertu. Alle ȝe that coueiten me, passepasseth I. to me; and be ȝe fillid of my generaciouns. For whi my spirit is swete aboue hony; and myn eritage is aboue hony, and hony comb. My mynde is in the generacioun of worldis. Thei that eten me, schulen hungre ȝit; and thei that drynken me, schulen thirste ȝit. He that herith me, shal not be schent; and thei that worchen in me, schulen not do synne; and thei that declarendeclaren, ether shewen, K marg. me, schulen haue euere lastynge lijf. Alle these thingis is the book of lijf, and the testament of the hiȝeste, and the knowyng of treuthe. Moises comaundide a lawe in the co|maundementis of riȝtfulnessis, and eritage to the hous of Jacob, and biheestis to Is|rael. He settide to DauidHe settide to Dauyth; that is, ordeynede, ether bihiȝte. kyng; that is, Crist, that cam of the seed of Dauyth vpe fleisch, bi the virgyn Marie. C., his child, to reise of hym a kyng moost strong, and sittynge with outen ende in the trone of onour. Which kyng fillith wisdom, as Phison schedith out watir; and as Tigris in the daies of newe thingis. Which, as Eufrates, fillith wit; which multiplieth, as Jordan in the tyme of heruest. Which sendith techyng as liȝt; and is niȝ alle men, as Gion in the dai of vendage. Which makith perfitli first to knowe that wisdom; and a feblere man schal not enserche it. For whi the thouȝt therofthe thouȝt therof, etc.; that is, his knowing is more plente|ouse than the see. and his councel; is vn|comprehensi|ble. Lire here. C. schal be plen|teuouse of the see; and his counsel in the greet occian. Y wisdom schedde out floodis; Y as a weieas a weye; that is, a strong rennyng. Lire here. CV. of ful greet watir of the flood. Y as the flood Dorix, and as a watir cundit Y ȝede out of paradisof paradiys; that is, of the Fadir, in whom is al good and al swetnesse. watere my gar|dyn; that is, the gardyn of the fiȝtinge chirche. the fruyt of my child beryng; that is, the cumpenye of apostlis, and of othere men bi|leuynge, that resseyueden the ȝiftis of the Hooly Goost plenteously in the day of Pen|tecost. Lire here. C.. Y seide, I schal watir my gardyn of plaunt|yngis; and Y schal greetli fille the fruyt of my child beryng. And lo! a plenteu|ouse weie of watir is maad to me; and my flood neiȝede to the see. For Y liȝtne techyng as the cheer morewtid to alle men; and Y schal telle out it `til tovnto I. fer. Y schal perse alle the lowere partis of erthe, and Y schal biholde alle that slepen; and Y schal liȝtne alle that hopen in the Lord. Ȝit Y schal schede out tech|ing as profesieas profesie; that is, as cer|teyn and trewe teching, as pro|fesie schewid of God. Y schal leeue it to hem; in scripture. not fayle; to teche hem bi writing. hooli world; that is, to comyng in blis. Lire here. C., and Y schal leeue it to hem that seken wisdom; and Y schal not faile in to the generaciouns of hem, til in to the hooli world. Se ȝe, that Y trauelide not to me aloone, but to alle that seken out treuthe.

 CAP. XXV.

In thre thingis it is plesid to my spirit, which ben appreued bifore God and men; acordyng of britheren, and loue of neiȝ|boris, aand a I. man and womman wel consent|ynge to hem silf. My soule hatide thre spicis, and Y am greued greetli to the soule of hemto the soule of hem; that is, malice of hem. eld man; that is, vnkunnynge, not for defaute of kynde, but for he dispiside to lerne. Lire here. C.; a pore man proud, and a riche man liere, and an eld man a fool and vnwitti. Hou schalt thou fynde in thin eelde tho thingis, whiche thou gaderist not in thi ȝongthe? Doom is ful fairDoom is ful fair; that is, doom of discre|cioun is ful fair in an hoor heed, ether eld man. and to prestis; that owen kunne the lawe of God. to knowe councel; that is, to haue good councel and certeyn. vnsus|pect of herte; that is, of goodnesse, of which thingis noon owith for to doute. vn|worthi; that is, to synneris in consentinge to hem in yuel. tellith out; as a techere. to an eere her|inge; that is, to a man holdinge in herte, and fillinge in werk. Lire here. C. in hoornesse, and to preestis to knowe coun|cel. Wisdom is ful fair to eelde men, and gloriouse vndirstondyng, and councel. The coroun of eelde men is in myche kunnyng; and the glorie of hem is the drede of God. I magnefiede nyne thingis vnsuspect of the herte; and Y schal seie the tenthe thing bi tunge to men. A man which lyuynge is myrie in sones, and seynge the distriyng of hise enemyes. He is blessid that dwellith with a witty womman, and he that felle not bi his tunge, and he that seruyde not to men vnworthi to hym silf. He is blessid that fyndith a very frend, and he that tellith out riȝtfulnesse to an eere heringe. He is ful greet that fyndith wisdom and kunnyng; but he is not aboue him that dredith Godthat dredith God; the drede of God is the more good, and pass|ith alle goodis biforseid. therto; that is, to Goddis drede, for whi drede makith a man suget to God, and so doith feith. Lire here. C.. The drede of God hath set ithym I. silf aboue alle thingis. Blessid is the man to whom it is ȝouun to have the drede of God; to whom schal he be licned, that holdith that drede? The drede of God is the bigynnyng of his loue; forsothe the bigynnyng of feith is to be faste ioyned therto. The sorewe of herte is ech woundeThe sorewe of herte is ech wounde; that is, as the so|rewe of herte passith ech wounde of bodi, so the malice of a womman pass|ith al the ma|lice of a man. A leche schal se ech wounde; of bodi. and not the wounde; that is, heuy|nesse of herte. and al wickid|nesse, etc.; as if he seie, outir|ly a man may perseyue al ma|lice outakun the malice of a womman, for she colourith it more bi ap|peringe fren|schipe to hir hosebonde. and ech hiling; that is, colouring of malice, ech a man may per|seyue, outakun the traiterouse colouring of hateris and enemyes, so it is of a wickid womman, that hidith bi signes of frenschipe the hatrede which she hath to hir hose|bonde. Lire here. C.; and the wickidnesse of a wom|man is al malice. A leche shal se ech wounde, and not the wounde of herte; and al wickidnesse, and not the wickid|nesse of a womman; and ech hilynghilyng, that is, colouringe of malice, V., and not hilyngthe hiling Y. of hateris; and ech veniaunce, and not the veniaunce of enemyes. Noon heed is worse than the heed of an eddre dwellynge in schadewe; and noon ire is aboue the ire of a womman. It schal plese more to dwelle with a lioun and a dragoun, than to dwelle with a wickid womman. The wickidnesse of a womman chaungith hir face; and sche blyndide her cheer as a beer doithOm. I., and sche schal schewe as a sak in the myddis of neiȝboris. Hir hosebonde weilide; and his wickid wijf herde, and siȝȝide a litil. Al malice is schort on the malice of a womman; the parte of synneristhe part of synne; that is, the peyne of helle, which is the part of syn|neris, as the liyf of glorie is part of iust men. Lire here. C. falle on hir. As a stiynge ful of grauel in the feet of an elde man, so is a womman a greet ian|glere to a pesible man. Biholde thou not the fairnesse of a womman, and coueyte thou not a womman for fairnesse. The ire and vnreuerence of a wommanof a wom|man; to hir hosebonde. Lire here. C. isto hir hosebond is V. gretea grete C. schenschipe. If a womman hath the firste dignyte, ethir cheef gouernail, sche is contrarie to hir hosebonde. A low herte, and soreuful face, and wounde of deeth, is a wickid womman. Feble hondisFeble hondis; to worche wel. knees vnbound|un; that is, redi to do auoutrie. bless|ith not; that is, dispisith. at thyn hond; that is, bi thi ruling. kitte hir awey; bi departing fro bed; and this is seid of a womman vn|corrigible, ether that wole ne|uere be amend|id, for whi to holde hir, is to consente to hir synne. Lire here. C. and knees vnboundun, a womman that blessith not hir hosebonde. The bygyn|nyng of synne was maad of a womman; and alle we dien bi hir. Ȝyue thou not issu to thi watirwater; that is, to a river, for he will ouerflowe that place, be his yssu neuer so lyttill. C sec. m., ȝhe, not a litil issu; ne|ther to a wickid womman fredom of goyng forth. If sche goith not at thin hond, sche schal schende thee in the siȝt of ene|myes. Kitte hir a wei fro thi fleischis, lest euere sche mysvse thee.

 CAP. XXVI.

The hosebonde of a good womman is blessid; for whi the noumbre of her ȝeeris is double. A strong wommanA strong womman; that is, aȝenus synnes. Lire here. C.womman aȝenus synnes V. delitith hir hosebonde; and shal fille in pees the ȝeeris of his lijf. A good womman is a good parta good part; that is, of ma|trymonye. Lire here. C.; in the good part of hem that dreden God, sche schal be ȝouun to a man for goode dedis. Forsothe the herte of a riche man and of a poreof a riche man and of a pore, etc.; that is, if he hath a good wiyf. Lire here. C. man is goodthat is, if thei han goode wyues. V marg.; in al tyme her cheer is glad. Myn herte dredde of thre thingis, and my face dredde in the fourthe thing. Bitraiyng of a citee, and the gadering togidere of puplethe gadering togidere of pu|ple; that is, conspiring of the puple aȝe|nus the prince. C., and fals chaleng; alle thingis greuouse on deth. The sorewe of herte, and moren|yng is a ielouse wommana gelouse womman; is a contynuel so|rewe to hir hosebonde, of whom sche sup|posith to be disseyued, and so sche yma|gyneth conty|nuely aȝenus him. beting of tunge; aȝenus hir hosebonde. comynyth with alle men; that is, settith forth hirsilf to othere men. a scor|pioun; that makith fair semelaunt with the face, and prickith with the tail; so a wickid wom|man drawith by flateryngis, and prickith til to deth, as Dalida dide to Sampson, in xvij. co. of Ju|dicum. greet ire; that is, cause of greet ire to hir hose|bonde, for sche wastith hise goodis, and schewith hise priuytes. not turnyng awey; fro ȝonge men dissolute, and vnonest specta|clis. occasioun; that is, leiser. Lire here. C.. In a gelouse womman is betyng of tunge, and sche comyneth with alle men. As a ȝok of oxis which is mouyd, so and a wickid womman; he that holdith hir, is as he that takith a scorpioun. A drunkelew womman is greet ire, and dispisyng; and hir filthe schal not be hilid. The forny|cacioun of a womman is in the reisyng of yȝen; and schal be knowun in the iȝe liddis of hir. Make thou sad kepyngthe kepyng I. in a douȝtir not turnynge a wei hir silf; lest sche mysvse hir silf, if sche fyndith oc|casioun. Be thou war of al vnreuerence of hir iȝen; and wondre thou not, if sche dispisith thee. As a weiegoere thirstynge schal opene the mouth at a welle, and schal drynke of ech watir next; and the forseid douȝtir schal sitte aȝens ech paleech pale; that is, ech place couenable to fornycacioun. opene the arowe caas, etc.; that is, schal schewe hir schamefast membris to ech that axith; mannus ȝerde is clepid an arowe at Ebreys. faile; til to hir deth. a lerned soule; that is, of a lerned hose|bonde, for he nolde chaunge hir for ony thing. Lire here. C., and schal opene the arowe caas aȝens ech arowe, til sche faile. The grace of a bisi womman schal delite hir hosebonde; and schal make fat hise boonus. The kun|nyng of hir is the ȝifte of God. A wijs womman andand a I. stille is not chaungyng of a lernyd soule. Grace on grace is an hooli womman, and schamfast. Forsothe al weiyng is not worth a contynent soule. As the sunne risynge in the world in the hiȝeste thingis of God, so the fairnesse of a good womman is in to the ournement of hir hous. A lanterne schynynge on an hooli candilstike, and the fairnesse of a facefairnesse of the face, etc.; that is, as sich a lanterne liȝt|neth the chirche, and sich a face makith fair ripe age, so a good womman makith fair hir hows. stidefast womman; in vertu, that is, which renneth not aboute fro hows to hows, is ensaumple of goostli fair|nesse, and of outermere oneste. Lire here. C. on stidfast age. Goldun pileris on siluerne foundementis, and stidfast feet on the soolis of a stidfast womman. Euer|lastynge foundementis on a sad stoon, and the heestis of God in the herte of an hooli womman.

 CAP. XXVII.

In twei thingis myn herte was maad sori, and in the thridde thing wrathfulnesse cam to me. A man aOm. I. werriour failynge bi nedynesse, and a wijs man dispisid. And God hath maad hym redi to the swerd, that passith ouer fro riȝtfulnesse to synne. TweiTwo I. spices apperiden harde and perilouse to me; a marchaunt is de|lyuereda marchaunt is delyuerid, etc.; of his helthe, for he coueytith ouer|myche ertheli goodis. Lire here. C. of hard fro his necgligence, and a tauerner schal not be iustified of synnes of lippis. Many men han trespassid for nedynesse; and he that sekithhe that sek|ith; bi vnre|sonable desir. turne awei; fro riȝtfulnesse. Lire here. C. to be maad riche, turneth a wei his iȝe. As a stake is fastned in the myddis of a heep of stoonys, so and a man schal be an|gwischidschal be an|gwischid; that is, the sillere, that enforsith to decreesse of the iust priys. with him that trespass|ith; for in deth the synnere is al to-brokun, and thanne the doyng of synne is endid, for the tyme of merit and of trespass|ing ceessith thanne. thin hows; that is, bilding of ver|tues. dust; that is, vile thingis, as stonys, metis, and liyk thingis. an|gwisch of a man; that is, synnere. in thouȝt of him; for whi remors of synne, which is seid the worm of consience, dwellith in his consience, thouȝ the dede of synne is passid. Lire here. C. bi synnes bitwixe the middis of sillyng and biyng. Trespas schal be al to-brokun with hym that trespassith. If thou holdist not thee diligentli in the drede of the Lord, thin hous schal soone be turned vpsedoun. As dust schal dwelle in the hoolis of a riddil, so the angwisch of a man schal dwelle in the thouȝt of hym. A furneis preueth the vessels of a pottere; and the temptacioun of tribulacioun preu|eth iust men. As cherliche trauel aboute a tree schewith the fruyt therof, so a word of thouȝt schewith the herte of manj. Preise thou not a man bifore a wordbifor a word; fulli endid. temptacioun; that is, preuyng. Lire here. C.; for whi this is the temptacioun of men. If thou suest riȝtfulnesse, thou schalt take it; thou schalt clothe it as a long cloth of onour, and thou schalt dwelle with it, and it schal defende thee with outen ende, and in the dai of knowingkunning A. thou shalt fynde stidfastnesse. Volatilis comen to|gidere to briddis lijk hem silf; and treuthe schal turne aȝen to hem that worchen it. A lioun settith aspies euere to huntyng; so synnesso synnes, etc.; that is, fendis that in|dusen men to synne, setten aspies to hem that worchen wickidnesse, til thei leden hem to helle. Lire here. C. to hem that worchen wickidnesse. An hooly man dwellith in wisdom, as the sunne dwellith stabliOm. I.; for whi a fool is chaungid as the moone. In the myddis of vnwise men kepe thou a word to tyme; but be thou bisi in the myddis of hem that thenken the lawe of God. The tellyng of synneris is hateful; and the leiȝyng of hem is in the trespassis of synne. Speche sweringe myche schal make stondyng up of heeris, for astonying, to the heed; and vnreuer|ence therof is stoppyng of eeris. The schedyng out of blood is in the chidyng of proude men; and the cursyng of hem is greuouse heryngis greuouse hering; for in her chiding thei blasfemen God ofte, and it is ful greuouse to feithful eeris to here sich blas|femye of God. Lire here. C.. He that schewith opynli the priuytees of a frend, leesith feithfulnesse; and he schal not fynde a frend to his soule. Loue thou a neiȝbore, and be thou ioyned with hym in feith. For if thou schewist opynli the priuytees of hym, thou schalt not perfitli suenot perfitli sue; that is, thou schalt gete the kyuering of perfit fren|schipe. that leesith his frend; bi deth of him he may no more re|keuere him. leesith fren|schipe, etc.; bi schewing of his pryuyte, for siche frenschipe is not rekyuer|id perfitly. Lire here. C. aftir hym. For as a man that leesith his frend, so he that leesith the frenschipe of his neiȝbore. And as a man that latith go a brid fro his hond, so thou that hast forsake thi neiȝbore, and thou schalt not take hym. Thou schalt not sue hym, for he is fer absent; for he ascapid as a capret fro a snare, for the soule of hym is woundid. Thou schalt no more mow bynde hym togidere; but of yuel seiyngman I. is acordyng. Sotheli to schewe opynli the pryuytees of a frend, is dispeirto schewe opynli the pry|uytes of a frend is dispeir; that is, of a man that schewith priuyte, for he owith not to hope perfit re|formyng of the firste frenschip. that twynclith etc. makith yuels; aȝenus that man that bileueth him a veri frend. caste him awey; for he bileueth that he is his frend, and holdith him with himsilf. defoule his mouth; spek|inge plesaunt thingis to thee. schal wondre; that is, schal feyne him for to wondre, as if thou hast seid wordis of deep wisdom, and so he schal more disseyue thee. sette sclaundir; in dispisinge tho thingis as fon|ned, and yuele thingis, whiche he semyde bifor|to to arette hiȝe and goode. Lire here. C. of a soule vnblessid. He that twynclith with the iȝe, makith wickid thingis; and no man schal caste hym awei. In the siȝt of thin iȝen he schal defoule his mouth, and he schal wondre on thi wordis; but at the laste he schal turne weiwerdli his mouth, and in his wordis he schal ȝyue sclaundre. Y herde mani thingisY herde many thingis; that is, yuels, and Y arettyde not another malice euene to the malice of this man. wounde of a gileful man; that is, what|euer yuel pro|curid of a gile|ful man to an|other gileful man schal mul|tiplie yuels on him. Lire here. C., and Y made not euene to hym; and the Lord schal hate hym. If a man throwithsendith CEFGHIKNPQRSUVXa. castith M. a stoon anon A. hiȝ, it schal falle on his heed; and the gileful wounde of a gyleful man schal departe woundis. And he that dig|gith a diche, schal falle in to it; and he that settith a stoon to a neiȝbore, schal offende therynne; and he that settith a snare to a nother man, schal perische ther ynne. If a man makith worst councel, it schal be turned on hym; and he schal not knowe fro whennus it schal come to him. The scornyng and dispisyng of proude menscornyng and dispisyng of proude men; that is, which ben doon of proude men in wordis and dedis to meke men and pore. sette aspie to him; to the peyne of helle. bi a snare; of the deuel, for whi sich gladnesse is streiȝtly contrarie to the charite of neiȝbore. holde tho; that is, schal holde euer either with ynne himsilf, for he is a vessel able to conteyne yuel. Lire here. C. and veniaunce schal sette a spie to hym, as a lioun doith. Thei that deliten in the fal of iust men, schulen perische bi a snare; forsothe sorewe schal waste hem, bifore that thei dien. Ire and woodnesse, euer either ben abhomynable; and a synful man schal holde tho.

 CAP. XXVIII.

He that wole be vengid, schal fynde of the Lord veniaunce; and he kepynge schal kepe hise synnesschal kepe hise synnes; to be punyschid hardere bi his riȝtfulnesse. forȝyue thou to thi neiȝbore; the offence which owith euere to be forȝouun, but to forȝyue the wrong is not of nede; but of excelent perfeccioun, and sumtyme it spedith not to forȝyue the wrong, that is, whanne he that doith wrong takith more booldnesse to do wrong, and othere men taken occasioun to do liyk thingis. Lire here. C.. Forȝyue thou to thi neiȝbore that anoieth thee, and thanne synnesthe synnes I. schulen be releessid to thee prei|ynge. A man kepith ire to man; and sekith he of God medicyn? He hath no merci on a man lijk hym silf; and bisech|ith he the hiȝeste for hise owne synnes? He the while he is fleisch, reserueth ire; and axith he of God merci? who schal preie for hise synnes? Haue thou mynde on the laste thingis, and ceesse thou to be enemy. For whi failyng and deth neiȝen not in the comaundementis of God. Haue thou mynde on the drede of the Lord, and be thouOm. I. not wrooth to the neiȝbore. Haue thou mynde on the testament of the hiȝeste, and dispise thou the ignoraunceignoraunce; that is, offence doon to thee, and forȝete thou it. Lire here. C. of thi neiȝbore. Absteyne thee fro strijf, and thou schalt abreggedecreesse, ether abregge CEFGHIKMNPQRUVXa. synnes. For whi a wrathful man kyndlith strijf; and a synful mana synful man; that is, a sowere of dis|cordis. the ver|tu of a man; that is, his ex|celence demed of him. fier; of wrathful|nesse and wood|nesse. Lire here. C. schal disturble frendis, and he schal sende in enemyte in the myddis of men hauynge pees. For whi aftir the trees of theOm. CV. wode, so fier schal brenne an hiȝ; and after the myȝtevertu CEGHKMNPQRSUVXa. power F sec. m. of aOm. ceteri. man, so his wrathfulnesse schal be, and aftir his catel he schal enhaunse his ire. Hasti stryu|yng schal kyndle fier, and hasti chidyng schal schede out blood; and a tungea tunge, etc.; that is, seiynge, Venge thee on him, he dis|seruede wel. Lire here. C. ber|ynge witnessing schal brynge deth. If thou blowistIf thou blow|ist; that is, bryngist forth a word at the stiring of him, that is wrooth. brenne; that is, enflawme the ire more. spetist ther|onne; that is, on the tunge, witnessinge ether excitinge to take ven|iaunce, in schewinge that thilke tunge is yuel. it schal be quenchid; that is, the ire wrathfulnesse and of wood|nesse schal be quenchid. euer either, etc.; that is, a word kyndlinge ire, and a word re|freyninge it. the thridde tunge; that sowith dis|cordis, for it is the thridde ether the myddil tunge among the tungis of hem, whiche it makith to dis|corde. Lire here. C., as fier it schal brenne an hiȝ; and if thou spetist theron, it schal be quenchid; euer either comen forth of the mouth. A preuy bacbiter, and a double tungid mana dowble tungid man; is he that spekith fayre bifore a man, and yuel bihynde him; and so a preuy bacbiter, that dar not avow that that he spekith bifore the persone that he spekith yuel bi, is a dowble tungid man, and he that flaterith his neiȝbore bifore him, and spekith yuel bihynde hym, is a dowble tungid man. Also the tunge of the preuey bacbiter is clepid the thridde tunge; for he that the flaterer flatereth, hath o tunge, and he that he tellith the tale of bacbityng to, hath the secunde tunge, and the bacbiter him silf hath the thridde tunge, for he, as the thridde, makith debate bitwen a man and his neiȝbore. A. is cursid; for he disturblide many men hauynge pees. The thridde tunge hath stirid many men, and hath scaterid hem fro folc in to folc. It hath distried wallid citees of riche men, and hath myned doun the housis of grete men. Itand AF sec. m. hath kit doun the vertues of puplis, and hath vnknit strong folkis. The thridde tunge hath cast out weddid wym|menweddid wymmen; summe bokis han onest wymmen, ether dredinge schame. in whom he schal reste; that is, triste verily. bi her tunge; for these men dien bi the deth of synne, and if they repenten not, bi the deth of helle. Lire here. C., and hath priued hem of her tra|uelis. He that biholdith thethat C. thridde tunge, schal not haue rest; nether schal haue a frend, in whom he schal reste. The wounde of betyng makith wannesse; but the wounde of tunge schal make lesse the boonys. Many men fellen doun bi the scharpnesse of swerd; but not so as thei that perischiden bi her tunge. He is blessid that is kyuerid fro a wickid tunge; and he that passide not in the wrathfulnesse therof, and he that drow not the ȝok therof, and was not boundun in the bondis therof. For whi the ȝok therof is an irun ȝok, and the boond ther|of is a brasun boond. The deth therof is the worste deth; and helle is morehelle is more, etc.; that is, the peyne of helle is lesse yuel than dedly synne, signefied bi the name of the wickid tunge. Lire here. C. profit|able than it. The perseueraunce therof schal not dwelle, but it schal holde the weiesholde the weies, etc.; in going doun to euerlastinge turment. Lire here. C et plures. of vniust men; in his flawme it schal not brenne iust men. Thei that forsaken God, schulen falle in to it; and it schal brenne greetli in hem, and it schal not be quenchid; and as a lioun it schal be sent in to hem, and as a parde it schal hirte hem. BisetteBisette, etc.; in eschewinge bacbitingis, and in repreuynge scharply the bacbiteris. doris; of dis|creet silence, that thou speke and be stille, in couenable tyme. Lire here. C. thin eeris with thornes, and nyle thou here a wickid tunge; and make thou doris to thi mouth, and lockis to thin eeris. Welle thou to|gidereWelle thou to|gidere, etc.; that is, tempere thou, and dis|pose thi wisdom and fair speche, that thou holde stille thingis, that ben worthi to be holdun stille, and that thou speke thingis worthi to be spokun, and with du circumstances. Lire here. C. thi gold, and thi siluer; and make thou a balaunce to thi wordis, and riȝtful bridels to thi mouth. And take heede, lest perauenture thou slide in tunge, and falle in the siȝt of enemyesenemyes; that is, fendis. in to deth; of helle, fro which is no re|dempcioun. Lire here. C., settynge tre|soun to thee, and thi falle be vncurable in to deth.

 CAP. XXIX.

He that doith merci, leeneth to his neiȝ|bore; and he that is ful myȝti in hondin hond; that is, in power to ȝyue largely. kepith the comaunde|mentis; not onely leenynge, but also in ȝyu|ynge. Lire here. C., kepith the comaundementis. Leene thou to thi neiȝbore in the tyme of his nede; and eft ȝelde thou to a neiȝbore in his tyme. Conferme thou a word, and do thou feithfuli with hym; and in al tyme thou schalt fynde that, that is nedeful to thee. Many men gessiden borewyng as fyndyng, and ȝauen disese to thothilke I. men that helpiden hem. Til thei taken, thei kissen the hondis of the ȝyuer; and in biheestis thei maken meke her vois. And in the time of ȝelding he schal axe tyme, and he schal speke wordis of anoie, and of grutchingis, and heOm. A. schal calenge falsli the tymecalenge falsly the tyme; and seie that it was ouerdere, ether sum such thing, to tarie the pai|yng of dette. as fyndyng; that is, as if he were not holdun to restore. Ellis; that is, if he may not with|holde that, that is lent to him. defraude him in his money; in ȝelding to him fals money for trewe, ether in denyinge hoolliche the dette. Lire here. C.. Forsothe if he mai ȝelde, he schal be aduersarie; of a schilling vnne|this he schal ȝelde the half, and he schal rekyn that as fyndyng. Ellis he schal de|fraude him in his monei, and the leenere schal haue him an enemy with outen cause. And he schal ȝelde to hym, that is, to the leenere, wrongis and cursyngis; and for onour and benefice he schal ȝelde to hym dispisyng. Many men lenten not `to pore neiȝborisOm. I., not for cause of wick|idnesse, but thei dredden to be defraudid with outen cause. Netheles on a meke man in souleon a meke man in soule; that is, a ful pore dettour. be thou strongere; in largenesse. and for almes; that is, for dette, that owith to be turned into almes in sich a caas. drawe thou not him; to doom, that he be compellid to ȝelde the dette. For the comaundement; of the Lord, that comaund|ide ech man to helpe his neiȝ|bore. take thou a pore man; in helpinge him. Leese thou mo|ney, etc.; in spendinge it aboute the nedis of hem, for thouȝ it be wastid in this caas, netheles more good schal be ȝoldun for it. vndur a stoon; in gaderinge tresour in erthe, but in heuene bi ȝyuyng of almes. Lire here. C. be thou strongere; and for almes drawe thou not hym. For the comaundementcomaundementis A pr. m. a. of God take thou a pore man; and for his nedynesse leeue thou not hym voide. Leese thou monei for a bro|ther and frend, and hide thou not it vndur a stoon, in to perdicioun. Putte thi tre|sour in the comaundementis of the hiȝeste; and it schal profite to thee more than gold `schal profiteOm. I.. Close thou almes in the bosum of a pore man; and this almes schal preye for thee `to be delyuered of GodOm. I. fro al yuel. The almes of a man is as a bagge with hym; and it schal kepe the gracethe grace; that is, Goddis grace ȝouun to man. rise aȝen; bi resseuyng of meede in an other liyf. Lire here. C. of man as the appil of the iȝe. And aftirward it schal rise aȝen, and schal ȝelde to hem a ȝelding, to ech man in to the heed of hem. Aboue athe I. scheld of thea I. myȝti man, and aboue a spere it schal fiȝte aȝens thin enemye. A good man makith feithmakith feith; in bicomynge borow for him in nede. that leesith; feith anentis the neiȝbore, and tristith not to him to bicome borow for him. schame; that is, schal suffre his neiȝbore be schamed, ether schent. Lire here. C. to his neiȝbore; and he that leesith, schal leeue schame to hym. Forȝete thou not the grace of the borewe; for he ȝaf his lijf for theeȝaf his liyf for thee; in oblischinge that is nedeful to him to susteyne his liyf. fleeth the biheetere; that is, the borow, and nyle delyuere him. Lire here. C.. A synful man and vn|cleene fleeth the biheetere. A synnere ar|retteth to hym silf the goode wordis of the borowe; and the vnkynde man in wit for|sakith a man delyuerynge hym. A man biheetithbihotith I. for his neiȝbore; and whanne `the neiȝborehe I. hath lost reuerencelost reuer|ence; that is, schamefastnesse bifor God and men. forsakun of him; that is, suffringe his borow to be tretid hardi of the creauncer. Lire here. C., the borew schal be forsakun of hym. Worst biheestWorstbiheest; bi which the neiȝbore bihiȝte falsly to dely|uere his borow. Lire here. C. hath lost many louynge men, and hath moued hem as the wawis of the see. It goynge in cumpas made myȝti men to passe ouer; and thei wandriden aboute amongOm. I. alien folkis. A synnere brekynge the comaundement of the Lord schal falle in to a wickid biheestin to a wickid biheest; bi bo|rewrede, wher|ynne he biheet|ith that he schal paye for an other man, if he failith. This biheest is seid yuel, in as myche as yuels bifallen to him therbi. Reky|uere, etc.; in bi|comynge borow for him, so that thou falle not in to tribula|cioun. lest thou falle; in to the forseid yuels. Lire here. C.; and he that enforsith to do many thingis, schal falle in to dom. Rekiuere thi neiȝbore bi thi vertu; and take heed to thi silf, lest thou falle. The bigynnyng of lijf of a man is watir, and breedwater, and breed; that is, mesurable drynke and mete; thus breed and wa|ter is takun for mete and drynke gene|rally, in IV. book of Kyngis, xvj. co. and clothing; sym|ple to nede and not to curiouste. hilinge filthe; that is, tho thingis whiche it were foul to do opinli, thouȝ tho ben not yuele thingis, as to ȝelde dette to the wiyf, and siche thingis. vndur the hil|ing of sparris; that is, in a litil hows of thyn owne. in pil|grimage; that is, in an other lond. the schenschipe of pilgrimage; that is, of vn|stable going aboute in the lond, for ofte siche men ben clepid triwauntis and lozels. Lire here. C., and clothing, and hous hilynge filthe. Betere is the lijflode of a pore man vndur the hilyng of sparris, than schynynge feestis in pilgrymage with outen hous. The leeste thing pleeseplesith CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXa. thee for a greet thing; and thou schalt not here the schenschipe of pilgrymage. It is wickid lijf to seke herbore fro hous in to hous; and where he schal be herborid, he schal not do tristili, nethir he schal opene the mouth. He schal be herborid, and he schal feede, and ȝyue drinke to vnkynde men; and ȝit he schal here bittir thingis. Passe, thou that art herborid, and araye a table; and ȝyue thou meetis to othere men, tho thingis that thou hast in the hond. Go thou out fro the face of the onour of my frendis, for the frend|schipe, ethir affinyte, of myn hous; bi herboryng thou art maad a brother to me. These thingis ben greuouse to a man hau|ynge wit; the repreuyngthe repreuing; that is, chawnging of herbor. the vsurer; that is, of the osteler, which is seid here an vsurer, for he sillith hise thingis to gestis, aboue iust priys bi comyn cours. Lire here. C. of hous, and the dispising of the vsurerthat is, osteler. V marg..

 CAP. XXX.

He that loueth his sone, ȝyueth bisili betingis to hym, that he be glad in hise laste thing, and that the sone touchetouche, etc.; to do fornycacioun. Lire here. C. not the doris of neiȝboris. He that techith his sone, schal be preisid in hym; and schal haue glorie in hym in the myddis of menyals. He that techith his sone, sendith the enemye in to enuye; and in the myddis of frendis he schal haue glorie in that sone. The fadir of hym is deed, and he is as not deed; for he hath left aftir hym a sone lijk hym. He siȝ in his lijf, and was glad in hym; and in his deth he was not sori, nether was aschamed bi|fore enemyes. For he lefte a defendere of the hous aȝens enemyes; and ȝeldynge grace to frendis. For the soulisFor the soulis, etc.; that is, he schal putte forth his liyf to the perel of deth, to defende hise sones in bodily liyf, and goostly, as to vertues. be dis|turblid on ech vois; that is, he schal haue compassion on ech voys of the meynee, biweil|inge him, and he schal coum|forte hem of his siyknesse, ether deth neiȝ|inge. Lire here. C. of sones he schal bynde togidere hise woundis; and hise entrails schulen be disturblid on ech vois. An hors vntemyd, `ether vn|chastisidOm. I., schal ascape hard, and a sone vnchastisid schal ascape heediheedi to visis V.. Flatere thou the sone, and he schal make thee dredinge; pleie thou with hym, and he schal make thee sory. Leiȝe thou notLeiȝe thou not, etc.; in leiȝinge togidre with him of hise folies. astony|ed; for bitter|nesse of thyn herte. hise thouȝtis; that is, not onely bete thou him for yuele dedis, but also for yuele thouȝtis, whanne they appere to thee bi ony signes. Lire here. C. with hym, lest thou haue sorewe togidere, and at the laste thi teeth schulen be astonyed. Ȝyue thou not power to hym in ȝongthe, and dispise thou not hise thouȝtis. Boowe thou his necke in ȝongthe, and bete thou hise sidis, while he is a ȝong child; lest perauenture he wexe hard, and bileue not to thee, and he schal be sorewe of soule to thee. Teche thi sone, and worche in hym; lest thou offende in to the filthe of hym. Betere is a pore man hool, and strong in myȝtis, than a riche man feble, and betun with malice. The helthe of soule is in the hoolynesse of riȝtfulnesse, and it is betere than ony gold and siluer; and a strong bodi is betere than ful myche catel. No catel is aboue the catel of helthe of bodi; and no likyng is aboue the ioie of herte. Betere is deth than bittir lijf, and euer|lastinge resteeuerlastinge reste; that is, reste of bodi in the sepulcre, as longe as pre|sent liyf durith. Lire here. C. is betere than siknesse dwellynge contynueli. Goodis hid in a closid mouthGoodis hid in a closid mouth; that is, kun|nyng in a man slow to teche. dryuun awey, etc.; fro whom kunnyng is takun awey of the Lord in his deth, and is dryuun awey fro the felouschipe of lyuynge men. the meedis of wickidnesse; that is, the synnes of leeu|yng of good. seynge with iȝen; his nec|ligence passid, for peyne open|yde hise iȝen, which synne closide bifore. weilinge; of the leeuyng of multipliyng of kunnyng. as gelding; that may not gendre bodily, so this man may not gendre goostly bi kunnyng. Lire here. C. ben as settyngis forth of metis set aboute a sepulcre. What schal sacrifice profite to an idol? for whi it schal not ete, nether schal smelle. So he that is dryuun awei fro the Lord, and berith the medis of wickidnesse, seynge with iȝen and weilynge inwardli, as a geldynge biclippynge a virgyn, and siȝ|ȝynge. Ȝyue thou not sorewe to thi souleȜyue thou not to sorewe thi soule; that is, vnresonable sorewe, that anoyeth bothe bodi and soule. and turmente not thi silf, etc.; as they doen that dispeiren thorou sorewe, and sleen hem silf. the liyf of man; that is, kepith mannus liyf. A schyn|ynge herte; that is, glad and large. is good in metis; whiche it ȝyu|eth to pore men and onest per|soonys. maad dili|gentli; that is, ben maad redy clenly, and schynyngly, for the forseid per|soones. Lire here. C., and turmente not thi silf in thi counsel. Mirthe of herte, this is the lijf of man, and is tresour of hoolynesse with outen failyng; and ful out ioiyng of a man is long lijf. Haue thou mercy on thi soule, and plese thou God; and holde to|gidere and gadere togidere thin herte in the hoolynesse of hym, and putte fer awei sorewe fro thee. For whi sorewe hath slayn many men; and noon heelthe is ther ynne. Enuye and wrathfulnesse schulen make lesse daies; and thouȝtys schulen brynge eldnesse bifore the tyme. A schynynge herte is good in metis; for whi meetis therof ben maad diligentli.

 CAP. XXXI.

Wakyng of onesteWaking of oneste; that is, in preyer and reding of hooly scripture. schal make fleschis to faile; that is, it schal re|freyne tho fro fleiscly vices. Jerom seith in his pistle to Rustik, the munk, Loue thou the studies of hooly scripturis, and thou schalt not loue the vices of fleisch. take awey sleep; of slouthe and idilnesse. Thouȝt of Goddis biforknowing; bi which God seeth apertly all thingis. turneth awey the wit; fro al yuel. Boys seith in the v. book of Consolacioun, A! ȝe men, greet nede of goodnesse is set to you, if ȝe nylen dissymele; for ȝe doen alle thingis bifor the iȝen of the iuge seynge alle thingis. Lire here. C. schal make fleischis to faile; and thouȝt therof schal take awei sleep. Thouȝt of bifore knowyng turneth awey wit; and greuouse siknesse makith sobre the soule. A ryche manA riche man; a good riche man traueilide to lyue onestly aftir his staat, and to do the werkis of mersi. in his reste; that is, elde age, ether deth, he schal resseyue euerlastinge goodis for temporal goodis. in decreessing; that is, a fool in spending; for he spendith more than he wynneth. that loueth gold; that is, ouermesurably. Lire here. C. trauelide in the gaderyng of catel; and in his reste he schal be fillyd with hise goodis. A pore man trauelide in decreessyng of lijflode; and in the ende he is maad nedi. He that loueth gold, schal not be iustified; and he that sueth wastyng, schal be fillid therof. Many men ben ȝouun in to the fallyngis of goldfallingis of gold; that is, many men felden in to synnes for gold. A tre of offensioun is the gold, etc.; for whi a coueytouse man loueth his gold as his God, and therefor auarice is seruyce of idols, in iij. co. to Coloc. Lire here. C.; and the perdicioun of hem was maad in the feirnesse therof. A tre of offencioun is the gold of hem that maken sacrifice; wo to hem that suen it, and ech vnprudent man schal perische ther ynne. Blissid is a riche man, which is foundun with out wemwith out wem; of co|ueytise and auarice. aftir gold; bi yuel geting, but vside gold in pitouse and onest werkis. Lire here. C.; and that ȝede not aftir gold, nether hopide in money, and tre|souris. Who is this, and we schulen preyse hym? for he dide merueils in his lijf. Which is preued ther ynne, and is foundun perfit, and euerlastynge glorye schal be to hym? which myȝte trespasse, and trespasside not, and do yuels, and dide not. Therfor hise goodis ben stablischid in the Lord; and al the chirche of seyntis schal telle out hise almesdedis. Thou hast sete at a greet boordThou hast sete at a greet boord, etc.; that is, whanne thou art clepid to the table of a greet man, bigynne thou not to ete first. Lire here. C.; opene thou not firste thi cheke on it. Seie thou not, whether tho ben many thingis, that ben on it. Haue thou mynde, that an yuel iȝe is weiward. What thing worse, than an iȝe is maad? therfor of al his face he schal wepehe schal wepe, etc.; that is, he schal bere heuyly, whanne he seeth the fewnesse of messis, ether for tho ben not aftir his lust. thou defoulid; that is, repreu|yd for glotenye. Lire here. C., whanne he seeth. Stretche thou not forth first thin hond; and thou defoulid bi enuye, be aschamed. Be thou not oppressid of wyn in a feeste. Vnder|stonde of thi silf the thingis, that ben of thi neiȝbore. Vse thou as a discreet and temperat man these thingis that ben set forth to thee; and be thou not hatid, whanne thou etist myche. Ceesse thou first bicause of lernyng, ethir nurture; and nyle thou be outrageouse, lest perauenture thou offende. And if thou hast sete in the myddis of many men, stretche not forth thin hond sunnere than thei; and axe thou not firste for to drynke. A litil wyn is ful sufficient to a lerned man; and in slepynge thou schalt not trauele for that wyn, and thou schalt not feele trauel. Wakyng, and colre, ether bittir moisture, and gnawyng to an vndiscreetvndiscreet man S. `either vn|temperat manand vntemperat man CEGHIMNPQRUVXYa. and vntemperaunt S.. But the sleep of heelthe is in a scars man; he`he that A pr. m. schal slepe `til tovnto I. the morewtid, and his soule schal delite with hym. And if thou art constreyned in etyng myche, ryse thou fro the myddis, and brakeA super ras. spue CEGHIKMNPQRSUVXYa. thou; and it schal refreische thee, and thou schalt not brynge sikenesse to thi bodi. Sone, here thou me, and di|spise thou not me; and at the laste thou schalt fynde my wordis. In alle thi werkis be thou swift; and al sikenesseal siyknesse, etc.; that is, defaute of werk. of many men; wischinge good to him for his liberalte and mersi. worst breed; that is, getun wickidly, and ȝouun yuele. Lire here. C. schal not come to thee. The lippis of many men schulen blesse a schynynge man in looues; and the witnessyng of his treuthe is feithful. The citee schal grutche in the worste breed; and the witnessyng of wickidnesse therof is soth. Nyle thou excite hem that ben diligent in wynNyle thou ex|cite hem that ben diligent in wyn; nyle thou excite hem to drynke, for with out this, thei ben ouer myche enclyn|aunt herto; ether nyle thou excite to wrathfulnesse, for thei ben stirid soone to mansleing. hard irun; in makinge it neische. re|preue the hertis of proude men; in rauyschinge hem hoolliche, and castinge doun, as it is opin of Olofer|nes, in xiij. co. of Judith. deth; for whi deth of kynde defraudith kynde, deth of synne defraud|ith lyif of grace, deth of helle defraudith lyif of glorie. Lire here. C.; for whi wyn hath distried many men. Fier preueth hard irun; so wyn drunkun in drunkenesse schal repreue the hertis of proude men. Euene lijf to men is wyn drunkun in sobrenesse; if thou drynkist it mesurably, thou schalt be sobre. What is the lijf which isWhat is the liyf which is, etc.; as if he seye, it is not mannus liyf, but hoggis liyf. Lire here. C. maad lesse bi wyn? What defraudith lijf? deth. Wyn was maad in gladnesse, not in drunkenesse, at the bigynnyng. Wyn drunkun mesurabli is ful out ioiyng of soule and of bodi. Sobre drynk is helthe of soule and of bodi. Wyn drunkun myche makith avoiding, and ire, and many fallyngisor myscheues I marg.. Wyn drunkun myche is bitternesse of soule. Strengthe of drunkenesse and hirting of an vnprudent man makith vertu lesse, and makynge woundis. In the feeste of wyn repreue thou not a neiȝbore; and dispise thou not hym in his mirthe. Seye thou not wordis of schenschipe to hym; and oppresse thou not hym in axyngeoppresse thou not him in ax|inge; dette scharply, for he wolde be wrathid aȝen|us thee, and ȝelde to thee yuel for good. Lire here. C..

 CAP. XXXII.

Thei han set thee a gouernour, nyle thou be enhaunsid; be thou among hem as oon of hem. Haue thou cure of hem, and so biholde thou; and whanne al thi cure is fillid, sitte thou to mete. That thou be glad for hem, and take the ourne|ment of grace; and gete coroun, and dig|nyte of congregacioun. Speke thou the gretterSpeke thou the gretter, etc.; that is, thou prelat, that owist to be ripe in ver|tues, and so eeld, bi wor|schipful age. the word of him, etc.; that is, of God, who loueth kun|nyng, and kun|nynge men. bicome thee first; that is, principali. and lette thou not musik; that is, acording of word to liyf; for, as Greg. seith, in xxxviij. Omely, Whos liyf is dispisid, his preching shal be dispisid. Lire here. C. man in birthe; for whi the word of hym that loueth kunnyng bicome thee first; and lette thou not musik. Where heryng is notWhere hering is not, etc.; for it were more dispising of Goddis word, than encres|ing therof. en|haunsid vn|couenabli in thi wisdom; in auauntinge thee boostfuly therof. Leityng schal go bifor hayl; for whi hail fallith doun in thun|dur sum tyme, and leyting go|ith bifor the sown of thun|dur. grace; of God. schal go bifor schame|fastnesse; that cometh forth of reuerence, for whi Goddis grace is the bigynnyng of that reuerence. tifle thee not; that is, make thee no tari|yng in araiyng, ether tiflyng of heeris, as wym|men doon. to thyn hows; in rennynge aȝen to thyn owne consience. clepe thee; to an|swer, as to answere of thi dedis bifor the hiȝeste iuge. and there pleye thou; that is, whanne answer is maad bi this, that thou art not gilti of dedly synne, pleye thou with wisdom, bi goode thouȝtis that ben delitable. Lire here. C., schede thou not out a word; and nyle thou be enhaunsid vnco|uenabli in thi wisdom. A iemme of car|buncle in the ournement of gold; and comparisoun of musikis in the feeste of wyn. As in the makyng of gold is a signe of smaragde, so the noumbre of musikis is in myrie and mesurable wyn. Here thou stille, and good grace schal come to thee for reuerence. Ȝonge man, speke thou vnnethis in thi cause, whanne nede is. If thou art axid twies, the heed haue thin answere. In many thingis be thou as vnkunnyng, and here thou stille togidere and axynge. And presume thou not to speke in the myddis of grete men; and where elde men ben, speke thou not myche. Leityng schal go bifore hail, and grace schal go bifore schamfastnesse, and good grace schal come to thee for reuer|ence. And in the our of risyng tifle thee not; forsothe renne thou bifore first in to thin hous, and there clepe thou thee to answer, and there pleie thou. And do thi conseitisdo thi conseitis; that is, parforme thi good purpos conseyued there, and ocupie thee not in synnes. Lire here. C., and not in synnes, and in a proud word. On alle these thingis blesse thou the Lord, that made thee, and fill|ynge thee greetli of alle hise goodis. He that dredith God, schal take his techyng; and thei that waken to hym, schulen fynde blessyng. He that sekith the lawe, schal be fillid therof; and he that doith tretour|ouslitraitourli K. tretourli M. ether aspiyngli X marg., schal be sclaundrid ther ynne. Thei that dreden God, schulen fynde iust dom; and schulen kyndle riȝtfulnesse as liȝt. A synful manA synful man; that is, obstynat in synne. blamyng; as abhomynable to him. comparisoun; that is, an other man liyk him, ether worse, in alegginge that man to his ex|cusing and de|fence. A man of councel; that is, assenting to good councel. vndurstonding; of councel ȝouun to him, but schal bringe to execucioun. alien; fro God. and proud; dispisynge the councel of an other man. Ȝhe, aftir that he hath do with that; that is, with the drede of God, for whi a man alien fro God and proud, whanne he is set in perel of deth, doith sum tyme sum good thing of kynde, for that drede. without coun|cel; that is, stable purpos of soule. schal be repreued, etc.; for whanne the drede is passid, he turneth aȝen to the formere yuele custom, and so he is maad worthi to be repreued. Lire here. C. schal escheweethchewe I. blamyng; and aftir his wille he schal fynde com|parisoun. A man of counsel schal not leese vndirstonding; a man alien and proud schal not dredeschal not drede; that is, the manaassing of Goddis be|tingis. Lire here. C. dredyng. Ȝhe, aftir that he hath do with that drede with out councel, and he schal be repreued bi hise suyngis. Sone, do thou no thing with out councel; and aftir the dede thou schalt not repente. Go thou not in the weie of fallyng, and offende thou not aȝens stoonys. Bitake thou not thee to a tra|uelouse weie, lest thou sette sclaundir to thi soule; and be thou war of thi sones, and perseyue thou of thi meyneals. In al thi werk bileue thouIn al thi werk bileue thou; that is, sette thi foundement of feith, with out which no werk plesith God. of thi soule; that is, of thyn herte, and not onely of thi mouth. not be maad lesse; that is, schal faile not of meede abe|dun. Lire here. C. bi feith of thi soule; for whi this is the keping of comaunde|mentis. He that bileueth to God, takith heede to theOm. CEF pr. m. GHKMNPQSUXa. his R. comaundementis; and he that tristith in hym, schal not be maad lesselesse, ether desceyued V..

 CAP. XXXIII.

Iuelis schulen not come to hym that dredith God; but God schal kepe hym in temptacioun, and schal delyuere fro yuelis. A wijs man hatith not theOm. CV. comaunde|mentis, and riȝtfulnessis; and he schal not be hurtlidhe schal not be hurtlid; that is, schal not be brokun bi vnpatience. teching; that is, couenable maner to teche disciplis. The entraylis of a fool; that is, the vndurstonding and desir of an yuel prelat. as an extre; for he hath no stablenesse in good. Lire here. C. doun, as in the tempest of a schip. A wijs man bileeueth toin C. the lawe of God, and the lawe is feithful to hym. He that makith opene axyng, schal make redi a word; and so he schal preie, and schal be herd, and he schal kepe techyng, and thanne he schal answere. The en|traylis of a fool ben as a wheel of a carte, and his thouȝtis as an extre able to turne aboute. An hors a staloun, so and a frend a scornerea frend a scornere; that is, an yuel prelat, that owith to loue God, and putte forth him silf til to deth for the helthe of the puple; and netheles he scorneth God, and takith the office of his vikeried, and chargith not of his onour. neiȝith; bi wantownesse of vices. vndur ech sittinge aboue him; that is, vndur God and hise aungels. liȝt ouercometh liȝt; for the liȝt of the sunne is more than the liȝt of the moone, and of othere sterris. the sunne ouercometh the sunne; not that twey sunnes ben, but for the same sunne passith him silf in causinge heete, for in somer he caus|ith more heete in oure dwell|ing place, than in wynter. the comaundement; that is, orden|aunce; this that is addid in summe bokis, ben de|partid bi the wisdom of God, is not of the text, but it sueth next; and it, that is, the sunne, schal chaunge tymes. Lire here. C., neiȝeth vndur ech sittynge aboue. Whi a dai ouercometh a dai, and eft the liȝt ouercometh liȝt, and a ȝeer ouercometh a ȝeer, the sunne ouer|cometh the sunne? Tho ben departid of the kunnyng of the Lord, bi the sunne maad, and kepynge the comaundementcomaundementis A pr. m. a. of God. And it schal chaunge tymes and the feeste daies of hem, and in tho tymes the Jewis halewiden hali daies at an our. God enhaunside and magnyfiede of tho hali daies; and of tho he settideof tho he set|tide; that is, of tho dayes of the ȝeer; this that is addid in sum bokis, and in to ȝeris, is not of the text. curside; Chore and his felowis. fro the departyng of hem; that is, anoon as they weren departid fro othere men, he turnede hem quyke in to helle. Lire here. C. in to the noumbre of daies; and God made alle men of sad erthe, and of neische erthe, whereof Adam was formed. In the mul|titude of kunnyng of the Lord he depart|ide hem, and chaungide the weies of hem. Of hem God blesside, and enhaunside; and of hem he halewide, and chees to hym silf; of hem he curside, and made lowe, and turnyde hem fro the departyng of hem. As cley of a pottere is in the hond of hym, to make and dispose, that alle the weies therof ben aftir the ordynaunce of hym; so a man is in the hond of hym that made hym; and he schal ȝelde to hym bi his dom. Aȝens yuel is good, and aȝens lijf is deth; so and a synnere is aȝens a iust man. And so biholde thou in to alle the werkis of the hiȝeste; tweytweyne C. two G. thingis aȝens tweyne, and o thing aȝens oon. And Y the laste wakidewalkide M., and as he that gaderith draf of grapis, aftir the ga|dereris of grapis. And Y hopide in the blessyng of God; and as he that gaderith grapis, Y fillide the pressour. Biholde ȝe, for Y trauelide not to me aloone, but to alle that seken kunnyng. Grete men, and alle puplis, here ȝe me; and ȝe gouernouris of the chirche, perseyue with eeris. Ȝyue thou not power ouer thee in thi lijf to a sone, and to a womman, to a brothir, and to a freend; and ȝyue thou not thi pos|sessioun to another man, lest perauenture it repente thee, and thou biseche for thobiseche for tho; that is, for the nedis of thi liyf. chaunge thee; that is, as long as thou lyuest, noon stire thee fro this purpos. Lire here. C.. While thou art alyue, and brethist ȝit, ech man schal not chaunge thee. For it is betere, that thi sones preye thee, than that thou biholde in to the hondis of thi sones. In alle thi werkis be thou soue|reyn; ȝyue thou not a wem in to thi glorie. In the day of endyng of daies of thi lijf, and in tymethe tyme CEFGHIKMNPQRUVXYa. of thiOm. G. goyng out departe thin erytage. Metis, and a ȝerde, and birthuna birthun I. to an asse; breed, and chas|tisyng, and werk to a seruaunt. He worchith in chastisyngHe worchith in chastising; that is, as long as he is holdun vndur chas|tisyng. Turment and stockis, etc.; that is, rebel and vnfeithful. idilnesse; of seruauntis. myche malice; to ymagyne aȝenus lordis. with out doom; of du discre|cioun. greu|ouse; to thi seruauntis. Lire here. C., and sekith to haue reste; slake thou hondis to hym, and he sekith fredom. A ȝok and bridil bowen doun an hard necke; and bisi worch|ingis bowen doun a seruaunt. Turment and stockis to an yuel willid seruaunt; sende thou hym in to worchyng, lest he be ydel; for whi idilnesse hath tauȝte miche malice. Ordeyne thou hym in werk, for so it bicometh hym; that if he obeieth not, bowe thou doun hym in stockis, and make thou not hym largemake thou not him large, etc.; that is, ȝyue thou not to him power ouer ony man, for he owith not to be soue|reyn, but to be vndurlowt; and this is aȝenus summe Cristen princes, that maken Jewis bailies and souereyns on Cristen men. bouȝt him in the blood of liyf; that is, for nede of thi liyf, that stond|ith in blood, in xij. co. of Le|uytici, the liyf of ech fleisch is in blood. Lire here. C. ouer ony man, but with out dom do thou no thing greu|ouse. If a feithful seruaunt is to thee, be he as thi soule to thee; trete thou him so as a brother, for thou hast bouȝt hym in the blood of lijf. If thou hurtist hym vniustli, he schal be turned in to fleyng awei; and if he enhaunsynge goith awei, thou noostne wost I. whom thou schalt seke, and in what weie thou schalt seke hym.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Veyn hope and a leesyng to an vnwijs man; and dremes enhaunsen vnprudent men. As he that takithtakith a A pr. m. schadewe, and pursueth wynd, so and he that takith heedetakith hede, etc.; in veyn dremys. what schal be clensid, etc.; as if he seye, no thing, but it schal be defoulid more. of a liere; as if he seye, no thing; for if the deuel seith trewe thingis sumtyme, this is for to desseyue more aftirward, and so that truthe may be seid a leesing bi the ende. Lire here. C. to leesyngis seyn. Vpe this thing is the siȝt of dremes; bifore the face of a man is the licnesse of another man. What schal be clensid of him that is vnclene, and what trewe thing schal be seid ofto C. a liere? Fals dyuynyng of errour, and fals dyuynyngis bi chiteryng of briddis, and dremes of witchis, is vanyte. And as the herte of a womman trauelynge of child, thin herte suffrith fantasies; no but visitacioun is sent out of the hiȝeste, ȝyue thou not thin herte in tho dremes. For whi dremes han maad many men for to erre, and men hopynge in tho fellen doun. The word of the lawe `of God and of hise profetisOm. I., schal be maad per|fit with out leesyng; and wisdom in the mouth of a feithful manwisdom in the mouth of a feithful man, etc.; that is, wisdom con|teyned in hooly scripture schal be tauȝt pleynly in the mouth of a feithful techere, for he kan opene and declare the hid thingis of hooly scrip|turis. Lire here. C. schal be maad pleyn. What kan he, that is not asaied? A man asaied in many thingisA man asay|ed in many thingis; that is, excercisid ether trauelid in many scrip|turis. thenke many thingis, for bi o place of scripture he declarith an|other place more hid. lernede many thingis; bi ocupacioun of studie. schal telle out; the veri vndirstond|ing of scrip|ture. He that is not asaied; in scripturis. knowith fewe thingis; for he may fynde fewe thingis bi him silf, wherfor thei that dey|nen not to se the seiyngis of othere men, ben foundun voide of truthe. he that is a fool in many thingis; in appliynge his vndurstond|ing to many thingis veyn and curiouse. schal multiplie malice; for ofte he makith fals doctryn. Summe bokis han, he that is maad rennynge aboute in many thingis, to knowe many thingis, and vndirstondith not sufficiently in ony o thing, schal multiplie, etc. Lire here. C., schal thenke many thingis; and he that lernyde many thingis, schal telle out vndirstond|yng. He that is not asaied, knowith fewe thingis; forsothe he that is a fool in many thingis, schal multiplie malice. What maner thingis kan he, that is not asaied? He that is not plauntidHe that is not plauntid; that is, hath not set roote of vndurstonding and desir in good. plenteuouse, etc.; multipliynge vices. Lire here. C., schal be plenteuouse in wickidnesse. I siȝ many thingis in tellyng out, and ful many cus|toms of wordis. Sum tyme Y was in perel `til tovnto I. deth, for the cause of these thingis; and Y was delyuered bi the grace of God. The spirit of hem that dreden God is souȝt, and schal be blessid in the biholding of hym. For whi the hope of hem is in to God sauynge hem; and the iȝen of the Lord ben in to hem, that louen hym. He that dredith God, schal not tremble for ony thing, and heOm. C. schal not drede; for whi God is his hope. The soule of hym that dredith the Lord, is blessid. To whom biholdith heTo whom biholdith he; as if he seide, God is he, to whom he dressith his entent and of whom he hath myȝti defending. Lire here. C., and who is his strengthe? The iȝen of the Lord ben on hem that dreden hym. God is a defendere of myȝt, stidfastnesse of vertu, hilyng of heete, and a schadewyng place of myddai; bisechyng of offendyngbisechinge of offending; that is, heringe biseching for offensis. Lire here. C., and help of fallyng, enhaunsynge the soule, and liȝtnynge the iȝen, and ȝyuynge heelthe, and lijf, and blessyng. The of|fryng of hym that offrith of wickid thingoffrith of wickid thing; that is, of thing getun vniustly. the scorn|yngis, etc.; that is, her offringe of an other mannus thing, bi whiche thei scornen God, that ow|ith to be onour|id of a mannus owne good, in iij. co. of Pro|uerbis. Lire here. C., is defoulid; and the scornyngis of vniust men ben not wel plesaunt. The Lord alooneThe Lord aloone, etc.; that is, thei that stonden, in the weye of truthe and of riȝtfulnesse, han onely veri God for God, and he accept|ith the ȝiftis of hem. Rauen|ours and auer|ouse men han gold and rich|essis for God, a glotoun hath delices, a lec|chour hath lust of touching, and siche thingis for God, wherfor her sacrifices ben not accept|able to God. The breed; that is, what euer maner mete. is the liyf of a pore man; that is, the susten|yng of his liyf. man of blood; Austyn seith, Feede thou a man diynge for hungur, and if thou feedist not him, thou hast slayn him; myche more if thou withdrawist his liyflode fro him. C. is to hem that abiden hym in the weie of treuthe, and of riȝtfulnesse. The hiȝeste appreueth not the ȝiftis of wickid men, nethir biholdith in the offryngis of wickid men, nether in the multitude of her sacrifices he schal do mercy to synnes. He that offrith sacrificesacrificis CEG. of the catel of pore men, is as he that sleeth the sone in the siȝt of his fadir. The breed of nedi men is the lijf of a pore man; he that defraudith hym, is a man of blood. He that takith awei breed in swootbreed in swoot; that is, breed getun in swoot of tra|uelours. ben britheren; that is, ben liyk in synne. whos vois; as if he seye, no voys; but sich a rauenour schal be punyschid of God for his yuels. Oon preiynge; for a rauenour, that is, he preiynge to whom the rauenour hath ȝoue good. and oon cursinge; the rauenour, for he took awey hise goodis. whos voys; as if he seie, noon, for whi the hering of the first is lettid for the malice of him for whom he preyeth, and the hering of the cursere is lettid for his owne synne, for he synneth in cursinge his neiȝbore. fastith in hise synnes; that is, for hise synnes to be forȝouun. in mekynge him silf; that is, in turmentinge him silf bi fastingis and siche thingis, he profitith no thing to remyssyoun of synne doon, for he repentith not verily. Lire here. C., is as he that sleeth his neiȝbore. He that schedith out blood, and he that doith fraude to an hirid man, ben britheren. Oon bildynge, and oon distriynge; what profitith it to hemmen G., no but trauel? Oon preiynge, and oon cursynge; whos vois schal the Lord here? What profitith the waischyng of hym, that is waischun forfro A sec. m. a deed bodi, and touchith eft a deed bodi? So a man that fastith in hise synnes, and eft doynge the same synnes, what profitith he in mekynge hym silf? who schal herewho schal here, etc.; as if he seye, God schal not here. Lire here. C. his preyer?

 CAP. XXXV.

He that kepith the wordword of God CI marg. V., multiplieth preiermultiplieth preier; for he preyeth bi soule and mouth. for vnriȝtfulnessis; to be forȝouun. Lire here. C.. Heelful sacrifice is to take heede to the comaundementis, and to departe fro al wickidnesse. And to offre the plesyng of sacrifice for vnriȝtfulnesses, and bisechyng for synnes, is to go awey fro vnriȝtful|nesse. He that offrith purest flour of wheete, schal ȝelde graceȝelde grace; that is, schal ȝyue a plesaunt seruyce to God. Lire here. C.; and he that doith merci, offrith a sacrifice. It is wel plesaunt to the Lord, to go a wei fro wickid|nesse; and preier is to go a wei fro vnriȝt|fulnesse. Thou schalt not appere voidevoide; of offring thries in the ȝeer, in xxiij. co. of Exodi. C. bifore the siȝt of God; for whi alle these thingis ben doon for the heestis of God. The offryng of a iust man makith fat the auter, and is odour of swetnesse in the siȝt of the hiȝeste. The sacrifice of a iust man is acceptable, and the Lord schal not forȝete the mynde of hym. With good wille ȝelde thou glorie to God, and make thou not lesse the firste fruytis of thin hondis. In ech ȝifte make glad thi cheer, and in ful out ioiyng halewe thi tithis. Ȝyue thou to the hiȝeste aftir his ȝifteaftir his ȝifte; that is, aftir the quan|tite of thi goodis, whiche thou hast of God. with good iȝe, etc.; that is, with riȝtful entent ordeyne thi good werkis, to the preising of God and not of man. Lire here. C.; and with good iȝe make thou the fynd|yng of thin hondis. For whi the Lord is a ȝeldere, and he schal ȝelde seuene fold so myche to thee. Nyle thou offre schrewid ȝiftis; for he schal not resseyue tho. And nyle thou biholde an vniust sacrifice; for the Lord is iuge, and glorie of persooneglorie of per|soone, etc.; that is, taking of persoone. a per|soone; of a myȝti man. hirt; vniustly|on hym; that is, on the op|pressere, that makith hir to wepe. Lire here. C. is not at hym. The Lord schal not take a persoone aȝens a pore man; and he schal here the preier of hym that is hirt. He schal not dispise the preyeris of a fadirles child, nether a widewe, if sche schedithschede C. out speche of weilyng. Whether the teeris of a widew goen not doun to the cheke, and the criyng of hir on hym that ledith forth tho teeris? For whi tho stien fro the cheke `til tovnto I. heuene, and the Lord herere schal not delite in tho. He that worschipith God in delityng, schal be res|seyued; and his preyer schal neiȝe `til tovnto I. the clowdis. The preier of hym that mekith hym silf schal perse clowdis, and til it neiȝethneiȝith; to God, in get|inge effect. not go awey; fro preyer. not be fer; in dilaiynge effect, no but to the profit of the axere. in tho; oppresseris. Lire here. C., he schal not be coumfortid, and he schal not go awey, til the hiȝeste biholde. And the Lord schal not be fer, but he schal iuge iust men, and schal make doom; and the strongeste schal not haue pacience in tho, that he troble the bak of hem. And he schal ȝelde ven|iaunce to folkis, til he take awei the ful|nesse of proude men, and troble togidere the ceptris of wickid men; til he ȝelde to men aftir her dedis, and aftir the werkis of Adamof Adam; the lettre hath of Adam, but bi Ebreys this word Adam signefieth man comynly, and so it is set here. the presump|cioun of him; bi which he oppressith vn|iustly a man liyk him silf in kynde. Lire here. C., and aftir the presumpcioun of hym; til he deme the dome of his puple, and schal delite iust men in his merci. The merci of God is fair in the tyme of tribulacioun, as clowdis of reyn in the tyme of drynesse.

 CAP. XXXVI.

God of alle thingis, haue thou merci on vs; and biholde thou vs, and schewe thouOm. I. to vs the liȝt of thi merciful doyngis. And sende thi drede on hethene men, that souȝten not thee, that thei knowe that no God is, no but thou; that thei telle out thi grete dedis. Reise thin hond on he|thene men aliens, that thei se thi power. For as thou were halewid in vs in the siȝt of hem, so in oure siȝt thou schalt be mag|nefyed in hem; that thei knowe thee, as and we han knowe, that noon othere is God, outakun thee, Lord. Make thou newe signes, and chaunge thou merueilis; glo|rifie the hondthe hond; of thi riȝtful|nesse on hem. riȝt arm; that is, the riȝt arm of thi mersi, on vs. Lire here. C., and the riȝt arm. Reise thou stronge veniaunce, and schede out ire; take awei the aduersarie, and tur|mente the enemye. Haaste thou the tyme, and haue thou mynde on the ende, that thei telle out thi merueils. And he that is sauyd, be deuourid in the ire of flawme; and thei that treten worst thi puple, fynde perdicioun. Al to-breke thou the heed of princis, and of enemyes, seiynge, Noon othere is, outakun vs. Gadere thou togi|dere alle the lynagis of Jacob, and knowe thei that no God is, noOm. I. but thou, that thei telle out thi grete dedis; and thou schalt enherite hemthou schalt enherite hem; whanne thei entriden in to the lond of bi|heest, in the tyme of Josue. at the bigyn|nyng; of the chesing of the puple of Israel. Lire here. C., as at the bigynnyng. Haue thou merci on thi puple, on which thi name is clepid in to help; and on Is|rael, whom thou madist euene to thi firste gendrid sone. Haue thou merci on Jeru|salem, the citee of thin halewyng, on the citee of thi reste. Fille thou Syon with thi vertues, that moun not be teld out, and fille thi puple with thi glorie. Ȝyue thou witnessyng, that at the bigynnyng thei weren thi creaturisthi creaturis; that is, special sones of Israel. Lire here. C.; and reise thou preieris, whiche the formere profetis spaken in thi name. Lord, ȝyue thou meede to hem that abiden thee, that thi prophetis be foundun trewe; and here thou the preier of thi seruauntis. Aftir the bless|yng of Aaron ȝyue thou to thi puple, and dresse thou vs in to the weie of riȝtful|nesse; that alle men wite, that dwellen in erthe, that thou art God, the biholdere of worldis. The wombe schal ete alle mete, and ooon C sec. m. I. Om. A pr. m. C pr. m. mete is betere than anotherOm. A pr. m. C pr. m. mete. Chekis touchen metetouchen mete; in taking it, and chewen not sufficiently, but swolewen ouer with out du chewing and preuyng. knaue child; for sche wolde euer bere a knaue child. Lire here. C. almest, and an vn|wise herte resseyueth false wordis. A schrewid herte schal ȝyue heuynesse, and a wijs man schal aȝenstonde it. A wom|man schal take ech knaue child, and a douȝtir is betere than a sone. The fair|nesse of a womman makith glad the face of hir hosebonde, and sche schal brynge desir ouer al the coueitise of man. If ther is a tunge of heelyngIf ther is a tunge of heel|ing; that is, of repreuyng in the hosebonde, in repreuynge the outrageouse aray of the wiyf, ether vn|stable mouyng of hir. aftir the sones of men; that is, he is not manly and discreet, but neische and fonnyd. bigyn|neth posses|sioun; that is, bigynneth to be riche, thouȝ he hadde no more good. no nest; that is, stidefast dwell|ing, as if he seie, he bi|leueth not to ony wise man, and therfor he failith in dis|crecioun of good, and of yuel. as a theef girt; that is, maad redy to do yuele. Lire here. C., ther is also of swagyng, and of merci; the hosebonde of hir is not aftir the sones of men. He that hath in possessioun a good womman, bi|gynneth possessioun; sche is an help lijk hym, and a piler as reste. Where an hegge is not, the possessioun schal be rauyschid awei; and where a womman is not, a nedi man weilith. To whom bileueth he that hath no nest, and bowith doun where euer it is derk, as a theef girt, skippynge out fro citee in to citee?

 CAP. XXXVII.

Ech frend schal seie, And Y haue cou|plid frenschip; but that is a frend, a frend bi name aloone. Whether sorewe isWher sorewe is, etc.; bi sich frenschipe, as if he seide, ȝis; for whi no pestilence is myȝtiere to anoye, than is an homely enemye. Lire here. C. not til to deth? Forsothe a felowe of table and a frend schulen be turned to enemyte. A! thethou C sec. m. V. worste presumpcioun, wherof art thou maadA! thou worste pre|sumpcioun, wher of art thou maad; as if he seye, of noon; for whi ech creature is maad good of God; but synne is de|faute, and hath no cause of be|yng bi it silf. Denyis seith thus, in his book of Dyuyn Namys. Noon that purposith yuel, worchith wel. to hile; bi feynyng of frenschipe. drie malice; with outen vmour of good|nesse. in delit|ingis; that is, in the tyme of prosperite. in the tyme of tri|bulacioun; whanne pro|sperite failith, for which he feynede him for to loue. hath sorewe; that is, feyneth him to haue sorewe. with a frend; in tyme of his siknesse. for cause of the wombe; that is, of glotenye. take scheeld aȝenus an enemy; of the frend, as for to defende the frend; that is, if he doith this ony tyme, he doith it for glotenye, and not for veri frenschipe. For|ȝete thou not thi very frend in thi soule; so that thou loue not him onely bi mouth, but also with herte and werk. with the fadir of thi wiyf; that is, of these thingis that perteynen to the restoring of thi wiyf, for whi euere he schal stonde for his douȝter, and turne awey fro truthe, for fleisli affeccioun. Lire here. C. to hile drie malice, and the gilefulnesse therof? A felowe of table schal be myrie with a frend in delityngis, and in the dai of tribulacioun he schal be aduersarie. A felowe of table schal haue sorewe with a frend, for cause of the wombe; and he schal take scheeld aȝens an enemye. Forȝete thou not thi frend in thi soule, and be thou not vnmyndeful of hym in thi werkis. Nyle thou take coun|cel with the fadir of thi wijf; and hide thou councel fro hem that han enuye to thee. Ech councelourEch coun|celour; vnfeithful. schewith councel; as vndur the colour of his good, that axith councel. to him silf; that is, purposinge his owne profit, and not his profit to whom he ȝyueth councel. Lire here. C. schewith councel, but ther is a councelour to hym silf. Kepe thi soule fro an yuel counselour; firste wite thou, what is his nede, and what he schal thenke in his soule; lest perauen|ture he sende a stake in to the erthe, and seie to thee, Thi weie is good, and he stonde aȝenward, to se what schal bifalle to thee. With an vnreligiouse man trete thou of holynessetrete thou of hoolynesse; the autour of this book spekith here in scorn, and vndur|stondith the contrarie of his seiyng; as if he seye, siche an vnreligiouse man schal councele thee yuele. and with an vniust man of riȝtful|nesse; liyk speche is here, vndurstondinge the contrarie, as it schal be opyn bi the ende of this part. of graces, etc.; that is, to ȝyue frely to othere men. be thou bisi with an hooly man; that is, stable and sad in goodnesse and mesure, and trete thou with him of thi priuytees. knowist; bi werkis. whos soule, etc.; that is, that loueth thee as him silf, and aȝenward. doutith in derknessis; of ignoraunce, ether of synne. sorewe with thee; that is, verily, and of herte, and so he schal not ȝyue good coun|cel to thee in thi nede. the herte of good councel; that is, wille to sue good councel. not more; that is, betere. Lire here. C., and with an vniust man of riȝtfulnesse, and with a womman of these thingis whiche sche hatith. With a ferdful man trete thou of batel, with a marchaunt, of cariyng ouer of marchaun|dies to chepyngshiping P.; with a biere, of sillyng, with an enuyouse man, of graces to be don; with an vnpitouse man, of pytee, with an vnonestonest A pr. m. man, of oneste, with a werk man of the feeld, of ech werk; with a werk man hirid bi the ȝeer, of the endyng of the ȝeer, with a slowe seruaunt, of myche worchyng. Ȝyue thou notno C. tent to these men in al councel, but be thou bisi with an hooli man, whom euere thou knowist kepynge Goddis drede, whos soule is aftir thi soule. Who euer doutith in derknessis, schal not haue sorewe with thee. And stablische thou the herte of good councel with thee; for whi another thing is not more than it to thee. The soule of an hooli man tellith out treuthis sum tyme; more than seuene biholderis sittynge an hiȝ for to biholde. And in alle these thingis biseche thou the hiȝeste, that he dresse thi weie in treuthe. Bifore alle werkis a sothefast worda sothfast word, etc.; in biheestis and answeris. wick|id word; that is, a fals word. chaunge the herte; fro good to yuel. good and yuel; of kynde. liyf; of grace. and deth; of synne. Liyf of grace cometh forth of the herte bi disposing; but God makith that liyf, but deth of synne cometh forth of mannus herte, and is not maad of God. bisi tunge, etc.; that is, the bisy|nesse of good teching, that refreyneth yuel, and doith awey deth of synne, and encressith a good dede of kynde, and liyf of grace. Lire here. C. go bifore thee; and a stidfast councel go bifore ech dede. A wickid word schal chaunge the herte, of which herte foure partis comen forth; good and yuel, lijf and deth; and a bisi tunge is lord of tho. A wijs man hath tauȝt many men, and he is swete to his soule. He that spekith `bi soffymsofisticali, ether bi soffym [to deceive V] CEFGHKMNPQRUVXa. sophisticali I. sofisticaly, ethir bi soffemys S. ethir deisseyuably to God X marg., is hateful; he schal be defraudid in ech thing. For whi grace is not ȝouun of the Lord to hym, for he is defraudid of al wisdom. A wijs man is wijs to his soule, and the fruytis of his wit ben worthi to be preisid. A wijs man techith his puple, and the fruytis of his wit ben feithful. A wijs man schal be fillid with blessyngis, and thei that seen hym schulen preise hymOm. I.. The lijf of a man is in the noum|bre of daies; but the daies of Israel ben vnnoumbrable. A wijs man in the puple schal enherite onour, and his name schal be lyuynge with outen ende. Sone, asaie thi soule in thi lijf; and if it is wickid, ȝyue thou not power to it; for whi not alle thingis speden to alle men, and not ech kynde plesith ech soule. Nyle thou be gredi in ech etyng, and schede thou not out thee on ech mete. For in many metis schal be sikenesse, and gredynesse schal neiȝe `til tovnto I. colrye. Many men dieden for glotenye; but he that is absti|nent, schal encreesse lijf.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

Onoure thou a leche, for nede; for whi the hiȝeste hath maad hym. For whi al medicyn is of God; and he schal take of the kyng a ȝifte. The kunnyng of a leche schal enhaunse his heed; and he schal be preisid in the siȝt of grete men. The hiȝeste hath maad of the erthe medi|cyn; and a prudent man schal not wlate it. Whether bittir watir was not maad swete of a tre? The vertu of tho thingis cam bi experience to the knowing of men; and the hiȝeste ȝaf kunnyng to men, for to be onourid in his merueils. A man heelynge in these thingis schal aswage sorewe, and an oynement makere schal make pymentis of swetnesse, and schal make anoyntyngisoynementis I. of heelthe; and hise werkis schulen notwerkis schu|len not, etc.; that is, schulen not haue effect purposid bi the leche and ipote|carie, for whi the doing of God, which is principal leeche, is nedeful herto. Lire here. C. be endid. For whi the pees of God is on the face of erthe. Mi sone, dispise not thi silf in thi sike|nessedispise not thi silf in thi goostly syk|nesse; in dis|pisinge to seke remedy, as summen dis|pisen. preye thou the Lord; deuoutly. schal heele thee; with oynement of grace. dresse hondis; that is, thi werkis to God. clense thyn herte; bi veri and cleene contricioun. ȝyue thou place to a leche; in onouringe the prest preiynge for thee. the Lord made him; that is, auaun|side him to the office of prest|hood. departe he not fro thee; that is, fro thyn herte, for thou owist euere for to loue and worschipe him. hise werkis, etc.; that is, to offre sacrifices, and to preye for the synnes of the puple. thou schalt falle in to the hondis of hem; for whi present liyf is not passid with out synnes. Lire here. C.; but preie thou the Lord, and he schal heele thee. Turne thou awei fro synne, and dresse thinOm. A pr. m. hondis, and clense thin herte fro al synne. Ȝyue thou swet|nesse, and the mynde of cleene flour of wheete, and make thou fat offryng; and ȝyue thou place to a leche. For the Lord made hym, and departe he not fro thee; for hise werkis ben nedeful to thee. For whi tyme is, whanne thou schalt falle in to the hondis of hem. Forsothe thei schulen biseche the Lord, that he dresse the werk of hem, and helthe for her lyuyng. He that trespassith in the siȝt of hym, that made hym, schal falle in to the hondis of the leche. Sone, brynge thou forth teeris on a deed man, and thou as suffrynge hard thingis bigynne to wepe; and bi doom hile thou the bodi of hym, and dispise thou not his biriyng. But for bacbityng bere thou bittirli the morenyng of hym o dai; and be thou coumfortid for sorewebe thou coumfortid for sorewe; that is, lest ouer greet sorewe anoye thee. hilith vertu; that is, stranglith the vertu of kynde. in leding awey; fro good. Sorewe anoyeth bodi and soule, and bringith sum|tyme to dispeir and othere yuels. no turn|yng is; that is, fro deth to present liyf. Lire here. C.. And make thou morenyng aftir his merit o dai, ether tweyne, for bacbit|yng. For whi deth hastith of sorewe, and hilith vertu; andOm. C. the sorewe of herte bowith the heed. Sorewe dwellith in ledyng awei; and the catel of a nedi manthe catel of a nedi man, etc.; for if he hath a ioyeful herte and manli, he is seid riche; and a riche man siyk, that is, sori, is seid pore. ȝyue thou not thyn herte in ouermyche sorewe; for a deed man. haue thou mynde on the laste thingis; that is, of thi deth, and of alle othere men, fro which no man turneth aȝen to present liyf. profite no thing to this deed man; that is, bi thi turment thou schalt not clepe aȝen that deed man. of my doom; that is, of my deeth. thyn schal be thus; as if he seide, haste thou to worche good, while thou lyuest, for thou schalt not more aftir deeth. Lire here. C. is aftir his herte. Ȝyue thou not thin herte in sorewe, but put it awei fro thee; and haue thou mynde on the laste thingis, and nyle thou forȝete. For whi no turn|ing isis fro deeth to this present lijf V., and thou schalt no thing profite to this deed man; and thou schalt harmeC super ras. trete EHPUVY. worste thi silf. Be thou myndeful of mi dom; for also thin schal be thus, to me ȝistirdai, and to thee to dai. In the reste of a deed man make thou hys mynde to haue reste; and coumforte thou hym in the goyng out of his spirit. Write thou wisdomWrite thou wisdom; that is, bokis conteyn|ynge wisdom. of voidnesse; that is, in the tyme, in which thou art voide of othere werkis of nede; ether of voidnesse; that is, of po|uert, ether whanne thou art fastinge of mete and drynk. Lire here. C. in the tyme of voidenesse; and he that is made lesse in dede, schal per|seyue wisdom; for he schal be fillid of wisdom. He that holdith the plow, and he that hath glorie in a gohode, dryueth oxis with a pricke, and he lyueth in the werkis of tho; and his tellyng is in the sones of bolis. He schal ȝyue his herte to turne forewis; and his wakyng schal be aboute the fatnesse of kien. So ech carpenter, and principal werk man, that passith the niȝt as the dai; that graueth ymagis grauun, and the bisynesse of hym dyuersith the peynture; he schal ȝyue his herte to the licnesse of peynture, and bi his wakyng he perfourmeth the werk. So a smyth sittynge bisidis the anefelt, and biholdynge the werk of yrun, the heete of fier brenneth hise fleischis; and he stryueth in the heete of the furneis. The vois of a hamer makith newe his eere; and his iȝe is aȝens the licnesse of a vessel. He schal ȝyue his herte in to theOm. C. perfourmyng of werkis; and bi his wakyng he schal ourne vnperfecciounourne vnper|feccioun; that is, mater which he bringith to perfeccioun of forme. Lire here. C.. So a potter sittynge at his werk, turnynge a wheel with hise feet, which is put euere in bisynesse for his werk; and al his worchyng is vnnoumbrable. In his arm he schal fourme clei; and bifore hise feet he schal bowe his vertubowe his ver|tu; that is, bowe him silf strongly to stire the wheel. hopiden in her hondis; that is, to gete liyflode and clothing, bi the werkis of her hondis. Lire here. C.. He schal ȝyue his herte to ende perfitli sumOm. V. thing; and bi his wakyng he schal clense the furneis. Alle these men hopiden in her hondis; and ech man is wijs in his craft. A citee is not bildid with outen alle these men. And thei schulen not dwelle, ne|ther gothey schulen not dwelle, ne|ther go; that is, the forseid crafti men schulen not dwelle among princes and councelours of the citee, ne|ther schulen go to her councels among hem. and thei schu|len not skippe ouer in to the chirche; that is, the cleping togidere of wise men; for thei ben not able therto. Lire here. C.; and thei schulen not skippe ouer in to the chirche. Thei schulen not sitte on the seete of a iuge; and thei schulen not vndirstonde the testament ofof a C. doomtestament of doom; that is, diffynytif sen|tence. Lire here. C., nether thei schulen make opyn techyng and doom; and thei schulen not be foundun in parablis. But thei schulen conferme the creature of the worldthei schulen conferme the creature of the world; that is, the age of man, which is kept bi the werkis of the forseid craftis, that ben nedeful to the keping of mannus liyf. they ȝyuen her soule; to the cure of prestis. axen togidere, etc.; for thei axen of hem of the maner of her helthe, wherof it is opyn, that prestis owen to be onourid of alle the forseid men. Lire here. C., and her preyer is in the worching of craft; and thei ȝyuen her soule, and thei axen togidere in the lawe of the hiȝeste.

 CAP. XXXIX.

A wijs man schal seke out the wisdom of alle elde menseke out the wisdom of alle elde men; in heringe dili|gently her sei|yngis, and en|queringe of othere men tho that he vndur|stondith not. in profetis; in biholdinge her seiyngis. schal kepe; in holdinge in mynde. the telling of named men; in siences and vertues. entre togidere; to vndurstonde with hem that brouȝten forth tho parablis. the harde sentensis of parablis; that is, priui and dyuerse sentences of tho. the priuy thingis of prouerbis; that is, goostly vndurstondyngis and hid. in the hid thingis of parablis; that is, figuratif vndurstondingis. Lire here. C.; and he schal ȝyue tent in profetis. He schal kepe the tellyng of named men; and he schal entre togidere in to the hard sentensis of parablis. He schal seke out the pryuy thingis of pro|uerbis; and he schal be conuersaunt in the hid thingis of parablis. He schal my|nystre in the myddis of grete men; and heOm. E. schal appere in the siȝt of the cheef iuge. He schal passe in to the lond of alien folkis; for he schal asaie goodis, and yuels in alle thingis. HeAnd he C. schal ȝyue his herte to wake eerli to the Lord that made hym; and he schal biseche in the siȝt of the hiȝeste. He schal opene his mouth in preier; and he schal biseche for hise trespassis. For if the grete Lord wole, he schal fille hym with the spirit of vn|durstondyng. And he schal sende the wordis of his wisdom, as reynes; and in preier he schal knouleche to the Lord. And heAnd he; that is, the Lord. councele; in schewinge to him ful clerely derk thingis. Lire here. C. schal dresse his counsel, and techyng; and schal councele in hise hid thingis. He schal make opene the wis|dom of his techyng; and he schal haue glorie in the lawe of the testament of the Lord. Many men schulen preyse his wis|dom; and it schal not be don a wey til in to the world. His mynde schal not go awei; and his name schal be souȝt fro generacioun in to generacioun. Folkis schulen telle out his wisdomwisdom; herd of hem bi prechingis. the chirche; that is, congre|gacioun of iust men. restith; that is, is bifor takun with deth. profite to him; for he schal passe sunnere to the glorie of para|diys. Lire here. C.; and the chirche schal telle his preisyng. If his name dwellithIf his name dwellith, etc.; that is, if he lyueth long, he schal leeue more than a thousynde dis|ciplis wel tauȝt, that moun teche aftir hym. take councel; that is, Y schal bi|thenke. to telle out; profitable thingis to con|templacioun. as with wood|nesse; that is, feruent wille to speke that may not be with|holdun, in XX. chapter of Jere|mye, The word of the Lord in my herte was maad as fier bren|nynge; and in iiij. co. of Dedis, We moun not speke tho thingis that we sien and herden. and myn yn|nere spirit; bi whos vertu the outermere voys is formed. seith in vois; out|ward. Ȝe fruytis of God; that is, disciplis willinge to make fruyt to God, bi werkis of contemplatif liyf. as a rose; which is fair and cleene; for contemplatif liyf is fairere and clennere than actif liyf. odour of swetnesse; that is, deuocioun. Lire here. C., he schal leeue more than a thousynde; and if he restith, it schal profite to hym. Ȝit Y schal take councel to telle out, for Y am fillid as with wood|nesse; and myn ynnere spirit seith in vois, Ȝe fruytis of God, here me, and make ȝe fruyt, as roosis plauntide on the ryuers of watris. Haue ȝe odour of swetnesse, as the Liban hath. Bringe forth flouris, as a lilee; ȝyue ȝe odour, and make ȝe boowis in to grace. And preise ȝe togidere a song; and blesse ȝe the Lord in hise werkis. Ȝyue ȝe greet onour to his name, and knouleche ȝe to him in the vois of ȝoure lippis, in songis of lippis, and in harpis; and thus ȝe schulen seie in knou|leching, Alle the werkis of the Lord ben ful goode. Forsothe watir as an heepe of stoonysin a wal C marg. V marg. stood at his word; and as resettis of watris in the word of his mouth. For whi pesiblenesse is maad in his comaundement; and no defaute is in the heelthe of hymno defaute is in the helthe of him; that is, in sauyng maad bi him. it is not to seye, it spedith not to axe, what is this, etc.; that is, wherto is this thing worth, ether that thing. Lire here. C.. The werkis of ech fleisch ben bifore hym; and no thing is hid fro hise iȝen. He biholdith fro the world til in to the world; and no thing is wondurful in his siȝt. It is not to seie, What is this thing, ether, What is that thing? for whi alle thingis schulen be souȝt in her tyme. The blessyng of hym schal flowe as a flood; and as the grete flood fillide greteli the erthe, so his yre schal enherite in folkis, that souȝten not hym. As he turnede watris in to dry|nessis, and the erthe was dried, and hise weieshise weyes; that is, weyes maad of him. offensiouns; for the watris runnen to E|gipcians, and drenchiden hem. Lire here. C. weren dressid to the weies of hem; so offenciouns in his ire ben dressid to synneris. Goode thingis weren maad at the bigynnyng to goode men; so goode thingis and yuele ben maad to worste men. The bigynnyng of nedeful thing to the lijf of men, watir, fier, and yrun, and salt, and mylk, and breed of cleene flour of whete, and hony, and a clustre of grape, and oile, and cloth. Alle these thingis schulen turne to hooli men in to goodis; so and to vnfeithful men andand to I. synneris in to yuels. Spiritis ben that ben maad to veniaunceben maad to veniaunce; that is, assignyd bi the ordre of Goddis riȝtful|nesse to suffre peyne, and to turmente syn|neris, that thei that weren wil|fuly suget to fendis in synne, ben suget vn|wilfuly to hem in peyne. in her woodnesse; bi which they rebelliden aȝen|us God. con|fermeden her turmentis; for as her synne is vncurable, so and her tur|ment is with|outen ende. schede out ver|tu; to turmente dampned men, that schulen be cast doun with hem in to helle. Lire here. C.; and in her wood|nesse thei confermyden her turmentis. And in the tyme of endyng thei schulen schede out vertu; and thei schulen con|foundeconfounde; that is, do bi worst wille. Lire here. C. the strong veniaunce of hym that made hem. Fier, hail, hungur, and deth; alle these thingis ben maad to veniaunce; the teeth of beestis, and scorpiouns, and serpentis, and a swerd punyschynge wick|id men in to destriyng. In the comaunde|mentis of hym tho schulen etetho schulen ete; that is, deuoure wickid men, in tur|menting hem. in her tymes; dispisid of God. a word; aboute the turment of dampnyd men. fro bigynnyng Y was conferm|ed; that is, fro the tyme in which Y vndur|stood that the punysching of synneris schal be most fers, Y purposide stidefastly to eschewe synnes, as myche as Y may. It is not to seie; in Goddis werkis, for whi no thing is yuel, in as myche as it is maad of God. Lire here. C., and tho schulen be maad redi on the erthe in nede; and in her tymes tho schulen not passe oa ceteri. word. Therfor fro the bigynnyng Y was confermed; and Y counselide, and thouȝte, and lefte writun. Alle the werkis of the Lord ben goode; and ech werk schal serue in his our. It is not to seie, This is worse than that; for whi alle thingis schulen be preued in her tyme. And now in al the herte and mouth preise ȝe togidere, and blesse ȝe the name of the Lord.

 CAP. XL.

Greet occupacioun is maad to alle men, and an heuy ȝok onto C. the sones of Adam, fro the dai of the goyng out of the wombe of her modir, til in to the dai of biriyng in to the modirin to the mo|dir, etc.; that is, in to erthe, to which thei turnen aȝen in angwisch and nakidnesse. fyndyngis of abiding, etc.; that is, feyn|yngis of more yuels of tyme to comynge, than schulen come, and the day of deth turmenten men. Lire here. C. of alle men. The thouȝtis of hem, and the dredis of herte, fyndyngis of abidyng, and the dai of end|yng; fro hym that sittith bifore on a glo|riouse seete, `til tovnto I. a man maad lowe in to erthethe erthe C. and aische; fro hym that vsith iacynct, and berith a coroun, `til tovnto I. hym that is hilid with raw lynnun cloth, wood|nesse, enuye, noise, doutyng, and drede of deth, wrathfulnesse dwellynge contynueli, and strijf; and in theOm. I. tyme of restyng in the bed, the sleep of nyȝt chaungith his kunnyng. Forsothe a litil is as nouȝt in reste; biholdyng is of hymbiholding is of him, etc.; for whi dremes ben maad to him of these thingis, whiche [he] siȝ in the day. of his helthe; that is, of his prosperite. at ony drede; that is, at ony ferd|ful thing, be it man, be it beeste. Lire here. C. in sleep as in the dai. He is disturblid in the siȝt of his herte, as he that ascapith in the dai of batel. He roos vp in the dai of hisOm. V. helthe, and dredynge not at ony drede, with al fleisch, fro man `til tovnto I. beeste, and seuenefoldand seuen|fold, schal come on synneris; that is, greu|ouse punysch|ing schal come on synneris, obstynat bi pride. at these thingis; that is, for thingis bifor seid. deth; violent. Lire here. C. schal come on synneris. At these thingis, deth, blood, stryuyng, and swerd, oppressyngis, hungur, and sorewe, and beetyngis; alle these thingis ben maad on wickid men, and the greet flood was maad for hem. For whi alle thingis that ben of the erthe, schulen turne in to the erthe; and alle watris schulen turne in to the see. Al ȝifteAl ȝifte; ȝouun for dis|triyng of riȝt|fulnesse, and wickidnesse doon for ȝifte. schal be doon awey; that is, the ȝyueris of ȝiftis, and the distrieris of riȝtfulnesse for ȝiftis, schulen be doon awey fro present liyf, so that no thing schal appere of her posses|siouns and boost, as no thing apperith in tablis doon awey. and feith; that is, feith|fulnesse of iust men. schal stonde; in his effect. as a flood; a flood is takun here for a stronde, that wexith greet sudeynly bi watris of snow, and soone is maad drie, so the richessis of vniust men be getun swiftly, and ben takun awey from hem ofte swiftliere. as greet thundur in reyn; that ceesith soone bi the reyn, so the boost of yuele riche men is takun awey soone of princes, bi a litil occasioun. Lire here. C. and wickidnesse schal be don awei; and feith schal stonde in to the world. The richessis of vniust men schulen be maad drie as a flood; and schulen sowne as a greet thundur in reyn. An vniust man schal be glad in openynge hise hondis; so trespassouris schulen faile in the ende. The sones of sones of wick|id men schulen not multiplie braunchis; and vncleene rootisvncleene rootis, etc.; that is, the fadris and modris of hem fallen doun soone, as a tre that hath no deep root, for roochis of stoon. Lire here. C. sownen on the cop of a stoon. Grenenesse bisidis ech watir; and at the brynk of the flood it schal be drawun out bi the roote bifor al hey. Grace as paradiss in blessyngis; and merci dwellith in to the world. The lijf of a werk man sufficient to hym silf schal be maad swete; and thou schalt fynde tresour ther ynne. Bildyng of a citee schal conferme a name; and a womman with out wem schal be rikenyd aboue thisaboue this; for whi hir stidefastnesse schal stonde with outen ende. swete tunge; of a prechour, ether of a techere of feith and ver|tues. Lire here. C.. Wyn and musik maken glad the herte; and loue of wisdom gladithOm. I. aboue euer either. Pipis and sawtree maken swete melodie; and a swete tunge aboue euer either. An yȝe schal desire grace and fairnesse; and greene sowyngis aboue these thingis. A frend and felowe com|ynge togidere in tymecomynge togi|dere in tyme; ben delitable togidere. a man with a womman, etc.; that is, ben more delitable whanne thei acorden in goodnesse, for thei ben o fleisch, and schulen not be departid bi al her liyf. setting of feet; that is, helthe of bodi ben acceptable to men. and vertues; that is, strengthe of bodi. Making lesse; that is, defaute of good. help; of man, for he that dredith God, hath present Goddis help. Lire here. C.; and a womman with mana man V. aboue euer either. Britheren in to help in the tyme of tribulacioun `coumforten mycheOm. I.; and merci schal de|lyuere more than thei. Gold and siluer, and settyng of feet; and counsel wel ples|ing is aboue euer either. Richessis and vertues enhaunsen the herte; and the drede of the Lord more than this. Making lesse is not in the drede of the Lord; and in that drede it is not to seke help. TheOm. I. drede of the Lord is as paradijs of bless|yng; and `the blessyngis of GodOm. V. kyuer|iden hym aboue al glorie. Sone, in the tyme of thi lijfSone, in the tyme of thi liyf; that is, in tyme of present liyf, grauntid to thee to worche wel. be thou not nedy; that is, be thou not idil, for whi bothe goostly nedinesse and temporal sueth to idilnesse. it is betere to die; bodily. than to be nedy; that is, to be idil, bi which a man dieth goostly. In xxxiij. co. ifore, Idilnesse hath tauȝt myche malice; and sum tyme for idilnesse a man dieth bodily, for ofte for idilnesse a man is turned to thefte, for which he is hangid. biholdinge in to another mannus boord; as ben mynstrels and stronge beggeris, idil of goode werkis. in the thouȝt of liyflode; that is, he thenkith not to do ony thing, wherof he owith to lyue resonably. Lire here. C. be thou not nedi; for it is betere to die, than to be nedi. A man biholdinge in to another mannus boord, his lijf is not in the thouȝt of lijflode; for he susteyneth his lijf with othere mennus metis. Forsothe a chastisid man and lernd schal kepe him silf. Nedynesse schal be defoulid in the mouth of an vnprudent manvnprudent man; that is, slow and idil. fier; that is, hungur. Lire here. C.; and fier schal brenne in his wombe.

 CAP. XLI.

AO! Ia.! deth, thi mynde is ful bittir to an vniust man, and hauynge pees in hise richessis; to a restful man, and whose weies ben dressidben dressid; that is, hath prosperite in al temporal thingis. to a nedi man; and iust. care of alle thingis; nedeful to liyf, for to gete tho. Lire here. C. in alle thingis, and ȝit myȝti to take mete. A! deth, thi doom is good to a nedi man, and which is maad lesse in strengthis, and failith for age, and to whom is care of alle thingis, and vnbi|leueful, that leesith wisdom. Nyle thou drede the doom of dethNyle thou drede the doom of deth; that is, sette thou thee in sich a staat, that the doom of deth be good to thee. what thingis weren bifor thee, etc.; for bi the minde of hooli fadris that ȝeden bifore, and of the meedis of iust men, and of peynes of wickid men, that schulen come, a man is disposid to abide sikirly the doom of deth. the sones of abhomyna|cioun; that is, worthi to be wlatid, for thei ben abhomyn|able in the siȝt of God, and of iust men. the sones of syn|neris; that is, sueris of the fadris synnes, bisidis the housis of wickid men, for they suen the dedis of wickid men. Sones playnen; in helle. thei ben in schen|schip for him; that is, ben dampned, for thei weren yuele enformed of him, which he was holdun to teche wel. Lire here. C.; haue thou mynde what thingis weren byfore thee, and what thingis schulen come on thee; this dom is of the Lord to ech man. And tho thingis that schulen come on thee in the good plesaunce of the hiȝeste; whe|thir ten ȝeer, ether an hundrid, ether a thousynde. For whi noon accusyngnoon accus|ing, etc.; no man may ex|cuse him there, in alegginge goodnesse of liyf, and seiynge aȝenus God, If Y hadde lyued longe, Y hadde do many goodis. Lire here. C. of lijf is in helle. The sones of abhomyna|ciouns ben the sones of synneris; and thei that dwellen bisidis the housis of wickid men. The eritage of the sones of syn|neris schal perische; and the contynu|aunce of schenschipe with the seed of hem. Sones playnen of a wickid fadir; for thei ben in schenschip for hym. Wo to ȝou, ȝe wickid men, that han forsake the lawe of the hiȝeste. And if ȝethei C. be borun, ȝe schulen be borun in cursidnesse; and if ȝe ben deed, ȝoure part schal be in cursidnesse. Alle thingis that ben of the erthe, schulen turne in to the erthe; so wickid men schulen turne fro cursyngfro cursing; of synne, which is of the deuel. in to perdicioun; of helle. of good name; that is, of iust lyuyng. of good liyf; that is, the meritorie liyf of a good man is schort. Lire here. C. in to perdicioun. The morenyng of men is in the bodi of hem; but the name of wickid men schal be doon awei. Haue thou bisynesse of a good name; for whi this schal dwelle more with thee, than a thousynde tresouris grete and preciouse. The noumbre of daies is the terme of good lijf; but a good name schal dwelle with outen ende. Sones, kepe ȝe techyng in pees; for whi wisdom hid, and tresour vnseyn, what profit is in euer either? Betere is a manBetere is a man; that is, lesse yuel. alle men in feith; that is, not alle seiyngis of a techere, thouȝ tho acor|den with Cris|ten feith, plesen alle dissiplis. Lire here. C. that hidith his foli, than a man that hidith his wisdom. Netheles turne ȝeOm. A. aȝen in these thingis that comen forth of my mouth. For it is not good to kepe alle vnreuerence, and not alle thingis plesen alle men in feith. Be ȝe ascham|ed of fornycacioun, bifor fadir, and bifor modir; and of a leesyng, bifore a iustice, and bifore a myȝti man; and of trespas, bifor a prince, and bifore a iuge; and of wickidnesse, bifore a synagoge, and a pu|ple; and of vnriȝtwisnessevnriȝtfulnesse C et ceteri., bifore a felow, and a frend; and of thefteof thefte; to be doon. testa|ment; to be brokun. of sit|ting; that is, of the firste seete at another mannus table. blemysching of ȝifte, etc.; that is, whanne it is ȝouun for a foul thing, as for leccherie, ether ony sich thing, ether is takun with out kynde|nesse, ether for a foul cause. enserche thou not hir hand|maide; in sek|inge how thou maist disseyue the lady bi hir. C., in the place where ynne thou dwellist; of the treuthe and testamentthe testament S. of God; ofand of Q. sittyng at theOm. CEFHKNPQRUVX. mete in looues, and of the blemyschyng of ȝifte, and takyng; of stilnesse, bifore hem that greeten; of the biholdyng of a letcherouse womman, and of theOm. CFGHIKMNPQRSUVXa. turnyng a wey of the cheer of a cosyn. Turne thou not awey thethy A sec. m. F. face fro thi neiȝbore; and be thou war of takyng a weiOm. V. a part, and not restorynge. Biholde thou not the womman of an othere man; and enserche thou not her hand maide, nether stonde thou at hir bed. Be thou war of frendis, of the wordis of vpbreidyng; and whanne thou hast ȝoue, vpbreide thou not.

 CAP. XLII.

Double thou not a word of heryng, of the schewyng of an hid word; and thou schalt be verily with out schame, and thou schalt fynde grace in the siȝt of alle men. Be thou not schent for alle these thingis; and take thou not a persoone, that thou do trespas. Be thou war of the lawe and testamentand testament; to be brokun. C. of the hiȝeste, of doom to iustifie a wickid man; of the wordworld omnes præter U. of felowis, and of weigoeris, and of the ȝyu|yng of eritage of frendis; of the euen|nesse of balaunce, and of weiȝtis, of the getyng of many thingisgeting of many thingis; bi thi raueyn. of fewe thingis; bi thi slouthe. of myche; that is, ouer hard. chastising; bi which thei fleen awey. to bleede; that is, to bete til to greet scheding out of blood, for this is a signe of ouer greet cru|elte. of eldere men; in ver|tues, be thou bisi that this abusioun be doon awey. Lire here. C., and of fewe thingis; of corrupcioun of biyng, and of marchauntis, and of myche chastising of sones; and of a worste seruaunt, to make thethi EFHIKMQRSUa. side toOm. ES. bleede. A seelyngseelyng, ether closyng C et ceteri. is good on a wickid manwoman A sec. m. C sec. m.. Where ben many hondis, close thou; and what euer thing thou schalt bitake, noumbre thou, and weie thou; forsothe discryue thou, ether write, ech ȝifte, and takyng. Absteine thou fro the techyng of an vnwitti man, and fool, and of eldere men that ben dem|ed of ȝonge men; and thou schalt be lernd in alle thingis, and thou schalt be comendable in the siȝt of alle men. An hid douȝter of a fadir is wakynge and bisynesse of hym; sche schal take awei sleep; lest perauenture sche be maad auowtresse in hir ȝong wexynge age, and lest sche dwellynge with the hosebonde, be maad hateful; lest ony tyme sche be defoulid in hir virginytee, and be foundun with child in the kepyng of hir fadir; leste perauenture sche dwellynge with the hosebonde, do trespasse, ether certis be maad bareynbareyn; for ouer greet vs|ing of lecherie, and therfor comyn hooris ben with childe ful seeldene. Lire here. C.. Ordeyne thou kepyng on a letcherouse douȝter, lest ony tyme sche make thee to come in to schenschipe to enemyes, of bacbityng in the citee, and of castyng out of the puple; and sche make thee aschamed in the multitude of puple. Nyle thou take heed to ech man in the fairnessein the fair|nesse; in delit|inge in the bi|holding of his fayrnesse; he seith this to eschewe the synne aȝenus kynde, to which many men weren enclyn|aunt. Lire here. C.; and nyle thou dwelle in the myddis of wymmen. For whi a mouȝte cometh forth of clothis, and the wickid|nesse of a man cometh forth of a wom|man. For whi the wickidnesse of a man is beterethe wickid|nesse of a man is betere, etc.; that is, lesse yuel. than a womman doyng wel; that is, to dwelle togidere, wherfor this is referrid to that that is bifor seid, nyle thou dwelle in the myddis of wymmen; for it is more perel|ouse to a man to dwelle togi|dere with a straunge wom|man, ȝhe, a good womman, than with a wickid man. The sunne liȝt|nynge bihelde bi alle thingis; that is, made alle thingis to be visible, for the bodies of heuene and of erthe ben liȝtned of the sunne. the werk therof is ful of the glorie of the Lord; that is, the gloriouse power of God schyneth in the werkis of the sunne, that ben to liȝtne othere bodies, to make newe the erthe with erbis and flouris, and trees with leeuys and fruytis. Lire here. C. than a womman doynge wel, and a womman schendyng in to schen|schipe. Therfor be thou myndeful of the werkis of the Lord; and Y schal telletelle of C pr. m. thethee E. werkis of the Lord, whiche Y siȝ, in the wordis of the Lord. The sunne liȝtnynge bihelde by alle thingis; and the werk therof is ful of theOm. CK. glorie of the Lord. Whether the Lord made not hooli men to telle out alle hise merueilis, whiche the Lord almyȝti stidfast in his glorie schal conferme? He schal enserche the depthedepthe; that is, the deuel. in the felnesse of hem; that is, yuele fraude, and wickid wille, in draw|inge out good of tho. Lire here. C., and the herte of men; and he schal thenke in the felnesse of hem. For the Lord knew al kunnyng, and bihelde in to the signe of the world; tellynge tho thingis that ben passid, and tho thingis that schulen come; schewynge the steppis of hid thingis. And no thouȝt passith hym, and no word hidith it silf fro hym. He made fair the grete werkis of hisOm. C. wisdom, which is bifore the world, and til in to the world; nether ony thing isnether ony thing is leid to, etc.; for whi Goddis wisdom may not be de|creessid nether encresid, for it is greet with outen mesure. Lire here. C. encreessidleid to, ether encressid C et ceteri., nether is decreessid, and he hath no nede to the counsel of ony. Alle hise werkis ben ful desirabledesi|derable C., and to bi|holde, as a sparcleas a sparcle; that is, it is ful goode to biholde that these werkis of God, thouȝ these ben wondurful, ben not but a litil sparcle of Goddis goodnesse and excelence. lyuen and dwellen; for whi alle creaturis lyuen in God, in as myche as tho ben in God bi maner of vndurstonding. alle thingis; that is, elementis. ben double; for the erthe is cold and drie, the water is cold and moist, the eir is hoot and moist, the fier is hoot and drie. Lire here. C. which is. Alle these thingis lyuen, and dwellen in to the world; and alle thingis obeien to hym in al nede. Alle thingis ben double, oon aȝens oon; and he made not ony thing to faile. He schal conferme the goodis of ech; andOm. C. who schal be fillid, seynge his glorie?

 CAP. XLIII.

The firmamentThe firmament; that is, heuene of sterris; the sunne is fairnesse therof, that is, makith the fairnesse therof. in the siȝt of glorie; that is, ful gloriouse and wondurful. Lire here. C. of hiȝnesse is the fair|nesse therof; the fairnesse of heuene in the siȝt of glorie. The sunne in bihold|yng, tellynge in goyng out, is a woundur|ful vessel, the werk of hiȝ God. In the tyme of myddai it brenneth the erthe; and who schal mow suffre in the siȝt of his heete? Kepynge a furneis in the werkis of heete; the sunne brennynge hillis in thre maneris, sendynge out beemys of fier, and schynynge aȝen with hise beemys, blyndith iȝen. The Lord is greet, that made it; and in the wordis of hymin the wordis of him, etc.; that is, bi the ordenaunce of God the sunne hastide his cours. Lire here. C. it hastide iourney. And the moone in alle men in his tyme is shewing of tyme, and aOm. V. signe of the world. A signe of the feeste dai is takun of theOm. CV. moone; the liȝt which is maad litil in the ende. The monethe is encreessynge bi the name therof, wondirfuli in to the ending. A vessel of castels in hiȝ thingis, schynynge gloriousli in the firmament of heuene. The fairnesse of heuene is the glorie of sterris; the Lord an hiȝ liȝtneth the world. In the wordis of the hooli tho schulen stonde at the doom; and tho schulen not faile in her wakyngis. Se thou the bouweSe thou the bowe; that is, the reynbowe, and se the wondurful ap|pering therof. Lire here. C., and blesse thou hym that made it; it is ful fair in hisOm. V. schynyng. It ȝede aboute heuene in the cumpas of his glorie; the hondis of hiȝ God openyden it. Bi his comaundement he hastide the snow; and he hastithhastide C. to sende out the leiȝtyngis of his dom. Therfor tresouris weren opened, and clowdis fledden out as beenbees CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXa.. In his greetnesse he settide clowdis; and stoonys of hail weren brokun. Hillis schulen be moued in his siȝt; and the south wynd schal blowe in his wille. The vois of his thundur schal beete the erthe; the tem|pest of the north, and the gaderyngtempest of the north and the gadering, etc.; is of God, and betith the erthe, and tur|mentith men dwellynge ther|ynne. as a brid puttynge doun; his wyngis. and drenching doun; that is, comynge doun on greene erbis, to deuoure tho. Lire here. C. to|gidere of wynd. And as a brid puttynge doun to sitte sprengith snow, and the comyng doun of that snow is as a locust drenchynge doun. The iȝe schal wondre on the fairnesseor colour K marg. of whitnesse therof; and an herte dredith on the reyn therof. He schal schede out frost as salt on the erthe; and while the wynd blowith, it schal be maad as coppis of a brere. The coold northun wynd blew, and cristal of watir frees togidre; it restithit restith; the cooldnesse of the northrun wynd makith watris to be frozun togidere. deuoure hillis; that is, erbis wexinge in hillis. quenche; that is, distrie. medicyn of alle thingis; brent bi the northrun wynd. is in the hasting of a cloude; brouȝt bi the south|urne wynd. make it lowe; that is, schal tempere the exces of heete. C., on al the geder|ing togidere of watris, and it clothithcloseth I. it silf with watris, as with an haburioun. And it schal deuoure hillis, and it schal brenne the desert; and it schal quenche grene thing as fier. The medicyn of alle thingis is in the haasting of a cloude; a deewe, meetynge the heete comynge of brennyng, schal make it low. The wynd was stille in the word of God; bi his thouȝt he made peesible the depthe of watris; and the Lord Jhesuthe Lord Jhesu; that is, God, which is sauyour of alle men, for whi Jhesu is inter|pretid helthe, thouȝ the au|tour of this book, that was an Ebrew man, wroot this book in Greek, ne|theles he set|tide in here an Ebreu name. Lire here. C. plauntide it. Thei that seilen in the see, tellen out the perels therof; and we heeringe with oure eeris schulen wondre. There ben ful cleer werkis, and wonderful, dyuerse kindis of beestis, and ofOm. A. alle litle beestis, and the creature of wondurful fischis. The ende of weie is confermyd for itfor it; that is, for the occian, ether west see, to be refreyned. Lire here. C.; and alle thingis ben maad in the word of hym. We seien many thingisWe seyen many thingis; of God bi hise werkis. and failen in wordis; for whi his excel|ence may not be compre|hendid of vs, and so it may not be teld out of vs. he is the ending of wordis; for he aloone compre|hendith him|silf perfitly, and declarith in his Word, that is, Sone, euene in sub|staunce, and euene euerlast|inge with him. To what thing, etc.; to atteyne of Goddis ma|ieste. hath glo|rie in alle thingis; which we moun knowe bi creaturis, as if he seye, We moun atteyne to ful litil thing. Lire here. C., and we faylen in wordis; forsothe he is the endyng of wordis. To what thing schulen we be myȝti, that han glorie in alle thingis? for he is al myȝti aboue alle hise werkis. The Lord is ferdful, and ful greet; and his power is wondurful. Glorifie ȝe the Lord as myche as euere ȝe moun, ȝit he schal be myȝtiere; and his grete doynge is won|durful. Ȝe blessynge the Lord, enhaunse hym as myche as ȝe moun; for he is more than al preisyng. Ȝe enhaunsynge hym schulen be fillid with vertu; trauele ȝe nottrauele ȝe not; to knowe God perfitly in this liyf; for whi this is vnpossible. C., for ȝe schulen not take perfitli. Who siȝ hym, and schal telle out? and who schal magnefie hym, as he is fro the bigynnyng? Many thingis gretter than these ben hid fro vs; for we han seyn fewe thingis of hise werkis. Forsothe the Lord made alle thingis; and he ȝaf wis|dom to men doynge feithfuli.

 CAP. XLIV.

Preise we gloriouse men, and oure fa|dris in her generacioun. The Lord made myche glorie bi his greet doyng, fro the world. Grete men in vertu werenOm. V. lordis in her poweris, and riche in her prudence; tellynge in profetis the dignete of pro|fetis, and comaundynge in present puple, and tellynge hoolieste wordis to puplis, bi the vertu of prudence. Sekynge maneres of musik in her childhodin her child|hed; bokis amendid han, in her child|hed, thouȝ summe bokis han, in her kunnyng. C., and tellynge songis of scripturis. Riche men in vertu, hauynge the studie of fairnesse, makynge pees in her housis. Alle these men gaten glorie in the generaciouns of her folk; and ben had in preysyngis in her daies. Thei that weren borun of hem, leften a name to telle the preisyngis of hem. And summe benther ben I., of whiche is no mynde; thei perischiden as thei that weren not, and thei weren borun as not borun; and her sones perischiden with hem. But also tho men of mercy ben, whose pitees fail|iden not; and good eritage dwellide con|tynueli with the seed of hem. And the seed of her sones sonesOm. C. stood in testa|ment, and the eritage of her sones dwell|ith forbifor C. hem, til in to with outen ende; the seed of hem, and the glorie of hem, schal not be forsakun. The bodies of hem ben biried in pees; and the name of hem schal lyue in to generaciouns and genera|ciouns. Puplis tellen the wisdom of hem; and the chirche tellith the preysyng of hem. Enok pleside God, and was trans|latidwas trans|latid, etc.; he schal come aȝen fro paradiys aboute the worldis ende, with Elie, to preche aȝenus Antecrist. Tes|tamentis; that is, biheestis of the world, to be not doon awey bi the grete flood. Lire here. C. in to paradis, that he ȝyue wisdom to folkis. Noe was foundun parfit and iust, and he was maad recouncelynge in the tyme of wrathfulnesse. Therfor re|sidue seed was left to erthe, whanne the greet flood was maad. Testamentis of the world weren set anentis hym, lest al fleisch myȝte be doon awei bi the greet flood. Abraham was the greet fadir of the mul|titude of folkis; and noon was foundun lijk hym in glorienoon was foundun liyk him in glorie; that is, in ver|tuouse werk, and this in twey thingis, for he prechide first opinli the feith of o God, whanne aftir the grete flood puplis bowiden to idolatrie; and in this that he wolde offre so redily his oon aloone gendrid sone and derl|ing, for to fille Goddis co|maundement. the lawe of hiȝ God; that is, the lawe of kynde preent|id in mannus soule. a testament, etc.; that is, circumci|sioun. in temta|cioun; bi which the Lord temt|ide him, to schewe to othere men his obedience. fro the see, etc.; these ben the endis of the lond of biheest, that is, the myddil see of erthe at the west, and the deed see at the eest; the flood Eufrates at the north, and the desert of Egipt at the south. dide in the same maner; that is, blesside him, and bihiȝte to him that he bihiȝte to Abra|ham. Lire here. C., which kepte the lawe of hiȝ God, and was in theOm. C sec. m. V. testament with hym. He made a testament to stonde in his fleisch; and he was foundun feith|ful in temptacioun. Therfor God with an ooth ȝaf to hym glorie in his folk; God made hym to encreesse, as an heep of erthe, and to enhaunse his seed as sterris, and to enherite hem fro the see `til tovnto I. the see, and fro the flood `til tovnto I. the endis of erthe. And to Isaac God dide in the same maner, for Abraham, his fa|dir. The Lord ȝaf to hym the blessing of alle folkisthe blessing of alle folkis; that is, God ȝaf to him and not to Ismael, that Crist schulde be borun of him, in which Crist alle folkis of erthe schulen be blessid. his testament; that is, couenaunt, which he made to Abraham. He knew him; that is, appre|uyde him, as worthi to hise blessingis. on the heed of Jacob; and not on the heed of Esau, thouȝ Isaac wolde first do the contrarie. men of merci; that is, his sones patriarkis, that goten mersi of the sillyng of Josep. grace in the siȝt of ech man; grace in the siȝt of Farao and of Egipcians. Lire here. C.; and confermyde his testa|ment on the heed of Jacob. He knew hym in hise blessyngis, and ȝaf eritage to hym; and departide to hym a part in twelue lynagis. And he kepte to hym men of merci, fyndynge grace in the siȝt of eche man.

 CAP. XLV.

Moises was loued of God and of men; whose mynde is in blessyng. He made him lijk in the glorieliyk in the glorie, etc.; in seynge Goddis beyng; as Austyn seith to Paulyn, in his book of God to be seyn. In the feith; that is, in feithfulnesse, for he was ful feithful. chees him; to lede the children of Israel out of Egipt, and to be the lawe ȝyuere of the elde testament. to comaundementis; to fille tho in werk, and to teche tho to othere men. Lire here. C. of seyntis, and he magnefiede hym in the drede of enemyes; and in his wordis he made peesible the wondris aȝens kynde. He glorifiede hym in the siȝt of kyngis, and he `comaundide to hymether sende him K marg. bifore his puple, and schewide his glorie to hym. In the feith andof V. myldenesse of hym God made hym hooli; and chees him of alle men. For he herde hym, and his vois; and ledde inOm. I. hym in a cloude. And ȝaf to hym an herte to comaundementis, and to the lawe of lijf, and of techyng; to teche Jacob a testa|ment, and Israel hise domes. He made hiȝ Aaron, his brother, and lijk hym of the lynage of Leuy. He ordeynede to hym euerlastyngean euerlastinge X sec. m. testamenteuerlastinge testament; that is, the coue|naunt of prest|hod, which is seid euerlast|inge, in as myche as it figuride the presthod of Crist, which presthod is euerlastinge. made him blis|ful in glorie; that is, made him to be seid blisful, for glorie of prest|hod. with a girdil of riȝt|fulnesse; that is, with a girdil maad of dy|uerse colours, which is seid a girdil of riȝt|fulnesse, for it streynede togi|dere the prestis clothis, as riȝt|fulnesse of the lawe refreynede vnordenat ma|neris. C., and ȝaf to hym the preesthod of theOm. CEFGHKMNPQRUVXa. folkfolkis S.. And he made hym blissful in glorie, and girte hym with a girdil of riȝtfulnesse; and clothide hym with a stoole of glorie, and crownede hym in the ournementis of vertu. He settide on hym sandalies, and breeches, and a clooth on the schuldur, and girte hym aboute with ful many small goldun bellis in cumpas; to ȝyue soun in his goyng, to make soun herd in the temple, in to mynde to the sones of his folk. God ȝaf to hym an hooli stoole, a wouun werk, with gold, and iacynct, and purpur, the werk of a wijs man, maad riche with doom and treuthe; the werk of a crafti man, in writhun reed threed, with pre|ciouse iemmes grauun in the byndyng of gold, and grauun bi the werk of aOm. C. crafti man of stoonys, in to mynde, bi the noum|bre of the lynagis of Israel. A goldun coroun on his mytre, set forth with the signe of hoolynesse, the glorie of onour, and the werk of vertu, ourned to desijr of iȝen. Siche thingis so faire weren not bi|fore hym, `til tovnto I. the eest. Noon alien was clothid ther ynne, but oneli hise sones, and hise sones sones aloone, bi al tyme. Hise sacrifices weren endid ech dai bi fyer. Moises fillideMoise fillide; that is, sacride. to haue preis|ing; that is, to haue the office to preise God, as it acordith to a comyn persoone. in his name; that is, in the name of God. aliens; fro the kyn of prestis, as weren Chore and his congregacioun; in xvi. co. of Numery. Lire here. C. hise hondis, and anoyntide hym with hooli oile. It was maad to hym in to euerlastynge testa|ment, and to his seed as the daies of heuene, to vse presthod, and to haue preisyng, and to glorifie his puple in his name. God chees hym of ech lyuynge man, to offre sacrifice to God, encense, and good odour, in to mynde, for to plese for his puple. And he ȝaf to hym power in hise comaundementis, and in the testa|mentis of domes, to teche Jacob witness|yngis, and in his lawe to ȝyue liȝt to Israel. For aliens stooden aȝens hym, and men that weren with Datan and Abiron, and the congregacioun of Chore, in wrath|fulnesse cumpassiden hym for enuye, in desert. The Lord siȝ, and it pleside not hym; and thei weren wastid in the feers|nesse of wrathfulnesse. He made to hem wondris aȝens kynde, and in the flawme of fier he wastidewastide; for the erthe swo|lewide hem, and thei ȝeden doun quyke in to helle. ȝaf eritage; that is, the firste fruytis. in the lond; of bi|heest. Lire here. C. hem. And he encreess|ide glorie to Aaron, and ȝaf eritage to hym; and he departide to Aaron the firste thingis of fruytis of the erthe. He made redi his breed in the firste thingis, in to fulnesse; for whi and thei shulen ete the sacrifices of the Lord, whiche he ȝaf to hym, and to his seed. But in the lond of his folk he schal not haue eritage, and no part is to hym among the folk; for whi God is the part and eritage of hym. Fynees, the sone of Eleazarus, was the thridde in glorie, in suynge hym in theOm. I. drede of God, and to stonde in the reuerence of folk; in the goodnesse and gladnesse of his soule he pleside God of Israel. Ther|for God ordeynede to hym the testament of peestestament of pees; that is, the dignitee of presthod, to be had in posses|sioun pesibly to him and to hise sones. prince of hooly men; that is, of prestis, that weren seid hooly, for they weren assigned to Goddis ser|uyces. the tes|tament of Da|uyth; that is, his ordenaunce, of alarging of Goddis wor|schipyng, which ordenaunce he settide vndur the gouernail of the hiȝeste bischop. the glorie of hem; that is, dignete of presthod in hem and in her sones. euerlast|inge; that is, to dwelle longe, as hillis ben euer|lastinge. Lire here. C., and made hym prince of hooli men, and of his folk; that the dignete of presthod be to hym and to his seed, with outen ende. And the testament of Dauid, the sone of Jesse, of the lynage of Juda, was eritage to hym, and to his seed; that he schulde ȝyue wisdom in to oure herte, to deme his folk in riȝtfulnesse, lest her goodis schulen be don awei; and he made the glorie of hem to be euerlastinge, in the folk of hem.

 CAP. XLVI.

Jhesus Naue, the successour of Moises in profetis, was strong in batel, that was greet bi his name. The gretteste in to the helthe of chosun men of God, to ouer|come enemyes risynge aȝens hem, that he schulde gete the erytage of Israel. Which glorie he gat in reysynge his hondis, and in castynge scharpe arowis aȝens citees. Who bifore hym aȝenstood so? for whi the Lord hym silf smoot the enemyes. Whether the sunne was not lettid in the wrathfulnesse of hym, and o dai was maad as tweyne? He clepide to help the hiȝeste GodOm. I., myȝti in ouercomynge enemyes on ech side; and God, greet and hooli, herde hym, in stoonys of hail of ful greet vertu. He made asauȝt aȝens the folk enemy, and in the comynge doun he loste the aduer|saries; that hethene men knowe the myȝt of hym, for it is not esy to fiȝte aȝens the Lord; and he suede myȝti men at the bak. And in the daies of Moises he and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, diden merci; to stonde aȝens the enemye, and to forbede the folk fro synnes, and to refreyne the grutchyng of malice. And thei tweyne weren stid|fast, and weren delyuered fro perel, of the noumbre of sixe hundrid thousynde `foot menof footmen C., to brynge hem in to the eritage, in to the lond that flowith mylk and hony. And the Lord ȝaf strengthe to thilke Ca|leph, and til inOm. MRa. toto his I. to the CFHQ pr. m. SVa. elde vertu dwellide perfitli to hym; that he stiede in to the hiȝ place of the lond, and his seed gat eritage. And alle the children of Israel sien, that it is good to obeie to hooli God. And alle iugis bi her name, the herte of whichewhom I. was not corruptwas not cor|rupt; bi aua|rice, but weren stronge in batel. turned awey; bi idola|trie. the glorie; that stondith not in richessis onours, and delices, but in vertuouse werkis. Lire here. C., weren strong in batel, which weren not turned awei fro the Lord; that the mynde of hem be in blessyng, and her boonys apperen fro her place; and her name dwellith with outen ende, for the glorie of hooli men dwellith at the sones of hem. Samuel, the profete of the Lord, that was louyd of his Lord God, made newe the empiremade newe the empire; translatinge the rewme fro the lynage of Beniamyn to the lynage of Juda, bi co|maundement of God. he siȝ the Lord of Jacob; that is, he knew in reuelacioun of profecie, for he herde ofte the Lord speking to him; therfor siȝ is takun here for herde. in his feith; that is, feith|fulnesse. in the offring of a man vndefoul|id; that is, in his owne of|fring. Samuel is seid a man vndefoulid, for he ȝede not awey fro riȝt|fulnesse bi aua|rice, nether bi other synne. Lire here. C., and anoynt|ide prynces in his folk. In the lawe of the Lord he demyde the congregacioun, and he siȝ the Lord of Jacob, and in his feith he was preued a profete. And he was knowun feithful in hise wordis, for he siȝ the Lord of liȝt. And he clepide in to help the Lord almyȝti, in ouercomynge enemyes stondynge aboute on ech side, in the offrynge of a man vndefoulid. And the Lord thundride fro heuene, and in greet soun he made his vois herd. And he al to-brak the princes of men of Tyre, and alle the duykis of Filisteis. And bi|fore theOm. I. tyme of ende of his lijf, and of the world, he ȝaf witnessyng in the siȝt of the Lord, and of Cristand of Crist; that is, Saul, anoyntid in to kyng. Lire here. C.; he took not of ony man richessis, ȝhe, til to schoonthe schoon A pr. m.; and no man accuside hym. And after this he slepte, and he made knowun to the kyngto the kyng; that is, Saul, to whom he seid, that his deth neiȝede in the morewe. Lire here. C., and he schewide to hym the ende of his lijf; and he enhaunside his vois fro the erthe in profesie, to do awei the wickidnesse of the folc.

 CAP. XLVII.

Aftir these thingis Nathan, the profete, roos, in the daies of Dauid. And as yn|nere fatnesseas ynnere fat|nesse, etc.; thouȝ al the puple of Israel seruede God, netheles Da|uyth seruede more deuoutly than othere men diden. Lire here. C. departide fro the fleisch, so Dauid fro the sones of Israel. He pleiede with liouns, as with lambren; he dide in lijk maner with beris, as with lambren of scheep. Whether in his ȝongthe he killide not a giaunt, and took awei schenschip fro the folk? In reisynge the hond in a stoon of a slynge, he castide doun the ful out ioiyng of Golias, where he clepide to help the Lord almyȝti; and he ȝaf in his riȝt hond to do awei a stronge man in batel, and to enhaunse the horn of his folk. So he glorifiede hymhe glorifiede him, etc.; that is, made to be preisid. preiside him, etc.; that is, made him preisable, of goodis whiche he ȝaf to him. Lire here. C. in ten thou|synde, and he preiside hym in the bless|yngisblessing V. of the Lord, in offrynge to hym the coroun of glorie. For he al to-brak enemyes on ech side, and drow out bi the roote Filisteis contrarie, `til in tovnto I. this dai; he al to-brak the horn of hem, `til in tovnto I. with outen ende. Dauid in ech werk ȝaf knouleching to hooli God, and hiȝ in the word of glorie. Of al his herte he heriede God, and he louyde the Lord that made hym, and ȝaf to hym power aȝens ene|myes. And he made syngeris to stonde aȝens the auter; and he made swete motetis in the soun of hem. And he ȝaf fairnesse in halewyngishe ȝaf fair|nesse in halew|ingis; for he encreesside Goddis wor|schiping in prestis, dekenes, and singeris. tymes; that is, solemnytees, that weren maad in dy|uerse tymes of the ȝeer. Lire here. C., and he ournede tymes `til tovnto I. the endyng of lijf; that thei schulden preise the hooli name of the Lord, and make large eerli the hoolynesse of God. Crist purgide the synnes of hym, and enhaunside his horn with outen ende; and he ȝaf to hym the testament of kyngis, and the seete of glorie in Israel. Aftir hym roos a witti sone; and for hym he castide doun al the power of enemyes. Salomon regnede in the daies of pees, to whom God made suget alle enemyes, that he schulde make an hous in the name of God, and make redi hoolynesse with outen ende, as he was lerned in his ȝongthe. And he was fillid with wisdom as a flood is fillid; and his soule vnhilide the erthe. And thou, Salomon, fillidist derk figuratif spechisand thou, Salomon, fillid|ist derk figura|tif spechis; in declaring tho to the queen of Saba. londis; that is, men dwellinge in londis. Lire here. C. in licnessis; andOm. CV. thi name was pupplischid to ilis afer, and thou were louyde in thi pees. Londis wondriden in songis, and in prouerbis, and in licnessis, and interpretyngis, ether exposiciouns; and in theOm. I. name of the Lord, to whom the surname is God of Israel. Thou ga|deridist togidere gold as latoun, and thou fillidist siluer as leed. And thou bouwidist thi thies to wymmen; thou haddist power in thi bodiin thi bodi; to fille the lust of thi bodi. Lire here. C.. Thou hast ȝoue a wem in thi glorie, and madist vnhooli thi seed, to brynge in wrathfulnesse to thi children, and thi foli in othere men; that thou schuldist make the rewme departid in to tweyne, and of Effrem to comaunde an hard comaundement. But God schal not forsake his merci, and schal not distrie, nether do awei hise werkis, nether he schal leese fro generacioun the sones sones of his chosun kyng Dauid; and he schal not distrie the seed of hym that loueth the Lord. Forsothe God ȝaf remenaunt to Jacob, and to Dauid of that genera|cioun. And Salomon hadde an ende with hise fadris. And he lefte aftir hym of his seed Roboam, the foli of the folk, and made lesse fro prudence; which Roboam turnede awei the folk bi his councel. And Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that made Israel to do synne, and ȝaf to Effraym weie to do synne; and ful many synnes of hemmany synnes of hem, etc.; that is, synnes grete and orri|ble maden hem to be prisoneris fer fro her lond. defence; that is, licence of Cirijs, kyng of Persis, that thei myȝten turne aȝen in to the lond of Juda. fro alle synnes; that is, prisonyng brouȝt in on hem for her synnes. Lire here. C. weren plenteuouse, for thei turn|eden hem awei greetli fro her lond. And the lynage of Effraym souȝte al wickid|nessis, til defence cam to hem; and dely|uerede hem fro alle synnes.

 CAP. XLVIII.

And Elie, the profete, roos as fieras fier; that is, brennynge in the feruent loue of God. brente as a brond; in kyn|dling the he|reris to Goddis loue. suynge him, etc.; that is, the prestis of Baal, that souȝten to be herd bi fier in the ending of her brent sa|crifice, as Elie did, in the III. book of Kyngis, xviij. co. and for thei myȝten not, thei weren slayn of the puple. co|maundementis of the Lord; that is, thei myȝten not aȝenstonde his wille, that co|maundide her deth bi Elie. Lire here. C.; for whi his word brente as a brond. Which brouȝte yn hungur on hem, and thei suynge hym weren maad fewe for enuyeher enuye C sec. m.; for thei myȝten not suffre the comaunde|mentis of the Lord. Bi the word of the Lord he held togidere heuene, and castide doun fro it fiercastide doun fro it fier; that is, bi the vertu of his preyer he made fier come doun fro heuene, on his brent sacrifice. Lire here. C. to the erthe. So Elie was alargid in his merueils; and who may haue glorie in lijk maner with thee, which tokist a wei a deed man fro hellis, fro the eritage of deth, in the word of the Lord God? Which castidist doun kyngis to deth, and hast broke togidere liȝtli the power of hem, and gloriouse men fro her bedfro her bed; summe bokis han for her trespas; that is, twey princes of fifti men sent of Ocosie ligginge in his bed, to take Elie, on which he made fier to come doun fro heuene. Lire here. C.. Which herdist dom in Syna, and in Oreb domes of defencein Oreb domes of defence; that is, of Goddis veniaunce, whanne God comaundide to Elie, to anoynte Elisee in to a profete, and Asael in to king of Sirie, and Hieu, the sone of Namsi, in to king of Israel, to the sleyng of idolatrouris. to penaunce; that is, to the punysching of idolatrouris. in the domes of tymes; that is, to come in tymes bifor the doom, to schewe opinly the falsnesse of Antecrist, in the laste co. of Malachie, Y schal sende Elie, the profete, bifor that the grete and orible dai of the Lord come, that he turne the hertis of fadris to the sones. that sien thee; that is, sien thyn hooly conuersacioun, and herde thi teching. Lire here. C.. Which anoyntist kyngis to penaunce, and makist prophetis successouris aftir thee. Which were re|seyued in a whirlwynde of fier, in a chare of horsis of fier. Which art writun in the domes of tymes, to plese the wrathfulnesse of the Lord, to recounsele the herte of the fadir to the sone, and toOm. C. restore the lynagis of Jacob. Thei ben blessid, that siȝen thee, and weren maad feirweren maad fair; bi fair|nesse of ver|tues. lyuen onely in liyf; that is, han fame in present liyf. C. in thi frenschipe; for whi we lyuen oneli in lijf, but after deth oure name schal notOm. V. be siche. Elie, that was hilid in a whirle|wynd; and his spirit was fillid in Elisee. Elisee in hise daies dredde not the prince, and no man ouercam hym bi power; ne|ther ony word ouercam hym, and his deed bodi profesiede. In his lijf he dide won|dris aȝens kynde; and in deth he wrouȝte merueilis. In alle these thingis the puple dide not penaunce, and ȝeden not awei fro her synnes, til whanne thei weren cast awei fro her lond, and weren scatered in to ech lond. And a ful fewe folk was left, and a prince in the hous of Dauid. Summe of hem diden that, that pleside God; but othere diden many synnes. Ezechie maad strong his citee, and brouȝte watir in to the myddis therof; andand he I. diggide a rooche with irun, and bildide a pit to watir. In hise daies Senacherib stiede, and sente Rapsaces; and he reiside his hond aȝens hem, and he reiside his hond aȝens Syon, and was maad proud in his power. Thanne the hertis and hondis of hem weren moued; and thei hadden sorewe as wymmen tra|uelynge of child. And thei clepiden to help the merciful Lord, and thei spredden abrood the hondis, and reisiden to heuene; and the hooli LordOm. C. God herde soone the vois of hem. He hadde not mynde on her synnes, nether ȝaf hem to her enemyes; but he purgide hem in the hond of Isaiein the hond of Ysaie; that is, by Ysaie preiynge for hem, at the axing of Ese|chie. pleside the Lord; in purgynge Je|rusalem fro idolatrie, and in excitinge the prestis and de|kenes and the puple, to Goddis worschiping. C., the hooli profete. The aungel of the Lord castide doun the castels of Assiriens, and al to-brak hem. For whi Ezechie dide that that pleside the Lord, and ȝede strongli in the weie of Dauith, his fadir; which weie Isaie, the grete profete, and feithful in the siȝt of God, comaundide to hym. In the daies of hym the sunne ȝede aȝen abak; and God encreesside lijf to the kyng. With greet spirit YsaieEzechie A sec. m. marg. siȝhe sauȝe I. the laste thingis; and heOm. C. coumfortide the moreneris in Sion, `in totil in to A pr. m with outen ende. He schewide thingis to comynge, and hid thingis, bifore that tho camen.

 CAP. XLIX.

The mynde of Josie maad in the mak|yng of odour, is the werk of a pyment makere. In ech mouth his mynde schal be maad swete as hony, and as musik in the feeste of wyn. He was dressid of God in the penaunce of folkin the pe|naunce of folk; for he brouȝt the puple of his rewme to penaunce for her synnes, and to the worschip|ing of veri God, and distriede idolatrie. Lire here. C.; and he took awei the abhomynaciouns of wickidnesse. And the herte of hymthe herte of him, etc.; that is, the herte of Josie ordeyn|ede the gouern|aunce of the rewme hoolliche to the onour of God. in the daies of synnes; that is, the tyme in which the synne of idolatrie regn|ede. strengthide pitee; that is, restoride the worschiping of God, and or|deynede it to be kept stide|fastly. thei ȝauen her rewme; that is, disserueden for synne, that it was ȝouun to men of Babi|loyne. brenten; that is, Jeru|salem was brent for her synnes. in the hond of Jeremye; that is, bi his pro|fesie. Lire here. C. gouernede to the Lord; and in the daies of synnes he strengthide pitee. Outakun Dauid, Eze|chieand Ezechie A pr. m. and Josie, alle kyngis diden synne. For whi the kyngis of Juda leften the lawe of myȝtialmyȝti V. God, and dispisiden the drede of God. For thei ȝauen her rewme to othere men, and her glorie to an alien folk. Thei brenten the chosun citee of hoolynesse; and thei maden the weies therof forsakun in the hondlond A. of Jeremye. For thei tretiden yuel hym, which from the wombe of the modir was halewid a profete, to turne vpsedounto turne vpse|doun, etc.; herto he was halewid a pro|fete, to de|nounce the turnyng vpse|doun of the citee and of the puple, and the distriyng of the puple bi Cal|deys, and the bilding aȝen bi the kyngis of Perseys. C., and to leese, and efte to bilde, and make newe. Eze|chiel, that siȝ the siȝt of glorie, which the Lord schewide to hym in the chare of cherubyn. For he made mynde of ene|myes in reynin reyn; that is, in word of his profesie. Jacob; that is, the puple of Israel, in feith and vertues, bi her hooli en|saumplis and techingis. aȝen|bouȝten; fro peyne and synne of syn|neris, bi the feithfulnesse of her preching. Lire here. C., to do wel to hem, that schewiden riȝtful weies. And the boonys of twelue profetis apperen fro her place; and thei strengthiden Jacob, and aȝen|bouȝten hem in the feith of her vertu. Hou schulen we alarge Zorobabelthat is, preise hym worthily V marg.? for whi and he was a signe in the riȝt hond of God to Israel; and Jhesu, the sone of Josedech? whiche in her daies bildiden an hous, and enhaunsiden the hooli tem|ple to the Lord, maad redi in to euerlast|ynge glorie. And Neemye in the mynde of myche tyme, that reiside to vs the wallis, `that werenOm. ceteri. cast doun, and made the ȝatis and lockis to stonde; which Neemye reiside oure housis. No man borun in erthe was such as Enokwas sich as Enok; no man was sich as E|nok, in alle goode condi|ciouns, for whi ech hooly man hath sum spe|cial grace of God, which an other hath not in euene de|gree, bi alle thingis. Lire here. C.; for whi and he was resseyued fro the erthe. And Joseph, that was borun a man, the prince of britheren, the stidfastnesse of folk, the gouernour of britheren, the sta|blischyng of puple; and his boonys weren visitid, and profesieden after deth. Seth and Sem, these gaten glorie anentis men, and ouer ech man in theOm. V. generacioun of Adam.

 CAP. L.

Symount, the sone of Onyas, was a greet preest, which in his lijf vndursettide the hous, and in hise daies strengthide the temple. Also the hiȝnesse of the temple was bildide of hymwas bildid of him; that is, reparelid, for it was foundid of Sorobabel and Jhesu, the sone of Jose|dech, in the tyme of Cyrus, and parformed bi the same men in the sixte ȝeer of Darius. Lire here. C., the double bildyng, and hiȝ wallis of the temple. In the daies of hym the pittis of watris camen forth; and as the see tho weren fillid aboue me|sure. Which Symount helide his folk, and delyuerede it fro perdicioun. Which was myȝti to alarge the citee; which gat glorie in the conuersacioun of folk; and alargide the entryng of the hous, and of the large cumpas aboute. As the dai sterre in the myddis of a cloude, and as a ful moone schyneth in hise daies; and as the sunne schynynge, so he schynede in the temple of God; as a reyn bouwe schynynge among the cloudis of glorie, and as a flour of rosis in the daies of veer, and as lilies, that ben in the passyng of watir, and as encense smellynge in the daies of somer; as fier schynynge, and ensence brennynge in fier; as a sad vessel of gold, ourned with ech preciouse stoon; as an olyue tree spryngynge forth, and a cipresse tree reis|ynge it silf an hiȝ; while he took the stoole of glorie, and was clothid in the perfec|cioun of vertu. In the stiyng of the hooli auter, the clothing of hoolynesse ȝaf glorie. Forsothe in takyngethe takinge V. partisin taking partis, etc.; that is, the tythe of tythis, which the prestis token of the puple; and of tho tithis thei of|friden the tenthe part to the hiȝeste prest, as God seid, in xviij. co. of Numery. Lire here. C. of the hoond of prestis, and he stood bisidis the auter. The coroun of britheren, as a plauntyng of cedre in the hil Liban, was aboute hym; so thei stoden aboute hym as boowis of palm tree, and alle the sones of Aaron stoden in her glorie. Sotheli the offryng of the Lord was in the hondis of hem, bifore al the synagoge of Israel; and he vside ful endyng on the auter, to alarge the offryng of the hiȝ kyng. And he dresside his hond in moiste sacrifice; and sacrifiside in the blood of grape. He schedde out in the foundement of the auter, the odour of God to the hiȝ prince. Thanne the sones of Aaron crieden lowde; thei sowneden in trumpis betun out with hameris, and maden a grete vois herd in to mynde bifore God. Thanne al the pu|ple hastiden togidere, and fellen doun on the face on the erthe, for to worschipe her Lord God, andOm. V. to ȝyue preyers to almyȝti God an hiȝ. And men syngynge in her voices alargidenalargiden; that is, heri|eden God largeli. Lire here. C.; and a soun ful of swet|nesse was maad in the greet hous. And the puple preiede the hiȝ Lord in preier, til that the onour of the Lord was doon perfitli, and thei parformeden her ȝifte. Thanne Symount cam doun, and reiside hise hondis in to al the congregacioun of the sones of Israel, to ȝyue glorie to God bi hise lippis, and to haue glorie in the name of hym. And he reherside his preier, willynge to schewe the vertu of Godvertu of God; this that is seid bitwixe, And aftirward eft, is not in bokis amendid. Lire here. C.. And he preyede more the Lord of alle, that made grete thingis in ech lond; which encreesside oure daies fro the wombe of oure modir, and dide with vs biaftir I. his mercy. Ȝyue he gladnesse of herte to vs, and that pees be maad in Israel bi euerlastynge daies; that Israel bileue, that Goddis merci is with vs, that he delyuere hemdelyuere hem, etc.; fro the seruage of he|then men. Lire here. C. in her dayes. Mi soule hatith twei folkis; but the thridde is not a folk, whom Y hatewhom Y hate; that is, Y hate no folk so myche as this thridde. the fonned puple, etc.; that is, Samaritans worschipinge idols; and summe of hem dwelliden in Sichem, and they weren euere contrarie to Jewis. Lire here. C.. Thei that sitten in the hil of Seir, and the Filisteis, and the fonned puple, that dwellith in Sichemys. Jhesus, the sone of Sirach, a man of Jerusalem, wroot in this book the techyng of wisdom, and of kun|nyng; and he renulide wisdomhe renulide wisdom, etc.; that is, bi the studie of his herte, ether for he was not ex|citid of an other man herto, but bi his owne wille he dide this, with Goddis help. dwellith in these goodis; in thenkinge and worching tho. myȝti to alle thingis; that is, in alle thingis that parteynen to his helthe, and also of othere men bi his teching. the liȝt of God; that is, wisdom writun in this book, which wisdom is sum preenting of Goddis liȝt. the step of him; that is, weye ledinge perfitly to hym. Lire here. C. of his herte. He is blessid, that dwellith in these goodis; he that settith tho in his herte, schal euere be wijs. For if he doith these thingis, he schal be miȝti to alle thingis; for whi the liȝt of God is the step of hym.

 CAP. LI.

Lord kyng, Y schal knouleche to thee; and Y schal togidere herie thee, my sa|uyour. Y schal knouleche to thi name, for thou art maad an helpere and de|fendere to me; and thou hast delyuered my bodi fro perdicioun, fro the snare of a wickid tunge, and fro the lippis of hem that worchen a leesyng; and in the siȝt of hem that stonden nyȝ thou art maad an helpere to me. And thou hast dely|uered me, biaftir I. the multitude of merci of thi name, fro roreris maad redi to mete; fro the hondis of hem that souȝten my soule, and fro many tribulaciouns that cumpassiden me; fro ouerleiyng of flawmeouerleiynge of flawme; that is, of stiringe of lecherie. in the myddis of fier; that is, of lecherouse heete. not brent; bi con|seyt of dedly synne. Lire here. C. that cumpasside me, and in the myddis of fier Y was not brent; fro the depthe of the wombe of helle, and fro a tunge de|foulyd, and fro a word of leesyng; fro a wickid kyng, and fro a tunge vniust. `Til toVnto I. the deth my soule schal preise thee, Lord; and my lijf was neiȝynge in helle bynethe. Thei cumpassiden me on ech side, and noon was that helpide; Y was biholdynge to the help of men, and noon was. Lord, Y hadde mynde on thi merci, and on thi worchyng togidere, that ben fro the world; for thou delyuerst hem that abiden thee, and thou delyuerst hem fro the hond of hethene men. Thou en|haunsidist my dwellyng on erthe; and Y bisouȝte for deth fletynge doun. Y clepyde to help the Lord, fadir of my Lord, that he forsake not me in the dai of my tribulacioun, and forsake not me with outen help, in the tyme of hem that ben proude. Y schal preise thi name con|tynueli, and Y schal herie it togidere in knoulechyng; and my preier is herdmy preyer is herd; in stede|fast hope. per|dicioun; of helle. wickid tyme; that is, of pre|sent liyf, wher|ynne wickid|nesse regneth. Lire here. C.. And thou hast delyuered me fro perdi|cioun, and thou hast delyuered me fro the wickid tyme. Therfor Y schal knouleche, and Y schal seie heriyng to thee; and Y schal blesse the name of the Lord. Whanne ȝit Y was ȝongere, bifore that Y erride, Y souȝte wisdom opynli in my preier. Bifore the tyme of eelde Y axide for it, and `til in tovnto I. the laste thingis Y schal enquere it; and it schal flour as a grape ripe bifore othere. Myn herte was glad ther ynne, my foot ȝede a riȝtful weye; fro my ȝongthe Y souȝte it. Y bowide doun a litil myn eere, and Y took it. Y foonde myche wisdom in my silf, and Y profitide myche ther ynne. Y schal ȝyue glorie to hym, that ȝyueth wisdom to me. For whi Y took councel to do it; Y loued feruentli good, and Y schal not be schent. My soule wrastlide togidere ther ynne; and Y was confermyd in do|ynge it. Y stretchide forth myn hondismyn hondis; that is, Y dress|ide my werkis bi riȝtfulnesse of entent in to God. Lire here. C. an hiȝ; and my soule schynede in the wisdom of hym, and he liȝtnyde myn vnkunnyngis. Y dresside my soule to it; and YOm. Y. foond it in knowyng. Y hadde pesibli fro the bigynnyng an herte with thoan herte with tho; that is, werkis ether liȝtnyngis of wisdom. a tunge; to bringe forth wordis disposing to wisdom; this that is addid in summe bokis, lerned, is not of the text, for it is a glos enter|lynarie set in the text bi writeres. Lire here. C.; for this thing Y schal not be for|sakun. My soule was disturblid in sek|ynge it; therfor Y schal haue pesibli a good possessioun. For whi the Lord ȝaf to me a tunge my meedemy mede; that is, bi which Y may gete euerlastinge meede, in tech|inge othere men feithfuly, and in preiynge deuoutly. Y openyde my mouth, etc.; as if he seide, Y am redi to teche ȝou frely for God. Y trauelide a litil; in comparisoun of the greet|nesse of good getun. myche reste; that is, myrthe of wis|dom. welde ȝe plenteouse gold therynne; that is, sette ȝe kun|nyng bifor many rich|essis, and the possessioun therof schal be betere than myche gold to ȝou. Lire here. C.; and in it Y schal preise hym. Ȝe vntauȝt men, neiȝe to me; and gadere ȝe ȝou in to the hous of techyng. What tarien ȝe ȝit? and what seien ȝe in these thingis? ȝoure soules thristen greetli. Y openyde my mouth, and Y spak, Bie ȝe wisdom to ȝou with out siluer, and make ȝoure necke suget to the ȝok therof, and ȝoure soule res|seyue techyng; for whi it is in the nexte to fynde it. Se ȝe with ȝoure iȝen, that Y trauelide a litil, and Y foond myche reste to me. Take ȝe techyng in myche noumbre of siluere, and welde ȝe plen|teuouse gold ther ynne. Ȝoure soule be glad in the merci of hymin the merci of him; that is, of God, which is wisdom vn|maad. bifor the tyme; of deth. meede; that is, euerlastyng liyf, in tyme ordeyned of God. Lire here. C.; and ȝe schu|len not be schent in the preysing of hym. Worche ȝe ȝoure werk bifore the tyme; and he schal ȝyue to ȝou ȝoure meede in his tyme.

 Here endith the book of Ecclesiastici, and here bigynneth the prolog of Ysaie and of othere profetisHere endith Ecclesiastici, and [here CS] bigynneth a prologe of Isaie and othere profetis. CFGIMQSUX. Here endith Ecclesiasticus, and bigynneth a prologe on Ysaie. H. Heere endeth the book of Ecclesiastici; se now a prolog of Isaye, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Ecclesiastici, and here bigynneth a prolog on the book of Isaye, the profete. N. Here biginnith a general prolog for alle the bookis of profetis suynge. P. Heere eendith the book of Ecclesiastici, and heere sueth a prolog upon the book of Ysaie. R. Here endith the book of Ecclesiasticus, and bigynneth the prolog on Isaye and othere profetis. V. Here endith Ecclesiasticus. a. No final rubric in EY.. ISAIAH. Here bigynneth a general prolog for alle the bokis of profetis suyngeFrom EPY. Prologe. I. Another prolog on Isaye and othere profetis. K. Prolog on Ysaye. N. Prolog on the profetis. V. No initial rubric in the other MSS..

As seynt Jerom seith in the prolog of Ysaie, Isaie is ful witti and ful opyn in his writyng in Ebreu, thouȝ the translacioun in to Latyn miȝte not kepe theOm. I. fairnesse of speche. Isaye is worthi to be seid not oneli a profete, but more, a gospellere, for he declarith so opynli the mysteriesmisteries, ether priuetees EPY. of Crist and of hooli chirche, that thou gesse hym not oneliOm. A pr. m. I. to ordeyne aOm. EY. profesie of thing to comynge, but to ordeyne a storie of thingis passid. Ysaie profesiede in Jerusalem and in Judee, whanne the ten lynagis of Israel weren not ȝit led in to caitiftee; and he ordeyneth aOm. C et ceteri. profesie of euer either rewme, sum tyme of both togidere, sum tyme of ech bi it silf. And whanne Ysaie biholdith sum tyme to the present storie, and signefieth the comynge aȝen of the puple in to Judee aftir the caitifte of Babiloyne, netheles al his bisynesse, that is, principal entent, is of the clepyng of hethene men, and of the comyng of Crist. Al this is the sentence of Jerom in the prolog ofon K. Ysaie. Here it is to vndurstonde, that Isaie bigan to profesie bifore that the ten lynagis weren led in to caitiftee of Assiriens, as Jerom seith here; but he profesiede aftir this caitiftee, aftir Ezechies deth, in the tyme of Manasses, as it is seid in the fourthe book of Kyngis theOm. FS. twentithe chapitrecapitle K., and in many mo places. This seith `a postillethe apostle K. apostle F. on Jeroms prolog on Ysaie. For as Ebreis seien, and Lire witnessith on the firste chapitre of Isaie, Manasses ordeynede and demyde Isaye to be sawid with ynne a cedre tree, that closid hym with ynne it silf bi myracle, whanne Manasses hadde demed hym vniustli to deththe deeth S.. Also alle profetis that ben not teld opynli in the text, whanne and in what tyme thei profesieden, profesieden in the same tyme in which the profetis goynge next bifore profesieden, that ben teld in the text vndur whiche kyngis and tymes thei profesieden, as Jerom seith in his prologe on the twelue Profetis, and it is sette in the bigynnyng of Osee. Comynli alle the derk places of theOm. S. profetis moun be vndurstondun liȝtli bi thre reulis. The firste is this, that the principal entent of the profetis is to declare the mysterie of Cristis incarnacioun, passioun, resurrec|cioun, ascensioun, and theof the I. comyng toof R. the general doom, and the pupplischyng of the gospel, and the conuercioun of hethene men, and the tribulacioun of hooli chirche in this lijf, and the blis of heuene therfortherof EY.. The secounde reule is this, that the profetis warnen the puple of Jewis of her grete synnes, and exciten hem to do penaunce; and thanne thei schulen gete remyssioun of her synnes, and grace in present tyme, and glorie with outen ende; ellis thei schulen haue tribulacioun in this lijf, and peyn with outen ende. The thridde reule is this, that the profetis rehersen ofteofte tymes S. benefices ȝouun of God bifor to the Jewis, to coumforte hem to ȝyue credence to goodis bihiȝt in her profesies; and thanne the stories of Moises lawe, etherand S. of Josue, Judicum, Regum, and Paralipomenon, and of othere historialhistorials KS pr. m. bookis schulen be wel lokid; and schortli to seie, the profetis schulen be expouned bi the text of Moises lawe, and of othere historial bookis of the Elde Testament, ether bi the text of the Newe Testament. The literal vndurstondyng of hooli scripture is the ground of al gostli vndurstondyng therof, that is, of allegorik, of moral, and of anagogik. No goostli vndurstondyng is autentikautentik, ether preuable EPY., noOm. I. but it be groundid in the text opynli, ether in opyn resoun, suynge of principlis, ether reulis of feiththe feith S., as seynt Austin witnessithseyth S. opynli in his pistle to Vincente, Donatiste, and in his book of Soliloquies, and Jerom on Jonas, and Lire on the bigynnyng of Genesis, and in many placis of hooli scripture, and Ardmakan in his book of Questiouns of Armenyes. Therfor men moten seke the treuthe of the text, and be war of goostli vndurstondyng, ether moral fantasie, and ȝyue not ful credence therto, no but it be groundid opynly in the text of hooli writ, in o place orether FGKMNPQRSVUXY. other, ethir in opyn resoun, that may not be auoidid; for ellis it wole as likyngli be applied to falsnesse as to treuthe, and it hath disseyued grete men in oure daies, bi ouer greet trist toin KQ. her fantasies. Literal ether historial vndurstondyng techith what thing is don; allegorik techith what we owen forOm. R. to bileue; moral ether tropologik techith what we owen to do to fle vices, and kepe vertues; anagogik techith what we owen tofor to FS. hope of euerlastynge meede in heuene. Of these foure vndurstondyngis `schal beis KS sec. m. seid pleynlier, `if God woleOm. S sec. m., on the bigyn|nyng of Genesis. Also it is to wyte, that the profetis speken sum tyme bi figuratif speche, andand thei I. liknen men to vnresonable beestis, and clepen men bi figuratif speche, liouns, berisand beris S., culueris, and ofteOm. C et ceteri. othere vnresonable beestis, for certeyn synnes whiche thei vsen acordynge with the kyndis of vnresonable beestis; as men ben clepid liouns for pride, ether raueyn, ether sum other synne; and sum tyme a lioun signe|fieth Crist, for his power, and sum tyme a lioun signefieth the deuel, for tirauntrie and raueyn; and men ben clepid beeris, for gredynesse ether glotonye, and mulis, for letcherie; and so of othere beestis and othere synnes. Men ben clepid culueris sum time for madnesse, and sum tyme for innocence, symplenesse, and charite. Bi these reulis and bisi studiyng of the text, men moun liȝtli vndurstonde the derk placis of profetis; and algatis loke wel that the sentence takun of the text be trewe, and acordeacoording KS sec. m. with charyte, and thanne it is the sentence of the Hooli Goost, as seynt Austyn seith.

Here endith the prolog on YsayeHere endith the prologe on Isaie, and here bigynneth the text of Isaie. C. Here endith the prologe on Ysaie, and here bigynneth the book of Ysaie. FMNU. Here endith the prolog, and here bigynneth the book of Ysaie. GQ. Here endeth the prologe on Ysaie, and on othere profetis, and here bigynnethe the book of Ysaie. H. Heere endith the prologe, and biginnith Ysaie the prophete. I. Here eendeth the prolog; see now Isaie. K. Heere eendith the prolog, and bigynneth the firste c. of Ysaie. R. Here endith the prolog . . . . . profetis; and bygynneth the text of Isaie. S. Here endith the prolog on Isaye, and here bigynneth the text of Isaye. With a short glose on the derke wordis; and loke ech man, that he wryte the text hool bi itsilf, and the glose in the margyn, ether leue it al out. V. Here endith the prolog on the profetis, and bigynneth the booc of Isaie. X. No final rubric in EPY.. Here bigynnith the bok of Ysaie profeteFrom EPY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

The visiounThe visioun; that is, profesie. Visioun is pro|pirli the know|ing of a profete, which knowing is in waking. CEPQSUY., ether profesie, of Ysaie, the sone of Amosof Amos; this Amos, as Rabi Salomon seith, was the brother of Amasie, kyng of Juda; this Amos was not thilke A|mos, that is the thridde among xii. profetis, as Hebreu lettris schewen opinly. Lire here. CEG PQUSY., which he siȝsauȝe I passim. on Juda and Jerusalemon Juda and Jerusalem; bi Jerusalem ben vndurstonde kingis, prestis, and noble men, and othere men dwellinge there; bi Juda is vn|durstondun the residue puple of the rewme of Ju|da. Lire here. C., in the daies of Osie, of Joathan, of Achas, and of Ezechie, kyngis of Juda. Ȝe heuenesheuenes, etc.; that is, aungels. erthe; that is, men dwellinge therynne. sones; that is, the puple of Israel. dispisid me; in seru|ynge to idolis. knew not me; in seruynge to me for so many beneficis. vn|durstood not; in redinge with|ynne him silf, and remem|bringe my bene|fices and heestis. Wo to, etc.; that is, customable to synne. Lire here. C., here, and thou erthe, perseyue with eeris, for the Lord spak. Y haue nurschid and Y haue enhaunsid sones; sotheliforsothe C et ceteri. thei han dispisid me. An oxe knew his lord, and an asse knew the cratche of his lord; but Israel knewe not me, and my puple vndurstood not. Wo to the synful folk, to the puple heuy in wickidnesse, to the weiward seed, toof A. the cursid sones; thei han forsake the Lord, thei han blasfemyd the hooli of Israel, thei ben aliened bacward. On what thing schal Y smyte ȝou moreOn what thing schal Y smyte ȝou more, etc.; as if he seide, Ȝe ben not amend|id bi mi chastisingis, but more ȝe be maad worse, as Farao was. ech heed is siyk; that is, the king and princes ben vncorigible. ech herte; that is, techeris and prestis. mornynge; not for synne, but failinge in teching and vertu. fro the sole, etc.; bi this is vndurstondun the residue puple. helthe; of grace and of vertu. wounde; that is, opin synne. and wannesse; that is, enuye hid. beting; that is, the synne of pride. not boundun aboute; that is, with the bynding of Goddis lawe, withdrawinge fro synne. nether curid bi medicyn; that is, bi word and ensaumple of prestis and techeris. with oile; that is, workis of mersi, that geten remyssioun of synne. ȝoure lond; that is, the lond of ten lynagis, that was due to rewme of Juda bi riȝt. distrying of enemyes; that is, enemyes schulen dwelle therynne; in Ebreu it is as in distrying of straungeris, for this lond was turned outirli to straungeris, and the sones of Israel camen neuere aȝen therto. Lire here. C., that encreessen trespassyng? Ech heed is sijk, and ech herte is morenynge. Fro the sole of the foot til to the nol, helthe is not ther ynne; wounde, and wannesse, and betyng bolnynge is not boundun aboute, nether curid bi medicyn, nether nurschid with oile. Ȝoure lond is forsakun, ȝoure citees ben brent bi fier; aliens deuouren ȝoure cuntrei bifore ȝou, and it schal be disolat as in the distriyng of enemyes. And the douȝtir of Sion, `that is, JerusalemOm. KVX., schal be forsakun as a schadewynge place in a vynervynȝerd I., and as an hulke in a place where gourdis wexen, and as a citee which is wastid. If the Lord of oostis hadde not left seed to vsIf the Lord of oostis hadde not left seed to vs, etc.; that is, if God, Lord of aungels, hadde not left to vs summen turn|ynge aȝen fro the caitifte of Babiloyne, vn|dur Sorobabel, that bildiden aȝen the temple and citee aftir|ward, in the tyme of Nee|mye, we hadden be distried, with out rekyuering, as Sodom and Gomore, and other thre citees weren distried, without repa|reling, in xix co. of Genesis. Ȝe princes, etc.; that is, liyk men of So|dom, for these princes diden opinli, and with out schame, the forseid yuels, as Sodomytis diden. Lire here. C., we hadden be as Sodom, and we hadden be lijk as Gomorre. Ȝe princes of men of Sodom, here the word of the Lord; and ȝe puple of Gommorre, perseyueperseyueth I. with eeris the lawe of ȝoure God. Wherto offren ȝe to me the multi|tude of ȝoure sacrifices? seith the Lord. Y am fulY am ful; as if he seide, Ȝe offren in veyn, if ȝe kepen not the lawe. The glos here. C.; Y wolde not the brent sacrifices of wetheris, and the ynnere fatnesse of fatte beestis, and the blood of calues, and of lambren, and of buckis of geet. Whanne ȝe camen bifore my siȝt, who axidewho axide; as if he seide, Y axide not. sacrifice in veyn; as if he seide, Sych offring is not worth to ȝou, but anoyeth more, for ȝe de|foulid in synnes, neiȝen to hooly places. neo|menye; that is, the feeste of the newe moone, which feeste the Jewis kepten for the benefice of Goddis go|uernail. and sabat; in the mynde of benefice of cre|acioun. Lire here. C. of ȝoure hondis these thingis, that ȝe schulden go in myn hallysforȝerdis C et ceteri.? Offre ȝe no more sa|crifice in veyn; encense is abhomynacioun to me; Y schal not suffre neomenye, and sabat, and othere feestis. ȜoureFor ȝoure EGIP sec. m. MNQRSUY. cumpe|nyes ben wickid; my soule hatith ȝoure calendiskalendis; that is, the bigynnyngis of monethis; and neomenye signefieth the same. strecchen forth ȝoure hondis; to biseche me. Y schal not here; and the resoun of alle thingis biforseid sueth. ȝoure hondis; that is, werkis. ben fulle of blood; that is, of orrible synnes, for thei weren menquelleris and oppresseris of pore men, and diden idolatre. be ȝe wasch; that is, fro the spottis of synnes, bi the teeris of contricioun, ether ynward sorewe of herte. be ȝe cleene; that is, eschewe ȝe fro turnyng aȝen to synne. the yuel of ȝoure thouȝtis; for whi outirmere clennesse suffisith not, withouten ynnere clennesse. seke ȝe doom; that is, execucioun of riȝtfulnesse. oppressid; in releu|ynge him. Lire here. C. and ȝoure solempnytees; tho ben maad diseseful to me, Y trauelide suf|frynge. And whanne ȝe stretchen forth ȝoure hondis, Y schal turne awei myn iȝen fro ȝou; and whanne ȝe multiplien preyer, Y schal not here; for whi ȝoure hondis ben ful of blood. Be ȝe waischun, be ȝe clene; do ȝe awei the yuel of ȝoure thouȝtis fro myn iȝen; ceesse ȝe to do wei|wardli, lerne ȝe to do wel. Seke ȝe doom, helpe ȝe hym that is oppressid, deme ȝedeme ȝe, etc.; that is, for the fadirles and modirles child, in his iust cause. widewe; aȝenus him that falsly calengith hir. repreue ȝe me; that is, if ȝe doen these thingis, thanne ȝe moun playne, if ȝe ben not releeuyd of God. as blood reed, etc.; bi these twey colours, that ben ful holdinge and opyn, it is signefied, that synnes, be tho neuere so greuouse in kynde, and neuere so harde rootid bi custom, tho schulen be purgid, bi Goddis grace. and heren me; in obeyinge to myn heestis. goodis of erthe; bi these ben vndurstondun also goostly goodis. Lire here. C. to the fadirles and modirles child, defende ȝe a widewe. And come ȝe, and repreuepreue F sec. m. ȝeOm. EKVX. me, seith the Lordthat is, but if he thanne helpe hem. N. that is, if ȝe ben not releeued. KSVX.. Thouȝ ȝoure synnes ben as blood reed, tho schulen be maad whijt as snow; and thouȝ thothei N. ben reed as vermylioun, thothei N. schulen be whijt as wolle. If ȝethei N. wolen, and heren me, ȝe schulen ete the goodis of erthe. That if ȝe nylen, and ȝe terren me to wrathful|nesse, swerd schal deuoure ȝou; for whi the mouth of the Lord spak. Hou is the feithful citee ful of dom maad an hooremaad an hoore; that is, ful of hordom bi the synne of auoutrie, which cite kepte feith|fulnesse of ma|trymonye bi|fore. thi siluer; that is, the tunge of techeris and of prestis is turn|ed fro truthe in to falsnesse, bi yuel expown|yng of the lawe. thi wyn; that is, amending ether chastising of the puple, bi techeris and prestis. is medlid with water; that is, is slakid fro du correccioun; for whi techeris worthi to be blamed, han not forbed to amende syn|neris. Lire here. C.? riȝtfulnesse dwellide ther ynne; but now menquelleris dwellen ther ynne. Thi sil|uer is turned in to dros, ether filthe; thi wyn is medlid with watir. Thi princes ben vnfeithful, the felowis of theuysfelowis of theuys; we owen to be war, lest we taken ȝiftis of hem, that gaderen richessis of the teeris of pore men, lest we ben felowis of theuys, and lest it be seid of vs, if thou suest a theef, thou ren|nedist with his. The glos here. Ether felowis of theuys; that is, susteynynge hem, for thei han part of her thefte. Lire here. C.; alle louen ȝiftis, suenand swen K. meedisȝiftis, ether meedis C. ȝeldingis, ether medis EFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY.; thei demen not to aOm. EPY. fadirles child, and the cause of a widewe entrith not to hem. For this thing, seith the Lord God of oostis, the stronge of Israel, Alas! Y schal be coumfortidschal be coum|fortid; bi ven|iaunce; he is coumfortid on hise enemyes, while thei that deynen not to knowe Goddis benefices in prosperite, ben amendid bi tur|mentis and peynes. Glos here. C. on myn enemyes, and Y schal be vengid onof CGFHINQRU. myn enemyes. And Y schal turne myn hondmyn hond; that is, my power punyschinge. to thee; to punysche thee duly. Lire here. C. to thee, and Y schal sethe out thi filthe to the cleenethi filthe to the cleene; as gold and siluer is purgid fro al filthe bi the fier, so God purgide the synnes of the puple of Jewis bi the fier of tribulacioun, maad bi Nabugodonosor; and whanne it was purgid so, it was brouȝt aȝen fro Babiloyne. Lire here. C., and Y schal do awei al thi tyn. And Y schal restore thi iuges, as thei weren bifor toOm. I., and thi counselours, as in elde tyme. Aftir these thingis thou schalt be clepidclepid to S sec. m. VX. the citee of the riȝtful, a feithful citee. SionSion; that is, the puple of Sion. aȝenbouȝt; fro Babiloyne, bi the weye of riȝtfulnesse, in as myche as it suffride iust peyne for synne. Lire here. C. schal be aȝen bouȝt in dom, and thei schulen bringe it aȝen in toOm. EPY. riȝtfulnesse; and God schal al to|breke cursid men and synneris togidere, and thei that forsoken the Lord, schulen be wastid. For thei schulen be aschamed of idols, to whiche thei maden sacrifice; and ȝe shulen be aschamid on the or|cherdis, whiche ȝe chesidenwhiche ȝe cheseden; that is, for to worschipe idols there in myry places, and to do lecherie there, in the worschip of idole. Lire here. C.. Whanne ȝe schulen be as an ook, whanne the leeues fallen doun, and as an orcherd with out watir. And ȝoure strengthe schal be as a deed sparcle of bonysstobil SVX., `ether of herdis of flexOm. IVX. either of herdis M., and ȝoure werk schal be as aOm. CEPY. quyk sparcle; and euer either schal be brent togidere, and noon schal be that schal quenche.

 CAP. II.

The word which Ysaie, the sone of Amos, siȝ on Juda and Jerusalem. And in the laste daiesin the laste daies; that is, in the tyme of grace. the hil, etc.; that is, hooli chirche, that passith ech congregacioun ordeyned to Goddis onour fro the bigyn|nyng of the world. aboue litle hillis; that is, princes of the world. alle hethen men; that is, summe of alle hethen men. Lire here. C. the hil of the hous of the Lord schal be maad redi in the cop of hillis, and schal be reisid aboue litle hillis. And alle hethene men schulen flowe to hym; and many puplis schulen go, andand thei I. schulen seie, Come ȝe, stie we to the hil of the Lord, and to the hous of God of Ja|cob; and he schal teche vs hise weies, and we schulen go in the pathis of hym. For whi the lawe schal go out of Syon, and the word of the Lord fro Jerusalemfro Jerusa|lem; apostlis and othere dis|siplis ȝeden out fro Jerusalem and Judee, to preche the feith of Crist to he|then men. Lire here. C.. And he schal deme hethene men, and he schal repreue many puplis; and thei schulen welle togidere her swerdes in to scharris, and her speris in to sikelis, ether sithes; folk schal no more reise swerdfolk schal no more reise swerd, etc.; not that no batel schal be, aftir the com|yng of Crist, but that greet pees schal be in the tyme of his comyng. no more be excer|cisid, etc.; this is seid to sig|nefie the long during of pees. the hows of Ja|cob; this is seid of the conuer|sioun of Jewis, that schulen resseyue gene|raly the feith of Crist, aboute the ende of the world, and in parti fro Cristis ascencioun. in the liȝt of the Lord; that is, in the liȝt of Cristen feith. hath cast awey; that is, schalt caste awey; and this was fillid, whanne Nabugodonosor ledde the Jewis prisoneris in to Babiloyne. Lire here. C. aȝens folk, and thei schulen no more be exer|cisidhauntid C. exercised, ether hauntid EFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. to batel. Come ȝe, the hous of Jacob, and go we in the liȝt of the Lord. Forsothe thou hast cast awei thi puple, the hous of Jacob, for thei ben fillid as sum tyme bifore; and thei hadden false dyuynouris bi the chiteryng of briddis, as Filisteis, and thei cleuyden to alien chil|drenthei cleuyden to alien children; that is, vsiden in hem the synne of Sodom; ether Jewis token alien wymmen to her wyues, that worschipiden idols, and her sones diden idolatrie. Lire here. C.. The lond is fillid with siluer and gold, and noon ende is of the tresouris therof; and the lond therof is fillid with horsis, and the foure horsid cartis therof ben vnnoumbrable. And the lond therof is fillid with ydols, and thei worschipidenworschipen I. the werk of her hondis, which her fyngris maden; and a man bowidebowide him; in bowinge to idols. in to a stoon, etc.; many men of the puple hidden hem in caues of stoonys, and in dichis of erthe, for the drede of Nabugodonosor. of the drede of the Lord, that is, of Nabugodonosor, sent of God to punysche the forseid synnes. Lire here. C. hymsilf, and a man of ful age was maad low. Therfor forȝyue thou not to hem. Entre thou, puple of Juda, in to a stoon, be thou hid in a diche in erthe, fro the face of the drede of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his mageste. The iȝen of an hiȝ man ben maad low, and the hiȝnesse of men schal be bowid doun; forsothe the Lord aloone schal be enhaunsid in that daithe Lord schal be enhaunsid in that day; that is, thanne his myȝt schal ap|pere, in pun|yschinge syn|neris. For the day of the Lord; that is, the tyme of his veniaunce. and hiȝ; man, that is, auaunsid bi ambicioun. on eche boostere; that is, spek|inge proudly aȝenus God. on alle cedris of Li|ban, etc.; that is, engynes made of siche trees schulen not mow defende hem. on alle hiȝe munteyns; that is, forselet|tis, ether cas|tels, in rochis of stoon, and in places to whiche me may vnne|this neiȝe, alle schulen be distried bi Na|bugodonosor, be tho neuere so stronge in wallis. Lire here. C.. For the dai of the Lord of oostis schal be on ech proud man and hiȝ, and on ech boostere, and he schal be maad low; and on alle the cedres of the Liban hiȝe and reisid, and on alle the ookis of Baisan, and on alle hiȝ munteyns, and on alle litle hillis, `that benOm. C et ceteri. reisid; and on ech hiȝ tour, and on ech strong wal; and on alle schippis of Tharsis, and on al thing which is fair in siȝt. And al the hiȝnesse of men schal be bowid doun, and the hiȝnesse of men schal be maad low; and the Lord aloone schal be reisid in that dai, and idols schulen be brokuntakun N. togidere outirli. And thei schulen entre in to dennesthe dennes EFG pr. m. KPVX. of stoonys, and in to theOm. V. swolewis of erthe, fro the face of the inward drede of the Lord, and fro theOm. N. glorie of his maieste, whanne he schal ryse to smyte the londrise to smyte the lond; of Judee, bi Na|bugodonosor, as bi his scourge. maldewerpis, etc.; in siche ymagis maad bi nygromaunce, fendis ȝauen answeris sum|tyme. fro a man; that is, fro God, in eschewinge his offence. in hise nosethirlis; as redi to ven|iaunce. he is arettid hiȝ; of aungels, that reuerence him souereynly, and myche more men schulden drede him, and eschewe his offence. Lire here. C.. InAnd N. that dai a man schal caste awei the idols of his siluer, and the symylacris of his gold, whiche he hadde maad to hym silf, for to worschipe moldewarpis and backis, `ether rere myisOm. X.. And he schal entre in to chynnischynnis A sec. m. FPRS. chynis GKN sec. m. QUVX. chymeneis M., ethir crasyngis, of stoonys, and in to theOm. C pr. m. GNVX. caues of hard roochis, fro the face of the inward drede of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his mageste, whanne he schal ryse to smyte the lond. Therfor ceesse ȝe fro a man, whos spirit is in hise nose thirlisBi Ebreys thus, whos spi|rit is in his nosethirlis; that is, that lyueth bi breth|ing aȝen of the eir, and so he is freel and dedli. for in what thing he is set at valu; as if he seye, in no thing, in comparisoun to God, and ȝit idolis maad of him ben of lesse priys. Lire here. C., for he is arettid hiȝ.

 CAP. III.

For lo! the lordli gouernour, the Lord of oostis, schal take awei fro Jerusalem and fro Juda a myȝti man, and strong, and al the strengthe of breed, and al the strengthe of watir; a strong man, and a man a werriour, and a domesman, and a profete, and a false dyuynour in auteris, and an elde man, a prince ouer fifti men, and a worschipful man in cheer, and a counselour, and a wijs man of principal crafti men, and a prudent man of mystik, ethir goostli, speche. And Y schal ȝyue childrenchildren; that is, ȝong in age, and ȝongere in ver|tues, for thei weren ful yuele men. wym|mens condi|ciouns; that is, vnkunnynge and chauniable. Lire here. C. theto be the I. princes of hem, and men of wymmens condiciouns schulen be lordis of hem. And the puple schal falle doun, a man to aOm. plures. man, ech man to his neiȝbore; a child schal make noyse aȝens an eld man, and an vnnoble man aȝens a noble man. For a man schal take his brother, the meneal of his fadir, and schal seie, A clooth is to thee, be thou oure prince; forsothe this fallyng be vndur thin hond. And he schal answere in that dai, and seie, Y am no lecheY am no leche; that is, Y haue nether power nether kunnyng to saue you. C., and nether breed, nether cloth is in myn hous; nyle ȝe make me prince of the puple. For whi Jeru|salem felle doun, and Juda felle doun to|gidere; for the tunge of hemthe tunge of hem; here it is schewid, that thei weren blas|femeris. the fyndingis of hem; here it is schewid, that thei synneden not bi passioun, ether sudeyn lust, nether bi ignoraunce, but of purpos, and of certeyn knowing, which is most greuouse. The knowing of her cheer, etc.; that is, thei schulen be so excercisid in yuels, that malice schal schyne in her cheris, as the lecherie of an hoore schyneth in hir face. prechiden her synne, etc.; in doynge synne with out schame, and opynly. schal ete, etc.; that is, he schal take the ȝelding of hise gooddis. wrongful axeris, etc.; that is, the souereyns that weren tirauntis, not princes. wymmen weren lordis therof; for thei drowen her hosebondis to idolatrie. thei that seyen thee blessid, etc.; these weren false profetis, bihet|inge prosperites to hem, bi whos biheest the pu|ple rebellide aȝenus the king of Babiloyne, and so it perischede with the citee. with the eldere men, etc.; that is, for to deme hem of her tyrauntyes. my vyner; that is, the puple of Israel. al to|breken ȝe my puple; with angwischis ether talagis, and wrongis. grynden togi|dere; that is, maken thynne bi lenenesse, for thei rauysch|iden so myche the goodis of the puple, that suf|ficient liyflode lefte not to hem. Lire here. C., and the fyndingis of hem weren aȝens the Lord, for to terre to wraththe the iȝen of his mageste. The knowyng of her cheer schal answere to hem; and thei prechiden her synne, as Sodom dide, and hidden not. Wo to the soule of hem, for whi yuels ben ȝoldun to hem. Seie ȝe to the iust man, that it schal be to hymhem S. wel; for he schal ete the fruyt of hise fyndyngis. Wo to the wickid man in to yuel; for whi the ȝeldyng of hise hondis schal be maad to hym. The wrongful axeris of my puple robbiden it, and wymmen weren lordis therof. Mi puple, thei that seien thee blessid, disseyuen thee, and distrien the weie of thimy N. steppis. The Lord stondith for to deme, and `the Lordhe I. stondith for to deme puplis; the Lord schal come to doom, with the eldere men of his puple, and with hise princes; for ȝe han wastid my vynervynȝerd I., and the raueyn of a pore man is in ȝoure hous. Whi al to-breken ȝe my puple, and grynden togidere the faces of pore men? seith the Lord God of oostis. And the Lord God seide, For that that the douȝtris of Syon weren reisidweren reisid; bi pride of soule. with necke strecchid forth; which is signe of ynnere pride. signes of iȝen; in biholdinge vnchastly. flappiden, etc.; in pleiynge dis|solutly, ether wantounly. and with her feet ȝeden, etc.; in going curi|ously and iolily, wherbi men weren clepid to leccherie. Lire here. C., and ȝeden with aOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRUVX. the S. necke stretchid forth, and ȝeden bi signes of iȝen, and flappiden with hondis, and ȝeden, and with her feet ȝeden in wel araied goyng, the Lord schal make ballyd the nol of the douȝtris of Sion, and the Lord schal make nakid the heer of hem. In that dai the Lord schal take awei the ournement of schoon, and goldun litle bellis lijk the moone, and ribans, and brochis, and ournementis of armes nyȝ the schuldris, and mytris, ether chapelettis, and coombis, and ournementis of armes niȝ the hondis, and goldun oure|nementis lijk laumpreis, and litil vessels of oynementis, and eere ryngis, and ryngis, and preciouse stoonys hangynge in the forheed, and chaungynge clothis, and mentils, and schetis, etherother F. smockis, and needlis, and myrouris, and smal lynun clothis abouteaboue N. the schuldris, and ker|cheues, and roketis. And stynk shal be for swete odour, and a corde for the gir|dil; ballidnesse schal be for crispethe crispe N. heer, and an heire for a brest girdil. Also thi faireste men schulen falle bi swerd, and thi stronge men schulen falle in batel. And the ȝatis therofAnd the ȝatis therof, etc.; that is, iugis, kinges, and princes, that weren wount to sitte in the ȝatis. The glos here. C. schulen weile, and morene; and it schal sitte desolat in erthe.

 CAP. IV.

And seuene wymmen schulen catchetake F sec. m. o mancacche o man; sekinge to haue him hosebonde. ete our breed, etc.; that is, we schulen pur|ueye necessa|ries for vs and oure children. thi name, etc.; that is, that we ben thy wyues. schenschipe; of bareynesse. Lire here. C. in that dai, andand thei I. schulen seie, We schulen ete oure breed, and we schulen be hilid with oure clothis; oneli thi name be clepid on vs, do thou awei oure schen|schip. In that daiHere bigyn|neth the iiij. chapitre [capi|tle GPQUY] in Ebreu. CGIKM PQRUY. In that day; that is, in the tyme of grace. the bu|riownyng of the Lord; that is, Crist, that was not con|seyued of man|nus seed, but bi vertu of the Hooly Goost. glorie; in worching of myraclis, in his rising aȝen, and assencioun. fruyt of erthe; that is, of the Virgyn Marye. to hem that schulen be saued of Is|rael; that is, to apostlis and othere feithful men, that had|den ioye whanne thei sien Crist risun aȝen, and in Wit|sunday, whanne thei resseyu|eden the Hooly Goost. left in Sion; that is, hooly chirche, bi noumbre and merit. Lire here. C. the buriownyng of the Lord schal be in greet worschip and glorie; and the fruyt of erthe schal be hiȝ, and ful out ioye `schal beOm. I. to hem that schulen be sauyd of Israel. And it schal be, ech that is left in Sion, and is resydue in Jerusalem, schal be clepid hooli; ech that is writun in lijf in Jerusalem; if the LordIf the Lord; that is, For the Lord. of the douȝtris of Sioun; that is, of hooly chirche. of doom, etc.; for Crist made sa|tisfaccioun for vs bi the weye of riȝtfulnesse, and of most charite. Lire here. C. waischith awei the filthis of the douȝtris of Sion, and waischith the blood of Jerusalem fro the myddis therof, in the spirit of doom, and in the spirit of heete. And the Lord madethe Lord made; that is, schal make. Ysaye spekith of thing to comynge, bi the maner of thing passid, for the certeynte of profesie. of Sion; that is, of hooly chirche, fiȝtinge aȝenus synnes. a clowde bi day, etc.; that is, the grace of the Hooly Goost, that hilith ether defendith aȝenus the heete of couetise, and liȝtneth aȝenus derknesse of ignoraunce. aboue al glorie; of the piler of fier, and of the clowde ȝouun to the sones of Israel, in the goyng out of Egipt. hiling; that is, the grace of the Hooly Goost; and the grace of the Hooli Goost schal be in to a schadewinge place aȝenus the heete of coueytise. fro whirlewynd; of pride, ether of persecucioun, which men strengthid of the Hooly Goost, dredden not. fro reyn; of fleisly lust, ether of temporal prosperite, lest bi it a man be maad neische to vices. Lire here. C. on ech place of the hille of Sion, and where he was clepid to help, a cloude bi dai, and smoke, and briȝt|nesse of fier flawmynge in the niȝt; for whi hilynghilyng, ether defending CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. schalOm. I. be aboue al glorie. And a tabernacle schal be in to a schadew|ynge place of the dai, fro heete, and in to sikirnesse and in to hidyng, fro whirle|wynd and fro reyn.

 CAP. V.

I schal synge for my derlyng the song of myn vnclis sone, of his vynervynȝerd I.. A vynerA vyner; that is, the puple of Israel. was maad to my derling; that is, to God. in the horn; that is, in an hiȝ place and excelent, as was Jerusalem. in the sone of oile; that is, in a place ful of olyues, of whos fruyt is wrongen out oile. heggide it; with hise comaundementis, and with the keping of him silf, and of aungels. chees stoonys therof; in castinge out of Cananeys, worschiperis of stoonys. plauntide a chosun vyner; that is, chees the puple of Israel to his worschiping bifor othere puplis, and plauntide in the lond of biheest. a tour; that is, the temple maad at the maner of a tour. a presse; that is, the auter of brent sacrifices. grapis; that is, good werkis in heriynge God. wilde grapis; that is, vnprofitable werkis and noyful, in bowinge to idolatrie. Lire here. CK. was maad to my derlyng, in the horne in the sone of oile. And he heg|gide it, and chees stoonys therof, and plauntide a chosun vyner; and he bildide a tour in the myddis therof, and rerede a presse ther ynne; and he abood, that it schulde beremake CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. grapis, and it baremade CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. wielde grapis. Now therfor, ȝe dwelleris of Je|rusalem, and ȝe men of Juda, deme bitwixe me and my viner. What is itWhat is it, etc.; as if he seide, no thing faylide of my part, that ne it ouȝte to make the beste werkis, and it dide the worste thingis. C. that Y ouȝt to do more to my vyner, and Y dide not to it? whether that Y abood, that it schulde beremake CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. grapis, and it baremade CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. wielde grapis? And now Y schal schewe to ȝou, what Y schal do to my vyner. Y schal take awei the hegge therof, and it schal be in to rauyschyngrauysching; for herbi fendis hadden power on hem, to ra|uysche her goostli goodis, and disposi|ciouns to tho. caste doun the wal; that is, withdrawe my proteccioun, and the keping of aungels. in to defouling; that is, oppressing of aduersaries, and most of Babiloyne, that distrieden the lond, and kill|iden the puple in parti, and token prison|eris in parti. men of Juda, etc.; this is seid most for Crist, that schulde be borun bi fleisch of that lynage. cry; of wrongis oon doynge wrong to an other. Lire here. C.; Y schal caste doun the wal therof, and it schal be in to de|foulyng; and Y schal sette it desert, ether forsakun. It schal not be kit, and it schal not be diggid, and breris and thornes schulen `growe vpstie CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. on it; and Y schal co|maunde to cloudis, that thothei I. no S. reyne notOm. S. reyn on it. Forsothe the vyner of the Lord of oostis is the hous of Israel, and the men of Juda ben the delitable buri|ownyng of hym. Y abood, that it schal make doom, and lo! wickidnesse; and that it schulde do riȝtfulnesse, and lo! cry. Wo to ȝou that ioynen hows to hous, and couplen feeld to feeld, `til tovnto I. the ende of place. WhetherWher ceteri fere passim. ȝe aloone schulen dwelle in the myddis of the lond? These thingis ben in the eeris of me, the Lord of oostis; if many housis ben not forsakun, grete housisOm. I. hous S. and faire, with outen dwellere, bileue ȝe not toOm. S. me. For whi ten acris of vynes schulen make ao CEFHIMNUV. oo GKPQ. potel, and thretti buschels of seed schulen make thre buschels. Wo to ȝou that risen togidere eerli to sue drunkennesse, and to drinke `til tovnto I. euentid, that ȝe brenne with wyn. Harpe, and giterne, and tympan, and pipe, and wyn ben in ȝoure feestis; and ȝe bi|holden notȝe biholde not, etc.; doynge no thing to his onour ether seruyce, whanne ȝe han of him abundaunce of temporal thingis. werkis of his hondis; that is, hou he punyschide scharply fleisli synne, in drenchinge the world for it, and in bren|nynge v. citees with fier of brunstoon. is led; that is, schal be led, for he spak of thing to com|ynge, bi the maner of thing passid, for the certeynte of profesie. Lire here. C. the werk of the Lord, nether ȝe biholden the werkis of hise hondis. Therfor my puple is led prisonercaityf, ether prisoner CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY., for it hadde not kunnyng; and the noble men therof perischiden in hungur, and the mul|titude therof was drye in thirst. Therfor helle alargidehath alargide I. his souleTherfor helle alargide his soule; that is, his caitifte, ether prison|yng; and this is figuratif speche, for whi helle hath no soule propirli. Helle in scripture is takun bothe for a diche, where the bodies of deed men ben put, and for a place where the soulis of hem that ben dampned and of hem that schulen be purgid goen doun, and generali of hem that ben not resseyued anoon to glorie; and thanne alle deed men ȝeden doun to helle in her soulis. bowid doun; that is, schal be cast doun al fro his pride. enhaunsid in doom; that is, his hiȝnesse schal be schew|id bi this, that he schal make the forseid doom of syn|neris. lambren, etc.; that is, the lambren of the sones of Israel schulen be etun of ene|myes, as oure doctours ex|pownen. and comelingis; that is, enemyes, men of Babi|loyne. schulen ete desert places, etc.; for thei eeten the beestis and the fruytis of Jewis. Raby Salomon seith thus. lambren; that is, iust men of Israel, that schulen be led in to Babiloyne, schulen be fed bi her ordre; that is, schulen haue sufficient liyflode bi her staat; and comelingis; that is, the children of Is|rael, turnynge aȝen fro Babi|loyne, schulen ete desert places. turned in to fatnesse; that is, the fruytis of the lond of Israel, that was desert and vntilid in the tyme of caitifte. of va|nyte; that is, of pride, which is cause of othere synnes. as the boond of a wayn; in go|ynge forth fer|there to greu|ousere synnes. and ȝe seyen; in scornynge Goddis riȝtful|nesse. his werk; that is, the peyne which ȝe manassen to vs. Thei seiden in scorn, Haaste, and come soon; as if thei seiden, We dreden not it; for they felden in to this errour, that God hadde not puruyaunce of lowere thingis in erthe, and that he schulde not ȝyue peyne for thingis doon in erthe. yuel; that is, the worschiping of idolis. good; that is, profitable to men. and good; that is, Goddis worschiping. yuel; that is, of no profit. derknessis; of errour to be. liȝt; of truthe. liȝt; of feith to be. derknessis; of ignoraunce. bittir thing; that is, idolatrie. in to swete; as if a man gete the ende desirid bi it. and swete thing; that is, Goddis worschip onely. in to bittir thing; as if vnprofitable trauel and cost is there. prudent bifor ȝou silf; that is, that setten ȝoure kunnyng of Goddis profetis, seiynge the contrarie of ȝoure errour. stobil; whanne fier touchith a litil the stobil, anoon it is brent up, as in lickyng, so the peyne of synneris bifor seid, schal come soone of God. the roote, etc.; that is, thei schulen be distried al out. the seed of hem; that is, the children of hem. schal stie as dust; for as dust reisid in the eir, is scaterid abrood bi the wynd to an other place, so the sones of hem weren led out of her lond in to caitifte. Lire here. C., and openyde his mouth with outen ony ende; andand the I. strong men therof, and the puple therof, andOm. E. thetho A. hiȝ men, and gloriousethe glorious M. men therof, schulen go doun to it. And a man schal be bowid doun, and a man of age schal be maad low; and the iȝen of hiȝ men schulen be pressid doun. And the Lord of oostis schal be enhaunsid in doom, and hooli God schal be halewid in riȝtfulnesse. And lambren schulen be fed biwith S. her ordre, and comelyngis schulen ete desert places turn|ed in to plentee. Wo to ȝou that drawen wickydnesse in the cordis of vanyte, and drawen synne as the boond of a wayn; and ȝe seien, The werk of hym haaste, and come soone, that we se; and the counsel of the hooli of Israel neiȝ, and come, and we schulen knowe it. Wo to ȝou that seien yuel good, and good yuel; and putten derknessis liȝt, and liȝt derk|nessis; and putten bittir thing in to swete, and swete thing in to bittir. Wo to ȝou that ben wise men in ȝoure iȝen, and ben prudent bifor ȝou silf. Wo to ȝou that ben myȝti to drynke wyn, and ben stronge to meddle drunkenesse; and ȝe iustifien a wickid man for ȝiftis, and ȝe taken awei the riȝtfulnesse of a iust man fro hym. For this thing, as the tunge of fier deuourith stobil, and the heete of flawme brenneth, so the roote of hem schal be as a deed sparcle, and the seed of hem schal stie as dust; for thei castiden awei the lawe of the Lord of oostis, and blas|femyden the speche of the hooli of Israel. Therfor the strong veniaunce of the Lord was wrooth aȝens his puple, and he stretch|ide forth his hond on it, and smoot it; and hillishillis; that is, princes. in all these thingis, etc.; that is, in the forseid peynes; for the puple was not amendid bi tho peynes, but more obstynat in yuel. C. weren disturblid, and the deed bodies of hem weren maad as a toord in the myddis of stretis. In alle these thingis the stronge vengeaunce of him was not turned awei, but ȝit his hond was stretchid forth. And he schal reise a signe among naciouns afer, and he schal hisse to hymhe schal hisse to him, etc.; that is, God schal make Na|bugodonosor and his oost to come aȝenus Jerusalem. Lire here. C. fro the endis of erthe; and lo! he schal haaste, and schal come swiftli. Noon is failynge nethir trauelynge in that oost; he schal not nappe, nether slepe, nether the girdil of his reynes schal be vndo, nether the lace of his scho schal be brokun. Hise arowis ben scharpe, and alle hise bowis ben bent; the houys of hise horsis ben as aOm. I. flynt, and hise wheelis ben as the feersnesse of tempest. His roryng schal be as of a lioun; he schal rore as the whelpis of liouns; and he schal gnaste, and schal holde prey, and schal biclippe, and noon schalther schal I. be, that schal delyuere. And he schal sowne on it in that dai, as doith the soun of the see; we schulen biholde in to the erthe, and lo! derknessis of tribula|cioun, and liȝt is maad derk in the derk|nesse therof.

 CAP. VI.

In the ȝeer in which the kyng Osie was deedwas deed; not bi depart|ing of the soule fro the bodi, but in which ȝeer he was smytun of God with lepre, for he wolde take amys to him the office of prest; for fro that tyme he was arettid deed to the world, as Rabi Salomon seith. the hows; that is, the temple bildid of Salo|mon; netheles this clause, and the hows was ful of his maieste, is not in Ebreu, nether in bokis amendid. and tho thingis that weren vndur him, etc.; in Ebreu thus, and hise hem|mes fillide the temple. the face of him; in Ebreu it is, the face of hem silf and the feet of hem silf. Lire here. C., Y siȝ the Lord sittynge on an hiȝ seete, and reisid; and the hous was ful of his mageste, and tho thingis that weren vndur hym, filliden the temple. Serafyn stoden on it, sixe wyngis weren to oon, and sixe wyngis to the tothiroother I.; with tweitwo I. wyngis thei hiliden the face of hym, and with tweitwo I. wyngisOm. I. thei hiliden the feet of hym, and with tweitwo I. wyngis thei flowen. And thei crieden `the toontother CFHKMNQRUVX. that oon EP. the oother IS. to the totheroother I., and seiden, Hooli, hooli, hooli is the Lord God of oostis; al erthe is ful of his glorie. And the lyntels aboue of the herris were moued togidere of the vois of the criere, and the hous was fillid with smoke. And Y seide, Wo to me, for Y was stillewas stille; fro repreuyng of king Osie. brennynge cole; this was not a material cole, nether material auter, but yma|gynarie, ether in licnesse. Lire here. C.; for Y am a man defoulid in lippis, and Y dwelle in the myddis of the puple hauynge defoulid lippis, and Y siȝ with myn iȝen the kyng Lord of oostis. And oon of serafyn flei to me, and a brennynge cole was in his hond, whichthe which I. cole he hadde take with a tonge fro the auter. And he touchide my mouth, and seide, Lo! Y haue touchid thi lippis with this cole, and thi wickidnesse schal be don awei, and thi synne schal be clensid. And Y herde the vois of the Lord, seiynge, Whom schal Y sende, and who schal go to ȝou? And Y seide, Lo! YLo! Y; am redi to obeie. sende thou me; he synnede not in profringe him silf, for he siȝ him silf dis|posid bifore bi the forseid purging. Lire here. C.; sende thou me. And he seide, Go thou, and thou schalt seie to this puple, Ȝe herynge herehereth I., and nyle ȝe vndurstondenyle ȝe vn|durstonde; that is, ȝe nylen vn|durstonde, for the profete ex|citide not hem for to vndur|stonde not, and obeye not, but he biforseide this thing to comynge, in bifortelling the hardnesse of the puple in yuel. Make thou blynd, etc.; that is, denounce thou, that the eeris schulen be agreggid bi obstynacye, ether hard|nesse in yuel. Sich blynd|nesse and hard|ing in yuel is not of God outirly, but of defaute of fre wille; for whi a man that turnyth awey him silf fro God, disserueth that God with|drawe his grace fro him, whos worching is to liȝtne the vn|durstonding, and to make neische the wille; and ther|for whanne grace is with|drawun, a man is blyndid and hardid bi his malice. This was fillid to the lettre, whanne at the preching of Crist, Jewis weren hardid in synne, for greet party, as it is seid in xij. co. of Joon. Lire here. C.; and se ȝe the profesie, and nyle ȝe knowe. Make thou blynde the herte of this puple, and aggrege thou the eeris therof, and close thou the iȝen therof; lest perauenture it se with hise iȝen, and here with hise eeris, and vndurstonde with his herte, and it be con|uertid, and Y make it hool. And Y seide, Lord, hou longLord, hou longe; schal this blyndnesse and hardnesse laste. Lire here. C.? And he seide, Til citees ben maad desolat with out dwellere, and housis with out man. And the lond schal be left desert, and the Lord schal make men feraferr I.. And thatthat vyner I. that was forsakunthat was forsakun; that is, the chirche of Cristen men, that weren in Judee, and weren forsakun of othere Jewis, schal haue prosperite aftirward; ether the lond of Juda forsakun in the caytifte of Babiloyne, schal haue prosperite in the tyme of Macabeys. Lire here. C. in the myddil of erthe, schal be multiplied, and ȝit tithingthe tithing, ether tenthe part I. schal be ther ynne; and it schal be conuertid, and it schal be in to schewyng, as a terebynte is, and as an ook, that spredith abrood hise boowis; that schal be hooli seed, that schal stonde ther ynne.

 CAP. VII.

And it was don in the daies of Achas, the sone of Joathan, the sone of Osias, kyng of Juda, Rasyn, the kyng of Sirie, and Facee, the sone of Romelie, the kyng of Israel, stieden to Jerusalem, for to fiȝte aȝens it; and thei myȝten not ouercome it. And thei telden to the hous of Dauid, and seiden, Sirie hath restidSirie hath reisid, etc.; that is, the king of Sirie and the king of Israel ben confederid, to come togidere aȝenus the rewme of Juda. Lire here. C. on Effraym, and the herte of hym and of his puple was mouyd togidere, as the trees of wodis ben mouyd of the face of the wynd. And the Lord seide to Isaie, Go thou out, and Ja|sub, thi sone, which is left, in to the meet|yng of Achas, at the laste ende of the water cundijt of the hiȝere cisterne, in the weie of the feeld of the fullere. And thou schalt seie to hym, Se thou, that thou be stillethat thou be stille; that is, that thou be in good pees and reste. taylis; that is, oostis suynge kyngis. smokinge; he seith this, for the glorie of these kingis schulde be quenchid, as he tellith in this capitle. Lire here. C.; nyle thou drede, and thin herte be not aferd ofof the I. twei tailis of these brondis smokynge in the wraththe of woodnesse, of Rasyn, kynge of Sirie, and of the sone of Romelye. For Sirie, and Effraym, and the sone of Romelie, han bigunne yuel councel aȝens thee, and seien, Stie wewe up I. to Juda, and reise we hym, and drawe we hym out to vs; and sette we a kyng in the myddis therof, the sone of Tabeelof Tabeel; that is, of Ro|melie, which is clepid here Tabeel, as Raby Salomon seith. These lxv. ȝeer bigunnen in the secunde ȝeer bifor the erthe|mouyng, whanne kyng Osias wolde offre encense, in which tyme Amos bigan to profesie, for in the sixte ȝeer of kyng Ese|chie, Samarie was takun, in xviij. co. of IIII. book of Kyngis. schulen not dwelle; in truthe. Ysaye seide this, for he knew that A|chas, the worste idolatour, wolde not bileue to hise wordis. a signe; of thi delyueraunce, and of thi pu|ple. of thi Lord God; and not of idols, whiche thou worschip|ist. in to the depthe of helle; that is, axe a signe to thee, bi the reising of sum deed man. in to he|uene; as it was doon bi the stonding of the sunne, in the tyme of Josue, in x. co. of Josue. Lire here. C.. The Lord God seith these thingis, This schal not be, and it schal not stonde; but Damask schal be the heed of Sirie, and Rasyn `schal beOm. I. the heed of Damask; and ȝit sixti ȝeer and fiue, and Effraym schal faile to be a puple; and Samarie shal faile to be the heed of Effraym, and the sone of Romelie `schal faileOm. I. to be heed of Samarie. Forsothe if ȝe schulen not bileue, ȝe schulen not dwelle. And the Lord addide to speke to Achas, and seide, Axe thou to thee a signe of thi Lord God, in to the depthe of helle, ethir in to heiȝthe aboue. And Achas seide, Y schal not axe, and Y schal not temptenot tempte; this was a feyned accusacioun, to coloure his yuel, for he was the worste idola|trour, and nolde that ony thing were schewed to the glorie of God. Lire here. C. the Lord. And Ysaie seide, Ther|forThou therfor A pr. m. C pr. m. EFU. the hous of Dauid, here ȝe; whether it is litil to ȝou tofor to CEFHIKNPSVX. be diseseful to mendiseseful to men; that is, to profetis, whiche thei diseseden ofte, in scornynge and turmentinge hem, and sum tyme in sleynge hem. diseseful also to my God; in forsakinge a signe profrid of him, lest his name be glorified. for this thyng; that is, to the declaring of his name principaly. a signe; of ȝoure delyueraunce. a virgyn; that is, Seynt Marie, which conseyuede, and childide, and dwellith euere a virgyn. Emanuel; that is, God with vs, for whi Crist is bothe God and man. ete botere and hony; this is seid to signefie his very manhed, which is nurchid bi siche thingis, most in child|hed. that he kunne repreue yuel, etc.; this word that sig|nefieth not cause, but su|yng, for fro his childhod and conseyuyng in his modris wombe, he hadde the ful|nesse of man|nus kunnyng, to repreue yuel, and to chese good, and for he hadde this kunnyng of man fro the firste tyme of his conseyuyng in his modris wombe, and not bifore, it sueth, bifor that the child kunne, etc. Lire here. C., for ȝe ben diseseful also to my God? For this thing the Lord hym silf schal ȝyue a signe to ȝou. Lo! a virgyn schal conseyue, and schal bere a sone; and his name schal be clepid Emanuel. He schal ete botere and hony, that he kunne repreue yuel, and cheese good. For whi bifore that the child kunne repreue yuel, and chese good, the lond, which thou wlatist, schal be for|sakun of the face of her tweitwo I. kyngis. The Lord schal brynge on thee, and on thi puple, and on the hous of thi fadir, daies that camen not fro the daies of de|partyng of Effraym fro Juda, with the kyng of Assirienskyng of As|siriens; for Teg|lath Falasar, kyng of Assi|riens, wastide the lond of Achas, whanne no man aȝen|stood. schal hisse; that is, enspire wille to come aȝenus Esechie. to a flie; that is, to the puple of Libie, that cam with greet cum|peny. to a be; that is, the pu|ple of Assiri|ens, that prick|ide, and pur|suede alle na|ciouns in cum|pas. Lire here. C.. And it schal be, in that dai the Lord schal hisse to a flie, which is in the laste parte of the floodis of Egipt; and to a bee, which is in the lond of Assur; and `alle soalle tho CH sec. m. FS. alle KU. also M. schulen come, and schulen reste in the strondis of valeis, and in cauesthe caues I. of stoonis, and in alle places of buyschis, and in alle hoolis. And in that dai the Lord schal schaueschal schaue, etc.; that is, whanne Sena|cherib schal come aȝenus Jerusalem, to distrie it, the Lord schal sle this kyng and his oost. the heed; that is, the king, that was slayn of hise sones, in hise owne lond. the heeris of feet; that is, footmen of his oost. al the beerd; that is, alle horsemen, for the aungel of God killide an hundrid thousynde and iiij. score and v. thou|sinde of his oost in o niȝt, in IIII. book of Kingis, xix. co. a cow of oxis; that is, a cow aloone dwellinge to him, of a greet droue of neet. ech man; that is, iust men, lyuynge bi mannus liyf, and not beestli liyf. botere and hony; that is, abundaunce of goodis of the erthe. with arowis, etc.; for wielde beestis and serpentis hid there, for defaute of tilieris. Lire here. C. with a scharp rasour in these men, that ben bi|ȝendis the flood, inof H sec. m. the kyng of Assiriens, the heed, andof CEP. heeristhe heeris N. of the feet, and alof al G. the beerd. And it schal be, in that day a man schal nurische a cow of oxis, and twei scheep, and for the plentee of mylk he schal ete botere; for whi ech man that schal be left in the myddis of the lond, schal ete boter and hony. And it schal be, in that dai ech place where a thousand vyneris schulen be worth a thousynde platis of siluer, and schulen be in to thornes and breeris, men schulen entre thidur with bouwis and arowis; for whi breris and thornes schulen be in al the lond. And alle hillis that schulen be purgid with a sarpea breer hook I marg. sarpe, id est, a weod hook K sec. m. wodebil, ether a sarpe U., the drede of thornes and of breris schal not come thidir; and it schal be in to lesewe of oxenoxe CFGHKMPQRSUVX. oxis E., and in to tredingthe treding FK. the dredynge S. of scheep.

 CAP. VIII.

And the Lord seide to me, Take to thee a greet book, and write ther ynne with the poyntil of manwith the poyntel of man; that is, opinly and pleynly. Y ȝaf to me feithful wit|nessis; this is the word of God himsilf. This was not bodily bryng|yng yn of wit|nessis, nether was doon in present tyme; but it was goostly, and of tyme to com|ynge longe aftir. This Vrie profesiede bifor the tyme of Jeremye, in xxvi. co. of Jerem., aȝenus Jerusalem and Judee. Sacarie is the xi. among xij. profetis. to the profetesse; that is, the Vir|gyn Marie. his name; that is, the name of the child borun. Lire here. C., Swiftli drawe thou awei spuylis, take thou prey soone. And Y ȝaf to me faithful witnessis, Vrie, the prest, and Sacarie, the sone of Barachie. And Y neiȝede to the profetesse; and sche conseyuede, and childide a sone. And the Lord seide to me, Clepe thou his name Haste thou to drawe awei spuylisHaaste thou to drawe awey spuylis, etc.; this acordith to Crist rysinge aȝen, that spuylide helle in that tyme. bifor that the child kan clepe, etc.; bi mannus kunnyng, that is, bifor that he be maad man. Lire here. C., haaste thou for to take prey. For whi bifor that the child kan clepe his fadir and his mo|dir, the strengthe of Damask schal be doon awei, and the spuylis of Samarie, bifor the kyng of Assiriens. And the Lord addide to speke ȝit to me, and he seide, For that thing that this puple hath caste awei the watris of Siloe, that goen with silence, and hath take more Rasyn, and the sone of Romelie, for this thing lo! the Lord schal brynge on hem the stronge and many watris of the flood, the king of Assiriens, and al his glorie; and he schal stiȝe on alle the stremes therof, and he schal flowe on alle the ryueris therof. And he schal go flowynge bi Juda, and he schal passe til to the necke, and schal come; and the spredyng forth of hise wyngis schal be, and schal fille the breede of thi lond, thou Emanuel. Puplis, be ȝe gaderid togidere, and be ȝe ouercomun; and alle londis afer, here ȝe. Be ȝe coum|fortid, and be ȝe ouercomun; gird ȝe ȝou, and be ȝe ouercomun; take ȝe coun|cel, and it schal be destried; speke ȝe a word, and it schal not be doon, for God is with vs. For whi the Lord seith these thingis to me, as he tauȝte me in a stronge hond, that Y schulde not go in to the weie of this puple, and seide, Seie ȝe not, It is sweryng togidere, for whi alle thingis which this puple spekith is sweryng togi|dere; and drede ȝe not the ferdfulnesse therof, nether be ȝe aferd. Halowe ȝe the Lord hym silf of oostis; and he schal be ȝoure inward drede, and he schal be ȝoure ferdfulnesse, and he schal be to ȝou in to halewyng. Forsothe he schal be in to a stoon of hirtyng, and in to a stoon of sclaundre, to tweyne housis of Israel; in to a snare, and in to fallyng, to hem that dwellen in Jerusalem. And ful many of hem schulen offende, and schulen falle, and thei schulen be al to-brokun, and thei schulen be boundun, and schulen be takun. Bynde thou witnessyng, mark thou the lawe in my disciplis. Y schal abide the Lord, that hath hid his face fro the hous of Jacob, and Y schal abide hym. Lo! Y and my children, whiche the Lord ȝaf to me in to a signe, and greet wondur to Israel, of the Lord of oostis that dwellith in the hil of Sion. And whanne thei seien to ȝou, Axe ȝe of coniureris, and of false dyuynouris, that gnasten in her enchaunt|yngis, whether the puple schal not axe of her God a reuelacioun for quyke men and deed? It is to go to the lawe moremore rather I. and to the witnessyng, that if thei seien not after this word, morewtide liȝt schal not be to hem. And it schal passe bi that, and it schal falle doun, and it schal hun|gre. And whanne it schal hungre, it schal be wrooth, and schal curse his kyng and his God, and it schal biholde vpward. And it schal loke to the erthe, and lo! tribu|lacioun, and derknessis, and vnbyndyng, ether discoumfort, and angwisch, and myist pursuynge; and it schal not mow fle awei fro his angwisch.

 CAP. IX.

In the firste tyme the lond of Zabulon and the lond of Neptalym was releessidaliȝted [liȝtid KS sec. m. VX], ether releessid CEGHIKMNPQRSUVXY.; and at the laste the weie of the see biȝende Jordan of Galile of hethene men was maad heuy. The puple that ȝede in derknessis siȝ a greet liȝt; whanne men dwelliden in the cuntre of schadewe of deth, liȝt roos vp to hem. Thou multipliedist folk, thou magnefiedist not gladnesse; thei schulen be glad bifore thee, as thei that ben glad in heruest, as ouercomeris maken ful out ioie, whanne thei han take a prey, whanne thei departen theOm. N. spuylis. For thou hast ouer|come the ȝok of his birthun, and the ȝerde of his schuldre, and the ceptre of his wrongful axere, as in the day of Madian. For whi al violent raueyn with noise, and a cloth meddlid with blood schal be in to brennyng, and `schal beOm. I. theOm. E. mete of fier. Forsothe a litil child is borun to vs, and a sone is ȝouun to vs, and prinsehod is maad on his schuldre; and his name schal be clepid Wondurful, A counselour, God, Strong, AOm. F sec. m. N. fadir of the world to comynge, A prince of pees. His empire schal be multiplied, and noon ende schal be of his pees; he schal sitte on the seete of Dauid, and on the rewme of hym, that he con|ferme it, and make stronge in doom and riȝtfulnesse, fro hennus forth and til in to with outen ende. The feruent loue of the Lord of oostis schal make this. The Lord sente a word in to Jacob, and it felle in Israel. And al the puple of Effraym schal wite, and thei that dwellen in Samarie, seiynge in the pride and greetnesse of herte, Tijl stoonys fellen doun, but we schulen bilde with square stoonys; thei han kit doun sicomoris, but we schulen chaunge cedris. And the Lord schal reise the enemyes of Rasyn on hym, and he schal turne the enemyes of hym in to noyse; God schal make Sirie to come fro the eest, and Filisteis fro the west; and with al the mouth thei schulen deuoure Israel. In alle these thingis the stronge veniaunce of the Lord is not turned awei, but ȝit his hond is stretchid forth; and the puple is not turned aȝen to the Lord smytynge it, and thei souȝten not the Lord of oostis. And the Lord schal leesefordo I. fro Israel the heed and the tail, crokynge and bischrewynge, ether refreynynge, in o dai. An elde man and onourable, he is the heed, and a profete techynge aOm. I. lees|yng, he is the tail. And thei that blessen his puple, schulen be disseyueris, and thei that ben blessid, schulen be cast doun. For this thing the Lord schal not be glad on the ȝonge men therof, and he schal not haue merci on the fadirles children and widewis therof; for ech man is an ypo|crite and weiward, and ech mouth spak foli. In alle these thingis the stronge veniaunce of hym is not turned awei, but ȝit his hond is stretchid forth; and the puple is not turned aȝen to the Lord smytynge it. For whi wickidnesse is kyndlid as fier; it schal deuoure the breris and thornes, and it schal be kyn|dlid in the thickenesse of the forest, and it schal be wlappid togidere in the pride of smoke. In the wraththe of the Lord of oostis the lond schal be disturblid, and the puple schal be as the mete of fier; a man schal not spare his brothir. And he schal boowe to the riȝt half, and he schal hungre, and he schal ete at the left half, and he schal not be fillid; ech man schal deuoure the fleisch of his arm. Ma|nasses schal deuoure Effraym, and Ef|fraym `schal deuoureOm. I. Manasses, and thei togidere aȝens Juda. In alle these thingis the strong veniaunce of hym is not turned awei, but ȝit his hoond is stretchid forth.

 CAP. X.

Wo to them that maken wickid lawis, and thei writynge han wryte vnriȝtful|nesse, for to oppresse pore men in doom, and to do violence to the cause of meke men of my puple; that widewis schulen be the prey of them, and that thei schulden rauysche fadirles children. What schulen ȝe do in the dai of visitacioun, and of wretchidnesse comynge fro fer? To whos help schulen ȝe fle? and where schulen ȝe leeue ȝoure glorie, that ȝe be not bowid doun vndur boond, and falle not doun with slayn men? On alle these thingis his strong veniaunce is not turned awei, but ȝit his hond is stretchid forth. Wo to Assur, he is the ȝerde and staf of my strong veniaunce; myn indignacioun is inin to A pr. m. the hond of them. Y schal send hym to a fals folk, and Y schal comaunde toOm. N. hym aȝens the puple of my strong ven|iaunce; that he take awei the spuylis, and departe prey, and that he sette that puple in to defouling, as the fen of stretis. For|sothe he schal not deme so, and his herte schal not gesse so, but his herte schal be for to al to-breke, and to the sleynge of many folkis. For he schal seie, Whether my princes ben not kyngis to gidere? Whether not as Carcamys, so Calanno; and as Arphat, so Emath? whether not as Damask, so Samarie? As myn hond foond the rewmes of idol, so and theOm. I. symyla|cris of hem of Jerusalem and of Samarie. Whether not as Y dide to Samarie, and to the idols therof, so Y schal do to Jeru|salem, and to the simylacris therof? And it schal be, whanne the Lord hath fillid alle hise werkis in the hil of Syon and in Jerusalem, Y schal visite on the fruit of the greet doynge herte of the kyng of Assur, and on the glorie of the hiȝnesse of hise iȝen. For he seide, Y haue do in the strengthe of myn honde, and Y haue understonde in my wisdom; and Y haue take awei the endis of peplis, and Y haue robbid the princes of them, and Y as a myȝti man haue drawun doun them that saten an hiȝ. And myn hond foond the strengthe of puplis as a nest, and as eirun ben gaderid togidere that ben forsakun, so Y gaderid togidere al erthe; and noon wasther was I. that mouyde a fethere, and openyde the mouth, and grutchide. Whether an ax schal haue glorie aȝens hym that kittith with it? ether a sawe schal be enhaunsid aȝens hym of whom it is drawun? as if a ȝerde is reisid aȝens hym that reisith it, and a staf is enhaunsid, which sotheli is a tre. For this thing the lordli gouernour, Lord of oostis, schal sende thinnesse in the fatte men of hym, and his glorie kyn|dlid vndur schal brenne as `the brenning ofOm. A pr. m. brenning of A sec. m. fier. And the liȝt of Israel schal be in fier, and the hooli of it in flawme; and the thorn of him and brere schal be kynd|lid and deuourid in o dai. And the glorie of his forest and of his Carmele schal be wastid, fro the soule `til tovnto I. fleisch; and he schal be fleynge awei for drede. And the relifs of the tree of his forest schulen be noumbrid for fewnesse, and a child schal write hem. And it schal be in that dai, the remenaunt of Israel, and thei that fledden of the house of Jacob, schal not adde for to triste on hym that smytith hem; but it schal triste on the hooli Lord of Israel, in treuthe. The re|lifs, Y seie, theto I. relifs of Jacob, schulen be conuertid to the stronge Lord. For|whi, Israel, if thi puple is as the grauel of the see, the relifs schulen be turned therof; an endyng maad schort schal make riȝtfulnesse to be plenteuouse. For whi the Lord God of oostis schal make an endyng and a breggyng in the myddis of al erthe. For this thing the Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, My puple, the dwellere of Sion, nyle thou drede of Assur, for he schal smite thee in a ȝerde, and he schal reise his staf on thee in the weie of Egipt. Forwhi ȝit a litil, and a litil, and myn indignacioun and my strong ven|iaunce schal be endid on the greet tres|pas of hem. And the Lord of oostis schal reise a scourge on hym bi the veniaunce of Madian in the stoon of Oreb, and bi his ȝerde on the see; and he schal reise that ȝerde in the wei of Egipt. And it schal be in that dai, his birthun schal be takun awei fro thi schuldre, and his ȝok fro thi necke; and thethi I. ȝok schal wexe rotun fro the face of oile. He schal come in to Aioth, he schal passe in to Magron, at Magynas he schal bitake his vessels to kepyng. Thei passiden swiftli, Gabaa is oure seete, Rama was astonyed, Gabaa of Saul fled. Thou douȝtir of Gallym, weile with thi vois; thou Laisa, perseyue, thou pore Anatot. Medemena passide; the dwelleris of Gabyn fledden; be ȝe coum|fortid. Ȝit it is dai, that me stonde in Nobe; he schal dryue his hond on the hil of the douȝter of Syon, on the litil hil of Jerusalem. Lo! the lordli gouernour, the Lord of oostis, schal breke a potel in drede, and hiȝ men of stature schulen be kit doun. And proude men schulen be maade low, and the thicke thingis of the forest schulen be distried bi irun; and the Liban with hiȝ thingis schal falle doun.

 CAP. XI.

And a ȝerde schal go out of the roote of Jesse, and a flour schal stie of the roote of it. And the Spirit of the Lord schal reste on hym, the spirit of wisdom and of vndurstondyng, the spirit of counsel and of strengthe, the spirit of kunnyng and of pitee; and the spirit of theOm. I. drede of the Lord schal fille him. He schal deme not bi the siȝt of iȝen, nether he schal repreuerepreue, ether conuicte CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. bi the heryng of eeris; but he schal deme in riȝtfulnesse pore men, and he schal re|preue in equyte, for the mylde men of erthe. And he schal smyte the lond with the ȝerde of his mouth, and biwith I. the spirit of his lippis he schal sle the wickid man. And riȝtfulnesse schal be the girdil of hise leendis, and feith schal be the girdyng of hise reynes. A wolf schal dwelle with a lombe, and a parde schal reste with a kide; a calf, and a lioun, and a scheep schulen dwelle togidere, and a litil child schal dryue hem. A calf and a beere schulen be lesewid togidere; the whelpis of hem schulen reste, and a lioun as an oxe schal ete stre. And a ȝonge soukyng child fro the tete schal delite on the hole of a snake, and he that is wenyd schal puttesende CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. his hond in the caue of a cocatrice. Thei schulen not anoye, and schulen not sle in al myn hooli hil; forwhi the erthe is fillid with theOm. I. kunnyng of the Lord, as watris of the see hilynge. In that dai the roote of Jesse, that stondith in to the signe of puplis; hethene men schulenschulen not N. bi|seche hym, and his sepulchre schal be gloriouse. And it schal be in that day, the Lord schal adde the secounde tyme his hond to haue in possessioun the re|sidue of his puple that schal be left, of Assiriens, and of Egipt, and of Fethros, and of Ethiope, and of Elan, and of Sen|nar, and of Emath, and of ylis of the see. And he schal reise a sygne to naciouns, and schal gadere togidere the fleeris awei of Israel; and he schal gadere togidere the scaterid men of Juda fro foure coostis of erthe. And the enuye of Effraym schal be don awei, and the enemyes of Juda schulen perische; Effraym schal not haue enuye to Juda, and Juda schal not fiȝte aȝens Effraym. And thei schulen flie in to the schuldris of Filisteis bi the see, thei schulen take prey togidere of the sones of the eest; Ydume and Moab schulen be the comaundement of the hond of hem, and the sones of Amon schulen be obe|dient. And the Lord schal make desolat the tunge of the see of Egipt, and he schal reise his hond on the flood in the strengthe of his spirit; and he schal smyte, ethir departe, it in seuene ryueris, so that schood men passe bi it. And a weie schal be to my residue puple that schal be left, of Assiriens, as it was to Israel, in the dai in which it stiede fro the lond of Egipt.

 CAP. XII.

And thou schalt seie in that dai, Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee, for thou were wrooth to me; thi strong venieaunce is turned, and thou hast coumfortid me. Lo! God is my sauyour, Y schal do feithfuli, and Y schal not drede. For whi the Lord is my strengthe and my preysyng, and he is maad to me in to helthe. Ȝe schulen drawe watris with ioie of the wellis of the sauyour. And ȝe schulen seie in that dai, Knouleche ȝe to the Lord, and clepe ȝe his name in to help; make ȝe knowun hise fyndyngis among puplis; haue ȝe mynde, that his name is hiȝ. Synge ȝe to the Lord, for he hath do worschipfuli; telle ȝe this in al erthe. Thou dwellyng of Syon, make ful out ioie, and preise; for whi the hooli of Israel is greet in the myddis of thee.

 CAP. XIII.

The birthun of Babiloyne, which bir|thun Ysaie, the sone of Amos, siȝ. Reise ȝe a signe on a myisti hil, and enhaunse ȝe vois; reise ȝe the hond, and duykis entre bi the ȝatis. Y haue comaundid to myn halewid men, and Y clepid my stronge men in my wraththe, that maken ful out ioie in my glorie. The vois of multitude in hillis, as of many puplis; the vois of sown of kyngis, of hethene men gaderit togidere. The Lord of oostis co|maundide to the chyualry of batel, to men comynge fro a fer lond. The Lord com|eth fro the hiȝnesse of heuene, and the vessels of his strong veniaunce, that he distrie al the lond. Ȝelle ȝe, for the dai of the Lord is niȝ; as wastyngwastyng, ether distriyng CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. it schal come of the Lord. For this thing alle hondis schulen be vnmyȝti, and eche herte of man schal faile, and schal be al to-brokun. Gnawyngis and sorewis schulen holde Babiloyns; thei schulen haue sorewe, as they that trauelen of child. Ech man schal wondre at his neiȝbore; her cheris schulen be brent faces. Lo! the dai of the Lord schal come, cruel, and ful of indignacioun, and of wraththe, and of woodnesse; to sette the lond into wildir|nesse, and to al to-breke the synneris therof fro thatthe N. lond. For whi the sterris of heuene and the schynyng of thohem N. schulen not sprede abrood her liȝt; the sunne is maade derk in his risyng, and the moone schal not schine in hir liȝt. And Y schal visite on the yuels of the world, and Y schal visite aȝens wickid men the wickidnesse of hem; and Y schal make the pride of vnfeithful men for to reste, and Y schal make low the boost of stronge men. A man of ful age schal be preciousere than gold, and a man schal be preciousere than pure gold and schynyng. On this thing I schal disturble heuene, and the erthe schal be moued fro his place; for the indignacioun of the Lord of oostis, and for the dai of wraththe of his strong veniaunce. And it schal be as a doo fleynge, and as a scheep, and noon schal be that schal gadere togidere; ech man schal turne to his puple, and alle bi hem silf schulen fle to her lond. Ech man that is foundun, schal be slayn; and ech man that cometh aboue, schal falle doun bi swerd. The ȝonge children of them schulen be hurtlid doun bifore the iȝen of them; her housis schulen be ra|uischid, and her wyues schulen be de|foulid. Lo! Y schal reise on them Me|deis, that seken not siluer, nethir wolen gold; but thei shulen sle litle children biwith I. arowis, and thei schulen not haue merci on wombis ȝyuynge mylk, and the iȝe of them schal not spare on sones. And Babiloyne, thilke gloriouse citee in rewmes, noble in the pride of Caldeis, schal be destried, as God destried Sodom and Gomore. It shall not be enhabitid til in to the ende, and it schal not be foundid til to generacioun and genera|cioun; a man of Arabie schal not sette tentis there, and scheepherdis schulen not reste there. But wielde beestis schulen reste there, and the housis of hem schulen be fillid with dragouns; and ostrichis schulen dwelle there, and heeriheery; that is, foxis and woluys, as sum men seien; ether heri ben heere wondurful beestis, that in parti han the licnes of man and in parti the licnesse of a beeste. Lire here. CKQU. beestis schulen skippe there. And bitouris schu|len answere there in the housis therof, and fliynge serpentis in the templis of lust.

 CAP. XIV.

It is niȝ that the tyme therof come, and the daies therof schulen not be maad fer; for whi the Lord schal haue merci of Ja|cob, and he schal chese ȝit of Israel, and schal make them for to reste on her lond; a comelyng schal be ioyned to them, and schal cleue to the house of Jacob. And puplis schulen holde hem, and schulen brynge hem in to her place. And the hous of Israel schal haue hem in possessioun in to seruauntis and handmaidis on the lond of the Lord; and thei schulen take tho men that token hem, and thei schulen make suget her wrongfulwondirful N. axeris. And it schal be in that dai, whanne God schal ȝyue to thee reste of thi trauel, and of thi shakyng, and of hard seruage, in which thou seruedist bifore, thou schalt take this parable aȝens the kyng of Babiloyne, and thou schalt sei, Hou ceesside the wrongful axere, restide tribute? The Lord hath al to-broke the staf of wickid men, the ȝerde of lordis, that beet puplis in indignacioun, with vncurable wounde, that sugetide folkis in woodnesse, that pursuede cruely. Ech lond restide, and was stille; it was ioiful, and made ful out ioie. Also fir trees and cedris of the Liban weren glad on thee; sithen thou sleptist, noon stieth that kittith vs doun. Helle vndur thee is dis|turblid for the meeting of thi comyng; he schal reise giauntis to thee; alle the princes of erthe han rise fro her seetis, alle the princes of naciouns. Alle thei schulen answere, and thei shulen seie to thee, And thou art woundid as andOm. I. we, thou art maad lijk vs. Thi pride is drawun doun to hellis, thi deed careyn felle doun; a mouȝte schal be strewyd vn|dur thee, and thin hilyng schal be wormes. A! Lucifer, that risidist eerli, hou feldistfellist FI. thou doun fro heuene; thou that woundistwoundidist CEFGHIMNPQRSUVX. folkis, feldist doun togidere in to erthe. Which seidist in thin herte, Y schal stie in to heuene, Y schal enhaunse my seete aboue the staris of heuene; Y schal sitte in the hil of testament, in the sidis of the north. Y schal stie on the hiȝnesse of cloudis; Y schal be lijk theto the X sec. m. hiȝeste. Netheles thou schalt be drawun doun to helle, in to the depthe of the lake. Thei that schulen se thee, schulen be bowid doun to thee, and schulen biholde thee. Whether this is the man, that disturblid erthe, that schook togidere rewmes? that settide the world desert, and distried the citees therof, and openyde not the prisoun to the boundun men of hym? Alle the kyngis of hethene men, alle slepten in glorie, a man in his hous. But thou art cast out of thi sepulcre, as an vnprofitable stok, as defoulid with rot; and wlappid with hem that ben slayn with swerd, and ȝeden doun to the foundement of the lake. As a rotun careyn, thou schalt not haue felouschipe, nethir with hem in sepulture, for thou hast lost thi lond, thou hast slayn the puple; the seed of the worst men schal not be clepid with outen ende. Make ȝe redi hise sones to sleying, for the wick|idnesse of her fadris; thei schulen not rise, nether thei schulen enherite the lond, ne|ther ther thei schulen fille the face of the roundenesse of citees. And Y schal rise on hem, seith the Lord of oostis, and Y schal leese the name of Babyloyne, and the relifs, and generacioun, and seed, seith the Lord. And Y schal sette that Babi|loyne in to possessioun of an irchoun, and in to mareisis of watris; and Y schal swepe it with a beesme, and Y schal stampe, seith the Lord of oostis. The Lord of oostis swoor, seiynge, Whether it schal not be so, as Y gesside, and it schal bifalle so, as Y tretide in soule? That Y al to-breke the kyng of Assiriens in my lond, and that Y defoule hym in myn hillis; and his ȝok schal be takun awei fro hem, and his birthun schal be takun awei fro the schuldur of hem. This is the councel which Y thouȝte on al the lond, and this is the hond stretchid forth on alle folkis. For whi the Lord of oostis hath demed, and who mai make vnstid|faste? and his hond is stretchid forth, and who schal turne it awei? The birthun of Filisteis. In the ȝeer wheryne kyng Achas diede, this birthun was maad. Al thou Filistea, be not glad, for the ȝerde of thi smytere is maad lesse; for whi a cocatrice schal go out of the roote of an eddre, and his seed schal soupe up a brid. And the firste gendrid of pore men schu|len be fed, and pore men schulen reste feithfuli; and Y schal make thi throte to perisch in hungur, and Y schal sle thi relifs. Ȝelle, thou ȝate; cry, thou citee, al Filistea is cast doun; for whi smoke schal come fro the north, and noon is that schal ascape his oost. And what schal be answerid to the messangeris of folk? for the Lord hath foundid Sion, and the pore men of his puple schulen hope in hym.

 CAP. XV.

The birthun of Moab. For Ar was destried in niȝt, Moab was stille; for the wal was distried in theOm. CFEGHKMNPQRSUVX. niȝt, Moab was stille. The kingis hous, and Dybon stieden to hiȝ places, in to weilyng; on Nabo, and on Medaba Moab schal ȝelle. In alle hedis therof schal be ballidnesse, and ech beerd schal be schauun. In the meetyngmeetingis CEFHIKMNPQRSUVX. of thre weies therof thei ben gird in a sak, alle ȝellyng on the housis therof and in the stretis therof; it schal go doun in to wepyng. Esebon schal crie, and Eleale, the vois of hem is herd `til totil A pr. m. vnto I. Jasa; on this thing the redi men of Moab schulen ȝelle, the soule therof schal ȝelle to it silf. Myn herte schal crie to Moab, the barris therof `til tovn to I. Segor, a cow calf of thre ȝeer. For whi a wepere schal stiestie up I. bi the stiyngstiyng up I. of Luith, and in the weie of Oro|naym thei schulen reise cry of sorewe. For whi the watris of Nemrym schulen be forsakun; for the eerbe dried up, buriown|yng failide, al grenenesse perischide. Bi the greetnesse of werk, and the visityng of hem, to the stronde of salewis thei schulen lede hem. For whi cry cumpasside the ende of Moab; `til tovnto I. Galym the ȝellyng therof, and the cry therof `til tovnto I. the pit of Helym. For the watris of Dibon ben fillid with blood; for Y schal sette encrees|syngis on Dibon, to tho men of Moab that fledden fro the lioun, and to the relifs of the lond.

 CAP. XVI.

Lord, sende thou out a lomb, the lordli gouernour of erthe, fro the stoon of desert to the hil of the douȝter of Sion. And it schal be as a foule fleynge, and briddis fleynge awei fro the nest, so schulen be the douȝtris of Moab in theOm. N. passyng ouer of Arnon. Take thou councel, constreyne thou councel; sette thou as niȝt thi schadewe in myddai, hide thou hem that fleen, and bitraye thou not men of vnstidfast dwell|yng. My fleeris awei schulen dwelle at thee. Moab, be thou the hidyng place of hem fro the face of distrierethe distriere I.. For whi dust is endid, the wretchid is wastid; he that defoulide the lond failude. And the kyngis seete schal be maade redi in merci, and he schal sitte on it in treuthe, in the taber|nacle of Dauid, demynge, and sekynge doom, and ȝeldynge swiftli that that is iust. We han herd the pride of Moab, he is ful proud; his pride, and his boost, and his indignacioun is more than his strengthe. Therfor Moab schal ȝelle to Moab, al Moab shal ȝelle to hem that ben glad on the wallis of bakun tijl stoon; speke ȝe her woundis. For whi the sub|arbis of Esebon and the vyner of Sabama ben forsakun. The lordis of hethene men han kit doun the siouns therof; thei camen `til tovnto I. Jaser, thei erriden in desert. The bowis therof ben forsakun, thei pass|iden the see. On this thing Y schal wepe in the weping of Jaser, and on the vyner of Sabama. Esebon and Eleale, Y schal fille thee with my teer; for the vois of defouleris fellen on thi vyndage, and on thi heruest. And gladnesse and ful out ioiyng schal be takun awei fro Carmele; and noon schal make ful out ioye, nether schal synge hertli song in vyneris. He that was wont to wringe out, schal not wrynge out wyn in a pressour; Y haue take awei the vois of wryngeris out. On this thing my wombe schal sowne as an harpe to Moab, and myn entrails to the wal of bakun tiel stoon. And it schal be, whanne it schal appere, that Moab hath trauelid on hise places, it schal entre to hise hooli thingis, that it biseche, and it schal not be worth. This is the word which the Lord spak to Moab fro that tyme. And now the Lord spak, seiynge, In thre ȝeer that weren as the ȝeeris of an hirid man, the glorie of Moab schal be takun awei on al the myche puple; and ther schal be left in it as a litil rasynrasyn, that is, a litil boow, with litil fruyt N., and a litil, and not myche.

 CAP. XVII.

The birthun of Damask. Lo! Damask schal faile to be a citee, and it schal be as an heep of stoonys in fallyng. The for|sakun citees of Aroer schulen be to flockis; and thothei N. schulen reste there, and noon schal be that schal make aferd. And help schal ceesse fro Effraym, and a rewme fro Damask; and the relifs of Sirie schulen be as the glorie of the sones of Israel, seith the Lord of oostis. And it schal be, in that dai the glorie of Jacob schal be maad thinne, and the fatnesse of his fleisch shal fade. And it schal be as gaderyng togi|dere that that is left in heruest, and his arm schal gadere eeris of corn, and it schal be as sekynge eeris of corn in the valei of Raphaym. And there schal be left in it as a rasynrasyn; is a lytil bow, with a lytil fruyt. A et alii., and as the schakyng doun of the fruyt of olyue tre, as of tweynetwo I. ether ofOm. ENP. thre olyue trees in the hiȝnesse of a braunche, ether of foure etheror I. of fyue; in the cooppis therof schal be the fruyt therof, seith the Lord God of Israel. In that dai a man schal be bowid to his maker, and hise iȝen schulen biholde to the hooli of Israel. And he schal not be bowid to the auteris, whiche hise hondis maden, and whiche hise fyngris wrouȝten; he schal not biholde wodis, and templis of idols. In that dai the citees of strengthe therof schulen be forsakun as plowis, and cornes that weren forsakun of the face of the sones of Israel; and thou schalt be forsakun. For thou hast forȝete God, thi sauyour, and haddist not mynde on thi stronge helpere; therfor thou schalt plaunte a feithful plauntyng, and thou schalt sowe an alien seed. In the dai of thi plauntyng schal be a wielde vyne, and erli thi seed schal floure; ripe corne is takun awei in the dai of eritage, and Israel schal make sorewe greuousli. Wo to the multitude of many puplis, as the multitude of the see sownynge, and the noise of cumpenyes as the sown of many watris. Puplis schulen sowne as the sown of flowynge watris, and God schal blame hym; and he schal fle fer, and he schal be rauyschid as the dust of hillis fro the face of the wynd, and as a whirlewynd bifor tem|pest. In the time of euentide, and lo! disturbling; in the morewtid, and he schal not abide. This is the part of hem that destrieden vs, and the part of hem that rauyschidenrauishin EP. vsOm. N..

 CAP. XVIII.

Wo to the lond, the cymbal of wyngis, which is biȝende the flood of Ethiopie; that sendith messangeris bi the see, and in vessels of papiruspapirus; is a kynde of spier, so greet, that botis mowen be maad therof, as summen seye. Lire here. A et alii. on watris. Go, ȝe messangeris, to the folk drawun up and to-rent; to a ferdful puple, aftir which is noon other; to the folk abidynge and de|foulid, whos lond the flodis han rauyschid; to the hil of the name of the Lord of oostis, to the hil of Sion. Alle ȝe dwelleris of the world, that dwellen in the lond, schulen se whanne a signe schal be reisid in the hillis, and ȝe schulen here the cry of a trumpe. For whi the Lord seith these thingis to me, Y schal reste, and Y schal biholde in my place, as the myddai liȝt is cleer, and as a cloude of dew in the dai of heruest. For whi al flouride out bifore heruest, aud vnripe perfeccioun buriown|ede; and the litle braunchis therof schulen be kit doun with sithis, and tho that ben left, schulen be kit awei. Thei schulen be schakun out, and schulen be left togidere to the briddis of hillis, and to the beestis of erthe; and briddis schulen be on hym by a somer euerlastinge, and alle the beestis of erthe schulen dwelle bi wyntir on hym. In that tyme a ȝifte schal be brouȝt to the Lord of oostis, of the puple drawun up and to-rent; of the puple ferdful, aftir which was noon other; of the folk abid|ynge and defoulid, whos lond floodis ra|uyschiden; the ȝifte schal be brouȝt to the place of the name of the Lord of oostis, to the hil of Sion.

 CAP. XIX.

The birthun of Egipt. Lo! the Lord schal stie on a liȝt cloude, and he schal entre in to Egipt; and the symilacris of Egipt schulen be mouyd fro his face, and the herte of Egipt schal faile in the myd|dis therof. And Y schal make Egipcians to renne togidere aȝens Egipcians, and a man schal fiȝte aȝens his brother, and a man aȝens his frend, a citee aȝens a citee, and a rewme aȝens a rewme. And the spirit of Egipt schal be brokun in the entrailis therof, and Y schal caste doun the councel therof; and thei schulen axe her symylacris, and her false diuinouris, and her men that han vncleene spiritis spekinge in the wombe, and her dyuyn|ouris bi sacrifices maad on auteris to feendis. And Y schal bitake Egipt in to the hond of cruel lordis, and a strong kyng schal be lord of hem, seith the Lord God of oostis. And watir of the see schal wexe drie, and the flood schal be desolat, and schal be dried. And the floodis schu|len faile, and the strondis of theOm. C et ceteri. feeldis schulen be maad thynne, and schulen be dried; a rehed and spier schal fade. The botme of watir schal be maad nakid, and stremys fro her welle; and the moiste place of al seed schal be dried, schalit schal I. waxe drie, and schalit schal I. not be. And fischeris schulen morne, and alle that castensenden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. hook in to the flood, schulen weile; and thei that spreden abrood a net on the face of wa|tris, schulen fade. Thei schulen be schent, that wrouȝten flex, foldynge and ordeyn|ynge sutil thingis. And the watir places therof schulen be drye; alleand alle I. that maden poondis to take fischis, schulen be schent. The fonned princes of Tafnys, the wise counselouris of Farao, ȝauen vnwise coun|sel; hou schulen ȝe seie to Farao, Y am the sone of wise men, the sone of elde kyngis? Where ben now thi wise men? Telle thei to thee, and schewe thei, what the Lord of oostis thouȝte on Egipt. The princes of Tafnys ben maad foolis; the princes of Memphis fadiden; thei disseyu|eden Egipt, a corner of the puplis therof. The Lord meddlid a spirit of errour in the myddis therof; and thei maden Egipt for to erre in al his werk, as a drunkun man and spuynge errith. And werk schal not be to Egipt, that it make an heed and tail bowynge and refreynynge. In that dai Egipt schal be as wymmen, and thei schulen be astonyed, and schulen drede of the face of the mouynge of the hoond of the Lord of oostis, which he mouede on it. And the lond of Juda schal be to Egipt in to drede; ech that schal thenke on it, schal drede of the face of the counsel of the Lord of oostis, whiche he thouȝte on it. In that dai fyue citees schulen be in the lond of Egipt, andand tho I. schulen speke with the tunge of Canaan, and schulen swere bi the Lord of oostis; the citee of the sunne schal be clepid oon. In that dai the auter of the Lord schal be in the myddis of the lond of Egipt, and the title of the Lord schal be bisidis the ende therof; and it schal be in to a signe and witnessyng to the Lord of oostis, in the lond of Egipt. For thei schulen crie to the Lord fro the face of the troblere, and he schal sende a sauyour to hem, and a for|fiȝtere, that schal delyuere hem. And the Lord schal be knowun of Egipt, and Egipcians schulen knowe the Lord in that dai; and thei schulen worschipe hym in sacrifices and ȝiftis, and thei schulen make vowis to the Lord, and thei schulen paie. And the Lord schal smyte Egipt with a wounde, and schal make it hool; and Egipcians schulen turne aȝen to the Lord, and he schal be plesid in hem, and he schal make hem hool. In that dai a wei schal be fro Egipt in to Assiriens, and Egipcians schulen serue Assur; and Assur schal entre in to Egipt, and Egipt in to Assiriens. In that dai Israel schal be the thridde to Egipt and to Assur, the bless|yng in the myddil of erthe; whom the Lord of oostis blesside, seiynge, Blessid be my puple of Egipt, and the werk of myn hondis be to Assiriens; but myne eritage be to Israel.

 CAP. XX.

In the ȝeer wherynne Tharthan entride in to Azotus, whanne Sargon, the kyng of Assiriens, hadde sent hym, and he hadde fouȝte aȝens Azotus, and hadde take it; in that tyme the Lord spak in the hond of Isaye, the sone of Amos, and seide, Go thou, and vnbynde the sak fro thi leendis, and take awei thi schoon fro thi feet. And he dide so, goynge nakid and vn|schood. And the Lord seide, As my seruaunt Ysaie ȝede nakid and vnschood, a signe and greet wondur of thre ȝeer schal be on Egipt, and on Ethiopie; so the kyng of Assiriens schal dryue the cai|tifte of Egipt, and the passyng ouer of Ethiopie, a ȝong man and an eld man, nakid and vnschood, with the buttokis vnhilid, to the schenschipe of Egipt. And thei schulen drede, and schulen be schent of Ethiopie, her hope, and of Egipt, her glorie. And a dwellere of this ile schal seie inon N. that dai, This was our hope, to whichthe which I. we fledden for help, that thei schulden delyuere vs fro the face of the kyng of Assiryens; and hou moun we ascape?

 CAP. XXI.

The birthun of the forsakun see. As whirlewyndis comen fro the southwest, it cometh fro desert, fro the orible lond. An hard reuelacioun is teld to me; he that is vnfeithful, doith vnfeithfuli; and he that is a distriere, distrieth. Thou Helam, stiestie up I., and thou, Meda, biseche; Y made al the weilyng therof for to ceesse. Therfor my leendis ben fillid with sorewe; an|gwische weldide me, as the angwisch of a womman trauelynge of child; Y felle doun, whanne Y herde; Y was disturblid, whanne Y siȝ. Myn herte fadide, derk|nessis astonieden me; Babiloyne, my der|lyng, is set to me in to myracle. Sette thou a boord, biholde thou in to a toting place; rise, ȝe princes, etynge and drynk|ynge, take ȝe scheeld. For whi the Lord seide these thingis to me, Go thou, and sette a lokere; and telle he, what euer thing he seeth. And he siȝ thea I. chare of tweynetwo I. horse men, the stiere of an asse, and the stiere of a camel; and he bihelde diligentli with myche lokyng, and criede as a lioun, Y stonde contynueli bi dai on the totyng place of the Lord, and Y stonde bi alle nyȝtis on my kepyng. Lo! thishe this I. cometh, a man stiere of a carte of horse men. And Isaie criede, and seide, Babi|loyne felle doun, felle doun; and alle the grauun ymagis of goddis therof ben al to|brokun in to erthe. Mi threschyng, and the douȝter of myOm. I. cornfloor, Y haue teld to ȝou what thingis Y herde of the Lord of oostis, of God of Israel. The birthun of Duma. It crieth fro Seir to me, Kepere, what ourOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. of theOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. niȝt? `kepere, whatOm. CMR. ourOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUV. ofOm. CMR. theOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. niȝtOm. CMR.? The kepere seide, MorewtidThe morwetijd KVX. cometh, and niȝt; if ȝe seken, seke ȝe, and be ȝe conuertid, and `come ȝecometh to me I.. The birthun inof I. Arabie. In the forest at euentid ȝe schulen slepe, in the pathis of Dodanym. Ȝe that dwellen in the lond of the south, renne, and bere watir to the thristi; and renne ȝe with looues to hym that fleeth. For thei fledden fro the face of swerdis, fro the face of swerd neiȝynge, fro the face of bouwe bent, fro the face of greuouse batel. For the Lord seith these thingis to me, Ȝit in o ȝeer, as in the ȝeer of an hirid man, and al the glorie of Ce|dar schal be takun awei. And the reme|nauntis of the noumbre of stronge archeris of the sones of Cedar schulen be maad lesse; for whi the Lord God of Israel spak.

 CAP. XXII.

The birthun of the valei of visioun. What also is to thee, for and al thou stiedist in to roouys, thou ful of cry, a citee of myche puple, a citee ful out ioiynge? thi slayn men weren not slayn bi swerd, nether thi deed men weren deed in batel. Alle thi princes fledden togidere, and weren boundun harde; alle that weren foundun, weren boundun togidere, thei fledden fer. Therfor Y seide, Go ȝe awei fro me, Y schal wepe bittirli; nyle ȝe be bisie to coumforte me on the distriyng of the douȝter of my puple. For whi a dai of sleyng, and of defoulyng, and of wep|yngis, is ordeined of the Lord God of oostis, in the valei of visioun; and he serchith the walle, and is worschipful on the hil. And Helam took an arowe caas, and the chare of an horse man; and the scheeld made nakid the wal. And thi chosun valeis, Jerusalem, schulen be ful of cartis; and knyȝtis schulen putte her seetis in the ȝate. And the hilyng of Juda schal be schewid; and thou schalt se in that dai the place of armuris of the hous of the forest; and ȝe schulen se the crasyngis of the citee of Dauid, for tho ben multiplied. Ȝe gaderiden togidere the watris of the lowere cisterne, and ȝe noum|briden the housis of Jerusalem, and ȝe dis|trieden housis, to make strong the wal; and ȝe maden a lake bitwixe twei wallis, and ȝe restoriden the watir of the elde sisterne; and ȝe biholden not toOm. PY. hym, that made `thilke Jerusalemit I text. thilke Jerusalem I marg., and ȝe siensauȝen I passim. not the worchere therof afer. And the Lord God of oostis schal clepe in that dai to wepyng, and toOm. I. morenyng, and to ballid|nesse, and to a girdil of sak; and lo! ioie and gladnesse is to sle caluys, and to strangle wetheris, to ete fleisch, and to drynke wyn; ete we, and drynke we, for we schulen die to morewe. And the vois of the Lord of oostis is schewid in myn eeris, This wickidnesse schal not be for|ȝouun to ȝou, til ȝe dien, seith the Lord GodOm. A sec. m. of oostis. The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, Go thou, and entre to hym that dwellith in the tabernacle, to Sobna, the souereyn of the temple; and thou schalt seie to hym, What thou here, ethir as who here? for thou hast hewe to thee a sepulcre here, thou hast hewe a memorial in hiȝ place diligentli, a taber|nacle in a stoon to thee. Lo! the Lord schal make thee to be borun out, as a kapoun is borun out, and as a cloth, so he shal reise thee. He crowninge schal crowne thee with tribulacioun; he schal sende thee as a bal in to a large lond and wijd; there thou schalt die, and there schal be the chare of thi glorie, and the schen|schipe of the hous of thi Lord. And Y schal caste thee out of thi stondyng, and Y schal putte thee doun of thi seruyce. And it schal be, in that dai Y schal clepe my seruaunt Eliachim, the sone of Hel|chie; and Y schal clothe hym in thi coote, and Y schal coumforte hym with thi gir|dil, and Y shal ȝyue thi power in to the hondis of hym; and he schal be as a fadir to hem that dwellen in Jerusalem, and to the hous of Juda. And Y schal ȝyue the keie of the hous of Dauyd on his schuldre; and he schal opene, and noon schal be that schal schitte; and he schal schitte, and noon schalther schal I. be that schal opene. And Y schal sette hym a stakestake, ether a perche CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. in a feithful place, and he schal be in to thea I. seete of glorie of the hous of his fadir. And thou schalt hange on hym al the glorie of the hous of his fadir, diuerse kindis of vessels, eche litil vessel, fro the vesselis of cuppis `til tovnto I. ech vessel of musikis. In that dai, seith the Lord of oostis, the stake that was set in the feithful place, schal be takun awei, and it schal be brokun, and schal falle doun; and schal perische that hangide therynne, for the Lord spak.

 CAP. XXIII.

The birthun of Tire. Ȝe schippis of the see, ȝelleȝelleth I., for the hous is distried, fro whennus coumfort was wont to come; fro the lond of Cethym, and was schewid to hem. Be ȝe stille, that dwellen in the ile, the marchaundie of Sidon; men passynge the see filliden thee in many watris; the seed of Nylus is heruest, the flood is the corn therof, and it is maad the mar|chaundie of hethene men. Thou, Sidon, be aschamed, seide the see, the strengthe of the see, and seide, Y trauelide not of child, and Y childide not, and Y nurschide not ȝonge men, and Y brouȝte not fulli virgyns to encreessyng. Whanne it schal be herd in Egipt, thei schulen make so|rewe, whanne thei heren of Tire. Passe ȝe the sees; ȝelle ȝe, that dwellen in the ile. WhetherWher ceteri fere passim. this citee is not ȝoure, that hadde glorie fro elde daies in his eldnesse? the feet therof schulen lede it fer, to go in pil|grymage. Who thouȝte this thing on Tire sum tyme crownede, whos marchauntis weren princes, the selleris of marchaundie therof weren noble men of erthe? The Lord of oostis thouȝte this thing, that he schulde drawe doun the pride of al glorie, and that he schulde bringe to schenschipe alle the noble men of erthe. Thou douȝ|ter of the see, passe thi lond as a flood; a girdil is no more to thee. It stretchide forth his hond aboue the see, and dis|turblide rewmes. The Lord sente aȝenes Canaan, for to al to-breke the stronge men therof; and he seide, Thou maide, the douȝ|ter of Sidon, that suffrist caleng, schalt no more adde, that thou haue glorie. Rise thou, and passe ouer the see in to Sechym; there also no reste schal be to thee. Lo! the lond of Caldeis, sich a puple was not; Assur foundide that Tyre; thei ledden ouer in to caitifte the strong men therof; thei myneden the housis therof, thei set|tiden it in to fallyng. Ȝelle, ȝe schippis of the see, for ȝoure strengthe is distried. And it schal be, in that dai, thou Tire, schalt be in forȝetyng bi seuenti ȝeer, as the daies of o king; but aftir seuenti ȝeer, as the song of an hoore schal be to Tyre. Thou hoore, ȝouun to forȝetyng, take an harpe, cumpasse the citee; synge thou wel, vse thou ofte a song, that mynde be of thee. And it schal be, aftir seuenti ȝeer, the Lord schal visite Tire, and schal brynge it aȝen to hise hiris; and eft it schal be, whanne it schal do fornycacioun with alle rewmes of erthe, on the face of erthe. And the marchaundies therof and the meedis therof schulen be halewid to the Lord; thothei N. schulen not be hid, nethir schulen be leid vp; for whi the marchaundie therof schal be to hem that dwellen bifore the Lord, that thei ete to fulnesse, and be clothid `til tovnto I. eldnesse.

 CAP. XXIV.

Lo! the Lord schal distrie the erthe, and schal make it nakid, and schal tur|mente the face therof; and he schal scater abrood the dwelleris therof. And it schal be, as the puple, so the preest; as the ser|uaunt, so his lord; as the handmaide, so the ladi of hir; as a biere, so he that sillith; as the leenere, so he that takith borewyng; as he that axith aȝen, so he that owith. Bi distriyng the lond schal be distried, and schal be maad nakid by rauyschyng; for whi the Lord spak this word. The erthe morenyde, and fleet awei, and is maad sijk; the world fleet awei, the hiȝnesse of theOm. I. puple of erthe is maad sijk, and the erthe is slayn of hise dwelleris. For thei passiden lawis, chaung|iden riȝt, distrieden euerlastynge boond of pees. For this thing cursyng schal deuoure the erthe, and the dwelleris therof schulen do synne; and therfor the louyeris therof schulen be woode, and fewe men schulen be left. Vyndage morenyde, the vyne is sijk; alle men that weren glad in herte weiliden. The ioie of tympans ceesside, the sowne of glad men restide; the swet|nesse of harpe with song was stille. Thei schulen not drynke wyn; a bittere drynk schal be to hem that schulen drynke it. The citee of vanyte is al to-brokun; ech hous is closid, for no man entrith. Cry schal be on wyn in streetis, al gladnesse is forsakun, the ioie of erthe is `takun aweitranslatid, ether takun awey CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY.. DesolaciounSoleyntee, ether desolacioun CEFGHIKMNPQR SUVXY. is left in the citee, and wretchidnesse schal oppresse the ȝatis. For these thingis schulen be in the myddis of erthe, in the myddis of puplis, as if a fewe fruitis of olyue trees that ben left ben schakun of fro the olyue tre, and racyns, whanne the vyndage is endid. These men schulen reise her vois, and schulen preise, whanne the Lord schal be glorified; thei schulen schewe signes of gladnesse fro the see. For this thing glo|rifie ȝe the Lord in techyngis; in the ilis of the see glorifie ȝe the name of the Lord God of Israel. Fro the endis of erthe we han herd heriyngis, the glorye of the iust. And Y seide, My priuyte to me, my pryuyte to me. Wo to me, trespassours han trespassid, and han tres|passid bi trespassyng of brekeris of the lawe. Ferdfulnesse, and a diche, and a snare on thee, that art a dwellere of erthe. And it schal be, he that schal fle fro the face of ferdfulnesse, schal falle in to the diche; and he that schal delyuere hym silf fro the dich, schal be holdun of the snare; for whi the wyndows of hiȝe thingis ben openyd, and the foundementis of erthe schulen be schakun togidere. The erthe schal be brokun with brekyng, the erthe schal be defoulid with defoulyng, the erthe schal be mouyd with mouyng, the erthe schal be schakun with schakyng, as a drunkun man. And it schal be takun awei, as the tabernacle of o nyȝt, and the wickidnesse therof schal greue it; and it schal falle down, and it schal not adde, for to rise aȝen. And it schal be, in that dai the Lord schal visite on the knyȝthod of heuene an hiȝ, and on the kyngis of erthe, that ben on erthe. And thei schulen be gaderid togidere in the gadering togidere of a bundel in to the lake, and thei schulen be closid there in prisoun; and aftir many daies thei schulen be visited. And the moone schal be aschamed, and the sunne schal be confoundidshent, ether ashamid CEFGHKMNPQRSUVXY. schent I., whanne the Lord of oostis schal regne in the hil of Sion, and in Jerusalem, and schal be glorified in the siȝt of hise eldre men.

 CAP. XXV.

Lord, thou art my God, Y schal en|haunse thee, and Y schal knouleche to thi name; for thou hast do marueils, thin elde feithful thouȝtis. Amen. For thou hast set the citee in to a biriel, a strong citee in to fallyng, the hous of aliens, that it be not a citee, and be not bildid with outen ende. For this thyng a strong puple schal herie thee, the citee of strong folkis schal drede thee. For thou art maad strengthe to a pore man, strengthe to a nedi man in his tribulacioun, hope fro whirlwynd, a schadewyng place fro heete; for whi the spirit of stronge men is as a whirlewynd hurlynge the wal. As bi heete in thirst, thou schalt make meke the noise of aliens; and as bi heete vndur a cloude brennynge, thou schalt make the siouns of stronge men to fade. And the Lord of oostis schal make in thishis I. hil to alle puplis the feeste of fatte thingis, the feeste of vyndage of fatte thingis ful of merow, of vyndage wel fyned. And he schal caste doun in thishis I. hil the face of boond, boundun togidere on alle puplis, and the web which he weuyde on alle naciouns. And he schal caste doun deth with outen ende, and the Lord God schal do awey ech teer fro ech face; and he schal do awei the schenschipe of his puple fro ech lond; for the Lord spak. And thei schulen seie in that dai, Lo! this is oure God; we abididen hym, and he schal saue vs; this is the Lord; we suffriden him, and we schulen make ful out ioie, and schulen be glad in his helthe. For whi the hond of the Lord schal reste in thishis I. hil, and Moab schal be threischid vndur hym, as chaffis ben stampid in a wayn. And he schal stretche forth hise hondis vndur hym, as a swymmere stretch|ith forth to swymme; and he schal make low the glorye of him with hurtlyng doun of hise hondis. And the strengthingis of thin hiȝ wallis schulen falle doun, and schulen be maad low, and schulen be drawun doun to the erthe, `til to the dustvnto dust I..

 CAP. XXVI.

In that daidai; that is, whanne the doom is endid. Lire here. K. this song schal be sungun in the lond of JudaJuda; that is interpretid knowlechinge of Goddis heer|ijng. Lire here. K.. The citee of oure strengtheSion; that is, heuenli citee, whois excel|lence mai not be declarid bi mannus wordis; this word Sion is nether in Ebrew nether in bokis amend|id. Lire here. K.; the sauyour schal be set ther ynne, the wal and the `fore walfore wal [biforwal CK], ether a strengthe bifore the wall CEFGHIKMNPQRSUY. biforwal VX.. Opene ȝe the ȝatis, and the iust folk schal entre, kepynge treuthe. The elde errour is gon awei; thou schalt kepe pees, pees, for thou, Lord, we hopiden in thee. Ȝe han hopid in the Lord, in euerlastynge worldisworldis; that is, to gete to him euerlasting lijf. K., in the Lord God, strong with outen ende. For he schal bowe doun hem that dwellen an hiȝ, and he schal make low an hiȝ citeecitee; that is, citees in wiche pride and othere vicis ben plenteuous. Lire here. K.; he schal make it low `til tovnto I. the erthe; he schal drawe it doun `til tovnto I. theOm. I. dust. The foot of a pore man schal defoule it, and the steppis of nedi men schulen defoule it. The weie of a iust man is riȝtful, the path of a iust man is riȝtful to go. And in the weie of thi domes, Lord, we suffriden thee; thi name, and thi memorial is in desir of soule. My soule schal desire thee in the niȝt, but also with my spirit in myn en|trails; fro the morewtid Y schal wake to thee. Whanne thou schalt make thi domes in erthe, alle dwelleris of the world schu|len lerne riȝtfulnesse. Do we merci to the wickid man, and he schal not lerne to do riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse I.; in the lond of seyntis he dide wickid thingis, and he schal not se the glorie of the Lord. Lord, thin hond be enhaunsid, that thei se not; puplis hauynge enuye se, and be schent, and fier deuoure thin enemyes. Lord, thou schalt ȝyue pees to vs, for thou hast wrouȝt alle oure werkis in vs. Oure Lord God, lordis hadden vs in possessioun, withouten thee; oneli in thee haue we mynde of thi name. Thei that dien, lyue not, and giauntis risen not aȝen. Therfor thou hast visityd, and hast al-to broke hem, and thou hast lost al the mynde of hem; and Lord, thou hast forȝoueforȝiue I. to a folc, thou hast forȝoueforȝiue I. to a folc. Whether thou art glorifiedglorified; that is, of hem bi penaunce? nay, for thei mysusiden the tyme of pe|naunce. Lire here. K.? thou hast maad fer fro thee all the endis of erthe. Lord, in angwisch thei souȝten thee; in the tribulacioun of grutchyng thi doctryn to hem. As sche that conseyuede, whanne sche neiȝeth sorewful to the child beryng, crieth in her sorewis, so we ben maad, Lord, of thi face. We han con|seyued, and we han as trauelid of child, and we han childid the spirit of helthe; we diden not riȝtfulnesse in erthe. Therfor the dwelleris of erthe fellenfelden I passim. not doun; thi deed men schulen lyue, and my slayn men schulen rise aȝen. Ȝe that dwellen in dust, awake, and herie; for whi the deew of liȝt is thi deew, and thou schalt drawe doun the lond of giauntis in to fallyng. Go thou, my puple, entre in to thi beddis, close thi doris on thee, be thou hid a litil at a moment, til indignacioun passe. For lo! the Lord schal go out of his place, to visite the wickidnesse of the dwellere of erthe aȝens hym; and the erthe schal schewe his blood, and schal no more hile hise slayn men.

 CAP. XXVII.

In that dai the Lord schal visite in his hard swerd, and greet, and strong, on leuyathan, serpent, a barre, and on leuy|athan, the crookid serpent; and he schal sle the whal, which is in the see. In that dai the vyner of cleen wyn and good schal synge to him. Y am the Lord that kepe that vyner; sudeynli Y schal ȝyue drynke to it, lest perauenture it be visitid aȝens it; nyȝt and dai Y kepe it, indignacioun is not to me. Who schal ȝyue me a thorn and brere? In batel Y schal go on it, Y schal brenne it togidere. Whether rathere Y schal holde my strengthe? It schal make pees to me, it schal make pees to me, for the merit of hem that schulen go out with fersnesse fro Jacob. Israel schal floure and brynge forth seed, and thei schulen fille the face of the world with seed. Whether he smoot it bi the wounde of the puple of Jewis smytynge hym? ether as it killide the slayn men of hym, so it was slayn? In mesure aȝens mesure, whanne it schal be cast awei, he schal deme it; he bi|thouȝte in his hard spirit, bi the dai of heete. Therfor on this thing wickidnesse schal be forȝouun to the hous of Jacob, and this schal be al the fruyt, that the synne therof be don awei, whanne it hath set all the stoonys of the auter as the stoonys of aische hurtlid doun. Wodis and templis schulen not stonde. Forsothe the strong citee schal be desolat, the fair citee schal be left, and schal be forsakun as a desert; there a calf schal be lesewid, and schal ligge there, and schal waste the hiȝnessis therof. In the drynesse of ripe corn therof wymmen comynge, and thei that techen it, schulen be al to-brokun. Forsothe it is not a wijs puple, therfor he that made it, schal not haue mercy on it; and he that formyde it, schal not spare it. And it schal be, in that dai the Lord schal smyte thee, fro the botme of the flood `til tovnto I. the stronde of Egipt; and ȝe sones of Israel, schulen be gaderid oon and oon. And it schal be, in that dai me schal come with a greet trumpe, and thei that weren lost, schulen come fro the lond of Assi|riens, and thei that weren cast out, schulen come fro the lond of Egipt; and they schulen worschipe the Lord, in the hooli hil in Jerusalem.

 CAP. XXVIII.

Wo to the coroun of pride, to the drunkun men of Effraym, and to the flour fallynge doun of the glorie of the ful out ioiyng therof, that weren in the cop of the fatteste valei, and erridenerride I. of wyn. Lo! the myȝti and strong Lord, as the feersnesse of hail, aand A. whirlwynd brekynge togidere, as the fersnesse of many watris flowynge, and sent out on a large lond. The coroun of pride of the drunken men of Effraym schal be defoulid with feet, and the flour of glorie of the ful out ioi|yng of hym, that is on the cop of valeithe valei I. of fat thingis, schal be fallyng doun, as a tymeli thing bifore the ripenesse of her|uest; which whanne a man seynge bi|holdith, anoon as he takith with hond, he schal deuoure it. In that dai the Lord of oostis schal be a coroun of glorie, and a garlond of ful out ioiyng, to the residue of his puple; and a spirit of doom toof N. hym that sittith on the trone, and strengthe to hem that turnen aȝen fro batel to the ȝate. But also thei knewen not for wyn, and erriden for drunkenesse; the preest and profete knewen not for drunkenesse; thei weren sopun up of wyn, thei erriden in drunkenesse; thei knewen not a profete, thei knewen not doom. For whi alle bordis weren fillid with spuyng and filthis, so that ther was no more place. Whom schal he teche kunnyng, and whom schal he make to vndurstonde heryng? Men wenyd fro mylk, men drawun awei fro tetis. For whi comaunde thou, comaunde thouOm. N. aȝen; comaunde thou, comaunde thou aȝen; abide thou, abide thou aȝen; abide thou, abide thou aȝen; a litil there, a litil there. For whi in speche of lippe, and in other langage he schal speke to this puple, to whichthe which I. he seide, This is my reste; refreische ȝe a weri man, and this is my refreischyng; and thei noldenwolden not I. here. And the word of the Lord schal be to hem, Sende thou, sende thou aȝen; send thou, sende thou aȝen; abide thou, abide thou aȝen; abide thou, abide thou aȝen; a litil there, a litil there; that thei go, and falle backward, and be al to-brokun, and be snarid, and be takun. For this thing, ȝe men scorneris, that ben lordis ouerof N. my puple which is in Jerusalem, herehereth I. the word of the Lord. For ȝe seiden, We hanhaue I passim. smyte a boond of pees with deth, and we han maad couenaunt with helle; a scourge flowynge whanne it schal passe, schal not come on vs, for we han set a leesyng oure hope, and we ben kyuered with a leesyng. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal sende in the foundementis of Sion a corner stoon preciouse, preuyd, foundid in the foundement; he that bi|leueth, schal not haaste. And Y schal sette doom in weiȝte, andand in I. riȝtfulnesse inand I. mesure; and hail schal distrie the hope of leesyng, and watris schulen flowe on pro|teccioun. And ȝoure boond of pees with deth schal be don awei, and ȝoure coue|naunt with helle schal not stonde; whanne the scourge flowynge schal passe, ȝe schu|len be to it in to defoulyng. Whanne euer it schal passe, it schal take awei ȝow; for whi erli in the grey morewtid it schal passe, in dai and niȝt; and oonli trauel aloone schal ȝyue vndurstondyng to her|yng. Forsothe the bed is streit, so that the totheroothir I. falle doun; and a schort mentil schal not hile euer either. For as in the hil of departyngis the Lord schal stonde, as in the valei, which is in Gabaon, he schal be wroth, that he do his werk; his werkwerk is A sec. m. alien, that he worche his werk; his werk is straunge fro hym. And now nyle ȝe scorne, lest perauenture ȝoure boondis be maad streit togidere; for Y herde of the Lord God of oostis, endyng and a|breggyng on al erthe. Perseyue ȝe with eeris, and here ȝe my vois; perseyue ȝe, and here ȝe my speche. Whether he that erith, schal ereerye S. al dai, for to sowe, and schal be kerue, and purge his londe? Whether whanne he hath maad euene the face therof, schal he not sowe githgith; is a kynde of erbe, able to potage, and is lijk co|myn. Lire here. A et alii., and sprenge abrood comyn? and he schal not sette wheete bi ordre, and barli, and mylium, and fetchis in his coostis? And his God schal teche hym, in doom he schal teche hym. Forsothe gith schal not be threischid in sawis, and a wheel of a wayn schal not cumpasse on comyn; but gith schal be betun out with a ȝerd, and comyn with a staf. Sotheli breed schal be maad lesse, but he that threischith schal not threische it with outen ende, ne|ther schal trauele it with a wheel of a wayn, nether schal make it lesse with hise clees. And this thing ȝede out of the Lord God of oostis, that he schulde make wondirful councel, and magnefie riȝtful|nesse.

 CAP. XXIX.

Wo! Ariel, ArielOm. R.Ariel; that is, Jerusalem. A et alii. that is, the cite of Jerusalem. F., the citee which Dauid ouercam; ȝeer is addid to ȝeer, solempnytees ben passyd. And Y schal cumpasse Ariel, and it schal be soreuful and morenynge; and Jerusalem schal be to me as Ariel. And Y schal cumpasse as a round trendilspeere, ether trendil CEFGHIKMNPQRSUY. in thi cumpasse, and Y schal caste erthe aȝens thee, and Y schal sette engynesstrengthis, ether engynnes CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. in to thi bisegyngbisechyng A. bysekynge S.. Thou schalt be maad low, thou schalt speke of erthe, and thi speche schal be herd fro the erthe; and thi vois schal be as the vois of a deed man reisid bi coniuring, and thi speche schal ofte grutche of the erthe. And the multitude of hem that wyndewen thee, schal be as thynne dust; and the multitude of hem that hadden the maistrie aȝens thee, schal be as aOm. A pr. m. deed sparcle passynge. And it schal be sudenli, anoon it schal be visitid of the Lord of oostis, in thundur, and in mouyng of the erthe, and in greet vois of whirlwynd, and of tem|pest, and of flawme of fier deuowrynge. And the multitude of alle folkis that fouȝten aȝens Ariel schal be as the dreem of a nyȝtis visioun; and alle men that fouȝten, and bisegiden, and hadden the maistrie aȝens it. And as an hungry man dremyth, and etith, but whanne he is awakid, his soule is voide; and as a thirsti man dremeth, and drynkith, and after thatOm. N. he is awakid, he is weri, and thirstith ȝit, and his soule is voide, so schal be the multitude of alle folkis, that fouȝten aȝens the hil of Sion. Be ȝe astonyed, and wondrewondreth I.; wake ȝe, and douȝte ȝe; be ȝe drunken, and not of wyn; be ȝe moued, and not with drunkenesse. For the Lord hath meddlid to ȝou the spirit of sleep; he schal close ȝoure iȝen, and schal hile ȝoure profetis, and princes that sien vi|siouns. And the visioun of alle profetis schal be to ȝou as the wordis of a book aseelid; which whanne thei schulen ȝyue to hym that kan lettris, thei schulen seie, Rede thou this book; and he schal an|swere, Y may not, for it is aseelid. And the book schal be ȝouun to him that kan not lettris, and it schal be seid to hym, Rede thou; and he schal answere, Y kan no lettris. And the Lord seide, For that this puple neiȝeth with her mouth, and glorifieth me with her lippis, but herthe CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. herteherte therof CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. herte of it I. is fer fro me; and thei dredden me for the comaundementcomaundementis A pr. m. M. and tech|yngis of men, therfor lo! Y schal adde, that Y make wondryng to this puple, in a greet myracle and wondurful; for whi wisdom schal perische fro wise men ther|of, and the vndurstondyng of prudent men therof schal be hid. Wo to ȝou that ben hiȝedeep CKVX. deepe, ether hiȝe EFGHIMNPQRSU. of herte, that ȝe hide counsel fro the Lord; the werkis of whiche ben in derk|nessis, and thei seien, Who seeth vs, and who knowith vs? This thouȝt of ȝou is weiward, as if cley thenke aȝens a pottere, and the werk seie to his makere, Thou madist not me; and a thing `that isOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRUVX. maad, seieseith S. to his makere, Thou vndur|stondist not. Whether not ȝit in a litil time and schort the Liban schal be turned in to Chermel, and Chermel schal be arettid in to the forest? And in that dai deef men schulen here the wordis of the book, and the iȝen of blynde men schulen se fro derknessis and myisty; and mylde men schulen encreesse gladnesse in the Lord, and pore men schulen make ful out ioie in the hooli of Israel. For he that hadde the maistrie, failide, and the scornere is endid, and alle thei ben kit doun that walkiden on wickidnesse; whichethe whiche I. maden men to do synne in word, and disseyu|eden a repreuere in the ȝate, and bowiden awey in veyn fro a iust man. For this thing the Lord, that aȝen bouȝte Abra|ham, seith these thingis to the hous of Jacob, Jacob schal not be confoundid now, nether now his cheer schal be aschamed; but whanne he schal se hise sones, the werkis of myn hondis, halewynge my name in the myddis of hym. And thei schulen halewe the hooli of Jacob, and thei schulen preche God of Israel; and thei that erren in spirit, schulen knowe vndurstondyng, and idil menmen, ether gruccheris CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. schulen lerne the lawe.

 CAP. XXX.

WoLo S.! sones forsakeris, seith the Lord, that ȝe schulden make a councel, and not of me; and weue a web, and not bi my spirit, that ȝe schulden encreesse synne on synne. Whiche goen, to go doun in to Egipt, and ȝe axiden not my mouth; ȝe hopynge help in the strengthe of Farao, and ȝe hauynge trist in the schadewe of Egipt. And the strengthe of Farao schal be to ȝou in to confusioun, and the trist of the schadewe of Egipt in to schenschipe. For whi thi princes weren in Taphnys, and thi messangeris camen til to Anes. Alle thei weren schent on the puple, that myȝten not profite to hem; thei weren not in to help, and in to ony profit, but in to schame and schenschip. The birthun of werk beestis of the south. In the lond of tribulacioun and of angwisch, a lionesse, and a lioun, of hem a serpent, and aOm. CFHMNQU. cocatrice; thei weren berynge her richessis on the schuldris of werk beestis, and her tresours on the botche of camels, to a pu|ple that myȝte not profite to hem. For whi Egipt schal helpe in veyn, and idili. Therfor Y criede on this thing, It is pride oneli; ceesse thou. Now therfor entre thou, and write to it on box, and write thou it diligentli in a book; and it schal be in the last dai in to witnessyng, til in to with outen ende. For it is a puple terrynge to wrathfulnesse, and sones lieris, sones that nylenwolen not I. here the lawe of God. Whiche seien to profetis, Nyle ȝe prophe|sie; and to biholderis, Nyle ȝe biholde to vs tho thingis that ben riȝtful; speke ȝe thingis plesynge to vs, se ȝe errouris to vs. Do ȝe awei fro me the weie, bowe ȝe awei fro me the path; the hooli of Israel ceesse fro oure face. Therfor the hooli of Israel seith these thingis, For that that ȝe re|preuiden this word, and hopiden on fals caleng, and on noise, and tristiden on it, therfor this wickidnesse schal be to ȝou as a brekyng fallynge doun, and souȝt in an hiȝ wal; for sudeynli while it is not hopid, the brekyng therof schal come. And it schal be maad lesse, as a galoun of a pot|tere is brokun with ful strong brekyng; and a scherd schal not be foundun of the gobe|tisgobetis, eithir relefs FGHIKMNQRSUVX. therof, in which scherd a litil fier schal be borun of brennyng, ethir a litil of watir schal be drawun of the diche. For whi the Lord God, the hooli of Israel, seith these thingis, If ȝe turnen aȝen, and resten, ȝe schulen be saaf; in stilnesse and in hope schal be ȝoure strengthe. And ȝe nol|denwolden not I.. And ȝe seiden, Nai, but we schulen fle to horsis; therfor ȝe schulen fle. And we schulen stie on swifte horsis; therfor thei schulen be swiftere, that schulen pur|sue ȝou. A thousynde men schulen fle fro the face of the drede of oon; and ȝe schulen fle fro the face of drede of fyue, til ȝe be left as the mast of a schip in the cop of a munteyn, and as a signe on a litil hil. Therfor the Lord abidith, that he haue mercy on ȝou, and therfor he schal be enhaunsid sparynge ȝou; for whi God is Lord of doom, blessid ben alle thei that abiden hym. Forsothe the puple of Sion schal dwelle in Jerusalem; thou wepynge schal not wepe, he doynge merci schal haue merci on thee; at the vois of thi cry, anoon as he herith, he schal answere to thee. And the Lord schal ȝyue to thee streyt breed, and schort watir, and schal no more make thi techere to fle awei fro thee; and thin iȝen schulen be seynge thi comaundour, and thin eeris schulen here a word bihyndeaftir CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. the bak of hym that monestith; This is the weie, go ȝe ther|ynne, nether to the riȝt half nether to the left half. And thou schalt defoule the platis of the grauun ymagis of thi siluer, and the cloth of the ȝotun ymage of thi gold; and thou schalt scatere thohem N., as the vnclennesse of a womman in vncleene blood; Go thou out, and thou schalt seie to it. And reyn schal be ȝouun to thi seed, where euere thou schalt sowe in erthe, and the breed of fruytis ofof thin I. erthe schal be moost plenteuouse and fat; in that dai a lomb schal be fed largeli in thi pos|sessioun. And thi bolis and coltis of assis, that worchen the lond, schulen ete barli with chaf meynd togidere, as it is wynde|widwynewid I. winwed EP. in the cornfloor. And strondis of rennynge watris schulen be on ech hiȝ munteyn, and on ech litil hil reisid, in the dai of sleyng of many men, whanne touris fallen doun. And the liȝt of the moone schal be as the liȝt of the sunne, and the liȝt of the sunne schal be seuenfold, as the liȝt of seuene daies, in the dai in which the Lord schal bynde togidere the wounde of his puple, and schal make hool the smytynge of the wounde therof. Lo! the name of the Lord cometh doun fro fer; his strong veniaunce is brennynge and greuouse to bere; hise lippis ben fillid of indignacioun, and his tunge is as fier de|uouringe. His spirit is as a stef streem, flowynge `til tovnto I. the myddis of the necke, to leese folkis in to nouȝt, and the bridil of errour, that was in the chekis of puplis. Song schal be to ȝou, as the vois of an halewid solempnyte; and gladnesse of herte, as he that goth with a pipe, for to entre in to the hil of the Lord, to the stronge of Israel. And the Lord schal make herd the glorie of his vois, and he schal schewe the ferdfulnesse of his arm in manassyng of strong veniaunce, and in flawme of fier brennynge; he schal hurtle doun in whirlewynd, and in stoon of hail. For whi Assur smytun with a ȝerde schal drede of the vois of the Lord; and the passyng of the ȝerd schal be foundid, which ȝerde the Lord schal make for to reste on hym. In tympans, and harpis, and in souereyn batels he schal ouercome hem. For whi Tophet, that is, helle, deep and alargid, is maad redi of the kyng fro ȝis|tirdai; the nurschyngis therof ben fier and many trees; the blast of the Lord as a streem of brymstoon kyndlith it.

 CAP. XXXI.

Wo to hem that goon doun in to Egipt to help, and hopen in horsis, and han trist on cartis, for thothei N. ben manye, and on knyȝtis, for thei ben ful stronge; and thei tristiden not on the hooli of Israel, and thei souȝten not the Lord. Forsothe he that is wijs, hath brouȝt yuel, and took not awei hise wordis; and he schal rise togidere aȝens the hous of worste men, and aȝens the helpe of hem that worchen wickidnesse. Egipt is a man, and not God; and the horsis of hem ben fleisch, and not spirit; and the Lord schal bowe doun his hond, and the helpere schal falle doun, and he schal falle, to whom help is ȝouun, and alle schulen be wastid togidere. For whi the Lord seith these thingis to me, If a lioun rorith, and a whelp of a lioun on his prey, whanne the multitude of schipherdis cometh aȝens hym, he schal not drede of the vois of hem, and he schal not drede of the multitude of hem; so the Lord of oostis schal come doun, for to fiȝte on the mounteyn of Sion, and on the litil hil therof. As briddis fleynge, so the Lord of oostis schal defende Jerusalem; he defendynge and delyuerynge, passynge forth and sauynge. ȜeThe N. sones of Israel, be conuertid, as ȝe hadden go awei in to depthe. Forsothe in that dai a man schal caste awei the idols of his siluer, and the idols of his gold, whiche ȝoure hondis maden to ȝou in to synne. And Assur schal falle bi swerd, not of man, and a swerd, not of man, schal deuoure hym; and he schal fle, not fro the face of swerd, and hise ȝonge men schulen be tributaries; and the strengthe of hym schal passe fro ferdfulnesse, and hise princes fleynge schu|len drede. The Lord seide, whos fier is in Sion, and his chymeney is in Jerusalem.

 CAP. XXXII.

Lo! the kyng schal regne in riȝtful|nesse, and princes schulen be souereyns in doom. And a man schal be, as he that is hid fro wynd, and hidith hym silf fro tempest; as stremes of watris in thirst, and the schadewe of a stoon stondynge fer out in a desert lond. The iȝen of pro|fetisseeris, that is, profetis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. schulen not dasewe, and the eeris of heereris schulen herke diligentli; and the herte of foolis schal vndurstonde kunnyng, and the tunge of stuttynge men schal speke swiftli, and pleynli. He that is vnwijs, schal no more be clepid prince, and a gile|ful man schal not be clepid the grettere. Forsothe a fool shal speke foli thingis, and his herte schal do wickidnesse, that he performe feynyng, and speke to the Lord gilefuli; and he schal make voide the soule of an hungry man, and schal take awei drynke fro a thirsti man. The vessels of a gileful man ben worste; for he schal make redi thouȝtis to leesefordo I. mylde men in the word of a leesyng, whanne a pore man spak doom. Forsothe a prince schal thenke tho thingis that ben worthi to a prince, and he schal stonde ouer duykis. Riche wymmen, rise ȝe, and herehereth I. my vois; douȝtris tristynge, perseyue ȝe with eeris my speche. For whi aftir daies and a ȝeer, and ȝe that tristen schulen be dis|turblid; for whi vyndage is endid, gader|yng schal no more come. Ȝe riche wym|men, be astonyed; ȝe that tristen, bebeth I. disturblid; vnclothe ȝe ȝou, and be ȝe aschamed; girde ȝoure leendis; weile ȝe on brestis, on desirable cuntrei, on the plenteuouse vyner. Thornes and breris schulen stie on the erthe of my puple; hou myche more on alle the housis of ioie of the citee makynge ful out ioie? For whi the hous is leftlaft; that is, the kinges hous is forsaken, whanne Sede|chie fledde. Lire here. K., the multitude of the citee is forsakun; derknessis and gropyng ben maad on dennes, `til in tovnto I. with outen ende. The ioie of wield assis is the lesewe of flockis; til the spirit be sched out on us fro an hiȝ, and the desert schal be in to Chermel, and Chermel schal be arettid in to a forest. And doom schal dwelle in wildirnesse, and riȝtfulnesse schal sitte in Chermel; and the werk of riȝtful|nesse schal be pees, and the tilthe of riȝt|fulnesse schal be stilnesse and sikirnesse, `til in tovnto I. with outen ende. And my pu|ple schal sitte in the fairnesse of pees, and in the tabernaclisthe tabernaclis N. of trist, and in riche reste. But hail schal be in the coming doun of the foreste, and bi lownesse the citee schal be maad low. Blessid ben ȝe, that sowen on alle watris, and puttensenden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. yn the foot of an oxe and of an asse.

 CAP. XXXIII.

Wo to thee, that robbest; whether and thou schalt not be robbid? and that dispisist, whether and thou schalt not be dispisid? Whanne thou hast endid robbyng, thou schalt be robbid; and whanne thou maad weri ceessist to dispise, thou schalt be dis|pisid. Lord, haue thou merci on vs, for we abiden thee; be thou oure arm in the morewtid, and oure helthe in the tyme of tribulacioun. Puplis fledden fro the vois of the aungel; hethene men ben scaterid of thin enhaunsyng. And ȝoure spuylis schulen be gaderid togidere, as aOm. E. brukebruke, that is, fruit of locustis CEGKINPQSUXY.bruke, is the fruyt of locustis. A. is gaderid togidere, as whanne dichis ben ful therof. The Lord is magnefied, for he dwellide an hiȝ, he fillid Sion with doom and riȝtfulnesse. And feith schal be in thi tymes; the ritchessis of helthe is wis|dom and kunnynge; the drede of the Lord, thilke is the tresour of hym. Lo! seeris withoutenforth schulen crye, aun|gels of pees schulen wepe bittirli. Weies ben distried, a goere bi the path ceesside; the couenaunt is maad voide, he castide doun citees, he arettide not men. The lond morenyde, and was sijk; the Liban was schent, and was foul; and Saron is maad as desert, and Basan is schakun, and Carmele. Now Y schal ryse, seith the Lord, now I schal be enhaunsid, and now I schal be reisid vp. Ȝe schulen conseyue heete, ȝe schulen brynge forth stobil; ȝoure spirit as fier schal deuoure ȝou. And pu|plis schulen be as aischis of the brennyng; thornes gaderid togidere schulen be brent in fier. Ȝe that ben fer, herehereth I. what thingis Y haue do; and, ȝe neiȝboris, knowe my strengthe. Synneris ben al to-brokun in Syon, tremblyng weldide ipocritis; who of ȝou mai dwelle with fier deuowringe? who of ȝou schal dwelle with euerlastinge brennyngis? He that goith in riȝtful|nessis, and spekith treuthe; he that castith awei aueryce of fals calenge, and schakith awei his hondis fro al ȝifte; he that stop|pith his eeris, that he heere not blood, and closith his iȝen, that he se not yuel. ThisHe this I. manOm. I. schal dwelle in hiȝ thingis, the strengthis of stoonys ben the hiȝnesse of hym; breed is ȝouun to hym, hise watris ben feithful. Thei schulen se the kyng in his fairnesse; the iȝen of hym schulen bi|holde the londe fro fer. Eliachym, thin herte schal bithenke drede; where is the lettrid man? Where is he that weieth the wordis of the lawe? where is the techere of litle children? Thou schalt not se a puple vnwijs, a puple of hiȝdeep CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. word, so that thou maist not vndurstonde the fair spek|ing of his tunge, in whichthe which I. puple is no wisdom. Biholde thou Sion, the citee of ȝoure solempnyte; thin iȝen schulen se Je|rusalem, a riche citee, a tabernacle that mai not be borun ouer, nether the nailis therof schulen be takun awei withouten ende; and alle the cordis therof schulen not be brokun. For oneli the worschipful doere oure Lord God is there; the place of floodis is strondis ful large and opyn; the schip of roweris schal not entre bi it, ne|thir a greet schip schal passe ouer it. For whi the Lord is oure iuge, the Lord is oure lawe ȝyuere, the Lord is oure kyng; he schal saue vs. Thi roopis ben slakid, but tho schulen not auaile; thi mast schal be so, that thou mow not alarge a signe. Thanne the spuylis of many preyes schulen be departid, crokid men schulen rauysche raueyn. And a neiȝbore schal seie, Y was not sijk; the puple that dwellith in that Jerusalem, wickidnesse schal be takun awei fro it.

 CAP. XXXIV.

Neiȝe, ȝe hethene men, andto N. herehereth I.; and ȝe puplis, perseyue; the erthe, and the ful|nesse therof, the world, and al buriown|yng therof, here ȝeOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX.. For whi indigna|cioun of the Lord is on alle folkis, and strong veniaunce on al the chyualrie of hem; he killide hem, and ȝaf hem in to sleyng. The slayn men of hem schulen be cast forth, and stynk schal stie of the careyns of hem; hillis schulen flete of the blood of hem. And al the chyualrie of heuenys schal faile, and heuenys schulen be foldid togidere as a book, and al the knyȝthod of tho schal flete doun, as the leef of a vyner and of a fige tre fallith doun. For my swerd is fillid in heuene; lo! it schal come doun on Ydumee, and on the puple of my sleyng, to doom. The swerd of the Lord is fillid of blood, it is maad fat of the ynner fatnesse of the blood of lambren and of buckis of geet, of the blood of rammes ful of merow; for whi the slayn sacrifice of the Lord is in Bosra, and greet sleyng is in the lond of Edom. And vnycornes schulen go doun with hem, and bolis with hem that ben myȝti; the lond of hem schal be fillid with blood, and the erthe of hem with ynnere fatnesse of fatte beestis; for it is a dai of veniaunce of the Lord, a ȝeer of ȝeldyng of the dom of Sion. And the strondis therof schulen be turned in to pitche, and the erthe therof in to brymstoonbrunston IS.; and the lond therof schal be in to brennyng pitch, niȝt and dai. It schal not be quenchid withouten ende, the smoke therof schal stiestie up I. fro generacioun in to generacioun, and it schal be desolat in to worldis of worldis; noon schal passe therbi. And onocrotalusonocrotalus, is an vnclene brid, and hath a face lijk an asse. Lire here. A et alii., and an irchoun schulen welde it; and a capret, and a crowe schulen dwelle therynne; and a mesure schal be stretchid forth theronne, that it be dryuun to nouȝt, and an hang|ynge plomet in to desolacyoun. The noble men therof schulen not be there; rathere thei schulen clepe the kyng in to help, and alle the princes therof schulen be in to nouȝt. And thornes and nettlis schulen growe in the housis therof, and a tasil in the strengthis therof; and it schal be the couche of dragouns, and the lesewe of ostrichis. And fendisfendis, as wodewosis N.fendis; that is, fendis incubi, other wodewo|sis, as doctours seien. CEGHPQ SU., and wondurful beestisbeestis, as wijlde cattis, and martynapis, whiche ben lijk apis, but thei han tailis N.beestis; Ebreis seien, martyn|apis and wielde cattis; [and K] martynapis ben liyk apis, and [but thei K] ben [long Y] tailid. CEGKPQSY., lijk men in the hiȝere part and lijk assis in the nethir part, and an heeri schulen meete; oon schal crie to an other. LamyaLamya, that is, a beest lijk a womman aboue, and hath hors feet bynethe, and sleeth his owne whelpis N.Lamya is a wondirful beest, lijk a womman aboue, and hath horse feet bynethe, and sleeth hir owne whelpis, as the glos seith. Lire here. A et alii. schal ligge there, and foond rest there to hir silf; there an irchoun hadde dichis, and nurschide out whelpis, and diggide aboute, and fostride in the scha|dewe therof; there kitis weren gaderid togidere, oon to another. Seke ȝe dili|gentli in the book of the Lord, and rede ȝe; oon of tho thingis failide not, oon souȝte not another; for he comaundide that thing, that goith forth of my mouth, and his spirit he gaderide thohem N. togidere. And he sente to hem eritage, and his hond departide it in mesure; til in to withouten ende thothei N. schulen welde that lond, in ge|neracioun and in to generacioun thothei N. schulen dwelle ther ynne.

 CAP. XXXV.

The forsakun Judee and with outen weie schal be glad, and wildirnesse schal make ful out ioye, and schal floure as a lilie. It buriownynge schal buriowne, and it glad and preisynge schal make ful out ioie. The glorie of Liban is ȝouun to it, the fairnesse of Carmele and of Saron; thei schulen se the glorie of the Lord, and the fairnesse of oure God. Coumforte ȝe comelidclumsid, ether comelid CEFGHIMNQRSU. clumsid, ether cumblid PY. clumsid KVX. clumsid, ethir loosid atwynne X sec. m. hondis, and make ȝe strong feble knees. Seie ȝe, Men of litil coumfort, be ȝe coumfortid, and nyle ȝe drede; lo! oure God schal brynge the veniaunce of ȝeld|yng, Godthat is, Crist. A et alii. hym silf schal come, and schal saue vs. Thanne the iȝen of blynde men schulen be openyd, and the eeris of deef men schulen be opyn. Thanne a crokid man schal skippe as an hert, and the tunge of doumbe men schal be openyd; for whi watris ben brokun out in desert, and stremes in wildirnesse. And that that was drie, is maad in to a poond, and the thirsti is maad in to wellis of watris. Grenenesse of rehed, and of spier schal growe in dennes, in whiche dwelliden dragouns bifore. And a path and a weie schal be there, and it schal be clepid an hooli weie, he that is defoulid schal not passe therbi; and this schal be a streiȝt weie to ȝou, so that foolis erre not therbi. A lioun schal not be there, and an yuel beeste schal not stie therbi, nether schal be foundun there. And thei schulen go, that ben delyuered and aȝenbouȝt of the Lord; and thei schulen be conuertid, and schulen come in to Sion with preisyng; and euerlastynge gladnesse schal be on the heed of hem; thei schulen haue ioie and gladnesse, and sorewe and weilyng schulen fle awei.

 CAP. XXXVI.

And it was don in the fourtenthe ȝeer of kyng Ezechie, Sennacherib, the kyng of Assiriens, stiede on alle the stronge citees of Juda, and took thohem N.. And the kyng of Assiriens sente Rapsases fro La|chis to Jerusalem, to kyng Ezechie, with greet power; and he stood at the watir cundit of theOm. NQRSU. hiȝerehiȝ Q. sisterne, in the weie of theOm. Q. feeld ofOm. ceteri. a fullerefullere, or toukere CEGHIKMNPQRUXY. fullere, ether toukere FS.. And Elia|chym, the sone of Elchie, that was on the hous, ȝede out to hym, and Sobna, the scryuen, and Joae, the sone of Asaph, the chaunceler. And Rapsases seide to hem, Seie ȝe to Ezechie, The greet king, the king of Assiriens, seith these thingis, What is the trist, in which thou tristist? ethir bi what councele ether strengthe disposist thou for to rebelle? on whom hast thou trist, for thou hast go awei fro me? Lo! thou tristist on this brokun staf of rehed, on Egipt, on which if a man restithleneth, ether restith CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY., it schal entre in to his hoond, and schal perse it; so doith Farao, the kyng of Egipt, to alle men that tristen in hym. That if thou answerist to me, We tristen in oure Lord God; whetherwher I passim. it is not he, whose hiȝe places and auteris Esechie dide awei, and he seide to Juda and to Jerusa|lem, Ȝe schulen worschipe bifore this auter? And now bitake thee to my lord, the kyng of Assiriens, and Y schal ȝyue to thee tweitwo I. thousynde of horsis, and thou maist not ȝyue of thee stieris of tho horsis. And hou schalt thou abide the face of the iuge of o place of the lesse seruauntis of my lord? That if thou tristist in Egipt, and in cartis, and in knyȝtis; and now whethir Y stiede to this lond with out the Lord, that Y schulde distrie it? The Lord seide to me, Stie thou on this lond, and distrie thou it. And Eliachym, and Sobna, and Joae, seiden to Rapsaces, Speke thou to thi seruauntis bi the langage of Sirie, for we vndur|stonden; speke thou not to vs bi the lan|gage of Jewis in the eeris of the puple, which is on the wal. And Rapsaces seide to hem, Whether mi lord sente me to thi lord, and to thee, that Y schulde speke alle these wordis, and not rathere to the men that sitten on the wal, that thei ete her toordis, and drynke the pisse of her feet with ȝou? And Rapsaces stood, and criede with greet vois in the langage of Jewis, and seide, Here ȝe the wordis of the greet kyng, the kyng of Assiriens. The kyng seith these thingis, Esechie dis|seyue not ȝou, for he may not delyuere ȝou; and Ezechie ȝyue not to ȝou trist on the Lord, and seie, The Lord delyuerynge schal delyuere vs; this citee schal not be ȝouun in to the hoond of the kyng of Assiriens. Nyle ȝe here Ezechie. For whi the kyng of Assiriens seith these thingis, Make ȝe blessyng with me, and go ȝe out to me; and ete ȝe ech man his vyner, and ech man his figevyne N. tre, and drynke ȝe ech man the water of his cisterne, til Y come, and take awei ȝou to a lond which is as ȝoure lond; to a lond of whete and of wyn, to a lond of looues and of vyneris. Ezechie disturble not ȝou, and seie, The Lord schal delyuere vs. Whether the god|dis of folkis delyuereden ech his lond fro the hond of the kyng of Assiriens? Where is the god of Emath, and of Arphat? Where is the god of Sepharuaym? Whe|thir thei delyueriden Samarie fro myn hond? Who is of alle goddis of these londis, that delyueride his lond fro myn hond, that the Lord delyuere Jerusalem fro myn hond? And thei weren stille, and answeriden not to hym a word. For whi the kyng comaundide to hem, and seide, Answere ȝe not to him. And Elia|chym, the sone of Elchie, that was on the hous, and Sobna, the scryueyn, and Joae, the sone of Asaph, chaunceler, entriden with to-rent clothis to Ezechie, and telde to hym the wordis of Rapsaces.

 CAP. XXXVII.

And it was don, whanne kyng Ezechie hadde herd, he to-rente hise clothis, and he was wlappid in a sak, and entride in to the hous of the Lord. And he sente Eliachym, that was on the hous, and Sobna, the scryuen, and the eldre men of prestis, hilid with sackis, to Isaie, the pro|phete, the sone of Amos. And thei seiden to hym, Ezechie seith these thingis, A dai of tribulacioun, and of angwisch, and of chastisyng, and of blasfemye is this dai; for children camen `til tovnto I. childberyng, and vertu of childberyng is not. Therfor reise thou preier for the relifs that ben foundun, if in ony maner thi Lord God here the wordis of Rapsaces, whom the king of Assiriens, his lord, sente, for to blasfeme lyuynge God, and to dispise bi the wordis, whiche thi Lord God herde. And the seruauntis of kyng Esechie camen to Isaie; and Isaie seide to hem, Ȝe schulen seie these thingis to ȝoure lord, The Lord seith these thingis, Drede thou not of the face of wordis whiche thou herdist, bi whiche the children of the kyng of Assi|riens blasfemyden me. Lo! Y schal ȝyue to hym a spirit, and he schal here a mes|sanger; and he schal turne aȝen to his londe, and Y schal make hym to falle doun bi swerd in his lond. Forsothe Rap|saces turnede aȝen, and foond the kyng of Assiriens fiȝtynge aȝens Lobna; for he hadde herd, that the kyng was gon fro Lachis. And the kyng herde messangeris seiynge of Theracha, kyng of Ethiopiens, He is gon out to fiȝte aȝens thee. And whanne he hadde herd this thing, he sente messangeris to Ezechie, and seide, Ȝe schulen seie, spekynge these thingis to Ezechye, kyng of Juda, Thi God disseyue not thee, in whom thou tristist, and seist, Jerusalem schal not be ȝouun in to the hond of the kyng of Assiriens. Lo! thou herdist alle thingis whiche the kyngeskyng A pr. m. F pr. m. HP. of Assiriens didendid H sec. m. to alle londis whiche thei distrieden: and maistmiȝten E. thounot CEFGHINPQU. be delyuered? Whethir the goddis of folkis delyuereden hem, whiche my fadris distrieden; Gosan, and Aran, and Reseph, and the sones of Eden, that weren in Thalasar? Where is the kyng of Emath, and the kyng of Ar|phath, and the kyng of the citee of Se|pharuaym, and of Ana, andOm. F sec. m. IKNP sec. m. QU. of Aua? And Ezechie took the bookis fro the hond of messangeris, and redde thohem N.; and he stiedeȝede up I. in to the hous of the Lord, and spredde abrood thohem N. bifore the Lord; and preiede to the Lord, and seide, Lord of oostis, God of Israel, that sittist on cheru|byn, thou art God aloone of alle the rewmes of erthe; thou madist heuene and erthe. Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and here; Lord, open thin iȝen, and se; and here thou alle the wordis of Sennacherib, whiche he sente forOm. N. to blasfeme lyuynge God. For verili, Lord, the kyngis of Assiriens maden londis dissert, and the cuntreis of thohem N., and ȝauen the goddis of thohem N. to fier; for thei weren not goddis, but the werkis of mennus hondis, trees and stoonys; and thei al to-braken tho goddis. And now, oure Lord God, saue thou vs fro the hond of hym; and alle rewmes of erthe knowe, that thou art Lordthe Lord IS. God aloone. And Isaie, the sone of Amos, sente to Ezechie, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, For whiche thingis thou preidist me of Sennacherib, the kyng of Assiriens, this is the word which the Lord spak on hym, Thou virgyn, the douȝter of Sion, he dispiside thee, he scorn|ede thee; thou virgyn, the douȝter of Jeru|salem, he moued his heed aftir theethese A pr. m.. Whom despisist thou, andOm. A. whom blas|femedistblasfemist F. thou? and on whom reisidist thou thi vois, and reisidist the hiȝnesse of thin iȝen? To the hooli of Israel. Bi the hond of thi seruauntis thou dispisidist the Lord, and seidist, In the multitude of my cartis Y stiede on the hiȝnesses of hillis, on the ȝockis of Liban; and Y schal kitte doun the hiȝ thingis of cedris therof, and the chosun beechis therof; and Y schal entre in to the hiȝnesse of the cop therof, in to theOm. CFGHKNPQRSVX pr. m. forest of Carmele therof. Y diggide, and drank watir; and Y made drie with the step of my foot all the strondis of feeldis. Whether thou, Sennacherib, herd|ist not what thingis Y dide sum tyme? Fro elde daies Y fourmyde that thing, and now Y haue brouȝt; and it is maad in toto the CEFGHIKM sec. m. NPSQUV. drawyng vp bi the roote of litle hillis fiȝt|ynge togidere, and of strong citees. The dwelleris of tho citees trembliden togidere with hond maad schort, and ben aschamed; thei ben maad as hei of the feeld, and theas the I. gras of lesewe, and as erbe of roouyshous rooues, ether rigges I., that driede vp bifore that it wexide ripe. Y knew thi dwellyng, and thi goyng out, and thin entryng, and thi woodnesse aȝens me. Whanne thou were wood aȝens me, thi pride stiede in to myn eeris; therfor Y schal sette a ryng in thi nosethirlis, and a bridil in thi lippis; and Y schal lede thee aȝen in to the weie, bi which thou camest. Forsothe to thee, Ezechie, this schal be a signe; ete thou in this ȝeer tho thingis that growen bi her fre wille, and in the secunde ȝeer ete thou applis; but in the thridde ȝeer sowe ȝe, and repe ȝe, and plaunte ȝe vyneris, and ete ȝe the fruyt of thohem N.. And that that is sauyd of the hous of Juda, and that, that is left, schal sende roote bynethe, and schal make fruyt aboue; for whi relifs schulen go out of Jerusalem, and saluacioun fro the hil of Sion; the feruent loue of the Lord of oostis schal do this thing. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis of the kyng of Assiriens, He schal not entre in to this citee, and he schal not schete there an arowe; and a scheeld schal not ocupie it, and he schal not sende erthe in the cum|pas therof. In the weie in which he cam, he schal turne aȝen bi it; and he schal not entre in to this citee, seith the Lord. And Y schal defende this citee, that Y saue it, for me, and for Dauid, my seruaunt. For|sothe the aungel of the Lord ȝede out, and killide an hundride thousynde and four|scoor and fyue thousynde in the tentis of Assiriens; and thei risenrisiden A pr. m. CHKMNVX. resin P. eerli, and lo! alle men weren careyns of deed men. And Sennacherib ȝede out of Jude, and wente awei. And Sennacherib, the kyng of Assiriens, turnede aȝen, and dwellide in Nynyue. And it was don, whanne he worschipide Mesrach, his god, in the temple, Aramalech and Sarasar, hise sones, killiden hym with swerd, and fledden in to the lond of ArarathArarath, that is, Armenye K.; and Asaradon, his sone, regnyde for hym.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

In tho daies Esechie was sijk `til tovnto I. the deth; and Isaie, the profete, the sone of Amos, entride to hym, and seide to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Dis|pose thi hous, for thou schalt die, and thou schalt not lyue. And Esechie turnede his face to the wal, and preiede the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y biseche; haue thou mynde, Y biseche, hou Y ȝede bifore thee in treuthe, and in perfit herte, and Y dide that that was good bifore thin iȝen. And Ezechye wept with greet wepyng. And the word of the Lord was maad to Isaie, and seide, Go thou, and seie to Ezechye, The Lord God of Dauid, thi fadir, seith these thingis, I haue herd thi preier, and Y siȝ thi teeris. Lo! Y schal adde on thi daies fiftene ȝeer; and Y schal delyuere thee and this citee fro the hond of the kyng of Assiriens, and Y schal defende it. Forsothe this schal be to thee a signe of the Lord, that the Lord schal do this word, which he spakhath spoke I.. Lo! Y schal make the schadewe of lynes, bi which it ȝede doun in the orologie of Achas, in the sunne, to turne aȝen backward bi ten lynes. And the sunne turnede aȝen bi ten lynes, bi degrees bi whiche it hadde go doun.

The scripture of Ezechie, kyng of Ju|da, whanne he hadde be sijk, and hadde rekyuered of his sikenesse.

I seide, in the myddil of my daies Y schal go to the ȝatis of helle. Y souȝte the residue of my ȝeeris; Y seide, Y schal not se the Lord God in the lond of lyueris; Y schal no more biholde a man, and a dwellere of reste. My generacioun is takun awei, and is foldid togidere fro me, as the tabernacle of scheepherdis is foldid togidere. Mi lijf is kit doun as of a webbe; he kittide doun me, the while Y was wouun ȝit. Fro the morewtid `til tovnto I. the euentid thou schalt ende me; Y hop|ide til to the morewtid; as a lioun, so he al to-brak alle my boonys. Fro the morew|tid til to the euentid thou schalt ende me; as the brid of a swalewe, so Y schal crie; Y schal bithenke as a culuer. Myn iȝen biholdynge an hiȝ, ben maad feble. Lord, Y suffre violence, answere thou for me; what schal Y seie, ether what schalschal I EFKS. schal he GIMNQRX sec. m. an|swere to me, whanne `I mysilf hauehe hath CEGHKMNPQRSUVX. do? Y schal bithenke to thee alle my ȝeeris, in the bitternisse of my soule. Lord, if me lyueth so, and the lijf of my spirit is in siche thingis, thou schalt chastise me, and schalt quykene me. Lo! my bitternesse is moost bittir in pees; forsothe thou hast delyuered my soule, that it perischide not; thou hast caste awey bihynde thi bak alle my synnes. For not helle schal know|leche to thee, nethir deth schal herie thee; thei that goon doun in to the lake, schulen not abide thi treuthe. A lyuynge man, a lyuynge man, he schal knouleche to thee, as and Y to dai; the fadir schal make knowun thi treuthe to sones. Lord, make thou me saaf, and we schulen synge oure salmes in all the daies of oure lijf in the hous of the Lord.

And Ysaie comaundide, that thei schul|den take a gobet of figus, and make a plaster on the wounde; and it schulde be heelid. And Ezechie seide, What signe schal be, that Y schal stie in to the hous of the Lord?

 CAP. XXXIX.

In that tyme Marodach Baladan, the sone of Baladam, the kyng of Babiloyne, sente bookis and ȝiftis to Ezechie; for he hadde herd, that Ezechie hadde be sijk, and was rekyuerid. Forsothe Ezechie was glad onin N. hem, and schewide to hem the selle of swete smellynge spices, and of siluer, and of gold, and of smellynge thingis, and of best oynement, and alle the schoppis of his purtenaunce of hous|hold, and alle thingis that weren foundun in hise tresours; no word was, which Eze|chie schewide not to hem in his hous, and in al his power. Sotheli Ysaie, the pro|phete, entride to kyng Ezechie, and seide to hym, What seiden thes men, and fro whennus camen thei to thee? And Eze|chie seide, Fro a fer lond thei camen to me, fro Babiloyne. And Ysaie seide, What siȝen thei in thin hous? And Ezechie seide, Thei sien alle thingis that ben in myn hous; no thing was in my tresours, which Y schewide not to hem. And Ysaie seide to Ezechie, Here thou the word of the Lord of oostis. Lo! daies schulen come, and alle thingis that ben in thin hous, and whiche thingis thi fadris tresoriden til to this dai, schulen be takun awei in to Babiloyne; not ony thing schal be left, seith the Lord. And thei schulen take of thi sones, that schulen go out of thee, whiche thou schalt gendre; and thei schulen be onest seruauntis and chast in the paleis of the kyng of Babiloyne. And Ezechie seide to Ysaie, The word of the Lord is good, which he spak. And Eze|chie seide, Pees and treuthe be maad oneli in my daies.

 CAP. XL.

My puple, be ȝe coumfortid, be ȝe coum|fortid, seith ȝoure Lord God. Speke ȝe to the herte of Jerusalem, and clepe ȝe it, for the malice therof is fillid, theand the A pr. m. wickid|nesse therof is forȝouun; it hath resseyued of the hond of the Lord double thingis for alle hise synnes. The vois of a crier in desert, Make ȝeOm. N. redi the weie of the Lord, make ȝeOm. A pr. m. riȝtful the pathis of oure God in wildirnesse. Ech valey schal be enhaunsid, and ech mounteyn and litil hil schal be maad low; and schrewid thingis schulen be in to streiȝt thingis, and scharpe thingis schulen be in to pleyn weies. And the glorie of the Lord schal be schewid, and ech man schal se togidere, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoke. The vois of God, seiynge, Crie thou. And Y seide, What schal Y crie? Ech fleisch is hei, and al the glorie therof is as the flour of the feeld. The hei is dried vp, and the flour felle doun, for the spirit of the Lord bleew therynne. Verely the puple is hey; the hey is dried vp, and the flour felle doun; but the word of the Lord dwellithdwellith, ether schal stonde CEFGHKMNPQRUVX. schal dwelle, ethir stonde S. with outen ende. Thou that prechist to Sion, stiestie vp I. on an hiȝ hil; thou that prechist to Jerusalem, en|haunse thi vois in strengthe; enhaunse thou, nyle thou drede; seie thou to the citees of Juda, Lo! ȝoure God. Lo! the Lord God schal come in strengthe, and his arm schal holde lordschipe; lo! his mede is with hym, and his werk is bifore hym. As a scheep|herd he schal fede his flok, he schal ga|dere lambreen in his arm, and he schal reise in his bosom; he schal bere scheep `with lombene, ether with lomb CEFGHIKMPVXY. yeene, ether with lomb NS.. Who mat watris in a fist, and peiside heuenes with a spanne? Who peiside the heuynesse of the erthe with thre fyngris, and weide mounteyns in a weihe, and litle hillis in a balaunce? Who helpide the Spirit of the Lord, ether who was his councelour, and schewide to hym? With whom took he councel, and who lernyde hym, and tauȝte hym the path of riȝtfulnesse, and lernyde hym in kunnyng, and schewyde to him the weie of pru|dence? Lo! folkis ben as a drope of a boket, and ben arettid as the tunge of a balaunce; lo! ylis ben as a litil dust, and the Liban schal not suffice to brenne his sacrifice, and the beestis therof schulen not suffice to brent sacrifice. Alle folkis ben so bifore hym, as if thei ben not; and thei ben rettid as no thing and veyn thing to hym. To whom therfor maden ȝe God lijk? ether what ymage schulen ȝe sette to hym? Whether a smyth schal welle to|gidere an ymage, ether a gold smyth schal figure it in gold, and a worchere in siluer schal diȝte it with platis of siluer? A wijs crafti man chees a strong tre, and vnable to be rotun; he sekith how he schal ordeyne a symylacre, that schal not be mouyd. Whether ȝe witen not? whe|ther ȝe herden not? whether it was not teld to ȝou fro the begynnynge? whether ȝe vndurstoden not the foundementis of erthe? Which sittith on the cumpas of erthe, and the dwelleris therof ben as locustis; which stretchith forth heuenes as nouȝt, and spredith abrood tho as a tabernacle to dwelle. Which ȝyueth the sercheris of priuytees, as if thei be not, and made the iugis of erthe as a veyn thing. And sotheli whanne the stok of hem is nether plauntid, nether is sowun, nether is rootid in erthe, he bleew sudenli on hem, and thei drieden vp, and a whirle wynd schal take hem awei as stobil. And to what thing `ȝe hanhaue ȝe I. licned me, and han maad euene? seith the hooli. Reise ȝoure iȝen an hiȝ, and se ȝe, who made these thingis of nouȝt; which ledith out in noumbre the kniȝthod of thohem N., and clepith alle bi name, for the multitude of his strengthe, and stalworthnesse, and vertu; nether o residue thing was. Whi seist thou, Jacob, and spekist thou, Israel, My weie is hid fro the Lord, and my doom passide fro my God? Whether thou knowist not, ether herdist thou not? God, euerlastynge Lord, that made of nouȝt the endis of erthe, schal not faile, nether schal trauele, nether enserchyng of his wisdom is. That ȝyueth vertu to the weeri, and strengthe to hem that ben not, and mul|tiplieth stalworthnesse. Children schulen faile, and schulen trauele, and ȝonge men schulen falle doun in her sikenesse. But thei that hopen in the Lord, schulen chaunge strengthe, thei schulen take fe|theris as eglis; thei schulen renne, and schulen not trauele; thei schulen go, and schulen not faile.

 CAP. XLI.

Iles, be stille to me, and folkis chaunge strengthe; neiȝe thei, and thanne speke thei; neiȝe we togidere to doom. Who reiside the iust man fro the eest, and clepide hym to sue hym silf? He schal ȝyue folkis in his siȝt, and he schal welde kyngis; he schal ȝyue as dust to his swerd, and as stobil `that isOm. CEFGHIKNPSVX. rauyschid of the wynd, to his bowe. He schal pursue hem, he schal go in pees; a path schal not appere in hise feet. Who wrouȝte and dide these thingis? clepynge generaciouns at the bigynnyng. Y am the Lord; and Y am the firste and the laste. Ilis sien, and dredden; the laste partis of erthe were astonyed; thei camen niȝ, and neiȝiden. Ech man schal helpe his neiȝbore, and schal seie to his brother, Be thou coumfortid. A smyth of metal smytynge with an hamer coum|fortide him that polischyde, ethir made fair, in that tyme, seiynge, It is good, to glu; and he fastenedecoumfortide CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. hym with nailis, that he schulde not be mouyd. And thou, Israel, my seruaunte, Jacob, whom Y chees, the seed of Abraham, my frend, in whom Y took thee; fro the laste partis of erthe, and fro the fer partis therof Y clepide thee; and Y seide to thee, Thou art my seruaunt; Y chees thee, and cast|ide not awei thee. Drede thou not, for Y am with thee; boowe thou not awei, for Y am thi God. Y coumfortide thee, and helpide thee; and the riȝthond of mythe N. iust man vp took thee. Lo! alle men schulen be schent, and schulen be aschamed, that fiȝten aȝens thee; thei schulen be as if thei ben not, and men schulen perische, that aȝen seien thee. Thou schalt seke hem, and thou schalt not fynde thi rebel men; thei schulen be, as if thei ben not, and as the wastyng of a man fiȝtynge aȝens thee. For Y am thi Lord God, tak|ynge thin hond, and seiynge to thee, Drede thou not, Y helpide thee. Nyle thou, worm of Jacob, drede, ȝe that ben deed of Israel. Y helpide thee, seith the Lord, and thin aȝen biere, the hooli of Israel. Y haue set thee as aOm. N. newe wayn threischynge, hau|ynge sawynge bilis; thou schalt threische mounteyns, and schalt make smal, and thou schalt sette litle hillis as dust. Thou schalt wyndewe hem, and the wynd schal take hem awei, and a whirlewynd schal scatere hem; and thou schalt make ful out ioie in the Lordword I., and thou schalt be glad in the hooli of Israel. Nedi men and pore seken watris, and tho ben not; the tunge of hem driede for thirst. Y the Lord schal here hem, I God of Israel schal not forsake hem. Y schal opene floodis in hiȝ hillis, and wellis in the myddis of feeldis; Y schal sette the desert in to poondis of watris, and the lond without weie in to ryuers of watris. Y schal ȝyue in wildir|nesse a cedre, and a thorn, and a myrte tremirre GK., and the tre of an olyue; Y schal sette in the desert a fir tre, an elm, and a box tre togidere. That thei se, and knowe, and bithenke, and vndurstonde togidere; that the hond of the Lord dide this thing, and the hooli of Israel made that of nouȝt. Make ȝe niȝ ȝoure doom, seith the Lord; brynge ȝe, if in hap ȝe han ony thing, seith the kyng of Jacob. Neiȝ tho, and telle to vs, what euer thingis schulen come; telle ȝe the formere thingis that weren, and we schulen sette oure herte, and schulen wite; schewe ȝe to vs the laste thingis of hem, and tho thingis that schulen come. Telle ȝe what thingis schulen come in tyme to comynge, and we schulen wite, that ȝe ben goddis; al so do ȝe wel, ethir yuele, if ȝe moun; and speke we, and see we togidere. Lo! ȝe ben of nouȝt, and ȝoure werk is of that that is not; he that chees ȝou, is abhomynacioun. I reiside fro the north, and he schal come fro the risyng of the sunne; he schal clepe my name. And he schal brynge magistratis as cley, and as a potterepotter, ether a foormer K. defoulynge erthe. Who tolde fro the bigynnyng, that we wite, and fro the bigynnyng, that we seie, Thou art iust? noon is tellynge, nether biforseiynge, ne|ther herynge ȝoure wordis. The firste schal seie to Sion, Lo! Y am present; and Y schal ȝyue a gospellere to Jerusa|lem. And Y siȝ, and noon was of these, that token councel, and he that was axid, answeride a word. Lo! alle men ben vn|iust, and her werkis ben wynd and veyn; the symylacris of hem ben wynd, and voide thing.

 CAP. XLII.

Lo! my seruaunt, Y schal vptake hym, my chosun, my soule pleside to it silf in hym. I ȝaf my spirit on hym, he schal brynge forth doom to hethene men. He schal not crie, nether he schal take a per|soone, nether his vois schal be herd with|outforth. He schal not breke a schakun rehed, and he schal not quenche smok|ynge flax; he schal brynge out doom in treuthe. He schal not be sorewful, nether troblid, til he sette doom in erthe, and ilis schulen abide his lawe. The Lord God seith these thingis, makynge heuenes of noȝt, and stretchynge forth thohem N., makynge stidfast the erthe, and tho thingis that buriownen of it, ȝyuynge breethblast CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. to the puple, that is on it, and ȝyuynge spirit to hem that treden on it. Y the Lord haue clepid thee in riȝtfulnesse, and Y took thin hond, and kepte thee, and Y ȝaf thee in to a boond of pees of the puple, and in to liȝt of folkis. That thou schuldist opene the iȝen of blynde men; that thou schuldist lede out of closyng togidere a boundun man, fro the hous of prisoun men sit|tynge in derknessis. Y am the Lord, this is my name; Y schal not ȝyue my glorie to an othere, and my preisyng to grauun ymagis. Lo! tho thingis that weren the firste, ben comun, and Y telle newe thingis; Y schal make herd to ȝou, bifore that tho bigynnen to be maad. Synge ȝe a newe song to the Lord; his heriyng is fro the laste partis of erthe; ȝe that goon doun in to theOm. CFINPQU. see, and the fulnesse therof, ilis, and the dwelleris of tho. The desert be reisid, and the citees therof; he schal dwelle in the housis of Cedar; ȝe dwel|leris of the stoon, herie ȝeOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX.; thei schulen crie fro the cop of hillis. Thei schulen sette glorie to the Lord, and they schulen telle his heriyng in ilis. The Lord as a strong man schal go out, as a man a wer|ryour he schal reise feruent loue; he schal speke, and schal crie; he schal be coumfortid on hise enemyes. Y was stille, euere Y helde silence; Y was pacient, Y schal speke as a womman trauelynge of child; Y schal scatere, and Y schal swolowe togidere. Y schal make desert hiȝ moun|teyns and litle hillis, and Y schal drie vp al the buriownyng of thohem N.; and Y schal sette floodis in to ilis, and Y schal make poondis drie. And Y schal lede out blynde men in to the weie, which thei knowen not, and Y schal make hemhym FIN. toOm. N. go inin to N. pathis, whiche thei knewen not; Y schal sette the derknessis of hem bifore hem in to liȝt, and schrewid thingis in to riȝtful thingis; Y dide these wordis to hem, and Y forsook not hem. Thei ben turned abac; be thei schent with schen|schipe, that trusten in a grauun ymage; whiche seien to a ȝotun ymage, Ȝe ben oure goddis. Ȝe deef men, here; and ȝe blynde men, biholdebiholdeth I. to se. Who is blynd, no but my seruaunt? and deef, noOm. I. but he to whom Y sente my messangeris? Who is blynd, noOm. I. but he that is seeld? and who is blynd, noOm. I. but the seruaunt of the Lord? Whether thou that seest many thingis, schalt not kepe? Whether thou that hast open eeris, schalt not here? And the Lord wolde, that he schulde halewe it, and magnefie the lawe, and enhaunse itOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX.. But thilke puple was ra|uyschid, and wastid; alle thei ben the snare of ȝonge men, and ben hid in the housis of prisouns. Thei ben maad in to raueyn, and noon is that delyuereth; in to rauyschyng, and noon isther is I. that seith, Ȝelde thou. Who is among ȝou, that herith this, perseyueth, and herkneth thingis to comynge? Who ȝaf Jacob in to rauysch|yng, and Israel to distrieris? Whether not the Lord? He it is, aȝens whom thei synneden; and thei noldenwolden not I. go in hise weies, and thei herden not his lawe. And he schedde out on hem the indignacioun of his strong veniaunce, and strong batel; and theihe C sec. m. KMRV. brentenbrente C sec. m. KMRV. brouȝten EFGHINPQUX. it in cumpas, and it knewe not; and he brente it, and it vn|durstoodvndur|stonde A. not.

 CAP. XLIII.

And now the Lord God, makynge of nouȝt thee, Jacob, and formynge thee, Is|rael, seith these thingis, Nyle thou drede, for Y aȝenbouȝte thee, and Y clepide thee bi thi name; thou art my seruaunt. Whanne thou schalt go bi watris, Y schal be with thee, and floodis schulen not hile thee; whanne thou schalt go in fier, thou schalt not be brent, and flawme schal not brenne in thee. For Y am thi Lord God, the hooli of Israel, thi sauyour. I ȝaf thi merci Egipt; Ethiopie and Saba for thee. Sithen thou art maad onourable, and glo|riouse in myn iȝen; Y louyde thee, and Y schal ȝyue men for thee, and puplis for thi soule. Nyle thou drede, for Y am with thee; Y schal brynge thi seed fro the eest, and Y schal gadere thee togidere fro the west. Y schal seie to the north, Ȝyue thou, and to the south, Nyle thou forbede; brynge thou my sones fro afer, and my douȝtris fro the laste partis of erthe. And ech that clepith my name to help, in to my glorie Y made hym of nouȝt; Y fourmyde hym, and made hym. Lede thou forth the blynde puple, and hauynge iȝen; the deef puple, and eeris ben to it. Alle hethene men ben gaderid togidere, and lynagis be gaderid togidere. Who among ȝou, who schal telle this, and schal make ȝou to here tho thingis, that ben the firste? ȝyue thei witnessis of hem, and be thei iustified, and here thei, and seie. Verili ȝe ben my witnessis, seith the Lord, and my seruaunt, whom Y chees; that ȝe wite, and bileue to me, and vndur|stonde, for Y mysilf am; bifore me is no God formere, and after me schal noon be. Y am, Y am the Lord, and with out me is no sauyour. I telde, and sauyde; Y made heryng, and noon alien God was among ȝou. Ȝe ben my witnessis, seith the Lord; andOm. N. Y am God fro the bigyn|nyng, Y my silf am, and noon isther is I. that delyuerith fro myn hoond; Y schal worche, and who schal distrie it? The Lord, ȝoure aȝenbiere, the hooli of Israel, seith these thingis, For ȝou Y sente out in to Babi|loyne, and Y drow doun alle barris, and Caldeis hauynge glorie in her schippis. Y am the Lord, ȝoure hooli, ȝoure king, makynge Israel of nouȝt. The Lord seith these thingis, that ȝaf weie in the see, and a path in rennynge watris; which ledde out aOm. I. carte, and hors, a cumpany, and strong man; thei slepten togidere, nether thei schulen rise aȝen; thei ben al to|brokun as flex, and ben quenchid. Thenke ȝe not on the formere thingis, and biholde ȝe not olde thingis. Lo! Y make newe thingis, and now tho schulen bigynne to be maad; sotheli ȝe schulen know thohem N.. Y schal sette weie in desert, and floodis in a lond without weie. And a beeste of the feelde schal glorifie me, dragouns and ostrigis schulen glorifie me; for Y ȝaf watris in desert, and floodis in the lond without weie, that Y schulde ȝyue drynk to my puple, to my chosun puple. Y fourmyde this puple to me, it schal telle my preysyng. Jacob, thou clepidist not me to help; and thou, Israel, trauelidist not for me. Thou offridist not to me the ram of thi brent sacrifice, and thou glori|fiedist not me with thi slayn sacrifices. Y made not thee to serue in offryng, ne|thir Y ȝaf to thee trauel in encense. Thou bouȝtistbrouȝtist A pr. m. not to me swete smellynge spice|rie for siluer, and thou fillidist not me with fatnesse of thi slayn sacrifices; ne|theles thou madist me to serue in thi synnes, thou ȝauest trauel to me in thi wickidnessis. Y am, Y my silf am, that do awei thi wickidnessis for me, and Y schal not haue mynde on thy synnes. Brynge me aȝen in to mynde, and be we demyd togidere; telle thou, if thou hast ony thing, that thou be iustified. Thi firste fadir synnede, and thin interpre|tours trespassiden aȝens me. And Y made foul hooli princes, and Y ȝaf Jacob to deth, and Israel in to blasfemye.

 CAP. XLIV.

And now, Jacob, my seruaunt, here thou, and Israel, whom I chees. The Lord makynge and forȝyuynge thee, thin helpere fro the wombe, seith these thingis, My seruaunt, Jacob, nyle thou drede, and thou moost riȝtful, whom Y chees. For Y schal schede out watris on the thirsti, and floodis on the dry lond; Y schal schede out my spirit on thi seed, and my bless|yng on thi generacioun. And thei schulen buriowne among erbis, as salewis bisidis rennynge watris. This man schal seie, Y am of the Lord, and he schal clepe in the name of Jacob; and this man schal write with his hoond to the Lord, and schal be licned in the name of Israel. The Lord, kyng of Israel, and aȝenbiere therof, the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Y am the firste and Y am the laste, and with outen me is no God. Who is lijk me? clepe he, and telle, and declare ordre to me, sithensith I. Y made elde puple; telle he to hem thingis to comynge, and that schu|len be. Nyle ȝe drede, nether be ȝe dis|turblid; fro that tyme Y made thee for to here, and Y telde; ȝe ben my witnessis. Whethir a God is with out me, and a formere, whom Y knew not? Alle the fourmeris of an idol ben no thing, and the moost louyd thingis of hem schulen not profite; thei ben witnessis of thohem N., that thothei N. seen not, nether vndurstonden, that thei be schent. Who fourmyde a god, and ȝet|ide an ymage, not profitable to ony thing? Lo! alle the parteneris therof schulen be schent; for the smythis ben of men. Whanne alle schulen come, thei schulen stonde, and schulen drede, and schulen be schent to|gidere. A smith wrouȝte with a file; he fourmyde it in coolis, and in hameris, and he wrouȝte with the arm of his strengthe. He schal be hungri, and he schal faile; he schal not drynke watre, and he schal be feynt. A carpenter stretchide forth a reule, he fourmyde it with an adesealle, ether a ioynours hook K sec. m.; he made it in the corner places, and he turn|ede it in cumpas; and he made the ymage of a man, as a fair man, dwellynge in the hous. He kittide doun cedris, he took an hawthorn, and an ook, that stood among the trees of the forest; he plauntide a pyne apple tre, which he nurschide with reyn, and it was maad in to fier to men. He took of tho, and was warmed, and he brente, and bakidebook I. looues; but of the residue he wrouȝte a god, and worschip|ide itOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX., and he made a grauun ymage, and he was bowid bifore that. He brente the myddil therof with fier, and of the myddil therof he sethide fleischis, and eet; heand he N. sethide potagepotagis K., and was fillid; and he was warmed, and he seide, Wel! Y am warmed; Y siȝ fier. Forsothe the residue therof he made a god, and a grauun ymage to hym silf; he is bowide bifore that, and worschipith that, and bi|sechith, and seith, Delyuere thou me, for thou art my god. Thei knewen not, ne|ther vndurstoden, for thei han forȝete, that her iȝe se not, and that thei vndurstonde not with herOm. N. herte. Thei bythenken not in her soule, nether thei knowen, nether thei feelen, that thei seie, Y brente the myddil therof in fier, and Y bakide looues on the coolis therof, and Y sethide fleischis, and eet; and of the residue therof schal Y make an idol? schal Y falle doun bifore the stok of a tree? A part therof is aische; an vnwijs herte schal worschipe it, and he schal not delyuere his soule, nether he schal seie, A strong leesyng is in my riȝt|hond. Thou, Jacob, and Israel, haue mynde of these thingis, for thou art my seruaunt; Y formyde thee, Israel, thou art my ser|uaunt; thou schalt not forȝete me. Y dide awei thi wickidnessis as a cloude, and thi synnes as a myist; turne thou aȝen to me, for Y aȝenbouȝte thee. Ȝe heuenes, herie, for the Lord hath do merci; the laste partis of erth, synge ȝe hertli song; hillis, sowne ȝe preisyng; the forest andof N. ech tre therof, herie God; for the Lord aȝen|bouȝte Jacob, and Israel schal haue glorie. The Lord, thin aȝenbiere, and thi fourmere fro the wombe, seith these thingis, Y am the Lord, makynge alle thingis, and Y aloone stretche forth heuenes, and stablische the erthe, and noon is with me; and Y make voide the signes of false dyuynours, and Y turne in to woodnesse dyuynours, that dyuynen by sacrifices offrid to feendis; and Y turne wise men bacward, and Y make her science fonned. And the Lord reisith the word of his seruaunt, and fillith the councel of hise messangeris; and Y seieseie to CFGHIKMNPQRSUX. seide to E., Jerusalem, thou schalt be enhabitidenhauncid E.; and to the citees of Juda, Ȝe schulen be bildid, and Y schal reise the desertis therof; and Y seie to the depthe, Be thou desolat, and Y shal make drie thi floodis; and Y seie to Cirus, Thou art my scheepherde, and thou schalt fille al my wille; and Y seie to Jerusalem, Thou schalt be bildid; and to the temple, Thou schalt be foundid.

 CAP. XLV.

The Lord seith these thingis to my crist, Cirus, whos riȝthond Y took, that Y make suget folkis bifor his face, and turne the backis of kyngis; and Y schal opene ȝatis bifore hym, and ȝatis schulen not be closid. Y schal go bifore thee, and Y schal make lowe the gloriouse men of erthe; Y schal al to-breke brasun ȝatis, and Y schal breke togidere irun barris. And Y schal ȝyue hid tresours to thee, and the priuy thingis of priuytees, that thou wite, that Y am the Lord, that clepe thi name, God of Israel, for my seruaunt Jacob, and Israel my chosun, and Y clepide thee bi thi name; Y licnyde thee, and thou knew|ist not me. Y am the Lord, and ther is no more; with out me is no God. Y haue gird thee, and thou knewistknew E. not me. That thei that ben at the risyng of the sunne, and thei that ben at the west, know, that with out me is no God. Y am the Lord, and noon other God is; fourmynge liȝt, and makynge derknessis, makynge pees, and fourmynge yuel; Y am the Lord, doynge alle these thingis. Heuenes, sende ȝe out deew fro aboue, and cloudis, reyne a iust man; the erthe be openyde, and brynge forth the sauyourthat is, Crist. A et alii., and riȝtful|nesse be borun togidere; Y the Lord haue maad hym of nouȝt. Wo to hym that aȝen seith his maker, a tiel stoon of erthe of Sannys. Whether clei seith to his pottere, What makist thou, and thi werk is with|outen hondis? Wo to hym that seith to the fadir, What gendrist thou? and to a womman, What childist thou? The Lord, the hooli of Israel, the fourmere therof, seith these thingis, Axe ȝe me thingis to comynge on my sones, and sende ȝe to me on the werkis of myn hondis. Y made erthe, and Y made a man on it; myn hondis helden abrood heuenes, and Y co|maundide to al the knyȝthod of thohem N.. Y reiside hym to riȝtfulnesse, and Y schal dresse alle hise weies; he schal bilde my citee, and he schal delyuere my prisoneriscaitiftee, ether prisoneris CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY., not in prijs, nether in ȝiftis, seith the LordLord God K sec. m. of oostis. The Lord GodOm. K. seith these thingis, The trauel of Egipt, and the mar|chaundie of Ethiopie, and of Sabaym; hiȝ men schulen go to thee, and schulen be thine; thei schulen go aftir thee, thei schu|len go boundun in manyclis, and schulen worschipe thee, and schulen biseche thee. God is oneli in thee, and with out thee is no God. Verili thou art God hid, God, the sauyour of Israel. Alle makeris of errourserrours, that is, idolis CEGIKNPQRUY. ben schent, and weren aschamed; thei ȝeden togidere in to confusioun. Israel is sauyde in the Lord, bi euerlastynge helthe; ȝe schulen not be schent, and ȝe schulen not be aschamed, til in to the world of world. For whi the Lord mak|ynge heuenes of nouȝt, seith these thingis; he is God fourmynge erthe, and makinge it, he is the makere therof; he made it of noȝt, not in veyn, but he formyde it, that it be enhabitid; Y am the Lord, and noon other is. Y spak not in hid place, not in a derk place of erthe; I seide not to the seed of Jacob, Seke ȝe me in veyn. Y am the Lord spekynge riȝtfulnesse, tellynge riȝtful thingis. Be ȝe gaderid, and come ȝe, and neiȝe ȝeOm. I. togidere, that ben sauyd of hethene men; thei that reisen a signe of her grauyng, knewen not, and thei preien a god that saueth not. Telle ȝe, and come ȝe, and take ȝe councel togidere. Who made this herd fro the bigynnyng? fro that tyme Y bifor seide it. Whether Y am not the Lord, and no God isOm. I. fer|there with out me? God riȝtful and sau|ynge is noon, outakun me. Alle the coostis of erthe, be ȝe conuertid to me, and ȝe schulen be saaf; for Y am the Lord, and noon other isther is I.. Y swoor in my silf, a word of riȝtfulnesse schal go out of my mouth, and it schal not turne aȝen; for ech kne schal be bowid to me, and ech tunge schal swere. Therfor thei schulen sei in the Lord, Riȝtfulnessis and empire ben myne; alle that fiȝten aȝens hym schulen come to hym, and schulen be aschamed. Al the seed of Israel schal be iustified and preysid in the Lord.

 CAP. XLVI.

Bel is brokun, Nabo is al to-brokun; her symylacris lijk to wielde beestis and werk beestis ben brokun; ȝoure birthuns with heuy charge `til tovnto I. werynesse weren rotun, and ben al to brokun togidere; tho miȝten not saue the berere, and the soule of hem schal go in to caitifte. The hous of Jacob, and al the residue of the hous of Israel, here ȝe me, whiche ben borun of my wombe, whiche ben borun of my wombe. Til to eelde Y my silf, and til to hoor heeris Y schal bere; Y made, and Y schal bere, and Y schal saue. To whom han ȝe licned me, and maad euene, and han comparisound me, and han maad lijk? Whiche beren togidere gold fro the bagge, and peisen siluer with a balaunce, and hiren a goldsmyth to make a god, and thei fallen doun, and worschipen; thei berynge beren in schuldris, and set|tynge in his place; and he schal stonde, and schal not be mouyd fro his place; but also whanne thei crien to hym, he schal not here, and he schal not saue hem fro tribulacioun. Haue ȝe mynde of this, and be ȝe aschamed; ȝe trespassouris, go aȝen to the herte. Bithenke ȝe on the formere world, for Y am God, and no God is ouer me, nether is lijk me. And Y telle fro the bigynnyng the laste thing, and fro the bigynnyng tho thingis that ben not maad ȝit; and Y seie, My councel schal stonde, and al my wille schal be don. And Y clepe a brid fro the eest, and the man of my wille fro a ferr lond; and Y spak, and Y schal brynge that thing; Y haue maad of nouȝt, and Y schal make that thing. Ȝe of hard herte, herehereth I. me, that ben fer fro riȝtfulnesse. Y made nyȝ myn riȝtfulnesse, it schal not be drawun afer, and myn helthe shal not tarie; Y schal ȝyue helthe in Sion, and my glorie in Israel.

 CAP. XLVII.

Thou virgyn, the douȝtir Babiloyne, go doun, sitte thou in dust, sitte thou in erthe; a kyngis seete is not to the douȝter of Caldeis, for thou schalt no more be clepid soft and tendir. Take thou a queerne stoon, and grynde thou mele; make thou nakid thi filthe, diskeuere the schuldur, schewe the hippis, passe thou floodis. Thi schame schal be schewid, and thi schenschipe schal be seen; Y schal take veniaunce, and no man schal aȝenstonde me. Oure aȝen biere, the Lord of oostis is his name, the hooli of Israel. Douȝter of Caldeis, sitte thou, be thou stille, and entre in to derknessis, for thou schalt no more be clepid the ladi of rewmes. I was wrooth on my puple, Y defoulid myn eritage, and Y ȝaf hem in thin hond, and thou settidist not mercies to hem; thou madist greuouse the ȝok greetli on an eld man, and thou seidist, With outen ende Y schal be ladi; thou puttidist not these thingis on thin herte, nether thou bithouȝtist on thi laste thing. And now, thou delicat, and dwellynge tristili, here these thingis, which seist in thin herte, Y am, and outakun me ther is no more; Y schal not sitte widewe, and Y schal not knowe bareynesse. These twei thingis, bareynesse and widewhod schulen come to thee sudenli in o dai; alle thingis camen on thee for the multitude of thi witchecraftis, and for the greet hardnesse of thin enchauntours, ether tre|getourstreytours S.. And thou haddist trist in thi malice, and seidist, Noon is that seeth me; this thi wisdom and thi kunnyng disseyuede thee; and thou seidist in thin herte, Y am, and outakun me ther is noon other. Yuel schal come on thee, and thou schalt not knowe the bigynning therof; and wrecchidnessewickidnesse A pr. m. myschef A sec. m. marg. I. schal falle on thee, which thou schalt not mowe clense; wretchidnesse which thou knowist not, schal come on thee sudenly. Stonde thou with thin enchauntours, and with the multitude of thi witchis, in whiche thou trauelidist fro thi ȝongthe; if in hap thei profiten ony thing to thee, ether if thou maist be maad the strongere. Thou fail|idist in the multitude of thi councels; the false dyuynours of heuene stonde, and saue thee, whiche bihelden staris, and noumbriden monethis, that thei schulden telle bi thohem N. thingis to comynge to thee. Lo! thei ben maad as stobil, the fier hath brent hem; thei schulen not delyuere her lijf fro the power of flawme; colis ben not, bi whiche thei schulen be warmed, nether fier, that thei sitte at it. So tho thingis ben maad to thee in whiche euere thou trauelidist; thi marchauntis fro thi ȝongthe erriden, ech man in his weie; noon is, that schal saue thee.

 CAP. XLVIII.

The howshousis V. of Jacob, that ben clepid bi the name of Israel, and ȝeden out of the watris of Juda, here these thingis, whiche sweren in the name of the Lord, and han mynde on God of Israel, not in treuthe, nether in riȝtfulnesse. For thei ben clepid of the hooli citee, and ben stablischid on the God of Israel, the Lord of oostis is his name. Fro that tyme Y telde the former thingis, and tho ȝeden out of my mouth; and Y made thohem N. knowun; su|denli Y wrouȝte, and tho thingis camen. For Y wiste that thou art hard, and thi nol is a senewe of irun, and thi forhed is of bras. Y biforseide to thee fro that tyme, bifore that tho thingis camen, Y schewide to thee, lest perauenture thou woldist seie, Myn idols diden these thingis, and my grauun ymagis and my ȝotun ymagis senten these thingis whiche thou herdist. Se thou alle thingis, but ȝe telden not. Y made herd newe thyngis to thee fro that tyme, and thingis ben kept whiche thou knowist not; now tho ben maad of nouȝt, and not fro that tyme, and bifor the dai, and thou herdist not tho thingis; lest perauenture thou seie, Lo! Y knewknew not A pr. m. I sec. m. tho thingis. Nether thou herdist, netherne E. thou knewist, nether thin eere was openyd fro that tyme; for Y woot, that thou tres|passynge schal trespasse, and Y clepide thee a trespassour fro the wombe. For my name Y schal make fer my strong veniaunce, and with my preysyng Y schal refreyne thee, lest thou perische. Lo! Y haue sode thee, but not as siluer; Y chees thee in the chymeney of pouert. Y schal do for me, that Y be not blasfemyd, and Y schal not ȝyue my glorie to another. Jacob and Israel, whom Y clepe, here thou me; Y my silf, Y am the firste and Y am the laste. And myn hond foundide the erthe, and my riȝt hond mat heuenes; Y schal clepe thohem N., and thothei N. schulen stonde togidere. Alle ȝe be gaderid togidere, and here; who of hem telde these thingis? The Lord louyde hym, he schal do his wille in Babiloyne, and his arm in Caldeis. Y, Y spak, and clepide hym; Y brouȝte hym, and his weie was dressid. Neiȝe ȝe to me, and here ȝe these thingis; at the bi|gynnyng Y spak not in priuetehidlis, ether priuytee CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX.; fro tyme, bifore that thingis weren maad, Y was there, and now the Lord God and his Spirit sente me. The Lord, thin aȝen biere, the hooli of Israel, seith these thingis, Y am thi Lord God, techynge thee profitable thingis, and Y gouerne thee in the weie, wher ynne thou goist. Y wolde that thou haddist perseyued my comaundementis, thi pees hadde be maad as flood, and thi riȝtfulnesse as the swo|lowis of the see; and thi seed hadde be as grauel, and the generacioun of thi wombe, as the litle stoonys therof; the name of it hadde not perischid, and hadde not be al to-brokun fro my face. Go ȝe out of Ba|biloyne, fle ȝe fro Caldeis; telle ȝe in the vois of ful out ioiying; make ȝe this herd, and bere ȝe it `til tovnto I. the laste partis of erthe; seie ȝe, The Lord aȝenbouȝte his seruaunt Jacob. Thei thirstiden not in desertthe desert CFGHIKMNP sec. m. QUVX., whanne he ladde hem out; he brouȝte forth to hem watir of a stoon, andOm. N. he departide the stoon, and watris flowiden. Pees is not to wickid men, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XLIX.

Ilis, here ȝe, and puplis afer, perseyue ȝe; the Lord clepide me fro the wombe, he thouȝte on my name fro the wombe of my modir. And he hath set my mouth as a scharp swerd, he defendide me in the schadewe of his hond, and settide me as a chosun arowe; he hidde me in his arowe caas, and seide to me, Israel, thou art my seruaunt, for Y schal haue glorie in thee. And Y seide, Y trauelide in veyn, Y wast|ide my strengthe with out cause, and veynli; therfor my doom is with the Lord, and my werk is with my God. And now the Lord, formynge me a seruaunt to hym silf fro the wombe, seith these thingis, that Y brynge aȝen Jacob to hym. And Israel schal not be gaderid togidere; and Y am glorified in the iȝen of the Lord, and my God is maad my strengthe. And he seyde, It is litil, that thou be a seruaunt to me, to reise the lynageslynage A. of Jacob, and to conuerte the drastis of Israel; Y ȝaf thee in to the liȝt of hethene men, that thou be myn helthe `til tovnto I. the laste part of erthe. The Lord, aȝenbiere of Israel, the hooli therof, seith these thingis to a dispisable soule, and to a folk had in abhomynacioun, to the ser|uaunt of lordis, Kyngis schulen se, and princes schulen rise togidere, and schulen worschipe, for the Lord, for he is feithful, and for the hooli of Israel, that chees theethat is, Crist man, to the werk of mannis redempcion. K.. The Lord seith these thingis, In a plesaunt tyme Y herde thee, and in the dai of helthe Y helpide thee; and Y kepte thee, and ȝaf thee in to a bonde of pees of the puple, that thou schuldist reise the erthe, and haue in possessioun eritagis, `that benOm. ceteri. distried; that thou schuldist seie to hem that ben boundun, Go ȝe out, and to hem that ben in derknessis, Be ȝe schewid. Thei schulen be fed onin N. weies, and the lesewis of hem schulen be in alle pleyn thingis. Thei schulen not hungre, and thei schulen no more thirste, and heete, and the sunne schal not smyte hem; for the merciful doere of hem schal go|uerne hem, and schal ȝyue drynk to hem at the wellis of watris. And Y schal sette alle myn hillis in to weie, and my pathis schulen be enhaunsid. Lo! these men schulen come fro fer, and lo! thei schulen come fro the north, and seefro the see I., and these fro the south lond. Heuenes, herie ȝe, and, thou erthe, make ful out ioie; hillis, synge ȝe hertli heriyng; for the Lord coumfortide his puple, and schal haue merci on hise pore men. And Syon seide, The Lord hath forsake me, and the Lord hath forȝete me. Whether a womman may forȝete hir ȝonge child, that sche haue not merci on the sone of hir wombe? thouȝ sche forȝetithforȝete I, netheles Y schal not forȝete thee. Lo! Y haue write thee in myn hondis; thi wallis ben euer bifore myn iȝen. The bilderis ben comun; thei that distrien thee, and scateren, schulen go awei fro thee. Reise thin iȝen in cumpas, and se; alle these men ben gaderid togi|dere, thei ben comun to thee. Y lyue, seith the Lord, for thou schalt be clothid with alle these as with an ournement, and thou as a spousesse schalt bynde hem to thee. For whi thi desertis, and thi wil|dirnessis, and the lond of thi fallyng now schulen be streit for enhabiteris; and thei schulen be dryuun awei fer, that swolew|iden thee. Ȝit thethi I. sones of thi bareynesse schulen seie in thin eeris, The place is streit to me, make thou a space to me for to dwelle. And thou schalt seie in thin herte, Who gendride these sones to me? Y am bareyn, not berynge child; Y am led ouer, and prisoner; and who nurschide these sones? Y am destitute, and aloone; and where weren these? The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y reise myn hond to hethene men, and Y schal enhaunce my signe to puplis; and thei schulen brynge thi sones in armes, and thei schulen bere thi douȝtris on shuldris. And kingis shu|len be thi nurseris, and quenys shulen be thiOm. A. nursis; with cheer cast doun in to erthe thei schulen worschipe thee, and thei schulen licke the dust of thi feet; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord, on whom thei schulen not be schent, that abiden hym. Whether prey schal be takun awei fro a strong man? ether that that is takun of a stalworthe man, mai be saaf? For the Lord seith these thingis, Sotheli and caitifte schal be takun awey fro the stronge man, and that that is takun aweiOm. E. offro NX. a stalworthe man, schal be saued. Forsothe Y schal deme hem, that dem|yden thee, and Y schal saue thi sones. And Y schal fede thin enemyes with her fleischis, and thei schulen be greetli fillid with her blood as with must; and eche man schal wite, that Y am the Lord, sau|ynge thee, and thin aȝenbiere, the strong of Jacob.

 CAP. L.

The Lord seith these thingis, What is this book of forsakyng of ȝoure modir, bi which Y lefte her? ether who is he, to whom Y owe, to whom Y seeld ȝou? For lo! ȝe ben seeld for ȝoure wickidnessis, and for ȝoure grete trespassis Y lefte ȝoure modir. For Y cam, and no man was; Y clepide, and noon was that herde. Whe|ther myn hond is abreggid, and maad litil, that Y mai not aȝenbie? ether vertu is not in me for to delyuere? Lo! in my blam|yng Y schal make the see forsakun, `ether desertOm. E., Y schal sette floodis in the drie place; fischis without watir schulen wexe rotun, and schulen dye for thirst. Y schal clothe heuenes with derknessis, and Y schal sette a sak the hilyng of thohem N.. The Lord ȝaf to me a lerned tunge, that Y kunne susteyne hym bi word that failide; erli the fadir reisith, erli he reisith an eere to me, that Y here as a maister. The Lord God openede an eere to me; for|sothe Y aȝenseie not, Y ȝede not abak. I ȝaf my bodi to smyteris, and my chekis to pulleris; Y turnede not awei my face fro men blamynge, and spetynge on me. The Lord God is myn helpere, and ther|for Y am not schent; therfor Y haue set my face as a stoon maad hard, and Y woot that Y schal not be schent. He is niȝ, that iustifieth me; who aȝenseith me? stonde we togidere. Who is myn aduer|sarie? neiȝe he to me. Lo! the Lord God is myn helpere; who therfor is he that condempneth me? Lo! alle schulen be de|foulid as a cloth, and a mouȝte schal ete hem. Who of ȝou dredith the Lord, and herith the vois of his seruaunt? Who ȝede in dercnessis and liȝt is not to hym, hope he in the name of the Lord, and triste he on his God. Lo! alle ȝe kyndlynge fier, and gird with flawmes, gogoth I. in the liȝt of ȝoure fier, and in the flawmes whiche ȝe han kyndlid to ȝou. This is maad of myn hond to ȝou, ȝe schulen slepe in sorewis.

 CAP. LI.

Here ȝe me, that suen that that is iust, and seken the Lord. Take ȝe hede to the stoon, fro whennys ȝe ben hewun doun, and to the caue of the lake, fro which ȝe ben kit doun. Take ȝe heede to Abra|ham, ȝoure fadir, and to Sare, that childide ȝou; for Y clepide hym oon, and Y bless|ide hym, and Y multipliede hym. Therfor the Lord schal coumforte Sion, and he schal coumforte alle the fallyngis therof; and he schal sette the desert therof as delices, and the wildirnesse therof as a gardyn of the Lord; ioie and gladnesse schal be foundun therynne, the doyng of thankyngis and the vois of heriyng. Mi puple, take ȝe heede to me, and, my lynage, here ȝe me; for whi a lawe schal go out fro me, and my doom schal reste in to the liȝt of puplis. My iust man is nyȝ, my sauyour is gon out, and myn armes schu|len deme puplis; ilis schulen abide me, and schulen suffre myn arm. Reise ȝoure iȝen to heuene, and se ȝe vndur erthe by|nethe; for whi heuenes schulen melte awei as smoke, and the erthe schal be al to|brokun as a cloth, and the dwelleris therof schulen perische as these thingis; but myn helthe schal be withouten ende, and my riȝtfulnesse schal not fayle. Ȝe puple, that knowen the iust man, here me, my lawe is in the herte of hem; nyle ȝe drede the schenschipe of men, and drede ȝe not the blasfemyes of hem. For whi a worm schal ete hem soOm. N. as a cloth, and a mouȝte schal deuoure hem so as wolle; but myn helthe schal be withouten ende, and my riȝtfulnesse in to generaciouns of genera|ciouns. Rise thou, rise thou, arm of the Lord, be thou clothyd in strengthe; rise thou, as in elde daies, in generaciouns of worldis. Whether thou smytidist not the proude man, woundidist not the dragoun? Whether thou driedist not the see, the watir of the greet depthe, which settidist the depthe of the see ato be a IKS. weie, that men `that werenOm. ceteri. delyuered, schulden passe? And now thei that ben aȝenbouȝt of the Lord schulen turne aȝen, and schulen come heriynge in to Syon, and euerlastynge gladnesse on the heedis of hem; thei schu|len holde ioie and gladnesse, soreweand sorewe A pr. m. and weilyng schal fle awei. `Y my silfI, I myself K text. that is, I am he, I am he, that shal coumforte ȝou. K marg. schal coumforte ȝou; whatwho X. art thou, that thou drededredist EP. of a deedli man, and of the sone of man, that schal wexe drie so as hei? And thou hast forȝete `the Lord, thithi Lord CEFGHKMNPQRSUX. crea|tour, that stretchide abrood heuenes, and foundide the erthe; and thou dreddist con|tynueli al dai of the face of his woodnesse, that dide tribulacioun to thee, and made redi for to leese. Where is now the wood|nesse of the troblere? Soone he schal come, goynge for to opene; and he schal not sle til to deth, nether his breed schal faile. Forsothe Y am thi Lord God, that disturble the see, and the wawis therof wexen greet; the Lord of oostis is my name. Y haue put my wordis in thi mouth, and Y defendide thee in the scha|dewe of myn hond; that thou plaunte heuenes, and founde theOm. CEFGHKMNPQRS sec. m. UX. erthe, and seie to Sion, Thou art my puple. Be thou reisid, be thou reisid, rise thou, Jerusa|lem, that hast drunke of the hond of the Lord the cuppe of his wraththe; thou hast drunke `til tovnto I. the botme of the cuppe of sleep, thou hast drunke of `til tovnto I. the drastis. Noon isther is I. that susteyneth it, of alle the sones whiche it gendride; and noon isther is I. that takith the hond therof, of alle the sones whiche it nurshide. Twei thingis benther ben I. that camen to thee; who schal be sori on thee? distriyng, and de|foulyng, and hungur, and swerd. Who schal coumforte thee? Thi sones ben cast forth, thei slepten in the heed of alle weies, as the beeste orixthat is, a beest lijk a wa|ter mous, that slepeth al win|ter, and lifeth aȝen in somer. K., takun biwith I. a snare; thei ben ful of indignacioun of the Lord, of blamyngthe blamyng N. of thi God. Therfor, thou pore, and drunkun, not of wyn, here these thingis. ThiThe CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. lordli gouernour, thethi CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. LordLord God S., and thi God, that fauȝt for his pu|ple, seith these thingis, Lo! Y haue take fro thyn hond the cuppe of sleep, the botme of the cuppe of myn indignacioun; Y schal not leie to, that thou drynke it ony more. And Y schal sette it in the hond of hem that maden thee low, and seiden to thi soule, Be thou bowid that we passe; and thou hast set thi bodi as erthe, and as a weye to hem that goen forth.

 CAP. LII.

Rise thou, Sion, rise thou, be thou clothid in thi strengthe; Jerusalem, the citee of the hooli, be thou clothid in the clothis of thi glorie; for a man vncircum|cidid and a man vncleene schal no more leie to, that he passe by thee. Jerusalem, be thou schakun out of dust; rise thou, sitte thou; thou douȝter of Sion, prisoner, vnbynde the boondis of thi necke. For the Lord seith these thingis, Ȝe ben seeld without cause, and ȝe schulen be aȝen|bouȝt with out siluer. For the Lord God seith these thingis, Mi puple in the bi|gynnyng ȝede doun in to Egipt, that it schulde be there `an erthe tilierean erthe tiliere, ether a comelyng CEFGHIMNPQRSUY., and Assur falsli calengide it with out ony cause. And now what is to me here? seith the Lord; for my puple is takun awei with out cause; the lordis therof doen wick|idli, seith the Lord, and my name is blas|femyd contynueli al dai. For this thing my puple schal knowe my name in that day, for lo! Y my silf that spak, am pre|sent. Ful faire ben the feet of hym that tellith, and prechith pees on hillis, of hym that tellith good, of hym that prechith helthe, and seith, Sion, thi God schal regne. The vois of thi biholderis; thei reisiden the vois, thei schulen herie togi|dere; for thei schulen se with iȝe to iȝe, whanne the Lord hath conuertid Sion. The forsakundesert, ether forsakun CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. thingis of Jerusalem, make ȝe ioie, and herie ȝe togidere; for the Lord hath coumfortid his puple, he hath aȝenbouȝt Jerusalem. The Lord hath maad redi his hooli arm in the iȝen of alle folkis, and alle the endis of theOm. CEFHIKNPSVX. erthe schulen se the helthe of oure God. Go ȝe awei, go ȝe awei, go ȝe out fro thennus; nyle ȝe touche defoulid thing, go ȝe out fro the myddis therof; be ȝe clensid, that beren the vessels of the Lord. For ȝe schulen not go out in noyse, nether ȝe schulen haaste in fleynge awei; for whi the Lord schal go bifore ȝou, and the God of Israel schal gadere ȝou togidere. Lo! my ser|uaunt schal vndirstonde, and he schal be enhaunsid, and he schal be reisid, and he schal be ful hiȝ. As many men wondriden on hym, so his biholdyng schal be with out glorie among men, and the fourmefourme, ether schap CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. of hym among the sones of men. He schal bisprenge many folkis; kyngis schulen holde togidere her mouth on him; for thei schulen se, to whichewhom I. it was not teld of hym, and thei that herden not, bihelden.

 CAP. LIII.

Who bileuyde to oure heryng? and to whom is the arm of theoure I. Lord schewide? And he schal stiestie up I. as a ȝerde bifore hym, and as a roote fro thirsti lond. And ne|ther schap nether fairnesse was to hym; and we siensauȝen I passim. hym, and no biholdyng was; and we desiriden hym, dispisid, and the laste of men, a man of sorewis, and knowynge sikenesse. And his cheer was as hid and dispisid; wherfor and we aret|tiden not hym. Verili he suffride oure sikenessis, and he bar oure sorewis; and we arettiden hym as a mesel, and smytun of God, and maad low. Forsothe he was woundid for oure wickidnessis, he was de|foulid for oure greet trespassis; the lern|yng of oure pees was on hym, and we ben maad hool bi his wannesse. Alle we erriden as scheep, ech man bowide in to his owne weie, and the Lord puttide in hym the wickidnesse of vs alle. He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth. He is takun awey fro angwisch and fro doom; who schal telle out the generacioun of hym? For he was kit doun fro the lond of lyueris. Y smoot hym for the greet trespas of my puple. And he schal ȝyue vnfeithful men for biriyng, and riche men for his deth; for he dide not wickidnesse, nether gile was in his mouth; and the Lord wolde defoule hym in sikenesse. If he puttith his lijf for synne, he schal se seed long durynge, and the wille of the Lord schal be dressid in his hond. For that that his soule trauelide, he schal se, and schal be fillid. Thilke my iust seruaunt schal ius|tifie many men in his kunnyng, and he schal bere the wickidnessis of hem. Ther|for Y schal ȝelde, ethir dele, to hym ful many men, and he schal departe the spuilis of the stronge feendis; for that that he ȝaf his lijf in to deth, and was arettid with felenouse men; and he dide a wei the synne of many men, and he preiede for trespassouris.

 CAP. LIV.

Thou bareyn, that childist not, herie; thou that childist not, synge heriyng, and make ioie; for whi many sones ben of thethee S. forsakun `wommanOm. ceteri. more than of hir that hadde hosebonde, seith the Lord. Alarge thou the place of thi tente, and stretche forth the skynnes of thi tabernaclis; spare thou not, make longe thi roopis, and make sad thi nailis. For thou schalt perse to the riȝtside and to the leftside; and thi seed schal enherite hethene men, and schal dwelle in forsakun citees. Nile thou drede, for thou schal not be schent, nether thou schalt be aschamed. For it schal not schame thee; for thou schalt forȝete the schen|schipe of thi ȝongthe, and thou schalt no more thenke on the schenschipe of thi widewehod. For he that made thee, schal be lord of thee; the Lord of oostis is his name; and thin aȝenbiere, the hooli of Israel, schal be clepid God of al erthe. For the Lord hath clepid thee as a wom|man forsakun and morenynge in spirit, and a wijf, `that isOm. ceteri. cast awei fro ȝongthe. Thi Lord God seide, At a poynt in litil tyme Y forsook thee, and Y schal gadere thee togidere in greete merciful doyngis. In a moment of indignacioun Y hidde my face a litil fro thee, and inin my IN pr. m. merci euer|lastynge Y hadde merci on thee, seide thin aȝenbiere, the LordLord, at a point in litel tyme I forsook thee, for al the tribulacion of this present lijf is as duringe in a moment, in comparisoun of heuenli coumfort. K.. As in the daies of Noe, this thing is to me, to whom Y swoor, that Y schulde no more bringe watris of the greet flood on the erthe; so Y swoor, that YY schal I. be no more wrooth to thee, and that Y blame not thee. Forsothe hillis schulen be mouyd togidere, and litle hillis schulen tremble togidere; but my merci schal not go awei fro thee, and the boond of my pees schal not be mouyd, seideseith N. thethi VX. merciful doere, the Lord. Thou litle and pore, drawun out bi tempest, with outen ony coumfort, lo! Y schal strewe thi stoonys bi ordre, and Y schal founde thee in safiris; and Y schal settesette in safiris, and I schal sette I. iaspis thi touris, and thi ȝatis in toOm. C. grauun stoonys, and alle thin eendis in to desirable stoonys. `Y schal makeY schal sette CEGKMNPQRSUV. And Y schal sette FHIXY. alle thi sones tauȝt of the Lord; and the multitude of pees to thi sones, and thou schalt be foundid in riȝtfulnesse. Go thou awei fer fro fals caleng, for thou schalt not drede; and fro drede, for it schal not neiȝe to thee. Lo! a straunger schal come, that was not with me; he, that was sum tyme thi comelyng, schal be ioyned to thee. Lo! Y made a smyth blowynge coolis in fier, and bringynge forth a vessel in to his werk; and Y haue maad a sleere, for to leese. Ech vessel which is maad aȝens thee, schal not be dressid; and in the doom thou schalt deme ech tunge aȝenstondynge thee. This is the eritage of the seruauntis of the Lord, and the riȝtfulnesse of hem at me, seith the Lord.

 CAP. LV.

Alle that thirsten, come ȝe to watris, and ȝe that han not siluer, haastehaasteth I., bie ȝe, and ete ȝe; come ȝe, bie ȝe, with out sil|uer and with outen ony chaungyng, wyn and mylk. Whi peisen ȝe siluer, and not in looues, and ȝoure trauel, not in fulnesse? Ȝe herynge here me, and ete ȝe good, and ȝoure soule schal delite in fatnesse. Bowe ȝe ȝoure eere, and `come ȝecometh I. to me; here ȝe, and ȝoure soule schal lyue; and Y schal smyte with ȝou a couenaunt euerlastynge, the feithful mercies of Dauid. Lo! Y ȝaf hym a witnesse to puplis, a duyk and a comaundour to folkis. Lo! thou schalt clepe folkis, whiche thou knewist not; and folkis, that knewen not thee, schulen renne to thee; for thi Lord God, and the hooli of Israel, for he glorifiede thee. Seke ȝe the Lord, while he mai be foundun; clepe ȝe hym to help, while he is niȝ. An vn|feithful man forsake his weie, and a wickid man forsake hise thouȝtis; and turne he aȝen to the Lord, and he schal haue merci on hym, and to oure God, for he is myche to forȝyue. For why my thouȝtis ben not ȝoure thouȝtis, and my weies ben not ȝoure weies, seith the Lord. For as heuenys ben reisid fro erthe, so my weies ben reisid fro ȝoure weies, and my thouȝtis fro ȝoure thouȝtis. And as reyn and snow cometh doun fro heuene, and turneth no more aȝen thidur, but it fillithfilleth, or makith moist K. the erthe, and bischedith it, and makith it to buriowne, and ȝyueth seed to hym that sowith, and breed to hym that etith, so schal be my word, that schal go out of my mouth. It schal not turne aȝen voide to me, but it schal do what euer thingis Y wolde, and it schal haue prosperite in these thingis to whiche Y sente it. For ȝe schulen go out in gladnesse, and ȝe schulen be led forth in pees; mounteyns and litil hillis schulen synge heriynge bifore ȝou, and alle the trees of the cuntrei schulen make ioie with hond. A fir tre schal growstie CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. stie up I. for a firsegorst, ether firse CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY., and a mirtemir R. tre schal wexe for a nettil; and the Lord schal be nemyd in to a signe euerlastynge, that schal not be doon awei.

 CAP. LVI.

The Lord seith these thingis, Kepe ȝe doom, and do ȝe riȝtfulnesse, for whi myn helthe is niȝ, that it come, and my riȝtful|nesse, that it be schewid. Blessid is the man, that doith this, and the sone of man, that schal take this; kepynge the sabat, that he defoule not it, kepynge hise hondis, that he do not ony yuel. And seie not the sone of a comelyng, that cleueth faste to the Lord, seiynge, Bi de|partyng the Lord schal departe me fro his puple; and a geldyng, ether aOm. C et ceteri. chast man, seie not, Lo! Y am a drie tree. For the Lord seith these thingis to geldingis, that kepen my sabatis, and chesen what thingis Y wolde, and holden my boond of pees. Y schal ȝyue to hem a place in myn hous, and in my wallis, and the beste name of sones and douȝtris; Y schal ȝyue to hem a name euerlastynge, that schal not perische. And Y schal brynge in to blis the sones of a comelyng, that cleuen faste to the Lord, that thei worschipe hym, and loue his name, that thei be to hym in to seruauntis; ech man kepynge the sabat, that he defoule it not, and hold|ynge my boond of pees; Y schal brynge hem in to myn hooli hil, and Y schal make hem glad in the hous of my preier; her brent sacrifices and her slayn sacri|fices schulen plese me on myn auter; for whi myn hous schal be clepid an hous of preier to alle puplis, seith the Lord God, that gaderith togidere the scaterid men of Israel. Ȝit Y schal gadere togidere to hym alle the gaderid men therof. Alle beestis of the feeld, come ȝe to deuoure, alle beestis of the forest. Alle the biholderis therof ben blinde, alle thei knewen not; doumbe dog|gis, that moun not berke, seynge veyn thingis, slepynge, and louynge dremes; and moost vnschamefast doggis knewen not fulnesse. ThoThilke I. scheepherdis knewen not vndurstondyng; alle thei bowyden in to her weie, ech man to his aueryce, fro the hiȝeste `til tovnto I. the laste. Come ȝe, take weȝe N. wyn, and be weȝe N. fillid of drunkenesse; and it schal be as to dai, so and to morewe, and myche more.

 CAP. LVII.

A iust man perischith, and noon is, that thenkith in his herte; and men of merci ben gaderid togidere, for noon isther is I. that vndurstondith; for whi a iust man is ga|derid fro the face of malice. Pees come, reste he in his bed, that ȝede in his dress|yng. But ȝe, sones of the sekere of fals dyuynyng bi chiteryng of briddys, neiȝe hidur, the seed of auowtresse, and of an hoore. On whom scorneden ȝe? on whom maden ȝe greet the mouth, and puttidencastiden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. out the tunge? Whethir ȝe ben not cursid sones, a seed of leesyngis? which ben coum|fortid in goddis, vndur ech tree ful of bowis, and offren litle children in strondis, vndur hiȝe stoonys. Thi part is in the partis of the stronde, this is thi part; and toOm. E. thoOm. A pr. m. C pr. m. EH pr. m. hem N. thou scheddist out moist offryng, thou offridist sacrifice. Whether Y schal not haue indignacioun on these thingis? Thou puttidist thi bed on an hiȝ hil and enhaunsid, and thidur thou stiedist to offre sacrifices; and thou settidist thi memorial bihynde the dore, and bihynde the post. For bisidis me thou vnhilidistvnhilidist thee I., and tokist auouter; thou alargidist thi bed, and madist a boond of pees with hem; thou louedist the bed of hem with openyd hond, and ournedist thee with kyngis oynement, and thou multipliedist thi py|mentis; thou sentist fer thi messangeris, and thou art maad low `til tovnto I. hellis. Thou trauelidist in the multitude of thi weie, and seidist not, Y schal reste; thou hast founde the weie of thin hond, therfor thou preiedist not. For what thing dreddist thou bisy, for thou liedist, and thouȝtist not on me? And thou thouȝtist not in thin herte, that Y am stille, and as not seynge; and thou hast forȝete me. Y schal telle thi riȝtfulnesse, and thi werkis schulen not profite to thee. Whanne thou schalt crie, thi gaderid tresours delyuere thee; and the wynd schal take awei alle thohem N., a blast schal do awei hemOm. ceteri.; but he that hath trist onof CEGHKMN sec. m. PQRSUVX. me, schal enherite the lond, and schal haue in possessioun myn hooli hil. And Y schal seie, Make ȝe weie, ȝyue ȝe iurney, bowe ȝe fro the path, do ȝe awei hirtyngis fro the weie of my puple. For the Lord hiȝ, and enhaunsid, seith these thingis, that dwellith in euerlastyngnesse, and hisin his N. hooli name in hiȝ place, and that dwell|ith in hooli, and with a contritecontrit, ether ful sori CEFGHIKMNPQSUVX. and meke spirit, that he quykene the spirit of meke men, and quykene the herte of con|trit men. For Y schal not stryue with outen ende, nether Y schal be wrooth `til tovnto I. the ende; for whi a spirit schal go out fro my face, and Y schal make blastis. Y was wrooth for the wickidnesse of his aueryce, and Y smoot hym. Y hidde my face fro thee, and Y hadde indignacioun; and he ȝede with out stidfast dwellyng, in the weie of his herte. Y siȝ hise weies, and Y helide hym, and Y brouȝte hym aȝen; and Y ȝaf coumfortyngis to hym, and to the moreneris of hym. Y made the fruyt of lippis pees, pees to hym that is fer, and to hym that is niȝ, seide the Lord; and Y heelide hym. But wickid men ben as the buyling see, that may not reste; and the wawis therof fleten aȝen in to defoulyng, and fen. The Lord God seide, Pees is not to wickid men.

 CAP. LVIII.

Crye thou, ceesse thou not; as a trumpe enhaunse thi vois, and schewe thou to my puple her grete trespassis, and to the hous of Jacob her synnes. For thei seken me fro dai in to dai, and thei wolen knowe my weies; as a folk, that hath do riȝtful|nesse, and that hath not forsake the doom of her God; thei preien me domes of riȝt|fulnesse, and wolenthei wolen I. neiȝ to God. Whi fastiden we, and thou biheldist not; we mekiden oure soulis, and thou knewist not? Lo! ȝoure wille is foundun in the dai of ȝoure fastyng, and ȝe axen alle ȝoure dettouris. Lo! ȝe fasten to chidyngis and stryuyngis, and smyten with the fist wick|idli. Nyl ȝe fast, as `til toȝe han vnto I. this dai, that ȝoure cry be herd an hiȝ. Whether sich is the fastyng which Y chees, a man to tur|mente his soulesoule, ether his lijf I. bi dai? whether to bynde his heed as a sercle, and to make redi a sak and aische? Whethir thou schalt clepe this a fastyng, and a dai acceptable to the Lord? Whether not this is more the fast|yng, which Y chees? Vnbynde thou the byndingis togidere of vnpiteevnpitee, ether of cruelte CEFGHIKMNPQ RSUVXY., releesse thou birthuns pressynge doun; delyuere thou hem free, that ben brokun, and breke thou ech birthun. Breke thi breed to anthe I. hungri man, and brynge in to thin hous nedi men and herborles; whanne thou seest a nakid man, hile thou hym, and dispise not thi fleischfleisch, that is, [thi pore V] brother or sister EGHIKNPQRSUVXY.. Thanne thi liȝt schal breke out as the morewtid, and thin helthe schal rise ful soone; and thi riȝt|fulnesse schal go bifore thi face, and the glorie of the Lord schal gadere theethee to rest I.. Thanne thou schalt clepe to help, and the Lord schal here; thou schalt crie, and he schal seie, Lo! Y am present, for Y am merciful, thi Lord God. If thou takist awei athe I. chayne fro the myddis of thee, and ceessist to holde forth thethi I. fyngur, and to speke thatthat that CFH sec. m. IKMNRSUVX. profitith not; whanne thou schedist out thi soulesoule, ether thi wille I. to an hungri man, and fillist a soule, `that isOm. ceteri. turmentid, thi liȝt schal rise in derknessis, and thi derknessis schulen be as myddai. And the Lord thi God schal ȝyue euere reste to thee, and schal fille thi soule with schyn|yngis, and schal delyuere thi boonys; and thou schalt be as a watri gardyn, and as a welle of watris, whose waters schulen not faile. And the forsakun thingis of worldis schulen be bildid in thee, and thou schalt reise the foundementis of generacioun and generacioun; and thou schalt be clepid a bildere of heggis, turnynge awei the pathis of wickidnessis. If thou turnest awei thi foot fro the sabat, to do thi wille in myn hooli dai, and clepist the sabat delicat, and hooli, the gloriouse of the Lord, and glo|rifiest him, while thou doist not thi weies, and thi wille is not foundun, that thou speke a word; thanne thou schalt delite on the Lord, and Y schal reise thee on the hiȝnesse of erthe, and Y schal fede thee with the eritage of Jacob, thi fadir; for whi the mouth of the Lord spak.

 CAP. LIX.

Lo! the hoond of the Lord is not abreg|gid, that he mai not saue, nether his eere is maad hard, that he here not; but ȝoure wickidnessis han departid bitwixe ȝou and ȝoure God, and ȝoure synnes han hid his face fro ȝou, that heȝe NVX. schulde not here. For whi ȝoure hondis ben defoulid with blood, and ȝoure fyngris with wickid|nesse; ȝoure lippis spaken leesyng, and ȝoure tunge spekith wickidnesse. Noon isther is I., that clepith riȝtfulnesse to help, and noon is, that demeth verili; but thei tristen in nouȝt, and speken vanytees; thei conseyueden trauel, and childiden wickidnesse. Thei han broke eiren of snakis, and maden webbis of an yreyn; he that etith of the eiren of hem, schal die, and that that iswas I. nurschid, ether brouȝt forthor hacchid X sec. m. marg., schal breke out in to a cocatrice. The webbis of hem schulen not be in to cloth, nethir thei schulen be hilid within to N. her werkis; the werkis of hem ben vnprofitable werkis, and the werk of wickidnesse is in the hondis of hem. The feet of hem rennen to yuel, and haasten to schede out innocent blood; the thouȝtis of hem ben vnprofitable thouȝtis; distriyng and defouling ben in the weies of hem. Thei knewen not the weie of pees, and doom is not in the goyngis of hem; the pathis of hem ben bowid to hem; ech that tredith in tho, knowith not pees. Therfor doom is made fer fro vs, and riȝtfulnesse schal not take vs; we abid|idenaboodin EP. abiden GS. liȝt, and lo! derknessis benther ben I.; we abididenabooden EP. abiden N. schynyng, and we ȝeden in derknessis. We gropiden as blynde men the wal, and we as with outen iȝen touch|iden; we stumbliden in myddai, as in derknessis, in derk places, as deed men. Alle we schulen rore as beeris, and we schulen weile thenkynge as culueris; we abididenabooden EP. abiden GNS. doom, and noon isther is I.; we abid|idenabooden EP. abiden N. helthe, and it is maad fer fro vs. For whi oure wickidnessiswit|nessis N. ben multiplied bifore thee, and oure synnes answeriden to vs; for our grete trespassis ben with vs, and we knewen oure wickidnessis, to do synne, and to lie aȝens the Lord. And we ben turned awei, that we ȝeden not aftirbihynde A pr. m. the bak of oure GodLord A pr. m., that we speken fals caleng, and trespassyng. We conseyueden, and spaken of herte wordis of leesyng; and doom was turned abak, and riȝtful|nesse stood fer; for whi treuthe felle doun in the street, and equiteequyte, ether euenesse CFGHKMNQRSUVX. equitee, ether euenhede EPY. miȝt not entre. And treuthe was maad in to forȝetyng, and he that ȝede awei fro yuel, was opyn to robbyngprei, ether robbinge CEFGHKMNPQRSUVXY.. And the Lord siȝ, and it ap|peride yuel in hise iȝen, for ther is no doom. And God siȝ, that a man is not, and he was angwischid, for noon isther is I. that renneth to. And his arm schal saue to hym silf, and his riȝtfulnesse it silf schal con|ferme hym. He is clothid with riȝtful|nesse as with an harburioun, and the helm of helthe is in his heed; he is clothid with clothis of veniaunce, and he is hilid as with aOm. FNS. mentil of feruent worchyng. As to veniaunce, as to ȝeld|yng of indignacioun to hise enemyes, and to quityng of tyme to hise aduersaries, he schal ȝelde while to ylis. And thei that ben at the west, schulen drede the name of the Lord, and thei that ben at the risyng of the sunne, schulen drede the glorie of hym; whanne he schal come as a violent flood, whom the spirit of the Lord compellith. Whan aȝen biere schal come to Syon, and to hem that goen aȝen fro wickidnesse in Jacob, seith the Lord. This is my boond of pees with hem, seith the Lord; My spirit which is in thee, and my wordis whiche Y haue set in thi mouth, schulen not go awei fro thi mouth, and fro the mouth of thi seed, seith the Lord, fro hennus forth and til into with outen ende.

 CAP. LX.

Rise thou, Jerusalem, be thou liȝtned, for thi liȝt is comun, and the glorie of the Lord is risun on thee. For lo! derknessis schulen hile the erthe, and myist schal hile puplis; but the Lord schal rise on thee, and his glorie schal be seyn in thee. And hethene men schulen go in thi liȝt, and kyngis `schulen goOm. I. in the schynyng of thi risyng. Reise thin iȝen in cumpas, and se; alle these men ben gaderid togi|dere, thei ben comun to thee; thi sones schulen come fro fer, and thi douȝtris schulen rise fro the side. Thanne thou schalt se, and schalt flowe; and thin herte schal wondre, and schal be alargid, whanne the multitude of the see is conuertid to thee, the strengthe of hethene men is comun to thee; the flowyng of camels schal hile thee, the lederis of dromedis of Madian and of EffaEffra EP.; alle men of Saba schulen come, bryngynge gold and en|cense, and tellynge heriyng to the Lord. Ech scheepbeest I. of Cedar schal be gaderid to thee, the rammes of Nabaioth schulen mynystre to thee; thei schulen be offrid on myn acceptablequemeful, ether acceptable CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. auter, and Y schal glorifie the hous of my maieste. Who ben these, that fleen as cloudis, and as culueris at her wyndowis? Forsothe ilis abiden me, and the schippis of the see in the bigynnyng; that Y brynge thi sones fro fer, the siluer of hem, and the gold of hem is with hem, to the name of thi Lord God, and to the hooli of Israel; for he schal glorifie thee. And the sones of pil|grymes schulen bilde thi wallis, and the kyngis of hem schulen mynystre to thee. For Y smoot thee in myn indignacioun, and in my recounselyng Y hadde merci on thee. And thi ȝatis schulen be openyd contynueli, day and niȝt tho schulen not be closid; that the strengthe of hethene men be brouȝt to thee, and the kyngis of hem be brouȝt. For whi the folk and rewme that serueth not thee, schal pe|rische, and hethene men schulen be dis|tried bi wildirnesse. The glorie of the Liban schal come to thee, a fir tre, and box tre, and pyne appil tre togidere, to ourneonour A pr. m. the place of myn halewyng; and Y schal glorifie the place of my feet. And the sones of hem that maden thee lowe, schulen come lowe to thee, and alle that bacbitiden thee, schulen worschipe the steppis of thi feet; andand thei I. schulen clepe thee A citee of the Lord of Sion, of the hooli of Israel. For that that thou were for|sakun, and hatid, and noon was that passide bi thee, Y schal sette thee in to prydepryde, that is, glorie and honour CEGIKNPQSUVXY. of worldis, ioie in generacioun and in to generacioun. And thou schalt souke the mylke of folkis, and thou schalt be soclid with the tete of kyngis; and thou schalt wite that Y am the Lord, sauynge thee, and thin aȝen biere, the stronge of Jacob. For bras Y schal brynge gold, and for irun Y schal brynge siluer; and bras for trees, and yrun for stoonys; and Y schal sette thi visitacioun pees, and thi prelatisprelatis, ether souereins K. riȝtfulnesse. Wickidnesse schal no more be herd in thi lond, nether distriyng and defoulyng in thi coostis; and helthe schal ocupie thi wallis, and heriyng schal ocupie thi ȝatis. The sunne schal no more be to thee for to schyne bi dai, nether the briȝtnesse of the moone schal liȝtne thee; but the Lord schal be in to euerlast|ynge liȝt to thee, and thi God schal be in to thi glorie. Thi sunne schal no more go doun, and thi moone schal not be de|creessid; for the Lord schal be in to euer|lastynge liȝt to thee, and the daies of thi mourenyng schulen be fillid. Forsothe thi puple alle iust men, withouten ende schulen enherite the lond, the seed of my plauntyng, the werk of myn hond for to be glorified. The leeste schal be in to a thousynde, and a litil man schal be in to a ful stronge folk. Y, the Lord, schal make this thing sudenli, in the tyme therof.

 CAP. LXI.

The spirit of the Lord is on me, for the Lord anoyntide me; he sente me to telle to mylde men, that Y schulde heele men contrite in herte, and preche forȝyue|nesse to caitifs, and openyng to prisoneris; and preche a plesaunt ȝeer to the Lord, and a dai of veniaunce to oure God; that Y schulde coumforte alle that mourenen; thatand that N. Y schulde sette coumfort to the moureneris of Sion, and that Y schulde ȝyue to them a coroun for aische, oile of ioie for mourenyng, a mentil of preysyng for the spirit of weilyng. And stronge men of riȝtfulnesse schulen be clepid ther ynne, the plauntyng of the Lord for to glorifie. And thei schulen bilde thingis `that benOm. ceteri. forsakun fro the world, and thei schulen reise elde fallyngis, and thei schulen restore citees `that benOm. ceteri. forsakun and distried, in generacioun and in to ge|neracioun. And aliens schulen stonde, and fede ȝoure beestis; and the sones of pil|grymes schulen be ȝoure erthe tilieris and vyn tilieris. But ȝe schulen be clepid the preestis of the Lord; it schal be seid to ȝou, Ȝe ben mynystris of oure God. Ȝe schulen ete the strengthe of hethene men, and ȝe schulen be onourid in the glorie of hem. For ȝoure double schenschip and schame thei schulen preise the part of hem; for this thing thei schulen haue pesi|bli double thingis in her lond, and euer|lastynge gladnesse schal be to hem. For Y am the Lord, louynge doom, and hatynge raueyn in brent sacrifice. And Y schal ȝyue the werk of hem in treuthe, and Y schal smyte to hem an euerlastynge boond of pees. And the seed of hem schal be knowun among folkis, and the buriownyng of hem in the myddis of puplis. Alle men that seen hem, schulen knowe hem, for these ben the seed, whom the Lord blesside. I ioiynge schal haue ioie in the Lord, and my soule schal make ful out ioiyng in my God. For he hath clothid me with clothis of helthe, and he hath compassid me with clothis of riȝtfulnesse, as a spouse made feir with a coroun, and as a spousesse ourned with her brochis. For as the erthe bryngith forth his fruyt, and as a gardyn buriowneth his seed, so the Lord God schal make to growe riȝtfulnesse, and preysyng bifore alle folkis.

 CAP. LXII.

For Sion Y schal not be stille, and for Jerusalem Y schal not reste, til the iust man therof go out as schynyng, and the sauyour therof be teendidtend I. teendid therof S. as a laumpe. And hethene men schulen se thi iust man, and alle kyngis schulen se thi noble man; andOm. NS. a newe name, which the mouth of the Lord nemyde, schal be clepid to thee. And thou schalt be a coroun of glorie in the hond of the Lord, and a diademe of theOm. CEFGHIMNPQRSU. rewme in the hond of thi God. Thou schalt no more be clepid forsakun, and thi lond schal no more be clepid desolat; but thou schalt be clepid My wille in that, and thi lond schal be enhabitid; for it plesid the Lord in thee, and thi lond schal be enhabited. For a ȝong man schal dwelle with a virgyn, and thi sones schu|len dwelle in thee; and the spouse schal haue ioie on the spousesse, and thi God schal haue ioie on thee. Jerusalem, Y haue ordeyned keperis on thi wallis, al dai and al niȝt with outen ende thei schulen not be stille. Ȝe that thenken on the Lord, bebeth I. not stille, and ȝyue ȝe not silence to him, til he stablische, and til he sette Je|rusalem `preisyng in ertheOm. N.. The Lord swoor in his riȝt hond and in the arm of his strengthe, Y schal no more ȝyue thi wheete mete to thin enemyes, and alien sones schulen not drynke thi wyn, in which thou hast trauelid. For thei that schulen gadere it togidere, schulen ete it, and schulen herie the Lord; and thei that beren it togidere, schulen drynke in myn hooli hallisforȝerdis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX.. Passe ȝe, passe ȝe bi the ȝatis; make ȝe redi weie to the puple, make ȝe a playn path; and chese ȝe stoonys, and reise ȝe a signe to puplis. Lo! the Lord made herd in the laste partis of theOm. ceteri. erthe. Seie ȝe to the douȝtir of Sion, Lo! thi sauyour cometh; lo! his meede is with hym, and his werk is bifore hym. And thei schulen clepe hem the hooli puple, aȝenbouȝt of the Lord. For|sothe thou schalt be clepid a citee souȝt, and not forsakun.

 CAP. LXIII.

Who is this that cometh fro Edom, in died clothis fro Bosra? this fair man in his `long clothstole, ether long cloth CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY., goynge in the multitude of his vertu? Y that speke riȝtfulnesse, and am a forfiȝtere for to saue. Whi therfor is thi clothing reed? and thi clothis benOm. ceteri. as of men stampyngestappinge N. in a pressour? Y aloone stampide the presse, and of folkisfolkis, ether Gentilis I. no man isis, ether was I. with me; Y stampide hem in my stronge veniaunce, and Y de|foulide hem in my wraththe; and her blood is spreynt on my clothis, and Y made foul alle my clothis. For whi a dai of veniaunce is in myn herte, and the ȝeer of my ȝeldyng cometh. I lokide aboute, and noon helpere was; Y souȝte, and noon was that helpide; and myn arm sauyde to me, and myn indignacioun, that help|ide me. And Y defoulide puplis in my stronge veniaunce; and Y made hem drunkun in myn indignacioun, and Y drow doun her vertu in to erthethe erthe A pr. m.. I schal haue mynde on the merciful doyngis of the Lord, Y schal preche the heriyng of the Lord on alle thingis whiche the Lord ȝeldide to vs, and onOm. I. the multitude `of goodisOm. A pr. m. of the hous of Israel, whiche he ȝaf to hem bi his forȝyuenesse, and bi the multitude of hise mercies. And the Lord seide, Netheles it is my puple, sones not denyynge, and he was maad a sauyour to hem in al the tribulacioun of hem. It was notOm. I. set in tribulacioun, and the aungel of his face sauyde hem. In his loue and in his forȝyuenesse he aȝenbouȝte hem, and he bar hem, and reiside hem in alle daies of the world. Forsothe thei excit|iden hymOm. I. to wrathfulnesse, and turment|iden the spirit of his hooli; and he was turned in to an enemye to hem, and he ouercam hem in batel. And he hadde mynde on the daies of the world, of Moi|ses, and of his puple. Where is he, that ledde hem out of the see, with the scheep|herdis of his floc? Where is he, that set|tide the spirit of his holi in the myddil therof; whiche ledde out Moises to the riȝt half in the arm of his maieste? which departide watris bifore hem, that he schulde make to hym silf a name euer|lastynge; whiche ledde hem out thoruȝ depthis of watris, as an hors not stum|blynge in desert, as a beeste goynge doun in the feeld? The Spirit of the Lord was the ledere therof; so thou leddist thi puple, that thou madist to thee a name of glorie. Biholde thou fro heuene, and se fro thin hooli dwellyng place, and fro the seete of thi glorie. Where is thi feruent loue, and thi strengthe, the multitude of thin entrailis, and of thi merciful doyngis? ThoThei N. withelden hem silf on me. Forsothe thou art oure fadir, and Abraham knew not vs, and Israel knew not vs. Thou, Lord, art oure fadir, and oure aȝenbiere; thi name is fro the world. Lord, whi hast thou maad vs to erre fro thi weies? thou hast made hard oure herte, that we dredden not thee? be thou conuertid, for thi ser|uauntis, the lynages of thin eritage. Thei hadden as nouȝt thin hooli puple in pos|sessioun, and oure enemyes defouliden thin halewyng. We ben maad as in the bi|gynnyng, whanne thou were not Lord of vs, nethir thi name was clepid to help on vs.

 CAP. LXIV.

I wolde that thou brakist heuenes, and camest doun, that hillis fletiden awei fro thi face, and failiden as brennyngthe brennyng CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. of fier, and brente in fier; that thi name were made knowun to thin enemyes, and folkis weren disturblid of thi face. Whanne thou schalt do merueils, we schulen not abide. Thou camest doun, and hillis fletiden awei fro thi face. Fro the world thei herden not, nethir perseyueden with eeris; God, non iȝe siȝ, withouten thee, what thingis thou hast maad redi to hem that abiden thee. Thou mettist hym that is glad, and doith riȝt|fulnesse; in thi weies thei schulen bi|thenke on thee. Lo! thou art wrooth, and we synneden; in tho synnes we weren euere, and we schulen be saued. And alle we ben maad as anOm. A pr. m. vncleene man; alle oure riȝtfulnessis ben as the cloth of a womman in vncleenemenstrue, or vnclene blood I. blood; and alle we fellen doun as a leef, and our wickid|nessis as wynd han take awei vs. Noon is, that clepith thi name to help, that risith, and holdith thee; thou hast hid thi face fro vs, and thou hast hurtlid doun vs in the hond of oure wickidnesse. And now, Lord, thou art oure fadir; for|sothe we ben cley, and thou art oure maker, and alle we ben the werkis of thin hondis. Lord, be thou not wrooth ynow, and haue thou no more mynde on oure wickidnesse. Lo! Lord, biholde thou, alle we ben thi puple. The citee of thi seyntuariehooly, ether seyntuarie CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. is forsakun, Sion is maad deseert, Jerusalem isis maad S. desolat; the hous of oure halewyng and of oure glorie, where oure fadris herieden thee, is maad in to brennyng of fier; and alle oure de|sirable thingis ben turned in to fallyngis. Lord, whether on these thingis thou schalt witholde thee? schalt thou be stille, and schalt thou turmente vs greetli?

 CAP. LXV.

Thei souȝten me, that axiden not bifore; thei that souȝten not me, founden me. Y seide, Lo! Y, lo! Y, to hethene men that knewen not me, and that clepiden not mi name to help. I stretchide forth myn hondis al dai to a puple vnbileueful, that goith in a weie not good, aftir her thouȝtis. It is a puple that stirith me to wrathful|nesse, euere bifore my face; whiche offren in gardyns, and maken sacrifice on tiel stoonys; whiche dwellen in sepulcris, and slepen in the templis of idols; whiche eten swynes fleisch, and vnhooli iwischiwce E. which H. iuyshe I. iwissh K text. ether water, that swynes fleiȝss was sothen inne K marg. wisch R. fysh S. ether broth X sec. m. marg. is in the vessels of hem; whiche seien to an hethene man, Go thou awei fro me, neiȝ thou not to me, for thou art vncleene; these schulen be smoke in my stronge veniaunce, fier brennynge al dai. Lo! it is writun bifore me; Y schal not be stille, but Y schal ȝelde, and Y schal quyte in to the bosum of hem ȝoure wickidnessis, and the wickidnessis of ȝoure fadris togidere, seith the Lord, whiche maden sacrifice on mounteyns, and diden schenschipe to me on litle hillis; and Y schal mete aȝen the firste werk of hem in her bosum. The Lord seith thes thingis, As if a grape be foundun in a clustre, and it be seid, Distrie thou not it, for it is blessyng; so Y schal do for my seruantis, that Y leese not al. And Y schal lede out of Jacob seed, and of Juda a man hauynge in pos|sessioun myn hooli hillis; and my chosun men schulen enherite it, and my ser|uauntis schulen dwelle there. And the feeldi places schulen be into floodis of flockis, and the valei of Achar in to a restyng place of droues of neet, to my puple that souȝten me. And Y schal noumbre ȝou in swerd, that forsoken the Lord, that forȝaten myn hooli hil, whiche setten a boord to fortune, and maken sa|crifice theronne, and alle ȝe schulen falle bi sleyng; for that that Y clepide, and ȝe answeriden not; Y spak, and ȝe herden not; and ȝe diden yuelyuel thing I. bifor myn iȝen, and ȝe chesiden tho thingis whiche Y noldewolde not I.. For these thingis, the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! my seruauntis schulen ete, and ȝe schulen haue hungur; lo! my seruauntis schulen drynke, and ȝe schulen be thirsti; lo! my seruauntis schu|len be glad, and ȝe schulen be aschamed; lo! my seruauntis schulen herie, for the ful ioie of herte, and ȝe schulen crie, for the sorewe of herte, and ȝe schulen ȝelle, for desolacioun of spirit. And ȝe schulen leeue ȝoure name in to an ooth to my chosun men; and the Lord God schal sle thee, and he schal clepe hise seruauntis bi another name. In which he that is blessid on erthe, schal be blessid in God amen; and he that swerith in erthe, shal swere in God feithfuli; for the formere an|gwischis ben ȝouun to forȝetyng, and for tho ben hid fro ȝoure iȝen. For lo! Y make newe heuenes and a newe erthe, and the formere thingis schulen not be in mynde, and schulen not stie on the herte. But ȝe schulen haue ioie, and make ful out ioiyng til in to with outen ende, in these thingis whiche Y make; for lo! Y make Jerusalem ful out ioiynge, and the puple therof ioieto ioie I.. And Y schal make ful out ioiyng in Jerusalem, and Y schal haue ioie in my puple; and the vois of weping and the vois of cry schal no more be herd ther ynne. A ȝong child of daies schal no more be there, and an eld man that fillith not hise daies; for whi a child of an hun|drid ȝeer schal die, and a synnere of an hundrid ȝeer schal be cursid. And thei schulen bilde housis, and schulen enhabite hemOm. ceteri., and thei schulen plaunte vynes, and schulen ete the fruytis of tho. Thei schulen not bilde housis, and an othir schal enhabite hemOm. ceteri., thei schulen not plaunte, and an othir schal ete; for whi the daies of my puple schulen be after the daies of the tree, and the werkis of her hondis schulen be elde to my chosun men. Thei schulen not trauele in veyn, nether thei schulen gendre in disturblyng; for it is the seed of hem that ben blessid of the Lord, and the cosyns of hem ben with hem. And it schal be, bifor that thei crien, Y schal here; ȝit while thei speken, Y schal here. A wolf and a lomb schulen be fed togidere, and a lioun and an oxe schulen ete stree, and to a serpent dust schal be his breed; thei schulen not anoie, nether schulen sle, in al myn hooli hil, seith the Lord.

 CAP. LXVI.

The Lord seith these thingis, Heuene is my seete, and the erthe is the stool of my feet. Which is this hous, which ȝe schulen bilde to me, and which is this place of my reste? Myn hond made alle these thingis, and alle these thingis ben maad, seith the Lord; but to whom schal Y biholde, no but to a pore man and contrit in spirit, and greetli dredynge my wordis? He that offrithoffreth, that is, in tyme of the gospel to do sacrifice K. an oxe, is as he that sleeth a man; he that sleeth a scheep, is as he that brayneth a dogge; he that offrith an offryng, is as he that offrith swynes blood; he that thenketh on en|cense, is as he that blessith an idol; thei chesiden alle thes thingis in her weies, and her soule delitide in her abhomyna|ciouns. Wherfor and Y schal chese the scornyngis of hem, and Y schal brynge to hem tho thingis whiche thei dredden; for Y clepide, and noon wasther was I. that answeride; Y spak, and thei herden not; and thei diden yuelyuel thing I. bifor myn iȝen, and chesiden tho thingis whiche Y noldewolde not I.. Here ȝe the word of the Lord, whiche quaken at his word; ȝoure britheren hatynge ȝou, and castynge a wey for my name, seiden, The Lord be glorified, and we schulen se in ȝoure gladnesse; forsothe thei schulen be schent. The vois of the puple fro the citee, the vois fro the temple, the vois of the Lord ȝeldynge a rewardȝeldyng CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. to hise ene|myes. Bifor that sche trauelide of child, sche childide; bifor that the sorewe of hir child beryng cam, sche childide a sone. Who herde euere suche a thing, and who siȝ a thing lijk this? Whether the erthe schal trauele of child in o dai, ether whe|therOm. I. a folk schal be childide togidere? For whi Sion trauelede of child, and childide hir sones. Whether that Y `my silf thatOm. I. make othere to bere child, schal not ber childchild my silff I.? seith the Lord. Whether Y that ȝyue generacioun to othere men, schal be bareyn? seith thi Lord God. Be ȝe glad with Jerusalem, and alle ȝe that louen that, make ful out ioye ther ynne; alle ȝe that mourenen on that Jerusalem, make ȝe ioye with it in ioie; that bothe ȝe souke, and be fillid of the tetis and coumfort therof, that ȝe mylke, and flowe in delicis, of al maner glorie therof. For whi the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bowe doun on it, as a flood of pees, and as a flowynge streem the glorie of hethene men, which ȝe schulen souke; ȝe schulen be borun at tetis, and on knees thei schulen speke plesauntly to ȝou. As if a modir spekith faire to ony child, so Y schal coumforte ȝou, and ȝe schulen be coumfortid in Jerusalem. Ȝe schulen se, and ȝoure herte schal haue ioie, and ȝoure boonys schulen buriowne as an erbe. And the hond of the Lord schal be knowun in hise seruauntis, and he schal haue indig|nacioun to hise enemyes. For lo! the Lord schal come in fier, and as a whirl|wynd hise charis, to ȝelde in indignacioun hise strong veniaunce, and his blamyng in the flawme of fier. For whi the Lord schal deme in fier, and in hys swerd to ech fleisch; and slayn men of the Lord schulen be multiplied, that weren halewid, and gessiden hem cleene, in gardyns aftir o ȝate with ynne; that eten swynes fleisch, and abhomynacioun, and a mows, thei schulen be waastid togidere, seith the Lord. Forsothe Y come to gadere togi|dere the werkis of hem, and the thouȝtis of hem, with alle folkis and langagis; and thei schulen come, and schulen se my glorie. And Y schal sette a signe in hem, and Y schal sende of hem that ben sauyd to hethene men, in to the see, in to Af|frik, and in to Liddia, and to hem that holden arowe, in to Italie, and Greek lond, to ilis fer, to hem that herden not of me, and sien not my glorie. And thei schulen telle my glorie to hethene men, and thei schulen brynge alle ȝoure britheren of alle folkis a ȝifte to the Lord, in horsis, and charis, and in literis, and in mulis, and in cartis, to myn hooli hil, Jerusalem, seith the Lord; as if the sones of Israel bryngen a ȝifte in a cleene vessel in to the hous of the Lord. And Y schal take of hem in to preestis and dekenes, seith the Lord. For as newe heuenes and newe erthe, whiche Y make to stonde bifore me, seith the Lord, so ȝoure seed schal stonde, and ȝoure name. And a monethe schal be of monethe, and a sabat of sabat; ech man schal come for to worschipe bifore my face, seith the Lord. And thei schulen go out, and schulen se the careyns of men, that trespassiden aȝens me; the worm of hem schal not die, and the fier of hem schal not be quenchid; and thei schulen be `til tovnto I. fillyng of siȝt to ech man.

 Here endith Ysaie, and here biginneth JeremyeFrom CFGHIMQRSUX. Heere eendeth Isaye; se now Jeremye. K. Here endith the book of Isaye, the profete, and bigynneth the book of Jeremye. NV. No final rubric in AEPY.. JEREMIAH. [Prologue on JeremiahThis prologue is from M..]

This profete Jeremye tolde openli thingis to comynge, and not in derk speche, as Ysaie and othere profetis; for he telde vtterli the destruccioun of Jerusalem to be doon of Caldeis, and the cite and the hous of God to be brent with fijr; but warnynge hem bifore to leue her synnes, and her idolatrie, and to come aȝen to the trewe wurschiping of God, schewinge the grete merci of God, not willinge ony man to perische, that wole come to amendement.

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THE wordis of Jeremye, sone of Helchie, of the preestis that weren in Anathot, in the lond of Beniamyn. For the word of the Lord was maad to hym in the daies of Josie, the sone of Amon, kyng of Juda, in the threttenethe ȝeer of his rewme. And it was don in the daies of Joachym, the sone of Josie, the king of Juda, til tovnto I. the endyng of the enleuenthe ȝeer of Sede|chie, sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, tiltil to F. the passyng ouer, ether caitifte, of Jerusalem, in the fyuethe monethe. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Bi|for that Y fourmede thee in the wombe, Y knewe thee; and bifor that thou ȝedist out of the wombe, Y halewide thee; and Y ȝaf theethee to be I. a profete among folkis. And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! Y kan not speke, for Y am a child. And the Lord seide to me, Nyle thou seie, that Y am a child; for thou schalt go to alle thingis, to whiche Y schal sende thee, and thou schalt speke alle thingis, what euer thingis Y schal comaunde to thee. Drede thou not of the face of hem, for Y am with thee, to delyuere thee, seith the Lord. And the Lord sente his hond, and touch|ide my mouth; and the Lord seide to me, Lo! Y haue ȝoue my wordis in thi mouth; lo! Y haue ordeynede thee to day on folkis, and on rewmes, that thou drawe vp, and distrie, and leese, and scatere, and bilde, and plaunte. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, What seest thou, Jeremye? And Y seide, Y se a ȝerde wakynge. And the Lord seide to me, Thou hast seen wel, for Y schal wake on my word, to do it. And the word of the Lord was maad the secounde tyme to me, and seide, What seest thou? Y se a pot buyl|ynge, and the face therof fro the face of the north. And the Lord seide to me, Fro the north schal be schewid al yuel on alle the dwelleris of the lond. For lo! Y schal clepe togidere alle the naciouns of rewmes of the north, seith the Lord, and thei schulen come, and sette ech man his seete in the entryng of the ȝatis of Jerusalem, and on alle the wallis therof in cumpas, and on alle the citees of Juda. And Y schal speke my domes with hem on al the malice of hem, that forsoken me, and maden sacrifice to alien goddis, and wor|schipiden the werk of her hondis. Ther|for girde thou thi leendis, and rise thou, and speke to hem alle thingis whiche Y comaunde to thee; drede thou not of the face of hem, for Y schal not make thee for to drede the cheer of hem. For Y ȝaf thee to dai in to a strong citee, and in to an yrun piler, and in to a brasun wal, on al the lond, to the kyngis of Juda, and to the princis therof, and to the preestis therof, and to al the puple of the lond. And thei schulen fiȝte aȝens thee, and thei schulen not haue the maistrie; for Y am with thee, seith the Lord, that Y delyuere thee.

 CAP. II.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Go thou, and crye in the eeris of Jerusalem, and seie, The Lord seith these thingis, Y hadde mynde on thee, and Y hadde merci on thee in thi ȝong wexynge age, and on the charite of thi spousyng, whanne thou suedist me in desert, in the lond which is not sowun. Israel was hooli to the Lord, the firste of fruytis of hym; alle men thatwhiche I. deuouren that Israel, trespassen; yuelis schulen come on hem, seith the Lord. The hous of Ja|cob, and alle theOm. plures. lynagis of the hous of Israel, here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord seith these thingis, What of wickid|nesse foundun ȝoure fadris in me, for thei ȝeden fer awey fro me, and ȝeden after vanyte, and weren maad veyn? And thei seiden not, Where is the Lord, that made vs to stie frovp fro I. the lond of Egipt, that ledde vs ouer thorou desert, bi the lond vnabitable and with out weie, bi the lond of thirst, and bi the ymage of deeth, bi the lond in whiche a man ȝede not, nether a man dwellide. And Y brouȝte ȝou in to the lond of Carmele, that ȝe schulden ete the fruyt therof, and the goodis therof; and ȝe entriden, and defouliden my lond, and settiden myn eritage in to abhomynacioun. Preestis seiden not, Where is the Lord? and thei that helden the lawe, knewen not me; and scheepherdis trespassiden aȝens me, and profetis profesieden in Baal, and sueden idols. Therfor ȝit Y schal stryue with ȝou in doom, seith the Lord, and Y schal dispute with ȝoure sones. Go ȝe to the ilis of Cethym, and se ȝe; and sende ȝe in to Cedar, and biholde ȝe greetli; and se ȝe, if siche a thing is doon, if a folk chaungide hise goddis; and certeynli thei ben no goddis; but my puple chaungide hise glorie in to an ydol. Heuenes, be ȝe astonyed on this thing, and, ȝe ȝatis of heuene, be ȝe desolat greetli, seith the Lord. For whi my puple hath don tweyne yuels; thei han forsake me, the welle of quyke watir, and han diggid to hem cis|ternes, `that werenOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. distried, that moun not holde watris. WhetherWher ceteri passim. Israel is a boond man, ether is borun boonde? Whi therfor is he maad in to prey? Liouns roriden on hym, and ȝauen her vois; thei han set the londe of hym in to wilder|nesse, the citees of him ben brent, and noon isther is I. that dwellith in tho. Also the sones of Menfis and of Tafnys han de|foulid thee, `til tovnto I. the cop of the heed. Whether this is not don to thee, for thou forsokist thi Lord God, in that tyme in which he ledde thee bi the weie? And now what wolt thou to thee in the weie of Egipt, that thou drynke troblid watir? And what is to thee with the weie of As|siriens, that thou drynke water of the flood? Thi malice schal repreue thee, and thi turnyng awei schal blame thee; wite thou and se, that it is yuel and bittir that thou hast forsake thi Lord God, and that his drede is not at thee, seith the Lord God of oostis. Fro the world thou hast broke my ȝok, thou hast broke my bondis, and seidist, Y schal not serue. For thou hoore didist hordom in ech hiȝ litil hil, and vndur ech tree ful of bowis. Forsothe Y plauntide thee a chosun vyner, al trewe seed; hou therfor art thou, alienan alien A pr. m. vyner, turned to me in to a schrewid thing? Thouȝ thou waischistwaische I. thee with fulleris clei, and multypliest to thee the erbe borith, thou art defoulid in thi wickid|nesse bifore me, seith the Lord God. Hou seist thou, Y am not defoulid, Y ȝede not aftir Baalym? Se thi weies in the greet valei, wite thou what thou hast do; a swifte rennere ordeynynge hise weies. A wielde asse customable in wildirnesse drow the wynd of his loue in the desire of his soule; no man schal turne awei it. Alle that seken it, schulen not faile; thei schu|len fynde it in the flux of vncleene blood therof. Forbede thi foot fro nakidnesse, and thi throte fro thirst; and thou seidist, Y dispeiride, Y schal not do; for Y louede brennyngli alien goddis, and Y schal go aftir hem. As a theef is schent, whanne he is takun, so the hous of Israel ben schent; thei, and kyngis of hem, the princes, and prestis, and the prophetis of hem, that seien to a tree, Thou art my fadir; and to a stoon, Thou hast gendrid me. Thei turneden to me the bak, and not the face; and in the tyme of her tur|ment thei schulen seie, Ryse thou, and delyuere vs. Where ben thi goddis, whiche thou madist to thee? Rise thei, and dely|uere thee in the tyme of thi turment; for aftir the noumbre of thi citees weren thi goddis, thou Juda. What wolen ȝe stryue with me in doom? Alle ȝe han forsake me, seith the Lord. In veyn Y smoot ȝoure sones, thei resseyueden not chastis|yng; ȝoure swerd deuouride ȝoure pro|phetis, ȝoure generacioun is distried as a lioun. Se ȝe the word of the Lord, whe|ther Y am maad a wildirnesse to Israel, ether a lond late bryngynge forth fruyt? Whi therfor seide my puple, We han go awei, we schulen no more come to thee? Whethir a virgyn schal forȝete hir ourne|ment? and a spousesse `schal forȝeteOm. I. hir brest girdil? But mi puple hath forȝete me bi daies with out noumbre. What enforsist thou to schewe thi weie good to seke loue, which ferthermore bothe hast tauȝt thi malices thi weies, and the blood of pore men and innocentis is foundun in thi wyngis? Y fond not hem in dichis, but in alle thingis whiche Y remembride bifore. And thou seidist, Y am with out synne and innocent; and therfor thi stronge veniaunce be turned awei fro me. Lo! Y schal stryue with thee in doom; for thou seidist, Y synnede not. Hou vijl art thou maad, rehersynge thi weies? and thou schalt be schent of Egipt, as thou were schent of Assur. For whi and thou schalt go out of this lond, and thin hondis schulen be on thin heed; for whi the Lord hath al to-broke thi trist, and thou schalt haue no thing to prosperite.

 CAP. III.

It is seid comunli, If a man forsakith his wijf, and sche gogoith I. awei fro hym, and be weddid to an othere hosebonde, whe|ther he schal turne aȝen more to hir? whether thilke womman schal not be de|foulid, and maad vncleene? Forsothe thou hast do fornycacioun with many loueris; netheles turne thou aȝen to me, `seith the LordOm. A pr. m. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX pr. m., and Y schal resseyue thee. Reise thin iȝen in to streiȝt, and se, where thou art not cast doun. Thou hast setun in weies, abidynge hem as a theef in wildirnesse, and thou hast defoulid the erthe in thi fornicaciouns and in thi ma|lices. Wherfor the dropis of reynes weren forbodun, and no late reyn was. The forhed of a womman hoore is maad to thee; thou noldistwoldist not I. be aschamed. Nameli fro this tyme forth clepe thou me, Thou art my fadir, the ledere of my virginyte. Whether thou schalt be wrooth with outen ende, ether schalt contynue in to the ende? Lo! thou hast spoke, and hast do yuels, and thou were myȝti. And for wordis of penaunce thou blasfemydist bi wordis of pride; and thou fillidist thin yuel thouȝt, and schewidist thi strengthe aȝens thi hosebonde, that thou maist do that thing that thou tretidist bi word. And the Lord seide to me, in the daies of Josie, the kyng, Whether thou hast seyn what thing the aduersarie, Israel, hath do? Sche ȝede to hir silf on ech hiȝ hil, and vndur ech tre ful of boowis, and dide fornycacioun there. And Y seide, whanne sche hadde do alle these thingis, Turne thou aȝen to me; and sche turnede not aȝen. And hir sistir, Juda, brekere of the lawe, siȝ, that for the ad|uersarie, Israel, dide auowtrie, Y hadde left hir, and Y hadde ȝoue to hir a libel of forsakyng; and Juda, hir sistir, brekere of the lawe, dredde not, but also sche ȝede, and dide fornycacioun. And bi liȝt|nesse of hir fornicacioun sche defoulide the erthe, and dide auowtrie with a stoon, and with a tree. And in alle these thingis hir sistir, Juda, brekere of the lawe, turn|ede not aȝen to me, in al hir herte, but in a leesyng, seith the Lord God. And the Lord seide to me, The aduersarie, Israel, hath iustified hir soule, in comparisoun of Juda, brekere of the lawe. Go thou, and crye these wordis aȝens the north; and thou schalt seie, Thou aduersarie, Israel, turne aȝen, seith the Lord, and Y schal not turne awei my face fro ȝou; for Y am hooli, seith the Lord, and Y schal not be wrooth with outen ende. Netheles knowe thou thi wickidnesse; for thou hast tres|passid aȝens thi Lord God, and thou hast spred abrood thi weies to aliens vndur ech tre ful of bowis; and thou herdist not my vois, seith the Lord. Be ȝe conuertid, sones, turnynge aȝen, seith the Lord, for Y am ȝoure hosebonde; and Y schal take ȝou oon of a citee, and tweyne of a kyn|rede, and Y schal lede ȝou in to Sion; and Y schal ȝyue to ȝou scheepherdis after myn herte, and thei schulen feede ȝou with kunnyng and teching. And whanne ȝe schulen be multiplied, and en|creesse in the lond, in tho daies, seith the Lord, thei schulen no more seie, The arke of testament of the Lord; nether it schal stie onin N. the herte, nether thei schulen thenke on it, nether it schal be visitid, nether it schal be ferthere. In that tyme thei schulen clepe Jerusalem The seete of the Lord, and alle hethene men schulen be gaderid togidere to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem; and thei schulen not go aftir the schrewidnesse of her worste herte. In tho daies the hous of Juda schal go to the hous of Israel; and thei schulen come togidere fro the lond of the north to the lond which Y ȝaf to ȝoure fadris. Forsothe Y seide, Hou schal Y sette thee among sones, and schal ȝyue to thee a desirable lond, a ful cleer eritage of the oostis of hethene men? And Y seide, Thou schalt clepe me fadir, and thou schalt not ceesse to entre aftir me. But as if a womman dispisith hir louyere, so the hous of Israel dispiside me, seith the Lord. A vois is herd in weies, the weping and ȝellyng of the sones of Israel; for thei maden wickid her weie, thei for|ȝaten her Lord God. Be ȝe conuertid, sones, turnynge aȝen, and Y schal heele ȝoure turnyngis awei. Lo! we comen to thee; for thou art oure Lord God. Verili litil hillis weren lieris, the multitude of mounteyns was fals; verili in oure Lord God is the helthe of Israel. Schenschipe eete the trauel of oure fadris, fro oure ȝongthe; schenschipe eet the flockis of hem, and the droues of hem, the sones of hem, and the douȝtris of hem. We schu|len slepe in oure schenschipe, and oure sclaundir schal hile vs; for we synneden to oure Lord God, bothe we and oure fa|dris, fro oure ȝongthe `til tovnto I. this dai; and we herden not the vois of oure Lord God.

 CAP. IV.

Israel, if thou turnest aȝen, seith the Lord, turne thou to me; if thou takist awei thin offendyngis fro my face, thou schalt not be mouyd. And thou schalt swere, The Lord lyueth, in treuthe and in doom and in riȝtfulnesse; and alle folkis schulen blesse hym, and schulen preise hym. For the Lord God seith these thingis to a man of Juda and to a dwellere of Jerusalem, Make ȝe newe to ȝou a lond tilid of theOm. I. newenewe, ether a falowe I., and nyle ȝe sowe on thornes. Men of Juda, and dwelleris of Jerusalem, be ȝe circumcidid to the Lord, and do ȝe awey the filthisprepucies, ether filthis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. of ȝoure hertis; lest perauenture myn in|dignacioun go out as fier, and be kyndlid, and noon bether be I. that quenche, for the malice of ȝoure thouȝtis. Telle ȝe in Juda, and make ȝe herd in Jerusalem; speke ȝe, and synge ȝe with a trumpe in the lond; crye ȝe strongli, and seie ȝe, Be ȝe gaderid to|gidere, and entre we in to stronge citees. Reise ȝe a signe in Sion, coumforte ȝe, and nyle ȝe stonde; for Y bringe yuel fro the north, and aOm. I. greet sorewe. A lioun schal `rise vpstie up I. stie CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. fro his denne, and the rob|bere of folkis schal reise hym silf. He is goon out of his place, to sette thi lond in to wildirnesse; thi citees schulen be dis|tried, abidynge stille with out dwellere. On this thing girde ȝou with heiris; weile ȝe, and ȝelle, for the wraththe of the strong veniaunce of the Lord is not turned awei fro ȝou. And it schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord, the herte of the king schal perische, and the herte of princis; and the prestis schulen wondre, and the prophetis schulen be astonyed. And Y seide, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God; therfor whether thou hast disseyued this puple and Jeru|salem, seiynge, Pees schal be to ȝou, and lo! a swerd is comun `til tovnto I. the soule? In that tyme it schal be seide to this pu|ple and to Jerusalem, A brennynge wynd in the weies that ben in desert, ben the weies of the douȝtir of my puple, not to wyndewewynewe I., and not to purge. A spirit ful of hem schal come to me; and now Y, but Y schal speke my domes with hem. Lo! he schal stie as a cloude, and hise charis as a tempest; hise horsis ben swifter than eglis; wo to vs, for we ben distried. Thou Jerusalem, waische thin herte fro malice, that thou be maad saaf. Hou long schulen noiful thouȝtis dwelle in thee? For whi the vois of a tellere fro Dan, and makynge knowun an idol fro the hil of Effraym. Reise, ȝe folkis; lo! it is herd in Jerusalem that keperis ben comun fro a fer lond, and ȝyuen her vois on the citees of Juda. As the keperis of feeldis thei ben maad on it in cumpas; for it stiride me to wrathfulnesse, seith the Lord. Thi weyes and thi thouȝtis han maad this to thee; this malice of thee, for it is bittir, for it touchide thin herte. Mi wombe akith, my wombe akith; the wittis of myn herte ben disturblid in me. Y schal not be stille, for my soule herde the vois of a trumpe, the cry of batel. Sorewe is clepid on sorewe, and al the long is distried; my tabernaclis ben wastid sudeynli, my skynnes ben wastid sudeynli. Hou longe schal Y se hem that fleen, schal Y here the vois of a clarioun? For my fonned puple knew not me; thei ben vn|wise sones, and cowardis; thei ben wise to do yuels, but thei koudenknowen I. not doto do I. wel. Y bihelde the lond, and lo! it was void, and nouȝt; and Y bihelde heuenes, and no liȝt wasther was I. in thohem N.. Y siȝsauȝe I passim. munteyns, and lo! thothei N. weren mouyd, and all litle hillis weren disturblid. Y lokide, and no man wasther was I., and ech brid of heuene was gon a wey. Y bihelde, and lo! Carmele is forsakun, and alle citees therof ben dis|tried fro the face of the Lord, and fro the face of the ire of his strong veniaunce. For the Lord seith these thingis, Al the lond schal be forsakun, but netheles Y schal not make an endyng. The erthe schal mourne, and heuenys aboue schulen make sorewe, for that Y spak; Y thouȝte, and it repentide not me, nether Y am turned awei fro it. Ech citee fledde fro the vois of aOm. C. knyȝt, and of aOm. E. man schet|yngesendinge CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. an arowe; thei entriden in to hard places, and stieden in to roochis of stoon; alle citees ben forsakun, and no man dwellith in thohem N.. But what schalt thou `destried dodistrie tho H.? Whanne thou schalt clothe thee with reed scarlet, whanne thou schalt be ourned with a goldun broche, and schalt anoynte thin iȝen with wommans oynement, thou schalt be araied in veyn; thi louyeris han dispisid thee, thei schu|len seke thi soule. For Y herd a vois as of a womman trauelynge of child, the angwischis asOm. KX. of aOm. CEFGHMNPQSUV. womman childynge; the vois of the douȝter of Sion among hem that dien, and spreden abrood her hondis; Wo to me, for my soule failide for hem that ben slayn.

 CAP. V.

Cumpasse ȝe the weies of Jerusalem, and loke, and biholde ȝe, and seke ȝe in the stretis therof, whether ȝe fynden a man doynge doom, and sekynge feith; and Y schal be merciful to hem. That if also thei seien, The Lord lyueth, ȝhe, thei schulen swere this falsli. Lord, thin iȝen biholden feith; thou hast smyte hem, and thei maden not sorewe; thou hast al to|broke hem, and thei forsoken to take chastisyng; thei maden her faces hardere than a stoon, and noldenwolden not I. turne aȝen. Forsothe Y seide, In hap thei ben pore men, and foolis, that knowen not the weie of the Lord, and the doom of her God. Therfor Y schal go to the principal men, and Y schal speke to hem; for thei knewen the weie of the Lord, and the doom of her God. And lo! thei han more broke togidere the ȝok, and han broke boondis. Therfor a lioun of the wode smoot hem; a wolf at euentid wastide hem, a parde wakynge on the citees of hem. Ech man that goith out of hem, schal be takun; for the tres|passyngis of hem ben multiplied, the turnyngis awei of hem ben coumfortid. On what thing mai Y be merciful to thee? Thi sones han forsake me, and sweren bi hem that ben not goddis. Y fillide hem, and thei diden auowtrie, and in the hous of an hoore thei diden letcherie. Thei ben maad horsis, and stalouns, louyeris to wymmen; ech man neiȝede to the wijf of his neiȝbore. Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, and schal not my soule take veniaunce inon N. siche a folk? Stye ȝe onup on I. the wallis ther|of, and distrie ȝe; but nyle ȝe make an endyng. Do ȝe awei the siouns therof, for thei ben not seruauntis of the Lord. For whi the hous of Israel and the hous of Juda hath trespassid bi trespassyng aȝens me, seith the Lord; thei denyeden the Lord, and seiden, He is not, nether yuel schal come on vs; we schulen not se swerd and hungur. The profetis spaken aȝens the wynd, and noon answer was in hem; therfor these thingis schulen come to hem. The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, For ȝe spaken this word, lo! Y ȝyue my wordis in thi mouth in to fier, and this puple in to trees, and it schal deuoure hem. Lo! thou hous of Israel, seith the Lord, Y schal brynge on ȝou a folk fro fer; a strong folk, an eeld folk, `a folkOm. I. whos langage thou schalt not knowe, nether schalt vndurstonde what it spekith. The arowe caas therof is asOm. CFGMQ. an opyn sepulcre; alle ben stronge men. And it schal ete thi cornes, and it schal deuoure thi breed, thi sones and thi douȝtris; it schal ete thi flok, and thi droues, it schal ete also thi vyner, and thi fige tre; and it schal al to-breke thi stronge citees biwith I. swerd, in whiche thou hast trist. Netheles in tho daies, seith the Lord, Y schal not make ȝou in to endyng. That if ȝe seien, Whi hath oure Lord God do alle these thingis to vs? thou schalt seie to hem, As ȝe forsoken me, and serueden an alien god in ȝoure lond, so ȝe schulen serue alien goddis in a lond not ȝoure. Telle ȝe this to the hous of Jacob, and make ȝe herd in Juda, and seie ȝe, Here, thou fonned puple, that hast noon herte; whiche han iȝen, and seen not, and eeris, and heren not. Therfor schulen not ȝe drede me, seith the Lord, and schulen not ȝe make sorewe for my face? Whiche haue set grauel ato be a I. terme, ether ende, to the see, an euerlastynge comaundement, whiche it schal not passe; and the wawis therof schulen be mouyd, and schulen not haue power; and schulen wexe greet, and schulen not passe it. Forsothe an herte vnbileueful and ter|rynge to wraththe is maad to this puple; thei departiden, and ȝeden awei, and thei seiden not in her herte, Drede we oure Lord God, that ȝiueth to vs reyn tymeful, and lateful in his tyme; that kepith to vs the plente of heruest of the ȝeer. Ȝoure wickidnessis diden awei these thingis, and ȝoure synnes forbediden good fro ȝou. For ther ben foundun in my puple wickid men, settynge tresoun, as fouleres settynge snaris and trappis, to take men. As a net, ether a trap, ful of briddis, so the housis of hem ben ful of gile. Therfor thei ben magnefied, and maad riche, maad fat with ynne, and maad fat with out|forth, and thei passiden worst my wordis; thei demyden not athe I. cause of a widewe, thei dressiden not the cause of a fadirles child, and thei demyden not the doom of pore men. Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, ether schal not my soule take veniaunce on sich a folk? Wondur and merueilouse thingis ben maad in the lond; profetis profesi|eden leesyng, and prestis ioieden with her hondis, and my puple louyde siche thingis. What therfor schal be don in the laste thing therof?

 CAP. VI.

Sones of Beniamyn, be ȝe coumfortid in the myddil of Jerusalem, and make ȝe noise with a clarioun in Thecua, and reise ȝe a baner on Bethecarem; for whi yuel and greet sorewe is seyn fro the north. Y haue licned the douȝtir of Sion to a fair womman and delicat. Scheepherdis and her flockis schulen come to it; thei han piȝt tentis in it in cumpas; ech man schal feede hem, that ben vndur his hond. Halewe ȝe batel on it. Rise ȝe togidire, and stie we in myddai. Wo to vs, for the dai ishath CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. bowid doun, for shadewis ben maad lengere in the euentid. Rise ȝe, and stie we in the niȝt, and distry we the housis therof. For the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Kitte ȝe doun the tre therof, and schede ȝe erthe aboute Jeru|salem; this is the citee of visitacioun; al fals caleng is in the myddis therof. As a cisterne makith his water coold, so it made his malice coold; wickidnesse and distriyng schal euer be herd ther ynne bifore me, sikenesse and wounde. Jeru|salem, be thou tauȝt, lest perauenture my soule go awei fro thee; lest perauen|ture Y sette thee forsakun, a loond vnha|bitable. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Thei schulen gadere til to a ra|cyn, thei schulen gadere the remenauntis of Israel as in a vyner; turne thin hond, as a gaderer of grapis to the bascat. To whom schal Y speke, and to whom schal Y seie witnessing, that he here? Lo! the eeris of hem ben vncircumcidid, and thei moun not here; lo! the word of the Lord is maad to hem in to dispit, and thei schulen not resseiue it. Therfor Y am ful of the strong veniauncewodenesse A sec. m. marg. of the Lord, and Y trauelide suffrynge. Schede thou out onveniaunce on I marg. a litil child with outforth, and on the counsel of ȝonge men togidere; for a man with his wijf schal be takun, and an eeld man with him that is ful of daies. And the housis of hem, the feeldis and wyuesvynes A pr. m. the vines EGP. togidere, schulen go to othere men; for Y schal stretche forth myn hond on the dwelleris of the lond, seith the Lord. For fro the lesse `til tovnto I. the grettere, alle studien to auerise; and alle doon gile, fro the profete `til tovnto I. the preest. And thei heeliden the sorewe of the douȝter of my puple with yuel fame, seiynge, Pees, pees, and no pees was. Thei ben schent, that diden abhomynacioun; ȝhe, rathere thei weren not schent bi confusioun, and thei kouden not be aschamed. Wherfor thei schulen falle doun among hem that schu|len falle doun; thei schulen falle doun in the tyme of her visitacioun, seith the Lord. The Lord seith these thingis, Stonde ȝe on weies, and se ȝe, and axe ȝe of elde pathis, which is the good weie; and go ȝe ther ynne, and ȝe schulen fynde refreisch|yng to ȝoure soulis. And thei seiden, We schulen not go. And Y ordeynede aspi|erisaspieris, ether biholderis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. on ȝou, and Y seide, Here ȝe the vois of a trumpe. And thei seiden, We schulen not here. Therfor, hethene men, here ȝe, and, thou congregacioun, knowe, hou grete thingis Y schal do to hem. Thou erthe, here, lo! Y schal brynge yuels on this puple, the fruit of her thouȝtis; for thei herden not my wordis, and castiden awei my lawe. Wherto bryngen ȝe to me en|cense fro Saba, and a tre of spicerie smellynge swetli fro a fer lond? Ȝoure brent sacrifices ben not acceptid, and ȝoure slayn sacrifices plesiden not me. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal ȝyue fallyngis in to this puple, and fadris and sones togidere, a neiȝbore and kynesman, schulen falle in hem, and schu|len perische. The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! a puple cometh fro the lond of the northLord I., and a greet folk schal rise togidere fro the endis of erthe. It schal take anOm. I. arowe and scheld; it is cruel, and schal not haue merci; the vois therof schal sowne as thea N. see, and thei maad redi as a man to batel schulen stie on horsis aȝens thee, thou douȝter of Sion. We herden the fame therof, oure hondis ben `a clum|sidacumblid P.; tribulacioun hath take vs, sorewis han take vs as a womman trauelinge of child. Nyle ȝe go out to the feeldis, and go ȝe not in the weie, for the swerd of the enemye, drede in cumpas. The douȝtir of my puple, be thou gird with heire, and be thou spreynt togidere with aische; make to thee mourenyng of oon aloone gendridgotun I. sone, a bitter weilyng, for whi a wastere schal come sodenli on ȝou. I ȝaf thee ato be a I. strong preuere in my puple, and thou schalt knowe, and preue the weie of hem, Alle these princis bowynge awei, goynge gilefuli, ben metal and irun; alle ben cor|rupt. The belubely A sec. m. lesu G. belw KMPV. belu, ether blower X sec. m. marg. failide, leed is waastid in the fier, the wellere wellide in veyn; for the malices of hem ben not wastid. Clepe ȝe hem repreuable siluer, for the Lord hath cast hem awei.

 CAP. VII.

The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, and seide, Stonde thou in the ȝate of the hous of the Lord, and preche there this word, and seie, Al Juda, that entren bi these ȝatis for to worschipe the Lord, here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Make ȝe good ȝoure weies, and ȝoure studies, and Y schal dwelle with ȝou in this place. Nyle ȝe triste in the wordis of leesyng, and seie, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord is. For if ȝe blessen ȝoure weies, and ȝour studies; if ȝe doon doom bitwixe a man and his neiȝbore; if ȝe maken not fals caleng to a comelyng, and to a fadirles child, and to a widewe; ne|ther scheden out innocent blood in this place, and goen not after alien goddis, in to yuel to ȝouȝour EP. silf, Y schal dwelle with ȝou in this place, in the lond which Y ȝaf to ȝoure fadris, fro the world and til in to the world. Lo! ȝe trusten to ȝou in the wordis of leesyng, that shulen not profite to ȝou; to stele, to sle, to do auowtrie, to swere falsli, to make sacrifice to Baalym, and to go aftir alien goddys, whiche ȝe knowen not. And ȝe camen, and stoden bifor me in this hous, in which my name is clepid to help; and ȝe seiden, We ben delyuered, for we han do alle these abhomynaciouns. Whether therfor this hous, wherynne my name is clepid to help bifore ȝoure iȝen, is maad a denne of theuesThes synnes shewen, that in veyn thei had|den trist in the temple. What profitith it to entre booldli into Goddis hous, and stonde with reysid nol, and to haue not oonly the herte defoulid, but also the hondis? As if he seide, It profitith no|thing. No man doutith, that this bifallith goostli in the chirche, whanne men biholden the prosperite of present tyme, and amenden not her synnes, but thei gessen that God seeth not, for veniaunce sueth not anoon; and thei breken out in to so greet woodnesse, that thei boosten hem silf dely|uerid, that han go awei fro the verie worship|ing of God. The glose here. v text.? I, Y am, Y siȝ, seith the Lord. Go ȝe to my place in Silo, where my name dwellide at the bigyn|nyng, and se ȝe what thingis Y dide to it, for the malice of my puple Israel. And now, for ȝe han do alle these werkis, seith the Lord, and Y spak to ȝou, and roos eerli, and Y spak, and ȝe herden not, and Y clepide ȝou, and ȝe answeriden not; Y schal do to this hous, wherynne my name is clepid to help, and in which hous ȝe han trist, and to the place which Y ȝaf to ȝou and to ȝoure fadris, as Y dide to Silo. And Y schal caste ȝou forth fro my face, as Y castidecast I. forth alle ȝoure britheren, al the seed of Effraym. Therfor nyl thou preie for this puple, nether take thou heriyng and preier for hem; and aȝen|stonde thou not me, for Y schal not here thee. Whether thou seest not, what these men don in the citees of Juda, and in the stretis of Jerusalem? The sones gaderen stickis, and the fadris kyndlen a fier; and wymmen sprengen togidere ynnere fat|nesse, to make kakis to the queen of he|uene, to make sacrifice to alien goddis, and to terre me to wrathfulnesse. Whe|ther thei stiren me to wrathfulnesse? seith the Lord; whether thei stiren not hem silf in to schenschip of her cheer? Ther|for the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! my strong veniaunce and myn indigna|cioun is wellid togidere on this place, on men, and on beestis, and on the tree of the cuntrei, and on the fruitis of erthe; and it schal be kyndlid, and it schal not be quenchid. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Heepe ȝe ȝoure brent sacrifices to ȝoure slayn sacrifices, and ete ȝe fleischis. For Y spak not with ȝoure fadris, and Y comaundide not to hem of the word of brent sacrifices, and of slayn sacrifices, in the dai in which Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt. But Y comaundide this word to hem, and Y seide, Here ȝe my vois, and Y schal be God to ȝou, and ȝe schulen be a puple to me; and go ȝe in al the weie which Y comaundide to ȝou, that it be wel to ȝou. And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, but thei ȝeden in her lustis, and in the schrewidnesse of her yuel herte; and thei ben putmaad CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. bihynde, and not bifore, fro the dai in which her fadris ȝeden out of the lond of Egipt til to this dai. And Y sente to ȝou alle my seruauntis profetis, and Y roos eerli bi the dai, and Y sente. And thei herden not me, nether bowiden doun her eere; but thei maden hard her nol, and wrouȝten worse than the fadris of hem. And thou schalt speke to hem alle these wordis, and thei schulen not heere thee; and thou schalt clepe hem, and thei schul not answere to thee. And thou schalt seie to hem, This is the folc, that herde not the vois of her Lord GodOm. N., nether resseyuede chastysyng; feith pe|rischide, and is takun awei fro the mouth of hem. Clippe thin heer, and cast awei, and take thou weilyng streiȝtli; for the Lord hath cast awei, and hath forsake the generacioun of his strong veniaunce. For the sones of Juda han do yuelyuel thing I. bifor myn iȝen, seith the Lord; thei han set her of|fendyngis in the hous, in which my name is clepid to help, that thei schulden defoule that hous; and thei bildiden hiȝe thingis in Tophet, which is in the valei of the sone of Ennon, that thei schulden brenne her sones and her douȝtris bi fier, whiche thingis Y comaundide not, nether thouȝte in myn herte. Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and it schal no more be seid Tophet, and the valei of the sone of Ennon, but the valey of sleyng; and thei schulen birie in Tophet, for ther is no place. And the deed careyn of this puple schal be in to mete to the briddis of he|uene, and to the beestis of erthe; and noon schalther schal I. be that schal dryue awei. And Y schal make to ceesse the vois of ioye, and the vois of gladnesse, and the vois of spouse, and the vois of spousesse fro the citees of Juda, and fro the stretis of Jeru|salem; for the lond schal be in desola|cioun.

 CAP. VIII.

In that tyme, seith the Lord, thei schu|len caste out the boonys of the kingis of Juda, and the boonys of princes therof, and the boonys of prestis, and the boonys of profetis, and the boonys of hem that dwelliden in Jerusalem fro her sepulcris; and thei schulen leie abrood tho boonys to the sunne, and moone, and to al the knyȝthod of heuene, which thei louyden, and which thei seruyden, and aftir whiche thei ȝeden, and whiche thei souȝten, and worschipiden; thothei N. schulen not be gaderid, and schulen not be biried; thothei N. schulen be in to a dunghil on the face of erthe. And alle men schulen cheese deth more than lijf, whiche ben leftresidue, ether left CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. of this worst kyn|rede, in alle places that ben left, to whichethe whiche I. places Y castide hem out, seith the Lord of oostis. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord seith these thingis, Whether he that schal falle, schal not rise aȝen? and whether he that is turned awei, schal not turne aȝen? Whi therfor is this puple in Jerusalem turned awei bi turnyng awei ful of strijf? Thei han take leesyng, and noldenwolden not I. turne aȝen. Y perseyuede, and herknede; no man spekith that that is good, noon isther is I. that doith penaunce for his synne, and seith, What haue Y do? Alle ben turnede togidere to her cours, as an hors goynge bi fersnesse to batel. A kite in the eir knew his tyme; a turtle, and a swalewe, and a siconye, keptenkepen N. the tyme of her comyng; but my puple knew not the doom of the Lord. Hou seien ȝe, We ben wise men, and the lawe of the Lord is with vs? Verili the fals writyngstyl, ether writing CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. of scribis wrouȝte leesyng. Wise men ben schent, benthei ben I. maadOm. N. aferd and takun. For thei castidencasten I. awei the word of the Lord, and no wisdom is in hem. Therfor Y schal ȝyue the wymmen of hem to straun|geris, and the feeldis of hem to alien eiris; for fro the leeste `til tovnto I. the mooste alle suen aueryce, fro a profete `til tovnto I. the preest alle maken leesyng; and thei heel|iden the sorowe of the douȝtir of my pu|ple to schenschipe, seiynge, Pees, pees, whanne no pees was. Thei ben schent, for thei diden abhomynacioun; ȝhe, rather thei weren not schent bi schenschipe, and kouden not be aschamed. Therfor thei schulen falle among falleris, in the tyme of her visitacioun thei schulen falle, seith the Lord. I gaderynge schal gadere hem, seith the Lord; no grape is in the vynes, and figis ben not in the fige tre; a leef felle doun, and Y ȝaf to hem tho thingis that ben go out ouer. Whi sitten we? come ȝe togidere, entre we in to a strong citee, and be we stille there; for oure Lord hath maad vs to be stille, and ȝaf to vs drynk the watir of galle; for we han synned to the Lord. We abididenabiden IS. pees, and no good was; we abididenabiden IS. tyme of medicyn, and lo! drede is. Gnastyng of horsis therof is herd fro Dan; al the lond is moued of the vois of neiyngis of hise werriours; and thei camen, and deuour|iden the lond, and the plente therof, the citee, and the dwelleris therof. For lo! Y schal sende to ȝou the werste serpentis, to whiche is no charmyng; and thei schu|len bite ȝou, seith the Lord. My sorewe is on sorewe, myn herte is mourenynge in me. And lo! the vois of cry of the douȝ|ter of my puple cometh fro a fer lond. Whether the Lord is not in Sion, ethir the kyng therof is not therynne? Whi therfor stiriden thei me to wrathfulnesse bi her grauun ymagis, and bi alien vany|tees? Heruest is passid, somer is endid; and we ben not sauyd. Y am turmentid, and sori on the sorewe of the douȝter of my puple; astonying helde me. Whether resynresyn, is a gumme of greet odour, and me|dicynable. A et plures. is not in Galaad, ether a leche is not there? Whi therfor the wounde of the douȝtir of my puple is not heelid perfitli?

 CAP. IX.

Who schal ȝyue watir to myn heed, and a welle of teeris to myn iȝen? And Y schal biwepe dai and niȝt the slayn men of the douȝter of my puple. Who schal ȝyue me in to a wildirnesse of dyuerse weigoeris? And I schal forsake my puple, and Y schal go awei fro hem. For whi alle ben auowteris, and the cumpenyes of tres|passouris aȝens the lawe; and thei helden forth her tunge as a bouwe of leesyng, and not of treuthe Thei ben coumfortid in erthe, for thei ȝeden out fro yuel to yuel, and thei knewen not me, seith the Lord. Ech man kepe hym fro his neiȝ|bore, and haue no trist in ony brother of hym; for whi ech brother disseyuyng schal disseyue, and ech frend schal go gilefuli. And a man schal scorne his brother, and schal not speke treuthe; for thei tauȝten her tunge to speke leesyng; thei traueliden to do wickidli. Thi dwell|yng is in the myddis of gile; in gile thei forsoken to knowe me, seith the Lord. Therfor the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal welle togidere, and Y schal preue hem; for whi what other thing schal Y do fro the face of the douȝ|ter of my puple? The tunge of hem is an arowe woundynge, and spak gile; in his mouth he spekith pees with his frend, and priueli he settith tresouns to hym. Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, ether schal not my soule take veniaunce on siche a folc? On hillis Y schal take wepyng and mourn|yng, and weilyng on the faire thingis of desert, for thothei N. ben brent; for no man is passynge forth, and thei herden not the vois of hym that weldith; fro a brid of the eir `til tovnto I. scheep, thothei N. passiden ouer, and ȝeden awei. And Y schal ȝyue Jeru|salem in to heepis of grauel, and in to dennes of dragouns; and Y schal ȝyue the citees of Juda in to desolacioun, for ther is no dwellere. Who is a wise man that schal vndurstonde these thingis, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord schal be maad, that he telle this? Whi the erthe perischide, it is brent as desert, for noon is that passith? And the Lord seide, For thei forsoken my lawe, which Y ȝaf to hem, and thei herden not my vois, and thei ȝeden not therynne; and thei ȝeden aftir the schrewidnesse of her herte, and aftir Baalym, which thei lern|eden of her fadris; therfor the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal fede this puple with wermod, and Y schal ȝyue to hem drynke the watir of galle. And Y schal scatere hem among hethene men, whiche thei and her fadris knewen not; and Y schal sende swerd aftir hem, til thei ben wastid. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Biholde ȝe, and clepe ȝe wymmen `that weilenweileressis CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. weilsteris I., and come thei; and sende ȝe to tho wymmen that ben wise, and haste thei. Haste thei, and take thei weilynge on ȝou; ȝoure iȝen brynge doun teeris, and ȝoure iȝelidis flowe with watris; for the vois of weilyng is herd fro Sion. Hou ben we distried, and schent greetli? for we han forsake the lond, for oure tabernaclis ben forsakun. Therfor, wymmen, here ȝe the word of the Lord, and ȝoure eeris take the word of his mouth; and teche ȝe ȝoure douȝtris weilyng, and ech womman teche hir neiȝbore mournyng. For whi deth stiede bi ȝoure wyndows, it entride in to ȝoure housis, to leese litle children with outforth, and ȝonge men fro the stretis. Speke thou, the Lord seith, these thingis, And the deed bodi of a man schal fal doun as a toord on the face of the cun|trei, and as hei bihyndeaftir CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. the bak of the mowere, and noon isther is I. that gaderith. The Lord seith these thingis, A wise man haue not glorie in his wisdom, and a strong man haue not glorie in his strengthe, and a riche man haue not glorie in hise rich|essis; but he that hath glorie, haue glorie in this, to wite and knowe me, for Y am the Lord, that do merci and dom and riȝtfulnesse in erthe. For whi these thingis plesen me, seith the Lord. Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on ech man that hath prepucie vncircum|cidid; on Egipt, and on Juda, and on Edom, and on the sones of Amon, and on Moab, and on alle men that ben clippid on long heer, and dwellen in desert; for whi alle hethene men han prepucie, for|sothe al the hous of Israel ben vncircum|cididcircumcidid N. in herte.

 CAP. X.

The hous of Israel, here ȝe the word which the Lord spak on ȝou. The Lord seith these thingis, Nyle ȝe lerne aftir the weies of hethene men, and nyle ȝe drede of the signes of heuene, whiche signes hethene men dreden. For the lawis of puplis ben veyn, for whi the werk of hondis of a crafti man hath kit doun with an axe a tre of the forest. He made it fair with siluer and gold; with naylis and hameris he ioynede itOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. togidere, that it be not loosid. Idols ben maad in the lic|nesse of a palm tree, and schulen not speke; tho schulen be takun and be bo|run, for tho moun not go; therfor nyle ȝe drede tho, for thothei N. moun nether do yuel, nethir wel. Lord, noon is lijk thee; thou art greet, and thi name is greet in strengthe. A! thou king of folkis, who schal not drede thee? for whi onour is thin among alle wise men of hethene men, and in alle the rewmes of hem noon is lijk thee. Thei schulen be preued, vnwise and foolis togidere; the techyng of her vanyte is a tre. Siluer wlappid is brouȝt fro Tharsis, and gold fro Ophaz; it is the werk of a crafti man, and of the hond of a worchere in metel; iacynct and purpur ben the clothing of thohem N.; alle these thingis ben the werk of werk men. Forsothe the Lord is veri God; he is God lyuynge, and a kyng euerlastynge; the erthe schal be mouyd togidere of his indignacioun, and hethene men schulen not suffre the manaassing of hym. Therfor thus ȝe schulen seie to hem, Goddis that maden not heuene and erthe, perische fro erthethe erthe I., and fro these thingis that ben vndur he|uene. He is God, that makith the erthe in his strengthe, makiththat makith I. redi the world in his wisdom, and stretchith forth he|uenes bi his prudence. At his vois he ȝyueth the multitude of watris in heuene, and he reisith mystis fro the endis of erthe; he makith leitis into reyn, and ledith out wynd of his tresouris. Ech man is maad a fool of kunnyng, ech crafti man is schent in a grauun ymage; for whi that thatOm. N. he wellide togidere is fals, and no spirit is in thohem N.. Tho ben veyn, and a werk worthi of scorn; tho schulen perische in the tyme of her visitacioun. The part of Jacob is not lijk these, for he that formede alle thingis is God of Jacob, and Israel is the ȝerde of his eritage; the Lord of oostis is name to hym. Thou that dwellist in bisegyng, gadere fro the lond thi schenschipe; for the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal caste awei fer the dwelleris of the loond in this while; and Y schal ȝyue tribulacioun to hem, so that thei be not foundun. Wo to me on my sorewe, my wounde is ful yuel; for|sothe Y seide, Pleynli this is my sike|nesse, and Y schal bere it. My tabernacle is distried, alle my roopis ben brokun; my sones ȝeden out fro me, and ben not; noon is that schal stretche forth more my tente, and schal reyse my skynnes. For the scheepherdis diden folili, and souȝten not the Lord; therfor thei vndurstoden not, and alle the flok of hem is scaterid. Lo! the vois of hering cometh, and a greet mouynge togidere fro the lond of the north, that it sette the citees of Juda in to wildirnesse, and a dwellynge place of dragouns. Lord, Y woot, that the weie of a man is not of hym, nether it is of a man that he go, and dresse hise steppis. Lord, chastise thou me; netheles in doom and not in thi strong veniaunce, lest per|auenture thou dryue me to nouȝt. SchedeHeelde I. outthou N. thin indignacioun on hethene men that knewen not thee, and on prouynces that clepidenclepen I. not thi name to help; for thei eeten Jacob, and deuouriden hym, and wastiden hym, and destrieden the onour of hym.

 CAP. XI.

The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, and seide, Here ȝe the wordis of this couenaunt, and speke ȝe to the men of Juda, and to the dwelleris of Jerusa|lem; and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Cursid be the man that herith not the wordis of this couenaunt, which Y co|maundide to ȝoure fadris, in the dai in which Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, fro the irone furneis; and Y seide, Here ȝe my vois, and do ȝe alle thingis whiche Y comaundide to ȝou, and ȝe schu|len be in to a puple to me, and Y schal be in to God to ȝou; that Y reise the ooth which Y swoor to ȝoure fadris, that Y schulde ȝyue to hem a lond flowynge with mylk and hony, as this dai is. And Y answeride, and seide, Amen, Lord. And the Lord seide to me, Crye thou alle these wordis in the citees of Juda, and with out Jerusalem, and seie thou, Here ȝe the wordis of this couenaunt, and do ȝe thohem N.; for Y witnessynge haue witnessid to ȝoure fa|dris, in the dai in which Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, `til tovnto I. this dai; Y roos eerli, and witnesside, and seide, Here ȝe my vois. And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, but thei ȝeden forth ech man in the schrewidnesse of his yuel herte; and Y brouȝte in on hem alle the wordis of this couenaunt, which Y comaundide that thei schulden do, and thei diden not. And the Lord seide to me, Sweryng togidere is foundun in the men of Juda, and in the dwelleris of Je|rusalem; thei turneden aȝen to the for|mere wickidnessis of her fadris, that nol|denwolden not I. here my wordis; and therfor these men ȝeden aftir alien goddis, for to serue hem; the hous of Israel and the hous of Juda maden voide my couenaunt, which Y made with the fadris of hem. Wher|for the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bringe in on hem yuels, of whiche thei schulen not mow go out; and thei schulen crie to me, and Y schal not here hem. And the citees of Juda and the dwellers of Jerusalem schulen go, and schulen crye to hem, to whiche thei offren sacrifices; and thei schulen not saue hem in the tyme of her turment. For thou, Juda, thi goddis weren bi the noumbre of thi citees, and thou settidist auters of schenschipe, bi the noumbre of the weies of Jerusalem, auters to offre sacrifices to Baalym. Therfor nyle thou preie for this puple, and take thou not heriyng and preier for hem; for Y schal not here in theOm. I. tyme of the cry of hem to me, in theOm. I. tyme of the turment of hem. What is it, that my derlyng doith many greet tres|passis in myn hous? whether hooli fleischis schulen do awei fro thee thi ma|lice, in which thou hast glorie? The Lord clepide thi name an olyue tre, fair, ful of fruyt, schapli; at the vois of a greet speche fier brent an hiȝ ther ynne, and the buyschis therof ben brent. And the Lord of oostis that plauntide thee, spak yuel on thee, forfro I. the yuels of the hous of Israel, and of the hous of Juda, whiche thei diden to hem silf, and offriden to Baalym, to terre me to wraththe. Forsothe, Lord, thou schewidist to me, and Y knew; thou schewidist to me the studies of hem. And Y am as a mylde lomb, which is borun to slayn sacrifice; and Y knew not, that thei thouȝten counsels on me, and seiden, Sende we a tre in to the brede of hym, and rase we hym awei fro the lond of lyueris, and his name be no more hadde in mynde. But thou, Lord of oostis, that demest iustli, and preuest reynes and hertis, se Y thi veniaunce of hem; for to thee Y schewide my cause. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis to the men of Anathot, that seken thi lijf, and seien, Thou schalt not prophesie in the name of the Lord, and thou schalt not die in oure hondis. Therfor the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal visite on hem; the ȝonge men of hem schulen die bi swerd, the sones of hem and the douȝtris of hem schulen die for hungur; and no relifs, ether children abidyngeleft I., schulen be of hem; for Y schal bringe ynne yuelyuel thing I. on the men of Anathot, the ȝeer of the visitacioun of hem.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe, Lord, thou art iust; if Y dis|pute with thee, netheles Y schal speke iust thingis to thee. Whi hath the weie of wickid men prosperite? It is wel to alle men that breken the lawe, and doen wick|idli? Thou hast plauntid hem, and thei senten roote; thei encreessen, and maken fruyt; thou art niȝ to the mouth of hem, and fer fro the reynes of hem. And thou, Lord, hast knowe me, thou hast seyn me, and hast preued myn herte with thee. Gadere thou hem togidere as a flok to slayn sacrifice, and halewe thou hem in the dai of sleyng. Hou long schal the erthe mourne, and ech eerbe of the feeld schal be dried, for the malice of hem that dwellen ther ynne? A beeste is wastid, and a brid, for thei seiden, The Lord schal not se oure laste thingis. If thou trauelist rennynge with foot men, hou schalt thou mow stryue with horsis? but whanne thou art sikur in the lond of pees, what schalt thou do in the pride of Jordan? For whi bothe thi britheren and the hous of thi fadir, ȝhe, thei fouȝten aȝens thee, and crieden with ful vois aftir thee; bileue thou not to hem, whanne thei speken goodis to thee. I haue left myn hous, Y haue forsake myn eritage; Y ȝaf my loued soule in to the hondis of enemyes therof. Myn eritage is maad as a lioun in the wode to me; it ȝaf vois aȝens me, therfor Y hatehatide A sec. m. it. Whether myn eritage is a brid of dyuerse colours to me? whether it is a brid died thorou out? Alle beestis of the feeld, come ȝe, be ȝe gaderid togi|dere; haste ȝe for to deuoure. Many scheepherdis distrieden my vyner, defoul|iden my part, ȝauen my desirable porcioun in to desert of wildirnesse; thei settiden it in to scateryng, and it mourenyde on me; al the lond is desolat bi desolacioun, for noon is that aȝenthenkith in herte. Alle distrieris of the lond camen on alle the weies of desert, for the swerd of the Lord schal deuoure fro the laste part of the lond `til tovnto I. the laste part therof; no pees is to al fleisch. Thei sowiden wheete, and repiden thornes; thei token erytage, and it schal not profite to hem. Ȝe schu|len be schent of ȝoure fruytis, for the wraththe of the stronge veniaunce of the Lord. The Lord seith these thingis aȝens alle my worst neiȝboris, that touchen the eritage which Y departide to my puple Israel, Lo! Y schal drawe hem out of her lond, and Y schal drawe the hous of Juda out of the myddis of hem. And whanne Y schal drawe out thilke Jewis, Y schal conuerte, and haue merci on hem; and Y schal lede hem aȝen, a man to his eritage, and a man in to his lond. And it schal be, if thei `that benOm. C et ceteri. tauȝt lernen the weies of my puple, that thei swere in my name, The Lord lyueth, as thei tauȝten my puple to swere in Baal, thei schulen be bildid in the myddis of my puple. That if thei heren not, Y schal drawe out that folk by drawyng out and perdicioun, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XIII.

The Lord seith these thingis to me, Go, and take in possessioun to thee a lynnun breigirdil; and thou schalt putte it on thi leendis, and thou schalt not bere it in to watir. And Y took in possessioun a brei|girdil, bi the word of the Lord; and Y puttide aboute my leendis. And the word of the Lord was maad to me in the se|counde tyme, and seide, Take the brigir|dil, which thou haddist in possessioun, which is aboute thi leendis; and rise thou, and go to Eufrates, and hide thou it there, in the hoole of a stoon. And Y ȝede, and hidde it in Eufrates, as the Lord co|maundide to me. And it was don aftir ful many daies, the Lord seide to me, Rise thou, and go to Eufrates, and take fro thennus the brigirdil, whiche Y comaund|ide to thee, that thou schuldist hide it there. And Y ȝede to Eufrates, andand I C et ceteri. diggide out, and Y took the breigirdil fro the place, where Y haddeOm. A. hidde it; and lo! the breigirdil was rotun, so that it was not able to ony vss. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, So Y schal make rotun the pride of Juda, and the myche pride of Jerusalem, and this worste puple, that nylenwole not I. here my wordis, and goen in the schrewidnesse of her herte; and thei ȝeden aftir alien goddis, to serue hem, and to worschipe hem; and thei schulen be as this breigirdil, which is not able to ony vss. For as a breigirdil cleueth to the leendis of a man, so Y ioynede faste to me al the hous of Israel, and al the hous of Juda, seith the Lord, that thei schulden be to me in to a puple, and in to name, and in to heriyng, and in to glorie; and thei herden not. Therfor thou schalt seie to hem this word, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Ech potel schal be fill|id of wyn. And thei schulen seie to thee, Whether we witen not, that ech potel schal be fillid of wyn? And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y shal fille with drunkenesse alle the dwelleris of this lond, and the kyngis of the generacioun of Dauith, that sitten on his trone, and the prestis, and profetis, and alle theOm. C sec. m. FGHKMNPQRSUV. dwelleris of Jerusalem. And Y schal scatere hem, a man fro his bro|ther, and the fadris and sones togidere, seith the Lord; Y schal not spare, and Y schal not graunte, nether Y schal do mer|cy, that I leese not hem. Here ȝe, and perseyue with eeris; nyle ȝe be reisid, for the Lord spak. Ȝyue ȝe glorie to ȝoure Lord God, bifore that it wexe derk, and bifor that ȝoure feet hirte at derk hillis; ȝe schulen abide liȝt, and he schal sette it in to the schadewe of deeth, and in to derknesse. That if ȝe heren not this, my soule schal wepe in hid place for the face of pride; it wepynge schal wepe, and myn iȝe shal caste out a teer, for the floc of the Lord is takun. Seye thou to the kyng, and to the ladi, Be ȝe mekid, sitte ȝe, for the coroun of ȝoure glorie schal go doun froof I. ȝoure heed. The cities of the south ben closid, and noon is that open|ith; al Juda is translatid bi perfit pass|yng ouere, ether goynge out of her lond. Reise ȝe ȝoure iȝen, and se ȝe, what men comen fro the north; where is the floc which is ȝouun to thee, thi noble scheep? What schalt thou seie, whanne he schal visite thee? for thou hast tauȝt hem aȝens thee, and thou hast tauȝt aȝens thin heed. Whether sorewis han not take thee, as a womman trauelynge of child? That if thou seist in thin herte, Whi camen these thingis to me? for the multitude of thi wickidnesse thi schamefulere thingis ben schewid, thi feet ben defoulid. If a man of Ethiopie mai chaunge his skyn, ether a pard mai chaunge hise dyuersitees, and ȝe moun do wel, whanne ȝe han lerned yuel. And Y schal sowe hem abrood, as stobil which is rauyschidrauyschid, or take awei I. of theOm. CFGHKMNPQRSUVX. wynd in desert. This is thithe I. lot, and the part of thi mesure of me, seith the Lord; for thou forȝetidist me, and tristidist in a leesyng. Wherfor and Y made nakid thin hipis aȝens thi face, and thithe A pr. m. CFGHIMNPQRU. schenschipe apperide, thin auowtries, and thin neyyng, and the felonye of thi fornycacioun on litle hillis in the feeld; Y siȝ thin abho|mynaciouns. Jerusalem, wo to thee, thou schalt not be clensid after me til ȝit.

 CAP. XIV.

The word of the Lord, that was maad to Jeremye, of the wordis of dryenesse. Jude weilide, and the ȝatis therof fellen doun, and ben maad derk in erthe, and the cry of Jerusalem stiedestiede vp I.. Grettere men senten her lesse men to water; thei camen to drawe watir, and thei foundun no water, thei brouȝten aȝen her vessels voide; thei weren schent and turmentid, and thei hiliden her heedis for distriyng of the lond, for reyn cam not in the lond. Erthe tilieris weren schent, thei hiliden her heedis. For whi and an hynde caluyde in the feeld, and lefte her calues, for noon eerbe wasther was I.; and wield assis stoden in rochis, and drowen wynde as dragouns; her iȝen failiden, for noon eerbe was. If oure wickidnessis answeren to vs, Lord, do thou for thi name, for oure turnyngis awei ben manye; we han synned aȝens thee. Thou abidyng of Israel, the sauyour therof in the tyme of tribulacioun, whi schalt thou be as a comelyng in the lond, and as a weigoere bowynge to dwelle? whi schalt thou be as a man of vnstable dwellyng, as a strong man that mai not saue? Forsothe, Lord, thou art in vs, and thin hooli name is clepid to help on vs; forsake thou not vs. The Lord seith these thingis to this puple, that louede to stire hise feet, and restide not, and pleside not the Lord; now he schal haue mynde on the wickidnesses of hem, and he schal visite the synnes of hem. And the Lord seide to me, Nyle thou preie for this puple in to good. Whanne thei schulen faste, Y schal not here the preieris of hem; and if thei offren brent sacrifices and slayn sacri|fices, Y schal not resseyue thohem N., for Y schal waste hem bi swerd and hungur and pestilence. And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, profetis seien to hem, Ȝe schulen not se swerd, and hungur schal not be in ȝou, but he schal ȝyue to ȝou veri pees in this place. And the Lord seide to me, The profetis profesien falsli in my name; Y sente not hem, and Y comaundide not to hem, nether Y spak to hem; thei profe|sien to ȝou aOm. I. fals reuelacioun, and a gile|ful dyuynyng, and the disseyuyng of her herte. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis of the profetis that profesien in my name, whiche Y sente not, and seien, Swerd and hungur schal not be in this lond; ThoThilke I. profetis schulen be wastid bi swerd and hungur. And the puplis, to whiche thei profesieden, schulen be cast forth in the weies of Jerusalem, for hungur and swerd, and noon schalther schal I. be, that schal birie hem; they and the wyues of hem, the sones and the douȝtris of hem `schulen be cast forthOm. I.; and Y schal schede out on hem her yuel. And thou schalt seie to hem this word, Myn iȝen lede doun a teer bi niȝt and dai, and bebe it I. not stille, for the virgyn, the douȝ|ter of my puple, is defoulid bi greet de|foulying, with the worste wounde greetli. If Y go out to feeldis, lo! men ben slayn biwith I. swerd; and if Y entre in to the citee, lo! men ben maad leene for hungur; also a profete and a prest ȝeden in to the lond which thei knewen not. Whether thou castynge awei hast cast awei Juda, ether thi soule hath wlatid Sion? whi therfor hast thou smyte vs, so that noonno I. heelthe isther is I.? We abididenabooden EP. abyden FS. abeden I. pees, and no good is; and we abididenabooden EP. abeden I. abyden S. time of heeling, and lo! disturbling is. Lord, we hanhaue I pass. know oure vnfeithfulnessis, and the wickidnessis of oure fadris, for we han synned to thee. Ȝyue thou not vs in to schenschip, for thi name, nether do thou dispite to vs; haue thou mynde on the seete of thi glorie, make thou not voide thi boond of pees with vs. Whether in grauun ymagis of hethene men ben thei that reynen, ethir heuenes moun ȝyue reynes? whether thou art not oure Lord God, whom we abididenabooden EP. abyden S.? For thou madist alle these thingis.

 CAP. XV.

And the Lord seide to me, Thouȝ Moi|ses and Samuel stoden bifore me, my soule is not to this puple; caste thou hem out fro my face, and go thei out. That if thei seien to thee, Whidur schulen we go out? thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord seith these thingis, Thei that to deth, to deth, and thei that to swerd, to swerd, and thei that to hungur, to hungur, and thei that to caitiftee, to caitifte. Y schal visite on hem foure spices, seith the Lord; a swerd to sleeynge, and doggis for to reende, and volatilis of the eir, and beestis of the erthe to deuoure and to distrie. And Y schal ȝyue hem in to feruour to alle rewmes of erthe, for Manasses, the sone of Ezechie, king of Juda, on alle thingis whiche he dide in Jerusalem. For whi who schal haue merci on thee, Jerusalem, ethir who schal be sori for thee, ether who schal go to preie for thi pees? Thou hast forsake me, seith the Lord, thou hast go abac; and Y schal stretchearecche I. forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal sle thee; Y trauelide preiyng. And Y schal scatere hem with a wyndewyngewynewynge I. instrument in the ȝatis of erthe; Y killide, and loste my puple, and netheles thei turneden not aȝen fro her weies. The widewis therof ben mul|tiplied to me aboue the grauel of the see; and Y brouȝte in to hem a distriere in myddai on the modir of a ȝonge man, Y sente drede sudeynli on citees. Sche was sijk that childide seuene, hir soule fail|ide; the sunne ȝede doun to hir, whanne dai was ȝit. Sche was schent, and was aschamed; and Y schal ȝyue the residue therof in to swerd in the siȝt of her ene|myes, seith the Lord. Mi modir, wo to me; whi gendridist thou me a man of chidyng, a man of discord in al the lond? Y lente not, nether ony man lente to me; alle men cursen me, the Lord seith. No man bileue to me, if thi remenauntis be not in to good, if Y ranne not to thee in the tyme of turment, and in the tyme of tribulacioun and of anguysch, aȝens the enemye. Whether yrun and metal schal be ioyned bi pees to irun fro the north? And Y schal ȝyue freli thi ritchessis and thi tresouris in to rauyschyng, for alle thi synnes, and in alle thin endis. And Y schal brynge thin enemyes fro the lond which thou knowist not; for fier is kyndlid in my strong veniaunce, and it schal brenne on ȝou. Lord, thou knowist, haue thou mynde on me, and visite me, and delyuere me fro hem that pursuen me; nyle thou take me in thi pacience, knowe thou, that Y suffride schenschipe for thee. Thi wordis ben foundun, and Y eet tho; and thi word was maad to me in to ioye, and in to glad|nesse of myn herte; for thi name, Lord God of oostis, is clepid to help on me. Y sat not in the counsel of pleieris, and Y hadde glorie for the face of thin hond; Y sat aloone, for thou fillidist me with bittirnesse. Whi is my sorewe maad euer|lastinge, and my wounde dispeirid forsook to be curid? it is maad to me, as a leesyng of vnfeithful watris. For this thing the Lord seith these thingis, If thou turnest, Y schal turne thee, and thou schalt stonde bifore my face; and if thou departist pre|ciouse thing fro vijl thing, thou schalt be as my mouth; thei schulen be turned to thee, and thou schalt not be turned to hem. And Y schal ȝyue thee in to a brasun wal and strong to this puple, and thei schulen fiȝte aȝens thee, and schulenthei schul I. not haue the victorie; for Y am with thee, to saue thee, and to delyuere thee, seith the Lord. And Y schal delyuere thee fro the hond of the worste men, and Y schal aȝenbie thee fro the hond of stronge men.

 CAP. XVI.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Thou schalt not take a wijf, and sones and douȝtris schulen not be to thee in this place. For the Lord seith these thingis on sones and douȝtris, that ben gendrid in this place, and on the modris of hem, that gendride hem, and on the fadris of hem, of whos generacioun thei ben borun in this lond. Thei schulen die bi dethis of sikenessis, thei schulen not be biweilid, and thei schulen not be biried; thei schulen be in to a dunghil on the face of erthe, and thei schulen be wastid bi swerd and hungur; and the careyn of hem schal be in to mete to the volatilis of he|uene, and to beestis of erthethe erthe IS.. For the Lord seith these thingis, Entre thou not in to an hous of feeste, nethir go thou to biweile, nether comfourte thou hem; for Y haue take awei my pees fro this puple, seith the Lord, `Y haue take aweiOm. I. merciand merci I. and merciful doyngis. And greete and smalle schulen die in this lond; thei schulen not be biried, nethir schulen be biweilid; and thei schulen not kitte hem silf, nethir ballidnesse schal be maad for hem. And thei schulen not breke breed among hem to hym that mourneth, to coumforte on a deed man, and thei schu|len not ȝyue to hem drynk of a cuppe, to coumforte on her fadir and modir. And thou schalt not entre in to the hous of feeste, that thou sitte with hem, and ete, and drynke. For whi the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal take awei fro this place, bifore ȝoure iȝen and in ȝoure daies, the vois of ioie, and the vois of gladnesse, andOm. N. the vois of spousethe spouse S pr. m., and the vois of spousesse. And whanne thou schalt telle alle these wordis to this puple, and thei schulen seie to thee, Whi spak the Lord al this greet yuel on vs? what is oure wickidnesse, ether what is oure synne which we synneden to oure Lord God? thou schalt seie to hem, For ȝoure fadris forsoken me, seith the Lord, and ȝeden aftir alien goddis, and seruyden hem, and worschipiden hem, and thei for|soken me, and kepten not my lawe. But also ȝe wrouȝten worse than ȝoure fadris; for lo! ech man goith aftir the schrewid|nesseschrewisnesse A. of his yuel herte, that he here not me. And Y schal caste ȝou out of this lond, in to the lond which ȝe and ȝoure fadris knowen not; and ȝe schulen serue there to alien goddis dai and niȝt, whiche schulen not ȝiue reste to ȝou. Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and it schal no more be seid, The Lord lyueth, that ledde the sones of Israel out of the lond of Egipt; but the Lord lyueth, that ledde the sones of Israel fro the lond of the north, and fro alle londis to whiche Y castide hem out; and Y schal lede hem aȝen in to her lond which Y ȝaf to the fadris of hem. Lo! Y schal sende many fischeris to hem, seith the Lord, and thei schulen fische hem; and aftir these thingis Y schal sende many hunteris to hem, and thei schulen hunte hem fro ech mounteyn, and fro ech litil hil, and fro the caues of stoonys. For myn iȝen ben on alle the weies of hem; thothilke I. the N. weies ben not hid fro my face, and the wickidnesse of hem was not priuy fro myn iȝen. And Y schal ȝelde first the double wickidnessis and synnes of hem, for thei defouliden my lond in the slayn beestis of her idols, and filliden myn eritage with her abhomynaciouns. Lord, my strengthe, and my stalworthnesse, and my refuyt in the dai of tribulacioun, he|thene men schulen come to thee fro the fertheste places of erthe, and schulen seie, Verili oure fadris helden a leesyng in pos|sessioun, vanyte that profitide not to hem. Whether a man schal make goddis to hym silf? and tho ben no goddis. Therfor lo! Y schal schewe to hem bi this while, Y schal schewe to hem myn hond, and my vertu; and thei schulen wite, that the name to me is Lord.

 CAP. XVII.

The synne of Juda is writun with an irone poyntelpoynte N., in a nail of adamaunt; it is writun on the breede of the herte of hem, and in the hornes of the auteris of hem. Whanne the sones of hem bithenken on her auteris, and woodis, and on the trees ful of boowis, makynge sacrifice in the feld in hiȝe munteyns, Y schal ȝyue thi strengthe and alle thi tresouris in to ra|uyschyng, thin hiȝe thingis for synnes in alle thin endis. And thou schalt be left aloone fro thin eritage which Y ȝaf to thee; and Y schal make thee to serue thin enemyes, in the lond which thou knowist not; for thou hast kyndlid fier in my strong veniaunce, it schal brenne til in to with outen ende. The Lord seith these thingis, Cursid is the man that trestith in man, and settith fleisch his arm, and his herte goith awei fro the Lord. For he schal be as bromes in desert, and he schal not se, whanne good schal come; but he schal dwelle in drynesse in desert, in the lond of saltnesse, and vnabitable. Blessid is the man that tristith in the Lord, and the Lord schal be his trist. And he schal be as a tre, which is plauntid ouer watris, which sendith hise rootis to moisture; and it schal not drede, whanne heete schal come; and the leef therof schal be greene, and it schal not be moued in the tyme of dry|nesse, nether ony tyme it schal faile to make fruyte. The herte of man is schrew|id, and `may not be souȝtvnserchable I. vnserchable, ether mai not be souȝt CEFGHKMNPQRSUVXY.; who schal knowe it? Y am the Lord sekynge the herte, and preuynge the reynesreynes, ether kydeneris CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY., and Y ȝyue to ech man after his weye, and aftir the fruyt of his fyndyngis. A partriche nurschide tho thingis whiche sche bredde not; he made richessis, and not in doom; in the myddis of hise daies he schal forsake thohem N., and in hise laste tyme he schal be vnwijs. The seete of glorie of hiȝnesse was at the bigynnyng the place of oure halewyng, the abidyng of Israel. Lord, alle thei that forsaken thee, schulen be schent; thei that goen aweie fro thee, schulen be writun in erthe, for thei han forsake the Lord, a veyne of quyk watirs. Lord, heele thou me, and Y schal be heelid; make thou me saaf, and Y schal be saaf; for thou art myn heriyng. Lo! thei seien to me, Where is the word of the Lord? come it. And Y am not dis|turblid, suynge theethe A pr. m. scheepherd, and Y de|siride not the dai of man, thou woost. That that ȝede out of my lippis was riȝtful in thi siȝt. Be thou not to drede to me; thou art myn hope in the dai of turment. Be thei schent, that pursuen me, and be Y not schent; drede thei, and drede not Y; brynge in on hem a dai of turment, and defoule thou hem bi double defouling. The Lord seith these thingis to me, Go thou, and stonde in the ȝate of the sones of the puple, bi whiche the kingis of Juda entren and goen out, and in alle the ȝatis of Jerusalem. And thou schalt seie to hem, Here the word of the Lord, ȝe kingis of Juda, and al Judee, and alle the dwell|eris of Jerusalem, that entren bi these ȝatis. The Lord God seith these thingis, Kepe ȝe ȝoure soulis, and nyle ȝe bere birthuns in the dai of sabat, nether bringe in bi the ȝatis of Jerusalem. And nyle ȝe caste birthuns out of ȝoure housis in the dai of sabat, and ȝe schulen not do ony werk; halewe ȝe the dai of sabat, as Y comaundide to ȝoure fadris. And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, but thei maden hard her nol, that thei schulden not here me, and that thei schul|den not take chastisyng. And it schal be, if ȝe heren me, seith the Lord, that ȝe bere not in birthuns bi the ȝatis of this citee in the dai of sabat, and if ȝe halewen the dai of sabat, that ȝe do not werk ther ynne, kingis and princes sittynge on the seete of Dauid schulen entre bi the ȝatis of this citee, and stiynge in charis and horsis; thei, and the princis of hem, the men of Juda, and the dwelleris of Jeru|salem; and this citee schal be enhabitid withouten ende. And thei schulen come fro the citees of Juda, and fro the cumpas of Jerusalem, and fro the lond of Benia|myn, and fro feeldi places, and fro hilli places, and fro the south, beringe brent sacrifice, and slayn sacrifice, and encense; and thei schulen bringe offring in to the hous of the Lord. Forsothe if ȝe heren not me, that ȝe halewe the dai of sabat, and that ȝe bere not a birthun, and that ȝe bringe not in bi the ȝatis of Jerusalem in the dai of sabat, Y schal kyndle fier in the ȝatis therof; and it schal deuoure the housis of Jerusalem, and it schal not be quenchid.

 CAP. XVIII.

The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, and seide, Rise thou, and go doun in to the hous of a pottere, and there thou schalt here my wordis. And Y ȝede doun in to the hous of a pottere, and lo! he made a werk on a wheel. And the vessel was distried, which he made of clei with hise hondis; and he turnede it, and made it another vessel, as it pleside in hise iȝen to make. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Whether as this pottere doith, Y mai not do to ȝou, the hous of Israel? seith the Lord. Lo! as cley is in the hond of a pottere, so ȝe, the hous of Israel, ben in myn hond. Su|denli Y schal speke aȝens a folk, and aȝens a rewme, that Y drawe out, and distrie, and leese it. If thilke folk doith penaunce of his yuel, which Y spak aȝens it, also Y schal do penaunce on the yuel, which Y thouȝte to do to it. And Y schal speke sudenli of a folk, and of a rewme, that Y bilde, and plaunte it. If it doith yuel bi|fore myn iȝen, that it here not my vois, Y schal do penaunce on the good which Y spak, that Y schulde do to it. Now ther|for seie thou to a man of Juda, and to the dwellere of Jerusalem, and seie, The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y make yuel aȝens ȝou, and Y thenke a thouȝte aȝens ȝou; ech man turne aȝen fro his yuel weie, and dresse ȝe ȝoure weies and ȝoure studies. WhicheThe whiche I. seiden, We han dispeirid, for we schulen go after oure thouȝtis, and we schulen do ech man the schrewidnesse of his yuel herte. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Axe ȝe he|thene men, who herde siche orible thingis, whiche the virgyn of Israel hath do greetli? Whether snow of the Liban schal fail fro the stoon of the feeld? ether coolde watris brekynge out, and fletynge doun moun be takun awei? For my puple hath forȝete me, and offridenthei offriden I. sacrifices in veyn, and snaperiden in her weies, and in the pathis of the world, that thei ȝeden bi tho in a weie not trodun; that the lond of hem schulde be in to desolacioun, and in to an hissyng euerlastinge; for whi ech that passith bi it, schal be astonyed, and schal moue his heed. As aOm. N. brennynge wynd Y schal scatere hem bifor the enemy; Y schal schewe to hem the bak and not the face, in the dai of the perdicioun of hem. And thei seiden, Come ȝe, and thenke we thouȝtis aȝens Jeremye; for whi the lawe schal not perische fro a preest, nether coun|cel schal perische fro a wijs man, nether word schal perische fro a profete; come ȝe, and smyte we hym with tunge, and take we noon heede to alle the wordis of hym. Lord, ȝyue thou tent to me, and here thou the vois of myn aduersaries. Whether yuel is ȝoldun for good, for thei han diggid a pit to my soule; haue thou mynde, that Y stoode in thi siȝt, to speke good for hem, and to turne awei thin in|dignacioun fro hem. Therfor ȝyue thou the sones of hem in to hungur, and lede forth hem in to the hondis of swerd; the wyues of hem be maad with out children, and be maad widewis, and the hosebondis of hem be slayn bi deth; the ȝonge men of hem be persid togidere biwith I. swerd in batel. Cry be herd of the housis of hem, for thou schalt bringe sudenli a theef on hem; for thei diggiden a pit to take me, and hiddenthei hidden I. snaris to my feet. But thou, Lord, knowist al the councel of hem aȝens me in to deth; do thou not merci to the wickidnesse of hem, and the synne of hem be not doon awei fro thi face; be thei maad fallynge doun in thi siȝt, in the tyme of thi stronge veniaunce; vse thou hem to othir thing than thei weren ordeyned.

 CAP. XIX.

The Lord seith these thingis, Go thou, and take an erthene potel of a pottere, of the eldre men of the puple, and of theOm. I. eldre men of preestisthe prestis F pr. m. I.. And go thou out to the valei of the sones of Ennon, which is bisidis the entring of the erthene ȝate; and there thou schalt preche the wordis whiche Y schal speke to thee; and thou schalt seie, Kyngis of Juda, and the dwel|leris of Jerusalem, here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bringe in turment on this place, so that ech man that herith it, hise eeris tyngle. For thei han forsake me, and maad alien this place, and offridenthei offriden I. sacrifices to alien goddis ther ynne, whiche thei, and the fadris of hem, and the kingis of Juda, knewen not; and thei filliden this place with the blood of innocentis, and bild|iden hiȝ thingis to Baalym, to brenne her sones in fier, in to brent sacrifice to Baa|lym; whiche thingis Y comaundide not, nether spak, nether tho stieden in to myn herte. Therfor the Lord seith, Lo! daies comen, and this place schal no more be clepid Tophet, and the valei of the sone of Ennon, but the valei of sleyng. And Y schal distrie the councel of Juda and of Jerusalem in this place, and Y schal dis|trie hem bi swerd, in the siȝt of her ene|myes, and in the hond of men sekynge the lyues of hem; and Y schal ȝyue her deed bodies meteto be mete I. to the briddis of the eir, and to beestis of erthe. And Y schal sette this citee in to wondring, and in to hissing; ech that passith bi it, schal won|dre, and hisse on al the veniaunce therof. And Y schal feede hem with the fleischis of her sones, and with the fleischis of her douȝtris; and ech man schal ete the fleischis of his frend in the bisegyng and angwisch, in which the enemyes of hem, and thei that seken the lyues of hem, schulen close hem togidere. And thou schalt al to|breke the potel bifore the iȝen of the men, that schulen go with thee. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, So Y schal al to-breke this puple, and this citee, as the vessel of a pottere is al to-brokun, which mai no more be restorid; and thei schulen be biried in Tophet, for noon other place is to birie. So Y schal do to this place, seith the Lord, and to dwelleris therof, that Y sette this citee as Tophet. And the housis of Jerusalem, and the housis of the kingis of Juda, schulen be as the place of Tophet; alle the vncleene housis, in whose roouys thei sacrifiedensacrifiseden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. to al the chyualrie of heuene, and offriden moist sacrifices to alien goddis. Forsothe Jere|mye cam fro Tophet, whidur the Lord hadde sente hym for to profesie; and he stood in the porche of the hous of the Lord, and seide to al the puple, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bringe in on this citee, and on alle the citees therof, alle the yuelis whiche Y spak aȝens it; for thei maden hard her nol, that thei herden not my wordis.

 CAP. XX.

And Phassur, the sone of Emyner, the preest, that was ordeyned prince in the hous of the Lord, herde Jeremye profesi|ynge these wordis. And Phassur smoot Jeremye, the profete, and sente hym in to the stockis, that weren in the hiȝere ȝate of Beniamyn, in the hous of the Lord. And whanne it was cleer in the morewe, Phassur ledde Jeremye out of the stockis. And Jeremye seide to hym, The Lord clepide not Phassur thi name, but Drede on ech side. For the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal ȝyue thee and alle thi freendis in to drede, and thei schulen falle doun bi the swerd of her enemyes; and thin iȝen schulen se; and Y schal ȝyue al Juda in the hond of the king of Babiloyne, and he schal lede hem ouer in to Babiloyne, and he schal smyte hem biwith I. swerd. And Y schal ȝyue al the catel of this citee, and al the trauel therof, and al the prijs; and Y schal ȝyue alle the tre|sours of the kingis of Juda in the hond of her enemyes; and thei schulen rauysche thohem N., and schulen take, and lede forth in to Babiloyne. Forsothe thou, Phassur, and alle the dwelleris of thin hous, schu|len go in to caitifte; and thou schalt come in to Babiloyne, and thou schalt die there; and thou schalt be biried there, thou and alle thi freendis, to whiche thou profesied|ist aOm. I. leesyng. Lord, thou disseyuedist me, and Y am disseyued; thou were strongere than Y, and thou haddist the maistrie; Y am maad in to scorn al dai. Alle men bymowen me, for now a while ago Y speke criynge wickidnesse, and Y criede distriynge. And the word of the Lord is maad to me in to schenschip, and in to scorn al dai. And Y seide, Y schal not haue mynde on hym, and Y schal no more speke in his name. And the word of the Lord was maad, as fier swalynge in myn herte, and cloosid in my boonys; and Y failide, not suffryng to bere. For Y herde dispisyngis of many men, and drede in cumpas, Pursue ȝe, and pursue we hym, of alle men that weren pesible to me, and kepynge my side; if in ony maner he be disseyued, and we haue the maistrie aȝens hym, and gete veniaunce of hym. Forsothe the Lord as a stronge werriour is with me, therfor thei that pursuen me schulen falle, and schulenthei schul I. be sijk; and thei schulen be schent greetli, for thei vndurstoden not euerlastynge schenschip, that schal neuere be don awei. And thou, Lord of oostis, the preuere of a iust man, which seest the reynes and herte, Y bi|seche, se Y thi veniaunce of hem; for Y haue schewid my cause to thee. Synge ȝe to the Lord, herie ȝe the Lord, for he delyueride the soule of a pore man fro the hond of yuel men. Cursid be the daiCursed be the dai, etc. These ben not wordis of Jeremie, vn|pacient and dis|peiringe, but in this he declar|eth the hidous|nesse of sensu|alite, in compa|risoun of euil neiȝinge, whech euil, that is, peyne, the re|soun suffrede pacientli, as Seint Joob, ensaumpler of pacience, seide, The dai pershe in whech I was born; and this is the sentence, Cursid be the dai, etc.; that is, if I suede the hidousnesse of sensualite, I shulde curse the time of my birthe. Lire here. EGHKLPQUY. where ynne Y was borun, the dai where ynne my modir childide me, be not bless|idThat is, if I suyde the hid|ousnesse of sen|sualite, I shulde curse the tyme of my birthe. N.. Cursid be the man, that telde to my fadir, and seide, A knaue child is borun to thee, and made hym glad as with ioye. Thilke man be as the citees ben, whiche the Lord distriede, and it repentide not hym; he that killide not me fro the wombe, here cry eerli, and ȝellynge in the tyme of myddai; that my modir were a sepulcre to me, and hir wombe were euer|lastingean euerlastinge I. conseyuyng. Whi ȝede Y out of the wombe, that Y schulde se trauel and sorewe, and that mi daies schulen be waastid in schenschipe?

 CAP. XXI

The word which was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, whanne king Sedechie sente to hym Phassur, the sone of Helchie, and Sofonye, the preest, the sone of Maasie, and seide, Axe thou the Lord for vs, for Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, fiȝtith aȝens vs; if in hap the Lord do with vs bi alle hise merueilis, and he go awei fro vs. And Jeremye seide to hem, Thus ȝe schulen seie to Sedechie, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal turne the instrumentis of batel that ben in ȝoure hondis, and with which ȝe fiȝten aȝens the king of Babi|loyne, and aȝens Caldeis, that bisegen ȝou in the cumpas of wallis; and Y schal ga|dere tho togidere in the myddis of this citee. And Y schal ouercome ȝou in hond stretchid forth, and in strong arm, and in stronge veniaunce, and indignaciounin indignacioun A pr. m., and in greet wraththe; and Y schal smyte the dwelleris of this citee, men and beestis schulen die bi greet pestilence. And after these thingis, seith the Lord, Y schal ȝyue Sedechie, kyng of Juda, and hise ser|uauntis, and his puple, and that ben left in this citee fro pestilence, and swerd, and hungur, in the hond of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, and in the hond of her enemyes, and in the hond of men sekynge the lijf of hem; and he schal smyte hem bi the scharpnesse of swerd; and he schal not be bowid, nether schal spare, nether schal haue mercy. And thou schalt seie to this puple, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y ȝyue bifore ȝou the weie of lijf, and the weie of deth. He that dwellith in this citee, schal die bi swerd, and hungur, and pestilence; but he that goith out, and fleeth ouer to Caldeis that bisegen ȝou, schal lyue, and his lijf schal be as a preyspuyl, ether prey CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. to hym. For Y haue set my face on this citee in to yuel, and not in to good, seith the Lord; it schal be ȝouun in the hond of the king of Ba|biloyne, and he schal brenne it with fier. And thou schalt seie to the hous of the king of Juda, the hous of Dauid, Here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord seith these thingis, Deme ȝe eerli doom, and delyuere ȝe hym that is oppressid bi vio|lence fro the hond of theOm. I. fals chalengercaleng F.; lest perauenture myn indignacioun go out as fier, and be kyndlid, and noon be that quenche, for the malice of ȝoure studies. Lo! Y todo to I. theethe F., dwelleressedwelstere I. of the sad valei and pleyn, seith the Lord, which seien, Who schal smyte vs, and who schal entre in to oure housis? And Y schal visite on ȝou bi the fruyt of ȝoure studies, seith the Lord; and Y schal kyndle fier in the forest therof, and it schal deuoure alle thingis in the cumpas therof.

 CAP. XXII.

The Lord seith these thingis, Go thou doun in to the hous of the kyng of Juda, and thou schalt speke there this word, and schalt seie, Thou kyng of Juda, that sittist on the seete of Dauid, here the word of the Lord, thou, and thi ser|uauntis, and thi puple, that entren bi these ȝatis. The Lord seith these thingis, Do ȝe doom, and riȝtfulnesse, and delyuere ȝe hym that is oppressid bi violence fro the hond of the fals chalenger; and nyle ȝe make sori, nether oppresse ȝe wickidli a comelyng, and a fadirles child, and a wi|dewe, and schede ȝe not out innocent blood in this place. For if ȝe doynge don this word, kyngis of the kyn of Dauid sit|tynge on his trone schulen entre bi the ȝatis of this hous, and schulenthei schul I. stie on charis and horsis, thei, and the seruauntis, and the puple of hem. That if ȝe heren not these wordis, Y swoore in my silf, seith the Lord, that this hous schal be in to wildirnesse. For the Lord seith these thingis on the hous of the kyng of Juda, Galaad, thou art to me the heed of the Liban; credence be not ȝouun to me, if Y sette not thee a wildirnesse, citees vn|habitable. And Y schal halewe on thee a man sleynge, and hise armuris; and thei schulen kitte doun thi chosun cedris, and schulen caste doun in to fier. And many folkis schulen passe bi this citee, and ech man schal seie to his neiȝbore, Whi dide the Lord thus to this greet citee? And thei schulen answere, For thei forsoken the couenaunt of her Lord God, and wor|schipiden alien goddis, and serueden hem. Nyle ȝe biwepe hym that is deed, nether weile ȝe on hym bi wepyng; biweile ȝe hym that goith out, for he schal no more turne aȝen, nether he schal se the lond of his birthe. For the Lord seith these thingis to Sellum, the sone of Josie, the kyng of Juda, that regnede for Josye, his fadir, He that ȝede out of this place, schal no more turne aȝen hidur; but in the place to which YY haue I. translatide him, there he schal die, and he schal no more se this lond. Wo to him that bildith his hous in vnriȝtfulnesse, and his soleris not in doom; he schal oppresse his freend in veyn, and he schal not ȝelde his hire to hym. WhichThe which I. seith, Y schal bilde to me a large hous, and wide soleris; which openeth wyndows to hym silf, and makith couplis of cedre, and peyntith with reed colour. Whether thou schalt regne, for thou comparisonest thee to a cedre? whe|ther thi fadir eet not, and drank, and dide doom and riȝtfulnesse thanne, whanne it was wel to hym? He demyde the cause of a pore man, and nedi, in to his good; whether not therfor for he knew me? seith the Lord. Forsothe thin iȝen and herte ben to aueryce, and to schede inno|cent blood, and to fals caleng, and to the perfourmyng of yuel werk. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis to Joachym, theOm. N. sone of Josie, the kyng of Juda, Thei schulen not biweile hym, Wo brother! and wo sistir! thei schulen not sowne togidere to hym, Wo lord! and wo noble man! He schal be biried with the biriyng of an asse, he schal be rotun, and cast forth without the ȝatis of Jerusalem. Stie thou on the Liban, and cry thou, and ȝyue thi vois in Basan, and cry to hem that passen forth, for alle thi louyeris ben al to-brokun. Y spak to thee in thi plentee, and thou seidist, Y schal not here; this is thi weie fro thi ȝongthe, for thou herdist not my vois. Wynd schal feede alle thi scheepherdis, and thi louyeris schulen go in to caitifte; and thanne thou that sittist in the Liban, and makist nest in cedris, schalt be schent, and beOm. I. aschamed of al thi malice. Hou weilidist thou, whanne sorewis weren comun to thee, as the so|rew of a womman trauelynge of child? I lyue, seith the Lord, for thouȝ Jeconye, the sone of Joachym, kyng of Juda, were a ring in my riȝt hond, fro thennus Y schal drawe awei hym. And Y schal ȝyue thee in the hond of hem that seken thi lijf, and in the hond of hem whos face thou dredist, and in the hond of Nabugo|donosor, kyng of Babiloyne, and in the hond of Caldeis. And Y schal sende thee, and thi moder that gendride thee, in to an alien lond, in which ȝe weren not borun, and there ȝe schulen die; and thei schulen not turne aȝen in to the lond, to which thei reisen her soule, that thei turne aȝen thidur. Whether this man Jeconye is an erthene vessel, and al to|brokun? whether a vessel withouten al likyng? Whi ben he and his seed cast awei, and cast forth in to a lond which thei knewen not? Erthe, erthe, erthe, here thou the word of the Lord. The Lord seith these thingis, Write thou this man bareyn, a man that schal not haue prosperite in hise daies; for of his seed schal be no man, that schal sitte on the seete of Dauid, and haue powere ferthere in Juda.

 CAP. XXIII.

Wo to the scheepherdis, that scateren and to-drawen the floc of my lesewe, seith the Lord. Therfor the Lord God of Is|rael seith these thingis to the scheepherdis, that feeden my puple, Ȝe han scaterid my floc, and han cast hem out, and han not visitid hem; lo! Y schal visite on ȝou the malice ofon N. ȝoure studies, seith the Lord. And Y schal gadere togidere the reme|nauntis of my floc fro alle londis, to whiche Y schal caste hem out thidur; and Y schal turne hem to her feeldis, and thei schulen encreesse, and schulen be multi|plied. And Y schal reisereise vp I. schepherdis on hem, and thei schulen feede hem; thei schulen no more drede, and schulen not be aferd; and noon schal be souȝt of the noumbre seith the Lord. Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal reise a iust buriownyngburiouning, ether seed EFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. to Dauid; and he schal regne aOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. kyng, and he schal be wijs, and he schal make doom and riȝt|fulnesse in erthe. In tho daies Juda schal be sauid, and Israel schal dwelle tristili; and this is the name which thei schulen clepe hym, The Lord oure riȝtful. For this thing lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and thei schulen no more seie, The Lord lyueth, that ledde the sones of Israel out of the lond of Egipt; but, The Lord lyueth, that ledde out, and brouȝte the seed of the hous of Israel fro the lond of the north, and fro alle londis to whiche Y hadde cast hem out thidur; and thei schulen dwelle in her lond. To the prophetis; Myn herte is contritcontrit, ether al to|brokun for sorewe CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. in the myddis of me, alle my boonys trembliden togidere; Y am maad as a man drunkun, and as a man weet of wyn, of the face of the Lord, and of the face of the hooli wordis of hym; for the lond is fillid with auowteris. For the erthe mourenede of the face of cursyng; the feeldis of desert ben maad drie, the cours of hem is maad yuel, and her strengthe is vnlijk. For whi the profete and the prest ben defoulid; and in myn hous, seith the Lord, Y foond the yuel of hem. Therfor the weie of hem schal be as slidurslidur thing I. in derknessis, for thei schulen be hurtlidhurtlid, ether schouun CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX., and schulenthei schul I. falle doun therynne; for Y schal bringe on hem yuels, the ȝeer of visitacioun of hem, seith the Lord. And in the profetis of Samarie Y siȝ fonned|nesse, and thei profesieden in Baal, and disseyueden my puple Israel. And in the profetis of Jerusalem Y siȝ licnesse, auou|trie, and the weie of leesyng; and thei confortiden the hondis of the worste men, that ech man schulde not conuerte fro his malice; alle thei ben maad as Sodom to me, and alle the dwellers therof `ben maadOm. I. as Gommorre. Therfor the Lord of oostis seith these thingis to the pro|phetis, Lo! Y schal feed hem with wermod, and Y schal ȝyue drynke to hem with galle; for whi defoulyng is goen out of the profetis of Jerusalem on al the lond. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Nyle ȝe here the wordis of profetis, that profesien to ȝou, and disseyuen ȝou; thei speken the visioun of her herte, not of the mouth of the Lord. Thei seien to hem that blasfemen me, The Lord spak, Pees schal be to ȝou; and thei seiden to ech man that goith in the schrewidnesse of his herte, Yuel schal not come on ȝou. For whi who is present in the councel of the Lord, and siȝ, and herde his word? who bihelde, and herde the word of hym? Lo! the whirlewynd of the Lordis indigna|cioun schal go out, and tempest brekynge schal come on the heed of wickid men. The strong veniaunce of the Lord schal not turne aȝen, til that he do, and til that he fille the thouȝt of his herte. In the laste daies ȝe schulen vndurstonde the councel of hym. Y sente not the pro|fetis, and thei runnen; Y spak not to hem, and thei profesieden. If thei hadden stonde in my councel, and hadde maad knowun my wordis to my puple, forsothe Y hadde turned hem awei fro her yuel weie, and fro her worste thouȝtis. Gessist thou, whether Y am God of niȝ, seith the Lord, and not God afer? A man schal not be priuy in hid places, and Y schal not se hym, seith the Lord. Whether Y fille not heuene and erthe? seith the Lord. Y herde what thingis the profetis seiden, profesiynge aOm. I. leesyng in my name, and seiynge, Y dremede dremes. Hou longe is this thing in the herte of profetis, pro|fesiynge aOm. I. leesyng, and profesiynge the disseite of her herte? Whichethe whiche I. wolen make, that my puple forȝete my name for the dremes of hem, whichthe whiche I. ech man tell|ith to his neiȝbore, as the fadris of hem forȝaten my name for Baal. A profete that hath a dreme, telle a dreem; and he that hath my word, speke verili my word. What is with chaffis to the wheete? seith the Lord. Whether my wordis ben not as fier brennynge, seith the Lord, and as an hamer al to-brekynge a stoon? Therfor lo! Y am redi to the profetis, seith the Lord, that stelen my wordis, ech man fro his neiȝbore. Lo! Y to the profetis, seith the Lord, that taken her tungis, and seien, The Lord seith. Lo! Y to the profetis, dremynge aOm. I. leesyng, seith the Lord; which telden thotho lesyngis I. hem N., and disseyueden my puple in her leesyng, and in her myraclis, whanne Y hadde not sente hem, nether hadde comaundide to hem; whiche pro|fitiden no thing to this puple, seith the Lord. Therfor if this puple, ether pro|fete, ether prest, axith thee, and seith, What is the birthun of the Lord? thou schalt seie to hem, Ȝe ben the birthun, for Y schal caste ȝou awei, seith the Lord; and a profete, and a prest, and the puple, that seith, The birthun of the Lord, Y schal visite on that man, and on his hous. Ȝe schulen seie these thingis, ech man to his neiȝbore, and to his brother, What an|sweride the Lord? and what spak the Lord? For the birthun of the Lord schal no more be remembrid, and the word of ech man schal be birthun to hym; and ȝe han peruertid the wordis of lyuynge God, of the Lord of oostis, ȝoure God. Thou schalt seie these thingis to the profete, What answeride the Lord to thee? and what spak the Lord? Forsothe if ȝe seien, The birthin of the Lord, for this thing the Lord seith these thingis, For ȝe seiden this word, The birthun of the Lord, and Y sente to ȝou, and Y seide, Nyle ȝe seie, The birthun of the Lord; therfor lo! Y schal take ȝou awei, and schal bere, and Y schal forsake ȝou, and the citee which Y ȝaf to ȝou, and to ȝoure fadris, fro my face. And Y schal ȝyue ȝou in to euer|lastynge schenschipe, and in to euerlast|ynge sclaundir, that schal neuere be doon awei bi forȝetyng.

 CAP. XXIV.

The Lord schewide to me, and lo! twei panyeris ful of figys weren set bifor the temple of the Lord, aftir that Nabugodo|nosor, kyng of Babiloyne, translatide Je|conye, the sone of Joachym, the kyng of Juda, and the princes of hym, and a sutil crafti man, and a goldsmith fro Jerusalem, and brouȝte hem in to Babiloyne. And o panyere hadde ful good figis, as figis of the firste tyme ben wont to be; and o panyere hadde ful yuel figis, that miȝten not be etun, for tho weren yuel figis. And the Lord seide to me, Jeremye, what thing seest thou? And Y seide, Figis, goode figis, ful goode, and yuele figis, ful yuele, that moun not be etun, for tho ben yuele figis. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, As these figis ben goode, so Y schal knowe the transmygracioun of Juda, which I sente out fro this place in to the lond of Caldeis, in to good. And Y schal sette myn iȝen on hem to plese, and Y schal brynge hem aȝen in to this lond; and Y schal bilde hem, and Y schal not distrie hemOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX.; and Y schal plaunte hem, and Y schal not drawe vp bi the roote. And Y schal ȝyue to hem an herte, that thei knowe me, for Y am the Lord; and thei schulen be in to a puple to me, and Y schal be in to God to hem, for thei schulen turne aȝen to me in al her herte. And as the worste figis ben, that moun not be etun, for tho ben yuele figis, the Lord seith these thingis, So Y schal ȝyue Sedechie, the kyng of Juda, and the princes of hym, and other men of Jerusalem, that dwellidendwellen G. in this citee, and that dwellendwelliden NP pr. m. in the lond of Egipt. And Y schal ȝyue hem into trauelyng and turment in alle rewmes of erthe, in to schenschipe, and in to parable, and in to aOm. I. prouerbe, and in to cursyng, in alle places to whiche Y castide hem out. And Y schal sende in hem aOm. I. swerd, and hungur, and pestilence, til thei be wastid fro the lond which Y ȝaf to hem, and to the fadris of hem.

 CAP. XXV.

The word of the Lord, that was maad to Jeremye, of al the puple of Juda, in the fourthe ȝeer of Joachym, the sone of Josie, the king of Juda, aftir that Jeconye was translatid in to Babiloyne; thilke is the firste ȝeer of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Ba|biloyne; which word Jeremy, the pro|phete, spak to al the puple of Juda, and to alle the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and seide, Fro the threttenthe ȝeer of the rewme of Josie, the sone of Amon, the kyng of Juda, `til tovnto I. this dai, this is the three and twentithe ȝeer, the word of the Lord was maad to me; and Y spak to ȝou, and Y roos bi niȝt and spak, and ȝe herden not. And the Lord sente to ȝou alle hise seruauntis profetis, and roos ful eerli, and sente, and ȝe herden not, nether ȝe bowiden ȝoure eeris, for to here; whanne he seide, Turne ȝe aȝen, ech man fro his yuel weie, and fro ȝoure worste thouȝtis, and ȝe schulen dwelle in the lond whiche the Lord ȝaf to ȝou, and to ȝoure fadris, fro the world and til in to the world. And nyle ȝe go aftir alien goddis, that ȝe serue hem, and worschipe hem, nether terre ȝe me to wrathfulnesse, in the werkis of ȝoure hondis, and Y schal not turmente ȝou. And ȝe herden not me, seith the Lord, that ȝe terreden me to wrathfulnesse in the werkis of ȝoure hondis, in to ȝoure yuel. Therfor the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, For that that ȝe herden not my wordis, lo! Y schal sende, and take alle the kynredis of the north, seith the Lord, and Nabugodo|nosor, my seruaunt, the kyng of Babi|loyne; and Y schal bringe hem on this lond, and on the dwelleris therof, and on alle naciouns, that ben in the cumpas therof; and Y schal sle hem, and Y schal sette hem in to wondryng, and in to hiss|yng, and in to euerlastynge wildirnessis. And Y schal leese of hem the vois of ioye, and the vois of gladnesse, the vois of spouse, and the vois of spousesse, the vois of queernequerns S sec. m., and the liȝt of theOm. ceteri. lanterne. And al the lond therof schal be in to wildirnesse, and in to wondring; and alle these folkis schulen serue the king of Ba|biloyne seuenti ȝeer. And whanne seuenti ȝeer ben fillid, Y schal visite on the kyng of Babiloyne, and on that folc the wickid|nesse of hem, seith the Lord, and on the lond of Caldeis, and Y schal set it in to euerlastynge wildirnesses. And Y schal brynge on that lond alle my wordis whiche Y spak aȝens it, al thing that is writun in this book; what euer thingis Jeremye pro|feside aȝens alle folkis; for thei serueden to hem, whanne thei weren many folkis, and grete kingis; and Y schal ȝelde to hem aftir the werkis of hem, and aftir the dedis of her hondis. For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith thus, Take thou the cuppe of wyn of this woodnesse fro myn hond, and thou schal birle therof to alle hethene men, to whiche Y schal sende thee. And thei schulen drynke, and schu|len be disturblid, and schulen be woode of the face of swerd, which Y schal sende among hem. And Y took the cuppe fro the hond of the Lord, and Y birlide to alle folkis, to whiche the Lord sente me; to Jerusalem, and to alle the citees of Juda, and to the kyngis therof, and to the princes therof; that Y schulde ȝyue hem in to wil|dirnesse, and in to wondring, and in to hissyng, and in to cursing, as this dai is; to Farao, the king of Egipt, and to hise seruauntis, and to hise princes, and to al hise puple; and to alle men generali, to alle the kyngis of the lond Ansitidis, and to alle the kyngis of the lond of Filistiym, and to Ascalon, and to Gaza, and to Aco|ron, and to the residues of Azotus; to Idumee, and to Moab, and to the sones of Amon; and to alle the kyngis of Tirus, and to alle the kingis of Sidon, and to the kingis of the lond of ilis that ben biȝendis the see; and to Dedan, and Theman, and Buz, and to alle men that ben clippid on the long heer; and to alle the kingis of Arabie, and to alle theOm. S. kingis of the west, that dwellen in desert; and to alle theOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX pr. m. kingis of Zambri, and to alle the kingis of Elam, and to alle the kyngis of Medeis; and to alle the kingis of the north, of niȝ and of fer, to ech man aȝens his brothir; and to alle the rewmes of erthe, that ben on the face therof; and kyng Sesac schal drynke after hem. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Drynke ȝe, and be ȝe drunkun, and spue ȝe, and falle ȝe doun, and nyle ȝe rise fro the face of swerd which Y schal sende among ȝou. And whanne thei nylenwolen not I. take the cuppe fro thin hond, that thei drynke, thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Ȝe drynkynge schulen drynkedrinkynge I.; for lo! in the citee in which my name is clepid to help, Y bigynne to turmente, and schu|len ȝebe A pr. m. ȝhe ENPS sec. m. U. as innocentis be with out peyne? ȝe schulen not be with out peyne, for Y clepe swerd on alle the dwelleris of erthe, seith the Lord of oostis. And thou schalt pro|fesie to hem alle these wordis, and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord schal rore fro an hiȝ, and fro his hooli dwellyng place he schal ȝyue his vois; he rorynge schal rore on his fairnesse; a myry songceleuma; a myri fairing song, ethir customable. X marg. sec. m., as of men tredynge in pressouris, schal be sungun aȝens alle dwelleris of erthe. Sown is comun til tovnto I. the laste partis of erthe, for whi doom is to the Lord with folkis, he is demed with ech fleisch; the Lord seith, Y haue ȝoue wickid men to the swerd. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! turment schal go out fro folk in to folk, and a greet whirlwynd schal go out fro the endis of erthe. And the slayn men of the Lord schulen be in that dai fro the ende of the erthe `til tovnto I. the ende therof; thei schulen not be biweilid, ne|ther schulen be gaderid togidere, nether schulen be biried; thei schulen ligge in to a dunghil on the face of erthe. Ȝelle, ȝe scheepherdis, and crye, and, ȝe princypals of the floc, bispreynge ȝou with aische; for ȝoure daies ben fillid, that ȝe be slayn, and ȝoure scateryngis ben fillid, and ȝe schulen falle as precious vessels. And fleyng schal perische fro scheepherdis, and sauyng schal perische fro the principals of the floc. The vois of the crye of scheepherdis, and the ȝellyng of the principals of the floc, for the Lord hath wastid the lesewis of hem. And the feeldis of pees weren stille, for the face of wraththe of the strong ven|iaunce of the Lord. He as a lion hath forsake his tabernacle, for the lond of hem is maad in to desolacioun, of the face of wraththe of the culuer, and of the face of wraththe of the strong veniaunce of the Lord.

 CAP. XXVI.

In the bigynnyng of the rewme of Jo|achym, the sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, this word was maad of the Lord, and seide, The Lord seide these thingis, Stonde thou in the porcheforȝerd CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. of the hous of the Lord, and thou schalt speke to alle the citees of Juda, fro whiche thei comen for to worschipe in the hous of the Lord, alle the wordis whiche Y comaundidecomaunde N. to thee, that thou speke to hem; nyle thou with|drawe a word; if perauenture thei heren, and ben conuertid, ech man fro his yuele weie, and it repente me of the yuel which Y thouȝte to do to hem for the malices of her studies. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord seith these thingis, If ȝe heren not me, that ȝe go in my lawe which Y ȝaf to ȝou, that ȝe here the wordis of my seruauntis, profetis, whiche Y risynge bi niȝte, and dressynge, sente to ȝou, and ȝe herden not; Y schal ȝyue this hous as Silo, and Y schal ȝyue this citee in to cursyng to alle folkis of erthe. And the prestis, and profetis, and al the puple herden Je|remye spekynge these wordis in the hous of the Lord. And whanne Jeremye hadde fillid spekynge alle thingis, whiche the Lord hadde comaundid to hym, that he schulde speke to al the puple, the prestis, and profetis, and al the puple token hym, and seiden, Die he bi deeth; whi profesiede he in the name of the Lord, and seide, This hous schal be as Silo, and this citee schal be desolat, for no dwellere isther is I.? And al the puple was gaderid togidere aȝens Jeremye, in the hous of the Lord. And the princes of Juda herden alle these wordis; and thei stieden fro the kyngis hous in to the hous of the Lord, and saten in the entryng of the newe ȝate of the hous of the Lord. And the prestis and profetis spaken to the princes, and to al the puple, and seiden, Doom of deth is to this man, for he profesiede aȝens this citee, as ȝe herden with ȝoure eeris. And Jere|mye seide to alle the princes, and to al the puple, `and seideseiynge I., The Lord sente me, that Y schulde prophesie to this hous, and to this citee, alle the wordis whiche ȝe herden. Now therfor make ȝe good ȝoure weies, and ȝoure studies, and here ȝe the vois of ȝoure Lord God; and it schal re|pente the Lord of the yuel which he spak aȝens ȝou. Lo! forsothe Y am in ȝoure hondis; do ȝe to me, as it is good and riȝtful bifore ȝoure iȝen. Netheles wite ȝe, and knowe, that if ȝe sleen me, ȝe schulen bitraie innocent blood aȝens ȝou silf, and aȝens this citee, and the dwelleris therof; for in trewthe the Lord sente me to ȝou, that Y schulde speke in ȝoure eeris alle these wordis. And the princes and al the puple seiden to the preestis and profetis, Doom of deth is not to this man; for he spak to vs in the name of oure Lord God. Therfor men of the eldere men of the lond rysidenresen I. vp, and seiden to al the cumpanye of the puple, and spaken, Mychee of Mo|rasten was a profete in the daies of Eze|chie, king of Juda; and he seide to al the puple of Juda, andOm. I. seideseiynge I., The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Sion schal be erid as a feeld, and Jerusalem schal be in to an heep of stoonys, and the hil of the hous of the Lord schal be in to hiȝ thingis of woodis. Whether Ezechie, kyng of Juda, and al Juda condempnede hym bi deth? Whether thei dredden not the Lord, and bisouȝten the face of the Lord? and it re|pentide the Lord of the yuel which he spak aȝens hem. Therfor do we not greet yuel aȝens oure soulis. Also Vrye, the sone of Semey, of Cariathiarym, was a man profesiynge in the name of the Lord; and he profesiede aȝens this citee, and aȝens this lond, bi alle the wordis of Jere|mye. And kyng Joachym, and alle the myȝti men, and princes of hem, herden these wordis; and the kyng souȝte to sle hym; and Vrye herde, and dredde, and he fledde, and entride in to Egipt. And kyng Joachym sente men in to Egipt, Elnathan, the sone of Achobor, and men with hym, in to Egipt; and thei ledden Vrye out of Egipt, and brouȝten hym to kyng Joachym; and the kyng killide hym biwith I. swerd, and castide forth his careyn in the sepulcris of the comyn puple vnnoble. Therfor the hond of Aicham, sone of Sa|phan, was with Jeremye, that he was not bitakun in to the hondis of the puple, and that it killide not hym.

 CAP. XXVII.

In the bigynnyng of the rewme of Joa|chym, the sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, this word was maad of the Lord to Jere|mye, and seide, The Lord seith these thingis to me, Make thou to thee boondis and chaynes, and thou schalt putte thohem N. in thi necke; and thou schalt sende thohem N. to the kyng of Edom, and to the kyng of Moab, and to the kyng of the sones of Amon, and to the kyng of Tyre, and to the kyng of Sidon, bi the hond of mes|sangeris that camen to Jerusalem, and to Sedechie, kyng of Juda. And thou schalt comaunde to hem, that thei speke to her lordis, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Ȝe schulen seie these thingis to ȝoure lordis, Y made erthe, and man, and beestis that ben on the face of al erthe, in my greet strengthe, and in myn arm holdun forth; and Y ȝaf it to hym that plesyde bifore myn iȝen. And now therfor Y ȝaf alle these londis in the hond of Nabugodonosor, my seruaunt, the kyng of Babiloyne; ferthermore and Y ȝaf to hym the beestis of the feeld, that thei serue hym. And alle folkis schulen serue hym, and his sone, and the sone of his sone, til the tyme of his lond and of hym come; and many folkis and grete kyngis schulen serue hym. Forsothe the folk and rewme that serueth not Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, and whoeuer bowith not his necke vndur the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne, Y schal visite on that folk in swerd, and hungur, and pestilence, seith the Lord, til Y waaste hem in his hond. Therfor nyle ȝe here ȝoure profetis, and false dyuynouris, and dremeris, and dy|uyneris bi chiteryng and fleyng of briddis, and witchis, that seien to ȝou, Ȝe schulen not serue the kyng of Babiloyne; for thei profesien a leesyng to ȝou, that thei make ȝou fer fro ȝoure lond, and caste out ȝou, and ȝe perische. Certis the folk that mak|ith suget her nol vndur the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne, and serueth hym, Y schal dismytteleeue, ether dismitte CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. it in his lond, seith the Lord; and it schal tile that lond, and schal dwelle therynne. And Y spak bi alle these wordis to Sedechie, kyng of Juda, and Y seide, Make ȝe suget ȝoure neckis vndur the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne, and serue ȝe hym, and his puple, and ȝe schulen lyue. Whi schulen ȝe die, thou and thi puple, bi swerd, and hungur, and pesti|lence, as the Lord spak to the folklord omnes præter C sup. ras et X., that noldewolde not I. serue to the kyng of Babiloyne? Nyle ȝe here the wordis of profetis seiynge to ȝou, Ȝe schulen not serue the kyng of Ba|biloyne; for thei spekenspaken A. leesynga leesing C. to ȝou, for Y sente not hem, seith the Lord; and thei profesien falsly in my name, that thei caste out ȝou, and that ȝe perische, bothe ȝe and the profetis that profesien to ȝou. And Y spak to the preestis, and to this puple, and Y seide, The Lord God seith these thingis, Nyle ȝe here the wordis of ȝoure profetis, that profesien to ȝou, and seien, Lo! the vessels of the Lord schulen turne aȝen now soone fro Babiloyne; for thei profesien aOm. I. leesyng to ȝou. Therfor nyle ȝe here hem, but serue ȝe toOm. CFGIKMNPQRSUVX. the kyng of Babiloyne, that ȝe lyue; whi is this citee ȝouun in to wildirnesse? And if thei ben profetis, and ifOm. I. the word of God is in hem, renne thei to the Lord of oostis, that the vessels whiche weren left in the hous of the Lord, and in the hous of the kyng of Juda, and in Jerusalem, come not in to Babiloyne. For the Lord of oostis seith these thingis to the pilers, and to the see, that is, a greet waischyng vessel, and to the foundementis, and to the re|menauntisremenaunt C. of vessels, that weren left in this citee, whiche Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, took not, whanne he translatide Jeconye, the sone of Joachim, kingthe kyng CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. of Ju|da, fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne, and alle the principal men of Juda and of Jerusa|lem. For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis to the vessels that ben left in the hous of the Lord, and in the hous of the king of Juda, and in Jerusa|lem, ThoThei N. schulen be translatidtranslatid, ether led ouer C. translatid, ether born ouer EFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. in to Ba|biloyne, and schulen be there `til tovnto I. the dai of her visitacioun, seith the Lord; and Y schal make tho to be brouȝt, and to be restorid in this place.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And it was don in that ȝeer, in the bigynnyng of the rewme of Sedechie, kyng of Juda, in the fourthe ȝeer, in the fyuethe monethe, Ananye, the sone of Azur, a profete of Gabaon, seide to me in the hous of the Lord, bifor the preestis, and al the puple, `and seideseiynge I., The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Y haue al to-broke the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne. Ȝit tweitwo I. ȝeeris of daies benther ben I., and Y schal make to be brouȝt aȝen to this place alle the vessels of the Lord, whiche Nabugo|donosor, kyng of Babiloyne, took fro this place, and translatide thohem N. in to Babiloyne. And Y schal turne to this place, seith the Lord, Jeconye, the sone of Joachym, the kyng of Juda, and al the passyng ouer of Juda, that entriden in to Babiloyne; for Y schal al to-breke the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne. And Jeremye, the profete, seide to Ananye, the profete, bifore the iȝen of preestis, and bifore the iȝen of al the puple that stoden in the hous of the Lord. And Jeremye, the profete, seide to Ananye, Amen! so do the Lord; the Lord reise thi wordis whiche thou profesiedist, that the vessels be brouȝt aȝen in to the hous of the Lord, and al the passyng ouer fro Babiloyne, to this place. Netheles here thou this word, which Y speke in thin eeris, and in the eeris of al the puple. Profetis that weren bifore me, and bifor thee, fro the bigynnyng, and profesieden on many londis, and on many rewmes, of batel, and of turment, and of hungur. The profete that profesiede pees, whanne his word cometh, shal be knowun the pro|fete whom the Lord sente in treuthe. And Ananye, the profete, took the chayne fro the necke of Jeremye, the profete, and brak it. And Ananye, the profete, seidespak N. in the siȝt of al the puple, `and seideseiynge I., The Lord seith these thingis, So Y schal breke the ȝok of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babi|loyne, aftir tweitwo I. ȝeeris of daies, fro the necke of alle folkis. And Jeremye, the profete, ȝede in to his weie. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, aftir that Ananye, the profete, brak the chayne fro the necke of Jeremye; and the Lord seide, Go thou, and seie to Ananye, The Lord seith these thingis, Thou hast al to|broke the chaynes of tre, and thou schalt make yrun chaynes for thohem N.. For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Y haue set an yrun ȝok on the necke of alle these folkis, that thei serue Nabugo|donosor, the king of Babiloyne, and thei schulen serue hym; ferthermore and Y ȝaf to hym the beestis of erthe. And Je|remye, the profete, seide to Ananye, the profete, Ananye, here thou; the Lord sente not thee, and thou madist this puple for to triste in aOm. I. leesyng. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal sende thee out fro the face of erthe; in this ȝeer thou schalt die, for thou spakest aȝens the Lord. And Ananye, the pro|fete, diede in that ȝeer, in the seuenthe monethe.

 CAP. XXIX.

And these ben the wordis of the book, whiche Jeremye, the profete, sente fro Je|rusalem to the residues of eldere men of passyng ouer, and to the preestis, and to the profetis, and to al the puple, whom Nabugodonosor hadde ledde ouer fro Je|rusalem in to Babiloyne, after that Jeco|nye, the kyng, ȝede out, and the ladi, and the onest seruauntis and chast, and the princis of Juda ȝeden out of Jerusalem, and a sutel crafti man, and a goldsmyth of Jerusalem, in the hond of Elasa, sone of Saphan, and of Gamalie, the sone of Elchie, whichethe whiche I. SedechieEzechie I., theOm. I. kyng of Juda, sente to Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, in to Babiloyne. And Je|remye seide, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis to al the pass|yng ouer, which Y translatide fro Jeru|salem in to Babiloyne, Bilde ȝe housis, and enhabite, and plaunte ȝe orcherdis, and ete ȝeete ȝe the CIMV. fruytfruytis G. of thohem N.; take ȝe wyues, and gendre ȝe sones and douȝtris, and ȝyue ȝe wyues to ȝoure sones, and ȝyue ȝe ȝoure douȝtris to hosebondis, and berechilde CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. thei sones and douȝtris; and be ȝe multiplied there, and nyle ȝe be fewe in noumbre. And seke ȝe pees of the citees, to whiche Y made ȝou to passe ouer; and preie ȝe the Lord for it, for in the pees therof schal be pees to ȝou. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Ȝoure profetis, that ben in the myddis of ȝou, and ȝoure dyuynours disseyue ȝou not; and take ȝe noon heede to ȝoure dremes, whiche ȝe dremen; for thei pro|fesien falsli to ȝou in my name, and Y sente not hem, seith the Lord. For the Lord seith thes thingis, Whanne seuenti ȝeer bigynnen to be fillid in Babiloyne, Y schal visite ȝou, and Y schal reise on ȝou my good word, and Y schal brynge ȝou aȝen to this place. For Y knowe the thouȝtis whiche Y thenke on ȝou, seith the Lord, the thouȝtis of pees, and not of turment, that Y ȝyue to ȝou an ende and pacience. And ȝe schulen clepe me to help, and ȝe schulen go, and schulen wor|schipe me, and Y schal here ȝou; ȝe schu|len seke me, and ȝe schulen fynde, whanne ȝe seken me in al ȝoure herte. And Y schal be foundun of ȝou, seith the Lord, and Y schal brynge aȝen ȝoure caitifte, and Y schal gadere ȝou fro alle folkis, and fro alle places, to whiche Y castide out ȝou, seith the Lord; and Y schal make ȝou to turne aȝen fro the place, to which Y made ȝou to passe ouer. For ȝe seiden, The Lord schal reise profetis to vs in Babiloyne. For the Lord seith these thingis to the kyng, that sittith on the seete of Dauid, and to al the puple, dwellere of this citee, to ȝoure britheren, that ȝeden not out with ȝou in to the passyng ouer, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal sende among hem swerd, and hungur, and pestilence; and Y schal sette hem as yuele figis, that moun not be etun, for tho ben ful yuele. And Y schal pursue hem in swerd, and in hungur, and in pestilence; and Y schal ȝyue hem in to trauelyng in alle rewmes of erthe, in to cursyng, and in to won|dryng, and in to scornyng, and in to schenschipe to alle folkis, to whiche Y castide hem out. For thei herden not my wordis, seith the Lord, which Y sente to hem bi my seruauntis, profetis, and roos bi nyȝt, and sente, and ȝe herden not, seith the Lord. Therfor al the passyng ouer, which Y sente out fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne, here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis to Achab, theOm. N. sone of Chu|lie, and to Sedechie, theOm. N. sone of Maasie, that profesien to ȝou aOm. I. leesyng in my name, Lo! Y schal bitake hem in to the hond of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babi|loyne, and he schal smyte hem bifore ȝoure iȝen. And cursyng schal be takun of hem to al the passyng ouer of Juda, which is in Babiloyne, of men seiynge, The Lord sette thee as Sedechie, and as Achab, whiche the kyng of Babiloyne friede in fier, for thei diden foli in Israel, and diden auowtrie on the wyues of her frendis; and thei spaken a word falsli in my name, which Y comaundide not to hem; Y am iuge and witnesse, seith the Lord. And thou schalt seie to Semei Neelamyte, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, For that that thou sentist bookis in my name to al the puple, which is in Jerusalem, and to So|fony, theOm. N. sone of Maasie, the preest, and to alle the prestis, and seidist, The Lord ȝaf thee theOm. N. preest for Joiada, the preest, that thou be duyk in the hous of the Lord on ech man `that isOm. C et ceteri. trauelid of the fend, and profesiynge, that thou sende hym in to stockis, and in to prisoun. And now whi blamest thou not Jeremye of Anathot, that profesieth to ȝou? For on this thing he sente to vs in to Babiloyne, and seide, It is long; bielde ȝe housis, and enhabite, and plaunte ȝe orcherdis, and ete ȝe the fruit of thohem N.. Therfor Sofonye, the preest, redde this book in the eeris of Jeremye, the prophete. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, and seide, Sende thou to al the passyng ouer, and seie, The Lord seith these thingis to Semeye Nee|lamite, For that that Semeye profesiede to ȝou, and Y sente not hym, and he made ȝou to triste in a leesyng; therfor the Lord seith thes thingis, Lo! Y schal visite on Semeye Neelamyte, and on his seed; and no man sittynge in the myddis of this puple schal be to hym; and he schal not se the good, which Y schal do to my puple, seith the Lord, for he spak trespassyng aȝens the Lord.

 CAP. XXX.

This is the word, that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, and spekith, Write to thee in a book, alle these wordis whiche Y spak to thee. For lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal turne the turnyng of my puple Is|rael and Juda, seith the Lord; and Y schal turne hem to the lond which Y ȝaf to the fadris of hem, and thei schulen haue it in possessioun. And these ben the wordis, whiche the Lord spak to Israel, and to Juda, For the Lord seith these thingis, We herden a word of drede; inward drede is, and pees is not. Axe ȝe, and se, if a male berith child; whi therfor siȝ Y the hond of ech man on his leende, as of a womman trauelynge of child, and alle faces ben turned in to ȝelow colour? Wo! for thilke day is greet, nether ony is lyk it; and it is a tyme of tribulacioun to Jacob, and of hym schal be sauyd. And it schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord of oostis, Y schal al to-breke the ȝok of hym fro thi necke, and Y schal breke hise boondis; and aliens schulen no more be lordis of it, but thei schulen serue to her Lord God, and to Dauid, her kyng, whom Y schal reyse for hem. Therfor, Jacob, my seruaunt, drede thou not, seith the Lord, and Israel, drede thou not; for lo! Y schal saue thee fro a fer lond, and thi seed fro the lond of the caitiftee of hem. And Jacob schal turne aȝen, and schal reste, and schal flowe with alle goodis; and noon schal be whom he schal drede. For Y am with thee, seith the Lord, for to saue thee. For Y schal make endyng in alle folkis, in whiche Y scateride thee; sotheli Y schal not make thee in to end|yng, but Y schal chastise thee in doom, that thou be not seyn to thee to be gilteles. For the Lord seith these thingis, Thi brekyng is vncurable, thi wounde is the worste. Noon is, that demeth thi doom to bynde togidere; the profit of heelyngis is not to thee. Alle thi louyeris han forȝete thee, thei schulen not seke thee; for Y haue smyte thee with the wounde of an enemy, with cruel chastisyng; for the multitude of thi wickidnesse, thi synnes ben maad hard. What criest thou on thi brekynge? thi sorewe is vncurable; for the multitude of thi wickidnesse, and for thin hard synnes, Y haue do these thingis to thee. Therfor alle that eeten thee, schulen be deuourid, and alle thin ene|myes schulen be led in to caitifte; and thei that distrien thee, schulen be distried, and Y schal ȝyue alle thi robberis in to raueyn. For Y schal heele perfitli thi wounde, and Y schal make thee hool of thi woundis, seith the Lord; for thou, Sion, thei clepeden thee cast out; this is it that hadde no sekere. The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal turne the turn|yng of the tabernaclis of Jacob, and Y schal haue merci on the housis of hym; and the citee schal be bildid in his hiȝ|nesse, and the temple schal be foundid bi his ordre. And heriyng and the vois of pleiers schal go out of hem, and Y schal multiplie hem, and thei schulen not be decreessid; and Y schal glorifie hem, and thei schulen not be maad thynne. And the sones therof schulen be as at the bigyn|nyng, and the cumpeny therof schal dwelle bifore me; and Y schal visite aȝens alle that doon tribulacioun to it. And the duyk therof schal be of it, and a prince schal be brouȝt forth of the myddis ther|of; and Y schal applie hym, and he schal neiȝe to me; for who is this, that schal applie his herte, that he neiȝe to me? seith the Lord. And ȝe schulen be in to a puple to me, and Y schal be in to God to ȝou. Lo! the whirlewynd of the Lord, a strong veniaunce goynge out, a tempest fallynge doun, schal reste in the heed of wickid men. The Lord schal not turne awey the ire of indignacioun, til he do, and fille the thouȝt of his herte; in the lastelaste tyme I. ofOm. S sec. m. daies ȝe schulen vndurstonde tho thingis. In that tyme, seith the Lord, Y schal be God to alle the kynredis of Israel; and thei schulen be in to a puple to me.

 CAP. XXXI.

The Lord seith these thingis, The puple that was left of swerd, foond grace in de|sert; Israel schal go to his reste. Fer the Lord apperide to me, and in euerlastynge charite Y louede thee; therfor Y doynge merci drow thee. And eft Y schal bilde thee, and thou, virgyn Israel, schalt be bildid; ȝit thou schalt be ourned with thi tympans, and schalt go out in the cum|penyequeer, ether cumpeny CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY. of pleieris. Ȝit thou schalt plaunte vynes in the hillis of Samarie; men plauntynge schulen plaunte, and til the tyme come, thei schulen not gadere grapis. For whi a dai schal be, wherynne keperis schulen crye in the hil of Samarie, and in the hil of Effraym, Rise ȝe, and stie we in to Sion, to oure Lord God. For the Lord seith these thingis, Jacob, make ȝe ful out ioye in gladnesse, and neye ȝe aȝens the heed of hethene men; sowne ȝe, synge ȝe, and seie ȝe, Lord, saue thi puple, the resi|dues of Israel. Lo! Y schal brynge hem fro the loond of the north, and Y schal gadere hem fro the fertheste partis of erthe; among whiche schulen be a blynd man, and crokid, and a womman with childe, and trauelynge of child togidere, a greet cumpeny of hem that schulen turne aȝen hidur. Thei schulen come in wepyng, and Y schal brynge hem aȝen in merci; and Y schal brynge hem bi the strondis of watris in a riȝtful weie, thei schulen not spurne therynne; for Y am maad a fadir to Israel, and Effraym is my gendrid sone. Ȝe hethene men, here ȝeOm. C sec. m. EFGHIMNPQRVX. the word of the Lord, and telle ȝe in ylis that ben fer, and seie, He that scateride Israel, schal gadere it, and schal kepe it, as a scheepherde kepith his floc. For the Lord aȝenbouȝte Jacob, and delyuerede hym fro the hond of the myȝtiere. And thei schulen come, and herye in the hil of Sion; and thei schulen flowe togidere to the goodis of the Lord, on wheete, wyn, and oile, and on the fruyt of scheep, and of neet; and the soule of hem schal be as a watri gardyn, and thei schulen no more hungre. Thanne a virgyn schal be glad in a cumpenye, ȝonge men and elde togi|dere; and Y schal turne the morenyng of hem in to ioie, and Y schal coumforte hem, and Y schal make hem glad of her sorewe. And Y schal greetli fille the soule of prestis with fatnesse, and my puple schal be fillid with my goodis, seith the Lord. The Lord seith these thingis, A vois of weilynga weilyng A pr. m., and of wepyng, and of mourenyng, was herd an hiȝ; the vois of Rachel biwepynge hir sones, and not willynge to be coumfortid on hem, for thei ben not. The Lord seith these thingis, Thi vois reste of wepyng, and thin iȝen reste of teeres; for whi mede is to thi werk, seith the Lord; and thei schulen turne aȝen fro the lond of the enemy. And hope is to thi laste thingis, seith the Lord, and thi sones schulen turne aȝen to her endis. I heringe herde Effraym passinge ouer; thou chastisidist me, and Y am lerned as a ȝong oon vn|temydvntemyd, ether wielde CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY.; turne thou me, and Y schal be conuertid, for thou art my Lord God. For aftir that thou conuertidist me, Y dide penaunce; and aftir that thou schew|idist to me, Y smoot myn hipe; Y am schent, and Y schamede, for Y suffride the schenschipe of my ȝongthe. For Ef|fraym is a worschipful sone to me, for he is a delicat child; for sithen Y spak of hym, ȝit Y schal haue mynde on hym; therfor myn entrails ben disturblid on him, Y doynge merci schal haue merci on hymhem N., seith the Lord. Ordeyne to thee an hiȝ totyng place, sette to thee bitter|nesses; dresse thin herte in to a streiȝt weie, in which thou ȝedist; turne aȝen, thou virgyn of Israel, turne aȝen to these thi citees. Hou longe, douȝter of vnstid|fast dwellyng, art thou maad dissolut in delices? for the Lord hath maad a newe thing on erthe, a womman schal cumpasse a man. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Ȝit thei schulen seie this word in the lond of Juda, and in the citees therof, whane Y schal turne the caytifte of hem, The Lord blesse thee, thou fairnesse of riȝtfulnesse, thou hooli hil. And Juda, and alle citeesthe citees I. therof schulen dwelle in it togidere, erthetilieris, and thei that dryuen flockis. For Y fill|ide greetli a feynt soule, and Y haue fillid ech hungri soule. Therfor Y am as reisid fro sleep, and Y siȝ; and my sleep was swete to me. Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal sowe the hous of Israel and the hous of Juda with the seed of men, and with the seed of werk beestis. And as Y wakide on hem, to drawe vp bi the roote, and to distrie, and to scatere, and to leese, and to turmente; so Y schal wake on hem, to bilde, and to plaunte, seith the Lord. In tho daies thei schulen no more seie, The fadres eeten a sour grape, and the teeth of sones weren asto|nyed; but ech man schal die in his wick|idnesse, ech man that etith a sour grape, hise teeth schulen be astonyed. Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal smyte a newe boond of pees to the hous of Is|rael, and to the hous of Juda; not bi the couenaunte which Y made with ȝoure fadris, in the dai in which Y took the hond of hem, to lede hem out of the lond of Egipt, the couenaunte which thei made voide; and Y was Lord of hem, seith the Lord. But this schal be the couenaunte, which Y schal smyte with the hous of Israel aftir tho daies, seith the Lord; Y schal ȝyue my lawe in the entrails of hem, and Y schal write it in the herte of hem, and Y schal be in to God to hem, and thei schulen be in to a puple to me. And a man schal no more teche his neiȝbore, and a man his brother, and seie, Knowe thou the Lord; for alle schulen knowe me, fro the leeste of hem `til tovnto I. the mooste, seith the Lord; for Y schal be merciful to the wickidnessis of hem, and Y schal no more be myndeful on the synne of hem. The Lord seith these thingis, that ȝyueth the sunne in the liȝt of dai, the ordre of the moone and of sterristhe sterris N. in the liȝt of the niȝt, whiche disturblith the see, and the wawis therof sownen, the Lord of oostis is name to hym. If these lawis failen bifore me, seith the Lord, thanne and the seed of Israel schal faile, that it be not a folk bifore me in alle daies. The Lord seith these thingis, If heuenes aboue moun be mesurid, and the foundementis of erthe bynethe be souȝt out, and Y schal caste awei al the seed of Israel, for alle thingis whiche thei diden, seith the Lord. Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and a citee schal be bildid to the Lord, fro the tour of Ananeel `til tovnto I. the ȝate of the corner. And it schal go out ouer the reule of me|sure, in the siȝt therof, on the hil Gareb, and it schal cumpasse Goatha, and al the valei of careyns, and it schal cumpasse aischis, and al the cuntrei of deth, `til tovnto I. the stronde of Cedron, and tilOm. I. to the cor|ner of the eest ȝate of horsis; the hooli thing of the Lord schal not be drawun out, and it schal no more be destried with outen ende.

 CAP. XXXII.

The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, in the tenthe ȝeer of Sedechie, kyng of Juda; thilke is the eiȝtenthe ȝeer of Nabugodonosor. Thanne the oost of the kyng of Babiloyne bisegide Jerusalem; and Jeremye, the profete, was closid in the porche of the prisoun, that was in the hous of the kyng of Juda. For whi Sede|chie, the kyng of Juda, hadde closid hym, and seide, Whi profesiest thou, seiynge, The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal ȝyue this citee in the hond of the kyng of Babyloyne, and he schal take it; and Sedechie, theOm. I. kyng of Juda, schal not ascape fro the hond of Caldeis, but he schal be bitake in to the hond of the kyng of Babiloyne; and his mouth schal speke with the mouth of hym, and hise iȝen schulen se the iȝen of hym; and he schal lede Sedechie in to Babiloyne, and he schal be there, til Y visyte hym, seith the Lord; forsothe if ȝe fiȝten aȝens Caldeis, ȝe schulen haue no thing in prosperite? And Jeremye seide, The word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Lo! Ananeel, the sone of Sellum, the sone of thi fadris brothir, schal come to thee, and seie, Bi thou to thee my feeld, which is in Ana|thot; for it bifallith to thee by niȝ kyn|rede, that thou bie it. And Ananeel, the sone of my fadris brothir, cam to me, bi the word of the Lord, to the porche of the prisoun, and seide to me, Welde thou my feeld, which is in Anathot, in the lond of Beniamyn; for whi the erytage bifallith to thee, and thou art the next of blood, that thou welde it. Forsothe Y vndirstood, that it was the word of the Lord. And Y bouȝte the feeld, which is in Anathot, of Ananeel, the sone of my fadris brothir. And Y paiede to hym siluer, seuene sta|terisa stater is half an ounce, as Isidere seith, in the xviij. book of Ethy|mologies. A et plures., and ten platis of siluer; and Y wroot in a book, and Y seelide, and Y ȝaf witnessis. And Y weiede siluer in a ba|launce; and Y took the book aseelid of possessioun, and axingis and answerys of the seller and bier, and couenauntis, and seelis withoutforth. And Y ȝaf the book of possessioun to Baruc, the sone of Neri, sone of Maasie, bifore the iȝen of Ananeel, the sone of my fadris brother, and bifore the iȝen of witnessis that weren writun in the book of biyng, bifore the iȝen of alle Jewis, that saten in the porche of the prisoun. And Y comaundide to Baruc bi|fore hem, and Y seide, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Take thou these bookis, this seelid book of bi|yng, and this book which is opyn, and putte thou tho in an erthen vessel, that thothei N. moun dwelle biOm. N. many daies. For whi the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Ȝit housis, and feeldis, and vynes schulen be weldid in this lond. And Y preiede to the Lord, aftir that Y bitook the book of possessioun to Baruc, the sone of Nery; and Y seide, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God, Lord, thou madist heuene and erthe in thi greet strengthe, and in thin arm stretchid forth; ech word schal not be hard to thee; which doist merci in thousyndis, and ȝeldist the wickidnesse of fadris in to the bosum of her sones aftir hem. Thou strongeste, greet, myȝti, Lord of oostis is name to thee; greet in coun|cel, and vncomprehensible in thouȝt, whose iȝen ben open on alle the weies of the sones of Adam, that thou ȝelde to ech aftir hise weies, and aftir the fruyt of hise fynd|yngis; which settidist signes and greet woundris in the lond of Egipt, `til tovnto I. this dai, bothe in Israel and in men; and madist to thee a name, as this dai is. And thou leddist thi puple Israel out of the lond of Egipt, in signes and in greet woundris, and in aOm. I. strong hond, and in an arm holdun forth, and in greet dreed; and thou ȝauest to hem this lond, which thou sworist to the fadris of hem, that thou woldist ȝyue to hem, a lond flowynge with milk and hony. And thei entriden, and hadden it in possessioun; and thei obeieden not to thi vois, and thei ȝeden not in thi lawe; alle thingis whiche thou comaundidist to hem to do, thei diden not; and alle these yuels bifellenbifelde CI et alii passim. to hem. Lo! strengthis ben bildid aȝens the citee, that it be takun, and the citee is ȝouun in to the hondis of Caldeis, and in to the hondis of the kyng of Babiloyne, that fiȝten aȝens it, of the face of swerd, and of hungur, and of pestilence; and what euer thingis thou spakest, bifellen, as thou thi silf seest. And Lord God, thou seist to me, Bie thou a feeld for siluer, and ȝyue thou witnessis, whanne the citee is ȝouun in the hondis of Caldeis. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, and seide, Lo! Y am the Lord God of `al fleisch. Whetherech man, wher I. ony word schal be hard to me? Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bitake this citee in to the hondis of Caldeis, and in to the hond of the kyng of Babiloyne, and he schal take it. And Caldeis schulen come, and fiȝte aȝens this citee, and thei schulen brenne it with fier, and thei schulen brenne it, and housis, in whose rooues thei sacri|fiedensacrifiseden CEFGHKNPQRSUVX. to Baal, and offriden moist sacrifices to alien goddis, toand to F. terre me to wraththe. For whi the sones of Israel and the sones of Juda diden yuel contynueli, fro her ȝonge waxynge age, bifore myn iȝen, the sones of Israel, whichethe whiche I. `til tovnto I. now wrath|then me bi the werk of her hondis, seith the Lord. For whi this citee is maad to me in my strong veniaunce and indigna|cioun, fro the day in which thei bildiden it, `til tovnto I. this dai, in which it schal be takun awei fro my siȝt; for the malice of the sones of Israel, and of the sones of Juda, which thei diden, terrynge me to wrathfulnesse, thei, and the kyngis of hem, the princes of hem, and the prestis, and profetis of hem, the men of Juda, and the dwelleris of Jerusalem. And thei turn|eden to me the backis, and not the faces, whanne Y tauȝte, and enformede hem erli; and thei noldenwolden not I. here, that thei schulden take techyng. And thei settiden her idols in the hous, in which my name is clepid to help, that thei schulden defoule it. And thei bildiden hiȝ thingis to Baal, that ben in the valei of the sones of Ennon, that thei schulden halewe her sones and her douȝtris to Moloc, which thing Y comaund|ide not to hem, nether it stiede in to myn herte, that thei schulden do this abhomy|nacioun, and brynge Juda in to synne. And now for these thingis, the Lord God of Israel seith these thingis to this citee, of whiche ȝe seien, that it schal be bitakun in to the hondis of the kyng of Babiloyne, in swerd, and inOm. A. hungur, and in pestilence, Lo! Y schal gadere hem fro alle londis, to whiche Y castide hem out in my strong veniaunce, and in my wraththe, and in greet indignacioun; and Y schal brynge hem aȝen to this place, and Y schal make hem to dwelle tristili. And thei schulen be in to a puple to me, and Y schal be in to God to hem. And Y schal ȝyue to hem oon herte and o soule, that thei drede me in alle daies, and that it be wel to hem, and to her sones aftir hem. And Y schal smyte to hem a couenaunt euerlastynge, and Y schal not ceese to do wel to hem, and Y schal ȝyue my drede in the herte of hem, that thei go not awey fro me. And Y schal be glad on hem, whanne Y schal do wel to hem; and Y schal plaunte hem in this lond in treuthe, in al myn herte, and in al my soule. For the Lord seith these thingis, As Y brouȝte on this puple al this greet yuel, so Y schal brynge on hem al the good, which Y schal speke to hem. And feeldis schulen be weldid in this lond, of which ȝe seien, that it is de|sert, for no man and beeste is left; and it is ȝouun in to the hondis of Caldeis. Feeldis schulen be bouȝt for money, and schulen be writun in a book, and a seel schal be preentid; and witnessis schulen be ȝouun, in the lond of Beniamyn, and in the cumpas of Jerusalem, and in the citees of Juda, and in the citees in hilli places, and in the citees in feeldi places, and in the citees that ben at the south; for Y schal turne the caitiftee of hem, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XXXIII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, in the secounde tyme, whanne he was closid ȝit in the porche of the pri|soun, and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, The Lord is name of hym, that schal do, and fourme, and make redi that thing; Crye thou to me, and Y schal here thee, and Y schal telle to thee grete thingis, and stidfast, whiche thou knowist not. For the Lord God of Israel seith these thingis to the housis of this citee, and to the housis of the kyng of Juda, that ben distried, and to the strengthingis, and to the swerd of men comynge to fiȝte with Caldeis, and to fille tho housis with careyns of men, which Y smoot in my strong veniaunce, and in myn indigna|cioun; and Y hidde my face fro this citee, for al the malice of hem. Lo! Y schal close togidere to hem a wounde and helthe, and Y schal make hem hool, and Y schal schewe to hem the bisechyng of pees and of treuthe; and Y schal conuerte the con|uersioun of Juda, and Y schal conuerte the conuersioun of Jerusalem, and Y schal bilde hem, as at the bigynnyng. And Y schal clense hem fro al herOm. N. wickidnesse, in which thei synneden to me, and Y schal be merciful to alle the wickidnessis of hem, in which thei trespassiden to me, and for|soken me. And thei schulen be to me in to a name, and in to ioye, and in to heriyng, and in to ful out ioiyng to alle folkis of erthe, that herden alle the goodis whiche Y schal do to hem; and thei schulen drede, and schulen be disturblid in alle goodis, and in al the pees, which Y schal do to hem. The Lord seith these thingis, Ȝit in this place, which ȝe seien to be forsakun, for no man isther is I. nether beeste in the citees of Juda, and in the ȝatis of Jerusalem, that ben desolat, without man, and with out dwellere, and with out beeste, the vois of ioye schal be herd, and the vois of glad|nesse, the vois of spouse, and the vois of spousesse, the vois of men, seiynge, Know|leche ȝe to the Lord of oostis, for the Lord is good, for his merci is with outen ende, and of men berynge vowis in to the hous of the Lord; for Y schal brynge aȝen the conuersioun of the lond, as at the bigyn|nyng, seith the Lord. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Ȝit in this forsakun place, with out man, and with out beeste, and in alle citees therof, schal be a dwell|yng place of scheepherdis, of flockis lig|gynge. And in the citees in hilli places, and in the citees in feeldi places, and in the citees that ben at the south, and in the lond of Beniamyn, and in the cumpas of Jerusalem, and in the citees of Juda, ȝit flockis schulen passe, at the hond of the noumbrere, seith the Lord. Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal reise the good word, which Y spak to the hous of Israel, and to the hous of Juda. In tho daies, and in that tyme, Y schal make the seed of riȝtfulnesse to buriowne to Dauid, and he schal make doom and riȝtfulnesse in erthe. In tho daies Juda schal be sauyd, and Israel schal dwelle tristili; and this is the name which thei schulen clepe hym, Oure riȝtful Lord. For the Lord seith these thingis, A man of Dauid schal not perische, that shal sitte on the trone of the hous of Israel; and of preestis and dekenes a man schal not perische fro my face, that schal offre brent sacrifices, and brenne sacrificesacrifices I., and sle sacrifice, in alle daies. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, If my couenaunt with the dai and my couenaunt with the niȝt mai be maad voide, that the dai and theOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. niȝt be not in his tyme; and my couenaunt with Dauid, my seruaunt, mai be voide, that of hym be no sone, that schal regne in his trone, and no dekenes, and preestis, my mynistris; as the sterris of heuene moun not be noumbrid, and the grauel of the see mai not be metun, so Y schal mul|tiplie the seed of Dauid, my seruaunt, and dekenes, my mynystris. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, and seide, Whether thou hast not seyn, that this pu|ple spak, seiynge, Twei kynredis whiche the Lord chees, ben cast awei, and thei dispisiden my puple, for it is no more a folc bifore hem. The Lord seith these thingis, If Y settide not my couenaunt bi|twixe dai and niȝt, and if Y settide not lawis to heuene and erthe; sotheli and Y schal caste awei the seed of Jacob, and of Dauid, my seruaunt, that Y take not of the seed of hym princes, of the seed of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob; for Y schal brynge aȝen the conuersioun of hem, and Y schal haue merci on hem.

 CAP. XXXIV.

The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, whanne Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, and al his oost, and alle the rewmes of erthe, that weren vndur the power of his hond, and alle puplis fouȝten aȝens Jerusalem, and aȝens alle citees ther|of; and he seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Go thou, and speke to Sedechie, kyng of Juda; and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bitake this citee in to the hond of the kyng of Babiloyne, and he schal brenne it bi fier. And thou schalt not ascape fro his hond, but thou schalt be takun bi takyng, and thou schalt be bitakun in to his hond; and thin iȝen schulen se the iȝen of the kyng of Babi|loyne, and his mouth schal speke with thi mouth, and thou schalt entre in to Babiloyne. Netheles Sedechie, the kyng of Juda, here thou the word of the Lord; the Lord seith these thingis to thee, Thou schalt not die bi swerd, but thou schalt die in pees, and bi the brennyngis of thi fadris, the formere kyngis that weren bi|fore theeOm. N., so thei schulen brenne thee, and thei schulen biweile thee, Wo! lord; for Y spak a word, seith the Lord. And Jeremye, the profete, spak to Sedechie, kyngthe kyng IS. of Juda, alle these wordis in Jeru|salem. And the oost of the kyng of Babi|loyne fauȝt aȝens Jerusalem, and aȝens alle the citees of Juda, that weren leftresidue, ether left CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY.; aȝens Lachis, and aȝens Azecha; for whi these strong citees weren left of the citees of Juda. The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, aftir that kyng Sedechie smoot boond of pees with al the puple in Jerusalem, and prechide, that ech man schulde delyuere his seruaunt, and ech man his handmaide, an Ebreu man and anOm. A. Ebru womman fre, and that thei schulden not be lordis of hem, that is, in a Jew, and her brothir. Therfor alle the princes and al the puple herden, whichethe whiche I. maden couenaunt, that thei schulden dely|uere ech man his seruaunt, and ech man his handmaide fre, and schulde no more be lordis of hem; therfor thei herden, and delyueriden; and thei weren turned aftir|ward, and drowen aȝen her seruauntis, and handmaidis, whiche thei hadden left fre, and thei madenmaden hem I. suget in to seruauntis, and in to seruauntessis. And the word of the Lord was maad of the Lord to Jere|mye, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y smoot a boond of pees with ȝoure fadris, in the dai in which Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt, out of the hous of seruage; and Y seide, Whanne seuene ȝeeris ben fillid, ech man delyuere his brother, an Ebreu man, which is seeld to hym, and he schal serue thee sixe ȝeer, and thou schalt delyuere hym fro thee; and ȝoure fadris herden not me, nether bowiden her eere. And ȝe ben con|uertid to dai, and ȝe diden that, that is riȝtful bifore myn iȝen, that ȝe prechedenprechen A pr. m. ech man fredom to his frend, and ȝe maden couenaunt in my siȝt, in the hous wher|ynne my name is clepid to help on that fredom. And ȝe turneden aȝen, and de|foulidenȝe defouliden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. my name, and ȝe brouȝten aȝen ech man his seruaunt, and ech man his handmaide, whiche ȝe delyueriden, that thei schulden be fre, and of her owne power; and ȝe maden hem suget, that thei be seruauntis and haundmaidis to ȝou. Therfor the Lord seith thes thingis, Ȝe herden not me, that ȝe prechiden fre|dom, ech man to his brothir, and ech man to his freend; lo! Y preeche to ȝou fre|dom, seith the Lord, and to swerd, and to hungur, and to pestilence, and Y schal ȝyue ȝou in to stiryng to alle rewmes of erthe. And Y schal ȝyue the men, that breken my boond of pees, and kepten not the wordis of boond of pees, to whiche thei assentiden in my siȝt, and kepten not the calf, which thei kittiden in to twei partis; and the princes of Juda, and the princes of Jerusalem, and the onest seruauntis, and preestis ȝeden bytwixebitwene I. the partyngis therof, and al the puple of the lond, that ȝeden bitwixe the departyngis of the calf; and Y schal ȝyue hem in to the hond of her enemyes, and in to the hond of hem that seken her lijf; and the deed careyn of hem schal be in to mete to the volatilis of the eir, and to the beestis of erthe. And Y schal ȝyue Sedechie, the kyng of Juda, and hise princes, in to the hond of her enemyes, and in to the hond of hem that seken her lijf, and in to the hond of the oostis of the kyng of Babiloyne, that ȝeden awei fro ȝou. Lo! Y comaunde, seith the Lord, and Y schal brynge hem aȝen in to this citee, and thei schulen fiȝte aȝens it, and schulen take it, and schulenthei schulen I. brenne it with fier; and Y schal ȝyue the citees of Juda in to wildirnesse, for ther is no dwellere.

 CAP. XXXV.

The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, in the daies of Joachym, sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, and seide, Go thou to the hous of Recabitis, and speke thou to hem; and thou schalt brynge hem in to the hous of the Lord, inand in F. to oa IN. chaumbre of tresouris, and thou schalt ȝyue to hem to drynke wyn. And Y took Jeconye, the sone of Jeremye, sone of Absanye, and hise britheren, and alle the sones of hym, and al the hous of Recabitis. And Y ledde hem in to the hous of the Lord, to the treserie of the sones of Eman, sone of Godolie, the man of God; whichthe whiche I. treserie was bisidis the treserie of princes, aboue the tresour of Maasie, sone of Sellum, that was kepere of the vestiarie. And Y set|tide bifore the sones of the hous of Recab|itis pecis, and grete cowpis ful of wyn; and Y seide to hem, Drinke ȝe wyn. And thei answeriden, We schulen not drinke wyn; for whi Jonadab, oure fadir, the sone of Recab, comaundide to vs, and seide, Ȝe schulen not drinke wyn, ȝe and ȝoure sones, `til in tovnto I. withouten ende; and ȝe schulen not bilde an hous, and ȝe schulen not sowe seed, and ȝe schulen not plaunte vynes, nether schulen haue, but ȝe schulen dwelle in tabernaclis in alle ȝoure daies, that ȝe lyue many daies on the face of erthe, in which ȝe goen in pilgrymage. Therfor we obeieden to the vois of Jona|dab, oure fadir, the sone of Recab, in alle thingis whiche he comaundide to vs; so that we drunken not wyn in alle oure dayes, we, and oure wymmen, oure sones, and douȝtris; and we bildiden not housis to dwelle, and we hadden not a vyner, and a feeld, and seed; but we dwelliden in ta|bernaclis, and weren obeiynge, and diden bi alle thingis, whiche Jonadab, oure fa|dir, comaundide to vs. But whanne Nabu|godonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, hadde stied to this lond, we seiden, Come ȝe, and entre we in to Jerusalem, fro the face of the oost of Caldeis, and fro the face of the oost of Sirie; and we dwelliden in Jeru|salem. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, and seide, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Go thou, and seie to the men of Juda, and to the dwelleris of Jerusalem, WhetherWher I. ȝe schulen not take techyng, that ȝe obeie to my wordis, seith the Lord? The wordis of Jonadab, sone of Rechab, hadden the maistrie, whiche he comaundide to hise sones, that thei schulden not drynke wyn; and thei drynken not, `til tovnto I. this dai; for thei obeieden to the comaundement of her fadir; but Y spak to ȝou, and Y roos ful eerli, and spake, and ȝe obeieden not to me. And Y sente to ȝou alle my ser|uauntis profetis, and Y roos ful eerli, and Y sente, and seide, Be ȝe conuertid, ech man fro his worste weye, and make ȝe good ȝoure studies, and nyle ȝe sue alien goddis, nether worschipe ȝe hem, and ȝe schulen dwelle in the lond, which Y ȝaf to ȝou, and to ȝoure fadris; and ȝe bow|iden not ȝoure eere, nether herden me. Therfor the sones of Jonadab, sone of Re|cab, maden stidfast the comaundement of her fadir, which he comaundide to hem; but this puple obeiede not to me. Therfor the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bringe on Juda, and on alle the dwelleris of Jerusalem, al the turment which Y spak aȝens hem; for Y spak to hem, and thei herden not; Y clepide hem, and thei answeriden not to me. Forsothe Jeremye seide to the hous of Recabitis, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, For that that ȝe obeieden to the comaundement of Jona|dab, ȝoure fadir, and kepten alle hise co|maundementis, and diden alle thingis, whiche he comaundide to ȝou; therfor the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, A man of the generacioun of Jo|nadab, sone of Recab, schal not faile stond|ynge in my siȝt in alle daies.

 CAP. XXXVI.

And it was don, in the fourthe ȝeer of Joachym, sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, this word was maad of the Lord to Jere|mye, and seide, Take thou the volym of a book, and thou schalt write therynne alle the wordis, whiche Y spake to thee aȝens Israel and Juda, and aȝens alle folkis, fro the dai in whiche Y spak to thee, fro the daies of Josie `til tovnto I. this dai. If perauenture whanne the hous of Juda herith alle the yuels whiche Y thenke to do to hem, ech man turne aȝen fro his worste weye, and Y schal be merciful to the wickidnesse and synne of hem. Ther|for Jeremye clepide Baruk, the sone of Nerye; and Baruk wroot of the mouth of Jeremye in the volym of a book alle theOm. N. wordis of the Lord, whiche he spak to hym. And Jeremye comaundide to Ba|ruk, and seide, Y am closid, and Y may not entre in to the hous of the Lord. Therfor entre thou, and rede of the book, in which thou hast write of my mouth the wordis of the Lord, in hering of the puple, in the hous of the Lord, in the dai of fastyng; ferthermore and in heryng of al Juda, that comen fro her citees, thou schalt rede to hem; if perauenture the preier of hem falle in the siȝt of the Lord, and eche man turne aȝen fro his worste weie; for whi the strong veniaunce and indignacioun is greet, which the Lord spak aȝens this puple. And Baruk, the sone of Nerie, dide aftir alle thingis, which Jeremye, the prophete, comaundide to hym; and he redde of the book the wordis of the Lord, in the hous of the Lord. Forsothe it was doon, in the fyu|eth ȝeer of Joachym, sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, in the nynthe monethe, thei prechiden fastynge in the siȝt of the Lord, to al the puple in Jerusalem, and to al the multitude, that cam togidere fro the citees of Juda in to Jerusalem. And Baruc redde of the volym the wordis of Jeremye, in the hous of the Lord, in the treserie of Gamarie, sonethe I. of Saphan, scryuen, in the hiȝere porche, in the en|tring of the newe ȝate of the hous of the Lord, in audience of al the puple. And whanne Mychie, the sone of Gamarie, sone of Saphan, hadde herd alle the wordis of the Lord, of the book, he ȝede doun in to the hous of the kyng, to the treserye of the scryuen. And lo! alle the princes saten there, Elisama, the scryuen, and Dalaie, the sone of Semeye, and Elnathan, the sone of Achabor, and Gamarie, the sone of Saphan, and Sedechie, the sone of Ananye, and alle princes. And Mychee telde to hem alle the wordis, whiche he herde Baruc redynge of the book, in the eeris of the puple. Therfor alle the princes senten to Baruc Judi, the sone of Nathathie, sone of Selemye, sone of Chusi, and seiden, Take in thin hond the book, of which thou reddist in audience of the puple, and come thou. Therfor Baruc, the sone of Nereie, took the book in his hoond, and cam to hem. And thei seiden to hym, Sitte thou, and rede these thingis in oure eeris; and Baruc redde in the eeris of hem. Therfor whanne thei had|den herd alle the wordis, thei wondriden ech man to his neiȝbore, and thei seiden to Baruc, Owen we to telle to the kyng alle these wordis? And thei axiden hym, and seiden, Schewe thou to vs, hou thou hast write alle these wordis of his mouth. Forsothe Baruc seide to hem, Of his mouth he spak, as redynge to me, alle these wordis; and Y wroot in a book with enke. And alle the princes seiden to Baruc, Go, be thou hid, thou and Jeremye; and no man wite where ȝe ben. And thei en|triden to the kyng, in to the halle; for|sothe thei bitoken the book to be kept in to the treserie of Elisame, the scryuen. And thei telden alle the wordis, in audi|ence of the kyng. Therfor the kyng sente Judi, that he schulde take the book. Which took the book fro the treserie of Elysame, the scryuen, and redde in audi|ence of the kyng, and ofOm. N. alle the princes, that stoden aboute the kyng. Forsothe the kyng sat in the wyntir hous, in the nynthe monethe; and a panne ful of coolis was set bifore hym. And whanne Judi hadde red thre pagynspagyn C pr. m. F pr. m. H., ethir foure, he kittide it with the knyf of a scryueyn, and castide in to the fier, `that wasOm. S. inon CEFGHIKMNPQRUVX. of S. the panne, til al the book was wastid bi the fier, that was onin CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. the panne. And the kyng and alle hise seruauntis, that herden alle these wordis, dredden not, ne|thir to-renten her clothis. Netheles El|nathan, and Dalaie, and Gamarie aȝen|seiden the kyng, that he schulde not brenne the book; and he herde not hem. And the kyng comaundide to Jeremyel, sone of Amalech, and to Saraie, sone of Esreel, and to Selemye, sone of Abdehel, that thei schulden take Baruc, the writer, and Jeremye, the profete; forsothe the Lord hidde hem. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete, aftir that the kyng hadde brent the book and wordis, whiche Baruc hadde write of Jeremyes mouth; and he seid, Eft take thou another book, and write therynne alle the former wordis, that weren in the firste book, which Joachym, the kyng of Juda, brente. And thou schalt seie to Joachym, kyngthe kyng A pr. m. of Juda, The Lord seith these thingis, Thou brentist that book, and seidist, What hast thou write ther|ynne, tellynge, The kyng of Babiloyne schal come hastynge, and schal distrie this lond, and schal make man and beeste to ceesse therof? Therfor the Lord seith these thingis aȝens Joachym, king of Juda, Noon schalther schal I. be of hym, that schal sitte on the seete of Dauid; and his careyn schal be cast forth to the heete bi dai, and to the forst bi niȝt. And Y schal visite aȝens hym, and aȝens his seed, and aȝens hise seruauntis, her wickidnessis. And Y schal bryng on hem, and on the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and on the men of Juda, al the yuel which Y spak to hem, and thei herden not. Forsothe Jeremye took an other book, and ȝaf it to Baruc, the writer, the sone of Nerie, whichthe which I. wroot therynne of Jeremyes mouth alle the wordis of the book, which book Joachym, theOm. I. kyng of Juda, hadde brent bi fier; and ferther|more many mo wordis weren addid than weren bifore.

 CAP. XXXVII.

And kyng Sedechie, the sone of Josie, regnede for Jeconye, the sone of Joachym, whom Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, made kyng in the lond of Juda. And he, and hise seruauntis, and his puple obei|eden not to the wordis of the Lord, whiche he spak in the hond of Jeremye, the pro|fete. And kyng Sedechie sente Jothal, the sone of Selemye, and Sofonye, the preest, the sone of Maasie, to Jeremye, the profete, and seide, Preie thou for vs oure Lord God. Forsothe Jeremye ȝede freli in the myddis of the puple; for thei hadden not sente hym in to the kepyng of the prisoun. Therfor the oost of Farao ȝede out of Egipt, and Caldeis, that biseg|iden Jerusalem, herden sich a message, and ȝeden awei fro Jerusalem. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Thus ȝe schulen seie to the kyng of Juda, that sente ȝou to axe me, Lo! the oost of Farao, which ȝede out to ȝou in to help, schal turne aȝen in to his lond, in to Egipt. And Caldeis schulen come aȝen, and schulenthei schulen I. fiȝte aȝens this citee, and schulen take it, and schulen brenne itOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. biwith I. fier. The Lord seith these thingis, Nyle ȝe disseyue ȝoure soulis, sei|ynge, Caldeis goynge schulen go awey, and schulen departe fro vs; for thei schu|len not go awei. But thouȝ ȝe sleen al the oost of Caldeis, that fiȝten aȝens ȝou, and summe woundid men of hem be left, ech man schal rise fro his tente, and thei schulen brenne this citee biwith I. fier. Therfor whanne the oost of Caldeis hadde goon awei fro Jerusalem, for the oost of Farao, Jeremye ȝede out of Jerusalem, to go in to the lond of Beniamyn, and to departe there the possessioun in the siȝt of cite|seyns. And whanne he was comun to the ȝate of Beniamyn, ther was a kepere of the ȝate bi whiles, Jerie bi name, the sone of Selemye, sone of Ananye; and he took Jeremye, the prophete, and seide, Thou fleest to Caldeis. And Jeremye answeride, It is fals; Y fle not to Caldeis. And he herde not Jeremye, but Jerie took Jere|mye, and brouȝte hym to the princes. Wherfor the princes weren wrooth aȝens Jeremye, and beetenthei beeten I. hym, and senten hym in to the prisoun, that was in the hous of Jonathas, the scryuen; for he was souereyn on the prisoun. Therfor Jeremye entride in to the hous of the lake, and in to the prisoun of trauel; and Jeremye sat there manye daies. Therfor kyng Sedechie sente, and took hym a wei, and axide hym priuyli in his hous, and seide, Gessist thou, whether a word is of the Lord? And Jeremye seide, Ther is. And Jeremye seide, Thou schalt be bi|takun in to the hond of the kyng of Babi|loyne. AndAnd eft I. Jeremye seide to Sedechie, the kyng, What haue Y synned to thee, and to thi seruauntis, and to thi puple, for thou hast sent me in to the hous of prisoun? Where ben ȝoure profetis, that profesieden to ȝou, and seiden, The king of Babiloyne schal not come onto N. ȝou, and on this lond? Now therfor, my lord the kyng, Y biseche, here thou, my preier be worth in thi siȝt, and sende thou not me aȝen in to the hous of Jonathas, the scryuen, lest Y die there. Therfor Sede|chie comaundide, that Jeremye schulde be bitakun in to the porche of the prisoun, and that a cake of breed schulde be ȝouun to hym ech dai, outakunwithouten I. seew, til alleOm. S. loouesthe looues I. of the citee weren wastid; and Jeremye dwellide in the porche of the prisoun.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

Forsothe Safacie, sone of Nathan, and Jedelie, sone of Fassur, and Jothal, sone of Selemye, and Fassour, sone of Melchie, herden the wordis whiche Jeremye spak to al the puple, `and seideseiynge I., The Lord seith these thingis, Who euer dwellith in this citee, schal die bi swerd, and hungur, and pestilence; but he that flieth to Caldeis, shal lyue, and his soule schal be hool and lyuynge. The Lord seith these thingis, This citee to be bitakun schal be bitakun in to the hond of the oost of the kyng of Babiloyne, and he schal take it. And the princes seiden to the kyng, We preien, that this man be slayn; for of bifore castyng he discoum|fortith the hondis of men werriours, that dwelliden in this citee, and the hondis of al the puple, andand he I. spekith to hem bi alle these wordis. For whi this man sekith not pees to this puple, but yuel. And kyng Sedechie seide, Lo! he is in ȝoure hondis, for it is not leueful that the kyng denye ony thing to ȝou. Therfor thei token Je|remye, and castiden hym doun in to the lake of Elchie, sonethe sone I. of Amalech, which was in the porche of the prisoun; and thei senten doun Jeremye bi cordis in to the lake, wherynne was no watir, but fen; therfor Jeremye ȝede doun in to the filthe. Forsothe Abdemalech Ethiopien, a chast man and oneste, herde, that was in the kyngis hous, that thei hadden sent Jeremye in to the lake; sotheli the king sat in the ȝate of Beniamyn. And Abde|malech ȝede out of the kyngis hous, and spak to the kyng, and seide, My lord the kyng, these men diden yuele alle thingis, what euer thingis thei diden aȝens Jere|mye, the profete, sendynge hym in to the lake, that he die there for hungur; for whi looues ben no more in the citee. Therfor the kyng comaundide to Abde|melech Ethiopien, and seide, Take with thee thretti men fro hennus, and reise thou Jeremye, the profete, fro the lake, bifor that he die. Therfor whanne Abde|melech hadde take men with hym, he entride in to the hous of the kyng, that was vndur the celer; and he took fro thennus elde clothis, and elde ragges, that weren rotun; and he sente thohem N. doun to Jeremye, in to the lake, bi cordis. And Abdemelech Ethiopien seide to Jeremye, Putte thou elde clothis, and these to-rent and rotun thingis vndur the cubit of thin hondis, and on the cordis. Therfor Jere|mye dide so. And thei drowen out Jere|mye with cordis, and ledden hym out of the lake. Forsothe Jeremye dwellide in the porche of the prisoun. And kyng Sedechie sente, and took hym Jeremye, the profete, at the thridde dore that was in the hous of the Lord. And the kyng seide to Jeremye, Y axe of thee a word; hide thou not ony thing fro me. Forsothe Jeremye seide to Sedechie, If Y telle to thee, whether thou schalt not sle me? And if Y ȝyue councel to thee, thou schalt not here me. Therfor Sedechie the king swoor to Jeremye priueli, and seide, The Lord lyueth, that maad to vs this soule, Y schal not sle thee, and Y schal not bi|take thee in to the hondis of these men, that seken thi lijf. And Jeremye seide to Sedechie, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, If thou goest forth, and goest out to the princes of the kyng of Babiloyne, thi soule schal lyue, and this citee schal not be brent with fier, and thou schalt be saaf, thou and thin hous. Forsothe if thou goest not out to the princes of the kyng of Babiloyne, this citee schal be bitakun in to the hondis of Caldeis; and thei schulen brenne it with fier, and thou schalt not ascape fro the hond of hem. And kyng Sedechie seide to Jeremye, Y am angwischid for the Jewis that fledden ouer to Caldeis, lest perauenture Y be bi|takun in to the hondis of hem, and thei scorne me. Forsothe Jeremye answeride, and seide to hym, Thei schulen not bitake thee; Y biseche, here thou the vois of the Lord, which Y schal speke to thee, and it schal be wel to thee, and thi soule schal lyue. That if thou wolt not go out, this is the word which the Lord schewide to me, Lo! alle the wymmen, that weren left in the hous of the kyng of Juda, schulen be led out to the princes of the kyng of Babiloyne; and tho wymmen schulen seie, Thi pesible men disseyueden thee, and hadden the maistrye aȝens thee; thei drenchiden thee in filthe, and thi feet in slidirnesse, and ȝeden awei fro thee. And alle thi wyues and thi sones schulen be led out to Caldeis, and thou schalt not ascape the hondis of hem; but thou schalt be bitakun in to the hondis of the kyng of Babiloyne, and he schal brenne this citee biwith I. fier. Therfore Sede|chie seide to Jeremye, No man wite these wordis, and thou schalt not die. Sotheli if the princes heren, that Y spak with thee, and comenthei comen I. to thee, and seien to thee, Schewe thou to vs what thou spak|est with the kyng, hide thou not fro vs, and we schulen not sle thee; and what the kyng spak with thee, thou schalt seie to hem, Knelyngli Y puttidesettide CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. forth my preiris bifore the kyng, that he schulde not co|maunde me to be led aȝen in to the hous of Jonathan, and Y schulde die there. Therfor alle the princes camen to Jere|mye, and axiden hym; and he spak to hem bi alle the wordis whiche the kyng hadde comaundid to hym, and thei ceess|iden fro hym; for whi no thing was herd. Therfor Jeremye dwellide in the porche of the prisoun, til to the dai wherynnein whiche I. Jerusalem was takun; and it was don, that Jerusalem schulde be takun.

 CAP. XXXIX.

In the nynethe ȝeer of Sedechie, kyng of Juda, in the tenthe monethe, Nabugo|donosor, kyng of Babiloyne, and al his oost cam to Jerusalem, and thei bisegiden it. Forsothe in the enleuenthe ȝeer of Sedechie, in the fourthe monethe, in the fyuethe day of the monethe, the citee was opened; and alle the princes of the kyng of Babiloyne entriden, and saten in the myddil ȝate, Veregel, Fererer, Semegar, Nabusarrachym, Rapsaces, Neregel, Sere|ser, Rebynag, and alle othere princes of the kyng of Babiloyne. And whanne Sede|chie, the kyng of Juda, and alle the men werriouris hadden seien hem, thei fledden, and ȝeden out bi niȝt fro the citee, bi the weie of the gardyn of the kyng, and bi the ȝate that was bitwixe twei wallis; and thei ȝeden out to the weie of desert. Forsothe the oost of Caldeis pursueden hem, and thei token Sedechie in the feeld of wildirnesse of Jericho; and thei token hym, and brouȝten to Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, in Reblatha, which is in the lond of Emath; and Nabugodo|nosor spak domes towith I. hym. And the kyng of Babiloyne killide the sones of Sedechye in Reblatha, bifor hise iȝen; and the kyng of Babyloyne killide alle the noble men of Juda. Also he puttide out the iȝen of Sedechie, and boond hym in feteris, that he schulde be led in to Babiloyne. And Caldeis brenten with fier the hous of the kyng, and the hous of the comun puple, and distriedenthei distrieden I. the wal of Jerusalem. And Nabusardan, the maister of knyȝtis, translatide in to Babiloyne the residues of the puple, that dwelliden in the citee, and the fleeris awei, that hadden fled ouer to hym, and the superflue men of the comyn puple, that weren left. And Nabusardan, the maistir of knyȝtis, lefte in the lond of Juda, of the puple of pore men, and ȝaf to hem vyneris and cisternes in that dai. Forsothe Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babi|loyne, hadde comaundid of Jeremye to Nabusardan, maister of chyualriethe chyualrie I., and seide, Take thou him, and sette thin iȝen on hym, and do thou no thing of yuel to him; but as he wole, so do thou to hym. Therfor Nabusardan, the prynce of chy|ualrie, sente Nabu, and Lesban, and Rap|sases, and Veregel, and Sereser, and Re|bynag, and alle the principal men of the kyng of Babiloyne, senten, and token Je|remye fro the porche of the prisoun, and bitokunthei bitokun I. hym to Godolie, the sone of Aicham, sone of Saphan, that he schulde entre in to the hous, and dwelle among the puple. Forsothe the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, whanne he was closid in the porche of the prisoun, and seide, Go thou, and seie to Abdemelech Ethiopien, and speke thou, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal brynge my wordis on this citee in to yuel, and not in to good; and tho schulen be in thi siȝt in that dai. And Y schal delyuere thee in that day, seith the Lord, and thou schalt not be bitakun in to the hondis of men, whiche thou dreddist; but Y delyuerynge schal dely|uere thee, and thou schalt not falle doun bi swerd; but thi soule schal be in to helthe to thee, for thou haddist trist in me, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XL.

The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, aftir that he was delyuered of Nabusardan, maister of chyualriethe chyualrie I., fro Rama, whanne he took hym boundun with chaynes, in the myddis of alle men that passiden fro Jerusalem, and fro Juda, and weren led in to Babyloyne. Therfor the prince of chyualriethe chyualrie I. took Jeremye, and seide to hym, Thi Lord God spak this yuel on this place, and the Lord hath brouȝt, and hath do, as he spak; for ȝe synneden to the Lord, and herden not the vois of hym, and this word is doon to ȝou. Now therfor lo! Y haue releessid thee to dai fro the chaynes that ben in thin hondis; if it plesith thee to come with me in to Babiloyne, come thou, and Y schal sette myn iȝen on thee; sotheli if it displesith thee to come with me in to Babiloyne, sitte thou here; lo! al the lond is in thi siȝt, that that thou chesist, and whidur it plesith thee to go, thidur go thou, and nyle thou come with me. But dwelle thou with Godolie, sone of Aicham, sone of Saphan, whom the kyng of Babiloyne made souereyn to the citees of Juda; therfor dwelle thou with hym in the myddis of the puple, ether go thou, whidir euer it plesith thee to go. And the maister of chyualrie ȝaf to hym metis, and ȝiftis, and lefte hym. Forsothe Jere|mye cam to Godolie, sone of Aicham, in to Masphat, and dwellide with hym, in the myddis of the puple that was left in the lond. And whanne alle princes of the oost hadden herd, that weren scatered bi cuntreis, thei and the felowis of hem, that the kyng of Babiloyne hadde maad Go|dolie souereyn of the lond, the sone of Aicham, and that he hadde bitake to Go|dolie men, and wymmen, and litle children, and ofthe I. pore men of the lond, that weren not translatid in to Babiloyne, thei camen to Godolie in Masphat; and Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, and Johannan, the sone of Caree, and Jonathan, and Sareas, the sone of Tenoemeth, and the sones of Offi, that weren of Nethophati, and Jeconye, the sone of Machati; bothe thei and her men camen to Godolie. And Godolie, sonethe sone CFHIKMNQSUVX. of Aicham, sone of Saphan, swoor to hem, and to the felowis of hem, and seide, Nyle ȝe drede to serue Caldeis; but dwelle ȝe in the lond, and serue ȝe the kyng of Babiloyne, and it schal be wel to ȝou. Lo! Y dwelle in Mesphath, for to answere to the comaundement of Caldeis, that ben sent to vs; forsothe gadere ȝe vyndage, and ripe corn, and oile, and kepe ȝe in ȝoure vessels, and dwelle ȝe in ȝoure citees whiche ȝe holden. But also alle the Jewis, that weren in Moab, and in the oostis of Amon, and in Ydumee, and in alle the cuntreis, whanne it is herd, that the kyng of Babiloyne hadde ȝoue resi|dues, ether remenauntis, in Judee, and that he hadde maad souereyn on hem Go|dolie, the sone of Aicham, sone of Saphan, sotheli alle Jewis turneden aȝen fro alle places, to whiche thei hadden fled; and thei camen in to the lond of Juda, to Go|dolie in Masphat, and gaderiden wyn and ripe corn ful myche. Forsothe Johannan, the sone of Caree, and alle the princes of the oost, that weren scaterid in the cun|treis, camen to Godolie in Masphath, and seiden to hym, Wite thou, that Bahalis, kyng of the sones of Amon, hath sent Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, to smyte thi lijf. And Godolie, the sone of Aicham, bileuyde not to hem. Forsothe Johannan, the sone of Caree, seide to Godolie asidis half in Masphath, and spak, Y schal go, and sle Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, while no man knowith, lest he sle thi lijf, and alle the Jewis ben scatered, that ben gaderid to thee, and the remenauntis of Juda schulen perische. And Godolie, the sone of Aicham, seide to Johannan, the sone of Caree, Nyle thou do this word, for thou spekist fals of Ismael.

 CAP. XLI.

And it was don in the seuenthe monethe, Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, sone of Eli|sama, of the kingis seed, and the principal men of the kyng, and ten men with hym, camen to Godolie, the sone of Aicham, in Masphath; and thei eeten there looues to|gidere in Masphath. Forsothe Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, and the ten men that weren with hym, risidenresin E. risen F. resen I. vp, and killiden biwith I. swerd Godolie, the sone of Aicham, sone of Saphan; and thei killiden hym, whom the kyng of Babiloyne hadde maad soue|reyn of the lond. Also Ismael killide alle the Jewis, that weren with Godolie in Masphath, and the Caldeis, that weren foundun there, and the men werriours. Forsothe in the secounde dai, aftir that he hadde slayn Godolie, while no man wiste ȝit, foure scoor men with schauen beerdis, and to-rent clothis, and pale men, camen fro Sichem, and fro Silo, and fro Samarie; and thei hadden ȝiftis and en|cense in the hond, for to offre in the hous of the Lord. Therfor Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, ȝede out of Masphath in to the metyng of hem; and he ȝede goynge and wepynge. Sotheli whanne he hadde met hem, he seide to hem, Come ȝe to Godolie, the sone of Aicham; and whanne thei weren comun to the myddis of the citee, Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, killide hem aboute the myddis of the lake, he and the men that weren with hym `killiden hemOm. I.. But ten men weren foundun among hem, that seiden to Ismael, Nyle thou sle vs, for we han tresour of wheete, and of barli, and of oile, and of hony, in the feeld. And he ceesside, and killide not hem with her britheren. Forsothe the lake in to which Ismael castide forth alle the careyns of men, whiche he killide for Godolie, is thilke lake, which kyng Asa made for Baasa, the kyng of Israel; Is|mael, the sone of Nathanye, fillide that lake with slayn men. And Ismael ledde prisoneris alle the remenauntis of the pu|ple, that weren in Mesphath, the douȝtris of the kyng, and al the puple that dwell|iden in Masphath, whiche Nabusardan, the prince of chyualrie, hadde bitakun to kepyng to Godolie, the sone of Aicham. And Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, took hem, and ȝede to passe ouer to the sones of Amon. Forsothe Johannan, the sone of Caree, and alle the princes of werriouris, that weren with hym, herden al the yuel, which Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, hadde do. And whanne thei hadden take alle men, thei ȝeden forth to fiȝte aȝens Ismael, the sone of Nathanye; and thei foundun hym at the many watris, that ben in Ga|baon. And whanne al the puple, that was with Ismael, hadden seyn Johannan, the sone of Caree, and alle the princes of wer|riouris, that weren with hym, thei weren glad. And al the puple, whom Ismael hadde take in Masphath, turnede aȝen; and it turnede aȝen, and ȝede to Johannan, the sone of Caree. Forsothe Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, fledde with eiȝte men fro the face of Johannan, and ȝede to the sones of Amon. Therfor Johannan, theOm. N. sone of Caree, and alle the princes of wer|riours, that weren with hym, token alle the remenauntis of the comyn puple, whiche thei brouȝten aȝen fro Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, that weren of Masphat, aftir that he killide Godolie, the sone of Aicham; he took strong men to batel, and wymmen, and children, and geldyngis, whiche he hadde brouȝt aȝen fro Gabaon. And thei ȝeden, and saten beynge pil|gryms in Canaan, which is bisidis Beth|leem, that thei schulden go, and entre in to Egipt fro the face of Caldeis; for thei dredden thilke Caldeis, for Ismael, the sone of Nathanye, hadde slayn Godolie, the sone of Aicham, whom the kyng Nabugodono|sor hadde maad souereyn in the lond of Juda.

 CAP. XLII.

And alle the princes of werriours neiȝ|iden, and Johannan, the sone of Caree, and Jeconye, the sone of Josie, and the residue comyn puple, fro a litil man `til tovnto I. to RV. aOm. FHNQRSU. greet man. And thei seiden to Jere|mye, the profete, Oure preier falle in thi siȝt, and preie thou for vs to thi Lord God, for alle these remenauntis; for we ben left a fewe of manye, as thin iȝen biholden vs; and thi Lord God telle to vs the weie, bi which we schulen go, and the word which we schulen do. Forsothe Jeremye, the profete, seide to hem, Y haue herd; lo! Y preye to oure Lord God, bi ȝoure wordis; Y schal schewe to ȝou ech word, what euere word the Lord schal answere to me, ne|ther Y schal hide ony thing fro ȝou. And thei seiden to Jeremye, The Lord be wit|nesse of treuthe and of feith bitwixe vs; if not bi ech word, in which thi Lord God schal sende thee to vs, so we schulen do, whether it be good ether yuel. We schulen obeie to the vois of oure Lord God, to whom we senden thee, that it be wel to vs, whanne we han herd the vois of oure Lord God. Forsothe whanne ten daies weren fillid, the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye. And he clepide Johan|nan, the sone of Caree, and alle the princes of werriours, that weren with hym, and al the puple fro the leste `til tovnto I. the mooste; and he seide to hem, The Lord God of Is|rael seith these thingis, to whom ȝe senten me, that Y schulde mekeli sette forth ȝoure preyeris in his siȝt. If ȝe resten, and dwellen in this lond, Y schal bilde ȝou, and Y schal not distrie; Y schal plaunte, and Y schal not drawe out; for now Y am plesid on the yuel which Y dide to ȝou. Nyle ȝe drede of the face of the kyng of Babiloyne, whom ȝe `that benOm. plures. ferdfulfeerful P., dreden; nyle ȝe drede hym, seith the Lord, for Y am with ȝou, to make ȝou saaf, and to delyuere fro his hond. And Y schal ȝyue mercies to ȝou, and Y schal haue merci on ȝou, and Y schal make ȝou dwelle in ȝoure lond. Forsothe if ȝe seien, We schulen not dwelle in this lond, nether we schulen here the vois of oure Lord God, and seie, Nai, but we schulen go to the lond of Egipt, where we schulen not se batel, and schulen not here the noisevois K text sec. m. ether soun K marg. sec. m. of trumpe, and we schulen not suffre hungur, and there we schulen dwelle; for this thing, ȝe remenauntis of Juda, here now the word of the Lord. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, If ȝe setten ȝoure face, for to entre in to Egipt, and if ȝe entren, tofor to NV pr. m. dwelle there, the swerd whiche ȝe dreden schal take ȝou there in the lond of Egipt, and the hungur for which ȝe ben angwischid schal cleue to ȝou in Egipt; and there ȝe schulen die. And alleOm. I. the men that settiden her face, tofor to CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. entre in to Egipt, and to dwelle there, schulen die bi swerd, and hungur, and pestilence; no man of hem schal dwelle stille, nether schal aschape fro the face of yuel, which Y schal brynge on hem. For why the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, As my strong veniaunce and myn indignacioun is wellid togidere on the dwelleris of Jerusalem, so myn indig|nacioun schal be wellid togidere on ȝou, whanne ȝe han entrid in to Egipt; and ȝe schulen be in to sweryng, and in to wondring, and in to cursyng, and in to schenschipe; and ȝe schulen no more se this place. The word of the Lord is on ȝou, ȝe remenauntis of Juda; nyle ȝe entre in to Egipt; ȝe witinge schulen wite, that Y haue witnessid to ȝou to dai; for ȝe han disseyued ȝoure soulis, for ȝe senten me to ȝoure Lord God, and seiden, Preye thou for vs to oure Lord God, and bi alle thingis what euer thingis oure Lord schal seie to thee, so telle thou to vs, and we schulen do. And Y telde to ȝou to dai, and ȝe herden not the vois of ȝoure Lord God, on alle thingis for whiche he sente me to ȝou. Now therfor ȝe witynge schu|len wite, for ȝe schulen die bi swerd, and hungur, and pestilence, in the place to which ȝe wolden entre, to dwelle there.

 CAP. XLIII.

Forsothe it was don, whanne Jeremye spekinge to the puple hadde fillid alle the wordis of the Lord God of hem, for whiche the Lord God of hem sente hym to hem, alle these wordis, Azarie, the sone of Josie, seide, and Johanna, the sone of Caree, and alle proude men, seiynge to Jeremye, Thou spekist aOm. I. leesyng; oure Lord God sente not thee, and seide, Entre ȝe not in to Egipt, to dwelle there; but Baruc, the sone of Nerie, stirith thee aȝens vs, that he bitake vs in the hondis of Caldeis, that he sle vs, and make to be led ouer in to Babiloyne. And Johanna, the sone of Caree, and alle the princes of werriours, and al the puple, herden not the vois of the Lord, that thei dwellendwelliden CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX. in the lond of Juda. But Johanna, the sone of Caree, and alle the princes of werriours, token alle of the remenauntis of Juda, that turn|eden aȝen fro alle folkis, to whiche thei weren scatered bifore, that thei schulden dwelle in the lond of Juda; thei token men, and wymmen, and litle children, and the douȝtris of the kyng, and ech persoone, whom Nabusardan, the prince of chyual|rie, hadde left with Godolie, the sone of Aicham, sone of Saphan. And thei token Jeremye, the profete, and Baruc, the sone of Nerie, and thei entriden in to the lond of Egipt; for thei obeieden not to the vois of the Lord, and thei camen `til tovnto I. Taph|nys. And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye in Taphnys, and seide, Take in thin hond grete stoonys, and hide thou tho in a denne, which is vndur the wal of tiil stoon, in the ȝate of the hous of Farao, in Taphnys, while alle Jewisthe Jewis I. seenseen it I.. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal sende, and Y schal take Nabugodo|nosor, my seruaunt, the kyng of Babi|loyne; and Y schal sette his trone on these stoonys, whiche Y hidde; and he schal sette his seete on tho stoonys. And he schal come, and smyte the lond of Egipt, whiche in deth in to deth, and whiche in caitiftee in to caitiftee, and whiche in swerd in to swerd. And he schal kindle fier in the templis of goddis of Egipt, and he schal brenne tho templis, and schal lede hem prisoneris; and the lond of Egipt schal be wlappid, as a scheepherd is wlappid in his mentil; and he schal go out fro thennus in pees. And he schal al to-breke the ymagis of the hous of the sunne, that ben in the lond of Egipt; and he schal brenne in fier the templis of the goddis of Egipt.

 CAP. XLIV.

The word that was maad to Jeremye, and to alle the Jewis, that dwelliden in the lond of Egipt, dwellinge in Magdalo, and in Taphnys, and in Memphis, and in the lond of Phatures, and seide, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Ȝe siensauȝen I passim. al this yuel, which Y brouȝte on Jerusalem, and on alle the citees of Juda; and lo! tho ben forsakun to dai, and no dwellere isther is I. in thohem N.; for the malice which thei diden, to terre me to wrathfulnesse, and that thei ȝeden, and maden sacrifice, and worschipiden alien goddis, whiche thei knewen not, bothe ȝe, and thei, and ȝoure fadris. And Y sente to ȝou alle my seruauntis profetis; and Y roos bi nyȝte, and sente, and seide, Nyle ȝe do the word of sich abhomynacioun. And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, that thei schulen be conuertid fro her yuels, and schulden not make sacrifice to alien goddis. And myn indignacioun and my strong veniaunce is wellid togidere, and is kindlid in the citees of Juda, and in the stretis of Jerusalem; and thothei N. ben turned in to wildirnesse, and wastnesse, bi this dai. And now the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Whi doon ȝe this greet yuel aȝens ȝoure soulis, that a man of ȝou perische and a womman a litil child and soukynge perischeOm. I., fro the myddis of Juda, nether ony residue thing be left in ȝou, that terre me to wraththe bi the werkis of ȝoure hondis, in makynge sacrifice to alien goddis in the lond of Egipt, in to which ȝe entriden, that ȝe dwelle there, and that ȝe perische, and be in to cursyng, and in to schenschipe to alle the folkis of erthe? Whether ȝe han forȝete the yuels of ȝoure fadris, and the yuels of the kingis of Juda, and the yuels of her wiues, and ȝoure yuels, and the yuels of ȝoure wyues, whiche thei diden in the lond of Juda, and in the cuntreis of Jerusalem? Thei ben not clensid `til tovnto I. this dai, and thei dredden not, and thei ȝeden not in the lawe of the Lord, and in myn heestis, whiche Y ȝaf bifore ȝou, and bifore ȝoure fadris. Therfor the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal sette my face in ȝou in to yuel, and Y schal leese al Juda, and Y schal take the remenauntis of Juda, that settiden her faces, to go in to the lond of Egipt, and to dwelle there; and alle schu|len be waastid in the lond of Egipt, thei schulen falle doun bi swerd, and schulen be wastid in hungur, fro the leeste `til tovnto I. the mooste, thei schulen die bi swerd and hungur, and schulen be in to swering, and in to myraclemyracle, or wondir EPY., and in to cursyng, and in to schenschipe. And Y schal visite on the dwelleris of Egipt, as Y visitide on Jeru|salem, in swerd, and in hungur, and in pestilence. And noon schalther schal I. be, that schal ascape, and be residue of the remenauntis of Jewis, that goen to be pilgrimys in the lond of Egipt, and to turne aȝen to the lond of Juda, to which thei reisen her soulis, that thei turne aȝen, and dwelle there; thei schulen not turne aȝen thidir, noOm. I. but thei that fledden. Forsothe alle men answeriden to Jeremye, and wisten, that her wyues maden sacrifice to alien goddis, and alle wymmen, of whiche a greet multitude stood, and alle the puple of dwelleris in the lond of Egipt, in Fa|tures, and seiden, We schulen not here of thee the word which thou spekist to vs in the name of oure Lord God, but we doynge schulen do ech word that schal go out of oure mouth, that we make sacrifice to the queen of heuene, and that we offre to it moist sacrifices, as we diden, and oure fadris, oure kingis, and oure princes, in the citees of Juda, and in the stretis of Jerusalem; and we weren fillid with looues, and it was wel to vs, and we sien noon yuel. But fro that tyme, in which we ceessiden to make sacrifice to the queen of heuene, and to offre to it moist sacri|fices, we hadden nede to alle thingis, and we weren wastid bi swerd and hungur. That if we maken sacrifice to the queen of heuene, and offren to it moist sacrifices, whether withouten oure hosebondis we maden to it cakis, to worschipe it, and looues to be offrid? And Jeremye seide to al the puple, aȝens the men, and aȝens the wymmen, and aȝens alOm. N. the puple, that an|sweriden to hym the word, and he seide, Whether not the sacrificesacrefices S. which ȝe sacri|fisiden in the citees of Juda, and in the stretis of Jerusalem, ȝe, and ȝoure fadris, ȝoure kyngis, and ȝoure princes, and the puple of the lond, terriden God to ven|iaunce? The Lord hadde mynde on these thingis, and it stiede on his herte; and the Lord myȝte no more bere, for the malice of ȝoure studies, and for abhomy|naciounsthe abhomynaciouns I. whiche ȝe diden. And ȝoure lond is maad in to desolacioun, and in to won|dryng, and in to curs, for no dwellere is, as this dai is. Therfor for ȝe maden sacri|fice to idols, and synneden to the Lord, and herden not the voisword N. of the Lord, and ȝeden not in the lawe, and in the co|mandementis, and in the witnessis of hym, therfor these yuels bifellen to ȝou, as this dai is. Forsothe Jeremye seide to al the puple, and to alle the wymmen, Al Juda, that ben in the lond of Egipt, here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, and spekith, Ȝe and ȝoure wyues spaken with ȝoure mouth, and filliden with ȝoure hondis, and seiden, Make we oure vowis whiche we vowiden, that we make sacri|fice to the queen of heuene, and offre to it moist sacrifices; ȝe filliden ȝoure vowis, and diden tho in werk. Therfor, al Juda, that dwellen in the lond of Egipt, here ȝe the word of the Lord; Lo! Y swoor in my greet name, seith the Lord, that my name schal no more be clepid bi the mouth of ech man Jew, seiynge, The Lord God lyueth, in al the lond of Egipt. Lo! Y schal wake on hem in to yuel, and not in to good; and alle the men of Juda, that ben in the lond of Egipt, schulen be waastid, bi swerd and hungur, til thei be wastid outerli. And a fewe men that fled|den the swerd, schulen turne aȝen fro the lond of Egipt in to the lond of Juda; and alle the remenauntis of Juda, of hem that entren in to the lond of Egipt, to dwelle there, schulen wite, whos word schal be fillid, myn ether hern. And this schal be a signe to ȝou, seith the Lord, that Y schal visite on ȝou in this place, that ȝe wite, that verili my wordis schulen be fillid aȝens ȝou in to yuel. The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bitake Farao, the kyng of Egipt, in to the hond of hise enemyes, and in to the hond of hem that seken his lijf, as Y bitook Sedechie, theOm. I. kyng of Juda, in to the hond of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, his enemye, and sek|ynge his lijf.

 CAP. XLV.

The word that Jeremye, the profete, spak to Baruc, the sone of Nerie, whanne he hadde write these wordis in the book, of the mouth of Jeremye, in the fourthe ȝeer of Joachym, the sone of Josie, kyng of Juda, and seide, The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis to thee, Baruc. Thou seidist, Wo to me wretche, for the Lord encreesside sorewe to my sorewe; Y tra|uelide in my weilyng, and Y foond not reste. The Lord seith these thingis, Thus thou schalt seye to hym, Lo! Y distrie hem, whiche Y bildide, and Y drawe out hem, whiche Y plauntide, and al this lond. And sekist thou grete thingis to thee? nyle thou seke, for lo! Y schal brynge yuel on ech man, seith the Lord, and Y schal ȝyue toOm. N. thee thi lijf in to helthe, in alle places, to whiche euer places thou schalt go.

 CAP. XLVI.

The word of the Lord, that was maad to Jeremye, the profete, aȝens hethene men; to Egipt, aȝens the oost of Farao Nechao, kyng of Egipt, that was bisidis the flood Eufrates, in Charchamys, whom Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, smoot, in the fourthe ȝeer of Joachym, sone of Josie, kyng of Juda. Make ȝe redi scheeld and targat, and go ȝe forth to batel. Ioyne ȝe horsis, and stie, ȝe knyȝtis; stonde ȝe in helmeshelmes, ether basynetis CEFGHKMNPQRSUVX., polische ȝe speris, clothe ȝe ȝou in haburiowns. What therfor? Y siȝ hem dredefuldredeful, ether aferd CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX., and turnynge the backis, the stronge men of hem slayn; and thei fled|den swiftli and bihelden not; drede was on ech side, seith the Lord. A swift man schal not fle, and a strong man gesse not hym silf to be saued; at the north, bisidis the flood Eufrates, thei weren ouer comun, and fellen doun. Who is this, that stieth as a flood, and hise swelewis wexen greet as of floodis? Egipte stiede at the lic|nesse of a flood, and hise wawis schulen be mouyd as floodis; and it schal seie, Y schal stie, and hile the erthe; Y schal leese the citee, and dwelleris therof. Stie ȝe onupon I. horsis, and make ȝe ful out ioie in charis; and stronge men, come forth, E|thiopie and Libie, holdynge scheeld, and Lidii, takynge and schetynge arowis. For|sothe that dai of the Lord God of oostis is a dai of veniaunce, that he take ven|iaunce of hise enemyes; the swerd schal deuoure, and schal be fillid, and schal greetli be fillid with the blood of hem; for whi the slayn sacrifice of the Lord of oostis is in the lond of the north, bisidis the flood Eufrates. Thou virgyn, the douȝ|ter of Egipt, stiestie up I. in to Galaad, and take medicyn. In veyn thou schalt multiplie medecyns; helthe schal not be to thee. Hethene men herden thi schenschipe, and thi ȝellyng fillide the erthe; for a strong man hurtlide aȝens a strong man, and bothe fellen doun togidere. The word which the Lord spak to Jeremye, the pro|fete, on that that Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, was to comynge, and to smytynge the lond of Egipt. Telle ȝe to Egipt, and make ȝe herd in Magdalo, and sowne it in Memphis, and seie ȝe in Taph|nys, Stonde thou, and make thee redi, for a swerd schal deuoure tho thingis that ben bi thi cumpas. Whi hath thi strong man wexe rotun? He stood not, for the Lord vndurturnede hym. He multipliede falleris, and a man felle doun to his neiȝ|bore; and thei schulen seie, Rise ȝe, and turne we aȝen to oure puple, and to the lond of oure birthe, fro the face of swerd of the culuer. Clepe ȝe the name of Farao, kyng of Egipt; the tyme hath brouȝt noise. Y lyue, seith the kyng, the Lord of oostis is his name; for it schal come as Thabor in hillis, and as Carmele in the see. Thou dwelleressedwellere G. dwelstere I., thethou G. douȝter of Egipt, make to thee vessels of passyng ouer; for whi Memfis schal be in to wil|dirnesse, and schalit schal I. be forsakun vnhabit|able. Egipt is a schapli cow calf, and fair; a prickere fro the north schal come to it. Also the hirid men therof, that liueden as caluys maad fatte in the myddis therof, ben turned, and fledden togidere, and miȝten not stonde; for the dai of sleynge of hem schal come on hem, the tyme of theOm. I. visityng of hem. The vois of hem schal sowne as of bras, for thei schulen haste with oost, and with axis thei schulen come to it. As men kittynge doun trees thei kittiden doun the forest therof, seith the Lord, which mai not be noumbrid; thei ben multiplied ouer locustis, and no noumbre is in hem. The douȝtir of Egipt is schent, and bitakun in to the hond of the puple of the north, seide the Lord of oostis, God of Israel. Lo! Y schal visite on the noise of Alisaundre, and on Farao, and on Egipt, and on the goddis therof, and on the kyngis therof, and on hem that tristen in hym. And Y schal ȝyue hem in to the hondis of men that seken the lijf of hem, and in to the hondis of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, and in toOm. N. the hondis of hise seruauntis; and aftir these thingis it schal be enhabitid, as in the formere daies, seith the Lord. And thou, Jacob, my seruaunt, drede thou not, and Israel, drede thou not; for lo! Y schal make thee saaf fro fer place, and thi seed fro the lond of his caitiftee; and Jacob schal turne aȝen, and schal reste, and schal haue prosperite, and noon schal be, that schal make hym aferd. And Ja|cob, my seruaunt, nyle thou drede, seith the Lord, for Y am with thee; for Y schal waste alle folkis, to whiche Y castide thee out; but Y schal not waste thee, but Y schal chastise thee in doom, and Y schal not spare thee as innocent.

 CAP. XLVII.

The word of the Lord, that was maad to Jeremye, the profete, aȝens Palestyns, bifor that Farao smoot Gaza. The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! watris schulen stie fro the north, and thothei N. schulen be as a stronde flowynge, and thothei N. schulen hile the lond, and the fulnesse therof, the citee, and the dwelleris therof. Men schulen crie, and alle the dwelleris of the lond schulen ȝelle, for the noise of boost of armed men, and of werriours of hym, and for mou|yng of hise cartis, and multitude of hise wheelis. Fadris bihelden not sones with clumsid hondis, for theOm. I. comyng of the dai in which alle Filisteis schulen be de|stried; and Tirus schal be destried, and Sidon with alle her othere helpis. For the Lord hath destried Palestyns, the reme|nauntis of the ile of Capadocie. Ballid|nesse cam on Gaza; Ascolon was stille, and the remenauntis of the valei of thohem N.. Hou longe schalt thou falle doun, OA! CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX.! swerd of the Lord, hou long schalt thou not reste? Entre thou in to thi schethe, be thou refreischid, and be stille. Hou schal it reste, whanne the Lord comaund|ide to it aȝens Ascalon, and aȝens the see coostis therof, and there hath seide to it?

 CAP. XLVIII.

To Moab the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis. Wo on Nabo, for it is destried, and schent; Cariathia|rym is takun, the stronge citee is schent, and tremblide. And ful out ioiyng is no more in Moab, thei thouȝten yuel aȝens Esebon. Come ȝe, and leese we it fro folk. Therfor thou beynge stille, schalt be stille, and swerd schal sue thee. A vois of cry fro Oronaym, distriynge, and greet sorewe. Moab is defoulid, telle ȝe cry to litil chil|dren therof. For a man wepynge stiede with wepyng bi the stiyng of Luyth, for in the comyng doun of Oronaym enemyes herden the ȝellyng of sorewe. Fle ȝe, saue ȝe ȝoure lyues; and ȝe schulen be as bromes in desert. For that that thou haddist trist in thi strengthis, and in thi tresouris, also thou schalt be takun. And Chamos schal go in to passyng ouer, the preestis therof and the princes therof togidere. And a robbere schal come to ech citee, and no citee schal be sauyd; and valeis schulen perische, and feeldi places schulen be dis|tried, for the Lord seide. Ȝyue ȝe the flour of Moab, for it schal go out flourynge; and the citees therof schulen be forsakun, and vnhabitable. He is cursid, that doith the werk of God gilefuli; and he is cursid, that forbedith his swerdswerd; that is, Goddis word. V. fro bloodblood; that is, penaunce for synnes. V.. Moab was plenteuouse fro his ȝong wexynge age, and restide in hise drastis, nether was sched out fro vessel in to vessel, and ȝede not in to passyng ouer; therfor his taaste dwellide in hym, and his odour is not chaungid. Therfor lo! daies comun, seith the Lord, and Y schal sende to it ordeyn|ours, and arayeris of potels; and thei schulen araye it, and thei schulen waste the vessels therof, and hurtle togidere the potels of hem. And Moab schal be schent of Chamos, as the hous of Israel was schent of Bethel, in which it hadde trist. Hou seien ȝe, We ben stronge, and stal|worthe men to fiȝte? Moab is distried, and thei han brent the citees therof, and the chosun ȝonge men therof ȝeden doun in to sleynge, seith the kyng, the Lord of oostis is his name. The perischyng of Moab is nyȝ, that it come, and the yuel therof renneth ful swiftli. Alle ȝe that ben in the cumpas therof, coumforte it; and alle ȝe that knowen the name therof, seie, Hou is the stronge ȝerde brokun, the gloriouse staaf? Thou dwellyng of the douȝtir of Dibon, go doun fro glorie, sitte thou in thirst; for the distriere of Moab schal stie to thee, and he schal destrie thi strengthis. Thou dwellyng of Aroer, stonde in the weie, and biholde; axe thou hym that fleeth, and hym that ascapide; seie thou, What bifelle? Moab is schent, for he is ouercomun; ȝelle ȝe, and crye; telle ȝe in Arnon, that Moab is destried. And doom is comun to the lond of the feeld, on Elon, and on Jesa, and on Me|phat, and on Dibon, and on Nabo, and on the hous of Debalthaym, and on Cariathia|rym, and on Bethgamul, and on Beth|maon, and on Scarioth, and on Bosra, and on alle the citees of the lond of Moab, that ben fer, and that ben niȝ. The horn of Moab is kit awei, and the arm therof is al to-brokun, seith the Lord. Fille ȝe him greetli, for he is reisid aȝens the Lord; and he schal hurtle doun the hondlond A pr. m. CEFGHMNPQRSVX. of Moab in his spuyng, and he also schal be in to scorn. For whi, Israel, he was in to scorn to thee, as if thou haddist founde hym among theues; therfor for thi wordis whiche thou spakist aȝens hym, thou schalt be led prisoner. Ȝe dwelleris of Moab, for|sakeforsaketh I. citees, and dwelledwelle ȝe I. in the stoon, and be ȝe as a culuer makynge nest in the hiȝeste mouth of an hool. We han herd the pride of Moab; he is ful proud. Y knowe, seith the Lord, the hiȝnesse therof, and pride in word, and pride in beryng, and the hiȝnesse of herte, and the boost therof, and that the vertu therof is not niȝ, ethir lijk it, nethir it enforside to do biaftir I. that that it miȝte. Therfor Y schal weile on Moab, and Y schal crie to al Moab, to the men of the erthene wal, that weilen. Of the weilyng of Jaser Y schal wepe to thee, thou vyner of Sabama; thi siouns passiden the see, tho camen `til tovnto I. the see of Jazer; a robbere felle in on thi ripe corn, and on thi vyndage. Ful out ioye and gladnesse is takun awei fro Car|mele, and fro the lond of Moab, and Y haue take awei wyn fro pressouris; a stampere of grape schal not synge a cus|tomable myri song. Of the cry of Esebon `til tovnto I. Eleale and Jesa thei ȝauen her vois, fro Segor `til tovnto I. Oronaym a cow calf of thre ȝeer; forsothe the watris of Nemrym schulen be ful yuele. And Y schal take awei fro Moab, seith the Lord, him that offrith in hiȝ places, and him that makith sacrifice to the goddis therof. Therfor myn herte schal sowne as a pipe of bras to Moab, and myn herte schal ȝyue sown of pipis to the men of the erthene wal; for it dide more than it myȝte, therfor thei perischiden. For whi ech heed schal be ballidnesse, and ech beerd schal be scha|uun; in alle hondis schal be bindyng to|gidere, and an heir schal be on ech bak. And al weilyng schal be on alle the roouys of Moab, and in the stretis therof, for Y haue al to-broke Moab as an vnprofitable vessel, seith the Lord. Hou is it ouer|comun, and thei ȝellidenȝeldiden N.? hou hath Moab cast doun the nol, and is schent? And Moab schal be in to scorn, and in to ensaumple to alle men in his cumpas. The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! as an egle he schal fle out, and he schal stretche forth hise wyngis to Moab. Carioth is takun, and stronge holdis ben takun; and the herte of stronge men of Moab schal be in that dai, as the herte of a womman trauel|ynge of child. And Moab schal ceesse to be a puple, for it hadde glorie aȝens the Lord. Drede, and diche, and snare is on thee, thou dwellere of Moab, seith the Lord. He that fleeth fro the face of drede, schal falle in to a diche; and thei that stien fro the dyche, schulen be takun with a snare. For Y schal brynge on Moab the ȝeer of the visitacioun of hem, seith the Lord. Men fleynge fro the snare stoden in the schadewe of Esebon, for whi fier ȝede out of Esebon, and flawme fro the myddis of Seon; and deuouride a part of Moab, and the cop of the sones of noise. Moab, wo to thee; thou puple of Chamos, hast perischid, for whi thi sones and thi douȝtris ben takun in to caitiftee. And Y schal conuerte the caitiftee of Moab in the laste daies, seith the Lord. Hidur to ben theOm. I. domes of Moab.

 CAP. XLIX.

`Go ȝeOm. I. to the sonessones also I. of Amon. The Lord seith these thingis. Whether no sones ben of Israel, ether an eir is not to it? whi therfor weldide Melchon the eritage of Gad, and the puple therof dwellide in the citees of Gad? Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal make the gnaisting of batel herd on Rabath of the sones of Amon; and it schal be distried in to noise, and the vilagis therof schulen be brent with fier, and Israel schal welde hise welderis, seith the Lord. Ȝelle ȝe, Esebon, for Hay is distried; crie, ȝe douȝ|tris of Rabath, girde ȝou with heiris, weile ȝe, and cumpassecumpasseth I. bi heggis; for whi Melchon schal be lad in to passyng ouer, the prestis therof and princes therof to|gidere. What hast thou glorie in valeis? Thi valeis fleetfletiden I. fleetith S. awei, thou delicat douȝter, that haddist trist in thi tresours, and seid|ist, Who schal come to me? Lo! Y schal bringe in drede on thee, seith the Lord God of oostis, God of Israel, of alle men that ben in thi cumpasse; and ȝe schulen be scaterid, ech bi hym silf, fro ȝoure siȝt, and noon schal be, that gadere hem that fleen. And after these thingis Y schal make the fleeris and prisoneris of the sones of Amon to turne aȝen, seith the Lord. To Ydumee the Lord God of oostis seith these thingis. Whether wisdom is no more in Theman? Councel perischide fro sones, the wisdom of hem is maad vnpro|fitable. Fle ȝe, and turne ȝe backisthe backis I.; go doun in to a swolowe, ȝe dwelleris of De|dan, for Y haue brouȝt the perdicioun of Esau on hym, the tyme of his visitacioun. If gadereris of grapis hadden come on thee, thei schulden haue left a clustre; if theues in the niȝt, thei schulden haue rauyschid that that suffiside to hem. For|sothe Y haue vnhilid Esau, and Y haue schewid the hid thingis of hym, and he mai not mow be hid; his seed is distried, and hise britheren, and hise neiȝboris, and it schal not be. Forsake thi fadirles chil|dren, and Y schal make hem to lyue, and thi widewis schulen hope in me. For the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! thei drynk|ynge schulen drynke, to whichewhom I. was no doom, that thei schulden drynke the cuppe. And `schalt thouthou schalt C. be left as innocent? thou schalt not be innocent, but thou drynk|ynge schalt drynke. For Y swoor bi my silf, seith the Lord, that Bosra schal be in to wildirnesse, and in to schenschipe, and in to forsakyng, and in to cursyng; and alle the citees therof schulen be in to euerlastynge wildirnessis. I herde an heryng of the Lord, and Y am sent a messanger to hethene men; be ȝe gaderid togidere, and come ȝe aȝens ithem AI., and rise we togidere in to batel. For lo! Y haue ȝoue thee a litil oon among hethene men, despisable among men. Thi boost, and the pride of thin herte, hath disseyued thee, that dwellist in the caues of stoon, and enforsist to take the hiȝnesse of a litil hil; whanne thou as an egle hast reisid thi nest, fro thennus Y schal drawe thee doun, seith the Lord. And Ydumee schal be forsakun; ech man that schal passe bi it, schal wondre, and schal hisse on alle the woundis therof; as Sodom and Gom|mor is distried, and the niȝ citees therof, seith the Lord. A man schal not dwelle there, and the sone of man schal not en|habite it. Lo! as a lioun he schal stie, fro the pride of Jordan to the strong fair|nesse; for Y schal make hym renne sudenli to it; and who schal be the chosun man, whom Y schal sette bifore hym? For who is lijk to me, and who schal suffre me? and who is this scheepherde, that schal aȝenstonde my cheer? Therfor here ȝe the councel of the Lord, which he took of Edom, and his thouȝtis, whiche he thouȝte of the dwelleris of Theman. If the litle of the floc caste not hem doun, if thei distrien not with hem the dwellyng of hem, ellis no man ȝyue credence to me. The erthe was mouyd of the vois of fall|yng of hem; the cry of vois therof was herd in the reed see. Lo! as an egle he schal stie, and fle out, and he schal sprede abrood hise wynges on Bosra; and the herte of the strong men of Idumee schal be in that dai, as the herte of a womman trauelynge of child. To Damask. Emath is schent, and Arphath, for thei herden a ful wickid heryng; thei weren disturblid in the see, for angwisch thei miȝten not haue reste. Damask was discoumfortid, it was turned in to fliȝt; tremblyng took it, angwischis and sorewis helden it, as a womman trauelynge of child. How forsoken thei a preisable citee, the citee of gladnesse? Therfor the ȝonge men therof schulen falle in the stretis therof, and alle men of batel schulen be stille in that dai, seith the Lord of oostis. And Y schal kyndle fier in the wal of Damask, and it schal deuoure the bildyngis of Benadab. To Cedar, and to the rewme of Azor, which Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, smoot, the Lord seith these thingis. Rise ȝe, and stiestieth I. to Cedar, and distrie ȝe the sones of the eest. Thei schulen take the tabernaclis of hem, and the flockis of hem; thei schulen take to hem the skynnes of hem, and alle the vessels of hem, and the camels of hem; and thei schulen clepe on hem inward drede in cumpas. Fle ȝe, go ȝe awei greetli, ȝe that dwellen in Asor, sittesitteth I. in swolewis, seith the Lord. For whi Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, hath take councel aȝens ȝou, and he thouȝte thouȝtis aȝens ȝou. Rise ȝe togidere, and stie ȝe to a pesible folk, and dwellinge tristili, seith the Lord; not doris netherne I. barris ben to it, theiand thei A pr. m. dwellen aloone. And the camels of hem schulen be in to ra|uyschyng, and the multitude of her beestis in to prey; and Y schal schatere hem in to ech wynd, that ben biclippid on the long heer, and bi ech coost of hem Y schal brynge perischyng on hem, seith the Lord. And Asor schal be in to a dwellyng place of dragouns; it schal be forsakun `til in tovnto I. withouten ende; a man schal not dwelle there, nether the sone of man schal enhabite it. The word of the Lord that was maad to Jeremye, the profete, aȝens Elam, in the bigynnyng of the rewme of Sedechie, kyng of Juda, and seide, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal breke the bowe of Elam, and Y schal take the strengthe of hem. And I schal bringe on Elam foure wyndis; fro foure coostis of heuene, and Y schal wyndewewynewe I. hem in to alle these wyndis, and no folc schal be, to whichwhom I. the fleeris of Elam schulen not come. And Y schal make Elam for to drede bifore her enemyes, and in the siȝt of men sek|ynge the lijf of hem; and Y schal brynge on hem yuel, the wraththe of my strong veniaunce, seith the Lord; and Y schal sende after hem a swerd, til Y waste hem. And Y schal sette my kyngis seete in Elam, and Y schal leese therof kyngis, and princes, seith the Lord. But in the laste daies Y schal make the prisoneris of Elam to turne aȝen, seith the Lord.

 CAP. L.

The word which the Lord spak of Ba|biloyne, and of the lond of Caldeis, in the hond of Jeremye, the profete. Telle ȝe among hethene men, and make ȝe herd; reise ȝe a signe; preche ȝe, and nyle ȝe holde stille; seie ȝe, Babiloyne is takun, Bel is schent, Maradach is ouer comun; the grauun ymagis therof ben schent, the idols of hem ben ouer comun. For a folk schal stie fro the north aȝenus it, which folk schal sette the lond therof in to wil|dirnesse; and noon schal be that schal dwelle therynne, fro man `til tovnto I. beeste; and thei ben moued, and ȝeden awei. In tho daies, and in that tyme, seith the Lord, the sones of Israel schulen come, thei and the sones of Juda togidere, go|ynge and wepynge; thei schulen haaste, and seke her Lord God in Sion, and thei schulen axe the weie. Hidur the faces of hem schulen come, and thei schulen be set to the Lord with boond of pees euerlast|ynge, whichthe whiche I. schal not be don awei by ony forȝetyng. My puple is maad a lost floc, the scheepherdis of hem disseyueden hem, and madenmaden hem I. to go vnstabli in hillis; thei passiden fro mounteyn in to a litil hil, thei forȝaten her bed. Alle men that founden, eeten hem, and the enemyes of hem seiden, We synneden not, for that thei synneden to the Lord, the fairnesse of riȝtfulnesse, and to the Lord, the abid|yng of her fadris. Go ȝe awei fro the myddis of Babiloyne, and go ȝe out of the lond of Caldeis, and be ȝe as kydis bifore the floc. For lo! Y schal reise, and brynge in to Babiloyne the gaderyng to|gidere of grete folkis, fro the lond of the north; and thei schulen be maad redi aȝens it, and it schal be takun in the dai; the arowe therof asis S. ofOm. N. a strong man a sleere, schaland shal N. not turne aȝen voide. And Caldee schal be in to prey, alle that distrien it, schulen be fillid, seith the Lord. For ȝe maken ful out ioye, and speken grete thingis, and rauyschen myn eritage; for ȝe ben sched out as caluys on erbe, and low|idenlowiden, ether [or E] bellewiden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. as bolis. Ȝoure modir is schent greetli, and sche that gendride ȝou, is maad euene to dust; lo! sche schal be the last among folkis, and forsakun, with out weie, and drie. For the wraththe of the Lord it schal not be enhabitid, but it schal be dryuun al in to wildirnesse; ech that schal passe bi Babiloyne, schal won|dre, and schal hisse on alle the woundis therof. Alle ȝe that beenden bowe, bebeth I. maad redi aȝens Babiloyne bi cumpas; ouercome ȝe it, spare ȝe not arowis, for it synnede to the Lord. Crye ȝe aȝens it, euery where it ȝaf hond; the foundementis therof fellen doun, and the wallis therof ben distried; for it is the veniaunce of the Lord. Take ȝe veniaunce of it; as it dide, do ȝe to it. Leese ȝe a sowere of Babiloyne, and hym that holdith a sikil in the tyme of heruest, fro the face of swerd of the culuer; ech man schal be turned to his puple, and ech man schal flee to his lond. Israel is a scaterid flok, liouns castiden out it; first kyng Assur eete it, this laste Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, dide awei the bonys therof. Therfor the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal visite the kyng of Babiloyne, and his lond, as Y visitide the kyng of Assur; and Y schal brynge aȝen Israel to his dwellyng place. Carmele and Baasan schal be fed, and his soule schal be fillid in the hil of Effraym, and of Galaad. In tho daies, and in that tyme, seith the Lord, the wickidnesse of Israel schal be souȝt, and it schal not be; and the synne of Juda schal be souȝt, and itOm. S. schal not be foundun; for Y schal be merciful to hem, whiche Y schal forsakeleue X sec. m. marg.. Stie thou on the lond of lordisthe lordis F., and visite thou onon alle A sec. m. the dwelleris therof; scatere thou, and sle tho thingis, that ben aftir hem, seith the Lord; and do thou bi alle thingis which Y comaundide to thee. The vois of batel and greetthe greet N. sorewe in the lond. Hou is the hamer of al erthe brokun and al defoulid? hou is Babiloyne turned in to desert, among hethene men? Babiloyne, Y haue snarid thee, and thou art takun, and thou wistist not; thou art foundun, and takun, for thou terridist the Lord to wraththe. The Lord openide his tresour, and brouȝte forth the vessels of his wraththe; for whi a werk is to the Lord God of oostis in the lond of Caldeis. Come ȝe to it fro the fertheste endis, opene ȝe, that thei go out, that schulen defoule it; take ȝe awei stoonys fro the weie, and dryue ȝe in to heepis, and sle ȝe it, and nothing be residue. Distrie ȝe alle the stronge men therof, go thei doun in to sleynge; wo to hem, for the dai of hem cometh, the tyme of visityng of hem. The vois of fleeris, and of hem that ascapiden fro the lond of Babiloyne, that thei telle in Sion the veniaunce of oure Lord God, the veniaunce of his temple. Telle ȝe aȝens Babiloyne to ful many men, to alle that beenden bowe. Stonde ȝe togidere aȝens it bi cumpas, and noonlate noon A pr. m. ascape; ȝelde ȝe to it aftir his werk, aftir alle thingis whiche it dide, do ȝe to it; for it was reisid aȝens the Lord, aȝens the hooli of Israel. Therfor ȝonge men therof schulen falle doun in the stretis therof, and alle men werriours therof schulen be stille in that dai, seith the Lord. Lo! thou proude, Y to thee, seith the Lord God of oostis, for thi dai is comun, the tyme of thi visitacioun. And the proude schal falle, and schal falle doun togidere, and noon schal be, that schal reise hym; and Y schal kyndle fier in the citees of hym, and it schal deuoure alle thingis in cumpas of it. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, The sones of Israel and the sones of Juda togidere suffren fals caleng; alle that token hem, holden, thei nylenwolen not I. delyuere hem. The aȝenbyere of hem is strong, the Lord of oostis is his name; bi dom he schal defende the cause of hem, that he make the lond aferd, and stire togidere the dwelleris of Babiloyne. A swerd to Caldeis, seith the Lord, and to the dwelleris of Babiloyne, and to the princes, and to the wise men therof. A swerd to the false dyuynours therof, that schulen be foolis; a swerd to the stronge men therof, that schulen drede. Swerd to the horsis therof, and to the charis therof, and to al the comyn puple whiche is in the myddis therof, and thei schulen be as wymmen; a swerd to the tresours therof, that schulen be rauyschid. Dry|nesse schal be on the watris therof, and thothei N. schulen be drye; for it is the lond of grauun ymagis, and hath glorie in false feynyngis. Therfor dragouns schulen dwelle with fonned wielde menmen, ethir fendis in licnesse of wodewosis A et plures., and os|trigis schulen dwelle therynne; and it schal no more be enhabitid `til in tovnto I. with outen ende, and it schal not be bildid `til tovnto I. generacioun and generacioun; as the Lord distriede Sodom and Gomorre, and the niȝ citees therof, seith the Lord. A man schal not dwelle there, and the sone of man schal not dwelle in it. Lo! puple cometh fro the north, and a greet folc, and many kyngis schulen rise togi|dere fro the endis of erthe. Thei schulen take bowe and swerd, thei ben cruel and vnmerciful; the vois of hem schal sowne as the see, and thei schulen stie on horsis as a man maad redi to batel, aȝens thee, thou douȝter of Babiloyne. The kyng of Babiloyne herde the fame of hem, and hise hondis ben aclumsid; angwisch took hym, sorewe took hym, as a womman tra|uelynge of child. Lo! as a lioun he schal stie fro the pride of Jordan to the stronge fairnesse, for Y schal make hym to renne sudenli to it; and who schal be the chosun man, whom Y schal sette bifore him? For who is lijk me? and who schal suffre me? and who is this scheepherde, that schal aȝenstonde my cheer? Therfore here ȝe the councel of the Lord, which he con|seyuede in mynde aȝens Babiloyne, and hise thouȝtis, whiche he thouȝte on the lond of Caldeis, noOm. I. but the litle of the flockis drawen hem doun, noOm. I. but the dwellyng place of hem be destried with hem, ellis no man ȝyue credence to me. The erthe is mouyd of the vois of caitiftee of Babiloyne, and cry is herd among hethene men.

 CAP. LI.

The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal reise on Babiloyne, and on the dwel|leris therof, that reisiden her herte aȝens me, as a wynd of pestilence. And Y schal sende in to Babiloyne wyndeweriswyneweris I., and thei schulen wyndewewynewe I. it, and theiOm. I. schu|len destrie the lond of it; for thei camen on it on ech side, in the dai of the tur|ment therof. He that beendith his bowe, beende not, and a man clothid in habu|rioun, stie not; nyle ȝe spare the ȝonge men therof, sle ȝe al the chyualrie therof. And slayn men schulen falle in the lond of Caldeis, and woundid men in the cun|treis therof. For whi Israel and Juda was not maad widewe fro her God, the Lord of oostis; but the lond of hem was fillid with trespas of the hooli of Israel. Fle ȝe fro the myddis of Babiloyne, that ech man saue his soule; nyle ȝe be stille on the wickidnesse therof, for whi tyme of veniaunce therof is to the Lord; he schal ȝelde while to it. Babiloyne is a goldun cuppe in the hond of the Lord, and fillith al erthe; hethene men drunken of the wyn therof, and therfor thei ben mouyd. Babiloyne felle doun sudenli, and is al to|brokun; ȝelle ȝe on it, take ȝe recyn to the sorewe therof, if perauenture it be heelid. We heeliden Babiloyne, and it is not maad hool; forsake we it and go we ech in to his lond; for the doom therof cam `til tovnto I. heuenes, and isit is I. reisid `til tovnto I. cloudis. The Lord hath brouȝt forth oure riȝtfulnessis; come ȝe, and telle we inon N. Sion the werk of oure Lord God. Scharpe ȝe arowis, fille ȝe arowe caasis; the Lord reisidehath reisid I. the spirit of the kyngis of Me|deis, and his mynde is aȝen Babiloyne, that he leese it, for it is the veniaunce of the Lord, the veniaunce of his temple. The kyng of Medeis is reisid of the Lord aȝens Babiloyne. Reise ȝe a signe on the wallis of Babiloyne, encreesse ȝe kepyng, reise ȝe keperis, make ȝe redi buysche|mentis; for the Lord thouȝte, and dide, what euer thing he spak aȝens the dwel|leris of Babiloyne. A! thou Babiloyne, that dwellist on many watris, riche in thi tresours, thin ende cometh, the foote me|sure of thi kittyng doun. The Lord of oostis swoor bi his soule, that Y schal fille thee with men, as with bruke, and a myryfaring, ethir customable X marg. sec. m. song schal be sungun on thee. The Lord swoor, which made erthe bi his strengthe, made redy the world bi his wisdom, and stretchide forth heuenes bi his prudence. Whanne he ȝyueth vois, watris ben mul|tiplied in heuene; which Lord reisith cloudis fro the laste of erthe, madehe made I. leitis in to reyn, and brouȝt forth wynd of hise tresouris. Ech man is maad a fool of kunnyng, ech wellere togidere is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals, and a spirit is not in tho. The werkis ben veyn, and worthi of scorn; thothei N. schulen perische in the tyme of her visityng. The part of Jacob is not as these thingis; for he that made alle thingis is the part of Jacob, and Israel is the septre of his eritage; the Lord of oostis is his name. Thou hurtlist doun to me the instrumentis of batel, and Y schal hurtle doun folkis in thee, and Y schal leese rewmes in thee; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an hors, and the ridere therof; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a chare, and the stiere therof; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee aOm. P. man and womman; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee anOm. P. elde man and aOm. NP. child; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee aOm. P. ȝong man and aOm. P. virgyn; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee aOm. P. scheepherde and his floc; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee anOm. P. erthetiliere and his ȝok beestis; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee duykis and magistratis. And Y schal ȝelde, seith the Lord, to Babiloyne, and to alle the dwelleris of Caldee, al her yuel, which thei diden in Sion, bifore ȝoure iȝen. Lo! Y, seith the Lord, to thee, thou hil berynge pestilence, which corrumpist al erthe. Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal vnwlappe thee fro stoonys, and Y schal ȝyue thee in to an hil of brennyng. And Y schal not take of thee a stoon in to a corner, and a stoon in to foundementis; but thou schalt be lost with outen ende, seith the Lord. Reise ȝe a signe in the lond, sowne ȝe with a clarioun in hillis; halewe ȝeOm. N. folkis on it, telle ȝe to the kyngis of Ararath, of Menny, and of Ascheneth aȝens it; noumbre ȝe Tapserthat is, oost. A et plures. aȝens it, and bringe ȝe an hors, as a bruke hauynge a pricke. Halowe ȝe folkis aȝens it, the kyngis of Medey, the duykis ther|of, and alle magistratisthe magistrates IX. therof, and al the lond of his power. And the erthe schal be mouyd, and schal be disturblid; for the thouȝt of the Lord schal fulli wake aȝens Babiloyne, that he sette the lond of Babiloyne desert, and vnhabitable. The stronge men of Babiloyne ceessiden of batel, thei dwelliden in stronge holdis; the strengthe of hem is deuourid, and thei ben maad as wymmen; the taber|naclis therof ben brent, the barris therof ben al to-brokun. A rennere schal come aȝens a rennere, and a messanger aȝens a messanger, to telle to the kyng of Babi|loyne, that his citee is takun fro the toonOm. plures. ende `til tovnto I. the totherOm. plures. ende; andOm. K. the forthis ben bifore ocupied, and the ma|reisis ben brent with fier, and the men werryours ben disturblid. For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, The douȝter of Babiloyne is as a corn floor, the tyme of threischyng therof; ȝit a litil, and the tyme of repyng therof schal come. Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, eet me, and deuouride me; he made me as a voide vessel, he as a dra|goun swolewide me; he fillide his wombe with my tendirnesse, and he castide me out. Wickidnesse aȝens me, and my fleisch on Babiloyne, seith the dwellyng of Sion; and my blood on the dwelleris of Caldee, seith Jerusalem. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal deme thi cause, and Y schal venge thi veniaunce; and Y schal make the see therof forsakun, and Y schal make drie the veyne therof. And Babiloyne schal be in to biriels, it schal be the dwellyng of dragouns, won|dryng and hissyng, for that no dwellere is. Thei schulen rore togidere as liouns, and thei schulen schake lockis, as the whelpis of liouns. In the heete of hem Y schal sette the drynkis of hem; and Y schal make hem drunkun, that thei be brouȝt asleepe, and that thei slepe euer|lastynge sleep, and rise not, seith the Lord. YAnd Y A pr. m. schal lede forthOm. S. hem, as lam|bren to slayn sacrifice, and as wetheris with kidis. Hou is Sesac takun, and the noble citee of al erthe is takun? Hou is Babiloyne made in to wondre among he|thene men? And the see stiede on Babi|loyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawisworkis N.. The citees therof ben maad in to wondryng, the lond is maad vnha|bitable and forsakun; the lond wherynne no man dwellith, and the sone of man schal not passe bi it. And Y schal visite on Bel in to Babiloyne, and Y schal caste out of hise mouth that, that he hadde swolewid, and folkis schulen no more flowe to it; for also the wal of Babiloyne schal falle doun. Mi puple, go ȝe out fro the myddis therof, that ech man saue his soule fro the wraththe of the strong ven|iaunce of the Lord; and lest perauen|ture ȝoure herte wexe neische, and lest ȝe dreden the heryng, that schal be herd in the lond; and heryng schal come in a ȝeer, and aftir this ȝeer schal come heryng and wickidnesse in the lond, and a lord on a lord. Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne; and al the lond therof schal be schent, and alle slayn men therof schulen falle doun in the myddis therof. And heuenes, and erthis, and alle thingis that ben in tho, schulen herie on Ba|biloyne; for rauynours schulen come fro the north to it, seith the Lord. And as Babiloyne dide, that slayn men felle doun in Israel, so of Babiloyne slayn men schulen falle doun and in al the lond. Come ȝe, that fledden the swerd, nyle ȝe stonde; haue ȝe mynde afer on the Lord, and Jerusalem stie on ȝoure herte. We ben schent, for we herden schenschipe; schame hilide oure faces, for aliens comen on the halewyng of the hous of the Lord. Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne, and in al the lond therof a woundid man schal loowe. If Babiloyne stieth in to heuene, and makith stidfast his strengthe an hiȝ, distrieris therof schulen come onof CEFHKMNPRS sec. m. UVX. me, seith the Lord. The vois of a criere of Babiloyne, and greet sorewe of the lond of Caldeis, for the Lord distriede Babiloyne, and lost of it a greet vois; and the wawis of hem schulen sowne as many watris. The vois of hem ȝaf sown, for a rauenour cam on it, that is, on Babiloyne; and the stronge men therof ben takun, and the bouwe of hem welewide, for the stronge vengere the Lord ȝeldynge schal ȝelde. And Y schal make drunkun the princis therof, and the wise men therof, the duykis ther|of, and the magistratis therof, and the stronge men therof; and thei schulen slepe euerlastynge sleep, and thei schulen not be awakid, seith the kyng, the Lord of oostis is name of hym. The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, Thilke brodeste wal of Babiloyne schal be mynyd with mynyng, and the hiȝe ȝatis therof schulen be brent with fier; and the trauels of puples schulen be to nouȝt, and the trauels of hethene men schulen be in to fier, and schulen perische. The word which Jeremye, the profete, comaundide to Saraie, sone of Nerie, sone of Maasie, whanne he ȝede with Sedechie, the kyng, in to Babiloyne, in the fourthe ȝeer of his rewme; forsothe Saraie was prynce of profesie. And Jeremye wroot al the yuel, that was to comynge on Babiloyne, in aoo CFGHIMNPQRSUVX. on E. book, alle these wordis that weren writun aȝens Babiloyne. And Jeremye seide to Saraie, Whanne thou comest in to Babi|loyne, and seest, and redist alle these wordis, thou schalt seie, Lord, thou spak|ist aȝens this place, that thou schuldist leese it, that noon be that dwelle therynne, fro man `til tovnto I. beeste, and that it be an euerlastynge wildirnesse. And whanne thou hast fillid to rede this book, thou schalt bynde to it a stoon, and thou schalt caste it forth in to the myddis of Eu|frates; and thou schalt seie, So Babiloyne schal be drenchid, and it schal not rise fro the face of turment, which Y brynge on it, and it schal be distried. Hidurto ben the wordis of Jeremye.

 CAP. LII.

Sedechie was a sone of oon and twenti ȝeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede enleuene ȝeer in Jerusalem; and the name of his modir was Amychal, the douȝter of Jeremye of Lobna. And he dide yuels bifore the iȝen of the Lord, bi alle thingis whiche Joachym hadde do. For the stronge veniaunce of the Lord was in Jerusalem, and in Juda, til he castide hem a wey fro his face. And Sedechie ȝede awei fro the kyng of Babi|loyne. Forsothe it was don in the nynthe ȝeer of his rewme, in the tenthe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, Nabu|godonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, cam, he and al his oost, aȝens Jerusalem; and thei bisegiden it, and bildiden aȝens it strengthis in cumpas. And the citee was bisegid, til to the enleuenthe ȝeer of the rewme of Sedechie. Forsothe in the fourthe monethe, in the nynthe dai of the monethe, hungur helde the citee; and foodis weren not to the puple of the lond. And the citee was brokun, and alle men werriouris therof fledden; and thei ȝeden out of the citee in the niȝt, bi the weie of the ȝate, which is bitwixe twei wallis, and ledith to the gardyn of the kyng, while Caldeis bisegiden the citee in cumpas; and thei ȝeden forth bi the weie that ledith in to desert. Sotheli the oost of Caldeis pursuede the kyng; and thei token Sede|chie in desert, which is bisidis Jerico, and al his felouschipe fledde awei fro hym. And whanne thei hadden take the kyng, thei brouȝten hym to the kyng of Babi|loyne in Reblatha, which is in the lond of Emath; and the kyng of Babiloyne spak domes to hym. And the kyng of Babiloyne stranglide the sones of Sede|chie bifore hise iȝen; but also he killide alle the princes of Juda in Rablatha. And he puttide out the iȝen of Sedechie, and boond hym in stockis; and the kyng of Babiloyne brouȝte hym in to Babiloyne, and puttide hym in the hous of prisoun, til to the dai of his deth. Forsothe in the nynthe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, thilke is the nyntenthe ȝeer of the kyng of Babiloyne, Nabusardan, the prince of chyualrie, that stood bifore the kyng of Babiloyne, cam in to Jerusalem. And he brentebrouȝte I. the hous of the Lord, and the hous of the kyng, and alle the housis of Jerusalem; and he brente with fier ech greet hous. And al the ost of Caldeis, that was with the maistir of chyualrie, distriede al the wal of Jerusalem bi cum|pas. Sotheli Nabusardan, the prince of chyualrie, translatide of the pore men of the puple, and of the residue comyn puple, that was left in the citee, and of the fleeris ouer, that fledden ouer to the kyng of Ba|biloyne; and he translatide other men of the multitude. But Nabusardan, the prince of chyualrie, lefte of the pore men of the lond vyne tilers, and erthe tilers. Also Caldeis brakun the brasun pilers, that weren in the hous of the Lord, and the foundementis, and the brasun waischyng vessel, that was in the hous of the Lord; and thei token al the metal of tho in to Babiloyne. And thei tokun cawdruns, and fleischokis, and sautrees, and violis, and morteris, and alle brasun vessels, that weren in seruyce; thei token also `watir pottisstoondis [strondys C pr. m. GHMQX pr. m. steenys VX sec. m.], ether [other E] water pottis CEFHGIKMNPQRSUVX., and vessels of encense, and pottis, and basyns, and candilstikis, and morters, and litle cuppis; hou manye euere goldun, goldun, and hou manye euere siluerne, siluerne. The maister of chyualrie took twei pilers, and o waischyng vessel, and twelue brasun caluys, that weren vndur the foundementis, whiche kyng Salomon hadde maad in the hous of the Lord. No weiȝte was of the metal of alle these ves|sels. Forsothe of the pilers, eiȝtene cubitis of heiȝthe weren in o piler, and a roop of twelue cubitis cumpasside it; certis the thickenesse therof was of foure fyngris, and was holowe withynne. And brasun pomelspileris F. weren on euer either; and the heiȝthe of ao CFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. the E. pomel was of fyue cubitis; and werkis lijk nettis and pumgranatis weren on the coroun `in cumpasin the cumpas F. aboute I.. And theOm. I. pumgranatis weren nynti and sixe hangynge doun, and alle pumgranatis weren cumpassid with an hundred werkis lijk nettis. And the maister of the chy|ualrie took Saraie, the firste preest, and Sophonye, the secounde preest, and three keperis of the vestiarie. And of the citee he took o chast seruaunt and onest, that was souereyn on the men werriours; and seuene men of hem that sien the face of the kyng, whiche weren foundun in the citees; and a scryuen, prince of knyȝtis, that preuyde ȝonge knyȝtis; and sixti men of the puple of the lond, that weren foundun in the myddis of the citee. For|sothe Nabusardan, the maistir of chyualrie, took hem, and brouȝte hem to the kyng of Babiloyne in Reblatha. And the kyng of Babiloyne smoot hem, and killide hem in Reblatha, in the lond of Emath; and Juda was translatid fro his lond. This is the puple, whom Nabugodonosor trans|latide in the seuenthe ȝeer; Jewis, thre thousynde and thre and twenti. In the eiȝtenthe ȝeer, Nabugodonosor translatide fro Jerusalem eiȝte hundrid and two and thritti persoones. In the thre and twen|tithe ȝeer of Nabugodonosor, Nabusardan, the maister of chyualrie, translatide seuene hundrid and fyue and fourti persoones of Jewis. Therfor alle the persoones weren foure thousynde and sixe hundrid. And it was doon, in the seuene and threttithe ȝeer of the passyng ouer of Joachym, kyng of Juda, in the tweluethe monethe, in the fyue and twentithe dai of the mo|nethe, Euylmerodach, kyng of Babiloyne, reiside in that ȝeer of his rewme the heed of Joachym, kyng of Juda; and ledde hym out of the hous of the prisoun, and spak good thingis with hym. And he settide the trone of him aboue the trones of kyngis, that weren after hym in Babiloyne, and chaungide the clothis of his prisoun. And Joachym eet breed bifore hym euere, in alle the daies of his lijf; and hise metis, euerlastynge metis weren ȝouun to hym of the kyng of Babiloyne, ordeyned bi ech dai, til to the dai of his deth, in alle the daies of his lijf. And it was donAnd it was donn, etc.; al this, til in to the ende of the chapetre, sem|ith addid of summe exposi|touris to con|tinue the sen|tence to the chapetris sew|inge; for it is not in Ebru, nethir in bokis amendid. Lire here. EGKPQUY., aftir that Israel was led in to caitiftee, and Je|rusalem was distried, Jeremye, the pro|fete, sat wepinge, and biweilidebiweilynge NV. Jerusalem with this lamentacioun; and he siȝȝide, and weilide with bitter soule, and seide.

 LAMENTATIONS. The Lamentacioun of JeremyeHere bigynneth the Lamentacioun of Jeremye. CFGKMNQUVX. The book of Trenorum, that is seid La|mentaciouns of Jeremye. EPY. Heere biginnen the Lamentaciouns of Jeremye. HI. Heere bigynneth the book of Lamentaciouns. R. Lamentaciouns of Jeremye. S..CAP. I.

AlephThroughout this book, the initial letters of the Hebrew are omitted in CEGHIKMNPQRSUVY.Lettris of Ebru ben set in the bigyn|nyng of versus in the Latyn translacioun, for in Ebru the versis bigynnen bi [with Y] let|tris of the A|bice. Lire here. CEGKPQUY.. Hou sittith aloone the citee ful of puple? the ladi of folkis is maad as a widewe; the princeprincesse F. of prouynces is maad vndir tribute. Beth. It wepynge wepte in theOm. I. niȝt, and the teeris therofof him S. benOm. ceteri præter I. in `the chekis therofin his cheke S sec. m.; `noon isther is noon S. of alle the dereworthedwellere F. therof, that coumfortith it; alle the frendis therof forsoken it, and ben maad enemyes to it. Gymel. Juda pass|ide fro turment and multitude of seruage, it dwellide among hethene men, and foond no reste; alle the pursueris therof token it among angwischis. Deleth. The weies of Sion mourenen, for no men comen to the solempnytee; alle the ȝatis therof ben distried, the prestis therof weilen; the vergyns therof ben defoulid, and it is op|pressid with bitternesse. He. The ene|myes therof ben maad in the heed, and the enemyes therof ben maad riche, for the Lord spak on it. For the multitude of wickidnessis therof the litle children therof ben led in to caitiftee, bifore the face of the troblere. Vau. And al the fairnesse of the douȝter of Syon ȝede out fro the douȝter of Sion; the princes therof ben maad as rammes not fyndynge lese|wis; and ȝeden forth withouten strengthe bifore the face of the suere. Zai. And Jerusalem bithouȝte on the daies of hir afflicciounafflicciouns U. and of trespassyng, and on alle hir desirable thingis whiche it hadde fro elde daies; whanne the puple therof felle doun in the hond of enemyes, and noon helpere was; enemyes siensauȝen I. it, and scorn|eden the sabatis therof. Heth. Jerusalem synnede a synne, therfor it wasis . maad vnstid|fast; alle that glorifieden it forsoken it, for thei sien the schenschipe therof; forsothe it weilide, and was turned a bak. Theth. The filthis therof benOm. A pr. m. et ceteri. in the feet therof, and it hadde no mynde of hir ende; it was putte doun greetli, and hadde no coumfortour; Lord, se thou my turment, for the enemye is reisid. Joth. The ene|mye puttesente ceteri. his hond to alle desirablethe desirable I. thingis therof; for it siȝsauȝe I. hethene men entride in to thi seyntuarie, of which thou haddist comaundid, that thei schulden not entre in to thi chirche. Caph. Al thethi EPY. puple therof was weilinge and sekynge breed, thei ȝauen alle preciouse thingis for mete, to coumforte the soule; se thou, Lord, and biholde, for Y am maad vijl. Lameth. A! alle ȝe that passen bi the weie, perseyue, and se, if ony sorewe is as my sorewe; for he gaderide awei grapis fro me, as the Lord spak in the day of wraththe of his strong veniaunce. Men. Fro an hiȝ he sente fier in my boonys, and tauȝte me; he spredde abrood a net to my feet, he turnede me abak; he set|tide me desolat, meddlid togidere al dai with mourenyng. Nun. The ȝok of my wickidnessiswickidnesse A. wakide in the hond of hym, tho ben foldid togidere, and put on my necke; my vertu is maad feble; the Lord ȝaf me in the hond, fro which Y schal not mowe rise. Sameth. The Lord took awei alle my worschipful men fro the myddis of me; he clepide tyme aȝens me, that he schulde al to-foule my chosun men; the Lord stampide a pressour to the virgyn, the douȝtir of Juda. Ayn. Therfor Y am wepynge, and myn iȝe is ledynge doun watir; for a coumfortour, conuertynge my soule, is maad fer fro me; my sones ben maad lost, for the enemye hadde the maistrie. Phe. Sion spredde a brood hise hondis, noon is that coumfortith it; the Lord sentesette Y. aȝenus Jacob enemyes therof, in theOm. NV. cumpas therof; Jerusalem is maad as defoulid with vncleene blood among hem. Sade. The Lord is iust, for Y terride his mouth to wrathfulnesse; alle puplis, Y biseche, here ȝe, and se my so|rewe; my virgyns and my ȝonge men ȝeden forth in to caitiftee. Coth. I clepide my frendis, and thei disseyueden me; my prestis and myn elde men in the citee ben wastid; for thei souȝten mete to hem silf, to coumforte hir lijf. Res. Se thou, Lord, for Y am troblid, myfor my I pr. m. wombe is distur|blid; myn herte is distried in my silf, for Y am ful of bittirnesse; swerd sleeth with outforth, and lijk deth is at hoome. Syn. Thei herden, that Y make ynward weil|yng, and noon is that coumfortith me; alle myn enemyes herden myn yuel, thei ben glad, for thou hast do; thou hast brouȝt a dai of coumfort, and thei schulen be maad lijk me. Tau. Al the yuel of hem entre byfore thee, and gadere thou grapis awei fro hem, as thou hast gaderid grapis awei fro me; for my wickidnessis, for my weilyngis ben manye, and myn herte is mornynge.

 CAP. II.

Aleph. Hou hath the Lord hilid the douȝter of Sion with derknesse in his strong veniaunce? he hath caste doun fro heuene in to erthe the noble citee of Is|rael; and bithouȝte not on the stool of hise feet, in the dai of his strong veniaunce. Beth. The Lord castide doun, and spar|ide not alle the faire thingis of Jacob; he distried in his strong veniaunce the strengthis of the virgyn of Juda, and castide doun in to erthe; heand he U. defoulide the rewme, and the princes therof. Gy|mel. He brak in the ire of his strong veniaunce al the horn of Israel; he turn|ede a bak his riȝt hond fro the face of the enemy; and he kyndlide in Jacob, as fier of flawme deuowrynge in cumpas. Deleth. He as an enemye bente his bouwe, he as an aduersarie made stidfast his riȝt hond; and he killide al thing that was fair in siȝt in the tabernacle of the douȝtir of Sion; he schedde out hisOm. U. indignacioun as fier. He. The Lord is maad as an enemy; he castide doun Israel, he castide doun alle the wallis therof; he destriede the strengthisstrengis A. therof, and fillide in the douȝterwatir I sup. ras. of Juda a man maad low, and a womman maad low. Vau. And he sca|teride his tent as a gardyn, he distried his tabernacle; the Lord ȝaf to forȝetyng in Sion a feeste dai, and sabata sabat NS sec. m.; and the kyng and prest in to schenschipe, and in to the indignacioun of his strong ven|iaunce. Zai. The Lord puttide awei his auter, he curside his halewyng; he bitook in to the hondis of enemythe enemy I. the wallis of the touris therof; thei ȝauen vois in the hous of the Lord, as in a solempne dai. Heth. The Lord thouȝte to distrie the wal of the douȝter of Sion; he stretchide forth his coorde, and turnede not awei his hond fro perdicioun; the forwal, ether theOm. CGN. outerward, mourenyde, and the wal was distried togidere. Teth. The ȝatis therof ben piȝt in the erthe, he loste and al to-brak the barris therof; the kyng therof and the princes therof among he|thene men; the lawe is not, and the pro|fetis therof founden not of the Lord a visiounvisioun, ether reuelacioun CEFGHIMNPQRSUVXY.. Joth. Thei saten in erthe, the elde men of the douȝtir of Sion weren stille; thei bispreynten her heedis with aischeashen S., the eldere men of Juda ben girt with hairis; the virgyns of Juda castiden doun to erthethe erthe I. her heedis. Caph. Myn iȝen failiden for teeris, myn entrails weren disturblid; my mawe was sched out in erthe on the sorewe of the douȝter of my puple; whanne a litil child and soukynge failide in the stretis of the citee. La|meth. Thei seiden to her modris, Where is wheete, and wyn? whanne thei failiden as woundid men in the stretis of the citee; whanne thei senten out her soulis in the bosum of her modris. Men. To whom schal Y comparisoun thee? ether to whom schal Y licne thee, thou douȝter of Jeru|salem? to whom schal Y make thee euene, and schal Y coumforte thee, thou virgyn, the douȝter of Sion? for whi thi sorewe is greet as the see; who schal do medicyn to thee? Nun. Thi profetis sien to thee false thingis, and fonned; andand thei I. openyden not thi wickidnesse, that thei schulden stire thee to penaunce; but thei siensauȝen I. seiden N. seyen S. to thee false takyngis, and castyngis out. Sameth. Alle men passynge onbi FIKS. the weie flappidenbiflappeden F. with hondis on thee; thei hissiden, and mouyden her heed on the douȝter of Jerusalem; and seiden, This is the citee of perfit fairnesse, the ioie of al erthe. Ayn. Alle thin enemyes openyden her mouth on thee; thei hissiden, and gnaistiden with her teeth, and seiden, We schulen deuoure; lo! this is the dai which we abididen, we founden, we sien. Phe. The Lord dide tho thingis whiche he thouȝte, he fillide hise word which he hadde comaundid fro elde daies; he dis|triede, and sparide not; and made glad the enemy on thee, and enhaunside the horn of thin enemyes. Sade. The herte of hem criede to the Lord, on the wallis of the douȝter of Syon; leede thou forth teeris as a stronde, bi dai and niȝt; ȝyue thou not reste to thee, nether the appil of thin iȝe be stille. Coph. Rise thou togi|dere, herie thou in the nyȝt, in the begyn|nyng of wakyngis; schede out thin herte as watir, bifore the siȝt of the Lord; reise thin hondis to hym for the soulis of thithe I. litle children, that failiden for hungur in the heed of alle meetyngis of weies. Res. Se thou, Lord, and byholde, whom thou hast maad so bare; therfor whetherwher ceteri passim. wymmen schulen ete her fruyt, litle chil|dren at the mesure of an hond? for a prest and profete is slayn in the seyntuarie of the Lord. Syn. A child and an elde man laien on the erthe withoutforth; my vir|gyns and my ȝonge men fellenfelden passim fere IKS. doun bi swerd; thou hast slayn hem in the dai of thi strong veniaunce, thou smotistsmitidist CFHIKQRSU. `and didist noneither didist CEFHIKMQSU. neither dide R. merci. Thau. Thou clepidist, as to a solempne dai, hem that maden me aferd of cumpas; and noon was that ascap|ide in the dai of the strong veniaunce of the Lord, and was left; myn enemy wast|ide hem, whiche Y fedde, and nurschide up.

 CAP. III.

Aleph. I am a man seynge my pouert in the ȝerde of his indignacioun. Aleph. He droof me, and brouȝte in to derk|nessis, and not in to liȝt. Aleph. Oneli he turnede in to me, and turnede togidere his hond al dai. Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys. Beth. He bildid in my cumpas, and he cumpasside me with galle and tra|uel. Beth. He settide me in derk places, as euerlastynge deed men. Gymel. He bildide aboute aȝens me, that Y go not out; he aggregide my gyues. Gymel. But and whanne Y crie and preye, he hath excludid my preier. Gymel. He closide togidere my weies with square stoonus; he distriede my pathis. Deleth. He is maad a bere settinge aspies to me, a lioun in hid places. Deleth. He dis|triede my pathis, and brak me; he set|tide me desolat. Deleth. He bente his bowe, and settide me as a signe to an arowe. He. He sente in my reynes the douȝtris of his arowe caas. He. Y am maad in to scorn to al the puple, the song of hem al dai. He. He fillide me with bitternesses; he gretli fillide me with wermod. Vau. He brak at noumbre my teeth; he fedde me with aische. Vau. And my soule is putte awei; Y haue for|ȝete goodis. Vau. And Y seide, Myn ende perischide, and myn hope fro the Lord. Zai. Haue thou mynde on my pouert and goyng ouer, and on wermod and galle. Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me. Zai. Y bithenkyngebithenke EP. these thingis in myn herte, schalI shal NS. hope in God. Heth. The mercies of the Lord ben manye, for we ben not wastid; for whi hise merciful doyngis failiden not. Heth. Y knew in the morewtid; thi feith is miche. Heth. My soule seide, The Lord is my part; therfor Y schal abide hym. Teth. The Lord is good to hem that hopen in to hym, to a soule sekynge hym. Teth. It is good to abide with stilnesse the helthe of God. Teth. It is good to a man, whanne he hath bore the ȝok froof N. his ȝongthe. Joth. He schal sitte aloonesolitarie, ether aloone C et ceteri., and he schal be stille; for he reiside hym silf aboue hym silf. Joth. He schal sette his mouth in dust, if perauenture hope is. Joth. He schal ȝyue the cheke to a man that smytith hym; he schal be fillid with schenschipis. Caph. For the Lord schal not putte awei with outen ende. Caph. For if he castide awei, and he schal do merci biaftir I. the multitude of hise mercies. Caph. For he makide not low of his herte; and castide not awei the sones of men. La|meth. That he schulde al to-foule vndur hise feet alle the boundun men of erthe. La|methFrom X. Om. A.. That he schulde bowe doun the dom of man, in the siȝt of the cheer of the hiȝeste. Lameth. That he schulde peruerte a man in his dom, the Lord knew not. MenFrom X. Lameth. A.. Who is this that seide, that a thing schulde be don, whanne the Lord comaundidecomaundith CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. not? Men. Nether goodis nether yuels schulen go out of the mouth of the hiȝeste. Men. What grutchide a man lyuynge, a man for hise synnes? NunFrom X. Men. A.. Serche we oure weies, and seke we, and turne we aȝen to the Lord. Nun. Reise we oure hertis with hondis, to the Lord in to heuenes. Nun. We han do wickidli, and han terrid thee to wraththe; therfor thou art not able to be preied. SamethFrom X. Nun. A.. Thou hilidist in stronge veniaunce, and smitidist vs; thou killidist, and sparidist not. Sameth. Thou settidist a clowde to thee, that preier passe not. Sameth. Thou settidist me, drawing vp bi the roote, and castynge out, in the myddis of puplis. AynFrom X. Sameth. A.. Alle enemyes openyden her mouth on vs. Ayn. In|ward drede and snare is maad to vs, pro|fesie and defoulyng. Ayn. Myn iȝen led|den doun departyngis of watris, for the defoulyng of the douȝter of my puple. PheFrom X. Ayn. A.. Myn iȝe was turmentid, and was not stille; for no reste was. PheFrom X. Om. A.. VntilTil CEFHKMQRSUX. the Lord bihelde, and siȝsauȝ I fere passim. fro heuenes. Phe. Myn iȝe robbide my soule in alle the douȝ|tris of my citee. SadeFrom X. Phe. A.. Myn enemyes token me with out cause, bi huntyng as a brid. SadeFrom X. Phe. A.. My lijf slood in to a lake; and thei puttiden a stoon on me. Sade. Watris flowiden ouer myn heed; Y seide, Y pe|rischideperishe N.. CophFrom X. Sade. A.. Lord, Y clepide to help thi name, fro the laste lake. CophFrom X. Sade. A.. Thou herdist my vois; turne thou not awei thin eere fro my sobbyngsnobbyng CFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. and cries. Coph. Thou neiȝidist to me in the dai, wherynne Y clepide thee to help; thou seidist, Drede thou not. ResFrom X. Coph. A.. Lord, aȝenbiere of my lijf, thou demydist the cause of my soule. ResFrom X. Coph. A.. Lord, thou siestsauȝest I. the wickidnesse of hem aȝens me; deme thou my doom. Res. Thou siest al the woodnesse, alle the thouȝtis of hem aȝenus me. SynFrom X. Om. A.. Lord, thou herdist the schenshipis of hem; alle the thouȝtis of hem aȝens me. SynFrom X. Res. A.. The lippis of men risynge aȝens me, and the thouȝtis of hem aȝens me al dai. Syn. Se thou the sittynge and risyng aȝen of hem; Y amam mad FNS sec. m. the salm of hem. ThauFrom X. Syn. A.. Lord, thou schalt ȝelde while to hem, bi the werkis of her hondis. TauFrom X. Syn. A.. Thou schalt ȝyue to hem the scheeld of herte, thi trauel. Tau. Lord, thou schalt pursue hem in thi strong veniaunce, and thou schalt defoule hem vndur heuenes.

 CAP. IV.

Aleph. How is gold maad derk, the beste colour is chaungid? the stonys of theOm. FIKS. seyntuarie ben scaterid in the heed of alle stretis. Beth. The noble sones of Sion, and clothid with the best gold, hou ben thei arettid in to erthene vessels, in to the werk of the hondis of a pottere? Gimel. But also lamyeslamyes ben cruel beestis that sleen her whelpis. V. maden nakid her tetis, ȝauen mylk to her whelpis; the douȝter of my puple is cruel, as an ostrig in desert. Deleth. The tonge of the souk|ynge childe cleued to his palat in thirst; litle children axiden breed, and noon was that brak to hem. He. Thei that eeten lustfuli, perischiden in weies; thei that weren nurschid in cradels, biclippiden toordis. Vau. And the wickidnesse of the douȝter of my puple is maad more than the synne of men of Sodom, that was distried in a moment, and hondis token not ther|ynne. Zai. Nazareis therof weren whitere than snow, schynyngere than mylk; ro|dier than elde yuer, fairere than safire. Heth. The face of hem was maad blackere than coolis, and thei weren not knowun in stretis; the skyn cleuyde to her boonys, it driede, and was maad as a tre. Teth. It was betere to men slayn with swerd, than to men slayn with hungur; for these men wexiden rotun, thei weren wastid of the bareynesse of erthe. Joth. The hondis of merciful wymmen sethiden her children; thei weren maad the metis of thothilke I. wym|men in theOm. I sec. m. sorewe of the douȝter of my puple. Caph. The Lord fillide his strong veniaunce, he schedde out the ire of his indignacioun; and the Lord kyndlide a fier in Sion, and it deuouride the foundementis therof. Lamet. The kyngis of erthe, and alle dwelleristhe dwellers I sec. m. of the world bileueden not, that an aduersarie and enemy schulde en|tre biin bi NS. the ȝatis of Jerusalem. Men. For the synnes of the profetis therof, and for wickidnessis of preestis therof, that sched|den out the blood of iust men in the myddis therof. Nun. Blynde men erryden in stretis, thei weren defoulid in blood; and whanne thei miȝten not go, thei helden her hemmes. Samet. Thei crieden to hem, Departe awei, ȝe defoulide men, departe ȝe, go ȝe awei, nyle ȝe touche; forsothe thei chidden, and weren stirid; thei seiden among hethene men, God schal no more leieadde I. to, that he dwelle among hem. Ayn. The face of the Lord departide hem, he schal no more leie to, that he biholde hem; thei weren not aschamed of the faces of preestis, nether thei hadden merci on eld men. Phe. The while we stoden ȝit, oure iȝen failiden to oure veyn help; whanne we bihelden ententif to a folc, that myȝte not saue vs. Sade. Oure steppis weren slidir in the weie of oure stretis; oure ende neiȝede, oure daies weren fillid, for oure ende cam. Coph. Oure pursueris weren swiftere than the eglis of heuene; thei pursueden vs on hillis, thei settiden buschementis to vs in desert. Res. The spirit of oure mouth, Crist the Lord, was takun in oure synnes; to whom we seiden, We schulen lyue in thi schadewe among hethene men. Syn. Thou douȝter of Edom, make ioye, and be glad, that dwellist in the lond of Hus; the cuppe schal come also to thee, thou schalt be maad drunkun, and schalt be maad bare. Thau. Thou douȝter of Sion, thi wickidnesse is fillid; he schal not adde more, that he make thee to passe ouer; thou douȝter of Edom, he schal visite thi wickidnesse, he schal vnhile thi synnes.

Here endith the Lamentaciouns and here bigynneth the Preier of Jeremye, the profeteFrom C. Here enden the Lamentaciouns, and here bygynneth the [a GQ] preier of Jeremye, the pro|fete. FGMQU. Here enden the Lamentaciouns of Jeremye, and here bigynneth the preier of Jeremye. H. Heere enden [endith N] the Lamentaciouns, and heere biginnith the preier of Jeremye, the prophet. IN. Here enden the Lamentaciouns; se now the preier of Jeremye, the profete. K. Here enden the Lamenta|ciouns, and here bigynneth the preier of Jeremye. RX. Here [enden] the Lamentaciouns of Jeremye, and bigynneth the preier of Jeremye. S. Here endith the Lamentacioun, and bigynneth the preier of Jeremye. V. No final rubric in AEPY.. Here bigynneth the Preier of JeremyeThis is the preiȝer of Jeremie. EPY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..

Lord, haue thou mynde what bifelle to vs; se thou, and biholde oure schenschipe. Oure eritage is turned to aliens, oure housis ben turned to straungers. We ben maad fadirles children with out fadir; oure mo|dris ben as widewis. We drunken oure watir for monei, we bouȝtenbrouȝten AI sec. m. oure trees for siluer. We weren dryuun bi oure heedis, and reste was not ȝouun to feynt men. We ȝauen hond to Egipt, and to Assiriens, that we schulden be fillid with breed. Oure fadris synneden, and benthei ben I. not, and we baren the wickidnessis of hem. Seruauntis weren lordis of vs, and noon was, that aȝenbouȝte fro the hond of hem. In oure lyues we brouȝten breed to vs, fro the face of swerd in desert. Oure skynne is brent as a furneis, of the face of tempestis of hungur. Thei maden low wymmen in Sion, and virgyns in the citees of Juda. Princes weren hangid bi the hond; thei weren not aschamed of the faces of elde men. Thei mysusiden ȝonge wexynge men vnchastli, and children fellen doun in tree. Elde men failiden fro ȝatis; ȝonge men failiden offro I. the queer of sing|eris. The ioie of oure herte failide; oure songqueer, ether song CEFGHIKMPQRSUVXY. is turned in to mourenyng. The coroun of oure heed fellen doun; wo to vs! for we synneden. Therfor oure herte is maad soreuful, therfor oure iȝen ben maad derk. For the hil of Sion, for it perischide; foxis ȝeden in it. But thou, Lord, schal dwelle with outen ende; thi seete schal dwelle ininto EG. generacioun and in to generacioun. Whi schalt thou forȝete vs with outen ende, schalt thou forsake vs in to lengthe of daies? Lord, conuerte thou vs to thee, and we schal be con|uertid; make thou newe oure daies, as at the bigynnyng. But thou castynge awei hast cast awei vs; thou art wrooth aȝens vs greetli.

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THIS book, which is titlid bi theOm. F. name of Baruk, is not had in the autoritecanoun, ether autorite C et ceteri. of Ebrew, but oneli in the comyn transla|cioun; in lijk maner and the pistleepistil EPVY. of Jeremye is not in the canoun of Ebreu; netheles for the knowyng of rederis, these ben writun here; for these schewen many thingis of Crist, and of the laste tymes.

Here endith the prologe, and here by|gynneth the book of BarukFrom CEFMNSUVX. Here endith the prologe, and bigynneth the book. H. Heere endith the prologe, and biginnith Baruk. I. Here endeth the prolog of Baruk; se now the booc. K. No final rubric in the other Mss.. Here biginnith the book of BarukBaruk. A. Here bigynneth Baruk. GQR. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

And these ben the wordis of the book, which Baruk, the sone of Nerie, sone of Maasie, sone of Sedechie, sone of Sedei, sone of Helchie, wroot in Babilonye; in the fyuethe ȝeer, in the seuenthe dai of the monethe, in the tyme wherynne Cal|deis token Jerusalem, and brenten it with fier. And Baruk redde the wordis of this book to the eeris of Jeconye, sone of Joa|chym, kyng of Juda, and to the eeris of al the puple comynge to the book; and to the eeris of theOm. I. myȝti sones of kyngis, and to the eeris of prestis, and to the eeris of the puple, fro the moosteleeste F. `til toto E. vnto I. til N. the leestemoste F. of hem, of alle dwellynge in Ba|biloyne, and at the flood Sudi. Whiche herden, and wepten, and fastiden, and preieden in the siȝt of the Lord. And thei gaderiden monei, bi that that ech mannus hond myȝte; and senten in to Jerusalem to Joachym, the prest, sonethe sone CFHIKMQRSU. Om. E. of Helchie, sonethe sone Q. of Salen, and to the preestis, and to al the puple that weren foundun with hym in Jerusalem; whanne he took the vessels of the temple of the Lord, that weren takun awei fro the temple, to aȝen clepe in to the lond of Juda, in the tenthe dai of the monethe SibanMay A marg.; the siluerne vessels, which Sedechie, the kyng of Juda, the sone of Josie, made, aftir that Nabu|godonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, hadde take Jeconye, and princes, and alle myȝti men, and the puple of the lond fro Jerusalem, and ledde hem boundun in to Babiloyne. And thei seiden, Lo! we han sent to ȝou richessis, of whiche bie ȝe brent sacrifices, and encense, and make ȝe sacrifice, and offre ȝe for synne at the auter of ȝoure Lord God. And preye ȝe for the lijf of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, and for the lijf of Balthasar, his sone, that the daies of hem ben on erthe as the daies of heuene; that the Lord ȝyue vertu to vs, and liȝtne oure iȝen, that we lyue vndur the schadewe of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, and vndur the scha|dewe of Balthasar, his sone; and that we serue hem bi many daies, and fynde grace in the siȝt of hem. And preye ȝeOm. G. for `vs silfoure self EPY. VS S. to our Lord God, for we han synned to oure Lord God, and his strong ven|iaunce is not turned awei frofor FHPY. vs, `til in tovnto I. this dai. And rede ȝe this book, which we senten to ȝou, to be rehersid in the temple of the Lord, in a solempne dai, and in aOm. CFGHMNPQRUVY. couenable dai. And ȝe schulen seie, Riȝtfulnesse is to oure Lord God, but schenschipe of oure face is to vs, as this dai is, to al Juda, and to dwelleris in Jerusalem, to oure kyngis, and to oure princes, to oure preestis, and to oure pro|fetis, and to oure fadris. We synneden bifor oure Lord God, and bileuyden not, and tristiden not in hym. And weOm. EPVY. thei NS sec. m. weren not redi to be suget to hym, and we obeiden not to the vois of oure Lord God, that we ȝeden in hise comaundementis, whiche he ȝaf to vs; fro the dai in which he ledde oure fadris out of the lond of Egipt, til in to this dai, we weren vnbi|leueful to oure Lord God; and we weren scaterid, and ȝeden awei, that we herden not the vois of hym. And many yuels and cursyngis, whiche the Lord ordeynede to his seruaunt Moises, cleuyden to vs; which Lord ledde oure fadris out of the lond of Egipt, to ȝyue to vs a lond flow|ynge mylk and hony, as in this dai. And we herden not the vois of oure Lord God, bi alle the wordis of prophetis, whiche he sente to vs, and to oure iugis; and we ȝeden awei, ech man in to the wit of his yuel herte, to worche to alien goddis, and we diden yuels bifore the iȝen of oure Lord God.

 CAP. II.

For which thing oure Lord God settide stidfastli his word, which he spak to vs, and to oure iugis, that demyden in Israel, and to oure kyngis, and to oure princes, and to al Israel and Juda; that the Lord schulde brynge on vs grete yuels, that weren not don vndur heuene, as tho ben doon in Jerusalem; bi tho thingis that ben writun in the lawe of Moises, that a man schulde ete the fleischis of his sone, and the fleischis of his douȝter. And he ȝaf hem in to the hond of alle kyngis, that ben in oure cumpas, in to schenschipe, and in to desolacioun in alle puplis, among whiche the Lord scateride vs. And we ben maad bynethe, and not aboue; for we synneden to oure Lord God, in not obei|ynge to the vois of hym. Riȝtfulnesse is to oure Lord God, but schenschipe of face is to vs and to oure fadris, as this dai is. For the Lord spak on vs alle these yuels, that camen on vs. And we bisouȝten not the face of oure Lord God, that we schulden turne aȝen, ech of vs fro oure worste weies. And the Lord wakide in yuels, and brouȝte tho on vs; for the Lord is iust in alle hise werkis, whiche he co|maundide to vs. And we herden not the vois of hym, that we schulden go in the comaundementis of the Lord, whiche he ȝaf bifore oure face. And now, Lord God of Israel, that leddist thi puple out of the lond of Egipt in a strong hond, and in myraclis, and in grete wondris, and in thi greet vertu, and in an hiȝ arm, and madist to thee a name, as this dai is; we han synned, we han do vnfeithfuli, we han do wickidli, oure Lord God, in alle thi riȝt|fulnessis. Thi wrath be turned awey fro vs; for we ben left a fewe among hethene men, where thou scateridisthast scaterid I. vs. Lord, here thou oure axyngis, and oure preyeris, and lede vs out for thee; and ȝyue thou to vs to fynde grace bifore the face of hem, that ledden vs awei; that al erthe knowe, that thou art oure Lord GodOm. I pr. m., and that thi name is clepid to help on Israel, and on the kyn of hym. Lord, bihold thou fro thin hooli hous on vs, and bouwe doun thin eere, and here vs. Opene thin iȝen, and se; for not deed men that ben in helle, whos spirit is takun fro her entrails, schu|len ȝyue onour and iustefiyng to the Lord; but a soule which is sori on the greetnesse of yuel, and goith bowid, and sijk, and iȝen failynge, and an hungri soule, ȝyueth glorie to thee, and riȝtfulnesse to the Lord. For not bi the riȝtfulnessesriȝtwisnesses I. of oure fadris we `scheden merciheelden out preieris, and axen mercy I. bifore thithe N. siȝt, oureof oure N. Lord God; but for thou sentist thi wraththe and thi stronge veniaunce on vs, as thou spakest in the hondis of thi chil|dren profetis, and seidist, Thus seith the Lord, Bowe ȝe ȝoure schuldur, and ȝoure necke, and do ȝe trauel to the kyng of Babiloyne; and ȝe schulen sitte in the lond, which Y ȝaf to ȝoure fadris. That if ȝe don not, nethir heren the vois of ȝoure Lord God, to worche to the kyng of Ba|biloyne, Y schal make ȝoure failyng fro the citees of Juda, and fro the ȝatis of Jerusalem; and Y schal take awei fro ȝou the vois of gladnesse, and the vois of ioye, and the vois of spouse, and the vois of spousesse; and al the lond schal be with out step of hem that dwellen therynne. And thei herden not thi vois, that thei schulden worche to the kyng of Babi|loyne; and thou hast set stidfastli thi wordis, whiche thou spakist in the hondis of thi children, prophetis; that the boonys of oure kyngis, and the boonys of oure fadris schulen be borun ouer fro her place. And lo! thothei U. ben cast forth in the heete of the sunne, and in the frost of niȝtthe niȝt N.; and men ben deed in the worste sorewis, in hungur, and in swerd, and in sending out. AndAlso N. thou hast setOm. N. the temple in which thi name was clepid to help, as this dai schewith, for the wickidnesse of the hous of Israel, and of the hous of Juda. And thou, oure Lord God, hast do in vs bi al thi goodnesse, and bi al that greet mer|ciful doyng of thee, as thou spakest in the hond of thi child Moises, in the dai in which thou comaundidist to hym to write thi lawe bifore the sones of Israel, and seidist, If ȝe heren not my vois, this greet ournyng and myche schal be turned in to the leest among hethene men, whi|dur Y schal scatere hem. For Y woot, that the puple schal not here me, for it is a puple of hard nol. And it schal turne to her herte in the lond of her caitiftee; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God of hem. And Y schal ȝyue to hem an herte, and thei schulen vndurstonde, and eeris, and thei schulen here. And thei schulen herie me in the lond of her cai|tiftee, and thei schulen be myndeful of my name. Thei schulen turne awei hem silf fro her hard bak, and fro her wickid|nessis; for thei schulen haue mynde of the wei of her fadris, that synneden aȝens me. And Y schal aȝen clepe hem in to the lond, which Y swoor to ȝyue to the fadris of hem, to Abraham, Isaac, and Ja|cob; and thei schulen be lordis of it. And Y schal multiplie hem, and thei schulen not be maad lesse. And Y schal ordeyne to hem an other testament euerlastynge, that Y be to hem in to God, and thei schulen be to me in to a puple. And Y schal no more moue my puple, the sones of Israel, fro the lond which Y ȝaf to hem. And now, Lord almiȝti, God of Israel, a soule in angwischis and a spirit anoied crieth to thee. Lord, here thou, and haue merci, for thou art merciful God; and haue thou merci on vs, for we han synned bifor thee, thatthou I. sittist withouten ende, and we schulen not perische withouten ende. Lord God almiȝti, God of Israel, here thou now the preier of the deed men of Israel, and of the sones of hem, that synneden bifor thee, and herden not the vois of her Lord God, and yuels ben fastned to vs. Nyle thou haue mynde on the wick|idnesse of oure fadris, but haue thou mynde on thin hond and on thi name in this tyme; for thou art oure Lord God, and, Lord, we schulen herie thee. For whi for this thing thou hast ȝoue thi drede in oure hertis, that we clepe thi name to help, and herie thee in oure caitiftee; for we schulen be conuertid fro the wickid|nesse of oure fadris, that synneden aȝens thee. And lo! we ben in oure caitifte to dai, whidur thou scateridist vs, in to schenschipe, and in to cursyng, and in to synne, bi al the wickidnesse of oure fadris, that ȝeden awei fro thee, thou oure Lord God.

 CAP. III.

Israel, here thou the comaundementis of lijf; perseyue thou with eeris, that thou kunne prudence. Israel, what is it, that thou art in the lond of enemyes? Thou wexidist eld in an alien lond, thou art defoulid with deed men, thou art aret|tid with hem, that goon doun in to helle? Thou hast forsake the welle of wisdom; for whi if thou haddist gon in the weies of God, sotheli thou haddist dwellid in pees on erthe. Lerne thou, where is wis|dom, where is prudence, where is vertu, where is vndurstondyng, that thou wite togidere, where is long duryng of lijf and lijf lode, where is liȝt of iȝen, and pees. Who foond the place therof, and who en|tride in to the tresouris therof? Where ben the princes of hethene men, and that ben lordis ouer the beestis, that ben on erthe? Whiche pleien with the briddis of heuene; whiche tresoren siluer and gold, in which men tristen, and noon ende is ofin N. the purchasyng of hem? Which maken siluer, and ben busi, and no fyndyng is of her werkis? Thei ben distried, and ȝeden doun to hellis; and othere men risedenrisen F. resen I. in the place of hem. The ȝonge men of hem sien liȝt, `and dwellidendwellynge I. on erthe. But thei knewen not the weie of wisdom, nether vndurstoden the pathis therof; ne|ther the sones of hem resseyueden it. It was maad fer fro the face of hem; it is not herd in the lond of Canaan, nether is seyn in Theman. Also the sones of Agar, that souȝten out prudence which is of erthe, the marchauntis of erthe, and of Theman, and the tale telleris, and sekeris out of prudence and of vndurstondyng. But thei knewen not the weie of wisdom, nether hadden mynde on the paththis therof. O!A! CFGHIKMNPQRSUVX. Israel, the hous of God is ful greet, and the place of his possessioun is greet; it is greet and hath noon ende, hiȝ and greet without mesure. Namyd giauntis weren theretherinne NS sec. m.; thei that weren of greet stature at the bigynnyng, and knewen batel. The Lord chees not these, nether thei founden the weie of wisdom; therfor thei perischiden. And for thei had|den not wisdom, thei perischiden for her vnwisdom. Who stiede in to heuene, and took that wisdom, and brouȝte it doun fro the cloudis? Who passide ouer the see, and foond it, and brouȝte itN. more than chosun gold? Noon is, that mai knowe the weie therof, nethir that sekith the pathis therof; but he that kan alle thingis, knewe it, and foond it bi his prudence. Which made redi the erthe in euerlast|ynge tyme, and fillide it with twei footid beestis, and foure footid beestis. Which sendith out liȝt, and it goith, and clepide it; and it obeieth to hym in tremblyng. Forsothe sterris ȝauen liȝt in her kep|yngis, and weren glad; tho weren clepid, and tho seiden, We ben present; and tho schyneden to hym with mirthe, thatand that N. made tho. This is oure God, and noon other schal be gessid aȝens hym. This foond ech weie of wisdom, and ȝaf it to Jacob, his child, and to Israel, his derlyng. Aftir these thingis he was seyn in londis, and lyuede with men.

 CAP. IV.

This book of Goddis heestis, and the lawe which is withouten ende. Alle that holden it, schulen come to lijf. But thei that han forsake it, schulen come in to deth. Jacob, be thou conuertid, and take thou it; go thou bi the weie at the briȝt|nesse therof, aȝens the liȝt therof. Ȝyue thou not thi glorie to another, and thi dignyte to an alien folc. Israel, we ben blessid; for tho thingis that plesen God, ben open to vs. The puple of God, Israel worthi to be had in mynde, be thou `of betere coumfortpacienter, ether of betere coumfort CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY.. Ȝe ben seeld to hethene men, not in to perdicioun; but for that that ȝe in ire terreden God to wrathful|nesse, ȝe ben bitakun to aduersaries. For ȝe wraththiden thilke God euerlastynge, that made ȝou; and ȝe offriden to fendis, and not to God. For ȝe forȝaten hym that nurschide ȝou, and ȝe maden sori ȝoure nurse, Jerusalem. For it siȝ wrathfulnesse of God comynge to ȝou, and it seide, Ȝe niȝ coostis of Sion, here; forsothe God hath brouȝte greet morenyng to me. For Y siȝ the caitiftee of my puple, of my sones and douȝtris, which he that is with out bigynnyng and ende brouȝte on hem. For Y nurschide hem with myrthe; but Y lefte hem with wepyng and morenyng. NoAnd no N. man haue ioye on me, a wedewe and desolat. Y am forsakun of manye for the synnessynne U. of my sonessone A pr. m. et alii.; for thei bowiden awei fro the lawe of God. Forsothe thei knewen not `the riȝtfulnessisriȝtwisnesses I. of hym; nether thei ȝeden bi the weies of Goddis heestis, nether bi the pathis of his treuthe thei entriden with riȝtfulnesse. The niȝ coostis of Sion come, and haue thei mynde on the caitifte of my sones and douȝtris, which he that is with out bigynnyng and ende brouȝte on hem. ForOm. N. he brouȝte on hem a folk fro fer, an yuel folk, and of an other langage; that reuerensiden not an eld man, nether hadden merci onof U. children; and thei ledden awei the dereworthe sones of a wi|dewe, and maden a womman aloone deso|lat of sones. But what mai Y helpe ȝou? For he that brouȝte on ȝou yuels, shal de|lyuer ȝou fro the hondis of ȝoure enemyes. Go ȝe, sones, go ȝe; for Y am forsakunleft I. aloone. Y haue vnclothid me of the stoolestole, ether long roobe, ceteri. of pees; but Y haue clothid me with a sak of bisechyng, and Y schal crie to the hiȝeste in my daies. Sones, be ȝe of betere comfort; crie ȝe to the Lord, and he schal delyuere ȝou fro the hond of princes, that ben ȝoure enemyes. For Y hopide ȝoure helthe with outen ende, and ioye cam to me fro the hooli on merciȝoure merci A pr. m. I., that schal come to ȝou fro ȝoure sauyour without bigynnyng and ende. For Y sente ȝou out with mourenyng and wepyng; but God schal brynge ȝou aȝen to me with ioye and myrthe with outen ende. For as theOm. I. neiȝboressis of Sion sien ȝoure caitifte maad of God, so thei schulen se and in swiftnesse ȝoure helthe of God, which helthe schal come to ȝou fro aboue with greet onour and euerlastynge schynyng. Sones, suffre ȝe pacientli ire, that cam on ȝou; for thin enemy pursuede thee, but thou schalt se soone the perdicioun of hym, and thou schalt stiesteie sone F. onvpon I. the neckes of hym. My delicat men ȝeden scharp weies; for thei as a floc `that isOm. ceteri. rauyschid weren led of enemyes. Sones, be ȝe pa|cientere, and crie ȝe fer to the Lord; for whi ȝoure mynde schal be of hym that ledith ȝou. For as ȝoure witwitnesse N. was, that ȝe erriden fro God, ȝe schulen conuerte eft, and schulen seke hym tensithis so myche. For he that brouȝte in yuels to ȝou, schal brynge eft euerlastynge myrthe to ȝou with ȝoure helthe. Jerusalem, be thou of betere coumfort; for he that nemyde thee, excitith thee. Thei that traueliden thee, schulen perische gilti; and thei that thankiden in thi fallyng, schulen be punyschid. Citees to which thi sones seruedenfledden I., `schulen be punyschidOm. I., and that citee that took thi sones, schal be pu|nyschid. For as Babiloyne made ioie in thi hurlyng doun, and was glad in thi fal, so it schal be maad sori in his desolacioun. And the ful out ioye of the multitude therof schal be kit awei, and the ioie therof schal be in to mourenyng. For whi fier schal come on it fro hym that is with|out bigynnyng and ende, in ful long daies; and it schal be enhabitid of fendis, in to the multitude of tyme. Jerusalem, biholde aboute to the eest, and se thou myrthe comynge of God to thee. For lo! thi sones comen, which thou leftist scatered; thei comen gaderid fro the eest `til tovnto I. the west in the word of the hooli, and maken ioie to the onour of God.

 CAP. V.

Jerusalem, vnclothe thee of the stoole of thi mourenyng, and trauelyng; and clothe thou thee in the fairnesse, and onour of it, which is of God to thee in euerlastynge glorie. God of ryȝtfulnesse schal cumpasse thee with a double cloth, and schal sette on thin heed a mytre of euerlastynge onour. For God schal schewe his briȝtnesse in thee, which is vndur heuene. For thi name schal be namyd of God to thee with outen ende, The pees of riȝtfulnesse, and the onour of pitee. Jerusalem, rise vp, and stonde in an hiȝ place, and biholde aboute to the eest; and se thi sones gaderid togidere fro the sunne risynge til to the west in the word of the hooli, that maken ioie in the mynde of God. For thei ȝeden out fro thee, and weren led of enemyes on feet; but the Lord schal brynge to thee hem borun in to honour, as the sones of rewme. For God hath ordeyned to make low ech hiȝ hil, and euerlastynge rochis of stoon, and gret valeis, to fille the uneuenesse of erthe; that Israel go diligentli in to the onour of God. Forsothe wodisthe wodis N pr. m. S. and ech tree of swetnesse schadewiden Israel, bi the co|maundement of God. For God schal brynge Israel with mirthe ininto U. the liȝt of his maieste, with merci and riȝtfulnesse, which is of hym.

 CAP. VI.Here bigynneth thea K. saumple of the pistleepistle EPY. of the same Baruk, which pistle Jeremye sente to Jewisthe Jewis K., `that werenOm. CEFGHMNPQRSUXY. led awei prisoneris in to Babiloyne, of the king of Babiloynes, that he schulde telle to hem, bi that thatOm. C. washe was K. comaundid of God to hym.

For the synnes which ȝe synneden bifor God, ȝe schulen be led prisoneris in to Babiloyne, of Nabugodonosor, kyng of BabiloynesBabiloyne FN.. Therfor ȝe schulen entre in to Babiloyne, and ȝe schulen be there ful many ȝeeris, and in to long tyme, til to seuene generaciouns; forsothe after this Y schal lede out ȝou fro thennus with pees. But now ȝe schulen se in Babiloyne goddis of gold, and of siluer, and of stoon, and of tree, to be borun on schuldris, schewynge drede to hethene men. Ther|for se ȝe, lest also ȝe be maad lijk alien dedis, and lest ȝe dreden, and drede take ȝou in hem. Therfor whanne ȝe seen a cumpeny bihynde and bifore, worschipe ȝe God, and seie in ȝoure hertes, Lord God, it bihoueth that thou be worschipid. For|sothe myn aungel is with ȝou, but Y schal seke ȝoure soulis. For whi the trees of hem ben polischid of a carpenter; also thothei I. ben araied with gold, and araied with sil|uer, and ben false, and moun not speke. And as toOm. S. a virgyn louynge ournementis, so, whanne gold is takun, ourenementis ben maad to idols. Certis the goddis of hem han goldun corouns on her heedis; wherfor prestis withdrawen fro tho goddis gold and siluer, and spenden it in hem silf. Sotheli thei ȝyuen also of that to hooris, and araien hooris; and eft whanne thei resseyuen that of hooris, thei araien her goddis. But thothilke I. goddis ben not de|lyuered fro rust and mouȝte. Forsothe whanne `tho goddisthei I. ben hilid with a cloth of purpure, preestis schulen wipe the face of thohem I., for dust of the hous, which is ful myche among tho goddis. Forsothe idols han a septre, as a man hath; as the iuge of a cuntrei, that sleeth not a man syn|nynge aȝens him silf. Also thothei I. han in the hond a swerd, and axan axe I.; but thothei I. delyueren not hem silf fro batel and fro theues. Wherfor be it knowun to ȝou, that thothei IN. ben not goddis; therfor worschipe ȝe not thohem IN.. For as a brokun vessel of a man is maad vnprofitable, siche also ben the god|dis of hem. Whanne thothei IN. ben set in the hous, the iȝen of thohem I. ben ful of dust of the feet of men entrynge. And as ȝatis ben set aboute a man that offendide the kyng, ether as whanne a deed man is brouȝt to the sepulcre, so preestis kepen sikirli the doris with closyngis and lockis, lest thothei I. be robbid of theuys. Thei teenden lanternes to thohem I., and sotheli many lan|ternes, of which thothei I. moun se noon; for|sothe thothei IN. ben as beemes in an hous. Sotheli men seien that serpentis, that ben of erthe, licken out the hertis of thohem I.; while the serpentis eten thohem I., and her cloth, and thothei I. feelenfeelen it I. not. The faces of thohem I. ben blake of the smoke, which is maad in the hous. Nyȝt crowis and swa|lewis fleen aboue the bodi of thohem I., and aboue the heed of thohem I., and briddis also, and cattis in lijk maner. Wherfor wite ȝe, that thothei IN. ben not goddis; therfor drede ȝe not thohem IN.. Also the gold which thothei IN. han, is to fairnesse; noOm. I. butbut if P. summan wipe awei the rust, thothei IN. schulen not schyne. For thothei IN. feliden not, the while tho weren wellid togidere. ThoThei IN. ben bouȝt of al prijs, in which no spirit is in thohem I.. ThoThei IN. with|out feet ben borun on schuldris of men, and schewen opynli her vnnoblei to men; be thei schent also that worschipen thohem IN.. Therfor if thothei IN. fallen doun to erthe, thothei IN. schulen not rise of hem silf; and if ony man settith that idol upriȝt, it schal not stonde bi it silf, but as to deed thingis schuldris schulen be put to thohem IN.. The prestis of thohem IN. sillen the sacrifices of thohem I., and mysvsen; in lijk maner and the wym|men of hem rauyschen awei, nether to a sijk man, nether to a begger thothei IN. ȝyuen ony thing. Of her sacrifices foule wym|men, and in vncleene blood, touchen. Ther|for wite ȝe bi these thingis, that thothei IN. ben not goddis, and drede ȝe not thohem IN.. For wherof ben thothei IN. clepid goddis? For wym|men setten sacrifices to goddis of siluer, and of gold, and of tre; and preestis that han cootis to-rent, and heedis and berd schauun, whos heedis ben nakid, sitten in the housis of thohem N.. Sotheli thei roren and crien aȝens her goddis, as in the soper of a deed man. Prestis taken awei the clothis of thohem IN., and clothen herbothe her A pr. m. I. wyues, and her children. And if thothei IN. suffren ony thing of yuel of ony man, etheror I. if thothei IN. suffren ony thing of good, thothei IN. moun not ȝelde. Nether tho moun ordeyne a kyng, nethir do awei. In lijk maner thothei IN. moun nether ȝyue rich|essis, nether ȝilde yuel. If ony man makith a vow to thohem I., and ȝeldith not, thotho goddis N. axen not this. ThoThei IN. delyueren not a man fro deth, nether rauyschen a sijk man fro a miȝtiere. ThoThei IN. restoren not a blynd man to siȝt; thoThei IN. schulen not delyuere a man fro nede. Tho schulen not haue merci on a widewe, nether thothei IN. schulen do good to fadirles children. Her goddis of tre, and of stoon, and of gold, and of siluer, ben lijk stoonys of the mounteyn; forsothe thei that worschipen thohem IN., schulen be schent. Hou therfor is it to gesse, ether to seie, that thothei IN. ben goddis? for whi ȝit whanne Caldeis onouren not thohem I.. Which whanne thei heren that a doumb man mai not speke, offren hym to Bel, and axen of hym to speke; as if thei that han no stir|yng, moun feel. And thei, whanne thei schulen vndurstonde, schulen forsake tho idols; for thothilke I. the N. goddis of hem han no wit. Forsothe wymmen gird with roopiswommen gird with roopis, etc. Here is set a manere of lecherie, bi which ydolis ben worthi to be dispisid, for wommen gird|iden hem silf with a roop aboue, as boundun with sum greet synne, and saten in the weie, bi which men passiden to ydolis; and whanne ony man of hem passynge drew oon of tho wommen out of the weie, and kittide hir roop, and knewe hir fleishli, she arettide hir silf deliuerid of the synne don, and bi|leuyd, that the ydol sente that man into signe of her dely|ueraunce; and she cam aȝen to hir felowis, and dispiside hir, that she was not worthi to be visitid so of the ydol. KQ U. sitten in weies, and kyndelen boonys of olyueskyndeliden boonis of olyues; bi the custom of the ydol. Lire here. G.. Sotheli whanne ony of thothilke I. wymmen is drawun awei of ony man passynge, and slepith with hym, sche dispisith her neiȝ|boresse, that sche is not hadde worthi as hir silf, nether hir roop is brokun. For|sothe alle thingis that ben don to thohem IN., ben false. Hou therfor is it to gesse, ethir to seie, that tho ben goddis? Forsothe thetho F sec. m. NVX. idols ben maad of smithis, and of gold|smithis. Thothei IN. schulen be noon other thing, no but that that prestis wolen, that thothei I. be. Also thilke goldsmithis that maken thohem I., ben not of myche tyme; therfor whetherwher I passim. tho thingis that ben maad of them moun be goddis? Sotheli thei leften false thingis, and schenschipe to men to comynge aftirward. For whi whanne batelsbatel IKNU. and yuels comen on hem, preestis thenken, where thei schulen hide hem silf with tho. Hou therfor owen tho to be demyd, that thothei N. ben goddis, which ne|ther delyueren hem silf fro batel, nether delyueren hem silf fro yuelis? For whi whannesith I. tho ben of tree, and of stoon, and of gold, and of siluer, it schal be knowun aftirward of alle folkis, and kyngis, that tho thingis ben false, that ben maad open; for tho ben not goddis, but the werkis of hondis of men, and no werk of God is with thohem I.. Wherof therfor it is knowun, that thothei IN. ben not goddis, but the werkis of hondis of men, and no werk of God is in thohem I.. ThoThei I. These N. reisen not a kyng to a cuntrei, nether schulen ȝyue reyn to men. Also thothei IN. schulen not deme doom, nether thoThei IN. schulen delyuere the cuntrei fro wrong. For tho moun no thing, as litle crowis bitwixe the myddis of heuene and of erthe. For whanne fier fallith in to the houshousis A pr. m. of goddis of tree, and of gold, and of siluer, sotheli the prestis of tho schulen fle, and schulen be delyuered; but thothei I. schulen be brent as beemys in the myddis. Forsothe thothei I. schulen not aȝen stonde a kyng and batel. Hou therfor is it to gesse, orether FIKS. to resseyueseye A., that thothei IN. ben goddis? Goddis of tree, and of stoon, and of gold and of siluer, schulen not delyuere hem silf fro nyȝt theues, nether fro dai theuys, and wickid men ben strongere than tho goddis. Thei schulen take awei gold, and siluer, and cloth, bi which tho ben hilid, and thei schulen go awei; ne|ther thothei IN. helpen hem silf. Therfor it is betere to beOm. NS sec. m. a kyng schewynge his vertu, ether a profitable vessel in the hous, in which he schal haue glorie that weldith it, than false goddis; ether a dore in the hous, that kepith tho thingis that ben in it, is betere than false goddis. Forsothe the sunne, and moone, and sterris, whan thothei N. ben briȝt, and sent out to profitis, obeien. In lijk maner and leit, whanne it apperith, is cleer. Sotheli the same thing and wynd brethith in ech cuntrei. And cloudis, to whiche, whanne it is co|maundid of God to go thorouȝ al the world, perfourmen that, that is comaundid to tho. Also fier `that isOm. ceteri. sent fro aboue, to waste mounteyns and wodis, doithdon I. that, that is comaundid to it; but these idols ben not lijk to oon of tho thingis, nether bi fourmes, nether bi vertues. Wher|for it is nether to gesse, nether to seie, that thothei N. ben goddis, whanne thothei N. moun not nether deme doom, nether do to men. Therfor wite ȝe that tho ben not goddis, and drede ȝe not thohem I.. For thothei I. schulen nether curse, nethir schulenOm. I. blesse kyngis. Also thothei I. schewen not to hethene men signes in heuene, nether tho schulen schyne as the sunne, nether thothei IN. schulen ȝyue liȝt as the moone. Beestis that moun fle vndur a roof, and do profit to hem silf, ben betere than thothei I.. Therfor bi no maner it is open to ȝou, that thothei N. ben goddis. For which thing drede ȝe not thohem IN.. For whi as `a bugge, either a man of raggisa man of raggis A pr. m. a scheweles A sec. m., in a place where gourdis wexen, kepith no thing, so ben her goddis of tree, and of siluer, and of gold. In the same maner and a whijt thorn in a gardyn kepith no thing, on which thorn ech brid sittith, in lijk maner and her goddis of tree, and of gold, and of siluer, ben lijk a deed man cast forth in derknessis. Also of purpur and of marble, whiche thei holden aboue it; therforand therfor NS sec. m. ȝe schulen wite, that thothei N. ben not goddis. Also tho ben etun at the laste, and it schal be in to schenschipe in the cuntrei. Betere is a iust man, that hath no symylacris, for whi he schal be fer fro schenschipis.

 Here endith Baruk, and here bigyn|neth EzechielFrom CFH. Here endith Baruk, and bigynneth Ezechiel. GIQU. Here endeth Baruc; se now Ezechiel. K. Here endith Baruk, and here bigynneth a prologe vpon Ezechiel. M. Here endith the book of Baruch, and bigynneth the book of Ezechiel. N. Heere eendith Baruch, and bigynneth the prolog on Ezechiel. R. Here endith Baruc, and bygynn[eth] Ezechiel. S. Here endith Baruc, and here bigynneth the booc of Ezechiel, the profete. X. No final rubric in the other Mss.. EZEKIEL. [Prologue on EzechielThis prologue is from MR. No initial rubric in these Mss..]

THIS profete Ezechiel seiȝ in visioun, and rauyschid in spirit, the maieste of almyȝti God, and the sete of his trone, acordinge to seynt Joon, the euangelist, of the visioun that he seiȝ in the ile of Pathmos. And this Ezechiel schewide bi symylitude alle yuelis that weren to comynge on the king, and on the peple of Juda, for priue idolatrie vsid of the peple, and for contynuaunce of fals wurschiping in hid places.

Here eendith the prologe, and bigynneth the book of EzechielFrom R. No final rubric in M.. Here bigynneth the book of Ezechiel, the profeteHere biginnith the book of Ezechiel. EPY. Here biginneth Ezechiel. M. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

And it was don, in the thrittithethrittenthe MY. ȝeer, in the fourthe monethe, in the fyuethe dai of the moneth, whanne Y was in the myddis of caitifs, bisidis the flood Chobar, heuenes weren openyd, and Y siȝsauȝ I. the reuelaciouns of God. In the fyueth dai of the monethe; thilke is the fyuethe ȝeer of passing ouer of Joachym, kyng of Ju|da; the word of the Lord was maad to Ezechiel, preest, the sone of Busi, in the lond of Caldeis, bisidis the flood Chobar; and the hond of the Lord was maad there on hym. And Y siȝ, and lo! a whirle|wynd cam fro the north, and a greet cloude, and fier wlappynge in, and briȝt|nesse in the cumpas therof; and as the licnesse of electreelectre; that is, a metal of gold and siluer, that schyneth clerere than gold and siluer. A et alii. fro the myddis therof, that is, fro the myddis of theOm. Q. fier. And of myddisthe myddis EFIKMNRSU. therofof hem E sec. m. was a licnesse of foure beestis. And this was the biholdyng of tho, the licnesse of a man in tho. And foure faces weren toin to NS sec. m. oon, and foure wyngis weren toin to S sec. m. oon. And the feet of tho weren streiȝt feet, and the soole of the foote of tho was as the soole of athe IS. foot of a calf, and sparclis, as the biholdynge of buylynge bras. And the hondis of a man weren vndur the wyngis of tho, in foure partis. And tho hadden faces and wyngis bi foure partis; and the wyngis of tho weren ioyned togidir of oon to another. ThoThei N. turneden not aȝen, whanne thothei EINPY. ȝeden, but eche ȝede bifore his face. Forsothe theOm. AR. licnesse `of theether S. facecheer, ether face CEFGHIKMNPQUXY. cheer RS. of thothat is, foure bestis K marg. was the face of a man and the face of a lioun at the riȝthalf of thothe N. foure. Forsothe the face of an oxe was at the left half of tho foure; and the face of an egle was aboue tho foure. And the faces of tho and the wengis of tho weren stretchid forth aboue. TweiTwo I. wyngis of eche weren ioyned togidere, and tweynetwo I. hiliden the bodies of tho. And ech of tho ȝede bifore his face. Where the fersnesse of the wynd was, thidur tho ȝeden, and turneden not aȝen, whanne thothei N. ȝeden. And the licnesse of thetho EPY. beestis, and the biholdyng of thohem N., was as of brennynge coolis of fier, and as the biholdyng of laumpis. This was the siȝt rennynge aboute in the myddis of beestis, the schyn|yng of fier, and leitthe leit I. goynge out of the fier. And the beestis ȝeden, and turneden aȝen at the licnesse of leit schynynge. And whanne Y bihelde the beestis, o wheel, hauuynge foure faces, apperide on the erthe, bisidis the beestis. And the biholdyng of the wheelis and the werk of tho was asat X. the siȝt of the see; and o licnesse was of tho foure; and the bihold|yng and the werkis of tho, as if a wheel be in the myddis of a wheel. Tho goynge ȝeden bi foure partis of tho, and turneden not aȝen, whanne tho ȝeden. Also stature, and hiȝnesse, and orible biholdyng was to the wheelis; and al the bodi was ful of iȝen in the cumpas of tho foure. And whanne the beestis ȝeden, the wheelis also ȝeden togidere bisidis tho. And whanne the beestis weren reisid fro the erthe, the wheelis also weren reisid togidere. Whi|dur euere the spirit ȝede, whanne the spi|rit ȝede thedur, also the wheelis suynge it weren reisid togidere; for whi the spirit of lijf was in the wheelis. Tho ȝeden with the beestis goynge, and tho stoden with the beestis stondynge. And with the beestis reisid fro erthe, also the wheelis suynge tho beestis weren reisid togidere; forfro Y. the spirit of lijf was in the wheelis. And the licnesse of the firmament was aboue the heed of the beestis, and as the biholdyng of orible cristal, and stretchidstrechith Y. abrood on the heedheedis FIKS. of tho beestis aboue. Forsothe vndur the firmament the wyngis of tho beestis weren streiȝt, of oon to an|othir; ech beeste hilide his bodi with tweitwo I passim. wyngis, and an other was hilid in lijk maner. And Y herde the sown of wyngis, as the sown of many watris, as the sown of hiȝ God. Whanne tho ȝeden, ther was as a sown of multitude, as the sown of oostis of batel; and whanne tho stoden, theOm. A. wyngis of tho weren late doun. For whi whanne a vois was maad on the fir|mament, that was on the heed of tho, tho stoden, and leten doun her wyngis. And on the firmament, that was aboue theto the K sec. m. heed of tho, wasat PY. as the biholdyng of a saphire stoon, the licnesse of a trone; and on the licnesse of the trone was a licnesse, as the biholdyng of a man aboue. And Y siȝ as a licnesse of electre, as the bi|holding of fier with ynne, bi the cumpas therof; fro the lendis of hym andOm. A. aboue, and fro the lendis of him til to bynethe, Y siȝsauȝe I. as the licnesse of fier schynynge in cumpas, as the biholdynge of the reyn|bowe, whanne it is in the cloude in the dai of reyn. This was the biholdyng of schynyng bi cumpas.

 CAP. II.

This was a siȝt of the licnesse of theOm. IK. glorie of the Lord. And Y siȝsauȝ I sæpius., and fellefelde KS. I felle N. doun on my face; and Y herde the vois of a spekere. And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, stonde on thi feet, and Y schal speke with thee. And the spirit entride in to me, after that he spak to me, and settide me on my feet. And Y herde oon spekynge to me, and seiynge, Sone of man, Y sende thee to the sones of Israel, to folkis apostatas, `ether goynge a bak fro feithOm. I., that ȝeden awei fro me; the fadris of hem braken my couenaunt til to this dai. And the sones ben of hard face, and of vnchastisable herte, to whichewhom I. Y sende thee. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis; if per|auenture nameli thei heren, and if per|auenture thei resten, for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. And thei schulen wite, that a profete is in the myddis of hem. Therfore thou, sone of man, drede not hem, nether drede thou the wordis of hem; for vnbileueful men and distrieris ben with thee, and thou dwellist with scorpiouns. Drede thou not the wordis of hem, and drede thou not the faces of hem, for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. Therfor thou schalt speke my wordis to hem, if perauenture thei heren, and resten, for thei ben terreris to wraththe. But thou, sone of man, here what euer thingis Y schal speke to thee; and nyle thou be a terrere to wraththe, as the hows of Is|rael iswas IN. a terrere to wraththe. Opene thi mouth, and ete what euer thingis Y ȝyue to thee. And Y siȝ, and lo! an hond was sent to me, in which a book was foldid togidere. And he spredde abrood it bifor me, that was writun with ynne and with outforth. And lamentaciouns, andOm. N. song, and wo, weren writun ther ynne.

 CAP. III.

And he seide to me, Sone of man, ete thou what euer thing thou fyndist, ete thou this volym; and go thou, and speke to the sones of Israel. And Y openyde my mouth, and he fedde me with that volym. And he seide to me, Sone of man, thi wombe schal ete, and thin entrails schulen be fillid with this volym, which Y ȝyue to thee. And Y eet it, and it was maad as swete hony in my mouth. And he seide to me, Sone of man, go thou to the hous of Israel, and thou schalt speke my wordis to hem. For thou schalt not be sent to a puple of hiȝdeep CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. word, and of vnknowun langage; thou schalt be sent to the hous of Israel, nether to many pu|plis of hiȝdeep CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. word, and of vnknowun lan|gage, of whiche thou maist not here the wordis. And if thou were sent to hem, thei schulden here thee. But the hous of Israel nylenwolen not I. here thee, for thei nylen here me. For al the hous of Israel is of vn|schamefastdefoulid, ether of vnshamfast CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. forheed, and of hard herte. Lo! Y ȝaf thi face strongere than the faces of hem, and thi forheed hardere than the forheedis of hem. YAnd Y A pr. m. I sec. m. ȝaf thi face as an adamaunt, and as a flynt; drede thou not hem, nether drede thou of the face of hem, for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. And he seide to me, Sone of man, take in thin herte, and here with thin eeris alle these my wordis, whiche Y speke to thee. And go thou, and entre to the passyng ouer, to the sones of thi puple. And thou schalt speke to hem, and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, if perauenture thei heren, and resten. And the spirit took me, and Y herde after me the vois of a greet mouyng. The blessid glorie of the Lord was herd fro his place; and Y herde the vois of wyngis of the beestis smytynge oon an othir, and the vois of wheelis suynge the beestis, and the vois of greeta greet I. stiryng. Also the spirit reiside me, and took me. And Y ȝede forth bittir in the indignacioun of my spirit; for the hond of the Lord was with me, and coumfortide me. And Y cam to the pass|yng ouer, to the heep of newe fruytis, to hem that dwelliden bisidis the flood Cho|bar. And Y sat where thei saten, and Y dwellide there seuene daies, weilynge, in the myddis of hem. Forsothe whanne seuene daies werenOm. EH. hadden GIKMNPQRSX. passid, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Sone of man, Y ȝaf thee `a spierea spiere, or a biholder F sec. m. marg. to be a spiere I. to the hous of Israel. And thou schalt here of my mouth a word, and thou schalt telle to hem of me. If whanne Y seie to the wickid man, Thou schalt die bi deth, thou tellisttellist it I. not to hym, and spekist not to hym, that he be turned fro his wickid weie, and lyue; thilke wickid man schal die in his wickidnesse, but Y schal seke his blood of thin hond. Forsothe if thou tellist to the wickid man, and he is not conuertid fro his wickidnesse, and fro his wickid weie; sotheli he schal die in his wickidnesse, but thou hast delyuerid thi soule. But also if a iust man is turned fro his riȝtfulnesse, and doith wickidnesse, Y schal sette an hirtyng bifor hym; he schal die, for thou teldist not to hym; he schal die in his synne, and hise riȝtful|nessis, whiche he dide, schulen not be in mynde, but Y schal seke his blood of thin hond. Forsothe if thou tellist to a iust man, that a iust man do not synne, and he doith not synne, he lyuynge schal lyue, for thou teldist to hym, and thou hast delyuered thi soule. And the hond of the Lord was maad on me, and he seide to me, Rise thou, and go out in to the feeld, and there Y schal speke with thee. And Y roos, and ȝede out in to the feeld. And lo! the glorie of the Lord stood there, as the glorie which Y siȝ bisidis the flood Chobar; and Y felle doun on my face. And the spirit entride in to me, and settide me on my feet. And he spak to me, and seide to me, Entre thou, and be thou closid in the myddis of thin hous. And thou, sone of man, lo! boondis ben ȝouun on thee, and thei schulen bynde thee with tho, and thou schalt not go out in the myddis of hem. And Y schal make thi tunge to cleue to the roof of thi mouth, and thou schalt be doumbe, and thou schalt not be as a man rebuykinge; for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. But whanne Y schal speke to thee, Y schal opene thi mouth, and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, He that herith, here, and he that restith, reste; for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe.

 CAP. IV.

And thou, sone of man, take to thee a tijllitil I. stoon; and thou schalt sette it bifore thee, and thou schalt discriue ther ynne the citee of Jerusalem. And thou schalt ordeyne bisegyng aȝenus that Jerusa|lem; and thou schalt bilde strengthis, and thou schalt bere togidere erthe, and thou shalt ȝyue oostis of batel aȝens it, and thou schalt sette engynes inbi IN. cumpas. And take thou to thee an irone friynge panne; and thou schalt sette it in to an irone wal bitwixe thee and bitwixe the cite; and thou schalt sette stidfastli thi face to it, and it schal be in to bisegyng, and thou schalt cumpasse it; it is a signe to the hous of Israel. And thou schalt slepe on thi left side, and thou schalt putte the wickidnessis of the hous of Is|rael on that side, in the noumbre of daies in which thou shalt slepe ontil N. that side, and thou schalt take the wickidnesse of hem. Forsothe Y ȝaf to thee the ȝeeris of the wickidnesse of hem bi noumbre of daies, thre hundrid and nynti daies; and thou schalt bere the wickidnesse of the hous of Israel. And whanne thou hast fillid these thingis, thou schalt slepe the secounde tyme on thi riȝtside. And thou schalt take the wickidnesse of the hous of Juda bi fourti daies; Y ȝaf to thee a dai for a ȝeer, a dai sotheli for a ȝeer. And thou schalt turne thi face to the biseg|ingbisechyng A. bifore segyng N. byfor sechynge S sec. m. of Jerusalem; and thin arm schal be stretchid forth, and thou schalt profesie aȝens it. Lo! Y haue cumpassid thee with boondis, and thou schalt not turne thee fro thithis A pr. m. I sec. m. thi I pr. m. side in `to otherthat other C. the tother ENS. to an other FPU. to the tother GKMRX. tother HQ. to the oother I. side, tille thou fille the daies of thi bisegyng. And take thou to thee wheete, and barli, and beenys, and tillis, and mylie, and vetchis; and thou schalt puttesende ceteri. tho in to o vesselle. And thou schalt make to thee looues for the noumbre of daies, bi whiche thou schalt slepe on thi side; bi three hundrid and nynti daies thou schalt ete it. For|sothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiȝte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it. And thou schalt drynke watir in mesure, the sixte part of hyn; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt drynke it. And thou schalt ete it as barli breed bakun vndur the aischis; and with `a toordthe dunge I. that goith out of a man thou schalt hile, it bifore the iȝen of hem. The Lord seith these thingis, So the sones of Israel schulen ete her breed defoulid among hethene men, to whichewhom I. Y schal caste hem out. And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! my soule is not defoulid, and fro my ȝong childhed til to now Y eet not a thing deed bi it silf, and to-rent of beestis; and al vnclene fleisch entride not in to my mouth. And he seide to me, Lo! Y haue ȝoue to thee the dung of oxis for mennus toordis; and thou schalt make thi breed with it. And he seide to me, Sone of man, lo! Y schal al to-breke the staf of breed in Jerusalem, and thei schulen ete her breed in weiȝte and in bisynesse, and thei schulen drynke water in mesure and in angwisch; that whanne breed and watir failen, eche man falle doun to his brother, and thei faile in her wickidnessis.

 CAP. V.

And thou, sone of man, take to thee a scharp swerd, schauynge heeris; and thou schalt take it, and schalt leede it bi thin heed, and bi thi berd. And thou schalt take to thee a balaunce of weiȝte, and thou schalt departe tho. Thou schalt brenne the thridde part with fier in the myddis of the citee, bi the fillyng of daies of bisegyng. And thou schalt take the thridde part, and schalt kitte bi swerd in the cumpas therof. But thou schalt scatere `the totherthat oother I. thriddeOm. A pr. m. FS. part in to the wynd; and Y schal make nakid a swerd aftir hem. And thou schalt take therof a litil noumbre, and thou schalt bynde tho in the hiȝnesse of thi mentil. And eft thou schalt take of hem, and thou schalt caste forth hem in to the myddis of the fier. And thou schalt brenne hem in fier; and fier schal go out of that in to al the hous of Israel. The Lord God seith these thingis, This is Jerusalem; Y haue sette it in the myddis of hethene men, and londis in the cumpas therof. And it dis|piside my domes, that it was more wickid than hethene men; and it dispiside my comaundementis more than londis that ben in theOm. IN. cumpas therof. For thei han cast awei my domes, and thei ȝeden not in my comaundementis. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For ȝe `han passidouercamen CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. hethene men that ben in ȝoure cumpas, and ȝe ȝeden not in my comaundementis, and ȝe diden not my domes, and ȝe wrouȝten not bi the domes of hethene men that ben in ȝoure cumpas; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to thee, and Y my silf schal make domes in the myddis of thee, bifor the iȝen of hethene men; and Y schal do thingis in thee, whiche Y dide not, and to whiche Y schal no more make lijk thingis, for alle thin abhomyna|ciouns. Therfor fadris schulen ete sones in the myddis of thee, and sones schulen ete her fadris; and Y schal make domes in thee, and Y schal wyndewe alle thin remenauntis in to ech wynd. Therfor Y lyue, seith the Lord God, no but for that that thou defoulidist myn hooli thing in alle thin offenciouns, and in alle thin abho|mynaciouns; and Y schal breke, and myn iȝe schal not spare, and Y schal not do merci. The thridde part of thee schal die bi pestilence, and schal be wastid bi hun|gur in the middis of thee; and the thridde part of thee schal falle doun bi swerd in thi cumpas; forsothe Y schal scatere thi thridde part in to ech wynd, and Y schal drawe out a swerd after hem. And Y schal fille my stronge veniaunce, and Y schal make myn indignacioun tofor to U. reste in hem, and Y schal be coumfortid. And thei schulen wite, that Y the Lord spak in my feruent loue, whanne Y schal fille al myn indignacioun in hem. And Y schal ȝyue thee in to desert, in to schenschipe to he|thene men that ben in thi cumpas, in the siȝt of ech that passith forth. And thou schalt be schenschipe `and blasfemyeOm. N., en|saumple and wondryng, among hethene men that ben in thi cumpas, whanne Y schal make domes in thee, in strong ven|iaunce, and indignacioun, and in blam|yngis of ire. Y the Lord haue spoke, whanne Y schal sende inOm. I pr. m. to hem the worste arowis of hungur, that schulen bere deth; and whiche Y schal sende, that Y leese ȝou. And Y schal gadere hungur on ȝou, and Y schal al to-breke in ȝou the sadnesse of breed. And Y schal sende in to ȝou hungur, and worste beestis, til to theOm. IN. deth; and pestilence and blood schu|len passe bi thee, and Y schal bringe in swerd on thee; Y the Lord spak.

 CAP. VI.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face to the hillis of Israel; and thou schalt profesie to tho hillis, and schalt seie, Hillis of Israel, here ȝe the word of the Lord God. The Lord God seith these thingis to mounteyns, and litil hillis, to roochis of stoon, and to valeis, Lo! Y schal bringe in on ȝou a swerd, and Y schal leese ȝoure hiȝe thingis. And Y schal dis|trie ȝoure auteris, and ȝoure symylacris schulen be brokun; and Y schal caste doun ȝoure slayn men bifore ȝoure idols. dnA Y schal ȝyue the deed bodies of the sones of Israel bifor the face of ȝoure sy|mylacris, and Y schal scatere ȝoure boonys aboute ȝoure auteris, in alle ȝoure dwell|ingis. Citees schulen be forsakun, and hiȝ thingis schulen be distried, and schulen be scaterid; and ȝoure auteris schulen pe|rische, and schulen be brokun. And ȝoure idols schulen ceesse, and ȝoure templis of idols schulen be al to-brokun, and ȝoure werkis schulen be doen awei. And a slayn man schal falle doun in the myddis of ȝou; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And Y schal leeue in ȝou hem that fledden swerd among hethene men, whanne Y schal scatere ȝou in to londis. And ȝoure delyuered men schulen haue mynde on me among hethene menOm. A., to whiche thei ben led prisoneris; for Y haue al to-broke her herte doynge fornycacioun, and goynge awei fro me, and her iȝen doynge fornica|cioun aftir her idols. And thei schulen dis|plese hem silf on the yuels, whiche thei diden in alle her abhomynaciouns. And thei schulen wite, that YOm. NS sec. m. the Lord spak not in veyn, that Y schulde do this yuel to hem. The Lord GodOm. A pr. m. FI sec. m. seith these thingis, Smyte thin hond, and hurtle thi foot, and seie, Alas! to alle abhomynaciouns of the yuelis of the hous of Israel; for thei schulen falle doun bi swerd, hungur, and pestilence. He that is fer, shal die bi pes|tilence. Forsothe he that is niȝ, shal falle bi swerd. And he that is laft and bisegid, shal die bi hungur. And Y schal fille myn indignacioun in hem. And ȝe schu|len wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne ȝoure slayn men schulen be in the myddis of ȝoure idols, in the cumpas of ȝoure au|teris, in eche hiȝ litil hil, and in alle the hiȝnessis of mounteyns, and vndur ech tree ful of wode, and vndur ech ook ful of boowis, that is, a place where thei brenten encense swete smellynge to alle her idols. And Y schal stretche forth myn hond on hem, and Y schal make her lond desolat and destitute, fro desert Deblata, in alle the dwellyngis of hem; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. VII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, `and he seideseiynge I., And thou, sone of man, the Lord God of the lond of Israel seith these thingis, The ende cometh, the ende cometh, on foure coostis of the lond. Now an ende is on thee, and Y shal sende in my strong veniaunce on thee, and Y schal deme thee bi thi weies, and Y schal sette alle thin abhomynaciouns aȝens thee. And myn iȝe shal not spare on thee, and Y schal not do mercy. But Y shal sette thi weies on thee, and thin abhomynaciouns schulen be in the myddis of thee; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis, OLo! INS. turment, lo! turment cometh; the ende cometh, the ende cometh; it schal wake fulli aȝens thee; lo! it cometh. Sorewe cometh on thee, that dwellist in the lond; the tyme cometh, the dai of sleyng is niȝ, and not of glorie of hillis. Now anoonof neiȝ CEFHIKMQRSU. Y schal schede out myn ire on thee, and Y schal fille my strong veniaunce in thee; and Y schal deme thee bi thi weies, and Y schal putte to thee alle thi grete trespassis. And myn iȝe schal not spare, nether Y schal do merci; but Y schal putte on thee thi weies, and thin abhomynaciouns schulen be in the myddis of thee; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord smytynge. Lo! the dai, lo! it cometh; sorewe is gon out. A ȝerde flouride, pride buriownede, wickid|nesse roos in the ȝerde of vnpitee; not of hem, and not of the puple, nether of the sown of hem, and no reste shal be in hem. The tyme cometh, the dai neiȝede; he that bieth, be not glad, and he that sillith, mourne not; for whi ire is on al the puple therof. For he that sillith, schal not turne aȝen to that that he seelde, and ȝit the lijf of hem is in lyueris; for whi the reuela|ciounvisioun, ether reuelacioun CFGHKMQSUX. visioun EINPR. to al the multitude therof shal not go aȝen, and a man schal not be coum|fortid in the wickidnesse of his lijf. Synge ȝe with a trumpe, alle men be maad redi, and noon is that schal go to batel; for whi my wraththe is on al the puple therof. Swerd is with out forth, pestilence and hungur with ynne; he that is in the feeld, schal die bi swerd; and thei that ben in the citee, schulen be deuourid bi pestilence and hungur. And thei schulen be sauyd that fleen of hem; and thei schulen be as culueris of grete valeis in hillis, alle quakynge, ech man in his wickidnesse. Alle hondis schulen be aclumsid, and alle knees schulen flowe with watris. And thei schulen girde hem with heiris, and inward drede schal hile hem; and schen|schipe schal be in ech face, and ballid|nesse schal be in alle the heedis of hem. The siluer of hem schal be cast out, and the gold of hem schal be in to a dunghil; the siluer of hem and the gold of hem schal not mowe delyuere hem in the dai of the strong veniaunce of the Lord. Thei schulen not fille her soule, and the wombis of hem schulen not be fillid; for it is maad the sclaundre of hir wickidnesse. And thei setteden the ournement of her brochis in to pride; and thei maden of it the ymagis of her abhomynaciouns and simylacris. For this thing Y ȝaf it to hem, in to vn|clennesse. And Y schal ȝyue it in to the hondis of aliens, to rauysche, and to the vnpitouse men of erthe, in to prey, and thei schulen defoule it. And Y schal turne awei my face fro hem, and thei schulen defoule my priuyte; and harlotisharlotis, ether messangeris CEFGHMNPQRSUXY. harlotis, ether messagers K. schulen entre in to it, and schulen defoule it. Make thou a closyng to gidere; for the lond is ful of doom of bloodis, and the citee is ful of wickidnesse. And Y schal brynge the worste of hethene men, and thei schulen haue in possessioun the housis of hem; and Y schal make the pride of miȝti men to ceesse, and enemyes schulen haue in possessioun the seyntuaries of hem. In anguysch comynge aboue thei schulen seke pees, and it schal not be. Disturblyng schal come on disturblyng, and heryng on heryng; and thei schulen seke of the pro|fete a reuelacioun, and lawe shal perische fro the preest, and counsel fro eldrethe eldre I. men. The kyng schal mourne, and the prince schal be clothid in weilyng, and the hondis of the puple of the lond schulen be dis|turblid; bi the weie of hem Y schal do to hem, and bi the domes of hem Y schal deme hem; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. VIII.

And it was doon in the sixte ȝeer, in the sixte monethe, inon I. the fyuethe dai of the monethe, Y sat in myn hous, and the elde men of Juda saten bifore me; and the hond of the Lord God felle there on me. And Y siȝ, and lo! a licnesse as the bi|holdyng of fier; fro the biholding of hise leendis and bynethe was fier, and fro hise leendis and aboue was as the bihold|yng of schynyng, as the siȝt of electre. And the licnesse of an hond was sent out, and took me bi the heerheer, ether lockis CFGHKMQRSUX. of myn heed; and the spirit reiside me bitwixe heuene and erthe, and brouȝte me in to Jerusalem, in the siȝt of God, bisidis the ynnere dore that bihelde to the north, where the idol of enuye was set, to stire indignacioun. And lo! the glorie of God of Israel was there, bi siȝtthe siȝt C et ceteri. which Y siȝ in the feeld. And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, reisereise vp I. thin iȝen to the weie of the north; and Y reiside myn iȝen to the weie of the north, and lo! fro the north of the ȝate of the auter the idol of enuye was in that entryng. And he seide to me, Sone of man, gessist thou whetherwher ceteri passim. thou seest what thing these men doon, the grete ab|homynaciouns whiche the hous of Israel doith here, that Y go fer awei fro my seyntuarie? and ȝit thou schalt turne, and schalt se grettere abhomynaciouns. And he ledde me with ynne to the dore of the halleforȝerde C et ceteri.; and Y siȝ, and lo! oon hoole in the wal. And he seide to me, Sone of man, digge thou the wal; and whanne Y hadde diggid the wal, o dore apperide. And he seide to me, Entre thou, and se the worste abhomynaciouns, whiche these men doon here. And Y entride, and siȝ; and lo! ech licnesse of `crepynge beestisreptils, ether crepynge beestis C et ceteri., and ab|homynaciounabhomynaciouns IN. of beestis, and alle idols of the hous of Israel, weren peyntid in the wal al aboute in cumpas. And seuenti men of the eldere of the hous of Israel stoden; and Jeconye, the sone of Saphan, stood in the myddis of hem, stondynge bifore the peyntyngis; and ech man hadde a censere in his hond, and the smoke of a cloude of encense stiedestiede vp I.. And he seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou seest what thingis the eldere men of the hous of Israel doen in derknessis, echand ech NS sec. m. man in the hid place of his bed; for thei seiyn, The Lord seeth not vs, the Lord hath forsake the lond. And the Lord seide to me, Ȝit thou schalt turne, and schalt se gretter abhomynaciouns, whiche these men doon. And he ledde me with ynne, bi the dore of the ȝate of the hous of the Lord, which dore bihelde to the north; and lo! wymmen saten there, bi|weilynge Adonydes. And the Lord seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou hast seyn; ȝit thou schalt turne, and schalt se gretere abhomynaciouns than these. And he ledde me with ynne, in to the ynnere halleforȝerd ceteri. of the hous of the Lord; and lo! in the dore of the temple of the Lord, bitwixe the porche and the auter, weren as fyue and twenti men hauynge the backis aȝens the temple of the Lord, and her faces to the eest; and thei worschipiden at the risyng of the sunne. And the Lord seide to me, Certis, sone of man, thou hast seyn; whe|ther this is a liȝt thing to the hous of Juda, that thei schulden do these abho|mynaciouns, whiche thei diden here? For thei filliden the lond with wickidnesse, and turneden to terre me to wraththe; and lo! thei applien a braunche to her nose thirlis. Therfor and Y schal do in strong veniaunce; myn iȝe schal not spare, ne|ther Y schal do merci; and whanne thei schulen crie to myn eris with greet vois, Y schal not here hem.

 CAP. IX.

And he criede in myn eeris with greet vois, and seide, The visityngis of the citee han neiȝed, and ech man hath in his hond an instrument of sleyng. And lo! sixe men camen fro the weie of the hiȝere ȝate, that biholdith to the north, and the instrument of deth of ech man was in his hond; also o man in the myddis of hem was clothid with lynnun clothis, and a pennere of a writere at hise reynes; and thei entriden, and stoden bisidis the brasun auter. And the glorie of the Lord of Israel was takun vp fro cherub, which glorie was on it, to the threisfold of the hous; and the Lord clepide the man that was clothid with lynun clothis, and hadde a pennere of a writere in hise leendis. And the Lord seide to hym, Passe thou bi the myddis of the citee, in the myddis of Jerusalem, and marke thou ThauThau; that is, a crosse. A. Tau; is the laste lettre in abse of Hebru, and is the first letter of this worde thora, that be|tokneth the lawe; and bi this is tokned that men mak|ing sorwe for breking of the lawe, schule be saued, and the remenaunt shule be slayn. A postil here. U. on the forhedis of men weilynge and sorewynge on alle abhomy|naciouns that ben doon in the myddis therof. And he seide to hem in myn her|yng, Go ȝe thorouȝ the citee, and sue ȝe hym, and smytte ȝe; ȝoure iȝe spare not, nether do ȝe merci. Sle ȝe til to deth, an eld man, a ȝong man, and a virgyn, a litil child, and wymmen; but sle ȝe not ony man, on whom ȝe seen Thau; and bigynne ȝe at my seyntuarie. Therfore thei bi|gunnen at the eldere men, that weren bifore the face of the hous. And he seide to hem, Defoule ȝe theOm. N. hous, and fille ȝe the hallisforȝerdis ceteri. with slayn men; go ȝe out. And thei ȝeden out, and killiden hem that weren in the citee. And lo! whanne the sleyng was fillid, Y was left. And Y felle doun on my face, and Y criede, and seide, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God, therfor whe|ther thou schalt leese alle remenauntisthe remenauntis A sec. m. I. of Israel, and schalt schede out thi stronge veniaunce on Jerusalem? And he seide to me, The wickidnesse of the hous of Israel and of Juda is ful greet, and the lond is fillid of bloodis, and the citee is fillid with turnyng awei; for thei seiden, The Lord hath forsake the lond, and the Lord seeth not. Therfor and myn iȝe schal not spare, nether Y schal do merci; Y schal ȝelde the weie of hem on the heed of hem. And lo! the man that was clothid in lynun clothis, that hadde a pennere in his bak, answeride a word, and seide, Y haue do, as thou comaundidist to me.

 CAP. X.

And Y siȝ, and lo! in the firmament that was on the heed of cherubyns, as a saphir stoon, and as the fourme of licnesse of a kyngis seete apperide theron. And he seide to the man that was clothid in lynnun clothis, and spak, Entre thou in the myddis of wheelisthe wheelis A pr. m., that ben vndur cherubyns, and fille thin hond with coolis of fier, that ben bitwixe cherubyns, and schede thou out on the citee. And he entride in my siȝt; forsothe cherubyns stoden at the riȝt side of the hous, whanne the man entride, and a clowde fillide the ynnere halleforȝerde ceteri.. And the glorie of the Lord was reisid fro aboue cherubyns to the threisfold of the hous; and the hous was fillid with a cloude, and the halleforȝerd ceteri. was fillid with schynyng of the glorie of the Lord. And the sown of wyngis of che|rubyns was herd til to the outermere halleforȝerd ceteri., as the vois of almyȝti God spek|ynge. And whanne he hadde comaundid to the man that was clothid in lynnun clothis, and hadde seid, Take thou fier fro the myddis of theOm. IN. wheelis, that ben bi|twixe cherubyns, heand he A. entride, and stood bisidis the wheel. And cherub stretchide forth his hond fro the myddis of cheru|byns, to the fier that wasis NS sec. m. bitwixe cheru|byns; and took, and ȝaf in to the hondis of hym that was clothid in lynnun clothis; and he took, and ȝede out. And the licnesse of the hond of a man apperide in cherubyns, vndur the wyngis of tho. And Y siȝ, and lo! foure wheelis weren bisidis cherubyns; o wheel bisidis o che|rub, andOm. I pr. m. another wheel bisidis another cherub; forsothe the licnesse of wheelis was as the siȝt of the stoon crisolitis. And the biholdyng of tho was o licnesse of foure, as ifof I. a wheel be in the myddis of a wheel. And whanne thothei IN. ȝeden, thothei IN. ȝeden in to foure partis; thoand tho A. turneden not aȝen goynge, but to the place to which that that was the firste wheel bowide to go, also othere suyden, and turneden not aȝen. And al the bodi of tho wheelis, and the neckis, and hondis, and wyngis of the beestis, and theof I. cerclis, weren ful of iȝen, in the cumpas of foure wheelis. And he clepide tho wheelis volible, etheror I. able to go al aboute, in myn heryng. Forsothe o beeste hadde foure faces; o face was the face of cherub, and the secounde face the face of a man, and in the thridde was the face of a lioun, and in the fourthe was the face of an egle; and the cherubyns weren reisid. Thilke is the beeste, which Y hadde seyn bisidis the flood Chobar. And whanne cherubyns ȝeden, also the wheelis bisidis tho ȝeden to gidere; whanne che|rubynsthe cherybyns K sec. m. reisiden her wyngis, that tho schulden be enhaunsid fro the erthe, the wheelis abididenabiden I. not stille, but also tho weren bisidis cherubyns. The wheelis stooden with tho cherubyns stondynge, and weren reisid with the cherubyns reis|id; for the spirit of lijf was in tho wheelis. And the glorie of the Lord ȝede out fro the threisfoldfrexfoold K. of the temple, and stood on the cherubyns. And cherubyns reisiden her wyngis, and weren enhaunsid fro the erthe bifore me; and whanne tho ȝeden out, also the wheelis sueden; and it stood in the entryng of the eest ȝate of the hous of the Lord, and the glorie of God of Israel was on tho. Thilke is the beeste, which Y siȝ vndur God of Israel, bisidis the flood Chobar. And Y vndurstood that foure cherubyns weren; foure faces weren to oon, and foure wyngys werenOm. I. to oon; and the licnesse of the hond of a man was vndur the wyngis of tho. And the licnesse of the cheris of tho weren thilke cheeris whiche Y hadde seyn bisidis the flood Chobar; and the biholdyng of tho, and the fersnesse of ech, was to entre bifor his face.

 CAP. XI.

And the spirit reiside me, and ledde me with ynne to the eest ȝate of the hous of the Lord, that biholdith the risyng of the sunne. And lo! in the entryng of the ȝate weren fyue and twenti men; and Y siȝ in the myddis of hem Jeconye, the sone of Assur, and Pheltie, the sone of Banaie, princes of the puple. And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, these ben the men that thenken wickidnesse, and treten the worste counsel in this citee, and seien, Whether housis weren not bildid a while ago? this is the cawdrun, forsothe we ben fleischis. Therfor profesie thou of hem, profesie thou, sone of man. And the Spi|rit of the Lord felle in to me, and seide to me, Speke thou, The Lord seith these thingis, Ȝe hous of Israel spaken thus, and Y knewe the thouȝtis of ȝoure herte; ȝe killiden ful many men in this citee, and ȝe filliden the weies therof with slayn men. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Ȝoure slayn men, whiche ȝe put|tiden in the myddis therof, these ben fleischisthe fleischis I., and this is the cawdrun; and Y schal lede ȝou out of the myddis therof. Ȝe dredden swerd, and Y schal brynge in swerd on ȝou, seith the Lord God. And Y schal caste ȝou out of the myddis ther|of, and Y schal ȝyue ȝou in to the hond of enemyes, and Y schal make domes in ȝou. Bi swerd ȝe schulen falle doun, Y schal deme ȝou in the endis of Israel; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. This schal not be to ȝou in to a cawdrun, and ȝe schulen not be in to fleischis in the myddis therof; Y schal deme ȝou in the endis of Israel, and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. For ȝe ȝeden not in myn heestis, and ȝe dyden not my domes, but ȝe wrouȝten bi the domes of hethene men, that ben in ȝoure cumpas. And it was doon, whanne Y profesiede, Pheltie, the sone of Banaie, was deed; and Y felle doun on my face, and Y criede with greet vois, and seide, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God, thou makist endyng of the reme|nauntis of Israel. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and heOm. I. seide, Sone of man, thi britherenbretheren, thi bretheren A pr. m. U., thi kynes men, and al the hous of Israel, and alle men, to whichewhom I. the dwelleris of Jerusalem seiden, Go ȝe awei fer fro the Lord, the lond is ȝouun to vs in to possessioun. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For Y made hem fer among hethene men, and for Y scateride hem in londis, Y schal be to hem in to a litil halewyng, in the londis to whiche thei camen. Therfor speke thou, The Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal gadere ȝou fro puplis, and Y schal gadere ȝou togidere fro londis, in whiche ȝe ben scatered; and Y schal ȝyue the erthe of Israel to ȝou. And thei schulen entre thidur, and schulen do awei alle offenciouns, and alle abhomynaciouns ther|of in that dai. And Y schal ȝyue to hem oon herte, and Y schal ȝyue a newe spi|rit in the entrails of hem; and Y schal take awei a stony herte fro the fleisch of hem, and Y schal ȝyue to hem an herte of fleisch; that thei go in my comaunde|mentis, and kepe my domes, and do tho; and that thei be in to a puple to me, and Y be in to God to hem. But of whiche the herte goith after her offendyngis and abhomynaciouns, Y schal sette the weie of hem in her heed, seith the Lord God. And the cherubyns reisiden her wyngis, and the wheelis ȝeden with tho, and the glorie of God of Israel was onin I. tho. And the glorie of the Lord stiede fro the myd|dis of the citee, and stood on the hil, which is at the eest of the citee. And the spirit reiside me, and brouȝte me in to Caldee, to the passyng ouer, in visioun bi the spirit of God; and the visioun which Y hadde seyn, was takun awei fro me. And Y spak to the passyng ouer alle the wordis of the Lord, whiche he hadde schewid to me.

 CAP. XII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, thou dwellist in the myddis of an hous ter|rynge to wraththe, which han iȝen to se, and seen not, and eeris to here, and heren not; for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. Therfor thou, sone of man, make to thee vessels of passing ouer, and thou schalt passe ouer bi dai bifor hem; forsothe thou schalt passe ouer fro thi place to another place, in the siȝt of hem, if perauenture thei biholden, for it is an hous terrynge to wraththe. And thou schalt bere withoutforth thi vessels, as the vessels of a man passynge ouer bi dai, in the siȝt of hem; sotheli thou schalt go out in the euentid bifore hem, as a man passynge forth goith out. Bifore the iȝen of hem digge the wal to thee, and thou schalt go out thorouȝ it in the siȝt of hem. Thou schalt be borun on schuldris, thou schalt be borun out in derknesse; thou schalt hile thi face, and thou schalt not se the erthe, for Y haue ȝoue thee ato be a I. signe of thing to comynge to the hous of Israel. Therfor Y dide as the Lord comaundide to me; Y brouȝte forth my vessels, as the vesselsvessel N. of a man passynge ouer bi dai, and in the euentid Y diggide a wal to me with hond; Y ȝede out in derknesse, and Y was borun on schuldris, in the siȝt of hem. And the word of the Lord was maad eerli to me, and he seide, Sone of man, whether the hous of Israel, the hous terrynge to wraththe, seiden not to thee, What doist thou? Seie thou to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, This bir|thun is on the duyk, which is in Jerusa|lem, and on al the hous of Israel, which is in the myddis of hem. Seie thou, Y am ȝoure signe of thing to comynge; as Y dide, so it schal be don to hem; thei schulen go in to passyngethe passynge U. ouer, and in to caitifte. And the duyk which is in the myddis of hem, schal be borun out on schuldris, and he schal go out in derk|nesse; thei schulen digge the wal, and lede hym out; his face schal be hilid, that he se not with iȝe the erthe. And Y schal stretche forth my net on hym, and he schal be takun in my net; and Y schal lede hym in to Babiloyne, in to the lond of Caldeis, and he schal not se that lond, and he schal die there. And Y schal scatere in to ech wynd alle men that ben aboute hym, his help, and hise cum|penyes; and Y schal draw out the swerd aftir hemhim U.. And thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal scatere hem among hethene men, and schal sowe hem abrood in londis. And Y schal leue of hem a fewe men fro swerd, and hungur, and pestilence, that thei telle out alle the grete trespassis of hem among hethene men, to whichwhom I. thei schulen entre; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, ete thi breed in disturblyng, but also drynke thi water in haaste and mourening. And thou schalt seie to the puple of the lond, The Lord God seith these thingis to hem that dwellen in Jerusalem, in the lond of Israel, Thei schulen ete her breed in an|gwisch, and thei schulen drynke her watir in desolacioun; that the lond be desolatdesolat, ether left alone C et ceteri. of his multitude, for the wickidnesse of alle men that dwellen ther ynne. And citees that ben now enhabitid, shulen be desolat, and the lond schal be forsakundesert, ether forsakun CEFGHKMNPQRSUXY. desert I.; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, what is this prouerbe to ȝou, of men seiynge in the lond of Israel, Daies schulen be differ|rid in to long tyme, and ech visioun shal perische? Therfor seie thou to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal make this prouerbe to ceesse, and it schal no more be seid comynli in Israel; and speke thou to hem, that the daies han neiȝid, and ech word of profesievisioun, ether [of I] profesie CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY.. For whi ech visioun schal no more be voide, nether bifor tellyng of thing to comynge schal be douteful in the myddis of the sones of Israel; for Y the Lord schal speke what euer word Y schal speke, and it schal be don; it schal no more be delaied, but in ȝoure daies, ȝe hous terrynge to wraththe, Y schal speke a word, and Y schal do that word, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, lo! the hous of Israel, of hem that seien, The visioun which this man seeth, is in to manye daies, and this man profesieth in to longe tymes. Therfor seie thou to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Ech word of me schal no more be deferrid; the word which Y schal speke, schal be fillid, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XIII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, pro|fesie thou to the profetis of Israel that profesien; and thou schalt seie to hem that profesien of her herte, Here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to the vnwise profetis, that suen her spirit, and seen no thing; Israel, thi pro|fetis weren as foxis in desert. Ȝe stieden not euene aȝens, nether aȝensettiden a wal for the hous of Israel, that ȝe shulden stonde in batel in the dai of the Lord. Thei seen veyn thingis, and deuynen a leesyng, and seien, The Lord seith, whanne the Lord sente not hem; and thei con|tynueden to conferme the word. Whether ȝe seen not a veyn visioun, and spaken fals diuynyng, and seiden, The Lord seith, whanne Y spak not? Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For ȝe spaken veyn thingis, and sien a leesyng, therfor lo! Y to ȝou, seith the Lord God. And myn hond schal be on the profetis that seen veyn thingis, and dyuynen aOm. EI. lees|ynglesingis E.; thei schulen not be in the councel of my puple, and thei schulen not be writun in the scripture of the hous of Israel, nether thei schulen entre in to the lond of Israel; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. For thei disseyueden my puple, and seiden, Pees, pees, and no pees is; and ithe A sup. ras. F sec. m. I E. bildidebilde E. a wal, but thei pargitidendedin pargete EP. it with fen with out chaffis. Seie thou to hem that pargitenparget|iden IN. with out temperure, that it schal falle doun; for a strong reyn schal be flowynge, and I shal ȝyue ful grete stoones fallinge fro aboue, and Y schal ȝyue aOm. A. wynd of tempest that distrieth. For lo! the wal felle doun. Whether it schal not be seid to ȝou, Where is the pargetyng, which ȝe pargetidendede pargete E.? Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, And Y schal make the spirit of tempestis to breke out in myn indignacioun, and strong reyn flowynge in my strong ven|iaunce schal be, and greet stoonys in wraththe in to wastyng. And Y schal dis|trie the wal, which ȝe pargetidendede pargete E. han pargetid I. with out temperure, and Y schal make it euene with theOm. I. erthe; and the foundement ther|of schal be schewid, and it schal falle doun, and it schal be wastid in the myddis therof; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And Y schal fille myn indig|nacioun in the wal, and in hem that par|geten it with out temperure; and Y schal seie to ȝou, The wal is not, and thei ben not, that pargetenhan pargetid I. it, the profetis of Is|rael, that profesien toin NS sec. m. Jerusalem, and seen to it the visioun of pees, and pees is not, seith the Lord God. And thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens the douȝtris of thi puple, that profesien of her herte; andOm. IN. profesie thou on hem, and seie thou, The Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to hem that sowen togidere cuschens vndur ech cubit of hond, and maken pilewis vn|dur the heed of ech age, to take soulis; and whanne thei disseyueden the soulis of my puple, thei quykenyden the soulis of hem. And thei defouliden me to my pu|ple, for an handful of barli, and for a gobet of breed, that thei schulden sle soulis that dien not, and quykene soulis that lyuen not; and thei lieden to my puple, bileu|ynge to leesyngis. For this thing the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to ȝoure cuschens, bi whiche ȝe disseyuen soulis fliyngestiynge N.; and Y schal al to-breke tho fro ȝoure armes, and Y schal delyuere soulis which ȝe disseyuen, soulis to fle. And Y schal al to-breke ȝoure pilewis, and Y schal delyuere my puple fro ȝoure hondlond CEGHIK pr. m. MNPQSX sec. m.; and thei schulen no more be in ȝoure hondis, to be robbid; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. For that that ȝe maden falsli the herte of a iust man to morene, whom Y made not sori; and ȝe coumfortiden the hondis of a wickid man, that he schulde not turne aȝen fro his yuel weie, and lyue. Therfor ȝe schulen not se veyn thingis, and ȝe schulen no more dy|uyne false dyuynyngis; and Y schal dely|uere my puple fro ȝoure hond, and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. XIV.

And men of the eldris of Israel camen to me, and saten bifor me. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, these men han set her vn|clennesses in her hertis, and han set stid|fastli the sclaundre of her wickidnesse aȝens her face. Whether Y `that amOm. ceteri. axid, schal answere to hem? For this thing speke thou to hem, and thou schalt seie to hem, These thingis seith the Lord God, A man, a man of the hous of Israel, that settith hise vnclennessis in his herte, and settith stidfastli the sclaundre of his wick|idnesse aȝens his face, and cometh to the profete, and axith me bi hym, Y the Lord schal answere to hym in the multitude of hise vnclennessis; that the hous of Israel be takun in her herte, bi which thei ȝeden awei fro me in alle her idols. Therfor seie thou to the hous of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Be ȝe conuertid, and go ȝe awei fro ȝoure idols, and turne awei ȝoure faces fro alle ȝoure filthis. For whi a man, a man of the hous of Israel, and of conuersis, who euer is a comelyng in Israel, if he is alienyd fro me, and set|tith hise idols in his herte, and settith stidfastli the sclaundir of his wickidnesse aȝens his face, and he cometh to the pro|fete, to axe me bi hym, Y the Lord schal answere hym bi my silf. And Y schal sette my face on that man, and Y schal make hym in to ensaumple, and in to a prouerbe, and Y schal leese hym fro the myddis of my puple; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And whanne a pro|fete errith, and spekith a word, Y the Lord schal disseyue that profete; and Y schal stretche forth myn hond on hym, and Y schal do hym awei fro the myddis of my puple Israel. And thei schulen bere her wickidnesse; bi the wickidnesse of the axere, so the wickidnesse of the profete schal be; that the hous of Israel erre no more fro me, nether be defoulid in alle her trespassyngis; but that it be in to a puple to me, and Y be in to aOm. ceteri. God to hem, seith the Lord of oostis. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, whanne the lond synneth aȝens me, that it trespassynge do trespas, Y schal stretche forth myn hond on it, and Y schal al to-breke the ȝerde of breed therof; and Y schal sende hungur in to it, and Y schal sle of it man and beeste. And if these thre men Noe, Danyel, and Job, ben in the myddis therof, thei bi her riȝtfulnesse schulen delyuere her soulis, seith the Lord of oostis. That if also Y brynge in worste beestis on the lond, that Y distrie it, and if it is with out weie, for that no passer is for the beestis, and these thre men, that `ben bifore seidOm. I. ben forseyd S., ben therynne, Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for thei schulen nethir delyuere sones, nether douȝtris, but thei aloone schulen be deli|uered; forsothe the lond schal be maad desolat. Ethir if Y brynge in swerd on that lond, and Y seie to the swerd, Passe thou thorouȝ the lond, and Y sle of it man and beeste, and these thre men ben in the myddis therof, Y lyue, seith the Lord God, that thei schulen not delyuere sones nether douȝtris, but thei aloone schulen be delyuered. Forsothe if Y brynge inOm. N. also pestilence on that lond, and Y schede out myn indignacioun on it in blood, that Y do awei fro it man and beeste, and Noe, and Danyel, and Joob, ben in the myddis therof, Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for thei schulen not delyuere a sone and a douȝter, but thei bi her riȝtfulnesse schulen delyuere her soulis. For the Lord God seith these thingis, That thouȝ Y sende in my foure worste domes, swerd, and hun|gur, and yuele beestis, and pestilence, in to Jerusalem, that Y sle of it man and beeste, netheles saluacioun of hem that leden out sones and douȝtris, schal be left ther ynne. Lo! thei schulen go out toof N. ȝou, and ȝe schulen se the weie of hem, and the fyndyngis of hem; and ȝe schulen be coumfortid on the yuel, which Y brouȝte in on Jerusalem, in alle thingis whiche Y bar in on it. And thei schulen coumforte ȝou, whanne ȝe schulen se the weie of hem and the fyndyngis of hem; and ȝe schulen knowe, that not in veyn Y dide alle thingis, what euer thingis Y dide there ynne, seith the Lord almyȝti.

 CAP. XV.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, what schal be don to the tre of a vyne, of alle the trees of woodis, that ben among the trees of woodis? Whether tymbretree, ether [or EPY] tymbre CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. schal be takun therof, that werk be maad? ether shal a stake be maad therof, that ony vessel hange ther onne? Lo! it is ȝouun in to mete; fier wastide euer eithir part therof, and the myddis therof is dryuun in to deeda deed A sec. m. IKS sec. m. sparcle; whether it schal be profitable to werk? Ȝhe, whanne it was hool, it was not couenable to werk; hou myche more whanne fier hath deuourid, and hath brent it, no thing of werk schal be maad therof? Therfor the Lord God seith thes thingis, As the tre of a vyne is among the trees of woodis, which Y ȝaf to fier to deuoure, so Y ȝaf the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and Y schal sette my face aȝens hem. Thei schulen go out of the fier, and fier schal waaste hem; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal sette my face aȝens hem, and schal ȝyue the lond with out weie and desolat, for thei weren trespassours, seith the Lord GodOm. N..

 CAP. XVI.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, make thouOm. IN. knowun to Jerusalem her abhomy|naciouns; and thou schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis. A! thou Jerusa|lem, thi rote and thi generacioun is of the lond of Canaan; thi fadir is Amorrei, and thi moder is Cetei. And whanne thou were borun, thi nawle was not kit awei in the dai of thi birthe, and thou were not waischun in watir in to helthe, nethir saltid with salt, nether wlappid in clothis. An iȝe sparide not on thee, that itI I sec. m. sup. ras. hau|ynge merci on thee, dide to thee oon of these thingis; but thou were cast forth on the face of erthe, in the castynge out of thi soule, in the dai in which thou were borun. Forsothe Y passide bi thee, and Y siȝ thee defoulid in thi blood; and Y seide to thee, whanne thou were in thi blood, Lyue thou; sotheli Y seide to thee in thi blood, Lyue thou. Y ȝaf thee mul|tiplied as the seed of a feeld, and thou were multiplied, and maad greet; and thou entridist, and camest fulli to wymmens ournyng; thi tetis wexiden greet, and thin heer wexide; and thou were nakid, and ful of schenschipe. And Y passide bi thee, and Y siȝ thee, and lo! thi tyme, the tyme of louyeris; and Y spredde abrood my clothing on thee, and Y hilide thi schen|schipe. And Y swoor to thee, and Y made aOm. IN. couenaunt with thee, seith the Lord God, and thou were maad a wijf to me. And Y waischide thee in water, and Y clenside awei thi blood fro thee, and YOm. N. anoyntide thee with oile. And Y clothide thee with clothis of dyuerse colours, and Y schodde thee in iacynct, and Y girde thee with biys; and Y clothide thee with sutil thingis, and Y ournede thee with ournement. And Y ȝaf bies in thin hondis, and a wrethe aboute thi necke; and Y ȝaf a ryng on thi mouth, and cerclis to thin eeris, and a coroun of fairnesse in thin heed. And thou were ourned with gold and siluer, and thou were clothid with biys and ray cloth with rounde ymagis, and many colours. Thou etistetidist K. cleeneof clene I pr. m. N. flour of wheete, and hony, and oile, and thou were maad fair ful greetli; and thou encreessidist in to a rewme, and thi name ȝede out in to hethene men for thi fairnesse; for thou were perfit in my fair|nesse which Y hadde sett on thee, seith the Lord God. And thou haddist trist in thi fairnesse, and didist fornicacioun in thi name; and thou settidistsettist I. forth thi fornica|cioun to ech that passide forth, that thou schuldist be maad his. And thou tokist of my clothis, and madist to thee hiȝ thingis set aboute on ech side; and thou didist fornycacioun on tho, as it was not don, nether schal be don. And thou tokist the vessels of thi fairnesse, of my gold and of my siluer, which Y ȝaf to thee; and thou madist to thee ymagis of men, and didist fornycacioun in tho. And thou tokist thi clothis of many colours, and thou were clothid in tho; and thou settid|ist myn oile and myn encence in the siȝt of tho. And thou settidist my breed, which Y ȝaf to thee, flour of wheete, and oile, and hony, bi whiche Y nurschide thee, in the siȝt of tho, in to odour of swetnesse; and it was don, seith the Lord God. And thou tokist thi sones and thi douȝtris, whiche thou gendridist to me, and offridist to tho, for to be deuourid. Whether thi fornicacioun is litil? Thou offridist my sones, and ȝauest hem, and halewidist to tho. And aftir alle thin abhomynaciouns and fornicaciouns, thou bithouȝtist not on the daies of thi ȝong wexynge age, whanne thou were nakid, and ful of schenschipe, and were defoulid in thi blood. And after al thi malice, wo, wo bifelle to thee, seith the Lord God. And thou bildidist to thee a bordel hous, and madist to thee a place of hordom in alle stretis. At ech heed of the weie thou bildidist a signe of thin hordom, and madist thi fairnesse abhomy|nable; and thou departidist thi feet to ech man passynge forth, and multepliedist thi fornicaciouns. And thou didist fornica|cioun with the sones of Egipt, thi neiȝ|boris of grete fleischis, and thou multe|pliedist thi fornicaciounfornicaciouns IN., to terre me to wraththe. Lo! Y schal stretch forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal take awei thi iustifiyng; and Y schal ȝyue thee in to the soulis of hem that haten thee, of the douȝ|tris of Palestyns, that ben aschamed in thi weie ful of greet trespas. And thou didist fornicacioun with the sones of Assiriens, for thou were not fillid ȝit; and after that thou didist fornicacioun, nether so thou were fillid. And thou multipliedist thi fornycacioun in the lond of Canaan with Caldeis, and nether so thou were fillid. In what thing schal Y clense thin herte, seith the Lord God, whanne thou doist alle these werkis of a womman an hoore, and gredi axere? For thou madist thi bordel hous in `the heed of echech heed of the I. weie, and thou madist thin hiȝ place in ech street; and thou were not maad as an hoore ful of anoiynganoyntinge M. noyinge U., encreessynge prijs, but as a womman auowtresse, that bryngith in aliens on hir hosebonde. Hiris ben ȝouun to alle hooris, but thou hast ȝoue hire to alle thi louyeris; and thou ȝauest to hem, that thei schulden entre to thee on ech side, to do fornycacioun with thee. And it was don in thee aȝens the custom of wymmen in thi fornycaciouns, and forni|cacioun schal not be after thee; for in that that thou ȝauest hiris, and tokist not hiris, the contrarie was don in thee. Therfor, thou hoore, here the word of the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis, For thi riches is sched out, and thi schenschipe is schewid in thi fornicaciouns on thi louyeris, and on the idols of thin abho|mynaciounsabhomynacioun S., in the blood of thi sones, whiche thou ȝauest to hem; lo! Y schal gadere to gidere alle thithe I. louyeris, with whiche thou were meddlid, and alle men whiche thou louedist, with alle men whiche thou hatidist; and Y schal gadere hem on thee on ech side, and Y schal make nakid thi schenschipe bifore hem, and thei schu|len se al thi filthe. And Y schal deme thee bi the domes of auoutressis, and schedinge out blood; and Y schal ȝyue thee in to theOm. IN. blood of strong veniaunce, and of fer|uour. And Y schal ȝyue thee in to the hondis of hem, and thei schulen destrie thi bordel hous, and thei schulen destrie the place of thin hordom; and thei schulen make thee nakid of thi clothis, and thei schulen take awei the vessels of thi fair|nesse, and thei schulen forsake thee nakid, and ful of schenschipe. And thei schulen bringe on thee a multitude, and thei schu|len stoon thee with stoonys, and thei schulen sle thee with her swerdis. And thei schulen brenne thin housis with fier, and thei schulen make domes in thee, bi|for the iȝen of ful many wymmen; and thou schalt ceese to do fornicacioun, and thou schalt no more ȝyue hiris. And myn indignacioun schal reste in thee, and my feruent loue schal be takun awei fro thee; and Y schal reste, and Y schal no more be wrooth, for thou haddist not mynde on the daies of thi ȝong wexynge age, and thou terridist me to ire in alle these thingis. Wherfor and Y ȝaf thi weies in thin heed, seith the Lord God, and YOm. N. dide not aftir thi grete trespassis, in alle these thin abhomynaciouns. Lo! ech man that seith a prouerbe comynli, schal take it in thee, and schal seie, As the modir, so and the douȝtir of hir. Thou art the douȝ|ter of thi modir, that castide awey hir hosebonde and hir sones; and thou art the sister of thi sistris, that castiden awei her hosebondis and her sones. Thi modir is Cetei, and thi fadir is Ammorrei; and thi gretter sister is Samarie, scheand sche IN. and hir douȝtris, that dwellen at thi left side; but thi sistir lesse than thou, that dwellith at thi riȝt side, is Sodom, and hir douȝtris. But thou ȝedist not in the weies of hem, nethir thou didist aftir the grete tres|passis of hem; hast thou do almest a litil lesse cursidere dedis than thei, in alle thi weies? Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for Sodom, thi sister, did not, sche and hir douȝtris, as thou didist, and thi douȝtris. Lo! this was the wickidnesse of Sodom, thi sister, pride, fulnesse of breed, and habundaunce, and idilnesse of hir, and ofOm. N. hir douȝtris; and thei puttidendressiden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. not hond to a nedi man and pore. And thei weren enhaunsid, and diden other abhomina|ciouns bifore me; and Y took hem awei, as thou hast seyn. And Samarie synnede not the half of thi synnes, but thou hast ouercome hem in thi grete trespassistrespasse N.; and thou hast iustified thi sistris in alle thin abhomynaciouns, whiche thou wrouȝtist. Therfor and thou bere thi schenschipe, that hast ouercome thi sistris with thi synnes, and didist more cursidli than thei; for thei ben iustified of thee. Therfor and be thou schent, and bere thi schenschipe, which hast iustified thi sistris. And Y schal conuerte and restore hem by the conuersioun of Sodom with hir douȝtris, and bi the conuersioun of Samarie and of hir douȝtris; and Y schal conuerte thi turnyng aȝen in the myddis of hem, that thou bere thi schenschipe, and be aschamed in alle thingis whiche thou didist, coum|fortynge hem. And thi sister Sodom and hir doȝtris schulen turne aȝen to her eld|nesse; and Samarie and hir douȝtris shu|len turne aȝen to her eeldnesse; and thou and thi douȝtris turne aȝen to ȝoure eld|nesse. Forsothe Sodom, thi sister, was not herd in thi mouth, in the dai of thi pride, bifore that thi malice was schewid, as in this tyme, in to schenschipe of the douȝtris of Sirie, and of alle douȝtris in thi cumpas, of the douȝtris of Palestyn that ben aboute thee bi cumpas. Thou hast bore thi greet trespas, and thi schen|schipe, seith the Lord God. For the Lord God seith these thingis, And Y schal do to thee as thou dispisidist the ooth, that thou schuldist make voide the couenaunt; and Y schal haue mynde on my couenaunt with thee in the daies of thi ȝongthe, and Y schal reise to thee a couenaunt euer|lastynge. And thou schalt haue mynde on thi weies, and schalt be aschamed, whanne thou schalt resseyue thi sistris grettere than thou, with thi lesse sistris; and Y schal ȝyue hem in to douȝtris to thee, but not of thi couenaunt. And Y schal reise my couenaunt with thee, and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord, that thou haue mynde, and be aschamed; and that it be no more to thee to opene the mouth for thi schame, whanne Y schal be plesid to thee in alle thingis whiche thou didist, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XVII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, sette forth a derk speche, and telle thou a para|ble to the hous of Israel; and thou schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis. A greet egle of grete wyngis, with long stretchyng out of membris, ful of fetheris and of dyuersite, cam to the Liban, and took awei the merowe of the cedre. He pullide awei the hiȝnesse of boowis therof, and bar it ouer in to the lond of Chanaan, and settide it in the citee of marchauntis. And he took of the seed of the lond, and settide it in the lond for seed, that it schulde make stidfast roote on many wa|tris; heand he U. settide it inon IN. the hiȝere part. And whanne it hadde growe, it encreess|ide in to a largere vyner, in lowe stature; for the boowis therof bihelden to that egle, and the rootis therof weren vndur that egle; therfor it was maad a vyner, and it made fruyt in to siouns, and sente out boowis. And another greet egle was maad, with grete wyngis, and many fe|theris; and lo! this vyner as sendynge hise rootis to that egle, stretchide forth his siouns to that egle, that he schulde moiste it of the cornfloris of his seed. Which is plauntid inon EFPX. in to 1 sec. m. NRS sec. m. a good lond onof I. many watris, that it make boowis, and bere fruyt, that it be in to a greet vyner. Seie thou, Ezechiel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Therfor whether he schal haue prosperite? Whether Nabugodonosor schal not pulle awei the rootis of hym, and schal streyne the fruytis of hym? And he schal make drie alle the siouns of bu|riowning therof, and it schal be drie; and not in greet arm, nether in myche puple, that he schulde drawe it out bi the rootis. Lo! it is plauntid, therfor whether it schal haue prosperite? Whether not whanne brennynge wynd schal touche it, it schal be maad drye, and schal wexe drie in the cornfloris of his seed? And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Seie thou to the hous terrynge to wraththe, Witen ȝe not what these thingis signefien? Seie thou, Lo! the king of Babiloyne com|eth in to Jerusalem; and he schal take the kyng and the princis therof, and he schal leede hem to hym silf in to Babiloyne. And he schal take of the seed of the rewme, and schal smyte with it a boond of pees, and he schal take of it an ooth; but also he schal take awei the stronge men of the lond, that it be a meke rewme, and be not reisid, but that it kepe the couenaunt of hym, and holde it. Which ȝede awei fro hym, and sente messangeris in to Egipt, that it schulde ȝyue to hym horsis and miche puple. Whether he that dide these thingis, schal haue prosperite, ether schal gete helthe? and whether he that brekith couenaunt, schal ascape? Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for in the place of the king that made hym kyng, whos ooth he made voide, and brak the coue|naunt, which he hadde with hym, in the myddis of Babiloyne he schal die. And not in greet oost, nether in myche puple Farao schal make batel aȝens hym, in the castyng of erthe, and in bildyng of palis, that he sle many persones. For he dis|piside the ooth, that he schulde breke the boond of pees, and lo! he ȝaf his hond; and whanne he hath do alle these thingis, he schal not ascape. Therfor the Lord GodOm. N. seith these thingis, Y lyue, for Y schal sette on his heed the ooth which he dispiside, and the boond of pees which he brak. And Y schal spredde abrood my net on hym, and he schal be takun in my net, and Y schal brynge hym in to Ba|biloyne; and there Y schal deme hym in the trespassyng, bi which he dispiside me. And alle hise flieris a wei with al his cumpenye schulen falle doun bi swerd, forsothe the remenauntis schulen be scha|terid in to ech wynd; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y the Lord spak. The Lord God seith these thingis, And Y schal take of the merowe of an hiȝ cedre, and Y schal sette a tendir thing of the cop of hise braunchis; Y schal streyne, and Y schal plaunte on an hiȝ hil, and apperynge fer. In the hiȝ hil of Israel Y schal plaunte it; and it schal breke out in to buriownyng, and it schal make fruyt, and it schal be in to a greet cedre, and alle briddis schu|len dwelle vndur it; ech volatil schal make nest vndur the schadewe of hise boowis. And alle trees of the cuntrei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord; Y made low the hiȝ tre, and Y enhaunside the low tre, and Y made drie the greene tree, and Y made the drie tree to brynge forth boowis; Y the Lord haue spoke, and Y haue do.

 CAP. XVIII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, What is it, that ȝe turnen a parable among ȝou in to this prouerbe, in the lond of Israel, and seien, Fadris eeten a bittir grape, and the teeth of sones ben anon K. egge, ether astonyed? Y lyue, seith the Lord God, this parable schal no more be in to a prouerbe to ȝou in Israel. Lo! alle soulis ben myne; as the soule of the fadir, so and the soule of the sone is myn. Thilke soule that doith synne, schal die. And if a man is iust, and doith doom and riȝtfulnesse, etith not in hillis, and reisith not hise iȝen to the idols of the hous of Israel; and defoulith not the wijf of his neiȝbore, and neiȝeth not to a womman defoulid with vncleene blood; and makith not a man sori, ȝeldith the wed to the dettour, rauyschith no thing bi violence, ȝyueth his breed to the hungri, and hilith a nakid man with a cloth; leeneth not to vsure, and takith not more; turneth awei his hond fro wick|idnesse, and makith trewe dom bitwixe man and man; and goith in my co|maundementis, and kepith my domes, that he dodoith N. treuthe; this is a iust man, he schal lyue in lijf, seith the Lord God. That if he gendrith a sone, a theef, shed|inge out blood, and doith oon of thes thingis, and sotheli not doing alle these thingis, but etinge in hillis, and defoul|ynge the wijf of his neiȝbore; makynge soreuful a nedy man and pore, rauysch|ynge raueyns, not ȝeldinge a wed, reisynge hise iȝen to idols, doynge abhomynacioun; ȝiuynge to vsure, and takynge more; whe|ther he schal lyue? he schal not lyue; whanne he hath do alle these abhomyn|able thingis, he schal die bi deth, his bloodblood, ether synne I. schal be in hym. That if he gen|drithgetith I. a sone, which seeth alle the synnes of his fadir, whiche he dide, and dredith, and doith noon lijk tho; etith not on hillis, and reisith not hise iȝen to the idols of the hous of Israel; and defoulith not the wijf of his neiȝbore, and makith not sori a man, witholdith not a wed, and rauysch|ith not raueyn, ȝyueth his breed to the hungri, and hilith the nakid with a cloth; turneth a wei his hond fro the wrong of a pore man, takith not vsure and ouer|habundaunce, `that is, no thing more than he lenteOm. IN., and doith my domes, and goith in my comaundementis; this sone schal not die in the wickidnesse of his fadir, but he schal lyue in lijf. For his fadir made fals caleng, and dide violence to his brother, and wrouȝte yuel in the myddis of his puple, lo! he is deed in his wickid|nesse. And ȝe seien, Whi berith not the sone the wickidnesse of the fadir? That is to seie, for the sone wrouȝte doom and riȝtfulnesse, he kepte alle my comaunde|mentis, and dide tho, he schal lyue in lijf. Thilke soule that doith synne, schal die; the sone schal not bere the wickidnesse of the fadir, and the fadir schal not bere the wickednesse of the sone; the riȝtfulnesse of a iust man schal be on hym, and the wickidnesse of a wickid man schal be on hym. Forsothe if a wickid man doith penaunce of alle hise synnes whiche he wrouȝte, and kepith alle myn heestis, and doith dom and riȝtfulnesse, he schal lyue bi lijf, and schal not die. Y schal not haue mynde of alle his wickidnessis whiche he wrouȝte; he schal lyue in his riȝtfulnesse which he wrouȝte. Whether the deth of thea I. wickid man is of my wille, seith the Lord God, and not that he be conuertid fro his weies, and lyue? Forsothe if a iust man turneth awey hym silf fro his riȝtfulnesse, and doith wickid|nesse bi alle hise abhomynaciouns, which a wickid man is wont to worche, whether he schal lyue? Alle hise riȝtfulnessis whiche he dide, schulen not be had in mynde; in his trespassyng bi which he trespasside, and in his synne which he synnede, he schal die in tho. And ȝe seiden, The weie of the Lord is not euene. Therfor, the hous of Israel, here ȝe, whether my weie is not euene, and not more ȝoure weies ben schrewid? For whanne a riȝtful man turneth awei hym silf fro his riȝtfulnesse, and doith wickidnesse, he schal die in it, he schal die in the vnriȝtwisnessevnriȝtfulnesse CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. which he wrouȝte. And whanne a wickid man turneth awei him silf fro his wickidnesse which he wrouȝte, and doith dom and riȝtfulnesse, he schal quykene his soule. For he biholdinge and turnynge awei hym silf fro alle hise wickidnessis which he wrouȝte, schal lyue in lijf, and schal not die. And the sones of Israel seien, The weie of the Lord is not euene. Whether my weies ben not euene, ȝe hous of Israel, and not more ȝoure weies ben schrewid? Therfor, thou hous of Israel, Y schal deme ech man bi hise weies, seith the Lord God. Turne ȝe togidere, and do ȝe penaunce for alle ȝoure wickidnessis, and wickidnesse schal not be to ȝou in to falling. Caste awei fro ȝou alle ȝoure trespassingis, biOm. I. whiche ȝe trespassiden, and make ȝe a newe herte and a newe spirit to ȝou, and whithanne whi I. schulen ȝewe N. die, the hous of Israel? For Y nylewille not I. the deeth of hym that dieth, seith the Lord God; turne ȝe aȝen, and lyue ȝe.

 CAP. XIX.

And thou, sone of man, take weiling onof I. the princes of Israel; and thou schalt seie, Whi thi modir, a lionesse, lai among liouns? In the myddis of litle liouns sche nurschide hir whelpis, and ledde out oon of hir litle liouns; he was maad a lioun, and he lernyde to take prei, and to ete men. And hethene men herden of hym, and token hym not withouten her woundis; and thei brouȝten hym in chaynes in toOm. N. the lond of Egipt. Which modir whanne sche hadde seyn, that sche was sijk, and the abiding of hym perischide, took oon of her litle liouns, and made hym a lioun. Which ȝede among liouns, and was maad a lioun; and lernede to take prey, and to deuoure men. He lernyde to make widewis, and to brynge the citees of men in to de|sert; and the lond and the fulnesse therof was maad desolat, of the vois of his roryng. And hethene men camen togidere aȝens hym on ech side fro prouynces, and spred|den on hym her net; he was takun in the woundis of thothilke I. hethene men. And thei senten hym in to athe N. caue in chaines, and brouȝten hym to the kyng of Babiloyne; and thei senten hym in to prisoun, that his vois were no more herd on the hillis of Israel. Thi modir as a vyner in thi blood was plauntid on watre; the fruitis therof and the boowis therof encreessiden of many watris. And sadde ȝerdis weren maad to it in to septris of lordis, and the stature therof was enhaunsid among boowis; and it siȝ his hiȝnesse in the mul|titude of hise siouns. And it was drawun out in wraththe, and was cast forth in to erthe; and a brennynge wynd dryede the fruyt therof, and the ȝerdis of strengthe therof welewiden, and weren maad drie, and fierthe fier FQU. eet it. And now it is plauntid ouer in desert, in a lond with out weie, and thristi. And fier ȝede out of thea CFGHIKMNPQRSUX. ȝerde of the braunchis therof, that eet the fruyt therof. And a stronge ȝerde, the cep|tre of lordis, was not in it. It is weilyng, and it schal be in to weilyng.

 CAP. XX.

And it was doon in the seuenthe ȝeer, in the fyuethe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, men of the eldris of Israel camen to axe the Lord; and thei saten bifor me. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, speke thou to the eldere men of Israel; and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Whether ȝe camen to axe me? Y lyue, for Y schal not an|swere to ȝou, seith the Lord God. Sone of man, if thou demest hem, if thou demestdemest hem I pr. m. NS sec. m., schewe thou to hem the abhomynaciouns of her fadris. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, In the dai in which Y chees Israel, and reiside myn hond for the generacioun of the hous of Jacob, and Y apperide to hem in the lond of Egipt, and Y reiside myn hond for hem, and Y seide, Y am ȝoure Lord God, in that dai Y reiside myn hond for hem, that Y schulde leede hem out of the lond of Egipt, in to the lond which Y hadde purueiede tofor N. hem, thea I. lond flow|ynge with mylk and hony, which is noble among alle londis. And Y seide to hem, Ech man caste awei the offenciouns of hise iȝen, and nyle ȝe be defoulid in the idols of Egipt; Y am ȝoure Lord God. And thei terriden me to wraththe, and nolden here me; ech man castide not awei the abhomynaciouns of hise iȝen, nether thei forsoken the idols of Egipt. And Y seide, that Y wold schede out myn indig|nacioun on hem, and fille my wraththe in hem, in the myddis of the lond of Egipt. And Y dide for my name, that it schulde not be defoulid bifore hethene men, in the myddis of whichewhom I. thei weren, and among whichewhom I. Y apperide to hem, that Y schulde lede hem out of the lond of Egipt. Ther|for Y castide hem out of the lond of Egipt, and Y ledde hem out in to desert; and Y ȝaf to hem my comaundementis, and Y schewide to hem my doomes, which a man schal do, and lyue in tho. Ferthermore and Y ȝaf to hem my sabatis, that it schulde be a sygne bitwixe me and hem, and that thei schulden wite, that Y am the Lord halewynge hem. And the hous of Israel terriden me to wraththe in de|sert; thei ȝeden not in my comaunde|mentis, and thei castiden awei my domes, whiche a man that doith, schal lyue in tho; and thei defouliden greetli my sa|batis. Therfor Y seide, that Y wolde schede out my strong veniaunce on hem in de|sert, and waste hem; and Y dide for my name, lest it were defoulid bifor hethene men, fro whichewhom I. Y castide hem out in the siȝt of tho. Therfor Y reiside myn hond on hem in theOm. I. desert, that Y brouȝte not hem in to the lond which Y ȝaf to hem, the lond flowynge with mylk and hony, the beste of alle londis. For thei castiden awei my domes, and ȝeden not in my co|maundementis, and thei defouliden my sa|batis; for the herte of hem ȝede after idols. And myn iȝe sparide on hem, that Y killide not hem, nether Y wastide hem in theOm. IKMSU. desert. Forsothe Y seide to the sones of hem in wildirnesse, Nyle ȝe go in the comaundementis of ȝoure fadris, nether kepe ȝe the domes of hem, nethir be ȝe defoulid in the idols of hem. Y am ȝoure Lord God, go ȝe in my comaundementis, and kepe ȝe my domes, and do ȝe tho. And halowe ȝe my sabatis, that it be a signe bitwixe me and ȝou, and that it be knowun, that Y am ȝoure Lord God. And the sones terriden me to wraththe, and ȝeden not in my comaundementis, and kepten not my domes, that thei diden tho, whiche whanne a man hath do, he schal lyue in tho, and thei defouliden my sa|batis. And Y manaasside to hem, that Y wolde schede out my stronge veniaunce on hem, and fille my wraththe in hem in theOm. IU. desert. But Y turnede awei myn hond, and Y dide this for my name, that it were not defoulid bifore hethene men, fro whiche Y castide hem out bifore the iȝen of tho. Eft Y reiside myn hond aȝens hem in wildirnesse, that Y schulde scatere hem in to naciouns, and wyndewe hem in to londis; for that that thei hadden not do my domes, and hadden repreuyd my comaundementis, and hadden defoulid my sabatis, and her iȝen hadden be after the idols of her fadris. Therfor and Y ȝaf to hem comaundementis not good, and domes in whiche thei schulen not lyue. And Y defoulide hem in her ȝiftis, whanne thei offriden to me for her trespassis al thing that openeth the wombe; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. Wherfor speke thou, sone of man, to the hous of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Ȝit and in this ȝoure fadris blasfemyden me, whanne thei dispisynge hadden forsake me, and Y hadde brouȝte hem in to the lond on which Y reiside myn hond, that Y schulde ȝiue to hem, thei siȝen ech hiȝOm. NS sec. m. litil hil, and ech tree ful of boowis, and thei of|friden there her sacrifices, and thei ȝauen there her offryngis, in to terring to wraththe; and thei settidensetten I. there the odour of her swetnesse, and thei offriden her moiste sacrifices. And Y seide to hem, What is the hiȝ thing, to whiche ȝe entren? And the name therof is clepid Hiȝ Thing til to this dai. Therfor seie thou to the hous of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Certis ȝe ben defoulid in the weie of ȝoure fadris, and ȝe don fornycacioun aftir the offendingis of hem, and in the offryng of ȝoure ȝiftis, whanne ȝe leden ouerOm. N. ȝoure sones bi fier, ȝe ben defoulid in alle ȝoure idols til to dai, and schal Y answere to ȝouOm. I., the hous of Israel? Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for Y schal not an|swere to ȝou; nether the thouȝte of ȝoure soul schal be don, that seien, We schulen be as hethene men, and as naciouns of erthe, that we worschipe trees and stoonys. Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for in strong hond, and in arm stretchid forth, and in strong veniaunce sched out, I schal regne on ȝou. And Y schal lede out ȝou fro puplis, and Y schal gadere ȝou fro londis, in whiche ȝe ben scaterid; in strong hond, and in arm stretchid forth, and in strong veniaunce sched out Y schal regne on ȝou. And Y schal bringe ȝou in to desert of puplis, and Y schal be demed there with ȝou face to face. As Y stryuede in doom aȝens ȝoure fadris in the desert of the lond of Egipt, so Y schal deme ȝou, seith the Lord; and Y schal make ȝou suget to my septre, and Y schal bringe in ȝou in the boondis of pees. And Y schal chese of ȝou trespassouris, and wickid men; and Y schal leede hem out of the lond of her dwelling, and thei schulen not entre in to the lond of Israel; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And ȝe, the hous of Israel, the Lord God seith these thingis, Go ȝe ech man aftir ȝoure idols, and serue ȝe tho. That and if ȝe heren not me in this, and defoulen more myn hooli name in ȝoure ȝiftis, and in ȝoure idols, in myn hooli hil, in the hiȝ hil of Israel, seith the Lord God, ȝe schulen be punyschid greu|ousliere. There al the hous of Israel schal serue me, sotheli alle men in the lond, in which thei schulen plese me; and there Y schal seke ȝoure firste fruytis, and the bigynnyng of ȝoure tithis in alle ȝoure halewyngis. Yand F pr. m. GIKMNPS sec. m. XY schal resseiue ȝou in to odour of swetnesse, whanne Y schal leede ȝou out of puplis, and schal gadere ȝou fro londis, in whiche ȝe weren scaterid; and Y schal be halewid in ȝou bifor the iȝen of naciounsthe naciouns I pr. m.. And ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal bringe ȝou in to the lond of Israel, in to the lond for which Y reiside myn hond, that Y schulde ȝyue it to ȝoure fadris. And ȝe schulen haue mynde there on ȝoure weies, and on alle ȝoure grete trespassis, bi whiche ȝe ben defoulid in tho; and ȝe schulen dis|plese ȝou inOm. I. ȝoure siȝt, in alle ȝoure ma|lices whiche ȝe diden. And ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal do wel to ȝou for my name; not bi ȝoure yuel weies, nether bi ȝoure worste trespassis, ȝe hous of Israel, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens the weie of the south, and droppe thou to the south, and profesie thou to the forest of the myddai feeld. And thou schalt seie to the myddai forest, Here thou the word of the LordLord God I pr. m. N.. The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal kyndle a fier in thee, and Y schal brenne in thee ech green tre, and ech drie tre; the flawme of brennyng schal not be quenchid, and ech face schal be brent ther ynne, fro the south til to the north. And ech man schal se, that Y the Lord haue kyndlid it, and it schal not be quenchid. And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, thei seien of me, Whethir this man spekith not bi parablis?

 CAP. XXI.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face to Jerusalem, and droppe thou to the seyntuaries, and profesie thou aȝens the erthe of Israel. And thou schalt seie to the lond of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to thee, and Y schal castecaste out IS. my swerd outOm. I. of his schethe, and Y schal sle in thee a iust man and a wickid man. Forsothe for that that Y haue slayn in thee a iust man and a wickid man, therfor my swerd schal go out of his schethe to ech man, fro the south til to the north; that ech man wite, that Y the Lord haue draweled CEFGHIKMNPQRSU. out mythe N. swerd fro his schethe, that schal not be clepid aȝen. And thou, sone of man, weile in sorewe of leendis, and in bitternessis thou schalt weile bifore hem. And whanne thei schu|len seie to thee, Whi weilist thou? thou schalt seie, For hering, for it cometh; and ech herte shal faile, and alle hondis schu|len be aclumsid, and ech spirit schal be sike, and watris schulen flete doun bi alle knees; lo! it cometh, and it shal be don, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, profesie thou; and thou schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Speke thou, The swerd, the swerd is maad scharp, and is maad briȝt; it is maad scharp to sle sacrifices; it is maad briȝt, that it schyne. Thou that mouest the ceptre of my sone, hast kit doun ech tree. And Y ȝaf it to be forbischid, that it be holdun with hond; this swerd is maad scharp, and this is maad briȝt, that it be in the hond of the sleere. Sone of man, crie thou, and ȝelle, for this swerd is maad in my puple, this in alle the duykis of Israel; thei that fledden ben ȝouun to swerd within N. my puple. Therfor smite thou on thin hipe, for it is preuyd; and this whanne it hath distried the ceptre, and it schal not be, seith the Lord God. Ther|for, sone of man, profesie thou, and smyte thou hond to hond, and the swerd be dou|blid, and the swerd of sleeristhe sleers I. be treblidtroublid F.; this is the swerd of greet sleyng, that schal make hemhym A. astonyed, and to faile in herte, and multiplieth fallingis. In alle the ȝatis of hem Y ȝaf disturbling of aOm. I. swerd, scharp and maad briȝt to schyne, gird to sleynge. Be thou maad scharp, go thou to the riȝt side, ether to the left side, whidur euer the desir of thi face is. Certis and Y schal smyte with hondthe hond I. to hond, and Y schal fille myn indignacioun; Y the Lord spak. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, And thou, sone of man, sette to thee twei weies, that the swerd of the king of Babiloyne come; bothe schulen go out of othe I. lond, and bi theOm. CEFGHIK MNPQRSUX. hond heY A. schal take coniecting; he schal coniecte in the heed of theOm. K. weie of theOm. CFGHKMNPQSUX. citee, settinge a weye, that the swerd come to Rabath of the sones of Amon, and to Juda in to Jerusalem moost strong. For the king of Babiloyne stood in the meeting of twey weies, in the heed of twei weies, and souȝte dyuynyng, and medlide arowis; he axide idols, and took councel at entrails. Dyuynyng was maad toon N. his riȝt side on Jerusalem, that he sette en|gyns, that he opene mouth in sleyng, that he reise vois in ȝelling, that he sette en|gyns aȝens the ȝatis, that he bere togidere erthe, that he bilde strengthinges. And he shal be as counceling in veyn goddis answer bifor the iȝen of hem, and seru|ynge theto I. reste of sabatis; but he schal haue mynde on wickidnesse, to take. Ther|for the Lord God seith these thingis, For that that ȝe hadden mynde on ȝoure wick|idnessewickidnessis IN., and schewiden ȝoure trespass|yngis, and ȝoure synnes apperiden in alle ȝoure thouȝtis, forsothe for that that ȝe hadden mynde, ȝe schulen be takun bi hondthe hond I.. But thou, cursid wickid duyk of Is|rael, whos dai bifor determynedtermed I pr. m. determed sec. m. is comun in the tyme of wickidnesse, the Lord God seith these thingis, Do awei the mitre, take awei the coroun; whether it is not thishe this I. that reiside the meke man, and made low the hiȝ man? Wickidnesse, wickidnesse, wickidnesse Y schal putte it; and this schal not be doon til he come, whos the doom is, and Y schal bitake to hym. And thou, sone of man, profesie, and seie, The Lord God seith these thingis to the sones of Amon, and to theOm. N. schenschipe of hem; and thou schalt seie, A! thou swerd, A! thou swerd, drawun out to sle, maad briȝte, that thou sle and schyne, whanne veyn thingis weren seien to thee, and leesingis weren dyuynyd, that thou schuldist be ȝouun on the neckis of wickid men wound|id, the dai of whiche bifore determyned schal come in the tyme of wickidnesse, turne thou aȝen in to thi schethe, in to the place in which thou were maad. Y schal deme thee in the lond of thi birthe, and Y schal schede out myn indignacioun on thee; in the fier of my strong ven|iaunce Y schal blowe in thee, and Y schal ȝyue thee in to theOm. N. hondis of vnwise men, and makinge deth. Thou schalt be mete to fier, thi blood schal be in the middis of erthe; thou schalt be ȝouun to forȝetyng, for Y the Lord spak.

 CAP. XXII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, And thou, sone of man, whether thou demest not the citee of bloodis? And thou schalt schewe to it alle hise abhomynaciouns, and thou schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, This is a citee schedinge out blood in the myddis of it silf, that the tyme therof come; and which made idols aȝens it silf, that it shulde be defoulid. In thi blood which is shed out of thee, thou trespass|idist, and thou art defoulid in thin idols whiche thou madist; and thou madist thi daies to neiȝe, and thou brouȝtist the time of thi ȝeeris. Therfor Y ȝaf theethee to be I. schen|schipe to hethene men, and scornyng to alle londis that ben niȝ thee, and that ben fer fro thee; thou foul citee, noble, greet in perisching, thei schulen haue vic|torie of thee. Lo! princes of Israel, alle in her arm, weren in thee, to schede out blood. Thei punyschiden with wrongis fadir and modir in thee, thei calengiden falsli a comelyng in the myddis of thee, thei maden sori a fadirles child and a widewe at thee. Ȝe dispisiden my seyn|tuaries, and ȝe defouliden my sabatis. Men bacbiteris weren in thee, to schede out blood, and eten on hillis in thee; thei wrouȝten greet trespas in the myddis of thee. Thei vnhiliden the schamefulere thingis of the fadir in thee, thei maden low in thee the vnclenesse of a womman in vnclene blood. And ech man wrouȝte abhomynacioun aȝens the wijf of his neiȝ|bore, and the fadir of the hosebonde de|foulide his sones wijf vnleuefuli; a bro|ther oppresside in thee his sister, the douȝtir of his fadir. Thei token ȝiftis atof N. thee, to schede out blood; thou tokist vsure and ouerabundaunce, and thou ca|lengidist greedili thi neiȝboris, and thou hast forȝete me, seith the Lord God. Lo! Y haue smyte togidere myn hondis on thin aueryce, which thou didist, and on the blood which is sched out in the myddis of thee. Whether thin herte schal susteyne, ether thin hondis schulen haue power in the daies whiche Y schal make to thee? For YOm. I. the Lord spak, and Y schal do. And Y schal scatere thee in to naciouns, and Y schal wyndewe thee in to londis; and Y schal make thin vnclen|nesse to faile fro thee, and Y schal welde thee in the siȝt of hethene men; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, the hous of Israel is turned to me in to dros, ether filthe of irun; alleand N. these ben bras, and tyn, and irun, and leed, in the myddis of furneisa furneis IN., thei ben maad the dros of siluer. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For that alle ȝe ben turned in to dros, lo! Y schal gadere ȝou togidere in the myddis of Jerusalem, bi gaderingthe gaderyng I. togi|dere of siluer, and of latoun, and of irun, and of tyn, and of leed, in the myddis of furneisa furneis EFHIKMQRSU.; and Y schal kindle ther ynne a fier, to welle togidere; so Y schal gadere ȝou togidere in my strong veniaunce, and in my wraththe, and Y schal reste. And Y schal welle ȝou togidere, and Y schal gadere ȝou togidere, and Y schal sette ȝou a fier in the fier of my strong veniaunce, and ȝe schulen be wellid togidere in the myddis therof. As siluer is wellid togi|dere in the myddis of a furneis, so ȝe schulen be in the myddis therof; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y haue sched out myn indignacioun on ȝou. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, seie thou to it, Thou art a lond vncleene, and not bireyned in the dai of strong ven|iaunce. Sweringe togidere, ether conspir|ingeconiuracioun I. of profetis is in the myddis therof; as a lioun roringe and takinge prei, thei deuouriden men, thei token richessis and prijs; thei multiplieden widewis therof in the myddis therof. Preestis therof dispis|iden my lawe, and defouliden my seyn|tuaries; thei hadden not difference bi|twixe hooli thing and vnhooli, thei vndur|stoden not bitwixe defoulid thing and cleene thing; and thei turneden awei her iȝen fro my sabatis, and Y was defoulid in the myddis of hem. The princes therof in the myddis therof weren as wolues rauyschinge prey, to schede out blood, and to leese men, and in suynge lucris gredili. Forsothe the profetis therof pargetiden hem with out temperure, and seȝen veyn thingis, and dyuyneden leesingis to hem, and seiden, The Lord God seith these thingis, whanne the Lord spak not. The puples of the lond calengiden fals caleng, and rauyschiden bi violence; thei turment|iden a nedi man and pore, and oppressiden a comeling bi fals caleng, with out doom. AndOm. N. Y souȝte of hem a man, that schulde sette an hegge bitwixe, and stonde set aȝens me for the lond, that Y schulde not distrie it, and Y foond not. And Y schedde out on hem myn indignacioun, and Y wastide hem in the fier of my wraththe; Yand Y X. ȝeldide the weie of hem on the heed of hem, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXIII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, twei wymmen weren the douȝtris of o modir, and diden fornycacioun in Egipt; in her ȝonge wexynge age thei diden fornica|cioun; there the brestis of hem weren maad low, and the tetis of the tyme of mariage of hem weren brokun. Forsothe the names of hem ben, Oolla, the more sistir, and Ooliba the lesse sistir of hir. And Y hadde hem, and thei childiden sones and douȝtris; certis the names of hem ben Samarie Oolla, and Jerusalem Ooliba. Therfor Oolla dide fornicacioun on me, and was wood on hir louyeris, on Assiriens neiȝinge, clothid with iacinct, princes, and magistratis, ȝonge men of coueytise, alle kniȝtis, andOm. N. stieris of horsis. And sche ȝaf hir fornicaciouns on hem, on alle the chosun sones of Assiriens; and in alle on whiche sche was wood, sche was defoulid in the vnclennessis of hem. Fer|thermore and sche lefte not hir fornica|ciouns, whiche sche hadde in Egipt; for whi and thei slepten with hir in the ȝongthe of hir, and thei braken the tetis of the tyme of mariage of hir, and thei scheden out her fornicacioun on hir. Therfor Y ȝaf hir in to the hondis of hir louyeris, in to the hondis of the sones of Assur, on whos letcherie sche was wood. Thei diskyueriden the schenschipe of hir; thei token awei the sones and the douȝtris of hir, and killidenthei killiden I. hir with swerd; and the wymmen weren maad famouse, that is, sclaundrid, and thei diden domes in hir. And whanne hir sistir Ooliba hadde seyn this, sche was wood in letcherie more than that sistre, and ȝaf vnschamefastli hir fornicacioun on the fornicacioun of hir sistre, to the sones of Assiriens, to duykis and magistratis comynge to hir, that weren clothid with dyuerse cloth, to knyȝtis that weren borun on horsis, and to ȝonge men with noble schap, to alle men. And Y siȝ that o weie of both sis|tris was defoulid, and sche encreesside hir fornycaciouns. And whanne sche hadde seyn men peyntid in the wal, the ymagis of Caldeis expressid with colouris, and gird on the reynes with kniȝtis girdlis, and cappis peyntid inon INS. the heedis of hem, the foormes of alle duykis, the licnesse of the sones of Babiloyne, and of the lond of Caldeis, in which thei weren borun; sche was wood on hem bi coueitise of hir iȝen, and sche sente messangeris to hem in to Caldee. And whanne the sones of Babiloyne weren comun to hir, to the bed of tetis, thei defouliden hir in her letcheries of virgyns; and sche was de|foulid of hem, and the soule of hir was fillid of hem. Also sche made nakid hir fornicaciouns, and diskyuered hir schen|schipe; and my soule ȝede awei fro hir, as my soule hadde go awei fro hir sistir. For sche multiplied hir fornicaciouns, and hadde mynde on the daies of hir ȝongthe, in whiche sche dide fornicacioun in the lond of Egipt. And sche was wood in letcherie on the liggyng bi of hem, whos fleischis ben as the fleischis of assis, and as the membris of horsis ben the membris of hem. And thou visitidist the grete trespas of thi ȝongthe, whanne thi brestis weren maad low in Egipt, and the tetis of the tyme of thi mariage weren brokun. Therfor, thou Ooliba, the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal reise alle thi louyeris aȝens thee, of whiche thi soule was fillid, and Y schal gadere hem aȝens thee in cumpas; the sones of Babiloyne, and alle Caldeis, noble and miȝti men, and princes, alle the sones of Assiriens, and ȝonge men of noble foorme, duykis, and magistratis, alle princes of princes, and named stieris of horsis. And thei araied with chare and wheel schulen come on thee, the multitude of puplis schulen be armed with haburioun, and scheeld, and basynet, aȝens thee on ech side; and Y schal ȝyue doom bifor hem, and thei schu|len deme thee bi her domes. And Y schal sette my feruour in thee, which thei schu|len vse with thee in woodnesse; thei schulen kitte awei thi nose and thin eeris, and thei schulen sle with swerd tho thingis that weren left; thei schulen take thi sones and thi douȝtris, and thi laste thing schal be deuourid bi fier. And thei schulen make thee nakid of thi clothis, and thei schulen take awei the vessels of thi glorie. And Y schal make thi greet trespasse to reste fro thee, and thi fornicacioun fro the lond of Egipt; and thou schalt not reise thin iȝen to hem, and thou schalt no more haue mynde on Egipt. For the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal ȝyue thee in to the hondis of hem whiche thou hatist, `in toand into A pr. m. the hondis of hem of whiche thi soule was fillid, and thei schu|len do with thee in hatrede. And thei schulen take awei alle thi trauels, and thei schulen leeue thee nakid, and ful of schenschipe; and the schenschipe of thi fornicaciouns schal be schewid. Thi greet trespas and thi fornycaciouns han do these thingis to thee; for thou didist fornica|cioun aftir hethene men, among whiche thou were defoulid in the idols of hem. Thou ȝedist in the weie of thi sister, and Y schal ȝyue the cuppe of hir in thin hond. The Lord God seith these thingis, Thou schalt drinke the cuppe of thi sistir, the depthe, and the broodnesse; thou that art most able to take, schalt be in to scornyng, and in to mouwyng. Thou schalt be fillid with drunkenesse and so|rewe, with the cuppe of mourenyng and of heuynesse, with the cuppe of thi sister Samarie. And thou schalt drynke it, and thou schalt drinke of til to the drastis, and thou schalt deuoure the relifs therof, and thou schalt to-reende thi brestis, for Y the Lord spak, seith the Lord God. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For thou hast forȝete me, and hast cast forth me bihynde thi bodi, bere thou also thi greet trespas and thi fornicaciouns. And the Lord God seide to me, and spak, Sone of man, whether thou demest Ooliba and Oolla, and tellist to hem the grete trespassis of hem? For thei diden auow|trie, and blood was in the hondis of hem, and thei diden fornicacioun with her idols; ferthermore and thei offriden to tho the sones whiche thei gendriden to me, for to be deuourid. But also thei diden this to me, thei defouleden my seyntuarie in that dai, and maden vnhooli my sabatis. And whanne thei sacrifisiden her sones to her idols, and entriden in to my seyntuarie in that dai, that thei schulden defoule it, thei diden also these thingis in the myddis of myn hous. Thei senten to men com|yng fro fer, to whiche thei hadden sent messangeris. Therfor lo! thei camen, to whiche thou waischidist thee, and anoynt|idist thin iȝen withbi CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. oynement of wym|men, and thou were ourned with wym|mens a tier. Thou satist in a ful fair bed, and a boord was ourned bifor thee; thou settidist myn encense and myn oynement on it. And a vois of multitude makynge ful out ioye was ther ynne; and in men that weren brouȝt of the multitude of men, and camen fro desert, thei settiden bies in the hondis of hem, and faire corouns on the heedis of hem. And Y seide to hir, that was defoulid in auoutries, Now also thissche this I. schal do fornycacioun in hir for|nicacioun. And thei entriden to hir; as to a womman, an hoore, so thei entriden to Oolla and to Ooliba, cursid wymmen. Therfor these men ben iust, these schulen deme thilke wymmen bi the doom of auoutressis, and bi the doom of hem that scheden out blood; for thei ben auou|tressis, and blood is in the hondis of hem, and thei diden fornicacioun with her idols. For the Lord God seith these thingis, Bringe thou multitudis toof I. hem, and ȝyue thou hem in to noise, and in to raueyn; and be thei stoonyd with the stoonys of puplis, and be thei stikid togidere with the swerdis of hem. Thei schulen sle the sones and the douȝtris of hem, and thei schulen brenne with fier the housis of hem. And Y schal do awei greet trespas fro the lond; and alle wymmen schulen lerne, that thei do not aftir the greet trespas of hem. And thei schulen ȝyue ȝoure grete trespas on ȝou; and ȝe schulen bere the synnes of ȝoure idols, and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord GodOm. N..

 CAP. XXIV.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, in the nynthe ȝeer, and in the tenthe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, write to thee the name of this dai, in which the king of Babiloyne is confermed aȝens Jerusalem to dai. And thou schalt seie bi a prouerbe a parable to the hous, terrereterrer me K. to wraththe, and thou schalt speke to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Sette thou a brasun pot, sette thou so|theli, and puttesende CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. thou watir in to it. Take thou a beeste ful fat; gadere thou togi|dere thethi N. gobetis therof inin to S. it, ech good part, and the hipe, and the schuldre, chosun thingis and ful of boonys. Also dresse thou heepis of boonys vndur it; and the sething therof buylide out, and the boonys therof weren sodun in the myddis therof. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to the citee of bloodis, to the pot whos rust is ther ynne, and the rust therof ȝede not out of it; caste thou out itOm. I. bi partis, and bi hise partis; lot felle not on it. For whi the blood therof is in the myddis therof; he schede it out on a ful cleer stoon, he schedde not it out on erthe, that it mai be hilid with dust, that Y schulde bringe in myn indignacioun, and `a vengevenge I. bi veniauncemy veniaunce I.; Y ȝaf the blood therof on a ful cleer stoon, that it schulde not be hilid. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to the citee of bloodis, whos brennyng Y schal make greet; gadere thou togidire boonys, whiche Y schal kyndle with fier; fleischis schulen be wastid, and al the settyng togidere schal be sodun, and boonys schulen faile. Also sette thou it voide on coolis, that the metal therof wexe hoot, and be meltid, and that the filthe therof be wellid togi|dere in the myddis therof, and the rust therof be wastid. It was swat bi myche trauel, and the ouer greet rust therof ȝede not out therof, nether bi fier. Thin vn|clennesse is abhomynable, for Y wolde clense thee, and thou art not clensid fro thi filthis; but nether thou schalt be clensid bifore, til Y make myn indignacioun to reste in thee. Y the Lord spak; it schal come, and Y schal make, Y schal not passe, nethir Y schal spare, nether Y schal be plesid; bi thi weies and bi thi fynd|yngis Y schal deme thee, seith the Lord. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, lo! Y take awei fro thee the desirable thing of thin iȝen in veniaunce, and thou schalt not weile, nether wepe, nether thi teeris schu|len flete doun. Weile thou beynge stille, thou schalt not make mourenyng of deed men; thi coroun be boundun aboute thin heed, and thi schoon schulen be in the feet, nether thou schalt hile the mouth with a cloth, nether thou schalt ete the metis of mourneris. Therfor Y spak to the puple in the morewtid, and my wijf was deed in the euentid; and Y dide in the morewtid, as he hadde comaundid to me. And the puple seide to me, Whi schewist thou not to vs what these thingis signefien, whiche thou doist? And Y seide to hem, The word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Speke thou to the hous of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal defoule my seyntuarie, the pride of ȝoure empire, and the desirabledesiderable I. thing of ȝoure iȝen, and on which ȝoure soule dredith; and ȝoure sones and ȝoure douȝtris, whiche ȝe leften, schu|len falle bi swerd. And ȝe schulen do, as Y dide; ȝe schulen not hile mouthis with cloth, and ȝe schulen not ete the mete of weileris. Ȝe schulen haue corouns in ȝoure heedis, and schoon in the feet; ȝe schulen not weile, nether ȝe schulen wepe, but ȝe schulen faile in wretchidnesse, for ȝoure wickidnessis; and ech man schal weile to his brother. And Ezechiel schal be to ȝou in to a signe of thing to comynge; bi alle thingis whiche he dide, ȝe schulen do, whanne this thing schal come; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. And thou, sone of man, lo! in the dai in which Y schal take awei fro hem the strengthe of hem, and the ioie of dignyte, and the desire of her iȝen, on whiche the soulis of hem resten, caste awei the sones and douȝtristhe douȝtris I. of hem; in that dai whanne a man fleynge schal come to thee, to telle to thee; in that dai sotheli thou schalt opene thi mouth with hym that fledde; and thou schalt speke, and schalt no more be stille; and thou schalt be to hem in to a signe of thing to comynge, and ȝe schu|len witen, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. XXV.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens the sones of Amon, and thou schalt profesie of hem. And thou schalt seie to the sones of Amon, Here ȝe the word of the Lord God; the Lord God seith these thingis, For that that ȝe seiden, Wel! wel! on my seyn|tuarie, for it is defoulid, and on the londhond A pr. m. of Israel, for it is maad desolat, and on the hous of Juda, for thei ben ledleft A pr. m. in to to caitifte; lo! therfor Y schal ȝyue thee the sones of theOm. N. eest in to eritage, and thei schulen sette her foldis in thee, and thei shulen sette her tentis in thee; thei schulen ete thi fruytis, and thei schulen drynke thi mylk. And Y schal ȝyue Ra|bath in to a dwellyng place of camels, and the sones of Amon in to a bed of beestis; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. For the Lord God seith these thingis, For that that thou flappidist with hond, and smytidist with the foot, and ioyedist of al desijr onof S sec. m. the lond of Israel; therfor lo! Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal ȝyue thee in to rauysch|yng of hethene men, and Y schal sle thee fro puplis, and Y schal leese thee, and al to-breke thee fro londis; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that Moab and Seir seiden, Lo! the hous of Juda is asof FGIMNPQSUX. alle folkis; therfor lo! Y schal opene the schuldre of Moab of citees, sotheli of citees therof and of the endis therof, the noble citees of the lond, Bethiesmoth, andOm. IN. Beelmoth, and Cariathaym, to the sones of the eest, with the sones of Amon. And Y schal ȝyue it in to eritage, that mynde of the sones of Amon be no more among hethene men, and in Moab Y schal make domes; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. The Lord GodOm. N. seith these thingis, For that that Ydumee dide ven|iaunce, that it avengide it silf of the sones of Juda, and synnede doynge trespas, and axide greetli veniaunce of hem; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal stretche forth myn hond on Idumee, and Y schal take awei fro it man and beeste, and Y schal make it desert of the south; and thei that ben in Dedan schulen falle bi swerd. And Y schal ȝyue my ven|iaunce on Idumee, bi the hond of my pu|ple Israel; and thei schulen do in Edom bi my wraththe, and bi my strong ven|iaunce; and thei schulen knowe my ven|iaunce, seith the Lord God. TheAnd the I. Lord God seith these thingis, For that that Pa|lestyns diden veniaunce, and auengiden hem silf, with al wille sleynge, and fillynge elde enemytees; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal stretche forth myn hond on Palestyns, and Y schal sle sleeris, and Y schal leese the reme|nauntis of the se coost; and Y schal make grete veniaunces in hem, and Y schal re|preue in strong veniaunce; and thei schu|len wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal ȝyue my veniaunce on hem.

 CAP. XXVI.

And it was doon in the enleuenthe ȝeer, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, for that that Tire seide of Jerusalem, Wel! the ȝatis of puplis ben brokun, itand N. is turned to me; Y schal be fillid, it is forsakun; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Tire, Y on thee; and Y schal make many folkis to stiestiȝe vp I. to thee, as the see flowynge stieth. And thei schulen distrie the wallis of Tire, and thei schulen distrie the touris therof; and Y schal rase the dust therof fro it, and Y schal ȝyue itOm. A. in to a `moost cleretiil I pr. m. stoon. Driyng of nettis schal be in the myddis of the see, for Y spak, seith the Lord God. And Tire schal be in to ra|uysching to hethene men. And the douȝ|tris therof that ben in the feeld, schulen be slayn bi swerd; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. For whi the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bryngesende R sec. m. to Tire Nabugodonosor, theOm. N. king of Babiloyne, fro the north, the kyng of kyngis, with horsis, and charis, and knyȝtis, and with a cumpeny, and greet puple. He schal sle bi swerd thi douȝtris that ben in the feeld, and he schal cum|passe thee with strengthingis, and he schal bere togidere erthe in cumpas. And he schal reise a scheeld aȝens thee, and he schal tempre engynes lijc vineres, and en|gines `that benOm. CEFGHI KMNPQRSUX. clepid wetheris aȝens thi wallis; and he schal distrie thi touris bi his armure. Bi flowynge of his horsis, the dust of tho schal hile thee; thi wallis schulen be mouyd of the soun of knyȝtis, and of wheelis, and of charis; whanne he schal entre bi the ȝatis, as bi entryngis of a citee distried, with the clees of hise horsis he schal defoule alle thi stretis. He shal sle bi swerd thi puple, and thi noble ymagis schulen falle doun in to erthe. Thei schulen waste thi richessis, thei schulen rauysche thi marchaundies; and thei schulen distrie thi wallis, and thei schulen distrie thin housis ful clere, and thi stoonys, and thiOm. A. trees, and thei schulen putte thi dust in the myddis of watris. And Y schal make to reste the multitude of thi syngeris, and the sown of thin harpis schal no more be herd; and Y schal ȝyue thee in to a moost cleer stoon. Thou schalt be driyng of nettis, and thou schalt no more be bildid, for Y the Lord spak, seith the Lord GodOm. N.. The Lord God seithspak F. these thingis of Tire, Whether ilis schulen not be moued of the sown of thi fal, and of weilingthe weiling CEFHIKMQRSU. of thi slayn men, whanne thei ben slayn in the myddis of thee? And alle the princis of the see schulen go doun of her seetis, and thei schulen do awei her mentils, ether spuylisher spuylis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. of slayn enemyes, and thei schulen caste awei her dyuerse clothis, and shulen be clothid with wondringwondringis A.. Thei shulen sitte in the erthe, and thei shulen be astonyed, and theiOm. CEGIKMNPQRSUX. shulen won|dre ofon CEFHIKS. thi sodeyn fal. And thei shulen take weilyng on thee, and schule seie to thee, Hou perischidist thou, noble citee, that dwellist in the see, that were strong in the see with thi dwelleris, whiche dwelleris alle men dredden? Now schippis schulen wondre in the dai of thi drede, and ilis in the see schulen be disturblid, for noon goith out of thee. For the Lord God seith these thingis, Whanne Y schal ȝyue theethee to be I. a citee desolat, as the citees that ben not enhabitid, and Y schal bringe on thee the depthe of watris, and many watris schulen hile thee. And Y schal drawe thee doun with hem that goon doun in to a lake, to the puple euerlast|ynge; and Y schal sette thee in the laste lond, as elde wildirnessis, with hem that ben led doun in to a lake, that thou be not enhabited. Certis whanne Y schal ȝyue glorye in the lond of lyueris, Y schal dryue thee in to nouȝt, and thou schalt not be; and thou schalt be souȝt, and thou schalt no more be foundun with outen ende, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXVII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Therfor thou, sone of man, take weilyng on Tire. And thou schalt seie to Tire, that dwellith in the entryng of the see, to the marchaundie of puplis to many ilis, The Lord God seith these thingis, OA! CEFGHIMNPQRSUX.! Tire, thou seidist, Y am of perfit fairnesse, and Y am set in the herte of the see. Thei that ben in thi coostis that bildiden thee, filliden thi fair|nesse; thei bildiden thee with fir trees of Sanyr, with alle werkis of boordis of the see; thei token a cedre of the Liban, to make a mast to thee. Thei hewiden ookis of Bala in to thin ooris, thei maden to thee thi seetis of roweris of yuer of Ynde, and cabans of the ilis of Italie. Dyuerse biys,`ether whijt silkOm. CHNQY., of Egipt, was wouun to thee in to a veil, that it schulde be set in the mast; iacynct and purpur of the ilis of Elisa weren maad thin hiling. The dwelleris of Sidon andand of IS sec. m. Aradians weren thi roweris; Tire, thi wise men weren maad thi gouernouris. The elde men of Biblos, and the prudent men therof, had|den schipmen to the seruyse of thi dy|uerse araye of houshold; alle the schippis of the see, and the schip men of tho, weren in the puple of thi marchaundie. Perseis, and Lidians, and Libians weren in thin oost; thi men werriours hangiden in thee a scheeld and helm, for thin ournyng. Sones Aradians with thin oost weren on thi wallis in thi cumpas; but also Pigmeis, that weren in thi touris, hangiden her arowe casis inon INS sec. m. thi wallis biin N. cumpas; thei filliden thi fairnesse. Cartagynensis, thi marchauntis, of the multitude of alle richessis filliden thi feiris, with siluer, and irun, with tyn, and leed. Greece, and Tubal, and Mosoch, thei weren thi mar|chauntis, and brouȝten boonde men and brasun vessels to thi puple. Fro the hous of Thogorma thei brouȝten horsis, and horse men, and mulis, to thi chepyng. The sones of Dedan weren thi marchauntis; many ilis the marchaundie of thin hond, chaungiden teeth of yuer, and of heben|nus, in thi prijs. Sirie was thi marchaunt, for the multitude of thi werkis thei set|tiden forth in thi marcat gemme, and pur|pur, and clothis wouun dyuersli at the maner of scheeldis, and bijs, and seelk, and cochod, ether auer de peis. Juda and the lond of Israel weren thi marchauntis in the beste wheete, and settiden forth in thi feiris bawme, and hony, and oile, and resyn. Damassen was thi marchaunt, in the multitude of thi werkis, in the mul|titude of dyuerse richessis, in fat wyn, inand I. wollis of best colour. Dan, and Greece, and Mosel, settiden forth in thi fairis irun maad suteli, gumme ofand AI. and of S. myrre, and cala|mus, that is, a spice swete smellynge, in thi marchaundie. Dedan weren thi mar|chauntis, in tapitis to sitte. Arabie and alle the princes of Cedar, thei weren the marchauntis of thin hond; with lambren, and wetheris, and kidis thi marchauntis camen to thee. The silleris of Saba and of Rema, thei weren thi marchauntis, with alle the beste swete smellynge spices, and preciouse stoon, and gold, which thei set|tiden forth in thi marcat. Aran, and Chenne, and Eden, weren thi marchauntis; Sabba, and Assur, and Chelmath, weren thi silleris. Thei weren thi marchaundis in many maneres, in fardels of iacinct and of clothis of many colours, and of pre|ciouse richessis, that weren wlappid and boundun with coordis. Also schippis of the see hadden cedris in her marchaun|dies; thi princes weren in thi marchaundie; and thou were fillid, and were glorified greetli in the herte of the see. Thi rowers brouȝten thee in many watris, the south wynd al to-brak thee; in the herte of the see weren thi richessis, and thi tresours, and thi many fold instrument. Thi schip men, and thi gouernouris that helden thi purtenaunce of houshold, and weren soue|reyns of thi puple, and thi men werriours that weren in thee, with al thi multitude which is in the myddis of thee, schulen falle doun in the herte of the see, in the dai of thi fallyng. Schippis schulen be disturblid of the sown of the cry of thi gouernours; and alle men that helden oore, schulen go doun of her shippis. Ship|men and alle gouernouris of the see shulen stonde in the lond; and schulen ȝelle on thee with greet vois. And thei shulen cry bitterli, and thei schulen caste poudur on her heedis, and schulen be spreynt with aische. And thei schulen shaue ballid|nesse on thee, and schulen be gird with hairis, and thei schulen biwepe thee in bitternesse of soule, with most bittir wep|yng. And thei schulen take on thee a song of mourenyng, and thei schulen bi|weile thee, Who is as Tire, that was doumb in the myddis of the see? And thou, Tire, fillidist many puplis in the goyng out of thi marchaundies of the see; in the multitude of thi richessis, and of thi puplis, thou madist riche the kingis of erthe. Now thou art al to-brokun of the see, in the depthis of watris. Thi rich|essis and al thi multitude that was in the myddis of thee fellen doun; alle the dwelleris of ilis and the kyngis of tho weren astonyed on thee. Alle thei weren smytun with tempest, and chaungiden cheris; the marchauntis of puplis hiss|iden on thee. Thou art brouȝt to nouȝt, and thou schalt not be til `in toto U. with outen ende.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, seie thou to the prince of Tire, The Lord God seith these thingis, For thin herte was reisid, and thou seidist, Y am God, and Y sat in the chaier of God, in the herte of the see, sithensith I. thou art man and not God, and thou ȝauest thin herte as the herte of God; lo! thou art wisere than Danyel, ech priuetee is not hid fro thee; in thi wisdom and prudence thou madist to thee strengthe, and thou gatist to thee gold and siluer in thi tresouris; in the multitude of thi wisdom, andOm. A. in thi marchaundie thou multipliedist to thee strengthe, and thin herte was reisid in thi strengthe; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For thin herte was reisid as the herte of God, therfor lo! Y schal brynge on thee aliens, the strongeste of hethene. And thei schulen make nakid her swerdis on the fairnesse of thi wis|dom, and thei schulen defoule thi fair|nesse. Thei schulen sle, and drawe doun thee; and thou schalt die bi theOm. I. deth of vncircumcidid men, in the herte of the see. Whether thou schalt seie, and speke, Y am God, bifore hem that sleen thee; sithensith I. thou art a man, and not God? In the hond of hem that sleen thee, bi deth of vncircumcidid men, thou schalt die in the hond of aliens; for Y the Lord spak, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, ThouOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX., sone of man, reise thou weilyng on the kyng of Tire; and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord God seith these thingis, Thou a preentepreentere NS sec. m. of licnesse, ful of wis|dom, perfit in fairnesse, were in delicisthe delicis CFGHIKMNPQRSUX. of paradijs of God. Ech preciouse stoon was thin hilyng, sardius, topacius, and iaspis, crisolitus, and onix, and birille, safire, and carbuncle, and smaragde; also gold was the werk of thi fairnesse, and thin hoolis weren maad redi, in the dai in which thou were maad. Thou were che|rub holdun forth, and hilynge; and Y settide thee in the hooliOm. N. hil of God. In the myddis of stoonus set a fier thou ȝedist, perfit in thi weies fro the dai of thi makyng, til wickidnesse was foundun in thee. In the multitude of thi marchaundie thin ynnere thingis weren fillid of wickid|nesse, and thou didist synne; and Y cast|ide thee out of the hil of God, and, thou cherub hilynge fer, Y loste thee fro the myddis of stoonys set a fier. And thin herte was reisid in thi fairnesse, thou lostist thi wisdom in thi fairnesse. Y cast|ide thee doun in to erthe, Y ȝaf thee bifore the face of kingis, that thei schulden se thee. In the multitude of thi wickid|nessiswickidnesse I pr. m., and in wickidnessethe wickidnesse CEFGHKMPQRSUX. thi wickidnessis IN. of thi mar|chaundie thou defoulidist thin halewyng; therfor Y schal brynge forth fier of the myddis of thee, that schal ete thee; and Y schal ȝyue thee in to aische on erthe, in the siȝt of alle men seynge thee. Alle men that schulen se thee among hethene men, schulen be astonyed on thee; thou art maad nouȝt, and thou schalt not be with outen ende. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens Sidon, and thou schalt profesie of it; and schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to thee, Sidon, and Y schal be glorified in the myddis of thee; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal do domes in it, and Y schal be halewid ther ynne. And Y schal sende pestilence in to it, and blood in the stretis therof, and slayn men bi swerd schulen falle doun in the myddis therof bi cumpas; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. And there schal no more be an hirtyng of bitternesse to the hous of Israel, and a thorn bryngynge in sorewe on ech side bi the cumpas of hem that ben aduersaries to hem; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. The Lord God seith these thingis, Whanne Y schal gadere togidere the hous of Israel fro puplis, among whiche thei ben scaterid, Y schal be halewid in hem bifor hethene men. And thei schulen dwelle in her lond, which Y ȝaf to my seruaunt Jacob. And thei schulen dwelle sikir ther ynne, and thei schulen bilde housis, and thei schulen plaunte vynes, and thei schulen dwelle tristili, whanne Y schal make domes in alle men that ben aduersaries to hem bi cumpas; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God of hem.

 CAP. XXIX.

In the tenthe ȝeer, in the tweluethe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens Farao, king of Egipt; and thou schalt profesie of hym, and of al Egipt. Speke thou, and thou schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to thee, thou Farao, kyng of Egipt, thou grete dragoun, that liggist in the myddis of thi floodis, and seist, The flood is myn, and Y made mysilf. And Y schal sette a bridil in thi chekis, and Y schal glue the fischis of thi floodis to thi scalis; and Y schal drawe thee out of the myddis of thi floodis, and alle thi fischis schulen cleue to thi scalis. And Y schal caste thee forth in to desert, and alle the fischis of thi flood; on the face of erthe thou schalt falle doun, thou schalt not be gaderid, nethir schalt be gaderid togidere; to the beestis of erthe, and to the volatilis of the eir Y ȝaf thee to be deuourid. And alle the dwelleris of Egipt schulen knowe, that Y am the Lord. For that that thou were a staf of rehed to the hous of Israel, whanne thei token thee with hond, and thou were brokun, and to-rentist ech schuldre of hem, and whanne thei rest|iden on thee, thou were maad lesse, and thou hast discoumfortidloosid, ether discoumfortid CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. alle the reynes of hem; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal bringe a swerd on thee, and Y schal sle of thee man and beeste; and the lond of Egipt schal be in to desert, and in to wildirnesse, and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. For that that thou seidist, The flood is myn, and Y made it, therfor lo! Y to thee, and to thi floodis. And YOm. S. schal ȝyue `in toto thee S. wildirnesseswildirnesse A. the lond of Egipt distried bi swerd, fro the tour of Sienes til to the termes of Ethiopie. The foot of man schal not passe bi it, nether the foot of beeste schal go in it, and it schal not be enha|bitid in fourti ȝeer. And Y schal ȝyue the lond of Egipt forsakun, in the myddis of londis forsakun, and the citees therof in the myddis of a citee distried, and tho schulen be desolat bi fourti ȝeer. And Y schal scatere Egipcians in to naciouns, and Y schal wyndewe hem in to londis. For the Lord God seith these thingis, After the ende of fourti ȝeer Y schal ga|dere togidere Egipt fro puplis, among whiche thei weren scaterid; and Y schal bringe aȝen the caitifte of Egipte. And Y schal sette hem in the lond of Phatures, in the lond of her birthe; and thei schulen be there in to a meke rewme, and among othere rewmes it schal be most low, and it schal no more be reisid ouer naciouns. And Y schal make hem lesse, that thei regne not on hethene men; and thei schu|len no more be to the hous of Israel in trist, techinge wickidnesse, that thei fle, and sue hem; and thei schulen knowe, that Y am the Lord God. And it was don in the seuene and twentithe ȝeer, in the firste monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, made his oost to serue bi greet seruyce aȝens Tire; ech heed was maad ballid, and ech schuldir was maad bare of heer, and meede was not ȝoldun of Tire to hym, nether to his oost, for the seruyce bi which he seruede to me aȝens it. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal ȝyue Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, in the lond of Egipt, and he schal take the mul|titude therof; and he schal take in preye the clothis therof, and he schal rauysche the spuylis therof, and meede schal be to his oost, and to the werk for which he seruyde to me aȝens it; and Y ȝaf the lond of Egipt to hym, for that that he trauelide to me, seith the Lord God. In that dai an horn of the hous of Israel schal come forth, and Y schal ȝyue to thee an open mouth in the myddis of hem; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. XXX.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, profesie thou, and seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Ȝelle ȝe, Wo! wo! to the dai, for the dai is niȝ; and the dai of the Lord neiȝith, the dai of a cloude. The tyme of hethene men schal be; and a swerd schal come in to Egipt, and drede schal benot be A pr. m. CEFHI pr. m. K pr. m. MQSU. in Ethiopie, whanne woundid men schulen falle doun in Egipt, and the multitude therof schal be takun awei, and the foun|dementis therof schulen be distried. Ethi|opie, and Libie, and Lidiens, and al the residue comyn puple, and Chub, and the sones of the lond of boond of pees schulen falle doun bi swerd with hem. The Lord God seith these thingis, And thei that vndursetten Egipt schulen falle doun, and the pride of the lordschipe therof schal be destried; fro the tour of Sienes thei schu|len falle bi swerd ther ynne, seith the LordLord God A pr. m. of oostis. And thei schulen be di|stried in the myddis of londis maad deso|lat, and theOm. IN. citees therof schulen be in the myddis of citees forsakun. And thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God, whanne Y schal ȝyue fier in Egipt, and alle the helperis therof schulen be al to|brokun. In that dai messangeris schulen go out fro my face in schippis with thre ordris of ooris, to al to-breke the trist of Ethiopie; and drede schal be in hem in the dai of Egipt, for with out doute it schal come. The Lord God seith these thingis, And I schal make to ceesse the multitude of Egipt in the hond of Nabu|godonosor, king of Babiloyne. He and his puple with hym, the strongeste men of hethene men, schulen be brouȝt, to leese the lond; and thei schulen drawe out her swerdis on Egipt, and thei schulen fille the lond with slayn men. And Y schal make drie the botmes of floodis, and Y schal ȝyue the lond in the hond of the worste men; and I schal distrie the lond, and the fulnesse therof in the hond of aliens; Y the Lord spak. The Lord God seith these thingis, And Y schal leese simylacris, and Y shal make idols to ceesse fro Memphis, and a duyk of the lond of Egipt schal no more be. And Y schal ȝyue drede in the lond of Egipt, and Y schal leese the lond of Phatures. And Y schal ȝyue fier in Tafnys, and Y schal make myOm. A sec. m. domes in Alisaundre. And Y schal schede out myn indignacioun on Pelusyum, the strengthe of Egipt; and Y schal sle the multitude of Alisaundre, and Y schal ȝyue fier in Egipt. Pelusyum, as a wom|man trauelynge of child, schal haue so|rewe, and Alisaundre schal be destried, and in Memphis schulen be ech daies an|gwischisanguish N.. The ȝonge men of Heliopoleos and of Bubasti schulen falle doun bi swerd, and tho citees schulen be led caitifs. And in Thafnys the dai schal wexe blak, whanne Y schal al to-breke there the ceptris of Egipt, and the pride of the power therof schal faile there ynne. A cloude schal hile it; forsothe the douȝ|tris therof schulen be led in to caitifte, and Y schal make domes in Egipt; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the LordLord God NS sec. m.. And it was doon in the enleuenthe ȝeer, in the firste monethe, in the seuenthe dai of the moneth, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou sone of man, Y haue broke the arm of Farao, kyng of Egipt; and lo! it is not wlappid, that helthe schulde be restorid therto, that it schulde be boundun with clothis, and woundun with lynnun clothis, and that heit I. myȝte holde swerd, whanne he hadde resseyued strengthe. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y to Farao, king of Egipt; andOm. IN. Y schal make lesse his strong arm but brokun, and Y schal caste doun the swerd fro his hond. And Y schal scatere Egipt among hethene men, and Y schal wyndewe hem in londis. And Y schal coumforte the armes of the kyng of Babiloyne, and Y schal ȝyue my swerd in the hond of hym; and Y schal breke the armes of Farao, and men slayn bifore his face schulen weile bi weilyngis. And Y schal coumforte the armes of the kyng of Babiloyne, and the armes of Farao schulen falle doun. And thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal ȝyue my swerd in the hond of the kyng of Ba|biloyne; and he schal stretche forth it on the lond of Egipt. And Y schal scatere Egipt in to naciouns, and Y schal wyn|dewe hem in to londis; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. XXXI.

And it was don in the enleuenthe ȝeer, in the thridde moneth, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, seie to Farao, kyng of Egipt, and to his puple, To whom art thou maad lijk in thi greetnesse? Lo! Assur as a cedre in Liban, fair in braunchis, and ful of boowis, and hiȝ bi hiȝnesse; and his heiȝte was reisid among thicke bowis. Watris nurschiden hym, the depthe of watris en|haunside him; hise floodis fletiden out in the cumpas of hise rootis, and he sente out hise strondis to alle the trees of the cuntrei. Therfor his hiȝnesse was en|haunsid ouer alle trees of the cuntrei, and hise trees weren multiplied, and hise braunchis weren reisid, for many watris. And whanne he hadde stretchid forth his schadewe, alle the volatils of the eir maden nestis in hise braunchis; and alle the beestis of forestis gendriden vndur hise boowis, and the cumpeny of ful many folkis dwellide vndur the schadewynge place of hym. And he was ful fair in his greetnesse, and in alargyng of hise trees; for the roote of hym was bisidis many watris. Cedris in the paradijs of God weren not hiȝere than he; fir trees at|teyneden not euenli to the hiȝnesse of hym, and plane trees weren not euene with the boowis of hym. Ech tree of para|dijs of God was not maad lic hym andin A. his fairnesse. For Y made hym fair, and with many and thicke boowis; and alle the trees of lust, that weren in the paradijs of God, hadden enuye to hym. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, For that that he was reisid in hiȝnesse, and he ȝaf his hyȝ|nesse greene and thicke, and his herte was reisid in his hiȝnesse; now Y haue ȝoue hym in to the hondis of the strongeste man of hethene men. And he doynge schal do to that Assur; aftir the vnfeithfulnesse of hym Y castide hym out. And aliens, and the moost cruel men of naciouns, schulen kitte hym doun, and schulen caste hym forth on hillis. And hise braunchis schulen falle doun in alle gretethe grete I. valeis, and hise trees schulen be brokun in alle roochis of stoon of erthe. And alle the puplis of erthe schulen go awei fro his schadewing place, and schulen forsake hym. AlleAlle the I. volatils of the eir dwelliden in the fallyng of hym, and alle beestis of the cuntrei weren in the braunchis of hym. Wherfor alle the trees of watris schulen not be reisid in hir hiȝnesse, nether schu|len sette hir hiȝnesse among places ful of woode, and ful of boowis, and alle trees that ben moistid of watris schulen not stonde in the hiȝnesse of tho. For alle thei ben ȝouun in to deth, to the ferthest lond in the myddis of the sones of men, to hem that goon doun in to the lake. The Lord God seith these thingis, In the dai whanne he ȝede doun to hellis, Yhe N. brouȝte yn mourenyng; Y hilide hym with depthe of watris, and I forbede his flodis, and Y refreynede many watris. The Liban was sori on him, and alle the trees of the feeld weren shakun of the soun of his falling. I mouide togidere hethene men, whanne Y ledde hym doun to helle, with hem that ȝeden doun in to the lake. And alle treestree N. of likyng, noble trees, and ful cleere in the Liban, alle that weren moistid with wa|tris, weren coumfortid in the loweste lond. For whi also thei schulen go doun with hym to helle, to slayn men with swerd; and the arm of ech man schal sitte vndur the schadewyng place of hym, in the myd|dis of naciouns. To whom art thou licned, thou noble and hiȝ among the trees of likyng? Lo! thou art led doun with the trees of likyng to the fertheste lond. In the myddis of vncircumcidid men thou schalt slepe, with hem that ben slayn bi swerd. Thilke is Farao, and alOm. N. the mul|titude of hym, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXXII.

And it was don in the tweluethe ȝeer, in the tweluethe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, take weilyng on Farao, kyng of Egipt, and thou schalt seie to hym, Thou were maad lijk to a lioun of hethene men, and to a dragoun whiche is in the see. And thou wyndewistwyndowidist K sec. m. with horn in thi floodis, and thou disturblidistdisturblist FN. watris with thi feet, andand thou I. defoulidist the floodis of tho. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Y schal spredde abrood my net on thee in the multitude of many puples, and Y schal drawe thee out in my net; and Y schal caste forth thee in to erthe. On the face of the feeld Y schal caste thee awei, and Y schal make alle the volatils of heuene to dwelle on thee, and Y schal fille of thee the beestis of al erthe. And Y schal ȝyue thi fleischis on hillis, and Y schal fille thi litle hillis with thi root; and Y schal moiste the erthe with the stynk of thi blood on mounteyns, and valeis schulen be fillid of thee. And whanne thou schalt be quenchid, Y schal hile heuenes, and Y schal make blak the sterris therof; Y schal kyuere the sunne with a clowde, and the moone schal not ȝyue hir liȝt. YAnd Y I. schal make alle the liȝt ȝyueris of heuene to mourne on thee, and Y schal ȝyue derknessis on thi lond, seith thethi A. Lord God; whanne thi woundid men schu|len falle doun in the myddis of erthe, seith the Lord God. And Y schal terre to wraththe the herte of many puplis, whanne Y schal bringe in thi sorewe among folkis, on londis whiche thou know|ist not. And Y schal make many puplis to wondre on thee, and the kyngis of hem schulen drede with ful greet hidousnesseorrour, or [ether FIKS] hidousnesse CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. on thee, for alle thi wickidnessis whiche thou wrouȝtist, whanne my swerd schal bigynne to flee on the facesface IN. ofon K. hem. And alle men schulen be astonyed sudenli, for her lijf, in the dai of her fallyng. For the Lord God seith these thingis, The swerd of the king of Babiloyne schal come to thee; in swerdis of stronge men Y schal caste doun thi multitude, alle these folkis ben not able to be ouercomun. And thei schulen waste the pride of Egipt, and the multitude therof schal be distried. And Y schal leese alle the beestis therof, that weren on ful many watris; and the foot of a man schal no more troble tho watris, nether the clee of beestis schal troble tho. Thanne Y schal ȝelde the watris of hem clenneste, and Y schal brynge the floodis of hem as oile, seith the Lord God, whanne Y schal ȝyue de|solat the lond of Egipt. Forsothe the lond schal be forsakun of his fulnesse, whanne Y schal smyte alle the dwellers therof; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. It is a weiling, and the douȝtris of hethene men schulen biweile hym; thei schulen biweile hym on Egipt, and thei schulen biweile hym on the multitude therof, seith the Lord God. And it was don in the tweluethe ȝeer, in the fiftenthe dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maadOm. FNX pr. m. to me, and he seide, Sone of man, synge thou a song of weilyng on the multitude of Egipt, and drawe thou doun it the same, and the douȝtris of stronge hethene men to the laste lond, with hem that ȝeden doun in to the lake. In as myche as thou art fairere, go doun, and slepe with vncircumcidid men. In the myddis of slayn men thei schulen falle doun bi swerd; a swerd is ȝouun, and thei drowen it to, and alle the puplis therof. The myȝtieste of stronge men schulen speke to hym, fro the myddis of helle, whiche with her helperis ȝeden doun, and slepten vncircumcidid, and slayn bi swerd. There is Assur, and al his multitude; the sepulcris of hem ben in the cumpas of hymhem IN., alle slayn men, andOm. I. that fellen doun bi swerd, whose sepulcris ben ȝouun in the laste thingis of the lake. And the multitude of hym is maad bi the cumpas of his sepulcre, alle slayn men, and fallynge doun bi swerd, whiche ȝauen sum tyme her ferdfulnesse in the lond of lyu|ynge men. There is Helam, and al the multitude therof bi the cumpas of his se|pulcre; alle these weren slayn, and fall|ynge doun bi swerd, that ȝeden doun vncircumcidid to the laste lond; whiche settiden her drede in the lond of lyuynge men, and baren her schenschipe with hem that goon doun in to the lake. In the myddis of slayn men thei puttiden his bed in alle theOm. IN. puplis of hym; his sepulcre is in the cumpas of hym. Alle these weren vncircumcidid and slayn bi swerd, for thei ȝauen drede in the lond of lyuynge men, and baren her schenschipe with hem that gon doun in to the lake; thei ben set in the myddis of slayn men. There ben Mosoch and Tubal, and al the multitude therof; the sepulcris therof ben in the cumpasse therof. Alle these men vncir|cumcidid weren slayn, and fallynge doun bi swerd, for thei ȝauen her drede in the lond of lyuynge men. And thei schulen not slepe with stronge men, and fallynge doun, and vncircumcidid, that ȝeden doun in to helle with her armuris, and puttiden her swerdis vndur her heedis. And the wickidnessis of hem weren in the boonys of hem, for thei weren maad the drede of stronge men in the lond of lyuynge men. And thou therfor schalt be al to-fouliddefoulid IN. in the myddis of vncircumcidid men, and schalt slepe with hem that ben slayn biwith I. swerd. There is Idumee, and the kingis therof, and alle duykis therof, that ben ȝouun with her oost, with men slayn bi swerd, and which slepten with vncircum|cidid men, and with hem that ȝeden doun in to the lake. There ben alle princes of the north, and alle hunteris, that weren led forth with slayn men, that ben dred|inge and schent in her strengthe, which slepten vncircumcidid with men slayn bi swerd, and baren her schenschipe with hem that ȝeden doun in to the lake. Fa|rao siȝ hem, and was coumfortid on al his multitude that was slayn bi swerd. And Farao and al his oost, seith the Lord God, baren her schenschipe with hem that ȝeden doun in to the lake; for he ȝaf his drede in the lond of lyuynge men. And Farao and al his multitude slepte in the myddis of vncircumcidid men, with men slayn bi swerd, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXXIII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, speke to the sones of thi puple, and thou schalt seie to hem, A lond whanne Y bringe in a swerd on it, and the puple of the lond takithtake N. o man of hise laste men, and makith hym aspierea biholdere, ether aspiere CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. on hym, and he seeth a swerd comynge on the lond, and sowneth with a clarioun, and tellith to the puple, forsothe a man that herith, who euer he is, the sowne of the clarioun, and kepith not him silf, and the swerd cometh, and takith hym awei, the blood of hym schal be on the heed of hym. He herde the sown of theOm. I. clarioun, and kepte not hym silf, his blood schal be in hym; forsothe if he kepith hym silf, he schal saue his lijf. That if thehe F. aspierebiholdere CEFGHIK MNPQRSUX. seeth a swerd comynge, and sowneth not with a clarioun, and the puple kepith not hym silf, and the swerd cometh, and takith awei a man of hem, sotheli he is takun in his wickidnesse; but Y schal seke the blood of hym of the hond of theOm. ENRU. aspiere. And, thou, sone of man, Y ȝaf thee aspierea lookere C pr. m. an ouerseer C sec. m. marg. a lookere, ether aspiere EFGIKMNPQRSUXY. to the hous of Israel; therfor thou schalt here of my mouth a word, and schalt telle to hem of me. If whanne Y seie to the wickid man, Thou, wickid man, schalt die bi deth, thou spekist not, that the wickid man kepe hym silf fro his weie, thilke wickid man schal die in his wickidnesse, but Y schal seke his blood of thin hond. Forsothe if whanne thou tellist to the wickid man, that he be conuertid fro his weies, he is not conuertid fro his weie, he schal die in his wickidnesse; certis thou hast delyuered thi soule. Therfore thou, sone of man, seie to the hous of Israel, Thus ȝe spaken, seiynge, Oure wickid|nessis and oure synnes ben on vs, and we failen in tho; hou therfor moun we lyue? seie thou to hem, Y lyue, seith the Lord God, Y nylewile not I. the deth of the wickid man, but that the wickid man be conuertid fro his weie, and lyue; be ȝe conuertid fro ȝoure worste weies, and whi schulen ȝe die, the hous of Israel? Therfor thou, sone of man, seie to the sones of thi pu|ple, The riȝtfulnesse of a riȝtful man schal not delyuere hym, in whateuer dai he do|ith synne; and the wickidnesse of a wickid man schal not anoye him, in what euere dai he is conuertid fro his wickidnesse; and a iust man schal not mowe lyue in his riȝtfulnesse, in what euer dai he doith synne. Also if Y seie to a iust man, that he schal lyue bi lijf, and he tristith in his riȝtfulnesse, and doith wickidnesse, alle his riȝtfulnessis schulen be ȝouun to forȝetyng, and in his wickidnesse which he wrouȝte, in that he schal die. For|sothe if Y seie to the wickid man, Thou schalt die bi deth, and he doith penaunce for his synne, and doith dom and riȝtful|nesse, and if thilke wickid man restorith a wed, and ȝeldith raueyn, and goith inin the I. comaundementis of lijf, and doith not ony vniust thing, he schal lyue bi lijf, and schal not die. Alle hise synnes which he synnede, schulen not be arettid to hym; he dide doom and riȝtfulnesse, he schal lyue bi lijf. And the sones of thi puple seiden, The weie of the Lord is not eueneof euene FHIKMNQSUX. weiȝte; and the weie of hem is vniust. For whanne a iust man goith awei fro his riȝtfulnesse, and doith wick|idnessis, he schal die in tho; and whanne a wickid man goith awei fro his wickid|nesse, and doith dom and riȝtfulnes, he schal lyue in tho. And ȝe seien, The weie of the Lord is not riȝtful. Y schal deme ech man bi hise weies of ȝou, the hous of Israel. And it was doon in the tweluethe ȝeer, in the tenthe monethe, in the fyuethe dai of the monethe of our passyng ouer, he that fledde fro Jerusalem cam to me, and seide, The citee is distried. Forsothe the hond of the Lord was maad to me in the euentid, bifore that he cam that fledde, and he openyde my mouth, til he cam to me eerli; and whanne my mouth was openyd, Y was no more stille. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, thei that dwellen in `thingis in poynt to falle dounthese rynouse thingis CEFGHIKMNPQRS sec. m. UX. ether redi to falle doun K marg. these gryuouse thingis S pr. m. on the erthe of Israel, seien, spekynge, Abraham was oon, and bi eritage he hadde the lond in possessioun; forsothe we ben manye, the lond is ȝouun to vs in to pos|sessioun. Therfor thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Whe|ther ȝe that eten in blood, and reisen ȝoure iȝen to ȝoure vnclennessis, and scheden blood, schulen haue in possessioun the lond bi eritage? Ȝe stoden in ȝoure swerdis, ȝe diden ȝoure abhomynaciouns, and ech man defoulide the wijf of his neiȝbore; and schulen ȝe welde the lond bi eritage? Thou schalt seie these thingis to hem, Thus seith the Lord God, Y lyue, for thei that dwellen in `thingis redi to falle dounruinous thingis, ether redi to falle doun CEFGHKMNPQSUXY. ruynouse thingis, ether redi to falle I. ruinouse thinges R., schulen falle doun bi swerd, and he that is in the feld, schal be ȝouun to beestis to be deuourid; but thei that ben in stronge holdis and in dennes, schu|len die bi pestilence. And Y schal ȝyue the lond in to wildirnesse, and in to de|sert, and the pryde and strengthethe strengthe I. therof schal faile; and the hillis of Israel schulen be maad desolat, for noon is that schal passe bi tho. And thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal ȝyue her lond desolat and desert, for alle her abho|mynaciouns whiche thei wrouȝten. And thou, sone of man, the sones of thi puple that speken of thee bisidis wallis, and in the doris of housis, and seien, oon to an other, a man to his neiȝbore, and speken, Come ȝe, and here we, what is the word goynge out fro the Lord; and thei comen to thee, as if my puple entrith, and my puple sitten bifore thee, and thei heren thi wordis, and doon not tho; for thei turnen tho in to the song of her mouth, and her herte sueth her auerice; and it is to hem as a song of musik, which is songun bi soft and swete sown; and thei heren thi wordis, and thei doon not tho; and whanne that that iswas N. bifore seide comethcome A., for lo! it cometh, thanne thei schulen wite, that `profetis werena profete was A pr. m. EFGHIKMNPQRSUX. Y a profete C. among hem.

 CAP. XXXIV.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Sone of man, profesie thou of the schepherdis of Israel, profesie thou; and thou schalt seie to the schep|herdis, The Lord God seith these thingis, Wo to the schepherdis of Israel, that fed|den hym silf; whether flockis ben not fed of schepherdis? Ȝe eeten mylk, and weren hilid with wollis, and ȝe killiden that that was fat; but ȝe fedden not my floc. Ȝe maden not sad that that was vnstidfast, and ȝe maden not hool that thatOm. I. was sijknot syik F pr. m. S.; ȝe bounden not that that was brokun, and ȝe brouȝten not aȝen that that was cast awei, and ȝe souȝten not that that perischide; but ȝe comaundiden to hem with sturnenesse, and with power. And my scheep weren scaterid, for no sheepherde was; and thei weren maad in to deuouryng of alle beestis of the feeld, and thei weren scaterid. My flockis err|iden in alle mounteyns, and in ech hiȝ hil, and my flockis weren scaterid on al the face of erthe, and noon was that souȝte. Therfor, scheepherdis, here ȝe the word of the Lord; Y lyue, seith the Lord GodOm. A pr. m. CEFGHIKMNPQSU pr. m. X., for whi for that that my flockis ben maad in to raueyn, and my scheep in to deuouryng of alle beestis of the feeld, for that that no scheepherde was, for the scheepherdis souȝten not my floc, but the scheepherdis fedden hem silf, and fedden not my flockis; therfor, scheepherdis, here ȝe the word of the Lord, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y my silfOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUX. am ouer scheepherdis; Y schal seke my floc of the hond of hem, and Y schal make hem to ceesse, that thei fede no more my flok, and that theOm. I. scheep|herdis feede no more hem silf. And Y schal delyuere my floc fro the mouth of hem, and it schal no more be in to mete to hem. For the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y my silf schal seke my scheep, and Y schal visite hem. As a scheepherde visitith his floc, in the dai whanne he is in the myddis of hise scheep `that benOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. scaterid, so Y schal visite my scheep; and Y schal delyuere hem fro alle places in whiche thei weren scaterid, in the dai of cloude, and of derknesse. And Y schal leede hem out of puplis, and Y schal gadere hem fro londis, and Y schal brynge hem in to her lond, and Y schal feede hem in the hillis of Israel, in ryueris, and in alle seetis of erthe. Y schal feede hem in moost plen|teouse pasturis, and the lesewis of hem schulen be in the hiȝOm. N. hillis of Israel; there thei schulen reste in greene eerbis, and in fatte lesewis thei schulen be fed on the hillis of Israel. Y schal fede my scheep, and Y schal make hem to ligge, seith the Lord God. I schal seke that that pe|rischide, and Y schal brynge aȝen that that was cast awei; and Y schal bynde that that was brokun, and Y schal make sad that that was sijk; and YOm. N. schal kepe that that wasis CEF HIKMQRSU. fat and strong; and Y schal feede hem in doom; forsothe ȝe ben my flockis. The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y deme bitwixe beeste and beeste, and a wethir and a buc of geet. Whether it was not enowȝ to ȝou to de|uoure good pasturis? Ferthermore and ȝe defouliden with ȝoure feet the remenauntis of ȝoure lesewis, and whanne ȝe drunken clereste watir, ȝe disturbliden the residue with ȝoure feet. And my scheep weren fed with thothese CEFHGIKMNPQRSUX. thingis that weren defoulid with ȝoure feet; and thei drunken these thingis, that ȝoure feet hadden troblid. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis to ȝou, Lo! Y my silf deme bitwixe a fat beeste and a leene beeste. For that that ȝe hurliden with sidis, and schuldris, and wyndewiden with ȝoure hornes alle sike beestis, til tho weren scaterid without|forth, I schal saue my floc, and it schal no more be in to raueyn. And Y schal deme bitwixe beeste and beeste; and Y schal reise on thothee N. the S sec. m. oa S. sheepherde, my ser|uaunt Dauid, that schal fede tho; he schal fede thothem I., and he schal be `in toOm. I. a sheep|herde to hem. Forsothe Y the Lord schal be in to God to hem, and my seruaunt Dauid schal be prince in the myddis of hem; Y the Lord spak. And Y schal make with hem a couenaunt of pees, and Y schal make worste beestis to ceesse fro erthe; and thei that dwellen in desert, schulen slepe sikur in forestis. And Y schal sette hemhem to be I. blessyng in the cumpas of my litle hil, and Y schal lede doun reyn in his tyme. And reynes of blessyng schulen be, and the tre of the feeld schal ȝyue his fruyt, and the erthe schal ȝyue his seed. And thei schulen be in her lond with out drede; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal al to-breke the chaynes of her ȝok, and schalY schal FIN. delyuere hem fro the hond of hem that comaunden to hem. And thei schu|len no more be in to raueyn in to hethene men, nether the beestis of erthe schulen deuoure hem, but thei schulen dwelle tristili with outen ony drede. And Y schal reise to hem a iust buriownyng named; and thei schulen no more be maad lesse for hunger in erthe, and thei schulen no more bere the schenschipisschenschip N. of hethene men. And thei schulen wite, that Y am her Lord God with hem, and thei ben my puple, the hous of Israel, seith the Lord God. Forsothe ȝe my flockis ben men, the flockis of my lesewe; and Y am ȝoure Lord God, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XXXV.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, sette thi face aȝens the hil of Seir; and thou schalt profesie to it, and thou schalt seie to it, The Lord God seith these thingis, Thou hil of Seir, lo! Y to thee; Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal ȝyue thee desolat and forsakun. Y schal distrie thi citees, and thou schalt be forsakun; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord. For thou were an enemye euer|lastynge, and closidist togidere the sonis of Israel in to the hondis of swerd, in the tyme of her turment, in the tyme of the laste wickidnesse; therfor Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for Y schal ȝyue thee to blood, and blood schal pursue thee; and sithen thou hatidist blood, blood schal pursue thee. And Y schal ȝyue the hil of Seir desolat and forsakun, and Y schal take awei fro it a goere and a comere aȝen; and Y schal fille the hillis therof with the careyns of her slayn men. Men slayn by swerd schulen falle doun in thi litle hillis, and in thi valeys, and in thiOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. strondis. Y schal ȝyue thee in to euer|lastynge wildirnessis, and thi citees schu|len not be enhabitid; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God. For thou seid|ist, Twei folkis and twei londis schulen be myne, and Y schal welde tho bi eri|tage, whanne the Lord was there; ther|for Y lyue, seith the Lord God, for Y schal do bi thi wraththe, and bi thin enuye, which thou didist, hatinge hem, and Y schal be made knowun bi hem, whanne Y schal deme thee; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord. Y herde alle thi schenschipis, whiche thou spakist of the hillis of Israel, and seidist, The hillis of Israel ben forsakun, and ben ȝouun to vs, for to deuoure. And ȝe han rise on me with ȝoure mouth, and ȝe han deprauyd aȝens me; Y herde ȝoure wordis. The Lord God seith these thingis, While al the lond is glad, Y schal turne thee in to wildernesse. As thou haddist ioie on the eritage of the hous of Israel, for it was distried, so Y schal do to thee; the hil of Seir schal be distried, and al Ydumee; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. XXXVI.

Forsothe thou, sone of man, profesie on the hillis of Israel; and thou schalt seie, Hillis of Israel, here ȝe the word of the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that the enemy seide of ȝou, Wel! euerlastyng hiȝnessis ben ȝouun to vs in to eritage; therefore profesie thou, and seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that ȝe ben maad desolat, and defoulid bi cumpas, and ben maad in to eritage to othere folkis, and ȝe stieden on the lippe of tunge, and on the schen|schipe of puple; therfor, hillis of Israel, here ȝe the word of the Lord God. The Lord God seith these thingis to the moun|teyns, and litle hillis, to strondis, and to valeis, and to peecis of wallis left, and to citees forsakun, that ben maad bare of puplis, and ben scorned of othere folkis bi cumpas; therfore the Lord God seith these thingis, For in the fier of my fer|uour Y spak of othere folkis, and of al Idumee, that ȝauen my lond in to eritage to hem silf with ioie `and al herte, and of entent, and castiden out it, to distrie it; therfor profesie thou on the erthe of Is|rael, and thou schalt seie to mounteyns, and litle hillis, to the hiȝnesse of hillis, and to valeis, The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that ȝe ben desolat, lo! Y spak in my feruour and in my strong veniaunce. For that that ȝe suffriden schen|schipe of hethene men; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y reiside myn hond aȝens hethene men, that ben in ȝoure cumpas, that thei bere her schenschipe. Forsothe, ȝe hillis of Israel, brynge forth ȝoure braunchis, and bringe ȝe fruit to my puple Israel; for it is niȝ that it come. For lo! Y to ȝou, and Y schal turne to ȝou, and ȝe schulen be erid, and schulen take seed. And in ȝou I schal multiplie men, and al the hous of Israel; and citees schulen be enhabitid, and ruynouse thingis schulen be reparelid. And Y schal fille ȝou with men and beestis, and thei schulen be mul|tiplied, and schulen encreesse; and Y schal make ȝou to dwelle asOm. N. at the bigynnyng, and Y schal rewarde with more goodis than ȝe hadden at the bigynnyng; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And Y schal brynge men on ȝou, my puple Israel, and bi eritage thei schulen welde thee, and thou schalt be to hem in to eri|tage; and thou schalt no more leie to, that thou be with out hem. The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that thei seien of ȝou, Thou art aOm. N. deuouresse of men, and stranglist thi folk; therfor thou schalt no more ete men, and thou schalt no more slelese Q. thi folk, seith thethe U. Lord God. And Y schal no more make herd in thee the schenschipe of hethene men, and thou schalt no more bere the schenschipeschenschipis N. of puplis, and thou schalt no more leese thi folk, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, the hous of Israel dwelliden in her lond, and thei defouliden it in her weies, and in her studies; bi the vnclennesse of a womman in rotun blood the weie of hem is maad bifor me. And Y schedde out myn indignacioun on hem, for blood which thei schedden on the lond, and in her idols thei defouliden it. And Y scateride hem among hethene men, and thei weren wyndewid toin to CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. londis; Y demede hem bi the weies and fyndyngis of hem. And thei entriden to hethene men, to whiche thei entriden, and defouliden myn hooli name, whanne it was seid ofto I. hem, This is the puple of the Lord, and thei ȝeden out of the lond of hym. And Y sparide myn hooli name, which the hous of Israel hadde defoulid among hethene men, to whiche thei entriden. Therfor thou schalt seie to the hous of Israel, The Lord God seith these thingis, OA! CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.! ȝe hous of Israel, not for ȝou Y schal do, but for myn hooli name, which ȝe defouliden among hethene men, to whiche ȝe en|triden. And Y schal halewe my greet name, which is defoulid among hethene men, whiche ȝe defouliden in the myddis of hem; that hethene men wite, that Y am the Lord, seith the Lord of oostis, whanne Y schal be halewid in ȝou before hem. For Y schal take awei ȝou fro he|thene men, and Y schal gadere ȝou fro alle londis, and Y schal brynge ȝou in to ȝoure lond. And Y schal schedeheelde I. out clene wa|tir on ȝou, and ȝe schulen be clensid fro alle ȝoure filthis; and Y schal clense ȝou fro alle ȝoure idols. And Y schal ȝyue to ȝou a newe herte, and Y schal sette a newe spirit in the myddis of ȝou; and Y schal do awei an herte of stoon fro ȝoure fleisch, and Y schal ȝyue to ȝou an herte of fleisch, and Y schal sette my spirit in the myddis of ȝou. And Y schal make that ȝe go in my comaundementis, and kepe and worche my domes. And ȝe schulen dwelle in the lond, whiche Y ȝaf to ȝoure fadris; and ȝe schulen be in to a puple to me, and Y schal be in to aOm. CEFGHIKMN sec. m. PQRSUX. God to ȝou. And Y schal saue ȝou fro alle ȝoure filthis; and Y schal clepe wheete, and Y schal multi|plie it, and Y schal not put hungur on ȝou. And Y schal multiplie the fruyt of tree, and the seedis of the feeld, that ȝe bere no more the schenschipe of hungur among hethene men. And ȝe schulen haue mynde on ȝoure worste weies, and on stu|dies not goode; and ȝoure wickidnessis, and ȝoure grete trespassis schulen displese ȝou. Not for ȝou Y schal do, seith the Lord God, be it knowun to ȝou; OA! CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.! the hous of Israel, be ȝe schent, and be ȝeOm. SX. aschamed on ȝoure weies. The Lord God seith these thingis, In the dai in which Y schal clense ȝou fro alle ȝoure wickid|nessis, and Y schal make citees to be en|habitid, and Y schal reparele ruynouse thingis, and the desert lond schal be tilid, that was sum tyme desolat, bifor the iȝen of ech weiegoere, thei schulen seie, Thilke lond vntilid is maad as a gardyn of lik|yng, and citees forsakun and destitute and vndur myned saten maad strong; and hethene men, whiche euer ben left in ȝoure cumpas, schulen wite, that Y the Lord haue bildid distried thingis, and Y haue plauntid vntilid thingis; Y the Lord spak, and Y dide. The Lord God seith these thingis, Ȝit in this thing the hous of Israel schulen fynde me, that Y do to hem; Y schal multiplie hem as the flocfolk A pr. m. EFGHMNPQSU. of men, as an hooli floc, as the floc of Jerusalem in the solempnytees therof, so the citees that benOm. CEFGHIMNPQRSUX. Om. K pr. m. shulen be K sec. m. forsakun, schulenand schulen CEFHIKMQRSU. be fulle of the flockis of men; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord.

 CAP. XXXVII.

The hond of the Lord was maad on me, and ledde me out in theOm. I. spirit of the Lord; and he lefte me in the myddis of a feeld that was ful of boonys; and he ledde me aboute bi tho in cumpas. For|sothe tho weren ful manye on the face of the feeld, and drie greetli. And he seide to me, Gessist thou, sone of man, whether these boonys schulen lyue? And Y seide, Lord God, thou wost. And he seide to me, Profesie thou of these boonys; and thou schalt seie to thohem I., Ȝe drie boonys, hereheerith IN. here ȝe U. the word of the Lord. The Lord God seith these thingis to these boonys, Lo! Y schal sende in to ȝou a spirit, and ȝe schulen lyue. And Y schal ȝyue synewis on ȝou, and Y schal make fleischis to wexe on ȝou, and Y schal stretche forth aboueOm. E. aOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. skyn in ȝou, and Y schal ȝyue a spirit to ȝou, and ȝe schulen lyue; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. And Y pro|fesiede, as he comaundide to me; forsothe a sown was maad, while Y profesiede, and lo! a stiryng togidere, and boonys camenneiȝiden CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. to boonys, ech to his ioynture. And Y siȝ, and lo! synewissinewis CR. nervis, ether sinwes EFGHKMNPQSUXY. and fleischis `wexeden vponstieden on CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. tho, and skyn was stretchid forth aboue in hem, and tho hadden no spirit. And he seide to me, Profesie thou to the spirit, profesie thou, sone of man; and thou schalt seie to the spirit, The Lord GodOm. N. seith these thingis, Come, thou spirit, fro foure wyndis, and blowe thou on these slayn men, and lyue thei aȝen. And Y profesiede, as he comaundide to me; and the spirit entride in to thothe IU. boonys, and thei lyueden, and stodenstiede N. on her feet, a ful greet oost. And the Lord seide to me, Thou sone of man, alle these boonys is the hous of Israel; thei seien, Oure boonys drieden, and oure hope perischide, and we ben kit awei. Therfor profesie thou, and thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal opene ȝoure graues, and Y schal lede ȝou out of ȝoure sepulcris, my puple, and Y schal lede ȝou in to ȝoure lond Israel. And ȝe schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, whanne Y schal opene ȝoure sepulcris, and schal lede ȝou out of ȝoure biriels, my puple; and Y schal ȝyue my spirit in ȝou, and ȝe schulen lyue. And Y schal make ȝou for to reste on ȝoure lond; and ȝe schulen wite, that Y the Lord spak, and dide, seith the Lord God. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, And thou, sone of man, take to thee o tree, and write thou on it, To Juda, and to the sones of Israel, and to hise felowis. And take thou an other tree, and write on it, Joseph, the tree of Effraym, and of al the hous of Israel, and of hise felowis. And ioyne thou tho trees oon to the tother in to o tree to thee; and tho schulen be in to onement in thin hond. Sotheli whanne the sones of thi puple that speken, schulen seie to thee, Whether thou schewist not to vs, what thou wolt to thee in these thingis? thou schalt speke to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal take the tree of Joseph, which is in the hond of Effraym, and the lynagis of Israel, that ben ioyned to hymhem U., and Y schal ȝyue hem togidere with the tree of Juda; and Y schal make hem in to oOm. N. tree, and thei schulen be oon in the hond of hym. Sotheli the trees, on whiche thou hast write, schulen be in thin hond bifore the iȝen of hem. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal take the sones of Israel fro the myddis of naciouns, to whiche thei ȝeden forth; and Y schal gadere hem to|gidere on ech side. And Y schal brynge hem to her lond, and Y schal make hem o folcflock N. in the lond, in the hillis of Israel, and o kyng schal be comaundynge to alle; and thei schulen no more be twei folkis, and thei schulen no more be departid in to twey rewmes. And thei schulen no more be defoulid in her idols, and her abhomynaciouns, and in alle her wickid|nessis. And Y schal make hem saaf fro alle her seetis, in which thei synneden, and Y schal clense hem; and thei schulen be a puple to me, and Y schal be God to hem. And my seruaunt Dauid schal be kyng on hem, and o scheepherde schal be of alle hem; thei schulen go in my domes, and thei schulen kepe my comaundementis, and schulen do tho. And thei schulen dwelle on the lond, which Y ȝaf to my seruaunt Jacob, in which ȝoure fadris dwelliden; and thei schulen dwelle on that lond, thei, and the sones of hem, and the sones of her sones, til in to with outen ende; and Dauid, my seruaunt, schal be theOm. N. prince of hem with outen ende. And Y schal smyte to hem a boond of pees; it schal be a couenaunt euerlast|ynge to hem, and Y schal founde hem, and Y schal multiplie, and Y schal ȝyue myn halewing in the myddis of hem with outen ende. And my tabernacle schal be among hem, and Y schal be God to hem, and thei schulen be a puple to me. And hethene men schulen wite, that Y am the Lord, halewere of Israel, whanne myn halewyng schal be in the myddis of hem with outen ende.

 CAP. XXXVIII.

And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide, Thou, sone of man, Sette thi face aȝens Gog, and aȝens the lond of Magog, the prince of the heed of Mosoch and of Tubal; and profesie thou of hym. And thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord God seith these thingis, A! Gog, lo! Y to thee, prince of the heed of Mosoch and of Tubal; and Y schal lede thee aboute, and Y schal sette a bridil in thi chekis, and Y schal leede out thee, and al thin oost, horsis, and horsmen, alle clothid with haburiouns, a greet multitude of men, takynge spere, and scheeld, and swerd. Perseis, Ethiopiens, and Libiens with hem, alle ben araied with scheeldis and helmes. Gomer, and alle the cum|penyes of hym, the hous of Togorma, the sidis of the north, and al the strengthe therof, and many puplis ben with thee. Make redi, and araye thee, and al thi multitude which is gaderid to thee, and be thou in to comaundement to hem. Aftir many daies thou schalt be visitid, in the laste of ȝeeris thou schalt come to the lond, that turnede aȝen fro swerd, and was gaderid of many puplis, to the hillis of Israel that weren desert ful ofte; this was led out of puplis, and alle men dwellide tristili ther ynne. Forsothe thou schalt stiestie vp I., and schalt come as a tempest, and as a cloude, for to hile the lond, thou, and alle thi cumpanyes, and many puplis with thee. The Lord God seith these thingis, In that dai wordis schulen stie on thin herte, and thou schalt thenke the worste thouȝt; and schalt seie, Y schal stiestie vp I. to the lond with out wal, andOm. I. Y schal come to hem that resten and dwellen sikirli; alle these dwellen with out wal, barris and ȝatis ben not to hem; that thou rauysche spuylis, and asaile prei; that thou brynge in thin hond on hem that weren forsakun, and afterward re|storid, and on the puple which is gaderid of hethene men, that bigan to welde, and to be enhabitere of the nawle of erthe. Saba, and Dedan, and the marchauntis of Tharsis, and alle the liouns therof schulen seie to thee, Whether thou comest to take spuylis? Lo! to rauysche prey thou hast gaderid thi multitude, that thou take awei gold and siluer, and do awei purtenaunce of houshold and catel, and that thou rauysche preyes with out noumbre. Ther|for profesie thou, sone of man; and thou schalt seie to Gog, The Lord God seith these thingis, Whether not in that dai, whanne my puple Israel schal dwelle tristili, thou schalt wite; and schalt come fro thi place, fro the sidis of the north, thou, and many puplis with thee, alle stieris of horsis, a greet cumpany, and an huge oost; and thou as a cloude schalt stie on my puple Israel, that thou hile the erthe? Thou schalt be inon N. the laste daies, and Y schal brynge thee on my lond, that my folkis wite, whanne Y schal be ha|lewid in thee, thou Gog, bifor the iȝen of them. The Lord God seith these thingis, Therfor thou art he of whom Y spak in elde daies, in the hond of my seruauntis, profetis of Israel, that profesieden in the daies of tho tymes, that Y schulde bringe thee on hem. And it schal be, in that dai, in the dai of the comyng of Gog on the lond of Israel, seith the Lord God, myn indignacioun schal stie in my strong veniaunce, and in my feruour; Y spak in the fier of my wraththe. For in that dai schal be grete mouyng on the lond of Israel; and fischis of the see, and beestis of erthe, and briddis of the eir, and ech crepynge beeste which is mouyd on erthe, and alle men that ben on the face of erthe, schulen be mouyd fro my face; and hillis schulen be vndurturned, and heggis schu|len falle doun, and ech wal schal falle doun in to erthethe erthe IS..

 CAP. XXXIX.

And Y schal clepe togidere a swerd aȝens hym in alle myn hillis, seith the Lord God; the swerd of ech man schal be dressid aȝens his brother. And thanne Y schal deme hym bi pestilence, and blood, and greet reyn, and bi greet stoonys; Y schal reyn fier and brymstoon on hym, and on his oost, and on many puplis that ben with hym. And Y schal be magne|fied, and YOm. A. shal be halewid, and Y shal be knowun bifore the iȝen of many folkis; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. But profesie thou, sone of man, aȝens Gog; and thou schalt seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y on thee, thou Gog, prince of the heed of Mosoch and of Tubal. And Y schal lede thee aboute, and Y schal disseyue thee, and Y schal make thee to stiestie vp I. fro the sidis of the north, and Y schal brynge thee on the hillis of Israel. And Y schal smyte thi bouwe in thi left hond, and Y schal caste doun thin arowis fro thi riȝt hond. Thou schalt falle doun on the hillis of Israel, thou, and alle thi cumpenyes, and puplis that ben with thee; Y ȝaf thee for to be deuourid to wielde beestis, to briddis, and to ech volatil, and to the beestis of erthethe erthe IS.. Thou schalt falle doun on the face of the feeld; for Y the Lord haue spoke, seith the Lord God. And Y schal sende fier in Magog, and in hem that dwellen tristili in ilis; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God of Israel. And Y schal make myn hooli name knowun in the myddis of my puple Israel, and Y schal no more defoule myn hooli name; and hethene men schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God, the hooli of Israel. Lo! it cometh, and it is don, seith the Lord God. This is the day of which Y spak. And dwelleris schulen go out of the citees of Israel, and thei schulen set a fier, and schulen brenne armuris, scheeld and spere, bouwe and arowis, and stauys of hond, and schaftis with out irun; and thei schulen brenne tho in fier bi seuene ȝeer. And thei schulen not bere trees of cuntries, nether schulen kitte doun of forestis, for thei schulen brenne armu|ris bi fier; and thei schulen take preies of hem, to whichewhom I. thei weren preies, and thei schulen rauysche her wasteris, seith the Lord God. And it schal be in that dai, Y schal ȝyue to Gog a named place, a sepulcre in Israel, the valei of weigoeris at the eest of the see, that schal make hem that passen forth for to wondre; and thei schulen birie there Gog, and al the multitude of hym, and it schal be clepid the valei of the multitude of Gog. And the hous of Israel schulen birie hem, that thei clense the lond in seuene monethis. Forsothe al the puple of the lond schal byrie hym, and it schal be a named dai to hem, in which Y am glorified, seith the Lord God. And thei schulen ordeyne bi|sili men cumpassynge the lond, that schu|len birie and seke hem that weren left on the face of the lond, that thei clense it. Forsothe aftir seuene monethis thei schu|len bigynne to seke, and thei schulen cum|pas goynge aboute the lond; and whanne thei schulen se the boon of a man, thei schulen sette a `notable signetitle, ether [or I] a notable signe CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. bisidis it, til the birieris of careyns birie it in the valei of the multitude of Gog. Sotheli the name of the cite is Amona; and thei schulen clense the lond. Forsothe, thou, sone of man, the Lord God seith these thingis, Seie thou to ech brid, and to alle foulis, and to alle beestis of the feeld, Come ȝe to gidere, and haste ȝe, renne ȝe togidere on ech side to my sacrifice, which Y sle to ȝou, a greet sacrifice on the hillis of Israel, that ȝe ete fleischis and drynke blood. Ȝe schulen ete the fleischis of stronge men, and ȝe schulen drynke the blood of prynces of erthe, of wetheris, of lambren, and of buckis of geet, and of bolis, and of beestis maad fat, and of alle fat thingis. And ȝe schulen ete the yn|nere fatnesse in to fulnesse, and ȝe schulen drynke the blood in to drunkenesse, of the sacrifice which Y schal sle to ȝou. And ȝe schulen be fillid on my boord, of hors, and of strong horse man, and of alle men werriours, seith the Lord God. And Y schal sette my glorie among hethene men, and alle hethene men schulen se my doom, which Y haue do, and myn hond, which Y haue set on hem. And the hous of Israel schulen wite, that Y am her Lord God, fro that dai and afterward. And he|then men schulen wite, that the hous of Israel is takun in her wickidnesse, for that that thei forsoken me; and Y hidde my face fro hem, and Y bitook hem into the hondis of enemyes, and alle thei fellenfelden C et alii. doun bi swerd. Bi the unclennes and greet trespasse of hem Y dide to hem, and Y hidde my face fro hem. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Now Y schal leede aȝen the caitiftee of Jacob, and Y schal haue merci on al the hous of Israel; and Y schal take feruoure for myn hooli name. And thei schulen bere here schen|schipe, and al theher I. trespassing bi which thei trespassiden aȝens me, whanne thei dwelliden in her lond tristili, and dredden no man; and whanne Y schal bringe hem aȝen fro puplis, and schal gadere fro the londis of her enemyes, and schal be ha|lewid in hem, bifor the iȝen of ful many folkis. And thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God of hem, for that Y trans|latide hem in to naciouns, and haue ga|derid hem on her lond, and Y lefte not ony of hem there. And Y schal no more hide my face fro hem, for Y haue schede out my spirit on al the hous of Israel, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XL.

In the fyue and twentithe ȝeer of oure passyng ouer, in the bigynnyng of the ȝeer, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, in the fourtenthe ȝeer after that the citee was smytun, in this same dai the hond of the Lord was maad on me, and he brouȝte me thidur in the reuelaciouns of God. And he brouȝte me in to the lond of Israel, and he leetledde N. me doun on a ful hiȝ hil, on which was as the bildyng of a citee goynge to the south; and he ledde me in thidur. And lo! a man, whos licnesse was as the licnesse of bras, and a coorde of flex was in his hond, and a reed of mesure in his hond; forsothe he stood in the ȝate. And the same man spak to me, Thou sone of man, se with thin iȝen, and here with thin eeris, and sette thin herte on alle thingis, whiche Y schal schewe to thee, for thou art brouȝt hidur, that tho be schewid to thee; telle thou alle thingis whiche thou seest to the hous of Israel. And lo! a wal withouteforth, in the cum|pas of the hous on ech side; and in the hond of the man was a rehed of mesure of sixe cubitis and a spanne, that is, an handibreede; and he mat the breede of the bildyng with o rehed, and the hiȝnesse bi o rehed. And he cam to the ȝate that bihelde the weie of the eest, and he stiede bi degrees of it; and he mat the lyntil of the ȝate bi o rehed the breede, that is, o lyntil bi o rehed in breede; and he mat o chaumbre bi o rehed in lengthe, and bi o rehed in breed, and fyue cubitis bitwixe chaumbris; and he mat the lyntil of the ȝate bisidis the porche of the ȝate with ynne, bi o rehed. And he mat the porch of the ȝate of eiȝte cubitis, and the frount therof bi twei cubitis; sotheli the porche of the ȝate was with ynne. Certis the chaumbris of the ȝate at the weie of the eest weren thre on this side, and thre on that side; o mesure of thre, and o mesure of the frountis on euer ethir side. And he mat the breede of the lyntel of the ȝate of ten cubitis, and the lengthe of the ȝate of threttene cubitis. And he mat a mar|gyn of aO C et alii. cubit bifor the chaumbris, and o cubit was the ende on ech side; forsothe the chaumbris weren ofon N. sixe cubitis on this side and on that side. And he mat the ȝate fro the roof of the chaumbre til to the roof therof, the breede of fyue and twenti cubitis, a dore aȝens a dore. And he made frountes bi sixti cubitis, and at the frount an halleforȝerd CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. of the ȝate on ech side bi cumpas; and bifor the face of the ȝate that stretchith forth til to the face of the porche of the ynner ȝate, he mat fifti cubitis. And he mat wyndows naraw with out and large with ynne, in the chaumbris and frountis of tho, that weren with ynne the ȝate on ech side bi cumpas. Sotheli in lijk maner also wyndows weren in the porchis bi cumpas with ynne; and the peynture of palm trees was grauun bifor the frountis. And he ledde me out to the outermere halleforȝerd CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX., and lo! tresories, and pawment arayed with stoon in the halleforȝerd ceteri passim. bi cumpas; thretti tresories in the cumpas of the pawment; and the paw|ment was bynethe in the front of the ȝatis, bi the lengthe of the ȝatis. And he mat the breede fro the face of the lowere ȝate til to the frount of the ynnere halle with outforth, an hundrid cubitis at the eest, and at the north. And he mat bothe in lengthe and in breede the ȝate that bihelde the weie of the north, of the outermore halle. And he mat the chaumbris therof, thre on this side, and thre on that side, and the frount therof, and the porche therof, bi the mesure of the formere ȝate; the lengthe therof of fifti cubitis, and the breede therof ofOm. N sec. m. fyue and twenti cubitis. Sotheli the wyndows therof, and the porche, and the grauyngis, weren bi the mesure of the ȝate that bihelde to the eest; and the stiyng therof was of seuene degrees, and a porche was bifore it. And the ȝate of the ynnere halle was aȝens the ȝate of the north, and aȝens the eest ȝate; and he mat fro the ȝate til to the ȝate an hundrid cubitis. And he ledde me out to the weie of the south, and lo! the ȝate that bihelde to the south; and he mat the frount therof, and the porche therof, bi the formere mesuris; and the wyndows therof, and the porchisporche A. in cumpas, as othere wyndows; the lengthe of fifti cu|bitis, and the breede of fyue and twenti cubitis. And bi seuene degrees me stiede to it, and `an hallea forȝerd CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. was bifor the ȝatis therof; and palme trees weren grauun, oon in this side, and another in that side in the frount therof. And the ȝate of the ynnere halle was in the weie of the south; and he mat fro the ȝate til to the ȝate in the weie of the south, an hundrid cubitis. And he ledde me in to the yn|nere halleforȝerd ceteri passim., to the south ȝate; and he mat the ȝate bi the formere mesuris; the chaumbre therof, and the frount therof, and the porche therof bi the same me|suris; and he mat the wyndows therof, and the porche therof in cumpas; fifti cubitis of lengthe, and fyue and twenti cubitis of breede. And he mat the halle bi cum|pas, the lengthe of fyue and twenti cu|bitis, and the breede therof ofOm. E. fyue cubitis. And the porche therof was to the outer|mere halle, and the palm trees therof in the frount; and eiȝte degrees weren, bi whiche me stiede thorouȝ it. And he ledde me in to the ynnere halleforȝerdis S. forȝerd ceteri., bi the eest weie; and he mat the ȝate by the formere mesures; the chaumbre therof, and the frount therof, and the porchis therof, as aboue; and he mat the wyn|dows therof, and the porchis therof in cumpas; the lengthe of fifti cubitis, and the breede of fyue and twenti cubitis; and the porche therof, that is, of the outermore halle; and palme trees grauun in the frount therof, on this sideOm. N. and on that side; and in eiȝte degrees was the stiyng therof. And he ledde me in to the ȝate that bihelde to the north; and he mat bi the formere mesurismesure A.; the chaumbre therof, and the frount therof, and the porche therof, and the wyndows therof bi cumpas; the lengthe of fifti cu|bitis, and the breede of fyue and twenti cubitis. The porche therof bihelde to the outermore halle; and the grauyng of palm trees was in the frount therof, on this side and on that side; and in eiȝte degrees was the stiyng therof. And bi alle tresories a dore was in the frountis of ȝatis; and there thei waischiden brent sacrifice. And in the porche of the ȝate weren twei boordis on this side, and twei boordis on that side, that brent sacrifice be offrid on tho, `bothe forOm. CEFGHIKQSX. and for M pr. m. NPRU. synne and for trespasse. And at the outermore side, which stieth to the dore of the ȝate that goith to the north, weren twei boordis; and at `the totherthat oother I. side, bifor the porche of the ȝate, weren twei boordis. Foure boordis on this side, and foure boordis on that side; bi the sidis of the ȝate weren eiȝte boordis, on whiche thei offriden. Forsothe foure boordis to brent sacrifice weren bildid of square stoonys, in the lengthe of o cubit and an half, and in the breed of o cubit and an half, and in the hiȝthe of o cubit; on whiche boordis thei schulen sette ves|sels, in whiche brent sacrifice and slayn sacrifice is offrid. And the brenkis of thothe I. boordis ben of oonan I. handibreede, and ben bowid aȝen with ynne bi cumpas; forsothe on the boordis weren fleischis of offryng. And with out the ynnere ȝate weren tresories of chauntours, in the yn|nere halle, that was in the side of the ȝate biholdynge to the north; and the faces of tho weren aȝens the south weie; oon of the side of the eest ȝate, that bihelde to the weie of the north. And he seide to me, This treserie, that biholdith the south weie, is of the prestis that waken in the kepyngis of the temple, Sotheli the tre|sorye that biholdith to the weie of the north, schal be of the preestis that waken to the seruice of the auter; these ben the sones of Sadoch, whiche of the sones of Leuy neiȝen to the Lord, for to mynystre to hym. And he mat the halle, the lengthe of an hundrid cubitis, and the breede of an hundrid cubitis, bi square, and the auter bifore the face of the temple. And he ledde me in to the porche of the temple; and he mat the porche bi fyue cubitis on this side, and biOm. I. fyue cubitis on that side; and he mat the breede of the ȝate, of thre cubitis on this side, and of thre cubitis on that side. But he mat the lengthe of the porche of twenti cubitis, and the breede of eleuene cubitis, and bi eiȝte degrees me stiede to it; and pileris weren in the frountis, oonOm. EFNP. on this side, and `another on thaton that other N. oon other on that S. side.

 CAP. XLI.

And he ledde me in to the temple, and he mat the frountis, sixe cubitis of breede on this side, and sixe cubitis of breede on that side, the breede of the tabernacle. And the breede of the ȝate was of ten cubitis; and he mat the sidis of the ȝate bi fyue cubitis on this side, and bi fyue cubitis on that side; and he mat the lengthe therof ofbi I. fourti cubitis, and the breede of twenti cubitis. And he entride with ynne, and he mat in the frount of the ȝate twei cubitis; and he mat the ȝate of sixe cubitis, and the breede of the ȝate of seuene cubits. And he mat the lengthe therof of twenti cubitis, and the breede of twenti cubitis, bifor the face of theOm. N. tem|ple. And he seide to me, This is the hooli thing of hooli thingis. And he mat the wal of the hous of sixe cubitis, and the breede of the side of foure cubitis, on ech side bi cumpas of the hous. For|sothe the sidis weren tweies thre and thretti, the side to the side; and tho weren stondynge an hiȝ, that entriden bi the wal of the hous, in thetho I. sidis bi cumpas, that tho helden togidere, and touchiden not the wal of the temple. And a street was in round, and stiede vpward bi a vijs, and bar in to the soler of the temple bi cum|pas; therfor the temple was braddere in the hiȝere thingis; and so fro the lowere thingis me stiede to the hiȝere thingis, and in to the myddis. And Y siȝ in the hous an hiȝnesse bi cumpas, the sidis foundid at the mesure of a rehed in the space of sixe cubitis; and the breede byof A pr. m. I. the wal of the side with outforth, of fyue cubitis; and the ynnere hous was in the sidis of the hous. And bitwixe treseries Y siȝ the breede of twenti cubitis in the cumpas of the hous onof EFHIMQU. ech side; and Y siȝ the dore of the side to preier; o dore to the weie of the north, and o dore to the weie of the south; and Y siȝ the breede of place to preier, of fyue cubitis in cumpas. And the bildyng that was ioyned to the place departid, and turned to the weie biholdynge to the see, of the breede of seuenti cubitis; sotheli the wal of the bildyng of fyue cubitis of breede bi cumpas, and the lengthe therof ofis I. nynti cubitis. And he mat the lengthe of the hous, of an hundrid cubitis; and that that was departid, the bildyng and the wallis therof, of lengthethe lengthe CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. of an hundrid cubitis. Forsothe the breede of the street bifor the face of the hous, and of that that was departid aȝens the eest, was of anOm. U. hundrid cubitis. And he mat the lengthe of the bildyng aȝens the face of that, that was departidpartid I. at the bak; he mat the boteraces on euer either side of an hun|drid cubitis. And he mat the ynnere tem|ple, and the porchis of the halle, lyntels, and wyndows narowe withoutforth and broode with ynne; boteraces in cumpas bi thre partis, aȝenst the lintel of ech, and araied with tree bi cumpas al aboute; so|theli fro the erthe til to the wyndows, and the wyndows weren closid on the doris, and til to the ynnere hous, and withoutforth bi al the wal in cumpas, with ynne and with outforth at mesure. And cherubyns and palm trees weren maad craftili, and a palm tree bitwixe cherub and cherub; and cherub hadde twei faces, the face of a man bisidis the palm tree on this side, and the face of a lioun expressid bisidis the palm tree on `the totherthat oother IS. side. Bi al the hous in cum|pas, fro the erthe til to the hiȝere part, cherubyns and palm trees weren grauun in the wal of the temple. A threisfold fourewas foure I. cornerid; and the face of the bi|holdyng of the seyntuarie was aȝens the biholding of the auter of tree; the heiȝthe therof was of thre cubitis, and the lengthe therof ofOm. I. twei cubitis; and the corneris therof, and the lengthe therof, and the wallis therof, weren of tree. And he spak to me, This is the boord bifor the Lord. And twei doris weren in the temple, and in the seyntuarie. And in theOm. I. twei doris on euer either side weren twei litle doris, that weren foldun togidere in hem silf; for whi twei doris weren onoon on N. euer either side of the doris. And cherubynsthe cherubyns I. and the grauyng of palm trees weren grauun in thothe I. doris of the temple, as also tho weren expressid in thetho N. wallis. Wherfor and grettere trees weren in the frount of the porche with outforth, on whiche the wyndows narowe with out and large with ynne, and the licnesse of palm trees weren on this side and on that syde; in the litle vndursettyngisschuldris, ether vndursettingis CDEFGHIKNPQRSUXY. of the porche, bi the sidis of the hous, and bi the breede of theOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. wallis.

 CAP. XLII.

And he ledde me out in to theOm. CEGHNPSX pr. m. outer|mere halleforȝerd ceteri passim., bi the weie ledynge to the north; and he ledde me in to the treserie, that was aȝens the bildyng departid, and aȝens the hous goynge to the north; in the face an hundrid cubitis of lengthe of the dore of the north, and fifti cubitis of breede, aȝens twenti cubitis of the ynnere halle, and aȝens the pawment araied with stoon of the outermere halle, where a porche was ioyned to thre fold porche. And bifor the tresories was a walkyng of ten cubitis of breede, biholdynge to the ynnere thingis of the weie of o cubit. And the doris of tho to the north, where tre|sories weren lowere in the hiȝere thingis; for tho baren vp the porchis that apperiden an hiȝ of tho fro the lowere thingis, and fro the myddil thingis of the bildyng. For tho weren of thre stagis, and hadden not pileris, as weren theOm. I. pilers of hallisforȝerdis ceteri passim.; therfor tho stoden an hiȝ fro the lowere thingis, and fro the myddil thingis fro erthe, bi fifti cubitis. And the outermore halle closynge the walkynge place was bi the treseries, that weren in the weie of the outermore halle, bifor the treseries; the lengthe therof was of fifti cubitis. For the lengthe of the tresories of the outer|more halle was of fifti cubitis, and the lengthe bifor the face of the temple was of an hundrid cubitis. And vndur thesethe I. tresories was an entring fro the eest, ofand N. men entringe in toOm. N. tho, fro the outer|mere halle, in the brede of the wal of the halle, that was aȝens the eest weie in the face of the bilding departid. And tre|series weren bifore the bilding, and a weie was bifor the face of tho, bi the licnesse of treseries that weren in the weie of the north; bi the lengthe of tho, so was also the breede of tho. And al the entryng of tho, and the licnessis and doristhe doris NS. of tho, weren lijk the doris of treseries that weren in the weye biholdynge to the south; a dore was in the heed of the weye, which weie was bifor the porche departid to men entringe bi the eest weie. And he seide to me, The treseries of the north, and the treseries of the south, that ben bifor the bildyng departid, these ben hooli treseries, in whiche the preestis ben clothid, that neiȝen to the Lord in to the hooli of hooli thingis; there thei schulen putte the hooli of hooli thingis, and offryngis for synne, and for trespas; for it is an hooli place. Sotheli whanne prestis han entrid, thei schulen gonot go K sec. m. S sec. m. out of hooli thingis in to the outermore halle; and there thei schulen putte vp her clothis, in whiche thei myny|strenmynystriden NS sec. m., for tho ben hooli; and thei schulen be clothid in othere clothis, and so thei schulen go forth to the puple. And whanne he hadde fillid the mesuris of the ynnere hous, he ledde me out bi the weie of the ȝate that biheelde to the eest weie; and he mat it on ech side bi cumpas. For|sothe he mat aȝens the eest wynd with the rehed of mesure bi cumpas fyue hun|drid rehedis, in a rehed of mesure bi cum|pas. And he mat aȝens the wynd of the north fiue hundred rehedis, in the rehed of mesure bi cumpas. And at the south wynd he mat fyue hundrid rehedis, with a rehed of mesure bi cumpas. And at the west wynd he mat fyue hundrid rehedis, within CIUX. thea FH. rehed of mesure. Bi foure wyndis he mat the wal therof on ech side bi cumpas, the lengthe of fyue hundrid, and the breede of fyue hundrid, depart|ynge bitwixe the seyntuarie and the place of the comyn puple.

 CAP. XLIII.

And he ledde me out to the ȝate, that bihelde to the eest weie. And lo! the glorie of God of Israel entride bi the eest weie; and a vois was to it, as the vois of many watris, and the erthe schynede of the mageste of hym. And Y siȝ a visioun, bi the licnesse whiche Y hadde seyn, whanne he cam to distrie the citee; and the lic|nesse was lijc the biholdyng whiche Y hadde seyn bisidis the flood Chobar. And Y felle doun on my face, and the mageste of the Lord entride in to the temple, bi the weie of the ȝate that biheeldbiholdith A. to the eest. And the Spirit reiside me, and ledde me in to the ynnere halle; and lo! the hous was fillid of the glorie of the Lord. And Y herde oon spekynge to me of the hous. And the man that stood bisidis me, seide to me, Thou, son of man, this is the place of my seete, and the place of the steppis of my feet, where Y dwelle in the myddis of the sones of Israel with|outen ende; and the hous of Israel schulen no more defoule myn hooli name, thei, and the kyngis of hem in her fornica|ciouns, and in the fallyngis of her kyngis, and in hiȝ places. Whiche maden her threisfold bisidis my threisfold, and her postis bisidis my postis, and a wal was bitwixe me and hem; and thei defouliden myn hooli name in abhomynaciouns whiche thei diden; wherfor Y wastide hem in my wraththe. Now therfor putte thei awei fer her fornicacioun, and the fallyngfallyngis I. of her kyngis fro me; and Y schal dwelle euere in the myddis of hem. But thou, sone of man, schewe the temple to the hous of Israel, and be thei schent of her wickidnessis; and mete thei the bilding, and be thei aschamed of alle thingis whiche thei diden. Thou schalt schewe to hem, and thou schalt write bifore the iȝen of hem the figure of the hous, and of the bildyng therof; the outgoyngis, and theOm. CEFHIKMQRU. entryngis, and al the discryuyngdiscryuyngis ENP. therof, and alle thethe lawis theroff, and alle I. Om. FS. comaundementis therof, and al the ordre therof, `and alle the lawis therofOm. I.; that thei kepe alle the discryu|yngis therof, and comaundementis therof, and do tho. This is the lawe of the hous, in the hiȝnesse of the hil; alle the coostis therof in cumpas is the hooli of hooli thingis; therfor this is the lawe of the hous. Forsothe these ben the mesuris of the auter, in a verieste cubit, that hadde a cubit and a spanne; in the bosum therof was a cubit in lengthe, and a cubit in breede; and the ende therof til to the brenke, and o spanne in cumpas; also this was the diche of the auter. And fro the bosum of theOm. CEFGHIMNPQRUX. erthe til to the laste heiȝthe weren twei cubitis, and the breede of o cubit; and fro the lesse heiȝthe til to the grettere heiȝthe were fourefourti N. cubitis, and the breede was of o cubit; forsothe thilke ariel, that is, the hiȝere part of the auter, was of foure cubitis; and fro the auter `til tovnto I. aboue weren foure hornes. And the auter of twelue cubitis in lengthe was foure cornerid with euene sidis, bi twelue cubitis of breede. And the heiȝthe of fourtene cubitis of lengthe was bi four|tene cubitis of breede, in foure corneris therof. And a coroun of half a cubit was in the cumpas therof, and the bosum ther|of was of o cubit bi cumpas; forsothe the degrees therof weren turned to the eest. And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, the Lord God seith these thingis, These ben the customs of the auter, in what euer dai it is maad, that me offre on it brent sacrifice, and blood be sched out. And thou schalt ȝyue to preestis and dekenes, that ben of the seed of Sadoch, that neiȝen to me, seith the Lord God, that thei offre to me a calf of the drooue for synne. And thou schalt take of the blood therof, and schalt putte on foure hornes therof, and on foure corneris of heiȝthe, and on the coroun in cumpas; and thou schalt clense it, and make clene. And thou schalt take the calf which is offrid for synne, and thou schalt brenne it in aOm. I. departid place of the hous, with out the seyntuarie. And in the secounde dai thou schalt offre a buk of geet, which is with out wem, for synne; and thei schulen clense the auter, as thei clensiden in the calf. And whanne thou hast fillid that clensyng, thou schalt offre a calf of the drooue, which calf is without wem, and a wether with out wem of the floc. And thou schalt offre tho in the siȝt of the Lord; and prestis schulen puttesende CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. salt on tho, and schulen offre tho in to brent sacrifice to the Lord. Bi se|uene daies thou schalt make a buk of geet for synne, ech dai; and thei schulen offre a calf of the drooue, and a wether vn|wemmed of scheep. Bi seuene daies thei schulen clense the auter, and schulen make it cleene, and thei schulen fille the hond therof. Forsothe whanne seuene daies ben fillid, in the eiȝtheeiȝte A. dai and ferther prestis schulen make on the auter ȝoure brent sa|crifices, and tho thingis whiche thei offren for pees; and Y schal be plesid to ȝou, seith the Lord God.

 CAP. XLIV.

And he turnede me to the weie of the ȝate of the outermore seyntuarie, which ȝate byhelde to the eest, and was closid. And the Lord seide to me, This ȝate schal be closid, and schal not be opened, and a man schal not passe thorou it; for the Lord God of Israel entride bi it, and it schal be closid to the prince. The prince hym silf schal sitte ther ynne, that he ete breed bifor the Lord; he schal go yn bi the weie of the ȝate of the porche, and he schal go out bi the weie therof. And he ledde me bi the weie of the north ȝate, in the siȝt of the houshous of Juda A sec. m.; and Y siȝ, and lo! the glorie of the Lord fillide the hous of theOm. N. Lord; and Y felle doun on my face. And the Lord seide to me, Thou, sone of man, sette thin herte, and se with thin iȝen, and here with thin eeris alle thingis whiche Y speke to thee, of al the cere|monyes of the hous of the Lord, and of alle the lawis therof; and thou schalt sette thin herte in the weies of the temple, bi alle the goyngis out of the seyntuarie. And thou schalt seie to the hous of Israel ter|rynge me to wraththe, The Lord God seith these thingis, Ȝe hous of Israel, alle ȝoure grete trespassis suffice to ȝou, for ȝe bryngen in alien sones, vncircumcidid in herte, and vncircumcidid in fleisch, that thei be in my seyntuarie, and defoule myn hous. And ȝe offren my looues, ynnere fat|nesse, and blood, and breken my coue|naunt in alle ȝoure grete trespassis. And ȝe kepten not the comaundementis of my seyntuarie, and ȝe settiden keperis of myand N. kepyngis in my seyntuarye to ȝou silf. The Lord God seith these thingis, Ech alien `that isOm. CEFHIKMQRSU. vncircumcidid in herte, and vncircumcidid in fleisch, schal not entre in to my seyntuarie; ech alien sone, which is in the myddis of the sones of Israel. But also Leuytis, `ether men of the lynage of LeuyOm. N., that ȝeden fer a wei fro me in theOm. S. errourerrouris I. of the sones of Israel, and erriden fro me aftir her idols, and baren her wickidnesse, thei schulen be kepers of housis in my seyntuarye, and porteris of ȝatis of the hous, and mynystris of the hous; thei schulen sle brent sacrifices, and sacrifices for victorie of the puple; and thei schulen stonde in the siȝt of the prestis, for to mynystre to hem. For that that thei mynystriden to tho in the siȝt of her idols, and weren maad to the hous of Is|rael in to offendyngoffending, ether hirting CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. of wickidnesse; ther|for Y reiside myn hond on them, seith the Lord God, and thei baren her wickid|nesse. And thei schulen not neiȝe to me, that thei vse preesthod to me, nether thei schulen neiȝe to al my seyntuarie bisidis hooly of hooli thingis, but thei schulen bere her schenschipe, and her grete tres|passis whiche thei diden. And Y schal makeȝyue CEFHIKMQRSU. hemhem to be I. porteris of the hous, in al the seruyce therof, and in alle thingis that ben don ther ynne. Forsothe preestis and de|kenes, the sones of Sadoch, that kepten theOm. I. cerymonyes of my seyntuarie, whanne the sones of Israel erriden fro me, thei schulen neiȝe to me, for to mynystre to me; and thei schulen stonde in my siȝt, that thei offre to me ynnere fatnesse and blood, seith the Lord God. Thei schulen entre in to my seyntuarie, and thei schulen neiȝe to my boord, that thei mynystre to me, and kepe my ceremonyes. AndOm. A. whanne thei schulen entre in to the ȝatis of the ynnere halle, thei schulen be clothid with lynnun clothis, nether ony wollun thing schal `be dostie CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. on hem, whanne thei mynystren in the ȝatis of the ynnere halle, and with ynne; lynnun cappis, ether mytris, schulen be in the heedis of hem, and lyn|nun brechis schulen be in the leendis of hem, and thei schulen not be gird in swoot. And whanne thei schulen go out at the outermere halle to the puple, thei schulen dispuyle hem of her clothis, in whiche thei mynystriden, and thei schulen leie tho vp in the treserie of seyntuariethe seyntuarie I sec. m.; and thei schulen clothe hem silf in othere clothis, and thei schulen not halewe my puple in her clothis. Forsothe thei schulen not schaue her heed, nether thei schulen nursche long heere, but thei clippynge schulen clippe her heedis. And ech preest schal not drynke wyn, whanne he schal entre in to the ynnere halle. And preestis schulen not take wyues a widewe, and a forsakun womman, but virgyns of the seed of the hous of Israel; but also thei schulen take a widewe, which is the widewe of a preest. And thei schulen teche my puple, what is bitwixe hooli thing and defoulid; and thei schulen schewe to hem, what is bitwixe cleene thing and vncleene. And whannewhat N. debate is, thei schulen stonde in my domes, and schulen deme my lawis; and thei schulen kepe my comaundementis in alle my solempnytees, and thei schulen halewe my sabatis. And thei schulen not entre to a deed man, lest thei be defoulid, no but to fadir, and modir, and to sone, andor N. douȝter, and to brother, and sister that hadde not an hosebonde, in whiche thei schulen be defoulid. And after that he is clensid, seuene daies schulen be noum|brid to hym. And in the dai of his en|tryng in to the seyntuarie, to the ynnere halleforȝerd ceteri præter I., that he mynystre to me in the seyntuarie, he schal offre for his synne, seith the Lord God. Forsothe noon eri|tage schal be to hem, Y am the eritage of hem; and ȝe schulen not ȝyue to hem pos|sessioun in Israel, for Y am the possessioun of hem. Thei schulen ete sacrifice, botheand CEFGHKMNPQRSUX. for synne and for trespasse, and ech avow of Israel schal be hern. And the firste thingis of alle firste gendrid thingis, and alle moiste sacrifices, of alle thingis that ben offrid, schulen be the prestis part; and ȝe schulen ȝyue the firste thingis of ȝoure metis to the prest, that he leie vp blessyng to his hous. PreestisTherfore preestis NS sec. m. schulen not ete ony thing deed bi it silf, and takun of a beeste, of foulis, and of scheep.

 CAP. XLV.

And whanne ȝe schulen bigynne to de|parte the lond bi partis, departe ȝe the firste thingis to the Lord, an halewid thing of the lond, fyue and twenti thou|synde of rehedis in lengthe, and ten thou|synde of rehedis in breede; it schal be halewid in al the coost therof by cum|pas. And it schal be halewid on ech part in fyue hundrid rehedis bi fyue hundrid, in foure sidis bi cumpas, and in fifti cu|bitis in to the subarbis therof bi cumpas. And fro this mesure thou schalt mete the lengthe of fyue and twenti thousynde of rehedis, and the breede of ten thousynde; and the temple and the hooli of hooli thingis schal be in it. An halewid thing of the lond schal be to prestis, theOm. X. myn|ystris of seyntuariethe seyntuarie X sec. m., that neiȝen to the seruyce of the Lord; and a place schal be to hem in to housis, and in to the seyn|tuarie of hoolynesse. Sotheli fyue and twenti thousynde of lengthe schulen be, and ten thousynde of breede; but the de|kenes that mynystren to the hous, thei schulen haue in possessioun twenti tre|series. And ȝe schulen ȝyue the posses|sioun of the citee, fyue thousynde rehedis of breede, and fyue and twenti thousynde of lengthe, bi the departyng of theOm. N. seyn|tuarie, to al the hous of Israel. And ȝe schulen ȝyue a porcioun to the prince on this side and on that side, bisidis the de|partyng of theOm. N. seyntuarie, and bisidis the possessioun of the citee, aȝens the face of departynge of seyntuariethe seyntuarie X sec. m., and aȝens the face of possessioun of the citee; fro the side of the se til to the see, and fro the side of the eest `til tovnto I. the eest, schal be of the possessioun of the prince. Forsothe the lengthe bi ech of the partis, fro the west ende til to the eest ende of the lond, schal be possessioun to hym in Israel; and the princes schulen no more robbe my puple, but thei schulen ȝyue theOm. N. lond to the hous of Israel, bi the lynagis of hem. The Lord God seith these thingis, OA! CEFGHKMNPQRSUX.! princes of Israel, suffice it toOm. I. ȝou, leue ȝe wickidnesse `and raueynsof rauein EY. and rauein P., and do ȝe doom and riȝtfulnesse; departe ȝe ȝoure niȝ coostis fro my puple, seith the Lord God. A iust balaunce, and a iust mesure clepid ephiEphi is a mesure of drie thingis, as of wheete, and barli, and lijk thingis, and it conteyneth thre buyschelis. Bathus is a me|sure of moiste thingis, as of wyn, and oile, and lijk thingis, and conteyneth as miche as ephi. Corus is a mesure bothe in drie thingis and in moiste thingis, and con|teyneth thretti buyschelis. ACEGPQUY. XX. siclis and xxv. siclis, and xv. siclis maken sixti siclis, and sixti siclis maken a besaunt. Lire here. CEGPQUY. Ephi is a me|sure of drye thingis, and conteyneth thre bushelis. Ba|thus, a mesure of moiste thingis, and conteyneth thre bushelis also, or foure and twenti galouns. Corus, a me|sure both of drie thingis and moiste, and conteyneth thretti bushelis. N., and a iust mesure clepid bathus, schulen be to ȝou. Ephi and bathus schulen be euene, andOm. ENPY. of o mesure, that bathus take the tenthe part of the mesure clepid corus, and that ephi take the tenthe part of theOm. PY. mesure corusof corus S.; bi the mesure of corus schal be euene weiynge of tho. Forsothe a sicle schal haue twenti halpens; certis twenti siclis, and fyue and twenti siclis, and fiftene siclis maken a besaunt. And these ben the firste fruytis whiche ȝe schulen take awei; the sixte part of ephi of a corus of wheete, and the sixte part of ephi of a corus of barli. Also the me|sure of oile; a bathus of oile is the tenthe part of corus, and ten bathus maken o corus; for ten bathus fillen o corus. And `a ramo ram, ether wethir CEFGHIMPQRSUXY. o ram N. of the floc of twei hundrid, of these whiche the men of Israel nurschen, in to sacrifice, and in to brent sacrifice, and in to pesible sacrifices, to clense for hem, seith the Lord God. Al the puple of the lond schal be boundun in these firste fruytis to the prince ofin CEFHKMPQRUY. Israel. And on the prince schulen be brent sacrifices, and sacrifice, and moiste sacrifices, in so|lempnytees, and in kalendis, ether bigyn|nyngis of monethis, and in sabatis, and in alle the solempnytees of the hous of Israel; he schal make sacrifice for synne, and brent sacrifice, and pesible sacrifices, to clense for the hous of Israel. The Lord God seith these thingis, In the firste mo|neth, in the firste dai of the monethe, thou schalt take a calf with out wem of the drooue, and thou schalt clense the seyntuarie. And the preest schal take of the blood of the beeste, that schal be for synne; and he schal putte in the postis of the hous, and in foure corneris of the heiȝthe of the auter, and in the postis of the ȝate of the ynnere halle. And thus thou schalt do in the seuenthe dai of the monethe, for ech that knew not, and was disseyued bi errour, and thou schalt clense for the hous. In the firste monethe, in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe, the solempnytee of pask schal be to ȝou; therf looues schulen be etun bi seuene daies. And the prince schal make a calf for synne in that dai, for hym silf and for al the puple of the lond. And in the so|lempnytee of seuene daies he schal make brent sacrifice to the Lord; he schal offre seuene caluys and seuene wetheris with out wem ech dai, bi seuene daies, and ech dai a buc of geet, for synne. And he schal make the sacrifice of ephi by a calf, and of ephi bywith I. a wether, and of oile the mesure hyn, bi ech ephi. In the seuenthe monethe, in the fiftenthe dai of the monethe, in the solempnytee, he schal make as tho ben biforseid, bi seuene daies, as wel for synne as for brent sacrifice, and in sacrifice, and in oile.

 CAP. XLVI.

The Lord God seith these thingis, The ȝate of the ynnere halle, that biholdith to the eest, schal be closid biOm. K. sixeseuene A pr. m. EFGHIK pr. m. MNPQRSUX. daies, in whiche werk is doon; forforsothe A sec. m. it schal be openid in the dai of sabat, but also it schal be openyd in the dai of kalendis. And the prince schal entre bi the weie of the porche of the ȝate withoutforth, and he schal stonde in the threisfold of the ȝate; and preestis schulen make the brent sacrifice of hym, and the pesible sacrifices of hym; and he schal worschipe on the threisfoldfrexfoold K. of the ȝate, and he schal go out; forsothe the ȝate schal not be closid til to theOm. C et ceteri. euentid. And the puple of the lond schal worschipe at the dore of that ȝate, in sabatis, and in calendis, bifor the Lord. Forsothe the prince schal offre this brent sacrifice to the Lord in the dai of sabat, sixe lambren with out wem, and a wether with out wem, and the sacrifice of ephi bi a wether; but in the lambren he schal offre the sacrifice which his hond schal ȝiue, and of oile theof I. mesure hyn, bi ech ephi. But in the dai of calendis he schal offre a calf with out wem of the droue; and sixe lambren, and wetheris schulen be with out wem, and ephi bi a calf. Also he schal make theOm. I. sacrifice ephi bi a wether; but of lambren as his hond fyndith, and of oile the mesure hyn, bi ech ephi. And whanne the prince schal entre, entre he bi the weie of the porche of the ȝate, and go he out bi the same weie. And whanne the puple of the londsame lond N. schal entre in the siȝt of the Lord, ininto I. solempnytees, which puple en|trith bi the ȝate of the north, for to wor|schipe, go it out bi the wei of the south ȝate. Certis the puple that entrith bi the weie of the south ȝate, go out bi the weie of the north ȝate. It schal not turne aȝen bi the weie of the ȝate, bi which it en|tride, but euene aȝens that weie it schal go out. Forsothe the prince schal be in the myddis of hem; heand he CFHIMQSU. schal entre with hem that entren, and he schal go out with hem that goen out. And in feiris and in solempnytees, the sacrifice of ephi schal be bi a calf, and ephi bi a wether; in lambren schal be sacrifice as his hond fyndith, and of oile thethat I. mesure hyn, bi ech ephi. For|sothe whanne the prince makith a wilful brent sacrifice, ether wilful pesible sacri|fice to the Lord, the ȝate that biholdith to the eest, schal be openyd to hym; and he schal make his brent sacrifice, and hise pesible sacrifices, as it is wont to be doon in the dai of sabat; and he schal go out, and the ȝate schal be closid after that he ȝede out. And he schal make brent sa|crifice ech day to the Lord, a lomb with out wem of the same ȝeer; euere he schal make it in the morewtid, and he schal make sacrifice on it ful eerli; eerli he schal make the sixte part of ephi, and of oile the thridde part of hyn, that it be meddlid with the floure of wheete; it is a lawful sacrifice, contynuel and euerlastinge, to the Lord. He schal make a lomb, and sacri|fice, and oile, ful eerli; he schal make eerli brent sacrifice euerlastynge. The Lord God seith these thingis, If the prince ȝyueth an hous to ony of hise sones, the eritage of hym schal be of hise sones; thei schulen welde it bi eritage. Forsothe if he ȝyueth a biquest of his eritage to oon of hise seruauntis, it schal be his `til tovnto I. the ȝeer of remyssioun, and it schal turne aȝen to the prince; forsothe the eritage of hym schal be to hise sones. And the prince schal not take bi violence of the eritage of the puple, and of the posses|sioun of hem; but of his owne possessioun he schal ȝyue eritage to hise sones, that my puple be not scaterid, ech man fro his possessioun. And he ledde me in bi the entryng, that was on the side of the ȝate, in to the treseries of the seyntuarie to theOm. I. preestis, whichethe whiche I. treseries bihelden to the north; and there was a place go|ynge to the west. And he seide to me, This is the place where prestis schulen sethe, bothe for synne and for trespas; where thei schulen sethe sacrifice, that thei bere not out in to the outermere halle, and the puple be halewid. And he ledde me out in to the outermere halleforȝerd ceteri passim., and ledde me aboute bi the foure corneris of the halle; and lo! a litil halle was in the corner of the halle, alle litle hallisforȝerdis ceteri passim. bi the corneris of the halle; in foure corneris of the halle litle hallis weren disposid, of fourti cubitis bi lengthe, and of thretti bi breede; foure weren of o mesure; and a wal bi cumpas ȝede aboute foure litle hallis; and kychenes weren maad vndur the porchis bi cumpas. And he seide to me, This is the hous of kichenes, in which the mynystris of the hous of the Lord schulen sethe theOm. CX. sacrificessacrifice N. of the puple.

 CAP. XLVII.

And he turnede me to the ȝate of the hous; and lo! watris ȝeden out vndur the threisfold of the hous toof N. the eest; for the face of the hous bihelde to the eest; for|sothe the watris camen doun in to the riȝt side of the temple, to the south part of the auter. And he ledde me out bi the weie of the north ȝate, and he turnede me to the weie with out the outermere ȝate, to the weie that biholdithbiheld C sec. m. to the eest; and lo! watris flowynge fro the riȝt side, whanne thea A. man that hadde a coord in his hond, ȝede out to the eest. And he mat a thousynde cubitis, and ledde me ouer thorou the water til to the heelis. And eft he mat a thousynde, and leddehe ledde NX sec. m. me ouer thorouȝ the watir `til tovnto I. the knees. And eft he mat a thousynde, and leddehe ledde CEFHIKMNPQRSUX. me ouer thorouȝ the watir `til tovnto I. the reynes. And he mat a thousynde, thebi the I. stronde which Y myȝte not passe; for the depe watris of the stronde hadden wexe greet, that mai not be waad ouer. And he seide to me, Certis, sonethou, sone NS sec. m. of man, thou hast seyn. And he seide to me; and he turnede me to the ryuere of the stronde. And whanne Y hadde turned me, lo! in the ryuer of the stronde ful many trees on euer either side. And he seide to me, These watris that goon out toof I. the heepis of soond of the eest, andthat I. goen doun toin to S pr. m. pleynthe playn I. places of desert, schulen entre in to the see, and schulen go out; and the wa|tris schulen be heelid. And ech lyuynge beeste that creepith, schal lyue, whidur euere the stronde schal come; and fischis many ynow schulen be, aftir that these watris comen thidur, and schulen be heel|id, and schulen lyue; alle thingis to whiche the stronde schal come, schulen lyue. And fisshers schulen stonde on tho watris; fro Engaddi `til tovnto I. Engallym schal be driyng of nettis; ful many kyndisspices, ether kindis CEFGHIKM NPQRSUXY. of fischis therof schulen be, as the fischis of the greet see, of ful greet multitude; but in brynkisthe brynkis CEFGHIKNPQRSUXY. the brynke M. therof and in maraisis watris shulen not be heelid, for tho `schu|len beben A pr. m. Om. C pr. m. EH. ȝouun in to places of makynge of salt. And ech tree berynge fruit schal growe on the stronde, in the ryueris ther|of on ech side; a leef therof schal not falle doun, and the fruyt therof schal not faile; bi alle monethis it schal bere firste fruytis, for the watris therof schulen go out of the seyntuarie; and the fruytis therof schulen be in to mete, and the leeuys therof to medicyn. The Lord God seith these thingis, This is the ende, in which ȝe schulen welde the lond, in theOm. I. twelue lynagis of Israel; for Joseph hath double part. Forsothe ȝe schulen welde it, ech man euenli as his brother; on which Y reiside myn hond, that Y schulde ȝyue to ȝoure fadris; and this lond schal falle to ȝou in to possessioun. This is the ende of the lond at the north coost fro the grete see, the weie of Bethalon to men comynge to Sedala, Emath, Beroth, Sa|barym, which is in the myddis bitwixe Damask and niȝ coostis of Emath, the hous of Thichon, which is bisidis the endis of Auran. And the ende schal be fro the see `til tovnto I. the porche of Ennon, the ende of Damask, and fro the north til to the north, the ende of Emath; for|sothe this is the north coost. Certis the eest coost fro the myddis of Auran, and fro the myddis of Damask, and fro the myddis of Galaad, and fro the myddis of the lond of Israel, is Jordan departynge at the eest see, also ȝe schulen mete the eest coost. Forsothe the south coost of myd|dai is fro Thamar til to the watris of aȝenseiyng of Cades; and the stronde til to the greet see, and the south coost at myddai. And the coost of the see is the greet see, fro the niȝ coost bi streiȝt, til thou come to Emath; this is the coost of the see. And ȝe schulen departe this lond to ȝou bi the lynagis of Israel; and ȝe schulen sende it in to eritage to ȝou, and to comelyngis that comen to ȝou, that gen|driden sones in the myddis of ȝou; and thei schulen be to ȝou as men borun in the lond among the sones of Israel; with ȝou thei schulen departe possessioun, in the myddis of the lynages of Israel. For|sothe in what euer lynage a comelyng is, there ȝe schulen ȝyue possessioun to hym, seith the Lord GodOm. FIS..

 CAP. XLVIII.

And these ben the names of lynagis, fro the endis of the north, bisidis the weie Ethalon, to men goynge to Emath, the porche of Ennon, the terme of Damask, to the north bisidis Emath; and the eest coost schal be to it the see, o part schal be of Dan. And fro the ende of Dan, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, o part schal be of Aser. And on the ende of Azer, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, oon of Neptalym. And on the terme of Neptalym, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, oon of Manasses. And on the ende of Manasses, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, oon of Effraym. And on the ende of Effraym, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, oon of Ruben. And on the ende of Ruben, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, oon of Juda. And on the ende of Juda, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, schulen be the firste fruytis, whiche ȝe schulen departe bi fyue and twenti thousynde reheedis of breede and of lengthe, as alle partis ben, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see; and the seyntuarie schal be in the myddis therof. The firste fruytis whiche ȝe schu|len departe to the Lord, the lengthe schal be in fyue and twenty thousynde, and the breed in ten thousynde. Forsothe these schulen be the firste fruytis of the seyn|tuarie of preestis; to the north fyue and twenti thousynde of lengthe, and to the see ten thousinde of breede; but to the eest ten thousynde of breede, and to the south fyue and twenti thousynde of lengthe; and the seyntuarie of the Lord schal be in the myddis therof. The seyn|tuarie schal be to prestis of the sones of Sadoch, that kepten my cerymonyes, and erriden not, whanne the sones of Israel erriden, as also dekenes erriden. And the firste fruytis schulen be to hem of the firste fruytis of the lond, the hooli of hooli thingis, bi the terme of dekenesLeuitis, ether dekens CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY.. But also to dekenes in lijk maner bi the coostis of preestis schulen be fyue and twenti thousynde of lengthe, and ten thousynde of breede; al the lengthe of fiue and twenti thousynde, and the breede of ten thou|synde. And thei schulen not sille therof, nether schulen chaunge; and the firste fruytis of the lond schulen not be trans|latid, for tho ben halewid to the Lord. Sotheli the fyue thousynde, that ben left ouer in breede, bi fyue and twenti thou|synde, schulen be the vnhooli thingis, ether comyn thingis, of the citee, in to dwellyng place, and in to subarbis; and the citee schal be in the myddis therof. And these schulen be the mesuris therof; at the north coost, fyue hundrid and foure thousynde of rehedis, and at the south coost, fyue hundrid and foure thousynde, and at the eest coost, fyue hundrid and foure thousynde, and at the west coost, fyue hundrid and foure thousynde. For|sothe the subarbis of the citee at the north schulen be tweitwo I. hundrid and fifti, and at the southe tweitwo I. hundrid and fifti, and at the eest tweitwo I. hundrid and fifti, and at the see, that is, the west, twei hundrid and fifti. But that that is residue in lengthe, bi the firste fruytis of the seyntuarie, ten thousynde in to the eest, and ten thou|synde in to the west, schulen be as the firste fruitis of the seyntuarie; and the fruitis schulen be in to looues to hem that seruen the citee. Forsothe thei that seruen the citee schulen worche, of alle the lynagis of Israel. Alle the firste fruitis of fyue and twenti thousynde, bi fyue and twenti thousynde inOm. A. square, schulen be departid in to the firste fruytis of seyntuarie, and in to possessioun of the citee. Forsothe that that is residue, schal be theto the I. princes part, on ech side ofon I. the firste fruitis of seyn|tuarie, and of the possessioun of the citee, euene aȝens fyue and twenti thousynde of the firste fruytis, til to the eest ende; but also to the see euene aȝens fyue and twenti thousynde, til to the ende of the see, schal be in lijk maner in the partis of the prince; and the firste fruytis of the seyntuarye, and the seyntuarie of the tem|ple schulen be in the myddis of it. For|sothe fro the possessioun of dekenes, and fro the possessioun of the citee, whichthat I. is in the myddis of partis of the prince, schal be in to the porciounterme, ether porcioun CEFGHIKMPQRSUXY. of Juda, and in to the porciounterme, ether porcioun EFGHI pr. m. KNPQRSUXY. terme I sec. m. M. of Beniamyn; and it schal perteyne to the prince. And to other lynagis, fro the eest coost `til tovnto I. the west coost, oon to Beniamyn. And aȝens the porciounterme, ether porcioun CEFGHI pr. m. KMNPQRSUXY. terme I sec. m. of Beniamyn, fro the eest coost til to the west coost, oon to Symeon. And on the terme of Symeon, fro the eest coost til to the west coost, oon to Isacar. And on the terme of Isa|car, fro the eest coost til to the west coost, oon toof I. Zabulon. And on the terme of Zabulon, fro the eest coost tilOm. K pr. m. to the coostwest coost GNS pr. m. X pr. m. of the see, oon to Gad. And on the terme of Gad, to the coost of the south in tothe N. myddai; and the ende schal be fro Thamar til to the watris of aȝen|seying of Cades, and the eritage aȝens the grete see. This is the lond which ȝe schu|len sende in to part to the lynagis of Is|rael, and these ben the partyngisdepartingis K sec. m. of tho, seith the Lord God. And these ben the goyngis out of the citee; fro the north coost thou schalt mete fyue hundrid and foure thousynde rehedis. And ȝatis of the citee schulen be in alle the lynagis of Israel, thre ȝatis at the north; o ȝate of Ruben, o ȝate of Juda, o ȝate of Leuy. And at the eest coost, fyue hundrid and foure thousyndthou|sandis A. rehedis, and thre ȝatis; o ȝate of Joseph, o ȝate of Beniamyn, o ȝate of Dan. And at the south coost thou schalt mete fyue hundrid and foure thousynde rehedis, and thre ȝatis schulen be of tho; o ȝate ofto N. Symeon, o ȝate ofto N. Isacar, o ȝate of Zabulon. And at the west coost, fyue hundrid and foure thou|synde ofOm. U. rehedis, thre ȝatis of tho; o ȝate of Gad, o ȝate of Aser, o ȝate of Nepta|lym. Bi cumpas eiȝtene miles; and the namename of the citee I. schal be fro that dai, The Lord there. Amen.

 Here endith Ezechiel, and here by|gynneth DanyelFrom CFIU. Here endith Ezechiel, and bigynnith Danyel. GHQS. Here endeth Ezechiel, the prophete; se now Danyel, the prophete. K. Here endith Ezechiel, and here bigynneth the prologe of Danyel. M. Here endith the book of Ezechiel, and bigynneth the book of Daniel. N. Heere eendith Ezechiel, and bigynneth the prologe vpon Daniel. R. Here endith Ezechiel, the profete, and bigynneth Danyel, the profete. X. No final rubric in AEPY.. DANIEL. [Prologue on DanielThis prologue is from MR..]

THIS profete Danyel was in the transmygracioun of Babiloyne, and he forsook the kingis metis, and eet onli breed and potage, lest he scholde be defoulid aȝens his God thoruȝ delicat metis, and forsake the lawe of God. Wherfor the Lord God ȝaf to him of his Holi Spirit, to interprete dremes and visiouns; and gat grace anentis the king, and fauour to al the peple of Israel; and the Lord schewide to him, bi visioun and expownyng of an aungel, thingis that weren to comynge in to the ende of the world, and of the dai of doom, and of arisynge aȝen of dede men, and of the blisse that euer schal laste to the chosene of God.

Heere eendith the prologe, and bigynneth the book of DanielFrom R. No final rubric in M.. Here bigynneth the book of DanielFrom APY. Here biginnith the book and the profecie of the hooli man Daniel, the profete. E. Here bigynneth the book of Danyel, the pro|fete. M. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

In the thridde ȝeer of the rewme of Joachym, king of Juda, Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, cam to Jerusalem, and bisegide it. And the Lord bitook in his hond Joachym, the kyng of Juda, and he took a part of the vessels of the hous of God; and he bar out tho in to the lond of Sennaar, in to the hous of his god, and he took the vessels in to the hous of tresour of his god. And the kyng seide to Asphaneth, souereyn of his onest seruauntis and chast, that he schulde brynge yn of the sones of Israel, and of the kyngis seed, and the children of ti|rauntis, in whiche weren no wem, faire in schap, and lerned in al wisdom, war in kunnyng, and tauȝt in chastisyngchastizing, ether lerning EFGHIKNPQRSUXY., and thatthe whiche I. myȝten stonde in the paleis of the kyng, that he schulde teche hem the let|tris and langagelangagis A. the langagis S. of Caldeis. And the king ordeynede toOm. I. hem lijflodeto lijflode I. bi ech dai of hise meetis, and of the wyn wherof he drank; that thei nurschid bi thre ȝeerOm. EPY., schulden stonde aftirward bifor the siȝt of the kyng. Therfor Danyel, Ananye, My|zael, and Azarie, of the sones of Juda, weren among hem. And the souereyn of onestthe honeste I. seruauntis and chast puttide to hem names; to Danyel he puttide Balthasar; to Ananye, Sidrach; to Mysael, Misach; and to Azarie, Abdenago. Forsothe Da|nyel purposide in his herte, that he schulde not be defoulid of the boord of the kyng, nether of the wyn of his drink; and he preiede the souereyn of onestthe onest N. seruauntis and chast, that he schulde not be defoulid. Forsothe God ȝaf grace and merci to Da|niel, in the siȝt of the prince of onest seruauntis and chast. And the prince of onestthe onest N. seruauntis and chast seide to Da|niel, Y drede my lord the king, that or|deinede to ȝou mete and drynk; and if he seethse I. ȝoure faces lennere than othere ȝonge wexynge men, ȝoure eueneeldis, ȝe schulen condempne myn heed to the kyng. And Danyel seide to Malazar, whom the prince of onest seruauntis and chast hadde ordeynede on Danyel, Ananye, Mysael, and Asarie, Y biseche, asaie thou vs thi seruauntis bi ten daies, and potagis be ȝouun to vs to ete, and water to drynke; and biholde thou oure cheris, and the cheris of children that eten the kyngis mete; and as thou seest, so do thou with thi seruauntis. And whanne he herde siche a word, he asaiede hem biOm. N. ten daies. Forsothe after ten daies the cheris of hem apperiden betere and fattere, than alle the children that eeten the kyngis mete. Cer|tis Malazar took the metis, and the wyn of the drynk of hem, and ȝaf toOm. I. hem potagis. Forsothe to these children God ȝaf kunnyng and lernyng in ech book, and in al wisdom; but to Daniel God ȝaf vn|durstondyng of alle visiouns and dremys. Therfor whanne the daies weren fillid, aftir whiche the kyng seide, that thei schulden be brouȝt yn, the souereyn of onest seruauntis and chast brouȝte in hem, in the siȝt of Nabugodonosor. And whanne the kyng hadde spoke to hem, siche weren not foundun of alle, as Daniel, Ananye, Misael, and Azarie; and thei stoden in the siȝt of the king. And ech word of wisdom and of vndurstondyng, which the king axide of hem, he foond in hemhim EY. ten fold ouer alleof alle FI. false dyuynouris and astro|nomyensastromiers EPY. astronomeris S., that weren in al his rewme. Forsothe Danyel was til to the firste ȝeer of king Cyrus.

 CAP. II.

Danyel pur|posith to schewe the power of the rewme of Crist aboue the rewme of the world, ether of the deuel; and this bi ten vi|siouns, ether reuelaciouns, set here suyngli in ordre. Fyne the firste vi|siouns per|teynen princi|pali to the firste comyng of Crist; the othere fyue perteynen prin|cipali to the secounde com|yng of Crist; thouȝ bothe in these firste and in tho laste is maad sum tyme mencioun of euer either comyng of Crist. And the last visiouns bigynnen in the vij. co. The first visioun is of a stoon kit doun withouten hondis, that al to-brekith the greet ymage; and the con|seyuyng of Crist al to|breking the deuel is figurid in this. The secounde vi|sioun is of the aungel licned to Goddis sone comynge doun in to the fur|neis; and the natiuite of Crist comynge doun in to oure peyn|fulnesse is fi|gurid in this. The thridde visioun is of an hooli wakere, criynge the kitting doun of the tre; and the preching of Crist kittinge doun vices is figurid in this. The fourthe visioun is of the hond writ|ynge in the wal, the end|yng of the rewme of Bal|tasar; and the passioun of Crist distriynge the rewme of the deuel, and ficchynge on the cros the obligacioun of decree, is figurid in this. The fyuethe visioun [is] of the en|closyng of Da|nyel in the lake of liouns, and of his delyuering bi the angel; and the rising aȝen of Crist spuylynge helle is figurid in this. Lire here. CGQU. In the secounde ȝeer of the rewme of Nabugodonosor, Nabugodonosor siȝsauȝ I sæpius. a dreem; and his spirit was aferd, and his dreem fledde awei fro hym. Therfor the kyng comaundide, that the dyuynours, and astronomyensastrono|mieris EP., and witchiswicchis, ether treietouris CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY., and Caldeis schulden be clepid togidere, that thei schulden telle to the kyng hise dremys; and whanne thei weren comun, thei stoden bifor the king. And the king seide to hem, Y siȝ a dreem, and Y am schent in mynde, and Y knowe not what Y siȝ. And Caldeis answeriden the kyng bi Sirik lan|gage, Kyng, liue thouȝou EY. with outen ende; seie thi dreem to thi seruauntis, and we schulen schewe to thee the expownynginterpreting, ether expouning EFGHIKMNPQRSXY. therof. And the kyng answeride, and seide to Caldeis, The word is goen awei fro me; if ȝe schewen not to me the dreem, and expownyngthe expownyng C. coniecting, ether expouning EFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. therof, ȝe schulen perische, and ȝoure housis schulen be for|fetid. Forsothe if ȝe tellen the dreem, and the expownyngconiecting EFGHIKMNPQRSUX. therof, ȝe schulen take of me meedis and ȝiftis, and myche onour; therfor schewe ȝe to me the dreem, and the interpretyng therof. Thei an|sweriden the secounde tyme, and seiden, The kyng seie the dreem to hise seru|auntis, and we schulen schewe the inter|pretyng therof. The kyng answeride, and seide, Certis Y woot, that ȝe aȝenbien the tyme, and witen that the word is goen awei fro me. Therfor if ȝe schewen not to me the dreem, o sentence is of ȝou, for ȝe maken an interpretyng bothe fals and ful of disseit, that ȝe speke to me tiltil to N. the tyme passe; therfor seie ȝe the dreem to me, that Y wite, that ȝe speke also the veri interpretyng therof. Therfor Caldeis answeriden bifor the kyng, and seiden, Kyng, no man is on erthe, that mai fille thi word; but nether ony greet man and myȝti of kyngis axith siche a word of ony dyuynour, and astronomyenastronomier EP., and of a man of Caldee. For the word which thou, kyng, axist, is greuouse, nether ony schal be foundun, that schal schewe it in the siȝt of the king, outakun goddis, whos lyuyng is not with men. And whanne this word was herd, the kyng comaundide, in woodnesse and in greet ire, that alle the wise men of Babiloyne schulden perische. And bi the sentence goon out, the wise men weren slayn; and Danyel and hise felows weren souȝt, that thei schulden perische. Thanne Danyel axide of the lawe and sentence, of Ariok, prynce of chyualrie of the kyng, that was gon out to sle the wise men of Babiloyne. And he axide hym, that hadde take power of the kyng, for what cause so cruel a sentence ȝede out fro the face of the kyng. Therfor whanne Ariok hadde schewid the thing to Danyel, Danyel entride, and prey|ede the kyng, that he schulde ȝyue tyme to hym to schewe the soilyng to the kyng. And he entride in to his hous, and schew|ide the nede to Ananye, andOm. S. toOm. SX. Misael, and Asarieto Asarie IS., hise felowis, that thei schulden axe merci of the face of God of heuene on this sacrament; and that Danyel and hise felowis schulden not perische with othere wise men of Babiloyne. Thanne the pri|uyte was schewid to Danyel bi a visioun in nyȝt. And Danyel blesside God of he|uene, and seide, The name of the Lord be blessid fro the world, and til in to the world, for wisdom and strengthe ben hise; and he chaungith tymes and ages, heand he U. translatith rewmes and ordeyneth; he ȝyueth wisdom to wise men, and kunnyng to hem that vndurstonden techyng, ether chastisyng; he schewith deepe thingis and hid, and he knowith thingis set in derk|nessis, and liȝt is with hym. God of oure fadris, Y knowleche to thee, and Y herie thee, for thou hast ȝoue wisdom and strengthe to me; and now thou hast schewid to me tho thingis, whiche we preieden thee, for thou hast openyd to vs the word of the kyng. Aftir these thingis Danyel entride to Ariok, whom the kyng hadde ordeyned, that he schulde leese the wise men of Babiloyne, and thus he spak to hym, Leese thou not the wise men of Babiloyne; leede thou me in bifor the siȝt of the kyng, and Y schal telle the soilyng to the kyng. Thanne Ariok hast|ynge ledde in Danyel to the kyng, and seide to him, Y haue foundun a man of the sones of passyng ouer of Juda, that schal telle the soilyng to the kyng. TheAnd the I. kyng answeride, and seide to Danyel, to whom the name was Balthasar, WhethirWher ceteri fere passim. gessist thou, that thou maist verili schewe to me the dreem which Y siȝ, and the in|terpretyng therof? And Danyel answer|ide bifore the king, and seide, The pri|uytee which the kyng axith, wise men, and astronomyensastronomieers EP., and dyuynours, and lokeris of auteris, moun not schewe to the kyng. But God is in heuene, that schewith pri|uytees, which hath schewid to thee, thou king Nabugodonosor, what thingis schulen come in the laste tymes. Thi dreem and visiouns of thin heed, in thi bed, ben sich. Thou, kyng, bigunnest to thenke in thi bed, what was to comynge aftir these thingis; and he that schewith priuetees, schewide to thee what thingis schulen come. And this sacrament is schewid to me, not bi wisdom which is in me more than in alle lyuynge men, but that the interpretyng schulde be maad opyn to the kyng, and thou schuldist knowe the thouȝtis of thi soule. Thou, kyng, siȝest, and lo! as o greet ymage; thilke ymage was greet, and hiȝ in stature, and stood bifore thee, and the loking therof was ferdful. The heed of this ymage was of best gold, but the brest and armes weren of siluer; certis the wombe and thies weren of bras, but the leggis weren of irun; forsothe sum part of the feet was of irun, sum was of erthe. Thou siȝestsauȝest I passim. thus, til a stoon was kit doun of the hil, with outen hondis, and smoot the ymage in the irun feet therof and erthene feetOm. I., and al to-brak tho. Thanne the irun, tijl stoon, ether erthene vessel, bras, siluer, and gold, weren al to-brokun togidere, and dryuun as in to a deed sparcle of a large somer halle, that ben rauyschid of wynd, and no place is foundun to tho; forsothe the stoon, that smoot the ymage, was maad a greet hil, and fillide al erthe. This is the dreem. Also, thou kyng, we schulen seie bifor thee the interpretyng therof. Thou art kyng of kyngis, and God of heuene ȝaf to thee rewme, strengthe, and empire, and glorie; and he ȝaf in thin hond alle thingis, in whiche the sones of men, and the beestis of the feeld, and the briddis of the eir dwellen, and ordeynede alle thingis vndur thi lordschip; therfor thou art the goldun heed. And another rewme lesse than thou schal rise aftir thee; and the thridde rewme, an other of bras, that schal haue the empire of al erthe. And the fourthe rewme schal be as irun, as irun makith lesse, and makith tame alle thingis, so it schal make lesse, and schal al to-breke alle these rewmes. Forsothe that thou siest a part of the feet and fyngris of erthe of a pottere, and a part of irun, the rewme shal be departid; which netheles schal rise of the plauntyng of irun, `bi thatbut N. but that S sec. m. that thou siest irun meynd with a tijl stoon of clei, and the toos of the feet in parti of irun, and in parti of erthe, in parti the rewme schal be sad, and in parti to-brokun. Forsothe that thou siest irun meynd with a tiel stoon of clei, sotheli tho schulen be meynd togidere with mannus seed; but tho schulen not cleue to hem silf, as irun mai not be med|dlid with tyel stoon. Forsothe in the daies of thothilke I. rewmes, God of heuene shal reise a rewme, that schal not be distried with outen ende, and his rewme schal not be ȝouun to another puple; it schal make lesse, and schalOm. GN. waste alle these rewmes, and it schal stonde with outen ende, bi this that thou siest, that a stoon was kit doun of the hil with outen hondis, and maad lesse the tiel stoon, and irun, and bras, and siluer, and gold. Greet God hath schewid to the kyng, what thingis schulen come aftirward; and the dreem is trewe, and the interpretyng therof is feithful. Thanne king Nabugodonosor felle doun on his face, and worschipide Danyel, and comaundide sacrifices and encense to be brouȝt, that tho schulden be sacrifisedsacrified A pr. m. I. to hym. Therfor the kyng spak, and seide to Danyel, Verili ȝoure God is God of goddis, and Lord of kyngis, that schewith mysteries, for thou miȝtist opene this sa|crament. Thanne the kyng reiside Da|nyel an hiȝ, and ȝaf many ȝiftis and grete to hym; and ordeynede hym prince and prefect, ether cheef iustise, ouer alle the prouynces of Babiloyne, and maister ouer alle the wise men of Babiloyne. Forsothe Danyel axide of the kyng, and ordeynede Sidrac, Misaac, and Abdenago ouer alle the werkis of the prouynce of Babiloyne; but Danyel hym silf was in the ȝatis of the kyng.

 CAP. III.

Nabugodonosor, theOm. N. kyng, made a goldun ymage, in the heiȝthehiȝnesse I. of sixti cubitis, and in the breede of sixe cubitis; and he sett|ide it in the feeld of Duram, of the pro|uynce of Babiloyne. Therfor Nabugodo|nosor sente to gadere togidere the wise men, magistratis, and iugis, and duykis, and tirauntis, and prefectis, and alle princes of cuntreis, that thei schulden come togi|dere to the halewyng of the ymage, which the kyng Nabugodonosor hadde reisid. Thanne the wise men, magistratisand magestratis I., and iugis, and duykis, and tirauntis, and beste men, that weren set in poweris, and alle the princes of cuntreis, weren gaderid to|gidere, that thei schulden come togidere to the halewyng of theOm. I. ymage, which the kyng Nabugodonosor hadde reisid. Forsothe thei stoden in the siȝt of the ymage, which Nabugodonosor hadde set; and a bedele criede myȝtili, It is seid to ȝou, puplis, kynredis, and langagis; in the our in which ȝe heren the soun of trumpe, and of pipe, and of harpe, ofand of A. sambukesambuke, ether rehed pipe CEFGHIKMNPQUSX., ofand of R. sawtre, and of sympho|nye, and of al kynde of musikis, falle ȝe doun, and worschipeworshipeth I. worschipe ȝe NS. the goldun ymage, which the kyng Nabugodonosor made. Sotheli if ony man fallith not doun, and worschipith not, in the same our he schal be sent in to thea CEFHIKMNQRSU. furneis of fier bren|nynge. Therfor aftir these thingis, anoon as alle puplis herden the sown of trumpe, ofOm. S. and of Y. pipe, and ofOm. S. harpe, of sambukesambuke, ether reehd pipe Y., and of sawtre, of symphonye, and of al kynde of musikis, alle puplis, lynagis, and lan|gagis fellen doun, and worschipiden the golden ymage, which the kyng Nabugo|donosor hadde maad. And anoon in that tyme men of Caldee neiȝiden, and accus|iden the Jewis, and seiden to the kyng Nabugodonosor, Kyng, lyue thou with outen ende. Thou, kyng, hast set a de|cree, that ech man that herith the sown of trumpe, of pipe, and of harpe, of sam|buke, and of sawtree, and of symphonye, and of al kynde of musikis, bowe doun hym silf, and worschipe the goldun ymage; forsothe if ony man fallithfalle CEHKRSU. not doun, and worschipith not, be he sent in to the fur|neis of fier brennynge. Therfor men Jewis ben, Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago, whiche thou hast ordeynede on the werkis of the cuntrei of Babiloyne. Thou kyng, these men han dispisid thi decree; theiand thei A pr. m. onouren not thi goddis, and thei worshipen not thethi U. goldun ymageymagis S., which thou reisidist. Thanne Nabugodonosor comaundide, in woodnesse and in wraththe, that Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago schulden be brouȝt; whiche weren brouȝt anoon in the siȝt of the kyng. And the kyng Nabugodonosor pronounside, and seide to hem, Whether verili Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago, ȝe onouren not my goddis, and worschipen not the golden ymage, which Y made? Now therfor be ȝe redi, in what euer our ȝe heren the sown of trumpe, of pipe, of harpe, of sambuke, of sawtree, and of symphonye, and of al kynde of musikis, bowe ȝe doun ȝou, and worschipe the ymage which Y made; that if ȝe wor|schipen not, in the same our ȝe schulen be sent in to the furneis of fier brennynge; and who is God, that schal delyuere ȝou fro myn hond? Sidrac, Misaac, and Ab|denago answeriden, and seiden to the king Nabugodonosor, It nedith not, that we answere of this thing to thee. For whi oure God, whom we worschipen, mai ra|uysche vs fro the chymenei of fier bren|nynge, and mai delyuere fro thin hondis, thou kyng. That if he nyle, be it knowun to thee, thou kyng, that we onouren not thi goddis, and we worschipen not the goldun ymage, which thou hast reisid. Thanne Nabugodonosor was fillid of wood|nesse, and the biholdyng of his face was chaungid on Sidrac, Misaac, and Abde|nago. And he comaundide, that the fur|neis schulde be maad hattere seuenfold, than it was wont to be maad hoot. And he comaundide to the strongeste men of his oost, that thei schulden bynde the feet of Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago, and sende hem in to the furneis of fier bren|nynge. And anoon tho men weren boundun, with brechis, and cappis, and schoon, and clothis, and weren sent in to the myddis of the furneis of fier brennynge; for whi comaundementthe comaundement K sec. m. RU sec. m. comaundementis S. of the kyng constreinede. Forsothe the furneis was maad ful hoot; certis the flawme of the fier killid tho men, that hadden sent Sidrac, Misaac, and Ab|denago in to the furneis. Sotheli these thre men, Sidrac, Misaac, and Abdenago, fellen doun boundun in the mydis of the chymenei of fier brennynge.Y foond not in Ebreu bokis these thingis that suenfolewen I..

And thei walkiden in the myddis of the flawme, and herieden God, and blessiden the Lord. Forsothe Asarie stoode, and preiede thus; and he openyde his mouth in the myddis of the fier, and seide, Lord God of oure fadris, thou art blessid, andand art N. worthi to be heried, and thi name is glo|rious in to worldis; for thou art riȝtful in alle thingis whiche thou didist to vs, and alle thi werkis ben trewe; and thi weies ben riȝtful, and alle thi domes ben trewe. For thou hast do trewe domes, bi alle thingis whiche thou brouȝtist yn on vs, and on Jerusalem, the hooli citee of oure fadris; for in trewthe and in doom thou brouȝtist yn alle these thingis for oure synnes. For we synneden, and diden wickidli, goynge awei fro thee, and we trespassiden in alle thingis, and we herden not, nether kepten thi comaundementis, nether we diden as thou comaundidist to vs, that it schulde be wele to vs. Ther|for thou didist bi verithi veri AI sec. m. doom alle thingis whiche thou brouȝtist yn on vs, and alle thingis whiche thou didist to vs; and thou hast bitake vs in the hondis of ene|myes, wickid men, and worst trespassouris, and to the vniust kyng, and worst ouer al erthe. And now we moun not opene the mouth; we ben maad schame and schenschipe to thi seruauntis, and to hem that worschipen thee. We bisechen, ȝyue thou not vs to enemyes with outen ende, for thi name, and distrie thou not thi testament, and take thou not awei thi merci fro vs, for Abraham, thi derlyng, and Ysaac, thi seruaunt, and Israel, thin hooli; to whiche thou spakist, biheetyng that thou schuldist multiplie her seed as the sterris of heuene, and as grauel which is in the brynke of the see. For whi, Lord, we ben maad litle, more than alle folkis, and we ben lowe in al erthe to dai, for oure synnes. And in this tyme is no prince, and duyk, and profete, nether brent sacrifice, nether sacrifice, netherne I. offryng, nether encense, nether place of firste fruytis bifor thee, that we moun fynde thi mercy; but be we resseyued in contrit soule, and in spirit of mekenesse. As in brent sacrifice of rammes, and of bolis, and as in thousyndis of fatte lam|bren, so oure sacrifice be maad to dai in thi siȝt, that it plese thee; for no schame is to hem that tristen in thee. And now we suen thee in al the herte, and we dreden thee, and we seken thi face. Schende thou not vs, but do with vs bi thi myldenesse, and bi the multitude of thi merci. And delyuere thou vs in thy merueils, and ȝyue thou glorie to thi name, Lord; and alle men ben schent, that schewen yuelis to thi seruauntis; be thei schent in all thi miȝt, and the strengthe of hem be al to-brokun; and thei schulen wite, that thou art the Lord God aloone, and glorious on the roundnesse of londis. And the mynystris of the kyng, that had|den sent hem, ceessiden not to make hoot the furneis with syment, and herdis of flex, and pitche, and siouns of vynes. And the flawme was sched out ouer the fur|neis bi nyne and fourti cubitis, and brak out, and brente hem that it foond of Cal|deis bisidis the furneis. Forsothe the aun|gel of the Lord cam doun with Asarie and hise felowis, in to theOm. A. furneis, and smoot out the flawme of the fier fro the furneis; and made the myddis of the furneis as the wynd of deew blowynge; and outerli the fier touchide not hem, nether made sori, nether dide ony thing of disese. Thanne these thre as of o mouth herieden and glorifieden God, and blessiden God in the furneis, and seiden, Lord God of oure fa|dris, thou art blessid, and worthi to be preisid, and gloriouse, and aboue enhaunsid in to worldis; and blessid is the name of thi glorie, which name is hooli, and wor|thi to be heried, and aboue enhaunsid in alle worldis. Thou art blessid in the hooli temple of thi glorie, and aboue preisable, and gloriouse in to worldis. Thou art blessid in the trone of thi rewme, and aboue preisable, and aboue enhaunsid in to worldis. Thou art blessid, that biholdist depthis of watris, and sittist on cherubyn, and artOm. I. preisable, and aboue enhaunsid in to worldis. Thou art blessid in the firmament of heuene, and preisable, and gloriouse in to worldis. Alle werkis of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord, herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Aungels of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝeOm. N. hym in to worldis. Heuenes, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle watris, that ben aboue heuenes, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe him into worldis. Alle the vertues of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝeOm. N. hym in to worldis. Sunne and moone, blesse ȝeOm. I. the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Sterris of heuene, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Reyn and deew, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Ech spirit of God, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝeOm. I. hym in to worldis. Fier and heete, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Coold and somer, blesse ȝeOm. N. the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Dewis and whijt forstfrost IS., blesse ȝeOm. N. the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Blac forst and coold, blesse ȝeOm. N. the Lord; herie ȝeOm. I., and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Yces and snowis, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝeOm. N. hym in to worldis. Niȝtis and daies, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Liȝt and derknesse, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝeOm. N. hym in to worldis. Leitis and cloudis, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue en|haunse ȝe hym in to worldis. The erthe blesse the Lord; herie it, and aboue en|haunse it hym in to worldis. Mounteyns and litle hillis, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle buriownynge thingis in erthe, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Wellis, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Sees and floodis, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝeȝe him N., and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Whallis, and alle thingis that ben mouyd in watris, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle briddis of the eyr, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Alle wielde beestis and tame beestis, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Sones of men, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Israel blesse the Lord; herie it, and aboue enhaunse it hym in to worldis. Prestis of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Seruauntis of the Lord, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Spiritis and soulis of iust men, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Hooli men and meke of herte, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. Ananye, Azarie, Mysael, blesse ȝe the Lord; herie ȝe, and aboue enhaunse ȝe hym in to worldis. WhichThe whiche I. Lord rauyschide vs fro helle, and `made saafsaued I. fro the hond of deth, and de|lyueride frovs fro N. the myddis of flawme bren|nynge, and rauyschide vs fro the myddis of fier. Knowleche ȝe to the Lord, for he is good; for his merci is in to the world. Alle religiouse menAlle religi|ouse men; this laste is addid, for not oonli in the peple of Israel, but also in othere pe|plis, weren sum men, that wor|shipeden God bi special wor|shiping, as was Joob, and Mel|chisedech, and lik men, whiche ben seid here religious men. Lire here. CEH KPQUY., blesse ȝe the Lord, God of goddis; herie ȝe, and knouleche ȝe to hym, for his merci is in to allethe I. worldis.Hidur to it is not had in Ebreu, and tho thingis that we hanOm. Y. set, benOm. I. trans|latid `of the writyngben I. of Theodosion.

Thanne kyng Nabugodonosor was asto|nyed, and roos hastily, and seide to hise beste men, Whether we senten not thre men feterid in to the myddis of the fier? WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden the kyng, and seiden, Verili, kyng. The kyng answeride, and seide, Lo! Y se foure men vnboundun, and goynge in the myddis of theOm. I. fier, and no thing of corrupcioun is in hem; and the licnesse of the fourthe is lijk the sone of God. Thanne the kyng Nabugodonosor neiȝide to the dore of the furneis of fierthe fier GNU. brennynge, and seide, Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago, the seruauntis of hiȝ God lyu|ynge, go ȝe out, and come ȝe. And anoon Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago, ȝeden out of the myddis of the fier. And the wise men, and magistratis, and iugis, and miȝti men of the kyng, weren gaderid togidere, and biheldenthei biholden I. tho men, for the fier hadde had no thing of power in the bodies of hem, and an heer of her heed was not brent; also the breechis of hem weren not chaungid, and the odour of fier hadde not passid bi hem. And Nabugodonosor brac out, and seide, Blessid be the God of hem, that is, of Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago, that sente his aungel, and delyueride hise seruauntis, that bileuyden in to hym, and chaungidenthei chaungiden K sec. m. the word of the kyng, and ȝauen her bodies, that thei schulden not serue, and that thei schulden not wor|schipe ony god, outakun herOm. K pr. m. God aloone. Therfor this decree is set of me, that ech puple, and langagis, and lynagis, who euer spekith blasfemye aȝen God of Sidrac, andOm. CEGHIKM NPQRSUX. of Mysaac, and of Abdenago, perische, and his hous be distried; for noon other is God, that mai saue so. Thanne the kyng auaunside Sidrac, Mysaac, and Abdenago, in the prouynce of Babiloyne; and sente in to al the lond a pistle, conteynynge these wordis.

 CAP. IV.

Nabugodonosor, the kyng, writith thus to alle puplis and langagis, that dwellen in al erthe, pees be multiplied to ȝou. Hiȝ God made at me myraclis and mer|ueils; therfor it pleside meto me I. to preche hise myraclis, for tho ben greet, and hise mer|ueils, for tho ben stronge; and his rewme is anOm. I. in S sec. m. euerlastynge rewme, and his power is in generacioun and in to generacioun. I, Nabugodonosor, was restful in myn hous, and flourynge in my paleis; Y siȝ a dreem, that made me aferd; and my thouȝtis in my bed, and the siȝtis of myn heed disturbliden me. And a decre was set forth bi me, that alle the wise men of Babiloyne schulden be brouȝt in bifor my siȝt, and that thei schulden schewe to me the soilyng of the dreem. Than false dy|uynours, astronomyensastronomieers EP., Caldeis, and bi|holderis of auteris entriden; and Y telde the dreem in the siȝt of hem, and thei schewiden not to me the soilyng therof, til the felowe in office, Danyel, to whom the name was Balthasar, bi the name of my God, entride in my siȝt, whichthe whiche I. Danyel hath the spirit of hooli goddis in hym silf; and Y spak the dreem bifor hym. Baltha|sar, prince of dyuynouris, whom Y knowe, that thou hast in thee the spirit of hooli goddis, and ech sacrament, ether preuytee, is not vnpossible to thee, telle thou to me the visiouns of my dreemes, whiche Y siȝ, and the soilyng of tho. This is the visioun of myn heed in my bed. Y siȝ, and lo! a tree was in the myddis of erthe, and the hiȝnesse therof was ful greet. And the tree was greet and strong, and the heiȝthe therof touchide heuene, and the bihold|ynge therof was `til tovnto I. the endis of al erthe. The leeuys therof weren ful faire, and the fruyt therof was ful myche, and the mete of alle was in it; beestis and wielde beestis dwelliden vndur it, and briddis of the eir lyuyden in the braunchis therof, and ech man ete of it. Thus Y siȝ in the visioun of myn heed, on my bed. And lo! a wakere, andan G. hooli manOm. CEFGHIK MNPQRSUX. cam doun fro heuene, and he criede strongli, and seide thus, Hewe ȝe doun the tree, and kitte ȝe doun the bowis therof, and schake ȝe awei the leeuys therof, and sca|tere ȝe abrood the fruytis therof; beestis fle awei, that be vndur it, and briddis fro the bowis therof. Netheles suffre ȝe the seed of rootisthe rootis KN sec. m. therof in erthe, and be he boondun with a boond of irun and of bras, in erbis that ben with out forth, and in theOm. I. deew of heuene be he died, and his part be with wielde beestis in the erbeerbes F. of erthethe erthe I.. His herte be chaungid fro mannus herte, and the herte of a wielde beeste be ȝouun to hym, and seuene tymes be chaungid on hym. In the sentence of wakeris it is demed, and it is the word and axyng of seyntis, til lyuynge men knowe, that hiȝ God is Lord in the rewme of men; and he schal ȝyue it to whom euere he wole, and he schal ordeyne on it the mekeste man. Y, Nabugodonosor, the kyng, siȝ this dreem. Therfor thou, Bal|thasar, telle hastili the interpretyng, for alle the wise men of my rewme moun not seie to me the soilyng; but thou maist, for the spirit of hooli goddis is in thee. Thanne Danyel, to whom the name was Balthasar, began to thenke priueli with ynne hym silf, as in oon our, and hise thouȝtis dis|turbliden hym. Forsothe the kyng an|sweride, and seide, Balthasar, the dreem and the interpretyng therof disturble not thee. Balthasar answeride, and seide, My lord, the dreem be to hem that haten thee, and the interpretyng therof be to thin enemyes. The tree which thou siȝest hiȝ and strong, whos heiȝthe stretchithstrecchide CGN. `til totil in to E. vnto I heuene, and the biholdyng therof in to ech lond, and the faireste braunchis therof, and the fruyt therof ful myche, and the mete of alle in it, and beestis of the feeld dwell|ynge vndur it, and the briddis of theOm. K pr. m. eir dwellynge in the boowis therof, thou art, kyng, that art magnefied, and wexidist strong, and thi greetnesse encreesside, and cam `til tovnto I. heuene, and thi power in to the endis of al erthe. Sotheli that the kyng siȝ a wakere and hooli come doun fro heuene, and seie, Hewe ȝe doun the tree, and distrie ȝe it, netheles leeue ȝe the seed of rootis therof in erthe, and be he boundun with irun and bras, in erbis with out forth, and be he bispreynt with the deew of heuene, and his mete be with wielde beestis, til seuene tymes be chaung|id on hym; this is the interpretyng of the sentence of the hiȝeste, which sentence is comun on my lord, the kyng. Thei schulen caste thee out fro men, and thi dwellyng schal be with beestys and wielde beestis, and thou schalt ete hey, as an oxe doith, but also thou schalt be bisched with the dew of heuene, also seuene tymes schu|len be chaungid on thee, til thou knowe, that hiȝ God is Lord `on theouer the C. ouer EFGINPRSUX. in the H. in Q. rewmerewmes K. of men, and ȝyueth it to whom euer he wole. Forsothe that he comaundide, that the seed of rootis therof, that is, of the tree, schulde be left, thi rewme schal dwelle to thee, aftir that thou knowist that the power is of heuene. Wherfor, kyng, my counsel plese thee, and aȝenbie thi synnes with almesdedis, and aȝenbie thi wickid|nessis with mercies of pore men; in hap God schal forȝyue thi trespassis. Alle these thingis camen on Nabugodonosor, theOm. N. kyng. After the ende of twelue monethis he walkide in the halle of Babiloyne; and the kyng answeride, and seide, Whether this is not Babiloyne, the greet citee, which Y bildide in to the hous of rewme, in the miȝt of my strengthe, and in the glorie of my fairnesse? Whanne the word was ȝit in the mouth of the kyng, a vois felle doun fro heuene, Nabu|godonosor, kyng, it is seid to thee, Thi rewme is passid fro thee, and thei schulen caste thee out fro men, and thi dwellyng schal be with beestis and wielde beestis; thou schalt ete hey, as an oxe doith, and seuene tymes schulen be chaungid on thee, til thou knowe, that hiȝ God is Lord in the rewme of men, and ȝyueth it to whom euere he wole. In the same our the word was fillidfulfillid N sec. m. on Nabugodonosor, and he was cast out fro men, and he eet hey, as an oxe doith, and his bodi was colouryd with the deew of heuene, til hise heeris wexiden at the licnesse of eglis, and hise nailis as the nailis of briddis. Therfor after the ende of daies, YIt is doutid of sum men, wher this Na|bugodonosor is sauyd, for this that is seid of him in [the G] xiiij. co. of Ysaie, Thi pride is drawun doun to hellis, and eft, Thou schalt be draw|un doun to helle, to the depthe of the lake, and many thingis that ben seid there [of him G] of whiche `it semeth to sum men [sum men trowen G], that he is dampned; but it is to seie that he is saued, for the scrip|ture endith the stori of him in his meking, and in the `scrip|ture [feithful GQU] knou|leching of Goddis vertu, as it is open here. CGQU. Which thing is not doon in scripture, no but of hem that ben in the stat of saluacioun. Also the decree in xxiii. cause, in v. questioun, co. Nabugodo|nosor, seith `thus [this QU]. To the con|trarie in Ysaie it is to seie, that it is seid bi manassing, with a con|dicioun vndur|stondun, that is, if he dide not penaunce; netheles for he dide penaunce, therfor he ȝede not doun [in U] to the helle of dampned men, as in xxxviij. co. of Ysaie, the profete Ysaie seide to Ezechie, Dis|pos thin hows, for thou schalt die, and schalt not lyue; ne|theles for he dide penaunse, therfor the sen|tense was chaungid, and fiftene ȝeer weren addid to his liyf. Lire here. CQU., Nabugodonosor, reiside myn iȝen to heuene, and my wit was ȝoldun to me; and Y blesside the hiȝeste, and Y heriede, and glorifiede hym that lyueth with outen ende; for whi his power is euerlastynge power, and his rewme is in generacioun and in to gene|racioun. And alle the dwelleris of erthe ben arettid in to noȝt at hym; for bi his wille he doith, bothe in the vertues of heuene, and in the dwelleris of erthe, and noon is, that aȝenstondith his hond, and seith to hym, Whi didist thou so? In that tyme my wit turnede aȝen to me, and Y cam fulli to the onour and fairnesse of my rewme, and my figure turnede aȝen to me; and my beste men and my magistratis souȝten me, and Y was set in my rewme, and my greet doyng was encreessid grettir to me. Now therfor Y Nabugodonosor herie, and magnefie, and glorifie the kyng of heuene; for alle hise werkis ben trewe, and alle his weies ben domes; and he may makeOm. U. meke hem that goon in pride.

 CAP. V.

Balthasar, the kyng, made a greet feeste to hise beste men a thousynde, and ech man drank aftir his age. Forsothe the kyng thanne drunkun comaundide, that the goldun and siluerne vessels schulden be brouȝt forth, whiche Nabugodonosor, his fadir, hadde borun out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, that the kyng, and hise beste men, hiseand hise A pr. m. wyues, andand his IS. concu|byns schulden drynke in tho vessels. Thanne the goldun vessels and siluerne, whiche he hadde borun out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, weren brouȝt forth; and the kyng, and hise beste men, and hise wyues, and concubyns, drunken in tho vessels. Thei drunken wyn, and heri|eden her goddis of gold, and of siluer, of bras, and of irun, and of tree, and of stoon. In the same our fyngris apperiden, as of the hond of a man, writynge aȝens the candilstike, in the pleyn part of the wal of the kyngis halle; and the kyng bihelde the fyngris of the hond writynge. Thanne the face of the kyng was chaungid, and hise thouȝtis disturbliden hym; and the ioyncturis of hise reynes weren loosid, and hise knees weren hurtlid to hem silf to|gidere. Therfor the kyng criede strongli, that thei schulden brynge yn astrono|myensastronomiers EPY. astronomers S., Caldeis, andOm. I. dyuynouris bi lok|yng of auteris. And the kyng spak, and seide to the wise men of Babiloyne, Who euer redith this scripture, and makith opyn the interpretyng therof to me, schal be clothid in purpur; and he schal haue a goldun bie in the necke, and he schal be the thridde in my rewme. Thanne alle the wise men of the kyng entriden, and miȝten not rede the scripture, nether schewe to the kyng the interpretyng therof. Wherfor kyng Balthasar was dis|turblid ynow, and his cheer was chaungid, but also hise beste men weren disturblid. Forsothe the queen entride in to the hous of feeste, for the thing that hadde bifeld to the king, and beste men; and sche spak, and seide, Kyng, lyue thou with|outen ende. Thi thouȝtis disturble not thee, and thi face be not chaungid. A man is in thi rewme, that hath the spirit of hooli goddis in hym silf, and in the daies of thi fadir kunnyng and wisdom weren foundun in hym; for whi and Nabugodo|nosor, thi fadir, made him prince of astro|nomyensastronomieers EP. astronomers S., of enchaunterischaunteris E., of Caldeis, and of dyuynouris bi lokyng on auteris; so|theli thi fadir, thou kyng, dide this; for more spirit, and more prudent, and vndur|stondyng, and interpretyng of dremes, and schewyng of priuytees, and assoilyng of boundun thingis weren foundun in hym, that is, in Danyel, to whom the kyng put|tide theOm. ENP. name Balthasar. Now therfor Daniel be clepid, and he schal telle the interpretyng. Therfor Daniel was brouȝt in bifor the kyng. To whom the forseid kyng seide, Art thou Danyel, of the sones of caitiftethe caitiftee CEFGHKMNQRSUX. of Juda, whom my fader, the kyng, brouȝte fro Judee? Y haue herd of thee, that thou hast in thee the spirit of goddis, and more kunnyng, and vndur|stondyng, and wisdom be foundun in thee. And now wise men, astronomyensastronomiers EP., en|triden in my siȝt, to rede this scripture, and to schewe to me the interpretyng therof; and thei myȝten not seie to me the vndurstondyng of this word. Certis Y haue herde of thee, that thou maist interprete derk thingis, and vnbynde boundun thingis; therfor if thou maist rede the scripture, and schewe to me the interpretyng therof, thou schalt be clothid in purpur, and thou schalt haue a goldun bie aboute thi necke, and thou schalt be the thridde prince in my rewme. To whichethe whiche I. thingis Danyel answeride, and seide bifore the kyng, Thi ȝiftis be to thee, and ȝyue thou to another man the ȝiftis of thin hous; forsothe, kyng, Y schal rede the scripture to thee, and Y schal schewe to thee the interpretyng therof. O!A! CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. thou kyng, hiȝeste God ȝaf rewme, and greet worschipe, and glorie, and onour, to Nabugodonosor, thi fadir. And for greet worschip which he hadde ȝoue to thilke Nabugodonosor, alle puplis, ly|nagis, and langagis, trembliden and dred|den hym; heand he N. killide whiche he wolde, and he smoot whiche he wolde, and he enhaunside whiche he wolde, and he made low which he wolde. Forsothe whanne his herte was reisid, and his spirit was maad obstynat into CEFGHKMNPQRSUX. pride, he was put doun of the seete of his rewme; and his glorie was takun awei, and he was cast out fro the sones of men; but also his herte was set with beestis, and his dwellyng was with wielde assis; also he eet hei as an oxe doith, and his bodi was colourid with the deew of heuene, til he knewe, that the hiȝeste hath power in the rewme of men, and he schal reise on it whom euer he wole. And thou, Balthasar, the sone of hym, mekidest not thin herte, whanne thou knewist alle these thingis; but thou were reisid aȝens the Lord of heuene, and the vessels of his hous weren brouȝt bifore thee, and thou, and thi beste men, and thi wyues, and thi concubyns, drunk|en wyn in tho vessels; and thou heriedist goddis of siluer, and of gold, and of bras, and of irun, and of tree, and of stoon, that seen not, nether heren, nether feelen; cer|tis thou glorifiedist not God, that hath thi blast, and alle thi weies in his hond. Therfor the fyngur of theOm. CEFGHMNPQRUX. hond was sent of hym, which hond wroot this thing that is writun. Sotheli this is the scripture which is discryued, Mane, Techel, Phares. And this is the interpretyng of the word. Mane, God hath noumbrid thi rewme, and hath fillid it; Techel, thou art weied in a balaunce, and thou art foundun hauynge lesse; Phares, thi rewme is departid, and is ȝouun to Medeis and Perseisto Perseis N.. Thanne, for the kyng comaundide, Daniel was clothid in purpur, and a goldun bie was ȝouun aboute inOm. NPSX. his necke; and it was prechid of hym, that he hadde power, and was the thridde in the rewme. In the same niȝt Balthasar, the kyng of Caldeis, was slayn; and Daryus of MedeiMedeis I. was successour inOm. N. to the rewme, and he was two and sixti ȝeer eld.

 CAP. VI.

It pleside Darius, and he ordeynede sixe score duykis ouer the rewme, that thei schulden be in al his rewme. And ouer hem he ordeynede thre princes, of whiche Danyel was oon; that the duykis schulden ȝelde resoun to hem, and that the kyng schulde not suffre ony disese. Therfor Danyel ouercam alle the princes and duikis, for more spirit of God was in hym. Certis the kyng thouȝte to ordeyne hym on al the rewme. Wherfor princes and duikisdukis, ether prefectis Y. souȝten to fynde occasioun to Danyel, of the side of the kyng; and thei miȝten fynde no cause and suspicioun, for he was feithful, and no blame and suspi|cioun was foundun in hym. Therfor tho men seiden, We schulen not fynde ony occasioun to this Danyel, no but in hap in the lawe of his God. Thanne the princes and duykisduykis, ether prefectis EFGHIKMNPQRSUX. maden fals suggestioun to the kyng, and spaken thus to hym, Kyng Darius, lyue thou with onten ende. Alle the princes of thi rewme, and magistratis, and duykis, senatours, and iugis, han maad a counsel, that a decree and comaundement of the emperour go out, that ech man that axith ony axyng of what euer god and man, til to thretti daies, no but of thee, thou kyng, he be sent in to the lake of liouns. NowAnd now N. ther|for, kyng, conferme thou the sentence, and write thou the decree, that thisthat thing I. that is ordeyned of Medeis and Perseis be not chaungid, nethir be it leueful to ony man to breke. Forsothe Darius, the kyng, set|tide forth, and confermyde the decree. And whanne Danyel hadde founde this thing, that is, the lawe ordeyned, he entride in to his hous; and the while the wyndows weren open in his soler aȝens Jerusalem, in thre tymes in the dai he bowide hise knees, and worschipide, and knoulechide bifore his God, as he was wont to do bifore. Therfor tho men enqueriden ful bisili, and founden Danyel preiynge, and bisechynge his God. And thei neiȝiden and spaken to the kyng of the comaundement, Kyng, whether thou ordeynedist not, that ech man that axide ony of goddis and of men, til to thretti daies, no but thee, thou kyng, he schulde be sent in to the lake of liouns? To whichethe whiche I. men the kyng answeride, and seide, The word is soth, bi the decree of Medeis andand of IS. Perseis, which it is not leue|ful to breke. Thanne thei answeriden, and seiden bifore the kyng, Danyel, of the sones of caitifte of Juda, reckide not of thi lawe, and of the comaundement, which thou ordeynedist, but thre tymes bi the dai he preieth in his bisechyng. And whanne the kyng hadde herd this word, he was sori ynow, and he settide the herte for Danyel, for to doOm. ACFKMRS. delyuere hym; and til to the goyng doun of the sunne he tra|uelide for to doOm. CFKMRS. delyuere hym. But tho men vndurstoden the kyng, and seiden to hym, Wite thou, kyng, that it is the lawe of Medeis and of Perseis, that it is not leueful that ony decree be chaungid, which the kyng ordeyneth. Thanne the kyng comaundide, and thei brouȝten Danyel, and senten hym in to the lake of liouns. And the kyng seide to Danyel, Thi God, whom thou worschipist euere, he schal delyuere thee. And o stoon was brouȝt, and was put on the mouth of the lake, which the kyng aselide with his ryng, and with the ryng of hise beste men, lest ony thing were don aȝens Danyel. Thanne the kyng ȝede in to his hous, and slepte with out soper, and metis weren not brouȝte bifore hym; ferthermore and sleep ȝede awei fro hym. Thanne the kyng roos in the firste morewtid, and ȝede hastili to the lake of liouns; and he neiȝide to the lake, and criede on Danyel with wepynge vois, and spak to hym, Danyel, the ser|uaunt of God lyuynge, gessist thou, whe|ther thi God, whom thou seruest euere, miȝte delyuere thee fro liounsthe liouns N.? And Danyel answeride the kyng, and seide, King, lyue thou with outen ende. My God sente his aungel, and closide togidere the mouthis of liouns, and thothei I. noieden not me, for riȝtfulnesse is foundun in me bifore hym; but also, thou kyng, Y dide no trespas bifore thee. Thanne the kyng made ioie greetli on hym, and comaundide Danyel to be led out of the lake. And Danyel was led out of the lake, and noon hirtyng was foundun in hym, for he bi|leuede to his God. Forsothe the kyng comaundide, thoand tho I. men, that accusiden Danyel, weren brouȝt, and weren sent in to the lake of liouns, thei, and the sones of hem, and the wyues of hem; and thei camen not `til tovnto I. the pawment of the lake, til the liouns rauyschiden hem, and al to|braken alleOm. ENP. the boonys of hem. Thanne Darius, the kyng, wroot to alle puplis, lynagis, and langagis, dwellynge in al erthe, Pees be multiplied to ȝou. Therfor a de|cree is ordeyned of me, that in al myn empire and rewme men tremble, and drede the God of Danyel; for he is God lyuynge, and euerlastynge in to worldis, and his rewme schal not be distried, and his power is `til in totil to K pr. m. with outen ende. He is dely|uerer and sauyour, makynge myraclis and merueils in heuene and in erthe, which delyuerede Danyel fro the lake of liouns. Certis Danyel dwellide stabli `til tovnto I. the rewme of Darius, and `til tovnto I. the rewme of Sirus of Persey.

 CAP. VII.

In the firste ȝeer of BalthasarIn the firste ȝeer of Baltha|sar; bi this it is open, that Danyel settith not the vi|siouns bi the ordre of stori, ether of tyme in whiche tho weren maad to Danyel; for whi tho thingis that ben writun in the chapitre bifor goinge, weren aftir this visioun, for tho weren maad vndur Darius, that was successour of Bal|thasar, as it is seid in [the G] V. chapitre. The resoun of this ordre is this, for this visioun is clenly of pro|fecie, and ther|for it is set with the vi|siouns suynge, that ben of the same condi|cioun; but the visiouns bifor goinge ben ether of pure stori, ether in parti of pro|fesie, and in parti of stori. Another resoun is this, for the visiouns bifor goinge per|teynen to the firste comyng of Crist, but this visioun, with tho that suen, perteynen to the secounde comynge of Crist, that is to the general doom. Lire here. CGQU., kyng of Babiloyne, Danyel siȝ a sweuenesweuene, ether a dreme CFGHIKMNQRSUX.. For|sothe he wroot the visioun of his hed in his bed, and the dreem, and compre|hendide in schort word; and he touchide schortli the sentence, and seide, Y siȝ in my visioun in niȝt, and lo! foure wyndis of heuene fouȝten in the myddis of the greet see. And foure grete beestis dyuerse bitwixe hem silf stiedenstieden vp I. fro the see. TheAnd the I. firste beeste was as a lionesse, and hadde wyngis of an egle. Y bihelde tilvnto I. the wyngis therof weren pullid awei, and it was takun awei fro erthe, and it stood as a man on the feet, and the herte therof was ȝouun to it. And lo! another beeste, lijk a bere in parti, stood, and thre or|dris weren in the mouth therof, and thre princes in the teeth therof. And thus thei seiden to it, Rise thou, ete thou ful many fleischis. Aftir these thingis Y bihelde, and lo! anothir beeste as a pard, and it hadde on it silf foure wyngis of a brid, and foure heedis weren in the beeste, and power was ȝouun to it. Aftir these thingis Y bihelde in the visioun of niȝt, and lo! the fourthe beeste, ferdful, and wondirful, and ful strong. It hadde gretestrong NS sec. m. irun teeth, and it ete, and made lesse, and defoulide with hise feet othere thingis; forsothe it was vnlijk othere beestis, which Y hadde seyn bifore it, and it hadde ten hornes. Y bihelde the hornes, and lo! an other litil horn cam forth of the myddis of tho, and thre of the firste hornes weren drawun out fro the face therof; and lo! iȝen as iȝen of a man weren in this horn, and a mouth spekynge grete thingis. Y bihelde, til that trones weren set, and the elde of daies sat; his cloth was whijt as snow, and the heeris of his heed weren as cleene wolle, his trone was as flawmesflawme A pr. m. RU. of fier, hise wheelis weren fieras fier I. kyndlid. A flood of fier and rennynge faste ȝede out fro his face, a thousynde thousynde mynistriden to hym, and ten sithis a thousynde sithis an hundrid thousynde stoden niȝ hym; the dom sat, and bookis weren opened. Y bihelde for the vois of grete wordis whiche thilke horn spak; and Y siȝ that the beeste was slayn, and his bodi was perischid, and was ȝouun to be brent in fier. And Y siȝ that the power of othere beestis was takun awei, and the tymes of lijf weren ordeyned to hem, til to tyme and tyme. Therfor Y bihelde in the vi|syoun of niȝt, and lo! as a sone of man cam with the cloudis of heuene; and he cam fulli til to the elde of daies, and in the siȝt of hym thei offriden hym. And he ȝaf to hym power, and onour, and rewme, and alle the puplis, lynagisand lynagis I., and langagis schulen serue hym; his power is euerlastynge power, that schal not be takun awei, and his rewme, that schal not be corrupt. My spirit hadde orrour, ether hidousnesse; Y, Danyel, was aferd in these thingis, and the siȝtis of myn heed dis|turbliden me. Y neiȝede to oon of the stonderis niȝ, and Y axide of hym the treuthe of alle these thingis. And he seide to me the interpretyng of wordisthese wordis N., and he tauȝte me. These foure grete beestis ben foure rewmes, that schulen rise of erthe. Forsothe hooli men schulen take the rewme of hiȝeste God, and thei schulen holde the rewme, til in to the world, and `til in tovnto I. in to NSU sec. m. the world of worldis. Aftir these thingis Y wolde lerne diligentli of the fourthe beeste, that was greetli vnlijk fro alle, and was ful ferdful, the teeth and nailis therof weren of irun; it eet, and made lesse, and defoulide with hise feet othere thingis. And of ten hornes whiche it hadde in the heed, and of the tother horn, that cam forth, bifore which thre hornes fellen doun, and of that horn that hadde iȝen, and a mouth spekynge grete thingis, and was grettere than othere; I bihelde, and lo! thilke horn made batel aȝens hooli men, and hadde maistrie of hem, tiltil to I. the elde of daies cam, and hiȝ God ȝaf doom to hooli men; and lo! tyme cam, and hooli men goten rewme. And he seide thus, The fourthe beeste schal be the fourthe rewme in erthe, that schal be more than alle rewmes, and it schal de|uoure al erthe, and it schal defoule, and make lesse that erthe. Forsothe ten hornes schulen be ten kyngis of that rewme; and another kyng schal rise after hem, and he schal be miȝtiere than the formere, and he schal make low thre kyngis. And he schal speke wordis aȝens the hiȝ God, and he schal defoule the seyntis of the hiȝeste; and he schal gesse, that he mai chaunge tymes and lawis; and thei schulen be ȝouun inOm. I. to his hondis, til to tyme, and times, and the half of tymetymes GI.. And doom schal sitte, that the power be takun awei, and be al to-brokun, and perische til in to the ende. Sotheli that the rewme, and power, and theOm. N. greetnesse of rewme, which is vndur ech heuene, be ȝouun to the puple of theOm. I. seintis of the hiȝeste, whos rewme is euerlastynge rewme, and alle kingis schulen serue, and obeie to hym. Hidur to is the ende of the word. Y, Da|nyel, was disturblid myche in my thouȝtis, and my face was chaungid in me; for|sothe Y kepte the word in myn herte.

 CAP. VIII.

In the thridde ȝeer of the rewme of Balthasar, the king, a visioun apperide to me. Y, Danyel, after that thing that Y hadde seyn in the bigynnyng, siȝ in my visioun, whanne Y was in the castel of Susis, which is in the cuntrei of Helam; sotheli Y siȝ in the visioun that Y was on the ȝate Vlay. And Y reiside myn iȝen, and Y siȝ; and lo! o ram stood bifor the mareis, and hadde hiȝ hornes, and oon hiȝere than the totheroother I., and vndurwex|ynge. Aftirward Y siȝ the ram wyndew|ynge with hornes aȝens the eest, and aȝens the west, and aȝens the north, and aȝens the south; and alle beestis myȝten not aȝenstonde it, nether be delyuered fro the hondis of it. And it dide bi his wille, and was magnefied. And Y vndurstood. Lo! forsothe a buk of geet cam fro the west on the face of al erthe, and touchide not the erthe; forsothe the buk of geet hadde a noble horn bitwixe hise iȝen; and he cam til to that horned ram, which Y hadde seyn stondynge bifore the ȝate, and he ran in the fersnesse of his strengthe to that ram. And whanne he hadde neiȝid niȝ the ram, he hurlidehurtlide NS. fersly on hym, and he smoot the ram, and al to-brak tweyne hornes of hym, and the ram miȝte not aȝenstonde hym. And whanne he hadde sent that ram in to erthe, he de|foulide; and no man miȝte delyuere the ram fro his hond. Forsothe the buk of geet was maad ful greet; and whanne he hadde encreessid, the greet horn was brokun, and foure hornes risiden vndur it, bi foure wyndis of heuene. Forsothe of oon of hem ȝede out o litil horn, and it was maad greet aȝens the south, and aȝens the eest, and aȝens the strengthe. And it was magnefied til to the strengthe of he|uene, and it castide doun of the strengthe andOm. A pr. m. of sterris, and defoulide tho. And he was magnefied til to the prince of strengthe, and he took awei fro hym theOm. S pr. m. contynuel sacrifice, and castide doun the place of his halewyng. Forsothe strengthe was ȝouun to hym aȝens the contynuel sacrifice for synnes, and treuthe schal be cast doun in erthe; and he schal haue prosperite, and schal do. And Y herde oon of hooli aungels spekynge; and oon hooli aungel seide to another, Y noot to whom spekinge, Hou long the visioun, and theOm. N. contynuel sacrifice, and the synne of desolacioun, which is maad, and the seyn|tuarie, and the strengthe schal be defoulid? And he seide to hym, Til to theOm. N. euentid and morewtid, two thousynde daies and thre hundrid; and the seyntuarie schal be clensid. Forsothe it was doon, whanne Y, Danyel, siȝ the visioun, and axide the vndurstondyng, lo! as the licnesse of a man stood in my siȝt. And Y herde the voys of a man bitwixe Vlai, and he criede, and seide, Gabriel, make thou Danyel to vndurstonde this visioun. And he cam, and stood bisidis where Y stood; and whanne he was comun, Y dredde, and felle on my face. And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, vndurstonde, for the visioun schal be fillid in theOm. I. tyme of ende. And whanne he spak to me, Y slood doun `plat to the erthegrouelinge on [the I] erthe, ether plat to the erthe CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. grouelinge, ether plat to the erthe Y.. And he touchide me, and settide me in my degree. And he seide to me, Y schal schewe to thee what thingis schulen come in the laste of cursing, for theOm. I. tyme hath his ende. The ram, whom thou siȝest haue hornes, is the kyng of Medeis and of Perseis. Forsothe the buc of geet is the kyng of Grekis; and the greet horn that was bitwixe hise iȝen, he is the firste kyng. Forsothe that whanne that horn was brokun, foure hornes risiden for it, foure kyngis schulen rise of the folc of hym, but not in the strengthe of hym. And after the rewme of hem, whanne `wickidnessis hanwickidnesse han A pr. m. CHSUX. wickidnesse hath GIMNQ. encreessid, a kyng schal rise vnschamefast in face, and vndurstond|yng proposisiouns, ether resouns set forth; and his strengthe schal be maad stalworthe, but not in hise strengthis. And more than it mai be bileuyd he schal waste alle thingis, and he schal haue prosperite, and schal do. And he schal sle stronge men, and the puple of seyntis, bi his wille, and gile schal be dressid in his hond. And he schal magnefie his herte, and in abund|aunce of alle thingis he schal sle ful many men. And he schal rise aȝens the prince of princes, and withouten hond he schal be al to-brokun. And the visioun, which is seid in the morewtid and euentid, is trewe. Therfor seele thou the visioun, for it schal be after many daies. And Y, Danyel, was astonyed, and was sijk bi ful many daies; and whanne Y hadde rise, Y dide the werkis of the kyng; and Y was astonyed at the visioun, and `noon wasther was noon I. that interpretideinterpretide, either expounede CFGHIKMNQRSUX..

 CAP. IX.

In the firste ȝeer of Darius, the sone of Assuerus, of the seed of Medeis, that was emperour on the rewme of Caldeis, in the firste ȝeer of his rewme, Y, Danyel, vn|durstood in bookis the noumbre of ȝeeris, of which noumbre the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete, that seuenti ȝeer of desolacioun of Jerusalem schulde be fillid. And Y settide my face to my Lord God, to preie and toOm. IN. biseche in fastyngis, in sak, and aischein aische N.. And Y preiede my Lord God, and Y knoulechide, and seide, Y biseche, thou Lord God, greet and ferdful, kepynge couenaunt and mercy to hem that louen thee, and kepen thi comaundementis. We han synned, we han do wickidnesse, we diden unfeithfuli, and ȝeden awei, and bowiden awei fro thi co|maundementis and domes. We obeieden not to thi seruauntis, profetis, that spaken in thi name to oure kyngis, to oure princes, and toOm. C sec. m. EFGHIKMNPQRSUX. oure fadris, and to al the puple of the lond. Lord, riȝtfulnesse is to thee, forsothe schenschipe of face is to vs, as is to dai to a man of Juda, and to the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and to al Israel, to these men that ben niȝ, and to these men that ben afer in alle londis, to which thou castidist hem out for the wickidnessis of hem, in whiche, Lord, thei synneden aȝens thee. Schame of face is to vs, to oure kyngis, to oure princes, and to oure fadris, that synneden; but merci and be|nygnytee is to thee, oure Lord God. For we ȝeden awei fro thee, and herden not the vois of oure Lord God, that we schul|den go in the lawe of hym, whiche he settide to vs bi hise seruauntis, profetis. And al Israel braken thi lawe, and bow|iden awei, that thei herden not thi vois; and cursyng, and wlatyng, which is writun in the book of Moises, the seruaunt of God, droppide on vs, for we synneden to hym. And he ordeynede hise wordis, whiche he spak on vs, and on oure princes, that demyden vs, that thei schulden brynge in on vs greet yuel, what maner yuel was neuer vndur al heuene, bi that that is doon in Jerusalem, as it is writun in the lawe of Moises. Al this yuel cam on vs, and, oure Lord God, we preieden not thi face, that we schulden turne aȝen fro oure wickidnessis, and schulden thenke thi treuthe. And the Lord wakide on ma|lice, and brouȝt it on vs; oure Lord God is iust in alle his werkis whiche he made, for we herden not his vois. And now, Lordoure Lord RU. God, that leddist thi puple out of the lond of Egipt in strong hond, and madist to thee a name bi this dai, we han synnede, we han do wickidnesse, Lord, aȝens thial thi U sec. m. riȝtfulnesse. Y biseche, thi wraththe and thi stronge veniaunce be turned awey fro thi citee Jerusalem, and fro thi hooli hil; for whi for oure synnes, and for the wickidnessis of oure fadris, Jerusalem and thi puple ben in schen|schipe, to alle men bi oure cumpas. But now, oure God, here thou the preyer of thi seruaunt, and the bisechyngis of him, and schewe thi face on thithe N. seyntuarie, which is forsakun. My God, for thi silf boowe doun thin eere, and here; opene thin iȝen, and se oure desolacioun, and the citee, on which thi name is clepid to help. For not in oure iustifiyngis we setten forth mekeli preiers bifor thi face, but in thi many merciful doyngis. Lord, here thou; Lord, be thou plesid, perseyue thou, and do; my Lord God, tarie thou not, for thi silf, for thi name is clepid to help on the citee, and on thi puple. And whanne Y spak ȝit, and preiede, and knoulechide my synnes, and the synnes of my puple Is|rael, that Y schulde sette forth mekeli my preieris in the siȝt of my God, for the hooli hil of my God, the while Y spak ȝit in my preyer, lo! the man Gabriel, whom Y hadde seyn in visioun at the bi|gynnyng, flei soone, and touchide me in the tyme of euentid sacrifice; and he tauȝt me, and he spak to me, and seide, Danyel, now Y ȝede out, that Y schulde teche thee, and thou schuldist vndurstonde. Fro the bigynnyng of thi preieris a word ȝede out. Forsothe Y cam to schewe to thee, for thou art a man of desiris; ther|for perseyue thou the word, and vndur|stonde thou the visioun. Seuenti woukisSeuenti woukis; here a wouke is nedis takun for a wouke of ȝeeris, and so ech wouk here conteyneth vij. ȝeer. Lire here. CGQU. of ȝeeris ben abreggid on thi puple, and on thin hooli citee, that trespassyng be endid, and synne take an ende, and that wickidnesse be doon awei, and euerlast|ynge riȝtfulnesse be brouȝt, and that the visioun, andof N. prophesie be fillid, and the hooli of seyntis be anoyntid. Therfor wite thou, and perseyue; fro the goyng out of the word, that Jerusalem be bildid eft, til to Crist, the duyk, schulen be seuene woukis of ȝeeris and two and sixti woukis of ȝeeris; and eft the street schal be bildid, and wallis, in the angwisch of tymes. And after two and sixti woukis `of ȝeerisOm. I. Crist schal be slayn. And it schal not be his puple, that schal denye hym. And the puple with the duyk to comynge schal distrie the citee, and the seyntuarie; and the ende therof schal be distriyng, and after the ende of batel schal be ordeynede desolacioun. Forsothe o wouk `of ȝeerisOm. I. schal conferme the coue|naunt to many men, and the offryng and sacrifice schal faile in the myddismyd N. of the wouke of ȝeeris; and abhomynacioun of desolacioun schal be in the temple, and the desolacioun schal contynue til to the parformyng and ende.

 CAP. X.

InAnd in I. the thridde ȝeer of the rewme of Sirus, kyng of Perseis, a word was schew|id to Danyel, Balthasar bi name; and a trewe word, and greet strengthe, and he vndurstood the word; for whi vndurstond|yng is nedeful in visioun. In tho daies Y, Danyel, mourenyde bi the daies of thre woukis; Y eet not desirable breed, and fleisch, and wyn entride not into my mouth, but nethir Y was anoynted with oynement, til the daies of thre woukis weren fillid. Forsothe in the foure and twentithe dai of the firste monethe, Y was bisidis the greet flood, which is Tigris. And Y reiside myn iȝen, and Y siȝ, andOm. A pr. m. lo! o man was clothid with lynun clothis, and hise reynes weren gird with schynynge gold; and his bodi was as crisolitus, and his face was as the licnesse of leit, and hise iȝen weren asOm. N. aOm. I. brennynge laumpe, and hise armes and tho thingis that weren bynethe til to the feet weren as the lic|nesse of bras beynge whijt, and the vois of hise wordis was as the vois of multitude. Forsothe Y, Danyel, aloone siȝ thea A. visioun; certis thetho I. men that weren with me, sien not, but ful greet ferdfulnesse felle yn on hem, and thei fledden in to an hid place. But Y was left aloone, and Y siȝ this greet visioun, and strengthe dwellide not in me; but also my licnesse was chaungid in me, and Y was stark, and Y hadde not in me ony thing of strengthis. And Y herde the vois of hise wordis, and Y herde, and lay astonyed on my face, and my face cleuyde to the erthe. And lo! an hond touchide me, and reiside me on my knees, and on the toes of my feet. And he seide to me, Thou, Danyel, a man of desiris, vndurstonde the wordis whiche Y speke to thee, and stonde in thi degree; for now Y am sent to thee. And whanne he hadde seid this word to me, Y stood quakynge. And he seide to me, Danyel, nyle thou drede, for fro the firste dai in which thou settidist thin herte to vndurstonde, that thou schuldist turmente thee in the siȝt of thi God, thi wordis weren herd, and Y cam for thi wordis. Forsothe the prince of the rewme of Perseis aȝenstood me oon and twenti daies, and lo! Myȝhel, oon of the firste princes, cam in to myn help, and Y dwellide stille there bisidis the kyng of Perseis. Forsothe Y am comun to teche thee, what thingis schulen come to thi puple in the laste daies; for ȝit the visioun is delaied in to daies. And whanne he spak to me bi siche wordis, Y castide doun my cheer to erthethe erthe K sec. m., and was stille. And lo! as the licnesse of sonethe sone I. of mana man CFGHKMN sec. m. PQSX sec. m. touch|ide my lippis; and Y openyde my mouth, and spak, and seide to hym that stood bifore me, My Lord, in thi siȝt my ioynctis ben vnknit, and no thing of strengthis dwellide in me. And hou schal the seru|aunt of my Lord mow speke with my Lord? no thing of strengthis dwellide in me, but also my breeth is closyde bitwixe. Ther|for eft as the siȝt of a man touchide me, and coumfortide me, and seide, Man of desiris, nyle thou drede; pees be to thee, be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong. AndOm. NS. whanne he spak with me, Yand Y NS. wex|ide strong and seide, My Lord, speke thou, for thou hast coumfortid me. And he seide, Whether thou woost not, whi Y cam to thee? And now Y schal turne aȝen, to fiȝte aȝens the prince of Perseis. For whanne Y ȝede out, the prince of Grekis apperide comynge. Netheles Y schal telle to thee that, that is expressid in the scripture of treuthe; and noon is myn helpere in alle these thingis, no but Myȝhel, ȝoureoure N. prynce.

 CAP. XI.

Forsothe fro the firste ȝeer of Darius of Medei Y stood, that he schulde be coum|fortid, and maad strong. And now Y schal telle to thee the treuthe. And lo! thre kyngis schulen stonde ȝit in Persis, and the fourthe schal be maad riche with ful many richessis ouer alle. And whanne he hath woxe strong bi hise richessis, he schal reise alle men aȝens the rewme of Greece. Forsothe a strong kyng schal rise, and shal be lord in greet power, and schal do that, that schal plese hym. And whanne he schal stonde, his rewme schal be al to-brokun, and it schal be departid in to foure wyndis of heuene, but not in toOm. A pr. m. CEFGHIK pr. m. MNPQRSU pr. m. X. hise eirisether aftircomers K marg., nether bi the power of hym in which he was lord; for his rewme schal be to-rente, ȝhe, in to straungeris, outakun these. And the kyng of the south schal be coumfortid; and of the princes of hym oon schal haue power aboue hym, and he schal be lord in power; for whi his lordschipe schal be myche. And after the ende of ȝeeris `thei schulenhe schal I. be knyt in pees; and the douȝter of the kyng of the south schal come to the kyng of the north, to make frenschipe. And sche schal not gete strengthe of arm, nether the seed of hir schal stonde; and sche schal be bitakun, and the ȝonglyngis of hir that brouȝten hir, and he that coumfortide hir in tymes. And aOm. A. plauntyng of the seed of the rootis of hir schal stonde; and he schal come with an oost, and schal entre in to the prouynce of the kyng of the north, and he schal mysuse hem, and he schal gete; ferthir more he schal gete both the goddis of hem, and grauun ymagis. AlsoAnd NX. he schal lede into Egipt preciouse vessels of gold, and of siluer, takun in batel. He schal haue the maistrie aȝens the kyng of the north; and the kyng of the south schal entre in to the rewme, and schal turne aȝen to his lond. Forsothe the sones of hym schulen be stirid to wraththe, and thei schulen gadere togidere a multitude of ful many coostis. And he schal come hastynge and flowynge, and he schal turne aȝen, and schal be stirid, and schal bigynne batel with his strengthe. And the king of the south schal be stirid, and schal go out, and schal fiȝte aȝens the kyng of the north, and schal make redi a ful grete multitude; and the multitude schal be ȝouun in his hond. And he schal take the multitude, and his herte schal be enhaunsid; and he schal caste doun many thousyndis, but he schal not haue the maistrie. For the kyng of the north schal turne, and schal make redi a multitude, myche more than bifore; and in the ende of tymes and of ȝeeris he schal come hast|ynge with a ful greet oost, and with ful many richessis. And in tho tymes many men schulen rise togidere aȝens the kyng of the south; and the sones of trespassouris of thi puple schulen be enhaunsid, that thei fille the visioun, and thei schulen falle doun. And the kyng of the north schal come, and schal bere togidere erthe, heand he U sec. m. schal take strongeste citees; and the armes of the south schulen not susteyne. And the chosun men therof schulen rise togidere, to aȝenstonde, and strengthe schal not be. And he schal come on hym, and schal do bi his wille; and noon schal be, that schal stonde aȝens his face. And he schal stonde in the noble lond, and it schal be wastid in his hond. And he schal sette his face, that he come to holde al the rewme of him, and he schal do riȝtful thingis with hym. And he schal ȝyue to hym the douȝ|ter of wymmen, to distrie hym; and it schal not stonde, and it schal not be his. And he schal turne his face to ilis, and he schal take many ilis. And he schal make ceesse the prince of his schenschipe, and his schenschipe schal turne in to hym. And he schal turne his face to the lord|schip of his loond, and he schal snapere, and falle doun, and he schal not be foundun. And the vilest and vnworthi to the kyngis onour schal stonde in the place of hym, and in fewe daies he schal be al to-brokun, not in woodnesse, nether in batel. And a dispisid man schal stonde in the place of hym, and the onour of a kyng schal not be ȝouun to hym; and he schal come priueli, and he schal gete the rewme bi gile. And the armes of the fiȝtere schulen be ouercomun of his face, and schulen be al to-brokun, ferthermore and the duyk of boond of pees. And after frenschipe with hym, he schal do gile. And he schal stie, and heOm. CEFIMNQRSU. schal ouercome with litil puple; and he schal entre in to grete and riche citees, and he schal do thingis which hise fadris and the fadris of hise fadris diden not. He schal distrie the ra|ueyns, and prei, and richessis of hem, and aȝens most stidfast thouȝtis he schal take counsel, and this `vn totil to CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. a tyme. And the strengthe of hym, and the herte of hym schal be stirid aȝens the kyng of the south with a greet oost. And the king of the south schal be stirid to batel with many helpis and ful stronge; and thei schulen not stonde, for thei schulen take counsels aȝens hym. And thei that eeten breed with hym schulen al to-breke hym; and his oost schal be oppressid, and ful many men of hise schulen be slayn, and falle doun. And the herte of twei kyngis schal be, that thei do yuel, and at o boord thei schulen speke leesyng, and thei schulen not profite; for ȝit the ende schal be in to an other tyme. And he schal turne aȝen in to his lond with many richessis, and his herte schal be aȝens the hooli testa|ment, and he schal do, and schal turne aȝen in to his lond. In tyme ordeyned he schal turne aȝen, and schal come to the south, and the laste schal notOm. A pr. m. CEFGHIMNPQRS pr. m. U pr. m. X. be lijk the formere. And schippis with three or|dris of ooris, and Romayns, schulen come on hym, and he schal be smytun. And he schal turne aȝen, and schal haue indigna|cioun aȝens the testament of seyntuarie, and he schal do. And he schal turne aȝen, and he schal thenke aȝens hem that for|soken the testament of seyntuarie. And armes of hym schulen stonde, and schulen defoule the seyntuarieof strengthe K marg., and schulen take awei the contynuel sacrifice, and schulen ȝyue abhomynacioun in to desolacioun. And wickid men schulen feyne testament gilefuli; but the puple that knowith her God schal holde, and do. And tauȝt men in the puple schulen teche ful many men, and schulen falle in swerd, and in flawme, and in toOm. K pr. m. caitifte, and in to raueyn of daies. And whanne thei han feldfalle I. doun, thei schulen be reisid bi a litil help; and ful many men schulen be applied to hymhem U. gilefuli. And of lerud men schulen falle, that thei be wellid togidere, and be chosun, and be maad whijt til to aOm. I. tyme deter|myned; for ȝit another tyme schal be. And the kyngAnd the king; that is, Anti|crist. schal do bi his wille; for his malice schal be brouȝt to effect. These thingis ben seid of Antiok oneli, as he was figure of Anticrist, for these thingis ben not `vere [verefied QU] of Antiok to the lettre, but oneli of Anti|crist. reisid and magnefied aȝenus ech god; as Poul seith in [the Q] ij. Pistle to Tess. ij. co. Anticrist is enhaunsid aboue al thing which is seid God, ether which is worschipid, and schewith him silf as if he is God. And therfor this lettre mai not be ex|powned no but of Anticrist, for whi Antiok reiside not him silf aȝenus ech god, but he worschipide the idol of Jouys, and settide it in the temple of Jerusalem, and induside Jewis to the worschiping therof, as myche as he myȝte, as it is red in i. book and ij. book of Machabeus. and aȝenus God of goddis he schal speke grete thingis; for Anticrist schal speke dispisingis and `blasfemyngis [blasfemies QU] aȝenus God of heuene, for he schal schewe him silf as if he is God. he schal be dressid; for his malice schal be brouȝt to his purpos, for he schal sitte in the temple as if he is God, but not longe, for it sueth til wrathfulnesse of God be fillid on him, whanne bi Goddis vertu he schal die sudenli, as seintis seien, and the postle seith in ij. Pistle to Tess. ij. co. The Lord Jhesu bi the spirit of his mouth schal sle Anticrist. the determynyng, etc.; as if he seide, it is determynd so in the biforknowing of God, and therfor it is so certeyn of tyme to comynge, as if `he [it QU] were now doon of tyme passid. not arette the God of hise fadris; for Anticrist schal be born of Jewis, ether of Cristen men, that worschipen God of heuene, and Anticrist schal do awei his worschiping, and mystake to him silf. and he schal be in the coueitisis of wymmen; for thouȝ Anticrist feyne chastite with outforth, to disseyue liȝtliere othere men, netheles he schal not be chast verili, for he schal be ful of [al QU] malice, and so he schal be leccherouse, and therfor he is signefied bi the beeste stiynge fro the see, in xvij. co. of Apocalips. In the beeste is signefied fleisly iolynesse, ether leccherie, and therfor the filosofore in j. book of Etikis clepith fleisli liyf, ether lustful liyf, beestli liyf. he schal not charge ony of goddis; this is opynli soth of Anticrist, and fals of Antiok. for he schal rise aȝenus alle thingis; that is, aȝenus God and men; for Anticrist schal rise aȝenus alle men, in makinge hem suget to him silf, and aȝenus God, in mystakinge to himsilf the `worschiping [worschipe U] of God. onoure god Maosym; Maosym is interpretid strong hold, ether help; the priuat fend of Anticrist schal be clepid thus, for he schal haue of him strong hold and help; ether in other maner strong hold is seid a place that schal be bildid of Anticrist, where he schal worschipe pryuyli thilke fend. and he schal worschip god, etc.; this word and is set here for this word that is. whom hise fadris knewen not; that is, Jewis ether Cristen men, of whiche Anticrist schal come. with gold and siluer, etc.; for in `that [this U] place Anticrist schal sette preciouse richessis, as in a place most priuy, and most stronge. he schal do; this thing that is seid. that he make strong Maosym; that is, thilke place where he schal worschipe the fend priuyli; therfor he seith, with the alien god which he knew, bi homelynesse, and couenauntis maad with him, for he schal haue a couenaunt with that fend, priuat ether special to him silf, which fend owith to be alien fro ech man. he schal multiple glorie; to men obeiynge to him, in enhaunsing hem; for he schal enhaunse yuele men, that schulen obeie to him, and he schal pursue goode men, that schulen aȝenstonde him. power in many thingis; he seith not in alle thingis, for he schal not make ony man euene with him silf. departe the lond at his wille; that is, for his wille, to hise homeli men. in tyme determynd; of God, that bifor seeth and ordeyneth thingis to comynge. the king of the south; that is, [of QU] Egipt. and the kyng of the north; that is, Anticrist, signefied here bi Antiok, that was the figure of An|ticrist. entre in to londis, and schal defoule; for the king of Egipt schal be oon of the firste defoulid of An|ticrist. in to the gloriouse lond; that is, Judee, which is seid gloriouse, for myraclis doon there of God, and for the werkis of oure helthe maad there bi Crist. and many schu|len falle; that is, many londis, and citees, and folkis schulen be suget to An|ticrist. these aloone, etc.; E|dom and Moab, etc.; this schal be doon bi Goddis mersi, for hooli men schulen haue there sum re|fuyt in the tyme of Anticrist; and this schal be doon for fe|ble men, that dursten not put hemsilf forth aȝenus Anti|crist. sende his hondinto londis; for whi Anti|crist schal sende messangeris in to londis, where he schal not come in his owne persoone. the lond of E|gipt schal not ascape; for it schal be of the firste londis su|get to Anticrist. bi Libie and Ethiopie; for also these twei rewmes schulen be suget to An|ticrist. and fame, etc.; for whi the fame of hooli men, that nylen obeie to Anticrist, schal disturble him, ether in hap the fame of summe feith|ful kyngis, that wolen aȝen|stonde him. come with a greet multitude; for he schal haue a ful greet oost. sle ful many men; that is, alle men that nylen obeie to him. in Apheduo; that is, Emaws, as Jerom seith, which place is bitwixe the deed see and the see of myddil erthe. on the noble hil and hooli; that is, the hil of Olyuete, ether Sion; for whanne Anticrist schal sette his tabernacle in Emaws, he schal sette it in a maner on the hil of Olyuete, ether on the hil of Sion, that ben nyȝ hillis, and ben fer oneli bi a myle, for the hilli places of Jerusalem biginnen at Emaws. and he schal come til to the heiȝthe therof; for Anticrist schal come in to the hil of Sion, in the place where the temple was, that he sitte there, and be worschipid, as if he be God, as Poul seith; also he schal come til to the cop of the hil of Olyuete, fro whennus Crist stiede in to heuene, as if he schal stie fro thennus an hiȝ bi the vertu of the fend beringe him. and no man schal helpe him; for he schal be slayn there sudenli, bi Goddis vertu, as Poul seith in ij. Pistle to Tess. ij. co. Lire here. CQU. schal do bi his wille, and he schal be reisid, and magnefied aȝens ech god, and aȝens God of goddis he schal speke grete thingis; and he schal be dressid, til wrathfulnesse be fillid. For the deter|mynynge is perfitli maad. And heOm. N. schal not arette the God of hise fadris, and he schal be in the coueitisiscoueitise A. of wymmen, and he schal not charge ony of goddis, for he schal rise aȝens alle thingis. Forsothe he schal onoure god of Maosym in his place, and he schal worschipe god, whom hise fadris knewen not, with gold, and siluer, and preciouse stoon, and preciouse thingis. And he schal do that he make strong Moosym, with the alien god which he knew. And he schal multiplie glorie, and schal ȝyue power to hem in many thingis, and schal departe the lond at his wille. And in the tyme determyned the kyng of the south schal fiȝte aȝens hym, and the kyng of the north schal come as a tempest aȝens hym, in charis, and within CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. knyȝtis, and in greet nauei. And he schal entre in to londis, and schal defoule hemOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUX.; and he schal passepasse forth RU sec. m., and schal entre in to the gloriouse lond, and many schulen falle. Forsothe these londis aloone schulen be sauyd fro his hond, Edom, and Moab, and princes of the sones of Amon. And he schal sende his hond in to londis, and the lond of Egipt schal not ascape. And he schal be lord of tresouris of gold, and of siluer, and in alle preciouse thingis of Egipt; also he schal passe bi Libie and Ethiopie. And fame fro the eest and fro the north schal disturble hym; and he schal come with a greet multitude, to al to-breke, and to sle ful many men. And he schal sette his tabernacle in Apheduo, bitwixe the sees, on the noble hil and hooli; and he schal come til to the heiȝthe therof, and no man schal helpe hym.

 CAP. XII.

Forsothe in that tyme Miȝhel, the greet prince, schal rise, that stondith for the sones of thi puple. And tyme schal come, what maner tyme was not, fro that tymeOm. CEFGHI pr. m. KMNPQRUX. fro which folkis bigunnen to be, `vn totil to A pr. m. CEGHIMNPQRUXY. that tyme. And in that tyme thi puple schal be saued, ech that is foundun writun in the book of life. And many of hem that slepen in the dust of erthe, schulen awake fulli, summe in to euerlastynge lijf, and othere in to schenschipe, that thei se euere. Forsothe thei that ben tauȝt, schu|len schyne as the schynyng of the firma|ment, and thei that techen many men to riȝtfulnesse, schulen schyne as sterris in to euerlastynge euerlastyngnessis. But thou, Danyel, close the wordis, and aseele the book, til to theOm. AC sec. m. EFHIKMQRSU. tyme ordeyned; ful many men schulen passe, and kunnyng schal be many fold. And Y, Danyel, siȝ, and lo! as tweyne othere men stoodstoden IS.; oon stood on this side, on the brenk of the flood, and another on that side, on the totheroother I. part of the flood. And Y seide to the man, that was clothid in lynnun clothis, that stood on the watris of the flood, Hou long schal be the ende of these merueils? And Y herde the man, that was clothid in lynnun clothis, that stood on the watris of the flood, whanne he hadde reisid his riȝthond and lefthond to heuene, and hadde sworun by hym that lyueth with outen ende, For in to aOm. I. tyme, and tymes, and the half of tyme. And whanne the scateryng of the hoond of the hooli puple is fillid, alle these thingis schulen be fillid. And Y herde, and vn|durstood not; and YOm. I. seide, My lord, what schal be aftir these thingis? And he seide, Go thou, Danyel, for the wordis ben closid and aseelid, til to the tyme deter|myned. Many men schulen be chosun, and schulen be maad whijt, and schulen be preued as fier, and wickid men schu|len do wickidli, nether alle wickid men schulen vndurstonde; certis tauȝt men schulen vndurstonde. And fro the tyme whanne contynuel sacrifice is takun aweifro the tyme whanne the con|tynuel sacrifice is takun awei, etc.; that is, fro the tyme in which the sa|crament of the auter schal ceesse to be halewid so|lempneli. and abhomynacioun is set in to dis|coumfort; that is, Anticrist is schewid to men for to be wor|schipid; fro that tyme schu|len be a thou|sinde daies ij. hundrid and nynti, that maken thre ȝeer and a half, with xij. daies, for o ȝeer hath thre hundrid daies and lxv.; therfor thus it is open, that thre ȝeer and an half of the persecu|cioun of Anti|crist schulen not be bigun|nun fro that tyme in which he schal schewe himsilf, `to [and QU] drawe summen to him, but fro that tyme whanne he schal be of so greet power, that he schal schewe him to men, for to be worschipid, and whanne feith|ful men schu|len not be hardi to make the sacrement of the auter open|li, for the drede of him. til a thousynde daies iij. hundrid and xxxv.; here to the noumbre biforgoinge ben addid xlv. daies that schulen be ȝouun of God, aftir the deth of Anticrist, bifor the doom, that thei that ben disseyued in the persecucioun of Anticrist, moun do penaunce; and therfor Danyel seith, he is blessid that cometh fulli til to a thousinde daies iij. hundrid and xxxv.; that is, he is blessid, that schal stonde in the persecucioun of Anticrist, that schal dure bi thre ȝeere and an half, and ȝit schal lyue ouer this bi xlv. daies; for if he is not disseyued bi Anticrist, he schal be corowned as a perfit man, and if he was disseyued, he mai do penaunce in tho xlv. daies suynge the deth of Anticrist; for thanne his falsnesse schal be open to alle men, and his power schal be takun awei. Thouȝ this seiyng is comyn ynow, netheles it is not had herbi, that the comyng of Crist to the doom schal be anoon aftir xlv. naturel daies, to be rikenyd fro the deth of Anticrist, for it is not determynd certeynli that tho xlv. daies ben vsual, ether custumable daies, ether daies of ȝeeris, bi that word of Ezechiel in [the Q] iiij. co. Y ȝaf to thee a dai for a ȝeer; and thouȝ it were determynd of vsual daies, netheles it is not determynd that the comyng to the doom is anon aftir tho; rather it semeth, that more space of tyme schal come bitwixe, bi this that Crist seith, in xxiiij. co. of Matheu, As in the daies of Noe men weren etinge and drinkinge, weddinge and ȝyuynge to weddinge, til to that dai wherinne Noe entride in to the schip, and thei knewen not, til the greet flood cam, and took awei alle men, so schal be the comynge of mannus sone. And summe Cristen doctours referren this to the tyme that schal be bitwixe the deth of Anticrist, and the dai of doom, but sich pees and sikirnesse, in which feestis and wed|dingis ben vsid, semen not to be of so litil tyme, as of xlv. daies, and most if this were determynd of vsual daies; and this Y seide fulliere in xxxix. co. of Ezechiel. Bi thingis seid here, the falsnesse of Jewis is opyn, that seien, that here is set the tyme for which thei owen to abide Messias, ether Sauyour to comynge, and as thei seien, a dai is takun here for a ȝeer, so that thei owen to abide bi a thousinde iij. hundrid and xxxv. ȝeer, in biginnyng the rikenynge of these ȝeeris, fro the tyme wherinne the idol was set in the temple; but an argument ether pref is maad aȝenus this seiynge, for ether the settyng of idol is takun of hem of the idol set in the tyme of Antiok Epifanes, and this must be seid bi tho Jewis that expownen of Antiok thingis bifor seid in this chapitre, and thanne the falsnesse of hem apperith opynli, for fro that tyme til now ben passid more than a thousynde and iiij. hundrid ȝeer, and netheles thei han not ȝit Messias, as thei seien; ether it is takun of the idol set bi the emperour of Rome, aftir the distriyng maad bi Titus, and thanne it bihoueth, that thingis biforseid in this chapitre weren expowned of the emperour of Rome; but this mai not be, for that that is seid, And he schal not charge ony of goddis, etc. mai not be expowned of him, for whi Romayns worschipiden [the QU] goddis of alle folkis. Also it is open bi this, that the waking of sleperis in the dust of erthe, of which it is seid in the biginnyng of this chapitre, schal be vndur|stondun of the veri rising aȝen in the ende of the world, and it is not takun for the going out of caues in the tyme of Ma|chabeis, as the fals Porfirie seith, for Da|nyel roos not thanne in this maner. Lire here. CQU., and abhomynacioun is set in to discoum|fort, schulen be a thousynde daies two hundrid and nynti. He is blessid, that abideth, and cometh fulli, tilto I. a thousynde daies thre hundrid and fyue and thritti. But go thou, Danyel, to the tyme deter|myned; and thou schalt reste, and stonde in thi part, in the ende of daies.

Hidir to we reden Daniel in Ebreu book; othere thingis that suen, til toin to U. the ende, ben translatid out of `the transla|cioun ofOm. I. TheodosionTheodosion, and seith thus. F.. CAP. XIII.

AHere bigynneth a pistle of holy Sussanne. In tho daies ag. man was in Babiloyne, and his name was Joachim. And he took a wijf, Su|sanne bi name, the douȝter of Helchie, a womman ful fair, and dredynge the Lord. Forsothe hir fadir and modir, whanne thei weren riȝtful, tauȝten her douȝtertauȝten her doutir, etc.; here fadris and modris ben monestid to teche bi the lawe of God, not oneli her sones, but also her douȝtris. The Glos here. CGQU. biOm. g. the lawe of Moises. Sotheli Joachim was ful riche, and heOm. g. hadde a gardyn niȝ his hous; and the Jewis camen to hym, for he was the moost worschipful of alle. And tweyne elde men weren ordeyned iugisto be iugis g. in that ȝeer, of whiche the Lord spak, that wickidnesse ȝede out of Babiloyne, of the eldere iugisJewis g. that semeden to gouerne the puple. These iugis vsiden oftOm. g. the hous of Joachym; and alle men that hadden domes camen to hem. Forsothe whanne the puple hadde turned aȝen after myddai, Susanne entride, and walkide in the gar|dyn of hir hosebonde. And the eldre men siȝen hir entrynge ech dai, and walkynge; and thei brenten out in to `the couetiseconcupiscence, ether coueitise I. of hir. And thei turneden awei her wit, and bowiden doun her iȝen, that thei siȝen not heuene, nether bithouȝten on iust domes. Sotheli bothe weren woundid bi the loue of hir, and thei schewiden not her sorewe tobi g. hem silf togidere; for thei weren aschamed to schewe to hem silf her co|ueitiseconcupiscence I., willynge to ligge fleischli bi hir. And thei aspieden ech dai more bisili to seaspie g. hir. And oon seide to the tothir, Go we hoom, for the our of mete is. And thei ȝeden out, and departiden fro hem silf. And whanne thei hadden turned aȝen, thei camen in to o place; and thei axiden ech of othere the cause, and thei knou|lechiden her coueitise. And thanne in comyn thei ordeyneden a tyme, whanne thei miȝten fynde hir aloone. Forsothe it was doon, whanne thei aspieden a couen|able dai, sche entride sumtyme, as ȝistir|dai and the thridde dai ago, with twei damysels aloone, and wolde be waischunwaischid CFGHKMNPQRSUX. in the gardyn; for whi heete was. And no man was therether was not ony man I. ony man was not CEFGHMNPQRSUXg., outakun tweynethe two g. elde men hidyhid I., biholdynge hir. Therfor sche saide to the damysels, Bringe ȝe to me oile, and oynementis; and close ȝeOm. g. the doris of the gardyn, that Y be waischun. And thei diden as sche `hadde comaundidcomaunde g.; and thei closiden the doris of the gardyn, and ȝeden out bi a posterne, to bringe tho thingis that sche hadde comaundid. And thei wisten not, that the eldeeldere g. men weren hid with ynne. Sotheli whanne the da|mysels weren gon out, tweyne elde men risiden, and runnen to hir, and seiden, Lo! the doris of the gardyn ben closid, and no man seeth vs, and we ben in `the coueitiseconcupiscence I. of thee. Wherfor assente thou to vs, and be thou meddlid with vs. ThatAnd g. if thou wolt not, we schulen seie witnessyng aȝens thee, that a ȝong man was with thee, and for this cause thou sentist out the dame|sels fro thee. And Susanne inwardli so|rewide, and seide, Angwischis ben to me on ech side; for if Y do this, deth is to me; forsothe if Y do not, Y schal not ascape ȝoure hondis. But it is beteremore betere g. for me to falle in to ȝoure hondis without werk, than to do synne in the siȝt of the Lord. And Susanne criede `an hiȝOm. g. with greet vois, but also the elde men cri|eden aȝens hir. Forsothe oon ran, and openede the door of the gardyn. SotheliForsothe g. whanne the seruauntis of the hous hadden herd the cry in the gardyn, thei fellen in bi the posterne, to se what it was. But after that the these g.elde men spaken, the ser|uauntis weren aschamed greetly, for neuer was siche a word seid of Susanne. And the morew dai was maad. And whanne the puple was comyn to Joachym, hir hosebonde, also the twei prestis fulle of wickid thouȝtethouȝtis g. camen aȝens Susanne, for to sle hir. And thei seiden bifor al the puple, Sende ȝe to Susanne, the douȝter of Helchie, the wijf of Joachym. And anoon thei senten. And sche cam with hir fadir, and modir, and children, and alle kynesmen. CertisAnd certis I. Susanne was ful delicatdelicat, ethir tendir CEFGHIKMNPQRUXYg. tendir, ethir delicat S., and fair of schap. And thothe g. wickid men comaundiden, that sche schulde be vnhilid, for sche was kyuered; that nameli so thei schuldun be fillid of hir fairnesse. Therfor hir kynesmen wepten, and alle that knewen hir. Forsothe the twei prestis risiden togidere in the myddis of the puple, and settidensetten g. her hondis on the heed of hir. And sche wepte, and bi|helde to heuene, andfor U. hir herte hadde trist in the Lord. And the prestis seiden, Whanne we walkiden aloone in the gar|dyn, thissche this I. SusanneOm. I. entride with twei damesels; and sche closide the dore of the gardyn, and lefte the damesels. And a ȝong man, that was hid, cam to hir, and lai bi hir. Certis whanne we weren in a corner of the gardyn, weand we g. sien the wickid|nesse, and runnen to hem, and we sien hem meddlid togidere. And sotheli we myȝten not take hym, for he was strongere than we; and whanne he hadde opened the doris, he skippide out. But whanne we hadde take this womman, we axiden, who was the ȝonge man; and sche noldewolde not I. schewe to vs. OfAnd of NS sec. m. this thing we ben wit|nessis. The multitude bileuede to hem, as to the eldre men and iugis of the pu|ple, and condempneden hir to deththe deeth g.. For|sothe Susanne criede loud with greet vois, and seide, Lord God, without bigynnyng and ende, thatthou I. art knowere of hid thingis, that knowist alle thingis bifore that thothei Ig. ben don; thou wost, that thei han bore fals witnessyng aȝens me. And lo! Y dye, whanne Y haue not do ony of these thingis, whiche these men han maad maliciously aȝens me. Forsothe the Lord herde the vois of hir. And whanne she was led to the deth, the Lord reiside the hooli spirit of a ȝonge child, whos name was Danyel. And he criede loude with a greet vois, Y am cleene of the blood of this womman. And al the puple turned aȝen to hym, and seide, What is this word, which thou hast spoke? And whanne he stood in the myd|dis of hem, he seide, So ȝe, fonned children of Israel, not demynge nether knowynge that that is trewe, condempneden the douȝter of Israel. Turne ȝe aȝen to the dom, for thei spaken fals witnessyng aȝens hir. Therfor the puple turnede aȝen with haaste. And the elde menmen of the puple, not tho twey prestes K.That is, the elde men of the puple, not tho twei prestis. Thei bileuyden to him for hoolynesse and kunnyng, and sich owith to be in elde men, in xij. co. of Job, for here myra|cle fillide age. A Postille here. [Lire here. Q] CQU. seiden to hym, Come thou, and sitte in the myddis of vs, and schewe to vs; for God hath ȝoue to thee theOm. g. onour of eelde. And Danyel seide to hem, Departe ȝe hem atwynnya twynne GPQSUg. fera fer N., and Y schal deme hem. Therfor, whanne thei weren departid oonthat oon g. fro thethat S. totheroother IS., he clepide oon of hem, and seide to hym, Thou elde man of yuel daies, now thi synnes ben comun, whiche thou wrouȝt|ist bifore, demynge vniust domes, oppress|ynge innocentis, and delyuerynge gilti men, whanne the Lord seith, Thou schalt not sle an innocent and iusta iust g. man. But now if thou siestsaiȝ g. hir, seie thou, vndur what tree thou siest hem spekynge togi|dere to hem silf? WhichThe whiche I. seide, Vndur an haw tree. Forsothe Danyel seide, Riȝtli thou liest in thin heed; for lo! the angel of the Lord, bi a sentence takun of hym, schal kitte thee bi the myddil. And whanne he was stiridmoued I. aweiOm. g., he comaund|ide the tother to come, and seide to hym, Thou seed of CanaanThis iuge was of Canaan bi condiciouns, since he dis|seyuede wym|men bi ferdful|nesse. A Pos|tille here. CGQU., and not of Juda, fairnesse hath disseyued thee, and coueitise hath misturned thin herte; thus ȝe diden to the douȝtris of Israel, and thei dredden, and spaken to ȝou, but the douȝter of Juda suffride not ȝoure wickidnesse. Now ther|for seie thouOm. I. to me, vndur what tree thou siest hem spekynge togidere to hem silf? WhichThe whiche I. seide, Vndur a blak thorn. For|sothe Danyel seide to hym, Riȝtli also thou liest in thin heed; forforsothe g. the aungel of the Lord dwellith, and hath a swerd, that he kitte thee bi the myddil, and sle ȝou. Therfor al the puple criede lowde with greet vois, and blessiden `the LordGod g., that saueth hem that hopen in hym. And thei risiden togidere aȝens the twei preestis; for Danyel hadde conuyctid hem biin g. her mouth, that thei hadden bore fals witness|yng; and thei diden to hem, as thei had|den do yuele aȝens the neiȝboresse, that thei schulden do bi the lawe of Moises, and thei killiden hem. And giltles blood was sauyd in that daiday. Here eendith the pistle of holy Sussanne. g.. Forsothe Hel|chie and his wijf herieden the Lord in that day, for Susanne, her douȝter, with Joachym, hir hosebonde, and with alle hir kynesmen, for a foul thing was not foundun in hir. Forsothe Danyel was maad greet in the siȝt of the puple, fro that dai and afterward. And kyngthe kyng I. Astriages was put to his fadris, and Sirus of Perseis took his rewme. Forsothe Danyel eet with the kyng, and was onourid aboue alle the frendis of hym.

 CAP. XIV.

Also an idol, Bel bi name, was at Babi|loyne, and twelue mesuris of cleene flour, of whiche mesuris eche conteynede thre buyschels, and fourti scheep, and sixe me|suris of wyn, that ben clepid amfrisAn amfre, as Isidore in [the G] xvj. of E|thymologies, is a foure squarid vessel, and hath handlis at the maner of eeris; and anentis Greekis it con|teyneth a square foot of wyn. A Postille here. CGQU., weren spendid in it ech day. And the kyng worschipede that Beel, and ȝede ech dai to onoure hym; certis Danyel wor|schipide his God. And the kyng seide to hym, Whi worschipist thou not Beel? WhichThe whiche I. answeride, and seide to him, For Y worschipe not idols maad bi hond, but God lyuynge, that made of nouȝt heuene and erthe, and hath power of ech fleisch. And the kyng seide to hym, Whether it semeth not to thee, that Bel is a lyuynge god? whether thou seest not, hou grete thingis he etith and drynkith ech dai? And Daniel seide leiȝinge, Kyng, erre thou not; for whi this Bel is of clei with ynne, and of bras withoutforth, and etith not ony tyme. And the king was wroth, and clepide the preestis therof, and seide to hem, If ȝe seien not to me, who it is that etith these costisether spensis K marg., ȝe schulen die. For|sothe if ȝe schewen that Bel etith these thingis, Daniel schal die, for he blasfemede Bel. And Daniel seide to the king, Be it don bi thi word. Forsothe the prestis of Bel weren seuenti, outakun wyues, and litle children, ether seruauntis, and sones. And the kyng cam with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. And the preestis of Bel seiden, Lo! we schulen go out, and thou, kyng, sette meetis, and meddle wyn, and close thou the dore, and aseele it with thi ryng. And whanne thou entristcomist N. eerli, if thou fyndist not alle thingis etun of Bel, we schulen die bi deth, ether Daniel schal die, that liede aȝens vs. Sotheli thei trist|iden, for thei hadden maad a priuy en|tryng vndur the boord, and bi it thei entriden euere, and deuouriden tho thingis. Forsothe it was don, aftir that thei ȝeden out, and the king settide metis bifor Bel, Daniel comaundide to hise children, and thei brouȝten aischis, and he riddlide thorouȝ al the temple bifor the kyng. And thei ȝeden out, and closiden the dore, and aseeliden with the ryng of the kyng, and ȝeden forth. But the preestis entriden inbi S. niȝtthe niȝt CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX., bi her custom, and the wyues, and children of hem, and eetenthei eeten I. and drunken alle thingis. Forsothe the kyng roos moost eerli, and Daniel with hym. And the kyng seide, Daniel, whether the seelis ben saaf? And he answeride, King, tho ben saaf. And anoon whanne thei hadden openyd the dore, the king biheelde the boord, and he criede an hiȝ with a greet vois, Bel, thou art greet, and no gile is at thee. And Daniel leiȝede, and he helde the kyng, that he entride not with ynne. And Daniel seide, Lo! the pawment, per|seyue thou whos steppis these ben. And the kyng seide, Y se steppis of men, and ofOm. I. wymmen, and of ȝonge children. And the kyng was wrooth. Thanne the kyng took the preestis, and the wyues, and chil|dren of hem; and thei schewiden to hym litle priuy doris, bi whiche thei entriden, and wastiden tho thingis that weren on the boord. Therfor the kyng killide hem, and bitook Bel in to the power of Daniel, whichthe whiche I. distriede thilke Bel, and his tem|ple. And a greet dragoun was in that place, and Babiloyns worschipiden it. And the kyng seide to Daniel, Lo! now thou maist not seie, that this is not a quik god; therfor worschipe thou hym. And Da|niel seide to the kyng, Y worschipe my Lord God, for he is God lyuynge. But thou, kyng, ȝyue power to me, and Y schal sle the dragoun, with out swerd andor N. staf. And the kyng seide, Y ȝyue to thee. Therfor Daniel took pitch, and talow, and heeris, and sethide togidere; and he made gobetis, and ȝaf in to the mouth of the dragun; and the dragun was al to-brokun. And Daniel seide, Lo! whom ȝe worschipiden. And whanne Ba|biloynes hadden herd this thing, thei had|den indignacioun greetli; and thei weren gaderid aȝens the king, and seiden, The king is maad a Jew; he distriede Bel, and killide the dragun, and slow the preestis. And thei seiden, whanne thei weren comun to the kyng, Bitake thou to vs Daniel, that distriede Bel, and killide the dragun; ellis we schulen sle thee, and thin hous. Ther|for the kyng siȝ, that thei fellen in on hym greetli; and hethat he N. was compellid bi nede, and he bitook Daniel to hem. WhicheThe whiche I. senten hym in to the lake of liouns, and he was there seuene daies. Certis seuene liouns weren in the lake, and twei bodiesdampned I marg. and twei scheep weren ȝouun to hem ech dai. And thanne tho weren not ȝouun to hem, that thei schul|den deuoure Daniel. Forsothe Abacuk, the profete, was in Judee, and he hadde soden potage, and hadde set in looues in a litil panyere; and he ȝede in to the feeld, to bere to reperis. And the aungel of the Lord seide to Abacuk, Bere thou the mete, which thou hast, in to Babiloyne, to Da|niel, which is in the lake of liouns. And Abacuk seide, Lord, Y siȝ not Babiloyne, and Y knew not the lake. And the aun|gel of the Lord took hym bi his top, and bar hym bi the heer of his heed; and he `settide thilke Abacuksette hym I. in Babiloyne, on the lake, in the fersnesse of his spirit. And Abacuk criede, and seide, Daniel, the seruaunt of God, take thou the mete, that God hath sent to thee. And Daniel seide, Lord God, thou hast mynde on me, and hast not forsake hem that louen thee. And Daniel roos, and eet; certis the aun|gel of the Lord restoride Abacuk anoon inin to N. his place. Therfor the kyng cam in the seuenthe dai to biweile Danyel; and he cam to the lake, and lokide in, and lo! Daniel sittynge in the myddismyddil N. of liouns. The kyng criede an hiȝ with greet vois, and seide, Lord God of Daniel, thou art greet; and the kyng drow hym out of the lake. Certis he sente in to the lake hem, that weren cause of his perdicioun, and thei weren deuourid in a moment bi|for him. Thanne the kyng seide, Thei that dwellen in al erthe, drede the God of Daniel, for he is God lyuynge in to worldis; he is delyuerere, and sauyour, do|ynge myraclis and meruels in heuene and in erthe, that delyuerede Daniel fro the lake of liouns.

 Here endith Danyel, and here bigyn|neth OseeFrom CGIMQU. Here endith Danyel, and here bigynneth Osee, profete. F. Here endith Danyel, and here bigynneth Osee. H. Here endeth Daniel, the prophet; se now Osee, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Danyel, and bigynneth the book of Osee. N. Heere eend|ith Daniel, and bigynneth the prophete Osee. R. Here endith Danyel, and begynneth Osee, the profete. X. No final rubric in AEPY. In S it is cut off.. HOSEA. Here biginnith the book of Osee, the profeteFrom EPY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THE word of the Lord that was maad to Osee, the sone of Bery, in the daies of Osie, Joathan, Achas, Ezechie, kingis of Juda, and in the daies of Jeroboam, sone of Joas, the kyng of Israel. The bigynnyng of the spekyng to the Lord in Osee. And the Lord seide to Osee, Go thou, take to thee a wijf of fornycaciouns, and make to thee sones of fornycaciouns, for the lond doynge fornicacioun schal do fornicacioun fro the Lord. And he ȝede, and took Gomer, the douȝter of Debelaym; and sche conseyuede, and childide a sone to hym. And the Lord seide to hym, Clepe thou the name of hym Jesrael; for ȝit a litil and Y schal visite the blood of Jes|rael on the hous of Hieu, and Y schal make to reste the rewme of the hous of Israel. And in that dai Y schal al to|breke the bowe of Israel in the valei of Jesrael. And sche conseyuede ȝit, and childide a douȝter. And the Lord seide to hym, Clepe thou the name of hir With out merci, for Y schal no more leye to, for to haue merci on the hous of Israel, but bi forȝetyng Y schal forȝete hem. And Y schal haue merci on the hous of Juda, and Y schal saue hem in her Lord God; and Y schal not saue hem in bowe, and swerd, and batel, and in horsis, and in horse men, ether kniȝtis. And he wenyde hir that was With out merci. And sche conseyuede, and childide a sone to hym. And he seide, Clepe thou his name Not my puple, for ȝe schulen not be my puple, and Y schal not be ȝoure God.

 CAP. II.

And the noumbre of the sones of Is|rael schal be as grauel of the see, which grauel is with out mesure, and it schal not be noumbrid; and it schal be in the place, where it schal be seid to hem, Ȝe ben not my puple; it schal be seid to hem, Ȝe ben the sones of God lyuynge. And the sones of Juda and the sones of Israel schulen be gaderid togidere, and thei schulen sette oon heed to hem silf, and thei schulen stiestie up I. fro erthethe erthe I., for the dai of JesraelIsrael I. is greet. Sei ȝeOm. N. to ȝoure bri|theren, Thei ben my puple; and to ȝoure sister that hath gete merci, Deme ȝe ȝoure modir, deme ȝe, for sche is not my wijf, and Y am not hir hosebonde. Do sche awey hir fornicaciouns fro hir face, and hir auowtries fro the myddis of hir brestis; lest perauenture Y spuyle hir nakid, and sette hir nakid bi the dai of hir natyuyte. And Y schal sette hir as a wildirnesse, and Y schal ordeyne hir as a lond with out weie, and Y schal sle hir in thirst. And Y schal not haue merci on the sones of hir, for thei ben sonesthe sones N. of fornicaciouns; for the modir of hem dide fornicacioun, sche is schent that conseyu|ede hem, for sche seide, Y schal go after my louyeris that ȝeuen looues to me, and my watris, and my wolle, and my flex, and myn oile, and my drynke. For this thing lo! Y schal hegge thi weie with thornes, and Y schal hegge it with a wal, and sche schal not fynde hir pathis. And sche schal sue hir louyeris, and schal not take hem, and sche schal seke hem, and schal not fynde; and sche schal seie, Y schal go, and turne aȝen to my formere hosebonde, for it was wel to me thanne more than now. And this Jerusalem wiste not, that Y ȝaf to hir wheete, wyn, and oile; and Y multiplied siluer and gold to hir, whiche thei maden to Baal. Ther|for Y schal turne, and take my wheete in his tyme, and my wiyn in his tyme; and Y schal delyuere my wolle, and my flex, bi which thei hiliden the schenschipe ther|of. And now Y schal schewe the foli of hir bifore the iȝen of hir louyeris, and a man schal not delyuere hir fro myn hond; and Y schal make to ceesse al the ioye therof, the solempnyte therof, the neome|nyeNeomenye is the feeste of the newe moone. A. theroftherof, ether feeste of newe moone CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY., the sabat therof, and alle the feeste tymes therof. And Y schal dis|triecorumpe, ether distrie CEFGHIKMNPQSUX. the vyner therof, of whiche sche seide, These ben myn hiris, whiche my louyeris ȝauen to me; and Y schal sette it in to a forest, and a beeste of the feeld schal ete it. And Y schal visite on it the daies of Baalym, in whiche it brente encense, and was ourned with hir eere ryng, and hir broche, and ȝede after hir louyeris, and forȝat me, seith the Lord. For this thing lo! Y schal ȝyue mylk to it, and Y schal brynge it in to wildirnesse, and Y schal speke to the herteheelthe CEFGHMNPQSUX. heiȝthe K. therof. And Y schal ȝyue to it vyn tilieris therof ofin I. the same place, and the valei of Achar, that is, ofOm. K. disturblyng, for to opene hope. And it schal synge there bi the daies of hir ȝongthe, and bi the daies of hir stiyngstiyng vp I. fro the lond of Egipt. And it schal be in that dai, seith the Lord, sche schal clepe me Mynhir N. hosebonde, and sche schal no more clepe me Baalym; and Y schal take awei the names of Baalym fro hir mouth, and sche schal no more haue mynde of the name of tho. And Y schal smyte to hem a boond of pees in that dai with the beeste of the feeld, and with the brid of the eir, and with the crepynge beeste of erthethe erthe ERU.. And Y schal al to-breke bowe, and swerd, and batel fro erthe; and Y schal make hem to slepe tristili. And Y schal spouse thee to me withouten ende; and Y schal spouse thee to me in riȝtfulnesse, and in dom, and in merci, and in merciful do|yngis. And Y schal spouse thee to me in feith; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord. And it schal be, in that dai Y schal here, seith the Lord, and Y schal here heuenes, and tho schulen here the erthe; and the erthe schal herebere N. wheete, and wyn, and oile, and these schulen here JesraelIsrael I.. And Y schal sowe it to me in to a lond, and Y schal haue merci on it that was with out merci. And Y schal seie to that, that is not my puple, Thou art my puple, and it schal seie, Thou art my God.

 CAP. III.

And the Lord seide to me, Ȝit go thou, and loue a womman loued of a frend, and a womman auoutresse, as the Lord loueth the sones of Israel; and thei biholden to alien goddis, and louen the draffis of grapis. And Y dalf it to me bi fiftene pens, and bi a corusA corus con|teyneth xxx. buschels, and so a corus and an half con|teynen xlv. buschels, CKNRU. of barli, and bi half a corus of barli. And Y seide to it, Bi many daies thou shalt abide me; thou schalt not do fornycacioun, and thou schalt not be with an hosebonde, but also Y schal abide thee. For bi many daies the sones of Israel schu|len sitte with out kyng, with out prince, and with out sacrifice, and with out auter, and with out prestis cloth, and with out terafyn, that is, ymagis. And after these thingis the sones of Israel schulen turne aȝen, and schulen seke her Lord God, and Dauid, her king; and thei schulen drede at the Lord, and at the good of him, in the laste ofOm. A. daies.

 CAP. IV.

Sones of Israel, here ȝe the word of the Lord, for whi doom is to the Lord with the dwelleris of erthe; for whi trewthe is not, and merci is not, and kunnyng of the Lord is not in erthe. Curs, and leesyng, and manquelling, and thefte, and auowtrie flowiden, and blood touchide blood. For this thing the erthe schal mourne, and ech that dwellith in that lond, schal be sijk, in the beeste of the feeld, and in the brid of the eir; but also the fischis of the see schulen be gaderid togidere. Netheles ech man deme not, and a man be not repreuyd; for thi puple is as thei that aȝen seien the prest. And thou schalt falle to dai, and the profete also schal falle with thee; in the niȝt Y made thi modir to be stille. My puple was stille, for it hadde not kun|nyng; for thou hast putte awei kunnyng, Yand I I. schal putte thee awei, that thou vse not presthod to me; and for thou hast forȝete the lawe of thi God, also Y schal forȝete thi sones. Bi the multitude of hem, so thei synneden aȝens me. Y schal chaunge the glorie of hem in to schenschipe. Thei schulen ete the synnes of my puple, and thei schulen reise the soulis of hem to the wickidnesse of hem. And it schal be, as the puple so the prest; and Y schal visite on hym the weies of hym, and Y schal ȝelde to him the thouȝtis of hym. And thei schulen ete, and thei schulen not be fillid; thei diden fornicacioun, and ceess|iden not, for thei forsoken the Lord in not kepynge. Fornycacioun, and wiyn, and drunkenesse doen awei the herte. My puple axide in his tre, and the staf therofOm. N. telde to it; for the spirit of forni|cacioun disseyuede hem, and thei diden fornicacioun fro her God. On the heedishedis, ether coppis I. of mounteyns thei maden sacrifice, and on the litil hillis thei brenten encense vndur an ook, and a popeler, and terebynte, for the schadewe therof was good. Therfor ȝoure douȝtris schulen do fornicacioun, and ȝoure wyues schulen be auoutressis. Y schal not visite on ȝoure douȝtris, whanne thei don fornicacioun, and on ȝoure wyues, whanne thei doon auowtrie; for thei lyu|yden with hooris, and maden sacrifice with men turned in to wymmens condiciouns. And the puple that vndirstondith not, schal be betun. If thou, Israel, doist fornica|cioun, nameli Juda trespassetrespasside CEFK pr. m. NVX. not; and nyle ȝe entre in to Galgala, and stie ȝe not in to Bethauen, nether swere ȝe, The Lord lyueth. For as a wielde cow Israel bowide awei; now the Lord schal fede hem as a lomb in broodnesse. Effraym is the par|tener of idols, leeue thou him; the feeste of hem is departid. Bi fornicacioun thei diden fornicacioun, the defenders therof louyden to brynge schenschipe. The spirit boond hym in hise wyngis, and thei schu|len be schent of her sacrifices.

 CAP. V.

Preestis, here ȝe this, and the hous of Israel, perseyue ȝe, and the hous of the kyng, herkne ȝe; for whi doom is to you, for ȝe ben maad a snare to lokyng afer, andOm. I. as a net spred abrood on Thabor. And ȝe bowiden doun sacrifices in to depthe; and Y am the lernere of alle hem. Y knowe Effraym, and Israel is not hid fro me; for now Effraym dide fornica|cioun, Israel is defoulid. Thei schulen not ȝiue her thouȝtis, that thei turne aȝen to her God; for the spirit of fornicacioun is in the myddis of hem, and thei knewen not the Lord. And the boost of Israel schal answere in to the face therof, and Israel and Effraym schulen falle in her wickidnesse; also Judas schal falle with hem. In her flockis, and in her droues thei schulen go to seke the Lord, and thei schulen not fynde; he is takun awei fro hem. Thei trespassiden aȝens the Lord, for thei gendriden alien sones; now the monethe schal deuoure hem with her partis. Sowne ȝe with a clarioun in Ga|baa, with a trumpe in Rama; ȝelle ȝe in Bethauen, after thithe I. bak, Beniamyn. Ef|fraym schal be in to desolacioun, in the dai of amendyng, and in the lynagis of Israel Y schewide feith. The princes of Juda ben maad as takynge terme; Y schal schede out on hem my wraththe as watir. Effraym suffrith fals chalenge, and is bro|kun bi doom; for he bigan to go after filthis. And Y am as a mouȝte to Effraym, and as rot to the hous of Juda. And Ef|fraym siȝ his sikenesse, and Judas siȝ his boond. And Effraym ȝede to Assur, and sente to the kyng veniere. And he mai not saue ȝou, nether he mai vnbynde the boond fro ȝou. For Y am as a lionesse toof N. Ef|fraym, and as a whelp of a lioun to the hous of Juda. Y my silf schal take, and go, and take awei, and noon is that schal delyuere. I schal go, and turne aȝen to my place, til ȝe failen, and seken my face.

 CAP. VI.

In her tribulacioun thei schulen rise eerli to me. Come ȝe, and turne we aȝen to the Lord; for he took, and schal heele vs; he schal smyte, and schal make vs hool. He schal quykene vs after tweifewe I. daies, and in the thridde dai he schal reise vs, and we schulen lyue in his siȝt. We schulen wite, and sue, that we knowe the Lord. His goyng out is maad redi at the morewtid, and he schal come as a reyn to vs, which is timeful and lateful to the erthe. Effraym, what schal Y do to thee? Juda, what schal Y do to thee? Ȝoure merci is as a cloude of the morewtid, and as deew passynge forth eerli. For this thing Y hewide in profetisthat is, bi the coreccioun of prophetes, I wolde leede aȝen ȝow to riȝtnesse, or euenesse, as trees bi hew|ing. Lire here. K., Y killide hem in the wordis of my mouth; and thi domes schulen go out as liȝt. For Y wolde merci, and not sacrifice, and Y wolde the kunnyng of God, more than brent sacri|ficissacrifice A.. But thei as Adam braken the co|uenaunt; thereand there N. thei trespassiden aȝens me. Galaad the citee of hem that wor|chenworshipen A pr. m. idol, is supplauntid with blood; and as the chekis of men `that benOm. C et ceteri. theues. Partener of prestis sleynge in the weie men goynge fro Sichem, for thei wrouȝten greet trespasse. In the hous of Israel Y siȝ an orible thing; there the fornicaciouns of Effraym. Israel is defoulid; but also thou, Juda, sette heruest to thee, whanne Y schal turne the caitiftee of my puple.

 CAP. VII.

Whanne Y wolde heele Israel, the wick|idnesse of Effraym was schewid, and the malice of Samarie was schewid, for thei wrouȝten aOm. I. leesyng. AndOm. I. a niȝt theef en|tride, and robbid; a dai theef was with|outforth. And lest thei seien in her hertis, that Y haue mynde on al the malice of hem, now her fyndyngis han cumpassid hem, tho ben maad bifor my face. In her malice thei gladiden the kyng, and in her leesyngys `thei gladidenOm. I. the princes. Alle that doen auoutrie, ben as an ouene maad hoot of a bakere. The citee restide a litil fro the medlyng of sour douȝ, til al was maad sour `of sour douȝOm. I.. The dai of oure kyng; the princis bigunnen to be wood of wyn; he stretchide forth his hoond with scorneris. For thei applieden her herte as an ouene, whanne he settide tresoun to hem. Al the niȝt he slepte bakynge hem, in the morewtid he was maad hoot, as the fier of flawme. Alle weren maad hoot as an ouene, and thei deuouriden her iugis. Alle the kyngis of hem fellenfelden I et S passim. doun, and noon is among hem that crieth to me. Effraym hym silf was medlid among puplis; Ef|fraym was maad a loof bakun vndur aischis, which is not turned aȝen. Aliens eeten the strengthe of hym, and he knew not; but also hoor heeris weren sched out in hym, and he knew not. And the pride of Israel schal be maad low in the face therof; thei turneden not aȝen to her Lord God, and thei souȝten not hym in alle these thingis. AndOm. A pr. m. Effraym was maad aslyk to S. a culuer disseyued, not hauynge herte. Thei clepiden Egipt to help, theiwhanne thei N. ȝeden to Assiriens. And whanne thei ben goen forth, Y schal sprede abrood on hem my net, Y schal drawe hem doun as a brid of the eir. Y schal beete hem, bi the heryng of the cumpany of hem. Wo to hem, for thei ȝeden awei fro me; thei schulen be distried, for thei trespassiden aȝens me. And Y aȝenbouȝte hem, and thei spaken leesyngis aȝenus me. And thei crieden not to me in her herte, but ȝelliden in her beddis. Thei chewiden code on wheete, and wyn, and thei ȝeden awei fro me. And Y tauȝte, and coumfortide the armes of hem, and thei thouȝten malice aȝens me. Thei turneden aȝen, that thei schul|den be with out ȝok; thei ben maad as a gileful bowe. The princis of hem schulen falle doun bi swerd, for the woodnesse of her tunge; this is the scornyng of hem in the lond of Egipt.

 CAP. VIII.

A trumpe be in thi throte, as an egle on the hous of the Lord; for that that thei ȝeden ouer my boond of pees, and braken my lawe. Thei clepiden me to helpe, A! my God, we Israel han knowe thee. Israel hath cast awei good, the enemye schal pursue hym. Thei regnyden, and not of me; thei weren princes, and Y knew not. Thei maden her gold and siluer idols to hem, that thei schulden perische. A! Sa|marie, thi calf is cast awei; my strong veniaunce is wrooth aȝens hem. Hou long moun thei not be clensid? for also it is of Israel. A crafti man made it, and it is not god; for the calf of Samarie schal be in to webbis of ireyns. For thei schulen sowe wynd, and thei schulen repe whirle|wynd. A stalke stondynge is not in hem, the seed schal not make mele; that if also it makith mele, aliens schulen ete it. Is|rael is deuouryd; now Israel is maad as an vnclene vessel among naciouns, for thei stieden to Assur. Effraym is a wielde asse, solitarie to hym silf. Thei ȝauen ȝiftis to louyeris; but also with meede thei hir|iden naciouns. Now Y schal gadere hem togidere, and thei schulen restenot reste A pr. m. a litil fro birthun of the kyng and of princes. For Efraym multipliede auteris to do synne, auteris weren maad to hym in to trespas. Y schal write to hem my many fold lawis, that ben arettid as alien lawis. Thei schu|len brynge sacrifices, thei shulen offre, and ete fleischis; and the Lord schal not res|seyue tho. Now he schal haue mynde on the wickidnessis of hem, and he schal vi|site the synnes of hem; thei schulen turne in to Egipt. And Israel forȝat his makere, and bildide templis to idolshis ydoles S., and Judas multipliede stronge citees; and Y schal sende fier in to the citeescitee N. of hym, and it schal deuoure the housis of hym.

 CAP. IX.

Israel, nyle thou be glad, nyle thou make ful out ioie as puplis; for thou hast do fornicacioun fro thi God. Thou louedist meede on alle the cornflooris of wheete. The cornfloor and pressour schal not feede hem, and wyn schal lie to hem. Thei schulen not dwelle in the lond of the Lord. Effraym turnede aȝen in to Egipt, and eet defoulidand defoulide I. thing among Assiriens. Thei schulen not offre wyn to the Lord, and thei schulen not plese hym. The sacri|ficis of hem ben as breed of mourneris; alle that schulen ete it schulen be de|foulid. For the breed of hem is to the lijf of hem; thei schulen not entre in to the hous of the Lord. What schulen ȝe do in the solempne dai, in the dai of the feeste of the Lord? For lo! thei ben goon out fro distriyng. Egipt schal ga|dere hem togidere, Memphis schal birie hem. A nettle schal enherite the desirable siluer of hem, a clote schal be in the ta|bernaclis of hem. Daies of visitacioun ben comun, daies of ȝeldyng ben comun. Knowe ȝe, that Israel is a fool, a wood profete, a spiritual man, for the multitude of thi wickidnesse is also the multitude of woodnesse. The biholdere of Effraym with my God is a profete; a snare of fall|yng is maad now on alle the weies of hym, woodnesse is in the hous of his God. Thei synneden deepli, as in theOm. I. daies of Gabaa. The Lord schal haue mynde on the wickidnesse of hem, and schal visite the synnes of hem. Y foond Israel as grapis in desert, Y siȝsauȝ I sæpius. the fadris of hem as the firste applis of a fige tree, in the cop therof; but thei entriden to Belfegor, and weren alienyd in confusioun, and thei weren maad abhomynable as tho thingis whiche thei louyden. Effraym as a brid fley awei; the glorye of hem is of child|beryng, and of the wombe, and of con|seyuyng. That if thei nurschen her sones, Y schal make hem with out children among men. But also wo to hem, whanne Y schal go awei fro hem. Y siȝ that Ef|fraym was as Tire, foundid in fairnesse; and Effraym schal lede out hise sones to the sleere. Lord, ȝyue thou to hem; what schalt thou ȝyue to hem? ȝyue thou to hem a wombe with out childrenfre children NS sec. m., and drie tetis. Alle the wickidnessis of hem ben in Galgal, for there Y hadde hem hateful; for the malice of her fyndyngis. Y schal caste hem out of myn hous; Y schal not leie to, that Y loue hem. Alle the princes of hem goen awei. Effraym is smyten, the roote of hem is dried vp; thei schulen not make fruyt. That thouȝ thei gendren, Y schal sle the moost louyd thingis of her wombe. My God schal caste hem awey, for thei herden not hym; and thei schulen be of vnstable dwellyng among naciouns.

 CAP. X.

Israel was a vyne ful of bowis, fruyt was maad euene to hym; bi the multi|tude of his fruyt he multipliede auteris, bi the plente of his lond he was plen|teuouse. In simylacris the herte of hem is departid, now thei schulen perische. He schal breke the simylacris of hem, he schal robbe the auteris of hem. For thanne thei schulen seie, A kyng is not to vs, for we dreden not the Lord. And what schal a kyng do to vs? Speke ȝe wordis of vnpro|fitable visioun, and ȝe schulen smyte boond of pees with leesyng; and doom as bittir|nesse schal burioune on the forewis of the feeld. The dwelleris of Samarie worschip|iden the kien of Bethauen. For the puple therof mourenyde on that calf, and the keperis of the hous therof; thei maden ful out ioye on it in the glorie therof, for it passide fro that puple. For also it was borun to Assur, a ȝifte to the king veniere. Confusioun schal take Effraym, and Israel schal be schent in his wille. Samarie made his kyng to passe, as froth on the face of water. And theOm. I. hiȝ thingis of idol, the synne of Israel, schulen be lost. A cloote andof N. a brere schal stie on the auters of hem. And thei schulen seie to mounteyns, Hile ȝe vs, and to litle hillis, Falle ȝe doun on vs. Fro the daies of Gabaa Israel synnede; there thei stoden. Batel schal not take hem in Gabaa, on the sones of wickidnesse. Bi my desir Y schal chastise hem; puplis schulen be gaderid togidere on hem, whanne thei schulen be chastisid for her twei wickidnessis. Effraym is a cow calf, tauȝtand tauȝt I. for to loue threischyng; and Y ȝede on the fairenesse of the necke therof. Y schal sitestie up I. on Effraym. Judas schal ere, and Jacob schal breke forewis to hym silf. Sowe ȝe to ȝou riȝtfulnesse in treuthe, and repe ȝe in the mouthe of merci, and make ȝe newe to ȝou a feld newli brouȝte to tilthe. Forsothe tyme is to seke the Lord, whanne he cometh, that schal teche ȝou riȝtfulnesse. Ȝe han erid vnfeithfulnesse, ȝe han roperepe I. wickidnesse, ȝe han ete the corn of leesyng. For thou tristydist in thi weies, and in the multi|tude of thi stronge men. Noise schal rise in thi puple, and alle thi stronge holdis schulen be distried; as Salmana was dis|tried of the hous of hym, that took ven|iaunce on Baal; in the dai of batel, whanne the modir was hurlidhurtlid I. doun on the sones. So Bethel dide to ȝou, for the face of malice of ȝoure wickidnessis.

 CAP. XI.

As the morewtid passith, the king of Israel schal passe forth. For Israel was a child, and Y louyde hym; and fro Egipt Y clepide my sone. Thei clepiden hem, so thei ȝeden awei fro the face of hem. Thei offriden to Baalym, and maden sacri|fice to symylacris. And Y as a nursche of Effraym bare hem in myn armes, and thei wisten not, that Y kepte hem. Y schal drawe hem in the ropis of Adam, in the boondis of charite. And Y schal be to hem as he that enhaunsith the ȝok on the chekis of hem; and Y bowide doun to hym, that he schulde ete. He schal not turne aȝen in to the lond of Egipt. And Assur, he schal be kyng of hym, for thei noldenwolden not I. turne. A swerd bigan in the citees therof, and it schal waaste the chosun men therof, and schal eete the heedis of hem. And my puple schal hange, at my comynge aȝen. But a ȝok schal be put to hem togidere, that schal not be takun awei. Hou schal Y ȝyue thee, Effraym? schal Y defende thee, Israel? hou schal Y ȝyue thee? As Adama Y schal sette thee; as Seboym. Myn herte is turned in me; my repent|aunce is disturblid togidere. Y schal not do the strong veniaunce of my wraththe. Y schal not turne, to leese Effraym; for Y am God, and not man. Y am hooli in the myddis of thee, and Y schal not entre in to a citee. Thei schulen go after the Lord. He shal rore as a lioun, for he shal rore, and theOm. N. sones of the see schulen drede. And thei schulen fle awei as a brid fro Egipt, and as a culuer fro the lond of Assiriens. And Y schal sette hem in her housis, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XII.

Effraym cumpasside me in denying, the hous of Israel in gile. But Judas a wit|nesse ȝede doun with God, and with feith|ful seyntis. Effraym fedith wynd, and sueth heete. Al dai he multiplieth leesyng, and distriyng; and he made boond of pees with Assiriens, and bar oile in to Egipt. Therfor the doomword I. of the Lord is with Juda, and visityng is on Jacob; bi the weies of hym, and bi the fyndyngis of hym he schal ȝelde to hym. In the wombe he supplauntide his brother, and in his strengthe he was dressid with the aungel. And he was strong to the aungel, and was coumfortid; he wepte, and preiede hym; in Bethel he foond hym, and there he spak with vs. And the Lord God of oostis, the Lord, is the memorial of hym. And thou schalt turne to thi God. Kepe thou merci and doom, and hope thou euere in thi God. Chanaan louyde fals caleng, aand U. gileful balaunce in his hond. And Ef|fraym seide, Netheles Y am maad riche, Y haue founde an idol to me; alle my trauelis schulen not fynde to me the wick|idnesse, whiche Y synnede. And Y am thi Lord God frothat ledde thee fro K. the lond of Egipt; ȝit Y schal make thee to sitte in tabernaclis, as in the daies of feeste. And Y spak bi pro|fetis, and Y multiplied profesievisioun, ether profecie CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY., and Y was licned in the hond of profetis. If Galaad worschipith an idol, therfor thei erren in veyn offryng to oxis in Galgal; for whi and the auteris of hem schulen be as heepis on the forewis of the feeld. Jacob fledde in to the cuntrei of Sirie, and Israel ser|uyde for a wijf, and seruyde, ether kepte, for a wijf. But bi a profete the Lord ledde Israel out of Egipt, and bi a pro|fete he was kept. Effraym terride me to wrathfulnesse in hise bitternessis, and the blood of hym schal come on hym; and his Lord schal restorebe restorid I. to hym the schen|schipe of him.

 CAP. XIII.

For Effraym spak, hidousnesse assailide Israel; and he trespasside in Baal, and was deed. And now thei addiden to do synne, and maden to hem a ȝotun ymage of her siluer, as the licnesse of idols; al is the makyng of crafti men. To these thei seien, A! ȝe men, offre, and worschipeworschipeth I. caluys. Therfor thei schulen be as a mo|rewtid cloude, and as thedai N. deew of morew|tid, that passith forth, as dust rauyschide bi whirlewynd fro the corn floor, and as smoke of a chymenei. Forsothe Y am thithe I. Lord God, `that ledde theeOm. A pr. m. froout fro N. the loond of Egipt; and thou schalt not knowe God, outakun me, and no sauyour is, outakun me. Y knewe thee in the desert, in the lond of wildirnesse. Bi her lesewis thei weren fillid, and hadden abundaunce; thei reisiden her hertehope CEFGHIMNQPX., and forȝaten me. And Y schal be as a lionesse to hem, as a parde in the weye of Assiriens. Y as a femal bere, whanne the whelps ben rauyschid, schal mete hem; and schal al to-breke the ynnere thingis of the mawe of hem. And Y as a lioun schal waaste hem there; a beeste of the feeld schal alOm. CGHKMNQRSUX sec. m. F. to-rende hem. Israel, thi perdicioun is of thee; thin help is oneli of me. Where is thi kyng? moost saue he thee now in alle thi citees; and where ben thi iugis, of whiche thou seidist, Ȝyue thou to me a kyng, and princes? Y schal ȝyue to thee a kyng in my strong veniaunce, and Y schal take a wei in myn indignacioun. The wickidnesse of Effraym is boundun togidere; his synne is hid. The sorewis of a womman trauelynge of child schulen come to hym; he is a sone not wijs. For now he schal not stonde in the defoulyng of sones. Y schal delyuere hem fro the hoond of deeth, and Y schal aȝenbie hem fro deth. Thou deth, Y schal be thi deth; thou helle, Y schal be thi mussel. Coumfort is hid fro mynthin N. iȝen, for he schal departe bitwixe britheren. The Lord schal brynge a brennynge wynd, stiyngestiynge vp I. fro desert; and it schal make drie the veynes therof, and it schal make deso|lat the welle therof; and he schal rauysche the tresour of ech desirable vessel.

 CAP. XIV.

Samarie perische, for it stiride his God to bittirnesse; perische it bi swerd. The litle children of hem be hurtlid doun, and the wymmen with child therof be koruun. Israel, be thou conuertid to thi Lord God, for thou fellistfellidist CHIQRU. feldest S. fallidest K text: ether fel K marg. doun in thi wickidnesse. Take ȝe wordis with ȝou, and be ȝe con|uertid to the Lord; and seie ȝe to hym, Do thou awei al wickidnesse, and take thou good; and we schulen ȝelde the caluys of oure lippis. Assur schal not saue vs, we schulen not stiestie up I. on hors; and we schulen no more seie, Oure goddis ben the werkis of oure hondis; for thou schalt haue merci on that modirles child, which is in thee. Y schal make hool the sorewis of hem; Y schal loue hem wilfuli, for my strong veniaunce is turned awei fro hem. Y schal be as aOm. A pr. m. dew, and Israel schal buri|owne as a lilie. And the root therof schal breke out as of the Liban; the braunchis therof schulen go. And the glorye therof schal be as an olyue tree, and the odour therof schal be as of the Liban. Thei schulen be conuertid, and sitte in the scha|dewe of hym; thei schulen lyue bi wheete, and schulen buriowne as a vyne. The me|morial therof schal be as the wyne of Liban. Effraym, what schulen idols do more to me? Y schal here him, and Y schal dresse him as a greene fir tree. Thi fruit is foundun of me. Who is wijs, and schal vndurstonde these thingis? who is vndurstondyng, and schal kunne these thingis? For the weies of the Lord ben riȝtful, and iust men schulen go in tho; but trespassours schulen falle in tho.

 Here endith Osee, and here biginneth JoelFrom CFGHIQRSU. Here endeth the booc of the profete Osee; se now Joel, the prophete. K. Here endith Osee, and here bigynneth the book of Joel. M. Here endith the book of Osee, and bigynneth the book of Joel. N. Here endith the booc of the profete Osee, and begynneth Joel. No final rubric in AEPY.. JOEL. Here bigynneth the book of JoelHere biginnithe the book of Joel, the profete. EPY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THE word of the Lord is this, that was maad to Joel, the sone of Phatuel. Elde men, here ȝe this, and alle dwelleris of the lond, perseyue ȝe with eeris. If this thing was don in ȝoure daies, ether in the daies of ȝoure fadris. Of this thing telle ȝe to ȝour sones, and ȝour sones telle to her sones, and the sones of hem telle to an|other generacioun. A locusteA locust is whanne it hath ful wyngis; a brucke is of the same kynde, bifore that it hath wyngis. rust eet, etc. rust is vice ei|ther corrup|cioun of wex|ynge corn, whanne bi brennynge wynd it makith no seed, and if it makith ony, it is in veyn. Lire here. U. A bruke is cle|pid the fruyt of a locuste, bifore that it hath wyngis, after|ward whanne it bigynneth to fle a litil, it is seid athelebus, and whanne it fleith fulli it is seid a locuste; and a bruke is myche greuous|ere than a lo|custe, either athelebus, for it liggith in o place, and eet|ith the fruytis to the roote. rust is whanne tendre cornes ben smytun bi noyful dew, and boothe the stalkis and eeris of corn ben turned in to rednesse. If these comen, ech bi it silf, these ben noy|ful; if these comen to gi|dere, these doon awei outerli alle thingis. The glose. U. eet the residue of a worte worm, and a bruke eet the residue of a locuste, and rust eet the residue of a bruke. Drunken men, wake ȝeOm. N., and wepe; and ȝelle ȝe, alle that drynken wyn in swetnesse; for it perisch|ide fro ȝoure mouth. For whi a folc strong and vnnoumbrable stiede on my lond. The teeth therof ben as theof the EY. teeth of a lioun, and the cheek teeth therof ben as of a whelp of a lioun. It settide my vyner in to desert, and took awei the riynde of my fige tre. It made nakid and spuylide that vyner, and castide forth; the braunchis therof ben maad white. Weile thou, as a virgyn gird with a sak on the hosebonde of hir tyme of mariage. Sacri|fice and moist sacrifice perischide fro the hous of the Lord; and preestis, the mynys|tris of the Lord, moureneden. The cuntrey is maad bare of puple. The erthe mouren|yde; for whete is distried. Wyn is schent, and oile was sijk, ether failide. The erthe tilieris ben schent, the vyn tilieris ȝelliden on wheete and barli; for the ripe corn of the feeld is perischid. The vyner is schent; and the fige tre was sijk. The pomgarnate tre, and the palm tre, and the fir tre, and alle treesthe trees U. of the feeld drieden vp; for ioie is schent fro the sones of men. Ȝe prestis, girde ȝou, and weile; ȝe mynystris of the auter, ȝelleȝelleth I.. Mynystris of my God, entre ȝe, ligge ȝe in sak; for whi sacrifice and moist sacrifice perischide fro the hous of ȝoure God. Halewe ȝe fastyng, clepe ȝe cumpenythe cumpany EPY., gadere ȝe togidere elde men, and alle dwelleris of the erthe in to the hous of ȝoure God; and crie ȝe to the Lord, A! A! A! to theOm. I. dai; for the dai of the Lord is niȝ, and schal come as a tempest fro the myȝti. WhetherWher ceteri pass. foodis perischiden not bifore ȝoure iȝen; glad|nesse and ful out ioie perischide fro the hous of ȝoure God? Beestis wexenwexiden IKS sec. m. rotun in her drit. Bernes ben distried, celeris ben distried, for wheete is schent. Whi weilide a beeste? whi lowiden the flockis of oxun and kien? for no lesewe is to hem; but also the flockis of scheep perischiden. Lord, Y schal crye to thee, for fier eet the faire thingis of desert, and flawme brente all the trees of the cuntrei. But also beestis of the feeld, as a corn floor thirstynge reyn, bihelden to thee; for the wellis of watris ben dried vp, and fier deuouride the faire thingis of desert.

 CAP. II.

Synge ȝe with a trumpe in Sion, ȝelle ȝe in myn hooli hil. Alle the dwelleris of erthe be disturblid; for the dai of the Lord cometh, for the dai of derknessis and of myist is niȝ, the dai of cloude and of whirlewynde. As the morewtid spred abrood on hillis, a myche puple and strong. Noon was lijk it fro the bigyn|nyng, and after it schal not be, til in to ȝeeris of generacioun and of generacioun. Bifore the face therof schal be fier de|uourynge, and after it schal be brennynge flawme; as a gardyn of liking the lond schal be bifor him, and wildirnesse of de|sert schal be after him, and noon is that schal ascape him. The lokyng of hem schal be as the lokyng of horsis, and as horse men so thei schulen renne. As the sown of cartis on the heedis of hillis thei schulen skippe; as the sowne of the flawme of fier deuourynge stobil, as a strong puple maad redi to batel. Puplis schulen be turmentid of the face therof, alle facis schulen be dryuun in to a pot. As stronge men thei schulen renne, as men werriours thei schulen stiestie up I. on the wal. Men schulen go in her weies, and thei schulen not bowe awei fro her pathis. Ech man schal not make streyt his brother, ech man schal go in his path; but also thei schulen falle doun bi wyndows, and schulen not be hirt. Thei schulen entre in to the citee, thei schulen renne on the wal; thei schulen stie on housis, thei schulen entre as a niȝt theef bi wyndows. The erthe tremblide of his face, heuenys weren mouyd, the sunne and the moone weren maad derk, and sterris withdrowen her schynyng. And the Lord ȝaf his vois bifor the face of his oost, for hise oostis ben ful manye; for tho ben stronge, and doen the word of hym. For the dai of the Lord is greet, and ful ferdful, and who schal suffre it? Now therfor seith the Lord, Be ȝe con|uertid to me in al ȝoure herte, in fastyng, and wepyng, and weilyng; and kerue ȝe ȝoure hertis, and not ȝoure clothis, and be ȝe conuertid to ȝoure Lord God, for he is benygne, and merciful, pacient, and of myche merci, and abidynge, ether for|ȝyuynge, on malice. Who woot, if God be conuertid, and forȝyue, and leeue bless|yng aftir hym? sacrifice and moist sacri|fice to oure Lord God. Synge ȝe with a trumpe in Sion, halewe ȝe fastyng, clepeand clepe C. ȝe cumpany; gadere ȝeOm. NU. togidere the puple, halewe ȝe the chirche, gadere ȝe togidere elde men, gadere ȝe togidere litle children, and soukynge the brestis; a spouse go out of his bed, and a spousesse of hir chaum|bre. Prestis, the mynystris of the Lord, schulen wepe bitwixe the porche and the auter, and schulen seie, Lord! spare thou, spare thi puple, and ȝyue thou not thin eritage in to schenschipe, that naciouns be lordis of hem. Whi seien thei among puplis, Where is the God of hem? The Lord louyde gelousli his lond, and sparide his puple. And the Lord answeride, and seide to his puple, Lo! Y schal sende to ȝou wheete, and wyn, and oile, and ȝe schulen be fillid with tho; and Y schal no more ȝyue you schenschipe among he|thene men. And Y schal make hym that is at the north fer fro ȝou; and Y schal cast hym out in to a lond with out weie, and desert; his face aȝens the eest see, and the laste part therof at the last see; and the stynk therof schal stiestie up I., and the root therof schal stie, for he dide proudli. Erthe, nyle thou drede, make thou ful out ioye, and be glad; for the Lord magnefiede that he schulde do. Beestis of the cuntrei, nyle ȝe drede, for the faire thingis of de|sert buriowneden; for the tre brouȝte his fruyt, the fige tre and vyner ȝauen her vertu. And the sones of Sion, make ȝe ful out ioie, and be ȝe glad in ȝoure Lord God, for he ȝaf to ȝou a techere of riȝt|fulnesse, and he schal make morewtid reyn and euentid reyn to come doun to ȝou, as in the bigynnyng. And cornflooris schulen be fillid of wheete, and pressours schulen flowe with wyn, and oile. And Y schal ȝelde to ȝou the ȝeris whiche the locuste, bruke, and rust, and wort worm, my greet strengthe, eet, which Y sente in to ȝou. And ȝe schulen ete etyng, and ȝe schulen be fillid; and ȝe schulen herie the name of ȝoure Lord God, that made mer|ueils withto N. you; and my puple schal not be schent with outen ende. And ȝe schulen wite, that Y am in the myddis of Israel; and Y am ȝoure Lord God, and `noon isther is noon I. more; and my puple schal not be schent with outen ende.

 CAP. III.

And it schal be, aftir these thingis Y schal schede out my spirit on ech man, and ȝoure sones and ȝoure douȝtris schulen profesie; ȝoure elde men schulen dreme dremes, and ȝoure ȝonge men schulen se visiounsvisiouns, ether reuelaciouns CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY.. But also Y schal schede out my spirit on my seruauntis, and hand|maydis, in tho daies; and Y schal ȝyue grete wondris in heuene, and in erthe, blood, and fier, and the heete of smoke. The sunne schal be turned in to derk|nessis, and the moone in to blood, bifor that the greet dai and orrible of the Lord come. And it schal be, ech that clepith to helpe the name of the Lord, schal be saaf; for whi saluaciounsaluacioun, ether sauyng CFGH IKMNQSUX. schal be in the hil of Sion and in Jerusalem, as the Lord seide, and in theOm. CEFGHIMNPQRSUX. residue men, whiche the Lord clepith. For lo! in tho daies, and in that tyme, whanne Y schal turne the caitifte of Juda and of Jerusalem, Y schal gadere alle folkis, and Y schal lede hem in to the valei of Josephat; and Y schal dispute there with hem on my puple, and myn eri|tage Israel, whiche thei scateriden among naciouns; and thei departiden my lond, and senten lot on my puple; and thei set|tiden a knaue child in the bordel hous, and seelden a damesel for wyn, that thei schulden drynke. But what to me and to ȝou, thou Tire, and Sidon, and ech ende of Palestyns? Whethir ȝe schulen ȝelde vengyng to me? and if ȝe vengen ȝou aȝens me, soone swiftli Y schalOm. N. ȝelde while to ȝou on ȝoure heed. Ȝe token awey my siluer and gold, and ȝe brouȝten my de|sirable thingis and faireste thingis in to ȝoure templis of idols. And ȝe selden the sones of Juda, and the sones of Jerusalem to the sones of Grekis, that ȝe schulden make hem fer fro her coostis. Lo! Y schal reise hem fro theher U. place in which ȝe seelden hem; and Y schal turne ȝoure ȝeldyng in to ȝoure heed. And Y schal sille ȝoure sones and ȝoure douȝtris in the hondis of theOm. I. sones of Juda, and thei schulen selle hem to Sabeis, a fer folc, for the Lord spak. Crye ȝe this thing among hethene men, halewe ȝe batel, reise ȝe stronge men; alle men werriours, neiȝneiȝeth I., and stiestieth up I.. BeeteBere N. ȝe togydere ȝoure plowis in to swerdis, and ȝoure mattokkisether picoyses K marg. in to speeris; a sijk man seie, that Y am strong. Alle folkis, breke ȝe out, and comecometh I. fro cumpas, and be ȝe gaderid togidere; there the Lord schal make thi stronge men to die. Folkis rise togidere, and stiestieth up I. in to the valei of Josofat; for Y schal sitte there, to deme alle folkis in cumpas. Sende ȝe sikelis, `ether sithisOm. K., for ripe corn wex|ide; come ȝe, and go ȝe doun, for the pressour is ful; pressouris ben plenteuouse, for the malice of hem is multiplied. Pu|plis, puplis in the valei of kittyng doun; for the dai of the Lord is nyȝ in the valei of kittyng doun. The sunne and the moone ben maad derk, and sterris with|drowen her schynyng. And the Lord schal rore fro Sion, and schal ȝyue his vois fro Jerusalem, and heuenes and erthe schulen be mouyd; and the Lord is the hope of his puple, and the strengthe of the sones of Israel. And ȝe schulen wite, that Y am ȝoure Lord God, dwellynge in Sion, in myn hooli hil; and Jerusalem schal be hooli, and aliens schulen no more passe bi it. And it schal be, in that dai mounteyns schulen droppe swetnesse, and litle hillis schulen flowe with mylke, and watris schulen go bi alle the ryueris of Juda; and a welle schal go out of the hous of the Lord, and schal moiste the stronde of thornes. Egipt schal be in to desola|cioun, and Idume in to desert of perdi|cioun; for that that thei diden wickidli aȝens the sones of Juda, and schedden out innocent blood in her lond. And Judee schal be enhabited with outen ende, and Jerusalem in to generacioun and in to ge|neracioun. And Y schal clense the blood of hem, which Y hadde not clensid; and the Lord schal dwelle in Syon.

 Here endith Joel, and here biginnith AmosFrom CFGHIMQRSU. Here endeth Joel, the profete; se now the book of the profete Amos. K. Here endith the book of Joel, and here bigynneth the book of Amos. N. Here endith the booc of the profete Joel, and here bigynneth the booc of the profete Amos. X. No final rubric in AEPY.. AMOS. Here begynneth AmosHere biginnith the book of Amos, the profete. EPY. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

THE wordis of Amos ben these, that was in the schepherdis thingis of Thecue, whiche he siȝsauȝ I sæpius. on Israel, in the daies of Osie, king of Juda, and in the daies of Jeroboam, sone of Joas, kyng of Israel, bifor tweitwo I. ȝeerisȝeer EPY. of the erthe mouynge. And he seide, The Lord schalOm. N. rore fro Sion, and schal ȝyue his vois fro Jeru|salem; and the faire thingis of schepherdis mourenyden, and the cop of Carmele was maad drie. The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Damask, and on foure, I shal not conuerte it, for it threischide Galaad in irun waynes. And Y schal sende fier in to the hous of Asael, and it schal deuoure the housis of Bena|dab. And Y schal al to-breke the barre of Damask, and Y schal leese a dwellere fro the feeld of idol, and hym that holdith the ceptreceptre, ether kingis ȝerde CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY.a ceptre is a kyngis ȝerde. A. fro the hous of lust and of letcherie; and the puple of Sirie schal be translatid to Sirenen, seith the Lord. TheAnd the I. Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Gasa, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte it, for it translatide perfit caitifte, to close that togidere in Idumee. And Y schal sende fier in to the wal of Gasa, and it schal deuoure the housis therof. And Y schal leese the dwelleris of Azotus, and hym that holdith the ceptre of Ascalon; and Y schal turne myn hond on Accaron, and the remenauntis of Filis|teis schulen perische, seith the Lord God. The Lord God seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Tire, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte it, for thei closiden to|gidere perfit caitifte in Idumee, and hadde not mynde on the boond of pees of bri|theren. And Y schal sende fier in to the wal of Tire, and it schal deuoure the housis therof. The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Edom, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte it, for it pur|suede bi swerd his brother, and defoulide the merci of hym, and helde ferthere his woodnesse, and kepte his indignacioun `til in toto EY. til into withowten S. theOm. S. ende. YAnd I I. schal sende fier in to Theman, and it schal deuoure the housis of Bosra. The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of the sones of Amon, and on fourethe foure EPY., Y schal not conuerte hym, for he karf the wymmen with childe of Galaad, for to alarge his terme. And Y schal kyndle fier in the wal of Rabbe, and it schal deuoure the housis therof, in ȝellyng in the dai of batel, and in whirl|wynd in the dai of mouyng togidere. And Melchon schal go in to caitifte, he and hise princes togidere, seith the Lord.

 CAP. II.

The Lord God seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Moab, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte it, for it brente the boonys of the kyng of Idumee til to aische. And Y schal sende fier in to Moab, and it schal deuoure the housis of Carioth; and Moab schal die in sown, in the noise of a trumpe. And Y schal leese a iuge of the myddis therof, and Y schal sle with it alle the princes therof, seith the Lord. The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Juda, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte hym, for he hath caste awei the lawe of the Lord, and kepte not the comaundementis of hym; for her idols, after whiche the fadris of hem ȝeden, disseyueden hem. And Y schal sende fier in to Juda, and it schal deuoure the housis of Jerusalem. The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Israel, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte hym, for that that he seelde a iust man for siluer, and a pore man for schoon. Whiche al to-foulen the heedis of pore men on the dust of erthe, and bowen awei the weie of meke men; and the sone and his fadir ȝeden to a damesele, that thei schulden defoule myn hooli name. And thei eeten on clothis leid to wedde bisidis ech auter, and drunken the wyn of dampned men in the hous of her God. Forsothe Y distriede Ammorrei fro the face of hem, whos hiȝnesse was the hiȝnesse of cedris, and he was strong as an ook; and Y al to-brak the fruyt of hym aboue, and the rootis of hym bynethe. Y am, that made ȝou to stiestie up I. fro the lond of Egipt, and ledde ȝou out in desert bi fourti ȝeer, that ȝe schulden welde the lond of Am|morrei. And Y reiside of ȝoure sones in to profetis, and Naȝareis of ȝoure ȝonge men. Whether it is not so, ȝe sones of Israel? seith the Lord. And ȝe birliden wyn to Naȝareis, and comaundiden to profetis, and seiden, Profecie ȝe not. Lo! Y schal charkegnaste, ether charke CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. vndur ȝou, as a wayn chargid with hei charkith. And fliȝt schal perische fro a swift man, and a strong man schal not holde his vertu, and a stal|worthe manOm. N. schal not saue his lijf; and he that holdith a bowe schal not stonde, and a swift man schal not be sauyd by hise feet; and the stiere of an hors schal not saue his lijf, and a stronge man of herte schal fle nakid among stronge men in that dai, seith the Lord.

 CAP. III.

Sones of Israel, here ȝe the word which the Lord spak on ȝou, and on al the kyn|rede, which Y ledde out of the lond of Egipt, and seide, Oneli Y knewe ȝou of alle the kynredis of erthe; therfor Y schal visite on ȝou alle ȝoure wickidnessis. Whether tweyne schulen go togidere, no but it acorde to hem? Whether a lioun schal rore in a forest, no but he haue prey? Whether the whelp of a lioun schal ȝyue vois fro his denne, no but he take ony thing? Whether a brid schal falle in to a snare of erthe, with outen a foulere? Whether a snare schal be takun awei fro erthe, bifor that it tak sum thing? Whether a trumpe schal sowne in a citee, and the puple schal not drede? Whether yuel schal be in a citee, which yuel the Lord schal not make? For the Lord God schal not make a word, no but he schewe his priuyte to hise seruauntis profetis. A lioun schal rore, who schal not drede? the Lord God spak, who schal not profesie? Make ȝe herd in the housishous IS. of Azotus, and in the housis of the lond of Egipt; and seie ȝe, Be ȝe gaderid togidere on the hillis of Samarye, and se ȝe many woodnessis in the myddis therof, and hem that suffren fals calenge in the priuy places therof. And thei kouden not do riȝtful thing, seith the Lord, and tresouridenthei tresouriden I. wickidnesse and raueyn in her housis. Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, The lond schal be troblid, and be cumpassid; and thiOm. N. strengthe schal be drawun doun of thee, and thin housis schulen be rauyschid. The Lord GodOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRUX. seith these thingis, As if a schepherd rauyschith fro the mouth of a lioun tweyne hipis, ether the laste thing of the eere, so the children of Is|rael schulen be rauyschid, that dwellen in Samarie, in the cuntrei of bed, and in the bed of Damask. Here ȝe, and wit|nesse ȝe in the hous of Jacob, seith the Lord God of oostis. For in the dai, whanne Y schal bigynne to visite the trespassyngis of Israel on hym, Y schal visite also on the auteris of Bethel; and the hornes of the auter schulen be kit awei, and schulen falle doun in to erthethe erthe I.. And Y schal smyte the wynter hous with the somer hous, and the housis of yuer schulen perische, and many housis schulen be distried, seith the Lord.

 CAP. IV.

Ȝe fatte kien, that ben in the hil of Samarie, here this word; whiche maken fals caleng to nedi men, and breken pore men; which seien to ȝoure lordis, Bringe ȝe, and we schulen drynke. The Lord God swoor in his hooli, for lo! daies schulen come on ȝou; and thei schulen reise ȝou in schaftis, and ȝoure reme|nauntis in buylynge pottis. And ȝe schulen go out bi theOm. CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. openyngis, oon aȝens another, and ȝe schulen be cast forth in to Armon, seith the Lord. Come ȝe to Bethel, and do ȝe wickidli; to Gal|gala, and multiplie ȝe trespassyng; and offre ȝe eerli ȝoure sacrifices, in thre daies ȝoure tithis. And sacrifice ȝe heri|yng of breed maad sour, and clepe ȝe wilful offryngis, and telle ȝe; for ȝe, sones of Israel, wolden so, seith the Lord God. Wherfor and Y ȝaf to ȝou astonying of teeth in alle ȝoure citees, and nedinesse of looues in alle ȝoure places; and ȝe turneden not aȝen to me, seith the Lord. Also Y forbeed reyn fro ȝou, whanne thre monethis weren ȝit `to comyngresidue, ether [ȝit I] to comynge CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY., til to ripe corncorn, ether heruest EFGHIKMNPQRSUXY.; and Y reynede on o citee, and on another citee Y reynede not; o part was bireyned, and the part driede vp on which Y reynede not. And tweyne and thre citees camen to o citee, to drynke watir, and tho weren not fillid; and ȝe camen not aȝen to me, seith the Lord. Y smoot ȝou with brennynge wynd, and with rustrust, ether myldew CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY., the multitude of ȝoure or|cherdis, and of ȝoure vyneris; and a wort worm eet ȝoure olyue placesplace N., and ȝoure fige places; and ȝe camen not aȝen to me, seith the Lord. Y sente in to ȝou deth in the weie of Egipt, Y smoot with swerd ȝoure ȝonge men, `til tovnto I. the caitifte of ȝoure horsis, and Y made the stynk of ȝoure oostis to stiestie up I. in to ȝoure nose thir|lis; and ȝe camen not aȝen to me, seith the Lord. Y distriede ȝou, as God dis|triede Sodom and Gomorre, and ȝe ben maad as a brond rauyschid of brennyng; and ȝe turneden not aȝen to me, seith the Lord. Wherfor, thou Israel, Y schal do these thingis to thee; but aftir that Y schal do to thee these thingis, Israel, be maad redi in to aȝen comyng of thi God. For lo! he fourmeth hillis, and makith wynd, and tellith to man his speche; and he makith a `morew myistmorew cloud, or myist C et ceteri., and goith on hiȝ thingis of erthe; the Lord God of oostis is theOm. I. name ofto I. hym.

 CAP. V.

Here ȝe this word, for Y reise on ȝou a weilyng. The hous of Israel felle doun, he schal not put to, that it rise aȝen; the virgyn of Israel is cast doun in to hir lond, noon is that schal reise hir. For the Lord God seith these thingis, The citee of which a thousynde wenten out, an hundrid schulen be left ther ynne; and of which an hundrid wenten out, ten schulen be left ther ynne, in the hous of Israel. For the Lord seith these thingis to the hous of Israel, Seke ȝe me, and ȝe schulen lyue; and nyle ȝe seke Bethel, and nyle ȝe entre in to Galgala, and ȝe schulen not passe toin to SU sec. m. Bersabee; for whi Galgal schal be led caitif, and Bethel schal be vnprofitable. Seke ȝeOm. N. the Lord, and lyue ȝe, lest perauenture the hous of Jo|seph be brent as fier; and it schal deuoure Bethel, and there schal notnoon U sec. m. be, that schal quenche. WhicheThe whiche I. conuerten doom in to wermod, and forsaken riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse I. in the lond, and forsaken hym that makith Arture and Orion, and hym that turneth derknessis in to the morewtid, and him that chaungith dai in to niȝt; which clep|ith watris of the see, and heldith out hem on the face of erthe; the Lord is name ofto N. hym. Which scorneth distriyngdistriyng, or [ether Y] wastnesse C et ceteri. on the strongestronge man U sec. m., and bringith robbyng on the myȝtimyȝti man U sec. m.. Thei hatiden a man repreuynge in the ȝate, and thei wlatiden a man spek|ynge perfitli. Therfor for that that ȝe robbiden a pore man, and token fro hym the chosun prey, ȝe schulen bilde housis with square stoon, and ȝe schulen not dwelle in hemtho U sup. ras.; ȝe schulen plaunte moost louyd vyneȝerdis, and ȝe schulen not drynke the wyn of hemtho U sup. ras.. For Y knew ȝoure grete trespassis many, and ȝoure stronge synnes; enemyes of `the riȝtwis manriȝtfulnesse A pr. m. CEFGHKMNPQRSUXY. riȝtwise man I., takynge ȝiftea ȝifte U sec. m., and berynge doun pore men in the ȝate. Therfor a prudent man schal be stille in that time, for the time is yuel. Seke ȝe good, and not yuel, that ȝe lyue, and the Lord God of oostis schal be with ȝou, as ȝe seiden. Hate ȝe yuel, and loue ȝe good, and ordeyne ȝe in the gate doom; if perauenture the Lord God of oostis haue merci on the remenauntis of Joseph. Therfor the Lord God of oostis, hauynge lordschipe, seith these thingis, Weilyng schal be in alle stretis, and in alle thingis that ben withoutforth it schal be seid, Wo! wo! and thei schulen clepe an erthe tilier to mourenyng, and hem that kunnen weile, to weilyng. And weilyng schal be in alle weies, for Y schal passe forth in the myddil of `the seesee FMQS sup. ras. thee RU sup. ras., seith the Lord. Wo to hem that desiren the dai of the Lord; wher to desiren ȝe it to ȝou? This dai of the Lord schal be derknessis, and not liȝt. As if a man renne fro the face of a lioun, and a bere rennerenneth K. to hym; and he entre in toOm. CEFGHKNPQRSUX sec. m. Y. theOm. I. hous, and lene with his hond on the wal, and a serpent dwellynge in schadewe bite hym. Whether the dai of the Lord schal not be derknessis, and not liȝt; and myist, and not schynyng ther ynne? Y hatide and castide awei ȝoure feeste daies, and Y schal not take the odour of ȝoure cumpenyes. That if ȝe offren to me ȝoure brent sacrifices, and ȝiftis, Y schal not resseyue, and Y schal not biholde avowisthe avowis U sec. m. of ȝoure fatte thingis. Do thou awei fro me the noise of thi songis, and Y schal not here the songis of thin harpe. And doom schal be schewid as watir, and riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse CFGHIKMNPQSUXY. as a strong streem. Whether ȝe, the hous of Israel, offriden to me sacrifices for enemyes to be ouercomun, and sacrifice in desert fourti ȝeeris? And ȝe han bore tabernaclis to Moloch, ȝoure god, and ymage ofto N. ȝoure idols, the sterre of ȝoure god, which ȝe maden to ȝou. And Y schal make ȝou for to passe ouer Damask, seide the Lord; God of oostis is the name of him.

 CAP. VI.

Wo to ȝou, that ben ful of richessis in Sion, and tristentristenen HIQRSU. in the hil of Samarie, ȝe principal men, the heedis of puplis, that goen proudli inOm. A pr. m. CEFHIKMQRSU pr. m. to the hous of Israel. Go ȝe in to Calamyethe calamye I., and se ȝe, and go ȝe fro thennus in to Emath the greet; and go ȝe doun in to Geth of Palestyns, and to alle the beste rewmes of hem, if her terme be broddere than ȝoure terme. And ȝe ben departid in to yuelthe yuel U. dai, and neiȝen to theOm. A pr. m. CEFGHMNPQRSX U pr. m. seete of wickidnesse; and ȝe slepen in beddis of yuer, and doen letcherie in ȝoure beddis; and ȝe eten a lomb of the flok, and calues of the myddil of drouethe droue U pr. m.; and ȝe syngen at voisthe vois IS. of sautree. As Dauid thei gessiden hem for to haue instrumentis of song, and drynken wyn in viols; and with beste oynement thei weren anoynted; and in no thing thei hadden compassioun on the sorewe, ether defoulyng, of Joseph. Wherfor now thei schulen passe in the heed of men passynge ouer, and the do|yngdoyng, or [ether Y] tresoun CEFGHKMNPQRSXY. feyned doing, either tresoun U sec. m. of men doynge letcherie schal be don awei. The Lord God swoor in his soule, seith the Lord God of oostis, Y wlatewlatide X pr. m. the pride of Jacob, and Y hate the housis of hym, and Y schal bitake the citee with hise dwelleris; that if ten men ben leftresidue, ether left CEFGHIMNPQSUXY. residue R. in oon hous, andalso U. thei schulen die. And his neiȝbore schal take hym, and schal brenne hym, that he bere out boonys of the hous. And he schal seie to hym, that is in the priuy placesplace N. of the hous, Whether ther is ȝit anentis thee? And he schal answer, An ende is. And he schal seie to hym, Be thou stille, and thenke thou not on the name of the Lord. For lo! the Lord schal co|maunde, and schal smyte the grettere hous with fallyngis, and the lesse hous with brekyngiskeruyngis, ether brekingis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.. Whether horsis moun renne in stoonys, ether it mai be eerid within CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. wielde oxun? For ȝe turneden doom in to bitternesse, and the fruyt of riȝtful|nesseriȝtwisnesse CFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. in to wermod. And ȝe ben glad in nouȝt, and ȝe seien, Whether not in oure strengthe we token to vs hornes? Lo! Y schal reise on ȝou, the hous of Israel, seith the Lord God of oostis, a folc; and it schal al to-breke ȝou fro entrethe entre IU sec. m. of Emath `til tovnto I. the streem of desert.

 CAP. VII.

The Lord God schewide these thingis to me; and lo! a makere of locust in bi|gynnyngthe begynnyng U sec. m. of buriownynge thingis of euen|tid reyn, and lo! euentid reyn after the clippere of the kyngflocke I sup. ras.. And it was don, whanne heit U sup. ras. hadde endid for to ete the erbe of erthe, Y seide, Lord God, Y bi|seche, be thou merciful; who schal reise Jacob, for he is litil? The Lord hadde merci on this thing; It schal not be, seide the Lord God. The Lord God schewide to me these thingis; and lo! the Lord God schal clepe doom to fier, and it schal deuoure myche depthe of watir, and it eet togidere a part. And Y seide, Lord God, Y biseche, reste thou; who schal reise Jacob, for he is litil? The Lord hadde merci on this thing; But andalso and U sec. m. this thing schal not be, seide the Lord God. The Lord God schewide to me these thingis; and lo! the Lord stondinge on a wal plastridpargetid, ether [or EPY] plastrid CEFGHIKMNPQSUXY. pargetid R., and in the hond of hym was a trulle of a masoun. And the Lord seide to me, What seest thou, Amos? And Y seide, A trulle of a masoun. And the Lord seide, Lo! I schal putte a trulle in the myddil of my puple Israel; Y schal no more putte to, for to ouerlede it; and the hiȝ thingis of idol schulen be distried, and the halewyngis of Israel schulen be desolat; and Y schal rise on the hous of Jeroboam bi swerd. And Amasie, prest of Bethel, sente to Jeroboam, kyng of Is|rael, and seide, Amos rebellide aȝens thee, in the myddil of the hous of Israel; the lond mai not susteyne alle hise wordis. For Amos seith these thingis, Jeroboam schal die bi swerd, and Israel caitif schal passe fro his lond. And Amasie seide to Amos, Thou that seest, go; fle thou in to the lond of Juda, and ete thou there thi breed; and there thou schalt profesie. And thou schalt no more put to, that thou pro|fesie in Bethel, for it is the halewyng of the king, and is the hous of the rewme. And Amos answeride, and seide to Ama|sie, Y am not a profete, and Y am not sonethe sone I. of profetea profete U.; but an herde of neet Y am, drawyng vp sicomoris. And the Lord took me, whanne Y suede the floc; and the Lord seide to me, Go, and profesie thou to my puple Israel. And now here thou the word of the Lord. Thou seist, Thou schalt not profesie on Israel, and thou schal not droppe on the hous of idol. For this thing the Lord seith these thingis, Thi wijf schal do fornicacioun in the citee, and thi sones and thi douȝtris schal falle bi swerd, and thi lond schal be motunmetun CHU. metin EFIPSY. meten KM. with a litil coord; and thou schalt die in a pollutid lond, and Israel caitif schal passe fro his lond.

 CAP. VIII.

The Lord God schewide to me these thingis; and lo! an hook of applis. And the Lord seide, What seist thou, Amos? And Y seide, An hook of applis. And the Lord seide to me, The ende is comun on my puple Israel; Y schal no more putteleye U sec. m. to, that Y passe bi hym. And the herris, ether twistis, of the temple schulen greetli sowne in that dai, seith the Lord God. Many men schulen die, silence schal be cast forth in ech place. Here ȝe this thing, whiche al to-breken a pore man, and maken nedi men of the lond for to faile; and ȝe seien, Whanne schal her|uest passe, and we schulen sille mar|chaundises? and the sabat, and we schulen opene wheete? that we make lesse the me|sure, and encreesse the cicle, and `vndur putthat we sette preueli U sec. m. gileful balauncis; that we welde bifor U sup. ras. siluer nedi men and pore men for schoon, and we sille outcastyngisclensingis, ether outcastingis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. of wheete? The Lord swoor aȝens the pride of Jacob, Y schal not forȝete til to the ende alle the werkis of hem. WhetherWher not U sec. m. on this thing the erthe schal notOm. U sec. m. be mouyd togidere, and eche dwellere therof schal mourene? And it schal stie vp as al the flood, and schal be cast out, and schal flete awei as the stronde of Egipt. And it schal be, seith the Lord, in that dai the sunne schal go doun in myddai, and Y schal make the erthe forOm. U sec. m. to be derk in the dai of liȝt. And Y schal conuerte ȝoure feeste daies in to mourenyng, and alle ȝoure songis in to weilyng; and Y schal brynge yn on ech bac of ȝou a sak, and on ech heed of ȝou ballidnesse; and Y schal put it as the mourenyng of oon bigetun sone, and the laste thingis therof as a bittir dai. Lo! the daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal sende out hungur in to erthe; not hungur of breed, nether thirst of watir, but of herynge the word of God. And thei schulen be mouyd to gidere fro the see til to the see, and fro the north til to the eest thei schulen cumpasse, sekynge the word of the Lord, and thei schulen not fynde. In that dai faire maidens schulen faile, and ȝonge men in thirst, whiche sweren in trespasthe trespas U sec. m. of Samarie, and seien, Dan, thi god lyueth, and the weie of Bersabee lyueth; and thei schulen fallefalle doun U sec. m., and thei schulen no more rise aȝen.

 CAP. IX.

I siȝ the Lord stondynge on the auter, and he seide, Smyte thou the herre, and the ouer threshfoldisthreisfoldis, either lyntelis U sec. m. be mouyd togidere; for aueryce is in the heed of alle, and Y schal sle bi swerd the laste of hem; ther schal no fliȝt be to hem, and he that schal fle of hem, schal not be sauyd. If thei schulen go doun til to helle, fro thennus myn hond schal lede out hem; and if thei schulen `stie til in tostie up vnto I. stie til to S. heuene, fro thennus Y schal drawe hem doun. And if thei schulen be hid in the cop of Carmele, fro thennus Y sekynge schal do awei hem; and if thei schulen hide hem silf fro myn iȝen in the depnesse of the see, there Y shal comaunde toOm. NU pr. m. a serpente, and it schal bite hem. And if thei schulen go awei in to caitifte bifore her enemyes, there Y schal comaunde to swerd, and it schal sle hem. And Y schal putte myn iȝen on hem in to yuel, and not in to good. And the Lord God of oostis schal do these thingis, that touchith erthe, and it schal faile, and alle men dwellynge ther ynne schulen mourene; and it schal stie vp as ech stronde, and it schal flete awei as flooda flood S sup. ras. the flood U. of Egipt. He that bildith his stiyng vp in heuene, schal do these thingis, and foundide his birthunknycchoun, [knicchin C et alii] ether birthun CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. knytche N. on erthe; which clepith watris of the see, and heldith out hem on the face of erthe; the Lord is name of hym. Whether not as sonesthe sones ISU sec. m. of Ethiopiens ȝe ben to me, the sones of Is|rael? seith the Lord God. Whether Y made not Israel for to stie vp fro the lond of Egipt, and Palestines fro Capodosie, and Siriens fro Cirenen? Lo! the iȝen of the Lord God ben on the rewme synnynge, and Y schal al to-breke it fro the face of erthe; netheles Y althat al U sec. m. to-brekynge schal not al to-breke the hous of Jacob, seith the Lord. For lo! Y schal comaunde, and schal schakemake I. schake togidir U sec. m. the hous of Israel in alle folkis, as wheete isis shaken togidir U sec. m. in a riddil, and a litil stoon schal not fallefalle doun U sec. m. onin N. erthethe erthe I.. Alle synneris of my puple schulen die bi swerd, whiche seien, Yuel schal not neiȝ, and schal not come on vs. In that dai Y schal reise the tabernacle of Dauith, that felle doun, and Y schal aȝen bilde openyngis of wallisthe wallis U sec. m. therof, and Y schal restore the thingis that fellen doun; and Y schal aȝen bilde it, as in olde daies, that thei welde the remenauntis of Idume, and alle na|ciouns; for thatthat that U sec. m. my name is clepunclepid FIS. to help on hem, seith the Lord doynge these thingis. Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and the erere schal take the repere, and `the stamperetredere, or stampere CEFGHIKMNPQRSXY. the pressere, or stompere U sec. m. of grape schal take the man sowyngesendinge FMQRSU. seed; and mounteyns schu|len droppe swetnesse, and alle smale hillis schulen be tilid. And Y schal conuerteturne U sup. ras. the caitifte of my puple Israel, and thei schulen bilde forsakun citees, and schulen dwelle; and schulenthei shulen U. plaunte vyneȝerdis, and thei schulen drynke wyn of hemtho U sec. m.; and schulenthei shulen U sec. m. make gardyns, and schulen ete fruitis of hemtho U sup. ras.. And Y schal plaunte hem on her lond, and Y schal no more drawe out hem of her lond, which Y ȝaf to hem, seith the Lord thiOm. A pr. m. God.

 Here endith Amos, and here bigyn|neth AbdiasFrom CFGHIMQRSU. Here endeth Amos, the profete; se now Abdias, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Amos, the profete, and bigynneth the book of Abdias, the profete. N. Here endith Amos, and bigynneth the booc of Abdias, the profete. X. No final rubric in AEPY.. OBADIAH.The book of Abdias, the profeteFrom EPY. Abdias. A. No initial rubric in the other MSS..

VISIOUN of Abdias. The Lord God seith these thingis to Edom. We herden an heryng of the Lord, and he sente a messangerlegat, ether [a FMSU] messenger CEFGHI MNPQRSUY. messager K. to hethene men. Rise ȝe, and togidere rise we aȝens hym in to batel. Lo! Y ȝaf thee litil in hethene men, thou art ful myche `worthi to be dispisidcontemptible, or worthi to be dispisid C et ceteri.. The pride of thin herte enhaunside thee, dwell|ynge in crasyngiscrasynge Q. the crasingis U sec. m. of stoonys, areisynge thi seete. Whiche seist in thin herte, Who schal drawe me doun in to erthe? Thouȝ thou schalt be reisid as an egle, and thouȝ thou schalt putte thi nest among sterris, fro thennus Y schal drawe thee doun, seith the Lord. If niȝt theuys had|den entrid to thee, if outlawis bi niȝt, hou schuldist thou haue be stille? whether thei schulden not haue stole thingis ynow to hem? If gadereris of grapis hadden en|trid to thee, whether thei schulden haue left nameli clustrisrasyns, or [ether EPY] clustris C et ceteri. to thee? Hou souȝten thei Esau, serchiden the hid thingis of him? Til to the termes thei sentensouȝten E pr. m. PQ pr. m. X pr. m. Y. out thee; and alle men of thi couenaunt of pees scornedenscornyden, ether disseyueden C et ceteri. thee, men of thiOm. A pr. m. pees wexiden stronge aȝens thee; thei that schulen ete with thee, schulen putsetten U sup. ras. aspies, ether tresouns, vndur thee; ther is no pru|dence in hym. Whether not in thatOm. A pr. m. C sec. m. EFGHIK pr. m. MPS pr. m. UXY. the C pr. m. dai, seith the Lord, Y schal lese the wise men of Idumee, and prudencethe prudence U sec. m. of the mount of Esau? And thi stronge men schulen drede of myddaimyddai, ether south C et ceteri., that a man of the hil of Esau perische. For sleyng and for wickidnesse aȝens thi brother Jacob, confusioun schal hile thee, and thou schalt perische with outen ende. In the dai whanne thou stodist aȝens hym, whanne aliens token the oost of hym, and straungeris entridenentriden in to U sec. m. the ȝatis of hym, and senten lot on Jeru|salem, thou were also as oon of hem. And thou schalt not dispise in the dai of thi brother, in the dai of his pilgrimage, and thou schalt not be glad on the sones of Juda, in the dai of perdicioun of hem; and thou schalt not magnefie thi mouth in the dai of angwisch, nether schaltthou schalt INRS sec. m. U. en|tre in to the ȝate of my puple, in the dai of fallyng of hem; and thou schalt not dispise in the yuels of hym, in the dai of hisOm. EPY. distriyng; and thou schalt not be sent out aȝens his oost, in the day of his distriyng; nether thou schalt stonde in the goyngesgoing A pr. m. CEFGHIKMNPQRSU pr. m. XY. out, that thou sle hem that fled|den; and thou schalt not close togidere the residues, ether left men, of hym, in the day of tribulacioun, for the dai of the Lord is niȝ on alle `hethene menfolkis U sup. ras.. As thou hast doon, it schal be doon to thee; he schal conuertenot conuerte RS pr. m. not turne U sup. ras. thi ȝeldyng in to thin heed. For as ȝe drunken on myn hooli hil, alle hethene men schulen drynke bi|sili, and thei schulen drynke, and schulenthei schulen N. soupe vp; and thei schulen be as if thei ben not. And saluacioun schal be in the hil of Sion, and it schal be hooli; and the hous of Jacob schal welde hem whiche weldiden hemit U sup. ras.. And the hous of Jacob schal be fier, and the hous of Joseph schal be flawme, and the hous of Esau schal be stobil; and `thei schulenit schal A sec. m. be kyndlid in hem, and thei schulen deuoure hem; and relifs schulen not be of the hous of Esau, for the Lord spak. And these that ben at the south, schulen enheritenot enherite I. the hil of Esau; and thei that ben in the lowe feeldis, schulen enherite Filistiym; and thei schu|len welde the cuntrei of Effraym, and cuntreithe cuntrei CIKNR sec. m. SUX sec. m. of Samarie; and Beniamyn schal welde Galaad. And ouerpassyngtransmygracioun, or ouerpassing CEFGHIK MNPQRUXY. transmygracioun, ether passynge ouer S. of this oost of sones of Israel schal welde alle placesthe places I. of Cananeis, til to Sarepta; and the transmygracioun of Jerusalem, thatwhich U sup. ras. is in Bosphoro, schal welde citeesthe citees U sec. m. of the south. And sauyours schulen stiestie up I. in to the hil of Sion, for to deme the hil of Esau, and aOm. I. rewme schal be to the LordLord. Amen. X sec. m..

Heere endith Abdias, and here bigin|neth JonasFrom CFGHIMNQRSU. Here endeth Abdias, the profete; se now Jonas, the profete. K. Here endith Abdias, the profete, and bigynneth Jonas. X. No final rubric in AEPY.. JONAH. Here bigynneth Jonas, the profeteHere bygynnyth the profecie of the book of Jonas, the profete. E. The book of Jonas, the profete. PY. No initial rubric in the other MSS..CAP. I.

AND the word of the Lord was maad to Jonas, sonethe sone ISU sec. m. of Amathi, and seide, Rise thou, and go in to Nynyue, theOm. ACEFGHKMNPQSR pr. m. U sec. m. X pr. m. Y. greet citee, and preche thou ther ynne, for the malice therof stieth vp bifore me. And Jonas roos for to fle in to Tharsis, fro the face of the Lord. And he cam doun to Joppe, and foond a schip goynge in to Tharsis, and he ȝaf schip hire to hem; and he wente doun in to it, for to go with hem in to Tharsis, fro the face of the Lord. Forsothe the Lord sente a greet wynd inin to EKPY. the see, and a greet tempest was maad in the see, and the schip was in perel for to be al to-brokun. And schip men dredden, and men crieden to her god; and senten vessels, that weren in the schip, in to the see, that it were maad liȝtere of hem. And Jonas wente doun in to theOm. I. ynnere thingis of the schip, and slepte bi a greuouse sleep. And the gouernour cam to him, and seide to hym, Whi art thou cast doun in sleep? rise thou, clepeclepe thou K sec. m. NRU. thi God to help, if perauenture God aȝenthenke of vs, and we perische not. And a man seide to his felowe, Come ȝe, and castesende CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. we lottis, and wite we, whi this yuel is to vs. And thei kestensenten C et ceteri. lottis, and lot fellefelde C et plures. on Jonas. And thei seiden to hym, Schewe thou to vs, for cause of what thing this yuel is to vs; what is thi werk, which is thi lond, and whidur goist thou, ether of what puple art thou? And he seide to hem, Y am an Ebrew, and Y drede the Lord God of heuene, that made theOm. EPY. see and the drie lond. And the men dredden with greet drede, and seiden to him, Whi didist thou this thing? for the men knewen that he flei fro the face of the Lord, for Jonas hadde schewide to hem. And thei seiden to hym, What schulen we do to thee, and the see schal seesse fro vs? for the see wente, and wexe greet on hem. And he seide to hem, Take ȝe me, and throwesende CEFGHSMNPQRUXY. sendeth I. sende me K. in to the see, and the see schal ceesse fro ȝou; for Y woot, that for me this greet tempest is on ȝou. And menthe men U sec. m. rowiden, for to turne aȝen to the drie lond, and thei miȝten not, for the see wente, and wexe greet on hem. And thei crieden to the Lord, and seiden, Lord, we bisechen, that we perische not in the lijf of this man, and that thou ȝyue not on vs innocent blood; for thou, Lord, didist as thou woldist. And thei token Jonas, and threwensenten C et ceteri. in to the see; and the see stood of his buylyng. And the men dredden the Lord with greet drede, and offriden oostis to the Lord, and vowiden avowis.

 CAP. II.

And the Lord made redi a greet fisch, that he shulde swolowe Jonas; and Jonas was in the wombe of the fisch thre daies and thre niȝtis. And Jonas preiede to the Lord his God fro the fischis wombe, and seide, Y criede to God of my tribulacioun, and he herde me; fro the wombe of helle Y criede, and thou herdist my vois. Thou castidistcastist RU. me doun in to depnesse, in the herte of the see, and the floodfloodis K sup. ras. cumpasside me; alle thi swolowis and thi wawis pass|iden on me. And Y seide, Y am cast awei fro siȝtthe siȝt SU. of thin iȝen; netheles eftsooneeftsones S. Y schal see thin hooli temple. Watris cumpassiden me `til tovnto I. my soule, depnesse enuyrownede me, the see hilide myn heed. Y wente doun to the vtmestevttermoste K. outmest S. places of hillis, the barrisharris CEFGHI pr. m. K pr. m. MNPQRSX. of erthe closiden me to|gidere, in to withouten ende; and thou, my Lord God, schalt reise vp my lijf fro corrupcioun. Whanne my soule was an|gwisched in me, Yand Y A pr. m. bithouȝte on the Lord, that my preier come to thee, to thin hooli temple. Thei that kepenkepten N. vanytees, for|saken hisher A pr. m. CFGHIKNSX. Om. E. merci idili. But Y in vois of heriyng schal offre to thee; what euer thingis Y vowide, Y schal ȝelde to the Lord, forOm. RU. myn helthe. And the Lord seide to the fisch, and it castide out Jonas `in toto I pr. m. on R. in U pr. m. the drie lond.

 CAP. III.

And the word of the Lord was maad the secounde tyme to Jonas, and seide, Rise thou, and go in to Nynyue, the greet citee, and preche thou in it the prechyng which Y speke to thee. And Jonas roos, and wente in to Nynyue, bi the word of the Lord. And Nynyue was a greet citee, of the iurnei of thre daies. And Jonas bigan for to entre in to the citee, bi the iornei of o dai, and criede, and seide, Ȝit fourti daies, and Nynyue schal be `turned vpsodounvndurturned, or distried C pr. m. distried C sec. m. ouerturned, or distried EKN pr. m. PRUY. vnturnyd, or distried FH. distried GMN sec. m. QSX.. And men of Nynyue bileueden to the Lord, and prechiden fastyng, and weren clothid with sackis, fro the more `til tovnto I. the lesse. And the word cam tilOm. CEGHIKMNPQRSUX. to the kyng of Nynyue; and he roos of his seete, and castide awei his clothing fro him, and was clothid with aOm. FIS. sak, and sat in aische. And he criede, and seide in Nynyue of the mouth of the kyng and of `his princisprincis therof GKMNQSX. the princis therof X., `and seideseiynge I., Men, and werk beestis, and oxunoxis IK., and scheep taaste not ony thing, nether be fed, nether drynke watir. And men be hilid with sackis, and werk beestis crie to the Lord in strengthe; `and be a mana man be C sup. ras. IKS. conuertidal turned C sup. ras. GIKMN sec. m. QSX. conuertid, or al turned EFH N pr. m. PRUY. fro his yuel weie, and fro wickidnesse thatwhich C sec. m. IK. is in the hondis of hemhim U sup. ras.. Who woot, if God be con|uertid, and forȝyue, and be turned aȝenawey I. fro woodnesse of his wraththe, and we schulen not perische? And God saisiȝ E et alii. saw F. sayȝ N. the werkis of hem, that thei weren conuertid fro her yuel weie; and God hadde merci on the malice which he spac, that he schuldewolde U sup. ras. do to hem, and did not.

 CAP. IV.

And Jonas was turmentid with greet turment, and was wrooth. And he preiede theto the U sec. m. Lord, and seide, Lord, Y biseche, whe|ther this is not my word, whanne Y was ȝit in my lond? For this thing Y pur|posidebifore ocupiede CEFGHMNPQRSUX., for to fle in to Tharsis; for Y woot, that thou, God, art meke and mer|ciful, pacientmyche pacient R., and of mercifulmercy merciful A pr. m. CFHMQSX. myche merciful IKX sec. m. moche merciful U. doyng, and forȝyuynge onof IMQU sup. ras. malice. And now, Lord, Y preie, take my soulesoule, or lif CEFGHIMNPQRUSY. lijf KX. fro me; for deth is betere to me thanthan is U sec. m. lijf. And the Lord seideseide to Jonas I., Gessist thou, whether thou art wel wrooth? And Jonas wente out of the citee, and sat aȝens the eest of the citee, and made to hym a schadewyng place there; and sat vndur it in schadewe, til he saisawȝ F. sauȝ I. what bifelle to the citee. And the Lord God made redy an yuy, and it stiede vp on the heed of Jonas, that schadeweschade A. were on his heed, and kyueride hym; for he hadde trauelid. And Jonas was glad on the yuy, with greet gladnesse. And God made redi a worm, in stiyngthe stiyng U sec. m. up of grei dai on the morewe; and itOm. A pr. m. CEFHR. smoot the yuy, and it driede up. And whanne the sunne was risun, the Lord comaundide to the hoot wynd and brennyng; and the sunne smoot on the heed of Jonas, and he swa|lide. And he axide to his soule that he schulde die, and seidehe seide IK., It is betere to me forOm. IKMQS. to die, than forOm. IKMQS. to lyue. And the Lord seide to Jonas, Gessist thou, whether thou art wel wrooth on the yuy? And he seide, Y am wel wrooth, til to the deth. And the Lord seide, Thou art sori on the yuy, in which thou trauelidist not, nether madist that it wexide, which was growun vndur o nyȝt, and perischide in o nyȝt. And schal Y not spare the grete citee Ny|nyue, in which ben more than sixe score thousynde of men, which witen not what is betwixe her riȝt half and leftleft half U sec. m., and many beestis?

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THE word of the Lord, which was maad to `Mychee ofMychee as of A pr. m. CEFGHI pr. m. NPY. Micheeas K. Mycheas NX. Morasti, in the daies of Joathan, Achas, Ezechie, kyngis of Juda; which wordwordis EP pr. m. Y. he sai on Samarie, and Jeru|salem. Here ȝe, alle puplis, and the erthe perseyue, and plenteethe plente EIPY. therof, and be the Lord God to ȝou in to a witnesse, the Lord fro his hooli temple. For lo! the Lord schal go out of his place, and schal come doun, and schal trede on hiȝ thingis of erthe. And mounteyns schulen be waastid vndur hym, and valeis schulen be kit, as wex fro the face of fier, asand as U sec. m. watirswatir A pr. m. that rennenrenneth A pr. m. rennen doun U sec. m. in to a pit. In the grete trespas of Jacob is al this thing, and in the synnes of the hous of Israel. Which is the greet trespas of Jacob? whetherwher ceteri fere passim. not Samarie? and whiche ben the hiȝ thingis of Juda? whether not Jerusalem? And Y schal put Samarie as an heep of stoonys in the feeld, whanne a vynȝerd is plauntid; and Y schal drawe awei the stoonys therof in to a valei, and Y schal schewe the foun|dementis therof. And alle `grauun ymagissculptils, ether grauun ymagis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. therof schulen be betun togidere, and alle hiris therof schulen be brent in fier; and Y schal putte alle idolsthe idols U sec. m. therof in to per|dicioun; for of hiristhe hiris U sec. m. of an hoore tho ben gaderid, and `til toto C pr. m. vnto I. hire of an hoore tho schulen turne aȝen. On this thing Y schal weile and ȝelle, Yand I I. schal go spuylid and nakid; Y schal make weilyng ofas of U sec. m. dra|gouns, and mournyng as of ostrigis. For wounde therof is dispeirid; for it cam til to Juda, it touchide the ȝate of my puple, til to Jerusalem. In Geth nyle ȝe telle, bi teeris wepe ȝe not; in the hous of dust with dust togidere sprynge ȝouȝe ȝou plures.. And ȝe a fair dwellyng passepasse to ȝou I sec. m. U sec. m., which is confoundid with yuel fame; it is not goon out, which dwellith in the goyng out; a niȝ hous schal take of ȝou weilyng, which stood to it silf. For it is maad sijk to good, which dwellith in bitternessis. For yuel cam doun fro the Lord in to the ȝate of Jerusalem, noisethe noise U sec. m. of foure horsid cart, of drede to the puple dwellynge at Lachis. It is the bi|gynnyng of synne of the douȝter of Sion, for the grete trespassis of Israel ben foundun in thee. Therfor he schal ȝyue werriours on the eritage of Geth, on housisthe housis U sec. m. of leesyng in to deseitdesert A pr. m. EFIPY. dissent K. toof S. kyngis of Israel. Ȝit Y schal brynge an eir to thee, that dwellist in Maresa; the glorie of Israel schal come til to Odolla. Be thou maad ballid, and be thou clippid on the sones of thi delices; alarge thi ballid|nesse as an egle, for thei ben lad caitif fro thee.

 CAP. II.

Wo to ȝou, that thenken vnprofitable thing, and worchen yuele in ȝoure beddis; in the morewtid liȝt thei don it, for the hond of hem is aȝenus God. Thei co|ueitiden feeldis, and tooken violentli; and rauyschiden housis, and falsli calengiden a man and his hous, a man and his eri|tage. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y thenke on this meynee yuel, fro which ȝe schulen not take awei ȝoure neckis; and ȝe schulen not walke proude, for the worste tyme is. In that dai a parable schal be takun on ȝou, and a song schal be songun with swetnesse of men, seiynge, Bi robbyng we ben distried; a part of my puple is chaungid; hou schal he go awei fro me, whanne he turneth aȝen that schal departe ȝoure cuntreis? For this thing `noon schal bether schal be noon I. to thee sendynge a litil corde of sortlot U sec. m. in cumpeny of the Lord. A! thou Israel, speke ȝe not spekyng; it schal not droppe on these men, confusioun schal not catche, seith the hous of Jacob. Whether the Spirit of the Lord is abreggid, eitherOm. A pr. m. CEFGHIK pr. m. MNPQS pr. m. U pr. m. X sec. m. siche ben the thouȝtis of hym? Whether my wordis ben not gode, with hym that goith riȝtli? And aȝenward my puple roos togidere in to an aduersarie; ȝe token awei the mantil aboue the coote, and ȝe turneden in to batel hem that wenten sympli. Ȝe castiden the wymmen of my puple out of the hous of her delices; fro the litle children of hem ȝe token awei myn heriyng with outen ende. Rise ȝe, and go, for here ȝe han notno U sec. m. reste; for the vnclennesse therof it schal be corrupt with the worst rot. Y wolde that Y were not a man hauynge spirit, and rathererather thanne S. Ythat Y CGIKMNQRUX. spak a leesyng. Y schal droppe to thee in to wyn, and in to drunkenesse; and this puple schal be, on whom it is droppid. With gaderyng Y schal gadere Jacobal thee, Jacob A sec. m.; Y schal lede togidere thee alOm. A sec. m. in to oon, the relifs of Israel. Y schal put hym togidere, as a floc in foldethe folde U sec. m.; as scheep in the myddil of fooldis thei schulen make noise, of multitude of men. For he schal stiestie up I. schewynge weiea weie N. bifore hem; thei schulen departe, and passe the ȝate, and schulenthei schul I. thei shulen U sec. m. go out therbi; and the kyng of hem schal passe bifore hem, and the Lord in the heed of hem.

 CAP. III.

And Y seide, Ȝe princis of Jacob, and duykis of the hous of Israel, herehereth I.. Whe|ther it beis U sec. m. not ȝoure for to knowe doom, whiche haten good, and louen yuele? Whiche violentli taken awei the skynnes of hem fro aboue hem, and the fleisch of hem fro aboue the bonys of hem. WhicheThe whiche I. eeten the fleisch of my puple, and hilidenhildiden IK. the skyn of hem fro aboue; and brokenbraken I. togidere the boonys of hem, and kittiden togidere as inOm. I pr. m. a cawdroun, and as fleisch in the myddil of a pot. Thanne thei schulen crie to the Lord, and he schal not here hem; and he schal hide hise face fro hem in that tyme, as thei diden wickidli in her fyndingis. The Lord GodOm. ceteri. seith these thingis on the pro|fetis that disseyuen my puple, andthat A sec. m. biten with her teeth, and prechen pees; and if ony man ȝyueth not in the mouth of hem ony thing, thei halewen batel on hym. Therfor niȝt schal be to ȝou for visioun, or profesie, and derknessis to ȝou for dy|uynacioun; and sunnethe sunne U sec. m. schal go doun on the profetis, and the dai schal be maad derk on hem. And thei schulen be con|foundid that seen visiouns, and dyuynours schulen be confoundid, and alle schulen hile her cheris, for it is not the answer of God. Netheles Y am fillid with strengthe of Spiritthe Spirit C pr. m. KRUX sec. m. of the Lord, and inwith U sec. m. doom and vertu, that Y schewe to Jacob his greet trespas, and to Israel his synne. Here these thingis, ȝe princes of the hous of Jacob, and domesmenȝe domesmen U sec. m. of the hous of Israel, whiche wlaten dom, and peruerten alle riȝt thingis; whiche bilden Sion in bloodis, and Jerusalem in wickidnesse. PrincesThe princis U sec. m. therof demyden for ȝiftis, and prestis therof tauȝten for hire, and pro|fetisthe profetis U sec. m. K. therof dyuyneden for money; and on the Lord thei restiden, and seiden, Whe|ther the Lord is not in the myddil of us? yuelis schulen not come on vs. For this thing bi cause of ȝou, Sion as a feeld schal be erid; and Jerusalem schal be as an heep of stoonys, and the hil of the temple schal be in to hiȝe thingis of woodis.

 CAP. IV.

And in the laste ofOm. I. daies the hil of theOm. CHF sec. m. RSU pr. m. hous of the Lord schal be maad redi in the cop of hillisthe hillis N., and hiȝshal be hiȝ U sec. m. ouer smale hillis. And puplis schulen fleteflowe U sup. ras. to him, and many puplisfolk C et ceteri. schulen haaste, and shulen seie, Come ȝe, stie we tilOm. ceteri. to the hil of the Lord, and to the hous of God of Jacob; and he schal teche vs of hise weies, and we schulen go in hise pathis. For lawethe lawe I. schalOm. S sec. m. go out froshal fro S. Syon, and the word of the Lord fro Jerusalem; and he schal deme bitwixe many puplis, and schal chastise stronge folkis til in to fer. And thei schulen bete togidere her swerdis in to scharis, and her speris in to picoisis; aOm. I. folc schal not take swerd aȝens folc, and thei schulen no more lerneserue U sec. m. forOm. S. to fiȝte. And a man schal sitte vndur his vyneȝerd, and vndur his fige tree; and ther schal not be that schal make aferd, for the mouth of the Lord of oostis spak. For alle puplis schulen go, ech man in the name of his Lord God; but we schulen walke in the name of oure Lord God in to the world, and ouer. In that dai, seith the Lord, Y schal gadere the haltynge, and Y schal gadere hir thatwhom I. Y castide awei, and whom Y turmentide Y schal coumforte. And Y schal putte the halt|ynge in to relifs, ether remenauntis, and hir that trauelide, in a strong folc. And the Lord schal regne on hem in the hil of Sion, fro thisthis tyme U sec. m. now and til in to with outen ende. And thou, `derk tourcloudi, or [ether Y] derk, tour CEGHIMNPQRUXY. cloudi, or derk F. of theOm. CFKS. floc of the douȝter of Sion, `til tovnto I. thee he schal come, and the first power schal come, the rewme of the douȝtir of Jerusalem. Now whi art thou drawun to|gidere with mournyng? whether a kyng is not to thee, ether thi counselour pe|rischide? for sorowe hath take thee, as a womman trauelinge of child. Thou douȝter of Sion, make sorewe, and haaste, as a womman trauelynge of child; for now thou schalt go out of the citee, and schalt dwelle in cuntreethe cuntre U sec. m., and schalt come `til tovnto I. Babiloyne; there thou schalt be delyuered, there the Lord schal aȝen bie thee, fro the hond of thin enemyes. And now many folkis ben gaderid on thee, whiche seien, Be it stonyd, and oure iȝe biholde in to Sion. Forsothe thei knewen not the thouȝtis of the Lord, and vndurstoden not the councel of hym, for he gaderide hem as theOm. GI. hei of feeldthe feld F pr. m. GIKNQRSUX.. Rise thou, douȝter of Sion, and threische, for Y schal putte thin horn of irun, and Y schal putte thi nailis brasun; and thou schalt make lesse, ether waste, many puplis, and schalt sle to the Lord the raueyns of hem, and the strengthe of hem to the Lord of al erthe. Now thou, douȝter of a theef, schalt be distried; thei puttiden onOm. N. vs bisegyng, in a ȝerde thei schulen smyte the cheke of theOm. EGHKSPQRMNX pr. m. a U sec. m. iuge of Israel.

 CAP. V.

And thou, Bethleem Effrata, art litil in the thousyndis of Juda; he that is the lordli gouernour in Israel, schal go out of thee to me; and the goyng out of hym is fro bigynnyng, fro daies of euerlastyng|nesse. For this thing he shal ȝyue hem til to the tyme in which the trauelinge of child schal bere child, and the relifs of hise britheren schulen be conuertid to the sones of Israel. And he schal stonde, and schal fede in the strengthe of the Lord, in the heiȝthe of the name of his Lord God; and thei schulen be conuertid, for now he schal be magnefied til to the endis of al erthe. And this schal be pees, whanne Assirius schal come in to oure lond, and whanne he schal trede in oure housis; and we schulen reise on hym se|uene scheepherdis, and eiȝte primatis men, ether the firste in dignytee. And thei schulen frete the lond of Assur bi swerd, and the lond of Nembroth bi speris of hym; and he schal delyuere vs fro As|sur, whanne he schal come in to oure lond, and whanne he schal trede in oure coostis. And relifs of Jacob schulen be in the myddilmyddis EPSY. of many puplis, as dew of the Lord, and as dropis on erbe, whiche abidith not man, and schal not abide sonesthe sones U. of men. And relifs of Jacob schu|len be in hethene men, in the myddil of many puplis, as a lioun inamong S sec. m. beestis of the woodis, and as a whelpe of a lioun ror|ynge in flockis of scheep; and whanne he passith, and defoulith, and takith, there is not that schal delyuere. And thin hond schal be reisid on thin enemyes, and alle thin enemyes schulen perische. And it schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord, Y schal take awei thin horsis fro the myd|dil of thee, and Y schal distrie thi foure horsid cartis. And Y schal leese the citees of thi lond, and Y schal distrie alle thi strengthisstrengthis, ether wardingis EFGHKMNPQRSUXY.; and Y schal do awei witchecraftis froof I. thin hond, and dyuy|naciounsdyuynaciouns, ether tellingis [tellynge S] bi [of I] deuels craft CEFGHKMNPQRSUX. diuinaciouns, ether deuelis craft Y. schulen not be in thee. And Y schal make for to perische thi `grauun ymagissculptilis, ether grauen ymagis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUY., and Y shal brekeal to-breke NRU. togidere fro the myddil of thee thin ymagis, and thou schalt no more worschipe the werkis of thin hondis. And Y schal drawe out of the middis of thee thi woodis, and Y schal al to-breke thi citees. And Y schal make in woodnesse and indignacioun veniaunce in alle folkis, whiche herden not.

 CAP. VI.

Here ȝe whiche thingis the Lord spek|ith. Rise thou, stryue thou bi doom aȝens mounteyns, and litle hillis here thi vois. Mounteyns, and the stronge foundementis of erthe, here the doom of the Lord; for the doom of the Lord withshal be with U sec. m. his puple, and he schal be demyd with Israel. Mi puple, what haue Y don to thee, ether what was Y greuouse to thee? Answere thou to me. For Y ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt, and of the hous of seruage Y delyuerede thee; and Y sente bifore thi face Moises, and Aaron, and Marye. My puple, bithenke, Y preie, what Ba|laac, kyng of Moab, thouȝte, and what Balaam, sone of Beor, of Sethym, answer|ide to hym til to Galgala, that thou schuldist knowe the riȝtwisnesse of the Lord. What worthi thing schal Y offre to the Lord? schal Y bowe the knee to the hiȝe God? Whether Y schal offre to hym brent sacrifices, and calues of o ȝeer? Whether God mai be paid in thousyndis of wetheris, ether in many thousyndis of fatte geet buckis? Whether Y schal ȝyue my firste bigetun for my greet trespas, the fruyt of my wombe for synne of my soule? Y schal schewe to thee, thou man, what is good, and what the Lord axith of thee; forsothe for to do doom, and for to loue merci, and be bisi for to walke with thi God. The vois of the Lord cri|eth to the citee, and heelthe schal be to alle men dredynge thi name. Ȝe lynagis, here; and who schal approue it? Ȝit fier is in the hous of theOm. CEFHNPQRSUX pr. m. Y. vnpitouse manmen ES., theand U. tresouris of wickidnesse, and a lesse me|sure ful of wraththe. Whether Y schal iustifie the wickid balaunce, and the gile|ful weiȝtis of litila litil IS. sak, in whiche riche men therof benOm. S. fillid with wickidnesse? And men dwellynge ther ynne spaken lees|yng, and the tunge of hem was gileful in the mouth of hem. And Y therfor bigan for to smyte thee, in perdicioun on thi synnes. Thou schalt ete, and schalt not be fillid, and thi mekyng is in the middil of thee; and thou schalt take, and schalt not saue; and which thou schalt saue, Y schal ȝyue in to swerd. Thou schalt sowe, and schalt not repe; thou schalt trede thein the U. `frut ofOm. A pr. m. ERU. oliueoliue tre CFIKMQS. slyme H., and schalt notOm. U. be anoyntidoyntid CFGHINQRX. noyntid S. with oile; and must, and schalt not drynke wyn. And thou kept|istkepist U. the heestis of Amry, and al the werk of theOm HQRU pr. m. hous of Acab, and hast walkid in the lustisvoluptees, ether lustis C et ceteri. of hemmen EPY., that Y schulde ȝyue thee in to perdicioun, and men dwellynge in it in to scornynghissing, ether scorn|yng C et ceteri., and ȝe schulen bere the schenschipe of my puple.

 CAP. VII.

Wo to me, for Y am maad as he that gaderith in heruest rasyns of grapis; there is no clustre for to ete; my soule desiride figis ripe bifore othere. The hooli perischide fro erthe, and riȝtful is not in men; alle aspien, ether setten tre|soun, in blood, a man huntith his brother to deth. The yuel of her hondis thei seien good; the prince axith, and the domesman is in ȝeldyng; and a greet man spak the desir of his soule, and thei sturblidendisturbliden C pr. m. F pr. m. S. troubliden I. togidereOm. S sec. m. it. He that is bestthe best U sec. m. in hem, is as a paluyrepaluyre, ether a tasil, ether [or EPY] a scharpe bush C et ceteri.a paluyre is a tasil, ether a scharp buysch. A.; and he that is riȝtful, is as a thorn of hegge. The dai of thi biholdyng, thi visityng cometh, now schal be distriyng of hem. Nyle ȝe bi|leue to a frend, and nyle ȝe truste in a duyk; fro hir that slepith in thi bosum, kepe thou closyngisthe closyngis I. of thi mouth. For the sone doith wrongwrong, ether dispite C et ceteri. to the fadir, and the douȝter schal rise aȝens hir modir, and the wijf of the sone aȝens the modir of hir hosebonde; the enemyes of a man ben the homeli, ether housholdthe houshold EPY. meynee, of hym. Forsothe Y schal biholde to the Lord, Y schal abide God my sauyour; the Lord my God schal here me. Thou, myn ene|mye, be not glad on me, for Y fellefelde CIKS. doun, Y schal rise; whanne Y sitte in derknessis, the Lord is my liȝt. Y schal bere wraththe of the Lord, for Y haue synned to hym, til he deme my cause, and make my doom; he schal lede out me in to liȝt, Y schal se riȝtwisnesse of hym. And myn enemye schal biholde me, and sche schal be hilid with confusioun, which seith to me, Where is thi Lord God? My iȝen schulen se hir, now sche schal be in to defoulyng, as cleiclei, ether fen C et ceteri. of stretis. Dai schal come, that thi wallis be bildid; in that dai lawe schal be maad afer. In that dai and Assur schal come til to thee, and `til tovnto the I. stronge citees, and fro stronge citees til to flood; and to see fro see, and to hil fro hil. And erthe schal be in to desolacioundesolaciouns A pr. m. for her dwelleris, and for fruyt of the thouȝtis of hem. Fede thou thi puple in thi ȝerde, the floc of thin eritage, that dwellen aloone in wielde wode; in the myddil of Carmel thei schulen be fed of Basan and of Galaad, bi elde daies, bi daies of thi goyng out of the lond of Egipt. Y schal schewe to hym wondurful thingis; hethene men schulen se, and thei schulen be confoundid on al her strengthe; thei schulen putte hondis on her mouth, the eris of hem schulen be deef; thei schulen licke dust as aOm. N. serpent; as crepynge thingis of erthe thei schulen be disturblid of her housis; thei schulen not desire oure Lord God, and thei schulen drede thee. God, who is lijk thee, that doist awei wickidnesse, and berist ouer the synne of relifsthe relifs I. of thin eritage? He shal no more sende in his stronge veniaunce, for he is willynge merci; he schal turne aȝen, and haue merci on vs. He schal put doun oure wickidnessis, and schal caste fer in to depnesse of the see alle oure synnes. Thou schalt ȝyue treuthe to Jacob, merci to Abraham, whiche thou sworist to oure fadris fro elde daies.

 Here endith Micheas, and here biginneth Naum.From CFGHIMQRSU. Here endeth Micheas, the profete; se now Naum, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Micheas, and bigynneth the book of Naum. N. Here endith Micheas, and bigynneth Naum, the prophete. S. No final rubric in AEPY. NAHUM. Here bigynneth Naum, the profeteHere bigynnith the book of Naum, profete EPY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THE birthun of Nynyue; the book of visioun of Naum Helcesei. The Lord is a punyschere, and the Lord is vengynge; the Lord is venginge, and hauynge strong veniaunce; the Lord is vengynge aȝens hise aduersaries, and he is wraththing to hise enemyes. The Lord is pacient, and greet in strengthe, and he clensynge schal not make innocent. The Lord cometh in tempest, and the weies of hym ben in whirlwynd, and cloudis ben the dust of hise feet; he blamethblamede EPY. the see, and drieth it, and bryngith alle flodis toin to. desert. Ba|san is maad sijk, and Carmel, and the flour of Liban langwischide. Mounteyns ben mouyd togidere of hym, and litil hillis ben desolat. And erthe tremblide togidere fro theOm. CFHNPQR pr. m. Y. face of him, and the roundenesse of erthe, and alle dwellynge ther ynne. Who schal stonde bifore the face of his indignacioun? and who schal aȝenstonde in the wraththe of his stronge veniaunce? His indignacioun is sched out as fier, and stoonys ben brokundissoluyd, ether brokun C et ceteri. of hym. The Lord is good, and coumfortynge in the dai of tribulacioun, and knowynge hem that hopen in hym. And in greet flood pass|ynge forth, he schal make ende of his place; and derknessis schulen pursue hise enemyes. What thenken ȝe aȝens the Lord? He schal make ende; double tri|bulacioun schal not rise togidere. For as thornes byclippen hemhem silf U sec. m. togidere, so the feeste of hem drynkynge togidere schal be wastyd, as stobul ful of drienesse. Of thee schal go out a man thenkynge malice aȝens the Lord, and trete trespassyng in soule. The Lord seith these thingis, If thei schulen be parfit, and so manye, and thus thei shulen be clippid, and it schal passe bi. I turmentide thee, and Y schal no more turmente thee. And now Y schal al to-breke the ȝerde of hym fro thi bak, and Y schal breke thi bondis. And the Lord schal comaunde on thee, it schal no more be sowun of thi name. Of the hous of thi god Y schal slesle thee CGI pr. m. KMNQSX.; Y schal puttesette CGKMNQSX. thi sepulcre a `grauun ymagesculptil, ether [or EPY. ether a K] grauen ymage C pr. m. EFHKPRUY., andOm. IKMQS pr. m. and an ymage S sec. m. wellid togideretogidere, ether ȝotun GIKNQSX., for thou art vnworschipid. Lo! on hillis theben the U sec. m. feet of theOm. CQ. euangelisynge and tellynge pees. Juda, halewe thou thi feeste daies, and ȝelde thi vowis, for whi Belial schal no more put to, that he passe forth in thee; al Belialhe is C sec. m. I. Om. S sec. m. perischide.

 CAP. II.

He stiede up, that schal scatere bifore thee, that schal kepe bisechyng; biholde thou the weie, coumfortecomforte thou C sec. m. FGIKMNQRSUX. leendis, strengthe thou vertu greetli. For as the Lord ȝeld|ide the pride of Jacob, soso he schal ȝelde C sec. m. GIKMNQRSUX. the pride of Israel; for distrieris scateridengaderiden N. hem, and distriedencorrumpiden, ether destrieden CEFHIK sec. m. NPRU. corrumpiden GMQSX. the generaciounsgeneracioun U. of hem. The scheld of stronge men of hym ben firi, men of the oost ben in rede clothis; raynes of fire of chare, in the dai of his makyng redi; and the leederis therof ben asleep. In weies thei ben troblid togidere, cartis of foure horsis benbe A. hurtlid togidere in stretis; the siȝte of hem as laumpis, as leitis rennynge aboute. He schal bi|thenke of his stronge men, thei schulen falle in her weies; and swiftli thei schulen stiestie up I. on the wallis therof, and schadewyng place schal be maad redi. Ȝatis of floodis ben openyd, and the temple is brokun doun to erthe. And a knyȝt is led awei caitif, and the handmaidishand maidens CEFGHIKMNPQRUX. therof schulen be dryuun sorewynge as culueris, grutch|ynge in her hertis. And Nynyue, as a cisterne of watris the watris therof; for|sothe thei fledden; stonde ȝe, stonde ȝe, and there is not that schal turne aȝen. Rauysche ȝe siluer, rauysche ȝe gold; and there is noon ende of richessis, of alle de|sirabledesiderable C. vessels. It is distried, and kit, and to-rent, and herte failynge, and vnknyt|tinge of smale knees, and failynge in alle reynes; and the face of alle ben as blac|nesse of a pot. Where is the dwellyng of liouns, and lesewis of whelpis of liouns? To whiche citee the lioun ȝede, that the whelp of the lioun schulde entre thidur, and there is not that schal make aferd. The lioun took ynow to hise whelpis, and slowȝ to his lionessis; and fillide her dennes with prei, and his couche with raueyn. Lo! Y to thee, seith the Lord God of oostis; and Y schal brenne thi cartis of foure horsis til to the hiȝeste, and swerd schal ete thi smale liouns; and Y schal distrie thithe I. prei fro the lond, and the vois of thi messangeris schulenshul E. no more be herd.

 CAP. III.

Wo to the citee of bloodis, al of leesyng, ful of to-reendyng; raueyn shal not go awei fro thee. Vois of scourge, and vois of bire of wheel, and of hors makynge noise, and of foure horsid carte brennynge, and of kniȝt stiynge vp, and of schynynge swerd, and glesenynge spere, and of slayn multitude, and of greuouse fallyng, nether ther is eende of careyns. And thei schulen falle togidere in her bodies, for the mul|titude of fornicaciouns of the hoore fair and plesaunt, and hauynge witchecraftis; whichthe whiche I. seelde folkis in her fornicaciouns, and meynees in her enchauntementis, ether sorceries. Lo! Y to thee, seith the Lord God of oostis; and Y schal schewe thi schameful thingis in thi face; and Y schal schewe to folkis thi nakidnesse, and to rewmes thin yuel famefame, ether schenschipe C et ceteri.. And Y schal cast out on thee thin abhomynaciouns, and Y schal punysche thee with dispitis, and Y schal putte thee in to ensaumple. And it schal be, ech man that schal se thee, schal skippelippe C et ceteri. awei fro thee, and schal seie, Nynyue is distried. Who schal moue heed on thee? wherof schal Y seke to thee a coumfortour? Whether thou art betere than Alisaundre of puplis, that dwellith in floodis? Watris ben in cumpas therof, whos richessis is the see, watris ben wallis therof. Ethiope is strengthe therof, and Egipt, and there is noon ende; Affrik and Libie weren in help therof. But and it in `passyng ouertransmygracioun, ether [or EPY] passing ouer C et ceteri. is led in to caitifte; the litle children therof ben hurt|lid doun in the heed of alle weies. And on the noble men therof thei kestensenten ceteri. lot, and alle grete men therof ben set togidere in gyuesether feteres K marg.. And thou therfor schalt be drunkun, and schalt be dispisid, and thou schalt seke helpe of enemyethe enemye C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQRSUX.. Al thi strengthis asben as C sec. m. F sup. ras. a fige tree, with hise figis vnripe; if thei schulen be schakun, thei schulen falle in to the mouth of the etere. Lo! thi puple ben wymmen in the myddil of thee; the ȝatis of thi lond schulen be schewid to openyng to thin enemyes; fierand fier U. schal deuoure thin herris. Drawe vp to thee water for asegyng, bilde thi strengthis; entre in fen, and trede, thou vndurgoynge holde a tiel stoon. There fier schal ete thee, thou schalt perische bi swerd, it schal deuoure thee, as bruke do|ith; be thou gaderid togidere as a bruke, be thou multiplied as a locuste. Thou madist thi marchaundisesmarchaundies K. mo than ben sterris of heuene; a bruke is spred abrood, and flei awei. Thi keperis ben as locustis, and thi litle children benOm. N. as locustis of locustis, whiche sitten togidere in heggis in the dai of coold; the sun is risun, and thei fledden awei, and the place of hem is not knowun, where thei weren. Thi scheepherdis naptennappen I., thou kyng Assur, thi princes schulen be biried; thi puple ofte was hid in hillis, and ther is not that schal gadere. Thi sorewe is not priuyderk, ether priuy C et ceteri., thi wounde is worst; alle men that herden thin heryng, pressiden togidere hond on thee, for on whom passide not thi malice euermore?

 Here endith Naum, and here bigin|neth AbacukFrom CFGHIMQSU. Here endith Naum, the profete; se now Abacuk, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Naum, and bigynneth the book of Abacuc. N. Here eendith the booc of the profete Naum, and here bigynneth Abacuc. X. No final rubric in AEPRY.. HABAKKUK. Here bigynneth Abacuk, the profeteHere biginnith the book of Abacuk, profete. E. The book of Abacuk, the profete. PY. Abacuk. R. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THE birthun that Abacuk, the profete, sai. Hou longe, Lord, schal Y crye, and thou schalt not here? Y suffrynge vio|lence schal crie an hiȝ to thee, and thou schalt not saue? Whi schewidist thou to me wickidnesse and trauel, for to se prey and vnriȝtwisnesse aȝens me? Whi bi|holdist thou dispiseris, and art stille, the while anthe C et ceteri. vnpitouse manOm. G. defoulith a riȝt|fulere than hym silf? And thou schalt make men as fischis of the see, and as crepynge thingis not hauynge a ledere; and doom is maad, and aȝenseiyng is more miȝti. For this thing lawe is `to-brokunbrokun I., and doom cometh not til to the ende; for the vnpitouse man hath miȝt aȝens the iust, therfor weiward doom schal go out. Biholde ȝe in hethene men, and se ȝe, and wondre ȝe, and greetli drede ȝe; for a werk is doon in ȝoure daies, which no man schal bileue, whanne it schal be teld. For lo! Y schal reise Caldeis, a bittir folk and swift, goynge on the breede of erthe, that he welde tabernaclis not hise. It is orible, and dredeful; the dom and birthunthe birthun IS. therof schal go out of it silf. His horsis ben liȝtere than pardis, and swifter than euentyd woluys, and hise horse men schu|len be scaterid abrood; for whi `horse menhise horsemen U sec. m. schulen come fro fer, thei schulen fle as an egle hastynge to ete. Alle men schulen come to preyethe praye EP sec. m. Y., the faces of hem is as a brennynge wynd; and he schal gadere as grauel caitifte, and he schal haue victorie of kyngis, and tirauntis schulen be of his scornyng. He schal leiȝe on al strengthe, and schal bere togidere heep of erthe, and schal take it. Thanne the spirit schal be chaungid, and he schal passe forth, and falle doun; this is theOm. RU. strengthe of hym, of his god. Whether `thou, Lord, art not my Godthou, Lord, art not my God fro bigynnyng A sec. m. I. thou art not fro the bigynnyng, thou, Lord my God S sup. ras., myn hooli, and we schulen not die? Lord, in to doom thou hast set hym, and thou groundidist hym strong, that thou schuldist chastise. Thin iȝen ben clene, se thou not yuel, and thou schalt not mowe biholde to wickidnesse. Whi biholdist thou not on men doynge wickidli, and thou art stille, while the vnpitouse man deuourith a more iust man than hymsilf? And thou schalt make men as fischis of the see, and as aOm. EPSY. al R. crepynge thing not hauynge princea prince CI.. He schal lifte vp al in the hook; he drawidedrowȝ PY. itit vp S. in his greet net, and gaderide in to his net; on this thing he schal be glad, and make ioie with outforth. Therfore he schal offere to his greet net, and schal make sacrifice to his net; for in hem his part is maad fat, and his mete is chosun. Therfor for this thing he spredith abrood his greet net, and euere more he ceesith not for to sle folkis.

 CAP. II.

OnIn IS. my kepyng Y schal stonde, and schal pitche amy U sec. m. grees on wardyng; and Y schal biholde, that Y se what thing schal be seid to me, and what Y schal answere to hym that repreuith me. And the Lord answeride to me, and seide, Write thou the reuelaciounsiȝt, ether reuelacioun C et ceteri., and make it pleyn on tablis, that he rennerenne perfiȝtli U sec. m., that schal rede it. For ȝit the visioun is fer, and it schal appere in to endethe ende C pr. m., and schal not lie; if it schal make dwellyng, abide thou it, for it comynge schal come, and schal not tarie. Lo! the soule of hym, that is vn|bileueful, schal not be riȝtful in hym silf; forsothe the iust man schal lyue in his feith. And as wyn disseyueth a man drynkynge, so schal the proude man be, and he schal not be maad feir; for as helle he alargidelargide S. his soule, and he is as deth, and he is not fillid; and he schal gadere to hym alle folkis, and he shal kepegadere S. togidere to hym alle puplis. WhetherAnd whether A pr. m. Wher C et ceteri. not alle these puplis schulen take a parable on hym, and the speking of derk sentencis of hym? And it schal be seid, Wo to hym that multiplieth thingis not his owne; hou longe, and he aggreggith aȝens hym silf thicke clei? Whether not sudeynli thei schulen rise to gidere, that schulen bite thee? And thei schulen be reisid to-teer|ynge thee, and thou schalt be in to raueyn to hem; and thin aspieris inin to G. yuel schulen wake. For thou robbidist many folkis, alle schulen robbe thee, whiche schulen be leftresidue, ether left C et ceteri. of puplis, for blood of man, and for wickidnesse of lond of the citee, and of alle men dwellynge in it. Wo to hym that gaderith yuel coueitise to his hous, that his nest be in hiȝ, and gessith hym for to be delyuered of the hond of yuel. Thou thouȝtist confusioun to thin hous; thou hast slayn many puplis, and thi soule synnede. For athe I. stoon of the wal schal crie, and a tree that is bitwixe ioyn|turis of bildyngis schal answere. Wo to hym that bildith a citee in bloodis, and makith redi a citee in wickidnesse. Whe|ther not these thingis ben of the Lord of oostis? For puplis schulen trauele in myche fier, and folkis in veyn, and thei schulen faile. For the erthe schal be fillid, that it knowe the glorie of the Lord, as watris hilynge the see. Wo to hym that ȝyueth drynk to his frend, and sendith his galle, and makith drunkun, that he biholde his nakidnesse. He is fill|id with yuel fame for glorie; and thou drynke, and be aslept; the cuppe of the riȝthalf of the Lord schal cumpasse thee, and `castynge vpcasting up, ether spuyng C et ceteri præter I. of yuel fame on thi glorie. For the wickidnesse of Liban schal kyuere thee, and distruccioun of beestis schal make hem aferd, of bloodis of man, and of wickidnesse of lond, and of the citee, and of alle men dwellynge ther ynne. What profitith the `grauun ymagesculptil C et ceteri., for his makere grauyde it, a wellid thing togidere and fals ymage? for the makere therof hopide in makyng, that he made doumbe symylacris. Wo to hym that seith to a tre, Wake thou; Rise thou, to a stoon beynge stille; whether he schal mow teche? Lo! this is kyuerid with gold and siluer, and no spirit is in his entrails. Forsothe the Lord is in his hooli temple, al erthe be stille fro his face.

 CAP. III.The preier of Abacuk, the profete, for vnkunnynge menThis title is in Ebrew, and is of the text. Lire here. EGKPQUY.From CEFGIKMNPQRXY. The preier of Abacuk, the profete, for vnkunnynge men, and this schulde be red. U. No rubric in AHS..

Lord, Y herde thin heryng, and Y dredde; Lord, it is thi werk, in the myd|dil of ȝeeris quykene thou it. In the middil of ȝeeris thou schalt make knowun; whanne thou schalt be wrooth, thou schalt haue mynde of mercy. God schal come fro the south, and the hooli fro the mount of Faran. The glorie of hym kyueride heuenes, and the erthe is ful of his heriyng. The schynyng of hym schal be as liȝt; hornes in hondisthe hondis RU. of hym. There the strengthe of hym was hid, deth schal go bifore his face; the deuel schal go out bifore hise feet. He stood, and mat the erthe; he bihelde, and vnboond folkis, and hillis of the world weren al to-brokun; the litle hillis of the world weren bowid doun, of the weies of his euerlastyngnesse. For wickidnesse Y saiȝ the tentis of Ethiope, the skynnes of the lond of Madian schulen be troblid. Lord, whether in floodis thou art wrooth, ether in floodis is thi strong veniaunce, ether in the see is thin indig|nacioun? Which shalt stie on thin horsis; and thion thi RU. foure horsid cartis isis thi N. saluacioun. Thou reisynge schalt reise thi bouwe, othis to lynagis whiche thou hast spoke; thou schalt departe the floodis of erthe. Watris saien thee, and hillis sorewiden, the goter of watris passide; depnesse ȝaf his vois, hiȝnesse reiside hise hondis. The sunne and moone stoden in her dwellyng place; in the liȝt of thin arowis thei schu|len go, in the schynyng of thi spere glis|nynge. In gnastyng thou schalt defoule erthe, and in strong veniaunce thou schalt astonye folkis. Thou art gon out in to helthe of thi puple, in to helthe with thi crist; thou hast smyte the heed of the hous of the vnpitouse man, thou hast maad nakid the foundement til to the necke. Thou cursidist the ceptrisceptre S., ether powerspower S., of hym, the heed of hise fiȝteris, to men comynge as whirlewynde for to scatere me; the ioiyng withoutforth of hem, as of hym that deuourith a pore man in hidlis. Thou madist a weie in the see to thin horsis, in clei of many watris. Y herde, and my wombe is troblid togidere; my lippis trembliden togidere of the vois. Rot entreentrede A pr. m. in my boonys, and sprengebuyle, ether sprynge C et ceteri. vndur me; that Y reste aȝen in the dai of tribulacioun, and Y schal stie vp to oure puple gird togidere. For the fige tre schal not floure, and buriownyng schal not be in vynȝerdis; the werk of olyue tre schal lie, and feeldis schulen not brynge mete; a scheep schal be kit awei fro the fold, and drouea droue IK. schal not be in cratchis. Forsothe Y schal haue ioye in the Lord, and Y schal make ioie with outforth in God my Jhesu. God the Lord is my strengthe, and he schal putte my feet as of hertis; and on myn hiȝe thingis, the ouercomere schal lede forth me, syngynge in salmes.

 Here endith Abacuk, and here bigin|neth SofonyeFrom CFGHIMQRSU. Here endeth Abacuk, the profete; se now the booc of Sophonye, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Abacuk, and bigynneth the book of Sophonye. N. Here endith Abacuk, the pro|fete, and here bigynneth the booc of Sophonye, the profete. X. No final rubric in AEPY.. ZEPHANIAH Here bigynnith the book of the profecie of Sophonie, the profeteFrom E. Sofonye. A. Here bigynnith Sophonie, profete. PY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THE word of the Lord, that was maad to Sofonye, sone of Chusi, sone of Godo|lie, sone of Amasie, sone of Ezechie, in the daies of Josie, the sone of Amon, king of Juda. Y gaderinge schal gadere alle thingis fro the face of erthe, seith the Lord; Y gaderynge man and beeste, Y gaderynge volatils of heuene, and fischis of the see; and fallyngis of vnpitouse men schulen be, and Y schal leese men fro facethe face C pr. m. IKNR sec. m. SX sec. m. of erthe, seith the Lord. And Y schal stretche out myn hond on Juda, and on alle dwellersthe dwelleris X sec. m. of Jerusalem; and Y schal lese fro this place the relifs of Baal, and the names of keperis of housis, with prestis; and hem that worschipen on roouys the knyȝthod of heuene, and wor|schipen, and sweren in the Lord, and sweren in Melchon; and whiche ben turned awei bihynde the bak of the Lord, and whiche `souȝten notsouȝten not, nether axide not C pr. m. s. n. ether a. not C sec. m. souȝten not, nether axeden not ES. souȝten not, either axeden not FGHI KMNPQRUXY. the Lord, nether enserchiden hym. Be ȝe stille fro the face of the Lord God, for niȝ is the dai of the Lord; for the Lord made redi aOm. I. sacrifice, halewidehe halewide IK sec. m. hise clepid men. And it schal be, in the dai of sacrifice of the Lord, Y schal visite on princes, and on sones of the kyng, and on alle that ben clothid with pilgrimys, ether straunge, clothing. And Y schal visite on ech that proudli entrith on the threisfoldthreshold EIPY. frexfold K. in that dai, whiche fillen the hous of her Lord God with wickidnesse and gile. And ther schal be in that dai, seith the Lord, a vois of cry fro the ȝate of fischis, and ȝellynge fro the secounde ȝate, and greet defoulyng fro litle hillis. Ȝelle ȝe, dwelleris of Pila; al the puple of Canaan was stille togidere, alle men wlappid in siluerchildren N. perischiden. And it schal be, in that tyme Y schal seke Jerusalem with lanternes, and Y schal visiteryse I. on alle men piȝtput K sec. m. QRSU. in her darstisdrastis KSX., whiche seien in her hertis, The Lord schal not do wel, and he schal not do yuele. And the strengthe of hem schal be in to rauyschyng, and the housis of hem in to desert; and thei schulen bilde housis, and schulen not enhabite; and thei schulen plaunte vyneȝerdis, and thei schu|len not drynke the wyn of hem. Nyȝ is the greet dai of the Lord, niȝ and swift ful myche; the vois of theOm. EFHKMQSU. dai of the Lord is bittir, a strong man schal be in tribulacioun there. `The ilkeThilke EFGIKMPY. dai is a dai of wraththe, dai of tribulacioun andand of I. an|gwisch, dai of nedynesse and wretchid|nessemyseiste, ether wrecchidnesse CEGHIKMNPQRUXY. myseise, eithir wrecchidnesse FS., dai of derknessis and myist, dai of cloude and whirlewynd, dai of trumpe andand of I. noise on strong citees and on hiȝe corneris. And Y schal troble men, and thei schulen walke as blynde, for thei han synned aȝens the Lord; and the blood of hem schal be sched out as erthe, and the bodies of hem schulen be as tordis. But andOm. EPSY. the siluer of hem, and gold of hem, schal not mowe delyuere hem in the dai ofof the I. wraththe of the Lord; in fier of his feruour al erthe schal be deuourid, for he schal make ende with haastyng to alle men enhabitynge thein ceteri. erthe.

 CAP. II.

Come ȝe togidere, be gaderid, ȝe folc not worthi to be loued, bifore that co|maundyng brynge forth as dust passyng dai; bifore that wraththe of strong ven|iaunce of the Lord come on ȝou, bifor that the dai of his indignacioun come on ȝou. Alle myeldemyelde, ether pacient C et ceteri. men of erthe, seke ȝe the Lord, whiche han wrouȝt the doom of hym; seke ȝe the iust, seke ȝe the mylde, if ony maner ȝe be hid in the dai of strong veniaunce of the Lord. For Gasa schal be distried, and Ascalon schal be in to desert; thei schulen caste out Azotus in myddai, and Accaron schal be drawun out bi the root. Wo to ȝou that dwellen in the litil part of the see, a folc of loste men. The word of the Lord on ȝou, Ca|naan, the lond of Filisteis, and Y schal distrie thee, so that a dwellere be not; and the litil part of the see schal be reste of scheepherdis, and foldis of scheep. And it schal be a litil part of hym, that schal be left of the hous of Juda, there thei schulen be fed in the housis of Ascalon; at euentid thei schulen reste, for the Lord God of hem schal visite hem, and schal turne awei the caitifte of hem. Y herde the schenschip of Moab, and blasfemyesblasfemye F. ofof the I. sones of Amon, whiche thei seiden schentfuli to my puple, and thei weren magnefied on the termes of hem. Therfor Y lyue, seith the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, for Moab schal be as Sodom, and the sones of Amon as Gomorre; drynesse of thornes, and hepis of salt, and desert, til in to withouten ende. The relifs of my puple schulen rauysche hem, the residues of my folc schulen welde hem. Sotheli this thing schal come to hem for her pride, for thei blasfemeden, and weren magnefied on the puple of the Lord of oostis. The Lord schal be orible on hem, and he schal make feble alle goddisgoodis NRS sup. ras. U. of erthe; and men of her place schulen wor|schipe hym, alle the ilis of hethene men. But and ȝe, Ethiopiens, schulen be slayn bi my swerd. And he schal stretche forth his hond on the north, and schal leese Assur; and he schal putte the feir citee Nynyue in to wildirnesse, and into with out weie, and as desert. And flockis, and alle the beestis of folkisflockis I., schulen ligge in the myddil therof; andOm. EPY. onacratalusonacratalus is a brid with a long bile, lijk a swan. AGK NQU., and irchun schulen dwelle in threshfoldis ther|of; vois of the syngynge in wyndowthe wyndow C., and crowa crow U. in the lyntil, for Y schal make thinne the strengthe therof. This is the gloriouse citee dwellynge in trist, which seide in hir herte, Y am, and ther is noon other more withouten me. Hou is it maad vnto desert, a couche of beeste; ech man that schal passe bi it, schal hisse, and schal moue his hond.

 CAP. III.

Wo! thou citee, terrere to wraththe, and bouȝt aȝen a culuer. It herde not theOm. CEFGHKMNPQRSUX pr. m. vois of the Lord, and resseyuede not techyng, ether chastisyng; it tristenydetristede I. not in the Lord, it neiȝide not to her God. Princes therof in myddil therof weren as liouns rorynge; iugis therof weren wolues, in the euentid thei leften not in to mo|rewe. Profetis therof weren woode, vn|feithfuland vnfeithful U sec. m. men; prestis therof defouliden hooli thing, thei diden vniustli aȝens the lawe. The Lord iustis iust U sec. m. in the myddil therof, schaland schal U sec. m. not do wickidnesse; erli, erli he schal ȝyue his dom in liȝt, and it schal not be hid; forsothe the wickid puple knew not confusioun. Y loste folkis, and the corneris of hem ben distried; Y made the weies of hem desert, while there is not that schal passe. The citees of hem ben desolat, for a man is not left, nether ony dwellere. Y seide, Netheles thou schalt drede me, thou schalt resseyue techyng; and the dwellyng place therof schal not perische, for alle thingis in whiche Y visitide it; netheles ful eerli thei risynge han corrupt alle her thouȝtis. Wherfor abide thou me, seith the Lord, in the dai of my rysyng aȝen in to com|ynge. For my doom is, that Y gadere folkis, and Y schal gadere rewmes; and Y schal schede out on hem myn indigna|cioun, and alal the I. wraththe of my strong ven|iaunce; for in fier of my feruour al erthe schal be deuourid. For thanne Y schal ȝelde to puplis a chosun lippe, that alle clepe inwardli in the name of the Lord, and serue to hym with o schuldre. Ouer the floodis of Ethiopie, fro thens my bi|secheris, the sones of my scaterid menof men A pr. m. C sec. m. EFGHIKMNPQRSUX pr. m., schulen brynge ȝifte to me. In that day thou schalt not be confoundid on alle thi fyndyngis, in whiche thou trespass|idist aȝens me; for thanne Y schal take awei fro the myddil of thee grete spekeris of thi pride, and thou schalt no more put to, for to be enhaunsid in myn hooli hil. And Y schal leeue in the myddil of thee a pore puple and nedi; and thei schulen hope in the name of the Lord. The relifs of Israel schulen not do wickidnesse, ne|ther schulen speke leesyng, and a gileful tunge schal not be foundun in the mouth of hem; for thei schulen be fed, and schu|len reste, and ther schal not be that schal make aferd. These thingis seith the Lord, Douȝter of Sion, herie thou hertliOm. I., synge thou, Israel; be thou glad, and make thou ioie withoutforth in al thin herte, thou douȝter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath take a wei thi dom, hath turned a wey thin enemyes; the kyng of Israel the Lord is inin the IK. myddil of thee, thou schalt no more drede yuel. In that dai it schal be seid, Jerusalemin Jerusalem E. to Jerusalem U sec. m., nyle thou drede; Sion, thin hondis be not clumsida clumsid CFGHIKMNQRSUX. a cumbled EP.. Thi Lord God is strong in the myddil of thee, he schal saue; he schal make ioie on thee in glad|nesse, he schal be stille in thi louyng, he schal make ioie withoutforth on thee in heriyng. Y schal gadere the foolistriflers I., ether veyn men, that wenten awei fro the lawe, for thei weren of thee, that thou haue no more schenschipe on hem. Lo! Y schal sle alle men that turmentiden thee in that tyme, and Y schal saue him that haltith, and Y schal gadere hir that was cast out; and Y schal putte hem in to heriyng, and in to name in ech lond of confusioun of hem, in that tyme in which Y schal brynge ȝou, and in the tyme in which Y schal gadre ȝou. For Y schal ȝyue ȝou in to name, and in to heriyng to alle puplis of erthe, whanne Y schal conuerte ȝoure caitifte bifore ȝoure iȝen, seith the Lord.

 Here endith Sophonye, and here bi|gynneth AggeiFrom CFGHIMQRSU. Here eendeth the booc of Sophonye; se now the booc of Aggei, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Sophonye, and bigynneth the book of Aggey. NX. No final rubric in AEPY.. HAGGAI. Here bigynneth AggeyHere biginnyth the book of Aggei, profete. E. Here biginnith Aggei, profete. PY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

IN the secounde ȝeer of Darius, kyng of Persis, in the sixte monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad in the hond of Aggey, profete, to Sorobabel, sone of Salatiel, duyk of Juda, and to Jhesu, the greet preest, sone of Josedech, and seide, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, and spekith, This pu|ple seith, Ȝit cometh not the tyme of the hous of the Lord to be bildid. And the word of the Lord was maad in theOm. HINRUX pr. m. hond of Aggei, profetethe prophete I., and seide, WhetherWher ceteri. it is tyme to ȝou, that ȝe dwelle in housis couplid with tymbir, and this hous be for|sakundesert, ether forsakun CEFGHIKMNPQRUXY. desert, ether desolacioun S.? And now the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Putte ȝe ȝoure hertis on ȝoure weies. Ȝe han sowe myche, and brouȝte in litil; ȝe han etun, and benȝe ben ceteri. not fillid; ȝe han drunke, and ȝe ben not ful of drynk; ȝe hiliden ȝou, and ȝe ben not maad hoote; and he that gaderide hiris, sente tho in to a sak holid, ether brokun. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Putte ȝe ȝoure hertis on ȝoure weies. Stie ȝe vp in to the munteyn, bere ȝe trees, and bilde ȝe an hous; and it schal be acceptable to me, and Y schal be glorified, seith the Lord. Ȝe bihelden to more, and lo! it is maad lesse; and ȝe brouȝten in to the hous, and Y blew it out. For what cause, seith the Lord of oostis? for myn hous is desertdesert, or forleft CEFGHIKMNPQRUXY. desert, other left S., and ȝe hasten ech man in to his hous. For this thing heuenes ben forbedunforfendid I., that thei schulden not ȝyue dew on ȝou; and the erthe is forbodun, that it schulde not ȝyue his buriownyng. And Y clepide drynesse on erthe, and on mounteyns, and on wheete, and on wyn, and on oile, and what euer thingis the erthe bryngith forth; and on men, and on beestis, and on al labour of hondis. And Sorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and Jhesus, the greet preest, the sone of Josedech, and alle relifs of the puple, herden the vois of her God, and the wordis of Aggei, the pro|fete, as the Lord God of hem sente him to hem; and al the puple dredde of the face of the Lord. And Aggei, a messanger of the Lord, of the messangeris of the Lord, seide to the puple, and spak, Y am with ȝou, seith the Lord. And the Lord reisideseisede EY. the spirit of Sorobabel, the sone of Sala|tiel, duik of Juda, and the spirit of Jhesu, the greet preest, the sone of Josedech, and the spirit of the relifs of al puple; and thei entriden, and maden werk in the hous of the Lord of oostis, herof her KRU. God.

 CAP. II.

In the foure and twentithe dai of the monethe, in the sixte monethe, in the se|cunde ȝeer of kyng Darius. In the se|uenthe monethe, in the oon and twentith dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad in the hond of Aggei, the pro|fete, and seide, Speke thou to Sorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, the duyk of Juda, and to Jhesu, the gret preest, the sone of Josedech, and to othereothere men U sec. m. of the puple, and seie thou, Who in ȝou is left, that saisauȝ I sæpius. this hous in his firste glorie? and what seen ȝe this now? whether it is not thus, as if it be not bifore ȝoure iȝen? And now, Sorobabel, be thou coumfortid, seith the Lord, and Jhesu, greetthe grete FI. preest, sonethe sone I. of Josedech, be thou coumfortid, and al the puple of the lond, be thou coumfortid, seith the Lord of oostis; and do ȝe, for Y am with ȝou, seith the Lord of oostis. The word that Y couenauntide with ȝou, whanne ȝe wenten out of the lond of Egipt, and my Spirit schal be in the myd|dilmyddis I. of ȝou. Nyle ȝe drede, for the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Ȝit o litil thing is, and Y schal moue heuene, and erthe, and see, and drie lond; and Y schal moue alle folkis, and the desirid to alle folkis schal come; and Y schal fille this hous with glorie, seith the Lord of oostis. Myn is siluer, and myn is gold, seith the Lord of oostes. The glorie of this laste hous schal be greet, more than theof the CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX. firste, seith the Lord of oostis. And in this place Y schal ȝyue pees, seith the Lord of oostis. In the foure and twentithe dai of the nynthe monethe, in the secounde ȝeer of kyng Daryus, the word of the Lord was maad to Aggei, the profete, and seide, The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, Axe thou preestis the laweAxe thou prestis the lawe; for bi [her K] office thei ben holden to kunne it. Lire here. KUY. It per|teineth to prestis, to kunne the lawe of the Lord, and for to an|swere to [an KU] axing of the lawe. If a man is a preste, kunne he the lawe of the Lord; if he kan not the lawe of the Lord, he preueth him|self to be no prest of the Lord. Jerom and the Glose here. KPUY., and seie thou, If a man takith halewyd fleisch in the hem of his clothing, and touchith of the hiȝnesse therof breed, ether potage, ether wyn, ether oile, ether ony mete, whether it schal be halewid? Sotheli preestis answeriden, and seiden, Nai. And Aggei seide, If a man defoulid in soule touchith of alle these thingis, whether it schal be defoulid? And prestis answer|iden, and seiden, It schal be defoulid. And Aggei answeride, and seide, So is this puple, and so is this folc bifor my face, seith the Lord, and so is al werkthe werk IK. of her hondis; and alle thingis whiche thei offren there, schulen be defoulid. And nowe putte ȝe ȝoure hertis, fro this dai and aboue, bifor that a stoon on a stoon was put in templethe temple IK. of the Lord, whanne ȝe wenten to an heep of twenti buischels, and there weren maad ten; ȝe entriden to the pressour, that ȝe schulden presse out fifti galouns, and there weren maad twenti. Y smoot ȝou with brennynge wynd; and with myldew, and hail, alle the werkis of ȝoure hondis; and ther was noon in ȝou that turnede aȝen to me, seith the Lord. Putte ȝe ȝoure hertis fro this dai, and in to comynge, fro the foure and twentithe dai of the nynthe monethe, fro the dai in whiche foundementis of the temple of the Lord ben castun, putte ȝe on ȝoure herte. Whether now seed is in buriownyng? and ȝit vineȝerd, and fige tre, and pom|garnade, and the tre of olyue flouride not. Fro this dai Y schal blesse. And the word of the Lord was maad the secounde tyme to Aggei, in the foure and twentithe dai of the monethe, and seide, Spek thou to Sorobabel, duik of Juda, and seie thou, Y shal moue heuene and erthe togidere, and Y schal distrie the seet of rewmes, and Y schal al to-breke the strengthe of rewme of hethene men, andand I IK. schal distrie a foure horsid carte, and the stiere therof; and horsis schulen go doun, and stieris of hem, a man bi swerd of his brother. In that dai, seith the Lord of oostis, thou Sorobabel, sone of Salatiel, my seruaunt, Y schal take thee, seith the Lord; and Y schal putte thee as a signet, for Y chees thee, seith the Lord of oostis.

 Here endith Aggei, and here bigyn|neth SacarieFrom CFGHIMQRSU. Here eendeth the booc of Aggei; se now the booc of Zacharie, the profete. K. Here endith the book of Aggey, and bygynneth the book of Sacharie, the prophete. N. Here endith the booc of Aggey, the profete, and here bigynneth the booc of Sacarie, the profete. X. No final rubric in AEPY.. ZECHARIAH. Here bigynneth Sacarie, the propheteHere biginnith the book of Zacharie, profete. EPY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

IN the eiȝthe monethe, in the secounde ȝeer of Darius, the word of the Lord was maad to Sacarie, the sone of Barachie, the sone of Addo, profete, and seide, The Lord is wrooth on ȝoure fadris with wrathful|nesse. And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis. Be ȝe conuertid to me, seith the Lord of oostis, and Y schal be conuertid to ȝou, seith the Lord of oostis. Be ȝe not as ȝoure fadris, to whiche the formere profetis crieden, seiynge, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Be ȝe conuertid fro ȝoure yuel weies, and ȝoure worste thouȝtis; and thei herden not, nether token tent to me, seith the Lord of oostis. Where ben ȝoure fadris and profetis? whetherwher ceteri. thei schu|len lyue with outen ende? Netheles my wordis and my lawful thingis, whiche Y comaundide to my seruauntis profetis, whe|ther thei tauȝtencauȝten A. not ȝoure fadris? And thei weren conuertid, and seiden, As the Lord of oostys thouȝte for to do to vs bi oure weies, and bi oure fyndingis he dide to vs. In the foure and twentithe dai of the enleuenthe monethe SabathIn Ebreu it is Sebeth, and it answerith to Januarie. AEI KNPUY., in the secounde ȝeer of Darius, the word of the Lord was maad to Sacarie, sone of Bara|chie, sone of Addo, profete, and seide, Y saiȝ bi niȝt, and lo! a man stiynge on a reed hors; and he stood bitwixe places where mirtis wexen, that weren in the depthe, and aftir hym weren horsis reede, dyuerse, and white. And Y seide, My lord, who ben these? And an aungel of the Lord seide to me, that spak in me, Y schal schewe to thee what these ben. And the man that stood bitwix places where mirtis wexen, answeride, and seide, These it ben, whiche the Lord sente, that thei walke thorouȝ erthe. And thei answer|iden to the aungel of the Lord, that stood bitwixe places where mirtis wexen, and seiden, We han walkid thorouȝ erthe, and lo! al erthe is enhabitid, and restith. And the aungel of the Lord answeride, and seide, Lord of oostis, hou long schalt thou not haue merci on Jerusalem, andand on I. citees of Juda, to whiche thou art wrooth? This now is the seuentithe ȝeer. And the Lord answeride to the aungel, that spak in me, goode wordis, and wordis of coumfort. And the aungel that spak in me, seide to me, Crie thou, seiynge, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Y louyde Jerusalem and Sion in greet feruour; and in greet wraththe Y schal be wroth on riche folkis; for Y was wrooth a litil, forsothe thei helpiden in to yuel. Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Y schal turne aȝen to Jerusalem in mercies. MynAnd myn U sec. m. hous schal be bildid in it, seith the Lord of oostis; and a plomet schal be streiȝt out on Jerusalem. Ȝit crie thou, seiynge, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Ȝit my citees schulen flete with goodis, and ȝit the Lord schal coumforte Sion, and ȝit he schal chese Jerusalem. And Y reiside myn iȝen, and Y saiȝ, and lo! foure hornes. And Y seide to the aungel that spak in me, What ben these? And he seide to me, These ben hornes, that wyndewidenwynewden I. wyndowen K. Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem. And the Lord schewide to me foure smythis. And Y seide, What comen these for to do? WhichThe whiche I. spak, seiynge, These benOm. EY. the hornes, that wyndewidenwinweden E. wynewden I. Juda bi alle men, and no man of hem reiside his heed; and these camen for to make hem aferd, that thei caste doun the hornes of hethene men, which reisiden hornhornes C pr. m. EFHMPY. the horn I. hornen U. on the lond of Juda, for to scatere it.

 CAP. II.

And Y reiside myn iȝen, and siȝ, and lo! a man, and lo! in his hoond a litil coorde of meteris. And Y seide, Whidir goist thou? And he seide to me, That Y mete Jerusalem, and Judee; hou myche is the breede therof, and hou myche is the lengthe therof. And lo! the aungel that spak in me, wente out, and another aun|gel wente out in to the metyng of hym, and seide to hym, Renne thou, speke to this child, and seie thou, Jerusalem shal be enhabitid with out wal, for the mul|titude of men and ofOm. I. beestis in the myd|dil therof. And Y schal be to it, seith the Lord, a wal of fier in cumpas; and Y schal be in glorie in myddil therof. A! A! A! fle ȝe fro the lond of the north, seith the Lord, for in foure wyndis of heuene Y scateride you, seith the Lord. A! thou Sion, fle, that dwellist at the douȝter of Babiloyne. For the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, After glorie he sente me to hethene men, whiche robbiden ȝou; for he that schal touche ȝou, schal touche the apple of myn iȝe. For lo! Y reisereiside I. myn hond on hem, and thei schulen be preyes to these that seruyden hem; and ȝe schulen knowe, that the Lord of oostis sente me. Douȝter of Sion, herie thou, and be glad; for lo! Y come, and Y schal dwelle in myddil of thee, seith the Lord. And many folkis schulen be applied to the Lord in that dai, and thei schulen be to me in to puplea puple A sec. m. I., and Y schal dwelle inin the I. myddil of thee; and thou schalt wite, that the Lord of oostis sente me to thee. And the Lord schal welde Juda in to his part, in the lond halewid, and schal cheese ȝit Jerusalem. Ech fleisch be stil fro the face of the Lord, for he roos of his hooli dwelling place.

 CAP. III.

And the Lord schewide to me the greet prest Jhesu, stondynge bifore the aungel of the Lord; and Sathan stood on his riȝthalf, that he schulde be aduersarie to hym. And the Lord seide to Sathan, The Lord blame in thee, Sathan, and the Lord that chees Jerusalem, blame in thee. Whe|ther this is not a deed broond rauyschid fro the fier? And Jhesus was clothid with foule clothis, and stood bifor the face of the aungel. Which answeride, and seide to hem that stoden bifor hym, and he seide, Do ȝe awei foule clothis fro him. And he seide to hym, Lo! Y haue don awei fro thee thi wickidnesse, and Y haue clothid thee with chaungynge clothis. And he seide, Putte ȝe a clene mytrecappe, ether [a S] mytre C et ceteri. on his heed. And thei puttiden a cleene mytrecappe CEKPRY. cappe, ether mytre GHMNQSUX. on his heed, and clothide him with clothiswhite clothis U sec. m.. And the aungel of the Lord stood, and the aungel of the Lord wit|nesside to Jhesu, and seide, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, If thou schalt go in my weies, and schalt kepe my kep|ynge, also and thou schalt deme myn hous, and schalt kepe my porchis; and Y schal ȝyue to thee goeris, of these that now here stonden niȝ. Here thou, Jhesu, greet preest, thou and thi frendis that dwellen bifore thee, for thei ben men signefiynge thing to comyng. Lo! sotheli Y schal brynge my seruaunt spryngynge up, ether Crist borun. For lo! the stoon which Y ȝaf bifor Jhesu, on o stoon ben seuene iȝen; and lo! Y schal graue the grauyng therof, seith the Lord of oostis, and Y schal do a wei the wickidnesse of that lond in o dai. In that dai, seith the Lord of oostis, a man schal clepe his frend vn|dur a vyn treOm. ceteri., and vndur a fige tre.

 CAP. IV.

And the aungel turnede aȝen, that spak in me, and reiside me, as a man that is reisid of his sleep. And he seide to me, What seest thou? And Y seide, Y saiȝ, and lo! a candilstike al of gold, and the laumpe therof on the heed therof, and seuene lanternes therof on it, and seuene vessels for to holdehelde yn U sec. m. oyle to the lanternes, that weren on the heed therof. And twei olyues there onne, oon ofon S. the riȝthalf `of the laumpetherof RSU., and `an otheroon S. on the left half therofOm. RU.. And Y answeride, and seide to the aungel that spak in me, and Y seide, What ben these thingis, my lord? And the aungel that spak in me, answer|ide, and seide to me, WhetherWher ceteri passim. thou woist not what ben these thingis? And Y seide, No, my lord. And he answeride, and seide to me, and spak, This is the word of the Lord, seiynge to Sorobabel, Not in oost, nether in strengthe, but in my spirit, seith the Lord of oostis. Who art thou, greet hil, bifore Sorobabel in to pleyn? and he schal lede out the firste stoon, and schal make euene grace to grace therof. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, The hondis of Sorobabel foundiden this hous, and the hondis of hym schulen perfourme it; and ȝe schulen wite, that the Lord of oostis sente me to ȝou. Who forsothe dispiside litle daies? and thei schulen be glad, and schulen se a stoon of tyn in the hond of Sorobabel. These benben the I. seuene iȝen of the Lord, that rennen aboute in to al erthe. And Y answeride, and seide to hym, What ben these tweyne olyues on the riȝthalf of the candilstike, and at the lift|half therof? And Y answeryde the se|counde tyme, and seide to hym, What ben the tweyne eeris, ether ripe fruyt, of olyues, that ben bisidis the twei bilis of gold, in whiche ben oile vesselis of gold? And he seide to me, and spak, Whether thou woost not what ben these thingis? And Y seide, No, my lord. And he seide, These ben twei sones of oile ofOm. N. schynyng, whiche stondenstooden N. nyȝ to the lordli gouern|our of al erthe.

 CAP. V.

And Y was conuertid, and reiside myn iȝen, and siȝI siȝ I., and lo! a book fleynge. And he seide to me, What seest thou? And Y seide, Lo! Y se a book fleynge; the lengthe therof was of twenti cubitis, and the breede therof of ten cubitis. And he seide to me, This is the curs, that go|ith on the face of al erthe; for ech theef schal be demed, as it is writun there; and ech man swerynge, schal be demyd of this also. Y schal lede out it, seith the Lord of oostis, and it schal come to the hous of a theef, and to theOm. CHNPR pr. m. U. hous of hym that swerith falsli in my name; and it schal dwelle in myddilthe myddil SU. of hys hous, and schal waaste hym, and hise trees, and hise stoonys. And the aungel wente out, that spak in me, and seide to me, Reyse thin iȝen, and se, what this thing is, that goith out. And Y seide, What is it? And he seide, This is a potan amfore, ether a pot CEFGHIKMNPQRSUY. goyng out. And he seide, This is the iȝe of hem in al erthe. And lo! a talent of leed was borun; and lo! a womman sittynge in myddilthe myddil FUX sec. m. myddis M. of the potamfore CEFGHIMNPQRSU. amfore, ether pot KX.. And he seide, This is vnpite, ether vnfeithfulnesse. And he castide doun hir in myddilthe myddil CFIMSUX sec. m. of the potamfore CEFGHIMNPQRSU. amfore, ether pot K sec. m., and sente a gobet of leed in to theOm. NPRSX pr. m. mouth therof. And Y reiside myn iȝen, and siȝ, and lo! twei wymmen goynge out, and a spirit inin the I. wyngis of hem; and thei hadden wyngis asas the I. wyngis of a kite, and reisiden the potamfore CEFGHIMNOPQRS. amfore, ether pot K sec. m. bitwixe heuene and erthe. And Y seide to the aungel that spak in me, Whidur beren these the potamfore CEFGHIMNPQRSU. amfore, ether pot K sec. m.? And he seide to me, That an hous be bildid therto in the lond of Sennaar, and be stablischid, and set there on his foundement.

 CAP. VI.

And Y was conuertid, and reiside myn iȝen, and siȝ, and lo! foure horsid cartis goynge out of the myddil of tweyne hillis, and the hillis weren hillis of bras. In the firste foure horsid carte weren reed horsis, andOm. A sec. m. in the secounde foure horsid carte weren blac horsis; and in the thridde foure horsid carte weren white horsis, and in the fourthe foure horsid carte weren dyuerse horsis, andOm. CEFHRU. stronge. And Y an|sweride, and seide to the aungel that spak in me, What ben these thingis, my lord? And the aungel aunsweride, and seide to me, These ben foure wyndis of heuene, whiche goen out, that thei stonde bifor the lordschipere of al erthe. In which weren blake horsis, wententhei wenten I. out in to the lond of the north; and the white wenten out aftir hem; and the dyuerse wenten out tointo E. theOm. ACHMNPQRX sec. m. lond of the south. Forsothe thei that weren strengeste wenten out, and souȝten for to go, and renne aboute bi al erthe. And he seide, Go ȝe, and walke ȝe thorouȝ the erthe. And thei walkiden thorouȝ erthethe erthe I.. And he clepide me, and spak to me, and seide, Lo! thei that goon out in to londthe lond GKSUX sec. m. of norththe north EIKSU., maden my spirit forOm. N. to reste in theOm. N. lond of norththe north IKSU.. And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Take thou ofof hem that U sec. m. the transmygracioun, ether caitiftee, of Oldai, and of Tobie, and of Idaye; and thou schalt come in that dai, and schalt entre in to theOm. EFHMNPQRSX pr. m. hous of Josie, sone of Sofonye, that camen fro Babiloyne. And thou schalt take gold and siluer, and schalt make corouns, and putte on the heed of Jhesu, the greet preest, sonethe sone I. of Josedech; and schalt speke to hym, and seie, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, seiynge, Lo! a man, Comynge forth, ether Borun, is his name, and vndir him itliȝt A sec. m. schal sprynge. And he schal bilde a temple to the Lord, and he schal make a temple to the Lord; and he schal bere glorie, and schal sitte, and schal be lord on his seete; and the preest schal be on his seete, and counsel of pees schal be bitwixe hem tweyne. And corouns schulen be to He|lem, and to Tobie, and to Idaie, and to Hen, sonethe sone IK. of Sofonye, a memorialmemorial, or thing for mynde CFH. memorial, or myndeful thing EPY. memorial, either a thing for mynde GKMNQRSUX. in theOm. FR. temple of the Lord. And thei that ben fer, schulen come, and bilde in the temple of the Lord; and ȝe schulen wite, that the Lord of oostis sente me to ȝou. Sotheli this thing schal be, if bi heryng ȝe schulen here the vois of ȝoure Lord God.

 CAP. VII.

And it is maad in the fourthe ȝeer of Darius, kyng, the word of the Lord was maad to Sacarie, in the fourthe dai of the nynthe monethe, that is Caslewthat is, No|uembre. AENP SUY.. And Sarasar, and Rogumelech, and men that weren with hem, senten to the hous of the Lord, for to preye the face of the Lord; that thei schulden seie to prestis of the hous of the Lord of oostis, and to pro|fetis, and speke, Whether it is to wepe to me in the fyuethe monethe, ether Y schal halowe me, as Y dide now many ȝeeris? And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Speke thou to al the puple of the lond, and to prestis, and seie thou, Whanne ȝe fastiden, and weiliden in the fyuethfifthe monethe I. and seuenthe monethe, bi these se|uenti ȝeeris, whether ȝe fastiden a fast to me? And whanne ȝe eeten, and drunken, whether ȝe eten not to ȝou, and drunken not to ȝou silf? Whether wordisthe wordis IU sec. m. of pro|fetis ben not, whiche the Lord spak in the hond of the formere profetis, whanne ȝit Jerusalem was enhabited, and was ful of richessis, and it, and citeesthe citees I. therof in cum|pas therof, and at the south and in feeldi place was enhabited? And the word of the Lord was maad to Sacarie, and seide, The Lord of oostis saith these thingis, and spekith, Deme ȝe trewe dom, and do ȝe merci, and doyngis of merci, ech man with his brother. And nyle ȝe falsli calenge a widewe, and fadirles, etherand IKS. mo|dirlesmodirles child IKS., andand a IKS. comelyng, andand a IKS. pore man; and a man thenke not in his herte yuel to his brother. And thei wolden not `take heedeperceyue I., and theiOm. I. turneden awei the schuldre, and ȝeden awei, andand thei IK. `maden heuyaggregiden, ether [or EPY] maden heuy CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXY. her eeris, lest thei herden. And thei puttidensettiden GMN sec. m. QSX. setten I. her herte asas an IK. adamaunt, lest thei herden the lawe, and wordis whiche the Lord of oostis sente in his Spirit, bi the hond of the formere profetis; and greet indignacioun was maad of the Lord of oostis. And it is doon, as he spak; and as thei herden not, so thei schulen crie, and Y schal not here, seith the Lord of oostis. And Y scateride hem bi alle rewmes, whiche thei knewen not, and the lond is desolat fro hem; for that there was not a man goynge and turnynge aȝen, and thei han put desirabledesiderable C. lond in to desert.

 CAP. VIII.

And the word of the Lord of oostis was maad to me, and seide, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Y hatide Sion with greet feruour, and with greet indigna|cioun Y hatide it. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Y am turned aȝen to Sion, and Y schal dwelle in the myddilmyddis I. of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem schal be clepid a citee of treuthe, and hil of the LordLord of oostis U sec. m. schal be clepid an hil halewid. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Ȝit elde men and elde wymmen schulen dwelle in the stretis of Jerusalem, and the staf of mana man U sec. m. inis in M. shal be in RU sec. m. his hond, for the mul|titude of ȝeeris. And the stretis of the cite schulen be fillid with `ȝonge childreninfauntis C et ceteri. and maidensdamysels R., pleiynge in the stretis `of ittherof R.. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Though it schal be seyn hard bifor the iȝen of relifsthe remenantis R. of this puple in tho daies, whether bifor myn iȝen it schal be hard, seith the Lord of oostis? The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal saue my puple fro the lond of the eest, and fro londthe lond IKRSU. of goyngethe goyng IRS. doun of the sunne; and Y schal brynge hem, and thei schulen dwelle in the myddil of Jeru|salem; and thei schulen be to me in to a puple, and Y schal be to hem in to God, and in treuthe, and in riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse ER.. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Be ȝoure hondis coumfortid, whiche heren in these daies these wordis bi the mouth of pro|fetis, inand in I. the dai in which the hous of the Lord of oostis is foundid, that the temple schulde be bildid. SotheliAnd sotheli R. bifore tho daies hirethe hire R. of men was not, nether hirethe hire R. of werk beestis was, nether to manmen R. entrynge and goynge out was pees for tribulacioun; and Y lefte alle men, ech aȝens his neiȝbore. But now not after the formere daies Y schal do to relifsthe relifs I. the remenantis R. of this puple, seith the Lord of oostis, but seedthe seed R. of pees schal be; vyneȝerdthe vyneȝerd I. the vyne R. schal ȝyue his fruyt, and erthethe erthe R. schal ȝyue his buriownyng, and heuenes schulen ȝyue her dew; and Y schal make the relifsremenauntis R. of this puple for to welde alle these thingis. And it schal be, as theȝe, the R. hous of Juda and housthe hous CIKRSU. of Israel weren cursyng inamong R. hethene men, so Y schal saue ȝou, and ȝe schulen be bless|yng. Nyle ȝe drede, be ȝoure hondis coum|fortid; for the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, As Y thouȝte forOm. U. to turmente ȝou, whanne ȝoure fadris hadden terrid me to wraththe, seith the Lord, and Y hadde not merci, so Y conuertid thouȝte in these daies forOm. R. to do wel to the hous of Juda and Jerusalemto Jerusalem R.; nyle ȝe drede. Therfor these ben the wordis whiche ȝe schulen do; speke ȝe treuthe, ech man with his neiȝbore; deme ȝe treuthe and domthe dome R. of pees in ȝoure ȝatis; and thenke ȝe not in ȝoure hertis, ony man yuel aȝens his frend, and loue ȝeOm. R. not a fals ooth; forfor whi R. alle thes thingis it ben, whiche Y hate, seith the Lord. And the word of the Lord of oostis was maad to me, and seide, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Fast|yngThe fastyng R. of the fourthe monethe, `and fastyng of the fyuetheOm. R., and fastyngthe fastyng R. of the se|uenthe, and fastingthe fasting R. of the tenthe, schal be to the hous of Juda inand A pr. m. CEGHKMNPQUX. to ioiethe ioie E. and glad|nes, and inOm. I. to solempnitees ful cleer; loue ȝe oneli treuthe and pees. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Puplis schulen come on ech side, and dwelle in many citees; and the dwelleris schulen go, oon to an other, and seie, Go we, and biseche the face of the Lord, and seke we the Lord of oostis; also I shal go. And many puplis schulen come, and strong folkis, for to seke the Lord of oostis in Jerusalem, and forOm. R. to biseche the face of the Lord. The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, In tho daies, in whiche ten men of alle lan|gagistungis, or langagis CEFGHIKMNPQSUXY. of hethene men schulen catchetake R., and thei schulen catchetake R. the hemme of a man Jewa Jew RU sec. m., and seye, We schulen go with ȝou; for we han herd, that God is with ȝou.

 CAP. IX.

The birthun of the word of the Lord, in the lond of Adrach, and of Damask, the reste therof; for `of the Lord isthe Lord of R. the iȝe of man, and of alle lynagis of Israel. And Emath inshal be in RU. termesthe termes R. therof, and Tirus, and Sidon; for thei token to hem wisdom greetli. AndFor R. Tirus bildide his strength|ing, and gaderide siluer as erthe, and gold as fen of stretis. LoFor I.! the Lord schal welde it, and schal smyte in the see the strengthe therof, and it schal be de|uourid bi fier. Ascalon schal see, and schal drede; and Gasa, `and schalschal make R. sorewe ful myche; and Accaron, for the hope therof is confoundid; and the kyng schal perische fro Gasa, and Ascalon schal not be enhabited; and a departere schal sitte in Asotus, and Y schal distrie the pride of Filisteis. And Y schal take awei the blood therofof him R. fro the mouth of him, and abhomynaciounsthe abhominacions IR. of hym fro the myddil of teeththe teeth IR. of hym, and he alsoOm. I. schal be left to our God; and he schal be as a duyk in Juda, and Accaron as Jebusei. And Y schal cumpasse myn hous of these that holden kniȝthod to me, and goen, and turnen aȝento me I.; and `an vniust axereexactour, ether [or EPY] vniust axere CEFGHIKMNPQSUXY. exactour R. schal no more passe on hem, for now Y siȝ with myn iȝen. Thou douȝter of Sion, make ioie withoutforth ynow, syngesynge hertili R., thou douȝter of Jerusalem; lo! thi kyng schal come to thee, he iust, and sauyour; he pore, and stiynge on a sche asse, and on a folecolt R., sonethe sone R. of aOm. EFGHMNPQUX pr. m. Y. sche asse. And Y schal leese fourethe foure IX sec. m. a foure R. horsid carte of Effraym, andOm. N. an hors of Jerusalem, and the bouwe of batel schal be distried; and he schal speke pees to hethene men, and the power of him schal be fro seethe se R. til to seethe see R., and fro floodis til to the endis of erthe. And thou in bloodthe blood R. of thi testament sentist out thi boundun men fro lakethe lake IR., in which is notno R. water. Ȝe boundun of hope, be conuertid to strengthing; and to dai Y schewyngetelle, and Y R. schal ȝelde to thee double thingis, for Y schal stretche forthe to me Juda as a bowe, Y fillide `the lond ofOm. R. Effraym. And Y schal reise thi sones, thou Sion, on thi sones, thou lond of Grekis, and Y schal sette thee as the swerd of stronge men. And the Lord God schal be seyn onof IR. hem, and the dart of himhem R. schal go out as leit. And the Lord God schal synge in a trumpe, and schal go inin to the R. whirlwynd of the south; the Lord of oostis schal defendekyuere, ether defende C et ceteri. hem, and thei schulen deuoure, and make suget with stoonys of a slynge; and thei drynkyngeschulen drinke R. schulen begreetli be R. fillid as with wyn, and schulen be fillid as violsviols, ether cruetis C et ceteri., and as hornes of the auter. And the Lord God `of hemOm. R. schal saue hem in that dai, as a flocfolc A pr. m. of his puple, for hooli stoonus schulen be reisid on the lond of hym. ForFor whi R. what is the good of hym, and what is the fairefaire thing RU sec. m. of hym, no but whetethe whete R. of chosun men, and wyn buriownynge virgynsOm. R.?

 CAP. X.

Axe ȝe of the Lord reyn in latelateful R. tyme, and the Lord schal make snowis, and reyn of myȝt of cloude; and he schal ȝyue to hem, to ech bi hym silf, erbe in the feeld. For symylacris spaken vnprofitable thingthinges R., and diuynours saien leesyng; and dremeris spaken veynli, ydily thei coumfortiden; therfor thei ben led awei as a floc, thei schulen be turmentid, for a scheepherd is not to hem. OnVpon R. scheepherdis my strong veniaunce is wrooth, and on buckisthe buckis R. of geet Y schal visite; for the Lord of oostis hath visitide his floc, the hous of Juda, and hath putset R. hem as an hors of hys glorie in batel. Of hym `schal beis R. a cornere, and of hym ais a R. litil pale, of hym ais a R. bowe ofin R. batel, and of hym ech vniust axereexactour, ether uniust axere CEFGHIKMNPQSUXY. exactour R. schal go out togidere. And thei schulen be as stronge men, defoulynge clei of weies in batel, and thei schulen fiȝte, for the Lord is with hem; and stieris of horsis schulen be confoundid. And Y schal coum|forte the hous of Juda, and Y schal saue the hous of Joseph; and Y schal conuerte hem, for Y schal haue merci on hem; and thei schulen be as thei weren, whanne Y hadde not cast awei hem; for Y schal be the Lord God of hem, and Y schal gra|ciousli here hem. And thei schulen be as the strongestronge men R. of Effraym, and the herte of hem schal be glad, as of wyn; and sonesthe sones R. of hem schulen se, and be glad, and the herte of hem schal make ioie withoutforth in the Lord. YAnd I I. schal hisse, `ether softli spekeOm. R., to hem, and Y schal gadere hemhem togedere R., for Y aȝen bouȝte hem, and Y schal mul|tiplie hem, as thei weren multiplied bi|fore. And Y schal sowe hem inamonge R. puplis, and fro fer thei schulen bithenke of me; and thei schulen lyue with her sones, and schulen turne aȝen. And Y schal `aȝen ledebrynge aȝen R. hem fro the lond of Egipt, and Y schal gadere hem fro Assiriens; and Y schal brynge hem to the lond of Galaad and of Liban, and place schal not be foundun to hem. And he schal passe in thethat A. wawe of the see, and schal smyte wawis in the see, and alle depnessisdepthis R. of flood schulen be confoundid; and the pride of Assur schal be mekid, and the ceptre of Egipt schal go awei. Y schal coumforte hem in the Lord, and thei schulen walkego R. in the name of hym, seith the Lord.

 CAP. XI.

Thou Liban, opene thi ȝatis, and fier schal ete thi cedris. Ȝelle, thou fir tre, for the cedre felle doun, for grete men benOm. R. distried; ȝelle, ȝe okis of Basan, for the stronge weldeweldide G. wielde I. wijlde K. weelde N. Om. R. wylde S. wilde U. wijld X. wodeforest R. isas A pr. m. CEFGHMNPQU. kit doun. VoisThe voice R. of ȝellyng of schepherdis, for the greet worschip of hem is distried; voisthe voice RU sec. m. of ror|yng of liouns, for the pride of Jordan is wastid. My Lord God seith these thingis, Fede thou beestis of slauȝter, whiche thei that weldiden slowenkilliden R.; and `sorewiden notmaden no sorewe R., and selden hem, andand thei I. seiden, Blessid be the Lord, we ben maad riche. And schep|herdisthe scheperdis R. of hem spariden not hem, and Y schal no more spare on `men enhabit|yngehem that enhabiten R. the erthe, seith the Lord. Lo! Y schal bitake men, ech inin to the R. hond of his neiȝbour, and in hoondthe hond R. of his kyng, and thei schulen to-reende togidere the lond; and Y schal not delyuere fro the hond of hem, and Y schal fede the beeste of sleyng. For this thing, ȝe pore men of the floc, hereheereth I.. And Y took to me twei ȝerdis; oon Y clepide Fairnesse, and the tother Y clepide Litil Corde; and Y fedde the flocfolk A pr. m. CEFGIKMNPQUX.. And Y kittide doun thre scheepherdis in o monethe, and my soule iswas R. drawun togidere in hem; for also the soule of hem variedevariede, or chaungide C et ceteri. in me. And Y seide, Y schal not fede ȝou; that that dieth, die; and that that is kit doun, be kit doun; and the residues deuoure, echeche man R. the fleisch of his neiȝbore. And Y took my ȝerde, that was clepid Fair|nesse, and Y kittide doun it, that Y schulde make void my couenauntcouenaunt of pees C sec. m. F sec. m. IKRS., thatwhich C sec. m. F sec. m. IKS. Y smoot with alle puplis. And it `is led forthwas made C sec. m. F sec. m. IKRS. voide in that daiOm. R.; and the porepore men C sec. m. CF sec. m. IKRSU sec. m. of flocthe floc F sec. m. IKRS. that kepenkepten F sec. m. to me, knewen thus, for it is the word of the Lord. And Y seide to hem, If it is good inbifore R. ȝoure iȝen, brynge ȝe my meede; and if nai, reste ȝe. And thei weieden my meede, thretti platispens R. of siluer. And the Lord seide to me, Caste aweithou forth R. it to athe I. makere of ymagis, the fair prijs, bi which Y am preisid of hem. And Y took thritti platispens R. of siluer, and YOm. ceteri. castide forth hemtho R. inin to I. the hous of the Lord, to the makere of ymagis. And Y kittide doun my secunde ȝerde, that was clepide Litil Corde, that Y schulde departedeparte, or [ether EPY] vnbynde C et ceteri. the bro|therhed bitwixe Juda and Israel. And the LordLord God I. seide to me, Ȝit take to thee vesselsthe vessels R. of a fonned scheepherde; for lo! Y schal reise a scheepherdeschepparde; that is, Ante|crist. Lire here. C et plures. in erthe, which schal not visite forsakun thingis, schaland schal R. he shal S. not seke scatered thingis, and schalhe schal R. not heele `the brokun togiderea thing al to-broken R., and schal not nurische forth that that stondith. And he schal ete fleischisthe fleischis R. of the fatfat men R., and schal vnbynde the clees of hem. A! the scheepherd, and ydol, forsakynge the floc; swerd on his arm, and on his riȝt iȝe; the arm of hym schal be dried with dry|nesse, and his riȝt iȝe wexynge derk schal be maad derk.

 CAP. XII.

The birthun of the word of the Lord on Israel. And the Lord seide, stretch|ynge forth heuene, and founding erthethe erthe R., and makynge the spirit of a man in hym, Lo! Y schal puttesette R. Jerusalem a lyntel of glotonye to alle puplis in cumpas, but andalso R. Juda schal be in `a segyngbisegyng R. aȝens Jerusalem. And it schal be, in that dai Y schal puttesette IRS. Jerusalem a stoon of bir|thun to alle puplis; alle that schulen lifte it, schulen be to-drawun with kittyng doun, and alle rewmes of erthe schulen be gaderid aȝens it. In that dai, seith the Lord, Y schal smyte ech hors in drede, `ether leesynge of myndeOm. R., and the stiere `of hymtherof R. in woodnesse; and on the hous of Juda Y schal opene myn iȝen, and schalY schal R. smyte with blyndnesse ech hors of puplis. And duikisthe dukes R. of Juda schulen seie in her hertis, Be the dwellers of Jerusa|lem coumfortid to me in the Lord of oostis, the God of hem. In that dai Y schal puttesette R. the duykis of Juda as a chymnei of fier in trees, and as a broond of fier in hei; and thei schulen deuoure at the `riȝthalf and lefthalfriȝt side and left side R. alle puplis in cumpas. And JerusalemIsrael GKMSU pr. m. Irael NQX. schal be en|habitid eftsooneeft R. in his place, `in Jerusa|lemOm. R.. And the Lord schal saue the taber|naclis of Juda, as in bigynnyngthe bigynnyng R., that the hous of Dauid `glorie nothaue not glorie R. greetli, and thethat the R. glorie of men dwellynge in Jerusalem be not aȝens Juda. In that dai the Lord schal defende the dwelleris of Jerusalem; and he that schal offende of hem, schal be in that dai as Dauid, and the hous of Dauid schal be as ofthe house of R. God, as thean R. aungel of the Lord in the siȝt of hym. And it schal be, in that dai Y schal seke forOm. R. to al to-breke alle folkis that comen aȝens Jerusalem. And Y schal heldeschede R. out on the hous of Dauid, and on dwelleristhe dwellers IRU. of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of preieris; and thei schulen biholde to me, whom thei `fitchiden togidereprickeden R.. And thei schulen biweile hym with weilyng, as onOm. GNQU. `the oonOm. F. bigetunbigotun sone R.; and thei schulen so|rewemake sorewe R. on hym, as itsorewe R. is wont `for to be sorewidto be maad R. in the deth of the firste bigetunbigetun sone R.. In that dai greet weilyng schal be in Je|rusalem, as the weilyng of AdremonRemon R. in the feeld of Magedon. And erthethe lond IKMQRSU. schal weile; meynees and meynees bi hem silf; the meynees of the hous of Dauid bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; meynees of the hous of Nathan bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; meynees of the hous of Leuy bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; meynees of Semei bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf. All othere meynees, meynees and meynees bi hem silf, and theOm. R. wymmen of hem bi hem silf.

 CAP. XIII.

In that dai an open welle schal be to the hous of Dauid, and to men dwellynge at Jerusalem, in to waischyng awey of a synful man, and of wommana womman CFGHIKMNRSUX. defoulid in vnclene blood. And it schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord of oostis, Y schal dis|trie namesthe names RU sec. m. of idols fro `the londerthe R., and theitho R. schulen no more be `thouȝt onhad in mynde R.; and Y schal take awei fro erthe false profetis, and an vnclene spirit. And it schal be, whanne ony man schal profesie ouereny more RU sec. m., his fadir and modir that gendriden hym, schulen seie to hym, Thou schalt not lyue, for thou hast spoke leesyng in the name of the Lord; and his fadirfadris I. and hisOm. IR. modirmodris I., gendreristhe gendreris R. of hym, schulen `togi|dere fitchepricke R. hym, whanne he hath profe|sied. And it schal be, in that dai profetis schulen be confoundidschend R., ech of his visioun, whanne he schal profesie; nether thei schulen be hilid with mentila mentil R. of sak, that thei lie; but `thei schulenhe schal R. seie, Y am not a profete; Y am a man `erthe tilierean erthe tilier R., for Adam is myn ensaumplesample R. fro my ȝongthe. And it schal be seid to hym, What ben these woundis in the myddilmyddis R. of thin hondis? And he schal seie, With these Y was woundid in the hous of hem that louyden me. Swerd, be thou reisid on my scheepherde, and on a man cleu|ynge to me, seith the Lord of oostis; smyte thou the scheepherde, and scheepthe scheep R. of the floc schulen be scaterid. And Y schal turne myn hond to the litle. And twei partis schulen be in ech lond, seith the Lord, and thei schulen be scaterid, and schulen faile, and the thridde part schal be left in it. And Y schal lede the thridde part bi fier, and Y schal brenne hem, as siluer is brent, and Y schal preue hem, as gold is preuyd. He schal clepe to help my name, and Y schal graciously here him; and Y schal seie, Thou art my puple, and he schal seie, Thou art my Lord God.

 CAP. XIV.

Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and thi spuylis schulen be departid in the myddil of thee. And Y schal gadere alle folkis to Jerusalem, in to batel; and the citee schal be takun, and housis schulen be distried, and wymmen schulen be de|foulid. And the myddil part of the citee schal go out in to caitifteecaptiuite R., and the `to|ther partoother part I. residue R. of the puple schal not be takun awei fro the citee. And the Lord schal go out, and schal fiȝte aȝens thothe I. folkis, as he fauȝte in the dai of strijf. And hise feet schulen stonde in that dai on the hil of olyues, thatwhiche R. is aȝens Jerusalem at the eest. And the hil of olyues schal be coruundeparted R. of the myddil part therof to the eest and to the west, bi ful greet bifor|brekyng; and the myddil of the hil schal be departid to the north, and the myddil therof to the south. And ȝe schulen fle to the valei of myn hillis, for the valei of hillis schal be ioyned togidere til to the nexte. And ȝe schulen fle, as ȝe fledden fro the face of erthe mouyng in the daies of Osie, kyng of Juda; and my Lord God schal come, and alle seyntis with hym. And it schal be, in that dai liȝt schal not be, but coold and frost. And `ther schal be o daio day schal be R., which is knowun to the Lord, not day, nether niȝt, and in tymethe tyme IR. of euen|tid liȝt schal be. And it schal be, in that dai quyke watris schulen go out of Jeru|salem, the myddil of hemtho watris R. schal go out to the eest see, and the myddil of hemtho R. to the laste see; in somer and in wynter theitho R. schulen be. And the Lord schal be kyng on al erthe; in that dai thereOm. R. schal be o Lord, and his name schal be oon. And al erthe schal turne aȝen til to de|sert, fro the litil hil Remmon to the south of Jerusalem. And it schal be reisid, and schal dwelle in his place, fro the ȝate of Beniamyn til to placethe place IKRU. of the formere ȝate, and til to the ȝate of theOm. ceteri. corneris, and fro the tour of Ananyel til to theOm. CEFGHK pr. m. MNPQSUX. pressouris of the kyng. And thei schulen dwelle there ynne, and cursidnesse schal no more be, but Jerusalem schal sitte sikir. And this schal be the wounde, bi which the Lord schal smyte alle folkis, that fouȝten aȝens Jerusalem; the fleisch of ech man stondynge on hise feet schal failefail, ether rot CEFGHIKMNPQSUXY. be roten R., and hise iȝen schulen faile togidere in her hoolis, and her tunge schal faile togidereOm. R. in her mouth. In that dai greet noise of the Lord schal be in hem, and a man schal catche the hond of his neiȝbore; and his hond schal be lockidlokun C sec. m. FGIKMNQRSX. togidere on hondthe hond FIRUX sec. m. of his neiȝbore. But andalso C sec. m. FGIKMNQRUX. Judas schal fiȝte aȝens Jerusalem; and richessisthe riches R. of alle folkis in cumpas schulen be gader|ide togidere, gold, and siluer, and many clothis ynow. And so fallyng schal be of hors, and mule, and camelof camele R., and asseof asse R., and of alle werkOm. R. beestis, that weren in tho castels, asof I. this fallyng. And alle that schulen be residue of alle folkis, that camen aȝens Jerusalem, schulen stie vpOm. R. fro ȝeer in to ȝeer, that thei worschipe the kyng, Lord of oostis, and halewe the feeste of tabernaclis. And it schal be, reyn schal not be on hem thatwhiche R. schulen not stie vpOm. R. of the meyneis of erthe to Jerusalem, `that theifor to R. worschipe the king, Lord of oostis. `That and ifThat if also R. the mey|neemeynees G. of Egipt schal not stie vpOm. R., and schal not come, nether on hem schal be reyn; but fallyng schal be, bi which the Lord schal smyte alle folkis, whichethat R. stieden notnot up I., forOm. R. to halewe the feeste of taber|naclis. This schal be the synne of Egipt, and this theshal be the RX sec. m. synne of alle folkis, that stieden not, for to halewe the feeste of tabernaclis. In that dai, that that is onnot on P. the bridil of horsthe hors KNS sup. ras. UX sec. m. schal be hooli to the Lord; and caudruns schulen be in theOm. CEFHMNPQX pr. m. hous of the Lord, as cruetisviols R. bifor the auter. And eueryeche R. caudrun in Jerusalem and Juda schal be halewid to the Lord of oostis. And alle men schulen come of|frynge, and schulen take of tho, and schu|len sethese A pr. m. EGHIMPQSUX. see F. sle N. in tho; and a marchaunt schal no more be in the hous of the Lord of oostis in that day.

 Here endith Sacarie, and here bigyn|neth Malachie, the profeteFrom CH. Here endith Sacarie, and here bigynneth Malachie. FGIMNQSU. Here endeth the booc of Zacarie; se now Malachie, the profete. K. Heere endeth the profete Zacarie, and bigynneth the book of Malachie, profete. R. Here endith Sacarie, the profete, and bigynneth Malachie. X. No final rubric in AEPY.. MALACHI. Here biginnith the book of Malachie, the profeteFrom E. Here beginnith Malachie, profete. PY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THE birthun of the word of the Lord to Israel, in the hond of Malachie, the profete. Y louyde ȝou, seith the Lord, and ȝe seiden, In what thing louydist thou vs? Whether Esau was not theOm. CEFG HKNPSXY. brother of Jacob, seith the Lord, and Y louyde Jacob, forsothebut N. Y hatide Esau? And Y haue putset R. Seir the hillis of hym in to wildirnesse, and his eritage in to dra|gouns of desert. That if Idumee seith, We ben distried, but we schulen turne aȝen, and bilde tho thingis that ben dis|tried; the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, TheseThese men RU sec. m. schulen bilde, and Y schal distrie; and thei schulen be clepid termesthe termes R. of wickidnesse, and a puple to whom the Lord is wroth, til in to with outen ende. And ȝoure iȝen schulen se, andOm. N. ȝe schulen seie, The Lord be magnefied on the terme of Israel. The sone onourith the fader, and the seruaunt schal drede his lord; therfor if Y am fadirthe fadir R., wher is myn onour? and if Y am lordthe lord R., where is my drede? seith the Lord of oostis. A! ȝe prestis, to ȝou that dispisen my name; and ȝe seidenseien I., Wherynne han we dispisid thi name? Ȝe offrenoffriden I. on myn auter vncleenedefoulid, ether vncleene CFGHIKMNQSUX. defoulid EPRY. breed, and ȝe seien, Wherynne han we defoulid thee? In that thing that ȝe seien, The boordboond I. of the Lord is dispisiddefoulid R.. If ȝe offren a blynd beestthing EHPY. to be sacrifisidsacrified EPY., whe|ther it is not yuel? AndOm. X. if ȝe offren a crokid and sike beeste, whetherwher ceteri præter RS. it is notOm. I. yuel? Offre thou it to thi duyk, if it schal plese hym, ether if he schal resseyue thi face, seithseid X. thethi KY. Lord of oostis. And now biseche ȝe the cheer of the Lord, that he haue merci on ȝou; for of ȝoure hond this thing is doon, if in ony maner he resseiue ȝoure faces, seith the Lord of oostis. Who is `in ȝouamong R. that closith doristhe dores R., and bren|neth myn auter `of his owne wille, ethir frelifrely R.? Wille is not to me in ȝou, seith the Lord of oostis; and Y schal not res|seyue a ȝifte of ȝoure hond. For fro rys|yngthe risyng R. of the sunne til to goyngthe going EIPRSY. doun, my name is greet inamong R. hethene men; and in ech place a cleene offring is sacrifisidsacrified EPY., and offrid to my name; for my name is greet inamong R. hethene men, seith the Lord of oostis. And ȝeȝe that A. han defoulid it in that that ȝe seien, The boord of the Lord is defoulid, and that that is putset R. aboue is `worthi to be dispisidcontemptible, ether [or Y] worthi for to be dispisid CEFGHIKMNPQSUXY., with fierthe fier R. that deuourith it. And ȝe seidenseyen I., Lo! of trauel; and ȝe han blowe it a wei, seith the Lord of oostis. And ȝe brouȝten in of raueyns a crokid thlngOm. R. beest U. and sijk, and brouȝten in a ȝifte; whetherwher ceteri præter R hic et alibi. Y schal resseyue it of ȝoure hond? seith the Lord. Cursid is the gilefulgileful man RU sec. m., that hath in his floc a male beeste, and `he makyngemakith R. a vow offrithand offrith R. a feblefeble best R. to the Lord; for Y am a greet kyng, seith the Lord of oostis, and my name isOm. EFGHMNPQSUXY. dredefulhidouse R. `in folkisamong folkis I. among hethen men RU sec. m..

 CAP. II.

And now, A! ȝe preestis, this maunde|ment is to ȝou. If ȝe wolen here, and if ȝe `wolen not puttenylen sette R. on the herte, that ȝe ȝyue glorie to my name, seith the Lord of oostis, Y schal sende nedynesse in to ȝou, and Y schal curse toOm. R. ȝoure blessyngis; and Y schal curse hemtho R., for ȝe han not putteset R. on the herte. Lo! Y schal castecaste forth R. to ȝou the arm, and Y schal scatere on ȝoure cheereface R. the drit of ȝoure solempny|tees, and it schal take ȝou with it. And ȝe schulen wite, that Y sente to ȝou this maundement, that my couenaunt were with Leuyȝou and Leuy R sec. m., seith the Lord of oostis. My couenaunt was with hym of lijf and peesof pees R.; and Y ȝaf to hym amy R. drede, and he dredde me, and he dredde ofOm. CEHPS. facethe face CEHIKPRSUX pr. m. of my name. The lawe of trewthe was in his mouth, and wickidnesse was not foundun in hise lippis; in pees and inOm. R. equite he walkidewente R. with me, and he turnede awei many men fro wickidnesse. For the lippis of aOm. CEFGHMNPQSUX pr. m. the K. prest kepen sciencekunnyng CER. science, ether [or G] kunnynge FGHIKMNSX., and thei schulen aȝen seke the lawe of `the mouth of hymhis mouthe R., for he is anthe R. aungel of the Lord of oostes. But ȝe wentenȝeden R. awei fro the weie, and sclaundrensclaundriden CEFGHKMNPQRSUX. ful many menOm. N. in the lawe; ȝe maden voide the couenaunt of Leuy, seith the Lord of oostis. For whichthe whiche I. thing and Y ȝaf ȝouto you C. worthi to be dispisidcontemptible, ether worthi [for FGHM] to be dispisid CFGIKMQSUX. contemptible ENP. dispisable R., and bowenlowed F. bowiden I. lowȝ R. to alle puplis, as ȝe kepten not my weies, and token a face in the lawe. Whether not o fadir is of alle ȝou? whetherwhether not R. oOm. E. God made notOm. AR. of nouȝt ȝou? Whi therfor ech of ȝou dispisith his bro|ther, and defoulith the couenaunt of ȝoure fadris? Judas trespasside, and abhomy|nacioun is maaddone R. in Israel, and inOm. N. Jeru|salem; for Judas defoulide the halewyng of the Lord, which he louyde, and he hadde the douȝter of an alien god. The Lord schalOm. R. distrie the man that dideschal do R. this thing, the maister and disciple, fro the tabernacle of Jacob, and him that offrith a ȝifte to the Lord of oostis. And eftsoone ȝe diden this thing; ȝe hiliden with teeris the auter of the Lord, with wepyng and mourenyngweiling R.; so that Y bi|holde no more to sacrifice, nether resseyue ony thing plesaunt of ȝoure hond. And ȝe seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that isOm. U., tyme of mariage, whichwhom R. thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijfthe wijf R. of thi couenauntcouenaunt of pees R.. Whe|ther oon made not, and residuethe residue IR. of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, nonot R. but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ȝe ȝoure spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi ȝongthe; whanne thou hatist hir, leue thou hir, seith the Lord God of Israel. Forsothe wickidnesse schal kyuerehile R. the closyngclothe R. of hym, seith the Lord of oostis; kepe ȝe ȝoure spirit, and nyle ȝe dispise.

 CAP. III.

Ȝe maden the Lord for to trauele in ȝoure wordis, and ȝe seiden, Wherynne maden we hym for to trauele? In that that ȝe seien, Ech manOm. R. that doith yuel, is good in the siȝt of the Lord, and sichesuche men R. plesen toOm. R. hym; ether certis where is theOm. R. God of doom? Lo! Y sendeschal sende RU sec. m. myn aungel, and he schal make redi weiethe wey I. bifor my face; and anoon the lordshipereLord R., whom ȝe seken, schal come to his hooli temple, and the aungel ofof the I. testament, whom ȝe wolen. Lo! he cometh, seith the Lord of oostis; and who schal mowe thenke the dai of his comyng? and who schal stonde forOm. R. to se hym? For he schal be as fier wellynge togidere, and as erbethe erbe RX sec. m. of fullerisfulleris, ether toukeris EGHIKMNPQSUX.; and he schal sitte wellynge togidere and clens|ynge siluer, and he schal purge the sones of Leuy; and he schal purge hem as gold and as siluer, and thei schulen be offrynge to the Lord sacrifices in riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse CEFGHIKMNPQSUX.. And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem schal plese toOm. R. the Lord, as the daies of the world, and as olde ȝeeris. And Y schal come to ȝou in doom, and Y schal be a swift witnesse toin to I. mysdoeris, `ether enchaunteris of deuelis craftOm. R., and to auouterisauoutreris IKR., andand to I. forsworn men, and that falsli calengen the hire of thean R. hirid man, and widewis, and fadirles, `ether modir|lesOm. R. and modirles S., children, and oppressen a pilgrym, `nether dreddennether thei dredden I. and dredden not R. me, seith the Lord of oostis. Forsothe Y am the Lord, and amI am I. not chaungid; and ȝe sonesthe sones R. of Jacob ben not wastid. Forsothe fro daiesthe daies R. of ȝoure fadris ȝe wentenȝeden R. awei fro my lawful thingis, and kepten not; turne ȝe aȝen to me, and Y schal aȝen turne to ȝou, seith the Lord of oostis. And ȝe seiden, In what thing schulen we turne aȝen? If a man schal turmente God, for ȝe `togidere fitchenturmenten R. me. And ȝe seiden, In what thing `togidere fitchenturmenten R. we thee? In tithis and in `firste fruitispremyssis, ether firste fruytis CEFGHIKMNPQSUX. the firste fruytis R.; and ȝe ben cursid in nedynessemyseiste, ether [or EP] nedynesse CEFGHIKMNPQSUX., and alle ȝe folcthe folk A pr. m. R. disseyuen me, and `togidere fitchenturmenten R.. Brynge ȝe ynOm. R. ech tithe in to my berne, that mete be in myn hous, and preue ȝe me on this thing, seith the Lord, if Y schal not opene to you the goteris of heuene, and schalY schal IR. schede out to ȝou blessyng, til to aboundaunce. And Y schal blame for ȝou thathim RU. that deuourith, and he schal not distriecorrumpe, ether distrie CEFGHIKMNPQSUX. the fruit of ȝoure lond; nether bareyn vyneȝerdvyne R. schal be in the feeld, seith the Lord of oostis, and alle folkis schulen seie ȝou blessid; for ȝe schulen be a desirabledesiderable C. lond, seith the Lord of oostis. Ȝoure wordis wexidenwexen R. strong on me, seith the Lord; and ȝe seiden, What han we spokun aȝens thee? And ȝe seiden, He is veyn, that serueth God; and what wynnyng for we kepten hise heestis, and for we wentenȝeden R. sorewful bi|fore the Lord of oostis? Therfor now we seien proude men blessid; for thei ben bildid doynge vnpiteewickidnesse R., and thei tempt|iden God, and ben maad saaf. Thanne men dredynge God spaken, ech with his neiȝbore; and the Lord perseyuede, and herde, and a book of mynde is writun bifor hym to `men dredyngehem that dredden R. God, and thenkyngethenken on R. his name. And thei schulen be to me, seith the Lord of oostis, in the dai in which Y schal make, in to a special tresour; and Y schal spare hem, as a man sparith his sone seruynge to hym. And ȝe schulen be conuertid, and ȝe schulen se, what is bitwixe thea R. iust man and vn|pitousethe vnpitous FI. vnfeithful R., bitwixeand bitwixe R. `the seruynge tohim that serueth R. the Lord and `not seruynge to hymhim that serueth not the Lord R..

 CAP. IV.

For lo! a dai schal come, brennynge as a chymenei; and alle proude men, and alle doyngethat done R. vnpitee schulen be stobul; and the dai comynge schal enflaume hem, seith the Lord of oostis, which schal not leeue to hem rote andof R. buriownyng. And to ȝou dredyngethat dredden R. my name the sunne of riȝt|wisnesseriȝtfulnesse R. schal riserise, ether [or EP] be borun CEFGHIKMNPQSUX., and heelthe inschal be in R. pen|nysthe pennys R. of hym; and ȝe schulen go out, and schulen skippelippe CEFGHIKMNPQSUX., as a calf ofin R. thea K. droue. And ȝe schulen to-trede vnpitousethe vnpitouse I. men, whanne thei schulen be aische vndur the soole of ȝoure feet, in the dai inOm. R. which Y doschal do R., seith the Lord of oostis. Bithenke ȝe on the lawe of my seruaunt Moises, which Y comaundide to hym in Oreb, to al Israel comaundementis and domes. Lo! Y schal sende to ȝou Elie, the profete, bi|fore that the greet dai and orible of the Lord come. And he schal conuerte the herte of fadris to sones, and the herte of sones to fadristhe fadirs IR. of hem, lest perauenture Y come, and smyte the erthe with curscurs. Amen. CEFGHMNPQRSU. cursidnesse I..

 Here endith Malachie, the profete, and here bigynneth the firste book of MachabeisFrom CFX. Here endith Malachie, and bigynneth a prolog on the firste book of Machabies. G. Here endeth Malachie, and bigynneth the firste book of Machabeis. HIQSU. Heere endeth Malachie, the profete; se now the firste book of Macabeus. K. Here endith Malachie, the profete, and here bigynneth a prologe on Machabeis the firste. M. Here endith Malachie, and bigynneth the firste Machabeus. N. Heere endith the profete Malachie, and bigynneth the firste booke of Machabeis. R. No final rubric in AEP. Y is defective.. I. MACCABEES. [Prologue on the First book of MaccabeesThis Prologue is from M..]

THIS book of Machabeis techith alle men, bi ensaumple of Matatias and of hise sones, to stonde in tyme of persecucioun stifli bi the lawe of God, and rathere to leue alle worldli goodis and bodili lijf, than to feyne, or peruerte in to errour, for the drede of heiȝ power of men; as Judas Machabeus and hise brethren ouer|camen her enemyes, bi heiȝ vertu of God, with fewe men, and not in multitude of peple, and aȝenstoden kingis and princes, and hadden victorie bi the help of almyȝti God, and susteyneden it anoon to the deeth.

Here endith the prologe, and here bigynneth the firste book of Machabeis. Here biginnith the firste book of MachabeiesFrom EPe. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

AND it was don, aftir that Alisaundre of Filip, king of Macedoyne, which regn|ede first in GreceGrece, ether [or EP] in the lond of Grekis EFGHIKMNPQSUXe., and ȝede out of the lond of Sethym, smoot Darius, king of Perseis and of Medeis, he ordeynede many batels, and gat strengthis of alle; and he slow the kingis of erthe, and passide forth til to endisthe endis EIR. of erthe, and took spuylis of multitude of folkis; and the erthe was stille in siȝtthe siȝt EIKR. of hym. And he gaderide vertu, and oost ful strong, and the herte of hym was enhaunsid and lift vp. And he gat the cuntreis of folkis, and tirauntistirauntis, ether stronge men CEFGHIKMNPQSUXe.; and thei weren maad toin to F. hym in to tribut. And after these thingis he fellefelde C et alii. in to bed, and knew that he schulde die. And he clepide his noble childrenthat is, familiar felowis e marg., that weren nurschid with hym fro ȝongtheher ȝongthe C et ceteri., and departide to hem his kingdom, whanne he lyuede ȝit. And Alisaundre regnede twelue ȝeer, and was deed. And his children weldiden theOm. ceteri præter K. rewme, ech in his place, and alle puttiden to hem diademys aftir his deth, and the sones of hem after hem, many ȝeeris; and yuels weren multiplied in erthe. And ther wente out of hem a roote of synne, Antiok the noble, the sone of Antiok kyngthe kyng I., that was at Rome in ostageostage, ether plegge CEFGHIKMNPQSUX., andand he I. regnede in the hundrid and seuene and thrittithe ȝeer ofin G. theOm. CEFHMNPQSU X pr. m. e. rewmelond G. of Grekis. In tho daies wickid sones `of IsraelOm. R. wenten out, and counseiliden many, and seide, Go we, and ordeyne we testament with hethene men, that ben aboute vs; for sithen we departiden fro hem, many yuels foundun vs. And the word was seyn good bifore the iȝen of hem. And summe of the puple senten, and wenten to the kyng; and he ȝaf power to hem for to do riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse R. of hethene men. And thei bildiden a scole in Jerusalem, bi lawis of naciouns; and maden to hem prepucies, and wenten awei fro the hooli testament, and weren ioyned to naciouns, and weren seeldseeld to naciouns F. for to do yuel. And the rewme hadde prosperite in the siȝt of An|tiok, and he bigan forOm. R. to regne in the lond of Egipt, that he schulde regne on twei rewmes. And he entride in to E|gipt with a greuouse multitude, in cha|ris, and olifauntis, and horse men, `ether kniȝtisOm. R., and plenteuouse multitude of schippis, and he ordeynede batel aȝens Tholome, kyng of Egipt; and Tolome dredde of his face, and flei; and many weren woundid, and fellen doun. And he took the stronge citees in the lond of Egipt, and took the preies of the lond of Egipt. And Antiok turnede, after that he smoot Egipt, in the hundrid and thre and fourtithe ȝeer, and stiede to Israel. And he stiede to Jerusalem with a greu|ouse multitude, and entride in to the halewyng with pride; and he took the goldun auter, and the candilstike of liȝt, and allealle the I. vessels therof, and the boord of proposicioun, and vessels of fletynge sacri|fices, and cruetis, and goldun morteris, and veil, and crownes, and goldun ourne|ment that was in the face of the temple; and he brak alle. And he took siluer and gold, and alle desirabledesiderable C. vessels, and he took the priuy tresours, whiche he foond; and whanne he hadde takun vp alle thingis, he wente in to his lond. And he made slauȝter of men, and spak in greet pride. And greet weilyng was maad in Israel, and in ech place of hem; and princes sorewiden inwardli, and eldere men, and maidens, and ȝonge men weren maad sike, and fairnesse of wymmen was chaungid. Ech hosebonde took weilyng, and thei that saten in hosebondis bed, morenyden. And the lond was mouyd togidere on men dwellynge therynne, and al the hous of Jacob was clothid with confusioun. And aftir twei ȝeeris of daies, the kyng sente a prince of tributis in to the citees of Juda, and he cam to Jerusalem with greet cumpanye. And he spak to hem pesible wordis in gile, and thei bileuyden to hym. And sudeynli he felle in on the citee, and smoot it with aOm. R. greet wounde, and loste myche puple of Israel. And he took preies of the citee, and brente it with fier, and distriede housis therof, and wallis therofOm. R. in cum|pas. And thei ledden wymmen caitif, and children, and weldiden beestis. And thei bildiden the citee of Dauid with greet wal and sad, and sadde touris; and it was maad to hem in to an hiȝ tourtoure, ether strengthe CEFGHIKMNPQSUXe.. And thei puttiden there a folc of synneris, wickid men, and thei weren strong in it; and thei puttiden armeris, and metis, and gaderiden preies of Jerusalem; and put|tiden vp there, and weren maad in to aOm. N. greet snare. And this thing was maad toin to I. aspiyngis in yuel, `ether tresounsOm. R., to halewyng, and in to an yuel deuel in Israel euere more. And thei schedden out innocent blood, bi cumpas of the ha|lewyng, and defouliden the halewyng. And dwelleris of Jerusalem fledden forfro A pr. m. IS. hem, and it was maad abitacioun of straungeris, and it was maad straungealien C. straunge, ether [that is K] alien EFGHIKMNPQSUXe. to his seed, and sones therof forsoken it. The halewynghabitacion R. therof was desolat as wil|dirnesse; feeste daies therof weren turned in to mourenyng, sabotis therof in to schenschip, onouris therof in to nouȝt. Bi the glorie therof the yuel fame therof was multiplied, and hyȝnesse therof was turned in to mournyng. And kyng Antiok wroot to al his rewme, that al the puple schulde be oon. And thei forsoken ech man his lawe; and alle folkis consentiden bi the word of kyng Antiok, and many of Israel consentiden to him, and sacrifiedensacrifisiden C et ceteri. to idols, and defouliden sabot. And king Antiok sente bokis bi the hondis of mes|sangeris in to Jerusalem, and in to alle citees of Judee, that thei schulden sue lawis of folkis of erthe, and schulden for|bede brent sacrifices, and sacrifices, and plesyngisplesyng N. for to be don in the temple of God, and that thei schulden forbede the sabot for to be halewid, and solempne daies, and hooli thingis for to be defoulid, and the hooli puple of Israel. And he comaundide auteris for to be bildid, and templis, and idols; and swynes fleisch for to be sacrifisid, and vncleenecomyn, ether vncleene CEFGHIKMNPQSUXe. common R. beestis; and for to leeue her sones vncircumcidid, and the soulis of hem for to be defoulid in alle vnclennessis and abhomynaciouns, so that thei schulden forȝete the lawe, and schu|len chaunge alle the iustifiyngis of God. And who euere dide not bi the word of kyng Antiok, schulden die. Bi alle these wordis he wroot to al his rewme, and aboue settidesette R. princes to the puple, whiche schulden constreyne these thingis forOm. R. to be don. And thei comaundiden to citees of Juda for to make sacrifice. And many of the puple weren gaderid to hem, whiche forsoken the lawe of the Lord, and diden yuels on erthe. And thei dryueden out the puple of Israel fro priuy places, and in hid places of fleyngefugityues R. fugityues, ether fleynge men C et ceteri. men. In the fif|tenthe dai of the monethe CasleuThat answerith to oure Nouembre, and sum tyme it renneth in parti with oure Octobre. QU., in the hundrid and fyue and fourtithe ȝeer, king Antiok bildide abhominable idol of dis|coumfortdesolacion R. desola|cioun, ether discoumfort C et ceteri. on the auter of God; and bi alle citees of Judee in cumpas thei bildiden auters. And bifore the ȝatis ofof the I. housis and in stretis thei brenten encensis, and sacrifiedensacrifisiden ceteri.; and brenten bi fier the bookis of the lawe of God, and keruyden hem. And anentis whom euere the bookis of testament of the Lord weren foundun, and who euere kepte the lawe of the Lord, bi the maundement of the kyng thei slowen hym. In her powervertu, ether power EFGHIKMNPQSUX. vertu R. thei diden these thingis to the puple of Is|rael, that was foundun in ech monethe in citeesthe citees U.. And in the fyue and twentithe dai of the monethe, thei sacrifiedensacrifisiden ceteri. on the auter, that was aȝens the auter of God. And wymmen, that circumcididencircumciden A. her sones, weren stranglid, bi comaundement of kyng Antiok; and thei hangiden chil|dren bi the neckis, bi alle housis of hem, and strangliden hem that circumcididen hem. And many of the puple of Israel determynedendetermyneden, ether fulli demyden CEGHIKMNPQSUXe. fulli demeden F sup. ras. anentis hem, that thei schulden not ete vnclene thingis, and ches|iden more for to die, than for to be de|foulid with vnclene metis. And thei wol|den not breke the hooli lawe of God, and thei weren slayn; and ful greet wraththe was maad on the puple.

 CAP. II.

In tho daies Matatias, the sone of Joon, sone of Symeon, and he was presta prest C et ceteri. of the sones of Joarym, roos fro Jerusalem, and sat in the hil Modynof Modyn F sec. m. GIKN sec. m. QSX.. And he hadde fyue sones; Joon, that was named Gaddis; and Symount, that was named Thasi; and Judas, that was clepid Machabeus; and Eleasarus, that was named Abaron; and Jonathas, that was clepidnamed CEFHIKMQRSU. Apphus. These siȝen the yuels that weren don in the puple of Juda and inof I. Om. R. Jerusalem. And Matatias seide, Wo to me! wher to am Y borun, for to se the distriyngdefoulyng, ether [or EPY] distriyng CEFGHKMNPQSUX. Om. I. defoulyng R. `of my pu|ple, and theOm. I. defoulyng of the hooli citee, and for to sitte there, whanne it is ȝouun in toOm. R. the hondishond A sec. m. of enemyes? Hooli thingis ben maad in the hondhondis AS. of straungeris; the temple therof as a man vnnoble; vessels ofand N. glorie therof ben led awei caitif. Elde men therofOm. R. ben slayn in stretis, and ȝonge men therof fellen doun bi swerd of enemyes. What folc enherit|ide not the kingdom therof, and weldide not preies therof? Al ournyng therof is borun awei; sche that was fre, is maad handmaidunthe hondmaiden R.. And lo! oure hooli thing, and oure fairnesse, and oure clerete, is desolat, and hethene men defouliden it. What therfor is ȝit to vs for to lyue? And Matatias and his sones to-renten her clothis, and hiliden hem with heiris, and weiliden greetli. And thei that weren sent ofof the I. kyng Antiok, camen thidur, for to constreyne hem that fledden togidere inOm. N. to the cite of Modyn, for to offre and brenne encensis, and for to departe fro the lawe of God. And many of the puple of Israel consentiden, and camen to hem; but Matatias and his sones stoden stide|fastli. And thei answeriden, that weren sent of Antiok, and seiden to Matatias, Thou art prince, andand art I. moost clere, and greet in this citee, and ourned with sones and britheren. Therfor go thou the for|mere, and do the maundement of the kyng, as alle folkis han don, and men of Juda, and thei that leften in Jerusalem. And thou schalt be, and thi sones, among frendis of the king, and maad large in siluer and gold, and many ȝiftis. And Matatias answeride, and seide with greet vois, Thouȝ alle folkis obeien toto the I. kyng Antiok, that thei go awei ech man frofro the I. seruice of the lawe of his fadris, and con|senten to his maundementis, Y, and my sones, and my britheren schulen obeie to the lawe of oure fadris. God be helpful to vs; it is not profitable to vs for to for|sake the lawe and riȝtwisnessesriȝtfulnessis R. of God. We schulen not here the wordis of kyngthe kyng I. Antiok, nethernether we I. schulen make sacrificesacrificis A. to idols, and breke the maundementis of oure lawe, that we go bi anothir weie. And as he ceesside for to speke these wordis, sum Jew wente to, bifore the iȝen of alle men, for to sacrifice to idols on the auter, in the citee Modynof Modyn F sec. m. IK., bi comaunde|ment of the kyng. And Matatias siȝ, and sorewide, and his reynes trembliden togi|dere, and his woodnessethat is, gret wraththe bi feruent loue, that was stirid thanne bi the dom of resoun. Lire here. IKU was kyndlid bi doom of the lawe; and he skippideleppide C et ceteri. in, and slow hym on the auter. But and he slow in that tyme the man whom king Antiok sente, which compellide for to offre, and he distriede the auter. And he louyde feruentli the lawe, as Fynees dide to Sambri, sone of Salomy. And Matatias criede with greet vois in the citee, and seide, Ech man that hath feruent loue of the lawe, ordeyne a testament, `that is, a couenauntOm. R., and gogo he I. out after me. And he flei, and hise sones, in to munteyns, and leften what euere thingis thei hadden in the citee. Thanne many sekynge dom and riȝtwisnesse, wenten doun in to de|sert, that thei schulden sitte there, thei, and the sones of hem, and wymmen of hem, and beestis of hem, for yuels weren hard on hem. And it was teldteld aȝen R. to men of the kyng, and to the oost, that weren in Jerusalem, the citee of Dauid, that sum|men wenten awei, that distrieden maunde|mentthe maundement IKR. of the kyng, in to priuy places in desert; and many hadden go after hem. And anoon thei wenten to hem, and or|deineden aȝens hem batel, in theOm. R. dai of sabatis; andand thei I. seiden to hem, Aȝenstonde ȝe also now ȝit? go ȝe out, and do ȝeOm. I. after the word of kyng Antiok, and ȝe schulen lyue. And thei seiden, We schu|len not go out, nether schulen do the word of the king, that we defoule the dai of sabatisthe sabatis I pr. m.. And thei stiriden batel aȝens hem. And thei answeriden not to hem, nether threwenthreuwen C sup. ras. ether senten K marg. senten R. stoona stoon I. to hem, nether stoppiden priuy places, and seiden, Die we alle in oure simplenesse, and heuene and erthe schulen be witnessis on vs, that vniustli ȝe lesen vs. And thei ȝauen to hem batelbatels R. in sabatis, and thei weren deed, and wyues of hem, and sones of hem, and beestis of hem, til to a thousande persoones of men. And Matatias knew, and his frendis; and thei hadden mourn|yng on hem greetli. And a man seide to his neiȝbore, If we alle shulen do as oure britheren diden, and schulen not fiȝte aȝens hethene men, for oure lyues, and oure ius|tifiyngis, sunnerethe sunnere I. thei schulen distrie vs fro erthethe erthe R.. And thei thouȝten in that dai, and seiden, Ech man who euere cometh to vs in batel, in daithe dai I. of sabotis, fiȝte we aȝens hym, and die we not alle, as oure britheren ben deed in priuy places. Thanne the synagoge of Jewis, strong in myȝtis of Israel, was gaderid to hem. Euery wilful man in theOm. R. lawe, and alle that fledden fro yuels, weren addid to hem, and thei weren maad to hem to stidfastnesse. And thei gaderiden an oost, and smytiden syn|neris in her wraththe, and wickid men in her indignacioun; and the totherothere I. fledden to naciouns, for to ascape. And Matatias enuyrownede, and hise frendis, andand thei I. dis|trieden auteris, and circumcididen chil|dren vncircumcided, hou many euere thei founden in the coostis of Israel, `in strengtheOm. R.. And thei pursueden the sones of pride, and the werk hadde prosperite in her hondis. And thei gaten the lawe frofro the I. hondis of hethene men, and frofro the I. hondis of kyngis, and ȝauenthei ȝauen R. not strengthehorn, ether strengthe EFGHIKMNPQSUXe. horn R. to the synnere. And daies of Matatias of diynge neiȝiden, and he seide to hise sones, Now pride is coumfortid, and chastisyng, and tyme of distruccioun, and the wraththe of indignaciounindignaciouns A.. Now therfor, sones, be ȝe sueris, `ether louyerisOm. R., of the lawe, and ȝyue ȝe ȝoure lyues for the testament of fadris. And bithenke ȝe on werkis of fadris, whiche thei diden in her genera|ciouns, and ȝe schulen resseyue greet glo|rie, and euerlastynge name. WhetherWher ceteri passim. in temptacioun Abraham was notOm. I. founden trewetrewe, ether feithful C et ceteri præter R., and it was arettid to hym to riȝt|wisnes? Joseph in time of his angwisch kepte comaundement, andand he I. was maad lord of Egipt. Fynees, oure fadir, in feruentli louynge the feruent loue of God, took tes|tament of euerlastynge preesthod. Jhesus, `ether JosueOm. R., while he fillide the word, was maad duyk in Israel. Caleph, while he witnesside in the chirche, took eritage. Dauid in his merci gat the sete of kyng|dom, in to worldis. Elie, while he fer|uentli louyde the feruent loue of the lawe, was resseyued in to heuene. Ananyas, Azarias, Misael, bileuyden, and weren de|lyuered frofro the I. flawme. Danyel in his sym|plenesse was delyuered fro the mouth of liouns. And thus bithenke ȝe bifro I. gene|racioun and generacioun, for alle that hopen in to hym ben not maad vnstide|fast. And drede ȝe not of the wordis of a man synnerea synner R sec. m., for the glorie of hym is tord and worm; to dai he is enhaunsid, and to morewe he schal not be foundun, for he is turned in to his erthe, and his thouȝt schal perische. Therfor, ȝe sones, be coumfortid, and do ȝe manli in the lawe; forThis clause til thedir, And lo! Symount, is not had of the text, nether is had in bookis amended. Lire here. EPQ. whanne ȝe schulen do tho thingis that ben bodun to ȝou in the lawe of ȝoure Lord God, in it ȝe schulen be gloriouse. And lo! Symount, ȝoure brother; Y woot, that he is a man of councel, here ȝe hym eueremore, and he schal be fadir to ȝou. And Judas Machabeus, stronge in miȝtis fro his ȝongthe, be to ȝou a prince inof ceteri præter S. knyȝthod, and he schal do batel of the puple. And ȝe schulen brynge to ȝou alle doeris of the lawe, and venge ȝe the ven|iaunce of ȝoure puple. Ȝelde ȝe ȝeldyng to hethene men, and take ȝe tent to the heeste of the lawe. And he blesside hem, and was put to hise fadris. And he was deed in the hundrid and `sixe and fourtisixe and fourtithe C et plures. xl. foure I. ȝeer, and was biried of hise sones in to sepulcre of hise fadris in Modyn; and al Israel weiliden hym with greet weilyng.

 CAP. III.

And Judas, that was clepid Macha|beus, the sone of Matatias, roos for hym. And alle hise britheren helpiden hym, and alle that ioyneden hem to his fadir, and thei fouȝten the batel `of IsraelOm. R. with gladnessegreet gladnes R.. And he alargide glorie to his puple, and clothide hym with an ha|buriowne as a giaunt, and girdegirte C et plures. hym with hise armeris of batel in batels, and defendide castels with his swerd. He was maad lijklike to R. a lioun in hise werkis, and as aOm. R. whelp of liouna lioun FR. rorynge in his huntyng. And heOm. R. pursuede wickid men, and souȝte hem; and he brente hem in flawmes, that disturbliden his puple. And hise enemyes weren put abac for drede of hym, and alle worcheris of wickidnessewicknesse N. weren troblid to gidere; and heelthe was dressid in his hond. And he wraththide many kyngis, andand he I. gladide JacobJacob, that is, puple of Israel C et ceteri, præter R.Jacob, that is, the puple of Israel. A. in hise werkis, and in to world his mynde is in blessyng. And he wente thorouȝ the citees of Juda, and loste vnpitouse men of hem, and turnede awei wraththe fro Israel. And he was named til to the vtmest of erthe, and he gaderide men perischynge. And Appol|lyne gaderide folkis, and fro Samarie myche vertu, and greet, for to fiȝte aȝens Israel. And Judas knew, and wente out aȝens hym, and smoot, and slow hym. And many woundid fellen doun, and the otheretother R. fledden; and he took preies of hem. And Judas took awei the swerd of Appollyne, and was fiȝtynge therwithther|ynne R. inOm. I. alle daies. And Seron, prince of the oost of Sirie, herde, that Judas gaderide a gaderyng, and the chirche of feithful men with hym. And he seide, Y schal make to me a name, and Y schal be glorified in the rewme, and Y schal ouercome Judas, and hem that ben with hym, whiche dispisiden the kyngis word. And he made redi hym; and the castels of vnpitouse men, stronge helperis, stieden vp with hym, for to do veniaunce on the sones of Israel. And thei neiȝiden `til tovn to I. Betheron; and Judas wente out aȝens hem, with fewe men. Forsothe as thei siȝen the oost comynge to hem in metinge, thei seiden to Judas, Hou moun we fewe fiȝten aȝens so greet multitude, so strong; and we ben maad weri bi fastyng this dai? And Judas seide, It is liȝt, `ether esyOm. R., that many be closid togidere in hond of fewe; and difference is not in siȝt of God `of heueneOm. R., for to delyuere in manye ether in fewe; for not in multitude of oost is the victorie of batel, but of heuene is strengthe. Thei comen to vs in rebel multitude, and pride, for to distrie vs, and oure wyues, and oure sones, and for to robbe vs. Forsothe we schulen fiȝte for oure lyues, and oure lawis; and the Lord hym silf schal al to-breke hem bifore oure face; forsothe drede ȝe not hem. Sotheli as he ceesside for to speke, he hurlide inOm. EFPMU. `in toin X. hem sudenli; and Seron was al to|brokun, and his oost, in the siȝt of hym. And he pursuede hym in the goynge doun of Betheron, til in to the feeld; and eiȝte hundrid men of hem fellen doun, the othere forsothe fledden in to theOm. R. lond of Filistiym. And the drede of Judas, and of his britheren, and the inward ferdnesse, felle on alle hethene men in cumpas of hem; and the name of hym cam to the kyng, and alle folkis telden of the bateils of Judas. Sotheli as king Antiok herde these wordis, he was wrooth in soule; and he sente, and gaderide theal the R. oost of al his rewme, fuland ful I pr. m. stronge castels. And he openyde his treserie, and ȝaf sowdis to the oost, in to a ȝeer, and comaundide hem, that thei schulden be redi to alle thingis. And he sai, that money failide of hise tresouris, and tributis of the cuntrei weren litil, for dissencioun and veniaunce that he dide in the lond, for to do awei the lawful thingis that weren of theOm. A. firste daies. And he dredde, that he schulde not haue as onys and twies in to costis and ȝiftis, whiche he hadde ȝouun bifore with large hond; and he was riche ouer kingis that weren bifore hym. And he was astonyed in soule greetli, and thouȝte for to go in to Persis, and for to take tributis of cun|treis, and for to gadre myche siluer. And he lefte Lisias, a noble man of the kyngis kyn, on the kingis nedis, fro the flood Eufrates til to the flood of Egipt; and that he schulde nursche Antiok, his sone, til he cam aȝen. And heOm. I. bitook to hym the half of the oost, and olifauntis, and comaundide to hym of alle theseOm. R. thingis that he wolde, and of men enhabitynge Judee and Jerusalem; and that he schulde sende to hem an oost, for to al to-breke, and toOm. R. distrie vttirly the vertu of Israel, and relifsthe relifs R. of Jerusalem, and for to do awey the mynde of hem fro place; and for to ordeyne dwelleris sones aliens in alle the coostis of hem, and bi lot for to departe the lond of hem. And the kyng took a part of the residue oost, and wente out of Antiochie, citee of his rewme, in the hundrid and seuene and fourtifourtithe CFGNPX. ȝeer; and passide ouer the flood Eufrates, and wente thorou the hiȝere cuntreis. And Lisias chees Tholome, the sone of Dorym, and Nycanore, and Gorgie, miȝti men of the kyngis frendis. And he sente with hem fourti thousynde ofOm. R. men, and seuene thousynde ofOm. R. hors men, `ether knyȝtisOm. R., that thei schulden come in to the lond of Juda, and distrie it, bi theOm. I. word of the kyng. And thei wenten forth, for to go with al her pouerpouer A sec. m. sup. ras. vertu ceteri.; and thei camen, and londidenlondiden A sec. m. sup. ras. applieden, ether felden [fellin EP. fellen FM] to CEFGHIKMNPQSUXe. applieden R. at Ammaum, in the feeldi londlond of Juda S.. And marchauntis of cuntreis herden the name of hem, and token siluer and gold ful miche, and children, and camen in to castels, for to take the sones of Israel in to seruauntis; and the oostes of Sirie and the londis of aliens weren addid to hem. And Judas siȝ, and his britheren, that yuelis weren multiplied, and the oost ap|pliede, `ether londideor londede EP. Om. R., at the coostis of hem; and thei knewen the wordis of the kyng, whiche he comaundide the puple for to do, in to perischyng and endyng. And thei seiden, ech man to his neiȝbore, Reise we the castyng doun of oure puple, and fiȝte we for oure puple, and oure hooli thingis. And comyng togidere of oost was gaderid, for to be redi in to batel, and for to preie, and axe merci, and merciful doyngis. And Jerusalem was not enha|bitid, but was as desert; ther was not that entride and wente out, of children therof; and the hooli thing was defoulid, and sones of aliens weren in the hiȝ tour, ther was the dwellyng of hethene men; and the likyng was don awei fro Jacob, and pipe and harpe failide there. And thei weren gaderid, and camen in to Mas|phat aȝens Jerusalem; for place of preier was in Masphat, sunnere than in Jerusa|lem. And thei fastiden in that dai, and clothiden hem with hairis, and puttiden aisch in her heed, and renten her clothis. And thei spredden abrood bookisTo shewe, that thei weren redi to putte forth hem self to perels of deth for the lawe. Lire here. EK PQU. of lawethe lawe I., of theOm. N. whiche hethene men souȝten licnesse of her symylacris; and thei brouȝten ournementis of prestis, and `firste fruytisprimyssis C et ceteri., and tithis; and thei reis|iden Nazareis that hadden fillid daies. And thei crieden with greet vois to he|uene, and seiden, What schulen we do to these, and whidur schulen we lede hem? And thin hooli thingis ben to-trodun, and defoulid, and thi prestis ben maad in to mourenyng, and in to dispisyngcastynge doun, ether [that is K] dispisyng CEFGH IKMNPQSUXe. castyng doun R.. And lo! naciouns camen togidere aȝens vs, for to distrie vs; thou wost what thingis thei thenken aȝens vs. Hou schu|len we mow withstonde bifore the face of hem, no but thou, God, helpe vs? And thei crieden in trumpis, with greet vois. And aftir these thingis Judas ordeynede duykis of the puple, tribunestribunes, that oon ledde a thousand CEFGHIKMNPQSUXe.tribunes; that is, ledinge a thousynde. centuriouns; ledinge an hun|drid. pentacon|trarkis; ledinge fifti. decuri|ouns; ledynge ten. A., and cen|turiounscenturiouns, ether ledynge an hundrid CEFGHIKMNPQSUe. centuriouns, oon ledinge an hundrid X., and pentacontrarkispentacontarkis, lederis of fifti CEFGHIKMNPQSUX. pentakontarkis, that is, lederis of fifti e., and decu|riounsdecuriouns, lederis of ten CEFGHIKMNPQSUX. decuriouns, that is, lederis of ten e.. And he seide to these that bild|iden housis, and wediden wyues, and plauntiden vyne ȝerdis, and to dredeful men, that thei schulden turne aȝen, eche man in to his hous, bi the lawe. And thei mouyden castelscastels, ether oost of armed men CEFGHIKMN PQSUXe., and thei settiden togi|dere at the south of Ammaum. And Ju|das seide, Be ȝe gird, and be ȝe miȝti sones, and be ȝe redi `in thein to I. morewnyngmorwenyng into batel R., and that ȝe fiȝte aȝens these naciouns, that camen togidere for to distrie vs, and oure hooli thingis. For betere isit is I., that we die in batel, than for to se yuels of oure folc and holi thingis. Sotheli as willethi wille F pr. m. schal be in heuene, so be it don.

 CAP. IV.

And Gorgias took fyue thousynde ofOm. R. men, and a thousynde chosun horse men; and thei mouyden tentis bi niȝt, for to applie to the tentis of Jewis, and for to smyte hem sudenli; and sones that weren of the hiȝ tour, weren lederis toof N. hem. And Judas herde, and he roos, and miȝti men, for to smyte the pouerpouer A sec. m. sup. ras. vertu CEFGHIKMNPQSUXe. of oostis of the kyng, that was in Ammaum; for ȝit the oost was scaterid fro tentis. And Gorgias cam in to theOm. ceteri præter I. tentis of Judas bi niȝt, and foond no man; and thei souȝten hem in hillis, for he seide, These fleen fro vs. And whanne dai was maad, Judas apperide in the feeld with thre thousyndis of men oneli, whiche hadden not hilyngis and swerdis. And thei siȝen the tentis of hethene men stronge, and men haburi|owned, and the multitude of horse men in cumpas of hem, and these weren tauȝt to batel. And Judas seide to hise men, that weren with hym, Drede ȝe not the multitude of hem, and drede ȝe not inwardli the fersnesse of hem. Bithenke ȝe hou oure fadris weren maad saaf in the Reed See, whanne Farao pursuede hem with mychel oost. And now crie we to heuene, and the Lord schal haue mercy on vs, and schal be myndeful of the testa|ment of oure fadris, and schal al to-breke this oost bifore oure face to dai. And alle folkis schulen wite, that it is God, that schal aȝenbie, and delyuere Israel. And aliens reisiden her iȝen, and sien hem comynge of the contrarie part, and wenten out of tentis in to batel. And thei that weren with Judas, songen in trumpe. And thei wenten togidere, and hethene men weren al to-brokun, and fledden in to feeldthe feeld FIKR.; forsothe the laste fellenfelden CHIKS. doun bi swerd. And thei pursueden hem til to Gaseron, and til `in toin ACHM. feeldisthe feeldis I. of Idumee, and Aȝotus, and Jannye; and there fellen doun of hem til to thre thousyndis of men. And Judas turnede aȝen, and his oost su|ynge hym. And he seide to the puple, Coueite ȝe not preies, for batel is aȝens vs, and Gorgias and his oost ben in the hil niȝ vs; but stonde ȝe now aȝens oure ene|myes, and ouercome hem, and after these thingis ȝe schulen take preyes sikirli. And ȝit while Judas spak these thingis, lo! sum part apperide, biholdynge forthOm. NR pr. m. fro the hil. And Gorgias siȝ, that hise helperis weren togidere turned in to fliȝt, and tentis weren brent; for smoke that was seyn, declaride that that was don. And whanne thei bihelden these thingis, thei dredden greetli, biholdynge togidere bothe Judas and the oost, redi to batel in the feeld. And thei fledden alle in the feeld of aliens, and Judas turnede aȝen to preies of the tentis; and thei token myche gold, and siluer, and iacynct, and purpur of the see, and grete richessis. And thei conuertiden, and songen an ympne, `ether heriyngor herijng EP. Om. R., and blessiden God in to heuene; for he is good, for the merci of hym is in to the world. And greet helthe was maad in Israel in that dai. Forsothe who euere of aliens ascapiden, camen, and telden to Lisias alle thingis that bifellen. And whanne he herde these thingis, he was astonyed in soule, and failide; for not what maner thingis he wolde, siche bifellenbifelden CHKS et alii. felden R. in Israel, and what maner thingis the kyng comaundide. And in the ȝeer suynge, Lisias `gaderide ofgadere alle N. chosun men sixti thou|syndisthousend EP., and of horse men fyue thousynde, for to ouercome hem. And thei camen in to Judee, and settiden tentis in Betheron; and Judas ran to hem with ten thousynde of men. And thei sien strong oost, and he preiede, and seide, Blessid art thou, sauyour of Israel, that hast al to-brokun the feersnesse of the myȝti Golias in the hond of thi seruaunt Dauid, and bitokist theOm. RS. castelscastels, ether [or EP] oostis C et ceteri præter R. of aliens in to theOm. ceteri præter I. hondis of Jonathas, sone of Saul, and of his squyer. Close thou togidere also this oost in the hond of thi puple Israel, and be thei con|foundid in her oost, and horse men. Ȝyue thou to hem inward drede, and make the hardynesse of her vertu to faile, and be thei mouyd togidere in her brekyng togi|dere. Caste doun hem bi the swerd of men louynge thee, and alle that knowen thi name, togidere preyse thee in ympnys. And thei ioyneden togidere batel, and fyue thousyndisthousend ENPU. of men fellen doun of the oost of Lisias. Lisias forsothe siȝ the fliȝt of hise men, and the hardynesse of Jewis; and that thei weren redi ether for to lyue, ether for to die strongli. And he wente to Antioche, and chees knyȝtis, that thei multiplied schulden come eftsoone in toOm. R. Judee. Forsothe Judas seide to hise britheren, Lo! oure enemyes ben al to|brokun; stie we now, for to clense hooli thingis, and `make newerenule I. renule, or [ether plures] make newe E et ceteri præter CR.. And al the oost was gaderid, and thei stiedenstieden vp I. in to the hil of Sion. And thei siȝen halew|yngthe halewyng I. desertdesert, ether forsakun I., and the auter vnhalewidvnhalewid, ether [or EP] defoulid bi idolatrie C et ceteri præter R., and the ȝatis brent, and in the porcheporchis ceteri. tendur trees growun, as in wielde wode or munteyns, and litle cellis distried. And thei renten her clothisclothingis ceteri., and weilidenthei weiliden EP. with greet weilyng; and puttiden aische on her heed, and fellen on the face of the erthe, and crieden in trumpis of signes, and crieden in to heuene. Thanne Judas ordeynede men, for to fiȝte aȝens hem that weren in the hiȝ tour, as long as theitil thei R. clensiden hooli thingis. And he chees preestis with out wem, hauynge wille in the lawe of God; and thei clensiden hooli thingis, and token awei stoonys of defoul|yng in to an vnclene place. And he thouȝte on the auter of brent sacrifices, that was vnhalewid, what he schulde do therof. And a good counsel felle in to him, for to distrie it, lest it were to hem in to schenschip, for hethene men defoul|iden it. And thei distrieden it, and kepten stonys in the hil of the hous, in couenable place, til that a profete cam, and answer|ide of hem. And thei token hoole stoonys, by the lawe, and bildiden a newe auter, lijk that that was bifore. And thei bild|iden hooli thingis, and the thingis that weren with ynne the hous with ynne|forth; and thei halewiden the hous, and porchisthe porchis I.. And thei maden newe hooli vessels, and brouȝten in a candilstike, and auter of encensis, and a boord in to the temple. And puttide encense on the au|ter, and tenden lanternes, that weren on the candilstike, and ȝauen liȝt in the tem|ple. And thei puttiden looues on the boord, and hangiden veiles, and endiden alle werkis that thei maden. And bifore morewtid thei risidenresin EP. risen F., in the fyue and twentithe dai of the nynthe monethe, this is the monethe CasleuNouember. A. that is, Decem|ber. K., of the hundrid and eiȝte and fourtithe ȝeer. And thei offriden sacrifice bi the lawe, on the newe auter of brent sacrifices, which thei maden bi tyme. And bi the dai in which hethene men defouliden it, in that it was `maad newerenulid C et ceteri., in songis, and harpis, and cynaris, `that ben instrumentis of musik, ether gi|ternesOm. R., and cymbalis. And al the puple felle on her face, and worschipidenworschipiden God I., and blessiden in to heuene him that made prosperite to hem. And thei maden ha|lewyng of the auter in eiȝte daies, and offriden brent sacrifices with gladnesse, and helful thingthingis RU. of heriyng. And thei ourneden the face of the temple with goldun corouns, and smale scheeldis; and halewiden ȝatis, and litle housishousis, ether smale cellis C et ceteri præter R., and put|tiden to hem ȝatis. And ful greet glad|nesse was maad in the puple, and the schenschipe of hethene men was turned awei. And Judas ordeynede, and hise britheren, and al the chirche of Israel, that the dai of halewyng of the auter be don in his tymes, fro ȝeer in to ȝeer, bi eiȝte daies, fro the fyue and twentithe dai of the monethe Casleuof Casleu C sec. m. F pr. m. RU. Casleu, that is, Decembre K., with gladnesse and ioye. And thei bildiden in that tyme the hil of Sion, and bi cumpas hiȝ wallis, and sadde touris, lest ony tyme hethene men wolden come, and defoule it, as thei diden before. And he sette there an oost, for to kepe it; and he wardide it, `for to kepeand kepte R. Bethsura, that the puple schulde haue strengthingwardinge, ether strengthe EP. wardyng, either strengthing FGHIMNPQSUXe. warding R. aȝens the face of Ydume.

 CAP. V.

And it was don, as hethene men herden in cumpas, that the auter was bildid, and the seyntuarie as bifore, thei weren wroth greetli. And thei thouȝten for to do awei, `ether distrieOm. R., the kyn of Jacob, that was among hem; and thei bigunnen for to sle of the puple, and pursue. And Judas ouercam the sones of Esau in Ydume, and hem that weren in Arabathane, for thei saten aboute men of Israel; and he smoot hem with a greet wounde. And he thouȝte on the malice of sonesthe sones FR. of Bean, that weren in to gnaresnare IR., and in to sclaundre to the puple of Israel, and aspieden it, `ether settidenether setten F. Om. R. `buysche|mentis to itOm. R., in the weie. And thesthei A pr. m. e. weren closid togidere fro hym inin to F. theOm. R. touris; and he appliede to hem, and curs|ide hem, and brente with fier the touris of hem, with alle men that weren in hem. And he passide to the sones of Amon, and foond strong hond, and plenteuouse puple, and Tymothe, duyk of hem. And he smoot many batels with hem, and thei werenweren also R. brokun in siȝtthe siȝt IR. of hym; and he smoot hem. And he took the citee Jaser, and vilages therof; and he turnede aȝen in to Judee. And hethene men that weren in Galaad, weren gaderid aȝens Israel|itis, that weren inin the I. coostis of hem, forOm. A. to do awei hem; and thei fledden in to the strengthing of Datheman. And thei senten lettris to Judas, and hise britheren, and seiden, Hethene men ben gaderid aȝens vs bi cumpas, that thei do awei vs; and thei maken redi for to come, and ocupie the strengthing, in to which wethei N. fledden; and Tymothe is duyk of the oost of hem. Now therfor come thou, and delyuere vs fro her hondis, for a multitude of vs felle doun; and alle oure britheren that weren in places of Tubyn, euerywhere ben slayn; and thei ledden awei caitif the wyues of hem, and children, and token spuylis, and killiden there almeste a thousynde men. And ȝit epistlis weren rad, and lo! othere messangeris camen fro Galile, with cootis to-rent, and telden bi these wordis, and seiden, that men camen togidere aȝens hem froand N. Tolomaida, and Tire, and Sidon, and al Galile is fillid with aliens, for to distrie vs. Sotheli as Judas herde, and the puple, these wordis, a greet chirche cam togidere, for to thenke what thei schulden do to her britheren, that weren in tribulacioun, and weren ouer comun of hem. And Judas seide to Symount, his brother, Chese to thee men, and go, and delyuere thi britheren in Galile; Y for|sothe and my brother Jonathas schulen go in to Galatithym. And he lefte Josa|fus, sone of Sacarie, and Azarie, duykis of the puple, with the residue oost in Judee to kepyng; and comaundide to hem, and seide, Be ȝe souereyns to this puple, and nyle ȝe smyte batel aȝens hethene men, til we turnen aȝen. And men weren ȝouun to Simount thre thousyndis, for to go in to Galile; to Judas sotheli eiȝte thou|synde, into go in I marg. to Galatithym. And Symount wente in to Galile, and ioynede many batels with hethene men. And hethene men weren al to-brokun fro his face, and he pursuede hem tiltil to CEFHKMQRSUY. to I. the ȝate of Tolo|maida. And there fellen doun of hethene men almest thre thousyndethousandis N. of men; and he took the spuylis of hem. And he took hem that weren in Galile, and in Arba|this, with wyues, and children, and alle thingis that weren to hem; and brouȝte in to Judee with greet gladnesse. And Judas Machabeis, and Jonathas, and hise britheren passiden Jordan, and wenten forth the weie of thre daies in to desert. And Nabutheis camen aȝens hem, and resseyueden hemOm. N. pesibli, and telden to hem alle thingis that bifellen to her bri|theren in Galadithym; and that manye of hem weren takun in Barasa, and Bosor, and in Alymys, and in Casphor, and Mathet, and Carnaym; alle these were strong citees and grete. But and in othere citees of Galatithis thei ben holdun cauȝt. And on the morewe thei ordeyneden for to moue oostthe oost I. to tho citees, and for to take, and do awei hem in o dai. And Judas turnede, and his oost, the weie in to desert of Bosor sudenli; and ocupiede the citee, and slow ech male bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and took alle the spuylis of hem, and brente it with fier. And thei risidenresin EPY. risen F. thennus in nyȝt, and wenten `til tovnto I. theOm. N. strengthing. And it was maad in spryng|ing of dai, whanne thei reisiden her iȝen, and lo! myche puple, of whom was no noumbre, berynge laddris and engynes, for to take the strengthing, and ouer come hem. And Judas siȝ, that batel bigan, and crie of batel stiede in to he|uene, as trumpe, and greet cry of citee. And he seide to his oost, Fiȝte ȝe to dai for ȝoureoure F. britheren. And he cam, and thre ordris after hem, and thei crieden with trumpis, and crieden in preier. And oostis of Thymothe knewen, that it was Machabeus, and thei fledden fro his face. And thei han smytun hem with greet wounde; and there fellen doun of hem in that dai almest eiȝte thousynde of men. And Judas turnede awei in to Maspha; and ouercam and took it, and slow ech male therof, and took spuylis of it, and brente it with fier. Fro thennus he wente, and took Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor, and othere citees of Galathite. ForsotheSotheli ceteri. after these wordis Thymothe gaderide an other oost, and puttide tentis aȝens Ra|phon, ouer the streem. And Judas sente for to biholde the oost, and thei telden aȝen to hym, and seide, ThatOm. R. alle hethene men that ben in oure cumpas, ful myche oost, camen togidere to hym. And thei hiriden Arabiens in to help to himhem R., and thei han set tentis ouer the streemstreem of Arabiens R., and ben redi for to come to thee in to batel. And Judas wente aȝens hem. And Ty|mothe seide to princesthe princis IR. of his oost, Whanne Judas neiȝeth, and his oost, to the streem of water, if he passith formere to vsif he passith, etc.; this Ty|mothe was a witche, and bi this dede he dyuynyd bi witchecraft of his victorie aȝens Judas, either aȝen|ward. Lire here. KQU., we schulen not mowe abide hym, for he miȝti schal mowe aȝens vs. Sotheli if he dredith for to passe, and settithsette R. tentis biȝende the flood, passe we ouer to hem, and we schulen mowe aȝens hym. Forsothe as Judas neiȝede to the streem of water, he ordeynede scribiswriteris C., `ether writerisOm. CR. or writeris EPY. of the puple, bisidis the streem, and comaundide to hem, and seide, Leeue ȝe noon of men, but comecome ȝe R. alle in to batel. And he the formere passide ouer to hem, and al the puple after hym. And alle these hethene men weren brokunal tc-broken R. fro the face of hem, and thei castiden awei her armeris; and thei fledden to the temple, that was at Carnaym. And Judas ocupiede `the ilkethilke plures. citee, and brente the temple with fier, with alle that weren in it; and Carnaym was oppressid, and miȝte not abide aȝens the face of Judas. And Judas gaderide alle Israelitis that weren in Galadithes, fro the leeste totil to R. the moste, and wyues of hem, and children, and fula ful CEFGHIKMNPQRSU sec. m. Xe. greet oost, that thei schulden come in to the lond of Judee. And thei camen til to Efron, and this greet citee put in the entre was ful strong; and ther was not for to bowe awei fro it, in riȝt half or leftleft half R., but the weie was thorou the myddil. And thei that weren in the citee closiden in hem, and stoppiden the ȝatis with stoonys. And Judas sente to hem with pesible wordis, and seide, Passe we bi ȝoure lond, for to go in to oure lond, and no man schal anoie ȝou, oneli on feet we schulen go. And thei wolden not opene to hem. And Judas comaundide for to preche in tentis, `ether oostOm. R., that ech man schulde applieasaile C., `that is, asaile the citeeOm. CR., in what place he was. And men of vertu applieden hem, and he fauȝt aȝens that citee al dai and al niȝt, and the citee was bitakun in his hond. And thei slowen ech `knaue childmale ER. male, ether knaue child C et ceteri. bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and drow vp bi the rootis it, and took the spuylis therof, and passide bi al the citee on the slayn men. And thei passiden ouer Jor|dan, in the greet feeld aȝens the face of Bethsan. And Judas was gaderynge the laste men, and monestide the puple bi al the weie, til thei camen in to the lond of Juda. And thei stiedenstieden up I. in to the hil ofOm. R. Sion with gladnesse and ioie, and offriden brent sacrifices, that no man of hem `was deedfel doun R. felde [fel EF MPY] doun, ether [or EPY] was deed C et ceteri., til thei turneden aȝen in pees. And in the daies in whiche Judas was, and Jonathas, in the lond of Galaad, and Sy|mount, his brother, in Galilee, aȝens the face of Tholomaida, Josofus, sone of Za|carie, herde, and Azarias, prince of vertu, the thingis doon wel, and batels that weren maad. And he seide, Make weOm. R. also a name to vs, and go we for to fiȝte aȝens hethene men, that ben in oure cumpas. And he comaundide to these that weren in his oost, and thei wenten forth to Jam|nyan. And Gorgias wente out of the citee, and hise men, aȝens hem, in to fiȝt. And Josofus and Azarias weren dryuun `til tointo I. vnto R. theOm. R. endis of Judee; and ther fellen doun in that dai of the puple of Israel, men to twei thousyndis. And a greet wounde was maad in the puple; for thei herden not Judas and hise britheren, and gessiden hem to do strongli. Forsothe thei weren not of the seed of tho men, bi whiche helthe was maad in Israel. And men of Juda weren magnefied greetli in theOm. ceteri. siȝt of al Israel, and of alle hethene men, where the name of hem was herd. And thei camen togidere, criynge to hem `prosperite, etherOm. R. preisyngis. And Judas wente out, and his britheren, and ouer|camen the sones of Esau, in the lond that is at the south; and he smoot Chebron, and vilagisthe douȝtris R. therof, and distriede `the wardyngis therof, and wallis therofthe wallis therof R. the wardingis therof U., and brentebrenten therof F. inwith I. fier touris therofOm. F. in cumpas. And he mouede tentis, for to go in to the lond of aliens; and wente thorou Samarie. In that dai prestis fellen doun in batel, while thei wolden do strongli, while with out counsel thei wenten out in to batel. And Judas bowide awei in to Asotus, in the lond of aliens, and distriede auteris of hem, and brenten in fier the spuylis of her goddisgoodis EHR. godis F., and took preies of citees; and turnede aȝen in to the lond of Juda.

 CAP. VI.

And kyng Antiok walkide thorouȝ the hiȝere cuntreis, and herde that a citee, Elymaides, was in Persis, the nobleste and plenteuouse in siluer and gold; and a temple in it was ful riche, and there weren goldun veilis, and haburiowns, and scheldis, whiche Alisaundre of Filip, kyng ofOm. A pr. m. CEFGHMNPQRSUXe. Macedo, lefte, that regnede the firste in Greece. And he cam, and souȝte for to take the citee, and robbe it; andand he I. miȝte not, for the word was knowun to hem that weren in the citee. And thei ris|idenrisen FN. vp in to batel, and he flei fro then|nus, and wente awei with greet heuynesse, and turnede aȝen to Babyloyne. And ther camcam oon I., that telde to hym in Persis, that the oostis that weren into H. the lond `of JudaOm. N. weren dryuun, and thatOm. R. Lisias wente with strong vertu in the bestefirste R. firste, ether [or EPY] beste C et ceteri. men, and was dryuun fro the face of Jewis, and thei wexiden stronge in ar|meris, and strengthis, andin many I. many preies, whiche thei token of tentis, `ether oostisOm. R., that thei slowen; and that thei distrieden the abhomynacioun, which he bildide on the auter that was in Jerusalem, and thei cumpassiden with hiȝe wallis the halew|yng, as bifore, but and Betsura, his citee. And it was don, as the kyng herde these wordis, he dredde, and was mouyd greetli, and felle dounOm. N. in to aOm. R. bed, and felle in to a greet sikenesse for heuynesse, for it was not don as he thouȝte. And he was there many daies, for greet heuynesse was renulid in him, and he demide hym silf for to die. And he clepide alle hise frendis, and seide to hem, Sleep passide awei fro myn iȝen, and Y failide `in herteOm. R., and felle doun for bisynessebesynes in myn herte R.; andand I I. seide in myn herte, In to hou greet tribulacioun bicam Y, and in to what wawis of heuy|nesse in which Y am now, that was myrie, and `bolnyde, ether delicatlusty R. biloued e text. ether delycat e marg. in my power? Now forsothe Y bithenke on the yuels thatwhiche NX. Y dide to Jerusalem, fro whennus and Y took alle goldun spuylis, and sil|uerne, that weren ther ynne; and Y sente with out cause, that men dwellynge in Judee beto be EF pr. m. H. for to be R. don awei. Therfor Y knew that these yuels founden me therfor, and lo! Y perische bi greet heuynesse inin an I. alien lond. And he clepid Filip, oon of his frendis, and made him souereyn on al his rewme; and ȝaf to hymhim a I. diademe, and his stole, and ryng, for to lede Antiok, his sone, and nurische hym, and that he schulde regne. And kyngthe kyng I. Antiok diede there, in the hundrid and nyne and fourtifourtithe CGHIKNX. ȝeer. And Lisias knew, that the kyng was deed, and ordeynede Antiok, the sone of hym, for to regne, whom he nurschide ȝong; and clepide his name Eupator. And thei that weren in the hiȝ tour, closiden togidere Israel in cumpas of hooli thingis, and souȝten to hem yuels euer more, to strengthing of hethene men. And Judas thouȝte for to distrie hem, and clepide togidere al the puple, for to bisege hem. And thei camen togidere, and bisegiden hem, in the hundrid and fiftithe ȝeer; and thei maden arblastis, `ether trepeiettis, that is, an instrument for to caste schaftis, and stoonysOm. R. In Ae the whole gloss is placed in the margin., and engynes. And summe of hem that weren bisegid, wenten out; and summe ofOm. A pr. m. vnfeithful men of Israel ioyneden hem silf to hem, and wenten to the kyng, and seiden, Hou long doist thou not dom, and vengist not oure britheren? And we demyden for to serue thi fadir, and for to walke in hise heestis, and obeischeobeie R. to hise comaundementis. And the sones of oure puple alienyden hem fro vs for this thing; and whiche euere weren foundun of vs, weren slayn, and oure eri|tagis weren rauyschid awei. And not oneli to vs thei stretchidenstrecchen I. out the hond, but andOm. A. in to alle oure coostis. And lo! thei applieden to day to the hiȝ tour in Je|rusalem, for to ocupie it, and thei strength|iden a strengthing in Bethsura. And if thou schalt not bifore come hem more swiftli, thei schulen do grettere thingis than thes, and thou schalt not mowe welde hem. And the kyng was wroth, as he herde this thing, and clepide togi|dere alle hise frendis, and princes of his oost, and hem that weren ouer horse|men; but alsoand CEFGHKMNPQRSXYe. Om. U. an hiridhundrid CH. hunderd E. oost fro othere rewmes, and ilis, and see coostis camen to hym. And the noumbre of his oost was an hundrid thousynde of foot men, and twenti thousynde of horse men, and two and thritti olifauntisof olifauntis I. tauȝt to batel. And thei camen bi Idumee, and thei ap|plieden to Bethsura, and fouȝten many daies; and thei maden engynes, and thei wenten out, and brenten hem in fier, and fouȝten manli. And Judas wente fro the hiȝ tour, and mouede tentis to Bethsacha|ran, aȝens tentis of the kyng. And the kyng roos bifore the liȝt, and stiride the oost in to feersnesse, aȝens the weie of Bethsacharan; and the oostis maden redi hem togidere in to batel, and songen in trumpis. And to olifauntis thei schew|iden blood of grape, and morus, `or mul|berie treesOm. R., for to whette hem in to batel. And thei departiden the beestis bi legyouns; and to ech olifaunt a thousynde men stoden niȝ in haburiownes mailidcheyned, ether nailid CK. chained, or [ether plures] mailid EFGHIKMNPQSUYe. cheyned R. togidere, and brasun helmes in her heedis, and fyue hundrid horse men chosun weren ordeyned to ech beeste. These weren there bifore the tyme, where euere the beeste was; and whidur euereOm. N. it wente, thei wente, and departiden not ther fro. But and sadde touris of tre weren on hem, defendinge bi alle the beestis, and on hem weren engynes, and on ech bi hem silf men of vertu two and thritti, whichethe whiche I. fouȝten fro aboue, and with ynne was the maister of the beeste. And he ordeinede the residue multitude of horse men on this half and that half, `in toon R. twei partis, for to moue togidere the oost with trumpis, and for to constreyne the men maad thicke in her legiouns. And as theOm. A. sunne schyn|ede in to theOm. ceteri. goldun scheldis, and brasun, theand the R. hillis schyneden aȝen of hem, and schyneden aȝen, as laumpis of fier. And a part of the kyngis oost was departid bi hiȝ hillis, and other bi lowe places; and thei wenten warli, and ordynatli. And alle men dwellynge in the lond weren mouyd togidere of the vois of multitude of hem, and ingoyng of cumpeny, and hurtlynghurting N. in hurtling R. togidere of armeris; for the oost was ful grete and strong. And Ju|das and his oost neiȝide in to batel; and there fellen doun of the kyngis oost sixe hundrid men. And Eleasar, theOm. R. sone of Saura, siȝ oon of the beestis haburiowned with haburiownes of the kyng, and it was hiȝ stondynge ouer othere beestis; and it was seyn to hym, that the kyng was onin ceteri. it. And he ȝaf hym silf for to delyuere his puple, and for to gete to hym a name euerlastynge. And he ran ther to hardili, in to the myddil of legioun, and killide on the riȝt half and lefton the left I.; and thei fellen doun fro hym hidur and thidur. And he wente vndur the feet of the olifaunt, and vndur puttide hym silf ther to, and slow it; and it felle doun in to erthe on hym, and he was deed there. And thei siȝen the vertu of the kyng, and fersnessethe feersnes R. of his oost, and turneden awei hem silf fro hem. Forsothe tentis of the kyng stieden vp aȝens hem, in toOm. R. Jerusalem; and tentis of the king applieden to Judee, and to the hil of Syon; and he made pees with these that weren in Bethsura. And thei wenten out of the citee, for foodis weren not to hem closid togidere there, for the sabatis of erthe weren. And the kyng took Bethsura, and ordeynede there kep|yng, for to kepe it. And he turnede the tentis to the place of halewyng many daies; and ordeynede there arblastis, and engynes, and dartisdartis, ether [or EPY] castyngis C et ceteri præter R. of fier, and turmentis for to caste stoonys and dartis, and scor|piens forOm. I. to schetesende C et ceteri. arows, and slyngis. Forsothe and thei maden engynes aȝens theOm. E pr. m. IRe. engynes of hem, and fouȝten many daies. Forsothe metis weren not in the citee, for that it was the seuenthe ȝeer; and thei that leften of hethene men in Judee, hadden wastid the relifs of tho thingis that weren kept. And fewe men leften in hooli thingis, for hungur hadde take hem; and thei weren scaterid, ech man in to his place. And Lisias herde, that Filip, whom kyng Antiok ordeynede, whanne he lyuyde ȝit, that he schulde nursche Antiok, his sone, that he schulde regne, turnede aȝen fro PersePerseis R. and MedeiMedeis R., and the oost that wente with hym. And thatOm. R. he sekith for to take the causis of the rewme, Lisias hastide for to go, and seieseide I. to the kyng, and duykis of the oost, We failen ech dai, and litil mete is to vs, and the place which we bisegen, is strong, and it fallith to vs for to ordeyne offor R. the rewme. Therfor now ȝyue weȝe NR. riȝthondis to these men, and make we pees with hem, and withOm. F. al the folc of hem; and ordeyne we to hem, that thei go in lawful thingis as bifore; for whi for the lawful thingis of hem whiche we dispisiden, thei ben wrooth, and han don alle these thingis. And the word plesid in theOm. I. siȝt of the kyng, and of princes; and he sente to hem for to make pees, and thei resseyueden it. And the kyng swoor to hem, and princes; and thei wenten out of the strengthing. And the kyng entride in to the mount Sion, and he siȝ the strengthing of the place; and he brak ful soone the ooth that he swoor, and comaundide for to distrie the wal in cumpas. And he departide awei hastili, and turnede aȝen toin to N. Antio|chie, and foond Filip regnynge in the citee; and he fauȝt aȝens hym, and ocu|piede the cyte bi strengthe.

 CAP. VII.

In the hundrid ȝeer and oon and fifti Demetrie, sone of Sileuce, wente out fro the cite of Rome, and stiedestiede vp I. with fewea fewe I. men in to a citee niȝ the see, and regnede there. And it was don, as he entride in to the hous of the rewme of his fadrisfadir A pr. m. e., the oost cauȝte Antiok, and Lisias, for to brynge hem to hym. And the thing was knowun to hym, and he seide, Nyle ȝe schewe to me the face of hem. And the oost slow hem. And Demetrie sat on the seete of his rewme; and wickid men and vnfeithful of Israel camen to hym, and Alchymus, duyk of hem, that wolde be maad prest; and accusiden the puple anentis the kyng, and seiden, Judas and hise britheren loste thi frendis, and dy|uerseli loste vs fro oure lond. Now ther|for sende thou a man, to whom thou bileuest, that he go, and se al the distri|yng that he hath don to vs, and to cun|treis of the kyng; and he punyschideponysche R. alle frendisthe frendis I. of hym, and helperis of hem. And the kyng chees of his frendis Bachides, that was lord ouer the greet flood in the rewme, and trewe to the kyng, and sente hym, for to see the distriyng that Judas dide; and he ordeynede vnfeithful Alchy|mus in to presthod, and bad hym do ven|iaunce on the sones of Israel. And thei risidenresin EPY. risen F. resen I., and camen with greet oost in to the lond of Juda; and thei senten mes|sangeris, and spaken to Judas and his bri|theren, with pesible wordis in gile. And thei ȝauen not tent to her wordis; for thei siȝen, that thei camen with greet oost. And the congregacioun of scribis camen togidere to Alchymus and Bachides, for to axe tho thingis that ben iust; and the firste Assideisthat is, men present to Goddis worschipinge e marg., that weren among the sones of Israel, and thei axiden of hem pees. For thei seiden, A man, preist of the seed of Aaron, cometh, he schal not disseyue vs. And he spak with hem pes|ible wordis, and swoor to hem, and seide, We schulen not brynge in to ȝou yuelsthe yuel N., nether to ȝoure frendis. And thei bileu|yden to hym. And he cauȝte of hem sixti men, and slow hem in o dai, bi the word that is writun, Thei shedden out the fleischis of thi seyntis, and blood of hem in cumpas of Jerusalem, and there was not that biriede. And drede and trem|blyng felle in to al the puple, for thei seiden, Ther is notno R. treuthe and dom in hem; for thei han brokun the ordy|nauncestatute R. statute, ether [or EPY] ordinaunce C et ceteri., and the ooth that thei sworen. And Bachides mouyde tentis fro Jerusa|lem, and appliede in to Bethseca; and sente, and cauȝte many of hem that fled|den froOm. N. hym; and he killide summe of the puple, and castide in to a greet pitte. And heOm. I. bitook the regiouncuntrei R. regioun, or cuntre E et ceteri præter C. to Alchymus, and left with hym help, in to helpyng of hym. And Bachides wente to the kyng, and Alchymus dide ynow, for the prince|hod of his presthod. And alle camen to|gidere to hym, whiche disturbliden her puple, and weldiden the lond of Juda; and diden greet veniaunce in Israel. And Judas siȝ alle yuelsthese yuels A pr. m. the yuels I., that Alchymus dide, and thei that weren with hym, to the sones of Israel, myche more than hethene men. And he wente oute in to alle coostisthe coostis I. of Judee in cumpas, and dide ven|iaunce on men forsakeris, and thei cees|iden for to go out ferthere in to the cun|trei. Forsothe Alchimus siȝ, that Judas hadde victorie, and thei that weren with hym; and he knew that he mai not abide hem, and he wente aȝen to the kyng, and accusiden hem in many synnes. And the kyng sente Nicanor, oon of his noblere princes, that was hauntynge enemytees aȝens Israel, and comaundide hym for to distrie the puple. And Nycanor cam in to Jerusalem, with greet oost, and he sente to Judas and his britheren with gile, bi pesible wordis, seiynge, Fiȝte be not bi|twixe me and ȝou; Y schal come with fewe men, for to se ȝoure faces with pees. And he cam to Judas, and thei gretten hem togidere pesibli; and enemyes weren redi for to rauysche Judas. And the word was knowun to Judas, that with gile he cam to hym; and he was aferdafeerd broken R. of hym, and he wolde no more se his face. And Nicanor knew, that his councel was knowun, and he wente out aȝens Judas in to fiȝt, bisidis Cafarsalama. And ther fellenfelden CHIS. doun of Nicanoris oost almest fyue thousynde menof men E., and thei fledden in to theOm. CEFHNQUX sec. m. e. citee of Dauid. And after these wordis Nicanor stiede in to the hil of Sion, and ther wenten out of prestis of the puple, for to grete hym in pees, and for to schewe to hym brent sacrifices, that weren offrid for the kyng. And he scorn|yde and dispiside hem, and defoulide, and spak proudli, and swoor with wraththe, seiynge, If Judas schal not be takun, and his oost, in to myn hondis, anoon whanne Y schal turne aȝen in pees, Y schal brenne this hous. And he wente out with greet wraththe. And prestis entriden, and stoden bifore the face of the auter and temple, and wepynge seidenthei seiden I., Thou, Lord, hast chosun this hous, for to clepeinclepe F pr. m. N. to helpe thi name in it, that it schulde be an hous of preier and biseching to thi puple; do thou veniaunce ininto R. this man, and his oost, andOm. N. falle thei bi swerd; haue mynde onin A. her blasfemyes, and ȝyue not to hem thatthat that R. thei abide. And Nicanor wente out fro Jerusalem, and appliede tentis to Be|theron; and the oost of Sirie cam to him. And Judas appliedeapperide R. in Adarsa, with thre thousynde men. And Judas preiede, and seide, Lord, an aungel wente out, and smoot an hundrid thousynde foure score and fyue thousyndis of hem, that weren sent fro theOm. R. kyng Senacherib, for thei blasfemiden thee; so al to-breke this oost in oure siȝt to dai, and othere men wite, that he spak yuel on thin hooli thingis; and deme thou hym by the malice of hym. And the oostis ioyneden batel in the thrit|tenthe dai of the monethe AdarMarche. A. that is, Febru|arye. e.; and tentisthe tentis I. of Nicanor weren al to-brokun, and he felle doun theOm. I. firste in batel. Sothely as his oost siȝ, that Nicanor felle doun, thei castiden awei her armeris, and fled|den. And thei pursueden hem the weie of o dai, fro Adasor til me come in to Gasara; and thei sungen in trumpis after hem with signefiyngis. And thei wenten out of alle castels of Judee in cumpas, and wyndewidenwynewiden I. hem with hornes, and eft|soone werenthei weren I. ben N. conuertid to hem; and alle fallidenfailiden F. bi swerd, and ther was notOm. U. left of hem notnether CEFHIKMQRXe. neuer RSU. oon. And thei token the spuylis of hem to prey; and thei girdiden of the heed of Nicanor, and his riȝt hond which he stretchide forth proudli, and thei brouȝten, and hangiden aȝens Jeru|salem. And the puple was gladgladid e. greetli, and didenthei diden I. thatin that A pr. m. F. dai in greet gladnesse; and ordeynedenordeynede C et plures. ordeyne N. this dai for to be doon in alle ȝeeris, in theOm. I. thritteneth day of the monethe Adar. And the lond of Juda was stille a fewe dais.

 CAP. VIII.

And Judas herde the name of Romayns, that thei ben miȝti in strengthis, and acorden to alle thingis that ben axid of hem; and who euere wente to hem, thei ordeineden with hem frendschipis; and that thei ben miȝti in strengthis. And thei herden batels of hem, and goode ver|tues, that thei diden in Galacie, for thei weldiden hem, and leddenledden hem I. vndur tribute; and hou many thingis thei diden in the cuntre of Spayne, and that thei brouȝten in to power metals of siluer and gold that ben there; andand thei I. weldiden ech place with her councel and pacience, `or wisdomOm. R., places that weren ful fer fro hem; andOm. R. thei al to-braken kyngis that camen on hem fro the vtmeste places of erthe, and thei smytiden hem with greet wounde; forsothe othere ȝyuen to hem tribute bi alle ȝeeris. And thei al to-braken in batel Filip, and Persen, kyngis of Cethis, and othere that baren armeris aȝens hem, and weldiden hem. And thei weldiden Antiok, the greet king of Asie, that ȝaf batel to hem, and hadde an hundrid and twenti olifauntis, and multitude of horse men and charis, and ful greet oost al to brokun of hem; and theithat thei R. token hym quyk, andand thei N. ordeyneden to hym, that he schulde ȝyue greet tribut, and thei that regnede after hym; and that he schulde ȝyue pleggis and ordynaunce, in the cuntre of Yndis; and thei puttiden out men of Medei, and of Lidde, fro the beste cuntreis of hem, and thei ȝauen tho cuntreis takun of hem to kyngthe kyng I. Eumeny; and that thei that weren anentis Elada, wolden go, and take awei hem; and the word was knowun to these Romayns, and thei senten to hem o duyk, and thei fouȝten aȝens hem; and many of hem fellen, and thei ledden her wyues caitifs, and sones, and robbiden hem; and weldiden the lond of hem, and distrieden the wallis of hem, and brouȝten hem in to seruage, til in to this dai. And thei distrieden othere rewmes and ilis, that sum tyme aȝenstoden hem, and brouȝten in to power. Forsothe with her frendis, and that hadden reste in hem, thei kepten frenschip, and thei weldiden rewmes that weren next, and thatOm. R. weren fer; for who euere herden the name of hem, dredden hem. For thei regnyden, to whichewhom I. thei wolden be in help for to regne; forsothe whiche thei wolden, thei disturblidendistrieden F. fro rewme; and thei weren greetli enhaunsid. InAnd in R. alle these Romayns no man bar dia|deme, nether was clothid inwith R. purpur, for to be magnefied ther ynne. And thei thatOm. R. maden to hem a court, and ech dai thei counseliden thre hundrid and twenti, do|ynge counsel euere more of multitude, that thei do what thingis ben worthi. And thei bitaken to o man her maistrie, `ether cheef gouernaunceether cheef gouernail K. Om. R., bi ech ȝeer, for to be lord of alOm. N. her lond; and alle obeschen to oon, and enuye isand wraththe is I. not, `ne|ther wraththeOm. I. among hem. And Judas chees Eupolemus, the sone of Joon, sone of Jacob, and Jason, the sone of Eleasa|rus, and sente hem to Rome, for to or|deyne with hem frenschip and felouschip; and that thei schulden take awei fro hem the ȝok of Grekis, for thei sien that thei oppressiden the rewme of Israel in to seruage. And thei wenten to Rome, a ful greet weie, and thei entriden in to the court, and seiden, Judas Machabeus, and hise britheren, and the puple of Jewis senten vs to ȝou, for to ordeyne with ȝou felouschip and pees, and for to write togi|dere vs ȝoure felowis and freendis. And the word pleside in the siȝt of hem. And this is the aȝen writyng, which thei aȝen writiden in brasun tablis, and senten in to Jerusalem, that it were thereOm. F. a memorial, `ether a thing of myndeOm. R., of pees andof N. felou|schip. Be it wel to Romayns, and to the folc of Jewis, in seethe see I. and lond, with outen ende; and swerd and enemy be fer fro hem. That if batel bifallithbifalle I. to Romayns bifore, ether to alle felowis of hem in al the lord|schip `of hemOm. N., the folc of Jewis schal bere help, as time axith, with ful herte; and the Romayns schulen not ȝyue, ne|ther priuyli ministre to the Jewis fiȝt|ynge, wheete, armeris, monei, schippis, as it pleside toOm. I. Romayns; and thei schulen kepe the maundementiscomaundementis I. of hem, and take no thing of hem. Forsothe in lijkthe lijk N. maner and if batel fallithbifalle I. biforeOm. N. to the folc of Jewis, Romayns schulen helpe of herte, as tyme suffrith hem; and to Romayns help|ynge wheete schal not be ȝouun, nether armeris, monei, nether schippis, as it ples|ide to Romayns; and thei schulen kepe the maundementiscomaundementis I. of hem with out gile. Bi these wordis Romaynsthe Romayns R. ordeyneden to the puple of Jewis, That if after these wordis, these ether thei wolen put ony thing to, ether do awei, thei schulen do of her `comyn assentpurposing R. purposing, that is, comyn assent of euer either C et ceteri.; and what euere thingis thei schulen put to, ether do awei, thei schulen be stidfast. But also of yuels whiche kyng Demetrie hath don aȝens hem, we han writun to hym, and we seiden, Whi hast thou greuyd thi ȝok on oure frendis and felowis, the Jewis? Therfor if eftsoone thei schulen come to vs aȝens thee, we schulen do doom to hem, and schulen fiȝte with thee bi lond and see.

 CAP. IX.

In the mene tyme, where Demetrie herde that Nicanor fellefelde CHI et alii passim., and his oost, in batel, he puttide to eftsoone for to sende Bachides and Alchymus in to Ju|dee, and the riȝt half schiltrunhorn, ether [or EPY] sheltrun CEFGHIKMNPQSUXY. horn e text. that is, the strong sheltrun e marg. with hem. And thei wenten the weie that ledith in to Galgala, and thei settiden tentis in Masoloth, that is in Arbellis; and thei ocupieden it, and slowen many persoones of men. In the firste monethe of the hundrid and two and fifti ȝeer, thei ap|plieden the oost to Jerusalem. And twenti thousynde of men, and twei thousynde of horse men, han risun, and wenten in to Berea. And Judas settide tentis in Laisa, and thre thousynde men chosun with hym. And thei siȝen the multitude of oostthe oost IKR., that thei ben manye, and thei dred|den greetli; and many withdrowen hem fro tentis, and there left not of hem no but eiȝte hundrid men. And Judas siȝ that his oost fleetfledde CI. fleede E. fley F. awei, and batel con|streynede hym, heand he N. was brokun togidere in herte, for he hadde not tyme to gadere hem, and heOm. R. was discoumfortid. And he seide to these that weren residue, Rise we, and go we to oure aduersaries, if we schulen mow fiȝte aȝens hem. And thei turneden awei hym, and seiden, We schu|len not moun, but delyuere we oureoure owen R. lyues, and turne aȝen we to oure brithe|ren, and thanne we schulen fiȝte aȝens hem; forsothe we ben fewe. And Judas seide, Fer be it for to do this thing, that we fle fro hem; and if oure tyme hath neiȝed, die we in vertu for oure britheren, and ȝyue we not cryme to oure glorie. And the oost mouyde fro tentis, and thei stoden aȝens hem. And horse men weren departid in to twei partis, and slyngeris and archeris wenten bifore the oost, and the firste men of batel alle miȝtithe miȝti plures. thei myȝty S.. For|sothe Bachides was in the riȝt schiltrunhorn R. horn, ether [or EPY] sheltrun C et ceteri.. And the legioun of twei partis cam nyȝ, and crieden with trumpis. Forsothe and these that weren onouer R. the part of Judas, crieden also, and theOm. N. erthe was mouyd togidere of theOm. I. vois of oostis, and batel was ioyned fro the morewtidmorewe C sec. m. et alii. til to euen|tid. And Judas siȝ, that the part of Bachides oost was saddere in the riȝt half, and alle stidfast in herte camen to|gidere with hym. And the riȝt part was al to-brokun of hem; and he pursuede hem `til tovnto I. the hil of Asotus. And thei that weren in the left scheltrunhorn CR. horn, or [ether plures] sheltrun EFGHIMNPQSUXYe., siȝen, that the riȝt scheltrunhorn ceteri. was al to-brokun, and thei sueden at the bac aftir Judas, and hem that weren with hym. And the batel was maad greuouse, and there fellen many woundid of these and of hem. And Judas felle, and the otheretothir R. fledden. And Jonathas and Symount token her brother Judas, and birieden hym in sepulcrethe sepulcre IX sec. m. of his fadris, in the citee ofOm. CEFHIKMQRSU. Modyn. And al Israel biwepten him with greet weil|yng, and mourneden manybi many N. daies, and seiden, Hou felle the myȝti, that made Israel saaf. And othere wordis of batels of Judas, and of vertues that he dide, and of hisOm. R. greetnessis, ben not writun; for tho weren ful many. And it was don, after the deth of Judas, alle wickid men in alle coostisthe coostis I. of Israel risidenrisen C sec. m. F. resin EPY. out, and alle that wrouȝten wickidnesse camen forth. In tho daies ful greet hungur was maad, and al the cuntrey of hem bitook hem silf to Bachides with hem. And Bachides chees vnpitouse men, and ordeynede hem lordis of the cuntrei. And thei axiden out, and souȝtensouȝten out R. the frendis of Judas, and brouȝten hem to Bachides; and he vengide on hem, and scornede. And greet tribulacioun was maad in Israel, what maner was not fro the dai in which a profete was not seyn in Israel. And alle the frendis of Judas weren gaderid, and seiden to Jonatas, Sithen thi brother Judas is deed, ther is no man lijk hym, that schal go out aȝens enemyes, Bachides and hem that ben ene|myes ofaȝens R. oure folc. Therfor now we chesen thee to dai for to be prince and duyk to vs for hym, for to fiȝte oure batel. And Jonatas resseyuede in that tyme the prinshod, and roos in the place of Judas, his brother. And Bachides knew, and souȝte for to sle him. And Jonatas knew, and Symount, his brother, and alle that weren with hym, and fledden in to desert of Thecue, and saten togidere at the wa|terlake R. of the lakewatir R. Asphar. And Bachides knew, and in the dai of sabatis he cam, and al his oost, ouer Jordan. And Jona|thas sente his brother ledere of that puple, and preiede Nabutheis, his frendis, that he schulde bitake to hem his apparel, that was plenteuouse. And sones of Jambri wenten out of Madaba, and cauȝten Joon, and alle thingis that he hadde, and wenten awei, hauynge tho thingis. After thes wordis it was teld aȝen to Jonathas, and Symount, his brother, that the sones of Jambri maken grete weddyngis, and wed|den a wijf of Madaba, the douȝter of oon of the grete princis of Canaan, with greet pride and apparel. And thei bithouȝten on the blood of Joon, her brother, and stieden vp, and hidden hem silf vndur kyueryng of the hil. And thei reisiden her iȝen, and siȝen, and lo! noise, and greet apparel; and a hosebondespouse R. spouse, or husbonde C et ceteri. cam forth, and hise frendis, and hise britheren, aȝens hem, with tympans, and musikis, and many armeris. And thei risidenresin EPY. risen F. to hem fro buyschementis, and slowen hem, and many woundid fellen doun, and the resi|dues fledden in to hilthe hil IKRX sec. m., and thei token alle the spuylis of hem; and weddyngis weren conuertid in to mourenyng, and vois of her musikis in to weilyng. And thei vengiden the veniaunce of her brotheris blood, and turnyden aȝen to the brynk of Jordan. And Bachides herde, and cam in the dai of sabatis til to the vtmeste part of Jordan, in greet strengthevertu R. vertu, or [ether plures] strengthe E et ceteri præter C.. And Jonathas seide to hise, Rise we, and fiȝte aȝens oure enemyes; for it is not to dai as ȝistirdai and the thridde dai agoon. For lo! batel is euene aȝens; sotheli wa|tirthe watir I. of Jordan is on this half and on that half, and ryuers, and mareis, and forestis, and ther is notno R. place of turnyng awei. Now therfor crie ȝe in to heuene, that ȝe be delyuerede fro hond of ȝoure enemyes. And batel was ioyned. And Jonathas strauȝt out his hond, for to smyte Ba|chides, and he turnede awei fro him bi|hynde. And Jonathas skipte doun, and thei that weren with hym, in to Jordan, andOm. A. swommen ouer Jordan to hem. And there fellen of Bachides part in that dai a thousande men, and theithei; that is, Bachides and his men. Lire here. ENPUYe. turneden aȝen in to Jerusalem; and bildidenthei bildiden ceteri. strong citees in Judee, the strengthe that was in Jerico, and in Ammaum, and in Bethe|ron, and Bethel, and Thamathan, and Phara, and Copho, with hiȝe wallis, and ȝatis, and lockis. And heOm. R. settide kepyng in hem, that thei schulden haunte enemy|tees in Israel; and he strengthide the citee Bethsura, and Gazaram, and the hiȝ tour, and puttide in hem helpis and ap|parel of metis. And he took the sones of princes of the cuntrei in ostagepleggis C. ostage, or [ether plures] pleggis EFGHIKMNPQSUe., and put|tide hem in the hiȝ tour in Jerusalem, in kepyng. And in the hundrid ȝeer and thre and fifti, in the secounde monethe, Alchymus comaundide the wallis of the hooli ynnere hous for to be distried, and the werkis of profetis for to be distried, and he bigan for to distrie. In that tyme Alchymus was smytun, and the werkis of hym weren lettid. And his mouth was closid, and he was dissoluydmaad feble C., `ether maad febleOm. CR., bi palesie, nether he miȝte speke more a word, and comaundecomaundide A pr. m. of his hous. And Alchymus was deed in that tyme, with greet turment. And Bachides siȝ, that Alchymus was deed, and he turnede aȝen to the kyng, and the lond was stille twei ȝeerisȝeer I.. And alle wickid men thouȝten, seiynge, Lo! Jonathas, and thei that ben with hym, dwellen in silence, and tristen; now therfor brynge we Bachides, and he schal take hem alle in o niȝt. And thei wenten forth, and ȝauen councel to hym. And he roos, for to come with mychea myche I. oost. And he sente epistlis priuyli to his felowis, that weren in Judee, that thei schulden catche Jonathas, and hem that weren with hym; but thei miȝten not, for her councel was knowun to hem. And Jonathas cauȝte of men of the cuntre, that weren princis of knytȝhod, fifti men, and slow hem. And Jonathas and Symount wenten, and thei that weren with hym, in to Bethbesse, `that is in desertOm. R., and bildiden the distried thingis therof, and maden it strong. And Bachides knew, and gaderide al his multitude, and de|nounside to hem that weren of Judee. And he cam, and settide tentis aboue Bethbesse, and fauȝte aȝens it many daies, and made engynes. And Jonathas lefte Symount, his brother, in the citee, and wente oute in to cuntrethe cuntre FIKR., and cam with noumbre; and smoot Odaren, and hise britheren, and sones of Faseron, in the tabernaclis of hem, and bigan for to smyte, and wexe in vertues. Symount sotheli, and thei that weren with hym, wenten out of the citee, and brenten en|gynes. And thei fouȝten aȝens Bachides, and he was al to-brokun of hem; and thei turmentiden hym gretli, for his councel and his assailyng was voide. And he was wrooth aȝens wickid men, that ȝauen councel to hym for to come in to her cuntre, and slow many of hem; forsothe he thouȝte with othere for to go in to his cuntre. And Jonathas knew, and sente legatis to hym, for to make pees with hym, and to ȝelde to him prisoneriscaitifte R. caitifte, that is, prisoneris C et ceteri.. And wilfuli he took, and dide bi his wordis, and swoor that he schulde not do to him ony yuel in alle daiesthe daies I. of his lijf. And he ȝeldide to him caitiftethe caitifte R., which he tooktook to him R. bi prey biforeOm. N. of the lond ofOm. N. Juda. And he turnede, and wente in to his lond, and puttide no more for to come in to his coostis. And swerd ceesside fro Israel. And Jonatas dwellide in Machynas, and there Jonathas bigan for to deme the puple, and heOm. R. distriede the vnfeithful men of Israel.

 CAP. X.

And in the hundrid and sixtithe ȝeer Alisaundre, the sone of Antiok, stiede up, that is namedy-namyd F. noble, and ocupiede Tolo|maide; and thei resseyueden hym, and he regnede there. And kyng Demetrie herde, and gaderide an oost ful copiouse, and wente out aȝens hym in to batel. And Demetrie sente epistle to Jonathas with pesible wordis, for to magnefie hym. For he seide, Bifore take we for to make pees with hym, bifore that he make with Ali|saundre aȝens vs; for he schal haue mynde ofon F. alle yuels, that we han don `aȝens him, andOm. I. aȝens his brother, and aȝens his folc. And he ȝaf to hym power tofor to C pr. m. I. gadere oost, and for to make armeris, and hym for to be his felowe. And he comaundide ostagis, `ether pleggisOm. CER., that weren in the hiȝ tour, for to be ȝouun to hym. And Jonathas cam in to Jerusalem, and radde epistlis, in heryng of al the puple, and of hem that weren in the hiȝ tour. And thei dred|den with greet drede, for thei herden, thatOm. R. the kyng ȝaf toOm. I. hym power to ga|dere an oost. And ostagisostagis, ether pleggis FGH MNQSUe. weren takunbitake CEFGHIKMNPQSUXe. to Jonathas, and he ȝeldide hemOm. N. to her fadris and modris. And Jonathas dwelte in Jerusalem, and bigan for to bilde and renule the citee. And he seide to men doynge werkis, that thei schulden make up the wallis, and the hil of Sion in cum|pas, with square stonys to strengthing; and thei diden so. And aliens fledden, that weren in the strengthis, whiche Ba|chides hadde bildid; and ech man lefte his place, and wente in to his lond. Oneli in Bethsura dwelten sum of hem, that forsoken the lawe and heestisthe heestis CEFRS. of God; for whi this was to hem tothe R. refuyte. And Alisaundre the kyng herde biheestis, that Demetrie bihiȝte to Jonathas, and thei telden to hym theOm. I. batels and vertues whiche he dide, and his britheren, and theOm. R. trauelis whiche thei traueliden. And he seide, Whether we schulen fynde ony such man? And now make we hym our frende and felowe. And he wroot epistle, and sente bi these wordis, seiynge, Kyng Alisaundre to Jonathas, brother, helthe. We han herde of thee, that thou art a miȝti man in strengthis, and art able that thou be oure frend. And now we or|deynen thee to dai hiȝest prest of thi folc, and that thou be clepid frend of the kyng. And he sente to hym purpur, and a goldun coroun, that thou feele with vs what thingis ben oure, and kepe fren|schipis to vs. And Jonathas clothide hym with hoolyan hooly I. stoole, in the seuenthe mo|nethe, in the hundrid and sixtithefourtithe N. ȝeer, in the solempne dai of Senofegie. AndOm. N. he gaderide an ooste, and made copiouseplenteuouse EP. ar|meris. And Demetrie herde these wordis, and was maad ful sorewful, and seide, What han we do this thing, that Ali|saundre bifor ocupiede vs, for to catche frenschip of Jewis to his strengthing? And Y schal write to hym preiynge wordis, and dignitees, and ȝiftis, that he be with me in help. And he wroot to hym by these wordis, Kyng Demetrie to the folc of Jewis, helthe. For ȝe kepten to vs couenaunt, and dwelten in oure frenschip, and wenten notout N. to oure ene|myes, we herden, and ioieden. AndOm. A. now laste ȝe ȝit for to kepe to vs feith; and we schulen quyte to ȝou good thingis, for these thingis that ȝe diden withto I. vs, and we schulen forȝyue to ȝou many rentisȝeuynges R. ȝyuyngis, ether [or EPY] rentis C et ceteri., and we schulen ȝyue ȝiftis to ȝou. And now Y asoile ȝou, and alle Jewis, of tri|butis, and YOm. A. forȝyue to ȝou the prices of salt, and forȝyue corouns, and the thridde part of seed; and Y leeue to ȝou fro this dai and afterward the half part of fruyt of trethe tree I., that is of my porcioun, tha tit be not takun of the lond of Juda, and of thre citees that ben addid therto, of Samarie and Galile, fro this dai and in to al tyme. And Jerusalem be hooli, and fre, with hise coostis; and tithis and tributis be of it. Also Y forȝiue the power of the hiȝ tour, that is in Jerusalem; and Y ȝyue it to the hiȝesthiȝe R. prest, that he ordeyne therynne men, whiche euere he schal chese, that schulen kepe it. And ech persoone of Jewis, that is caitif of the lond of Juda, inand in N. al my rewme, Y delyuer fre wilfuliwilfuli R. wilfuli, or [ether X] without money C et ceteri., that alle be soilid of her tributis, ȝhe, of her beestis. And alle solempne daies, and sabatis, and neomenyes, and alle daies or|deyned, and thre daies bifor the solempne dai, and thre daies after the solempne dai, alle these be daies of fraunchise[inm] unite R. inmunite, ether [or EPY] fraunchise C et ceteri, præter e., and of remissioun, to alle Jewis that ben in my rewme. And no man schal haue power for to do ony thing, and moue causisnedis R. nedis, ether [or EPYe] causis C et ceteri. aȝens ony of hem in ony cause. And that ther be writun of Jewis in the kingis oost, to thritti thousyndis of men; and plentees schulen be ȝouun to hem, as it bihoueth to alle oostis of the kyng. And of hem schulen be ordeyned, that be in theOm. R. greet strengthis of the kyng; of hem schulen be ordeyned ouer nedis of the rewme, that ben don of feith, and princes be of hem; and walke thei in her lawis, as the kyng comaundide in the lond of Juda. And thre citees, that ben addid to Judee of the cun|tre of Samarie, be demydarettid ER. arettid, ether [or e] demyd C et ceteri. with Judee; that thei be vndur oon, and obeie not to other power, no but to the hiȝeste prest; Tolo|maida, and coostisthe coostis I. therof, whiche Y haue ȝouun a ȝifte to hooli men that ben in Jerusalem, to nedeful costis of seyntis. And Y schal ȝyue in ech ȝeer fiftene thou|synde of siclis of siluer, of the kyngis re|souns, that perteynen to me; and al that is residue, which thei that weren ouer nedis ȝeldiden not in formere ȝeeris, fro this tyme thei schulen ȝyue in to werkisthe werkis I. of the hous. And ouer this fyue thou|synde siclis of siluer, whiche thei token of resoun of hooli thingis bi ech ȝeer; and these thingis schulen perteyne to prestis, that vsen mynysterie. And who euere schulen fle to the temple that is in Jeru|salem, and in alle coostis therof, and ben gilti to the king in ony cause, be releesiddismittid R. dismyttid, ether [or EPY] releesid C et ceteri.; and haue thei fre alle thingis, that ben to hem in my rewme. And to bildebilde, ether [or EPYe] restore C et ceteri præter R. werkis of hooli thingis, costiscostis, ether [or e] spensis FGHIMNQSUXe. schulen be ȝouun of the kyngis rentresoun R. resoun, ether [or EPY] rente C et ceteri, præter e., and for to bilde out the wallis of Jerusalem; and for to make strong in cumpas, spensis schulen be ȝouun of the kyngis rentresoun C et ceteri. resoun, ether rente e., for to make out wallis in Judee. As Jonathas and the puple herde these wordis, thei bileu|eden not to hem, nether resseyueden hem; for thei hadden mynde of the greet malice that he hadde don in Israel, and hadde troblid hem greetli. And it pleside to|gidere to hem in toOm. N. Alisaundre, for he was to hem prince of wordis of pees, and to hym thei baren help in alle daies. And kyng Alisaundre gaderide a greet oost, and mouyde tentis aȝens Demetrie. And the kyngis ioyneden batel, and the oost of Demetrie fledde; and Alisaundre pursuede him, and lai on hemhim R.; and the batel was ful strong, til the sunne wente doun, and Demetrie fellefelde CI et alii. in that dai. And Ali|saundre sente to Tolome, king of Egipt, legatis bi these wordis, and seide, For Y cam aȝen in to my rewme, and sat in theOm. ceteri. seete of my fadris; and Y haue weldid princehod, and Y haue al to-brokun Deme|trie, andY A. and Y H. haue weldid oure cuntrei; and Y haue ioyned fiȝt with hym, and he and his oostis ben al to-foulid of vs, and we saten in seetethe seete I. of his rewme. And now ordeyne we togidere frenschip, and ȝyue thi douȝter a wijf to me, and Y schal be thi douȝter hosebonde; and Y schal ȝyue to thee ȝiftis, and to hir dignytee. And `Tolome, kyngkyng Tolome F., answeride, seiynge, Blessid isbe R. the dai in which thou turnedist aȝen to the lond of thi fadris, and hast sotun in the seete of rewmethe rewme R. of hem. And now Y schal do to thee whiche thingis thou hast writun; but come thou aȝens me to Tolomaida, that we se vs togidere, and Y biheete to thee, as thou seidist. And Tolome wente out of Egipt, he, and Cleo|patra, his douȝter; and he cam to Tolo|maida, in the hundrid and two and six|tithe ȝeer. And Alisaundre, the king, came to hym; and he ȝaf to hym Cleo|patra, his douȝtir, and made his weddingis at Tolomaida, as kyngis in greet glorie. And kyng Alisaundre wroot to Jonathas, that he schulde come aȝens hym. And he wente with glorie to Tolomaida, and mette there tweito twei A pr. m. CEF pr. m. HRUe. kyngis, and ȝaue to hem mycheOm. N. siluer, and gold, and ȝiftis; and foond grace in the siȝte of hem. And men of Israel, ful of venym, camen togidere aȝens hym, wickid men, axynge aȝens hym, and the kyng took nonot N. tent to hem; and comaundide Jonathas for to be maad nakid of his clothis, and hym for to be clothid in purpur; and thei diden so. And the king settide hym for to sitte with hym, and seide to hise princis, Go ȝe out with hym in to the myddil of the citee, and preche ȝe, that no man axe aȝens hym of ony causenede R. nede, ether [or EPY] cause C et ceteri., nether ony man be heuy to hym of ony resoun. And it was don, as thei thatOm. I. axiden sienthei sauȝen I. his glorie that was prechid, and hym kyuered with purpur, alle fledden. And the kyng magnefiede hym, and wroot hym among the firste frendis, and puttide hym duyk, and felowpartener R. partener, [parcener alii] ether [or EPY] felowe C et ceteri. of prinshod. And Jonathas turnede aȝen in to Jerusalem, with pees and gladnesse. In the hundrid ȝeer and fyue and sixtithe, Demetrie, the sone of Demetrie, cam fro Crete in to the lond of his fadris. And kyng Alisaundre herde, and was maad ful soreuful, and turnede aȝen to Antiochie. And Demetrie ordeynede Appolyne duyk, that was souereyn of Celesirie; and he gaderide his greet oost, and cam to Jam|nam; and sente to Jonathas, hiȝestethe hiȝeste I. prest, and seide, Thou aloone aȝenstondist vs; Y am maad in to scorn and schenschip therfor, for thou hauntist power in hillis aȝens vs. Now therfor if thou tristist in thi vertues, come doun to vs in to the feeld; and there asemble wewe vs N. togidere, for with me is vertu of batels. Axe thou, and lerne who Y am, and othere that ben in help to me, and whiche seien, that ȝoure foot may not stonde aȝens oure face, for thi fadris weren conuertid in toOm. N. fliȝt twies in to her lond. And now hou schalt thou mow susteyne multitude of horse men, and so greet oost in the feeld, where is no stoon, ne rocke, nether place of fle|yngestrengthing I.? Sotheli as Jonathas herde thesethe R. wordis of Appollonye, he was mouyd in herte; and he chees ten thousynde ofOm. R. men, and wente out fro Jerusalem, and Symount, his brother, cam to hym in toOm. R. help. And thei applieden tentis into R. Joppe, and itOm. E.that is, the peple of Joppe. Lire here. U. schittide out hym fro the citee, for Joppe was the keping of Appolyne; and hethat is, Jo|nathas fauȝt aȝens Joppe. U. fouȝte aȝens it. And thei weren agast, that weren with ynne the citee, and openyden to hym; and Jonathas weldide Joppe. And Appolyne herde, and mouyde thre thousynde of horse men, and myche oost; and wente to Asotus, as makynge weie. And anoon he wente out in to the feeld, for that he hadde multitude of horse men, and tristnydetristede EIP. he tristnede R. in hem; and Jonathas suede hym in to Asotus, and thei ioyneden batel. And Appoloyne lefte in tentis a thousynde horse men bihynde hem pri|ueli. And Jonathas knewe that busche|mentis weren bihynde hym, and thei enui|rowneden his tentis, and castiden dartis in to the puple, fro morewthe morwe R. til toOm. U. euentid. Forsothe the puple stood, as Jonathas comaundide, and the horsis of hem trauel|iden out. And Symount leddeledde out R. his oost, and ioynede aȝens the legioun; forsothe horse men weren maad weri, and weren al to-brokun of hym, and fledden. And thei that weren scaterid in toOm. R. the feeld, fledden in to Asotus; and entriden in to the hous of Dagon, her idol, that there thei schulden delyuere hem silf. And Jonathas brente Asotus, and citees that weren in cumpas therof, and took spuylis of hem; and he brente in fier the temple of Dagon, and hem that fledden in to it. And ther weren that fellen bi swerd with hem that weren brent, almeste eiȝte thou|synde ofOm. R. men. And fro thennus Jona|thas mouydeturnede R. tentis, and appliede hem to Ascalon; and thei wenten out of the citee aȝens hym in greet glorie. And Jonathas turnede aȝen inOm. R. to Jerusalem with hise men, hauynge many spuylis. And it was don, as king Alisaundre herde these wordis, he puttide to ȝit for to glorifie Jonathas. And he sente to hym a goldun lace, `ether noucheOm. R., as custom is forOm. F. to be ȝouun to cosyns of kingis; and he ȝaf to him Accoron, and alle coostis therof in toOm. R. possessioun.

 CAP. XI.

And the kyng of Egipt gaderide an oost, as grauel that is aboute the brynke of the see, and many schippis; and souȝte for to welde the rewme of Alisaundre in gile, and adde it to his rewme. And he wente out in to Sirie with pesible wordis, and thei openyden to hym citees, and camen to hym; for whi kyng Alisaundre comaundide for to go out aȝens him, for he was fadir of the kyngis wijf. Sotheli whanne Tolome entride in to athe I. citee, he puttide kepyngis of kniȝtis in ech citee. And as he neiȝede to Azotus, thei schew|iden to hym the temple of Dagon brent inbi GN. fier, and Azotus, and othere thingis therof distriedweren distried I., and bodies cast forth, and the biriels of hem that weren slayn in batel, whiche thei maden bisidis the weie. And thei telden to the kyng, that Jona|thas dide these thingis, for to make enuye to hym; and the kyng was stille. And Jonathas cam to the kyng with glorie in to Joppen, and thei gretten hem togidere; and thei slepten there. And Jonathas wente with the king til to the flood that is clepid Eleutherus, and turnede aȝen in to Jerusalem. Sotheli kyng Tolome weld|ide the lordschip of citees til to Seleuce, bi the eestsee R. coost, and thouȝte aȝens Ali|saundre yuel counsels; and sente legatis to Demetrie, and seide, Come thou, make we bitwixe vs couenaunt, and Y schal ȝyue to thee my douȝter, whom Alisaundre hath, and thou schalt regne in rewmethe rewme IR. of thi fadir. For it rewith me, that Y ȝaf to hym my douȝter; for he souȝte for to sle me. And he dispiside him therfor, for he coueitide the rewme of hym. AndOm. N. he took a wey his douȝter, and ȝaf hir to Demetrie, and alienyde hym fro Alisaun|dre; and hise enemytees weren maad knowun. And Tolome entride in to An|tiochie, and puttide twei diademys to his heed, of Egipt and of Asie. Forsothe Alisaundre, the kyng, was in Cilice in tho tymesdaies I., for thei rebelliden, that weren in tho places. And Alisaundre herde, and cam to hym in to batel; and Tolome, kyngthe kyng I., brouȝt forth oostthe oost I., and cam to hym in strong hondoost I., and droof hymhym awei IR.. And Alisaundre flei in to Arabie, for to be defendid there; sotheli kyng Tolome was enhaunsid. And Gadiel of Arabie took awei Alisaundris heed, and sente to To|lome. And kyng Tolome was deed in the thridde dai; and thei that weren in strengthis perischiden, of hem that weren with ynne the castels. And Demetrie regnede in the hundrid ȝeer and seuene and sixtithe. In tho daies Jonathas ga|deride hem that weren in Judee, for to ouercome the hiȝ tour, that is in Jerusa|lem; and thei maden aȝens it many en|gynes. And summe wickid men, that hatiden her folc, wenten to the kyng De|metrie, and telden to hym, that Jonathas bisegide the hiȝ tour. And as he herde, he was wroth, and anoon he cam to Tolo|maida, and wroot to Jonathas, that he schulde not bisege the hiȝ tour, but schulde come to hym in haaste, to speke togidere. Sotheli as Jonathas herde, he comaundide for to bisege; and he chees of the eldere men of Israel, and ofOm. A pr. m. prestis, and ȝaf hym to perel. And he took gold, and siluer, and cloth, and many other presentis; and wente to the kyng, to To|lomaida, and foond grace in the siȝt of hym. And summe wickid men of his folc axiden aȝens hym; `and the kyng dide to himOm. A et omnes præter R., as thei that weren bifore hym, diden to hym; and he enhaunsidehauncide F. him in siȝt of alle his frendis, and ordeynede to hym prinsehod of presthod, and what euere othere preciouse thingis he hadde bifore; and made hym prince of hise frendis. And Jonatas axide of the kyng, that he schulde make Judee fre, and thre prinshedis of thre places, and Samarie and niȝ coostis therof; and he bihiȝte to hym thre hundrid talentis. And the kyng con|sentide, and wroot to Jonatas epistles of alle these thingis, conteynynge this ma|ner. Kyng Demetrie to Jonathas, brother, heelthe, and to the folc of Jewis. The en|saumple of epistlepistle Fe., which we han writun to Lascheny, oure fadir, of ȝou, we senten to ȝou, that ȝe schulden wite. Kyng Demetrie to Lascheny, fadur, heelthe. To the puple of Jewis, oure frendis, and kep|ynge whiche thingis ben iust anentis vs, we demyden for to do wel, for benygnyte of hem that thei han anentis vs. Therfor we ordeynenordeyneden R. to hem, alle the coostis of Judee, and thre citees of offryngis, Liddea, and Ramatha, and Faseron, that ben addid to Judee, and Samarie, and alle the niȝ coostis of hem, for to be departidse|questrid R. sequestrid, ether [or EPY] departid C et ceteri. to alle men doynge sacrifice in Jerusalem, for these thingis that the kyng took bifore of hem bi alle ȝeeris, and for fruytis of theOm. R. erthe, and ofOm. A pr. m. applis. And otherof othere F. thingis that perteyneden to vs, of tithis, and tributis, fro this tyme we forȝyuen to hem; and the pleyn places of salt makyng, and the corouns that weren borun to vs, alle thingis we graunten to hem; and no thing of these schal be voide, fro thisthis tyme I. and in to al tyme. Now therfor bisie ȝe for to make ensaumple of these thingis, and be it ȝouun to Jonathas, and be put in the holi mount, and in the solempne place. And kyng Demetrie siȝ, that the lond was stille in his siȝt, and that no thing aȝen|stood hym, and lefte alOm. R. his oost, ech man in toOm. A pr. m. his place, outakun the straunge oost, that he drow fro ilis of hethene men; and alle the oostis of his fadris weren enemyes to hym. Forsothe oonsum A pr. m. CEF pr. m. HPRYe. Trifon was of the partis of Alisaundre bifore, and he siȝ that al the oost grutchide aȝens Demetrie; and he wente to Machuel Arabian, that nursch|ide Antiok, the sone of Alisaundre. And he maad greet instaunce to hym, that he schulde bitake him to hym, for to regne in stide of his fadir; and telde out to hym, hou grete thingis Demetrie hadde don, and the enemytees of his oostis aȝens hym; and he dwelte there many daies. And Jonathas sente to kyng Demetrie, that he schulde caste out hem, that weren in the hiȝ tour in Jerusalem, and whiche weren in strengthishelpis R. helpis, ether [or EPY] strengthis C et ceteri., for thei inpugnyden Israel. And Demetrie sente to Jonatas, and seide, Not oneli this Y schal do to thee, and thi folc, but Y schal make thee noble bi glorie, and thi folc, whanne it schal be couenable. Now therfor riȝtli thou schalt do, if thou schalt sende men in to help to me, for al myn oost wente awei. And Jonathas sente to hym thre thousynde of stronge men, to Antiochie; and thei camen to the kyng, and the kyng delitide in the comyng of hem. And there camen togi|dere that weren of the citee sixe score thousynde of men, and wolden sle the kyng. And the kyng fledde in to the halle. And thei that weren of the citee ocupieden the weies of the citee, and bi|gunnen for to fiȝte. And the kyng clepide Jewis in to help, and alle camen togidere to hym, and alle weren scaterid bi the citee; and slowen in that dai an hundrid thousynde of men, and brenten the citee, and token many spuylis in that dai, and delyueriden the kyng. And thei siȝen, that weren of the citee, that Jewis hadden take the citee as thei wolden; and thei weren maad vnstidefast in her soule, and crieden to the king with preieris, and seiden, Ȝyue to vs riȝthondis, and ceesse the Jewis for to fiȝte aȝens vs and the citee. And thei castiden awei her armeris, and maden pees. And Jewis weren glo|rified in the siȝt of the kyng, and in the siȝt of alle men that weren in his rewme, and weren named in thehis F. rewme. And thei wenten aȝen in to Jerusalem, hauynge many spuylis. And kyng Demetrie satsittith R. in seetethe seete IR. of his rewme, and the lond was stille in his siȝt. And he liede alle thingis, what euereeuer thinges R. he seide, and alienyde hym fro Jonathas, and ȝeldide not to hym bi beneficis, whiche he hadde ȝouun to hym; and Demetrie trauelide hym greetli. Aftir these thingis Trifon turnede aȝen, and Antiok, a ȝong child, with hym; and regn|ede, and puttide on hym a diademe. And alle oostis weren gaderid to him, whiche kyng Demetrie scateride; and thei fouȝten aȝens hym, and he flei, and turnyde backis. And Trifon took beestisthat is, oli|fauntis of the oost of Deme|trie. e., and weldide Antiochie. And Antiok the ȝonge wroot to Jonatas, and seide, Y ordeyne to thee presthod, and Y ordeyne thee on foure citees, that thou be of the kyngis frendis. And he sente to hym goldun vessels, in to mynysterie, and ȝafI ȝaf I. to hym power tofor to C. drynk in gold, and for to be in purpur, and for to haue a goldun lace, `ether noucheOm. EPRY.. And he ordeynede Symount, his brother, duyk fro the endis of Tirie til to the endis of Egipt. And Jonathas wente out, and walkide ouer the flood bi citees; and al the oost of Sirie was ga|derid to hym in to help. And he cam to Ascalon, and thei of the citee camen aȝens hym worschipfuli. AndOm. A pr. m. GIKMNQSX. fro thennus he wente `in toto R. Gasa, and thei that weren at Gasa closiden hem togidere, and he biseg|ide it. And he brente what thingis weren in cumpas of the citee, and spuylide it bi prey. And men of Gasa preyeden Jona|tas, and he ȝaf to hem riȝt hondhondis C., `ether peesOm. R.. And he took the sones of hem in ostagepleggis CEKPXY. pleggis, either in ostage FGHIMNQSUe., and he sente hem in to Jerusalem, and walkide thorou the cuntre til to Da|mask. And Jonathas herde, that the princes of Demetrie trespassiden in Cades, that is in Galilee, with myche oost, will|ynge forOm. NR. to remoue himhem A. fro nede of the rewme; and he cam aȝens hemhim A sec. m.. Forsothe he lefte Symount, his brother, withynne the prouynce. And Symount appliede to Bethsura, and fauȝt aȝens it many daies, and closide togidere hem. And thei ax|iden of hym for to take riȝthondis, and he ȝaf to hem. And he castide out hem fro thennus, and took the citee, and puttide ther ynne strengthehelp R. help, ether [or EPY] strengthe E et ceteri præter C.. And Jonathas and his tentisoost C., `ether oostOm. CR., applieden to the water of Genasar, and bifor the liȝt thei walkidenwakiden R. in the liȝt of Asor. And lo! theOm. R. tentisoostis C., `ether oostisOm. CEIR., of aliens camen aȝens in the feeld, and settiden to him aspiesaspies, either disseitis FGHIMNPQSUX. in theher I. hillis. Sotheli he cam aȝens of the contrarie part. Sotheli theOm. R. aspiesbuschementis C. aspies, ether [or EPY] bushementis E et plures. risidenresin EFPY. vp of her places, and ioyneden batel. And alle that weren of Jo|nathas part fledden, and no man of hem was left, no but Matathias, sone of Absa|lomySalomy R., and Judas, sone of Calphi, prince of knyȝthod and oost. And Jonathas to|rente hise clothingis, and puttide erthe in his heed, and preiede. And Jonathas turnede aȝen to hem in to batel, and togi|dere turnyde hem in to fliȝt, and fouȝten. And thei of his part that fledden saynsaien FI., and thei turnyden aȝen to hym, and pur|sueden with hym til to Cades, to her tentis, and fulli camen til thidur. And ther felden doun in that dai of aliens thre thousynde of men, and Jonathas turnede aȝen in to Jerusalem.

 CAP. XII.

And Jonatas siȝ that the tyme helpithhelpide IR. hym; and he chees men, and sente hem to Rome for to ordeyne and renule frend|schip with hem. And to Sparciates, and to other places, he sente epistlis bi the same forme. And thei wenten to Rome, and entriden in to the court, and seiden, Jonathas, hiȝeste prest, and the folc of Jewis, sente vs, for to renule frendschip and felouschip, bi the formere. And thei ȝauen to hem epistlis to hem bi placis, that thei schulden lede forth hem in to theOm. R. lond of Juda with pees. And this is the ensaumple of pistlis, whiche Jonathas wroot to Sparciatis. Jonathas, hiȝeste preest, and the eldere men of the folc, and prestis, and othere puple of Jewis, to Sparciatis, britheren, helthe. Now bifore epistlis weren sent to Onyas, hiȝeste prest, fro Darius, that regnede anentis ȝou; for ȝe ben oure britheren, as the rescrite con|teyneth, that is vndur put. And Onyas resseyuede the man, that was sent, with onour, and took epistlis, in whiche heOm. IR. was signefied of felouschip and frendschip. Whanne we hadden no nede of these, and hadden inthe I. coumfortsolace R. solace, ether [or EPY] coumfort C et ceteri. hooli bookis that ben in oure hondis, we hadden leuere for to sende to ȝou, for to renule britherhod and frenschip, lest perauenture we be maad aliens fro ȝou; forwhi many tymes passiden, sithen ȝe senten to vs. We therfor in al tyme with out ceessyng, in toOm. R. solempne daies, and othere, in whiche it bihoueth, ben myndeful of ȝou in sacri|fices that we offren, and in obseruaunces, as leueful is, and bisemeth, for to haue hadde mynde of britheren. Therfore we ben glad of ȝoure glorie. Forsothe many tribulaciouns and many batels enuyrown|den vs; and kyngis, that ben in oure cum|pas, `fouȝten aȝens vsimpugneden R. im|pugneden vs, or [ether plures] fouȝten aȝens vs E et ceteri præter C.. Therfore we wolden not be greuouse to ȝou, nether to othere felowis, and oure frendis, in these batels. For we hadden help of heuene, and ben delyuered, and oure enemyes ben maad lowe. Therfor we han chosun New|menyus, the sone of Antiok, and Anti|patre, sone of Jasoun, and senten to Ro|mayns, for to renule with hem both frendschip and formere felouschipe. Ther|for we comaundiden to hem, that thei come also to ȝou, and grete ȝou, and ȝelde to ȝou oure pistlis of renulyng of oure britherhod. And nowe ȝe schulen do wel, answerynge to vs to these thingis. And this is the aȝenwrityngrescrite R. rescrite, or [ether plures] aȝen writing E et ceteri præter C. of epistlis, that Onyas, theOm. R. kyng of Sparciatis, sente. Onyas to Jonathas, greet preest, heelthe. It is foundyn in writyng of Sparciatis, and of Jewis, that thei ben britheren, and that thei ben of the kyn of Abraham. And now sithen we knowen these thingis, ȝe don wel, writynge to vs of ȝoure pees. But and we han aȝen writun to ȝou. Oure beestis and oure possessiouns ben ȝoure, and ȝoureȝoure ben R. oure. Therfor we comaundidencomaunden FU., for to telle these thingis to ȝou. And Jonathas herde, that the princes of De|metrie wenten out with myche oost, ouer that bifore, for to fiȝte aȝens hym. And he wente out fro Jerusalem, and ran aȝens hem in the cuntre of Amathitha; for he ȝaf notno R. space to hem, for to entre in to his cuntree. And he sente aspies inin to R. the tentis of hem, and thei turneden aȝen, and telden, that thei ordeyneden for to come ouer thidur in niȝt. WhanneAnd whanne I. the sunne hadde go doun, Jonathas badde his men wake, and be redi in armeris to batel al nyȝt. And he settide keperis bi cumpas of tentis; and aduersaries herden, that Jo|nathas was redi with hise men in batel, and thei dredden, and inwardli weren agast in her herte, and tendidententiden A pr. m. F. tenden IN. fieris in her tentisas if thei dwelleden stille in her [the K] tentes, but thei fleddin priuili. Lire here. EGRNPQY.. Forsothe Jonathas, and thei that weren with hym, knewen not til to the morewe; for thei siȝen liȝtis bren|nynge. And Jonathas suyde hem, and cauȝte not hem; for thei passiden the flood Eleutherus. And Jonathas turnede to Arabas, that weren clepid Sabadeis; and smoot hem, and took spuylis of hem; and ioynedein gaderinge togidre his oost. Lire here. EGPQUY., and cam inOm. R. to Damask, and walkide bi al thatthe N. cuntre. Forsothe Symount wente out, and cam til to Asca|lon, and to the nexte strengthis; and he bowide doun in to Joppe, and ocupiede it. For he herde, that thei wolden ȝyue helphelpis R. to partis of Demetrie; and he puttide there keperis, for to kepe it. And Jonathas turnede aȝen, and clepide togidere the eldere men of theOm. FI. puple, and thouȝte with hem for to bilde strengthis in Judee, and for to bilde wallis in Jerusalem, and for to reise a greet hiȝthe, bytwixe the myddil of the hiȝ tour and the citee, for to de|parte it fro the citee, that it were aloone, and nether thei bie, nether sille. And thei camen togidere, for to bilde the citee. And the wal felle doun togidere, that was on the streem, fro the risyng of the sunne; and he reparalide it, that is clepid Cafe|teta. And Symount bildide Adiada in Sephela, and strengthide it, and puttide on ȝatis and lockis. And whanne Trifon thouȝte for to regne at Asie, and take a diademe, and stretche out hond in to An|tiok kyng, he dredde, lest perauenture Jo|nathas schulde not suffre hym, but fiȝte aȝens hym; and he souȝte for to catche hym, and sle. And he roos vp, and wente in to Bethsan. And Jonathas wente out aȝens hym, with fourti thousynde of chosun men in to batel, and cam to Bethsan. And Trifon siȝ, that Jonathas cam with myche oost, for to stretche out hondis in to hym. And he dredde, and resseyuede hym with onour, and comendide hym to alle his frendis; and ȝaf to hym ȝiftis, and co|maundide to his oostis, for to obeie to hym as to hym silf. And he seide to Jonathas, Wherto hast thou trauelid al the puple, whanne batel is not to vs? And now sende aȝen hem in to her housis. But chese thou to thee a fewe men, that ben with thee, and come thou with me to Tolomayda, and Y schal ȝyue it to thee, and other strengthis, and oost, and alle souereyns of officesoffice R.; and Y schal turne, and Y schal go awei. For whi therfor Y cam. And he bileuyde to hym, and dide as he seide, and lefte the oost; and thei wente awei in to the lond of Juda. For|sothe he withhelde with hym thre thou|synde of men, of whiche he sente aȝen in to Galilee two thousynde; sotheli a thou|synde cam with hym. Forsothe as Jona|thas entride in to Tolomaida, men of To|lomaida schittiden the ȝatis, and cauȝten hym; and slowen bi swerd alle that en|triden with hym. And Trifon sente oost, and horse men in to Galilee, and in to the greet feeld, for to leese alle theOm. ceteri. felowis of Jonathas. And whanne thei knewen that Jonathas was takun, and perischide, and alle that weren with hym, thei monestiden hem silf, and wenten out redi in to batel. And thei siȝen that pursueden, that thing was to hem for the lijf, and turneden aȝen. Forsothe thei camen alle with pees in to the lond of Juda. And thei biweiliden Jo|nathas greetli, and alle that weren with hym, and Israel mourenyde with greet mourenyng. And alle hethene men that weren in the cumpas of hem, souȝte for to al to-breken hem; for thei seiden, Thei han no prince and helpere; now therfor ouercome we hem, and take weOm. A pr. m. F pr. m. R. awei fro men the mynde of hem.

 CAP. XIII.

And as Symount herde, that Trifon gaderide a greet oost, for to come in to the lond of Juda, and for to distrie it, and siȝ that the puple was in tremblyng and drede, he stiȝ vp tointo F. Jerusalem, and ga|deride the puple; and monestide, and seide, Ȝe witen, hou grete thingis Y, and my britheren, and theOm. R. hous of my fadir, han do, for lawis, and for hooli thingis, batels, and what maner angwischis we saien. For loue of these thingis alle my britheren perischiden for Israel, and Y aloone am left. And now bifalle it not to me, for to spare my lijf in al the tyme of tribulacioun; for Y am notno R. betere than my britheren. Therfor Y schal venge my folc, and hooli thingis, and oureOm. R. children, and wyues; for alle he|thene men ben gaderid, for to distrie vs, bi cause of enemyte. And the spirit of the puple was kyndlid togidere, as it herde these wordis. And thei answeriden with greet vois, seiynge, Thou art oure duyk in stide of Judas, and Jonathas, thi bro|ther; fiȝte thou oure batel, and alle thingis what euere thou schalt seie to vs, we schulen do. And he gaderide alle men fiȝteris, and hastide for to ende alle wallisthe wallis I. of Jerusalem, and strengthide it in cumpas. And he sente Jonathas, the sone of Absolomy, and with hym a newe oost, in to Joppe. And whanne he hadde put out these men that weren in it, he dwelte there. And Trifon mouyde fro Tolomaida with myche oost, for to come in to the lond of Juda, and Jonathas with hym in kepyng. Forsothe Symount appliede in Addus, aȝens the face of the feeld. And as Trifon knew, that Symount roos in the stide of his brother Jonathas, and thatOm. R. he was to ioynynge batelbatels I. with hym, he sente to hym legatis, and seide, For siluer, that thi brother Jonatas ouȝte in acountisresoun C et ceteri. of the kyng, we withhelden hym. And nowe sende thou an hundrid talentis of siluer, and hise twei sones pleggis, that he not dismyttid fle fro vs, and we schulen aȝen|sende hym. And Symount knew, that with gile he spak with hym. Netheles he comaundide the siluer for to be ȝouun, and children, leste he schulde take grete enemytee atof R. the puplechildren R. of Israel, seiynge, For he sente not to hym siluer and chil|dren, therfor he perischide. And he sente the children, and an hundrid talentis. And he liede, and dismyttide not Jonathas. And after these thingis Trifon cam with ynne the cuntre, for to distrie it. And thei cumpassiden bi the weie that ledith to Ador; and Symount and his oost walk|iden in to ech place, whidur euere thei wenten. Sotheli thei that weren in the hiȝ tour, senten legatismessangeris C. legatis, either messangers FGHIMNPQSUXYe. to Trifon, for to haste to come bi desert, and sende to hem foodis. And Trifon made redi al the multitude of horse men, for to come in that nyȝt. Sotheli ther was ful myche snow, and he cam not in to Galadithym. And whanne he neiȝede to Baschama, he slow Jonathas and hise sones there. And Trifon turnede, and wente in to his lond. And Symount sente, and took the boonus of Jonathas, his brother, and biride tho in Modyn, the citee of hise fadris. And al Israel biweiliden hym with greet weilyng, and thei bymourenyde hym many daies. And Symount bildide on the sepulcre of his fadir and hiseof hise R. britheren an hiȝ bild|yng in siȝtthe siȝt I., with stoon polischidpolischid, or [either G] faire diȝt CEFGHIKMNPQUXYe. polyshid, or fair adiȝt S. bihynde and bifore. And he ordeynede seuene smale bildyngis, brood bynethe and scharp aboue, oon aȝens oon, to fadir, and modir, and foure britheren. And to these he puttide aboute grete pilers, and on the pileris armeris, to euerlastynge mynde; and bisidis armeris schippis grauun, whiche schulden be seyn of men seilynge in the see. This is the sepulcre that Symount maad in Modyn, til in to this day. For|sothe whanne Trifon made weie with An|tiok, theOm. R. ȝonge kyng, in gile he slow hym, and regnyde in his stide; and put|tide on hym the diademe of Asie, and made greet veniaunce in the lond. And Symount bildide strengthis of Judee, and wardide hem with hiȝ touris, and grete wallis, and ȝatis, and lockis; and puttide foodis in strengthingis. And Symount chees men, and sente to kyng Demetrie, that he schulde make remyssioun to the cuntree, for alle dedis of Trifon weren don bi rauyschyng. And kyng Demetrie answeride to hym to these wordis, and wroot suche epistlea pistle F.. Kyng Demetrie to Symount, hiȝeste prest, and frend of kyngis, and to the eldere men, and folc of Jewis, heelthe. We resseyueden the goldun coroun, and baheubaseu GMNSX.baheu is an ournement of the necke, made of gold ryngis. Lire here. AEIK PUY., which ȝe senten, and ben redi for to make with ȝou greet pees, and for to write to pre|postis of the kyng, for to releesse to ȝou what thingis we forȝauen; for what euere thingis we ordeynenordeyneden I. to ȝou, ben stable. The strengthis that ȝe bildiden, be to ȝou; and we forgyuen ignorances and synnes, til in to this dai, and the coroun that ȝe ouȝten; and if ony other thing was tri|butarietributarie, ether boundun to tribute CFGHIKMNPQSUXe. in Jerusalem, now be it not tri|butarie. And if ony of ȝou ben able for to be writun togidere among oure men, be thei writun togidere, and pees be bitwixe vsȝou R.. In the hundrid ȝeer and seuentitheseuenti ȝeer R., the ȝok of hethene men was takun awei fro Israel. And the puple began forOm. R. to write in tablis, and comyn doyngis, in the firste ȝeer vndur Symount, hiȝeste prest, greet duyk, and prince of Jewis. In tho daies Symount appliede to Gasan, and enuyrownyde it with tentistentis, ether men of armeris C. tentis, either men of armes FGHKMNQSUXe., and made engines, and appliede to the citee, and smoot o tour, and took it. And thei that braken out, weren with ynne the engynethat is, fled|den to sum strong hold of the citee, which strong hold was clepid so. Lire here. U. in the cite, and greet stiryng was maad in the cite. And thei stieden vp, that weren in the cite, with her wyues, and sonesher sones R., on the wal, with her cootis kit, and crieden with greet vois axynge of Symount that riȝthondis be ȝouun to hem, and seiden, Ȝelde thou not to vs bi oure malices, but bi thi mercies, and we schulen serue to thee. And Symount was bowidbowid, either folden FGHIMNQSUXe., and fauȝtthat is, kill|ide not hem. Lire here. U. not aȝens hem; netheles he castide hem out of the citee, and clenside fulli the housis in whiche weren symylacris, and thanne he entride in to it with ympnes, and blesside the Lord. And whanne alle vnclennessevnclennessis R. was caste out therof, he set|tide therynne men, that schulden do the lawe; and he strengthide it, and made an abitacioun to him. Forsothe thei that weren in the hiȝ tour of Jerusalem, weren forbodun for to go out and go yn, in to the cuntre, and bie, and sille; and thei hungriden greetli, and many of hem pe|rischiden for hungur. And thei crieden to Symount, for to take riȝt hondis, and he ȝaf to hem; and he castide out hem fro thennus, and clenside the hiȝ tour fro defoulingis. And thei entriden in to it in threthe thre R. and twentithe dai of the secounde monethe, in the hundrid and oon and seuenty ȝeer, with heriyng, and braunchis of palmes, and instrumentis of musik, `ether giternysOm. R., and cymbalis, and harpis, and ympnys, and songis, for the greet ene|mye of Israel was al to-brokun. And he ordeynede, that in alle ȝeeris these daies schulden be don with gladnesse. And he strengthide the hil of the temple, that was bisidis the hiȝ tour, and dwelte there, he, and thei that weren with hym. And Symount siȝ Joon, his sone, that he was a man of batel, and he puttide hym duyk of alle vertuesthat is, wer|riouris. Lire here. AEINPUY., and he dwelte in Gasaris.

 CAP. XIV.

In the hundrid and two and seuenti ȝeer kyng Demetrie gaderide his oost, and wente to Medei, for to drawe togidereOm. R. helpis to hym, for to ouercome Trifon. And as Arsases, kyng of Persis and Me|dei, herde that Demetrie entride in to his niȝ coostis, he sente oon of hise princes, for to take hym quyk, and that he schulde brynge hym to hym silf. And he wente, and smoot tentisthe oost C., `ether oostOm. CER., of Deme|trie, and tookhe toke R. hym, and ledde hym to Arsaces, and he puttide hym in to kep|yng. And the lond of Juda was pesiblestille E. stille, either pesible F et plures. in alle daiesthe daies R. of Symount, and he souȝte goode thingis ofto R. his folc; and his power and his glorie pleside toOm. R. hem in alle daies. And with al his glorie he took Joppe in to hauene, and made entre in toOm. CEFHKMQRSUe. ilis of the see; and alargide the coostis of his puple, and weldide the cuntre. And he gaderide myche caitiftethat is, took manye prisoneris e marg.that is, took many hethene men prisoneris, either aȝenboute many Jewis, that weren pri|soneris, and brouȝte hem into Judee. Lire here. U., and was lord in Gasara, and Bethsura, and the hiȝ tour; and didehe dide I. awei vnclennessis of it, and ther was not that aȝenstood hym. And ech man tilide his owne lond within R. pees, and the lond of Juda ȝaf hise fruitis, and trees of feeldis her fruitisfruyt R.. Eldere men saten alle in stretis, and tretiden of goodisthe goodis R. of the lond; and ȝonge men clothiden hem in glorie, and inOm. I. stoolis of batelbatel, that is, armuris in the time of pees I.that is, ar|muris: in the time of pees thei vseden siche thingis, that if batel roos aȝens hem, thei shulden kunne arme hemself, and liȝtliere bere armuris. Lire here. EKPUY.. And to the citees he ȝaf foodis, and ordeynede thoOm. R., that tho weren vessels of strengthing, til that the name of his glorie was named til to the laste of erthe. HeAnd he I. made pees on the lond, and Israel was glad with greet gladnesse; and ech man sat vndur his vyne, and vndur his fige tree, nether ther was that feeride hem. The fiȝtynge man aȝens hem failide on erthe; kyngis weren al to-brokun in tho daies. And he confermyde alle meke men of his puple, and he souȝte out the lawe, and dide awei al yuel and wickidnesse; and heOm. I. glori|fiede hooli thingis, and multipliede vessels of hooli thingis. And it was herd at Rome, that Jonathas was deed, and til in to Sparciatis, and thei weren ful soreuful. Forsothe as thei herden, that Symount, his brother, was maad hiȝeste preest in his stide, and he weldide the cuntrecuntrees R., and citees in it, thei writidenwriten I. to hym in brasun tablis, for to renule frenschip, and felou|schip, that thei maden with Judas and Jonathas, his britheren; and theitho R. weren rad in the siȝt of the chirche in Jerusalem. And this is ensaumplethe ensaumple F pr. m. R. of pistlis, that Sparciatis senten. The prince and citeesthe citees R. of Sparciatisthat is, gouernours of citees. Lire here. EIPUY. to Symount, greet prest, and to the eldere men, and prestis, and to othere puple of Jewis, britheren, heelthe. Legatis that weren sente to oure puple, telden to vs of ȝoure glorie, and onour, and gladnesse, and we ioieden in the en|tree of hem. And we han write what thingis weren seid of hem in councels of puple, thus. Numenyus, the sone of Antiok, and Antipater, the sone of Jason, legatis of Jewis, camen to vs, and renulide with vs the formere frendschip. And it pleside to the puple, for to resseyue the men gloriousli, and to putte ensaumple of her wordis in departid bookis of the puple, that it be to mynde to the puple of Spar|ciatis; forsothe we han write ensaumple of these thingis to Symount, the greet preest. Forsothe aftir these thingis Sy|mount sente Numenyus to Rome, hauynge a greet goldun scheeld, in weiȝte of a thousynde besauntis, for to ordeyne felou|schip with hem. Sotheli whanne the puple of Rome herde these wordis, thei seiden, What doyng of thankyngis schulen we ȝelde to Symount, and his sones? For he restoride his britheren, and ouercam the enemyes of Israel fro hem. And thei ordeyneden to hym liberte, and writidenwreten I. in brasun tablis, and Jewis puttiden in titlis, inin to plures. theOm. plures. mount of Sion. And this is ensaumple of writyng. In the eiȝtenthe dai of the monethe Ebulthat is, Au|gust. Lire here. AUe., in the hundrid and two and seuenti ȝeer, the thridde ȝeer vndur Symount, greet preest, in Asara|mael, in the greet comyng togidere of prestis, of theOm. plures. puple, and princis, andof A. folc, and `eldere menthe eldere men R. senyours, ether [or EPYe] eldere men C et ceteri. of theOm. plures. cuntre, these thingis weren maad knowun; for many tymes batels weren don in ȝoure cuntre. Forsothe Symount, the sone of Matatias, of the sones of Jarib, and his britheren, ȝauen hem silf to perel, and aȝenstoden aduersaries of her folc, that her hooli thingis and lawe schulde stonde; and bi greet glorye thei glorifieden her folc. And Jonathas gaderide his folc, and was maad to hem a greet preest, and is put to his puple. And the enemyes of hem wolden defoule holi thingis, and distrie the cuntre of hem, and stretche forth hondhondis I. in to hooli thingis `of hemOm. R.. Thanne Symount aȝenstood, and fauȝt for his puple, and ȝaf many richessis, and armyd men of vertu of his folc, and ȝaf to hem sowdis; and strengthide the citees of Juda, and Beth|sura, that was in the endiseende R. of Judee, where bifor weren armeris of enemyes, and he puttide there helpstrengthe C. help, either strengthe F et plures., men ofOm. ceteri. Jewis. And he strengthide Joppe, that was at the see, and Gasara, that was in coostisthe coostis R. of Asotus, in which enemyes dwelten bifore; and he settide there Jewis, and what euere thingis weren able to amendyng of hem, he puttede in hem. And the puple siȝ the doyng of Symount, and glorie that he thouȝte `for toOm. R. do to his folc, and thei madenputtiden ceteri. hym her duyk, and prince of preestis, for that he hadde don alle these thingis, and riȝtwisnesse, and feith that he kepte to his folc; and he souȝte out in al maner for to raise hys puple. And in hise daies it hadde prosperite in his hondis, that hethene men weren takun awei fro the cuntre of hem, whiche weren in theOm. plures. citee of Dauid in Jerusalem, in the hiȝ tour; fro which thei camen out, and de|fouliden alle thingis that weren in cumpas of hooli thingis, and ȝauen greet wounde to chastite. And he settide ther ynne men Jewis, to defendyngdefoulyng F. of the cuntre and citeeof the citee R., and reiside the wallis in Jeru|salem. And kyng Demetrie ordeynede to hym the hiȝeste presthod; bi this he made him his frend, and glorifiede hym in greet glorie. For he herde, that Jewis weren clepid of Romayns frendis, and felowis, and britheren, and that thei resseyueden legatis of Symount gloriousli; and thatOm. R. Jewis, and prestis of hem, consentiden, him for to be her duyk, and hiȝeste preest with outen ende, til ther rise a feithful profetethat is, Mes|sias or Saueour, abedin of the Jewis, and bi|hiȝte a profete to hem, in the eiȝtenthe co. of Deuto. Lire here. EPUY.; and that he be duyk on hem, and curecure, or bisinesse EY. were to him for hooli thingis; and that he schulde ordeyne gouernouris on the werkis of hem, and on the cuntre, and on armeris, and on strengthis; and cure be to hym of hooli thingis; and that he be herd of men, and alle writyngis in the cuntre be writun togidere vndur namethe name I. a name R. of hym; and that he be keuered with pur|purpurpul E. and gold; and that it be not leueful to ony of the puple, and to prestis, for to make ony thing of these voide, and aȝen|seie to these thingis that ben seid of hymhem F., ether for to clepe togidere couent in the cuntre with outen hym; and for to be clothid inwith N. purpurpurpul EP., and for to vse a goldun lacenoche PY., `ether nocheOm. EPRY.. Sotheli he that schal do with outvs R. thisthese C., ether schal make voide ony of these, schal be gilti. And it ples|ide togidere toOm. R. al the puple, for to or|deyne Symount, and do bi these wordis. And Symount resseyuede, and it pleside hym, that he schulde vse hiȝesteheiȝ F. preest|hod, and be duyk and prince ofand duyk of F. the folc of Jewis, and prestis, and be souereynthe souereyn R. of alle men. And thei ordeyneden forOm. N. to put this writyng in brasun tablis, and put hem in the wal aboute the cumpass|yng of hooli thingis, in solempne place; forsothe for to putte ensaumple of these in the tresorie, that Symount haue and hise sones.

 CAP. XV.

And kyng Antiok, the sone of Deme|trie, sente epistlis fro ilis of the see to Symount, prestthe preest I., and prince of folcthe folc R. of Jewis, and to al the folc; and tho weren conteynynge this maner. Kyng Antiok to Symount, greet prest, and to the folc of Jewis, helthe. For summen berynge pes|tilence weldiden the rewme of oure fadris, forsothe Y wole calenge the rewme, and restore it, as it was bifore; Y made a chosun multitude of oost, and Y made schippis of werre. Forsothe Y wole go forth bi cuntrees, that Y do veniaunce on hem that distrieden oure cuntre, and that maden many citees desolat in my rewme. Now therfor Y ordeyneordeyne, either conferme F et plures. to thee alle of|fryngis, that kyngis bifore me forȝauen to thee, and `what euerein whateuer R. other ȝiftisthingis S. thei for|ȝauen to thee; and Y suffre thee for to make pryntesmyting CR. smyting, or [ether plures] printe E et plures. of thin owne monei, in thi regiounregioun, or cuntre C et plures.. Sotheli Y suffre Jerusalem for to be hooli and fre, and alle armeris that ben maad, and strengthis, that thou hast maad out, and that thou holdist, dwelle to thee; and al dette of the kyng, and tho that ben to comynge of kingis thingis, fro thisthis tyme I. andOm. R. in to al tyme ben forȝouun to thee. Sotheli whanne we schulen welde oure rewme, we schulen glorifie thee, and thi folc, and temple, with greet glorie, so that ȝoure glorie be schewid in al erthe. In the hundrid ȝeer and foure and seuen|tithe ȝeer Antiok wente out in to the lond of his fadris, and alle oostis camen togidere to hym, so that fewe weren left with Trifon. And king Antiok pursuede hym, and Trifon cam inOm. ceteri. to Doram, and fledde bi the see coost; for he wiste, that yuels weren gaderid on hym, and the oost forsook hym. And Antiok appliede on Doram, with sixe score thousynde of fiȝt|ynge men, and eiȝte thousynde of horse men; and he cumpasside the citee, and schippis camen fro the see; and thei tra|ueliden the citee bi lond and see, and suf|friden no man for to entre, ether goto go N. out. Forsothe Numenyus cam, and thei that weren with hym, fro Rome, and hadden epistlis writun to kingis and cuntreis, in whiche these thingis weren conteyned. Lucius, `cheef gouernourconsul R. consul, ether [or EPY] cheef gouernour C et ceteri. of Romayns, to kyng Tolome, heelthe. MessangerisLegatis CEPRY. Legatis, either messangeris FGHIMNQSUXe. of Jewis camen to vs, oure frendis, renulinge the formere frendschip and felouschip, sent of Symoun, prince of prestis, and pupleprince R. of Jewis. Sotheli thei brouȝten also a goldun scheeld of a thousynde be|sauntis. TherforAnd therfor R. it pleside to vs for to write to kyngis and cuntreis, that thei do not yuels to hem, nether impugne hem, andin N. her citees, and her cuntreis, and theithat thei R. bere not help to men fiȝtynge aȝens hem. Forsothe it is seyn to vs, for to resseyue of hem the scheeld. Therfor if ony menman A. of pestilence schulen fle fro the cuntre of hem to ȝou, bitake ȝe hem to Symount, prince of prestis, that he do veniaunce on hem bi his lawe. These same thingis ben writun to kyng Demetrie, and Attalus, and Arabas, and Arsaces, and in to alle cuntreis, and Sampsame, and Spartanyes, and Delo, and Mydo, and Sydone, and Carie, and Sanyum, and Pamfiliam, and Lisiam, and Alacarnasum, and Rodum, and Phaselida, and Choo, and Sidon, and Arodo, and Gortynam, and Gnydum, and Cipre, and Cirenen. Forsothe thei han writun ensaumple of these to Symount, prince of prestis, and to the puple of Jewis. Forsothe Antiok, the kyng, appli|ede tentistentis, or [ether plures] oost E et plures. oostis, ethir tentis S. in Doram the secounde tyme, mouynge to it `euere moreOm. R. hondis, and makynge engynes; and he closide togi|dere Trifon, lest he wente out. And Sy|mount sente to hym twei thousynde of chosun men, in to help, and siluer, and gold, and plenteuouse vessels; and he wolde not take tho. But he brak alle thingis that he couenauntide with hym bifore, and alienyde him silfOm. R. fro hym. And he sente to hym Athenobius, oon of his frendis, for to trete with hym, and seide, Ȝe holden Joppe, and Gasaram, and the hiȝ tour that is in Jerusalem, citees of my rewme; ȝe han wastid the coostis of hem, and han do greeta greet R. distriyng in the lond, and with out coostisthe coostis RU. of Judee ȝe ben lordis bi many places in my rewme. Now therfor ȝyue ȝe the citeescite A pr. m. EFGHKMNPQSUX., which ȝe ocu|piedenoccupien R., and tributis of places, of whiche ȝe ben lordis, out of endis of Judee. Ether ellis ȝyue ȝe for hem fyue hundrid talentis of siluer, and of distriyng that ȝe han dis|tried, and of tributis of citees, othere fyue hundrid talentis; ether ellis we schulen come, and ouercome ȝou. And Atheno|bius, frend of the kyng, cam in to Jeru|salem, and siȝ the glorie of Symount, and clerenesse, in gold, and siluer, and plenteu|ouse apparel, and was astonyed; and telde to him the wordis of the kyng. And Sy|mount answeride, and seide to hym, Ne|ther we token alien lond, nether with|holden other mennus thingis, but eritage of oure fadris, that was weldid some time vniustly of oure enemies. Sotheli we han tyme, and calengen the eritage of oure fadris. For whi of Joppe and Gasara that thou axist, thei diden greet veniaunce in oure puple, and cuntree; of these we ȝyuen an hundrid talentis. And Atheno|bius answeride not a word. Sotheli he turnede aȝen with wraththe to the kyng, and telde aȝen to hym these wordis, and the glorie of Symount, and alle thingis that he siȝ. And the king was wroth with greet wraththe. Forsothe Trifon flei bi schip `in toto R pr. m. Ortosaida. And the kyng ordeynede Cendebeus, duyk of the see coost, and ȝaf to him oost of foot men and horse men; and comaundide him for to moue tentis aȝens the face of Judee; and comaundide hym for to bilde Cedronthat is, a strong hold namid so, for it was set on the stronde of Ce|dron, that bi this he miȝte bettere im|pugne Judee. Lire here. KQU., and stoppe the ȝatis of the cite, and ouer|come the puple; forsothe the kyng pur|suede Trifon. And Cendebius cam to Jamnyam, and bigan for to terre the pu|ple to wraththe, and for to defoule Judee, and make the puple caitif, and sle, and bilde Cedron. And he settide there horse men and oost, that thei schulden gon out, and schulden walke bi weie of Judee, as the kyng ordeynede toOm. R pr. m. hym.

 CAP. XVI.

And Joon stiede fro Gasara, and telde to Symount, his fader, what thingis Cen|debius dide in the puple of hem. And Symount clepide his tweyne eldere sones, Judas and Joon, and seide to hem, Y, and my britheren, and the hous of my fadir, han ouercomun the enemyes of Israel, fro ȝongthe til in to this dai; and it hadde prosperite in oure hondis, for to delyuere Israel sum times. Forsothe now Y haue eldid, but be ȝe in my stide, and of my brother, and go ȝe out, and fiȝte for oureȝoure R. folc; forsothe helpe of heuene be with ȝou. And he chees of the cuntrei twenti thousynde of fiȝtinge men, and horse men; and thei wenten out to Cendebeus, and slepten in Modyn. And thei risidenrisen F. resin EPY. eerli, and wenten in to theOm. C sec. m. H. feeld, and lo! a copiouse oost cam in to metyngthe metyng N. ofto CEFGHIKMPQRS sup. ras. UXe. hem, of foot men and horse men; and a rennynge flood was bitwixe the myddis of hemmen EY.. And he and his puple mouede the scheltruns aȝens theOm. CEGHMNPQSUY. face of hem, and he siȝ the puple tremblyngetremble N. to passe ouer the streeme of water, and he passide ouer the firste; and men siȝen hym, and pass|iden aftir hym. And he departide the puple and horse men in the myddil of foot men; forsothe the multitude of horse men of aduersaries was ful plenteuouse. And thei crieden an hiȝ with hooli trum|pis; and Cendebeus was turned in to fliȝt, and his oost, and many of hem fellen woundid; sotheli the residues fledden in to strengthe. Thanne Judas, the brother of Joon, was woundid; forsothe Joon pur|suede hem, til Cendebeus cam to Ce|drona, which he bildide. And thei fled|den til to touris, that weren in the feeldis of Azotus, and he brente hem with fier; and ther fellen of hem two thousynde of men, and he turnede aȝen in to Judee in pees. And Tolome, the sone of Abobi, was ordeyned duyk in the feld of Jerico, and hadde myche siluer and gold; forand R. heOm. R pr. m. weddid the douȝter of the hiȝeste preest. And the herte of hym was reisid, and he wolde welde the cuntre; and he thouȝte gile aȝens Symount and his sones, for to do awei hem. Forsothe Symount walkide bi citees that weren in the cuntre of Judee, and bar bisynesse of hem, and cam doun in to Jerico, heand he I., and Matatias, his sone, and Judas, in the hundrid ȝeer and seuene and seuentithe, in the en|leuenthe monethe; this is the monethe SabathSebeth, that is, Januarye Ie marg. Sebeth, that is, Jeneuer N.that is, Feb|ruari. AK. It shal be wretin Sebeth, and an|swerith to Ja|nuarie. Lire here. EPQUY.. And the sone of Abobi res|seyuede him in to a litil strengthe, that is clepid Doth, with gile, which he bildide; and made to hem a greet feeste, and hidde men ther. And whanne Symount was ful of drynk, and hise sones, Tolome roos with hishis men R., and token her armeris, and en|triden in to the feeste, and slowen hym, and hise twei sones, and summe children of hymhem Y.. And he dide a greet disseit in Israel, and ȝeldide yuels for goodis. And Tolome wroot these thingis, and sente to the kyng, for to sende to hym an oost in to help, and he schulde bitake to hym the cuntre and citees of hem, and tributis. And he sente othere in to Gasara, for to do awei Joon; and to the tribunes he sente epistlis, that thei schulden come to hym, and he schulde ȝyue to hem siluer, and gold, and ȝiftis. And he sente other men, for to ocupie Jerusalem, and the mount of the temple. And sum man ran bifore, and told to Joon in Gasara, forOm. R. that his fadir perischide, and his bri|theren, and thatOm. R. he sente that thou also be slayn. Forsothe as he herde, he won|dride greetli; and he cauȝte the men that camen forOm. R. to leese hym, and he slow hem; for he knew, that thei souȝten for to leese hym. And othere thingis of Joons wordis, and of his batels, and good vertues, in whiche he dide strongli, and of bildyng of wallis, whiche he fulli made, and of thingis don of himand lo! EPY., lo! these ben writun in bookthe book RX sec. m. of daies of his presthod, sithen he was maad prince of prestis aftir his fadir.

 Here endith the firste book of Macha|beis, and here bigynneth the secounde book of MachabeisFrom CQUX. Here endith the firste book of Machabeis, and here bygynneth the secounde book. F. Here endith the firste book of Machabeis, and bigynneth a prolog on the secounde book of Machabeis. G. Here endeth the firste book of Machabeis, and bigynneth the secounde. HINRe. Here endeth the firste book of Macabeus; se now the secound book of Macabeus. K. Here endith Machabeus i., and here bigynneth Machabeus ii. M. Here endith the firste book of Maca|beis, and heere bygynneth the secunde Macabeis. S. No final rubric in AEPY.. II. MACCABEES. Here byginneth the seconde book of MacabeysFrom EPY. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

To britheren Jewis, that ben scateridOm. R. thorouȝ Egipt, britheren, that ben in Jeru|salem, Jewis, and that ben in the cuntre of Judee, seien heelthe and good pees. God do wel to ȝou, and haue mynde of his testament, that he spak to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that ben of the noumbre of his trewe seruauntis; and ȝyue he herte to ȝou alle, that ȝe worschipe hym, and do the wille of hym with grete herte and wilful soule. Opene he ȝoure herte in his lawe, and in hise heestis, and make he pees; here he graciousli ȝoure preieris, and be recounceld to ȝou, nether forsakeforsake he IK. ȝou in yuel tyme. And now we ben here preiynge for ȝou. While Demetrie regneth in the hundrid ȝeer and sixtithesixti IR. and nynthenyne R., we Jewis han writun to ȝou in tribulacioun and fersnesse, that cam aboue to vs in these ȝeeris, andOm. R. sithen Jason wente out of the hooli lond and rewme. Thei brenten the ȝate, and schedden out innocent blood; and we preieden to the Lord, and we ben graciousli herd, and we han offrid sacrifice, and clene flour, and han tendid lanternes, and han put forth looues. And now make ȝe solempne the daies of Cenefegye, `ether clensyng of the templeOm. R., of the monethe Caslewthat is, No|uembre. K.. In the hundrid ȝeer and eiȝte and eiȝtithe, the puple that is in Jerusalem and in Judee, and the elde men, and Judas, to Aristoble, maister of Tolome, kyng, that is of the kyn anoyntidof oynted Re. prestis, and to hem that ben in Egipt, Jewis, helthe of soule, and helthe of bodi. We delyuered of God fro grete perelis, don thankyngis to hym hugely, as we that han fouȝten aȝens sich a kyng. For he made for to buyle out of Persis hem that fouȝten aȝens vs and the hooli citee. For whi whanne the duyk hym silf was in Persis, and with hym a greet oost, he fellefelde C et alii. in the temple of Nauee, and was disseyued bi councelthe councel R. of the prest of Nauee. Forsothe Antiok cam to the place as to dwellynge with hym, and his frendis, and for to take many richessis bi name of dower. And whanne prestis of Nauee hadden put forth tho, and he with fewe entride with ynne the cumpas of the temple, thei closiden the temple, whanne Antiok hadde entrid. And whanne the pryuy entre of the temple was openyd, thei threwensouȝten F. senten ceteri. stoonys, and smytidensmetin EPY. smyten F. the duik, and hem that weren with hym, and thei departiden lememeel; and whanne the heedis weren gird of, thei castiden out forth. Bi alle thingis blessid be God, that bitook vnpitouse men. Ther|for we to makynge clensyngpurifiyng, or [ether plures] clensinge EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe. purifiyng R. of the tem|ple, in the fyue and twentithe dai of the monethe Caslewthat is, No|uembre. EKNP UYe., ledden nedeful for to signefie to ȝou, that and ȝe do also the dai of Scenofegie, and the dai of fier, that was ȝouun, whanne Neemye offride sacrifices, after that the temple and auterthe auter KR. weren bildid. For whi whanne oure fadris weren led in to Persis, prestisand prestis F. that thanne weren worschiperis of God, hidden priueli fier takun of the auter, in athe I. valei, where was aOm. Y. deep pit and drie; and there ynne thei kepten it, so that the place was vn|knowun to alle men. Forsothe whanne many ȝeeris hadden passid, and it pleside to God that Neemye was sent fro the kyng of Persis, he sente the sones sones of tho prestis that hidden, for to seke fierthe fyr ceteri.; and as thei telden to vs, thei founden not fier, but fat water. And he comaundide hem `for tofort Y. drawe, and brynge to hym. And Neemye, preestthe prest EKPY., comaundide the sa|crifices, that weren put on, for to be spreynt with the water, tho and the trees, andof N. tho thingis that weren put aboue. And as this was don, and the tyme cam, in which the sunne schon aȝen, that bifore was in cloude, a greet fier was kyndlid, so that alle men wondriden. Forsothe alle prestis maden preier, while the sacrifice was endid; and Jonathas bigan, and othere forsothe answeriden. And the preier of Neemye was hauynge this maner. Lord God, maker of nouȝt of alle thingis, drede|ful and strong, iust and merciful, which aloone art good kyng, aloone ȝyuynge, aloone iust, and almyȝti, and with out bigynnyng and ende, which delyuerist Is|rael fro al yuel, which madist fadris chosun, and halewidist hem; take thou sacrifice for al thi puple Israel, and kepe thi part, and halewe. Gadere oureout F. scat|eryngdispercioun, ether [or EPY] scatering C et plures., delyuere hem that seruen to he|thene men, and biholde thou dispisid men, and maad abhomynable, that hethene men wite, that thou art oure God. Turmente thou men oppressynge vs, and doynge dispit in pride. Ordeyne thi puple in thin hooli place, as Moises seide. Forsothe prestis sungen ympnes, til the sacrifice was endid. Forsothe whanne the sacri|fice was endid, Neemye comaundide the more stoonys for to be bisched of the residue watir; and as this thing was don, flawme was kyndlid of hem, but it was wastid of the liȝt, that aȝen schynede of the auter. Forsothe after thatOm. I. the thing was knowun, it was teldknowen F. to the kyng of Persis, that in the place in which thetho R. prestis that weren translatid, hadden hid fier, water apperide, of which Neemye and thei that weren with hym clensiden sacrifices. Forsothe the kyng biheldebiholdyng R. and diligentli examynedeexamynyng R. the thing, and made a temple to hym, for to preue that thing that was don. And whanne he hadde preued, he ȝaf many goodis to prestis, and othere ȝiftis; and he took with his hoond, and heOm. R. ȝaf to hem. Forsothe Neemye clepte this place Nepthar, that is interpretid, `ether expownedOm. CHR. or to vndirstonde EPY., clensyng; forsothe anentis many it is clepid Nephi.

 CAP. II.

Forsothe it is foundun in writyngisdiscriuingis, or [ether plures] writingis EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe. discryuynges R. of Jeremye, theOm. CEFHNPX. profete, that he comaundide hem that passiden ouer, for to take fier, as it is signefied, and as he bad to men `pass|ynge ouerpassinge ouer, ether [or EFHPYE] caitif CEFGHIKMNPQSUXYe.. And he ȝaf to hem the lawe, leste thei forȝaten the heestis of the Lord; and that thei schulden not erre in soulis, seynge goldun and siluerne symylacris, and ournementis of hem. And he seide othere siche thingis, and monestide, that thei schulden not remoue the lawe fro her herte. Sotheli it was in that writyng, hou the profete bad, bi Goddis answereansweryng CEFIMPMU. maad to hym, that the tabernacle and `the arkearke CEPRY. whichche, either arke FHIKMNQSUXe. hucche, ether arke G. folowe with hem, til he wente out in to the hil in which Moises ascendide, and siȝ the eritage of God. And Jeremye cam, and foond ther a place of denne, and brouȝte in thidur the tabernacle, and `the arkearke CEFHIPR. hucche, either arke GQS. whiȝcche K. whicche, either arke MNUX. whicche e., and auter of encense, and stoppide the dore. And summen camen togidere that folewiden, for to marke the place to hem, and miȝten not fynde. Forsothe as Jeremye knew, he blamede hem, and seide, that the place schal be vnknowun, til God gadere the congregacioun of puple, and behe be C. maad helpfulhelpeful, ether [or EPY] merciful C et plures.. And thanne the Lord schal schewe these thinges, and the ma|ieste of the Lord schal appere; and a cloude schal be, as andOm. I to Moises it was schewid, and as whanne Salomon axide, that the place schulde be halewid to greetthe greete I. God, this cloude schewide; and as hau|ynge wisdom he offryde sacrifice of halew|yng, and of performyng of the temple. As and Moises preiede to the Lord, and fier cam doun fro heuene, and wastide the brent sacrifice; as and Salomon preiede, and fier cam doun fro heuene, and wastide the brent sacrifice. And Moises seide, For that it is not clensid, that was for synne, and it was wastid. Also and Salomon in eiȝte daies made solempne the halewyng. Forsothe and these same thingis weren put ynOm. I. in discripciouns, and exposiciouns of Neemye; and as he makidemade EKNPXY. a litle bible, and gaderide bookis of cuntrees, and bookisOm. R. of profetis, and of Dauid, and epistlis of kyngis, and ofOm. N. ȝiftis. Also sotheli and Judas gaderide alle tho thingis which he lernyde bi batel, that bifelle to vs, and thei ben anentis vs. Therfor if ȝe disiren these, sende ȝe whiche schulen bere to ȝou. Therfor we toOm. I. doynge puri|fiyng, han write to ȝou; therfor ȝe schulen do wel, if ȝe schulen do these daies. For|sothe it is God that delyueride his puple, and ȝeldide his eritage to alle, and rewme, and presthod, and halewyng, as he bihiȝte in the lawe, we hopen that soone he schal haue merci on vs, and schal gadere fro vndur heuene in to the hooli place; for he delyuerede vs fro grete perelis, and purgide the place. Sotheli of Judas Ma|chabeus, and hise britheren, and of purifi|yng of the greet temple, and of halewyng of the auter; but and of theOm. R. batels, that perteynen to Antiok noblethe noble R., and his son Eupator; and of liȝtnyngis that weren maad fro heuene, to hem that strongli diden for Jewis, so that, whanne thei weren fewe, thei auengiden al the cuntre, and dryuun an hethene multitude, and rekyueriden the most famouse temple in al the world; and delyueriden the citee, that andthe N. lawis that weren don a wei weren restorid; for the Lord was maad helpful to hem, with al pesiblete. And also we asaiedentemptiden, or [ether plures] assaieden EFGHIMNPQSUXYe. attemptiden R. for to abregge in o book, thingis comprehendid of Jason of Cirenen in fyue bookis. Forsothe we bi|heldenbiholden N. biholding R. the multitude andof R. hardnesse of bookis, to men willynge for to bigynne the tellyngis of stories, for multitude of thingis; and sotheli we hadden bisinesse, that it were likyngdelectacioun, ether [or EPY] liking C et plures. delectacioun R. of soule to men will|ynge for to rede; forsothe to studiouse men, that thei miȝten liȝtliere bitake to mynde; forsothe that to alle men redynge profit be ȝouun. And sotheli we token to vs silf that resseyueden this werk, bi cause of abreggyng, not esi trauel, but sotheli a werk ful of wakyngeswakyng A pr. m. and swoot. As these that maken redi a feeste, and seken for to plese toOm. R. the wille of othere men, for grace of many men, we suffren wilfuli trauel; forsothe we graunten the treuthe of alle autoris, but we vsOm. CEFHGKMNPQRUXe. silf studien to schortnesseschortene A., bi the fourme ȝouun. For|sothe as it is to the cheef carpenterwriȝte Re. ether cheef carpinter e marg. of `a newean N. hous, to be bisie of al the bildyng; to him sotheli that bisieth forhim for R. to peynte, tho thingis ben to be souȝt out, that ben couenable to ournyng; so it is to be gessid also in vs. Forsothe for to gadere vndur|stondyng, and ordeyne a word, and ful bisili for toOm. R. enquere alle partis of the storie, ech bi hem silf, acordith to an autour; forsothe for to sue schortnesse of seiyng, and for to eschewe out suyngis of thingis, is to be grauntid to the breggere. Therfor fro hennus forthOm. R. we schulen bi|gynne the tellyng; be it ynow for to hauebe R. seid so myche of `bifor spekyngprefacioun, ether [or EIPY] befor spekyng CEFGHIKMNPQRSUXYe.; forforsothe R. it is foli for to flete out, ether be long, bifore the stori, but in that stori for to be maadOm. I. schort.

 CAP. III.

Therfor whanne the hooli citee was enhabited in al pees, lawis also ȝit weren best kept, for the feithfulnessefeithfulnesse; that is, dili|gence in Goddis worschiping. U. this word, dis|posicioun, ei|ther ordy|naunce, is not of the tixt, neither is in bokis amendid. Lire here. U. of Onyas, bischop, and for soulis hatyngein hatyng R. yuele thingis, it was maad, that bothe thei kyngis and prynces ledden the place worthi hiȝeste onour, and liȝtiden the temple with gretteste ȝiftis; so that Se|leucus, kyng of Asie, ȝaf of his rentis alle spensis perteynynge to the seruicesseruyce R. of sacrifices. Forsothe Symount, of the ly|nage of Beniamyn, that was ordeyned souereynsouereyn, as to outtermore thingis, for he was no prest. Lire here. IKU. of the temple, whanne the prince of prestis aȝenstood hym, stroof for to caste sum wickid thing in the citee. But whanne he miȝte not ouercome Onyas, he cam to Appollonye, sone of Tharsee, that in that tyme was duyk of Celescirie and Fenyce; and telde to hym, that the treserie in Jerusalem was ful with rich|essis vnnoumbrable; and that comyn rich|essis ben grete, whiche perteynen not to theOm. I. resoun of sacrifices; forsothe that it wasbe R. possible, that alle thingis falle vndur power of the kyng. And whanne Appolonye hadde telde to the kyng of richessis that weren borun in, he sente Heliodore clepid, that was on his nedis, with maundementis for to bere out the forseid monei. And anoon Heliodore took the weie, sotheli bi forme as ifOm. R. he were to passynge bi Celessirie and Fenyce citees, but in trewe thing to parformynge the kyngis purpos. But whanne he cam to Jerusalem, and was resseyued benygneli of the hiȝeste prest in the citee, he telde of doom ȝouun of the richessis, and openyde for cause of what thing he cam; forsothe he axide, if verili these thingis weren so. Thanne the hiȝeste prest schewide, that these thingis weren kept to the lijflodis of widewis, and of fadirles ether modirles children; that summe sotheli weren of Ircan Tobie, a man ful noble in these thingis, that vnpitouse Symount hadde teld; forsothe thatOm. R. allealle the R. talentis of siluer weren foure hundrid, and of gold two hun|drid; forforsothe R. that it was impossible on al maner, that thei be disseyued, that bitoken her thingis to be kept to the place and temple, that bi al the world was onourid for his worschipyng, and holynesse. And he seide, for these thingis that he hadde in maundementis of the kyng, that in al kynde tho schulden be borun to the kyng. Forsothe in the dai ordeyned Heliodore entride, to ordeyne of these thingis; for|sothe there was not a litil tremblyng thorouȝ al the citee. Forsothe prestis castiden hem silf bifore the auter, with prestis stoolis, and clepiden to help fro heuene hym that ȝaf lawe of thingis put in kepyng, that he schulde kepe tho thingis saf to hem that hadden put tho in kepyng. Now forsothe he that siȝ the cheer of the hiȝeste prestOm. R., was woundid in soule; for the face and colour was chaungid, and declaride the inward sorewe of soule. For sum soreufulnesse was sched aboute to the man, and hidousnesse of bodi, bi whiche the sorewe of herte was maad knowun to men biholdynge. Also othere men `weren gaderidgaderiden I. togidere flocmeel, and camen out of housis, bisechynge with opyn bisech|yng, for that that the place was to com|ynge in to dispit. And wymmen weren gird on the brest with heiris, and flowiden togidere bi stretis; but and virgyns, that weren closid togidere, runnen to Onyas; othere forsothe to the wallis, summe sotheli bihelden bi wyndowis. Forsothe alle helden forth hondis in to heuene, and bisouȝten; for ther was a wretchid abid|yng of multitude meynt, and of the hiȝeste prest ordeyned in strijfstrif, ether [or EPY] angwisch C et plures.. And these so|theli clepiden almiȝti God to help, that thingis takun in kepyng schulden be kept in al holynesse, to hem that hadden put tho in kepyng. Forsothe Heliodore per|formyde that thing, that he hadde demyd, and he was present with his knyȝtis in the same place aboute the treserie. But the spirit of almyȝti God made greet euy|dence of his schewyng, so that alle that weren hardi for to obeie to hym, fellen doun bi vertu of God, and weren conuertid in to feblenesse, and inward drede. For ansum C et ceteri. hors apperide to hem, and hadde a dredeful sittere, ourned with beste hilyn|gis; and he with fersnessefersnesse, either bire FGHIKMNQSUXe. ruyschide the formere feet to Heliodore; forsothe he that sat on hym, semyde for to haue goldun armeris. Also twei othere ȝonge men apperiden, faire in vertu, beste in glorie, and faire in clothing, that stoden aboute hym, and on ech side scourgiden hym with out ceessyng, and beeten with many woundis. Sodenli forsothe Helio|dore felle doun toin to e. erthethe erthe C pr. m. R., and thei ra|uyschiden hym sched aboute with myche derknesse, and castiden out hym, putte in a pakke sadil, `ether hors litiror horsliter EPSY. Om. R.. And he that entride with many renneris and knyȝtis in to the forseid tresorie, was borun, whanne no man helpide hym, for the opyn vertu of God was knowun; and forsothe bi Goddis vertu he lay doumb, and priued of al hope and heelthe. For|sothe these Jewis blessiden the Lord, for he magnyfiede his place; and the temple, that a litil bifore was ful of drede and noyse, is fillid with ioye and gladnesse, for the Lord almyȝti apperide. Thanne forsothe summe of Eliodoris frendis prei|eden anoon Onyas, for to clepe to help the Hiȝeste, and for to ȝyue lijf to hym, that was set in the laste spirit. Sotheli the hiȝeste prest bihelde, lest perauenture the kyng wolde suppose ony malice fulli don abouteof R. Jewis aboute Heliodore, and of|fride for helthe of the man an heelful sacrifice. And whanne the hiȝeste prest preiede, the same ȝonglyngis, clothid in the same clothis, stooden niȝ Heliodore, and seiden, Do thou thankyngis to Onyas, the prest; for whi for hym the Lord hath ȝouun lijf to thee; thou sotheli, that art scourgid of God, telle to alle men the grete doyngis and power of God. And whanne these thingis weren seid, thei apperiden not. Heliodore sotheli, whanne a sacrifice was offrid to God, and grete avowis weren bihiȝt to hym, that graunt|ide hymto hym A pr. m. C et plures. for to lyue, and dide thank|yngisthankis I. to Onyas; and whanne his oost was resseyued, he wente aȝen to the kyng. Sotheli he witnesside to alle men the werkis of greet God, whiche he siȝ vndur hise iȝen. Forsothe whanne the kyng axide Heliodore, who was able forOm. R. to be sent ȝit onys to Jerusalem, he seide, If thou hast ony enemye, ether traitour of thi rewme, sende thidur, and thou schalt resseyue hym betun, if netheles he schal scape; for sum vertu of God is veriliOm. R. in thethat I. place. For whi he that hath dwell|yng in heuenys, is visitere and helpere of that place; and he smytith and lesith hem, that comen to mysdo. Therfor of Helio|dore, and kepyng of the treserie, thus the thing hath it silf.

 CAP. IV.

Simount forsothe biforseid, accusereand accuser R. of `cuntree, and of richessisthe cuntre and of richessis C. cuntrees and of riȝcchesses K. richessis of the cuntre R. richesses and of cuntre e., spak yuel of Onyas, as if he had stirid Heliodore to these thingis, and he hadde be stirere of yuels; and he durst seie the puruyour of the citee, and defendere of his folc, and louyere of the lawe of God, traitour of the rewme. But whanne enemytees camen forth in so myche, that also bi summe famyliar frendis of Symount mansleyngis weren don, Onyas bihelde the perel of strijf, and that Appolonye was wood, as duyk of Celessirie and Fenyce, for to encreesse the malice of Symount. And Onyas ȝaf him silf to the kyng; not as accusere of citeseyns, but biholdyng anen|tis him silf the comyn profit of al the multitude. For he siȝ, that it was im|possible that pees were ȝouun to thingis with out the kyngis puruyaunce, and that Symount myȝte not ceesse of his foli. But after the passyng out of Seleucus lijf, whanne Antiok, that was clepid noble, hadde takun rewme, Jasoun, the brother of Onyas, coueitide the hiȝesteheiȝe F. presthod; and Jason ȝede to the kyng, and bihiȝte to hym thre hundrid talentis and sixti of siluer, and of othere rentes fourescore ta|lentis Om. C pr. m. EHPRYe.; ouer these thingis he bihiȝte also othere talentis an hundrid and fifti, if it were grauntid to his power, for to ordeyne a scole, and gaderyng, `ether bordel housOm. R., of ȝonge mena scole of he|thenesse, a ga|dering of ȝonge men; that is, a bordel hous to vse sinne of Sodom with faire ȝonge chil|dren. Lire here. EPUY. to hym; and for to write hem that weren in Jerusalem `men of AntiochusAntiochienus, ether [or EPY] men of Antioche CEFGHIKMNPQSUXYe. Antiochenus R.. And whanne the kyng hadde grauntid this, and he weldide the pryns|hod, anoon he bigan forOm. F. to translate to hethene custom men of his lynage. And whanne these thingis weren don awei, whiche bi cause of humanyte, `ether cur|tesieOm. R. or curtesie EPY., weren ordeyned of kyngis to Jewis bi Joon, the fadir of Eupolemy, which was ordeyned in lawful message of fren|schip and felouschip anentis Romayns, he distriede lawisriȝtis, ether [or EPY] lawis C et plures. riȝtis R. of citeseyns, and made schrewid ordenaunces; forand for R. he was hardi for to ordeyne a scole of hethenesse vndur that hiȝ tour, and for to put alle the beste of faire ȝonge men in bordel housis. For|sothe this was not bigynnyng, but sum encreessyng and profit of hethene and alien lijf, for the vnleueful and vnherd greet trespas of vnpitousevnpitouse men R., and not prest Jason; so that prestis not now weren ȝouun aboute offices of the auter, but thei dispisiden the temple, and leften sacrifices, and thei hastiden for to be maad felowis of wrastling, and ofOm. R. vniust ȝyuyng of hymof vniust ȝiu|ing of him; that is, of his ȝiuing of werst teching. onouris of fadris; that is, the worship|ing of God, wherinne her fadris haddin glorie. Greek glories; that is, customes and maners of liu|ing of Grekis. Lire here. EPKUY., and in ocupaciouns of aOm. CNRe. disch, `ether pleiyng with a ledun dischOm. R.. And sotheli thei hadden onouris of fadris at nouȝt, and demyden GrekeGrekis R. glories beste. For cause of which perelouse contension hadde hem, and thei folewiden her ordy|naunces; and bi alle thingis thei coueitiden hemOm. R. for to be lijk hem, whiche thei had|den enemyes and distrieris. Forsothe for to do vnfeithfuli aȝens Goddis lawes it bifallith not with out peyne, but the tyme suynge schal declare these thingis. Sotheli whanne iustus, doon onys in fyue ȝeer, was maad solempli in Tire, and the kyng was present, Jason ful of grete trespassis sente fro Jerusalem men synneris, berynge thre hundrid double dragmes of siluer in to sacrifice of Erculis; whiche these men that baren out axiden, that tho weren not ȝouun in sacrifices, for it nedide not, but that tho schulen be ordeyned in to othere spensis. But sotheli these weren offrid ofto R. him that sente in to the sacrifice of Ercules; sotheli for men present tho benwere R. weren e. ȝouun in to makyng of grete schippis. Forsothe Appolonye, sone of Nestei, was sent in to Egipt for primatisprincis C., `ether princesOm. CR. or princis EPY., of Tolome Philometor, the kyng; whanne Antiok knew him maad alyen fro nedis of the rewme, he counselide for his owne profitis, and ȝede fro thennus, and cam to Joppe, and fro thennus to Jerusa|lem. And he was resseyued of Jason and the citee worschipfuli, with liȝtis of brondis, and preisyngis, and wente yn, and fro thennus he turnede the oost in to Fenyce. And aftir the tyme of thre ȝeer Jason sente Menelaus, the brother of Sy|mount aboue seid, berynge richessis to the kyng, and of necessarie causis to ber|ynge answeris. And he was comendid to the kyng, and, whanne he hadde magne|fiede the face of his power, he turnyde in to hym silf the hiȝeste presthod, and set|tide aboue Jason thre hundrid talentis of siluer. And bi maundementis takun of the kyng, he cam, sotheli hauynge no thing worthi to presthod; but he bar the soule of a cruel tiraunt, and wraththe of wielde beestebeeste, ether [or EFHPYe] of wondur aȝenus kynde C et plures.. And sotheli thilke Jason, that took his owne brother caitif, was dis|seyued, and outlawidwas outlawid R., and put out in to the cuntree of Amanythen. But Mene|laus forsothe weldide the prinshod, but of richessis bihiȝt to the kyng he dide no thing, whanne Sostratus, that was so|uereyn of the hiȝ tour, made `maister|ful axyngexaccioun, ether [or EPY] maisterful axyng C et plures. exaccioun R., for whi reisyng of tributis perteynede to hym; for whiche cause bothe weren clepid to the kyng. And Menelaus was remoued fro presthod, and Lysimacus, his brother, was successoursuccessour, or [ether plures] cam next in that office EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe.; sotheli Sostratus was maad souereyn of men of Cipre. And whanne these thingis weren don, it bifelle Tarsensis and Mal|lotis for to moue debate, for that thei weren ȝouun in ȝifte to the concubyn of Antiok, kyngthe kyng R.. Therefor the kyng hastili cam, for to swage hem, and lefte oon of his eerlis suffectus Andronyk `in dig|nytelutenaunt C., `ether lutenauntOm. CR. or leuȝtenaunt EPY.. Forsothe Mene|laus demydedemede nim R. that he hadde taken couen|able tyme, andOm. R. stal summe goldun vessels of the temple, and ȝaf to Andronik, and he selde to Tire othere, and bi niȝ citees. And whanne Onyas hadde knowun this thing most certeynli, he repreuyde hym, and helde him silfOm. F. in a sikir place at Antiochie, bisidis Daphnen. Wherfor Me|nelaus ȝede to Andronik, and preiede that he wolde sle Onyas. And whanne he cam to Onyas, and hadde ȝoue riȝthondis with an ooth, thouȝ he was suspect to him, he counselide hym for to go forth of asile, and anoon he slow hym, and dredde not riȝtwisnes. For which cause not oneli Jewis, but and othere naciouns, weren wrothe, and baren heuyli of the vniust deth of so greet a man. But Jewis at Antiochie, and Grekis, togidere playneden ofon R. the vniust deth of Onyas, and wenten to the king, that turnede aȝen froof ceteri. places of Cilicie. Therfor the kyng Antiok was sori in soule for Onyas, and was bowid to merci, and schedde teeris, and bithouȝte on the sobrenesse and myldenesse of the deed man. And his herte was kyndlid, and heOm. R. comaundide that Andronyk, vn|clothid of purpurpurpul EP., be led aboute bi al the citee, and that in that place in which he hadde don vnpitee aȝens Onyas, the cursid man be priuyd of lijf; for the Lord ȝaf to hym euene worthi peyne. Forsothe whanne manye sacrilegijs weren don of Lisymacus, bi counsel of Menelaus, in the temple, and the fame was pupplischid, multitude was gaderid aȝens Lisymacus; for myche gold was thanne borun out. Forsothe whanne the cumpenyes risidenresin EP et Y passim, risen F., andOm. A et plures. soulis weren fillid with wraththe, Lisymacus bigan for to vse almest thre thousynd armyd wickid hondis, bi sum tyraunt ledere, elde in age and also in woodnesse. But as thei vndurstoden the enforsyng of Lysimacus, othere token stoonys, othere stronge stafis, summe so|theli castiden aische in to Lysimacus. And many sotheli weren woundid, summe forsothe weren cast doun, alleand alle I. forsothe weren togidere turnyd in to fliȝt; also thei slowen hymhym Ia. sacrilegere, etheror EPY, Om. R. `theef of hooli thingisOm. R., bisidis the treserie. Therfor of these thingis dom bigan for to be mouyd aȝens Menelaus. And whanne the kyng cam to Tire, thre men weren sent of the eldere men, and brouȝten the cause to him. And whanne Menelaus was ouercomun, he bihiȝte for to ȝyue many richessis to Tolome, for to counsele the kyng. Therfor Tolome wente to the king, set in sum porche, as for cause of re|freityng, ether cooldingrefreityng A pr. m. R. acoolynge A sec. m. refreiding, ether coolding C. ether cooldyng e marg., and ledde awei fro sentence; and assoilide fro crymes Menelaus, gilti treuli of al the malice. Forsothe he dampnede bi deth these wretchis, whiche schulden be demed innocentis, ȝhe, if thei hadden led cause anentis ScitisScitis; that is, barbaris, ether hethene men, vnresonable and cruel. Lire here. AEIKPUY.. Ther|for soone thei ȝauen vniust peyne to hem, that pursueden cause for the citee, and puple, and hooli vessels. Wherfor and men of Tire weren wrothe, and weren most liberal aȝensanentis R. the biriynge of hem. Forsothe for coueitise of hem that weren in power, Menelaus dwelte in power, wex|ynge in malice, and to disseitis of cite|seyns.

 CAP. V.

In the same tyme Antiok made redi the secounde goyng in to Egipt. Forsothe it bifelle, that biOm. A et plures. ech citee of men of Jeru|salem, weren seyn bi fourti daies horse men rennynge aboute thebi the RU. eir, hauynge goldun stoolis, and schaftis, as cumpenyes of knyȝtis armyd; and coursis of horsis wiseli set bi ordris, and asailyngisasailyngis to gidere C pr. m. assailingis, or [ether plures] fiȝtings to gidre EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe. for to be maad niȝ, and mouyngis of scheldis, and multitude of helmyd men, with streyned swerdis, and castyngis of dartis, and schynyng of goldun armeris, and of al kynde of haburiouns. Wherfor alle men preieden, that the monstris, `etheror EPY. wondris, tokenetooknes EPY. toke U. of thingis to comyngeOm. R., be conuertid in to good. But whanne fals tithing wente out, as if Antiok hadde goon out of lijf, Jason sudenli assaylide the citee, with men takun not lesse than a thousynde; and whanne citeseyns fled|den to the wal togidere, and at the laste the citee was takun, Menelaus fleddefleiȝ R. toin to ceteri. the hiȝ tour. Forsothefor K. Jason sparide not inas in A. sleynge his citeseyns, nether he thouȝte prosperite aȝens cosyns; and he demyde it for to be moost yuel, that he schulde take victories of enemyes, and not of cite|seyns. And sotheli he weldide not prins|hod, but took confusioun ende of his dis|seitisaspies, or [ether plures] deceitis EFGHIMNPQSUXYe. aspies R.; and he flei eft, and wente in to Ammanythen. And at the last in to vn|doyng of him, he was closid togidere of Areta, tiraunt of Arabeis, and fley fro citee in to citee, and was odious to alle men, as apostata, `ether forsakereor forsakere EPY. Om. R. of lawis, and abhomynableabho|minable, or [ether plures] waried EFGHIMNPQSUXYe., as enemye of cuntre and citeseyns, and was cast out in to Egipt. And he that hadde put out many of her cuntre, perischide in pilgrim|age, and ȝede to Lacedomonas, as for co|synage to haue there refut. And he that castide awei many vnbiried, is cast out bothe vnweilid and vnbiried, and nether vsith straunge sepulturesepulcre CRU., nether takith part of fadris sepulcre. And whanne these thingis weren don so, the kyng supposide, that Jewis schulden forsake felouschip; and for this he ȝede out of Egipt with woode soulis, and took the citee sotheli with armeris. Forsothe he comaundide to the knyȝtis, for to sle, ne|ther spare to men rennynge aȝens, and to stie vp bi housis, and strangle. Therfor ther weren maad sleyngis of ȝonge and eldere, distriyngis of wymmen and chil|dren, and dethis of maidens and litle chil|dren. Forsothe in alle thre daies foure score thousynde weren slayn, fourti thou|synde boundun, forsothe not lesse seld; but nether these thingis sufficen. Also he was hardi for to entre in to the temple holiere than al the lond, bi Menelaus ledere, that was traitour of lawis and cuntre. And he touchide vnworthily, and defoulide, takynge in cursid hondis the hooli vessels, that weren put of othere kyngis and citees, to ournyng and gloriegloriyng R. of the place. Antiok was so alienyd fro myndemynde, ether [or EPY] vndurstonding C et plures., and bihelde not, that, for synnes of men enhabitynge, the Lord was wroth a litil to the citee; for which thing also dispisyng bifelle aboute the place. Ellis if it had not bifeldbifalle EFIPY. hem for to be wlappid in many synnes, as Eliodore, that was sent fro kyng Seleucus for to robbe the treserie, also this anoon comynge schulde be betun, and forsothe put a bak frofor R. hardynesse. But the Lord chees not the folc for the place, but place for the folk. And therfor also thilke place was maad parcener of yuelis of the puple; aftirward forsothe it schal be maad felowe alsoand also R. of goodis, and it, that is forsakun in wraththe of almyȝti God, eftsoone in recounselyng of the greet Lord schal be enhaunsid with greetOm. R. glorie. Therfor Antiok, whanne he hadde takun awei a thousynde and eiȝte hundrid talentis of the temple, swiftli turnede aȝen to Antiochie, and demyde hym for pride to lede the lond for to seile, the see forsothe for to make iournei, for pride of soule. Forsothe he lefte alsoalle N. souereyns, tofor to R. turmente the folc, in Jeru|salem sotheli Filip, of the kyn of Fri|geus, cruelere than hym silf in maneris, of whom he was ordeyned; forsothe in Garisym, Andronik and Menelaus, whiche more greuousli than othere laien on cite|seyns. And whanne he was set aȝens Jewis, he sente an odious prince, Appol|lonye, with an oost two and twenti thou|syndis, and comaundide to hym for to sle al of perfit age, for to sille wymmen and ȝonge children. Whiche whanne he cam to Jerusalem, feynede pees, and restide til toOm. R. the holi dai of sabat. And thanne while Jewis helden halidai, he comaundide his men for to take armeris, and stranglide alle that camen forth togidere to the bi|holdyngspectacle, ether [or EPY] biholding C et plures. spectacle R.; and he ran aboute the citee with armed men, and slowe a greet mul|titude. Forsothe Judas Machabeus, that was the tenthethe tenthe; lawful hiȝest prest fro the reume of Grekis, that bigan at Ali|saundre the grete. Lire here. EKPUY., wente in to desert place, and there ledde lijf with his men, among wielde beestis in hillis; and dwelten etynge mete of hey, lest thei weren parceneres of defoulyng.

 CAP. VI.

But not aftir myche tyme the king sente ansum ceteri præter I. elde man of Antiochiethat is, an hethen prest. Lire here. EP UY., which schulde constreyne Jewis, that thei schul|den translate hem silf fro lawis of fadris and of God; also he schulde defoule the temple, `that wasOm. R. in Jerusalem, and schulde clepe it of Jouis Olympij, and in Garisym, as thei weren, that enhabitiden the place, of Jouis hospital. Forsothe theOm. I. fallyng in of yuels was worste and greu|ouse to alle; for whi the temple was ful of letcherie and glotenye of hethene men, and of men doynge letcherie with horis, aud wymmen baren in hem silf to halewid housis, at her owne wille, berynge with ynne tho thingis whiche it was not leue|ful. Also the auter was ful of vnleueful thingis, whiche weren forbodun bi lawis. Sotheli nether sabatis weren kept, nether solempne daies of fadris weren kept, ne|ther sympli, `ether opynlinether openli I. Om. R., ony man knou|lechide hym a Jew. Forsothe thei weren led with bittir nede in the dai of theOm. R. kyngis birthe to sacrifices. And whanne hooli thingis of Liber, `that is, BacusOm. I., `ether a false god, which hethenethe hethen E et plures. men clepiden god of wynOm. IR., weren maad so|lempli, thei weren crownyd with yuy, and weren constreyned for to go aboute with Liber. Sotheli the doom wente out in to the nexte citees of hethene men, bi Tolo|meisthat is, the synneris of Tolome. Lire here. U. procurynge, that inOm. R. lijk maner also thei schulden do aȝensto R. Jewis, that thei schulden do sacrifice; sotheli that thei schulden sle hem, that wolden not passe toto the I. ordynauncesordynaunce R. of hethene men. Ther|for it was to sethat is, it bi|feld thanne to allemen [beinge thanne in K] present, to se wrecchidnesse that sueth. Lire here. KU. wretchidnesse. For whi twei wymmen weren accusid, that thei hadden circumcidid her children; and whanne thei hadden ledde hem aboute opynli bi the citee, with infauntis hangid at brestisher brestis I., thei castiden doun bi the wallis. Forsothe othere men ȝeden togidere to the nexte dennes, and halewiden pryueli the dai of sabat, whanne thei weren schewid to Filip, thei weren brent in flawmes, for thei dredden for religioun and obseruaunce, for to bere help to hem silf with hond. TherforeForsothe ceteri. Y biseche hem, that schulen rede this book, that thei `drede notdrede not, either haue not hidouste FGHIKMNQSUX. ether haue hidouste e marg. for aduersitees; but arette thei tho thingis that bifellen to be not to perischyng, but to amendyng of oure kyn. For whi for to not suffre bi myche tyme synneris for to do of sentencethat is, as thei feelin, or demin by vnre|sonable part. Lire here. EK PUY., but anoon for to ȝyue veniaunces, is the schewing of greetoure I. bene|fice. For whi, not as in othere naciouns, the Lord abidith pacientli, that whanne the dai of dom schal come, he punysche hem in plente of synnes, so and in vs he ordeyneth, that whanne oure synnes ben turned abouteOm. R. in to ende, so at the laste he venge onin R. vs. For which thing sotheli he neuer remoueth his merci fro vs; but he chastisith his puple, and forsakith not in aduersitees. But these thingis ben seid of vs in fewe wordis to the monestyng of men redynge; now forsothe it is to come to the tellyng. Therfor Eleasarus, oon of the formere ofof the N. scribisscribis, ether [or EPY] men of lawe C et plures., aand a R. man wexun in age, and `fair in cheerȝonyng with open mouthe in fair chere R., was compellid, `ȝanynge with open mouthOm. R., for to ete swynes fleisch. And he `biclippide, ether cheesbiclippede, or chees EPY. desirede R., more glorious deth, than hateful lijf, and wilfuli wente bifore to turment. Forsothe he bihelde hou it bihofte for to go, and suffride pacientli, and ordeynede for to not do vnleueful thingis for the loue of lijf. Sotheli these that stoden nyȝ, weren mouyd to gidere bi wickid merci, for eld frenschip of the man, and thei token hym priueli, and preiede that fleischis schulden be brouȝt, whiche it was leueful to hym for to ete, that he were feyned to haue etun, as the kyng co|maundide, of the fleischisfleisch U. of sacrifice; that bi this dede he schulde be delyuered fro deth; and for eld frenschip of the man, thei dide this curtesiehumanite R. humanyte, ether [or EPY] curtesi C et coteri. in hym. And he bigan for to thenke the worthi excellence of age, and of his elde, and `fre borunthe fre born Re. horenesse of noblei, and of best lyuyng fro child; and bi the ordynaunces of holi lawelawis A pr. m., and maad of God, he answeride soone, seiynge, that he wolde be sent bi|fore in to helle. For he seide, It is not worthi to oure age for to feyne, that many ȝonge men deme, that Eleasarus of foure score ȝeer and ten, hath passid to the lijf of aliens, and that thei ben dis|seyued forbi R. my feynyng, and forthat for R. litil tyme of corruptible lijf, and that bi this Y gete spotte andof C. cursidnesseexecracioun, or [ether plures] cursednesse EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe. execracioun R. to myn eelde. For whi thouȝ in present tyme Y be delyuered fro turmentis of men, but nether quyk nether deed Y schal ascape the hond of Almyȝti. Wherfor in pass|ynge the lijf stronglipassing the lif strongli, that is, in puttinge it forth, or in dijnge for the lawe of God. Lire here. EK PUY., sotheli Y schal ap|pere worthi of age; forsothe Y schal leue stronge ensaumple to ȝonge men, if Y vse perfitliOm. F. onestand onest R. deth with redi wille, and strongli for the worthieste and holieste lawis. Whanne these thingis weren seid, anoon he was drawun to turment. For|sothe these that ledden hym, and a litil bifore weren myldere, weren turned in to wraththe, for the wordis seid of hym, whiche thei demyden brouȝt forth bi pride of herte. But whanne he schulde be slayn with woundis, he sorewide inwardli, and seide, Lord, that hast hooli kunnyng, openli thou woost, that whanne Y myȝte be delyuered fro deth, Y suffresuffride R. hard so|rewis of bodi; forsothe bi soule wilfuli Y suffre these thingis for thi drede. AndOm. R. sotheli this man on this maner departidepartide R. fro lijf; not oneli leuynge the mynde of his deth to ȝonge men, but and to al the folc, to ensaumple ofand I. vertu and strengthe.

 CAP. VII.

Forsothe it bifelle, that seuene britheren takun togidere with the modir, weren con|streyned of the kyng for to taastetouche A pr. m. R. ete C. touche, or [ether plures] ete EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe. aȝens theOm. E et plures. lawe swynesswyn E. fleischisfleisch Re.; and weren turmentid with scourgyngis, and turment maad of bolebolis S. lether. Forsothe oon of hem, that was the first, seide thus, What sekist thou? and what wolt thou lerne of vs? we ben redimore redi C sec. m. F sec. m. IKMUX. for to die, moreOm. CFIKMUX. than tofor to MSe. breke the fadris laweslawe A pr. m. R. of God. Ther|forAnd therfor Re. the kyng was wroth, and comaundide `pannes of brasbrasun pannes S., and brasunbras S. pottis forOm. EPRY. to be maad ful hoot. And whan tho anoon werin maad ful hoot, he comaundide thehis C sec. m. F sec. m. GIMNQSUX. tunge forOm. EPY. to be kit of fro hym that spak biforefirst KMQSUX.; and whanne thehis C sec. m. F sec. m. GKMNQUX. skynne of the heed was drawun awei, he bad bothe the hiȝeste partis of hondishis hondis C sec. m. F sec. m. IKMSUX. and of feethis feet C sec. m. F sec. m. IKMSUX. `of hymOm. CFIKMS. for to be kit ofof awei A pr. m. C pr. m. F pr. m. He. awei EPY. awei bifore R., the while otherethe othre F. britherenbrethren of him F pr. m. e. and the modir `of hymOm. e. biheld|en. And whanne he was maadymaad e. thanneOm. A pr. m. vnprofitable bi alle thingis, he comaundide fier for to be brouȝtmouyd C pr. m. F pr. m. HRe. meued EPY. to him, and ȝit `al quikOm. C pr. m. EPRYe. quyke F sup. ras. KNX. al U. brethingebrethinge, or [ether He] gronynge C pr. m. EHPYe. brennynge U. for to beOm. F pr. m. S. brent in the brasun panne; in which whanne he was longe turmentid, the othereothere bretheren C sec. m. GIMNQSUX. tothere bretheren F sec. m. K. togidere with the modir, `coumfortiden hemcounsailiden eche othere C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQUX. monesteden, or [ether He] conforteden hem EHPYe. monestiden R. coumfortiden ech other S. togideretogideres C sec. m. F sec. m. MSX. for to die strongli, seiyngeand seiden C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX., The Lord God schal biholde treuthe, and schal `ȝyue solace incomfort C pr. m. R. ȝyue comfort among C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKNQSUX. counforte, or [ether H] ȝiue solace, in EHPe. ȝyue comfort among solace in M. vs, as Moises declaride `in biforebyfore in S. witnessyng of songhis song C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX., and amongin A pr. m. EHPRYe. his seru|auntis he schal ȝifeOm. A pr. m. EHRe. coumforte. TherforFor I. whanne thilke firste was deed in this ma|ner, thei ledden forth the nextesuinge A pr. m. C pr. m. EHRe. for to be scornyd; and whanne the skyn of his heed was drawun of, with the heeris, thei axiden, if he wolde ete, bifore that he were punyschid in al the bodi, bi alle membris bi hem silf. And he answeride bi theOm. I. vois of fadristhat is, bi the teching. Lire here. EPY. that is, bi the teching of holi fadris. Lire here. KNU., and seide, Y schal not do itOm. A pr. m. EF pr. m. HRe.. For which `cause this also, in a place faste bithing, and this in suing place A pr. m. EFHPRYe., resseyuede lijkOm. A pr. m. EFHPRYe. turmentis of the firste. And whanneOm. A pr. m. EFGHPRYe. he was or|deynedOm. E. in the laste spirit, heand A C pr. m. EFGHPRYe. seide thus, Sotheli thou most wickidcursid CGIKMNQRUX. wickid, or [either FH] cursed EFHPY. lesist vs in this lijf, but the kyng of the world schal reise `vs that ben deede for his lawis, in aȝen|risinge of euerlastinge lijfin aȝenrising of euerlasting lif vs deed for his lawis EF pr. m. HPYe. in aȝen risyng of euere lasting lyif vs that ben deed for his lawes F sec. m.. After this the thridde was scorned; and whanneOm. EHPRYe. he was bedeaxed EHPRYe., heand EHPYe. `profride soonesoone brouȝt EHPRYe. forth thehis C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX. tunge, and stidfastli helde forth thehise I. hondis, and `seide, Of God ofseide with trist, Of A pr. m. EHPRYe. heuene Y weldehaue C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX. these lymesthingis A pr. m. C pr. m. EHRe., but for theOm. R. lawis of God now Y dispise these same; for Y hope, that Y schal resseyue tho of him. So that the kyng, and thei that weren with hym, wondriden on the wisdom of the ȝonge man, that heOm. A. ledde the turmentis as nouȝt. And whanne thishe this I. was thus deed, thei traueliden the fourthe, and turmentidentur|mentiden him C sec. m. F sec. m. IKS. in lijk maner. And whanne he was thanne at the deth, he seide thus, `Wel theOm. EHPRYe. ra|ther it is nedOm. C pr. m. EHPRYe., that men ȝouundo A sec. m. sup. ras. to deththe deth R. of men, abide hopethe hope GR. of God, thatfor thei C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX. schulen be reisid aȝen `eft of himOm. R.; forforsothe A pr. m. C pr. m. EF pr. m. HRYe. for the I. aȝen ris|yng toof GIKMNQSUX. lijfthat is, vn|deedli lif and glorious, but to lif vndedli and peineful. Lire here. EKPUY. schal not be to thee. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt the fyuethe, thei traueliden hym. And he bihelde in to hym, and seide, Thou hast power among men, `and thouȝ thou bewhan thou art A pr. m. EHPRYe. corrupt|ible, thouand A pr. m. EHRe. doist what thou wolt; but nyl thouȝe R. gesse, that oure kyn is forsakun of God. But abide thou pacientli, and thou schalt se the greet power of hym, hou he schal turmente thee, and thi seed. AfterAfter this Re. thei leddenbrouȝten C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX. also the sixte; and thishe this I. bi|gan for to die, and seide thus, Nyle thouȝe R. erre idili; for we suffren these thingis for vsoure E. silf, synnynge aȝens oure God, and thingis worthi of wondryng ben maaddo C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX. in vs; but deme thou not, that it schal be with out peyne to thee, that thou hast temptid for to fiȝte aȝens God. Forsothe the `merueylous moder of hemmodir is wondirful aboue manere, ether [or EPY] ful miche C pr. m. EF pr. m. HPY. modir is wondirful aboue manere Re., and wor|thi the mynde of goode men, which bi|helde seuene sones perischynge vndur the tyme of o day, `and suffride aboue manereand suffride A pr. m. EHPRYe. aboue manere of kynde suffride C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX. with good wille, for the hope that sche hadde in to God; scheand sche CGIKM sec. m. NQSUX. and R. monestide ech of hem bi vois of fadris, `that is, acordynge to the techyng of hooli fadrisOm. Re., and was strongli fillid with wisdom, and settide mannus witte to wommanys thouȝt, and seide to hem, Sones, Y woot not hou ȝe apperiden in my wombe; for nether Y haue ȝouun to ȝou spirit, and soule, and lijf, and YOm. A. my silf ioynede not togidere the membris of ech; but the makere of nouȝt ofOm. N. the world, that fourmyde na|tiuytethe natiuitee G. of man, and foond bigynnyng of alle, schal ȝelde eft to ȝou spirit, and lijf, with merci, as nowwis as GKMNQSUX. ȝe dispisendispisiden KX. ȝouȝour E. silf for the lawis of hym. Forsothe Antiok demyde hym for to be dispisid, and alsoOm. R. bi dispisable vois of a repreuere, and whanne ȝit the ȝongere was `on lyuealyue EI., not oneli he monestide bi wordis, but andOm. R. with an ooth he affirmyde, to make hym riche and blissful, and to haue frendhim a frend R., translatid fro lawis of fadris, and to ȝyue `to hymOm. Re pr. m. to e sec. m. nedeful thingis. But whanne the ȝonge man was not bowid to these thingiswoordis C sec. m. F sec. m. IMUX., the kyng clepide the modir, and softli counselide hir, that sche schulde be maad to the ȝonge man in to helth. For|sothe whanne he monestide hir bi many wordis, sche bihiȝte hirhim GMN sec. m. Se sec. m. Om. R. for to counsele hir sone. TherforAnd therfor Re. sche bowide down to hym, and scornyde the cruel tiraunt, and seide in cuntreicuntra|rey C sec. m. vois, Sone, hauehaue thou M. merci on me, that bar thee in wombe nyne monethis, and ȝaf mylk bi thre ȝeer, and nurschide, and fulli brouȝte in to this age. Y axe, child, that thou biholde to heuene and erthe, and alle thingis that ben in hem, and vnderstonde, that God made hem of nouȝt, and the kynde of men. So it schal be don, that thou drede not this turmen|tour, but be thou maad worthi to thi bri|theren, and resseyue deth, thatand R. in that merci doyng Y resseyue thee with thi bri|theren. Whanne sche seide ȝitOm. N. these thingis, the ȝong man seide, Whom abiden ȝe? Y obeie not to biddyngthe bidding FGKMNQSUX. of the kyng, but to comaundement of the lawe, that was ȝouun to vs bi Moises. Forsothe thou, that art maad fyndere of al malice aȝens Ebrewis, schalt not ascape the hond of God. For we suffren these thingis for oure synnes; thouȝand thouȝ I. oure Lord be a litil wroth to vs for blamyng and chastisyng, but eft he schal be recounselidrecounselid, either [or EPY] peesid F et plures. recounselid, ether plesid I. to hise seruauntis. Forsothe thou cursid, and most flagiciousecruel turmentour, C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQSUX., etheror EPY. fulleste of yuel doyngis, and stiryngisGloss om. in GIKMNQRSUX., of alle men, nyle thouOm. CE pr. m. H. veynli be enhaunsid, that artOm. A. en|flaumyd bi veyn hopeOm. A pr. m. CEFGHIKMNPQUXY. foormis RS sup. ras. e. aȝens his seru|auntis; for thou hast not scapidascapid CNX. ȝitOm. R. the dom of almyȝti God, and biholdynge alle thingis. `For whiFor C pr. m. E pr. m. my britheren suffriden now a litil sorewe, and ben maad vndur testament of euerlastynge lijf; thou so|theli bi dom of God schalt paie iust peynes of pride. Sotheli `Y as myas Y and my AHIRe. britheren, bitake my soule and bodi for lawisthe lawis I. of fadris; and Y clepe God to help, that morethe more R. ripeli he be maad helpful to oure folc, and that thou knouleche with tur|mentis `and betyngisof betingis E. Om. e., that he is God aloone. Forsothe the wraththe of Al|myȝtiAlmiȝti God C sec. m. FGIKMNQRUXe. schal failehaue an ende C sec. m. F sec. m. GIKMNQUX. falle R. in me and in my bri|theren, which is iustli brouȝte in on al oure kyn. Thanne the kyng was kyndlid with wrath, and was fers aȝens hym more crueli aboue alle; and bar vnworthili, `ether heuyliOm. R., hym silf scorned. Therfor andOm. CGIKMNQSUX. this waswas also C sec. m. GIKMNQSUX. clene, and diede, tristynge bi alle thingis in the Lord. ForsotheFor A pr. m. at the laste also the modir was wastidwastid, ether deed CFGHIKMNQSUXe., after the sones. Therfor of sacrifices, and ouer greet crueltees, is ynowȝnow E. seid.

 CAP. VIII.

Forsothe Judas Machabeus, and thei that weren with hym, entriden priueli in to castels; andand thei N. clepiden togidere cosyns, and frendis, and token hem that dwelten in Judee, etheror EPY. inOm. CN. kepyng of the lawe of JewisGloss om. in CRS., and ledden out men to sixe thousyndis. And thei clepiden the Lord to help, for to biholde on the puple, that was defoulid of alle men; for to haue merci on the temple, that was defoulid of vnpitouse men; and for to haue merci on distriyng of the citee, that was anoon to be maad pleyn togidere; and for to here the vois of blood criynge to hym, and for to haue mynde onof C. the wikidiste dethis of litle children innocentis, and of blasfemyes ȝouun to his name; and for to haue indignacioun on these thingis. And Machabeus, with the multitude gaderid, was maad vnsuffrable to hethene men; for the wraththe of the Lord was con|uertid in to merci. And he aboue cam toin to C pr. m. castels and citees, vnwarned, and brente hem; and ocupiede couenable places, and ȝaf not fewe sleyngis of enemyes. Sotheli in niȝtis he was most borun to seche out rennyngis; and fame of his vertu was schedshed, ether shewed K sec. m. marg. out euery where. Forsothe Filip siȝ, that the man bi litil and litil cam to encreesprofit R. profit ether [or EPY] encrees C et ceteri., and that ful ofte thingis bifall|idenbifellen F. to hym `in prosperiteful esili R. esili, ether [or EPYe] in prosperite C et ceteri.; and he wroot to Tolome, duyk of Celessirie and of Fe|nice, that he schulde bere help to the kyngis nedis. And he swiftli sente Nyca|nor of Patrode, of the formereformere, ether [or EPY] worthier C et plures. frendis, and ȝaf `to hymOm. C. not lesse than twenti thousyndis of armed folkis meynt togidere, for to do awei al the kyn of Jewis; and ordeynedeioynede R. to hym Gorgie, a knyȝtli man, and most expert in thingis of batel. For|sothe Nycanor bihiȝte stidfastly to the kyng, that he schulde fille the tribut that was to be ȝouun to Romayns, two thou|syndis of talentis, of the caitifte of Jewis. AndC is deficient from this place to the beginning of the Prologue on Matthew. anoon he sente to citees of the see coost, and clepide togidere to euenbiyng of prisoneris, etheror EPY. of boonde men, of Jewis; and bihiȝte, that he schal sille nynti boonde men for a talent, not biholdynge to the veniaunce that schulde sue hym of AlmiȝtiAlmiȝti God R.. Forsothe whanne Judas foond, he schewide to these Jewis that weren with hym, the comyng of Nycanor. Of which summe inwardli dredden, and bi|leuyden not to the riȝtwisnesse of God, and weren turned in to fliȝt; othere so|theli, if ony leften of hem, camen, and to|gidere bisouȝten the Lord, for to delyuere hem fro wyckid Nycanor, which hadde seld hem bifore that he cam niȝ; and thouȝ not for hem, forbut for EPY. the testament that was to the fadris of hem, and for clepyngthe cleping R. to help of his hooli name and greet on hem. Forsothe Machabeus clepide togidere se|uene thousyndis that weren with hym, and preiede, that thei schulden not be recounselid to enemyes, nether schulden drede the multitude of enemyes wickidli comynge aȝens hem, but strongli schulden fiȝtestriue, or [ether plures] fiȝte EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe. striue R.; hauynge bifore the iȝen the dispit that was don in the hooli place vniustli of hem, and also the wrong of the citee, had in scornyng; ȝit also the ordenaunces of elde men distried. For whi he seide, Thei sotheli tristen in armeris togidere and hardynesse; forsothe we tristen in the Lord almyȝti, that may do awei with o lokyng bothe hem that comen aȝens vs, and al the world. Forsothe he monestide hem also of helpis of God, that weren don aȝens fadris; and that vndur Senacherib an hundrid thousynde foure score thou|synde and fyue thousindesthousend EIP. perischiden; and of theOm. I. batel that was to hem aȝens Galatas, in Babiloyne; `whether ifwhere R. wher if ceteri. it comecometh R. to the thing, `ethir treutheor truthe EPY. Om. R., whanne alle felowis Macedoyns doutiden, theithe N. sixe thousandis aloone slowen an hundrid thousynde and twenti thousyndis, for help ȝouun to hem fro heuene; and for these thingis thei hadden ful many benefices. Bi thes wordis thei weren maad stidfast, and redi for to die for lawis and cuntre. Therfor he ordeynede his brithe|ren lederisdukes R. dukis, or lederis E et ceteri. to ech ordre, Symount, and Josofus, and Jonathas, `and made suget toOm. R. ech a thousynde and fyue hundrid. Also to this thing, whanne the hooli book was red to hem of Esra, and a tokene was ȝouun of Goddis help, he was duyk in the firste scheltrun, and ioynede batel with Nycanor. And for the Almyȝty was maad helpere to hem, thei slowen ouer nyne thousynde of men; forsothe thei con|streyneden the more part of Nycanoris oost, maad feble bi woundis, for to fle. Forsothe whanne the richessis of hem that camen to the biyng of hem weren takun vp, on ech side thei pursueden hem; but thei turneden aȝen closid togidere bi an our; for whi it was bifor sabat, for which cause thei lastiden not pursuynge. For|sothe thei gaderiden the armeris of hem, and spuylis, and diden sabat, and blessiden the Lord, that delyuerede hem in this dai, droppynge in to hem bigynnyng of merci. Forsothe after theOm. EF pr. m. RYe. sabat thei departiden spuylis to theOm. R. feble folkisfolk EPY., and fadirles, andOm. A. modirles, and widewis; and thei with hern hadden the residues. Whanne these thingis weren thus don, and comynli of alle men bysechyng was maad, thei axiden the merciful Lord, for to be recounselid in to the ende toof R. hise seruauntis. And of these that weren with Tymothe and Ba|chides, stryuynge aȝens hem silf, thei slow|en ouer twenti thousyndisthousend EPY., and thei weld|iden hiȝe strengthis; and thei departiden mo preies, and maden euene porcioun to feble folcfolkis Re., fadirles, and modirles, and wi|dewisto widewis R., but and to eldere men. And whanne thei hadden gaderid the armeris of hem, diligentli thei `puttiden togidereputtiden togidere, either kepten FGHIMNPQSUXe. alle thingis in couenable places; forsothe thei baren to Jerusalem the residue spuylis. And thei slowen Filarces, that was with Tymothe, a man ful of grete trespassis, that hadde turmentide Jewis in many thingis. And whanne feestis ofto EPY. for ceteri. victorie weren don in Jerusalem, thei brenten hem that hadden brent hooli ȝatis, that is to seie, Calastenes, whanne he hadde flowun in to ansum ceteri. hous; for whi worthi meede was ȝoldun to hem for her vnpitousnessis. Forsothe theOm. Re. wickidist Nycanor, that brouȝte a thousynde marchauntis to the sillyng of Jewis, was mekidmekid, or maad low EFGHIMNPQSUXYe. bi help of the Lord, of hem which he gesside noon; and whanne he hadde put awei the cloth of glorie, he fledde aloon bi priuy places, and cam to Antiochie, and hadde hiȝeste wretchidnesseinfelicite R. infelicite or [ether plures] wrecchidnesse E et ceteri. of the deth of his oost. And he that bihiȝte hym forOm. F. to restore tribute to Romayns, of the caitifte of men of Jerusalem, prechide now that Jewis hadde o defendere God, and for hym thei weren vnable for to be woundid, for thei sueden lawis ordeyned of hym.

 CAP. IX.

In the same tyme Antiok turnede aȝen vnonestli fro Perses. For he hadde entrid into that citee, that is seid PersibolisPersibolis, that is, the cheef citee of Persis. Lire here. ACEKPUY., and he temptide for to robbe the temple, and oppresse the citee; but for multitude ran togidere to armeris, thei weren turned in to fliȝt; and so it bifelle, that Antiok after fliȝt viliche turnede aȝen. And whanne he cam aboute Ebathana, he knew what thingis weren don aȝens Nycanor and Ty|mothe. Forsothe he was enhaunsid in wraththe, and demede that he myȝte turne in to Jewis the wrong of hem, that had|den dryuun hym. And therfor he bad the chare forOm. N. to be led in haste, doynge iour|ney with out ceessyng; for whi heuenli doom constreynededrof EPRY. droof, either constreynede FGHIKMNQSUXe. hym, for that he spak so proudli, that he schal come to Jerusa|lem, and to make it a gaderyng of sepulcre of Jewis. But the Lord God of Israel, that biholdith alle thingis, smoot hym with a wounde incurable and inuisible; for as he endide this same word, an hard sorewe of entrails took hym, and bittere turmentis of inward thingis. And sotheli iustli ynowȝ, for he that hadde turmentid the entrails of othere men, with many and newe turmentis, thouȝ he in no maner ceesside of his malice. Forsothe ouer this he was fillidfulfillid Re. with pride, and brethide fier in soule aȝens Jewis, andand Jewis N. comaund|yngecomaundide GIMR. the nede for to be hastid, it bifelle, that he goynge in fersnesse fallidefel F. doun of the chare, and that the membris weren trauelid with the greuouse hurtlyng to|gidere of bodi. And he that semyde to hym silf for to comaunde also to wawis of the see, and ouer mannus maner was fillid with pride, and for to weie in balaunce the hiȝthis of hillis, waswas thanne Re sec. m. maad low to erthe, and was borun in a beerebere, either hors litere FGHIMNQSUXe., and wit|nesside in him silf the opyn vertu of God; so that wormes buyliden out of the bodi of the vnpitouse man, and the quyke fleischis of hym fletiden out in sorewis. Also with the sauour `of hymOm. C., and stynk|ynge, thehis I. oost `of hymOm. ceteri. was greuyd; and no man myȝte bere hym, for vnsuffryng of stynk, that a litil bifore demyde hym for to touche the sterris of heuene. Therfor herbi he was led doun fro greuouse pride, and bigan for to come to knowyng of hym silf, and was warned bi Goddis veniaunce, for bi alle momentis his sorewis token encreessis. And whanne he myȝte not thanne suffre his stynk, thus he seide, It is iust for to be suget to God, and that a deedli man feele not euene thingis to God. Forsothe the cursid man preiede the Lord of these thingis, of whom he schulde `not getegete EFGHKMN pr. m. PQ pr. m. SUX pr. m. gete no N sec. m. Q sec. m. merci. And now he desirith to ȝelde fre the citee, to which he cam hastynge, for to drawelede EHPRYe. doun it to erthe, and for to make a sepulcre of thingis borun togidere. And now he bihetith to make the Jewis euene to men of Athenys, whiche Jewis he seide that he schulde not haue worthi, ȝhe, of sepulturesepulcre I., but to bitake to foulis and wielde beestis, for to be `to-drawundrawun EINPRY., and forOm. Re. to distrie with litle children; also to ourneonoure EPY. with beste ȝiftis the hooli tem|ple, which he robbide bifore, and to mul|tiplie hooli vessels, and to ȝyuyngeȝyue R. ȝeuen e. of his rentis costis perteynynge to sacrifices; ouer these thingis and that he schal be maad a Jewe, and to walke bi ech place of the lond, and to preche `the power of GodGoddis power N.. But, for sorewis ceesiden not, the iust doom of God hadde aboue come on hym, he dis|peride, and wroot to Jewis, bi maner of bisechyng, `a pistlean epistle EPY., conteynynge thes thingis. To the beste citeseyns, Jewis, moost heelthe, and welfare, andOm. R. to be riche, `ether in prosperiteor in prosperite EP. Om. R., the kyng and prince Antiok. If ȝe faren wel, and ȝoure sones, and alle thingis ben to ȝou of sen|tencethat is, bifalle at ȝoure wille. Lire here. U., we don moost thankyngis. And Y am ordeyned in sikenesse, and sotheli Y am myndeful benygneli of ȝou, and Y turnede aȝen fro places of Persis, and am cauȝt with greuouse infirmyte, and Y ledde nedeful for to haue cure for comyn profit; and Y dispeire not of my silf, but Y haue myche hope to ascape sikenesseinfirmyte, either siknesse FGHIMNQSUXe. infirmite R.. For Y biholde that also my fadir, in what tymes he ledde oost in hiȝere places, schewide, who after hym schulde resseyue prinshod; if that ony contrarie thing bifelle, or hard thing were teld, these that weren in cun|treis, schulden wite to whom the summe, `ether chargeor charge EPY. Om. R., of thingis was left, and schulden not be troblid. To these thingis Y bihelde of next, that alle theOm. ceteri. myȝti men and neiȝboris aspien tymes, and abiden comynge, and Y haue ordeyned my sone Antiok kyng, whom Y, rennynge aȝen ofte in to hiȝehiȝe A. rewmes, comendide to many of ȝou, and Y wroot to hym what thingis ben suget. TherforAnd therfor Re. Y preie ȝou, and axe, that ȝe ben myndeful of benefices opynli and priueli, and that ech of ȝou kepe feith to me, and to my sone. For Y triste, that he schal do myldely, and manlimanli, or [ether plures] curteisli EFGHIMNPQSUXYe., and sue my purpos, and be treta|blecomyn R. comyn, or [ether plures] tretable E et ceteri. to ȝou. Therfor the manquellere and blasfemere was smytun worst, and as he hadde tretid othere, he diededide A. in pilgrim|age in mounteyns, in wretchidfulwreccheful R. deth. Forsothe Filip, his euene soukere, trans|latide, `ether bar oueror bar ouer EPY. Om. R., the bodi; which dredde the sone of Antiok, and wente to Tolome Filomethore, in to Egipt.

 CAP. X.

Forsothe Machabeus, and thei that weren with hym, for the Lord defendide hem, resseyuede sotheli the temple, and citee. Forsothe he distriede the auteris, that aliens maden bi stretis, and also tem|plis of waisshyng. And whanne the temple was purgid, thei maden an other auter, and of stoonys firid, `ether flyntisOm. EPRY. or flyntis FHMUXe., bi fier conseyued, thei offriden sacrifices after two ȝeer, and puttiden encense, and lan|ternes, and looues of proposicioun. And whanne these thingis weren don, thei weren cast doun toin to Re. erthe, and preieden the Lord, that thei schulden no more falle in siche yuelis, but thouȝ in ony tyme thei hadden synned, that thei schulden be chastised of hym more esili, and schulden not be bitakun to barbariesbarbares, or [ether plures] hethene E et plures., and blasfeme men. Forsothe in what dai the temple was defoulid of aliens, it bifelle that in the same dai clensyng was maad, in the fyue and twentithe dai of the monethe, that was Casleu. And with gladnesse in eiȝte daies thei diden bi maner of taberna|clis, bithenkynge that bifore a litil of tyme thei hadden don the solempne dai of ta|bernaclis in hillis and in dennys, bi custom of beestis. For which thing thei baren byfore roddis, and grene braunchis, and palmes, to hym that ȝaf prosperite for to clense his place. And thei demyden with comyn heest, and with doom, to alle the folc of Jewis, for to do thesethe R. feeste daies in alle ȝeeris. And the endyngpassing EP. passing, or [ether I] ending FGHIMNQSUXe. of lijf of Antiok, that was clepid noble, hadde it thus. Now forsothe we schulen telle of Eupator, sone of vnpitouse Antiok, what thingis weren don, and bregge, `ether schortli telleor shortli telle EP. Om. R., the yuelis that weren don in batels. For whanne this Eupator hadde resseyued the rewme, he ordeynede on nedis of the rewme asum A pr. m. et ceteri. man Lisias, prince of knyȝthod, of Fenece and Sirie. For whi Tolome, that was seid Macer, ordeynede for to holde iust thingthingis EPY. aȝens Jewis, and most for wickidnesse that wasOm. E. don aȝens hem, and pesibli for to do with hem. But for this thing he was accusid of frendis anentis Eupator, whanne he herde ofte, Thou traitour, for that he hadde forsakun Cipre, bitakuntakun A sec. m. to hym of Filo|metor, and hadde translatid to Antiok noble, also he hadde go awei fro hym, with venym he endide the lijf. Forsothe Gorgias, whanne he was duyk of places, with comelyngis takun, ouercam ofte Jewis in batel. Forsothe Jewis that helden coue|nable strengthis, resseyueden men dryuun fro Jerusalem, and saiedenassaieden M. saieden, either temptiden U. for to fiȝte. These forsothe that weren with Macha|beus, preieden the Lord bi preieris, that he schulde be helpere to hem, and thei maden asawtfeersnesse, or saut EP. fersnesse, either assaut FGHIKMNQSUXe. in to strengthis of Idumeis. And thei weren bisi bi myche strengthe, and weldiden places, and slowen men ren|nynge aȝen, and strangliden alle togidere, not lesse than fyue and twenti thousandes. Forsothe whanne summe fledden togidere in to twei touris ful stronge, hauynge alle apparel to aȝen fiȝte, Machabeus lefte Sy|mount, and Josofus, and eftleft R sec. m. Sachee, and hem that weren with hem, many ynow, to the ouercomyng of hem; and he was con|uertid to tho batels that constreyneden more. Sotheli these that weren with Sy|mount, weren led bi coueitise, and weren counselid bi monei, of summe that weren in the touris; and whanne thei hadden take seuenti thousynde doubleof double EPY. dragmes, thei leeten summe fle out. Forsothe whanne that thing that was don, was teld to Machabeus, he gaderide theOm. F. princes of puplethe puple F pr. m., and he accuside, that thei hadden seld britheren for monei, for thei delyuer|iden aduersaries of hemhim Re.. Therfor he slow these maad traitouristhat is, Jewis conuict of the forseid tresoun. Lire here. EK PUY., and anoon ocupiede the tweye touris. Forsothe in doynge alle thingis `in prosperitewelsumly EPRY. welsumly, either bi prosperite FGHIKMNQSUXe. in ar|meris and hondis, he slow in the tweiOm. E. strengthis more than twenti thousyndis. And Tymothe, that bifore was ouercomun of Jewis, clepide togidere an oost of straunge multitude, and gaderide the mul|titude of horse men of Asie, and cam with armeris, as to take Judee. Forsothe Machabeus, and thei that weren with hym, whanne he neiȝede, bisouȝten God, and bispreynten the heed with erthe, and bifor girdiden the leendis with heiris, and knel|iden doun at the brynke of the auter, that he schulde be helpful to hem, forsothe that to enemyes of hem he were enemye, and were aduersarie to aduersaries, as the lawe seith. And soOm. EPY. after preierpreieers EPY., whanne thei hadden take armeris, thei ȝeden forth fer fro the citee, and thei weren maad nexte to enemyes, and saten. Forsothe in the firste risyng of the sunne, bothe ioyneden batel; these sotheli hadden the Lord bihetere of victorie and prosperite; forforsothe Re. thei hadden hardynesse the duyk of batel. But whanne greet fiȝte was, fyue faire menthat is, aun|gelis in the lic|nesse of men. Lire here. KU., onin ceteri. horsis with goldun bridels, apperiden to aduersaries fro heuene, and ȝauen ledyng to Jewis; of whiche tweyne hadden Machabeus in the myddil, and set abouteaboue N. with her armeris, and kepten hymOm. FHIMUXe. sowndsound, either with oute harm FGHIMNQSUXe.. Forsothehim. Forsothe FHMUXe. of hym. Forsothe I. thei castiden dartis and leitis aȝens aduersaries; of which thing and thei weren schent with blynde|nesse, and weren fillid with perturbacioun, and fellen doun. Forsothe ther weren slayn of foote men twenti thousynde and fyue hundrid, and horse men sixe hun|drid. Sotheli Tymothe fledde in to the strong hold of Gasara, of which strong hold Cereas was souereyn. Forsothe Ma|chabeus, and thei that weren with hym, weren glad, and bisegiden the strong hold bi foure daies. And thei that werenweren with him N. with ynne, tristiden in the sikirnesse of the place, and cursiden aboue maner, and castidenthat is, proud|li pronounc|eden. cursid wordis; that is, blasfemye aȝens God. Lire here. KU. cursid wordis. But whanne the fyuethe dai schynede, twenti ȝonge men of these that weren with Machabeus, weren kyndlid in soulis for blasfemye, and wenten manli to the wal, and thei ȝeden with fers wille, and stieden vp; but and othere also stieden, and assailiden for to brenne touris and ȝatis, and togidere brenne the curseris quyke. Forsothe by contynuel twei daies thei wastiden the strong hold, and slowen Tymothe, hidynge hym silf, foundunOm. R. in sum placepriuy place R.; and thei slowen his brother Cereas, and Appol|loffanes. Whanne these thingis weren don, thei blessiden the Lord in ympnes and confessiouns, whiche dide grete thingis in Israel, and ȝaf toOm. R. hem victorie.

 CAP. XI.

But a litil tyme after, Lisias, the pro|curatour of the kyng, and kynesman, and souereyn of offices, bar greuousli of these thingis that bifellen, and gederide foure score thousyndis, and al the multitude of horse men, and cam aȝens Jewis, and demyde hym silfOm. F. to make the citee takun a dwellyng to hethene men, forsothe to haue the temple in to wynnyng of monei, as othere templis of hethene men, and presthod `set to salevendible, or [ether plures] set to sale EFGHI KMNPQSUXYe. vendible R. bi echeueri EPY. ȝeer; and bithouȝte not on the power of God, but in myndemynde, or [ether plures] vndirstonding E et ceteri præter R. he was maad with out bridil, and tristide in multitude of foot men, and in thousyndis of horse men, and in foure score olifauntis. Sothely he ȝede in to Judee, and cam niȝ to Bethsura, that was inin a ceteri. streit place, fro Jerusalem in space of fyue furlongis, and fauȝt aȝens that strengthe. Sotheli whanne Machabeus, and thei that weren with hym, knewen that strengthis weren impugned, with wepyng and teeris thei preieden the Lord, andOm. R. al the cumpenye togidere, for to sende a good aungel to theOm. I. helthe of Israel. And Machabeus hym silf took firste ar|meris, and monestide othere forOm. N. to take togidere perel with hym, and bere help to her britheren. And whanne thei wenten forth togidere with redi wille fro Jerusa|lem, an hors manan horsman, or [ether plures] kniȝt E et ceteri præter R.that is, an aungel in the licnesse of an horsman, syng|nyfiyng victo|rie to comynge to hem, bi flo|risching of the schaft. Lire here. U. apperide goyngeOm. R. bi|fore hem in whijt cloth, in goldun ar|meris, andOm. ceteri. florischynge a schaft. Thanne alle togidere blessiden the merciful Lord, and woxenwexiden I. waxiden K. strong in soulis; and weren redi for to perse not oneli men, but and moost feerse beestis, and irun wallis. Therfor thei wenten redi, hauynge an helpere of heuene, and the Lord hauynge merci on hem. Sotheli bi custom of liouns, in feersnesse thei hurliden in to enemyes, and castiden doun of hem enleuene thou|syndis of foot men, and a thousynde and sixe hundrid of horse men. Sotheli thei turneden alle in to fliȝt; forsothe many of hem woundid, ascapiden nakid, but and Lisias hym silf fouli fleynge ascapide. And for he was not witles, he arettide with hym silf the makyng lesse don aȝens hym, and vndurstood that Ebrews ben vnouercomun, and tristen to help of al|myȝti God; and he sente to hem, and bi|hiȝte hym to consente to alle thingis that ben iust, and to compelle the kyng for to be maad frendnot bi vio|lence, but bi preieers and councel. EK PUY.. Forsothe Machabeus grauntide toto the I. preieris of Lisias, and coun|selide to profit in alle thingis; and what euere thingisthing F. Machabeus wroot of Jewis to Lisias, the kyng grauntide tho thingis. For whi epistlis weren writun to Jewis fro Lisias, conteynynge this maner. Lisias to the puple of Jewis, heelthe. Joon and Abesalon, that benweren N. sentOm. R. fro ȝou, bitokenbitaking R. writtis, and axiden, that Y schulde fille tho thingis that weren signefied bi hem. Therfor what euere thingis miȝten be brouȝt forth to the kyng, Y expownede, and whiche the thing suffridethat is, was couenable and iust. EPUY, he graunt|idethat is, the king graunt|ide; thus it is in bookis amendid. Lire here. EPUY.. Therfor if in nedis ȝe kepen feith, also fro hennys forth Y schal enforsetempte R. for to be cause of goode thingis to ȝou. Of othere thingis sotheli Y comaundidecomaunde NR. bi alle wordis, both to these and to hem that ben sent of me, for to speke togidere with ȝou. Fare ȝe wel. In the hundrid ȝeer and eiȝte and fourtithe, in the foure and twentith dai of the monethe Dios|corusthat is, in Juny. EIKN PUYe.. Forsothe `the pistleepistle EPY. of the kyng conteynede thes thingis. Kyng Antiok to Lisias, brother, heelthe. For oure fadir iswas N. translatid among goddis, we wolen that thei thatOm. F. ben in oure rewme do with out noise, and ȝyue diligence to her thingis; we han herd that Jewis assentiden not to the fadir, forOm. FR. to be translatid to the cus|tom of Grekis, botbut thei I. wolen holde her ordy|naunce, and that therfor thei axen of vs, that her lawful thingis be grauntid to hem. Therfor we wolen that also this folc be quyetquyeted R., and han ordeyned and demed, that the temple be restorid to hem, that theiOm. R. schulden do bi the custom of her grettere men. Therfor thou schalt do wel, if thou schalt sende to hem, and schalt ȝyue riȝthond; thatthan E., whanne oure wille is knowun, thei be in good coumfort, and serue to her owne profitis. Sotheli to the Jewis the kyngis pistleepistle EPY. was sich. Kyng Antiok to the `eldre mensenat, or [ether plures] eldere men EFGHIMNPQSUXYe. senat R. of Jewis, and to othere Jewis, heelthe. If ȝe faren wel, so it is as we wolen, but and we silf faren wel. Menelaus cam to vs, and seide, that ȝe wolen go doun to ȝoure, that ben anentis vs. Therfor to these that gon to|gidere, we ȝyuen riȝthondis of sikirnesse til to theOm. I. thrittith dai of the monethe Xandicithat is, April. EHIKNPUYe., that Jewis vse her metis, and lawis, as and bifore; and no man of hem in ony maner suffre disese of these thingis, that ben don bi ignoraunce. Sotheli we senten also Menelaus, that schal speke to ȝou. Fare ȝe wel. In the hundrid ȝeer and eiȝte and fourtithefourti ȝeer R., the fifteenthe dai of the monethe Xandici, also Romayns senten `a pistlean epistle EPY., hauynge it thus. Quin|tus Menneus and Titus Manylius, legatis of Romayns, to the puple of Jewis, heelthe. Of these thingis that Lisias, cosyn of the kyng, hath grauntid to ȝou, andOm. R. also we grauntiden. Forsothe of whiche thingis he demyde to be teld aȝen to the kyng, anoon sende ȝe summan; and speke ȝe among ȝou diligentiliere, that we deme as it acordith tovnto R. ȝou. For we gon to An|tiochie, and therfor haste ȝe forOm. F. to aȝen write, that and we wite of what wille ȝe ben. Fare ȝe wel.

 CAP. XII.

In the hundrid ȝeer and foure and fourtithe ȝeerOm. R., in the fiftenthe dai of the monethe Xandici, whanne these coue|nauntis weren maad, Lisias wente to the king; forsothe Jewis ȝauen werk to erthe tilyng. But these that dweltendwelten, or [ether plures] weren resident E et ceteri præter R., Tymothe, and Appollonye, the sone of Gennei, but and Jerom, and Demophon proud, and Nycanore, prince of Cipre, suffriden not hem for to do in silence and restequyet R. quiet, or [ether plures] reste E et ceteri.. For|sothe men of Joppe han do sich a felonye; thei preyeden Jewis with whiche thei dwelten, for to stie vp, with wyues, and sones, in to smale botis, whiche thei had|den maad redi, as if noon enemytees laien priueli among hem. TherforAnd therfor A pr. m. IR pr. m. bi the co|myn dom of the citee, and for thei acord|iden, and for cause of pees hadden no thing suspect, whanne thei camen in to theOm. R. depthe, thei drenchiden two hundrid, not lesse. And as Judas knew this cruelte don aȝens men of his folc, he comaundide to men that weren with hym; and he clepide `to helpOm. R. the iust domesman God, and he cam aȝens the sleeris of britheren, and bi nyȝt he brente the hauene, he brente the bootis, forsotheOm. R. he slow bi swerd hem that fleddenwenten F. fro fierthe fyr F.. And whanne he hadde don these thingis, he wente awei, as eft tono I. turnynge aȝen, and vttirli to distriynge alle men of Joppe. But whanne he knew, that also thei that weren at Jamnye wolden do in lijk maner to Jewis dwellynge with hem, also to Jamnytes he aboue cam bi nyȝt, and brente the hauene, with schippis; so that the liȝt apperide to Jerusalem frofor EHNPY. two hundrid furlongis and fourty. Whanne thei had|den go thanne fro thennus bi nyne fur|longis, and maden iournei to Tymothe, men of Arabie, fyue thousynde men, and horse men fyue hundrid, ioyneden batel with hym. And whanne strong fiȝt was maad, and bi help of God it bifellebifallide R. esili, `ether bi prosperiteor bi prosperite EPY. Om. R., the residue ofOm. EPY. men of Arabie, `that werenOm. ceteri. ouercomun, axiden of Judas the riȝthondis for to be ȝouun to hem; bihetynge hem silf to ȝyue lesewis, and to profitynge in othir thingis. For|sothe Judas demyde verili hem profitable in many thingis, and bihiȝte pees; and whanne thei hadden take riȝthondis, thei departiden to her tabernaclis. Forsothe he assailide also sum citee sad bi briggis, and aboute set with wallis, which was en|habitid of cumpenyes of hethene men meynd, bothe men and wymmen, to which the name was Casphym. Forsothe these that weren with ynne, tristiden toin ceteri. the stablenesse of wallis, and in apparel of foodis, and diden slacliere, `to-terryngeto-terringe, or [ether FHe] terringe EF pr. m. He. terrynge R. Judas with cursiscursis, either weriyngis FGHMNQSUXe., and blasfemynge, and speking whiche thingis it is not leueful. Sotheli Machabeus clepide to help the greet prince of the world, which with out wetheris, `that ben engynes lijk wetherisOm. R., and with out engynes, in the tymes of Jhesu, `ether JosueOm. R., castide doun Jericho; and hurtlidehurlide R. feersli to the wallis, and took the cytee bi wille of the Lord, and dide vnnoumbrable sleyngis; so that the pool of stondynge watir of twei furlongis of brede, semyde to flowe with blood of slayn men. Fro thennus thei wenten se|uene hundrid and fifti furlongis, and camen in to Characha, to thothe EIPY. Jewis that ben clepid Tubianei. And sotheli thei cauȝten not Tymothe in tho places; and whanne no iourney was fulli don, Tymothe turn|ede aȝen, while most sad strengthe was left in `a certaynsum A pr. m. EFHRe. place. Forsothe Dosi|theus and Sosipater, that weren duykis with Machabeus, slowen ten thousend men left of Tymothe in the strengthe. And Machabeus ordeynede aboute hym sixe thousynde, and ordeynede bi `cohortis, ether cumpenyes of knyȝtiscohortis, or c. of k. EPY. cumpanies R., and wente forth aȝens Tymothe, hauynge with hym an hundrid thousyndeOm. R. and twenti thou|synde of foot men, and of horse men twei thousynde and fyue hundrid. Forsothe whanne the comyng of JudasJewis A. was know|un, Tymothe bifore sente wymmen, and sones, and othere apparel in to a strengthe that is seidcallid R. Carmon; for it was `vnable to be ouercomunvnexpungnable, or [ether plures] vnable to be ouercome E et ceteri præter R., and hard in goynge to, for streytnessesstreitnesse GNRS. of places. And whanne the firste cumpanye of Judas apperide, drede was maad to enemyes bi presence of God, that biholdith alle thingis; and thei weren turned in to flight, oon afterof R. anothir, so that thei weren cast doun moreOm. E. of her owne, and weren feblid with strokis of her swerdis. Judas sotheliforsothe R. contynuede greetli, punyschynge vnhooli men, and castidecastiden AH. doun of hem thretti thousynde of men. Tymothe sotheli hym silf felle in to the partis of Dositheus and Sosipater; and he axide bi many preieris, that he were dismittiddelyuerid R. quyk; forfor that R. he hadde fadris, and modris, and britheren, of many ofOm. ENPXY. Jewis, whiche it schulde bifalle for to be disseyued bi his deth. And whanne he hadde ȝouun feith, that he schulde restore hem bi couenaunt, thei dismittidendelyeriden R. hym vnhirt, for heelthe of britheren. Forsothe Judas turnede aȝen fro Carmon, after that he hadde slayn fyue and twenti thousyndis. Aftir the fliȝt and deth of these, he mouyde the oost of Effron, strongthe strong EPY. citee, in which the mul|titude of dyuerse folkis dwelte; and stronge ȝonge men, stondynge togidere for wallis, strongli fouȝten aȝen; forsothe in this weren many engynes, and apparels of dartis. But whanne thei hadden clepid to help the Almiȝti, that bi his power al to-brekith myȝtis of enemyes, thei token the citee, and castiden doun of hem that weren with ynne fyue and twenti thou|synde. Fro thens thei wenten to the citee of Scitis, which was fer fro Jerusalem sixe hundrid furlongis. Forsothe for these Jewis that weren anentis Scitopolistis wit|nessiden, that thei weren had `of hemOm. R. benygneli, ȝhe, in tymes of aduersite, and that thei diden myldeli with hem, thei diden thankyngis to hem; and also stirid|en fro hennys forth for to be benygne aȝens her kyn, and came to Jerusalem, whanne the solempne dai of wokis neiȝide. And aftir Pentecost, thei wenten aȝens Gorgias, souereyn of Idumee. Sotheli he wente out with thre thousynde footof foot EPY. men, and foure hundrid horse men; and whanne thei weren asemblid, it bifelle that a fewe Jewisof Jewis Re. fellen doun. Forsothe Dositheus, ansum A pr. m. et ceteri. horseman of Bachenoris, a strong man, helde Gorgias; and whanne he wolde take hym quyk, ansum A pr. m. et ceteri. horse man of Traces felle on hym, and kittide of his schuldre, and so Gorgias flei in to Maresam. And whanne thei that weren with Hesdrym fouȝten lengere, and thei weren maad wery, Judas inwardli clepide the Lord for to be maad helpere, and duyk of batel; and he bigan with cuntrei vois, and with ympnes reiside cry, and made the knyȝtis of Gorgias tofor to EPY. fle. Forsothe Judas with the oost gaderid, cam in to thea EPY. Om. FHI. citeeOm. I. Odolla; and whanne the seuenthe dai cam aboue, thei weren clensid bi custom, and diden sabat in the same place. And in the dai suynge Judas cam with hisehis men EPY., for to take awei the bodiesdede bodies EPY. of men cast doun, and for to putte with fadris, and modris, in sepulcris of fadris. Forsothe thei foundun vndur cootis of slayn men, of the ȝiftis of idols that weren at Jamnyam, fro whiche the lawe forbedith Jewis; therfor it was maad knowun to alle men, that thei `fellen dounscholden don F. for this cause. And therfor alle blessiden the iust dom of the Lord, which made priuy thingis knowun. And so thei conuertiden to preieris, and preieden, that `the ilkethilke I. trespas that was don, were bitakun to forȝetyng. And sotheli the strengeste Judas monestide the puple, for to kepe hem with out synne, seynge vndur iȝen, what thingis weren don for synnes of hem that weren cast doun. And whanne `spekyng togiderecollacioun R. collacioun or [ether plures] spekinge to gidre E et ceteri. was maad, he sente twelue thousynde dragmes of sil|uer to Jerusalem, tofor to ceteri. be offrid a sacrifice for synnes of deed men, and bithouȝte wel and religiousli of aȝenrisyng; for if he hopide not, that thei that fellen schulden rise aȝen, it was seyn superflu and veyn for to preye for deed men; and for he bihelde, that thei that token slepyng, `ether dethor deth EPY. Om. R., with pitee, hadden best grace kept. Therfor hooli and heelful thenkyng is, for to preie for deed men, that thei be releesid offro R. synnes.

 CAP. XIII.

In the hundrid and nyne and fourtithefourti A pr. m. EFHMPYe. ȝeer Judas knew, that Antiok Eupator cam with multitude aȝens Judee; and with hym cam Lisias, procuratour and souereyn of offices, hauynge with hym an hundrid and ten thousynde of foot men, and of horse men fyue thousynde, andand of F pr. m. olifauntis two and twenti, charis with sithis thre hundrid. Forsothe andOm. I. Menelaus ioyn|ede hym to hem, and with greet desseit bisouȝte Antiok, not for heelthe of the cuntre, but hopynge that he schulde be ordeyned in to prinshod. But the kyng of kyngis reiside the willis of Antiok aȝens the synnere; and whanne Lisyas schewide that he was cause of alle yuels, he co|maundide, as custom is to hem, hym takun for to be slayn in the same place. Sotheli in the same place was a tour of fifti cubitis, hauynge on ech side a gader|yng of aische; this washadde Re. biholdynge in to a diche. Fro thennus he comaundide the sacrilegere, `ether cursid manor cursid man EPY. Om. R., for to be caste doun in to aische, whanne alle men puttidenpultiden HRSUe. forth hym to the deth. And bi siche lawe it bifelle the brekere of lawe for to die, nether Menelaus for to be ȝouun to erthe. And forsothe iustly ynowȝ; for whi for he dide many trespassis aȝens the auter of God, whos fier and aische was hooli, he was dampned in theOm. Re. deth of aische. But the kyng with out bridil in myndemynde, or [ether plures] vndirstonding EFGHIKMNPQSUXYe., cam to schewe hym worse to Jewis, than his fadir. And whanne these thingis weren knowun, Judas comaundide the puple, that bi nyȝt and dai thei schul|den clepe to help the Lord; that as euere more, also now he schulde helpe hem; whiche sotheliforsothe R. dredden for to be priuyd of lawe, and cuntree, and hooli temple; and that he suffride not the puple, that a while gon hadde a litil quykid aȝen, for to be suget eftsoone to blasfeme naciouns. Ther|for whanne alle men diden togidere that thing, and axiden merci of the Lord with wepyng, in fastyngisfasting R. bi alle thre daies, and kneliden, Judas monestide hem for to make hem redi. Forsothe he with eldre men thouȝte for to go out, bifore that the kyng mouede oostthe oost A pr. m. I. to Judee, and gat the citee, and to bitake the endeoutgoing R. outgoing, or [ether plures] ende E et ceteri. of the thing to the dom of the Lord. Therfor he ȝaf power of alle thingis to God, makere of nouȝt of the world, and monestide hiseOm. R. forOm. F. to fiȝte strongli, and stonde til to the deth, for lawis, templethe temple EPY., citee, cuntre, and citeseyns; and he ordeynede theOm. EPY. oost aboute Modyn. And whanne a tokene was ȝouun to hise of victorie of God, he chees the strengeste ȝonge men, and bi niȝt he asailide the kyngis halle in tentis, and he slow fourtene thousynde men, and the moste of olifauntis, with these that weren put aboue. And thei filliden the tentis of enemyes with hiȝeste drede and disturblyng, and whanne these thingis weren don `in prosperiteesili EPRY. esily, either in [bi I] prosperite FGHIKNSXe., thei wenten awei. Forsothe this was don in the dai liȝtynge, for the proteccioun of the Lord helpide hym. But whanne the kyng hadde takun taast of hardynesse `of Jewis bi craft, hehe bi craft of Jewis Re. asaiede hardynessis of places; and mouede the tentis to Bethsura, that was a strong hold of Jewis; but he was dryuun hurtlide and menusidmenuschid A pr. m. mynuyd, or wastid I.. Forsothe to these that weren with ynne, Judas sente nedeful thingis. Forsothe Rodochus, sumsum man I. of the oostoostis I. of Jewis, telde out priuetees to enemyes; which was souȝt, and takun, and prisoned. Eftsoone the kyng hadde word to hem that weren in Bethsura, and ȝaf the riȝthond, and resseyuede, and wente awei. He ioynede batel with Judas, and Judas was ouercomun. Forsothe asOm. R. he knew that Filip hadde rebellid at Anti|ochie, which was left on nedis, he was astonyed in myndemynde, either vndurstonding FHIMQSUXe., and bisouȝte Jewis, and was suget to hem, and swoor of alle thingis, of whiche it was seyn iust; and he was recounselid, and offride sacrifice, and worschipide the temple, and puttide ȝiftis. He biclippide, `ether kissideor kissede EPY. Om. R., Machabeus, and made hym prince and duyk fro Tolo|maida til to Garreyns. Sotheli as he cam to Tolomaida, men of Tolomaida baren greuousli acordyng of frendschip, and hadde indignacioun, leste perauenture thei wol|den breke pees. Thanne Lisias stiede vp in to the dom place, and expownede re|soun, and ceeside the puple, and turnyde aȝen to Antiochie; and in this maner the kingis goynge out and turnynge aȝen wenten forth.

 CAP. XIV.

But aftir tyme of thre ȝeer Judas knew, and thei that weren with hym, that De|metrie Seleucus stiede to couenable places, with strong multitude, and schippis, bi the hauene of Tripolis, and hath holdun cuntreis aȝens Antiok, and his duyk Li|sias. Forsothe oonsum EHPRYe. Alchimus, that was hiȝeste prest, but wilfuli was defoulid in tymes of myngyng togidere, bihelde that in no maner heelthe was to hym, nether neiȝyngacces, or [ether plures] neiȝing EGHINPSXYe. actis, neithir neiȝȝing F pr. m. neiȝȝing F sec. m. acces R. to the auter, and he cam to kyng Demetrie, in the hundrid and fiftithe ȝeer, and offride hymto him RUe. a goldun coroun, and palme, ouer these thingis and offride ves|sels, that weren seyn forOm. F. to be of the temple; and sotheli in that day he was stille. Forsothe he gat a couenable tyme of his woodnesse, and heOm. Re. was clepid of Demetrie to counsel, and was axid with what thingis and counsels Jewis enfors|iden, and he answeride, Thei that ben seidOm. EPY. Assideis of Jewis, of whiche Judas Machabeus is souereyn, nurschennursheden EPY. batels, and mouen discenciouns, nether suffren the rewme for to be quyet. For whi and Y am defraudid of glorie of fadir and modir, sotheli Y seie, of hiȝest presthod, and Y cam hidur, first sotheli kepyng feith to the kyngis profitis, the secounde tyme sotheli counselynge also theto EFHIK MNPQRSUXYe. Om. G. citeseyns, for whi bi schrewidnesse of hem al oure kyn is trauelid greetli. But Y preie, thou kyng, whanne alle these thingis ben knowun, bi|holde to the cuntre and kyn, by thi manly|nessemanlinesse, or curtesie EGHIKMNPQSUXYe. curtesie F sup. ras. schewid to alle men. For whi as long as Judas lyueth, it is impossible that pees be to nedis. Forsothe whanne siche thingis weren seid of hym, and othere frendis, hauynge hem enemyly, enflawm|eden Demetrie aȝens Judas. Whiche anoon sente Nycanor, souereyn of olifauntis, a duyk in to Judee, with comaundementis ȝouun for to take thilke Judas quyk, for to scatere sotheli hem that weren with hym, and for to ordeyne Alchymus hiȝeste prest of the moste holyOm. ceteri. temple. Thanne hethene men that fledden Judas fro Judee, flokmel ioyneden hem to Nycanor, and gessiden the wretchidnessis and dethis of Jewis prosperitees of her thingis. Therfor whanne comyng of Nycanor was herd, and comyng togidere of naciouns, Jewis bispreynt with erthe preieden hym, that ordeynede his puple in to with outen ende for to kepe, and which defendithkeuereth R. kiuerith, or [ether plures] defendith E et ceteri. his part with open signes. Forsothe for the duyk comaundide, anoon thei mouyden fro then|nus, and camen togidere to castelthe castel IK. Dessau. Symount forsothe, brother of Judas, ioyn|ede batel with Nycanor, but he was al to-brokun with sudeyn comyng of aduer|saries. Netheles Nycanor herde the vertu of Judas felowis, and greetnesse of hardy|nesse, which thei hadden for stryues of the cuntree, and dredde for to make dom bi blood. Wherfor he bifore sente Possi|donye, and Theodote, and Mathie, for to ȝyue riȝthondis, and take. And whanne longe counsel was don of these thingis, and the duyk hym silf hadde teld to the multitude, o sentence was of alle, for to graunte to frenschipis. TherforAnd therfor R. thei or|deyneden a dai, in which thei schulden do priueli bitwixe hem silf; `smale setisand sellis R. sellis. or [ether plures] smale seetis E et ceteri. weren brouȝt forth, and set to ech. For|sothe Judas comaundide armed men for to be in couenable places, lest perauenture ony thing of yuel schulde rise sudenli of enemyes; and thei maden a couenable speche togidere. Forsothe Nycanor dwelte in Jerusalem, and no thing dide yuel; and he lefte flockis of cumpenyes, that weren gaderid. Forsothe he hadde Judas euere more dereworthe of herte, and was bowid to the man; and preiede hym for to wedde a wijf, and gendre sones; and he made weddyngis, andOm. EHPRYe. dide quyetli, and thei lyueden comynli, `ether togidereor togidere EPY. Om. R.. Alchi|mus forsothe siȝ the charite of hem togi|dere, and acordyngis, and cam to Deme|trie, and seide, that Nycanor assentith to alyenalien, either other mennys thingis FHIKMNQSUXe. thingis, and hath ordeynede Judas, traitour of the rewme, successour to hym. Therfor the kyng was maad scharp, and terrid towith R. wraththe with siche worste ac|cusyngis, and wroot to Nycanor, and seide, that sotheli he bar greuously of acordyng of frendschipe, and netheles comaundide for to sende Machabeus boundun to An|tiochie. And whanne these thingis weren knowun, Nycanor was astonyed, and greu|ousli bar, if he made voide tho thingis that weren acordid, and he was no thing harmedhurt R. hert, or [ether plures] harmyd E et ceteri. of the man; but for he myȝte not aȝen stonde the kyng, he kepte couena|blete, in which he schulde perfourme the maundement. And Machabeus siȝ, that Nycanor dide with hym most sterneli, and ȝaf fersliere customable comyng togidere, and he vndurstode that this sternesse wasis R. not of goode, and with a fewe of hise gaderid, he hidde hym fro Nyca|nor. And as he knew this thing, that he was strongli bifore comun, `ether aspi|edor aspied EPY. Om. R., of the man, he cam to the mooste and holieste temple, and he comaundide to the prestis offrynge customablewont A pr. m. EHPRYe. sa|crificesoostis, or [ether H] sacrificis EHPYe., that the man be takunbitakun plures. to hym. And whanne thei seiden with ooth, that thei wisten not, where he was that was souȝt, he stretchide forth the hond to the temple, and swoor, If ȝe schulen not bitake to me Judas boundun, Y schal drawelede EHPRYe. doun this temple of God in to pleynesse, and digge out the auter, and Y schal halewe this temple to LiberLiber; that is, god of wine. A., etheror EPY. Ba|chus, theOm. e. fadir. And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he wente awei. For|sothe theOm. I. prestis heldenholdyng R. forth hondis in to heuene, and clepiden hym to help that euere is forfiȝtere of the folc of hem, and seiden these thingis, Thou, Lord of `alle creaturisvniuersite R. vniuersite, or [ether plures] of alle creaturis E et ceteri., that of no thing hast nede, woldist that the temple of thin habitacioun be maad in vs. And now, thou Lord, hooli of alle hooli, kepe with outen ende this hous vndefoulid, that a litil agon was clensid. Forsothe Rasias, oonsum EHPRYe. of the eldre men of Jerusalem, was accusid to Nyca|nor; and Rasias was a man, louyere of the citee, and wel herynge, that for affec|ciounaffectioun, or [ether plures] loue E et ceteri præter R. was clepid fadir of Jewis. This man many tymes helde purpos of conty|nence in Judee, and was apayed for to bitake bodi and soule for perseueraunce, `ether lastyngor lastinge EFHPYe. Om. IR.. Forsothe Nycanor wolde schewe the hatrede, that he hadde aȝens Jewis, and sente fyue hundrid knyȝtis, for to take him. For he gesside, if he hadde disseyued hym, that he shulde bringe in most deth to Jewis. Forsothe whanne cumpenyes coueitiden for to falle in to his hous, and for to breke the ȝate, and for to moue to fier, whanne now he was takunthat is, was niȝ the takinge. Lire here. EK sec. m. PUY., he asailide hym silf with swerd; ches|ynge for to die nobli, rather than forOm. F. to be maad suget to synneris, and aȝens his birthis for to be led with vnworthi wrongis. But whanne bi hastyng he hadde ȝouun wounde with vncerteyne strook, and cumpenyes bitwixe doris bras|ten in, he ran aȝen hardli to the wal, and castide doun hym silf manli in to the cumpenyes. And whanne thei ȝauen swiftli place to his fal, he cam bi the myddil of the nol, and ȝit while he brethide, he was kyndlid in herte, and roos. And whanne his blood with greet flowyng flowide doun, and with most greuouse woundis he was woundid, bi rennyng he passide the cum|peny; and stood on ansum EHPRYe. a F sup. ras. heeȝ stoon, and now was maad with out blood, and bi|clippide his entrailis with both hondis, and castide forth on the cumpenyes, and clepide to helpe the lordschipere of lijf and spirit, that he schulde ȝelde eftsoone these thingis to hym; and thus he was deed fro lijf.

 CAP. XV.

Forsothe as Nycanor foond that Judas was in the place of Samarie, he thouȝte for to ioyne batel in the dai of sabat with al fersnesse. Forsothe whanne Jewis, that sueden hym bi nede, seiden, Do thou not sothe E. fersli andand the E. hethenli, but ȝyue thou onour to the dai of halewyng, and worschipe thou hym, that biholdith alle thingis. And he vnblesside, axide, If ther is a myȝti in heuene, that comaundide the dai of sabatis for to be don? And whanne thei answeriden, Ther is a quyk Lord, and he is myȝti in heuene, that comaundide the seuenthe dai for to be don. And he seide, AndOm. EHPY. Y am myȝti on erthe, which comaundecomaundede EHIP pr. m. SY. armeris for to be takun, and nedis of the kyng for to be fillidfulfillid Re.. Ne|theles he gat not, for to perfourme coun|selbi councel E.. And sotheli Nycanor was enhaunsid with souereynmaistirful EPY. pride, and thouȝte for to ordeyne a comyn victorie of Judas. For|sothe JudasOm. EFGHIKMNPQRSUXYe. Machabeus tristide euere more with al hope, that helphelthe F. schulde come to hym of the Lord, and he monestide hise, that thei schulden not inwardli drede atof R. the comyng to of naciouns, but schul|den haue in mynde the helpis don to hem of heuene, and now schulden hope that the victorie schulde come to hem of Al|miȝtithe Almyȝti R.. And he spak to hem of the lawe, and profetis, and monestide, `ether warn|ydeor warnede EPY. Om. R., of batels which thei diden bifore, andOm. R. ordeynede hem rediere. And so whanne the soulis of hem weren reisid, he schewide to gidere the falsnesse of he|thene men, and brekyng of othis. For|sothe he armede ech of hem, not bi strengthing of scheld and schaft, but with beste wordis and monestyngis, and ex|pownede a sweuene worthi of bileue, bi which he gladide alle. Sotheli the visioun was sich. Judas siȝ Onyas, that was hiȝeste prest, a good man and benygne, schamefast in siȝt, and mylde in maneres, and fair in speche, and which was exer|cisidexcercisid, or [ether plures] hauntid E et ceteri præter R. in vertues fro a child, holdynge forth the hondis for to preie for al the puple of Jewis. After this thing that also anothir man apperide, wondurful in age and glo|rie, and in hauynge of greet fairnesse aboute hym. Forsothe he siȝ Onyas an|swerynge for to haue seid, This is the louyere of britheren, and of the puple of Israel; this is he, that myche preieth for the puple, and al the hooli citee, Jeremye, `the profet of God. Forsothe he siȝ thatOm. R. JeremyeOm. EY. hathhauyng R. streȝt forth the riȝthond, and hath ȝouun a goldun swerd to Judas, and seide, Take thou the hooli swerd, a ȝift of God, in which thou schalt caste doun the aduersaries of my puple Israel. Therfor thei weren monestid with ful good wordis of Judas, of whiche fersnesse miȝte be enhaunsid, and soules of ȝonge men be coumfortid, and thei ordeyneden for to fiȝte, and turmente togidere strongli, that vertu schulde deme of nedis, `ether causisor causis EPYe. Om. R., for that the hooli citee and tem|ple weren in perel. For whi for wyues, and sones, and also for britheren, and cosyns, was lesse bisynesse, but the moste and firste drede was holynesse of the tem|ple. But not leste bisynesse hadde hem that weren inin the IKNRe. citee, for these that schul|den asaile, `ether fiȝteor fiȝte EPY. Om. R. togidere. And whanne now alle men hopiden dom to be, and enemyes come, and the oost was or|deined, beestis and horse men put togi|dere inin to R. couenable place, Machabeus bi|helde the comyng of multitude, and dy|uerseof dyuerse F. apparel of armeris, and fersnesse of beestis, and he stretchide outforth R. the hondis to heuene, and clepide to help the Lord doynge greet wondris, which not bi power of armeris, but as it plesith to hym, ȝyueth victorie to worthi men. Forsothe he seide, clepynge to help in this maner, Thou Lord, that sentist thin aungel vndur Ezechie, kyng of Juda, and hast slayn of the tentis, `ether oostisOm. EPRY., of Sennacherib, an hundrid thousynde foure score and fyue thousynde; and now, lordschipere of heuenes, sende thou thi good aungel bifore vs, in drede and tremblynge of greetnesse of thin arm, that thei drede, that comen with blas|femye aȝens thin hooli puple. And sotheli thus he perfitli preiede. Forsothe Ny|canor, and thei that weren with hym, moueden to with trumpis and songis. Ju|das forsothe, and thei that weren with hym, clepiden God to help bi preieris, and wenten togidere. Sotheli thei fiȝtynge with hond, but preiynge God in hertis, castidenand castiden R. doun fyue and thretti thousynde, not lesse, and delitiden greetli bi presence of God. And whanne thei hadden ceessid, and with ioye turneden aȝen, thei knewen that Ny|canor hadde falle, with his armeris. Ther|for whanneOm. I. cry was maad, and perturba|cioun styridewas stired R e pr. m., bi cuntre vois thei blessiden the Lord almyȝti. Forsothe Judas, that bi alle thingis in bodi and soule was redi for to die for citeseyns, bad, that the heed of Nycanor, and hond with theOm. EFGHKMNPQRS pr. m. UXe. schuldre gird of, schulde be brouȝt forth to Jeru|salem. Whidur whanne he fulli cam, whanne men of his lynage weren clepid togidere, and prestis to the auter, he clep|ide also hem that weren in the hiȝ tour. And whanne the heed of Nycanor was schewid, and the cursid hond, which he holdynge forth aȝens the hooli hous of almyȝti God greetliOm. N. gloriede, also he comaundide the tunge of vnpitouse Nyca|nor kit of, for to be ȝouun to briddis gobet mel; forsothe he comaundide the hond of the wood man for to be hangid vp aȝens the temple. Therfor alle bless|iden the Lord of heuene, and seiden, Blessid be the Lord, that kepte his place vndefoulid. Forsothe heOm. R. pr. m. thei R sec. m. hangide vpOm. U. Nycanoris heed in the hiȝeste tour, that it were knowuneuident R. euident, or [ether plures] knowen E et ceteri., and anOm. EHKMQRSUe. opyn signe of the help of God. Therfor alle men by comyn counsel demyden in no maner for to passe this dai with out solempnytee, but for to haue solempnyte in the thret|tenthe dai of the moneth Adar, that is seid, bi vois of Sirie, the firste dai of Mar|docheus. Therfor whanne these thingis weren don aȝens Nicanor, and of tho tymes whanne the citee was weldid of Ebrews, also Y in these thingis schal make an ende of word. And sotheli if wel and as it acordith to the stori, this thing and Y wolc; if ellis lesse worthili, it is to for|ȝyue to me. Sotheli as for to drynke euere more wyn, ether euere more watir, it is contrarie, but for to vse chaungeable, `etheror EPY. Om. R. `now oon, now anotherOm. R., is delit|abledelitable, or [either K] likynge FGHIKMNQSUe. delectable, either likynge R.; so to men redynge, if the word be euer more souȝt to ech part, it schal not be plesyngecouenable, or [ether plures] plesinge CEFGHIKMNPQSUYe.; therfor here it schal be endidendid. Amen. S..

 Here endith the secounde book of Ma|chabeus, which is ende of the Olde Tes|tamentFrom F. The Olde Testement endith here. G. Here endeth the secounde book of Machabeis; blessid be the holi Trinyte. Amen. H. Here endith the secounde book of Machabeis, the whiche is the ende of the Olde Testament. I. Here endeth the secounde book of Macabeus, and al the Olde Testament; se now the Newe Testament. K. Here endith the secounde book of Machabeus. Me. Here endith the secunde book of Machabeus, and . . . . . N. Finitum secundi Machabeorum capitulum quintum decimum. R. Here endith the secounde book of Machabeis, and here bigynneth Matheu. U. No final rubric in EPQSY. C and X are deficient..

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 New Testament MATTHEW. Here bigynneth the Newe Testament; a prolog on MatheuFrom C. Prolog Abh. Here biginneth the Newe Testament; the firste prologe on Mathew. E. Heere bigynnith the prologe of Jerom on the gospel of Matheu. I. Heere bigynneth the prolog of Jerom on Matheu. K. Here bigynneth a prologe upon [on U] Matheu. MUg. Here bigynneth the prolog on the gospel of Mathew. Q. Here bigynneth the prolog on Mathew. Rk. Here bigynneth the prologe bifore the gospels of Mathew. Z. Here bigynneth a Newe Testament; first the prologe on Matheu. C. Here bigynneth the prolog on Matheu, as Jerom in sentence saith it. e. No initial rubric in NSi..

Matheu that was of Judee, as he is set first in ordrethe ordre K. of the gospelleris, so he wroot first the gospel in Judee, and fro the office of a tolgaderer he was clepid to God. Whanne this Matheu hadde prechid first the gospel in Judee, and wolde go to hethene men, he wroot first the gospel in Ebreu, and lefte it toto the i. mynde toof i. Cristen men of the Jewis, fro whichethe whiche Z. he departide bodili; for as it waswere A pr. m. nedeful, that the gospel were prechid to the confermyng of feith, so it waswere A. nedeful, that it were writen also aȝens eretikis. Thouȝ manye men han write the gospel, foure oonli, that is, Matheu, Mark, Luyk, and Joon, han the witnessyng of autorite. For thei tellen the feith of the Trynyte, bi foure partis of the world; and thei ben as foure wheelis in the foure horsid carte of the Lord, that berithberin S. hym aboute bi prechingthe preching Kh. of the gospel; and mankynde that was slayn bi foure dethis, shulde be qwikenyd bi the prechyng of hem. And therfor the gospels of otherethe othere N. writers fellen doun, and ben not resceyued, for the Lord noldewolde not I., that the forseid noumbre were destried, for the vertu of sacrament. Also the foure gospelleris ben vndirstonden bi foure figuris of goostli preuyte. Matheu is vndurstondun by man, for he duellith principali aboute the manhod of Crist; Mark is vndurstondun bi a lioun, for he tretith of Cristis risyng aȝen; Luke is vndirstonden bi a calf, and tretith of presthod; Joon is vndurstondun bi an egle, and writeth hiȝlier theof the i. Om. b. sacramentis etherof EK. or P. hooli priuytees of the Godhed. Forsothe Crist, whom thes gospelleris discryuen, was a man borun of the virgyn; he was a calf, in offryng, etheror EP passim. diynge on the cros; he was a lioun, in risynge aȝen; and he was an egle, in ascencioun. Ethir the manhed of Crist is signified in man, presthod is signified in the calf, rewme is signified in the lioun, and the sacrament of Godhedthe Godhede K. is signified in the egle; that is, by thesthe C. foure beestis it is declarid, that Jhesu Crist is God and man, king and prest.

`Jerom in his twei prologis on Matheu seith pleynli thusJerom in hise tweie prologis on Matheu seith pleynli thus, and here bigynneth the gospel. CPUc. Heere endeth the prologe. I. Jerom in hise two prologis on Matheu seith pleynli al this. Q. Heere eendith the prolog, and bigenneth the first chapiter of Mathew. Re. Jerom in hise tweyne prologis on Matheu, seith pleynly thus; and here byginneth the gospel of Matheu. Z. No final rubric in Nghik.. Heere byginnith the gospel of MatheuFrom I. The bigynnynge of the euangely of Matheu. g. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

The book of the generacioun of Jhesu Crist, the sone of Dauid, the sone of Abraham. Abraham bigat Isaac. Isaac bigat Jacob. Jacob bigat Judas and hise britheren. Judas bigat Fares and Zaram, of Tamar. Fares bigat Esrom. Esrom bigat Aram. Aram bigat Amyn|adab. Amynadab bigat Naason. Naason bigat Salmon. Salmon bigat Booz, of Raab. Booz bigat Obeth, of Ruth. Obeth bigat Jesse. Jesse bigat Dauid the king. Dauid the king bigat Sala|mon, of hir that was Vries wijf. Salo|mon bigat Roboam. Roboam bigat Abias. Abias bigat Asa. Asa bigat Josaphath. Josaphath bigat Joram. Joram bigat Osias. Osias bigat Joathan. Joathan bigat Achaz. Achaz bigat Ezechie. Ezechie bigat Manasses. Manasses bi|gat Amon. Amon bigat Josias. Josias bigat Jeconyas and his britheren, in to the transmygracioun of Babiloyne. And aftir the transmygracioun of Babiloyne, Jeconyas bigat Salatiel. Salatiel bigat Zorobabel. Zorobabel bigat Abyut. A|byut bigat Eliachym. Eliachym bigat Asor. Asor bigat Sadoc. Sadoc bigat Achym. Achym bigat Elyut. Elyut bigat Eleasar. Eleasar bigat Mathan. Mathan bigat Jacob. Jacob bigat Jo|seph, the hosebonde of Marye, of whom Jhesus was borun, that is clepid Christ. And so allealle the IQS sup. ras. hi. generaciouns fro Abraham to Dauid ben fourtene generacions, and fro Dauid to the transmygracioun of Babiloyne ben fourtene generaciouns, and fro the transmygracioun of Babi|loyne to Crist ben fourtene generaciouns. But the generacioun of Crist was thus. Whanne Marie, the modir of Jhesu, was spousid to Joseph, biforebifore that S pr. m. thei camen togidere, she was foundun hauynge of the Hooli Goost in the wombe. And Joseph, hir hosebonde, for he was riȝtful, and wolde not puplische hir, he wolde priueli haue left hir. But while he thouȝtebithouȝte Kshig. thes thingis, lo! the aungel of the Lord apperide `in sleep to hymto Joseph in sleep C sup. ras. to hym in sleep eβ., and seide, Joseph, the sone of Dauid, nyle thou drede to take Marie, thi wijf; for that thing that is borun in hir is of the Hooli Goost. And she shal bere a sone, and thou shalt clepe his name Jhesus; for he schal make his puple saaf fro her synnes. For al this thing was don, that it schulde be fulfillid, that was seid of the Lord bi a prophete, seiynge, Lo! a virgyn shal haue in wombe, and she schal bere a sone, and thei schulen clepe his name Emanuel, that is to seie, God with vs. And Joseph roosroos vp AK. fro sleepe, and dide as the aungel of the Lord comaundide hym, and took Marie, his wijf; and he knew her not, til she hadde borun her firste bigete sone, andand he I. clepide his name Jhesus.

 CAP. II.

Therfor whanne Jhesus was borun in Bethleem of Juda, in the daies of king Eroude, lo! astromyenesastromeeris S pr. m. astronomeeris EPS sec. m. astronomyens KQhα. kyngis k. camen fro the eest to Jerusalem, and seiden, Where is he, that is borun king of Jewis? for we han seynseien I. his sterre in the eest, and we comenhan come K text. or ben come marg. tofor to plures. worschipe him. But king Eroude herde, and was trublid, and al Jerusalem with hym. And he gaderide to gidre alle the prynces of prestis, and scribis of the puple, and enqueride of hem, where Crist shulde be borun. And thei seiden to hym, In Bethleem of Juda; for so it is writun bi a profete, And thou, Bethleem, the lond of Juda, art not the leest among the prynces of Juda; for of thee a duyk schal go out, that schal go|uerne my puple ofOm. S sec. m. g pr. m. Israel. Thanne Eroude clepide pryueli the astromyensastronomeris EPS. astronomyens KQhα., and lernyde bisili of hem the tyme of the sterre that apperide to hem. And he sente hem in to Bethleem, and seide, Go ȝe, and axe ȝe bisili of the child, and whanne ȝee han foundun, telle ȝe it to me, that Y also come, and worschipe hym. And whanne thei hadden herd the kyng, thei wenten forth. And lo! the sterre, that thei siȝensaien A. in the eest, wente bifore hem, til it cam, and stood aboue, where the child was. And thei siȝen the sterre, and ioyeden with a ful greet ioye. And thei entriden in to the hous, and founden the child with Marie, his modir; and thei felden doun, and worschipiden him. And whanne thei hadden openyd her tresouris, thei offryden to hym ȝiftis, gold, encense, and myrre. And whanne thei hadden take an aunswere in sleep, that thei schul|den not turne aȝenOm. C. to Eroude, thei turneden aȝen bi anothir weie in to her cuntrey. And whanne thei weren goon, lo! the aungel of the Lord apperide to Joseph in sleep, and seide, Rise vp, and take the child and his modir, and fle in to Egipt, and be thou there, til that I seie to thee; for it is to come, that Eroude seke the child, to destrie hym. And Jo|seph roos, and took the child and his modir bi nyȝt, and wente in to Egipt, and he was there tovnto K. til S. til to g sec. m. the deeth of Eroude; that it shulde be fulfillid, that was seid of the Lord bi thea AK. profete, seiynge, Fro Egipt Y haue clepid my sone. Thanne Eroude seynge that he was disseyuedscorned ether disseyued K. scorned S sup. ras. of the astromyensastro|nomyens KQRha. astronomeris EPS., was ful wrooth; and he sente, and slowe alle the children, that weren in Bethleem, and in alle the coostis therof, fro two ȝeer age and with inne, aftir the tyme that he had enquerid of the astromyensastronomeris EPS. astronomyens KQha.. Thanne `it waswas it S. fulfillid, that was seid bi Jeremye, the profete, seiynge, A vois was herd an hiȝ, wepynge and moche weilyng, Rachel biwepynge hir sones, and she wolde not be coumfortid, for thei ben noȝt. But whanne Eroude was deed, loo! the aun|gel of the Lord apperide to Joseph in sleep in Egipt, and seide, Ryse vp, and take the child and his modir, and go in to the lond of Israel; for thei that souȝten the lijf of the chijld ben deed. Joseph roosroos vp CS sup. ras., and took the child and his modir, and cam in to the loond of Israel. And he herde that Archilaus regnede in Judee for Eroude, his fadir, and dredde tofor to β. go thidir. And he was warned in sleep, and wentehe wente S sup. ras. in to the parties of Galilee; and cam, and dwelte in a citee, that ys clepid Nazareth, that it shulde be fulfillid, that was seid bi profetis, For he shal be clepid a Nazarey.

 CAP. III.

In tho daies Joon Baptist cam, and prechide in theOm. K. desert of Judee, and seide, Do ȝe penaunce, for the kyngdom of heuenesheuene A. shal neiȝe. For this is he, of whom it is seid bi YsaieOm. A., the prophete, seyinge, A vois of a crier in desert, Make ȝe redi the weies of the Lord; make ȝe riȝt the pathis of hym. And this Joon hadde clothing of camels heeris, and a girdil of skynne aboute hise leendis; and his mete was honysoukis, and hony of the wode. Thanne Jerusalem wente out to hym, and al Judee, and al the cuntre aboute Jordan; and thei weren waischun of hym in Jordan, `and knowlechidenknowlechinge C sup. ras. her synnes. But he siȝ manye of theOm. plures et β. Fary|sees and of Saduceis comynge to his baptym, and seide to hem, GeneraciounsGeneracioun cb. of eddris, who shewide to ȝou tofor to K. fle fro theOm. plures. wraththe that is tofor to K. come? Therfor do ȝe worthi fruytefruytis Igh. of penaunce, and nyle ȝe seie with ynne ȝou, We han Abra|ham to fadiroure fadir C pr. m. g.; for Y seie to ȝou, that God is myȝti to reise vp of these stoones the sones of Abraham. And now the ax is put to the roote of the tree; therfore euery tree that makith not good fruyt, shal be kit dounadoun Q., and shal be cast in to theOm. CMQUbceg sec. m. h. fier. Y waische ȝou in water, in to penaunce; but he that shal come after me is strongere than Y, whos schoon Y am not worthi to bere; he shal baptise ȝou in the Hooli Goost and fier. Whos wynew|ing cloth is in his hoond, and he shal fulli clense his corn flore, and shal gadere his whete in to his berne; but the chaffe he shal brenne with fier that mai not be quenchid. Thanne Jhesus cam fro Ga|lilee in to Jordan to Joon, to be baptised of hym. And Joon forbede him, and seide, Y owe to be baptisid of thee, and thou comest to me? But Jhesus answer|ide, and seide to hym, Suffre nowe, for thus it fallith to vs to fulfille al riȝtful|nesseriȝtwisnesse KQSh.. Thanne Joon suffride hym. And whanne Jhesus was baptisid, anoon he wente up fro the watir; and lo! heuenes weren openyd to hym, and he saie the Spirit of God comynge doun as a dowue, and comynge on hym; and loo! a vois fro heuenesheuene KQ., seiynge, This is my louyd sone, in which Y haue plesidwel pleesid K sec. m. to me.

 CAP. IV.

Thanne Jhesus was ledlad out S sec. m. of a spirit in to desert, to be temptid of the feend. And whanne he hadde fastid fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis, aftirward he hungride. And the tempter cam nyȝ, and seide to hym, If thou artbe S. Goddis sone, seie that thes stoones be maad looues. Which answer|ide, and seide to hym, It is writun, Not oonli in breed luyeth mana man EIKPRgk pr. m. a., but in ech word that comethcometh forth S. of Goddis mouth. Thanne the feend took hym in to the hooli citee, and settide hym on the py|nacle of the temple, and seide to hym, If thou art Goddis sone, sende thee adoun; for it is writun, That to hise aungels he comaundide of thee, and thei schulen take thee in hondis, lest perauenture thou hirte thi foot at a stoon. Eftsoone Jhesus seide to hym, It is writun, Thou shalt not tempte thi Lord God. Eftsoone the feend took hym in to a ful hiȝ hil, and schewide to hym alle the rewmes of the world, and the ioye of hem; and seide to hym, Alle these `Y schalschal Y Ae. ȝyue to thee, if thou falle doun and worschipe me. Thanne Jhesus seide to hym, Goo, Sa|thanas; for it is writun, Thou schalt worschipe thi Lord God, and to hym aloone thou shalt serue. Thanne the feend lafte hym; and lo! aungels camen nyȝ, and serueden to hym. But whanne Jhe|sus hadde herd that Joon was takun, he wente in to Galilee. And he lefte the citee of Nazareth, and cam, and dwelte in the citee of Cafarnaum, biside theOm. e. see, in the coostis of Zabulon and Neptalym, that it shulde be fulfillid, that was seid by Ysaie, the profete, seiynge, The lond of Sabulon and the lond of Neptalym, the weie of the see ouer Jor|dan, of Galilee of hethen men, the puple that walkide in derknessis saye greet liȝt, and while men satten in the cuntre of shadewe of deth, liȝt aroosroos K. to hem. Fro that tyme Jhesus bigan to preche, and seie, Do ȝe penaunce, for the kyngdom of heuenesheuene S. schal come niȝ. And Jhe|sus walkide bisidis the see of Galilee, and saye twei britheren, Symount, that is clepid Petre, and Andrewe, his bro|thir, castynge nettis in to the see; for thei weren fischeris. And he seide to hem, Come ȝe aftir me, and Y shal make ȝou to be maadOm. C. fisscheris of men. And anoon thei leften the nettis, and sueden hym. And he ȝede forth fro that place, and saie tweyne othere britheren, James of Zebede, and Joon, his brother, in a schip with Zebede, her fadir, amendynge her nettis, and he clepide hem. And anoon thei leften theher A. nettis and the fadir, and sueden hym. And Jhesus ȝede aboute al Galilee, techynge in the synagogis of hem, and prechynge the gospel of the kyngdom, and heelynge euery languor and eche sekenesse among the puple. And his fame wente in to al Sirie; and thei brouȝten to hym alle that weren at male ese, and that weren take with dyuerse languores and tur|mentis, and hem that hadden feendis, and lunatike men, and men in palesy, and he heelide hem. And ther sueden hym myche puple of Galile, and of De|capoli, and of Jerusalem, and of Judee, and of biȝende Jordan.

 CAP. V.

And Jhesus, seynge the puple, wente vp in to anthe I. hil; and whanne he was set, hise disciplis camen to hym. And he openyde his mouth, and tauȝte hem, and seide, Blessed ben pore men in spirit, for the kyngdom of heuenesheuene AEh pr. m. is herne. Blessid ben mylde men, for thei schulen welde the erthe. Blessid ben thei that mornen, for thei schulen be coumfortid. Blessid ben thei that hungren and thrist|en riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse bg., for thei schulen be ful|fillid. Blessid ben merciful men, for thei schulen gete merci. Blessid ben thei that ben of clene herte, for thei schulen se God. Blessid ben pesible men, for thei schulen be clepid Goddis children. Blessid ben thei that suffren persecusioun for riȝtful|nesseriȝtwijsnesse CIMPRSXhαβ., for the kingdam of heuenesheuene A pr. m. EP. is herne. `Ȝe schulen be blessidBlessid ben ȝe S., whanne men schulen curse ȝou, and schulen pur|sue ȝou, and shulen seie al yuel aȝens ȝou liynge, for me. Ioie ȝe, and be ȝe glad, for ȝoure meede is plenteuouse in heuenes; for so thei han pursued `also profetisthe profetes also S. that werenben X. bifor ȝou. Ȝe ben salt of the erthe; that if the salt vanysche awey, whereynne schal it be saltid? To no thing it is worth ouere, noOm. IPQSegh. but that it be cast out, and be defoulid of men. Ȝe ben liȝt of the world; a citee set on an hil may not be hid; neneither S. me teendith notOm. R. a lanterne, and puttithputte IS. it vndur a busschel, but on a candilstike, that it ȝyue liȝt to alle that ben in the hous. So schyne ȝoure liȝt befor men, that thei se ȝoure goode werkis, and glorifie ȝoure fadir that is in heuenes. Nil ȝe deme, that Y cam to vndo the lawe, or the profetis; Y cam not to vndo the lawe, but to fulfillefulfille it K.. Forsothe Y seieseie truthe K sec. m. to ȝou, til heuene and erthe passeshal passe S pr. m., o lettir or oa A. titel shal not passe fro the lawe, til alle thingis be doon. Therfor he that brekith oon of these leeste maundementiscomaundementis Qhk., and techith thus men, schal be clepid the leste in the rewme of heuenes; `but hefor|sothe this S sec. m. that doith, and techith, schal be clepidOm. S sec. m. greet in the kyngdomrewme KS sec. m. of heuenes. And Y seie to ȝou, that butno but S sec. m. ȝour riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse IKhα. be more plenteuouse than of scribis and of Fari|sees, ȝe schulen not entre into the kyng|dom of heuenes. Ȝe han herd that it was seid to elde men, Thou schalt not slee; and he that sleeth, schal be gilti toof S sup. ras. e. to the k. doom. But Y seie to ȝou, that ech man that is wrooth to his brothir, schal be gilti toof S sup. ras. to the k. doom; and he that seith to his bro|ther, Fy! schal be gilti toof S sup. ras. theOm. KS sec. m. h. counseil; but he that seith, Fool, schal be gilti toin to IP. of S sup. ras. α. the fier of helle. Therfor if thou offrist thi ȝifte `at theatte S. auter, and ther thou bithenkist, that thi brothir hath sum what aȝens thee, leeue there thi ȝifte bi|for the auter, and go first to be recoun|selid to thi brothir, and thanne thou schalt come, and schalt offre thi ȝifte. Be thou consentynge to thin aduersarie soone, while thou art in the weie with hym, lest perauenture thin aduersarie take thee to the domesman, and the domesman take thee to the mynystre, and thou be sent in to prisoun. Treuli Y seie to thee, thou shalt not go out fro thennus, til thou ȝelde the last ferthing. Ȝe han herd that it was seid to elde men, Thou schalt `do nonot doo KQR. letcherie. But Y seie to ȝou, that euery man that seeth a womman forOm. plures. to coueite hir, hath now do letcherie bi hir in his herte. That if thi riȝt iȝe sclaundre thee, pulle hymit CIPSXckα. out, and castecaste hit KS. fro thee; for it spedith to thee, that oon of thi membris perische, than that al thi bodi go in to helle. And if thi riȝt hond sclaundre thee, kitte hymit k. aweye, and caste fro thee; for it spedith to thee that oon of thi membris perische, than that al thi bodi go in to helle. And it hath be seyd, Who euere leeueth his wijf, ȝyue he to hir a libel of forsakyng. But Y seie to ȝou, that euery man that leeueth his wijf, outtakun cause of fornycacioun, mak|ith hir to do letcherie, and he that wed|dith the forsakun wijf, doith auowtrye. Eftsoone ȝe han herd, that it was seid to elde men, Thou schalt not forswere, but thou schalt ȝelde thin othis to the Lord. But Y seie to ȝou, that ȝe swere not `for ony thingin al maner Kb marg. sec. m.; nethir bi heuene, for it is the trone of God; nether bi theOm. KQ. erthe, for it is the stole of his feet; nether bi Jerusa|lem, for it is the citee of a greet kyng; nether thou shalt notOm. R. swere bi thinan heer of thin S pr. m. heed, for thou maist not make oon heere white, neor C. nether Kgh. blacke; but be ȝoure word, Ȝhe, ȝhe; Nay, nay; and that that is more than these, is of yuel. Ȝe han herd that it hath be seid, Iȝe for iȝe, and tothe for tothe. But Y seie to ȝou, that ȝe aȝenstonde not an yuel man; but if ony smyte thee in the riȝt cheke, schewe to him also the tothiroother I.; and to hym that wole stryue with thee in doom, and take awey thi coote, leeue thouOm. S. `to himOm. EIP. also thi man|til; and who euer constreynethconstreine S. thee asup. ras. thousynde pacis, go thou with hym othir tweyne. Ȝyue thou to hym that axith of thee, and turneturne thou EIPRk pr. m. not awey fro hym that wole borewe of thee. Ȝe han herd that it was seid, Thou shalt loue thi neiȝbore, and hate thin enemye. But Y seie to ȝou, loue ȝe ȝoure enemyes, doand do Kshk pr. m. ȝe wel to hem that hatidenhatin S. ȝou, and preye ȝe for hem that pursuen, and sclaundren ȝou; that ȝe be the sones of ȝour fadir that is in heuenes, that makith his sunne to rise vpon goode `and yuele menmen and yuele KS., and reyneth on iust men and vniuste. For if ȝe louen hem that louen ȝou, what mede schulen ȝe han? whetherwher EPSXb. pup|plicans doon not thisthis thing S sup. ras.? And if ȝe greten ȝoure britheren oonli, what schulen ȝe do more? neOm. S. doon not hethene men this? Therfore be ȝe parfit, as ȝoure heuenli fadir is parfit.

 CAP. VI.

TakithTake h. hede, that ȝe do not ȝoure riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse CU pr. m. Xbgh. riȝtfulnessis R. bifor men, to be seyn of hem, ellis ȝe schulen haue no meede at ȝoure fadir that is in heuenes. Therfore whanne thou doist almes, nyle thou trumpe toforebifore plures et αβ. thee, as ypocritis doon in synagogis and stretis, that thei be worschipid of men; sotheli Y seie to ȝou, they han resseyued her meede. But whanne thou doist almes, knowe not thi left hond what thi riȝt hond doith, that thin almes be in hidils, and thi fadir that seeth in hiddils, schal quyte theeto thee R.. And whanne ȝe preyen, ȝe schulen not be as ipocritis, that louen to preye stondynge in synagogis and corneris of stretis, to be seyn of men; treuli Y seie to ȝou, thei han resseyued her meede. But whanne thou schalt preye, entre in to thi couche, and whanne the dore is schet, preye thi fadir in hidils, and thi fadir that seeth in hidils, schal ȝelde to thee. But in preiyng nyle ȝee speke myche, as hethene men doon, for thei gessen that thei ben herd in her myche speche. Therfor nyle ȝe be maad lich to hem, for ȝour fadir woot what is nede to ȝou, bifore that ȝe axen hym. AndBut I. thus ȝe schulen preye, Oure fadir that art in heuenes, halewid be thi name; thi kyngdoom come toto thee IK.; be thi wille donidon C. `in erthe as in heueneas in heuene and in erthe Q. in erthe as it is in heuene S.; ȝyueȝyue thou A. toOm. b. vs thisto C. dai oure `breed ouer othir substaunceech dayes breed e.; and forȝyue to vs oure dettis, as we forȝyuen to oure dettouris; and lede vs not in to temptacioun, but delyuere vs fro yuel. AmenAmen. Amen, that is, so be it C. Amen, that is, so be it EMP marg. QUC marg. g.. For if ȝe forȝyuen to men her synnes, ȝoure heuenli fadir schal forȝyue to ȝou ȝoure trespassistrespas C.. Sotheli if ȝe forȝyuen not to men, nether ȝoure fadir schal forȝyue to ȝou ȝoure synnes. But whanne ȝe fasten, nyle ȝe be maad as ypocritis so|rewful, for thei defacen hem silf, to seme fastyng to men; treuli Y seie to ȝou, they han resseyued her meede. But whanne thou fastist, anoynte thin heed, and waische thi face, that thou be not seen fastynge to men, but to thi fadir that is in hidlis, and thi fadir that seeth in priueyhidlis IK., shal ȝelde to thee. Nile ȝe tresoure to ȝou tresouris in erthe, where ruste and mouȝte destriethdistroien K., and where theues deluen out and stelen; but ga|deregadere ȝe IQ sec. m. tresoure K. to ȝou tresouris in heuene, where nether ruste ne mouȝte distriethdistroien K., and where theues deluen not out, ne stelen. ForForsothe S sec. m. where thi tresoure is, there also thin herte is. The lanterne of thi bodi is thin iȝe; if thin iȝe be symple, al thi bodi shal be liȝtful; but if thin iȝe be weiward, al thi bodi shal be derk. If thanne the liȝt that is in thee be derk|nessis, how grete schulen thilkthese Qe. tho h. derk|nessis be? No man may serue tweyntwo Qehk. lordis, for ethir he schal hate `the toonthat one IQe. the oon S., and loue the totheroother I.; ethir he shal sus|teyne `the toonthat oon IQ., and dispise thethat Q. tothiroother IQR.. Ȝe moun not serue God and richessisrichesse IMQRSUXbcgh sec. m. kαβ. riȝcchesse K. riches e.. Therfor I seie to ȝou, that ȝe be not bisi to ȝoure lijf, what ȝe schulen ete; ne|therne S. to ȝoure bodi, with what ȝe schulen be clothid. WhetherWher plures. lijf isbe K. not more than meeteis mete S., and the bodie moreis not more S. than cloththe cloth IS.? Biholde ȝe theOm. C. foulis of the eire, for thei sowen not, nethirne S. repen, nethir gaderen in to bernes; and ȝoure fadir of heuene fedith hem. Whether ȝe ben not more worthiworth R sec. m. than thei? But who of ȝou thenkynge mai putte to his stature o cubit? And of clothing what ben ȝe bisye? Biholde ȝeOm. A. the lilies of the feeld, how thei wexen. Thei trauelen not, nether spynnenthei spynnen K.; and Y seie to ȝou, Salomonthat Salomon I. in al his glorie was not keuered as oon of these. And if God clothith thus the hei of the feeld, that to an ouen, hou myche more ȝou of litel feith? Therfor nyle ȝe be bisi, seiynge, What schulen we ete? or, What schulen we drinke? or, With what thing schulen we be keuered? ForForsothe I. hethene men seken alle these thingis; and ȝoure fadir woot, that ȝe han nede to alle these thingis. Therfor seke ȝe first the kyngdom of God, and his riȝtful|nesseriȝtwisnesse EIKPQgα., and alle these thingis shulen be cast to ȝou. Therfor nyle ȝe be bisy in to the morew, for the morew shal be bisi to `hym silfit self S.; for it suffisith to the dai his owen malice.

 CAP. VII.

Nile ȝe deme, `that ȝe be not demedthat ȝe be not demed, and ȝe schulen not be demed A pr. m. CM PUb pr. m. C. and ȝe shul not be demed I sup. ras. KQRSb sec. m. eghkβ.; for in what doom ȝe demen, ȝe schulen be demed, and in what mesure ȝe meten, it schal be meten aȝen to ȝou. But what seest thou a litil mote in the iȝe of thi brother, and seest not a beem in thin owne iȝe? Or hou seist thou to thi bro|thir, Brothir, suffresuffre thou S. I schal do out a mote fro thin iȝe, and lo! a beem is in thin owne iȝe? Ipocrite, `do thou out firstfirst do out C. do out first plures et αβ. the beem of thinthin owne S. iȝe, and thanne thou schalt se tofor to A pr. m. do out the mote of the iȝe of thi brothir. Nile ȝe ȝyue hooli thingthingis C. to houndis, nethir caste ȝe ȝoure margaritis bifore swyne, lest perauenture thei defoulen hem with her feet, and the houndis be turned, and al to-tere ȝou. Axe ȝe, and it schal be ȝouun to ȝou; seke ȝe, and ȝe schulen fynde; knocke ȝe, and it schal be openyd to ȝou. For ech that axith, takith; andOm. C. he that sekith, fyndith; and it schal be openyd to hym, that knockith. What man of ȝou is, that if his sone axe hym breed, whethirwher ESe. he woleshal Q. take hymto him sg. a stoon? Or if he axeaxeth R. fische, whetherwher ESXe. he wole takeȝiue EI sup. ras. sec. m. α. hymto him S. an edder? Therfor if ȝe, whanne ȝe ben yuele men, kunnen ȝyue good ȝiftis to ȝoure sones, hou myche more ȝoure fa|dir that is in heuenes schal ȝyue good thingis to men that axen hym? Ther|for alle thingis, what euere thingis ȝe wolen that men do to ȝou, do ȝe to hem, for this is the lawe and the prophetis. Entre ȝe bi the streyt ȝate; for the ȝate that ledith to perdicioun is large, and the weie isOm. C. broode, and there ben many that entren bi it. Hou streit is the ȝate, and narwȝ the weye, that ledith to lijf, and ther ben fewe that fynden it. Be ȝe war of fals prophetis, that comen to ȝou in clothingis of scheep, but withynneforth thei ben asOm. A sec. m. Igh. wolues of raueyn; of her fruytis ȝe schulen knowe hem. WhetherWher S passim egk. men gaderen grapis of thornes, or figus of breris? So euery good tre makith good fruytis; but an yuel tre makith yuel fruytis. A good tre may not make yuel fruytis, nethir an yuel tre make good fruytis. Euery tre that makith not good fruyt, schal be kyt doun, and schal be cast in to the fier. Therfor of her fruytis ȝe schulen knowe hem. Not echeueri S. man that seith to me, Lord, Lord, schal entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes; but he that doith the wille of my fadir that is in heuenes, he schal entre in to the kyng|doom of heuenes. Many schulen seie to me in that dai, Lord, Lord, whetherwher ek. we han not prophesied in thi name, and hanwe haue I. caste out feendis in thi name, and han doon many vertues in thi name? AndOm. Q pr. m. thanne Y schal knouleche to hem, That Y knewe ȝou neuere; departedeparteth IS. awei fro me, ȝe that worchen wickidnesse. Therfor echeueri S. man that herith these my wordis, and doith hem, schal be maad lijk to a wise man, that hath bildid his hous on a stoon. And reyn feldecam C. doun, and flodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and russchiden `in toin C. that hous; and it felde not doun, for it was foundunfoundid plures et αβ. on a stoon. And euery man that herith these my wordis, and doith hem not, is lijk toOm. S. a fool, that hath bildid his hous on grauel. And reynreines sgh. cam doun, and floodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and theiOm. R. hurliden aȝenaȝen to Q pr. m. that hous; and it felde doun, and the fallyng doun therof was greet. And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these wordis, the puple wondride on his techyng; for he tauȝte hem, as he that hadde power, and not as the scribis `of hemOm. C., and theOm. EIKMPRUXbceghkα. Fa|riseesFari|sees of hem C..

 CAP. VIII.

But whanne Jhesus was come doun fro the hil, mych puple suede hym. And loo! a leprouse man cam, and worschip|ide hym, and seide, Lord, if thou wolt, thou maistmiȝt S. make me clene. And Jhesus helde forth the hoond, and touchide hym, and seide, Y wole, be thou maad cleene. And anoon the lepre of him was clensidmaad clene S.. And Jhesus seide to hym, Se, seie thou to no man; but go, shewe thee to the prestis, and offre the ȝift that Moyses comaundide, in witnessyng to hem. And whanne he hadde entrid in to Cafar|naum, `the centuriencenturio S sup. ras. neiȝede to him, and preiede him, and seide, Lord, my childe lijth in the hous sijk on the pale|sie, and is yuel turmentid. And Jhesus seide to him, Y schal come, and schalI schal CQR. heele him. And the centurien answeride, and seide to hym, Lord, Y am not wor|thi, that thou entre vndur my roof; but oonli seie thou bi word, and my childe shal be heelid. For whi Y am a man ordeyned vndur power, and haue knyȝtis vndir me; and Y seie to this, Go, and he goith; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my seruaunt, Do this, and he doith it. And Jhesus herde these thingis, and wondride, and seide to men `that suedensuynge E. him, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, Y foond not so greet feith in Is|rael. And Y seie to ȝou, that many schulen come fro the eest andto S. thefro the I. west, and schulen reste with Abraham andOm. KSegh. Ysaac and Jacob in the kyngdom of heuenes; but the sones of thethis I. rewme schulen be cast out in to vtmervttermere KRghk. outmere e. derk|nessis; there schal be wepyng, and grynt|ing of teeth. And Jhesus seide to theOm. I. centurioun, Go, and as thou hast bi|leuyd, be it doon to thee. And the child was heelid fro that hour. And whanne Jhesus was comun in to the hous of Sy|mount Petre, he say his wyues modir liggynge, and shakuntakin S. with feueristhe feuers K.. And he touchide hir hoond, and the feuer lefte hir; and she roos, and seruede hem. And whanne it was euen, thei brouȝten to hym manye that hadden deuelis, and he castide out spiritis bi word, and heel|ide alle that weren yuel at ese; that it were fulfillid, that was seid by Ysaie, the profete, seiynge, He took oure in|firmytees, and bar oure siknessis. And Jhesus say myche puple aboute him, and bade hise disciplis go ouer the watir. And a scribe neiȝede, and seide to hym, Maistir, Y shal sue thee, whidir euer thou schaltOm. S. go. And Jhesus seide to hym, Foxis han dennes, and briddis of heuenethe eir S. han nestis, but mannus sone hath not wherewherinne S. `he schalto S. reste his heed. Anothir of his disciplis seide to him, Lord, suffre me to go first, and birie my fader. But Jhesus seide to hym, Sue thou me, andOm. Q. lete deedthe dede EIPk pr. m. men birie her deede men. And whanne he was goon vp in to a litil schip, his disciplis sueden hym. And loo! a greet stiring was maad in the see, so that the schiplitul schip Rk sec. m. was hilid with wawes; but he slepte. And hise disciplis camen to hym, and reysiden hym, and seiden, Lord, saue vs; we pe|rischen. And Jhesus seide to hem, What ben ȝe of litil feith agaste? Thanne he roos, and comaundide to the wyndis and theto the Rck sec. m. see, and a greet pesibilnesse was maad. And men wondriden, and seiden, What maner man is heOm. C. this, for the wyndis and the see obeischenobeien Q. to him? And whanne Jhesushe Q. was comun ouer the watir in to the cuntre of men of Gerasa, twey men metten hym, thatwhich K. hadden deuelis, and camen out of graues, ful woode, so that noo man myȝte go bi thatthe Q. weie. And lo! thei crieden, and seiden, What to vs and to thee, Jhesu, the sone of God? `art thouartow S. comun hidir bifore the tyme tofor to C. turmente vs? And not fer fro hem was a flocke of many swyne lesewynge. And the deuelis preyeden hym, and seiden, If thou castist out vs fro hennes, sende vsvs out S. in to the droue of swyne. And he seide to hem, Go ȝe. And thei ȝeden out, and wenten in to the swyne; and loo! in a greet bire al the droue wente heedlyng in to the see, and thei weren deed in the watris. And the hirdis fledden a wey, and camen in to the citee, and telden alle these thingis, and of hem that hadden theOm. K. feendis. And lo! al the citee wente out aȝens Jhesu; and whanne thei hadden seyn hym, thei preieden, that he wolde passe fro her coostis.

 CAP. IX.

And Jhesus wente vp in to a boot, and passide ouerOm. S. the watir, and cam into the OUV sec. m. to his citee. And lo! thei brouȝten to hym a man sike in palesie, liggynge in a bed. And Jhesus saw the feith of hem, and seide to the man sike in palesye, Sone, haue thou trist; thi synnes ben forȝouun to thee. And lo! summe of the scribis seiden withynne hem silf, This blasfemeth. And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn her thouȝtis, he seide, Wher|to thenken ȝe yuele thingis in ȝoure hertis? What isis it plures et αβ. liȝtere to seye, Thi synnes ben forȝouun to thee, ethir `to seieOm. C., Rise thou, and walke? But that ȝe wite that mannus sone hath power to forȝyue synnes in erthe, thanne he seide to the sijk man in palesie, Rise vp; take thi bed, and go in to thin hous. And he roos, and wente in to his hous. And the puple seynge dredde, and glorifiede God, that ȝaf suche power to men. And whanne Jhesus passide fro thennus, he say a man, Matheu bi name, sittynge in a tolbothe. And he seide to hym, Sue thou me. And he roos, and folewidesueede C. hym. And it was don, theOm. C. while he sat `at theatte S. mete in the hous, lo! many pupplicans and synful men camen, and saten `at theatte S. mete with Jhesu andand with S. hise disciplis. And Fariseesthe Fari|sees Iα. sien, and seiden to hise disciplis, Whi etith ȝoure maister with pupplicans and synful men? And Jhesus herde, and seide, A leche is not nedeful to men that faren wel, but to men that ben yuel at ese. But go ȝe, and lernelerneth EIc. what it is, Y wole merci, and not sacrifice; for I cam, not to clepe riȝtful men, but synful menmen to penaunce EP sec. m. sh sec. m.. Thanne the disciplis of Joon camen to hym, and seiden, Whi wefasten we I. and Fariseesthe Farisees I. fastenOm. I. ofte, but thi disciplis fasten not? And Jhesus seide to hem, Whether the sones of the spouse moun morne, as long as the spouse is with hem? But daies schulen come, whanne the spouse schal be takun a wei fro hem, and thanne thei schulen faste. And no man putteth a clout of buystous clothe in to an elde clothing; for it doith awey the fulnesse of the cloth, and a wers breking is maad. Nethir men putten newe wyne in to elde botelis, ellis the botelsoold botels I. ben to-broke, and distried, and the wyn sched out. But men putten newe wyne in to newe botels, and bothe ben keptkept saaf S.. Whiles that Jhesus spak thes thingis to hem, lo! a prince cam, and worschipide hym, and seide, Lord, my douȝter is now deed; but come thou, and putte thin hond on hir, and she schal lyue. And Jhesus roos, and `hise disciplis, and sueden hymsueden him his disciples K. hise disciplis sueden hym A pr. m. C. hise disciplis, and suede hym C.. And lo! a womman, that hadde thea sbghi. blodi flux twelue ȝere, neiȝede bihynde, and touchide the hem of his cloth. For sche seide with ynne hir self, Ȝif Y touche oonli the cloth of hym, Y schal be saaf. And Jhesus turnede, and say hir, and seide, Douȝtir, haue thou trist; thi feith hath maad thee saaf. And the womman was hool fro that our. And whanne Jhesus cam in to the hous of the prince, and say mynstrallis, and theOm. C. puple mak|ynge noise, he seide, Go ȝe a wei, for the damysel is not deed, but slepith. And thei scornyden hym. And whanne the folc was put out, he wente in, and helde hir hond; and the damysel roosroos vp KSegh.. And this fame wente out in to al that loond. And whanne Jhesus passide fro thennus, tweitwo IQ. blynde men criynge sueden hym, and seiden, Thou sone of Dauid, haue merci on vs. And whanne he cam in to the hous, the blynde men camen to hym; and Jhesus seide to hem, What wolen ȝe, that I do to ȝou? And thei seiden, Lord, that oure iȝen be opened. And Jhesus seide, Bileuen ȝe, that Y mai do this thing to ȝou? Thei seienseiden CKR pr. m. αβ. to him, Ȝhe, Lord. Thanne he touchide her iȝen, and seide, Aftir ȝoure feith be it doon to ȝou. And the iȝen of hem were opened. And Jhesus thretenede hem, and seide, Se ȝe, that no man wite. But thei ȝeden out, and diffamedendefameden AP pr. m. QRScαβ. famyden EIP sec. m. k. hym thorou al that lond. And whanne thei weren gon out, loo! thei brouȝten to hym a doumbe man, hauynge a deuel. And whanne the deuel was cast out, the doumb man spak. And the puple won|dridewondre S., and seide, It hath not be say thus in Israel. But the Farisees seiden, In the prince of deuelis he castith out deuelis. And Jhesus wente `aboute alleal aboute Q. theOm. CKQ. `citees and castelscastels and cytees e., techinge in theOm. EKRbceg pr. m. hiβ. synagogis of hem, and prechynge the gospel of the kyngdom, and helynge euery langour and euery sijknesse. And he siȝ the puple, and hadde reuthe on hem; for thei weren trauelid, and lig|gynge as scheep not hauynge a scheep|herde. Thanne he seide to hise disci|plis, Sotheli there is myche ripe corn, but fewe werk men. Therfor preye ȝe the lord of the ripe corn, that he sende werke men in to his ripe corn.

 CAP. X.

And whanne his twelue disciplis weren clepid togidere, he ȝaf to hem powere of vnclene spiritis, to caste hem out of men, and toOm. C. heele eueri langour, and sijknesse. And these ben the names of the twelue apostlis; the firste, Symountis Symound k pr. m., that is clepidnamed KSghiβ. seid CEIMPQRUXbcekα. Petre, and Andrew, his brothir; James of Zebede, and Joon, his brothir; Filip, and Bartholomeu; Thomas, and Matheu, pupplican; and James Alfey, and Tadee; Symount Chananee, and Ju|das Scarioth, that bitrayede Crist. Jhesus sente these twelue, and comaundide hem, and seide, Go ȝe not `in toin C. the weie of hethene men, and entre ȝe not in to the citees of Samaritans; but rather go ȝe to the scheep of the hous of Israel, that han perischid. And go ȝe, and preche ȝe, and seie, that the kyngdam of he|uenesheuene A pr. m. shal neiȝe; heele ȝe sike men, reise ȝe deede men, clense ȝe mesels, caste ȝe out deuelis; freeli ȝe han takun, freli ȝyue ȝe. Nyle ȝe welde gold, ne|therne S. siluer, ne money in ȝoure girdlis, not a scrippe in the weie, nether twei cootis, nethir shoon, netherne S. a ȝerde; for a werkman is worthi his mete. In to what euere citee or castel ȝe schulen en|tre, axe ȝe who therynne is worthi, and there dwelle ȝe, tiltil that C. ȝe go out. And whanne ȝe goon in to an hous, `grete ȝegreetith C. it, and seyn, Pees to this hous. And if thilkthis K. hous be worthi, ȝoure pees schal come on it; but if that hous be not worthi, ȝoure pees schal turne aȝen to ȝou. And who euere resseyueth not ȝou, nethirne I. herith ȝoure wordis, go ȝe froforth fro C. that hous or citee, and sprenge of the dust of ȝoure feet. Treuly Y seie to ȝou, it shal be more suffrable to the loond of men of Sodom and of Gommor in the dai of iugement, than to thilke citee. Lo! Y sende ȝou as scheep in the myddil of wolues; therfor be ȝe sliȝ as serpentis, and symple as dowues. But be ȝe war of men, for thei schulen take ȝou in counseilis, and thei schulen bete ȝou in her synagogis; and to meyris, or presidentis, and to kyngis, ȝe schulen be lad for me, in witnessyng to hem, and to theOm. Kβ. hethen men. But whanne thei take ȝou, nyle ȝe thenkebithenke A pr. m., hou or what thing ȝe schulen speke, for it shal be ȝouun `to ȝouOm. R pr. m. in that our, what ȝe schulen speke; for it ben not ȝe that speken, but the spirit of ȝoure fadir, that spekith in ȝou. `And the brotherThe broth. forsothe I. shal takebitake RShi. the brother in to deeth, and the fader the sone, and sonesthe sones C. schulen rise aȝens fadir and modir, and schulenthei schul I. turmente hem bi deeth. And ȝe schulen be in hate to alle men for my name; but he that shall dwelle stilleOm. S. in to the ende, shal be saafmaad saaf S pr. m.. And whanne thei pursuen ȝou inin to KS. this citee, fle ȝe in to anothir. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, ȝe schulen not ende the citees of Israel, toforbifore K. thatOm. hi. mannus sone come. The disciple is not aboue the maistir, ne the seruaunt aboue hys lord; it is ynowȝ to the disciple, that he be as his maistir, and to the seruaunt as his lord. If thei han clepid the hose|bonde man Belsabub, hou myche more his houshold meyne? Therfor drede ȝe not hem; for no thing is hid, that schal not be shewid; and no thing is priuey, that schal not be wist. That thing that Y seie to ȝou in derknessis, seie ȝe in theOm. C. liȝt; and preche ȝe on housis, that thing that ȝe heeren in theOm. Ii. ere. And nyle ȝe drede hem that sleen the bodi; for thei moun not sle the soule; but rather drede ȝe hym, that mai lese bothe soule and bodi in to helle. WhetherWher S passim, e. tweitwo IQh et i passim. sparewis ben not seeld for an halpeny? and oon of hem shal not falle on the erthe with outen ȝoure fadir. `And alle the heerisAlle the heeris forsothe I. of ȝoure heed ben noumbrid. Therfor nyle ȝe drede; ȝe ben betere than many sparewis. Therfor euery man that schal knouleche me bi|fore men, Y shal knouleche hym biforthe soule R. my fadir that is in heuenes. But he that shal denye me bifor men, andOm. C. I shal denye him bifor my fadir that is in heuenes. Nile ȝe deme, that Y cam to sende pees in to erthe; Y cam not to sende pees, but swerd. For Y cam to departe a man aȝens his fadir, and the douȝtir aȝens hirthe C. modir, and the sones wijf aȝens the housbondis modir; and the enemyes of a man benaren S. `thei, that benOm. Q. homeli with him. He that loueth fadir or modir more than me, is not worthi toof Q. me. And he that loueth sone or douȝter ouermore than C. me, is not worthi to me. And he that takith not his croos, and sueth me, is not worthi to me. He that fynd|ith his lijf, shal lose it; andOm. C. he that lesith his lijf for me, shal fynde it. HeAnd he KS. that resseyueth ȝou, resseyueth me; and he that resseyueth me, resseyueth hym that sente me. He that resseyueth a pro|phete in the name of a prophete, shal take the mede of a prophete. And he that resseyueth a iust man in the name of a iust man, schalhe schal I. take the mede of a iust man. And who euer ȝyueth drynke to oon of these leeste a cuppe of coolde watir oonli in the name of a disciple, treuli Y seie to ȝou, he shal not leese his mede.

 CAP. XI.

And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid, he comaundide to hise twelue dis|ciplis, and passide fro thennus to teche and preche in the citees of hem. But whanne Joon in boondis hadde herd the werkis of Crist, he sentesente to S pr. m. tweynetwo Qe. of hise disciplis, and seide to him, `Art thouArtou S. he that schal come, or we abiden another? And Jhesus answeride, and seide `to hemOm. K., Go ȝe, and telletelle ȝe C. aȝen to Joon tho thingis that ȝe han herd and seyn. Blynde men seen, crokid men goon, meselis ben maad clene, deefe men heren, deed men rysen aȝen, pore men ben takun to `prechyng ofpreche C. the preching of S. the gospel. And he is blessid, that shal not be sclaundrid in me. And whanne thei weren goon awei, Jhesus bigan to seie of Joon to the pu|ple, What thing wenten ȝe out in to desert tofor to C. se? a reed wawed with theOm. AQe. wynd? Or what thing wenten ȝe out tofor to C. see? a man clothid with softe clothis? Lo! thei that ben clothid with softe clothis ben in theOm. plures et α. housis of kyngis. But what thing wenten ȝe out to se? a pro|phete? Ȝhe, Y seie to ȝou, and more than a prophete. For this is he, of whom it is writun, Lo! Y sende myn aungel bifor thi face, that shal make redi thi weye bifor thee. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, ther roos noon more than Joon Baptist among the children of wymmen; but he that is lesse in the kyngdom of heuenes, is more than he. And fro the daies of Joon Baptist til now the kyng|dom of heuenes suffrith violence, and violent men rauyschen it. For alle pro|phetis and the lawe `til tovnto I. til Kα. Joon pro|phecieden; and if ȝe wolen resseyue, he is Elie that is to come. He that hath eris of heryng, here he. But to whom schal Y gesse this generacioun lijk? It is lijk to children sittynge inin the i. chepyng, thatand C. crien to her peeris, and seien, We han songun to ȝou, and ȝe han not daun|sid; we han morned to ȝou, and ȝe han not weilid. For Joon cam nether etynge ne drynkynge, and thei seien, He hath a deuel. The sone of man cam etynge and drynkynge, and thei seien, Lo! a man aOm. EKR. glotoun, and a drinkere of wijne, and a freend of pupplicans and of syn|ful men. And wisdom is iustified of her sones. Thanne Jhesus bigan tofor to Q. seye repreef to citees, in whiche ful manye vertues of him weren doon, for thei diden not penaunce. Wo to thee! Corosaym, woo to thee! Bethsaida; for if the ver|tues that ben doon in ȝouthei R. hadden be doon in Tyre and Sidon, sumtyme thei hadden don penaunce in heyre and aische. Netheles Y seie to ȝou, itthat it C. schal be lesse peyne to Tire and Sidon in the dai of doom, than to ȝou. And thou, Ca|farnaum, whethir thou schalt be areridrerid R. areisid b. vp in to heueneheuenes I.? Thou shalt go doun in to helle. For if the vertues that ben don in thee, hadden be don in Sodom, perauen|ture thei schulden haue dwellid `in totil into Q. this dai. Netheles Y seie to ȝou, that to the lond of Sodommen of Sodom C. it schal be `lesse peynesofter b. esier k. in the dai of doom, than to thee. In thilkethat thilke h pr. m. that Rh sec. m. ikβ. tymeour Kgh. Jhesus answeride, and seide, Y knowleche to thee, fadir, lord of heuene and of erthe, for thou hast hid these thingis fro wijse men, and redi, and hast schewidȝouun C. hem to litle children; so, fadir, for so it was plesynge to forebifore Q. thee. Alle thingis ben ȝouune to me of my fadir; and no man knewe the sone, but the fa|dir, nethir ony man knewe the fadir, but the sone, and to whom the sone wolde schewe. Alle ȝe that traueilen, and ben chargid, comecometh I. to me, and Y schal fulfille ȝou. Take ȝe my ȝok on ȝou, and lerne ȝe of me, for Y am mylde and meke in herte; and ȝe schulen fynde reste to ȝoure soulis. `For my ȝokmy ȝ. forsothe I. is softe, and my charge liȝtis liȝt EIKR..

 CAP. XII.

In that tyme Jhesus wente bi cornes in the sabot day; and hise disciplis hun|griden, and bigunnen to plucke theOm. KQSeghi. eris of corn, and to ete. And Fariseisthe Farisees EIka., se|ynge, seiden to hym, Lo! thi disciplis don that thing that is not leueful to hem to do in sabatis. And he seide to hem, WhetherWher e. ȝe han not red, what Dauid dide, whanne he hungride, and thei that weren with hym? hou he entride in to the hous of God, and eet looues of proposi|cioun, whichethe whiche I. looues it was not leueful to hym to ete, nether to hem that weren with hym, but to prestis aloone? Or whetherwher e. ȝe han not red in the lawe, that in sabotisthe sabotis CQe. prestis in the temple defoulendefouliden b. the sabotis, and thei ben with oute blame? And Y seie to ȝou, that here is aOm. CR pr. m. b. gretter than the temple. And if ȝe wisten, what it is, Y wole merci, and not sacrifice, ȝe schulden neuer haue condempned inno|centis. For mannus sone is lord, ȝhe, of the sabat. And whanne he passide fro thennus, he cam in to the synagoge of hem. And lo! a man that hadde a drye hoond. And thei axiden hym, and seiden, WhetherWher plures. it be leueful to hele in the sabot? that thei schuldenwolden I. acuse hym. And he seide to hem, What man of ȝou schalschal ther I. be, that hath oa EIC. scheep, and if it falle in to athe C. diche in the sabotis, whe|therwher plures. he shal not holde, and lifte it vp? How myche more is a man better than a scheep? Therfor it is leueful to do good in theOm. CEghi. sabatis. Thanne he seide to the man, Stretche forth thin hoond. And he strauȝte forth; and it was restorid to heelthe as the tothiroother I.. And the Farisees wenten out, and maden a counsel aȝens hym, hou thei schulden distrie hym. And Jhesus knewe it, and wente awei fro thennus; and many sueden hym, and he helide hem alle. And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden not make hym knowun; that that thing were fulfillid, that was seid by Isaie, the prophete, sei|ynge, Lo! my child, whom Y haue chosun, my derling, in whom it hath wel plesid to my soule; Y shal put my spirit on him, and he shal telle dom to hethen men. He shal not stryue, ne crye, nethir ony man shal here his voice in stretis. A brisid rehed he shal not breke, and he schal not quenche smokynge flax, til he caste out doom to victorie; and hethene men schulen hope in his name. Thanne a man blynde and doumbe, that hadde a feend, was brouȝt to hym; and he helide hym, so that he spak, and say. And al the puple wondride, and seide, WhetherWher CIeb. this be the sone of Dauid? But the Fa|risees herden, and seiden, He this casteth not outOm. S. feendis, but in Belsabub, prince of feendis. And Jhesus, witynge her thouȝtis, seide to hem, Eche kingdom departid aȝens it silf, schal be desolatiddesolate R., and eche cite, or hous, departid aȝens it self, schal not stonde. And if Satanas castith out Satanas, he is departid aȝens him silf; therfor hou schal histhis AC. kingdom stonde? And if Y in Belsabub caste out deuelisfendis C., in `whom ȝoure sones casten outwhos myȝt casten out ȝoure sones Ia.? Therfor thei schulen be ȝoure domes men. But if Y in theOm. C. Spirit of God caste out feendis, thanne the kyngdom of God is comen in to ȝou. Ethir hou may ony man entre in to the hous of a stronge man, and take awey hise vesselis, but `he firstfirst he R. bynde the stronge man, and thanne he schal spuyle his hous? He that is not with me, is aȝens me; and he that ga|derith not togidere with me, scaterith abrood. Therfor I seie to ȝou, al synne and blasfemye shal be forȝouun to men, but `the spirit of blasfemyeblasfemye of the spirit Qe. shal not be forȝouun. And who euere seith a word aȝens mannus sone, it shal be forȝouun to him; but who that seieth a word aȝens the Hooli Goost, it shal not be forȝouun to hym, nether in this world, ne in `the tothirthat othir CIQ.. Ethir make ȝe the tree good, and his fruyt good; ether make ȝe the tree yuel and his fruyt yuel; for a tree is knowun of thehis e. fruyt. Ȝe generacioungeneraciouns A sec. m. Rkβ. of eddrisneddris P. addris Q., hou moun ȝe speke goode thingis, whanne ȝe ben yuele? ForForsothe I. the mouth spekith of plentethe plente CQC pr. m. egiβ. of theOm. I. herte. A good man bryngith forth good thingis of good tresoure, and an yuel man bring|ith forth yuel thingis of yuel tresoure. And Y seie to ȝou, that of euery idel word, that men speken, thei schulen ȝelde resoun therof in the dai of doom; for of thi wordis thou schalt be iustified, and of thi wordis thou shalt be dampned. Thanne summe of the scribis andand of S. Fari|seesthe Farisees CEQS. answeriden toOm. S. hym, and seiden, Mayster, we wolen se a tokne of thee. WhichThe whiche I. answeride, and seide to hem, An yuel kynrede and a spouse brekere sekith a tokene, and a tokene shal not be ȝouun to it, butno but ek pr. m. the tokene of Jonas, the pro|phete. For as Jonas was in the wombe of a whal thre daies and thre nyȝtis, so mannus sone shal be in the herte of theOm. C. erthe thre daies and thre nyȝtis. Men of Nynyue schulen rise in doom with this generacioun, and schulenthei schul I. condempne it; for thei diden penaunce in the prechyng of Jonas, and lo! here aOm. A. is a C. gretter than Jonas. The queene of the south shal rise in doom with this generacioun, and schal condempne it; for she cam fro the eendis of theOm. R pr. m. erthe to here the wisdom of Sa|lomon, and lo! here a gretter than Salo|mon. Whanne an vnclene spirit goithhath goon S sup. ras. out fro a man, he goith bi drie places, `and sekithsekinge K. rest, and fyndith not. Thanne he seith, Y shal turne aȝen in to myn hous, fro whannys Y wente out. And he cometh, and fyndith it voide, and clensid with besyms, and maad faire. Thanne he goith, and takith with him seuene othere spiritisOm. e. worse than hym silf; and thei entren, and dwellen there. And the laste thingis of that man ben maad worse than the formere. So it shal be to this worste generacioun. Ȝit whil he spak to the puple, lo! his modir and his brethe|ren stodenstonden CU. with outeforth, sekynge to speke towith EIQ sec. m. S ikαβ. hym. And a man seide to hym, Lo! thi modir and thi britheren stonden with outeforth, sekynge thee. HeAnd he QS sup. ras. answeride to the man, that spak to hym, and seide, Who is my modir? and who ben my britheren? And he helde forth his hoond in to hise disciplis, and seide, Lo! my modir and my bretheren; for who euer doith the wille of my fadir that is in heuenes, he is my brothir, and sistir, and modir.

 CAP. XIII.

In that dai Jhesus ȝede out of the hous, and sat bisidis the see. And myche puple was gaderid to hym, so that he wente up in to a boot, and sat; and al the puple stood on the brenke. And he spac to hem many thingis in parablis, and seide, Lo! he that sowith, ȝedewente K. out to sowe his seed. And while he sowith, summe seedis felden bisidis the weie, and briddis of the eir camen, and eeten hemtho I.. But othere seedis felden in to stony places, where thei hadden not myche erthe; and anoon thei sprongen vp, for thei hadden not depnesse of erthegrond S.. But whanne the sonne was risun, thei swa|liden, and for thei hadden not roote, thei drieden vp. And other seedis felden among thornes; and thornesthe thornes I. woxenwexiden EIKPRhik. vp, and strangeleden hem. But othere seedis felden in to good lond, and ȝauen fruyt; summe an hundrid foold, an othir sixti foold, an othir thritti foold. He that hath eris of heryng, here he. And the disci|plis camen nyȝ, and seiden to him, Whi spekist thou in parablis to hem? And he answeride, and seide to hem, `For to ȝouTo ȝou forsothe I. it is ȝouun to knowe the priuytees of the kyngdom of heuenes; but it is not ȝouun to hem. For it shal be ȝouun to hym that hath, and he shal haue plente; but if a man hath not, also that thing that he hath shal be takun awei fro hym. Ther|for Y speke to hem in parablis, for thei seynge seen not, and thei herynge heren not, nether vndurstonden; that the pro|phesie of Ysaie `seiynge be fulfillidbe fulf. seiynge Iα. `in hemOm. Iα., Withthat seith, With S sup. ras. heryng ȝe schulen here, and ȝe shulen not vndurstonde; and ȝe seynge schulen se, and ȝe shulen not se; for the herte of this puple is greetli fattid, and thei herden heuyli with eeris, and thei han closed her iȝen, lest sumtime thei seen with iȝen, and with eeris heeren, and vndirstonden in herte, and theiOm. Q pr. m. be conuertid, and Y heele hem. But ȝoure iȝen that seen ben blesside, and ȝoure eeris that heren. Forsothe Y seie to ȝou, that manye profetis and iust men coueitidencoueitinge S. to se tho thingis that ȝe seen, and thei sayn not, and to heere tho thingis that ȝe heren, and thei herden not. Therfor here ȝe the parable of the sowere. EchEch man Q. that herith the word of the rewme, and vndirstondith not, the yuel spirit cometh, and rauyschith that that is sowun in his herte; this it is, that is sowun bisidisbe siden S. the weie. But this that is sowun on theOm. R sec. m. stony loond, this it is, that herith the word of God, and anoon with ioye takith it. And he hath not roote in hym silf, but isit is R pr. m. temporal. For whanne tribulacioun and persecucioun is maad for the word, anoon he is sclaun|drid. But he that is sowun in thornes, is thisOm. S. that heerith the word, and theOm. C. bisynessebisinessis C. of thisthe A pr. m. world, and the fallace of ritchessis strangulith the word, and it is maad with outen fruyt. But he that is sowun in to good loond, is this that herith the word, and vnderstondeth, and bryngith forth fruyt. And summe makith an hundrid fold, treuli anothir sixti fold, and another thritti fold. An|othirAnd anothir C. parable Jhesus puttideputte Iα. forth to hem, and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is maad lijk to a man, that sewe good seed in his feld. And whanne men slepten, his enemy cam, and sewe aboue taris in the myddil of whete, and wente awei. But whanne the erbe was growedgrowen KRUcghiβ., and made fruyt, thanne the taris apperiden. And the seruauntis of the hosebonde man camen, and seiden to hym, Lord, whetherwher C et alii passim. hast thou not sowun good seed in thi feeld? where of thanne hath it taris? And he seide to hem, An enemy hath do this thing. And the seruauntis seiden to him, `Wolt thouWoltow e. thatOm. alii et αβ. we goon, and gaderen hem? And he seide, Nay, lest perauenture ȝe in gaderynge taris drawen vp with hem the whete bi the roote. Suffre ȝe hem bothe toOm. ceteri et αβ. wexe in to repyng tyme; and in theOm. IRSαβ. tyme of ripethe ripe hi. corne Y shal seie to the reperis, First ga|dere ȝe to gidere the taris, and bynde hem to gidere in knytchis to be brent, but gadere ȝe whetethe wheete KRX sec. m. β. in to my berne. An|otherAnd anothir C. parable Jhesus puttideputte EIαβ. forth to hem, and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a corn of seneuey, which a man took, and sewe in his feeld. Which is theOm. C. leeste of alle seedis, but whanne it hathwas C. woxen, itOm. Q pr. m. is theOm. C. moste of alle wortis, and is maad a tre; so that briddis of the eir comen, and dwellen in the bowis therof. Another parable Jhesus spac to hem, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to sour douȝ, whichthe whiche I. a womman took, and hidde in thre mesuris of mele, til it were alle sowrid. Jhesus spac alle thes thingis in parablis to the puple, and he spac not to hem with out parablis, that it schulde be fulfillid, that is seid bi the prophete, seiynge, Y shal opene my mouth in parablis; Y shal telle out hid thingis fro the makyng of the world. Thanne he lefte the puple, and cam in to an hous; and hise disciplis camen to him, and seiden, Expowne to vs the pa|rable ofof the ce. taris of the feeld. WhichThe whiche I. an|sweride, and seide, He that sowith good seed is mannus sone; the feeld is the world; but the good seed, theseOm. S sec. m. ben sonesthe sones CQR pr. m. sei. of the kyngdom, but taris, theseOm. K. ben yuele children; the enemye that sowith hem is the feend; and the ripe corn is the endyng of the world, the re|peris ben aungels. Therfor as taris ben gaderid togidere, and ben brent in fier, so it shal be in the endyng of the world. Mannus sone shal sende hise aungels, and thei schulen gaderegadere togidere CX sup. ras. fro his rewme alle sclaundrissclaun|dreris CK., and hem that doon wick|idnesse; and thei schulen sende hem in to the chymney of fier, there shal be weping and betyng to gidere of teeth. Thanne iuste men schulen schyne as the sunne, in the rewme of her fadir. He that hath eeris of heryng, here he. The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to tresour hid in a feld, whichthe whiche I. a man that fyndith, hidith; and for ioye of it he goith, and sillith alle thingis that he hath, and bieth thilk feeld. Eftsoone the kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a marchaunt, that sech|ith good margaritis; but whanne he hath foundun o precious margarite, he wente, and selde alle thingis that he hadde, and bouȝte it. EftEftsone C pr. m. K. the kyngdom of heuenes is lijk toOm. Q. a nette cast into the see, and that gaderith to gidere of al kyndekyndis C. of fisschis; whichthe whiche I. whanne it was ful, thei drowendrowen it b. vp, and seten bi the brenke, and chesenchesiden CKC. the goode in to her vessels, but the yuel thei kestencastiden Kg. out. So it schal be in the endyngende K. of the world. Aungels schulen go out, and schulenthei schul Ichiα. departe yuel men fro the myddil of iuste men. And thei shulen sende hem in to the chymnei of fier; ther shal be weping and grynt|yng of teeth. Han ȝe vndirstonde alle these thingis? TheiAnd thei R pr. m. seienseiden R pr. m. to hym, Ȝhe. He seith to hem, Therfor euery wise man of lawe in the kyngdom of heuenes, is lijk to an hosebonde man, that bryngith forth of his tresoure newe thingis and elde. And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these parablis, he passide fro thennus. And heOm. A. cam in to his cuntrei, and tauȝte hem in her synagogis, so that thei wondriden, and seiden, Fro whennus this is this b.wisdam and vertues camencomen QR. to thishim this I.? Whether `is not thisthis is not I. the sone of a carpentere? Whether his modir be not seid Marie? and hise britheren, James, and Joseph, andOm. C. Symount, and Judas? and hise sistris, whether thei alle ben not among us? Fro whennus thanne `alle thes thingiscomen alle these thingis I. camenOm. I. comen KQR. to thishim this I.? And so thei weren sclaundrid in hym. But Jhesus seide to hem, A profete is not with oute worschiponour g., but in his owen cuntre, and in his owen hous. And he dide not there manye vertues, for the vn|bileue of hem.

 CAP. XIV.

In that tyme Eroude tetrarke, prynce of the fourthe part, herde the fame of Jhesu; and seide to hise children, This is Joon Baptist, he is rysun fro deeth, and therfor vertues worchen in hym. For Heroude hadde holde Joon, and bounde hym, and puttidehe puttide I. putte ghi. hym `in toin e pr. m. prisoun for Herodias, the wijf of his brothir. For Joon seide to him, It is not leueful to thee to haue hir. And he willynge to sle hym, dreddedredede S. the puple; for thei hadden hym as a prophete. But in the dai of Heroudis birthe, the douȝtir of Herodias daunsideether tumblide K marg. in the myddil, and pleside Heroude. Wherfor with an ooth he bihiȝte to ȝyue to hir, what euere thing she haddeOm. CEI pr. m. Phk pr. m. αβ. axid of hym. And she bifor warned of hir modir, seide, Ȝif thou to me here the heed of Joon Baptist in a disch. And the kyng was sorewful, but for the ooth, and for hem that saten to gidere at the mete, he comaundide to be ȝouun. And he sente, and bihedide Joon in the prisoun. And his heed was brouȝt in a dische, and it was ȝouun to the damysel, and she bar it to hir modir. And hise disciplis camen, and token his bodi, and birieden it; and thei camen, and tolden to Jhesu. And whanne Jhe|sus hadde herd this thing, he wente fro thennus in a boot, in toto a CQi sec. m. k. desert place bi|sidesbisidis the see Q pr. m.. And whanne the puple hadde herd, thei folewiden hym on her feet fro citees. And Jhesus ȝede out, and sai a greet puple, and hadde reuthe on hem, andand he Q. heelide theOm. Q. sike men of hem. But whanne theOm. Q. euentid was com, hise disci|plis camen to him, and seiden, The place is desert, and the tyme is now passid; lat the puple go in to townes, to bye hem mete. Jhesus seide to hem, Thei han not nede to go; ȝyue ȝe hem sumwhat to ete. Thei answeriden, We han not heere, but fyue looues and tweitwo e et alii pass. fischis. And he seide to hem, Brynge ȝe hem hidur to me. And whanne he hadde comaundid the puple to sitte to meete on the heye, he took fyue looues and twei fischis, and he bihelde in to heuene, and blesside, and brak, and ȝaf to hise disciplis; and the disciplis ȝauen to the puple. And alle eten, and weren fulfillid. And thei tooken the relifs of brokun gobetis, twelue co|fynes ful. And the noumbre of men that eten was fyue thousynde of men, outakun wymmen and lytle children. And anoon Jhesus compellidecomaundide A sec. m. the disciplis to go vp in to a boot, and go bifor hym ouer the see, while he lefte the puple. And whanne the puple was left, he stiede aloone in to an hil forOm. KRS eghik sec. m. to preie. But whanne theOm. Q. euenyngeuentijd KQ. was come, he was there aloone. And the boot in the myd|del of the see was schoggid with wawis, for the wynd was contrarie to hem. But in the fourthe wakyng of the niȝt, he cam to hem walkynge aboueOm. Q. theon the CQ. see. And thei, seynge hym walkingwalke A pr. m. IQbce sec. vice ghik. on the see, weren disturbliddistrublid S., and seidenseyn Q., That it iswas ERC. a fantum; and for drede thei crieden. And anoon Jhesus spac to hem, and seide, Haue ȝe trust, Y am; nyle ȝe drede. And Petre answeride, and seide, Lord, if thou art, comaunde me to come to thee on the watris. And he seide, Come thou. And Petre ȝede doun fro the boot, and walkide on the watris to come to Jhesu. But he siȝ the wynd strong, and was aferde; and whanne he bigan to drenche, he criede, and seide, Lord, make meOm. C. saaf. And anoon Jhesus helde forth his hoond, and took Petre, and seide to hym, Thou of litil feith, whi hast thou doutid? And whanne he hadde stied in to the boot, the wynd ceessid. And thei, that weren in the boot, camen, and worschipiden hymOm. R. pr. m., and seiden, Verili, thou art Goddis sone. And whanne thei hadden passid ouer the see, thei camen in to the loond of Genesar. And whanne men of that place hadden knowe hym, thei senten in to al that cuntre; and thei brouȝten to hym alle that hadden sik|nessesijknesses R.. And thei preieden hym, that thei schulden touche the hemme of his cloth|ing; and who euere touchiden weren maad saaf.

 CAP. XV.

Thanne the scribis and theOm. cbhik. Farisees camen to hym fro Jerusalem, and seiden, Whi breken thi disciplis the tradiciouns of eldere men? for thei waisschen not her hondis, whanne thei eten breed. He an|sweride, and seide to hem, Whi breken ȝe the maundementcomaundement CRgβ. of God for ȝoure tradicioun? For God seide, Honoure thi fadir and thi modir, and he that cursith fadir or modir, diedie he A pr. m. K. bi deeth. But ȝe seien, Who euer seithseien R. to fadir or modir, What euere ȝifte is of me, it schal profite to thee; and he hath not worschipid his fadir or hisOm. C. modir; and ȝe han maad the maundementcomaundement k pr. m. of God voide for ȝoure tra|dicioun. Ypocritis, Isaie, the prophete, prophesiede wel of ȝou, and seide, This puple honourith me with lippis, but her herte is fer fro me; andwithoute cause forsothe I. thei worschipen me `with outen causeOm. I., techynge the doc|trinesdoctryn b. andand the S. maundementis of men. And whanne the puplepuplis A. werenwas CR. clepid to gidere to hym, he seide to hem, Here ȝe, and `vndurstonde ȝevndirstondeth I.. ThatThat that hi. thing that en|trith in to the mouth, defoulith not a man; but that thing that cometh out of the mouth, defoulith a man. Thanne hise disciplis camen, and seiden to hym, Thou knowist, that, if this word be herd, the Farisees ben sclaundrid? And he answeride, and seide, Eueri plauntyng, that my fadir of heuene hath not plaunt|id, shal be drawun vp by theOm. S. roote. Suffre ȝe hem; thei ben blyndeblynde men I., and leederis of blynde men. And if a blynd man lede a blynd man, bothebothe thei I. fallen dounOm. R pr. m. in to thea C. diche. Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Expowne to vs this parable. And he seide, Ȝit `ȝe benben ȝe EI. alsoOm. Kcgh pr. m. with oute vn|durstondyng? Vndurstonden ȝe not, that al thing that entrith in to the mouth, goith in to the wombe, and is sent out in to the goyng awei? But thothe C. thingis that comencometh h. forth fro the mouth, goon out offro Khi. the herte, and tho thingis defoulen athe Iα. man. ForForsothe I. of the herte goon out yuele thouȝtis, mansleyngis, auowtries, forny|caciouns, theftis, fals witnessyngis, blas|femyes. Thes thingis it ben that de|foulen a man; but tofor to Q. ete with hondis not waischun, defoulith not a man. And Jhesus ȝede out fro thennus, and wente in to the coostis of Tire and Sidonof Sydon EIKQRbcfkαβ.. And lo! a womman of Canane ȝede out of thothe EKSce pr. m. hir b. coostis, and criede, and seide to him, Lord, the sone of Dauid, haue merci on me; my douȝter is yuel tra|ueilid of a feend. And he answeride notOm. C. to hir ano C. word. And hise disciplis camen, and preieden hym, and seiden, Leue thou hir, for she crieth aftir vs. He answer|ide, and seide, Y am not sent, but to the scheep of the hous of Israel that perisch|idenhan perischid I.. And she cam, and worschipide hym, and seide, Lord, helpe me. WhichThe whiche I. answeride, and seide, It is not good to take the breed of children, and casteȝeue Q. to houndis. And she seide, Ȝhis, Lord; for whelpis eten of the crummes, that fallen doun fro the bord of her lordis. Thanne Jhesus answeride, and seide to hir, A!Aa! ASb pr. m. Cα. womman, thi feith is greet; be it doon to thee, as thou wolt. And hir douȝtir was helid fro that hour. And whanne Jhesus hadde passed fro thennus, he cam bisidis the see of Galilee. And he ȝede vp in to an hil, and sat there. And myche puple cam to hym, and hadden with hem doumbe men and crokid, fe|bleand feble EICghiαβ. and blynde, and many other; and thei castiden doun hem at hise feet. And he helide hem, so that the puple won|driden seynge doumbe men spekynge, and crokid goynge, blynde men seynge; and thei magnyfieden God of Israel. And Jhesus, whanne hise disciplis weren clep|id to gidere, seide to hem, Y haue reuthe of the puple, for thei han abiden now thre daies with me, and hanthei han Iα. no thing to ete; and Y wole not leeue hem fastynge, lest thei failen in the weie. And the disciplis seien to him, Wherof thanne so many looues among vs in desert, to fulfille so greet a puple? And Jhesus seide to hem, Hou many looues han ȝe? And thei seiden, Seuene, and a fewe smale fisshis. And he comaundidecomaunde S. toOm. hi. the puple, to sitte to mete on the erthe. And he took seuenethe seuene Iα. looues and fyuethe fyue hik sec. m. fischis, and dide thankyngis, and brakbrake hem I., and ȝaf to hise disciplis; and the disciplis ȝauen to the puple. And alle eten, and weren ful|fillid, and thei token that that was left of relifes, seuene lepisleep Iα. fulle. And thei that eten weren foure thousynde of men, with outen litle children and wymmen. And whanne he hadde left the puple, he wente vp in to a boot, and cam in to the coostis of Magedan.

 CAP. XVI.

And the Farisees and theOm. IK. Saducees camen to hym temptynge, andand thei Iα. preiedenpraijnge i. hym to schewe hem a tokene fro heuene. And he answeride, and seide to hem, Whanne the euentid iswas A. comun, ȝe seien, It schal be clere, for heuene is rodi; and the morewtid, To dai tempest, for heuene schyneth heueli. Thanne ȝe kunne deme the face of heuene, but ȝe moun not wite the tokenes of tymes. An yuel genera|cioun and auoutresse sekith a tokene; and a tokene schal not be ȝouun to it, but the tokene of Jonas, the profete. And whanne he hadde left hem, he wente forth. And whanne his disciplis camen ouer the see, thei forȝaten to take looues. And he seide to hem, Biholde ȝe, and bebeth EI. be ȝe Q. war of theOm. EIRαβ. soure dowȝ of Farisees andand of Ibg. Sadu|cees. And thei thouȝten among hem, and seiden, For we han not take looues. But Jhesus witynge seide to hem, What thenken ȝe among ȝou of litel feith, for ȝe han notnot takun C. looues? Ȝit `vndurstonden not ȝeȝe vndurst. not KQSeghi., nether han mynde of fyue looues in to fyue thousynde of men, and hou many cofyns ȝe token? nether of seuene looues in to foure thousynde of men, and hou many lepis ȝe token? Whi vndur|stonden ȝe not, for Y seide not to ȝou of breed, Be ȝe war of the sourdowȝ of Farisees and of Saducees? Thanne thei vndurstooden, that he seide not to be war of sourdowȝ of looues, but of the techyng of Farisees and Saduceesthe Saduceis S. of Saducees ek.. And Jhesus cam in to the parties of Cesarie of Filip, and axide hise disciplis, and seide, Whom seien men to be mannus sone? And thei seiden, Summe Joon Baptist; othere Elie; and othere Jeremye, or oon of the prophetis. Jhesus seide to hem, But whom seien ȝe me to be? Sy|mount Petre answeride, and seide, Thou art Crist, the sone of God lyuynge. Jhe|sus answeride, and seide to him, Blessid art thou, Symount Barionathat is, sone of a culuer C text K marg. X marg. β text.; for fleisch and blood schewide not to thee, but my fadir that is in heuenes. And Y seie to thee, thatOm. eα. thou art Petre, and on this stoon Y schal bilde my chirche, and the ȝatis of helle schulen not haue miȝtpower R pr. m. aȝens it. And to thee Y shal ȝyue the keies of the kingdom of heuenes; and what euer thou shalt bynde on erthe, schal be boundun also in heuenes; and what euer thou schalt vnbynde on erthe, schal be vnbounden also in heuenes. Thanne he comaundide to hise disciplis, that thei schulden seie to no man, that he was CristJhesu Crist I sec. m.. Fro that tyme Jhesus bigan tofor to A pr. m. Q. schewe to hise disciplis, that ithe S. bihofte hymto him P pr. m. C. goto go CEIPQRScghikαβ. to Jerusalem, and suffre many thingis, of the eldere men, and of scribisthe scribis CEPC., andand of CIQk. princis of prestis; and be slayn, and theOm. A pr. m. thridde dai to rise aȝen. And Petre took hym, and bigan to blame him, and seide, Fer be it fro thee, Lord; this thingOm. S. schal not be to thee. And he turnede, and seide to Petre, Sathanas, gogo thou I. after me; thou art aOm. CI. sclaundre to me; for thou sauerist not tho thingis that ben of God, but tho thingis that ben of men. Thanne Jhesus seide to his disciplis, If ony man wole come after me, denye he hym silf, and take his cros, and sueswe he Khik. me; for he that wole make his lijf saaf, shal leese it; and he that schal leese his lijf for me, schal fynde it. For what profit|ith it to a man, if he wynne al the world, and suffre peiryngpeirement R. of hisOm. hi. soule? orether C. what chaunging schal a man ȝyue for his soule? For mannes sone schal come inin the C. glorie of his fader, with his aungels, and thanne he schal ȝelde to echeuery plures. man aftervp C. his werkis. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, `ther ben summesum men ben C. of hemȝou C. that stonden here, whiche schulen not taste deth, til thei seen mannus sone comynge in his kyng|dom.

 CAP. XVII.

And after sixe daies Jhesus took Pe|tre, and James, and Joon, his brother, and ledde hemOm. Q. asidebisidis Q. in to an hiȝ hil, andand he IR. was turnedtransfigurid C. in to an othir licnesse bifor hem. And his face schone as the sunne; and hise clothis weren maad white as snowe. And lo! Moises and Elie apper|iden to hemhym R., and spaken with hym. And Petre answeride, and seide to Jhesu, Lord, it is good vs to be here. If thou wolt, make we here thre tabernaclis; to thee oon, to Moises oon, and oon to Elye. Ȝit theOm. IS. while he spak, lo! a briȝt cloude ouerschadewide hem; and lo! a voice outcam out EIPQ sec. m. S sup. ras. c pr. m. kαβ. of the cloude, thatand I. seide, This is my dereworth sone, in whom Y haue wel pleside to me; here ȝe hym. And the disciplis herden, and felden doun on her faces, and dredden greetli. And Jhesus cam, and touchide hem, and seide to hem, Rise vp, and nyle ȝe drede. And thei liftenliftiden EKPRiβ. vp her iȝen, and saien no man, but Jhesu aloone. And as thei camen doun of the hille, Jhesus comaundide to hem, and seide, Seie ȝe to no man the visioun, til mannus sone rise aȝen fro deeth. And his disciplis axiden hym, and seiden, What thanne seien the scribis, that it bihoueth that Elie come first? He answeride, and seide to hem, Elie schal come, and he schal restore alle thingis. And Y seie to ȝou, that Elie is nowe comun, and thei knewen hym not, but thei diden in him what euer thingis thei wolden; andOm. C. so mannus sone schal suf|fre of hem. Thanne the disciplis vndur|stoden, that he seide to hem of Joon Bap|tistthe Baptist A pr. m. bc sec. m. eαβ.. And whanne he cam to the puple, a man cam to hym, and felde doun onof P. hiseOm. ceteri et αβ. knees bifor hym, and seide, Lord, haue merci on my sone; for he is luna|tike, and suffrith yuele, for ofte tymes he fallith in to theOm. CEPSbcehi. fier, and ofteof A. tymes in to waterthe watir KRSgβ.. And Y brouȝte hym to thi disciplis, and thei myȝten not heele hym. Jhesus answeride, and seide, AOm. C.! thou generacion vnbileueful and weiward; hou long schal Y be with ȝou? hou long schal Y suffre ȝou? Brynge ȝe hym hider to me. And Jhesus blamede hym, and the deuel wente out fro hym; and the child was heelid fro that our. Thanne the disciplis camen to Jhesu priueli, and seiden to hym, Whi myȝten not we caste hym out? Jhesus seith to hem, For ȝoure vnbileue. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, if ȝe han feith, as a corn of seneueye, ȝe schulen seie to this hil, Passe thou hennus, and it schal passe; and no thing schal be vn|possible to ȝou; but this kynde is not caste out, but biin g. preiyngpreier Kg. and fastyng. And whilis thei weren abidynge togidere in Galilee, Jhesus seide to hem, Mannus sone schal be bitraied in to the hondis of men; and thei schulen sle hym, andhaue thou R. the thridde day he schal rise aȝen to lijf. And thei weren ful sori. And whanne thei camen to Cafarnaum, thei that token tribute, camen to Petre, and seiden to hym, Ȝoure maister payeth not tribute? And he seide, Ȝhis. And whanne he was comen in to the hous, Jhesus cam bifor hym, and seide, Symount, what semeth to thee? Kyngis of erthethe erthe Kbg., of whom taken thei tribute? of her sones, ether of aliens? AndOm. C. he seide, Of aliens. Jhesus seide to hym, Thanne sones ben fre. But that we sclaundre hem not, gogo thou C. to the see, and caste an hook, and take thilke fisch that first cometh vp; and, whanne his mouth is opened, thou schalt fynde a staterthat is, a certen of money K marg., andand take it, and A sec. m. take it and IQ sec. m. α. ȝyue for thee and for me.

 CAP. XVIII.

In that our theOm. M. disciplis camencamen nyȝ KM. pr. m. to Jhesu, and seiden, Who, gessist thou, is grettergreet CR. this grettere Q. in the kyngdom of heuenes? And Jhesus clepide a litil child, and putte hym in the myddil of hem; and seide, Y seie treuthe to ȝou, but ȝe be turned, and maad as litle children, ȝe schulen not entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes. Therfor who euer mekith hym as this litil child, he is grettergreet C. in the kyngdom of heuenes. And he that resseyueth o siche litil child in my name, resseyueth me. But who so sclaundrith oon of these smale, that bileuen in me, it spedith to hym that a mylnstoon `of assisOm. A pr. m. QC. be hang|id in his necke, and he be drenchid in the depnesse of the see. Woo to the world, for sclaundris; forforsothe I. it is nede that sclaundris come; netheles wo to thilke man bi whom aOm. CEI. sclaundre cometh. And if thin hoond or thi foot sclaundrethsclaundre CXik. thee, kitte it of, and castecaste it KM pr. m. awei fro thee. It is betere to thee to entre to lijf feble, ethir crokid, than hauynge tweyne hoondis or twey feet to be sent in to euerlastynge fier. And if thin iȝe sclaundresclaundrith KM. thee, pulle it out, and castecaste it CK. awei fro thee. It is betere to thee with oon iȝe to entre in to lijf, thanne hau|ynge tweyn iȝen to be sent in to the fier of helle. Se ȝe, that ȝe dispise not oon of these litle. For Y seie to ȝou, that the aungels of hem in heuenes seen euermore the face of my fadir that is in heuenes. For mannus sone cam tofor to C. saue that thing that perischide. What semeth to ȝou? If ther weren to suma I. man an hundrid scheep, and oon of hem hath errid, whe|thirwher ceteri. he schal not leeue nynti and nyne in desert, and schal go toand K. seche that that erride? And if it falle that he fynde it, treuli Y seie to ȝou, that he schal haue ioye theronthereof Iα. more than onof Cb. nynti and nyne that erriden not. So it is not the wille biforof K. ȝoure fadir that is in heuenes, that oon of these litle perische. But if thi brother synneth aȝens thee, go thou, and repreue hym, bitwixe thee and hym aloone; ifand if Kk. he herith thee, thou hast wonnun thi brother. And if he herith thee not, take with thee oon or tweyne, that euery word stonde in the mouth of tweyne or thre witnessis. And if he herithhere i. not hem, seie thou to the chirche. ButAnd I. if he herithhere EQRcβ. not the chirche, be he as an hethenhethene man CKR sec. m. b pr. m. ghi pr. m. β. andor b. aOm. Iabc. pupplican to thee. Y seie to ȝou treuli, what euer thingisthing R. ȝe bynden on erthe, tho schulen be boundun also in heueneheuenes R pr. m.; and what euer thingis ȝe vnbynden on erthe, tho schulen be vn|boundun also in heuene. Eftsoone Y seie to ȝou, that if tweyne of ȝou consenten on theOm. C. erthe, of euery thing what euer thei axen, it schal be don to hem of my fadir that is in heuenes. For where tweyne or thre ben gaderid in my name, there Y am in the myddil of hem. Thanne Petre cam to hym, and seide, Lord, how ofte schal my brother synne aȝens me, and Y schal forȝyue hym? Whether til seuen tymes? Jhesus seith to hym, Y seie not to thee, til seuene sithis; but til seuenti sithis seuene sithis. Therfor the kyngdom of heuenes is lic|ned to a kyngman kyng R., that wolde rekyn with hise seruauntis. And whanne he bigan to rekenefor to putte resoun b sec. m. α., oon that ouȝteouȝte to hym b sec. m. α. ten thousynde talentis, was brouȝtoffrid Qb sec. m. α. to hymVerse 24 omitted in Eb pr. m.. And whanne he hadde not wherof tohe shulde K. ȝelde, his lord comaundide hym to be seld, and his wijf, and children, and alle thingis that he hadde, and to be paied. But thilke seruaunt felde doun, and preiede hym, and seide, Haue pacience in me, and Y schal ȝelde to thee alle thingis. And the lord hadde merci on that ser|uaunt, and suffride hym toOm. ceteri et αβ. go, and for|ȝaf toOm. KXcghi. hym the dette. But thilke ser|uaunt ȝede out, and foonde oon of his euen seruauntis, that ouȝte hym an hun|drid pens; and heOm. A pr. m. helde hymOm. C., and stranglide hym, and seide, Ȝelde that that thou owest. And his euen seruaunt felle doun, and preyede hym, and seide, Haue pacience in me, and Y schal quyte alle thingis to thee. But he wolde not; but wente out, and putteputtide K. hym in toOm. C. prisoun, til he paiede al the dette. And hise euen seruauntis, seynge thetho Ek. thingis that weren don, soreweden greetli. And thei camen, and telden to her lord alle theOm. CXbek. tho E. thingis that weren don. Thanne his lord clepide hym, and seide to hym, Wickid seruaunt, Y forȝaf to thee al the dette, for thou preiedist me. Therfor whether it bihouedebihoueth R. not also thee to haue merci on thin euen seruaunt, as Y hadde merci on thee? And his lord was wroth, and took hym to turmentouris, til he paiede al the dette. So my fadir of heuene schal do to ȝou, if ȝe forȝyuen not eueryech C. man to his brother, of ȝoure hertes.

 CAP. XIX.

And it was don, whanne Jhesus hadde endid thesealle thes C. wordis, he passide fro Ga|lilee, and cam in to the coostis of Judee ouer Jordan. And myche puple suede him, and he heelide hem there. And Fariseesthe Farisees I. camen to him, temptynge himOm. Cc pr. m., and seiden, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf, for ony cause? WhichThe whiche I. answeride, and seide to hem, Han ȝe not red, for he that made men at the bigynnyng, made hem male and female? And he seide, For this thing a man schal leeue fadir and modir, and he schal draw to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. And so thei ben not now tweyne, but o fleisch. Therfor aOm. I. man departe not that thing that God hath ioyned. Thei seien to hym, What thanne comaundide Moises, to ȝyue a libel of forsakyng, and to leeue of? And he seide to hem, ForForsothe I. Moises, for the hardnesse of ȝoure herte, suffride ȝou leeueto leeue KRUXeghikβ. ȝoure wyues; but fro the bigynn|yng it was not so. And Y seie to ȝou, that who euer leeuethforsakith C sup. ras. his wijf, but for fornycacioun, and weddith another, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the for|sakun wijf, doith letcherie. His disciplis seien to him, If the cause of a man with ahis IK. wijf is so, it spedith not to be weddid. And he seide to hem, Not alle men taken this word; butbut thei P. to whiche it is ȝouun. For ther ben geldingis, whiche ben thusso K. born of the modrismodir EP. wombe; and ther ben geldyngis, that ben maad of men; and there ben geldyngis, that han geldid hem silf, for the kyngdomrewme CEIPQcαβ. of heuenes. He that may take, `take hetak I.. Thanne litle children weren brouȝte to hym, that he schulde putte hondis to hem, and preie. And the disciplis blamyden hem. But Jhesus seide to hem, Suffre ȝe that litle children come to me, and nyle ȝe forbede hem; for of siche is the kyngdom of heuenes. And whanne he hadde put to hem hondis, he wente fro thennus. And lo! oon cam, and seide to hym, Good maister, what good schal Y do, that Y haue euerlastynge lijf? WhichThe whiche I. seith to hym, What axist thou me of good thing? There is o good God. But if thou wolt entre tointo R. lijf, kepe the comaundementis. He seith to hym, Whiche? And Jhesus seide, Thou schalt not do mansleying, thou schalt not do auowtrie, thou schalt not do thefte, thou schalt not seie fals witnessying; worschipe thi fadir and thi modir, and, thou schalt loue thi neiȝbore as thi silf. The ȝonge man seith to hym, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my ȝoutheȝongthe CIKMbgi., what ȝit failithfalleth R. to me? Jhesus seith to hym, If thou wolt be perfite, go, and sille alle thingis that thou hast, and ȝyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresoure in heuene; and come, and sue me. And whanne the ȝong man hadde herd these wordis, he wente awei sorewful, for he hadde many possessiouns. And Jhesus seide to hise disciplis, Y seie to ȝou treuthe, for a riche man of hard schal entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes. And eftsoone Y seie to ȝou, it is liȝter a camel to passe thorou a needlis iȝe, thanne a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of heuens. Whanne these thingis weren herd, the disciplis wondriden greetli, and seiden, Who thanne may be saaf? Jhesus bi|helde, and seide to hem, Anentis men this thing is impossible; but anentis God alle thingis ben possible. Thanne Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Lo! we han forsake alle thingis, and we han suede thee; what thanne schal be to vs? Jhesusand Jhesus I. seide to hem, Truli I seie to ȝou, that ȝe that han forsake alle thingis, and han sued me, in theOm. CEIMPQRUXbckαβ. regeneracioun whanne mannus sone schal sitte in the sete of his maieste, ȝe schulen sitte on twelue setis, demynge the twelue kyn|redis of Israel. And euery man that for|sakith hous, britheren or sistrensistris C., fadir or modir, wijf ethiror bek. children, or feeldis, for my name, he schal takehaue CEPQXα. an hundrid foold, and schalhe schal I. welde euerlastynge lijf. But manye schulen be, the firste the laste, and the laste the firste.

 CAP. XX.

The kyngdom of heuenes is lijc to an housbonde man, that wente out first bi the morewe, to hire werk men inOm. R pr. m. to his vyneȝerd. And whanne the couenaunt was maad withwith the K. werk men, of a peny for the dai, he sente hem in to his vyneȝerd. And he ȝede out aboute the thridde our, and say othere stondynge idel in the che|pyng. And he seide to hem, Go ȝe also in to myn vynȝerd, and that that schal be riȝtful, Y schal ȝyue to ȝou. And thei wenten forth. Eftsoones he wente out aboute the sixte our, and the nynthe, and didehe dide i. inon EIαβ. lijk maner. But aboute the elleuenthe our he wente out, and foond other stondynge; and heOm. C. seide to hem, What stonden ȝe idel here al dai? Thei seien to him, For no man hath hirid vs. He seith to hem, Go ȝe also in to my vyneȝerd. And whanne euen|yng was comun, the lord of the vyneȝerd seith to his procuratoure, ClepeClepe ȝe bi pr. m. the werk men, and ȝeldeȝelde ȝe i. toOm. R pr. m. hem her hire, and bi|gynne thou at the laste til to the firste. And so whanne thei weren comun, that camen aboute the elleuenthe our, also thei token eueryche of hem a peny. But the firste camen, and demeden, that thei schulden take more, but thei token ech oon bi hem silf a peny; and in the takyng grutchidenthei grutchiden A sec. m. X sec. m. aȝens the hosebonde man, and seiden, These laste wrouȝten oon our, and thou hast maad hem euen to vs, that han born the charge of the dai, and heete? And he answeride to oon of hem, and seide, Freend, Y do thee noon wrong; whether thou hast not acordid with me for a peny? Take thou thatthat thing C. Om. hi. that is thin, and go; for Y wole ȝyue to this laste man, asas myche as and K. to thee. Whether it is not leueful to me to do that thatOm. C. Y wole? Whether thin iȝe is wickid, for Y am good? So the laste schulen be the firste, and the firste theschul be the I. laste; `for manymany forsothe I. ben clepid, butand CIR pr. m. α. fewe ben chosun. And Jhe|sus wente vp to Jerusalem, and took hise twelue disciplis in priuetee, and seide to hem, Lo! we goon vp to Jerusalem, and mannus sone schal be bitakun to princis of prestis, and scribisto scribes I.; and thei schulen condempne him to deeth. And thei schulen bitake hym to hethene men, for to be scorned, and scourgid, and crucified; and the thridde day he schal rise aȝen to lijf. Thanne the modir of the sones of Ze|bedee cam to hym with hir sones, onour|ynge, and axynge sum thing of hym. And he seide to hir, What wolt thou? She seith to hym, Seie that thes tweynetwo I. my sones sitte, oon at thithe R. riȝthalf, and oon at thithe R. lefthalf, in thi kyngdom. Jhe|sus answeride, and seide, Ȝe witen not what ȝe axen. Moun ȝe drynke theof the EI pr. m. cuppe whichthat I. Y schalam to C. drynkedrynke off I pr. m.? Thei seien to hym, We moun. He seith to hem, Ȝe schulen drinke my cuppe; but to sitte at my riȝthalf or lefthalf, itOm. Q. is not myn to ȝyue to ȝou; but to whichewhom I. it is maad redi of my fadir. And the ten herynge, hadden indignacioun of the tweitwo IQ. bri|theren. But Jhesus clepide hem to hym, and seide, Ȝe witen, that princis of he|thene men ben lordis of hem, and thei that ben grettergrettest C., vsen power on hem. It schal not be so among ȝou; but who euer wole be maad grettergrettest C. among ȝou, be he ȝoure mynystre; and who euer among ȝou wole be the firste, he schal be ȝoure seruaunt. As mannus sone cam not to be seruyd, but tofor to K. serue, and toOm. R pr. m. ȝyue his lijf redempcioun for manye. And whanne thei ȝeden out of Jerico, miche puple suede him. And lo! tweitwo I. blynde men saten bisydis the weie, and herden that Jhesus passide; and thei crieden, and seiden, Lord, the sone of Dauid, haue merci on vs. And the puple blamede hem, that thei schulden be stille; and thei crieden theOm. EIb pr. m. cαβ. more, and seiden, Lord, the sone of Dauid, haue merci on vs. And Jhesus stood, and clepide hem, and seide, What wolen ȝe, that Y do to ȝou? Thei seien to him, Lord, that oure iȝen be opened. And Jhesus hadde merci on hem, and touchide her iȝen; and anoon thei sayen, and sueden him.

 CAP. XXI.

And whanne Jhesus cam nyȝ to Jerusa|lem, and cam to BethfageBeffage A., at the mount of Olyuete, thanne sente he his tweitwo I et Q passim. dis|ciplis, and seide to hem, Go ȝe inOm. C. to the castel that is aȝens ȝou, and anoon ȝe schulen fynde an asse tied, and a colt with hir; vntien ȝe, and bryngebryngeth EIQRcαβ. to me. And if ony man seie to ȝou ony thing, seie ȝe, that the Lord hath nede to hem; and anoon he schal leeue hem. Al this was doon, that that thing schulde be ful|fillid, that was seid bi the prophete, sei|ynge, Seie ȝe to the douȝter of Syon, Lo! thi kyng cometh to thee, meke, sittynge on an asse, and a fole of an asse vnder ȝok. And the disciplis ȝeden, and diden as Jhesus comaundide hem. And theiOm. S. sec. m. brouȝten an asse, and thea K. her e. fole, and leid|enthei leiden I. her clothis on hem, and maden hym sitte aboue. And ful myche puple strew|idenspredden IQgk sec. m. α. her clothis in the weie; othere kitt|iden braunchis of trees, and strewidenstrewen β. in the weie. And the puple that wente bifore, and that sueden, crieden, and seiden, Osanna to the sone of Dauid; blessid is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Osanna in hiȝ thingis. And whanne he was entrid in to Jerusalem, al the citee was stirid, and seide, Who is this? But the puple seide, This is Jhe|sus, the prophete, of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jhesus entride in to the temple of God, and castidecaste k pr. m. out of the temple alle that bouȝten and solden; and he turnede vpsedoun the bordis of chaungeris, and the chayeris of men that solden culueris. And he seithseide KR. to hem, It is writun, Myn hous schal be clepid an hous of preier; but ȝe han maad it a denne of theues. And blynde and crokid camen to hym ininto C. the temple, and he heelide hem. ButAnd C. the princis of prestis and scribisthe scribis C., seynge the merueilouse thingis that he dide, andand the CS. children criyngecrieden S. in the temple, and sei|ynge, Osannathat is, I prey thee, saue vs X marg. to the sone of Dauid, had|denthei hadden Iα. indignacioun, and seiden to hym, Herist thou what these seien? AndOm. C. Jhesus seide to hem, ȜheOm. I.; whether ȝe han neuer redde, That of the mouth of ȝonge children, and of soukynge childryn, thou hast maad perfit heriyng? And whanne he hadde left hem, he wente forth out of the citee, in to Bethanye; and there he dwelte, and tauȝte hem of the kyngdom of God. But on the mo|rowe, he, turnynge aȝen in to the citee, hungride. And he saye a fige tree bi|sidis the weie, and cam to it, and foond no thing ther ynne but leeues oneli. And he seide to it, Neuer fruyt come forth of thee, in to with outen eende, And anoon the fige tre was dried vp. AndAnd the CEIReikβ. disciplis `sawen, andseyng A sec. m. Ig sec. m. seyn and A pr. m. seynge and C. wondriden, seiyngeseynge A sec. m. ER sec. m. sbhi sec. m. g sec. m. k. and seiden Iα., Hou a|noon it driede. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, if ȝe haue feith, and douten not, not oonli ȝe schulen do of the fige tree, but also if ȝe seyn to this hil, Take, and caste thee in to the see, it schal be don so. And alle thingis what euereeuere thingis CR. ȝe bileuynge schulen axe in preyer, ȝe schulen take. And whanne he cam in to the temple, the princis of prestis and elder men of the puple camen to hym that tauȝte, and seiden, In what power doist thou these thingis? and who ȝaf thee this power? Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, And Y schal axe ȝou o word, the which if ȝe tellen meto me Rk sec. m. β., Y schal seie to ȝou, in whatwhois K. power Y do these thingis. Of whennys was the baptym of Joon; of he|uene, or of men? And thei thouȝten with ynne hem silf, seiynge, If we seien of heuene, he schal seie to vs, Whi thanne bileuen ȝe not to hym? If we seien of men, we dreden the puple, for alle hadden Joon as a prophete. And thei answer|iden to Jhesu, and seiden, We witen not. And he seide to hem, Nether Y seie to ȝou, in what power Y do these thingis. But what semeth toOm. IKMS pr. m. PQUXbcekα. ȝou? A man hadde twey sones; and he cam to the firste, and seide, Sone, go worche this dai in my vyneȝerd. And he answeride, and seide, Y nylewil not I.; but afterward he forthouȝte, and wente forth. But he cam to `the totherthat oother I., and seide onin CIeα. lijkthe same Iα. maner. And he answeride, and seide, Lord, Y go; and he wente not. Who of the tweyne dide the fadris wille? Thei seienseiden R pr. m. to hym, The firste. Jhesus seith to hem, TreuliTreuli, treuli, EC pr. m. Y seie to ȝou, for pupplicans and hooris schulen go bifor ȝou `in toin CEIMPQRSUX pr. m. bcehi. the kyngdom of God. For Joon cam to ȝou inin to I sec. m. the weie of riȝtwisnesse, and ȝe bileueden not to him; but pupplicans and hooris bi|leueden to hym. But ȝe sayn, and had|den no forthenkyng aftir, that ȝe bi|leueden to hym. Here ȝe another parable. There was an hosebonde man, that plaunt|ide a vynȝerd, and heggide it aboute, and dalfe a presour ther ynne, and bildide a tour, and hiridehe hiride I. it to erthe tilieris, and wente fer in pilgrimage. ButAnd R. whanne the tyme of fruytis neiȝede, he sente his seruauntis to the erthe tilieris, to take fruytis of it. And the erthetilieris token his seruauntis, and beetenthei beeten Iα. `the toonoon I. that oon e. the oon Eβ., theiand Ce. slowen anotherthe tother C., and theiOm. EIPRαβ. stonyden another. Eftsoone he sente othere ser|uauntis, mo than the firste, and in lijk maner thei diden to hem. And at the laste he sente his sone to hem, and seide, Thei schulen drede my sone. But the erthe tilieris, seynge the sone, seiden with ynne hem silf, This is the eire; come ȝe, sle we hym, and we schulen haue his eritage. And thei tokentooken him K., and castiden hym out of the vynȝerd, and slowen hym. Therfor whanne the lord of the vyneȝerd schal come, what schal he do to thilke erthe tilieris? Thei seien to hym, He schal leese yuele the yuele men, and he schal sette to hire histhe KSghi. vyneȝerd to othere erthetilieris, whyche schulen ȝelde to hym fruyt in her tymes. Jhesus seith to hem, Redden ȝe neuer in scripturis, The stoon whichthe whiche S pr. m. k pr. m. bilderisthe beelderis EIPQRS pr. m. αβ. repreueden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner? Of the Lord this thing is don, and it isis not PC. mer|ueilous biforin C. oure iȝen. Therfor Y seie to ȝou, that the kyngdom of God schal be takun fro ȝou, and shal be ȝouun to a folc doynge fruytis of it. And he that schal falle on this stoon, schal be brokun; but on whom it schal falle, it schal al to|brise hym. And whanne the princes of prestis and Farisees hadden herd hise pa|rablis, thei knewen that he seide of hem. And thei souȝten to holde hym, but thei dredden the puple, for thei hadden hym as a prophete.

 CAP. XXII.

And Jhesus answeride, and spak eft|soone in parablis to hem, and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is maad lijk toOm. C. a kyng that made weddyngis to his sone. And he sente hise seruauntis forOm. hik. to clepe men that weren bodebedun plures. to the weddyngis, and thei wolden not come. EftsooneAnd eftsoone A pr. m. he sente othere seruauntis, and seide, Seie ȝeOm. CU. to the men that ben bodebedun plures. to the feeste, Lo! Y haue maad redi my meete, my bolis and my volatilis ben slayn, and alle thingis ben redy; come ȝe to the weddyngis. But thei dispisiden, and wenten forth, oon in to his toun, anothir tointo CU. his marchaundise. But othere helden his seruauntis, and turmentiden hem, and slowen. But the kyng, whanne he hadde herd, was wroth; and he sente hise oostis, and heOm. KRSbeghik. distruyede thoOm. E. the IPeαβ. manquel|leris, and brente her citee. Thanne he seide to hise seruauntis, The weddyngis ben redi, but thei that weren clepid to the feeste, werenben C. not worthi. Therfor go ȝe tointo EIR pr. m. kαβ. the endis of weies, and whom euere ȝe fynden, clepe ȝe to the wed|dyngis. And hise seruauntis ȝeden out in to weiesthe weyes P pr. m., and gadriden togider alle that thei founden, good and yuele; and the bridale was fulfillid with men sittynge at the mete. And the kyng entride, to se men sittynge at the mete; and he siȝe there a man not clothid with bride clothclothis R pr. m.. And he seide to hym, Freend, hou entridist thou hidir with out bride clothis? And he was doumbe. Thanne the kyng bad hise mynystris, Bynde hym bothe hondis and feet, and sende ȝe him in to vtmervttermer KS. vttermore Rhiβ. derknessis; there schal be wepyng and grentynggrenching S. of teeth. For many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun. Thanne Farisees ȝeden awei, and token a counsel to take Jhesu in word. And thei senden to hym her disciplis, with Erodians, and seienseiden CIRαβ., Maister, we witen, that thou art sothe|fastsad trewe I., and thou techist in treuthe the weie of God, and thou chargist not of ony man, for thou biholdist not the per|soone of men. Therfor seie to vs, what itOm. KSghi. seemeth to thee. Is it leueful that tribute be ȝouun to theOm. C. emperoure, ether nay? And whanne Jhesus hadde knowe the wickidnesse of hem, he seide, Ypo|critis, what tempten ȝe me? Schewe ȝe to me the prynte of theȝoure I. money. And thei brouȝten to hym a peny. And Jhe|sus seide to hem, Whos is this ymage, and the writyng aboue? Thei seienseiden CS. to hym, The emperouris. Thanne he seide to hem, Therfor ȝelde ȝe to the emperoure tho thingis that ben the emperouris, and to God tho thingis that ben of God. And thei herden, and wondriden; and thei leften hym, and wenten awey. In that dai Saduceis, that seien there is no ris|yng aȝen to lijf, camen to hym, and ax|iden him, and seiden, Mayster, Moises seide, if ony man is deed, not hauynge a sone, that his brother wedde his wijf, and reise seed to his brothir. AndAnd ther weren I. seuen britheren werenOm. I. atto I. vs; and the firste weddide a wijf, and is deed. And he hadde no seed, and lefte his wijf to his brother; also the secounde, and the thridde, til to the seuenthe. But the laste of alle, the woman is deed. Also in the risyng aȝen to lijf, whos wijf of the seuene schal sche be? for alle hadden hir. Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Ȝe erren, `and ȝe knowen notnot knowynge the I. scripturis, ne the vertu of God. For in the rysyng aȝen to lijf, nether thei schulen wedde, nethirnether thei KS. schulen be weddid; but thei ben as the aungels of God in heueneheuenes R pr. m.. And of the risyng aȝen of deed men, `han ȝeȝe han QR. not red, that is seid of the Lord, that seith to ȝou, Y am God of Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob? he is not God of deede men, but ofGod of CEP. lyuynge men. And the puple herynge, won|driden inon R. his techynge. And Fariseisthe Farisees I. herden that he hadde put silence to Sa|duceis, and camen togidere. And oon of hem, a techere of the lawe, axide Jhesu, and temptide him, Maistir, which is a greet maundement in the lawe? Jhesus seide to him, Thou schalt loue thi Lord God, of al thin herte, and in al thi soule, and in al thi mynde. This is the firste and the moste maundement. And the secounde is lijk toOm. S. this; Thou schalt loue thi neiȝebore as thi silf. In these tweytwo I. maundementis hangith al the lawe and theOm. c pr. m. i. profetis. And whanne the Farisees weren gederid togidere, Jhesus axide hem, and seide, What semeth to ȝou of Crist, whos sone is he? Thei seien to hym, Of Dauid. He seith to hem, Hou thanne Dauid in spirit clepith hym Lord, and seith, The Lord seide to my Lord, Sitte on my riȝthalf, tilas longe as I. Y putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet? Thanne if Dauid clepith hym Lord, hou is he his sone? And no man miȝte an|swere a word to hym, nethir ony man was hardi fro that day, to axe hym more.

 CAP. XXIII.

Thanne Jhesus spac to the puple, and to hise disciplis, and seide, On the chayere of Moises, scribis and Farisees han sete. Therfor kepe ȝe, and do ȝe alle thingis, what euer thingis thei seien to you. But nyle ȝeOm. R pr. m. do aftir her werkis; for thei seien, and don not. And thei bynden greuouse chargis, and that moun not be borun, and putten on schuldris of men; but with her fyngur thei wolen not moue hem. Therfor thei don alle her werkis `that theito K. be seen of men; for thei drawen abrood her filateriesthat ben smale scrowis K marg., and mag|nifien hemmes. And thei louen the first sittyng placis in soperis, and the first chaieris in synagogis; and salutaciouns in chepyng, and to be clepid of men maystirmaistris C.. ButForsoth C. nyle ȝe be clepid mais|ter; for oon is ȝoure maystir, and alle ȝe ben britheren. And nyle ȝeOm. A. clepe to ȝou a fadir on erthe, for oon is ȝour fadir, that is in heuenes. Nether be ȝe clepid maistris, for oon is ȝoure maister, Crist. He that is grettest among ȝou, schal be ȝoure mynystre. For he that hieth him|self, schal be mekid; and he that mekith hym silf, schal be enhaunsid. But wo to ȝou, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that closen the kyngdom of heuenes bifore men; and ȝe entren not, nether suffren menothir men C. entrynge tofor to KRghiβ. entre. Wo to ȝou, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that eten the housis of widowis, and preien bi longe preierpreyeris A pr. m.; for this thing ȝe schulen take morethe more IKR sec. m. X sec. m. kα. doom. Wo to ȝou, scribis and Farisees, ypocritis, that goon aboute the see and the loond, to make oa Rb. prosiliteproselite, that is, conuerted to ȝour [her k] ordre KX sec. m. kβ.; and whanne he is maad, ȝe maken hym a sone of helle, double more than ȝe ben. Wo to ȝou, blynde lederis, that seien, Who euer swerith bi the temple of God, it is `no thingnouȝt I.; but he that swerith in the gold of the temple, is dettoure. Ȝe foolis and blynde, for what is grettere, the gold, or the temple that halewith the gold? And who euer swerith in the auter, it is no thing; but he that swer|ith in the ȝifte that is on the auter, ow|ith. Blynde men, for what is more, the ȝifte, or the auter that halewith the ȝifte? Therfor he that swerith in the auter, swerith in it, and in alle thingis that ben ther on. And he that swerith in the temple, swerith in it, and in hym that dwellith in the temple. And he that swerith in heuene, swerith in the trone of God, and in hym that sittith ther on. Wo to ȝou, scribis and Farisees, ypo|critis, that tithen mynte, anete, and cum|myn, and han left tho thingis that ben of more charge of the lawe, doom, and merci, and feith. And it bihofte to do these thingis, and not to leeue tho. Blynde lederis, clensinge athe S. gnatte, but swolewynge athe C. camel. Woo to ȝou, scribis and Farisees, ypocritis, that clen|sen the cuppe and theOm. A sec. m. CEIPQR pr. m. ceβ. plater with out|forth; but with ynne ȝe ben ful of ra|ueyne and vnclennesse. Thou blynde Farisee, clenseclense rather A sec. m. clense firste Ke sec. m. the cuppe and the plater with ynneforth, that thatthat thing A sec. m. I sec. m. e. Om. EMRUbcghikαβ. that is with outforth be maad clene. Wo to ȝou, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that ben lijk toOm. KS pr. m. b pr. m. ghi. sepulcris whitid, whiche with outforth semen faire to men; but with ynne thei ben fulle of boonus of deed men, and of al filthe. So ȝe with out|forth semen iust to men; but with ynne ȝe ben ful of ypocrisy andand of I. wickidnesse. Wo to ȝou, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that bilden sepulcris of profetis, and maken faire the birielis of iust men, and seien, If we hadden be in the daies of oure fadris, we schulden not haue be her felowis in the blood of prophetis. And so ȝe ben in witnessyng to ȝou silf, that ȝe ben the sones of hem that slowen the prophetis. And fulfillefille b. ȝeOm. S. the mesure of ȝoure fadris. Ȝe eddristhat is, buriownyng of eddris, that sleen her modris. K marg., and eddris briddis, hou schulen ȝe fle fro the doom of helle? Therfor lo! Y sende to ȝou profetis, and wise men, and scribis; and of hem ȝe schulen sle and crucifie, and of hem ȝe schulen scourge in ȝoure sina|gogis, and schulen pursue fro cite in to citee; that al the iust blood come on ȝou, that was sched on the erthe, fro the blood of iust Abel to the blood of Zaca|rie, the sone of Barachie, whom ȝe slowen bitwixe the temple and the auter. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, alle these thingis schulen come on this generacioun. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that sleest prophetis, and stoonest hem that ben sent to thee, hou ofte wolde Y gadere togidere thi chil|dren, as an henne gaderith togidir her chikenes vndir hir wengis, and thou woldist not. Lo! ȝoure hous schal be left to ȝou desert. And Y seie to ȝou, ȝe schulen not se me fro hennus forth, til ȝe seien, Blessid is he, that cometh in the name of the Lord.

 CAP. XXIV.

And Jhesus wente out of the temple; and his disciplis camen to hym, to schewe hym the bildyngis of the temple. But he answeride, and seide to hem, Seen ȝe alle these thingis? Treuli Y seie to ȝou, a stoon schal not be left hereOm. CEI pr. m. R. on aO A. stoon, that ne it schal be destried. And whanne he satte on the hillemount KR. ofOm. P pr. m. Olyuete, hise disciplis camen to hym priueli, and seiden, Seie vsto vs RX sec. m. gkβ., whanne these thingis schulen be, and what token of thi comyng, and of the ending of the world. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Loke ȝe, that no man disseyue ȝou. For many schulen come in my name, and schulen seie, Ythat I am Crist; and thei schulen dis|seyuepr. m. KC pr. m. manye. For ȝe schulen here batels, and opyniouns of batels; se ȝe that ȝe be not disturblid; for it byhoueth these thingis to be don, but not ȝit is the ende. FolkFor folk R. schal rise togidere aȝens folc, and rewme aȝens rewme, and pestilencespestilence A., and hungris, and theOm. I sec. m. KQRXeghik. erthemouyngis schulen be bi placis; and alle these ben bigyn|nyngis of sorewes. Thanne men schulen bitake ȝou in to tribulacion, andand thei CI. schulen sle ȝou, and ȝe schulen be in hate to alle folkfolkis C. for my name. And thanne many schulen be sclaundrid, and bitrayeto gydere bitraye e. ech other, and thei schulen hate ech other. And many false prophetis schulen rise, and disseyue manye. And for wickidnesse schal `be plenteuousewax I sec. m., the charite of manye schal wexe coold; but he that schal dwelle stablestille EIQ. in to the ende, schal be saaf. And this gospel of the kyng|dom schal be prechid ininto C. al the world, in witnessyng to al folc; and thanne the ende schal come. Therfor whanne ȝe se the abhomynacioun of discomfort, that is seid of Danyel, the prophete, stondynge in the hooli place; he that redith, vndirstonde he; thanneOm. C. thei that ben in Judee, fle to the mounteyns; and he that is in the hous roof, come not doun to take ony thing of his hous; and he that is in the feeld, turne not aȝen to take his coote. But wo to hem that ben with child, and nurischen in tho daies. Preye ȝe, that ȝoure fleyng be not maad in wynter, or in theOm. R pr. m. sabothsabotis EIQa.. For thanne schal be greet tribulacioun, what maner `was nothath not be C et plures. fro the bigynnyng of the world totil plures. now, nether schal be maad. And but thothilke I. daies haddenshulen C. be abreggide, ech fleschthat is, mankinde K marg. schulde not be maad saaf; but tho daies schulen be maad schort, for the chosun men. Thanne if ony man seie to ȝou, Lo! here is Crist, or therelo! there C., nyle ȝe bileue. For false Cristis and false prophetis schulen rise, and thei schulen ȝyue grete tokenes and wondrys; so that also the chosun be led in to er|roure, if it may be done. Lo! Y haue bifor seid to ȝou. Therfor if thei seie to ȝou, Lo! he is in desert, nyle ȝe go out; lo! inhe is in I. priuey placis, nyle ȝe trowebileeue k pr. m.. For as leit goith out fro the eest, and apperith in to the weste, so schal be also the coming of mannus sone. Where euer the bodi schal be, also the eglis schulen be gaderid thidur. And anoon after the tribulacioun of tho daies, the sunne schal be maad derk, and the moone schal not ȝyue hir liȝt, and the sterris schulen falle fro heuene, and the vertues of heuenes schulen be moued. And thanne the tokene of mannus sone schal appere in heuene, and thanneOm. C. alle kynredisthe kyn|redis bk. of theOm. CKsei. erthe schulen weile; and thei schulen see mannus sone comynge in the cloudis of heuene, with miche vertu and maieste. And he schal sende hise aungels with a trumpe, and a greet vois; and thei schu|len gedere hise chosun fro foure wyndis, fro the hiȝest thingis of heuenesheuen R. to theOm. C. endis of hem. And lerne ȝe the parable of athe S. fige tre. Whanne his braunche is now tendir, and the leeues benben now A pr. m. EIQ. ben nowe grene i pr. m. sprongun, ȝe witen that somer is nyȝ; `so and ȝeand so ȝe K. whanne ȝe seense A. schulen se k. alle these thingis, wite ȝe thatOm. R. it is nyȝ, in the ȝatis. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, for this generacioun schal not passe, til alle thingis be don; heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe. But of thilke dai and our no man wote, nethir aungels of he|uenesheuene C., but the fadir aloone. But as it was in the daies of Noe, so schal be the comyng of mannus sone. For as in the daies bifore the greet flood, thei weren etynge and drynkynge, weddynge and takynge to weddyng, totil Iαβ. til in to KR sec. m. k sec. m. that dai, that Noe entride in to the schippe; and thei knewen not, til the greet flood cam, and took alle men, soriȝt so I. schal be the comyng of mannus sone. Thanne tweynetwo IQe. schu|len be in oa C et plures. feeld, oon schal be takun, and anotherthe tother K. leftshal be leeft S.; tweytwo Q. wymmen schulen be gryndynge in oa E. queerne, oon schal be takun, and `the totherthat oother I. left; tweyn in aoo K. bedde, `the toonthat oon Ik. the oon R. oon e. schal be takun, and the totheroothir I. left. Therfor wake ȝeOm. C., for ȝe witen not in what our the Lord schal come. But wite ȝe this, that if the hosebonde man wiste in what our the thefe were to come, certis he wolde wake, and suffre not his hous to be vndurmyned. And therfor be ȝe redi, for in what our ȝe gessen not, mannus sone schal come. Who gessist thou is a trewe seruaunt andand a Ieghk sec. m. αβ. prudent, whom his lord ordeyned on his meynee, to ȝyue hem mete in tyme? Blessed is that seruaunt, whom `his lord, whanne hehis lord, whan his lord E. whanne his lord K. schal come, schal fynde so doynge. Treuli Y seye to ȝou, for on alle his goodis he schal ordeyne hym. But if thilke yuel seruaunt seie in his herte, My lord tari|eth to come, and bigynneth to smyte hise euen seruauntis, and eteto ete K., and drynke with drunken men; the lord of that ser|uaunt schal come in thethat K. dai whichin whiche bhi. he hopith not, and in the our that he know|ith not, and schal departe hym, and putteschal putte e pr. m. his part with ypocritis; there schal be wepyng, and gryntyng of teeth.

 CAP. XXV.

ThanneOm. I. the kyngdoom of heuenes schal be lijk toOm. A. ten virgyns, whichethe whiche I. token her laumpis, and wenten out aȝens the hose|bonde and the wijf; and fyue of hem weren foolis, and fyue prudent. But the fyue foolis token her laumpis, and token not oile with hem; but the prudent token oile in her vessels with the laumpis. And whilis the hosebonde tar|iede, alle thei nappiden and slepten. But at mydnyȝtthe mydnyȝt A. a cryȝ was maad, Lo! the spouse cometh, go ȝe oute to mete with him. Thanne alle thothe AEiαβ. thilke I. virgyns risenrisiden K. resen IS. resin EP. vp, and araieden her laumpis. And the foolis seiden to the wise, Ȝyue ȝe to vs of ȝoure oile, for oure laumpis ben quenchid. The prudentprudent virgyns K. answeriden, and seiden, Lest perauenture it suffice not to vs and to ȝou, go ȝe rather to men that sellen, and bie to ȝou. And while thei wenten forOm. A sec. m. forth E. to bie, the spouse cam; and thothilke I. that weren redi, entreden with him to the weddyngis; and the ȝate was schit. And at the last the otheretothere K. virgyns camen, and seiden, Lord, lord, opene to vs. And he answeride, and seide, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, Y knowe ȝou not. Therfor wake ȝe, for ȝe witen not the dai ne the our. For as a man that goith in pilgrimage, clepide hise seruauntis, and bitook to hem hise goodis; and to oon he ȝaf fyue talentisbesauntis K., andOm. EIPQRCαβ. to another tweyne, and to another oon, to ech after his owne vertu; andand he I. wente forth anoon. And he that hadde fyue besauntis, wente forth, and wrouȝte in hem, and wan othere fyue. Also and he that hadde takun tweyne, wan othere tweyne. But he that hadde takun oon, ȝede forth, and dalfdalf it EP. in toOm. A pr. m. CEIP pr. m. the erthe, and hidde the money of his lord. But after long tyme, the lord of thothe EIRbiα. seruauntis cam, and rekenede with hem. And he that hadde takun fyue besauntis, cam, and brouȝte othere fyue, and seide, Lord, thou bytokist to me fyue besauntis, loo! Y haue getun aboueouer I. fyue othere. His lord seide to hym, Wel be thou, good ser|uaunt and feithful; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on manye thingis; entre thou in to the ioye of thi lord. And he that hadde takun twey talentisbesauntis K., cam, and seide, Lord, thou bitokist to me twey besauntis; loo! Y haue wonnen ouer othir tweyne. His lord seide to him, Wel be thou, good ser|uaunt and trewe; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on many thingis; entre thou in to the ioie of thi lord. But he that hadde takun o besaunt, cam, and seide, Lord, Y woot that thou art an hard man; thou repist where thou hast not sowe, and thou gederist togidere where thou hast not spred abrood; and Y dredynge wente, and hidde thi besaunt in the erthe; lo! thou hast that that is thin. His lord an|sweride, and seide to hym, Yuel seruaunt and slowe, wistist thou that Y repe where Y sewe not, and gadir to gidere where Y spredde not abrood? Therfor it bihofte thee to bitake my money to chaungeris, that whanne Y cam, Y schulde resseyuehaue receyued K. that that is myn with vsuris. Therfor taketake ȝe EKX sec. m. awei fro hym the besaunt, and ȝyue ȝeOm. CR. to hym that hath ten besauntis. For to euery man that hath me schal ȝyue, and he schal encreese; but fro hym that hath not, also that that hymhe R. semeth to haue, schal be taken awey froof cbcghk. him. And caste ȝe out the vnprofitable seruaunt in to vtmerthe vtmere I. vttermere KS. vttirmore Rhik. derknessis; ther schal be wep|yng, and gryntynggrenching S. of teeth. Whanne mannus sone schal come in his maieste, and alle hise aungels with hym, thanne he schal sitte on the segeseete CEKbck. of his maieste; and alle folkis schulen be gaderid bifor hym, and he schal departe hem atwynne, as a scheeperde departith scheep from kidis; and he schal sette the scheep on his riȝthalf, and the kidis on thehis KRβ. lefthalf. Thanne the kyng schal seie to hem, that schulen be on his riȝthalf, Come ȝe, theOm. K. blessid of my fadir, takeand take Ksb pr. m. gik. ȝe in posses|sioun the kyngdoom maad redi to ȝou fro the makyng of the world. For Y hun|gride, and ȝe ȝauen me to ete; Yand I CMSUbghk. thrist|ide, and ȝe ȝauen me to drynke; Y was herboreles, and ȝe herboriden me; nakid, and ȝe hiliden me; sijk, and ȝe visitiden me; Y was in prisoun, and ȝe camen to me. Thanne iust men schulen answere to hym, and seie, Lord, whanne siȝen we thee hungry, and we fedden thee; thristi, and we ȝauen to thee drynk? and whanne sayn we thee herborles, and we herboreden thee; or nakid, and we hil|iden thee? orand C. for S. Om. i. whanne sayn we thee sijk, or in prisoun, and we camen to thee? And the kyng answerynge schal seie to hem, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, as longe as ȝe diden to oon of these my leeste britheren, ȝe diden to me. Thanne the kyng schal seie also to hem, that schulen be on his lefthalfleftsyde chi., DeparteDeparteth EIPQRCαβ. fro me, ȝe cursid, in to euerlastynge fijr, that is maad redi to the deuel and hise aungels. For Y hungride, and ȝe ȝauen not me to ete; Y thristide, and ȝe ȝauen not me to drynke; Yand I R. was herborles, and ȝe herb|erden not me; nakid, and ȝe keuerdenhiliden K. not me; sijk, and in prisoun, and ȝe visitiden not me. Thanne and thei schulen answere to hym, and schulen seie, Lord, whanne sayn we thee hungrynge, or thristynge, or herboreles, or nakid, or sijk, or in prisoun, and we serueden not to thee? Thanne he schal answere to hem, and seie, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, `hou longeas long as K. ȝe diden not to oon of these leeste, nether ȝe diden to me. And these schulen goo in to euerlastynge turment; but the iust men schulen go in to euerlastynge lijf.

 CAP. XXVI.

And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid alleOm. Q. these wordis, he seide to hise disciplis, Ȝe witen, that aftir twei daies pask schal be maad, and mannus sone schal be bitakun to be crucified. Than the princes of prestis and the elder men of the puple were gaderid in to the halle of the princeprinces R. of prestis, that was seid Cayfas, and maden a counsel to holde Jhesu with gile, and sle him; but thei seiden, Not in the haliday, lest per|auenture noyse were maad in the puple. AndBut e pr. m. whanne Jhesus was in Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprousthe leprous A pr. m. CMSUbceghikβ., a wom|man that hadde a box of alabastre of precious oynement, cam to hym, and scheddeschedde it I. out on the heed of hym rest|ynge. And disciplisthe disciplis EIKPhik. hise disciplis g. seynge hadden de|deyn, and seiden, Wherto thisis this Iα. loss? forforsothe I. it myȝte be seld for myche, and be ȝouun to pore men. But Jhesus knewe, and seide to hem, What ben ȝe heuyether sorie K marg. to this womman? forforsothe I. sche hath wrouȝt in me a good werk. For ȝe schulen euere haue pore men with ȝou, but ȝe schulen not algatis haue me. ThisFor this EP sec. m. womman sendynge this oynement in to my bodi, dide to birie me. TreuliAnd treuly I. Y seie to ȝou, where euer this gospel schal be prechid in al the world, it schal be seid, that sche dide this, in mynde of hym. Thanne oon of the twelue, that was clepid Judas Scarioth, wente forth to the princis of prestis, and seide to hem, What wolen ȝe ȝyue to me, and Y schal bitake hym to ȝou? And thei ordeyneden to hym thretti panspens CQRβ. penis ES. platis I. pecis K. of siluer. And fro that tyme he souȝte oportunyteor best tyme C marg., to bitraye hym. And in the firste dai of therf looues the disciplis camen to Jhesu, and seiden, Where wolt thou we make redi to thee, to ete paske? Jhesus seide, Go ȝe into the citee to `sum mana man I., and seie to hym, The maistir seith, My tyme is nyȝ; at thee Y make paske with my dis|ciplis. And the disciplis diden, as Jhe|sus comaundide to hem; and thei maden the paske redi. And whanne euentidthe euentijd KSg. was come, he sat to mete with hise twelue disciplis. And he seide to hem, as thei eten, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that oon of ȝou schal bitraye me. And thei ful sori bigunnen ech bi hym silf to seie, Lord, whetherwher C et alii passim. `Y amit am I? I. I am he? K. I? S.? And he answer|ide, and seide, He that puttith with me histhe Kk. Om. b pr. m. hoond in the plater, schal bitraye me. Forsothe mannus sone goith, as it is writun of hym; but wo to that man, bi whom mannus sone schal be bitrayed; it were good to hym, if that man hadde not be borun. But Judas that bitraiede hym, answeride, seiynge, Maister, whe|ther `Y amit am I I. I am he? K.? Jhesus seideseith K. to hym, Thou hast seid. And while thei soup|eden, Jhesus took breed, and blesside, and brak, and ȝaf to hise disciplis, and seide, Take ȝe, and eteeteth I. ete ȝe SX marg. k.; this is my body. And he took the cuppe, and dide thank|yngis, and ȝaf to hem, and seide, Drynke ȝe alle herof; this is my blood of the newe testament, which schal be sched for many, in to remissioun of synnes. And Y seie to ȝou, Y schal not drynke fro this tyme, of this fruyt of the vyne, in to that dai whanne Y schal drynke it newe with ȝou, in the kyngdom of my fadir. And whanne the ympne was seid, thei wenten out in to the mount of Olyuete. Thanne Jhesus seide to hem, Alle ȝe schulen suffre sclaundre in me, in this niȝt; for it is writun, Y schal smyte the scheeperde, and the scheep of the flok schulen be scaterid. But aftir that Y schal rise aȝen, Y schal go bifore ȝou in to Galilee. Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Thouȝ alle schulen be sclaundrid in thee, Y schal neuer be sclaundrid. Jhe|sus seide to him, Treuli Y seie to thee, for in this nyȝt bifor the cok crowe, thries thou schalt denye me. Peter seide to him, Ȝhe, thouȝ it bihouebihoueth Cgk. that Y die with thee, Y schal not denye thee. Also alle the disciplis seiden. Thanne Jhesus cam with hem in to a toun, that is seid Jessamanye. And he seide to his disci|plis, Sitte ȝe here, theOm. Iα. while Y go thider, and preye. And whanne he hadde take Peter, and tweitwo C et alii. sones of Zebedee, heand A. bigan to be heuy and sori. Thanne he seide to hem, My soule is soreuful to the deeth; abide ȝe here, and wake ȝe with me. And he ȝede forth a litil, and felde doun on his face, preiynge, and seiynge, My fader, if it is possible, passe this cuppe fro me; netheles not as Y wole, but as thou wolt. And he cam to his disciplis, and foond hem slepynge. And he seide to Petir, So, whethir ȝe myȝten not oon our wake with me? Wake ȝe, and preye ȝe, that ȝe entre not in to temptacioun; forforsothe I. the spirit is redi, but the fleisch is sijk. Eft the secounde tyme he wente, and preyede, seiynge, My fadir, if this cuppe may not passe, butbut that k. but if β. Y drynke hymit Ichiα., thi wille be doon. And eftsoone he cam, and foond hem slepynge; for her iȝen weren heuyed. And he lefte hem, and wente eftsoone, and preiede the thridde tyme, and seide the same word. Thanne he cam to his disciplis, and seide to hem, Slepe ȝe now, and reste ȝe; loo! the our hath neiȝed, and mannus sone schal be takunbitaken EKRchikαβ. in to the hondis of synneris; rise ȝe, go we; loo! he that schal take me, is nyȝ. Ȝit theOm. Ib. while he spak, lo! Judas, oon of the twelue, cam, and with hym a greet cum|peny, with swerdis and battis, sent fro the princis of prestis, and fro the eldre men of the puple. And he that bitraiede hym, ȝaf to hem a tokene, and seide, Whom euer Y schalOm. CEKQRbcghikαβ. kisse, he it is; holde ȝe hym. And anoon he cam to Jhesu, and seid, Haile, maister; and he kisside hym. And Jhesus seide to hym, Freend, wherto art thou comun? Thanne thei camen niȝ, and leiden hoondis on Jhesu, and helden hym. And lo! oon of hem that weren with Jhesu, streiȝtestreȝcchide K. out his hoond, and drouȝ out his swerd; and he smoot the seruaunt of the prince of prestis, and kittekittede C. of his ereriȝt eere EP sec. m.. Thanne Jhesus seide to hym, Turne thi swerd in to his place; for alle that taken swerd, schulen perische bi swerd. Whether gessist thou, that Y may not preie my fadir, and he schal ȝyue to me now momore K. than twelue legiounsa legioun is sixe thousand sixe hundrid and sixty and sixe. K marg. of aungels? Hou thanne schulen theOm. A. scriptures be fulfil|led? For so it bihoueth to be doon. In that our Jhesus seide to the puple, As to a theef ȝe hanOm.S sec. m. gon out, with swerdis and battis, to take me; dai bi dai Y sat among ȝou, and tauȝt in the temple, and ȝe helden me not. But al this thing was don, that the scripturis of profetis schulden be fulfillid. Thanne alle the disciplis fledden, and leften hym. And thei helden Jhesu, and ledden hym to Cayfas, the prince of prestis, where the scribis and theOm. plures et α. Farisees, and the eldre men of the puple weren comun togidere. But Petir swede him afer, in to the halle of the princeprinces A pr. m. of prestis; and he wente in, and sat with the seruauntis, to se the ende. And the prince of prestis, and al the counsel souȝten fals witnessing aȝens Jhesu, that thei schulden take hym to deeth; and thei founden not, whanne manye false witnessis werenhadden, or weren K. comun. But at the laste, twei false witnessis camen, and seiden, `This seideThese seith E. Om. P pr. m. This seith P sec. m., Y may distruye the temple of God, and after the thridde dai bilde it aȝen. And the prince of prestis roos, and seide to hym, Answerist thou no thing to tho thingis, that these witnessen aȝens thee? But Jhesus was stille. And the prince of prestis seide to hym, Y coniure theeOm. S. bi lyuyngethe lyuynge hiα. God, that thou seie to vs, if thou art Crist, the sone of God. JhesusAnd Jhesus C. seide to him, Thou hast seid; netheles Y seie to ȝou, `fro hennus forthherafter I. ȝe schu|len se mannus sone sittinge aton e pr. m. the riȝt|half of the vertu of God, and comynge in the cloudis of heueneheuenes R.. Thanne the prince of prestis to-rente his clothis, and seide, He hath blasfemed; what ȝit han we nede to witnessis? lo! now ȝe han herd blasfemye; what semeth to ȝou? And thei answeriden, and seiden, He is gilti of deeth. Thanne thei spetenspittiden Khi. `in toin Ibα. his face, and smytensmeten Iα. smitiden K. smoten plures et β. hym with buffatis; and othere ȝauen strokis with the pawme of her hondis ininto K. his face, and seide, Thou Crist, arede to vs, who is he that smoot thee? And Petir sat with outen inOm. A. the halle; and a damysel cam to hym, and seide, Thou were with Jhesu of Galilee. And he denyede bifor alle menOm. I pr. m., and seide, Y woot not what thou seist. And whanne he ȝede out atof A. the ȝate, another damysel say hym, and seide to hem that weren there, And this was with Jhesu of Nazareth. And eftsoone he denyede with an ooth, For Ihe AR. knewe not the man. AndOm. EIKPXQR pr. m. α. a litil aftir, thei that stooden camen, and seiden to Petir, TreuliTruli and K. thou art ofon of R sec. m. hem; for thi speche makith thee knowun. Thanne he bigan to warie and toOm. A. swere, that he knewe not the man. And anoon the cok crewe. And Petir bithouȝte on the word of Jhesu, that he hadde seid, Bifore the cok crowe, thries thou schalt denye me. And he ȝede out, and wepte bitterli.

 CAP. XXVII.

But whanne the morowtid was comun, alle the princis of prestis, and the eldre men of the puple token counsela counceil R. aȝens Jhesu, that thei schulden take hym to the deeth. And thei ledden him boundun, and bitoken tohim to Kk. Pilat of Pounce, iustice. Thanne Judas that bitraiede hym, say that he was dampned, he repentide, and brouȝte aȝen the thretti panspenis S. to the princis of prestis, and to the elder men of the puple, and seide, Y haue synned, bitraiynge riȝtful blood. And thei seiden, What to vs? bise thee. And whanne he hadde cast forth the siluer inin to K. the temple, he passide forth, and ȝede, and hongide hym silf with a snare. And the princis of prestis token the siluer, and seide, It is not leueful to putte it in to the tre|serie, for it is the prijs of blood. And whanne thei hadden take counsel, thei bouȝten with it a feeld of a potter, in to biryyng of pilgrymys. Herfor thilkethis A. feeld is clepid Acheldemac, that is, a feeld of blood, in to this dai. Thanne thatit K. was fulfillid, that was seid bi the prophete Jeremye, seiynge, And thei han takun thretti pans, the prijs of a man preysid, whom thei preiseden of the chil|dren of Israel; and thei ȝauen hem in to a feeld of a potter, as the Lord hath or|denyd to me. And Jhesus stood bifor the domesman; and the iustice axide him, and seide, Art thou king of Jewis? Jhesus seith to hym, Thou seist. And whanne he was accusid of the princisprince CR. of prestis, and of the eldere men of the puple, he answeride no thing. Thanne Pilat seith to him, Herist thou not, hou many witnessyngisthingis C. thei seien aȝens thee? And he answeride not `to hymhym to ACQg. ony word, so that the iustice wondride greetli. But for a solempne dai the iustice was wont tofor to C. delyuere to the puple oon boundunin boundis I., whom thei wolden. And he hadde tho a famousether noble K marg. man boundun, that was seid BarrabasBarrabas, which for manslauȝtir was put into prisoun EP sec. m. marg.. Therfor Pilate seide to hem, whanne thei weren to gidere, Whom wolen ȝe, that Y delyuere toOm. S pr. m. e pr. m. ȝou? whether Barabas, or Jhesu, that is seid Crist? For he wiste, that bi enuye thei bitraieden hym. And while he sat for domesmanether iustice K marg., his wijf sente to hym, and seide, No thing to thee and to that iust man; for Y haue suffrid this dai many thingis for hym, bi a visioun. Forsothe the princeprincis KSghiβ. of prestis, and the eldere men counseilidenether entiseden K marg. the puple, that thei schul|den axe Barabas, but thei schulden di|strye Jhesu. But the iustice answeride, and seide to hem, Whom of the tweyn wolen ȝe, that be delyuerit to ȝou? And thei seiden, Barabas. Pilat seith to hem, What thanne schal Y do of Jhesu, that is seid Crist? AlleAlle thei Iα. seienseiden R sec. m. β., `Be heto be C. cruci|fied. The iustice seith to hem, What yuel hath he doon? And thei crieden more, and seiden, Be he crucified. And Pilat seynge that he profitide no thing, but that theOm. C. more noyse was maad, tookand took ACbc. he took k. watir, and waischide hise hondis bifor the puple, and seide, Y am giltles of the blood of this riȝtful man; bise ȝou. And al the puple answeride, and seide, His blood be on vs, and on oure children. Thanne he deliuerede to hem Barabas, but he took to hem Jhesu scourgid, to be crucified. Thanne knyȝtis of the iustice token Jhesu in the moot halle, and gadriden to hym al the cum|peny `of knyȝtisOm. EP sec. m.. And thei vnclothiden hym, and diden aboute hym a reed mantil; and thei foldidenfoldinge EIKMPQRSUXbcghiαβ. a coroun of thornes, andOm. I sec. m. Q sec. m. iαβ. puttenputtiden CKghi. on his heed, and a rehed in his riȝt hoond; and thei knel|iden bifore hym, and scornyden hymOm. K., and seiden, Heil, kyng of Jewis. And thei spetenspittiden Khi. spitten e. on hym, and tooken a rehed, and smootsmeten IU. smytiden K. smyten MS. his heed. And aftir that thei hadden scorned him, thei vncloth|iden hym of the mantil, and thei cloth|iden hym with hise clothis, and ledden hym to `crucifien hymcrucifien CMPXe. crucifie IQRb pr. m. cghiαβ. to be crucified Kk.. And as thei ȝeden out, thei founden a man of Cire|nenSerenen A. comynge fro the toun, Symont bi name; thei constreyneden hym to take his cross. And thei camen in to a place that is clepid Golgatha, that is, the place of Caluarie. And thei ȝauen hym to drynke wyne meyndmeddlid CIXeα. with galle; and whanne he hadde tastid, he wolde not drynke. AndOm. I. aftir that thei hadden cru|cified hym, thei departidenpartiden Q. his clothis, and kestenkastiden Khi. lotte, to fulfille that is seid bi the prophete, seiynge, Thei partidendepartiden EIKRgα. to hem my clothis, and on my clooth thei kestenkastiden Ki. lott. And thei seten, and kepten him; and settenthei setten I. settiden i. aboue his heed his cause writun, This is Jhesu of Nazareth, kyng of Jewis. Thanne tweytwo R. theues weren crucified with hym, oon on the riȝthalf, and oon on the lefthalf. And men that passiden forth blasfemeden hym, mouynge her heedis, and seiynge, Vaththat is, fiȝ e marg. to thee, that distriest the temple of God, and in the thridde dai bildist it aȝen; saue thou thi silf; if thou art the sone of God, come doun of the crosscros, and we bileuen to thee EP sec. m. marg.. Also and princis of prestis scornynge, with scribis and elder men, seiden, He madehath maad I. othere men saaf, he may not make hym silf saaf; if he is kyng of Israel, come he nowOm. C. doun fro the crosse, and we bileuen to hym; he tristide in God; delyuer he hym now, if he wole; for he seide, That Y am Goddis sone. And the theues, that weren crucified with hym, vpbreididenvpbraiden R. hym of the same thing. But fro the sixte our derknessis weren maad on al the erthe, totil Ibα. the nynthe our. And aboute the nynthe our Jhesus criede with a greet vois, and seide, Heli, Heli, lamazabatany, that is, My God, my God, whi hast thou forsake me? And sum|mensumme C. that stoden there, and herynge, seiden, This clepith Helye. And anoon oon of hem rennynge, took and fillide a spounge withof K. vynegre, and puttideputt R. on a rehed, and ȝaf to hym to drynke. But othir seiden, Suffre thou; se weOm. K. whether Helie come to deliuer hym. Forsothe Jhesus eftsoone criedecriynge g. with a greet voyce, and ȝaf vp the goost. And lo! the veil of the temple was to-rent ininto hi. tweytwo R. parties, fro the hiest to the lowest. And the erthe schoke, and stoonusthe stoones K. weren cloue; and birielis weren openyd, and many bodies of seyntis that hadden slepte, rysenrisiden C. vp. And thei ȝeden out of her birielis, and aftir his resurreccioun thei camen in to the holi citee, and apperiden to many. And the centurien and thei that weren with hym kepinge Jhesu, whanne thei saien the erthe schakynge, and tho thingis that weren doon, thei dredden greetli, and seiden, Verili this was Goddis sone. And ther weren there many wymmen afer, that sueden Jhesu fro Galilee, and mynystriden to hym. Among whichethe whiche Iα. was Marie Magdalene, and Marie, the modir of James, and of Joseph, and the modir of Zebedees sones. But whanne the euenyng was come, ther cam a riche man of Armathi, Joseph bi name, and he was a disciple of Jhesu. HeAnd he R. wente to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu. Thanne Pilat co|maundide the bodie to be ȝouun. And whanne the bodi was takun, Joseph lap|pide it in a clene sendel, and leide it in his newe biriel, that he hadde hewun in a stoon; and he walewide a greet stoon to the dore of the biriel, and wente awei. But Marie Maudelene and anothir Marie weren there, sittynge aȝens the sepulcre. And on `the totherthat oothir I. dai, that is aftir pask euen, theOm. A. princis of prestis and theOm. K. Farisees camen togidere to Pilat, and seiden, Sir, we han mynde, that thilke giloure seide ȝit lyuynge, Aftir thre daies Y schal rise aȝen to lijf. Therfor co|maunde thou, that the sepulcre be kept in to the thridde dai; lest hise disciplis comen, and stelen hym, and seie to the puple, He hath riserisen aȝen R. fro deeth; and the laste errour schal be worse than the for|mere. Pilat seide to hem, Ȝe han the kepyng; go ȝe, kepe ȝeOm. IKα. as ȝe kunnen. And thei ȝeden forth, and kepten the sepulcre, markyngeether seelinge K marg. the stoon, with keperis.

 CAP. XXVIII.

But in the euentid of the sabat, that bigynneth to schyne in the firste dai of the woke, Marie Mawdelene cam, and another Marie, to se the sepulcre. And lo! ther was maad a greet ertheschak|yng; for the aungel of the Lord cam doun fro heuene, and neiȝede, and turn|ede awei the stoon, and sat theron. And his lokyng was as leit, and hise clothis as snowe; and for drede of hym the keperis weren afeerd, and thei weren maad as deede menOm. I pr. m.. But the aungel answeride, and seide to the wymmen, Nyle ȝe drede, for Y woot that ȝe seken Jhesu, that was crucified; he is not here, for he is risun, as he seide; come ȝe, and se ȝe the place, where the Lord was leid. And go ȝe soone, and seie ȝe to his disciplis, that he is risun. And lo! he schal go bifore ȝou in to Galilee; there ȝe schulen se hym. Lo! Y haue biforseid to ȝou. And thei wenten out soone fro the biriels, with drede and greet ioye, rennynge to telle to hise disciplis. And lo! Jhesus mette hem, and seide, Heile ȝe. And thei neiȝ|eden, and heeldenbihelden C. his feet, and worschip|iden him. Thanne Jhesus seide to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; go ȝe, `telle ȝetelleth I. and telle ȝe k. to my britheren, that thei go in to Galile; there thei schulen se me. And whanne thei weren goon, lo! summe of the keperis camen in to the citee, and telden to the princis of prestis alle thingis that weren doon. And whanne thei weren gaderid togidere with the elder men, and hadden take her counseil, thei ȝauen to the kniȝtis miche monei, and seiden, Seie ȝe, that hise disciplis camen bi nyȝt, and han stolen hym, while ȝe slepten. And if thisthis word K. be herd of the iustice, we schulen counseile hym, and make ȝou sikir. And whanne the monei was takun, thei diden, as thei weren tauȝt. And this word is pupplischid among the Jewis, til in to this day. And the enleuen disci|plis wenten in to Galilee, in to an hille, where Jhesus hadde ordeyned to hem. And thei saynseynge Cβ. hym, andOm. C. worschip|iden; but summe of hem doutiden. And Jhesus cam nyȝ, and spak to hem, and seide, Al power in heuene and in erthe is ȝouun to me. Therfor go ȝe, and techetecheth I. teche ȝe gα. alle folkis, baptisynge hem in the name of the Fadir, and of the Sone, and of the Hooli Goost; techynge hem to kepe alle thingis, what euer thingis Y haue comaundid to ȝou; and lo! Y am with ȝou in alle daies, in to the endeeending C et plures. of the world.

 Here endith the gospel of Matheu, and here bigynneth the prolog vp on MarkHere endith the gospel of Matheu, and bigynneth the prolog on the gospel of Mark Euangelist. C. Heere endith the gospel of Matheu, and biginneth the prologe on the gospel of Mark. IQRcgkα. Here endith Mathew; se now the prolog on Mark. K. Here endith Matheu, and here bigynneth the prologe vpon Mark. M. Here endith Matheu, and here biginnith the prologe on Mark. S. Here endith Matheu, and here bigynneth a prologe on Mark. X. Here endith the gospel of Mathew, and bigynneth the prolog of Mark. e. Here endith the book of Matheu, and now bygynneth the prologe of Mark. f. No final rubric in EPhi.. MARK. Here byginneth the prologe of MarkeFrom T. Prolog on Mark. Ccb. Here biginnith Jeromus prolouge and the gospel of Mark the gospeler. E. Prologe of Marke. NO. Here biginnith Jeroms prolog on the gospel of Mark. P. No initial rubric in the other Mss..

MARK, the gospeller, was the chosun seruaunt of God, and the goostli sone of Petre in baptym, and the disciple inof A. Goddis word; heand he T. mynystride preesthod in Israel, that is, among Jewis, and was of the lynage of Leuy bi fleisch, and he was conuertid to the feith of Crist, and wroot the gospel in Ytalie, that is, thein the AKM pr. m. cuntrei of Rome, and schewidehe schewide IK. in the gospel, what he ouȝte to his kyn and to Crist. Mark bigynneth at the sendyng of Joon Baptist, and tellith not the natiuite of Crist bi fleissche, but fro Cristis baptym, whanne he was ful man, he tellith of his fastyng bi fourti daies, and of his temptyng in desert, hou the deuel temptide hym, and how weilde beestis weren gaderid there, and hou hooli aungels camen, and serueden Crist aftir his temptacioun, and ouercomyng therof. Aftir `he hadde resseyued Cristen feithcristen feith resceyued ceteri et α., he kittidekitte I. kut T. of his thombe, that he schulde be hadde repreuable to preesthod, that is, be vnhable to be preest in the gospel, but theOm. plures et α. chesyng `that wasOm. plures et α. bifor ordeyned consentynge to the feith, myȝte do so myche, that he loste not in theOm. N. werk of wordthe worde T., that is, in prechyng of Goddis word, that thatOm. chi. he disseruede bifor in kyn, that is, as he was a prest bi kyn in the elde lawe among Jewis, so he was a prest in the gospel among Cristen men. For he was bischop of Alisaundre; and bi alle thingis it was his werk to kunne profesies, and to dispose in `hym silfhym C. the seiyngisseiyng Q. of the gospel, and to knowe in hym silf the techyng of lawethe lawe OT., and to vndurstonde thebe S. bi hi. dyuyn kynde of the Lord in fleisch; whiche thingis it bihoueth to be souȝt first in vsvs, for men planten and wateren, but God aloone ȝevet encresyng. T..

This seith Jerom in his prolog on the gospel of MarkJerom in his prolog on Mark seith al this. CSK. Heere endith the prologe, and biginnith the gospel of Mark. Ig. Jerom in his prologe on Mark seith this pleynli. K. This seith Jerom in his prologe on Mark. MUb. Jerome in his prolog on this gospel seith this. N. This seith Jerom in his prolog on Mark, and here bigynneth the gospel of Mark. QCα. Heere eendith the prolog; the firste co. R. No final rubric in the other Mss.. Here bigynneth the gospel of MarkHere bigynneth the firste gospel of Mark the Euangelist. U. The biginnyng of Mark. e. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

THE bigynnynggynnyng U. of the gospel of Jhesu Crist, the sone of God. As it is writun in Ysaie, the prophete, Lo! Y sende myn aungel bifor thi face, that schal make thithe hi. weie redi bifor thee. The vois of a crier in desert, Make ȝe redi the weie of the Lord, make ȝeOm. MC. hise paththis riȝtriȝtful CM pr. m. c.. Joon was in desert baptisynge, and prechynge the baptym of penaunce, in to remissioun of synnes. And al the cuntrecompanie ghi pr. m. of Judee wente out to hym, and alle men of Jerusalem; and thei weren baptisid of hym in the flom Jordanof Jordan K sec. m., `and knoulechidenknowlechinge I. her synnes. And Joon was clothid with heeris of camels, and a girdil of skyn was about hise leendis; and he ete hony soukis, and wilde hony, and prechide, and seide, A stronger than Y schal come aftir me, and Y am not wor|thi to knele doun, andto hi. vnlacevnlouse I. his schoone. Y haue baptisid ȝou in watir; but he schal baptise ȝou in the Hooli Goost. And it was don in tho daies, Jhesus cam fro Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptisid of Joon in Jordan. And anoon he wente up of the watir, and saye heuenes opened, and the Hooli Goost comynge doun as a culuer, and dwell|ynge inon C. hym. And a vois was maad fro heuenes, Thou art my loued sone, in thee Y am plesid. And anoon the Spirit put|tideputte Ig. hym forth in to deseert. And he was in deseert fourti daies and fourti nyȝtis, and was temptid of Sathanas, and he was with beestis, and aungels mynys|triden to hym. But aftir that Joon was takun, Jhesus cam in to Galilee, and prechide the gospel of the kyngdoom of God, and seide, That the tyme is fulfillid, and the kyngdoom of God schal come nyȝ; do ȝe penaunce, and bileue ȝe to the gospel. And as he passide bisidis the see of Galilee, he say Symount, and An|drew, his brother, castynge her nettis in to the see; for thei weren fisscheris. And Jhesus seide to hem, Come ȝe aftir me; Y schal make ȝou to be maad fisscheris of men. And anoon thei leften the nettis, and sueden hym. And he ȝede forth fro thennus a litil, and siȝ James of Zebedee, and Joon, his brother, in a boot makynge nettisher nettis K.. And anoon he clepide hem; and thei leften Zebedee, her fadir, in the boot with hiryd seruauntis, and thei suweden hym. And thei entriden in to Caphar|naum, and anoon in the sabatys he ȝede in to aOm. R pr. m. h. the i. synagoge, and tauȝte hem. And thei wondriden on his teching; for he tauȝte hem, as he that hadde power, and not as scribis. And in the synagoge of hem was a man in an vnclene spirit, and he criede out, and seide, What to vs and to thee, thou Jhesu of Nazareth? hast thou come to distrie vs? Y woot that thou art the hooli of God. And Jhe|sus thretenede hym, and seide, Wex doumbe, and go out of the man. And the vnclene spirit debreidyngeto-breidinge C. hym, and criynge with greeta greet Kβ. vois, wente out fro hym. And alle men wondriden, so that thei souȝtenaxiden K. thouȝten R. with ynne hem silf, and seiden, What thing is this? what newe doctrine is this? for in power he comaundith to vnclene spiritis, and thei obeyen to hym. And the fame of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee. And anoon thei ȝeden out of the synagoge, and camen into the hous of Symount and of Andrewe, with James and Joon. And the modir of Symountis wijf lay sijk in fyueristhe feuers R.; and anoon thei seien to hym of hyr. And he cam nyȝ, and areride hir, and whanne he hadde take hir hoond, anoon the feuer lefte hir, and sche seruede hem. But whanne the euentid was come, and the sonne was gon doun, thei brouȝten to hym alle that weren ofat CKghikβ. male ese, and hem that had|den fendis. And al the citee was gader|id at the ȝate. And he heelide many, that hadden dyuerse sijknessis, and he castidecaste I. out many feendis, and he suf|fride hem not to speke, for thei knewen hymhim to be Crist CP marg. sec. m.. And he roos ful eerli, and ȝede out, and wente in to a desert place, and preiede there. And Symount suede hym, and thei that weren with hym. And whanne thei hadden founde hym, thei seiden to hym, That alle men seken thee. And he seide to hem, Go we in to the next townes and citees, that Y preche also there, for her to Y cam. And he prechide in the synagogis of hem, and in al Galilee, and castide out feendis. And a leprouse man cam to hym, and bisouȝte, `and knelideknelynge I., and seide, If thou wolt, thou maist clense me. And Jhesus hadde mercy on hym, and streiȝte out his hoond, and towchyde hym, and seide to hym, I wole, be thou maad cleene. And whanne he hadde seide this, anoon the lepre partyde awey fro hym, and he was clensyd. And Jhesus thretenede hym, and anoonOm. R. JhesusOm. EK. putteputtide E. hym out, and seyde to hym, Se thou, seye to no man; but go, schewe thee to theOm. G. pryncysprince Iαβ. of prestys, and offre for thi clensynge in to wytnessyng to hem, tho thingis that Moyses bad. And he ȝede out, and bigan to preche, and publischegreetly pupplische K. to pupplische Qcβ. the word, so that now he myȝte not go opynli in to the citee, but be withoutforth in desert placis; and thei camen to hym on alle sidis.

 CAP. II.

And eft he entride in to Cafarnaum, aftir eiȝte daies. And it was herd, that he was in an hous, and many camen to gidir, so that thei miȝten not be in the hous, ne at the ȝate. And he spak to hem thea A sec. m. word. And there camen to hym men that brouȝten a man sijk in palesiethe palsie k., which was borun of foure. And whanne thei myȝten not brynge hym to Jhesu for the puple, thei vnhileden the roof where heCrist k. was, and openedethei openyde I. it, and theiOm. I. leten doun the bed in which the sijk man in palesie laye. And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn the feith of hem, he seide to the sijk man in palesie, Sone, thi synnes ben forȝouun to thee. But there weren summe of the scribis sittynge, and thenkynge in her hertis, What spek|ith he thus? He blasfemeth; who may forȝyue synnes, but God aloone? And whanne Jhesushe C. hadde knowe this bi the Hooli Goost, that thei thouȝten so with ynne hem silf, he seith to hem, What thenken ȝe these thingis in ȝoure hertis? What is liȝter to seie to the sijk man in palesie, Synnes ben forȝouun to thee, or to seie, Ryse, take thi bed, and walke? But that ȝe wite that mannus sone hath power in erthe to forȝyue synnes, he seide to the sijk man in pa|lesie, Y seie to thee, ryse vpOm. R., take thi bed, and go in to thin hous. And anoon he roos vp, and whanne he hadde take the bed, he wente bifor alle men, so that alle men wondriden, and onoureden God, and seiden, For we seien neuer so. And he wente out eftsoone to the see, and al the puple cam to hym; and he tauȝte hem. And whanne he passide, he saiȝ Leuy `of AlfeiOm. C. sittynge at the tolbothe, and he seide to hym, SueSue thou Sk. me. And he roos, and suede hym. And it was doon, whanne he sat at the mete in his hous, many pupplicans and synful men saten togidere at the mete with Jhesu and hise disciplis; for there weren many that folewiden hym. And scribis and Fari|sees seynge, that he eet with pupplicans and synful men, seiden to hise disciplis, Whi etith and drynkith ȝoure maystir with pupplicans and synneris? Whanne this was herd, Jhesus seide to hem, Hoole men han no nede to a leche, but thei that ben yuel at eese; for Y cam not to clepe iust men, but synneris. And the disciplis of Joon and the Fari|sees weren fastynge; and thei camen, and seienseiden EIRkα. to hym, Whi fasten the disciplis of Joon, and the Farisees fasten, but thi disciplis fasten not? And Jhesus seide to hem, Whether the sones of sposailisthe spousayles R pr. m. k sec. m. the spousayle k pr. m. moun faste, as longe as the spouse is with hem? As long tyme as thei haue the spouse with hem, thei moun not faste. But daies schulen come, whanne the spouse schal be takun awei fro hem, and thanne thei schulen faste in tho daies. No man sewith a patche of newe clooth to an elde clooth, ellis he takith awei the newe patche fro the elde, and a more brekyng is maad. And no man puttith newe wyn in to elde botelis, ellis the wyn schal brestebreke hi. the botels, and the wyn schal be sched out, and the botels schulen perische. But newe wyn schal be put into newe botels. And it was doon eftsoones, whanne the Lord walkid in the sabotis bi the cornes, and hise disci|plis bigunnen to passe forth, and plucke eeris of theOm. ck. corn. And the Farisees seiden to hym, Lo! what thi disciplis doon in sabotisthe sabotis k., thatthat that k. is not leeueful. And he seide to hem, Radden ȝe neuer what Dauid dide, whanne he hadde nede, and he hungride, and thei that weren with hym? Hou he wente in to the hous of God, vndur Abiathar, prince of prestis, and eete looues of proposicioun, which it was notno S. leeueful to ete, but to preestis aloone, and he ȝaf to hem that weren with hym. And he seide to hem, The sabat is maad for manthe man i., and not aOm. Rb pr. m. ghik. man for the sabat; and so mannus sone is lord also of the sabat.

 CAP. IV.

And he entride eftsoone in to the syna|goge, and there was a man hauynge a drye hoond. And thei aspieden hym, if he helide in the sabatis, to accuse him. And he seide to the man that hadde a drie hoond, Rise in to the myddil. And he seith to hem, Is it leeueful to do wel in the sabatis, ether yuel? tofor to A pr. m. make a soul saaf, ether to leese? And thei weren stille. And he biheeld hem aboute with wraththe, and hadde sorewe on the blyndnesse of her herte, and seith to the man, Hold forth thin hoond. And he helde forth, and his hoond was restorid to hym. Sotheli Farisees ȝeden out anoon, and maden a counsel with Ero|dians aȝens hym, hou thei schulden lesefordo I. hym. But Jhesus with hise disciplis wenteȝeden R. to the see; and myche puple fro Galilee andand fro I. Judee suede hym, and fro Jerusalem, and fro Ydume, and fro bi|ȝondis Jordan, and thei that weren aboute Tire and Sidon, a greet multi|tude, heringe thetho k. thingis that he dide, andOm. MR. camcamen ceteri. to hym. And Jhesus seide to hise disciplis, that the boot schulde seruekepe Eα. serue to I. hym, for the puple, lest thei thristen hym; for he heelide many, so that thei felden fast to hym, to touche hym. And hou many euer hadde syk|nessis, and vnclene spirits, whanne thei seyen hym, felden doun to hym, and cri|eden, seiynge, Thou art the sone of God. And greetli he manasside hem, that thei schulden not make hym knowun. And he wente in to an hille, and clepide to hym whom he wolde; and thei camen to hym. And he made, that there weren twelue with hym, to sende hem to prechepreche the gospel EP sec. m. marg.. And he ȝaf to hem pouwer to heele sijknessis, and to caste out feendis. And to Symount he ȝaf a name Petre, and he clepide James of Zebede and Joon, the brother of James, and he ȝaf to hem names Boenargesof Boenarges X sec. m., that is, sonesthe sones b. of thundryng. And he clepide Andrew and Filip, and Bartholomew and Ma|theu, and Thomas and James Alfey, and Thadee, and Symount Cananee, and Ju|das Scarioth, that bitraiede hym. And thei camen to an hous, and the puple cam togidere eftsoone, so that thei miȝten not ete breed. And whanne his kynnys|men hadden herd, thei wenten out `to holdeto biholde A pr. m. and helde b. him; for thei seiden, that he is turned in to woodnesse. And the scribisscribis and the Farisees EP sec. m. marg. that camen doun fro Jerusalem, seiden, That he hath Belsabub, and that in the prince of deuelis he castith out fendis. And he clepide hem togidir, andthanne k. he seide to hem in parablis, Hou may Sa|thanas caste out Sathanas? And if a rewme be departid aȝens it silf, thilke rewme may not stonde. And if an hous be disparpoiliddepartid ck. onaȝens e. it silf, thilke hous may not stonde. And if Sathanas hath risun aȝens hym silf, he is departid, and heOm. k. schal not mowe stonde, but hath an ende. No man may go in to a stronge mannus hous, and take awey hise ves|sels, butbut if k pr. m. he bynde first the stronge man, and thanne he schal spoile his hous. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that alle synnes and blasfemyes, bi whiche thei han blas|femed, schulen be forȝouun to the sones of men. But he that blasfemeth aȝens the Hooli Goost, hath not remissioun in to with outen ende, but he schal be gilty of euerlastynge trespas. For thei seiden, He hath an vnclene spirit. And his modir and britherenhis bretheren S. camen, and theiOm. b pr. m. stoden withoutforth, and senten to hym, and clepiden hym. And the puple sat aboute hym; and thei seienOm. S pr. m. seiden S sec. m. to hym, Lo! thi modir and thi britheren with out|forth seken thee. And he answeride to hem, and seide, Who is my modir and my britheren? And he bihelde thilkehem I. that saten aboute hym, and seide, Lo! my modir and my britheren. For who that doith the wille of God, he is my brothir, andOm. k. myOm. R pr. m. bek. sistir, and modir.

 CAP. IV.

And eft Jhesus bigan to teche at the see; and myche puple was gaderid to hym, so that he wente in to a boot, and sat in the see, and al the puple was aboute the see on the loond. And he tauȝte hem in parablis many thingis. And he seide to hem in his techyng, Here ȝe. Lo! a man sowynge goith out to sowe. And theOm. I. while he sowith, summe seed felde aboute the weie, and briddis of heuene camen, and eeten it. Othere felde doun on stony places, where it had not myche erthe; and anoon it spronge vp, for it had not depnesse of erthe. And whanne the sunne roos vp, it welewideether driȝede K marg. for heete, and it driede vp, for it hadde nonot ER pr. m. c pr. m. egk sec. m. β. roote. And othere felde doun in to thornes, and thornes sprongen vp, and strangliden it, and it ȝaf notno gk pr. m. fruyt. And other felde doun in to good loond, and ȝaf fruyt, springynge vp, and wex|ynge; and oon brouȝte thretti foold, and oon sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold. And he seide, He that hath eeris of heryng, here heOm. EI pr. m. PQUXbcegα.. And whanne he was bi hym silf, thothe EIghikα. twelue that weren with hym axiden hym to expowne the para|ble. And he seide to hem, To ȝou it is ȝouunȝiue I. to knowe the priuete of the kyng|dom of God. But to hem that ben with outforth, alle thingis be maad in parablis, that thei seynge se, and se not, and thei herynge here and vnderstonde not; lest sum tyme thei be conuertid, and synnes be forȝouun to hem. And he seide to hem, Knowe not ȝe this parable? and hou ȝe schulen knowe alle parablis? He that sowith, sowith a word. But these it ben that ben aboute the weie, where the word is sowun; and whanne thei han herd, anoon cometh Satanas, and takith awei the word that is sowun in her hertis. And in lijk maner ben these that ben sowun onin I. stony placis, whiche whanne thei han herd the word, anoon thei takentoken A. it with ioye; and thei han not roote in hem silf, but thei ben last|ynge a litil tyme; aftirward whanne tribulacioun risith, and persecucioun for the word, anoon thei ben sclaundrid. And ther ben othir that ben sowun in thornes; these it ben that heren the wordwordis S., and disesemysesis I. of the world, and disseit of ritchessis, and othir charge of coueytise entrith, and stranglith the word, and it is maad with out fruyt. And these it ben that ben sowun on good lond, whiche heren the word, and taken, and maken fruyt, oon thritti fold, oonand oon A. sixti fold, and oon an hundrid fold. And he seide to hem, Wher a lanterne cometh, that it be put vndur a buschel, or vndur a bed? nay, but that it be put on a candilstike? Ther is no thing hid, that schal not be maad opyn; nethir ony thing is pryuey, that schal not come in to opyn. If ony man haue eeris of heryng, here he. And he seide to hem, Se ȝe what ȝe heren. In what mesure ȝe meten, it schal be metun to ȝou aȝen, and beit schal be I. Om. k. cast to ȝou. For it schal be ȝouun to hym that hath, and it schal be takun awei fro him that hath not, alsoȝe I. that thatOm. h. he hath. And he seide, So the kingdom of God is, as if aOm. k pr. m. man castethat castith k pr. m. seede in to the erthe, and he sleepeslepith k. slepte β., and itOm. R. riserisith k. up niȝt and dai, and bryngebringith hk. forthOm. hi. seede, and wexewexith hk. faste, whilethe while k. he woot not. For the erthe makith fruyt, first the gras, aftirward the ere, and aftir ful fruyt in the ere. And whanne of it silf it hath brouȝt forth fruyt, anoon he sendith a sikil, for repyng tyme is come. And he seide, To what thing schulen we likne the kyngdom of God? or to what parable schulen we comparisoun it? As a corne of seneuei, which whanne it is sowun in the erthe, is lesse than alle seedis that benben sowun b. in the erthe; and whanne it is sprongun up, it waxith in to a tre, and is maad gretter than alle erbis; and it makith grete braunchis, so that briddis of heuene moun dwelle vn|dur the schadewe therof. And in many suche parablis he spak to hem the word, as thei myȝten here; and he spak not to hem with out parable. But heOm. k pr. m. expown|ede to hise disciplis alle thingis bi hem|silf. And he seide to hem in that dai, whanne euenyngeuentid b. was come, Passe we aȝenward. And thei leften the puple, and token hym, so that he was in a boot; and othere bootys weren with hym. And a greet storm of wynde was maad, and keste wawis in to the boot, so that the boot was ful. And he was in the hyndir part of the boot, and slepte on a pilewe. And thei reisenreisede EP. reisiden k. hym, and seienseiden Eβ. to hym, Maistir, perteyneth it not to thee, that we perischen? And he roos vp, and manasside the wynde, and seide to the see, BeBe thou I. stille, wexe doumbe. And the wynde ceesside, and greet pesi|blenesse was maad. And he seide to hem, What dreden ȝe? `Ȝe han no feith ȝitȜit ȝe haue no feith I. Ȝe han not feith ȝit S. Han ȝe not feith ȝit X.? And thei dredden with greet drede, and seiden `ech toto ich R. other, Who, gessist thou, is this? for the wynde and the see obeschenobeien k. to hym.

 CAP. V.

And thei camen ouer the see in to the cuntree of Gerasenes. And aftir that he was goon out of the boot, anoon a man in an vncleene spirit ran out ofof the I. birielis to hym. Whichthe whiche I. man hadde an hous in biriels, and nether with cheynes now myȝte ony man bynde hym. For ofte tymes he was boundun in stockis and chaynes, and he hadde broke the chaynes, andand he b. hadde broke the stockis to smale gobetis, and no man myȝte make hym tame. And euermore, nyȝt and dai, in birielis and in hillis, he was criynge and betynge hym silf with stoonus. And he siȝ Jhesus afer, and ran, and wor|schipide hym. And he criede with greet voice, and seide, What to me and to thee, thou Jhesu, the sone of the hiȝest God? Y coniure theeOm. P pr. m. bi God, that thou tur|mente me not. And Jhesus seide to hym, Thou vnclene spirit, go out fro the man. And Jhesus axide hym, What is thi name? And heOm. E. seith to hym, A legioun6666 C marg. is my name; for we ben many. And he preiede Jhesu myche, that he schulde not putte hymhem EIPXα. out of theOm. E. that k. cun|trei. And there was there aboute the hille a greet flok of swyn lesewynge. And the spiritis preieden Jhesu, and seiden, Sende vs into the swyn, that we entre in to hem. And anoon Jhesus grauntide to hem. And the vnclene spi|ritis ȝeden out, and entriden in to the swyn, and with a greet birreether haast K marg. the flocke was cast dounheedlinge k. in to the see, a twei thousynde, and thei weren dreyntether strangled K marg. in the see. And thei that kepten hem, fledden, and tolden in to the citee, and in to the feeldis; and thei wenten out, to se what was don. And thei camen to Jhesu, and sayn hym that hadde be trauelid of the feend, syttynge clothid, and ofin k. hool mynde; and thei dredden. And thei that saien, hou it was don to hym that hadde a feend, and of the swyne, telden to hem. And thei bigunnen to preie hym, that he schuldewolde k. go a wei fro her coostis. And whannethanne k. he ȝede up in to a boot, he that was trauelid of the deuel, bigan to preie hym, that he schulde be with hym. But Jhesus resseyuede hym not, but seide to hym, Go thou in to thin hous to thine, and telle to hem, hou grete thingis the Lord hath don to thee, and hadde merci of thee. And he wente forth, and bigan to preche in Decapolithat is, a cuntre of ten citees K marg. e marg., hou grete thingis Jhesus hadde don to hym; and alle men wondriden. And whanne Jhesus hadde gon vp in to the boot eftsoone ouer the see, myche puple cam togidere to him, and was aboute the see. And oon of the princis of syna|gogis, bi name Jayrus, cam, and siȝ hym, and feldehe fel I. doun at hise feet, and preyede hym myche, and seide, My douȝter is nyȝ deed; come thou, putte thin hoond on her, that sche be saaf, and lyue. And he wente forth with hym, and myche puple suede hym, and thrusteether oppressede K marg. hym. And a womman haddethat hadde K sec. m. k. ben in the blodi fluxe twelue ȝeer, and hadde resseyuedether suffride K marg. many thingis of ful many lechis, and hadde spendid al hir good, and was no|thing amendid, but was rather the wors, whanne sche hadde herd of Jhesu, sche cam among the puple bihynde, and touchide his cloth. For sche seide, That if Y touche ȝheOm. R. his cloth, Y schal be saaf. And anoon the welle of hir blood was dried vp, and sche felide in bodihir bodi I. that sche was heelid of the siknesse. And anoon Jhesus knewe in hym silf the vertu that was goon out of hym, and turnedehe turnyde I. to the puple, and seide, Who touchide my clothis? And hise disciplis seiden to hym, Thou seest the puple thristynge thee, and seist, Who touch|ide me? And Jhesus lokide aboute to se hir that hadde don this thing. And the womman dredde, and quakide, wit|ynge that it was doon in hir, and cam, and felde doun bifor hym, and seide to hym al the treuthe. And Jhesus seide to hyr, Douȝtir, thi feith hath maad thee saaf; gogo thou bhik. in pees, and be thou hool of thi sijknesse. Ȝit while he spak, mes|sangeris camen to the prince of the syna|goge, and seien, Thi douȝtir is deed; what traueilist thou the maistir ferther? But whanne the word was herd that was seid, Jhesus seide to the prince of the synagoge, Nyle thou drede, oonli bileue thou. And heJhesus k. tookether receyuede K marg. no man to sue hym, but Petir, and James, and Joon, the brother of James. And thei camen in to the hous of the prince of the syna|goge. And he saie noyse, and men wep|ynge and weilynge myche. And he ȝede ynne, and seide to hem, What ben ȝe troublid, and wepen? The damesel is not deed, but slepith. And thei scorneden hym. But whanne alle weren put out, he takith the fadir and the modir of the damesel, and hem that weren with hym, and thei entrenentriden hikαβ., where the damysel laye. And heOm. Ab. helde the hoond of the damesel, and seide to hir, Tabita, cumy, that is to seie, Damysel, Y seie to thee, arise. And anoon the damysel roos, and walkide; and sche was of twelue ȝeer. And thei weren abaischid with aOm. cghi. greet stonying. And he comaundide to hem greetli, that no man schulde wite it. And he co|maundide to ȝyue hirto hir k. mete.

 CAP. VI.

And he ȝede out fro thennus, and wente in to his owne cuntre; and hise disciplis folewiden him. And whanne the sabat was come, Jhesus bigan to teche in a synagoge. And many herdenherden hym R., and wondriden in his techyng, and seiden, Of whennus tocometh to I. this alle these thingis? and what is the wisdom that is ȝouun to hym, and siche vertues whiche ben maad bi hise hondis? Whether this is not a carpenter, the sone of Marie, the brother of James and of Joseph and of Judas and of Symount? whether hise sistris ben not here with vs? And thei weren sclaundrid in hym. And Jhesus seide to hem, That a profete is not with|out onoure, but in his owne cuntrey, and among his kynne, and in his hous. And he myȝte not do there ony vertu, saue thatOm. R. he helide a fewe sijk men, leiynge on hem hise hoondis. And he wondride for the vnbileue of hem. And he wente aboute casteles on ech side, and tauȝte. And he clepide togidere twelue, and bi|gan to sende hem bi two togidere; and ȝaf to hem power of vnclene spiritis, andand he Ik. comaundide hem, that thei schulde not take ony thing in the weie, but a ȝerde oneli, not a scrippe, ne breed, nether money in the girdil, but schod with san|daliesether shoon open aboue K marg. e marg., and that thei schulden not be clothid with twei cootis. And he seide to hem, Whidur euer ȝe entren in to an hous, dwelle ȝe there, til ȝe goon out fro thennus. And who euer resseyuethreceyue plures. ȝou not, nenether EP. herithhere plures. ȝou, go ȝe out fro then|nus, and schake awei the powdir fro ȝoure feet, in to witnessyng to hem. And thei ȝeden forth, and prechiden, that men schulden do penaunce. And thei cast|iden out many feendis, and anoyntiden with oyle many sijk men, and thei weren heelid. And kyng Eroude herde, for his name was maad opyn, andand he Ik. seide, That Joon Baptist hath risen aȝen fro deeth, and therfor vertues worchen in hym. Othir seiden, That it is Helie; but othir seiden, That it is a profete, asand k pr. m. oon ofof the k pr. m. profetis. And whanne this thing was herd, Eroude seide, This Joonis Joon k., whom Y haue biheedide, ishe is k. risun aȝen fro deeth. For thilke Eroude sente, and helde Joon, and boond hym in to pri|soun, for Erodias, the wijf of Filip, his brothir; for he hadde weddid hir. For Joon seide to Eroude, It is not leueful to thee, to haue the wijf of thi brothir. And Erodias leide aspies to hym, and wolde sle hym, and myȝte not. And Eroude dredde Joon, and knewe hym a iust man and hooli, and kepte hym. And Eroude herde hym, and he dide many thingis, and gladli herde hym. And whanne a couenable dai was fallun, Eroude in his birthdai made a soper to the princis, and tribunesthe tribunes k pr. m., and toOm. k pr. m. the grettest of Galilee. And whanne the douȝter of thilke Erodias was comun ynne, and daunsideether tumblide k marg., and pleside to Eroude, and also to men that saten at the mete, the kyng seide to the damysel, Axe thou of me what thou wolt, and Y schal ȝyue to thee. And he swore to hir, That what euer thou axe, Y schal ȝyue to thee, thouȝ it be halfthe half EIMPQRUXcekαβ. myof my CEIKMPQRSUXbcegkαβ. kyngdomrewme IEPQRX.. And whanne sche hadde goon out, sche seide to hir modir, What schal Y axe? And sche seide, The heed of Joon Baptist. And whanne sche was comun ynne anoon with haast to the kyng, sche axide, and seide, Y wole that anoon thou ȝyue to me in a dische the heed of Joon Baptist. And the kyng was sori for the ooth, and for men that saten togidere at the meete heand he k. wolde not make hir sori; butbut he Ik. sente a man|quellermansleer R. and comaundide, that Joones heed were brouȝt in a dissche. And he bihedide hymJoon k. in theOm. IS pr. m. k. prisoun, and brouȝte his heed in a disch, and ȝaf itOm. S. to the damysel, and the damysel ȝafȝaf it Iik. to hir modir. And whanne this thing was herd, hise disciplis camen, and token his bodi, and leiden it in a biriel. And the apostlispostlis Sb. camen togidere to Jhesu, and telden to hym alle thingis, that thei had|den don, and tauȝt. And he seide to hem, Come ȝe bi ȝouȝour hi. silf in to a desert place; and reste ȝe a litil. For there were many that camen, and wenten aȝen, and thei hadden not space to ete. And thei ȝedenstieden k. in to a boot, and wenten in to a desert place bi hem silf. And thei sayn hem go awei, and many knewen, and thei wenten afoote fro alle citees, and runnen thidur, and camen bifor hem. And Jhesus ȝede out, and saiȝ myche puple, and hadde reuth on hem, for thei weren as scheep not hauynge a scheep|herd. And he bigan to teche hem many thingis. And whanne it was forth daies, hise disciplis camencamen to him k., and seiden, This is a desert place, and the tyme is now passid; lete hem go in to the nexte townes and villagis, to bie hem meete to ete. And he answeride, and seide to hem, Ȝyue ȝe toOm. R pr. m. hik pr. m. hem tofor to I. ete. And thei seiden to hym, Go we, and bie we looues with two hundrid pens, and we schulen ȝyue toOm. hik pr. m. hem to ete. And he seith to hem, Hou many looues han ȝe? Go ȝe, and se. And whanne thei hadden knowe, thei seien, Fyue, and two fischis. And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden make alle men sitte to mete bi cumpanyes, on greene heye. And thei saten doun bi parties, bi hundridis, and bi fifties. And whanne he hadde take theOm. k. fyue looues, and twei fischis, he biheelde in to heuene, and blesside, and brak looues, and ȝaf to hise disciplis, that thei schulden sette bifor hem. And he departide twei fischis to alle; and alle eeten, and weren fulfillid. And thei token the relifs of brokun metis, twelue cofyns ful, and of the fischis. And thei that eeten, weren fyue thousynde of men. And anoon he maad hise disciplis to go up in to a boot, to passe bifor hym ouer the se to Bethsaida, theOm. I. while he lefte the puple. And whanne he hadde left hem, he wente in to an hillehiȝ hul i sec. m., to preye. And whanne it was euen, the boot was in the myddil of the see, and he aloone in the loond; and he say hem trauelynge in rowyng; for the wynde was contrarie to hem. And aboute the fourthe wakynge of the nyȝt, he wandridewandrynge EIPQRXα. on the see, andOm. EIPQXα. cam to hem, and wolde passe hem. And as thei sayn hym wandrynge on the see, thei gessiden that it weren a fan|tum, and crieden out; for allealle thei I. sayn hym, and thei weren afraied. And anoon he spak with hem, and seide to hem, Triste ȝe, Y am; nyle ȝe drede. And he cam vp to hem in to the boot, and the wynde ceesside. And thei wondriden more `with ynnein k. hem silf; for thei vndur|stoden not of the looues; for her herte was blyndid. And whanne thei weren passid ouer the see, thei camen in to the lond of Genasareth, and settiden to loond. And whanne thei weren gon out of the boot, anoon thei knewen hym. And thei ranne thorou al that cuntre, and bigunnen to brynge sijk men in beddis on eche side, where thei herden that he was. And whidur euer `he entridethei entriden k. in to villagis, ethirouther IP. other MUC. or X. in to townes, or in to citees, thei settensetteden EP. sijk men in stretis, andand thei I. preiden hym, that thei schulden touche namely the hemme of his cloth; and hou many that touchiden hym, weren maad saaf.

 CAP. VII.

And the Farisees and summe of the scribis camen fro Jerusalem togidir to hym. And whanne thei hadden seen summe of hise disciplis ete breed with vnwaisschen hoondis, thei blamedenblameden hem K. X sec. m. k.. TheFor the k. Farisees and alleOm. X. the Jewis eten not, but thei waisschen ofte her hoondis, holdynge the tradiciouns of eldere men. And whanne thei turnen aȝen fro chep|yng, thei eten not, but thei ben waisschen; and many other thingis benther ben I., `that benOm. ghi. takenbitaken K. `to hemOm. E. to kepekepe, as k pr. m., wasschyngiswasshinge ESk. of cuppis, and ofOm. S pr. m. hi. watir vessels, and ofOm. S pr. m. hi. vessels of bras, and of beddis. And Farisees and scribis axiden hym, and seiden, Whi gon not thi disciplis aftir the tradicioun of eldere men, but with vnwasschen hondis thei eten breed? And he answeride, and seide to hem, Ysaie prophesiede wel of ȝou, ypocritis, as it is writun, This puple worschipith me with lippis, but her herte is fer fro me; and in veyn thei worschipen me, techinge the doctrines and the heestis of men. For ȝe leeuen the maundementmaundementes A sec. m. EKPQRα. of God, and holden the tradiciouns of men, wasschyngiswaischinge IR sec. m. k sec. m. α. as waischinge k pr. m. ofOm. i. watir vessels, and of cuppis; and many othir thingis lijk toOm. k. these ȝe doon. And he seide to hem, Wel ȝe han maad the maundement of God voide, `to kepefor k. ȝoure tradicioun. For Moyses seide, Worschipe thi fadir and thi modir; and he that cursith fadir or modir, die heOm. C et plures et αβ. by deeth. But ȝe seien, If a man seie to fadir or modir, Corban, that is, What euer ȝifte is of me, it schal profite to thee; and ouer ȝe suffren not hym do ony thing to fadir or modir, and ȝe breken the word of God bi ȝoure tra|dicioun, that ȝe han ȝouun; and ȝe don many suche thingis. And he eftsoone clepide the puple, and seide to hem, Ȝe alle here me, and vndurstonde. No thing that is withouten a man, that entrith in to hym, may defoule him; but tho thingis that comen forth of a man, tho it ben that defoulen a man. If ony man hauehath Rbehikα. eeris of hering, here he. And whanne he was entrid in to an hous, fro the puple, hise disciplis axiden hym the parable. And he seide to hem, Ȝe ben vnwise also. Vndurstonde ȝe not, that al thing without forth that entreth in to a man, may not defoule hym? for it hath not entrid in to his herte, but in to the wombe, and bynethe it goith out, purgynge alle metis. But he seide, TheTho Ek. thingis that gon out of a man, tho de|foulen a man. For fro with ynne, of the herte of men comencometh hi. forth yuel thouȝtis, auowtries, fornycaciouns, mansleyingis, theftis, auaricis, wickidnessis, gile, vn|chastite, yuel iȝe, blasfemyes, pride, foli. Alle these yuels comen forth fro with ynne, and defoulen a man. And Jhesus roos vp fro thennus, and wente in to the coostis of Tyre and ofOm. CS pr. m. eghikαβ. Sidon. And he ȝede in to an hous, and wolde that no man wiste; and he myȝte not be hid. For a womman, anoon as sche herd of hym, whos douȝtir hadde an vnclene spi|rit, entride, and fel doun at hise feet. And the womman was hethen, of the ge|neracioun of Sirofenyce. And sche prei|ede hym, that he wolde caste out a deuel fro hir douȝter. And he seide to hir, Suffre thou, that theOm. k sec. m. children be fulfillid first; for it is not good to take the breed of children, and ȝyue to houndis. And sche answeride, and seide to him, Ȝis, Lord; for litil whelpis eten vndur the bord, of the crummes of childrenlitil children k pr. m.. And Jhesus seide to hir, Go thou, for this word the feend wente out of thi douȝtir. And whanne sche was gon in to hir hous home, sche foonde the damysel lig|gynge on the bed, and the deuel gon out froof c. hir. And eftsoones Jhesus ȝede out fro the coostis of Tire, and cam thorou Sidon to the see of Galilee, bitwixebitwene k. the myddil of the coostis of Decapoleos. And thei bryngen to hym a man deef and doumbe, and preieden hym to leye his hoondhondis k. on hym. And he took hym asidis fro the puple, and puttideputte I. hise fyngris in to hise eris; and he spetidespette EIPQRSXa. spatte c., and touchide his tonge. And he bihelde in to heuene, and sorewide with ynne, and seide, Effeta, that is, Be thou open|yd. And anoon hise eris weren openyd, and the boond of his tunge was vn|boundun, and he spak riȝtli. And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden seie to no man; but hou myche he co|maundide to hem, so myche morethe more Ihi. thei prechiden, and bi so myche morethe more I. thei wondriden, and seiden, He dide wel alle thingis, andbothe I. for Kghi. he madehath maad I. deef men to here, and doumbe men to speke.

 CAP. VIII.

In tho daies eftOm. k., whanne myche puple was with Jhesu, and hadden not what thei schulden ete, whanne hise disciplis weren clepid togidir, he seide to hem, I haue reuth on the puple, for lo! now the thridde dai thei abiden me, and hanthei han k. not what to ete; and if Y leeue hem fast|ynge in to her houshousis k., thei schulen faile in the weie; for summe of hem camen fro fer. And hise disciplis answerden to hym, Wherof schal a man moweOm. k. fille hem with looues here in wildirnessethis wildernesse R pr. m.? And he axide hem, Hou many looues han ȝe? WhicheThe whiche I. seidenseiden to him k., Seuene. And he comaundide the puple to sitte doun on the erthe. And he took the seuene looues, and dide thankyngis, and brak, and ȝaf to hise disciplis, that thei schulden sette forth. And thei settiden forth to the puple. And thei hadden a few smale fischis; and he blesside hem, and co|maundide, that thei weren sette forth. And thei eten, and weren fulfillid; and thei token vp that that leftewas lefte IS. of relifsthe relifs h., seuene lepis. And thei that eeten, weren asOm. k. foure thousynde of men; and he lefte hem. And anoon he wente vp in to a boot, with hise disciplis, and cam in to the coostis of Dalmamytha. And the Farisees wenten out, and bigunnen to dispuyte with hym, andand thei I. axiden a tokne of hym fro heuene, and temptiden hym. And he sorewynge `with ynneOm. k. in spirit, seide, What sekith this generacioun a tokne? Treuli Y seie to ȝou, a tokene schal not be ȝouun to this generacioun. And he lefte hem, and wente vp eftsoone in to a boot, andand he I. wente ouer the see. And thei forȝaten to take breed, and thei had|den not with hem but o loof in the boot. And he comaundide hem, and seide, Se ȝe, and `be warbeth war I. biwar S. be ȝe war hi. of the sowre dowȝ of Fariseesthe Farisees αβ., and of the sowrdowȝ of E|roude. And thei thouȝten, and seiden oon to anothir, For we han not looues. And whanne this thing was knowun, Jhesus seide to hem, What thenken ȝe, for ȝe han not looues? Ȝit ȝe knowun not, neneither k. vndurstonden; ȝit ȝe han ȝoure herte blyndid. Ȝe hauynge iȝen, seen not, and ȝe hauynge eeris, heren not; nethir ȝe han mynde, whanne Y brak fyue looues among fyue thousynde, and hou many cofynes fulOm. S pr. m. of brokun meete `ȝe tokuntoken ȝe I. vp? Thei seienseiden k. to hym, Twelue. Whanne alsoOm. Mb. seuene looues among foure thousynde of men, hou many lepis of brokun mete tokun ȝe vp? And thei seien to hym, Seuene. And he seide to hem, Hou vndurstonden ȝe not ȝit? And thei camen to Bethsaida, and thei bryngenbrouȝten k. to hym a blynde man, and thei preieden hym, that he schuldewolde I. touche hym. And whanne he hadde take the blynde mannus hoond, he ledde hym out of the street, andand he I. spetespettide i. in to hise iȝen, and settesettide i. sette to b. hise hoondis on hym; and he axide hym, if he saye ony thing. And he he saw derkli the bodies of hem to be mof|ede hidere and thidere. Lire heere. K.bihelde, and seide, Y se men as trees walkynge. Aftirward eftsoones he sette hise hondis on hise iȝen, and he bigan to see, and he was restorid, so that he saiȝ cleerli alle thingis. And he sente hym in to his hous, and seide, Go in to thin hous; and if thou goist in to the streete, seie to no man. And Jhesus entride and hise dis|ciplis in to the castels of Cesarye of Philip. And in the weie he axide hise disciplis, and seide to hem, Whom seien men that Y am? WhicheThe whiche I. answeriden to hym, and seiden, SummenSumme sghk. seien, Joon Baptist; otherothere men k pr. m. seien, Heli; andforsothe k pr. m. otherothere men k pr. m. seien, as oon of the prophetis. Thanne he seith to hem, But whom seien ȝe that Y am? Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art Crist. And he chargide hem, that thei schulden not seie of hym to ony man. And he bigan to teche hem, that it bihoueth mannus sone to suffre many thingis, and to be repreued of the elder men, and of the hiȝest prestis, and theof IS pr. m. ghi. Om. S sec. m. of the k. scribis, and to be slayn, and aftir thre dayes, to rise aȝen. And he spak pleynliopenly k. the word. And Peter took hym, and bigan to blame hym, and seide, Lord, be thou merciful to thee, for this schal not be. And he turnede, and saiȝ hise disciplis, and ma|nasside Petir, and seide, Go after me, Satanas; for thou sauerist not tho thingis that ben of God, but tho thingis that ben of men. And whanne the puple was clepid togidere, with hise disciplis, he seide to hem, If ony man wole come after me, denye heOm. k. hym silf, and take his cros, and sue he me. For he that wole make saaf his lijf, schal leese it; and he that leesith his lijf for me, and for the gospel, schal make it saaf. For what profitith it to a man, if he wynne al the world, and dodooth k. peiryng to his soule? or what chaunging schal a man ȝyue for his soule? But who that knou|lechith me and my wordis in this gene|racioun avowtresse and synful, also man|nus sone schal knouleche him, whanne he schal come in the glorie of his fadir, with his aungels. And he seide to hem, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that there ben sum|men stondynge here, whiche schulen not taste deth, til thei seen the rewme of God comynge in vertu.

 CAP. IX.

And aftir sixe daies Jhesus took Petre, and James, and Joon, and ledde hem bi hem silf aloone in to an hiȝOm. R pr. m. k. hille; and he was transfigurid bifor hem. And hise clothis weren maad ful schynynge and white as snow, whiche maner white clothis a fuller may not make on erthe. And Helie with Moises apperide to hem, and thei spaken with Jhesu. And Petre answeride, and seide to Jhesu, Maister, it is good vsto vs E. to be here; andOm. A sec. m. I sec. m. b pr. m. make we here thre tabernaclis, oon to thee, oon to Moyses, and oon to Helie. For he wiste not what he schulde seie; for thei weren agaste bi drede. And ther was maad a cloude overschadew|ynge hem; and a vois cam ofout of k. the cloude, and seide, This is my moost derworth sone, here ȝe hym. And anoon thei bihelden aboute, and sayn no more ony man, but Jhesu oonli with hem. And whanne thei camen doun fro the hille, he comaundide hem, that thei schulden not telle to ony man tho thingis that thei hadden seen, but whanne mannus sone hath risun aȝen fro deeth. And thei helden the word at hem silf, sek|ynge what this schulde be, whanne he hadde risun aȝen fro deth. And thei axiden hym, and seiden, What thanne seien Farisees and scribis, forthat X. it bi|houeth `Helie tothat Elie k. come first. And he answeride, and seide to hem, Whanne Helie cometh, he schal first restore alle thingis; and as it is writun of mannus sone, that he suffre many thingis, and be dispisid. And Y seie to ȝou, that Helie is comun, and thei diden to hym what euer thingis thei wolden, as it is writun of hym. And he comynge to hise disci|plis, saiȝ a greet cumpany aboute hem, and scribis disputynge with hem. And anoon al the puple seynge Jhesu, was astonyed, and thei dredden; and thei ren|nynge gretten hym. And he axide hem, What disputendisputiden A pr. m. ȝe among ȝou? And oon of the cumpany answerde, and seide, Mayster, Y haue brouȝt to thee my sone, that hath a doumbe spirit; and where euer he takith hym, he hurtlithhurtith S. hurlith hi. hym doun, and heOm. k. fomethvometh IKQR. ether frotheth K marg., and betith togidir with teeth, and wex|ith drye. And Y seide to thi disciplis, that thei schulden caste hym out, and thei myȝten not. And he answeride to hem, and seide, A! thou generacioun out of bileue, hou longe schal Y be among ȝou, houand hou X sec. m. longe schal Y suffre ȝou? Brynge ȝe hym to me. And thei brouȝten hym. And whanne he had seyn him, anoon the spirit troublide him; and washe was EPQR pr. m. S sec. m. X C sec. m. α. throw doun to groundethe grounde e., and wale|wide, and fomede. And he axide his fadir, Hou longe `is itit is IR pr. m., sith this `hath fallehap fel EP. hath bifalle R. to hym? And he seide, Fro child|hode; and ofte he hath put hym in to fierthe fyr EIPR., and in to watir, tofor to k. leese hym; but if thou maistemay i. ony thing, helpe vs, andOm. b pr. m. k. haue merci on vs. And Jhesus seide to hym, If thou maiste bileue, alle thingis ben possible to mana man ghi. that bileueth. And anoon the fadir of the child criede with teeris, and seide, Lord, Y bileue; LordOm. A sec. m., helpe thouOm. C. myn vnbileuevnbileuefulnesse C sec. m. k.. And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn the puple rennynge togidere, he manasside the vnclene spi|rit, and seide to hym, Thou deef and doumbe spirit, Y comaunde thee, go out fro hym, and entre no more in to hym. And he criynge, and myche to breidyngedebreiding be. him, wente out fro hym; and he was maad as deed, so that many seiden, that he was deed. And Jhesus helde his hoond, and lifte hym vp; and he roos. And whanne he hadde entrid in to an hous, hise disciplis axiden hym priueli, Whi myȝten not we caste hym out? And he seide to hem, This kynde in no thing may gobe cast k. out, but in preierpreiynge k. and fastyng. And thei ȝeden fro thennus, and wente forth in to Galile; and thei wolden not, that ony man wiste. And he tauȝte hise disciplis, and seide to hem, ForForsothe I pr. m. mannus sone schal be bitrayed in to the hondis of men, and thei schulen sle hym, and he slayn schal ryse aȝen on the thridde day. And thei knewen not the word, andand thei Ik. dredden to axe hym. And thei camen to Cafarnaum. And whanne thei weren in the hous, he axide hem, What tretiden ȝe in the weie? And thei weren stille; for thei disput|iden among hem in the weie, who of hem schulde be grettest. And he sat, and clepide the twelue, and seide to hem, If ony man wolewolde A pr. m. schal E. be the firste among ȝou, he schal be the laste of alle, and the mynyster of alle. And he took a child, and settesettide k. hym in the myddil of hem; and whanne he hadde biclippid hym, he seide to hem, Who euer resseyueth oon of such children in my name, he res|seyueth me; and who euer resseyueth me, he resseyueth not me aloone, but hym that sente me. Joon answeride to hym, and seide, Maister, we sayn oon castynge out feendis in thi name, which sueth not vs, and we han forbodun hym. And Jhesus seide, Nyle ȝe forbede him; for ther is no man that doith vertu in my name, and may soone speke yuel of me. He that is not aȝens vs, is for vs. And who euer ȝyueth ȝouOm. P pr. m. a cuppe of coold water to drynke in my name, for ȝe ben of Crist, treuli Y seie to ȝou, he schal not leese his mede. And who euer schalOm. k. sclaundre oon of these litleOm. k. that bileuenbileeueth R. in me, it were betere to hym that a mylne stoon `of assisOm A pr. m. CEIPQUXb pr. m. ckα. were don aboute his necke, and he were cast in to the see. And if thin hoond sclaun|dre thee, kitte it awey; it is betere to thee to entre feble in to lijf, than haueto haue IPRhi. twotwei EP. tweyne RX. hondis, and go in to hellehellis X., in to fierthe fyr RSbk. that neuer schal be quenchid, where the worm of hem dieth not, and the fier is not quenchid. And if thi foote sclaundre thee, kitte it of; it is betere to thee to entre crokid in to euerlastynge lijf, than haueto haue Ik. twei feet, and be sent in to helle of fier, that neuer schal be quenchid, where the worme of hem dieth not, and the fier is not quenchid. That if thin iȝe sclaundresclaundrith Rbce. thee, cast it out; it is betere to thee to entre gogil iȝed in to the reume of God, than haueto l aue k sec. m. twey iȝen, and be sent in to helle of fier, where the worme of hem dieth not, and the fier is not quenchid. And euery man schal be saltid with fier, and euery slayn sacrifice schal be maad sauery with salt. Salt is good; if salt be vnsauery, in what thing schulen ȝe make it sauery? Haue ȝe salt among ȝou, and haue ȝe pees among ȝou.

 CAP. X.

And Jhesus roos vp fro thennus, and cam in to the coostis of Judee ouer Jor|dan; and eftsoones the puple cam togi|dere to hym, and as he was wont, eft|sooneeft k pr. m. he tauȝte hem. And the Farisees camen, and axiden hym, WhetherWher C et plures. it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf? and thei temptiden hym. And he answeride, and seide to hem, What comaundide Moises to ȝou? And thei seiden, Moises suffride to write a libel of forsaking, and to forsake. `To whicheTo whom I. And k. Jhesushe E. answerideansweride to hem A pr. m. C. bc pr. m. e pr. m. g., and seideseide to hem EQcgk., For the hard|nesse of ȝoure herte Moises wroot to you this comaundement. But fro the bi|gynnyng of creature God made hem male and female; and seide, For this thing a man schal leeue hisOm. Ek. fadir and modir, and schal drawe to hys wijf, and thei schulen be tweynetwo I. in o flesch. And so now thei ben not tweyne, but o flesch. Therfor that thing that God ioynedehath ioined Rk. togidere, no man departe. And eftsoone in the hous hise disciplis axiden hym of the same thing. And he seide to hem, Who euer leeuith his wijf, and weddith another, he doith auowtri on hir. And if the wijf leeueleueth C et plures. hir housebonde, and be weddid to another manOm. S pr. m., sche doith letcherie. And thei brouȝten to hym litle children, that he schulde touche hem; and the disciplis threteneden the men, that brouȝten hem. And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn hem, he baar heuy, and seide to hem, Suffre ȝe litle children tofor to M pr. m. Om. g. come to me, and forbede ȝe hem not, for of suche is the kyngdom of God. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, who euer res|seyuethresceyue bce. not the kyngdom of God as a litil child, he schal not entre in to it. And he biclippide hem, and leide hise hondis on hem, and blisside hem. And whanne Jhesus was gon out ininto I sec. m. k. the weie, a man ranne bifore, and knelide bifor hym, and preiede hym, and seide, Good maister, what schal Y do, that Y res|seyue euerlastynge lijf? And Jhesus seide to hym, What seist thou, that Y am good? Ther is no man good, but God hym silf. Thou knowist the co|maundementis, do thou noon auowtrie, `sle not, stele notstele not, sle not A., seie not fals witness|yng, do no fraude, worschipe thi fadir and thi modir. And he answeride, and seide to hym, Maister, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my ȝongtheȝouthe EPRSk.. And Jhesus bihelde hym, and louede hym, and seide to hym, O thing faileth to thee; go thou, and sille alle thingis that thou hast, and ȝyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresoure in heuene; and come, sue thou me. And he was ful sori in the word, and wente awei morn|yng, for he hadde many possessiouns. And Jhesus bihelde aboute, and seide to hise disciplis, HouFul I. hardof hard k. thei that han ritchessis schulen entre in to the kyng|dom of God. And the disciplis weren astonyed in hise wordisword k.. And Jhesus eftsoone answeride, and seide `to hemOm. k., Ȝe litle children, hou hard it is for men that tristen in ritchessis to entre in to the kyngdom of God. It is liȝter a camele to passe thorou a nedlis iȝe, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God. And thei wondriden more, and seiden among hem silf, And who may be sauyd? And Jhesus bihelde hem, and seide, Anentis men it is impossiblevnpossible EPS., but not anentis God; for alle thingis ben possible anentis God. And Petir bigangan PQRUXb pr. m. ce. to seie to hym, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee. Jhesus an|sweride, and seide, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, ther is no man that leeueth hous, or bri|theren, or sistris, or fadir, or modir, or children, or feeldis for me and for the gospel, which schal not take an hundrid fold so myche now in this tyme, housis, and britheren, and sistris, andand fadris and k. modris, and children, and feeldis, with persecu|ciouns, and in the world to comynge euerlastynge lijf. But many schulen be, the firste the last, and the last the firste. And thei weren in the weie goynge vp to Jerusalem; and Jhesus wente bifor hem, and thei wondriden, and foleweden, and dredden. And eftsoone Jhesus took the twelue, and bigan to seie to hem, what thingis weren to come to hym. For lo! we stien to Jerusalem, and mannus sone schal be bitraied to the princis of prestis, and to scribis, and to theOm. k. eldre men; and thei schulen dampne hym bi deth, and thei schu|len take hym to hethene men. And thei schulen scorne hym, and bispete hym, and bete him; and thei schulen sle hym, and in the thridde dai he schal rise aȝen. And James and Joon, Zebedees sones, camencomen S. to hym, and seiden, Maister, we wolen, that what euer we axen, thouthat thou k pr. m. do to vs. And he seide to hem, What wolen ȝe that Y do to ȝou? And thei seiden, Graunte toOm. EI pr. m. PQR pr. m. X. vs, that we sitten `the toonthe oon EI. that oon Qk. at thi riȝt|half, and the totheroother I. at thi left half, in thi glorie. And Jhesus seide to hem, Ȝe witen not what ȝe axen; moun ȝe drynke the cuppe, whichthe which k. Y schal drynke, or be waischun with the baptym, in which Y am baptisid? AndOm. k. thei seiden to hym, We moun. And Jhesus seide to hem, Ȝe schulen drynke the cuppe that Y drynke, and ȝe schulen be waschun with the baptym, in which Y am bap|tisid; but to sitte at my riȝthalf or left|half isit is k. not myn to ȝyue to ȝou, but to whichewhom I. it is maad redi. And the ten herden, and bigunnen to haue indigna|cioun of James and Joon. But Jhesus clepide hem, and seide to hem, Ȝe witen, that thei that semen to haue prynshode of folkis, ben lordis of hem, and the princes of hem han power of hem. But it is not so among ȝou, but who euer wole be maad gretter, schal be ȝoure mynys|ter; and who euer wole be the firste among ȝou, schal be seruaunt of alle. For whi mannus sone cam not, that it schulde be mynystrid to hym, but that he schulde mynystre, and ȝyue his lijf aȝenbiyng for manye. And thei camen to Jerico; and whanne he ȝede forth fro Jerico, and hise disciplis, and aOm. c. pr. m. gka. ful myche puple, Barthymeus, a blynde man, the sone of Thimei, sat bisidis the weie, and beggide. And whanne he herde, that it iswas cka. Jhesus of Nazareth, he bigan to crie, and seieseide xhi., Jhesu, the sone of Dauid, haue merci on me. And manye thretneden hym, that he schulde be stille; and he criede myche the more, Jhesu, the sone of Da|uid, haue merci on me. And Jhesus stood, and comaundide hym to be clepid; and thei clepenclepiden Rhik. the blynde man, andand thei EI. seienseiden hik. to hym, Be thou of betere herte, rise vp, he clepith thee. And he castidecaste I. awei his cloth, and skippide, and cam to hym. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, What wolt thou, that Y schal do to thee? The blynde man seide to hym, Maister, that Y se. Jhesus seide to hym, Go thou, thi feith hath maad thee saaf. And anoon he saye, and suede hym in the weie.

 CAP. XI.

And whanne Jhesus cam nyȝ to Jeru|salem and to Betanye, to the mount of Olyues, he sendith tweynetwo Ihi. of hise disci|plis, and seith to hem, Go ȝe in to the castel that is aȝens ȝou; and anoon as ȝe entren there ȝe schulen fynde a colt tied, on whichwhom I. no man hath sete ȝit; vntie ȝe, and bryngebrynge ȝe Ek. hym. And if ony man seye ony thing to ȝou, What doen ȝe? seie ȝe, that he is nedeful to the Lord, and anoon he schal leeue hym hidir. And thei ȝeden forth, and founden a colt tied bifor the ȝate with out forth, in the metyng of twei weies; and thei vn|tieden hym. And summe of hem that stoden there seiden to hem, What doen ȝe, vntiynge the colt? And thei seiden to hem, as Jhesus comaundide hem; and thei leften it to hem. And thei brouȝten the colt to Jhesu, and thei leiden on hym her clothis, and Jhesus sat on hym. And many strewiden her clothis in the weie, othereand other b. men kittiden braunchis froof k. trees, and strewiden in the weie. And thei that wenten bifor, and that sueden, crieden, and seiden, Osanna, blissid is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; blessid beis C. the kyngdom of oure fadir Dauid that is cometo come R pr. m. hi.; Osanna in hiȝest thingis. And he entride in to Jerusalem, in to the temple; and whanne he `hadde seynhadde say A. siȝ C. hadde seie S. al thingthingis C. aboute, whanne it was eueeuene R., he wente out in to Betanye, with the twelue. And anothir daye, whanne he wente out of Betanye, he hungride. And whanne he hadde seyn a fige tree afer hauynge leeues, he cam, if happili he schulde fynde ony thing theron; and whanne he cam to it, he foonde no thing, out takun leeues; for it was notno EIPQX k pr. m. tyme of figis. And Jhesus an|sweride and seide to it, Now neuer ete ony man fruyt of thee more. And hise disciplis herden; and thei camen to Jerusalem. And whanne he was entrid in to the temple, he bigan to caste out silleris and biggeris in the temple; and he turnede vpsodoun the bordis of chaun|geris, and the chayeris of men that selden culueris; and he suffride not, that ony man schulde bere a vessel thorou the temple. And he tauȝte hem, and seide, Whether it is not writun, That myn hous schal be clepid the hous of preyng to alle folkis? but ȝe han maad it a denne of theues. And whanne this thing was herd, the princis of prestis and scribis souȝten hou thei schulden leese hym; forforsothe I. thei dredden hym, for al the puple wondride on his techyng. And whanne euenyngthe euenyng I. was come, he wente out of the citee. And as thei passiden forth eerli, thei sayn the fige tree maad drye fro the rootis. And Petir bithouȝte hym, and seide to hym, Maister, lo! the fige tree, whom thou cursidist, is dried vp. And Jhesus answeride and seide to hem, Haue ȝe the feith of God; treuli Y seie to ȝou, that who euer seith to this hil, Be thou takun, and cast in to the see; and doutedoutith CEIMPQRSUXbceghikαβ. not in his herte, but bileu|eth, that what euer he seie, schal be don, it schal be don to hym. Therfor Y seie to ȝou, alle thingis what euer thingis ȝe preynge schulen axe, bileue ȝe that ȝe schulen take, and thei schulen come to ȝou. And whanne ȝe schulen stonde to preye, forȝyue ȝe, if ȝe han ony thing aȝens ony man, that ȝoure fadir that is in heuenes, forȝyue to ȝou ȝoure synnes. And if ȝe forȝyuen not, nether ȝoure fadir that is in heuenes, schal forȝyue to ȝou ȝoure synnes. And eftsoone thei camen to Jerusalem. And whanne he walkide in the temple, the hiȝeste prestis, and scribis, and theOm. b. elder men camen to hym, andand thei k. seynseiden CEIPRk. to hym, In what power doist thou these thingis? or who ȝaf to thee this power, that thou do these thingis? Jhe|sus answeride and seide to hem, And Y schal axe ȝou o word, and answere ȝe to me, and Y schal seie to ȝou in what power Y do these thingis. Whether was the baptym of Joon of heuene, or of men? answere ȝe to me. And thei thouȝten with ynne hem silf, seiynge, If we seien of heuene, he schal seie to vs, Whi thanne bileuenbileuiden I. ȝe not to him; if we seien of men, we dreden the puple; for alle men hadden Joon, that he was verili a prophete. And thei answeryden, and seienseiden CShik. to Jhesu, We witen neuernot k.. And Jhesu answerde, and seide to hem, Nether Y seie to ȝou, in what power Y do these thingis.

 CAP. XII.

And Jhesus bigan to speke to hem in parablis. A man plauntide a vynȝerd, and settesettide QRhi. an hegge aboute it, andand he I. dalf a lake, and bildide a toure, and hiryde it to tilieriserthetiliers gk., and wente forth in pilgrim|age. And he sente to the erthe tilieris in tyme a seruaunt, to resseyue of the erthe tilieris of the fruyt of the vynȝerd. And thei token hym, and beetenbeoten him K., and leften hym voide. And eftsooneeft g. he sente to hem anothir seruaunt, and thei woundiden hym in the heed, and tur|mentidenether puniȝsshiden K marg. hym. And eftsoone he sente another, and thei slowen hym, and othir mo, betynge summe, and sleynge othere. But ȝit he hadde a moost derworth sone, and he sente hym last to hem, and seide, Perauenture thei schulenwolden C. wolen plures. wil EP. drede my sone. But the erthetilieris seiden togidere, This is the eire; come ȝe, sle we hym, and the eritage schal be ourun. And thei tokun hym, and killidenkilden him K., and castidencastiden him IKR pr. m. out without the vynȝerd. Thanne what schal the lord of the vynȝerd do? He schal come, and lese the tilieriserthetilieris k., and ȝyue the vynȝerd to othere. Whether ȝe han not red this scripture, The stoon which the bilderis han disspisid, this is maad in to the heed of the corner? This thing is doon of the Lord, and isit is I. wondirful in oure iȝen. And thei souȝten to holde hym, and thei dredden the puple; for thei knewen that to hem he seide this parable; and thei leften hym, and thei wenten awei. And thei senten to hym summe of the Farisees andand of the k pr. m. Erodians, to take hym in word. WhicheThe whiche I. camencomen R., and seienseiden C. to hym, Maistir, we witen that thou art sothfast, and reckist not of ony manOm. R pr. m.; for nethir thou bihold|ist in to theOm. Qck. face of manoni man EIPR., but thou techist the weie of God in treuthe. Is it leeueful that tribute be ȝouun to the emperoure, or we schulen not ȝyue? WhichThe whiche I. witynge her pryuei falsnesse, seide to hem, What tempten ȝe me? brynge ȝe to me a peny, that Y se. And thei brouȝten to hym. And he seide to hem, Whos is this ymage, and the writ|yngwrityng aboue Q pr. m. R pr. m.? TheiAnd thei A pr. m. g. seien to him, The empe|rouris. And Jhesus answeride and seide to hem, Thanne ȝelde ȝe to the emperour tho thingis that ben ofOm. K pr. m. hik. the emperoursemperour IP pr. m. RC sec. m.; and to God tho thingis that ben of God. And thei wondriden of hym. And Sa|duces, that seienseiden C. that ther is no ressur|reccioun, camen to hym, and axeden hym, and seiden, Maister, Moyses wroot to vs, that if the brother of a man were deed, and lefte his wijf, and haue no sones, his brother take his wijf, and reise vp seed to his brother. Thanne seuene britheren therOm. k. weren; and the firste took a wijf, and diedehe diede S sec. m., and lefte no seed. And the secounde took hir, and heOm. S. diede, and nether thishe k. lefte seed. And the thridde also. And in lijk ma|nere the seuene token hir, and leften notno bk. seed. And the womman theOm. CEIKk. laste of alle `is deeddied hi.. Thanne in the resur|reccioun, whanne thei schulen rise aȝen, whos wijf of thesethe seuene R pr. m. k. schal sche be? for seuene hadden hir to wijf. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Whether ȝe erren not therfor, that ȝe knowe not scripturis, nethir the vertu of God? ForForsothe I. whanne thei schulen rise aȝen fro deeth, nether thei schulen wedde, nethirne I. schulenOm. R sec. m. be weddid, but thei schulen be as aungels of God in heuenes. And of deed men, that thei risen aȝen, han ȝe not red inof k. the book of Moises, on the buysch, hou God spak to hym, and seide, Y am God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob? He is not God of deed men, but of lyuynge men; therfor ȝe erren myche. And oon of the scribis, that hadde herde hem dis|puytyngeether sekinge K marg. togidir, cam nyȝ, and saiȝ that Jhesus had wel answeride hem, and ax|ide hym, which was the firste maunde|ment of alle. And Jhesus answeride to him, that the firste maundementcomaundement EPQRSbcgekβ. of alle is, Here thou, Israel, thi Lord God is o God; and thou schalt loue thi Lord God of al thin herte, and of al thi soule, and of al thi mynde, and of al thi myȝt. This is the firste maundementcomaundement b.. And the secounde is lijk toOm. EP. this, Thou schalt loue thi neiȝbore as thi silf. Ther is noon other maundement gretter than these. And the scribe seide to hym, Maister, in treuthe thou hast wel seid; for o God is, and ther is noon other, outakun hym; that he be loued of al the herte, and of al the mynde, and of al the vndurstondynge, and of al the soule, and of al strengthethe strengthe CIKRSX sec. m. hik., and to loue the neiȝbore as hym silf, is gretter than alle brent offryngissacrificis k. and sacrificesoffringis k.. And Jhesus seynge that he hadde answerid wiseli, seide to hym, Thou art not fer fro the kyngdom of God. And thanne no man durste axe hym noOm. CKMR sec. m. SUX sec. m. ghikβ. more ony thing. And Jhesus answeride and seide, techynge in the temple, Hou seien scribis, that Crist is the sone of Dauid? For Dauid hym silf seide in the Hooli Goost, the Lord seide to my lord, Sitte on my riȝthalf, til Y putte thin enemyes thea S. stool ofvndir S pr. m. thi feet. ThanneThanne if QS sec. m. k sec. m. Dauid hym silf clepith him lord, houand hou A. thanne is he his sone? And myche puple gladli herde hym. And he seide to hem in his techyng, Be ȝe war of scribis, that wolen wandre in stolis, and be salutid in chepyng, and sitte in synagogis in the firste chaieris, and thein the I. firste sittyng placis in soperis; whichethe whiche I. deuouren the housis of widewis vndur colour of long preier; thei schulen take the longer doom. And Jhesus sit|tynge aȝens the tresorie, bihelde hou the puple castidecaste I. monei in to the tresorie; and many riche men castiden many thingis. But whanne aoo EIQRceghik. pore widewe was comun, sche kestecastide Ehik. twotwey plures. mynutis, that is, aoo sg. ferthing. And he clepide to|gidere hise disciplis, and seide to hem, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that this pore widewe keste more thanne alle, that kesten in to the tresorie. For allealle thei IS. kesten of that thing that thei hadden plente of; but thisshe this I. of her pouert keste alle thingis that sche hadde, alof g. and al k. hir lyue|lode.

 CAP. XIII.

And whanne he wente out of the tem|ple, oon of hise disciplis seide to hym, Maister, biholde, what maner stoonys, and what maner bildyngis. And Jhesu answeride, and seide to hym, Seest thou alle these grete bildingis? ther schal not be left a stoon on a stoon, which schal not be distried. And whanne he sat in the mount of Olyues aȝens the temple, Petir and James and Joon and Andrew axiden hym bi hem silf, Seie thou to vs, whanne these thingis schulen be don, and what tokene schal be, whanne alle these thingis schulen bigynne to be endid. And Jhesus answeride, and bi|gan to seie to hem, Loke ȝe, that no man disseyue ȝou; for manye schulen come in my name, seiynge, That Y am; and thei schulen disseyue manye. And whanne ȝe here batels and opynyouns of batels, drede ȝe not; for it bihoueth these thingis to be doon, but not ȝit anoon is the ende. For folk schal rise on folk, and rewme on rewme, and erthe mou|yngis and hungur schulen be bi placis; these thingis schulen be bigynnyngisbeginninge IKPQS pr. m. bcegα. of sorewis. But se ȝe ȝouȝour EPhi. silf, forforsothe I. thei schulen take ȝou in counsels, and ȝe schulen be betun in synagogis; and ȝe schulen stonde bifor kyngis and domes|men for me, in witnessyng to hem. And it bihoueth, that the gospel be first prechid among al folk. And whanne thei taken ȝou, and leden ȝou forth, nyle ȝe bifore thenke what ȝe schulen speke, but speke ȝe that thing that schal be ȝouun to ȝou in that our; for ȝe ben not the spekeris, but the Hooli Goost. For athe I. brother schal bitake thea c. brother in to deth, and the fadir the sone, and sones schulen rise togider aȝens fadrisfadir k. and modrismodir k., and punysche hem bi deeth. And ȝe schulen be in hate to alle men for my name; but he that lastith in to the ende, schal be saaf. But whanne ȝe schulen se the abhomynacioun of dis|coumfort, stondynge where it owith not; he that redith, vndurstondevndirstonde he S pr. m. k.; thanne thei that be in Judee, fle `in to hillisto the mounteynes k.. And he that is aboue thein the I sec. m. k pr. m. roof, come not doun in to the hous, nethir entre he, to take ony thing of his hous; and he that schal be in the feeld, turne not aȝen bi|hynde to take his cloth. But wo to hem that ben with child, and norischen in tho daies. Therfor preye ȝe, that theitho thingis k. be not don in wyntir. But thilke daies of tribulacioun schulen be suche, whiche maner weren not fro the bigynnyng of creature, which God hath maad, til now, nethir schulen be. And but the Lord hadde abredgide tho daies, alech Ik. fleische hadde not be saaf; but for the chosun whiche he chees, the Lord hath maad schort the daies. And thanne if ony man seie to ȝou, Lo! here is Crist, lo! there, bileue ȝe not. ForFor manye k pr. m. false Cristis and false prophetis schulen rise, andand thei I. schulen ȝyue tokenes and wondris, to disseyue, if it may be don, ȝhe, hem that be chosun. Therfor take ȝe kepe; lo! Y haue bifor seid to ȝou alle thingis. But in tho daies, aftir that tribulacioun, the sunne schal be maad derk, and the moon schal not ȝyue hir liȝt, and the sterris of heuene schulen falle doun, and the vertues that ben in heuenes, schulen be moued. And thanne thei schulen se mannus sone comynge inin the EIQRhikα. cloudis of heuene, with greet vertu and glorie. And thanne he schal sende hise aungelis, and schal geder hise chosun fro the foure wyndis, fro the hiȝest thing of erthe til to the hiȝest thing of he|uene. But of the fige tree lerne ȝe the parable. Whanne now his braunche is tendre, and leeues ben sprongun out, ȝe knowen that somer is nyȝ. So whanne ȝe seen these thingis beto be k. don, wite ȝe, that it is nyȝ in the doris. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that this generacioun schal not passe awei, til alle theseOm. EPghikα. thingis be don. Heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe. But of that dai or our no man woot, nether aungels in heuene, nether the sone, but the fadir. Se ȝe, wake ȝe, and preie ȝe; for ȝe witen not, whanne the tyme is. For as a man that is gon fer in pilgrim|age, lefteand lefte C. his hous, and ȝaf to his ser|uauntis power of euery work, and co|maundidecomaunde S. to the porter, that he wake. Therfor wake ȝeOm. RS pr. m., for ȝe witen not, whanne the lord of the hous cometh, in the euentide, or at mydnyȝt, or at cockis crowyng, or inOm. A pr. m. EPQbceghiα. the mornyng; leste whanne he comethcome CKMQRUbceg hik. shal come I. sodenli, he fynde ȝou slepynge. Forsothe that that Y seie to ȝou, Y seie to alle, Wake ȝe.

 CAP. XIV.

Pask and the feest of therf looues was after tweitwo IQ. daies. And the hiȝesthiȝe I. preestis and scribisthe scribis S. souȝten, hou thei schulden holde hym with gile, and sle. But thei seiden, Not in the feeste dai, lest perauen|ture aOm. EQRckβ. noyse were maad among the pu|ple. And whanne he was at Betanye, in the hous of Symount leprousOm. S pr. m., and restide, a womman cam, that hadde a boxe of alabastre of precious oynement spikenard; and whanne the boxe of ala|bastre was brokun, sche heldeheelte P. schedde k. it on his heed. But there weren summe that beren it heuyli with ynne hem silf, and seiden, Wher to is this losse of oynement maad? For this oynement myȝte haue be seld morefor more cik. than forOm. C. thre hundrid pens, and be ȝouun to pore men. And thei groynedengrucheden CEIKMPQRS sec. m. UXbceghikαβ. aȝens hir. But Jhesus seide, Suffre ȝe hir; what be ȝe heuy to hir? sche hath wrouȝt a good werk in me. ForForsothe I. euermore ȝe schulen haue pore men with ȝou, and whanne ȝe wolenwil E et P passim., ȝe moun do wel to hem; but ȝe schulen not euer more haue me. Sche dide that thatOm. K pr. m. sche hadde; sche cam bifore to anoynte my bodi in to biriyng. TreuliAnd R pr. m. Y seie to ȝou, where euer this gospel beschal be k. prechid in al the world, and that that `this wommansche this I. hath don, schal be told in to myndethe mynde S. of hym. And Judas Scarioth, oon of the twelue, wente to the hiȝesthiȝe I. prestis, to bitraye hym to hem. And thei herden, and ioyeden, and bihiȝten to ȝyue hym money. And he souȝt hou he schulde bitraye hym couenabli. And thein the I. firste dai of therf looues, whanne thei offridenoffren k sec. m. pask, the disciplis seynseiden R. to hym, Whidir `wilt thouwoltow e. that we go, and make redi to thee, that thou ete theOm. CR pr. m. Xbkα. pask? And he send|ith tweyntwo I. of hise disciplis, and seith to hem, Go ȝe in to the citee, and a man berynge a galoun of watir schal meete ȝou; sue ȝe hym. And whidur euer he entrith, seie ȝe to the lord of the hous, That the maister seith, Where is myn etynge place, where Y schal ete pask with my disciplis? And he schal schewe to ȝou a grete soupyng place arayed, and there make ȝeOm. e. redi to vs. And hise disciplis wenten forth, and camen in to the citee, and founden as he hadde seid to hem; and thei maden redy the pask. And whanne the euentid was come, he cam with the twelue. And whanne thei saten `at theatte P. mete, and eeten, Jhesus seide, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that oon of ȝou that etith with me, schal bitray me. And thei bigunnen to be sori, and to seie to hym, ech bi hem silf, Whether Y? WhichThe whiche I. seide to hem, Oon of tweluethe twelue Ikαβ. that puttith thehis I. hoond with me in the platere. And sotheli mannus sone goith, as it is writun of hym; but wo to that man, by whom mannus sone schal be bitrayed. It were good to hym, yf thilke man hadde not be borun. And while thei eeten, Jhesus took breed, and blessid, and brak, and ȝaf to hem, and seide, Take ȝe; this is my bodi. And whanne he hadde take the cuppe, he dide thankyngis, and ȝaf to hem, and alle dronken therof. And he seide to hem, This is my blood of the newe testament, whichthe whiche I. schal be sched for many. Treuli Y seye to ȝou, for now Y schal not drynke of this fruyt of vynethe vyne Ik., in to that dai whane Y schal drynke it newe in the rewme of God. And whanne the ympne was seid, thei wenten out in to the hil of Olyues. And Jhesus seide to hem, Alle ȝe schulen be sclaundrid in me in this nyȝt; for it is writun, Y schal smyte the scheep|herde, and the scheep of the flok schulen be disparplidether sprad abrood K marg.. But aftir that Y schal rise aȝen, Y schal go bifor ȝou in to Galilee. And Petir seide to hym, Thouȝ alle schulen be sclaundrid, but not Y. And Jhesus seide to hym, Treuli Y seie to thee, that to dai bifore that the cok in this niȝt crowe twies, thou schalt thries denye me. But he seide more, Thouȝ it bihouethbihoue CIkβ., that Y die togider with thee, Y schal not forsake thee. And in lijk maner alle seiden. And thei camen in to a place, whos name is Gethsamany. And he seide to hise disciplis, Sitte ȝe here, while Y preye. And he took Petir and James and Joon with hym, and bi|ganhe biganne IK. tofor to CEIKMPQRS pr. m. Xcghβ. drede, and to be anoyedether heuy K marg.. And he seide to hem, My soule is soreweful to the deeth; abide ȝe here, and wake ȝe with me. And whanne he was gon forth a litil, he felde doun on the erthe, and preiede, that if it myȝte be, that the our schulde passe fro hym. And he seide, Abba, fadir, alle thingis ben pos|sible to thee, bere ouer fro me this cuppe; but not that Y wole, but that thou wolt, be don. And he cam, and foond hem slepynge. And he seide to Petir, Symount, slepist thou? myȝtist thou not wake with me oon our? Wake ȝeOm. hi., and `preie ȝepreieth I., that ȝe entre not in to temptacioun; for the spirit is redi, but the fleische is sijk. And eftsoone he ȝede, and preiede, and seide the same word; andand he I. turnede aȝen eftsoone, and foond hem slepynge; forforsothe I. her iȝen weren heuyed. And thei knewen not, what thei schulden answere to hym. And he cam the thridde tyme, and seide to hem, Slepe ȝe now, and reste ȝe; it suffisith. The hour is comun; lo! mannus sone schal be bitraied in to the hondis of synful men. Rise ȝe, go we; lo! he that schal bitraye me is nyȝ. And ȝit while he spak, Judas Scarioth, oon of the twelue, cam, and with him miche puple with swerdis and staues, sent fro the hiȝesthiȝe I. prestis, and theOm. IR. scribis, and fro the eldre men. And his traytour hadde ȝouun to hem a tokene, and seide, Whom euer Y kisse, he it is; holde ȝe hym, and lede ȝeȝe him S. warli. And whanne he cam, anoon he came to hym, and seide, MaistirHeil, maistir k pr. m.; and he kisside hym. And thei leiden hondis on hym, and helden hym. But oon of the men that stoden aboute, drowȝ out a swerd, and smoot the seruaunt of the hiȝesthiȝe I. preest, and kittidekitte I. of his eere. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, As to a theef ȝe han gon out with swerdis and staues, to take me? Dai bi dai Y was among ȝou, and tauȝte in the temple, and ȝe helden not me; but that the scripturis be fulfillidfilled hi.. Thanne alle hise disciplis forsoken hym, and fledden. But a ȝong man, clothid with lynnun cloth on the bare, suede hym; and thei helden hym. And he lefte the lynnyn clothingclothes EP., and fleiȝ nakid awei fro hem. And thei ledden Jhesu to the hiȝest preest. And alle the prestis and scribis and eldere men camen togidir. But Petir suede hym afer in to the halle of the hiȝest preest. And he sat with the mynystrisseruauntis k., and warmede hym at the fier. And the hiȝest prestis, and al the counsel, souȝten witnessyng aȝens Jhesu to take hym to theOm. b. deeth; but thei founden not. ForForsothe I. manye seiden fals witnessyngwitness|vngis A sec. m. C pr. m. aȝens hym, and the wit|nessyngis weren not couenable. And summe risen vp, and baren fals witness|yng aȝens hym, and seiden, For we `han herdherden I. hym seiynge, Y schal vndo this temple maad with hondis, and aftir the thridde dai Y schal bilde another not maad with hondis. And the witness|yngwitnessingis bk. `of hemOm. k. wasweren k. not couenable. And the hiȝest prest roos vpOm. S sec. m. in to the myd|dil, and axide Jhesu, and seide, An|swerist thou no thing to tho thingis that ben put aȝens thee of these? But he was stille, and answeride no thing. Eft|soone the hiȝesthiȝe I. prest axide hym, and seide to hym, Art thou Crist, the sone of the blessid God? And Jhesus seide to hym, Y am; and ȝe schulen se man|nus sone sittynge on theOm. R pr. m. riȝthalf of the vertu of God, and comynge in the cloudis of heuene. And the hiȝesthiȝe I. preest to|rente hise clothis, and seide, What ȝit dissirendiseren S. we witnessis? Ȝe han herd blasfemye. What semeth to ȝou? And thei alle condempneden hym to be gilti of deeth. And summe bigunnen to bi|spete hym, `and to hile his faceOm. EP., and to smite hymOm. R pr. m. with buffetis, and seieseiden C. to seie eka. seyne i. to hym, Areede thou. And the mynystris beeten hym with strokis. And whanne Petir was in the halle bynethen, oon of the damesels of the hiȝesthiȝe I. prest cam. And whanne sche hadde seyn Petir warmynge hym, sche bihelde hym, and seide, And thou were with Jhesu of Nazareth. And he denyede, and seide, Nethir Y woot, nethir Y knowe, what thou seist. And he wente without forth bifor the halle; and anoon the cok crewe. And eftsoone whanne another damesel hadde seyn hym, sche bigan to seye to men that stoden aboute, That thishe this I. is of hem. And he eftsoone denyede. And aftir a litil, eftsoone thei that stoden nyȝ, seiden to Petir, Verili thou art of hem, for thou art of Galilee also. But he bigan to curse and toOm. e. swere, For Y knowe not this man, whomof whom k. ȝe seien. And anoon eftsoones the cok crew. And Petir bithouȝte on the word that Jhesus hadde seide to hym, Bifor the cok crowe twies, thries thou schalt denye me. And he bigan to wepe.

 CAP. XV.

And anoon in the morewtid the hiȝ|estehiȝe I. prestis maden a counsel with theOm. k. elder men, and theOm. k pr. m. scribis, and with alOm. k. the counsel, and bounden Jhesu and led|den, and bitoken hym to Pilat. And Pi|lat axide hym, Art thou kynge of Jewis? And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou seist. And the hiestehiȝe I. prestis ac|cusiden hym in many thingis. But Pilat eftsoone axide hym, and seide, Answerist thou no thing? Seest thou in hou many thingis thei accusen thee? But Jhesus answeride no more, so that Pilat won|dride. But bi the feeste dai he was wont to leeue to hem oon of menthe men I. boundun, whom euerOm. k. thei axidenwolden k,. And `oon ther wasther was oon k. that was seid Barabas, that was boundun with men of dissen|cioun, that hadden don manslauȝtir inand EPQ. seduciounthat is, debate in cytee K marg. that is, in debate in a cytee e marg.. And whanne the puple was gon vp, he bigan to preie, as he euer more dide to hem. And PilatOm. S. answer|ide `to hemOm. k., and seide, Wolen ȝe Ythat Y A pr. m. CIUkα. leeue to ȝou the kyng of Jewis? For he wiste, that the hiȝestehiȝe I. prestis hadden takun hym bi enuye. But the bischopis stireden the puple, that he schulde rather leeue to hem Barabas. And eftsoone Pilat answerde, and seide to hem, What thanneOm. k. wolen ȝe that Y schalOm. CEP. do to the kyng of Jewis? And thei eftsoone cri|eden, Crucifie hym. But Pilat seide to hem, What yuel hath he don? And thei crieden the more, Crucifie hym. And Pilat, willynge to make aseeth to the puple, lefteand lefte k. to hem Barabas, andand he I. bitok to hem Jhesu, betun with scourgis, to be crucified. And knyȝtis ledden hym with ynneforth, in to the porche of the mote halle. And thei clepiden togidir al the cumpany of knyȝtis, andand thei Ik. clothiden hym with purpur. And thei writhen a coroun of thornes, and puttidenputten k. on hym. And thei bigunnen to grete hym, and seiden, Heile, thouOm. k. kyng of Jewis. And thei smyten his heed with a reed, and bispatten hym; and thei kneliden, and worschipiden hym. And aftir that thei hadden scorned him, thei vnclothiden hym of purpurthe purpur Ik., and clothiden hym with hise clothis, and ledden out hym, to cru|cifie hym. And thei compellidenether constreyneden K marg. a man that passidepasside bi C. the weie, that cam fro the toun, Symount of Syrenen, the fader of Alisaundir and of Rufe, to bere his cross. And thei ledden hym in to a place Gol|gatha, that is to seie, the place of Caluari. And thei ȝauen to hym to drynke wyn meddlid with mirre, and he took not. And thei crucifieden him, and departiden hise clothis, and kestencast|iden hi. lot on tho, who schulde take what. And it was the thridde our, and thei crucifieden hym. And the titil of his cause wasis k pr. m. writun, KyngJh. of Naz. kyng c. of Jewis. And thei crucifiencrucifieden A pr. m. CEIMPRUbghikαβ. with hym twei theues, oon `at theatte P. riȝthalf and oon at histhe CK sup. ras. Ek. lefthalf. And the scripture was fulfillid that seith, And he is ordeyned with wickid men. And as thei passiden forth, thei blasfemyden hym, mouynge her heedis, and seiynge, Vaththat is, fiȝ e marg.! thou that distriest the temple of God, and in `thre daiesthe thridde dai A pr. m. bildist it aȝen; come adoundoun IMSbc pr. m. ehi. fro the crosse, and make thi silf saaf. AlsoAnd K pr. m E. And also K sec. m. Also and R. the hiȝestehiȝe I. prestis scorneden hym ech to othir with theOm. k. scribis, and seiden, He madehath maad I. othir men saaf, he may not saue hym silf. Crist, kyng of Israel, come doun now fro the cross, that we seen, and bileuen. And thei that weren cru|cified with hym, dispisedenether puttiden wrong K marg. hym. And whanne the sixte hour was come, derk|nessis weren made on al theOm. CEPU. erthe til inOm. k. to the nynthe our. And in the nynthe our Jhesus criede with a greet vois, and seide, Heloy, Heloy, lamasabatany, that is to seie, My God, my God, whi hast thou forsakun me? And summe of menthe men I. that stoden aboute herden, and seiden, Lo! he clepith Helye. And oonoon of hem A sec. m. EQ. ranne, and fillide a spounge with vynegre, and puttide aboute to a reede, and ȝaf toOm. Sg. hym drynketo drynke A pr. m. M pr. m. segk., and seide, Suffre ȝe, se we, ifwher k. Helie come to do hym doun. And Jhesus ȝaf outup k. a greet cry, and diede. And the veil of the temple was rentto rent EI. toren k. atwo fro the hiȝeste to bynethe. But the centurien that stood fornaforn I sec. m. ehik. aȝensȝens ek pr. m. siȝ, that he so criynge hadde diede, andand he k pr. m. seide, Verili, this man was Goddis sone. And ther weren also wymmen bihold|ynge fro afer, among whichewhom I. was Marie Maudeleyn, and Marie, the modir of James the lesse, and ofOm. k pr. m. Joseph, and of Salome. And whanne Jhesus was in Galilee, thei folewiden hym, and myn|ystriden to hym, and many othere wym|men, that camen vp togidir with him to Jerusalem. And whanne euentidthe euentijd I. was come, for it was the euentid whichthat I. iswas g. bifor the sabat, Joseph of ArmathieArmath A pr. m., theOm. I pr. m. noble decurioun, cam, and he abood the rewme of God; andOm. b. booldli he entride to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu. But Pilat wondride, if he were now deed. And whanne the centurioncenturio A. was clepid, he axide hym, if he were deed; and whanne he knewe of the centurion, he grauntide the bodi of Jhesu to Jo|seph. And Joseph bouȝte lynnen cloth, and took hymit C. doun, and wlappide in the lynnen cloth, and leide hym in athe EP. sepulcre that was hewun of a stoon, andand he I. walewide a stoon to the dore of the sepulcre. And Marie Maudeleyne and Marie of Joseph bihelden, where he was leid.

 CAP. XVI.

And whanne the sabat was passid, Marie Maudeleyne, and Marie of James, and Salomee bouȝten swete smellynge oynementis, to come and to anoynte Jhe|su. And ful eerli in oon of the woke daies, thei camen to the sepulcre, whanne the sunne was risun. And thei seiden togidere, Who schal meue awey to vs the stoon fro the dore of the sepulcre? And thei bihelden, and seien the stoon walewid awei, for it was ful greet. And thei ȝeden in to the sepulcre, and sayn a ȝonglyng, hilide with a white stole, sit|tynge `at theatte P. riȝthalf; and thei weren afeerd. WhichThe whiche I. seithseid S pr. m. to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; ȝe seken Jhesu of Nazareth cru|cified; he is risun, he is not here; lo! the place where thei leiden hym. But go ȝe, and seie ȝeOm. hi. to hise disciplis, and to Petir, that he schal go bifor ȝou in to Galilee; there ȝe schulen se hym, as he seide to ȝou. And thei ȝeden out, and fledden fro the sepulcre; for drede and quakyng had assailed hem, and to no man thei seiden ony thing, for thei dred|den. And Jhesus roos eerli the firste dai of the woke, and apperid firste to Marie Maudeleyne, fro whom he had caste out seuene deuelis. And sche ȝede, and tolde to hem that hadden ben with hym, whiche weren weilynge and wepynge. And thei herynge that he lyuyde, and was seyn of hir, bileueden not. But after these thingis whanne tweyne of hem wandriden, he was schewid in an|othir liknesse to hem goynge in to a toun. And thei ȝeden, and telden to theOm. EIMPQRS pr. m. kβ. othirtother g., and nether thei bileueden to hem. But `at theatte P passim. aftir at the R pr. m. laste, whanne the enleuene disciplisOm. R pr. m. saten at the mete, Jhesus apperide to hem, andand he I. repreuede the vnbileue of hem, and the hardnesse of herte, for thei bileueden not to hem, that hadden seyn that he was risun fro deeth. And he seide to hem, Go ȝe in to al the world, and prechepreche ȝe A pr. m. precheth I. the gospel to eche creature. Who that bileueth, and is baptisid, schal be saaf; but he that bileueth not, schal be dampned. And these tokenes schulen sue hem, that bi|leuen. In my name thei schulen caste out feendis; theiand thei k. schulen speke with newe tungis; thei schulen do awei ser|pentis; and ifthouȝ k. thei drynke ony venym, it schal not noyeanoye CRb. hem. Thei schulen sette her hondis on sijk men, and thei schulen wexe hoole. And the Lord Jhesu, aftirafter that EMPSUegkα. he hadde spokun to hem, washe was k pr. m. takun vpOm. C. in to heuene, and he sittith on the riȝthalf of God. And thei ȝeden forth, and prechiden euery where, for the Lord wrouȝte with hem, and confermyde the word with signes folewynge.

 Here endith the gospel of Mark, and here bigynneth the prolog vpon LuykHere endith the gospel of Mark, and (here X) bigynneth the prologe on the gospel of Luyk. CQX. Heere endith the gospel of Mark, and biginnith the prologe on Luyk. IRchi. Here endeth Mark; se now the prologe on Luke. K. Here endith the gospel of Mark, and bigynnith a prologe on Luk. S. Here endith Mark, and here bigynneth a prologe on Luyk. Ube. Here eendith the gospel of Mark. k.. LUKE. Here bygynneth the prologe on LuykeFrom EOPTf. Prologe on Luyk. C. Prolog of Luke. N. Prologe. X. Here bigynneth the [a g] prolog on the gospel of Luk. gk. No initial rubric in IKMQRSUX..

Luik was a man of Syrie bi nacioun, and ofOm. N. Antiochie, and washe was k. a leche in craft, and a disciple of apostlisthe apostlis e.. AftirwardAnd aftirward ES. he suede Poul til tointo T. his endyng, and seruede God, and was with out greet synne, for nethir he hadde a wijf in ony tyme, nether children, and he diede in Bithynye at `foure and seuentithe ȝeerfoure and seventi ȝeer CEIKPQTUXbhik. lxxiiij. ȝeer MScegk. foure score foure ȝeers N. thre scoore ȝere and four tenthe O., and was ful of the Hooli Goost. And whanne gospellisthe gospels oe. weren writun bi Matheu in Judee, and bi Mark in Ytalie, Luk bi theOm. CEMNOSTUXQR bceghik. stiryng of the Hooli Goost wroot this gospel in the cuntreiscuntrei hik. of Acaye. The moste nedeOm. i. of his trauel `was thisOm. T., that the manhod of Crist schulde be opyn to feithful Grekis bi alle profetis, that GodCrist S sup. ras. schulde come in fleisch, that is, to schewe bi alle profetis, that Crist schulde be God and man to gidir, lest cristen Grekis token heede to the fablis of Jewis, and weren holdun in desijr aloone of Moyses lawe. And Luyk trauelide, lest etherar O. thei weren disseyued bi fablis of eretikis, and fonned stelthis, and felden awei fro treuthethe truthe RSg.. This Luyk bigynneth at the concepcioun and natyuyte of Joon Baptist, and discryueth the natyuyte, and baptym, and prechyng of Crist, and his deth, and risyng aȝen, and assencioun.

`Jerom in his prolog on Luyk seith pleynli this sentenceJerom seith al this pleynli in his prologe on Luyk. C. Jerom in his prologe on Lwk seith this sentence. EPX. Heere endith the prologe. I. Here endeth the prologe on Luke; se now the book of Luk. K. Jerom in his prolog seith al this pleynli. N. Thus eendith the prolog, and bigynneth the gospel of Luke. R. Here endith the prologe, and here bigynnith the book of Luk. S. This seith Jerome in his prologe on Luyk. U. Here endith the prolog, and bigenneth the gospeil of the vangly of Luk. g. This seith Jerom in his prolog. hi. Jerom in his prolog on Luk seith al this. k. Om. OTe.. Here bigynneth the gospel of LuykHeere biginnith the gospel of Luyk. I. This is the gospel. Q. This is the Gospel of Luyc. X. Here bigynneth the firste chapitre of Luk. e. No initial rubric in CEKPRSUbeghik..

In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douȝtris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth. And bothebothe thei I. weren iust bifor God, goynge in alle the maundementis and iustifiyngis of the Lord, withouten pleynt. And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was bareyn, and bothe weren of grete age in her daies. And it bifel, that whanne Zacarie schulde do the office of preesthod, in theOm. M pr. m. ordre of his cours tofor God, aftir the custome of theOm. RSgk. that e. preesthod, he wente forth bi lot, and entride in to the temple, toof k pr. m. encense. And al the multitude of the puple was with outforth, and preiede in the our of encensyng. And anthe C. aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and stood on the riȝt|half of the auter of encense. And Za|carie seynge was afraied, and drede fel vpon hym. And the aungel seide to hym, Zacarie, drede thou not; for thi preyer is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wijf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid Joon. And ioye and gladyng schal be to thee; and many schulen `haue ioyebe glad R. in his natyuytenatyuyte, or birthe K.. ForForsothe I. he schal be greet bifor the Lord, and he schal not drynke wyn andne CEIMPQRUXbchikαβ. nether KSg. sidir, and he schal be fulfillid with the Hooli Goost ȝit offro k. his modirmodris Sb. wombe. And he schal conuerte many of the children of Israel to her Lord God; and he schal go bifor hym in the spirit and theOm. Sk. vertu of Helie; and he schal turne the hertis of theOm. EIP X pr. m. k. fadris in to theOm. EX pr. m. sones, and men out of bileuethe bileue g. to the prudence of iust men, to make redi a perfit puple to the Lord. And Zacarie seide to the aungel, Wherof schal Y witeknowe k. this? for Y am eld, and my wijf hath gon fer in toOm. EIQR sec. m. begk pr. m. hir daies. And the aungel answeride, and seide to hym, ForForsothe I. Y am Gabriel, that stonde niȝ bifor God; and Y am sent to thee to speke, and to euangelize to thee these thingis. And lo! thou schalt be doumbe, and thou schalt not mow speke til in to the dai, in which these thingis schulen be don; for thou hast not bileued to my wordis, whiche schulen be fulfillid in her tyme. And the puple was abidynge Zacarie, and thei wondriden, that he ta|riede in the temple. And he ȝede out, and myȝte not speke to hem, and thei knewen that he hadde seyn a visioun in the temple. And he bikenyde toOm. S. hem, and heOm. R. dwellide stille doumbe. And it was don, whanne the daies of his office weren fulfillid, he wente in to his hous. And aftir these daies Elizabeth, his wijf, conseyuede, and hidde hir fyue monethis, and seide, For so the Lord dide to me in the daies, in whiche he bihelde, to take awei my repreef among men. But in the sixte moneth the aungel Gabriel was sent fro God in to a citee of Galilee, whos name was Nazareth, to a maidynmaide EIPQXk., weddid to a man, whos name was Jo|seph, of the hous of Dauid; and the name of the maidunmaide EIP. was Marie. And the aungel entride to hir, and seide, Heil, ful of grace; the Lord beis I. with thee; blessid be thou among wymmen. And whanne sche hadde herd, sche was troublid in his word, and thouȝte what maner salutacioun this was. And the aungel seide to hir, NeOm. CIR sec. m. X sec. m. drede thouthee EP. notOm. c sec. m., Marie, for thou hast foundun grace anentis God. Lo! thou schalt conceyue in wombe, and schalt bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Jhesus. ThisHe this I. schal be greet, and he schal be clepid the sone of the Hiȝeste; and the Lord God schal ȝeue to hym the seete of Dauid, his fadir, and he schal regne in the hous of Jacob with outen ende, and of his rewme schal be noon ende. And Marie seide to the aungel, On what maner schal this thing be doon, for Y knowe notno k. man? And the aungel answeride, and seide to hir, The Hooly Goost schal come fro aboue in to thee, and the vertu of the Hiȝeste schal ouerschadewe thee; and therfor that hooli thing that schal be borun of thee, schal be clepid the sone of God. And loOm. k pr. m.! Elizabeth, thi cosyn, and sche also hath conceyued a sone in hir eelde, and this moneth is the sixte to hir that is clepid bareyn; for euery word schal not be inpossiblevnpossible EPk. anentis God. And Marie seide, Lo! the hand|maydynhandmaide IQk. of the Lord; be it don to me aftir thi word. And the aungel de|partide fro hir. And Marie roos vp in tho daies, and wente with haaste in to the mounteyns, in to a citee of Judee. And sche entride in to the hous of Za|carie, and grette Elizabeth. And it was don, as Elizabeth herde the salutacioun of Marie, the ȝong child in hir wombe gladide. And Elizabeth was fulfillid with the Hooli Goost, and criede with a greet vois, and seide, Blessid be thou among wymmen, and blessid be theOm. S. fruyt of thi wombe. And whereof is this thing to me, that the modir of my Lord comecometh k. to me? For lo! as the voice of thi salutacioun was maad in myn eeris, the ȝong child gladide in ioye in my wombe. And blessid be thou, that hast bileued, for thilketho I. thingis that ben seid of the Lord to thee, schulen be par|fitli don. And Marie seide, Mi soule magnyfieth the Lord, and my spirit hath gladid in God, myn helthe. For he hath biholdun the mekenesse of his hand|maidunhandmaide EIQck.. For lo! of this alle genera|ciouns schulen seie thatOm. k. Y am blessid. For he that is myȝti hath don to me grete thingis, and his name is hooli. And his mercy is fro kynrede in to kynredes, to men that dreden hym. He made myȝt in his arme, he scaterede proude men with theOm. k. thouȝte of his herte. He settesettide R. putte k. doun myȝti men fro setehere seete I., and enhaunside meke men. He hath fulfillid hungri men with goodis, and he hath left riche men voide. He, hauynge mynde of his mercy, tooktook vp k pr. m. Is|rael, his child; as he hath spokun to oure fadris, to Abraham and to his seed, in to worldis. And Marie dwellide with hir, as it were thre monethis, and turnede aȝen in to hir hous. But the tyme of beryng child was fulfillid to Elizabeth, and sche bare a sone. And the neiȝboris and cosynsthe cosyns hi. of hir herden, that the Lord hadde magnyfied his mercy with hir; and thei thankiden hym. And it was don in the eiȝte dai, thei camen to cir|cumcide the child; and thei clepiden hym Zacarie, bi theOm. R pr. m. name of his fadir. And his moder answeride, and seide, Nay, but he schal be clepid Joon. And thei seiden to hir, For no man is in thi kynrede, that is clepid this name. And thei bikeneden to his fadir, what he wolde thatOm. e. he were clepid. And he axynge a poyntil, wroot, seiynge, Joon is his name. And alle men wondriden. And anoon his mouth was openyd, and his tunge, and he spak, and blesside God. And drede was maad on alle her neiȝ|boris, and alle these wordis weren pup|plischid on alle the mounteyns of Judee. And alle men that herden puttiden in her herte, and seiden, What maner child schal this be? Forforsothe I. the hoond of the Lord was with hym. And Zacarie, his fadir, was fulfillid with the Hooli Goost, andand he I. prophesiede, and seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid, and maad redempcioun of his puple. And he hath reridarerid EPk. reisid b. to vs an horn of heelthe in the hous of Dauid, his child. As he spak bi the mouth of hiseOm. k pr. m. hooli prophetis, that weren fro the world. Helthe fro oure enemyes, and fro the hoond of alle men that hatiden vs. To do merci with oure fadris, and to haue mynde of his hooli testament. The greet ooth that he swoor to Abraham, oure fadir, to ȝyue hym silf tofor b. vs. That we with out drede delyueredbe delyuered k pr. m. fro the hoond of oure enemyes, serue to hym, in hoolynesse and riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse sbhi. bifor hym in alle oure daies. And thou, child, schalt be clepid the prophete of the Hiȝest; for thou schalt go bifor the face of the Lord, to make redi hise weies. To ȝyue scyence of helthe to his puple, in to remyssioun of her synnes; bi the inward|nesse of the merci of oure God, in the whiche he spryngynge vp fro an hiȝ hath visitid vs. To ȝyue liȝt to hem that sitten in derknessis and in schadewethe schadewe R. shade S. of deeth; to dresse oure feet in to the weie of pees. And the child wexide, and was coumfortid in spirit, and washe was I. in desert placis `til tovnto I. the dai of his schewing to Israel.

 CAP. II.

And it was don in tho daies, a maun|dement wente out fro the emperour Au|gustOm. A pr. m. EIcb pr. m., that al the world schulde be dis|cryued. This firste discryuyng was maad of Cyryn, iustice of Sirie. And alle men wenten to make professiounether knowlech K marg. professioun, ether knowlechynge X sec. m. marg., ech in toOm. i. his owne citee. And Joseph wente vp fro Galilee, fro the citee Nazareth, in to Judee, in to a citee of Dauid, that is clepid Bethleem, for that he was of the hous and of the meyne of Dauid, that he schulde knouleche with Marie, his wijf, that was weddid to hym, and was greet with child. And it was don, while thei weren there, the daies weren fulfillid, that sche schulde bere child. And sche bare hir first borun sone, and wlappidewrappide e. hym in clothis, and leide hym in a cratche, for ther was no place to hym in noOm. I. chaumbir. And scheepherdis weren in the same cuntre, wakynge and kep|ynge theOm. EI pr. m. α. watchis of the nyȝt on her flok. And lo! the aungel of the Lord stood bisidis hem, and the cleernesse of God schinede aboute hem; and thei dred|den with greet drede. And the aungel seide to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; for lo! Y preche to ȝou a greet ioye, that schal be to al puple. For athe I. sauyoure is borun to dai to ȝou, that is Crist the Lord, in the citee of Dauid. And this is a tokene to ȝou; ȝe schulen fynde a ȝong child wlap|pid in clothis, and leid in a cratche. And sudenli ther was maad with the aungel a multitude of heuenli knyȝthod, heri|ynge God, and seiynge, Glorie be in the hiȝeste thingis to God, and in erthe pees beOm. k. to men of good wille. And it was don, as the `aungelis passidenaungil passede sgk. awei fro hem in to heuene, the scheephirdis spaken togider, and seiden, Go we ouer to Beth|leem, and se we this word that is maad, which the Lord hath `maad, andOm. k pr. m. schew|ide to vs. And thei hiȝynge camen, and founden Marie and Joseph, and the ȝong child leid in a cratche. And thei seynge, knewen of the word that was seid to hem of this child. And alle men that herden wondriden, and of these thingis that weren seid to hem of the scheep|hirdis. But Marie kepte alle these wordis, berynge togider in hir herte. And the scheepherdis turneden aȝen, glo|rifyinge and heriynge God in alle thingis that thei hadden herd and seyn, as it was seid to hem. And aftir that theOm. hiαβ. eiȝte daies weren endid, that the child schulde be circumcided, his name was clepid Jhesus, which was clepid of the aungel, bifor that he was conceyued in theOm. EIKMPQRSUX pr. m. bceghikαβ. wombe. And aftir that the daieseiȝte daies g. of theOm. ERbc pr. m. egαβ. purgaciounpurificacioun k. of Marie weren ful|fillid, aftir Moyses lawe, thei token hym into Jerusalem, to offre hym to the Lord, as it is writun in the lawe of the Lord, For euery male kynde openynge the wombe, schal be clepid holi to the Lord; and that thei schulen ȝyue an offryng, aftir that it is seid in the lawe of the Lord, A peire of turturis, or twei culuer briddis. And lo! a man was in Jeru|salem, whos name was Symeon; and this man was iust and vertuousether dredeful K marg., and aboode the coumfort of Israel; and the Hooli Goost was in hym. And he hadde takun anOm. h pr. v. i. answere of the Hooli Goost, that he schulde not se deeth, but he sawȝ first the Crist of the Lord. And he cam in spirit into the temple. And whanne his fadir and modir ledden the child Jhesu to do aftir the custom of theOm. IE. lawe for hym, he took hym in to hise armes, and heOm. UX. blesside God, and seide, Lord, now thou leuyst thi seruaunt aftir thi word in pees; for myn iȝen han seyn thin helthe, which thou hast maad redi bifor the face of alle puplis; liȝt to the schew|yng of hethene men, and glorie ofto E. thithe I. puple Israel. And his fadir and hisOm. R sec. m. modir weren wondrynge on these thingis, that weren seid of hym. And Symeon blesside hem, and seide to Marie, his modir, Lo! thishe this I. is set in to the fallyng doun and in to theOm. bc. risyng aȝen of many men in Israel, and in toOm. hi. aOm. Ihi. tokene, to whom it schal be aȝenseid. And aOm. EIPQXc pr. m. swerd schal passe thorou thin owne soule, that the thouȝtis ben schewid of many hertis. And Anna was a prophetesse, the douȝtir of Fanuel, of the lynage of Aser. And sche hadde goon forth in many daies, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene ȝeer fro hir maydyn|hode. And thissche this I. was a widewe toOm. C. til I. til to X sec. m. foure scoor ȝeer and foure; and sche depart|ide not fro the temple, but seruyde toOm. hik sec. m. God nyȝt and dai in fastyngis and preieris. And thissche this I. cam vpon hem in thilk our, and knoulechide to the Lord, and spak of hym to alle that abiden the redempcioun of Israel. And as thei hadden ful don alle thingis, aftir the lawe of the Lord, thei turneden aȝen in to Galilee, in to her citee Nazareth. And the child wexe, and was coumfortid, ful of wisdom; and the grace of God was in hym. And his fadir and modir wentenwenten vp X. ech ȝeer in to Jerusalem, in the solempne dai of pask. And whanne Jhesus was twelue ȝeer oold, thei wenten vp to Jeru|salem, aftir the custom of the feeste dai. And whanne the daies weren don, thei turneden aȝen; and the child abood in Jerusalem, and his fadir and modir knewen it not. For thei gessynge that he hadde be in the felowschip, camen a daies iourney, and souȝten hymOm. i. among hise cosyns and hise knouleche. And whanne thei founden hym not, thei turn|eden aȝen in to Jerusalem, and souȝten hym. And it bifelle, that aftir the thridde dai thei founden hym in the temple, sit|tynge in the myddil of the doctours, herynge hem and axynge hem. And alle men that herden hym, wondriden on the prudence and the answeris of hym. And thei seyn, and wondriden. And his modir seide to hym, Sone, what hast thou do to vs thus? Lo! thi fadir and Y sorewynge han souȝte thee. And he seide to hem, What is it that ȝe souȝten me? wisten ȝe not that in thothe P. thingis that ben of my fadir, it behoueth me to be? And thei vndurstoden not the word, whichthat i. he spak to hem. And he cam doun with hem, and cam to Nazareth, and was suget to hem. And his moder kepte togidir alle these wordis, and bare hem in hir herte. And Jhesus profitide in wisdom, age, and grace, anentis God and men.

 CAP. III.

In the fiftenthe ȝeer of the empire of Tiberie, the emperoure, whanne Pilat of Pounce gouernede Judee, and Eroude was prince of Galilee, and Filip, his brothir, was prince of Iturye, and of the cuntre of Tracon, and Lisanye was prince of Abilyn, vndir the princis of prestis Annas and Caifas, the word of the Lord was maad on Joon, the sone of Zacarie, in desert. And he cam in to al the cuntre of Jordan, and prechide baptym of penaunce in to remyssioun of synnes. As it is wrytun in the book of the wordis of Isaye, the prophete, The voice of a crier in desert, Make ȝe redi the weie of the Lord, make ȝe hise pathis riȝt. Ech valey schal be fulfillid, and euery hil and litil hil schal be maad lowe; and schrewid thingis schulen ben in to dressid thingis, and scharp thingis in to pleyn weies; and euery fleisch schal se the heelthe of God. Therfor he seid to the puple, which wente out to be baptisid of hym, Kynd|lyngis of eddris, who schewide to ȝou to fle fro theOm. CK pr. m. wraththe to comynge? Ther|for do ȝe worthi fruytis of penaunce, and bigynne ȝe not to seie, We han a fadir Abraham; for Y seie to ȝou, that God is myȝti to reise of these stoonys the sones of Abraham. And now an axe is sett to the roote of the tree; and therfor euery tre that makith nonot KMSXc sec. m. egkα. good fruyt, schal be kit doun, and schal be cast in to the fier. And the puple axide hym, and seiden, What thanne schulen we do? He answeride, and seide to hem, He that hath twei cootis, ȝyueȝyue he A pr. m. to hym that hath noon; and he that hath metis, do inon k. lijk maner. And pupplicans camen to be baptisid; and thei seiden to hym, Mais|ter, what schulen we do? And he seide to hem, Do ȝe no thing more, than that that is ordeyned to ȝou. And knyȝtis axiden hym, and seiden, What schulen also we do? And he seide to hem, Smyte ȝe wrongfuli no man, nethir make ȝe fals chalenge, and be ȝe apayedpaied R. with ȝoure sowdis. Whanne al the puple gesside, and alle men thouȝten in her hertis of Joon, lest perauenture he were Crist, Joon answeride, and seide to alle men, Y baptize you in watir; but a stronger than Y schal come aftir me, of whom Y am not worthi to vnbynde the lace of his schoon; he schal baptize ȝou in the Hooli Goost and fier. Whos `wynewyng toolvanne I. inis in gβ. his hond, and he schal purge his floor of corn, andand he αβ. schal gadere the whete in to his berne; but the chaffischaff I. he schal brenne with fier vn|quenchable. And many othere thingis also he spak, and prechide to the puple. But Eroude tetrarktetrark also k pr. m., whanne he was blamed of Joon for Erodias, the wijf of his brother, and for alle theOm. R. yuelis that Eroude dide, encresidehe encreeside Ik pr. m. this ouer alle, and schitte Joon in prisoun. And it was don, whanne al the puple was baptised, and whanne Jhesu was baptised, and preiede, heuene was openyd. And the Hooli Goost cam doun in bodili licnesse, as a dowue on hym; and a vois was maad fro heueneheuenes k., Thou art my der|worth sone, in thee it hath plesidwel plesid b. to me. And Jhesu hym silf was bigyn|ninge as of thritti ȝeer, that he was gessid the sone of Joseph, which was of Heli, which was of Mathath, which was of Leuy, which was of Melchi, that was of Jamne, that was of Joseph, that was of Matatie, that was of Amos, that was of Naum, that was of Hely, that was of Nagge, that was of Mathath, that was of Matatie, that was of Semei, that was of Joseph, that was of Juda, that was of Johanna, that was of Re|sa, that was of Zorobabel, that was of Salatiel, that was of Neri, that was of Melchi, that was of Addi, that was of Cosan, that was of Elmadan, that was of Her, that was of Jhesu, that was of Eleasar, that was of Jorum, that was of Matath, that was of Leuy, that was of Symeon, that was of Juda, that was of Joseph, that was of Jona, that was of Eliachym, that was of Melca, that was of Menna, that of Mathatha, that was of Nathan, that was of Dauid, that was of Jesse, that was of Obeth, that was of Boz, that was of Salmon, that was of Nason, that was of Amynadab, that was of Aram, that was of Esrom, that was of Fares, that was of Judas, that was of Jacob, that was of Isaac, that was of Abraham, that was of Tare, that was of Nachor, that was of Seruth, that was of Ragau, that was of Faleth, that was of Heber, that was of Sale, that was of Chaynan, that was of Arfaxath, that was of Sem, that was of Noe, that was of Lameth, that was of Matussale, that was of Enok, that was of Jareth, that was of Malaliel, that was of Cainan, that was of Enos, that was of Seth, that was of Adam, that was of God.

 CAP. IV.

And Jhesus ful of the Hooli Goost turnede aȝen fro Jordan, and washe was I. led bi the spirit into desert fourti daies, and washe was I. temptid of the deuel, and eet no|thing in tho daies; and whanne tho daies weren endid, he hungride. And the deuel seide to him, If thou art God|dis sone, seie to this stoon, that it be maad breed. And Jhesus answeride to hym, It is writun, That a man lyueth not in breed aloone, but in euery word of God. And the deuel ladde hym inOm. EQbceg. toOm. h. an hiȝ hil, and schewide to hym alle the rewmes of the world in a moment of tyme; and seide to hym, Y schal ȝyue to thee al this power, and the glorie of hem, for to me thei ben ȝouun, and to whom Y wole, Y ȝyue hem; therfor if thou falle doun, and worschipe bifore me, alle thingis schulen be thine. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, It is writun, Thou schalt worschipe thi Lord God, and to hym aloone thou schalt serue. And he ledde hym in to Jeru|salem, and settesettide k. hym on the pynacle of the temple, and seide to hym, If thou art Goddis sone, sende thi silf fro hennes doun; for it is writun, For he hath comaundide to hise aungels of thee, that thei kepe thee in alle thi weies, and that thei schulen take thee in hondis, lest perauenture thou hirte thi foote at a stoon. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to him, It is seid, Thou schalt not tempte thi Lord God. And whanne euery temptacioun was endid, the feend wente awei fro hym for a tyme. And Jhesus turnede aȝen in the vertu of the spirit in to Galilee, and the fame wente forth of hym thorou al the cuntre. And he tauȝte in the synagogis of hem, and was magnyfied of alle men. And he cam to Nazareth, where he was norisschid, andand he I. entride aftir his custom in the sabat dai in to a synagoge, and roos tofor to k pr. m. reed. And the book of Ysaye, the prophete, was takun to hym; and as he turnede the book, he foond a place, where it was wrytun, The Spirit of the Lord onis on g sec. m. k. me, for which thing he anoyntide me; he sente me to preche to pore men, toand to k pr. m. hele contrite men in herte, and to preche remyssioun to prisoneris, and siȝt to blynde men, and to delyuere brokun men in to remissioun; to preche the ȝeer of the Lord plesaunt, and the dai of ȝeld|yng aȝen. And whanne he hadde closid the book, he ȝaf aȝen to the mynystre, and sat; and the iȝen of alle men in the synagoge were biholdynge in to hym. And he bigan to seie to hem, For in this dai this scripture is fulfillid in ȝoure eeris. And alle men ȝauen witnessyng to hym, and wondriden in the wordis of grace, that camen forth of his mouth. And thei seiden, Whether this is not the sone of Joseph? And he seide to hem, Sotheli ȝe schulen seie to me this lik|nesse, Leeche, heelehele thou k. thi silf. TheAnd the k. Fari|sees seiden to Jhesu, Hou grete thingis han we herd dondoon of thee k. in Cafarnaum, do thou also here in thi cuntre. And he seide, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that no profete is resseyued in his owne cuntre. In treuthe Y seie to ȝou, that many widowis weren in the daies of Elie, the prophete, in Israel, whanne heuene was closid thre ȝeer and sixe monethis, whanne greet hungur was maad in al theOm. K pr. m. k. erthe; and to noon of hem was Elye sent, but in to Sarepta of Sydon, to aa womman a X sec. m. k sec. m. marg. a womman IKSg. widowe. And many meseles weren in Israel, vndur Helisee, the prophete, and noon of hem was clensid, but Naaman of Sirye. And alle in the synagoge herynge these thingis, weren fillid with wraththe. And thei risen vp, and drouen hym out with out the citee, and ledden hym to the cop of the hil on which her citee was bildid, to caste hym doun. But Jhesus passide, and wente thorou the myddil of hem; and camhe came I. doun in to Cafarnaum, a citee of Galilee, and there he tauȝte hem in sabotis. And thei weren astonyed in his techyng, for his word was in power. And in her synagoge was a man hau|ynge an vnclene feend, and he criede with greet vois, and seide, Suffre, what to vs and to thee, Jhesuthou Jhesu S pr. m. of Nazareth? art thou comun tofor to M pr. m. leese vs? Y knoweknowleche A pr. m. EPQS sup. ras. X. know thee b sec. m., that thou art the hooli ofOm. E. God. And Jhesus blamede hym, and seide, Wexe doumbe, and go out fro hym. And whanne the feend hadde cast hym forth in toOm. e pr. m. the myddil, he wente a wei fro hym, and he noyede hym no thing. And drede was maad in alle men, and thei spaken togider, and seiden, What is this word, for in power and vertu he co|maundith to vnclene spiritis, and thei gon out? And the fame was pupplischid of him in to ech place of the cuntre. And Jhesus roos vp fro the synagoge, and entride in to the hous of Symount; and the modir of Symountis wijf was holdun with gretea gret S. fyueris, and thei preieden hym for hir. And Jhesus stood ouer hir, and comaundide toOm. c pr. m. k pr. m. the feuer, and it lefte hir; and anoon sche roos vp, and seruede hem. And whanne the sunne wente doun, alle that hadden sijke men with dyuerse langours, leddenthei ledden k pr. m. hem to hym; and he sette his hoondis on ech bi `hem silfhimself I., and heelide hem. And feendis wenten out fro manye, and cri|eden, and seiden, For thou art the sone of God. And he blamede, and suffride hem not to speke, for thei wisten hym, that he was Crist. And whanne the dai was come, he ȝede out, and wente in to a desert place; and the puple souȝten hym, and thei camen to hym, and thei helden hym, that he schulde not go awei fro hem. To whichewhom I. he seide, For also to othere citees it bihoueth me to preche the kyngdom of God, forand hi. therfortherto IKgkβ. Y am sent. And he prechide in the synagogis of Galilee.

 CAP. V.

And it was don, whanne the puple camcamen plures. fast to Jhesu, to here the word of God, he stood bisidis the pool of Gena|sereth, and saiȝ two bootis stondynge bisidis the pool; and the fischeris weren go dounOm. k., and waischiden her nettis. And he wente vp in to a boot, that was Symoundis, and preiede hym to lede it a litil fro the loond; and he seet, and tauȝte the puple out of the boot. And as he ceesside to speke, he seide to Sy|mount, Lede thouout M pr. m. thou out M sec. m. in to theOm. CEPQS sec. m. UXchiβ. depthe, and slakeslake ȝe IKk. ȝe slake S. ȝoure nettis to take fisch. And Symount answeride, and seide to hym, Comaundoure, we traueliden al the nyȝt, and token no thing, but in thi word Y schal leye out the net. And whanne thei hadden do this thing, thei closiden togidir a greet multitude of fischis; and her net was brokun. And thei biken|yden to felawis, that weren in anothir boot, that thei schulden come, and helpe hem. And thei camen, and filliden bothe theOm. EIKM pr. m. PQSXbcgβ. bootis, so that thei weren almost drenchid. And whanne Symount Petir saiȝ this thing, he felde doun to the knees of Jhesu, and seide, Lord, go fro me, for Y am a synful man. For he was on ech side astonyed, and alle that weren with hym, in theOm. k pr. m. takyng of fischis whiche thei token. Sotheli in lijk maner James and Joon, the sones of Zebedee, that weren felowis of Symount Petre. And Jhesus seide to Symount, Nyle thou drede; now fro this tyme thou schalt take men. And whanne the bootis weren led vp to the loond, thei leften alle thingis, and thei sueden hym. And it was don, whanne he was in oon of the citees, lo! a man ful of lepre; and seynge Jhesu felle doun on his face, and prey|ede hym, and seide, Lord, if thou wolt, thou maist make me clene. And Jhesus held forth his hoond, and touchide hym, and seide, Y wole, be thou maad cleene. And anoon the lepre passide awei fro hym. And Jhesus comaundide to hym, that he schulde seie to no man; But go, schewe thouOm. hi. thee to a preest, and offre for thi clensyng, as Moises bad, in to witnessyng to hem. And the word walkide aboute the more of hym; and myche puple camen togidere, to here, and to be heelid of her siknessis. And he wente in to desert, and preiede. And it was don in oon of theOm. b. daies, heand Jhesus A sec. m. sat, and tauȝte; and there weren Farisees sittynge, and doctouris of the lawe, that camen offro k. eche castel of Galilee, and of Judee, and of Jerusalem; and the vertu of the Lord was to heele sike men. And lo! men beren in a bed a man that was sijkOm. AE. in theOm. Ce. palsye, and thei souȝten to bere hym in, and sette bifor hym. And thei founden not in what partie thei schul|den bere hym in, for the puple, `and theiOm. A pr. m. CEK pr. m. b sec. m. e pr. m. α. and Ib pr. m. e sec. m. gk. thei US pr. m. β. wenten onvpon U. the roof, and bi the sclattisether tyles K marg. thei leeten hym doun with the bed, in to the myddilmiddis k., bifor Jhesus. And whanne Jhesu saiȝ the feith of hem, he seide, Man, thi synnes ben forȝouun to thee. And the scribis and Fariseesthe Farisees Eei. bigunnen to thenke, seiynge, Who is this, that spekith blasfemyes? who may forȝyue synnes, but God aloone? And as Jhesus knewe the thouȝtis of hem, he answeride, and seide to hem, What thenken ȝe yuele thingis in ȝoure hertes? What isis it Eb pr. m. liȝter to seie, Synnes ben forȝouun to thee, or to seie, Rise vp, and walke? But that ȝe wite, that mannus sone hath power in erthe to forȝyue synnes, he seide to the sijk man in palesie, Y seie to thee, ryse vp, take thi bed, and go in to thin hous. And anoon he roos vp bifor hem, and took the bed in which he lay, and wente in to his hous, and magnyfiede God. And greet wondur took alle, and thei magnyfieden God; and thei weren ful|fillid with greet drede, and seiden, For we han seyn merueilouse thingis to dai. And after these thingis Jhesus wente out, and saiȝ a pupplican, Leuy bi name, sittynge at the tolbothe. And he seide to hym, Sue thou me; and whanne he hadde left alle thingis, he roos vp, and suede hym. And Leuy made to hym a greet feeste in his hous; and ther was a greet cumpanye of pupplicans, and of othere that weren with hem, sittynge at the mete. And Fariseesthe Farisees K pr. m. X sec. m. ehik. and theOm. MQRS. scribis of hem grutchiden, and seiden to hise disciplis, Whi eten ȝe and drynken with pupplicans and synful men? And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Thei that ben hoole han no nede to a leche, but thei that ben sijke; for Y cam not to clepe iuste men, but synful men to pen|aunce. And thei seiden to hym, Whi theOm. Ig. disciplis of Joon fasten ofte, and maken preieris, also and ofOm. b. Fariseesthe Farisees CEIKMPQRSXbceghikαβ., but thine eten and drynken? To whichewhom I. he seide, Whether ȝe moun make the sones of the spouse to faste, while the spouse is with hem? But daies schulen come, whanne the spouse schal be takun awei fro hem, and thanne thei schulen faste in tho daies. And he seide to hem also a liknesse; ForForsothe I. no man takith a pece fro a newe cloth, and puttith ithim C. Om. M pr. m. inOm. A. to an oold clothing; ellis botheOm. e pr. m. k sec. m. and k pr. m. he brekith the newe, and the pece of the newe acordith not to the elde. And no man puttith newe wyne in to oolde botels; ellis the newe wyn schal breke the botels, and the wyn schal be sched out, and the botels schulen perische. But newe wyne owith to be put in to newe botels, and bothe ben kept. And no man drynkynge the elde, wole anoon theOm. CEPQXα. newe; for he seith, The olde is the betere.

 CAP. VI.

And it was don inOm. S. the secounde firste sabat, whanne he passid bi cornesthe cornes CEIKMPQRSUXbceghiαβ., hise disciplis pluckiden eeris of corn; and thei frotynge with her hondis, eeten. And summe of the Farisees seiden to hem, What doon ȝe that, that is not leeueful in the sabotis? And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Han ȝe not redde, what Dauith dide, whanne he hungride, and thei that weren with hym; hou he entride in to the hous of God, and took looues of proposicioun, and eet, and ȝaf to hem that weren with hem; whiche looues it was not leeueful to eete, but oonli to prestis. And he seide to hem, For mannus sone is lord, ȝhe, of the sabat. And it was don in another sabat, that he entride in to a synagoge, and tauȝte. And a man was there, and his riȝt hoond was drie. And the scribis and Fariseesthe Farisees Eehik. aspieden hym, if he wolde heele hymOm. R. in the sabat, that thei schul|den fynde cause, whereof thei schulden accuse hym. And he wiste the thouȝtis of hem, and he seide to the man that hadde a drie hoond, RiseArise hi. vp, and stonde in toOm. EPQXhkα. the myddil. And he roos, and stood. And Jhesus seide to hem, Y axe ȝou, if it is leueful to do wel in the sabat, or yuel? to make a soule saaf, or to leese? And whanne he hadde biholde alle men aboute, he seide to the man, Hold forth thin hoond. And he held forth, and his hond was restorid to helthe. And thei weren fulfillid with vnwisdom, and spaken togidir, what thei schulden do of Jhesu. And it was don in tho daies, he wente out in to an hil to preye; and he was al nyȝt dwellynge in the preier of God. And whanne the day was come, he clepide hise disciplis, and chees twelue of hem, whiche he clepide also apostlis; Symount, whom he clepide Petir, and Andrew, his brothir, James and Joon, Filip and Bartholomew, Matheu and Thomas, James Alphei, and Symount, that is clepid Zelotes, Judas ofand A pr. m. James, and Judas Scarioth, that was traytoure. And Jhesus cam doun fro the hil with hem, and stood in a feeldi place; and the cum|peny of hise disciplis, and aOm. k. greet mul|titude of puple, of al Judee, and Jerusa|lem, and of the see coostis, and of Tyre and Sidonof Sidon c., that camen to here hym, and to be heelid of her siknessis; and thei that weren trauelid of vncleene spiritis, weren heelid. And al puplethe peple CIKUXRSgkαβ. souȝte to touche hym, for vertu wente out of hym, andand he K sec. m. UX sec. m. bg sec. m. hik. heelide alle. And whanne hise iȝen weren cast vp in to hise disciplis, he seide, Blessid be ȝeOm. CP pr. m. e pr. v. g., `pore men, for the kyngdom of God is ȝoure. Blessid be ȝe, that now hungren, for ȝe schulen be ful|fillid. Blessid be ȝe, that now wepen, for ȝe schulen leiȝe. Ȝe schulen be bless|id, whanne men schulen hate ȝou, and departe ȝou awei, and putte schenschip to ȝou, and cast out ȝoure name as yuel, for mannus sone. Joye ȝe in that dai, and be ȝe glad; for lo! ȝoure meede is myche in heuene; forforsothe I. Om. k. aftir these thingis the fadris of hem diden to prophetis. Netheles wo to ȝou, riche men, that han ȝoure coumfort. Wo to ȝou that ben fulfillid, for ȝe schulen hungre. Wo to ȝou that now leiȝen, for ȝe schulen morne, and wepe. Wo to ȝou, whanne alle men schulen blesse ȝou; aftir these thingis the fadris of hem diden to profetis. But Y seie to ȝou that heren, loue ȝe ȝoure enemyes, do ȝe wel to hem that hatiden ȝou; blesse ȝe men that cursen ȝou, preye ȝe for men that defamen ȝou. And to him that smytith thee on othe oo Eghik. cheeke, schewe alsoto him also k. the tothiroothir I.; and fro hym that takith awei fro thee a cloth, nyle thou forbede the coote. And ȝyue to eche that axith thee, and if a man takith awei tho thingis that ben thine, axe thou not aȝen. And as ȝe wolen that men do to ȝou, do ȝe also to hem in lijk maner. And if ȝe louen hem that louen ȝou, what thanke is to ȝou? for synful men louen men that louen hem. And if ȝe don wel to hem that don wel to ȝou, what grace is to ȝou? synfulfor synful k. men don this thing. And if ȝe leenen to hem of whiche ȝe hopen to take aȝen, what thanke is to ȝou? for synful men leenen to synful men, to take aȝen as myche. Netheles loue ȝe ȝoure enemyes, and do ȝe wel, and leene ȝe, hopinge no thing therof, and ȝoure mede schal be myche, and ȝe schulen be the sones of the Heȝ|est, for he is benygne on vnkynde men and yuele men. Therfor be ȝe merciful, as ȝoure fadir is merciful. Nyle ȝe deme, and ȝe schulen not be demed. Nyle ȝe condempne, and ȝe schulen not be con|dempned; forȝyue ȝe, and it schal be forȝouun to ȝou. Ȝyue ȝe, and it schal be ȝouun to ȝou. Thei schulen ȝyue in to ȝoure bosum a good mesure, and wel fillid, and schakun togidir, and ouerflow|ynge; for bi the same mesure, bi whiche ȝe meeten, it schal be metunmoten R. `aȝen to ȝouto ȝou aȝen k.. And he seide to hem a liknesse, Whether the blynde may leede the blynde? ne fallen thei not bothe `in toin Ik. the diche? A disciple is not aboue thehis k. maistir; but eche schal be perfite, if he be as his maister. And what seest thou in thi brotheris iȝe a moot, but thou biholdist not a beem, that is in thin owne iȝe? Or hou maist thou seie to thi brother, Brothir, suffre, Y schal caste out the moot of thin iȝe, and thou bi|holdist not a beem inthat is in R pr. m. thin owne iȝe? Ipocrite, first take out the beem of thin iȝe, and thanne thou schalt se to taketake out RSkβ. the moot ofout of ES. thi brotheris iȝe. It is not a good tree, that makith yuel fruytis, nether an yuel tree, that makith good fruytis; for euery tre is knowun of his fruyt. And men gaderen not figus of thornes, nethir men gaderen a grape of a buysche of breris. A good man of theOm. C. good tresoure of his herte bryngith forth good thingisthing A sec. m., and an yuel man of the yuel tresoure bryngith forth yuel thingisthing A sec. m.; for of the plente of the herte the mouth spekith. And what clepen ȝe me, Lord, Lord, and doon not tho thingis that Y seie. Eche that cometh to me, and herith my wordis, and doith hem, Y schal schewe to ȝou, to whom he is lijk. He is lijk to a man that bildith an hous, that diggide deepe, and sette the foundement on a stoon. And whanne greeta gret S. flood was maad, the flood was hurtlidhurlid CIPQXhiα. to that hous, and it miȝte not moue it, for it was foundid on a sad stoon. But he that herith, and doith not, is lijk to a man bildynge his hous on erthe with outen foundement; in to which the flood was hurlidhurtlid IKRScegkβ., and anoon it felle doun; and the fallyng doun of that hous was maad greet.

 CAP. VII.

And whanne he hadde fulfillid alle hisethese k. wordis in to the eeris of the puple, he entride in to Cafarnaum. But a seruaunt of a centurien, that was pre|cious to hym, was sijk, and drawynge to the deeth. And whanne he hadde herd of Jhesu, he sente to hym the eldere men of Jewis, and preiede hym, that he wolde come, and heele his ser|uaunt. And whanne thei camen to Jhe|su, thei preieden hym bisili, and seiden to hym, For he is worthi, that thou graunte to hym this thing; for he loueth oure folk, and he bildide to vs a syna|goge. And Jhesus wente with hem. And whanne he was not fer fro the housknyȝtis hous k pr. m., the centurien sente to hym freendis, and seide, Lord, nyle thou be trauelid, for Y am not worthi, that thou entre vnder my roof; for whichthe whiche I. thing andOm. R pr. m. gk pr. m. Y demededeme E. not my silf worthi, that Y come to thee; but seie thou bi word, and my child schal be helid. For Y am a man ordeyned vndur power, and haue knyȝtis vndur me; and Y seie to this, Go, and he goith, and to anothir, Come, and he cometh, and to my seruaunt, Do this thing, and he doith. And whanne this thing was herd, Jhesus wondride; and seide to the puple suynge hym, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, nether in Israel Y foond so greet feith. And thei that weren sent, turneden aȝen home, and founden the seruaunt hool, whichthat I. was sijk. And it was don aftirward, Jhesus wente in to a citee, that is clepid Naym, and hise disciplis; and ful greet puple wente with hym. And whanne he cam nyȝ to the ȝate of the citee, lo! the sone of a womman that hadde no mo children, was borun out deed; and this was a widowe; and myche puple of the citee with hir. And whanne the Lord Jhesu hadde seyn hir, he hadde reuthe on hir, and seide to hir, Nyle thou wepe. And he cam nyȝto I., and touchide the beere; andforsothe T. thei that barenbaren the beere K. stoden. And he seideseith T., Ȝonge man, Y seie to thee, rise vp. And he that was deed sat vp aȝen, and biganhe bigan k. to speke; and he ȝaf hym to his modir. And drede took alle men, and thei magnyfieden God, and seiden, For a grete profete is rysun among vs, and, For God hath visitid his puple. And this word wente out of hym in to al Judee, and in toOm. A pr. m. I. al the cuntre aboute. And Joones disciplis toolden hym of alle these thingis. And Joon clepide tweyn of hise disciplis, and sente hem to Jhesu, and seide, Art thou he that is to come, or abiden we anothir? And whanne the men cam to hym, thei seiden, Joon Bap|tist sente vs to thee, and seide, Art thou he that is to come, or we abiden anothir? And in that our he heelide many men of her sijknessis, and woundis, and yuel spiritis; and he ȝaf siȝt to many blynde men. And Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, Go ȝe aȝen, and telle ȝe to Joon tho thingis that ȝe han herd and seyn; blynde men seyn, crokid men goen, me|sels ben maad cleene, deef men heren, deed men risen aȝen, pore men ben takun to prechyng of the gospel. And he that schal not be sclaundrid in me, is blessid. And whanne the messangeris of Joon weren go forth, he bigan to seie of Joon to the puple, What wenten ȝe out in to desert to se? a reed waggidwawid PQTgkα. wagid S. with theOm. I. wynd? But what wenten ȝe out to se? a man clothid with softe clothis? Lo! thei that ben in precious cloth and in delicis, ben in kyngis housis. But what wenten ȝe out to se? a pro|fete? Ȝhe, Y seie to ȝou, and more than a profete. This is he, of whom it is writun, Lo! Y sende myn aungel bifor thi face, whichthat k. schal make `thi weie rediredi thi wey Rk. bifor thee. Certis Y seie to ȝou, there is no man morea more I. prophete among childrenthe children Tke. of wymmen, than is JoonJoon Baptist X sec. m. k.; but he that is lesse in the kyngdom of heuenes, is more than he. And al the puple herynge, and pupplicans, that hadden be baptisid with baptymthe baptym CEIKMPQRSTUXbceghikαβ. of Joon, iustifieden God; but the Farisees and the wise men of theOm. IM pr. m. Teβ. lawe, that weren not baptisid of hym, dispisiden the counsel of God aȝens hem silf. And the Lord seide, Therfor to whom schal Y seie `men ofOm. R. this gene|racioun lijk, and to whom ben thei lijk? Thei ben lijk to children sittynge in chepyngthe chepinge hi., and spekynge togider, andOm. T. seiynge, We han sungun to ȝou with pipis, and ȝe han not daunsid; we han maad mornyng, and ȝe han not wept. For Joon Baptist cam, nethir etynge breed, ne drynkynge wyne, and ȝe seyen, He hath a feend. Mannus sone cam etynge and drynkynge, and ȝe seien, Lo! a man aOm. QX. deuourer, and drynkynge wyne, aand a I. and KRSbg. frend of pupplicans and of synful menOm. I.. And wisdom is iustified of her sones. But oon of the Farisees preiede Jhesu, that he schulde ete with hym. And he entride in to the hous of the Farise, and sat at the mete. And lo! a synful wom|man, that was in the citee, as sche knewe, that Jhesu sat at theOm. T. mete in the hous of the Farisee, sche brouȝte an alabaustre box of oynement; and sche stood bihynde bysidis hise feet, and bigan to moiste hise feet with teeris, and wipide with the heeris of hir heed, and kiste hise feet, and anoyntide with oynement. And the Farise seynge, that hadde clepide hym, seide within hym silf, seiynge, If this were a prophete, he schulde wite, who and what maner womman it were that touchithtouchide k. hym, for sche is a synful wom|man. And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Symount, Y haue sumthing to seie to thee. And he seide, Maistir, seie thou. And he answeride, Twei dettouris weren to o lener; and oon auȝt fyue hundrid pans, and `the otherthe tothir EKMPSTUXcghi. anothir Rkbαβ. fifti; but whanne thei hadden not wherof `thei schuldento T. ȝeelde, he forȝaf to bothe. Who thanne loueth hym more? Symount an|sweride, and seide, Y gesse, thatOm. T. he to whom he forȝaf more. And he answeride to hym, Thou hast demyd riȝtli. And he turnede to the womman, and seide to Symount, Seest thou this womman? I entride into thin hous, thou ȝafȝafist KM. nonot EPX. watir to my feet; but thissche this I. hath moistid my feet with teeris, and wipide with hir heeris. Thou hast not ȝouun to me a cosse; but this, sithen sche entride, ceess|ide not to kisse my feet. Thou anoynt|idist not myn heed with oile; but thissche this I. anoyntide my feet with oynement. For theOm. EIKPSTXg. which thing Y seie to thee, many synnes ben forȝouun to hir, for sche hath loued myche; and to whom is lesse for|ȝouun, he loueth lesse. And Jhesus seide to hir, Thi synnes ben forȝouun to thee. And thei that saten to gider at the mete, bigunnen to seie with ynne hem silf, Who is this that forȝyueth synnes. But he seide to the womman, Thi feith hath maad thee saaf; go thou in pees.

 CAP. VIII.

And it was don aftirward, and Jhesus made iourney bi citees and castels, prech|ynge and euangelisynge the rewme of God, and twelue with hym; and sum wymmen that weren heelid of wickid spiritis and sijknessis, Marie, that is clepid Maudeleyn, of whom seuene deuelis wenten out, and Joone, the wijf of Chuse, the procuratoure of Eroude, and Susanne, and many othir, that mynystriden to hym of her ritchesserichessis EIKPQRSXchiα.. And whanne myche puple was come togidir, and men hiȝeden to hym fro theOm. ghi. citees, he seide bi a symylitude, He that sowith, ȝede out to sowe his seed. And while he sowith, sum felfelde doun b pr. m. bisidis the weie, and was de|foulid, and briddis of the eir eten it. AndOm. k pr. m. othiranother k. felfelde doun b pr. m. on athe I. Om. k pr. m. αβ. stoonstonys k pr. m. α., and it sprunge vp, and driede, for it hadde not moysture. AndOm. k pr. m. othiranother k. felfelde R. felde doun b pr. m. α. among thornes, and the thornes sprongen vp togider, and strangliden it. And othir felfelde doun b. in to good erthe, and it sprungunsprung up and CM sec. m. QRUX. sprungun up I. sprungun up and KPSbeghk pr. m. αβ. sprung vp M pr. m. ik sec. m. made an hundrid foold fruyt. He seideseith hi. these thingis, and criede, He that hath eeris of heryng, here he. But hise disci|plis axiden him, what this parable was. And he seide to hem, To ȝou it is grauntid to knowe the pryuete of the kyngdom of God; but to othir men in parablis, that thei seynge se not, and thei herynge vn|durstonde not. And this is the parable. TheThis R. seed is Goddis word; and thei that ben bisidis the weie, ben these that heren; and aftirward the feend cometh, and takith awei the word fro her herte, lest thei bileuynge be maad saaf. But thei that fel on a stoon, ben these that whanne thei han herd, resseyuen the word with ioye. And these han notno ehiα. rootis; for at a tyme thei bileuen, and in tyme of temptacioun thei goen awei. But that that fel among thornes, ben these that herden, and of bisynessisbisi|nesse hi., and ritchessis, and lustis of lijf thei gon forth, and ben stranglid, and bryngen forth no fruyt. But that that fel in to good erthe, ben these that, in a good herte, and best heren the word, and holdun, and brengen forth fruyt in pacience. No man liȝtnethliȝtith Re. a lanterne, and hilith it withvndur b. a vessel, or puttith it vndur a bed, but on a candil|stike, that men that entren seen liȝt. For ther is no priuei thing, which schal not be openyd, nether hid thing, which schal not be knowun, and come in to open. Therfor se ȝe, hou ȝe heren; for it schal be ȝouun to hym that hath, and who euer hath not, also that that he weneth that he haue, schal be takun awei fro hym. And his modir and britheren camen to hym; and thei myȝten not come to hym for the puple. And it was teeld to hym, Thi modir and thi britheren stonden with outforth, wil|lynge to se thee. And he answeride, and seide to hem, My modir and my britheren ben these, that heren the word of God, and doon it. And it was don in oon of daiesthe daies plures. tho daies k., he wente vp in to a boot, and hise disciplis. And he seide to hem, Passe we ouer the see. And thei wenten vp. And while thei rowiden, he slepte. And aOm. k pr. m. tempest of wynde cam doun in to the watir, and thei weren dryuun hidur and thidur with wawis, and weren in perel. And thei camen nyȝ, and reisiden hym, and seiden, Comaundoure, we pe|rischen. And he roosroos vp IKg., and blamyde the wynde, and the tempest of the watir; and it ceesside, and pesibilte was maad. And he seide to hem, Where is ȝoure feith? WhichThe whiche I. dredynge wondriden, and seiden togidir, Who, gessist thou, is this? for he comaundith to wyndisthe wyndis egk. and toOm. b. the see, and thei obeien to hym. And thei rowiden to the cuntree of Gerasenus, that is aȝens Galilee. And whanne he wente out to the loond, a man ran to hym, that hadde a deuel long tyme, and he was not clothid with cloth, nether dwellide in hous, but in sepulcris. ThisThis man K., whanne he saiȝ Jhesu, fel doun bifor hym, and he criynge with aOm. b. greet vois seide, What to me and to thee, Jhesu, the sone of the hiȝest God? Y biseche thee, that thou turmente `not meme not. R.. For he comaundide the vncleene spirit, that he schulde go out fro the man. For he took hym ofte tymes, and he was boundun with cheynes, and kept in stockis, and, whanne the boondis weren brokun, he was lad of deuelisthe deuel e pr. m. in to desert. And Jhesus axide hym, and seide, What name is to thee? And he seide, A legiounA legioun is a thousand, sixte hundrid, sixti and sixe. K.; for many deuelis weren entrid in to hym. And thei preyden hym, that he schulde not comaunde hem, that thei schulden gonot go i sec. m. in to helle. And there was a flok of many swyne lesewynge in an hil, and thei preieden hym, that he schulde suffre hem toOm. c. entre in to hem. And he suffride hem. And so the deuelis wenten out fro the man, and entriden in to the swyne; and with a birre the flok wente heed|lyng in to the pool, and was drenchid. And whanne the hirdis sayn this thing don, thei flowenfledden EPQXα., and tolden in to the cite, and in toOm. EPQ. theOm. CU. townes. And thei ȝeden out to se that thing that was don. And thei camen to Jhesu, and thei founden the man sittynge clothid, fro whom the deuelisfendis CEIKMPQRSUXbceghikαβ. wenten out, and in hool mynde at hise feet; and thei dredden. And thei that sayn tolden to hem, hou he was maad hool of the legioun. And al the multitude of the cuntre of Gera|senus preiede hym, that he schulde go fro hem, for thei werun holdun with greet drede. HeAnd he b. wente vp in to aOm. h. boot, and turnede aȝen. And the man of whom the deuelis weren gon out, preide hym, that he schulde be with hym. Jhesus lefte hym, and seide, Go aȝen in to thin hous, and telle hou grete thingis God hath don to thee. And he wente thorow al the cite, and prechide, hou grete thingis JhesusGod e pr. m. hadde don to hym. And it was don, whanne Jhesus was gon aȝen, the puple resseyuede hym; for alle weren abidynge hym. And lo! a man, to whom the name was Jayrus, and he was prynce of a synagoge; and heOm. k pr. m. fel doun at the feet of Jhesu, and preiede hym, that he schulde entre in to his hous, for he hadde but o douȝter `almost of twelue ȝeer eeldeof t. ȝ. e. almest IKSg., and sche was deed. And it bifel, the while he wente, he was thrungunthrist I. of the puple. And a womman that hadde athe I. flux of blood twelue ȝeer, and hadde spendid al hir catel in leechis, andOm. hi. scheOm. IKg. miȝte not be curid of ony, and sche cam nyȝ bihynde, and touchide the hem of his cloth, and anoon the fluxe of hir blood ceesside. And Jhesus seide, Who is thatthat that E. it that IC. this that MX pr. m. he that k. touchide me? And whanne alle men denyeden, Petre seide, and thei that weren with hym, Comaundour, the puple thristen, and disesen thee, and thou seist, Who touchide me? And Jhe|sus seide, Summan hath touchid me, for thatOm. I. vertu ȝede out of me. And the womman seynge, that it was not hid fro hym, cam tremblynge, and fel doun at hise feet, and for what cause sche hadde touchid hym sche schewide bifor al the puple, and hou anoon sche was helid. And he seide to hir, Douȝtir, thi feith hath maad thee saaf; go thou in pees. And ȝit while he spak, a man cam fro the prince of the synagoge, and seide to hym, Thi douȝtir is deed, nyle thou trauel the maister. And whanne this word was herd, Jhesus answeride to the fadir of the damysel, Nyle thou drede, but bileue thou oonli, and sche schal be saaf. And whanne he cam to the hous, he suffride no man to entre with hym, but Petir and Joon and James, and the fadir and the modir of the damysel. And alle wepten, and biweileden hir. And he seide, Nyle ȝe wepe, for the damysel is not deed, but slepith. And thei scorneden hym, and wisten that sche was deed. But he helde hir hoond, and criede, and seide, Damysel, rise vp. And hir spirit turnede aȝen, and sche roos anoon. And he comaundide to ȝyue to hir to ete. And hir fadir and modir wondriden greetli; and he comaundide hemto hem R., that thei schulden not seie to ony that thing that was don.

 CAP. IX.

And whanne the twelue apostlis weren clepid togidir, Jhesus ȝaf to hem vertu and power on alle deuelis, and that thei schulden heele sijknessis. And he sente hem forOm. Ibcegk. to preche the kyngdom of God, and to heele sijk men. And he seide to hem, No thing take ȝe in the weie, nether ȝerdea ȝerde IKbg., ne scrippe, nether breed, ne mo|ney, and nether haue ȝe two cootis. And in to what hous thatOm. k. ȝe entren, dwelle ȝe there, and go ȝe not out fro thennus. And who euer resseyuen not ȝou, go ȝe out of that citee, and schake ȝe of the poudir of ȝoure feet in to witnessyng onto gk. of hi. hem. And thei ȝeden forth, and wenten aboute bi castels, prechynge and helynge euery where. And Eroude tetrak herde alle thingis that weren don of hym, and he doutide, for thatOm. IKR pr. m. bg. it was seide of sum men, that Joon was risen fro deth; and of summen, that Elie hadde apperid; but of othere, that oon of the elde pro|phetis was risun. And Eroude seide, Y haue biheedid Joon; and who is this, of whom Y here siche thingis? And he souȝte to se hym. And the apostlispostlis Ig. turneden aȝen, and tolden to hym alle thingis thatOm. b. thei hadden don. And he took hem, and wente bisidis in to a de|sert place, that is Bethsada. And whanne the puple knewen this, thei folewiden hym. And he resseyuede hem, and spak to hem of the kyngdom of God; and he heelide hem that hadden neede of cure. And the dai bigan to bowe doun, and the twelue camen, and seiden to hym, Leeue the puple, that thei go, and turne in to castelsthe castels IRgk. and townes, that ben aboute, that thei fynde mete, for we ben here in aOm. EIg. desert place. And he seide to hem, Ȝyue ȝe toOm. Ihk. hem to ete. And thei seidenseiden to him k., Ther ben not to vs mo than fyue looues and twei fischis, but per|auenture thatOm. k. we go, and bie meetis to al thisthe CIKRUc sec. m. k. Om. A pr. m. EMPQS bceghiαβ. puplepuplis S.. And the men weren al|most fyue thousynde. And he seide to hise disciplis, Make ȝeOm. g pr. m. hem sitteto sitte S sec. m. ghi. to mete bi cumpanyes, a fifti to gidir. And thei diden so, and thei maden alle men sitte to mete. And whanne he hadde take the fyue looues and twei fischis, he biheeld in to heuene, and blesside hem, and brak, and delide to hise disciplis, that thei schulden sette forthOm. A. bifor the cumpanyescumpanye A pr. m.. And alle men eeten, and weren fulfillid; and that that lefte to hem of brokun metis was takun vp, twelue cofyns. And it was don, whanne he was aloone preiynge, hise disciplis weren with hym, and he axide hem, and seide, Whom seien the puple that Y am? And thei answeriden, and seiden, Joon Bap|tist, othirothere men IKg. seien Elie, and othir seien, o profete of the formere is risun. And he seide to hem, But whowhom R. seien ȝe that Y am? Symount Petir answeride, and seide, The Crist of God. And he blam|ynge hem comaundide that thei schulden seie to no man, and seidehe seide k pr. m. these thingis, For it bihoueth mannus sone to suffre many thingis, and to be repreued of the elder men, and of the princis of prestis, and of scribisthe scribis eα., and to be slayn, and the thridde dai to rise aȝen. And he seide to alle, If ony wole come aftir me, denye he hym silf, and take he his cross euery dai, and sue he me. For he that wole make his lijf saaf schal leese it; and he that leesith his lijf for me, schal make it saaf. And what profitith itOm. k. toOm. k pr. m. a man, if he wynne al the world, and leese hym|silf, and do peiryng of him silf. For who so schameth me and my wordis, mannus sone schal schame hym, whanne he cometh in his maieste, andOm. k. of the fadrisfadir X sec. m. k., and of the hooli aungels. And Y seie to ȝou, verily ther ben summe stondynge here, whiche schulen not taste deeth, til theiȝe A pr. m. seen the rewme of God. And it was don aftir these wordis almest eiȝte daies, and he took Petre and James and Joon, and he stiede in to an hil, to preye. And while he preiede, the lic|nesse of his cheer was chaungid, and his clothing was whit schynynge. And lo! two men spaken with hym, and Moises and Helie weren seen in maieste; and thei saynseiden e sec. m. his goyng out, which he schulde fulfille in Jerusalem. And Petre, and thei that weren with hym, weren heuy of sleep, and thei wakynge saien his majeste, and the twey men that stoden with hym. And it was don, whanne thei departiden fro hym, Petir seide to Jhesu, Comaundour, it is good that we be here, and make we here thre tabernaclis, oon to thee, and oon to Moises, and oon to Elie. And he wiste not what he schulde seie. But while he spak these thingis, a cloude was maad, and ouerschadewide hem; and thei dredden, whanneand whanne k pr. m. thei entriden in to the cloude. AndOm. k pr. m. a vois was maad out of the cloude, and seide, This is my der|worth sone, here ȝe hym. And while the vois was maad, Jhesu was foundun aloone. And thei weren stille, and to no man seidenthei seiden k pr. m. in tho daies ouȝtony b. of thothese b. thingis, that thei hadden seyn. But it was doon in the dai suynge, whanne thei camen doun of the hil, myche puple mette hem. And lo! a man of the cumpany criede, and seide, Maister, Y biseche thee, biholde my sone, for Y haue no mo; and lo! a spirit takith hym, and sudenli he crieth, and hurtlithhurtith g. doun, and to-drawith hym with fome, and vnneth he goith awei al to-draw|ynge hym. And Y preiede thi disciplis, that thei schulden caste hym out, and thei myȝten not. And Jhesus answerde and seide to hem, A! vnfeithful genera|cioun and weiward, hou long schal Y be atanentis I. ȝou, and suffre ȝou? brynge hidur thi sone. And whanne he cam nyȝ, the deuel hurtlide hym doun, and to-braid|ideto-braide EIPRbceghikαβ. hym. And Jhesus blamyde the vnclene spirit, and heelide the child, and ȝeldidetook Qkα. him to his fadir. And alle men wondriden greetli in theOm. I. gretnesse of God. And whanne alle men wondriden in alle thingis that he dide, he seide to hise disciplis, Putte ȝe these wordis in ȝoure hertis, for it is to come, that man|nus sone be bitrayed in to the hondis of men. And thei knewen not thisthe k. word, and itthat k. was hid bifor hem, that thei feeliden it not; and thei dredden to axe hym of this word. But a thouȝt entride in to hem, who of hem schulde be gret|test. And Jhesu, seynge the thouȝtis of the herte of hem, took a child, and settide hym bisidis hym; and seide to hem, Who euer resseyueth this child in my name, resseyueth me; and who euer resseyueth me, resseiueth him that sente me; for he that is leest among ȝou alle, is the grettest. And Joon answeride and seide, Comaundoure, we sayn a man castynge out feendis in thi name, and we han forbedun hym, for he sueth not thee with vs. And Jhesus seide to hym, Nyle ȝe forbede, for he that is not aȝens vs, is for vs. And it was don, whanne the daies of his takyng vp weren fulfillid, he settidesette k. faste his face, to go to Jeru|salem, and sente messangeris bifor his siȝt. And thei ȝeden, and entriden in to a citee of Samaritans, to make redi to hym. And thei resseyueden not hym, for the face `was of hymof hym was A pr. m. IKS. goynge in to Jerusalem. And whanne James and Joon, hise disciplis, seyn, thei seiden, Lord, wolt thou that we seien, that fier come doun fro heuene, and waste hem? And he turnede, and blamyde hem, and seide, Ȝe witen not, whos spiritis ȝe ben; for mannus sone cam not to leese men|nus soulis, but to saue. And thei wenten in to another castel. And it was don, whanne thei walkeden in the weie, a man seide to hym, Y schal sue thee, whidur euer thou go. And Jhesus seide to hym, Foxis han dennes, and briddis of the eir han nestis, but mannus sone hath not where he resteshal reste X sec. m. k. his heed. And he seide to another, Sue thou me. And he seide, Lord, suffre me first to go, and birie my fadir. And Jhesus seide to hym, Suffre that deede men birie hir deede men; but go thou, and telle the kyngdom of God. And another seide, Lord, Y schal sue thee, but first suffre me to leeue `alle thingisal thing A pr. m. that ben at hoom. And Jhesus seide to hym, No man that puttith his hoond to the plouȝ, and bi|holdynge bacward, is able to the rewmekingdam K. of God.

 CAP. X.

And aftir these thingis the Lord Jhesu ordeynede also othir seuenti and tweyn, and sentehe sente Sg. hem bi tweyn and tweyn bifor his face in to euery citee and place, whidir he was to come. And he seide to hem, There is myche ripe corn, and fewe werke men; therfor preie ȝe the lord of the ripe corn, that he sende werke men in to his ripe corn. Go ȝe, lo! Y sende ȝou as lambren among wolues. Therfor nyle ȝe bere a sachel, nethir scrippe, nethir schoon, and greete ȝe no man bi the weie. In to what hous that ȝe entren, first seie ȝe, Pees to this hous. And if a sone of pees be there, ȝoure pees schal reste on hym; but if noon, it schal turne aȝen to ȝou. And dwelle ȝe in the same hous, etynge and drynkynge tho thingis that ben at hem; for a werk man is worthi his hire. Nyle ȝe passe from hous in to hous. And in to what euer citee ȝe entren, and thei resseyuen ȝou, ete ȝe tho thingis that ben set to ȝou; and heele ȝe theOm. A. sijke men that ben in that citee. And seie ȝe to hem, The kyngdom of God schal neiȝe inOm. S. to ȝou. InAnd in xhi. to what citee ȝe entren, and thei resseyuen ȝou not, go ȝe out in to the streetis of it, and seie ȝe, We wipen of aȝens ȝou the poudir that cleued to vs of ȝoure citee; netheles wite ȝe this thing, that the rewme of God schal come nyȝ. Y seie to ȝou, that to Sodom it schal be esiere than to that citee in that dai. Wo to thee, Corosaym; wo to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon the vertues hadden be don, whiche han be don in ȝou, sum tyme thei wolden haue sete in heyre and asches, and haue don penaunce. Netheles to Tire and Sidon it schal be esiere in the doom than to ȝou. And thou, Cafarnaum, art enhaunsid `til tovnto Ii. til into Rgk. heuene; thou schalt be drenchid `til in tovnto I. til to hi. helle. He that herith ȝou, herith me; and he that dispisith ȝou, dispisith me; and he that dispisith me, dispisith hym that sente me. And the two and seuenti disciplis turneden aȝen with ioye, and seiden, Lord, also deuelis ben suget to vs in thi name. And he seide to hem, Y saiȝ Sathnas fallynge doun fro heuene, as leit. And lo! Y haue ȝouun to ȝou power to trede on serpentis, and onOm. EIKQRbceghikαβ. scorpyouns, and on al the vertu of the enemy, and nothing schal anoyenoie hik. ȝou. Netheles nyle ȝe ioye onin EKQRbceghikαβ. of I sec. m. this thing, that spiritis ben sugetsugetis A. to ȝou; but ioye ȝe, that ȝoure names ben writun in heuenes. In thilk our he gladide in the Hooli Goost, and seide, Y knouleche to thee, fadir, Lord of heuene and of erthe, for thou hast hid these thingis fro wise men and prudent, and hast schewid hem to smale children. Ȝhe, fadir, for so it ples|ide bifor thee. Alle thingis ben ȝouun to me of my fadir, and no man woot, who is the sone, but the fadir; and who is the fadir, but the sone, and to whom the sone wole schewe. And he turnede to hise disciplis, and seide, Blessid ben the iȝen, that seen tho thingis that ȝe seen. For Y seie to ȝou, that many pro|phetis and kyngis wolden haue seie tho thingis, that ȝe seen, and thei sayn not; and here tho thingis, that ȝe heren, and thei herden not. And lo! a wise man of the lawe ros vp, temptynge hym, and seiynge, Maister, what thing schal Y do to haue euerlastynge lijf? And he seide to hym, What is writun in the lawe? hou redist thou? He answeride, and seide, Thou schalt loue thi Lord God of al thin herte, and of al thi soule, and of alle thi strengthis, and of al thi mynde; and thi neiȝbore as thi silf. And Jhesus seide to hym, Thou hast answerid riȝtli; do this thing, and thou schalt lyue. But he willynge to iustifie hym silf, seide to Jhesuhim k., And who is my neiȝbore? And Jhesu biheld, and seide, A man cam doun fro Jerusalem in to Jerico, and fel among theues, and thei robbiden hym, and woundiden hym, and wente awei, and leften the man half alyue. And it bifel, that a prest cam doun the same weie, and passide forth, whanne he hadde seyn hym. Also a dekene, whanne he was bisidis the place, and saiȝ him, pass|ide forth. But a Samaritan, goynge the weie, cam bisidis hym; and he siȝ hym, and hadde reuthe on hym; and cam to hym, and boond togidir hise woundis, and helde in oyle and wynne; and leide hym on his beest, and leddeledde him QSbg. in to an ostrie, and dide the cure of hym. And another dai he brouȝte forth twey pans, and ȝaf to the ostiler, and seide, Haue the cure of hym; and what euer thou schalt ȝyue ouer, Y schal ȝeldeȝeue hi. toOm. I pr. m. thee, whanne Y come aȝen. Who of these thre, semeth to thee, was neiȝbore to hym, that fel among theues? And he seide, He that dide merci in to hym. And Jhesus seide to hym, Go thou, and do thou onin R. lijk maner. And it was don, while thei wenten, he entride in to a castel; and a womman, Martha bi name, resseyuede hym in to hir hous. And to this was a sistir, Marie bi name, which also sat bisidis the feet of the Lord, and herde his word. But Martha bisiede aboute the ofte seruyce. And sche stood, and seide, Lord, takist thou no kepe, that my sistir hath left me aloone to serue? therfor seie thou to hir, that sche helpe me. And the Lord an|swerde, and seide to hir, Martha, Mar|tha, thou art bysi, and art troublid aboute ful many thingis; but o thing is necessarie. Marie hath chosun the best part, which schal not be takun awei fro hir.

 CAP. XI.

And it was don, whanne he was prei|ynge in a place, as he ceesside, oon of hise disciplis seide to hym, Lord, teche vs to preye, as Joon tauȝte hise disciplis. And he seide to hem, Whanne ȝe preien, seie ȝe, Fadir, halewid be thi name. Thi kyngdom come toto thee K. to; thi wil be don on erthe, as hit is in heuene X sec. m. k.. Ȝyue `to vsOm. EP. to dai oure ech daies breed. And forȝyue to vs oure synnes, as we forȝyuen to ech man that owith to vs. And lede vs not in to temptacioun. And he seide to hem, Who of ȝouȝou alle k pr. m. schal haue a freend, and schal go to hym at mydnyȝt, and schal seie to hym, Freend, leene to me thre looues; for my freend cometh to me fro the weie, and Y haue not what Y schal sette bifor hym. And he with ynforth answere and seie, Nyle thou be heuy to me; the dore is now schit, and my children ben with me in bedthe bed k.; Y may not rise, and ȝyue to thee. And if he schal dwelle stil knockynge, Y seie to ȝou, thouȝ he schal not rise, and ȝyue to him, for that that he is his freend, netheles for his con|tynuel axyng he schal ryse, and ȝyue to hym, as many as he hath nede to. And Y seie to ȝou, axe ȝe, and it schal be ȝouun to ȝou; seke ȝe, and ȝe schulen fynde; knocke ȝe, and it schal be openyd to ȝou. For ech that axith, takith, and he that sekith, fyndith; and to a man that knockith, it schal be openyd. Ther|for who of ȝou axith his fadir breed, whether he schal ȝyue hym a stoon? or if he axith fisch, whether he schal ȝyue hymto him Eb pr. m. C pr. m. a serpent for the fisch? or if he axeaxith CMQUXhi. axe him e. an eye, whether he schal a reche hym a scorpioun? Therfor if ȝe, whanne ȝe ben yuel, kunnen ȝyue good ȝiftis to ȝoure children, hou myche more ȝoure fadir ofthat is in S. heuene schal ȝyue a good spiritOm. S pr. m. fruyt S sec. m. to men that axithaxen CEIKMQRSXghα. him. And Jhesus was castynge out aof a S pr. m. feend, and heit A sec. m. was doumbe. And whanne he hadde cast out the feend, the doumbe man spak; and the puple wondride. And sum of hem seiden, In Belsabub, prince of deuelis, he castith out deuelis. And othir temptinge axiden of hym a tokene fro heuene. And as he saiȝ the thouȝtis of hem, he seide to hem, Euery rewme departid aȝens it silf, schal be desolat, and an hous schal falle on an hous. And if Sathanas be departid aȝens hym silf, hou schal his rewme stonde? For ȝe seien, that Y caste out feendis in Belsabub. And if Y in Belsabub caste out fendis, in whom casten outOm. I. ȝoure sones? Therfor thei schulen be ȝoure domesmen. But if Y caste out fendis in the fyngir of God, thanne the rewme of God is comun among ȝou. Whanne a strong armed man kepith his hous, alle thingis that he weldith ben in pees. But if a stronger than he comecometh S sec. m. k. vpon hym, and ouercomeouercometh k. hym, he schal take awei al his armere, in which he tristide, and schalhe schal k. dele abrood his robries. He that is not with me, is aȝens me; and he that gederith not togidir with me, scaterith abrood. Whanne an vnclene spirit goith out of a man, he wandrith bi drie placis, and sekith reste; and he fyndyngefyndith h pr. m. k. notnoon g., seithand seith h pr. m. k pr. m., Y schal turne aȝen in to myn hous, fro whannes Y cam out. And whanne he cometh, he fyndith it clansid with besyms, and fayre arayed. Thanne he goith, and takith with hym seuene othere spirits worse than hym silf, and thei entren, and dwellen there. And the laste thingis of that man ben maad worse than the formere. And it was don, whanne he haddeOm. be pr. m. seid these thingis, a womman of the cumpanye reridereiside b. areride hi. hir vois, and seide to hym, Blessid be the wombe that bare thee, and blessid be the tetis that thou hast soken. And he seide, But ȝhe blessid be thei, that heren the word of God, and kepen it. And whanne the puple runnen togidere, he bigan to seie, This generacioun is a weiward ge|neracioun; it sekith a token, and a tokene schal not be ȝouun to it, but the tokene of Jonas, the profete. For as Jonas was a tokene to men of Nynyue, so mannus sone schal be to this gene|racioun. The queen of the south schal rise in doom with men of this genera|cioun, and schal condempne hem; for sche cam fro the endis of the erthe, forOm. bc. to here the wisdom of Salomon, and lo! here is a gretter than Salomon. MenAnd men b sec. m. of Nynyue schulen rise in doom with this generacioun, and schulen condempne it; for thei diden penaunce in the prech|yng of Jonas, and loOm. IK pr. m. g.! here is a gretter than Jonas. No man tendith a lanterne, and puttithputtith it k. in hidils, nether vndur a buyschel, but on a candilstike, that thei that goen in, se liȝt. The lanterne of thi bodi is thin iȝe; ifand if X. thin iȝe be sym|ple, al thi bodi schal be liȝtiliȝt i sec. m. k.; but if it be weyward, al thi bodi schal be derk|ful. Therfor se thou, lest the liȝt that is in thee, be derknessisal derknessis S pr. m. derknesse hi.. Therfor if al thi bodi beshal be PQ. briȝt, and haue no part of derknessis, it schal be al briȝt, and as a lanterne of briȝtnesse it schal ȝyue liȝt to thee. And whanne he spak, a Fari|see preiede him, that he schulde ete with hym. And he entride, and sat to theOm. A. meete. And the Farisee bigan to seie, gessynge with ynne hym silf, whi he was not waschen bifora fore S. mete. And the Lord seide to hym, Now ȝe Farisees clensen that that is with outenforth of the cuppe and theof the sehik pr. m. plater; but that thing that is with ynne of ȝou, is ful of raueyn and wickidnesse. Foolis, whe|ther he that made that that is with|outenforth, made not also that that is with ynne? Netheles that that is ouer plus, ȝyue ȝe almes, and lo! alle thingis ben cleene to ȝou. But wo to ȝou, Fa|risees, that tithen mynte, andOm. k. rue, and ech eerbe, and leeuen doom and the cha|rite of God. ForForsothe I. it bihofte to do these thingis, and not leeueto leeue IKRehikα. thothilke I.. Wo to ȝou, Farisees, that louen the firste chaieris in synagogis, and salutaciouns in chepyng. Wo to ȝou, that ben as sepulcris, that ben not seyn, and men walkynge aboue witenand witen A pr. m. not. But oon of the wise men of theOm. CIX. lawe answeride, and seide to hym, Maystir, thou seiynge these thingis, also to vs doist dispit. And he seide, Also wo to ȝou, wise men of lawe, for ȝe chargen men with birthuns which thei moun not bere, and ȝe ȝouȝoure E. silf with ȝoure oOm. g. fyngur touchen not the heuy|nessis. Wo to ȝou, that bilden toumbis of profetis; and ȝoure fadris slowen hem. Treuli ȝe witnessen, that ȝe consenten to the werkis of ȝoure fadris; for thei slowen hem, but ȝe bilden her sepulcris. Ther|for the wisdom of God seide, Y schal sende to hem profetis and apostlis, and of hem thei schulen sle and pursue, that the blood of alle prophetis, that was sched fro the making of the world, be souȝt of this generacioun; fro the blood of theOm. CEIKPQRS sec. m. UXegkα. iust Abel to the blood of Za|charie, that was slayn bitwixe the auter and the hous. So Y seie to ȝou, it schal be souȝt of this generacioun. Wo to ȝou, wise men of theOm. Rk. lawe, for ȝe han takun awei the keye of kunnyng; and ȝe ȝowȝoure EP passim. silf entriden not, and ȝe han for|beden hem that entriden. And whanne he seide these thingis to hem, the Fari|sees and wisethe wise ESg. men of lawethe lawe b pr. m. hi. bigunnen greuousli to aȝenstonde, and stoppe his mouth of many thingis, aspiyngeand aspiynge k. hym, and sekynge to take sum thing of his mouth, to accuse hym.

 CAP. XII.

And whanne myche puple stood aboute, so that thei tredentrediden I. treeden Q. traden R. ech on othir, he bi|gan to seie to hise disciplis, Be ȝe war of the sourdouȝ of theOm. IKSXg. Farisees, that is ypocrisie. For no thing is hilid, that schal not be schewid; nether hid, that schal not be wist. For whi tho thingis that ȝe han seid in derknessis, schulen be seid in liȝt; and that that ȝe han spokun in eere in theOm. ISα. couchis, schal be prechid in roofes. And Y seie to ȝou, my freendis, be ȝe not a ferd of hem that sleen the bodie, and aftir these thingis han no more what thei schulen do. But Y schal schewe to ȝou, whom ȝe schulen drede; drede ȝe hym, that aftir he hath slayn, heOm. KX sec. m. k. hath power to sende in to helle. And so Y seie to ȝou, drede ȝe hym. Whe|ther fyue sparowis ben not seld for twei halpens; and oon of hem is not in forȝet|yng bifor God? But also alle the heeris of ȝoure heed ben noumbrid. Therfor nyle ȝe drede; ȝe ben of more prijs than many sparowis. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, ech man that knoulechith me bifor men, mannus sone schal knouleche hym bifor the aungels of God. But he that denyeth me bifor men, schal be denyed bifor the aungels of God. And ech that seith a word aȝens mannus sone, it schal be for|ȝouun to hym; but it schal not be for|ȝouun to hym, that blasfemeth aȝens the Hooli Goost. And whanne thei leden ȝou in to synagogis, and to magistratis, and potestatis, nyle ȝe `be bisiebisie ȝou hi., hou or what ȝe schulen answere, or what ȝe schulen seie. For the Hooli Goost schal teche ȝou in that our, what it bihoueth ȝou to seie. And oon of the puple seide to hym, Maystir, seie to my brothir, that he departe with me the eritage. And he seyde to hym, Man, who ordeynede me a domesman, or aOm. EPX. departere, on ȝou? And he seide to hem, Se ȝe, and be ȝeOm. IRbgk pr. m. war of al coueytice; for the lijf of aOm. Ahiβ. man is not in theOm. K pr. m. abundaunce of thothe eα. thingis, whiche he weldith. And he tolde to hem a liknesse, and seide, The feeld of a riche man brouȝte forth plenteuouse fruytis. And he thouȝte with ynne hym silf, and seide, What schal Y do, for Y haue not whidur Y schal gadere my fruytis? And he seith, This thing Y schal do; Y schal throwe doun my bernes, and Y schal make gretter, and thidir Y schal gadir alle thingis that growen to me, andand alle k pr. m. my goodis. And Y schal seie to my soule, Soule, thou hast many goodis kept in to ful many ȝeeris; rest thou, ete, drynkeand drynke Qb pr. m. k., and make feeste. And God seide to hym, Fool, in this nyȝt thei schulen taketake awey k. thi lijf fro thee. And whos schulen tho thingis be, that thou hast arayed? So is he that tresourith to hym silf, and isit is S pr. m. not riche in God. And he seide to hise disciplis, Therfor Y seie to ȝou, nyle ȝe beOm. Q pr. m. bisy to ȝoure lijf, what ȝe schulen ete, nether to ȝoure bodi, with what ȝe schulen be clothid. The lijf is more than metethe mete S., and the body more than clothingthe clothing S.. Biholde ȝeOm. αβ. crowisthe crowis kαβ., forhow X. thei sowen not, nethir repen, to whiche is nonether E. celer, nenether C. berne, and God fedith hem. Hou myche more ȝe ben of more prijs than thei. And who of ȝou bithenkynge may put toOm. k pr. m. o cubit to his stature? Therfor if ȝe moun not that that is leest, what ben ȝe bisie of othere thingis? Biholde ȝe the lilies of the feeld, hou thei wexen; thei trauelen not, nethir spynnen. And Y seie to ȝou, that nethir Salomon in al his glorie was clothid as oon of these. And if God clothith thus the hey, that to dai is in the feeld, and to morewe is cast in to an ouen; hou myche more ȝou of litil feith. And nyle ȝe seke, what ȝe schulen ete, or what ȝe schulen drynke; and nyle ȝe be reisid an hiȝ. For folkis of the world seken alle these thingis; `and ȝouroure b. fadir woot, that ȝe nedenhan nede to R sec. m. alle these thingisOm. K pr. m. R pr. m.. Netheles seke ȝe first the kyngdom of God, and alle these thingis schulen be caste to ȝou. Nile ȝe, litil flok, drede, for it pleside to ȝoure fadir to ȝyue ȝouto ȝou k. a kyngdom. Selle ȝe tho thingis that ȝe han in possessioun, and ȝyue ȝe almes. And makemake ȝe EIKOPRS beghik sec. m. αβ. to ȝou sachels that wexen not oolde, tresouretresoureth P pr. m. tresour ȝe to ȝou tresour X sec. m. k pr. m. that failith not in heuenesheuene R., whidir a theef neiȝith not, nether mouȝt destruy|eth. For where is thi tresoure, there thin herte schal be. Be ȝoure leendis gird aboue, and lanternes brennynge in ȝoure hoondis; and be ȝeOm. k pr. m. lijk to men that abiden her lord, whanne he schal turne aȝen fro the weddyngis, that whanne he schal come, and knocke, anoon thei openen to hym. Blessid be tho seruauntis, that whanne the lord schal come, he schal fynde wakynge. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that he schal girde hym silf, and make hem sitte to mete, and he schal go, and serue hem. And if he come in the secounde wakynge, and if he come in the thridde wak|ynge, and fynde so, tho seruauntis ben blessid. And wite ȝe this thing, for if an hosebonde man wiste, in what our the theef wolde come, sotheli he schuldewolde k. wake, and not suffre his hous to be myned. And be ȝe redi, for in what our ȝe gessen not, mannus sone schal come. And Petre seide to hym, Lord, seist thou this parable to vs, or to alle? And the Lord seide, Who, gessist thou, is a trewe dispendere, and aOm. Eb. prudent, whom the lord hath ordeyned on his meyne, to ȝyue hem in tyme mesurea mesure c. mesuris k. of whete? Blessid is that seruaunt, that the lord whanne he cometh, schal fynde so doynge. Verili Y seie to ȝou, that on alle thingis that he weldith, he schal ordeyne hym. That if that seruaunt seie in his herte, My lord tarieth to come; and bigynne to smyte children, and handmaydenes, and ete, and drynke, and be fulfillidfillid plures. ouer mesure, the lord of that seruaunt schal come, in the dai that he hopith not, and thein the IM pr. m. Xkα. our that he woot not; and schal departe hym, and putte his part with vnfeithful men. But thilke seruaunt that knew the wille of his lord, and made not hym redi, and dide not aftir his wille, schal be betun with many betyngis. But he that knew not, and dide worthi thingis of strokisbeetingis K sec. m., schal be betun with fewe. For to eche man to whom myche is ȝouun, myche schal be axid of hym; and thei schulen axe more of hym, to whom thei bitoken myche. Y cam to sende fier `in toin i pr. m. theOm. EPQS sec. m. Xg. erthe, and what wole Y, but that it be kyndlid? And Y haue toOm. k. be baptisid with a baptysm, and hou am Y con|streyned, til that it be perfitli don? Wene ȝe, that Y cam to ȝyuesende b. pees in to erthe? Nay, Y say to ȝou, but depart|yng. For fro this tyme ther schulen be fyue departid in oon hous; thre schulen be departid aȝens tweyne, and tweyne schulen be departid aȝens thre; the fadir aȝens the sone, and the sone aȝens the fadir; the modir aȝens the douȝtir, and the douȝtir aȝens the modir; the hose|bondis modir aȝens the sones wijf, and and the sones wijf aȝens hir hosebondis modir. And he seide also to the puple, Whanne ȝe seen a cloude risynge fro the sunne goynge doun, anoon ȝe seien, Reyn cometh; and so it is don. And whanne ȝe seen the south blowynge, ȝe seien, That heete schal be; and it is don. Ypo|critis, ȝe kunnen preue the face of heuene and of erthe, but hou preuen ȝe not this tyme. But what and of ȝouȝoure E. silf ȝe demen not that that is iust? But whanne thou goist with thin aduersarie in theOm. I. weie to the prince, dodo thi IS sec. m. bisynesse to be delyuerid fro hym; lest perauen|ture he take thee to the domesman, and the domesman bitake thee to thea CEMPQRUXbcehiαβ. mais|tirful axer, and the maistirful axer sende thee in to prisoun. YTruly I k. seie to thee, thou schalt not gogo out k. fro thennus, til thou ȝelde the laste ferthing.

 CAP. XIII.

And sum men weren present in that tyme, that telden to hym of the Galileis, whos blood Pilat myngidemedlide I. with the sacrificis of hem. And he answeride, and seide to hem, Wenen ȝe, that these men of Galile weren synneris more than alle Galilees, for thei suffriden siche thingis? Y seie to ȝou, nay; alle ȝe schulen perische in lijk manere, butbut if S sup. ras. X. ȝe han penaunce. And as thothe Ee pr. m. hαβ. eiȝtetene, on which the toure inof EIKbg. Siloa fel doun, and slowe hem, gessen ȝe, forthat SXk. thei weren dettouris more than alle men that dwellen in Jerusalem? Y seie to ȝou, nai; but also `ȝe alleȝe C. alle ȝe k. schulen perische, if ȝe doon not penaunce. And he seide this liknesse, A man hadde a fige tre plauntid in his vynȝerd, and he cam sek|ynge fruyt in it, and foond noon. And he seide to the tiliertilieris A pr. m. of the vynȝerd, Lo! thre ȝeeris ben, sithen Y come sekynge fruyt in this fige tre, and Y fynde noon; therfor kitte it doun, whereto ocupieth it the erthe? And he answerynge seide to hym, Lord, suffre it also this ȝeer, the while Y delue aboute it, and Y schal donge it; if it schal make fruyt, if naynot I., in tyme comynge thou schalt kitte it doun. And he was techinge in her synagoge in the sabatis. And lo! a womman, that hadde a spirit of sijk|nesse eiȝtene ȝeeris, and was crokid, and `nethir ony maner myȝteneither in ony maner myȝte cα. myȝte not k pr. m. loke vpward. Whom whanne Jhesus hadde seyn, he clepide to hym, and seide to hir, Wom|man, thou art delyuerid of thi sijknesse. And he settidesette EI. on hir his hoondis, and anoon sche stood upriȝt, and glorifiede God. And the prince of the synagoge answerde, hauynge dedeyn for Jhesus hadde heelid in the sabat; and he seide to the puple, Ther ben sixe dayes, in whiche it bihoueth to worche; therfor come ȝe in these, and `be ȝebeth I. be R pr. m. heelid, and not in the daiedaies A pr. m. of sabat. But the Lord answeride to hym, and seide, Ypocrite, whether ech of ȝou vntieth not in the sabat his oxe, or asse, fro the cratche, and ledith to watir? Bihofte it not this douȝtir of Abraham, whom Satanas hath boundun, lo! eiȝtetene ȝeeris, to be vn|boundun of this boond in the dai of theOm. bcgikβ. sabat? And whanne he seide these thingis, alleOm. A pr. m. IK pr. m. g. hise aduersaries weren aschamed, and al the puple ioiede in alle thingis, that weren gloriousli don of hym. Therfor he seide, To what thing is the kyngdom of God lijk? and to what thing schal Y gesse it to be lijk? It is lijk to a corn of seneuey, which a man took, and cast in to his ȝerd; and it waxwaxide EKPQX., and was maad in to a greet tree, and foulis of the eire restiden in the braunchis therof. And eft soone he seide, To what thing schal Y gesse the kyngdom of God lijk? It is lijk to sourdouȝ, that a womman took, and hidde it `in toin CS sec. m. i pr. m. thre mesuris of mele, til alit c. were sourid. And he wente bi citees and castels, techynge and mak|ynge aOm. CX. iourney in to Jerusalem. And a man seide to hym, Lord, if there ben fewe, that ben saued? And he seide to hem, Stryue ȝe to entre bi the streite ȝate; for Y seie to ȝou, many seken to entre, and thei schulen not mowe. For whanne the hosebonde man is entrid, and the dore is closid, ȝe schulen bi|gynne to stonde with out forth, and knocke at the dore, and seie, Lord, opyn to vs. And he schal answere, and seie to ȝou, Y knowe ȝou not, of whennus ȝe ben. Thanne ȝe schulen bigynne to seye, We han etun bifor thee and drunkun, and in oure streetis thou hast tauȝt. . And he schal seie to ȝou, Y know ȝou not, of whennus ȝe ben; gogoth EPQα. goith X. awei fro me, alle ȝe worcheris of wick|idnesse. There schal be wepyng and gruntynggryntynge Qe. grenchinge S. grintinge k. of teeth, whanne ȝe schulen se Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and alle the prophetis in the kyngdom of God; and ȝou to be put out. And thei schulen come fro the eest and westthe west k., and fro the north and souththe south k., and schulen sitte `at theatte S. mete in the rewme of God. And lo! thei that weren the firste, ben the laste; and thei that weren the laste, ben the firste. In that day sum of the Fa|risees camen nyȝ, and seiden to hym, Go out, and go fro hennus, for Eroude wole sle thee. And he seide to hem, Go ȝe, and seieseie ȝe CEI pr. m. KMPQRSUXbceghkβ. to that foxe, Lo! Y caste out feendis, and Y make perfitli heelthis, to dai and to morew, and the thridde dai Y am endid. Netheles it bihoueth me to dai, and to morewe, and the daithridde dai A pr. m. I sec. m. that sueth, to walke; for it fallith not a pro|fete to perische out of Jerusalem. Jeru|salem, Jerusalem, that sleest profetis, and stonest hem that ben sent to thee, hou ofte wolde Y gadre togider thi sones, as a brid gaderith his nest vndur fethris, and thou woldist not. Lo! ȝoure hous schal be left to ȝou desert. And Y seie to ȝou, that ȝe schulen not se me, til itI EQhi. come, whanne ȝe schulen seie, Blessid is he, that cometh in the name of the Lord.

 CAP. XIV.

And it was don, whanne he hadde entrid in to the hous of a prince of Fa|risees, in the sabat, to ete breed, theiand thei EPQRS sec. m. hikβ. aspieden hym. And lo! a man sijk in the dropesie was bifor hym. And Jhe|sus answerynge spak to the wise men of lawe, and to the Farisees, and seide, Whethir it isbe IKbgkβ. leeueful to heele in the sabat? And thei helden pees. And Jhesus took, and heelide hym, and let hym go. And he answeride to hem, and seide, Whos asse or oxe of ȝou schal falle in toOm. C. athe A. pit, and `he schal notshal he not sbg. anoon drawe hym out in the dai of theOm. EPQUXbgh. sabat? And thei myȝten not answere to hym to these thingis. He seide also a parable toof k. menhem hi. bodun to a feeste, and biheldhe biheeld CIU. hou thei chesencheseden CSXg. chosen IU. the first sittyng placis, and seide to hem, Whanne thou art bodun to bridalis, sitte not `at theat b. to k. mete in the firste place; lest perauenture a worthier than thou be bodun of hym, and lest he come that clepide thee and hym, and seie to thee, Ȝyue place to this, and thanne thou schalt bigynne with schame to holde the lowest place. But whanne thou art bedun to a feste, go, and sitte doun in the laste place, that whanne he cometh, that bad thee to the feeste, he seie to thee, Freend, come hiȝer. Thanne worschip schal be to thee, bifor men that sitten at the mete. For ech that enhaunsith hymhim silf ik., schal be low|id; and he that meketh hymhim self i., schal be hiȝed. And he seide to hym, that hadde bodun hym to the feeste, Whanne thou makist a mete, or a soper, nyle thou clepe thi freendis, netherne EP. thi britheren, nethirne EP. cosynsthi cosyns S., nethir neiȝboris, nenethir X. riche men; lest perauenture thei bidde thee aȝen to the feeste, and it be ȝolde aȝen to thee. But whanne thou makist a feeste, clepe pore men, feble, crokid, and blynde, and thou schalt be blessid; for thei han not wherof to ȝelde theeto thee CKM pr. m. R pr. m. Xb sec. m. k., for it schal be ȝoldun to thee in the risyng aȝen of iust men. And whanne oon of hem that saten togider at the mete haddeand hadde k. herd these thingis, he seide to hym, Blessid is he, that schal ete breed in the rewme of God. And he seide to hym, A man made a greet soper, and clepide many. And he sent his seruaunt in the our of soper, to seie to men that weren bodun to the feeste, that thei schulden come, for now alle thingis ben redi. And alle bigunnen togidir to excusen hem. The firste seide, Y haue bouȝt a toun, and Y haue nede to go out, and se it; Y preye thee, haue me excusid. And the totheroother I. seide, Y haue bouȝt fyue ȝockis of oxun, and Y go to preue hem; Y preye thee, haue me excusid. And an othir seide, Y haue weddid a wijf; and therfor Y may not come. And the seruaunt turnede aȝen, and tolde these thingis to his lord. Thanne the hosebonde man was wrooth, and seide to his seruaunt, Go out swithe in to the grete stretis and smalthe small IRS pr. m. bcgkβ. stretis of the citee, and brynge ynne hidir pore men, and feble, blyndeblynde men IKSg., and crokid. And the seruaunt seide, Lord, it is don, as thou hast comaundid, and ȝit there is a void place. And the lord seide to the seruaunt, Go out in to weies and heggis, and constreine menOm. I pr. m. to entre, that myn hous be fulfillidfillid hi.. For Y seie to ȝou, that noon of tho men that ben clepid, schal taaste my soper. And myche puple wenten with hym; and he turnede, and seide to hem, If ony man cometh to me, and hatiththat is, lesse loueth hem than God. e. not his fadir, and modir, and wijf, and sones, and britheren, and sistrissistren Rhi., and ȝit his owne lijf, he may not be my disciple. And he that berith not his cross, and cometh aftir me, may not be my disciple. For who of ȝou will|ynge to bilde a toure, whether he `first sitte notfirste sitteth not R sec. m. sitte not first k., and countithcounte EPS. the spensis that ben nedeful, if he haue to perfourme? Lest aftir that he hath set the founde|ment, and mowe not perfourme, alle that seenhim seen S., bigynnen to scorne hym, and seie, For this man bigan to bilde, and myȝte not make anand S. ende. Or what kyng that wole go to do a bataile aȝens anothir kyng, whether he sittithsitte K. not first, and bithenkith, if he may with ten thou|synde go aȝens hym that cometh aȝens hym with twenti thousynde? Ellis ȝit whilewhilis S. he is afer, he sendyngesendith Ichi. a mes|sanger, preiethand preieth Ichi. tho thingis that ben of pees. So therfor ech of ȝou, that for|sakith not alle thingis that he hath, may not be my disciple. Salt is good; but if salt vanysche, in what thing schal it be sauerid? Nethir in erthe, nethirne I. in donghille it is profitable, but it schal be cast out. He that hath eeris of herynge, here he.

 CAP. XV.

And pupplicans and synful men weren neiȝynge to him, to here hym. And the Farisees and scribis grutchiden, seiynge, For thishe this I. resseyueth synful men, and etith with hem. And he spak to hem this parable, and seide, What man of ȝou that hath an hundrith scheep, and if he hath lost oon of hem, whethir he leeueth not nynti and nyne in desert, and goith to it that perischide, til he fynde it? And whanne he hath foundun it, he ioieth, and leyithputtith b. it on hise schuldris; and he cometh hoom, and clepith togidir hise freendis and neiȝboris, and seith to hem, Be ȝe glad with me, for Y haue founde my scheep, that haddehath EPX. Om. QU. perischid. And Y seie to ȝou, so ioye schal be in heuene on o synful man doynge pen|aunce, more than on nynti and nyne iuste, that han no nede to penaunce. Or what womman hauynge ten besauntis, and if sche hath lost oo besaunt, whether sche teendith not a lanterne, and turneth vpsodoun the hows, and sekith diligentli, til thatOm. Ec pr. m. e pr. m. sche fynde it? And whanne sche hath foundun, sche clepith togidir freendis and neiȝboris, and seith, Be ȝe glad with me, for Y haue founde the besaunt, that Y hadde lost. So Y seie to ȝou, ioye schal be bifor aungelsthe aungels Ek. of God on o synful man doynge penaunce. And he seide, A man hadde twei sones; andOm. AIKc pr. m. eg. the ȝonger of hem seide to the fadir, Fadir, ȝyue me the porcioun of catel, that fallith to me. And he departide to hemhim S pr. m. the catel. And not aftir many daies, whanne alle thingis weren gederid togider, the ȝonger sone wente forth in pilgrymage in to a fer cuntre; and there he wastide hisealle hise k pr. m. goodis in lyuynge lecherously. And aftir that he hadde endid alle thingis, a strong hungre was maad in that cuntre, and he bigan to haue nede. And he wente, and drouȝ hym to oon of the citeseyns of that cuntre. And he sente hym in to his toun, to fede swyn. And he coueitide to fille his wombe of the coddis that theOm. Ig. hoggis eeten, and no man ȝaf hymto hym EMK sec. m. PQRSUXghikβ.. And he turnede aȝen toin to EIKMPQRSUXbceghi. hym silf, and seide, Hou many hirid men inben in k pr. m. my fadirfadris CEIKMPRSUXbceghikαβ. hous han plente of looues; and Y perische here thorouȝ hungir. Y schal rise vp, and go to my fadir, and Y schal seie to hym, Fadir, Y haue synned in to heuene, and bifor thee; and now Y am not worthi to be clepid thi sone, make me as oon of thin hirid men. And he roos vpOm. X., and cam to his fadir. And whanne he was ȝit afer, his fadir saiȝ hym, and was stirrid bi mercy. And he ran, and fel on his necke, and kisside hym. And the sone seide to hym, Fadir, Y haue synned in to heuene, and bifor thee; and now Y am not worthi to be clepid thi sone. And the fadir seide to hise seruauntis, Swithe brynge ȝe forth the firste stoole, and clothe ȝe hym, and ȝyue ȝe a ryng in his hoond, and schoon on hise feet; and brynge ȝe a fat calf, and sle ȝe, and ete we, and make we feeste. For this my sone was deed, and hath lyued aȝen; he perischid, and ishe is Ig. foundun. And alle men bigunnen to ete. But his eldere sone was in the feeld; and whanne he cam, and neiȝede to the hous, he herde a symfonye and a croude. And he clepide oon of the ser|uauntis, and axide, what these thingis weren. And he seide to hym, Thi bro|ther is comun, and thi fadir slewe a fat calf, for he resseyuede hym saaf. And he was wrooth, and wolde not come in. Therfor his fadir wenteȝede CEIKMPQRSUXbcghikαβ. out, and bigan to preye hym. And he answerde to his fadir, and seide, Lo! so many ȝeeris Y serue thee, and Y neuer brak thi co|maundement; and thou neuer ȝaf toOm. k pr. m. me a kidde, that Y with my freendis schulde haue ete. But aftir that this thi sone, that hath deuourid his substaunce with horis, cam, thou hast slayn to hym a fat calf. And he seide to hym, Sone, thou art euer more with me, and alle my thingis ben thine. But it bihoftebihoueth g. forto C et plures. to make feestea feeste Ee., and to haue ioye; for this thi brother was deed, and lyuedelyueth g. aȝen; he perischide, and is foundun.

 CAP. XVI.

He seide also to hise disciplis, Ther was a riche man, that hadde a bailibaylyf EPQX.; and this was defamed to him, as he hadde wastid his goodis. And he clepide hym, and seide to hym, What here Y this thing of thee? ȝelde reckynyng of thi baili, for thou miȝte not now be bailibaylif EQ.. And the bailibailyf EPQX. seide with ynne him silf, What schal Y do, for my lord takith awei fro me the baili? delfe mai Y not, I schame to begge. Y woot what Y schal do, that whanne Y am remeued fro the baili, thei resseyue me in toOm. k pr. m. her houshousis A sec. m. KQhi.. Therfor whanne alle the dettours of his lord weren clepid togider, he seide to the firste, Hou myche owist thou to my lord? And he seide, An hundrid barelis of oyle. And he seide to hym, Take thi caucioun, and sitte soone, and write fifti. Aftirward he seide to another, And hou myche owist thou? Which answerde, An hundrid coris of whete. And he seide to hym, Take thi lettris, and write foure scoore. And the lord preiside the baili of wickydnesse, for he hadde do pru|dentli; for the sones of this world ben more prudent in her generacioun than the sones of liȝt. And Y seie to ȝou, make ȝe to ȝou freendis of the ritchesseritchessis chik. of wickidnesse, that whanne ȝe schulen fayle, thei resseyue ȝou in to euerlastynge tabernaclis. He that is trewe in the leeste thing, is trewe also in the more; and he that is wickid in aOm. b. litil thing, is wickid also in the moremore thing K.. Therfor if ȝe weren not trewe in the wickid thing of ritchesserichessis S sec. m. X., who schal bitake to ȝou that that is verry? And if ȝe weren not trewe in othere mennus thing, who schal ȝyue to ȝou that that is ȝoure? No seruaunt may serue to twei lordis; for ether he schal hate `the toonthe oon EQ. that oon Iek., and loue the tothiroother I.; ethir he schal drawe to `the toonthe oon EQ. that oon Ik., and schalOm. K pr. m. dispise the tothiroother I.. Ȝe moun not serue to God and to ritchesseritchessis ik.. But the Farisees, that weren coueytous, herden alle these thingis, and thei scorneden hym. And he seide to hem, Ȝe it ben, that iustifien ȝou bifor men; but God hath knowun ȝoure hertis, for that that is hiȝ to men, is abhomynacioun bifor God. The lawe and prophetisthe profetis Ek. til toOm. E. Joon; fro that tyme the rewme of God is euangelisid, and ech man doith violence in to it. Forsothe it is liȝter heuene and erthe to passe, than that o titil falle fro the lawe. Euery man that forsakith his wijf, and weddith an other, doith letch|erie; and he that weddith the wijf for|sakun of the hosebonde, doith auowtrie. There was a riche man, and was clothid in purpur, and whit silk, and eete euery dai schynyngli. And there was a begger, Lazarus bi name, that lai at his ȝate ful of bilis, and coueitide to be fulfillidfillid Ihi. of the crummes, that fellen doun fro the riche mannus boord, and no man ȝaf to hym; but houndis camen, and lickiden hise bilis. And it was don, that the begger diede, and was borun of aungels in to Abrahams bosum. And the riche man was deed also, and washe was k. biried in helle. And he reisidereiside vp IS pr. m. hise iȝen, whanne he was in turmentis, and say Abraham afer, and Lazarus in his bosum. And he criede, and seide, Fadir Abraham, haue merci on me, and sende Lazarus, that he dippe the ende of his fyngur in watir, toand k. kele my tunge; for Y am tur|mentid in this flawme. And Abraham seide to hym, Sone, hauehaue thou bhi. mynde, for thou hast resseyued good thingis in thi lijf, andOm. A pr. m. CEIKMPQRSXbcehikαβ. Lazarus also yuel thingis; but he is now coumfortid, and thou art tur|mentid. And in alle these thingis a greet derk place is stablischid betwixe vs and ȝou; that thei that wolen fro hennus passe to ȝou, moun not, nethir fro thennus passe ouer hidur. And he seide, Thanne Y preie thee, fadir, that thou sende hym in to the hous of my fadir. For Y haue fyue britheren, that he wit|nesse to hem, lest also thei come in to this place of turmentis. And Abraham seide to him, Thei han Moyses and the prophetis; here thei hem. And he seide, Nay, fadir Abraham, but if ony of deed men go to hem, thei schulen donot do k pr. m. penaunce. And he seide to hym, If thei heren not Moises and prophetisthe profetis gk., nethir if ony of deed men rise aȝen, thei schulen bileue to hym.

 CAP. XVII.

And Jhesu seide to hise disciplis, It is impossiblevnpossible k. that sclaundris come not; but wo to that man, bi whom thei comen. It is more profitable to him, if a mylne stoon be put aboute his necke, and he be cast in to the see, than that he sclaundre oon of these litle. Take ȝe hede ȝouto ȝou CIXe sec. m. kα. ȝour EPQ sec. m. RC sec. m. g. silf; if thi brothir hath synned aȝens thee, blame hym; and if he do penaunce, for|ȝyue hym. And if seuene sithis in the dai he do synne aȝens thee, and seuene sithis in the dai he be conuertid to thee, and seie, It forthenkith me, forȝyue thou hymto hym MRXb sec. m. hi.. And the apostlispostlis ISg. seiden to the Lord, Encrese to vs feith. And the Lord seide, If ȝe han feith as the corn of seneuei, ȝe schulen seie to this more tre, Be thou drawun vp bi the rote, and be ouerplauntid in to the see, and it schal obeie to ȝou. But who of ȝou hath a seruaunt erynge, or lesewynge oxisoxen KRk., which seith to hym, whanne he turneth aȝen fro the feeld, Anoon go, and sitte to mete; and seith not to hym, Make redi, that Y soupe, and girde thee, and serue me, while Y ete and drynke, and aftir this thou schalt ete and drynke; whether he hathhaue k. grace to that seruaunt, for he dide that that he comaundide hym? Nay, Y gesse. So ȝe, whanne ȝe han don alle thingis that ben comaundid to ȝou, seie ȝe, We ben vnprofitable ser|uauntis, we han do that thatOm. ci. we ouȝten to do. And it was do, theOm. IRhi. while Jhesus wente inOm. S sec. m. b. to Jerusalem, he passide thorou the myddismyddil CEIMPQRSUX bceghikαβ. of Samarie, and Galilee. And whanne he entride in to a castel, ten leprouse men camen aȝens hym, whichethe whiche I. stoden afer, and reiseden her voys, and seiden, Jhesu, comaundoure, haue merci on vs. And as he say hem, he seide, Go ȝeOm. kb., `schewe ȝescheweth I. ȝou to theOm. k. prestis. And it was don, theOm. Ihik. while thei wenten, thei weren clensid. And oon of hem, as he saiȝ that he was clensid, wente aȝen, magnifiynge God with gretea greet CEIKMPQRSUXbcghik. vois. And he fel doun on the face bifore hise feet, and dide thankyngis; and this was a Samaritan. And Jhesus answerde, and seide, Whether ten ben not clensid, and where ben the nyne? There is noon foundun, that turnede aȝen, and ȝaf glorie to God, but this alien. And he seide to hym, Rise vp, go thou; for thi feith hath maad thee saaf. And he was axid of Fariseesthe Farisees PQXc pr. m. k., whanne the rewme of God cometh. And he answerde to hem, and seide, The rewme of God cometh not with aspiyng, nether thei schulen seie, Lo! here, or lo there; for lo! the rewme of God is with ynne ȝou. And he seide to hise disciplis, Daies schulen come, whanne ȝe schulen desire to se o dai of mannus sone, and ȝe schulen not se. And thei schulen seie to ȝou, Lo! here, and lo there. Nyle ȝe go, nether sue ȝeOm. Ig.; for as leyt schynynge from vndur heuene schyneth in to tho thingis that ben vn|dur heuene, so schal mannus sone be in his dai. But first it bihoueth hym to suffre many thingis, and to be repreued of this generacioun. And as it was doon in the daies of Noe, so it schal be in the daies of mannys sone. Thei eeten and drunkun, weddiden wyues, and weren ȝouun to weddyngis, til in to the dai in theOm. I. whych Noe entride in to theOm. hi. schip; and the greet flood cam, and loste alle. Also as it was don in the daies of Loth, thei eeten and drunkun, bouȝten and seelden, plauntiden and bildiden; but thein the EC sec. m. k pr. m. dai that Loth wente out of So|dome, the Lord reynede fier and brym|stoon fro heuene, and loste alle. Lijk this thing it schal be, in what dai mannys sone schal be schewid. In that our he that is in the roof, and his vessels in the hous, come he not doun to take hem awei; and he that schal be in the feeld, also turne not aȝen bihynde. Be ȝe myndeful of the wijf of Loth. Who euer sekethseke A et plures αβ. to make his lijf saaf, schal leese it; and who euer leesith it, schal quykene it. But Y seie to ȝou, in that nyȝt twei schulen be in o bed, oon schal be takun, and the tothiroother I. forsakun; twei wymmen schulen be gryndynge togidir, `the toonthe oon EI. that oon e. schal be takun, and `the totherthe oother I. that other e. forsakun; twei in a feeld, `the toonthat oon Iek. schal be takun, and `the totherthe oother I. that other e. leftforsaken k.. Thei answeren, and seien to hym, Where, Lord? Which seide to hem, Where euer the bodi schal be, thidur schulen be gaderid togidereOm. Ah pr. m. also the eglis.

 CAP. XVIII.

And he seide to hem also a parable, that it bihoueth to preye euer more, and not faile; and seidehe seide k pr. m., There was a iuge in a citee, that dredde not God, nether schamede of men. And a widowe was in that citee, and sche cam to hym, and seide, Venge me of myn aduersarie; and he wolde not longe tyme. But aftir these thingis he seide with ynne hym silf, Thouȝ Y drede not God, and schame not of man, netheles for this widewe is heuy to me, Y schal venge hir; lest at the laste sche comynge condempne me. And the Lord seide, Here ȝe, what the domesman of wickidnesse seith; and whe|ther God schal not do veniaunce of hise chosun, criynge to hym dai and nyȝt, and schal haue pacience in hem? Sotheli Y seie to ȝou, for soone he schal do veniaunce of hem. Netheles gessist thou, that mannus sone comynge schal fynde feith in erthe? And he seide also to sum men, that tristiden in hem silf, as thei weren riȝtful, and dispiseden othere, this parable, seiynge, Twei men wentenȝeden S. vpOm. c. in to the temple to preye; thethat Iek. toonoon EIk. toon was K. a Farisee, andOm. EP. thethat E. totheroothir Ie. a pupplican. And the Farisee stood, and preiede bi hym silf these thingis, and seide, God, Y do thankyngis to thee, for Y am not as other men, raueinourisrauenous EP., vniust, auou|treris auouteris IS., as also this pupplican; Y faste twies in the woke, Y ȝyue tithis of alle thingis that Y haue in possessioun. And the pupplican stood afer, and woldenolde k. nethernot Q. reise hise iȝen toin to E. heuene, but smoot his brest, and seide, God be mer|ciful to me, synnere. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, thishe this I. ȝede doun in to his hous, and was iustified fro the othertother EKPRSUXbghik.. For ech that enhaunsith hymhym self i., schal be maad low, and he that mekith hymhim self hi., schal be enhaunsid. And thei brouȝten to hym ȝonge children, that he schulde touche hem; and whanne the disciplis saien this thing, thei blameden hem. But Jhesus clepide togider hem, and seide, Suffre ȝe children to come to me, and nyle ȝe for|bede hem, for of siche is the kyngdom of heuenes. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, who euer schal not take the kyngdom of God as a child, he schal not entre in to it. And a prince axide hym, and seide, Goode maister, inOm. EP. what thing doynge schal Y weilde euerlastynge lijf? And Jhesus seide to hym, What seist thou meto me EP pr. m. good? No man is good, but God aloone. Thou knowist the comaunde|mentis, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not do letcherie, Thou schalt not do theft, Thou schalt not seie fals witness|yng, Worschipe thi fadir and thiOm. EP. mo|dir. Which seide, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my ȝongtheȝouthe EPQk.. And whanne this thing was herd, Jhesus seide to hym, Ȝit o thing failith `to theeOm. E.; sille thou alle thingis that thou hast, and ȝyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and come, and sue thou me. WhanneAnd whanne A pr. m. these thingis weren herd, he was soreful, for he was ful ryche. And Jhesus seynge hym maad sorie, seide, How hard thei that han money schulen entre in to the kyngdom of God; for it is liȝter a camel to passe thorou a nedlis iȝe, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God. And thei that herden these thingis seiden, Who may be maadOm. S. saaf? And he seide to hem, Tho thingis that ben im|possiblevnpossible Pk. anentis men, ben possible anen|tis God. But Petir seide, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee. And he seide to hym, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, there is no man that schal forsake hous, or fadir, modirand modir EIPQRbceghiα. or modir A pr. m. KSkβ., or britheren, or wijf, or children, or feeldis, for the rewme of God, and schal not resseyue many mo thingis in this tyme, and in the world to comynge euerlastynge lijf. And Jhe|sus took hise twelue disciplis, and seide to hem, Lo! we gon vp to Jerusalem, and alle thingis schulen be endid, that ben writun bi the prophetis of mannus sone. For he schal be bitraied to hethen men, and he schal be scorned, and scourgid, and bispat; and aftir thatOm. hi. thei han scourgidscourgid him K., thei schulen sle hym, and the thridde dai he schal rise aȝen. And thei vndurstoden no thingthingis hi. of these; and this word was hid fro hem, and thei vndurstoden not tho thingis that weren seid. But it was don, whanne Jhesus cam nyȝ to Jerico, a blynde man sat bisidis the weie, and beggide. And whanne he herde the puple passynge, he axide, what this was. And thei seiden to hym, that Jhesus of Nazareth passide. And he criede, and seide, Jhe|su, the sone of Dauyd, haue mercy on me. And thei that wenten bifor blam|yden hym, that he schulde be stille; but he criede myche the more, Thou sone of Dauid, haue mercy on me. And Jhesus stood, and comaundide hym to be brouȝt forth to hym. And whanne he cam nyȝ, he axide hym, and seide, What wolt thou that Y schal do to thee? And he seide, Lord, that Y se. And Jhesus seide to hym, Biholde; thi feith hath maad thee saaf. And anoon he say, and suede hym, and magnyfiede God. And al the puple, as it say, ȝaf heriyng to God.

 CAP. XIX.

And Jhesus `goynge ynwente out and CKUc. turnede aȝen and EPQSbα. wente yn e., walkide thorouto CEKPUbc. too S. Jericho. And lo! a man, Sache bi name, and this was a prince of pup|plicans, and he was riche. And he souȝte to se Jhesu, who he was, and he myȝte not, for the puple, for he was litil in stature. And he ran bifore, and stiȝede in to a sicomoure tree, to se hym; for he was to passe fro thennus. And Jhesus biheld vp, whanne he cam to the place, and saiȝ hym, and seide to hym, Sache, haste thee, and come doun, for to dai Y mot dwelle in thin hous. And he hiȝynge cam doun, and ioiynge resseyuede hym. And whanne alle men sayn, thei grutch|iden seiynge, For he hadde turned to a synful man. But Sache stood, and seide to the Lord, Lo! Lord, Y ȝyue theOm. IK pr. m. g. half of my goodgoodis Qi. to pore men; and if Y haue ony thing defraudid ony man, Y ȝelde foure so myche. Jhesus seith to hym, For to dai heelthe is maad to this hous, for that he is Abrahams sone; for mannus sone cam to seke, and make saaf that thing that perischide. Whanne thei herden these thingis, he addideaddide to I., and seide a parable, for that he was nyȝniȝ to Q. Jerusalem, `and forfor that S sec. m. hiα. thei gessiden, that anoon the kyngdom of God schulde be schewid. Therfor he seide, A worthi man wente in to a fer cuntre, to take to hym a kyngdom, and to turne aȝen. And whanne hise ten seruauntis weren clepid, heand he S. ȝaf to hem ten besauntis; and seide to hem, Chaffare ȝe, til Y come. But hise citeseyns hatiden hym, and senten a mes|sanger aftir hym, and seiden, We wolen not, that he regne on vs. And it was don, that he turnede aȝen, whan he hadde take the kyngdom; and he comaundide hise seruauntis to be clepid, to whiche he hadde ȝyue monei, to wite, hou myche echhe b. hadde wonne bi chaffaryng. And the firste cam, and seide, Lord, thi besaunt hath wonne ten besauntis. He seide to hym, Wel be, thou good seruaunt; for in litil thing thou hast be trewe, thou schalt be hauynge power on ten citees. And the totheroother I. cam, and seide, Lord, thi besaunt hath maad fyue besauntis. And to this he seide, And be thou on fyue citees. And the thridde cam, and seide, Lord, lo! thi besaunt, that Y hadde, putI putte k. vpOm. xe pr. m. in a sudarie. ForForsothe I. Y dredde thee, for thou art `a sternean austerne I. man; thou takist awey that that thou settidistsettist i. not, and thou repist that that thou hasthaddiste R. not sowun. He seith to hym, Wickid ser|uaunt, of thi mouth Y deme thee. Wist|ist thou, that Y am `a sternean austerne I. man, tak|ynge awei that thing that Y settide not, and repyng ethat thing that Y sewe not? and whi hast thou not ȝouun my money to the bord, and Y comynge schulde haue axid it with vsuris? And he seide to men stondynge nyȝ, Take ȝeOm. EPQXk. awei fro hym the besaunt, and ȝyue ȝe to hym that hath ten beȝauntis. And thei seidenOm. R pr. m. seien R sec. m. to hym, Lord, he hath ten besauntis. And Y seie to ȝou, to ech man that hath, it schal be ȝouun, and he schal encreese; but fro him that hath not, also that thing that he hath, schal be takun of hym. Netheles brynge ȝe hidur thothilke I. myn ene|myes, that wolden not that Y regnederegne Ehi. on hem, and sle ȝe bifor me. And whanne these thingis weren seid, he wente bifore, and ȝede vp to Jerusalem. And it was don, whanne Jhesus cam nyȝ to Bethfage and Betanye, at the mount, that is clepid of Olyuete, he sente hise tweiOm. A. disciplis, and seide, Go ȝe in to the castel, that is aȝens ȝou; in to which as ȝe entren, ȝe schulen fynde a colt of an asse tied, on whichwhom I. neuer man sat; vntye ȝe hym, and brynge ȝe to me. And if ony man axe ȝou, whi ȝe vntien, thus ȝe schulen seie to hym, For the Lord desirith his werk. And thei that weren sent, wenten forth, and fonden as he seide to hem, a colt stondynge. And whanne thei vn|tieden the colt, the lordis of hymit EPQS sec. m. Xa. seiden to hem, What vntien ȝe the colt? And thei seiden, For the Lord hath nede to hym. And thei ledden hymit EPQXa. Om. k pr. m. to Jhesu; and thei castyngecastiden IKMRSeghikαβ. her clothis on the colt, settenand setten AIMRSXekβ. and settiden Kghiα. Jhesu on hym. And whanne he wente, thei strowidenspredden I. her clothis in the weie. And whanne he cam nyȝ to the comyng doun of the mount of Olyuete, al the puple that cam doun bygunnen to ioye, and to herie God with greet vois on alle theOm. EPQRX. vertues, that thei hadden sayn, and seiden, Blessid be the king, that cometh in the name of the Lord; pees in heuene, and glorie in hiȝe thingis. And sum of the Farisees of the puple seiden to hym, Maister, blame thi disci|plis. And he seide to hem, Y seie to ȝou, for if these ben stille, stoonus schulen crye. And whanne he neiȝede, `he seiȝseynge I. the citee, and wepte onvpon hi. it, and seide, For if thou haddist knowun, thou schuldist wepe also; for in this dai thetho g. thingis ben in pees to thee, but now thei ben hid fro thin iȝen. But daies schulen come in thee, and thin enemyes schulen enuyroun thee with a pale, and thei schulen go aboute thee, and make thee streit on alle sidis, and caste thee doun to the erthe, and thi sones that ben in thee; and thei schulen not leeue in thee a stoon onup I. vpon S sup. ras. a stoon, for thou hast not knowun the tyme of thi visitacioun. And he entride in to the temple, and bigan to caste out men sellynge ther inne and biyngebigynge R., and seide to hem, It is writun, That myn hous isys iclepid X sec. m. is clepid k pr. m. an hous of preyer, but ȝe han maad it a den of theues. And he was techynge euerydai in the temple. And the princis of prestis, and the scribis, and the princis of the puple souȝten to lesefordo I. sle k. hym; and thei founden not, what thei schulden do to hym, for al the puple was ocupied, and herde hym.

 CAP. XX.

And it was don in oon of the daies, whanne he tauȝte the puple in the temple, and prechide the gospel, the princis of preestis and scribis camen togidere with theOm. X. elder men; and thei seiden to hym, Seie to vs, in what power thou doist these thingis, or who is he that ȝaf to thee this power? And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, AndOm. A pr. m. i. Y schalOm. h pr. m. i. axe ȝou o word; answere ȝe to me. Was the bap|tym of Joon of heuene, or of men? And thei thouȝten with ynne hem silf, sei|ynge, For if we seien, Of heuene, he schal seie, Whi thanne bileuen ȝe not to hym? and if we seien, Of men, al the puple schal stoone vs; for thei ben cer|teyn, that Joon is a prophete. And thei answeriden, that thei knewen not, of whennus it wasis a.. And Jhesus seide to hem, Nether Y seie to ȝou, in what power Y do these thingis. And he bi|gan to seie to the puple this parable. A man plauntide a vynȝerd, and hiride it to tilieris; and he waswas gon i. in pilgrimage longe tyme. And in the tyme of gader|ynge of grapis, he sente a seruaunt to the tilieris, that thei schulden ȝyue to hym of the fruyt of the vynȝerd; whiche beten hym, and leten hym go voide. AndOm. c. he thouȝte ȝit to sende another seruaunt; and thei beten this, and tur|mentiden hym sore, and leten hym gogo voide k pr. m.. And he thouȝte ȝit to sende the thridde, and hym also thei woundiden, and cast|idencastede him EP. castiden him GXak. out. And the lord of the vyneȝerd seide, What schal Y do? Y schal sende my dereworthe sone; perauenture, whanne thei seen hym, thei schulen drede. And whanne the tilieris sayn hym, thei thouȝten with ynne hem silf, and seiden, This is the eire, sle we hym, that the eritage be oure. And thei castiden hym out of the vyneȝerd, and killiden hymOm. b sec. m.. What schal thanne the lord of the vyne|ȝerd do to hem? He schal come, and distruye these tilieris, and ȝyue the vyne|ȝerd to othere. And whanne this thing was herd, thei seiden to hym, God for|bede. ButAnd A. he bihelde hem, and seide, What thanne is this that is writun, The stoon which men bildynge repreueden, this is maad in to the heed of the cor|ner? Ech that schal falle on that stoon, schal be to-brisidbrisid b pr. m. gik pr. m., but on whom it schal falle, it schal alOm. g. to-brekebreke gk pr. m. him. And the princis of prestis, and scribis, souȝten to leye on hym hoondis in that our, and thei dredden the puple; for thei knewen that to hem he seide this liknesse. And thei aspieden, and sentensettiden a pr. m. aspieris, that feyneden hem iust, that thei schulden take hymOm. i. in word, and bitaak hym to the `power of theOm. R. prince, and to the power of the iustice. And thei axiden hymOm. h., and seidenseiden to him hi., Maister, we witen, that riȝtli thou seist and techist; andOm. i. thou takist not the persoone of man, but thou techist in treuthe the weie of God. Is it leueful to vs to ȝyue tribute to the emperoure, oreither IRSXg. nay? And he biheld the disseit of hem, and seide to hem, What tempten ȝe me? Shewe ȝe to me a peny; whos ymage and superscripcioun hath it? Thei answerden, and seiden to hym, The emperouris. And he seide to hem, Ȝelde ȝe therfor to the emperoure tho thingis that ben the emperours, and tho thingis that ben of God, to God. And thei myȝten not repreue his word bifor the puple; and thei wondriden in his answere, and heelden pees. Summe of the Saduceis, that denyeden the aȝen|risyng fro deeth to lijf, camen, and ax|iden hymOm. sk pr. m., and seiden, Maister, Moises wroot to vs, if the brother of ony man haue a wijf, and behe be I. deed, and he waswere k. with outen eiris, that his brothir take his wijf, and reise seed to his brother. And so there weren seuene britheren. The firste took a wijf, and is deed with outen eiris; and the brothir suynge took hir, and he is deed with outen sone; and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leftenthei leften I. not seed, but ben deed; and the laste of alle the womman is deed. Therfor in the `risyng aȝenaȝen risyng g., whos wijf of hem schal sche be? for seuene hadden hir to wijf. And Jhesus seide to hem, Sones of this world weddenben weddid k pr. m., and ben ȝouun to weddyngis; but thei that schu|len be had worthi of that world, and of theOm. IKg. risyng aȝenaȝen risinge k. fro deeth, nethir ben wedded, nethirne a. wedden wyues, nethir schulenthei schul Ig. mowe die more; for thei ben euen with aungels, and ben theOm. i. sones of God, sithen thei ben theOm. CIKMSUXbcghik. sones ofof the b. `risyng aȝenaȝen risyng IRSg. fro deeth. And that deed men risen aȝen, also Moises schewide bisidis the busch, as he seith, The Lord God of Abraham, and GodOm. h sec. m. i. of Ysaac, and God of Jacob. And God is not of deed men, but of lyuynge men; for alle men lyuen to hym. And summe of scribisthe scribis KX hik. fariseis g. answeringe, seiden, Maistir, thou hast wel seid. And thei dursten no more axe hym ony thing. But he seide to hem, How seien men, Crist to be the sone of Dauid, and Dauid hym silf seith in theOm. g. book of Salmes, The Lord seide to my lord, Sitte thou on my riȝt|half, til thatOm. IK pr. m. SUXgkβ. Y putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet? Therfor Dauid clepith hym lord, and hou is he his sone? And in heryng of al the puple, he seide to hise disciplis, Be ȝe war of scribisthe scribis k., that wolen wandre in stolisscoolis A pr. m., and louen salutaciouns in chepyngthe cheping Rbcehiαβ., and the firste chaieris inin the i. synagogis, and the firste sit|tynge placis in feestis; that deuouren the housis of widewis, and feynen long prei|yng; these schulen take the more damp|nacioun.

 CAP. XXI.

And he biheeld, and saye thothe hi. riche men, that castencastiden CEKPQXα. kesten R. her ȝiftis in to the treserie; but he saye also a litil pore widewe castynge twei ferthingis. And he seide, Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that this pore widewe kestecastede E. more than alle men. For whi alle these of thing that was plenteuouse to hem castencasteden E. kesten R. in to the ȝiftis of God; but this widewe of that thing that failide to hir, castecastede E. kest R. al hir liflode, that sche hadde. And whanne sum men seiden of the temple, that it was apparailid with gode stoonus and ȝiftis, he seide, These thingis that ȝe seen, daies schulen come, in whiche a stoon schal not be left on a stoon, which schal not be destried. And thei axiden hym, and seiden, Comaundour, whanne schulen these thingis be? and what tokne schal be, whanne thei schulen bi|gynne to be don? And he seide, Se ȝe, that ȝe be not disseyued; for many schulen come in my name, seiynge, For Y am, and the tyme schal neiȝe; therfor nyle ȝe go aftir hem. And whanne ȝe schulen here batailis and stryues with ynne, nyle ȝe be aferd; it bihoueth first these thingis to be don, but not ȝit anoon is an ende. Thanne he seide to hem, Folk schal rise aȝens folk, and rewme aȝens rewme; greteand grete C sec. m. R. mouyngis of erthethe erthe gk. schulen be bi placis, and pestilencis, and hungris, and dredis fro heuene, and grete tokenes schulen be. But bifore alle these thingis thei schulen sette her hoondis on ȝou, and schulen pursuepurswe ȝou Kk., bitakynge in to synagogis and kepyngiskepyngis, and ik pr.m., drawyngedrawinge ȝou Kk. to kyngis and to iusticis, for my name; but it schal falle to ȝou in to witnessyng. Therfor putte ȝeȝe not hi. ininto gk. ȝoure hertis, notOm. hi. to thenke bifore, hou ȝe schulen answere; for Y schal ȝyue to ȝou mouth and wis|dom, to whiche alle ȝoure aduersaries schulen not mowe aȝenstonde, and aȝen|seie. And ȝe schulen be takun of fadir, and modir, andand of I. britheren, and cosyns, andand of I. freendis, and bi deeth thei schulen turmente of ȝou; and ȝe schulen be in haate to alle men for my name. And an heere of ȝoure heed schal not perische; in ȝoure pacience ȝe schulen welde ȝoure soulis. But whanne ȝe schulen se Je|rusalem ben enuyround with an oost, thanne wite ȝe, that the desolacioun of it schal neiȝe. Thanne thei that ben in Judee, flefle ȝe k. toin to K sec. m. gk. in P. theOm. IKSg. mountans; and thei that ben in the mydil of it, gon awei; and thei that ben in the cuntreis, entre not in to it. For these ben daiesthe daies b. of veniaunce, that alle thingis that ben writun, be fulfillid. And wo to hem, that ben with child, and norischen in tho daies; for a greet diseese schal be on the erthe, and wraththe to thisal this Ii pr. m. the k. puple. And thei schulen falle bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and thei schulen be led prisoneris in to alle folkis; and Jerusalem schal be defoulid of hethene men, til the tymestyme k. of naciouns be fulfillid. And tokenes schulen be in the sunne, and theOm. e. mone, and in the sterris; and in theOm. R. erthe ouerleiyng of folkis, for confusioun of sownthe soun CSe. of the see and of floodis; for men schulen wexe drye for drede and abidyng thatthat that k. schulenschal k. come toin to b. al the world; for vertues of heuenesheuene EQRghi. schulen be mouyd. And thanne thei schulen se mannys sone comynge in a cloude, with greet power and maieste. And whanne these thingis bigynnen to be maad, biholde ȝe, and reise ȝe ȝoure heedis, for ȝoure redemp|cioun neiȝeth. And he seide to hem a liknesse, Se ȝe the fige tre, and alle trees, whanne thei bryngen forth now of hem silf fruyt, ȝe witen that somer is nyȝ; so ȝe, whanne ȝe seen these thingis toOm. k. be don, wite ȝe, that the kyngdom of God is nyȝ. Treuli Y seie to ȝou, that this generacioun schal not passe, til alle thingis be don. Heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe. But take ȝe heede to ȝouȝoure Ehi. silf, lest perauen|ture ȝoure hertis be greuyd with glotony, and drunkenesse, and bisynessisbisynesse Ibhi. of this lijf, and thilke dai come sodeinsodeynli C pr. m. R sec. m. hik. on ȝou; for as a snare it schal come on alle men, that sitten on the face of al erthethe erthe IKgk.. Ther|for wake ȝe, preiynge in ech tyme, that ȝe be hadde worthi to fle alle these thingis that ben to come, and to stonde bifor mannus sone. And in daiestho daies k pr. m. he was techynge in the temple, but in nyȝtis he ȝede out, and dwellide in the mount, that is clepid of Olyuet. And al the puple roos eerli, to come to hym in the temple, and tofor to IKMRS pr. m. Xghi. here hym.

 CAP. XXII.

And the halidai of therfthe therf IRS pr. m. ehiαβ. looues, that is seid pask, neiȝede. And the princis of preestis and theOm. k. scribis souȝten, hou thei schulden sle Jhesu, but thei dredden the puple. And Sathanas entride in to Ju|das, that wasis k. clepid Scarioth, oon of the twelue. And he wente, and spak with the princis of preestis, and with the magistratis, hou he schulde bitray hym to hem. And thei ioyeden, and maden couenaunt to ȝyue hym money. And he bihiȝte, and he souȝte oportunyte, to bi|traye hym, with outen puplethe peple IKSX sec. m. gk.. But the daies of therf looues camen, in whiche it was neede, that the sacrifice of pask were slayn. And he sente Petre and Joon, and seide, Go ȝe, and make ȝeOm. S. redi to vs the pask, that we ete. And thei seiden, Where wolt thou, that we make redi? And he seide to hem, Lo! whanne ȝe schulen entre in to the citee, a man berynge a vessel of watir schal meete ȝou; sue ȝe hym in to the hous, in to which he entrith. And ȝe schulen seie to the hosebonde man of the hous, The maister seith to thee, Where is a chaum|bre, where Y schal ete the pask with my disciplis? And he schal schewe to ȝou a greet soupyng place strewid, and there make ȝe redi. And thei ȝeden, and founden as he seide to hem, and thei maden redi the pask. And whanne the our was come, he sat toat hi. theOm. k. mete, and the twelue apostlis with hym. And he seide to hem, With desier Y haue desirid to ete with ȝou this pask, bifor that Y suffre; for Y seie to ȝou, that fro this tyme Y schal not ete it, til it be fulfillidfillid P pr. m. in the rewme of God. And whanne he hadde take the cuppe, he dide gracis, and seide, Take ȝe, and departe ȝeOm. i. among ȝou; for Y seie to ȝou, that Y schal not drynke of the kynde of this vyne, til the rewme of God come. And whanne he hadde take breed, heand hi. dide thankyngis, and brak, and ȝaf to hem, and seide, This is my bodi, that schal be ȝouun for ȝou; do ȝe this thing inin to i pr. m. mynde of me. He took also the cuppe, aftir that he hadde soupid, and seide, This cuppe is the newe testament in my blood, that schal be sched for ȝou. Netheles lo! the hoond of hym that bitraieth me, is with me at the table. And mannus sone goith, `aftir thatas a. it is determyned; netheles wo to that man, bi whom he schal be bitraied. And thei bigunnen to seke among hem, who it was of hem, that was to do this thing. And strijf was maad among hem, which of hem schulde be seyn to be grettest. But he seide to hem, Kyngis of hethen men ben lordis of hem, and thei that han power onof hi. hem ben clepid good doeris, but ȝe not so; but he that is grettest among ȝou, be maad asas a hi. ȝon|gere, and he that isis a hi. bifor goere, as a seruaunt. For who is gretter, he that sittith at the mete, or he that mynystrith? whether not he that sittith at the mete? And Y am in the myddilmyddes hi. of ȝou, as he that mynystrith. And ȝe ben, that han dwellid with me in my temptaciouns; and Y dispose to you, as my fadir hath disposid to me, a rewme, that ȝe ete and drynke on my boord in my rewme, and sitte on tronesthe trones i., and deme the twelue kynredis of Israel. And the Lord seide to Symount, Symount, lo, Satanas hath axid ȝou, that he schulde ridileridle ȝou Ksk. as whete; but Y haue preyede for thee, that thi feith faile not; and thou sum tyme con|uertid, conferme thi britheren. WhichThe whiche I. seide to hym, Lord, Y am redi to go in to prisoun and in to deeth with thee. And he seide, Y seie to thee, Petir, the cok schal not crowe to dai, til thou thries forsake that thou knowist me. And he seide to hem, Whanne Y sente ȝou with outen sachel, and scrippe, and schone, whether ony thing failide to ȝou? And thei seiden, No thing. Therfor he seide to hem, But now he that hath a sachel, take also andOm. EIK pr. m. R sec. m. scghik pr. m. a scrippe; and he that hath noon, selle his coote, and biggebie CEKMUXβ. bye Peα. biȝe R. a swerd. For Y seie to ȝou, that ȝit it bihoueth that thing that is writun to be fulfillid in me, And he is arettid with wickid men; for tho thingis that ben of me han endean ende sb.. And thei seiden, Lord, lo! twei swerdis here. And he seide to hem, It is ynowȝ. And he ȝede out, and wente aftir the custom in to the hille of Olyues; and the disciplis sueden hym. And whanne he cam tointo Ai pr. m. the place, he seide to hem, Preye ȝe, lest ȝe entren in to temptacioun. And he was taken awei fro hem, soas IX. myche as isOm. U. a stonys cast; and he knelide, and preyede, and seide, Fadir, if thou wolt, do awei this cuppe fro me; netheles not my wille be don, but thin. And an aungel apperide to hymhem a. fro heuene, and coumfortide hym. And he was maad in agonye, and prey|ede the lenger; and his swot was maad as dropis of blood rennynge doun in to the erthe. And whanne he was rysun fro preier, and was comun to hise disci|plis, he foond hem slepynge for heuy|nesse. And he seide to hem, What slepen ȝe? Rise ȝe, and preye ȝe, that ȝe entre not in to temptacioun. Ȝit while he spak, lo! a company, and he that was clepid Judas, oon of the twelue, wente bifor hem; and he cam to Jhesu, to kisse hym. And Jhesus seide to hym, JudasOm. P pr. m., `with a cossOm. EP. `thou bytrayestbitraiest thou CEPQXa. `mannys sonem. s. with a cosse EPQ.. And thei that weren aboute hym, and sayn that that was to come, seiden to hym, Lord, whether we smyten with swerd? And oon of hem smoot the seruaunt of the prince of preestis, and kittidekitte i. of his riȝt eere. But Jhesus answerde, and seide, Suffre ȝe tiltil to hi. hidir. And whanne he hadde touchid his eere, he heelide hym. And Jhesus seide to hem, that camen to hym, the princis of preestis, andand the i. maiestratis of the temple, and eldre men, As to a theef ȝe han gon out with swerdis and staues? Whanne Y was ech dai with ȝou in the temple, ȝe streiȝten not out hondis in to me; but this is ȝoure our, and the power of derknessis. And thei token him, and ledden to the hous of the prince of prestis; and Petir suede hym afer. And whanne a fier was kyndelid in the myddil of the greet hous, and thei saten aboute, Petir was in the myddil of hem. Whom whanne a damysel hadde seyn sittynge `at theatte P pass. liȝt, and hadde biholdun hym, sche seide, And thishe this I. was with hym. And he denyede hym, and seide, Womman, Y knowe hym not. And aftir a litil another man siȝ hym, and seide, And thou art of hem. But Petir seide, A! man, Y am not. And whanne a space was maad as of on our, another afferm|yd, and seide, Treuli thishe this I. was with hym; for also he is of Galilee. And Petir seide, Man, Y nootne wot I. woot not Kb. what thou seist. And anoon ȝit while he spak, the cok crewe. And the Lord turnede aȝen, and bihelde Petre; and Petre hadde mynde onof S. the word of Jhesu, as he hadde seid, ForOm. b. bifor thatOm. K pr. m. the cok crowe, thries thou schalt denye me. And Petre ȝede out, and wepte bittirli. And the men that helden hym scorneden hymOm. k pr. m., and smyten hym. And thei blyn|felden hym, and smyten his face, and axiden hym, and seiden, Arede, thou Crist, to vs, who is he that smoot thee? Also thei blasfemynge seiden aȝens hym many other thingis. And as the day was come, the eldre men of the puple, and the princisprynce hi. of prestisthe prestis i., and the scribis camen togidir, and ledden hym in to her councel, and seiden, If thou art Crist, seie to vs. And he seide to hem, If Y seie to ȝou, ȝe schulenwil I. not bileue to me; and if Y axe, ȝe schulenwil i. not answere to me, nethir ȝeOm. S. schulenwoln I. delyuere me. But aftir this tyme man|nys sone schal be sittynge on the riȝt half of the vertu of God. Therfor alle seiden, Thanne art thou the sone of God? And he seide, Ȝe seien that Y am. And thei seiden, What ȝit desiren we wit|nessyng? for we vsour E. silf han herd of his mouth.

 CAP. XXIII.

And al the multitude of hem arysenarisen up k., and ledden hym to Pilat. And thei bi|gunnen to accuse hym, and seiden, We han foundun this turnynge vpsodoun oure folk, and forbedynge tributistribute k. to be ȝouun to the emperour, and seiynge that hym silf is Crist anda α. kyng. And Pilat axide hym, and seide, Art thou kyng of Jewis? And he answeride, and seide, Thou seist. And Pilat seide to the princis of prestis, and to the puple, Y fynde no thing of cause in this man. And thei woxenweren C. wexiden hi. stronger, and seiden, He moueth the puple, techynge thorou al Judee, bigynnynge fro Galile til hidir. And Pilat herynge Galile axideaskide R., if he were a man of Galile. And whanne he knewe that he was of the powere of Eroude, he sente hym to Eroude; whichthat I. was at Jerusalem in tho daies. And whanne Eroude siȝ Jhesuhym hi., he ioyede ful myche; for long tyme he coueitide to se hym, for he herde many thingis of hym, and hopide to see sum tokene `to beOm. a. don of hym. And he axideaskide R. hym in many wordis; and he answeride no thing to hym. And the princis of preestis and the scribis stoden, stidfastlistifly a. accusynge hym. But Eroude with his oost dispiside hym, and scornede hym, and clothideclothide him IKReghikαβ. with a white cloth, and sente hym aȝen to Pilat. And Eroude and Pilat weren maad freendis fro that dai; for bifor thei weren enemyes togidre. And Pilat clepide togider the princis of prestis and the maiestratismaystres a. of the puple, and seide to hem, Ȝe han brouȝt to me this man, as turnynge awey the puple, and lo! Y axynge bifor ȝou fynde no cause in this man of these thingis, in whiche ȝe accusen hym; nether Eroude, forand I. he hath sent hym aȝen to vs, and lo! no thing worthi of deth is don to hym. And therfor Y schal amende hym, and delyuere hym. But he moste nede delyuer to hem oon bi the feest dai. And al the puplemultitude a. criede togidir, and seide, Do `awei hymhim awey IKPQRsbeghik sec. m. αβ. awey k pr. m., and delyuer to vs Barabas; whichthe whiche I. was sent `in toin i. prisoun for disturblyng maad in the cite, and for mansleynge. And eftsoone Pilat spak to hem, and wolde delyuer Jhesu. And thei vndurcrieden, and seiden, Crucifie, crucifie hym. And the thridde tyme he seide to hem, For what yuel hath thishe I pr. m. Rgβ. he this I sec. m. this S sup. ras. don? Y fynde no cause of deeth in hym; therfor Y schal chastise hym, and YOm. S. schal delyuerdelyuere him KP pr. m.. And thei contynu|eden with greet voicisvois k. axyngeaskynge R. and axiden k., that he schulde be crucified; and the voicis of hem woxenwexiden hi. stronge. And Pilat dem|yde her axyngaskyng R. to be don. And he dely|ueride to hem hym, that for mansleyng and sedicioun was sent in to prisoun, whom thei axidenaskiden R.; but he bitooktooke ac. Jhesu to her wille. And whanne thei ledden hym, thei token a man, Symon of Syre|nen, comyngegoynge k. fro the toun, and thei leiden on hym the cross to bere aftir Jhesu. And there suede hym myche puple, and wymmen that weilidenbiweiliden k., and bymorneden hym. And Jhesus turnede to hem, and seide, Douȝtris of Jerusalem, nyle ȝe wepe on me, but wepe ȝe on ȝoureȝou CMQXabcegαβ. silf and on ȝoure sones. For lo! daies schulen come, in whiche it schal be seid, Blessid be bareyn wymmen, and wombis that han not borun children, and the tetis that han not ȝouun souke. Thanne thei schulen bigynne to seie to mounteyns, Falle ȝe doun on vs, and to smale hillis, Keuere ȝe vs. For if in a greene tre thei don these thingis, what schal be don in a drie? Also othere tweitwo I sec. m. Qhi. wickid men weren led with hym, to be slayn. And `aftir thatwhanne k. thei camen in to a place, that is clepid of Caluerie, there thei crucifieden hym, and the theues, oon on the riȝt half, and `the totherthe oother I. that other e. on the left half. But Jhesus seide, Fadir, forȝyue hem, for thei witen not what thei doon. And thei depart|iden his clothis, and kestenkestiden K. casten k. lottis. And the puple stood abidynge; and the princis scorneden hym with hem, and seiden, Othere men he maadhath mad Ihi. saaf; make he hym silf saaf, if this be Crist, the chosun of God. And the knyȝtis neiȝ|eden, and scorneden hym, and profreden vynegre to hym, and seiden, If thou art king of Jewis, make thee saaf. And the superscripcioun was writun ouer hym with Greke lettris, and of Latyn, and of Ebreu, This is theOm. a. kyng of Jewis. And oon of theseOm. i. theues that hangiden, blasfemyde hym, and seide, If thou art Crist, make thi silf saaf and vs. But `the tothirthe oother I. that othir ae. answerynge, blamyde hym, and seide, Nether thou dredist God, that art in the same dampnacioun? And treuli we iustli, for we han resseiued worthi thingis to werkisoure werkis I.; but thishe this I. dide no thing of yuel. And he seide to Jhe|su, Lord, haue mynde ofon A pr. m. Rsbcghiβ. me, whanne thou comest `in toin e pr. m. k pr. m. thi kyngdom. And Jhesus seide to hym, Treuli Y seie to thee, this dai thou schalt be with me in paradise. And it was almest the sixte our, and derknessis weren maad inon Eak. al theOm. EPS. erthe `in toin I pr. m. the nynthe our. And the sun was maad derk, and the veile of the temple was to-rent a two. And Jhesus criyngecriede E. with aOm. EQbckαβ. greet vois, seide, Fadir, in to thin hoondis Y bitake my spirit. And he seiynge these thingis, ȝaf vp the goost. And the centurien seynge that thing that was don, glori|fiede God, and seide, Verili this man was iust. And al the puple of hem that weren there togidir at this spectacle, and sayn tho thingis that weren don, smytensmetin EP. smytiden KMRQSUXbegα. smeten I. smooten C. her brestis, and turneden aȝen. But alle his knowun stoden afer, and wymmen that sueden hym fro Galile, seynge these thingis. And lo! a man, Joseph bi name, of Aramathie, a cite of Judee, that was a decurien, a good man and a iust, this man concentide not to the counseil and to the dedis of hem; and he abood the kyngdom of God. This Jo|seph cam to Pilat, and axideaskide R. the bodi of Jhesu, and took it doun, and wlap|pide it in a cleene lynen cloth, and leide hym in a graue hewun, in which not ȝit ony man hadde be leid. And the dai was the euen of the halidai, and the sabat bigan to schyne. And the wym|men suynge, that camen with hym fro Galile, sayn the graue, and hou his bodi was leid. And thei turneden aȝen, and maden redi swete smellynge spicis, and oynementis; but in the sabat thei rest|iden, aftir the comaundement.

 CAP. XXIV.

But in o dai of the woke ful eerli thei camen to the graue, and brouȝten swete smellynge spices, that thei hadden aray|ed. And thei founden the stoon turned awei fro the graue. And thei ȝeden in, and founden not the bodi of the Lord Jhesu. And it was don, the while thei weren astonyed in thouȝt of this thing, lo! tweitwo I pass. men stoden bisidis hem in schynynge cloth. And whanne thei dredden, and boweden her semblauntsembland S. in to theOm. EPQikα. erthe, thei seiden to hem, What seken ȝe hym that lyueth with deed men? He is not here, but ishe is EPQskα. risun. Haue ȝe mynde, hou he spak to ȝou, whanne he was ȝit in Galile, and seide, For it bihoueth mannys sone to be bi|takuntaken S. in to the hondis of synful men, and to be crucified, and the thridde dai to rise aȝen. And thei bithouȝten on hise wordis. And thei ȝeden aȝen fro the graue, and telden alle these thingis to the enleuene, and to alle othir. And ther was Marie Mawdeleyn, and JooneJone PQR., and Marie of James, and other wymmen that weren with hem, that seiden to apostlisthe apostlis IR. these thingis. And these wordis weren seyn biforto X sec. m. hem as madnesse, and thei bileueden not to hem. But Petir roos vp, and ran to the graue; and he bowide doun, and say the lynen clothis liynge aloone. And he wente bi him silf, wondrynge on that that was don. And lo! tweyne of hem wenten in that dai in to a castel, that was fro Jerusalem the space of sixti furlongis, bi name Emaws. And thei spaken togidir of alle these thingis that haddun bifallun. And it was don, the while thei talkiden, and souȝten bi hem silf, Jhesus hym silfbi him self I. neiȝede, and wente with hem. But her iȝen weren holdun, that thei knewen him not. And he seide to hem, What ben these wordis, that ȝe speken togidir wan|drynge, and ȝe ben sorewful? And oon, whos name was Cleofas, answerde, and seide, Thou thi silf art a pilgrym in Jerusalem, and hast thou not knowun, what thingis ben don in it in these daies? To whom he seide, What thingis? And thei seiden to hym, Of Jhesu of Nazareth, that was a man propheteOm. R pr. m., myȝti in werk and word bifor God and al the puple; and hou the heiȝesthiȝe I. preestis of oure princis bitoken hymOm. k pr. m. in to damp|nacioun of deeth, and crucifieden hym. But we hopiden, that he schulde haueOm. hi. aȝenbouȝt Israel. AndBut a. now on alle these thingis the thridde dai is to dai, that these thingis weren don. But also summe wymmen of ouris maden vs afer|ed, whiche bifor dai weren at the graue; and whanne his bodi was not foundun, thei camen, and seiden, that thei syen alsoOm. EP. a siȝt ofOm. I. aungels, whichethat I. seienseiden PQSakα., that he lyueth. And summe of oureouren CIKUbceα. oures xk. wenten to the graue, and thei founden so as the wymmen seiden, but thei founden not hym. And he seide to hem, A! foolis, and slowe of herte to bileue in alle thingis that the prophetis han spokun. Whethir it bihofte not Cristto Crist a. to suffre thesealle these S. thingis, and so to entre in to his glorie? And he bigan at Moises and at alle theOm. ISb pr. m. g. prophetis, and declaride to hem in alle scripturis, that weren of hym. And thei camen nyȝ theto the CEPQX. castel, whidur thei wenten. And he made countenaunce that he wolde go ferthere. And thei constreyneden hym, and seiden, Dwelle with vs, for it draw|ith to nyȝtthe nyȝt Qk., and the dai is now bowid doun. And he entride with hem. And it was don, whilethe while eg. he sat at the mete with hem, heand he S pr. m. took breed, and blesside, and brak, and took to hem. And the iȝen of hem weren openyd, and thei knewen hym; and he vanyschide fro her iȝen. And thei seiden togidir, Whether oure herte was not brennynge in vs, while he spakspak to vs EPQS sup. ras. X pr. m. aβ. in the weie, and openyde to vs scripturis? And thei risenresin EP. vp in the same our, and wenten aȝen in to Jerusalem, and founden the enleuene ga|derid togidir, and hem that weren with hem, seiynge, That the Lord is risun verrili, and apperide to Symount. And thei tolden what thingis weren don in the weie, and hou thei knewen hym in brekyng of breed. And theOm. R. while thei spaken these thingis, Jhesus stood in the myddil of hem, and seide to hem, Pees to ȝou; Y am, nyle ȝe drede. But thei weren affraied and agast, and gessiden hem to se a spirit. And he seide to hem, What ben ȝe troblid, and thouȝtis comen vp in to ȝoure hertis? Se ȝe my hoondis and my feet, for Y my silf am. Fele ȝe, and se ȝe; for a spirit hath not fleisch and boonys, as ȝe seen that Y haue. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, he schewide hoondis and feet to hem. And ȝit while thei bileueden not, and wondriden for ioye, he seide, Han ȝe here ony thing that schal be etun? And thei proferden hymto him Xaeα. a part of a fisch rostid, and an hony combe. And whanne he hadde etun bifore hem, heand he S. and hi. took that that lefte, and ȝaf to hem; and seide `to hemOm. Q pr. m., These ben theOm. hi. wordis that Y spakhaue spoke g. to ȝou, whanne Y was ȝit with ȝou; for it is nede that alle thingis ben fulfillid, that ben writun in the lawe of Moises, and in prophetis, and in salmes, of me. Thanne he openyde to hem wit, that thei schulden vnderstonde scripturis. And he seide to hem, For thus it is writun, and thus it bihofte Crist to suf|fre, and ryse aȝen fro deeth inOm. k pr. m. the thridde dai; and penaunce and remys|sioun of synnes to be prechid in his name `in toto CEPQI pr. m. KS pr. m. Xag. alle folkis, bigynnynge at Jeru|salem. And ȝe ben witnessis of these thingis. And Y schal sende the biheest of my fadir in to ȝou; but sitte ȝe in the citee, til thatOm. X pr. m. ȝe be clothid with vertu from an hiȝ. And he ledde hem forth in to Betanye, and whanne his hondis weren lift vp, he blesside hem. And it was don, the while he blesside hem, he departide fro hem, and was borun in to heuene. And thei worschipiden, and wenten aȝen in to Jerusalem with greet ioye, and werenthei weren k pr. m. euermore in the temple, heriynge and blessynge God.

 Here endith LuykHere endith the gospel of Luyk, and bigynneth the prolog of [on QRc] John. CQRce. Heere endith the gospel of Luyk, and biginneth the prologe of Jerom on the gospel of Joon. I. Here eendeth Luke; se now the prologe on Joon. K. Here endith the gospel of Luyk, and biginnith the prologe on the gospel of Jon. sa. Here endith Luyk, and here bigynneth a prologe on Joon the Euangelist. U. Here endeth the gospel of Luyk, and here bigynneth the prolog on the gospel of Jon. Xk. Here endith Luyk, and here bigynneth the prologe on the gospel of Joon. b. Here endith Luk, and bigynneth a prologe on Jon. hi. No final rubric in EMPg.. JOHN. Here biginnith the prologe on JoonFrom EOP. The prolog. A. Prolog on John. cbc. Prolog of Joon. N. Here biginnit the prologe on the gospel of Jhon. T. Prolog. X. Here bigynneth the prologe on the gospel of Joon. fg. No initial rubric in IKMQRSUabcek..

This isOm. b. Joon euangelistthe euangelist oek., oon of theOm. O. disciplis of the Lord, the which iswas C. a virgyn chosun of God, whom God clepide fro the sposeilis, whanne he wolde be weddid; and double witnessewitnessing T. of virginyte is ȝouun to hym in the gospel; in this that he is seid loued of God byfor othere disciplis, and Godthe Lorde T. hongynge inon NT. the cros bitook his modir in kepyng to hym, that a virgyn schulde kepe a virgyn. This Joon in the gospel bigynneth aloone the werk of vncorruptible word, and witnessith, that the kyndeli sone of God iswas k pr. m. maad man, and thatat O. Om. S. the liȝt was not takun of derknessisderkenesse T.; and he schewith the firste myracle, whiche Godthat God T. dide at the weddyngis, to schewe where the Lord is preyed to the feeste, thethat E. wyn of theOm. IK pr. m. QRS gk pr. m. weddyngis owith to faile, that whanne elde thingis ben chaungid, alle newe thingis that ben ordeyned of Crist, appere. Joon wroot this gospel in Asie, aftir that he hadde writun the Apocalips in the ile of Pathmos; netheles he wroot the gospel aftir alle theOm. K pr. m. gospeleris, that also anOm. T. vncor|ruptible ende `schulde be ȝoldunOm. A pr. m. CEKMNOQRSXabceghik. bi a virgyn in the Apocalips to hym, to whom an vncorruptible bygynnyng is ȝouun in Genesis, in the bigynnyng of hooly scripture; for Crist seith in the Apocalips, Y am the bygynnyng and theOm. A sec. m. bk. ende. And this Joon iswas O. he, that knewe that the day of his departyng was comun; and he clepide togidere hise disciplis in Effesie, and schewide Crist bi many preuyngis of myraclis, and ȝede doun in to a doluyn place of his biriyng; and whanne he hadde maad preier, he was put to hise fadris, and was soOm. A pr. m. CMNORSTUXabcghi. as I. mychemyche tyme g. without sorewe of deth, hou myche he is foundun cleene fro corrupcioun of fleisch.

Jerom in his prolog on Joon seith al thisJerom in his prolog on the gospel of Jon seith al this. C. Jerom seith this in his prologe on Joon. EP. Heere endith the prologe, and heere biginnith the gospel of Joon. I. Jerom in his prologe on Joon seith al this; se now the book. K. Jerom in his prolog vpon this gospel seith this. N. Jerom in his prolog on Joon seith al this, and here bigynneth the gospel. Q. Heere eendith the prolog. R. This seith Jerom in his prologe on Joon. U. Jerom in his prolog on Jon seith al this, and here bigynneth the gospel of Jon. X. Here endith the prologe, and now bigynneth the gospel of Joon. f. This seith Jerom in his prolog on the gospel of Jon. hi. Jerom in his prolog on Joon seith thus. k. No final rubric in Te.. Here bigynneth the gospel of JoonFrom M. Here the firste gospel. U. Here bigynneth the firste co. of Joon. e. No initial rubric in ACEIKOPQRSXabcghi..CAP. I.

In the bigynnyng was the word, and the word was at God, and God was the word. This was in the bigynnyng at God. Alle thingis weren maad bi hym, and withouten hym was maad no thing, that thing that was maad. In hym was lijf, and the lijf was the liȝt of men; and theOm. A. liȝt schyneth in derknessis, and derknessis comprehendidencomprehenden CIS. tookin EPQα. not it. A man was sent fro God, to whom theOm. O. name was Joon. This man cam in to witnessyng, that he schulde bere witness|ing of theOm. ag. liȝt, that alle men schulden bileue bi hym. He was not thethat S. liȝt, but that he schulde bere witnessing of the liȝt. There was a very liȝt, which liȝtneth ech man that cometh in to this world. He was in the world, and the world was maad bi hym, and the world knew hym not. He cam in to his owne thingis, and hise resseyueden hym not. But hou many euer resseyueden hym, he ȝaf toOm. O. hem power to be maad the sones of God, to hem that bileuedenbileuen A sec. m. EPQshik sec. m. in his name; the whiche notis not A pr. m. of bloodis, nether of the wille of fleische, nether of the wille of man, but ben borun of God. And the word was maad man, and dwellyde among vs, and we han seyn the glorie of hym, as the glorie of theOm. g. `oon bigetunvnbigetin E. sone of the fadir, ful of grace and of treuthe. Joon berith witnessyng of hym, and crieth, and seith, This isit is I. is he of k., whom Y seide, He that schal come aftir me, is maad bifore me, for he was toforbifore IKeg. me; and of theOm. Q. plente of hym we alle han takun, and grace for grace. For the lawe was ȝouun bi Moises; but grace and treuthe `is maadOm. a. bi Jhesu Crist. No man sai euer God, noOm. IO. but the `oon bigetunvnbigetin E. sone, that is in the bosum of the fadir, he hath teld out. And this is the witnessyng of Joon, whanne Jewis senten fro Jerusalem prestis and dekenes to hym, that thei schulden axe hym, Who art thou? He knoulechideknoulechynge O., and denyede not, and he knoulechide, For Y am not Crist. And thei axidenaskiden R. hym, What thanne? Art thou Elie? And he seide, Y am not. Art thou a profete? And he answeride, Nay. Therfor thei seiden to hym, Who art thou? that we ȝyue an answere to these that senten vs. What seist thou of thi silf? He seide, Y am a vois of a crier in deseert, Dresse ȝe the weie of the Lord, as Ysaie, the prophete, seide. And thei that weren sent, weren of the Fari|seis. And thei axidenaskiden R. hym, and seiden to hym, What thanne baptisist thou, if thou art not Crist, nether Elie, nether a profete? Joon answeride to hem, and seide, Y baptise in watir, but in the myddil of ȝou hath stonde oon, that ȝe knowen not; he it is, that schal come aftir me, that was maad bifor me, of whom Y am not worthi to louse the thwongthong PE. thwongis S. of his schooshoon S pr. m. hikβ.. These thingis weren don in Bethanye biȝende Jordan, where Joon was baptisyng. Anothir day Joon say Jhesu comynge to hym, and he seide, Lo! the lomb of God; lo! he that doith awei the synnes of the world. This is he, that Y seide of, Aftir me is comunto come hk pr. m. a man, which was maad bifor me; for he was rather than Y. And Y knew hym not, but that he be schewid in Israel, therfor Y cam baptisynge in watir. And Joon bar witnessyng, and seide, ThatOm. S sec. m. And e. Y saiȝ thea b. spirit comynge doun as a culuer fro heuene, and dwellidedwellinge Igk. on hym. And Y knew hym not; but he that sente me to baptise in watir, seide to me, On whom thou seest the Spirit comynge doun, and dwellynge on hym, this is he, that bap|tisith in the Hooli Goost. And Y say, and bar witnessyng, that this is the sone of God. AnothirAnd another S. dai Joon stood, and tweynetwo Ihi. of hise disciplis; and he biheeld Jhesu walkinge, and seithseide S sup. ras., Lo! the lomb of God. And tweitwo Ihi. disciplis herden hym spekynge, and folewiden Jhesu. And Jhesu turnedeturnede aȝen S sup. ras., and say hem suynge hym, and seithseide S sup. ras. to hem, What seken ȝe? And thei seiden to hym, Rabi, that is to seie, Maistir, where dwellist thou? And he seithseide S sup. ras. to hem, Come ȝe, and se. And thei camen, and sayn where he dwellide; and dwelten with hym that dai. And it was as the tenthe our. And Andrewe, the brother of Symount Petir, was oonthe tone O. of the tweyne, that herden of Joon, and hadden sued hym. This foond first his brother SymountSymount Petir O., and he seide to him, We han foundun Messias, that is to seie, Crist; and he ledde him to Jhesu. And Jhesus bihelde hym, and seide, Thou art Symount, the sone of Johanna; thou schalt be clepid Cefas, that is to seie, Petre. And on the morewe he wolde go outOm. A. inOm. P pr. m. to Galilee, and he foond Filip; and he seith to hym, Sue thou me. Filip was of Bethsaida, the citee of Andrew and of Petre. Filip foond Nathanael, and seide to hym, We han foundun Jhesu, the sone of Joseph, of Nazareth, whom Moyses wroot in the lawe and profetisthe profetis CIKRS pr. m. Uabcghkβ. in the profetis O.. And Nathanael seide to hym, Of Nazareth may sum good thing be? Filip seide to hym, Come, and se. Jhesus siȝ Nathanael comynge to hym, and seide toof A sec. m. hym, Lo! verili a man of Israel, in whom is no gile. Nathanael seide to hym, WherofWherfore O. hast thou knowun me? Jhesus `answerde, andansweringe I. seide to hym, Bi|for that Filip clepide thee, whanne thou were vndur the fige tree, Y saiȝ thee. Na|thanaelj answerdesaid O. to hym, `and seideOm. O., Rabi, thou art the sone of God, thou art kyng of Israel. Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, For Y seide to thee, Y sawȝ thee vndur the fige tre, thou bileuest; thou schalt se more than these thingis. And he seide to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, ȝe schulen se heuene opened, and the aungels of God stiynge vp and comynge doun on mannys sone.

 CAP. II.

And the thridde dai weddyngis weren maad in the CaneCana hi. of Galilee; and the modir of Jhesu was there. And Jhesus was clepid, and hise disciplis, to the wed|dyngis. And whanne wijn failide, the modir of Jhesu seide to hym, Thei han not wijn. And Jhesus seith to hir, What to me and to thee, womman? myn our cam not ȝit. His modir seith to the mynystris, What euere thing he seieseith IOR. to ȝou, do ȝe. And there weren set `sixe stonun cannessixe stenes E., aftir the clensyng of theOm. K pr. m. b pr. m. Jewis, holdynge ech tweynetwo Ik. etheror E et P passim. thre metretisether mesuris K marg.. And Jhesus seith to hem, Fille ȝe the pottis with watir. And thei filliden hem, vp to the mouth. And Jhe|sus seide to hem, Drawe ȝe now, and bere ȝe to the architriclyn. And thei baren. And whanne the architriclyn hadde tastid the watir maad wiyn, and wiste not wherof it was, but the mynystris wisten that drowen the watir, the architriclyn clepith the spouse, and seith to hym, Ech man settith first good wiyn, and whanne menthai O. ben fulfillidfillid IKSaegα., thanne that thatat O. Om. S. isAnd Natanael k. worse; but thou hast kept theOm. CIKSgk. good wiyn `in tovnto Ca. this tyme. JhesusAnd Jhesus IKg. dide this the bigynnyng of signes in the CaneCana i. of Galilee, and schewide his glorie; and hise disciplis bileueden inin to CIKMRSXb sec. m. ghikβ. hym. Aftir these thingis he cam doun to Cafarnaum, and his modir, and hise britheren, and hise disciplis; and thei dwelliden `there notnot there EIPR pr. m. Sg. many daies. And the pask of Jewis was nyȝ, and Jhesus wente vpOm. k pr. m. toin to O. Jerusa|lem. And he foond in the temple men sillynge oxun, and scheep, and culueris, and chaungeris sittynge. And whanne he hadde maad as it were a scourge of smale cordis, he droof out alle of the temple, and oxun, and scheep; and he schedde the money of chaungeris, and turnedehe turned O. vpsedoun the boordis. And he seide to hem that selden culueris, Take awei fro hennus these thingis, and nyle ȝe make the hous of my fadir an hous of marchaundise. And hise disciplis hadden mynde, for it was writun, The feruent loue of thin hous hath etun me. Therfor the Jewis answeriden, and seiden to hym, What token schewist thou to vs, that thou doist these thingis? Jhesus an|swerde, and seide to hem, Vndo ȝe this temple, and in thre daies Y schal reise it. Therfor the Jewis seiden to hym, In fourti and sixe ȝeer this temple was bildid, and schalt thou in thre daies reise it? But he seide of the temple of his bodi. Therfor whanne he was risun fro deeth, hise disciplis hadden mynde, that he seide these thingis of his bodi; and thei bileueden to the scripture, and to the word that Jhesus seide. And whanne Jhesus was at Jerusalem inat c. pask, in the feeste dai, many bileueden in his name, seynge his signes that he dide. But Jhesus trowide not hym silf to hem, for he knewe alle men; and for it was not nede to hym, that ony man schulde bere witnessyngwitnessinge of man IC sec. m. g., for he wiste, what was in man.

 CAP. III.

And there was a man of the Farisees, Nychodeme bi name, a prince of theOm. CIKR pr. m. Sg. Jewis. And he cam to Jhesu bi niȝt, and seide to hym, Rabi, we witen, that thou art comun fro God maistera maistir S pr. m.; for no man may do these signesthingis k pr. m., that thou doist, but God be with hym. Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun aȝen, he may not se the kyngdom of God. Nychodeme seide to hym, Hou may a man be borun, whanne he is eeld? whetherwher X. he may entre aȝenOm. S sec. m. in to his modrismodir ERehi. wombe, and be borun aȝen? Jhesus answeride, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun aȝen of watir, and of the Hooli Goost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God. That thatThat at G. is borun of theOm. EIKb pr. m. β. fleisch, is fleisch; and `that thatthat at O. is borun of spiritthe spirit IQRbcegikαβ., is spirit. Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth ȝou to be borun aȝen. TheAnd the EPQXaek pr. m. α. spirit brethith where he wole, and thou herist his vois, but thou wost not, fro whennus hethat he O. cometh, ne whidir he goith; so is ech man that is borun of the spirit. Nychodeme answeride, and seide to hym, Hou moun these thingis be don? Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art a maister in Israel, and knowist not these thingis? Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, for we speken that that we witen, and we witnessen that thatOm. a. we han seyn, and ȝe taken not oure witnessyng. If Y haue seid to ȝou ertheli thingis, and ȝe bileuen not, hou if Y seie to ȝou heueneli thingis, schulen ȝe bileue? And no man stieth in to heuene, but he that cam doun fro heuene, mannys sone that is in heuene. And as Moises areridereride S sec. m. a ser|pent in desert, so it bihoueth mannys sone to be reisidareisid k., that ech man that bileueth in hym, perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf. For God louede so the world, that he ȝaf his `oon bigetunvnbigetin E. owne bigeten hi. sone, that ech man that bileueth in him perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf. For God sente not his sone in to thethis O. world, that he iuge the world, but that the world be saued bi him. He that bileueth inin to A pr. m. hym, is not demed; but he that bileu|eth not, is now demed, for he bileueth not in the name of the `oon bigetunvnbegetin E. sone of God. And this is the dom, for liȝt cam in to thethis O. world, and men loueden more derknessis than liȝt; for her werkes weren yuele. For ech man that doith yuele, hatith the liȝt; and he cometh not to the liȝt, that hise werkis be not repreued. But he that doith treuthe, cometh to the liȝt, that hise werkis be schewid, that thei ben don in God. Aftir these thingis Jhesus cam, and hise disciplis, in to the loond of Judee, and there he dwellide with hem, and baptiside. AndOm. a. Joon was baptisinge in Ennon, bisidis Salym, for many watris weren there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid. And Joon was not ȝit sent in to prisoun. Therfor a questioun was maad of Jonys disciplis with the Jewis, of the purificacioun. And thei camen to Joon, and seiden `to hymOm. O., Maister, he that was with thee biȝonde Jordan, to whom thou hast borun wit|nessyng, lo! he baptisith, and alle men comen to hym. Joon answerde, and seide, A man may not take ony thing, but it be ȝouun to hym fro heuene. Ȝe ȝouȝoure Ehi. silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym. He that hath a wijf, is the hose|bonde; but the freend of the spousehosebonde a. that stondith, and herith hym, ioieth with ioye, for the vois of the spouse. Therfor in this thing my ioye is fulfillid. It bi|houeth hym to wexe, but me to be maad lesse. He that cam from aboue, is aboue alle; he that is of the erthe, spekith of the erthe; he that cometh from heuene, is aboue alle. And he witnessith that thing that he hath seie, and herde, and no man takith his witnessing. But he that takith his witnessyng, hath confermyd that God is sothefast. But he whom God hath sent, spekith the wordis of God; for not to mesure God ȝyueth theOm. Ig. spirit. The fadir loueth the sone, and he hath ȝouun alle thingis inin to k. his hoond. He that bi|leueth inin to A pr. m. the sone, hath euerlastynge lijf; but he that is vnbileueful to the sone, schal not se euerlastynge lijf, but the wraththe of God dwellith onin Ebeα. hym.

 CAP. IV.

Therfor as Jhesu knew, that the Fa|risees herden, that Jhesu makith and baptisith mo disciplis than Joon, thouȝ Jhesus baptiside not, but hise disciplis, he lefte Judee, and wente aȝen in to Galilee. And it bihofte hym to passe bi Samarie. Therfor Jhesus cam in to a citee of Samarie, that is seidclepid IKSgβ. Sicar, bi|sidis the place, that Jacob ȝaf to Joseph, his sone. And the welle of Jacob was there; and Jhesus was weri of the iourney, and sat thusOm. EPQS sec. m. α. vponOm. β. the welle. And the our was, as it were the sixte. And a womman cam fro Samarie, to drawe watir. And Jhesus seith to hir, Ȝyue me drynk. And hise disciplis weren gon in to the citee, to bie mete. Therfor thilke womman of Samarie seith to him, Hou thouthan S sec. m., whanne thousith thou IKSg. that O. art a Jewe, axist of me drynka drynk O., that am a womman of Samarie? for Jewisthe Jewis I. vsidenvsen K text Rbghiβ. ether medlen K marg. not to dele with Samaritans. Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, If thou wistist the ȝifte of God, and who `he isit is EPQS sec. m. ekα. is C., that seith to thee, Ȝyue me drynk, thou perauenture woldist haue axidaskid R. of hym, and he schulde haue ȝouun to thee quyk watir. The womman seith to him, Sire, thou hast not where ynne to drawe, and the pit is deep; wherof thanne hast thou quik watir? WhethirWher EPS. thou art grettere thanthat Aa. oure fadir Jacob, that ȝaf to vs the pit? and he drank therof, and hise sones, and hiseOm. b. beestis. Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, Eche man that drynkithschal drinke O. of this watir, schal thirste efte soone; but he that drynkith of the watir that Y schal ȝyue hym, schal not thirste with outen ende; but the watir that Y schal ȝyue hym, schal be maad in hym a welle `of watirOm. I., spryngynge vp in to euerlastynge lijf. The womman seith to hym, Sire, ȝyue me this watir, that Y thirste not, nether come hidur to drawe. Jhesus seith to hir, Go, clepe thin hosebonde, and come hidir. The womman answerde, and seide, Y haue noon hosebonde. Jhesus seith to hir, Thou seidist wel, That Y haue noon hosebonde; for thou hast hadde fyue hosebondis, and he that thou hast, is not thin hosebonde. This thing thou seidist sotheli. The womman seith to hym, Lord, Y se, that thou art a prophete. Oure fadris worschipidenworschipiden God k. in this hil, and ȝe seien, that at Jerusalem is a place, where it bihoueth to worschipe. Jhesus seith to hir, Womman, bileue thou to me, for the our schal come, whanne nether in this hil, nethir in Jerusalem, ȝe schulen worschipe the fadir. Ȝe wor|schipen thatthat that R. ȝe knowen not; we wor|schipen that thatOm. A. at O. we knowen; for helthe is of the Jewis. But the tyme is comun, and now it is, whanne trewe worschiperis schulen worschipe the fadir in spirit and treuthe; for also the fadir sekith suche, that worschipen hym. God is a spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen hym, to worschipe in spirit and treuthe. The womman seith to hym, Y woot that Messias is comun, that is seid Crist; therfor whanne he cometh, he schal telle vsto vs AK sec. m. alle thingis. Jhesus seith to hir, Y am he, that spekith with thee. And anoon hise disciplis camen, and wondriden, that he spak with the womman; netheles no man seide to hym, What sekist thou, or, What spekist thou with hir? Therfor the womman lefte hir watir pot, and wente in to the citee, and seide to thothe chi. men, Come ȝe, and se ȝeOm. C. a man, that seidehath seid IC. to me alle thingis that Y haue don; whetherwher C. he be Crist? And thei wenten out of the citee, and camen to hym. In the mene while hise disciplis preieden hym, and seiden, Maistir, ete. But he seide to hem, Y haue mete to ete, that ȝe knowen not. Therfor disciplisthe disciplis CKUX sec. m. aikα. his disciplis O. seiden togidir, WhetherWher CPQSX. ony man hath brouȝt him mete to ete? Jhesus seithseid S sec. m. to hem, My mete is, that Y do the wille of hym that sente me, that Y perfourme the werk of hym. Whether ȝe seien not, that ȝit foure monethis ben, and rype corn cometh? Lo! Y seie to ȝou, lifte vp ȝoure iȝen, and se ȝe the feeldis, for now thei ben white to repe. And he that repith takith hire, and gaderith fruyt in to euerlastynge lijf; that bothe he that sowith, and he that repith, haue ioye to|gidere. In this thing is the word trewe, for anothiroon c. is that sowith, andOm. E. anothiranother is E. that repith. Y sente ȝou to repe, that thatat O. ȝe `haue not trauelidtraueliden not c.; `othere men han trauelidOm. A pr. m. EObceghik., and ȝe han entrid `in toin i. her trauels. And of that citee many Samaritans bileueden in hym, for the word of the womman, that bare witness|yng, That he seide to me alle thingis that Y haue don. Therfor whanne Samari|tans camen to hym, thei preieden hym to dwelle there; and he dwelte there tweytwo CI et alii. daies. And many mo bileueden for his word, and seiden to the womman, That now not for thi speche we bileuen; for we han herd, and we witen, that this is verili the sauyour of the world. And aftir tweitwo CI et alii. daies he wente out fro thennus, and wente in to Galilee. And he bar wit|nessyng, that a profete in his owne cuntre hath noon onour. Therfor whanne he cam in to Galilee, men of Galilee ressey|ueden hym, whanne thei hadden seyn alle thingis that he hadde don in Jeru|salem in the feeste dai; for also thei hadden comun to the feeste dai. Therfor he cam eftsoone in to the Cane of Galile, where he made the watir wiyn. And `a litil kyng wasther was a lit. kyng I., whos sone was sijk at Cafarnaum. Whanne this hadde herd, that Jhesu schulde come fro Judee in to Galilee, he wente to hym, and preiede hym, that he schulde come doun, and heele his sone; for he bigan to die. Therfor Jhesus seide to him, ButBut if k. ȝe se tokenes and grete wondris, ȝe bileuen not. The litil kyng seith to hym, Lord, come doun, bifor that my sone die. Jhe|sus seith to hym, Go, thi sone lyueth. The man bileuede to the word, that Jhe|sus seide to hym, and he wente. And now whanne he cam doun, the seruauntis camen aȝensaȝen to a. hym, and telden to hym, and seiden, That his sone lyuede. And he axideaskide R. of hem the our, in which he was amendid. And thei seiden to hym, ForFro gαβ. ȝistirdai in the seuenthe our the feuer lefte him. Therfor the fadir knewe, that thilke our it was, in which Jhesus seide to hym, Thi sone lyueth; and he bileuede, and al his hous. Jhesus dide eft this secounde tokene, whanne he cam fro Judee in to Galilee.

 CAP. V.

Aftir these thingis ther was a feeste dai of Jewisthe Jewis OR sec. m. bhikβ., and Jhesus wente vp toin to O. Jerusalem. And in Jerusalem iswas k. a waissynge place, that in Ebrew is nam|edclepid k. Bethsaida, and hath fyue porchis. In these lay a greet multitude of sike men, blynde, crokid, and drie, abidynge the mouyng of the watir. For the aun|gel `of the LordOm. k pr. m. cam doun certeyne tymes in to the watir, and the watir was moued; and he that first cam doun in to the sisternethat is, a watir gederid togidere, hau|inge no fiȝss. K., aftir the mouynge of the watir, was maadOm. k pr. m. hool of what euer sijknesse he was holdun. And a man was there, hauynge eiȝte and thritti ȝeer in his sikenesse. And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn hym liggynge, and hadde knowun, that he hadde myche tyme, he seith to hym, Wolt thou be maad hool? The sijk man answerde to hym, Lord, Y haue no man, that whanne the watir is moued, to putte me `in toin k pr. m. theOm. k pr. m. cis|terne; for theOm. i. while Y come, anothir goith doun bifor me. Jhesus seith to hym, Rise vp, take thi bed, and go. And anoon the man was maad hool, and took vpOm. b pr. m. his bed, and wente forth. And it was sabat in that dai. Therfor the Jewis seiden to him that was maad hool, It is sabat, itand it O. is not leueful to thee, to take awei thi bed. He answeride to hem, He that made me hool, seide to me, Take thi bed, and go. TherforAnd therfore S sec. m. thei axiden him, What man `is thatit is A., that seide to thee, Take vpOm. IKb. thi bed, and go? But he that was maadOm. I. hool, wiste not who it was. And Jhesus bowide awei fro the puple, that was set in the place. Aftirward Jhesus foond hym in the tem|ple, and seide to hym, Lo! thou art maad hool; now nyle thou do synne, lest any worse thing bifalle to thee. Thilke man wente, and telde to the Jewis, that it was Jhesu that made hym hool. Therfor the Jewis pursueden Jhesu, for he dide this thing in the sabat. And Jhesus answeride to hem, My fadir worchith tilto O. now, and Y worche. Ther|for the Jewis souȝten more to sle hym, for not oneli he brak the sabat, butbut for k pr. m. he seide that God was his fadir, and made hym euene to God. Therfor Jhesus an|swerde, and seide to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seye to ȝou, the sone may not of hym silf do ony thing, but that thing that he seeth the fadir doynge; for what euere thingis he doith, the sone doith in lijk maner tho thingis. For the fadir loueth the sone, and schewith toOm. I sec. m. S pr. m. g. hym alle thingis that he doith; and he schal schewe to hym grettere werkis than these, that ȝe wondren. For as the fadir reisith deed men, and quykeneth, so the sone quykeneth whom he wole. For ne|thir the fadir iugith ony man, but hath ȝouun echeuery O. doom to the sone, that alle men onoure the sone, as thei onouren the fadir. He that onourith not the sone, onourith not the fadir that sente hym. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, that he that herith my word, and bileueth toin k. in to α. hym that sente me, hath euerlastynge lijf, and he cometh not in to doom, but passith fro deethdeed I. inOm. O. to lijf. Treuli, treuli Y seie to ȝou, for the our cometh, and now it is, whanne deed men schulen here the vois of `Goddis sonethe sone of God O., and thei that heren, schulen lyue. For as the fadir hath lijf in hym silf, so he ȝaf to the sone, to haue lijf in him silf; and he ȝaf to hym power to make doom, for he is mannys sone. Nyle ȝeOm. a. wondre thisin this k pr. m., for the our com|eth, in which alle men that ben in birielis, schulen here the voice of Goddis sone. And thei that han do goode thingis, schulen go in to aȝenrisyng of lijf; but thei that han done yuele thingis, in to aȝenrisyng ofto C. doom. Y may no thing do of my silf, but as Y here, Y deme, and my doom is iust, for Y seke not my wille, but the wille of themy C. fadir that sente me. If Y bere witnessing of my silf, my witnessyng is not trewe; another is that berith witnessyng of me, and Y woot that his witnessyng is trewe, that he berith of me. Ȝe senten to Joon, and he bar witnessyng to treuthe. But Y take not witnessyng of man; but Y seie these thingis, that ȝe be saaf. He was a lanterne brennynge and schynynge; but ȝe wolden gladenot glade A pr. m. glade, or ioye K. at an our in his liȝt. But Y haue more witnessyng than Joon, for the werkis that my fadir ȝaf to me to perfourme hem, thilke werkis that Y do beren witnessyng of me, that the fadir sente me. And the fadir that sente me, he bar witnessyng of me. Ne|ther ȝe herden euere his vois, nether ȝe seien his licnesse. And ȝe han not his word dwellynge in ȝou; for ȝe byleuen not to hym, whom he sente. Seke ȝe scripturisthe scripturis C., in which ȝe gessen to haue euerlastynge lijf; and tho it ben, that beren witnessyng of me. And ȝe wolen not come to me, that ȝe haue lijf. Y take not clerenessethe clernesse k. of men; but Y haue knowun ȝou, that ȝe han not the loue of God in ȝou. Y cam in the name of my fadir, and ȝe token not me. If an|other come in his owne name, ȝe schulen resseyue hym. Hou moun ȝe bileue, that resseyuen glorie ech of othere, and ȝe seken not thethat O. glorie `that is of Godof God that is EP. alooneaboue AEPeα.? Nyle ȝe gesse, that Y amcame R. to accuse ȝou anentisaȝens C. the fadir; it is Moi|ses that accusith ȝou, in whom ȝe hopen. For if ȝe bileueden to Moises, perauen|ture ȝe schulden bileue also toOm. b pr. m. ek sec. m. me; for he wroot of me. But if ȝe bileuen not to hise lettris, hou schulen ȝe bileue to myhis O. wordis?

 CAP. VI.

Aftir these thingis Jhesus wente ouere the see of Galilee, that is Tiberias. And a greet multitudemultitude of pepil O. suede hym; for thei sayn the tokenes, that he dide on hem that weren sijke. Therfor Jhesus wente in to an hil, and sat there with hise dis|ciplis. And the paske was ful niȝ, a feeste dai of the Jewis. Therfor whanne Jhesus hadde lift vp hise iȝen, and hadde seyn, that a greet multitude cam to hym, he seith to Filip, Wherof schu|len we bie looues, that these men ete? But he seide this thing, temptynge hym; for he wiste what he was to do. Filip answerde to hym, The looues of tweyntwo CEIPQacg. hundrid panspens EPsbcghiαβ. sufficen not to hem, that ech man take a litil what. Oon of hise disciplis, Andrew, the brothir of Sy|mount Petre, seith to him, A child is here, that hath fyue barli looues and tweitwo IRghi. fischis; but what ben these among so manye? Therfor Jhesus seith, Make ȝeOm. ER pr. m. hem sitte to theOm. ei. mete. And there was myche hey in the place. And so men saten to the mete, as `fyue thou|synde in noumbrein noumbre fyue thousynde A.. And Jhesus took fyue looues, and whanne he hadde do thankyngis, he departide to menthe men IKQg. hem hi. that saten toat β. theOm. k. mete, and also of the fischis, as myche as thei wolden. And whanne thei weren fillidfulfillid E., he seide to hise disciplis, Gadir ȝe the relifs that ben left, that thei perischen not. And so thei gadriden, and filliden twelue cofyns of relifthe relif O. of the fyue barli looues and tweitwo I. fischis, that lefte to hem that had|den etun. Therfor tho men, whanne thei hadden seyn the signe that he hadde don, seiden, For this is verili the profete, that is to come in to the world. And whanne Jhesus hadde knowun, that thei weren toOm. Q pr. m. comecomynge a. to takeOm. I pr. m. g. hym, and make hym kyng, he fleiȝ `aloone efteftsoone k pr. m. in to an hille. And whanne euentid was comun, his disciplis wenten doun tointo O. the see. And thei wenten vp in to a boot, and thei camen ouer the see in to Cafarnaum. And derknessis weren maad thanne, and Jhesus was not come to hem. And for a greet wynde blew, the see roos vp. Ther|for whanne thei hadden rowid as fyue and twenti furlongis or thretti, thei seensauȝen I. sawen K. saien R. sayen e. siȝen k. seien i. Jhesus walkynge on the see, and to be neiȝ the boot; and thei dredden. And he seide to hem, Y am; nyle ȝe drede. Therfor thei wolden takehaue O. hym in to the boot, and anoon the boot was at the loond, toin to k. which thei wenten. On `the totherthat other Iae. dai the puple, that stood ouer the see, say, that ther was noon other boot there but oonthat oon O., and thatOm. k. Jhesu entride not with hise disciplis in to the boot, but hise disciplis aloone wenten. But othere bootis camen fro Tiberias bisidis the place, where thei hadden eetun breed, and didenthei diden a pr. m. thankyngis to God. Therfor whanne the puple hadde seyn, that Jhesu was not there, nether hise disciplis, thei wenten vp in to bootis, and camen toin to k. Cafarnaum, sekynge Jhe|su. And whanne thei hadden foundun hym ouer the see, thei seiden to hym, Rabi, hou comecamest IKa. cam plures. thou hidur? Jhesus answerde to hem, and seide, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, ȝe seken me, not for ȝe saynseen gk. the myraclis, but for ȝe eten of loouesthe looues IKhi., and weren fillid. Worche ȝe not mete that perischith, but thatthat that k. dwell|ithlastith i pr. m. in to euerlastynge lijf, whichthe whiche I. mete mannys sone schal ȝyue to ȝou; for God the fadir hath markid hym. Therfor thei seiden to hym, What schulen we do, that we worche the werkiswerk Eekα. of God? Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, This is the werk of God, that ȝe bileue to hym, whom he sente. Therfor thei seiden to hym, What tokene thanne do|ist thou, that we seen, and bileue to thee? what worchist thou? Oure fa|dris eeten manna in desert, as it is writun, He ȝaf to hem breed fro heuene to ete. Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, Treuli, treuliOm. O., Y seie to ȝou, Moyses ȝaf ȝou not breed fro heuene, but my fadir ȝyueth ȝou veri breed fro heuene; for it is very breed that cometh doun fro he|uene, and ȝyueth lijf to the world. Ther|for thei seiden to hym, Lord, euere ȝyue vs this breed. And Jhesus seideseith a. to hem, Y am breed of lijf; he that cometh to me, schal not hungur; heand he ok. that bileu|eth in me, schal neuere thirste. But Y seidhaue seid A pr. m. to ȝou, that ȝe han seyn me, and ȝe bileuedenbileeuen agik. not. Al thing, that the fadir ȝyueth to me, schal come to me; and Y schal not caste hym out, that cometh to me. For Y cam doun fro heuene, not that Y do my wille, but the wille of hym that sente me. And this is the wille of the fadir that sente me, that al thing that the fadir ȝaf meOm. R pr. m. to me k., Y leese not of it, but aȝen reise it in the laste dai. And this isOm. k pr. m. the wille of my fadir that sente me, that ech man that seeth the sone, and bileueth in hym, haue euerlastynge lijf; and Y schal aȝen reyse hym in the laste dai. Therfor Jewisthe Jewis hik. grutchiden of hym, for he hadde seid, Y am breed that cam doun fro heuene. And thei seiden, Whether this is not Jhesus, the sone of Joseph, whos fadir and modir we han knowun. Hou thanne seith thishe this Ia sec. m., That Y cam doun fro heuene? Therfor Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, Nyle ȝeOm. R pr. m. grutche togidere. No man may come to me, but if the fadir that sente me, drawe hym; and Y schal aȝen reise hym in the laste dai. It is writun in prophetisthe prophetis O., And alle menmen of God I. schulen be able forOm. Ebk pr. m. to be tauȝt `of GodOm. I.. Ech man that herdehath herd k sec. m. ofOm. k pr. m. the fadir, and hath lerned, cometh to me. Not for ony man hath sey the fadir, but thishe this Ia sec. m. that is of God, hath sey the fadir. Sotheli, so|theli, Y seie to ȝou, he that bileueth in me, hath euerlastynge lijf. Y am breed of lijf. Ȝoure fadris eeten manna in de|sert, and benthei ben Ig. deed. This is breed com|ynge doun fro heuene, that if ony man ete therof, he die not. Y am lyuynge breed, that cam doun fro heuene. If ony man ete of this breed, he schal lyue withouten ende. And the breed that Y schal ȝyue, is my fleisch for the lijf of the world. Therfor the Jewis chidden togi|dere, and seiden, Hou may thishe this I. ȝyue to vs his fleisch to ete? Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, but ȝe eten the fleisch of mannus sone, and drenken his blood, ȝe schulen not haue lijf in ȝou. He that etith my fleisch, and drynkith my blood, hath euerlastynge lijf, and Y schal aȝen reise hym in the laste dai. For my fleisch is veri mete, and my blood is very drynk. He that etith my fleisch, and drynkith my blood, dwellith in me, and Y in hym. AsAnd as O. my fadir lyuynge sente me, and Y lyue for themy O. fadir, and he that etith me, heand he ok sec. m. schal lyue for me. This is breed, that cam doun fro heuene. Not as ȝoure fadris eten mannamanna in desert k., and ben deed; he that etith this breed, schal lyue with|outen ende. He seide these thingis in the synagoge, techynge in Cafarnaum. Therfor many of hise disciplis herynge, seiden, This word is hard, who may here ithim k pr. m.? But Jhesus witynge at hym silf, that hise disciplis grutchiden of this thing, seide to hem, This thing sclaun|drith ȝou? Therfor if ȝe seen mannus sone stiynge, wherethere O. he was bifor? It is the spirit that quykeneth, the fleisch profitith no thing; the wordis that Y haue spokun to ȝou, ben spirit and lijf. But ther ben summe of ȝou that bileuen not. For Jhesus wiste fro the bigyn|nynge, which weren bileuynge, and who was to bitraye hym. And he seide, Therfor Y seide to ȝou, that no man may come to me, but it were ȝouun to hym of my fadir. Fro this tyme many of hise disciplis wenten abak, and wenten not now with hym. Therfor Jhesus seide to the twelue, Whether ȝe wolen also go awei? AndOm. k. Symount Petre an|sweride to hym, Lord, to whom schulen we gon? Thou hast wordis of euerlast|ynge lijf; and we bileuen, and hanOm. k pr. m. knowun, that thou art Crist, the sone of God. Therfor Jhesus answerde to hem, Whether Y chees not ȝou twelue, and oon of ȝou is a feend? And he seide this of Judas of Symount Scarioth, for thishe this Ia sec. m. was to bitraye hym, whanne he was oon of the twelue.

 CAP. VII.

AftirAnd aftir A. these thingis Jhesus walkide in to Galilee, for he wolde not walke in to Judee, for the Jewis souȝten tofor to hi. sle hym. And ther was neiȝ a feeste dai of the Jewis, Senofegia. And hise britheren seiden to hym, Passe fro hennus, and gogo we EISa sec. m. b sec. m. in to Judee, that also thi disciplis seen thi werkis that thou doist; for no man doith ony thing in hiddlis, and hym silf sekith to be opyn. If thou doist these thingis, schewe thi silf to the world. For nether hise britheren bi|leueden in hym. Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, My tyme camis R. not ȝit, but ȝoure tymehour k. is euermore redi. The world may not hate ȝou, sothely it hat|ith me; for Y bere witnessyng therof, that the werkis of it ben yuele. Go ȝe vp to thisthe k pr. m. feeste dai, but Y schal not go vp to this feeste daiOm. S pr. m. fest day don S sec. m., for my tyme is not ȝit fulfillid. Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he dwelte in Galilee. And aftir thatOm. R pr. m. hise britheren weren gon vp, thanne he ȝedewente k. vp to the feeste dai, not opynli, but as in priuyte. Therfor the Jewis souȝten hym in the feeste dai, and seiden, Where is he? And myche grutchyng was of hym among the puple. For summe seiden, That he is good; and othere seiden, Nai, but he disceyueth the puple; netheles no man spak opynli of hym, for dredethe drede S sec. m. of the JewisJudeis a.. But whanne the myddil feeste dai cam, Jhe|sus wente vp in to the temple, and tauȝte. And the Jewis wondriden, and seiden, Hou can this man lettris, sithen he hath not lernedleride a.? Jhesus answerde to hem, and seide, My doctryne is not myn, but his that sente me. If ony man wole do his wille, he schal knowe of the techyng, whethir it be of God, or Y speke of my silf. He that spekith of hym silf, sekith his owne glorie; but he that sekith the glorie of hym that sente hym, is sothefast, and vnriȝtwisnessevnriȝtfulnesse IK sup. ras. g. is not in hym. Whether Moises ȝaf not to ȝou a lawe, and noon of ȝou doith the lawe? What seken ȝe to sle me? And the puple answerde, and seide, Thou hast a deuel; who sekith to sle thee? Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, Y haue don oa IO. werk, and alle ȝe wondren. Therfor Moises ȝaf to ȝou circumcisioun; not for it is of Moyses, but of the fadris; and in the sabat ȝe circumcidencircumcideden AKgkβ. circumcisiden ahi. a man. If aeny g. man take circumcicioun in the sabat, that the lawe of Moises be not brokun, han ȝe indignacioun toof O. me, for Y mademake O. alOm I pr. m. gk pr. m. a man hool in the sabat? Nile ȝe deme aftir the face, but deme ȝe a riȝtfulriȝtwise R. doom. Therfor summe of Je|rusalem seiden, Whethir this is not he, whom the Jewis seken to sle? and lo! he spekith opynli, and thei seien no thing to hym. Whether the princes knewenknowen k. verili, that this is Crist? But we knowun this man, of whennus he is; but whanne Crist schal come, no man woot of whennus he isOm. O.. Therfor Jhesus criede in the temple `techynge, and seideand said techinge O., Ȝe knowen me, and `ȝe knowen of whennus Y amwhennis I am ȝe knowen O.; and Y cam not of my silf, but he is trewe that sente me, whom ȝe knowen not. Y knowe hym, and if Y seie thatOm. b pr. m. e pr. m. hi. Y knowe hym not, Y schal be lijk to ȝou, a liere; butbut and A sec. m. PQaceα. Y knowe hym, for of hym Y am, and he sente me. Therfor thei souȝten tofor to IKg. take hym, and no man sette on hym hoondis, for his our cam not ȝit. And many of the puple bileueden in hym, and seiden, Whanne Crist schal come, whether he schal do mo tokenes, than tho that this doith? FariseesThe Farisees k. herden the puple musinge of hym these thingis; and the princis andof a pr. m. k pr. m. and the a sec. m. hi. Farisees senten mynystris, to take hym. Therfor Jhesus seide to hem, Ȝit a litil tyme Y am with ȝou, and Y go to the fadir, that sente me. Ȝe schulen seke me, and ȝe schulen not fyndefinde me KOS pr. m.; and where Y am, ȝe maymoun plures. not come. Therfor the Jewis seiden to hem silf, Whidur schal this gon, for we schu|len not fynde hym? whether he wole go in to theOm. Eegkα. scateryng of hethenethe hethen O. men, and wole teche the hethenehethen men CEKPQehikαβ.? What is this word, which he seide, Ȝe schulen seke me, and ȝeOm. aα. schulen not fyndefinde me K.; and where Y am, ȝe moun not come? But in the laste dai of the greet feeste, Jhesus stood, and criede, and seide, If ony man thirstith, come he to me, and drynke. He that bileueth into O. me, as the scripture seith, Floodis of quyk watir schulen flowe froout of O. his wombe. But he seide this thing of the Spirit, whomwhiche k pr. m. the whiche k sec. m. men that bileueden in hym schulden take; for the Spirit was not ȝit ȝouun, for Jhesus was not ȝit glorified. Therfor of that cum|panye, whanne thei hadden herd these wordis of hym, theiOm. k. seiden, ThisThat this k. is verili a prophete. Othere seiden, This is Crist. `But summeAnd othere k. seiden, Whether Crist cometh fro Galilee? Whether the scripture seith not, that of the seed of Dauid, and of the castel of Bethleem, where Dauid was, Crist cometh? Ther|for discencioun was maad among the puple for hym. ForBut Ig. And k. summe of hem wolden haue take hym, but no man sette hondis on hym. Therfor the mynystris camen to bischopisthe bishopis IKRsgk. and Farisees, and thei seiden to hem, Whi brouȝten ȝe not hym? The mynystris answeriden, Ne|uere man spak so, as this man spekith. Therfor the Farisees answeriden to hem, Whether ȝe ben disseyued also? whether ony of the pryncis or of the Farisees bileueden in hym? But this puple, that knowith not the lawe, ben cursid. Ny|chodeme seith to hem, he that cam to hym bi nyȝt, that was oon of hem, Whethir oure lawe demith a man, butbut if Eeh. it haue first herde of hym, and knowe what he doith? Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, Whether thou art a man of Galilee also? Seke thou scripturis, and se thou, that a prophete risith not of Galilee. And thei turneden aȝen, ech in to his hous.

 CAP. VIII.

ButAnd k. Jhesus wente in to the mount of Olyuete. AndOm. R sec. m. eerli eftOm. k pr. m. he cam in to the temple; and al the puple cam to hym; and he sat, and tauȝte hem. And scribis and Fariseis bryngenbryngynge hiβ. brouȝten k pr. m. a womman takun in auoutrye, and thei settiden hir in the myddil, and seiden to hym, Maystir, this womman is now takun in auoutrie. And in the lawe Moises comaundide vsto vs gk. tofor to IKghi. stoone suche; therfor what seist thou? And thei seiden this thing temptynge hym, that thei myȝten accuse hym. And Jhesus bowide hym silf doun, and wroot with his fyngur in the erthe. And whanne thei abidenabideden C. abedin EP. axyngeaskynge R. hym, he reiside hym silf, and seide to hem, He of ȝou that is without synne, first caste a stoon in to hir. And eft he bowide hym silf, and wroot in the erthe. And thei herynge these thingis, wenten awei oon aftir anothir, and thei bigunnen fro theOm. b. eldre men; and Jhesus dwelte aloone, and the womman stondynge in the myd|dil. And Jhesus reiside hym silf, and seide to hir, Womman, where ben thei that accusiden thee? no man hath dampneddemyde a pr. m. thee. Sche seide, No man, Lord. Jhesus seide `to hirOm. I., Nethir Y schal dampne thee; go thou, and now aftir|wardaftir g. nyle thou synne moreno more A pr. m. sa pr. m. bgk pr. m.. Therfor eft Jhesus spak to hem, and seide, Y am theOm. S sec. m. liȝt of the world; he that sueth me, walkith not in derknessis, but schal haue theOm. O. liȝt of lijf. Therfor the Fariseis seiden, Thou berist witnessyngwittenesse O. of thi silf; thi witnessyng is not trewe. Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, And if Y bere witnessyng of my silf, my witness|yng is trewe; for Y woot fro whennus Y cam, and whidur Y go. But ȝe witen not fro whennus Y cam, ne whidur Y go. ForBut for O. ȝe demen aftir the fleisch, but Y deme no man; and if Y deme, my doom is trewe, for Y am not aloone, but Y and the fadir that sente me. And in ȝoure lawe it is writun, that the witnessyng of tweitwo I. men is trewe. Y am, that bere witness|yng of my silf, and the fadir that sente me, berith witnessyng of me. Therfor thei seiden to hym, Where is thi fadir?. Jhesus answeride, Nether ȝe knowen me, nethirne Ebc. ȝe knowen my fadir; if ȝe knewen me, perauenture ȝe schulden knowe also my fadir. Jhesus spak these wordis in the tresorie, techynge in the temple; and no man took hym, for his our cam not ȝit. Therfor eft Jhesus seide to hem, Lo! Y go, and ȝe schulen seke me, and ȝe schulen die in ȝoure synne; whidur Y go, ȝe moun not come. Therfor the Jewis seiden, Whe|ther he schal sle hym silf, for he seith, Whidur Y go, ȝe moun not come? And he seide to hem, Ȝe ben of bynethe, Y am of aboue; ȝe ben of thisthe IKb pr. m. g. world, Y am not of this world. Therfor Y seide to ȝou, that ȝe schulen die in ȝoure synnessynne b pr. m.; for if ȝe bileuen not that Y am, ȝe schu|len die in ȝoure synnesynnes EOhiαβ.. Therfor thei seiden to hym, Who art thou? Jhesus seide to hem, The bigynnyng, which also speke to ȝou. Y haue many thingis to speke, and demeto deme CEIKMOPQRSUXab sec. m. ceghikαβ. of ȝou, but he that sente me is sothefast; and Y speke in the world these thingis, that Y herde of hym. And thei knewen not, that he clepide his fadir God. Therfor Jhesus seithseide b. to hem, Whanne ȝe han areisid mannus sone, thanne ȝe schulen knowe, that Y am, and of my silf Y do no thing; but as my fadir tauȝte me, Y speke these thingis. And he that sente me is with me, and lefte me not aloone; for Y do euermore tho thingis, that ben plesyngeplesaunt IKSabg. to hym. Whanne he spak these thingis, manye bileueden in hym. Therfor Jhe|sus seide to the Jewis, that bileueden in hym, If ȝe dwellendwelten k. in my word, verili ȝe schulen be my disciplis; and ȝe schu|len knowe the treuthe, and theOm. I. treuthe schal make ȝou fre. Therfor the Jewis answeridensayden O. to hym, We ben the seed of Abraham, and we serueden neuere to man; hou seist thou, That ȝe schulen be fre? Jhesus answeride to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, ech man that doith synne, is seruaunt ofto I. synne. And the seruaunt dwellith not in the hows with outen ende, but the sone dwellith with outen ende. Therfor if the sone make ȝou fre, verili ȝe schulen be fre. Y woot that ȝe ben Abrahams sones, but ȝe seken to sle me, for my word takith not in ȝou. Y speke tho thingis, that Y say at my fadir; and ȝe doen tho thingis, that ȝe sayn at ȝoure fadir. Thei answerden, and seiden to hym, Abraham is oure fadir. Jhesus seith to hem, If ȝe ben the sones of Abraham, do ȝe theOm. A. werkis of Abraham. But now ȝe seken to sle `me, a manmen i. that haue spoken to ȝou treuthe, that Y herde of God; Abraham dide not this thing. Ȝe doen the werkis of ȝoure fadir. Therfor thei seiden to hym, We ben not borun of fornycacioun; we han o fadir, God. But Jhesus seith to hem, If God were ȝoure fadir, sotheli ȝe schulden loue me; for Y passide forth of God, and cam; for nether Y cam of my silf, but he sente me. Whi knowen ȝe not my speche? for ȝe moun not here my word. Ȝe ben of the fadir, the deuel, and ȝe wolen do the desyris of ȝoure fadir. He was a mansleere fro the bi|gynnyng, and he stood not in treuthe; for treuthe is not in hym. Whanne he spekith lesyng, he spekith of his owne; for he is a liere, and fadirstode fadir β. of it. But for Y seie treuthe, ȝe bileuen not to me. Who of ȝou schal repreue me of synne? if Y sey treuthe, whi bileuen ȝe not to me? He that is of God, herith the wordis of God; therfor ȝe heren not, for ȝe ben not of God. Therfor the Jewis answeriden, and seiden, Whether we seien not wel, that thou art a Sama|ritan, and hast a deuel? Jhesus an|swerde, and seide, Y haue not a deuel, but Y onoure my fadir, and ȝe han vn|honourid me. ForOm. O. Y seke not my glorye; there is he, that sekith, and demeth. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, if ony man kepe my word, he schal not taste deth with outen ende. Therfor the Jewis seiden, Now we han knowun, that thou hast a deuel. Abraham is deed, and the prophetis, and thou seist, If ony man kepe my word, he schal not taste deth withouten ende. Whether thou art gret|tere than oure fader Abraham, that is deed, and the prophetis ben deed; whom makist thou thi silf? Jhesus answeride, If Y glorifie my silf, my glorie is nouȝt; my fadir, is that glorifieth me, whom ȝe seien, thatOm. g. he is ȝoure God. And ȝe han not knowun hym, but Y haue knowun hym; and if Y seie that Y knowe hym not, Y schal be a liere lichlichi A pr. m. bce. to ȝou; but Y knowe hym, and Y kepe his word. Abraham, ȝoure fadir, gladidegloried O. to se my dai; and he saiȝ, and ioyede. Thanne the Jewis seiden to hym, Thou hast not ȝit fifti ȝeer, and hast thou seien Abraham? Therfor Jhesus seide to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, bifor that Abraham schulde be, Y am. Therfor thei token stonys, to caste to hym; but Jhesus hidde hym, and wente out of the temple.

 CAP. IX.

And Jhesus passynge, seiȝ a man blynd fro the birthe. And hise disciplis axiden hym, Maistir, whatin wiche K sup. ras. who I. synnede this man, or hise eldris, that he schulde be borun blynd? Jhesus answeride, Nether this man synnede, nether hise eldris; but thatat O. the werkis of God be schewid in hym. It bihoueth me tofor to IK sec. m. worche the werkis of hym that sente me, as longe as the dai is; theOm. O. nyȝt schal come, whanne no man may worche. As longe as Y am in the world, Y am the liȝt of the world. Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he spette in to the erthe, and made cley of the spotil, and anoyntide the cley on hise iȝen, and seide to hym, Go, and be thou waisschun in the watir of Siloe, that is to seie, Sent. Thanne he wente, and waisschide, and cam se|ynge. And so neiȝboris, and theitho O. that hadden seyn him bifor, forthat I. he was a beggere, seiden, Whether this is not he, that sat, and beggide? Othere men seiden, That this it is; othereand othere k. men seyden, Nai, but he is lijc hym. But he seide, ThatOm. α. Y am. Therfor thei seiden to hym, Hou ben thin iȝen openyd? He answerde, Thilke man, that is seid Jhe|sus, made clei, and anoyntide myn iȝen, and seidehe seide a. to me, Go thou to the watre of Siloe, and wassche; and Y wente, and wasschide, and say. And thei seiden to hym, Where is he? He seide, Y woot not. Thei leden hym that was blynd to the Farisees. And it was sabat, whanne Jhesus made cley, and openyde hise iȝen. Eft the Farisees axiden hym, hou he hadde seyn. And he seide to hem, He leide to me cley on the iȝen; and Y wasschide, and Y se. Therfor summe of the Fariseis seidenseiden to him k., This man is not of God, that kepith not the sabat. Othere men seiden, Hou may a synful man do these signes. And strijf waswas maad bβ. among hem. Therfor thei seienseiden I. eftsoone to the blynd man, What seist thou of hym, that openyde thin iȝen? And he seide, That he is a prophete. Therfor Jewisthe Jewis Ek. bileuedenbileuen g. not ofto E. hym, that he was blyndborn blynd Ic., and hadde seyn, til thei clepiden his fadir and modir, that hadde seyn. And thei axiden hem, and seiden, Is this ȝoure sone, whichthe whiche O. ȝe seien was borun blynd? hou thanne seeth he now? His fadir and modir answeriden to hem, and seiden, We witen, that this is oure sone, and that he was borun blynd; but hou he seeth now, we witen neuernere EPQRSbchiαβ. not IK., or who openyde hise iȝen, we witen nereneuere CMRUXaekβ. not k.; axeaske R. ȝe hym, he hath age, speke he of hym silf. His fader and modir seiden these thingis, for thei dredden the Jewis; for thanne the Jewis hadden conspirid, that if ony man knoulechideknowleche Ebα. hym Crist, he schulde be don out of the synagoge. Therfor his fadir and modir seiden, That he hath age, axe ȝe hym. Therfor eft|soone thei clepiden the man, that was blynd, and seiden to hym, Ȝyue thou glorie to God; wefor we k pr. m. witen, that this man is a synnere. Thanne he seide, If he is a synnere, Y woot neuernot IKhi nere EQRbcgαβ.; o thing Y woot, that whanne Y was blynd, nowand now k. Y se. Therfor thei seiden to hym, What dide he to thee? hou openyde he thin iȝen? He answerde to hem, Y seide to ȝou now, and ȝe herden; what wolen ȝe eftsoone here? whether ȝe wolen be maad hise discyplis? Therfor thei curs|iden hym, and seiden, Be thou his disci|ple; wefor we b pr. m. ben disciplisthe disciplis O. of Moises. We witen, that God spak to Moises; but we knowen not this, of whennus he is. Thilke man answeride, and seide to hem, For in thisthis thing k pr. m. is a wondurful thing, that ȝe witen not, of whennus he is, and he hath openyd myn iȝen. And we witen, that God herith not synful men, but if ony `man isbe E. worschyperea worschiper Ekα. of God, and doith his wille, he herith hym. Fro the world it is not herd, that ony man open|ydeopeneth O. the iȝen of a blynd borun man; but thisthis man IQ sec. m. were of God, he myȝt not do ony thing. Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, Thou art al borun in synnes, and techist thou vs? And thei puttenputtiden ohik. hym out. Jhesus herd, that thei hadden putte hym out; and whanne he hadde founde hym, he seide to hym, Bileuest thou in the sone of God? He answerde, and seideseide to him k., Lord, who is he, that Y bi|leue in hym? And Jhesus seide to hym, And thou hast seyn him, and he it is, that spekith with thee. And he seideseith I., Lord, Y byleue. And he felle doun, and worschipide hym. Therfore Jhesus seide to hym, Y cam in to thisthe kβ. world, `in toin g. doom, that thei that seen not, see, and thei that seen, be maad blynde. And summe of the Faryseis herden, that weren with hym, and thei seiden to hym, Whether we ben blynde? Jhesus seide to hem, If ȝe weren blynde, ȝe schulden not haue synne; but now ȝe seien, That we seen, ȝoure synne dwellith stille.

 CAP. X.

Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, he that cometh not in by the dore in to the foold of scheep, but stieth bi another weie, is a nyȝt theef and a dai theef. But he that entrith bi the dore, is the scheep|herde of the scheep. ToAnd to k pr. m. this the porter openeth, and the scheep heren his vois, and he clepith his owne scheep bi name, and ledith hem out. And whanne he hath dondon, ether sent K sec. m. out his owne scheep, he goith bifor hem, and the scheep suen hym; for thei knowun his vois. But thei suen not an alien, but fleen from hym; for thei han not knowun the vois of aliens. Jhe|sus seide to hem this prouerbe; but thei knewen not what he spak to hem. Ther|for Jhesus seide to hem eftsoone, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, thatOm. Ik. Y am thea I. dore of the scheep. As many as hanweren I. come, weren nyȝt theues and day theues, but the scheep herden not hem. Y am the dore. If ony man schal entre bi me, he schal be sauyd; and he schal go ynne, and schal go out, and he schal fynde lesewis. A nyȝt theef cometh not, but that he stele, sle, and leese; and Y cam, that thei han lijf, and haue more plen|teousli. I am a good scheepherde; a good scheepherde ȝyueth his lijf for hise scheep. But an hirid hyne, and that is not theOm. I pr. m. scheepherde, whos ben not the scheep his owne, seeth a wolf comynge, and he leeueth the scheep, and fleeth; and the wolf rauyschith, and disparplith the scheep. And the hirid hyne fleeth, for he is an hirid hyne, and it parteyn|eth not to hym of the scheep. Y am a good scheepherde, and Y knowe my scheep, and my scheep knowen me. As the fadir hath knowun me, Y knowe the fadir; and Y putte my lijf for my scheep. Y haue othere scheep, that ben not of this foolde, and it bihoueth me to brynge hem togidir, and thei schulen here my vois; and itther I. schal be maad o foolde and o scheepherde. Therfor the fadir lou|eth me, for Y putte my lijf, that eftsoone Y take it. No man takith it fro me, but Y putte it of my silf. Y haue power to putte it, and Y haue power to take it aȝen. This maundement Y haue takun of my fadir. Eft dissencioun was maad among the Jewis for these wordis. And many of hem seiden, He hath a deuel, and maddith; what heren ȝe hym? Othere men seiden, These wordis ben not of a man that hath a feenddeuel O.. Whether the deuel may opene the iȝen of blyndeblind born k pr. m. men? But the feestis of halewyng of the temple weren maad in Jerusalem, and it was wyntir. And Jhesus walkide in the temple, in the porche of Salomon. Therfor the Jewis camen aboute hym, and seiden to hym, Hou long takist thou awei oure soule? if thou art Crist, seie thou to vs opynli. Jhesus answerde to hem, Y speke to ȝou, and ȝe bileuen not; the werkis that Y do in the name of my fadir, beren witnessyngwitnesse O. of me. But ȝe bileuen not, for ȝe ben not of my scheep. My scheep heren my vois, and Y knowe hem, and thei suen me. And Y ȝyue toOm. c. hem euerelastynge lijf, and thei schulen not perische with outen ende, and noon schal rauysche hem froout of O. myn hoond. That thing that mythe k. fadir ȝaf to me, is more than alle thingis; and no man may rauysche fro my fadris hoond. Y and the fadir ben oon. TheAnd O. Jewis token vp stoonys, to stoone hym. Jhesus answerde to hem, Y haue schewide to ȝou many good werkis of my fadir, for which werk of hem stonen ȝe me? The Jewis an|swerden to hym, We stoonen thee not of good werk, but of blasfemye, and for thou, sithen thou art a man, makist thi silf God. Jhesus answerde to hem, Whether it is not writun in ȝoure lawe, That Y seide, Ȝe ben goddis? Yf he seide that thei weren goddis, to whichewhom I. the word of God was maad, and scrip|turethe scripture k. may not be vndon, thilke that the fadir hath halewid, and hath sent in to thethis O. world, ȝeand ȝe b sec. m. seien, That `thou blasfem|estY blasfeme b sec. m. g., for Y seide, Ythat I I pr. m. Q. am Goddis sone? Yf Y do not the werkis of my fadir, nyle ȝe bileue to me; but if Y do, thouȝ ȝe wolen not bileue to me, bileue ȝe to the werkis; that ȝe knowe and bileue, that the fadir is in me, and Y in the fadir. Therfor thei souȝten to take hym, and he wente out of her hondis. And he wentewente out S. eftsoone ouer Jordan, in to that place where Joon was firste baptisynge, and he dwelte there. And manye camen to hym, and seiden, ForThat I. Joon dide no myraclemyraclis I.; and alle thingis what euer Joon seide of this, weren sothe. And many bileueden inin to K sec. m. S pr. m. b sec. m. eg. hym.

 CAP. XI.

And ther was a sijk man, Lazarus of Bethanye, of the castel of Marie and Martha, hise sistris. And it was Marye, whichthe whiche O. anoyntide the Lord with oyne|ment, and wipte hise feet with hir heeris, whos brother Lazarus was sijk. Therfor hise sistris senten to hym, and seide, Lord, lo! he whom thou louestlouedist k pr. m., is sijk. And Jhesus herde, and seide to hem, This syknesse is not to the deth, but for the glorie of God, that mannus sone be glorified bi hym. And Jhesus louyde Martha, and hir sistir Marie, and Lazarus. Therfor whanne Jhesus herde, that he was sijk, thanne he dwellide in the same place tweitwo I. daies. And after these thingis he seide to hise disciplis, Go we eft in to Judee. The disciplis seien to hym, Maister, now the Jewis souȝten forOm. cab. to stoone thee, and eft goist thou thidir? JhesusAnd Jhesus O. answerde, Whe|ther ther ben not twelue ouris of the dai? If ony man wandrewandreth O. in the dai, he hirtithoffendith O. not, for he seeth the liȝt of this world. But if he wandrewandreth O. in the niȝt, he stomblith, for liȝt is not into a. him. He seithseide k. these thingis, and aftir these thingis he seith to hem, Lazarus, oure freend, slepith, but Y go to reise hym fro sleep. Therfor hise disciplis seiden, Lord, if he slepith, he schal be saaf. But Jhesus hadde seid of his deth; but thei gessiden, that he seide of slepyng of sleep. Thanne therfor Jhesus seide to hem opynli, Lazarus is deed; and Y haue ioye for ȝou, that ȝe bileue, for Y was not there; but go we to hym. Therfor Thomas, that is seid Didymus, seide to eueneleuene U. the euene k. disciplisapostlis a., Go we also, that we dien with hym. And so Jhesus cam, and foond hym hauynge thanne foure daies in the graue. And Bethany was bisidis Jerusalem, as it were fiftene furlongis. And many of the Jewis camen to Mary and Marthato Martha I., to coumforte hem of her brothir. Therfor as Martha herde, that Jhesu cam, sche ran to hym; but Mary sat at home. Therfor Martha seide to Jhesu, Lord, if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed. But now Y woot, thatOm. k pr. m. what euere thingisthenge O. thou schalt axe of God, God schal ȝyue to thee. Jhesus seith to hir, Thi brother schal rise aȝen. Martha seith to hym, Y woot, that he schal rise aȝen in the aȝen risyng in the laste dai. Jhesus seith to hir, Y am aȝen risyng and lijf; he that bileueth in me, ȝhe, thouȝ he be deed, he schal lyue; and ech that lyueth, and bileueth in me, schal not die with outen ende. Bileuest thou this thing? Sche seith to hym, Ȝhe, Lord, Y haue bileued, that thou art Crist, the sone of theOm. CIKac. lyuynge God, that hast come in to this world. And whanne sche hadde seid this thing, sche wente, and clepide Marie, hir sistir, in silence, and seide, The maister comethis come I., and clepith thee. Sche, as sche herd, aroosros sagβ. anoon, and cam to hym. And Jhesus cam not ȝit `in toto R. the castel, but he was ȝit in thatthe CUa. place, where Martha hadde comun aȝensto X. aȝen to a pr. m. hym. Therfor the Jewis that weren with hir in the hous, and coumfortiden hir, whanne thei sayn Marie, that sche roos switheanoon I., and wente out, thei sueden hir, and seiden, For sche goith to the graue, to wepe there. But whanne Marie was comun where Jhesus was, sche seynge hym felde doun to his feet, and seide to hym, LordSire I sup. ras., if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed. AndOm. IRhi. ther|for whanne Jhesu saiȝ hir wepyng, and the Jewis wepynge that weren with hir, he `made noisemournide I sup. ras. in spirit, and troblide hym silf, and seide, Where han ȝe leid hym? TheiAnd thei i. seienseiden ghik. to hym, LordSire I sup. ras., come, and se. And Jhesus wepte. Ther|for the Jewis seiden, Lo! hou he louede hym. And summe of hem seiden, Whe|thir this man that openyde the iȝen of the borun blynde man, myȝte not make that thishe this I. schulde not die? Therfor Jhesus eft makynge noisedoel I sup. ras. in hym silf, cam to the graue. And there was a denne, and a stoon wasOm. β. leid theronne. And Jhesus seith, Take ȝe awey the stoon. MarthaAnd Martha k., the sistir of hym that was deed, seith to hym, Lord, he stynk|ith now, for he hath leye foure daiesdaies in the graue k.. Jhesus seith to hir, Haue Y not seid to thee, that if thou bileuest, thou schalt se the glorie of God? Therfor thei token awei the stoon. And Jhesus lifte vp hise iȝen, and seide, Fadir, Y do thank|yngis to thee, for thou hast herd me; and Y wiste, that thou euermore herist me, but for the puple that stondith aboute, Y seide, that thei bileue, that thou hast sent me. Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he criede with a greet vois, Lazarus, come thouOm. I. forth. And anoon he that was deed, cam out, boundun the hondis and feet with boondis, and his face boundun with a sudarie. And Jhesus seith to hem, Vnbynde ȝe hym, and suffre ȝe hym to go forth. Therfor many of the Jewis that camen to Marie and Marthato Martha Ik., and seyn what thingis Jhesus dide, bileueden in hym. But summe of hem wente to the Farisees, and seiden to hem, what thingis Jhesus `hadde dondide O.. Therfor the bischopis and the Farisees gadriden a counsel aȝens Jhesu, and seiden, What do we? for this man doith many myraclis. If we leeue hym thus, alle men schulen bileue in hym; and Romayns schulen come, and schulenOm. EQk. thei schul I. take our place and oure folk. But oon of hem, Cayfas bi name, whanne he was bischop of that ȝeer, seide to hem, Ȝe witen nothing, ne thenken, that it spedith to ȝou, that o man die for the puple, and that al the folc perische not. ButOm. A. he seide not this thing of hym silf, but whanne he was bischop of that ȝeer, he prophesiede, that Jhesu was to die for the folc, and not oneli for the folc, but that he schulde gadere in to oon the sones of God that weren scaterid. Ther|for fro that day thei souȝtenthouȝten EIKQRbceghikβ. for to sle hym. Therfor Jhesus walkide not thanne opynlionly I sup. ras. among the Jewis; but he wente in to a cuntre bisidis desert, in to a citee, that is seid Effren, and there he dwellide with hise disciplis. And the pask of theOm. IKR. Jewis was niȝ, and many of thethat C. cuntrey wenten vp to Jerusalem bifor the pask, to halewe hem silf. Therfor thei souȝten Jhesu, and spaken togidere, stondynge in the temple, What gessen ȝe, for he cometh not to the feeste day? For the bischopis and Fariseesthe Pharisees O. hadden ȝouunȝif O. a maundement, that if ony man knowe where he is, that he schewe, that thei take hym.

 CAP. XII.

Therfor Jhesus bifor sixe daies of pask cam to Bethanye, where Lazarus hadde be deed, whom Jhesus reiside. And thei maden to hym a soopere there, and Martha mynystride to hym; and Lazarus was oon of menthe men IRhikβ. that saten at the mete with hym. TherforOm. I. Marie took a pound of oynement of trewe narde precious, and anoyntide the feet of Jhesu, and wipte hise feet with hir heeris; and the hous was fulfillidfillide ERg. ofwith O. the sauour of the oynement. Therfor Judas Scarioth, oon of hise disciplis, that was to bitraye hym, seide, Whi is not this oynement seeld for thre hundrid pens, and isOm. I pr. m. ȝouun to nedipore I. men? But he seide this thing, not for it perteynede to hym of nedi men, but for he was a theef, and heOm. Ea. hadde theOm. b pr. m. g. pursis, and bar tho thingis that weren sent. Therfor Jhesus seide, Suffre ȝe hir, that in to the day of my biriyng sche kepe that; for ȝe schulen euermore haue pore men with ȝou, but ȝe schulen not euermore haue me. Therfore myche puple of Jewisthe Jewis Ioehik. knew, that Jhesus was there; and thei camen, not oonli for Jhesu, but to se Lazarus, whom he hadde reisid fro deth. But the princis of prestis thouȝtensouȝten k. to sle Lazarus, for manye of the Jewis wenten awei forfro k. him, and bileueden inin to K sec. m. Jhesu. But on the morew aOm. K pr. m. g. myche puple, thatOm. K. cam togidere to the feeste dai, whanne thei hadden herd, that Jhe|sus cam to Jerusalem, token braunchis of palmes, and camen forth aȝens hym, and crieden, Osanna, blessid is the kyng of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jhesus foond a ȝonge asse, and sat on hym, as it is writun, The douȝtir of Syon, nyle thou drede; lo! thi kyng cometh, sittynge on `an asse folethe colt on an asse fole A pr. m. on the colt of an asse A sec. m. on an asse and fool of an asse R sec. m. hi.. Hise disciplis knewen not first these thingis, but whanne Jhesus was glorified, thanne thei hadden mynde, forthat I. these thingis weren writun of hym, and these thingis thei diden to hym. Ther|for the puple bar witnessyng, that was with hym, whanne he clepide Lazarus fro the graue, and reiside hym fro deth. And therfor the puple cam, and mette with hym, for thei herden that he hadde don this signe. Therfor the Farisees seiden to hem silf, Ȝe seen, that we pro|fiten no thing; lo! al the world wentehath gon I. aftir hym. And there weren summe hetheneof hethen O. men, of hem that hadden come vp to worschipe in the feeste dai. And these camen to Filip, that was of Beth|saida of Galilee, and preieden hym, and seiden, Sire, we wolen se Jhesu. Filip cometh, and seith to Andrew; eftand eft O. An|drew and Filip seiden to Jhesu. And Jhesus answerde `to hem, and seideand seid to hem O., The our cometh, that mannus sone be clarified. Treuli, treuliOm. O., Y seie to ȝou, but a corn of whete falle in to the erthe, and be deed, it dwellith aloone; but if it be deed, it bryngith myche fruyt. He that loueth his lijf, schal leese it; and he that hatith his lijf in this world, kepith it in to euerlastynge lijf. If ony man serue me, sue he me; and where Y am, there my mynystre schal be. If ony man serue me, my fadir schal worschipe hym. Now my soule is troublid, andOm. A pr. m. what schal Y seie? Fadir, saue me fro this our; but therfor Y cam in to this our; fadir, clarifie thi name. And a vois cam fro heuene, and seide, And Y haue clarified, and eft Y schal clarifie. Therfor the puple that stood, and herde, seide, that `thundur was maadther was maad a thundir I.; othere men seide, anthat an Ek. aungel spak towith k. hym. Jhesus answerde, and seide, This vois cam not for me, but for ȝou. Now is the doom of the world, now the prince of this world schal be cast out. And if Y schal be enhaunsid fro the erthe, Y schal drawe alle thingis to my silf. And he seide this thing, signifiynge bi what deth he `was toschulde k. die. And the puple answeride to hym, We han herd of the lawe, that Crist dwellith with outen ende; and hou seist thou, It bihoueth mannys sone to be arerid? Who is this mannus sone? And thannetherfore I. Jhesus seith to hem, Ȝit a litil liȝt is in ȝou; walke ȝe, the while ȝe han liȝt, that derknessisderkenesse O. catche ȝou not; he that wandrith in derknessis, woot nerenot I. neuere KRSagkβ. whi|dur he goith. While ȝe han liȝt, bileue ȝe in liȝtthe liȝt Ik., that ȝe be the children of liȝt. Jhesus spak these thingis, and wente, and hidde hym fro hem. And whanne he hadde don so many myraclis bifor hem, thei bileueden not `in toin CEIKMPRSUXabcehiαβ. to gk. hym; that the word of Ysaie, the prophete, schulde be fulfillid, which he seidesaith O., Lord, who bileuedeleued E. hath bileeued k. toin to e. oure heryng, and to whom is the arm of the Lord schewid? Ther|for thei myȝten not bileue, for eft Ysaye seide, He hath blyndid her iȝen, and heOm. A. hath maad hard the herte of hem, that thei se not with iȝen, and vndurstonde with herte; and that thei be conuertid, and Y heele hem. Ysaye seide these thingis, whanne he say the glorie of hym, and spak of hym. Netheles `of the pryncis manyemanye of the princis k. bileueden in hym, but for theOm. k pr. m. Farisees thei knowlechidenknowlechen O. not, that thei schulden not be put out of the synagoge; for thei loueden the glorie of men, more than the glorie of God. And Jhesus criede, and seide, He that bileueth in me, bileueth not in me, but in hym that sente me. He that seeth me, seeth hym that sente me. Y liȝt cam in to the world, that ech that bileueth in me, dwelle not in derknessis. And if ony man herith my words, and kepith hemhem not A pr. m. a. not hem c sec. m., Y deme hym not; for Y cam not, that Y deme the world, but thatat O. Y make the world saaf. He that dispisith me, and takith not my wordis, hath hym that schal iuge hym; thilke word that Y haue spokun, schal deme hym in the last dai. For Y haue not spokun of my silf, but thilke fadir that sente me, ȝaf to me a maundement, what Y schalOm. I. seiespeke K., and what Y schal spekeseye K.. And Y woot, that his maundement is euerlastynge lijf; therfor tho thingis that Y speke, as the fadir seide to me, so Y spekedo g..

 CAP. XIII.

BiforBut bifor A. the `feeste dai of paskpask day i pr. v. Jhesus witynge, that his our is comun, that he passe fro thisthe O. world to the fadir, whanne he hadde loued hise that weren in the world, in to the ende he louede hem. And whanne the souper was maad, whanne the deuel hadde put than in to theOm. A. herte, that Judas of Symount Scarioth schulde bitraye hym, he wit|yngewittenessyng O. that the fadir ȝaf alle thingis to hym in to hiseOm. A sec. m. Q. the EP. hoondis, and that he wente out fro God, and goith to God, he risith fro the souper, and doith of hise clothis; and whanne he hadde takun a lynun cloth, he girdegirte P. hym. And aftir|ward he putte watir in to a basyn, and biganne to waische the disciplis feet, and to wipe with the lynnen cloth, with which he was gird. And so he cam to Symount Petre, and Petre seith to hym, Lord, waischist thou my feet? Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, What Y do, thou wost not now; but thou schalt wite aftirward. Petre seith to hym, Thou schalt neuere waische my feet. Jhesus answeride to hym, If Y schal not waische thee, thou schalt not haue part with me. Symount Petre seith to hym, Lord, not oneli my feet, but bothe theOm. g. hoondis and the heed. Jhesus seideseith A sec. m. osg. to hym, He that is waischun, hath nonot A. nede but that he waische the feet, but he is al clene; and ȝe ben clene, but not alle. For he wiste, who `was heit was k. that schulde bitraye hym; therfor he seide, Ȝe ben not alle clene. And so aftir that he hadde waischun `the feet of hemher feet k., he took hise clothis; and whanne he was set to mete aȝen, eft he seide to hem, Ȝe witen what Y haue don to ȝou. Ȝe clepen me maistir and lord, and ȝe seien wel; for Y am. Therfor if Y, lord and maistir, haue waischun ȝoure feet, andOm. ab pr. m. ȝe schulen waische oon anothers feet; for Y haue ȝouun `ensaumple to ȝouto ȝou ens. k pr. m., `that as I haue do to ȝouOm. bc pr. m. e pr. m. gk pr. m., so do ȝe. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, the seruaunt is not grettere than his lord, nether anOm. IKReghi. apostle isOm. I. grettere than he that sente hym. If ȝe witen these thingis, ȝe schulen be blessid, if ȝe doen hem. Y seie not of `alle ȝouȝou alle R., Y woot whiche Y haue chosun; but that the scripture be fulfillid, He that etith my breed, schal reise his heele aȝens me. TreulyTreuli, treuli c sec. m., Y seie to ȝou bifor it be don, that whanne it is don, ȝe bileue that Y am. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, he that takith whom euere Y schal sende, resseyueth me; and he that resseyueth me, resseyueth hym that sente me. Whanne Jhesus hadde seid these thingis, he was troblid in spirit, and witnesside, and seide, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, that oon of ȝou schal bitraye me. Therfor the disciplis lokiden togi|dere, doutyngeand doutinge k. of whom he seide. And so oon of hise disciplis was restynge in the bosum of Jhesu, whom Jhesu lou|ede. Therfor Symount Petre bikenethbeckenede gβ. to hym, `and seith to hymOm. Eb pr. m. and seide to him b sec. m., Who is it, of whom he seith? AndOm. O. so whanne he hadde restid aȝenOm. k pr. m. on the brest of Jhe|su, he seith to hym, LordSire I., who is it? Jhesus answerde, He it is, to whom Y schal areche a sop of breed. And whanne he hadde wet breed, he ȝaf to Judas of Symount Scarioth. And aftir the mus|sel, thanne Sathanas entride in to hym. And Jhesus seith to hym, That thing that thou doist, do thouit k. switheanoon I.. And noon of hem that saten at the mete wiste, wherto he seide to hym. For summe gessiden, for Judas hadde pursis, that Jhesus hadde seid to hym, Bie thou tho thingis, that ben nedeful to vs to the feeste dai, or that he schulde ȝyue sum thing to nedi men. Therfor whanne he hadde takun the mussel, he wente out anoon; andforsothe I. it was nyȝt. AndTherfore I. whanne he washadde I. gon out, Jhesus seide, Now mannus sone is clarified, and God is cla|rified in hym. If God is clarified in hym, Godand God I. schal clarifie hym in hym silf, and anoon he schal clarifie hym. Litle sones, ȝit a litil Y am with ȝou; ȝe schulen seke me, and, as Y seide to the Jewis, Whidur Y go, ȝe moun not come; and to ȝou Y seie now. Y ȝyue to ȝou a newe maunde|ment, that ȝe loue togidir, as Y louedehaue loued Ia sec. m. k sec. m. loue k pr. m. ȝou, `and thatand at O. that S. ȝe loue togidir. In this thing alle men schulen knowe, that ȝe ben my disciplis, if ȝe han loue togidere. Symount Petre seith to hym, Lord, whi|dur goist thou? Jhesus answeride, Whi|dur Y go, thou mayst not sue me now, but thou schalt suesue me Sa. afterward. Petre seith to hym, Whi may Y not sue thee now? Y schal putte my lijf for thee. Jhesus answeride, Thou schalt putte thi lijf for me? Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, the cok schal not crowe, til thou schalt denye me thries. And he seith to hise disciplis,

 CAP. XIV.

Be not ȝoure herte afraied, ne drede it; ȝe bileuen in God, and bileue ȝe in me. In the hous of my fadir ben many dwellyngis; if ony thing lesse, Y hadde seid to ȝou, for Y go to make redi to ȝou a place. And if Y go, andto Ick. make redi to ȝou a place, eftsoones Y comeschal come k pr. m., and Y schal take ȝou to my silf, that where Y am, ȝe be. And whidur Y go, ȝe witen, and ȝe witen the weie. Thomas seith to hym, Lord, we witen not whidur thou goist, and hou moun we wite the weie? Jhesus seith to hymhem k., Y am weie, treuthe, and lijf; no man cometh to the fadir, but bi me. If ȝe hadden knowe me, sotheli ȝe hadden knowe also my fadir; and aftirward ȝe schulen knowe hym, and ȝe han seyn hym. Filip seith to hym, Lord, schewe to vs the fadir, and it suffisith to vs. Jhesus seith to hym, So longmyche I. tyme Y am with ȝou, and `han ȝe nothaue not R. knowun me? Filip, he that seeth me, seeth also the fadir. Hou seist thou, schewe to vs the fadir? Bileuest thou not, that Y am in the fadir, and the fadir is in me? The wordis that Y speke to ȝou, Y speke not of my silf; but the fadir hym silf dwellyngethat dwellith I. in me, doith the werkis. Bileue ȝe not, that Y am in the fadir, and the fadir is in me? Ellis bileue ȝe for thilke werkis. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, if a man bileueth in me, also he schal do the werkis that Y do; and he schal do grettere werkis than these, for Y go to the fadir. And what euere thingthingis I. ȝe axenasken R passim. the fadir in my name, Y schal do this thing, that the fadir be glorifiedclarified k. in the sone. If ȝe axen ony thing in my name, Y schal do it. If ȝe louen me, kepe ȝe my comaundementis. And Y schal preye the fadir, and he schal ȝyue to ȝou another coumfortour, the spirit of treuthe, to dwelle with ȝou with outen ende; whichThe whiche I. spirit the world may not take, for it seeth hym not, nether knowith hym. But ȝe schulen knowe hym, for he schal dwelle with ȝou, and he schal be in ȝou. Y schal not leeue ȝou fadirles, Y schal come to ȝou. Ȝit a litil, and the world seeth not nowOm. a. me; but ȝe schulen se me, for Y lyue, and ȝe schulen lyue. In that dai ȝe schulen knowe, that Y am in my fadir, and ȝe in me, and Y in ȝou. He that hath my comaundementis, and kep|ith hem, he it is that loueth me; and he that loueth me, schal be loued of my fadir, and Y schal loue hym, and Y schal schewe to hym my silf. Judas seith to hym, not he of Scarioth, Lord, what is don, that thou schalt schewe thi silf to vs, and not to the world? Jhesus an|swerdeansweride to him k., and seide `to hymOm. k., If ony man loueth me, he schal kepe my word; and my fadir schal loue hym, and we schulen come to hym, and we schulen dwelle with hym. He that loueth me not, kep|ith not my wordis; and the word which ȝe han herd, is not myn, but the fadris, that sente me. These thingis Y haue spokun to ȝou, dwellynge among ȝou; but thilke Hooli Goost, the coumfortour, whom the fadir schal sende in my name, he schal teche ȝou alle thingis, `and schal schewe toOm. I pr. m. RC sec. m. egβ. ȝou alle thingisOm. A pr. m. EKb pr. m. C pr. m., what euere thingis Y schal seie to ȝou. Pees Y leeue to ȝou, my pees Y ȝyue to ȝou; not as the world ȝyueth, Y ȝiue to ȝou; be not ȝoure herte affrayed, ne drede it. Ȝe han herd, that Y seide to ȝou, Y go, and come to ȝou. If ȝe loueden me, for|sothe ȝe schulden haue ioye, for Y go to the fadir, for the fadir is grettere than Y. And now Y haue seid to ȝou, bifor that it beis k. don, that whanne it is don, ȝethat ȝe k pr. m. bileuen. Now Y schal not speke many thingis with ȝou; for the prince of this world cometh, and hath not in me ony thing. But thatat O. the world knowe, that Y loue the fadir; and as the fadir ȝaf a comaundementmaundement ERik pr. m. to me, so Y do. `Rise ȝeRiseth I., go we hennus.

 CAP. XV.

Y am a very vyne, and my fadir is an erthe tilier. Ech braunch in me that berith notno Ea. fruyt, he schal take awey it; and ech that berith fruyt, he schal purge it, that it bere the more fruyt. Now ȝe ben clene, for the word that Y haue spokun to ȝou. Dwelle ȝe in me, and Y in ȝou; as a braunche may not make fruyt of it silf, but it dwelle in the vyne, so nether ȝe, but ȝe dwelle in me. Y am athe a. vyne, ȝeand ȝe b pr. m. ȝe ben g. and ȝe ben k. theOm. g. braunchis. Who that dwellith in me, and Y in hym, thishe this I. berith myche fruyt, for with outen me ȝe moun no thing do. If ony man dwell|ith not in me, he schal be caste out as a braunche, and schal wexe drie; and thei schulen gadere hym, and thei schulen caste hym in to the fier, and he bren|nethschal brenne K.. If ȝe dwellen in me, and my wordis dwelle in ȝou, what euer thing ȝe wolen, ȝe schulen axe, and it schal be don to ȝou. In this thing my fadir is clarified, that ȝe brynge forth ful myche fruyt, and that ȝe be maad my disciplis. As my fadir louede me, Yand Y b. haue loued ȝou; dwelle ȝe in my loue. If ȝe kepenschul kepe I. my comaundementis, ȝe schulen dwelle in my loue; as Y haue kept the co|maundementis of my fadir, and YOm. R pr. m. k. dwellehaf dwellid O. dwelle ȝe k. in his loue. These thingis Y spak to ȝou, that my ioyeloue C. be in ȝou, and ȝoure ioye be fulfillidfillid I.. This is my co|maundement, that ȝe loue togidere, as Y louedehaue loued IX sec. m. k. ȝou. No man hath more loue than this, that a man putte his lijf for hise freendis. ȜeAnd ȝe Rk pr. m. ben my freendis if ȝe doen tho thingis, that Y comaunde to ȝou. Now Y schal not clepesey I. ȝou seruauntis, for the seruaunt woot not, what his lord schal do; butforsothe I. Y haue clepidseid I. ȝou freendis, for alle thingis what euere Y herde of my fadir, Yand I I. haue maad knowun to ȝou. Ȝe han not chosun me, but Y chees ȝou; and Y haue put ȝou, that ȝe go, and brynge forth fruyt, and ȝoure fruyt dwelle; that what euere thing ȝethat ȝe O. axenasken R. the fadir in my name, he ȝyue to ȝou. These thingis Y comaunde toOm. P pr. m. ȝou, that ȝe loue togidere. If the world hatithhate A pr. m. E. ȝou, wite ȝe, that it hadde me in hate rather than ȝou. If ȝe hadden be of the world, the world schulde loue that thing that waswas of E. is a pr. m. his; but for ȝe ben not of the world, but Y chees ȝou fro the world, therfor the world hatith ȝou. Haue ȝe mynde of my word, which Y seide to ȝou, The seruaunt is not grettere than his lord. If thei han pursued me, thei schulen pursue ȝou also; if thei han kept my word, thei schulen kepe ȝoure also. But thei schulen do to ȝou alle these thingis for my name, for thei knowen not hym that sente me. If Y hadde not comun, and hadde not spokun to hem, thei schulden not haue synne; but now thei haue noon excusacioun of her synne. He that hatith me, hatith also my fadir. If Y hadde not doon werkisthe werkis k. in hem, whiche noon other man dide, thei schulden not haue synne; but now both thei han seyn, and hatidhan hatid EIKPQR sec. m. bceghikαβ. han herd S. me and my fadir. But that the word be fulfillid, that is writun in her lawe, For thei hadden me in hate with outen cause. But whanne the coumfortour schal come, which Y schal sende to ȝou fro the fadir, athe k pr. m. spirit of treuthe, which comethcometh forth O. of the fadir, he schal bere witnessyng of me; and ȝe schulen bere witnessyng, for ȝe ben with me fro the bigynnyng.

 CAP. XVI.

These thingis Y haue spokun to ȝou, that ȝe be not sclaundrid. Thei schulen make ȝou with outen theOm. I. synagogis, but the our cometh, that ech man that sleeth ȝou, demedemeth O. that he doith seruyce to God. And thei schulen do to ȝou these thingis, for thei han not knowun the fadir, ne|ther me. But these thingis Y spak to ȝou, that whanne the our `of hemOm. O. schal comecome of hem O., ȝe haue mynde, that Y seide to ȝou. Y seide not to ȝou these thingis fro the bigynnyng, for Y was with ȝou. And now Y go to hym that sente me, and no man of ȝou axith me, Whidur `thou goistgoost thou hik sec. m. β.? but for Y haue spokun to ȝou these thingis, heuynesse hath fulfillid ȝoure herte. But Y seie to ȝou treuthe, it spedith to ȝou, that Y go; for if Y go not forth, the coumfortour schal not come to ȝou; but if Y go forth, Y schal sende hym to ȝou. And whanne he cometh, he schal repreue the world of synne, and of riȝtwisnesse, and of doom. Of synne, for thei han not bileued into k. me; and of riȝtwisnesse, for Y go to the fadir, and now ȝethei g. schulen not se me; but of doom, for the prince of this world is now demed. Ȝit Y haue many thingis forOm. Cbek. to seie to ȝou, but ȝe moun not bere hem now. But whanne thilkethe b. spirit of treuthe cometh, he schal teche ȝou al trewthe; for he schal not speke of hym silf, but what euer thinges he schal here, he schal speke; and he schal telle to ȝou tho thingis that ben to come. He schal clarifie me, for of myne he schal take, and schal telle to ȝou. Alle thingis `whiche euerwhat euer EP. what euere thingis I. the fadir hath, ben myne; therfor Y seide to ȝou, forthat I. of myne he schal take, and schal telle to ȝou. A litil, and thanne ȝe schulen not se me; and eftsoone a litil, andand than O. ȝe schulen se me, for Y go to the fadir. Therfor summe of hise disciplis seiden togidere, What is this thing that he seith to vs, A litil, and ȝe schulen not se me; and eftsoone a litil, and ȝe schulen se me, for Y go to the fadir? Therfor thei seiden, What is this that he seith to vs, A litil? we witen not what he spekith. And Jhesus knew, that thei wolden axe hym, and he seide to hem, Of this thing ȝe seken among ȝou, for Y seide, A litil, and ȝe schulen not se me; and eftsoone a litil, and ȝe schulen se me. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to ȝou, that ȝe schulen mourne and wepe, but the world schal haue ioye; and ȝe schulen be soreuful, but ȝoure sorewe schal turne in to ioye. A wom|man whanne sche berith child, hath heuynesse, for hir tyme is comun; but whanne sche hath borun a sone, now sche thenkith not on the peyne, for ioye, for a man is borun in to the world. And therfor ȝe han now sorew, but eftsoone Y schal se ȝou, and ȝoure herte schal haue ioie, and no man schal take fro ȝou ȝoure ioie. And in that day ȝe schulen not axe me ony thing; treuli, treuli, `Y seie to ȝouOm. O., if ȝe axen the fadir ony thing in my name, he schal ȝyue to ȝou. `Til now ȝe axiden no thing in my nameOm. O.; `axe ȝeaxeth I., `and ȝe schulen take, that ȝoure ioie be fulthat ȝoure ioie be ful, and ȝe schulen take obchik pr. m.. Y haue spokun to ȝou these thingis in prouerbis; the our cometh, whanne now Y schal not speke to ȝou in prouerbis, but opynli of my fadir Y schal telle to ȝou. In that dai ȝe schulen axe in my name; and Y seie not to ȝou, that Y schal preye the fadir offor h sec. m. ik pr. m. ȝou; for the fadir hym silf loueth ȝou, for ȝe han loued me, and han bileued, that Y wente out fro God. YAnd I b pr. m. k pr. m. wente out fro the fadir, and Y cam in to the world; eftsooneand eftsone Ek pr. m. Y leeue the world, and YOm. i. go to the fadir. Hise disciplis seiden to hym, Lo! now thou spekist opynli, and thou seist no pro|uerbe. Now we witen, that thou wostwotist R. alle thingis; and it is notno b. nede to thee, that ony man axe thee. In this thing we bileuen, that thou wentist out fro God. Jhesus answeride to hem, Now ȝe bileuen. Lo! the our cometh, and now it cometh, that ȝe be disparplid, ech in to hise owne thingis, and that ȝe leeue me aloone; and Y am not aloone, for the fadir is with me. These thingis Y haue spokun to ȝou, that ȝe haue pees in me; in the world ȝe schulen haue disese, but trust ȝe, Y haue ouercomun the world.

 CAP. XVII.

These thingis Jhesus spak, and whanne he hadde cast vp hise iȝen in to heuene, he seide, Fadir, the our cometh, clarifie thi sone, that thi sone clarifie thee. As thou hast ȝouun toOm. a. hym power onof plures. ech fleisch, that al thing that thou hast ȝouun to hym, he ȝyue to hem euerlast|ynge lijf. And this isOm. I. euerlastynge lijf, that thei knowe thee very God aloone, and whom thou hast sent, Jhesu Crist. Y haue clarified thee on theOm. C. erthe, Y haue endid the werk, that thou hast ȝouun toOm. R pr. m. bβ. me to do. And now, fadir, clarifie thouOm. Cβ. me at thi silf, with the clerenesse that Y hadde at thee, bifor the world was maad. Y haue schewid thi name to tho men, whiche thou hast ȝouun to me of the world; thei weren thine, and thou hast ȝouun hem to me, and thei han kept thi word. And now thei han knowun, that alle thingis that thou hast ȝouun to me, ben of thee. For the wordis that thou hast ȝouun to me, Y ȝaf to hem; and thei han takun, and han knowun verili, that Y wente out fro thee; and thei bileueden, that thou sentist me. Y preie for hem, Y preye not for the world, but for hem that thou hast ȝouun to me, for thei ben thine. And alle my thingis ben thine, and thi thingis ben myne; and Y am clarified in hem. And now Y am not in the world, and these ben in the world, and Y come to thee. Hooli fadir, kepe hem in thi name, whiche thou ȝauesthast ȝouen I. to me, that thei ben oon, as we benben oon hik.. While Y was with hem, Y kepte hem in thi name; thilke that thou ȝauest to me, Y kepte, and noon of hem perischide, but the sone of perdicioun, that the scripture be fulfillid. But now Y come to thee, and Y speke these thingis in the world, that thei haue my ioie fulfillid in hem silf. Y ȝaf to hem thi word, and the world hadde hem in hate; for thei ben not of the world, asas also O. Y am not of the world. Y preye not, that thou take hem awei fro the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel. They ben not of the world, as Y am not of the world. Halewe thouOm. C. hem in treuththe treuthe S pr. m. g.; thi word is treuthe. As thou sentist me in to the world, also Y sentesende gk. hem `in toin O. the world. And Y halewe my silf for hem, that also thei ben halewid in treuthe. And Y preye not oneli for hem, but also for hem that schulden bileue in to me bi the word of hem; that all ben oon, as thou, fadir, in me, and Y in thee, that also thei in vs be oon; that the world bileue, that thou hast sent me. And Y haue ȝouun to hem the clerenesse, that thou hast ȝouun to me, thatand a sec. m. thei ben oon, as we ben oon; Yand I EPQSb pr. m. chik pr. m. a. in hem, and thou in me, that thei be endid in toOm. R pr. m. oon; and that the world knowe, that thou sentist me, and hast loued hem, as thou hast loued also me. Fadir, theitho i. whiche thou ȝauesthast ȝouen I. to me, Y wole thatOm. A. where Y am, that thei be with me, that thei see my clerenesse, that thou hast ȝouun to me; for thou louedist me bifor the mak|yng of the world. Fadir, riȝtfuli the world knew thee not, but Y knew thee, and these knewen, that thou sentist me. And Y haue maad thi name knowun to hem, and schal make knowun; that the loue bi which thou `hast louedlouedist O. me, be in hem, and Y in hem.

 CAP. XVIII.

Whanne Jhesus hadde seid these thingis, he wente out with hise disciplis ouer the strond of Cedron, where was a ȝerdor a gardyn X sec. m. marg., in to which he entridewent O., and hise disciplis. And Judas, that bitrayede hym, knew the place, for ofte Jhesus cam thidur with hise disciplis. Therfor whanne Judas hadde takun a cumpany of knyȝtis, and mynystris of the bischopis and of theOm. b pr. m. Fariseis, he cam thidur with lanternys, and brondis, and armeris. And so Jhesus witynge alle thingis that weren to come on hym, wente forth, and seide to hem, Whom seken ȝe? Thei answer|idensaiden O. to hym, Jhesu of Nazareth. Jhe|sus seith to hem, Y am. And Judas that bitraiede hym, stood with hem. And whanne he seide to hem, Y am, thei wenten abak, and fellen doun on the erthe. And efteftsone O. he axide hem, Whom seken ȝe? And thei seiden, Jhesu of Nazareth. He answeridesaid O. to hem, Y seide to ȝou, that Y am; therfor if ȝe seken me, suffre ȝe these to go awei. That the word which he seide schulde be fulfillid, For Y loste not ony of hem, whiche thou `hast ȝouunȝaf O. to me. Ther|for Symount Petre hadde a swerd, and drow it out, and smoot the seruaunt of the bischop, and kittidekitte ISe pr. m. hik. of his riȝt eer. And the name of the seruaunt was Mal|cus. Therfor Jhesus seide to Petre, Putte thou thi swerd in to thi schethe; wolt thou not, thatOm. Ca. Y drynke the cuppe, that my fadir ȝaf to me? Therfor the cum|penye of knyȝtis, and the tribune, and theOm. k. mynystris of the Jewis, token Jhe|su, and bounden hym, and ledden hym first to Annas; for he was fadir of Caifas wijf, that was bischop of that ȝeer. And it was Caifas, that ȝaf counsel to the Jewis, that it spedith, that o man die for the puple. But Symount Petre suede Jhesu, and another disciple; and thilke disciple was knowun to the bischop. And he entride with Jhesu, in to the halle of the bischop; but Petre stood at the dore with outforth. Therfor `the totherthe oother I. that other a. thilke othir k. disciple, that was knowun to the bischop, wente out, and seide to the wom|man that kepte the dore, and brouȝte in Petre. And the damysel, kepere of the dore, seide to Petre, Whether thou art also of this mannys disciplis? He seide, Y am not. And the seruantis and mynystris stooden at the coolis, for it was coold, and thei warmyden hem; and Petre was with hem, stondynge and warmynge hym. And the bischop axide Jhesuhim O. of hise disciplis, and of his techyng. Jhesus answerde to hym, Y haue spokun opynli to the world; Y tauȝte euermore in the synagoge, and in the temple, whider alle the Jewis camen togidere, and in hiddlis Y spak no thing. What axist thou me? axe hem that herdenherden me O., what Y haue spokun to hem; loand O.! thei witen, what thingis Y haue seid. Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, oon of the mynystris stondynge niȝ, ȝaf a buffat to Jhesu, and seide, Answerist thou so to the bischop? Jhesus answer|ide to hym, If Y haue spokun yuel, bere thou witnessyng of yuel; but if Y seide wel, whi smytist thou me? And Annas sente hym boundun to Caifas, the bi|schop. And Symount Petre stood, and warmyde him; and thei seiden to hym, Whether also thou art his disciple? He denyede, and seide, Y am not. Oon of the bischops seruantis, cosyn ofto O. hym, whos eere Petre kitte of, seide, Saȝ Y thee not in the ȝerd with hym? And Petre eftsoone denyede, and anoon the cok crew. Thanne thei ledden Jhesu to Cayfas, in to the moot halle; and it was eerli, and thei entriden not in to the moot halle, that thei schulden not be defoulid, but that thei schulden ete pask. Therfor Pilat wente outOm. k sec. m. with outforth to hem, and seide, What accusyng brynge ȝe aȝens this man? Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, If this were not a mysdoere, we hadden not bitakun hym to thee. Thanne Pilat seith to hem, Take ȝe hym, and deme ȝe him, after ȝoure lawe. And the Jewis seiden to hym, It is not leueful to vs to sle ony man; that the word of Jhesu schulde be fulfillid, whiche he seide, signifiynge bi what deth he schulde die. Therfor eft|soone Pilat entride in to the moot halle, and clepide Jhesu, and seide to hym, Art thou kyng of Jewis? Jhesus an|swerde, and seide to hym, Seist thou this thing of thi silf, etheror O. othere han seid to thee of me? Pilat answeride, Whether Y am a Jewe? Thi folc and bischopsthi bishops Xhi. the bischopis a. bitokentoken O. thee to me; what hast thou don? Jhesus answeride, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my mynys|tris schuldenwolden Ia sec. m. stryue, that Y schulde not be takun to the Jewis; but now my kingdom is not here. And so PilatOm. EPQSX pr. m. abcgα. seide to hym, Thanne `thou artart thou g. a king. Jhesus answeride, Thou seist, that Y am a king. To this thing Y am borun, and to thisthis thing O. Y `am comuncam R. in to thethis EIP. world, to bere witnessing to treuthe. Eche that is of treuthe, herith my vois. Pilat seith to hym, What is treuthe? And whanne he hadde seid this thing, eft he wente out to the Jewis, and seide to hem, Y fynde no cause in hym. But it is a cus|tom to ȝou, that Y delyuere oon to ȝou in pask; therfor wole ȝe that Y dely|uere to ȝou the kyng of Jewis? Allealle thei I. crieden eftsoone, and seiden, Not this, but Baraban. And Barabas was a theef.

 CAP. XIX.

Therfor Pilat took thanne Jhesu, and scourgidescourgide him CIKb sec. m. k.. And kniȝtis writhen a coroun of thornes, and setten on his heedheued O., and diden aboute hym a cloth of purpur, and camen to him, and seiden, Heil, kyng of Jewis. And thei ȝauen to him buffatis. Eftsoone Pilat wente out, and seide to hem, Lo! Y brynge hym out to ȝou, that ȝe knowe, that Y fynde no cause in him. And so Jhesus wente out, berynge a coroun of thornes, and a cloth of pur|pur. And he seith to hem, Lo! the man. ButOm. O. whanne the bischopis and mynystris hadden seyn hym, thei crieden, and seiden, Crucifie, crucifie hym. Pilat seith to hem, Take ȝe hym, and crucifie ȝeOm. Rih., for Y fynde no cause in hym. The Jewis answeriden to hym, We han a lawe, and bi the lawe he owith to die, for he made hym Goddis sone. Therfor whanne Pilat hadde herd this word, he dredde the more. And he wente in to the moot halle eftsooneeftsons O passim., and seide to Jhesuhim I., Of whennus art thou? But Jhesus ȝaf noon answere to him. Pilat seith to him, Spekist thou not to me? WoostWotist R. thou not, that Y haue power to crucifie thee, and Y haue power to delyuere thee? Jhesus answeride, Thou schuldist not `haue ony power aȝens me, butbut if K sec. m. it were ȝouun to thee from aboue; therfor he that bitook me to thee, hath the more synne. Fro that tyme Pilat souȝte to delyuere hym; but the Jewis crieden, and seiden, If thou delyuerist this manOm. CEKMPQRSUXabceghikα., thou art not the emperouris freend; for ech man that makith hym silf king, aȝen seith the emperoure. And Pilat, whanne he hadde herd these wordis, ledde Jhesu forth, and sat for domesman in a place, that is seid Licostratos, but in Ebrew Golgatha. And it was pask eueeuyn CEIKPQRUXacegkα., as it were the sixte our. And he seith to the Jewis, Lo! ȝoure king. But thei crieden, and seiden, Take awei, take awei; cru|cifie him. Pilat seith to hem, Schal I crucifie ȝoure king? The bischops an|sweriden, We han no king but the emperour. And thanne Pilat bitook him to hem, that he schulde be crucified. And thei token Jhesu, and ledden him out. And he bar to hym silf a cros, and wente out in to that place, that is seid ofOm. CEIPQS sec. m. eα. Caluarie, in Ebreu Golgatha; where thei crucifieden him, and othere tweyne with him, oon on this side and oon on that side, and Jhesus in the myddil. And Pilat wroot a title, and sette on the cros; and it was writun, Jhesu of Nazareth, king of Jewis. Therfor manye of the Jewis redden this title, for the place where Jhesus was crucified, was niȝ the citee, and itOm. O. was writun in Ebreu, Greek, and Latyn. Therfor the bischops of the Jewis seiden to Pilat, Nyle thou write kyng of Jewis, but forthat C. he seide, Ythat Y k. am king of Jewis. Pilat answeride, That that Y haue writun, Y haue writun. Therfor the knyȝtis whannewhan that O. thei hadden crucified hym, token hise clothis, and maden foure partis, to ech knyȝt a part, and a coot. And the coot was without seem, and wouun al aboute. Therfor thei seiden togidere, Kitte we not it, but caste we lot, whos it is; that the scripture be fulfillid, seiynge, Thei partiden my clothis to hem, and on my cloth thei castencastiden EOPabgh sec. m. i. kesten Rα. lot. And the kniȝtis diden these thingis. But bisidis the cros of Jhesu stoden his modir, and the sistir of his modir, Marie Cleofe, and Marie Maudeleyne. Therfor whanne Jhesu hadde seyn his modir, and the disciple stondynge, whom he louyde, he seith to hise modir, Wom|man, lo thi sone. Aftyrward he seith to the disciple, Lo! thi modir. And fro that our the disciple took hir in to his modir. Aftirward Jhesus witynge, that now alle thingis ben endid, that the scripture were fulfillid, he seith, Y thirste. And a vessel was set ful of vynegreaysel a sec. m. eisel I.. And thei `leiden in isope aboute the spounge ful of vynegreleiden in isope aboute the spounge ful of aisel a sec. m. token a spounge full of eisel puttinge it aboute with ysope I. Om. S pr. m., and puttenprofriden it I. puttiden EPK. to his mouth. TherforAnd I. whanne Jhesus hadde `takun the vynegretaken the aisel a sec. m. tastid this eisel I., he seid, It is endid. And `whanne his heed was bowid dounhe bowide doun the heed I., `he ȝaf vp the goostand sente out the spirit I.. Therfor for it was theOm. EPQ. pask eueeuyn CEKP QRSIUXacegkα., that the bodies schulden not abide on the cros in the sabat, for that was a greet sabat dai, the Jewis preiden Pilat, that the hipis of hem schulden be brokun, and theiOm. R pr. m. takun awei. TherforAnd therfore O. knyȝtis camen, and thei braken the thieshippis I. of the firste, and of the tothereoother I., that was crucified with hym. But whanne thei weren comun to Jhesu, as thei sayn him deed thanne, thei braken not hise thies; but oon of the knyȝtis openyde his side with a spere, and anoon blood and watir wenten out. And he that saiȝ, bare witnessyng, and his witnessing is trewe; and he woot that he seith trewe thingis, that ȝe bileue. And these thingis weren don, that the scripture schulde bewere I. ful|fillidfillid CMPQRXabceghiα. fullid E., Ȝe schulen not brekeether make lesse K marg. a boon of hym. And eftsoone another scripture seith, Thei schulen se inin to CEI KMPQRSUXabceghikαβ. whom thei piȝten thorow. But after these thingis Joseph of Armathi preyede Pilat, that he schulde take awei the bodi of Jhesu, for that he was aOm. b. disciple of Jhesu, but priuipriueli A pr. m. a. for drede of the Jewis. And Pilat suffride. And so he cam, and took awei the bodi of Jhesu. And Nycho|deme cam also, that hadde come to hym first bi nyȝt, and brouȝte a meddlynge of myrre and aloes, as it were an hundrid pound. And thei token the bodi of Jhesu, and boundun it in lynun clothis with swete smellynge oynementis, as it is custom to Jewis forOm. IK pr. m. to birie. And in the place where he was crucified, was a ȝerdgardyn I., and in the ȝerdgardyn I. a newe graue, in which ȝit no man was leid. Therfor there thei puttenputtiden Ei. Jhesu, for the vigilievigile EORbcehikαβ. of Jewis feeste, for the sepulcre was niȝ.

 CAP. XX.

And in o dai of the wouke Marie Maudeleyn cam eerliful erly sg. to the graue, whanne it was ȝit derk. And sche say the stoon mouedethir turned aȝen K marg. awei fro the graue. Therfor sche ran, and cam to Symount Petre, and to another disciple, whom Jhe|sus louede, and seith to hem, Thei han takun the Lord fro the graue, and we witen not, where thei han leid hym. Therfor Petre wente out, and thilke other disciple, and thei camen to the graue. And thei tweyne runnen togidre, and thilke othere discipleOm. O. ran bifor Petre, and cam first to the graue. And whanne he stoupide, he sai the schetis liyngeligginge EPQehiαβ., netheles he entride not. Therfor Sy|mount Petre cam suynge hym, and he entride in to the graue, and he say the schetis leid, and the sudarie that was on his heedheued O passim., not leid with the schetis, but bi it silf wlappidlaid O. in to aOm. A pr. m. OO IKRsabcg. place. Ther|for thannewhanne A pr. m. Eb. thilke disciple that cam first to the graue, entride, and sai, and bileu|ede. For thei knewen not ȝitOm. K pr. m. the scrip|ture, that it behofte him to rise aȝen fro deth. Therfor the disciplis wenten eft|soone to hem silf. But Marie stood at the graue with outforth wepynge. And theOm. S pr. m. while sche wepte, sche bowide hir, and bihelde forth in to the graue. And sche sai twei aungels sittinge in white, oon at the heed and oon at the feet, where the bodi of Jhesu was leid. And thei seien to hir, Womman, what wepist thou? Sche seide to hem, For thei han take awei my lord, and Y woot not, where thei han leid him. Whanne sche hadde seid these thingis, sche turnede bacward, and sai Jhesu stondinge, and wiste not that it was Jhesu. Jhesus seith to hir, Womman, what wepist thou? whom sekist thou? She gess|ynge that he was athe E. gardynere, seith to him, Sire, if thou hast takun him vp, seie to me, where thou hast leid him, and Y schal take hym awei. Jhesus seith to hir, Marie. Sche `turnede, andturned A sec. m. seith to hym, Rabony, that is to seie, Maister. Jhesus seith to hir, Nyle thou touche me, for Y haue not ȝit stied to my fadir; but gogo thou k. to my britheren, and seie to hem, Y stie to my fadir and to ȝoure fadir, to my God and to ȝoure God. Marie Maudeleyne cam, tellinge to the disciplis, That Y sai the Lord, and these thingis he seide to me. Therfor whanne it was eueeuen plures. in that dai, oonOm. b pr. m. of the sa|batis, and the ȝatis weren schit, where the disciplis weren gaderidgaderid togidere k., for drede of the Jewis, Jhesus cam, and stood in the myddil of the disciplis, and he seith to hem, Pees to ȝou. And whanne he hadde seid this, he schewide to hem hondis and side; therfor the disciplis ioieden, for the Lord was seyn. And he seith to hem eft, Pees to ȝou; as the fadir sente me, Y sende ȝou. Whanne he had seid this, he blewe on hem, and seide, Take ȝe the Hooli Goost; whos synnes ȝe for|ȝyuen, tho ben forȝouun to hem; and whoswhos synnes b. ȝe withholden, tho ben with|holdun. But Thomas, oon of the twelue, that iswas O. seid Didimus, was not with hem, whanne Jhesus cam. Therfor the othere disciplis seiden, We han seyn the Lord. And he seide to hem, But Y se in hise hondis the fitchingefychyngis O. of theOm. hk. nailis, and putte my fyngur in to the placesplace A sec. m. EORkαβ. of the nailis, and putte myn hond in to his side, Y schal not bileue. And after eiȝte daies eftsoone hise disciplis weren with ynne, and Thomas with hem. Jhesusand Jhesus k. cam, whilewhan O. the ȝatis weren schit, and stood in the myddil, and seide, Pees to ȝou. Afterward he seith to Thomas, Putte inthou g. here thi fyngur, and se myn hondis, and putteputte in k. hidur thin hond, and putte in to my side, and nyle thou be vnbileueful, but feithful. Thomas an|sweride, and seide to him, My Lord and my God. Jhesus seithanswerd O. to him, Thomas, for thou hast seyn me, thou bileuedist; blessid ben thei, that seyn not, and han bileued. And Jhesus dide many othere signes in the siȝt of hise disciplis, whiche ben not writun in this book. But these ben writun, that ȝe bileue, that Jhesus `is CristCrist is A., the sone of God, and that ȝe bi|leuynge haue lijf in his name.

 CAP. XXI.

Afterward Jhesus eftsoone schewide hym to hise disciplis, at the see of Tibe|rias. And he schewide him thus. There weren togidere Symount Petre, and Tho|mas, that is seid Didimus, and Nathanael, that wasis O. of the Cane of Galilee, and the sones of Zebedee, and tweyne othere of hise disciplis. Symount Petre seith to hem, Y go to fische. Thei seyn to hym, And we comen with thee. And `thei wentenhe wente k. out, `and wentenand stiȝeden K sup. ras. Om. EIPQeg. and wenten out α. in to a boot. And in that niȝt thei token no thing. But whanne the morewe was comun, Jhesus stood in the brenke; netheles the disciplis knewen not, that it was Jhesus. Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, Children, whethir ȝe han ony souping thing? Thei answeriden to hym, Nay. He seide to hem, Putte ȝe theOm. K pr. m. nett in to the riȝt half of the rowing, and ȝe schulen fynde. And thei puttiden the nett; and thanne thei miȝten not drawe it for multitude of fischis. Therfor thilke disciple, whom Jhesus louede, seide to Petre, It is the Lord. Symount Petre, whanne he hadde herd thatOm. R pr. m. it is the Lord, girte hym with a coote, for he was nakid, and wente in to the see. But the othere disciplis camen bi boot, for thei weren not fer fro the lond, but as a two hundrid cubitis, drawinge the nett of fischis. And as thei camen doun in to the lond, thei sayn coolis liyngeliggynge EIPQehαβ., and aOm. I. fisch leid on, and breed. JhesusAnd Jhesus k. seith to hem, Bringe ȝe of the fyschis, whiche ȝe han takun now. Symount Petre wente vp, and drowȝ the nett in to the lond, ful of grete fischis, an hundrid fifti and thre; and whanne thei weren so manye, the nett was not brokun. Jhesus seith to hem, Come ȝe, eteand ete k. ȝe. And no man of hem that saten at the mete, durste axe hym, Who art thou, witinge that it is the Lord. And Jhesus cam, and took breed, and ȝaf to hem, and fischfischis k. also. Now this thridde tyme Jhesus was schewid to hise disciplis, whanne he hadde risun aȝen fro deth. And whanne theihe b. hadde etun, Jhesus seith to Si|mount Petre, Symount of Joon, louest thou me more than these? He seith to him, Ȝhe, Lord, thou woost that Y loue thee. Jhesus seith to hym, Fede thou my lambren. EftAnd eft O. he seith to hym, Sy|mount of Joon, louest thou me? He seith to him, Ȝhe, Lord, thou woost that Y loue thee. He seith to him, Fede thou my lambren. He seith to him the thridde tyme, Simount of Joon, louest thou me? Petre was heuy, for he seithseide a. to hym the thridde tyme, Louest thou me, and he seith to him, Lord, thou knowist alle thingis; thou woost that Y loue thee. Jhesus seith to hym, FedeFede thou k. my scheep. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, whanne thou were ȝongere, thou girdidistgirdest sack. thee, and wandridist where thou woldist; but whanne thou schalt waxe eldere, thou schalt holde forth thin hondis, and another schal girde thee, and schal lede thee whidur thou wolt not. He seide this thing, signifiynge bi what deth he schulde glorifie God. And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he seith to hym, Sue thou me. Petre turn|ede, and say thilke disciple suynge, whom Jhesus louede, which also restid in the soper on his brest, and heOm. I. seide to hym, Lord, who is it, that schal bitraie thee? Therfor whanne Petre hadde seyn thisthis disciple IX sec. m. ak. this man X pr. m., he seith to Jhesu, Lord, but what thishe this IQ sec. m. k pr. m.? Jhesus seith to him, So I wole that he dwelle til thatOm. k. Y come, what to thee? sue thou me. Therfor this word wente out among the bri|theren, that thilke disciple dieth not. And Jhesus seide not to hym, that he dieth not, but, So Y wole that he dwelle til Y come, what to thee? This is thilke disciple, that berith witnessyng of these thingis, and wroot hem; and we witen, that his witnessyng is trewe. And ther ben also manye othere thingis that Jhe|sus dide, whiche if thei benweren O. writun biOm. IKXa sec. m. k pr. m. ech bi hym silf, Y deme that the world hymit I. silf schalschulde k pr. m. not take thothe Ibk. bookis, that ben to be writun.

 Here endith the gospel of JoonHere endith the gospel of John, and bigynneth a prolog on the pistle of Poul to Romains. ce. Heere endith the gospel of Joon, and biginneth the firste prologe on the pistle to Romayns. I. Here endeth Joon; se now the prologe to the Romains. K. Here endith the gospel Joon, and here bigynneth a prologe on the pistles of Poul the apostle. M. Here endith the gospel of Joon, and bigynneth the prolog on the pistil to Romayns. QR. Here endith the gospel of Jon, and here bigynneth a prolog on the pistle of Romayns. X. Here endith the gospel of John, and bigynneth a kalender with a reule, etc. b. Here endith the gospel of Joon, and here bigynnith the prologe to Romayns. C. Here endith vangelis, and bigyneth a prologe on the Romayns. g. Here endith the gospel of Jon, and bigynneth a prolog to Romayns. h. Here eendith the gospel of Joon, and here bigynneth the prolog on the firste pistil of Poul, that is to seie, to the Romayns. k. No final rubric in EPU.. ROMANS. Here bigynneth a prolog on the pistil to the RomaynsFrom O. Prolog. l. No initial rubric in kmnpqr..

This prologue is printed from k, and another version of the same prologue is given below from a, in which copy alone it has been found.Romayns ben thei, thatthat ben lm. of Jewis and ofOm. lmopqr. hethene men gaderidgaderiden k. ben gaderid n. to gidere, bi|leeuedenand bileeueden k. inin to m. Crist. And the cause of thisthe lm. Om. q pr. m. sendinge of thethis lmopqr. pistilepistle lmopqr. of PoulPoulis r. is this, that whanne strijf was risen among hem silf, thei desiriden to sette hem silf ech aboue othere in worschip. For the Jewis seiden, We ben the peple of God, whichthe whiche n. he hath loued and norischid fro the bigynnyngebigynnyng of the world l.; wefor we n. ben circumcidid; and weOm. lmnopqr. comen by dissent of Abrahams kynde, and holy lynagelyuynge k.; and herforetherfore n. God was oonly knowen atin l. Judee. WeAnd we n. weren delyuerd out of Egipt with tokenes and vertues of God, and passiden the see with drie foot, whanne moost heuy floodis drenchiden oure enemyes. ToAnd to n. us alsoOm. lm. God reynede doun aungils mete inin to n. desert, and mynystride anto vs an n. heuenly foode `to usOm. lmnopqr., as to hise owne sones; and a piler of cloudea cloude r sec. m. and of fier wente bifore us day and nyȝt, for it schulde schewe toOm. lmopqr. us `oure passagepassinge l. oure passynge r., ther wasas was mnopqr. no wey vsid. Also thouȝ we ben stille of alleOm. r. benfetis wrouȝt aboute us, we weren oonly worthi to take the lawe of God, and to heere the vois of God spekinge, and toOm. lmo. knowe his owneOm. lmopqr. wil. In which lawe Crist was bihote to us, to whom he himsilf witnessidewitnessith lr. to come, and seide, I cam notOm. l. butno but mopq. to the scheep, that `han perischidperischiden lmnopq. of the hous of Israel. AndOm. lmopqr. sithen he clepithclepid lmopqr. ȝou houndis rather than men, `therfore it isit is therefore lmnr. is it therfore opq. good equite, that ȝe that this day first han forsake ȝoure mawmettis, to whom ȝe hanOm. n. serued fro the bigynnynge, bebe not k sec. m. to be n. maadOm. r. noweOm. n. euene to us in worschip, butnay but n. ratherrather that lmnopqr. benOm. lopqr. ȝe ordeynedordeyne l. in the stide of prosolitis and vndirlingisvndir leiyngis k., bothe bi autorite of lawethe lawe l. and of custum? And ȝit ȝe disseruedenserueden k. neuere this worschip, but for he of his plenteuous goodnes wolde resseyue ȝouȝou to his goodnesse l. toin to n. oureȝoure mopq. sectefeet k.. AndOm. n. thanne theOm. lmpqr. hethene men answeriden aȝenwardOm. lmno. euere `the moreOm. p. ȝe schulden schewe ȝou gilti of the grettir trespassistrespas lmnopqr.; for in alle these benfetis `that ȝe tellenOm. lmnopqr., ȝe weren euermore vnkynde. For with the same feet that ȝe passiden the drie see, ȝe pleiedenplesiden l. pleieden aftir pqr. and daunsidendaunciden aftir lmo. bifore ȝoure mawmettis that ȝe maden; and with the same mouth, that a litil bifore ȝeOm. n. worschipiden God with song for slauȝtir of ȝoure enemyes, ȝe axidenaskeden o. ȝoure mawmetis to be maad; and with thilke iȝen that ȝe weren wont to biholde God in cloud or inOm. m. fier, ȝe biheelden inwardly inOm. l. ȝoure mawmettis. Also aungels mete was to ȝou abhomynable; and euere ȝe grucchiden aȝens the Lord in desert, desirynge to turne aȝen in to Egipt, fro theOm. lnoqr. which God hadde brouȝt `ȝou outOm. n. with strong hond. What more? Thus ȝoure fadris `with ofte terryngeterriden ofte l. with eft terriden r. stiridenOm. k. God to wraththe, so that alle dieden in desert, and no mo of the eeldre men but tweyne entriden in to the lond of biheeste. But wherto reherse we oolde thingis? sithfor n. thouȝ ȝe hadde neuere do these thingis, ȝit of this aloone no man wolde deme ȝou worthiworthi to r. forȝeuenesto haue forȝeuenesse n., thatfor n. ȝe wolde `not resseyue oonlyoonli not receyue lmoqr. oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that was euereOm. n. bihote to ȝou bi the voisvoicis opq. of profetis; but also ȝe distruyeden himOm. m. with moost dispitous deeth. And onin n. him we bileeueden, as soone as we herden of him; and ȝit ther was no thing profecied `to usOm. n. bifore. Wherfore it is weel preued, that it schulde not be arettid toin l. aOm. lmnopqr. rotidOm. l. roten r. malice of oure wil, that we serueden to mawmettis, but to oure vnkunnynge. For thilke same God that we folowe now, sikirlisothli nq. we wolde haue folowid biforerather n., if we hadden rathir knowen as we knowen now. And truly if ȝe boosten of nobley of kinde, as thouȝthoruȝ k. folowinge of gode maners made ȝou not rather Goddis sones than fleischly birthe, sikerlysothli mq. Esau and Ismael, thouȝ thei benweren m. of Abrahams lynage, thei ben not rikened among sones. And whilewhile that n. thei stryuen thus, the apostilapostle Poul r. putte him bitwenebitwixe n. as aOm. r. mene, distruynge alle her qwestiouns, as a good noumperevmpere lmopqr.; strecchinge forth thethat k. hond to hem, and spekyng brouȝte hem alleOm. k. to oon acoord; schewingeand schewide that n. noon of hem `to beOm. lmpqr. myȝte be n. saued thoru hiseher lmopq. of her r. owne meritis, but he preuede `bothe thethat both lmnopq. that bothe the r. peplis, `that theiOm. lmopq. The Jewis haddenOm. n. trespassiden, for thei dishonouridenhadden dishonourid lmoqr. God bi brekinge of the lawe; and the hethene men trespassiden, `that siththefor n. knowingli thei worschipiden a creature as maker of theOm. r. world; for thei chaungiden Goddis worschip into mawmetis maad with hondhondis lmoqr.. AlsoAnd n. he preuith euere ether peple to haue forȝeuenes, and to be euen in worschip, bi aOm. lmoqr. ful trewe resoun. And `nameli siththealso n. he schewith, that it was profeciedproferid m. in her owne lawe, that bothe ofthe lm. Om. nopqr. Jewis and ofthe l. Om. mnopqr. hethene men schulden be clepid to the feith of Crist. Wherfore bi dyuers tymes Poul mekede hem, and amonestideamonestith lmopq. monestith n. monestid r. hemto hem m. `to comeOm. lm. to pees and acord.

Here endith the prolog to the RomaynsFrom O. Explicit. q. No final rubric in klmnpr.

Also Romayns weren of Jewis and hethene men, and bileeueden to Crist; and by proude stryf thei wolden enhaunce hem silf ech part aboue othere. For whi Jewis seiden, We ben the peple of God, whiche he louede and norischide fro the bigynnyng; we ben circumcidid, and camen of the kyn and holy generacioun of Abraham; and God was knowen first oonly at Jewis. We weren delyuered fro Egipt by myraclis and vertues of God, and passiden the reed see with drie foot, whan greuouse wawis drenchiden oure enemyes; and reynede to us manna in the desert, and mynystride heuenly mete to vs, as to hise sonys. By day and nyȝt God ȝede bifore vs in a piler of cloude and of fier, to schewe weye to vs in the place without weye. And that we holde stille othere benefices of God aboute vs, we aloone weren worthi to take the lawe of God, and to heere the voys of the Lord spekynge, and to knowe his wille; in which lawe Crist was bihiȝte to vs. Also he witnesside, that he hymsilf was comen to vs, and seide, Y cam not, no but to the scheep of the hous of Israel, that weren perischide, whan he clepide ȝou doggis rather than men. Therfor whether it is riȝtful, that ȝe that forsaken ydols to day, whiche ȝe serueden at the bigyn|nyng, be comparisond to vs, and be not rather arettid in to the place of comelynges, by auctorite of the lawe and by custome? And ȝe disserueden not this, no but for Goddis mercy, which is euer large, wolde resseyue ȝou to oure suynge, that is, to sue vs. Aȝenward hethene men answer|eden thus, In as myche as ȝe tellen gretter benefices of God anentis ȝou, by so myche ȝe schulen schewe, that ȝe ben gilty of gretter synne; for ȝe weren euer vnkynde to alle tho benefices. For with the feet by whiche ȝe passiden the drie see, ȝe pleieden bifore ydols, whiche ȝe maden; and by that mouth, by which ȝe songen heriynges a litle bifore for the deeth of aduersaries, whiche God killide by myracle, ȝe axiden symylacris to be maad to ȝou. With tho iȝen, by whiche ȝe weren wont to biholde the worchipful thingis of the Lord in the cloude either in fier, ȝe bihelden symylacres. Also ȝe wlatiden manna, and euer in the desert ȝe grucchiden aȝens the Lord, and wolden go aȝen in to Egipt, fro whennes he hadde caste ȝou out with strong hond. What moo thinges? Ȝoure fadres wraththiden so the Lord bi ofte terrynge to wraththe, that alle dieden in desert, and no mo of the oolde men of hem, no but tweyne, entriden in to the lond of biheest. But what rehersen we eelde synnes? sithen thouȝ ȝe hadden not do tho, for this aloone, that not oonly ȝe nolden resseyue the Lord Jesu Crist, bihiȝt to ȝou euere by the voices of profetes, but also ȝe killiden him by worst deeth, no man schulde deme ȝou worthi to haue forȝeuenesse. Which Lord we bileeueden anoon, aftir that we knewen, thouȝ no thing was bifore seid to vs of him. Wherby it is preued, that this, that we serueden ydols, schal not be aretted to hardnesse of synne, but to ignoraunce. For we that suen anoon the Lord knowen, wolden haue sued him in tyme passid, ȝif we hadden knowe him bifore. And ȝif ȝe auaunten ȝou of the nobley of kyn, as ȝif the suynge of vertues maketh not to be sones of seyntes, more than fleishly natiuite doth, forsothe Esau and Ismael, thouȝ thei ben of the generacioun of Abraham, ben not arettid either noumbred with sones. Therfor the postle setteth him a meene bitwixe the peples striuynge thus, and assoileth so the questiouns of the partyes, that he affermeth, that neuer neither of hem deseruyde helthe by his owne riȝfulnesse, and that bothe peplis synneden wityngly and greuously; that Jewis dispisiden God by brekynge of the lawe; and hethene men, whanne thei ouȝten worschipe the creatour as God, whom thei knewen by creatures, chaungiden his glorie into symylacris maad with mannes hondis. Also the postle scheweth by verreiest resoun, that euereither peple gat forȝeuenesse, and ben euene; moost sithen he schew|eth, that it was bifore seid in the same lawe, that bothe Jewis and hethene men schulden be clepid to the feith of Crist. Wherfor Poule maketh hem meke, now this peple, and now that peple, and monesteth hem to pees and acordynge.

Al this is set in a prologe writen in summe bookis on this pistle, and the Comyn Glose in the bigynnynge at Poule, hath the same sentence. Here biginnith the prologe on RomainsFrom EC. Heere biginnith the ii. prologe on the pistle to Romayns. I. Prolog to Romayns. N. Here bigynneth a prologe to Romayns. U. Here bigynneth the first prologe on the pistlis of Poule. a. Another prolog to the Romayns. f. Here bigynneth the prolog on the pistil to Romayns. O. No initial rubric in the other Mss..

Romayns benben men so. in the cuntree of Italye; theithese Rh. weren disseyued first of false profetisprophetis, that is, [of n] false techers CMNQRUXan., and vndur the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist thei weren brouȝt in to the lawe and profetis, that is, in to cerymonyes, ethir fleischli kepyng of Moyses lawe and of prophetis, acordynge with thothe Ebk. cerymonyes, which vsyng is contrarie now to the treuthe andof the a. fredom of Cristis gospel. Poul aȝenclepith these Romayns to verithe verei R. feith and treuthefredom S. of the gospel, and writith `to hemOm. C. thisin this a. pistleepistle ERfh. fro Corynthe.

This seith Jerom in his prologe on the pistle to the RomaynsThis seith Jerom in his prologe on this [his E. the O] pistle to Romayns. CEXO. Heere endith the prologe, and here biginnith the pistle. I. Jerom seith this in his prologe to the Romayns; se now the book. K. Jerom seith this in his prologe to Romayns. Mbcfh. Here endith the prolog on Poulis pistil to Romayns bi Jerom. N. Heere eendith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle. R. This seith Jerom in his prologe. U. Here eendith the prologe, and bigynneth the pistil to Romayns. e. Here endith the prologe, and bigyneth a pestile to the Ro|mayns. g. Jerom in his prolog on this pistil seith thus. k.. Here bigynneth the pistle of Poul to RomaynsFrom Ma. Poul to the Romayns. A. Here bigynneth the firste chapitre of the pistil to the Romayns. k. No initial rubric in CIKRSTUXeg..CAP. I.

Poul, the seruaunt of Jhesu CristOm. c., clepidOm. I. anOm. K sec. m. apostle, departid in to the gospel of God; which he hadde bihote toforebifore a. bito k. hisOm. T. profetis in holi scripturis of his sone, which is maad to hym of the seed of Dauid bi the flesch, andas RT. he was bifor ordeyned the sone of God in vertu, bi the spirit of halewyng of the aȝen|risyng of deed men, of Jhesu Crist oure Lord, bi whom we han resseyued grace and the office of apostle, to obeie to the feith in alle folkis for his name, among whiche ȝe ben also clepid of Jhesu Crist, to alle that ben at Rome, derlyngis of God, and clepid hooli, grace to ȝou, and pees of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. First Y do thank|yngis to my God, bi Jhesu Crist, for alle ȝou, for ȝoure feith is schewid inin to Q. al the world. For God is a witnesse to me, to whom Y serue in my spirit, in the gospel of his sone, that with outen ceessyng Y make mynde of ȝou euere in my preieris, and biseche, if in ony maner sum tyme Y haue aOm. S. spedi weie in the wille of God to come to ȝou. For Y desire to se ȝou, to parten sumwhatsumwhat to ȝou k. of spiritual grace, that ȝe be confermyd, that is, to be coumfortid togidere in ȝou, bi feith that is bothe ȝoure and myn togidere. And, britheren, Y nyle, that ȝe vn|knowun, that ofte Y purposide to come to ȝou, andand now a. Y amOm. k pr. m. lettlettid KQRXbβ. totil EI. this tyme, that Y haue sum fruyt in ȝou, as in othere folkis. To Grekis and to bar|berynsor hethen men of vn|knowen lan|gage. Lyre here. e., to wise men and to vnwise men, Y am dettour, so that that is in me is redi to preche the gospel also to ȝou that ben at Rome. ForForsothe K sec. m. Y schame not the gospel, for it is the vertu of God in to heelthe to ech man that bileueth, to the Jew first, and to the Greke. For the riȝtwisnesse of God is schewid in it, of feith in to feith, as it is writun, For a iust man lyueth of feith. For the wraththe of God is schewid fro heuene on al vn|pite and wickidnesse of tho men, that withholden the treuthe of God in vnriȝt|wisnesvnriȝtfulnesse S.. For that thing of God that is knowun, is schewid to hem, for God hath schewid to hem. For the vnuysible thingis of hym, that ben vndurstondun, ben biholdun of the creaturethat is, of man. Lyre here. e. of the world, bi tho thingis that ben maad, ȝhe, and the euerlastynge vertu of hym and the godhed, so that thei mowe not be excusid. For whanne thei hadden knowe God, thei glorifieden hym not as God, nether diden thankyngis; but thei va|nyschiden in her thouȝts, and the vnwise herte of hem was derkid. For thei `sei|ynge thatseynge that EKb pr. m. gk pr. m. seiden S. hem silf weren wise, thei weren maad foolis. And thei chaungiden the glorie of `God vncorruptiblevncorruptible God R pr. m.ether that mai not dye. K. that is, that may not die, ne be peirid. Lyre here. e. in to the licnesse of an ymage of a deedli man, and of briddis, and of foure footid beestis, and of serpentis. For which thing God bitooktook Tk pr. m.that is, suf|fride hem to be bitakun, in peyne of synne bifore goinge. Lyre here. e. hem in to the desiris of her herte, in to vnclennesse, that thei pun|ysche with wrongis her bodies in hem silf. The whiche chaungiden the treuthe of God in to leesynga lesing S., and herieden and serueden ato a IR pr. m. T. creature rathere than toOm. S. the creatoure, that is blessid in to worldis of worldis. Amen. Therfor God bitook hem in to passiouns of schenschipe. For the wymmen of hem chaungiden the kyndli vss in to that vss that is aȝens kynde. Also the men forsoken the kyndli vss of womman, and brenneden in her desiris togidere, and men in to men wrouȝten filthehed, and resseyueden in to hem silf the meede that bihofte of her errour. And as thei preueden that thei hadden not God in knowyng, Godso God S sec. m. bi|took hem in to a repreuable wit, that thei do tho thingis that ben not couen|able; that thei ben fulfillid with al wick|idnesse, malice, fornycacioun, coueitise, weiwardnesse, fuland ful S. of enuye, mansleyngis, strijf, gile, yuel wille, preuy bacbiterisbackbiteris, that is, soweris of discord. Lyre here. e., detractouris, hateful to God, debaterisether wrong despisers. K., proude, and hiȝ ouer mesure, fynderis of yuele thingis, not obeschyngeobedient R. to fadir and modir, vnwise, vnmanerliether vnco|uenable in ber|yng without|forth. K., with|outen loue, withouten boond of pees, with outen merci. The whiche whanne thei hadden knowe the riȝtwisnesse of God, vndirstodenvnderstonden CSaek. not, that thei that don siche thingis ben worthi the deth, not oneli thei that don thosuche a. thingis, but also thei that consenten to the doeris.

 CAP. II.

WherforTher|fore R. thou art vnexcusable, ech man that demest, for in what thing thou demest anothir manOm. A., thou condempnest thi silf; for thou doist the same thingis whiche thou demest. And we witen, that the doom of God is aftir treuthe aȝens hem, that don siche thingis. But gessist thou, man, that demest hem that doen siche thingis, and thou doist tho thingis, that thou schalt ascape the doom of God? WhetherWher plures et αβ. `dispisist thouthou dispisist EIQbcekα. the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pa|cience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyteether good|wille. Ke. of God ledith thee toin to T. forthenkyng? But aftir thin hardnesse and vnrepentaunt herte, thou tresorist to thee wraththe in the dai of wraththe and of schewyng of the riȝtful doom of God, that schal ȝelde to ech man aftir his werkis; sotheli to hem that ben bi paciencepacience, that is, to hem that vsiden wel to worche God|dis pacience. Lyre here. e. of good werk, glorie, and onour, and vncorrupcioun, to hem that seken euerlastynge lijf; but to hem that ben of strijfstrijf, that is, to synneris endurid. Lyre here. e., and that as|senten not to treuthe, but bileuen to wickidnesse, wraththe and indignacioun, tribulacioun and angwisch, in to ech soule of man that worchith yuel, to the Jew first, and to the Greke; but glorie, and honour, and pees, to ech man that worchith good thing, to the Jew first, and to the Greke. For accepcioun of personesof persoones, that is, to putte oon bifore an|other without dissert. outen the lawe wri|tun, as hethen men that had|den not Moyses law. lawe wri|tun, for thei hadden kyndeli lawe schewinge good and yuel. not lawe, that is, Moyses lawe. Lyre here. e. is not anentis God. For who euere han synned without the lawe, schulen perische withouten theOm. K. lawe; and who euere han synned in the lawe, thei schulen be demyd bi the lawe. For the hereris of lawethe lawe CRUXagk. ben not iust anentis God, but the doeris of the lawe schulen be maad iust. For whanne hethene men that han not lawe, don kyndli tho thingis that ben of the lawe, thei not hauynge suche manere lawe, ben lawe to hem silf, that schewen the werkwerkis ak. of theOm. Kk. lawe writun in her hertis. For the conscience of hem ȝeldith to hem aOm. k pr. m. wit|nessyng bytwixe hem silf of thouȝtis that ben accusynge or defendynge, in the dai whanne God schal deme the priuy thingis of men aftir my gospel, bi Jhesu Crist. But if thou art named a Jew, and restist in the lawe, and hast glorie in God, and hast knowe his wille, and thou lerudlerned CEMQTUXaegkoαβ. lered I. lernd K. bi lawethe lawe CEIKMQRTUXabceghkoα. preuest the more profitable thingis, and tristist thi silf to be a ledere of blynde men, the liȝt of hem that ben in derknessis, a techere of vnwise men, a maistir of ȝonge children, that hast the foorme of kunnyng and of treuthe in the lawe; what thanne tech|ist thou another, and techist not thi silf? Thou that prechist that me schal not stele, stelist? Thou that techist that me schal `do nonot do EIbegkα. letcherie, doist letcherie? Thou that wlatist maumetis, doist sacri|legiesacrilegie, that is, thefte of holy thingis. Ke. maad pre|pucie, that is, maad abhomy|nable to God, as hethen men that hadden prepucie, weren abhomynable to Jewis. of the kynde, that is, of the kynde of him bi the doom of kyndeli resoun. deeme thee, that is, an hethen man vncircum|sidid. Lyre here. e.? Thou that hast glorie in the lawe, vnworschipist God bi brekyng of the lawe? For the name of God is blasfemed bi ȝou among hethene men, as is writun. For circumcisioun pro|fitith, if thou kepe the lawe; but if thou be aOm. X pr. m. a. trespassour aȝens the lawe, thi circumsicioun is maad prepucie. Ther|for if prepucie kepe the riȝtwisnessisriȝtwisnes EIQRTghkα. of the lawe, whethirwher CEIQXg. his prepucie schal not be arettid in to circumcisioun? And the prepucie of kynde that fulfillith the lawe, schal deme thee, that bi lettre and cir|cumcisioun art trespassoura trespassour k pr. m. aȝens the lawe. For he that is in opene is not a Jew, nether it is circumsicioun that is openli in the fleisch; but he that is a Jew in hid, and theOm. RThβ. circumcisioun of herte, in spirit, not bi the lettre, whos preisyng is not of men, but of God.

 CAP. III.

WhatWhat is more, that is, schal avail to him as myche as circumci|sioun. feith of God, that is, schal schewe thee worthi to be dampned. Lyre here. e. thanne is more to a Jew, or what profitprofiteth R. of circumcisioun? Myche bi al wise; first, for the spekyngis of God `weren bitakuntaken RT. to hem. And what if summe of hem bileueden not? WhethirWher I. the vnbileue of hem hath auoidid the feith of God? God forbede. For God is sothefast, but ech man ais a EIT sec. m. k. liere; as it is writun, That thou be iustifiedbe iustified, that is, that the truthe of thi word appere of the keping of the rewme, and of Crist to be borun of me, as thou bihiȝtist, seyde Dauith. V pe man I seye, that is, vpe men that erren. Lyre here. e. in thi wordis, andand that thou I. ouercome, whanne thou art demed. But if oure wickidnesse comende the riȝtwisnesse of God, what shulen we seie? Whether God is wick|id, that bryngith in wraththe? Aftir man Y seie. God forbede. Ellis hou schal God deme this world? For if the treuthe of God hath aboundid in my leesyng, in to the glorie of hym, what ȝit am Y demed as a synner? And not as we ben blasfemed, and as summensumme men I. summe Q pr. m. a sec. m. seien that we seien, Do we yuele thingis, that gode thingis come. Whos damp|nacioun is iust. What thanne? Passen we hem? Nay; for we han schewid bi skile, that alle bothe Jewis and Grekis ben vndur synne, as it is writun, For ther is no man iustthere is no man iust, with|out the grace of God; this is soth of perfiȝt riȝtfulnesse that makith a man worthi euerlastinge blis. Lire here. e.; ther is no man vndurstondynge, nethir sekynge God. Alle bowiden awey, togidere thei ben maad vnprofitable; ther is noonno man T. that doith good thing, there is noonnot R. no man T. `til tovnto R. oon. The throte of hem is an opyn sepulcre; with her tungis thei diden gile|fuli; the venym of snakis is vndur her lippis. The mouth of whichewhom I. is ful of cursyngcursidnesse a. andand of k. bitternesse; the feet of hem ben swifte to schedeschede out R. blood. Sorewe and cursidnesse ben in the weies of hem, and thei knewen not the weie of pees; theand the R. drede of God is not bifortofore k. her iȝen. And we witen, that what euere thingis the lawe spekith, it spekith to hem that ben in the lawe, that ech mouth be stoppid, and ech world be maad suget to God. For of the werkis of the lawe ech fleisch schal not be iustified bifor hym; for bi the lawe ther is knowyng of synne. But now with outen the lawe the riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse b. of God is schewid, that is witnessid of the lawe and theof the I. Om. k pr. m. pro|fetis. And the riȝtwisnesse of God is bi the feith of Jhesu Crist in to alle men and on alle men that bileuen inin to CK sec. m. ab sec. m. k. hym; for ther is no departyng. For alle men synneden, and han nede to the glorie of Godof God, that is, to the grace of God, bi which he apperith gloriouse. of dedis doing, that is, bi the elde lawe, that stood in flesch of obseru|aunces. of feith, that is, of the gospel. prepucie, or hethen men. Lire here. e.; and ben iustified freli bi his grace, bi the aȝenbiyngaȝenrisinge T. that is in `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist R pr. m. k.. Whom God ordeynede forȝyuer, bi feith in his blood, to the schewyng of his riȝtwisnesse, for remyssioun of biforgoynge synnes, in the beryng up of God, to the schewyng of his riȝtwisnesse in this tyme, that he be iust, and iusti|fyynge hym that is of the feith of Jhesu Crist. Where thanne is thi glo|riyngioiȝynge R.? It is excludid. Bi what lawe? OfOf the h. dedis doyng? Nay, but by the lawe of feith. For we demen a man to be iustified bi theOm. k pr. m. feith, with outen werkisthe werkis a. of the lawe. Whethir of Jewisthe Jewis RT. is God oneli? WhetherWher I. he is not also of he|thene men? Ȝhis, and of hethene men. For `oon God isther is oo God I., that iustefieth circum|cisioun biof A sec. m. marg. α. feith, and prepucie bi feith. Distruye we therfor the lawe bi theOm. Kk. feith? God forbede; but we stablischen the lawe.

 CAP. IV.

What thanne schulen we seie, that Abraham oure fadir aftir the flesch foond? For if Abraham isbe CEIKMQRTUXabceghkαβ. iustified of werkisthe werkes MRTh. of the lawe, he hath glorie, but not anentis God. For what seith the scripture? Abraham bileued to God, and it was arettid to him to riȝtwis|nesse. And to hym that worchith mede is not arettid bi grace, but bi dette. Sotheli to hym that worchith not, but bileueth in to hym that iustefieth a wickid man, his feith is arettid to riȝt|wisnesse, aftir the purpos of Goddis gracegrace, that is, by the ordir of grace, and not by the ordir of dette. circumcisioun, that is, in Jewis circum|cidid. prepucie, or staat of he|then men. Lire here. e.. As Dauid seith the blessidnesse of a man, whom God acceptith, he ȝyu|eth to hym riȝtwisnesse with outen werkis of the lawe, Blessid ben thei, whos wickidnessiswicknessis I. wickidnes k. ben forȝouun, and whos synnes ben hid. Blessid is that man, to whom God arettide not synne. Thanne whether dwellith this blisful|nesseriȝtfulnesse E. blessidnesse Ra. oneli in circumcisioun, or alsoellis R. in prepucie? For we seien, that the feith was arettid to Abraham to riȝtwisnesse. Hou thanne was it arettid? ininto O. circum|cisioun, or in prepucie? Not in circum|cisioun, but in prepucie. And he took a signe of circumcisioun, a tokenyngtoken EIKQeg. of riȝtwisnesse of the feith which is in pre|pucie, that he be fadir of alle men bi|leuynge bi prepucie, that it be arettid also to hem to riȝtwisnesse; and that he be fadir of circumcisioun, not onely to hem that ben of circumcisioun, but also to hem that suen the steppis of the feith, whichthe whiche I. feith is in prepucie of oure fader Abraham. For not bi the lawe is bi|heest to Abraham, or to his seed, that he schulde be eir of the world, but bi the riȝtwisnesse of feiththe feith R.. For if thei that ben of the laweof the lawe, that is, of the werkis of lawe. Lire here. e., ben eiris, feith is distried, biheest is don awey. For the lawe worchith wraththe; for where is no lawe, there is no trespas, nethir is tres|passyng. Therfor riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnes T. is of theOm. C. feith, that bi grace biheeste beis T. stablestablid R. to ech seed, not to that seed oneli that is of the lawe, but to that that is of the feith of Abraham, which is fadir of vs alle. As it is writun, For Y haue set thee fadir of many folkis, bifor God to whom thou hast bileued. WhichThe whiche I. God quykenethquykenyde a.quikeneth by grace. deed men, that is, hethen men that weren deed by ydola|trie. that ben not, that is, of hethen men that weren not of no reputa|cioun bifore Jewis. that ben, that is, as Jewis that weren seid arettid bifore God more than othere puplis for the taking of Goddis lawe. Lyre here. e. deed men, and clepith tho thingis that ben not, as tho that ben. Which Abraham aȝens hope bileuede in to hope, that he schulde be maad fader of many folkis, as it wasis k pr. m. seid to hym, Thus schal thi seed be, as the sterris of heuene, and as the grauel that is in the brenke of the see. And he wasis k pr. m. not maad vnstidfast in the bileue, nether he biheelde his bodi thanne nyȝ deed, whanne he was almost of an hundrid ȝeer, ne the wombe of Sare nyȝ deed. Also in the biheeste of God he doutide not with vntrist; but he was coumfortid in bileue, ȝyuynge glorie to God, witynge moost fulli that what euere thingis God hath bihiȝt, he is myȝti also to do. Therfor it was arettid to hym to riȝt|wisnesseriȝtfulnesse β.. And it is not writun oneli for him, that it was arettid to hym to riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse CIKMQRUXabcehoαβ., but also for vs, to whichewhom I. it schal be arettid, that bileuen in him that reiside oure Lord Jhesu Crist fro deeth. Which was bitakun for oure synnes, and roos aȝen for oure iustefi|yngiustifiȝynges Rh..

 CAP. V.

Therfor we, iustified of feith, haue we pees at God bi oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Bi whom we han niȝ goyng to, bi feith in to this grace, in which we stonden, and han glorie in the hope of theOm. a. glorie of Goddis childrenthat is, of seintis, that ben seid Goddis sones, for lik|nes of kynde and of grace and of glorye. Lyre here. e.. And not this oneli, but also we glorien in tribula|ciouns, witynge that tribulacioun worch|ith pacience, and pacience preuyngpreuyng; that is, purging of synnes. con|foundith not; that is, doith awey schame, in as myche as a man is not dis|seyued in that that he abood. ȝit sijk; by sijk|nesse of synne, not for our me|ritis diede Crist, but for his pure charite. from wraththe; that is, peyne of helle. not oonli, we schulen be saaf in tyme to cominge. aboundide; that is, passith more in good, than the synne of Adam passede in yuel. be plenteuous; that is, multi|plijnge of tres|passing suede the ȝeuyng of lawe, not [for] the defaute of the lawe, but for the malice of men that en|forside aȝens forbeding, and for the know|ing of synne, which knowing is maad bi the lawe, aggreg|gith synne. Lyre here. e., and preuyng hope. And hope confound|ith not, for the charite of God is spred abroodOm. R pr. m. inon a. into g. oure hertis bi the Hooli Goost, that is ȝouun to vs. And while thatOm. K pr. m. k pr. m. we weren sijk aftir the tyme, what diede Crist for wickid men? For vnnethis dieth ony man for the iust man; and ȝit for a good man perauenture summan dar die. But God comendith his cha|rite in vs; for if whanne we weren ȝit synneris, aftir the tyme Crist was deed for vs, thanne myche more now we ius|tified in his blood, schulen be saaf fro wraththe bi him. For if whanne we weren enemyesether synneres K marg., weOm. K sec. m. ben recounselid to God bi the deth of his sone, myche more we recounselid schulen be saaf in the lijf of hym. And not oneli this, but also we glorien in God, bi oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom we han resseyued now recounseling. Therfor as bi o man synne entride in to this world, and bi synne deth, and so deth passide forth in to alle men, in which man alle men synneden. For `til tovnto IR. the lawe synne was in the world; but synne was not rettidarettid Rg sec. m. k., whanne lawe was not. But deth regnyde from Adam `til tovnto I. Moises, also in to hem that synneden not in licnesse of the trespassyng of Adam, the which is licnesse of Crist to comynge. But not as gilt, so the ȝifte; for if thorouȝ the gilt of oon manye ben deed, myche more the grace of God and the ȝifte in theOm. a. grace of o man Jhesu Crist hath aboundidwoxen plenteuous R. in to many men. And not as bi o synne, so bi the ȝifte; for the doom of oon in to condempnacioun, but gracethe grace T. of many giltis in to iustificacioun. For if in the gilt of oon deth regnederegneth T. thorouȝ oon, myche more menOm. I. that takynwe takynge I. takinge KQRT. that taking bceghoβ. plente of grace, and of ȝyuyng, and of riȝtwisnesse, schulen regne in lijf bi oon Jhesu Crist. Therfor as bi the gilt of oon in to alle men in to condempnacioun, so bi the riȝtwisnesse of oon in to alle men in to iustifiyng of lijf. For as bi inobedience of o man manye ben maad synneris, so bi the obedience of oon manye schulen be iust. And the lawe entride, that gilt schulde be plenteuouse; but where gilt was plenteuouse, grace was more plenteu|ouse. That as synne regnede in to deth, so grace regneregneth R. bi riȝtwisnesse in to euerlastynge lijf, bi `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist CEIKMQUXabcegkβ. oure Lord.

 CAP. VI.

Therfor what schulen we seie? Schu|len we dwelle in synne, that grace be plenteuouse? God forbede. For hou schulen we that ben deed tofor T. synne, lyue ȝit ther ynne? Whether, britheren, ȝe knowen not, thatOm. k. whiche euere we ben baptisid in Crist Jhesu, we ben bap|tisid in his deththat is, bi the vertu of his deeth. in to deeth; that is, in to liknesse of deeth, as to synful lijf. by baptym; that is, maad lijk Cristis deeth by baptim. to synne, that is, for synne to be doon awey. vndir the lawe, of Moyses, that ȝaf not grace. Lyre here. e.? For we ben togidere biried with hym bi baptym `in toin k pr. m. deth; thatfor Eegα. as Crist aroosroos EIQRTegα. fro deth bi theOm. R. glorie of the fadir, so walke we in a newnesse of lijf. For if we plauntid togidereplauntid togi|dere; bi Cristis deeth we ben drawun out of synne, as out of yuel lond, and ben plauntid in the good lond of grace with Crist. oure elde man; that is, conuersacioun of synne. the bodi of synne; that is, the heep of synnes. Lyre here. e. ben maad toOm. b. the licnesse of his deth, also we schulen be of the lic|nesse of his risyng aȝen; witynge this thing, that oure olde man is crucified togidere, that the bodi of synne be dis|truyed, that we serue no more to synne. For he that is deeddeed to synne CKMQ sec. m. RTUXag sec. m. hko., is iustefied fro synne. And if we ben deed with Crist, we bileuen that also we schulen lyue to|gidere with hym; witinge forthat R. Crist, rys|ynge aȝen fro deth, now dieth not, deeth schal no more haue lordschip on hym. For that he was deed to synne, he was deed onys; but that he lyuethlyue I., he liueth to God. So ȝe demedeme ȝe R. ȝou silf to be deed to synne, but lyuynge to God in `Jhesu CristChrist Jhesu R. oure Lord. Therfor regne not synne in ȝoureoure ER pr. m. eg. deedli bodi, that ȝe obeischeobeie R. to hise coueityngis. Nether ȝyue ȝe ȝoure membris armuris of wick|idnesse to synne, but ȝyue ȝe ȝou silf to God, as thei that lyuen of deed men, and ȝoureȝeue ȝe ȝoure k pr. m. membris armuris of riȝtwisnesse to God. For synne schal not haue lord|schipe onouer T. ȝou; for ȝe ben not vndur the lawe, but vndur grace. What therfor? Schulen we do synne, for we ben not vndur the lawe, but vndur grace? God forbede. Witen ȝe not, that to whom ȝe ȝyuen ȝouȝou self R. seruauntis to obeie to, ȝe ben seruauntis of that thing, to whichwhich thing R. ȝe han obeschidobeied R., ether of synne to deth, ether of obedience to riȝtwisnesse? But Y thanke God, that ȝe weren seruauntis of synne; but ȝe han obeischidobeied R. of herte in to that fourme of techyng, in which ȝe ben bitakuntaken R.. And ȝe delyuered fro synne, ben maad seruauntis of riȝtwis|nesse. Y seie that thing that is of man, for the vnstidefastnessevnstablenesse CEIKMQRTUXabceghkoαβ. of ȝoure fleisch. But as ȝe han ȝouun ȝoure membris to serue to vnclennesse, and to wickidnesse `in tofor to mayntene I. wickidnesse, so now ȝyue ȝe ȝoure membris to serue to riȝtwisnesse in to hoolynesse. For whanne ȝe weren ser|uauntis of synne, ȝe weren frethat is, spuylid fro the good of riȝtful|nes. is deeth, that serueden to synne. Lyre here. e. of riȝt|fulnesseriȝtwisnesse ERahkα.. Therfor what fruyt hadden ȝe thanne in tho thingis, in whiche ȝe schamenaschamen a. now? For the ende of hem is deth. But now ȝe delyuered fro synne, and maad seruauntis to God, han ȝour fruyt in to holinesse, and the ende euerlastinge lijf. For the wagis of synne is deth; the grace of God is euerlastynge lijf in Crist Jhesu our Lord.

 CAP. VII.

Britheren, whethirwher CIKMQUXa. ȝe knowun not; for Y speke to men `that knowenknowynge R. that knowith bchoβ. the lawe; for the lawe hath lordschip in a man, as long tyme as ithe I sup. ras. KRTg sec. m. lyueth? For that womman that is vndur an hose|bonde, is boundun to the lawe, while the hosebonde lyueth; but if hir hose|bonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde. Therfor sche schal be clepid auoutresse, if sche be with another man, while the hosebonde lyueth; but if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro theOm. K pr. m. MQUX pr. m. Oβ. lawe of the hosebonde, that sche be not auoutresse, if sche be with another manOm. I.. And so, my britheren, ȝe ben maad deed to the lawemaad deed to the lawe of Moyses. by the body of Crist; that is, for ȝe ben maad membris of Crist bi baptim, which is gene|racioun of newe and goostly lijf. in flesch; that is, lyueden fleischli bifore conuersioun. passioun of synnes; that is, fleschely coue|tisis. newenesse of spirit; that is, bi the rule of the newe lawe. eldnesse of lettre; that is, not bi the rule of the elde lawe, as to tho thingis that ben auoydid bi the newe testa|ment. fro the lawe of deeth; that is, fro Moyses lawe. knew not synne; that is, to be yuel. occasioun takun; that is, by oure part. I lyuede with|out the lawe; that is, it sem|ede to me to lyue, for I was not afeerd of deeth of synne, for it apperide not. synne lyu|ede aȝen; that is, was knowun to me. Lyre here. e. bi the bodi of Crist, that ȝe ben of another, that roos aȝen fro deth, that ȝe bere fruyt to God. For whanne we weren in fleisch, passiouns of synnes, that weren bi the lawe, wrouȝten in oure membris, to bere fruyt to deth. But now we ben vnboundun fro the lawe of deth, in which we weren holdun, so that we seruen in newnesse of spirit, and not in eldnesse of lettrethe lettre b.. What therfor schulen we seie? The lawe is synne? God forbede. But Y knew not synne, but bi lawe; for Y wiste not that coueitynge was synne, but for the lawe seide, Thou schalt not coueyte. And thoruȝ occasioun takun, synne bi the maundementcomaundement C sec. m. hk. hath wrouȝt in me al coueytise; for withouten the lawe, synne was deed. And Y lyuede withouten the lawe sumtyme; but whanne the comaundementmaundement T. was comun, synne lyu|ede aȝen. But Y was deed, and this comaundement that was to lijf, was foundun toin k. me, to be toOm. EI pr. m. Kegoβ. deth. For synne, thorouȝ occasioun takun bi the comaundementmaundement T., disceyuede me, and bi that it slow me. Therfor the lawe is hooli, and the comaundement is hooli, and iust, and good. Is thanne that thing that is good, maad deth to me? God forbede. But synne, that it seme synne, thorouȝ good thingOm. T. wrouȝte deth to me, that memen T. my k. synne ouer maner thorouȝ the comaundement. And we witen, that the lawe is spiritual; but Y am fleischli, seld vndur synne. For Y vndurstondevndirstode T. not that that Y worche; for Y do not the good thing that Y wole, but Y do thilke yuel thing that Y hate. And if Y do that thing that Y wole not, Y consente to the lawe, that it is good. But now Y worche not it nowOm. R sec. m. k., but the synne that dwellith in me. But andOm. A pr. m. k pr. m. Y woot, that in me, that is, in my fleisch, dwellith no good; forfor whi e sec. m. wille lieth to me, but Y fynde not to performe good thing. For Y do not thilke good thing that Y wole, but Y do thilkeilke T. yuel thing that Y wole not. And if Y do that yuel thing that Y wole not, Y worche not it, but the synne that dwellith in me. Therfor Y fynde the lawe to me will|ynge to do good thing, for yuel thing lieth to me. For Y delite togidere to the lawe of God, aftir the ynnere man. But Y se another lawe in my membris, aȝen|fiȝtyngefiȝtynge aȝen R. aȝenseiynge a. the lawe of my soule, and mak|ynge me caitif in the lawe of synne, that is in my membris. Y am an vnceliether vnhappi K marg. vnseely R. man; who schal delyuer me fro the bodi of this synne? The grace of God, bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord. Therfor Y my silf bi the soule serue to the lawe of God; but bi fleischthe fleisch X sec. m. ak. to the lawe of synne.

 CAP. VIII.

Therfor now no thing of dampnacioun is to hem that ben in Crist Jhesu, whiche wandren not after the flesch. For the lawe of the spiritthe lawe of spirit; that is, the lawe of the gospel. Lyre here. e. of lijf in Crist Jhesu hath delyuerid me fro the lawe of synne, and of deth. For that that was vnpossible to the lawe, in what thing it was sijk bi flesch, God sente his sone in to the licknesse of fleisch of synneof synne; that is, of him silf, maad sacrifice for synne. dampnede synne; that is, he dide awey synne by his passioun. in flesch; that is, in man. of synne; that is, of God the fa|dir, quykene to lijf vndeedly. prudence of flesch; by which a man can sliȝ|ly gete and pursue fleischeli goodis. is deeth; that is, makith deeth of synne, and of helle, and ofte of kynde. Lyre here. e., and of synne dampnede synne in fleisch; that the iustefiyng of the lawe were fulfillid in vs, that goen not aftir the fleisch, but aftir the spirit. For thei that ben aftir the fleisch, saueren tho thingis that ben of the fleisch; but thei that ben after the spirit, feelen tho thingis that ben of the spirit. For the prudence of fleisch is deth; but the prudence of spirit is lijf and pees. For the wisdom of theOm. T. fleisch is enemye to God; for it is not suget to the lawe of God, for nether it may. And thei that ben in fleisch, moun not plese to God. But ȝe ben not in fleisch, but in spirit; if netheles the spirit of God dwellith in ȝou. But if onyony man Q pr. m. hath not the spirit of Crist, this is not his. For if Crist is in ȝou, the bodi is deed for synne, but the spirit lyueth for iustefiyng. And if the spirit of hym that reiside Jhesu Crist fro deth dwellith in ȝou, he that reiside Jhesu Crist fro deth, shal quykene also ȝoure deedli bodies, for the spirit of hym that dwellith in ȝou. Therfor, britheren, we ben dettouris, not to the flesch, that we lyuen aftir the flesch. For if ȝewe Eb. lyuen aftir the fleisch, ȝe schulen die; but if ȝe bi the spirit sleen the dedis of the fleisch, ȝe schulen lyue. For who euere ben led bi the spirit of God, these ben the sones of God. For ȝe han not take eftsoone the spirit of seruage in drede, but ȝe han taken the spirit of adopciounadopcioun, either purchase R. bifore ordeyned k marg. of sonesthat is, sones of God by grace. e., in which we crien, Abba, fadir. And the ilke spirit ȝeldith witnessyng to oure spirit, that we ben the sones of God; if sones, and eiris, `and eiriseiris forsothe I. of God, and eiristhe eires R. togidere with Crist; if netheles we suffren togi|dere, that also we ben glorified togidere. And Y demegesse I., that the passiouns of this tyme ben not worthieuene worthi A sec. m. to the glorie to comynge, that schal be schewid in vs. For the abidyng of creaturethat is, man. Lyre here. e. abidith the schewyng of the sones of God. But the creature is suget to vanytethat is, to passioun, deeth and turnynge in to aischis. not willinge; that is, the synne of Adam, that is not wilful bi oure owne·wille. Lire here. e., not will|ynge, but for hym that made itOm. T. suget in hope; for the ilke creature schal be de|lyuered froof T. seruage of corrupcioun in to libertelibertee and fredom R. the liberte k. of the glorie of the sones of God. And we witen, that ech creature sorew|ith, and trauelith with peyne til ȝit. And not oneli it, but also we vs silf, that han the first fruytis of the spirit, and we vs silf sorewen with ynne vs for the adop|ciounadopcioun, or purchasyng R. of Goddis sonysthat is, to be sones of God bi grace. e., abidynge the aȝenbiyng of oure bodi. But bi hope we ben maad saaf. For hope that is seyn, is not hopeOm. R.; for who hopith that thing, that he seeth? And if we hopen that thing that we seen not, we abiden bi pacience. And also the spirit helpith oure infirmyte; for what we schulen preie, as it bihoueth, we witen not, but the ilke spirit axiththat is, mak|ith us to axe. Lyre and Aus|tyn and the Glos here. e. for vs with sorew|yngissorowinge T., that moun not be teld out. For he that sekith the hertis, woot what the spirit desirith, for bi Godthat is, at Goddis wille. Lire here. e. he axith for hooli men. And we witen, that to men `that louenlouynge R. God, alle thingis worchen to|gidere in to good, to hem that aftir purposafter purpos; that is, predes|tynacioun ether bifore ordeyn|yng by grace. Lyre, Austyn and the Glos here. e. ben clepid seyntis. For thilkethoo R. ilke T. that he knewe bifor, he bifor ordenede bi grace to be maad lijk to the ymage of his sone, that he be the first bigetun among many britheren. And thilkethoo R. ilke T. that he bifore ordeynede to blis, hem he clep|ide; and whichewhom I. he clepide, hem he ius|tifiede; and whichewhom I. he iustifiede, andOm. I. hem he glorifiede. What thanne schulen we seie to these thingis? If GodGod is Ik. God be Ra sec. m. for vs, who is aȝens vs? TheOm. R. which also sparide not his owne sone, but `for vs alle bitook hymbitook him for vs alle R., hou also ȝaf he not to vs alle thingis with hym? Who schal accuse aȝens the chosun men of God? It is God that iustifieth, who is it that condempneth? It is Jhesus Crist that was deed, ȝhe, the which roos aȝen, the which is on the riȝt half of God, and the which preieth for vs. Who thanne schal departe vs fro the charite of Crist? tribulacioun, or anguysch, or hungur, or nakidnesse, or persecucioun, or perel, or swerd? As it is writun, For we ben slayn al dai for thee; webut we a. ben gessid as scheep of slauȝtir. But in alle these thingis we ouercomen, for hym that lou|yde vs. But Y am certeyn, that nethir deeth, nether lijf, nether aungels, nethir principatus, nether vertuesvirtutes A pr. m. Ea., nether pre|sent thingis, nether thingis to comynge, nether strengthe, netherne g. heiȝth, nether depnesse, nether noonony Rk. othir creature may departedeparte vs; Poul spekith here of hem that ben chosun of God to blis, that moun not fynali be de|partid fro Crist. Lire here. e. vs fro the charite of God, that is in `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist I. oure Lord.

 CAP. IX.

I seie treuthe in Crist Jhesu, Y lye not, for my conscience berith witnessyng to me in the Hooli Goost, for greet heuynesse is to me, and contynuel sorewe to my hertefor the vn|feithfulnes of Jewis. Lyre here. e.. For Y my silf desiride to be departid fro Crist for my bri|theren, that ben my cosyns aftir the fleisch, that ben men of Israel; whos is adopcioun of sones, and glorie, and tes|tament, and ȝyuyng of the lawe, and seruyce, andof Q. biheestis; whosof whos R. ben the fadris, and of which is Crist after the fleisch, that is God aboue alle thingis, blessid in to worldis. Amen. But not that the word of God hath falle dounfro filling, for the vnfeithful|nesse of Jewis; forwhi summe of hem, as the apostlis, and manye othere, token the feith of Crist, in which Goddis biheestis ben fulfillid. Lyre here. e.. For not alle that ben of Israel, these ben Israelitis. Nethir thei that ben seedseid the seed k pr. m. of Abraham, `alle benben alle R. sonys; but in Ysaac the seed schal be clepid to thee; that is to seie, not thei that ben sones of the fleisch, ben sones of God, but thei that ben sonesOm. R. of biheeste ben demed in thethi T. seed. For whi this is the word of bi|heest, Aftir this tyme Y schal come, and a sone schal be to Sare. And not oneli sche, but also Rebecca hadde tweytwo I. sones of o liggyng bi of Ysaac, oure fadir. And whanne thei weren not ȝit borun, nether hadden don ony thing of good ether of yuel, that the purpos of God schulde dwelle bi eleccioun, not of werkis, but of God clepynge, it was seid to hym, that the more schulde serue the lesse, as it is writun, Y louede Jacob, but Y hatide Esau. What therfor schu|len we seie? WhetherWher I sæpius. wickidnessewicknesse I. be anentis God? God forbede. For he seith to Moyses, Y schal haue merciin ȝeuynge grace in tyme. on whom etc., in euerlastinge predestina|cioun. ȝeue mercy, in ȝeu|ynge glorye in deede. on whom, in grauntinge fynal grace to him. endureth, not in sendinge in malice, but not in ȝeuinge grace to which thei ben vn|worthi. Austyn and the Glos here. e. on whom Y haueschal haue C pr. m. X pr. m. a pr. m. merci; and Y schal ȝyue merci on whom Y schal haue merci. Therfor it is not nether ofnot R. Om. k. man will|ynge, nethir rennynge, but of God hau|ynge mercy. And the scripture seith to Farao, For to this thing Y haue stirid thee, that Y schewe in thee my vertu, and that my name be teld in al erthe. Therfor of whom God wole, he hath merci; and whom he wole, he endurith. Thanne seist thou to me, What is souȝt ȝit? for who withstondith his wille? O! man, whowhat I. art thou, that answerist to God? Whether a maad thing seith to hym that made it, What hast thou maad me so? Whether a potter of cley hath not power to make of the same gobet oa R. vessel in to honour, an othere in to dis|pit? ThatAnd a. if God willynge to schewe his wraththe, and to make his power knowun, hath suffrid in greet pacience vessels of wraththe able in to deth, to schewe thehise I. riȝtchessis of his glorie in to vessels of merci, whiche he made redi in to glorie. Whiche also he clepide not oneli of Jewisthe Jewis a., but also of hethene men, as he seithseide T. in Osee, Y schal clepe not my puple my puple, and not my loued my louyd, and not getynge mercy get|ynge merci; and it schal be in the place, where it is seid to hem, Not ȝe my puple, there theiȝe R. schulen be clepid the sones of `God lyuyngelyuynge God R.. But Isaye crieth for Israel, If the noumbre of Is|raelchildren of Israel A sec. m. schal be as grauel of the see, the relifs schulen be maad saaf. Forsothe a word makyngethat is, the Lord schal make. The Glos here. e. an ende, and abreg|gynge in equyteeuennesse R., for the Lord schal make a word breggid on al the erthe. And as Ysaye bifor seide, But God of oostis hadde left to vs seed, we hadden be maad as Sodomas Sodom; that is, turned al awey fro truthe. Lyre here. e., and we hadden be lijk as Gommor. Therfor what schulen we seie? That hethenethe hethen b. men that sueden not riȝtwisnesseriȝtwisnessis a. riȝtfulnesse gβ. the riȝtwijsnes k., han gete riȝtwisnesseriȝt|fulnesse g., ȝhe, the riȝtwisnesse that is of feith. But Israel suynge the lawe of riȝtwis|nesse, cam not parfitli inOm. Ra. to the lawe of riȝtwisnesse. Whi? For not of feith, but as of werkys. And thei spurneden aȝens the stoon of offencioun, as it is writun, Lo! Y putte a stoon of offen|sioun in Syon, and a stoon of sclaundre; and ech that schal bileue `in itin to it CXa. Om. T., schal not be confoundid.

 CAP. X.

Britheren, the wille of myn herte and mi biseching is maad to God for hem in to helthethat is, that thei be con|uertid and gete heelthe. Lyre here. e.. But Y bere witnessyng to hem, that thei han louethe loue Q sec. m. of God, but not aftir kunnyng. For thei vnknowynge Goddis riȝtwisnesse, and sekynge to make stidefast her owne riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnes ERThβ., ben not suget to the riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse IQbegα. of God. For the ende of the lawe isOm. T. Crist, toof T. riȝtwis|nesse to ech man that bileuethbileeue C.. For Moises wroot, For the man that schal do riȝtwisnesse that is of the lawe, schal lyue in it. But the riȝtwisnesse that is of bileue, seith thus, Seie thou not in thin herte, Who schal stie in to heuene? that is to seie, to lede doun Crist; or who schal go doun in to helle? that is, to aȝenclepe Crist fro deth. But what seith the scripture? The word is nyȝ in thi mouth, and in thin herte; this is the word of bileue, which we prechen. That if thou knoulechistknowlechen R. in thi mouth the Lord Jhesu Crist, and bileuest in thin herte, that God reiside hym fro deth, thou schalt be saaf. For bi herte me bileueth to riȝtwisnesse, but bi mouth knowleching is maad to helthe. For whi theOm. EI pr. m. Rbceghαβ. scripture seith, Ech that bi|leueth inin to K. hym, schal not be confoundid. And ther is no distincciounas to riȝtful|nesse, which is by the feith of Crist. Lyre here. e. of Jew and of Greke; for the same Lord of alle is riche inin to CRTab sec. m. kβ. alle, that inwardli clepen hym. For ech man `who euerethat k. schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord, schal be saaf. Hou thanne schulen thei inwardli clepe hym, in to whom thei han not bi|leued? or hou schulen thei bileue to hym, whom thei han not herd? Hou schulen thei here, with outen a prechour? and hou schulen thei preche, butbut if k. thei be sent? As it is writun, Hou faire ben the feet of hem that prechen pees, of hem that prechen good thingis. But not alle men obeienobedient T. to the gospel. For Ysaie seith, Lord, who bileuede to oure her|yng? Therfor feith is of heryng, but heryng bi the word of Crist. But Y seie, Whether thei herden not? Ȝhis, sothely the wordsown K sec. m. R sec. m. of hem wente out in to al the erthe, and her wordis in to the endis of the world. But Y seie, Whe|ther Israel knewe not? First Moyses seith, Y schal lede ȝou toin to Q sec. m. enuye, that ȝe ben no folc; that ȝe ben an vnwise folc, Y schal sende ȝou in to wraththe. And Ysaie isforsothe is a. bold, and seith, Y am foundun of men that seken me not; opynli Y apperide to hem, that axiden not me. But to Israel he seith, Al dai Y streiȝte out myn hondishondis; in ȝeuinge bene|fitis, in al the tyme of Moyses lawe. Lyre here. e. to a puple that bileuede not, but aȝen seide me.

 CAP. XI.

Therfor Y seie, Whether God hath put awei his puple? God forbede. For Y am an Israelite, of the seed of Abra|ham, of the lynage of Beniamyn. God hath not put awei his puple, which he bifor knewknew; that is, bifore ordeyn|ede bi grace to blis. Lyre here. e.. WhetherWher C et plures. ȝe witen not, what the scripture seith in Elie? Hou he preiethpreyede A pr. m. God aȝens Israel, Lord, thei han slayn thi prophetis, thei han vndur|doluun thin auteris, and Y am lefte aloone, and thei seken my lijf. But what seith Goddis answere to hym? Y haue left to me seuene thousyndes of men, that han not bowid her knees bi|fore Baal. So therfor also inand QRTα. this tyme, the relifs ben maad saaf, bi the chesyng of the grace of God. And if it be bi the grace of God, it is not now of werkisof lawe. this that he souȝte; that is, riȝtful|nesse bi the feith of Crist, whos comynge the Jewis abid|eden. the ches|ing; that is, apostlis and othere men chosun herto. Lyre here. e.; ellis grace is not now grace. What thanne? Israel hath not getun this that he souȝte, but eleccioun hath getun; and the othere ben blyndid. As it is writun, God ȝaf to hem a spirit of compuncciounthat is, enuie K marg.compunc|cioun; that is, pricking the hertis of hem bi hatrede of Crist and hise feithful men, for which the blinding and harding in synne suede. I stire my flesch; that is, Jewis, of whiche I cam fleschly. is holy; that is, apostlis. the roote, that is, patriarkis. braunchis; that is, Jewis ben able to be saued bi feith. Lire here. e., iȝen that thei se not, and eeris, that thei hereherden T. not, in to this dai. And Dauith seith, Be the boord of hem maad in to a gryngrane K. or in to a grene o marg. snare Tbhkβ. bifor hem, and in to catchyng, and in to sclaundre, and in to ȝeldyng to hem. Be the iȝen of hem maad derk, that thei se not; and bowe thou doun algatis the bak of hem. In I. cap. XI. commences here. Therfor Y seie, Whether thei offendiden so, that thei schulden falle doun? God forbede. But bi the gilt of hem helthe is maad toin to R pr. m. hethene men, that thei sue hem. That if the gilt of hem ben richessis of the world, and the makyng lesse of hem ben richessis of hethene men, hou myche more the plente of hem? But Y seie to ȝou, hethene men, for as longe as Y am apostle of hethene men, Y schal onoure my mynysterie, if in ony maner Y stire my fleisch for to folowe, and that Y make summe of hem saaf. For if the loss of hem is the recouncelyng of the world, what is the takyng vp, but lijf of deede men? For if a litil part of that that is tastid be hooli, the hool gobet is hooli; and if the roote is hooli, also the braunchis. What if ony of the braunchis ben brokun, whanne thou were a wielde olyue tre, art graffid among hem, and art maad felowe of the roote, and of the fatnesse of the olyue tre, nyle thou haue glorie aȝens the braunchis. For if thou gloriest, thou berist not the roote, but the roote thee. Therfor thou seist, The braunchis ben brokun, that Y be graffid in. Wel, for vnbileue the braunchis ben brokun; butfor b. thou stondist bi feith. Nyle thou sauere hiȝe thingthingis R pr. m. Tk., but drede thou, for if God sparide not the kyndli braunchis, lest perauenture he spare not thee. Therfor se the goodnesse, and the fersnesse of God; ȝhe, the feersnesse in to hem that feldenfellen I passim. doun, but the goodnesse of God in to thee, if thou dwellist in goodnesse, ellis also thou schalt be kit doun. Ȝhe, and thei schulen be set yn, if thei dwellen not in vnbileue. For God is myȝti, to sette hem in eftsoone. For if thou art kit doun of the kyndeli wielde olyue tre, and aȝens kynd art set in to a good olyue tre, hou myche more thei that ben bi kynde, schulen be set in her olyue tree? But, britheren, Y wole not that ȝe vnknowen this mysteriethat is, God|dis pryuete. testament; that is, Cristen feith pupplischid in the newe testa|ment. for fa|dris; that is, for the merytis of fadris summe ben chosun now to feith, and mo schulen be chosun in the eende of the world. ȝoure mercy; that is, hadden not the grace of feith by mersi, as ȝe han. Lyre here. e., that ȝe be not wise to ȝou silf; for blyndenesse hath feldfillid EIRgkβ. fallen K. a parti in Israel, til that the plente of hethene men entride, and so al Israel schulde be maad saaf. As it is writun, He schal come of Syon, that schal delyuere, and turne awei the wick|idnesse of Jacob. And this testament to hem of me, whanne Y schal do awei her synnes. Aftir the gospel thei ben enemyes for ȝou, but thei ben moostthe most b. dereworthe bi the eleccioun for the fa|dris. And the ȝiftis and the clepingclepingis k. of God ben with outen forthenkyng. And as sum tyme also ȝe bileueden not to God, but now ȝe han gete mercy for the vnbileue of hem; so and these now bi|leueden not in to ȝoure merci, that also thei geten merci. For God closide alle thingis togidere in vnbileue, that he haue mercy on alle. OA! CEKMQRUXabceghkoαβ.! the heiȝnessehiȝenessis a. of theOm. g. ritchessis of the wisdom and of theOm. EIQgα. kunnyng of God; hou incomprehensible ben hise domes, and hise weies ben vn|serchable. For whi who knew the wit of the Lord, or who was his counse|lour? or who formere ȝaf to hym, and it schal be quyt to hym? For of hym, and bi hym, and in hym ben alle thingis. To hym be gloriehonour and glorie Rhoβ. in to worldisworldis of worldis A sec. m. Kk sec. m. α.. Amen.

 CAP. XII.

Therfore, britheren, Y biseche ȝou bi the mercy of God, that ȝe ȝyue ȝoure bodies a lyuynge sacrifice, hooli, ples|ynge to God, and ȝoure seruyse reson|able. And nyle ȝe be confourmyd to thisthe k pr. m. world, but be ȝe reformed in new|nesse of ȝoure wit, that ȝe preue which is the wille of God, good, and wel ples|ynge, and parfit. For Y seie, bi the grace that is ȝouun to me, to alle that ben among ȝou, that ȝe sauere nonot CEIK MQRUXabceghkoαβ. more than it bihoueth to sauere, but for to sauere to sobrenesse; and to ech man, as God hath departid the mesure of feith. For as in o bodi we han many membris, but alle the membris han not the same dede; so we many ben o bodi in Crist, and eche ben membristhat is, com|ynynge to othere men ȝiftis ȝouun to vs, as membris of the bodi comynen to gi|dere her officis. Lyre here. e. oon of anothir. Therfor we that han ȝiftis dyuersynge, aftir the grace that is ȝouun to vs, ethir propheciethe profecie a., aftir the resoun of feith; ethir seruise, in mynystryng; ether he that techith, in techyng; he that stirith softli, in monestyng; he that ȝyueth, in symple|nesse; he that is souereyn, in bisynesse; he that hath merci, in gladnesse. Loue with outen feynyng, hatynge yuel, draw|ynge to good; louynge togidere the cha|rite of britherhod. Eche come bifore to worschipen othere; not slow in bisy|nesse, feruent in spirit, seruynge to the Lord, ioiynge in hope, pacient in tribu|lacioun, bisy in preier, ȝyuynge good to theOm. a. nedis of seyntis, kepynge hospita|litethat is, herborynge of pore men. e marg.. Blesse ȝe men that pursuen ȝou; blesse ȝe, and nyle ȝe curse; for to ioye with men that ioyen, for to wepe with men that wepen. Fele ȝe the same thing togidere; not sauerynge heiȝto hiȝe k. thingis, but consentynge to meke thingis. Nile ȝe be prudent anentis ȝouȝoure E. silf; to no man ȝeldynge yuel for yuel, but pur|ueye ȝe good thingis, not oneli bifor God, but also bifor alle men. If it may be don, that thatOm. A sec. m. is of ȝou, haue ȝe pees with alle men. Ȝe moost dere britheren, not defendynge ȝouȝour E. silf, but ȝyue ȝe place to wraththe; for it is writun, The Lord seith, To me veniaunce, and Y schal ȝelde. But if thin enemy hun|grith, fede thou hym; if he thirstith, ȝyue thou drynke to hym; for thou do|ynge this thing schalt gidere togidere coliscolis; that is, the heete of charyte, ether of the Holy Goost, ether the brennyng heete of pen|aunce. on his heed; that is, soule. The glos here rehersinge Austin. e. on his heed. Nyle thou be ouer|comun of yuel, but ouercome thou yuel bi good.

 CAP. XIII.

Euery soulesoule; that is, man. Austyn, the glos, and Lyre here. e. be suget to heiȝere powers. For ther is no power but of God, and tho thingis that ben of God, ben ordeyned. Therfor he that aȝen|stondith power, aȝenstondith the ordy|naunce of God; and thei that aȝen|stonden, geten to hem silf dampnacioun. For princes ben not to the drede of good work, but of yuel. But wilt thou, that thou drede notno a. power? Do thou good thing, and thou schalt haue preisyng of itpreisinge of it; ȝhe thouȝ the souereyn is an yuel man, while he is cause of gret|tere coroun to thee. The glos here rehersinge Austyn in a sermoun of Seint Laurence.; for he is the mynystre of God to thee in to good. But if thou doist yuel, drede thou; for not with outen cause he berith the swerd, for he is the mynystre of God, vengere in to wraththein to wraththe; that is, into poneschinge. Lyre here. e. to hym that doith yuel. And therfor bi nede be ȝe suget, not oneli for wraththe, but also for conscience. ForForwhi I. therfor ȝe ȝyuen tributis, thei ben the mynystris of God, and seruen forto k. thisthe k. same thing. Therfor ȝelde ȝe to alle men dettis, to whom tribut, tribut, to whom tol, tol, to whom drede, drede, to whom onour, onour. To no man owe ȝe ony thing, but that ȝe loue togidere. For he that loueth his neiȝbore, hath fulfillid the lawe. For, Thou schalt do no letcherie, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not stele, Thou schalt not seie fals witnessyng, Thou schalt not coueyte the thing of thi neiȝbore, and if ther be ony othere maundement, it is instoridor includid a sec. m. marg. in this word, Thou schalt loue thi neiȝbore as thi silf. The loue of neiȝborethi neiȝbore A pr. m. worchith not yuel; therfor loue is theOm. ab. fulfillyng of the lawe. And we knowen this tyme, that the our is now, that we rise fro sleep; for nownow is R. oure heelthe isOm. R. neer, than whanne we bileueden. The nyȝt wente bifore, but the dai hath neiȝed. Therfor caste we awei the werkis of derknessis, and be we clothid inwith I. the armeris of liȝt. As in dai wandre we onestli, notnot in ofte eetynggis, or E marg. in superflu feestis and drunkenessis, not in beddis and vn|chastitees, not in strijf and in enuye; but be ȝe clothid inOm. R pr. m. the Lord Jhesu Crist, and do ȝe not the bisynesse of fleischȝoure flesch R. in desiristhat is, in vnleful desiris. The glos here. ether in super|flu desiris. Lyre here. e..

 CAP. XIV.

But take ȝe a sijk man in bileue, not in demyngisdeemynge k. of thouȝtis. For another man leueth, that he mai ete alle thingisete alle thingis; that is, a man per|fit lerned in the newe lawe bileueth, that he mai lawe|fuly ete alle maner metis forbedun in Moyses lawe. Lyre here. e.; but he that is sijk, ete wortis. He that etith, dispise not hym that etith not; and he that etith not, deme not hym that etith. For God hath take him to hym. Who art thou, that demest an|othris seruaunt? To his lord he stond|ith, or fallith fro hym. But he schal stonde; for the Lord is myȝti to make hym parfit. For whi oon demeth a daydemeth a day; that is, can deme of the cerimonyals of Moyses lawe bynding not after Cristis deeth. be plen|teuouse in his wit; that is, be left to his owne consci|ence in such etinge of metis til to the pup|plisching of the gospel. Lyre here. e. bitwixe a dai, another demeth ech dai. Ech man encrees in his wit. He that vnderstondith the dai, vnderstond|ith to the Lord. And he that etith, etith to the Lord, for he doith thankyngis to God. And he that etith not, etith not to the Lord, and doith thankyngis to God. For no man of vs lyueth to hymsilf, and no man dieth to hymself. For whether we lyuen, we lyuen to the Lord; and whethir we dien, we dien to the Lord. Therfor whethir we lyuen or dien, we ben of the Lord. For whi for this thing Crist was deed, and roos aȝen, that he be Lord bothe of quykequike men EKk pr. m. and ofOm. K pr. m. deed menOm. K.. But what demest thou thi brothir? or whi dispisist thou thi brothir? for alle we schulen stonde bifore the trone of Crist. For it is writun, Y lyue, seith the Lord, for to me ech kne schal be bowid, and ech tunge schal knouleche to God. Therfor ech of vs schal ȝelde resoun to God for hym silf. Therfor `no more deme wedeme ȝe no more k pr. m. ech other; but more deme ȝe this thing, that ȝe putte not hirtyng, or sclaundre, to a brothir. I woot and triste in the Lord Jhesu, that no thing is vnclenecomun, or vncleene EX. comoun IQeg pr. m. bito k. hym, no but to him that demeth ony thing to be vnclene, to him itthat a. is vnclene. And if thi brother be maad sori in conscience for mete, now thou walkist not aftir charite. Nyle thouOm. b et C pr. m. thorouȝ thi mete lese hym, for whom Crist diede. Therfor be not oureȝoure Rk pr. m. good thing blasfemed. For whi the rewme of God is not mete and drynk, but riȝt|wisnesse and pees and ioye in the Hooli Goost. And he that in this thingOm. R pr. m. serueth Crist, plesith God, and is proued to men. Therfor sue we tho thingis that ben of pees, and kepe we togidere `tho thingisOm. E. that ben ofOm. Eg. to e. edi|ficaciounthat is, to bilde soulis to heuene. that deemeth; that is, makith not himsilf damp|nable. in that that he preu|eth; that is, knoweth that it is leful to him to ete metis forbedun in Moyses lawe, while he ceesith to ete for the charyte of brithren, to eschewe sclaun|dre. not of feith; that is, he doith this not of consci|ence. Lyre here. e.. Nyle thou for mete distrie the werk of God. For alle thingis ben clene, butfor a. it is yuel to thea k. man that etith bi offendyng. It is good to not ete fleisch, and to not drynke wyn, nethir in what thing thi brother offend|ith, or is sclaundrid, or is maad sijk. Thou hast feith anentis thi silf, haue thou bifore God. Blessid is he that demeth not hym silf in that thing that he preueth. For he that demeth, is dampned, if he etith; for it is not of feith. And al thing that is not of feith, is synne.

 CAP. XV.

But we saddere men owen to susteyne the feblenesses of sijke men, and not plese to vsoure h. silf. Eche of vs plese to his neiȝbore in good, to edificacioun. For Crist pleside not to hym silf, as it is writun, The repreues of men dispisynge thee, felden on me. For what euere thingis ben writun, tho ben writun to oure techynge, that bi paciencethe pacience Eeα. and coumfort of scripturis we haueOm. k pr. m. hope. But God of pacience and of solace ȝyue to ȝou to vndurstonde the same thing, ech in to othere aftir Jhesu Crist, that ȝe of o wille with o mouth worschipe God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. For which thing take ȝe togidere, as also Crist took ȝou in to the onour of God. For Y seie, that Jhesu Crist was a mynystre of circumcisioun for the treuthe of God, to conferme the bi|heestisbiheeste k pr. m. of fadris. And hethene men owen to onoure God for merci; as it is writun, Therfor, Lord, Y schal know|leche to thee among hethene men, and Y schal synge to thi name. And eft he seith, Ȝe hethene men, be ȝe glad with his puple. And eft, Alle hethene men, herie ȝe the Lord; and alle puplis, magnefie ȝe hym. And eft Isaie seith, Ther schal be a roote of Jesse, that schal rise vp to gouerne hethene men, and hethene men schulen hope in hym. And God of hope fulfille ȝou in al ioye and pees in bileuynge, that ȝe encrees in hope and vertu of the Hooli Goost. And, britheren, Y my silf am certeyn of ȝou, that also ȝe ben ful of loue, and ȝe ben fillid with al kunnyng, so that ȝe moun moneste ech other. And, bri|theren, more boldli Y wroot to ȝou a parti, as bryngynge ȝou in to mynde, for the grace that is ȝouun to me of God, that Y be the mynystre of Crist Jhesu among hethene men. And Y halewe the gospel of God, that the offryng of hethene men be acceptid, and halewid in the Hooli Goost. Therfor Y haue glorie in Crist Jhesu to God. For Y dar not speke ony thing of tho thingis, whiche Crist doith not bi me, in to obedience of hethene men, in word and dedis, in vertu of tokenes and grete wondris, in vertu of the Hooli Goost, so that fro Jerusalem bi cumpas totil to K sec. m. Rhk sec. m. O. the Illirik see Y haue fillid the gospel of Crist. And so Y haue prechid this gos|pel, not where Crist was named, lest Y bilde vponOm. K pr. m. anotheres ground, but as it is writun, For to whom it is not teld of him, thei schulen se, and thei that herden not, schulen vndurstonde. For which thing Y was lettid ful myche to come to ȝou, and Y am lettidOm. k pr. m. totil I. til to K. this tyme. And now Y haue not ferthere placethat is, I haue no nede to dwelle lengir there; for whi bischopis and prestis ordeyn|ed of him by cytees myȝten teche and con|uerte men, and therfore his presence was no more nede|ful there. Lyre here. e. in these cuntrees, but Y haue desire to come to ȝou, of many ȝeris that ben passid. Whanne Y bygynne to passe in to Spayne, Y hope that in my goyng Y schal se ȝou, and of ȝou Y schal be led thidur, if Y vse ȝou firstvse ȝou firste; that is, haue delyting in ȝoure conuer|sacioun and feith. Mace|donye; that is, men conuertid of the cuntreis. preueden; that is, consentiden to ȝeue of hem goodis to pore men of Jeru|salem. Lyre here. e. in parti. Therfor now Y schal passe forth to Jerusalem, to mynystre to seyntis. For Macedonye and Acaie han assaied to make sum ȝifte to pore men of seyntis, that ben in Jerusalem. For it pleside to hem, and thei ben dettouris of hem; forfor if Q sec. m. c pr. m. hethene men ben maad parteneris of her goostli thingis, thei owen also inof k. fleischli thingis to myn|ystre to hem. Therfor whanne Y haue endid this thing, and haue asigned to hem this fruyt, Y schal passe bi ȝou in to Spayne. And Y woot, that Y com|ynge to ȝou, schal come `in toin Re pr. m. the abundauncehaboundaunce, eithir plentee R. of the blessing of Crist. Therfor, britheren, Y biseche ȝou bi oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and bibi the bhk. charite of the Hooli Goost, that ȝe helpe me in ȝoure preyeris to the Lord, that Y be de|lyuerid fro the vnfeithful men, that ben in Judee, and that the offryng of my seruyce be acceptid in Jerusalem to seyntis; that Y come to ȝou in ioye, bi the wille of God, and that Y be re|freischid with ȝou. And God of pees be with ȝou alle. Amen.

 CAP. XVI.

And Y comende to ȝou Feben, oure sister, which is in the seruyce of the chirche that is at Teucris, that ȝe res|seyue hir in the Lord worthili to seyntis, and `that ȝe helpehelpe ȝe k. hir in what euere cause sche schal nede of ȝou. For sche helpidehath holpen I. many men, and my silf. Grete ȝeȝe wel KQ sec. m. bk. wel R. Om. β. Prisca and Aquyla, myn helperis in Crist Jhesu, which vndurputtiden her neckis for my lijf; to whichewhom I. not Y aloone do thankyngis, but also alleto alle K sec. m. al ARhk sec. m. bi β. the chirchischirche Rhk sec. m. of hethene men. And grete ȝe wel her meynealether homeli K marg. hoomly k pr. m. chirchethat is, con|gregacioun of feithful men in her hows. Lyre here. e.. GreteGrete ȝe EKRbhkoβ. wel Efenete, louyd to me, that is the firste of Asie in Crist Jhesu. GreteGrete ȝe EK. wel Marie, the whiche hath trauelid myche in vs. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Andronyk and Julian, my cosyns, and myn euen prisouneris, which ben noble among the apostlis, and whiche weren bifor me in Crist. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Ampliate, most dereworth to me in the Lord. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Vrban, oure helpere in Crist Jhesus, and Stacchen, my derlyng. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Appellem, the noble in Crist. GreteGrete ȝe K. wel hem that ben of Aristoblis hous. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Ero|dion, my cosyn. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel hem that ben of Narciscies hous, that ben in the Lord. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Trifenam and Trifo|sam, whiche wymmen trauelen in the Lord. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Persida, most dere|worthe womman, that hath trauelid myche in the Lord. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Rufus, chosun in the Lord, and his modir, and myn. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Ansicrete, Flegoncia, Hermen, Patroban, Herman, and bri|theren that ben with hem. GreteGrete ȝe KR. wel Filologus, and Julian, and Nereum, and his sistir, and Olympiades, and alle the seyntis that ben with hem. Grete ȝe wel togidere in hooli coss. Alle the chirches of Crist greten ȝou wel. But, britheren, Y preye ȝou, that ȝe aspie hem that maken discenciouns and hirtyngis, bisidis the doctryne that ȝe han lernedlerud I., and bowe ȝeOm. E. awei fro hem. For suche men seruen not to the Lord Crist, but to her wombe, and bi swete wordis and blessyngisbisech|vnges a pr. m. disseyuenthei disseyuen K. the hertis of in|nocent men. But ȝoure obedience is pupplischid in to euery place, therfor Y haue ioye in ȝou. But Y wole that ȝe be wise in good thing, and symple in yuel. AndBute k sec. m. God of pees tredde Sathanas vndurswiftli vndir R. ȝoure feet swiftliOm. R.. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝou. Tymothe, myn helpere, gretith ȝou wel, and also Lucius, and Jason, and Sosi|pater, my cosyns. Y Tercius grete ȝou wel, that wroot this epistlepistle bk., in the Lord. Gayus, myn oost, gretith ȝou wel, and al the chirche. Erastus, tresorereor kepere of the comyn whycche e. of the city, gretith ȝou wel, and Quartus brother. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist beOm. I. with ȝou alle. Amen. AndOm. C. onour and glorie be to hym, that is myȝti to conferme ȝou bi my gospel, and prechyng of Jhesu Crist, bi the reuela|cioun of mysterie holdun stylle in tymes euerlastinge; which mysterie is now maad opyn bi scripturis of prophetis, bi the comaundementcomaundementis k pr. m. of God with outen bigynnyng and endyng, to the obedience of feith in alle hethene men, the mys|terie knowun bi Jhesu Crist to God aloone wiss, to whom be onour and glo|rie in to worldis of worldisworld I.. Amen.

 Here endith the pistle to Romayns, and bigynneth the prologe on the firste pistle to CorinthiesFrom CIQacgh. Here endith the pistle to Romayns; now bigynneth the firste pistle to Corinthies, with the prologe bifore. M. Heere eendith the pistle to Romayns, and bigynneth the prolog on the pistle to Corinthies. R. Here endith Poul to Romayns, and bigynneth a prologe on the firste pistle to Corinthes. X. Here endeth the firste pistle to Romayns, and here bigynnith the prologe on the firste pistle to Corynthis. bo. Here eendith the pistil to Romayns, and [here k] bigynneth the prologe to the firste Corinthies. ek. No final rubric in AEKU.. I. CORINTHIANS. Here biginnith the prologe of Jerom on CorinthisFrom E. Prologe CX. Here bigynneth a prologe of Jerom on the firste pistle to Corinthies. K. Prolog to Corynthes i. N. Prologus T. Here bigynneth a prologe to Corynthies. U. A prolog on the firste epistle to Corynthies. f. No initial rubric in A and the other Mss..

CORINTHIES benben men CKMRXabho. of Acaye, and theiOm. T. in lijk maner herden of the postleapostle EMRTXeh. the word of treuthe, and weren peruertid in many maneres of false apostlis. Summe weren peruertid of eloquence of filosofie ful of wordis, othere menOm. T. weren led in to the sect of theOm. CEIKMNQRTUXabcefghkoαβ. lawe of Jewis, that is, to holde it nedeful with the gospel. The apostlepostle CEKNQUXabcgα. `clepith aȝenaȝen clepith CMRTho. these Corynthies to verythe verri C. Om. NT. feith and wisdom of the gospel, `and writithwritynge R. to hem fro Efesie, bi Ty|mothe, his disciple.

This seith Jerom in his prolog on the firste pistle to CorynthiesJerom in his prologe seith al this. K. Here endith the prolog on this epistle, that is seid bi Jerom. N. Jerom in his prologe on this pistle seith al this. Xα. Here endith [the] prologe, and bigynneth the first pistile to the Corinthies. g. Jerom in his prolog on this pistil seith thus. k. No final rubric in Ee.. Here bigynneth the firste pistle to the CorynthiesThe firste epistle to the Corinthies. Ee. No initial rubric in CIKMQUXa..CAP. I.

Poul, clepid apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Sostenes, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Co|rynthe, to hem that ben halewid in Crist Jhesu, and clepid seyntis, with alle that inwardli clepen the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, in ech place of hem and ofOm. A. oure, grace to ȝou and pees of God, oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Y do thankyngis to my God eueremore for ȝou, in the grace of God that is ȝouun to ȝou in Crist Jhesu. For in alle thingis ȝe ben maad riche in hym, in ech word, and in ech kunnyng, as the witnessyng of Crist is confermyd in ȝou; so that no thing faile to ȝou in ony grace, that abiden the schewyng of oure Lord Jhe|su Crist; which also schal conferme ȝou in to the ende with outen cryme, in the dai of the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. `A trewe GodForsothe God is trwe K sup. ras., bi whom ȝe ben clepid in to the felouschipe of his sone Jhesu Crist oure Lord. But, britheren, Y biseche ȝou, bi the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that ȝe alle seie the same thing, and that dissenciounsether dyuisions K marg. be not among ȝou; but be ȝe perfit in the same wit, and in the same kunnyng. For, my britheren, it is teld to me of hemȝou I sec. m. that ben at Cloes, that stryues ben among ȝou. And Y seie that, thatOm. U pr. m. ae pr. m. ech of ȝou seith, For Y am of Poul, and Y am of Apollo, and Y am of Cefasthat is, Petir e marg., but Y am of Crist. Whether Crist is departid? whether Poul was crucified for ȝou, ether ȝe ben baptisid in the name of Poul? Y do thankyngis to my God, that Y baptiside noonno man a. of ȝou, but Crispus and Gayus; lest ony man seie, that ȝe ben baptisid in my name. And Y bap|tiside also the hous of StephanStephan, a womman k., but Y woot not, that Y baptiside ony other. For Crist sente me not to baptise, but to preche the gospel; not in wisdom of word, that the cros of Crist be not voidid awei. For the word of the cros is foli to hem that perischen; but to hem that ben maad saafsadde a., that is to seie, to vs, it is the vertu of God. For it is writun, Y schal distruye the wisdom of wise men, and Y schal reproue the prudence of prudent men. Where is the wise man? where is the wise lawiere? where is theOm. A. purchasour of this world? Whether God hath not maad the wis|dom of this world fonned? For the world in wisdom of God knewe not God bi wisdom, it pleside to God, bi foli of prechyng, `to makenthat make a. hem saaf that bi|leueden. For Jewis seken signes, and Grekis seken wisdom; but we prechen Crist crucified, toto the hk pr. m. Jewis sclaundre, and toto the k pr. m. hethene men foli; but to thothe EIMQXaeghk. Jewis and Grekisto Greekis a. that ben clepid, we prechen Crist the vertu of God and the wisdom of God. For that that is foli thing of God, is wiser than men; and that that is theOm. EKQbegα. febleether seek or freel K marg. thing of God, is strengere than men. But, britheren, se ȝe ȝoure clepyng; for not many wise men aftir the fleisch, not many myȝtimyȝti men k., not many noblenoble men k.. But God chees tho thingis that ben fonned of the world, to confounde wise men; and God chees the feble thingis of the world, to confounde theOm. k pr. m. stronge thingis; and God chees the vn|noble thingis `and dispisable thingisOm. Eg. of the world, and tho thingis that ben not, to distruye tho thingis that ben; that ech man haue notOm. Qg pr. m. h pr. m. glorie in his siȝt. But of hym ȝe ben in Crist Jhesu, which is maad of God to vs wisdom, and riȝtwisnesse, and holynesse, and aȝen|biyng; that, as it is wrytun, He that glorieth, haue glorie in the Lord.

 CAP. II.

And Y, britheren, whanne Y cam to ȝou, cam not in the heiȝnesse of word, ethir of wisdom, tellynge to ȝou the wit|nessyng of Crist. For Y demede not me to kunne ony thing among ȝou, but Crist Jhesu, and hym crucified. And Y in sikenesse, and drede, and mychein myche A sec. m. I. trembling, was among ȝou; and my word and my preching was not in sutelisotil K. ether glosinge K marg. sutel cβ. sutilte h. stur|yng wordis of mannus wisdom, but in schewyng of spirit and of vertu; that ȝoure feith be not in the wisdom of men, but in the vertu of God. For we speken wisdom among perfit men, but not wis|dom of this world, nether of princes of this world, that ben distried; but we speken the wisdom of God in mysterie, `which wisdom is hidOm. R.; which wisdom God bifor ordeynede bifor worldis in to oure glorie, which noon of the princes of this world knew; for if thei hadden knowe, thei schulden neuere haue cru|cified the Lord of glorie. But as it is writun, That iȝethe iȝe a. say not, ne eere herde, nether it stiede in to hertethe herte A pr. m. CEKRXaegh. of man, what thingis God arayedehath greithid I. to hem that louen hym; but God schewide to vs bi his spirit. For whi the spirit serchith alle thingis, ȝhe, the depe thingis of God. And who of men woot, what thingis ben of man, but the spirit of man that is in hym? So what thingis ben of God, no man knowith, but the spirit of God. And we han not resseiued the spiritthat worldly cunnyng and loue, bi the whiche a man is dryuen to seke and loue worldly thingis. spiryt of God; that is, loue enflawmynge to dyuyne thingis. exam|yned; that is, goostli good is knowun verili. Lyre here. e. of this world, but the spirit that is of God, that we wite what thingis ben ȝouun to vs of God. Whiche thingis we speken also, not in wise wordis of mannus wis|dom, but in the doctryn of theOm. R. spirit, and maken a liknesse of spiritual thingis to goostli men. For a beestli man per|seyueth not tho thingis that ben of the spirit of God; for it is foli to hym, and he may not vndurstonde, for it is examyned goostli. But a spiritual man demeth alle thingis, and he is demed of no man. As it is writun, And who knew the wit of the Lord, or who tauȝte hym? And we han theOm. hko. wit of Crist.

 CAP. III.

And Y, britheren, myȝte not speke to ȝou as to spiritual men, but as to fleischli men; as to litle children in Crist, Y ȝaf tomylke to a. Om. C pr. m. ȝou mylkOm. a. drynketo drinke EXek pr. m.that is, I telde to ȝou the lesse poyntis of feith. not mete; that is, perfit techinge. ne|ther ȝe moun; as longe as ȝe dwellen in sich fleischelynesse. Lyre here. e., not mete; for ȝe myȝten not ȝitȝit vndirstonde Q sec. m. c., nether ȝe moun now, for ȝit ȝe ben fleischli. For while strijfenuye and strijf A sec. m. is among ȝou, whetherwher IK. ȝe ben not fleischli, and ȝe gon aftir man? For whanne summe seith, Y am of Poul, anotherand an othir R pr. m., But Y am of Apollo, whethir ȝe ben not men? What therfor is Apollo, and what Poul? Thei ben mynystris of hym, to whom ȝe han bileuyd; and to ech man as God hath ȝouun. Y plaunt|ide, Apollo moystide, but God ȝaf en|creessyng. Therfor nether he that plauntith is ony thing, nethir he that moistith, but God that ȝiueth encreess|yng. And he that plauntith, and he that moistith, ben oonthat is, in condicioun of kynde, and in worchinge of seruice; and therfore oon schal not be set bifore, and an|other dispisid. Lyre here. e.; and ech schal take his owne mede, aftir his trauel. For we ben the helperis of God; ȝe ben the erthetiliyng of God, ȝe ben the bild|yng of God. Aftir the grace `of GodOm. R. that is ȝouun to me, as a wise maistir carpenter Y settide theOm. k pr. m. foundement; andOm. R. another bildithbildide Ec. aboue. But ech man se, hou he bildith aboue. For noOm. k pr. m. man may sette another foundement, outtakun that that is sett, which is Crist Jhesus. For if onyeny man a. bildith ouer this foundement, gold, siluer, preciouse stoonys, stickis, hey, or stobil, euery mannus werk schal be open; for the dai of the Lord schal declare, for it schal be schewid in fier; the fier schal preue the werkwerkis k pr. m. of ech man, what ma|nereuere k pr. m. werk it is. If the werk of ony man dwelle stille, which he bildidebildeth Rhkoβ. aboue, he schal resseyue mede. If ony mannus werk brenne, he schal suffre harmether peyring K marg.; but he schal be saaf, so netheles as bi fier. Witen ȝe not, that ȝe ben the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwellith in ȝou? And if ony defoulith the temple of God, God schal leese hym; for the temple of God is hooli, which ȝe ben. No man disseyue hym silf. If ony man among ȝou is seyn to be wiys in this world, be he maad a fool, that he be wijs. For the wisdom of this world is foli anentis God; for it is writun, Y schal catche wise men in her fel wisdom; and eft, The Lord knowith the thouȝtis of wiseOm. R pr. m. men, for tho ben veyn. Therfor no man haue glorie in men. For alle thingis ben ȝoure, ethir Poul, ether Apollo, ether Cefas, ether the world, ether lijf, ether deth, ether thingis present, ethir thingis to comynge; for alle thingis ben ȝoure, and ȝe ben of Crist, and Crist is of God.

 CAP. IV.

So a man gesse vs, as mynystristhe mynystris k sec. m. of Crist, and dispenderis of the mynys|teriesmysteries CIβ. of God. Now it is souȝt hereOm. I pr. m. among the dispenderis, that a man be foundun trewe. And to me it is for the leest thing, that Y be demyd of ȝou, or of mannus dai; but nether Y deme my silf. For Y am no thing ouer trowynge to my silf, but notOm. R. in this thing Y amam not R. iustified; for he that demeth me, is the Lord. Therfor nyle ȝe deme bifore the tyme, til that the Lord come, which schal liȝtne the hyd thingis of derk|nessis, and schal schewe the counseils of hertis; and thanne preisyng schal be to ech man of God. And, britheren, Y haue transfigurid these thingis in to me and in to Apollo, for ȝou; that in vs ȝe lerne, lest ouer that it is writun, oon aȝens another be blowun with pride for an|other. Who demeth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not resseyued? AndOm. k pr. m. if thou hast resseyued, what glori|est thou, as thou haddist not resseyued? Nowe ȝe ben fyllidwith the doc|trin of feith. He spekith this in scorn, to schewe that her presump|cioun is worthi to be scorned. ȝe regnen; that is, ben in the staat of perfec|cioun by ȝoure gessinge. Lyre here. e., now ȝe ben maad riche; ȝe regnen with outen vs; and Y wolde that ȝe regnen, that also we regnen with ȝou. And Y gesse, that God schewide vsto vs X. the laste apostlisof apostlis caoβ., as thilke that ben sent to the deth; for we ben maad a spectacle to the world, and to aungels, and to men. We foolis for Crist, but ȝe prudent in Crist; we sike, but ȝe stronge; ȝe noble, but we vnno|ble. Til in to this our we hungren, and thirsten, and ben nakid, and ben smytun with buffatis, and we ben vnstablevnstable; that is, han no stidfaste dwell|ing place. as clensingis; that is, as filthis de|foulinge the world, that owen to be re|moued; forwhi Jewis and hethen men seyden, that the world was in|fect ether poi|sened by the lijf and tech|inge of the apostlis, and so it schulde be purgid by the deeth of hem. Lyre here. e., and we trauelen worchynge with oure hondis; we ben cursid, and we blessen; we suf|fren persecucioun, and we abiden longe; we ben blasfemyd, and we bisechen; as clensyngis of this world we ben maad the `out castyngout castynges til ȝit R. of alle thingis `til ȝitOm. R.. Y write not these thingis, that Y con|founde ȝou, but Y warnewarne ȝou a sec. m. k. as my moste dereworthe sones. For whi if ȝe han ten thousynde of vndur maistris in Crist, but not many fadris; for in Crist Jhesu Y haue gendrid ȝou bi the gospel. Therfor, britheren, Y preye ȝou, be ȝe foleweris of me, as Y of Crist. Therfor Y sente to ȝou Tymothe, which is my most dereworthe sone, and feithful in the Lord, which schal teche ȝou my weies, that ben in Crist Jhesu; as Y teche euery where in ech chirche. As thouȝ Y schulde not come to ȝou, so summesummen R. ben blowun with pride; but Y schal come to ȝou soone, if God wole; and Y schal knowe not the word of hem that ben blowun with pride, but the vertu. For the rewme of God is not in word, but in vertu. What wole ȝe? Schal Y come to ȝou in a ȝerde, or in charite, and in spirita spirit R. of myldenesse?

 CAP. V.

InȜit A. And but k pr. m. And k sec. m. al maner fornycaciounof fornycacioun A pr. m. is herd among ȝou, and siche fornycacioun, which is not among hethene menOm. R pr. m., so that sum|mansumme man I. haue the wijf of his fadir. AndOm. Q. ȝe ben bolnydbolnun CIQUabceghoαβ. blowen K sup. ras. k. bollid M. bollen R. with pride, and not more hadden weilyng, that he that dide this werk, be takun awei fro the myddil of ȝou. And Y absent in bodi, but present in spirit, now haue demyd as present hym that hath thus wrouȝt, whanne ȝe ben gaderid togidere in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and my spirit, with the vertu of the Lord Jhesu, to takebitake KUXae sec. m. siche a man to Sathanas, in to theOm. Rb. perischyngpeirynge a pr. m. of fleischthat is, tur|ment therof, that so he do penaunce while the peyne tech|ith. Lyre here. e., that the spirit be saaf in the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Ȝoure gloriyng is not good. Witen ȝe not, that a litil sourdowthat is, the consent of this synne which is knowun and is not repreued, defoulith alle that moun re|preue, and doen not. The Glos here. e. apeyrith al the gobet? Clense ȝe out the old sour|dowoold sour|douȝ; that is, in castinge out fro ȝou him that corrump|ith ȝou. The Glos here. e., that ȝe be new sprengyng togi|dere, as ȝe ben therf. For Crist offrid is oure pask. Therfor ete we, not in eld sourdowȝ, nether in sourdowȝ of ma|lice andand of EIMQRUXab pr. m. ceghkoαβ. weywardnesse, but in therf thingis of clernesse and of treuthe. I wroot to ȝou in a pistle, that ȝe be not medlid with letchours, not with letch|ours of this world, nene with I. coueitous men, ne raueynours, ne with men seruynge to mawmetis, ellis ȝe schulden haue go out of this world. But now Y wroothaue write I. write R. to ȝou, that ȝe be not meyndmedlid I.. ButOm. A. if he that is named a brother among ȝou, and is a letchour, or coueitouse, or seruynge to ydols, or curserea cursere EKQRbceghkoαβ., or ful of drunke|nesse, or raueynoura raueynour EQRbcegα., to take nonot IKQegk pr. m. α. Om. O. mete with sichesuche men R pr. m.. For what is it to me to deme of hem that ben with oute forth? Whether ȝe demen not of thingis that ben with ynne forth? For God schal deme hem that ben withouten forth. Do ȝe awei yuelyuele; that is, departe ȝe yuele Cristen men bi curs|ynge, that thei be amendid so by peyne. e. fro ȝouȝoure ER. silf.

 CAP. VI.

Dar any of ȝou that hath a cause aȝens another, be demed at wickid men, and not at hooli men? WhetherWher CI et plures. ȝe witen not, that seyntis schulen deme ofOm. k pr. m. this world? And if the world schal be demed bi ȝou, be ȝe vnworthi to deme ofOm. k pr. m. the leste thingis? Witen ȝe not, that we schulen deme aungels? hou myche more worldli thingis? Therfor if ȝe han worldli domes, ordeyne ȝe thothilke I. con|temptiblethat is, of lesse reputation and valu. Lyre here. ve. men, that ben in the chirche, to deme. Y seie to make ȝou aschamed. So ther is not ony wise man, that may deme bitwixe a brothir and his brothir; but aOm. A sec. m. E. brothir with brothira brothir KRk sec. m. β. stryueth in dom, and that among vnfeithful men. And now trespas is algatis inamong gk pr. m. ȝou, for ȝe han domes among ȝou. Whi rather take ȝe nonot Q sec. m. R sec. m. e sec. m. wrong? whi rather suffre ȝe not disseit? But andalso CEIKMQRUXbceghkαβ. and also a. ȝe doen wrong, and doen fraude, and that to britheren. WhetherWher IK. ȝe witen not, that wickid men schulen not welde the kyngdom of God? Nyle ȝe erre; nethirfor neithir R. letchours, nether men that seruenseruen to KX sec. m. g sec. m. k. mawmetis, nether auouterisauoutreris EIKQXaeghkα., nether letchouris aȝen kyndethat is, de|foulen hemself in procuringe the scheding out of seed [in hemsilf e]. Lyre here. ve., nether thei that doon letcheri with men, nether theues, nether auerouse men, ne|thirneither men K sec. m. Qk. `ful of drunkenessedronkelew men R., nether curseris, nether rauenours, schulen welde the kyngdom of God. And ȝe weren sum tyme these thingis; but ȝe ben waischun, but ȝe ben halewid, but ȝe ben iustefied in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and in the spirit of oure God. Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but not alle thingis ben spedeful. Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but Y schal not be brouȝt doun vndur ony mannus power. Mete to the wombewombe; is due. Lire here. ve., and the wombe to metis; and God schal distruye bothe this and that. And the bodi not to fornyca|ciounnot to forny|cacioun; that is, not ordeyned to fornycacioun, but to serue God. the Lord to the bodi; for he schal reise it aȝen and make it gloriouse. Lyre here. e., but to the Lord, and the Lord to the bodi. For God reiside the Lord, and schal reise vs bi his vertu. Witen ȝe not, that ȝoure bodies ben membris of Crist? Schal Y thanne take the membris of Crist, and schal Y makemake hem A sec. m. EIa sec. m. egα. the membris of an hoore? God forbede. Whether ȝe witen not, that he that cleueth to an hoore, is maad o bodi? For he seith, Ther schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. And he that cleueth to the Lordby feith and loue. Lire here, ve., is o spirit. Fle ȝe fornycacioun; al synne what euere synne a man doith, is with out the bodi; but he that doith fornycacioun, synneth aȝens his bodi. Whether ȝe witen not, that ȝoureoure Ee. mem|bris ben the temple of the Hooli Goost, that is in ȝou, whom ȝe han of God, and ȝe ben not ȝoure owne? For ȝe ben bouȝt with greet prijs. GlorifieGlorie Cβ. ȝe, and bere ȝe God in ȝoure bodi.

 CAP. VII.

But of thilke thingis that ȝe han write to me, it is good to a man to touche not a womman. But for forny|cacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hose|bonde. The hosebonde ȝelde dette to the wijf, and also the wijf to the hose|bonde. The womman hath not power of hir bodi, but the hosebonde; and the hosebonde hath not power of his bodi, but the womman. Nyle ȝeOm. R pr. m. defraude eche to othere, butno but k pr. m. perauenture of con|sent tofor a. a tyme, that ȝe ȝyue tent to preier; and eft turne ȝeOm. EI pr. m. Qb pr. m. eghkα. aȝen to the same thingthat is, to ȝelde dette, whanne the tyme of preier is endid. ve., lest Sathanas tempte ȝoutempte ȝou; of auoutrie. ve. for ȝoure vncontynence. But Y seie this thing as ȝyuyng leeueȝeuynge leue; that is, suf|fraunce, for whanne the husbonde delith with his wijf oonly for chil|dren ether to ȝelde dett, it is meritorye; whanne he do|ith for ouer|myche lust, it is venyal synne. not Y; that is, Y comaunde not by myn owne stiringe, but by autorite of God. departe not; no but for fornycacioun. if sche depart|ith; for cause of fornyca|cioun. e., not bi co|maundement. For Y wole, that alle men be as my silfalle men be as myself; that is, that alle men kepe virginite, forwhi Poul was a virgine, and therfore whanne he was bihedid, my[lk] ran out of his bodi, in to wit|nessing of his virginite. Lire here. v.. But eche man hath his propre ȝifte of God; oon thus, and another thus. But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y. ThatAnd EQRUXabceghkoαβ. Om. K. if thei conteynen not hem silf, be thei weddid; for it is betere to be wed|did, than to be brent. But to hem that ben ioyned in matrymonye, Y comaunde, not Y, but the Lord, that the wijf de|parte not fro the hosebonde; and thatOm. R. if sche departithdeparte R., that sche dwelle vn|weddid, or be recounselid to hir hose|bonde; and the hosebonde forsake not the wijf. But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. IfFor if a. ony brother hath an vnfeith|ful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hymhim; [pes|ibly and e] withouten di|spising of Cris|ten feith. ve., leeue he hir not. And if ony womman hath an vnfeithful hosebonde, and thishe this I. consentith to dwelle with hir, leeue sche not the hosebonde. For the vnfeithful hosebonde is halewidhalewid; that is, conuertid to Cristen feith. V. bi the feithful womman, and the vnfeithful womman is halewid bi the feithful hose|bonde. Ellis ȝoure children weren vn|cleene, but now thei ben hooli. ThatFor a. if the vnfeithful departithdepartith; for the haterede of Cristen feith. Lyre here. ve., departe he. For whi the brother or sistir is not suget to seruage in siche; for God hath clepid vs in pees. And wherof wostwotist R. thou, womman, if thou schalt make the man saaf; or wherof wostwotist R. thou, man, if thou schalt make the womman saaf? But as the Lord hath departid to ech, and as God hath clepid ech man, so go he, as Y teche in alle chirchis. A man cir|cumcidid is clepid, brynge he not to theOm. K pr. m. Q sec. m. prepuciethat is, sue he not the cus|tom of hethen men. not cir|cumcided; will|inge to kepe the lawe of Moises, that ceeside in deth of Crist. V.. A man isthat is K sec. m. MUahk sec. m. O. clepid in pre|pucie, be he not circumcidid. Circum|cisioun is nouȝt, and prepucie is nouȝt, but the kepyng of the maundementiscomaundementis CEIKMQRUXabceg hkoαβ. of God. Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he. Thou ser|uaunt art clepidto feith. not charge to thee; that is, bere thou not heuyli this condicioun. vse thou more; to serue Crist in hise mem|bris. seruauntis of men; that is, nyle ȝe for|sake the ser|uyse of God for the seruice of men. Lyre here. e., be it nonot Rk. charge to thee; but if thou maist bebe maad I. fre, `the rather vse thouvse it rathir I.. He that is a ser|uaunt, and is clepid in the Lord, is a freman of the Lord. Also he that is a freman, and is clepid, is the seruaunt of Crist. With prijs ȝe ben bouȝt; nyle ȝe be maad seruauntis of men. Therfor ech man in what thing he is clepid a brothir, dwelle he in this anentis God. But of virgyns Y haue no comaunde|ment of God; but Y ȝyue counseil, as he that hath mercygete mercy A sec. m. IKα. the mercy X. of the Lord, that Y be trewe. Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so. Thou art boundun to a wijf, nyle thou seke vn|byndyng; thou artthat art k pr. m. vnboundun fro a wijf, nyle thou seke a wijf. But if thou hast takun a wijf, thou hast not synned; and if a maidunmaide I. is weddid, sche synnede not; nethelesse siche schulen haue tri|bulacioun of fleisch. But Y spare ȝou. Therfor, britheren, Y seie this thing, The tyme is schort. Another is this, that thei that han wyues, be as thouȝ thei hadden noon; and thei that wepen, as theithei that R. weptenwepen a. not; and thei that ioien, as thei ioieden not; and thei that bien, as thei hadden not; and thei that vsen this world, as thei that vsen not. For whi the figure of this world passith. But Y wole, that ȝe be without bisy|nesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God. But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid. And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hose|bonde. And Y seie these thingis to ȝoure profit, not that Y caste to ȝou a snare, but to that that is onest, and that ȝyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the LordLord; that is, serue [him e] holili. Lyre here. ve.. And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid. For he that ordeyn|edeis ordeyned b. stabli in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demed in his herte this thing, to kepe his virgyn, doith wel. TherforeFor A pr. m. he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymo|nye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere. The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hose|bonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the LordLord; so that he be a Cristen man. Lyre here. ve.. But sche schal be more blessid, if sche dwellith thus, aftir my counsel; and Y wene, that Y haue the Spirit of God.

 CAP. VIII.

But of these thingis that ben sacri|fiedsacrificed EKRbgk. to ydolsthat is, sy|mulacris maade to mannus lik|nesse. we witen; that of tho thingis getende no filthe nether halewing ther|bi. Here he spekith of wise men, not of symple men. Lyre here. e., we witen, for alle we han kunnyng. But kunnyng blowith, charite edefieth. But if ony manOm. I pr. m. gessith, that he kan ony thing, he hath not ȝit knowe hou it bihoueth hym to kunne. And if ony man loueth God, this is knowun of hym. But of metis that ben offrid to idols, we witen, that an idol is no thing in the world, and that ther is no God but oon. For thouȝ ther ben summe that ben seid goddis, ethir in heuene, ether in erthe, as ther ben many goddis, and many lordis; netheles to vs is o God, theOm. I pr. m. Q. fadir, of whom ben alle thingis, and we in hym; and o Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom ben alle thingis, and we biin e pr. m. gk. hym. But not in alle men is kunnyng. For summen with consciencethat is, thei gessen that the idol is sum dyuyn thing. ve. of ydolidolis gk. til now eten asOm. k pr. m. thing offrid to idolisidols; that is, with reuer|ence of the idol. The Glos here. e.; and her conscience is defoulid, for it is sijk. Mete comendith vs not to God; for ne|ther we schulen faile, if we eten not, nether if we eten, we schulen haue plente. But se ȝe, lest perauenture this ȝouroure EQ pr. m. g pr. m. leeueor lycence a sec. m. marg. be maad hurtyng to sijke men. For if ony man schal se hym, that hath kunnyng, etynge in a place where idols ben worschipid, whethir his con|science, sithen it is sijke, schal not be edified to ete thingis offrid to idols? And the sijk brothir, for whom Crist diede, schal perische in thi kunnyng. For thus ȝe synnyng aȝens britheren, andOm. k pr. m. smytynge her sijk conscience synnen aȝens Crist. Wherfor if mete sclaundrith my brother, Y schal neuere ete fleisch, lest Y sclaundre my brothir.

 CAP. IX.

Whether Y am not fre? Am Y not apostle? Whether Y saiȝ not `Crist Jhe|suJhesu Crist Q., `oure LordOm. I.? Whether ȝe ben not my werk in the Lord? And thouȝ to othere Y am not apostle, but netheles to ȝou Y am; for ȝe ben the litle signe of myn apostlehed in the Lord. My defense toin to R. hem that axen me, that is. Whether we han not power to ete and drynke? Whether we han not power to lede aboute a womman aOm. b sec. m. sistir, as also othere apostlis, and britheren of the Lord, and Cefas? Or Y aloone and Barnabas han not power to worche these thingis? Who traueilith ony tyme with hise owne wagis? Who plauntith a vyn|ȝerd, and etith not of his fruyt? Who kepith a flok, and etith not of the mylk of the flok? Whether aftir man Y sey these thingis? whether also the lawe seith not these thingis? For it is writun in the lawe of Moises, Thou schalt not bynde the mouth of the ox threischyngethat threischith EIKQRUabceghkαβ. that threischinge M. that thristith O.. Whethir of oxun is charge to God? Whether for vs he seith these thingis? For whi tho ben writun for vs; for he that erith, owith to ere in hope, and he that threischith, inthreschith in Rhoβ. hope to take fruytisfruyt Rβ.. If we sowen spiritual thingis to ȝou, is it grete, if we repen ȝoure fleischli thingis? If otherethat is, false apostlis. of ȝoure power; that is, of tem|poral goodis beinge in ȝoure power. Lire here. ve. ben parteneris of ȝoure power, whi not rathere we? But we vsen not this power, but we suffren alle thingis, that we ȝyuen nonot a. lettyng to the euangelie of Crist. Witen ȝe not, that thei that worchen in the templeether sacra|rie; that is, a place where holy thingis ben kept. Lyre here. e., eten tho thingis that ben of the temple, and thei that seruen to the auter, ben partyneris ofto A. the auter? So the Lord ordeynede to hem that tellen the gospel, to lyue of the gospel. But Y vside noon of these thingis; sotheliand EIQRXbceghk sec. m. αβ. sotheli and K. Y wroot not these thingis, that thothei b. be don so in me; for it is good `to me ratherrather for me Q sec. m. to die, than that ony man `auoyde my glorieshulde make my reioysynge voyde Q sec. m.. For if Y preche the gospel, glorie is not to me, for nedelichor nede lijth to me K marg. Y mot don it; for wo to me, if Y preche not the gospel. But if Y do this thing wilfuli, Y haue mede; but if aȝens my wille, dispending is bi|takun to methat is, I pro|fite to othere men, but not to myself. Lire here, and Glos. ve.. What thanne is my mede? That Y prechynge the gospel, putte the gospel with outen otheris costor spense K marg., that Y vse not my power in the gospel. For|whi whanne Y was fre of alle men, Y made me seruaunt of alle men, to wynne the mo men. AndOm. R. to Jewis Y am maad as a Jew, to wynne the Jewis; to hem that ben vndur the lawe, as Y were vndur the lawe, whanne Y was not vndur the lawe, to wynne hem that weren vndur the lawe; to hem that weren with out lawethe lawe CXbc pr. m. ekβ., as Y were with out lawethe lawe CIQRXabegkoαβ., whanne Y was not with out theOm. Rh. lawe of God, but Y was in the lawe of Crist, to wynne hem that weren with out lawethe lawe EIQRbegkαβ.. Y am maad sijk to sike men, to wynne sike men; to alle men Y am maad alle thingis, to make alle men saaf. But Y do alle thingis for the gospel, that Y be maad partener of it. Witen ȝe not, that thei that rennen in a fur|longether gleyue K marg., alle rennen, but oon takith the prijs? So renne ȝe, that ȝe catche. Ech man that stryueth in fiȝt, absteyn|eth hym fro alle thingisthing a.that letten the victorie ether mede of bateil. The Glose here. [Lire here. e.] ve.; and thei, that thei take a corruptible coroun, but we an vncorrupt. Therfor Y renne so, not as `in toto R pr. m. vncerteynan vncerteyn IKMQRUXab pr. m. ceα. thing; thus Y fiȝte, not as betynge the eir; but Y chastise my bodi, and bryng it in to seruage; lest perauenture whanne Y preche to othere, Y my silf be maad repreuable.

 CAP. X.

Britheren, Y nylewile not I., that ȝe vnknowe, that alle oure fadris weren vndur cloude, and alle passiden the see; and alle weren baptisid in Moisesthat is, in the leedinge of Moises. Lyre here. ve., in the cloude and in the see; and alle eeten the same spiritual mete, and alle drunken the same spiri|tual drynke; theiand thei I. drunken of the spi|ritualsame spiritual I. stoonspiritual stoon; that is, drinke ȝouen to hem bi gost|li vertu. ve. folewynge hemfolewinge hem; that is, the stoon obei|eden to her de|siris bi Goddis uertu. V. It is seid a gostli ston, for it fi|guride the wa|ter of grace to be ȝouen bi Crist. Lire here. ve.; and the stoon was Crist. But not in ful manye of hem it was welOm. Q. pleasaunt to God; for whi thei weren cast doun in desert. But these thingis benweren h pr. m. don in figure of vs, that we be not coueyteris of yuele thingis, as thei coueitiden. Nether be ȝe maad idolatreris, as summe of hem; as it is writun, The puple sat to ete and drynke, and thei risen vp to pleie. Nether do we fornycacioun, as summe of hem diden fornicacioun, and thre and twenti thou|syndisthousand Eck. weren deed in o dai. Nethir tempte we Crist, as summe of hem temptiden, and perischiden of serpentis. Nether grutche ȝewe k., as summe of hem grutchiden, and thei perischiden of a distrierether waster K marg.. And alle these thingis fell|idenfellen EI pass. hβ. felden QR. to hem in figure; but thei ben writun to oure amendyng, in to whichewhom I. the endis of the worldis ben comun. Therfor he that gessith hymhim silf I., `that he stondithto stonde I. that he stonde a., se he, that he falle not. Temptacioun take `not ȝouȝou not IR.that is, lede not ȝou into consent and worching. ve., but mannus temptaciounno but man|nes tempta|cioun; that is, thilke tempta|cioun that mai not al be eschewid of man in present lijf; that is, temptacioun of venial synne. Lire here and the Glose, in sentence. Ve. Mannus tempt|acioun is, that a man set in nede either tri|bulacioun, dis|peir not of God in seekinge of mannes help. Therfore to suffre for Crist is mannes temptacioun, bi which a man profitith anen|tes God. The Glose here re|hersinge Am|brose. Either mannes tempt|acioun is to vndirstonde in other manere than the treuthe is, and this with good entent; as whanne a man with good en|tent failith in counseil bi mannes freelte, either whanne he is stirid to ire aȝens his [a e] brother, for cause of a|mending, more than Cristen peesiblenesse axith; but it is the deueles pre|sumpcioun, that a man loue ouer myche his owne sentence [ve] either haue enuie to betere men, and de|parte comun|ynge, and make discencioun and the sacrilegie of eresie. The Glose here, re|hersinge Aus|tin in his book of the Lordis Sermoun in the hill, and in his book of Baptim. V.; for God is trewe, which schal not suffre ȝou to be temptid aboue that thatOm. Rk pr. m. ȝe moun; but he schal make with temptacioun also purueyaunce, that ȝe moun suffre. Wherfor, ȝe most dere|worthe to me, fle ȝe frofro the Mac. Om. h pr. m. worschiping of maumetis. As to prudent men Y speke, deme ȝe ȝouȝoure E. silf that thing that Y seie. Whether the cuppe of blessyng which we blessen, is not the comynyng of Cristis blood? and whether the breed which we breken, is not the takyngpart takynge R. of the bodi of the Lord? For we manye ben o breed and o bodi, alleand alle k pr. m. we that taken part of o breed and of o cuppe. Se ȝe Israel aftir the fleisch, whethir thei that eeten sacrifices, ben not par|tyneris of the auter? What therfor seie Y, that a thing that is offrid to idols is ony thing, or that the idol is ony thing? But tho thingis that hethene men offren, thei offren to deuelis, and not to God. But Y nylewole not Ia., that ȝe ben maad felowis of feendis; for ȝe moun not drynke the cuppe of the Lord, and the cuppe of fendis; ȝe moun not be parteneris of the boord of the Lord, and of the bord of feendis. Whether we han enuye to the Lord? whether we ben strengere then he? Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but not alle thingis ben spedeful. Alle thingis ben leeuefulthat is, it is leeueful to me to ete thingis offrid to idols. alle thingis ben leeueful to me; that is, meetis forbeden in Moises lawe be leeueful to me. Lire here. v. to me, but not alle thingis edifien. No man seke that thing that is his owne, but that thing that is of an othere. Al thing that is seld in the bocherie, ete ȝe, ax|ynge no thing for conscience. The erthe and the plente of it is, the Lordis. IfFor if A pr. m. And if cb sec. m. k pr. m. ony of hethene men clepithclepe R. clepen h. ȝou to soper, and ȝe wole go, althat O. thing that is set to ȝou, ete ȝe, axynge no thing for con|science. But if ony man seith, This thing is offrid to idols, nyle ȝe ete, for hym that schewide, and for conscience; and Y seie not, thi conscience, but of an othere. But wherto is my fredom dem|ed of an othere mannus conscience? Therfor if Y take part with grace, what am Y blasfemed, for that that Y do thankyngis? Therfor whether ȝe eten, or drynken, or don ony other thing, do ȝe alle thingis `in toto A pr. m. theOm. C. glorie of God. Be ȝe with outen sclaundre to Jewis, and to hethene men, and to the chirche of God; as Y bi alle thingis plese to alle men, not sekynge that that is profitable to me, but that that is profitable to manye men, that thei be maad saaf.

 CAP. XI.

Be ȝe my foleweris, as Y am of Crist. And, britheren, Y preise ȝou, that bi alle thingis ȝe ben myndeful of me; and as Y bitook to ȝou my comaundementiscomaundement k., ȝe holden. But Y wole that ȝe wite, that Crist is heed of ech man; but the heed of the womman is the man; and the heed of Crist is God. Ech manThe man is vndirstonden the resoun of the soule, the womman is the sensualite either lyking of body; the spirit and resoun schal be ocupied aboute gostly thingis, and it schal reule the soule and refreyne sensualite, that it be not occu|pied ouer myche aboute temporal thingis; ellis if this processe of Poule here is not referrid to sum goostly thing, but to the nakid let|tre, it is a veyn thing. Forwhi a man is maad to the ymage of God, bi the soule, and not bi the bodi; and thus is a womman also in her soule. The Glose here, rehersinge Aus|tyn in his book of the Trinite, and on Genesis. ve. preiynge, or profeciynge, whanne his heed is hilid, defoulith his heed. But ech womman preiynge, or profeciynge, whanne hir heed is not hilid, defoulith hir heed; for it is oon, as if sche were pollidballid A sec. m.. And if a womman be not keuered, be sche pollid; and if it is foul thing to a womman to be pollid, or to be maad ballid, hile sche hir heed. But a man schal not hile his heed, for he is theOm. R. ymage and the glorie of God; but a womman is the glorie of man. For a man is not of the womman, but the womman of the man. And the man is not maad for the wom|man, but the womman for the man. Therfor the womman schal haue an hil|yng on hir heed, also for aungelis. Ne|theles nether the man isOm. k pr. m. with outen wommanthe womman I pr. m. b., nether the womman isOm. k pr. m. with oute man, in the Lord. Forwhi as the womman is of manthe man a., so the man isOm. a. bi the womman; but alle thingis ben of God. Deme ȝe ȝouȝour E. silf; bisemeth it a womman not hilid on the heed todo EQeg. for to M pr. m. to do c. preyepreieris EQceg. preier R pr. m. Godto God EIKM QRUabceghk sec. m. Oαβ.? Nether the kynde it silf techith vs, for if a man nurschenursheth Eh. longe heerheeris KR., it is schenschipeether yuel fame K marg. to hym; but if aOm. a. wom|man nurischenursh|eth Eh. longe heerheeres R., it is glorie to hir, for heeris ben ȝouun to hir for keueryng. But if ony man is seyn to be ful of strijf, we han noon siche cus|tom, nethir the chirche of God. But this thing Y comaunde, not preisynge, that ȝe comen togidere not in to theOm. EIQg. betere, but in to theOm. EIO. worse. First for whanne ȝe comen togidere in to the chirche, Y here that discenciounsether departingis K marg. ben, and in parti Y bileueleeue C sec. m. EIKM RUXab pr. m. ceghk sec. m. Oαβ.. For it bihoueth eresies to be, that thei thatthe whiche k pr. m. ben prouyd, ben opynli knowun in ȝou. Therfor whanne ȝe comen togidere in to oon, now it is not to ete the Lordis soper; for whi ech man bifor takith his soper to ete, and oon is hungry, and another isOm. A. drunkun. Whe|ther ȝe han not housis to ete and drynke, or ȝe dispisen the chirche of God, and confounden hem that han noon? What schal Y seie to ȝou? Y preise ȝou, but here yn Y preise ȝou not. For Y haue takun of the Lord that thing, whichthat Ik. Y haue bitakun to ȝou. For the Lord Jhesu, in what niȝt he was bitraied, took breed, and dide thank|yngis, and brak, and seide, Take ȝe, and ete ȝe; this is my bodi, which schal be bitraied for ȝou; do ȝe this thing in to my mynde. Also the cuppe, aftir that he hadde soupid, and seide, This cuppe is the newe testament in my blood; do ȝe this thing, as ofte as ȝe schulen drynke, in to my mynde. For as ofte as ȝe schu|len ete this breed, and schulenOm. I. drynke thethis I. cuppe, ȝe schulen telle the dethin represent|inge it bi this sacrament. til he come; to the dome. Lire here. ve. of the Lord, til that he come. Therfor who euere etith the breed, or drynkith the cuppe of the Lord vnworthili, he schal be gilti of theOm. M. bodi and of theOm. A. blood of the Lord. But preue a man hym silf, and so ete he of `the ilkethilke IK pass. that R. breed, and drynkedrynke he Ka. of the cuppe. For he that etith and drinkith vnworthili, etith and drink|ith doom to hym, not wiseli demyng the bodi of the Lord. Therfor among ȝou many ben sijke and feble, and manye slepen. And if we demydendeemen gk. wiseli vs silf, we schulden not be demyd; but while we ben demyd of the Lord, we ben chastisid, that we be not dampnyd with this world. Therfor, my britheren, whanne ȝe comen togidere to ete, abide ȝe togidere. If ony man hungrith, ete he at home, that ȝe come not togidere in to doomthat is, into ȝoure dampna|cioun. Lyre here. ve.. And Y schal dispose othere thingis, whanne Y come.

 CAP. XII.

But of spiritual thingis, britheren, Y nyle that ȝe vnknowun. For ȝe witen, that whanne ȝe weren hethene men, hou ȝe weren led goynge to doumbe mau|metis. Therfor Y make knowun to ȝou, that no man spekynge in the spirit of God, seith departyng fro Jhesu; and no man may seie the Lord Jhesu, but in the Hooli Goost. And dyuerse graces ther ben, but it is al oon Spirit; and dyuerse seruyces ther ben, but it is al oon Lord; and dyuerse worchingis ther ben, but `al isit al is A pr. m. it is al EKR sec. m. b pr. m. k. al R pr. m. b sec. m. oon God, that worchith alle thingis in alle thingis. And to ech man the schewyng of spirit is ȝouun to profit. TheAnd the k pr. m. word of wisdom is ȝouun to oon bi spirit; to another the word of kunnyng, bi the same spirit; feith to another, in the same spirit; to anothere, grace of helthis, in o spirit; to another, theOm. R pr. m. kα. worchyng of vertues; to another, profecie; to another, very knowyng of spiritis; to another, kyndis of langagis; to another, expown|yng of wordis. And oon andin A pr. m. k pr. m. the same spirit worchith alle these thingis, depart|ynge to ech bi hem silf as he wole. For as ther is o body, and hath many mem|bris, and alle theOm. Rhoβ. membris of the bodi whanne tho ben manye, ben o bodi, so also Crist. For in o spirit alle we ben baptisid `in toin k. o bodi, ether Jewis, ether hethene, ether seruauntis, ether free; and alle we ben fillid with drink in o spirit. For the bodi is not o membre, but manye. If thethi β. foot seithschal seie k pr. m. seie k sec. m., For Y am not the hoond, Y amOm. R. not of the bodi; not therfor it is not of the bodi. And if the ere seith, For Y am not the iȝe, Y am not of the bodi; not therfor it is not of the bodi. If al the bodi is the iȝe, where is heryng? and if al the bodi is heryng, where is smellyng? But now God hath set membris, and ech of hem in the bodi, as he woldewole R.. ThatAnd a. if alle weren o membre, where were the bodi? But now ther ben many mem|bris, but o bodi. And the iȝe may not seie to the hond, Y haue no nede to thi werkis; or eft the heed to the feet, Ȝe ben not necessarie to me. But myche more tho that ben seyn to be the lowere membris of the bodi, ben more nedeful; and thilke that we gessen to be theOm. bk. vnworthier membris of the bodi, weto hem we R. ȝyuen more honour `to hemOm. R.; and tho membris that ben vnonest, han more oneste. For oure oneste membris han nede of noon; but God tempride the bodi, ȝyuynge more worschip to it, to whom it failide, that debate be not in the bodi, but that the membris be bisi in to the same thingthingis R. ech for othere. And if o membre suffrithsuffre k. ony thing, alle membris suffren therwith; ethir if o membre ioieth, alle membris ioien to|gidere. And ȝe ben the bodi of Crist, and membris of membre. But God sette sum men in the chirche, fyrst apostlis, the secunde tyme prophetis, the thridde techeris, aftirward vertues, aftirwardafter R. graces of heelyngis, helpyngis, gouern|ails, kyndis of langagis, interpretaciouns of wordis. Whether alle apostlis? whe|thir alle prophetis? whether alle tech|eris? whether alle vertues? whether alle menOm. R. han grace of heelyngis? whe|ther alle speken with langagis? whether alle expownen? But sue ȝewe EQeg. Om. I pr. m. the betere goostli ȝiftis. And ȝit Y schewe to ȝou a more exellent weye.

 CAP. XIII.

If Y speke with tungis of men and of aungels, and Y haue not charite, Y am maad as bras sownynge, or a cymbal tynkyngetinglinge E. tynclynge Iα.. And if Y haue prophecie, and knowe alle mysteries, and al kun|nynge, and if Y haue al feith, so that Y meue hillis fro her place, and Y haue not charite, Y am nouȝt. And if Y de|parte alle my goodis in to the metis of pore men, and yf Y bitake my bodi, so that Y brenne, and if Y haue notno R. cha|rite, it profitith to me no thing. Charite is pacient, it is benygne; charite enuyeth not, it doith not wickidliether gilefulli K marg., it is not blowun, it is not coueytouse, it sekith not tho thingis that ben hise owne, it is not stirid to wraththe, it thenkith not yuel, it ioyeth not on wickidnesse, but it ioieth togidere to treuthe; it suffrith alle thingis, it bileueth alle thingis, it hopith alle thingis, it susteyneth alle thingis. Charite fallith neuere doun, whether prophecies schulen be voidid, ethir lan|gagis schulen ceesse, ethir science schal be distried. For a parti we knowun, and a parti we prophecien; but whanne that schal come that is parfit, that thing that is of parti schal be auoidid. Whanne Y was a litil child, Y spak as a litil child, Y vndurstood as a litil child, Y thouȝte as a litil child; but whanne Y was maad a man, Y auoididevoidide IQ. tho thingis that weren of a litil child. And we seen now bi a myrour in derknesse, but thanne face to face; now Y knowe ofa R. parti, but thanne Y schal knowe, as Y am knowun. And now dwellendwelleth Rg. feith, hope, andOm. k pr. m. charite, these thre; but the most of these is charite.

 CAP. XIV.

Sue ȝe charite, loue ȝe spiritual thingis, but more that ȝe prophecien. And he that spekithto speke in tunge is to speke a thing not vndir|stonden. no man heerith; that is, vndir|stondith the sentence hid withinne. pro|fecieth; that is, openith and declarith thingis schewid to him either to othere men. spekith to men; that is, to the profit of men. Lire here. ve. in tunge, spekith not to men, but to God; for no man herith. But the spirit spekith mysteries. For he that prophecieth, spekith to men to edi|ficacioun, and monestyng, and coumfort|yng. He that spekith in tungetunge, that is, in straunge langage K., edifieth hym silf; but he that prophecieth, edifi|eth the chirche of God. And Y wole, that alle ȝe speke in tungis, but more that ȝe prophecie. For he that prophe|cieth, is more than he that spekith in langagis; but perauenture he expoune, that the chirche take edificacioun. But now, britheren, if Y come to ȝou, and speke in langagistungis k pr. m., what schal Y profite to ȝou, but if Y speke to ȝou ethir in reuelacioun, ethir in science, ethir in prophecie, ether in techyng? For tho thingis that ben withouten soulethe soule I., and ȝyuethȝyuen Xa. voices, ethir pipe, ether harpe, but tho ȝyuen distinccioun of sownyngis, hou schal it be knowun thatthat that Ek sec. m. is sungun, ether that that is trumpid? For if a trumpe ȝyue an vncerteyn soune, who schal make hym silf redi to batel? So but ȝe ȝyuen an opyn word bi tunge, hou schal that that is seid be knowun? For ȝe schulen be spekynge in veyn. There ben many kyndis of langagis in this world, and no thing is with outen vois. But if Y knowe not the vertu of a vois, Y schal be to hym, to whom Y schal speke, a barbarikthat is, not vndurstonden K marg. a barbarik, eithir straunge R.; and he that spekith to me, schal be a barbarik. So ȝe, for ȝe ben loueris of spiritis, seke ȝe that ȝe be plenteuouse to edificacioun of the chirche. And therfor he that spek|ith in langage, preie, that he expowne. For if Y preye in tunge, my spiritthat is, myn affeccioun is reysid to God. Lire here. ve. prei|eth; myn vndurstondyng is with outen fruyt. What thanne? Y schal preye in spirit, Y schal preye in mynde; Y schal seie salm in spirit, Y schal seie salm alsoOm. k pr. m. O sec. m. in mynde. For if thou blessist in spirit, who fillithfulfill|ith k. the place of an ydiot, hou schal he seie Amen on thi bless|yng, for he woot not, what thou seist? For thou doist wel thankyngis, but an othir man is not edefied. Y thanke my God, for Y speke in theOm. a. langage of alle ȝou; but in the chirche Y wolewille to I sec. m. speke fyue wordis in my wit, that also Y teche othere men, than ten thousyndethousandis IKRehoα. ofOm. Ek pr. m. wordis in tunge. Britheren, nyle ȝe be maad children in wittis, but in malice be ȝe children; but inwith a. wittis be ȝe parfit. For in the lawe it is writun, ThatFor that A pr. m. cab sec. m. in othere tungis and othere lippis Y schal speke to this puple, and nether so thei schulen here me, seith the Lord. Ther|for langagis ben in to tokene, not to feithful men, but to men out of the feith; but prophecies ben not to men out of the feith, but to feithful men. Therfor if alle the chirche come togidere in to oon, and alle men speken in tungis, if idiotis, ether men out of the feith, entren, whether thei schulen not seie, What ben ȝe woode? But if alle men prophecien, if ony vnfeithful man or idiot entre, he is conuyct of alle, he is wiseli demyd of alle. ForBut A. the hid thingis of hisOm. R pr. m. herte ben knowun, and so he schal falle doun on the face, and schal worschipe God, and schewe verili that God is in ȝou. What thanne, britheren? Whanne ȝe comen togidere, ech of ȝou hath a salm, he hath techyng, he hath apocalipsthat is, reuelacioun K marg., he hath tunge, he hath ex|pownyng; alle thingis beOm. e. theiOm. Ab pr. m. don to edificacioun. Whether a man spekith in tunge, bi tweitwo I pass. men, ethir thre at the moste, and bi partisparties IK., that oon inter|pretebe it doon K marg.. But if there be not an inter|pretour, be he stille in the chirche, and speke he to hym silf and to God. Pro|phetis tweine orether Ca. thre seie, andOm. k pr. m. othereanother k. wiseli deme. But if ony thing be schewid to a sittere, the formere be stille. For ȝe moun `prophecie allealle profecie R., ech bi hym silf, thatand k pr. m. alle men lerne, and allealle men K sec. m. moneste. And the spiritis of pro|phetis ben suget to prophetis; for whi God is not of discencioun, but of pees; as inI teche in R. alle chirchis of hooli men `Y techeOm. R.. Crisostome seith, A wom|man is vnder|stonden, the softnesse or vn|stablenesse, that is, corrupcioun of flesche. Eche forsoth man that is vnstable in mynde, and slowe in bileue and corrupt in werkis, and ȝif he is man in body and inwit, he is vndir|stonden a wom|man; therfore he is not noum|brid with seintes. To al siche womman|ysche men Y vndirstonde Poule to bidde silence in the chirche. G.Wymmen in chirchis be stille; for it is not suffrid to hem to speke, but to be suget, as the lawe seith. But if thei wolen ony thing lerne, `at homeOm. R. axe thei her hosebondishusbondis at hoome R.; for it is foule thing to a womman to speke in chirchethe chirche Kbg sec. m. koβ.. Whether `of ȝouOm. I. the word of God cam forthforth of ȝou I., or toof k. ȝou aloone it cam? If ony man is seyn to be a prophete, or spiritual, knowe he tho thingisOm. R pr. m. that Y write to ȝou, for tho ben the comaunde|mentis of the Lord. And if ony man vnknowith, he schal be vnknowun. `Therfor, britherenOm. I., loue ȝe to prophe|cie, and nyle ȝe forbede to speke in tungis. But be alle thingis don onestli, and bi due ordre in ȝou.

 CAP. XV.

`Sotheli, britherenBritheren EKMQRUXabeghkoαβ. Bretheren sothli I sec. m., Y make the gospel knowun to ȝou, which Y haue prechid to ȝou, theOm. EIgα. which also ȝe han takun, in which ȝe stonden, alsoand also a. Om. R. bi whichwhich also R. ȝe schulen be sauyd; `bi which resoun Ybi resoun of whiche saluacioun thouȝ I I. haue prech|id to ȝou, ifbut I. ȝe holdenholden it I., `if ȝe han not bileuyd ideliȝe han bileeued in veyn I.. For Y bitook to ȝou at the bigynnyng that thing which also Y haue resseyued; that Crist was deed for oure synnes, bi theOm. I. scripturis; and that he was biried, and that he roos aȝen in the thridde dai, after scripturis; and that he was seyn to Cephas, and aftir these thingis to enleuene; aftirwardafter R. he was seynyseyn a. to mo than fyue hundrid britheren togidere, of whiche manye lyuen ȝit, but summe ben deed; aftirward he was seyn to James, and aftirward to alle theOm. b. apostlis. And last of alle he was seyn also to me, as to a deedether mysborn K marg. borun child. For Y am the leste of apostlisthe apostlis a., that am not worthi to be clepid apostle, for Y pursuede the chirche of God. But bi the grace of God Y am that thing that Y am; and his grace wasis IQ. not voide in me. For Y trauelide more plenteuously than alle thei; but not Y, but the grace of God with me. But whether Y, or thei, so we han prechid, and so ȝewe R. han bileuyd. And if Crist is prechid, that he roos aȝen fro deeth, hou seien sum|men among ȝou, that the aȝenrisyng of deed men is not? And if the aȝenrisyng of deed men is not, nethir Crist roos aȝen fro deeth. And if Crist roos not, oure preching is veyn, oure feith is veyn. And we ben foundun false witnessis of God, for we han seid witnessyng aȝens God, that he reiside Crist, whom he reiside not, if deed men risen not aȝen. For|whi if deed men risen not aȝen, nether Crist roos aȝen; and if Crist roos not aȝen, oure feith is veyn; and ȝit ȝe ben in ȝoure synnes. And thanne thei that han diede in Crist, han perischid. If in this life oneli we ben hoping in Crist, we ben more wretchis than alle men. But now Crist rooshath risen I. aȝen fro deth, the firste fruit of deed men; for deeth was bi a man, and bi a man isOm. k pr. m. aȝenrisyng fro deth. And as in Adam alle men dien, so in Crist alle men schulen be quyk|enyd. But ech man in his ordre; the firste fruit, Crist, afterward thei that ben of Crist, that bileueden in the comyng of Crist; aftirward an ende, whanne he schal bitake the kyngdom to God and to the fadir, whanne he schal auoide althe b. princehod, and power, and vertu. But it bihoueth hym to regne, til he putte alle hise enemyes vndur hise feet. AndForsothe k. at the laste, deth the enemye schal be distried; forforsothe k pr. m. he hath maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet. AndForsothe k. whanne he seith, alle thingis ben suget to hym, with outen doubt outakun hym that suget|ide alle thingis to hym. AndSotheli k. whanne alle thingis benschulen be k. sugetsugettid R. to hym, thanne the sone hym silf schal be sugetsugettid R. to hym, that made `alle thingis sugetsuget alle thingis IQ. to hym, that God be alle thingis in alle thingis. Ellis what schulen thei do, that ben baptisid for deedthat is, for deedly synnes, that ben deede werkis, for whiche to be waschen awey, baptim is res|ceyued. Lire here. ve. men, if in no wisewey I. deed men risen aȝen? wherto ben thei baptisid for hem? And wherto ben we in perel euery our? EchAnd britheren, ech k pr. m. dai Y diethat is, sette me forth to the perels of deth, for ȝoure glorie, and for glorie to be gete in ȝou. Lire here. Either that ȝe gete euerelastinge glorie. The Glose here. ve. for ȝoure glorie, britherenOm. k pr. m., whichthe whiche I. glorie Y haue in Crist Jhesu oure Lord. If aftir man Y haue fouȝten to beestis at Efesi, what profitith it to me, if deed men risen not aȝen? Ete we, and drynke we, for we schulen die to morewe. Nyle ȝe be dis|seyued; for yuel spechis distrien good thewisthingis k.. Awake ȝe, iuste men, and nyle ȝe do synne; for summen han ignoraunce of God, but to reuerencethat is, to ȝoure schame. Lire here. ve. Y speke to ȝou. But summan seith, Hou schulen deed men rise aȝen, or in what maner bodi schulen thei come? Vnwise man, that thing that thou sowist, is not quykened, but it die first; and that thing that thou sowist, `thou sowistOm. A pr. m. not the bodi that is to comecome thou sowist not A pr. m., but a nakid corn, asOm. k. of whete, or of summe othere seedis; and God ȝyueth to it a bodi, as he wole, and to ech of seedis a propir bodi. Not ech fleisch is the same fleisch, but oon is of men, another is of beestis, another is of briddis, an othere ofis of EIak. fischis. And `heuenli bodies benther ben heuenli bodies I., and `ertheli bodies benther ben ertheli bodies I.; but oon glorie is of heuenely bodies, and anothir is of ertheli. An othereAnd another ab. clerenesse is of the sunne, an|othere clerenesse is of the moone, and anothere clerenesse is of sterristhe sterris A pr. m. Eh pr. m. kβ.; and a sterre dyuersith fro a sterre in clere|nesse. And so the aȝenrisyng of deed men. It is sowun in corrupcioun, it schal rise in vncorrupcioun; it is sowun in vnnoblei, it schal risearise R. in glorie; it is sowun in infirmyte, it schal risearise R. in vertu; it is sowun ain a k. beestly bodi, it schal risearise R. ain a k pr. m. spiritual bodi. If ther is a beestli bodi, ther is also a spiritual bodi; as it is writun, The firste man Adam was maad in to a soule lyuynge, the laste Adam in to a spirit quyken|ynge. But the firste is not that thatOm. k pr. m. is spiritual, but that that is beestlich, aftir|ward that that is spiritual. The firste man of erthe is ertheli; the secounde man of heuene is heuenelichheueneli Rk.. Such as the ertheli man is, such ben the ertheli men; and such as the heueneli man is, suche ben also the heueneli men. Therfor as we han bore the ymage of the ertheli man, bere we also the ymage of the heuenliheuenly man Ia sec. m. marg.. Britheren, Y seie this thing, that fleischthat is, men ȝouen to flesch|ly lustis, uices and de|lices. Lire here and the Glose here. Ve. Either flesch and blood; that is, werkis of the flesch, as ben the wombe and leccherie. The Glose here, re|hersinge Am|brose. Either bi flesch and blood is vndir|stonden the corupcioun of flesch and of blood; this cor|rupcioun schal not be in the reume of God, but the sub|staunce of flesch schal be there vncor|ruptible. The Glose here, re|hersinge Aus|tyn. V. and bloud moun not welde the kyngdom of God, nethir corrupcioun schal welde vncorrupcioun. Lo! Y seie to ȝou priuyte of hooli thingis. And alle we schulen rise aȝen, but not alle we schulen be chaungidto the state of glorie. Lire and the Glose here. Ve.; in a moment, inof b. the twynklyng of an iȝe, in the laste trumpe; for the trumpe schal sowne, and deed men schulen rise aȝen, with oute corrupcioun, and we schulen be chaung|id. For it byhoueth this corruptible thing to clothe vncorrupcioun, and this deedli thing to putte awei vndeedlinesse. But whanne this deedli thing schal clothe vndeedlynesse, thanne schal the word be doon, that is writun, Deth is sopun vp in victorie. Deth, where is thi victorie? Deth, where is thi pricke? But the pricke of deth is synne; and the vertuthat is, en|cresing of synne, for whanne the lawe was ȝouen, fleschli coueitise was ful strong, and trespassing neiȝede; forwhi the lawe in for|bedinge encres|ith coueitise of synne, no but the Holy Gost sprede abrood charite. The Glose here, re|hersinge Aus|tyn. ve. of synne is the lawe. But do we thankyngis to God, that ȝaf to vs victorie bi oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Therfore, my dereworthe britheren, be ȝe stidefast, and vnmouable, beynge plen|teuouse in werk of the Lord, euere more witynge that ȝoureoure k. trauel is not idel in the Lord.

 CAP. XVI.

But of the gaderyngisgaderinge k pr. m. of money that ben maad in to seyntis, as Y ordeynedehaue ordeyned Rhoβ. in the chirchis of Galathie, so also do ȝe o dai of the wouke. Ech of ȝou kepe atanentis I. hym silf, kepynge that that plesith to him, that whanne Y come, the gader|yngisgadryng R. benbe R not maad. And whanne Y schal be present, whiche men ȝe preuen, Y schal sende hem bi epistlis to bere ȝoure grace in to Jerusalem. That if itI Q. be worthi that also Y go, thei schulen go with me. But Y schal come to ȝou, whanne Y schal passe bi Macedonye; for whi Y schal passe bi Macedonye. But perauenture Y schal dwelle at ȝou, or also dwelle the wynter, that andOm. A sec. m. CEIKQRUXb pr. m. cghkoαβ. ȝe lede me whidir euere Y schal go. And Y wole not now se ȝou in my passyng, for Y hope to dwelle with ȝou awhile, if the Lord schal suffre. But Y schal dwelle at Efesi, `til tovnto I. Witsuntide. For a grete dore and an opyn is openyd to me, and many aduersaries. And if Thi|mothe come, se ȝe that he be with out drede with ȝou, for he worcheth the werk of the Lord, as Y. Therfor no man dispise hym; but lede ȝeOm. b. hym forth in pees, that he come to me; for Y abide hym with britheren. But, britheren, Y make knowun to ȝou of Apollo, that Y preiede him myche, that he schulde come to ȝou, with britheren. But it was not his wille to come now; but he schal come, whanne he schal haue leiser. Walke ȝe, and stonde ȝe in the feith; do ȝe manli, and be ȝe coumfortid in the Lord, and be alle ȝoure thingis don in charite. And, britheren, Y biseche ȝou, ȝe knowen the hous of Stephanthis Stephan was a womman ANCO. Stephan, the womman CXe. this was a wom|man Eg. that was a womman K marg. Stephan was a womman k., and of Fortunati, and Acaicy, for thei ben the firste fruytis of Acaie, and in to myn|ystrie of seyntis thei han ordeyned hem silf; that also ȝe be sugetis to suche, and to ech worchynge togidere and trauel|ynge. For Y haue ioie in the presence of Stephan, and ofOm. A. Fortunate, and Acaici; for thei filliden that thing that failide to ȝou; for thei han refreischid bothe my spirit and ȝoure. Therfor knowe ȝe hem, that ben suche maner men. Alle the chirchis of Asie greten ȝou wel. Aquila and Prisca, with her homeli chirche, greten ȝou myche in the Lord, at the whiche also Y am herborid. Alle bretheren greten ȝou wel. Grete ȝe wel togidere in hooli cos. My gretyng bi Poulis hoond. If ony man loueth not oure Lord Jhesu Crist, be he cursid, MaranathaMaranatha, that is, in the comyng of the Lord AEI marg. KQ marg. sec. m. Xabcegko. Maranatha, that is, in the day of doom R.. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝou. My charite be with ȝou alle in Crist JhesuOm. k. oure Lord. Amen.

 Here endith the firste pistle to Co|rynthies, and bigynneth the prologe on the secunde pistle to CorinthiesFrom CIMabhko. Here eendeth the firste pistle to Corinthies; se now a prologe on the secunde pistle to Corinthies. K. Here endith the firste pistle to Corynthies, and bigynneth the prolog on the secunde. QC. Here endith the firste pistle to Corinthes, and here bigynneth a prologe on the secounde. X. Here eendith the firste Corinthies, and biginneth the prologe on the ij. e. Here endith the first pistil, and bigynneth the prologe on ij. of Corinthies. g. No final rubric in AEKU.. II. CORINTHIANS. Jeroms prologe on the secounde epistle to CorinthesFrom E. The prolog of the secunde pistil. N. A prolog on the pistle to Corinthies. R. The prologe on the secunde epistle to the Corinthies. T pr. m. Prologus T sec. m. A prologe on the secounde pistil to [the f] Corynthis. Uf. No initial rubric in CIKMQXa..

AFTERFor A. penaunce doon, Poul writith to Corynthies a pistle of coumfort fro Tro|ade, bi Titus; and he preisith hem, and excitithexciteth hem K. to betere thingis, and schewith, that thei weren maad sori, but amendid.

Jerom in his prolog on this pistle seith thisHere endith the prologe, and biginnith the pistle. I. Jerom in his prologe seith al this. K. Jerom in his p. on this epistil suynge seith this sentence. N. Jerom in his p. on this epistle, seith pleynli al this. Q. Heere eendith the prolog, and bigynneth the ij. pistle to Corinthies. R. This seith Jerom in his prolog on the ij. pistle. U. Jerom in his p. on this secounde pistle to Corinthis, seith this. X. Jerom in his prolog seith thus. a. Jerom in his pro|loge on this pistle. b. Jerom in his p. on this pistle seith thus. k. No final rubric in ETef.. Here bigynneth the secounde pistle to CorynthiesPoul to Corinthies. E. Here biginneth the firste pistil to the ij. Corinthes. a. No initial rubric in the other Mss..CAP. I.

Poul, apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Tymothe, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Corinthi, with alle seyntis that ben in al Acaie, grace to ȝou, and pees of God oure fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Blessid be God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhe|su Crist, fadir of mercies, and God of al coumfort, which coumfortith vs in al oure tribulacioun, that also we moun coumforte hem, that ben in al diseese, bi the monestyng bi which also we ben monestid of God. For as the passiouns of Crist ben plenteuouse in vs, so also bi Crist oure coumfort is plenteuouse. And whether we ben in tribulacioun, for ȝoure tribulacioun and heelthe, ethir we ben coumfortid, for ȝoure coumfort, ethir we ben monestid, for ȝoure monestyng and heelthe. Which worchith in ȝou the suf|fring of the same passiouns, whiche `we alsoalso we IKR et alii. suffren, that oure hope be sad for ȝou; witynge for as ȝewe b. ben felowis of passiouns, so ȝe schulen ben alsoOm. I pr. m. of coumfort. For, britheren, we wolen that ȝe wite of oure tribulacioun, that was don in Asie; for ouer manermesure a sec. m. marg. we weren greued ouer myȝt, so that it anoiede vs, ȝhe, to lyue. But we in vs silf hadden answere of deth, that we truste not in vs, but in God that reisith deed men. Which delyuerede vs, and delyuerith fro so grete perelis, in to whom we hopen, also ȝitand X. he schal delyuere, whilewhich k. also ȝe helpen in preier for vs; that of the persones of many facesthat is, of persones of di|uerse agis, con|uertid to God bi oure preching. Either of many facis; that is, of diuerse me|ritis and diuerse vertues. The Glose here. ve. of that ȝyuyng that is in vs, thankyngis ben don for vs bi many menby manye men; that is, feithful men parceners. of that ȝeuing; that is, hauynge the same ȝifte of feith which is in us. The Glose here. ve. to God. For oure glorie is this, the witnessyng of oure con|science, that in symplenesse and clen|nesse of God, and not in fleischli wis|dom, but in the grace of God, we lyu|eden in this world, but morethe more b pr. m. plenteu|ousli to ȝou. And we writen not othere thingis to ȝou, than tho that ȝe han red and knowe, and Y hope that in to the ende ȝe schulen knowe, as also ȝe han knowe vs a parti; for we ben ȝoure glorie, as also ȝe ben oureoure glorie h. in the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. And in this tristyngtristenyng CMQRUXabceghoαβ. Y wolde first come to ȝou, that ȝe schulden haue the secounde grace, and passe bi ȝou in to Macedonye, and eft fro Macedonye come to ȝou, and of ȝou be led in to Judee. But whanne Y wolde this thing, whether Y vside vn|stidfastnesse, ether tho thingis that Y thenke, Y thenke aftir the fleisch, that at me beit be a sec. m., it isis, that is, treuthe AKCO. and itOm. a. is notand it is not; that is, doubilnesse and falsenesse. Lire here. either is and not; that is, a lesing. The Glose here. v.? But God is trewe, for oure word that was at ȝou is and is not, is not ther ynne, but isbut is; that is, affermynge of truthe oonli. The Glos here. e. that is, afferm|yng of treuthe oonly. The Glose. v. is in it. For whi Jhesus Crist, the sone of God, which is prechid among ȝou bi vs, bi me, and Syluan, and Tymothe, ther was not in hym is and is not, but is was in hym. For whi hou many euer ben biheestis of God, in thilke is, `that isOm. EIKMQRUaceghk sec. m. oαβ., ben fillidfulfillid C et ceteri.. AndOm. CMR pr. m. Xb. therfor andOm. EIKQUacegkα. bi hym we seien amen to God, to oure glorie. Sotheli it is God that conferm|eth vs with ȝou in Crist, and theOm. e. which GodOm. EICeg. anoyntide vs, and whichthe which h. markide vs, and ȝaf ernes of the spirit in oure hertis. For Y clepideclepe I sec. m. KMRUXabchkoαβ. God to witnesse aȝens my soule, that Y sparynge ȝou cam not ouer to Corynthe; not that we ben lordis of ȝoure feith, but we ben helperis of ȝoure ioye; for thorouȝ bileue ȝe stonden.

 CAP. II.

And Y ordeynede this ilkeOm. EKQRabceghkoαβ. thing at me, that Y schulde not come eftsoone in heuynes to ȝou. For if Y make ȝou sori, who is he that gladith me, but he that is soreuful of me? And this same thing Y wroot to ȝou, that whanne Y come, Y haue not sorewe on sorewe, offor ah. theOm. E. whiche it behoftebihoueth gk. me to haue ioie. And Y triste in ȝou alle, that my ioye is of alle ȝou. For of myche tri|bulacioun and angwisch of herte Y wroot to ȝou by many teeris, not that ȝe be soriether heuye K marg., but that ȝe wite what charite Y haue moreOm. EI pr. m. Qe pr. m. g. plenteuously in ȝou. For if ony man hath maad me soreuful, he hath not maad me sorewfulal so that the sorewe caste doun resoun. Lire here. Ve. either made not me oonly soru|ful, but ȝou. The Glose here. v. but aof K sec. m. parti, that Y charge not ȝou alle. This blamyng that ys maad of manye, suffis|ith to hym, that is sich oon; so that aȝenward ȝe rathir forȝyuen and coum|fort, lest perauenture he that is suche aOm. A pr. m. maner man, be sopunbi dispeir. Lire here. v. vp bi moreOm. g. grete heuynesse. For which thing Y biseche ȝou, that ȝe conferme charite in to hym. For whi therfor Y wroot this, that Y knowe ȝoure preuyngpreef EIQRceghkoα. assayng K., whether in alle thingis ȝe ben obedient. For to whom ȝe han forȝyuen ony thing, also Y haue forȝyue. For Y that that Y forȝaf, ȝif Y forȝaf ony thing, haue ȝouunforȝouun Xa sec. m. bhk. for ȝou in the persone of Crist, that we be not disseyuedthat he make him for to di|speire bi ouer myche scharp|nesse. Ve. hise thouȝtis; that is, felnessis, he makith hem ouer scharpe, whiche he mai not disceyue bi confent. The Glose here. ve. of Sathanas; for we knowenknowen not KR pr. m. hise thouȝtis. But whanne Y was comun to Troade for the gospel of Crist, and a dore was opened to me in the Lord, Y hadde not rest to my spirit, for Y foond not my brother Tite, but Y seide to hem farewel, and Y passide in to Macedonye. And Y do thankyngis to God, that euere more makith vs to haue victorie in Crist Jhesu, and schewith bi vs the odour of his knowing in ech place; for we ben the good odour of Crist to God, among these that ben maad saaf, and among these that perischen. To othere sotheli odourodour; that is, of en|uie and yuel fame leding in to deth euer|lasting. of lijf; that is, of loue and good fame leedinge into lijf euerlast|inge. The Glose here. ve. of deth in to deth, but to otherethe othere A pr. m. K pr. m. bc. we ben odour of lijf in to lijf. And to these thingis who is soOm. K sec. m. able? For we ben not as many, that don auoutrie bi the word of God, but we speken of clen|nesse, as of God, bifor God in Crist.

 CAP. III.

Bigynnen we therfor eftsoone to preise vs silf? orother a. whether we neden, as sum|men, pistlisepistlis ER. ether lettris K marg. of preisinge to ȝou, or of ȝou? Ȝe ben oure pistleepistle ER., writun in oure hertis, which is knowun and red of alle men, and maad opyn, for ȝe ben the pistleepistle R. of Crist mynystrid of vs, and writun, not with enke, but bi the spirit of theOm. IKRbe. lyuynge God; not in stonystonen EIKMQRUXabcegkoαβ. ta|blis, but in fleischli tablis of herte. For we han such trist bi Crist to God; not that we ben sufficient to thenke ony thing of vs, as of vs, but oure sufficience is of God. Which also made vs able mynystris of the newe testament, not bi lettre, but bi spirit; for the lettre sleethFor whi the olde testament ȝaf knowing of synne, and ȝaf not grace. And so it encreeside coueitise, bi occasioun for mannes malis that enforsith euere aȝens for|beding. And so it encreeside synne, that sleeth. the spirit; that is, the Hooly Gost, of whom the newe lawe was ȝouen. Lire here. V. Either thus, the lettre, without the spirit, sleeth, while it makith to do synne witingly, and encreesith tres|passing. the spirit quyken|ith; for he makith to vn|derstonde goostly, and to fille that that lettre comaund|ide. The Glose rehersinge Aus|tyn here. ve., but the spirit quykeneth. And if the mynystracioun of deth write bi lettrislettre IQegα. in stoonys was in glorie, so that theOm. a. children of Israel myȝten not bi|holde in to the face of Moises, for the glorie of his cheer, which is auoidid, hou schal not the mynystracioun of the spirit be more in glorie? For if the mynystracioun of dampnacioun was in glorie, myche more the mynysterieministracioun R pr. m. of riȝtwisnesse is plenteuouse in glorie. For nether that that was cleer was glorified in this partthat is, the olde testament was not glori|fied in this part, that is, in comparison to the newe testa|ment, which is oure part and eritage. Lire here. ve. for the excellent glorie; and if that that iswas I sup. ras. b pr. m. auoididvoided E., wasis A sec. m. EQe pr. m. gα. biof h sec. m. glorie, myche more that that dwellith stille is in glorie. Therfor we that han suche hope, vsen myche trist; and not as Moises leide a veil on his face, that the children of Israel schulden not bi|holde in to his face, whichthe whiche I. veil is auoidid. But the wittis of hem ben astonyed; for in to this dai the same veil in reding of the olde testament dwellith not schewid, forbut b. it is auoididvoidid R. in Crist, but in to this dai, whanne Moises is red, the veil is put on her hertis. But whanne Israel schal be conuertid to God, the veil schal be don awei. And the spirit is the Lord; and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is fredom. And alle we that with open face seen the glorie of the Lord, ben transformed in to the same ymage, fro clerenesse in to clere|nesse, as of the spirit of the Lord.

 CAP. IV.

TherforHerfore IQα. we that han this admyn|ystracioun, aftir this that we han getun merci, faile we not, but do we aweiether forsake K marg. the preue thingis of schame, not walkinge in sutil gile, nether doynge auoutrye bi the word of God, but in schewynge of the treuthe comendynge vs silf to ech con|science of men bifor God. For if also oure gospel is kyueridkyuered, or hid I. ether hid K marg., in these that perischen it is kyuerid; in which GodGod of this world, that is, the deuel a.that is, very God, maker of this world. hath blyndid; that is, with drawe iustly fro hem the liȝt of his grace, for her synne; either the deuel is seid god of this world, as he is seid prince of this world, that is, of men lyu|ynge worldly. Lire here and the Glose, re|hersing Austyn. ve. hath blentblendid k. the soulis of vnfeithful men of this world, that the liȝtnyng of the gospel of the glorie of Crist, which is the ymage of God, schyne not. But we prechen not vs silf, but oure Lord Jhe|su Crist; and vs ȝoure seruauntis bi JhesuJhesu Crist aα.. For God, that seide liȝt to schyne of derknessis, he hath ȝoue liȝt in oure hertis, to the liȝtnyng of the science of the clerenesse of God, in the face of Jhesu Crist. And we han this tresour in britil vessels, that the worthinesse be of Goddis vertu, and not of vs. In alle thingis we suffren tribulacioun, but we ben not angwischidmaad streit C., or annoyed; we ben maad pore, but `we lackenvs lacketh Ece. vs wantith Igα. nothing; we suffren persecucioun, but we ben not forsakun; we ben maad lowe, but we ben not confoundid; we ben cast doun, but we perischen not. And euere more we beren aboute the sleyng of JhesuCrist a. in oure bodi, that also the lijf of Jhesu be schewid in oure bodies. For euere more we that lyuen, ben takun in to deth for Jhesu, that the lijf of Jhesu be schewid in oure deedli fleisch. Therfor deth worchith in vs, but lijf worchithOm. CEIKMQRUX abceghkoαβ. in ȝou. And we han the same spirit of feith, as it is writun, Y haue bileuyd, Ywherfore Y A sec. m. I sec. m. α. for which thing Y C sec. m. K sec. m. β. for which thing and R. haue spoke; and we bileuen, wherfor also we speken; witynge that he that reiside Jhesu, schal reisereise vp a sec. m. also vs with Jhesu, and schal ordeyne with ȝou. And alle thingis for ȝou, that a plenteuouse grace bi many thankyngis be plenteuouse in to the glorie of God. For which thing we failen not, for thouȝ oure vtter man be corruptid; netheles the ynner man is re|newidnewid EI pr. m. Qeg. fro dai to dai. But that liȝt thing of oure tribulacioun that lastith now, but as it were by a moment, worch|ith in vs ouer mesure an euerlastynge birthin in to the heiȝnesse of glorie; while that we biholden not tho thingis that ben seyn, but tho that ben not seyn. For tho thingis that ben seyn, ben but durynge for a schort tyme; but tho thingis that ben not seyn, ben euerlast|ynge.

 CAP. V.

And we witen, that if oure ertheli hous of this dwellynge be dissoluyd, that we han a bildyng of God, an hous not maad biwith R. hondis, euerlastynge in he|uenes. For whi in this thing we mor|nen, coueitynge to be clothid aboue with oure dwellyng, whichthe whiche k. is ofOm. ER pr. m. in h. heuene; if netheles we ben foundun clothid, and not nakid. For whi andOm. A sec. m. EIKMQRUb pr. m. ceghkoαβ. we that ben in this tabernacle, sorewen with ynne, and ben heuyed, for that we wolen not be spuylid, but be clothid aboue; that the ilke thing that is deedli, be sopun vp of lijf. But who is itthat R. that makith vs in to thisthe koβ. same thing? God, that ȝaf to vs the ernesether wed K marg. of the spirit. Therfor we ben hardi algatis, and witenwiting K. thatthat we schulen R. theOm. K. while wethat we h. ben in this bodi, we goen in pilgrymage fro the Lord; for we walken bi feith, and not bi cleer siȝt. But we ben hardi, and han good wille, more to be in pilgrymage fro the bodi, and to be present to God. And therfor we stryuen, whether absent, whether present, to plese hym. For it bihoueth vs alle to be schewid bifor the trone of Crist, that euery man telle the propre thingis of the bodi, as he hath don, ethir good, ether yuel. Therfor we witynge the drede of the Lord, councelen men, for to God we ben opyn; and Y hope, that we ben opyn also in ȝoure consciencisconscience k.. We comenden not vs silf eftsoone to ȝou, but we ȝyuen to ȝou occasioun to haue glorie for vs, that ȝe haue to hem that glorien in the face, and not in the herte. For ethir we bi myndebi contem|placioun of dy|uyn thingis. Lire here. passen to Godto God; that is, to the glorie of God. it is to ȝou; that is, to ȝoure profit. The Glose here. ve., ether we ben sobre to ȝou. For the charite of Crist dryueth vs; gessynge this thing, that if oon died for alle, thanne alle weren deed. And Crist diede for alle, that thei that lyuen, lyue not now to hem silf, but to hym that diede for hem, and roos aȝen. Therfor we fro this tyme knowen no man aftir the fleische; thouȝ we knowun Crist aftir the fleisch, but noweOm. R. we knowun notnot now R.. Therfor if ony newe creature is in Crist, the elde thingis ben passid. AndLo! alle thyngis ben maad newe, and k sec. m. marg. lo! alle thingis ben of God, which recounselide vs to hym bi Crist, and ȝaf to vs the seruyce of re|counselyng. And God was in Crist, re|counselynge to hym the world, not rett|ynge to hem her giltes, and puttide in vs the word of recounselyng. Therfor we vsen messageether legacie K marg. for Crist, as if God monestith bi vs; we bisechenbisechen ȝou a sec. m. for Crist, be ȝe recounselid to God. God the fadir made hym synnethat is, sacri|fice for synne. Austyn. ACI et plures. Lire here and the Glose re|hersinge Aus|tyn. vae. for vs, which knewe not synne, that we schulden be maad riȝtwisnesse of God in hym.

 CAP. VI.

But we helpynge monesten, that ȝe resseyuen not the grace of God in veyn. For he seith, In tyme wel plesinge Y haue herd thee, and in the dai of heelthe Y haue helpidholpen Rk. thee. Lo! now a tyme acceptable, lo! now a dai of heelthe. Ȝyue weȝe k. to no man onyOm. EI pr. m. Qe pr. m. gα. offencioun, that oure seruyce be not repreued; but in alle thingis ȝyue we vs silfOm. R pr. m. as the mynystris of God, in myche pacience, in tribulaciouns, in nedis, in angwischis, in betyngis, in prisouns, in dissensiounsstriues a. with ynne, in trauels, in wakyngis, in fastyngis, in chastite, in kunnyng, in long abiding, in swetnesse, in the Hooli Goost, in charite not feined, in the word of treuthe, in the vertu of God; bi ar|meris of riȝtwisnesse on the riȝthalf and on the lefthalf; bi glorie and vnnoblei; bi yuel fame and good fame; as disseyueris, and trewe men; as thei that ben vn|knowun, and knowun; as men diynge, and lo! we lyuen; as chastisid, and not maad deed; as sorewful, euereand euer A sec. m. kα. more ioiynge; as hauynge nede, but makynge many men riche; as no thingbi titel of grace. V. hauynge, and weldynge alle thingison worldly manere. V.. A! ȝe Coryn|thies, oure mouth is open to ȝou, oure herte is alargid; ȝe ben not angwischid in vs, but ȝe ben anguischid in ȝoure inwardnessisinwardnesse A sup. ras. EI pr. m. Qegh pr. m.. And Y seie as to sones, ȝe that han the same reward, be ȝe alargid. Nyle ȝe bere the ȝok withof E. vn|feithful men. For what parting of riȝt|wisnes with wickidnesse? or what felou|schipe of liȝt to derknessis? and what acording of Crist to Belial? or what part of a feithful with the vnfeithful? and what consent to the temple of God with mawmetis? And ȝe ben the tem|ple of the lyuynge God, as the Lord seith, For Y schal dwelle in hem, and Y schal walke among hem; and Y schal be God of hem, and thei schulen be a puple to me. For which thing go ȝe out of the myddil of hem, and be ȝe departid, seith the Lord, and touche ȝeOm. EK pr. m. not vnclene thing; and Y schal resseyue ȝou, and schalI schal EKUX sec. m. a sec. m. k. be to ȝou in to aOm. E. fadir, and ȝe schulen be to me in to sones and douȝtris, seith the Lord almyȝti.

 CAP. VII.

Therfor, most dereworthe britheren, we that han these biheestis, clense we vs fro al filthe of theOm. K. fleische and of the spirit, doynge holynesse in the drede of God. TakeAnd take R. ȝe vs; we han hirt no man, we han apeiridpeyrid I. no man, we han bigilidgilid k. no man. Y seie not to ȝoure condemp|nyng; for Y seide bifor, that ȝe ben in ȝoureoure R. hertis, to die togidere and toOm. EIQ pr. m. gα. lyue togidere. Myche trist is to me anentis ȝou, myche gloriyng is to me for ȝou. Y am fillid with coumfort, Y am plenteuouse in ioie in al oure tribula|cioun. For whanne we weren comun to Macedonye, oure fleisch hadde nonot R. reste, but we suffriden al tribulacioun; with outforth fiȝtingis, and dredisdrede is A pr. m. with ynne. But God that coumfortith mekeOm. h. men, coumfortide vs in the comyng of Tite. And not oneli in the comyng of him, but also in the coumfort bi which he was coumfortid in ȝou, tellinge to vs ȝoure desire, ȝoure weping, ȝoure loue for me, so that Y ioiede more. For thouȝ Y made ȝou sorie in a pistle, it rewith me not; thouȝ it rewide, seynge that thouȝ thilke pistleepistle ER. made ȝou sori at anoon E. our, now Y haue ioie; not for ȝe weren maad soreuful, but for ȝe weren maad soreuful to penaunce. For whi ȝe ben maad sori aftir God, that in no thing ȝe suffre peirement of vs. ForFor whi A pr. m. the sorewe that is aftir God, worchith pen|aunce in to stidfast heelthe; but sorewe of the world worchith deth. For lo! this same thing, that ȝe ben soreuful aftir God, hou myche bisynesse it worch|ith in ȝou; but defendyng, but indigna|cioun, but drede, but desire, but loue, but veniaunce. In alle thingis ȝe han ȝouun ȝou silf to be vndefoulid in the cause. Therfor thouȝ Y wroot to ȝou, Y wroot not for hym that dide the iniurie, nether for hym that suffride, but to schewe oure bisinesse, which we han for ȝou bifor God. Therfor we ben coumfortid, but in ȝoure coumfort more plenteuousli we ioyeden more on the ioie of Tite, for his spirit is fulfillidfillid R pr. m. of alle ȝou. And if Y gloriede ony thing anentis hym of ȝou, Y am not con|foundid; but as we han spoke to ȝou alle thingis, so also oure glorie that was at Tite, is maad treuthe. And the in|wardnesse of hym be more plenteuousli in ȝou, which hath in mynde the obe|dience of ȝou alle, hou with drede and trembling ȝe resseyuedenresseyuen Q. hym. Y haue ioye, that in alle thingis Y triste in ȝou.

 CAP. VIII.

ButAnd E., britheren, weI b. maken knowun to ȝou the grace of God, that is ȝouun in the chirchis of Macedonye, that in myche asaiyng of tribulacioun, the plente of the ioye of hem was, and the hiȝeste pouert of hem was plenteuouse `in toin k. the richessis of the symplenesse of hem. For Y bere witnessyng to hem, aftir miȝt and aboue miȝt thei weren wilful, with myche monestyng bisechynge vs the grace and the comynyng of myn|ystring, that is maad to hooli men. And not as we hopiden, but thei ȝauen hem silf first to the Lord, aftirward to vs bi the wille of God. So that we preyeden Tite, that as he bigan, so also he performe in ȝou this grace. But as ȝe abounden in alle thingis, in feith, andin b. word, and kunnyng, and al bisy|nesse, more ouer and in ȝoure charite in to vs, that andalso CEIKMQUXabceghkoαβ. also and R. in this grace ȝe abounden. Y seie not as comaundinge, but bi the bisynesse of othere men ap|preuynge also the good wit of ȝoure charite. And ȝe witen the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, for he was maad nedi for ȝou, whanne he was riche, that ȝe schulden be maad riche bi his nedy|nesse. And YOm. Qg pr. m. ȝyue counsel in this thing; for this is profitable to ȝou, that not oneli hanhath R. bigunne to do, but also ȝe bigunnen to haue wille fro the for|mere ȝere. But now parfourme ȝe in deed, that as the discrecioun of wille is redi, so be it also of parformyng of that that ȝe han. For if the wille be redi, it is acceptid aftir that thatOm. Q. it hath, not aftir that that it hath not. And not that it be remyssioun to othere men, and to ȝou tribulacioun; but of euenesse in the present tyme ȝoure aboundance fulfille the myseese of hem, that also the aboundaunce of hem be aOm. R pr. m. k pr. m. fulfillynge of ȝoure myseise, that euenesse be maad; as it is writun, He that gaderide myche, was not encresid, and he that gaderide litil, hadde not lesse. And Y do thank|yngis to God, that ȝaf the same bisy|nesse for ȝou in the herte of Tite, for he resseyuede exortaciounexortacioun, or monesting EKQRceghk sec. m. oαβ. exortacioun, either mo|nesting MUXa. exortacioun, or stiring I.; but whanne he was bisier, bi his wille he wente forth to ȝou. And we senten with hym a brother, whose preisyng is in the gospel bi alle chirchis. And not onelioonli preisid R sec. m., but also he is ordeyned of chirchis the felowe of oure pilgrimage in to this grace, that is mynystrid of vs to the glorie of the Lord, and to oure ordeyned wille; eschewynge this thing, that no man blame vs in this plente, that is mynystrid of vs to the glorye of the Lord. For we purueyen good thingis, not onely bifor God, but also bifor alle men. For we senten with hem also oure brothir, whom we han preued in many thingis ofte, that he was bisi, but nowe myche bisier, for myche trist in ȝou, ethir for Tite, that is my felowe and helpere in ȝou, ethir forOm. CEI pr. m. KMQRUXabceghkoβ. oure bri|theren, apostlis of the chirches of the glorie of Crist. Therfor schewe ȝe inOm. kβ. to hem in the face of chirchis, that schewynge that is of ȝoureoure K sec. m. X. charite and of oure glorie for ȝou.

 CAP. IX.

ForForwhi cab sec. m. c sec. m. of the mynystrie that iswas b. maad to hooli men, it is to me of plente to write to ȝou. For Y knowe ȝoure wille, for the which Y haue glorie of ȝou anentis Macedonyes, for also Acaie is redi frofor A pr. m. a ȝeer passid, and ȝoure loue hath stirid ful manye. And we han sent britheren, that this thing that we glorien of ȝou, be not auoidid in thisOm. EQ pr. m. egk. parti, that as Y seide, ȝe be redi. Lest whanne Macedonyes comen with me, and fynden ȝou vnredi, we be schamed, that we seiensiȝen ERgoαβ. sauȝen I. syȝe b. ȝou not, in this substaunce. Therfor Y gesside necessarie to preie britheren, that thei come bifore to ȝou, and make rediOm. EIQ pr. m. e pr. m. g. this bihiȝt blessyng to be redi, so as blessing, and not as aueryce. For Y seie this thing, he that sowith scarseli, schal also repe scarseli; and he that sowith in blessyngis, schal `repe alsoalso repe Rα. ofin b. blessyngis. Ech man as he castide in his herte, not of heuynesse, or of nede; forforwhi A pr. m. cb sec. m. c sec. m. forsothe a. God loueth a glad ȝyuere. And God is miȝti to make al grace aboundeto abounde k pr. m. in ȝou, that ȝe in alle thingis euere more han al sufficience, and abounde in to al good werk; as it is writun, He delide abrood, he ȝaf to pore men, his riȝtwisnesse dwellith withouten ende. And he that mynystrith seed to the sowere, schal ȝyue also breed to ete, and he schal multiplie ȝoure seed, and make mycheOm. R. the encreessingis of fruytis of ȝoure riȝtwisnesse; that in alle thingis ȝe maadben maad k pr. m. riche waxenwexen QRh et alii. and wexen k pr. m. plenteuouse in to al symplenesse, which worchith bi vs doing of thankingis to God. For the mynystrie of this office not oneli fillith tho thingis that failen to holi men, but also multiplieth many thankyngis to God, bi the preuyng of this mynystrie, which glorifienglorifiynge A. God in the obedience of ȝoure knoulechingknowing k pr. m. in the gospel of Crist, and in symplenesse of comynyca|cioun in to hem and in to alle, and in the biseching of hem for ȝou, that desiren ȝou for the excellent grace of God in ȝou. Y do thankyngis to God of the ȝifte of hym, that may not be teld.

 CAP. X.

And Y my silf Poul biseche ȝou, bi the myldenesseether hoomlynesse K marg. and softnesseether pacience K marg. of Crist, which in the face am meke among ȝou, and Y absent triste in ȝou. For Y preie ȝou, that lest Y present be not bold bi the trist, in which Y am gessid to be boldether hardi K marg. in to summe, that demen vs, as if we wandren aftir the fleisch. For we walkyngewandrynge b. in fleischthe flesch R., fiȝten not aftir the fleisch. For the armuris of oure knyȝt|hod ben not fleischli, but myȝti bi God to the distruccioun of strengthisether wardyngis K marg.. And we distrien counsels, and alle hiȝnesse that hiȝeth it silf aȝens the science of God, and dryuen `in tovnto a. caitifte al vn|dirstonding in to theOm. R. seruyce of Crist. And we han redi to venge al vnobedi|ence, whanne ȝoure obedience schal be fillid. Se ȝe the thingis that ben after the face. If ony manOm. a. trustith to him silf, that he is of Crist, thenke he this thing eftOm. b. anentis hym silf, for as he is Cristis, so also we. ForForwhi A pr. m. b sec. m. k. if Y schal glorie ony thing more of oure power, which the Lord ȝaf to vs in to edifiyng, and not in to ȝoure distruccioun, Y schal not be schamed. But that Y be not gessid as to fere ȝou bi epistlisthe epistlis CEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ., forforwhi A pr. m. C b sec. m. k pr. m. thei seien, That epistlispistlis Mk. ben greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the bodi is feble, and the word worthi to be dis|pisid. He that is suche oon, thenke this, for suche as we absent ben in word bi pistlisepistlis EI pr. m. k., suche we ben present in dede. For we doren not putteether menge K. vs among, or comparisoune vs to summen, that co|menden hem silf; but we mesuren vs in vs silf, and comparisounen vs silf to vs. For we schulen not haue glorie ouer me|sure, but bi the mesure of the reule which God mesuride to vs, the mesure that stretchith to ȝou. For we ouer|stretchen not forthfor goβ. vsthis β., as not stretch|inge to ȝou. For to ȝou we camen in the gospel of Crist, not gloriynge ouer me|sure in othere mennus trauelis. For we `han hopehopen k pr. m. of ȝoureoure k sec. m. feith that wexith in ȝou to be magnefied bi oure reule in abundaunce, also to preche in to tho thingis that ben biȝendis ȝou, not to haue glorie in othere mennusmannus Ebcgkα. reule, in these thingis that ben maad redi. He that glorieth, haue glorie in the Lord. For not he that comendith hym silf is preu|yd, but whom God comendith.

 CAP. XI.

I wolde that ȝe wolden suffre a litil thing of myn vnwisdom, but also sup|porte ȝe me. For Y loue ȝou bi the loue of God; for Y haue spousid ȝou to oon hosebonde, to ȝelde a chast virgyn to Crist. But Y drede, lest as the serpent disseyuede Eue with his sutil fraude, so ȝoure wittis ben corrupt, and fallen doun fro the symplenesse that is in Crist. ForForwhi A pr. m. ca. if he that cometh, prechith anothir Crist, whom we precheden not, or if ȝe taken another spirit, whom ȝe token not, or another gospel, which ȝe resseyueden not, riȝtli ȝe schulden suffre. For Y wene that Y haue don no thing lesse than the gretegretter O. apostlis. For thouȝ Y be vnlerudvnlernid QRgkαβ. unlernd KC. in word, but not in kun|nyng. For in alle thingis Y am open to ȝou. Or whether Y haue don synne, mekynge my silf, that ȝe be enhaunsid, for freli Y prechide to ȝou the gospel of God? Y made nakid othere chirchis, and Y took sowde to ȝoure seruyce. And whanne Y was among ȝou, and hadde nede, Y was chargeouse to no man; for britheren that camen fro Macedonye, fulfilliden that that failide to me. And in alle thingis Y haue kept, and schal kepe me with outen charge to ȝou. The treuthe of Crist is in me; for this glorie schal not be brokun in me in the cuntreis of Acaie. Whi? for Y loue not ȝou? God woot. For that thatOm. b pr. m. Y do, and that Y schal do, is that Y kitte awei the occasioun of hem that wolen occasioun, that in the thing, in which thei glorien, thei be foundun as we. ForForwhi A pr. m. Ca. siche false apostlis ben trecherouse werk men, and transfiguren hem in to apostlis of Crist. And no wondur, for Sathanas hym silf transfigurithtransfiguride k. hym in to an aungel of light. Therfor it is not greet, if hise mynystris ben trans|figurid as the mynystris of riȝtwisnesse, whos ende schal be aftir her werkis. Eft Y seie, lest ony man gesse me to be vnwise; ellis take ȝe me as vnwise, that also Y haue glorie a litil what. That that Y spekethat I speke; of my fleschli preysing. Lire here. ve., Y speke not aftir Godspeke not af|ter God; as to the licnesse of wordis, no glo|rie risith of flesch anentis God, for whi meknesse is glorie anentis God. The Glose here. Either not aftir God, but as in vnwisdom; that is, if I do this without a re|sonable and nedful cause. Lire here. ve., but as in vnwisdom, in this sub|staunce of glorie. For many men glo|rien aftir the fleisch, and Y schal glo|rie. For ȝe suffren gladli vnwise men, whanne ȝeȝour E. ȝe ȝou Ka. ȝou k. silfOm. I. ben wisewise men I.. ForForwhi A pr. m. C. ȝe susteynensuffren I., if ony man dryuethdriue Ca. ȝou in to seruage, if ony man deuourith, if ony man takith, if ony man is enhaunsidenhauncid bi pride Rh., if ony man smytith ȝou onin to K sec. m. theOm. A pr. m. b. face. Bi vnnoblei Y seie, as if we weren sike in this parti. In what thing ony man dar, in vnwisdom Y seie, and Y dar. Thei ben Ebrewis, and Y; thei ben Israelitis, and Y; thei ben the seed of Abraham, and Y; thei ben the myn|ystris of Crist, and Y. As lesse wise Y seie, Y more; in ful many trauelis, in prisouns more plenteuousli, in woundis aboueouer I. maner, in deethis ofte tymes. Y resseyuederesseyue k pr. m. of the Jewis fyue sithis fourti strokis oon lesse; thries Y was betun with ȝerdis, onys Y was stonyd, thries Y was at shipbreche, aOm. A sec. m. Ia sec. m. α. nyȝt and aOm. α. dai Y was in the depnesse of the see; in weies ofte, in perelis of floodis, in perelis of theues, in perelis of kyn, in perelis of hethene men, in perelis in citee, in perelis in desert, in perelis in the see, in perelis among false britheren, in traueltraueilis k. and nedynesse, in many wak|yngis, in hungur, in thirst, in many fast|yngis, in coold and nakidnesse. With|outen tho thingis that ben withoutforth, myn ech daies trauelyng is the bisynesse of alle chirchis. Who is sijk, and Y am not sijk? who is sclaundrid, and Y am not brent? If it bihoueth to glorie, Y schal glorie in tho thingis that ben of myn infirmyte. God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is blessid in to worldis, woot that Y lie not. The preuost of Damask, of the kyng of the folk Aretheof Arethe IRcdk., kepte the citee of Dama|scenes tofor to b. take me; and bi a wyndow in a leep Y was latun doun bi thea EIQegα. wal, and so Y ascapidescapide b pr. m. hise hondis.

 CAP. XII.

If it bihoueth to haue glorie, it sped|ith not; but Y schal come to the visiouns and toOm. R. the reuelaciouns of the Lord. I woot a man in Crist that bifore foure|tene ȝeer; whether in bodi, whether out of theOm. CKMRaeghk. bodi, Y woot not, God woot; that siche a man was rauyschid `til tovnto I. the thridde heuene. And Y woot sich a man; whether in bodi, or out of bodi, Y nootne woot I. wot not K., God woot; that he was rauyschid in to paradis, and herde preuy wordis, whiche it is not leueful to a man to speke. For such maner thingis Y schal glorie; but for me no thing, noOm. b. but in myn infirmytees. ForForwhi A pr. m. C. if Y schal wilne to glorie, Y schal not be vnwijs, for Y schal seie treuthe; but Y spare, lest ony man gesse me ouer that thing that he seeth in me, or herith ony thing of me. And lest the greetnesse of reuelaciounsreuelacioun k. enhaunse me into β. pride, the pricke of my fleisch, an aungel of Sathanas, is ȝouun to me, that he buffate me. For whiche thing thries Y preiede the Lord, that it schulde go awei fro me. And he seide to me, My grace suffisith to thee; for vertu is parfitli maad in infirmyte. Therfor gladli Y schal glorie in myn infirmytees, that the vertu of Crist dwelle in me. For which thing Y am plesid in myn infirmytees, in dispisyngis, in nedis, in persecuciouns, in anguyschis, for Crist; for whanne Y am sijk, thanne Y am miȝti. Y am maad vnwitti, ȝe constreyneden me. For Y ouȝte to be comendid of ȝou; for Y dide no thing lesse than thei that ben apostlis `aboue manerouer mesure I.. Thouȝ Y am nouȝt, netheles the signes of myn apostilhed ben maad on ȝou, in al pacience, and signes, and grete wondris, and vertues. And what is it, that ȝe hadden lesse than othere chirchis, but that Y my silf greuyde ȝou not? Forȝyue ȝe to me this wrong. Lo! this thridde tyme Y am redi to come to ȝou, and Y schal not be greuous to ȝou; for Y seke not tho thingis that ben ȝoureȝoures R., but ȝou. For nether sones owen to tresoure to fadir and modir, but the fadir and modir to the sones. For Y schal ȝyue moost wilfuli, and Y my silf schal be ȝouun aboueouer I. for ȝoure soulis; thouȝ Y more loue ȝou, and be lesse louyd. But be it; Yand Y a. greuyde not ȝou, but whanne Y was sutil, Y took ȝou with gile. Whether Y disseyuede ȝou bi ony of hem, which Y sente to ȝou? Y preiede Tite, and Y sente with hym a brother. Whether Tite begilide ȝou? whether we ȝeden not in the same spi|rit? whether not in the same steppis? Sum tyme ȝe wenen, that we schulen excuse vs anentis ȝou. Bifor God in Crist we speken; and, moost dere bri|theren, alle thingis for ȝoure edifiyng. But Y drede, lest whanne Y come, Y schalschal not R pr. m. fynde ȝou notOm. R pr. m. suche as Y wole, and Y schal be foundun of ȝou suche as ȝe wolen not; lest perauenture stryu|yngis, enuyes, sturdynessis, dissenciouns andOm. A. detraccions, preuy spechis of dis|cord, bolnyngis bi pride, debatis ben among ȝou; and lest eftsoone whanne Y come, God make me low anentis ȝou, and Y biweile many of hem, that bifor synneden, and diden not penaunce on the vnclennesse, and fornicacioun, and vnchastite, that thei han don.

 CAP. XIII.

Lo! this thridde tyme Y come to ȝou, and in the mouth of tweynetwo I et alii. orother a. of thre witnessis euery word schal stonde. Y seide bifor, and seie bifor, as present twies, and now absent, to hem that bifor han synned, and to alle othere; for if Y come eftsoone, Y schal not spare. Whe|ther ȝe seken the preef of that Crist, thatOm. ag pr. m. spekith in me, which is not feble in ȝou? For thouȝ he waswere I. crucified of infirmyte, but he lyueth of the vertu of God. For also we ben sijk in hym, but we schulen lyue with him of the vertu of God in vs. Asaie ȝou silf, if ȝe ben in the feith; ȝe ȝouȝour E. silf preue. Whether ȝe knowen notOm. a. ȝouȝour E. silf, for Crist Jhesu is in ȝou? but in happe ȝe ben repreuable. But Y hope, that ȝe knowen, that we ben not repreuable. And we preien the Lord, that ȝe do no thing of yuel; not that we seme preuedpreued; that is, perfit and grete men in the punsching of ȝoure yuels. Lire here. Either preued; that is, myȝti in ȝou, in usinge power in uen|iauncis. re|preuable; that is, without power, and haue not what we schulen venge. The Glos here. Ve. Either as re|preuable; that is, as leesing power of pun|sching, bi ȝoure innocence. Lire here. v., but that ȝe do that that is good, and that we ben asOm. a. repreuable. For we moun no thing aȝens treuthe, but for the treuthe. For we ioyen, whanne we ben sijk, but ȝe ben myȝti; and we preien this thing, ȝoure perfeccioun. Therfor Y absent write these thingis, that Y present do not hardere, bi the powere, which the Lord ȝaf to me in to edifi|cacioun, and not in to ȝoure distruc|cioun. Britheren, `hennus forwardhens forth ward ek. ioye ȝe, be ȝe perfit, excite ȝe; vndurstonde ȝe the same thing; haue ȝe pees, and God of pees and of loue schal be with ȝou. Grete ȝe wel togidere in hoolithe hooli b. cos. Alle hooli men greten ȝou wel. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and the cha|rite of God, and the comynyng of the Hooli Gost, be with `ȝou allealle I. alle ȝou A pr. m. CEKMRaeioα.. Amen.

 Here endith the secunde pistle to Co|rinthies, andand here M. bigynneth thea Mα. prologe on the pistle to GalathiesFrom CIMQacoα. Here endeth the secounde pistle to Corinthies; se now the pro|loge on the pistle to Galathies. K. Here endith the secounde pistle to Corynthis; here bygynneth the prologe to Galathies. bh. Here endith the pistlis of the Corinthies, and bigynneth a prologe on the pistele of Gal|thenes. g. Here eendith the secunde Corinthies, and here bigynneth the prologe on the pistel to Galathies. k. No final rubric in AERUe.. GALATIANS. Here bigynneth a prologe to GalathiesFrom U. Jerom on Galthas. E. The prolog to Galathies. N. A prolog on the pistle to Galathies. R. Here bigynneth the prologe on Ga[la]thies. e. Prolog. f. No initial rubric in ACIKMQa..

GALATHIES ben Grekis. Thei token first of the postleapostle EQReghoα. the word of treuthe; but aftir his goyng a wei, thei weren temptid of false apostlis, that thei werenOm. R. pr. m. turned in to lawethe lawe CEIKMNRUabcefghknoαβ. andof h. circumcisioun. TheAnd the k pr. m. postleapostle IRhk. aȝen clepith hem to the feith of treuthe, and writith to hem fro EfesusEffecies EIQegα..

Jerom in his prolog to Galathies writ|ith thisJerom in his prologe on this pistle to Galathies writith this. C. Heere endith the prologe, and biginnith the pistle. I. Jerom in his prologe seith al this. K. Here endith the prolog that is seid bi Jerom on this epistle. N. Thus endeth the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle. R. Jerom seith this to Galathies. U. Here endith prologe, and bigyneth epistil. g. This seith Jerom in his prolog to Galathies. h. Jerom in his prolog on the pistil to Galathies writith thus. k. Jerom in his prolog on this epistle seith this. α. No final rubric in Eef.. Here bigynneth the epistle to GalathiesPoul to Galathies. E. No initial rubric in ACIKQRUabcghko..CAP. I.

Poul the apostle, not of men, ne bi man, but bi Jhesu Crist, and God the fadir, that reiside hym fro deth, and alle the britheren that ben with me, to the chirchis of Galathie, grace to ȝou and pees of God the fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist, that ȝaf hym silf for oure synnes, to delyuere vs fro the present wickid world, bi the wille of God and ofOm. EIQRbceghkoαβ. oure fadir, to whom is worschip and glorie in to worldis of worldis. Amen. I wondur, that so soone ȝe be thus moued fro hym that clepid ȝou in to the grace of Crist, in to another euangelie; which is not anothir, but that ther ben summe that troublentroublith b. ȝou, and wolen mysturne the euangelie of Crist. But thouȝ we, or an aungel of heuene, prech|ide to ȝou, bisidis that that we han prechid to ȝou, be he acursid. As Y haue seid bifore, and now eftsoones Y seie, if onyony man M pr. m. b pr. m. preche to ȝou bisidis that that ȝe han vndurfongun, be he cursidacursid CEIKMQRUabceghkoαβ.. For now whether counsele Y men, or God? or whether Y seche to plese men? If Y pleside ȝit mento men K., Y were not Cristis seruaunt. For, britheren, Y make knowun to ȝou the euangelie, that was prechid of me, for it is not bi man; ne Y took it of man, ne lernyde, but bi reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist. For ȝe han herd my conuersacioun sumtyme in the Jurie, andOm. EIQ pr. m. gαβ. that Y pursuede passyngliOm. k. the chirche of God, and fauȝt aȝen it. And Y profitide in the Jurie aboue many of myn eueneldiseuene eldris IQeghα. in my kynrede, and was moreOm. A pr. m. a. aboundauntli a folewere of my fadris tradiciouns. But whanne it ples|ide hym, that departide me fro my mo|dirmodris CEIMQRacegkα. wombe, and clepide bi his grace, to schewe his sone in me, that Y schulde preche hym among the hethenehethene men K sec. m. R., anoon Y drowȝether acordide K marg. me not to fleisch and blood; ne Y cam to Jerusalem to the apostlis, that weren toforether biforgoers K marg. bifore a. me, but Y wente in to Arabie, and eftsoones Y turnede aȝen in to Damask. And sith thre ȝeer aftir Y cam to Jerusalem, to se Petre, and Y dwellide with hym fiftene daies; but Y sawȝ noon othere of the apostlis, but James, oure Lordis brother. And these thingis which Y write to ȝou, lo! to|forthat tofor U. God Yfor Y A pr. m. that Y KMRachko. lie not. Afterward Y cam in to theOm. R pr. m. coostis of Syrie and Cilicie. But Y was vnknowun bi face to the chirchis of Judee, that weren in Crist; and thei hadden oonli an heryng, that he that pursuede vs sum tyme, prechideprechith h. now the feith, aȝens which he fauȝte sum tyme; and in me thei glorifieden God.

 CAP. II.

And sith fourtene ȝeer aftir, eftsones Y wente vp to Jerusalem with Barna|bas, and took with me Tite. Y wente vp bi reuelacioun, and spak with hem the euangelie, which Y precheprechide CE I pr. m. KQabegkα. among the hethene; and bi hem silfether asides K marg. to these that semeden to be sumwhat, lest Y runne, or hadde runne in veyne. And nothernethir C et plures. Tite, that hadde be with me, while he was hethene, was compellid to be circumsidid; but for false britheren that weren brouȝt ynne, whiche hadden entrid to aspie oure fredom, which we han in Jhesu Crist, to bringether dryue K. vs in to seruage. But we ȝyueȝeuen ek. ȝeue O. no place to subieccioun, that the treuthe of the gos|pel schulde dwelle with ȝou. But of these that semeden to be sumwhat; whiche thei weren sum tyme, it perteyn|ethperteynide Q. not to me, for God takith not the persoone of man; for thei that semeden to be sumwhat, ȝauen me no thing. But aȝenward, whanne thei hadden seyn, that the euangelie of prepuciethat is, the office of apostil|hed to preche the gospel to hethen men. Lire here. ve. was ȝouun to me, as the euangelie of circumcisioun was ȝouun to Petre; for he that wrouȝte to Petre in apostlehed of circumcisioun, wrouȝte also to me among the hethene; and whanne thei hadden knowe the grace of God, that was ȝouun to me, James, and Petre, and Joon, whiche weren seyn to be theOm. Ebh. pileris, thei ȝauen riȝthondthe riȝthond R. of felowschip to me and to Barnabas, that we among the hethene, and thei in to toto the abchko. circumcisioun; oneli that we hadde mynde of pore men `of CristOm. A sec. m. EIQeghkα., the which thing Y was ful bisi to doon. But whanne Petre was comun to Antioche, Y aȝenstood hym in the face, for he was worthi to be vndirnommen. For bifor that ther camen summen fro James, he eete with theOm. EIQegα. hethene men; but whanne thei weren comun, he withdrowȝ, and departide hym, dredinge hem that weren of circumcisioun. And theOm. k. othere Jewis assentiden to his feynyng, so that Bar|nabas was drawun of hem in to that feynyng. But whanne Y sawȝ, that thei walkiden not riȝtli to the treuthe of the gospel, Y seide to Petre bifor alle men, If thou, that art a Jew, lyuest hethen|lich, and not Jewelich, hou constreynest thou hethene menOm. a. to bicome Jewis? We Jewis of kynde, and not synful men of the hethene, knowen that a man is not iustified of the werkis of lawethe lawe Rbα., but bi the feith of Jhesu Crist; and we bileuen in Jhesu Crist, that we ben iustified of the feith of Crist, and not of theOm. Rb. werkis of lawethe lawe b.. Wherfor of theOm. b. werkis of lawethe lawe b. ech fleisch schal not be iustified. And if we sechen to be iustified in Crist, we ourevs Iagk. silf ben foundun synful men, whether Crist be mynystre of synne? God forbede. And if Y bylde aȝen thingis that Y haue distruyed, Y make my silf a trespassour. For bi the lawe Y am deed to the lawelawe, that Y lyue to God A sec. m. lawe, that I lyue to God with Crist k., andOm. ahoβ. Y am fitchid to the crosse, that Y lyue to God with Crist. And now lyue not Y, but Crist lyueth in me. But that Y lyue now in fleisch, Y lyue in the feith of Goddis sone, that louede me, and ȝaf hym silf for me. Y caste not awey the grace of God; for if riȝtwisnesseriȝtful|nesse EIQRbceghkoαβ. be thoruȝ lawe, thanne Crist diede with out cause.

 CAP. III.

VnwittiO! vnwitti CKMRehkoβ. A! vnwitti IQbcgα. GalathiesGalathians CEUabeghoαβ., tofor whos iȝen Jhesu Crist is exilid, and is crucified in ȝou, who hath disseyued you, that ȝe obeyen not to treuthe? This oneli Y wilne to lerne of ȝou, whether ȝe han vndurfonge the spirit ofof the CEI pr. m. Qegα. werkis of the lawe, or of heryng of bileue? So ȝe ben foolis, that whanne ȝe han bigunne in spirit, ȝe ben endid in fleisch. So grete thingis ȝe han suffrid without cause, ifand if k pr. m. it be withoute cause. He that ȝyueth to ȝou spirit, and worchith vertues in ȝou, whether of werkis of the lawe, or of hering of bileue? As it is writun, Abraham bileuede to God, and it was rettidarettid Khk. to hym to riȝtfulnesseriȝtwisnesse EKab.. And therfor knowe ȝe, thatOm. EQgk pr. m. these that ben of bileue, ben the sones of Abraham. And the scripture seynge afer, that GodOm. AC pr. m. EIQbe pr. m. gk pr. m. ius|tifieth the hethene, of bileue told toforbifore R. to Abraham, That in thee alle theOm. R. hethene schulen be blessid. And ther|for these that ben of bileue, schulen be blessid with feithful Abraham. For alle that ben of theOm. g. werkis of theOm. CEIQegα. lawe, ben vndur curse; for it is writun, Ech man is cursid, that abidith not in alle thingis that ben writun in the book of the lawe, to do tho thingis. And that no man is iustified in the lawe bifor God, it is opyn, for a riȝtful man lyueth of bileue. But the lawe is not of bileue, but he that doith tho thingis of the lawe, schal lyue in hem. But Crist aȝenbouȝte us fro the curse of the lawe, and was maad acursidcursid I.that is, suf|fride for us the peyne of deth. Lire and the Glose rehers|ing Jerom. ve. for vs; for it is writun, Ech man is cursid that hangith in the tre; that among the hethene the blessyng of Abraham were maad in `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist h., that we vndurfonge the biheeste of spirit thoruȝ bileue. Britheren, Y seie aftir man, no man dispisith the testament of aOm. R. man that is confermed, or ordeynethordeyned CEQR acegkα. aboue. The biheestis weren seid to A|braham and to his seed; he seith not, In seedis, as in many, but as in oon, And to thi seed, that is, Cristin Crist R.. But Y seie, this testament is confermed of God; the lawe that was maad after foure hundrid and thritti ȝeer, makithne makith K pr. m. bc pr. m. not the testament veyn to auoide awei the biheest. For if eritage were of the lawe, it were not nowOm. EI pr. m. g. of biheeste. But God grauntide to Abraham thoruȝ biheest. What thanne the lawethat is, Wher|to is the lawe profitable? Lire here. ve.? It was sett for trespassingether trespassoures K marg., totil to CKMQRUabcegkoαβ. til EIh. the seedthat is, Crist K marg. comecam Echβ. came IR., to whom he hadde maad histhe E. Om. IQegkαβ. biheest. WhicheThe whiche I. lawe was ordeyned bi aungels, in the hoond of a mediatour. But a me|diatour is not of oon. But God is oonof oon R.. Is thanne the lawe aȝens the biheestisbiheest R. of God? God forbede. For if the lawe were ȝouun, that myȝte quikene, verili were riȝtfulnesse of lawe. But scrip|turethe scripture Egk. hath concludid alle thingis vndir synnethe synne Q pr. m., that the biheeste of the feith of Jhesu Crist were ȝyuen to hem that bileuen. And tofor that bileue cam, thei weren kept vndur the lawe, enclosid in to that bileue that was to be schewid. And so the lawe was oure vndirmaister in Crist, that we ben iustified of bileue. But aftir that bileue cam, we ben not now vndur the vndurmaistir. For alle ȝe ben the children of God thoruȝ the bi|leue of Jhesu Crist. For alle ȝe that ben baptisid, ben clothid with Crist. Ther is no Jewe, neno RUac. Greke, neno KMRUXaco. bond man, neno MRUXah sec. m. fre man, neno KMRUXach sec. m. O. male, neno MRUXach sec. m. female; for alle ȝe ben oonof oon R pr. m. in `Jhesu CristCrist Jhesu b.. And if ȝe ben oon in `Jhesu CristCrist Jhesu R., thanne ȝe ben the seed of Abraham, and eiris biof b sec. m. biheest.

 CAP. IV.

But Y seie, as long tyme as the eir is a litil child, he dyuersith no thing fro a seruaunt, whanne he is lord of alle thingis; but he is vndur keperis and tutorisvndir tutours a., in to the tyme determyned of the fadir. So we, whanne we weren litle children, we serueden vndur the ele|mentis of the world. But aftir thatOm. h. theOm. a. fulfilling of tymethe tyme R. cam, God sente his sone, maad of a womman, maad vn|dur the lawe, that he schulde aȝenbie hem that weren vndur the lawe, that we schulden vnderfonge the adopciounadopcioun, either purchasyng R. of sones. And for ȝe ben Goddis sones, God sente his spirit in to ȝoure hertis, criynge, Abba, fadir. And so ther is not now a seruaunt, but a sone; and if he is a sone, he is an eir bi God. But thanne ȝe vnknowynge God, serueden to hem thatthe whiche I. in kynde weren not goddis. But now whanne ȝe han knowe God, and ben knowun of God, hou ben ȝe turned eftsoone to the febil and nedi elementis, to the whiche ȝe wolen eft serue? Ȝe taken kepe to daies, and monethis, and tymes, and ȝeris. But Y drede ȝou, lest without cause Y haue trauelid among ȝou. Be ȝe as Y, for Y am as ȝe. Britheren, Y biseche ȝou, ȝe han hurt me no thing. But ȝe knowen, that bi infirmyte of fleisch Y haue prechid to ȝou now bifore; and ȝe dispiseden not, nether forsoken ȝoure temptacioun in my fleisch, but ȝeOm. R pr. m. resseyueden me as an aungel of God, as `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist R.. Where thanne is ȝoure blessyng? For Y bere ȝou witnesse, that if it myȝte haue be don. ȝe wolden haue put out ȝoure iȝen, and haue ȝyuen hem to me. Am Y thanne maad an enemye to ȝou, seiynge to ȝou the sothe? Thei louen not ȝou wel, but thei wolen exclude ȝouthat is, fro treuthe of the gospel. sue hem; in ob|seruauncis of Moises lawe. Lire here. ve., that ȝe suen hem. But sue ȝe the good euermore in good, and not oneli whanne Y am pre|sent with ȝou. My smale children, whichethe which k. Y bere eftsoones, til that Crist be fourmed in ȝou, and Y wolde now be at ȝou, and chaunge my vois, for Y am confoundid among ȝou. Seie to me, ȝe that wolen be vndir the lawe, `han ȝeȝe han Rbc pr. m. ehk sec. m. Oβ. not red the lawe? For it is writun, that Abraham hadde twotwei CEQk. sones, oon of athe a. seruaunt, and oon of a fre womman. But he that was of the seruaunt, was borun afterof E. the flesh; but he that waswas borun k pr. m. of the fre womman, by a biheeste. The whiche thingis ben seid bi an othir vn|dirstondingbi gostli vn|dirstonding, thouȝ it is fer fro Jerusalem bi space of londis. Lire here. ve.. For these ben twotweie k. testa|mentis; oon in the hille of Synai, gen|dringe in to seruage, which is Agar. For Syna is an hille thatwhich C. is into R pr. m. Arabie, which hille is ioyned to it that is now Jerusalem, and seruith withto k. hir chil|dren. But that Jerusalem that is aboue, is fre, whiche is oure modir. For it is writun, Be glad, thou bareyn, that berist not; breke out and crye, that bringist forth no children; for many sones ben of hir that is left of hir hosebonde, more than of hir that hath an hosebonde. ForBut EKQRbceghkoαβ., britheren, we ben sones of biheeste aftir Isaac; but now as thishe this I. that was borun after the fleisch pursuede him that was aftir the spirit, so nowand now R.. But what seith the scripture? Caste out the seruaunt and hir sone, for the sone of the seruaunt schal not be eir with the sone of the fre wijf. And so, britheren, we ben not sones of the seruaunt, but of the fre wijf, bi which fredom Crist hath maad vs fre.

 CAP. V.

Stonde ȝe therfor, and nyl ȝe eftsoones be holdun in the ȝok of seruage. Lo! Y Poul seie to ȝou, that if ȝe ben cir|cumcidid, Crist schal no thing profite to ȝou. And Y witnesse eftsoones to ech man that circumcidith hym silf, that he is dettoura dettour k. of al the lawe to be don. And ȝe ben voidid awei fro Crist, and ȝe that be iustified in the lawe, ȝe han fallen awei fro grace. For we thoruȝ theOm. C pr. m. spirit of bileue abiden the hope of riȝtfulnesseriȝtwesnesse EKRb.. For in Jhesu Crist nether circumcisioun is ony thing worth, nether prepucie, but the bileue that worchith bi charite. Ȝe runnen wel; who lettide ȝou that ȝe obeyedeabiden E. not toOm. Eh. treuthethe truthe Eag.? Con|sente ȝe to no manthat is, of tho false apo|stlis. The Glose here. ve.; for this counselether soft mofing K marg. ys not of hym that hath clepid ȝou. A litil souredowȝ apeirithaperith A. al the gobet. I trust on ȝou in oure Lord, that ȝe schulden vndurstonde noon other thing. And who that disturblithdistroubleth R. ȝou, schal bere dom, who euere he be. And, britheren, if Y preche ȝit circumcisioun, what suffre Y ȝit persecucioun? thanne the sclaundre of the crosse is auoididvoidid EIQRbcegk sec. m. Oαβ. voide h.. Y wolde that thei weren cut awei, that disturblendistrou|blen R. ȝou. For, britheren, ȝe ben clepid in to fredom; oneli ȝyue ȝeOm. R pr. m. not fredom in to occasioun of fleisch, but bi charite of spirit serue ȝe togidere. For euery lawe is fulfillid in o word, Thou schalt loue thi neiȝbore as thi silf. And if ȝe bite, and ete ech othere, se ȝe, lest ȝe be wastid ech fro othere. And Y seie ȝouto ȝou Rg sec. m. k sec. m. Om. ak pr. m. in Crist, walkewandre Ig. ȝe in spirit, and ȝe schulen not performe the desiris of the fleisch. For the fleisch coueitith aȝens the spirit, and the spirit aȝen the fleisch; for these ben aduersaries togidere, that ȝe don not alle thingis that ȝe wolen. That if ȝe be led bi spirit, ȝe ben not vnder the lawe. And werkisthe werkis EIKQRbceghkoαβ. of the fleisch ben opyn, whichethe whiche I. ben fornica|cioun, vnclennes, vnchastite, letcherie, seruice of false goddis, witchecraftisether doynges of venym K marg., enmytees, striuyngis, indignaciouns, wraththis, chidingis, discenciouns, sectisheresyes X sec. m. marg., enuyes, manslauȝtrismansleyingis k., dronkennessisand dronkenessis R., vnmesurableand vnmesurable β. etyngis, and thingis lijk to these, whiche Y seie to ȝouȝou bifore b sec. m. k pr. m., as Y haue told toOm. alii. ȝou `to forebifore Eb pr. m. k., for thei that doon suche thingis, schulen not haue the kyng|dom of God. But the fruyt of the spi|rit is charite, ioye, pees, pacience, long abidyng, benygnyte, goodnesse, mylde|nesse, feith, temperaunce, contynence, chastite; aȝen suche thingis is no lawe. And they that ben of Crist, han crucified her fleisch with vices and coueytyngis. If we lyuen bi spirit, walke we bi spirit; be we not made coueytouse of veyn glo|rie, stirynge ech othere to wraththe, or hauynge enuye ech to othere.

 CAP. VI.

Britheren, if aony R. man be occupied in ony gilt, ȝe that ben spiritual, enforme ȝe such oon in spirit of softnesse, bihold|inge thi silf, lest that thou be temptid. Ech bere othereotheris EIQRceghkαβ. chargis, and so ȝe schulen fulfille the lawe of Crist. For who that trowith that he be ouȝt, whanne he is nouȝt, he bigilith him silf. But ech manOm. k pr. m. preue his owne werk, and so he schal haue glorie in him silf, and not in an othere. For ech man schal bere his owne charge. He that is tauȝtether enfoormed K marg. biin K. word, comune he with him that techith hym, in `alle goodisal goodnes k.. Nyle ȝe erre, God is not scorned; for tho thingis that a man sowith, tho thingis he schal repe. For he that sowith in hisOm. k. fleisch, of the fleisch he schal repe corrupcioun; but he that sowith in the spirit, of the spirit he schal repe euerelastynge lijf. And doynge goodthe good A pr. m. b sec. m. faile weOm. I. ȝe R. not; for in his tyme we schalschulen A pr. m. repe, not failinge. Ther|for whilethe while R. we han tyme, worche we good to alle men; but most to hem that ben homlichethe hoomly R pr. m. hoomly k. of the feith. Se ȝe, what ma|ner lettris Y haue write to ȝou with myn owne hoond. For who euere wole plese in the fleisch, `this constreynethhe this constreynith I. these constreynen R. ȝou to be circumcidid, oonli that thei suffren not the persecucioun of Cristis crosse. For nether thei that ben cir|cumcididcircumcicid k. kepen the lawe; but thei wolen that ȝe be circumcidid, that thei haue glorie in ȝoure fleisch. But fer be it fro me to haue glorie, noOm. CEIKMR UXa sec. m. bceghkoαβ. but in the crosse of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom the world is crucified to me, and Y to the world. For in Jhesu Crist nether circumcisioun is ony thing worth, ne prepucie, but a newe creature. And who euere suwen this reule, pees on hem, and merci, and on Israel of God. And heraftir no man be heuy to me; for Y bere in my bodi the tokenes of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝoure spirit, britherenOm. ko.. Amen.

 Here endith the pistle to Galathies, andand here Mbh. bigynneth theaα. prologe on the pistle to EffeciesFrom CIMXabgkoα. Here endeth the pistel to Galathies; se now the prologe on the pistle to Effesies. K. Here endith the epistle to Gala|thies, and bigynneth the prolog on the epistle to Effesies. QC. Here endith the pistle to Galathies, and bigynneth the prolog to Effecies. h. No final rubric in AERUe.. EPHESIANS. Here bigynneth a prologe to EffesiesFrom U. The prolog. A. Jeroms prologe on Effesians. E. The prolog of the pistil to Ephesies. N. Heere sueth the prolog on the pistle to Effesies. R. Prologus. T. Here bigynneth the prologe on Effesies. e. A prolog on the epistle to the Effesies. f. No initial rubric in CIKMXabcghkoα..

EFFESIANS benben men EKNab sec. m. k. of Asie; these whanne thei hadden resseyued the word of treuthe, abiden stedfastli in the feith. The apo|stlepostle EKQcegoα. preisith hem, writinge to hem fro Rome out of prisoun, bi Titicus, the dekene.

Jerom in his prologe on this pistle seith thisFrom CMabhko. Jerom in his prologe seith al this. K. Jerome in his prolog on this epistil to Ephesies seith al this. N. Jerom in his prolog on this epistle to Effesies seith this. Qc. Heere endith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle. R. This seith Jerom to Effesies in his prologe. U. Jerom in his prologe on Effecies seith al this. X. Here endith the prologe, and bigynnelh the pistil to the Effesies. g. Jerom in his prolog on this epistle seith al this. α. No final rubric in AEITef.. Here bigynneth the pistle to EffesiesPoul to Effecians. E. Here biginneth the pistil of Effesies. e. No initial rubric in CIKQRUXabcghkoα..CAP. I.

Poul, the apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, to alle seyntisthe seintis k. that ben at Effesie, and to the feithful men in Jhesu Crist, grace be to ȝou and pees of God, oure fader, and oureof oure Xagk. Om. h. Lord Jhesu Crist. Blessid be God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that hath blessid vs in al spiritual blessing in heuenli thingis in Crist, as he hath chosun vs in hym silf bifor the makyng of the world, that we weren hooli, and with out wem in his siȝt, in charite. Which hath bifor ordeyned vs in to adopcioun of sones bi Jhesu Crist in to hym, bi the purpos of his wille, in to the heriyng of the glorie of his grace; in which he hath glorified vs in his dereworthe sone. In whom we han redempcioun bi his blood, forȝyuenesse of synnes, aftir the ritch|essis of his grace, that aboundide greetli in vs in al wisdom and prudence, to make knowun to vs the sacrament of his wille, bi the good plesaunce of hym; the which sacrament he purposide in hym in the dispensacioun of plente of tymes to enstore alle thingis in Crist, whiche ben in heuenes, and whiche ben in erthe, in hym. In whom we ben clepid bi sorteither by grace, either bi Goddis chees|ing. Lire here and the Glose rehersinge Aus|tyn. ve., bifor ordeyned bi the purpos of hym that worchith alle thingis bi the counsel of his wille; that we be in to the heriyng of his glorie, we that han hopid bifor in Crist. In whom also ȝe weren clepid, whanne ȝe herden the word of treuthe, theof the k pr. m. gospel of ȝoureoure EQghα. heelthe, in whom ȝe bileuynge ben merk|id with the Hooli Goost of biheest, whichthe which k. is the ernes of oure eritage, in to theOm. Ik. redempcioun of purchasyng, in to heriyng of his glorie. Therfor and Y her|ynge ȝoure feith, that is in Crist Jhesu, and the loue in to alle seyntis, ceesse not to do thankyngis for ȝou, makynge mynde of ȝou in my preieris; that God of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, the fadir of glorie, ȝyue to ȝou the spirit of wisdom and of reuelacioun, in to the knowyng of hym; and the iȝen of ȝoure hertehertis k. liȝtned, that ȝe wite, which is the hope of his clepyng, and whiche ben the richessis of the glorie ofand of k. his eritage in seyntis; and whych is the excellent greetnesse of his vertu in to vs that han bileuyd, bi the worchyng of the myȝt of his vertu, which he wrouȝte in Crist, reisynge hym fro deth, and settynge him on his riȝt half in heuenli thingis, aboue ech principat, and potestat, and vertu, and domynacioun, and aboue ech name that is named, not oneli in this world, but also in the world to comynge; and made alle thingis suget vndur hise feet, and ȝaf hym to be heed ouer al the chirche, that is the bodi of hym, andin g. the plente of hymthat is, the fulnesse of Cristis gostly bodi is maad perfit bi Crist, which bi the uertu of his Godhed worch|ith alle goode werkis in alle men. Lire here. ve., which is alle thingis in alle thingis fulfillid.

 CAP. II.

And whanne ȝe weren deed in ȝoure giltis and synnes, in which ȝe wandriden sum tyme aftir the cours of this world, aftir the prince of the power of this eir, of the spirit that worchith now in to the sones of vnbileue; in which also we `alle lyuedenlyueden alle I. lyueden g. sum tyme in the desiris of oure fleisch, doynge the willis of the fleisch and of thouȝtisthe thouȝtis hk sec. m., and we weren bi kynde the sones of wraththe, asas and k sec. m. othere men; but God, that is riche in merci, for his ful myche charite in which he louyde vs, ȝhe, whanne we weren deed in synnes, quikenedehe quikenide k. vs togidere in Crist, bi whos grace ȝe ben sauyd, and aȝen reiside togidere, and made to|gidere to sitte in heuenli thingis in Crist Jhesu; that he schulde schewe in the worldis aboue comynge the plenteuouse ritchessis of his grace in goodnesse on vs in Crist Jhesu. For bi grace ȝe ben sauyd bi feith, and this not of ȝou; for it is the ȝifte of God, not of werkis, that no man haue glorie. For we ben the makyng of hym, maad of nouȝt in Crist Jhesu, in good werkis, whiche God hath ordeyned, that we go in tho werkis. For which thing be ȝe myndeful, that sumtyme ȝe weren hethene in fleisch, whichthe which k. weren seid prepucie, fro that that is seid circumcisioun maad bi hond in fleisch; and ȝe weren inOm. k. that time with out Crist, alienyd fro the lyuyng of Israel, and gestis of testamentisthe testamentis IR pr. m., not hauynge hope of biheest, and with outen God in this world. But now in Crist Jhesu ȝe that weren sum tyme fer, ben maad nyȝ in the blood of Crist. For he is oure pees, that made bothe oon, and vnbyndynge the myddil wal of a wal with out morter, enmytees in his fleisch; andand he Ia sec. m. auoidide the lawe of maundementis bi domes, that he make twei in hym silf in to aOm. O pr. m. O a sec. m. newe man, makynge pees, to recounsele bothe in o bodi to God bi the cros, sleynge the enemytees in hym silf. And he comynge prechide pees to ȝou that weren fer, and pees to hem that weren niȝ; for bi hym we bothe han niȝ comyng in o spirit to the fadir. Therfor now ȝe ben not gestis and straungerisether herbored men K marg., but ȝe ben citeseynsthe citezenes R pr. m. of seyntis, and houshold meine of God; aboue bildid on the foundement of apostlis and of pro|fetis, vpon thatthe hk. hiȝeste corner stoon, Cristof Crist EI pr. m. Q pr. m. g. Jhesu; in whom ech bildyng maad waxith in to an hooli temple in the Lord. In whom also `be ȝeȝe ben h pr. m. bildid togidere in to the habitacle of God, in the Hooli Goost.

 CAP. III.

For the grace of this thing I Poul, the boundun of Crist Jhesu, for ȝou hethene men, if netheles ȝe han herd the dispensacioun of Goddis grace, that is ȝouun to me in ȝou. For bi reuelacioun the sacrament is maad knowun to me, as Y aboue wroot in schort thing, as ȝe moun rede, and vndurstonde my pru|dence in the mysteriemynysterie CEKMQRUXabceghkoαβ. of Crist. Which was not knowun to othere generaciouns to the sones of men, as it is now schewid to his hooli apostlis and prophetis in the spirit, that hethene men ben euen eiris, and of oo bodi, and parteneris togidere of his biheest in Crist Jhesu bi the euangelie; whos mynystre Y am maad, bi the ȝifte of Goddis grace, which is ȝouun to me bi the worchyng of his vertu. To me, leeste of alle seyntis, this grace is ȝouun to preche among hethene men the vnserchableether that may not be souȝt K marg. richessis of Crist, and to liȝtne alle men, which is the dis|pensacioun of sacrament hid fro worldis in God, that made alle thingis of nouȝt; that the mychemychel a. fold wisdom of God be knowun to princis and potestatis in heuenli thingis bi the chirche, bi the bifore ordinaunceether settinge K marg. of worldis, which he made in Crist Jhesu oure Lord. In whom we han trist and nyȝ comyng, in tristenyngtristynge a. bi the feith of hym. For which thing Y axe, that ȝe faile not in my tribulaciouns for ȝou, which is ȝoure glorie. For grace of this thing Y bowe my knees to the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, of whom ech fadirhod in heuenes and in erthe is named, that he ȝyue to ȝou, aftir theOm. k pr. m. richessis of his glorie, vertu to be strengthid bi his spirit inbi cgkα. the ynnere man, that Crist dwelle bi feith in ȝoure hertis; that ȝe rootid and groundid in charite, moun comprehende with alle seyntis, which is the breede, and the lengthe, and the hiȝnesse, and the depnesse; also to wite the charite of Crist more excellentether aboue semyng K marg. than science, that ȝe be fillid in al theOm. b. plentee of God. And to hym that is myȝti to do alle thingis more plenteuousli than we axen or vndurstondun, bi the vertu that worchith in vs, to hym be glorie in the chirche, and in Crist Jhesu, in to alle the generaciouns of theOm. R pr. m. world of worldis. Amen.

 CAP. IV.

Therfor Y boundun for the Lord bi|seche ȝou, that ȝe walke worthili in the clepyng, in which ȝe ben clepid, with al mekenesse and myldenesse, with pacience supportinge ech other in charite, bisi to kepe vnyte of spirit in the boond of pees. O bodi and o spirit, as ȝe ben clepid in oon hope of ȝoure cleping; o Lord, o feith, o baptym, o God and fa|dirthe fadir k. of allealle thingis k., which is aboue alle men, and bi alle thingis, and in vs alle. But to ech of vs grace is ȝouun bi the me|sure of the ȝyuyng of Crist; for which thing he seith, He stiynge an hiȝ, ledde caitiftethat is, men holden pri|soners of the deuel, Crist took and ra|uischide fro the deuel, and made soget vndir the esy ȝoc of Crist, and brouȝte hem fro helle to heuene. The Glose here re|hersinge Aus|tyn. ve. caitif, he ȝaf ȝiftis to men. But what is it, that he stiede vp, noOm. b. but that also he cam doun first in to the lowere partis of the erthe? He it is that cam doun, and that stiede on alle he|uenes, that he schulde fille alle thingis. And he ȝaf summe apostlis, summe pro|phetis, othere euangelistis, othere scheep|herdis and techeris, to the ful endyng of seyntis, in to the werk of mynystrie, in to edificacioun of Cristis bodi, til we rennen alle, in to vnyte of feith and of knowyng of Goddis sone, in to a parfit man, aftir the mesure of agethe age X. of the plente of Crist; that we be not now litle children, mouynge as wawis, and be not borun aboute with ech wynd of teching, in the weiwardnesse of men, in sutil wit, to the disseyuyng of errour. But do we treuthe in charite, and wexe in him by alle thingis, that is Crist oure heed; of whom alle the bodi setis set k pr. m. togidere, and boundun togidere bi ech ioynture of vnder seruyng, bi worching in to the mesure of ech membre, makith encrees|yng of the bodi, in to edificacioun of it silf in charite. Therfor Y seie and wit|nesse this thing in the Lord, that ȝe walke not now, as hethene men walken, in the vanyte of her wit; that han vn|durstondyng derkned with derknessisof synne X sec. m. marg. k., and ben alienyd fro the lijf of God, bi ignoraunce that is in hem, for the blyndenesse of her herte. WhichThe whiche I. dis|peirynge bitoken hem silf to vnchastite, in to the worchyng of al vnclennesse in coueitise. But ȝe han not so lerudlernid EQRekoα. lernd Kβ. Cristof Crist Kk pr. m., if netheles ȝe herden hym, and ben tauȝt in hym, as isit is A pr. m. treuthe in Jhesu. Do ȝe awey bi the elde lyuyng thethat a. elde man, that is corrupt bi the desiris of errour; and be ȝe renewlidrenewid KRaαβ. in the spirit of ȝoure soule; and clothe ȝe the newe man, which is maad aftir God in riȝtwisnesse and hoolynesse of treuthe. For which thing `ȝe putteputte ȝe EIK sec. m. Rk. awei leesyng, and speke ȝe treuthe ech man with his neiȝbore, for we ben membris ech to othere. Be ȝe wrooth, and nyle ȝeOm. I pr. m. do synne; the sunne falle not doun on ȝoure wraththe. Nyle ȝe ȝyue stide to the deuel. He that stal, now stele he not; but moremore rather I. trauele he in worchinge with hise hondis that that is good, that he haue whereof he schal ȝyue to nedithe nedie CEIKQR sec. m. Xagαβ. the nedynesse R pr. m.. Ech yuel word go not offorth of A sec. m. I. out of EXghkoα. fro R. ȝoure mouth; but if ony is good to theOm. bg. edificacioun of feith, that it ȝyue grace to men that heren. And nyle ȝe make the Hooli Goost of God soriether heuyȝ K marg., in which ȝe ben markid in the dai of redempcioun. Al bitternesse, and wraththe, and indignacioun, and cry, and blasfemye be takun awey fro ȝou, with al malice; and be ȝe togidere be|nygne, merciful, forȝyuynge togidere, as also God forȝaf to ȝou in Crist.

 CAP. V.

Therfor be ȝe foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones; and walke ȝe in loue, as Crist louyde vs, and ȝaf hym silf for vs an offryng and a sacrifice to God, in to the odour of swetnesse. AndOm. Ia sec. m. fornycacioun, and al vnclennesse, or aueryce, be not named among ȝou, as it bicometh holi men; ethir filthe, or foli speche, or harlatrye, that perteyn|ethprofitith k. not to profit, but moremore rathir I. doyng of thankyngis. For wite ȝe thisthis thing a sec. m., and vn|durstonde, that ech letchour, or vnclene man, or coueytouse, that serueth to mawmetis, hath not eritage in the king|dom of Crist and of God. No man disseyue ȝou bi veyn wordisword Ecg.; for whi for these thingis the wraththe of God cam onupon I. the sones of vnbileue. Therfor nyle ȝe be maadOm. k pr. m. parteneris of hem. For ȝe weren sum tyme derknessis, but now `ȝe benOm. EIKQRbcghkoαβ. liȝt in the Lord. Walke ȝe as the sones of liȝt. For the fruytspirit k. of liȝt is in al goodnesse, and riȝtwisnesse, and treuthe. And preue ȝe what `thing isthingis ben k pr. m. wel plesynge to God. And nyle ȝe co|myne to vnfruytouse werkis of derk|nessis; but moremore rathir I. repreue ȝe. For what thingis ben don of hem in priuy, it is foule, ȝhe, to speke. And alle thingis that ben repreuydthat is, of holy men and good, that ben clepid the sones of liȝt. The Glose here. ve. of the liȝt, ben opynli schewid; forforwhi A pr. m. ak pr. m. al thing that is schewid, is liȝt. For which thing he seith, Rise thou that slepist, and rise vp fro deth, and Crist schal liȝtne thee. Therfor, britherenmy britheren R., se ȝe, hou warli ȝe schulen go; not as vnwise men, but as wise men, aȝenbiynge tymethe tyme R., for the daies ben yuele. Therfor nyle ȝe be maadman A. vnwise, but vndurstondynge whichthe which k pr. m. is the wille of God. And nyle ȝe be drunkun of wyn, in which is letcherie, but be ȝe fillid with the Hooli Goost; and speke ȝe to ȝou silf in salmes, and ymnes, and spiritual songis, syngynge and seiynge salm in ȝoure hertis to the Lord; euermore doynge thankingis for alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist to God and to the fadir. Be ȝe suget togidere in the drede of Crist. Wymmen, be thei suget to her hosebondis, as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi. But as the chirche is suget to Crist, soso and A pr. m. a sec. m. c pr. m. hoβ. wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingisthingis leeful R.. Men, loue ȝe ȝoure wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and ȝaf hym silf for it, to make it holi; and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf, to ȝyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryuelingether wrynkele K marg., or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid. So and men `schulen loueloue thei CEKMQRUXa pr. m. bceghoαβ. schulen loue thei k pr. m. her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf; for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche. And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys. For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. This sacrament is greet; ȝhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche. Netheles ȝe alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.

 CAP. VI.

Sones, obeischeobeie ȝe R. obeie koα. ȝe toOm. K pr. m. ȝoureOm. E. fadir and modir, in the Lord; for this thing is riȝtful. Onoure thou thi fadir and thiOm. EI pr. m. QRgα. modir, that is the firste maundement in biheestthe biheest R.; that it be wel to thee, and that thou be long lyuynge on theOm. R. erthe. And, fadris, nyle ȝe terre ȝoure sones to wraththe; but nurische ȝe hem in theOm. EIQgkα. teching and chastising of the Lord. Seruauntis, obeischeobeie kα. ȝe to fleischli lordis with drede and trembling, in simplenesse of ȝoure herte, as to Crist; not seruynge at the iȝe, as plesinge to men, but as seruauntis of Crist; doynge the wille of God bi discrecioun, with good wille seruynge as to the Lord, and not as to men; witinge that ech man, what euere good thing he schal do, he schal resseyue this of the Lord, whether seruaunt, whe|ther fre man. And, ȝe lordis, dodoith EI. do ȝe KRegkα. the same thingis to hem, forȝyuynge ma|naasismanassynges a.; witinge that bothe her Lord and ȝoure is in heuenes, and the taking of persones is not anentis God. Her aftir|ward, britheren, be ȝe coumfortid in the Lord, and inOm. k pr. m. the miȝt of his vertu. ClotheClothe ȝe A pr. m. Eg. ȝou with theOm. h. armereaarmers gk. of God, that ȝe moun stonde aȝensaȝens the Ia. the k. aspiyngesassailyngis k. of the deuel. For whi stryuyng is not to vs aȝens fleisch and blood, but aȝens princisthe princis CEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ. and potestatis, aȝens gouernours of the world of these derknessis, aȝens spiritual thingis of wickidnesse, in he|uenli thingis. Therfor take ȝeOm. IQ pr. m. theOm. E. ar|mere of God, that ȝe moun aȝenstonde in the yuel dai; and in alle thingis stondestonde ȝe k. perfitperfiȝtly a.. Therfor stonde ȝe, and bebe ȝe KRabegkoαβ. beth I. gird abouteaboue a. ȝoure leendis in sothe|fastnesse, and clothid with the haburioun of riȝtwisnesse, and ȝoure feet schood in making redi of the gospel of pees. In alle thingis take ȝe the scheld of feith, in whichthe which k. ȝe moun quenche alle the firy dartis of `the worstehim that is moost wickid I. the worste enemy xke.. And take ȝeOm. k pr. m. the helm of helthe, and the swerd of the Goost, that is, the word of God. Bi al preier and bisechyng preie ȝe al tyme in spirit, and in hym wakinge in al bisynesse, and bisechyng for alle hooli men, and for me; that word be ȝouun to me in openyng of my mouth, with trist to make knowun the mysteriemynysterie ag. of the gospel, for which Y am set in mes|sage in a chayne; so that in it Y be hardi to speke, as it bihoueth me. And ȝe wite, what thingis ben aboute me, what Y do, Titicus, my moost dere bro|ther, and trewe mynystre in the Lord, schal make alle thingis knowun to ȝou; whom Y sente to ȝou for this same thing, that ȝe knowe what thingis ben aboute vs, and that heȝe A pr. m. coumforte ȝoure hertis. Pees to britheren, and charite, with feith of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Grace with alle men that louen oure Lord Jhesu Crist in vn|corrupcioun. Amen, `that is, So be itOm. IRhkβ. So be it. e..

 Here endith the pistle to EffeciesEffesians I., andand here MO. bigynneth the prologe on the pistle to PhilippensisFrom CIMXacgkoα. Here endeth the pistle to Effesies; se now the prologe on the pistle to Filipensis. K. Heere endith the epistle to Effesies, and bigynneth the prolog on the pistle to Colocensis. Q. Here endith the pistle to Effesies, and here bigynneth pistle to Philippensis, with the prologe bifore. U. Heere endeth the pistle to Effesies, and here bigineth the pistle to Filippensis. bh. No final rubric in AERe.. PHILIPPIANS. Here bigynneth the prologe on the pistil to FilippensisFrom e. Prolog. A. Jerom on Philpencis. E. The prologe of the pistil to Philipensis. N. Heere sueth the prolog on the pistil to the Philpensis. R. Prologus. T. No initial rubric in CIKMQUXabcfghkoα..

PHILIPENSIS benben men b. of Macedoyne. These whanne thei hadden resceyued the word of treuthe, stoden stidfastlistifly ag. in the feith, and theiOm. R pr. m. resceyueden not false apostlis. The apostlepostle g. preisith thesehem T., writynge to hem fro Rome, out of prisoun, bi Epafrodite.

Jerom in his prologe on this pistle seith thusFrom CQabchkoα. Here endith the prologe. I. Jerom in his prologe seith al this. K. Jerome in his prolog on this epistle seith [al NX] this. MNX. Thus endith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle to Philipensis. R. Jerom in his prologe seith this on this pistle. U. Here endith [the] prologe, and bigynneth the pistl. g. No final rubric in AETef.. Here bigynneth the pistle to Fili|pensisPoul to Philipencis. E. Here bigynneth the firste pistle to Philippensis. M. No initial rubric in CIKQRUXabcghko..CAP. I.

Poul and Tymothe, seruauntis of Jhe|su Crist, to alle theOm. b. hooli men in Crist Jhesu, that ben at Filippis, with bi|schopis and dekenes, grace and pees to ȝou of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. I do thankyngis to my God in al mynde of ȝou euere more in alle my preyeris for alle ȝou with ioye, and make aȝe a b. Om. k pr. m. bisechyng on ȝoure comynyng in the gospel of Crist, fro the firste day til nowe; tristenyngetristinge Ek. this ilkeOm. e pr. m. k. thing, that he that bigan in ȝou a good werk, schal perfourme it til in to the dai of Jhesu Crist. As it is iust to me to feele this thing for alle ȝou, for that Y haue ȝou in herte, andOm. b. in my boondis, and in defending and confermyng of the gospel, that alle ȝe be felowis of my ioye. For God is a witnesse to me, hou Y coueyte alle ȝou in the bowelisentrailis R. of Jhesu Crist. And this thing Y preie, that ȝoure cha|rite be plenteuouse more and more in kunnyng, and in al wit; that ȝe preue the betere thingis, that ȝe be clene and without offence in the dai of Crist; fillid with the fruyt of riȝtwysnesse bi Jhesu Crist, in to the glory and theOm. Q. heriyng of God. For, britheren, Y wole that ȝe wite, that the thingis that ben aboute me han comun more to theOm. Ra sec. m. profit of the gospel, so that my boondis weren maad knowun in Crist, in ech moot halle, and in alle other placis; that mo of britheren tristingetristenynge g. in the Lord more plenteuously for my boondis, dursten without drede speke the word of God. ButAnd a. summe for enuye and strijf, summe for good wille, prechen Crist; and summe offor aek. charite, witinge that Y am put in the defense of the gospel. ButFor a. summe of strijf schewen Crist not cleneli, gessynge hem to reise tribulacioun to my boondis. But what? theOm. c pr. m. while on al maner, ethir bi occasioun, ethir bi treuthe, Crist is schewid; and in this thing Y haue ioye, but also Y schal haue ioye. And Y woot, that this thing schal come to me in to heelthe bi ȝoure preyer, and thebi the R. Om. h. vndurmynystringvndirstonding E. of the spirit of `Jhesu CristCrist Jhesu Q., bi myn abidyng andin EQg. hope. For in no thing Y schal be schamedaschamed I., but in al trist as euere more and now, Crist schal be magnefied in my bodi, ether bi lijf, ether bi deth. For me to lyue is Crist, and to die is wynnyng. That if to lyue in fleisch, is fruyt of werk to me, lo! what Y schalOm. E. chese, Y knowe not. But Y am constreyned of twei thingis, Y haue desiredesired Ek. tofor to X sec. m. be dissoluedthat is, to be departid the body fro the soule K marg. departid R., and to be with Crist, itfor it k. is myche more betere; but tofor to e. dwelle in fleisch, isit is h. nedeful for ȝou. And Y tristinge this thing, woot that Y schal dwelle, and perfitli dwelle to alle ȝou, to ȝoure profit and ioye of feith, that ȝoure thanking aboundeabounde, eithir be plenteuous R. in Crist Jhesu in me, bi my comyng eft|soone to ȝou. Oneli lyue ȝe worthili to the gospel of Crist, that whether whanne Y come and se ȝou, ethir absent Y here of ȝou, that ȝe stonden in othe k pr. m. spirit of oOm. k pr. m. wille, trauelinge togidere to the feith of the gospel. And in no thing be ȝe aferd of aduersaries, which is to hem cause of perdicioun, but to ȝou causea cause Q. of heelthe. And this thing is of God. For it is ȝouun to ȝou for Crist, that not oneli ȝe bileuen in hym, but also that ȝe suffren for hym; hauynge the same strijf, which ȝe saien in me, and now ȝe han herd of me.

 CAP. II.

Therfor if ony coumfort is in Crist, if ony solace ofin k pr. m. charite, if ony felou|schipe of spirit, if ony inwardnesse of merci doyng, fille ȝe my ioye, that ȝe vndurstonde the same thing, and haue the same charite, of o wille, and feelen the same thing; no thing bi strijf, nether by veyn glorie, but in mekenesse, dem|ynge eche othereOm. k pr. m. to be heiȝer than hym silf; not biholdinge ech bi hym silf what thingis ben his owne, but tho thingis that ben of othere men. And fele ȝe this thing in ȝou, whichwhich thing E. alsowas also I. inis in R sec. m. g sec. m. Crist Jhe|su; thatwhiche I. whanne he was in the forme of God, demyde not raueyn, that hym silf were euene to God; but he lowide hym silf, takinge the forme of a ser|uaunt, and was maad in to theOm. R. lick|nesse of menman k., and in abite was foundun as a man. He mekide hym silf, and was maad obedient to the deth, ȝhe, to the deth of the cross. For which thing God enhaunside hym, and ȝaf to hym a name that is aboue alech Ia sec. m. namenames k pr. m.; that in the name of Jhesu ech kne beis A pr. m. bowid, of heuenli thingis, of ertheli thingis, and of hellis; and ech tunge knouleche, that the Lord Jhesu Crist is in the glorie of God the fadir. Therfor, my most dere|worthe britheren, as euere more ȝe han obeischidobeied R., not in my presence onely, but myche more now in myn absence, worche ȝe with drede and trembling ȝoure heelthe. For it is God that worchith in ȝou, bothe to wilnewil k pr. m., and to performe, for good wille. And do ȝe alle thingis with out grutchingis and doutyngis; that ȝe be with out playnt, and symple as the sones of God, with out repreef, in the myddil of a schrewid nacioun and a weiward; among whiche ȝe schynen as ȝyueris of liȝt in the world. And holde ȝe togidere the word of lijf to my glorie in the day of Crist; for Y haue not run|nen in veyn, nether Y haue trauelid in veyn. But thouȝ Y be offrid or slayn on the sacrifice and seruyce of ȝoure feith, Y haue ioye, and Y thankeether togidere thanke K marg. ȝou alle. And thefor the Ia sec. m. on the R pr. m. in the h sec. m. same thing haue ȝe ioye, and thanke ȝe me. And Y hope in the Lord Jhesu, that Y schal sende Tymothe soone to ȝou, that Y be of good coumfort, whanne tho thingis ben knowun that ben aboute ȝou. For Y haue no man so of o willeether accord K marg., that is bisi for ȝou with clene affeccioun. For alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not tho that ben of Crist Jhesu. But knowe ȝe the asaie of hym, for as a sone to the fadir he hath seruyd with me in the gospel. Therfor Y hope that Y schal sende hym to ȝou, anoon as Y se what thingis ben aboute me. And Y triste in the Lord, that also my silf schalOm. k pr. m. come to ȝou soone. And Y gesside it nedeful to sende to ȝou Epafrodite, my brother and euene worchere, and myn euene knyȝt, but ȝoure apostle, and the mynystre of my nede. For he desiride ȝou alle, and he was sorewful, therfor that ȝe herden that he was sijk. For he was sijk to the deth, but God hadde merci on him; and not oneli on hym, but also on me, lest Y hadde heuynesse on heuynesse. Ther|for more hastili Y sentesende g. hym, that whanne ȝe han seyn hym, ȝe haue ioye eft, and Y be withouten heuynesse. Therfor resseyue ȝeOm. a. hym with al ioye in the Lord, and haue ȝe suche with al onour. ForFor for A sec. m. the werk of Crist he wente to deththe deeth R., ȝyuynge his lijf, that he schulde fulfille that that failide of ȝou anentis my seruyce.

 CAP. III.

HennusHenne Kbc. Hen eh. forwardforthward c., my britheren, haue ȝe ioye in the Lord. To write to ȝou the same thingis, to me it is not slow, and to ȝou it is necessarie. Se ȝe houndis, se ȝe yuele werk men, se ȝe dyuysioun. For we ben circumcisioun, which bi spirit seruen to God, and glo|rien in Crist Jhesu, and han not trist in the fleisch, thouȝ Y haue trust, ȝhe, in the fleisch. If ony othere man is seynyseyn a. to triste in theOm. EIKQbceghkoαβ. fleisch, Y more, that was circumcidid in the eiȝtthe dai, of the kynkynde k. of Israel, of the lynage of Benia|myn, an Ebrew of Ebrewis, bi the lawe a Farisee, bi loue pursuynge the chirche of God, bi riȝtwisnesse that is in the lawe lyuynge with out playnt. But whiche thingis weren to me wynnyngis, Y haue demed these apeyryngisas peiringis C pr. m. ac. for Crist. Netheles Y gesse alle thingis to be peirementapeirement k. for the cleer scienceconscience k pr. m. of Jhesu Crist my Lord. For whom Y made alle thingis peyrement, and Y deme as drit, that Y wynne Crist, and that Y be foundun in hym, not hauynge my riȝt|wisnesse that is of the lawe, but that that is of the feith of Crist Jhesu, that is of God the riȝtwisnesse in feith, to knowe hym, and the vertu of his risyng aȝen, and the felouschipe of his passioun, and beto be CEIMQUac sec. m. e sec. m. ghkoβ. maad lijk to his deeth, if on ony maner Y come to the resurreccioun that is fro deth. Not that now Y haue takun, or now amI am gk. parfit; but Y sue, if in ony maner Y comprehende, in which thingOm. k pr. m. also Y am comprehendid of Crist Jhesu. Bretheren, Y deme meOm. k pr. m. not that Y haueam b. comprehendid; but o thing, Y forȝete tho thingis that ben bihyndis, and stretchestrecchinge AIb. strecchide k. forth my silf to tho thingis that ben bifore, and pursue to the or|deyned medeether prys K marg. of theOm. I pr. m. hiȝ clepyng of God in Crist Jhesu. Therfor who euere we ben perfit, feele we this thing. And if ȝe vndurstonden in othere manere ony thing, this thing God schal schewe to ȝou. Netheles to what thing we han comun, that we vndurstonden the same thing, and that we perfitli dwelle in the same reule. Britheren, be ȝe my folew|erisfolewis A., and weyte ȝe hem that walken so, as ȝe han oure fourme. For many walken, whiche Y haue seid ofte to ȝou, but now Y wepinge seie, the enemyes of Cristis cros, whos ende is deth, whos god is the wombe, and the glorie in confusioun of hem, that saueren ertheli thingis. But oure lyuyng is in heuenes; fro whennus also we abiden the sauyour oure Lord Jhesu Crist, which schal re|forme the bodi of oure mekenesse, that is maad lijk to the bodi of his clere|nesse, bi the worching bi which he mai `also makemake also R. alle thingis suget to hym.

 CAP. IV.

Therfor, my britheren most derewor|the and most desirid, my ioye and my coroun, so stonde ȝe in the Lord, most dere britheren. Y preye Eucodiam, and bisecheY biseche b. Synticem, to vndurstonde the same thing in the Lord. Also Y preye andOm. b. thee, german felow, helpe thou the ilke wymmen that traueliden with me in the gospel, with Clement and othere myn helperis, whos names ben in the book of lijf. Ioye ȝe in the Lord euere more; eft Y seie, ioye ȝe. Be ȝoure pacyence knowun to alle men; the Lord is niȝ. Be ȝe nothing bisi, but in al preyer and biseching, with doyng of thankyngis, be ȝoure axyngisaxynge k. askyngis o. knowun at God. And theOm. b. pees of God, that passith al wit, kepe ȝoure hertis and vndurstondingis in Crist Jhesu. Fro hennus forth, bri|theren, what euereOm. R. thingis ben sothe, what euere thingis chast, what euere thingis iust, what euere thingis hooli, what euere thingis able to be louyd, what euere thingis of good fame, if ony vertu, if ony preising of discipline, thenke ȝe these thingis, that also ȝe han lerudlernid EKQRegkoαβ., and take, and heed, and seyn in me. Do ȝe these thingis, and God of pees schal be with ȝou. But Y ioyede greetli in the Lord, that sum tyme aftir|ward ȝe floureden aȝen to feele for me, as also ȝe feeliden. But ȝe weren ocupied, Y seie not as for nede, for Y haue lerudlerned alii. to be sufficient in whiche thingis Y am. And Y can also be lowid, Y can also haue plentee. Euery where and in alle thingis Y am tauȝt to be fillid, and to hungur, and to aboundeabounde, eithir to be plenteuous R., and to suffre myseistemyseyse Ig.. Y may alle thingis in hym that coumfortith me. Netheles ȝe han doon wel, comynynge to my tribulacioun. ForOm. e. andalso CEQXa pr. m. b sec. m. cegkα. Om. KMRU a sec. m. b pr. m. hoβ. ȝe, Filipensis, witenwiten also KMUa sec. m. b pr. m. hoβ., that in the bigynnyng of the gospel, whanne Y wente forth fro Macedonye, no chirche comynede with me in resoun of thing ȝouun and takun, but ȝe aloone. Whiche senten to Tessalonyk onys and twies also in to vss to me. Not for Y seke ȝifte, but Y requyre fruyt aboundinge in ȝoure resoun. For Y haue alle thingis, and aboundeI abounde ek.; Y am fillid with tho thingis takun of Epafrodite, whiche ȝe senten in to the odour of swetnesse, a couenable sacrifice, plesynge to God. And my God fil alle ȝoure desire, by hise richessis in glorie in Crist Jhesu. But to God andOm. k. oure fadir be glorie in to worldis of worldis. Amen. Grete ȝe wel euery hooli man in Crist Jhesu. Tho britheren that ben with me, greten ȝou wel. Alle hooli men greten ȝou wel, moost sotheli thei that ben of the empe|rouris hous. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝoure spirit. Amen.

 Here endith the pistle to Philippensis, andand here MkO. bigynneth thea g. prologe on the pistle to ColocensisFrom CIMQXacghkoα. Here endeth the pistle to Filipensis; se now the prologe on the pistle to Colocensis. K. Here endith the pistle to Filipensis, and here bigynneth the pistle to Colosensis with the prologe. U. Here endith epistle to Filipensis, and here bigynneth the prologe to Colocensis. b. No final rubric in AERe.. COLOSSIANS. Here bigynneth the prologe on ColosencisFrom e. Jeroms prologe on Colocencis. E. The prolog of the epistle to Colocensis. N. Heere sueth the prolog on the pistle to Colocensis. R. Prologus. T. No initial rubric in CIKMQUXacf..

COLOCENSIS ben also Laodicensis. These ben of Asie, and thei hadden be disseyued biof Eeko. false apostlis. The apo|stlepostle CEIKQUXabcgoα. hym silf cam not to hem, but he bringith hem aȝen to correccioun bi epi|stle; for thei hadden herd the word of Archippus, that hadde vndurfonge the mynysterie in to hem. Therfor the apostlepostle g., now boundun, wroot to hem from Effesie bi Titicus, the dekene, and Onesimus, the acolit.

Jerome in his prolog on this epistle seith thisFrom CMNUabchkoα. Jerom in his prologe seith al this. K. Here endith the prologe on this pistle, and here bigynneth the pistle to Colocensis. M. Jerom in his prolog on this pistle seith al this. Q. Thus endith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle. R. Jerom in his prologe on the pistle of Poul to Colocencis seith al this. X. Here endeth the prologe, and bigynneth the pistil to Colociensis. g. No final rubric in AEITef.. Here bigynneth the pistle to ColocensisPoulis epistle to Colocencis. E. Here biginneth the pistle. I. Here bigynneth the pistil of Colosencis. e. No initial rubric in CKMQRUXabcghko..CAP. I.

Poul, apostlethe apostle EQgh k sec. m. α. of `Crist JhesuJhesu Crist ERCOβ., bi the wille of God, and Tymothe, brother, to hem that ben at Colose, hooli and feith|ful britheren in Crist Jhesu, grace and pees to ȝou of God oure fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. We don thankyngis to God, and to the fader of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, euermore preiynge for ȝou, herynge ȝoure feith in Crist Jhesu, and the loue that ȝe han to alle hooli men, for the hope that is kept to ȝou in heuenes. Which ȝe herden in the word of treuthe of the gospel, that cam to ȝou, as also it is in al the world, and makith fruyt, and wexith, as in ȝou, fro that dai in which ȝe herden and knewen the grace of God in treuthe. As ȝe lerneden of Epafras, oure felawe most dereworthe, which is a trewe mynystre of Jhesu Crist for ȝou; which also schewide to vs ȝoure louyng in spirit. TherforAnd therfore R. we fro the dai in which we herden, ceessenceesiden b. not to preye for ȝou, and to axe, that ȝe be fillidfulfillid k pr. m. with the knowing of his wille in al wisdom and goostli vndurstondyng; that ȝe walke worthili to God plesynge bi alle thingis, and make fruyt in al good werk, and wexe inin to k. the science of God, and ben coumfortid in al vertu bi the miȝt of his clerenesse, in al pacience and long abiding with ioye, that ȝe do thankyngis to God and to the fadir, which made ȝou worthi in to the part of eritage of hooli men in liȝt. Which delyueride vs fro the power of derk|nessis, and translatide in to the kyng|dom of the sone of his louyng, in whom we han aȝenbiyng and remyssiounremissiouns k. of synnes. Which is the ymage of God vnuysibleinuisible a., the first bigetun of ech crea|ture. For in hym alle thingis ben maad, in heuenes and in erthe, visible and vn|uysibleinuisible a., ether trones, ether domina|ciouns, ether princehodes, ethir poweris, alle thingis ben maad of nouȝt bi hym, and in hym, and he is bifor alle, and alle thingis ben in hym. And he is heed of the bodi of the chirche; which is the bigynnyng and the firste bigetun of deede men, that he holde the firste dig|nyte in alle thingis. For in hym it ples|ide al plente to inhabite, and bi hym alle thingis to be recounselid in to hym, and made pees bi the blood of his cros, tho thingis that ben in erthis, ether that ben in heuenes. And whanne ȝe weren sumtyme aliened, and enemyes bi wit in yuele werkis, now he hath recounselid ȝou in the bodi of his fleisch bi deth, to haue ȝou hooli, and vnwemmyd, and with out repreef bifor hym. If netheles ȝe dwellen in the feith, foundid, and stable, and vnmouable fro the hope of the gos|pel that ȝe han herd, which is prechid in al creature that is vndur heuene. Of which Y Poul am maad mynystrea mynistre I., and now Y haue ioye inin the K pr. m. R. passioun for ȝou, and Y fille tho thingis that failenfailiden k. of theOm. E. passiouns of Crist in my fleisch, for his bodi, that is the chirche. Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre bi the dis|pensacioun of God, that is ȝouun to me in ȝou, that Y fille the word of God, the priuyte, that was hid fro worldis and generaciouns. But now it is schewid to his seyntis, to whichewhom I. God wold make knowun the richessis of the glorie of this sacrament in hethene men, which is Crist in ȝou, the hope of glorie. Whom weȝe I pr. m. schewen, repreuynge ech man, and techinge `ech manalle men Q. in al wisdom, that we offre ech man perfit in Crist Jhesu. In which thing also Y trauele in stryu|ynge bi the worching of hym, that he worchith in me in vertu.

 CAP. II.

But Y wole that ȝe wite, what bisy|nesse Y haue for ȝou, and for hem that ben at Laodice, and whiche euere saien not my face in fleisch, that her hertis ben coumfortid, and thei ben tauȝt in charite, in to alle the richessis of the plente of theOm. EIKRbcehk sec. m. Oαβ. vndurstondyng, in to the knowyng of mysterie of God, the fadir of Jhesu Crist, in whom alle the tre|souris of wisdom and of science ben hid. For this thing Y seie, that no man dis|seyue ȝou in heiȝthe of wordis. For thouȝ Y be absent in bodi, bi spirit Y am with ȝou, ioiynge and seynge ȝoure ordre and the sadnesse of ȝoure bileue that is in Crist. Therfor as ȝe han takun Jhesu Crist oure Lord, walke ȝe in hym, and be ȝe rootid and bieldid aboue in hym, and confermyd in the bileue, as ȝe han lerudlernd Kc passim. lerned alii., aboundinge in hym in doynge of thankyngis. Se ȝe that no man dis|seyue ȝou bi filosofie and veyn fallace, aftir the tradicioun of men, aftir the ele|mentis of the world, and not aftir Crist. For in hym dwellith bodilich al the ful|nesse of theOm. EI pr. m. Qgα. Godhed. And ȝe ben fillid in hym, that is heed of al principat and power. In whom also ȝe ben circumcidid in circumcisioun not maad with hoond, in dispoylingether nakidnesse K marg. of the bodi of fleisch, but in circumcisioun of Crist; and ȝe ben biried togidere with hym in baptim, in whom also ȝe han rise aȝen bi feith of the worching of God, that reiside hym fro deth. And whanne ȝe weren deed in giltisȝoure giltis k., and in theOm. ca. prepucie of ȝourefleisch, he quikenyde togidere ȝou with hym; forȝyuynge to ȝou alle giltis,ether synne K marg. doynge awei that writing ofof the gk. decreether doom K marg. that was aȝens vs, that was contrarie to vs; and he took awei that fro the myddil, pitchinge it on the cros; and he spuylide principatis and poweris, and ledde out tristili, opynli ouercomynge hem in hym silf. Therfor no man iuge ȝou in mete, or in drink, or in part of feeste dai, or of neomenye,neomenye, eithir newe moon R. or of sabatis, whiche ben schadewe of thingis to comynge; for the bodi is of Crist. No man disseuye ȝou, willynge to teche in mekenesse, and religioun of aungelis, tho thingis whiche he hath not seyn, walkinge veynli,and veynly b. bolnyd with wit of his fleisch, and not holdynge the heed, of which al the bodi, bi boondis and ioynyngis togidere vndur mynystrid and maad, wexith in to encreessing of God. For if ȝe ben deed with Crist fro the elementis of thisthe k. world, what ȝit as men lyuynge to the world demen ȝe? That ȝe touche not, nether taaste, nether trete with hoondis tho thingis, whiche alle ben in to deth bi the ilke vss, aftir the comaundementis and theOm. R. techingis of men; whiche han a resoun of wisdom in veyn religioun and mekenesse, and not to spare the bodi, not in ony onour to the fulfillyng of the fleisch.

 CAP. III.

Therfor if ȝe han risun togidere with Crist, seke ȝe tho thingis that ben aboue, where Crist is sittynge inon b. the riȝthalf of God. Sauere ȝe tho thingis, that ben aboue, not tho that ben on theOm. EI pr. m. Q pr. m. gα. erthe. For ȝe ben deed, and ȝoure lijf is hid with Crist in God. For whanne Crist schal appere, ȝoure lijf, thanne also ȝe schulen appere with hym in glorie. Therfor sle ȝe ȝoure membris, whiche ben on the erthe, fornycacioun, vnclen|nesse, letcherie, yuel coueitise, and auer|yse, which is seruyse of mawmetis; for whiche thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue; in whiche also ȝe walkiden sum tyme, whanne ȝe lyueden in hem. But now putte ȝe awei alle thingis, wraththe, indignacioun, ma|lice, blasfemye and foule wordwordis k. of ȝoure mouth. Nyle ȝe lie togidere; spuyle ȝe ȝou fro the elde man with his dedes, and clothe ȝe the newe man, that is maad newe aȝen in to the knowing of God, aftir the ymage of hym that made hym; where is not male and female, he|thene man and Jew, circumcisioun and prepucie, barbarusbarbarus, eithir straunge man R. and ScitaScita, eithir knowen man R., bonde man and fre manOm. IR., but alle thingis and in alle thingis Crist. Therfor ȝe, as the chosun of God, hooli and louyd, clothe ȝou with the entrailis of merci, be|nygnite, and mekenesse, temperaunce, pacience; and support ȝe echonech R pr. m. gk. ech oon R sec. m. hα. other, and forȝyue to ȝou silf, if ony man aȝens ony hath a querele; as the Lord forȝaf to ȝou, so also ȝe. And vpon alle these thingis haue ȝe charite, that is the boond of perfecciounparfitenesse R.. And the pees of Crist enioye in ȝoure hertis, in which ȝe ben clepid in o bodi, and be ȝe kynde. The word of Crist dwelle in ȝou plenteuousli, in al wisdom; and teche and moneste ȝou silf in salmes, and ympnes, and spiri|tual songis, in grace synginge in ȝoure hertis to the Lord. Al thing, what euere thingthingis R pr. m. ȝe don, in word or in dede, alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, doynge thankyngis to God and to the fadir bi hym. Wymmen, be ȝe su|getissuget CEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ. to ȝoure hosebondis, as it bihoueth in the Lord. Men, loue ȝe ȝoure wyues, and nyle ȝe beOm. Qh pr. m. bittere to hem. Sones, obeie ȝe to ȝoure fadir and modir bi alle thingis; for this is wel plesinge in the Lord. Fadris, nyle ȝe terre ȝoure sones toin to ko. indignacioun, that thei be not maadymaad a. feble hertid. Seruauntis, obeie ȝe bi alle thingis to fleischli lordis, not seruynge at iȝethe iȝe Rk sec. m. β., as plesynge to men, but in sym|plenesse of herte, dredinge the Lord. What euer ȝe doen, worche ȝe of wille, as to the Lord and not to men; witinge that of the Lord ȝe schulen take ȝelding of eritage. Serue ȝe to the Lord Crist. For he that doith iniuriethat is, wrong e marg., schal resseyue that that he dide yuele; and accepta|ciounaccepcioun CEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ. of persoones is not anentis God.

 CAP. IV.

Lordis, ȝyue ȝe to seruauntis that that is iust and euene, witinge that also ȝe han a Lord in heuene. Be ȝe bisi in preier, and wake in it, in doynge of thankyngis; and preiepreieth E. preie ȝe R. ech for othere, and for vs, that God opene to vs the dore of word, to speke the misteriemynysterie bek. of Crist; for which also Y am boundun, that Y schewe it, so as it bihoueth me to speke. Walke ȝe in wisdom to hem that ben with outen forth, aȝenbiynge tyme. Ȝoure word be sauered inwith gk. salt eueremore in grace; that ȝe wite, hou it bihoueth ȝou to answere to ech man. Titicus, most dere brother, and feithful mynyster, and my felowe in the Lord, schal make alle thingis knowun to ȝou, that ben aboute me. Whom Y sente to ȝou to this same thing, that he knowe what thingis ben aboute ȝou, and coumforte ȝoure hertis, with Onesyme, mostmy moost k. dere and feithful brother, which is of ȝou; whiche schulen make alle thingis that ben doon here, knowun to ȝou. Aristark, prisoner with me, gretith ȝou wel, and Mark, the co|syn of Barnabas, of whom ȝe han take maundementis; if he come to ȝou, res|seyue ȝe hym; and Jhesus, that is seid Just; whiche ben of circumcisioun; thei aloone ben myn helperis in the kingdom of God, that weren to me in solace. Epafras, that is of ȝou, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, gretith ȝou wel; euere bisi for ȝou in preyeris, that ȝe stonde perfit and ful in al the wille of God. And Y bere witnessyng to hym, that he hath myche trauel for ȝou, and for hem that ben at LoadiceLaodice C et alii., and that ben at Ierapo|lim. Luk, the leche most dere, and De|mas, greten ȝou wel. Grete ȝe wel the britheren that ben at LoadiceLaodice C et alii., and the womman Nynfam, and the chirche that is in hir hous. And whanne this pistle is red among ȝou, do ȝe, that it be red in the chirche of LoadicensisLaodicencis C et alii.; and rede ȝe that pistle that is ofat b. LoadicensisLaodicencis C et alii.. And seie ȝe to Archippus, Se the myn|ysterie, that thou hast takun in the Lord, that thou fille it. My salutacioun, bi the hoond of Poul. Be ȝe myndeful of my boondis. The grace of theoure I. Lord Jhesu CristOm. EQRbceghko. be with ȝou. Amen.

 Here endith the pistle to Colocensis, and bigynneth thea α. prologe on the firste pistle to TessalonicensisFrom CIQXacα. Here endeth the pistle to Colocensis; se now the prologe of the firste pistel to Tessalonicensis. K. Here endith the pistle to Colocensis, and here bigynneth the prologe on the pistle to Tessalonicensis. Mgo. Here endith the pistle to Colocensis, and here bigynneth the firste pistle to Tessalonycensis, with the prologe. U. Here endith the pistle to Colocensis, and here begynneth the prologe on the firste pistle to Tessalonycensis. b. Here endith the pistle to Colocensis, and bigynneth the prolog to Tessalonicensis. h. Heere endith the pistle to Colocensis, and bigynneth the prologe to Laodi|censis. m. Here eendith the pistil to [the X] Colosensis, and bigynneth a prolog on the pistil to Laodisensis. PX. Here eendith the pistil to Colosensis, and bigynneth the prolog on the pistil to Laodicensis. S. Here endith the pistil to Colocensis, and biginneth the pistil to Laodicensis. W. No final rubric in AERek.. LAODICEANS. This prologue and the version next following of the epistle to the Laodiceans are only found in mopqrst uwx, and are printed from o.Here bigynneth a prolog on the pistil to LaodicensisThe prolog to Laodicensis. q. Heere bigynneth the prolog to Laodicenses. t. No initial rubric in mprsuwx..

LAODICENSIS ben also Colocenses, as tweye townes and oo peple in maners. These ben of Asie, and among hem hadden be false apostlis, and disceyuede manye. Therfore the postleapostle mpqrstuwx. bringith hem to mynde of his conuersacion and trewe preching of the gospel, and excitith hemOm. m. to be stidfast in the trewe witt and loue of CristCrist Jhesu x., and to be of oo wil. `But this pistilepistle mqstuw. is not in comyn Latyn bookis, and therfor it was but late translatid into Englisch tungeThis paragraph is omitted in p..

Thus endith the prolog, and biginneth the pistil to LaodicensisJerom in his prologe on this epistle seith thus. m. Jerom in his prolog seith this. sw. Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle. u. No final rubric in pqrtx.. Here bigynneth the epistle to the Laodicenses, which is not in the canonFrom t. No initial rubric in mopqrsux..

Poul, apostlethe apostle mt., not of men, ne by man, but bi Jhesu Crist, `to the britheren that ben at Laodice, grace to ȝou, and pees of God theoure rx. fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu CristOm. mtu.. I do thankyngis to my God bi al my preier, that ȝe be dwelling and lastyng in him, abiding the biheest in the day of doom. For neithir the veyn spek|yng of summe vnwiseof vnwise rx. men hath lettide ȝou, the whiche wolden turne ȝou fro the treuthe of the gospel, that is prechid of me. And now hem that ben of me, to the profiȝt of truthethe truthe mt. of the gospel, God schal make disseruyng, and doyng be|nygnyte of werkis, and heltheof helthe pqst. ofand mu. euerlasting lijf. And now my boondis ben open, which Y suffresuffrid o. in Crist Jhesu, in whiche Y glade and ioie. And thatOm. o. is to me to euerlastyng helthe, that this same thing be doon by ȝoure preiers, and mynystryng of the Holi Goost, either bi lijf, either bi deeth. Forsothe to me it is lijf to lyue in Crist, and to die ioie. And his mercy schal do in ȝou thethat mqrstux. same thing, that ȝe moun haue the same loue, and that ȝe be of oo will. Therfore, ȝe weel biloued britheren, holde ȝe, and do ȝe in the dreede of God, as ȝe han herde the presence of meMs. u ends here.; and lijf schal be to ȝou withouten eende. Sotheli it is God that worchith in ȝou. And, my weel biloued britheren, do ȝe without eny with|drawyng what euer thingis ȝethat ȝe mpqrstx. don. Joie ȝe in Crist, and eschewe ȝe men defoulid inwith S. lucre, `either foul wynnyngOm. q.. Be alle ȝoure askyngisaxingis mpqsx. open anentis God, and be ȝe stidefast in the witt of Crist. And do ȝe tho thingis that ben hoolgoode rx., and trewe, `and chaastOm. st., and iust, and able to be loued; and kepe ȝe in herte tho thingis that ȝe haue herd and take; and pees schal be to ȝou. Alle holi men greten ȝou weelOm. S.. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝoure spirit. And do ȝe that pistil ofOm. X. Colocensis to be red to ȝou.

Here eendith the pistil to LaodicensisHeere endith the pistle to Laodicensis, and sueth the prologe on the first epistle to Tessalonicensis. m. Here endith the pistil to Laodisensis, and bigynneth the prologe on the i. pistil to Tessalonicensis. ps. Here endith the pistle to Laodicensis, and bigynneth the prolog. i. Tess. q. Here endith the pistil to Laodisensis, and bigynneth the prologe to the firste Tessalo|nycencis. X. No final rubric in t..

This version of the epistle is taken from w, where alone it has been found.Poul, apostle, not of men, ne bi man, but bi Jhesu Crist, to the britheren that ben of Laodice, grace to ȝou, and pees of God the fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Gracis I do to Crist bi al myn orisoun, that ȝe be dwellinge in him and lastinge, bi the biheest abidinge in the dai of doom. Ne he vnordeynede vs of sum veyn speche feynynge, that vs ouerturne fro the sothfastnesse of the gospel, that of me is prechid. Also now schal God do hem leuynge, and doynge of blessidnesse of werkis, which heelthe of lyf is. And now openli ben my boondis, whiche I suffre in Crist Jhesu, in whiche I glade and ioie. And that is to me heelthe euerlastynge, that that I dide with oure preieris, and mynystringe the Holy Spirit, bi lijf or bi deeth. It is forsothe to me lijf into Crist, and to die ioie withouten eende. In vs he schal do his merci, that ȝe haue the same louynge, and that ȝe be of o wil. Therfore, derlyngis, as ȝe han herd in presence of me, hold ȝe, and do ȝe in drede of God; and it schal be to ȝou lijf withouten eende. It is forsothe God that worchith in vs. And do ȝe withouten ony withdrawinge, what soeuere ȝe doon. And that it is, derlyngis, ioie ȝe in Crist, and flee ȝe maad foul in clay. Alle ȝoure axingis ben open anentis God, and be ȝe fastned in the witt of Crist. And whiche been hool, and sooth, and chast, and rightwijs, and louable, do ȝe; and whiche herden and take in herte, hold ȝe; and it schal be to ȝou pees. Holi men greeten ȝou weel, in the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, with the Holi Goost. And do ȝe that pistil of Colosensis to be red to ȝou. Amen.

 Here eendith the pistil to Laodicensis, and bigynneth a prolog on the firste pistil to Tessalonicensis. I. THESSALONIANS. The prolog of the firste pistil to Thes|salonycensisFrom N. Jeroms prologe to Thessalonicencis on the firste epistile. E. Heere sueth a prolog on the firste pistle to Thessalonicenses. R. Prologus. T. Here begynneth the prologe on the firste Thessaloni|sensis. e. The prolog on the firste pistil to Tessalonycensis. k. No initial rubric in ACIKMQUXabcfgho..

THESSALONICENSIS ben Macedonyes in Jhesu Crist. Whanne thei hadden resseyued the word of treuthe, thei stoden stidfastlistifli ag. in the feith, and also in persecucioun of her owene citeseynys; ferthermore thei resseyueden not false apostlis, neneither N. tho thingis that weren seid of false apostlis. These the apostlepistil b. postle egko. preisith, writinge to hem from Atenys, bi Titicus and Onesimus.

Jerome in his prolog on this pistle seith thisFrom CKMNXabchoα. Heere endith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle. R. Jerom in his prologe seith this to Tessalonicensis. U. Here endith the prologe, and bigynneth the pistile to Tessalonicienseis. g. No final rubric in AEITefk.. Here bigynneth the firste pistle to TessalonicensisPoul to Thesalonicencis. E. Heere biginnith the pistle. I. No initial rubric in CKQRUXabcghko..CAP. I.

Poul, and Siluan, and Tymothe, to the chirche of Tessalonicensis, in God the fadir, and in the Lord Jhesu Crist, grace and pees to ȝou. We doon thankyngis to God euere more for alle ȝou, and we maken mynde of ȝou in oure preyeris withouten ceessyng; hauynge mynde of the werk of ȝoure feith, and trauel, and charite, and abyding of the hope of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bifor God and oure fadir. Ȝe louydebiloued b. britheren of God, we witinge ȝoure chesing; for oure gospel was not at ȝou in word oneli, but also in vertu, and in the Hooli Goost, and in myche plente; as ȝe witen, whiche we weren among ȝou for ȝou; and ȝe ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribula|cioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost; so that ȝe ben maad ensaumple to alle men that bileuen, in Macedonye and in Acaie. For of ȝou the word of the Lord is pupplischid, not oneli in Mace|donye and Acaie, but ȝoure feith that is to God, in ech place is gon forth; so that it is not nede to vs tofor to CEIK sec. m. QXabcghkoαβ. speke ony thing. For thei schewen of ȝou, what maner entre we hadden to ȝou, and hou ȝe ben conuertid to God fro maumettis, to serue to theOm. Rbh. lyuynge God and veri; andOm. b. to abide his sone fro heuenes, whom he reiside fro deth, the Lord Jhesu, that delyuerede us fro wraththe to com|ynge.

 CAP. II.

For, britheren, ȝe witen oure entre to ȝou, for it was not veyn; but first we suffriden, and weren punyschid with wrongisether false repreuynges K marg., as ȝe witen in FilippisFilipensis k., and hadden trust in oure Lord, to speke to ȝou the gospel of God in myche bisy|nesse. And oure exortaciounether teching K marg. is not of errour, nether of vnclennesse, nether in gile, but as we ben preued of God, that the gospel of God schulde be takun to vs, so we speken; not as plesynge to men, but to God that preueth oure hertis. For nether we weren ony tyme in word of glosing, as ȝe witen, nether in occasioun of auerise; God is witnesse; nether sekinge glorie of men, nether of ȝou, nether of othere, whanne we, as Cristis apostlis, miȝten haue be in charge to ȝou. But weOm. R pr. m. weren maad litle in the myddil of ȝou, as if a nursche fostre hir sones; so we desiringe ȝou with greet loue, wolden haue bitake to ȝou, not oneli the gospel of God, but also oure lyues, for ȝe ben maadOm. K pr. m. most dereworthe to vs. For, britheren, ȝe ben myndeful of oure trauel and werynesse; we worchidenwrouȝten RC. worche ko. nyȝt and day, that we schulden not greue ony of ȝou, and prechiden to ȝou the euangeliegospel R. of God. God and ȝe ben witnessis, hou holili, and iustli, and with outen pleynt, we weren to ȝou that bi|leueden. As ȝe witen, hou we preyeden ȝou, and coumfortiden ech of ȝou, as the fadir hise sones, and we han witnessid, that ȝe schulden go worthili to God, that clepide ȝou in to his kingdom and glorie. Therfor we doon thankingis to God with outen ceessyng. For whanne ȝe hadden take of vs the word `of the heryng of GodOm. g., ȝe token it not as the word of men, but as `it isOm. a. verili, the word of God, that worchith in ȝou that han bi|leued. For, britheren, ȝewe k. ben maad foleweris of the chirchis of God, that ben in Jude, in Crist Jhesu, for ȝe han suffrid the same thingis of ȝoure euene lynagis, as thei of theOm. a. Jewis. Whiche slowen bothe the Lord Jhesu and theOm. ak. profetis, and pursueden vs, and thei plesen not to God, and thei ben aduersaries to alle men; forbedinge vs to speke to he|thene men, that thei be maad saaf, that thei fille her synnes euere more; for the wraththe of God cam on hem in to the ende. And, britheren, we desolat fro ȝou for a tyme, bi mouth and in bihold|ing, but not in herte, han hiȝed more plenteuousli to se ȝoure face with greet desir. For we wolden come to ȝou, ȝhe, Y Poul, onys and eftsoone, but Sathanas lettide vs. For whi what is oure hope, or ioye, or coroun of glorie? Whether ȝe ben not bifore oure Lord Jhesu Crist in his comyng? For ȝe ben oure glorie and ioye.

 CAP. III.

For which thing we suffriden no len|gere, and it pleside to vs to dwelle aloone at Atenys; and we senten Tymothe, oure brother, and mynystre of God inin to k. the euangelie of Crist, to ȝou to be con|fermyd, and to be tauȝt for ȝoure feith, that no man be mouyd in these tribu|laciouns. For ȝeȝour E. ȝe ȝou R. silf witen, that in this this thing we ben set. For whanne we weren at ȝou, we biforseiden to ȝou, that we schulden suffre tribulaciouns; as it is don, and ȝe witen. Therfor Y Poul, no lenger abidinge, sente to knowe ȝoure feith, lest perauenture he that temptith tempte ȝou, and ȝoure trauel be maad veyn. But now, whanne Tymothe schal come to vs fro ȝou, and telle to vs ȝoure feith and charite, and that ȝe han good mynde of vs, euere desyringe to se vs, as we also ȝou; therfor, britheren, we ben coumfortid in ȝou, in al oure nede and tribulacioun, bi ȝoure feith. For now we lyuen, if ȝe stonden in the Lord. For what doyng of thankingis moun we ȝelde to God for ȝou, in al ioye, in which we ioyen for ȝou bifor oure Lord? nyȝt and dai more plenteuousli preiynge, that we se ȝoure face, and fulfille tho thingis that failen to ȝoure feith. But God hym silf and oure fadir, and the Lord Jhesu Crist, dresse oure weye to ȝou. And the Lord multiplie ȝou, and make ȝoure charite to be plenteuouse of ech to othere, and in to alle men, as also we in ȝou; that ȝoure hertis ben confermyd with outen pleynt in holynesse, bifor God and oure fadir, in the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist with alle hise seyntis. Amen.

 CAP. IV.

Therfor, britheren, fro hennus for|ward we preien ȝou, and bisechen in the Lord Jhesu, that as ȝe han resseyued of vs, hou it bihoueth ȝou to go and to plese God, so walke ȝe, that ȝe abounde theOm. a. more. For ȝe witen what co|maundementis Y haue ȝouun to ȝou bi the Lord Jhesu. For this is the wille of God, ȝoure holynesse, that ȝe absteyne ȝou fro fornycacioun. That ech of ȝou kunne welde his vessel in holynesse, and onour; not in passioun of lust, as he|thene men that knowen not God. And that no man ouergo, nethir disseyuethat is, in cause ether nede K marg. his brothir in chaffaring. For the Lord is venger of alle these thingis, as we biforseiden to ȝou, and han witnessid. For God clepide not vs in to vnclennesse, but in to holynesse. Therfor he that dispisith these thingis, dispisith not man, but God, that also ȝaf his holi spirit in vs. But of theOm. g. charite of britherhed we hadden no nede to write to ȝou; ȝe silfȝou silf IKa. han lerudlerned plures. lered I. of God, that ȝe loue togidere; for ȝe don that in to alle bri|theren in al Macedonye. And, britheren, we preyen ȝou, that ȝe abounde more; and taken kepe, that ȝe be quyet; and that ȝe do ȝoure nede, andand that K sec. m. `ȝe worcheworche ȝe IR. with ȝoure hoondis, as we han comaundid to ȝou; and that ȝe wandre onestli to hem that ben with outforth, and that of no mannusman KR. ȝe desir ony thing. For, britheren, we wolen not, that ȝe vn|knowe of men that dien, that ȝe be not soreuful, as othere that han not hope. For if we bileuen, that Jhesu was deed, and roos aȝen, so God schal lede with hym hem that ben deed bi Jhesu. And we seien this thing to ȝou in the word of the Lord, that we that lyuen, that ben left in the comyng of the Lord, schulen not come bifor hem that ben deed. For the Lord hym silf schal come doun fro heuene, ininto a. the comaundementcomaundementes Q., and in the vois of an archaungel, and in the trumpe of God; and the deed men that ben in Crist, schulen rise aȝen first. Afterward we that lyuen, that ben left, schulen be rauyschid togidere with hem in cloudis, metinge Crist `in toin EIK sec. m. b pr. m. kα. the eir; and so euere more we schulen be with the Lord. Therfor be ȝe coumfortid togidere in these wordis.

 CAP. V.

But, britheren, of tymes and momentis ȝe neden not that Y write to ȝou. For ȝe silfȝour self E. ȝou silf IKa. witen diligentli, that the dai of the Lord schal come, as a theef in the niȝt. For whanne thei schulen seie pees is, and sikirnesse, thanne sudeyn deth schal come on hem, as sorewe to a wom|man that is with child, and thei schulen not scapeascape eβ.. But, britheren, ȝe ben not in derknessis, that the ilke dai as a theef catche ȝou. For alle ȝe ben the sones of liȝt, and sones of dai; we ben not of niȝt, nether of derknessis. Therfor slepe we not as othere; but wake we, and be we sobre. For thei that slepenin lustis and synnes. sleepen in the niȝt of ignoraunce. For as the filo|sofre seith in iii. bok[e of] Etikis, ech yuel man is vnkun|nynge. Lire here. Either slepen in the niȝt; that is, her synnes han drawen hem herto, that thei forȝete euer lastinge lijf, and resten in these temporal lustes. The Glose here. ve., slepen in the niȝt, and thei that ben drunkun, ben drunkun in the niȝt. But we that ben of the dai, ben sobre, clothid in the haburioun of feith and of charite, and in the helme of hope of heelthe. For God puttide not vs in to wraththe, but in to theOm. Ehkoβ. purchasing of heelthe bi oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that was deed for vs; thatfor a. whether we waken, whether we slepen, we lyue togidere with him. For which thing comforte ȝe togidere, and edefie ȝe ech other, as ȝe doon. And, britheren, we preien ȝou, that ȝe knowen hem that trauelen among ȝou, and ben souereyns to ȝou in the Lord, and techen ȝou, that ȝe han hem more aboundantli in charyte; and for the werk of hem, haue ȝe pees with hem. And, britheren, we preien ȝou, repreue ȝeOm. R pr. m. vnpesible men. Coumforte ȝe men of litil herte, resseyue ȝe sijke men, be ȝe pacient to alle men. Se ȝe, that no man ȝelde yuel for yuel to ony man; but euere more sue ȝe that that is good, ech to othere and to alle men. Euere more ioye ȝe; without ceessing preye ȝe; in alle thingis do ȝe thankyngis. For this is the wille of God in Crist Jhesu, in alle ȝou. Nyle ȝe quenche the spirit; nyle ȝe dispise pro|phecies. But preue ȝe alle thingis, and holde ȝe that thing that is good. Ab|steyneAnd absteyne k. ȝou fro al yuel spice. And God hym silf of pees make ȝou hooli bi alle thingis, that ȝoure spirit be kept hool, and soule, and bodi, without pleynt, in the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. God is trewe, that clepide ȝou, which also schal do. Britheren, preye ȝe for vs. Grete ȝe wel alle britheren in hooli cos. Y coniurecharge b sec. m. comaunde gkα. ȝou bi the Lord, that this pistleepistle E. be red to alle hooli britheren. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝouȝou alle k.. Amen.

 Here endeth the firste pistle to Tes|salonicensis, and bigynneth the prologe on the secunde pistle to TessalonicensisFrom CIXa. Here endeth the firste pistle to Tessalonicensis; se now the prologe on the secunde pistle to Tessalonicensis. K. Here endith the firste pistle to Tessalonicensis, and here bigynneth the [a α] prologe on the secounde pistle. MQα. Here endith the firste pistle to Tessalonycensis, and here bigynneth the secounde with the prologe. U. Here endith the firste pistle to Tessalonycensis, and here bigynneth the prologe on the secounde pistle to Tessalonycensis. bo. Here endith the firste pistle to Tessalonicensis, and bigynneth the prologe on the secunde. ch. Here endeth the firste, and bigynneth the prologe to secounde pistil to Tessalonicensis. g. No final rubric in AERek.. II. THESSALONIANS. Jeroms prolog on the secunde epistle to ThessalonicencisFrom E. The prolog of the secunde pistil. N. A prolog on the secunde pistle to Thessalonicensis. R. Prologus. T. Here bigynneth the prologe on ij. Tessalonicensis. e. The prolog on the secounde epistle to Tessalonicensis. f. Here bigynneth the prolog on the secunde pistil to Tessalonycensis. k. No initial rubric in CIKMQUXabcgho..

THE apostlepostle CEIKMQUabcgkoα. writith the secounde epi|stlepistil CIKMNQUXabghko. to theOm. CEIKMNQRTUXabcefghkoα. Tessalonicensis, and makith knowun to hem of the laste tymes, and of the comyng of the aduersarie, and of the throwyng doun of hym. He writith this epistlepistle KRghko. from Athenis bi Titicus, the deken, and Onesimus, theOm. T. acolitcolit Eho..

Here endith the prologe, and bigyneth the secunde pistilJerom in his prologe on this epistle seith this. CMKXabco. Jerom in his prolog on this epistle seith al this. Nα. Jerom in his prologe on this pistle writith this. Q. Jerom in his prologe on the secounde pistle seith this. U. This seith Jerom in his prolog. h. No final rubric in EIRTefk.. Here bigynneth the secounde pistle to TessalonicensisPoul to Thessalonicencis. E. Here biginneth the pistel to Thessalonisen|cis. e. No initial rubric in CIKQRUXabcghko..CAP. I.

Poul, and Siluan, and Tymothe, to the chirche of Tessalonicensis, in God oure fadir, and in the Lord Jhesu Crist, grace to ȝou and pees of God, oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. We owen to do thankyngis eueremore to God for ȝou, britheren, so as it is worthi, for ȝoure feith ouer wexith, and the charite of ech of ȝou to othere aboundith. So that we silfvs silf IKak. glorien in ȝou in the chirchis of God, for ȝoure pacience and feith in alle ȝoure persecuciouns and tribulaciouns. Whiche ȝe susteynen in to the ensaum|ple of the iust dom of God, that ȝe be had worthi in the kingdom of God, for which ȝe suffren. If netheles it is iust tofor God to quite tribulacioun to hem that troblen ȝou, and to ȝou that ben troblid, rest with vs inin to K sec. m. the schewing of the Lord Jhesu fro heuene, with aungelis of his vertu, in the flawme of fier, that schal ȝyue veniaunce to hem that knowen not God, and that obeien not to the euangeliegospel R. of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Whiche schulen suffre euere lastinge peynes, in perischinge fro the face of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his vertu, whanne he schal come to be glorified in hise seyntis, and to be maad wondurful in alle men that bileueden, for oure wit|nessing is bileuyd on ȝou, in that dai. In which thing also we preien euere more for ȝou, that oure God make ȝou worthi to his cleping, and filleto fille k. al the wille of his goodnesse, and the werk of feith in vertu; that the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be clarified in ȝou, and ȝe in hym, bi the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.

 CAP. II.

But, britheren, we preien ȝou bi the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and of oure congregacioun in to the same comyng, that ȝe be not mouyd soone fro ȝoure witt, nether be aferd, nether bi spirit, nether bi word, nether bi epistle as sent bi vs, as if the dai of the Lord be nyȝ. No man disseyue ȝou inon KQRabceghkoαβ. onyno k. manere. For but dissenciounether departing awey K marg. discessioun k text. discessioun, or de|partyng, or departisoun k marg. come first, and the man of synne be schewid, the sonne of perdicioun, that is aduersarie, and is enhaunsid ouer `al thingalle thingis k. that is seid God, or that is worschipid, so that he sitte in the temple of God, and schewe hym silfOm. a. as if he were God. Whether ȝe holden not, that ȝit whanne Y was at ȝou, Y seide these thingis to ȝou? And now what withholdith, ȝe witen, that he be schewid in his tyme. For the priuete of wickidnesse worchith now; oneli that he that holdith now, holdeholdith k., til he be do awei. And thanne thilke wickid man schal be schewid, whom the Lord Jhesu schal sle with the spirit of his mouth, and schal distrie with liȝtnyng of his comyng; hym, whos comyng is bi theOm. k. worching of Sathanas, in al vertu, and signes, and grete wondris, false, and in al disseit of wickidnesse, to hem that perischen. For that thei resseyueden not the charite of treuthe, that thei schulden be maad saaf. And therfor God schal sende to hem a worching of errour, that thei bileue to leesing, that alle be demed, whiche bileueden not to treuthe, but consentiden to wickidnesse. But, bri|theren louyd of God, we owen to do thankyngis euermore to God for ȝou, that God chees vs the firste fruytis in to heelthe, inand a. halewing of spirit and in feith of treuthe; in which also he clepide ȝou bi oure gospel, in to getingthe geting agk. of the glorie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Ther|for, britheren, stonde ȝe, and holde ȝe theOm. bk. tradiciouns, that ȝe han lerudlerned alii., ethir bi word, ethir bi oure pistleepistil EIQRegkα.. And oure Lord Jhesu Crist him silf, and God oure fadir, which louyde vs, and ȝaf euerlast|inge coumfort and good hope in grace, stire ȝoure hertis, and conferme in al good werk and word.

 CAP. III.

Britheren, fro hennus forward preye ȝe for vs, that the word of God renne, and be clarified, as it is anentis ȝou; and that we be delyuered fro noyousether vncouenable K marg. the noious k. and yuele men; for feith is not of alle men. But the Lord is trewe, that schal con|ferme ȝou, and schal kepe fro yuel. And, britheren, we trusten of ȝou in the Lord, for what euere thingis we comaunden to ȝou, bothe ȝe don and schulen do. And the Lord dresse ȝoure hertis, in the charite of God, and in the pacience of Crist. But, britheren, we denouncenether shewen K marg. to ȝou in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that ȝe withdrawe ȝou from ech brother that wandrith out of ordre, and not aftir the techyng, that thei resseyueden of vs. For `ȝe silfȝour self Eh. ȝe ȝou silf IKak. witen, hou it bihoueth to sue vs. For we weren not vnpesibleether vneesie K marg. among ȝou, nethir with outen oure owne trauel we eeten breed of ony man, but in trauel and werynesse worchidenworchynge I. wrouȝten R. niȝt and dai, that we greuyden noon of ȝou. Not as we hadden not power, but that we schulden ȝyue vs silf ensaumple to ȝou to sue vs. For also whanne we weren among ȝou, we denounsiden this thing to ȝou, that if ony man wole not worche, nethir ete he. For we han herd that summe among ȝou goon in reste, and no thing worchen, but don curiousli. But we denouncen to hem that ben suche men, and bisechen in the Lord Jhesu Crist, that thei worchen with silence, and ete her owne breed. But nyle ȝe, britheren, faile wel doynge. That if ony man obeieobeieth k. not to oure word bi epistle, marke ȝe him, and comyne ȝe not with hym, that he be schamedaschamed Ibe.; and nyle ȝe gesse hym as an enemye, but repreue ȝe hym as a brother. And God hym silf of pees ȝyue to ȝou euerlastinge pees in al place. The Lord be with `ȝou allealle ȝou Ebeghoαβ.. My saluta|cioun bi the hoond of Poul; which signe in ech epistlepistil gkoβ. Y write thus. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with `alle ȝouȝou alle k.. Amen.

 Here endith the secounde pistle to Tessalonycensis, and bigynneth a pro|loge on the firste pistle to TymotheFrom CIMXabco. Here endeth the secunde pistle to Tessalonicensis; se now the prologe on the firste pistle to Tymothee. K. Here endith the secunde pistle to Tessalonicensis, and bigynneth the prolog on the firste to Tymothe. Q. Here endith the ij. pistle to Tessalonycensis, and here bigynneth the firste pistle to Ty|mothe. U. Here endith Tessalonicences, and bigynith a prologe on the firste pistile to Tymothe. g. Here endith the epistle to Tessalonycensis, and bigynneth the prolog on the firste pistle to Tymothe. h. No final rubric in AERek.. I. TIMOTHY. Jeroms prologe on the firste epistle to TimotheFrom E. Prolog. A. The prolog of the first pistil to Tymothe. Nk. Here sueth a prolog on the firste pistil to Tymothe. R. Prologus. T. The prologe on the firste pistle to Tymothe. b. Here biginneth the prologe on the firste Tymothe. e. No initial rubric in CIKMUXacfghoα..

HE enformeth and techith Tymothe of the ordinaunce of bischops office, and of dekenes office, and ofOm. ENRTbceghoαβ. euerycheueri E. eche Keko. disci|plynelore R. of hooli chirche, writynge to hym fro Macedonye, bi Titicus, the dekene.

Jerome in his prolog on this pistil seith thisFrom CKMNXabcoα. Jerom in his prolog on this epistle seith al this. Q. Jeromin his prologe seith this. U. This seith Jerom in his prolog. h. No final rubric in EIRTefgk.. Here bigynneth the firste pistle to TymothePouls epistle to Timothe. E. Heere biginnith the pistle. I. No initial rubric in CKQUXabcghkoα..CAP. I.

Poul, apostle `of Jhesu CristCrist Jhesu Ibckα., bi the comaundement of God oure sauyour, and of Jhesu Crist oure hope, to Tymothe, bilouydmy loued k. sone in the feith, grace and merci and pees, of God the fadir, andOm. k. of Jhesu Crist, oure Lord. As Y preyede thee, that thou schuldist dwelle at Effesi, whanne Y wente into Macedonye, that thou schuldist denounce to summe men, that thei schulden not teche othere weiewijse CEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ., nether ȝyue tent to fablis and genologies that ben vncerteyn, whiche ȝyuen ques|tiouns, more than edificacioun of God, that is in the feith. For the ende ofof the bk. comaundement is charite of clene herte, and good conscience, and of feith not feyned. FroFor g. whiche thingis sum men han errid, and ben turned in to veyn speche; and willithwillen CEIKQXgkα. wilnen R. wilneth a. to be techeris of the lawe, and vndurstondenvndirstoden a. vndirstondith oβ. not what thingis thei speken, nether of what thingis thei affermen. And we witen that the lawe is good, if ony man vse it lawefulli; and witinge this thing, that the lawe is not set to a iust man, but to vniust men and not suget, to wickid men and to synneris, to cursid men and defoulid, to sleeris of fadir, and sleeris of modir, to `men sleerismonsleeirs E. mansleeris Rh. andand to R. lechouris, to hem that don letcherie with men, lesingmongeris and forsworun, and if ony othere thing is contrarie to the hoolsum teching, that is aftir the euangeliegospel R. of the glorie of blessidthe blessid Eak. God, which is bitakun to me. Y do thankingis to hym, that coumfort|idecoumfortith k. me in Crist Jhesu oure Lord, for he gesside me feithful, and putteputtide be. me in mynystrie, that first was a blasfemeblasfemere C sec. m. EQ sec. m. Rg O pr. m. β. ether a dispiser of God K marg., and aOm. ao. pursuere, and ful of wrongis. But Y haue getun the merci of God, for Y vnknowinge dide in vnbileue. But the grace of oure Lord ouer aboundide, with feith and loue that is in Crist Jhesu. A trewe word and worthi al resseyuyng, for Crist Jhesu cam in to this world to make synful men saaf, of whiche Y am the firste. But therfor Y haue getun merci, that Crist Jhesu schulde schewe in me first al pacience, to the enfourmyng of hem that schulen bileue to hym in to euerlastinge lijf. And to the king of worldis, vndeedli and vnvysible God aloone, be onour and glo|rie in to worldis of worldis. Amen. I bitake this comaundement to thee, thou sone Timothe, after the prophecies that han be hertoforeherd to fore k. in thee, that thou traueile in hem a good trauel, hauynge feith and good conscience, which sum|men casten awei, and perischiden aboute the feith. Of whiche isOm. k. Ymeneus and Alisaundre, whichwhom I. Y bitook to Sathanas, that thei lerne `to notnot to hkβ. blasfeme.

 CAP. II.

Therfor Y biseche first of alle thingis, that bisechingis, preieris, axyngis, do|yngisdoinge KRO. of thankyngis, ben maad for alle men, for kingis and alle that ben set in hiȝnesse, that we leden a quyet and a pesible lijf, in al pite and chastite. For this thing is good and acceptid bifor God, oure sauyour, that wole that alle men ben maad saaf, and that thei come to the knowyng of treuthe. For o God and aO Xa. mediatour is of God and of men, a man Crist Jhesus, that ȝaf him silf redempcioun for alle men. Whos witness|ing is confermyd in his tymes; in which Y am set a prechour and anOm. alii. apostle. For Y seye treuthe, and Y lie not, that am a techere of hethene men in feith and in treuthe. Therfor Y wole, that men preye in al place, liftinge vp clene hondis with outen wraththe and strijf. Also wymmen in couenable abite, with schamefastnesse and sobrenesse araiynge hem silf, not in writhun heeris, ethir in gold, ethiror R. peerlis, ethiror ER. preciouse cloth; but that that bicometh wymmen, biheet|inge pite bi good werkis. A womman lerne in silence, with al subieccioun. But Y suffre not ato a A pr. m. womman to teche, nether to haue lordschip on the hosebonde, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, aftirward Eue; and Adamin bileuinge that was sothe, that the deuel seide, ȝe schu|len be as god|dis. Lire and the Glose re|hersing Austyn. ve. was not disseyued, but the womman was dis|seyued, in breking of the lawe. But sche schal be sauyd bi generacioun of children, if sche dwellithdwelle R. perfitli in feith, and loue, and hoolynesse, with sobre|nesse.

 CAP. III.

A feithful word. If ony man desirith a bishopriche, he desirith a good werk. Therfor it bihoueth a byschop to be with out repreef, the hosebonde of o wijf, sobre, prudent, chast, vertewous, holdinge hospitalite, a techere; not ȝouun myche to wyn, not a smytere, but tem|perattemperat, or manerly R., not ful of chiding, not coueitouse, wel reulinge his hous, and haue sones suget with al chastite; for if ony man kan not gouerne his house, hou schal he haue diligence of the chirche of God? not new conuertid to the feith, lest he beOm. R pr. m. borun vp in to pride, andOm. R pr. m. falle in to doom of the deuel. For it bihoueth hym to haue also good witnessing of hem that ben with outforth, that he falle not in to repreef, and in to theOm. a. snare of the deuel. Also it bihoueth dekenes to be chast, not double tungid, not ȝouun myche to wyn, not suynge foul wyn|nyng; that han the mysterie of feith in clene conscience. But be thei preued first, and mynystre sothei so R., hauynge no cryme. Also it bihoueth wymmen to be chast, not bacbitinge, sobre, feithful in alle thingis. Dekenes be hosebondis of o wijf; whiche gouerne wel her sones and her housis. For thei that mynystren wel, schulen gete a good degre to hem silf, and myche triste in the feith, that is in Crist Jhesu. Sone Timothe, Y write to thee these thingis, hopinge that Y schal come soon to thee; but if Y tarie, that thou wite, hou it bihoueth thee to lyue in the hous of God, that is the chirche of lyuynge God, a pilere and sadnesse of treuthe. And opynli it is a greet sacrament of pitee, that thing that was schewid in fleisch, it is iusti|fied in spirit, it apperid to aungels, it is prechid to hethene men, it is bileuyd in the world, it is takun vp inin to k. glorie.

 CAP. IV.

But the spirit seith opynli, that in the laste tymes summen schulen departe fro the feith, ȝyuynge tent to spiritis of errour, and to techingis of deuelis; that speken leesinglesingis k. in ipocrisie, and haue her conscience corruptether broken K marg., forbedinge to be weddid, toand to R sec. m. k. absteyne fro metis, whiche God made to take with doyng of thankingis, to feithful men, and hemto hem K sec. m. that han knowe the treuthe. For ech creature of God is good, and no thing is to be cast awei, which is takun with doyng of thankyngis; for it is halewid bi the word of God, and bi preyer. Thou puttynge forth these thingis to britheren, schalt be a good mynystre of Crist Jhesu; nurschid with wordis of feith and of good doctryne, which thou hast gete. But eschewe thou vncouen|able fablis, and elde wymmenuswommen gk. fablis; haunte thi silf to pitee. For bodili ex|ercitationexcercitacioun, eithir bisynesse R. is profitable to litle thing; but pitee is profitable to alle thingis, that hath a biheest of lijf that now is, and that is to come. A trewe word, and worthi al acceptaciounaccepcioun CEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ.. And in this thing we trauelen, and ben cursid, for we hopen in lyuyng God, that is sa|uyour of alle men, moost of feithful men. Comaunde thou this thing, and teche. No man dispise thi ȝongthe, but be thou ensaumple of feithful men in word, in lyuyng, in charite, in feith, in chastite. Tyl Y come, take tent to red|yng, to exortacioun and teching. Nyle thou litil chargeether despice K marg. the grace which is in thee, that is ȝouun to thee bi profecie, with putting on of the hondis of preest|hod. Thenke thou these thingis, in these be thou, that thi profiting be schewid to alle men. Take tent to thi silf and to doctryn; be bisi in hem. For thou doynge these thingis, schalt `make bothebothe make K. thi silf saaf, and hem that heren thee. Blame thou not an eldere man, but biseche as a fadir, ȝonge men as bri|theren; elde wymmen as modris, ȝonge wymmen as sistris, in al chastite.

 CAP. V.

Honoure thou widewis, that ben very widewis. But if ony widewe hath chil|dren of sones, lerne sche first to gouerne her hous, and quyteto quyte chauniable while K sec. m. ȝeelde R. to fadir and modirthat is, in ȝeuinge reuer|ence to hem, and in mynis|tringe nesces|saries, if thei ben nedi, as sche was fed of hem. Lire here. ve.; for this thing is acceptid bifor God. And sche that is a widewe verili, and desolateether discoumfortid K marg., hopehope sche R. in to God, and be bisy in bisechingis and preieris niȝt and dai. For sche that is lyuynge in delicis, is deed. And comaunde thou this thing, that thei be withouten repreef. For if ony man hath not cure of his owne, and most of hise household menmeyne ak., he hath denyed the feith, and is worse than an vnfeithful man. A widewe be chosunchosun; to be sustenid bi the goodis of the chirche, if sche is pore. Lire and the Glose here. Ve. not lesse than sixti ȝeer, that was wijf of oon hosebonde, and hath witnessing in good werkis, if sche nurschede chil|dren, if sche resseyuede pore men to herbore, if sche hath waischuniwaschen a. the feet of hooli men, if sche mynystride to men that suffridensuffren kOβ. tribulacioun, if sche fo|lewidefolowe k. ala k. good werk. But escheweethchewe I. thouOm. R pr. m. ȝongere widewis; for whanne thei han doOm. a. letcherieleccherye; aftir a vow of chastite. Lire and the Glose here. Ve., thei wolen be weddid in Crist, hauynge dampnacioun, for thei han maad voide the firste feith. Also thei idil lernen to go aboute housis, not oneli ydel, but ful of wordis and curi|ouse, spekynge thingis thatthat it a. bihoueth not. Therfor Y wole, that ȝongere wi|dewis be weddid, and bringe forth chil|dren, and ben hosewyues, to ȝyue noon occasioun to the aduersarie, bi cause of cursid thing. For now summe ben turned abak aftir Sathanas. If ony feithful man hath widewis, mynystre he to hem, that the chirche be not greuydchargid k., that it suffice to hem that ben very widewis. TheOm. b. prestis that ben wel gouernoures, be thei had worthi to dou|ble onour; moost thei that trauelen in word and teching. For scripturethe scripture IKak. seith, Thou schalt not bridilthat is, werne necessaries to the prechour of the gospel, K marg. the mouth of the oxe threischinge, and, A werk man is worthi his hire. Nyle thou resseyue accusyng aȝens a preest, but vndur tweyne or thre witnessis. But reproue thou men that synnen bifor alle men, that also othere haue drede. Y preie bifor God, and Jhesu Crist, and hise chosun aungelis, that thou kepe these thingis with oute preiudice, and do no thing in bowynge `in toto e pr. m. k. thethat c Om. Oβ. otheretother Xa. side. Put thou hondis to no man, ne|ther anoon comyne thouthou not k. with othere mennus synnes. Kepe thi silf chast. NyleAnd nyle k. thou ȝitOm. R pr. m. drinke watir, but vse a litil wyn, for thi stomac, and `for thin ofte fallyngelest thou haunte thine R. infirmytees. Sum mennus synnes ben opyn, bifor goynge to dom; but of summensumme men I. summe QR. thei comen aftir. And also goode dedis ben opyn, and tho that han hem in othere maner, moun not be hid.

 CAP. VI.

What euere seruauntis ben vndur ȝok, deme thei her lordis worthi al onour, lest the name of the Lord and the doc|tryn be blasfemyd. And thei that han feithful lordis, dispise hem not, for thei ben britheren; but more serue thei, for thei ben feithful and louyd, whiche ben parceneris of benefice. Teche thou these thingis, and moneste thou these thingis. If ony man techithteche g. othere wise, and acordith not to the hoolsum wordis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and to that tech|ing that is bi pitee, he is proud, and kan no thing, but langwischith aboute questiouns and stryuyngstriuyngis R. of wordis, of the whiche ben brouȝt forth enuyes, stryues, blasfemyesand blasfemes a., yuele suspiciouns, fiȝtingis of men, that ben corrupt in soule, and that ben pryued fro treuthe, thatand k. demen wynnyng to be pitee. But a greet wynnyng is pitee, with suffici|ence. For we brouȝten in no thing in to this world, and no doute, that we moun not bere `awey ony thingeny thing awey R.. But we hauynge foodis, and with what thingus we schulen be hilid, be we paiedapaied hk. with these thingis. For thei that wolen be maad riche, fallen in to temptacioun, and `in tointo the R sec. m. snare of the deuel, and in to many vnprofitable desiris and noyous, whiche drenchen men in to deth and perdicioun. For the rote of alle yuelis is coueytiseyuel coueitise k., which summen coueitinge erriden fro the feith, and bisettiden hem with many sorewis. But, thou, man of God, fle these thingis; but sue thou riȝt|wisnesse, pite, feith, charite, pacience, myldenesse. Stryue thou a good strijf of feith, catche euerlastinge lijf, in to whichthe whiche I sec. m. thou art clepid, and hast knou|lechid a good knouleching bifor many witnessis. I comaundecomaundide A. to thee bifor God, that quikenethquyketh c. alle thingis, and bifor Crist Jhesu, that ȝeldide a witness|ing vnder Pilat of Pounce, a good con|fessioun, that thou kepe the comaunde|ment with out wem, with out repreef, in to the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; whom the blessid and alooneaboue k. miȝtialmiȝti Q pr. m. king of kyngis and Lord of lordis schal schewe in his tymes. Which aloone hath vndeedlynesse, and dwellith in liȝt, to whichwhiche liȝt I. no man may come; whom no man say, nether may se; to whom glorie, and honour, and empire be with out ende. Amen. Comaunde thou to theOm. R. riche men of this world, that thei vndurstonde not hiȝli, nether that thei hope in vncerteynte of richessis, but in theOm. R. lyuynge God, that ȝyueth to vs alle thingis plenteuously to vse; to do wel, to be maad riche in good werkis, liȝtli to ȝyue, to comyne, to tresoure to hem silf a good foundement in to tyme to comynge, that thei catche euerlastinge lijf. Thou Tymothe, kepe the thing bitakun to thee, eschewynge cursid no|ueltees of voicis, and opynyouns of fals name of kunnyng; which summen bi|hetinge, aboute the feith fellen doun. The grace of God be with thee. Amen.

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HE writith also to Tymothe ofof the T. ex|ortacioun ofto KQRbceghoα. martirdom, and of euery reule of treuthe; and what schal come in the laste tymes, and of his owneOm. I pr. m. passioun; wrytynge to hym fro the citee of Rome.

Jerom in his prologe on this pistle seith thisFrom CKMQXbchoα. Jerome in his prolog on this pistil seyth this sentence. N. Thus eendith the prolog, and bigynneth the ije. pistle to Tymothe. R. Jerom in his prologe seith this. U. Here endith the [prologe] and bigynneth pistil. g. No final rubric in AEITefk.. The secunde pistle to TymothePoulis secunde epistle to Thimothe. E. Here bigynneth the secounde pistle to Tymothe. Me. No initial rubric in CIKQRUXabcghko..CAP. I.

Poul, apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, bi the biheest of lijf that is in Crist Jhesu, to Tymothe, his moost dereworthe sone, grace, merci, and pees of God the fadir, and of Jhesu Crist, oure Lord. I do thankyngis to my God, to whom Y serue fro my progenytouris in clene conscience, that with outen ceess|yng Y haue mynde ofon R. thee in my preyeris, niȝt and dai, desirynge to se thee; hauynge mynde of thi teeris, that Y be fillid with ioye. And Y bithenke of that feith, that is in thee not feyned, which also dwellide firste in thin aunte Loide, and in thi modir Eunyce. And Y am certeyn, that also in thee. For whichthe whiche I. cause Y moneste thee, that thou reise aȝen the grace of God, that is in thee bi the settyng on of myn hondis. For whi God ȝaf not to vs the spirit of drede, but of vertu, and of loue, and of sobrenesse. Therfor nyl thou schame the witnessyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, nether me, his prisoner; but trauele thou togidere in the gospel bi the vertu of God; that delyueride vs, and clepide with his hooli clepyng, not after oure werkis, but bi his purpos and grace, that is ȝouun in Crist Jhesu bifore worldli tymes; but now it is opyn bi the liȝt|nyng of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist, which destriede deth, and liȝtnede lijf and vn|corrupcioun bi the gospel. In which Y am set a prechour and apostle, and maistir of hethene men. For which cause also Y suffre these thingis; but Y am not confoundid. For Y woot to whom Y haue bileuyd, and Y am certeyne that he is miȝti forOm. EIKQRbceghkoαβ. to kepe that is takeether putt K marg. to my keping in to that dai. Haue thou the fourme of hoolsum wordis, whiche thou herdist of me in feith and loue in Crist Jhesu. Kepe thou the good takun to thi kepyng bi the Hooli Goost, that dwellith in vs. Thou wost this, that alle that ben in Asie ben turnyd awey fro me, of whiche is Figelus and Ermogenes. The Lord ȝyue merci to the hous of Onesyforus, for ofte he re|freischide me, and schamyde not my chayne. But whanne he cam to Rome, he souȝte me bisili, and foond. The Lord ȝyue to hym to fynde mercithe mercy a. of God in that dai. And hou grete thingis he mynystride to me at Effesi, thou knowist betere.

 CAP. II.

Therfor thou, my sone, be coumfortid in grace that is in Crist Jhesu. And what thingis thou hast herd of me bi many witnessis, bitake thou these to feithful men, whiche schulen `be also ablealso be able IQ. be able also KRcehko. be able b. to teche othere men. Trauele thou as a good knyȝt of Crist Jhesu. No man holdinge knyȝthod to God, wlappith hym silf with worldli nedis, that he plese to hym, to whom he hath preuyd hym silf. For he that fiȝtith in aOm. b. batel, schal not be corowned, but he fiȝte lawfuli. It bihoueth an erthetiliere to resseyue first of the fruytis. Vndurstonde thou what thingis Y seie. For the Lord schal ȝyue to thee vndurstonding in alle thingis. Be thou myndeful that the Lord Jhesu Crist of the seed of Dauid hath rise aȝen fro deth, aftir my gospel, in which Y trauele `til tovnto I. boondis, as worching yuele, but the word of God is not boundun. Therfor Y suffre alle thingis for the chosun, that also thei gete the heelthe, that is in Crist Jhesu, with he|uenli glorie. A trewe word, that if we ben deed togidere, also we schulen liue togidere; if we suffren, we schulen regne togidere; if we denyen, he schal denye vs; if we bileuen not, he dwellith feith|ful, he mai not denye hym silf. Teche thou these thingis, witnessinge bifore God. Nyle thou stryue in wordis; for to no thing it is profitable, but to the subuerting of men that heren. Bisili kepe to ȝyue thi silf a preued preisable werkman to God, with oute schameether worthi to be shamed K marg., riȝtli tretinge the word of treuthe. But eschewe thou vnhooli and veyn spechis, for whi tho profiten myche to vnfeith|fulnesse, and the word of hem crepith as a canker. Of whichewhom I. the whiche k. Filete is, and Ymeneus, whiche felden doun fro the treuthe, seiynge that the rising aȝen is now doon, and thei subuertiden the feith of summen. But the sad foundement of God stondith, hauynge this marke, The Lord knowith whiche ben hise, and, Ech man that nameth the name of the Lord, departith fro wickidnesse. But in a greet hous ben not oneli vessels of gold and of siluer, but also of tree and of erthe; and so summensumme A sec. m. summe men IQ. ben in to onour, and summesummen RC. in to dispit. Therfor if ony man clensith hym silf fro these, he schal be a vessel halewid in to onour, and profitable to the Lord, redi to al good werk. And fle thou desiris of ȝongthe, but sue thou riȝtwisnesse, feith, charite, pees, with hem that inwardli clepen the Lord of a clene herte. And eschewe thou foltische questiouns, and without kunnyngknowinge k., wytynge that tho gendren chidyngis. But it bihouethbihoueth not R. the seruaunt of the Lord to chide notOm. R.; but to be mylde to alle men, able to teche, paciente, with temperaunce repreu|ynge hem that aȝenstonden theOm. R. treuthe, that sum tyme God ȝyue to hem for|thenkyng, that thei knowen the treuthe, and that thei rise aȝen fro theOm. CEIQgα. snares of the deuel, of whom thei ben holdun prisoneris at his wille.

 CAP. III.

But wite thou this thing, that in theOm. k pr. m. laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiȝe, and men schulen be louynge hem silfOm. a., coueitouse, hiȝ of bering, proude, blas|femeris, not obedient to fadir and modir, vnkynde, cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vnconty|nentvnchaast R., vnmylde, with out benygnyte, trai|touris, ouerthwertouirwhert R., bollun with proude thouȝtis, blynde, loueris of lustis more than of God, hauynge the licknesse of piteeether of religion K marg., but denyynge the vertu of it. And eschewe thou these men. Of these thei ben that persen housis, and leden wymmen caitifs chargid with synnes, whiche ben led with dyuerse desiris, euere more lernynge, and neuere perfitli comynge to the science of treuthe. And as Jannes and Mambres aȝenstoden Moi|ses, so these aȝenstondenaȝenstoden k. treuthethe treuthe O., men corrupt in vndirstonding, repreuyd aboute the feith. But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was. But thou hast getun my teching, ordi|naunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue, pacience, persecuciouns, passiouns, whiche weren maad to me at Antioche, at Ycony, at Listris, what maner perse|cucyouns Y suffride, and the Lord hath delyuered me of alle. And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun. But yuele men and disseyueris schulen encreese in to worse, errynge, and sendinge in to errour. But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerudlerned alii., and that ben bi|takun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerudlerned alii.; for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi ȝoutheȝongthe alii., whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu. For al scripture inspirid of God is profitable to teche, to repreue, to chastice, to lerne in riȝtwisnes, that the man of God be parfit, lerudlerned alii. to al good werk.

 CAP. IV.

I witnesse bifore God and Crist Jhesu, that schal deme the quike and theOm. C. deed, andOm. Xa. bi the comyng of hym, and the kyngdom of hym, prechepreche thou R. the word, be thou bisi couenabli with outen rest, re|preue thou, biseche thou, blame thou in al pacience and doctryn. For tyme schal be, whanne men schulen not suffre hoolsum teching, but at her desiris thei schulen gadere `togidere to hem silfOm. Q. maistris ȝitchingeether plesynge K marg. to the eeris. And treuli thei schulen turne awei the her|yng fro treuthe, but to fablis thei schu|len turne. But wake thou, in alle thingis traueile thou, do the werk of anOm. a. euangelist, fulfille thithis gk. seruyce, be thou sobre. For Y am sacrifisid now, and the tyme of my departyngether deeth K marg. is nyȝ. Y haue stryuun a good strijf, Y haue endid the cours, Y haue kept the feith. In `the tothirthe oother EI. that othre R. tyme a coroun of riȝtwis|nesse is kept to me, which the Lord, a iust domesman, schal ȝelde to me in that dai; andOm. EI pr. m. Qgk. not oneli to me, but also to these that louen his comyng. Hyȝe thou to come to me soone. For Demas, louynge this world, hath forsakun me, and wente to Tessalonyk, Crescens in to Galathi, Tite in to Dalmacie; Luk aloone is with me. Take thou Mark, and brynge with thee; for he is profit|able to me in to seruyce. Forsothe Y sente Titicus tointo bk. Effesi. The cloththat is, of Romayns K marg.that is, cloth of Romaynis. Lire and the Glose here. V. which Y lefte at Troade at Carpe, whanne thou comest, bringe with thee, and the bookis, but moost parchemynethe parchemyn K.. Alisaundre, the tresorer, schewide to me mychemoost A. yuele; `the Lord schalOm. k. ȝelde to hym aftir his werkisClause om. in Q.. Whom also thou eschewe; for he aȝenstood ful greetli oure wordis. In my firste defence no man helpide me, but alle forsoken me; be it not arettid to hem. But the Lord help|ide me, and coumfortide me, that the preching be fillid bi me, and that alle folkis here, that Y am delyueride fro the mouth of the lioun. And the Lord de|lyueride me fro al yuel werk, and schal make me saaf in to his heuenly king|dom, to whom be glorie in to worldis of worldis. Amen. Grete wel Prisca, and Aquila, and the hous of Oneseforus. Erastus leftelefte me gk. at Corynthi, andforsothe and A pr. m. Y lefte Trofymus sijk at Mylete. Hiȝe thou to come bifore wyntir. Eubolus, and Pru|dent, and Lynus, and Claudia, and alle britheren, greten thee wel. Oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with thi spirit. The grace of God be with ȝou. Amen.

 Here endith the secounde pistle to Tymothe, andand here bo. bigynneth the prologe on the pistle to TiteFrom CIQXabchoα. Here endeth the seconde pistle to Tymothe; se now the prolog on the pistle to Tyte. K. Here endith the secounde pistle to Tymothe, and here bigynneth the pistle to Tite. M. Here endith the laste pistil to Tymothe, and bigynneth a prologe on the pistil to Tite. g. No final rubric in AERUek.. TITUS. Jeroms prolog on TiteFrom E. Prolog. A. The prolog of the pistil to Tite. N. A prolog on the pistle to Tite. R. Pro|logus. T. Here bigynneth a prologe on the pistle to Tyte. U. Here bigynneth the prologe to Tyte. e. Pro|log on Tite. k. No initial rubric in CIKMQXabcfgho..

HE warneth Tite, and enfourmeth hym of the ordynaunce of presthod, and of spiritual conuersacioun, and of here|tikis to ben eschewid, that leeuethbileuen CEIKMNQRTcgkoα. bileueth UXabe. in the Jewis wrytingis; writinge to him fro NycopolisMycopolis AC pr. m. EIKMQUX pr. m. abceghkoαβ..

Jerom in his prologe on this pistle seith thisFrom CMXh. Jerom in his prologe seith this. KUO. Jerome in his prolog on this epistil seith al this sentence. N. Jerom in his prolog here seith this. Qbcα. Jerom in his prologe here seith thus. a. Here endith the prologe, and bigynneth the pistil to Tite. g. No final rubric in AEIRTefk.. Here bigynneth the pistle to TyteThe epistle to Tite. E. Heere sueth the pistle to Tite. R. No initial rubric in CKQUXabcghko..CAP. I.

Poul, the seruaunt of God, and apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the feith of the chosun of God, and bi theOm. R. knowing of the treuthe, whiche is aftir pitee, in to the hope of euerlastinge lijf, whichthe whiche I. lijf God that lieth not, bihiȝtehath bihiȝt k. bifore tymes of the worldworldis R pr. m.; but he haththat hath k. schewid in hise tymes his word in preching, that is bitakun to me bi the comaundement of `God oure sauyouroure sauyour God EIQb pr. m. gk., to Tite, most dere|worthedere R. sone bi the comyncomyng of k. feith, grace and pees of God the fadir, and of Crist Jhesu, oure sauyour. For cause of this thing Y lefte thee at Crete, that thou amende tho thingis that failen, and or|deyne preestis bi citees, as also Y dis|posidedispose I. to thee. If ony man is withoute cryme, an hosebonde of o wijf, and hath feithful sones, not in accusaciounoccacioun k. of letcherie, or not suget. For it bihoueth a bischop to be without cryme, a dis|pendour of God, not proud, not wrath|ful, not drunkelew, notnot a I. smytere, not coueytouse of foul wynnyng; but hold|inge hospitalite, benygne, prudent, sobre, iust, hooli, contynent, takinge that trewe word, that is aftir doctryn; that he be miȝti to amoneste in hoolsum techyng, and to repreue hem that aȝenseien. For ther ben many vnobedient, and veyn spekeris, and disseyueris, moost thei that ben of circumcisyoun, whiche it bihoueth to be repreued; whiche subuerten alle housis, techinge whiche thingis it bi|houeth not, for theOm. R. loue of foul wyn|nyng. And oon of hem, her propre profete, seide, Men of Crete ben euere more lyeris, yuele beestis, of slowe wombe. This witnessyng is trewe. For whatwhiche I. cause blame hem sore, that thei be hool in feith, not ȝyuynge tent to fablis of Jewis, and to maundementiscomaundementis b. of men, that turnen awei hem fro treuthe. And alle thingis ben clene to clene men; but to vnclene men and to vnfeithful no thing is clene, for the soule and conscience of hem ben maad vnclene. Thei knoulechen that thei knowen God, but bi dedisher dedis k. thei denyen; whanne thei ben abhominable, and vn|bileueful, and repreuable to al good werk.

 CAP. II.

But speke thou tho thingis that bi|semen hoolsum teching; that elde men be sobre, chast, prudent, hool in feith, in loue, and pacience; also olde wym|men in hooli abite, not sclaundererisether bacbiters K marg., not seruynge myche to wyn, wel techynge, that thei teche prudence. Moneste thou ȝonge wymmen, that thei loue here hose|bondis, that thei loue her children; and that thei be prudent, chast, sobre, hau|ynge cure of the hous, benygne, suget to her hosebondis, that the word of God be not blasfemyd. Also moneste thouOm. R. ȝonge men, that thei be sobre. In alle thingis ȝyue thi silf ensaumple of good werkis, in teching, in hoolnessethat is, in clennesse of soule and bodi. Lire here. v.hoolynesse A pr. m. C et alii., in sadnesse. Anin a. hoolsum word, and vn|repreuable; that he that is of the con|trarie side, be aschamedether afeerd K marg., hauynge noon yuel thing to seie of ȝou. Moneste thou seruauntis to be suget to her lordis; in alle thingis plesinge, not aȝenseiynge, not defraudynge, but in alle thingis schewinge good feith, that thei onoure in alle thingis the doctryn of `God, oure sauyouroure Sauyour God b.. For the grace of `God, oure sauyouroure Sauyour God b., hath apperid to alle men, and tauȝte vs, that we forsake wickidnessealle wickidnesse R., and worldli desyris, lyueand lyue I. sobreli, and iustli, `and piteuousliOm. R. in this world, abidinge the blessid hope and the com|yng of the glorie of the greet God, and ofOm. O. oure sauyour Jhesu Crist; that ȝaf hym silf for vs, to aȝenbie vs fro al wickidnesse, and make clene to hym silf a puple acceptable, and suere of good werkis. Speke thou these thingis, and moneste thou, and repreue thou with al comaundementthat is, power. The Glose here. Either with the autorite of bi|schop. Lire here. v.; no man dispise thee.

 CAP. III.

Amoneste hem to be sugetis to prynces, and to poweris; to obeischeobeie Oβ. to that that is seid, and to be redi to al good werk; to blasfeme no man, to be not ful of chiding, but temperattemperat, eithir mesurable R., schew|ynge al myldenesse to alle men. For we weren sum tyme vnwise, vnbileueful, errynge, and seruynge to desiris, and to dyuerse lustis, doynge inin al k. malice and enuye, worthi to be hatid, hatinge ech othere. But whanne the benygnyte and theOm. R. manhed of oure sauyour GodOm. Q. aper|ide, not of werkis of riȝtwisnesseriȝtfulnesse a. that we diden, but bi his merci he made vs saafsaad a., bi waischyng of aȝen bigetyngbiynge a., andand of R. aȝen newyng of the Hooli Goost, whom he scheddeschewide k. into vs plenteuousli bi Jhesu Crist, oure saueour, that we iustified bi his grace, ben eiris by hope of euerlastinge lijf. A trewe word is, and of these thingis Y wole that thou conferme othere, that thei that bileuen toin gk. God, be bisy to be aboue othere in good werkis. These thingis ben good, and profitable to men. And eschewe thou foltische questiouns, and genologies, andof a. stryuesstryuynges k., and fiȝtyngis of the lawe; for tho ben vnprofitable and veyn. Eschewe thou a man eretikThe comoun Glose vpon this text seith, that he is an here|tik, that with wordis of the lawe aȝeynseith the lawe. T., aftir oon andor k. the secound correccioun; witinge that he that is siche a maner man is subuertidsubuertid, either turned amys R.is subuertid; that is, lost. The Glose here. V., and trespassith, and is dampned bi his owne dom. Whanne Y sende to thee Arteman, or Titicus, hiȝ thou to `come toOm. k. me to NycopolisMycopolis A pr. m. Kabo.; for Y haue purposid to dwelle in wyntir there. Bisili byfor sendesende thou R. Zenam, a wise man of lawe, and Apollo, that no thing faile to hem. Thei that ben of ouris, lernelerne thei R. to be gouernouris in good werkis, to necessarie vsis, that thei be not with out fruyt. Alle men that ben with me greeten thee wel. Grete thou wel hem, that louen vs in feith. The grace of God be with ȝou alle. Amen.

 Here endith the pistle to Tite, andand here Mbo. bigynneth the prologe on the pistle to FilemonFrom CIMQXabcho. Here endeth the pistle to Tite; se now the prologe to Filomen. K. Here endith the [pistil to] Tyte, and bigennith a prologe on the pistil to Felemon. g. Here endith the pistle to Tite, and bigynneth a prolog to Filemon. α. No final rubric in AERUek.. PHILEMON. The prolog of FilemonFrom E. Prolog. A. The prolog of the pistil to Philemon. N. A prolog vpon the pistle to File|mon. R. Prologus. T. Here bigynneth a prologe on the pistle to Filemon. U. Here biginneth the prologe to Filemon. e. The prolog on Filymon. k. No initial rubric in CIKMQXabcgho..

HE makith `famyliar, or homelihomeli Rf., let|tris to Filemon, for Onesimus, his seru|aunt; writinge to hym fro the citee of Rome, out of prisoun, bi the forseid Onesimus.

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This version of the prologue is taken from GV.To Phylemon hoomly lettris the apostle maketh for Onesimo, his seruaunt; sothely he writith to him of the prisone fro the cyte of Rome, by the same Onesimo.

 Here bigynneth the pistle to FilemonPoulis epistle to Filemon. E. Here biginneth the pistil to Filemon. e. Here bigynith the pistil to Filemon. g. No initial rubric in CIKQRUXachk..

Poul, the boundun of Crist Jhesu, and Timothe, brother, to Filemon, bi|louyd, and oure helpere, and to Appia, most dere sister, and to Archip, oure euene kniȝt, and to the chirche that is in thin hous, grace be to ȝou, and pees of God oure fader, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. I do thankingis to my God, euere more makinge mynde of thee in my preieris, heringe thi charite and feith, that thou hast in the Lord Jhesu, andOm. Rk. to alle hooli men, that the comynyng of thi feith be maad opyn, in knowing of al good thing in Crist Jhesu. And Y hadde greet ioye and coumfort in thi charite, for the entrailis of hooli men restiden bi thee, brother. For which thing Y hauynge myche trist in Crist Jhesu, to comaunde to thee that that perteyneth to profit; but Y biseche more for charite, sithen thou art siche as the elde Poul, and now the boundun of Jhesu Crist. Y biseche thee for my sone One|syme, whom Y in boondis bigat, which sumtyme was vnprofitable to thee, but now profitable bothe to thee and to me; whom Y sente aȝen to thee. And res|seyue thou hym as myn entrailis; whom Y wolde withholde with me, that he schulde serue for thee to me in boondis of the gospel; but with out thi counseil Y wolde not do ony thing, that thi good schulde not be as of nede, but wilful. For perauenture therfor he departide fro theeme I. for a tyme, that thou schuldist resseyue hym with outen ende; now not as a seruaunt, but for a seruaunt a most dere brother, most to me; and how myche more to thee, bothe in fleisch and in the Lord? Therfor if thou hast me a felowe, resseyueresceyue thou k. hym as me; for if he hath ony thing anoied thee, ethir owith, arette thou this thing to me. Y Poul wroot with myn hoond, Y schal ȝelde; that Y seie not to thee, that also thou owist to me thi silf. So, brothir, Y schal vse thee in the Lord; fille thou myn entrails in Crist. Y trist|nyngetristynge EIRak. of thin obedience wroot to thee, witynge that thou schalt do ouer that that Y seie. Also make thou redi to me an hous to dwelle in; for Y hope thatOm. R. bi ȝoure preyeris Y schal be ȝouun to ȝou. Epafras, prisoner with me in Crist Jhesu, greetith theeȝou gk. wel, and Mark, Aristark, Demas, Lucas, myn helperis. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝoure spirit. Amen.

 Heere endith the pistle to Philemon, andand here MQabo. biginnith the prologe on the pistle to EbrewisFrom IMQXabcoα. Here endeth the pistle to Filomen; se now the prologe on the pistle to Ebrewes. K. Here endith the pistil of Felemon, and bigyneth prologe on the pistel to the Ebrewis. g. Here endith Filemon, and bigynneth the prologe on the pistle to Ebrewis. h. No final rubric in AEURek.. HEBREWS. The prolog onof N. the pistle to EbrewsJeroms prolog on Paulis epistle to Ebreis. E. A prolog on the pistle to Ebrewis. R. Pro|logus. T. Here bigynneth a prologe on the pistle to Ebreus. U. Here bigynneth the prologe to Ebrews. e. A prolog to the Ebrewis. f. No initial rubric in CIKMQXabcghko..

FIRST it is to seyewite X., whi Poul, the apostle, in thisOm. b. epistlepistil k. `in writingeOm. R. kepith not his vsagevsage in writynge R., discryuynge his name, or theOm. Kbo. dignyte of his ordre. This is the cause, that he writynge to hem that ofweren of A pr. m. EI pr. m. KQRUXa pr. m. bceghkα. circumcisioun bileuedenthat bileueden A pr. m. α. and bileueden R., wroot as the apostlepostle N. of hethene men, and not of Jewis; and he knowynge her pride, and schewinge his owene humblenessemekenesse IK. humelnesse Q et alii., noldewolde A pr. m. CIKRXc. notOm. EMQTghko sec. m. α. putte bifore the dissert of his office. And in lijk ma|nere also Joon, the apostle, for humble|nessemekenesse IK. humelnesse Q et alii., inof N. his epistlepistle bk. for the same skile sette not his name toforebifore ENk.. AsAnd T. it is seid, the apostlepostle K. sente this epistlepistil k. to the Ebrewis writun in Ebrew tunge; and after the deth of Poul, the apostle, Luk, theOm. N. euangelist, made it in GreekGrewe R. speche, holdinge the vndurstondynge and the ordre of it.

Jerom in this prologe on this pistle seith thisJerom in his prologe on this pistle seith thus. CXa. Jerom in his prologe on this pistle seith this. KQUbhoα. Here endith the prologe, and here bigynneth the pistle to Ebrews. M. Jerome in his prolog on this epistle to Ebrews seith al this. N. Thus endith the prolog, and bigynneth the pistle. R. Here endith the prologe, and bigyneth the pistil to the Ebrewis. g. No final rubric in AEITefk.. To EbrewsPoulis epistle to Ebreus. E. Here bigynneth the pistil to Ebrews. e. No initial rubric in ACIKMQR UXabcghko..CAP. I.

God, that spak sum tyme bi prophetis in manyether manyfold K marg. maneres to oure fadris, at the laste in these daies he hath spoke to vs bi the sone; whom he hath ordeyned eir of alle thingis, and bi whom he made the worldis. Which whanne also he is the briȝtnesse of glorie, and figure of his substaunce, and berith alle thingis bi word of his vertu, he makith purgacioun of synnes, and syttith onin C. the riȝthalf of the maieste in heuenes; and so myche is maad betere than aungels, bi hou myche he hath eneritid a more dyuerseether excelent K marg. name bifor hem. For to whiche of the aungels seide God ony tyme, Thou art my sone, Y haue gendrid thee to dai? And eft|soone, Y schal be to hym in to a fadir, and he schal be to me in to a sone? And whanne eftsoone he bryngith in the firste bigetun sone in to the world, he seith, And alle the aungels of God wor|schipe hym. But he seith to aungels, He that makith hise aungels spiritis, and hise mynystris flawme of fier. But to the sone he seith, God, thi trone is in to the world of world; a ȝerde of equiteequite, eithir euenes R. is the ȝerde of thi rewme; thou hast louyd riȝtwisnesse, and hatidisthast hatid IR. wickidnesse; therfor the God, thi God, anoyntide thee with oile of ioye, more than thi felowis. And, Thou, Lord, in the bigynnyng foundidist theOm. a sec. m. erthe, and heuenes ben werkis of thin hondis; thei schulen pe|rische, but thou schalt perfitli dwelle; and alle schulen wexe elde as a cloth, and thou schalt chaunge hem as a cloth, and thei schulen be chaungid. But thou art the same thi silf, and thi ȝeeris schulen not faile. But to whiche of the aungels seide God atOm. K. ony tyme, Sitte thou on my riȝthalf, till Y putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet? Whether thei alle ben not seruynge spiritis, sente to seruen for hem that taken the eritage of heelthe?

 CAP. II.

Therfor more plenteuousli it bihoueth vs to kepespeke gk. tho thingis, that we han herd, lest perauenture we fleten awei. For if the ilke word that wasis k. seid bi aungels, was maad sad, and ech brekyng of the lawe and vnobedience took iust retribu|cioun of meede, hou schulen we ascape, if we despisen so greet an heelthe? Which, whanne it hadde takun bigyn|nyng to be teld out by the Lord, of hem that herden is confermyd in to vs. For God witnesside to gidere bi myraclis, and wondris, and grete merueilis, and dyuerse vertues, and departyngis of the Hooli Goost, bi his wille. But not to aungels God sugetide the world that is to comynge, of which we speken. But sum man witnesside in a place, and seide, What thing is man, that thou art myndeful of hym, or mannus sone, for thou visitist hym? Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels; thou hast corowned hym with glorie and onour; and thou hast ordeyned him on the werkis of thin hondis. Thou hast maad alle thingis suget vndur hise feet. And in that that he sugetide alle thingis to hym, he lefte no thing vnsugetvnsugettid k. to him. But now we seen not ȝit alle thingis suget to hym; but we seen hym that was maad a litil lesse than aungels, Jhesu, for the passioun of deth crowned with glorie and onour, that he thorouȝ grace of God schulde taste deth for alle men. For it bisemede hym, for whom alle thingis, and bi whom `alle thingisOm. EI pr. m. Qgk. weren maad, which hadde brouȝt many sones into glorie, and was auctour of theOm. a. heelthe of hem, that he hadde an ende bi pas|sioun. For he that halewith, and thei that ben halewid, ben alle of oon; for which cause he is not schamedaschamed Rb pr. m. g sec. m. h. to clepe hem britheren, seiynge, Y schal telle thi name to my britheren; in the myddil of the chirche Y schal herie thee. And eft|soone, Y schal be tristnyngetristynge EIk. in to hym; and eftsoone, Lo! Y and my children, whiche God ȝaf to me. Therfor forOm. k. children comyneden to fleisch and blood, and he also took part of the same, that bi deth he schulde destrie hym that hadde lordschipe of deth, that is to seie, the deuel, andOm. k. that he schulde delyuere hem that bi drede of deth, `bi aland bi k. lijf weren boundun to seruage. And he took neuere aungelisaungelis kynde k., but he took the seed of Abra|ham. Wherfor he ouȝte to be likned to britheren bi alle thingis, that he schulde be maad merciful and a feithful bischop to God, that he schulde be merciful to theOm. k. trespassis of the puple. For in that thing in which he suffride, and was temptid, he is miȝti to helpe also hem that ben temptid.

 CAP. III.

Therfor, hooli britheren, and parce|neris of heuenli cleping, biholde ȝe theOm. k. apostle and the bischop of oure confes|sioun, Jhesu, which is trewe to hym that made hym, as also Moises in al the hous of hym. But this byschop is had worthi of more glorie than Moises, bi as myche as he hath more honour of the hous, that made the hous. For ech hous is maad of sum man; he that made alle thingis of nouȝt is God. And Moises was trewe in al his hous, as a seruaunt, in to witnessyng of tho thingis that weren to be seid; but Crist as a sone in his hous. Which hous we ben, if we holden sad trist and glorie of hope in to the ende. Wherfor as the Hooli Goost seith, To dai, if ȝe han herd his vois, nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis, as in wrath|thing, lijk the dai of temptaciountemptaciouns A pr. m. in desert; where ȝoure fadris temptiden me, and preueden, and siȝen my werkis fourti ȝeeris. Wherfor Y was wrooth to this generacioun, and Y seide, Euere more thei erren in herte, for thei knewen not my weies; to whiche Y swore in my wraththe, thei schulen not entre in to my reste. Britheren, se ȝe, lest perauen|ture in ony of ȝou be an yuel herte of vnbileue, to departe fro theOm. g. lyuynge God. But moneste ȝouȝoure E. ȝe ȝou. K sec. m. silf bi alle daies, the while tothe K sec. m. R. dai is named, that noon of ȝou be hardnedhard k. bi fallasfal|lace, eithir disceite R. of synne. For we ben maad parceneris of Crist, if ne|theles we holden the bigynnyngthat is, feith, which is by|gynnyng of goodis; bi which feith God is in us, bi which we ben maad Goddis, and taken part of Goddis sub|staunce. The Glose here. ve. of his substaunce sad in to the ende. While it is seid, to dai, if ȝe han herd the vois of hym, nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis, as in that wraththing. For summen heringe wraththiden, but not alle thei that wenten out of Egipt bi Moises. But to whichewhom I. was he wraththid fourti ȝeerisdaies k.? Whether not to hem that synneden, whos careyns weren cast doun in desert? Andin k. to whichewhom I. swoor he, that thei schulden not entre in to the reste of hym, notno CIKMQUXabceghkoαβ. ne E. but to hem that weren vnbileueful? And we seen, that thei myȝten not entre in to the reste of hym for vnbileue.

 CAP. IV.

Therfor drede we, lest perauenture while the biheest of entryng in to histhis X sup. ras. reste is left, thatthat if Rag sec. m. hoβ. ony of vs be gessid to be awei. For it is told also to vs, as to hem. And the word that was herd profitide not to hem, not meynd to feith of thoony k. thingis that thei herden. For we that han bileued, schulen entre in to restethe reste gko., as he seide, As Y swoor in my wraththe, thei schulen not entre in to my reste. And whanne the werkis weren maad perfit at the ordynaunce of the world, he seide thus in a place of the seuenthe dai, And God restide in the seuenthe dai from alle hiseOm. b. werkis. And in this place eftsoone, Thei schulen not entre in to my reste. Therfor for it sueth, that summensumme men Q. schulen entre in to it, and thei to whiche it was teld to bifor, entriden not for her vnbileue. Eftsoone he termyneth sum dai, and seith in Da|uith, To dai, aftir so myche tyme of tyme, as it is biforseid, To dai if ȝe han herd his vois, nyle ȝe hardne ȝoure hertis. For if Jhesusthat is, Josue. Lire and the Glose here. Ve. hadde ȝouun reste to hem, he schulde neuere speke of othere aftir this dai. Therfor the sabat is left to the puple of God. For he that is entrid in to his reste, restide of hise werkis, as also God of hise. Therfor haste we to entre in to that reste, that no man falle in to the same ensaumple of vnbileue. For the word of God is quyk, and spedi in worching, and more able to perse than any tweyne eggid swerd, and stretchith forth to the departynge of the soulethat is, sen|sualite. ve. and of the spiritspirit; that is, resonable soule. The Glose here. ve., and of the ioynturisThe comoun Glose seith, that ioyntours ben thouȝtis ioyned to gidere, and merȝwis sutil entenciouns of thouȝtes. T. andof k. merewis, and demere of thouȝtis, and of intentis andof b sec. m. h. in k. hertis. And no creature is vnuisible in the siȝt of God. For alle thingis ben nakid and opyn to hise iȝen, to whom a word to vs. Therfor we that han a greet bischop, that perside heuenes, Jhesu, the sone of God, holde we the knoulechyng of oure hope. For we han not a bischop, that may not haue compassioun on oure in|firmytees, but was temptid bi alle thingis bi lycnesse, with oute synne. Therfor go we with trist to the trone of his grace, that we gete merci, and fynde grace in couenable help.

 CAP. V.

For ech bischop takun of men, is or|deyned for men in these thingis `that benOm. R pr. m. to God, that he offre ȝiftis and sa|crifices for synnes. Which may togidere sorewe with hem, that bethben CEIKMRXabceghkoαβ. vnkunnynge and erren; for also he is enuyrounned with infirmytee. And therfor he owith, as for the puple, so also for hym silf, to offre for synnes. Nethir ony man takethtake A. to hym onour, but he that is clepid of God, as Aaron was. So Crist clarifiede not hym silf, that he were bischop, but he that spak to hym, Thou art my sone, to dai Y gendride thee. As `in anothere place he seithhe seith in another place R., Thou art a prest with outen ende, aftir the ordre of Melchi|sedech. Which in the daies of his fleisch offride, with greet cry and teeris, preieris and bisechingis to hym that myȝte make hym saaf fro deth, and was herd for his reuerence. And whanne he was Goddis sone, he lernyde obedience of these thingis that be suffride; and he brouȝt to the ende is maad cause of euer|lastinge heelthe to alle that obeischen toOm. a. hym, and is clepid of God a bischop, bi the ordre of Melchisedech. Of whom ther is to vs a greet word for to seie, and able to be expowned, for ȝe ben maadymaad a. feble tofor to R. here. For whanne ȝe ouȝten to be maistris for tymea tyme A sec. m. Ikoβ., eft|soone ȝe neden that ȝe be tauȝt, whiche ben the lettris of the bigynnyng of Goddis wordis. And ȝe ben maad thilke, to whichewhom I. is nede of mylk, and not sad mete. For ech that is parcenere of mylkthat is, hath nede to esi teching. ve., is with out partwithout part; that is, unable to take hard thing. Lire here. ve. of the word of riȝtwisnesse, for he is a litil child. But of perfit men is sad mete, of hem that for custom han wittis exercisid to dis|crecioun of good and of yuel.

 CAP. VI.

TherforWherfore Eeghkα. we bringingebryngen gk. in a word of the bigynnyngthat is, of the bigynning feith wherbi Crist begyn|neth to be in us. The Glose here. V. of Crist, be we borun to the perfeccioun of hym, not eftsoone leggynge the foundement of penaunce fro deed werkis, and of the feith to God, and of teching of baptimys, and of leiynge on of hondis, and of risyng aȝen of deed men, and of theOm. Eb. euerlastinge doom. And this thing we schulen do, if God schal suffre. But it is impossiblevnpossible ERk., that thei that ben onys liȝtned, and `han tastid alsoalso haue taastid R. an heuenly ȝifte, and ben maad parceneris of the Hooli Goost, and netheles han tastid the good word of God, and the vertues of the world to comynge, and ben slidun fer awei, that thei be renewidrenulid gk.reneuyd; that is, to be cristned eft; netheles thei mowen be sau|id bi uerey pe|naunce, but thei moun not be maad newe bi the secunde cristenynge; forwhi cristen|ing may not be don twyees in oo man. The Glose and Lire here. Ve. Either it is im|possible; that is, ful hard, that thei be maad newe to penaunce, but it is not vtterly impossible as longe as thei ben in this lijf; and this expo|sicioun seemith for to acorde more to the lettre. Lire here. v. eftsoone to penauncemaad newe to penaunce; ech man may be in this lif. Lyre here. e.. Whiche eftsones crucifiencrucifyinge A et alii.thei that wolen be crist|ned twyes, ben lijk the cruci|fiers and scorn|ers of Crist, and thouȝ thei crucifien Crist not in dede, thei crucifien him as to him|self; that is, don therto as myche as thei mowen. The Glose and Lire here. ve. to hem silf the sone of God, and han tohim to K sec. m. scornto scorn; as myche as is in hem thei cru|cifien eft God|dis sone and scornen him, that dispisen his grace and liggen in syn|nes. The Glose here rehersinge Crisostom. ve.. For the erthe that drinkithOm. R pr. m. reyn ofte comynge on it, and bringith forth coue|nable erbe to hem of whiche it is tilid, takith blessing of God. But that that is bringinge forth thornes and breris, is repreuable, and next to curs, whos end|yng schal be in to brennyng. But, ȝe moost dereworthe, we tristen of ȝou betere thingis, and neer to helthe, thouȝ we speken so. For God is not vniust, that he forȝete ȝoure werk and loue, whiche ȝe han schewid in his name; for ȝe han mynystrid to seyntis, `and mynis|trenOm. gk.. And we coueiten that ech of ȝou schewe the same bisynesse to the fillyng of hope in to the ende; that ȝe be not maad slowe, but also sueris of hem, whiche bi feith and pacience schulen enherite the biheestis. For God bihe|tinge to Abraham, for he hadde noon grettere, bi whom he schulde swere, swoor bi hym silf, and seide, Y bless|inge schal blesse theeOm. gk., and Y multipli|ynge schal multiplie theeI schal mul|tiplie thee; vndirstonde thou, if I do not this, no man bileue to me in eny thing. The Glose here. Either thus, my treuthe schal faile, if this is not don. Lire here. ve.; and so he long abidinge hadde the biheeste. For men sweren bi a gretterebi grettere; that is, bi God, which aloone is sothfast of hymself. The Glose here. ve. than hem silf, and the ende of al her pleether debate K marg. is an ooth to confirmacioun. In which thing God willynge to schewe plenteuouslier to the eiris of his biheest the sadnesse of his counsel, puttideputte k. bitwixebitwene O. an ooth, that bi tweytwo I. thingis vnmeuable, bi whiche it is impossible that God lie, wewe that fleen togidre EIQcgk. that we fleen togidere K pr. m. that fleen to gidere K sec. m. han aOm. EIKQabcego sec. m. strengeste solace, `we that fleen togidereOm. EIKQcgk. to holde the hope that is put forth to vs. Which hope as an ankir we han sikir to the soule, and sad, and goyngeether entringe K marg. in to the ynnere thingis of hiding; where the bifore goere, Jhesus, that is maad bischop with outen ende bi the ordre of Melchisedech, entride for vs.

 CAP. VII.

And this Melchisedech, king of Salem, and preest of the hiȝeste God, which mette withOm. R pr. m. Abraham, as he turnede aȝen fro theOm. KOβ. sleyngether deeth K marg. of kyngisthe kinges E., and blesside hym; to whom also Abraham departide tithis of alle thingis; first he is seid king of riȝtwisnesse, and aftirward kyng of Salem, that is to seie, king of pees, with out fadir, with out modir, with out genologie, nether hauynge bi|gynnyng of daies, nether ende of lijf; and he is lickened to the sone of God, and dwellith preest with outen ende. But biholde ȝe how greet is this, to whom Abraham the patriark ȝaf tithis of the beste thingis. For men of the sones of Leuy takinge presthod han maundement to take tithis of the puple, bi the lawe, that is to seie, of her bri|theren, thouȝ also thei wenten out of the leendis of Abraham. But he whos generacioun is not noumbrid in hem, took tithis of Abraham; and he blesside this Abraham, which hadde repromys|siounsrepromissiouns, eithir biheestis R. repromyssioun k.. With outen ony aȝenseiyng, that that is lesse, is blessid of the betere. AndBut a. heere deedli men taken tithis; but there he berith witnessyng, that he lyu|eth. And that it be seid so, bi Abraham also Leuy, that took tithis, was tithid; and ȝit he was in his fadris leendis, whanne Melchisedech mette withOm. R. hym. Therfor if perfeccioun was bi the preest|hood of Leuy, for vndur hym the puple took the lawe, what ȝit was it nedeful, another preest to rise, bi the ordre of Melchisedech, and not to be seid bi the ordre of Aaron? For whi whanne theOm. K. preesthod is translatid, it is nede that also translacioun of theOm. CEIKMQRUXabcegkoαβ. lawe be maad. But he in whom these thingis ben seid, is of another lynage, ofin Egk. which no man was preestprest, eithir redi R. to the auter. For it is opyn, that oure Lord is borun of Juda, in which lynage Moises spak no thing of preestis. And more ȝit it is knowun, if bi the ordre of Melchisedech another preest is risun vp; which is not maad bi the lawe of fleischli maundementcomaunde|ment EIK sec. m. Q pr. m. gkα., but bi vertu of lijf that may not be vndon. For he witnessith, That thou art a preest with outen ende, bi the ordre of Melchi|sedech; that repreuyng of the maunde|ment bifor goynge is maad, for the vn|sadnesse andand the Eac. vnprofitprofyt C. of it. For whi the lawe brouȝt no thing to perfeccioun, but there is a bringing in of a betere hope, bi which we neiȝen to God. And hou greet it is, not with out sweryng; but the othere ben maad preestis with outen an ooth; but this preest with an ooth, bi hym that seide `to hymOm. R pr. m., The Lord swoor, and it schal not rewe hym, Thou art a preest with outen ende, bi the ordre of Melchisedech; in so myche Jhesus is maad biheetere of the betere testament. And the othereothir mo k. werenben k. maad manye preestisprestis vp the lawe k., `therfor forfor that that k. thei weren forbedun bi deth to dwelle stille; but thishe this I. this man k., forfor that that k. he dwellith with outen ende, hath an euerlastynge preesthod. Wher|for also he may saue with outen ende, comynge nyȝ bi hym silf to God, and euermore lyueth to preye for vs. For it bisemyde that sich aOm. Ek pr. m. manOm. E. were a bi|schop to vs, hooli, innocent, vndefoulid, clene, departid fro synful men, and maad hiȝere than heuenes; which hath not nede ech dai, as prestis, first for hise owne giltis to offre sacrifices, and aftirward for the puple; for he dide this thing in offringe hym silf onys. And the lawe ordeynede men prestis hauynge sijknesse; but the word of swering, which is after the lawe, ordeynede the sone perfit with outen ende.

 CAP. VIII.

But a capitlea capitil; that is, a schort comprehending of manythingis. The Glose here. ve. on tho thingis that ben seid. We han sicheOm. gk. a bischop, that sat inon bgk. the riȝthalf of the seete of greetnesse in heuenes, the mynystre of seyntis, and of the veri tabernacle, that God made, and not man. For ech bischop is or|deyned to offre ȝiftis and sacrificis; wherfor it is nede, that also this bischop haue sum thing that he schal offre. Therfor if he were on erthe, he were no preest, whanne ther weren that schulden offre ȝiftis bi the lawe, whiche seruen to the saumpler and schadewe of heueneli thingis. As it was answerid to Moises, whanne he schulde ende the tabernacle, Se, he seide, make thou alle thingis bi the saumplerensaumpler R., that is schewid to thee in the mount. But now he hath getun a betere mynysterie, bi so myche as he is a medi|atour of a betere testament, which is confermyd with betere biheestis. For if the ilke firste hadde lackid blame, the place of the secounde schulde not haue be souȝt. For he repreuynge hem seith, Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal make perfit a newe testament on the hous of Israel, and on the hous of Juda; not lijk the testament that Y made to her fadris, `in the daiOm. Egk. in which Y cauȝte her hond, that Y schulde lede hem out of the loond of Egipt; for thei dwell|iden not perfitli in my testament, and Y haue dispisid hem, seith the Lord. But this is theOm. bk. testament, which Y schal dis|pose to the hous of Israel aftir thothe R pr. m. daies, seith the Lord, inI k. ȝyuynge my lawis in to the soulis of hem, and in to the hertis of hem I schal aboue write hem; and Y schal be to hem in to aOm. R pr. m. God, and they schulen be to me in to a puple. And ech man schal not teche his neiȝebore, and ech man his brother, sei|ynge, Knowe thou the Lord; for alle men schulen knowe me, fro the lesseleste gk. totil to K sec. m. the more of hem. For Y schal be mer|ciful to the wickidnesse of hem, and now Y schal not bithenke on the synnes of hem. But in seiynge a newe, the formere wexide eeld; and that that is of many daies, and wexith eeld, is nyȝ theto the K sec. m. g. deeth.

 CAP. IX.

And the former testament hadde ius|tefiyngisiustifiynge k. of worschip, and hooli thing duringe for a tyme. For the tabernacle was maad first, in which weren candil|stikis, and boord, and setting forth of looues, which is seid hooli. And afterOm. b. the veilor hidynge X sec. m. marg., the secounde tabernacle, that is seid sancta sanctorum, that is, hooli of hooli thingis; hauynge a goldun cen|rer, and the arke of the testament, keuered aboute on ech side with gold, in which was a pot of gold hauynge manna, and the ȝerde of Aaron that florischide, and the tablis of the testament; on whiche thingisOm. E. weren cherubyns of glorie, ouer|schadewinge the propiciatorie; of whiche thingis it is not now to seie bi alle. But whanne these weren maad thus togidere, preestis entriden eueremore in the formere tabernacle, doynge the offices of sacrifices; but in the secounde tabernacle, the bischop entride onys in the ȝeer, not without blood, which he offride for his ignoraunce and the puplis. For the Hooli Goost signefiede this thing, that not ȝit the weie of seyntis was openydether shewed K marg., while the formere tabernacle hadde staat. Which parable is of this present tyme, bi which also ȝiftis and sacrifices ben offrid, whiche moun not make a man seruynge perfit bi conscience, oneli in metis, and drynkis, and dyuerse waisch|ingis, and riȝtwisnessis of fleisch, that weren sett toon a. the tyme of correccioun. But Crist beynge a bischop of goodis to comynge, entride bi a largere and per|fitere tabernacle, not maad bi hoond, that is to seye, not of this makyng, nether bi blood of goot buckis, or of calues, but bi his owne blood, entride onys in to theOm. EIK QRbcehoαβ. hooli thingis, that weren foundun bi an euerlastinge redempcioun. For if the blood of gootbuckis, and of boolis, and the aische of a cow calf spreynd, halew|ith vnclene men to the clensing of fleisch, hou myche more the blood of Crist, which bi the Hooli Goost offride hym silf vnwemmyd to God, schal clense oure conscience fro deed werkis, to serue Godto God A pr. m. b sec. m. that lyueth? And therfor he is a mediatour of the newe testament, that bi deth fallinge bitwixe, in to redempcioun of thothe EIg. trespassyngis that weren vndur the formere testament, thei that ben clepid take the biheest of euerlastinge eritage. For where a testament is, it is nede, that the deth of theOm. R. testament makere come bitwixe. For a testament is confermed in deed men; ellis it is not worthe, while he lyueth, that made the testament. Wherfor nether the firste tes|tament was halewid without blood. For whanne ech maundement of the lawe was red of Moises to al the puple, he took the blood of calues, and ofOm. a. buckis of geet, with watirThe comoun Glose seith that water bitoken|eth hapteme, red wolle fer|uent charite, ysope Cristis mekenesse. T., and reed wolle, and ysope, and bispreynde bothe thilke book and al the puple, and seide, This is the blood of the testament, that God comaundide to ȝou. Also he spreynde with blood the tabernacle, and alle the vessels of the seruyce in lijk maner. And almest alle thingis ben clensid in blood bi the lawe; and without scheding of blood remyssioun of synnessynne I pr. m. is not maad. Therfor it is nede, that the saumplerissaumpler k. of heuenli thingis be clensid with these thingis; but thilke heuenli thingis with betere sacrificis than these. For Jhesus entride not in to hooli thingis maad bi hoondis, that ben saumplerisensaumplers EIk. of very thingis, but in to heuene it silf, that he appere now to the cheer of God for vs; nether that he offre him silf ofte, as the bischop entride in to hooli thingis bi alle ȝeeris in alien blood, ellis it bihofte hym to suffre ofte fro the bigynnyng of the world; but now onys in the ending of worldisthe worldis R., toto the k. distruccioun of synne bi his sacrifice he apperide. AndNot a. as it is ordeynede to men, onys to die, but aftir this is the dom, so Crist was offrid onys, to auoydeether do awey K marg. the synnes of many men; the secounde tyme he schal appere with outen synne to men that abiden him in to heelthe.

 CAP. X.

For the lawe hauinge a schadewe of good thingis `that benOm. R pr. m. to come, not the ilke image of thingis, mai neuer make men neiȝinge perfit bi the ilke same sacri|ficessacrifice A pr. m., which thei offren without ceessing bi alle ȝeeris; ellis thei schulden haue ceessid to be offrid, for as myche as the worschiperis clensid onys, hadden notOm. g pr. m. k. ferthermore conscience of synne. But in hem mynde of synnes is maad bi alle ȝeris. For it is impossible that synnes be doon awei bi blood of boolis, and of buckis of geet. Therfor he entrynge in to the world, seith, Thou woldist not sa|crifice and offryng; but thou hast schapun a bodi to me; brent sacrificissacrifice A pr. m. K pr. m. R pr. m. also for synne plesiden not to thee. Thanne Y seide, Lo! Y come; in the bigynnyng of the book it is writun of me, that Y do thi wille, God. He seiynge bifor, That thou woldist not sacrificis, and offringis, and brent sacrifices for synne, ne tho thingis ben plesaunt to thee, whiche ben offrid bi the laweWhat ben thei worth than that ben offrid after mennus fantasies? T., thanne Y seide, Lo! Y come, that Y do thi wille, God. He doith awei the firstethat is, the olde testament K marg., that he make stid|fast the secoundethat is, the newe testament K marg.. In which wille we ben halewid bi the offring of the bodi of Crist Jhesu onys. And ech prest is redi mynystrynge ech dai, and ofte tymes offringe the same sacrifices, whiche moun neuere do awei synnes. But this man offringe oa AQ. sacrifice for synnes, for euere more sittith in the riȝthalf of God the fadir; fro thennus forth abidinge, til hise enemyes ben put a stool of hise feet. For bi oon offring he made perfit for euere halewid men. And the Hooli Goost witnessith to vs; for aftir that he seide, This is thea b. testament, which Y schal wit|nesse to hem afterin b. tho daies, the Lord seith, in ȝyuynge my laweslawe b. in the hertis of hem, and in the soulis of hem Y schal aboue write hem; and now Y schal no more thenke on the synnes and the wickidnessiswickidnesse Xa. of hem. And where remys|sioun of these is, now is ther noon offring for synne. Therfor, britheren, hauynge trist in to the entring of hooli thingis in the blood of Crist, which halewide to vs a newe weie, and lyuynge bi the hiling, that is to seie, his fleisch, and we hau|ynge the greet preest on the hous of God, neiȝe we with very herte in the plente of feith; and be oure hertis spreined fro anal k. yuel conscience, and oure bodies waischun with clene watir, and holde we the con|fessioun of oure hope, bowinge to no side; for he is trewefre k. that hath made the biheeste. And biholde we togidere in the stiring of charite and of good werkis; not forsakinge oure gadering togideretogidere; that is, hem whom in feith we han gederid to gidre. T., as it is ofthe E. Om. Rb. custom to sum men, but coum|fortinge, and bi so myche the more, bi hou myche ȝe seen the dai neiȝynge. Forwhi now a sacrifice forof a sup. ras. synnes is not left to vs, that synnen wilfuli, aftir that we han take the knowyng of treuthe. For whi sum abiding of theOm. EIgk. dom is dreed|ful, and the suyng of fier, which schal waste aduersaries. Who that brekithether maketh voyde K marg. Moises lawe, dieth withouten ony merci, bi tweinetwo I. or thre witnessis; hou myche moreOm. EI pr. m. Qgk. gessen ȝe, that he disserueth worse turmentis, which defouleth the sone of God, and holdith the blood of the testa|ment pollut, in which he is halewid, and doith dispit to the spirit of grace? For we knowen him that seide, To me veni|aunce, and Y schal ȝelde. And eft, For the Lord schal deme his puple. It is ferdful to falle in to theOm. A pr. m. hondis of God lyuynge. And haue ȝe mynde on the formere daies, in which ȝe weren liȝtned, and suffriden greet strijf of passiouns. And in the `tothiroothir I. ȝeOm. O. weren maad a spectacle bi schenschipis and tribula|ciouns; in an othir ȝe weren maad felowis of men lyuynge so. For also toand to A pr. m. boundun men ȝe hadden compassioun, and ȝe res|seyueden with ioye the robbyng of ȝoure goodis, knowinge that ȝe han a betere and aOm. R. dwellinge substaunce. Therfor nyle ȝe leese ȝoure trist, which hath greet rewarding. For pacience is nedeful to ȝou, that ȝe do the wille of God, and bringe aȝen the biheest. For ȝit a litil, andOm. R pr. m. he that is to comyngecome I sec. m. a sec. m. schal come, and he schal not tarie. For my iust man lyueth of feith; that if he withdrawith hym silf, he schal not plese to my soule. But we ben not the sones of withdrawing awei in to perdicioun, but of feith in to get|ynge of soule.

 CAP. XI.

But feith is the substaunce of thingis that ben to be hopid, and an argument of thingis not apperynge. And in this feith elde men han gete witnessyng. Bi feith we vndurstonden that the worldis weren maad bi Goddis word, that visible thingis weren maad of vnuysibleinuisible a passim. thingis. Bi feith Abel offride a myche more sacri|fice than Caym to God, bi which he gat witnessyng to be iust, for God bar wit|nessyng to hise ȝiftis; and bi that feith he deed spekith ȝit. Bi feith Ennok was translatid, that he schulde not se deth; and he was not foundun, for the Lord translatide him. For bifore transla|cioun he hadde witnessing that he pleside God. And it is impossible to plese God without feith. For it bihoueth that a man comynge to God, bileue that he is, and that he is rewardere toof I. men that seken hym. Bi feith Noe dredde, thorouȝ answere takun of these thingis that ȝit weren not seyn, and schapide a schip in to theOm. Rk. helthe of his hous; bi which he dampnede the world, and is ordeyned eir of riȝtwisnesse, which is bi feith. By feith he that is clepid Abraham, obeiede to go out in to a place, whiche he schulde take in to eritage; and he wente out, not witinge whidur he schulde go. Bi feith he dwelte in the loond of biheest, as in an alien loond, dwellynge in litle housis with Ysaac and Jacob, euene heiris of the same biheest. For he abood a citee hauynge foundementis, whos crafti man and maker is God. Bi feith also the ilke Sara bareyn, took vertu in consceyuyng of seed, ȝhe, aȝenaȝen of A pr. m. g pr. m. the tyme of age; for sche bileuede hym trewe, that hadde bi|hiȝte. For which thing of oon, and ȝit nyȝ deed, ther benweren R pr. m. borun as sterris of heuene in multitude, and as grauel that is at the see side out of noumbre. Bi feith alle these ben deed, whanne the biheestis weren not takun, but thei bi|helden hem afer, and gretynge hem wel, and knoulechide that thei weren pil|gryms, and herboryd menmen, eithir gestis R. on theOm. k. erthe. And thei that sayn these thingis, signi|fiensignyfieden gk. that thei sechen a cuntre. `If thei hadden hadde mynde of the ilke, of which thei wenten out, thei hadden tyme of turnyng aȝen; but now thei desiren a betere, that is to seie, heuenli. Therfor God is not confoundidconfoundid, eithir schamed R. to be clepid the God of hem; for he made redi to hem a citee. Bi feith Abraham offride Ysaac, whanne he was temptid; and he offride the oon bigetun, whych had takun the biheestis; to whom it was seid, For in Ysaac theOm. k sec. m. seed schal be clepid to thee. For he demyde, that God is myȝti to reise hym, ȝhe, fro deth; wherfor he took hym also in to a parable. Bi feith also of thingis to comynge, Ysaac blesside Jacob and Esau. Bi feith Jacob diynge blesside alle the sones of Joseph, and onouride the hiȝnesse of his ȝerde. Bi feith Joseph dyynge hadde mynde of the passyng forth of the children of Israel, and comaundide of hise boonys. Bi feith Moyses borun, was hid thre monethis of his fadir and modir, for that thei seiȝen the ȝonge child fairether semeli K marg.; and thei dredden not the maundementcomaundement gk. of the king. Bi feith MoisesMoyses maad greet slowȝe the Egipcian, considrynge the sorewe of hise britheren. Bi feith Moyses R. was maad greet, and deny|ede that he was the sone of Faraos douȝ|tir, and chees more to be turmentid with the puple of God, than to haue myrthe of temporal synne; demynge the repreef of Crist more richessis than the tresours offor C sec. m. Egipcians; for he bihelde in to the rewarding. Bi feith he forsook Egipt, and dredde not the hardynesse of the king; for he abood, as seinge hym that was vnuysible. Bi feith he halewide pask, and the scheding out of blood, that he that distriede the firste thingis of Egipcians, schulde not touche hem. Bi feith thei passiden the reed see, as bi drye lond, which thing Egipcians asaiynge weren deuourid. Bi feith the wallis of Jerico felden doun, bi cumpass|yng of seuene daies. Bi feith Raab hoorthe hoore boβ. resseyuede the aspieris with pees, and perischide not with vnbileueful men. And what ȝit schal Y seie? For tyme schal faile to me tellynge of Gedeon, Barak, Sampson, Jepte, Dauid, and Samuel, and ofOm. R. othere prophetis; whiche bi feith ouer|camen rewmes, wrouȝten riȝtwisnesse, gaten repromyssiouns; thei stoppiden the mouthis of liouns, thei quenchiden the feersnesse of fier, thei dryuedendryuen A. sec. m. AK. dreuen IE. awei the egge of swerd, thei coueriden of sijknesse, thei weren maad strong in batelbateilis k., thei turneden the oostis of aliens. Wymmen resseyueden her deed children fro deth to lijf; but othere weren holdun forth, not takinge redempcioun, that thei schul|den fynde a betere aȝenrising. And othere asaieden scornyngis and betingis, more ouer and boondis and prisouns. Thei weren stoned, thei weren sawid, thei weren temptid, thei weren deed inof a. sleyng of swerd. Thei wenten aboute in brocbrockis EK. sec. m. skynnes, and in skynnes of geet, nedi, angwischid, turmentid; to whiche the world was not worthi. Thei er|riden in wildernessiswildernesse Rhkβ., inand in k. mounteynes and dennes, and caues of the erthe. And alle these, preued bi witnessing of feith, token not repromyssioun; for God pur|ueiede sum betere thing for vs, that thei schulden not be maad perfit with outen vs.

 CAP. XII.

Therfor we that han so greet a cloude of witnessis put to, do we awei al charge, and synne stondinge aboute vs, and bi pacience renne we to theOm. b. batelstrijf R. pur|posid to vs, biholdinge in to the makere of feith, and the perfit endere, Jhesu; which whanne ioye was purposid to hym, he suffride the cros, and dispiside confusioun, and sittith on the riȝthalf of the seet of God. And bithenke ȝe on hym that suffride siche `aȝen seiyngeaȝenseiyngis k. of synful men aȝens hym silf, that ȝe be not maad wery, failinge in ȝoure soulis. For ȝe aȝenstoden not ȝit `til tovnto I. blood, fiȝtyng aȝens synne. And ȝe han forȝet the coumfort that spekith to ȝou as to sones, and seith, My sone, nyle thou dispise the teching of the Lord, nether be thou maad weri, the while thou art chastisid of hym. For the Lord chastisith hym that he loueth; he betith euery sone that he resseyueth. Abide ȝe stille in chastising; God proferithpreuith gk. hym to ȝou as to sones. For what sone is it, whom the fadir chastisith not? That if ȝe `ben outbe not A. of chastising, whos parteneris ben ȝe alle maad, thanne ȝe ben auowtreris, and not sones. And aftirward we hadden fadris of oure fleisch, techeris, and we with reuerence dredden hem. Whethir not myche more we schulen obeische to the fadir of spiritis, and we schulen lyue? And thei in tyme of fewe dayes tauȝten vs bi her wille; but this fadir techith to that thing that is profitable, in resseyuynge the halewing of hym. And ech chastisyng in present tyme semeth to be not of ioye, but of sorewe; but aftirward it schal ȝelde fruyt of riȝt|wisnesse moost pesible to men exercisid bi it. For whiche thing reise ȝe slowe hondis, and knees vnboundun, and make ȝe riȝtful steppis to ȝoure feet; that no man haltinge erre, but more be heelid. Sue ȝe pees with alle men, and holy|nesse, with out which no man schal se God. Biholde ȝe, that no man faile to the grace of God, that no roote of bit|tirnesse buriownynge vpward lette, and manye ben defoulid bi it; that no man be letchour, ether vnhooli, as EsauEsau was X sec. m. k., which for o mete seelde hise firste thingisbigynnyngis R pr. m.. For wite ȝeOm. I pr. m., that afterward he coueitinge to enherite blessing, was repreued. For he foond not place ofto k. penaunce, thouȝ he souȝte itOm. k pr. m. with teeris. But ȝe han not come to the fier able to be touchid, and able to come to, and to theOm. R. whirlewynd, and myst, and tempest, and soun of trumpe, and vois of wordis; which thei that herden, excusiden hem, that the word schulde not be maad to hem. For thei beren not that that was seid, And if a beeste touchide the hil, it was stonyd. And so dredeful it was that was seyn, that Moises seide, Y am aferd, and ful of trembling. But ȝe han come nyȝ to the hil Sionof Sion EC pr. m. aβ., and to the cite of God lyuynge, the heuenli Jeru|salem, and to the multitude of many thousynde aungels, and to the chirche of the firste men, whiche ben writun in heuenes, and to God, domesman of alle, and to the spirit of iust perfit men, and to Jhesu, mediatour of the newe testa|ment, and to the sprenging of blood, `betere spekingespekynge bettir R. than Abel. Se ȝe, that ȝe forsake not the spekere; for if thei that forsaken him that spak on the erthe, aschapideascapen a. not, myche more we that turnen awei fro him that spekith to vshim I. fro heuenes. Whos vois than mouyde the erthe, but now he aȝen bi|hetith, and seith, Ȝit onys and Y schal moue not oneli erthethe erthe Ka., but also heuene. And that he seith, Ȝit onys, he declarith the translacioun of mouable thingis, as of maad thingis, that tho thingis dwelle, that ben vnmouable. Therfor we res|seyuynge the kingdom vnmouable, haue we grace, bi which serue we plesynge to God with drede and reuerence. For oure God is fier that wastith.

 CAP. XIII.

The charite of britherhod dwelle in ȝou, and nyle ȝe forȝete hospitalite; for bi this summen plesiden to aungels, that weren resseyued to herborewe. Thenke ȝe on boundun men, as ȝe weren togidere boundun, and of trauelinge men, as ȝeȝour E. ȝe ȝou Ia. silf dwellingedwelliden k. in the body. `Wedding isWeddingis A et plures. in alle thingis onourable, and bed vn|wemmed; for God schal deme fornica|touris and auouterisauoutreris EIKQReghkoαβ.. Be ȝoure ma|neres withoute coueitise, apaied with present thingis; for he seide, Y schal not leeue thee, nether forsake, so that we seie tristily, The Lord is an helpere to me; Y schal not drede, what a man schal do to me. Haue ȝe mynde of ȝoure souereyns, that han spokun to ȝou the word of God; of whichewhom I. `biholde ȝebiholde K sec. m. ȝe biholdyng O. the goyng out of lyuyngelynage a., andOm. K sec. m. sue ȝe the feith of hem, Jhesu Crist, ȝistirdai, and to dai, he is also into worldis. Nyle ȝe be led awei with dyuerse `techingis, and straungeand straunge techingis R.. For it is best to stable the herte with grace, not with metis, whiche profitiden not to men wandringe in hem. We han an auter, of which thei that seruen to the tabernacletabernacle of the bodi A sec. m. EIQRe sec. m. gkα., han not power to ete. For of whiche beestis the blood is borun in for synne in to hooli thingis bi the bischop, the bodies of hem ben brent with out theOm. I pr. m. castels. For which thing Jhesu, that he schulde halewe the puple bi his blood, suffride with out the gate. Therfor go we outOm. k. to hym with out the castels, berynge his repreef. For we han not here a citee dwellynge, but we seken a citee to comynge. Therfor bi hym offre we a sacrifice of heriyng euere more to God, that is to seye, the fruyt of lippis knoulechinge toOm. R pr. m. his name. And nyle ȝe forȝete wel doynge, and comynyng; for bi siche sacrifices God is disserueddeserued R.. Obeie ȝe to ȝoure souereynssouereyns, or prelatis k., and be ȝe suget to hem; for thei perfitli waken, as to ȝeldinge resoun for ȝoure soulis, that thei do this thing with ioie, and not sorewinge; for this thing spedith not to ȝou. Preie ȝe for vs, and we tristen that we han good conscience in alle thingis, willynge to lyue wel. More ouer Y biseche ȝou to do, that Y be restorid the sunnere to ȝou. And God of pees, that ladde out fro deth the greet scheepherd of scheep, in the blood of euerlastinge testament, oure Lord Jhesu Crist, schape ȝou in al good thing, that ȝe do the wille of hym; and he do in ȝou that thing that schal plese bifor hym, bi Jhesu Crist, to whom be glorie in toto the a. worldis of worldis. Amen. And, britheren, Y preie ȝou, that ȝe suf|fre a word of solace; for bi ful fewe thingis Y haue writun to ȝou. Knowe ȝe oureȝoure ghk. brother Tymothe, that is sent forth, with whom if he schal come more hastili, Y schal se ȝou. Grete ȝe wel alle ȝoure souereyns, and alle hooli men. The britheren of Italie greten ȝou wel. The grace of God be with ȝou alle. Amen.

 Here endith the pistleepistle MO. to Ebrews, andand here Mbo. bigynneth the prologe on the Dedis of ApostlisFrom CIMQUXabchoα. Here endeth the pistel to Ebrewes; se now the prologe on the Dedis of Apostlis. K. Here endith the pistil to the Ebrwis, and bigyn|ith a prologe on the Deid of Postlis. g. No final rubric in AERek.. DEEDS OF APOSTLES. Here bigynneth prolog on the Dedis of ApostlisJeroms prologe on the Dedis of Apostlis. E. The prolog of the Deedis of Apostlis. N. Heere sueth the prolog on the Dedis of Apostlis. R. Prologe on Dedis of Apostlis. b. Prolog on Actus. c. No initial rubric in CMQTUXagho..

LUK of Antiochie ofOm. T. the nacioun of Sirie, whos preisyng is teld in the gospel, at Antioche he was a worthi man of leche craft, and afterward a disciple of Cristis apostlis, and suwede Poul, the apostle. He serued God in maidynhod with out blame; and whanne he was foure scoor ȝeerȝeeris c. eld and foure, he diede in BithynyeBethanie RTk. ful of the Hooli Goost. And heOm. K. thurȝ stiring of the Hooli Goost, in the coostis of Acaie wroot the gospel to feithful Grekis, and schewide the incar|nacioun of the Lord bi a trewe telling; and schewide also, that he was comun of the kynrede of Dauid. To him not without desert was ȝyue power to write the doyngisdedis b. doynge k. of apostlisthe apostlis CMRTUacfhko. in her minys|terie, that God beinge ful in God, whanne the sone of perdicioun was deed, and the apostlispostlis Ka. hadden maad her preier, thoruȝ lot of the Lordis eleccioun the noumbre of the apostlis were fulfillid; and also that Poul schulde ende the doyngis of theOm. EKNbeo. apostlis, whom the Lord hadde chosun, that long tyme wynside aȝenaȝenst T. the pricke. And to hem that redenredit T. redeth Uabf. and sechensechith CTUabf. God, he wolde schewe it bi schort telling, rather than schewe forth ony thing more lenger to hem that wla|tenwlatith NUabh. longe thingis; knowinge that it bi|houeth the tilier that worchith to ete of his owne fruytis. And he foond so miche grace of God, that not oneli his medicyne profitide to bodies, but also tothe Egα. to the I. soulis.

Here endith the prologJerom in his prologe on this book seith thus. Ca. Jerome here in his prologe seith this. KMUb. Jerome in his prolog on theese Dedis of Apostlis suynge seith al this. N. Jerom in his prolog on the Dedis of Apostlis seith al this. QXoα. Jerom in his prologe on Actus Apostolo|rum seith this. c. Here endith the prologe, and bygyneth the Deidis of Apostlis. g. Here eendith the pro|log on the Dedis of Apostlis. k. No final rubric in ETef.. Here biginneth Apostlis DedisFrom E. Dedis of Apostlis. A. Here bi|gynnen the Dedis of Apostlis. M. Here bigynneth the Apostlis Deedis. e. No initial rubric in CIKQRUXabcghko..CAP. I.

Theofle, first `Y madeymade b. made o. a sermoun of alle thingis, that Jhesu bigan to do and toOm. R pr. m. techeto do and teche; lest he were lijc to scribes and Fa|rises, of which he saith in re|preuinge hem in 23 co. of Mt. Thei seien and do not; forwhi to teche wel and to lyue yuele is noon other thing than to dampne himself bi his owne vois. til in to the day; of ascencioun. in which he comaundede bi the Hooly Gost to apostlis; that thei schul|den preche the gospel thourȝ al the world, in 16 co. of Marc. whiche he chees; bifore othere men, to the office of apostelhed. was taken up; fro erthe to he|uen, in his man|hed; for bi the Godhed which is nedliche euery where, it acordith not to him to go fro place to place. Lire here. ve., in to the daie of his ascen|cioun, inand Eg. which he comaundide bi the Hooli Goost to hise apostlis, whichewhom I. he hadde chosun; to whichewhom I. he schewide hym silf `alyueon lijf R. aftir his passioun, by many argumentis, apperinge to hem fourti daies, and spekinge of the rewme of Godof the reume of God; that is, of heuenly blisse. and he eet togidere; that is, Jhesu eet with the postlis, [ve] to whiche sittinge at the mete he aperide in the day of ascen|cioun, as Marc seith in the ende. not de|parte fro Jeru|salem; til thei weren maad able bi the Hooly Goost to puplische the gospel. baptisid in the Holy Gost; bi this baptym is vndirstonden the resseyuinge of the Holy Gost in visible singne, which is seid baptym bi figuratif speche; for the grace of the Holi Gost is seid anoynting, therfore the Glose of Raban seith here that in sum bookis it is thus, Ȝe schulen be anoyntid with the Holy Gost; but bi resoun and holy doctouris it is opin, that the postlis weren cristned in watir, as Crist tauȝte, in iij. co. of Joon. Lire here. v.. And he ete with hem, and comaundide, that thei schulden not de|parte froawey fro R. Jerusalem, but abide the bi|heest of the fadir, which ȝe herden, he seide, bi my mouth; for Joon baptiside in watir, but ȝe schulen be baptisid in the Hooli Goost, aftir these fewe daies. Therfor thei that weren come to gidere, axiden hym, and seiden, Lord, whether in this time thou schalt restore the king|dom of Israel? And he seide to hem, It is not ȝoure to knowe the tymes ether momentis, whiche the fadir hath put in his power; but ȝe schulen take the vertutake the ver|tu, etc.; that is, to preche stedfastly and speedly the gospel thourȝ al the world. Lire here. ve. of the Hooli Goost comynge fro aboue in to ȝou, and ȝe schulen be my witnessis in Jerusalem, and in al Judee, and Samarie, and to the vtmeste of the erthe. And whanne he had seid these thingis, in her siȝt he was lift vp, and a cloude resseyuede him fro her iȝen. And whanne thei biheelden hym goynge in to heuene, lo! `twei mentweyne I.twey men; that is, aungels in the licnesse of men. Lire here. Ve. what stonden, etc.; [as] if thei seien, Abide ȝe not, that Jhesu dwelle more bodili with ȝou, as he dide bi|fore. he schal come, etc.; that is, as he stiȝide in the fourme of manhed glo|riouse, so he schal come to deme. entrid, etc.; this is a figuratif speche, and singnefieth, that thei stoden first, and aftir|ward entrid in|to the soler. James the sone of Alfey; to the difference of the formere James, that was the sone of Zebedei. Judas the brother of James; to dif|ference of Ju|das the traitour. his bretheren; that is, cosins. noumbrid among us; that is, was oon of the twelue apostlis. gat the part of this seruice; that is, the dig|nite of apostle, not bi lot, but bi chesing of Crist, in 18 Co. of Math. and 6 Co. of Joon. he weldide, etc.; that is, maad to be weldid of othere, for he castide forth in the temple 30 pens, for which he had seeld Crist wickidly; by whiche pens the princis of prestis bouȝten a feeld for the sepulture of pilgrims, in the 28 Co. of Mt. an other; that is, Mathie. take the bi|schopricke of hym; that is, of Judas. Apo|stlehed is seid here bi|schopricke, wherfore bi|schopis ben seid the sucses|souris of apo|stlis, in 21 dis|tinccioun, Co. in novo. Lire here. v. stoden bisidis hem in white clothing, and seiden, Men of Galile, what stonden ȝe biholdinge in to heuene? This Jhe|su, which is takun vp `fro ȝou in to heuenein to heuene fro ȝou R., schal come, as ȝe seyn hym go|ynge in to heuene. Thanne thei turn|eden aȝen toin to R. Jerusalem, fro the hille that is clepid `the hilleOm. EI pr. m. Qgkα. of Olyuete, which is bisidis Jerusalem an halidaies iourney. And whanne thei weren entrid in to the hous, where thei dwelliden, thei wenten vp in to the solerether souping place K marg., Petir and Joon, Jamesand James R. and Andreu, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matheu, James of Alphei, and Symount Zelotes, and Judas of James. Alle these weren lastinglilastinge gk. contynuynge with o wille in preier, with wymmen, and Marie, the moder of Jhesu, and with hise britheren. In tho daies Petre roos vp ininto k. the myd|dil of the britheren, and seide; and ther was a company of men togidere, almest an hundrid and twenti; Britheren, it bihoueth that the scripture be fillid, whiche the Hooly Goost bifore seide bi the mouth of Dauith, of Judas that was ledere of hem that token Jhesu; and was noumbrid among vs, and gat a part of this seruyce. And this Judas hadde a feeld of the hire of wickidnesse, and heOm. O. was hangid, and `to-brastto-barste IKQck. to-barst in R. the myd|dil, and alle hise entrailes weren sched abrood. And it was maad knowun to alle men that dwelten in Jerusalem, so that the ilke feeld was clepid Achelde|mak in the langage of hem, that is, the feeld of blood. And it is writun in the book of Salmes, The abitacioun of hem be maad desert, and be ther noon that dwelle in it, and an other take his bi|shopriche. Therfor it bihoueth of these men, that ben gaderid togidere with vs in al the tyme, in which the Lord Jhe|su entride, and wente out among vs, and bigan fro the baptym of Joon til inOm. b. to the dai in which he was takun vp fro vs, that oon of these be maad a witnesse of his resurreccioun with vs. And thei ordeyneden tweynand thei or|deyneden tweyne; thei departiden these tweyne fro other dis|ciplis, not bi lot, but bi chesing, as excellentere in riȝtfulnesse and in experiense of the dedis of Crist. Thouȝ thei hadden chose these tweyne as ex|cellentere than othere, netheles thei wisten not whether of hem were worthiere to apostlehed; herfore thei besouȝten God|dis dom on this thing, bi send|ing of lottis. on Mathie; this Joseph was the cosyn of Crist, in 4 Co. of Mt.; but Crist settide Mathie bifore this Joseph, and shewide bi this, that men shulen not be auaunsid to offices of the chirche for kynrede. Lire here. ve., Joseph, that was clepid Barsabas, that was named Just, and Mathie. And thei preieden, and seiden, Thou, Lord, that knowist the hertis of alle men, schewe whom thou hast chosun of thesethe g. tweyne, that oon take the place of this seruyce and apo|stlehed, of which Judas trespasside, that he schulde go in to his place. And thei ȝauen lottis to hem, and the lot felde on Mathie; and he was noumbrid withwith the hk. enleuen apostlis.

 CAP. II.

And whanne the daies of Pentecostthat is, fifti K marg. Pentecost, either Witsontide R. weren fillid, alle the disciplis weren to|gidre in the same place. And sodeynli ther was maad a sown fro heuene, as of a greet wynde comynge, and it fillide al the hous where thei satensittinge; that is, dwellinge, for the postlis weren thanne in preier, which is not maad comunly in sit|tinge, but in kneeling, either stondinge. in diuerse lan|gagis; as the Glos seith here, the postlis spaken not oonly in di|uerse langagis, and vndir|stoden alle lan|gagis, but also whanne thei spaken in oo langage, what euer it was, alle that herden, of what euere di|uerse langagis thei weren, ech vndirstod his owne langage, bi Goddis vertu doinge this. religiouse men; that is, deuout in the worch|ing of God. Jewis; that is, thei of the lyn|age of Juda. proselytis; that is, conuersis fro hethennesse to the feith of Jewis. ve.. And di|uerseether dyuerseli departid K marg. tungis as fier apperiden to hem, and it sat on ech of hem. And alle weren fillid with the Hooli Goost, and thei bigunnen to speke diuersein dyuerse X sec. m. langagis, as the Hooli Goost ȝaf to hem forOm. R. to speke. And ther weren in Jerusalem dwellinge Jewis, religiouse men, of ech nacioun that is vndur heuene. And whanne this vois was maad, the multi|tude cam togidere, and theiOm. R pr. m. weren asto|nyed in thouȝt, for ech man herde hem spekinge in hishis owne k pr. m. langage. And alle weren astonyed, and wondriden, and seiden togidere, Whether not alle these that speken ben men of Galyle, and hou herden we ech man hisoure K sec. m. langage in which we ben borun? Parthiof Parthi IKQROαβ., and Medi, and Elamyte, and thei that dwellen at Mesopotami, Judee, and Capodosie, andOm. R. Ponte, and Asie, Frigie, and Pamfilie, Egipt, and the parties of Libie, that is aboueaboute Re. Sirenen, and `comelingis Ro|mayns,Romayns comelyngis R. and Jewis, and proselitis, men of Crete, and of Arabie, we han herd hem spekynge in oure langagis the grete thingis of God. And alle weren asto|nyed, and wondriden, `and seidenseiinge K sec. m. togi|dere, What wole this thing be? And othere scorneden, and seiden, For these men ben ful of must. But Petre stood with theOm. K pr. m. O. enleuene, and reiside vp his vois, and spak to hem, Ȝe Jewis, and alle that dwellen at Jerusalem, be thisthis thing a. knowun to ȝou, and with eris perseyue ȝe my wordis. For not as ȝe wenennot as ȝe gessen; bi er|rour. Ve. the thridde our; as if he seide, it is not ȝit our of eting and drinking, for thanne men bigynnen to ete comunly at the sixte our, either mydday, and moost the Jewis, that weren more atempre, for thei weren the worschiperis of God, and moost in Jerusalem, where this wor|schiping was in plente. Ve. in the laste daies; that is, in the daies of the newe testament, that ben seid the laste, for noon other testament schal come aftir this. Lire here. v., these ben dronkun, whanne it is the thridde our of the dai; but this it is, that was seid bi the prophete Johel, And it schal be in the laste daies, the Lord seith, Y schal helde out my spirit on ech fleischon ech man; that is, on Jewis and he|thene men, without differ|ence. Ve. either on ech man, whose herte schal be tendir at the maner of flesch, and not obstynat in synnes, as Rabi Salomon seith on Joel. For|sothe the hertis of apostlis weren tendre bi deuocioun, and disposid to the resseyu|ynge of the Holy Gost. ȝoure sones and ȝoure douȝtris; that is, the Hooly Gost schal be ȝouen indifferently to men and to wymmen; wherfore and in the day of Penticost, ether Witsuntid, wymmen weren with the apo|stlis, in 1. co. that resseyu|eden the Hooly Goost with hem; and in 21. co. Filip hadde foure douȝtris pro|fecyinge. V. schulen dreme meetels; that is, schulen haue Goddis reuelacioun in sleep, [Ve] and to perseyue tho, the soule is more disposid thanne, for the restinge of outermere wit|tis. on my ser|uauntis, etc.; for in the firste chirche the Hooly Goost was ȝouen ge|neraly bi set|ting on of the hondis of apo|stlis; and this is a visible singne to alle cristned; and ȝit he is ȝouen vnuisibly to alle cristned, if thei setten not lettinge. Lire here. v.; and ȝoure sones and ȝoure douȝtris schulen prophesie, and ȝoure ȝonge men schulen se visiouns, and ȝoure eldris schulen dreme sweuenes. And on my seruauntis and mynon myn R. Om. a. handmaidens in tho daies Y schal schedeheelde I. out ofOm. b pr. m. hoβ. my spirit, and thei schulen prophecie. And Y schal ȝyue grete wondris in heuene aboue, and signes in erthe bynethe, blood, and fier, and heete ofand C pr. m. X sec. m. a. smoke. The sunne schal be turned in to derk|nessisderknes hkβ., and the moone in to blood, bifor that the greet and the opyn dai of the Lord come. And it schal be, ech man which euere schal clepe to help the name of the Lord, schal be saaf. Ȝe men of IsraelJerusalem C., here ȝe these wordis. Jhesu of Nazareth, a man preued of God bifor ȝou bi vertues, and wondris, and tokenes, which God dide bi hym in the myddil of ȝou, as ȝe witen, ȝe turmentiden, and killiden hym bi the hoondis of wyckid men, bi counseil determynedether eendid K marg. and bi|takun bi the forknouwyng of God. Whom God reisideareiside k., whanne sorewis of helle weren vnboundun, bi that that it was impossible that he were holdun of it. For Dauid seith of hym, Y saiȝ afer the Lord bifore me euermore, for he is on my riȝthalf, that Y be not mouyd. For this thing myn herte ioiede, and my tunge made ful out ioye, and more ouere my fleisch schal reste in hopein hope; that is, certeyn abiding of ris|ing aȝen. for|sake my soule; departid fro the bodi. in helle; that is, in the resting place of seintis, that was in the hiȝere part of helle. neither thou schalt ȝeue; that is, suffre to be ȝouen. Ve. thin hooly; that is, my body halewid. to see corrup|cioun; that is, rotynge. V. with thi face; that is, with cleer siȝt of thi beeing, Ve. which siȝt the soule of Crist hadde, fro the firste moment of his crea|cioun. V. sched out this spirit that ȝe seen; in tungis of fier. and heren; in di|uerse langagis. The Lord; the fadir. seide to my Lord; that is, to his sone maad man. Ve. Sitte thou on my riȝthalf; that is, at the euennesse of the fadir bi the godhed, and in betere goodis bi manhed. V. til I putte; that is, with|outen ende. thin enemyes a stool; that is, hooliche so|get to thee, and this schal be in to the ende of the world, Ve. and whanne he schal ȝeue meede to goode men and peyne to yuele men. V. God; that is, al the Trinite. made him, etc.; in ioynynge the manhed of him to the kyndely sone of God, and in enhaunsinge him to the riȝtside of the fadir. crucifieden; bi ignoraunce as to the comune puple, and bi malice, as to the princis of prestis. v.. For thou schalt not leeue my soule in helle, nethir thou schalt ȝiue thin hooli to se corrup|cioun. Thou hast maad knowun to me the weies of lijf, thou schalt fille me inwith a. myrthe with thi face. Britheren, be it leueful boldli to seie to ȝou of the pa|triark Dauid, for he is deed and biried, and his sepulcre is among vs in to this dai. Therfore whanne he was a pro|phete, and wiste, that with a greet ooth God hadde sworn to hym, that of the fruyt of his leendeleendis cgk pr. m. schulde oon sitte on his seete, he seynge afer spak of the resurreccioun of Crist, for nether he was left in helle, nether his fleisch saiȝ cor|rupcioun. God reiside this Jhesu, to whom we alle ben witnessis. Therfor he was enhaunsid bi the riȝthoond of God, and thorouȝ the biheest of the Hooli Goost that he took of the fadir, he schedde out this spirit, that ȝe seen and heren. For Dauid stiede not in to he|uene; but he seith, The Lord seide to my Lord, Sitte thou on my riȝt half, til Y putte thin enemyes athe EIKQRbcghβ. stool of thi feet. Therfor moost certeynli wite al the hous of Israel, that God made hym bothe Lord and Crist, this Jhesu, whom ȝe crucefieden. Whanne thei herden these thingis, thei weren compunct in herte; and thei seiden to Petre and othere apostlis, Britheren, what schulen we do? And Petre seide to hem, Do ȝe penaunce, and eche of ȝou be baptisid in the name of Jhesu Crist, in to remis|sioun of ȝoure synnes; and ȝe schulen take the ȝifte of the Hooli Goost. For the biheest is to ȝou, and to ȝoure sones, and to alle that ben fer, which euer oure Lord God hath clepid. Also with othereOm. I. wordis ful many he witnesside to hem, and monestide hem, and seide, Be ȝe sauyd fro this schrewid generacioun. Thanne thei that resseyueden his word weren baptisid, and in that daiin that day; of Witsuntid. to ech soule; that is, to ech man. posses|siouns; that is, feeldis and vyners. sub|stauncis; that is, beestis and lijc thingis. encreesiden; to the noumbre of hem that weren saued bi taking of feith. Lire here. v. soulis weren encreessid, aboute thre thousinde; and weren lastynge stabli in the teching of theOm. b. apostlis, and inin the ER pr. m. gk. comynyng of the breking of breed, and in preieris. And drede was maad to ech man. And many wondris and signes weren don bi the apostlis in Jerusalem, and greet drede waswas maad K pr. m. in alle. And alle that bileueden weren togidre, and hadden alle thingis comyn. Thei selden possessiouns and catel, and departiden tho thingis to alle men, as it was nede to ech. And ech dai thei dwelliden stabli with o wille in the temple, and braken breed aboute housis, and token mete with ful out ioye and symplenesse of herte, and herieden togidere God, and hadden grace to al theOm. R. folk. And the Lord encreside hem that weren maad saaf, ech dai in to the same thinginto the same thing; that is, in to oonhed of teching of apo|stlis. Lire here. ve..

 CAP. III.

And Petre and Joon wenten vp in to the temple, at the nynthe our of preiyng. And a man that was lame fro the wombe of his modir, was borunbrouȝt R pr. m., and was leid ech dai at the ȝate of the temple, that is seid feir, to axe almes of men that en|triden in to the temple. ThisHe this I., whanne he say Petre and Joon bigynnynge to entre in to the temple, preyede that he schulde take almes. And Petre with Joon bihelde on hym, and seide, Biholde thou in to vs. And he biheelde in to hem, and hopide, that he schulde take sumwhat of hem. But Petre seide, Y haue nether siluer ne gold; but that that Y haue, Y ȝiue to thee. In the name of Jhesu Crist of Nazareth, rise thouOm. R. vp, and go. And he took hym bi the riȝthoond, and heuedelifte R. hym vp; and anoon hise leggisgroundis; that is, thies and leggis, on whiche the bir|then of the bodi restith. plauntis; either soolis, that is, the feet, in to the loweste part. Lire here. v. and hise feet weren sowdidsaddide K sec. m. togidere; and he lippide, and stood, and wandride. And he entride with hem in to the temple, and wan|dride, and lippide, and heriede God. And al the puple sai hym walkinge, and heri|ynge God. And thei knewen hym, that he it was that sat at almes at the feire ȝate of the temple. And thei weren fillid with wondryng, and stoniyngethat is, lesing of mynde, and reson, and lettyng of tonge K marg. stonyinge of mynde hkoβ., in that thing that byfelde to hym. But whanne thei sien Petre and Joon, al the puple ran to hem at theOm. a. porche that was clepid of Salomon, and wondriden greetli. And Petre siȝ, and answeride to the pu|ple, Men of Israel, what wondren ȝe in this thing? ether what biholden ȝe vs, as by oure vertue ethir power we maden this man for to walke? God of Abra|ham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob, God of oure fadris, hath glorified his sone Jhesu, whom ȝe bitraieden, and denyeden bifor the face of Pilat, whanne hewhanne he; that is, Pilat. demede; Jhesu, as innocent, Ve. to be delyuered. diden vnwit|inge; the princes that weren lettrid men, knewen first that Jhesu of Nazareth was Crist bihiȝt in the lawe and prophetis; and thei knewen this bi scrip|turis, that weren biforseid of Crist and his werk, as it was seid fulliere on 21 co. of Ma|theu, the erthe|tilieris seiden, this is the eir, etc. But for Jhesu bigun to preche opinly aȝens her vices, thei consceyu|eden enuie and hatride aȝens hym, and so the forseid knowing was distroied in hem; for the corrupcioun of affeccioun cor|rumpith the dom of resoun, and to encrees|ing of her ma|lis, thei dis|ceyueden the symple peple, and brouȝten in hem to axe the deth, in 27 co. of Matheu. Lire here. v. demede hym to be delyuered. But ȝe denyeden the hooli and the riȝtful, and axiden a mansleer to be ȝouun to ȝou. And ȝe slowen the maker of lijf, whom God reiside fro dethdeeth to lijf k., of whom we ben witnessis. And inOm. Ca. the feith of his name heȝhe C. hath confermyd this man, whom ȝe seen and knowen; the name of hym, and the feith that is bi him, ȝaf to this man ful heelthe in the siȝt of alle ȝou. And now, britheren, Y woot that bi vnwityng ȝe diden, as also ȝoure princis. But God that bifor telde bi the mouth of alle profetis, that his Crist schulde suffre, hath fillidfulfild K. fillid it R. so. Therfor be ȝe repentaunt, and be ȝe conuertid, that ȝoure synnes be don awei, that whanne the tymes of refreschingether kelyng K marg. schu|len come from the siȝt of the Lord, and he schal sende thilke Jhesu Crist, that is now prechid to ȝou. Whom it bihoueth heuene to resseyue, in to the tymes of restitucioun of alle thingis, which the Lord spak bi the mouth of hise hooli prophetis fro the world. For Moises seide, For the Lord ȝoure God schal reise to ȝou a profete, of ȝoure britheren; as me, ȝe schulen here hym bi alle thingis, what euer he schal speke to ȝou. And it schal be, that euery man that schal not here the ilke profete, schal be distried fro the puplethat is, fro the felauschipe of seintis. sones of prophetis; that is, nursch|id in the scrip|turis of hem. of testament; that is, of bi|heest. reiside; that is, schew|ide. Lire here. ve.. And alle pro|phetis fro Samuel and aftirward, that spaken, telden these daies. But ȝe ben the sones of prophetis, and of the testa|ment, that God ordeynede to oure fadris, and seide to Abraham, In thi seed alle the meynes of erthe schulen be blessid. God reiside his sone first to ȝou, and sente hym blessynge ȝou, that ech man conuerte hym from his wickidnesse.

 CAP. IV.

And whilewhan E. thei spaken to the puple, the preestis and magistratisthe magistrates a. of the tem|ple, and theOm. Ra. Saduceis camen vpon hem, and soreweden, that thei tauȝten the pu|ple, and telden in Jhesu the aȝenrisyng fro deth. And thei leiden hondis on hem, and puttiden hem in to wardeinto keping; that is, in pri|soun, for the our was passid thanne to lede hem to the dom. V. fyue thousind; with hem that weren conuertid bifore bi the preching of Petir; and bi this ther weren eiȝte thousind, and this semith the trewere weie. Lire here. ve. in to the morewe; for it was thanne euen|tid. But manye of hem that hadden herd the word, bileueden; and the noum|bre of men was maad fyue thousyndis. And amorewe it was don, that the princis of hemthe princes of hem, etc.; many men and grete weren gaderid togidere, that the postlis schulden be maad aferd herby, and be taken in her wordis. in the myddil and ax|iden; of diuerse partis, to make hem astonied. in what uertu, etc.; as if thei seiden, It is schewid opinly, that ȝe diden this bi wicch|craft; wherfore and this man that was curid, was hoolden with hem as partener of wycch craft. if we ben dem|ed; that is, for we ben drawen to the dom, as mysdoeris. in the good dede of a sijk man; that is, for the benefice of the curyng of hym. ȝe crucifieden; bi the kniȝtis of the cheef jus|tise, and this for ȝoure enuie and wickid|nesse. in this; that is, in the feith of this Crist. stondith hool; uereyly and not feyn|yngly. Lire here. v., and eldrethe eeldre EIQagkα. men and scribis weren gadirid in Jerusalem; and Annas, prince of preestis, and Caifas, and Joon, and Alisaundre, and hou ma|nye euere weren of the kynde of preestis. And thei settidensetten I. hem in the myddil, and axiden, In what vertue, ethereither alii. in what name, han ȝe don this thing? Thanne Petre wasOm. Kk pr. m. fillidfulfild K. with the Hooli Goost, andOm. Kk pr. m. seide to hem, Ye pryncis of the puple, and ȝe eldre men, here ȝe. If we to dai be demyd in the good dede of a sijk man, in whom this man is maad saaf, be it knowun to ȝou alle, and to al the puple of Israel, that in the name of Jhesu Crist of Nazareth, whom ȝe cru|cifieden, whom God reiside fro deth, in this this man stondith hool bifor ȝou. This is the stoonthe stoon; that is, Crist. of ȝou bildinge; that is, of ȝou prestis and techeris of the lawe, to whos offis it perteyn|eth to bijlde the puple in feith and ver|tues. Ve. in to the heed of the corner; ioyn|inge Jewis and hethene men togidere, as twey wallis in|to an holy chirche. helthe is not in eny othere; that is, bi eny other, for he aloone is mediatour of God and of men. neither othir name, etc.; that is, the thing signefied bi the name of Sauiour is not ȝouen to an|other man; for it is ȝouen to Crist aloone, that is God and man. Lire here. v., which was repreued of ȝou bildinge, which is maad in to the heed of the corner; and heelthe is not in ony othir. For nether other name vndur heuene is ȝouun to men, in which it bi|houeth vs to be maad saaf. And thei siȝen the stidfastnessestedfastnesse, etc.; for the apostlis weren not astonyed, neither weren maad aferd in eny thing. V. without lettris; and natheles thei aleggiden scripture. and idiotis; that is, symple men and of litel wit, either sotilte. Ve. wondriden; for thei knewen not the cause, that is, the anoyntyng of the Holy Gost, that techith of alle thing, in firste of Joon, ii. co. What schulen we do to these men? as if thei seiden, we moun not dampne hem to deth, nethir to presoun. V. the singne, etc.; that is, the myracle maad bi hem; and so in sleeing either presouning hem, we schulen rise al the puple aȝens us; thouȝ the princes and scribes saien the myracle so opin, thei bileeueden not, for her malice blindid hem; and therfore thei arettiden that dede to the vertu of fendis, as thei diden also the deedis of Crist, in ix. co. of Matheu. Lire here. Ve. manase we to hem; vndir the peyne of deth. speke noo more in this name; that is, of Jhesu of Nazareth. Lire here. v. of Petre and of Joon, forand whanne I. it was foundun that thei weren men vnlettrid, and lewid men, andOm. I. thei wondriden, andand thei I. knewen hem that thei weren with Jhesu. And thei siȝen the man that was helid, stondinge with hem, and thei myȝten no thing aȝenseie. But thei comaundiden hem to go forth with out the counsel. And thei spaken togidere, and seiden, What schulen we do to these men? for the signe is maad knowun bi hem to alle men, that dwel|lendwelliden I. at Jerusalem; it is opyn, and we moun not denye. But that it be no more pupplischid in to the puple, ma|nasse we to hem, that thei speke no more in this name to ony menman g.. And thei clepiden hem, and denounsiden to hem, that on no maner thei schulden speke, nether teche, in the name of Jhe|su. But Petre and Joon answeriden, and seiden to hem, If it be riȝtful in the siȝt of God to here ȝou rather than God, deme ȝe. For we moten nedis spekethat moten nedis speke; leuefully. that we han seyn; that is, the mi|raclis of Cristis rising aȝen and stiȝing in to he|uene. herd; of hooly aungels, that Jhesus schal come to the general dom. Lire here. v. tho thingis, that we han sayn and herd. And thei manassidenmanassiden hem a., and leften hem, and foundun not hou thei schulden punische hem, for the puple; for alle men clarifieden that thing that was don in that that was bifalle. For the man was more than ofOm. Egk pr. m. fourty ȝeerȝeer eeld k., in whichwhom I. this signe of heelthe was maad. And whanne thei weren delyuerid, thei camen to her felowis, and telden to hem, hou grete thingis the princis of preestis and the eldre men hadden seid to hem. And whanne thei herden, with oon herte thei reiseden vois to the Lord, and seiden, Lord, thou that madist heuene and erthe, see, and alle thingis that ben in hem, which seidist bi the Hooli Goost, bi the mouth of oure fadir Dauid, thi child, Whi hethen men gnastiden with teeth togidreOm. I., and theOm. R. puplis thouȝten veyn thingisthouȝten veyn thingis; a thouȝt is seid veyne, whanne the purpos is not had, but more the con|trarie. Ve. these hethene men and Jewis bileeueden to quenche the name of Crist bi his deth, but bi this his name was more en|haunsid and glorified; for at this deth su|ede his rysinge aȝen and stiȝ|inge into he|uene, the send|ing of the Hooly Goost, and the stedfast prech|ing of the apo|stlis. V. the kingis of erthe; that is, Eroude and Pilat; for Eroude was the prince of Gali|le, and Pilat was procura|tour [ether cheef gouern|our e] vndir the emperour of the lond of Judee. Ve. and princis; of Jewis. aȝens the Lord; God the fadir. to do; bi wickid wille on her part. thin hond; that is, thi power. thi counceil; that is, ordynaunce. deemeden to be don; bi moost pite and mersy on Goddis syde, and bi moost charite and obedyence on Cristis part, man and God. into the threten|yngis; of hem, that we be not mad aferd bi thoo. place was moued; to singnefie that her preier was herd, that is, that the glori|fyinge of Cristis name schulde not be lettid bi erthely powers, but that fynaly erthely powers schulden be maad soget to the ȝoc of Crist. And this was fillid, for the feith and name of Crist was encreesid moost in the tyme of persecuscioun of the chirche. Lire here. v.? Kyngis of theOm. I. erthe stoden nyȝ, and princis camen togidre `in toin CEIKMQRUabceghkoβ. oon, aȝens the Lord, and aȝens his Crist. For verili Eroude and Pounce Pilat, with hethene men, and puplis of Israel, camen togidre in this citee aȝens thin hooli child Jhesu, whom thou anoyntidist, to do thetho g sec. m. hkβ. thingis, that thin hoond and thi counsel demyden to be don. And now, Lord, biholdebiholde thou K. in to the thretnyngisthretingis X. thretenynge abo. of hem, and graunte to thi seruauntis to speke thi word with al trist, in that thing that thou holde forth thin hond, thatand a. heelthis and signes and wondris be maad bi the name of thin hooli sone Jhesu. And whanne thei hadden preyed, the place was moued, in which thei weren gader|id; and alle weren fillidfulfild K. with the Hooli Goost, and spaken the word of God with trist. And of alOm. ceteri. the multitude of men bileuynge was oon herte and oon wille; nether ony man seide ony thingisthing KMRXabcehoβ. of tho thingis that he weldide to be his owne, but alle thingis weren comyn to hem. And with greet vertu the apostlis ȝeld|iden witnessyng of the aȝenrysyng of Jhesu Crist oure Lord, and greet grace was in alle hem. For nether ony nedi man was among hem, for how manye euere weren possessourispossessiouneris EIKQghkα. of feeldis, ether of housis, thei seelden, and brouȝten the pricispriys EIQRghko. of tho thingis that thei seelden, and leiden bifor the feet of theOm. I. apostlis. And it was departid to ech, as it was nedenedy g. to ech. Forsothe Joseph, that was named Barsabas of apostlis, that is to seie, the sone of coumfort, of the lynage of Leuy, a man of Ciprea man of Cypre; that is, born at Cipre. hadde a feeld; thouȝ dekenes hadden not feeldis in Judee, natheles thei myȝten haue in another lond; Lire here. Ve. for in the tyme of Antiok, ei|ther of another tyraunt, the fadir and modir of this Barna|bas weren translatid to yle of Cipre, where thei myȝten leue|fully haue feeldis and sille thoo. Lire here. v., whanne he hadde a feeld, seelde it, and brouȝte the prijs, and leide it bifor the feet of apostlisthe apostlis bgo..

 CAP. V.

But a man, Anany bi name, with Sa|fira, his wijf, seelde a feeld, and defraud|idedefraudide; alle men of that felauschip bi|hiȝten to lyue without propir good, either synguler to a man himself. He liede to God, in appropering to himself a part of the prijs; he liede also to men, in seyinge that it was the prijs of the feeld. was gilty; sche and hir housbonde acordiden in maner of spek|ing and of an|swering of this silling, and to defraude of the prijs of the feeld; for whi to holde to him|self aloone that that is comune and preuely, is to defraude the comunte. V. dwelte not to thee; that is, bifore the auow. and it seeld, etc.; as if he seide, thou myȝtest sille, either hoolde stille the feeld, and do thi wille of the prijs, Lire here. Ve. and noo man constreyn|ede to make a vow, and entre into this co|munte. this thing; that is, the forseid gyle; for of the half of the prijs he wolde haue costis, as othere men, and of the tother half of the prijs he wolde lyue de|lygatly, either preuely. Lire here. v. ofOm. gk pr. m. the prijs of the feeld; and his wijf was witingeether gilty K marg.. And he brouȝte a part, and leide bifor the feet of theOm. X. apostlis. And Petre seide to hym, Anany, whi hath Sathanas temptid thin herte, that thou lye to the Hooli Goost, and to defraude of the prijs of the feeld? Whethir it vnseld was not thin; and whanne it was seld, it was in thi power? Whi hast thou put this thing in thin herte? Thou hast not lied to mennot lyed to men oonly, but also to God. seelden the feeld for so myche pris, and no more, as thin husbonde brouȝte in the comunte. ȝhe, for so myche; and no more. Lire here. v., but to God. Anany herde these wordis, and felde doun, and was deed. And greet drede was maad on alle that herden. And ȝonge men risenresiden C., and mouyden hym awei, and baren hym out, and biri|eden. And ther was maad asOm. K pr. m. a space of thre ouris, and his wijf knewe not that thing that was don, and entridesche entride k.. And Petre answerde to hir, Womman, seie to me, whether ȝe seelden the feeld for so mych? And sche seide, Ȝhe, for so mych. And Petre seide to hyr, What bifeldeether cam to gidere K marg. to ȝou, to tempte the spirit of the Lord? Lo! the feet of hem that han birieden thin hosebonde ben at the dore, and thei schulen bere thee out. Anoon sche felde doun at hise feet, and diede. And the ȝonge men entriden, and founden hir deed, and thei baren hir out, and birieden to hir hosebonde. And greet drede was maad in al the chirche, and inOm. R pr. m. toOm. c. alle that herden these thingis. And bi theOm. R pr. m. hoondis of theOm. c. apostlis signes and many wondris weren maad in the puple. And alle weren of oon acord in the porche of Salomon. But no man of othere durste ioyne hymsilf with hem, but the puple magnyfiede hem. And the multitude of men and of wym|men bileuynge in the Lord was more encreessid, so that thei brouȝten out sike men in to stretis, and leiden in litle beddis and couchis, that whanne Petre cam, nameli the schadew of hym schulde schadewe ech of hem, and thei schulden be delyuerid fro her syknessissijknesse A.. And the multitude of citees niȝ to Jerusalem ran, bryngynge sijk men, and that weren trauelid of vnclene spiritis, whiche alle weren heelid. But the prince of preestis roos vp, and alle that weren with hym, that is the eresye of Saduceis, and weren fillid with enuye; andand thei I. leiden hondis on the apostlis, and puttidenputten IR. hem in the comyn warde. But the aungel of the Lord openyde bi nyȝt the ȝatis of the prisoun, and ledde hem out, and seide, Go ȝe, and stonde ȝe, and spekespeke ȝe Rak. in the temple to the puple alle the wordis of this lijf. Whom whanne thei hadden herd, thei entriden eerli in to the temple, and tauȝten. And the prince of preestis cam, and thei that weren with him, and clepiden togidre the counsel, and alle the eldre men of the children of Israel; andand thei I. senten toin to gk pr. m. theOm. gk. prisoun, that thei schulden be brouȝt forth. And whanne the mynystris camen, foundenand founden IQUgkoα. thei founden K sec. m. MRX. hem not, and for the prisoun was openyd, thei turneden aȝen, and teelden, and seiden, We foundenhaue founden R pr. m. the prisoun schit with al diligenceOm. g pr. m. his wards g sec. m. hise diligense k., and the keperis stondynge at the ȝatis; but we opneden, and founden no man ther ynne. And as the maies|tratis of the temple, and the princisprince R. of preestis herden these wordis, thei dout|iden of hem, what was don. But a man cam, and teelde to hem, For lo! tho men whiche ȝe han put in to prisoun, ben in the temple, and stonden, and techen the puple. Thanne the magistratmagestrates R pr. m. k. wente with the mynystris, and brouȝte hem with out violenceether distresse K marg.; for thei dredden the puple, lest thei schulden be stonyd. And whanne thei hadden brouȝt hem, thei settidensetten I. hem in the counsel; and the princesprince A pr. m. CKRUabc pr. m. hoβ. of prestisthe prestis h. axidenaskide O. hem, and seiden, In comaundementin comaund|ing, etc.; that is, bi autorite of bischopis we forbediden. in this name; that is, in the name of Jhesu of Na|zareth. Lire here. v. we comaundiden ȝouto ȝou eg sec. m. ho pr. m., that ȝe schulden not teche in thisthe k pr. m. namename Jhesus gα. name of Jhesu k., and lo! ȝe han fillid Jerusalem with ȝoure teching, and ȝe wolen bringe on vs the blood of this man. And Petre an|sweridePetir aun|sweride; Petir aloone ȝaf that answere, and whanne it was ȝouen, the apo|stlis appreueden it as her owne. And the Glos entirlynarie, that seith here, that the postlis weren meued of feruour, and suffriden not oon to speke for alle, is not autentik, sithen it is a glose of sum maistir. with his riȝt|hond; that is, his uertu. of these wordis; that is, of rys|ing aȝen of Crist, of ascen|cioun, and of sending of the Hooly Goost. Gamalihel; Gamaliel, as the Glose seith, was a disciple of apostlis; na|theles preuy, that he schulde distroie the worste coun|ceils of Jewis. a Farise; in this, that he bi|leeuede the ris|ing aȝen, and a spirit, and an aungel, but not in suyinge the malice of Fari|sees. comaund|ide the men; that is, the po|stlis. Ve. that the sentence ȝouen for hem, ȝhe, in her ab|sence, schulde be more speed|ful. V. departe ȝee fro these men; that is, fro her perse|cuscioun. if this counceil is of men; that is, if the tech|ing of hem is feyned of men. Lire here. ve., and the apostlis, and seiden, It bihoueth to obeie to God, more than to men. God of oure fadris reiside Jhe|su, whom ȝe slowen, hangynge in a tre. God enhaunside with his riȝthond this prince and sauyour, that penaunce were ȝyue to Israel, and remyssioun of synnes. And we ben witnessis of these wordis, and the Hooli Goost, whom God ȝaf to alle obeischinge to him. Whanne thei herden these thingis, thei weren tur|mentid, and thouȝten to sle hem. But a man roos in the counsel, a Farise, Ga|maliel bi name, a doctour of the lawe, a worschipful man to al the puple, and comaundide the men to be put without forth for a while. And he seide to hem, Ȝe men of Israel, take tent to ȝou silf on these men, what ȝe schulen do. For bi|fore these daies Teodas, that seide hym silf to be sum man, to whom a noumbre of men consentidenconcentide RC., aboute foure hun|drid; which was slayn, and alle that bi|leueden to hym, werenwas R. disparplit, and brouȝt to nouȝt. Aftir this, Judas of Galilee was in the daies of professioun, and turnyde awei the puple aftir hym; and alle hou manye euere consentiden to hym, weren scatered, and he perisch|ide. And now therfor Y seie to ȝou, departe ȝeOm. K pr. m. fro these men, and suffre ȝe hem; for if this counsel ether werk isbe R pr. m. of men, it schal be vndon; but if it is of God, ȝe moun not vndofordo I. hem, lest per|auenture ȝe be foundun to repugne Godto God K sec. m. aȝen God k.. And thei consentiden to him; and thei clepiden togidere the apostlis, and de|nounsiden to hem, that weren betun, that thei schulden no more speke in the name of Jhesu, and thei leten hem go. And thei wenten ioiyngewenten ioy|inge, etc.; so that thei suffriden aduersitees not oonly paciently but also ioifully, and in this stondith the moost excellent degre of goostly strengthe. ceesiden not, etc.; in nothing thei weren aferd bi betyingis, but more hertid to preche Crist stronglyere. Lire here. v. fro the siȝt of the counsel, that thei weren had worthi to suffre dispisyng for the name of Jhe|su. But ech dai thei ceessiden not in the temple, and aboute housis, to teche and toOm. R pr. m. preche Jhesu Crist.

 CAP. VI.

But in tho daies, whanne the noum|bre of disciplis encreesside, the Grekis grutchiden aȝens the Ebrews, for that her widewis weren dispisiddispysid; that is, the Greek widewis, as more rude ei|ther boistouse, weren put awey of Ebreis, that tho schulden not mynystre; either that nes|cessaries weren not mynystrid so wel to Greek widewis, as to Ebrew widewis. Lire here. v. in euery daies mynystryng. And the twelue clep|iden togidere the multitude of disciplis, and seiden, It is not ryȝtful, that we leeuen the wordforsake the word; that is, the preching of Goddis word, for goostly thingis schulen be sett bifore temporal thingis. of good witnessing; that is, of good fame. fulle of the Hooly Goost and wisdom; as myche as . . . . . may appere by vtermere singnes. on this werk; that is, on the myn|ystracioun of temporal thingis. to preier; bi which we stiȝ|eth in to God. to the mynys|terie of the word; bi which . . . . . comyng doun to neiȝe|bore is maad, bi the maner of aungels stiȝ|ing and goyng doun in the laddre of Jacob. Steuene ful of feith; that is, of feithfulnesse, and therfore such office myȝte sykirly be bitaken to hym. a comy|ling; that is, conuertid fro hethennesse to the lawe of Jewis. Lire here. v. of God, and mynystren to boordis. Therfor, britheren, biholdechese Qgkα. ȝe men of ȝou of good fame, ful of the Hooli Goost and of wisdom, whichewhom I. we schulen ordeyne on this werk; for we schulen be bisi to preier, and precheto preche R. the word of God. And the word pleside bi|for al the multitude; and thei chesidenchesen a. Styuen, a man ful of feith and of the Hooli Goost, and Filip, and Procore, and Nycanor, and Tymon, and Parmanam, and Nycol, a comelyng, a man of Anti|oche. TheiThei; that is, thei hadden choose these men. thei preieden; that is, the postlis preieden. and puttiden hondis to hem; in ordringe hem into dekenes. of prestis; for myraclis whiche they sien opinly; natheles thei weren cristen preuyly, as Gamaliel, and for the same resoun. ful of grace; to worche wel. and strengthe; to suffre aduersitees. made wondris; to conferme the treuthe of cristen feith. Lyre here. V. ordeyneden these bifor theOm. Q. siȝt of apostlisthe apostlis Ra., and theiOm. R. preyeden, and leiden hoondis on hem. And the word of the Lord wexide, and the noumbre of theOm. CKMXbeo. disciplis in Jerusalem was myche multiplied; also mychea mich R. cumpany of preestis obeiedeobeishide Igk. to the feith. And Ste|uen, ful of grace and of strengthe, made wondris and grete signes in the puple. But summe rysenrisiden C. of the synagoge, that was clepid of Libertyns, and Cirenensis, and of men of Alisaundre, and of hem that weren of Cilice and of Asie, and disputiden with Steuene. And thei miȝten not withstonde the wisdom and the spirit, that spak. Thanne thei pri|ueli sentenpreuely sen|ten; that is, enformeden preuely and gilefully, to bere witnessing aȝens Steuene. Ve. the puple; that is, the co|munne puple. eldre men; that is, the grettere men of the pu|ple. scribes; that is, techeris of lawe. this man; thei namen not bi his propir name, for dispit and pride. ceesith not; as if thei seiden, he is a custumable blasfemere. V. saien the face of him, etc.; bi fairnesse and cleernesse ȝouen to him of God, to declaringe of his holynesse and innocence, that so thei schulden be withdrawen fro her malice, ei|ther be maad more dampna|ble. Lire here. ve. men, that schulden seie, that thei herden hym seiynge wordis of blas|femye aȝens Moises and God. And so thei moueden togidere the puple, and the eldre men, and theOm. k. scribis; and thei rannencamen a. togidre, and token hym, and brouȝten in to the counsel. And thei ordeyneden false witnessis, that seiden, This man ceessith not to speke wordis aȝens the hooli place, and the lawe. For we herden hym seiynge, That this Jhesus of Nazareth schal destrye this place, and schal chaunge the tradiciouns, whiche Moyses bitook to us. And alle men that seten in the counsel bihelden hym, and sayn his face as the face of an aungel.

 CAP. VII.

And the prynceprincis b. of prestis seide to Steuene, Whethir these thingis han hem so? WhichThe whyche I. seide, Britheren and fadris, here ȝe. God of glorie apperide to oure fadir Abraham, whanne he was in Me|sopotamie, bifor that he dwelte in Car|ram, and seide to hym, Go out of thi loond, and of thi kynrede, and come in to the loond, which Y schal schewe to thee. Thanne he wente out of the loond of Caldeis, and dwelte in Carram. And fro thens aftir that his fader was deed, he translatide him in to this loond, in which ȝe dwellen now. And he ȝaf not toOm. k. hym eritage in it, nethir a paas of aoo R. foot, but he bihiȝte to ȝyue hym it in to possessioun, and to his seed aftir hym, whanne he hadde not a sone. And God spak to hym, That his seed schal be com|lingether gest K marg. in an alien lond, and thei schulen make hem suget to seruage, and schulen yuel trete hem, foure hundrid ȝeris and thritti; and Y schal iuge the folk, to whichwhom I. thei schulen serue, seith the Lord. And after these thingis thei schulen go out, and thei schulen serue to me in this place. And he ȝaf to hym the testament of circumcisioun; and so he gendride Ysaac, and circumcididecircumcide b. hym in the eiȝteiȝtthe EIKcegoαβ. dai. And Isaac gendride Jacob, and Jacob gendride the twelue patri|arkis. And the patriarkis hadden enuye to Joseph, and selden hym in to Egipt. And God was with hym, and delyuerede hymOm. Q pr. m. of alle hise tribulaciouns, and ȝaf toOm. K pr. m. hym grace and wisdom in the siȝt of Farao, king of Egipt. And he ordeyn|ede hym souereyn on Egipt, and on al his hous. And hungur cam in to al Egipt, and Canaan, and greet tribula|cioun; and oure fadris founden not mete. But whanne Jacob hadde herd, that whete was in Egipt, he sente oure fadris first. And in the secounde tyme Joseph was knowun of hise britheren, and his kyn was maadOm. R pr. m. knowun to Farao. And Joseph sente, and clepide Jacob, his fadir, and al his kynrede, seuenti and fyue men. And Jacob cam doun in to Egipt, and was deed, heOm. Ak pr. m. and oure fadris; and thei weren translatid in to Sichen, and weren leid in the sepulcre, that Abra|ham bouȝte bi prijs of siluer ofand of gk pr. m. theOm. gk. sones of Emor, the sone of Sichen. And whanne the tyme of biheeste cam niȝ, which God hadde knoulechid to Abra|ham, the puple waxede, and multipliede in Egipt, til another kyng roos in Egipt, which knewe not Joseph. ThisAnd this k. bigilide oure kyn, and turmentide oure fadris, that thei schulden putte awey her ȝonge children, for thei schulden not lyue. In the same tyme Moyses was borun, and he was louyd of God; and he was no|rischid thre monethis in the hous of his fadir. And whanne he was put out in the flood, the douȝter of Farao took hym vp, and nurischide hym in to hir sone. And Moises was lerned in al the wisdom of Egipcians, and he was myȝti inand b. his wordis and werkisin hise werkis K.. But whanne the tyme of fourti ȝeerȝeeris R. was fillid to hym, it roos vp `in toin g pr. m. o. to k pr. m. his herte, that he schulde visite hise britheren, the sones of Israel. And whanne he say a man suffringe wronge, he vengide hym, and dide ven|iaunce for hym that suffride theOm. K pr. m. Rab pr. m. α. wronge, and heOm. Ib pr. m. killide the Egipcian. For he gesside that his britherenhe gesside that hise bri|thern; that is, Ebreus. ȝeuen to hem helthe; for God hadde enspyrid thanne to Moi|ses, that he schulde bi Moi|ses delyuere the puple fro the seruage of Egipt. And so he was ordeyn|ed thanne of God to be kepere and de|fendere of the puple; wher|fore he synnede not, in doinge that veniaunce. And this parti|cular delyuer|aunce was singne and fi|gure of the ge|neral delyuer|aunce of al the puple, that schulde be maad bi the hond of Moises, fourti ȝeer fro the tyme of his fleing fro Egipt. V. an angel ap|peride to him; it is seid in ȝ. co. of Exodi, that God apperide to him, in treuthe it was an aun|gel, as it is seid here, but for he representide the persone of God, and spac in the persone of God, therfore sum|tyme he is nemyd God, and sumtyme an aungel. Lire here. ve. schulden vn|durstonde, that God schulde ȝyue to hem helthe bi the hoond of hym; but thei vndurstoden not. For inOm. k pr. m. the dai su|ynge he apperide to hem chidinge, and he acordide hem in pees, and seide, Men, ȝe ben britheren; whi noyen ȝe ech othere? But he that dide the wronge to his neiȝbore, puttide hym awey, and seide, Who ordeynede thee prince and domesman on vs? Whethir thou wolt sle me, as ȝistirdai thou killidist theOm. I. Egipcian? And in this word Moises flei, and was maadOm. R pr. m. a comeling in the loond of Madian, where he bigat twei sones. And whanne he hadde fillid fourti ȝeer, an aungel apperide to hym in fier of flawmein fijer of flaume, etc.; the aungel ap|peride in the licnesse of fijer brennyng, but not wastinge, to singnefie that the puple of Is|rael schulde not be waastid in the tribulacioun of Egipt, but be purgid. vn|bynde [do of e] the schoon, etc.; it was the custom of elde men, and most of Ebreys, to entre not into hooly placis while thei weren schood. And Zarazenes usen this ȝit. Ve. with the hond; that is, power of the aungel, and so Moises was a mynystre ioyned to him. V. wordis of lijf; the ten heestis ben seid wordis of lijf, not for tho brouȝten lijf of grace iustefyinge, as it is seid in 4 co. to Romayns, A man is not iustified bi the werkis of lawe, Lire here. Ve. bi riȝtfulnesse that makith worthi to euerlasting lijf, thouȝ tho iustifieden bi temporal riȝtfulnesse; for thei that kepten the comaundementis, runnen not in to temporal deth, that was ȝouen to brekeris of the lawe. maden a calf; for thei constreyneden Aaron to make it. Lire here. v. of a buysch, in desert of the mount of Syna. And Moises siȝ, and wondride on the siȝt. And whanne he neiȝede to biholde, the vois of the Lord was maad to hym, and seide, Y am God of ȝoure fadris, God of Abraham, God of Ysaac, God of Jacob. Moises was maad tremblynge, and durste not biholde. But God seide to hym, Do ofether vnbinde K marg. the schoon of thi feet, for the place in which thou stondist is hooli erthe. Y seynge sayse k. the turmentyng of my puple that is in Egipt, and Y herde the mornyng of hem, and YOm. b. cam doun to delyuere hem. And now come thou, and Y schal sende thee in to Egipt. This Moises whom thei denyeden, seiynge, Who ordeynede thee prince and domesman on vs? God sentesende AC. this prince and aȝenbiere, with the hoond of the aungel, that apperide to hym in the busch. This Moises ledde hem out, and dide wondris and signes in the loond of Egipt, and in the reed see, and in desert fourti ȝeeris. This is Moises, that seide to the sones of Israel, God schal reise to ȝou a profete of ȝoure bretheren, as me ȝe schulen here him. This it is, that was in the chirche in wildirnesse, with the aungel that spak to hym in the mount ofOm. ceteri. Syna, and with oure fadris; which took words of lijf to ȝyue to vs. To whom oure fadris wolden not obeie, but puttiden hym awei, and weren turn|ed awei in hertisher hertis X sec. m. in to Egipt, seiynge to Aaron, Make thou to vs goddis, that schulen go bifore vs; for to this Moyses that ledde vs out of the lond of Egipt, we witen not what is don to hym. And thei maden a calf in tho daies, and offriden a sacrifice to the mawmet; and thei weren glad in the werkis of her hondis. And God turnedeGod turnede, etc.; that is, suffride hem to be turned, and to be taken of fendis, for the malice of the puple. to serue to the kniȝthod, etc.; it is not red, that this was don in the tyme in which thei weren in desert, but aftir that thei en|triden into the lond of biheest. in the book of profetis; that is, of 12. pro|fetis, which is oo book. Lire here. ve., andOm. k pr. m. bitook hem to serue to the knyȝthod of heuene, as it is writun in the book of profetis, Whether ȝe, hous of Israel, offriden to me slayn sacrificis, ether sacrificissacrifice K pr. m. sacrificis of oostis gkα., fourti ȝerisȝeer IQgk. in desert? And ȝe han take the tabernacle of Moloc, and the sterre of ȝoure god Renfam, figuris that ȝe han maad to worschipe hem; and Y schal translate ȝou in to Babiloyn. The ta|bernacle of witnessing was with oureȝoure gk pr. m. fadris in desert, as God disposide to hem, and spak to Moyses, that he schulde make it aftir the fourme that he say. Which also oure fadris token with JhesuJhesu, that was Josue C marg. Naue k sec. m. marg., and brouȝten in to theOm. K pr. m. possessioun of hethene men, whiche God puttide awey fro the face of oure fadris, til in toOm. EKQRbcegkoβ. the daies of Dauid, that fonde grace anentis God, and axideaskide O. that he schulde fynde a tabernacle to God of Jacob. But Sa|lomon bildide the hous `to hymOm. K pr. m.. But the hiȝ God dwellith not in thingis maad bi hoondthe hiȝe God dwellith not in thingis maad bi hond; for he is vncompre|hensible, and of goostly kinde; he seith this, to put awey the er|rour of summe Jewis, whiche gessiden that God dwellide in the temple, as a man dwell|ith in his hous. heuene is a seete to me; this is a figuratif speche, to singnefie that God is present euery where, in he|uene and in erthe; for he hath no mem|bris of body. Ve. what hous schu|len ȝe bilde to me; to dwelle in maner bifore seid; as if he seide, noon. What place of my resting; as if he seide, noon othir than I myself, for whi God rest|ith in himself, for he blisful bi himself, but oonly herto, that offringe of preiers and of sacrifices be maad there to God. V. with hard nol; that is, obstynat in soule. vncir|cumcidid hertis; fro vices and filthis. and eeris; fro blas|femyes and de|tracciouns. Ve. ȝe with stoden the Holy Goost; spekinge in Moises and pro|fetis. V. of the comyng of the iust; that is, of Crist, which is seid iust bi excellence. Lire here. Ve. whos traitouris; in tretinge with Judas. mansleeris; in procuringe his deth. Lire here. v., as he seith bi the profete, He|uene is a seete to me, and the erthe is the stool of my feet; what hous schulen ȝe bilde to me, seith the Lord, ether what place is of my restyng? Whether myn hoond made not alle these thingis? With hard nol, and vncircumcidid hertis and eris ȝe withstodenwithstonden Rk. eueremore the Hooli Goost; andOm. gk. as ȝoure fadris, so ȝe. Whom of theOm. I. profetis han not ȝoure fadris pursued, and han slayn hem that bifor telden of the comyng of the riȝtful man, whos traitouris and mansleeris ȝe weren now? Whiche token the lawe in ordynaunce of aungels, and han not kept it. And thei herden these thingis, and weren dyuersli turmentid in her hertis, andand thei I. grennedengryntiden ER. ether gnastiden K marg. grentyn K. with teeth on hym. But whanne Steuene was ful of the Hooli Goost, he bihelde in to heuene, and say the glorie of God, and Jhesu stondinge on the riȝthalfriȝt hond a. of the vertu of God. And he seide, Lo! Y se heuenes openyd, and mannus sone stondynge on the riȝt|half of the vertu of God. And thei cri|eden with a greet vois, and stoppidenether heulden togidere K marg. her eris, and maden with o wille anOm. IKa sec. m. assauȝta sauȝt I. ether feersnesse K marg. in to hym. And thei brouȝten hym out of the citee, and stonyden. And the witnessis diden of her clothis, bisidis the feet of a ȝong man, that was clepid Saule. And thei stonyden Steuene, that clepide God to help, seiynge, Lord Jhesu, resseyue my spirit. And he knelidehe knelide; that is, in prey|inge the manere schulde be de|uout. Ve. criede with greet vois; for it cam forth of gret desijr to the helthe of neiȝeboris. V. sette not to hem, etc.; in reseru|ynge euerlast|inge peyne to hem, but ȝeue verey penaunce to hem. Lire here. Ve. In summe bookis it sueth, for thei witen not what thei don, but this is not of the text, neither is in bookis amend|id; forsothe men namely for greet . . . . . weren more styrid bi wraththe, than bi yngno|raunce, and the yngnoraunce of many men was causid of malice bifore goinge, that is, for hater|hed and enuye aȝens Crist. Lire here. v., and criede with a greet vois, and seide, Lord, sette not to hem this synne. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, he diede.

 CAP. VIII.

But Saul was consentynge to his deth. And greet persecucioun was maad that daiin that dai; that is, in that tyme; for thilke persecu|scioun duride many daies. Lire here. ve. in the chirche, that was inat a. Jeru|salem. And alle men weren scatered bi the cuntrees of Judee and Samarie, ou|takun the apostlis. But good menmen dreed|ful; that is, dredinge God, among whiche Gamaliel was the principal, as it is seid in the legende of the fyndinge of the bodi of seint Steuene. ve greetly distroi|ede the chirche; and enforside to brynge it [to] nouȝt. drow in to kep|ing; that is, in to presoun; it is not seid that he killede, for as the Glose seith, God bi|fore kept hise hondis, that tho weren not defoulid with the blood of innocent men; and therfore as Austyn seith, God is so almyȝti and good, that of yueles he drawith out goodis; therfore of this persecuscioun he drow out the good of sowing abrood of Cristen feith. Lire here. Ve. Wherfore it sueth, therfore thei that weren scaterid, passid forth bi diuerse citees, euangelising the word of God to Jewis dwellinge in tho citees. Filip; this was Filip, the secunde dekene. Lire here. v. biri|eden Steuene, and maden greet mornyng on hym. But Saul greetli distruyede the chirche, and entryde bi housis, and drowedrouȝ out k pr. m. men and wymmen, and bitook hem in to prisoun. And thei that weren scaterid, passiden forth, prechynge the word of God. And Filip cam doun in to a citee of Samarie, and prechide to hem Crist. And the puple ȝaf tent to thes thingis that weren seid of Filip, with o wille herynge and seynge the signes that he dide. For manye of hem that hadden vnclene spirits, crieden with aOm. gkα. greet vois, and wenten out. And manye sijksijk men k. in the palsi, and crokid, weren heel|id. Therfor greet ioye was maad in that citee. But there was a man in that citee, whos name was Symount, a witche, that hadde disseyued the folc of Samarie, seiynge, that him silf was sum greet man. Whom alle herkeneden, fro the leest to the moost, and seiden, This is the vertu of God, which is clepid greet. And thei leueden hym, for long tyme he hadde maddidether wodid K marg. hem with his witche craftis. But whanne thei hadden bi|leued to Filip, `that prechideprechinge g sec. vice. k pr. m. of the kingdom of God, men and wymmen weren baptisid in the name of Jhesu Crist. And thanne also Symount him silf bileued; and whanne he was baptisid, he drouȝ to Filip; and he sai also that signes and grete vertues weren don, he was astonyed, and wondride. But whanne the apostliswhanne apo|stlis, etc.; this Filip was oonly a dekene, ther|fore thouȝ he miȝte cristene, he miȝte not set on hondis, either con|ferme, neither ȝeue the ȝifte of the Hooly Goost in singne visible; for whi this perteynede to the postlis; therfore bi|schopis aloone that ben suc|cessouris of the apostlis, in 21. distinccioun in novo testamen|to, setten on hondis, either confermen. Therfore Filip singnefiede to apostlis, that summe of hem schulden come in to Samarie, that thei schul|den fille that thing that per|teynede not to his offis. Lire here. ve. that weren at Jerusalem, hadden herd that Samarie hadde res|seyued the word of God, thei senten to hem Petre and Joon. And whanne thei camen, thei preieden for hem, that thei schulden resseyue the Hooli Goost; for he cam not ȝit in to ony of hemcam not ȝit in to eny of hem; that is, in singne visible, natheles he cam to hem vnuisibly, as also now in baptym. bap|tizide oonly in the name of the Lord Jhesu; not in exclud|inge othere persoones in the Trinite, for tho ben enclos|id in the name of Jhesu, but in excludinge this, that thei hadden not resseyued the setting on of hondis. Lire here. v., but thei weren baptisid oonli in the name of the Lord Jhesu. Thanne thei leiden hoondis on hem, and thei resseyueden the Hooli Goost. And whanne Symount hadde seyn, that the Hooly Goost was ȝouun bi leiyng on of theOm. EIQR ghkoαβ. hoondis of the apostlis, and he proferide to hem mo|ney, and seide, Ȝyue ȝe also to me this power, that whomto whom K sec. m. on whom R sec. m. euere Y schal leyeput k. on mynOm. gk. hoondis, that he resseyue the Hooli Goost. But Petir seide to hym, Thi money be with thee into perdicioun, for thou gessidistgessist kβ. thethat the I sec. m. ȝifte of God schulde be had for monei. Ther is no part, ne sort to thee, in this word, for thin herte is not riȝtful bifor God. Ther|for do thou penaunce for this wickid|nesse of thee, and preie God, if perauen|ture this thouȝt of thin herte be forȝouun to thee. For Y se that thou art in the gall of bitternesse and in the boond of wickidnesse. And Symount answeride, and seide, Preie ȝe for me to the Lord, that no thing of these thingisOm. O. that ȝe han seid, com onto a. me. And thei witness|iden, and spaken the word of the Lord, and ȝeden aȝen to Jerusalem, and prech|iden to many cuntrees of Samaritans. And an aungel of the Lord spak to Filip, and seide, Ryse thou, and go aȝens the south, to the weie that goith doun fro Jerusalem in to Gasa; this is desert. And he roos, and wente forth. And lo! a mana man; bi this that it is seid a man, it is singnefied that he is not seid a gelding, but kitting of membris able to gendring, but of chastite and onest of vertues. for to worschipe in Jerusalem; for many hethene came of deuo|cioun for to worschipe God in Jerusalem, in xii. co. of Joon; ether in hap this man was conuertid fro hethenesse to the feith of Jewis. as a scheep he was ledde to sleeing; whanne he with oo word myȝte cast doun alle his aduersaries, he suffride himself to be led to sleeing. and as a lomb, etc.; for he ȝeldide not wrongful wordis for wrongis; whanne he was accusid falsly bifore Pilat, he was felle, in xxvii. co. of Mt. in meeknesse his dom was taken vp; in liii. co. of Isaie, thus he was taken fro an|guishe and dom, that is, fro anguisch of deth, and fro dom, bi which alle men that diȝeden, weren holden bi God|dis sentense in helle; he was taken up bi power of his rising aȝen; and in the same manere this lettre schal be expounned. in mekenesse; that is, bi deeth which he suf|fride meekely in manhed taken. his dom; that is, Goddis sentence, that was his, in as myche as he is God. was taken up; for whanne Crist roos aȝeen, hooly men that weren withholden in helle, weren taken up fro thennes. who schal telle out the generacioun of hym; that is, the multiplying of feithful men, that ben gendrid aȝen in Crist by baptym. Lire here. v. of Ethiopie, a myȝti man seru|aunt, a ȝelding of Candace, the queen of Ethiopiens, which was on alle her rich|essis, cam to worschipe in Jerusalem. And he turnede aȝen, sittinge on his chare, and redinge Isaie, the profete. And the spirit seide to Filip, Neiȝe thou, and ioyne thee to this chare. And Filip `ran toran Cb pr. m. cam a., and herde hym redynge Ysaie, the prophete. And heOm. a. seide, Gessist thou, whether thou vndirstondist, what thingis thou redist? And he seide, How may Y, if no man schewe to me? And he preiede Filip, that he schulde come vp, and sitte with hym. And the place of the scripture that he redde, was this, As a scheep he was led to sleyng, and as a lomb bifor a man that scherithschere Abcoβ. him is doumb with out vois, so he open|yde not his mouth. In mekenesse his dom was takun vp; who schal telle out the generacioun of hym? For his lijf schal be takun awei fro the erthe. And the gelding answeride to Filip, and seide, Y biseche thee, of `what profetewhom K pr. m. seith he this thing? of him silf, ethiror Eb. of onyan k sec. m. othere? And Filip openyde his mouth, and bigan at this scripture, and prechide to him Jhesu. And theOm. I. while thei wenten bi the weie, thei camen to a water. And the gelding seide, Lo! wa|tir; who forbedith me to be baptisid? And Filip seide, If thou bileuest of al thethin b. herte, it is leueful. And he answer|ide, and seide, Y bileue that Jhesu Crist is the sone of God. And he comaundide the chare to stonde stille. And thei wenten doun bothe into the watir, Filip and the gelding, and Filip baptiside hym. And whanne thei weren come vp of the watir, the spirit of the Lord rauyschide Filip, and the gelding say hym no moremore; but he wente in his weie ioying A sec. m. marg. more; and he wente in his weye ioiynge R. more [and he wente ioyinge bi his weye] β.. And Filip was foundun in Azotus; and he passide forth, andand he a. prechide to alle citees, til he cam to Cesarie.

 CAP. IX.

But Saul, ȝit a blowerbrether, or a blower K.a brethere, ei|ther a blowere, of manaasis; that is, kind|linge in him|self and othere men bi the greet wynd the fijer of perse|cuscioun aȝens hooly chirche. of manaasis; that is, with dispitouse wordis. and of beting; that is, with betingis and turmentis. aȝens disciplis; that is, aȝens men bileeuynge in to Crist, that weren seid thanne disci|plis, for thei weren not ȝit nemed Cristene men. cam nyȝ to the prince; he was not clepid herto, but he profride hymself, and was enflaumed with wille of anoyinge. axide of him epistlis; that bi autorite he myȝte more anoie feithful men. in to Da|mask; that he schulde pursue there feithful men, as he hadde do in Jerusalem. Lire here. v. of manassis and of betingis aȝens the disciplis of the Lord, cam to the prince of preestis, and axide of hym lettris in to Damask, to the synagogis; that if he fond ony men andor R. wymmen of this lijf, he schulde lede hem boundun to Jerusalem. And whanne he made his iourney, it bifelde, that he cam nyȝ to Damask. And su|denli a liȝt from heuene schoon aboute hym; and he fallidefelde plures. fel IMR. to the erthe, and herde a vois seiynge to hym, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou mewhat pursuest thou me; in my membris, whiche Saul pursuede, and not Crist in his propir persone, that was glori|ouse and sat at the riȝthalf of the fadir. to kike, etc.; that is, aȝenstonde him that is strongere than thou withouten comparisoun. Ve. tremblide and wondride; of Cristis power knowen, whom he bileeuede not bifore for to rengne in heuene, but more to be dampned as a fals prophete. Lord, what wolt thou; as if he seide, fro this tyme forth, I am redy to obeie to thee in alle thingis. V. thei herden a vois; that is, the vois of Poul, but not of Crist, Ve. that spac with Poul, in 22 co. withinne; and therfore thei stood astonied. Lire here. v.? And he seide, Who art thou, Lord? And he seide, Y am Jhesu of Nazareth, whom thou pur|suest. It is hard to thee, to kike aȝens the pricke. And he tremblide, and won|dride, and seide, Lord, what wolt thou that Y do? And the Lord seide to hym, Rise vp, and entre in to the citee, and it schal be seide to thee, what it bihoueth thee to do. And tho men that wenten with hym, stoden astonyed; for thei herden a vois, but thei sien no man. And Saul roos fro the earth; and whanne hise iȝen weren opened, he say no thing. And thei drowen hym bi the hondis, and ledden hym in to Damask. And he waswas there K sec. m. thre daies not seyngenot seeing; bi bodily siȝt, but he siȝ bi goostly siȝt, either bi siȝt of soule. For as doctouris seien comunly, in tho thre daies he was rauyschid til to the thridde heuene, and hadde that excellent reue|lacioun, in 2. pistle to Cor. 12 co. he eet not, neither drank; he was susteyned bi that visioun, as also Moises was xl. daies in the hil. Lire here. ve.; `and he eete notneither he eet R., nether drank. And a disciple, Ananye bi name, was at Da|mask. And the Lord seide to hym in `a visiounsleep Qgk., Ananye. And he seide, Lo! Y, Lord. And the Lord seide to hym, Rise thou, and go in to a streete that is clepid Rectus; and seke, in the hous of Judas, Saul bi name of Tharse. ForOm. C. loOm. a.! he preieth; and he sayhe say; bi the reuelacioun of God. puttinge to him hondis; this setting on of hondis was not lijc that, of which it is seid of the chapitre bifore goinge, that bi the setting on of hondis of apostlis the Hooly Goost was ȝouen in sensible singne; but this settinge on of hondis here was to bodily heelthe, as seint Laurence puttide hondis on blynde men, and thei resseyueden siȝt. Lire here. v. a man, Ananye bi name, entringe and leiynge on hym hoondis, that he resseyue siȝt. And Ananye answerde, Lord, Y haue herd of many of this man, how greete yuelisyuel a. he dide to thi seyntis in Jerusalem; and this hath power of the princisprince b. of preestis, to bynde alle men that clepen thi name to helpe. And the Lord seide to hym, Go thou, for this is to me a vessel of chesing, that he bere my name bifore hethene men, and kingis, and toforebifore EKR. the sones of Israel. For Y schal schewe to hym, how grete thingis it bihoueth hym to suffre for my name. And Ananye wente, and entride in to the hous; and leide on hym his hondis, and seide, Saul brothir, the Lord Jhesu sente meme to thee k., that apperide to thee in the weie, in which thou camest, that thou se, and be ful|fillid with the Hooli Goost. And anoon as the scalis felden fro hise iȝen, he res|seyuede siȝt. And he roos, and was bap|tisid. And whanne he hadde takun mete, he was coumfortid. And he was bi sum daies with the disciplis, that weren at Damask. And anoon he en|tride in to the synagogis, and prechide the Lord Jhesu, for this is the sone of God. And alle men that herden hym, wondriden, and seiden, Whether this is not he that impugnede in Jerusalem hem that clepiden to help this name? and hidir he cam for this thing, that he schulde leede hem boundun to the princis of preestis? But Saul myche morethe more EIKQRbceghkoαβ. wex|ede strong, and confoundide the Jewis that dwelliden at Damask, and affermyde that this is Cristthis is Crist; that is, Jhesu of Nazareth is Crist ueryly bihiȝt in the lawe and pro|phetis; and he declaride this bi the scripturis of the elde tes|tament, which he lerned first of Gamaliel, Ve. afterward myche perfit|liere of God lyȝtnynge hym. whanne many daies weren fillid; that passide fro the dayes of Saule til to his com|yng aȝen fro Arabie in to Damask. Lyre here. V.. And whanne manye daies weren fillid, Jewis maden a coun|sel, that thei schulden sle hym. And the aspies of hem weren maad knowun to Saul. And thei kepten the ȝatis dai and niȝt, that thei schulden sle him. But hise disciplis token hym bi nyȝt, and delyuereden hym, and leeten him doun in a leep bi the wal. And whanne he cam in to Jerusalem, he assaiede to ioyne hym to the disciplis; and alle dredden hym, andand thei I. leueden not that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took, and ledde hym to the apostlis, and telde to hem, how in the weie he hadde seyn the Lord, and that he spak to hym, and hou in Damask he dide tristili in the name of Jhesu. And he was with hem, and entride, and ȝede out ininto k. Jerusalem, and dide tristili in the name of Jhesu. And he spak with hethene men, and disputide with Grekisdisputide with Greekis; these weren Jewis born in the lond of Grekis, bi the scatering of Jewis mad in the tyme of king Antyoke; Lire here. Ve. and this dis|putinge was in Jerusalem, as the text schew|ith, thouȝ the magistral Glose here seith, that it was in the weye in goinge toward Sirie and Cilicie. Therfore it is litil to charge of this Glose. Lire here. v.. And thei souȝten to sle hym. Which thing whanne theOm. k. bri|theren hadden knowe, thei ledden hym bi nyȝt to Cesarie, and leten hym go to Tarsis. And the chirche bi al Judee, and Galilee, and Samarie, hadde pees, and was edefied, and walkide in the drede of the Lord, and was fillid with coumfort of the Hooli Goost. And it bifelde, that Petre, the while he passide aboute allethat Petir while he pass|ide aboute alle; men bileeuynge in to Crist that dwelliden in diuerse placis of Jude. And Petir as a good schepheerde ran aboute to conferme hem in the feith. cam to the holy men; that is, bileeuing in to Crist, that ben halewid bi bap|tym. V. Tabi|ta; thus sche was clepid in Ebreu. it is seid Dorcas; in Greek word, wherinne Luk wroot this book, and euer either name in Latyn singnefieth a capret either a doo. which Dorcas made to hem; that is, maad to be maad to hem at her costis, as to the cloth and furre. Lire here. ve., cam to the hooli men that dwelliden at Lidde. And he foond a man, Eneas bi name, that fro eiȝte ȝeer heOm. KQO. hadde leie `in bedbeedrede E.; and he was sijk in palsythe palesie k.. And Petre seide to hym, Eneas, the Lord Jhesu Crist heele thee; rise thou, and arayeether dresse, ether make reedy K marg. thee. And anoon he roos. And alle men that dwelten at Lidde, and at Sarone, saien hym, whiche weren conuertid to the Lord. And in Joppe was a disciplesse, whos name was Tabita, that is to seie, Dorcas. This was ful of good werkis and almesdedis, that sche dide. And it bifelde in tho daies, that sche was sijk, and diede. And whanne thei hadden waischun hir, thei leiden hir in a soler. And for Lidda was nyȝ Joppe, the disciplis herden that Petre was thereynne, andand thei I. senten twei men to hym, and preieden, That thou tarie not to come to vs. And Petre roos vp, and cam with hem. And whanne he was comun, thei ledden hym in to the soler. And allealle the I sec. m. widewis stoden aboute hym, wepynge, and schewynge cootis and clothis, which Dorcas made to hem. And whanne alle men weren put with out forth, Petre knelide, and preiede. And he turnede to the bodi, and seide, Tabita, risearise k. thou. And sche openyde hir iȝen, and whanne sche siȝ Petre, sche sat vp aȝenOm. R pr. m.. And he took hir bi the hond, and reiside hir. And whanne he hadde clepid the hooli men and widewis, he assignede hir alyue. And it was maadOm. k pr. m. knowun bi al Joppe; and many bileueden in the Lord. And it was maad, that many daies he dwellide in Joppe, at oon Symount, a curiour.

 CAP. X.

AAnd a gk. man was in Cesarie, Cornelie bi name, a centurienthat is, a man hauyng C. knyȝtis vndir hym K marg. of the cumpanye of knyȝtis, that is seid of Italie; a religious mana religious man; in wor|schiping oo God, as many hethen men doon, that han not the lawe of Moises. to the puple; that is, to the poore Jewis. prey|inge to the Lord euermore; that is, in alle tymes able herto, that the Lord schulde dresse him in to the weie of heelthe. Doctouris seien comunly bi this place, that if a panym turneth him to biseche verey God, the firste cause of alle thingis, in preyinge that God dresse him to his heelthe, if he kepith himself fro synnes, God schal schewe to hym of Cristen feith, as myche as is needful to helthe, either God schal sende a techere to hym. Lire here. ve., andOm. gk pr. m. dredinge the Lord, with al his meyne; doynge many almessis to the puple, and preynge the Lord euere more. This say in a visioun opinli, as in the nynthe oure of the dai, an aungel of God entringe in to hym, and seiynge to hym, Cornelie. And he bihelde hym, and was a dred, and seide, Who art thou, Lord? And he seide to hym, Thi preieris and thin almesdedis han stied vp in to mynde, in the siȝt of the Lord. And now sende thou men in to Joppe, and clepeclepe thou b. oon Symount, that is named Petre. ThisHe this I. is herborid at a man Sy|mount, curiour, whos hous is bisidis the see. This schal seie to thee, what it bihoueth thee to do. And whanne the aungel that spak to hym, was gon awei, he clepide twei men of his hous, and a knyȝt that dredde the Lord, whiche weren at his bidding. And whanne he hadde told hemto hem a. alle these thingis, he sente hem in to Joppe. And on the dai suynge, whilethe while k. thei maden iournei, and neiȝeden to the citee, Petre wente vp in toOm. A pr. m. g. theOm. k pr. m. hiest place of the hous to preie, aboute the sixte our. And whanne he was hungrid, he wolde haue ete. But while thei maden redi, a rauysching of spiritthe spirit K.an exces of soule; that is, rauisching fro vttermere wittis. V. he say; bi yma|ginarie siȝt. Ve. as a greet scheete; the scripture seith, as a scheete, for al was in ymaginarie siȝt. V. alle foure footid beestis; that is, vnclene beestis, bi the lawe of Moises; bi whiche beestis weren vndirstonden hethen men, whiche the Jewis wlatiden as vnclene men, neither comun|eden with hem. goostly bi foure footid beestis ben vndir|stoden auerouse men; bi creep|inge thingis, ben vndir|stonden men ful of uenym of enuie; and bi volatilis, ben singnefied proude men. slee; in slee|ing vices in hem. ete; in makinge hem membris of hooly chirche bi feith and sacramentis. Lyre here. ve. felde onvp on R. hym; and he say heuene openyd, and a vessel comynge doun, as a greet scheet with foure corneriscordis R., to be lette doun fro heuene in to erthe, in which weren alle foure footid beestis, and crepinge of the erthe, and volatilis of heuene. And a vois was maad to hym, Rise thou, Petre, and sle, and ete. And Petre seide, Lord, forbede, for Y neuer ete ony comun thing and vnclene. And eft the secounde tyme the vois was maad to him, That thing that God hath clens|id, seye thou not vnclene. And this thing was don bi thries; and anoon the vessel was resseyued aȝenaȝen into heuen A sec. m. Q sec. m. Xa sec. m. αβ.. And while that Petre doutide with ynne hym silf, what the visioun was that he say, lo! the men, that weren sent fro Corneli, souȝten the hous of Symount, and stoden at the ȝate. And whanne thei hadden clepid, thei axiden if Symount, that is named Petre, hadde there herbore. And while Petre thouȝte on the visioun, the spirit seide to hym, Lo! thre men seken thee. Therfor ryse thou, and go doun, and go with hem, and doute thou no thing, for Y sente hem. And Petre cam doun to the men, and seide, Lo! Y am, whom ȝe seken; what is the cause, for which ȝe ben come? And thei seiden, Cornelie, the centurien, a iust man, and dredinge God, and hathhauynge R. good witness|yng of alle the folc of Jewis, took aun|swere of an hooli aungel, to clepe thee in to his hous, and to here wordis of thee. Therfor he ledde hem innein to k sec. m., and resseyuede in herbore; and that nyȝt thei dwelliden with hym. And in the dai suynge he roos, and wente forth with hem; and sum of the britherensumme of britheren; that is, bileeuinge in Crist, that weren Jewis. This that is added in summe bookis, that thei be wit|nesse to Petir, is not of the text, neither is had in book is amendid; but first it was a gloos entirly|narie, and aftir|ward it was set in the text bi ignoraunce of writeris, as in many other placis of the olde and newe testament. Lire here. v. folewiden hym fro Joppe, that thei be witnessis to Petre. And the othertother CEKRXbeoβ. dai he entride in to Cesarie. And Cornelie abood hem, with hise cousyns, and ne|cessarie freendis, that weren clepid to|gidere. And it was don, whanne Petre was come ynne, Corneli cam metynge hym, and felle doun at hise feet, and worschipide him. But Petre reiside hym, and seide, Aryse thou, also Y my silf am a man, as thou. And he spak with hym, and wente in, and foonde many that weren come togidere. And he seide to hem, Ȝe witen, how abho|mynable it is to a Jewe, to be ioyned ether to come to an alien; but God schewide to me, that no man seye a man comynto be comyn k., ethir vnclene. For which thing Y cam, whanne Y was clepid, with out douting. Therfor Y axe ȝou, for what cause han ȝe clepid me? And Cornelie seide, To dai foure daies in to this our, Y was preiynge and fastynge in the nynthe our in myn hous. And lo! a man stood bifore me in a whijt cloth, and seide, Cornelie, thi preier is herdyherd a., and thin almesdedis ben in mynde in the siȝt of God. Therfor sende thou in to Joppe, and clepe Symount, that is named Petre; this is herborid in the hous of Symount coriour, bisidis the see. ThisHe this I., whanne he schal come, schal speke to thee. Therfor anoon Y sente to thee, and thou didist wel in comynge to vs. `Now therforTherfore now Igk. we alle ben present in thi siȝt, to here the wordis, what euer ben comaundid to thee of the Lord. And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no acceptor of persoones; but in eche folk he that dredith God, and worchith riȝtwisnesse, is accept to hym. God sente a word to the children of Israel, schew|inge pees bi Jhesu Crist; this is Lord of alle thingis. Ȝe witen the wordthe word; that is, the thing singnefied bi word. Jhesu of Nazareth; that is, that Jhesu cam to preche heelthe. hou God anoyntide him; that is, Jhesu, in mankinde. with the Holy Gost; that is, with the ful|nesse of grace, and uertu in worching of miraclis, in whiche the manhed of Crist was an instrument ioyned to the godhed. Lyre here. ve. that is maadymaad a. thoroubi K sec. m. al Judee, and bigan at Galile, aftir the baptym that Joon prech|ide, Jhesu of Nazareth; hou God anoynt|ide hym with the Hooli Goost, and ver|tu; which passide forth in doynge welwhich pass|id forth in doinge wel, as to enfoormyng of uertues, and curing of sijke men, oppresid of the deuel, in soule and body. for God was with him; bi fulnesse of uer|tu, and bi oon|yng of persoone to the kyndely sone of God. Lire here. v., and heelynge alle men oppressid of the deuel, for God was with hym. And we ben witnessis of alle thingis, whichethat R. he dide in the cuntrei of Jewis, and of Je|rusalem; whom thei slowen, hangynge inon a. a tre. And God reiside this in the thridde dai, and ȝaf hymto him EIgkα. to be maad knowun, not to al puplethe peple k., but to wit|nessis bifor ordeyned of God; to vs that eeten and drunken with hym, after that he roos aȝen fro deth. And he co|maundide to vs to preche to the puple, and to witnesse, that he it is, that is ordeyned of God domesman of the quyk and of deedethe dede C et alii.domesman of quyke and deede men; that is, of iust men, that lyuen bi lijf of grace, and of wickid men, that ben deed bi deth of synne. alle pro|phetis beren witnessing; as if he seide, not oonly we ben witnessis of him, but also alle elde pro|phetis enspirid of God, beryn witnessing to him. Lire here. ve.. To this alle prophetis beren witnessing, that alle men that bi|leuen in hym, schulen resseyue remys|sioun of synnes bi his name. And ȝit while that Petre spak these wordis, the Hooli Goost felde on alle that herden the word. And the feithful men of circum|cisioun, that camen with Petre, won|driden, that also in to naciouns the grace of the Hooli Goost is sched out. For thei herden hem spekynge in langagis, and magnyfiynge God. Thanne Petre answeride, Whether ony man may for|bede watir, that these ben not baptisid, that han also resseyued the Hooli Goost as we? And he comaundide hem to be baptisid in the name of the Lord Jhesu Crist. Thanne thei preieden hym, that he schulde dwelle with hem sum daies.

 CAP. XI.

And the apostlis, and the britheren that weren in Judee, herden that also hethene men resseyueden the word of God, and thei glorifieden God. But whanne Petre cam to Jerusalem, thei that weren of circumcisioun, disputiden aȝens hym, and seiden, Whi entridist thou to men that han prepucie, and hast eete with hem? And Petre bigan, and expownede to hem bi ordre, and seide, Y was in the citee of Joppe, and preiede, and YOm. R. sai in rauysching of my mynde a visioun, that a vessel cam doun, as a greet scheete with foure coordis, and was sent doun fro heuene; and it cam to me. In to which Y lokinge biheld, and sai foure footid beestis of the erthe, and beestis, and crepynge beestis, and vola|tils of heuene. And Y herde also a vois that seide to me, Petre, rise thou, and sle, and eete. But Y seide, Nay, Lord; for comyn thing ether vnclene entride neuer in to my mouth. And the vois answeride the secounde tyme fro heuene, That thing that God hath clensid, seie thou not vnclene. And thisthis thing a. was don bi thries, and alle thingis weren resseyued aȝen in to heuene. And lo! thre men anoonOm. k sec. m. stooden in the hous, in which Y was; and thei weren sent fro Cesarie to me. And the spirit seide to me, that Y schulde go with hem, and doute no thing. Ȝhe, and these sixe britheren camen with me, and we entriden in to the hous of the man. And he telde to vs, how he say an aungel in his hous, stondinge and sei|ynge to hym, Sende thou in to Joppe, and clepe Symount, that is named Petre, which schal speke to thee wordis, in whiche thou schalt be saaf, and al thin hous. And whanne Yhe k. hadde bigunnun to speke, the Hooli Goost felle on hem, as in toOm. k pr. m. vs in the bigynnyngin the bigyn|nyng; that is, in the day of Witsuntid. Ve. I bithouȝte on the word; bi this it is opin that such ȝeu|ynge of the Holy Gost in sensible singne, is seid a maner of cristenyng. ȝaf to hem; vncircumcided, as and to us, circumcidid. that byleeueden in to the Lord Jhesu Crist; as if he seide, circumcisioun either prepucie doth nothing herto, but the feith of Jhesu Crist. V. who was I, that am dust and asche, that miȝte forbede God, that is to ȝeue his grace bi his good plesaunce. Ve. This that is addid in summe bookis, that he schulde not ȝeue the Hooly Gost to men bileeuinge in the name of Jhesu Crist, is not in the text, neither is had in bookis amendid, but it was a gloos entirlynarie, and set in the text by writeris. V. helden pees; fro blamyng of Petir, and ap|preueden his deede. Ve. glo|rifieden God; in doinge thankingis bi this, that he hadde strecchid forth grace to hethene men. penaunce to lijf; that is, tyme and place of penaunce, to gete euerlastinge lijf. V. scaterid of the tribulacioun, etc.; that is, for the tribulacioun that was maad in the deeth of Steuene. men of Cipre and of Sirenen; these weren hethene men conuertid first to the lawe of Jewis, and aftirward to Crist. Ve. to Greekis; that is, to hethene men; that as Jewis bi nacioun wrouȝte to the conuersioun of Jewis, so the men born of hethen men wrouȝten to the conuersioun of hethene men. V. the hond of the Lord; that is, his uertu in merueilouse werkis, was with hem to the confermyng of her teching. singnefiede bi the spirit; that is, denounside bi the spirit of prophecie. Lire here. Ve. disciplis; that weren at Antioche. as ech hadde; that is, bi his catil, not after his wille; for gladly thei wolden haue do more, if thei miȝten. in to mynysterie to britheren, etc. in Judee; that is, in Jerusalem; for thei as more religiouse men renouns|eden either forsoken propirte, and seelden possessiouns, that puruyaunce schulde be maad therof to the comunte, in 4 co. bifore; also thei weren spoyled of meuable goodis in the persecuscioun that was stirid in the deeth of Steuene; wherfore thei hadden nede to be helpid of othere cristen men, moost in the tyme of hunger. Lire here. v.. And Y bithouȝtethouȝte b. on the word of the Lord, as he seide, For Joon baptiside in watir, but ȝe schulen be baptisid in the Hooli Goost. Therfor if God ȝaf to hem the same grace, as to vs that bileueden in the Lord Jhesu Crist, who was Y, that myȝte forbeede the Lord, that he ȝyue not the Hooli Goost to hem that bileueden in the name of Jhesu Crist? Whanne these thingis weren herd, thei helden pees, and glorifieden God, and seiden, Therfor also to hethene men God hath ȝouun penaunce to lijf. And thei that weren scaterid of the tribulacioun that was maad vndir Steuene, walkiden forth to Fenyce, and to Cipre, and to Antioche, and spaken the word to no man, but to Jewis aloone. But sum of hem weren men of Cipre, and of Cirenen; whiche whanne thei had|den entride in to Antioche, thei spaken to theOm. k. Grekis, and prechiden the Lord Jhesu. And the hond of the Lord was with hem, and myche noumbre of men bileuynge was conuertid to the Lord. And the word cam to the eris of the chirche, that was at Jerusalem, on these thingis; and thei senten Barnabas to An|tioche. And whanne he was come, and siȝ the grace of the Lord, he ioyede, andand he k. monestide alle men to dwelle in the Lord in purpos of herte; for he was a good man, and ful of the Hooli Goost, and of feith. And myche puple was encresid to the Lord. And he wente forth to Tharsis, to seke Saul; and whanne he hadde foundun hym, he ledde to Anti|oche. And al a ȝeer thei lyueden ther in the chirche, and tauȝten myche puple, so that the disciplis weren namyd first at Antioche cristen men. And in these daies profetis camen ouer fro Jerusalem to Antioche. And oon of hem roos vp, Agabus bi name, and signefiede bi the spirit a greet hungur to comynge in al the world, which hungur was maad vn|dur Claudius. And alle the disciplis purposiden, after that ech hadde, for to sende in to mynysterie to britheren that dwelliden in Judee. Which thing also thei diden, and sente itOm. k pr. m. to the eldre men, bi the hoondis of Barnabas and Saul.

 CAP. XII.

And in the same tyme Eroude the kingEroude the king; this was Eroude Agrip|pa. The first Eroude, king of Jude, was clepid Eroude de Ascolonyta, either of Asco|lon, vndir whom Crist was born. The secunde Eroude, prince of Galilee, was clepid Antipas, that killide Joon Baptist. The thridde Eroude, king, was clepid Agrippa, that killed James, and prisonede Petir. Lire here. Ve. daies of therf|looues; whanne he took Petir; this is added to singnefie the cause, whi he killide not Pe|tir anoon, as he hadde do of James, for he wolde abyde til the solem|nyte of Pask were passid, where inne Jewis vsiden therf looues bi seuene daies. to foure qua|ternyouns; he is seid a qua|ternyoun, that hath foure kniȝtis vndir hym. bringe him forth to the puple; that is, put him to deeth, bi the wille of the pu|ple. Lire here. v. sente power, to turmente sum men of the chirche. And he slowe bi swerd James, the brothir of Joon. And he siȝ that it pleside to Jewisthe Jewis k., and keste to take also Petre; and theOm. a. daies of therf looues weren. And whanne he hadde cauȝte Petre, he sente hym in to prisoun; and bitookbitoke him b sec. m. to foure quaternyounsa quaternion is he that hath foure kniȝtis vndir him K marg. of knyȝtis, to kepe hym, and wolde aftir pask bringe hym forth to the puple. And Petre was kept in prisoun; but preier was maad of the chirche with out ceessing to God for hym. ButAnd R. whanne Eroude schulde bringe hym forth, in that nyȝt Petre was slepinge bitwixebitwene a. twei knyȝtis, and was boundun with twei cheynes; and the keperis bifor the dore kepten the prisoun. And lo! an aungel of the Lord stoode nyȝ, and liȝt schoon in the prisoun hous. And whanne he hadde smyte the side of Petre, he reiside hym, and seide, Rise thou swiftli. And anoon the cheynes felden doun fro hise hoondis. And the aungel seide to hym, Girde thee, and do on thin hoosis. And he dide so. And he seide to hym, Do aboute thee thi clothis, and sue me. And he ȝede out, and suede hym; and he wiste not that it was soth, that was don bi the aungel; for he gesside hym silf to haue sey a visioun. And theitho a sec. m. passiden the first and the secounde warde, and camen to the iren ȝate that ledith to the citee, which anoon was openedopene R. to hem. And thei ȝeden out, and camen inOm. k pr. m. to o street, and anoon the aungel passide awei fro hym. And Pe|tre turnede aȝen to hym silf, and seide, Now Y woot verili, that the Lord sente his aungel, `and delyuerideto delyuere k. me fro the hoond of Eroude, and fro al the abiding of the puple of Jewis. And he bihelde, and cam to the hous of Marie, modirthe modir k. of Joon, that is named Marcus, where many weren gaderid togidre, and preiynge. And whanne he knockid at the dore of the ȝate, a damysel, Rode bi name, cam forthfor cg. to sesee him a pr. m.. And whanne sche knewe the vois of Petre, for ioye sche openyde not the ȝate, but ran in, and telde, that Petre stood at the ȝate. And thei seiden `to hirOm. Qgk., Thou maddist. But sche afferm|yde, that it was so. And thei seiden, It is his aungel. But Petre abood stille, and knockide. And whanne thei hadden opened the dore, thei sayen hym, and wondriden. And he bekenyde to hem with his hoond to be stille, and telde hou the Lord hadde led hym out of theOm. K pr. m. bo. prisoun. And he seide, Telle ȝe to James and to the britheren these thingis. And he ȝede out, and wente in to an othere place. And whanne the dai was come, ther was notnot a bko. lytil troublingnot litil trou|bling; for thei dredden, that his delyuer|aunce schulde be arettid to her neclygence, and so it was don. souȝt hym; that is, Petir. and not founde; and the ȝatis of the presoun weren founden opin. comaund|ide to hem to be brouȝt; that is, in to presoun, as suspect of delyueraunce of Petir, that thei schulden bee punschid aftirward, but Eroude was lettid, and was bifore taken bi swift deth. fro Judee; that is, fro Jerusalem, which is set in the hiȝest place of Judee. into Cesarie; of Palestyn, in the marche of Pa|lesteyn and of Fenyce. V. the puple cri|ede; in flater|inge Eroude. the vois of God, etc.; for the puple seide that such eloquence was not of man oonly, but of man hauyng godhed. Ve. smoot him; with . . . . . sorewe of the wombe. V. hadde not ȝoue onour to God; in bihooldinge his owne freel|te, but and he ioyede more of this, that the puple ȝaf God|dis onour to hym. Lire here. ve. among the knyȝtis, what was don of Petre. And whanne Eroude hadde souȝt hym, and foonde not, aftir that he hadde made enqueryng of the keperis, he comaundide hem to be brouȝt to hym. And he cam doun fro Judee in to Cesarie, and dwell|ide there. And he was wroth to men of Tyre and of Sidon. And thei of oon acord camen to hym, whanne thei had|den counseilid with BastusBlastus A sec. m., that was the kingis chaumbirleyn, thei axiden pees, for as myche thatas K pr. m. Qk. her cuntrees weren vitailid of hym. And in a dai that was ordeyned, Eroude was clothid with kyngis clothing, and sat for domes|man, and spak to hem. And the puple criede, TheBy a sec. m. voicisvois Xagoβ. of God, and not of man. And anoon an aungel of the Lord smoot hym, for he hadde not ȝouun onour to God; and he was wastid of wormes, and diede. And the word of the Lord waxide, and was multiplied. And Barnabas and Saul turneden aȝen froto k pr. m. Jerusalem, whanneand whanne I sec. m. k pr. m. the mynystrie was fillid, and token Joon, that wasis k. named Marcus.

 CAP. XIII.

And profetis and doctouris weren in the chirche that was at Antioche, in which Barnabas, and Symount, that was clepid Blac, and Lucius Cironense, and Manaen, that was the soukynge fere of Eroude tetrarkethat is, prince of the fourthe part K marg. gkα.that is, prince of the fourthe part. ve., and Saul werenOm. Igk pr. m.. And whanne thei mynystriden to the Lord, and fastiden, the Hooli Goost seide to hem, Departe ȝe to me Saul and Bar|nabas, in to the werkinto the werk; that is, into the werk of pup|lisching of the gospel, as othere apostlis weren taken to this thing. also Joon in mynysterie; that is, of preching. a wycche; which bi his malices hadde disseyu|ed the procoun|soul and the puple. Bariesu; thus it is in Greek, and in bookis amend|id, and it sown|ith in Latyn the sone of Jhe|su. Elymas; that is inter|pretid, the me|sure either the wit of my God; he made hym|self to be clepid so, that he schulde be bi|leeuid the mes|sanger of God. Saul which and Poul; that is, he that was clepid Saul bi|fore, and now Poul, for he conuertide the proconsul Ser|gius Poul to cristene feith. Lire here. Ve. fillid with the Hooly Goost; bi whos uertu he siȝ tho thingis that weren hid to othere men. the sone of the deuel; bi su|ynge in werkis. to distroie; as myche as is in thee. the riȝtful weies; that is, feith and uer|tues. the hond of the Lord; that is, his ven|iaunce. Lire here. v. to which Y haue takun hem. Thanne thei fastiden, and preieden, and leiden hondis on hem, and leten hem go. But thei weren sent of the Hooli Goost, and wenten forth to Seleucia, and fro thennus thei wenten bi boot to Cipre. And whanne thei camen to Salamyne, thei prechiden the word of God in the synagogissynagoge ahk sec. m. of Jewis; and thei hadden also Joon in mynystrieether seruise K marg. gk.. And whanne thei hadden walkid bi al the ile toof CIKXa. til to MR. Pafum, thei founden a man, a witche, a false profete, a Jewe, to whom the name was Bariesu, that was with the proconsul Sergius Paule, a prudent man. ThisHe this I. clepide Barnabas and Poul, and desiride to here the word of God. But Elymas witchethe witche IKR. withstoode hem; for his name is expowned so; and he souȝte to turne awei the proconsul fro bileue. But Saul, which is seid also Paul, was fillid with the Hooli Goost, and bihelde in to hym, and seide, A! thou ful of alOm. EIg. gile, and alof E. of al Ik. falsnesse, thou sone of the deuel, thou enemye of al riȝtwisnesse, thou leeuest not to turne vpsodoun the riȝtful weies of the Lord. And now lo! the hoond of the Lord is on thee, and thou schalt be blynde, and not seynge the sunne in to a tyme. And anoon myste and derknessederknessis k. felden doun on hym; and he ȝede aboute, and souȝte hym that schulde ȝyue hoond to hym. Thanne the proconsul, whanne he hadde seyn the dede, bileuede, wondringe on the tech|yng of the Lord. And whanne fro Pa|fum Poul hadde go bi aOm. k pr. m. boot, and thei that weren with hym, thei camen to Pergen of Pamfilie; but Joon departide fro hem, and turnede aȝen to Jerusalem. And thei ȝeden tofro A sec. m. Pergen, and camen to Antioche of Persidie; and thei entriden in to the synagoge in the dai of sabatis, and saten. And after the redyng of the lawe and of the prophetis, the princis of the synagoge senten to hem, and seiden, Britheren, if ony word of exortacioun to the puple is in ȝou, seie ȝe. And Poul roos, and with hoond baad silence, and seide, Men of Israel, and ȝe that dreden God, here ȝe. God of the puple of Is|rael chees oure fadris, and enhaunside the puple, whanne thei weren comelingis in the loond of Egipt, and in an hiȝ arme he ledde hem out of it; and bi the tyme of fourti ȝeeris he suffride her maneres in desert. And he destriede seuene folkis in the loond of Canaan, and bi sort departide to hem her lond, asOm. K pr. m. aftir foure hundrid and fifti ȝeeris. And aftir these thingis he ȝaf domesmen, to Samuel, the profete. And fro that tyme thei axiden a kyng, and God ȝaf to hem Saul, the sone of Cis, a man of the lyn|age of Beniamyn, bi fourti ȝeeris. And whanne he was don awei, he reiside to hem Dauid kingthe kyng Ka., to whom he bar wit|nessing, and seide, Y haue foundun Da|uid, the sone of Jesse, a man aftir myn herte, which schal do alle my williswille R.. Of whos seed bi the biheest God hath led out to Israel a sauyoure Jhesu, whanne Joon prechide bifor the face of his com|yng the baptym of penaunce to al the puple of Israel. But whanne Joon fillide his cours, he seide, Y am not he, whom ȝe demen me to be; but lo! he cometh aftir me, and Y am not worthi to doonvndoon A sec. m. b. ofOm. b. the schoon of hise feet. Britheren, and sones of the kynde of Abraham, and whiche that in ȝou dreden God, to ȝou the word of helthethis helthe A sec. m. is sent. For thei that dwellidendwellen K sec. m. bgk. at Jerusalem, and princis of it, that knewen not this Jhesu, and the voicis of prophetis, that by euery sabat ben red, demydendemeden; Jhesu to be worthi the deth. filleden; the prophecies bi|fore seid of his passioun. knewen not this Jhesu; of Na|zareth to be Crist the Sauy|our, bihiȝt in the lawe and prophetis; this ignoraunce of the princes was of malice, that agreggide the synne, and the ignoraunce of the puple was bi disseit of prestis. Ve. and bi voices; of profetis that spaken of Crist; whiche profe|cies the prestis and techeris of the lawe that weren blyndid bi enuie, inter|pretiden yuele, and so thei dis|seyueden the puple. whanne thei hadden endid; that is, yuel Jewis had|den endid alle thingis. thei; that is, goode Jewis, as Jo|seph and Ny|codeme. put|tiden hym doun; for holy scripture vndir oo resoun either sentence pass|ith ofte fro good to yuele men, and aȝenward. Lire here. v., and fillidenfulfilleden R.; and thei founden in hym no cause of deth, and axiden of Pilat, that thei schulden sle hym. And whanne thei hadden endid alle thingis that weren writun of hym, thei token hym doun of the tre, and leiden hym in a graue. And God reiside hym fro deththe deeth K pr. m. in the thridde dai; which was seyn bi mony daies to hem that wenten vp togidere with hym fro Galilee in to Jerusalem, which ben til now his witnessis to the puple. And we schewen to ȝou the biheest that was maad to oure fadris; for God hath ful|fillid this to her sones, and aȝenreisid Jhesu; as in the secounde salm it is writun, Thou art my sone, to dai Y bi|gat thee. And hehe that CEIK sec. m. QXe sec. m. gk pr. m. aȝenreiside hym fro deth, that he schulde not turne aȝen in to corrupcioun, seide thus, For Y schal ȝyue to ȝou the hooli trewe thingis of Dauid. AndOm. A pr. m. therfor and onin CXa. an othere stide he seith, Thou schalt not ȝyue thin hooli to se corrupcioun. But Dauid in his generacioun, whanne he hadde myn|ystrid to the wille of God, diede, and was leid with hise fadris, and say cor|rupcioun; but he whom God reiside fro deth, say not corrupcioun. Therfor, bri|theren, be it knowun to ȝou, that bi hym remyssioun of synnes is teld to ȝou, fro alle synnes, of whiche ȝe myȝten not be iustified in the lawe of Moises. In this ech man that bileuethbileeuith; bi feith foormed bi charite. Lire here. v., is iustified. Ther|for se ȝe, that it come not to ȝou, that is biforeseid in the profetis, Ȝe dispiserisdispiseris; of Goddis bi|heest fillid bi Crist. wondre ȝee; on the greetnesse of yuel to comyng on ȝou. scater|id; bi Ro|mayns, Ve. whiche for peyne of Cristis deth, distroi|eden the citee and temple, and killeden the puple in partie, and tooken presoners in parti, and weren scaterid thourȝ al the world. V. a werk; of Cristis incarnacioun and passioun, and rising aȝen. Ve. ȝe schulden not bileeue; thouȝ many of Jewis bileeu|eden at the preching of Crist and of his apostlis, nathe|les thei weren fewe in com|parysoun of hem that bi|leeueden not. V. whanne thei; that is, Poule and Barnabas. ȝeden out, thei preieden; that is, the princes of the synagoge preiden mali|ciously, as ex|positouris seien, and the glose semith to meene the same; for thei weren stirid aȝens Poul and Barnabas, Lire here. Ve. for Poule seide, that thei miȝte not be iustified in the lawe of Moises. And therfore eft thei wolden here this of his mouth, that so thei schulden haue occasioun to pursue hem the more, as thei diden aftir|ward. many of Jewis; that is, of the comunes bileeuynge to Crist. and of comelyngis; that is, con|uersis froo he|thenesse to the lawe of Jewis, worschipinge God. dwelle in the grace of God; that is, stonde stedfastly in the feith of Crist, to whiche thei weren clepid bi [the grace] of God. Lire here. v., se ȝe, and wondre ȝe, and be ȝe scaterid abrood; for Y worche a werk in ȝoure daies, a werk that ȝe schulen not bileue, if ony man schal telle it to ȝou. And whanne thei ȝeden out, thei preieden, that in the sabat suynge thei schulden speke to hem these wordis. And whanne the synagoge was left, manye of Jewisthe Jewis EIKRbce. and ofOm. EQgkα. comelingis worschypynge God su|eden Poul and Barnabas; that spaken, andand softli K sec. m. counseliden hem, that thei schulden dwelle in the grace of God. And in the sabat suynge almest al the citee cam to|gidir, to here the word of God. And Jewis sien the puple, and weren fillid with enuye, and aȝenseiden these thingis that weren seyd of Poul, and blasfem|yden. Thanne Poul and Barnabas stid|fastlistifli a. seiden, To ȝou it bihoftebihoueth g sec. m. k. first to speke the word of God; but for ȝe putten it awei, and han demyd ȝou vnworthi to euerlastinge lijf, lo! we turnen to hethen men. For so the Lord comaundide vsto vs k., Y haue setsent EQg. thee in toOm. a. liȝtthe liȝt h. toof ghk. hethen men, that thou be in to helthe tointo R. theOm. X pr. m. vtmestvttermast K. of erthethe erthe K.. And hethen men herden, `and ioiedenOm. Q., and glorifieden the word of the Lord; and bileueden, as manye as weren bifore ordeyned to euer|lastinge lijf. And the word of the Lord was sowun biin X. al thethat X. cuntre. But the Jewis stiriden religiouse wymmen, and onest, and the worthiest men of the citee, and stireden persecuciounpersecuciouns a. aȝens Poul and Barnabas, and dryuen hem out of her cuntreis. And theiOm. E. schoken aweischooken awey, etc.; in witnessing of her owne traueile to the conuersioun of vnfeithful men, and of obsty|nacie of Jewis that nolden resseyue. to Yconie; as Crist seide in 18 co. of Matheu, whanne thei pursuen ȝou in oo citee, fle ȝe in to another; not for drede of turment, but for loue of pupplisching of the gospel. Lire here. ve. in to hem the duste of her feet, and camen to Yconye. And the disciplis weren fillid with ioye and the Hooli Goost.

 CAP. XIV.

But itAnd it R. bifeldefelde K pr. m. at Yconye, that thei entriden togidir in to the synagoge of Jewis, and spaken, so that ful greet mul|titude of Jewis and Grekis bileueden. But the Jewis that weren vnbileueful, reiseden persecucioun, and stiriden to wraththe theOm. K pr. m. soulis of hethene men aȝens the britheren; but the Lord ȝaf soone pees. Therfor thei dwelliden myche tyme, and diden tristili in the Lord, berynge witnessyng to the word of his grace, ȝyuynge signes and wondris to be maad bi the hondis of hem. But the multitude of the citee was departid, and sum weren with the Jewis, and sum with the apostlis. But whanne ther was maad `an asauteasauȝt I. assaunte O. of the hethene men and theOm. R. Jewis, with her princis, to turmenten and to stonen hem, thei vndurstoden, and fledden togidere to the citees of Licaonye, and Listris, and Derben, and into al the cuntre aboute. And thei prechiden there the gospel, and al the multitude was moued togider in the teching of hem. Poul and Bar|nabas dwelten at Listris. And a man at Listris was sijk in the feet, and hadde sete crokid fro his modris wombe, which neuer hadde goen. ThisHe this I. herde Poul spekinge; and Poul biheld hym, and siȝ that he hadde feith, that he schulde be maad saaf, and seide with a greet vois, Rise thou `vp riȝtvp b pr. m. gk pr. m. on thi feet. And he lippide, and walkide. And the puple, whanne thei hadde seyn thatOm. K pr. m. that Poul dide, reriden her vois in Licaon tunge, and seiden, Goddis maad lijk to men ben comun doun to vs. And thei clepiden Barnabas Jubiter, and Poul Mercurie, for he was ledere of the word. And the preest of Jubiter that was bifor the citee, brouȝte boolis and crownes bifor the ȝatis, with puplis, and wolde haue maad sacrifice. And whanne the apo|stlis Barnabas and Poul herden this, thei to-renten her cootiscootis kitt togidere K sec. m.; and thei skipten out among the puple, and criedenthei crieden k., and seiden, Men, what don ȝe this thing? and we ben deedli men lijk ȝou, and schewen to ȝou, that ȝe be conuertid fro these veyn thingis to the lyuynge God, that maad heuene, and erthe, and the see, and alle thingis that ben in hem; which in generaciouns passid suffride alle folkis to gon in to her owne weies. And ȝit he lefte not hym silf with out witness|ing inand Egk. wel doyng, for he ȝaf reyns fro heueneheuenes A pr. m. a., and times beringeof beringe b. fruyt, and fulfillidefillide b. ȝoure hertis with meete and gladnesse. And thei seiynge these thingis, vnnethis swagiden the puple, that thei offriden not to hem. But sum Jewis camen ouer fro Antioche and Iconye, and counseilden the puple, and stonyden Poul, and drowendrowen him K sec. m. a. out of the citee, and gessiden that he was deed. But whanne disciplis weren comun aboute him, he roos, and wente in to the citee; and in the dai suynge he wente forth with Bar|nabas in to Derben. And whanne thei hadden prechid to the ilk citee, and tauȝte manye, thei turneden aȝen tointo k. Listris, and Iconye, and to Antioche; confermynge the soulis of disciplisthe disciplis k., and monestinge, that thei schulden dwelle in feiththe feith EIgkαβ., and seiden, ThatOm. k pr. m. bi many tribula|ciouns it bihoueth vs to entre in to the kingdom of heuenes. And whanne thei hadden ordeined prestis to hem bi alle citees, and hadden preied with fastyngis, thei bitoken hem to the Lord, in whom thei bileueden. And thei passiden Per|sidie, and camen to Pamfilie; and thei spaken the word `of the LordOm. K pr. m. in Per|gen, and camen doun in to Italie. And fro thennys thei wenten bi boot to An|tiochie, fro whennus thei weren takun to the grace of God, in to the werk that thei filliden. And whanne thei weren comun, and hadden gaderid the chirche, thei telden hou grete thingis God dide with hem, and that he hadde openyde to hethene men the dore of feith. And thei dwelliden not a litil tyme with the disciplis.

 CAP. XV.

And summesummen ag.And summe; conuertid of the secte of Farises. tauȝten brithe|ren; conuertid fro hethennesse. whanne sedis|cioun, etc. to Poul and Bar|nabas; that affermeden the contrarie of thes Farisees; for whi to seie that Moises lawe must nedis be kept, is to auoide the gos|pel. Lire here. ve. camen doun fro Judee, and tauȝten britheren, That butbut if b. ȝe ben circumcidid after the lawe of Moises, ȝe moun not be maad saaf. Therfor whanne ther was maad not a litil discencioun to Poul and Barnabas aȝens hem, thei or|deyneden, that Poul and Barnabas, and summe othere of hem, schulden go vp to the apostlis and preestis in Jerusalem, on this questioun. And so thei weren led forth of the chirche, and passiden bi Fenyce and Samarie; and thei telden the conuersacioun of hethene men, and thei maden greeta greet A pr. m. ioie to alle theOm. EK pr. m. bri|theren. And whanne thei camen to Je|rusalem, thei weren resseyued of the chirche and of the apostlis, and of the eldre men, and telden, hou greet thingis God dide with hem. But summe of the erise of Fariseisthe Farisees R., that bileueden, risen vp, and seiden, That it bihoueth hem to be circumsidid, and to comaunde to kepe also the lawe of Moises. And the apo|stlis and eldre men camen togidre, to se of `this wordthese wordis gk.. And whanne there was maad a greet sekyng herof, Petre roos, and seide to hem, Britheren, ȝe witen, that of elde daies in ȝou God chees bi my mouth hethenehethene men Ka., to here the word of the gospel, and to bileue; and God, that knewe hertisthe hertis R., bar witnessing, and ȝaf to hem the Hooli Goost, as also to vs; and no thing diuerside bitwixe vs and hem, `and clensideclansinge K sec. m. the hertis of hem bi feith. Now thanne what tempten ȝe God, to putte a ȝok on the neckeether nolle K marg. of the disci|plis, which nether we, nether oure fadris miȝten bere? But bi the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist we bileuen to be saued, as also thei. And al the multitude helde pees, and herden Barnaban and Poul, tellinge hou grete signes and won|dris God dide bi hem in hethene men. And aftir that thei helden pees, James answeride, and seide, Britheren, here ȝe me. Symount telde, hou God visitide, first to take of hethene men a puple to his name. And the wordis of prophetis acordenacordiden R. to him, as it is writun, Aftir thisAftir this; that is, aftir the tyme of the elde testament. I schal turne aȝen; to man|kinde, in tak|inge manhed. bilde the taber|nacle of Da|uith; that is, the chirche of God, either of Crist, bi prech|ing of Crist and of apostlis, that felde doun by manye synnes, and moost by ydolatrie. bijlde aȝeen the cast doun thingis, etc.; for he|thene men weren departid bi many foold ydolatrie, and Jewis weren brooken and departid bi many errouris; Ve. and summe maden voide Goddis heestis for her tradi|ciouns; and alle these er|rouris ben put awey bi the preching of Crist and hise apostlis. reise it; bi many and greete my|racles maad to enhaunsing of cristen feith. V. that othere of men; that is, hethene men. Ve. fro the world; that is, fro without bi|gynnyng. V. fro defoulynge of symylacris; that is, fro et|ingis of thingis offrid to idolis. Ve. stranglid thingis and blood; for the conuersis of Jewis wlatiden this mete; therfore thouȝ the mete were leueful, nathe|les for freend|ful felauschipe, hethene men schulden ab|stene fro suche thingis til the treuthe of the gospel were knowen. Lire here. v. Y schal turne aȝen, and bilde the tabernacle of Dauid, that felle doun; and Y schal bilde aȝen the cast doun thingis of it, and Y schal reise it; that other men seke the Lord, and alle folkis on whichwhom I. my name is clepid to helpe; the Lord doynge this thing, seith. Fro the world, the werk of the Lord is knowun to the Lord. For which thing Y deme hem that of hethene men ben conuertid to God, to be not disesid, but to write to hem, that thei absteyne hem fro defoul|ingisdefoulyng Rbβ. of maumetis, and fro fornicacioun, and stranglid thingis, and blood. For Moyses of elde tymes hath in alle citees hem that prechen him in synagogis, where bi ech sabat he is red. Thanne it pleside toOm. b. the apostlis, and to the eldre men, with al the chirche, to chees men of hem, and sende to Antioche, with Poul and Barnabas, Judas, that was named Barsabas, and Silas, the firste menthe firste men, etc.; thouȝ these weren not apo|stlis, natheles thei weren of the principal men aftir the postlis. Ve. bitooken her lyues; that is, puttide forth hemself to the perel of deth. for the name of oure Lord Jhe|su Crist; that is, for the preching of the name of Crist. noo thing more of charge; of obseruaunces of Moises lawe. V. thanne these needful thingis; to lyue comunly either in vnite with Jewis in the firste chirche. Lire here. ve. among britheren; and wrotenwreten I. wryten K. writen Rhkβ. bi the hondis of hem, Apostlis and eldre britheren to hem that ben at Antioche, and Sirie, and Silice, britheren of he|thene men, greting. For we herden that summe wenten out fro vs, and troblidentroublen k. ȝou with wordis, and turneden vpsodoun ȝoure soulis, to whichethe whiche I. men we co|maundidencomaunden gk. not, it pleside to vs gaderid in to oon, to chese men, and sende to ȝou, with oureOm. k. most dereworthe Barna|bas and Poul, men that ȝauen her lyues for the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Therfor we senten Judas and Silas, and thei schulen telle the same thingis to ȝou bi wordis. For it is seyn to the Hooly Goost and to vs, to putte to ȝou no thing more of charge, than these nedeful thingis, that ȝe absteyne ȝou fro the offrid thingis of maumetis, and blood stranglid, and fornicacioun. Fro whiche ȝe kepinge ȝou, schulen do wel. Fare ȝe wel. Therfor thei weren let go, and camen doun to Antioche; and whanne the multitude was gaderid, thei token the epistlepistle O.; which whanne thei hadden red, thei ioyden on the coumfort. And Judas and Silas and thei, for thei weren prophetis, coumfortiden britheren, and confermyden with ful many wordis. But aftir that thei hadden be there a lytil while, thei weren let go of britheren with pees, to hem that hadden sent hem. Al this clause til thidir, For|sothe Poule and Barnabas, is not in Greek, neither in bookis amend|id, but first it was set be the manere of a glose, and after|ward it was set in the text bi ignoraunce of writeris. Lire here. v.But it was seyn to Silas, to dwelle there; and Judas wente aloone to Jerusalem. And Poul and Barna|bas dwelten at Antioche, techinge and prechinge the word of the Lord, with othere manye. But after summe daies, Poul seide to Barnabas, Turne we aȝen, and visitevisite we Ka. britheren bi alle citees, in whiche we han prechid the word of the Lord, hou thei han hem. And Barnabas wolde take with hym Joon, that was named Marcus. But Poul preiede himpreiede him; that is, Barna|bas, that he schulde abstene fro the felau|schipe of Joon. he that depart|ede fro hem; Joon departide for dreede of perels neiȝinge, either for ouer greet fleschly loue to his mo|dir dwellinge in Jerusalem, either in hap for euer either; wherfore Poule forsook hym, for thei that goon to preche, owen to be sted|fast, and de|partid fro fleschly loue; and moost whanne thei goon among vnfeithful men and pursueris, as it was in this poynt. Lire here. v., that he that depart|ide fro hem fro Pamfilie, and wente not with hem in to theOm. k pr. m. werk, schulde not be resseyued. And dissenciounNot contrarie to charite, for ech of hem wolde good, and oon was moued bi oo resoun, and another bi another resoun; and more good fruit of prech|ing byfelde her|by. Lire here. v. was maad, so that thei departiden a twynnyatwynne IRgho.. And Barnabas took Mark, and cam bi boot to Cipre. And Poul chees Silas, and wente forth fro the britheren, and was bitakun to the grace of God. And he wente bi Sirie and Silice, and con|fermyde the chirche, comaundinge to kepe the heestis of apostlisthe apostlis Rh. andand of Ik. eldre men.

 CAP. XVI.

And he cam in to Derben and Lis|tram. And lo! a disciple was there, bi name Timothe, the sone of a Jewesse cristen, and of the fadir hethen. And britheren that weren in Listris andand in I. Ico|nye, ȝeldiden good witnessing to hym. And Poul wolde that this man schulde go forth with him, and he took, and circumsididecircumciside b. hymcircumcide him; this cir|cumc[isi]oun was not feyned, thouȝ Jerom seith so, but verey circum|cisioun, as Aus|tin seith. For in that tyme Jewis conuertid to cristen feith, miȝten kepe obseruauncis of Moises lawe, neither Poul dide yuele in this, but wel, to eschewe the sclaundre of Jewis. Lire here. v., for Jewis that weren in thetho A sec. m. Kk. places. For alle wisten, that his fadir was hethen. Whanne thei pass|idenpassiden forth k. bi citees, thei bitokentoken gk pr. m. to hem to kepe the techingis, that weren demyd of apostlis and eldre men, that weren at Jerusalem. And the chirches weren con|fermed in feith, and encreseden in noum|bre eche dai. And thei passiden Frigie, and the cuntre of Galathi, and weren forbedun of the Hooli Goost to speke the word of God in Asie. And whanne thei camen inOm. K pr. m. to Mysie, thei assaieden to go in to Bithynye, and the spirit of Jhesu suffride not hem. But whanne thei had|den passid bi Mysie, thei camen doun to Troade; and a visioun `bi nyȝtOm. k pr. m. was schewid to Poul. But athere was a K sec. m. man of Mace|donye that stoode, preiede hym, and seide, Go thou in to Macedonye, and helpe vs. And as he haddeOm. hk sec. m. seiseen k pr. m. saw k sec. m. seyn α. the visioun, anoon we souȝten to go forth in to Macedonye, and weren maad cer|teyn, that God hadde clepid vs to preche to hem. And we ȝeden bi schip fro Troade, and camen to Samatrachia with streiȝt cours; and the dai suynge to Neapolis; and fro thennus to Filippis, that is the firste part of Macedonye, the citee colonyeof colonye k pr. m.. And weOm. A pr. m. k sec. m. β. weren in thisthe k sec. m. citee summe daies, and spaken togidere. AndOm. hk sec. m. in the dai of sabotis we wenten forth with out the ȝate bisidis the flood, where preier semydebisemyde Ka. to be; and we saten, and spaken to wymmen that camen togidere. And a womman, Lidda bi name, a purpuresse of the cite ofOm. R. Tiatirens, worschipinge God, herde; whos herte the Lord openyde to ȝyue tente to these thingis, that weren seid of Poul. And whanne sche was baptisid and hir hous, sche preyede, and seide, If ȝe han demyd that Y am feithful to the Lord, entre ȝe in to myn hous, and dwelledwelleth I. dwelle ȝe R.. And sche constreynede vs. And it was don, whanne we ȝeden to preier, that a damysel that hadde a spirit of diuyna|cioun, mette vs, which ȝaf greet wynnyng to her lordis in dyuynyngethat is, tellinge hidde thingis bi the deuels crafte K et O marg.. ThisSche this I. suede Poul and vs, and criede, and seide, These men ben seruauntis of the hiȝ God, that tellen to ȝou the weie of helthe. And this sche dide in many daies. And Poul sorewide, and turnede, and seide to the spirit, Y comaunde thee in the name of Jhesu Crist, that thou go out of hir. And he wente out in the same our. And the lordis of hir siȝen, that the hope of her wynnyng wente awei, and thei token Poul and Silas, and ledden in to the `dom placecheping, ether dom place K sec. m., to the princis. And thei brouȝten hem to the magistratis, and seiden, These men disturblendistroublen RO. oure citee, for thei ben Jewis, and schewen a custom, which itOm. EIK sec. m. gk pr. m. is not leueful toOm. g. vs to resseyue, nether do, sithen we ben Ro|maynsmen Romayns gk pr. m.. And the puple `and magistratisOm. R. runnen aȝens hem, and when thei hadden to-rente the cootis of hem, thei comaund|iden hem to be betun with ȝerdis. And whanne thei hadden ȝouun to hem many woundis, thei senten hem into prisoun, and comaundiden to the kepere, that he schulde kepe hem diligentli. And whanne he hadde take siche a precept, he putte hem into the ynnere prisoun, and streyn|ede the feet of hem in a tre. And at mydniȝt Poul and Silas worschipide, and heriden God; and thei that weren in kepyng herden hem. And sudenli a greet erthe mouyng was maad, so that the foundementis of the prisoun weren moued. And anoon alle the doris weren openyd, and the boondis of alle weren lousid. And the kepere of the prisoun was awakidnakit E. wakid gβ., and siȝ the ȝatis `of the prisounOm. h. openyd, and with a swerd drawun out he wolde haue slaweslayn CEIKMQXabceghkO. hym silf, and gesside that the men that weren boundun, hadden fled. But Poul criede with a greet vois, and seide, Do thou noon harm to thi silf, for alle we ben here. And he axideaskide aO. liȝt, and entride, and tremblide, and felle doun to Poul and to Silas at her feet. And he brouȝte hem with out forth, and seide, Lordis, what bihoueth me to do, that Y be maad saaf? And thei seiden, Bileue thou in the Lord Jhesu, and thou schalt be saaf, and thin hous. And thei spaken to hym the word of the Lord, with alle that weren in his hous. And he took hem in the ilke our of the niȝt, and waschide her woundis. And he was baptisid, and al his hous anoon. And whanne he hadde ledbrouȝt K. hem in to his hous, he set|tidesette ER. to hem a boord. And he was glad with al his hous, and bileuede to God. And whanne dai was come, the magis|tratis senten catchepollis, and seiden, De|lyuere thou tho men. And the kepere of the prisoun telde these wordis to Poul, That the magistratis hanhadden gk pr. m. hath Oβ. sent, that ȝe be delyuered; now therfor go ȝe out, and go ȝe in pees. And Poul seide to hem, Thei senten vs men of Rome in to pri|soun, that weren betun openli and vn|dampned, and now priueli thei bringen vs out; not so, butOm. K pr. m. come thei hem silf, and delyuere vs out. And the catche|pollisthat ben ministris of puniȝsshing K marg. telden these wordis to the magis|tratis; and thei dredden, for thei herden that thei weren Romayns. And thei camen, and bisechidenbisouȝten IRk. hem, and thei brouȝten hem out, and preieden, that thei schulden go out of the citee. And thei ȝedengoinge IQgkα. out of theOm. IQgkαβ. prisoun, andOm. IQgkα. entriden toin to b. Lidie. And whanne thei siȝen britheren, thei coumfortiden hem, and ȝeden forth.

 CAP. XVII.

And whanne thei hadden passid bi Amfipolis and Appollonye, thei camen to Thessolonyk, where was a synagoge of Jewis. And bi custom Poul entride to hem, and bi thre sabatis he declaride to hem ofthe a. scripturis, and openyde, and schewide that it bihofte Crist to suffre, and rise aȝen fro deth, and that this is Jhesus Crist, whom Y telle to ȝou. And summe of hem bileueden, and weren ioyned to Poul and to Silas; and a greet multitude of hethene men worschipide God, and noble wymmen not a fewe. But the Jewis hadden enuye, and token of the comyn puple summe yuele men, and whanne thei hadden maad a cum|penye, thei moueden the citee. And thei camen to Jasouns hous, and souȝten hemOm. k. to bryngebrynge hem Ik. forth among the puple. And whanne thei founden hem not, thei drowen Jasoun and summe britheren to the princis of the citee, and crieden, That these it ben, that mouenmoueden k pr. m. the world, and hidir thei camen, whichewhom I. Jason resseyu|ede. And these alle don aȝens the maundementiscomaundementes Rak. of the emperour, andand thei EIKb sec. m. gkoα. seienseiden E., that Jhesu is anothir king. And thei moueden the puple, and the princis of the citee, herynge these thingis. And whanne satisfaccioun was takun of Ja|son, and of othere, thei leten Poul and Silas go. And anoon bi niȝt britheren leten Silas go in to Beroan. And whanne thei camen thidur, thei entriden in to the synagoge of theOm. QO. Jewis. But these weren the worthier of hem that ben at Thessolonik, whiche resseyueden the word with al desire, eche dai sekinge scripturis, if these thingis hadden hem so. And manye of hem bileueden and ofof the b. hethen wymmen onest and men not a fewe. But whanne the Jewis inat hk sec. m. Tes|salonyk hadden knowe, that also at Bero the word of God was prechid of Poul, thei camen thidir, mouynge and disturb|lyngedistroublynge RO. the multitude. And thothus g sec. m. k. anoon britheren delyuerden Poul, that he schulde go to the see; but Sylas and Tymothe dwelten there. And thei that ledden forth Poul, ledden hym to Atenes. And whanne thei hadden take maunde|menta maundement EIK sec. m. MQRUXabceghkoαβ. of him to Silas and toOm. k. Tymothe, that ful hiȝyngli thei schulden come to hym, thei wenten forth. And while Poul abood hem at Atenys, his spirit was moued in him, for he saiȝ the citee ȝouunwas ȝofen K pr. m. toto do b pr. m. ydolatrie. Therfor he dis|putide in the synagoge with theOm. R. Jewis, and with men that worschipidenworschipen g. God, and in the dom place, by alle daies to hem that herden. And summe Epei|cureis, and Stoisens, and filosofris dis|putidenether tretiden K marg. with hym. And summe seiden, What wole this sowere of wordis seie? And othere seiden, He semeth to be a tellere of newe fendisthat is, newe sciencis maad bi feendis O marg.that is, of newe sciencis. Lire here. v.; for he telde to hem Jhesu, and the aȝenrisyng. And thei token, and ledden hym to Ario|pagethat is, a comun scole K et O marg., and seide, Moun we wite, what is this newe doctryne, that is seid of thee? For thou bringist ynne summe newe thingis to oure eeris; therfor we wolen wite, what these thingis wolen be. For alle men of Athenys and comlingis her|borid ȝauen tent to noon other thing, but ether to seielerne EK sec. m. gk pr. m., ethir to here, sum newe thing. And Poul stood in the myddil of Ariopage, and seide, Men of Athenys, bi alle thingis Y se ȝou as veyn wor|schipers. For Y passide, and siȝ ȝoure maumetis, and foond an auter, in which was writun, To the vnknowun God. Therfor which thing ȝe vnknowynge worschipen, this thing Y schew to ȝou. God that made the world and alle thingis that ben in it, this, for he is Lord of he|uene and ofOm. EIQg pr. m. kα. erthe, dwellith not in tem|plis maad with hoond, nethir ishe is I. wor|schipid bi mannus hoondisthat is, sacrifices offrid to him bi mannes hondis O marg.by mannus hondis; that is, bi sacrifices of|frid to him, with mannes hondis. Lire here. ve., nether hath nede of ony thing, for he ȝyueth lijf to alle men, and brethinge, and alle thingis; and made of oonthat is, of Adam, the first man K marg. al the kinde of men to enhabite on al the face of the erthe, de|termynynge tymes ordeyned, and termes of the dwellynge of hem, to seke God, if perauenture thei felen hym, ether fynden, thouȝ he be not fer fro eche of ȝou. For in hym we lyuen, and mouen, and ben. As also summe of ȝoure poetis seiden, And we ben also the kynde of hym. Therfor sithen we ben the kyndeOm. EQgk. of God, we schulen not deme, that godli thing is lijk gold, and siluer, ethir stoon, ethir to grauyng of craft and thouȝt of man. For God dispisith the tymes of this vnkunnyng, and nownow he I. schewith to men, that alle euery where doon pen|aunce; for that he hath ordeyned a dai, in which he schal deme the world in equite, inand EIg. a man in which he ordeynede, and ȝaf feithand ȝaf feith; of rising aȝen to comynge; for the rysing aȝen of Crist is cause and en|saumpler of oure rising aȝen to comynge. Lire here. ve. to alle men, and reiside hym fro deth. And whanne thei hadden herd the aȝenrysing of deed men, summe scorneden, and summe seiden, We schu|len here thee eft of this thing. So Poul wente out of the myddil of hem. But summensumme KQRkα. drowen to hym, and bileueden. Among whichewhom I. Dynyse Aropagitethat is, a greete man of comune scole K marg. was, and a womman, bi name Damaris, and othere men with hem.

 CAP. XVIII.

Aftir these thingis Poul ȝede out of Atenes, and cam to Corinthie. And he fonde a man, a Jewe, Aquila bi name, of Ponte bi kynde, that late cam from Ytalie, and Priscille, his wijf, for thatOm. k pr. m. Claudius comaundide alle Jewis to departe fro Rome; and he cam to hem. And forfor that k. he was of the same craft, he dwellide with hem, and wrouȝtewrouȝte; Poul wrouȝte in this craft, and made ta|bernaclis other tentis, to gete his lyfloode; that he schulde not greue hem to whiche he prechide, in takinge costis of hem; and that false apo|stlis, that prechiden for coueitise, schul|den be put awey bi this. Lire here. ve.; and thei weren of roopmakeris craft. And he disputide in the synagoge bi ech sabat, puttynge among the name of the Lord Jhesu; and he counselide Jewis and Grekis. And whanne Silas and Tymo|the camen fro Macedonye, Poul ȝaf bisy|nesse to the word, and witnesside to the Jewis, that Jhesu is Crist. But whanne thei aȝenseiden and blasfemyden, he schoke awei hise clothis, and seide to hem, Ȝoure blood be on ȝoure heed; Y schal be clene from hennus forth, andand I IKO. schal go to hethene men. And he pass|ide fro thennus, and entride in to the hous of a iust man, Tite bi name, that worschipide God, whos hous was ioyned to the synagoge. And Crispe, prince of the synagoge, bileuede to the Lord, with al his hous. And many of the Corin|thies herden, and bileueden, and weren cristened. And the Lord seide bi nyȝt to Poul bi a visioun, Nyle thou drede, but speke, and be not stille; for Y am with thee, and no man schal be put to thee to noyeanoye R. thee, forOm. gk pr. m. myche puple is to me in this citee. And he dwellide there a ȝeer and sixe monethis, techinge among hem the word of God. But whanne Gallion was proconsul of Acaye, Jewis risen vp with oo wille aȝens Poul, and ledden hym to the doom, and seiden, Aȝens the lawe thishe this I. counselith men to worschipe God. And whanne Poul bi|gan to opene his mouth, Gallion seide to the Jewis, If there were ony wickid thing, ether yuel trespas, ȝe Jewis, riȝtli Y schulde suffre ȝou; but if questiouns benOm. A pr. m. of the word, and of names of ȝoure lawe, bisee ȝouȝour E. silf; Y wole not be domesman of these thingis. And he droof hem fro the doom place. And allethat is, alle themynystris of the proconsul, that ben wont to hurle awey with buffatis hem that ben put so awey of the iuge. Lire here. ve. token Sostenes, prince of the syna|goge, and smoten him bifor the doom place; and no thing of these was to charge to Gallion. And whanne Poul hadde abidun many daies, he seide fare wel to britheren, and bi boot camhe cam IK. to Syriecam to Sirie; that is, toward Sirie, for thanne he cam to Effe|sus, which is not in Sirie, but in Asie. Ve. This clause, It bihoueth, etc. til thidir, at Je|rusalem, is not of the text, nei|ther is had in bookis amend|id; for Poule ȝede not thanne to Jerusalem, but longe aftir. V. to Cesarie; which is the cheef citee of Capadocie, as the Glose seith; an other Cesa|rie of Filip is in the prouynce of Fenyce, and another Cesarie is in Palesteyn. Lire here. ve.. And Priscille and Aquila camen with hym, whiche hadden clippid his heed in Tencris; for he had a vow. And he cam to Effesie, and there he lefte hem; and he ȝede in to the synagoge, and disputide with Jewis. And whanne thei preieden, that he schulde dwelle more time, he consentide not, but he made `fare welfare wel to britheren R., and seide, Eft Y schal turne aȝen to ȝou, if God wole; and he wente forth fro Effesi. And he cam doun to Cesarie, and heOm. Rg. ȝede vp, and grette the chirche, and cam doun to Antiochie. And whanne he hadde dwellide there sum|what of time, he wente forth, walkinge bi reweether ordre K marg. thorou the cuntrei of Galathie, and Frigie, and confermyde alle the dis|ciplis. But a Jewe, Apollo bi name, a man of Alisaundre of kinde, a man elo|quent, cam to Effesie; and he was myȝti in scripturisscripture A.. This man was tauȝt the weie of the Lord, and was feruent in spirit, and spak, and tauȝte diligentli tho thingis that weren of Jhesu, and knew oonli the baptym of Joon. And this man bigan to do tristili in the synagoge. Whom whanne Priscille and Aquila herden, thei token hym, and more dili|gentli expowneden to hym the weie of the Lord. And whanne he wolde go to Acaie, britheren excitidenaxiden k., and wrotenwriten EIReβ. to the disciplis, that thei schulden res|seyue hym; which whanne he cam, ȝaf mychecoumfort O marg. to hem that bileueden. For he greetli ouercam Jewis, and schewide opynli bi scripturis, that Jhesu is Crist.

 CAP. XIX.

And it bifelle, whanne Apollo was at Corinthi, that Poul whanne he hadde go the hiȝer coostis, he cam to Efesie, and foond summe ofof the KRahk. disciplis. And he seide to hem, Whethir ȝe that bileuen han resseyued the Hooli Goost? And thei seiden to hym, But nether `han wewe han EKQRbceghαβ. we haue I. we k. herd, if the Hooli Goost is. And he seide, Therfor in what thing ben ȝe baptisid? And thei seiden, In the baptym of Joon. And Poul seide, Joon baptiside the puple in baptymthe baptym hko. of penaunce, and tauȝte, that thei schulden bileue in hym that was to comynge `after hymOm. b pr. m. g., that is, in Jhesu. Whanne thei herden these thingis, thei weren baptisid in the name of the Lord Jhesu. And whanne Poul hadde leid on hem his hoondis, the Hooli Goost cam inin to KR sec. m. hem, and thei spaken with langagis, and profecieden. And alle weren almest twelue men. And he ȝede in to the synagoge, and spak with trist thre mo|nethis, disputinge and tretinge of the kingdom of God. But whanne summe weren hardid, and bileueden not, and cursiden the weie of the Lord bifor the multitude, he ȝede awei fro hem, and departide the disciplis, and disputide in the scole of a myȝti man eche dai. This was doon bi twei ȝeeris, so that alle that dwelliden in Asie herden the word of the Lord, Jewis and hethene men. And God dide vertues not smale bi the hoond of Poul, so that on sijk menOm. k pr. m. the sudariesether swetinge clothes K marg. weren borun fro his bodye, and sijknessis departiden fro hem, and wickid spiritis wenten out. But also summe of theOm. K pr. m. Jewis exorsisistsexorsistis IKk. or coniurers I sec. m. marg. ȝeden aboute, and as|saieden to clepe the name of the Lord Jhesu Crist on hem that hadden yuele spiritis, and seiden, Y coniure ȝou bi Jhesu, whom Poul prechith. And ther weren seuene sones of a Jewecruel Jewe R., SteuenStene Ebcg. that is, a man K marg. Scene K sec. m. α., a prince of preestis, that diden this thing. But the yuel spirit answeride, and seide to hem, Y knowe Jhesu, and Y knowe Poul; but who ben ȝe? And the man in which was the worste deuel, lippide on hem, and haddehe hadde R. victorie ofon R. bothe, and was stronge aȝens hem, that thei nakid and woundid fledden awei fro that hous. And this thing was maad knowun to alle theOm. CEIKMQUXabceghkoαβ. Jewis and toOm. R. hethene men, that dwellidendwellen Eg. at Effesie; and drede felle doun on hem alle, and thei magny|fieden the name of the Lord Jhesu. And many men bileueden, and camen, know|lechinge and tellynge her dedis. And manye of them that sueden curiouse thingisthat is, wicche craftis O et v marg., brouȝten togidere bookis, and brenneden hem bifor alle men; and whanne the prices of tho weren acountid, thei founden monei of fifti thousynd pens; so stronglistronge b. the word of God wex|ide, and was confermyd. And whanne these thingis weren fillid, Poul purposide in spirit, aftir that Macedony was passid and Acaie, to go to Jerusalem, and seide, For aftir that Y schal be there, it bihou|eth me `to se alsoalso to se Qgk. Rome. And he sente in to Macedonye twey men, thatand R. myn|ystriden to hym, Tymothe, and Eraste, and he dwellide for a tyme in Asie. And a greet troubling was maad in that dai, of the weie of the Lord. For a man, Demetrie bi name, a worcherthat is, a maker of housis to false goddis K marg. inof a. siluer, makidemade CKRXahkoβ. siluersiluerne EKQRcgeα. housis to Dianethat is, an ymage of a ladi O marg., and ȝaf to crafti men myche wynnyng; which heOm. CK sec. m. clepide togidere `hem that werenOm. a. suche maner werkmen, and seide, Men, ȝe witen that of this craft wyn|nyng is to vs; and ȝe seen and heren, that this Poul counseilith and turneth awei myche puple, not oonli of Effesie, but almest ofOm. A. al Asie, and seith, that thei ben not goddis, that ben maad with hoondis. And not oonli this part schal be in perel to vs, to come in to repreef, but also the temple of the greet Dian schal be acountid in to nouȝt; ȝhe, and the maieste of hir schal bigynne to be destried, whom al Asie and the world worschipith. Whanne these thingis weren herd, thei weren fillid with ire, and crieden, and seiden, Greet is the Dian of Effesiansthe Effesians R.. And the citee was fillid with confusioun, and thei maden anOm. IO. asaut with oon wille in to the tea|atrethat is, comyn biholdyng place K marg. that is, a comyn place O marg., and tooken Gayus and Aristark, men of Macedonye, felawis ofto a. Poul. And whanne Poul would haue entrid in to the peple, the disciplis suffriden not. And also summe of the princis of Asie, that weren hise freendis, senten to him, and preieden, that he schulde not ȝyue hym silf in to the teatre. And othere men crieden othir thing; for the chirche was confusid, and many wisten not for what cause thei weren come togidere. But of the puple thei drowen awei oon Alisaundre, while Jewis puttiden hym forth. And Alisaundre axide with his hoond silence, and wolde ȝelde aOm. ao. resoun to the puple. And as thei knewen that he was a Jew, o vois of alle men was maad, criynge as bi tweyn ouris, GreetGreet is β. Dian of Effesians. And whanne the scribescribis EQg. that is, a town clerk O marg. haddehadden EQg. ceessid the puple, he seide, Men of Effesie, what man is he, that knowith not, that the citee of Effesians is the worschipere of greetthe grete ERhko. Dian, and of the child ofOm. O. Jubiter? Therfor whanne it may not be aȝenseid to these thingis, it behoueth ȝou to be ceessid, and to do no thing folili; for ȝe han brouȝt these men, nethir sacrilegeris, nethir blasfem|ynge ȝoure goddesse. That if Demetrie, and the werk men that ben with hym, han cause aȝens ony man, there ben courtis, andof A pr. m. EQRbcgo. domes, and iugis; accusen thei eche other. If ȝe seken ouȝt of ony othir thing, it may be assoylid in the lawful chirche. For whi we ben in perel to be repreuyd of thisthese g. daies dis|sencioun, sithen no man is gilti, of whom we moun ȝelde resoun of this rennyng togidre. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, he lete the puple go.

 CAP. XX.

And aftir the noise ceesside, Poul clepide the disciplis, and monestide hem, and seide fare wel; and he wente forth, to go in to Macedonye. And whanne he hadde walkid bi thothe Eghk. coostis, and hadde monestid hem bi many wordis, he cam to Greece. Where whanne he hadde be thre monethis, the Jewis leiden aspies for hym, that was to saile in to Sirie; and he hadde counsel to turne aȝen bi Macedonye. And Sosipater of Pirri Boroense folowide hym; of Thessolony|censes, AstirakAristark be., and Secoundus, and Gayus Derbeus, and Tymothe; and Asi|ans, Titicus and Trofimus. These for thei wenten bifore, aboden vs at Troade. For we schippiden aftir the daies of therf looues fro Filippis, and cam to hem at Troade in fyue daies, where we dwelten seuene daies. And in the first dai of the woke, whanne we camen to breke breed, Poul disputide with hem, and schulde go forth in the morew; and heOm. EQgk pr. m. β. drow along the sermoun til in to mydnyȝt. And many laumpes weren in the soler, where we weren gaderyd togidir. And a ȝong man, Euticus bi name, sat on thea R. wyn|dowe, whanne he was fallun in to an heuy sleep, while Poul disputide long, al slepynge he felle doun fro the thridde stage; and he was takun vp, and was brouȝt deed. To whom whanne Poul cam doun, he lay on hym, and biclippide, and seide, Nyle ȝe be troblid; for his soule is in hym. And he wente vp, and brak breed, and eete, and spak ynowȝ vntointo R. the dai; and so he wente forth. And thei brouȝten the childe alyue, and thei weren coumfortid greetli. And we wenten vp in to a schip, and schippiden in to Asson, to take Poul fro thennus; for so he hadde disposid to make iourney bi loond. And whanne he foond vs in Asson, we token hym, and camen to Mitilene. And fro thennus we schip|piden in the dai suynge, and we camen aȝens Chyum, and another dai we hauen|yden at Samum, and in the dai suynge we camen to Mylete. And Poul purposide to schip ouer to Efesi, lest ony tariyng were maad to hym in Asie; for he hiȝ|ede, if it were possible to hym, that he schulde be in the dai of Pentecost at Jerusalem. Fro Mylete he sente to Ef|fesi, and clepide the grettest men ofin Rb. birthe of the chirche. And whanne thei camen to hym, and weren togidir, he seide to hem, Ȝe witen fro the firste dai, in which Y cam in to Asie, hou with ȝou bi eche tyme Y was, seruynge to the Lord with al mekenesse, and mildnesse, and teeris, and temptaciouns, that felden to me of aspiyngisaspiyng b. of Jewis; hou Y withdrowe not of profitable thingis to ȝou, that Y telde not to ȝou, and tauȝte ȝouOm. K pr. m. opynli, and bi housis; and Y wit|nesside to Jewis and to hethene men penaunce in to God, and feith in to oure Lord Jhesu Crist. And now lo! Y am boundun in spirit, and go in to Jerusa|lem; and Y knowe not what thingis schulen come to me in it, but that the Hooli Goost `bi alle citeesOm. R. witnessith to me, and seith, that boondis and tribula|ciouns at Jerusalem abiden me. But Y drede no thing of these, nether Y make my lijf preciousere than my silf, so that Y end my cours, and the mynysterie of the word, which Y resseyuede of the Lord Jhesu, to witnesse the gospel of the grace of God. And `now lolo! now QR.! Y woot, that ȝe schulen no more se my face, alle ȝe bi whiche Y passide, prech|ynge the kingdom of God. Wherfor Y witnesse to ȝou this day, that Y am cleen of the blood of alle men. For Y fleyfledde R. not awey, that Y telde not to ȝou al the counsel of God. Take ȝe tente to ȝou, and to al the flockefolk ak sec. m., in which the Hooli Goost hath set ȝou bischops, to reule the chirche of God, whichthe which k. he purchaside with his blood. Y woot, that aftir my departyng, rauyschingerauenynge bβ. wolues schulen entre in to ȝou, `and spare notnot sparynge R. the flok; and men spekinge schrewid thingis schu|len rise of ȝouȝour E. silf, that thei leden awei disciplis aftir hem. For which thing wake ȝe, holdinge in mynde that bi thre ȝeer nyȝt and dai Y ceesside not with teeris monestinge ech of ȝou. And now Y bitake ȝou to God and to the word of his grace, that is myȝti to edifie and ȝyue eritage in alle that ben maad hooli. And of no man Y coueitide siluer, and gold, ether cloth, as ȝouȝour E. silf witen; for to tho thingis that weren nedeful to me, and to these that ben with me, these hoondis mynystriden. Alle these thingis Y schew|ide to ȝouI schewide to ȝou; for en|saumple of per|feccioun. so bi|houeth men tra|ueilinge; that is, lyuynge of her owne la|bour, resseyue to the teching of feith, syke men, that ben auerous and slouȝ to ȝeue; for thouȝ Poul myȝte take costis of hem to whiche he prechide, ȝit he abstenede ofte, lest the fruit of preching schulde be let|tid in hem; for whi for her auerise, thei wolden be with|drawen fro the hering of prech|ing. It is more blessid for to ȝeue more, etc.; as Poule dide; for in the book of techingis of the chirche it [is] seid thus, It is good with Goddis dreede eithir dispend|ing, to ȝeue goodis to pore men, but it is betere to ȝeue al togidere, for entent to sue Crist, and to be asoiled either relesid of besy|nesse, and to be nedy with Crist. And Jerom aȝens Vigilan|cius accordith in sentence. Lire here. ve., for so it bihoueth men tra|uelinge to resseyue sike men, and to haue mynde of the `word of theOm. gk pr. m. Lord Jhesu; for he seide, It is more blesful to ȝyue, than to resseyue. And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he knelide, and heOm. EIKko. preiede with alle hem. And greet wep|ing of alle men was maad; and thei felden on the necke of Poul, and kissiden hym, and sorewiden moost in the word that he seide, for thei schulen no more se his face. And thei ledden hym to the schip.

 CAP. XXI.

And whanne it was don, that we schul|den seile, and weren passid awei fro hem, with streiȝt cours we camen to Choum, and the day suynge to Rodis, and fro thennus to Patiram, and fro thennus to Myram. And whanne we founden a schip passinge ouer to Fenyce, we wenten vp in to it, and sailden forth. And whanne we apper|iden to Cipre, we leften it at the left half, and seiliden in to Sirie, and camen to Tire. For there the schip schulde be vnchargid. And whanne we foundun disciplis, we dwelliden there seuene daies; whiche seiden bi spiritseiden bi spi|rit; thei seiden not bi the Hooly Goost without meene, that Poul schulde not stiȝe to Je|rusalem; for the Hooly Goost seide to Poule, that he schulde stiȝe thidir; but these disciplis hadden bi the spirit of profe|cie, that if Poule stiȝide to Jeru|salem, he schulde suffre persecuscioun there; wher|fore thei had|den compas|sioun on hym, and counceil|eden bi her owne spirit, that he schulde not stiȝe thider. Lire here. ve. to Poul, that he schulde not go vp to Jerusalem. And whanne the daies weren fillid, we ȝeden forth, and alle men with wyues and children ledden forth vs with outen the citee; and we kneliden in the see brenke, and we preieden. And whanne we had|den maad fare wel togidre, weOm. A. wenten vp into thea CKO. schip; and thei turneden aȝen in to her owne places. And whanne the schip sailinge was fillid fro Tire, we camen doun to Tolamayda, and whanne we hadden gret wel the britheren, we dwelliden o dai at hem. And anotherthe othir R. dai we ȝeden forth, and camen to Ce|sarie. And we entriden in to the hous of Filip euangelist, that was oon of the seuene, and dwelliden at hym. And to hym weren foure douȝtris, virgyns, that profecieden. And whanne we dwelliden there biOm. k. summe daies, a profete, Agabus bi name, cam ouer fro Judee. ThisHe this I. whanne he cam to vs, took the girdil of Poul, and boond togidere hise feet and hoondis, and seide, The Hooli Goost seith these thingis, Thus Jewis schulen bynde in Jerusalem the man, whos is this gir|dil; and thei schulen bytake intohim into Rk. he|thene mennys hoondis. Which thing whanne we herden, we preieden, and thei that weren of that place, that he schulde not go vp to Jerusalem. Thanne Poul answeride, and seide, What doen ȝe, wepinge and turmentinge myn herte? For Y am redi, not oonli to be boundun, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jhesu. And whanne we myȝten not counseile hym, we weren stille, and seiden, The wille of the Lord be don. And aftir these daies we weren maad redi, and wenten vp to Jerusalem. And summe of theOm. I. disciplis camen with vs fro Cesarie, and ledden with hem a man, Jason of Cipre, an elde disciple, at whom we schulden be herborid. And whanne we camen to Jerusalem, brithe|ren resseyueden vs wilfulli. And in the dai suynge Poul entride with vs to James, and alle the eldre men weren gaderid. Whiche whanne he hadde gret, he telde bi alle thingis, what God hadde doon in hethene men, bi the mynysterie of hym. And whanne thei herden, thei magnyfiden God, and seiden to hym, Brothir, thou seest how many thousyndis ben in Jewis, that han bileued to God, and alle ben loueris of the lawe. And thei herden of thee, that thou techist departing fro Moises of thilk Jewis that ben bi hethene men, that seien, that thei owen not circumcideto circumcide CEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ. her sones, nether owen to entre by custom. Therfor what is? It bihoueth that the multitude come togidre; for thei schulen here, that thou art come. Therfor do thou this thing, that we seien to thee. Ther ben to vs foure men, that han a vow on hem. Take thouȝeue thou, etc.; that is, make thou an offring with hem, whiche is wont to be maad in suche thingis. V. these men, and halowe thee with hem; honge on hem, that thei schaue her heedis; and that alle men wite, that thethese a. tho k. thingis that thei herden of thee ben false, but that thou walkist, and thi silf kepist the lawe. But of these that bileueden of hethene men, we writenhan writen K pr. m., demynge that thei absteyne hem fro thing offrid to idols, and fro blood, and also fro stranglid thing, and fro for|nicacioun. Thanne Poul took the men, and in the daidayes g. suynge he was purified with hem, and entride in to the temple, and schewide the filling of daies of puri|fying, til the offring was offrid for ech of hem. And whanne seuene daies weren endid, the Jewis that weren of Asie, whanne thei saien him in the temple, stiriden al the puple, and leyden hondis on hym, and crieden, Men of Israel, helpe ȝe vs. This is the man, that aȝens the puple and the lawe and this place tech|ith euery where alle men, more ouer and hath led hethene men in to the temple, and hath defoulid this hooli place. For thei seyen Trofimus of Effesi in the citee with hym, whom thei gessiden that Poul hadde brouȝtbrouȝt with him a. in to the temple. And al the citee was moued, and a rennyng to|gider of the puple was maad. And thei token Poul, and drowen him out of the temple; and anoon the ȝatis weren closid. And whanne thei souȝten to sle hym, it was teld to the tribune of the cumpany of knyȝtis, that al Jerusalem is con|foundid. Which anoon took knyȝtis, and centuriens, and ran to hem. And whanne thei hadden seen the tribunecenturien R., and theOm. KO. knyȝtis, thei ceessiden to smyte Poul. Thanne the tribune cam, and cauȝte hym, and comaundide, that he were boundun with twei cheynes; and axideaskide O., who he was, and what he hadde don. But othere crieden other thing among the puple. And whanne he miȝte `knowe nonot knowe K. not knowe no g. certeyn thing for the noise, he comaundide hym to be led in to the castels. And whanne Poul cam to the grees, it bifel that he was borun of kniȝtis, for strengthe of the puple. For the multitude of theOm. EIKQabceghoβ. puple suede hym, and criede, Take hym awei. And whanne Poul bigan to be led in to the castels, he seide to the tribune, Whether it is leue|ful `to meOm. K pr. m., to speke ony thing to thee? And he seide, Kanst thou Greek? Whe|ther thou art not the Egipcian, which bifor these daies mouedist a noisevois C., and leddist out in to desert foure thousynde of men, mensleeris? And Poul seide to hym, For Y am a Jew, of Tharse of Cilicie, a citeseyn, which citee is not vn|knowun. And Y preye thee, suffre me to speke to the puple. And whanne he suffride, Poul stood in the grees, and bikenede with the hoond to the puple. And whanne a greet silence was maad, he spak in Ebrew tunge, and seide,

 CAP. XXII.

Britheren and fadris, here ȝe what re|soun Y ȝelde now to ȝou. And whanne sum herden that in Ebrew tunge he spak to hem, thei ȝauen the more silence. And he seide, Y am a man a Jew, borun at Tharse of Cilicie, nurischid and in this citee bisidis the feet of Gamaliel, tauȝt bi the treuthe of fadris lawe, a louyere of the lawe, as also ȝe alle ben to dai. And Y pursuede this weie til to the deth, byndynge and bitakinge `in toto RO. holdis men and wymmen, as the prince of prestis ȝeldith witnessyng to me, and alle the grettest inof CEIKMQRUXabceghkoβ. birth. Of whom also Y took pistlisepistlis E. to britheren, and wente to Damask, to bring fro thennys men boundun in to Jerusalem, that thei schul|den be peyned. And it was don, while Y ȝede, and neiȝede to Damask, at myd|dai sudeynli fro heuene a greet plente of liȝt schoon aboute me. And Y felde doun to the erthe, and herde a voice fro heuene, seiynge to me, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me? It is hard to thee toOm. I. kike aȝens the pricke. And Y an|sweride, Who art thou, Lord? And he seide to me, Y am Jhesu of Nazareth, whom thou pursuest. And thei that weren with me sien but the liȝt, but thei herden not the vois of hym, that spak with me. And Y seide, Lord, what schal Y do? And the Lord seide to me, Rise thou, and go to Damask; and there it schal be seid to thee, ofOm. k. alle thingis whichwhat k. it bihoueth thee to do. And whanne Y saye not, for theOm. R. clerete of that liȝt, Y was led bi the hond of fe|lowis, and Y cam to Damask. And a man, Ananye, that bi the lawe hadde wytnessyng of alle Jewis dwellinge in Damask, cam to me, and stood niȝ, and seide to me, Saul, brother, biholde. And Y in the same our biheelde in to hym. And he seide, God of oure fadris hath bifor ordeyned thee, that thou schuldist knowe the wille of him, and schuldist se the riȝtful man, and here the vois of his mouth. For thou schalt be his witnesse to alle men, of thothe a. thingis that thou hast seyn and herd. And now, what dwellist thou? Rise vp, and be bap|tisid, and waische awei thi synnes, bi the name of hym clepid to help. And it was don to me, as Y turnede aȝen in to Jerusalem, and preyedeprechide k. in the tem|ple, thatOm. Egk. and Q. Y was maad in rauysching of soule, and Y siȝ him seiynge to me, Hiȝe thouthee hk sec. m., and go out faste of Jerusalem, for thei schulen not resseyue thi witnessing of me. And Y seide, Lord, thei witen, that Y was closing togidir `in toin b. pri|soun, and betinge bi synagogis hem that bileueden `in toto k. thee. And whanne the blood of Steuene, thi witnesse, was sched out, Y stood niȝ, and consentide, and kept the clothis of men that slowen hym. And he seide to me, Go thou, for Y schal sende thee fer to naciouns. And thei herden him til this word; and thei reis|eden her vois, and seiden, Take awei fro the erthe siche a maner man; for it is not leueful, that he lyue. And whanne thei crieden, and kesten awei her clothis, and threwen dust in to the eir, the tri|bune comaundide hym to be led in to castelsthe castels hkα., and to be betun with scourgis, and to be turmentid, that he wiste, for what cause thei crieden so toon k. him. And whanne thei hadden boundun hym with cordis, Poul seide to a centurien stondinge niȝ to hym, Whether it isbe b. leueful to ȝou, to scourge a Romayn, and vndampned? And whanne this thing was herd, the centurien wente to the tribune, and telde to hym, and seide, What art thou to doynge? for this man is a citeseyn of Rome. And the tribune cam niȝ, and seide to hym, Seie thou to me, whether thou art a Romayn? And he seide, Ȝhe. And the tribune answeride, Y with myche summe gat this fredom. And Poul seide, And Y was borun a citeseyn of Rome. Therfor anoon thei that schul|den haue turmentid hym, departiden awei fro hym. And the tribune dredde, aftir that he wiste, that he was a cite|seyn of Rome, and for he hadde boundun hym. But in the dai suynge he wolde wite more diligentli, for what cause he were accusid of the Jewis, and vnbounde hym, and comaundide prestis and al the counsel to come togidir. And heOm. k. brouȝte forth Poul, and sette hym among hem.

 CAP. XXIII.

And Poul bihelde in to the counsel, and seide, Britheren, Y with al good conscience haue lyued bifore God, `til in totil to b. this dai. And Anany, prince of prestis, comaundide to men that stoden nyȝnyȝ to hk sec. m. hym, that thei schulden smyte his mouth. Thanne Poul seide to hym, Thou whitid wal, God smyte thee; thou sittist, and demest me bi the lawe, and aȝens the law thou comaundist me to be smytun. And thei that stoden niȝ, seiden, Cursist thou the hiȝest prestprynce gk pr. m. of God? And Poul seide, Britheren, Y wiste not, that he is prince of preestis; for it is writun, Thou schalt not curse the prince of thithe xak pr. m. puple. But Poul wiste, that o partipart αβ. was of Saduceis, and the otheretothir CKQXabgkoα. of Fariseis; and he criede in the counsel, Britheren, Y am a Farisee, the sone of Farisees; Yand Y b. am demyd of the hope andOm. ah. of theOm. CEIK pr. m. MQRUXabch. aȝen rising of deed men. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, dissencioun was maad bitwixe the Fariseis and theOm. R. Saduceis, and the mul|titude was departid. For Saduceis seien, that no `rysing aȝenrising gk pr. m. aȝen rising k sec. m. of deed men is, nether aungel, nether spirit; but Fariseis knowlechen euer eithir. And a greet cry was maad. And summe ofof the Kkα. Fari|sees rosenrisen alii. vp, andOm. R. fouȝten, seiynge, We fynden no thing of yuel in this man; what if a spirit, ether an aungel spak to hym? And whanne greet discencioun was maad, the tribune dredde, lest Poul schulde be to-drawun of hem; and he comaundide knyȝtis to go doun, and to take hym fro the myddil of hem, and to lede hym in to castelsa castel I. the castels Rk.. And in the niȝt suynge the Lord stood niȝ to hym, and seide, Be thou stidfast; for as thou hast witnessid of me in Jerusalem, so it bi|houeth thee to witnesse also at Rome. And whanne the dai was come, summe of the Jewis gaderiden hem, and maden `a vowan avouȝ R. avow bcg., and seiden, that thei schulden nether eete, ne drinke, til thei slowen Poul. And there weren mo than fourti men, that maden this sweryng togider. And thei wenten to the princis of prestis, and eldre men, and seiden, With deuo|cioun we han a vowid, that we schulen not taste ony thing, til we sleenhan slayn k. Poul. Now therfor make ȝe knowun to the tri|bune, with the counsel, that he bringe hym forth to ȝou, as if ȝe schulden knowe sum thing more certeynli of hym; and we ben redi to sle hym, bifor that he come. And whanne the sone of Poulis sister hadde herd the aspiesspies k pr. m., he cam, and entride in to the castels, and telde to Poul. And Poul clepide to hym oon of the centuriens, and seide, Lede this ȝonge man to the tribune, for he hath sum thing to schewe to hym. And he took hym, and ledde to the tribune, and seide, Poul, that is boundun, preide me to lede to thee this ȝonge man, that hath sum thing to speke to thee. And the tribune took his hoond, and wente with hym asidis half, and axideaskide O. hym, What thing is it, that thou hast to schewe to me? And he seide, The Jewis ben acordidit acordide, etc.; that is, Jewis maden acord ether a couenaunt. Lire here. ve. to preye thee, that to morewe thou brynge forth Poul in to the counsel, as if thei schulden enquere sum thing more cer|teynli of hym. But bileue thou not to hem; for mo than fourti men of hem aspienaspieden g. hym, which han a vowid, that thei schulen notnether k. eete netherne Ik. drynke, til thei sleen hym; and now thei ben redi, abidinge thi biheest. Therfor the tri|bune lefte the ȝonge man, and comaund|ide, that he schulde speke to no man, that he hadde maad these thingis knowun to hym. And he clepide togidre twei centuriens, and he seide to hem, Make ȝe redi twei hundrid knyȝtis, that thei go to Cesarie, and horse men seuenti, and spere men twey hundrid, fro the thridde our of the nyȝt. And make ȝe redy an hors, for Poul to ride on, to lede hym saaf to Felix, the presydent. For the tribune dreddeFor he dredde, etc.; al this sentense til this word, to taking money, be pass|id, is not of the text, neither is in bookis amendid, but first it was a glose ȝeldinge the cause whi the tribune sente Poul with so greet sykir|nesse, and aftir|ward this glose was set in the text bi vnkun|nyngnesse of writeris. Lire here. ve., lest the Jewis wol|den take hym bi the weie, and sle hym, and aftirward he miȝte be chalengid, asas if k. he hadde take money. AndHe K sec. m. wroot hymto him CKMRXabk pr. m. Oβ. `a pistleepistle Ee., conteynynge these thingis. Clau|dius Lisias to thethee ac sec. m. beste Felix, president, heelthe. This man that was take of the Jewis, and bigan to be slayn, Y cam vp|on hem with myn oost, and delyuerede hym fro hem, whanne Y knewe that he was a Romayn. And Y wolde wite the cause, which thei puttiden aȝens hym; and Y ledde hym tointo bho. the counsel of hem. And Y foond, that he was accusid of questiouns of her lawe, but he hadde no cryme worthi the deth, ethir boondis. And whanne it was teeld me of the aspiesspies k pr. m., that thei arayden for hym, Y sente hym to thee, and Y warnede also the accuseris, that thei seie at thee. Fare wel. And so the knyȝtis, as thei weren comaundid, token Poul, and ledde hym bi nyȝt into Antipatriden. And in the dai suynge, whanne the horsmen weren left, that schulden go with hym, thei turneden aȝen to theOm. h pr. m. castels. And whanne thei camen to Cesarie, thei token the pistleepistle E. to the president, and thei set|ten also Poul byfore him. And whanne he hadde red, andhe a. axideaskide O., of what pro|uynce he was, and knewe that he was of Cilicie, Y schal here thee, he seide, whanne thin accuseris comen. And he comaund|ide hym to be kept ininto b. the moot halle of Eroude.

 CAP. XXIV.

And aftir fyue daies, Ananye, prince of preestis, cam doun with summe eldere men, and Terculle, a feir spekerether aduocat K marg., which wenten to the precident aȝens Poul. And whanne Poul was somened, Terculle bi|gan to accuse hym, and seide, Whanne in myche pees we doon bi thee, and many thingis ben amendid bi thi wis|dom, euere more and euery where, thou best Felix, we han resseyued with al doyng of thankingis. But lest Y tarie theethe A. Om. I. lengere, Y preie thee, schortly here vs for thi mekenesse. We han foundun this wickid man stirynge dissencioun to alle Jewis in al the world, and auctour of dissencioun of the secte of Nazarenus; and he also enforside to defoule the tem|ple; whom also we token, and wolden deme, after oure lawe. But Lisias, the trybune, camcam aboof R. with greet strengthe aboueOm. R., and delyuerede hym fro oure hoondis; and comaundide hise accuseris to come to thee, of whom thou demynge, maist knowe of alle these thingis, of whiche we accusen hym. And Jewis puttenputtiden hk. to, and seiden, that these thingis hadden hem so. And Poul answeride, whanne the president grauntide hym to seie, Of mony ȝeeris Y knowe thee, that thou art domesman `to thisof this X. of these a. folk, and Y schal do ynowȝ for me withby k. good resoun. For thou maist knowe, for to me ben not more than twelue daies, sithen Y cam vp to worschipe in Jerusalem; and nether in theOm. R. temple thei founden me disput|inge with ony man, nether makynge con|coursether rennyng togidere K marg. of puplethe peple CXagk., nether inin the I. synagogissynagoge E., nether in citee; nether thei moun preue to thee, of theOm. h. whiche thingis thei now accusen me. But Y knowleche to thee this thing, that aftir the secte whichof which b. theiȝe oβ. seien eresie, so Y serue to God the fadir, `and Y bileuebileeuynge R. to alle thingis that ben writun in the lawe andof O. profetis; and Y haue hope in God, whiche also thei hem silf abiden, the aȝenrisyng `to comyngeOm. Q. of iust men and wickid. In this thing Y studie with outen hirtyng, to haue concience to God, and to men euermore. But after many ȝeeris, Y cam to do almes dedis to my folc, and of|fryngis, and auowis; in whiche thei founden me purified in the temple, not with company, nether with noise. And thei cauȝten me, and theiOm. AQ. crieden, and seiden, Take awei oure enemye. And summe Jewis of Asie, whiche it behofte to be now present at thee, and accuse, if thei hadden ony thing aȝens me, etherneither g. these hem silf seie, if thei founden in me ony thing of wickidnesse, sithen Y stonde `in the counsel, but oneli of this vois, by which Y criede stondyngeOm. gk pr. m. among hem, For of the aȝenrisyng of deed men Y am demyd this dai of ȝou. Sothely Felix delayedeether differride K marg. hem, and knewe moost certeynliOm. R. of the weie, and seide, Whanne Lisias, the tribune, schal come doun, Y schal here ȝou. And he co|maundide to a centurien to kepe hym, and that he hadde reste, nethir tofor to g. for|bede ony man to mynystre of his owne thingis to him. And after summe dayes Felix cam, with Drussille his wijf, that was a Jewesse, and clepide Poul, and herde of him the feith that is in Crist Jhesu. And while he disputide of riȝt|wisnesse, and chastite, and of dom to comynge, Felix was maad tremblinge, and answerde, ThatWhider it A sec. m. I. Whither a sec. m. k sec. m. α. perteneth now, go; but in tyme couenable Y schal clepe thee. Also he hopide, that money schulde be ȝouun to hym of Poul; for which thing eft he clepide hym, and spak with hym. And whanne twei ȝeerisȝeer I. weren fillid, Felix took a successoure, Porcius Festus; and Felix wolde ȝyue grace to Jewisthe Jewis K pr. m. bko., and lefte Poul boundun.

 CAP. XXV.

Therfor whanne Festus cam in to the prouynce, aftir the thridde dai he wente vp to Jerusalem fro Cesarie. And the princis of prestis, and the worthieste of the Jewis wenten to hym aȝens Poul, and preieden hym, and axiden grace aȝens hym, that he schulde comaunde hym to be led to Jerusalem; and thei settidenset|ten k. aspies to sle hym in the weie. But Festus answerde, that Poul schulde be kept in Cesarie; sotheli that he hym silf schulde procede more auisiliether ripeli, or hastli K marg.. Therfor he seide, Thei that in ȝou ben myȝti, come doun togidere; and if ony crime is in the man, accuse thei hym. And he dwellede among hem no more than eiȝte ether ten daies, and cam doun to Cesarie; and the to|therothir IRh. dai he sat for domesman, and com|aundide Poul to be brouȝt. And whanne he was brouȝt forth, Jewis stoden aboute hym, whiche camen doun fro Jerusalem, puttynge aȝens hym many and greuouse causis, whiche thei miȝten not preue. For Poul ȝeldide resoun in alle thingis, That nether aȝens the lawe of Jewis, nether aȝens the temple, nether aȝens the empe|roure, Y synnede ony thing. But Festus wolde do grace to theOm. a. Jewis, and an|sweride to Poul, and seide, Wolt thou gon vp to Jerusalem, and there be demyd of these thingis bifore me? And Poul seide, At the domplace of the emperour Y stonde, where it bihoueth me to be demed. Y haue not noied the Jewis, as thou knowist wel. For if Y haue noyed, ether don ony thing worthi deth, Y for|sake not to die; but if no thing of tho is, that thei accusen me, no man may ȝyue me to hem. Y appele to the em|perour. Thanne Festus spak with the counsel, and answerde, To the emperoure thou hast appelid, to the emperoure thou schalt go. And whanne summe daies weren passid, Agrippa kyng, and Bero|nyce camen doun to Cesarie, to welcome Festus. And whanne thei dwelliden there many daies, Festus schewide to the king of Poul, and seide, A man is left boundun of Felix, of which, whanne Y was at Jerusalem, princis of preestis and theOm. o. eldre men of Jewisthe Jewis a. camen to me, and axiden dampnacioun aȝens hym. To whichewhom I. Y answeride, That it is not custom to Romayns, to dampne ony man, bifore that he that is accusid haue hise accuseris present, and take place of de|fending, to putte awei the crymes, that ben putte aȝens hym. Therfor whanne thei camen togidere hidir, withouten ony delaye, in the dai suynge Y sat for domesman, and comaundide the man to be brouȝt. And whanne hise accuseris stoden, thei seiden no cause, of whiche thingisOm. R. Y hadde suspicioun of yuel. But thei hadden aȝens hym summe questiouns of her veyn worschipingether religion K marg., and of oon Jhesu deed, whom Poul affermyde to lyue. And Y doutide of siche maner questiounquestiouns ERhk., and seide, Whether he wolde go to Jerusalem, and ther beto be IQRacekβ. demyd of these thingis? But for Poul appelide, that he schulde be kept to the knowing of the emperoure, Y comaundide him to be kept, til Y sende hym to the empe|roure. And Agrippa seide to Festus, Y myme A. silf wolde here the man. And he seide, To morew thou schalt here hym. And on the totherothir IRh. day, whanne Agrippa and Beronyce camen with greet desire, and entriden in to the auditorie, with tribunes and theOm. K pr. m. principal men of the citee, whanne Festus bad, Poul was brouȝt. And Festus seide, King Agrippa, and alle men that ben with vs, ȝe seen this man, of which al the multitude of Jewis preyede me at Jerusalem, and axideaskide O., and criede, that he schulde lyue no lenger. But Y foond, that he hadde don no thing worthi of deth; and Y demedemyde b. to sende hym to the emperoure, for he appelide this thing. Of which man Y haue not certeyne, what thing Y schal write to the lord. For which thing Y brouȝte hym to ȝou, and moost to thee, thou king Agrippa, that whanne axingaskyng ao. is maad, Y haue what Y schal write. For it is seyn to me with out resoun, to sende a boundun manOm. R., and not toOm. R. signifie the cause of hym.

 CAP. XXVI.

And Agrippa seide to Poul, It is suf|frid to thee, to speke for thi silf. Thanne Poul helde forth the hoond, and bigan to ȝelde resoun. Of alle thingis, in whiche Y am accusid of the Jewis, thou king Agrippa, Y gesse me blessid at theeblessid at thee; that is, to be demed of thee, that I am innocent. Lire here. ve., whanne Y schal defende me this dai; moost for thou knowist alle thingis that ben among Jewis, customes and ques|tiouns. For which thing, Y biseche, here me pacientli. For alle Jewis that bifor knewen me fro the bigynnyng, knewenknowen beghkoβ. my lijf fro ȝongtheȝouthe Ek.; that fro the bigyn|nyng was in my folc in Jerusalem, if thei wolen bere witnessing, that bi the moost certeyn sect of oure religioun, Y lyuede a Farisee. And now for the hope of repro|myssioun, that is maad to oure fadris of God, Y stonde suget in dom; in which hope oure twelue lynagis seruynge niȝt and dai hopen to come; of which hope, sir king, Y am accusid of the Jewis. What vnbileueful thing is demed at ȝou, if God reisithreiside R. reise h. deed men? And sotheli Y gessidegesse EQgkα., that Y ouȝte doto do Egk pr. m. many contrarie thingis aȝens the name ofOm. M pr. m. a. Jhesu Naza|reneof Nazareth k pr. m.. Which thing also Y dide in Jeru|salem, and Y encloside manye ofOm. gk pr. m. theOm. ACEIKMQRUXabceghkoαβ. seyntis in prisoun, whanne Y hadde take powere of the princisprince h. of preestis. And whanne thei weren slayn, Y brouȝte the sentence. And bi alle synagogis ofte Y punyschide hem, and constreynede to blasfeme; and more Y wexwexide Eghk pr. m. woxe e. wood aȝens hem, and pursuede in to alien citees. In whiche, theOm. R. while Y wente to Damask, with power and suffring of princisthe princes R sec. m. of preestis, at myddai, in the weie Y say, sir king, that fro heuene liȝta liȝt b. schynede abouteaboue a. me, passing the schynyng of the sunne, and aboute hem that weren togidir with me. And whanne we alle hadden falle doun in to the erthe, Y herde a vois sei|ynge to me in Ebrew tunge, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me? it is hard to thee, to kicke aȝens the pricke. And Y seide, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord seide, Y am Jhesus, whom thou pursuest. But rise vp, and stoond on thi feet. For whi to this thing Y apperide to thee, that Y ordeyne thee mynystre and witnesse of tho thingis that thou hast seyn, and of thotho thingis Q. inOm. Rhk. whiche Y schal schewe to thee. And Y schal delyuere thee fro puplis and folkis, to whiche now Y sende thee, to opene the iȝen of hem, that theiOm. b. ben conuertid fro derk|nessewickidnes k. derkenessis O. to liȝt, and fro power of Sathnas to God, that thei take remyssioun of synnes, and part among seyntis, bi feith that is in me. Wherfor, sir kyng Agrippa, Y was not vnbileueful to the heuenli visioun; but Y tolde to hem that been at Damask first, and at Jerusalem, and bi al the cuntre of Judee, and to hethene men, that thei schulden do pen|aunce, and be conuertid to God, and do worthi werkis of penaunce. For this cause Jewis token me, whanne Y was in the temple, to sle me. But Y was holpun bi the helpe of God in to this dai, and stonde, witnessinge toand to a. lesse and to more. And Y seye no thing ellis than whiche thingis the prophetis and Moises spaken that schulen come, if Crist is to suffre, if he is the firste of theOm. EMQRX aghkαβ. aȝenrising of deed men, that schal schewe liȝt to the puple and to hethene men. Whanne he spak these thingis, and ȝeldide resoun, Festus seide with greet vois, Poul, thou maddist; many lettris turnen thee to woodnesse. And Poul seide, Y madde not, thou beste Festus, but Y speketelle k pr. m. out the wordis of treuthe and of sobernesse. For also the king, to whom Y speke stidfastli, woot ofOm. A pr. m. for A sec. m. these thingis; for Y deme, that no thing of thesethis h. is hid fro hym; for nether in a cornere was ouȝt of these thingisOm. Q. don. Bileuest thou, kingsir king k pr. m. Agrippa, `to prophetisOm. R.? Y woot that thou bileuest. And Agrippa seide to Poul, In litil thing thou counseilist methat is, sum|del thou draw|ist me, but not perfitly. Lire here. ve. to be maad a cristen man. And Poul seide, Y desire anentis God, bothe in litil and in greet, not oneli thee, but alle these that heren to dai, to be maad sich as Y am, outakun these boondis. And the kyng roos vp, and the president, and Be|ronyce, and thei that saten niȝ to hem. And whanne thei wenten awei, thei spaken togider, and seiden, That this man hath not don ony thing worthi deththe deeth k., nether boondis. And Agrippa seide to Festus, This man miȝt be delyuerid, if he hadde not appelid to the emperour.

 CAP. XXVII.

But as it was demed hym to schippe into Ytalie, thei bitoken Poul with othereothers k. kepers to a centurien, bi name Julius, of the cumpeny of knyȝtis of the emperoure. And we wenten vp in to the schip of Adrymetis, and bigunnen to seile, and weren borun aboute the placis of Asie, while Aristark of Macedonye, Tessalony|cence, dwellide stille with vs. And in theOm. A pr. m. dai suynge, we camen to Sydon; and Julius tretyde curteisliether manli K marg. Poul, and suffride to go to frendis, and doto do Rgk. his nedis. And whanne we remouede fro thennus, we vndurseiliden to Cipre, for that wyndis weren contrarie. And we seiliden in the see of Silicie and Pamfilie, and camen to Listris, that is Licie. And there the cen|turien foond a schip of Alisaundre, seil|inge in to Ytalie, and puttideputtynge I. vs ouer in to it. And whanne in many daies we seilden slowli, and vnnethe camen aȝens GuydumGwydum EGIKQbceghkoα., for the winde lettide vs, we seiliden to Crete, bisidis Salomona. And vnnethe we seilden bisidis, and camen into a place, that is clepid of good hauen, to whom the cite Tessala was niȝ. And whanne miche time was passid, and whanne seiling thanneOm. k pr. m. was not sikir, for that fastingfasting; this fasting was in the se, where for the tempest the schipmen hadde noo leiser to ete, no but litel, for the gouernaile of the schip; and othere men hadden no leiser to ete, for dredde; wherfore the schipmen weren maad more fe|ble. Lire here. ve. was passid, Poul coum|fortide hem, and seide to hem, Men, Y seI see; bi the spirit of profe|sie. with wrong and harm; that is, with greet perel of ȝoure thingis and bodies. Lire here. ve. that seiling bigynneth to be with wrong and myche harm, not oonli of chargethe charge CKRXo. andOm. hk. of the schip, but also of oure lyues. But the centurien bileuede more to theoure a. gouernour, and to the lord of the schip, thanne to these thingis that weren seid of Poul. And whanne the hauene was not able to dwelle in wynter, ful many ordeyneden counsel to seile fro thennus, if onOm. E. in k. ony maner thei miȝten come to Fenyce, to dwelle in wynter at the hauene of Crete, which biholdith to Affrikor south west C marg. that is, south west O marg., and to Corumor north west C marg. that is, north west O marg.. And whanne the south blew, thei gessidenassaieden k pr. m. hem to holde purpos; and whanne thei hadden removed fro Asson, thei seiliden to Crete. And not aftir miche, the wynde Tifonyk, that is clepid north eest, was aȝens it. And whanne the schip was rauyschid, and myȝte not enforse aȝens the wynde, whanne the schip was ȝouun to theOm. CKXO. blowyngesblowynge gβ. of the wynde, we weren borun with cours into an ile, that is clepid Canda; and vnethe we miȝten gete a litil boot. And whanne this was takun vp, thei vsiden helpis, girdinge togidere the schippe; and dredden, lest thei schulden falle into sondisodein E. placis. And whanne the vessel was vndur set, so thei weren borun. And for we weren throwun with strong tempest, in the dai suynge thei maden casting out. And the thridde dai with her hoondis thei castidenkesten R. awei theOm. Eg. instrumentis of the schip. And whanne the sunne nether theOm. CEKXbehkoβ. sterris weren seie bi many daies, and tempest not a litil neiȝedeschewide niȝ K marg., now al the hope of oure helthe was don awei. And whanne myche fasting hadde be, thanne Poul stood in the myddil of hem, and seide, A! men, it bihofte, whanne ȝe herden me, not to haueOm. R. take awei the schip fro Crete, and gete this wronge and casting out. And now Y counsel ȝou to be of good coumfort, for los of no persoone of ȝou schal be, outakun ofOm. b pr. m. the schip. For an aungel of God, whos Y am, and to whom Y serue, stood niȝ to me in this niȝt, and seide, Poul, drede thou not; it bihoueth thee to stonde bifore the em|perour. And lo! God hath ȝouun to thee alle that ben in the schip with thee. For which thing, ȝe men, be ȝeOm. A pr. m. b. of good coumfort; for Y bileue to my God, that so it schal be, as it is seid to me. And it bihoueth vs to come into sum yle. But aftirwardaftir k pr. m. that in the fourtenthe dai the niȝt cam on vs seilinge in the stony see, aboute mydniȝt the schipmen supposiden sum cuntre to appere to hem. And thei kestencasteden E. kesteden K. ether senten K marg. casten kα. doun a plommet, and founden twenti pasis of depnesse. And aftir a litil thei weren departid fro then|nus, and foundun fiftenefifty I. pasis. And thei dredden, lest we schulden haue fallun in to scharp placis; and fro the last parti of the schip thei senten foure ankeris, and desiriden that theOm. k. dai hadde be come. And whanne the schipmen souȝten to fle fro the schip, whanne thei hadden sent a litil boot in to the see, vndur colour as thei schulden bigynne to stretche forth the ankeris fro the formere part of the schip, Poul seide to the centurien and to the knyȝtis, But thesethese men A sec. m. CK pr. m. ROαβ. dwellen in the schip, ȝe moun not be maad saaf. Thanne knyȝtis kittiden awei the cordis of the litil boot, and suffriden it to falle awei. And whanne the dai was come, Poul preiede alle men to take mete, and seide, The fourtenthe dai this dai ȝe `abiden, andabidinge I. dwellen fastinge, and taken no thing. Wherfor Y preie ȝou to take mete, for ȝoure helthe; for of noon of ȝou the heer of the heed schal perische. And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, Poul took breed, and dide thankyngisthankis g. thankynge β. to God in the siȝt of alle men; and whanne he hadde brokun, he bigan to eete. And alle weren maadOm. k pr. m. of betere coumfortether herte K marg., and thei token mete. And wethei A pr. m. weren alle men in the schip, two hundrid seuenti and sexe. And thei weren fillid with mete, and dischargiden the schip, and castidenkesten R. casten h. whete in to the see. And whanne the dai was comun, thei knewen no lond; and thei bihelden an hauene that hadde a watir bank, in to whichwhiche thing K pr. m. thei thouȝten, if thei miȝten, to bringe vp the schip. And whanne thei hadden take vp the ankeris, thei bitoken hem to the see, and slakiden togidir the ioyntours of gouernails. And with a litil seil lift vp, bi blowyng of the wynde thei wenten to thea k. bank. And whanne we felden into a place of grauel gon alOm. bko. aboute with the see, thei hurtlidenhurliden CO. theinto the k pr. m. schip. And whanne the formere part was fitchid, it dwellide vnmouable, and the last part was brokun of strengthethe strenkthe k pr. m. of the see. And counsel of theOm. bgk. kniȝtis was, to sle men that weren in warde, lest ony schulde ascape, whanne he hadde swym|med out. But the centurien wolde kepe Poul, and forbede it to be don. And he comaundide hem that miȝte swymme, to go in to the see, and scapeascape CKabkoβ., and go out tointo I. the loond. And thei baren summe othere on boordis, summe on thoother k. thingis that weren of the schip. And so it was don, that alle men ascapiden to the lond.

 CAP. XXVIII.

And whanne we hadden ascapid, thanne we knewen that the ile was clepid Mili|teneMytilene K.. And the hethene men diden to vs not litila litil KXabhko. curtesie. And whanne a fier was kyndelid, thei refreschiden vs alle, for the reyn that cam, and theOm. Eghk. coold. But whanne Poul hadde gederid `a quantiteOm. gk. of kittingis of vines, and leide on the fier, an edder schewhanne sche K sec. m. Om. h. cam forth fro the heete, andOm. K sec. m. took hym bi the hoond. And whanne the hethene men of the ile siȝen the beest hangynge in his hoond, thei seiden to|gidir, For this manOm. X pr. m. is a manquellereman sleer k.; and whanne he scapideascapide oβ. fro the see, Goddis veniaunce suffrith hym not to lyue in erthe. But he schokesmote R. awei the beest in to the fier, and hadde noon harm. And thei gessiden that he schulde be turned `in toin A pr. m. swellyng, and falle doun sudenli, and die. But whanne thei abiden longe, and sien that no thing of yuel was don in him, thei turneden hem togider, and seiden, that he was God. And in tho placis weren maners of the prince of the ile, Puplius bi name, which resseyuede vs bi thre daies benygnli, and foond vs. And it bifel, that the fader of Pupplius lai trauelid with fyueris and blodi flux. To whom Poul entride, and whanne he hadde preied, andhe k. leid his hondis on hym, heand k pr. m. and he k sec.m. helide hym. And whanne this thing was don, alle that inweren in k. thethat R. ile haddenand hadden k. sijknesses, camen, and weren heelid. Which also onouriden vs inwith EKQRgkα. many worschipis, and puttiden what thingis weren necessarie to vs, whanne we schippiden. And after thre monethis we schippiden in a schip of Alisaundre, that hadde wyntrid in the ile, to which wasOm. Eg. an excellentether a noble thing K marg. singne of Castours. And whanne we camen to Siracusan, we dwelliden there thre daies. Fro thennus we seilidenether schippiden K marg. aboute, and camen to Re|gyum; and aftir oo dai, while the south blew, in the secounde dai we camen to Puteolos. Where whanne we founden britheren, we weren preied to dwelle there anentis hem seuene daies. And so we camen to Romethat is, nyȝ Rome. Lire here. v.. And fro thennus whanne britheren hadden herd, thei camen to vs to the cheping of Appius, and to the Thre tauernesthat is, to a place clepid Thre tauernes K marg.. And whanne Poul hadde seyn hem, he dide thank|yngis to God, and took trist. And whanne `we camenhe cam k. to Rome, it was suffrid to Poul to dwelle bi hym silf, with a kniȝt kepinge him. And after the thridde dai, he clepide togidir the worthieste of the Jewis. And whanne thei camen, he seide to hem, Britheren, Y dide no thing aȝens the puple ether custom of fadris, and Y was boundun at Jerusalem, and was bitakun in to the hondis of Romayns. And whanne thei hadden axidaskid ao. of me, woldenthei wolden EKRX sec. m. oβ. haue dely|uerid me, for that no cause of deth was in me. But for Jewisthe Jewis gk. aȝenseiden, Y was constreyned to appele to the empe|rour; not as hauynge ony thing to accuse my puple. Therfor for this cause Y preiede to se ȝou, and speke to ȝou; forOm. R. forsothe b. for the hope of Israel Y am gird aboute with this chayne. And thei seiden to hym, Nether we han resseyued lettris of thee fro Judee, nether ony of britheren comynge schewide, ether spak ony yuel thing of thee. But we preyen to here of thee, what thingis thou felist; for of this sect it is knowun to vs, that euery|where me aȝenseith it. And whanne thei hadden ordeined a dai to hym, many men camen to hym in to the in. To whiche he expownede, witnessinge the kyngdom `of GodOm. R., and counseilide hem of Jhesu, of the lawe of Moyses, and profetis, for the morewemorowtijd KXa. til toOm. k pr. m. euentidthe euentide KMR.. And summe bileueden to these thingis that weren seid of Poul, summe bileueden not. And whanne thei weren not consentinge togidir, thei departiden. And Poul seide o word, For the Hooli Goost spak wel bi Ysaye, the profete, to oure fadris, and seide, Go thou to this puple, and seie to hem, With eere ȝe schulen here, and ȝe schulen not vndir|stonde; and ȝe seynge schulen se, and ȝe schulen not biholde. For the herte of this puple is greetli fattidfor the herte of this puple is greetly fattid; this is a figura|tif speche, for as fatnesse ga|derid aboute the herte, stranglith bo|dily lijf, so the malice of Jewis that was gader|id in the soulis of hem, quench|ide in hem goostly lijf. Lire here. ve., and with eeris thei herden heuyli, and thei closiden togider her iȝen, lest perauenture thei se with iȝen, and with eeris here, and bi herte vndurstonde, and be conuertid, and Y hele hem. Therfor be it knowun to ȝou, that this helthe of God is sent to hethen men, and thei schulen here. And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, Jewis wenten out fro hym, and hadden myche questioun, ethiror Ek. musyng, among hem silf. And he dwellide ful twei ȝeer in his hirid place; and he resseyuede alle that entryden to hym, and prechide the kingdom of God, and tauȝte tho thingis that ben of the Lord Jhesu Crist, with al trist, with out forbedyng. AmenFor he is Jhesu Crist, the sone of lyuynge God, bi whom al the world schal biginne for to be demed [eendid k] Egkα..

 Here endithenden a. the Deedis `of ApostlisOm. U., andand here ab. bigynneth a prologe on the pistlis of Cristen feith, that ben seuene in ordreFrom CUXabo. Heere enden the Dedis of Apostlis, and heere biginnith a prologe on the pistlis of Cristen feith, that ben seuene in ordre, id est, Canonicus. I. Here enden the Dedis of Apostlis; se now a prolog on the pistlis of Cristen feith, that ben seuene in ordre. K. Here enden the Dedis of Apostlis, and here bigynneth the prologe on the pistlis of James, Peter, and Joon, and Judas, apostlis, that ben clepid the pistlis of Cristene feith, that ben seuene in ordre. M. Here enden the Dedis of Apostlis, and bigynneth a prologe on Cristene feith, that ben seuene in ordre, that is, oon of Jamis, two of Petir, thre of Joon, and oon of Jude. Q. Heere endith the Dedis of Apostlis, and sueth the prologe on the pistle of James. R. Here endith the book of Apostlis Dedis, and bigynneth a prologe on seuene pistlis in ordre of Cristen feith of James j., of Petre ij., of John iij., and of Jude j. c. Here eendith the Apostlis Deedis, and bigynneth the prologe on the smale pistlis of Cristin feith. e. Her endith the Deedis, and bigynneth a prologe on the smale pistilis, on to James, and twene to Petre, and thre to Jon, and on to Judais. g. Here endith the Dedis of Apostlis, and bigynneth a prolog on the smale pistles. h. Here eendith the Deedis of Apostlis, and bigynneth the vij. epistlis that ben clepid cananysed. k. Here enden the Dedis of Apostlis, and bigynneth a prolog on the epistlis of Cristen feith that ben vij. in ordre, that is, i. of James, twei of Peter, iij. of Joon, and oon of Juda. α. No final rubric in AE.. JAMES. Here bigynneth a prolog on the pistlis of cristen feith, that ben seuene in ordreHere biginnith a prologe on the epistlis of cristen feith, that ben seuene in ordre, that oon of James, ij. of Petre, iij. of Joon, and oon of Jude. E. The prolog of the vii. epistlis. N. Prologus. T. Prologe on the smale pistlis. c. The prolog. k. No initial rubric in CIKMQRUXa..

The ordre of theOm. b. seuene epistlis, whiche ben clepid canonysid, is not so among the Grekis, that fulli saueren the feith, and suwen the riȝt ordre of theOm. K pr. m. b. epistlispistlis k., as it is foundun in Latyn bokis. For forOm. EMTab sec. m. e sec. m. gkα. bi N. as myche as Petre is the firste in theOm. Tk sec. m. ordre of theOm. Q. apostlis, his epistlispistles k. ben the firste of hem in ordre; but as we not long sithen correctiden the euangelistis to the lijfline A sec. m. N sec. m. weye O. of treuthe, so we han set these, thourȝ the help of God, in her owne ordre. For the firste of hem is `an epistlea pistle Ihk. of James, two of Petris, thre of Jones, and oon of Jude. The whiche epistlispistles TkO., if thei hadden be treuli turnedyturned a. of theOm. ThkO. translatouris in to Latyn speche, as thei weren maad of the apostlis, thei schulden haue maad do doute toof O. theOm. EQgα. rederis, nene the CEIKMQRUXabcefghkαβ. neithir N. ne no T. variaunce of wordis schulde not haue inpugnid it silf; nameli, in that place in the firste epistlepistle XbhkO. of Joon, where we reden of theOm. K pr. m. oonhed of the Trynite, where we fynden that ther hath be greet errour of vntrewe translatouris fro the treuthe of theOm. gk. feith, while thei setten in her translaciouns oneli the namesname XO. of thre thingis, that is, of water, of blood, and of spiritthe spirit CEKMNPQRTUbcefhα., and leuethleuen T. the witnessing of the Fadur, and of the Sone, and of the SpiritHoli Goost T., `in which witnesing oure comun bileue is most strengthid, and itOm. gk pr. m. is preued, that there is oon substaunce of Godhed of the Fadir, and of the Sone, and of the Hooli SpiritOm. T.. But in othere epistlispistles h. hou myche oure translacioun dyuersith fro otheris, Y leeue to the prudence of theOm. b. rederis. But thou, Goddis maidemayden T., Eustachium, while thou enqueristquerist T. bisili of meOm. T. the treuthe of scripture, thou puttist out myn elde to be gnawe ofwith R. enuyouse mennus teeth, whiche seyn, that Y am anOm. EIKNTabeoα. apeirera peirer IKeα. of hooli scripturis. But YOm. b pr. m. in such a werk dredeY drede b. not the enuye of myn enemyes, neneither T. Y schal notOm. c sec. m. denye to hem, that axenasken aO. the treuthe of hooli scripturescripturis hk..

Jerom on this pistle seith al thisJerom on thes pistlis seith al this in his prologe. C. This seith Jerom on these epistlis that folowen. E. Heere endith the prologe, and bigynnith the epistle. I. Jerom in his prolog seith al this; se now the pistel of James. K. Jerom in his prolog on these apostlis and epistlis suynge seith this. N. Jerom in his prologe on these epistlis seith this. QC. Thus endith the prologe, and bigynneth the pistle. R. Jerom in his prologe on these seuene epistlis, seith al this. X. Here eendith the prologe, and bigynnith the pistil of James. eg. This seith Jerom in his prolog on this pistle. h. Jerom on these pistlis seith al this. O. Jerom in his prolog on this pistle seith this. α. No final rubric in Tafk. . Here bigynneth the pistle of JamesJames. U. No initial rubric in CEIKPQR Xbceghoα..CAP. I.

James, the seruaunt of God, and of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to the twelue kinredis, that ben in scatering abrood, helthe. My britheren, deme ȝe al ioye, whanne ȝe fallen in to diuerse tempta|ciouns, witynge, that the preuyng of ȝoure feith worchith pacience; and pa|cience hath a perfit werk, that ȝe be perfit and hole, and faile in no thing. And if ony of ȝou nedith wisdom, axe he of God, which ȝyueth to alle men largeli, and vpbreidith not; and it schal be ȝou|un to hym. But axeaske aO. heȝe E. Om. Q. in feith, and doute no thing; for he that doutithdoutith; of Goddis power, ether of Goddis wille. If a man doutith for his owne defaute, lest he axe in vnsufficient maner, the heering of his axing is not lettid for such douting. a meke brother; that is, abiect and born doun ei|ther oppressid. in his enhauns|ing; that schal be in heuenly thingis. a ryche man haue glorie in his lownesse; the Glose seith here, that this is seid in scorn, and the lettre suynge acordith herto. for as the flour of hey, etc.; that is, his power schal faile soone. Lire here. ve., is lijk to a wawe of the see, which is moued and borun a boute of wyndethe wynd KRagk.. Therfor gesse not the ilke man, that he schal take ony thing of the Lord. A man dowble in soule is vnstable in alle hise weies. AndOm. b. a meke brother haue glorie in his enhaunsyng, and a riche man in his lownesse; for as the flour of gras he schal passe. The sunne roos vp with heete, and driede the gras, and the flour of it felde doun, and the fairnesse of his chere perischide; and so a riche man welewith in hise weies. Blessid is the man, that suffrith temptacioun; for whanne he schal be preued, he schal res|seyue thea Ek. coroun of lijf, which God biheȝtehath bihiȝt α. to men that louen hym. No man whanne he is temptidwhanne he is temptid; that is, brouȝt to synne, bi tempt|acioun. God is not a temptere of yuele thingis; but of goode thingis oonly, as in xxij. co. of Genesis, God temptide Abra|ham, that his obedience schulde be maad knowen to othere men, and be ȝouen to hem in to en|saumple. he temptith noo man; that is, indusith not to do synne. ech best ȝifte; that is, good of me|rit, that makith a man worthi euerlastinge lijf. perfit ȝifte; that is, good of glorie. Lire here. ve., seie, that he is temptid of God; for whi God is not a temptere of yuele thingis, for he temptith no man. But ech man is temptid, drawun and stirid of his owne coueiting. Aftirward coueityng, whanne it hath conseyued, bringith forth synne; but synne, whanne it is fillidfulfillid KR., gendrith deth. Therfor, my most dereworthe britheren, nyle ȝe erre. Ech good ȝifte, and ech perfit ȝifte is from aboue, and cometh doun fro the fadir of liȝtis, anentis whom is noon otherouer EK sec. m. b pr. m. g pr. m. α. chaungyng, ne ouer|schadewyng of rewardether wilinesse K marg.. For wilfulli he bigat vs bi theOm. K pr. m. word of treuthe, that we be a bigynnyng of his creature. Wite ȝe, my britheren moost loued, be ech man swift to here, butand K. slow to speke, and slow to wraththe; for the wraththe of man worchith not the riȝtwisnesse of God. For which thing caste ȝe awei al vnclennesse, and plentee of malice, and in myldenesse resseyue ȝe the word that is plauntidether prentid K marg., that may saue ȝoure soulis. But be ȝe doeris of the word, and not hereris oneli, disseiuynge ȝouȝour E. silf. For if ony man is an herere of the word, and not a doere, thishe this I. schal be licned to a man that biholdith the cheer of his birthe in a mirour; for he bihelde hym silf, and wente awei, and anoon he forȝat which he was. But he that biholdith ininto R. the lawe of perfit fredom, and dwellith in it, and is not maad a forȝetful herere, but a doere of werk, thishe this I. schal be blessid in his dede. And if ony man gessith hym silf to be religiousereligiouse; that is, a veri and perfit Cris|ten man. is veyn; for it ledith not to due ende. Lire here. ve., and refreyneth not his tunge, but disseyueth his herte, the religioun of him is veyn. A clene religioun, and anOm. Eeg. vnwemmed anentis God and the fadir, is this, to visite fadirlesthat is, to vse himself in werkis of mersy anentis thi neiȝbore, and werkis of clen|nesse aȝens himself. Lire here. v. and modirles children, and widewis in her tribulacioun, and toOm. k pr. m. kepe hym silf vndefoulid fro this world.

 CAP. II.

Mi britheren, nyle ȝe haue the feith of oure Lord Jhesu Crist of glorie, in accep|cioun of persoones. For if a man `that hathhauynge k. a goldun ring, and in a feire cloth|ing, cometh in ȝoure cumpany, and a pore man entrith in a foul clothing, and if ȝe biholden in to hym that is clothid with clereclene k. clothing, and ifOm. k pr. m. ȝe seie to hym, Sitte thou here wel; but to the pore man ȝe seien, Stonde thou there, ethir sitte vndur the stool of my feet; whether ȝe demen not anentis ȝouȝour E. silf, and ben maad domesmen of wickid thouȝtis? Heere ȝe, my moost dere|worthe britheren, whethir God chees not pore men in this world, riche in feith, and eiris of the kyngdom, that God bi|hiȝte to men that louen him? But ȝe han dispisid the pore man. Whether riche men oppressen not ȝou bi power, and thei drawen ȝou to domes? Whether thei blasfemen not the good name, that is clepid to help on ȝou? Netheles if ȝe performen the kingis lawe, bi scripturis, Thou schalt loue thi neiȝbour as thi silf, ȝe don wel. But if ȝe taken persones, ȝe worchen synne, and ben repreued of the lawe, as trespasseris. AndOm. gk pr. m. who euere kepith al the lawe, but offendith in oon, he is maad gilti ofin k. allehe is maad gilty of alle; as to payne of harm, either dampnacioun, which is want|ing of Goddis siȝt, but he getith gretter peyne of wit, either of feel|ing, that doth mo trespassis; and that this is vndirstonden of the peyne of harm, the lettre schewith su|ynge, whanne it is seid, for he that seide, Thou schalt not do leccherie, &c. Ve. for alle the heestis ben of oo God, and therfore he is offendid, for the breking of oon. Lire here. v.. For he that seide, Thou schalt do no letcherie, seide also, Thou schalt not sle; that if thou doist notno Eb. letcherie, but thou sleest, thou art maad trespassour ofaȝens k. the lawe. Thus speke ȝe, and thus do ȝe, as bigynnynge to be demyd bi the lawe ofof perfite R. fredom. For whi dom with out merci is to hym, that doith no mercy; but merci aboue reisith dom. Mi britheren, what schal it pro|fite, if ony man seie that he hath feith, but he hath not theOm. Q. werkis? whether feith schal mowe saue hym? And if a brother ethiror ER. sister be nakid, and han nede of ech daies lyuelode, and if ony of ȝou seie to hem, Go ȝe in pees, be ȝe maad hoot, and be ȝe fillid; but if ȝe ȝyuen not to hem tho thingis that ben neces|sarie to bodithe bodi Igk. here bodi R., what schal it profite? So also feith, if it hathhaue Rgk. notno a. werkis, is deed in it silf. But summan schal seieschal seie; that is, may seie resonably in repreuinge him that bi|leeueth that feith withoute werkis saueth. thou hast feith bi thi seiynge, schewe thou to me thi feith without werkis, as if he seie, Thou maist not, but I may, for I haue werkis. Lire here. ve., Thou hast feith, and Y haue werkis; schewe thou to me thi feith with out werkis, and Y schal schewe to thee my feith of werkis. Thou bileuest, that o God is; thou doist wel; and deuelis bileuen, and tremblen. But wolt thou wite, thou veyn man, that feith with out werkis is idul? WhetherWher EI. Abraham, oure fadir, was not iustified of werkis, offringe Ysaac, his sone, on the auter? Therfor thou seest, that feith wrouȝte with hise werkis, and his feith was fillid of werkis. And the scripture was fillid, seiynge, Abraham bileuede to God, and it was arettid to hym to riȝtwisnesse, and he was clepid the freend of God. Ȝe seen that a man is iustified of werkis, and not of feith oneli. In lijk maner, andOm. R. whether also Raab, the hoore, was not iustified of werkis, and resseyuede theOm. a. messangeris, and sente hemOm. k pr. m. out bi anothir weie? For as the bodi with out spirit is deed, so also feith with out werkis is deed.

 CAP. III.

Mi britheren, nyle ȝe be maad many maistris, witynge that ȝe taken the more doomdom; that is, dampnacioun. This is seid aȝens presump|tuous maistres, that techen that that they kun|nen not, and maken many men for to erre, and bi this they getten many|foold dampna|cioun. Lire here. ve.. For alle we offenden in many thingis. If ony man offendith not in word, this is a perfit man; for also he may lede aboute al the bodi with a bridil. For if we putten bridlis `in toin K pr. m. to R. horsishors h. mouthis, for to consente to vs, and we leden aboute al the bodi of hem. And lo! schippis, whanne thei ben grete, and ben dryuun of strongegrete I. wyndis, ȝit thei ben borun about of a litil gouernaile, where the meuyng of the gouernour wole. So also the tunge is but a litil membre, and reisith grete thingisreisith grete thingis; that is, stirith greete yuels. hou myche fijer; that is, how litil fijer. oure yuel tunge is fijer, kyndling stryues and de|batis and other yuelis. Ve. the vniuersite of wickidnesse; that is, an yuel tunge is the vniuersite of wickidnesse. V. enflawmed of helle; that is, of the deuel, which is asingn|ed to helle. enflawmeth the wheel of oure birthe; that is, the cours of oure lijf, which is licned to a wheel, that by|gynnith and endith in the same poynt; so a man is born vnmyȝty and vnkunnyng; and if he diȝeth kindely, he goth aȝen to the same staat bi comun cours. Lire here. ve.. Lo! hou litil fier brenneth a ful greet wode. And oure tunge is fier, the vniuersite of wickid|nesse. The tunge is ordeyned in oure membris, which defoulith al the bodi; and it is enflawmed of helle, and en|flawmethbrenneth P the wheel of oure birthe. And al the kynde of beestis, and of foulis, and of serpentis, and of othere is chastisid, and tho ben maad tame of mannus kinde; but no man mai chastise the tunge, for it is an vnpesible yuel, and ful of deedli venymful of dedly venym and of bacbitinge, for a bacbitere venemith him of whom he bacbitith bi yuel fame, and that man that it heerith glad|ly and himself, by synne. Lire here. ve.. In it we blessen God, the fadir, and in it we cursen men, that ben maad to the licnesse of God. Of the same mouth passith forth blessing and cursing. My britheren, it bihoueth not that these thingis be don so. Whether a welle of the same hoole bringith forthOm. K pr. m. swete and salt watir? My britheren, whether a fige tre may make grapis, ethir a vyne figus? So nethir salt watir mai make swete watir. Who is wijs, and tauȝt among ȝou? schewe he of good lyuyng his worching, in myldenesse of his wis|dom. That if ȝe han bitter enuye, and stryuyngis ben in ȝoure hertis, nyle ȝe haue glorye, and be lyeris aȝens the treuthe. For this wisdom is not fro aboue comynge doun, but ertheli, andOm. Rk. beestli, and feendli. For where is enuye and strijf, there is vnstidfastnesse and al schrewid werk. But wisdom that is from aboue, first it is chast, aftirward pesibleit is pesible I., mylde, able to be counseilid, con|sentinge to goode thingis, ful of merci and of goode fruytis, demynge with out feynyng. And the fruytfruytis A pr. m. Cabcehk sec. m. of riȝtwis|nesse is sowun in pees, to men that maken pees.

 CAP. IV.

Wherof ben batelis and cheestisor chidingis C sec. m. chidingis RO. among ȝou? Whether not of ȝoure coueitisis, that fiȝten in ȝoure membris? Ȝe coueit|en, and ȝe han not; ȝe sleen, and ȝe han enuye, and ȝe moun not gete. Ȝe chiden, and maken batel; and ȝe han not, forfor that I. ȝe axenasken ao. not. Ȝe axenasken ao., and ȝe resseyuen not; for that ȝe axenasken ao. yuele, as ȝe schewen opynli in ȝoure coueitisis. Auowtreris, witen not ȝe, that the frenschip of this world is enemye to God? Therfor who euerethat k. wole be frendthe frend k. of this world, is maad theOm. XO. enemye ofto O. God. Whether ȝe gessen, that the scripture seith veynli, The spirit that dwellith in ȝou, coueitith to enuye? But he ȝyueth the more grace; for which thing he seith, God withstondith proude men, butOm. gk pr. m. to meke men he ȝyueth grace. Therfor be ȝe suget to God; but withstonde ȝe the deuel, and he schal fle fro ȝou. Neiȝe ȝe to God, and he schal neiȝe to ȝou. Ȝe synneris, clense ȝethe CEIKUabcek pr. m. Oαβ. ȝe the M. hondis, and ȝe double in soulesoulis a., purge ȝe the hertis. Be ȝe wretchis, and weile ȝe; ȝoure leiȝyng be turned in to weping, and ioye in to so|rewe of herte. Be ȝe mekid in the siȝt of the Lord, and he schal enhaunse ȝou. My britheren, nyle ȝe bacbite ech othere. He that bacbitith his brothir, ethir that demeth his brothir, bacbitith the lawe, and demeth the lawe. And if thou demest the lawe, thou art not a doere of the lawe, but a domesman. But oon is makere of the lawe, and iuge, that may lese, and delyuere. And who art thou, that demest thi neiȝbore? Lo! now ȝe, that seien, To dai ethir to morewe we schulen go in to thilke citee, and there we schulen dwelle a ȝeer, and we schulen make marchaundise, and we schulen make wynning; whiche witen not, what is to ȝou in the morewe. For what is ȝoure lijf? AAs EQcghkoα. smoke apperinge at aOm. a. litillitil tyme k pr. m., andOm. O. aftirward it schal be wastid. Therfor that ȝe seie, If the Lord wole, and if we liuen, we schulen do this thing, ether that thing. And now ȝe maken ful out ioye in ȝoure pridis; euery siche ioyeioying EIbceghkoαβ. is wickyd. Therfor it is synne to hym, that kan do good, and doith not.

 CAP. V.

DoDoith EQcgk. now, ȝe riche men, wepe ȝe, ȝellinge in ȝoure wretchidnessis that schulen come to ȝou. Ȝoure richessis ben rotun, and ȝoure clothis ben etun ofwith k. mouȝtis. Ȝoure gold and siluer hath rustid, and the rust of hem schal be to ȝou in to witnessyng, and schal ete ȝoure fleischis, as fier. Ȝe han tresourid to ȝou wraththe in the last daies. Lo! the hire of ȝoure werke men, that repiden ȝoure feeldis, which is fraudiddefraudid hk. of ȝou, crieth; and the cry of hem hath entrid in to the eeris of the Lord of oostis. Ȝe han ete on the erthe, and in ȝoure letcheries ȝe han nurschid ȝoure hertis. In the dai of sleyng ȝe brouȝten, and slowen the iust man, and he aȝenstood not ȝou. Therfor, britheren, be ȝe pacient, til toin to k pr. m. the com|yng of the Lord. Lo! an erthetilier abidith preciouse fruyt of the erthe, pa|ciently suffrynge, til he resseyue `tymeful and latefultidi and ripe A sec. m. marg. I. tideful and lateful EQcgα. tymeful tidy and ripe and lateful K pr. m. tymeful and lateful, ether tidi and ripe X. fruytfruyt, that is tidi and ripe U.. And be ȝeOm. g. pacient, and conferme ȝe ȝoure hertis, for the comyng of the Lord schal neiȝe. Bri|theren, nyle ȝe be sorewful ech to other, that ȝe be not demed. Lo! the iuge stondith niȝ bifor the ȝate. Britheren, take ȝe ensaumple of yuel goyng out, and of long abidyng, and trauelof trauel ko pr. m., and of pacience, theof R. prophetis, that speken to ȝou in the name of the Lord. Lo! we blessen hem that suffridensuffren a.. Ȝe herdenhan herd I. the `suffring, ethirOm. R. paciencethe pacience k., of Joob, and ȝe sayn the ende of the Lord, for the Lord is merciful, and doynge merci. Bifor alle thingis, my britheren, nyle ȝe swereBifore alle thingis nyle ȝe swere; that is, sette ȝe not an ooth bifore al ȝoure wordis and biheestis. This is seid to remeue the er|rour of hem that seiden, that thi ooth owith to be vsid ofte, for it is seid in X. co. of Deuto. Thou schalt swere bi the name of God; for as medicyne is not souȝt, no but to helpe sykenesse; so it is of an ooth; for it is not souȝt, no but to helpe de|faute, whanne oo man bileeu|eth not to an|other, for me schal not swere, no but in caas of nede to con|fermyng of treuthe. To swere bi a crea|ture bi itself is vnleeful. vndir dom; that is, dampnacioun bi ofte trewe swering in fall|inge into false swering. Ve. in 23 co. of Eccci. a man that swerith myche schal be fillid with wick|idnesse. Lire here. v., nether bi heuene, nether bi erthe, nethir bi what euere other ooth. But be ȝoure word Ȝhe, ȝhe, Nay, nay, that ȝe fallen not vndir doom. And if ony of ȝou is sorewful, preye he with pacient soule, and seie he a salm. If ony of ȝou is sijk, lede he in preestis of the chirche, and preie thei for hym, and anoynte withthei him with K sec. m. R. him with k. oile in the name of the Lord; and the preier of feith schal saue the sijk man, and the Lord schal make hym liȝt; and if he be in synnes, thei schulen be forȝouun to hym. Therfor knouleche ȝe ech to othere ȝoure synnes, and preye ȝe ech for othere, that ȝe be sauyd. For the contynuel preyer of a iust man is myche worth. Elye was a deedli man lijk vsto us R., and in preier he preiede, that it schulde not reyne on the erthe, and it reynede not thre ȝeerisȝeer I. and sixe mone|this. And eftsoone he preiede, and heuene ȝaf reyn, and the erthe ȝaf his fruyt. And, britheren, if ony of ȝou errith fro trewthe, and ony conuertith hym, he owith to wite, that he that makith a synner to be turned fro the errour of his weye, schal saue the soule of hym fro deth, and keuerethkeuere k. the multi|tude of synnes.

 Here endith the pistle of James, and here bigynneth the firste pistle of PetirFrom CMQUXabcghoα. Heere endith the epistle of James, and biginnith the firste epistle of Petre. I. Here endeth the pistle of James; se now the firste pistle of Petre. K. No final rubric in AERehk.. I. PETER. Here bigynneth the first pistle of PetreThe firste epistle of Petir. E. Heere sueth the firste pistle of Petir. R. No initial rubric in CIKMQUX abcgho..CAP. I.

PETRE, apostle of Jhesu Crist, to the chosun men, to the comelingiscomelingis; that ben con|uertid fro he|thennesse. bi the prescience; this is referred to that that is seid bifore. to chosen men; presciense is take here for predestina|cioun, that is, graciouse bifore ordynaunce to blisse. Lire here. v. of scater|yng abrood, of Ponte, of Galathie, of Capadosie, of Asye, and of Bitynye, bi the `bifor knowyngforknowing KQR. of God, the fadir, in halewyng of spirit, bi obedience, and springyng of the blood of Jhesu Crist, grace and pees be multiplied toin R. ȝou. Blessid be God, and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, which bi his greet merci bigatgat K pr. m. vs aȝen in toto the hk. lyuynge hope, bi the aȝen risyng of Jhesu Crist fro deth, in to eritage vncorruptible, and vn|defoulid, and that schal not fade, that is kept in heuenes for ȝou, that in the vertu of God ben kept bi the feith in to heelthe, and is redi to be schewid in the last tyme. In which ȝe schulen make ioye, thouȝ it bihoueth now a litil to be sori in dyuerse temptaciounstemptacioun A pr. m. et alii.; that the preuyng of ȝoure feith be myche more preciouse than gold, that is preuyd bi fier; and be foundun in to heriyng, and glorie, and onour, in the reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist. Whom whanne ȝe han not seyn, ȝe louen; in to whom also now ȝe not seynge, bi|leuen; but ȝe that bileuen schulen haue ioye, and gladnesse that may not be teld out, and ȝe schulen be glorified, and haue the ende of ȝoure feith, the helthe of ȝoure soulis. Of which helthe profetis souȝten, and enserchiden, that profecieden of the grace to comyng in ȝou, and souȝt|en which euerether IK. what maner tyme the spirit of Crist signyfiede in hem, and bifor telde tho passiouns, that ben in Crist, and the latere gloriesioies R.. To which it was schewid, for not to hem silf, but to ȝou thei mynystriden tho thingis, that now ben teld to ȝou bi hem that prechid|enprechen k. to ȝou bi the Hooli Goost sent fro heuene, in to whom aungelis desiren to biholde. For which thing be ȝe girdthat is, be chast in body and soule. Lire here. ve. the leendis of ȝoure soule, sobre, perfit, and hope ȝe in to the ilke grace that is profrid to ȝou bi the schewyng of Jhesu Crist, as sones of obedience, not made lijk to the formere desiris of ȝoure vn|kunnyngnesse, but lijk him that hath `clepid ȝou hoolihooli clepid ȝou A pr. m. h.; that also `ȝe silfȝe ȝou silf IK. ȝoure h. be hooli in `al lyuyngal thing I.; for it is writun, Ȝe schulen be hooli, for Y am hooli. And if ȝe inwardli clepe him fadir, which demeth withouten accepcioun of per|soones bi the werk of ech man, lyue ȝe in drede in the time of ȝoureoure C. pilgrimage; witynge that not bi corruptible gold, ethir siluer, ȝe ben bouȝt aȝen of ȝoure veyn liuynge of fadris tradicioun, but bi theOm. b. precious blood asOm. gk pr. m. of the lomb vn|defoulid and vnspottid, Crist Jhesu, that was knowun bifor the makyng of the world, but he is schewid in the laste tymes, for ȝou that bi hym ben feithful in God; that reiside hym fro deth, and ȝaf toOm. k pr. m. hym euerlastynge glorie, that ȝoure feith and hope were in God. And make ȝe chast ȝoure soulis in obedience of charite, in loue of britherhod; of simple herte loue ȝe togidre more bisili. And be ȝe borun aȝen, not of corruptible seed, `but vncorruptibleOm. A pr. m. Eg. but k pr. m., bi the word of lyu|ynge God, and dwellynge in to with outen ende. For ech fleisch is hey, and al the glorie of it is as flourthe flour k. of hey; the hei driede vp, and his flour felde doun; but the word of the Lord dwell|ith with outen ende. And this is the word, that is prechid to ȝou.

 CAP. II.

Therfor putte ȝe awei al malice, and al gile, andand alle Rk sec. m. feynyngis, and enuyes, and alle bacbityngis; as nowOm. g. borun ȝonge children, resonable, with out gile, coueite ȝe mylk, that in it ȝe wexe in to helthe; if netheles ȝe han tastid, that the Lord is swete. And neiȝe ȝe to hym, that is a lyuyng stoon, and repreuyd of men, but chosun of God, and onourid; and ȝeȝoure E. ȝe ȝou IKa. silf as quyk stoonys be ȝe aboue bildid in to spiritual housisaboue bildid in spiritual housis; that is, into spiritual housis. hooly presthood; as Crist man is the temple of God, for the Godhed dwell|ith in him, and he is prest and sacrifice, in as myche as he offride himself to God the fa|dir for helthe of the world; so feithful men that ben con|uertid to him and ben con|fermed, ben the hous either temple of God, in as myche as he dwellith in hem bi grace; also thei ben prestis and sa|crifice, in as myche as thei offren hemself to God bi de|uocioun and hooly worching. Therfore it su|eth, for to offre spiritual sacri|fices, not flessh|ly sacrifices, as in the olde lawe. in Syon; that is, hooly chirche. stoon hiȝest; that is, Crist. corner stoon; for whi Crist ioynede togidere Jewis and hethene men as twey wallis in oo chirche. bi|leeue; bi feith formed with charite. in to him; as Sauy|our of alle men. schal not be confoundid; but schal be onourid in holy onour. the bilderis; that is, scribis either techeris of lawe, and the prestis of Jewis. Lire here. ve., and an hooli preesthod, to offre spiritual sacrifices, ac|ceptable to God bi Jhesu Crist. For which thing the scripture seith, Lo! Y schal sette inon a. Syon the hiȝeste corner stoon, chosun and preciouse; and he that schal belieue inin to K sec. m. hym, schal not be con|foundid. Therfor onourOm. A pr. m. Egk pr. m. b pr. m. to ȝou that bileuen; but to men that bileuen not, the stoon whom the bilderis repreuyden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner; and the stoon of hirtyng, and stoonthe stoon Xek. of sclaundre, to hem that offendenoffend|iden k. to the word, nethir bileuen it, in which thei ben set. But ȝe ben a chosun kyna chosen kyn; bi bap|tym in which ȝe ben maad the sones of God that ben purchasid bi grace, and so ȝe ben of the kyn of God. a kingly prest|hod; that is, maad lijc Crist, which is king and prest bi the ordre of Mel|chisedech, that was king and prest in xiiii. co. of Genesis, and so it is of veri Cristen men, that ben veri kingis bi subieccioun, and prestis bi sacrifice of de|uout preier; therfore in the V. co. of Apoca|lips, Thou hast maad us a rewme and presthod to oure God. an hooly folc; that is, waschen and clensid bi bap|tym. of pur|chasing; bi the preciouse blood of Crist. that ȝe telle, etc.; bi woord of hooly preching. Lire here. ve., a kynglikindely Egh. preesthod, hooli folc, a puple of purchas|ing, that ȝe telle the vertues of hym, that clepide ȝou fro derknessis in to his won|dirful liȝt. Which sum tyme were not a puple of God, but now ȝe ben the puple of God; which hadden not merci, but now ȝe han merci. Moost dere, Y bi|seche you, as comelyngis and pilgrymys, to absteine ȝou fro fleischli desiris, that fiȝten aȝens the soule; and haue ȝe ȝoure conuersacioun good among hethene men, that in that thing that thei bacbite of ȝou, as of mysdoeris, thei biholden ȝou of good werkis, and glorifie God in the dai of visitacioun. Be ȝe suget to ech crea|turecreature of man M sec. m. Q marg. Xb sec. m. Oα., for God; ethir to the kyng, as to hym that is hiȝer inof E. statethe staat C. astaat X., ethir to duykis, as to thilkeilke Kg. thoo R. that ben sent of hym to the veniaunce of mysdoers, and to the preisyng of good men. For so isit is b. the wille of God, that ȝe do wel, and make the vnkunnyngnesse of vnprudent men to be doumb. As fre men, and not as hau|ynge fredom the keuering of malice, butOm. gk pr. m. as the seruauntis of God. Onoure ȝe alle men, loue ȝe brithirhod, drede ȝe God, onoure ȝe the kingin as myche as he beerith the persoone of God. in al dreede; that is, perfit dreede, whanne a man eschewith of|fencis of God, and also of man for God. suf|frith; paciently peynes don vn|iustly to him. this is grace; that is, a gra|cious thing bi|fore God. Lire here. v.. Seruauntis, be ȝeOm. E. sugetissuget alii. in al drede to lordis, not oneli to good and toOm. A pr. m. R. mylde, but also to tyrauntistryuauntis CEIKRUa sec. m. e.. For this is grace, if for con|science of God ony man suffrith heuy|nessis, and suffrith vniustli. For what grace is it, if ȝe synnen, and ben buffatid, and suffren? But if ȝe don welOm. gk pr. m., and suffren pacientli, this is grace anentis God. For to this thingthat is, that ȝe suffre wrongis paciently. for Crist suffride for us; lyk peynes and myche grettere. Lire here. v. ȝe ben clepid. For also Crist suffride for vs, and lefte ensaumple to ȝou, that ȝe folewe the steppis of hym. Which dide not synne, nethir gile was foundun in his mouth. And whanne he was cursid, he curside not; whanne he suffride, he manasside not; butOm. gk pr. m. he bitook hym silf to hym, that demyde hym vniustli. And he hym silf bar oure synnes in his bodi on a tre, that we be deed to synnes, and lyue to riȝtwisnesse, bi whos wan wounde ȝe ben heelid. For ȝe weren as scheep errynge, but ȝe ben now turned to the schipherde, and bischop of ȝoure soulis.

 CAP. III.

Also wymmen be thei sugetsugetis Ek. to her hosebondis; that if ony manif eny man; that is, hous|bondis. bileeue not to the word of preching, bi the conuersa|cioun, etc.; that is, bi the holy conuersa|cioun of her wyues. thei ben wonnen; that is, conuertid to Cristen feith. V. without word; that is, of co|mun preching. Ve. the ourn|yng of clothing of clothis; that is, ouer presci|ous either curi|ous clothing; therfore it is seid the clooth|ing of clothis bi excellence, as a roose is seid the flour of flours. the hid man of herte; that is, the soule itself, which is seid the innere man. Ve. ourneden; hemself dily|gently by in|nere ournement of vertues, and chargiden not of vttermere ournement. Lire here. v. bileue not to the word, bi the conuersacioun of wymmen thei be wonnun with out word. And biholde ȝe in drede ȝoure hooli con|uersacioun. Of whichewhom I. `ther bebe ther I. not with outforth curious ournynghonouryng a. of heer, ether doyng aboute of gold, ethir ournyng of clothing; but thilke that is the hid man of herte, in vncorrupcioun, andOm. k pr. m. of mylde spirit, which is riche in the siȝt of God. For so sumtyme hooli wymmen hopinge in God ourneden hem silf, and weren sugetsugetis Ek. to her owne hosebondis. As Sara obeied to Abraham, and clepide hym lord; of whom ȝe ben douȝtris wel doynge, and not dredynge ony pertur|baciounethir troublinge X sec. m. marg.. Also men dwelledwelle ȝe Rc. togidre, and bi kunnyng ȝyue ȝe onoure to the wommanus freeltee, as to the more feble, and as to euen eiris of grace and of lijf, that ȝoure preieris be not lettid. And in feith alle of oon wille in preier be ȝe eche suffringe with othere, loueris of brither|hod, merciful, mylde, meke; not ȝeldinge yuel for yuel, nether cursing for cursing, but aȝenward blessinge; for in this thing ȝe ben clepid, that ȝe welde blessinge bi eritage. For he that wole loue lijf, and se goode daies, constreyne his tunge from yuel, and hise lippis, that thei speke not gile. And bowe he from yuel, and do good; seke he pees, and perfitli sue it. For the iȝen of the Lord ben on iust men, and hise eris on the preieris of hem; but the cheerthe cheere; of wraththe and indignacioun; in Ebreu it is in 30 Salm, the wraththe of the Lord on hem that don yuels, to punische hem. drede ȝee not; bi drede casting doun fro vertu. dis|troublid; in suffring aduer|sites vnpacient|ly. halewe ȝe; that is, make ȝe stedefast. it is betere that ȝe do wel; bi feith worching with loue, and suffre alle aduersitees. if the wille, etc.; for the preuing of feithful men. than doinge yuel; that is, aȝenstonding vnduly. maad deed in flesch; that is, maad without feling to desijris of flesch. maad quic in spirit; that is, maad able to fele and able to stire to sue the exciting of the Hooly Goost. for which thing; that is, to sing|nefie the clep|ing of synneris to penaunce. he cam in spirit, and prechide; that is, bi Noee, to whom he en|spijride to make the schip, and to preche pen|aunce, thouȝ the manhed of Crist was not thanne; nathe|les the persoone of Crist is with|outen bigyn|nynge. V. cloosid togidere in presoun; that is, in the custom of synne. Ve. and this was in the tyme of Noee in the vj. co. of Genesis. whiche weren vnbileeue|ful; to God himself, spekinge bi Noee, for thei bileueden not that the greet flood schulde flowe. whanne the pacience of God abood; synners to pen|aunce of an hundrid and xx. [ȝeer], in vi. co. of Genesis. maad saf bi watir; in as myche as the watir reiside the schip an hiȝ fro erthe. Thus the Glose of doctouris comunly expounen this place, but the presoun may be taken to the lettre, for the hiȝere place of helle, and thei that weren first vnbileeueful and diden penaunce in the flood weren there. Lire here. v. of the Lord is on men that don yuels. And who is it that schal anoye ȝou, if ȝe ben sueris and louyeris of goodnesse? But also if ȝe suffren ony thing for riȝtwisnesse, ȝe ben blessid; but drede ȝe not the drede of hem, that ȝe be not disturbliddistroublid RO.. But halewe ȝeOm. X pr. m. the Lord Crist in ȝoure hertis, and euer|more be ȝe redi to satisfaccioun to ech man axyngeaskynge aO. ȝou resoun of that feith and hope that is in ȝou, but with myldenesse and drede, hauynge good conscience; that in that thing that thei bacbiten of ȝou, thei ben confoundid, whiche chalengen falsly ȝoure good conuersacioun in Crist. For it is betere that ȝe do wel, and suffre, if the wille of God wole, than doynge yuele. For also Crist onys diede for oure synnes, he iust for vniust, that he schulde offre to God vs, maad deed in fleisch, but maad quik in spirit. For which thing he cam in spirit, and also to hem that weren closid togidre in pri|soun prechide; whiche weren sum tyme vnbileueful, whanne thei abididenabooden Ec. abeden I. abiden K pr. m. RXagkoα. the pacience of God in the daies of Noe, whanne the schip was maad, in which a few, that is to seie, eiȝte soulis weren maad saaf bi water. And so baptym ofin k. lijk formebaptim of lijk foorme; that is, in lijc maner; for fewe men ben saued bi baptym, in comparisoun of hem that ben not saued, and for grace ȝouen in baptym [saueth?] soulis fro erthly desijris to heuenly thingis, as the watir of the greet flood sauede Noee bodily, and hem that weren with him, in reysing hem to hiȝere thingis. not the puttinge awey of filthis of flesch; as if he seide, the vertu of baptym is not oonly in the wasching of body, but principaly in the wasching of soule. Lire here. Ve. but the axing of good conscience; bi feith foormeth with charite, for such feith makith a good conscience to go in to God. swolewith; eithir distroieth deeth; for he roos aȝeen to lijf vndeedly, and for he took awey fro vs the deth of synne. aungels; heere ben expressid thre ordris of aungels, and alle othere ben vndirstonden bi these. Lire here. v. makith vs saaf; not the put|tyng awei of the filthis of fleisch, but the axyngaskyng ao. of aOm. k pr. m. good conscience in God, bi the aȝenrysyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is in the riȝt half of God, and swole|withswolewen a. deth, that we schulden be made eiris of euerlastinge lijf. He ȝede in to heuene, and aungelis, and powers, and vertues, ben maad sugetissuget EO. to hym.

 CAP. IV.

Therfor for Crist suffride in fleischsuffride in flesch; that is, brouȝt his flesch into obedience of soule. de|sijris of men; that is, to lustis of flesch. Lire here. v., be ȝe also armed bi the same thenkynge; for he that suffride in fleisch ceesside fro synnes, that that is leftleeft A. leest A pr. m. ac. nownow of tyme A sec. m. marg. in fleisch lyue not now to the desiris of men, but to the wille of God. For the time that is passid is ynow to the wille of hethene men to be endid, whiche walkiden in letcheries, and lustis, inand a. myche drinking of wyn, inand b. vnmesurable etyngis, and drynkyngis, and vnleueful worschipingworschipyngis a. of mawmetis. In whiche now thei ben astonyedether afeerde K marg., in which thing thei wondren, for ȝe ren|nen not togidere `in toin k pr. m. the same con|fusioun of letcherie, and blasfemen. And thei schulen ȝyue resoun to hym, that is redi to deme the quyke and the deed. For whi for this thing it is prechid also to deed mento deede men; that is, vnfeith|ful men. that thei be demed; that is, that men bileeuyng in Crist be con|dempned. bi men in flesch; that is, of men liuyng fleschly. Ve. This suede bi occasioun of yuele men at the conuersioun to Cristen feith. lyue bi God in spirit; this su|ede bi errour of men preching the feith. keuer|ith, etc.; that tho be not seyn as worthi to be punischid in Goddis dom. as the wordis of God; that is, arette he al the good to God, and not to him self. as of the uertu, etc.; that is, if eny man mynys|trith temporal goodis to nedy men, arette he this to God that ȝaf to hym wille and power to do this. Lire here. v., that thei be demed bi men in fleisch, and that thei lyue bi God in spirit. For the ende of allealle kyn R. thingis schal neiȝe. Therfor be ȝe prudent, and wake ȝe in preyeris; bifore alle thingis haue ȝe charite ech to other in ȝouȝoure E. silf algatis lastynge; for charite couerith the multitude of synnes. Holde ȝe hospita|lite togidere with out grutching; ech man as he hath resseyued grace, mynys|tringe it in to ech othere, as good dispen|deris of the manyfold grace of God. If ony man spekith, speke he as the wordis of God; if ony man mynystrith, as of the vertu which God mynystrith; that God be onourid in alle thingis bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord, to whom is glorie and lordschip in to worldis `of worldisOm. I pr. m.. Amen. Moost dere brytheren, nyle ȝe go in pilgrymagenyle ȝe goo in pilgrimage; that is, be maad fer in body, for the dreede of deth neiȝinge. in feruour of persecuscioun; for thouȝ it is leeueful to flee, it is profitere to abide, no but whanne the persecuscioun is maad for a certeyn per|soone. And whanne more good of the chirche apper|ith bi the fliȝt, as Poul fledde fro Damask and fro Jeru|salem, in 9 co. of Dedis of Apo|stlis. to tempt|acioun; that is, appreuyng of ȝoure feith. Lire here. ve. in feruour, that is maad to ȝou tointo RC. temptacioun, as if ony newe thingas if eny of newe thing, etc.; that is, nyle ȝe go in pilgrimage in maners bifor|seid, as if per|secuscioun to deth is eny new thing, for many men bifore ȝou suffriden mar|tirdom. Lire here. v. bifalle to ȝou; but comyne ȝe with the passiouns of Crist, and haue ȝe ioye, that also ȝe be glad, and haue ioye in the reuelacioun of his glorie. If ȝe ben dispisid for the name of Crist, ȝe schulen be blessid; for that that is of the onour, and of the glorie, and of the vertu of God, and the spirit that is his, schal reste on ȝou. But no man of ȝou suffre as a mansleere, ethir a theef, ether cursere, ethir a disirere of othere mennus goodis; but if ashe suffre as I. a cristen man, schame he not, but glorifie he God in this namein this name; that is, that he schal be clepid not oonly a cristene man, but also a feith|ful witnesse of Crist bi mar|tirdom. that doom; that is, condempning to deth. bigynne at Goddis hous; that is, at feith|ful men of Crist; if such condempning bigynneth first at vs, what ende, etc.; as if he seie, con|dempning to euerlastinge deth, which is hardere as without comparisoun. vnnethe, etc.; for it bihoueth hym entre bi many tribulaciouns into the rewme of heuenes. where schulen, etc.; as if he seide, in noo place, for thei schulen be hid in the depthe of helle. suffren; martirdom. bitaken, etc.; and so he kepith hem sikirly, and corouneth hem gloriously with aungels. Lire here. v.. For tyme is, that doom bigynne at God|dis hous; and if it bigynne first at vs, what ende schal be of hem, that bileuen not to the gospel? And if a iust man vnnethe schal be sauid, where schulen the vnfeithful man and the synnere ap|pere? Therfor and thei that suffren bi the wille of God, bitaken her soulis in good dedis to the feithful makere of nouȝt.

 CAP. V.

Therfor Y, an euene eldre man, and a witnesse of Cristis passiouns, which also am a comynere of that glorie, that schal be schewid in tyme toof E. comyngecome k.; byseche ȝeOm. A sec. m. K sec. m. k sec. m. theOm. E. eldre men, that ben among ȝou, fede ȝe the flok of God, that is among ȝou, and puruey ȝe, not as constreyned, but wilfulli, bi God; notand not X. for loue of foule wynnyng, but wilfulli, nether as hauynge lordschip in the clergie, but that ȝe ben maad ensaumple ofto k. the flocfolk E., of willewille, eithir of soule C. wille of soule EKMQRUXabcegk pr. m. oα.. And whanne the prince of scheepherdis schal appere, ȝe schulen resseyue the co|roun of glorie, that may neuere fade. Also, ȝe ȝonge men, be ȝe suget to eldre men, and alle schewe ȝe togidere meke|nesse; for the Lord withstondithaȝenstondith b. proude men, but he ȝyueth grace to meke men. Therfor be ȝe mekid vndir the myȝti hoond of God, that he reise ȝou in the tyme of visitacioun, and caste ȝe al ȝoure bisynesseal ȝoure besy|nesse, etc.; not that thei leue out to do that that is in hem, forwhi this were to tempte God, but that thei triste sadly to gete al good bi the vertu of God. deuoure; in makinge him a membre of his cursid con|gregacioun bi deedly synne. Ve. stronge in feith; foormed with charite, which is suffi|cient armure to aȝenstonde hym. the same passioun; that is, assailing and tempting of the deuel. to thilke britherhed of ȝou, etc.; that is, to ȝoure bri|theren scaterid thoruȝ the world, as if he seie, aȝenstonde ȝee the deuel, as also ȝoure britheren don. biseechinge; that is, monest|inge with meek preiers. V. in Babiloyne; that is, Rome, as Jerom seith, for as Babiloyne was the grettest citee, and ȝouen to ydolatrie, so was Rome aftir|ward in hir tyme. my sone; that is, my goostly sone in baptym and teching. Lire here. ve. in to hym, for to hym is cure of ȝou. Be ȝe sobre, and wake ȝeOm. X pr. m., for ȝoure aduersarie, the deuel, as a rorynge lioun goith aboute, sechinge whom he schal deuoure. Whom aȝenstondeaȝenstondith g. ȝe, stronge in the feith, witynge that the same passioun is maad to thilke brithir|hode of ȝou, that is in the world. And God of al grace, that clepide ȝou in to his euerlastinge glorie, ȝou suffrynge a litil, he schal performe, and schal con|ferme, and schal make sadsaaf gh.. To hym be glorie and lordschip, in to worldis of worldis. Amen. Bi Siluan, feithful brother to ȝou as Y deme, Y wroot schortli; bisechinge, and witnessinge that this is the very grace of God, in which ȝe stonden. The chirche that is gaderid in Babiloyne, and Marcus, my sone, gretithgreeten X. ȝou wel. Grete ȝe welOm. R. togidere in hooli cos. Grace be to ȝou alle that ben in Crist. Amen.

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SIMOUNT PETRE, seruaunt and apo|stle of `Jhesu CristCrist Jhesu R pr. m., to hemto hem, etc.; that is, to he|thene men con|uertid. with us; Jewis. in the riȝtwisnesse of God; that is, ȝouen bi God. Lire here. ve. that han take with vs the euene feith, in theOm. Xbh pr. m. riȝt|wisnesse of oure God and sauyour Jhesu Crist, grace and pees be fillid to ȝou, bi the knowing of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Hou alle thingis of his godlich vertu, that ben to lijf and pitee, ben ȝouun to vs, bi the knowyng of hym, that clepide vs for his owne glorie and vertu. Bi whom he ȝaf to vs moost preciouse biheestis; that bi these thingis ȝe schulen be maad felows of Goddis kynde, and fle the cor|rupcioun of that coueytise, that is in the world. And bringe ȝe in alle bisynesse, and mynystre ȝeOm. O. in ȝoure feith vertu, and `in vertuOm. A pr. m. kunnyng; in kunnyng abstinence, in abstynence pacience, in pa|cience pitee; in pitee, love of britherhod, and in loue of britherhod charite. For if these ben with ȝou, and ouercomen, thei schulen not make ȝou voide, nethir with out fruyt, in the knowyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. But to whom these ben not redi, he is blynd, and gropithether asaieth K marg. with his hoond, and forȝetith the purgyng of his elde trespassis. Wherfor, britheren, be ȝe more bisi, that by goode werkis ȝe make ȝoure clepyng and chesyngin chesyng a. certeyn; for ȝe doynge these thingis schulen not do synne ony tymeschulen not do synne ony tyme; that is, if ȝe don goode werkis conty|nuely, ȝe schu|len not deedly synne, forwhi venial synne may not be eschewid vtter|ly. I schal bi|gynne; that is, I schal do this feruently, as if I were euere in the bygyn|nynge. as I am in this taber|nacle; that is, am [lyuynge e] in the body, which is seid the tabernacle of the soule. Lire here. ve.. For thus the en|tryng in to euerlastynge kyngdom of oure Lord and sauyour Jhesu Crist, schal be mynystrid to ȝou plenteuousli. For which thing Y schal bigynne to moneste ȝou euere more of these thingis; and Y wole that ȝe be kunnynge, and confermyd in this present treuthe. ForsotheTherfor a. Y deme iustli, as long as Y am in this tabernacletabernacle, ether this lijf I., to reise ȝou in monesting; and Y am certeyn, that the putting awei of my tabernacle is swift, bi this that oure Lord Jhesu Crist hath schewid to me. But Y schal ȝyue bisynesse, andthat IO. ofte after my deth ȝeOm. R. that ȝe X sec. m. hauehaue ȝe R. mynde of these thingis. For we not suynge vnwise talis, han maad knowun to ȝou the vertu and the biforknowyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; but we weren maad biholderis of his greetnesse. For he took of God the fadir onour and glorie, bi siche maner vois slidun doun to hym fro the greet glorie, This is my loued sone, in whom Y haue plesid to me; here ȝe hym. And we herden this vois brouȝt from heuene, whanne we weren with hym in the hooli hil. And we han aOm. b. saddere word of propheciea saddere word of the prophete; this is the word of Dauith in the ij. salm, where the fadir seide to Crist, Thou art my sone, to day I haue gendrid thee. This prophecie of Dauith was saddere than the wordis of othere profetis; for he was moost excellent prophete. Lire here. Ve. Either this word of Dauith was saddere to the Jewis dwell|inge amonge hethene men, than othere wordis of Crist that Peter herde, either this is seid saddere [for] Crist ȝaf to the postlis witte to vndirstonde scripturis. Lire here. v., to which ȝe ȝyuynge tent don wel, as toOm. R. aOm. I. lanterne that ȝyueth liȝt in a derk place, til the dai bigynne to ȝyue liȝt, and the dai sterre sprenge in ȝoure hertis. And firste vndurstonde ȝe this thing, that ech prophesie of scrip|ture is not maad bi propre interpreta|ciounthat is, bi mannes wille. V.; for prophesie was not brouȝt ony tyme bi mannus wille, but the hooli men of God inspirid with the Hooli Goost spaken.

 CAP. II.

But also false prophetis weren in the puple, as in ȝou schulen be maistrismaistir EQacghoαβ. lieris, that schulen bringe in sectis of perdicioun; and thei denyenschul denye I. thilke Lord that bouȝte hem, and bringenbryng yn I. ether aboue leeden K marg. on hem silf hasti perdicioun. And many schulen sue her letcheries, bi whichewhom I. the weie of treuthe schal be blasfemyd; and thei schulen make marchaundiemarchaundise EKaghkoαβ. of ȝou in coueytise bi feyned wordis. To whichewhom I. doom now a while ago ceessith notnow a while, etc.; that is, maad redy fro the bigynnyng of the world. Lire here. ve., and the perdicioun of hem nappith not. For if God sparide not aungels synnynge, but bitook hem to be turmentid, and to be drawun doun with boondis of helle in to helle, to be kept in to domthe doom k pr. m.in to dom; that is, aftir the dom; here it is vndir|stonde that in lijk maner God schal not spare eretikis. Lire here. ve.; and sparide not the firste world, but kept Noe, the eiȝthe man, the biforgoerefore goere I. of riȝtwis|nesse, and brouȝte in the greet flood to the world of vnfeithful men; and he droof in to poudre the citees of men of Sodom and of men of Gommor, and dampnede bi turnyng vpsedoun, and putte hem the ensaumple of hem that weren to doynge yuele; and delyuerid the iust Loth, oppressid of the wrong, and of the letcherouse conuersacioun of cursid men; for in siȝt and hering he was iust, and dwellide amongst hem that fro dai in to dai turmentiden with wickid werkis a iust soule. For the Lord kan delyuere piteuouse men fro temptacioun, and kepe wickid men `in toin k pr. m. the dai of dom to be turmentid; but more hemmore God reserueth hem; that is, eretikis to be turment|id. Exposi|touris seien comunly, that eretikis schulen be punschid greuousliere than feendis and othere syn|ful men, of whiche seint Petir settide saumplis bifore, and this seem|ith ful reson|able, that princes of eresie, and defoulid with othere fleschly synnes, schulen be punschid more than comun feendis, and euen with prin|cipal fendis, for whi eresie is the chief spice of vnfeithful|nesse, and in ech ordre of fendis schulen be summe dampned men aftir decrees of synnes. V. dispisin lord|schiping; that is, Crist, Lord of lordis. sectis; of eresie. aun|gelis; that is, yuele aungels. beren not; that is, vnnethis suffren. abo|mynable doom; that is, peyne, which is seid abomynable, for feendis demen it abo|mynable as vniust; but it is iust, in as myche as it is ordeyned of God. in her corrupcioun; that is, corrup with the hijre of vnriȝtful|nesse; that is, peyne ȝoue due to her malice. Lire here. ve. that walken aftir the fleisch, in coueyt|inge of vnclennesse, and dispisen lord|schiping, and ben boold, plesynge hem silf, and dreden not to bringe in sectis, blas|femyngeof blasfeminge b.; where aungels, whanne thei ben moremaad more I. in strengthe and vertu, beren not `that wasthat that was E. Om. QX sec. m. a. the execrableether cursid K marg. X sec. m. marg. doom aȝens hem. But these ben as vnresonable beestis, kyndli in to takyng, and in to deth, blasfemynge in these thingis that thei knowen not, and schulen perische in her corrupcioun, and resseyue the hire of vnriȝtwisnesse. And thei gessen delicis of defoulingof defouling; that is, of leccherie. and of wem; that is, of glotonie. to be lykinges of day; that is, leeueful and onest. Ve. in desijris of flesch of leccherie; that is, of fleschly leccherie. V. scapin a litel; that is, withdrawen hemself sumdel from the teching of holy chirche. for suche men ben soone disseyued of eretikis. Ve. whiche eretikis lyuen in errour; that is, ben hardid therynne. V. liberte; in seyinge that thei moun leeuefully vse lustis of flesch. Lire here. ve. and of wemme, to be likyngis of daithe dai b., flowynge in her feestis with de|licis, doynge letcherie with ȝou, and han iȝen ful of auowtrie, and vnceessynge trespas, disseyuynge vnstidfast soulis, and han the herte excercisidhauntid IR. to coueitise; the sones ofin O. cursyng, that forsaken the riȝt weie, and erriden, suynge the weie of Balaam of Bosor, whichthe whiche k. louyde the hire of wickidnesse. But he hadde repreuyng of his woodnesse; a doumb beest vndur ȝok, that spakspak to him k. with vois of man, that forbede the vnwisdom of the profete. These ben wellis with out watir, and mystis dryuun with `whirlinge wyndyswhirle wyndis I., to whichewhom I. the thicke mijst of derknessis is reseruydresseyued CI pr. m. ach.. And thei speken in pryde of vanyte, and disseyuen inin the k. desiris of fleisch of letcherie hem, that scapenascapen b. a litil. Whiche lyuen in errour, and biheten fredom to hem, whanne thei ben ser|uauntis of corrupcioun. For of whom ony man is ouercomun, of hym also he is seruaunt. For if men forsaken the vn|clennessisvnclennes O. of the world, bi the knowyng of oure Lord and sauyour Jhesu Crist, and eftsone ben wlappid in these, and ben ouercomun, the lattere thingis ben maad to hem worse than the formere. For it was betere to hem to not knowe the weie of riȝtwisnesseriȝtwisnessis a. truwe riȝtwijsnes k pr. m., than to turne aȝen aftir the knowyng, fro that hooli maundement that was bitakun to hem. For thilke very prouerb bifelde to hem, The hound turnede aȝen to his castyngvomyte, or castynge I. spuwing C., and a sowe is waischun in walwyngether slow of cley K marg. inof R. fenne.

 CAP. III.

Lo! ȝe moost dereworth britheren, Y write to ȝou this secounde epistlepistle b., in whichin whiche; that is, the firste and the secunde pistle. Lire here. v. Y stire ȝoure clere soule bi mon|esting togidere, that ȝe be myndeful of tho wordis, that Y biforseide of the hooli prophetis, and of the maundementis of the hooli apostlis of the Lord and sauyour. First wite ȝe this thing, that in the laste daies disseyueris schulen come in disseit, goynge aftir her owne coueityngis, seiynge, Where is the bi|heest, or the comyng of hym? for sithen the fadris dieden, alle thingis lasten fro the bigynnyng of creature. But it is hidether dareth K marg. fro hem willynge this thing, that heuenesheuenes; that is, the hiȝere part of the lower part of the eir. as a thousind ȝeeres; anentis us, and bi a thousind is vndirstonden whateuer turn|yng aboute of tymes, which is litil and of noo reputacioun in comparisoun of Goddis euer|lastingnesse. God tarieth not his biheest; that is, in the ȝeelding of his biheestis he tarieth not ouer duete, thouȝ summen gessen this bi err[our] and denyen herfore the dom to comynge. doith paciently; in delayinge the doom. for ȝou; that goode men encreese in me|rit, and yuele men turne aȝen bi penaunce. Lire here. Ve. wole not that eny men pe|rische; as myche as per|teyneth to him|self. Lire here. v. were bifore, and the erthe of water was stondynge bi watir, ofbi EKQRbcegoαβ. Goddis word; bi which thatOm. EQgk pr. m. αβ. ilkethilk ERkαβ. world clensid, thanne bi watir perischide. But the heuenes that now ben, and the erthe, ben kept bi the same word, and ben re|seruyd to fier in to the dai of doom and perdicioun of wickid men. But, ȝe moost dere, this o thing be not hid tofro O. ȝou, that o dai anentis God is as a thousynde ȝeeris, and a thousynde ȝeeris ben as o dai. The Lord tarieth not his biheest, as summe gessen, but he doith pacientli for ȝou, and wole not that ony menman Eeoβ. perische, but that alle turne aȝen to penaunce. For the dai of the Lord schal come as a theef, in which heuenes with greet bireether hast K marg. schulen passe, and elementis schulen be dissoluydlousid R. bi heete, and the erthe, and alle the werkis that ben in it, schulen be brent. Ther|for whanne alle these thingis schulen be dissolued, what manner men bihoueth it ȝou to be in hooli lyuyngis and piteespitee R., abidingeabidingis k. and hiȝynge in to the comyng of the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom heuenes brennynge schulen be dis|soluyd, and elementis schulen faile bi brennyng of fier. Also we abiden bi hise biheestis newe heuenes and newe erthe, in which riȝtwisnesse dwellith. For which thing, ȝe moost dere, abidynge these thingis, be ȝe bisye to be foundun to hym in pees vnspottid and vndefoulid. And deme ȝe long abiding of oure Lord Jhesu Crist ȝoure heelthe, as also oure moost deredereworthe R. brother Poul wroot to ȝou, bi wisdom ȝouun to hym. As andOm. Rgoαβ. in allealle his O. epistlis he spekith `in hemand R. of these thingis; inof R. which ben summe hard thingis to vndurstonde, whichethe whiche k. vnwise and vn|stable men deprauen, as also thei don othere scripturis, to her owne perdicioun. Therfor ȝe, britheren, bifor witynge kepe ȝouȝoure E. silf, lest ȝe be disseyued bi errour of vnwise men, and falle awei fro ȝoure owneOm. Eb pr. m. gk. sadnesse. But wexe ȝe in the grace and the knowyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist and oure Sauyour; to hym be glorie now and in to the dai of euer|lastyngnesse. Amen.

 Here endith the secounde pistle of Petir, and here bigynneth the firste pistle of JohnFrom CMQUXabceghα. Heere endeth the ij. epistle of Petre, and biginnith the j. epistle of Jon. IO. Here endeth the secounde pistle of Petre; se now the firste pistle of Joon. K. Here endith the ii. pistil of Peter, and sueth i. of Johne. R. No final rubric in AEk.. I. JOHN. Here bigynneth the firste pistle of JoonThe firste pistle of John. C. No initial rubric in CIKMQRUXabeghoα..CAP. I.

THAT thingThat thing; thus the lettre schulde be ioyned; we tellen to ȝou that thing, etc.; that is, Goddis kindely sone, that was born without bigyn|nyng of the fadir. which we herden; of Joon Baptist, that was bifore goere of Goddis kindely sone maad man. his word is not in us; that is, Crist, which is seid the word of the fadir, is not in us bi grace halew|inge. Lire here. ve. that was fro the bigyn|nyng, which we herden, which we sayn with oure iȝen, which we bihelden, and oure hondis touchiden, of the word of lijf; and the lijf is schewid. And we sayn, and weOm. Rh. witnessen, and tellen to ȝou theOm. EK pr. m. k pr. m. αβ. euerlastynge lijf, that was anentis the fadir, and apperide to vs. Therfor `we tellen to ȝouOm. K. that thing, that we seyn, and herdenherden, we tellen to ȝou K., that also ȝe haue felow|schipe with vs, and oure felowschip be with the fadir, and with his sone Jhesu Crist. And we writen this thing to ȝou, that ȝe haue ioye, and that ȝoure ioye be ful. And this is the tellyng, that we herden of hym, and tellen to ȝou, that God is liȝt, and ther ben no derknessis in him. If we seien, that we han felaw|schip with hym, and we wandren in derknessis, we lien, and don not treuthe. But if we walken in liȝt, as also he is in liȝt, we han felawschip togidere; and the blood of Jhesu Crist, his sone, clensith vs fro al synne. If we seien, that we han nonot hk sec. m. Oβ. synne, we disseyuen vsour Eh. silf, and treuthe is not in vs. If we knowlechen oure synnes, he is feithful and iust, that he forȝyue to vs oure synnes, and clense vs from al wickidnesse. And if we seien, wethat we Egkα. han not synned, we maken hym a liere, and his word is not in vs.

 CAP. II.

Mi litle sones, Y write to ȝou these thingis, that ȝe synnen not. But if ony man synneth, we han anOm. b pr. m. O. aduocatether a mediatour K marg. anentis the fadir, Jhesu Crist, and he is the for|ȝyuenesether helper K marg. forof IUao. oure synnesOm. Eg.; and not oneli for oure synnes, but also for the synnes of al the worldfor the synnes of al the world; as to sufficience, but oonly for chosen men as to affect, for othere men set|ten letting. Jhesu Crist is oure auocat anentis the fa|dir, and shew|eth his woundis to the fadir, V. and sithen Jhe|su is iust, he preieth not for al manere syn|neris, but oonly for hem that repenten verei|ly. Ve. in this we witen that we ben in him; kunnyng is taken here largely for preuable con|iecting, either supposing, no but Goddis re|uelacioun be had on this thing. This that sueth in summe bookis, if we ben perfit in him, is not in bookis amend|id. Lire heere. V.. And in this thing we witen, that we knowen hym, if we kepen hise comaundementis. He that seith that he knowith God, and kepith not hise comaundementis, is a liere, and trewthe is not in hym. But the charite of God is perfit verili in hym, that kepith his word. InAnd in gk pr. m. this thing we witen, that we ben in hym, if we ben perfit in hym. He that seith, that he dwellith in hym, he owith forOm. IKbehkoβ. to walke, as he walkide. Moost dere britheren, Y write to ȝou, not a newe maundement, but the elde maunde|ment, that ȝe hadden fro the bigynnyng. The elde maundement is the word, that ȝe herden. Eftsoone Y write to ȝou a newe maundement, that is trewe bothe in hym and in ȝou; for derknessis ben passid, and veri liȝt schyneth now. He that seith, that he is in liȝt, and hatith his brother, is in derknessederknessis KRXho. ȝit. He that loueth his brothir, dwellith in liȝt, and sclaundre is not in hym. But he that hatith his brother, is in derknessis, and wandrith in derknessis, and woot not whi|dir he goith; for derknessis hanhath b. blindid hise iȝen. Litle sones, Y write to ȝou, that ȝoure synnes ben forȝouun to ȝou for his name. Fadris, Y write to ȝou, for ȝe han knowun hym, that is fro the bigynnyng. Ȝonge men, Y write to ȝou, for ȝe han ouer|comun the wickid. Y write to ȝou, ȝonge children, for ȝe han knowe the fadir. Y write to ȝou, britheren, for ȝe han knowen hym, that is fro the bigynnyng. Y write to ȝou, ȝonge men, for ȝe ben stronge, and the word of God dwellith in ȝou, and ȝe han ouercomun the wickid. Nyle ȝe loue the worldNile ȝe loue the world; that is, men seek|inge vnduely the delitable thingis of the world; thouȝ the kinde of hem is worthi to be loued, natheles the synne is worthi to be hatid and fled. neither tho thingis, etc.; that is, the synnes of hem; thei ben clepid the world, for resouns of synnes. al thing that is in the world; that is, in suche world|ly men. the laste our is; that is, the vj. and the last age of the world that renneth togidere with the vij. age, Ve. which is the age of hem that restin in he|uene fro the tyme of Cristis passioun, bi which the ȝate of Cristis pas|sioun is openid; either the laste our is the . . . . . of anticrist, which is seid the laste our, for it schal come aboute the ende of the world; nathe|les this tyme bigan in a ma|nere in the tyme of seint Joon, whanne Ebion and Che|rynte and many othere eretikis camen forth that ben the figure of anti|crist. anticrist cometh; that is, schal come in his tyme. V. many anti|cristis; that is, eretikis cor|rumping the treuthe of the gospel, as anti|crist schal do. thei weren not of us; bi euer|lastinge predes|tinacioun of God. Lire here. Ve. Alle eretikis; alle that distroien bi deedis the feith which thei knoulechyn; alle that ben contrarie to Crist ben anticristis. The Glose here. ve., ne tho thingis that ben in the world. If ony man loueth the world, the charite of the fader is not in hym. For al thing that is in the world, is coueitise of fleisch, and coueitise of iȝen, and pride of lijf, which is not of the fadir, but it is of the world. And the world schal passe, and theOm. b. coueitise of it; but he that doith the wille of God, dwellith with outen ende. My litle sones, the laste our is; and as ȝe han herd, that antecrist cometh, now many antecristis ben maad; wherfor we witen, that it is the laste our. Thei wenten forth fro vs, but thei weren not of vs; for if thei hadden be of vs, thei hadden dwelte with vs; but that thei be knowun, that thei ben notnot alle K pr. m. of vs. But ȝe han anoint|yng of the Hooli Goost, and knowen alle thingis. Y wroot not to ȝou, as to men that knowenknewen be. not treuthethe treuthe k pr. m., but as to men that knowenknewen beβ. it, and for ech leesing is not of treuthe. Who is a liere, but this that denyeth that Jhesu is not Crist? This is antecrist, that denyeth the fadir, and the sone. SoFor a. ech that denyeth the sone, hath not the fadir; but he that knowlechith the sone, hath also the fadir. That thing that ȝe herden at the bigyn|nyng, dwelle it in ȝou; for if that thing dwellith in ȝou, which ȝe herden at the bigynnyng, ȝe schulen dwelle in the sone and in the fadir. And this is the biheeste, that he bihiȝte to vs euerlastinge lijf. Y wroot these thingis to ȝou, of hem that disseyuen ȝou, and that the anoyntyng which ȝe resseyueden of hym, dwelle in ȝou. And ȝe han not nede, that ony man teche ȝou, but as his anoynt|yng techith ȝou of alle thingis, and it is trewe, and it is not leesyng; and as he tauȝte ȝou, dwelle ȝe in hym. And now, ȝe litle sones, dwelle ȝe in hym, that whanne he schal appere, we haue aOm. IK pr. v. h. trist, and be not confoundid of hym in his com|yng. If ȝe witen that he is iust, wite ȝe that also ech that doith riȝtwisnesse, is borun of hym.

 CAP. III.

Se ȝe what maner charite the fadir ȝaf to vs, that we be named the sones of God, and ben hise sones. For this thing the world knewe not vsthe world knowith not us; bi know|ing of appreu|yng, forwhi worldly men appreuen not, but repreuen hem that dis|pisen erthely thingis, and goon to heuen|ly eritage, and aretten hem foolis and wrecchis; and the cause su|eth, for it knowith not hym; for bi this, that men ben al ȝouen to worldly thingis, thei ben turned awey from knowing of the fadir, as myche as he is ȝeuere of heuenly eri|tage; wherfore thei appreuen not dispiseris of erthely thingis and desijreris of heuenly thingis. Lire here. ve., for it knew not hym. Moost dere britheren, now we ben the sones of God, and ȝit it apperide not, what we schulen be. We witen, that whanne he schal appere, we schulen be lijk hym, for we schulen se hym as he is. And ech man that hath this hope in hym, makith hym silf hooli, as he is hooli. Ech man that doith synne, doith also wickidnesse, and synne is wickid|nesse. And ȝe witen, that he apperide to do awei synnessynne a., and synne is not in hym. Ech man that dwellith in hymEch man that dwellith in him; bi feith foormed with charite. syn|neth not; as longe as he dwellith so, noo that a man hauynge feith foormed with charite may not do synne, as summe seiden, and yuele, but that no man vsinge in dede feith foormed with charite, either beinge in cha|rite, synneth that is deedly. neither knew him; bi feith foormed with charite. the deuel synneth fro the bigyn|nynge; not that he was maad yuel in his creacioun, but sith he synnede he contynued euere in synne; for his synne is vncurable, and he brouȝte men to synne. doth not synne; in as myche as he is born of God, forwhi feith foormed with charite stondith not with deedly synne. the seed of God; that is, grace suffrith not such synne with it. he may not do synne; in as myche as he hath grace that mai not be resoun to do synne, natheles he mai do synne bi mysusing of free wille, which is not confermed bi grace. we witen that we be translatid, etc.; that is, we witen certeynly; if this is referrid to the postlis that resseyu|eden the Hooly Goost in visible syngne, and weren confermed in grace, and of this thei weren certified bi Goddis reuelacioun; if this word, we witen, is referrid to othere men, wite is taken here for preuable coniecting. V. fro deth; of synne. to lijf; of grace. Ve. putte lyues for britheren; that is, set forth to perel and deth oure dedly lijf for the goostly heelthe of hem; ech man is bounden to in tyme of nede, if he see his brother in goostly perel, and may not be helpid in othere manere, no but he that seeth put forth him self to bodily deth; but bischopis and othere prelatis and curatis be hoolden to putte hemself to bodyly deth for the heelth of sogetis, if a woolf entrith the floc to corumpe it in feith and vertues, ellis thei weren not scheepherdis, but hijred hynes, as Crist seith in the ten co. of Joon. Lire here. v., synneth not; and ech that synneth, seeth not hym, nether knew hym. Litle sones, no man disseyue ȝou; he that doith riȝtwysnesse, is iust, as also he is iust. He that doith synne, is of the deuel; for the deuel syn|nethsynnede gh. fro the bigynnyng. In this thing the sone of God apperide, that he vndo the werkis of the deuel. Ech man that is borun of God, doith not synne; for the seed of God dwellith in hym, and he may not do synne, for he is borun of God. In this thing the sones of God ben know|un, and the sones of the feend. Ech man that is not iust, is not of God, and he that loueth not his brothirbrothir, is not of God Rehkoαβ.. For this is the tellyng, that ȝe herden at the bigyn|nyng, that ȝe loue ech othere; not as Caym, that was of the yueledeuel a., and slouȝ his brother. And for what thing slouȝ he him? for hise werkis weren yuele, and hise brotheris iust. Britheren, nyle ȝe wondre, if the world hatith ȝou. We witen, that we ben translatid fro deeth to lijf, for we louen britheren. He that loueth not, dwellith in deth. Ech man that hatith his brother, is a man sleere; and ȝe witen, that ech mansleere hath not euerlastinge lijf dwellinge in hym. In this thing we han knowe the charite of God, for he puttideputtith A. putte R. his lijf for vs, and we owen to putte oure lyues for oure britheren. He that hath the catelsubstaunce, or catel K.hath the catel; that is, su|perflu richessis more than ned|ith him and his staat, than it is Goddis heest to ȝeue almes therof, in xj. co of Luk. hath nede; that is, the last nede, whanne it ap|perith not whereof he may be susteyned, no but bi the almes of this man, thanne this man is holden to ȝeue not oonly of superflu, but also of nedful thing to him|self, and ellis he sleeth him that is sett in such nede, as Austyn seith, and Basile, and Ambrose in xvij. distinc|cioun, co . sicut hii. Lire here. v. of this world, and seeth that his brothir hath nede, and closith his entrailis fro hym, hou dwellith the charite of God in hym? Mi litle sones, loue weȝe b. not in wordnot in word oonly, nether in fals either trec|cherous tunge. repreueth us; of veyn loue, either fals. Lire here. v., nethir in tunge, but in werk and treuthe. In this thing we knowen, that we ben of treuthe, and in his siȝt we monesten oure hertis. For if oure hertehertis a. repreuethrepreuen a. vs, God is more than oure hert, and knowith alle thingis. Moost dere britheren, if oure herte repreueth not vs, we han trust to God; and what euer we schulen axeaske O., we schulen resseyue of hym, for we kepen hise comaunde|mentis, and we don tho thingis that ben plesaunt bifor hym. And this is the comaundement of God, that we bileue in the name of his sone Jhesu Crist, and that we loue ech othere, as he ȝaf heeste to vs. And he that kepith hise com|aundementis, dwellith in hym, and he in hym. And in this thing we witen, that he dwellith in vs, bi the spirit, whom he ȝaf to vs.

 CAP. IV.

Moost dere britheren, nyle ȝe bileue to ech spirit, but preue ȝe spiritisthe spiritis O., if thei ben of God; for many false prophetis wenten out in to the world. In this thing the spirit of God is knowun; ech spirit that knowlechith that Jhesu Crist hath come in fleisch, is of God; and ech spirit that fordoithforbedith ghk. Jhesu, is not of God. And this is antecrist, of whom ȝe herdenhan herd I., that he cometh; and riȝt now he is in the world. Ȝe, litle sones, ben of God, and ȝe han ouercome hym; for he that is in ȝou is more, than he that is in the world. Thei ben of the world, therfor thei speken of the world, and the world herith hem. We ben of God; he that knowith God, herith vs; he that is not of God, herith not vs. In this thing we knowen the spirit of treuthe, and the spirit of errour. Moost dere britheren, loue weȝe EQgk. togidere, for charite is of God; and ech that loueth his brother, is borun of God, and knowith God. He that loueth not, knowith not God; for God is charite. In this thing the charite of God apperide in vs, for God sente hise oon bigetun sone in to the world, that we lyue bi hym. In this thing is charite, not as we hadden loued God, but for he firste louede vs, and sente hise sone forȝyuenesse for oure synnes. Ȝe moost dere britheren, if God louede vs, we owen to loue ech other. No man say euer God; if we louen to|gidre, God dwellith in vs, and the charite of hym is perfit in vs. In this thing we knowen, that we dwellen in hym, and he in vs; for of his spirit he ȝaf to vs. And we sayen, and witnessen, that the fadir sente his sone sauyour of the world. Who euer knowlechith, that Jhesu is the sone of God, God dwellith in him, and he in God. And we han knowun, and bileuen to the charite, that God hath in vs. God is charite, and he that dwellith in charite, dwellith in God, and God in hym. In this thing is the perfit charite of God with vs, that we haue trist in the dai of dom; for as he isas he is; in heuene, and doth good fro heuene to iust men and vniust men. and we ben in this world; that is, we louen bothe freendis and enemyes for his loue, as he co|maundith in V. Co. of Matheu. Dreede is, etc.; that is, seruile dreede is not in perfit charite. dreede hath peyne; that is, peyne is due to seruile dreede, for it makith to eschewe synne, oonly that it be not punschid, not for the abomy|nacioun of synne, neither to eschewe the offence of God. Lire here. v., also we ben in this world. Drede is not in charite, but perfit charite puttith out drede; for drede hath peyne. But he that dredith, is not perfit in charite. Therfor loue we God, for he louede vs bifore. If ony man seith, thatOm. h. `Y louehe loueth EQC sec. m. he loue C pr. m. God, and hatith his brother, he is a liere. For he that loueth not his brothir, whichwhom R. he seeth, hou mai he loue God, whomwhich Q. he seeth not? And we han this com|aundement of God, that he that loueth God, loue also his brothir.

 CAP. V.

Ech man that bileuethbileeuith; bi feith foorm|ed with charite. that Jhesu of Nazareth is Crist; bihiȝt in the lawe and profetis. loueth him that gen|dride; that is, God. loueth him, etc.; ech feith|ful man. be not greuouse; to him that lou|eth, for whi the loue of God and the hoope of meede mak|ith tho thingis esy, that ben harde and scharpe of her kynde. born of God; bi feith foormed with charite. ouer|cometh the world; that is, temptaciouns and persecu|sciouns of the world. Lire here. v. that Jhesus is Crist, is borun of God; and ech man that loueth hym that gendride, loueth hym that is borun of hym. In this thing we knowen, that we louen the children of God, whanne we louen God, and don his maundementis. For this is the charite of God, that we kepe hise maundementiscomaundementis g pr. m. β.; and his maundementis ben not heuy. For al thing that is borun of God, ouer|cometh the world; and this is the victorie that ouercometh the world, oure feith. And who is he that ouercometh the world, but he that bileueth that Jhesus is the sone of God? This is Jhesus CristOm. R., that cam bi watir and blood; not in water oonli, but in watir and blood. And the spirit is he that witnessith, that Crist is treuthethe treuthe k pr. m.. For thre ben, that ȝyuen witnessing in heuene, the Fadir, theand the a sec. m. Sone, and the Hooli Goost; and these thre ben oonthese thre ben oon; that is, for these three acorden in af|fermyng of oo treuthe. syn|neth a synne not to deth; in excludinge fy|nal vnrepent|aunce, bi which a man dieth in deedly synne. lijf schal be ȝouen to him; for such a syn|nere schal die in grace. a synne to deeth; that is, fynal vnrepentaunce, bi which a man dieth in deedli synne. preie not for it; for it is not [ to] preie for hem that ben damp|ned. born of God; bi grace of baptym. syn|neth not; bi deedly synne, as longe as he stondith in that grace. the ge|neracioun of God; that is, grace ȝouen in baptim, bi which he is set in a dyuyn being aboue kynde. kepith him; as myche as perteyneth to the grace it|self. the wickid toucheth not him; in led|inge him to deedly synne, Ve. noo but he bowe awey wil|fully fro staat of grace, in makinge him|self soget to the wicked deuel bi deedly synne, and bi mysus|ing of fre wille. V. al the world; that is, men setting her ende in delytingis of the world. is set in the wick|id; that is, in the yuel fijer of coueitise. Lire here. ve.. `And thre ben, that ȝyuen witnessing in erthe, the spirit, water, and blood; and these thre ben oonOm. g pr. m.. If we resseyuen the witnessing of men, the witnessing of God is more; for this is the witnessing of God, that is more, for he witnesside of his sone. He that bileueth ininto KQROαβ. the sone of God, hath the witnessing of God in hym. He that bi|leueth not tointo R. the sonesone of God k pr. m., makith hym a liere; for he bileueth not in the witness|ing, that God witnesside of his sone. And this is the witnessyng, for God ȝaf to ȝou euerlastinge lijf, and this lijf is in his sone. He that hath the sone of God, hath also lijf; he that hath not the sone of God, hath not lijf. I write to ȝou these thingis, that ȝe wite, that ȝe han euerlastynge lijf, which bileuen in the name of Goddis sone. And this is the trist which we han to God, that what euer thing we axenasken ao. aftir his wille, he schal here vs. And we witen, that he herith vs, what euer thing we axenasken ao.; we witen, that we han the axyngisaskynges ao. axinge k pr. m., whichthat K. we axenasken ao. of hym. He that woot that his brother synneth a synne not to deththe deeth K pr. m. ROα., axeaske ao. he, and lijf schal be ȝouun to hym that synneth not to deth. Ther is a synne to deth; `not for itOm. behko. Y seieseie not b., thatthat not for it e. ony manOm. α. preiepreie for it b. pray not for it hko.. Ech wickidnesse is synne, and ther is synne to deththe deeth b.. We witen, that ech man that is borun of God, synneth not; but the generacioun of God kepith hym, and the wickid touchith hym not. We witen, that we ben of God, and al the world is set in yuel. And we witen, that the sone of God cam in fleisch, and ȝaf to vs wit, that wehe b. knowknowe him g sec. m. veri God, and be in the veri sone of hym. This is veri God, and euerlastynge lijf. My litle sones, kepe ȝeOm. K pr. m. ho. ȝou fro mau|metis.

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THE eldere man, to the chosun ladi, and to her children, whiche Y loue in treuthe; and not Y aloone, but also alle men that knowen treuthe; for the treuthe that dwellith in ȝou, and with ȝou schal be with outen ende. Grace be with ȝou, merci, and pees of God the fadir, and of Jhesu Crist, the sone of the fadir, in treuthe and charitein charite a.. I ioiede ful myche, for Y foond ofOm. k pr. m. thi sones goynge in treuthe, as we resseyueden maundement of the fadir. And now Y preye thee, ladi, not as writinge a newe maundement to thee, but that that we hadden fro the bigynnyng, that we loue ech other. And this is charite, that we walke after his maundementiscomaundementis Rgk.. For this is the com|aundement, that as ȝe herden at the bi|gynnyng, walke ȝe in hym. For many disseyueris wenten out in to the world, which knoulechenknoulechiden ghk. not that Jhesu Crist hath come in fleisch; this is a dis|seyuere and antecrist. Se ȝeOm. KR. ȝouȝoure E. silf, lest ȝe lesen the thingisthing k sec. m. that ȝe han wrouȝt, thatbut contynue ȝe so in God, that e. ȝe resseyue ful mede; wit|ynge that ech man that goith bifore, and dwellith not in the teching of Crist, hath not God. He that dwellith in the tech|ing, hath bothe the sone and the fadir. IfAnd if b. ony man cometh to ȝou, and bryngith not this teching, nyle ȝe resseyue hym in to housthe hous I. ȝoure hous h sec. m. k., nether seie ȝeOm. EK pr. m. gkα to hym, Heil. For he that seith to hym, Heil, comy|neth with hise yuel werkis. Lo! Y biforseide to ȝou, that ȝe be not con|foundid in the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. Y haue mo thingis to write to ȝou, and Y wolde not bi parchemynether book K marg. and enke; for Y hope that Y schal come to ȝou, and speke mouth to mouth, that ȝouroure g. ioye be ful. The sones of thi chos|un sistir greten thee wel. TheThis vers is not in bookis amendid. Lire here. v. grace of God be with thee. Amen.

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THE eldere man to Gayus, most dere brother, whom Y loue in treuthe. Most dere brothir, of alle thingis Y make preyer, that thou entre, and fare wele|fuly, as thi soule doith welefuli. Y ioyede greetli, for britheren camen, and baren witnessing to thi treuthe, `as thou walkist in treutheOm. gk pr. m.. Y haue not more grace of these thingis, than that Y hereherde β. thatOm. EQk pr. m. my sones walke in treuthe. Most dere bro|ther, thou doist feithfuli, what euer thou worchist in britheren, and that in to pil|grymys,pilgrimes; here pilgrimes ben seid feith|ful men, whiche the vnfeithful men castiden out of her citees for the feith of Crist. whiche; pilgrimes, whanne thei comen to thee. thou leddest forth; that is, susteynest with thin almesse deedis, that thei passe fro thennes to othere placis. Ve. worthily to God; that is, to Goddis on|our. Lire here. v. which ȝeldidenȝeelden R. witnessing to thi charite, in the siȝt of the chirche; which thou leddist forth, and doist wel worthili to God. For thei wenten forthwenten forth; that is, weren compellid to goo out of her placis, and weren spoilid either robbid of her owne goodis. Ve. for his name; that is, for the feith of o verey God. taken noo thing of hethene men; that is, of her citeseyns, and men of her lynagis, as the Glose seith, not these feithful men myȝten not take, but for vnfeithful men not ȝeue, that thei schulde be compellid by nedynesse to come aȝen bi ydolatrie of hethene puple. we owen res|seyue, etc.; with oure costis. Joon seith this, not for he hadde richecchis, but for riche men diden such thingis bi his counceil, and for he dispend|ide in Effesus the goodis of the chirche ȝouen for pore men, as othere apostlis in Je|rusalem in iiij. co. of Deedis. Lire here. v. for his name, and token no thing of hethene men. Therfor we owen to resseyue sichesuche maner men Rhoβ., that we be euen worcheris of treuthe. I hadde write perauenture to the chirche, but this Diotrepes, that loueth to bere primacie in hem, resseyuethreseeiuen Egk. not vsOm. R.. For this thing, if Y schal come, Y schal moneste hise werkis, whiche he doith, chidinge aȝens vs with yuel word|is. And as if these thingis suffisensufficeden ghk pr. m. not to hym, nether he resseyueth britheren, and forbedith hem that resseyuen, and puttith out of the chirche. Moost dere brothir, nyle thou sue yuel thing, but that that is good thing. He that doith wel, is of God; he that doith yuel, seeth not God. Witnessing is ȝoldun to Deme|trie of alle men, and of treuthe it silf; but also we beren witnessing, and thou knowist, that oure witnessing is trewe. Y hadde many thingis to wryte to thee, but Y wolde not write to thee bi enke and penne. For Y hope soone to se thee, and we schulen speke mouth to mouth. Pees be to thee. Frendis greten thee wel. Greete thouȝe k. wel frendis bi name.

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JUDAS, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, and brother of James, to these that ben louyd, that ben in God the fadir, and to hem that ben clepid and kept of Jhesu Crist, mercy, and pees, and charite be fillid to ȝou. Moost dere britheren, Y doynge al bisynesse to write to ȝou of ȝoure comyn helthe, hadde nede to write to ȝou, and preye to striue strongli for the feith that is onysoonys; that is, parfitly. bi|taken; of Crist to seintis; that is, to the hooly apostlis, bifore writen; that is, bifore knowen, either betere, bifore figured. in to this dom; that is, damp|nacioun. Lire here. v. takun to seyntis. For summe vnfeithful men priueli en|triden, that sum tyme weren bifore writun in to this dom, and ouerturnen the grace of oure God in to letcherie, and denyen hym that is oneli a Lord, oure Lord Jhesu Crist. But Y wole moneste ȝou onys, that witen alle thingis, that Jhesus sauyde his puple fro the lond of Egipt, and the secunde tyme loste hem that bileueden not. And he reseruede vndur derknesse aungels, that kepten not her prinshod, but forsoken her hous, in to the dom of the greet God, in to euer|lastynge bondis. As Sodom, and Gomorre, and the nyȝ coostid citees, that in lijk maner diden fornycacioun, and ȝeden awei aftir othir fleisch, and ben maad ensaumple, suffrynge peyne of euerelast|inge fier. In lijk maner also these that defoulen the fleischfleiȝss euerlasting K pr. m., and dispisen lord|schip, and blasfemen magestethe maieste K sec. m.. Whanne Myȝhel, arkaungel, disputide with the deuel, and stroof of Moisesstroof of Moi|ses body; the deuel wolde schewe the bodi of Moises to Jewis `enclyn|aunt to [redi to synne in K] idolatrie, that thei schulden worschipe him as God; but thanne Myȝhel, that was prince of the synagoge, wolde lette [either defende K] this. KVe. not hardy to ȝeue dom of blas|femie; aȝens the deuel for his kynde, that was good and maad of God; therfore to blas|feme God, whos kinde is more excellent with|outen ende, is most greuous synne. Lire here. ve. bodi, he was not hardi tofor to hk sec. m. β. brynge in dom ofand I. blas|femye, but seide, The Lord comaundecomaundide A pr. m. et alii. to thee. But these men blasfemen, what euer thingis thei knowen not. For what euer thingis thei knowen kyndli as doumbe beestis, in these thei ben corupt.

 CAP. II.

Wo to hem that wenten the weie of Caym, and that ben sched out bi errour of Balaam for mede, and perischiden in the aȝenseiyng of Chore. These ben in her metis, feestynge togidere to filthe, with out drede fedinge hemsilf. These ben cloudis with out watir, that ben borun aboute of theOm. QR. wyndis; heruest trees with out fruyt, twies deed, drawun vp bi the roote; wawis of the woodeether wilde K marg. see, fomyngeether frothinge K marg. out her confusiouns; errynge sterris, to whiche the tempest of derk|nessis is kept with outen ende. But Enoch, the seuentheseuenthe man Rg sec. m. k sec. m. hoβ. fro Adam, profe|ciede of these, and seide, Lo! the Lord cometh with hise hooli thousandis, to do domdom; of con|dempnacioun, aȝen alle men, that is, aȝens alle repreuable men, for the dom of chosen men schal not be aȝens hem, but for hem. Lire here. v. aȝens alle men, andOm. RC pr. m. to repreue alle vnfeithful men of alle the werkis of the wickidnesse of hem, bi whiche thei diden wickidli, and of alle the harde wordis, that wyckid synneris han spoke aȝens God. These ben grutcheris fuland ful k. of pleyntisether pleyning K marg., wandrynge aftir her desiris; and the mouth of hem spekith pride, worschipinge persoones, bi cause of wyn|nyng. And ȝe, moost dere britheren, be myndeful of the wordis, whiche ben bifor seid of apostlis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; whiche seiden to ȝou, that in the laste tymes ther schulen come giloursether scorners K marg., wand|ringe aftir her owne desiris, not in pitee. These ben, whiche departen hemsilf, beestli men, not hauynge spiritthat is, the hooly spirit, but the spirit of errour. re|preue ȝe; that is, schewe ȝee in arguynge either repreu|inge these ob|stinat eretikis as dampned. Lire here. v.. But ȝe, moost dere britheren, aboue bilde ȝouȝour E. silf on ȝoure moost hooli feith, and preye ȝe in the Hooli Goost, and kepe ȝouȝour E. silf in the loue of God, and abide ȝe the merci of oure Lord Jhesu Crist in to lijf euerlastynge. And repreue ȝeOm. k pr. m. these men that ben demed, but saue ȝesaue ȝe; bi good lyuynge teching. hem; that ben not obstynat. ra|uysche, etc.; that thei go doun not into the fijer of helle. V. defouled coote; that is, fleschly conuersacioun. Lire here. ve. hem, and take ȝe hem fro the fier. And do ȝe merci to othere men, in theOm. a. drede of God, and hate ȝe also thilke defoulid coote, which is fleischli. But to him that is miȝti to kepe ȝou with out synne, and to ordeyne bifore the siȝt of his glorie ȝou vnwemmed in ful out ioye, in the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to God aloone oure sauyour, bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord, be glorie, and magne|fiyng, empire, and power, bifore alle worldis, `and now and in toin k pr. m. alle worldisOm. R. of worldis. Amen.

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Alle men that wolen lyue mekelifeithfulli gk. in CristCrist Jhesu T., as the apostlepostle abk. seith, suffrenschuln suffre ITO. perse|cucioun; aftir that, thou sone, thatOm. R sec. m. k. neiȝest to the seruyce of God, stonde thou in riȝtwisnesse, and in drede, and make redi thi soule to temptacioun. For temptacioun isis in K sec. m. a mannus lijf on theOm. T. erthe. But that feithful men faile not in hem, the Lord coumfortith hem, and confermeth, seiynge, Y am with ȝou `vn toin to Eak. the endeendyng O. of the world; and, Litil flokfolk Ea., nyle ȝe drede. Therfor God the Fadir, seynge the tribula|ciouns whiche hooli chirche was to suffre, that was foundidOm. T. founden h. of the apostlis on Crist the stoon, disposid with the Sone andand with T. the Hooli Goost to schewen hem, that me dreddedredide b. hem the lesse. And al the Trinyte schewide it Cristto Crist I sec. m. RT. in his manhed, and Crist to Joon bi an aungel, and Joon to hooli chirche; of which reuelacioun Joon made this book. Wherfore this book is seid Apocalips, that is to seie, Reuelacioun, for here it is conteyned that God schewide to Joon, and Joon toto the N. hooli chirche, hou grete thingis hooli chirche suffride in the firste tyme, and now suffrith, and schal suffre in the laste tymestime T. of Antecrist; whanne tribulacioun schal be so greet, that if it mowe be, thei that benbeth TUao. chosunychosen T., ben meuyd; and whiche meedismede k pr. m. scheOm. N. schal resseyue for these tribulaciouns, now andOm. E. tymein tyme C sec. m. I sec. m. RU sec. m. xb. in the time E. to come, that meedisthe meedis R. that benbeth Tcgo. Om. ek pr. m. α. bihote makenmakith egk. hemhir EQgkα. glad, whom the tribulaciouns that ben teld makithmaken EINTcegko. aferd. Ther|for this book among othere scripturis of the Newe Testament is clepid biOm. T. theOm. K sec. m. name of prophecie; and it is more excellent thanthan other EQRgα. prophetisprophe|cies EQα.. For as the Newe Testament is worthier than the Olde, and the gospel than the lawe, so this prophesie passith the profecies of the Olde Testament, for it schewith sacramentis, that benbeth Ua. now a parti fulfillid of Crist, and of hooli chirche. Or ellis, for to othere is oon maner pro|phecie, but to this is thre maner prophecieprophecies A. ȝeue togidre, that is, of that that is passid, and of that that is present, and of that thatOm. K pr. m. is to come. And to conferme the auto|rite of it, ther cometh the autorite of hym that sendeth, and of hym that berith, and of hym that resseyueth. He that sendith, is the Trynite; he that berith, theis the ET. aungel; heand he R. that resseyueth, Joonis Joon T.. ButOm. T. whanne these thingis ben schewid to Joon in visioun, and ther benis k. beeth O. thre kyndis of visiouns, itthat a. is to seen vndur which kynde thisthese RTko. beben RTko. conteynedconceyued T.. For sum visioun is bodili, as whanne we seen eny thing with bodili iȝen; sum is spiritual, or ymaginarie, as whanne we seen slepinge, or ellisOm. Egk pr. m. O. wakinge we biholden the ymagisymage N. of thingis, bi whiche sum other thing is signefied; as Farao slepinge siȝ eeris of corn, and Moyses wakinge siȝ the buisch brenne. An|othir visioun is of vndirstonding, as. whanne thoruȝ reuelaciounthe reuelacioun b. of the Hooli Goost, thoruȝ vndirstonding of thouȝt, we conseyuenconceyueth b. the treuthe of mysteriesmynystries b.; as Joon sauȝ tho thingis, that benbeth Cα. conteyned in this book. For not oneli he sauȝ in spirit the figuris, but also he vndirstodevndurstonde A pr. m. in thouȝt thetho agk. thingis that weren signyfied bi hem. Joon sauȝsiȝ it k., and wroot in the yle of Pathmos, whanne he was exilid of Domitian, the most wickid prince; and a cause compellide hym to write. For while he was holdun in outlawerie of Domycian, in the ile of Pathmos, in the chirchis, thatther T. he hadde gouerned, ther were spronge many vices and dyuerse heresies. For there weren summe heretikis there, that seiden, that Crist was not toforebifore R. Marie, for as myche as he was in tyme borun of hir; whiche heretikis Joon in the bigynnyng of his gospel, vndurnymmeth, and seith, In the bigynnyng was the Sone; and in this book whanne he seith, Y am alpha and oo, that is, the bigynnyng and theOm. RT. ende. Summe also seiden, that hooli chirche schulde ende toforebifore ENR. the endeendyng N. of the world, for charge of tribulaciounstribula|cioun C., and that it schulde not vndurfonge for herhis N. traueile euerlastinge mede. Therfor Joon wilnyngewillinge KQRTceghkα. to distruye the errouris of these, schewith that Crist was bigynnyng and ende. Wherfor Isaie seith, To for me was no God fourmed, and after me ther schal not be. And that hooli chirche thorruȝ exercise of tribulaciounstribulacioun a., schal not be endid, but schal profite, and for hem resseyuen an euerlastinge meede. Joon writith to theOm. EK. these a. seuene chirchis of Asie, and to her seuene bischopis ofand of T. the forseid thingis; enfourmynge and techinge bi hem al the general hooli chirche. And so the mater of Joon in thishis R. werk is speciali of the chirchechirchis b. of Asie, and also of al hooli chirche, what schethat is what Nb sec. m. schal suffre in this present tyme, and what sche schal vndurfonge in tyme to comecomynge gk.. And his entent is to stire to pacience, which is to be kept; for the traueile is schort, and the meede greteis grete T.. The maner of his tretyng is suche; firste he settesetteth EK sec. m. RTO. bifor a prolog, and aOm. b pr. m. O. salutacioun, wher he makith theOm. T. hereris benygne, and takynge wel tente. And whanne he hath sette it `to forebifore E., he cometh to the telling; but `to forebifore E. his telling he schewith that Crist is euere with oute bigynnyng and with outen ende, rehersynge hym that spekith, Y am alpha and oo, bigynnyng and ende. Aftirward he cometh to his telling, and departith it in to seuene visiouns; and whanne thei ben endid, this book is endid. He settith `to forebifore E. the prolog, and seith, The Apocalips of Jhesus Crist; vndurstondevndurstondinge A., that this is, as it is in other, the Visioun of Ysaye, and also the Parablis of Salomon.

Jerom in his prologe on the Apocalips seith thisHeer endith the prologe, and biginnith the Apocalips. IQRg. Jerom in this prolog on this Apocalips seith this. K. Jerom in his prolog on the Apocalips seith this sentence. N. Jerom in his prologe on Apocalips seith this afore writun. X. Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the book. h. Al this seith Jerom on the prolog of the Apocalips. O. Jerom in his prolog on this Apocalips seith al this. α. No final rubric in EMTUabefk.. Here bigynneth the ApocalipsHere bigynneth the Apocalips of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. M. Here bigynneth the firste chapiter of the Apocalips. e. Here bigynneth the Apocalips of Joon. k. No initial rubric in IKQRcho..CAP. I.

APOCALIPSthat is, reuelacioun, ether shewing K marg. of Jhesu Crist, which God ȝaf to hym to make open to hise ser|uauntis, whiche thingis it bihoueth to be maad soone. And he signyfiede, sending bi his aungel toOm. k pr. m. his seruaunt Joon, whiche bar witnessing to the word of God, and witnessing of Jhesu Crist, in these thingis, what euer thingis he say. Blessid is he that redith, and he that herith the wordis of this prophecie, and kepith tho thingis that ben writun in it; for the tyme is niȝ. JoonI Joon h. toto the xho. seuene chirchis, that ben in Asie, grace and pees to ȝou, of him that is, and that was, and that is to comynge; and of the seuene spiritis, that ben in the siȝt of his trone; and of Jhesu Crist, that is a feithful witnesse, the firste bigetunthe firste bi|geten; that is, the first among hem that risen aȝen fro dede men to vndeed|ly and blisful lijf. Lire here. ve. of deed men, and prince of kingis of the erthe; which louyde vs, and waischide vs fro oure synnes in his blood, and made vs a kyng|dom, and preestis to God and to his fader; to hym be glorie and empire in to worldis of worldis. Amen. Lo! he cometh with clowdis, and ech iȝe schal se hym, and thei that prickidenether crucifieden K marg. hym; and alle the kynredisether lynagis K marg. of theOm. Ca sec. m. h. erthe schulen be|weile hem silf on hym. Ȝhe, Amen! Y am alpha and oo, the bigynnyng and the ende, seith the Lord God, that is, and that was, and that is to comynge, al|myȝti. I, Joon, ȝoure brothir, and parte|ner in tribulacioun, and kingdom, and pacience in Crist Jhesu, was in an ile, that is clepid Pathmos, for the word of God, and for the witnessyng of Jhesu. Y was in spirit in the Lordis dai, and Y herde bihynde me a greet vois, as of aOm. k pr. m. trumpe, seiynge to me, Write thou in a book thatthe O. thing that thou seest, and sende to the seuene chirchis that ben in Asie; to Ephesus, to Smyrma, andOm. E. to Pergamus, and toOm. E. Tiatira, and to Sardis, and to Filadelfia, and to LoadiciaLaodicia E et alii, αβ.. And Y turnede, that Y schulde se the vois that spak with me; and Y turnede, and YOm. X. say seuene candelstikis of gold, and in the myddil of theOm. g. seuene goldun can|delstikis oon lijk toOm. gk pr. m. O. the sone of man, clothid with a long garnementgarment A pr. m. ether an awbe K marg., and gird at the tetis with a goldun girdil. And the heed of hym and his heeris weren whijt, as whijt wolleas wolle a., and as snow; and the iȝen of hym as flawme of fier, and hise feet lijk to latounether dross of gold K marg., as in a bren|nynge chymney; and the vois of hym as the vois of many watris. And he hadde in his riȝt hoond seuene sterris, and a swerd scharp on euer ethir side wente out of his mouth; and his face as the sunne schyneth in his virtu. And whanne Y hadde seyn hym, Y felde doun at hise feet, as deed. And he puttide his riȝt hond on me, and seide, Nyle thou drede; Y am the firste and the laste; and Y am alyue, and Y was deed; and lo! Y am lyuynge in to worldis of worldis, and Y haue the keyes of deth and of helle. Therfor write thou whiche thingis thou hast seyn, and whiche ben, and whiche it bihoueth to be don aftir these thingis. The sacrament of the seuene sterris, which thou seiȝest in my riȝt hond, and the seuene goldun candel|stikis; the seuene sterris ben aungelsben aungels; that is, bi|schopis of the chirches; an aungel, which is interpretid sent, is here the name of bischop office, and in ij. co. of Malachi a prest is clepid an aungel of the Lord. Ve. for a bischop is the principal prest in a diocese. Lire here. v. of the seuene chirchis, and the seuene candelstikis ben seuene chirchis.

 CAP. II.

And to the aungel of the chirche of Efesus write thou, These thingis seith he, that holdith the seuene sterris in his riȝt hond, which walkith in the middil of theOm. k. seuene goldun candilstikis. Y woot thi werkis, and trauelthi traueile gk., and thi pacience, and that thou maist not suffre yuele men; and thou hast asaied hem that seien that thei ben apostlis, and ben not, and thou hast foundun hem lieris; and thouOm. a. hast pacience, and thou hast suffrid for my name, and failidist not. But Y haue aȝens thee a fewe thingis, that thou hast left thi firste charite. Therfor be thou myndeful fro whennus thou hast falle, and do penaunce, and do the firste werkis; etheror Egk. ellis, Y comeshal come K sec. m. soone to thee, and Y schal moue thi candilstike fro his place, but `thou dodo thou I pr. m. penaunce. But thou hast this good thing, that thou hatidist the dedis of NycholaitisNicol hadde a fair wijf, and it was put to him, that he louede hire gelously ouer myche; and to schewe the con|trarie, he set|tide her forth to othere Cristin men, and seide bi errour, that wyues schulde be comune, as othere thingis. Lire here. ve., theOm. ER. whiche also Y hate. He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to theOm. beg. chirchis. To hym that ouercometh Y schal ȝyue to ete of the tre of lijf, that is in the paradis of my God. And to the aungel of the chirche of Smyrma write thou, These thingis seith the firste and the laste, that was deed, and lyueth. Y woot thi tri|bulacioun, and thi pouert, but thou art riche; and thou art blasfemyd of hem, that seien, that thei ben Jewis, and ben not, but ben the synagoge of Sathanas. Drede thou no thing of these thingis, whiche thou schalt suffre. Lo! the deuel schal sende summe of ȝou in to prisoun, that ȝe be temptid; and ȝe schu|len haue tribulacioun ten daies. Be thou feithful totil to Maβ. the deth, and Y schal ȝyue to thee a coroun of lijf. He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to theOm. b. chirchis. He that ouercometh, schal not be hirtouercomen g. of the secounde deth. And to the aungel of the chirche of Pergamus write thou, These thingis seith he, that hath the swerd scharp on echeithir RC. side. Y woot where thou dwellist, where the seete of Sathanas is; and thou holdist my name, and denyedistdenyest k pr. m. not my feith. And in tho daies wasOm. R. AntifasAntipas I., my feithful witnesse, that was slayn at ȝou, where Sathanas dwellith. But Y haue aȝens thee a fewe thingis; for thou hast `there menmen there k. holdinge the teching of Balaam, which tauȝte Balaac forOm. R. to sende sclaun|dre bifor the sones of Israel, tofor to R. ete of sacrificissacrifice b. of ydols, and to do fornica|ciounfornicaciouns E.; so also thou hast men holdinge the teching of Nycholaitis. Also do thou penaunce; `ȝif ony thing lesseand bote thou do A sec. m. sup. ras., Y schal come soone to thee, and Y schal fiȝte with hem with the swerd of my mouth. He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to theOm. bg. chirches. To him that ouercometh Y schal ȝyue aungelaungelis EK. mete hidthat is, manna X marg. sec. m.; and Y schal ȝyue to hym a whiit stoon, and in the stoon a newe name writun, which no man knowith, but he that takith. And to the aungel of the chirche of Tiatira write thou, These thingis seith the sone of God, that hath iȝen as flawme of fier, and hise feet lijklijk to h sec. m. k sec. m. latoun. Y knowe thi werkis, and feith, and charite, and thi seruyce, and thi pacience, andOm. b. thi laste werkis mo than the formere. But Y haue aȝens thee a fewe thingis; for thou suffrist the womman Jesabel, which seith that sche is a prophetesse, to teche and disseyue my seruauntis, to do letcherie, and to ete of thingis offrid to idols. And Y ȝaf to hir time, that sche schulde do penaunce, and sche wolde not do penaunce of hir fornycacioun. And lo! Y sende hir in to a bed, and thei that doen letcherie with hir schulen be in moost tribulacioun, but thei don penaunce of hir werkis. And Y schal slee hir sones in to deth, and alle chirchis schulen wite, that Y am serchinge reynes and hertis; and Y schal ȝyue to ech man of ȝou after hise werkis. And Y seie to ȝou, and to othere that ben at Tiatire, who euer han not this teching, and that knewen not the hiȝnesse of Sathanas, hou thei seien, Y schal not sende on ȝou another charge; netheles holde ȝe that that ȝe han, til Y come. And to hym that schal ouercome, and that schal kepe tilOm. gk pr. m. in to the ende my werkis, Y schal ȝyue power on folkis, and he schal gouerne hem in an yrun ȝerde; and thei schulen be brokun to gidre, as a vessel of a pottere, as also Y resseyuede of my fadir; and Y schal ȝyue to hym a morewe sterre. He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to theOm. A. chirchis.

 CAP. III.

And to the aungel of the chirche of Sardis write thou, These thingis seith he, that hath the seuene spiritis of God, and the seuene sterris. Y woot thi werkis, for thou hast a name, that thou lyuest, and thou art deed. Be thou wakynge, and conferme thou othere thingis, that weren to diynge; for Y fynde not thi werkis fulle bifore my God. Therfor haue thou inOm. k pr. m. mynde, hou thou resseyuedist, and herdist; and kepe, and do penaunce. Therfor if thou wake not, Y schal come as a nyȝt theef to thee, and thou schalt not wite in what our Y schal come to thee. But thou hast a fewe names in Sardis, whiche han not defoulid her clothis; and thei schulen walkewake K pr. m. with me in whijt clothis, for thei ben worthi. He that ouercometh, schal be clothid thus with whijt clothis; and Y schal not do awei his name fro the book of lijf, and Y schal knouleche his name bifore my fadir, and biforeOm. g. hise aungels. He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to theOm. A. chirchis. And to the aungel of the chirche of Filadelfie write thou, These thingis seith the hooli and trewe, that hath the keie of Dauid; which openeth, and no man closith, he that thou be maad riche, and be clothid with whijt clothis, that the confusioun of thi nakidnesse be not seen; and anoynte thin iȝen with a colleriethat is, a medicyn for iȝen, gederide of dyuerse eerbis K sec. m. marg., that thou se. Y repreue, and chastise whom Y loue; therfor sue thou goode men, and do penaunce. Lo! Y stonde at the dore, and knocke; if ony man herith my voys, and openith the ȝate to me, Y shal entre to hym, and soupe with hym, and he with me. And Y schal ȝyue to hym that schalhe k pr. m. ouercome, to sitte with me in my trone, as also Y ouercam, and sat with my fadir in his trone. He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to the chirchis.

 CAP. IV.

Aftir these thingis Y say, and lo! a dorethat is, the vndirstonding of scripturis K sec. m. marg. was openyd in heuene. And the firste vois that Y herde, was asOm. K pr. m. ofOm. b pr. m. a trumpe spekinge with me, and seide, Stye thou vp hidur, and Y shal schewe to thee whiche thingis it bihoueth to be don soone aftir these thingus. AnoonAnd anoon X. Y was in spirit, and lo! a seete was sett in heuene, and vpon the seete oon sittynge. And he that sat, was lijk the siȝt of a stoon iaspis, and to sardyn; and a reyn|bowe was in cumpasthe cumpas Ke. of the seete, lijk the siȝt of smaragdyn. And in the cum|pas of the seete weren foure and twenti smale seetis; and aboue the troonestrone k. foure and twenti eldre men sittinge, hilid aboute with whijt clothis, and in the heedis of hem goldun corouns. And leitis, and voices, and thundringisthundres agk. camen out of the trone; and seuene laumpis brennynge bifore the trone, whiche ben theOm. IRb. seuene spiritis of God. And bifor closith, and no man openith. I woot thi werkis, and lo! Y ȝaf bifore thee a dore opened, which no man may close; for thou hast a litil vertu, and hast kept my word, and denyestdeniȝedest R. not my name. Lo! Y schal ȝyue to thee of the synagoge of Sathanas, whiche seien that thei ben Jewis, and ben not, but lyen. Lo! Y schal maketake k pr. m. hem, that thei come, and worschipe byfor thi feet; and thei schulen wite, that Y louyde thee, for thou keptist the word of my pacience. And Y schal kepe thee fro the our of temptacioun, that is to comynge in to al the world, to tempte men that dwellen in erthe. Lo! Y come soone; holde thou that thatOm. Ra. thou hast, that no man take thi coroun. And hym that schal ouercome, Y schal make aOm. A. pilere in the temple of my God, and he schal no more go out; and Y schal write on hym the name of my God, and the name of the citee of my God, ofand of b. the newe Jerusalem, that cometh doun fro heuene of my God, and my newe name. He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to the chirchis. And to the aungel of the chirche of Lao|diceLoadice bg. write thou, These thingis seith Amen, the feithful witnesse and trewe, which is bigynnyng of Goddis creature. I woot thi werkis, for nether thou art cold, nether thou art hoot; Y wolde that thou were could, ethir hoot; but for thou art lewwarm A sec. m. marg. lewk E., and nether cold, nether hoot, Y schal bigynne to caste thee out of my mouth. For thou seist, That Y am riche, and ful of goodis, and YOm. X. haue nede of no thing; and thou wostwotist R. not, that thou art a wretche, andand a a. wretcheful, `and poreOm. R., and blynde, and nakid. Y counsele thee to bie of me brent gold, and preued, the seete as a see of glas, lijk aOm. O. crystal, and in the myddilmyddis gk. of the seete, and in the cumpas of the seete, foure beestis ful of iȝen bifore and bihynde. And the firste beeste lijk a lyoun; and the se|counde beeste lijklijk to O. a calf; and the thridde beeste hauynge a face as of a man; and the fourthe beeste lijk an egle fleynge. And the foure beestis hadden eueryech ek. of hem sixe wyngis; and al aboute and with ynne thei weren ful of iȝen; and thei hadden not reste dai and nyȝt, seiynge, Hooli, hooli, hooli, the Lord God almyȝti, that was, and that is, and that is to comynge. And whanne tho foure beestis ȝauen glorie, and honour, and blessing to hym that sat on the trone, that lyueth in to worldis of worldis, the foure and twenti eldre men fellen doun bifor hym that sat onin boβ. the trone, and worschipiden hym that lyueth in to worldis of worldis. And thei castencastiden K. her corouns bifor the trone, and seiden, Thou, Lord `oure GodOm. R., artthou art CMRk sec. m. Oβ. worthi to take glorie, and onour, and vertu; for thou madist of nouȝt alle thingis, and for thi wille tho weren, and ben maad of nouȝt.

 CAP. V.

And Y say in the riȝthond of the sittere on the trone, a book writun with ynne and with out, and seelid with seuene seelis. And Y say a strong aungel, prech|ynge with a greet vois, Who is worthi to opene the book, and to vndon the seelis of it? And noon in heuene, nether in erthe, nether vnder erthe, myȝte opene the book, nether biholde it. And Y wepte myche, for noon was founde worthi to opene the book, nethir to se it. And oon of the eldre men seide to me, Wepe thou not; lo! a lioun of the lynage of Juda, the roote of Dauid, hath ouercomun to opene the book, and to vndon the seuene seelis of it. And Y say, and lo! in the myddil of the trone, and of the foure beestis, and in the myddil of the eldre men, a lombe stondynge as slayn, that hadde seuene hornes, and seuene iȝen, whiche ben seuene spiritis of God, sent in to al theOm. Kk pr. m. erthe. And he cam, and took of the riȝthond of the sittere in the trone the book. And whanne he hadde opened the book, the foure beestis and the foure and twenti eldre men fellen doun bifore the lomb; and hadden ech of hem harpis, and goldun violis ful of odours, whiche ben the preyeris of seyntis. And thei sungun a newe song, and seiden, Lord oure God, thou art worthi to take the book, and to opene the seelis of it; for thou were slayn, and aȝenbouȝtist vs to God in thi blood, of ech lynage, `and tungeOm. R., and puple, and nacioun; and madist vs a kyngdom, and prestis to oure God; and we schulen regne on erthe. And Y say, and herde the vois of many aungels al aboute the trone, and of the beestis, and of the eldre men. And the noumbre of hem was thousyndis of thou|syndis, seiynge with a greet vois, The lomb that was slayn, is worthi to take vertu, and godhed, and wisdom, and strengthe, and onour, and glorie, and blessing. And ech creature that is in heuene, and that is on erthe, and vndur erthe, and the see, and whiche thingis ben in it, Y herde alle seiynge, To hym that sat in the trone, and to the lomb, blessyng, and onour, and glorie, and power, in to worldis of worldis. And the foure beestis seiden, Amen. And foure and twenti eldre men fellen doun on her faces, and worschipiden hym that lyueth in to worldis of worldis.

 CAP. VI.

And Y sai, that the lomb hadde openyd oon of the seuene seelis. And Y herde oon of the foure beestis seiynge, as a vois of thundura thundir e., ComeCome thou RO., and se. And Y sai, and lo! a white horsthat is, holi chirche maad feir with baptem K sec. m. marg.; and he that sat on hym hadde a bouwe, and a coroun was ȝouun to hym. And he wente out ouercomynge, that he schulde ouercome. And whanne he hadde openyd the se|counde seel, I herde the secounde beest seiynge, Come `thou, andand g. Om. k pr. m. se. And an|other reed horsthat is, opene pursuers K sec. m. marg. wente out; and it was ȝouun to hym that sat on hym, that he schulde take pees fro the erthe, and that thei sle to gidere hem silf; and a greet swerd was ȝouun to hym. And whanne he hadde openyd the thridde seel, Y herde the thridde beest seiynge, Come thou, and se. And lo! a blak horsthat is, hiding hire vicis to summe men with goode werkis K sec. m. marg.; and he that sat on hym hadde a balaunce in his hond. And Y herde `as aOm. k pr. m. vois in the myddil of the foure beestis, seiynge, A bilibrea bilibre is a weiȝte of twey pound. V. that is, a weiȝte of twey pound. e. of wheete for aO CMRUXbcegoβ. OO EQRaα. peny, and thre bilibris of barli for aOO E. O Xegk. peny; and hirte thou not wyn, ne oile. And whanne he hadde openyd the fourthe seel, Y herde a vois of the `foure beestisfourthe beest RO., seiynge, Come thou, and se. And lo! a pale horsthat is, ipocritis shewing hem holie to the peple, thouȝ thei be not. K sec. m. marg.; and the name was Deth to hym that sat on hym, and hellethat is, men that neuere ben fulle of worldli goodis K sec. m. marg. suede hym. And power was ȝouun to hym on foure partis of the erthe, forOm. a. to sle with swerd, and with hungur, and with deth, and with beestis of the erthe. And whanne he hadde opened the fyuethe seel, Y say vndur the auter the soulis of men slayn for the word of God, and for the witness|ing that thei hadden. And thei crieden with a geet vois, and seiden, Hou long thou, Lord, that art hooli and trewe, demest not, and vengest not oure blood of these that dwellen in the erthe? And white stoolis, for ech soule a stoole, weren ȝouun to hem; and it was seide to hem, that thei schulden reste ȝit a litil tyme, til the noumbre of her felowis and of her britheren ben fulfillid, that ben to be slayn, as also thei. And Y say, whanne he hadde openyd the sixte seel, and lo! a greet erthe mouyng was maad; and the sunne was maad blak, as a sak of heire, and al the moone was maad as blood. And the sterris of heuene felden doun on the erthe, as a fige tre sendith hisOm. Egk pr. m. vnripe figis, whanne it is mouyd of aOm. Oβ. greet wynd. And heuene wente awei, as a book wlappid in; and allealle the R. munteyns and ilishilles a. weren mouyd fro her placis. And kingisthe kingis K sec. m. of theOm. E. erthe, and princis, and tribunes, and riche, and stronge, and ech bonde man, and freman, hidden hem in dennys and stoonys ofand b sup. ras. hillis. And thei seien to hillis and to stoonys, Falle ȝe on vs, and hide ȝe vs fro the face of hym that sittith on the trone, and fro the wrath of the lomb; for the greet dai of her wraththe cometh, and who schal mowe stondewithstonde gk pr. m.?

 CAP. VII.

Aftir these thingis Y sai foure aungels stondinge on the foure corneris of the erthe, holdinge foure wyndis of the erthe, that thei blewen not on the erthe, nether on the see, nether on ony tre. And Y sawȝ anothir aungel stiyngestiynge up IRa sec. m. fro the ri|synge of the sunne, that hadde a signe of the lyuynge God. And he criede with a greet vois to the foure aungels, to whiche it was ȝouun to noye the erthe, and the see, and seide, Nyle ȝe noye the erthe, and seethe see EKO pr. m., nether trees, til we mark|en the seruauntis of oureȝoure O. God in the forhedis of hem. And I herde the noum|bre of men that weren markid, an hun|drid thousynde and foure and fourtitwenti K sec. m. thousynde markid, of euery lynage of the sones of Israel; of the lynage of Juda, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Ruben, twelue thousynde mark|id; of the lynage of Gad, twelue thou|synde markid; of the lynage of Aser, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Neptalym, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Manasse, twelue thou|synde markid; of the lynage of Symeon, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Leuy, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Isachar, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Zabulon, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of JosephThe lynage of Dan is left out here, for ante|crist schal be born of that lynage, and the lynage of Jo|seph is set here in the stede of the lynage of Dan. Lire here. v., twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Beniamyn, twelue thou|synde markid. Aftir these thingis Y sai a greet puple, whom no man myȝte noumbre, of alle folkis, and lynagis, and puplis, and langagis, stondinge bifore the trone, in the siȝt of the lomb; and thei weren clothid with white stoolis, and palmes weren in the hondis of hem. And thei crieden with greeta greet EOβ. vois, and seiden, Heelthe to oure God, that sittith on the troone, and to the lombe. And allealle the R. aungels `stoden alstondynge A. stonden I pr. m. stonden al I sec. m. U. stoden M. aboute the trone, andand of R. the eldre men, and theOm. O. foure beestis. And thei fellen doun in the siȝt of the trone, on her faces, and wor|schipiden God, and seiden, Amen! bless|yng, and clerenesse, and wisdom, and doynge of thankingisthankis g., and honour, and vertu, and strengthe to oure God, in to worldis of worldis. Amen. And oon of the senyourseldre men R. answerde, and seide to me, Who ben these, that ben clothid with white stoolis? and fro whennus came thei? And Y seide to hym, My lord, thou woostwotist R.. And he seide to me, These ben thei, that camen fro greet tribula|cioun, and waischiden her stoolis, and maden hem white in the blood of the lomb. Therfor thei ben bifor the trone of God, and seruen to hym dai and niȝt, in his temple. And he that sittith in the trone, dwellith on hem. Thei schu|len no more hungur, netherne k. thirste, ne|ther sunne schal falle on hem, ne ony heete. For the lomb, that is in the myd|dil of the trone, schal gouerne hem, andand he b pr. m. schal lede forth hemOm. k pr. m. to theOm. O. wellis of watris of lijf; and God schal wipe awei ech teer fro the iȝen of hem.

 CAP. VIII.

And whanne he hadde openyd the seuenthe seel, a silence was maad in he|uene, as half an our. And Y say seuene aungels stondinge in the siȝt of God, and seuene trumpis weren ȝouun to hem. And another aungel cam, and stood bifor the auter, and hadde a goldun censer; and many encencis weren ȝouun to hym, that he schulde ȝyue of the preiers of alleOm. K pr. m. seyntis on the goldun auter, that is bifor the trone of God. And the smoke ofof the e. encencis of the preiers of theOm. aehkoβ. hooli men stiede vp fro the aungels hoond bifor God. And the aungel took the censere, and fillide it of the fier of the auter, and castidekeste R. in to theOm. CEIKMQUXabcegαβ. erthe. And thundris, and voices, and leityngis weren maad, and aOm. b. greet erthe mouyng. And the seuene aungels, that hadden seuenethe seuene b. trumpis, maden hem redi, that thei schulden trumpe. And the firste aungel trumpide; and hail was maad, and fier meynd togidere in blood; and it was sent in to theOm. EQgαβ. erthe. And the thridde part of the erthe was brent, and the thridde part of trees was brent, and al theOm. b. green gras was brent. And the se|cunde aungel trumpide; and as a greet hil brennynge with fier was cast in to the see; and the thridde part of the see was maad blood, and the thridde part of creature was deed, that hadde lyues in the see, and the thridde part of schippis perischide. And the thridde aungel trumpide; and a greet sterre brennynge as a litil brond, felle fro heuene; and it felle in to theOm. b. thridde part of floodis, and in to the wellis of watris. And the name of the sterre is seid Wormod. And the thridde part of watris was maad in to wormod; and many men weren deed of the watris, for tho weren maad bit|tere. And the fourthe aungel trumpide; and the thridde part of the sunne was smytun, and the thridde part of the moone, and the thridde part of sterris, so that the thridde part of hem was derkid, and the thridde part of the dai schynede not, and also of the nyȝt. And Y say, and herde the vois of anoon a. egle fleynge bi the myddil of heuene, and seiynge with a greet vois, Wo! wo! wo! to men that dwellen in erthe, of the othirtothir R. voices of threthe thre O. aungels, that schu|len trumpe aftir.

 CAP. IX.

And the fyuethe aungel trumpide; and Y say, that a sterre hadde falle doun fro heuene in to erthe; and the keye of the pit of depnessederknesse Eg. was ȝouun to it. And it openede the pit of depnesse, and aOm. A. the b. smoke of the pit stiede vp, as the smoke of a greet furneis; and the sunne was derkid, and the eir, of the smoke of the pit. And locustis wenten out of the smoke of the pit in to erthe; and power was ȝouun to hem, as scorpiouns of theOm. EIa sec. m. erthe han power. And it was comaund|id to hem, that thei schulden not hirte the gras of erthethe erthe KQRgkα., nether ony grene thing, nether ony tre, but oneli men, that han not the signe of God in her forhedis. And it was ȝouun to hem, that thei schulden not sle hem, but thatOm. A. thei schulden `be turmentidturmente hem k pr. m. fyuebi fyue X. monethis; and the turmentyng of hem, as the tur|mentyng of a scorpioun, whanne he smytith a man. AndOm. k pr. m. in tho daies men schulen seke deth, and thei schulen not fynde it; and thei schulen desire to die, and deth schal fle fro hem. And the licnesse of locustis ben lijk horsis maad redi `in toto gk pr. m. batel; and on the heedis of hem as corouns lijk gold, and the facis of hem as the faces of men. And thei hadden heeris, asas the EK sec. m. Q pr. m. heeris of wymmen; and the teeth of hem weren as teeththe teeth b. of liouns. And thei hadden haburiouns, as yren haburiouns, and the voisvoyces Eg. of her wengis as the voisvoices E. of charis of many horsis rennynge `in toto k. batel. And thei hadden tailis lijk scorpiouns, and prickis weren in the tailis of hem; and the myȝt of hem was to noye men fyue monethis. And thei hadden on hem a kyng, the aungel of depnesse, to whom the name biin R. Ebrew isOm. R. LaabadonAbadon EQ., but bi Greek Appollion, and bi Latyn `he hath aOm. K pr. m. name `Extermynans, that isOm. b., aOm. Ebg. distriere. O wo is passid, and lo! ȝit comencometh O. twei woes. Aftir these thingis also the sixte aungel trumpide; and Y herde a vois fro fourethe iiij. corneris of the goldun auter, that is bifore the iȝen of God, and seide to the sixte aungel that hadde a trumpe, Vnbynde thou foure aungels, that ben boundun in the greet flood Eufrates. And the foure aungels weren vnboundun, whiche weren redi in to our, and dai, and monethe, and ȝeer, to sle the thridde part of men. And the noumbre of the oost of horse men was twenti thousynde sithis ten thousynde. YAnd Y hk pr. m. Oα. herde the noumbre of hem. And so Y say horsis in visioun; and thei that saten on hem hadden firy haburiouns, and of iacynt, and of brymstoon. And the heedis of theOm. K pr. m. horsis weren as heedis of liouns; and fier, and smoke, and brymston, com|eth forth of the mouth of hem. Of these thre plagis the thridde part of men was slayn, of theOm. Rg. fier, andOm. Rbk. of theOm. Rgk pr. m. smoke, andOm. E. of theOm. Rbk pr. m. brymston, that camen out of the mouth of hem. For the power of the horsis is in the mouth of hem, and in the tailis of hem; for the tailis of hem ben lyk to serpentis, hauynge heedis, and in hem thei noyen. And the tothirothere IRk. men, that weren not slayn in these plagis, nether dyden penaunce ofin O. the werkis of her hondis, that thei worschip|edenworschipen A. not deuelis, and simylacris of gold, and of siluer, and of bras, and of stoon, and of tre, whiche nethir mown se, ne|ther heere, nether wandre; and diden not penaunce of her mansleyngis, nether ofOm. K pr. m. herOm. K pr. m. Qgk pr. m. witchecraftisether venemynges K sec. m. marg., nethir of her fornica|cioun, nethir of her theftis, weren slayn.

 CAP. X.

And Y say another stronge aungel comynge doun fro heuene, clothid with a cloudewhiȝt cloude k pr. m., and the reynbowe on his heed; and the face of him was as the sunne, and the feet of hym as athe Q pr. m. a. Om. Q sec. m. piler of fier. And he hadde in his hoond a litil book openyd; and he sette his riȝt foot on the see, and the left foot on the erthe. And he criede with a greet vois, as a lioun whanne he roreth; and whanne he hadde cried, the seuene thundris spaken her voicis. And whanne the seuene thundris hadden spoken her voicis, Y was to writ|yngewrite R.. And Y herde a vois fro heuene, seiynge, Marke thou what thingisOm. Ek pr. m. the seuene thundris spaken, and nyle thou write hem. And the aungel whom Y say stondinge aboue the see, and aboue the erthe, lifte vp his hond toin to b. heuene, and swoor bi hym that lyueth in to worldis of worldis, that maad of nouȝt heuene, and tho thingis whichethat KQRk. ben in it, and the erthe, and tho thingis that ben in it, and the see, and tho thingis that ben in it, that time schal no more be. But in the daies of the vois of the seuenethe aungel, whanne he schal bi|gynne to trumpe, the mysteriemisteries R. of God schal be endid, as he prechide bi hise seruauntis prophetis. And Y herde a vois fro heuene eftsoone spekynge with me, and seiynge, Go thou, and take the book, that iswas gk pr. m. openyd, fro the hoond of the aungel, that stondith aboue the see, and on the lond. And Y wente to the aungel, and seide to hym, that he schulde ȝyue me the book. And he seide to me, Take the book, and deuoure it; and it schal make thi wombe to be bittir, but in thi mouth it schal be swete as hony. And Y took the book of the aungels hond, andand I k pr. m. deuouride it, and it was in my mouth as swete hony; and whanne Y hadde deuourid it, my wombe was bit|tere. And he seide to me, It bihoueth thee eftsoone to prophesie to hethene men, and to puplis, and langagis, and to many kingis.

 CAP. XI.

And a reedether mesure K sec. m. marg. lijk a ȝerde was ȝouun to me, and it was seid to me, Rise thou, and meete the temple of God, and the auter, and men that worschipenworschipiden g. intogidere in K pr. m. Om. R. it. But caste thou out the forȝerd, that is with out the temple, and mete not it; for it is ȝouun to hethene men, and thei schulen defoule the hooli citee bi fourti monethis and tweyne. And Y schal ȝyue `to myOm. k pr. m. twey witnessisthat is, Enok and Elye K marg., and thei schulen prophesie a thousynde daies two hun|drid and sixtisixty and sixe I pr. m., and schulen be clothid with sackis. TheseThere k. ben tweynetwo h. olyues, and tweitwo Rh. candilstikiscandilstikis schynynge I pr. m., and thei stonden in the siȝt of the Lord of the erthe. And if ony man wole anoyenoie R. hem, fier schal go out of the mouth of hem, and schal deuoure her enemyes. And if ony wole hirte hem, thus it bihoueth hym to be slayn. These han power to close heuene, that it reyne not in the daies of her pro|phesie; and thei han power on watris, to turne hemOm. R. in to blood; and to smyte the erthe with euery plage, and as ofte as thei wolen. And whanne thei schulen ende her witnessing, the beeste that sti|eth vp fro depnesse, schal make batel aȝens hem, and schal ouercome hem, and schal sle hem. And the bodies of hem schulen ligge in the stretis of the greet citee, that is clepid goostli Sodom, and Egipt, where the Lord of hem was cru|cified. And summe ofof the gk pr. m. lynagis, and of puplis, and of langagis, and ofof the k. hethene men, schulen se the bodies of hem bi thre daies and an half; and thei schulen not suffre the bodies of hem to be put in biriels. And men enhabitynge the erthe schulen haue ioye on hem; and thei schulen make myriemyrthe gk., and schulen sende ȝiftis togidere, for these twei pro|phetis turmentiden hem that dwellen on theOm. ehko. erthe. And aftir thre daies and an half, the spirit of lijf of God entride in to hem; and thei stoden on her feet, and greeta greet k pr. m. dreed felle on hem that sayn hem. And thei herden a greet vois fro heuene, seiynge to hem, ComeCometh I. Come ȝe K. vp hidir. And thei stieden in to heuene in a cloude, and the enemyes of hem sayn hem. And in that our a greet erthe mouyng was maad, and the tenthe part of the citee felle doun; and the names of men seuene thousynde weren slayn in the erthe mou|yng; and the totherothere IRk. weren sent in to drede, and ȝauen glorie to God of heuene. The secounde wo is gon, and lo! the thridde wo schal come soone. And the seuenthe aungel trumpide, and grete voicisvois k pr. m. weren maad in heuene, and seiden, The rewme of thisthe k pr. m. world is maad `oure Lordisoure Lord A pr. m. Q sec. m. C. of oure Lorde A sec. m. EQ pr. m. gk pr. m. α., and of Crist, his sone; and he schal regne in to worldis of worldis. Amen. And the foure and twenti eldre men, that saten in her seetis in the siȝt of the Lord, fellen on her faces, and worschipiden God, and seiden, We don thankyngis to thee, Lord God almyȝti, which art, and which were, and which art to comynge; which hast takun thi greet vertu, and hast regned. And folkis ben wrooth, and thi wraththe cam, and tyme of dede men to be demyd, and to ȝelde mede to thi seruauntis, and pro|phetis, and halewis, and dredynge thi name, to smale and to grete, and to di|strie hem that corrumpidencorrumpen g. corruptiden k. corruppiden, or defouliden o. the erthe.

 CAP. XII.

And the temple of God in heuene was openyd, and the arke of his testament was seyn in his temple; and leityngisliȝtnyngis ko. weren maad, and voices, and thondris, and `erthe mouyngerthemouyngis Eh sec. m. k., andand a β. greet hail. And a greet signe apperide in heuene; aand a A pr. m. I sec. m. womman clothid with theOm. k pr. m. sunne, and the moone vndur hir feet, and in the heed of hir a coroun of twelue sterris. And sche hadde in wombethe wombe a pr. m., and sche criethcriede Ka., trauelynge of child, and is tur|mentid, that sche bere child. And an|other signe was seyn in heuene; and lo! a greet reede dragoun, that hadde seuene heedis, and ten hornes, and in the heedis of hym seuene diademes. And the tail of hym drow the thridde part of sterris of heuene, and sente hem in to theOm. EI. erthe. And the dragoun stood bi|fore the womman, that was to berynge child, that whanne sche hadde borun child, he schulde deuoure hir sone. And sche bar a knaueman β. child, that was to reulingegouerne R. alle folkis in an yrun ȝerde; and hir sone was rauyschid to God, and to his trone. And the womman flei in to wildirnesse, where sche hath a place maad redi of God, that he fede hir there a thousynde daies two hundrid and sixti. And a greet batel was maad in heuene, and Myȝhel andwith k pr. m. hise aungels fouȝten with the dragoun. And the dragoun fauȝt, and hise aungels; and thei hadden not myȝt, nether the place of hem was foundun more in heuene. And thilke dragoun was cast doun, the greet elde serpent, that is clepid the Deuel, and Sathanas, that disseyueth al the world; he was cast doun in to theOm. beh. erthe, and hise aungels weren sent with hym. And Y herde a greet vois in heuene, seiynge, Now is maad helthe, and vertu, and kyngdom ofto be. oure God, and the power of his Crist; for the accuser of oure bri|theren is cast doun, which accuside hem bifor the siȝte of oure God dai and nyȝt. And thei ouercamen hym for the blood of the lomb, and for the word of his witnessing; and thei louyden not her lyues til to deththe deeth Rk.. Therfor, ȝe heuenes, be ȝe glad, and ȝe that dwellen in hem. Wo to the erthe, and to the see; for the fend is come doun to ȝou, and hath greet wraththe, witynge that he hath litil tyme. And after that the dragoun sai, that he was cast doun toin to ab pr. m. the erthe, he pursuede the womman, that barehadde k pr. m. the knaueman β. child. And twei wengis of a greet egle weren ȝouun to the womman, that sche schulde flee in to deseert, in to hir place, where sche iswas k pr. m. fed by tyme, andof b. tymes, and half a tyme, fro the face of the serpent. And the serpent sente out of his mouth aftir the womman watir as a flood, that he schulde make hir to be drawun of the flood. And the erthe helpide the womman, and the erthe openyde his mouth, and soop up the flood, that the dragoun sente of his mouth. And the dragoun was wrooth aȝens the womman, and he wente to make batel with othere of hir seed, that kepenkepten Rhk sec. m. the maundementiscomaundementis g pr. m. h. of God, and han the witnessing of Jhesu Crist. And he stood on the grauel of the see.

 CAP. XIII.

And Y sai a beeste stiynge vp of the see, hauynge seuene heedis, and ten hornes; and on hise hornes ten dia|demes, and on hise heedis the names of blasfemye. And the beeste, whom Y sai, was lijk a pard, and hise feet as the feet of a beere, and his mouth as the mouth of a lioun; and the dragoun ȝaf his vertu and greet power to hym. And Y sai oon of hise heedis, asOm. R. slayn in to deththe deeth a.; and the wounde of his deth was curid. And al erthethe erthe Rak pr. m. wondridewandride h sec. m. after the beeste. And thei worschipiden the dragoun, that ȝaf power to the beeste; and thei worschipeden the beeste, and seiden, Who is lijklijk to Egkα. the beeste, and who schal mowe fiȝte with it? And a mouth spekynge grete thingis, and blasfemyes, was ȝouun `to itOm. g.; and power was ȝouun to it, to do two and fourti monethis. And it openyde his mouth in to blasfe|myes to God, to blasfeme his name, and his tabernacle, and hem that dwellen in heuene. And it was ȝouun to hym to make batel with seyntis, and to ouer|come hem; and power was ȝouun to hym in to ech lynage, and puple, and langage, and folk. And alle men worschipiden it, that dwellen in erthe, whos names ben not writun in the book of lijf of the lomb, that was slayn fro the bigynnyngmakinge k pr. m. of the world. If ony man hath eeris, here he. He that ledith in to caitifte, schal go in to caitifte; he that sleeth with swerd, it bihoueth hym to be slayn with swerd. This is theOm. a pr. m. paciencepenaunce k pr. m. and the feith of seyntis. And Y sai another beeste stiynge vp fro theOm. h. erthe, and it hadde two hornes, lijk the lomb; and it spak as the dragoun, and dide al the power of the formere beeste, in his siȝt. And it made the erthe, and menthe men ae. dwell|inge in it, to worschipe the firste beeste, whos wounde of deth was curid. And itOm. R. dide grete signes, that also it made fier to come doun fro heuene inOm. h pr. m. to theOm. CE et alii. αβ. erthe, in the siȝt of alle men. And it disseyuethresceyue k pr. m. men, that dwellendwelliden k. inon E. erthethe erthe h., for signes whiche ben ȝouun `to itOm. g. to do in the siȝt of the beeste; seiynge to men dwellingethat dwellen ae. in erthe, that thei make an ymage of the beeste, that hath the wounde of swerd, and lyuede. And it was ȝouun to hym, that he schulde ȝyue spirit to the ymage of the beeste, and thatOm. k pr. m. the ymage of the beeste speke. And he schal make, that who euere hon|ourenhonoureth Rah. honoure k. not the ymage of the beeste, be slayn. And he schal make alle, smale and grete, andOm. K pr. m. a. riche and pore, andOm. a. fre men and bonde men, to haue a carectercarect I. carecte, either marke R. in her riȝthoond, ethir in her forheedis; thatand h pr. m. no man may bie, ethir sille, but thei han the caractercarect IR., ether theOm. R. name of the beeste, ethir the noumbre of his name. Here ishe A pr. m. EIkαβ. his o. wisdom; he that hath vndurstonding, acounte the noumbre of the beeste; for it is the noumbre of man, and his noumbre is sixe hundrid sixti and sixe.

 CAP. XIV.

And Y sai, and lo! a lomb stood on the mount of Sion, and with hym an hundrid thousynde and foure and fourti thousyndeOm. b., hauynge his name, and the name of his fadir writun in her for|hedis. And Y herde a vois fro heuene, as the vois of many watris, and as the vois of a greet thundur; and the vois which isI KRaehkoαβ. herd, was as of many harp|eris harpinge in her harpis. And thei sungun as a newe song bifor the seete of God, and bifore the foure beestis, and senyouristhe eldre men R. the senyouris ho.. And no man miȝte seie the song, but theithilk R. anOm. R. hundrid thou|syndethousendis C. and foure and fourti thousyndethousendis C., that ben bouȝt fro the erthe. These it ben, that ben not defoulid with wym|men; for thei ben virgyns. These suen the lomb, whidir euer he schal go; these ben bouȝt of alle men, the firste fruytis to God, and to the lomb; and in the mouth of hem lesyng is not foundun; for thei ben with out wem bifor the trone of God. And Y say another aungel, fliynge bi the myddil of heuene, hauynge an euerlast|inge gospel, that he schulde preche to men sittynge on erthethe erthe bk., and on ech folk, and lynage, and langage, and puple; and seide with a greet vois, Drede ȝe the Lord, and ȝyue ȝe to hym onour, for the our of his dom cometh; and worschipe ȝe hym, that made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in hem, and the wellis of watris. And anothir aungel suede, seiynge, Thilke greet Ba|biloyne fel doun, fel doun, which ȝaf drinke to alle folkis of the wyn of wraththe of her fornycacioun. And the thridde aungel suede hem, and seide with a greet vois, If ony man worschipeworschipith k. the beeste, and the ymage of it, and takith the carectercarect IUaho. in his forheedheed K pr. m., ether in his hoond, this schal drynke of the wyn of Goddis wraththe, that is meyndmengit E. mengid gk. with clere wyn in the cuppe of his wraththe, and schal be turmentid with fier and brymston, in the siȝt of hooli aungels, and bifore the siȝt of the lomb. And the smoke of her turmentis schal stie vp in to the worldis of worldis; nether thei han reste dai and niȝt, whiche worschipidenworschipen I pr. m. Kagkβ. the beeste and his ymage, andOm. K sec. m. hk sec. m. Oβ. yf ony manOm. O. take the carectcarecter EQgkα. of his name. Here is the pacience of seyntis, whiche kepen the maundementiscomaundementis g pr. m. of God, andin O. the feith of Jhesu. And Y herde a vois fro he|uene, seiynge to me, Write thou, Blessid ben deed men, that dien in the Lord; fro hennus forth now the spirit seith, that thei reste of her traueilis; for the werkis of hem suen hem. And Y say, and lo! a white cloude, and aboue the cloude a sittere, lijk the sone of man, hauynge in his heedheeued a. a goldun coroun, and in his hond a scharp sikil. And another aungel wente out of the temple, and criede with greet vois to hym that sat on the cloude, Sende thi sikil, and repe, for the our cometh, that it be ropun; for the corn of the erthe is ripe. And he that sat on the cloude, sente his sikil in to the erthe, and rap the erthe. And another aungel wente out of the temple, that is in heuene, and he also hadde a scharp sikile. And another aun|gel wente out fro the auter, thatand g. hadde power on fierSumme bookis han and on watir, but this is not of the text, neither is had in bookis amendid. Lire here. v. and water; and he criede with a greet vois to hym that hadde thea EIgk. scharp sikil, and seide, Sende thi scharp sikil, and kitte awei the clustris of the vynȝerd of the erthe, for the grapis of it ben ripe. And the aungel sente his sikil in to the erthe, and gaderide grapis of the vynȝerd of the erthe, and sente into the greet lake of Goddis wraththe. And the lake was trodduntroden doun k pr. m. without the citee, and the blood wente out of the lake til tointo a. theOm. ho. `bridels of horsishorses bridlis E., bi furlongis a thousynd and sixsixti A. hundridhundridis C..

 CAP. XV.

And Y say another signe in heuene, greet and wondurful; seuene aungels hauynge `seuene the lastethe laste E. the laste seuene K pr. m. the seuene laste α. veniauncis, for the wraththe of God is endid in hem. And Y say as a glasun see meynd with fier, and hem that ouercamen the beeste, and his ymage, and the noumbre of his name, stondynge aboue the glasun see, hauynge the harpis of God; and syng|ynge theOm. h. song of Moises, the seruaunt of God, and the song of the lomb, and seiden, Grete and wondurful ben thi werkis, Lord God almyȝti; thi weies ben iust and trewe, Lord, kyng of worldis. Lord, who schal not drede thee, and magnyfie thi name? for thou aloone art merciful; for alle folkis schulen come, and worschipe in thi siȝt, for thi domes ben open. And aftir these thingis Y say, and lo! the temple of the taber|nacle of witnessyng was opened in he|uene; and seuene aungels hauynge se|uene plagis, wenten out of the temple, and weren clothid with aOm. b. stoonstoole CKMQRU e sec. m. hkoβ. clene and white, and weren bifor gird with goldun girdlis about the brestis. And oon of the foure beestis ȝaf to the seuene aungels seuene goldun viols, ful of the wraththe of God, that lyueth in to worldisthe worldis R. of worldis. And the temple was fillid with smooke of the majestee of God, and of the vertu of hym; and no man myȝte entre in to the temple, til the seuene plagis of seuenethe seuene Eβ. angels weren endid.

 CAP. XVI.

And Y herde a greet vois fro heuene, seiynge to the seuene aungels, Go ȝe, and schedeschede ȝe R. out the seuene viols of Goddis wraththe in to erthethe erthe KQgkαβ.. And the firste aungel wente, and schedde out his viol in to the erthe; and a wounde fers and werst was maad on alle that hadden the carectcarectre E. of the beeste, and on hem that worschipiden the beeste, and his ymage. And the secounde aungel schedde out his viol in to the see, and theOm. Rbhoβ. blood was maad, asOm. k. of aOm. K pr. m. deed thing; and ech man lyuynge was deed in the see. And the thridde aungel schedde out his viol on the floodis, and on the wellis of watris, and seide, Just art thou, Lord, that art, and that were hooli, that demest these thingis; for thei schedden out theOm. b. blood of halewis and prophetis, and thou hast ȝouun to hem blood to drinke; for thei ben worthi. And I herde anothir sei|ynge, Ȝhe! Lord God almiȝti, trewe and iust ben thi domes. And the fourthe aungel schedde out his viol in to the sunne, and it was ȝouun to hym to tur|mente men with heete and fier. And men swalidenswelten R. with greet heete, and blasfem|yden the name of God hauynge power on these plagisplagis, eithir veniauncis R., nether thei diden pen|aunce, that thei schulden ȝyue glorie to hym. And the fifte aungel schedde outOm. EIKQbchα. his viol on the seete of the beeste, and his kyngdom was maad derk; and thei eten togidere her tungis for sorewe, and thei blasfemyden God of heuene, for sorewis of her woundis; and thei diden not pen|aunce of her werkis. And the sixte aungel schedde out his viol inin to CIK sec. m. MR a sec. m. hkoαβ. `that ilkethilke Ik pr. m. α. that thilke k sec. m. greet flood Eufratis, and driede the wa|tir of it, that weie were maad redi to kingis fro the sunne rysyng. And Y say threthe A pr. m. Eg pr. m. vnclene spiritis bi theOm. b. man|ner of froggis gogoing k sec. m. out of the mouth of the dragoun, and of the mouth of the beeste, and of the mouth of the fals pro|phete. For thei ben spiritis of deuels, makynge signes, and thei gon forth to kingis of al erthe, to gadere hem in to batel, to the greet dai of almiȝti God. Lo! Y come, as a niȝt theefe. Blessid is he that wakith, and kepith hise clothis, that he wandre not nakid, and that thei se not the filthhed of hym. And he schal gadre hem in to a place, that is clepid in Ebreu Hermagedonthat is, inter|pretid, risinge togidere. V.. And the seuenthe aungel schedde out his viol in to the eyr, and a greet vois wente out of heuene fro the trone, and seide, It is don. And leityngisleytnyngis O. weren maad, and voices, and thundris; and a greet erthe mouyng was maad, which manere neuere was, sithen men weren on erthe, siche `erthe mouyngerthe mouyngis O. so greet. And the greet citee was maad in to thre parties, and the citees of hethene men felden doun; and greet Babiloyne cam in to mynde byfor God, to ȝyue to it the cuppe of wyn of theOm. Ea pr. m. egα. indignacyoun of his wrath|the. And ech ile flei awei, and hillis ben not foundun. And greeta greet g. hailhailis E. as a talent cam doun fro heuene in to men; and men blasfemyden God, for the plage of hail, for it was maad ful greet.

 CAP. XVII.

And oon of theOm. T. seuene aungels cam, that hadde seuene viols, and spak with me, and seide, Come thou, Y schal schewe to thee the dampnacioun of the greet hoore, that sittith on many watris, withbi e. which kyngis of erthethe erthe k. diden for|nicacioun; and thei that dwellen in the erthe ben maad drunkun of the wyn of her letcherie. And he took me in to desert in spirit. And Y say a womman sittynge on a reed beeste, ful of names of blasfemye, hauynge seuene heedis, and ten hornes. And the womman was en|uyround with purpur, and reed, and ouergild with gold, and preciouse stoon, and peerls, hauynge a goldun cuppe in hir hoond, ful of abhomynaciouns and vnclennesse of her fornycaciounfornycaciouns Th.. And a name writun in the forheedheed T. of hir, Mysterie, Babiloyn the greet, modir of fornycaciounsfornycacioun Th., and ofOm. K pr. m. h. abhomynaciouns of erthethe erthe E.. And Y say a womman drunkun of the blood of seyntis, and of the blood of martris of Jhesu. And whanne Y say hir, Y wondride with greeta greet k. wondryng. And the aungel seide to me, Whi won|drist thou? I schal seie to thee the sa|cramentthat is, priuy singnificacioun. Lire here. v. of the womman, and of the beeste that berith hir, that hath seuene heedis and ten hornes. TheAnd the A pr. m. beeste which thou seist, was, and is not; and sche schal stiestiȝe vp Ia sec. m. fro depnesse, and scheOm. hoβ. schal go `in toin k pr. m. perisching. And men dwellinge in erthe schulen wondre, whos names ben not writun in the book of lijf fro the makinge of the world, seynge the beeste, that was, and is not. And this is theOm. RT. wittthat is, preuy vndirstonding. wisdom; that is, vndirstond|ing aboute the preuytes of holy scripturis. Lire here. v., who that hath wisdom. The seuene heedis ben seuene hillis, on whiche the womman sittith, and kyngis seuene ben. Fyue han feld doun, oonand oon b. is, and anothir cometh not ȝit. And whanne he schal come, it bihoueth hym to dwelle a schort tyme. And the beeste that was, and is not, and sche is the eiȝtthe, and is of the seueneseuenethe T., and schal go in to perischyng. And the ten hornes whichewhom T. thou hast seyn, ben ten kyngis, that ȝit han not take kyngdom; but thei schulen take power as kingis, oon our after the beeste. These han aoo T. counsel, and schulen bitake her vertu and power to the beeste. These schulen fiȝte with the lomb, and the lomb schal ouercome hem; for he is Lord of lordis, and kyng of kyngis; and thei that ben with hym, ben clepid, chosun, and feithful. And he seide to me, The watris whiche thou hast seyn, where the hoore sittith, ben puplis, and folkis, and langagis. And the ten hornes that thou hast seyn in the beeste, these schulen make hir desolat and nakid, and schulen ete the fleischis of hir, and schulen brenne togidere hir with fier. For God ȝaf in to the hertis of hem, that thei do that that is plea|saunt to hym, that thei ȝyue her kyng|dom to the beeste, til the wordis of God ben endid. And the womman whom thou hast seyn, is the greet citee, that hath kingdom onon the E. of the R. kyngis of theOm. E. erthe.

 CAP. XVIII.

And aftir these thingis Y siȝ another aungel comynge doun fro heuene, hau|ynge greet power; and the erthe was liȝtned of his glorie. `And he criedecriyng T. with stronga strong Oβ. vois, `and seidesayng T., Greet Ba|biloyn felde doun, felde doun, and isit is T. maad theOm. T. habitacioun of deuelis, and the keping of ech vnclene spirit, and `the kepingOm. K. of ech vnclene foul, and hateful. For alle folkis drunkun of the wraththe of fornycaciounthe fornycacioun ERT. of hir, and kingis of theOm. h. erthe, and marchauntis of the erthe, diden fornycacioun with hir; and thei ben maad riche of the vertu of delices of hir. And Y herde another vois of he|uene, seiynge, My puple, go ȝe out of it, and be ȝe not parceneris of the trespassis of it, and ȝe schulen not resseyue of the woundis of it. For theOm. C. synnessynne b. of it camen `til tovnto T. heuene, and the Lord hadde mynde ofon k. the wickidnesse of it. Ȝelde ȝe to it, as sche ȝeldide to ȝou; and double ȝe double thingis, aftir her werkis; in the drynke that she meddlid to ȝou, myngemedle R. ȝe double to hir. As myche as sche glorifiede hir silf, and was in delicis, so myche turment ȝyueȝeue ȝe EQRgk sec. m. α. ȝeueth Iaβ. to hir, and weilyng; for in hir herte sche seith, Y sitte a queen, and Y am not a widewe, and Y schal not se weiling. And ther|for in o day hir woundis schulen come, deth, and mornyng, and hungur; and sche schal be brent in fier, for God is strong, that schal deme hir. And the kingis of theOm. IT. erthe schulen biwepe, and biweile hem silf on hir, whichethe whiche I. diden fornicacioun with hir, and lyueden in delicis, whanne thei schulen se the smoke of the brennyng of it; stondynge ferafer β., for drede of theOm. g. turmentis of it, andOm. I pr. m. h. seiynge, Wo! wo! woOm. A sec. m. Q sec. m. Tg.! thilke greet citee Babiloyn, and thilke stronge citee; for in oon our thi dom cometh. And marchauntis of the erthe schulen wepe on it, and morne, for no man schal bie more the marchaundise of hem; the marchaundiesmarchaundis Ego. marchaundises α. of gold, and of siluer, and of preciouse stoon, and of peerl, and of bies, and of purpurpurpul E., and of silksiluer A., and coctynof coctin h., and echof ech k. tretre clepid U. tymus, and alle vesselsvessel a. of yueryueri k., and alle vessels of pre|ciouse stoon, and of bras, and of yrun, and of marbil, and canelof canel k., andand of O. amonyethat is, a swete tre K sec. m. marg., and ofOm. k. swete smellinge thingis, and oynementis, and encenseof encense k sec. m., and of wyn, and of oyle, and of flour, and of whete, and of werk beestis, and of scheep, and of horsis, and of cartis, and of seruauntis, and otherof othere Rgk pr. m. lyues of men. And thin ap|plis of the desire of thi lijf wenten awei fro thee, and alle fatte thingis, and ful clere perischiden fro thee. And mar|chaundis of these thingis schulen no more fynde tho thingis. Thei that ben maad riche of it, schulen stonde fer, forfro A. drede of turmentis of it, wepynge, and morn|ynge, and seiynge, Wo! wo! thilke greet citee, that was clothid with bijs, and pur|purpurpul E passim., and reed scarlet, and was ouergild with gold, and preciouse stoon, and mar|garitis, for in oon our so many richessis ben destituteether forsaken K sec. m. marg. destitute, either done awey R.. And ech gouernour, and alle that saylen bi schip in to place, and maryneris, andand thei T. that worchen in the see, stoden fer, and crieden, seynge the place of the brennyng of it, seiynge, What is lijk thisthilke gk. greet citee? And thei castencasteden C. kesten K. poudre on her heedis, and crieden, wep|ynge, and mornynge, and seiynge, Wo! wo! thilke greet citee, in which alle that han schippis in the see ben maad riche of pricisthe pricis Tkoβ. of it; for in oon our it is de|solat. Heuene, and hooli apostlis, and prophetis, make ȝe ful out ioye on it, for God hath demed ȝoure dom ofon EKRh. it. And o stronge aungel took vp a stoon, as a greet mylne stoon, and keste in to the see, and seide, In this bire thilke greet citee Babiloyn schal be sent, and now it schal no more be foundun. And the vois of harpis, and of men of musik, and syngynge with pipe and trumpe, schal no more be herd in it. And ech crafti man, and ech craft, schal no more be foundun in it. And the voisvoicis E. of mylnea mylne abe. stoon schal no more be herde in thee, and the liȝt of lanterne schal no more schyne toin R. thee, and the vois of the hosebonde and of the wijf schal no more ȝitOm. IK pr. m. be herd in thee; for thi marchauntis weren princis of the erthe. For in thi witchecraftisether venemyngis K sec. m. marg. alle folkis erriden. And the blood of prophetis and seyntisof seyntis b. is foundun in it, and of alle men that ben slayn in erthe.

 CAP. XIX.

Aftir these thingis Y herde as a greet vois of many trumpis in heuene, seiynge, Alleluya; heriynge, and glorie, and vertu is to oure God; for trewe and iust ben the domes of hym, whiche demede ofOm. bh. the greet hoore, that defoulidedefouleth E. the erthe in her letcherye, and vengide the blood of hise seruauntis, of the hondis of hir. And eft thei seiden, Alleluya. And the smoke of ithim I. stiethstiȝede egkα. vp, in to worldisthe worldis EIKMQRUabceghkαβ. of worldis. And the foure and twenti se|nyouriseldre men R. and fourethe foure ET. beestis felden doun, and worschipiden God sittynge on the trone, and seiden, Amen, Alleluya. And a vois wente out of the trone, and seide, Alle the seruauntis of oure God, seie ȝe heriyngus to oure God, and ȝe that dreden God, smale and grete. And Y herde a vois of a grete trumpe, as the vois of many watris, and as the vois of grete thundris, seiynge, Alleluya; for oure Lord God almyȝti hath regned. Ioye we, and make we myrthe, and ȝyue glorie to hym; for the weddingis of the lomb camen, and the wijf of hym made redy hir silf. And it iswas gk. ȝouun to hir, that sche kyuere hir with white bissyn schyn|ynge; for whi bissyn isis the k. iustifiyngisiustifiyng Q pr. m. RTe. of seyntis. And he seide to me, Write thou, Blessid ben thei that ben clepid to theOm. b. soper of weddyngisthe weddingis k sec. m. weddynge β. of the lomb. And he seide to me, These wordis of God ben trewe. And Y felde doun bi|fore hise feet, to worschipe hym. And he seide to me, Se thou, that thou do not; Y am a seruaunt with thee, and of thi britheren, hauynge the witness|yngthat is, alle profetis beren witnessing to Jhesu Crist. Lire here. v. of Jhesu; worschipe thou God. For the witnessing of Jhesu is spiritthe spirit R. of profesie. And Y say heuene openyd, and lo! a whit hors, and he that sat on hym was clepid Feithful and sothefast; and with riȝtwisnesseriȝtwysnessis EQg. riȝfulnesse R. he demeth, and fiȝtith. And `the iȝen of hymhise iȝen k. weren as flawme of fier, and in his heed many diademys; and he hadde a name writun, which no man knew, but he. And he was clothid in a cloth spreynt with blood; and the name of hym was clepid The sone of God. And the oostis that ben in heuene, sueden hym on white horsis, clothid with bissyn, white and clene. And a swerd scharp on echeithir R. sideaside K. cam forth of his mouth, that with it he smyte folkis; and he shal reule hem with an yren ȝerde. And he tredith the pressour of wyn of stronge veniaunce of the wraththe of almyȝti God. And he hath writun in his cloth, and in thehis K. hemmehipe Q., Kyng of kyngis and Lord of lordis. And Y say an aungel, stond|ynge in the sunne; and he criede with greeta greet O. vois, and seide to alle briddis that flowen bi the myddil of heuene, Come ȝe, and be ȝeOm. R. gaderid to the greet soper of God, that ȝe ete the fleisch of kingis, and fleisch of tribunes, and fleisch of stronge men, and fleischfleischis g. of horsis, and ofOm. h pr. m. thoOm. E. that sittensitteth uabcegk. on hem, and the fleisch of alleOm. hk sec. m. fre men andand of bk. bonde menOm. O., and of smalesmale men b pr. m. and of grete. And Y sai the beeste, and the kyngis of theOm. EIgα. erthe, and the oostis of hem gaderid, to make batel with hym, that sat on the hors, and with his oost. And the beeste was cauȝt, and with hir the false prophete, that made signes bifor hir; in whiche he disseyuede hem that token the carectcarectere E. of the beeste, and that worschipiden the ymage of it. These tweynetwo O. weren sent quyke in to the pool of fier, brennynge with brymstoon. And the othere weren slaynyslayn a. ofwith the EIKQRbceghoαβ. with k. swerd of hym that sat on the hors, that cometh forth of the mouth of hym; and alle briddis weren fillid with the fleisch of hem.

 CAP. XX.

And Y say an aungel comynge doun fro heuene, hauynge the keie of depnesse, and a greet chayne in his hoond. And he cauȝte the dragoun, the elde serpent, that is the deuel and Sathanas; and he boonde hym bi a thousynde ȝeeris. And he sente hym `in toto the k. depnesse, and clos|ide onand markide on K. hym, that he disseyue no more the folkis, til a thousynde ȝeeris be fillid. Aftir these thingis it bihoueth hym to be vnboundun a litil tyme. And Y say seetis, and theithei that Eabek pr. m. β. saten on hem, and doom was ȝouun to hem. And the soulis of men biheedid for the witnessyng of Jhe|su, and for the word of God, and hem that worschipiden not the beeste, nether the ymage of it, nethir token the carectcarectir E. of it in her forheedis, nethir in her hoondis. And thei lyueden, and regneden with Crist a thousynde ȝeeris. OthereAnd othre R. of deed men lyueden not, til a thousynde ȝeeris benweren I. endid. This is the first aȝen risynge. Blessid and hooli is he, that hath part in the firste aȝenrysyng. In these men the secunde deth hath not power; but thei schulen be prestis of God, and of Crist, and thei schulen regne with hym a thousynde ȝeeris. And whanne a thousynde ȝeeris schulen be endid, Sathanas schal be vnboundun of his prisoun; and he schal go out, and schal disseyue folkis, that ben on foure corners ofon a. the erthe, Gog and Magog. And he schal gadere hem in to batel, whos noumbre is as the grauel of the see. And thei stieden vp on the brood|nesse of erthethe erthe k., and enuyrounede the castels of seyntis, and the louyd citee. And fier cam doun `of GodOm. k pr. m. fro heuene, and deuourede hem. And the deuel, that disseyuede hem, was sent in to the pool of fier and ofOm. K pr. m. β. brymston, where bothe the beeste and fals prophetis schu|len be turmentid dai and niȝt, in to worldis of worldis. Amen. And Y say a greet white trone, and oon sittynge on it, fro whos siȝt erthe fled and heuene; and the placeplace of hem R. is not foundun `of hemOm. R.. And Y sai deed men, grete and smale, stondynge in the siȝt of the trone; and bookis weren opened, andand anothir book was opened, that [which β] is, the book of lijf; and A marg. g sec. m. marg. Oαβ. and anothir booke is openid, which is the boke of lijf; and R. deed men weren demed of these thingis that weren writun in the bookis, aftir the werkis of hem. And the see ȝaf his deed men, that weren in it; and deth and helle ȝauen her deed men, that weren in hem. And it was demed of ech, aftir the werkis of hem. And helle and deth weren sent in to athe Ebgkα. poole of fier. `This is the secunde dethOm. O.. And he that was not foundun writunOm. bk pr. m. in the book of lijf, was sent in to theOm. R. pool of fier.

 CAP. XXI.

And Y sai newe heuene and newe erthe; for the firste heuene and the firste erthe wenten awei, and the see is not now. And Y Joon say the hooli citee Jerusalem, newe, comynge doun fro heuene, maad redi of God, as a wijf ourned to hir hosebonde. And Y herde a greet vois fro the trone, seiynge, Lo! the tabernacle of God is with men, and he schal dwelle with hem; and thei schu|len be his puple, and he God with hem schal be her God. And God schal wipe awei ech teer fro the iȝen of hem; and deth schal no more be, nether mornyng, nether criyng, nether sorewe schal be ouer; whiche `firste thingisthingis firste Q. wenten awei. And he seide, that sat in the trone, Lo! Y make alle thingis newe. And he seide to me, Write thou, for these wordis ben moost feithful and trewe. And he seide to me, It is don; I am alpha and oo, the bigynnyng and endethe eende Rh.. Y schal ȝyue freli of the welle of quic watir to hym that thirsteth. He that schal ouercome, schal welde these things; and Y schal be God to hym, and he schal be sone to me. But to ferdful men, and vnbileueful, and cursid, and manquelleris, and fornyca|touris, and to witchis, andand to R. worschiperis of idols, and toOm. I pr. m. alle lieris, the part of hem shal be in the pool brennynge with fier and brymstoon, that is the secounde deth. And oon cam of the seuene aun|gels, hauynge violis fulle of `seuene thethe seuene K sec. m. Qk. the seuen the laste h sup. ras. laste veniauncis. And he spak with me, and seide, Come thou, and Y schal schewe to thee the spousesse, the wijf of the lomb. And he took me vp in spirit in to a greet hille and hiȝ; and he schew|ide to me the hooli citee Jerusalem, com|ynge doun fro heuene of God, hauynge the clerete of God; and the liȝt of it lijk a preciouse stoon, as the stoon iaspis, as cristal. And it hadde a walle greet and hiȝ, hauynge twelue ȝatis, and in the ȝatis of it twelue aungels, and names writun inOm. k sec. m., that ben the names of twelue lynagis of the sones of Israel; fro the east thre ȝatis, and fro the north thre ȝatis, and fro the south thre ȝatis, and fro the west thre ȝatis. And the wal of the citee hadde twelue founde|mentis, and in hem the twelue names of tweluethe xij. gkβ. apostlis, and of the lomb. And he that spak with me, hadde a goldun mesure of a rehed, that he schulde mete the citee, and the ȝatis of it, and the wal. And the citee was set inin a EQgα. square; and the lengthe of it is so miche, `as micheOm. O. as is the breede. And he matthat maad EQg pr. m. the citee with the rehed, bi furlongis twelue thou|syndis. And the heiȝthe, and the lengthe and breedethe brede EKa. of it, ben euene. And he mat the wallis of it, of an hundrid and `foure and fourtifourti and four R. cubitis, bi mesure of man, that is, of anthe R. aungel. And the bildyng of the wal therof was of the stoon iaspis. And the citee it silf was clene gold, lijk clene glas. And the foundementis of the wal of the citee weren ourned with al preciouse stoon. The firste foundement, iaspis; the se|counde, safiris; the thridde, calcedonyus; the fourthe, smaragdus; the fyuethe, sardony; the sixte, sardius; the se|uenthe, crisolitus; the eiȝtthe, berillus; the nynthe, topacius; the tenthe, criso|passus; the eleuenthe, iacinctus; the tweluethe, ametistus. AndAnd in the I pr. m. And the I sec. m. Ra. twelue ȝatis ben twelue margaritis, bi echech margarite R.; `and ech ȝate was of ech margareteOm. R.. And the stretis of the citee weren clene gold, as of glas ful schynynge. And Y say no temple in it, for the Lord God almyȝti and the lomb, isin it h. templethe temple KReoβ. of it. And the citee hath nonot Q sec. m. Rα. nede of sunnethe sunne R., nethir moone, that thei schyne in it; for the clereteclerenesse K. of God schal liȝtneliȝte a. it; and the lomb is the lanterne of it. And folkis schulen walke in liȝtthe liȝt R. of it; and the kyngis of theOm. CIKMQRU aceghoαβ. erthe schulen brynge her glorie and onour in to it. And the ȝatis of it schulen not be closid bi dai; and niȝt schal not be there. And thei schulen brynge theOm. K pr. m. glorie and onour of folkis in to it. Nether ony man defoulid, andin g. doynge abhominaciounfornicacioun R. and leesyng, schal entre in to it; but thei that ben writun in the book of lijf andOm. Q sec. m. of the lomb.

 CAP. XXII.

And he schewide to me a flood of quic watir, schinynge as cristal, comynge forth of the seete of God, and of the lomb, in the myddil of the street of it. And on ech side of the flood, the tree of lijf, bryngynge forth twelue fruytis, ȝeld|inge his fruit bi ech monethe; and the leeues of the tree ben to heelthe of folkis. And ech cursid thing schal no more be; but the seetis of God and of the lomb schulen be in it. And the seruauntis of hym schulen serue toOm. R pr. m. bh pr. m. hym. And thei schulen see his face, and his name in her forheedis. And niȝt schal no more be, and thei schulen not haue nede to the liȝt of lanternea lanterne E., nethir to liȝtthe liȝt Rβ. of sunnethe sonne Kβ.; for the Lord God schal lyȝtne hem, and thei schulen regne in to worldis of worldis. And he seide to me, These wordis ben moost feithful and trewe. And the Lord God of spiritis of pro|phetis sente his aungel, to schewe histo his Rho. seruauntis, what thingis it bihoueth to be don soone. `And lo! Y come swiftliOm. g.. Blessid is he, that kepith the wordis of prophesie of this book. And Y am Joon, that herde and say these thingis. And aftirwardaftir a. that Y hadde `herd and seynseien and herde R., Y felde doun, to worschipe bifor the feet of the aungel, that schewide to me these thingis. And he seide to me, Se thou, that thou do not; for Y amam a R. seruaunt `with theeOm. K pr. m., and of thi britheren, pro|phetis, and of hem that kepen the wordis of prophesie of this book; worschipe thou God. And he seide to me, `Signe, etherSigne, or R. Om. ae. Signe thou, ether b. seele, thou not the wordis of pro|phesie of this book; for the tyme is niȝ. He that noyeth, noye he ȝit; and he that is in filthis, wexewexe he IK. foul ȝit; and a iust man, be iustifiediustified, ei|ther do riȝtful|nesse ȝit. V. ȝit; and the hooli, be halewid ȝit. Lo! Y come soone, and my mede with me, to ȝelde to ech man aftir hise werkis. Y am alpha and oo, the firste and the laste, bigynnyng and ende. Blessid be thei, that waischen her stoolisThis that is addid in summe bookis, in the blood of the lomb, is not of the text, neither is had in elde biblis. Lire here. v., that the power of hem be in the tree of lijf, and entreentre he R. bi the ȝatis in to the citee. For with outen forth houndisthat is, false prechours K sec. m. marg., and witchisether venemers K sec. m. marg., and unchast men, and man|quelleris, and seruynge to idols, and ech that loueth and makith leesyng. I Jhe|sus sente myn aungel, to witnesse to ȝou these thingis in chirchis. Y am the roote and kyn of Dauid, and the schyn|ynge morewe sterre. And the spirit and the spousessespouse I pr. m. seien, Come thou. And he that herith, seieseith C. seie he K., Come thou; and he that thirstith, comecome he K.; and he that wole, take he freli the watir of lijf. And I witnesse to ech man herynge the wordis of prophesie of this book, if ony man schal putte to these thingis, God schal putte on hym the veniauncis writun in this book. And if ony man do awei of the wordis of the book of this prophesie, God schal take awei the part of hym fro the book of lijf, and fro the hooli citee, and fro these thingis that ben writun in this book. He seith, that berith wit|nessyng of these thingis, Ȝhe, amen. I come soone. Amen. Come thou, Lord Jhesu. The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with ȝou alle. Amen.

 Here endith the Apocalips, the laste book of the Bible; and here suwen the names of alle the bookis as thei stonden in ordre in this Bible, with the noumbre of her chapitrisFrom C. Here endith the Bible. E. Heere endith the Apocalips, that Joon wroot in the ile of Pathmos, the whiche is the ende of the Newe Testament. I. Here endeth the Apocalips. KQ sec. m. hk. Here eendeth the Apocalips, the last book of Goddis lawe. R. Here endeth the Apocalips of Joon. abeo. Here endith the Apocalips of John, euangelist and apostle. C. Here endith the Newe Testemenet of oure Lord Jhesus Crist and oure Sauyour. g. Here endith the Apo|calips of Jon, the ende of the Newe Testament. α. No final rubric in AMQ pr. m. U..

[Later version: additional prologues]

 ADDITIONAL PROLOGUES. MATTHEW.

This Prologue is taken from Ms. Eman. Coll. Cambr. I. 4. 33. (designated p.) collated with Ms. Univ. Libr. Cambr. Ll. i. 13. (marked ȝ.)THOUȝ al holi writt is ful trewe, nedeful and comfortable to mankynde, netheles the holy gospel, as the herte andof the p. spirit therof, is moost profitable to synful men andto p. alle that schulen be saued. Therfore alle men and wymmen that han discrecioun, schulden moost bisily traueile to kunne andand to ȝ. kepe the holi gospel, and teche it for the abilite of her staat, namely in holy lyuynge, as Crisostom seith in his prologe on Matheu. Therfore Seint Austyn in his book of kynde and of grace, in the lviijo. c. seith thus, The lawe of the gospel is lawe of charite andOm. p. of parfiȝt fredom, without which noon may be saued. And therfore Seint Jerom translatide and expownede manye bookis of the bible to wymmen, as men moun pleynliopenli ȝ. se in hise prologis onin ȝ. dyuers bookis of the bible.

 Here begynneth another prologThis Prologue is taken from the Ms. Brit. Mus. Add. 15, 521, (marked y) into which it was transcribed by Joseph Ames, from a Ms. written, as he states, in 1424, and belonging in 1731 to Thomas Granger. The editors have not been able to trace this last Ms..

Sithen aftir the assencioun of Crist the Holy Goost enspiride the hertis of the apostils, and sent them, and hertide hem to preche what Crist dide and tauȝte, four speciali of alle weren departide, that prechide the conuersacioun of God in erthe. And also ther prechinge, the which is propirli callid the gospel, thei wroot in ther owne volyms for this entencioun, that the lif of oure Lord Jhesu and his conuersacioun in erthe, the which was perfiȝt ensample to oure lyuynge, schulde be in our mind, and shulde euermore be had bifore oure iȝen as the rule of our lyuynge, and that his doctryne shulde not be distried thoruȝ the witness of fals techinge of heretikis. Of the foure that made the gospel, first was Matheu, that whanne he first in the Jewrie with the apostlis hadde prechide the gospel of Crist, he in wil to passe to techinge of othir naciouns, that were callid gentilis, he wroot the gospel in Ebrew tunge, that he shulde be as present thoruȝ his writinge to his britheren, fro whom he wente bodili awei. The which writinge he left aftir him, as a thinge that schulde stirre hem to haue mynde of him, and speciali that he schulde conferme the feith of his firste britheren in God; that the schadowe of the old lawe schulde no more be vsid, but the sothfastness of the gospel; and also that false prechouris and peruerters of holi chirche schuld not ouer sowe in the gospel of Crist onyonth y. This and a few similar errors, which seem to have proceeded from the pen of Ames, have been corrected from conjecture, but probably many more faults of transcription may remain. errouris. And aftir that holi chirch was largid, holi fadris bisiede hem, that the same gospel schulde be translatid into the langage of Grew and Latyn. And Mathews tretinge is speciali of the manhede of Crist, thouȝ he seie othere secundarie thingis. Wherefore he bigynneth at the generacioun of his manhede, seijnge in the bigynninge of his writinge, The booke of the generacioun of Jhesu Crist. And riȝtly is Matheu first sett, not as bi naturel order, bot bi artificial ordre; for bi the naturel ordre Joon, that was last, and moost passingli tretith of the godhede of Crist, schulde be first; for the godhede was or the manhede, and the godhede is hede of the manhede. But we trowen, that this was doon thoruȝ the counseil of the Holi Goost, that he that tretith of the manhede of Crist, is sett first in ordre. For it is acordinge and skilful, that oure witt ascende litil and litil to the bettere, and that bi feith and the sacrament of the manhede taken of God, it schulde be brouȝt to the euerlasting hede of the godhede. Netheles summe seien, that Matheu tellith the incarnacioun of Crist after the king of kingis, and therefore the kingis, `he seithbeseith y., come to seke, and seiden, Where is he, that is borne king of Jewis? And also he apperide as king bi the sterre; and also it is seid, that Heroude dredde the king that was born. Also Mathew, in acountinge of the generacioun of Crist, goith by Salamon. For Matheu to his bigynning, at the generacion of Crist aftir his manhede, and the ordre of his tellinge, he ledith to the resurreccion of Crist. Netheles, as it is seid, Matheu wroot the gospel for cause of them that reisidevside? the circumcisioun, and wolde not fulli be drawen fro there obseruaunce, thouȝ thei hadde taken the baptym; and therefore his entente is to reise them fro ther fleischli vndirstondinge of the lawe to the goostli vndirstondinge of Crist, that thei schulde more sikirly take the sacrament of cristen feith, and that thei schulde more stabli hold the feith; in as miche as thei se not ellis fulfillide, but that was bifore seid in the prophetis. And therefore to hem he writith his book, and seith, The book of the generacioun of Jhesu Crist. In the bigynninge of the book Matheu schewith opinli, that he wole trete of the gene|racioun of Crist, but of the fleischli generacioun, and not of the tothir, the which is euerlast|ynge. For holi scripture axith, and seith, Who schal telle his generacioun? Also in this, that Matheu is taken in liknes of man, is declaride that he biginnyth at the begynnynge of the generacion of Crist aftir his manhede. And it is to note also, that Matheu at the bigynnynge of his book followith the maner of the men of Ebrews; for thei were wont in the byginnyng of ther bookis for to set in the bigynnynge the name of the book, telling what thei treten in that book; as the first book of Moises is callyd the book of Genesis, for it tretith of the bigynnynge of the world and first formyng of mankinde. And as other books haue ther name of ther bigynnynge and tretinge, so Matheu, for he bigynneth at the generacioun of Crist after his manhede, therfore he bigynneth his gospel, and seith, The book of the generacioun of Jhesu Crist. And it is to note, that Matheu settith the generacioun of the new man Jhesu Crist aȝens the generacioun of the olde man Adam, thoruȝ whom we fell to the deeth and to synne, for to schewe to vs, that we ben fulli restorid by the generacioun of Crist, as we fell doun thoruȝ the filid generacioun of Adam. Weel therfore acordith this new testament to the olde, for the old testament bigynnyth at the generacioun of the first man, and making of the world, and the new testament bigynneth at the generacioun of the second man Jhesu Crist, and at the restoringe of the world. The first book is callid the book of Genesis, and it treteth of the ordynancis, the which were in the biginnynge, but not perfiȝt; for the old lawe brouȝt no man to perfeccion, or to heuene. But this new book of the new lawe is callid the book of gene|racioun, and treteth of goostli thingis, the which bringith man to perfeccioun. The old book tretith of hostis offringe, and of old preesthood, and this not but in figure. But this book tretith of the verri preest Crist Jhesu, and how he was in the verri hoost offrid and parfit for vs, and fulfillid in the old lawe. The book of the old lawe tretith of the delyuering of the children of Israel out of Egipt; this book of the newe lawe tretith of the delyuering of the peple of God fro helle. The book of the olde lawe tretith of the entre of the children of Israel into the lond of promission or of biheste; this book of the newe testament tretith how our caytifte was lede into heuene, and also it tellith of oure entring into the bliss of heuene. So alle thingis that were in figure in the tothir lawe, in this lawe of the gospel ben schewid alle tho fulfillid goostli. But it is seid bifore, this new generacioun is sette in remedie aȝens the old generacioun; for the firste generacioun brouȝte vs to dampnacioun, and the secunde bringith vs to saluacioun and blis; that brouȝte vs out of paradijs, this bringith vs into paradijs.

 MARK.

This Prologue is from p.Sith Seint Mark, so ful of the Holi Goost that he was maad of him to be oon of the iiii. gospellers, and to be martirid for Crist, held him silf so vnworthi to be preest, and therfore kutte of his thombe, to be vnable to preesthood; myche more we synful wrecchis, ful of vn|kunnyngis and synnis, schulen holde us silf vnworthi to the hiȝe ordre of preesthood. But sith we haue bounden vs wilfulli to this holi ordre, amende we into bettir that that we haue doon vnworthili bi ignoraunce, and studie we faste nyȝt and day in holi writt, to amende our igno|raunce. And encrese we euere in mekenes, in chastite, in wilful pouert, and in charite to God and to men, to freendis and enemyes; and euere be we bisy in holi preieris and gode werkis, that we mowen be worthi to write and teche Goddis lawe to oure lyues eende, and studie how the gospel of Crist schal be vndirstonden. The gospel spekith sumtyme in parablis and lijk|nessis and allegories, and vndirstondith a goostli thing bi ertheli thing, outhir bi a propirte of kynde. In siche spechis and parablis and lijknes, loke that the sentence be groundid in open text, where the scripture spekith propirly withouten figuris, other in opun resoun that mai not be auoidid, so that al the sentence sounne to loue and charite of neȝeboris, and vertuous lyuynge. And this is the trewe sentence of alle derke placis of holy writt. Thus, whanne Crist is clepid a lomb, it is not vndirstonden of a doumbe lomb with iiij. feet, but the sentence is, that Crist is ynnocent and mylde as a lomb. Thus Crist is seid a stoon, that is, sad in vertues, that groundide othere men in vertues. Thus goode cristen men ben clepid scheep, that is vndir|stonden, mylde. And yuel cristen men ben clepid kiddis, foxis, wolues, and othir malicious beestis. In the olde testament God bihetith worldli goodis and temporal prosperitees to hem that kepten hise hestis, but it vndirstondith goostli goodis and the blisse of heuene, which is principal meede of vertues. But the gospel of Jhesu Crist bihetith tribulacioun and sorowe in this world to hise kepers, and aboundaunce of goostli comfort, and euerlastynge blisse in heuen in bodi and soule. Therfore Jhesu Crist, that lyuede moost vertuousli, hadde grettist tribula|ciouns, dispisynge and pursuynge, and sclaundir and peyneful deeth in this lijf, and now he hath moost glorie of alle men in blisse. And alle hise apostlis and loued freendis hadden the same in this lijf; but with this thei hadden so greet comfort of the Holi Goost in her soulis, that thei hadde greet ioie in her tribulacioun; and the more that her bodi was peyned for truthe, the more her soule was comfortid in God, with perfiȝt charite to her enemyes. Therfor Crist seith in the gospel, in xvi. chapitre of Jon, The world schal haue ioie, and ȝe schulen haue sorowe; but ȝoure sorowe schal turne into ioie. And Austyn seith, If thou wolt not suffre pacientli tribulacioun, and hatrede of the world, and persecucioun with Crist, heed of holi chirche, thou forsakist to be a membre of Crist. For Poul seith in the ij. pistil to Tymothe, the ij. co., Alle that wolen lyue piteuousli eithir feithfully in Jhesu Crist, schulen suffre persecucioun. But ful comfort Crist seith in the fifthe chapitre of Matheu, ȝe schulen be blessid whanne men schulen curse ȝou, and schulen pursue ȝou, and seie al yuel aȝens ȝou, liynge, for me, that is, for my lawe; make ȝe ioie, and be ȝe glad in that day, for ȝoure mede is plenteuous in heuens. And therfore James seith in the io. co., Mi britheren, deeme ȝe al ioie, whanne ȝe fallen into dyuers temptaciouns, that is, tribulaciouns. Therfore the apostlis ȝeden ioiynge fro the siȝt of the counseil, outher presence, for thei weren worthi to suffre dispiȝt for the name of Jhesu. And Poul seith ofte, We han glorie in tribulaciouns. And now we moun se, that now in tyme of grace vndir the newe testament, aduersitees and tribulaciouns is more schewynge of grace than prosperitees, thouȝ the olde lawe bihete men prosperite that kepte it, as the Ps. Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, bisemeth to bihete, and manie other placis of the olde testament. For in the newe testament temporal prosperitees, that was bihote in the olde testament, is turned into aboundaunce of vertues and goostli comfort, with persecucioun and tribulaciouns, as Crist and hise seruauntis hadden. And therfore ech cristen man make him redi in wil, and euere crie to God with al his herte, that he ȝeue to him grace, to suffre not oonli patientli, but also ioiefully, alle tribulaciouns in this world, and thus to be a trewe cristen man, truli suynge Crist.

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This gospeler Mark, the which was the disciple of Petir the apostil, and he siȝ not Crist in bodi, but he that herde the prechinge of his maistir, wroot the gospel in Italie, in tyme of Claudius the emperour. And the cause was this, for he was preied of the disciplis of Peter, at whose axing he wroot the gospel, the which Peter confirmed after, as Clemens seith. And this book hath three parties. The first part lastith vnto the tenth chapitre, in the which parti he passith schortli to the thritti ȝeer of Crist; and ther is conteyned xiiij. benefitis or myraclis, that he dide on the peple, to conferme that he was verry God and man. In the secunde partie ben putt xiiij. thingis, that parteyne to the . . . . . of the citee of Jerusalem; and this part lastith for the tenth chapitre vnto the xv. co. In the third part is maad mynde of the passioun of Crist, and of his resurreccioun.

 LUKE.

This prologue is from p.Luk hath manie special poyntis, and nameli of oure Ladi, and almoost alle the poyntis of Matheu and of Mark; and therfore he comprehendith moost lettre of alle the gospelleris, thouȝ he haue not so manye chapitris as Mathew. As Luyk was first a bodily leche bi craft of kynde, so he is a myche bettir goostli leche of cristen soulis, bi techinge, prechinge and writynge of Cristis gospel. Sith Luyk lefte his craft of bodily medecyne, and suede so bisili Poul, to lerne and preche and write the gospel; myche ouȝten Cristen preestis to putte awei worldly bisynes and erthely lucre, to lerne and preche and write the holi gospel. But as Grosthed seith, in his secunde Dicte, Manye clerkis lernen lucratijf sciencis, to gete richessis and honouris of the world. Summen lernen filosophie, to knowe kyndis of elementis, of beestis, of eerbis, and of othere creaturis, to be preisid of men for these sciencis; summen lernen fisik, to make mennis bodies hole of dyuers sijknessis, that herbi thei seme as to reise hem fro deeth to lif, and geten therwith myche riches and honouris; summen lernen musik, to chaunge mennis hertis into dyuers affecciouns bi swetnes of songis; summen lernen the craft of alkymye, to make clene of vnclene metal bi greet traueile and craft, as to make siluir and gold of vnclene metals. But, he seith, a trewe techere of Goddis lawe schal make myche bettir chaungis goostli, in turnynge synful soulis fro her synne, than ony of these othir clerkis doon bi here kyndely sciencis. For as seynt Austyn and seynt Bernard seien, It is miche bettere, that a man kneew God and himsilf, than that he kneew heuene and erthe, and alle othir elementis and kindis of creaturis, and kneew not God ne him silf. And whanne men ben sike in the mooste perilous sijknes of orrible synnes, the techere of Goddis word may reise hem to lijf of grace; and that is withouten comparisoun bettere than the lijf of kynde, and myche bettere to turne synful men out of synne bi techinge of Goddis lawe, than bi craft turne o metal into another, as alkemyneris doon. And goode God of his merci stire his peple to be more bisi aboute vertues and goostly riches, that euere schal laste, than aboute ertheli richesse, that soone schal perische. Amen.

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Whanne the gospel was spred bi Matheu in the Jewrie, and bi Mark in Italie, throuȝ the stiring of the Holi Gost, Luyk, that was the disciple of Poul, came the thridde in ordre; the which makinge hiȝere repeticioun, wroot the gospel to oon Teophile, in the cuntre of Acaye and Boyce. It is seid, that this Luyk was oon of the two disciplis, that wente to Emaws, to whom Crist aperide after his resurreccioun: and after he was the felawe of Poul, in preching to the naciouns; to whom this was a special entent of his traueil, that to the new men of Grece schulde be schewid and declarid the manhede of Crist, that they schulde not ȝeue ther entent to the fablis of Jewis for desier of the lawe; or ellis that thei schulde not be begilid thoruȝ counseil of heresye of false apostils, and turned fro sothfastnes and teching of Crist. And Luk principali tretith of the prechinge of Crist, thouȝ he lefte summe thingis vntold that other tellen. Where|fore he begynneth at the prechinge of Zacarie, Jones fadir, seiyng on this wise, There was in the daies of Eroude kinge, a prest, Zacarie bi name. And seint Luke riȝtly is lijkned to a calf, for it was a beest ordeined to sacrifise; and so of the sacrifise he tretith, of the temple, and of Jerusalem, in the processe of his gospel. In the bigynnynge he settith the preest preynge at the auter, and the folk stondinge withoute to preie. And also he tellith, as aftir the conseyu|ynge of Crist, Marie went to the bischopis hous Zacarie; where he makith mencioun of the gene|racioun of Marie and Elizabeth, the whiche was of the kyn of Aaron. And there he tellith the birthe of Baptist, and tellith also that Crist is born, and presentid with offrynge to the temple. There he tellith, how Crist with his modir visitide ech ȝeer the temple, and seith also how Crist, whanne he was twelue ȝeer oold, sat in the temple, techinge the doctouris. And aftir sich seijngis he concludith, in the eende of his gospel, how the disciplis of Crist were in the louynge of Crist, in the temple. This gospeler Luyk, in acountinge of the generacioun of Crist, goith by Nathan the prophete.

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Joon treetith moost of the Trynyte, and of the godhede and manhede togidere. Joon wroot this gospel in Greek, and almoost al the newe testament was writen in Greek first. But the gospel of Matheu, and the pistlis to Ebrewis were first writen in Ebrew, as Jerom witnessith in his prolog on Matheu. Summe supposen resonable, that Mark wroot his gospel in Latyn, for as Jerom seith, he wroot into Italie, that is the cuntre of Latins. And so men supposen, that Poul wroot the pistil to Romayns in Latyn, for the same skille; for it was the moder tunge of that cuntre. And whi therfore schulde not men now write truly the lawe of God to cristen men in her modir tunge, that thei writen to? And alle the othere bookis off the newe testa|ment were writen in Greek. And as Jerom and othere doctouris seien, whanne ony doute is in the lettre of the olde testament, thei schulen be proued bi the origynals of Ebrewis; so whanne ony doute is in the lettre of the newe testament, it schal be proued bi the origynals of Greek. But, as Lire seith, we cristen men moten be weel war of the origynals of Ebrew in summe poyntis. For now the Jewis han corrupt her olde lettre in tho placis where it spekith openly of the godhede of Crist, and thei haue do this for hatrede to cristen men, lest we schulden conuicte Jewis bi her owne lettre, that Crist is bothe God and man; but in alle othere placis we schulen take the origynals of Ebrewis. But for cristen men the newe testament is open ynowȝ. And whanne ony doute cometh in the lettre, outhir in ony vndirstondinge of the lettre, the Holi Goost schal teche us al truthe, as Crist seith in the gospel, if we doon truli that that is in us. And therfore thouȝ wickid men hadden brent alle oure bookis, God hath writen his lawe in cristen mennis soulis and consciencis, as he seith in the xxxi. chapitre of Jeremye. And ther|fore seint Joon seith in his firste pistil to cristen men, in the ij. chapitre, that the anoyntynge, that is, grace of the Holi Goost, techith ȝou alle thingis that ben nedeful to saluacioun, and ȝe han no nede that ony man teche ȝou, but as the anoyntynge techith ȝou. For he that hath charite, hath Crist, in whom alle tresouris of wisdom and kunnynge ben. Netheles men schulde bisely lerne the bookis of holy writt, and speciali the newe testament, lest thei taken Goddis grace in veyn, and tempten God, in desirynge to haue kunnynge bi myracle, withoute traueile and lernynge of holy writ, where thei mowe come liȝtly to verri knowynge of Goddis wil, bi good lyuynge and deuoute preiers, and bisi studie and lernynge of holi writt. And God graunte us a stidefast wil hereto. Amen.

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This fourthe gospeller, Joon the apostil and the euangelist, whanne the wickide techinge of Cherynthi and Hebion, and of other impugnynge the manhede of Crist, was rife in the cuntre of Asie, aftir that Joon was reuocate frofor y. the exile of Pathmos, he was preied of alle the bischops and other trewe cristen men of the chirch of Asie, that he schulde write sumwhat of the god|hede of Crist, wher thoruȝ the rebelnesse of the heretikis myȝte be ouer comen and distried. And for that he was so counseilid and stirid, thoruȝ the preier of his britheren in God, he seide that he wolde, if thei ordeynede a fastinge, and preiede the help of Jhesu Crist. And whanne this was don, he was fulfillid with the reuelacioun of God, as comynge fro heuene. He bigan first, and seide, In the bigynnynge was word, that is, Goddis sone. Also for that other euange|lists speke miche of the manhede of Crist, and litil of his godhede, therefore he bigan his gospel at the godhede of Crist, for to write passyngly bifore other therof; and more expresseli and openliere tretith of the godhede than other, thouȝ he also ouer passe not vnseid other thingis, the whiche other gospellers treten of. And Joon takith his bigynnyng at the euerlastinge godhede of Crist, and his gospel rechith to the ioie of the resurreccioun of Crist. And this book is departid into nyne partis. The first part is of the getynge of the euerlastinge word; and this part bigynneth thus, In the bigynnynge was word, that is, Goddis sone. The secounde part is of the goynge forth or makynge of creaturis, of God here makere, that bigynneth thus, By him alle thingis ben made. The third part is of the incarnacioun of the word, that is, Goddis sone, that bigynneth thus, And liȝt schijnede in derknessis. The fourth part is of the birth of Joon Baptist, that bigynneth thus, A man was sent fro God. The fifthe part is of the clepinge of the apostils, that bigynneth thus, And Jhesus turnede him, and seinge hem suynge him, seide to hem, Whom seken ȝe? The sixth part is of the miraclis of him and of hise apostlis, the which per|taineth to the saluacioun of alle men, the whiche part in the second chap. bigynneth thus, The third day weddingis weren maad. The seuenth part is of the confermynge of iust men, the which is clepid the greete sermon of the Lord, that bigynneth in the xiii. chap. thus, Bifore the feeste day of pask. The eight part is of the passioun of Crist, in the xviii. chap., that begynneth thus, He went forth with his disciplis ouer the stronde of Cedron. The ninth part is of the resurrec|cioun, and the aperinge of Crist, in the xx. chap., that bigynneth thus, And in o day of the woke Marie Maudeleyn. And thus is maad open the mater of al the book of Joones gospel.

 I. CORINTHIANS.

This prologue is from p.As the apostil that cowde alle langagis, wroot the pistil to Romans in Latyn, so he wroot this pistil in Greek. Therfor as in the formere pistil he comendith grace, so in this pistil he discreueth sacramentis, in whiche grace is ȝouen. Therfore in the firste pistil he techeth Co|rinthis of the sacramentis of holy chirche, and in the secunde pistil, of the mynystris of sacra|mentis. A postille here.—Poul wroot this pistil to Corinthis, that ben of Acaie. Corinthis weren conuerted of the apostil him silf, whiche bi Goddis comaundement was resident at hem a ȝere and vj. monethis, and tauȝte Goddis word among hem; but aftirward thei weren peruertid in manie maners bi false apostlis, so that thei departiden the vnyte of holi chirche, that is, cristen feith, and so pees of the chirche; and thei deniede the vertues and the valu of sacra|mentis, bi the meritis of mynystris. For thei gesside, that the sacramentis weren of sum valu, if thei weren tretid of goode men, and off more or of lasse valu, if thei weren ȝeuen of more goode men. Aftir, he repreueth hem of the lecchour, whom thei suffriden among hem, that heeld the wijf of his fadir. Aftir, he repreueth hem for fraude among hem silf. And aftir, he techith hem of matrymonye, and of takynge of the sacrament of the auter, where thei erride ful miche, and of manye othere thingis; and aboute the eende of the pistil he settith a moral, excitynge, that is, to fle synnus, and loue and holde vertues.

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As the apostil wroot the pistil that goith bifore, to myȝti men and proude, that is to say, to the Romayns, stiringe hem to acoord and charite, the which is seelden among riche men and myȝti of the world, so he wroot this secunde pistel to wise men and kunnynge, that is to seie, to Corinthis, mouynge hem to oonhede and lownesse of witt, or vndirstondinge, the which is seelden among kunnynge men. Wherfore in the iiii. chap. he seith, If God wole, I schal come to you soone, and I schal not knowe the wordis of hem that ben blowen with pride, but the vertu. These Corinthis erriden in thre sacramentis, that is to seie, in baptym and in doctryne of it, of the which it is maad mynde vnto the fifth chap. Also thei erriden in matri|monye, and in causis of it, of the whiche it is seid fro the v. chapter vnto the eiȝthe chapiter. Also thei erriden in the sacrament of the auter and spiritual mete, of the which it is maad mynde fro the eiȝth chap. vnto the xii. chap. Also thei erriden in oonhede of witt, bi stryues that were maad among them, of the which it is maade mynde fro the xii. chap. vnto the xv. chap. Also thei erriden in the resurreccioun of dede men, of the which it is maad mynde in the xv. chap. In the xvi. chap. is maad mynde of almesdede, by the which synnes ben forȝouen. And so al this pistil is deuydid into vi. partis. In the first part he makith mynd of the errour of baptym; in the ii. part, of the error of matrimonye; in the iii. part, of the bodi of Crist; in the iiij. part, of striues and discordis; in the v. part, of errour of resurreccioun; in the vi. part, of almesdede to be maad.

 II. CORINTHIANS.

This prologue is from p. The commencement and conclusion have been torn away.. . . . . stynatli the pistil, and magnified fals apostlis. But whanne summe of Corinthis weren amendid bi the firste pistil, for cause of othere of hem Poul writith this secunde pistil, and he puttith awei fals apostlis, and schewith the disceit of her prechynge. Also Poul blameth hem, for thei were scarse in almesdedis. And he comaundith thilke lecchour to be resseiued, whom he hadde bitaken to Sathanas. Also hem that weren in tribulacioun he comfortith bi ensaumple of hym silf, and techith that thei be not heuy ne grucchinge, for he is suget to pe . . . . . ech dai for . . . . .

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In the formere epistil the apostil scharpli reproues hem, and moost for thei forsook not the ilke open lecchour, and for that summe of hem were amendid, and summe dwellide vn|amendid; and for both these he writith this secunde epistil, that thei that were amendid be callid to more grace, and the vnamendid to be amendid. And the apostil comendid him silf bi al the epistil, that he shewe what worschipe and loue owith to be to the prelat, the which labourith so bisily aboute hise sugetis. And this epistil is departid into so many partis, as it hath chapitris, that is to seie, into xiij. In the firste chapitre, he comendith himsilf of pacience in tribulation, and vertue of word. In the ii., of pitee of relesinge, and in fruyt of preching. In the iij., of scripture, which he wrote in the hertis of hem, and of tho thingis that thei vndirstood in books. In the iiij., of ther amending of feith and of hope. In the v., of desire of the cuntre. In the vi., of the workis of penaunce, and a fadris Sic in Ms.hise sugetis. In the vij., of ensaumplis taken to innocent men, and of large almesse. In the ix., of the same. In the x., of cristen knyȝthood, and of hise comparisouns to others. In the xi., of the greuousnesse of the gospel prechinge, and glorie of his kynrede, and ioie of tribulacioun aȝens false apostles. In the xij., of priuyprivith y. reuelacioun. In the xiij., of loue of soulis, and autorite of prelacie. Therfore in this myrrour of prelatis, the first chap. is departid into iiij. partis. In the first part, aftir the salutacioun, he doith thankingis to God the fadir, of the consolaciouns geuen to him and to hem. In the secunde part, he makith mynde of the disesis that he sufferide in Asie, and how he was delyuerid bi miracle, where he seith, Forsothe we wol, that ȝe wite of oure tribulaciouns, etc. In the thridde, the cause of his tribulaciouns, that is to seie, the holyness of his conscience, where he seith, For whi oure glorie is this, the witnessynge of oure conscience. In the fourth, he excusith him, tellinge whi he turnede his purpos and his biheeste of comynge to the Corinthis, where he seith, And in that trist I wolde first come to ȝou.

 GALATIANS.

This prologue is from p.Galathies ben Grekis, and thouȝ Grekis ben of sharp witt, ȝit the Galathies weren foolis and slouȝ to vndirstonde; for thei weren liȝtli temptid of false apostlis to bicome Jewis, that is, to holde bodili circumsicioun and fleischli serymonyes, othir sacrifisis of Moises lawe; as false apostlis excitide Galathies to adde Moises lawe to the gospel, for thei affermide, that the feith of Crist withouten fleischli obseruauncis suffisith not to heelthe, and that Petir and James and othere apostlis, that weren with the Lord, medliden kepingis of the olde lawe with the gospel. Thei affermyde also, that Poul hymsilf dide othir thingis in Judee, and prechide other thing among hethene men; and with these thingis thei peruertide Galathies into fleischli kepinge of the lawe. Therfore the apostle wroot to hem, and aȝenclepid hem to fredom of the gospel and cristen feith.

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Galathies ben Grekis, and thouȝ thei ben of scharp wit, ȝitt thei weren folis and slowȝ to vndirstonde; for thei weren liȝtli temptid of false apostlis to hold bodili circumcicioun and fleischli serimonies of Moises law with the gospel. For the false apostlis seiden, that Petir and James and othere apostlis, that were with the Lord, medliden kepingis of Moises lawe with the gospel. And also thei seiden, that the feith of Crist without fleischli obseruauncis suffisith not to heelthe of soule. Therfore the apostil wroot to hem, to fredom of the gospel, and cristen feith. And this epistil is departid into tweye principal partis. In the first principal part, he is aboute for to schewe that the feith of the gospel suffisith vnto heelth of lawful men; and this part therfor longith to the feith, and it lastith to the v. chap., there he seith, Crist delyueride vs, etc. And the secunde part, the which longith to maneris, lastith fro the forseid place vnto the eende of the epistil.

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And thouȝ Grekis ben of scharp wit, netheles Galathis weren foolis and ful slow to vndur|stonde. These Galathies token first of the postle the treuthe of feith and of techyng, but aftirward thei weren temptid of falsse apostlis to bicome Jewis, that is, to holde bodili circum|sicioun and fleishli ceremonyes, ether sacrifices of Moises lawe. And false apostlis counceliden and excitiden Galathies in many maneris, to adde Moises lawe to the gospel; for thei afferm|yden, that the feith of Crist without fleishli obseruaunces sufficith not to heelthe, and that Petre and James and othere apostlis that weren with the Lord, medliden kepyngis of the lawe with the gospel. Thei affermyden also, that Poul him silf dide othere thing in Judee, and prechide othere thing among hethene men. Bi these thingis and othere siche, thei peruertiden Gala|thies, in so myche, that Galathies assentiden to hem, and passiden in to fleishli keping of the lawe. Therfor the postle aȝenclepith hem to the treuthe of cristen feith and of the gospels techyng, and writith to hem fro Effesus, of grace of the gospel; of which he hadde writen also to Romayns, that worshipiden the lawe in liyk maner. But to Romayns, as to wise men, Poul vside hiȝer wit, and deppere ether sotilier argumentis; and to these Galathies, as to lesse wise men, he vsith comyn word and esi. Also to these Galathies he seith, A! ȝe witles Galathies, to aȝenclepe hem so to treuthe. Therfor the entent of the postle in his pistle is, to brynge aȝen Galathies to religioun of feith and to treuthe of the gospel, whiche Galathies weren disseyued bi disseitis of false apostlis. The maner is sich. He biforsettith salutacioun, where he touchith shortli bothe of his dignyte and of the grace of Crist, aȝenus bacbiteris and hem that han glorie of workis of the lawe, and he comendith his persoone, whiche the false apostlis dispiseden. Aftir the salutacioun, he repreueth Galathies of vnstablenesse; aftirward he comendith largilier his owne persoone; aftirward he repreueth Moises lawe in many maneres, and seith it shal not be holdun aftir Crist, that is, aftir Cristis deth and pupplisching of the gospel; for not oneli it profitith not to riȝtfulnesse and helthe, but also it anoieth ether harmeth now. At the laste, he comendith the gospel and the feith of Crist, that it sufficith to heelthe.

 An othere prologe.

The fynal conclusioun of the postle in this pistle is this, that bodili circumcisioun and othere sacrifices and obseruaunces of Moises lawe shulen not be kept with the feith of Crist, ȝhe, that tho ben avoided bi Crist, so that afterward tho ben cause of deeth ether of dampnacioun to her keperis. And he doith this, for Galathies, that weren conuertid bifor him, weren disseyued bi false apostlis, so that Galathies circumcididen hem silf, and kepten othere obseruaunces of Moises lawe. And this pistle is departid in to fyue partis bi fyue maneris, bi whiche he pro|cedith to declare the forseid conclusion.

 An othere prologe.

In the firste pistle, that is to Romayns, Poul tretith of power; in the laste pistle, that is, to Ebrews, he tretith of presthod and of hoolynesse; and in the myddil pistlis he tretith of wisdom, as in the twei pistlis to Corynthis and in this. And for errour is aȝenusȝenus z. wisdom, in this pistle he tretith of errour, that is, to distrie errour. The mater of this pistle is parfit treuthe of cristen feith, with remouyng of cerymonyals of Moises lawe. The entent is so to reduce Galathies to the treuthe of the feith, and to teching of the gospel. Twei partis ben of this pistle. The first part is of treuthe of the gospel; the secounde part is of goodnesse of liyf. The pistle to Romayns is writen to myȝti men; the pistle to Ebrews is writen to the worshiperis of God; and alle the myddil pistlis ben writen to wise men, that is, to Grekis. Therfor in this pistle, in the firste chapitre, Poul comendith him silf and his cause, that is, his office and dignyte of apostle, and the treuthe and the fredom of the gospel. In the secounde chapitre he seith, hou for this cause he aȝenstood Petre. In the thridde chapitre he seith, hou the cerymonyes of Moises lawe shulden be expowned. In the fourthe chapitre, he expowneth bi allegorie. In the fyuethe chapitre, he spekith aȝenus vices. In the sixte chapitre, he spekith of merci, bodili and gostli

 Here endith the prologis, and here bigynneth the pistle to Galatas. EPHESIANS.

This prologue is from p, collated with y, which last Ms. has the following rubric, Here begynneth anothir prologe to the Effesies.Effesies weren conuertid toto the y. cristen feith bifore the comynge of the apostil, and he writith to hem comfortably, to strenkthe hem, and to excite hem to grettere vertues and excellent werkis. [And this epistil is departid into two principal partis. In the first part, he enfoormeth hem in the feith, what thingis and how grete thingis God dide to mankinde; also he schewith to hem, of whom and wherto thei ben clepid; forthermore he schewith to hem the dignyte and the prelacie of Crist. In the secunde part, he stirith hem to goode maneris, and speciali to haue charite ech with other, there he seith in the fourth chapiter, Therfore I biseche ȝouThe additional matter in brackets is found only in y..]

 PHILIPPIANS.

This prologue is from p, collated with y, which last Ms. has this rubric, Here bigynneth anothir prologe to the Phi|lipensis.These Filipensis tooken of the apostil the word of prechynge, and weren stidefast in feithfeith of Crist y., and thei resseyueden nott false apostlis; and therfore the apostil preisith hemhem, as he maketh mynde in the last chapitre. And y.. Thei sende sum catelof her catel y. to Poul bi Epafrodite to Rome, whom he sendithsente y. aȝen with this pistil, in which pistil, sith he mai not be present bodili, he makith hem stronge aȝens double bateile, that is to seie, of false pursuerispersueris aȝens her bodies y., and of fals prechouris [aȝens her soulis, that thei suffre alle aduersitees mekeli, for the loue of Crist, as Crist dideSupplied from Ms. y..]

 COLOSSIANS.

This prologue is from p, col|lated with y, in which last it has the following rubric, Here bigynneth anothir prologe to Colocensis.Poul wroot this pistil to Colocensis, to the whiche him silf prechide not, but hise disciplis Archippus and Epafras diden. Archippus hadde taken seruise on hem, but Epafras, that was bornbouȝt y. of hem, and was tauȝt of apostilthe apostil y., confermede the techinge of Archippus; `therfore bi Archippus prechinge and Epafras confermynge his techynge, thei hadden leridAnd so of bothe these thei learned y. the grace of Crist. But false apostlis camen, and enforside to peruerte hem, [and prechide fleischli obseru|aunce of Moyses lawe. And the peple liȝtli hadden doute of her techinge; therfore Poul schewith to hem, that the feith of Crist and the gospel suffisith to heelthe of hemMs. p. is imperfect, but apparently ended here.. And this epistil is departid into tweie partis. In the first part, bi al the first chapitre he enformeth hem in the feith, and comendith to hem Crist, and schewith to hem that he suffisith to saluacioun. And bi al the ii. chapitre he schewith that the obseruauncis of the olde lawe ben to be left. In the ii. part he enformeth hem of goode vertues and maneris, there he seith in the thirde chapitre, If ȝe risen with Crist, etc. And this part procedith so forth to the eendeFrom y..]

 I. THESSALONIANS.

This prologue is from p, collated with y, in which last it has the following rubric, Here bigynneth anothir prologe to the Thessalonicensis.`The apostil writith this to Tessalonisensis, that ben men of MacedonieOm. y.. Tessalonik is the cheef cite of Macedonie, which is a prouynce of Greekis. Tessalonisensis weren conuertid liȝtly of the apostil, and wolden not be moued fro truthe of feith, neither bi tribulaciountribulacioun of her owne citeseins y., ne bi fals prechouris. Theand the y. apostle preisith hem, for thei dwelliden parfiȝtly in grace taken, and weren encressid in vertues `to encreessyng of meedeOm. y.; for thei hadden so `greet swetnes off spirit and soOm. y. tristi feith, `that forand y. hope of thingis to comyngecome y. theithat thei y. suffride `with deuout souledeuoutli y. greete dispisyngisdispisinge y. and perels, for the name of Jhesu. AlsoNethelesse y. summe of hem weren idil men and curious. Alsoand y. summe of hem vndirstoden not sufficiently ofof the y. risynge aȝen, and therfore thei maden sorowe `ouertenderli offor y. the deeth ofof her y. freendis. AlsoAnd also y. summe of hem weren forny|catouris. Therfore thethe entencioun of the y. apostle `amendith hem in this pistil, and monestith perfiȝt menis to amende the yuele, and to stire the goode to perseueraunce in vertues and goodnes y. `to ȝeue notand not to ȝeue y. stide to aduersiteesaduersarie y., `ne toand y. false apostlis, `and that thei amende othir men. These ben the laste pistlis, that the apostle writith to hethene men, for alle the epistlis suynge ben . . . . . Ms. p. is imperfect, wanting a line or two. Instead of the last paragraph, Ms. y continues thus; And this epistil is departide into tweie partis. In the first part he enformeth hem to haue perseuerance in feith, and to susteyne tribulaciouns; and there he puttith resouns whi thei owe to perseuere and to suffre yuelis. In the ij. part, in the fifthe chapitre, he enformeth hem in goode maners and vertues.

 II. THESSALONIANS. Here sueth anothir prologe to the TessalonicensisThis prologue is from y..

This epistil, as the tother, is departid into tweie partis. In the first part he exciteth hem to take.mekeli the passiouns, whiche now more thei suffre than thei dide bifore, or that he sent the first pistil. For whi bi siche passiouns ther gracis ben maad more. In the ii. part he enformeth hem of vertues. And these ben the last pistilis that the apostil writith to hethen men, for alle the epistlis suynge ben to persoones, that is, to Tymothe, and Tite, and Filemon.

 I. TIMOTHY.

This prologue is from p.Poul the apostil writith this epistil to Tymothe, the which Tymothe was the sone of a feithful womman, outher cristen womman, and he was geten of an hethene fadir. And whanne he was not circumsidid, and was hethene, britheren that weren at Listus and at Yconye ȝauen good witnessinge to him. Poul wolde haue this Tymothe to go with him self, and therfore he circumsidide him, for Jewis that weren in tho placis. And Tymothe was lerned bothe in dyuyne scripturis and liberal sciencis. Poul made this Tymothe a bischop, and therfore he monestith him, that he be bisi in ordynaunce of the chirche. Tymothe was bischop in Asie. The apostil writith of bischops office, that is, how he shal aȝenstonde false apostlis, how he schal teche the chirche, what maner preestis and dekenes he schal ordeyne, what maner widowis he schal honoure, how he schal haue him silf in the chirche.

 Here bigynneth anothir prologe to the i. pistil to TymotheThis prologue is from y..

The apostil writith fro Rome to Tymothe, whom he ordeinede and maad bischop in Asia. And it is his wille to infoorme in him what thingis perteyneth to the offis of a bischop. And this epistil is departid into tweie partis. In the first part he informeth in him to haue in hate the doctryne of fablis and genologies, that ben not of the lawe of God; and how a bischop owith to haue him to hem that ben without the chirche, that is to seie, how he schal aȝenstonde false apostils and fals prechouris. In the ii. part he infoormeth him, how he schal haue him to hem that ben in the chirch, and how he schal teche hem, and what maner prests and dekenes he schal ordeine, and what maner widows he schal honoure, and how he schal haue him silf in the chirche.

 II. TIMOTHY.

This prologue is from p.Poul that schulde passe out of this world, wroot this ij. pistil fro Rome, fro prisoun, to Tymothe, maad wery with sijknes and aduersitees. And that Tymothe schulde traueile faste in the grace that God hadde ȝeuen to him, and excitith him to martirdom bi manye maners, and that he contynue in the office of riȝtful prechinge and holi worchinge.

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Poul the ii. tyme, whanne he was representid to Nero, witing that he schulde passe out of this world, wroote in persoun this ii. pistil fro Rome to Tymothe, maad weri with siiknesse and aduersites, that he schulde traueile faste in the grace that God hadde geuen to him. And he excitith him to martirdom bi manie maners, and that he contynue in the offis of riȝtful prechinge and holi worchinge. And this pistil is departid into iii. principal [partis. In the i. principalOmitted in Ms.] part he moueth him to prechinge and pacience. In the ij. principal part he tellith to him of thingis that ben to come in the last daies, Perilous tymes schulen neiȝe, etc. In the thirde part he schewith him his departinge on his passioun beinge nyȝ, where he seith in the iiij. chap. thus, I witnesse bifore God, etc.

 TITUS.

This prologue is from p.Seint Poul ordeinede Tite erchebischop in Crete, and for Tite was ouer pacient, and meke, and necligent in correccioun of sugettis, therfore he monestith him to more steernes, and bisi execucioun and auctorite of his office. In this salutacioun ben markid iiij. thingis that a prelate profite, that is, holynesse of lijf, which is signified in the seruaunt of God. The ij. thing is truthe of techinge, which is signified in the knowing of feith; the thridde thing is abidynge of mede, the which is signyfied in hope of euerlastynge lijf; the iiij. thing is auctorite of offis, which is signyfied in the prechinge bita . . . . .About eight lines wanting.

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Poul bigat Tite in the bileue of Crist, and he ordeynede him an erchebischop in Crete, the which is an yle or a kingdome. In the which he comaundith him to make honest bischopis. And it is the wille of him, how he owith to haue him to alle men. And for that Tite was ouer pacient and meke, and necgligent in correccioun of sugetis, therefore he monestith to more steernes, and bisi execusioun and autorite of his office. And this pistil is departid into thre partis. In the first part he techith how he owith to haue him as to his bischops. In the ii. part he techith how he schal haue him to lower partis of the chirche, and most to hem that were conuertid of circumsisioun. In the iij. part he techith him, how he schal haue him to hem the whiche ben withoute the chirche, and speciali to heretikis.

 PHILEMON.

This prologue is from p.The apostil writith this pistil to Filemon, a man of Colosis, that hadde no dignite of ministracioun in the chirche, but he was a worschipful man in the peple; to whom Poul sendith homeli lettris, for Onesimus his seruaunt, that fledde with sum harm of Filemon, for he bar awei of summe of thingis of Filemon, but he was cristened of the apostil, whanne he hadde herd the gospel, to whom the apostil bisechith forȝeuenes, and writith fro Rome fro prison to Filemon. The entent of the apostil is to biseche for Onesymus anentis Filemon. First the apostil salutith Filemon and his [wijf andWanting in the Ms.] his sone; aftirward [heWanting in the Ms.] doith thankingis [to GodWanting in the Ms.] for the goodis of [britheren, andWanting in the Ms.] preisith the feith and [the piteeWanting in the Ms.] of hem; aftirward [heWanting in the Ms.] preieth Filemon, [that heWanting in the Ms.] spare Onesymus, [and thatWanting in the Ms.] he thanke God, th[at heWanting in the Ms.] resseyuede Onesy|[mus asWanting in the Ms.] sich, and that he now gesse him not as a seruaunt, but a moost dereworthe brothir. The glose here. Crisostum seith, if Poul makith so greet bisynes for a seruaunt, for a theef, a fleer awei fro his maistir, it bicometh us to be bisi for siche; for Crist seith in the gospel of Mathew, v. co. Blessid . . . . .The end is torn away.

 Here byginnith another prologe to FilemonThis prologue is from y..

The entent of the apostle is, to biseche forȝeuenesse of Filemon to Onesymus, his seruaunt, that wente awei with summe thingis of Filemon, but aftir he was cristened of the apostil Poul, whanne he hadde herd the gospel, he was recounsilid. Therefore Poul writith to Filemon, and preieth him, that he forȝeue Onesymus, and that he thanke God that he resceyuede him siche; and that he now gesse him not a seruaunt, but a most derworthe brothir. And in this pistil ben thre partis, aftir the salutacioun. In the first part is doinge of thankingis to God, for the feith and the pitee that Filemon hadde among britheren. In the ij. part is bisechinge, and tellinge of the dede and the conuersacioun of Onesymus, there he seith, For that thing, etc. In the iij. part is of his obedience, and of the harboringe of Poul, and of the salutaciouns of britheren.

 HEBREWS.

This prologue is from p.Poul wroot this epistil more cleerli or exelently than othere pistlis; for ech man is moost expert outhir moost redi in his owne langage. Wherfore as Ebrew langage is formere than othere, as Isodre seith in the firste book of Ethimologies, so this pistil to Ebrewis, that was last writen, is the firste in ordre of techinge. For in this pistil is schewid the vnperfeccioun of Moises lawe, and the perfeccioun of the gospel; and so the ceessynge of cerymonies of Moises lawe is schewid aȝens the opynyoun of Jewis conuertid. Thre thingis ben in the lawe of God. The i. thing is the feith of God, for a lawe is not ȝouen, no but to a peple, which is men gaderid togidere; and the first preisable gaderynge is the feith; the ij. is the truthe reul|ynge, ȝeuen of the auctour of lawe; and the thridde thinge is the eende of the lawe. Oure auctour is God, and the eende is the blis of heuene.

 Here sueth another prologe to EbrewsThis prologue is from y..

The apostil wroote to Ebrews this pistil in Ebrew tunge. And the entent of the apostil is to enfoorme and stir the conuertid of the Jewis al oonli to the feith of Crist, and to drawe awey hem fro the obseruauncis and serymonyes of the olde lawe. For in this pistil is schewid the vnperfeccioun of Moises lawe, and the perfeccioun of the gospel; and so the ceessynge of serymonies of the olde lawe is schewid aȝens the opinyoun of Jewis conuertid. And this pistil is departid into foure principal partis. In the first he schewith Crist to be the mooste worthi creature of alle creaturis, and therefore in him is moost to be trowid; and this part lastith to the byginnynge of the vii. chap., there he seith, Forsothe this Melchesedech, etc. In the first chapitre ben ij. partis. In the first part forsothe he comendith Crist ouer alle prophetis and ouer alle men, and to be bigeten fro the bigynnynge, aȝens the Jewis that seiden, We witen that God spak to Moises, but we knowen not this, of whens he is. In the ij. part he schewith him to be more worthi than ony resonable creaturis, that is to seie, aungels or oonli man, bi manye resouns, there he seith, So miche he is bettere than aungels. In the ii. principal part he proueth the preesthood of Crist to be bettere and worthiere than the preesthood of the Leuytis, or of the olde lawe. And this part lastith to the enleuenthe chapiter, there he seith, But feith is the substaunce of thingis to be trowid. In the third principal part he comendith the feith, bi the which is maad cominge to Crist, and that bi alle the xi. chapitre. In the fourth principal part he spekith of the goostli vndirstondinge, fro the xij. chapitre to the eende of the epistil.

 DEEDS OF APOSTLES.

This prologue is from p, collated with y, in which last is the following rubric, Here biginneth a prologe on the deeds or acts of Apostles.The principal conclusioun of the Deedis of Apostlis is this, that cristen feith entrid into the world bi miracle, `and grace of the Holi GoostOm. y., and not bi mannes wijsdom, and aftirward strenkthide and multipliede bi the same Holi Goost. [And this book is diuided generali into twei partis. In the first part is maad minde of tho thingis that ben comyne to alle the apo|stlis, and this part lastith to the fourth chapitre. In the ii. part is maad mynde of the propir deedis of Petir and of PoulThis passage is supplied from p..]

 JAMES. Here followeth another prologe after St. Jeroms, on the pistils of cristen feith, whiche ben seuene in ordreThis prologue is from y. The prologue in p is for the greater part torn out. It began thus: Another prologe. James enformeth holy chirche general in vertues, as to ech staat in teching. . . . ..

We reden that whanne Seynt Steuene was slayn, there was maad greet persecucioun in the chirche at Jerusalem; and alle, outaken the apostilis, weren scaterid bi the cuntrees of Juda and of Samarie. Therfore James the lasse, brothir of Judas, the apostil, and the sone of Alphei, that was bischop of Jerusalem, sente this pistil to hem that weren scaterid of the chirche, and suffride persecucioun for riȝtwiisnesse, enfoormynge hem in vertues generaly as to ech astaat. And this pistil is departid into thre partis. In the first part he techith the concupicens of the fleish, that is to saie, worldli wiisdom to be fled, in that that he stirith hem to haue ioie in temptaciouns, in whiche the fleish is turmented; and this in the first chapitre. In the ii. part he techith pride of liif to be fled; and that in the ii. chapiter and iii. chapiter. But in the ii. chapiter he schewith how it is to be fled in other persoones, bi accepcioun or worschipinge of hem. In the thridde chapiter he techith, pride and worschipe of the peple to be fled in a mannes own silf, the which ofte tymes cometh of maisterschipe. In the thridde part he techith richessis of this world to be dispised; and that in the fourth and in the fifthe chapiter. In the iiii. chapiter, as to the wille of hauynge of hem. But in the fifth chapiter, as to the holdynge of hem. And thus is maad open the dyuydynge of this pistil.

 I. PETER. Here bigynneth a prologe on the first pistil of PetirThis prologue is from y. In Ms. p there is no prologue..

In this first pistil Petir tretith of moral vertues, that is, of vertues of soule, that maken a man worthi to be saued. And this he doith bi dyuersite of statis and persoones. First he comfortith hem that ben in tribulacioun, and nameli hethene men newe conuertid to cristen feith, and pursued therefore, and exiled of her owne lond. The secunde tyme he techith cristen men to be suget to kyngis and dukis and to ech man for God, and seruauntis to be suget to her lordis; and techith men to suffre pacientli wrongis at ensaumple of Crist. The thridde tyme he techith wyues to be suget to her husbondis, and araye hem in vertues, and not in precious clothis, ne with gold, ne peerlis; and that husbondis honour her wyues, as euene eiris of grace, and that alle men be meke, and stidfast in feith and vertues, and ȝilde not yuel for yuel, but good aȝens yuel, bi ensaumple of Crist. The fourthe tyme, that men be armed with thouȝt of Cristis passioun, and haue feith in charite, and vse hospitalitie and other vertues, and dispose hem to speke wiseli Goddis wordis. The fifthe tyme he techith preestis to do weel her offis, and that ȝonge men be suget to eldre men mekeli in alle good doyngis, and that alle men be meke and sobre, and wake aȝens the deuel, and aȝenstonde him strongli in feith. This tellith apostillis here to men that of cristen lawe in the bigynninge of the chirche weren exilid fro her own cuntre and placis. Therfore Petir comfortith hem in this pistil, and he wroot fro Rome, in the tyme of Claudius the emperour.

 II. PETER. A prologe on the secunde pistil of PetirThis prologue is from y. The same prologue was written in p, but is now so mutilated that only some portions of lines remain..

In this secunde pistil, first Petir tellith the giftis and the biheestis of God, that men fle synne, and be stidefast in feith and vertues, and the exelence of Cristis techinge. The secunde tyme he tellith as false prophetis weren in the peple, so and false maistris schulen be in sectis of perdicioun; [and heOmitted in y.] discreueth the condicioun of these maistris with her sectis, and tellith also the greete peynis of hem that turnen aȝen to her synnes. The thridde tyme he tellith of disceiuers that schulen come in the laste tymes, and lyue in lustis, and neither bileeue ne triste Crist to the doom to comynge. And with this he tellith how cristen men schulden make hem redi with holi conuersacioun aȝens the doom.

 I. JOHN. A prolog on the j. pistil of JoonThis prologue is from p, collated with y, in which last Ms. it has the following rubric, Here bigynneth a prologe on the first pistil of Joon..

Seynt Joon the euangelist hadde a special loue to the noumbre of thre, for the misterie of theOm. y. Holi Trynite. And as he made thre bookis, that is, the gospel, the apocalips, and these pistlis, so he departithdepartid y. these pistlis into thre; forand for y. kyndeli we han wey to go forth fro comynere thingis to thingisOm. y. lesse comin. Therfore the firste pistil enfoormeth alle cristenOm. y. men generalgenerali y.; and the secunde pistil enfoormeth speciali a synguler meyne; and the thridde pistil enfoormeth a singeler persoone.

 JUDE. Here bigynneth a prolog on the pistil of JudeThis prologue is from p. There is no additional prologue in y..

Judas the brothir of James, the which also is clepid Taddee, writith aȝens distroiers of feith, as Petir and Joon dide . . . . .The rest is wanting in the Ms.

 APOCALYPSE. Anothir prologeThis prologue is from p, collated with y..

This is a prolog sett comynli in manie biblis, and clerkis expownen this, thouȝ it be not the prolog of Jerom, but of another expositourexpositour. And here bigynneth another prologe of other doctouris. This and what precedes is rubricated in y.. AlsoOm. y. whanne Joon was distitute of al mannes speche and help, he was enspired of God. Bi this wasit is y. schewid to us, that in as miche as we goon awei more fro this ertheli voise, bi so miche we ben deemed more able to Goddis visita|cioun. Joon knew bi Goddis reuelacioun, that dyuers statis of the chirche schulden suffre manye thingis for the name of Crist; and that thei myȝte the more esily suffre, he warneth hem bifore bi schewinge of the Holi Goost; and al this is do, to comende pacience, that who that suffrith pacientli, haue reward of blis, bothe ofin y. bodi and soule. And Austyn seith to ech cristen man, If thou forsakistforsake y. to suffre hatrede forof the world, with the heed, that is y. Crist, thou forsakist to be a membre of Crist.